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The Washington times., 1914-11-09
ByJ. r. HILDEBRAND.

Club women Of Washington Will have
the official support OF John H. Sher-
man. Superintendent OF. Weights,
Measures. and Markets, in their effort
to have uniform bread weight law.
Likewise. Mr.. Sherman will appeal to
club women, and through them to all
housewives Of the District. to abstain
from pre1udiced and unfair denuncia-
ton Of middlenen. ~
1 am thoroughly In sympathy WITH
the plea for a uniform weight for
loaves Of bread. Mr.. Sherman stated.
The present situation, by which
bakers can reduce and increase
bread weights, according, to the ex-
penses Of their business. presents q
curious economic condition.
Dealers In other commodities have
to bear the burden of hard times,
and when forced to do so, raise their
price. In other words. these other
dealers assume risk in their busi-
ness which is the justification of any
private business enterprise. But
the bakers, seemingly, when allowed
to CHANGE the size of their loayes
at viii. escape any risk, and put
their business In the class OF those
enterprises. like water, and gas. and
by the community. because they are
beyond the ordinary business risks.
Quotes From Report.
Mr.. Sherman quoted from his annual
report, which stated this theory to the
Commissioners. In that report he said ::
Complaints are made. from time to
time, relative to the different weights
of bread sold at cents per loaf, and
this office Is without authority to
take action. From the date and tes-
t.mony available it Is evident that
makers of bread do not stand the
normal risks Of their business. but.
when adverse factors affect them,
pass the strain on to short
weighted public. which stands for 1t
only because 1t Is not aware Of the
I am Of the opinion that legisla-
tion should be secured from Con-
gress, standardizing the various
loaves Of bread at weights which, at
normal prices of flour, will yield
fair and normal profit. in order that
those who are paid to bear the risks
Of this industry for the protection Of
the consuming public. may be held
to the fulnllment OF their, economic
function.
Holding down the cost Of living. in
AA. oASAAAoh opAAiOHs 10 uOL
ey tho present attitude Of hostility to-
ward middlemen. He believes the poor
Of distribution. the poor facili-
des for wholesale marketing. and the in
marketing arrangements of
are partially responsible
Tor higher prices here than elsewhere.
Please understand that / am not
holding out the hope Of reduced cost
OF living by an effort to make our
food distribution facilities more ef-
f1cient. Three basic factors, beyond
the control Of any community, I be-
Heve. will tend toward a continuous
and gradual rise In retail prices.
Resources Are Limited.
AS our population increases produc-
tion cannot keep pace with the in
creased demand. Our natural re-
The Washington times., 1914-11-09
Killing the Goose.

To the Editor Of the Mail Bag:
For Just about two years past IL has
been peculiarly the business OF Demo
cratic press and publicists to deride
the Progressive party and especially its
leader, Roosevelt They were especially
concerned to laugh II out OF existence.
Well, they or somebody else. have
about accomplished, that end. And be-
cause the Progressive party Is gone
the Democrats find themselves with
perhaps 20 majority in the House in
stead of 143
I wonder IL there will not be Just q
bit more Democratic disposition here
after to pet instead Of pluck the goose
that laws the golden eggs?
r NJ DOSE
The Washington times., 1914-11-09
Mail Boxes Unevenly Distributed.

To the Editor Of the Mail Bag:
Let me say a word about the mall
boxes in Washington. We all know
that the mail boxes here are not super
fluous, and on this account an equal and
fair distribution of them would add
materially to the shortage. When I
say equal and fair distribution" i
mean this: On one side of the street
there may be located a box every two
or three blocks apart, whereas, on the
opposite side there is located perhaps
one every four blocks apart. This Is
somewhat a nuisance to the people
dwelling on the latter side Of tho street,
and a comfort for those on the former
SIDE By dividing them more equally.
I think the postoffice officials would
ender the inhabitants of the National
Capital a public favor. r. A. HOLT.
The Washington times., 1914-11-09
Seek Uniform Lam
On Bread Weight
Club Women of District WillHave Support of Superin-
Better Conditions in Purchasing Commodities.

Why is the cost of lining high in Washington
To begin blame the opinion Of
John Sherman superintendent Of weights and markets
Location of wholesale district away from either railroads
napigable water, he asserts is
The middeman has been exonerated part points ont by
experiences of District club With parcel post buying
On points legislation needed as uniform bread
tuegM law for which club women already are cam
paigning
Bv
The Washington times., 1914-11-09
TEN MORE EGGSl

II all the hens in the United
States could be induced to increase
their annual output by ten eggs each,
1t would mean an increased revenue
Of s40,000,O00. From this fact some
idea may be had of the enormous
value of the poultry products of this
country, exceeding as it does every
other crop except corn and cotton.
1t is called the billion-dollar indus
try; but, according to governmental
statistics, really reaches about $780,
100000 each year. ...
That this egg increase is perfectly
feasible-in fact, almost easy of ac-
complishment-is recognized by the
Government, and for years it has
endeavored to teach the farmer and
the poultry raiser through its exper-
imental stations just how to go
about it. The farmer, however, when
taken in the aggregate, is an obsti-
nate fellow and refuses to listen,
preferring to run his chickens as a
side line and take what comes as it
comes and glad to get it.
That it is perfectly easy to induce
the hen to increase her output by a
paltry ten eggs is a scientific fact.
The average biddy is content to lay
seventy eggs year for her master
and most of these at a period when
eggs are glut on the market. Take
this record of Mrs. Average Hen and
place it beside that of Columbia
Queen, a Plymouth Rock hen en-
gagged in the North American inter-
national esg-laying competition,
when she deposited a total of 2S6
eggs within 365 days.
Surely there is too great a dispar-
ity. If scientific breeding and feed
ing in its ultimate state can force
a hep to increase the average output
Of seventy to 2s6, surely a little
care and application of common
sense ought to enable the farmers
and poultry raisers to force their or
binary hens to add at least ten eggs
to their output.
OF course, any number of poultry
raisers are already applying these
scientific principles to their flocks,
and they are getting results. The
trouble is that, despite the many
enormous egg farms all over the
country, the great bulk of the coun-
try's egg crop is gathered up from
the farmers, who pay no attention
to their fiocks, feeding the drones
with the producers and through hit
or miss breeding failing utterly to
advance the, average yield of their
hens.
1t was years and years before the
Government and the State expert
mental stations could force the farm
er to believe that one ear of corn
made better seed than another and
induce him by sample sproutings to
select in scientific manner only
those ears which were best. Unfor-
tunately, it appears that it is going
to be many, many more years before
this other question of scientific Sc
lection and breeding III the poultry
yard is going to be driven home.
The Washington times., 1914-11-09
A TRIFLE MIXED.

Missouri has the referendum, and
as we pointed out the other day,
used it last Tuesday to nullify a
full-crew law that the Legislature
had passed. Other States have had
full-crew laws enacted by their leg
islatures, but are unable to get rid
of them, because they have no ref
erendum.
Whereupon our esteemed contem-
porary, the New York Times, which
has always heretofore been very
sure that the referendum and like
measures were unadulterated folly
and demagoguery, says in the OPEN
ing of long and oddly tangled edi-
torial:
The nation is not so fortunate as
Missouri in being able to relieve itself
of obnoxious legislation by the vote Of
the people.
One would assume from the fore
going that the New York paper had
decided that the people could better
be trusted than the legislatures;
which would be very complete
change of front for that newspaper.
With bated breath, the reader hur-
ries on with his perusal, to learn
whether the sponsor of "all the news
that's fit to print" is actually get
ting ready to flop over to the radi-
cal side and become a proponent of
initiative and referendum.
But it isn't. In the very same
paragraph the editorial expresses
satisfaction that the people Of Wis
consin have rejected ten constitu-
tional amendments, although sup
ported by the acknowledged and un-
acknowledged Socialist elements
Wisconsin has saved ITSELF"
Now, the foremost and vastly the
most important of the amendments
that Wisconsin rejected, was that
providing for the initiative and ref
erendum. Does the New York paper
rejoice that Wisconsin has refused
to equip itself with the very means
of protection against obnoxious
legislation" that Missouri has just
used SO effectively?
The one amendment Of capital
Importance that Wisconsin voted
down was the one providing for the
initiative and referendum. How
can the New York Times rejoice that
Missouri has that benefcent meas
ure, and in the same breath find es-
pecial comfort in the fact that Wis
consin has rejected it?
Surely the Times doesn't feel so
unkindly toward Wisconsin that it
would wish that good and improving
measures might be denied to that
State, while other States should en-
joy them? We firmly decline to be-
lieve it.
If the referendum is a means to
protect Missouri against fool legis-
lation, why would it not protect 9TH
er States likewise? Does the New
York Times think of any State that,
according to its notions, is more af-
filiated with obnoxious legislation"
than Wisconsin? We feel sure that
the Times will heartily accord first
place in that regard to Wisconsin.
If that be conceded, then surely !
Wisconsin more than any other
State needs the referendum; for a !
State that possesses the referendum
is fortunate in being able to re-
lieve itself of obnoxious legislation
by the vote of the people" The
New York Times says so.
Really, the Times ought not to get |
on both sides Of this question in the
same paragraph. It ought not to
supporting the referendum
in Missouri and opposing it in Wis
consin. The Times is very versatile
newspaper, with notable capacity for
observing the direction of the wind;
out this is a trife too much even
for it.
The Washington times., 1914-11-09

soon glide back into the ruck in
which it was stumbling until the
public demanded a revision and the
elimination of the old hammer-and-
tongs affairs that formerly masquer-
AIDED under the disguise of a game
between representative young Amer
leans
The Washington times., 1914-11-09
MAIL BAG
From The Times Readsss.y

csmmumieasieus 70 he Mall Bas must
b. written on one side of the paper
only: must not exceed 90 words IN
lsaSth and must b signed with name
and address Of the B<ndsr. The pub
nceuon Of letters In The Tims6 Nal
By The Timss of the opinions Of tks
writer. Tho Nail Bag - IN open fem
whesU u citiSens Of WaohingtnD 0n
afguo Wnoe QuoD<5ooA
The Washington times., 1914-11-09

of the New Year is for Germany
practically to concede that she has
no chance to win at all.
The Washington times., 1914-11-09

New Girl-What does Your father like
for breakfast?
Little Mabel-He always likes most
anything we hasn't Sot-ExchsngA
The Washington times., 1914-11-09
Admit 256 Cholera Cases.

VIENNA. Nov. Sit Is officially an
nounced that there were 256 cases Of
cholera in Gal,cia last Thursday. OF
these 12S cases were in Przemysl
The Washington times., 1914-11-09
TIE olDesT INRAB s
9TH excise board
couldn't stop tn
city from gettin'
wet last evenin'."

Lii Joe" is ordinarily a tough point
to make. but Illinois threw it again
Now they ought to shoot the whole
nickel.
Nobody Is complaining because our
boys in uniform are barred from the
theater of war.
South Africa will build a huge irriga-
ton dam. Just mentioned this because
it sounded like Uncle Joe addressing
the House again.
Something peculiar about snow
storm. 1t always reminds the sub
rrbanite that he hasn't yet returned
that borrowed lawnmower.
Real million dollar mystery on Mon
day is where to get two bits for lunch
The Washington times., 1914-11-09
Deplores Midnfomation From Guides.

To the Editor Of the Mail Bag:
l desire to add my hearty approval
to the remarks signed "washingtonian"
In The Times relative to the fabulous
stories sometimes told by the guides 20
the listening crowds on automobile
sightseeing cars. He calls attention to
an unmitfgated nuisance. It needs cor
rection.
Washington IL an historic city. 1t AZ
fords good education to the hungry
visitors from various parts Of the ma
ton who come to see it and learn Of
Its many objects of interest.
Requisites: I. These guides need a
species Of examination. testing whether
they know the proper elements of in
formation. 2. Are they honest and re-
liable? 8. The truth. the whole truth.
and nothing but the truth. are required
Of each guide. J. FRAISE RICHARD.
The Washington times., 1914-11-09
Tomorrow.

Meetings. evening:
Masonic-FederaI: No ]: Acacia. No IS:
Takoma. No. %: Mt Horeb No and
Potomac. No 3. Royal Arch Nssons. I,e
Moay. No. 4. knights Templar; EVanee
list Chapter Rose Croix. Scottish Rite
Electa No 2; Bethiehem. No. !: Friend
Star.
Odd FeIows-Washington No. G. ,;oIdep
Rule. No. 81; Amity. No. 81: Fred ID
Stuart. No Z. Encampment
knights of Pythias-Webster No :: Cycel
sior. No. a.: Capital. No. "a: Myrtle. No Is
Socialist Party-Central Committee
The Washington times., 1914-11-09
Appreciates Hat Raising.

10 tho Editor Of the Mail Bar:
! would like to ask ''Sunragist'' why
sne imaSines 1t 10 embarrassing to wom-
en- when men remove their hats In an
eievator when woman gets in7 Il
seems to me that a woman who would
pc embarrassed by such q simple act OF
au9 courtesy must be q strange sort,
ana not accustomed to meeting with
real. true men; the kind who honor ~i All
women because they are women tba
same rs the mother who gave tbsr,
oirtn. The kind who have been taught
70 nonor the womanhood In ALI worne,
oIten nave occasion to 20 into bust
ness buildings. and when I step into
Sne eievator. and men take of their
nats. Ieei that I should bow in ac-
knoWIedgment to their act of courtesy
NOT tnat 1t Is q personal matter. brrt
the acknowledgment of what I repre-
sent. WOMANHOOD. Courtesy Is such
= cneap commodity, and pays 40 well.
IL u great pity 1t Is not in more gem
elaI use. AS a rule when given II is re-
tu.neo with interest in one way or an
otner Wnen man Cor any one else)
kseS me MS seat in the car / always
tnanK MIN. and he smiles. and bows.
ana lifts his hat: and I think. well
that man has a good MOTHER"
1t Is surprising to me to fnd so
many men who are SO courteous and
who viii still recognize women as their
superfors, now that 30 many women are
trying hard to convince the men that
they, the women want to be only the
equal OF the men. While that cIasa OF
women make a loud noise they are
happily, only a small minority.
NARY BRINGHURST SMITH.
The Washington times., 1914-11-09
Must Get Permits For Picnic,.

To the Editor OF the Mall Bag:
Is 1t true that there are regulations
under which 1t is required that a party
intending to picnic In Rock Creek Park
must secure permission in advance. AMI
then must have specific place assigned
for spreading the luncheon? I have
been told that there are such regula-
tons.
II this is true. I am moved To ask
whether Congress knows ii. Also
whether the cerebral extremitfes-they
must be very extreme ones-of the folks
who made the regulations have been
amputated. A PICNICKER.
The Washington times., 1914-11-09
EasV to Please.

Real million dollar mystery on Mon
da> is where to get two bits for lunch.
The Washington times., 1914-11-09
Amusement

Columbia-"The Beautiful Adventure. sis
Belasco-''Whrl of the World" 500 n m
National-''Queen OF the Movies" Sis n m
Polis-"The Conspiracy" 2:15 and Sis D. m
observation-disclosures. 2:l5 and S:l5 D. m.
Moore's Strand-Photoplays
Carden-Photoplays.
r. +. Keith's-Vaudeville. 2:l5 and s:15 d m
Crandalr s-Photoplays
The Washington times., 1914-11-09
What's on the Program, in
Washington
Today.

Meetings. evening:
Masonic-Dawson. No. 16: +. c. Stansbury.
and Anacostia. No. II. Royal Arch Masons
Temple. No IL. and Columbia. No l5
Eastern Star
odd Fellows-Union. No. II: Covenant. No.
l3; Iangdon No. 20: Beacon. No Is: Esther
No s. Rebekah Lodge.
knights of Pythias-Decatur. No o. CAL
anthe. No. II: Equal. No It.
National Union-East Capitol Council.
Socialist Party--Cierman branch
Band concert a. Soldiers Home $3.50 D. M.
The Washington times., 1914-11-09
ActivitiesOf
Society
By JEAN ELIOT.

THE marriage of Miss Marguerite
s. LeBreton, daughter of Mrs.
i Alfred LeBreton and RaIph
The Washington times., 1914-11-09

Mrs Clarence Moore and Miss Fran
ces Moore will return next Sunday from
Hot Springs, Va. where they have
spent several weeks.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1914-01-15
Novel Church.

Without sectarian ideas or 6enomi-
national teaching, a gospel meeting lis
held all the summer months In the
unique Boardwalk church at Atlantic
City. This year-the fifth OF the
church's existence--services are being
conducted each Lords day morning in
the Bijou theater-a room used usual
ly for moving pictures. Rev. Robert
Elwood Is the founder and castor. II
Ia a church without a choir, officer
or single member and without a eoIIeS
ton plate. The business men OF At
lantic City. az well as the visitors
think IL worth while. and maiDtain this
gospel lighthouse by the sea. Ninety
per cent. OF the audience Is new each
Sunday. Persons gladly turn In from
the Boardwalk at the call for worship.
The audience il reverent. though
cosmopolitan. One Sunday morning
when a test was made every civilized
country was represented in the large
congregation, as well as most of the
sfates at the Union.-Christian Herald
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1914-01-15
At LUNCHEON IN SlaGKE.
Seemingly Peculiar Combination c,
Foods Which q Traveller Declares
TO Be Delicious.

Singkep Is explained by a woman
traveller 70 be, not a nation or a dis
ease or q book, but a place. a little
known island In the Lower China sea
There she found household customs
among the dominant class, the Dutch.
. good deal influenced by native Gus
tom.
Dutch ladies', she says. appear at
breakfast In Malay sarong and kabiya,
than which no oriental dress upon an
alien was ever more uncomfortable
or less aesthetic. The sarongs in
themselves, six feet long by about
thee In width, may be very artistic.
Made chiefly In Java. they are fire.
Quently painted by hand In charac-
teristic designs. Even cheap ones are
interesting. and when woven Of native
silk are soft and lovely. But tightly
swathed In q saroEg. even ones mind
10 compressed. Standing and walking
are uncomfortable, and sitting down
an unthought luxury.
Breakfast Ia not unlike that meal I'm
other hot countries. but thin at
one O'Clock. the rice table" of the
tropical Hollander. 10 q meal to be
remembered. Chinese house boys. one
for each member OF the family, ap-
pear first with a deep soup plate, IL
which one Ifs expected TO place a lib
eral supply of delicateiy boiled rice.
A small piece OF fish. sometimes sew.
eral varieties, meat OF two or three
orts. young onions. cucumbers cut
'engthwise. ducks eggs already soaked
for q month In salt water are added
and an indefinite number OF sauces.
hot and fiery, or sour like pickles. c
few somewhat sweeter. one or two
slightly oily.
When all these apparently conflict
ing elements are put upon the long
suffering substratum of rice, a fori
and dessert spoon, judiciously gsad
stir the whole mass into an indescrib
able congiomeration which from H.
description might not be thought es
pecially delicious. In reality it is ey
ceilent. especially as one soon learn,
to discriminate In sauces. And this /.
merely q first course. Afterward the
luncheon progresses by normal stages
to It's finish with black Java coffee.
Such q meal. combined with the eli
mate. offers inducements to prolong
ed and none-deferable repose. Emery
Ing for tea at five o'clock. the sarone
10 found to be. happily. a thing of the
past More civilized summer gar
ments are In evidence. But with the
quick nightfall comes an evening OF
unprecedented length before the ten
o'clock dinner IL announced.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1914-01-15

handed In 70 me, al OF which am,
glad 20 say, indicate more than ordi-
nary pains on the part OF the writer's
But the first in point of excellence Is
one the subject of ''Self-Reliance,' by
Jane Ashton
There was quite sensation. Jane
blnshed with pleasure. while poor
Miriam turned white with astonish-
rnens and modification.
II thought, . she said aloud. THAT
. blot was sufficient 20 exclude an cs-
say from competition y
"well,- said Madame De Lancy.
calmly.
..was not Jane Ashton's essay blot
ted.s'
.sEIow do you knows inquired Ma
dame De Lancy, vita startling en-
phasis.
GOOD heavens. | have betrayed
myself.'' thought Miriam, appalled,.
ssYoung ladies' said che teacher,
"a mystery is unrayeled of which
have been seeking solution A week
since, In passing the door OF ths
school-room, saw a girl at Jans
fashions desk. In the darkness
could not distinguish the person. bu
supposed IL Jane herself. When. how
ever, j examined her essay the mex
day and saw the fresh blot, l was let
to suspect a blot. Not until this mo
ment, however, have | guessed whs
had the meanness to conspire agains
her. / assigned her the prize becaus'
the blct was not due to her careless
ness. Jane Ashton, come forward ans
receive the prize you have so richI,
merited.'
Miriam rushed from the room II
blended rage and modification, ans
the next morning sent for her books
She couldn't endure the ill-concealct
contempt with which many who hat
: once flattered, now looked upon her
Jane Ashton wore her honors meek
ly. Her school days are now owe
and is the beloved wife of youn.
physician, at whose expense she wa
sent to school.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1914-01-15
Reverse Enollsh.

The school concert had begun. Fou
little girls were dressed to represen
the word star" and each had on,
letter OF that word pinned onto he
.nowy-white dress. Each letter hegai
the verse OF a teaching little song.
Now" said the teacher. form youi
selves In position. and wait until tn
curtain goes up"
The little girls did m they were told
and while the piano played the accom-
paniment the curtain went up.
Instead of applause to greet tbs
little girls. howls from the audience
met them.
The word they spelled was Rats.