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The Washington times., 1914-01-18

The missus she couldn't do nothin'
but cry, an the narSters brother wus
SO excited he couldn't svea shave the
marster after he was dead Neither
could the slaves we had there, so
had to DO II myself After the msrster
was buried and ! heard Lee had sur
rendered, I knew. 1 was free. The
nissus, thopgh, sent for me an told me
10 put sticks IN the peas and beans anil
take care OF the garden. went end
did what she told me. and thea I didn't
go back to the house at all. ies. gave
the ole place long farewell, and then
set out for Petersburg. was free
Dinner time at the insfItution saw
the long rOws Of white taAIsS flled,
each race and sex to itself II the biy
dining room. Plentiful helpings Ot
sweet potatoes. cabbage. meat. bread
and batter, and milk made up the menu
for no1risbing dinner.
The milk comes from a herd of Hoi-
stems, kept In a model dairy The N
sutution also raises its own hogs. and.
OF course, the large vegetable gardens
supply the tables with fresh. vegeta bles
In summer.
There's a romance at the home. too,
with q niuety-four-year-old heroine Il
love the very ground he walks on she
SUnndTd woaidnt S1. ms EnS ooS e SSSr's % s.-d
Is a youngster OF seventy or 50. As
We drove on In Superintendent Fay's
carriage. two old people who had found
such comfort in each others compan-
ioIship. were sitting on one OF the
a farewell to Us as we went up the
drive.
Everything that kindly, sympathetic
care can do to make the few remaining
days Of their existence, not only com
officials In charge
And barring the pains 10 the side
as K tty expressed II 30 Characterization
~, they are succeeding admirably.
The Washington times., 1914-01-18

bank or the money of the private lender is entitled
to bring in better annual return than it did a
few years ago, the surplus money of the policy
holders in the insurance companies is just much
entitled TO bring them in the greater interest rate.
1t is the money of the pocy-holders. The money
is not in the hands of the insurance companies for
the purpose of lending to such policyhoders want
to borrow at low rates. 1t is there for the purpose
of earning as much as it safely can earn for the
benefciarieS of the policies.
1t is as much the duty VI those in charge TT the
insurance companies to get the highest possible re-
turns they can safely get upon the investments made
for the polcy-holders it is to hold down the cost
of doing the business of the pocy-holders. That
makes insurance all the valuable to those for
whom it is taken out. Borrowers or no borrowers
on insurance policies, the companies ought to work
up to the top notch of safety the earning power of the
policy-holders' surplus money. That's the best pos
sibe thing for the benefciaries of the policies repre-
sentng billions of benefits to widows and orphans
unless those benefits are to be borrowed away from
those for whom they were created.
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What's on Program This Week
MONDAY.

. MONDAY
Meetings, evening: --.- d. ,--.-
Masonie-Potomac Lodge, No .: Ben1a-
min B. French, No. Is; Anacostia. No.
81; Pentalpha, No. "a and Mt Pleas
ant, No. s.; Hiram Chapter, No. 10
Royal Arch; Warrington Council. No
I, Royal and Select Masters; inspec-
tion and ball. Orient. No. 5, knights
Templar; Ruth Chapter, No. l, East
ern Star.
Odd Fellows-Union Lodge, No. Ii;
Covenant, No. 13; Beacon. No. Is, and
Langdon, No. IS; Naomi Lodge. No. I,
and Ruth, No. 2, Rebekah.
Neutrality-suspicious. Tent, No. 1; Mt
Capital City Division, No. /. Uni
formed Rank, 81.
Knights Of Pythias-Equal Lodge. No
II; Amaranth, No. %, and Century, No.
30: general meeting, jubilee commit
tee. .. 49, -.
Meeting new branch, workmen's Circle,
Socialist party, Sll e street northwest,
TUESDAY.
Meetings. evening:
Me esonie-NstionaI Lodge, No: Il; Armi,
MUS, No. 3; Myron ". Parker, No. q
and KIM David. No. 9S: Lafayette
Chapter, No. 5, Royal Arch; Mithras
Lodge Of Perfection, Scottish Rite;
Mizpah CHAPTER, No, 5, Eastrrn Star.
Odd Fellows-Washington Lodge, No. 6;
Golden Rule, No. q. and Amity, No.
rs semi-annual session and election OF
officers. grand encampment..
Maccabees-Brightwooi Tent, No. 8;
Metropolitan, No u.
knights of Pythias-Webster Lodgc,
M. I: Excelsior, No. H; Capital, No.
"a, and Myrt e, No. 25.
SocialiSt-SOutheast Local a94 SotIf
Carolina avenue, S:l5 o'clock; Jewish
branch. 81 T. street northwest, S:is
o'clock.
WEDNESDAY.
Meetings, evening:
Observation-Disclosures Centennial Lodge,
No. "a; Osiris. No. 2G and East Gats,
No. "a Columbia Chapter, No. !;
BrightwoOd. No. 9. Royal Arch Po-
tomac Commandary, No. 5, knight.
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Tsmplar. Armene Chapter. No. 6.
Odd Fellows-Eastern Lodge, No. 2;
harmony. No. 3; Friendship. No. ~
ana Federal City, No. %. annual ses-
Mt Nebo Encampment. No. Dcreas
Lodge. No. l. and Martha Washing
ton. No. 3. Rebekah.
Knights of Pythias-Mt. Vernon Lodke
No. 5, and Union. No. 22.I Friendshio
Temple, No. 3. Pythian Sisters.
THURSDAY.
Meetings, evening:
Masonic-New Jerusalem Lodge. No. q;
George G. Whiting. No. q. and Tenn
pie-NSyes: No. 81 Washington Chap
ter, No; 2 Royal Arch. William r
Hunt Chapter, No. Is, Eastern Star.
Odd Fellows-Columbia Lodge. No. 10;
Excelsior, No. II. and Salem. No. -
Maccahees-GeorgetowR Tent. No. s;
District Tent, No. g.
Knights Of Pythias-Harmony Lodge.
No. q 49,. 80
soeialists-study in economies. "Ths
Church. s:l5 o'clock; study class.
Young Peoples Socialist League. SUI q
street, S:15.
FRIDAY.
Meetinga evening: .s
Masonic-St. Johns, No. II: Hope. No.
20. Royal Arch-Eureka, No. 4; Capt.
tol, No. II. election and Inhalation.
annual banquet. Masonic Veteran AS-
sociation. Takoma, No, L.: Cathedral.
No. Il: st. Johns No Is, Eastern
Star.
Odd Fellows-Central. M. I: Metropo-
lis. No. I6, degree work; Phoenix, No.
IS, business. ~
knights of Pythias-Syraeusians, No.
10: NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. No 3. page
renk: Rathbone Temple, No, 8. Pyth-
ian Sisters.
SociaIist-Local Central Local North
east.
SATURDAY.
Meetings. evening:
PStrisrchs Militant, Canton Washing
ton. No, 1. drill and :i1cial.
Knights of PytAias, class Initiation
committee.
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can't BLINDS MANY,
LANSBURY ASSERTS
Former British Legislator Says
All Are Hypocrites on
Sex Matters.

'ln the matter of sex relations we are
all kumbugs and hypocrites. blinded by
the cant of pulpit and press" declared
George Iansbury. who as q rebuke to
the labor party that had pledged itself
to the support Of woman suffrage. re-
signed his seat in the British House OF
Commons. speaking at a mass meeting
in the National Rifles Armory under the
auspices of the Congressional Union for
Woman Suffrage.
The hall was crowded with an audi
ence, in which women predominated.
and which was effusive in its demon
strat'on Of approval of the utterancsS
Of the speaker. Continuing, he said:
The social evil results from the fact
that We take masculine Offenders into
our homes and drive female Offenders
into the streets. II II is a necessary
evil. as some doctors argue, then in
the name of humanity 1t Is our duty
to take the guilty women into our
homes."
Irdl strial conditions in England are
derloraSle. he said. and recited that in
some towns where soldiers are gar
iisoned, women are deliberately paid
meageT wages with the cold-blooded
recognition that they have at hand a
tneans to increase their incomes. He
termed the general custom of paying
women less than men for a given task
an inbuman discrimination.
He spoke Of the millions Of girls taken
from their homes at an early age and
sent into the machine shop and factory.
1T is only natural" no concluded, "that
when these girls become mothers they
nave not the knowledge Of their duties
that our mothers had.
The worst criticism Of the present
age is that there are no schools 10
teach mothers how 10 raise children. l
would not raise my finger in behalf or
woman suffrage II l did not sincerely
believe that back Of the demand for tn?
oailot s the promise OF better. cleane:
and purer living conditions"
Mrs. Glendower Evans, Of MassaCEu-
sets. presided at the meeting, whlcn
was addressed by Miss Lucy Burns and
Lincoln Stefrens. In Mr.. Steffens' opin-
ION, force will rule the world only until
we have self-co.I.rol.
A resolut on presented by Miss Burns
was unanimously adopted, denounclng
the Democratic members Of the Pules
Committee OF the House Of Representa-
tives In voting down the resolution
which provided for a House Committss
on Woman Suffrage. =
The Washington times., 1914-01-18
By EDITH LbBERT.

She was q little bit Of an old lady
wrapped up in a big plaid shawl. --
Her gray hair was coTnbed neatly and
pirred up in a knot at the back. She
rocked vigorously to and fro in the bis
sun parlor at the Home for the Aged
and Infrm. at Blue Plains
sightless for over thirty years and
most of that time spent In the hospital
all her former friends and associations
gene and dependent upon public largess
In her old age. l wondered II life held
spv cheerful outlook for her.
1t did. Her answer was a marvel OF
optimism. Sure, and barrin' the pain
in me side. haven't a thing in the
world to worry me. Most people don't
know what real trouble Is. Why, look
at me! I've been the mother Of ten
children-most OF them in heaven now.
thank God-and I've been bind for
thirty-one years. Do you suppose fuss
about things 1 can't help? Not q bit
of it-not when there's any fun going
on!'
Cheerful Despite Misfortunes.
And In the ncighborhood of Kitty, WHO
declares she is "as Irish as Paddy's
pig. and proud of It." there Is usually
some fun going on. II 1t hadn't been for
the Pain in her side she would have
executed a jig for her visitors. Instead,
she sang severa jolly little dittieS in
which Tipperary figured prominently. !
Ras Just getting interested in the ban
shoes. the leDrechans. ana the big wind
when l heard some plantation melodies
In the adjoining sun parIor where the
CO ored women spend their time.
There the tree of life is a-bloom-
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INSURANCE LOAN RATES.

Insurance companies have been sounding warn
ings against the growing habit of American policy
holders to borrow their policies. Men borrow close
up to the cash value of their policies to buy motor
cars to take their families abroad to indulge them
selves in other ways. They may be able to afford the
motor cars, the tours and the indmgences; but of
course, as the insurance companies have pointed out
the loan made on the policy extracts from it the pro-
lection to the poHcy-hoder's famiy-the very thing
for which he took out the policy and has been pay
ing his premiums.
Just now some insurance companies an
nouncing, and possibly other companies may later
announce an increase of the interest rate on such
loans up tc 6 per cent, applying not only to the
taking out OF loans but to the renewing Of old
oT;. There is talk that this change of interest rate
caused by the desire of the companies to check the
borro wing. Probably not The insurance companies
know that rates being equal everywhere the men
who are determined to borrow will borrow at per
cent as Quickly as they will at per cent. They
know that if such men were unable to borrow at all
from the insurance companies they would borrow
somewhere else. Ard so far as the families of the
pelicy-hoders are concerned, il wouldn't make very
much difference to them whether the principal of the
policy were eaten up by loans from the insurance
company or by loans from bank.
VIA: the Insurance companies that are raising
interest rates on loans to pocyhoders are doing is
to follow up the increased lending rate Of all money
Money which only few years ago earned not much
more than per cent for the owner, in municipal
bonds, earns almost ~ per cent today. like
change has come to the very best railroad securities
and zeal estate mortgages. If the money of the
The Washington times., 1914-01-18
HoLsTEM CALVES PROM MODEL DAIRY
chseruIness Stands Out Prominent Feature Of Lie in
Home-optmsm and Ready Wit of Inmates Is Surprise
to Visitor-lghts and Shadows Of interest

Yes. / knew him a number OF years
ago." she replied, quite simply, Just as
she might have said OF any casual ac-
quaintance. He told me once that II
he ever won the cup from America he
would pay all the expenses Of q trip to
England. I am Of English descent. you
see.
mot long ago ] saw an article In a
paper which said he intended TO compete
for the cup again. 30 i wrote him q
letter, reminding him Of his promise,
though I emphasized the fact that l was
hardly in q position now TO accept the
favor. I still wished him success. The
letter / got last week was an aeknowl-
edgment from his secretary telling me
that Sir Thomas had telesraphed him
TO get my address"
Nellie. with her seven pet cats. ap-
peared around the corner, She had a
big purring yellow boy In her arms She
displayed her pets with much pride and
passed down the walk.
Here comes Aunt Mary Loilise." said
Miss Roachford, OFFICIALLY the clerk OF
the institution, but HiIeRicially the
nnatron and mother-in-ordinary to all
the inmates -eyea II she Is years
her charges. "
80 A Slave of War Tines.
Aunt Mary Louise had blue turban
and mind to talk. She was a slave
,oeko ue WIT anu was SOtu dC eaC-
tion at Richmond. Va. when she was
fourteen. She was devoted to her Mas
ter and his family. who lived on a plan
tation near Petersburg. Her master
died just a few hours before the sur
render Of Lee at Appomattox- AN
dere warn't nobody around TO do lothin'
Cor the marster after he died. De
white follzs was all SO nervous and up
set. So I had to make funeral arrange
ment and, tend to everything" she said.
The Washington times., 1914-01-18
Arlington Again to Flash
Time Signals to France

To set the clock of the world Alright
and to determine the difference In IOngi-
tude between Washington, points on the
Continent. and In the Panama Canal
Zone, the radio tower at Arlington to-
morrow night will flash a time signal
to Paris. Stations in all parts of the
world are expected to pick up the
fash,
The message will start the second
series of International wireless tests be-
ing made by experts OF the United
States ard France.
The Navy Department has selected
site near San Diego, CAL. for the third
of the giant wireless stations which are
to form a chain extending from Wash
ington TO Panama. the Pacific coast,
Hawaii, Guam. and the Philippines. The
Panama station soon win be put In
commission. --
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Authorities Attempt TO- Keep Aged Men and Women Employed
They Are More Satisfied With Themselves When Doing
Tasks, Says Superintendent.

Ing-there the tree of life is a-Oioom-
lEg-- .
Forty or flfty blue turhaned
mammies were swaying to the rythnl OF
the old revival hymn and tapping. tins
on the floor With their feet incased IN
huge green carpet slippers. The youn2
colored minister took up his hat and
cane as he pronounced the final bene-
diction. His face was aglow as he left
after announcing that he had made
two converts.
Over in the mems section the gray
haired and bent figures were noddmg
over their papers, gazing out on the
broad bend OF the Potomac. Some were
sitting with folded hands as they watch
ed the lengthening shadows IN the west
their tasks finished and their aae-
wearied minds and bodies waiting pa
tient'y for the night.
Suddenly sprighty air of music
reused them from their day dreams.
Brown was at the piano AID & the DIN I'm
Over the Ocean" ripp!ed forth under
his fingers. still firm and confident of
their touch on the Keys.
Over 900 Inmates.
These are a few OF the high lights
OF a Gay at Blue Plains where the Dis
Over 800 men and women, whito aid
colored. have sought peace for their
old age within the walls Of the big rec
tangle Of buildings fronting on the Po-
tomac.
I'VE have 800 acres In the entire res
ervation,'' said Superintendent ". II.
Fay. as we drove around the grounds
at the home. "Our gardens supply
us With fresh vegetables, and IN the
canning season we preserve Great
many tomatoes. This IS one Of tn. IA
vprite dishes of the old folks and We
use tomatoes in 40 many different ways.
we have set out many young fruit
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CENTRAL BUILDINGS OF THE
HOME.

trees recently, having now about a
thousand" ...-.... ...-. ..-
''Tne old folks are kept comfortably
busy" he continued, ''and we constantly
see to Il that they don't overtax their
feeble strength. In fact, We use their
efforts sometimes at cost to ourselves,
n order to give them something to Go.
We do not want them to feel that Their
usefulness Is past as long as they are
willing to prster over easy tasks.
4 we'll equipped little hospital in
charge of DR.. w. o. Wetmore, affords
immediate attention to the sick Severa!
trained nurses are In constant attend
ance, and the little white building Is the
chief solace Of many an inmate The
death rate, about twenty-five or twenty,
six q year. Is surprisingly low. The nor
mai percentage is about forty a year.
1t Is the unanimous opinion of the pa
tients that the doctors cheerful manner
and his kindly sympathy are quite as
effective as his pills and potions, snd
the old ladies. part rt.cularly. lore to ban
ter wits with him.
well, grandmother. you're ooking
fine this morning. he remarked to cne
white-haired inmate who was far past
the eighty mark. '
PAY your compliments to your own
wife" she snapped, curtly, her face
erinkling INTO thousand wrinkles IN
her pleasure at being singled out for at
tention. ~ .
Rare Skill As Lace Makers.
Yards OF beautiful lace take shape un-
der the deft fingers Of the women as
they sit in their rocking chairs IN the
big. sunny rooms. One woman. who Is
totally blind, kn.ts bedroom slippers in
yarn of different colors-
How do you manage to match those
patterns perfectly asked, for the
stripes were precisely the same width,
and even a seeing person might have
difficulty in gauging them. $50
"Oh, just keep red ball on one
other" she replied, then ! keep count
Of my stitches!"
A rag rug attssted to the faithful
hours Of needlework another woman had
spent. while silk siumber robes, OF the
variety known in the MID, Victorian age
Memories Of other days and other
associations come back to them. One
sweet old gentlewoman who has rare
skill as a Iacemaker, and whose fortune
tells Of her earlier friendships with the
Armours and Medills in the Windy City,
~ have never let them know where I
am" she said, her eyes filling with tears
as her memory took her back to the
time when she was mistress Of her own
beautiful home
Friend of Sir Thomas Upton.
A robbery OF a church rectory safe to
which she had intrusted valuable papers
destroyed the last vestige Of her for
tune
And last week there was such q hutter
of excitement among some Of the old
ladies'. The gentle old laeemaker had
received q letter from England, bearing
the mark Of Sir Thomas LiptonI
The Washington times., 1914-01-18
Robbers Eat LeiSurely
Then RanSack the House

BALTIMORE. Jan. 1S.-Having blocked
all chances of interruption while al
work by chloroforming Mr.. and Mrs,
John A Murray, Of Frederick road.
Catonsville, two burglars coolly ate q
meal at the table which had been set
for breakfast, helped themselves plentl-
fully from box Of cigars. and then ran
sacked the house at their leisure, tax
ing clothing and jewelry valued at 500.
Later they entered three other houses,
but failed to get Inything.
The Washington times., 1914-01-18
Dates Set for Hearings
On Car Line Extensions

After the hearing on the proposed ex-
tension OF street railway service In the
Anacostia district hich has been set
for January &c, the ublic Utilities Com
mission will grant similar hearing to
residents OF Mt. Pi asant
II is proposed to substitute a loop in
place Of the present switch at the Park
road terminus of the Washing on Rail
way and Electric line. Fifteen applica-
tions for. street railway extension are
pending with the commission.
The Washington times., 1914-01-18
Daniels Wants Airships.

Equipment Of hsttleshlps with SAL
looms and aeropianes and conce atratioa
OF naval aerenasticel work at Pennsa-
cola. Fla. are among the principal
of the board OF Of
ficers which Seceftary Daniels appointel
to draw up a plap Tor the Organization
Of q navy aerohautical service
The Washington times., 1914-01-18
Broken Ice Impeding ,
Small Craft on River

Washington and Alexandria Us eau ing
trn bic to tugs and other small Fat.
Tn, &c has broken !n 'hH 1CGrEetl wn
channel. and has packed across the
lower channel from the steel plant at
Geisboro Point to Alexandria. The
large steamers have had no difficulty.
The Washington times., 1914-01-18
Meandering Horse Climbs
Three Flights of Stairs

NEW YORK. Jan. 1S,-G. VI. Cowen-
hoven. president Of the National. Gauge
Company, while alone in his Office on
the third moor of 500 Pacific street.
rrcc klyn. heard q noise outs'ds the
door. In the Aall he was sstous shed to
nal had climbed two flights of stairs.
II was sens down the freight elevator
gnG Eas taken chArge OF by the police
The Washington times., 1914-01-18
Aeroplanes May Be Used
In Search for DerelictS

Locating derelicts by aeroplane Is one
Of the ideas o. revenue cutter officers
which the Treasury Department Tuay
be asked to put into practice.
Work of the wreck patrol often is
made difficult by the limited range OF
vision from q revenue cutter.
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The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-04-20
ARMED ROBBERS
BEAT JEWEuER
ANDROBSTORE
Brave Workman in charge
OGetS a Hammer and Alone
ReSiStS Four.

Morris Plazett. jeweller en-
'ployed In the store of Bernard Vein
stein. No. s. Colulsbia street. was
alone In the establishment late This
afternoon when two natty young fell
lows entered and asked him abou, a
locket they said they had left for
repairs While Plazett was looking
up the records two other young men
entered and walked rapidly toward
the rear of the store whore the big
safe stood with both doors open.
Intuitively seeming holdup.
Plazett turned and made for the
back OF the store to head off the
latest arrivals. One of the first two
visitors hit him on the back of the
head with the butt of revolver,
knocking hi Midtown. He was up in a
second graspng hammer upon
which he had providentiallyi fallen.
Armed with the hammer. Plazett
started again for the two who had
headed toward the safe. He was set
upon then by all four, who heat him
with blackjacks. breaking his right
wrist and cutting his head and face.
But Plazett was game and kept up
u continual uproar.
Seeing the futility Of trying Ia
overpower the fighting jeweller. the
thieves grabbed up whatever was in
reach and ran, Two OF them stuffed
watches and the works of watches
into the pockets Of their raincoats
The others smashed a glass show
case and picked up several trays o.
rings and earrings.
As the thieves reached the stree
they encountered great crowd O
children and began tn yell "Fire!'
The quartet separated. two runnin,
toward stanton street and two towar,
Rivinston. street. The second tw,
were out of sight in the crowd in ;
moment,
Detective Liebers and Patrolmal
Winters took up the chase after tn
itSt two, one Of whom was bare