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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-08-19

war Of 1912. two years eight
months; Mexican war. two years
eleven weeks; civil war, four
years; Spanish war. seven and a
half months.
The last general European war
was the Crimean. when England,
France. Turkey and Sardinia COM
bined against Russia and thrashed
her. the war lasting two years.
from 1884 to 1856.
The Napoleonic wars. which in
termittently brought every ma
ton In Europe to the battlefield.
continued. with breaks of varying
duration. over a period OF twenty
years. ending at Waterloo in 1918,
with a victory for the allies, led
by the English Duke Of wellington,
over Napoleon and the French. In
this battle the English. Prussians,
Belgians. Dutch and other allies
fought side by side against the
French. Then Russia and Eng
land were Germany's stanchest
friends. and they were enemies Of
france
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By MISS ANY GORDON.

The free employment agency Of the
Gospel Mission at IA John Marshall
place IL established to encourage.
assist and help men and women to
be citizens and assets Of our United
States. and not idlers and depen-
dents.
Not every soul seeking employment.
who has strained beyond their last
dollar Is. "good-for-nothing." de
PRAYED" 'lazy." or insane" though
II Ii 30 true that many are 50 re-
duced by drink and shiftlessness.
yet a. many are down-and-out
from long illness. accident or from
some sudden twist IN LIES affairs.
Among our prosperous men, who
are doing the worlds work here In this
city today, are those who once toss
ed nickel to see which would eat,
they or the other fellow Had not
the psychological opportunity have
come to them at the psychological
moment the Gospel Mission, perhaps
the work house or St Elizabeth's
or Q suicidal grave might have been
added to the potter's field. or even
or q worse fate than any Of these
might have been their doom
Danger Signal
It II not 20 bad to be out of work.
to walk the streets seeking employ
ment. though that II sad enough, but
to walk and seek until the very
walking and seeking In itself gets to
be hindrance and courage falls and
faith In self fags-that Il sad. For
then. a dare-deyil-don't-care
creeps into the mind and q hotbed
Of thoughts begin to take root and
grow until they form into acts, each
one Of which 10 a signal Of danger
ahead to the individual and to the
city.
Our employment agency Is a look
out station for these danger signals,
to offset them II we can. For In
stance. one man. written up In this
very paper about ten days ago, ate
rat biscuits to end his life because
die. however, the hospital thought
he was worth while, picked him up
of the street, and now he II out
again looking for q Sob"
Another man held up q train, shot
and killed several people because
he could not get work and was hun
cry. Idle and hungry men and wom-
Sn dic o8u8OIOtSp 10 II OcuOOVc3
our employment agency to be on the
lookout for danger signs on the
faces Of the out-of-work class.
Few Disappoint.
Suppose these people do disappoint
US now and then; who OF US has
not disappointed some one? Who
OF US has not made some one suffer
because we IA. ed them? Some one
has had to haze patience with US,
perhaps, too. when we did not even
try again" Therefore, our en-
ployment agency wants, when some
one fails 1t once or twice, to re-
member that these who happen to
be down, are not the only ones who
disappoint: to remember the old
philosophy In that small word
charm" spoken of as existing in the
third time" and better still to re-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-08-19
Navy Yard Visitor
Caught With Camera

Escaping the scrutiny Of the guards
stationed at the Navy Yard gate, a
young sightseer got in the reservation
yesterday with a small camera with
which he commenced swapping views.
He had only taken a few pictures, how
ever, when one Of the guards IA the
grounds discovered him. He was
promptly escorted to the gate where
the camera was opened and the film
destroyed.
There is a strict rule against any
one taking a camera inside the ground
without first obtaining a permit from
the commandant, and II is seldom that
any one get past the guards with even
a pocket kodak. When the camera
fiends'' do get inside the reservation
there is a rule that all films in their
possession be destroyed
The young man who had the camera
yesterday soon convinced the guards
that he was simply a tourist ignorant
OF the rules Of the yard. and he was
permitted to go as soon as the film
had bean taken from the camera.
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member that righteous and majestic
command or entreaty:
Yea. seventy times seventy"
FOR the dement, Of those whom this
agency has assisted in getting into
POSITIONS. the majority, and largely
80. have made good.
Into every life there will coma
q time when one leans on anolher.
when the nerve is all gone and ths
VIII too weak to be reused, when
strength more than ones own Il
needed. then q look, a word, or some
small deed may change a life of des-
pair TO one Of hope. may brace up
= man from weakness to strength.
A New View Point.
Our employment agency desires 10
bring together the employer and the
employee to find out and Mt. to-
gether desire and need. not to Dry
into the how and why a fellow being
IL adrift, but to have hold of a iffe
line to throw out where he Is.
The ideal Of the Gospel Mission IN
ffrst and foremost: Conversions
new viewpoint
After this new viewpoint there are
three definite things desired BY the
convert In almost every case:
A bath
Clean clothes
Work.
Hence a place has been set apart
where in the infancy of this new
point our employment agency hopes
to do the little II can in helping 10
I'LL the latter requirement-to secure
work, which. in itself, betters the in
diyfdual and protects the city.
Twenty-four positions were &C.
cured In June, some eighteen so far
this month. while q number are on
the waiting list
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Government Will Study
Convict Labor Problem

Road experts Of the Department Of
Agriculture and officials Of the Public
Health Service have completed arrange
ments for a joint study Of convict
camps and the utilization Of convict
labor in the construction Of roads and
preparation Of road materials.
The studies will begin in Colorado
late this month. and later will be ex-
tended to other Western. Eastern and
Southeastern States The constantly
Increasing tendency on the part Of
State governments to use convict labor
In works OF public Improvement, such
as road construction, rather than in the
manufacture Of articles which compete
with the product Of free labor, has
prompted the Government inquiry.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-08-19

to Washington. Mrs. Henderson Is
making the trip by motor.
p.
DR.. and Mrs. D. X. Shute have left
Washington for Atlantic City. They
will take an automobile trip, and be
gone until the latter part of September.
-
Mrs. Marcus Hanna was hostess at a
tea yesterday afternoon at her villa
at Seal Harbor, Me, in compliment to
Mrs. Miles c. Carpenter.
Mrs. Thomas F. Bayard, who has
been spending some time at the Red
Lion Inn, at Lenox. has gone to New
port.
Mrs. Richard n. Townsend was
among the dinner hostesses Of last eve
ming at Newport, r. l.
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The Silver
Lining
Edited by ARTHUR BAER.

Having had its base Of supplies cut
off. looks as II the old straw hat can't
hold out any longer than three weeks.
News that the price of gasolene Is
dropping. fails to enthuse the heart OF
the West Yirginian. Stuff leaves a bad
taste. in the mouth.
Moving picture companies hard hit by
the ballyhoo across the pond. Tough
job to convert Indian costumes into
European uniforms.
When the superintendent Of markets
advised buying clubs to reduce the
cost Of eat stuffs, he didn't mean the
blackthorn variety.
Add to the high cost Of livins-war
maps on restaurant table linen.
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THE MARKETING PROB
LEM.

We view with alarm the manifes-
atoms from the Office of Mr.. John
!. Sherman, local Superintendent OF
Weights, Measures and Markets. Mr..
c;herman is a young man, and only
.-ecently installed in the office whence
re has been lately voicing some opin-
ons on the subject of living costs.
Come of his observations are couched
i language that Enthusiastically car
les the conclusion that he has been
o college; and that while there he
earned a lot about economics.
To have gone to college might be
overlooked; but to have learned and
% remember some things, particu-
'arly to have imbibed some
theories" is quite past forgiveness.
Moreover, to use the newspapers to
7dvertise his scheme of developing a
municipal marketing system here is
abviously bad form, and may bring
Town upon the Sherman head the
wrath of the Hon. Humphrey, of
Washington State. Humphrey might
possibly overlook the fact that Sher-
nan has some knowledge; even that
he has theories; but he could never
excuse his giving publicity to them
The Humphrey theory about knowl-
dye apparently is that it is quite
'>arnless if the public doesn't get at
t.
Mr.. Sherman, in a newspaper in
erview, outlines his proposal to es-
ablish a model municipal market
ug system in Washington, as an OBJ
ect lesson to the country. He OBJ
7erves that if American cities had
been in the. past keeping abreast of
modern times and conditions in this
egard, the effect of the European
Tar would not have been so instant
= and emphatically reflected in
ices of living necessaries here. He
70. OF course, correct
Further, Mr.. Sherman warns peo-
6 away from the hue and cry
gsinst the dealer. He finds that
fasteful methods, not uncomfortable
'rofts to anybody in particular, is
esponsible for most of the excess in
resent prices over those that would
e reasonable and justifiable.
Pointing out that Washington is
he natural and logical headquarters
or a big development of modern
marketing methods, Mr.. Sherman
deserves that the experiment could
nc would be conducted here under
he supervision of Congress. 1t will
axe time to develop the system. to
rovide necessary structures, and to
ducate the public to avail itself of
he system. But that can all be
one, and 1t would De 80 object les
on Of immense value 70 the whole
-ountry as we'll as tn WashhI ton.
Mr.. Sherman suspects that the
'enefits of this marketing SYSTEM.
ven if it worked out as successfully
he believes, might never be Wis
tle to the naked eye. That is, he
ioubts if there will be any perma-
lent fall in the prices of food neces-
aries. Rather, he points out, the in
'vitsble tendency is toward higher
rices, because the world is increas-
Hg in population but not in its area
z land: the people are crowding into
ties rather than staying in the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-08-19
LEADERSHIP OF THE
ARMIES.

In the two weeks that have elapsed
since the European war broke out.
much has been said and written of
armies. their organization, their
composition, their character, their
fighting qualities, and so on. Much
Of it, too, has been written to little
purpose because the course of his
tory shows that there is but one
true test of armies, and that is the
test of battles and campaigns.
In a general way, however, 1t 10
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-08-19
u. S. Leads i'm Cement.

The United States leads the world in
the production Of cement, its output be-
ing approximately four times as much
as that Of England and nearly three
times that Of Germany, according to
figures made public by the bureau OF
foreign and domestic commerce, Depart
ment of Commerce. Production of CO.
ment has arisen from 100000 barrels
in 1890 to 9S.0O0.000 barrels In 1913 I'm
ports OF cement declined from $500, 900
barrels In 1850 to s5,sT barrels In the
last asea year.
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I ruths By Women Who
Hoo1x, Bringing Employer and
NllOW Employe Together
Free Employment Bureau

To obtain work which bees the individual protects the CITY,
To make useful citizens ont Of oilers and dependents
To bring employer and employee together.
To determine desire and need
To throw out life line to persons adntt.
These are the things which the Free Employment Bureau
John Marshall place. strives to accomplish People of grow
discouraged and desperate often resulting pont acts Tins they
become individuals the community To consider
these people worth while look for the of danger
them, what this doing according Miss Amy Gordon
who in charge of this york. She finds majority whom
this bureau have benefited have made good In addition other in
ferestng details gpen in the following article she adds few
fail that they strive to hare patience for every fails sometimes
Read what Miss Gordon Of their efforts men from
weakness to strength
Nv
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-08-19
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS.

at San Pedro de Ma
coris. California at La Paz. Dubuque
at Nagasaki. Virginia and New Jer.
sey at Guantanamo, Portsus M
Hampton Roads. Calico at Canton,
Denver at Manzanillo.
from Catalina Island
for San Pedro de Macrols, Caesar
from Catilina for Port au Prince.
Hull from San Diego for San Fran
cisco; California and Hopkins from
Mazatlan for La Paz. Dubuque from
Montreal for Portsmouth. ~. H.,
Washington from Puerta Plata for
Santo Domingo City, Prairie from
Puorta for Sant0 Domingo City, Jup-
tier from Tiburon. Cal. for Bremen
ton Osceola from Guantanamo for
San Juan, Tecumseh from Norfolk
for Washington. Justin from San
Francisco for San Diego, Denver
from MAnsanillo for Acapulco.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-08-19
Ban Parachute Leap.

BOSTON, Aug. Ie.-Rodman Law,
known as the human fly and dare
devil. was refused permission to make
parachute jump from the top OF the
new customs tower today. Law and
his sister were already prepared to
jump when the police arrived.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-08-19
IN THE TIMES MAIL BAG


Of
may
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-08-19

Keen competition. Mexican warning
factions are seriously considering stag
ing matinees. with bon-bons for the
children.
What profiteth It q man to raise the
price of q meal to find that the price
Of a meal has raised itself?
Answer. Nothing.
Notice that the bartender has every
one else stopped when 1t comes to SYM
pathizing with you over the high cost
Of living.
When the barber Is shaving your neck,
OF course you agree that his side of the
war in entirely correct. Safety first
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-08-19
What's on the Program in
Washington
Today.

Today.
Meetings. evening:
Observation-Disclosures Centennial, No "A:
Osiris. No. IS; East Gate. No So
Odd Fellows-Eastern. No. Z; Harmony No
.; Friendship. No. L.: Federal Civ No
20: Mount Nebo. No. s. encampment
Knights OF Pythias-Mt Vernon. IN n,
Union. No p; Friendship Temple, Na
Pythisn Sisters.
National Union--Treasury Council: Conssys
sionAl Council
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Amusemeuts.

columbia-'rhe Marriage Of Kitty" AIS and
Sis p. m.
Polfs-"Graustark." els and Sis D. m
Cosmos-Vaudeville. afternoon and evening
Belasco-Alaska-Siberia motion pictures J
and $50 D. IN.
Gayety-Burlesque, e:i5 and sis D. m.
Glen Echo-All amusements.
Chevy Chase Lake-Dancinz and Marine
1AAd concArt.
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Tomorrow.

Meetings. evening:
Masonic-NaHal. No. J: Hiram, No. 10: Ia
Fayette, No. 10: William r. Singleton No
20 w.
Odd Fellows-Columbla, No 10; Excelsior
No. II; Salem. No. %
knights OF Pythias-Frsnklin. No. .
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Amusements.

p.
Poifs-"Grsustark." els and Sis D
cosmos audevllle- afternoon and evening
Belasco-Alaska-Si Siberia motion pIctrre-
and $50 D. m
Gayety-Burlesque. s:1S and Sis D. m.
Glen Echo-An amusements
Chevy Chase Lake-Dancing and Marine
Band concert
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-08-19

"If tn price o
sugar goes up
much furth er,
CAMPAIGN oratory
will become a lost
art"
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shown to the world by his cool, dis
passionate judgment, assisted by the
able Secretary Of State william Jen-
nings Bryan. backed by the Senate and
House of Representatives Of the United
States, and we will all be q more con-
tented and q happier people.
c. w. MONOGRAM.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-08-19

Mrs. John B. Henderson. with John B.
Henderson. jr.. and Miss Beatrice Hen
edrson. is at the Plaza In New York.
On route from her place at Bar Harbor
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thought you gave him the syn to roll
over Tell him to play dead and he'll
do that"
Tell all the bears to play dead"
begged Jackson, until I'm back in the
billiard room"
Flushed with happiness Herric<
tossed keys cage out If the wagon
and opened the door of the one that
held Bruno and Clara. on their part
there was a moment Of doubt. AS
though suspecting a trap. they moved
to the edge of the cage and gazei
critically at the screen Of trees and
tangled vines that rose before them.
They think it's "A new back drop"
explained Kelly.
But the delight with which key was
enjoying his bath in the autumn leaves
was not lost upon his parents. Slowly
and clumsily they dropped to the
ground. AS though they expected to be
recalled. each turned to look at the
group Of people who had now run 10
peer through the wire meshes Of the
fence. But as no one spoke and no
one signallcd the three bears, in single
file started toward the edge of tho
rest.
They had Of cleared space to cover
only a little distance. and at each step.
as though fearful they wuuld bc stopped
and punished. one or the other turned
its head. Eut no one halted them.
with quickcn.ng footsteps the bears,
now almost at gil.np plunged for
ward. The next instant they We're lost
t. SIGHT, and only the cracking Of the
undcrorush told that they had come into
their own.
Hcrr.ck dropped to the ground and
locked himself inside the preserve.
I'm going after taem," he called. "tp
see what they'll do"
There WIS a frantic chorus Of cries
and entreatics.
Don't be an ass" begged Jackson.
They'll eat YOU"
Hcrrick waved his hand rcass urinEly.
They won't even see me" he cN-
planned. 81 can find my way about this
place better than they can. And III
keep to windward Of them. and watch
them. Go to the house" he commanded.
"Ill hc with YOU in an hour and r.
port"
1t was "A real relief that, on assem-
bling for dinner, the house party found
IIerriCk in high spirits, with the usual
number of limbs, and awaiting them.
The experiment had proved a great sue
cess.
He told how, unhcedcd by the bears,
he had without difficulty followed ia
their tracks. For an hour he had
watched them. No happy school chill
dren let loose at recess could have en-
braced their freedom with more obvious
delight They drank from the running
streams. for honey they explored the
hollow tree trunks, they sharpened
their claws on moss grown rocks and
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they are their own masters. For the
rest of their lives they can Sic, y On pine
needles and dine on nuts and honey.
No one shall modest them, no one shall
force them through degrading tricks
Hereafter they can choose their life
and their own home among the rocks
and the"
Herrlcks words were frozen on his
tongue.
From the other end of the terrace
full of human suffering. that at the
sound the blood of all that heard 1t
turned to water. 1t was 50 appalling
that for an instant no one moved and
then from every part Of the house. along
the garden walks. from the servants
quarters, came the sound Of pounding
feet.
Herrick, with Miss Waring c'utchinG
at his sleeve, raced toward the other
end of the terrace. They had not far
To go. Directly in front of them they
saw what had dragged from the very
soul of the woman the scream of terror.
The drawing room opened upon the
terrace and, seated at the piano. Jack
son had been playing for those in the
room to dance. The windows to the ter
race were open. The terrace itself was
flooded with moonlight. Seeking the
fresh air. one of the dancers stepped
from the drawing room tu IA, flags out
side She had then raised ,he cry OF
terror and fallen in a faint.
What sho had soon Uorricl a moment
later also saw ON tho terrace. 4, tho
moonlirb, grlin, and clara an ,beir
hind los v,ro s,lcnrIv u,,,yirg
Neither the scream nor the cessation Of
the music disturb Il hem. Cortrnt,diy.
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among the fallen oak leaves scratched
violently for acorns.
SO satisfied was Herrick with what
he had seen, with the success of his
experiment, and so genuine and un-
selfish was he in the thought of the
happiness he had brought to the beasts
of the forests, that for him no dinner
ever passed more pleasantly. Miss War
ing WHO sat next 10 her most, thouEht
she had seldom mot man with SO KIND
and simple nature.
she rather resented the fact' and she
was inwardly indignant that so mu, %
right feeling and affection should be
wasted on farmyard fowls and four
footed animals. She felt sure That some
nice girl, seated at the other end OF the
table, smiIIhS through the hsht OF the
wax candies upon herri'K' would soon
make MN forget ms love OF nature
ana Natures children' She even saw
herSet there' ana TINS may nave mace
her eNhIbit more interest IN Herri'N =
experiment that she really felt'
In any event IL Trick FOUND her most
sympathetic, and when dinner was over
carried her on To a corner OF the Ter
race. IL was warm hiGht IN carry
October ana the great woods OF 'he
game preserve th"' su'''H'u pe.""
them were III with luA moon On MS
way l" 'ht I'N" Tor H""hHSHl 70"
with one "i the h"u'c party VINO pe-
l"nEtd to that s'N th"t does not row
nut looks well IN the moonlight helIy
matted ana Jetrcd moch.ns'y.
How can YOU sit there" he demanded,
while those poor beasts are freezing
IN cave, with not even silk covcrlot
or a pillowsham. You and your valet
ought to hc down there now carrying