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The Washington times., 1914-05-12
Oil Poured
Upon the
Bearings
By MRS. CHRISTINE FREDERICK.

By MRS. CHRISTINE FREDERICK
- AVE you an oil can? This
IL might be the first question
asked of every housekeeper.
for by their oil-cans shall
We know them.
Who oiled the hinges? Who oiled
the wringer bearings? Who put
parrafine on :. her meat chopper?
Who gave her knives an oil-mas-
sage? 'I."-said the careful and in
tslligent housewife, Il oiled them
an.''
No pantry equipment Is complete
without a small oil can. The more
frequently used the better, and the
less noise and creaking shall be
heard In the land. Those wet spring
days coming after a cold winter
have sprung all sorts Of hinges and
played havoc and rust with numer-
GUS household articles.
Indeed one housekeeper returning
to country place which had been
closed four winter nCnths was ap-
paled at the amount of rust which
had gathered on every tin and iron
utensil, as well as at whitish de-
posits on her aluminium When she
opened her trunks, she found the
hinges very tight. Scissors were
stuck" parers and knives were all
in poor condition. castors refused to
rotate on their accustomed legs
The washer was Investigated an
showed 1t needed spring lubricant
a.
and had developed a rich brown COM
plexion. The sewing machine, the
badly, fiatirons were melancholy
tor, all, ali needed the magic touch
o. something to put them at work
again.
Half AN hour and an oil can did
the work. The rollers rolled. the
perambulator rambied, the casters
catered as if some magic elixir had
been applied. The fiatirons were
bathed in kerosene, the hinges treat
ed to asgood machine oil; the tin
and iron pans. the oven, and even
the rusted garbage pail. were also
INDUCED in a good kerosene bath
and massage, frpm which they
emerged clean. shining, and with an
expression which meant to say:
Now I am good for all summer
If the housewife is TO adopt me-
chanical tools, and turn to rIechan-
fcal labor-savers. she must accept
and use the aids of all good me-
chanics-chief and foremost of which
is an oil can filled with a good lubri-
cant. Or kerosene poured down the
windpipe of chopper, meat grinder,
or coffee machine. or used as an
emouient on rusty articles of every
sort. will grease them up end
make them quite amenable II Is
even whispered that a fine clock,
which had totally and absolutely
stalled and which refused to per-
form its daily task. was made to
tick-tick with delight because a few
drops of oil were poured on its
works
II It's rusty or won't go-try the
oil can." might be the housewives
slogan.
Copyright. 1874 by Mrs Christine Frederick
The Washington times., 1914-05-12

is run over by an automobile, and
the instant the apparently impossi-
BILE feat is accomplished the di-
rector again calls Hold it, and the
real player again takes his place in
the picture, arranging his body to
correspond exactly with the position
CT the dummy. The camera Is then
started again. and the action pro-
ceeds IS usual. though probably
three out of every four persons in
the audience are astonished at the
death-defying deeds Of the photo
player.
The second t-pe of picture men,
tioned-that in which the usual rou-
tine Of things is reversed-is best
Illustrated by the films in which
smoke floats down 4 chimney, divers
come flying out of the surf and land
on a dock, running backward out of
the picture, or objects leap from the
floor onto table. This type of pic
ture is usually made by either a re-
Verstng crank on the camera being
used. or by turning the camera up
side down, though IN some studios it
Is accomplished by a special print-
ing machine, which feeds the mega
tive film in a direction opposite to that
OF the positive during the process Of
printing, so that the relation Of one
portion of the film is reversed in
regard to the portion which immedI-
ately precedes 1t" G. NJ.
The Washington times., 1914-05-12
Regeneration.
(Kaleu.)

~ ENGINEERING the miserable
- end of his father. who had
IN died a drunkard's death.
George resolves to conquer
the terrible craving he has inherited.
Fortune favors him. The boy comes
to the aid Of Ames. q banker. who Is
attacked by footpads. In gratitude.
the man takes George into his office
and gives him a start in life. Kath-
crime, deserted by the woman who
gave her birth. has grown up and
become one of the city's submerged.
The girl is the companion of Burt.
Tired and discouraged, the girl
drops into a slums mission. The
words Of the preacher go straight
to her heart. Her forlorn appear
ance arouses the sympathy OF a set
tlement worker. That night Anna's
regeneration commences. Burt re-
ceives a note which states she has
left him forever. Several years
pass. Fate has caused the settle
ment worker to bring Katherine to
Mrs Ames, wife OF the banker. The
good woman takes the girl into her
home. George has fought his way
upward until he has become the
bankers right-hand man. George
meets Katherine. Love at first sight
results. Shortly afterward. Kath-
crime. awakened in the middle of the
night, finds a burglar in the house.
Swapping on the light she con-
fronts-Burt. The villain demands
that she return to him. Katherine
refuses Burt sees her with George
the next day. Wild with jealousy.
he determines to reveal her past TO
the lover. George hears the tale
with horror. Springing upon the
wretch he almost strangles him.
The story is brought to a satisfac-
tory ending.
The Washington times., 1914-05-12
The Old Fire Horse and
the New Fire Chief.
(Vitagraph.)
Featuring John Bunny and Flora
Finch

Finch.
THE w m n Progressive
League of Williamsville, head
i ed by Mrs. Banks, hold a
mass meeting to protest
against the inefficiencv of the local
lLe department. Bunny. the old fire
IN Is ousted and Mrs. Banks cleo
teo IN his place as the new fire
chief. She has some trouble in her
new position. but soon overcomes
all obstacles. Williamsville pur-
chases a motor engine and tn, faith
ful old fire horses are auctioned OFF
as worthless. the old chiefs pet be-
Ing sold TO a peddler Returning
from visit out of town. the old
chief learns of the sale and is heart
broken By chance he finds the
morse and buys him. Later he finds
his old buggy in the rubbish pile OF
the fire house. A fire breaks out
and the new chief tells the maid to
te!epnone the men to call for her in
the auto engine.
The new fire chief, after much
primping and delay, gets dressed.
jumps into the auto engine and they
go tearing past the old chief, with
his fire horse and buggy, but the
machine breaks down and Bunny
soon catches up. He takes a few OF
Iiic OoSS III MS DugBy ana races OH
10 the fire. In the meantime the
other firemen arrive at the fire,
but can do nothing until Mrs Bangs
arrives. An invalid is in the burn
ing house. but no one dare enter.
The old chief dashes up, assumes
command and starts things going in
a hurry. The invalid is rescued just
before the roof falls in. The motor
is at last started and the new
chief arrives. but every one shouts
for their old chiefs reinstatement.
Bunny is reappointed amid great
cheering. and generously shares
hOnors with the old fire horse.
The Washington times., 1914-05-12
Boston Adopts Drastic
Rule Against Theaters

Motion picture shows in wooden
buildings in Boston will have short
life under Mayor Curley's latest resu-
lstions. Eighteen applications for
licenses are pending, and the mayor
announced today that the managers
must find locations in first class build
ings or be forced to give up their
business. The mayor is convinced that
there are TOO many fretraps now oc-
cupied by the picture promoters. and
and though he realizes the hardship
that his order will create. he is will
ing to give the managers plenty OF
time to seek new locations. There will
be more stringent rules as To fire es-
caps and exits, and also with respect
TO fire precautions on the stage.
The Washington times., 1914-05-12

HILE on the steamer head
NA/ ed for home. Jack, the
Wv nephew of Senator Mum
roe. meets Brady. a noto-
ricus smuggler. Jack is bringing
rare book TO his uncle. When un-
observed Erady places some dia-
1nonds in the binding OF the book.
Tom Cole, q Government detective is
in love with Doris. Jacks sister.
The girl makes her home with Sem
atOr MunrOe. She promises to be
Coles wife. Th3 detective goes to
the pier to meet the incoming boat.
lookout for Brady. The smugSler
writes n note. 1t reads: Gems in
nephcw's prescnt-the rare bOok-in
binding" He slips the note to Clark.
an accCmplice. Cole sees the note
being passed. and snatches at 1t. 1t
tears in half. Clark escapes with
the other half. Brady returns to Eu-
rope on the next steamer. without
communicating with the gang. Jack
presents the rare book 20 his uncle.
The Senator discovers that his rare
Curio3 are being destroyeI He sends
for Cole. The detectives suspicion
IS directed to George. the butler.
The half of the note in Coles pos
session reads: The rare book-in
binding" lie places the note where
the butler can see 1t. Later, the
Senator's friend calls and borrows
the book. He is held up and robbed.
but the thieves get the wrong VOL
Ime Cole has Jack arrested as n
ruse. Doris. indignant because OF
her brothers arrest, breaks her en-
EaEement to Cole. That evening
Cole and n squad Of police see a man
steal from the house. They follow
ana are led to the SmugglcrS' rem
dczvOls. They raid the place and
capture the gang. George. the but
ler is among them. The book is on
the table. Ripping the binding, Cole
finds tho smugSied diamonds. Jack
is set free. Doris. delighted because
Of bcr sweethearts S success, holds
out her hand for the ring.
The Washington times., 1914-05-12
KathlVn an AuthOreSS.

kathlyn. of the famous Selig "Ad-
ventures has joined the Fhotoplay
Authors League. Miss Williams, in
addition to daily attendance at the
Sellg zoo studios, many social duties
and much correspondence. finds time,
now and then. to inditc smart seem
ario. Some she writes and produces
herself
The Washington times., 1914-05-12
THE ONLY
Department Representing
THE PUBLIC
WHAT THEY'RE SHOW.
ING IN WASHINGTON.
TODAY

TODAY
Laura Sawyer I'm "TThe Port Of
DOum," the Virginia, Ninth. be-
tween + and G. streets.
"Thc Other Half Of the Note"
CrandnIrs, Ninth md + streets.
THE Old Fire Horse and the New
Chief" the Olympic. I43t U street.
"Mnrcen. the Half Breed, the
RhOde Island, Seventh street and
Rhode Island avenue.
.The Acid Test the PickwicIx,
9I1 PcnnsyI, ,anin avenue.
"The Vanity Case" the Favoritr,
First end III streets northwest.
"As Fate Willed, and "Chnrlie
nnd His Dog" the Colonial, 3c7
Pennsylvania avenue.
"The Crention,' BeIascC Theater,
Lafayette Square.
Hearst-seIiG Pictorial Review
Scenes at Vera Cruz, the Apollo,
B24 ii street northeast.
"The Vanity Case" and "BIrbnr-
GUS Mexico" the Fnvorite, FIRST
and ii streets northwest.
The Washington times., 1914-05-12
Behind the Screen

! House Peters, who recently resigned
from the Famous Players, left New
York for California where he is to be
| leading man for the California Motion
Picture Corporation. Mr.. Peters has
and all Of them regret his departure
w. ]. Ferguson, famous along Broad
way, and one OF Americas best known
character actors, has been secured to
play a part in an Imp feature now in
the course of production. His Last
Chance" is the title of the two-reel
feature. Leah Baird will play opposite
Mr.. Ferguson.
Dave Warner is resting in New York
after absenting himself from Broadway
Tor period of seven months. He will
get away shortly in the interests Of
Warmers Features, Inc. the objective
points Of his trip being the Eastern Of
Aces.
helpful factor in the production Of
Reliance and Majestic Mutual Movies is
Walter Stanhope. assistant to David w
Griffith, the head producer Of those
two brands Of motion pictures Though
called an assistant. Mr.. Stanhope is
Mr.. Grifhth's alter ego during working
hours.
Robert Leonard is portraying the part
OF "Swede Larson" in a One-reel drama
of the same name. now being purchased
b. Lloyd Ingrah9m and his company of
Rex players. The story has its setting
In the lumber camps of the North.
Max Asncr, principal comedian for
Allan Curtis Joker comedy company,
ofiiciated as tOastmaster at Dutch
banquet given at thu Photoplayers' Club
recently. All who attended the function
were gsrbed and made up as Germans.
The Washington times., 1914-05-12
Foy Family on Screen.

Eddie Foy and the Foy youngsters
are to appear in a motion picture COM
edy on which work will he started
when Foy closes his vaudeville SEASON
in Los Angeles on July l. .Tunie Nc
Crees The Battle of Table d'Hote"
will be the first story screened. and
others OF the McCree comedies WIN
prIbabfy follow.
The Washington times., 1914-05-12

the Universal studios in Hollywood as
sisted in the funmaking.
Sid Olcott will very shortly return
to New York to sign UP new talent for
q permanent stock company. He is more
than delighted with Jacksonville, Fla.
as n base of operations.
The Wheels of Destiny" a coming
two-reel Majestic drama written bT
Philip LonerGan and produced by John
Adolf, has fer its principal character a
young man. who through misfortune Is
reduced to direst poverty and in con-
sequence is embittercd toward mankind.
Bess Meradyth is playing lead in The
Counts Infatuatiou." u one-rrel comedy
being produced by Director David Kirk
lands Nestor company. William Wol-
hurt and Eddie Boland also appear in
the picture.
after Dark" Is the It'll" Of dne-
reel drama in which J. Warren kcrriGan
appears in t." It'll" role and which is
now Icing produced by Joseph De
Grass" and his company OF Victor brand
players.
The Use Of radium in a motion picture
is n novelty which will be seen in the
Gne-re-l detective drama from the pen
OF Russell T.. Smith. ''The Stolen Ra-
dunn" whi III Director lack Adolf has
tust completed as 4 Majestic Mutual
movie. il is the second of n series OF
detective dramas. the Iirst Df which will
be "a Pair of Cuffs
a genuine Western welcome vas
given tn" members OF the new Eclair
Motion Picture Company arriving April
90 on the Golden State Limited by
members of the Western Eclair Com
pany. Among those in the party that
detrained at Tucson were Robert FraZ-
Ter. Mildred Bright. William Sheerer,
Gene Horbostle, Burt Hands and George
NaGls.
The Washington times., 1914-05-12
TOMORROW


"ZingO, and the White Ele-
phnnt,, the Virginia, Ninth, be-
tween F and G streets.
"Motherhood In Politics. Gram
dalIs, Ninth and + streets.
"Behind the FoOtlights," the
Olympic, 1881 L street.
''The Little Madonna" and
"BrOncho Billy and the Rather"
the Rhode Island, Seventh street
and Rhode Island avenue.
,"Regeneration," the Pickwick,
OIL Pennsylvania avenue.
"The Question Of Hats and
Gowns" the Favorite, First and
H streets northwest.
"LuciIIe Love-" No. 4, and "EK-
posing the HandcuH King" the
Colonial, OF Pennsylvania avenue.
"The Creation" the Belasco, La
fayette square.
The Washington times., 1914-05-12

Miss Laurie will welcome letters of in
quiry on subjects of feminine interest
from young women readers of this pa
per and will reply to them in these col
umns. They should be addressed TO her.
care this office
The Washington times., 1914-05-12
With the Bark On.

wear artificial gems. But he doesn't
want to.
The Washington times., 1914-05-12

Self-made men are prone to leave out
ingredients that their. friends would
have supplied gratis.
The Washington times., 1914-05-12

There is nothing new under the sun.
and yet some joke writer's make sl6
week.
The Washington times., 1914-05-12

Francis Ford, Al L. Christie Eddie Ly-
ons, Lee Moran. and several others from
the Universal studios in Hollywood as
sisted in the funmakinS.
The Washington times., 1914-05-12

copy't 1914. Newspaper Feature Service. Inc.
The Washington times., 1914-05-12
BY F. YODER.

By F. YODER.
2 ERE is Tottie Tabby at home
~ again with her kitty broth
i ers and kitty sisters. after
fhaN had haI tho r,naas slao
The Washington times., 1914-05-12

~ ENGINEERING the miserable
- end of his father. who had
died a drunkard's death.
The Washington times., 1914-05-12
The Other Half of the Note.
(Kalem.)

HILE on the steamer head
AA/ ed for home. Jack, the
w nephew Of Senator Nun
roe. meets Brady. a noto-
The Butler weekly times., 1914-05-07
TARIFF HAS LOWERED WOOLENS

Those critics of the present, men
who have been so much distressed
over its supposed failure to do any
thing to reduce the cost of living,
might, to their profit, consider the
question of wooden clothes. 1t was
these that, according to the protec-
tionists' theory, were to be the least
affected. We were told as the New
York Evening Post reminds us, that
the cost of the cloth is such an inap-
preciable part of the cost of the suit
that the saving on account of the low
er tariff was hardly worth considering.
The Post reprints the following ad-
vertisement of IAN eminently respec-
table firm of merchants
Customers will find a saving
anywhere from 81 to IS on prac-
tically all our suits and overcoats
ofimported woolens. This rough
ly is the difference the tariff
made-labor cost, of course, is
unchanged
The high tariff people are surely
most unreasonable in expecting, that
all the evil done by them can be un-
done in few months. High prices,
after they have been maintained for a
sufficiently long time become, as it
were, customary prices. And they
are likely to prevail even after radi:
cal changes in the tariff taxes that
made them high. With absolute free
trade we should not pass Immediately
from high to low prices.
A reduction Of from e to s in a
suit of clothes is certainly something
to be welcomed. In addition to low
er cost we shall get better greatly
better material. When manufactur-
ers can draw on the wool supply Of
the world they will not be tempted or
driven into using shoddy. From the
Indianapolis News.
The Butler weekly times., 1914-05-07
Charlotte s. S. Convention.

T -S' .s.f73 1T - llT
Following is the program Of the an.
nual Charlotte township Sunday
School convention to be held in the
Christian Church at Virginia, May 81,
1914,
200 p. m. Devotional Services,
Rev. Hughes.
2:O p. m. why should we de.
sire and how can we best secure
home study Of the Sunday School
lesson on the part Of the pupils, y
Mrs. Grace Smizer.
A general discussion by the teach
ers. !.
$40 Needs 81 Sunday School and
how they may Be remedied." George
Pahlman.
2:2 AAworth while investment, =
Golden Darnes.
/ Song.
s. 50 TAX " county officers.
Song.
Dismissal.
The Butler weekly times., 1914-05-07

Mrs. David A. DeArmond delight
fully entertained at May party Fri
day afternoon for her little grand
daufhter. Miss Alice. Thirty-six
children were present. Dainty re-
freshments were served and each of
the little ones were presented with
wreaths of flowers. Master Carl
Nix was King of the May, and Miss
Alice, Queen. Her maids Of honor
were Margaret Arnold and Catherine
Culver. r*
The Butler weekly times., 1914-05-07
Real Estate Transfers

A P Wightman jr to A C Abbott
120 sec rs Moune. .......$ 1000
J O Turner to Richard Masterson
140 sec 10 Elkhart -. .e...... l
Rachel E Beckley to Ella Wheel
barger pit lot II blk 81 Rich Hill
] R Hawkins to Cecil NJ Hawkins
40 sec "A East Boone II. y. l
John E Ricketts, to Arthur Van
Tnyl tract sec 20 West Point :. 300
The Butler weekly times., 1914-05-07

drawn by a tractor. 1t puzzled me to
know how the operator Of machine
Of this kind il going to prevent some
of the shoes rom running TOD deep.
] figure that planter of this kind
without interruption would put in any
where from 100 to $50 acres in day.
| The best swine raiser of my ac-
quaintance gives the strongest kind
of endorsement to the so-called hog
oilers. lrefer to those devices that
automatically besmear a hog when his
body comes in contact with it. My
friend said that hogs will stand in line
and wait their turn in order to make
a contact with the ingenious device.
1t is not always foolish to spend a
little time building air castles. Few
achievements have ever been made
that were not first dreamed out. The
trouble with castle building is that
some folks never do much else. The
dreamer who knows how to take
hold of everyday realities and build
them into the image Of his dreams is
the one who succeeds.
It is a good thing to have strong
convictions and to stand by them with
tenacity.- But there is no need to be
pugnacious about them. Many men
Of many minds = is very old saying,
and well describes the diversity Of
humanity. No two men will ever
think exactly alike. Be charitable in
your thoughts Of others.
t seems to me that young colts are
subject to more ailment and diseases
than they were twenty-five years aco.
] find that when my colts arrived in
this world when their mothers are
right out il the pasture that I have
very little trouble with them. This
is not always practicabl4 however,
and | aim omaks pasture conditions
- nearly - possible BY cleaning out
and disinfectng the box stalls every
day.
An enormous amount Of tood has
come already from he eeood md
movement Men who dim sntpsno-
The Butler weekly times., 1914-05-07

There is Just a month left for those
who contemplate standing for office
in, Missouri at the State primary Aug
ust 4 to file their declarations of can
didacy for nominations. The last day
for filing declarations is June S. The
law requires that they must be filed
not later than sixty days before the
date Of the primary. Up to this time
comparatively few declarations have
been filed with Secretary Of State
Roach.
The Butler weekly times., 1914-05-07

The Metz Times says, Dick Wesson
the walnut log man, had a walnut
stump hauled in this week for ship
ment The stump weighed 1900
pounds, was four feet high, two and
= half feet across the. top and almost
twice that size at the butt. II came
from H. A. Willhoit's place near
Rinehart. Walnut stumps are used
in veneer work. The wood is steam
ed and . knife cuts it to the thickness
OF . thirty-second part of an inch.
These shavings are used in making
the finest furniture.
The Butler weekly times., 1914-05-07

The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Railroad has filed motion for rehear-
ing Of the case in which the Public
Service Commission ruled that rail-
roads and railroad officials are pro-
hibited from the use of telegraph
franks or agreements which carry
with them half rate for the reason
that the Santa Fe, in its contract made
with the Western Union in 1883, has
a stipulation under which all its Of
ficial business is to be handled on a
half-rate basis.
--------------
Gen. Daniel E. Sickles died at his
home in New York. Sunday night.
His wife was at his bedside. Gen.
Sickles and Mrs. Sickles, who was the
veterans second wife, had been es-
tranged for many years, and were
united through the efforts OF Gen.
Sickles' son, only after all hope for his
recovery had been abandoned. Gen.
Sickles was the last Of the great com.
manders who fought in the battle Of
Gettysburg.
The Butler weekly times., 1914-05-07

Mrs. R. G. Denham, wife of St.
Joseph live stock commission man
and prominent socially, was killed,
her husband injured internally and
Duvall Prey sustained a broken arm,
internal injuries and probably concus-
sion of the brain, when the automo-
bile in whichthey were riding skidded
through the railing of bridge near
Parkville Saturday.
The Butler weekly times., 1914-05-07

Postmaster B. B. Hoyt called up his
assistant, Miss Mary Winery, Tues
day morning early and informed her
that she need not come to work any
more, that he would not need her,
after some more jollying he told her
that he had new assistant post mis-
tress of his own, a daughter who ar
rived at his home early that morning.
They have the congratulations OF their
many friends on the arrival Of the lit
tie daughter. Leader.
The Butler weekly times., 1914-05-07

Winchell Jamison has returned
from his Oklahoma trip. He reports
the situation rather quiet and dull
down there, Many Of the towns in
Oklahoma were overbuilt during the
boom days, and the state was badly
hurt by the drouth, as our own was.
The cut on oil prices is also injuring
the smaller concerns in the oil dis
trict, and altogether it is bound to
be dull for awhile. .-R. H. Review.