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The Washington times., 1914-03-30
AGAIN THE MIDDLEMAN.

Congressman Moore of Pennsylva-
mia makes public some interesting
figures compiled by the Lehigh VAL
ley railroad on the split-up of a dol
lar spent for food. They go to show
that of each dollar thus spent the
farmer gets 5oH cents, the middle
men 44k cents, and the railroad S
cents. The term middlemen includes
the packer, the local shipper, the
distributor or commission man. and
the retailer.
Not always does the railroad get
nickel out of the. dollar. In the
case of comparatively short haul.
the railroad takes about 2h
cents for its toll. In long hauls
Of per:shable stuff, such as oranges
from California to New York, the
railroad takes as much as 11E. cents,
but that is exceptional.
These figures are almost sure to
set the consumers mind on the
middlenan. The last Of these in the
line-the retail grocer or butcher
takes 80 cents of the dollar, says Mr..
Moore, or more than half as much
as the farmer who produced the
stuff. Of this 80 cents the retailer
charges 10 cents against carriage.
City folk will have their food de-
livered, ard they want It delivered
whenever they choose to telephone
for it. And that luxury, it seems,
costs one-tenth Of all food cost.
The remedy? Well, the Pcstoffice
Department is starting a system by
which the producer and the consumer
will De put in direct touch with each
ether. II these schemes wipe out
half Of the AL: per cent now taken
by the middlemen, the cost of living
so far as food is concerncd-would
be reduced more thar one-iifth. The
farmers can't be as.:cd to take less
money than they are taking. And so
for the railroads, their s per cent.
when compared with The middle
mems 441s, looks rather small.
The Washington times., 1914-03-30

LARGE attendance will be at
~ tracted to the College Women's
~ Club tea this afternoon. The tea
will be held from until ! O'Clock
in the Comstock Studio. at 1923 F street.
WITH Miss Isabel L. Towner and the
Dtmbers Of Section Eight as hostesses.
Mrs. Julia T. Bodfish will preside at
the tea table. assisted by Mrs. Paul
Hickok and Mrs r. Augustus Dye.
Other members who will assist are Miss
May Bradshaw. Miss Lillian Carpenter.
Miss Adelaide Davis. Mrs. w. w. Egg
gleston. Miss Mary Franc. Mrs. W. 3.
Hardy. Miss Hester McNelly. Miss Julia
Ma cmilIan. Miss Lottie Magee. Miss
Jennie Meyer. DIR. Mary O'Malley. Miss
Mary Pancoast. Miss Mary Parkman.
MISS Louise Puffer. Mrs. c. f. Sieben-
thai. Miss Laura Stalmaker. Miss Helen
Starr. Mss NJ. Elsie Turner. Miss
Rosaia Walker. Miss Jessie Watson.
Miss F. Marguerite Weller. and Mrs.
Harriet de Kraft Woods.
Miss Alice Fletcher. the clubs only
honorary member of Section Eight. will
not be present on account of Illness
Miss Christine Church. who has charge
OF the music at the Fourth Presbyterian
Church, will sing.
=
The Secretary OF state and Mrs.
Bryan will be the honor guests of
former Governor and Mrs. Joseph W.
Folk at a dinner this evening at tie
New Willard.
On Friday. Mrs. Folk will entertain
at n breakfast in honor Of Mrs. Mar
shall.
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Former Ambassador and Mrs. David
Jayne Hill will be hosts at a dinner
Friday evening in compliment to the
Vice President and Mrs. Marshall.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Truyton r. Beale will
be dinner hosts on Saturday, when
The Washington times., 1914-03-30

Cne Of the most eloquent men Of
tie nineteenth century. and one Of
tte hardest workers IN behalf Of
ii Csc less fortunate than L,mself
was John Ruskin. He ar cipated
i'll. Carnegie by saying. so years ago.
that the capitalist should aim 20 die.
ret as rich. but as POOR as possi-
re; and he was continually giving
TO causes and individuals that he
thought worthy. One or two extracts
fIcm his writings will illustrate his
temper Here Is one:
What do you suppose fools were
nede for? That you might tread
rIcn them, and starve them. and
tet the better of them in every
possible way? By no means. They
were made that wise people might
take care Of them"
and here is another:
1.-The duty of the government. as
res ards the diIributiol of It's work.
Is t. attend first to the wants OF
the most necessitious; therefore. to
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sight, SO far as scholastic proficiency
Is corcerned.
A case in point is that Of the little
child, Evelyn, whose case came un-
der the notice Of the Sunshine So
ciety about a year ago. At that time
Of exercise and proper nourishment
had told on the child to such an
extent that she was rapidly losing
the use Of her limbs. There was only
an aged ard often bed-ridden grand
mother to take care Of the little one.
as the mother. the sole wage Garner
in the family, was employed during
the day.
The society hired q visiting kinder
gartner who began by teaching the
little one to use her hands and fest.
and later instructed her in the rudi-
ents Of kindergarten work. which
is. after all, nothing but systema-
unusually bright. in soite Of her
handicap. and the organization d.
nally decided to raise a sum to send
the child to school. where she could
be trained to become self-supporttng
In later years.
hade that the District offered NO
educational institution for the blind.
and that the Baltimore institution
Ess in no position to take = child OF
Evelyn's tender years and give her
the necessary care. The Arthur
School. in New Jersey. was then
chosen and through the assistance Of
The Times the money raised for the
During the month of August ac-
companied by a relative Of little
E> elyn's, I took the child to the
Summit School. paying her tuition
for year in advance.
Child Is Progressing.
That no mistake was made in pla-
cling her in the school has been
proven by the progress that the child
has made. However. there are nu-
merous drawbacks to the arrange
ment. for the child has pinned for
her mother, and the mothers heart
has been torn between love for her
child and the duty she feels she
owes the little one in being sepa-
rated from her while she Is being
educated.
II Washington had a school for
the biina, Sucn as advocated by our
society. not only this little one but
all the little blind children in WaAh-
irgton-more than a score Of them
would be given the great oppor-
tunity Of an education, without Do
ing separated from their families.
And II the efforts of the Sunshine
and Community Society count fur
anything. this wish will become =
reality some Of these days. The ball
has been set rolling, and an effort
will be made to have Congress ap-
propriate a fund for the establish
ment OF a school for the blind in this
city. But even though the Govern
fnent does not take care Of the blind
children, the Sunshine Society does
not intend to abandon our little ward
and we feel confident that the good
people Of Washington Will see that
the child's training Is continued un-
til her education is complete.
The Washington times., 1914-03-30
COLD STORAGE LEGISLA.
TON.

What has become of the legislation
to regulate cold storage. about
which the country heard 81 much
some weeks ago?
1t looks now as If i: were to fall
by the wayside. News reports say
that in spite of the agitation AGAINST
the alleged "cold storage trust" i"
which stirred up Washington last
summer and fall. announcement is
made of another postponement of
the hearings on the McKellar cold
storage bill. now in the hands of a
subcommittee Of the House Com
mittee on Interstate and Foreign
Commerce.
From present prospects no effort
will bc made to bring action on the
measure until the short session be-
gins next December.
The Mcclellan bill is designed to
break up the alleged practices of cold
storage warehousemen in cornering
the supply Of eggs and other food
products in season of plenty and
holding them for high prices in sea-
sons Of scarcity.
Mr.. Mcclellan, the author of the
proposed legislation, is reported as
not particularly active in forcing the
measure to the front, although at
the time he introduced it he heralded
it as second IN Importance to the tar
if bill as a means of reducing the
high cost Of living
The opponents of cold storage leg
islation are already j'lbilating over
the fact that it has been practically
sidetracked.
Meantime. the public can look for
The Washington times., 1914-03-30
John HAY ON THAT
TREATY.

In this time of stress and storm
and disputation over the question of
what the Hay-Pauncefote treaty
means and does not mean, it is in
order to consider what John Hay
thought it meant.
Doubtless gentlemen will accept
Mr.. Hays view or will refure to ac-
cept it according to their bent on
the bill for the repeal of free tolls
through the Panama canal for
American coastwise shipping. Still,
it adds to the interest Of this most
interesting occasion to allow the
voice of John Hay to lift itself, so
to speak, from the grave, and, for
a moment, be heard.
1t will be recalled, at the time of
the Hay-Pauncefote negotiations.
that Mr.. Hay submitted a treaty
which the Senate rejected. Then a
second treaty was negotiated and
presented to the Senate for ratifca-
ton. 1t is the present much-mootcd
treaty.
In submitting it to the Senate, Mr..
Hay said:
In the new draft of treaty the pro-
vision superseding the Clayton Bulwer
treaty: as a whole-was made the sub
ject OF an independent article and pre-
scented as the first article Of the treaty"
And as to management, control
and defense, Mr.. Hay said:
The whole theory of the treaty is
that the canal is to be an entirely
American canal. The enormous cost of
constructing il is to be borne by the
United States alone. When constructed.
is exclusively the property OF the
United States, and is 10 be managed
and controlled and defended by it
And as to American responsibility:
The United States alone as the sole
owner Of the canal, as a purely Amer
can enterprise. adopts and prescribes
The rules by which the use Of the canal
shall be regulated. and assumes the
entire responsibility and burden Of en-
forcing. without the resistance of Great
Britain, or Of any other nation. its abb
solute neutrality"
The Washington times., 1914-03-30
The News of Society
By JEAN ELIOT.

the Secretary of State and Mrs. Bryan
will be among the, guests.
The Secretary of War and Mrs. Gar
rison, who have spent a week In New
York. will return to Washington to-
morrow or Wednesday.
On Wednesday evening. April Is. at
the Columbia Theater. The Rejuvena-
ton Of Aunt Mary" will be given for the
benefit of the College women's Club.
At the concert to be given toraor-
row afternoon for the benefit of the
Confederate Home. at the residensD
of William Phelps Emo. 1I71 n street.
the entertainers will be Earl Cart
wright. Mrs. Walter Bruce Howe. Miss
Howry. and Mr.. Van Loon
Tickets can be obtained from Mrs.
Charles 3. Howry. 17ss I street, and
Mrs. Leigh Robinson. the Farragut, or
at the door.
Walter s. Andrews, Of Newport
formerly of Washington. is at tho
Shoreham.
Mrs. James F. Curtis and her little
daughter have arrived In Washins.e,
from Boston and are visiting Mr..
Curtis parents. former Governor and
Mrs. Merriam, in N street.
Mrs. A. f. Bates. who has spent the
last month in Panama, Is now visit
Irg in Cuba
Mrs. Cable and Benjamin Cable. vte
spent the last month In Washington.
have gone to New York.
Mrs Augustus Gardner. of r street
has cards out for a dance at the
Country Club on April 20.
Mrs. william A. Slater was hostess
at q musicale last evening.
The Washington times., 1914-03-30
Back to the Bible
The humanity the Bible helps its dpineness
President Charles F. Thwing Western Reserve University.
JOHN RUSKIN'S CHARITY.
BY ALBERT S. COOK, Ph. D, LID
professor English

take particular charge of the back
streets of every tow: leaving the
fne ones, more or .ess, according
to their finery. to take care of
II emselves. And 1t IS the duty of
Magistrates. and other persons in
Irthority. but especially of all
t.shops, to know thoroughly the
Numbers. means of subsistence and
modes Of life. Of the poorest per-
stns in the community. and to be
srrc that they at least are virtuous
and comfortable"
huskin knew the Eible from his
childhood, and his Judgment OF 1t is
eXTrcssed in the following passage:
1T contains plain teaching for
neh of every rank of soul and state
In life. which so far rs they hon
estly and implicitly obey. they will
he happy and innocent to the ut
most powers OF their nature, and
CGIabie Of victory over all ADVERSE
ties. whether Of temptation or pa n
Copyright. 1914. by Joseph Il.
Bowles).
The Washington times., 1914-03-30
4 Capitol Spotlights Il

Once uTon u time.
when Populisin and
whiskers were identi-
fled with the nation s
policies. the lion.
Tom Watson, Of Geor-
gia-one Populist VIII }
didn't wear facial
scenery-arOse in his
place in the House or
Representatives. and
propounded the solemn
question:
Mr.. Speaker. where
am / at?'
Populism has cashed
In, but there are sew
eral score IHembcrs of
the House today who
are making use OF the
Watsoniaa query. The
Administration pro-
posal to lepeal tn:
free tolls clause of the
Panama Canal act is
the cause.
Perhaps you've never
thought about II this
way. but how'd you
like to be n Demo-
cratic Congressman
with an lrIsn-Ameri-
can constituency and
a President who does
not want to give the
tail Of the British lion
q savage twist? As n
true party man. the
average House Demo-
crat is rather expected
to follow the Presi-
dent-unlesS through
some Democratic over
sight the President
happens to be Repub-
lican. Now, there's a
pretty mix-up on Cap
itol Hill. Take an in
ventory:
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counting on your vote
for the repeal bill. 1
told the AdminiStra-
ton to check YOU
right Off. OF course
you wouldn't think of
opposing our Pr-s'-
dent. 1T would mean
your political ruin
back home"
But the Irish"
protests Mr.. Winton-
Smith. wic-wagging TO
Senator O'Gorman.
Let 'cm hollrr."
says the dean. They
are 4 long suffering
race. and NJ ay h e
they'll forget by No
venber. The Admins
tration. etc. -"
What 5 the Honor
able Percival Winton-
Smith going to do. II
he votes against the
President he's damn
ed. and if he votes for
the President he is
similarly accursed.
There are dozens Of
WintOn-Smitns gong
about the House these
days. rolling their eyes
heavcnward. and hop
Ing for some way out
Of the difficulty. John
Barleycorn ver
caused more head
aches in a given length
OF time than this tolls
repeal proposal, and
the morning after
doesn't come until
next fall. when the
Votes are counted.
Verify. there are Jobs
softer than that held
by a Congressman
with a constituency
with an undyinR an
tagonism to John Bull.
The Washington times., 1914-03-30
BY THEODORE TILLER.

The Hon. Percivai
Winton-Smith Is d
member of the House
from Boston. He came
in on the Democratic
tidal wave. and dos
not relish the thought
OF going out again
when the tide rec edes.
He voted aye on
tariff and currency. is
prepared TO Iamh'~
the trusts. and had
plain sailing for re-
election until the re-
peal message came In.
Hardly had his cheers
for that message died
away before q tele-
gram came from
home. 1t read about
like this:
The Ancient and
Honorable Order of
Fearless and Free
Irish Contractors eN-
pect you TO vote
against the iniQuitOus
proposal to yield to
Great Britain by re-
pealing the tolls ex-
empt'on clause. Signed
Timothy O'Brien. pres
ident: Patrick O'Hart-
igan, recording secre-
tary."
"P. Sits the best
chance you ever had
to twist that lions
tail"
No sooner had the
Honor a lie Percival
Winton-Smith pocket
ed this telegram than
he was approached by
the dean of his State
delegation.
Percy" says the
dean. "the Administra-
tlon. you know. is
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ward to being exposed to as high
prices for food products next fall and
winter as ever.
The question naturally arises in
the minds of the common man and
the average housekecper whether the
early winter talk about breaking up
the so-cailed trust in cold storage
was genuine or political clap-trap.
The Washington times., 1914-03-30
THE OLDEST INHAB SEZ-
"Sping is all
right, but you can't
tell the boss you
was blocked by q
coal wagon"

Dinner Time In the Zoo.
Bryan's llama is hale and hearty.
Altho' a trifie distant.
Tafts elephant had its last party,
We can't think at this instant,
Whether donkey. moose or other beast
Is entitled to the oats,
But at the least. there should be a
feast
For Pages flock Of goats.
All the romance has not been ex-
tracted from this sordid old world.
Yesterday we saw three otherwise
sane citizens riding one Of those me-
dieval monsters known as the trip
let bicycle.
Governor Of Arkansas pardons con-
vict serving a 115-year sentence. SO
they can electrocute him. In Arkansas
they temper their justice with mercy.
Radio operator was fired for swear
Ing by wireless. Now you can under
stand the expression, blue streak
The Washington times., 1914-03-30
What's on the Program, in
Washington Today
Meetings. evening:

Meetings. evening:
Ma.onic-Ceremonial tssion. Almas Temple
Mystic Shrine. National Rifles Armory. 7:3o
O'Clock.
knights OF Pythias-Equal Lodge. No. II.
Naccabees-National Tent, No. l.: NJ. Yer
non, No. 4; AnacOstia, No. I.
Odd FelIows-Union Lodge. No II: coven-
ant. No. l.: Beacon. No. Is: and Lang
don. No. &c.
Illustrated lecture, Mind to Mnulder.'' ].
4. Holmes Home Cub. Is jackson place
northwest.
Concert United States Soldiers Home Band
Stanley Hall. Soldiers Home. $50 p. III.
Meeting. Central Labor Union. TypoSrapri-
cal Temple. p. III.
Amusements.
Nat!onal-''The Doll Girl" Sis p.
Columbia-''The Man Who Would Live" SIS
n.
Belasco-'The Third Party" $40 p. m.
Poli's-'The Ghost Breaker 2:l1 an! Sis
p. m
Keith's-Vaudeville. s:l5 p. m.
Cosmos-Naudeville. continuous.
Casino-Vaudeyile. afternoon and evening.
a Amcrican-Naudeville c:IJ and .:i5 p. m
2l5 and S:15 ,. m.
The Washington times., 1914-03-30
SOCIAL PROMOTERS"

Social advancement in America is
hereafter to be conducted by the
professional promoter" and with
the advent of this individual in the
fabric of fashionable life has come
the belief that the business of break
ing into society will be elevated
from the sordid, squandering under
taking which it has proven in the
pest.
There has been professional intro
ducing in the past, but it has been
irregular and untrustworthy, in
stead of systematic and secure. New
York has established the professional
introducer, an individual from Eng
land who will work along English
lines. The remaining social centers
of the country are already adopting
the innovation.
Heretofore, the American who has
corralled wealth and desires to
splurge in exclusive circles has been
compelled TO seek a perilous course
to his goal. He has been dependent
in large measure for his opportuni-
ties to come in contact with the
Four Hundred upon his ability to
bribe wine agents, horse trainers,
impecunious clubmen and others in
attendance upon the coterie to which
he aspired.
Not SO in England. There the pro-
fessional promoter has long had a
fixed and recognized position. Eng
lish society, for political influence,
needs the free-handed millionaire,
and the promoters, chiefly women
relatives or younger members of the
great families, have recruited this
wealth for a recognized fee per in
PRODUCTION. These fees have seldom
been less than S1o,0G0.
In America, however, the promo
ter will find the task of properly pre-
senting clients more difficult. $50
ciety" here desires to remain small.
Each member is jealous of his or
her coveted position. The promoter,
however, will find compensation in
higher fees.
Once the American has made his
millions, he seldom balks at price.
What he sets his mind on he wants
much, and there is no longing that
swells higher in his heart than that
for social distinction. The fees in
New York, it is said, will pass the
quarter-million mark for a SUCCESS
full introduction managed by means
of dinner. But there will be in
return to the millionaire the proud
privilege of seeing his name
chronicled in the reports of dinner
or a dance given by the smart set.
Why measure dollars against such a
reward?
There is broad field of activity
for the promoter" The American
public has come to look upon its
Four Hundred as too thin-blooded,
and sees room for the mingling of
few red co-puscles with those fast
growing palc-blue.
The Washington times., 1914-03-30

Odd how most folks think the clean
city" movement should be inausurated
in their next-door neighbor's back yard.
And 1t is just as odd how the next
door neighbor reverses the opinion.
No reason why a man cannot go to
church next Sunday. No baseball game
that day.
This is the season for the suburbanite
to ruin the career of some perfectly
good bird seed by planting 1t on the
bias in soil which is a cross between
concrete and gutta percha- Well. it
world.
The Washington times., 1914-03-30

~ NE tme is the fe'pent plea of beauty admirers
who made fairly dizzy by the entire page of pic
in The Times yesterday. So, for few days. at
least the photographs will be the single nsamen plan to
give the Capitals suans chcnce get their BREATH
The supply by exhausted The pictures The
Times publishes the faster offerings n The beauty board
beginning believe only the wealth of fair madens
in Washington touched and there right here
Washington than Horatio To Dick Harry have deamt Of
Interest the pictures gowng and The Times will try to
keep selections made by the board The pictures
wider range for selection If you
HER picture ye don't you think high time that
you corrected the opersight'
The Washington times., 1914-03-30
The Conglomeration.

Life Is what we make IL.
We must all confess.
Therefore. as I lake IL,
Life Is quite q mess.
-XAaSaS City Journal.
The Washington times., 1914-03-30

ing his men by making night attacks
Time for the Amalgamated Order Of
South American Revolutionists to de-
mand an eight-hour day.
The Washington times., 1914-03-30
The Silver.
Lining
Edited By ARTHUR BAER.

The flower Of the American navy Is
in Mexican waters. Hasn't bloomed
yet Must be a century plant.
Though you cannot blame anything
for not bloe.lin- in Mexican waters.
You never hear Of Huerta taking a
chance on any Of 1t.
The Washington times., 1914-03-30
I ruths By Women Who
H- Women Who Bring Joy
NllOW To Blind Children
Sunshine and Community Society

Bringing light to joyless lives the theme Of todas article
by Mrs. Ella S. Knight practical application locally
carries its own interest
By MRS ELLA KNIGHT,
President Washingon Sunshine Society.
The Washington times., 1914-03-30

President washnyon Sunshine and Immunity Society.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1914-12-31
DANGER In DELAY.
Kidney Diseases Are Too Dangerous
for KinqStree People TO Neglect.

The great danger of kidney trou-
bles is that they so often get firm
hold before the sufferer recognizes
them. Health will be gradually under
mined. Backache, headache, nervous
ness, lameness, soreness, lumbago,
urinary troubles, dropsy, gravel and
Bright's disease often follow in mer-
ciless succession. Don't neglect your
kidneys. Help the kidneys with
Doan's Kidney Pills, which are so
strongly recommended right here in
this locality.
Mrs H Rembert, 312 Cleland st,
Georgetown, S C, says: Il had kid
ney complaint and suffered severely
from dull, nagging backaches, head
aches and dizzy spells. | didn't rest
we'll and mornings had no strength
or energy. Reading of Doan's Kidney
Pills. got box. 1t didn't take them
long to relieve me. | have had no
bacnache or other trouble from my
kidneys since"
Price SOC, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mrs Rembert had. Foster-Milhurn
Co, Props, Buffalo. N Y.