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The Washington times., 1914-10-27
Objects To Nocturnal Music.

To the Editor of the Mail Bag:
Is there a police regulation or city
ordinance regarding the playing OF
pianos and monographs In apartment
houses at night?
II there is, the regulation is the most
constantly violated law on the statute
books. There isn't an apartment mouse
in Washington where at some tlne our
ing the night the strident note of the
tinpanny piano or the hoarse screen
of a phonograph does not disturb the
rest of other tiat dweilers: IL would
seem that the city authorities should
make some effort to put time limit
on this kind of annoyance.
The street musicians are forbidden
to play after sunset or after o ciocA,
hut the nhonograhps and the amateur
pianists are permitted to continue until
the wee sma' hours. AS compared with
them. the music of the street piano Is
like a heavenly orchestra. Isn't there
something that can be done to stop this
nuisance? QUIET AMI oHDE-N'
The Washington times., 1914-10-27
WELCOME, VIRGINIANS!

Washington today extends its wei
ONE to several hundred physicians
nd surgeons from Virginia who as
emble for their annual discussion
jertafning to their profession.
This city is honored in a peculiar
way by the fact that it is the first
ime the State medical society has
net outside the Old Dominion. Citl-
zens here are showing their appre-
riaticn of the action by planning ex-
ensively for the entertainment Of
he delegates and their friends and
i is to be hoped that the proposition
20 meet here every third year will
oe favorably acted upon by the So
.iety, which is one of the most rep
resentative of its sort in the nation.
The Washington times., 1914-10-27
PRESIDENT TO SPEAK
At TABLET UNWILLING

President Wilson today agreed to
speak on December . at the unveiling
OF a tablet by the American Institute
Of Architects at the "OctagQn House"
New York avenue and Eighteenth
street The tablet will commemorate
the ratification. February Il. 1914. Of the
Treaty of Ghent. which closed the War
Ot 1872 between the United States and
Great Britain.
After the destruction of the White
House by the British invaders of Wash
lngton, President Madison stayed at the
Octagon House. where the treaty was
signed.
The occasion of the unveiling will also
mark the opening of the annual con-
yention of the institute in this city.
The Washington times., 1914-10-27
Keen Autos Away From Curbs!

To the Editor of the Mail Bag:
Some days ago you published in your
column a letter speaking of the danger
to pedestrians from automobiles running
too close to the curb, and l should like
to call attention to another phase or
the matter.
In damp weather the pedestrian wait
ing to cross in the wake of the passing
automobile is often splashed win inlre.
0f course that is a minor consideration,
but il is a very unpleasant experience,
and could be avoided by forcing ma
chimes to keep a certain distance from
~ cnrh II. T FANTON.
The Washington times., 1914-10-27

Michigan has had in years-against
Harvard at Cambridge.
Many of the greatest luminaries of
the chalk-barred field adorned the
sidelines on Saturday. Still, this
should not detract from the achieve
ments of the smaller institutions.
Through lesser numbers of students
and inferiority of material, the minor
colleges work against tremendous
handicaps. Such results as Satur-
days should add to the general in
terest in the most strenuous of all
intercollegiate athletics.
The Washington times., 1914-10-27
Commends Attitde of Court.

To the Editor Of the Mail Bag:
The determination of the justices a
the District Supreme Court is altogethse
commendable. The lowly Htigant has
suffered from the delays of the law
in this Jurisdiction for many years. and
it is refreshing to note that the newly
organized court intends to speed I'D the
wheels of justice. II the attorneys will
only enter into campaign themselve.
and cooperate with the court there will
be small room for complaint in the
future. \ LITIGANT
The Washington times., 1914-10-27
Wants Canopy Near Union Station.

To the Editor of the Mail Bag:
Some time ago The Times was advo-
eating a glass canopy or other per-
manent covering over the street car
tracks in front of Union Station so
that travellers, tourists. commuters.
and others who use the station would
have some protection in bad weather.
few days ago the Sons of Vet
Grams, in a spirit of patriotism. raised
a flag on one of the big totem poles
In front of the station, Now, If The
Times would only take up the can
opy question again and persuade the
proper authorities to raise roor IN
ha a thing of convenience instead of
Inconvenience to the public.
r. \. SMALL.
The Washington times., 1914-10-27

needed privilege in the District is for
every association to go on record un-
qualifiedly for representation in Con-
gress; cease the filings frequently d.
rected at members of the House, and
attend every meeting of his community
association.
Congress certainly has no one among
its members whose first interest Is the
Districts, but with representative in
the lower house and another in the
upper house, If need be, District mat
ters will be given the same attention
as State and Congressional district
matters now demand, largely by rea
son of the fact that the political lives
Of the representatives depend there
on.
The Washington times., 1914-10-27

Wearing low shoes and summer
clothes during this chilly weather IL
almost as unhealthy as being President
of Haiti.
Anxiously awaiting n reports from
Aguas Calientes as to TIE superiority of
smokeless powder over ordinary gun
powder for use during peace conven-
tions.
In disposing of the Nobel peace prize
this year the committee should remem-
Der that the deepest spot in the Pacific
ocean is in the vicinity of the Ha-
waiian Islands.
Paper rays that former Senator Clark
Is home with a rare violin from the
war zone. Always understood that q
violin carried its own war zone.
The Washington times., 1914-10-27
Another Protest Against Huckster.

To the Editor of the Mail Bag:
Please allow me the use of your val
ued columns for a few words in regard
to a nuisance that has been viWdly ap-
parent to me for some time. Yesterday
morning was awakened for the
hundredth time in the last six months
bv q buckster bawling forth in raucuos
tones the various wares he has 10
sell. ,. -,
dustrv in any form, but may L Suggest
a legal muffler for those members OF
songs OF industry at an hour of the
day when the most of the residents OF
Washington are attempting to get
much needed beauty sleep?
CONSTANT READER
The Washington times., 1914-10-27
CAR SERVICE STANDARDS

-" N"S w NC SApSSoSo, VIC oIi CIV
railway interests protest strongly
against the proposal Of the Public
Utilities Commission to fix standards
of car service and accommodations.
1t is proposed to make an order re-
quiring TIT durI.S the rush hours
enough cars be operated to provide
seventy-five seats to every 100 pas
sengers, and at other hours 100
seats for each 125 passengers.
"As was to be expected" we say,
because the public service corpora
tions seem determined to object to
every form or suggestion of regula-
tion. One reason urged by them
was that the service in this town is
already the best in the country, and
therefore there is no need for an or
der. In substance, the companies
protest that they are already doing
everything the order would require.
If that be so, what possible harm can
come to them through the issuance
of the order?
A couple of decades ago the steam
railroads of the country were in the
same stage of chronic opposition to
all regulation, that is represented by
the attitude of the local utilities to-
day. They were against all regula-
tion, not because it was unreasonable
or harmful, but because it was regu-
lation. That is seemingly the posi-
tion of the local franchised corpora
tions today. They are about gen.
GRAFTON behind the times, and they
will have to catch up.
The town is entitled to have the
service it needs, and to have it when
it needs it. There is no special ad-
vantage in having a surplus of seats
from $50 to 1890 in the evening,
for instance, and then for the hour
of the homeward rush after the the
aters have the cars so jammed that
it is utterly impossible fol a wom-
an to wear anything but the simplest
street suit to the play. 1t is not
necessary to use a year, either, as
some of the street railway people
suggested, in gathering the neces-
sary data on which to base a prop
er order. A little experimentation
with varied distributions of service
would soon reach a determination.
The authorities of the Public Utili-
ties Commission have made their
order only after a long consideration
of the situation to be met, and it is
fair to presume they know what
they have to cope with and what is
necessary to handle it.
The whole situation, however, is
one more illustration of the made
quacy Of city transit system that
is based on the idea of competition
between companies, lines, and serv-
ices. There should be an end of
competition, and a substitution of
unifcation and cooperation through
out the whole city. One company
would be better than two, and one
service, owned by and operated pri-
marily for the public would be bet
ter than either.
The Washington times., 1914-10-27
Realty Transfers

943 Maryland avenue southwest-Harriet Hep
burn ct al TO Charles +. CaywoOd and 4
Chester Caywood. trustees. part lot ..
square $50 SO.
Garfeld-I.ille Archer TO Thomas Walker
une-Iourth interest in lot AZ and half in
terest in lot 49. SO.
Chevy Chase Terrace-Herbert \. Gill ct al.
trustees. to Curtis w. OtweIl. lot T. square
1873 s. 500.
Eftingham PlaCe-Myrtle L. Schoheld to
James r. Colburn. lots y and IS. square
3072. SO.
Washington "Reminiscences r. ElIersOn ct
al. trustees. TO George w. Taylor lot 81.
block 3. 81 $50.
1874 Tenth street and 1000 s street north
west-Daniel A. Callaghan ct uX. to James
F. Shea. lots "a and %. square 335. $40
James F.. Shea conveys same property to
Daniel A. and Nora Callaghan. $40
Honead Manor-Annie NJ. I.eitCh to Thomas
A. Jameson. lot II. block A.. SO
COS street northeast-Charles NJ COrson to
Herman r. Howenstein. lot 81. square s57.
The Washington times., 1914-10-27
Electric Railway BODY
Elects George c. Whitney

George G. Whitney was elected presi-
dent of company section No 4. Ameri-
can Electric Railway Association, last
night at a meeting in the offices of ths
Potomac Electric Power Company.
Other officers chosen were c. S. Kim
ball. vice president; F. II. Hunter, sec
retary-treasurer: William L. Clarke
and ]. T. Moffett. directors for one and
two years. respectively. and Clarence P.
King and William +. Ham, ex-officio
members of the board of directors
The Washington times., 1914-10-27
Troops for Canal Zone

The Fifth United States Infantry. sta
toned at Plattsburg. y. Y, has been
ordered to the Panama canal zone
where it will join the Tenth Infantry
and four companies of coast artillery
now comprising the canal force. Sec
retary of War Garrison explains that
this is in accordance with regular plans.
The Washington times., 1914-10-27
Amusements.
Tomorrow.

Meetings. evening:
Observation-Disclosures Lodge. No. II: Grand
Lodge School OF Instruction: Mount Pleas
ant Chapter. No. 10. Royal Arch; Wash
rngton Comma ndery. No. l. knights Tenn
plar; Naomi Chapter. No 3. Martha. NJ.
l. and Brookland. No H. Order of the
Eastern Star.
EIks-Washington Lodge. No. 10.
Odd Felows-Eastern Lodge No. :. Fed
eral city No. 20 Harmony. No. 9. and
Friendship. No. -: Columbia Encampment
No J..
No. 5. Union. No. e. and Columbia. No.
70: Friendship Temple. No. 9. PNthian Sis
ters.
Italian Branch Socialist Party. s11 street
northwest. Sis o'clock.
The Washington times., 1914-10-27
How To Get Vote For District Citizens.

To the Editor OF the Mail Bag
Certain residents of the District are
anxious tor the right of franchise. but
they never turn hand TO accomplish
this much-sought privilege.
I am a member of citizens asso-
citation that has gone on record favor
ing a delegate in Congress. who will
io0l, after the interests of the COM
muuity. but there remains great
number Of associations that have not
EXPRESSED their desire for the vote.
1 believe the best way to acquire this
The Washington times., 1914-10-27

Culebra cut shouldn't be condemned
in ifs endeavors to keep abreast Of
modern times. Was simply endeavo-ing
to convert the canal into a subway.
The Washington times., 1914-10-27

Even the nerviest American ticket
speculator doesn't care to dabble in
those Alsace mountain passes.
The Washington times., 1914-10-27
IN THE TIMES MAIL BAG

Communications to the Mail Bag must be written on one SIDE OF n paper
signed with
Of letters The Times Mail
Washington
NAV moot
The Washington times., 1914-10-27

Former President Taft can tell you
that all Belgium needed was protec-
ton. She will know enough to vote
the straight Republican ticket next
time.
The Washington times., 1914-10-27

Begin to understand the fierce fighting
in the champagne district Waiter must
have just served the check.
The Washington times., 1914-10-27
The Silver
Lining
Edited By ARTHUR BAER.

Postoffice clock is convalescent. Was
'nly four hours wrong yesterday.
The Washington times., 1914-10-27
What's on the Program, in
Washington
Today.

Meetings. evening:
Masonic-Federal Lodge, No. !. Acacia No
IS, and Takoma No 2s Mount Vernon
Chapter No T. and Potomac. No. g. Royal
Arch: DeMolay Commandery No T.
knights Templar: Robert de Bruce Council
Of kadosh. Scottish Rite Electa Chapter.
No .. bethlehem. No. !. Friendship. No.
H. and Fidelity. No. -. Order Of the East
ern Star.
Odd Fellows-washingto Lodge. No. 8,
Amity No q. and Golden Rule. No. p
Fred d. Stuart Encampment No. I.
Knights of Pythias-Webste Lodge No Z
Excelsior No. H. Capital. No. "a. and
Myrtle. No 20.
Macca bees Br!gh htwood Tart. No. 5: Column
bia Hive. No. i I.a,1iA OF the Macca bees.
Jewish Btanct. tiueiaE,h f~rty. sll street
northwa%. SIT o'cl.uls.
Lectures Nv the Rev J. C. F. Grumbino
'.Harmostns OF Heaven" o. m: The
Lang1lag~ of the Flowers D. m. beth
at 2OO7 Columbia road northwest
Amusements.
Natjonal-'Seven Keys to Baldplate." sis
Belasco--''Mary Goes First" $40 o. m.
Columbia-''The Crinoline Girl S15 D. m
Puli's-"When We Were Twenty-one. o:l5
and S:i6 u.
2:15 and s:l5 D. m
b. T.. Keith s-Vaudeville. 2:l5 and S:l6 D. m
Moore's Strand--PhOtoplays.
{ 'ra ndall' hotoplays.
Casanova udeville
Cosmos-ra Vaudeville.
The Washington times., 1914-10-27
uE oLDfsT INH'

kin allus tell
when winters here.
Th' wimmen all
put on their sum-
mer clothin'."
The Washington times., 1914-10-27

Conceding Thomas Edison all the
credit in the world. we still claim that
the fellow who invented payday was no
slouch
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-09
The Height Of Buildings.

There Is plth and moment In the re-
marks Of Mr.. LAWSON PURDY, president
OF the Department Of Taxes and Assess
ments, on setting bounds to the intol-
cradle upward thrust OF building in
this town. In lower Manhattan sky
scraper begets skyscraper AS Mr..
PuRpY says, the value of the land being
predlcated on the height of the build
ing, the owner Is forced to put up
cloud piercer; and south Of Chambers
street "a large proportion OF buildings
do not produce n satisfactory income
based on land value and cost OF con-
struction." Up town on the West Side
the same sort OF thing Is going on.
Considerations OF architectural and
artistic proportion and uniformity. Of
health. OF light and air. fast becoming
lost possessions or easements In this
stupcndously growing city; such consid-
erations have fallen mostly on deaf
ears. New York IS more likely TO
listen TO the economic reason. the mat
ter of the pocket. The Heights of
Buildings Commission proposes, and
Mr.. PURDy follows its suggestion. that
the city he divided into districts. IN each
OF which the height OF buildings will
be regulated according to the character
Of the property therein. This regional
limitation would tend to increase the
values in each district, whereas en- st
iron general Limitation would help In
one part or some parts and injure
others. Under the former method of
restriction monstrous star jahbing
structures OF steel and iron would not
force themselves upon n ne!ghborhood
OF sIuatty dwelling houses.
! The values that will he affected are
so great that the wisest careful ponder
ing and planning must be had. Mr.
PuRDY lays down the principle that
must prevail throughout: "Our re-
s,rictions must he such as win enhance
the value Of the land restricted"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-09
VOCATIONAL Ed CATION,
The Excuses and the Proper Limits Of
Manual Training.

To THE EDITOR OF The SvS-Str. The
subject of vocational education comes up
about every day | have yet to find II
advocated by real workers In the trades
and actual users OF tools
There's a reason. The vacations OF q
city. for Instance. are numbered by the
hundred and the technical skill, generally
too OF a special kind. is best learned on
the spot after the boy has left school
and when he has really decided what he
would like TO be and his many notions
disca ried IN favor OF what he is adapted
to- The taste" OF vocational training We
now have In tho public schools all over
the country In the shane OF manual train
ing and puttcrinc with art materials Is
about the most wasteful and unnecessary
thing imaginable. fostcd on all alike
without regard to mechanical or artistic
ability These studies with liberal elu-
cation In Shakespeare take up SO much Of
the time OF the pupil that II is small won
der that the parents and employers insist
that our graduates are not as well edu-
Gated IN the true sense or as efficient as
those of thirty years ago. Any further
appropriation OF IN. school day should
be resisted, as even trades people need
education in essentials
As to present day manual training all
that boy needs to learn OF hammer
plane and saw should be learned in three
months ana nli better not go further
than the making Of a screen door. In art
(and l speak by tho card) sufficient;
drawing instruction only 20 enable a pupil
to draw a kitchen table in perspective
correctly coupled with tho admirable.
practice ~ map drawing. is all that is
necessary all smudginE with crayun or
charcoal, "skyius' with water Colors.
should be left to the really gifted, about
D per cent. Of every school
II any one believes that a genuine love
OF art IL aroused 10y frantic efforts 10 be-
come Turner's and Angeles he Is mistaken
Art culture IS best advanced hy the sight
OF the beautiful in art galleries and beau
tful examples In kind and. | would sug-
gest. by school portfolios Of good culored
reprints. The mistaken notion is still
prevalent that art ds a vocation is SUI
premely desirable. vel, about "A hun
dred students out Of every five thousand
get "A generous living. and nearly all in
! commercial lines The picture painters
/ who succeed are the unusually gifted and
| therefore few
4 Ii is a far cry - the admirable training
I systems OF Germany and Sweden. and VIZ
/ might copy the best of them. but un-
! fortunately In largc American cities only
! about 10 per cent. of the pupils have
mechanical tastes or inclination, and tina,
| proportion, | wish - SAY empAatically,
will probably hold good for quite while
! as 1t seems u DC law " nature.
WILLIAM GILL.
| DORCHESTER. Mass. February 7.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-09
To BROTHER villa.
Ills MOdcstiy Confessed "IEnOrance" a
High 0ualincat ION.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SrS-sir' ~
never went To- school a day In my NE"
says Pancho villa, and ! am incompetent;
to hold high office"
Take heart. brother. and come 10 this
democracy. where you Will be "as good M
anybody" or go TO Australia. where some
OF u. trade union delegates at a recent
congress declared they were "as good rs
the king" nay better" shouted another.
And who except yourself. brother. ever
heard that ignorance was disqualified
ton from participating In government?
Did not the Italian Parliament less than
year ago give the vote TO 5.o00,o0 Hitter
ates? Go To-. brother your ignorance Is a
qualification for the highest, most exact
ing human duties.
No. brother. the tombstone OF truth and
wisdom In the Eravest public concerns Is
not knowledge. capacity. education. char
acter but numbers. In mathematics. in
addition ana subtraction indeed, lie the
ultimate veritics Five men must know
more than four. and even II they do not
they shall rule anyhow. DO not 1--WE
ships sail faster than four?
60 TO again. brother: your disquallh-
cation resides not In your ignorance but
in your mod,siy. Did not the great
German philosopher Goethe say "Ony
chumps are modest? (Nur lumpe sind
bescheden) II, -.
BRookLyS, February Z
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-09
PROHIBITION.
The somewhat Conndcnt Assertions OF
a Disbciic,cr.

To THE EDITOR or THE StN-Sir: There
seems 10 be great outcry AT this time
about prohibition and stuppaga OF whis-
key selling.
Instead OF Introducing such bill into
the Legislature, why not Introduce one for
bidding whisky manufacture In the United
States OF America? Prohibition is a farce.
lived in New zealand FOR three years
and there are districts In which tho sale
OF alcohol Is forbidden: coastal service OF
steamships obtains on both islands, and
any one desiring liquor gets II by order
ing n case. When this arrives the vii
layers meet It and stay until 1t Is con-
sumed.
Tho Lord Bishop OF London (Protcs-
tanD Is one of the strongest of British
temperance advocates, but when burglars
broke into his palace they found cham
payne, wine and spirits OF tho value OF
hundreds of dollars.
Another side 10 the question is its com
mercal value How many thousands ara
receiving wages directly from rum" In
different forms? Plunge them into sud
den inability TO work. will the Prohibl-
tionists keep them?
In conclusion / have no hesitation In
stating that 30 per cent of prohibition
advocates have alcohol OF some form IN
their houses. NERITAs.
NEW YORK, February g.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-09
The Right TO Make Money.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN--Sir.
take this occasion of criticising the senti-
ments of Mr. Munson. whose letter OF
February 2 was printed on your editorial
page. lie stated that Mr.. Ford's millions
should not be divided among the poor
Office boys. stenographers. mechanics, &c.
but that the amount OF his profit on each
automobile be reduced to a reasonable
figure, say per cent. so that the con-
sumer might get the beneit.
II IL about time that somebody knocks
these socialstlc ideas on the head. Now
adays IL seems that "A man who earns a
fortune through effort and ability IL not
allowed to spend his own money as he
plelses. Imagine a man trying to make
a fortune on the basis Of per cent. profit
II would take him some time with the eX-
pense OF running business these days, you
can be sure
business men OF to-day are afraid "a
move for fear OF either the Interference o!
the Federal Government or the insuffer-
able oppression OF the labor unions. Men
with brains have a right which cannot
be taken away from them to make money
and TO do with II what they please. All
the laws In the world cannot and Will not
control this
People rave so much about the free and
independent United States that It is about
time for N IN become SO. ] am not n pes
simist, but think that broad minded bus!-
ness Ideas should forge to the front and
control existing conditions rather than the
theories and rhetorical flights Of fancy Of
socialists. efficiency marvels, calculating
mathematlciaus. college professors and a
few other people who have never run a
mercantile business and know absolutely
nothing about the same
a PATRIOTIC CITIZEN.
NEW YORK February 7.