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The Washington times., 1914-11-25
Beauties of Russian Language.

To tho Editor OF the Mail Bag:
your editorial of last Friday on
."rhe Russian Opening was timely
and to the point. 1t is time we were
doing something to meet the move
ment of Russian commerce toward
our shores, and to prepare our people
for better understanains s3iza1ton 81 .1e ranS nf
WI,faashingtonians. I,fa the writer among
the number, to begin last spring q
movement for encouragang I,1ersturs Inc stuus
and history, branch Of our Amert-
can education hitherto much neglect
ed A country with nearly twice our
lpopulation must contain much human
interest, aside from commercial con-
sidcrat of value to US.
The Russian class now meets every
Wednesday evening at the Home Club.
of the Department 0l arn Ine instruct ittuFto ed
bv Miss Virginia Won kreuter. a grad
uate of the University of Petrograd.
Repinners in this fascinating study
nave found. to their pleased surprise,
nounced. and not so difficult to learn
az they had heard it was, and as they
nrogress they will find the language
to be a wonderfully neHibie Inedlun
strength and more than RomanlG
sweetness, concentrated as shorthand
and imparting delighttui favor 10
reading and conversation that Is lost
In translation.
The liberation Of the millions Of serfs
by Russia some time before slaves were
c1,ancipated III our own country. and
thr prohibition of the liquor traffic
throughout that vast empire, were the
arts Of no ordinary nation
No inferior people could have pro-
dnc,d A Tolstoy, Dostoieffsky or Gogol;
tha race which brought forth Ellie Met
cbniLoff the famous master of the
sci.rc, of life and health. and Mende-
Iiaef father of modern chemistry. is not
:, race of barbarians. The papers tell US
todav that Charles r. Crane has found
od =, chair of Russian language and in
sti,utions'' in the University Of Chicago
:. snmewhat belateG but still timely rec
nanjtion of a real want in our country.
Gnrh chairs should be founded In all
n',r leading universities, until Russian
inn,uage and literature shall have be-
,nrrc rs familiar to us as those Of the
.n,nII,r countries OF Europe. without n
wnrf of disparagement of the noble lam
"u.,,,.s of Germany, France. and other
Snmntries. which we are studying and
nrrhI TO study still more German and
Snenish should replace Greek and Latin
in most colleges), it may truly be said
,h,t Russian contains all of their lest
characteristics and many of it's own. and
thnt a knowledge of that tongue is a
splendid mental tonic, and at the same
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! time a passport to important busines.

! time a passport to important business
ano social interests Of the future.
Mr.. Medzihhonsky, commercial at
tache OF tho Russian embassy here. had
to learn English in eleven months in
order to equip himself for his present
position. We Americans should not
nave to acknowledge that we are in
capable OF doing as much with Rus
sian. 1t seems that just now there is
a lack Of Russian-speakine American
commercial agents. and that such men
are needed in our business. and will be
needed still more in the near future,
Is well known. Let students of the
language be Of good cheer. A round
dozen Washingtonians are wrestling
with 1t In earnest. and with ever-in-
creasing admiration of its ingenious
construction and beauty, and the time
may come when the morning saIutation,
.Dobruy utro." Is as we'll known to
americans as the French bon Jour- or
the German "suten Morgen." Mean
while. your editorials are doing much
good In paving the way for closer
acquaintance with a great and friendly
nation. We respect all nations, incIud-
ing those now at war with each other.
and hold none higher than ths rest, but
Russia should interest US Mt least as
much as the others do.
LINDSAY s. PERKINS
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THE BRITISH LOAN.

No nation ever handled such a vast
fiscal operation in a single deal as
has the British government in plac-
ing single loan of $1,750,O00, 900,
That is about twice the national debt
of the United States, and the ma
tlonal debt Of the United States is
a hold-over from war fought over
half-century ago and not yet en-
tirely paid for. 1t is true that this
country could easily have paid its en-
tire debt long ago; but the fact re-
mains that for various reasons it has
not done 50.
The obligations which European
governments are now piling up will
burden the backs of their communi.
lies for many generations to come
But the people, realizing all this
rush TO subscribe, and the British
loan was vastly more than taken
Nothing could be more effective dis.
proof of reports about British lacl
Of unanimity in supporting the wal
policy than this showing of the ma
tional willingness to pay the bills
Yet it is merely more impressiv,
than any showing that any Other
country has yet made, because tn,
particular loan offered in Britain i.
50 huge. France and Germany have
TODD by their governments in lik,
fashion.
Great Britain, plainly enough, i.
going to have to help finance the wa,
for her allies, as she did in Napo
comic times. Already she has beer
apportioning large sums to some OF
10 small countries, notably Belgium
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THANKSGIVING.

No American will have difficulty
this year conceiving the reasons for
q sincere and a genuine thanksgiv-
ing. Those reasons are to be found
in our own national good fortune,
and, likewise, in comparison OF our
condition with that of other coun-
tries. Not only have we a plenty
that is fairly burdensome IN some
directions, but we see around us the
contrasts which must impress as
never before the realization of our
posture as a specially favored peo-
Dle. We have peace, we have plenty,
we have power to maintain both: OF
what other nation can all those
things be said?
Rejoicing at our fortune should
and will be tempered by contempla-
ton of the obligation under which
we are placed, an obligation that
runs from US to every suffering and
unfortunate people. Some we may
help in one way, some in another;
but for all it is possible to make the
leadership and the example Of this
happy country beacon light, show
ing the path to better and a bright
er future. We may send shiploads
of necessaries to starving peoples,
and thereby do the particular work
hat the moment most pressingly de-
mands,, but in the end our wide
reaching service to humanity and
civilization will be measured by the
spiritual force that we place behind
our dealings with the nations, our
participation in the great events that
will mark the return of peace, and,
if we play our part Alright, the res
toration of an era of good will
among men.
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What's on tie Program, IN
Washington
Today.

Meetings. evening:
Masonic-Harmony, No. Il: Mount PI.ss,n,
No Is; High Priests Association dinner a.
Masonic Temple. Royal Arch and Naomi
No 3. Brookland. No. II. Eastern Star
Odd Feilows-Eastern. No. 7: Harmony. No
9; Federal City. No. 90 Friendship, No. II
knights of Pythias-Mount Vernon No 5:
Union. No. %: Columbia. No e6; Friend
ship Temple. No. 9. Pythian Sisters.
Socialist Party-Italian Branch.
Entertainment. st. Margaret's Church, Con
necticut avenue and Bancroft place nortn-
west D. m.
Dedication ST. Johns Orphanags Twe-
tieth and F streets northwest. D. m
Lecture. Psychic Laws" by DR. c F. Wiz
bigler. Cairo. D m.
Meeting Keep Wells" ST. Johns Church.
Sixteenth and II streets northwest. D. m.
Pound social. Temple Baptist Church. Tenth
and y streets northwest. D. m
Ball. Mcintyre Post. No. T3. Army Of the
Philippines Cuba and Porto Rico. Fythian
Temple. D. m
Entertainment. Tech Players Club. McKin-
ley Manual Training School S D. IN.
Social Woman's University Club Of George
Washington University. 202S G street north
west. D. m.
Dance Engineers football team. Washing
ton Barracks. Sis D. m.
Lecture Austria Hungary Mrs. Clara s
Colby at New Ebbitt. 4:i5 D. m.
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Thinks Better Wages Would Cure Vice.

To the Editor Of the Mail Bag:
| wish to claim just few minutes OF
vour valuable time in expressing my
own opinion Of the vice crusade no"
in progress Admitting the fact tha'
their work in its way is very commend
able, but how about the Inducements
those women have to do any better.
Is a woman paid living wages in this
city? TO do away with the necessity
reaches the root of the evil. Also think
OF the deserted wives who have got 70
tnJ some means to support little chill
dren. Instead Of driving these poor
women and children to poorhouses and
asyIums. why not start movement TO
have them paid living wages and
those who have husbands be supported
bv them? Then a vice squad would
be unnecessary.
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What of Water Rate Protest?
or NJ the Mall BaH:

To the Editor Of the Mall Bag:
What has become OF the recent ag1ta
ton against the water tax in the DIS
trict of Columbia?
More than a year ago the Engineel
Department Of the District government
began the extensive installation OF
meters; and at that time the allowance
of water power per dwelling was Gu
down on the minimum charge, putting
the rate up. 1t was said that this was
necessary to create a sinking fund TO-
upkeep and ultimate rebuilding. Mucf
protest was made by Washinstonlans
and seemingly just so. Has the increase
been accepted in a spirit Of resignation
and is it to maintain for ever or not
]. B., l..
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Commends Campaign on Washers" ="

To the Editor of the Mail Bag:
Commendation is due the Police De-
partment for its efforts to free Ninth
street and other downtown thorough
fares of the "mashers.' Little consid-
Grafton should be given the men whose
principal evening occupation seems to
be to gather on the streets and stare at
the women and girls.
Activity on the part of the police
will go a long way to break up this
practice. The man who takes advan-
tage of the fact that woman is unac-
companied to address her is usually a
coward. and if 1t is impressed upon him
that it Is a dangerous pastime. he will
soon cease his unwholesome attentions.
Let the police keep up their good work.
G. S. K.
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Women Pharmacists Not
Under Eight-Hour Law

Women pharmacists are not included
in the operations of the eight-hour law,
according to an opinion of the Corpora
tin Counsel.
The commissioners recently received
from Julia Henry Strohel. Naomi r.
Richardson. Edna T. Elliott. Gail f.
Nelson and Mary III. Richardson, grad
uated pharmacists, II letter asking them
to obtain an amendment to the eight
hour law enabling the petitioners to
continue their employment exempt from
It's requirements.
The commissioners informed the petit
TONERS today that they have recently
been advised by Corporation Counsel
Syme that it is his opinion that a wom-
an compounder of prescriptions in a
drug store is not within the eight-hour
law.
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Teachers and Mothers Must
Wage Fight Against Tuber-
cuIosis, Say DR.. Wiley and
Dean K0ber.
Every Bad Tooth an Avenue
Open to Infection, Declare
Scientists-Find Alarming
Conditions Prevalent.

Dental clinics in the public
schools are regarded as important
factors in the fight against tubercu-
losis.
Bad teeth, say medical men,
make proper nutrition of children
impossible; and without proper
food their bodies cannot resist the
incursions of malignant germs.
Dr.. Harvey w. Wiley, who wit-
messed the first clinic at the Pierce
School, and Dr.. George M. Kober,
dean of the Georgetown Medical
School, agree that much of the fu-
ture fight against the white plague
here must be waged by school
teachers and mothers.
BY KENDRICK SCOFIELD.
Municipal Washington has taken
almost all possible precautions
against the spread Of tuberculosis;
educational Washington must now
push the fight to a finish. Upon the
public schools. in cooperation with
the parents Of the rising generation
for the White Plague battens
upon youth-now rests the RESPONSE
bility for the ultimate success of the
battle.
This Is the verdict Of two men who
have given exhaustive study to the
preventive measures which may be
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made effective against tuberculosis.
These men are DR.. Harvey w. Wiley.
formerly the Government chemist.
and DR.. George NJ Kober. dean Of
the Georgetown University medical
school, and an officer in the District
of Columbia Society for the Proven
ton Of tuberculosis.
Both Of these scientists are agreed
upon the proposition that. aside from
the general health propaganda which
the Government Of the District has
undertaken through tho construction
Of modern sewage system. hygianic
schools. public Fairgrounds. and the
elimination OF residential plague
spots throughout the city. the most
important factors in the fight now
to be waged for the protection OF the
city's children from tuberculosis are
the proper nutrition Of growing boys
and girls and It's correlated campaign
to insure the care Of the children's
teeth.
Clinic Big Health Step
The opening this week Of the dental
clinic at the Pierce school DR.. Wiley
regards as one Of the most valuable
extensions Of health work In the
schools in many years. DR.. Wiley
himself attended tho first clinic. OF
it he says:
One Of the very best ways to repel
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Offers to Aid Sufferer at Home"

To the Editor OF the Mail Bag:
In the Times l notice a letter signed
"A Sufferer at Home" If the writer
IS not fake. and will send her ad-
dress to be published in the Times. 1
am sure she will get help. 1 myself
have some children's clothes collected
for the unhappy homeless. countryless
Belgians. which | will share with her
for her child. if she is genuine suf-
ferer. hear the cry about ME
all the time, Better help the poor at
home first" but it is always from
those who who help neither the poor
at home or abroad.
MISS a. RHODES.
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only have meant at some future time
a resumption of the old difficulties; !;
'and, at least, one war is better than
two.
Now there are suggestions once
more that the "time is ripe" for a
peace move jointly by the govern
ments of the Netherlands and the
United States, in the European stu
alton. The suggestion comes from
the other side, and, following it's
publicity there, DR.. Van Dyke, Amer
lean minister to the Netherlands, has
returned to this country, and there
is speculation as to whether he
comes to discuss the possibilities of
such a step with the chief of the Ad-
ministration here.
Is the time "ripe" for a present
peace effort? 1t seems as if the
very word "ripe" carries the answer.
No naval or military operation of
the war has "ripened" into a deter
minative result. Nothing is "ripe," 3"
except the realization of the wars
horrors and an increasing apprecia-
ton that this war ought to be ended
with some international arrangement
for reduction of armaments and de-
thronement of the overweening in
fluence of the military idea in the
continental countries.
A peace at this time could not
possibly be determinative of any
such policy, any more than the war,
ended now, would have been determi-
native of any military issue. On
neither military, naval, nor economic
grounds can either side be expected
to concede that it has lost enough to
justify it in making any concession
whatever. Belgium, which is the
chief victim of the war, would pre-
sent a problem almost impossible Of
solution in present conditions. Ger
many would insist on the status quo
when hostilities were suspended; and
that status would leave Belgium
some sort of a German dependency.
Not only would that amount to a
crime of the peacemakers against an
innocent nation, but it would be an
obstacle to real ac-
complishment of peace. France and
Britain would never consider seri-
ously any terms to which Germany
would now assent; and, that being
about as evident as anything in the
realm of world affairs possibly could
be, it must be apparent that the time
is not "ripe" for peace suggestions
of any kind.
The United States is destined to
a great role in the interest of civil
ization and lasting peace and inter-
national disarmament, if it does not
fritter away it's influence, its right
and destiny of leadership, by un-
timely and ill-thought suggestions.
Thus far there has been nothing to
indicate danger Of such a course.
Washington has maintained an am
pie and a dignified reserve; and if
It shall continue that policy, and
make no mistake about the fullness
of time and the ripeness of events,
it will one day be able to initiate a
peace movement that will bring
splendid results.
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WHICH surely is a right. substantial
way to back up the British claim
that this is war, among other
things, to determine the rights of
small states to exist, and to main
tain real independence.
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GERMANY'S NEEDS.


convincing statement by an Ameri-
can who has just reached England
from Germany, concerning the posi-
tion of Germany in both military
and an economic way. His conclusion
is that the country will be able to
sustain its military operations long
er than it's economic resources will
carry their share of the burden.
There will be soldiers in plenty when
there is not ammunition; artillery,
when there are no proper supplies of
high explosives for them to use;
rifles in the hands of uniformed men,
when there is not copper to make
shells; auto trucks for supply trains,
when there is no rubber to make the
absolutely necessary tires.
This American declares that it is
senseless to assume that Germany
will weaken politically; that is, that
disaffection against the Kaiser and
the ruling class will weaken the ma
tional forces. The country, he in
sists, is a unit in support Of the
war. But the better informed class
es already realize that inability to
supply copper, nitrates, saltpeter,
rubber, and many other articles
necessary to equips an army will at
length make it impossible to keep
the struggle going.
This analysis does not deal at all
with the general financial condition
of Germany. The observer who is
quoted, seems to ignore that, prob
ably on the theory that the ulti-
mate economic power of . great peo-
pie to sustain a struggle for exis-
tence has almost never been exhaust
ed, and that Germany is about the
last country to be worn out in that
way. This view is undoubtedly cor
rect. Paper money is bad thing;
but our Revolution was fought and
won on it; our civil war was fought,
won and lost on it; some of our
eras of tremendous material develop
ment were lived on it. Germany can
live on it a very long time.
But it is the conclusion Of this
analyst that conditions of modern
war are so complex that the break
down must come from shutting off
supplies of particular articles which
Germany cannot produce. Though
she may have the cash to buy, she
will not be physically able to get
them within her borders. When that
time comes, peace must be made;
and the hope of the ruling elements
is to bring peace soon enough to
avoid terms based on a general
knowledge of the fact that the en-
pire is at it's ropes end.
For these reasons, the German
fleet will be carefully guarded and
the risk of a general naval engage
ment avoided; because with the fleet
destroyed nothing like so good terms
could be made as if it '.ere still an
offensive factor. This, also, is the
view which careful students of the
war factors have maintained from
the beginning. A fleet floating in
the havens of Wilhelmshaven and
Emden is a very real weight to toss
into the scale; a fleet gallantly
fought, but lying at the bottom Of
the North Sea covered with the tes-
timonials of it's heroism, is of mighty
little use in the considerations of a
peace conference. If Germany can
have her way the decisive battle of
the war" will never occur, either on
land or sea.
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Tomorrow.

Meetings. evening:
Masonc-George I: Whiting: No. %: Temple
No. l6. Eastern Star.
Odd FeIlows-Harmony. No. u.
Knights of Pythias-ColumSia No. 10: Excel
sior No II: Salem. No. %.
Socialist Party-Prozressive hve-hundred
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By KENDRICK SCOFIELD.
Clinic Big Health Step
IN THE TIMES MAIL BAG

the Mail Bag must be written on one side Of tho paper
sender The publication letters
Of
may questions
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AmuSements.

ReIasco-'.The Story of the Rosary" 2:2o and
$50 D. m.
Coiumbia-''The Dummy 2:15 and Sis D. m
National-''Sari." 2:lo and S:15 D. m
r.ysty- BurlesGue. 2:l5 and Sis D. m
PoIi' s-.'The Gamblers" 2:15 and Sis D. m
l,nsnIos--Eaudeville.
r = Keith's-Vaudeville. 2:l5 and Sis D. m
Crandall's-Photoplays.
Casino-Vaudeville.
Garden-Photoplays.
Moore's Strand-Photoplays.
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Schools Must Wage Fight.

DR.. George NJ. Kober believes that the
fight against the spread of tuberculosis
must be waged from this time on in the
schools and the homes Of Washington
The health calendars which were placed
in the schools some time ago by the So
ciety for the Prevention of tuberculosis
DR.. Kober says, have borne excellent re-
suits. The society has now in prepara-
tion a text book for the instruction of
methods of combating the plague.
IN discussing the campaign 10 ne fol-
lowed in Washington to prevent the in
fectic1 of young children. DR.. Kober
says:
The city of Washington builded
better than it knew for the preven-
ton of tuberculosis in the construc-
tion of it's sewage system, its sani-
tary schools, and it's breathing
spaces" In 1880 the tuberculosis
death rate was 326 to every 100000
of population. Today, for the United
100000. But Washington's death rate
is far below even that, showing only
123 deaths among the whites from
consumption to every 100000.
Ninety-tiye per cent of all bodies
which are made the subject of au-
topsies, show some trace Of tubercu-
lar infection, regardless of the i'm
mediate cause of death. From that
basis it is safe to say that 95 out Of
every 100 men and women at some
time or other become infected with
the disease That that whole o. per
cent do not die from consumption is
due to the resistance that some con-
stitutions make against the inroads
of the disease.
Therefore the important part of the
fight against tuberculosis lies in for
tifring the human body to resist the
lie trSt hn in ha
homes and the schools of Washington.
1t is the duty of the teachers to i'm
press upon their pupils the necessity
of fresh air. exercise and proper nu-
triton, the care of the teeth, and such
other necessary attentions before the
body can be assured of perfect health.
Since 1880 the death sate for tuber-
Culosis has decreased 60 per cent. It
will not be hard to reduce this pro-
portion still further.
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Every boy in tho United States has
a. chance to be President of the United
States. but n big league pitching job
Is much more select.
The Washington times., 1914-11-25

Neutrality highball-Glass of the At
lantic ocean with nothing in It.
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Some mules haven't enough brains TO
be balky.
Could hardly call those boats loaded
with soldiers transports of Joy
Now that the football season is al
most over. mothers won't have to worry
until the ice on the river becomes one
sixteenth of an inch thick.
Most women who wear number six
shoes take mines for comfort.
Danish scientist has invented a device
for measuring the nocturnal terrestrial
radiation of heat. Have a heart. Isn't
this war terrible enough without drag
ging the janitors into it?
No matter how much the sweet things
weep at the sobful matinee, they al
ways keep their powder dry Military
training.
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AS yet Doc Wiley hasn't accused tho
gentle oyster OF suffering from foot and
mouth disease.
The Washington times., 1914-11-25

Most women who wear number siy
shoes take mines for comfort
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when tn allies
divide up Turkey
t'morrow, guess III
get tn neck as
usual"
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In these days Of social striving. it's
ruinous to be struck by an automobile
that isn't next years model.
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Although we haven't war on the
premises. you can get the same effect
by donning a sailor suit and trying to
gain admittance to any theater.
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Placards on the G. street postoffice
proclaim 1t will be moved to its new
"sight" shortly. The present one is
that