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The Washington times., 1915-09-15
IN THE HOLY PLACES

Mere recountings Of lives lost in
the war fail longer to cause shock.
The human mind adjusts itself even
to the horrible. But sometimes the
destruction Of a building, a national
shrine, a great picture, a temple or
church, arouses deeper sense Of
horror than the loss of human lives
in the aggregate.
This fact can be accounted for.
Many Of the places endangered rep
resent an accumulation Of rich
human experience. The destruction
of the art treasures at Louvain, for
example, came as a personal loss to
thousands who had rejoiced in them,
and to many thousands more who
had hoped to see them. These prod
ucts of the best in generations Of
human living cannot be restored.
With this same sense Of personal
loss and outrage will many thou
sands, millions perhaps, read the
recent dispatches from Palestine.
The brief, terse, uncolored tele-
graphic accounts of what is in prog
ress there need no verbiage to make
them more effective; the imagina-
tions of individuals will fill in the
outlines and paint the contrasts to
the scenes which are childhood
memories and the strange, new
harsh setting of the Holy Land.
Telegraphic dispatches, cropping
up here and there, tell such bald
facts as these:
Armed airships and aeroplanes are
flying daily over the birthplace Of
the Prince of Peace at Bethlehem
The Holy Land looks like a great
military camp. On those two noun.
tains most sacred in churchly his.
tory, Golgotha and Mt. Olivet, al
| the foot of which 'nestles the hal.
lowed Gethsemane, soldiers are ma.
neuvering.
That old road between Jerusalem
and Jericho, which saw the Naza
rene and his disciples, and which
has served pilgrims since, is nov
being rebuilt to meet the more ex
acting demands Of modern civiliza
tion in the shape of armored motor
cars. On all the many roads tha
lead to Jerusalem, where mule packI
once formed the chief relief to tn
long stretches, long, snake-liRe line
of buffaloes now haul carts will
powder and projectiles for the Turk
ish army.
i Abstract moralizing about tn
war is bootless business, but man.
who had been measuring progres
of civilization by the progress il
mechanical aids to man may pause
when reading these details, t
wonder whether humanity has got
ten so far, after all, toward the busi
ness of living and letting live.
The Washington times., 1915-09-15
Lewis Postpones Trip
AS Unofficial EnVOy

Senator J. Hamilton Lewis of Illinois,
who was due to sail from New York
on the Holland-Amcrican liner Ryndam
yesterday. telegraphed the State De-
partment thar he has postponed his
trip on account OF i'll health
TINS bears out earlier reports that
Senator Lewis was going abroad as the
unofficial emissary of the Admnistra-
ton and his office here announced to-
day that the Senator would certainly
make the trip later as the "business
contemplated needed attention"
The Washington times., 1915-09-15
Orders Fumigation of
Future Cotton Imports

An order requiring that after Febru-
ary l. 1918. every import of raw cotton
must be fumigated at the port OF entry
before 1t can be released by customs
officials. was signed by Secretary OF
Agriculture Houston today. The pur-
pose of the order Is to make certain
that the pink boil worm. found In Egyp,,
ton and other imported cotton. and
other destructive cotton insects preVa-
lent abroad. shall not be introduced into
American cotton fields.
The Washington times., 1915-09-15
THE GIRL sTENO0RAPHRR

Mrs. Charlotte Smith, addressing
a meeting of the Women's Home
stead Association in Boston recently,
demanded that girl stenographers
be kept in wire cages while at work
to prevent their employers from flirt-
ing with them. It is a curious CO.
incidence that practically at the
same time Elihu Root, president of
the Constitutional Convention at
Albany, stated that never before in
his half century in public life had he
seen the proceedings of a great
gathering reported by it's steno-
graphic corps so swiftly and accu-
rately. The compliment was to
Miss Virginia Evelyn Valva, who
for six weeks past has worked from
10 a. m. to a. m. taking executive
charge of a hundred and twenty
public hearings, as we'll as taking
her shift regularly with the other
stenographers.
If Mrs. Smith had looked into the
subject impartially she would have
found that the girl stenographer is
tremendous help to making the
wheels of business run smoothly, and
incidentally by her fresh presence
she adds tone to the shop or office
where she is employed. And if she
should smile occasionally-perhaps
at the mistakes and blunders of he,
employer-it merely adds a bit OF
cheerfulness to the days grind OF
business. Put her in a wire cage
Never!
The Washington times., 1915-09-15

good or a bad impression Of the
city by the treatment they receive
from its uniformed representatives,
to whom they must constantly ap-
peal for guidance.
The Washington times., 1915-09-15
Modern WOOdmen Initiate
Eight More Members

Old Glory Camp. No. 8. Modern WOOD
men of the World. initiated eight new
members last night at its quarters "'
Pennsylvania avenue southeast. Apph-
cations for membership from FIVE OF the
persons were received. Commander carr
Ford presided. The degree team was IN
charge of Lieut.. Col. George Welcher.
The Washington times., 1915-09-15
Concerts Today
By ,Ee u. 8. S0ldiefs' Home
Band Bandstand, at $50 p. m.
JC 5. NJ ZrMMERMANN.
Director.

Marc! "Perpetuum Mobi,e"....
Won Bion
Overture. 'Comique" keller Bella
sSns Sns,,s and snS9! quartet chorus MY n.v,
Selection. Chin Chin" ........ .Caryll
(ReQuesO
Characteristic. "A Southern Patrol"
Waltz Suite. "Barcarolle~: ~:.;;;::
Excerpts, from THE Firehy". .Friml
Finale. my Bird of Paradise.
Berlin
The star-spangled Banner"
BY United States Marine Band
at Capitol, at 4:30 p. m.
WILLIAM H. SANTELM.ANN.
Leader.
March. Thomas Jefferson"
Santelmann
Overture. "Mignon'. Thomas
Valse triste. e....,......,.........Si Sibelius
saxophone quartet. Allegro de Con-
(Musicians Fritz Mueller. August
Pfeger, John ter Linden and
Frank Baptista)
Excepts from "Sweethearts."
Music dc ballet. Hamlet. :. Thomas
(a' Ia fctc du Printemps. (b)
Pantomime (c) False- Mazurka. (dJ
La Freya Polka. lel Strette Fiaal.
Grand march. '-Huldigungs."
"Ths star-sD.ns,sd s.na:s.s
The Washington times., 1915-09-15

Cole Blease's new campaign for
the South Carolinian governorship
will be hampered by the fact that
much of his constituency is disen-
franchised,
The Washington times., 1915-09-15
Curious To Know Whether Spooner
and Smith Would Head National
n n ID T:.Lo<

u. u. +. Ilckets
To the Editor Of THE TIMES.
While I agree with the correspondent
who says John c. Spooner and William
Alden Smith would make excellent Re
publican standard bearers In the next
Presidential campaign. I am curious to
know whether they would be willing to
accept these positions. 1t would also be
interesting to know whether Mr.. Spooner
Is now legal resident Of the State OF
New York or of the State of Wisconsin
II the latter. Of course. the combination
suggested could scarcely be made. the
States of Wisconsin and Michigan being
In too close proximity.
AS 1t is quite possible that one or
both Of these distinguished men may
come into the limelight as Presidential
candidates. I suggest that a short bio
graphical sketch Of each be given In
your popular paper. It would be inter-
A. FRANCIS. .
Columbia Heights. September IA.
The Washington times., 1915-09-15
One Salvador Town
Destroyed by Quake

One Salvador town, was compieteS
destroyed and others badly damaged ps
the earthquake Of September 8; accord
ING 70 State Department ShscribsSi Sap,s ''
The Washington times., 1915-09-15

As a relief from the unwritten
law and temporary alteration, why
don't some of our temperamental
murderers substitute barbed wire as
a defense?
The Washington times., 1915-09-15

Considering the superiority of the
Harvard football team, you can't
blame Doc Eliot for thinking peace
would be an awful calamity at the
present time.
The Washington times., 1915-09-15

Altho' a devotee of cross-country
walking, you'll notice the President
never issues. any rambling state
mentS,
The Washington times., 1915-09-15

Our newest battleship will make
thirty knots an hour, with no one in
Sight capable of untangling 'em.
The Washington times., 1915-09-15
THE TIMES MAIL BAG

Communications written
ony be signed
The Washington times., 1915-09-15

AS the attacks continue, the
Kaiser can claim the U-boats are
simply suffering.
The Washington times., 1915-09-15

Being Welsh, Lloyd-George should
know what's ale-ing the British
Workmen.
The Washington times., 1915-09-15

Credit and debit rhyme, but there
the harmony stops.
The Washington times., 1915-09-15

tomorrow.
Outing, Chamber Of Commerce, Cheeapeaks
Beach. all day.
Meeting, District Suffrage LeaguA Peoples
Forum. Eighth street and Pennsylvania
avenue northwest, to 10 D. m.
Masonic-Naysl No. 4: Lafayette. No. 10:
Adoniram Council. No, 2; Royal and Select
Masters; Esther. No. 6. Eastern Star.
ODD Fellows-Columhia. No. 10: Salem. No.
q
knights Of the Golden EaEle-Amertca Castle
Knights Of Columbus-Ins taIlation Of officers
Of local councils.
Daughters Of America-Fidelity Council. No.
1.
Lawn pSrty, grounds Of Young women's
Christian Home all street northwest,
7:S0 d. m,
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WHAT'S ON. PROGRAM
IN CAPITAL TODAY

Convention, Maryland state and District Of
Columbia Federation Of Labor. Typographi.
. cal Temple 10 a. m.
Live saving competition. Municipal Bathing
Beach. p. m.
Luncheon. Warrington Association Of Credit
Men. Ebbitt Hotel. 1880 p. m.
Meeting. South washington Citi1ens Asso-
citation. 81. Dominics School HaA, Sixth
and r streets southwest. & ,. m.
Concert. United States Soldiers Home Band.
bandstand At homo. $3.50 p. m.
Meeting Board OF Education. Franklin
School. $50 p. m.
Meeting. National Democratic Association Of
the United States. old Masonic Temple 8
p. m.
Masonic-washinSton Centennial, No. Il;
osiris. No. 2s; East Gate. No. 81: Colunbis,
No. 1, Royal Arch Masons Areme. No. lS
Eastern Star.
Odd Fellows-Eastern, No. I; FEDERAL City,
No. 20: Harmony. No. 8: Mount Neho No
6, Encsmpment.
Daughters Of Isabeiia-Court District Of Co.
lumb.a. No G2
Carnival and lawn party Mems Club Of
Trinity Church at Takoma Park. all even
ing.
The Washington times., 1915-09-15

Amusements.
Belasco-'The Only Girl" s:l6 p. m.
Polis-.Excusa Me-" AIS and s:l5 p. m.
Keith's-Vsudeville, 2:1S and s:B p. m.
Sayety-BurlesQus. 2:16 and s:H p. m.
The Washington times., 1915-09-15

Columbia Heights. September IA.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-23
ATTENDS HIS LODGE FOR FIRST TIME IN
 NEARLY FORTY YEARS
Veteran of Samuel H. Harris Lodge On Visit Here Has
 Pleasant Reunion.

Leverett T. Pitcher of Norwich visited a meeting of Harris lodge, I. O. O. F.. last night for the first time in 38 years. He is a, member of the Bridgeport lodge, which he joined in September. 1877, just before he went to Norwich.
 Pitcher came to this city yesterday to attend the annual meeting of the Veterans Association of the Odd Eel lows of the Jurisdiction of Connecti- cut, which was held beginning at noon. In the evening he visited the meeting of the lodge, with which he entered the order. He saw five can didates initiated.
 George M. Chapman of Waterbury was elected president of the Veterans association at the day meeting. Sid ney Challenger of this city was ap- pointed to the executive committee. David Boyd, of Shelton, was elected vice chief veteran; Frank R.. Upson, Southington, secretary and John Jud- son, New Haven, treasurer.
 Everybody met everybody else at the annual meeting. After the meet ing was called to order the $50 mem bers present, were lined along the walls of the Odd Fellows hall, and starting with the man on the left end, everybody went down the Hne'' and shook hands with the other members. Veterans of 50 years and more in age, were present. s-z z &
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-23
A Story of Dickens.

M. Anatole France has an amusing "reminiscences of Dickens-of whom he is a great admirer-in his 'FVie Lftte- raire.'' One wonders whether it is au- tobiographical. "A Frenchman who made the journey to London he writes, went one day to see the great Charles Dickens. He was admitted and expressed his admiration as an excuse for thus trespassing on the precious time of such a being. Your fame he added, and the universal sympathy you inspire doubtless expose you to in numerable intrusioDs. Your door al ways ss besdeged. You must be visit ed every day by princes, statesmen, scholars. writers, artists and even mad mem Yes, madmen, madmen? cried Dickens, carried away by the agitation which toward the end of his life often moved him 'Madmen! They alone amuse me- And he pushed his aston ished visitor out by the shoulders
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-23
Scotland Yard Gets
 New Spanish Swindle

London. Feb. Scotland Yard warns the public against a new yer sion of the old Spanish prisoner swim de. This time it is not a Spaniard who has hidden 8 war chest of the CaFli@ts In an accessible mountain anu appeals to some one to accept half the contents in return for furnishing him with bail money In the new version of the swindIe it is a Belgian. The Belgian, on the death of his master in the siege of Lfege, fled with 20, 900 pounds in Bank of England notes. He is now in trouble in Spain, and will part with half of the notes to any one helping him out of the scrape with sl little ready cash.
 A large number of these swindIing letters have been sent to England, :, and Scotland Yard men suspect the game is also being worked in the United States.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-23
POULTRYMEN OPEN
 ANNUAL MEETING

Hartford, Feb. 2S.-The ninth annual meeting of the Connecticut Poultry Association opened in this city today for a two days session. President A. Benjamin Brundage, of Danbury, pre- sided. The most interesting feature of today's gathering was address by Prof. A. F. Blakeslee, of the agricul- tural college on the ear lobe in re1a- ton to egg production. In series of charts the speaker showed that hen which had a peachy white ear lobe was almost certainly laying while a hen with over thirty per cent. yellow was as certainly not laying. The yell lower the ear .1obes the longer since she laid her last egg.
 Plymouth Rocks, WyandotteS and Rhode Island Reds do not have yellow ear 1obes but the speaker had charts to show that in such breeds the color of the legs and beak formed nearly as good a test as the color of the ear lobe in picking out good layers. In select ing hens fon breeders, the speaker sug- gested picking out only those that were pale in ear lobes, legs and beak
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-23
Bell ITents.

The interior of bell tent is full of surprises for the new hand. He be- gins by expecting it to be the atriest of lodgings; it is really the stufhest Unless the flaps at the entrance are left open or the apron around the foot lifted it soon becomes fngufferable if there are many men sleeping in it and it is possible to sleep ten or 8 dozen men or more in a bell tent, with feet to the pole, of course, and heads to the canvas. Another surprise is that there is nowhere to hang anything up. It is contrary to regulations to drive nails into the tent pole. The official way is Q ring with hooks on it to be clamped around the pole, but old campaigners say that the supply of these is never anything like equal to the number of tents and that only the lucky ones get them With all this bell tent is the cheapest and most comfortable of tenn porary homes for a party of three or four once they get used to it's little ways and cease to mislay things in it's 3eatureless cularity.-Lfverpool Mer- cUrY
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-23
NEW ORLEANS.

Tho first settlement at New Orleans was founded by Jean Baptiste le Moline de Bfenyi11e, a Frenchman of Canadian birth, who was born in Montreal 235 years ago today, Feb. 23, 1880. He was one of the eleven sons of Charles 1e Moine, a native of Normandy, who settled in Canada and became commander of Montreal. Seven Of the sons becama prominent in the history of the French conquest of North America BtenviI1e, with his brother Ibervi11e, founded the French empire on the Lower Missis- sippi and the Gulf of Mexico, and the city. of New Orleans is monu- ment to Bienvi11e's lasting glory It was in ITS that he laid the founda- ton of the future metropolis of the south. The Crescent City soon as stunned a considerable importance, and within a few years it's popula- ton was augmented by the arrival of q company of Germans, who had pre- VfousIy settled on the Arkansas. The most welcome addition to Bfenv1Ile's town, however, was a party of eighty girls from a Paris house of correc- tions who arrived in charge of three nuns, and speedily found husbands. Another cargo of girls arrived from France In 1728. and, becoming wives and mothers, helped to wTn for New Orleans it's proud place as the me- fropOkis of the gulf coast
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-23
EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATION BEGINS
 ANNUAL CONVENTION

Cincinnati, Feb. z3-SK minor bod ies of the National Education Asso- citation began their sessions here to- day preliminary to the opening of the main convention, that of the Su- perfntendents Three organizations affiliated with the association held their open meetings last night.
 The organizations which began their sessions to-day we're the 1o- ciety of College Teachers; State High School Inspectors Association; Ma tionaI Association of Supervisors and Inspectors of Rural Schools; Interna- tfonaI Kindergarten Union; Educa- tionaI Press Association Of America and the Association of State Supertn- tendentS.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-23
A Pretty Experir,ant.

How, quickly the body elininatesl waste matter may be seen by the fol- lowing simple and pretty experiment.:
 Eat a tablet of 1ithium citrate. Then take clean platinum wire, hold 1t in a colorless flame of Bunsen burner and note that it gives no cobra ton to the flame. Now cool the wire and pass it along the skin Of the fore head, or after rinsing the hand in dis tiled water draw the wire across the palm and again hold it to the colorless Bunsen flame. Note the beautiful yell low color, due to the presence of the sodium Next take blue glass and ob- serve the yellow flame through this. The cobalt glass absorbs the yellow sodium rays, and the lilac flame of potassium now shows. About a half hour after taking the hthia tablet make the same test as above with a clean platinum wire. The vivid red flame of hthium is now obtained. In one short half hour the Hthium entering at the mouth has been absorbed into the blood and carried to all parts of the body and is being excreted through the sk1n.-New York World.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-23
MIN-LE,DE;RER.

Murray Elin, of this city and New York ,and Miss Estelle Lederer, e1d- est daughter of MT. and Mrs. Leon Lederer Of this city, were married Sunday. They are now on their way to Jacksonville, Fla. in which vicinity they will spend their honeymoon.
 The wedding ceremony was ceIe- brated in New York. Rev. H. Rosen married the couple. The bride was attired in a robe of white satin, ar tisticaIly ornamented with ropes of pearls. An entertainment and we'd ding breakfast were provided after the ceremony and the guests enjoyed dancing.
 MT. and Mrs. E1in have been ac- tive in social affairs in this city. Miss Lederer was formerly a manicure, employed in the Arcade. The groom is well known in the clubs of the city. He was formerly employed by the Otto W1ssner company in this city, but ceased connection with that firm when he became i'll with typhoid fever several months ago. Since then he has engaged in the cigar business and is making a success as a salesman for Cohn & Co. of Dew York.
 After April 1. the couple will be al home to their friends at their home 1421 Madison avenue, New York.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-23
ADVANCED DANCING CLASSES.

All of the latest steps and variations of the Hesitation, One Step, and Fox Trot are taught in the advanced cIas- ses which meet every Thursday and Friday evenings at Quf1ty's School of Dancing at the Colonial Ball Room in Fairfield avenue. The instruction includes the Opera Hesitation and the Lulu Fado, as we'll as the more ad- vanced figures in the Fox Trot and othe rnew dances. All are given in the standardized form as adopted by the Masters of Dancing, and as they are taught in the schools of all mem bers of that association. Admission is at a modern figure. Friday even ing classes are private
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-23
.EINTRACHT BALL AT CASINO T0MORR0W
 BIGGER THAN EVER
Royal Hungarian Gypsy Band Will Give Concert -
 Mayor Expected.

The fifteenth annual ball of the Eintracht Sick Benefit society will be held at the State street Casino to- morrow evening, and according to members, this years affair will be bet ter than evef
 City officials will attend. If he returns from Hartford in time, Mayor c. B. Wilson will open the proceed- fngs, at o'clock. The Royal Hun garian Gypsy band will give a. con cert.
 The Eintracht society was organized 15 years ago by 100 merchants of this city for mutual benefit in trade and social affairs It is a dourishing organization, with a Ladies' auxiliary.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-23
AoUILANO MEANT NO
 INSULT TO PRESIDENT

Baldo Aquilano, the Italian-speaEt ing orator, who was quoted yesterday as declaring President Woodrow Will son an 'tignoramus,,'' and the Ameri- can people a .1ot of robbers denies the statements attributed to him by some of his audience.
 He declares President Wilson is one of the best executives the country ever had He said he, was %grossly and badly'' misquoted. The state ments attributed to him, he said, are misunderstanding on the part of his hearers.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-23
PRIEST SAYING MASS /
 IS STRUCK BY SHE'LL

Hazebroucke, Feb. 23:-A soldier priest was saying mass yesterday in a church at Elveridge when a German shell exploded over the building. A portion of the missile came through the roof and struck the priest on the head Although his condition is ser ious, there are hopes for his recovery.
 A Colonial social was held last night in the rooms of the Peoples Presbyterian church Costumes of the early days of the Republic were worn by the guests.
 pr. C. N. Haskell has recovered from an attack of the grip, which has lasted two weeks.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-23
CHECKS
 COMMUNICATION IN WESTERN STATES

Chicago, Feb. 23-A wind, snow and sIeet storm prostrated telephone and telegraph wires in Iowa, Western Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska and South Dakota according to advices received to-day by the telegraph companies. Telegraph service out of Chicago to the west was badly hampered early to-day and the companies said there was little prospect of improvement for at least 24 hours.
 In South Dakota traffic was delayed .on all railroads and on several branch Hines drifting snow stopped all trains.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-23
CURE YOUR COLD IN AFEW HOURS
 AND FEEL FINE
'Pape's Cold Compound opens clogged nose and
 head and ends grippe.
Relief comes instantly.

A dose taken every two hours until three doses are taken will end grippe misery and break up a severe cold either in the head, chest, body 'or limbs.
 It promptly opens clogged-up nos triIs and air passages in the head, stops nasty discharge or nose run ming relieves sick headache, du11ness, feverishness. sore throat, sneezing, soreness and stiffness.
 Don't stay stuffed-upi Quit blowing and snuff1ingI Ease your throbbing head! Nothing else in the world gives such prompt relief as Tapes Cold Compound" which costs only 25 cents at any drug store. It acts without assistance, tastes nice. causes no in convenience. Be sure you get the zenu1na.-Adve
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-23
One Dancer,

'sHave you fastened the windows. dear?'' she asked as they were about to retire for the night
 'tNo. Whats the use? I gave you the last dollar had to buy that new hat, and we needn't fear burglars"
 t'But they might sit down on the hat, you know. Washington Post.