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decay of Americon statesmanship-srill we
 know by.reputasion only few of the men who took part in leggislasion. At that time Congressmen only reserved six dollars day and milage, and the same was paid Seniter. In these moddern times large corse persun with hand like ham and a Union card of the Amalgamated Bricklay- urs Association can make the incum of a United States Seniter in the days of lam inted statesmanship we heer so much about look like the assets of a defunct building and lone assosiasion, whose pressidint has sought a long needed rest and vacasion in a land that is fairer than this. In those
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SONG OF HOPE. Come with me where streams are flowing, And the branches intertwine; Where the Summer breezes blowing. Fill the soul with Natures wine; Leave the cares of life behind you, And forget its sin and woe; Come where peace and love can find you To the Land of Long Ago. There, a thousand voices calling, Give welcome glad and true And the sunbeams. softly falins' Touch the heart of youth in you; Nothing sordid there can find you Sins of life seem far away, And the cares you left behind you. Burdens of another day. There behold the hopes departed. Hopes that golden childhood knew. And the friends so tender hearted, Who have long been true to you; Come where virtue, all unknowing. Fears no pit of sin or woe; Come where tender youths still glowing. In the Land of Long Ago. There. with gentle mem'ries thronging. Memr ries of the hopes you knew, Once again will come the longing To be Gantle kind and true: Come where youths soft breeze is blow
 ing !. Come where caper fay and elf. Let the fairies. wise and Knowing, Give you back your better self.
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Henry Clay and
 Modern Solons

days, however, it was regarded a grate honur to be Congressman, or a Seniter; the biggest men of the Nasion sought the phases, and gient intellects struggled for mastury in the forum of Congress-at leest that is what we air told now, by the pessi- mistick persuns who look upon the pressint memburship of Congress with grave con- surn, and bilious expression. Still we air inclined to beleeve that theere is not SO much difference in the gennerel average.
 We casually admit that theere may be at this time few boil weevils in Congress, whose intellects would not measure up with Danniel Webstur's or John Calhoon's or Hennery Clay's, and who do not contri- bute much to the sum total of human en- devor, but theere also seemed to have been few lite waits in the old days. It has al- ways been thus, and will continew to be thus-only moor so. When man has the goods, and the opportunity he is going to loom up in the Iced, and attach himself to all the honurs not nailed down, that his
 
 Hennery Clay had the classick feeturs, the gray mattur, and gift of orratory that maid him populer herow, and he was abull to rite his name in history. He wanted to be Pressidint, but theere arose a man, largely of Clay $ own creeasion, the herow of New Orleans, in war which Clay fostured, who defeeted the ambision of Clay, becawse opportunity in the shape of Rockingham and the English expedision cum to him. Old Hickory rose in populer favur to the same degree that he proceeded to mop up the scenery in Lewiseanny with the sed remains of Wellingtun's veterans.
 Honnest to goodness we have men in Congress now who air just as smart, just as patryotick, just as feerless, and with lots moor judgemint than Hennery had. Not that we air hooking Hennery, we air sim ply defending the present gennerasion. Hennery and Dan1 Webstur and all those old guys weer sum punlxins all rite befour the telefone the oughtomobile and the hard shell variety of monopoly cum into theere own-they loomed up like Pike's Peek ovver a wart on dill pickle befour the prohibision issue spreed itself ovver the scenery; they held the limelite and tow cred above theere fellers like the Wash ingtun monnumint ovver the Potomack, befour the womin's sufferage questsion thrust itself peevishly into the pot of Americon polyticks; they weer all rite when you rode in stage coaches, and chewed home maid tobacco, but the time have cum when it takes statesman who is onto his job to successfully straddle all the burning issues in the polytical feelds of this country, and maintain his equilibrium, which inturpreted meens his connection with the meel ticket. Our satesmanship is not on the decay-it is far frum being de- cayed. Sum of it may be decayed- and grate deel of it is perhaps rottun, but on the hole-no moor so than it has always been. Yours trooly,
 BILL VINES.
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Naming the Source

Little Anna was always glad to say her prayers. but she wanted to be sure that she was heard in the heavens above n well as on the earth beneath
 One night. after the usual ''alnen,' she dropped her head upon the pillow ana closed her eyes. After moment she raised her hand and waving 1t ffanti- calIy. sho0ted: Y.
 70 Lord. this prayer came from eD Grant avenue
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t1x1 left us; no longur have we an inn EsY minint collectsion of grate states in our midst Still we do not repine, or give way entirely to dispare. We feel, sum- how, that we mite struggle along indefi- nitely without Congress, perhaps on the hole much longur than Congress could struggle along without us, if the case was revursed Still it is not our purpose to mock Congress; 1t IS not necessery for us to do so, our feller citizens all ovver the coun- try air tending to that mattur in much moor flewint mannur than we feel capabul of On the contrary having been on the ground, wheere we could obsurve Congress in its diffurent moods and tenses, we air speek-and we would do so, only we air not feeling well rite at this time, and we feel that we have enuff to answer for enny how
 But when we compar our grate states men of the present day and gennerasion with those of the yeers past-those grate pioneers of Americon histery-whose names air conjured with in the publick schools; yung me who grew up with the country and helped to carve it's early fame and each uther, in the colloniel days, we find that aftur all they air not so wurst In the days to cum, perhaps, the names of sum of our present day statesmen will be held mp to the yuth of tomorrow as glorious ex- ampuls to emmulait and follow aftur
 We air prone to compair our feeders of this day and gennerasion with Daniel Webstur and Hennery Clay, and John C. Calhoon, men who dominated leggislasion and stud d-pokur in the early history of the Nasion. Still theese men in those days had theere ups and downs. Hennery Clay had menny ennemies, and evvery now and then he was compelled to get out his old hoss pistol and shoot personnel frend in Ken lucky in the left leg just to creeate gen nerel impression that it was not safe to munkey with him.
 Hennery Clay cum to Congress yung man. He was only 34 yeers of age when he entured the House of Representatives, and in his furst turn was elected Speekur. But this was not becawse of enny spesial display of statesmanship upon his part up to that time that MT. Clay was elected speaker, but becawse of an intense rivalry between sertain factsions in the House who could not agree upon cannydate. Hennery cum to bat at the proper momint and grab bed the baclIn. He was Speekur moor turns and longur period than enny uther man who has been givven the job. He was a grate orratur-he possessed, it is sed, a yerry persuasive voise and could sway his audiense almost in unisun and hold them nhdeg magic spell compelling them to do his bidding. Those who rebeled and broke away frum his orratorical inflewance he was always willing to meet upon the feeld
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the average municipality of today in that beloved section of Gods country. Some of the most attractive eating places, enter tainment places and general gathering places in this city are below the street level. There it is always warm and cozy, and whether we are 10 feet or 10 times that many below the surface, matters little to us when the evening gets under way and we begin to enjoy and be a part of the night life of subterranean Manhat- tan. And if perchancc we are unfortun- ate enough to live in some unfrequented spot. like Brooklyn, we think nothing of adding touch of the submarine life to the subterranean, for we go home by means of the tubes that lie beneath the bed of East River. It is useless to attempt to go into detail with regard to the va rious underground palaces here-they are not advertising with us anyhow. But from the foregoing you get, the general idea-or perhaps you had already suspect ed that New York was not altogether on the level.
 THE KINGDOM OF JOY. There is a land where roses bloom
 Forever and a day;
 Where happiness dispels the gloom,
 And drives duh care away;
 Where Joy is king. and all serene, Upon the throne with Love, his queen,
 Rules OCT his subjects gay. A lanc where golden sunbeams dance
 In fouNMins of delight.
 And softest harmonies entrance
 Throughout the moonlit night; Where clouds ne'er come to blot the sky, And Love sings low her lullaby,
 While hope gleams always bright It is a blessed land of truth.
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Beneath sun of bliss;
 It's people know eternal youth
 Naught ever goes amiss
 In this fair land where Love is queen, And Natures green is ever green.
 And life's sweetheart's kiss. And we have known this Kingdom fair,
 Where all so blissful seems; Yet nevermore may we be there,
 Where hope forever gleams; For us 1t lies far. far away
 Adowi the road to Yesterday
 Sweet childhood's Land of Dreams
 In front of Daly's theatre, on lower Broadway, the famous old playhouse weherein the best actors of another day once won applause, there now hangs a sign relative to a new dancer that house has acquired, and describing her as '"The girl who wears smile and dances And judging from some of the offerings at Dalys these days, the girl would doff even the smile ifit were not of the kind that will not come off, for know ye. Daly's is now called ''The House of Bur lesque'-it is a sad story, my country men,. S .f
 New York has fallen for a picture show. This new movie. is real wonder in pho toplay. It is called 'AThe Birth of a Na- tion.' and is now showing at the Liberty, in Forty-second street, for prices ranging from $1 to g. But sit steady, unless you are in an awful hurry--sooner or later we shall be able to witness this same cine photographic wonder for 10 or 15 cents. However ttip) sec anything produced by D. w. Griffiths.
 The bread line that is now being fed by the Hotel Knickerbocker, at BroadWay
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Would you believe 1t. New York is try ing to appear to be moro or less tight
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The bread line that is now being fed by the Hotel Knickerbocker, at Broadway
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Or was there ever more gracious ges- ture than that with which he indicates that such traffic may now proceed?
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Washington, D e.

Washington, D c. 17ISTUR EDDITUR: Congress has " left us; no longur have we an i'm kY minint collectsion of grate states
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FEW YORK, March 13.-(Special.) During my school days the class in arithmetic-or was it trigom-
The Washington times., 1915-11-17
Desths.

Mary +. Harrison, II years. 7Is Third street
southeast,
John A. Goodrlck. 81 years. ls Sixth street
southwest.
Maude NJ. Whitten. 81 years. l2il Fifth
street northwest.
W. Wallace McGreEor. 10 years. 1850 Spring
road northwest.
Sarah L. zelier. 81 years. 2so4 Georgia ave.
nue. northwest.
Leathe l.. Kerns. So years. s2l Ingram street
northwest.
Amelia wilcox. Is GARFIELD Hospital.
sity Hospital.
John b. buckley. 60 years. l7S 8 street
northwest.
Jennie NJ. Herbert. 27 years. Providence Hos
pital
Jennie T. Phillips. IS years. a H street
northeast.
Catherine Mcnamara, 70 years. 1929 Twenty
second street northwest
Mary Madigan. "a years. 7s3 Morton street
northwest.
George T. Smith. % years. 3422 Prospect street
northwest
Mary Long, 30 years. eogi Huttens court
northwest
Amanda sherman. 20 years. I2It c street
northwest.
Edna Adams, 10 years. 2,5s Eighth street
northwest.
Nelson DiCkerson, ss years GeorRetown Uni
rersity Hospital.
Susan 4. Hill. "a years, 6o9Is Twenty-th,rd
street northwest.
William American, 3 years Washington Asy-
lum Hospital.
John W. Swami. "a years Angler ayenue
Garfield, u, C
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DEATHS

BuCkLEY--on Monday, November Is. 1915,
~ ! .. m., JOHN b.. beloved husband Of
Margaret f. Buckley.
Funeral from his late residence, I7ig q
street northwest, on Thursday November
~, az s;so o.. ~. Solemn requiem mass at
81. Paufs Church at o'clock. Relatives
nnd d friends Invited. Interment at Mount
olivet Cemetery,
MAlCOl.M-On Wednesday, November H.
lsib, at her residence, 1852 Georgia avenue
northwest. Mrs. KATHERINE W. NAL
Services Thursday. November IS. at 3 p.
1rlNate,
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Conrad II. Syne, James Eraneis Smith.
Attorneys.

TRicT OF COLUMBIA Holdins . District
.a park. ss7s g. wss 'Sr
IN No. ths h Hos. Of D's
the Commissioners Of the District OF Colum.
ba. pursuant TO certain provisions under the
gress approved March 4. 1913. entitled: IAN
Act making appropriations to provide for tn.
Of Columbia for ens he soai Year H sndins I % June
thirtieth. nineteen hundred and fourteen: and
% sys :d nds. pe,.iUn tns N ts,, soSr
praying tho condemnation Of the land neces-
s.ry for park purposes in square tS7S bound,
Nsyior road and 22nd street east. and q
gan ASenus. Rsndoph % stree, an and ,sth Il stree street
east; square sooe bounded by 9TH street west
2s2i bounded by 18th street west. Emerson
bounded BY Georsis Avenue. F.!r.sas stree;
by Van Ness street and 42nd street west. ami
Nebraska Avenue; square 1853. bounded by
| road square 1854. bounded by 3sth street
east Jenifer street and Reno road: square
east and Pennsyivania Avenue; square i.1i
bounded by Sth street east. South Dakota
DistrSt ono Of coin%sa ss shown on pIa,. 'ns ns
maps rled with the said petition. ~ TART
thereof. and praying also that a Jury Of five
who shall be freehoiders within the District
OF Columbia. not related to any person inter
| ested in these proceedings, and not In the
service or employment Of the District OF Co.
| lumbia or Of the United States. be sum
moned by the United States Marshal for the
District Of Columbia to assess the damages
each owner OF land to be taken may sus-
| tain by reason of the condemnation Of tho
land necessary for the said park purposes. in
the squares Aforesaid. and TO assess bene
hts resulting therefrom not less than one-naif
OF the amount Of said damages including tie
expenses Of these proceedings. upon the ,ots
pieces, and parcels OF land which the Jury
| may fnd will be benefited by the said parks
OF Congress. II is by the court. this 18th
day Of November. A. ID. 1915, Ordered. That
| all persons having any interest in these pro-
ceedings be. and they are hereby, warned
and commanded to appear in this court en-
1875. at ten o'clock A. M. and continue in
| attendance until the court shall have made
its final order ratifying and confirming th.
| award OF damages and tho assessment OF
benefits by the Jury to be empaneled and
copy OF this notice and order be
successive weeks in the Washington
Evening Star. The Washington Times and the
the said District, before the said aoth DAY
OF November, A. d. 1915. 1t Is further or
| dered. that a copy OF this notice and order
| be served by the United States Marshal, or
his deputies. upon each Of the owners Of tho
fee Of the land to be condemned herein. and
as may be found by the said marshal. or his
| deputies. within the District of Columbia
before the said Soth day of November A. u.
| 1915. By the Court r. T.. SIDDOSS. jus
YYotNG. Clerk. BY r. p' z. cuNNiNoHAM.
| Assistant Clerk
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Conrad II. syme, James Francis Smith,
Attorneys.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE DIS
TRICT OF COLUMBIA. Holding a District
public alleys in square 2621. in the District
o. Columbia Distrlc, Court No l25s. No
OF the District OF Columbia. pursuant to III.
provisions OF section 1905 to section 1908 l. In
OF S the 4. law aSr h.
court praying the condemnation OF the land
necessary for the opening and widening o.
street. Brown street. Seventeenth street. New
ton street and oakwood Terrace. In the Dis
trict OF Columbia. as shown on plat or map
fled with tn. said petition as part thereof,
and praying also that u Jury Of Ave tudicious.
n.res,es In thes. pToceedinss and 1 % no, in ,a
service or employment of the District OF Co
iumoia or of the United states: be sum
District Of Columbia to assess the damages
each owner OF land to be taken may sustain
said alleys and the condemnation OF the land
necessary for the purposes thereof. and to
sstrs .ouS ensh ef aid scssnr the
expenses Of these proceedings. upon each lot or
part OF lot. or parcel Of land in the sausre
opened and wtdsned, as provided for in rnd
BY the aforesaid code Of law. Il is. by the
,s h,f S AZ, Of Al.
any interest in these proceedings be. and they
hereby ors and ss e p
OF November. A. d. 1915. at Ten o'clock A.
NJ. and continue In attendance until the
tOurt ihnuc HHai
flying and confirming the award Of DAMAGES
and the assessment of benefits Of the Jury
to be empaneled and sworn herein. And It
10 further ORDERED. That copy Of this
notice and order be published twice a week
for two successive weeks In the Washington
Evening Star, the Washington Post and Tho
Washing gton Times. newspapers published In
the said District, before the said 30th dav
OF November A. D. 1915. II is further Or
be served by the tinted States Marshal. or
his deputies upon each Of the owners Of the
fee OF the land to be condemned herein as
may be found by the said marshal. or lis
deputies. within the District of Columbia be-
| fore the said 3Oth day OF November. A. u.
1915 BY the Court, r. l.. SIDDONS, jus
tice. tSeaD A true COPY Test: J, II.
YOUNG. Clerk. BY r Z. CUNNINGHAM.
Assistant Clerk.
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Vital Records
Births.

John H. and Ethel Woodwork. riri
nrt RoDert II. l.. and Frances 4. Shipman. boy
oilie ,ia b. ana Helen G: Norris. sirl.
Guy and Grace M. Erwin. bow.
rTnnk rTnnk l.. and Lottie NJ Earnshaw, GirL
MILAN MILAN r.. and Maud |. Donaldson. siri.
william I. and Laura o. Capps, boy
Bosier and Catherine l.. Castle. bow
Louis @ and Annie T. Bushlowitz, rirl
hakph Nice. and Janet II. baldwin girI
yaaies and Della white, girl.
Thomas and Elizabeth Spencer, girl
robert J. and Irene Sample, boy
James and Mamie Mathews. boy.
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Marriage Licenses.

James y. Hanlon and Ruth T. Duke beth
- OF boswell. Va
Robert A Beach and Dollie Crossen. both of
Herndon. Va.
Major W. Parker. Washington. and Mabs
IA Ellis, kensinEton. Md.
william u. Soper. Washington. and Minnie
v. LAnham. Landover. Nd
faiph V. Michel. Washington. and lsma c.
Cooper, Brunswick. Md.
Angelo Huinbo and Shilarde Zefhrina.
Alexander M Patch and Julia A. Jsittlee.
william M. Guthridge and Mamie B. Roach.
John W. Clampett and Emma J. Robey
carr T.. Raymond and Merriam ID. Hillyer.
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FAVOR INCOME TAX
FOR DEFENSE NEEDS
Levy On Large Financial Gain
ers Urged BY New York
Organization.

Urging the President TO advise Con-
gress to increase the tax on large III
comes as n means OF securing the added
revenue needed by the Federal Govern
ment for preparedness and other mat
ters, the Society to Lower Rents and
Reducc Taxes on Homes. with head
quarters in New York. has addressed
an open letter on the subject to the
White House.
1t Ia represented that from 500 100000
to $3.50, 10000 could be secured through
"a rapidly progressive rate upon In
comes in excess of $780, .OO0."
The letter. which is signed by Frederic
c. Leubuscher. president. and Benjamin
C. Marsh. executive secretary. declares
"a contemplate. but serious. effort Is be-
ing made in this State by Republican
leaders to emberrass the Federal Ad-
mnistration by imposing an income tax
for local and State purposes in order to
prevent the Federal Government from
securing a proper amount of revenue
from this source"
Says Wage-earners Pay.
Attention of the President is directed
to the fact that most Of the revenue
for governmental purposes Is now de-
rived from the wage-earners OF the
country and from those with small in
comes.
TT is pointed out that the revenue
problem is increasingly serious for Fed
eral. State, and local governments. due
to the need OF large expenditures for
preparedness and the enormous debts
or many states and cities resulting In
large interest charges. uniquely that Of
charges on our debt amount to SIS, ,ooo.-
600. or nearly one third OF our total cur
rent budget for local purposes"
Urged BY Mills.
The letter then says: Senator ogden
L. Mills. a Republican. and chairman
OF the Joint legislative committee on
taxation Of New York State. openly
urges States and localities to adopt the
income tax before the Federal Govern
ment dries up this source OF revenue
Naturally. IL States and localities
secure any part of their revenue by an
income tax, which should be reserved
FOR national purposes. the Federal Gov
ernment must increase the already un-
fairly heavy burden OF taxation upon
the workers of the country.
I'VE request that you urge upon Con-
gress to increase the tax rate upon
large incomes: In our judgment. at
least $500, 100000 or $3.50. 900 900 should be
from an income tax. through n rapidly
progressive rate upon incomes in eX-
cess of 100000. England now ievies a
tax of "a per cent upon incomes over
$500 1000. The rate In this country Is only
s per cent and the total yield from the
individual income tax last year was a
little over $1,000. 600
1t Is declared the proper source of
revenue for cities Is ground rents. cre-
ated by the people. but mostly going in
to the pockets Of few land owners,
and that the President will do the
workers great service by relieving
them as suggested from part OF the un-
just burden OF taxation burden
which the privileged classes seek to
increase"
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Mrs. George w. PaschaI.

Funeral services for Mrs. George w.
Paschal. who died yesterday, will be
held at her late residence. 4l3 Fourth
street northwest. tomorrow at 1851
o'clock. Interment will be private
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Funerals
John Il, Buckley.

Funeral services for John B. Buckley.
who died Monday. will be held at his
late residence. 11l9 S street northwest.
tomorrow at $50 o'clock. thence to
st. Paul's Catholic Church at 8 o'clock.
Interment will be In Mt. Olivet Ceme-
terry. He was aged sixty-nine years.
and is survived by his wife. one daugh-
ter. Miss Mary Buckley. and a son.
John ]. Buckley.
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Mrs. Sarah f. ZeIler.

Funeral services for Mrs. Sarah f..
Iellcr. who died Monday at the resi-
dence of her daughter, Mrs. NJ. Trede.
260i Georgia avenue northwest. We're
held today She was eighty-seven
years of age
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Virgil d. StOckbridge,

Funeral services for virgil d. Stock
bridge. who died Yesterday. will be held
at Christ Church. Thirty first and O
streets. tomorrow at II O'Clock. Inter-
ment will be made in Arlington Gene
tery.
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IN MEMORlAM

lNotices for this column are accepted at 90
cents nat. either prose or poetry, In case no.
uee ooes not exceed ten lines. Add 10 cents
Iof each line In excess Of ten.)
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John w. Swami.

Funeral services for John W. Swami
who died Sunday, were held today at
st. Teresa's Church. Anacostia.
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Mrs. Mary +. Harrison.

Funeral services for Mrs. Mary F.
Harrison. who died yesterday. will be
held at her late residence. 7l6 Third
street southeast, tomorrow at $50
O'Clock, thence to st. Peters Church.