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The Washington times., 1915-02-23
Judge Commends Girl
For Whipping Annoyer

ATLANTA. Ga. Feb. elf a pretty
girl walks into a drug store to use the
telephone and young man makes some
sighting remark about her and II the
girl gives that young man a whipping,
she Is not only justified, but to be highly
commended.
This decision was handed down by
Recorder Johnson when Miss Lillian
Akridge Of Western Heights was ar
raigned for an attack on f. f. Robert
son. 1t may have been true that Rob-
crtson was not the young man who used
the sighting remark, and he~and his
friends stated that he was not, but
Miss Lillian thought he was and so
the judge held she was just as justified
as though she whipped the right fellow.
1t seems that in Western Heights
there are youths who ogle the girls.
The people out there are trying to break
this group up.
with a few more spunky girls like
Miss Lillian" remarked the recorder.
"the Western Heights people won't need
any police. Miss Lillian. congratulate
The Washington times., 1915-02-23
Plays and Players at Capital
Theaters This Week.,
BELASCO.

George b. Nettleton and T. Boggs
John to the pill trade what Potash
and Perlmutter" are to tho cloak and
suit business. opened return engage.
ment at the Belasco Theater yesterday
in "A Pair of skies
Their laugh lozenges were taken with
a relish when prescribed to an immense
holiday audience at the matinee and
again in tho evening. Any digestive dis
order that might affect the Washington
public during the week is assured cura.
tive treatment II Drs. Ralph Herr and
Mark smith are consulted at the La.
fsyette square temple of amusement
during the week.
"A Pair of skies" is q farce that bris-
ties with clean fun, first dispensed 10
reka Digestive PHI Company and then
in the home Of George B. Nettleton'
senior partner and superior poker play
er Of the firm. A.
firms chief product. but this accom-;
plist ment his partner, T. Boggs; sa,d
was minus any salable power without
an attractive exterior. L. Boggs plead
ed guilty to being responsible Tor tnt
allurins coorinss Of the Prodmcs amo nf q. d
pair are referred to their lawyer. who
suggests q game Of poker as the solu'
ton. the loser to become Nhe winner
man servant for a year, while the busi
ness is to be run by the superior care
player.
In sideburns and buttons. Mark Smitf
becomes q model butler until his sweet
heart, whom Herr invites to make hii
partners quilting all the more diff
cult, arrives and is told the real state
of affairs. She ingenucusly suggests
that q mans weakest spot should b<
the source Of attack. Thereupon the
butler srouses the jealousy OF his mas
ter's wife and pretends to make love t.
r ent resolves into a peaceful and salts
factory solution OF all differences.
With laugh provoking facial play and
an enunciation that one minute is sof
and purring and the next raucous ant
irritating, Ralph Herr. as the nervous
| pessimistic senior partner. delighted t.
| the fullest measure. Mark Smith wor'
the buffers livery In the ''manne
born.'' so much SO that Coddles. tn
English maid Of all-work. SO thorough!
done by Miss Marion Ballou, fell a
once in love with him.
lone Bright did not belle her name Al
the ingenious solver Of the firms diff
culties. Mary Harper could not hav'
been moro perfect as the stenographe
| v ith q sense Of humor. and Ethel Jack
! son was sympathetic and hysterical a!
the wife. Richie Ling. as the lawyer
friend. displayed judicial sense and non
sense in equal portions with effective
ness. and Stanhope Wheatcroft. jr.
/ was a breezy salesman. The balance o
the cast contributed adequately to tn
evening Of frenzied fun.
The Washington times., 1915-02-23

$16O, ,O0O,O 900, and the war Is half a
century behind us.
The salaries Of Senator'S and Con-
gressmen have been increased lately
by so per cent.
The Presidents salary has gone
up from $4,000 to $4,000, in ad-
dition to which a most important al
lowance has, been made for travelling
expenses.
The salaries of the Federal judi
ciary have been increased in all
ranks.
The question is, then, whether
Senator Roots observations must be
regarded as indicating a belief that
the employees of Congress are paid
too much, or whether the general
clerical workers are underpaid.
There is no doubt about it. A level
ing downward to the basis of the
clerks in Government Offices would
involve a restoration Of all the Gov
ernment pay schedules to the basis
Of a half century ago, or longer.
That is an impossible adjustment.
The right thing, the only right
thing, is to readjust the salaries of
the clerical employees, and to Rad
just them upward into touch with
present day wage standards and
costs of living.
The Washington times., 1915-02-23
Tomorrow.

"a ieEe % alumni e New Ebsitt. SO p. m. ''
Meeting. Washington Theosophical Fedora
tion. lecture hall Public Library, p. m
tee, study room. Public Library. 1880 a. m
struction: Mount Pleasant. No. ia, Roya
Arch Masons; Washington. Ne 2 knights
Templar: Naomi. No 3. Brookland. No. H.
Eastern Star.
.; Federal city. No. %: Friendship No
IL: Columbian. No. Encampment
knights of Pythias-tirand Lodge. annual
convention; Mount vernon, No s; Union,
No No e Columbia, 20 e: Friendship Tenn
woodmen OF the world--Potomac Camp No
8: Maple Camp. No. l6.
Socialist-Italian branch.
Meeting. Society of Colonial Wars blue room
New willard, sp. IN. Buffet supper vii
Concert. United States Soldiers Home Band
Orchestra. Stanley Hall. Soldiers Home
Illustrated talk. Passion Play" Mrs. Mar
garet L. Coope. in hall Of St. raul's
Church. Fourteenth and streets north
Annual dinner. Order Of Washington. Hote
.Richmond p. m
Bridge party and tea District Association
Opposed to Woman Suffrage. at residenc,
Of Mrs. Robert T. Lincoln. 2 to s p. m.
Public meeting. in interest Of Berea Colez,
Hall. Continental Hall. $50 p. m.
Meeting. Washington Auxiliary Of the Ma
tionai Indian Association. at home Of Mrs
II. NJ. Fulton, 1900 Thirteenth street north
west. , to p m.
Meeting. clan MacL~nnan. No. 20 Order o
Scottish Clan, 7N Sixth street northwest
7:so p. m. Euchre. whist and dancing L
follow.
The Washington times., 1915-02-23
POLI'S.

For the second time in three weeks
the new Poll Players became pro-
ducing company yesterday and gave
Washington theater-goers not only
their first. but by artistic work what
Is probably the best, opportunity they
have had to sec one Of the really novel
plays OF the modern stage. "A Big
Idea" by A. Z. Thomas and Clayton
Hamilton
The play has an original theme, and
II Is worked out in such a novel man
ner that the audience is kept in a state
of suspense from the rise Of the cur
tain-no. from the moment 1t enters
the outer doorway of the theater-untlI
the heroine naiveiy turns to 1t just
before the final curtain and pleads with
1t to like the play.
1t commences as tragedy and bobs
between comedy and tragedy through
out the three acts until 1t finally ends
-happily-a real comedy: 1t tells the
story OF a bank president who has
suddenly called upon to make good by
the visit Of Federal examiner. He
cannot raise enough money to make uI
the shortage b. $4,000. He confesses
of stories. The son has a life insur-
ance policy OF S5O0O. He decides tina,
the thing for him to do is to kill him.
self. permit his father to collect the
insurance, and save his honor.
An extremely imaginative yOune
woman comes on the scene at this mo.
ment. learns OF the extremities to which
the father and son have come. and pro.
poses to the son that he write a play
OF the experience and sell the play
for the amount sufficient to make good
the shortage!
One Of the most attractive features
OF the new Poll Players Is the diffi.
particular member Of the cast AS doing
work that stands out above the others
so we'll balanced is the organization.
Miss Gilbert. as the young woman
has a trying part. which she presents
in thoroughly artistic manner. There
are Just the subtle touches of humor
Just the persuasive, pleading person
aiity, and just the debonair spirit OF
youth that Is needed to fill the picture
Mr.. Fellows. as the young playwright
has an even more difficult role. anc
completely masters its difficulties.
Mr. Lowe. as the theatrical mana
ger, who greets the audience as Il
comes into the theater. makes a speech
before the curtain as the play begin.
and finally buys the play In the las
act. is quite equal to the task as
Mr.. Velsey. Mr.. Harris. Mr.. Haines
Miss Bondbill, Miss Tracey, MIR. Han
lon, Miss Nichols. and Mr.. Lillis pro
vided thoroughly adequate support:
G. NJ.
The Washington times., 1915-02-23
COSMOS.

Two acts Of the Cosmos Theater bill
this week divided honors with the big
headliner. Will Roehm's Athletic
Girls. who gave one of the most in
teresting and exciting athletic num-
bers ever offered at the theater. Frank
Bush. famous as a monologist. had his
audiences in constant laughter during
the fifteen minutes Of his act. The
other striking feature is Wilson and
Ienoir, In an offering which included
dances. songs. yodeling. and whistling.
The Athletic Girls" gave a snappy
program. including fencing. boxing,
wrestling. and bag punching. with q
lesson in physical culture for the
women. The act is clean. interesting.
and entertaining. Corrigan and Vivian,
sing and dancing sharpshooterA. do
some clever shooting. Frank Nc
Nish and his son. billed as McNish
and McNish. have an offering. of song
and comedy. with an exposition OF
where the tango came from. and
Frank Morse and company present a
pleasing sketch.
A change OF bill Is announced for
Thursday.
The Washington times., 1915-02-23
TeAay.

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Federal. No. I. Acacia, No. IS. Takona, No.
ROYAL Arch Mssons no. D: MSisS mt
No. :. Fr's"d:h,D. sc H. si s.s;
ODD Feliows,..wa.hinston., No. 9. Golden
s'n:r, Ru's No So y Enr.my Am,iy MO s7 Fred d
ksR:: sossH.n,ss Of Rss.sr No. 1s h.4.n. nnSs Ss
Z; psse':ier. c No. Il; Capital No. "a; Myr'
woodmen Of the world-old Glory Camp
Specialist Florida Home Builders Assocla.
tion; Workmen's Circle.
e. A: \: encampment. red room. New
League. OFFICES OF Department Of Iabor
Meeting, H. Washington Council. Knight. o,
violin recital, Haron sokoiove New Masonic
nys1.v Society a.,,
Meesins. ;sH Z; 1s Campaign leader. OF Y. W. c. A.
Meeting. North Capitol and Eckington citi
Lecture hSl Of
ans fSloraa av""pe nce.pwes er s"
Meeting. suffrage committee Of Chamber o'
ns.n GSnn:tss .Gs,... in ssSs ter
> Divided kingdom?' the Rev. A. b. KIN
solving. St. Johns Church, Sixteenth ant
II streets northwest. 1880 p. IN.
Meeting, Thomas Jefferson Council, No. ~
Jr. .. u. A. NJ. Northeast Masonic Tenn
pie, Eighth and # streets northeast, 5 p. m
Annual public debate. freshman class o
Washington College OF law. 1913 New Tori
msstns PateS,s 1s.sue o, tn. Third p
vision of Schools. in j. Ormond> Wilson
Normal School. Eleventh and Harvard
streets northwest. 3 p. m.
Lecture. Miss Janet Richards, auditorium o
Woodward Lothrop's, II q. m.
Lecture. The Spanish Colonial Empire,
Miss Erna Mary Ferguson. under auspices
OF Spanish School Of Washington. in school
p. m.
Beneht concert and dance. Casualty Hospital
Rauscher's. 8 to IL p. m.
Meeting. Columbia Chapter. D. A. r.. stud,
room. Public Library. p. m.
Meeting. Teachers Club. study room. Publi'
Dance. Of movie operators. under auspice
OF Local No 22l. I. A. r. g. "a. Old Ma
comic Temple. $50 p. m.
Address. John II. Sherman. before Monroe
School and Home Association. in Menro
Building, 3 ,. m.
The Washington times., 1915-02-23
Jobless Man Has Right To Demand
That. Government Give Him EN-.
ployment.

RlVy
To the Editor Of THE TINES:
1 attended the banquet Of the Monday
Evening Club last night, where the sub
1ect under consideration was unemploy-
ment. and heard not hint thrown out
about one prominent cause. II not the
main cause. Of unemployment. which Is
the necessity that a man shall beg
others to give him q job instead of
being free to give himself Job. and
one prominent remedy, II not the funda-
mental remedy. which Is that man may
be at liberty to employ himself
owners Of land are permitted to holA
It out of use, unless those who wish to
use the land will pay "all that the traf-
fic will bear" or even rore. There Is
always plenty Of work that may well bs
done, but to get the work the employe
must submit to"some employers terms.
Vocational training will fit more per-
sons to compete for Jobs, or will fit per-
sons to compete for better jobs, but it
If persons were free to employ them
selves 1t would enable them to work to
more advantage. Public employment
offices may fit employees better into
jobs than they can be fitted otherwise:
but they do not increase the number Of
jobs, Anyone who has work to give
out will not fail to have more applicants
THAN he can employ. II the public en-
ployment bureau system is worked out
to perfection (baring the right Of men
to get employment on demandD the re-
suit will be like that Of the attempt to
train a horse to live on one straw
day. The horse died Of the training.
It was proposed that hire Of employees
be systematized 80 that steady. work
should be provided. This would de,
stroy the last hope of the unemployed
that they might find an emergency job
II there were assurance OF opportun-
ity for all to work 1t would be just to
say: "If you will not work you may
starve.' The shiftless would then work.
These persons apply to relief agencies
may even go to the almshouse-and
with the recognition that jobs can not
be found for all of them they get poor
relief. 20 the injury Of their characters.
It was proposed that persons who need
to have work done choose hard times as
many smooth out distress to some eN.
tent, but 1t does not provide Increased
opportunities for work in the long run.
If the unemployed are entitled to re
| lief they are entitled to adequate relief.
! and it should be Of a character to pre-
unless public works have been author
lied and appropriated for they can not
be performed to help out In hard times.
! Every man In need OF oop mas
right to demand that the Government
not merely hunts for a Job for him. II
lose, but that 1t offers him a. suitable
Job and throws upon him the respons-
ibility to work or starve. There rs
plenty of money available in taxing idle
and unused land to pay all the cost or
providing such jobs or to force the
B. P1CKMAN MANN.
| Washin1ton February %.
The Washington times., 1915-02-23
CAVITY.
Two breezy burlesques are being .

Two breezy burlesques are being pre-
sented at the Gayety this week by
THE Girls of the Moulin Rouge"
As the name indicates, the girls are
supposed to be chic Parisians, and they
leave nothing to be desired in tho way
Of good looks and ability to sing and
dance: The opening number is entitled
I'm Wrong" while the show closes
with a screaming piece Of nonsense
bearing the name Of THE Rajah Bum"
Frank Burt, a comedian Of ability.
has the leading character in each piece.
and acquitted himself with credit. An
other bright spot In the entertainment
is Flossie McCloud. whom the sport
ing editor would call an elongated.
attenuated toothpick" burlesquer.
Miss McCloud's dancing is about the
best seen at the. Gayety this season.
ing mention are Laura Houston. Amy
Allyn. Walter Vernon, George C'Red'J
Martin, Hughie Bernard, and Fred De
Silva
The music is Of tho catchy type. and
the costumes and scenic effects are
elaborate.
The Washington times., 1915-02-23
THE EVELYN A TEST

A belligerent's idea of satisfactory
neutrality is that If not invariably
on his side, it must at least be
against the other fellow. In the
everlasting way Of the neutral ad'
herring SO rigidly to strict neutralit,
that all belligerents are dissatisfied
with it, we have had to take re-
proaches from the British as we'll Al
from the Germans, from the French
no less than. from the Austrians.
Perhaps the attitude Of the
American, Government and Of the
American people at the first news Of
the .blowing>up Of the Evelyn flying
the Stars and Stripes may serve tc
convince our German friends that
we are not so unneutral as we have
been painted by the fire-eaters Of
the temper Of Zu Reventlow.
Nowhere in this country by any
party or class was there the slight.
est inclination to excite national
feeling against the German govern
ment over the Evelyn disaster, which
came like a clap of thunder within
twenty-four hours of the beginning
of the torpedo zone crusade. There
was no suggestion Of foul play or Of
ugly purpose. Everybody was will.
ing to believe, everybody took pains
to say, that in all likelihood this wa.
a sheer accident which might have
happened at any time since las,
August and from : mine Of the al
lies as we'll as fran > mine of the
Germans.
In circumstances which already
were drawing tight tension cleal
across the Atlantic ocean, keying ou,
national sentiment up to keen sus
picion, the American reception OF
the cable dispatches that the Evelyr
had been blown up by German en-
gines of war was an exact test of oul
impartial stand Wit, the belliger.
ents.
. No greater mistake could be made
however, than for anybody in Eu
rope, no matter on what side of its
vast battlefield, to assume that tn.
United States would have taken an,
event of the war zone waters in thu
same humor as it took the .destruc
ton of the Evelyn. No deliberate
stroke at an American ship where
she has full license, under the prac
tices of nations, to be, no wantor
sacrifice of American lives acting
within their rights, will be suffered
by the people Of the United States
as long as they have the power tc
resist.
The Washington times., 1915-02-23
GARDEN.

Huge crowds at the Garden Theater
yesterday gave hearty indorseme mt
to the Belasco-Laskey film version of
William c. DeMille's drama, "The
Warrens of Virginia." featuring Blanche
Sweet and House Peters. The produc-
ton is military spectacle AS well as
a sympathetic human document show
ing the sorrows and sufferings of civil
strife.
On Thursday there will be a. return
engagement of Mary J. Holmes story
Lena Rivers" enacted before the
camera by a company headed BY Beu-
lah Poynter. The remainder Of the
week will be given over to George
Kleine's film version Of Stop. Thief .
with a cast including Mary Ryan
Harry Mestayer. and others.
For each Of these Photographic feat
ures special musical accompaniments
will be played by the Garden Symphony
Orchestra.
The Washington times., 1915-02-23
Here's Newest Way
To Woo Fair Damse'

SACRAMENTO. Cal. Feb. 23.-Clar-
ence c. Waltz adopted a novel method
of wooing when he impersonatcd Chief
of Police Johnson over the telephone
and called up the manager of local
department store. demanding the dis
missal Of Miss HERNIA Summer. a clerk
who had broken off her engagement
with him.
On the statement of the pseudo chief
that Miss Summer was to be arrested
the manager dismissed her He was
surprised to find later that he had not
been talking to Chief Johnson.
An investigation resulted in the ar
rest of Waltz. who confessed that his
purpose in securing Miss Summers dis
missal was to force her to marry him
for SuppOrt.
The Washington times., 1915-02-23
CRANDALL'S.

The World Film Corporation present.
ed yesterday at Crandalrs Theater
Alias Jimmy Valentine" based upon
the Liebler production of Paul Arm
strong's stage play of the same name.
The story tells Of Rose Lane, who is
protected from insult by q handsome
young stranger. Rose keeps the image
of her savior before her three wears
as her ideal of manhood.
Jimmy enjoys reputation of being
the most expert safe breaker known.
One day the little sister OF Rose is
accidentally locked in the bank vault.
Randall utilizes his old skill to release
the child, thus exposing his past and
placing him under suspicion Robert
Warwick in the character Of Jimmy
Valentine has one OF the strongest act
Ing parts ever presented on the screen.
Charlie Chaplin In "A Night Out" was
also shown. These two features will
be shown again today.
The Washington times., 1915-02-23
CASINO.

Unusually large audiences greeted the
Baldwin Comedy Company in its third
week offering. General Hardtack, or
Fun In a Military Camp" at the Ca
sino Theater yesterday afternoon and
lsst night. The performance is a round
of song and comedy, which runs nearly
an hour. Eddie Baldwin is the come
dian of the company, which contains
fifteen players, ten of them girls, who
countermarches. and scmbles.
An accident to the Levy Family made
II necessary at the last moment to sub
stituto for their act Apollo and Polo. a
III ique offering of equibrilism I'm which
a man, a dog. and various kind of lad
ders figure. Baby Ann Suter Si"Cs a
number Of songs and dances In costume.
Last night the country store proved
an unusually popular feature
The Washington times., 1915-02-23
B. F. KEITH'S.

Between Joan Sawyer and Trixie
Friganza, at Keiths this week. II is
not easy to decide which is entitled to
the honor of being classed as the star
Of the bill.
Miss Sawyer Is assisted by Joseph
Smith and George Harcourt in an at
tractive series OF dances. In her act
Miss Friganza shows to advantage
through her ability to demonstrate real
comedy.
Marie Nordstrom, a Washington girl
and wife OF Henry f. Dixey. presents
Bits Of Acting which was written by
her sister.
Jackson and Mrs. I.arcn, Australian
WOOD choppers; Woods and Woods in a
tight-wire act: Earnest II. Ball, in
songs and. Manuee Quiroya. Spanish
violinist, complete the bill.
The Washington times., 1915-02-23
Accepts Explanation
Of Captain Mitchell

Capt. William Mitchell. of the Army
General STAFF. will not be disciplined for
his recent address before the Washing
ton Society of Engineers. in which re
was said to have discussed the nations
unprcparedness for war in an alleged
indiscreet manner. Secretary of War
Garrison said today he had accepted
Captain Mitchell's explanation that the
speech was made at a meeting that
Mitchell explained that he was under
the impression he was merely making
an Informal talk to the members Of the
society.
matter after receiving report OF Brig
Gen. Hugh l.. Scott. chief of staff OF
the army, who has been instructed to
investigate with a view to determininG
whether any disciplinary measures We're
necessary. Captain Mitchell is on duty
at the War College.
The Washington times., 1915-02-23
OHIO'S FLOOD PROBLEM

n Curious how Ohio always gets the
political spotlight. Unfortunately
her politics are not always directed
toward construction, as the food
prevention fight, now raging at Co.
lumbus, shows. Here is dramatic
episode that has significance for
every State and everybody.
Less than two years ago, as most
people remember, the Miami valley
was devastated by flood. Cincinnati,
Columbus, Hamilton, and scores IT
smaller places were inundated, and
Dayton was almost destroyed. Out
Of the horror and the waste of q
calamity that stirred the whole ma
ton, and under the leadership of
Dayton, came a movement for food
prevention. It had no politics, no
creed. Its sole desire was to give
the entire State immunity from fu-
ture disaster. Under the direction
Of able engineers and eminent law
yers, a conservancy act was framed
and passed by the legislature last
year as a non-partisan measure. Az
ter the courts had confirmed its con-
stitutionality all was ready to in
terpret it into a bulwark against
misfortune.
Then the politicians-with their
eyes on the trough-suddenly discov-
cred that this law had left them out
in the cold. There was no loophole
for partisan contract; no rewards"
for the deserving. So they have be-
gun fight to defeat this really
heroic measure. If they win, the
whole State will be set back in the
eyes of the country and Ohio will
continue at the mercy of floods and
small politics. Of the two evils it is
difficult to say which is the worse.
But the spirit that rebuilt Dayton
is animating the fight for the con-
servancy act. 1t has aroused the
whole Commonwealth to realiza-
ton of the danger and a real fight
is being waged to protect life and
property against partisan greed.
If flood prevention wins-as it
should-it will be a feather in the
cap of all conservation. Ohio's flood
prevention problem is no different
from other public problems. The
parallel can be found in almost every
State. The purpose of the preven-
tive measures is to take public work
that touches all the people land in
this case affords the highest public
protection), out of partisan politics
and make it part of the real public
service.