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The Washington times., 1915-02-11
PRACTICAL HELP

The January report of the Asso-
ciated Charities again indicates the
effective and efficient work being
done by that organization, and the
facility with which the organization
adapts itself to the problem in hand.
Last year at this time the rigors
of a severe winter brought prob
lens of very different character
from the prevalence of unemploy-
ment this season. But the Associated
Charities has met the new problem
as adequately as it met others, and
during January 12S persons were
placed in positions.
Those carpers who always point to
the number of cents in each dollar
spent on salaries and administration
in comparison to the percentage of
contributions given to the poor
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should survey this January report.
OF course, it costs money to make
the, employment survey that put
these persons at work. No money
was paid out directly in this connec-
ton. But the amount Of good at
complished was much greater than
could have been. attained by any
aims distribution.
Those who study the work Of the
Associated Charities will be clamor-
ing for higher rate Of expenditure
on administration, rather than q
larger proportion of mere almsgiv-
ing. For the former expenditure
enables the organization to meet sit
uations like the present one with ef-
ficient aid which does not pauperize
those benefited.
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Blame the Wheat Spectators, Not
the Bakers, for High Prices.

To the Editor Of THE TIMES.
1t is strange that so much Is oelns
said about the bakers short weigne
loaves and their threatened raAse IN
price. which would be awful at thls
time. with so many people out or work
all over the country. Nothing Is neins
said about the combination OF specu-
ha violation of the trust law II SO,
whv wi doesn't the Administration get
h,,sv and go after them and punish
them? Why should few be allowed 10
rob the people out , oi ma',ons H,rnnesn anu waI,
is no reason for gambling in tood.
stuffs. It's bad enough for eitner 10 10
force the price up, but it's worse ior ,I the
spectators. 1t seems that ,ne o' Ha'Nn mn;il
tration Is never Wiling 10 az @ @ui.s
ia too late. not until the brokers nave
got their required amount. L. l.
Washington. Feb. 10.
The Washington times., 1915-02-11
JAPAN AND A CHECK
BOOK

The "blank check" military budget
was introduced in the British house
of commons in order to conceal from
the enemy any information it might
acquire from definite estimates. Un-
Guestionably parliament will sane
tion the vast trust to the war Of
flee, which means that England's last
pound will be at the disposal of those
directing the war.
There are many secret uses to
which money may be put in war
time, such as financing allies, induc-
ing neutrals to become allies, or
bribing them away from the enemy;
purchasing traitors, and hiring mer-
cenaries. '..
There are no mercenary armies in
the world today, but there is at least
one country which is England's ally
but which is without the means to
transport a formidable military
force to Europe. The world has been
thoroughly sounded as to it's views
on the subject of letting the jap
anese participate in the battles in
Europe, and as spring is at hand,
the mind of the master of the allies
who undoubtedly is Earl Kitchener
is already made up on the ques-
ton.
A word from him, and the deed is
done. Now he will have the means
at his command, and it would seem
that it is altogether possible that one
of these days the arrival in France
of two hundred thousand or more
Japanese soldiers may be announced
The spring campaign is likely to
bring many thrills, possibly sur.
prises, in European developments
not the least of which would be un-
furling the flag Of the rising sun in
France.
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TO Give Demonstrations.
PLAYS COMING NEXT WEEK

complshments as The Nut Noodle"
Walter Nealand and company present
The FiXer:' Boyle and Patsy"
musical sketch. Touring the World"
Gibson and Raney a rathskeller offer.
ing. and the Richardni troupe in ath-
letic tableaux. The Pathe illustrated
weekly will give views of important
happenings and Sundays concerts from
to 1890 y. IN. will feature an orches.
tral concert.
OFFICER &C., one of the most sue
cessful Cohan & Harris productions,
will be seen in film form with Howard
,, Estabrook in the leading role. at
Moore's Strand TheaNr next Sunday
and Monday. Tuesday Dustin Farnum
will again be shown in a film of The
NlrSinlan. Charlotte .Bronte's Jane
Eyre will be the main attraction on
Wednesday.
The remainder of the week will be
devoted to Charles Van Loans success
| full story in film form '.Buckshot
John In the cast will be seen Hobart
Bosworth. Theodore Roberts. Courtney
i Foote. Herbert standing, Helen Walcott
Adele Harrington, Rhea Ha;nes and
others. Supplementary features include
Keystone comedies. topical pictures. and
! other features.
| The program of feature photoplays
next week at Crandalrs Theater starts
Monday, and Tuesday with "A Daughter
OF the People produced by the World
| Film Corporation, with Laura Sawyer.
| Frederick De Belleville and Robert
Frederick in the principal roles. We'd
nesday and Thursday the headliner will
be The Children of the Ghetto" bv
, Israel ZanGwill Powerful as was the
novel, the film version Is even more
vivid, Is it has visualized every nhase
of Ghetto life and its teeming activities.
Friday and Saturday '"The House of
Bondage, will be shown, drama in
dorsed by prominent social reform
workers. Reginald w. Kaufman is
author Of the story of the film In which
| he endeavors to show that the nresent
| economic system Is at the root Of much
social unrest.
At Moores Garden Theater Sunday
and Monday there will be fnrtha,
showing of "Tillie's Punctured Ro.
nance with Marie Drcssler, C'haTles
Chaplin, and Mabel Norman. This is the
third showing of this picture in a com.
naratively short time. Tuesday and
Wednesday the Jesse L. LaskeV com.
pany will present the film farce. Ate,
Five" with Edward Ables in the nrin.
cipal role. p'''''
Thursday and Friday the feature pro.
duction Will be Upton Sinclair's THE
Jungle featuring George Nash, Gal
Handysides. Ernest Evers, Julia Hmr.
ley, r. Payton Gibbs, Maxine Hedges
and the author. Mr. Sinclair. William s
Hart will be seen Saturday in THE
Bargain" For all of these photOeranhi,
features musical accompaniment will h,
played by the Garden symphony or.
chestra.
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Plans for Glasses at James
0rmond Wilson Normal
School Announced.
MANY WOULD TAKE COURSE
Experiment to Be Staged. Here
February "a Is Beginning Of
Nationwide Movement.
By ]. R. HILDEBRAND.

The Home and School Association OF
the Monroe School today announced
plans for staging an experiment which
is the beginning Of a nationwide effort
undertaken by the National Congress
of Mothers. and which the District
Congress hopes to have copied In other
public schools in all sections OF, WASH
ington.
This experiment is "a cooking class to
train mothers in the scientific prepara-
tion Of food for children of different
ages.
To Start February "a.
At a meeting Of the executive COM
uhittee Of the Monroe parents body last
evening 1t was decided to start this
class on the evening Of February "A.
and to continue it weekly on successive
Wednesday evenings for twelve weeks.
The James Ormond Wilson Normal
School was chosen as the place for the
classes. because that school affords one
Of the best cooking rooms in the city.
Already so many applications have been
received that the question of giving a
parallel course during the twelve weeks
for those who cannot be taken care OF
IN the regular course Is being con-
sidered.
inOugn thc course was launched
through the District branch OF the
Mothers Congress. and Mrs. Giles Scott
Rafter. president OF the congress here.
| has taken personal interest in It's ar
| rangement, the conduct Of the classes
VIII be outlined by Miss Emma Jacobs.
head OF the domestic science depart
| ment Of the schools here. and Miss j. r
Wiik 'nson, cooking teacher in the
public schools will give the lectures and
| demonstrations
u. s. Bureau Interested.
Officials of the United States Bureau
Of Education are taking a keen inter-
est In the Washington experiment, as
the bureau long has advocated such
courses. both in city schools and in
rural districts. In a forthcoming re-
port by Benjamin r. Andrews, on
| Education for the Home" considerab BILE
space Is devoted to the teaching of
proper nutrition OF school children, and
special mention Is made of the efforts
Of the Congress of Mothers in this field
Many schools throughout the country
have been thrown open to cooking class
es. but the Washington expeT .ment diff
fers from those In that it deals pri-
| martly with the problem of proper food
| for school children. Food values meth
dds OF cooking, the different foods re-
quired at different ages, and the gen.
eral problems of nutrition will he GOV.
. cred by Miss Wilkinson. The prepara-
ton Of school luncheons for those pu-
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RURAL CREDITS TOO
HARD A SUBJECT

The chairman of the House Sub
committee on Rural Credits, in his
article explaining the projected leg
islation and it's object, wisely re-
frains from comment on the situa-
ton that actually exists regarding
this legislation.
Here is measure in the principle
of which, at least, is expressed an
economic necessity to the country.
The utter lack of means adequately
to finance agricultural projects is
freely admitted. 1t may be that, as
President Wilson says, the subject is
too difficult for immediate treatment.
The bill may be faulty in various
details. But this is not wholly to the
point. Every large country except
our own has succeeded in working
out some satisfactory system or
other of rural credits. One must be
worked out here. Nor is it to be be-
lieved that the present measure does
not offer as satisfactory a founda-
ton from which to build up as did
the currency bill in it's first crude
economically unsound form a foun-
dation on which to build a wise
strong, conservative currency and
banking system.
1t too often happens that, because
there is no time to do things that
are needed, there is the more time tc
waste. The United States Senate
could not thresh out system OF
rural credits during this short ses
sion. So it has been spending day
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Tomorrow.


Bridge party and dance. Junior League of
Washington. Rauscher's. 2:aO to ! D. IN.
'Epemployment day celebration. auspic ed
Of sorialist Party of the District. PythIan
Temple, p. Congressman Macdonald
". H. Johnston. John W. Brown and } uIian
Conicrring OF first degree, st. Johns Lodge.
No. IL. +. A. A. NJ. Masonic Temple. S
Subscription dance. red room. New Willard,
Gridron rehearsal, large ball room. New
Meeting Food Reform Society lecture hall,
puPlis Library p. m. Dr. l.. +. Kebler
Lecture, The significance OF the Montessori
Material in Developing Forms OF Conscious
ness" Mrs. Harriet l.. Hunt, Arts and
Sciences Hall, 2!S q street northwest.
Lecture. Red Cross Work" Dr. Isabel Has
lup Lamb, before National Society Of Keep
Wells. lecture hall. Church OF the Cove
Sewing bee for benefit of Belgian relief fund
home Of Mrs. John A. Logan, ?t2a Thir'
teenth street northwest To p. m.
National Emancipation Commemorative
Society. John Wesley A. NJ. K. Church.
Lecture. Jerusalem ard Venice" @. II
Wnslow onS WaSh'nson ot gton Tsrmnal y
NsIss'' Mss Helen Sisolay sefo2s re- Wamens a.
Mestine, socialist Union Of Washington. es:
Eighth street northeast, s p. m.
Eureka. No. 4; Capitol. No. II. Royal Arch
Masons: Takoma No, 10, Cathedral. No
II: 50, Johns, No. IS: Ascension. No. 20
Eastern star.
Odd Fellow s--Central, No. I: Metropolis. No
II; Phoenix, No. IS: Dorcas. No. 4: Martht
Washington. No. 8: Rebekahs.
knights Of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., No. 10
Rathbone- Superior. No %: Rathbone rem
Pile No. :. Pythian Sisters
National Cniun-National Capital Council
Nc kinley Council; Georgetown Council.
Woodmen OF the World-Georgetown No. 10
Socialist party-Tnemployment mass meet
ing, Pythian Temple, Sl5 y. m
Lecture. The Confederation OF Soutl
Africa" Charles s. Osborn before Nationa
Gcograp phic Society. auditorium. New Ma
sonic Temple. $50 and Sis p. m.
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Bible Says Newly-Wed Shall Stay
at Home, Not Go To War.

To the Editor of THE TIMES.
concerning the question now so fre-
ouently talked of on the subject OF
soldiers marrying just before he leaves
for the front, or leaving for the front.
soon after his marriage. l quote tho
following from the Bible.
deuteronomy. Chap. "A, v. D:
When man hath taken nsw
Teitber shall he be charged with any
business. But he shall be free at
home one year, and shall cheer up
his wife which he hath taken;
BIBLE.
The Washington times., 1915-02-11
Calls Suffrage Play fraudulent
Presentation of Almost Inconceiv.
able Conditions" Says Georgia Ia
Ma1iUnQd

Maligned.
To the Editor of THE TIMES.
In the issue Of your paper of Febru-
ary s, James Marshall has propounded
two legal questions to Mrs. Anto!netto
Funk and Miss Mary O'Toole. lawyer
suffragists. relative to the photoplay.
your Girl ard Nine" the suffrasist
movie.
The questions referred to are:
what State or States, either BY
statute or judicial decision, vests or
awards the custody of an illegiti.
mate child in or to the reputed
father"
statute or judicial decision. permits
the father OF legitimate children to
dispose of their custody by will so
as to defeat the natural rights OF
the mother who does not consent.
and who Is Of good character and OF
ample means to rear the children
properly?"
I witnessed the presentation of Your
Girl and Mine" at local theatcr. Tho
features of the play demonstrating the
above-named points were followed by
words thrown upon the canvas which
m effect stated that those conditions
might have happened in something Ike
dozen States, naming them. In that
list was the state of Georgia. have
the honor of claiming Georgia as my
native State and l defy either of the
above-named apostles of the law and
political revolution to cite any pro-
vision in the Georgia statutes which
confirms. or even approaches, the absurd
and exaggerated proposition laid down
in this dream of the extremist, this
| fraudulent presentation of these almost
inconceivable and unreal condition OF
| things. 1t is exaggeration in the rank, rank,
| est form and Is pregnant with fraud
! and delusion. We often hear the argu-
ment made by the proponents OF SUI
| frase for women that they would by
the ballot purify politics. But I'm un-
able to see the slightest trace or sem
blance of their so-called pure methods
employed in their campaigns Tor the
| ballot. h
| The play is misleading. presenting ao-
normal conditions and ridiculousiy eX-
| agrerating even that which Is ALREADY
| inconceivable-a type of the suftras'sta :
methods in waging campaign tor tne
| "cause" We cannot therefore help nuI
doubt their sincerity when they preolct
the purifying of politics.
JOHN w. COLLINS.
| WASHINGTON February 9.
The Washington times., 1915-02-11
PRICE OF FLOUR IS
STILL ON INCREASE
Washington Bakers Receive
Notice That Brokers Don't
Want to Book Orders Now.

Though wheat prices for several days
have remained comparatively station
ary, the price Of -four continues to ad-
vance. Washington bakers today said
that quotations made by the mills were
for $3.50 per barrel T. o. b. Washington.
They attribute the continued advance in
-four to the scarcity of the supply held
by the mills. many of which have re-
Trained from making large purchases
because Of the sensational advances
made by wheat.
That the mills supply is limited, local
bakers say Is clearly indicated by the
fact that the -four brokers have been
given orders not to book any orders,
but to simply take orders on confirma-
ton. In other words the broker can
only accept an order on approval by his
MILL
Washington bakers continue to con-
tend that once their present supplies
of flour are exhausted they will have
to advance prices. Their enly reason
for not having done so before. heads of
several Of the lager bakeries say, was
a desire on their part to give their Gus
toners the benefit of cheap bread so
long as they were making their pro-
ducts from flour that was bought be-
In New York many Of the bakers have
already established their price at q
cents per loaf: Chicago bakers have
taken similar action. and local baker
today said that the representative of
one of the larger bakeries in Baltimore
had informed him that the bakers of
that city were seriously contemplating
advancing prices.
That the bakers, however. are not a
unit on the necessity for an advance In
bread prices was indicated at the meet
ing held yesterday afternoon to dis
cuss the bread situation In the office of
Mayor Mitchell, of New York. Several
of the bakers present announced that
they would continue to sell brcal at I
cents. while Archibald X. Watson. an
attorney. quoting william T. Dewait
president of the Mohican Company
which sells approximately 10000 four.
teen-ounce loaves of bread daily In
New York city at cents a loaf. de-
clared that the rise in bread prices was
unnecessary. He asserted that with
flour selling even as high as s. pea
barrel baker could make 8 per cen,
on his sales with scent bread.
Mr.. Watsons statement was based or
the following itemiZed estimate:
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after day in a filibuster, sometimes
for, sometimes against, a national
mercantile marine bill. p, ., .,A.
How much of the time lost in this
filibuster might profitably be devoted
to the study Of a really necessary
measure is for anyone to say. Con-
gressman Bulkley outlines tie prof.
ect, leaving the rest to the readers
imagination. =,
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THE LOAFAND THE PRICE

IL 10 uOI very dppuA Civ WY oAA>
u.n'rht ~ the price of the loaf of
bread should be made fetch. or a
par OF twin fetiches, to be regarded
as sacred and unalterable. If the
price of -four goes up to such a point
that the maker of bread is going to
lose money on it, there will have to
be a readjustment of the price of
bread, either through decrease in the
weight or increase in the price. That
is the obvious and logical solution,
which would have to be attained, in
effect, whether the commodity were
bread or bonnets, steel rails or rub
ber coats, or ships or shoes or can
dlesticks or cabbages. The price Of
the loaf has been traditionally S
cents, and the tradition has been so
long established and firmly main
tanned that some shock is felt at the
idea of departure from it. Yet in
fact this tradition of fixity in price
means very little, as is shown by
the wide variance in the weights of
the loaves. When one Scent loaf
weighs 10% ounces and another
15A, it is reasonably apparent that
nothing either sacred or even sig
nificant inheres in the idea of fixed
and unchanging price of a loaf.
So long as legislative and regula-
tory authority has not taken the
trouble even to standardize the
weight of the loaf, or to notify that
weight to the buyer, there is not
much logic in suddenly demanding
that such authority interpose to
standardize the price. 1t is true that
when elements have been so long es-
tablished as the idea Of a 5-cent
price for loaf of bread, they ought
not to be lightly changed. The bread
manufacturers, for example, are in
the same position as other business
people in time like the present. 1t
isn't so easy to earn profits in any
business in bad times as in good. One
business faces the necessity of re.
ducing prices in order to make sales
another is compelled to raise them ir
order to make ends meet. In both
cases the change is made just as
tardily as possible. The bread peo.
pie in Washington have been con.
servative, probably to the point OF
wiping out most or all of theil
profits, about changing the price Of
the loaf of bread. But that is one
of the incidents to doing business ir
bad times; people don't expect t.
make their substantial profits il
such business conditions. The chances
are that the bakers will feel tn,
losses under the Scent price a goot
deal more acutely, before the!
change that price, than the grea
majority of consumers will feel i
after it is changed. But that is no
a reason for thoughtlessly changin,
it to meet merely temporary condi
. ton. Much more serious is the ex
treme probability that the price o
wheat is not merely high for tn
moment, but high for a long period
and that in the end the price o
bread will have to be adjusted to il
The experience of other wars tha
, the present iustifies the expectation
that wheat will reach it's highes
mark later-very probably after tn
war is actually ended-and that tn
, world faces series of years of high
, priced bread materials.
The Washington times., 1915-02-11
Dancers to Aid German
And Austrian Hospitals

PHILADELPHIA. Feb. l1.-Many
prominent persons affiliated with Ger
man and Austrian relief societies will
attend the ball of the German Austrian
Relief Associate here tonight. The
proceeds will be used to purchase am
balances and other needed medical sup
plies for German and Austrian hospitals
abroad.
The Washington times., 1915-02-11
Six Voters Kept Town Wet

SANDSTONE, Mimi. Feb. n.-Dry
workers here have started igh to
wipe Banning. two miles away, Off the
official map, claiming this was the only
way to get rid of saloons there. The
contention of the drys is that Banning's
six lone voters have been molesting the
dryness of the community.
The Washington times., 1915-02-11
Lectures on Scotland.

For the benefit of the Baptist mis-
sions, an illustrated lecture on Scotland
was given last night by Prof. Robert
Lister MacNeil, in the Emmanuel Bap-
tist Church. Sixteenth street and Co
lumba road northwest. The lecture was
given under the auspices of the In
manuel Christian Endeavor Society.
The Washington times., 1915-02-11
Net profit in sales (abouD.....

.NFI
Other bakers took sharp exception to
Mr.. Watson's statement and his figures
declaring that it was an absolute i'm
possib lity for q baker to pay even s.. so
or s. per barrel and make a profit SELL
ing bread at cents a loaf.
George w. Perkins, chairman of the
New York city food supply committee.
attributed high prices to the war de-
mand for wheat supported the bakers
contention of the need for higher bread
and suggested that an embargo on
wheat may be found necessary.
The Washington times., 1915-02-11
PR OGRA NJ
(For Today and TOmoyrow.)

Meeting OF fraternal. social, and other
organizations of the Nations CAPITAL,
together with a brief tabuiation OF the
most important events scheduled for to-
day and tomorrow. and attractions at
the various play BY reference to
this column the reader may md at q
glance the time and place of happen
ings In Washington today and toinor-
row. The Sunday issue Of The Times
presents a program OF events fer the
ensuing week
The Washington times., 1915-02-11
Y. w. II. A. to Meet.

Ths Young Womcn's Hebrew Associa-
ton will meet this evening at o'clock
at 1880 Tenth street northwest. Refresh
mcnts will be servd.