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The Washington times., 1915-09-03
Speed, More Speed, and Some More.

Speed, More Speed, and Some More.
To the Editor Of THE TIMES:
The campaign in your paper for an
increase Of the speed limit in the Dis
trict has created some amazement In
view OF the almost daily reports OF
killed and wounded.
An argument advanced for increasing
the list of casualties is that the busi-
ness mans time Is valuable. but the
truth Is that his time Is valuable to
the community at large only so far as
he serves the people. and not when he
an auto truck loaded with ice crashed
in through the front wall Of house
and knocked sick man out of bed;
II is to be regretted. Of course. that the
iceman lost that much valuable time.
And 1t seems that physicians arc COM
planning OF being hampered by speed
limits In attending emergency cases. but
wounded boy to a hospital ran into a
tree and injured four persons.
We hear a good deal about safety
rules. but there Is no rule for safety
except that which ceals with the cause
of the evil. And there is no logic
whatever In attempting to place the
| blame on pedestrians. their method OF
crossing streets. and so on. Perhaps
their time Is valuable. And with eyes
placed only In the front part OF the
out in all directions at once, and nc
amount Of care and attention to rules
and regulations can make streets safe
which are full of swiftly moving motor
vehicles not running on t>acks. 1t II
reported OF New York city that chaur.
fers are even running people down or
the sidewalks. and a facetious editol
recommends that measures be adopted
for the conservation of pedestrians be
fore the supply gives out. This Is NJ
Joke.
The most humorous argument though
advanced by speed fiends is that thei
automobiles are so adjusted as to be In
capable Of slowing down. and that tn
their automobiles. That would max
laws quite valuable II all lawbreaker
could demand a change In laws to sui
their individual cases.
The susceptibilities Of the authoritie
are also being worked upon BY tn
argument that the increasing numbe
of automobiles is increasing the rev
enues of the District. which seems
sort of blood money" argument, a
, the larger the number. the greater tn
danger.
, And another effort to bolster up thes
. arguments Is the proposition to max
= very strict rules about chaufYers, an
license only experts. Is there any h,
man peing expert enough to perfori
impossibilities?
The worst feature of the demands fc
, speed is that there Is no end In sigh
An automobile racer who was aske
about his sensations while whiIzin
G recklessly through space at such
= dangerous rate. answered that his on
" thought was. Speed. speed. MOI
speed" 1t really seems a species
: cumulative insanity.
8 HINDA BURKE.
i 1902 Fifteenth street.
q Washington. September l.
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THE ASAMA INCIDENT

The Japanese cruiser Asama,
limping up the California coast un-
der convoy of a repair ship, brings
to sight as she enters San Francisco
harbor the complete and rather
amusing refutation of a typical
alarmist yarn about Japanese de-
signs in Mexico. Last February the
Asama was sent tSthe western coast
of Mexico on perfectly regular and
proper business of the Japanese
government related to it's concerns
in Mexico. She went. aground on a
very bad coast and was for a time
believed to be in danger Of becoming
a complete loss. The energy of her
officers and crew saved her until a
salvage outfit could be sent over
from Japan. 1t became necessary
to rig up a considerable plant in
order to raise the vessel, float her
off the rocks and make temporary
repairs that would enable her to 20
to a port for more complete atten-
tion.
Some imaginative Japanophobe, it
might have been almost any OF
them, for they all come under that
classification, discovered that q
Japanese naval base" had beer
seized and was being rapidly equip
ped on the west coast Of Mexico
There was Immediately expansion
and development of this story unit
it included the seizure of the har
Dor by strong naval force and th'
landing of a vague force of troops
The alarm was sounded to the ma
ton and a fine excitement started
When the facts about the matte
were made known the sensational
lists declined to accept so pathet
ically matter-of- fact refutation o
t their beautiful theory and the stor
went on growing with trimmings
Japan was gravely suspected of put
ting something over on US.
All this, of course, received it
reflection in the Japanese pres!
= with the result that the Chauvinis
tic section of the public got tn
: : idea REINFORCED once more that tn
United States was bitterly hostil
: and distrustful in it's attitude tt
ward Japan. The whole affair wa
extremely unfortunate, just as ever
3 other manifestation Of this kind {
', made-to-order sensationalism abo,
" Japan is. The Asama has been S
far fixed up that she could be SCI
e to San Francisco to be fitted for tt
- - trip across the Pacific home; ar
~ the newest japanese aggressic
y yarn is exploded completely.
~ But the lesson probably will n
% " be impressive enough to prevent tt
20 discovery Of another mares ne
- within few months. Each pc
. formance of this kind adds to tt
-. difficulties of sane people who wa
y our relations with Japan and II
~ Far East kept correct.
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G;-~- -ome Advice 10 An Alleged
Speed Maniac.

To the Editor Of THE TINES:
A letter was printed In your Mail Bag
on September /, signed "a Subscriber" 1"
In his letter he seemed to think more
Of an automobile than he did Of hui
man life. This speed marvel" should re-
member that automobiles are not every
thing. Human beings must be consid-
cred when the subject Of speed regu-
lations Is being considered. "A Sub
pedestrians. and in return wish to
give him a piece Of needful advice.
Let we'll enough alone" II things
are too slow here for you, why, leave.
ANOTHER SUBSCRIBER.
Washington, Sept. /.
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WHAT'S ON PROGRAM
IN CAPITAL TODAY

Meeting. excursion committee Of the Cham
Der Of Commerce. in Chamber Of Commerce
rooms S p. m.
Lawn fete. benefit Of Washington Eye, Ear
and Throat Hospital. Iowa Circle 20 II
Masonic-Lebanon. No. I: grand chapter
school of instruction. Royal Arch Masons
Martha No I: Ascension No. 20. Eastern
Star. -
I6: Phoenix. No. 2s: Megenenu. No. 1. en-
campment: Miriam Lodge. No. 6. Rebekahs
Knights OF Pythias-Syracusians No. 10
Rathbone Temple, No. 8: Pythian Sisters.
bandstand at home. $40 D. m.
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THE BUSINESS TREND

The August record of insolvencies
was the best the country has made
in several years in the climactic
month of midsummer. Reduced to
figures representative of values in
volved it is shown that less than half
as much was tied up in the business
failures of August, 1915, as in those
of the same month the year before,
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Injury to Aged Man
Delays Many to Work

Many persons were late at their Of
fees this morning as a result of de.
lay on the Fourteenth street line. when
a south bound car struck Edison Philips.
fifty-one years old. at Fourteenth and
Girard streets northwest, knocking him
down and cutting a deep cash in his
scalp and causing a conclusion OF the
brain The injured man was taken to
the office of DR.. Albert J. Carrico. and
later removed to his home at 1910 Gil
rard street.
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GOING TO SLEEP A0AINp

While the expressions of satisfac-
tion are being exchanged apropos of
the adjustment or prospective ad-
justment of differences. with Ger
many, It is an appropriate time to
ask one serious question. d..
Is this country to 60, to sleep once
more so far as concerns it's interest
in national preparedness? .., .
There is good deal to indicate
that some leaders of alleged thought
would have us do precisely that.
There is insistence that a "diplo-
matte victory" has been won Of the
largest proportions; that ''morsl
victory" of unprecedented character
has been achieved; that without ap-
pealing to anything more than Ger
many's sense of moral proportions
this Government has come off with
the greatest victory since the war
began.
These views deserve careful ex-
animation. More than a little cre-
dence should be attached to reports
that Germany made concessions in
the Lusitania matter because she
knew that her submarine campaign
had been failure. It was time to
abandon it anyhow; if she could
couple it's abandonment with bid
for the good will of the United
States it was we'll worth while to
associate the two things together.
When the submarine warfare was
instituted it was the firm belief of
the German authorities that they
had found a weapon that would &C.
complish great and unexpected sue
cesses for them. They intended to
make the submarine terrorize Eng
land, drive her naval power from the
seas, smother her commerce, starve
her people. Submarine warfare has
done none Of these things. Not i'm.
probably it has cost Germany as
much as it has lost Britain. If the
expense of the submarine campaign
to date could be calculated it woulc
likely be shown that Germany has
paid more for every ton of British
shipping that she sent to the bottom
than that ton of shipping was worth
In that sort of competition Britain
could outlast Germany for severa
reasons.
The time, then, had come for Ger
many to consider some concession
in her manner Of undersea war, an
if those concessions could be mad
to appear as a grant Of favor to tn
United States all the better. Espe
cially would they be more effec
tive if they should serve to convinc
the American people that prepared
ness was unnecessary, that it wa
senseless to expend money an
energy building army and navy an
storing munitions.
All of which brings into view til
real question: Shall this country,
it's qualification over the avoidane
of the issue with Germany, go I
sleep and forget the need of pref
aration? Shall it assume now thu
right and rhetoric are certain eve,
lastingly to prevail against read
ness and determined purpose? The1
could be no more unfortunate resu
of the present seeming adjustmel
of differences with Germany tha
this.
If this country wants to be certa
that it can win triumphs by dint
diplomacy it must prepare itself
back it's diplomacy with effecti'
force. Circumstances may make
possible, as likely they have done
the present case, to get what '
want whether or not we are able
enforce our demands. They will n
always do it.
The Washington times., 1915-09-03
Express Appreciation.

The members of the United States Sol
diers' Home today expressed their ap-
probation for the efforts of The Wash
ington Times toward making the Sol
diers' Home Day" at Camp Goodwill 4
success.
Tie United States veterans on Au-
gust undertook to entertain the young
sters who were summering at the camp
in Rock Creek Park. The letter of ap-
probation for The Times cooperation
bears the signature of Maj. L, w. Nest,
acting governor OF the home. ....
The Washington times., 1915-09-03
Fire on the Rotterdam.

LONDON, Sept. "A dispatch to
Lloyds from Rotterdam says the Hol.
land American line steamer Rotterdam
arrived there on her voyage frCm New
York with fire in her after ho,d.
which contained mail and cotton, and
other cargo.
water has been pumped into the no 1
and that the fire now Is apparently sx.
ttnSuiAhsd
The Washington times., 1915-09-03
MAIL BAG
(From The Times Redders.)

Communications to the Mail Bag must
be written on one side Of the paper
only; must not exceed 200 words in
length, and must be signed with name
and address of sender. The publication
of letters In The Times Mail Bag does
not mean the Endorsement by The Times
OF the opinions of the writer. The Mail
Bag Is an open forum. where the citi-
Gems Of Washington can argue most
questions.
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Tomorrow.

Concert, United States Marine Band. White
House grounds, p. m.
Corbin street northeast. s q. m.
Meeting, District Suffrage IsAGuo. p0DNees
Forum Eighth and PennsylvaniA ov0aGs, s
to 10 p. m. . a.
National Union-Government Printing ofice
Council.
The Washington times., 1915-09-03

Ohio's Presidential crop comes
along just in time to give the squir-
rels a chance to lay up fodder for
the winter.
The Washington times., 1915-09-03

One of the 1915 graduating class
at Annapolis is Rear Admiral
Fullam.
The Washington times., 1915-09-03

Now it's a Thaw divorce case, and,
outside of broken back, the camel
is getting along nicely.
The Washington times., 1915-09-03

Speaking of birds Of a feather,
the toothsome reedbird has sltogeth-
er too many.
The Washington times., 1915-09-03

Berlin now grants American ships
the freedom of the seas; both on
ton and on the bottom.
The Washington times., 1915-09-03

The way he is hanging on, the
Sick Man of Europe must be some
body's rich uncle.
The Washington times., 1915-09-03

Between Poland and new fall mil
linery, this seems to be the open
season for counter attacks.
The Washington times., 1915-09-03
AmuSements,

b. F. Keith's-Vaudeville 2:15 and S:l5 y. m
Polis-.'The Ringmaster." $40 D. m.
Gayetv-Burlesque. 2:15 and Sis D. n.
Glen Echo-Open air amusements. all day.
The Washington times., 1915-09-03

Queer how the German army gets
checked around meal time.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-21
HAIR GOODS TRADE
UNFRAMED BY WAR
New York City It's Centre in
Y. S.-Chicago and San
Francisco Next.
SHARING IN PROSPERITY

Little or no influence In said to have
been exerted directly on the hair goods
trade in this country by the war. which
generally has been supposed to have
It's hand in everything. Its most
marked result to the hair goods bust.
ness was the practical stoppage Of
shipments from France and Italy.
those countries, upon which the
United States previously depended
largely To- these articles. sending 1T.
tie here nowadays. China. however,
is shipping liberal supplies constantly.
and this coupled with the fact that the
stock here 10 40 large that It would
take ten or fifteen years before a
shortage could possibly result. has pre-
vented anything like a rise In prices.
The hair goods trade is not . crea.
ture Of fashion. though II has
to follow styles. Women at all times
have used. and In all times will use.
additional hair. Their own may not
be sufficient for this or that reason
and may have to be supplemented.
They may need an entirely new sup
ply-what the trade calls q parted
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tern, color or construction or differ
ences in ali three.
AS a rule, a set OF jewels Is made
up from pieces already owned and
added new Jewels, and In this way,
without the monotony Of absolute sim
ilarity, a very satisfactory and Salts
flying set may he formed. Or per-
haps It is desired that q complete
set Of Jewels be selected from Q wide
and varied assortment. a large collec-
ton Of fine jewels. The best way then
Is to decide first upon the main ar
ticle In the set, which In generally
conceded to be the necklace. collar
or corsage ornament.
IF coiored gems are to be used in
the set there need not be o repetition
OF the same gem throughout the set:
some of the pieces may hold other
colored gems or they may be mounted
with only pearls and diamonds. II
the principal jewel Is mounted with
a large sapphire or. as was the a 8
recently. with Il square cut emerald,
hen the finger rings may repeat this
solor note or tho bracelets or brooch
contain smG Her gems of the same kind
but let the other Jewels be without
the colored gem.
Gen combinations are being used
in some excellent sets Of matchin Z
jewels. Here the pieces are matched
in pattern and construction. but the
gems are varied. Fancy sapphires are
set in the necklace, topazes in brace
let's and earrings and emeralds in I'm
ger rings and brooch.
so. you sec, sets of perfectly
matched Jewels are a rarity and not a
necessity among jewelry sets. We:
they have their place. and when 1t Is
desired to complete Il handsome and
elaborate evening costume with a full
set Of Jewels there ~ nothing more ft.
ting than the set of jewels a~bsolutel,
matched in pattern. IN color and size
~ the gems and in the construction
but such a set Is unusual and not by
any means the only type Of jewelry Sc
to I've included among appropriate
Jewels There are hosts of other way,
in which to have jewels appropriate
and consistent"
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for Articles to Match Costume, 1t Is Held, as
Well as Be Appropriate for Season, Time Of
Day and Occasion When Worn

she says. "the fact becomes apparent
that Jewels are practically q universal
requisite OF a woman's costume. Look
around and YOU will md In shop, hotel.
theatre, ballroom, on the street. in the
train. wherever you may happen to be.
that such Is the case; for hardly a
woman. or man either. for that matter.
will you zee who Is not wearing or
more. generally more. pieces Of
jewe,ry. Yet, out OF II all. what n
small minority Is In perfect accord
with costume and surroundings; and
how much Of It out Of keeping and
bizarre.
mo well dressed woman would think
Of wearing a sport hat at an afternoon
reception, or an evening cloak on a
shopping trip, and yet how many there
are who will thoughtlessly wear m a
fiimsy chiffon gown a brooch heavy
enough to hold corduroy skirt and belt
together; or for a morning stroll down
the avenue delicate Jewels designed
for the supreme purpose Of complet-
ing an evening costume under artificial
light"
Fortunately for the woman OF mod
est purse. the new doctrine does not
involve buying jewelry every time a
dress Is bought. The object Of the
campaign is not mercenary. or that
would not be the conclusion that Is so
quickly reached. The trade merely
believes that more encouragement for
the production of artistic articles Of
a great variety would result II the
correct use OF jewelry-correct in the
sense of lot only matching the cos
tune but OF buying appropriate to
the season OF the year, the time Of the
day and the observation-disclosures a
habit with women and not. AZ has 80
long been the case. be left to chance.
A set OF Jewels can easily be collected
as time goe by that will stand any
ordinary use for the generality Of &C.
casions in the social life Of most
women.
And a set Of jewels is understood to
include a necklace. a pair of earrings.
n brooch or corsage ornament and
finger rings. bracelets and hair orna-
ments according to choice. samples of
each being required in the forming Of
q complete set Of Jewels. The term
set may also designate a group Of
two or three matched pieces. such, for
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TRADE is BUSY CULTIVATING
CORRECT USE OF JEWELRY|

Manufacturers Of jewelry and deal.
ers have a quarrel with her ladyshlp
the American woman-not a bitter
quarrel, by any means. In fact IL
may almost be said not to deserve
being called a quarrel at all, but only
q sort Of complaint.
1t is not that her ladyship the
American woman does not buy enough
OF their wares, for there In not q more
liberal customer Of the jeweler in all
the world.
Nor is It that she does not wear
those wares to advantage. Mr.. Manu-
facturer and Mr.. Retailer being loud
In their proclamation that in no land
IL jewelry so well set of by the fair
sex as in these good United States.
1t Ii because. SO says the new spirit
In the trade. that she does not give
as much care n thought to selecting
her Jewelry to match her gowns as
she selects her hats. gloves and shoes.
y The traO has come to think II n
pity that any one should wear u piece
of jewelry merely because it is pretty
and not give n consideration to the
fact that II may not be appropriate
to the costume or to the occasion.
This is g point on which a great
deal Of stress Is being laid In jcwelry
circles nowadays. 1t Is resented, for
instance. when the fashion plates are
issued with the women's magazines
and they show not n piece Of jewelry
anywhere on the model-nor ring. nor
earring. nor brooch. nor necklace. nor
anything alse In the line Of jewelry.
Yet who would deny. they argue. that
the elaborate costumes no depicted
would. or could. be worn without
jesvelry. They resent the ignoring by
the artists or dress designers Of the fact
that is too patent for anybody to deny
that jowelry is an indispensable and
prominent part of n woman's costume.
Moreover, 1t is held that the design
would be greatly enhanced II 1t showed
appropriate jewelry, which necessarily
|. would enhance the attract, eness Of
the costume.
Doubtless ii is because women are
so accustomed to seeing costumes pic
tured in the style magazines without
accompaniment OF jewels that they
have not been wont TO associate
jewelry with dress in their plans. but
consider jewelry as a separate thing
and generally to be selected az the in
dividual piece may appeal to their
fancy.
The subject has appealed TO Miss
isabelle NJ. Archer and her pen has
been busy with II. :
when one stops TO think about it,"
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Psyche curis. coifures Of this and that
description and what not are worn
without any compunction whatever.
but only 10 q matter Of hair dressing
style.
The leading hair goods stores are
showing now. for instance. a new
coifRure arranged with the aid Of. .
three strand switch. each strand rolled
In . pun with an extra set of three
curla It 10 a novelty that Is said to
b meeting with great favor. and 80
the manufacturers keep on with their
creations until every stylish woman.
each m arranging her hair to suit
herself. Is sure to find something to
meet her particular need.
New York city Is the centre Of the
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instance. as a necklace and earrings,
a pair OF bracelets and a brooch
or a brooch and necklace. But to
form a complete set examples Of all
these jewels are needed.
Some have said" declares Miss
Archer, that the only way to secure
perfectly appropriate jewels to wear
with a specified gown is to have a
full set of matched Jewels made to
order. but this is n great mistake. as
the best result does not come from
having every piece matching exactly
In every particular, but from harmo-
nIzine variation. whether Il h In pat-
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manufactured hair goods trade in III,
country. Chicago and San Francisca
are next in prominence in the ndu,.
try.
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piece, or Q front pisce-or only q
switch or so.caiied transformation to
help out the scantiness Of their own
It is generally something that the
average woman needs In this line. and
collectively II means that o add
tionsl hair 10 worn nowadays than
ever before. Once there was almost
hypocrisy in the matter. No woman
then would admit that any Of the
hair on her head waa not her own
and II vas almost a case for censure
to be discovered with what then used
10 be stismatized as false hair" To.
day Il 10 a matter Of course and the
puffs. transformations, pompadours,
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WANTED. messenger boy, IL to 10
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GOVERNMENT positions in post-offlce
railway mall and other branches are
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mer Z: ). civil Service sccretary-cNam-
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GOVERNMENT examination. Thorough
instruction. SIS. Returned If not ap-
pointed. Particulars free. American
civil Service School. Washington D. q
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WANTED, drop forge hammersmiths
pu6iic Employment Bureau. Room ,
City Hall.
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WANTED. laundress to come to house
10 40 Washing. Apply 22l5 Hanover
Avenue, lower fiat.
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shoe factory. apply Hotel NIurnhv
TUESDAY the 2lst. between and 10