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The Washington times., 1915-11-07
GEOGRAPHIC sOcIETYLECTURES

Washington residents have wider
opportunities for listening to scien-
tific, political, and social lectures
than citizens of most other cities of
its size. To this opportunity the Ma
tional Geographic Society contrib
utes richly each year, and it's series
this year, just announced, is as
varied in interest and as rich in pos
sibilities as any that has gone be-
fore.
Newspaper men and those who
have engaged in relief work in Eu-
rope will bring before the society's
audiences their experiences in Eu-
rope. Travellers, explorers, and pro-
fessional lecturers appear on the
program for topics of timely inter-
est. Perhaps the most notable fea-
ture of these lectures each year is
their freedom from the abstruse
and merely academic. The society
has not considered that those who
appear must have a series of uni
versity degrees, or must clothe their
talks in such scientific verbiage that
they are not ineligible to the aver
age hearer.
The admission on the program of
a scientific society of newspaper
men and magazine writer's might
not be countenanced by the more
meticulous scientific bodies. But
these men are apt to bring to the
lay audiences interpretations and
descriptions of what they see in
clear, and forceful style, and they
may be depended upon to portray
only those points which are signifi,
cant and interesting.
In community where there are
so many lecturers along popular
scientific lines the National Geo
graphic Society's series cannot be
overlooked by those who would keer
informed at first hand of current
events in many interesting fields.
The Washington times., 1915-11-07
Darling Of Troppau
Is Thrill Of Broadway
Else Alder Austrian Prima Donna, Who Never Played In
English Before Last Week, Has Suddenly and
Completely Captivated New York

times as many as half a dozen different
roles in a week. usually soubrettc parts,
and the town had gotten to love her.
But she had also learned her abilities.
and when Max Monti. In Berlin. offered
her place in his company she took Il
After four months in bits. understudy-
ing the principal soprano. he big op-
portunity came. The prima donna was
taken Ill. and upon four hours notice
the girl assumed the leading role in
The Girl From Montmartre.
klaw in Theater.
Right here the hand of fate looms
large, for who should happen to be
in the theater that evening but Marc
Klaw, of Klaw & Erlanger. Charles
Frohman had asked him to drop in to
see what were the possibilities of The
Girl From Montmartre" for America.
klaw liked the show. out he liked
Miss Alder more. After the play was
over he sent for her. She was % nerv-
ous and excited, so exhausted. too, with
her strenuous experience OF the day.
she couldn't speak to him intclligibly.
Would you like to come to Amer
ica?" he asked repeatedly.
But the only reply he could get was
Itch habe Berlin sehr germ, which
means. approximately. Berlin fol
mine"
But Klaw didn't forget her. and sew
eral months later had representative
call upon her again. Thi time she
was calmer Terms were agreed upon
and she undertook to lNarn English.
For months she worked FOR fftecr
hours a day prcpa ing for the trip, II
addition to her regular work In thu
theater. Five hours she spent study
ing English, five hours were spent ir
dancinr. and fve In silging.
She didn't have chance to try ou
her knowledee until she arrived here
A few weeks ago, but when Klaw hcarc
her s-esk he held out his hand
"You'r do" he said And she did do
The Washington times., 1915-11-07
Lincoln Road Marked
Clearly, Sea To Sea
Highway Complete, Virtually All the Way From New
York to San Francisco-Patrotic and Other Organi-
cations Give Aid In Its Construction.

which has been extended to December
4. into the suburban districts. One
plan being considered In making these
awards IL to teams representing New
York city. New Jersey, and Long Island
against each other.
Police Get Ford.
The New York police department has
bought q Ford car for use In a field
which has In the past been occupied al
most exclusively by heavy cars. This
new Ford is equipped with a "'"ong.
light body. after the style Of those cars
in the United States parcel post service.
with heavy roll curtains. and Will be
used to transfer prisoners from the
different precinct stations throughout
the city. New York's municipal depart
ments are heavily represented with Ford
received delivery OF twenty Ford rum
abouts for the use Of battalion chiefs.
The performance Of a Packard Twin
6ix." driven by J. q. Vincent. vice presi-
dent OF engineering. Packard Motor Car
Company. in circiing the Sheepshead
Bay Speedway Tuesday at the rate Of
102h miles an hour. seemed even more
astonishing by the general rumor that
the car was a stock touring model.
Corrects Impression.
To correct this impression Vincent
has issued the following description of
the car In which he drove the exhibi-
ton lap.
THE motor In the chassis used in
general is Of stock design and size. but
Ia equipped with a special cain shaft
10 give racing valve timing. and the
pistons are slightly crowned to give
higher compression. The stock motors
have seventy-fve pounds compression.
| while this motor has eighty-fve pounds
compression. The carburetor and In
| take header were OF larger size than
| standard. to give more power at higher
| speed. Special spark plugs were used
| TO resist the extreme heat due to high
| compression and racing speed. The re-
mainder of the chassis Is of stock Twin
Six l.25 model design. with the excep-
! ton that 1t Is stripped OF tenders. etc,
1 and is provided with a thirty-four-mile
| gear. that Is. a gear giving speed OF
| thirty-four miles an hour at 900 reroiu-
| tons OF the motor instead of twenty
| four miles at SoC. as is the case with the
| stock car.
wire wheels and Silvertown racing
tires were used. The car was, OF
| course, equipped with racing body
| and complete, with tanks full, weighed
800 pounds. II was built purely for
engineering purposes, as I wanted to
| determine the speed possibilities or ouI
! 'Twin-SIx' motor Of 4A cubic inches pIs-
| ton displacement without departing
| from its principles of design. The ma
teriai used throughout the car ia aDso'
( iutely the same as goes into every
stock car. Under a. A. A. rules. this
J car WOULD be termed a Packard Twin
| Six Special. ms any changes in vaive
| timing etc, from the stock car regis.
tered make II a special"
The Washington times., 1915-11-07
ENGLAND'S NEW WAR
SONG is HAUNTING
9TH the Boys Come Homo" Was
Composed BY Youth

OF Twenty-One.
There Is something battling In the on
ward sweep to popularity OF a great
song success. soliloquixes a writer In
the London Globe. Give 1t a start
and 1t leaps forward on Its road to
fame. gathering thousands OF victims
almost daily. until It is hard to esGape
from It's haunting melody.
Now II Is war song, which is al
ready printed In six languages and Of
which hundreds of thousands OF copies
have been sold.
It'll the Boys Come Home" Tor
Keep the Home Fires Burning" as
people prefer to call iD Is remarkable
In several respects. 1t was completed
words and music--in half an hour. Is
one wears old and was refused by the
publishers TO whom II was first sub
mitted. Its success. too. is rendered
all the more notable inasmuch as II is
OF what is termed the concert" type
OF song and cannot be obtained In
1t has simple. homely words and one
Of those haunting refrains which 70
the discerning publisher spells immcdi-
ate success. The chorus runs:
Keep the home fires burning.
While your hearts are yearning:
Though your lads are far away
They dream of home
There's a silver lining
Through the dark clouds shining;
Turn the dark cloud inside out
Till the boys come home"
The composer. Ivor Novello, 10 the
son Of Nine. Clara NoveIlo Davies. mu-
sic teacher and conductor Of the Welsh
Ladies' Choir. and was formerly n
chorister at Magdalen College. oxford
TIL the Boys Come Home" Is his irst
big success.
The Washington times., 1915-11-07

Rapid progress has been made on
tho Lincoln Highway during It's sec.
ond year. according to Austin F. Be-
ment. secretary OF the Lincoln High
way Association.
Construction Is going on rapidly in
every state. more than S2,25O.oo0 al
ready has been expended and greater
sums have been bonded for further
work. No abatement of the great
initial interest that was shown when
the project was launched has been re-
ported.
To all practical purposes the lincoln
highway now Is marked completely from
New York to san Francisco. There are
points where the marking is not as
complete as II should be. but this is
being rapidly taken care Of. AutomobGh
clubs. local good roads ORGANIZATIONS
boards Of commerce and other civic and
patriotic ORGANIZATIONS have MADE u
their task to complete the marking In
their localities.
Concrete Section Complete.
The highway in New Jersey. between
Jersey Citv and Trenton. Is almost per-
feet. every mile being either concrete
or macadam. Some sl50.Oo0 has been
expended on improving the highway In
| PENNSYLVANIA In the last eighteen
months. In addition to expenditures
during the past year In Ohio OF $35o.0o.
$4,000 has been bonded for by different
counties through which the highway
passes. sixty-eight miles OF concrete
road for the highway are either under
construction or have been bonded for In
Indiana. A concrete section sixteen
! feet wide has been completed between
Morrison and Sterling. Ill.
Other States have reported equa
progress In their links of the road that
/ will connect the two coasts. Five sec.
tions Of concrete construction are under
Iowa has been prepared for hard sur.
facing to an almost uniform width ot
thirty feet. From Lake Tahoe, on tho
Nevada California border. to San Fran
cisco. the Lincoln Highway is practical
ly in boulevard condition for 100 pei
The Importance Of this highwty Il
! motorists can be estimated from th'
fact that the majority of 5000 car,
that entered California this year cam'
over the Lincoln Highway.
Offer Statesmen Prizes.
Arthur Williams. president OF thu
New York Electric Vehicle Associa
ton. has just announced. In connec
ton with the sales campaign be!ns
carried on In behalf Of the Ward $50
pound capacity electric delivery
ords made In the selling field. 1t 4
Williams plan to start spirit O
friendly competition among tn,
statesmen and to carry the campaign
The Washington times., 1915-11-07
WOMEN At THE WHEEL.
No Reason Why They should Not
Drive Automobiles.


Drive Automobiles.
Men, as a rule. says the Louisville
Courter-Journdl are more confident
than women. Boys are still more con-
fident. 1t Is not often that sheer ply
steal strength averts accidents, or that
the lack of It causes accidents But
many women. in these days of athletics,
are as strong as the lads in knicker-
bockers who are permitted to drive
automobiles.
The woman at the wheel sometimes
menaces traffic because OF an inbred
tendency to expect way to be made for
women in all circumstances. Some
women drive as II they expected the
provisions of traffic ordinances and the
rule OF the road to be reversed in their
favor as a matter OF courtesy. as seats
are surrendered to women in street cars
and In drawing rooms. or hats removed
in elevators. When woman drives an
automobile without rejecting that there
is sex equality under traffic ordinances,
and under state road laws and that to
expect exhibitions of chivalry to the
sex at crowded crossings or upon mar
row country roads Is to invite tragedy,
the feminine hand at the wheel courts
blood. But there Is no reason why
women who are level headed and con-
sclous OF the rights of others should not
drive automobiles.
The Washington times., 1915-11-07
FASHION SAYS GOODBY
DEBUTANTE SLOUGH
Adieu Also to "sneaky StyIes"-Now
@ " P0isc Il the Proper

Thing.
E, (From the Nep York Morning
Telcgaph.)
Good-by to the "debutante slinker
slouch." Adieu, also, to "sneaky
styles" They are strictly past per-
formances. Ladies. have you missed
emf Well. they are fading into dim
memories. Fashion has given them
the icy stare and refuses to recognize
them on the street any more.
Now poise is the proper thing. and
the dropping shoulder. the sunken
chest and all the rest OF those 1evices
which go to make milady's figure re-
semblc a human Interrogation point
have been banished. tabooed, maroon
ed! They are decidedly "in bad" as
far as Dame Fashion Is concerned.
The keynote of typical American
pulchritude Just at present Is ''poise."
Quick, madam! Grab a bushel or two
OF "poise" and hang on to II for GEAR
life. sponsors of the new standard
are members OF women's clubs In this
city and Chicago. constituting the
Home Circle.
Miss Rose Marks Of Chicago has cx-
planned the poise theory Of beauty:
She says there are as many kinds OF
poises az there are hairs on the back
Of a Russian wolfhound. and that's
going some. =.
"Polse is not tho same for all types
OF women" she declares. For In.
stance. the queenly poise OF the deb
utante Is different from the chic poise
OF the college girl or the swinging
poise of the bouievardienne.
nevertheless the standard Of beauty
OF all poires Is the same, II is poise.
beauty and freedom OF carriage. True
poise Is impossible unless the woman
possesses beautiful neck, shoulders
and arms"
Now, ladies', you know all about II.
| Good-by. "slinker debutante sIouch,
and all the rest Of the little slouches
The Washington times., 1915-11-07
LOAFlNO ON lhE JOB

Howard Elliott, president of the
New Haven railway system, has
been giving some striking statistics
and making some telling arguments
bearing upon the industrial and
financial problems of the United
States as they confront us today and
must confront us more seriously
after the war.
Mr.. Elliott makes against us, as
a people, charges which it would be
better for US to deliberate than to
deny. He charges US, among other
things, with gross extravaganza in
our private and public life; with not
putting in a days work in any
twentyfour hours; tampering dan
gcrously with technical matters
which we do not understand, and
subordinating in our public affairs
the business man, the leader of pro-
ducers, to the lawyer and to the
politician.
We may not agree entirely with
Mr.. ElliOtt's conclusion that there
are too few hours in the working
day of the average American to per-
nit him to produce all that he ought
to produce for the general welfare
here. not to mention competing in
international markets with the prod
ucts of those foreigners who work
much longer hours at much lower
wage.
This paper, for one, does not
think that the number of hours
given to work count nearly SO much
The Washington times., 1915-11-07
Wednesday,.

Masonic--Lodges: Stansbury. No. ~ S D. NJ.
entertainment; King solomon. No. 81. p.
m. T.. A.; School of Instruction ST. John s
Mite Association.
Eastern Star-Naom No. 3. grand visitation:
Brookland, No. IL. degrees and visit OF
matrons and patrons of 1876.
Odd Fellows-Eastern, No. I, degree: Har-
mony, No; ., Visitation OF grand master:
/, Federal CITY; NG :" business , n. :.
Hermione. No. l.: Union, No %. and CO.
iumbia. No. &c, business.
National tnion-P. O. Department Council,
F1ynn's Hall: Interior Council. fythtan
Temple,
The Washington times., 1915-11-07
LIVING Up IN TIE AIR.
Pace Hrs to He Slow Among thu
Heights Of the AndeA.

Pace Hrs to He Slow Among the
Heights Of the AndeA.
Prof. Alsworth Ross. OF the Uni
versity Of Wisconsin, in an article in
The Century Mdgasine entitled Peru.
the Roof the Continent" tells Of the Diff
hculty Of merely sustaining life In the
higher attitudes among the Andes. He
saws:
Life at Cerro de Pasco. nearly a
league up. is as trying as life under q
diving bell at the bottom Of the ocean.
The newcomer gasps for air like a
gulping mouthfuls out OF the thin at
mosphere. Three quick steps put your
out Of breath. and. after climbing a
flight OF stairs. YOU must sit down for
rest. Il know. painted a tenderfoot.
how I'll feel when I'm eighty
No employc Is sent up by the COM
pany unless he has passed a physician S
examination. but occasionally one gets
blue in tho face and has to be sent
down forthwith. Thus the Inca Chron-
who returned here last April. has been
sent home with his heart machinery In
bad shape
The young fellows play tennis And
ball, and even indulge In track ath-
letics. but the pace must be very slow.
Singing Is not, popular. for you cannot
get the breath to hold a note. Pneu-
monia is sure death here within forty.
eight hours. 20 that the sufferer must
be rushed down to the sea level in a
special train that costs the company
500. The typhoid patient. too. must
fee. and the northern women must de.
scehd to Lima to bear their babies.
The mining company's Americans
are usually big athletes. deep-cheste6
men. strong of Jaw. sinewy of grip. ant
masterful of manner. They are wei
paid and looked after. but too many Of
them squandcr money and vitality IL
lighting of the demon Of loneliness
The Washington times., 1915-11-07
FRIDAY,

MasonIc--Royal Arch Chapters: Mt Pleas
ant, No. lS. illustrated lecture.
Eastern Star-Takoma, No. H. Cathedral.
No H. grand visitation. ST. Johns Lodge,
No Is. business,
Odd FeIlows-Central. No. /: Metropolis, No.
l6, and Phoenix. No. 2s. business.
Rebekah Lodges-Martha Washington. M. 2,
visitation OF the president and officers OF
the Rebekah Assembly Dorcas. No. 4.
business
knights of Pythias-I,odges: SyracusanA
No. 10 page rank; Rathbone superior Ne
20. page rank. Pythian Sisters: Rathbons
Temple No. s, initiation.
Independent Order OF Rechabites - Eagle
Tent.
National Union-National Capital Council
MAJ llonal Capital Bank Hall; Mckinley
Council. Washington Hall: Georgetown
Council Potomac Savings Bank Hall.
The Washington times., 1915-11-07
UNCONSCIOUS VERsIFYING.
Found Higher IN In Literary ScnlN
Than u Tram Car Notice.

Unconscious vcrsifICation may be
found higher up the literary sca!G than
tramcar notice, remarks the London
Chronicle Do you, for instance, rec-
ognize this?
The grass was Green above the dead
boys grave.
Troddcn by feet go small and light
That not a daisy dropped its head
Beneath their pressure.
Through all the spring and summer
time
Garlands OF fresh lowers. wreathed
by infant hands,
Rested upon the stone.
1t Is a quotation from the last chap-
ter of Nicholas Nickleby." written AZ
prose.
The Washington times., 1915-11-07
DEBU1ANTS IN u. =. SNOBS.

They Don't Stand Very Well Iva
Dublin WOmans Estimation.
(Sdn Francisco Dispatch in Nep York
Americdn.)
american debutantes and New York
men don't stand very well In the esti-
nation of Miss Kathleen O'Brennon, so
ciety editor OF the Dublin Times, her
self a society woman, who has been in
troduced at court. The debutante, she
believes (though she expresses 1t more
tactfully) lacks breeding. graciousness
Eracefulncss. and. above all, considera-
ton for the working woman. who. she
says, Is the superior OF the society bud
As for the New York men--well, she
said she despised them. though she
confessed she was charmed by the Cali
fOrnia variety, whom she found more
educated and cultured than the men In
the same walks of life back home
Westerners, she averred. have bettei
manners than Fasteners.
The Washington times., 1915-11-07
WHAT'S ON PROGRAM
HERE DURING WEEK
Orchestral Concert at Soldiers
Home and Various Religious
Meetings Complete List
of Events,

Lecture. THE Last Scenes in the IAfe OF
Our Lord" ". H; r. smith. Fourth Pres.
, sy,erian Church, Church: Thirteenth and Fsirmont
Lecture. Birth Control" Emma Goldman.
Pythian Temple. y. IN.
Lecture, "our rn.Amerlcan Capital" George
A. Warren. before Washington Secular
League. Pythian Temple. o. m.
Observation-Disclosures services at the Masonic
and Eastern Star Home. Takoma Lodge.
Tomorrow.
Indian operetta, children Of Cleveland School
Social Center. In school. p. IN.
Reception In honor of Rev. Francis Don
nelly. Potomac Council. No. 4ss. knights OF
uoS.,n uootGmbns' &C., * OF G Hall, $50 p m
phaned and destitute children Of France.
Rauscher's. .. IN.
tion. town hall. Congress Heights. p. m.
Meeting. Moman's Single Tax Club, Pebble
Lecture. "Ccds-rheir Danger and How To
be Avoided. DR.. E., +; M. Franklin.
un.,,ns msns gymnasium: y: y; c; A.. 5;i5 p. m
slider the budget system.
Masonic-Lodges: Dawson. No. l6. grand
Visitation, and r, 6; stansbury; No: =, Z.
9: mark; Hiram. No 10. p. NJ. and N.
enter ainment: Columbia. No. 10, degrees.
Odd Fellows-Lodges: Langdon. No. 2s. de
grees. Union. No. IL, and Beacon. No. H.
business. Esther Rebekah. No. .. degree.
knights of Pythias-Decatur. No. .. grand
Visitation. Calanthe, No. IL. business.
Knights Of Columbus-Potomac Council.
OF c. Hall. 1880.
Maccs sbees-National Tent. degree.
Daughtere OF America-Indepcndence Coun.
Gil, grand visitation by the State regent.
4l9 Tenth street northwest.
Meeting Piney Branch Citizens Association
Iowa Avenue Methodist Church. p. IN.
Meeting Northeast Washington Citizens As
ISOLATION. Northeast Temple, p. IN.
National tnion-Pressmen' Council. Eagle
Hall
The Washington times., 1915-11-07
Thursday.

Masonic-I.odges: The New Jerusalem. No.
1 special +. A.: Stansbury. No. "a special.
7;sO p. m. NJ. M; Temple Moves. No. g.
special. p. M. grand visitation:
Eastern Star-William L. Hunt. No. 26.
odd Fellows--Columbia. No. 10. seventy-ffth
anniversary; Excelsior No. II. and Salem.
No -, degree; Covenant. No. l3. business.
knights of Pythias-Harmony. No. q. srand
visitation. .
Daughters OF America Esther Council No.
20 oyster supper. Masonic Hail. Teniey
town .
National n-Washngton Council. Pythian
Temple: Fraternal Council. Perpetual
Building Association Hall.
The Washington times., 1915-11-07
Saturday.

Odd ,Fellows--Canton Washington,~ No.
drill and social.
Knights OF fYthias-Ways and means COM
mittee semi-monthly meeting und business.
National Cnion-C Columbia Council, PythinN
Temple; Nonpareil Council. Perpetual
Building Association Hall.
The Washington times., 1915-11-07
Tuesday.

Federal. No. !. 8 p. m.
grand Visitation. and Acacia, No. Is. $50
D. M, grand visitation: 1akonla, No. %.
r. c. Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite:
Evangelist Chapter, knights Rose CroiN
business. Royal Arch Chapters: Mount
Horeb. No. !. r. A.
Eastern Star-Electa, No .. and Bethlehem.
No. I. degrees; Friendship. No. l3.
Odd Observation-Disclosures. No. 6: Golden
Rule No. Il. and Amity. No. q, business.
Knights of Pythias-Webster, No. Z: EX-
celsior, No. II: Capital, No. a. and Myrtle.
No -. business.
MacCa bees-Brightw Tent. degree work.
National Union-HcadQ uarters open.