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The Washington times., 1915-03-27
MARRIAGE SECRET
FOR THREE YEARS
Dr.. Charles c. Bockey An
ounces He Wed in 1911 and
Surprises Friends.

Friends kept "joshing" DR.. Charles c.
Bockey, as friends will, and. when he
went out West for a trip q month ago
It even was suggested he might be going
on a honeymoon. To all inquiries about
when he was to be married. DR.. Bockey
smiled and replied not.
Today the tables we're turned. and his
friends we're surprised when they re-
ceived announcements Of DR.. Bockey's 8
marriage to Miss Dora Coddington. OF
Waterloo, Iowa, and Washington, on
December 9. 1911.
Even DR.. Bockey's roommates at the
Y. NJ. c. A. had not guessed the secret.
Miss Coddington. employed at the State
Department. has lived in Washington
with her mother. Mrs. Mary Alice Cod.
dington. for a number Of years.
DR.. Bockey, graduate last year In
dentistry. has been employed in the Of
fee of the chief clerk Of internal revenue
Treasury Department. Just now he Is
on leave Of absence In the West. And
he chose the time Of his absence as the
best to announce the happy event OF
more than three years ago.
The Washington times., 1915-03-27

'ystons Daily-virginia. eos eth st
The Washington times., 1915-03-27

chairman oe the educational committee
of the District Federation of Women's
cubs, said that. after consultation
with the chairman, Miss Frances Ora
ham French, she wished the comnittee
to go on record as believing Teachers.
married or single. should be retained
solely on a basis of their efficiency and
not upon their social state
Miss Rugg said she believed the
Board of Education would gladly heed
any expression of wishes of group
of representative women.
How Rule Operates.
"Rule 45 is silly" said Miss Mary
O'Toole. secretary of the College Wom-
ems Equal Suffrage Association, and a
lawyer. "It drops a woman who lives
here and who is so unfortunate. ac-
cording to the boards position, as to
acquire a husband. But the woman
from outside the District, already mar
ried, has a perfect right to come here.
Take the examination, and teach. More
over. they do this, and there are num-
ber of married women teachers In the
schools who got in that way
Mrs. william Trauty, speaking as n
mother" said she would rather have
her child taught by a married woman
than by an unmarried one. Miss o Toole
again spoke, asserting that the question
was not an economic or sociological one.
but whether the Board of Education
shall continue to slander the institution
of marriage"
Mrs. Logan said Mrs. =. T. Claxton,
wife of the United states Commissioner
of Education, regretted she could not
attend the meeting, but that her heart
lest sympathy Is with the movement to
allow married women to teach.
Mass Meeting In Two Weeks.
A committee to arrange for the mass
meeting was named. Mrs. Ellis Logan
heads this committee, and others on 1t
are Mrs. Carrie e. Kent Miss OToole,
Mrs. Trauty, and Mrs. George Mosshart.
Another committee, to draw up the
resolutions to be presented at the mass
meeting Is made up of Miss French, DIR.
Folkmar. and Miss Mary Brennan.
This mass meeting will be held within
two weeks, before the next meeting of
the Board of Education. The resolu-
tions will then be transmitted to that
body.
The Washington times., 1915-03-27
Speakers at Preliminary Confer
ence Plan Fight in Behalf Of
Married Teachers.
CALL DISCRIMINATION SILLY
DR.. EInora FoIkmar Would Re-
quire Both Men and Women
Instructors to Be Welded.

mot only would 7 not bar married
teachers from the schools, but in certain
grades I would make it a rule that
teachers, whether men or, women, must
be married.
After DR.. Elnora Folkmar, writer. club
woman. and the first lecturer to give
courses upon sex hygiene in Washington
schools, had amplified this surprising
statement before the conference on the
abolition Of Rule As" at the Ebbitt yes
terday afternoon, she was vigorously
applauded.
The grades to which ] refer" DR..
grades. During that time boys and girls
are passing through the crucial period
of adolescence, and I believe it little
short Of criminal to place a bachelor, or
an unmarried woman, in charge of chill
dren at such time"
Efficiency the Only Test.
DR.. Fokmar said the issue in question
was being confused by talk about mar
ried teachers ability to care for her con-
dition, or about her barring worthy un-
married women from techng.
These arguments remind me of the
days you all remember when a young
woman in a community who could not
marry was put to teaching as a last re-
sort, and the children had to suffer- the
speaker continued. THE only matter
to be considered by the Board of Educa.
ton Is whether a teacher does her work
we'll. With her efficiency the board has
perfect right to deal. With any of these
other problems the board, or We have
nothing to do.
''The question then simply is whether
marriage makes a teacher inefficient
1t Is like asking whether girl Of
eighteen has sounder judgment, al
woman of twenty-five. The answer tt
both questions Is obvious
DR.. Folkmar then explained why. il
some cases, married teachers onl!
should be employed.
Resolutions were adopted arranging
for a mass meeting. the date to be, Sc
within a few days. and a Ammltte
was appointed to draw up resolution
condemning Rule 45," which automa
tically sewers teachers from their posi-
tions when they marry.
Prominent women representing
number of the best known women
an'zations in the District ATTENDED
the conference, though, Mrs. Ellis Lo
these did not attend in a representa-
tive capacity.
Calls 1t Nonsense.
"1n all this discussion the child i
entitled to some consideration" sal
Mrs. Henrietta Livermorc Norris, O
the District of Columbia State Suf
frage Association. ''One would thinl
the Board of Education could reaiz
that mother could do more for
child than a girl Just out of norma
school. In Massachusetts,, my ow
State, we have no such nonsense a
this. And among our most valuabl
teachers are married women.
''As to the performance of both hom
and school duties, l can cite the cas-
Of my own daughter, who has worke
out this problem, and many othe
mother-teachers have done so salts
factorily.''
Miss Ellen Marshall Rugg, vic
The Washington times., 1915-03-27
"Unnumbered Birthday"
Party for Mersheimer

Another of the locally famous "un-
numbered birthday parties, one of
which is rendered each year by Fred j.
Mersheimcr to his friends. was held last
night at his residence, 1904 East Capitol
street, where the well-known official Of
the Washington Railway and Electric
Company entertained 200 guests.
A buffet supper. music. songs, and a
number of stunts contributed to the
endowment of the evening.
The Washington times., 1915-03-27
Alleged Book Makers
All Plead Not Guilty

John ]. O'Sullivan. Frank c. Short.
Harry Eicholz, and John J. Kelly. who
were arrested February by Depart
ment Of Justice agents in connection
with the raid at 1431 Girard street north
west, pleaded not guilty before Chief
Justice Covington. In Criminal Court
No. today. to an indictment charg-
ing them with setting up a gaming
table for betting on races
They are on bond Of 5000 each to
await trial Attorney NJ. J. Keane ap-
peared for the four men today.
The Washington times., 1915-03-27
Virginian, Hit by Car
On Avenue, Badly Hurt

George w Reed. flfty-four. Of Ches-
terbrook, Va, narrowly escaped death
early today when struck by an east
bound Capital Traction car at Tenth
street and Pennsylvania avenue north
west.
Reed was removed to the Emergency
Hospital. where he was found to be
suffering from a slight conclusion Of
the brain, dislocation Of the collar
bone and cuts and bruises on the head
and body
The Washington times., 1915-03-27
Meeting Postponed.

The Congressional Union for Woman
Suffrage today announced the indefinite
postponement of the meeting scheduled
for tomorrow night at the Bancroft
place home Of Mrs. Nevil Munroe Hop
kins.
The Washington times., 1915-03-27
LOAN MARKET CLOSE
TO MILLION MARK
Scottish Rite Transaction, for
Furnishing Temple, Feature
in Weeks Realty Field.

When the building was projected
loan of 100000 was secured from the
American Security and Trust Company,
and this company has agreed to extend
the time of payment. The three loans
have been consolidated and the supreme
Council has executed new deed OF
trust by which the real estate and i'm
provements are conveyed to the Natlon-
al Savings and Trust Company to secure
the payment of the combined indebted
ness OF $4,000 In three. four and hVc
years, with Interest at per cent. frlV-
ilege is granted to pay $4,000 or more
on the principal sum at any interest,"
period.
Nearly Reach S1,O00,0O0.
This transaction was the feature OF
the real estate market for the fourth
week of March 1t aided materially In
causing the loan market tor the week
to reach nearly $l,ooo.0oo.
Realty trading during the past six
days did not keep pace with the ac-
tiyities of the third week of the month
The brokers, however. made a splena,o
showing for the time of the month when
thew completed l43 sales In which were
involved 236 lots and parcels OF real es'
tate. r.,
with it's record of thirty-seven sale s.
Wednesday Tanheu S''oiI' '''
nine sales, closely crowded by TUESDAY
with twenty-eight trades. There were
nineteen deals reported on Friday. six
teen on Saturday, and fourteen on
Thursday.
The zone Of activity was drawn nearer
to the old city limits last week. ana the
ncar-urban district took the lead OF the
market, having been the scene or inc
sale Of eighty-one lots. The outlying
suburbs were in second place with sixty.
six parcels conveyed. The northeast led
the sections of the city proper with
thirty-two lots transferred. There were
twenty-eight lots sold in the northwest
twenty-six in the southeast. and three
in the southwest.
U. s. Heaviest Investor.
The Government was the heaviest IN
vestor In local real estate this week
| The largest consideration Of the week
trading was paid by the Government u
the Abner-Drury Brewing Company 10
it's holding on Massachusetts avenu'
/ northeast, near North Capitol street
| The property Is directly opposite tn
| new city postoffice, and is In tho plaZ
| area. The price paid was $5o1l5. Tn
Government spent more than $4,000 II
| the purchase of five other plaza hold
inss during the week.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-08-07

0be People Who Had No Color

And they always politely thanked Freddy and Ned
But so many came there that truly declare
That the boys with the paint and faint
For they painted from morning till late afternoon.
But young Ned tried bright clever plan soon,
For ne found big tub and right up to the brim
He filled it with paint and he taught them to swim
and they then would dive in there after another
So Of course that saved trouble for Ned and his brother
For those people just painted themselves in this
and they all were made glad by the end Of the day
ana they asked Fred and Ned stay there in the town
For the houses white and they wanted them brown
Or green a purple, or red black, blue
For they said, once again, any color would do
So the boys all next day worked as hard before
And they painted each roof and they painted
Wen, that town looked real funny when they had got
through,
For the roofs were all purple and yellow and bIue
Both yen boys all right and very polite
Won't YOU stay here again I'm OUT town for touEht2"
And the boys answered quickly wen gladly stay
For we see by the sun it is late in the day"
they stayed there all night but bright morning light
They both heard great racket seemed like fight,
All the people in town cr0wciug around,
While they waved their thin and they shouted
might
"Oh, you horrid young boys, YOU both impoHte,"
Please to tell us the thing have done said young
Ned
Then The people all said You have painted us BRIGHT
When Of course preferred 10 be nothuz but whtet
Then Freddy and Ned TO these people an said
why. you Told To paint Tou blue purple redt'
That's true said the people. but HoN We all find
That want to be white fer We've all changed
mindl
So start ms dear boys and please make us all right
Fer you c00red MS al and you must make us whte!"
Now Of course. you THAI thjs never could be
For when things once get painted the paint is tight
And its true that they never AGAIN can ba white.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-08-07

4 a Whisper.
oh" exclaimed Ethel, startled by
the bold suggestion.
Alfred was such a little tot that he
didn't understand. so said nothing.
But you may he certain he was look
ing with all his eyes
Come ou-7 urged EtheIbert. 'T be-
. Heve you are afraid"
Indeed am not!' protested Ethel
! "But-but--the men wouldn't like it,
I EtheIbert drew closer. They've
gone to the inn" he whispered. II
saw them go-and they won't be back
for a long time. Come. let's go.
+ Ethel"
/ And, with that, he seized her with
one hand and the toddling Alfred With
! the other and led them straight up TO
the booth
For a moment or two they stood
gazing at Punch and at Judy in rapt
silence.
oh. he is a wicked looking person.
Ism he" exclaimed Ethel presently.
What Ia like to know" said Ethel
bert lis how he talks and why after
he's hung he always comes back to
life for the next performance"
Ethel was impressed. And his poor
wife, Judy. He always beats her to
death"
I wish they'd talk" said Ethelbert.
. i believe III try. Punch. Mr.. Punch.
say, aren't you ashamed Of your
seIf.''
No answer. Mt Punch stood star
ms straight ahead his wicked club
held ready for action.
Io1 are a very bad man-and I
wish mE mamma would spank your
remarked Etheibert boldly.
Bur stin 10 reply from Punch. OF
from Judy,
There came. however. a slight rust
ling behind the curtains. which the
children did not hear
I'm going TO hit YOU for beating
poor Judy" declared the courageous
Ethelbert. And he doubled up his
ast and drew back to strike when
You don't say," cried Mr. Punch.
in his peculiar throaty voice. Wei.
Wen see about that"
And would you believe u?-he
suddenly leaned cut Of the box and
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-08-07

cheeks
Il gave them a scare then. I did,"
+ he chortled. THE little bHzhterst"
He was one Of the showmen. you
see, and had returned to the booth
for his pipe when he overheard the
children talking. Being q miscellaneous
fellow, he thought instantly it would
be great sport TO 1rlghten the chill
dren in The way ne had done.
But Ethel and Ethelbert told their
Papa and Mamma all about their ter
rihle adventure ana how 8Ir. Punch
had not only spoken to them but had
actually whaoked Ethelhert over the
head exactly as he aid poor Judy in
the snow. And nothing, you may be
sure, could convince them that the
whole thing wasn't real!
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-08-07
Went On Calmly Cleaning The Glass
Throughout The Action.

Although the shells few overhead or
pioughed the waters around her she
Numbered in reply deafeniug saiyoes
Of missiles weighing almost one ton
each. Several times she was struck
one shot killing Eve men and render
ing naidshipman unconscious.
Smoke and spray began to fog
the glasses OF the perlscope on ths
turret. Volunteers were asked for
who would undertake the perilous adj
venture2 It meant going outside the.
turret and wiping the huge glasses or
eyes OF the ship. A slip OF a boy
eagerly offered and he went outside
and began his dangerous job. In the
meantime the firing. which had ceased
Tor time, recommended, and the boy
outside was quite forgotten. Appar-
entity he never thought Of coming in,
and went on calmly cleaning the glass
throughout the action, being partially
deafened by the roar of the guns.
That Is almost equal to the story OF
The boy stood on the burning deck"
isn't it, boys?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-08-07

two and cited them together by stick
ing the forked ends Of the clothes
pins into each other, she did the same
with two others. placed them the
length Of a clothes-pin apart. and
glued the fifth clothes pin in the
angles, across the top.
isn't it a lovely present for Dad
dy?" asked the child. then suddenly
she exclaimed, oh, know what
will do, III give it a coat Of gold paint
Mother has some.
Dot soon had the pen-rack giIded
and drying by the radiator, and then
she began looking about for some
thing 10 make for Mother.
Help me Ind something, Biddv.'
she begged, and Bridget found an OLD
odd shaped cork. It had big round
head. ike a top.
"Hurrah!' shouted the child
That's great for Mothers crochet
needle. Wait until you see it fin
ished."
On it she sketehed a funny face
and then colored il with her paints
Out Of an old glove she cut the
thumb, and pasted 1t on the top OF
the head for a cap. The bottom part
Of the cork she gilded.
Both Mother and Father were de-
lighted with their gifts.
And now I'll make something for
myself" cried Dot, But what7''
I'll show you how to make a
clothes-pin dolly said Mother. com
ing into the room. Here sit down
and hand me the crepe-paper and
scissors"
Clothes-pin dollies are a Joy TO most
children They are not only easy
TO make, but they are pretty after
they are completed. The head OF the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-08-07

When Fred young Ned heard that voice. We said
Then they turned right around and behind them they
found
Just q queer paper person as white as a sheet
All a big piece Of paper from head down to feet
He was just the size a regular man
But as fat as pancake That's baked in a PAN
And front in back he ali just white
AS new sheet Of paper On which you write.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-08-07

ships, the saddles Of the horses. and
even the cakes that came TO table
The court artists were expected 10 obey
all The whins and fancies Of their
masters; trides occupied their time
and they were obliged TO eNpend their
genius and their powers on a thou
sand unimportant and perish8ble
3 n ~, t--
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-08-07
cAfter the Punch and judy Show

7THEL and Ethelbert and little
Alfred were English children.
Is And II there was one thing they
49, did love it was a Punch and
Judy show. Though they had fol-
lowed the wicked deeds Of Mr.. Punch
over and over again, they seemed
never TO tire Of them. And when
ever travelling showmen came along
through their village with Punch and
Judy they were always 20 be found
in the delighted juvenile audience.
One day, after the performance was
over and the showmen had gone to-
the Inn for dinner and a rest, leaving
their miniature theatre with Punch
and Judy standing upright in their
proper places; the three little chill
dren sat down on the fresh green
grass In front of the box to enjoy
the unexpectedly prolonged view Of
their Tavorites-
Lets so up and touch them" sug-
gested she venturesome EtheIhert il
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-08-07
QUE PUZZLE
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I am thing Of value slight,
Shakespeare said LAS light as air."
Behead me and I'm used in flight.
With loud report rend the air.
SENTENCE PUZZLE.
Each Of the following sentences con-
tains words which although pro
nounced alike have a different mean
ing,
!. Mother said she thought we
would have --- before supper 10
gather some -.
.. When I took her TO see the
--, ---- she would be surprised.
5. The old sailor --- us how to
make a line -
4. was obliged to -- sometime
before they could determine the exact
AnSlcerS.
CRARADE: Tribe.
SENTENCE PUZZLE: /. Time.
thyme .. GHg-bnelo. 5. Taugbt-taut
4 TGittCejght
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-08-07

A frog who sat beneath a weed,
SAID, friend I viii supply your need.
Your savings bank I'll gladly be,
Just drop your money right in ne.
The bunny did as he was told
And soon filed froEz.e mp Evith gold
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-08-14
THROW AWAY YOUR
EYEGLASSES
You Can Have FllIsd and Use At Hon.
A FREE PRESCRIPTION

Do you wear glasses? Are You a
victim of eye-strain or other eye-weak-
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know that there is real hope for you.
Many whose eyes were failing. say
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could not see 20 read at all. Now /
can read everything without any glass
es and my eyes do not water any
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1t was like miracle to me-" A lady
who used it says: "The atmosphere
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but after using this prescription for
Is days everything seems clear. ]
can even read fine print without glass.
es" 1t Is believed that thousands who
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q reasonable time and multitudes more
will be able to strengthen their eyes
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your eyes are bothering you, even a
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advertisement.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-08-14
Strongest Wing Hopes for End
of imperialism in Germany,
Russia and Great Britain
IAssociated Press

BERLIN. Germany. con-
tinue to multiply that the issues raised
by the war have brought good deal
OF dissension into the ranks OF the So
ial-Democratic party. Not only have
adherents OF the already existing
wings" CT the party changed their al
legiance in numerous cases. but new
groupings have formed themselves
within the party The Breslau volks-
wacht. Socialist paper, classifes
-four easily. distinguishable factions
The leading group, however, the pa
per says, is still the bloc of August
4th.' including the majority of the
Reichstag fraction, or the governing
committee OF the party, of the party
COMMITTEES and OF the press
The majority of the party" 1t CON
tinues, does not deny the imperiaIis-
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-08-14
VAR HAS SPLIT GERMAN SOCIALIST
PARTY INTOFOUR OPPOSING SIDES

tic character Of the war: il desires to
DO everything to make an early peace
possible, but 1t sees as the only way
TO this end the existence Of similar
feeling in the hostile countries and
the seeking of imperialistic tendencies
net only in Germany, but also to some
degree elsewhere, for example. in Eng
land and Russia. The majority will also
oppose plans of conquest. but not only
III Germany. and considers impossible
any peace which is desired solely BY
Germany and net by the other eoun-
tries. In the moment in which advo-
Gates OF peace raise their voices
abroad the party will recognize its
duty, and the same can be said OF the
moment when il shall no longer be
necessary TO battle for the safety OF
tie FatherIand.
or a faction termed the .Annexion-
lists. the Volkswacht says that they
are merely suspected OF being such by
their political opponents They them
selves do not admit it. but let il be
seen that in their opinion the houn-
daries of today are not established for