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The Washington times., 1916-03-14
Monday Evening Club Lauds Times
for Article on Hospital.

To the Editor OF THE TINES,
Kermit us to thank you for the full
page article which appeared IN Tho
Washington Times on Sunday, March
IL. entitled, "occoquan q Paradise Com.
pared With Refuge Of City's Ill and
Needy"
The Monday Evening Club, as you
Know. Is a strong advocate of new
municipal hospital. We sincerely value
the pains which The Washington Times
mas taken to send a special investiga-
pital to report conditions found there
We sincerely trust that the present ses.
sion OF Congress will provide for a new
institution for the INDECENT sick OF the
District of Columbia. We hope thai
you viii be able to follow up Sundays
alton
The present conditions are deplorable
~ would seem a waste OF money to re.
pair or remodel the present plant
meantime, II is sadly overcrowded, in.
creasing unnecessarily the suffering OF
patients sent to the hospital.
Inc District Commissioners and the
BOARD OF Charities have for years unit.
eo IN request to Congress for an ap.
puoprlaton Tor new municipal hos.
pltal. An estimate for this purpose 4,
now before the House Committee or
hppropriations, and II Is greatly to b,
nopeu that the appropriation will bs
made at this session OF Congress-
VIM. T. UFFORD,
-. president Monday Evening club.
washington, March II
The Washington times., 1916-03-14
THE FUTURE OF THE TROPICS

It would be interesting to know
more than the meager press reports
have brought us, of what Colonel
Roosevelt said in his Port of Spain
speech about the tropics in the
twentieth century. We are assured
that he expressed the belief that
the present century would witness
increasing prosperity in the tropical
regions" Anybody with very little
understanding of what modern sani-
tary and medical knowledge has
done for particular parts of the
tropics, could have said that. Colonel
Roosevelt doubtless said a good deal
more, for few men have had the OPP
portunity to do more for carrying
temperate-zone methods to the trop-
les than has been his lot.
Probably the time will come when
men emancipated from certain ener,
waiting indulgences that are injur.
ious especially in the tropics, will
p. marvel at the records which will
show that mankind had to emigrate
away from the richest parts Of the
earth in order to get a fair start
toward civilization. The very east
Of life in the tropics was bad for the
race until it had established insellec
Aual interests thRt insured n reason
The Washington times., 1916-03-14
LOEW'S COLUMBIA.

The presentation of a series OF Aim
able opportunities for a very pretty and
satisfactory actress forms the principal
feature of For the Defense" the Hec-
tor Turnbull drama in which Fannie
Ward appears as star under the Lasky
management at Loew's Columbia The
alter the first part of this week.
The photoplay was directed by Frank
Reicher, and Miss Ward appears q in
practically every scene.
A timely feature OF the program In
the Burton Holmes traVelogue dealing
with the midshipmen at Annapolis. Tle
pictures are supposed to show a COM
plete days work OF the midshipmen.
beginning with middies at mealtime and
showing them at work and at play,
marching to the classrooms, boat drill,
etc, Although 1t has no connection
with the Annapolis section, the same
film shows the method OF teaching army
aviators to fly at the aviation school
near San Diego.
Some of the machines that are shown
in this picture, 1t Is understood, will be
used by the Pershing expedition into
Mexico and the methods of teaching the
made interesting on that account, The
program also includes a Gilbert sill
houtte picture on the evils of the drink
habit in comedy form.
Thursday, Friday, and Saturday Con-
stance Collier will be seen in the second
of her film starring vehicles, THE Code
of Marcie Grey Tie story deals with
n problem of high finance and modern
society.
The Washington times., 1916-03-14
THE UNDERLYING MEANING

Down to the hour Of 3:45 a. m. on
Sunday, March 5, the street rail-
ways Of Washington have conducted
their operations on the theory tina,
the employers were the absolute die
tators Of all policies, methods, and
rights. They were everything, their
employees were nothing, so far az
concerned the right to determine
conditions Of employment and oper-
alton.
At that hour, when the street rail-
way officers signed the memoran-
dunn Of the first agreement for al
justment Of the strike, new view
became dominant. This view was
attested by the assent Of the COM
panies to confer, to mediate, II nee
essary to arbitrate, their differences
with their men. It recognized a
community, partnership, mutual
ity Of interest and Of right in de-
termination of these questions that
had not heretofore been conceded.
Recognition in this regard was
granted, in that first memorandum
only temporarily and to meet an ex-
igency. But one week later, in the
signature Of the final agreement un-
der which the strike was definitely
settled and differences adjusted
there was a capitalization Of this
new policy into permanence. 1t was
then that the companies not only
granted substantial demands Of the
men, but they agreed in future to
deal with the men, in organized ca
pacity, through grievance commit
tees; to recognize the men in this or.
ganized capacity. They did not, in
deed, formally recognize the union
but they did accept the fact that the
men shall hereafter constitute q
community in interest, to deal and
be dealt with as a unity.
Violation Of the letter or spirit Of
such an agreement, once it has beer
established, is not to be expected
from either side. Nowadays the
presidents, the models, the exam
pies, are all too common; the public
assumes such working arrangements
to be logical, even an obvious fea-
ture of the properly adjusted rela.
tions between employer and en-
ploye. The old master-and-servan'
rule, placing all power, responsible
ity, and authority on the. one side, il
ended. 1t is a great industrial and {
very great social gain for the Dis
trict of Columbia.
The Washington times., 1916-03-14

able concern for It's improvement and
development. Those interests are
now insured, and they are the guar
antee that man may dare return to
his native abode in the sunny climes,
in confidence that his manifold needs
will keep him busy at reasonably
useful occupations. Living there will
be easier; Il will have TO be; and
there will be more time for thinking.
II is just matter of waiting for the
time when mental activity shall have
become 80 natural, so ingrained, that
1t will counteract the tendency to
physical torpor.
So far as concerns the merely
bodily dread Of the tropics, by reason
Of special diseases native to those
regions, the danger is already past.
The average public health in Panama
was about, II not quite, the lowest in
the world generation ago; now II
is higher than in American cities and
far higher than in our rural districts.
Manila, Havana, the Straits Settle
ment and many other tropic or sub
tropic communities have demon
strated this same possibility Of maxi
ing the tropics not only safely habit
able but highly desirable for resi-
dence. With their superabundant
productiveness, the tropic regions
need only to be subdued and brought
under control to make them sustain
a new and splendid civilization AID a
population so vast that the posi-
bilities Of the temperate zones in
this regard will one day seem
meager.
The Washington times., 1916-03-14
OUR MUNITIONS PREPAREDNESS

Il was a mere coincidence but OF
prodigious import nevertheless that
while the German and the French
artillery in France was hurting shots
necessarily last week by the thou
sands Of tons an hour, cargoes OF
ammunition were going to the allies
from our harbors in veritable fleets.
In single day there sailed from the
port Of New York alone nine large
ships deeply laden with shells, pow
der and other explosives. In the
whole week ending with last Satur-
day the exports from New York
were more than $4,000, 900; and Of
that huge sum by far the greater
proportion was munitions.
In this ocean ferrying Of supplies
from our factories to the battlefelds
Of Europe it necessarily must happen
that as the great fleet of carriers
steams westward to take in such car
goes of munitions our exports must
fall. And as those ships are putting
out again, filled from lower hold to
deck, our exports must rise. It may
be that last week capped the climax
of our deliveries of powder and shot
to the allies; but the steadily de-
veloped capacity of munition factor
les which could load so many ships
in cur ports as fast as they. arrived
is Of vastly greater significance than
could ever be expressed in the mere
dollar and cents value Of such trade.
Through supplying the needs of
belligerents on the other side of the
Atlantic, in truth we have reached
such a stage OF preparedness in
capacity to turn out the weapons of
war that we might not have attained
otherwise in generations. 1t is q
sure thing that if we should have to
go to war we should be able now to
make our powder, shot, and shell in
a sufficient quantity for the require
ments of a great war.
The Washington times., 1916-03-14
GARDEN,

The name OF "Honor's Atari is about
the only feature OF the Triangle's leading
photoplay OF the Garden program this
week Which does, not represent an ex-
traordinary achievement in motion pic
ture presentation. The acting of Bessie
barriscale. Lewis Stone, and Walter
Edwards represents the best there 10
In the art or the picture drama today,
and the story OF the play offers them
opportunities the director encouraged
with the production he gave them.
In spite of the name, "Honor's Altar
comes very near to being the best
photoplay the Triangle company has
produced, and a Justification for its eX-
istence, even II II had not done quite a
lot of very interesting things heretofore.
Tho story Is that of a man who thinks
his wife has not climbed with him to
the heights of financial and social sue
cess, although she has really been one
of the biggest factors OF his progress.
lie hires a man to make love to her.
Her loyalty awakens the spark of de-
cency In the hireling, and instead of
breaking up the home he makes 1t his
business to send the husband back TO
his wife. Bessie Barriscale has the part
of the wife, Walter Edwards plays the
husband, and Lewis Stone is the IN
truder. The play will be repeated to-
day. The secondary feature is Ford
force comedy ellis Pride and His
Shame"
Tomorrow and Thursday Henry b,
Walthall and Edna Mayo will be seen
in the fourth episode of The Times
serial story. THE Strange Case OF
Mary Page" with Miriam Nesbitt and
Marc MacDermott in the second fea-
| ture, "rhe Cats Paw" Friday and
saturday While Collier will be the star
ard BUTLER will be presented in the
W. 3. l.. u. release, Gods OF Fate"
The Washington times., 1916-03-14
UNARMED NEUTRAL SHIPS, TOO

\ After all the turmoil and passion
with which Congress has been deal
ing with the question of American
citizens on armed ships, we now have
a startling demonstration of the fit
that armed ships and unarmed ihips,
belligerent ships and neutral ships,
belligerent ships carrying neutral
citizens or neutral ships carrying
neutral citizens, all look alike
through the periscope of a subma-
rine.
Undoubtedly the Silius was not
armed. Beyond question she was
neutral. She was flying the Nor
wegian flag. She had American citi-
zens aboard. But she was torpedoed.
She was torpedoed without warning.
If the American citizens were rCt
killed their escape is not to the credit
Of the submarine. The undersea
craft offered them no chance for
their lives. They might have b6Pn
wiped out of existence, SO far as the
action of the submarine was con-
cerned. ..-
That's what all this t9lk about
armed merchantmen amounts to-
just one more excuse wanted for let
ting submarines run amuck against
anything and everything, ships that
are armed and ships that are I'M
armed, ships of an enemy and ships
Of friend.
Under the new Berlin doctrine, il
this country had been mad enough to
accept it, every submarine com
mander guilty of an atrocity against
defenseless noncombatants would
have put in the plea that he believed
the ship he torpedoed was AIMED
though it might not have had re
volver aboard, believed it was undel
orders to attack the submarine, be
lieved an attack was being made
upon the submarine.
There never was more dangerous
proposal before the United State
! Congress than the warning resSiu
The Washington times., 1916-03-14
TnR AGREEMENT WITH MEXICO

The Washington Government has
done the right thing In agreeing that
Mexican armed forces may in case
of necessity cross the international
border in pursuit of bandits. Mexico
indicated its willingness to grant
the permission provided the United
States should make it reciprocal; and
Washington has promptly responded
in the only way that could fairly be
expected to satisfy Mexican sensi-
bilities. It is altogether improbable
that under this mutual arrangement
a single Mexican soldier will set foot
on American soil; but it is perfectly
possible that conditions might arise
in which it would be highly impor
tant that they possess the right.
Supplementing the courteous as
surance to Mexico on this point, the
President has issued renewed assur-
ance that Mexican sovereignty will
not be endangered in any wise by
American operations in Mexico.
Rather, it is explained by Secretary
Lansing in behalf Of the President,
what is now being done is deliber-
ately intended to preclude the posi-
bility of intervention"
Only time and experience will
show to what extent the two govern.
ments win be able to cooperate in
the campaign for determination OF
bandits. Mexico has come at length
to its great opportunity to rehabili'
tate itself. If the Mexican people
will accept American assurances II
the spirit in which they are given
and if the Carranza government will
demonstrate effective purpose o.
cleaning up the country, there will
not be much delay in finishing tn,
task. Probably it will require
months to complete the eradication
of all outlawry; but the assurance
of real cooperation will make tn,
outcome certain and ought to insur'
that there will be no general mis-
understanding on the part of thu
Mexican people. The business will
be an affair of policing rather thar
q war.
The Washington times., 1916-03-14
Heart-Gripping Drama Ably
Presented BY Stock Com
pany This Week.
KEEPS AUDIENCE TENSE
Little Helen Hayes Brown Dis
plays Versatility ip Role Of
Doris.

II three hours OF gripping. beart-twist-
Ing drama is any measure of the ex-
cellence OF a modern play, Elmer Reiz-
enstein has won the right TO be hailed
n master playwright. ION Trial" pre-
scented by the Poll Players last night.
not only tells a story in an unusual
way. but eniists the detective powers
OF each person in the audience In
awarding the final verdict.
At first thought. the very foundations
OF dramatic technique seem to be vio-
lated by the manner of presentation.
Unless he were more than usually con-
vincing, a dramatist would scarcely
dare TO begin the action OF a play with
courtroom scene several months after
a murder has been committed.
Mr.. Relzenstein, beginning at this
point, takes each act back still further
than its predecessor, presenting incl
dents that have already occurred. This
has been done so skilfully that the
spectator automatically begins to do
detective work OF his own. and is huge
iy satisfied as each puzzling bit OF evil
dence Is explained.
Dual Demand on Characters.
Such a story must needs make dual
In fact. the defendant, his wife and
child play practically double roles. each
distinct in conception and treatment.
In the case of the defendant there
was the picture Of the hagRard. broken
man In the courtroom. contrasted with
the gay. almost irresponsible young
father jubilatinE over . successful
business trip. The wife's double role
las 80 ha
pale woman telling of her past must
| change in an instant to the girl whose
story she is relating.
To the role OF Strickland. the defend
given much careful study. Through
| the majority of the courtroom scenes
he is silent. with the exception OF a
cry when his daughter is brought TO
testify. and a few brief REPLIES at the
oner nervously gripping the table was
\ a definite Characterization. The scene
with his little daughter In his own
home was appeahngly done. with 10
suggestion OF the revelation that was
to change his life SO soon.
Miss Brown Excellent as Doris.
Miss Florence Rittenhouse also con-
veyed a sense of reainess in her con-
trssting pictures of the self-sacrihcing
mother and the seventeen-year-cld girl
. at the inn. The quick changes OF mood
demanded almost more OF her than Of
Mr.. Van Buren,.
! Miss Helen Hayes Brown was an ex-
cellent Doris. She too, had ample OPP
portunity to show her ability as an
emotional actress. and was quick at
bridging the transition from the happy
little girl who had just been promoted.
to the heartbroken youngster demand
Ing her mother.
Others in the cast were Ben Taggart,
| n Rha
Friderici, as his wife; John Kline, as
| the district attorney: Eugene Desmond.
as the secretary; Cecil Bowser, as the
physician: Howard Lang. as the de-
fendant's counsel. and ]. Hammond
| Daley as the foreman of the Jury.
The changes from the court room to
the scenes concerning which testimony
was being offered, were managed with
the smallest possible interruption to the
| action OF the play.
The Washington times., 1916-03-14
noCn DER FREE IRELAND I

It is good and beautiful and inspir-
ing to note the splendid campaign
that the "Fatherland" is making for
free Ireland after the war shall
end, The "Fatherland" dearly loves
Ireland, or at least those American
Irish who represent the anti-British
prejudice of a generation and two
generations ago, and have been in
nowise reconstructed on modern
lines. "Hail to the Irish republic,
shouted the "Fatherland," in ecstasy
over the proceedings of the recent
Irish race conference in h large New
York hotel. The conference declared
unalterable opposition to England
which so edited the "Fatherland'
that it INDUCES this marvellous edi,
torial comment:
Germany cannot be regarded as
pro-Irish. but the freedom of the
seas can be guaranteed only by the
freedom OF Ireland.
Precisely what the "Fatherland'
means by that is not any clearer thar
Missouri mud, but we guess it mus
be so; anyhow the Netherlands
followers will be glad to believe il
without bothering to consider what
it may mean. AS to the statement
that Germany cannot be regarded
as pro-Irish," it is possible to grasI
the intention; with 100000 Irisl
troops in the war, and with Irish Of
ficers numerous, out of all decen
proportion. in the higher ranks o.
the British service, it can reason
ably be imagined that Germany can
not be regarded as pro-Irish." No
quite.
The Netherlands" concern for ,
free Ireland is touching. 1t is s,
busy freeing Ireland that it hasn'
time to worry about the restoration
of Belgium, of Alsace-Lorraine, O
Poland, of Serbia. But Ireland mus
and shall be free; whether it ha
sense enough to want freedom o
not!
The Washington times., 1916-03-14
princess Tra-La-La" Produced
BY Andreas DIPPED Wins
First-Nighters.
MUSIC PROVES DELIGHTFUL
Phyllis Darlington, In the Title
Role, and George Baldwin
Score.
RINCEsS TRA-LA-LA," a
three-act Viennese operetta.
was presented last night Mt

~ RINCEss TRA-LA-LA," a
VII three-act viennese operetta.
was presented last night Mt
the National Theater. An
dream D,ppei, the producer. In to be con-
0ra,,,,ated on the choice Of his cast.
while TO the composer of the music. Leo
Ascher, IL due much OF the credit Tor
making the audience completely forget
the passage OF time.
sFcighteen musical numbers given dur
ing the course Of the three acts in
clude several airs Of exceptional grace
and melody, offset by more "jingly'
numbers remarkable for their tunefui-
ness. Supporting these numbers. which.
by the way, actually had an excuse
for being interpolated. was a simple
but coherent plot.
The fact that the whole series of COM
ing events 10 not thrown at the audi
ence in one huge bite in the first act,
may account for the ease with which
the piece II mentally assimilated. Am
pie opportunity to focus the attention
on the really excellent music Is given.
Act successfully presents and agree
ably completes the love affair OF the
soubrette. Molly Dominik. played by
Emmy Nicklass. This young woman.
together with George Baldwin, who, in
the play. Is her friend. counselor. and
music teacher, Mkt. destined to fall in
love with the Princess Tra-La-La.
provides a large part OF the comedy
Of the peace. AS Molly. Miss Nicklass
is quite reserved and charming In the
first part of the first act. but as the
play progresses she gradually throws
her reserve to the winds. keeps on her
charm, and adds to IL a fund of energy
which seems inexhaustible.
She is the daughter of an alderman,
destined to marry a rich innkeeper by
the name of Plunder. but already much
best friend is Hiki, her music teacher,
and through his efforts she is enabled.
by the end Of Act / to obtain. with
her sweetheart, the Silver Lion Inn,
and to 20 there a bride.
Mkt forwards the money for the pur-
chnse OF the inn on the strength of
obtaining a contract for his opera. but
is disappointed. Act 2 shows them
Niki as the waiter. Into this scene
comes the princess Tra-La-La," OF
princess Marie" played by Phyllis
Partington. OF course, she falls in love
with Mkt, straightens out all the diff
ficulties, and installs him in the palace
as music teacher Just In time for Act 3
Here he If at last TO see his beloved
married to another. With tears In her
eyes, a wedding gown on her back. and
love In her heart. Princess Tra-La-La
gives him his contract and tries to pro-
coed to her marriage. But before she
has taken many steps, she casts heT
bridal bouquet TO the ground. and hur-
ries to Niki's arms. In time to make
an excellent curtain at the psychology
cal moment Minor parts are we'll cast
while Miss Darlington. George Baldwin
and Emmy Nicklass entertain mos
agreeably in major roles. f. Y.
The Washington times., 1916-03-14
THE JUVENILE COURT BILL

It would be the part Of wisdom, as
we'll as simple gratitude, If District
citizens were always as anxious to
express praise for what Congress
does for Washington as blame for
what it fails to do.
For its careful, intelligent, and
earnest debate about the provisions
Of the Juvenile Court bill yesterday
the Capital owes the House much
thanks. The bill was important, not
only because it seeks to reorganize
the Juvenile Court here, but because
it embodies the results of a years
study by experts and purports to be
a model juvenile court law which the
States may copy.
Especial thanks are due Congress
man Warren Gard of Ohio for his
careful analysis of many sections of
the bill, and for his sponsorship of
amendments which helped to perfect
it. Likewise Congressman Mann of
Illinois who is fairly busy with ma
tional matters, paused to make an
able defense of one of the most i'm
portant features Of the measure, that
providing that records may, at the
discretion of the Judge, be withheld
from "indiscriminate public inspec-
ton"
The revised bill, as presented yes
terday by Congressman Tinkham of
Massachusetts, and Endorsed by the
District Committee, went through
with its essential parts untouched,
and bids fair to be passed at the
present session. When a session Of
Congress can give to the District
such an intelligent and progressive
model law as this, it helps to atone
for many shortcomings.
The Washington times., 1916-03-14

lions which have been put out Of the
way in the Senate and in the House.
There never was proposal that
more gravely threatened to do the
very thing the proposers wished to
avoid-to plunge this country into
war-because, with fewer and fewer
restraints upon the submarines, their
misdeeds and crimes would multiply
until 1t would be impossible for any
nation with vestige Of self-respect
to refrain from striking back.