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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-12-29
Association Working for Statue
Wants Measure Passed at
Present Session.
$4,000 ALREADY RAISED
Various Patriotic Societies Lehd
Invaluable Assistance to
Movement.

The Clara Barton Memorial Assoc
citation, OF which Mrs. John A. Logan,
OF this city. is president. will On.
deavor during the present session OF
Congress TO have a bill passed pro
viding for a large appropriation for
n suitable memorial TO the founder OF
the Red cdUss IN America.
There IL measure before the House.
proposed by Congressman Dyer OF -.
Louis. asking for an appropriation ~
1900 20 erect a suitable tablet to the
memory OF Miss Barton IN National
Red Cross headquarters here. The pro-
posed bill. according 10 the plans OF
the association. win substitute for tho
Dyer measure.
Petitiess Sent Ost.
The association. according to reso-
luton adopted at its organization last
spring. has sent out n number Of pc
titions to prominent citizens all over
the nation asking for contributions 20
assist In the work.
Already tho responses are coming In
and n total OF 600. exclusive Of vari-
ours amounts pledged. II In deposit In
local banks. The movement has tho
earnest support Of nearly every pa
triotic society In America. according
90 Mrs. Logan. and much valuable as
sistance has been secured through the
work OF these organizations.
No Tribute NJ u. 3. ~
No tribute OF any character was
ever made to Miss Barton by the uni
ted states Government. according TO
Mrs. Logan.
The woman whose work N an angel
OF mercy on the battlefleids OF the
civil. Franco-Prussian and spanish.
American wars and a score OF cataf-
trophies or disasters in various parts
OF the country has gone unrecognizeo
by the National Government
while the association In not opposed
70 the erection OF a tablet In Red
Gross headquarters, the executive com
mittee feels that such q MEMORIAL
would be but n psitry tribute 20 one
OF Americas most distinguished
women.
1t 10 hoped that the tablet will be
erected. but the association plans for
the construction OF q memorial. that
will be devoted solely TO Miss Bar
ton.
Mensrssl TeapSe.
IL is proposed TO have this me
mortal In the form OF a temple. where
the many trophies. medals. and sow
enirs collected by Mas Barton during
her sventfui lifetime may be placed.
Miss Barton was the recipient OF deco,
rations from er,perorr. kings. and
princes, received testimonials OF graft
tude from towns where she assisted In
relief work after disasters, and poe
sessed many letters OF appreciation
from the most iliustrious men OF her
time.
The plans for the memorial have
not vet been drawn. but the infux OF
and the optimism con
cernInE the favorable action OF Con
gress on the proposed measure makes
Il certain that this work will not be
long delayed.
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Strange.

Dan Cupid is a marksman bold.
His bullets are but kisses;
He never makes a miss, Tn told,
He's always making Mrs.
Luke McLuke.
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The Castle.

The Castle. ~
Today the last Of all our dreams came
true.
The last great stone was laid, the las,
fair bower
Draped with rich silks of samarand
for you.,
Your banner flung out from the don.
jon tower.
The rattle OF the vast porticullis
seemed
Majestic symphonies haif-heard. half
dreamed.
vatniy I sought you then, with fear
From moat to .battiement, my own,
my all.
stair after stair ciir'bed. and at
the last.
I found you looking out beyond the
Beyond the tall cliffs where the lone
sea grieves. 49,.
With wide and staring eyes. as In q
.' dream. f'.''F
heard the restless whispering OF
4s- leaves, p 49,.
And the far murmur OF n wandering
%. NJ. Dennis.
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(This 10 the fourth OF series Of re-
vie1s Of the European pdr IN the past
pear, prtftcn for TIC Times bv cor
respondents IN the deid.)
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Smxoootr.
when our diverse ideals. that so MI
>heaven,
with battling gods and solitary
ghosts
Beautiful. noble, pitifui. having
striven
In Mans strong war on all Death
Erlmiy boasts.
storming through sunsets up weird
cloudy coasts,
Bafnsd by midnight. boidened by
merry day.
Embattied by occasion, when these
heats
Camp round our graves, what more
will be 60 say
Words will remain OF us, small
truth. much folly:
n transient flicker OF all the flame
we were
May stir the world awhile TO meian.
choly
or hope or courage. but an, how
briefly stir!
The worms are thorough. what
limbs more Eiysian
VIII then diGest our great. peculiar
WILLIAM ROSE BENEr.
The cost OF monkeys has gone up.
The pink ones always did come high.
Administration prepares 90 change
It's policy In Mexico" says a headline.
There have been 80 many changes
that some OF the old faiiacies are
coming into style again.
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WHATS ON PROGRAM
Many Interesting Events Of lmpor.
snes Are sehsdu'sd.
Today.

Address, From the Mhsissippi 10 Hawaii
John r. clum. First Congregational church'
Lecture ''PythAEoraS Law Of vibrauon--
what Your Name Means" Miss Louise
Cuts Powell. room g. Hotel Portland. 5
Reception and entertainment. Interior DE.
psrtmsnt Hons Club Target Association,
Card party. Teschsrs' club. %, Eleventh
chsis,mas sntsrtainmspt. Mems Club Of Ia
ioma Park EpiseoPzS Church. parish hall,
Msn's clubs OF Presbyterian Church. Easl
Fails Church. Va, 8 D. m.
Lecture. The Problem OF the Races Prof,
Ebert Russell s 81 5eh9 Ts, nosS. uaieT
tng streets northwest. D. IN.
Lecture Cancer. Its Prevention and Treat
msni; DIT w ksn "a lssI s.r PLOT Ss;
81. Johns Church, p IN.
society circus, under auspices OF Riding and
Hunt club Of Washington. At the club. s;is
NUM- AM @om.n's Intsrdsnomina tion.i Mis-.
s,onary 'Union, with address BY Mrs. a.
p. Wiies. OF philadelphia. Public Library.
Concert United States Soldiers Home Band
Orchestra. Stanley Hall. $40 y, m.
Lecture and pictures on Peaks bad Boy"
Boys upiift Club iis Sixth street north
lecture. "rhe Boyhood OF Jesus" Madame
Mountford. Ingram Memorial Church, p,
Rax sumner, Lincoln woman's Relief corps
No g. o. A X. Hall. p. m.
Masonie-capitol, No. II, Royal Arch Masons;
columbia, Royal and Select Masons; Ahnas
Temple Mystic Shrine. kailipoIis drotto
Yelled Prophets.
oSs fsilows.~centrai. No. /; Phoenix. No. =.
Kn,shts Of Pythias-s yracusisns. No. 10;
Rsthbone Temple, No. O. Pythian Sisters.
Knights OF Columbus-Potomac Council
Amuscments.
National Raymond Hitchcock n Betty"
S:I5 y. IN. 49,
Relasco-Annette Kellermann In "a Daugh-
,sT Of the Gods" .:i5 and S;i5 y. m.
Kslth's-Vaudeville, s;i5 and SIS p. IN.
Poli's-''The Old Homestead" s;iS and SIS
Lyceum--Burlesque, 3 and 9 p. m.
2:i5 and s;i5 p. IN.
I,oew's Standardization pictures. 1850 a. m.
strand Photoplays. 10 a, m. to 1880 p. m.
Garden-PhOtoplays. 10 a. m. 10 1880 y. m.
Tomorrow.
Reception 20 Treasury employees by Secretary
McAdoo and Mrs. McAdoo In Treasury
building. II a. m.
n,lI Ecliows-Ianton Washington No, l.
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such Names.

She IL an awkward. gawky girl,
She's naught but skin and bones.
The man who has 60 dance with her
Is full OF signs and groans.
You almost hear her rattle a.
She moves from place TO place,
And yet. a trick OF tickle fate.
Hersparents named her Grace.
William Terry. In 81. Louis Star.
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Amuscnents.


| ReceptIon 20 Treasury employees by Secretary
McAdoo and Mrs. McAdoo. In Treasury
| BUILDING II a. m.
Odd Fellows-Canton Washington, No. l.
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The Italian airmen have REINFORCED
the land and sea fighting. They
have been responsible for successful
aerial bombardments on Trieste, Pola,
Csttaro, Tomezzo, and Sebenico. on
the other hand, enemy aeroplanes
have carried death and destruction to
Verona, Padova, Gorilla, Spezia. and
Venice. They have been followed by
Austrian submarines, which have
bcmbarded Ancona, Bari. Brindisi, Sa-
vonna and Napoloon's Island OF Elba.
Italy's financial and economic arms
against the enemy are now well or
ganized.
u is costing Italy more than $1,000.
OOO day TO do her bit,
Government DEGREES, closing the
cafes and theaters at 1880 and stop.
ping the trolley cars at the same
hcuT. r;~ = part ~ the c~0n0;-,t" nro-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-05-15

UP. "I've-rve come for the pin you
found" with little deprecating ges-
ture.
"Pin?"
Eyes. The pin you picked up in the
shop"
He frowned. st don't seem to I'M
derstand. 1 didn't find a pint
But you picked up something.
Don't you remember-right in front
of that teakwood chart" earnestly.
Right close to where I was standing"
An odd look stole over his face and
he smiled, then suddenly. looked sober.
Yes, 1 see now. But 1 didn't know
you wanted it so much or L should
have returned it. 1 really didn't think
it so very valuable and wanted it.
you meant when you spoke of pin.
would have given it another name.
Here it ISL
His hand went into his pocket and
he held out a tiny tortoise shell comb,
the mate of one in her hair.
Peggy flushed furiously.
rs that what you found?"
Yes. Isn't it what you came for %
mo! You see-I-I-loSt a pin, a
diamond pin today. don't work in the
store. You made a mistake. L was
in seeing about a candlestick, and I
lost my pin. Then I remember seeing
you find something, and recalling your
l. L
very sorry and I beg your pardon.
Good afternoon" She took a step to-
ward the door.
But" he intercepted hastily. I'D
like to help you find your pin! Have
you any idea where you dropped it =?
You're sure it's gone.''
why, yesi think am" running
an investigating hand over her waist.
Then something dropped to the rug
and Cyrus Harding picked it up.
THE pin," cried Peggy, with de-
light. What a goose I've been"
"a very charming goose, whose mis-
fortune has been my gain
But I've done you a dreadful in
justice.''
Never mind that. It was natural
mistake. I'll penalize you by keeping
the comb as keepsake"
And as it turned out the fortune
teller was right, for Peggy did marry
the man who returned her pin
Copyright, 1916. by the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.)
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Jayhawker Jots

1t should not be listed as casualty,
thinks the Salina Journal that the
British lost four generals at Kut.
About the only excitement expert
enced in some towns, points out the
Erie Record, is when the postoffice or
depot is robbed.
Some people who profess to dislike
bagpipe music readily adopt a slogan,
says John Macdonald, in his Western
bagpipe melody.
Related by the Great Bend Tribune:
A little boy was told by his teacher
to read something from primer. The
boy read as follows: This is a worm
doughnut. Step on it, The teacher
looked at the book and this is what
she found: This is a worm. Do not
step on it"
1.-THE hopper time has come and the
red legs do appear" quotes the Car
den City Telegram, and it advises:
And it is now that the up to date
farmer will hunt the patches where
the gang hoppers have Matched, and
dope their ground with poison mix
ture. AS Paris green is higher than
before the war, it will be a saving to
do this. Kill the early hatch and there
will be no later hatch.
Musings of the Village Deacon in
the Osborne County Farmer: 1t doesn't
cut any figure in a financial report if
they do write Hon" before your
name. No trick at all to get
rich. All you have to do is to dis
cover the secret of how it is easier to
save money than to spend it, :.
Every husband fondly imagines that
some day he will be able to tell lie
his wife will believe. When
Mrs. Henry Jason is in a particularly
good humor, she always compliments
Henry on the meal he has just cooked
and offers to wipe the dishes. :.
A good rain at the right time is worth
more to the country than any political
victory. No office with a decent
salary to it ever wore itself out chas-
ing a man.
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QUAKER MEDITATIONs.

From the Philadelphia Record.1
The devil always finds some work
for idle knockers.
Some people learn to do by doing,
others by being done.
Money talks, but it won't always re-
spond to an encore.
A man doesn't have to be a high
flyer to look down on his neighbor.
The under dog realizes that even
sympathy is apt to strike man when
he is down.
Some men bite off more than they
can chew, even to the extent of COM
hitting bigamy.
Some people who marry in haste are
kept so busy that they haven't any
leisure to repent.
The amateur gardener is apt to call
a spade a spade, with a few profane
adjectives thrown in.
Wigg-'That fellow Bjones is of no
earthly use" Wagg-"I suppose
that's why the girls think he is just
heavenly
1.-The love of money is the root of
all evil" quoted the Wise Guy. Yes,
there isn't anything much more crook
ed than the dollar mark" added the
Simple Mug"
Cynicus-"Why do you intend to
elope with her instead of having a
wedding?" Sillicus-"Oh, just be-
cause it's more fun" Cynicus-''Well,
perhaps you are right. Get all the
fun out of it while you can"
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Clio be Sights
BY THE ATCHIsoN GLOBE.

Most of the resolutions are not only
passed but forgotten.
There is never so much going on as
the rumors would indicate.
When some men make a note about
a matter that's the end of it.
Most people talk about observing
economy and let it go at that.
Those backing the losing team do
most of the kicking on the umpire.
If procrastination was a real thief
an Atch-son house would have been
stolen thousand times.
If you are enjoying easy sailing
some one is furnishing it, and very
often that some one is your employer
People may agree on many topics,
but the ms can always rely upon con-
siderable opposition from the outs.
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TARIFF PREPAREDNESS.

Addressing the National Association
of Cotton Manufacturers recently,
Frank A. Vanderlip, of the National
City Bank of New York, and one of
the recognized business experts of the
country, said:
We must buy abroad an increasing
volume of things that we can never
economically produce. We must pay
for them in goods and it should be
our ambition to pay for them in fin
ished goods which represent the
higher achievements of labor rather
than in raw materials
This being so, then the mills turn
ing out those finished goods must
have protective tariff rates of duty or
pay their workmen the European and
Oriental rates of wages. The greater
the development of our manufactur-
ing industries by the policy of protec-
ton, the larger will be the consump-
ton at home of the products of the
American farm, and the greater will
be the volume of our raw materials
worked up at home.
Protection to native industries was
the settled policy of Great Britain up
to 1876. BY that time science and
invention had made it possible for
her to produce more cheaply than
any other nation. the policy of pro-
section was abandoned, and a world
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oTExAs AND cALIFoRNIa.p


This mornings Capital publishes
the following item about the editor of
this paper The compliment. of course,
is appreciated;
Editor MacLennan's able editorial
of month or so ago on good roads
and other attractions in California
told one side of the story, and a
tempting side, which impressed many
mended it to us as what was needed.
Another side appears in the Los An
geles Times.
Here is the comment this paper has
to make at this time: Just now the
State Journal is engaged in an effort
to secure three per cent interest on
city and county balances. These bal
ances are now running around $780,
900, which are on deposit in banks
of this city.
The State Journal is also being pros
ecuted by j. B. Larimer, who is devot-
ing his time and energies in an effort
to secure $4,000 in cash for his client
and discredit the State Journal be-
cause it published a statement, based
on official reports of the labor COM
missioner, the city electrician and 9TH
ers officials, to the effect that the
Grand opera house in this city is I'M
safe Mr.. Larimer is an elder in the
Presbyterian church. His action, of
course, is worthy of our attention. He
has compelled the editor of this paper
to engage lawyers and devote much
time to defending himself at a time
when the city and county need all the
help and all the time the State Journal
can give them to secure their just
dues.
If Mr.. Larimer wants to stand be-
fore this community and his church as
for public entertainments when fire
inspectors and the city electrician and
Governor Cappers labor commissioner
officially declared it unsafe for our
women and children, it is all right
with US. The responsibility is on
jeremiah B. Larimer's head, not ours
This paper is A1so trying to awake
the state to Preparedness, the one
great issue before this country today.
In regard to Takes in California"
which is the heading in the Topeka
Capital over the item above quoted, the
State Journal will give that subject
due attention as soon as some other
matters are little better in hand
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At least a few of the thirty volun-
teer American aviators who are doing
service with the French army corps
around Verdun might come in handy
along the Mexican borders these days
or with the Pershing command in
Mexico. The United States army of
itself is unusually poorly equipped
with aeroplanes for military service,
and most of the few that were avail
able when the pursuit of Villa was I'M
dertaken were so worthless that they
were used up long ago and scrapped.
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Euening Chat
That Little Member
BY RUTH CAMERON.

That Little Member.
We drifted into a talk the other
night about mistakes and someone
said, '1f you could undo three mis-
takes in your whole life, what would
they be ?''
That is what you might call a lead
ing question, isn't it, one that most
of us would hesitate to answer fully :?
But I was glad it was asked, because
when I put it to myself 1 discovered
a fact that interested me-namely,
that two out of the three mistakes 1
of the tongue.
Ask yourself that same question
and see if you do not find the tongue
the greatest offender.
of the unspoken word thou art
master, but the spoken word is mas
ter of thee A class of high school
girls asked me for a motto the other
day. and suggested that. 1 do not
! know of any better reminder for a
group of young people.
To be sure 1 hate secretive folks,
but SO few err on that side.
Most of US, when we are hesitating
between making a confidence and
Donti
For, nine times out of ten, when the
mood of self-revelation that made you
so free spoken has passed, you will
want to recall that confidence, and
alas; all the kings horses and all the
kings men cannot get that spoken
word back again.
On the other hand, if by any chance
you should regret not speaking, you
still have it in your power to speak.
Instead of an irrevocable past, you
have an open future.
The same is true of angry words
and unkind accusations. We almost
never regret not saying them, where
as, over and over again, we regret
having spoken them. Bitter words are
hard to forget. Even when the quar-
rel has been made up, we still remem-
Der the harsh things our antagonist
said in the heat of the moment and
sometimes wonder After all. is that
what he really thinks of me, and IS
his friendlinesS merely a pretense ?"
If you can learn to shut your lips
at the right moment. you have learned
one of the biggest lessons in life. And
always remember that If you don't
speak you still have the future in
which to change your mind and do
otherwise, whereas if you do speak
YOU create an irrevocable past
"Give not thy tongue too much lib
erty A word unspoken is like the
swords in the scabbard. thine. If
spoken. thy sword is in another's
hand-"-CProtected by The Adams
Newspaper Service.)
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wide campaign was entered into to
discourage the adoption by other
countries of the protective policy. in
order that Great Britain might have
free access to their markets.
Germany was able to make but lit
tie Roadway in manufacturing until
Bismarck placed that Empire perma-
nently on a protective basis in 1879.
The German Zollverein, which had
operated for nearly half a century,
had unified Germany. In 1855 the
first successful attack was made on
the tariff schedules of the zollverein
by German free traders, with the aid
of the English Golden, and poverty
and depression were the portion of
Germany for fourteen years there
after. In May, 1879, addressing the
German parliament, Bismarck said:
81 see that the countries which pro-
tect themselves prosper, that the
countries which are open are
declining, and that great and
powerful England, that strong COM
Blatant, who, after Strengthening her
muscles entered the market and said:
Who will contest with me? 1 am
ready for anyone is gradually going
back to protective duties and will in
few years adopt them so far as is
necessary to preserving at least the
English market
On July Z, 1879, d bill passed the
German Reichstag which marked the
return of Germany to the protective
policy to which she has firmly ad-
hered since that date. In his report
made in 1884 the British consul at
Dusseldorf said: These provinces
not only now supply their own and
the requirements of Germany with
products and manufactures, which
some few years ago were imported
from England or elsewhere, but ex-
port these very products and manu-
features not only to the markets of
the world in competition with Eng
land, but to England itself"
Bismarck prophesied well. From
1875 to 1886 the exports of silk manu-
features from Germany increased SS4
per cent; wooden, 296 per cent; cot
ton, 302 per cent; glass, 264 per cent:
paper, 322 per cent; machinery, 26O
per cent; all fully manufactured ar
ticles, 157 per cent Thus was the
protective policy INDICATED in Ger
many, as it has been in the United
States. and will be again. Today Eng
land is in favor of returning to the
policy of protection and protective
schedules are now in course of nren-
aration
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On the Spur
of the Moment
Commencement Time.
By ROY K. MOULTON.


I remember. I remember the day that l
quit school,
1 got nice diploma for minding every rule.
1 was the wisest mortal who ever left the
There was no person like me in all the
human race.
I had old Homer faded and Solomon as
well;
The real reach of my knowledge would take
too long to tell.
And 1 was downright sorry; it really was
shame
That I should have to go out and teach
the world its game,
For l WAS tender hearted and could not
bear to see
The look of jealous anger when people
heard of me.
The teacher, to assure me, was kind enough
to say
The other folks would manage to get along
some way.
l couldn't quite believe him. You see that
WAS before
I'd taken my first toddle outside the col
lege door.
Then l set forth to conquer the poor old
easy world,
With wind and weather charming and
every sail unfurled.
Twas several long years ago, how many.
l forget,
But still 1 don't mind owning the world
amt conquered yet.
l remember, | remember the day that l
quit school:
Since then l have been learning how not to
be fool