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The Washington times., 1916-08-09

hide to stand up in the light of day
and try to justify the employment of
children who ought to be getting
wise and strong in school.
The professors overlooked, how
ever, a very plain fact in American
progress. That fact is that public
opinion is not shocked any more by
the old constitutional cry. The opin-
ion of the country is that we should
have such a child labor bill as will
soon become law. Congress has got
to yield to that opinion and pass the
bill. Maybe the Supreme Court will
find it unconstitutional, but If 1t does
the same public opinion will amend
the Constitution, as II did in the
case of the direct election of Sem
ators.
We are very rapidly becoming one
nation, rather than forty-eight ma
tons. We are very rapidly doing
such things as prohibiting the en-
ployment Of children, on the broad,
general ground of public policy-the
benefit Of society. Whatever our ex-
listing machinery may be, we are 60
ing to continue, and if the machinery
won't operate in response to our de-
sires, we are going to scrap it and
set up new machinery. There are
still number of gentlemen in pub
lie life who seem to be ignorant of
these facts. Maybe they are too old
or too thoroughly grounded in con-
servatism to yield gracefully, but II
they don't, they will find themselves
yielding ungracefully.
The Washington times., 1916-08-09
TWO.DAY OUTING FOR ONE
DOLLAR

One dollar will keep a child ct
Camp Good Will for two days. 1t
should not be necessary to add any
thing to that statement. All Wash
ingtonians know what Camp Good
Will is, that delightful, cool, health
full outdoor home for Riddles in the
upper end of Rock Creek Park. All
Washingtonians know that Camp
Good Will is supported by contribu-
tions from a charitable and humane
public. What all Neutrality-suspicious.
don't know is that the camp needs
more money in order to take care of
all the children that deserve the
outing. Having conveyed that infor-
mstion, together with the fact that
a dollar will keep one kiddy ut the
camp for two days, surely enough
has been said.
Checks should be made payable to
John Joy Edison, Treasurer, WASH
ington Loan and Trust Building.
The Washington times., 1916-08-09
THE POLICE ATHLETIC CARNIVAL

The announcement that the police
Of Washington are to follow the ex-
ample of the departments of New
York, Chicago, Philadelphia, and
other cities and hold an athletic car
nival is to be highly commended.
There is no class of men in the
employ Of the city whose physical
condition it is so necessary to con-
serve and improve, and there is no
better way than by adding the in
centive of competition to exercise.
The New York police force has pro-
duced athletes of worldwide repu-
tation and Washington has the same
opportunity lessened only by the
comparatively fewer men.
The cause for which the games
are to be held, that of increasing
the reserve fund of the Police Re-
lief Association, is worthy of the
support of every citizen. There is
widespread interest in the police
force and there is no better way of
evidencing it than by giving indorse-
ment and aid to the proposed ath-
letic carnival.
The Washington times., 1916-08-09
THE CROP REPORTS

Bad weather, plant diseases and in
sects are the accorded reasons for the
reduced showing of the wheat, corn,
and oat crop summarized in yester-
days Government report.
The predictions show a loss in the
estimated crops of 105,0OO,0OO
bushels Of wheat, 100000 bushels
of corn, and 100000 bushels of
oats. The total crop of wheat is now
placed at 654 100000 bushels with a
prospective home demand of &C.,
100000. There is, however, a big
carry over supply of 1915 wheat
that will bring the total 1916 supply
up to figure more nearly normal.
The bumper crop Of last year was
a great thing for the farmers. A
billion bushels is a mouth filling
phrase, and it is pocket filling yield.
This years wheat crop has been ex-
ceeded eleven times during the past
fifteen years. This seasons yield of
corn is, however, 100000 more
than the average for the past five
years. II we can't have wheat
bread we can at least have all the
corn bread we want, and if the
American people ate more coarse
bread made from maize instead of
the finer breads they would be bet
ter off.
The effects of the cut in production
together with the continued bottling
up of the great crops of Russia by
the impassability of the Dardanelles
will be increased prices and high
er cost of that part of living which
depends on grains. But the farmers
are rejoicing. 1t means added luxu-
ries for them, more automobiles,
more trips to the cities, more of the
The Washington times., 1916-08-09
"vIcTORY OR EXILE"

Early in the war the Kaiser in a
public statement ANNOUNCED that
"this war for me means either VIC
tory or exile"
II is quite proper that the sug-
gestion Of a peace in which the fam
lily of Hohenzollern shall not have a
part should emanate from France.
Joseph Reinach, Of Paris, is the
author of the suggestion, and he
may have been influenced by the
fact that in one century the soldiers
of Germany deposed two French
Emperors and sent them into politi-
cal oblivion.
In 1916, after Waterloo, Bluecher
emphatically favored the execution
of Napoleon rather than exile, and
had his advice prevailed st. Helena 8
reputation would have rested upon
its difficulties as a harbor rather
than as the temporary home Of the
Little Corsican.
In 1870 Sedan saw the capture Of
Napoleon the Third by the forces Of
Won Moltke, and that monarch, to-
gether with his wife, Eugenic, now
still alive, were both condemned to
see France no more.
1t is not past comprehension that
Joffre, should he lead the flags of
France down Inter den Linden,
would have these two incidents in
mind and pay Bluecher in his own
coin by demanding the exile Of Will
helm and his family apd the wiping
out of the reign and power of the
family of Hohenzollern.
The Washington times., 1916-08-09
LEATHER SHOES TO DISAPPEAR ?

The Importance of shoes as an
article Of dress is shortly to become
a matter of more attention than
clothes or hats. The reason for this
is that the price Of shoes, advancing
as it must, is going to make foot
wear made of leather a matter 81
luxury. The present condition OF
the leather market and the prospec-
tive supply, the permanent supply,
will shortly warrant the retailer in
asking $40 and $12 for the same
quality of goods Mat formerly sold
for 81 and S..
The decadence of the cattle in
dustry in this country and abroad,
the elimination of such countries as
Mexico as producers of hides, the
ever increasing demand as against
the decreasing supply will account
for the tremendous increase in the
cost of shoes that every manufac-
turer and dealer unwillingly pre-
diets.
Russia, which furnished a very
considerable quantity Of the finer
calfskins, has not shipped a skin
into the American market for
months. And instead Of there being
a big surplus of leather in Russia, as
might be expected, the American
consuls reporting from the Russian
leather centers say that there. is a
scarcity of tanned skins and no
stored product upon which to draw.
All this means that II men and
women are to clothe their feet some
satisfactory substitute for leather
will have to be devised. Already a
substitute for sole leather has been
made from a combination of fiber
and rubber, and tremendous
amount of used automobile tires and
other high class used rubber is
being turned into shoe bottoms. As
yet, however, nothing of the tex
ture of leather has been devised
that answers the requirements FOR
the uppers or tops of the shoes.
Cotton canvas has been used to
a considerable extent for summer
wear, but is quite out of the question
in the winter and under conditions
where impervioucness 20 water is q
consideration.
For centuries. however, the Chi
nese wore shoes of fabric, and even
now only small percentage of
the natives even in the colder por-
tions of the country ever wear any
thing else. 1t would seem, there
fore, that if the predictions Of
leather manufacturers and shoe re-
tailers are even half realized we
will shortly be learning from the
ingenious Orientals how to dress our
feet, neatly, cheaply, and satisfac-
torily.
The Washington times., 1916-08-09
MUSIC SUFFERS. IN
DEATH OF MRS. SIMON
Gifted and Accomplished Musi-
clan Mourned by Wide Circle
of Friends.

In the sudden passing away OF Mrs.
Otto Torney Simon. whose funeral
takes place this afternoon. Washing
ton has sustained a loss that Will be
felt most deeply throughout the mu-
sic world here. Mrs. Simon was in
the midst OF an active music season
In Colorado Springs. Col, where she
and her husband had taken a bunga-
low for the summer. when she was
stricken with q heart attack which
eliminated fatally on last Saturday.
On the Thursday previous. Mrs. ST.
mon was the pianist at the third Of .
series Of six musicales arranged by
her and given under the auspices Of
the Colorado Sprinss Musical Club at
University Hall. The program OF this
third concert reached here only Mon
day. with comment on the success OF
the ensemble playing OF strings and
piano. with Mrs Simon at the plano.
The selections given at this recital
Widor suite for Trio" and the petite
Suite" BY Debussy. At an earlier re-
cital the novelty number was the
P PsTfs FoR sons nseh Of prov.d
tremendous success. attracting a large
and distinguished audience.
Her Rich Personality.
Possessed OF a rich personality. Mrs.
simons influence will remain both an
uplift and an Inspiration to many
throughout the cultural world OF the
National Capital. 1t Is as musician.
teacher. scholar. and writer that the
world Is to know the name Anne ST.
k.l- -
art world not alone by virtue OF her
musical profession. but by the very
fneness and depth OF her perceptions.
which have been made permanent by
he labors this summer. She wrote in
a letter. late In July. that among her
other activities she had collected, ar
ranged. and typed all the notes and
observations she had made for years
on her teaching, technic, etc, and
that she was busy revising them.
Again. in the realm OF literature. Mrs.
Simon had but recently published-ln
the spring number OF Poet Lore" a
magazine of letters devoted to poetry
and drama-'An Appreciation on
Giovanni Pascoli. modern Italian poet.
In which her analysis shows such in
sight that in few pages she reveals
withal his touch with the march of
events. True Interpretation In music
and an understanding for the revela-
ton in a poets lines seem uncommonly
related in this appreciation by Mrs.
Simon.
An Interpreter of Poets.
A concluding paragraph speaks elo-
quently to us now. She writes: II al
ways have the feeling in reading his
poetry that he had constantly before
him a thought that Victor lingo once
expressed. We are all condemned. I'M
der sentence of death. but with an in
finite sort OF reprieve.' In his 'reprieve'
Pascoli strove for two things-to touch
Nature as intimately as possible, and to
construct fairy palaces OF exquisite
thought for his refuge from the Welt
schmerz."
To Washington the music activities OF
the Motel Choral Society. Of which her
husband IL the director, are closely link
ed with Mrs. Otto Torney Simon. for she
has labored faithfully for them. as &C.
companist. through both rehearsals and
concerts.
The Washington times., 1916-08-09
A FEW HITTERS NEEDED

Do not allow disappointment at
the decline of the Nationals in the
percentage column to blind you to
the fact that the American League
pennant race is about the most re-
markable contest in the annals of
professional baseball. Look at the
standing of the top team tits too
risky to call it by name, for it
changes overnight), and then look at
the percentage of Washington; then
do little sum in subtraction and
you will find that less than 100 points
represent the differences of the first
seven cities. With due allowance to
the wisdom of the sporting editor,
we crave indulgence to observe that
nothing like it has occurred SO late
in any season.
OF course, no one but the widest
optimist believes we still have a
look-in for the rag, but it is pleasant
to reflect that we are parties to that
kind of battle. When the obvious
universally known fact that II takes
batters to win pennants is finally
jimmied into the head of the Wash
ington management, and few 300
hitters are signed, the faithful, long
suffering fans of the National Capt.
tai may, for the first time, unite
hope with expectation.
The Washington times., 1916-08-09
CABINET HITS BACK
ON HUGHES CHARGES
kilograms Sent to Him Calling
for Retraction Of Civil Serv.
ice Accusations.

That part OF one of Charles +.
Hughes speeches in Detroit in which he
accused the Democratic Administration
Of having violated the civil service law
reused President Wilson and his Cab!-
net and resulted in the sending Of Of
ficial kilograms direct to Mr.. Hughes
In which he was pointedly told that ne
had made unfounded statements AMI
was asked to correct them.
The anger Of Administration officials
was directed particularly to the state
ments Of Mr.. Hughes regarding the ap.
pointment OF E. Lester Jones. OF Vir-
sinia. who was referred to by the Re-
publican candidate as AN excellent
stock breeder and veterinary surgeon"
as superintendent Of the Coast and
Geodetic Survey. and the alleged rc-
nnoval Of employees Of that branch OF
the Government. according to Mr..
Hughes. In opposition to the Civil Ser
vice Commission.
One telegram sent to Mr.. HuEhes was
signed nv Edwin F. Sweet. acting Sec
retarv OF Commerce. whose department
detic Survey He told Mr.. Hughes that
pr. o. II. Tittman had retired volun-
tarilv from the supcrinterdcncv NJ the
survey on account OF illness. and that
Ar. Jones. VINO WAS not u veterinary
surgeon had made a record for ef-
hciencv rs deputy commissioner Of Ash
cries. md had been selected to succeed
DR.. Tlttman for that ason.
Secretary Redfeld. who Is at Bling
ha mton. n. ". sent a telegram 10 Jo-
seph p. Tumultv. Secretary to the
President. branding Mr.. Hughes state
ments as false and Misleading. and also
a similar one to Mr.. Hughes.
Mr.. Hughes had said ut Detroit that
in the wear ended in April about loi
persons in the Coast and Geodetic Sur
vey had been taken from under the pro-
lection OF rhe civil service laws and that
the place. of about sixty-two were flled
in opposition TO the advice OF the Civil
Service Commission. III denying this
acting Secretary Sweet told Mr.. Hughes
ONLY fftv Appointments were made to
the survey during the wear. and that
thirty-eight OF these Appointments were
made with the approval OF the Civil
Service Commission. and that during the
lncumbencv OF Mr.. Jones not a single
appointment was made In the survey
without the commissions advice.
II was said after the Cabinet meet
ing that II was the intention to check
up on all charges against the Admins
tration made bv Mr.. Hughes and that
misstatements would be corrected.
The Washington times., 1916-08-09
A,cAMPAI0N PORTRAIT

Readers who are following the de-
velopments Of the Hughes campaign
since he started West cannot help
being impressed, first. by the
straightforwardness and simplicity
of the appeal that he Is making to
the people and, secondly, by the ex-
traordinary reception that is being
accorded him and his utterances
even in the face of hot weather con-
ditions that make mass meetings far
from being physically pleasurable
occasions.
Mr.. Hughes at Detroit summarized
the Wilson Administrator in TWEEN
ty-one words. It was an outline pic
ture, but it was a faithful portrait:
This Administration has written
such a record that no matter what II
says you don't know whether It will
respect 1t.
That tells the whole story. Mr..
Wilson doesn't know, the people of
Europe don't know, Mexico doesn't
know, and. worst of all, the Ameri-
can public doesn't know.
Yesterday at Chicago $4,000 peo-
pie crowded the Coliseum while 5000
more were turned away and had no
chance to hear the candidate declare
that
II anything In this campaign 10
real II is that we are now facing
the question whether we want words
or whether We want deeds; whether
we want that which Is written and
spoken, or whether we want Ameri-
can action in the interests of the
American people. worthy OF the
American name. maintaining the
American honor and buttressing the
prosperity Of the United States.
1t is small wonder that after that
declaration the Democratic managers
decided that things had got to be
speeded up, that the Republican
campaign was getting too long o
lead to be caught if they wasted
a month more in deciding what
should or what could be done.
But the difficulty which the Demo-
cratic managers face is this: You
can't explode powder without fire. A
man may apply the match, but it
is the flame that does the work. Mr..
Hughes may present the facts, but
it is the facts themselves that con-
vince and convert. What Mr.. Wilson
and his advisers lack are facts that
appeal. They have facts, but they
are of the wrong brand, they are
not the kind that will serve to re-
elect Mr.. Wilson. That is the reason
for the progress of Mr.. Hughes and
the delay of Mr., Wilson.
The Washington times., 1916-08-09
THE STAFF OF LIFE

The announcement of the local
bakers that there is no intention on
their part to increase the price or
diminish the size of the scent loaf
Of bread will be met with approval
and relief by the housewives Of
Washington. In very many Of the
cities there have been notifications Of
one or the other or both. although
the decrease in the size of the loaf is
usually made without any publicity.
The rise in the costs of flour and lard
and other constituents of the staff of
life makes the increased price Of
bread not unwarrantable and the
Washington bakers show a most
commendable spirit in delaying the
raise as long as possible.
The Washington times., 1916-08-09

A story is told Of Mr.. Gourlay. a we'll
known Glasgow citizen, who took to
the game OF golf rather late In life,
that he was one day playing over his
favorite links with a strange caddie
In attendance. He was pernaps dong
rather better than usual. but In a mo-
ment OF exuberance he turned to the
bearer Of the clubs and asked the time
honored question:
"You have seen worse players than
me on the links. my boy7"
repeated his question.
"well." said the caddie. I'm new to
the course. and don't know many Of
the players. But from what they tell
call Gourlay and I think he must be
worse than you."-Golhng.
The Washington times., 1916-08-09
FAKE SALES TO 90

The House has passed the fake
auction bill and the same sort of ac-
ton by the Senate will be distinct
service to the citizens of the District.
The Times has fought increasingly
for legislation of this sort. No other
city in the country needed it more.
No other city gave so wide license to
these commercial sharks. With the
Affirmative action Of the Senate
Washington can begin a vigorous
house cleaning so far as this par
ticular class of undesirables is con-
earned.
The Washington times., 1916-08-09
Loew's Columbia.

Beginning tomorrow and for the re-
ma!nder Of the week dainty Marguerite
Clark will be seen in pictures at Loew's
Columbia In Little Lady Eileen"
Eileen is Irish. with all the rare charm
and all the imaginative gifts OF the
Irish. and she believes in fairies with
all Of her heart and soul. y
And whv shouldn't she? II II were
not for them how would she ever have
found her true love and how would she
ever have been rescued from the i'm
postor who married her for her money
when she never knew she had any her.
self? Only the good fairies could have
brought big Stanley Churchill to her
when she never knew that he existed
and only the elfs Of the air could have
rolled the giant boulder down upon his
fleeing brother as he galloped away in
cowardlv fear after he had nearly killed
Stanley for rescuing the cring1ng
Eileen.
So 1t Is only natural and right that
Eileen should offer PRAYERS OF thanks to
the fairies for all her happiness ana
for her safe deliverance from misery
now that she and Stanley are living
happily ever after" And II Is only
natural and right that Marguerite Clark
should bring little LADY Eileen into ex-
lst'nce on the screen. as she proves by
her INTERPRETATION OF the character OF
this happy. mischievous. charming Irish
girl.
The Washington times., 1916-08-09
A Bold Spirit.

Gen. Asher Taylor. OF Portland. said.
apropos Of n bold and desperate often
sive on the part OF the central empires:
These generals are animated by the
at the shore.
"a young man had proposed to the
young lady. and then, on the moonlit
beach. he suggested that they postpone
their marriage:
"'No, dearest. We won't marry now.
he said. clasping her to his breast with
all his force. 4 am too poor to marry
you now. But. oh. my own. how ia
battle with the world In order to gain a
fortune and lay II at your feet! Yes.
dear one, II you'd wait, I'd struggle
how I'd struggle-struggle till
But. Withdrawing her lips from his.
she said rather coldly:
"'No, George III marry you now-and
then you'll have to struggle New
Orleans States.
The Washington times., 1916-08-09
CONSTITUTIONALITY OF THE
CHILD LABOR BILL

It was almost a certainty that,
public opinion being what it is in the
country, the child labor bill would
pass the Senate-once the bulwark
Of conservatism-go through the
House and be added to the growing
list Of measures on the Federal stat
ute books that have recently come
to be classed as social legislation.
1t is a perfectly simple bill. It
provides that the products of fac
tories where little children are en-
ployed shall not be shipped in inter-
state commerce. AS practically all
manufacturers who employ children
engage in interstate commerce, the
bill would force them to stop hiring
children.
It was quite natural that the
Southern States, where children are
employed in large numbers, should
protest, through their Congressional
representatives, the passage of such
. bill. Rather, it was natural that
the representatives should protest,
for 1t is not at all certain that the
people of the States would protest,
were they given a chance to vote on
the question. 1t was also natural
that the representatives should take
the constitutional horn of the d.
lemma in which they thought they
found themselves. There really
wasn't anything else to take, for it
would require a remarkably thick
The Washington times., 1916-08-09
AMUSEMENT LIST
FOR WASH|NGTON|ANS
Varied Program Is Offered by
Theaters and Resorts for
Capital Residents.
Keith's.

Laura Hope Crews. star of "rhs
Havoc" and other David Belasco- Henry
Miller productions. Is in vaudeville. in
which she will be seen here for the
hrst time at the B. r. Keith Theater
next week. Miss Crews will play Her
Husbands Wife" a brilliant comedy by
A. =. Thomas. condensed for vaudeville
by Edgar Allan woolf.
The next stellar feature will be the
dainty little sprite. Isabel Diamond,
assisted by Bobby O'Neil, in "The
Demi -Tasse Revue" Other popular and
novel attractions will be Willie Solar
from the London Hippodrome in vocal
mystihcations with musical comedy
garnishment: the Three Natalie Sisters.
In Beauty and Melody" Ben Deeley
and Lillian Steele. in The New Befi
Boy" Charles De soria's "Foliies
D'Amour." posing tebleaux; Adelaide
Boothby and Charles Everdean. in
songs and travesty: Paul La varre and
company. In artistic gymnastry; the
pipe organ recitals and the Pathe news
pictorial.
Next Sunday at and sl5 at Keith's
the bill will include Sophie Tucker and
her Five Kings of Syncopation. Riggs
and Wichie.. and all the other note
worthy numbers In the current pro-
gram.