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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-03-21
Champ Clark Appears
In Role of Art Critic
Speaker Glad Photographers "Dress Like Other
People"-Craftsmen Here Busiest in
World, He Says.

In a quaint address. Speaker Champ
Clark today told the photographer As
ISOLATION OF the Middle Atlantic states.
II am glad to see you here. II that will
be any satisfaction TO you"
II congratulate you on having your
nrst meeting in Washington" he added.
because there are more people In this
town who want TO be photographed than
IN any other city In tho world
1he Speakers address marked the
opening OF the FIRST convention Of the
Middle Atlantic Association. attended
BY about 500 photographers. An exhibit,
including almost eveft form OF artistic
photography and the latest devices in
printing and dsvelopinE. e being held in
Speaker Clark was introduced by WIN
y: Towies. president OF the executive
The Speaker suggested that most of
ought TO be smashed UP for JUNK !"
criticised the Fine Arts Commission for
putting the Lincoln Memorial down in
what ! call the bog" ana said he was
glad sisd to s.1 see photographers dress like
''Tn my younger days" he said, "pho-
tographers all wore whiskcrs and Buster
Brown cravats."
The Speaker was heartily applaudod
when he said that when he first came
to Washington no thought the Capital
ought to be moved out to the oEarks.
or some other central point. but after
stayed around three or four years ard
saw the money the Government has
sailed down in Washington, realized
that the Capital never would be moved
away until an invading army transacted
the Capital again"
Pc Persons .",, setting up the exhibit in the
able noise, and the Speaker amused mis-
hearers by pausing to remark: Say,
stop that rntuing, won't your"
am not the mayor OF this CITY,"
only city on eafth Without one. 4 sup
pose. IL 10 the most Beautiful city In
the world. and'if II Is not now II soon
The speaker went IN record M ap-
proving "any sort OF idcS that viii
make this city moro beautiful and
urged the Photographers to make any
suERestions in that direction to tho
District Commissioners.
Speaker whimsicaily snnounced. was
that one Is able to study the motions
OF horse when Jumping. He said in
his early days he had lived on horse
back"
One Good Horse Statue.
Don't 10 out and try to take MIC
tures NJ Ines. .ouestr,an .,.t,,.. .ro,,ns
here he advised. There 10 just one
that IL really good, that Is the General
Thomas statue up on Fourteenth street.
I Tnat 70 m ne %, best horse ! ever saw in
is flowing over ON the wrong side. Nav
be . thousand times ! took a whip to
ieck horses name back where Il be-
lonSs' Suoh details as that make
them G .h sos sTe q p Ss sns
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-03-21
c. 0. P. POSTPONES
NAMING kEYNOTER

CHICAGO, March H-.selection of q
'keynoter" for tho Republican national
convention. was this afternoon post
poned until April Is.
The subcommittee OF the q. O. p. Ma
tlonal Committee adjourned its session
here without selecting temporary
chairman.
National Chairman Hilles declined to
edmit that Knox's name had been
brought forward for the temporary
Craftsmanship OF the convention.
Hilles was asked IL the name OF
Senator Sutherland Of Utah had been
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-03-21
Mother-in-Law Whips
Eloper on Honeymoon

NEW YORK. March n.-Becoming en-
who had eloped here with her daughter
Antoinette from New Haven. Conn,
MRS Mary Basulicata thrashed him.
Detectives Hodges and Farrell, who
attempted to intercede for Russi, also
received q course OF sprouts from the
irate mother-in-law.
The clipping pair were discovered in a
house at Tenth and Bainbridge streets.
When taken to city hall Russi exhibited
a marriage certificate TO prove that An
toinette. who is sixteen. was his legal
wife. The newlyweds were released.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-03-21
To Keep Your Skin
Free From Hairs
Beauty TopIcs)

Beauty TopIcs)
II you are willing to spend a few min
utes time In your room using a dslatone
paste, you can easily Danish any ugly,
hairy growth without discomfort or In
Jury. The paste 10 made by mixing some
water with a little powdered delatone.
This Is then spread over the hairy sur
race and after about 2 minutes rubbed
on and the skin washed. You will not
be disappointed with this treatment,
providing you get real delatone.-Ajvt
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-03-21
Du Point Powder Company
Directors Hold Meeting

HoRoKEN. March H.-Directors of
the K. /. du Pont de Memours Pow
der Company, of wilmington, Del, met
in the Hudson Trust Company building
at noon today.
could be learned from an official source
as to what actually transpired at the
meeting, but It was stated on good au-
thority that no action In regard to the
dissolution of the company was taken,
and there was no fight over proxies.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-03-21
Hunchback's "Hunch"
Was Bundle of dope"

DETROIT. Mich. March alas a re-
suit Of the crusade against dope ped
ding" by the local police, ice Cream
Jimmy" Giese Is no longer cripple.
Giese has been known here for de-
cade as a hunehback.
Police took him Into custody and dis
covered q phoney bunch. which con-
tained a large assortment OF drugs.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-03-21
Iron Is Greatest of All Strength
Builders, Says Doctor
Secret Of the Great Endurance and Poorer Of Athletes

Ordinary Minated Iron Will Make
Delicate, Nervous, Rundown People
200 Per Cent. Stronger IN Tive
WRekas Ta..,N N Ma1w C....
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-03-11
GIVE FOUNTAIN PEN ITS DUE
Writer Is of Opinion That Old Joke
Should Be RELOCATED to Com
mon Dust Heap.

A great many very funny folks have
written disparaging things about foun-
tain pens. Many of these things were
humorous as all get-out. In the olden
days when fountain pens and automo-
biles could not be depended upon to
get you there and back, perhaps there
was much more truth in the stories
If told today of the present model,
s~elf-starting, streamline fountain pen.
l am the proud possessor of a foun-
tain pen name of make supplied for
a self addressed stamped envelope)
that has seen yeoman service for
years. l have used in it everything
thinner than cold asphalt, and it still
writes whenever it is possessed of the
slightest particle of discolored mois-
ture.
| have even filled the poor thing
from the open inkstands on hotel writ
graph office desks and hotel counters.
Yet even with this sort of lava in it's
bunkers it produces the stuff that is
as nearly legible as my non-Spencerian
handwriting will permit.
No, the fountain pen must no longer
be condemned. 1t has evoluted from
the joke column, along with the
mother-in-law, the hard -cranking auto
mobile, the putting up of stovepipes
and the winter-chilled hornets nest
Judge.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-03-11
EIgINIIETGINN
0~MM0
o~DV~
RIGHTLY PROUD OF CITY
Great Metropolis Of New York Worthy
Admiration Accorded II by Az
Americans.

New York. as the incoming foreign
er, full of prejudice, or doubt, or hope.
and the returning American, crammed
with guide book and catalogue culture,
see it, or might see it, rises a vision,
a mirage of the lower bay, the color
by day more shimmering that Venice,
by night more magnificent than Lon
don.
In the morning the mountains Of
buildings hide themselves, t reveal
themselves in the rosy steam clouds
that chase each other across their
TANKS. When evening fades they are
mighty cliffs glimmering with glisten-
ing lights in the magic and mystery OK
the night. AS the steamer moves up
the bay on the left the Great God
dess greets you, a composition in color
and form with the city beyond, finer
than any in any world that ever eX-
listed, finer than Claude ever imagined,
or Turner ever dreamed. Why did
not Whistler see it?
Piling up higher and higher right
before you is New York. And what
does it remind you of? San Gimigna-
no of the beautiful towers away off in
Tuscany, only acre are not eleven, but
eleven times eleven; not low, mean
brick piles, but noble palaces crowned
with gold, with green, with rose; and
owe them the waving, fluttering plume
of steam, the emblem of New York. To
the right, flmy and lacelike by day,
are the great bridges; by night a pat
tern Of stars that Hiroshige never
knew.
You land in streets that are Flor
ence glorifed. You emerge in squares
more noble than Seville. Golden stat
ues are about you, triumphal arches
make splendid frames for endless
vistas; and it is all new and un-
touched, all to be done, and save for
the work of a few of US, and we are
Americans, all undone.
The Unbelievable City, the city that
has been built since l grew up, the
city beautiful, built by men l know,
built for people l know. The city that
inspires me, that | love. And all Amer
lea is like this, and-all-or nearly all,
unseen, unknown. untouched.-Josepb
Pennell, in Scribner's Magazine.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-03-11
TO HAVE SUCCESS WITH PEAS
Some Things About Their Planting
and Care That the Amateur Gar
dener Must Remember.

Peas naturally require cool weather
and are likely to do badly if planted
after weather gets hot. They aDet
about the first seeds to go into the
ground.
One popularity of peas is that they
require to be planted quite deep to do
best. How far apart to run the rows
depends on the kind of peas being
grown. If the low growing varieties
are to be grown they may be planted
in rows not more than fifteen inches
apart. The taller varieties may need
to be planted thirty inches apart. The
low-growing varieties have never given
the writer satisfaction and he will
grow them no more. The medium
sized vines will produce more peas
and continue to produce longer, but
they have to be brushed" that is
sustained with brush.
In buying peas to grow for the use
of the family do not select small ones
like the Alaska. This variety is q
great one for the canneries, for they
cater to the hotel and restaurant
trade, which demand small peas, as
they make a better show.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-03-11
Use All the Heat.

The good old kitchen stove, or
range, is seldom used to half its capac-
ity, even when congested by an over
plus of "fodder"-because it is usual
ly misplaced, often against an outside
wall, heating only the kitchen and
much good heat going to waste when
it should heat at least two other
rooms, and might heat three, If they
are properly located-a bedroom above
the kitchen, by means of a double reg
lister; a bedroom opening out of the
kitchen on the side opposite the
stove; and the dining room by having
the stove set into a wall-openlng be-
tween the two rooms-the wall fitted
closely about the stove, SO that odors
need not permeate, from the cooking.
A pipe may be made to follow across
the dining room, also, or diagonally.
if you choose, neal the ceiling. con-
Meeting Through the WALL with the
kitchen pipe for additional heat.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-03-11
Little
Humphrey
EVA MAY CAMERON

Copyright. 1916. by w. G. Chapman.)
A second-rate theater dominated by
third-rate actors-dingy, old-fashioned,
but doing some business, mostly by
producing frayed and time-worn plays
and, therefore, able to secure the
props" scenery, and costumes dirt
cheap.
Gabriel Dyke had been an actor"
once, mostly in "supe" parts. His
stronghold, however, was in the
prompter and stage managing line
Now he had settled down as prop
erty man of the Bijou, salary fair, am.
bition dead, accepting life as it came.
but far from happy.
There was a romanc in the life Of
Gabriel and it may soon be told. He
had welded a star-petite, petted Myra
Scott. She was a bright, vivacious
creature, even at eighteen taking
strictly juvenile parts. For a year
they led a happy life in this same
great bustling city. A little child was
born to them, a puny, angelic-faced
little fellow, Humphrey. Then there
was a bitter quarrel between hus-
band and wife. Myra was high strung.
Gabriel came home one night to find
wife and child gone and a note inform
ing him that all was over between
them.
Myra did not come back. Gabriel
had heard that she had gone to the
coast with a stock company, after
placing little Humphrey in charge OF
her relatives. He did not follow her.
Time went on. He became Injured to
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-03-11

his sorrows. She would never come
back to him, he decided, and he lost
courage and ambition, wandering aim
lessly all over the country in his the
atrical vocation.
Here he was back again in the city
where his great misery had come
upon him. He went about his duties
in a gloomy, p%erfunctory way, obliging
and faithful. but not saying much
TO anyone and having little heart for
his tasks.
He spurred up nightly that special
morning as a keen-eyed, dapper young
man appeared at the stage door and
beckoned him out in the court be-
yond.
Well" he reported, seeing well to
it that no eavesdroppers were within
hearing, I've located the boy"
"Oh, thank you! thank you!" cried
Gabriel fervently. And his mother?'
The man, a secret inquiry opera
tor. shook his head negatively.
Nothing definite about her." he
said. Last sur trace she was in
New Orleans with a theatrical COM
pany, playing the Two Orphans and
East Lynne She sends pay for the
care Of the boy, though, every month
regularly. 1t seems she had him with
relatives, hut they broke up and the
little fellow is in a private home for
children"
Here in the city," questioned Ga
briel eagerly.
Within a mile of this very spot"
And comfortable and happy?"
pressed Gabriel ~anxiously.
Immensely so, only not very strong.
He's a weak, sickly lad, not six a
old, but all sunshine with his COM
panions and nurses"
Poor little fellow! Poor little fel.
low!" sobbed Gabriel, the tears COM
ing down his troubled face. Tell me
all about him"
There was not much to tell. The
mother evidently loved the child, and
out Of her earnings provided regu-
larly not only necessities. but luxu-
ries.
Il have no right tn claim the child"
said Gabriel. ooh, l should so like to
see him! Can't you arrange it,"
~ have arranged it," explained the
investigator. The little fellow can't
stand much exertion. An attendant
takes him out for an airing every day.
He will carry him to you tomorrow
and leave him with you from nine I'M
til noon. Where shall it be?"
'Here-early as he can. Three pre-
cious hours! / am so grateful to you'll"
and Gabriel neither slept nor ate dur
ing the intervening hours.
Gabriel was of duty. in a way, that
morning. A road company was hav-
ing a rehearsal of the time-honored
Uncle Toms Cabin" The visiting
troupe carried their own scenery and
had their own property man. so Ga
briel simply supplied helpers in set
ting the scenes and the like and had
leisure.
At Just nine o'clock a stranger, the
attendant from the children's home,
came behind the scene leading a wan
faced, big-eyed little fellow by the
hand. Gabriel had provided an easy
chair at a quiet part of the stage. The
attendant placed little Humphrey in
this and departed with the words:
Back at noon, sharp"
Gabriel Dyke drew a deep breath
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-03-11


and gazed with tremulous, fearful
longing at the little mite before him.
The child was peering a~nxiously all
about him. AS his glance fell to the
face Of Humphrey those marvellous
eyes expanded, he put out a yearn-
ing hand and a seraphic smile crossed
his face.
why" he cried joyfully. you are
my father!"
What! what?" gasped Gabriel. lost
in overpowering wonderment.
Aren't your" went on little Humph-
rey. Why, / knew you at once. for
! pray for you every night. just
as dear mamma told me to, and be-
sides. haven't | your ~picture-see?"
and the child drew forth a locket. 1t
held the picture of husband and wife.
taken many years before.
A yelling sense of hope and Joy
thrilled Gabriel. 1t seemed as though
some plying angel had come with gen.
tie balm for his wounded heart. He
swayed as in some rapt vision as the
little n prattled on. He learned
how faithful the mother had been in
caring for him, trusted of necessity.
but tenderly, to the charge of others.
The new dramatic troupe vent on
with its rehearsal. Little Humphrey,
exhausted with excitement and ia
tigue, fell into a gentle slumber. Ca
briel did not disturb him, but sat
deyouring with love and longing the
sweet cherubic face.
Gabriel paid little attention to the
actors and the scenes about him. The
grand transformation scene of Uncle
Toms Cabin was just finishing when
the child awoke. Humphrey rubbed
his eyes and stared in ecstasy at the
wonderful picture that had always
dazzled youthful eyes.
Mamma" he suddenly screamed,
and put out his arms. "Oh, you said
that some day among the angels we
should meet dear papa ag9In. 1t is true
it is true!"
Was the child in delirium? Gabriel
started up, alarmed. Then he saw,
stepping down from her place as
an angel in tho transformation
scene, a woman Fastening toward
Humphrey-indeed, his mother!
How did you come here?" she
cried, EMBEDDING the child in a glad
embrace, and then with a wild start
she recognized her husband.
My soul was hungering to see
him!" cried Gabriel incoherently-
"as it has been for you, these lone
ly years." and Gabriel stumblingly
explained, and the little one Struggled
up close to both of them.
And both were in tears, contrite
glad of the reunion, happy to revive
the old love that had glorified theil
lives.
"Oh, mammal" cried little Humph
rey, its come just as you said II
would-the beautiful gold suns, anC
the angels! You said we would NEE
dear papa there, some day. Is 1
heaven?"
Myra Dyke fell into her husbands
outstretched arms, subdued, contrite
like a weary bird of passage into tn,
home nest.
1T is. indeed. heaveni" murmureC
Gabriel Dyke, reverently, and with
soul filled with a new-found happiness
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-03-11
Bungalow Not Always Cheapest Form.

Bungalow Not Always Cheapest Form.
Contrary to the general impression,
a bungalow is not the cheapest form
Of house construction. Comfortable
and attractive these dwellings IN
doubtedly are, when built under favor
able conditions, but cheap? No! Quite
the reverse.
For to be entirely successful a bun
galow must be low and rambling, COW
ering a considerable plot of land and
with plenty of ground on all sides.
This necessitates a large building site,
and a greater amount of cellar and
roof than is required in the cottage
type of house.
On small lots, tightly crowded into
rows, bungalows become merely one
story fiat buildings, and as such are
most uninteresting.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-03-11
MarueIs Of shlp construetIon.

Each man-of-war is built upon paper
before a single plate of steel is forged.
Not only are length and breadth of
a ship decided upon, but the naval con-
structor can tell to an unc how
much water she win displace when
her armor and guns are mounted upon
her, how many times her propellers
will revolve in a minute with a given
pressure of steam, and how many tons
of coal an hour must be consumed to
attain q certain rate of speed.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-03-11
Somewhat Mixed.

The transcontinental tour of the lib.
erty bell occasionally revealed a con.
fusion of ideas about United States
history on the part Of the observers
Take, for instance, the remark Of the
Englishman as the bell made its tri.
umphal progress through Los Angeles
Removing his hat in solemn respect
to the great emblem, he turned to his
companion. Butt say, old chap" he
expostulated in puzzled disappoint.
ment. why don't they have the lady
clinging to the clappsr?"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-03-11
stsrlIlzIna Dentists, Tools.

Or. H. e. Hasseltine of the United
States Public Health service empha-
sizes in q recent bulletin the necessity
for sterilization of the instruments
used by dentists, and the Journal Of
the American Medical association
points out that most dentists are not
nearly careful enough about this.
Most Of their instruments can be ster-
ilized by immersion in water at l76
degrees Fahrenheit, and all others by
immersion for at least an hour in 5
per cent solution OF carbolic acid.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-03-11
ADVERTISING German Cities.

German cities have hit upon a ley
scheme for advertising themselves. 1t
is in the form of a brief description OF
the city on the back of a regular mall
ing envelope. Harry G. Settler, Ameri-
can consul at Breslau, Germany, re-
Gently sent a sample to the bureau of
foreign and domestic m at
Washington.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-03-11

New York city is one Of the few
great ports of the world on a big navi-
gable river below the farthest point
upstream to which open going vessels
can attain. Cheapness of water trans
portation as compared with land
makes it desirable for ships to pene-
trate as far inland 20 possible. other
circumstances being equal
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-03-11
Publicity Avoided,

$50 you have figured in another au-
tomobile ACCIDENT"
Yes, but it wasn't very serious this
time"
Why, I heard your car was com-
pletely wrecked and two young wom-
an in the party suffered injuries"
'oh, yes. That's true, but we man
aged to keep the story out of the
newspapers"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-03-11

feet. Since that day the
greatest motion picture
the world has ever seen,
costing more than a quar-
ter million, was made but
a short distance from the
location of the first studio
but that is getting
ahead of my story.
Cutting cost in produc-
ton was so pleasing to
this one manufacturer
that he could not keep
the secret of his success.
The word reached his
competitors, and they in
vestigated statistics com.
piled by the government,
and a few months later
sent companies West.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-03-11
K FROM

Damascus. in Syria. is the Oldest Of
all existing cities.
Egypt has rs schools Of higher edu-
cation. technical and agricultural, and
1000 students are enrolled.
Among the lower animals only about
five per cent are defective at birth, a
much lower ratio than among human
beings.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-03-11
Much.Abused Lad

stop crying, Bobbie. Now tell
mamma how that brute of a Jimmy
Smithers hurt you"
Just as l wuz goin' t punch him
he ducked, an / skinned my fist on the
wall"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-03-11

Tessie-You are very impertinent,
OF course / won't let you kiss me. I've
only known you an hour.
Tom docking at watch)-Well, how
much longer must l know you before !
can kiss you'll
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-03-11
Hard TImes Ahead.

Wifey-They say Paris is crazy over
fringe.
Hubby-Well, I'll yea II on my
trousers If you get any nor dresses
this year.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-03-11

later find California the best place to make pic
lures. About seven years ago another director
discovered that government weather reports
showed that full three hundred days of each year
the sun shone brightly, and this man. Frank
Boggs, induced his employers. the Selig company.
with producing plant then located in Chicago, to
send a company to Los Angeles to open a studio.
All effects of the company were packed in a small
trunk. The first studio opened by the organiza-
ton was on the roof of a downtown building.
The first picture cost less than three hundred
dollars and consisted of less than a thousand
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-03-11
Bv j. C, LESSEN.

BY j. z. LESSEN.
HE first motion picture maker went
to Los Angeles, Cal, to secure
scenic or travelogue subjects, hav-
ing learned from railroad folders
of the beautiful scenery there.
That was not more than eight years
ago. The scenic photographer Sc
cured the views desired and left,
never once %suspecting that the
greater mart of the industry would