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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-09-12
GARDEN

The steady Improvement that has
been noted In the quality OF the aver
age motion picture scenario OF more
than three reels in length is demon
stratcd in 1.-The Forgotten Prayer" in
which Anna Little. Frank Borzage. and
Jack Richardson are seen at the Gar
den Theater the first part of this week.
The beginning of the play shows an
old prospector in The desert. He tries
to repeat the Lords prayer, and finds
he cannot remember what coems after
Give us this day our daily bread"
The prospector. a half witted old
starts for town to find out what the
remainder of the prayer is. Near the
town live a young couple who face
crisis in their lives.
The husband discovers that the wife
has not told him the entire story OF
her past. He decides he cannot forgive
her. The old prospector meets him, and
asks him about the remainder of the
prayer. The. young man, repeating the
forgiven trespasses as he hopes to be
forgiven. A reconciliation is brought
about. Tho production given the play
is in keeping with the spirit of the
play.
Charles Chaplin in The Count" Is
also featured on the foreweek program.
which will be repeated today. Tenor
will be seen In Her Vow Fulfilled"
nineteenth installment of "Glorla's
Romance"
Thursday and Friday Richard Bennet
will be presented In the mutual produc-
ton, "The Sable Blessing" and Satur-
day. Mary Miles Minter will be seen
In youths Endearing Charm"
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WASnINdTON'S NAVY YARD

Washington loses the chance Of
getting the proposed naval scientific
laboratory, ostensibly because it
must be located at seaport with
enough water to accommodate a
battleship.
This reason may or may not be
the real cause for placing the
$2O00,0 900 establishment in a city Of
political significance. But in view
of the fact that Washington's Navy
Yard 1--WE had almost placed quota
ton marks around the phrase) really
cannot be reached by the biggest
battleships, it must suffice as at
least a perfectly plausible explana-
ton.
Some citizens Of Washington have
urged the need Of deepening the
Navy Yard channel, and making the
Nations Capital accessible to all its
naval vessels. The project is one
which cries out to be executed, and
which would pay big dividends if it
were undertaken.
At present Washington has an
excellent gun factory, misnamed a
Navy Yard, but there is no reason
why It should not have Navy Yard
in fact.
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STRAND

The unpleasant situation Of a man who
has hired an assassin to kill him, in pref
erence to committing suicide. and then
discovers that he has a very good rea-
son to want to live. and attempts to
find the assassin. and countermand the
orders. forms the basis OF all the comedy
In Flirting With Fate" In which Doug
las Fairbanks is presented by the Tri-
angle Company at the Strand Theater
this week.
The bare outline OF the plot Is suffici-
ent to give persons familiar with the
Fairbanks kind OF comedy an idea of
exactly how the star works out the COM
plications OF the plot. 1t happens that
the hired assassin has been converted
by the Salvation Army Just after he re-
ceived the fee from the hero. His newly
found conscience won't let him commit
murder and he searches for his in
tended victim to return the money.
There a-e few Of the things Fairba nEs
can do in comedy that he fails to do
in Flirting With Fate" In the person
Of Carmen Jewell. Mr.. Fairbanks in
PRODUCES a new and comedy young lead
ing woman With THE Surf Girl"
which features Louise Fazenda. "Fiirt-
ing With Fate" will be repeated TODAY
Viola Dana will be presented in The
Light Of Happiness" tomorrow, Thurs
day and Friday, with domestic comedy
featuring Harry Meyers and Rosemary
Theby as auxiliary attractions. Satur
day. Helen Rosson and Franklin Ritcbi.
will be seen in THE Light" Mutual
drama. with RUDE Miller 10 "Doctorine
Leak as an additional feature.
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New Appeal Is Made for Saturday
Half Holiday All-Year-Round for
Government Clerks.
Government Clerk

To the Editor OF THE TIMES:
How is 1t that President Wilson can
pay no attention to the right OF the
Government clerk to the Saturday half
holiday all the year round. which has
been shown to him by various promi-
nent people and associations again ana
again so conclusively?
Does he realize that he. the President
Of the United States. is not fulfilling his
obligations as a President to the people
of the United States? What right,
therefore. has he to ignore this Just
claim and right OF the Government
clerks that the law has said rightfally
belongs to them?
Does he realize that the Government
clerk since he has Joined q union. AZ
filiated with the Federation Of Labor,
one OF the most powerful organizations
there Is, can through this organization
at the coming November election, be In
a position to do much damage to his
cause?
the writing on the wall before II 10 too
late. He already, since he became Pros.
ident, has made some mistakes. Let
him therefore not mako another one
which the Republicans will be sure 70
make good use Of. ]. g.
Washington, September 7. 1sle.
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the battle line, and Of those who
do not, a large share escape being
incapacitated as workers. So the
computations are Of comparatively
little value even II their accuracy
were undoubted.
But in fact there are other ele-
ments Of large uncertainty. The
August figures as here given ac-
count for 42,700 as killed, and $4,000
as missing" What does missing
mean?
In the American civil war II
meant, in large proportion, desert
ers. It meant that same thing. in
the Revolutionary war. 1t did in the
Napoleonic wars, though to less ex-
tent. But in the present European
war, military men say, there have
been almost no deserters because it
is impossible to desert. The deserter
is in a densely populated country,
patrolled everywhere by soldiers. An
able-bodied man running around
loose is inevitably under suspicion;
he must give account of himself. So
desertion is next to impossible.
The $4,000 Germans listed by the
Germans themselves are therefore in
the main men who have been killed
or taken prisoners under such cir
cumstances that the German staff
could not know their fate. They
may have been killed in the enemy's
lines, or inside their own lines which
were being taken by the enemy.
They may have been captured.
In the month Of August, it will be
noted the missing" were more
numerous than the killed; yet for
the whole period of the war the
missing number only a little more
than one-fourth the number OF
killed. This is because, in the bitter
trench warfare, on the defensive
the Germans have been unable to
keep themselves informed of the
fates of the men they lost. Military
authorities say that without doubt q
very large proportion Of Germans
set down as missing were in fact
killed; the rest captured, some
wounded, and some sound.
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THE QUEBEC BRIDGE noODoo

Two fearful disasters in connec-
tion with the effort to spring can
tilever bridge across the st. Law
renee river at Quebec suggests the
question whether there are engineer
ing limitations on the construction
Of this type of bridge. Nine years
ago a very similar accident hap
pened; the great key span, that
makes the central section of the
bridge, was being hoisted into place
when it collapsed. The accounts dis
agree as to exactly what happened.
It was being hoisted into place by
hydraulic jacks which were amply
powerful to raise the 5,000-ton span.
There seems to have been no ques-
ton of power; the span had already
been lifted about fifteen feet when
the accident happened. Apparently
tho trouble was due to the fact that
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Try Us by Jury.

Try Us by Jury.
Trial by Jury Is what saves us and
Keeps US out of jail,
As any who are wise can clearly zee
For when things are Mt their worst, one
can always nurse the hope
That the twelve good men and true
may not agree.
Take case which we have followed
and which finished yesterday:
How defendants could get clear we
could not sce
But today we pick the papers up. and
read in bold black type,
That the jury disagreed by nine TO
Nine thought defendants crooked. and
three thought that they were
straight,
So defendants were not broke. bu,
They had d's Averaged 85nsd up well to our pres.
ent day ideals-
They were honest-seventy-fivc per
cent.
SO II l get into trouble. and they let
me elect.
1t is but a short time I'll take 10 de.
eide:
Ill get a drove Of lawyers and start
them hunting peers.
Twenty-Five per cent OF whom are or
my side
The Old I'm. In London. Ontario
Advertiser.
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LYCEUM

The Garden Girls" with Billy Finne-
gan and Jack Christie. opened a weeks
engagement at the Lyceum last night.
Finnegan Is an especially good come
dian and made an unusual hit with the
audience because OF the fact that he is
Washington boy. Christie furnishes
able assistance in eliminating dry mo-
ments
Dollie Sterling. known as the little
girl with the big voice." amused the
crowd immensely with song and
dance specially and several popular
songs. Davida Hawthorne and Anne
Raymond also led the chorus in some
catchy musical numbers.
The chorus consists Of twenty shapely
girls, who wear novel costumes. The
performance concludes with a series OF
Giving pictures" by the entire chorus.
Anthony Massimo. an Italian wrestler
Is with the show. He gave a posing act
which displayed his muscula r. develop
ment. lie offers to meet all Corners
during the week. and offers a forfeit
to anyone he fails to throw in fifteen
minutes.
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Times Mail Bag
The Colored Migration to the North.

The Colored Migration to the North.
To the Editor of THE TIMES
1t is surprising TO ind the editorial
columns Of The Times. usually accurate,
right, and fair. making vulnerable and
i issue as Is involved in The GoloreS TS m.
grafton to the North"
In recent work Of great merit b.
Huntington, Climate and Civilization"
1t is indicated how the migration Of pee
to cool and stimulating ones releases
pent-up energy and spells achievement.
r rom that viewpoint alone the migra-
ton OF the colored man to the North u
to be judged, not by Its effects upon
It's effects upon the colored man himself.
as an American citizen. thinking to
work himself to the highest unit value
IN the civilization and by its creation
The facts are in this migration, the
colored men are not being misled as on
some occasions, but they are, as stu
dents In Southern schools. aiming to
complete their education by working IN
teacher foreman supervision. and msdi.
cal attendance. and. as heads OF FAM
lilies, they want better educational IA
cilities for their children with greater
security for their lives and their fam
The Times statement that the South
knows how to manage the colored man
better than the North Is the same dam
serous half-truth which delayed the
abolition OF slavery and increased the
cost. IT seems strange that men should
be unwilling to believe i'm the efficiency
OF contact, sympathy. and cooperation
10 produce the true democracy which
they claim to want. and thus to realize
the Intent OF the fathers who aimed TO
found a home of Justice, freedom, and
opportunity for the oppressed of all fine
world. yet the colored man finds that
unwillingness to prevail In some sec
| lions OF this country. and in some social
groups in all sections.
The fact that the colored man con-
! sents to leave a section to which he Ia
| already SO well adapted and in which
| he Is the possessor of a near-monopoly
| Of the labor franchise" shows his as
pirations for the fullness OF life and his
| willingness TO pay the price. Already
| 900. 900 OF Virginias native colored mao
pie can be found in other States in the
| Union.
| The North will have no regrets for
this new migration to The extent that n
| continues under the auspices of social
agencies which aim to adjust the color.
ed man to his new environment SO that
he may not separate opportunity and
responsibility. and so that he may con-
duct himself In such a manner as "a
| gain the respect OF ana live at peacS
with his white neighbors.
| CHAS. NJ. THOMAS.
President Teachers Association Of the
| District OF Columbia, Inc.
I Washington. Sept. IL.
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THE WOMEN IN THE TRENCHES

A Russian princess, according to
dispatches from Petrograd, having
lost husband, father, and brother in
the war, bobbed her hair, donned
khaki, and managed to get into the
ranks, where she fought for some
time before her secret was learned
and she was sent away. She escaped
surveillance and repeated the per-
formance, going back to the
trenches, and sustaining a wound as
result of which she was sent to a
hospital and again found to be a
woman.
It is reported that the French
armies contain a great number Of
women, despite all precautions de-
signed to keep them out of the
ranks. Many of them have made ex-
cellent soldiers, too. One French
writer has declared that among hun
dreds of cases discovered, not one
came to light because Of the
woman's failure in the matter Of
personal, physical courage. They
were just as capable Of bearing
hardship and facing danger as the
men, and il they were not so strong
muscularly, the difference between
them and the men was not great
enough to cause comment.
A number Of like cases have been
described In the story Of our own
civil war, on both sides. Tradition
has assumed that the women are not
adapted to the business of fighting:
but then, before this war, they were
not presumed to serve as machinists
in munition works, as street car
conductors, or in many other occu-
pations that they fill with credit and
efficiency. The women of the
trenches are the exceptions, of
course: but the women Of the fields
and shops have carried their full
share of the burdens and furnished
their share Of the heroes of the con-
fiict.
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Winkers.

Winkers.
He never winkS at any miss
Who by his window passes:
And there's q reason. II Is this:
He's wearing colored glasses.
youngstown Telegram.
He never winks at any miss,
He never deiGns 10 speak
His eyes are perfectly all right:
He's just been spliced n week
-Plainesville Telegraph.
He never winks at any miss,
No matter where he Is;
He tried that once and, sad to say,
The lady spoiled his phiz.
Birmingham Age-Herald.
He's now been married just a year
In fact Is quite blase.
He says his wife's little dear,
-Ashtabula Star and Beacon.
He never winks at any miss,
IT'S far from his desire.
What is the reason. do you ask?
"A burnt child breads the fire.
jamestown Journal.
He never winks at any miss,
The cause Ia quick to ind
The explanation runs like this:
The fellows wholly blind.
Memphis Commercial Appeal.
He never winks at any miss
Why, I don't believe you,
And who tell such tale as this
Does II to deceive you.
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BELASCO

Ramona" opening its second week at
the Belasco Theater yesterday, delight
ed two audiences with its perfect COM
bination of film play and music. Book
lovers found themselves carried along
in the actual environment OF the novel
Of Helen Hunt Jackson, and found the
in the film.
The spirit of the Clune production
catches the time and place of The story
the music is we'll chosen and adapted
the result Is an embodiment of realism
and life.
Ramona Is expensively cast. 1t ia
correct In the Amor details. The camera
work is excellent. The various scenes
are artisttcally connected.
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That Missing so Cents.

To the Editor OF THE TINES:
This diagram printed yesterday in
The Times. analyzing the cost Of a T.
cent loaf Of bread is more explanatory
than the customary excuses for the high
cost Of living. Put me down for the so
cents unassigned. This Is the first time
there's been anything left over!
HERBERT F. CLARK.
Washington. September IL.
Tin the table showing the price evo-
luton OF a loaf Of bread. Mr.. Clark
misses 50 cents in the standardization.
which was given as farmers share, %. Is;
carriers and manipulators share.
81. 43s4 milier's share and other minor
charges. S.31i4; bakers share. $3.50, and
retailers share. 500. The last mem
toned item should have been $3.50. and.
Of course. includes rent. labor. delivery
cost, besides the retailers profit. When
added these items will then account for
the full SIS. paid by the housewife for
loaves from one barrel Of four..-Editor
Times.1
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xAIMIs GIVES up THE TASK

Zainis, Greek premier by virtue OF
Eing Constantine's subversion OF the
esnstitution following the elections
In the kingdom, has at last resigned.
h was announced a few days ago
That he would remain, would have
The support Of Venizelos, and would
hold the country on the side OF the
allies, even if it should participate
IN the war. But evidently he had
10 far lost the confidence Of the real
Greek people that it was found i'm
possible for him to dominate the
situation.
Whatever may happen in the re-
construction of the government,
venizelos will be the controlling fig-
ure; and Venizelos has been for a
Arm adherence to the allied cause.
The allies are demonstrating q
power and readiness in the Balkan
area that. despite the initial reverse
Of the Roumanians, leaves little
doubt of the final outcome in that
territory, though it may require a
long campaign, probably one Of ter
rife bitterness, to cut the Orient
railway and crush Bulgaria and
Turkey.
Incidentally, Roumania has been
the victim Of her own rapacity in
1912, when she seized slice Of
Bulgaria south of the Danube. The
Danube was at that section the nat
ural boundary, a guarantee against
temptations to reckless raids for ter
ritorial gains. Roumania had no
business wanting that area; there
was no racial reason for demanding
II, for it is inhabited mainly by
Turks. When the time came to de-
fsnd it, Roumania was unable to do
%, and suffered her first serious
losses in the war.
In the remaking Of the Balkan
map, such illogical distributions Of
population and area must be avoided,
Or this war will be followed by an
other, just as certainly as the pres
ent horror followed from the indie.
cent disregard of common sense and
human sensibilities when the treaty
Of Berlin carved up the Balkan area.
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TEACHING US TO INVEST

Someone has estimated that a
large proportion of American fam
nies, probably 80 per cent, are not
more than one month removed from
starvation. Their existence depends
upon the precarious tenure of the
breadwinner's dob"
Socialists would point a political
moral from this, but even Socialists
would admit individual blame in a
large majority of cases. Absence Of
thrift is a notorious American char
acteristic. Within the last few years
saving has been preached in various
quarters. But any banker will in
form the average citizen that saving
10 considerably handicapped without
. knowledge Of proper means Of in
vestment.
To remedy this general ignorance
the American Bankers Association
intends at it's coming convention in
Kansas City, to start an educational
campaign to teach Americans of
moderate means how to save. Frank
A. Vanderbilt, president of the Ma
tional City Bank, of New York,
heads the movement.
When the average man comes to
invest $500 he is all at sea. He
founders between some wildcat
project which promises big returns
and threatens his capital, and an in
vestment so safe and sane that he
might as well buy Government
bonds, and let it go at that. His
banker usually will give sound ad-
vice, if he but asks for it, and there
are plenty of reputable brokers,
But the average man Is shy of
bankers, and ignorant Of the stand
ing of brokers.
If the American Bankers Asso.
citation can get it's propaganda to the
small investor, and give him the bes,
way to save his hundreds, the thou.
sands will take care of themselves
There is a psychological incentive tc
saving money to invest profitably
which does not attach to putting II
IN a savings bank and letting it re-
main there.
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we gladly WELCOME
the bands OF CUPID
to our city, EVEN IF
they do come FROM
yes. that Is why WELCOME
is proper-RICHMON
II may be "GILD"ING
the lily. BUT THEY SAY
love is QUITE ELEGANT.
iet us hope that HONEYMOON
limited may be a TRAIN
from a ride on WHICH
accidents never OCCUR
and they will ALL LIVE
happy ever AFTER. AMEN.
and behold, THE SONG
Of the melodious BULBuL
was heard In THE LAND
and toy reisned SUPREME
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WHAT'S GOING ON IN
WASHINGTON TODAY
Today.

Carnival. Petworth School. Eighth and sben.
herd streets. ~ S"eP-
Meeting War Department Branch. Fad
eral Employees Union, Chamber OF Cow
merce Hall, p. m.
Meeting. general committee in cbar,. M
licemen's feld day. New Willard 7:so
y.
Band concert, Engineer Band. Garfield
Park. 1880 p m.
Meeting optimists Club. Cochran Hotel
No. 1; Acacia, No. is:
Takoma. No. %: Mount Horeb, No Z OF
the Royal Arch; Evangelist Cnap,er'
Knights OF Rose Croix, Ancient and Accepted
Scottish Rite: Friendship. No. II, Of the
Eastern Star. social.
No. g. Golden Rule. No. o.; Fred n
Stuart Encampment, No. Z.
knights of Pythias-Webster. No, 7; Excel-
sior. No. II: Capital. No. "a: Myrtle, No. q.
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Spring Twilight.


Singing In the rain. robin?
Ripping out 80 fast
All thy hutelilie notes, as II
This singing were thy last.
After shutdown, too. robin?
Though the fields are dim,
And the trees grow dark and still.
Dripping from leaf and limb.
tbs heart-broken music
That sweet faltertng strain
Like a mingled memory.
Half ecstasy. half pain.
Surely thus to sing. robin,
Thou must have in sight
Beautiful skies behind the shower.
And dawn beyond the night.
Would thy faith were mine, robin
Then. though night were long,
All Its silent hours should melt
Their sorrow into song.
Edward Rowland Sill
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Declares Andrew Johnson Was
Ablest of All the Presidents INTEL
lectually

To the Editor OF THE TIMES:
was in Olympia, capital O: the state
Of Washington. a number of yea-c ago.
Olympia was a small village. The ships
while in port lay at the end Of long
wharf in the mud when the tide was
low. one day the steamer arrived from
III. Seward. On his landing at the
shore end of the wharf, a party OF pos
sible fifty or sixty met Mr., Seward.
They began questioning him on various
subjects. One gentleman asked him
who he thought was the ablest of all
the Presidents intellectually. He re-
piled Andrew Johnson, his state
''' CHARLES E. STEWART.
WASHINGTON September 6, 1910.
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Regular Reader" Points Out Error
Regarding "Fairview Hotel,
Which The Times Hastens to Cor

To the Editor Of THE TIMES:
There are so many persons interested
In Keit sutherland that I am sure that
your liberal-minded paper would not
do anything that would prejudice his
case, and l. therefore. desire to call
your attention to an error in an article
on him published recently.
You stated that he dispensed 1000
beans to the plate to teamsters, etc.
knows that the Fairview is the only
hotel in Washington which gives 1908
beans to the plate.
With the election nearly on. US we
rection il you expect readers to be
lieve In the fairmindedness Of The
Times. A REGULAR READER.
Washington, September 7, 1916