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The Washington times., 1916-01-09
NO FLIES IN HAVANA,
MOSQUITO A RARITY
screens Not At All . Necessity-Thclr
Absence Result Of Municipal
Cleanliness.

Omitted States Special Agent GdrTdrd
Harris in Commerce Reports.)
The visitor from the United States
cannot fail to be impressed with the
absence of flies in Havana. fly is a
real rarity-so Is mosduito-and
screens are not at all a necessity. The
absence of these pests is simply the
result of municipal cleanliness and care.
Illustrating the general understanding
of the necessity to watch out for breed
ing sources. Mounted Officer Pedro
Sierra reported November 30 to the
chief of sanitation that he had observed
a plant in the Vedado residential dis
trict that apparently was a source OF
flies.
The plant has a fruit resembling a
hs, in which, Sierra asserts, larvae are
to be found. He conducted some en-
periments himself. becoming convinced
that the plant afforded breeding place
for the pests; then he so reported II
the experiments Of the department of
sanitation confirm him. undoubtedly an
order will be issued for the destruction
Of all such plants in and around Ha-
vana. and. incidentally. Officer Sierra
will be rewarded.
There is no need for "fy-swatting
campaigns" around the clean capital of
Cuba. The sanitarians make flies an
impossibility and confirm absolutely the
doctrine that municipal cleanliness VIII
prevent the appearance or hies alto
gotber
The Washington times., 1916-01-09
SHALL WI DEMAND PURE EGGS:
Proposal Made That peregrfRatisus
of Hens BE Investigated.


There is general sort of feeling that
one fresh egg is as good as another,
AYERS the Kansas CITY Star. Who Is 1t
that is ready to ask whether her weekly
surrly of ngSs is fertilized or not" Most
of us are particular to the point OF
pettiness on the subject of pure bread.
we will only buy our rolls done up in
waved paper. we will! not look at any
thing but Grade A milk. In accordance
with our ideas restaurants even do up
loaf sugar in sealed billCts, and so OIL
through the list without a lapse until
we come to eggs.
AS matter Of fact, egc:hells are not
sarmproof by any means. From tie
moment we realize how II happens that
an egg can arow stale" We must admit
that contamination is possible.
A whole group of disQuieting revc!a-
tions follows upon this admission. not
tho least ot which is the discovery that
the garden or farmyard hen Is at pres.
ent allowed to sauntcr wither she list
eth, regardless of hygiene. Then we
trGstfully gather her product ana feed
it TO our babies and invalids. forgstting
that unless hens are healthful unless
their food is pure and clean, they can
not Law pure eggs.
When pou.trymen realize this. ana
all scientific poultrymen do realise It.
the chicken nuisance will be a thing Of
the past. and people who want to sell
eggs will no more want their fowls 90
run free than the modern dairyman al
lows his kline to nibble ny the roadside.
The Washington times., 1916-01-09
SHORT UPPERcUT TO FAME.
ScgUroln Fights for New Grand Opera
PriRn Donna.

Fortune, coy and capricious dame. has
a way Of leaving her calling card at
the door of the humble and serenely
ignoring some importunate climber who
pursues her, says the Philadelphia Pub
hC Ledger. A foothold on the rungs of
the shaky ladder that serves as the
stairway for the hall of fame is won
in various ways.
Miss Anna FitEiu's press agent has
ruses of lost jewels, or missing Poms
sdCcessful speculation in wal
brides or beauty hints, or recipes 10Y
hroiling Holsters. Miss Fitziu Is y
haVo the role Of Rosina in the new
opera. 'GoYesca." nv Granados, to be
given bv the Metropolitan COMPANY.
Some time ago critic spoke sight
inSly of her work. Whereupon An
drea de Seeurola. the basso, punched
tho head of the critic. and the fair Anna
and her voice were no lnnFer mute and
.nGlorious. Thev were disc overed. Per
harS that was what LisZt meant when
he said to an aspiring feminine pianist,
MY dear young lady, you play so Well
that YOU deserve to be abused by the
critics" Let every Elsa have her Lo-
hengrin to fight for her, For every drop
ot ink that flows in malice from sple-
motto pen lot rod blood tiow. Let \
black eye 10 the price OF \ caustic cpl
gram. Then every prima donna who
has two words to sinS will he 'accorde
an ovation" or received with rapturous
acclaim"
The Washington times., 1916-01-09
ARABIA HAD ALMANAC
IN TIME OF RAMESES
First krown to History Made in That
Country-ORc Dates Rack
to 100 u. {.

The first almanacs-that is to say.
the first historical-werc of Arabian
origin and reflected the local genius
OF the people in a very striking way.
They served as models in other coun-
tries for hundreds of years. says the
Christian Herald Almanac.
The oldest known copy of such a
work is preserved in the British Mu7
SCUM and dates back to the times OF
Rameses the Great Of Egypt. who lived
ooO wears before the birth of Christ.
1t is written on papyrus. in red Ink
and covers a period of six years. The
entries relate to religious ceremonies.
to the fates of children born on given
days, and to the regulation OF bust
ness enterprises in accordance with
planetary influences.
"Do nothing at all this day." Is one
of the warnings If thou seest any
thing at all this day 1t will be fortu-
nate" is another entry. Look not at
a rat this day" Wash not with water
this day" GO out not before daylight
this day" are some OF the addluonal
cautions.
This almanac was found in an old
tomb. and Is supposed to have been
buried with its Egyptian owner when
he was converted into mummy TOT
future explorers to dig up and dissect
in the interest Of science and litera
ture. Next after this in point of age
among the existing specimens of an
cient almanacs are some composed In
the fourth century. They are Roman
church calcndeTs. giving the names OF
the saints and other religious informa-
ton.
The Baltic nations, who were not
versed in papyrus making, had calen-
dars engraved in ax-helves, walking
sticks and other articles of personal
use. The days were notched with a
broad mark for Sunday and the saints
days were symboliZed in various de-
vices such as harp for st. David's.
a gridiTon for st. Lawrence :. lovers
knot for St Valentines, and so on. The
Saxon almanacs are numerous and con-
tain historical as well as ecclesiastical
entries.
It is possible to trace in these curious
records all the changes of popular be-
lief and taste. They were prepared TO
meet the current demand and to con-
stitutc a systematic story of what took
Dlacc in successive periods and how
knowledge increased with the revolving
vrara. We owe to them n nst that We
know Of the people for whom they
were made and by whom they were in
dOrsed.
The Washington times., 1916-01-09
THE JEWISH RELIEF MOVEMENT

There are some peculiar and es-
pecial reasons why the whole Ameri-
can nation should seize the oppor-
tunity to unite in helping the war
suffering Jews of Europe. The jew
ish people have not only done a
wonderful share in developing
America as it is; they have not only
contributed alike of substance and of
ideals; but they have taught the
American people lesson in inde-
pendence and self-respect that would
be we'll worth more attention than
It gets.
The Jews take care of their own.
They do not ask, in ordinary condi-
tions, for aid from the outside. Mr..
Simon Wolf observes that it is the
first time in fifty-four years he has
known an appeal to be made, in
Jewish behalf, to the general public.
This time the demand is such that
appeal must be made, as it was in
the case Of Belgium, to the charity
of a world; and the American nation
is, fittingly, the one to which chief
appeal is directed.
The Jews are wonderfully efficient
in all their welfare and charity
work; leaders in the general COM
munity, and always setting up, in
dealing with the needs of their own
people, model of effective methods
for the community to contemplate.
They deserve to have repaid to them,
now, in kind, that which they have
so long done for the rest of the pub
lie in these regards.
When the great mass meeting
takes place in Washington, January
20, to make the local appeal, as sim
liar appeals will be made in other
American cities, it is sincerely to be
hoped that Washington may take a
prominent place in the response it
shall make. This town ought to be
a leader in such good works.
The Washington times., 1916-01-09
FRIDAY,

Mssonic-Cspito. No. IL: Cathedral No Il;
ST. Johns Lodge, No Is, Eastern Star.
Odd Fellows-Central, No. L. Metropolis. No.
10; Phoenix. No. rs, Odd Fellows Home As
ISOLATION: Martha Washington, No. ;; Dor
cas-, No. 4, Rebekahs.
Knights OF Pythias-Rathbone- S Superior No.
%; syrscusians. No. 10; Rathbons Temple,
No. s, Pythisn Sisters.
National Union--National Capital Council,
Mckinley Council, Georsetown Council.
knights of Columbus Board OF Directors OF
X. of c. Employment Bureau.
Modern Woodmen OF America Washing Ston
Camp and Martha Washington Camp, joint
installation: CeIrt>al Camp No, lsoi5. ard
Maple Grove Camp, Royal Neighbors, Joint
installation.
Sons and Daughters OF Liberty Friendship
Council.
United Daughters OF the Confedsraey-Card
party.
Grand Army OF the RepubIic-Georse II.
Thomas Post, No. Is. q. A. r.. Thomas
Poet, w. r. c., and Thomas Camp No.
II, Sons of Veterans. joint Installation.
Socialist Party-Iocal Central.
The Washington times., 1916-01-09

any length OF time while standing in
water. Colonel vassich found out for
them, and what he discovered they put
doTn ern in their hsee yse military SSos' ,.,a
Colonel vassich. For three days my
men stood with me in this swamp and
fought the Turks on those hills" /
asked him how deep the water was.
up to our waists, sometimes up to
our chins, sometimes over our heads:
and when a man was wounded he was
drowned" asked him whether IL was
cold.
Held Turks Off Monastir.
THAT was three years ago. and I
haven't been we'll since. IT was. in E
deed, cold. Neither have hundreds Of
my soldiers been well since. But we
held the Turks off Monastir:"
How did the men carry their am
munition?"
ION their heads; but many Of them
! carried 1t around their teIts. and
found that the water didn't hurt II
any. Come, we must get up to the
trenches"
Two soldiers gave the car a start.
II had once been a line limousine. bu t
the years of Serbian fighting had left
their marks on It. as we'll as on the
colonel. Every time we started 1t was
with the assistance OF soldiers who
put their shoulders to the once bril-
hearty pushes to help the pasolene.
Behind us was Monastir. which once
belonged to Bulgaria, and now be
longed to Serbia; before us were the
Bulgars coming again. with their
dreadful cry of "Urra! Ne pret ne
nosh!' which means Forward with
the bayonet" The women and chill
dren back there in Monastir know
that cry. The sick. tired man in tn"
car beside you is holding back the
ones who voice 1t, but IL the Monss-
tirians cease to hear the booming OF
the Serbian guns tonight, they ha'!
better dress and hurry along the win
try roads toward the CreolS border.
The Washington times., 1916-01-09
Tomorrow.

Exhibitions, Don1enjoz, the Swiss flyer bene-
Mt OF infant welfare centcrs OF Washington
Diet Kitchen Association. Ascents at II
Meeting, Ncrtheast Citizens Association,
Northeast Temple, s p. m.
Address, What Causes and What Prevents
War" James @. Kent, before Capitol Hill
Literary Society, at home or Mrs. Laura ID.
Lawson, Pug Thirteenth street northeast. 1880
Meeting, Piney Branch Citizens Association,
Iowa Avenue NJ. Il. Church, 1880 y. IN.
Meeting. Woman's Peace Party, New Will
Meeting, Woman's Evening Clinic. formerly
Woman's Clinic Auxiliary, at home of Mrs.
Samuel Spencer 2ol2 Massachusetts avenue
Address, Peter. the Gpeat, Frederick the
Great: Or!ginstors OF the Present World
War" Miss Janet Richards, RauschHrs s,
Meeting, New Hampshire Association. W. G.
T. L. headquarters. 522 Sixth street north
Evangeiistic meetings, Gorsuch Methodist and
Kendall Baptist Churches. 1880 p. M.
Private view Of miniatures by Laura Coombs
Hills, Moore studio 72s Seventeenth street
northwest, 3 to 6 y. m.
Concert. United States Marine Band orches.
ira. Marine Barracks. ?:so p; m.
Recital, Nicholas Douty, under auspices OF
the Washington Society OF the Fine Arts.
auditorium New National Museum. s:l;
Charity ball. beneft OF the Chiidren's Hos.
pital. New Willard, 5 p. m.
Meeting. Mems Club of Christ Church Parish,
at home of William F. Hill. So7o Q street
northwest, s D. IN.
Meeting. knights OF Columbus commission on
religious preJudlces, New willard, 10 a. m.
Mssonic-Dawson, No. i6; Mount Vernon,
No. 3; Hiram, No. TO- Royal Arch Masons
Temple. No. 10; Columbia. No. Is. Eastern
Star
Odd Fellows-Cnion. No. IL; Beacon, No. y
Lsngdon. No. 2s; Esther Lodge. No. r. Re-
bekahs.
knights OF Pythias-Dccatur. No. 3, Calsnthe
No. II; Ascalon Temple, No 81, knights
of Khorassan.
Maccabees-Nstion.I Tent No. l. Anacostia
Tent, No. !.
Womans Benefit Association OF the Macca
boes-Mt. Vernon. No. .: Brightwood. No
:: Georgetown, No. 10.
National Union--pressman's Council.
knights OF Columbus-Potomac Council
United Daughters of the Confe ieracy-StOne.
wall Jackson Chapter. No. 20
Royal ArcanuIn-National Council.
F. o. E.-Entertsinmentc committee.
Socialist Partly. L. s. L., Taiors Union.
The Washington times., 1916-01-09
THE TEACHERS NEEDN'T
WORRY

Teachers in the Washington
schools, it develops, have been
stricken with panic over the posi-
bility that the school board may be
abolished and it's general admins
trative powers transferred to the
Commissioners of the District. There
is some suspicion that this feeling
has been cultivated by influences
willing to block the efforts of the
present District government. At
any rate the teachers have been get
ting the notion that if the school
board goes out of existence they
will suddenly be pitched into the
maelstrom of spoils politics, that
nobody's position will be secure if
it is guaranteed only by merit, and
that the schools as we'll as the per-
sonnel will suffer.
There is no ground for such fears.
The schools are not going to be
made a spoils institution. They
couldn't be if the Commissioners de-
sired, because the present merit laws
which govern selection and promo
tion in the teaching corps would con-
tinue in force and would restrain
the Commissioners precisely as they
do the present board
But beyond all this, the record of
the District Commission precludes
The Washington times., 1916-01-09
WHAT'S ON PROGRAM
HERE DURING WEEK
Many Interesting Events of I'm
portance Are Scheduled
For Capital.
Today.

illustrated lecture, AN Evening OF De.
Tense" Al. Belasco Thcater, silb p. m. for
bencft OF Belgian Scholarship fund
Address ''The jew In American Life" by
Alexander Lyons. OF Brooklyn. under aus
pices OF Collegiate Club.
Lecture, whats Wrong with the World"
Peter w. Collins, New National, s D. M,
under auspices OF local council Knights OF
Peace mass meeting. Polls Theatcr, 3 D. M,
under auspices Woman's Peace Party.
Concert Y. S. Soldiers Home Band. Stanley
Hall, 6:f5 p. m. .
Illustrated lecture. Rev. w. II. II. Smith.
Fourth Presbyterian Church, s p. IN.
yesper services, y. w. G. A., t:ao p. M
Concert United States Soldiers Home Band
Orchestra, Stanley Hall. 6:I5 D. m.
Address. Max KerRen. Twelfth street branch
OF Y. NJ, c. A.. 3I5 y. m.
Mission yoly Trinity Church. 7:30 p. m.
Memorial TO the late Rev. DR.. Frank sewell.
Church Of the New Jerusalem, 1880 p m.
Religious services, Mount Pleasant Lodge,
No. 80, Masonic and Eastern Star Home.
y. m.
place, 1880 p. m.
The Washington times., 1916-01-09
AN EsTIMArI: OF KITCHENER
British See In Him An EPitOme OF
Their Own Hrted.


The British race sees In Kitchener an
epitome Of their own blood and breed,
asserts London Opinion. The British
character is built of the hard stun that
stands the blows of adversely and mis-
fortune. 1t sticks and sticks and sticks
until It comes out on top. That Is
Kitchener. He may lack imagination.
He may be unable to deliver glowing
speeches. He may be quite incapable
OF explaining himself or defending him
self. He may make mistakes. But the
British race trusts him because his
character is British through and
through.
He has never nattered. He has never
blithered about a short war or an early
victory. Instead of talking he has
toiled. Whatever he has set his hand to
he has done. other men vacillate be-
tween optimism and pessimism,. Kitch-
ener marches GrimlY forward, with no
bugles, no drums. no flowers. And the
people watch the squabbles of lessor
men with their eyes fixed on the hig
man in the background. with his fear
less glance and his terrible silence.
The Washington times., 1916-01-09
Thursday.

Masonic-The New Jerusalem, No. .; George
4. whiting, No. %: Washington. No. =.
Royal Arch Chapters; Kslllpoiis Grotto,
Ladies' night, Raleigh Hotel; grand chap.
ter, Eastern Star.
Odd f'ellows-Enceisior. No. II; Salem. No.
%; Covenant, No. l3: Columbia, No. 10.
Knights of Pythas-Iiarmony, No. q.
Knights of rolumbusKeane Council
Royal Accommodation Council.
Womsn's Beneft Association Of the Macca-
bees--Union No. 6.
Maccabees District Tent No. 8.
National Union-Washington Council Fra
ternN Council
Socialist Party-Y p 6. L.
The Washington times., 1916-01-09
SOUTH WANTS MAIL
COME BY HORSE
HiIl In Congress to End Rural De-
livery by Notors--WOuld
Rescipd Orders.
(Atlnn,a Correspondence OF Philadsl-
phid Ledgsr)

(Atlnntd Correspondence Of Philddel-
phi1 Led9sr.)
The movement in the Southeast to
have the Postoffice Department rescind
its order inaugurating rural free mail
delivery by automobile in a number OF
experimental instances has gone to the
extent that there Is now pending in Con-
gress a bill which seeks to compel the
department to rescind this order. The
plan OF delivery is opposed by the car
riers and those whom the carriers serve,
While It Is true that the motor sys-
tenn of delivery carries with 1t a ma
terial decrease in the number of car
riers. the protest against this service
does not appear to be in any wise based
upon politics. II the service were prac-
ticabie there would be no protest That
such a service will some daH be practi-
cable there seems to be small doubt.
The trouble with the service at present
Ia that in winter weather tine ROADS
hinder motor traffic.
Where automobiles have superseded
the horse the routes have been length
ened TO such an extent that when the
automobile breaks down under the strain
the carrier finds himself in charge of a
route so heightened that 1t is physical
impossihility to cover it by horse. Keep
ing two automobiles is found rather too
expensive an undertaking Tor rural car
rers under present conditions. The re-
suit OF all this is a decentralization OF
the rural free delivery service.
Protests have been made from vari-
Gus sections where the automobile has
been used. The general assembly OF
Georgia. representing all sections in this
state where the automobile service has
been tried. has passed a joint resolution
memorializing representatives in Wash
ington to use their influence to have the
Postoffice Department rescind the order
Following this action. Congressman
Carl Vinson. OF the Tenth Georgia dis
trict. has introduced a BILL which is now
in the hands OF the Committee on Post,
Office and Post Roads, restoring the old
system.
The Washington times., 1916-01-09
Tuesday.

Masonic--Acacia. No is: Takoms. No. %;
Potomac, No. S, Royal Arch Chapters;
Evangelist Chapter, Rose CroN Robert oe
Bruce Council. knights Kadosh, Scottish
Bite Eiecta, No, ?: Bethlehem, No. I:
Friendship. No: Il. Eastern star.
Odd Feilows-Washington No. s: Golden
Rule, No. p: Amty. No. 81, Fred d.
stuart, No. I. Encampment.
knights Of Pythiss- Webster, No. :: Excel
sior. No IL; Capital. No. "a: Myrtle No. 9.
Maccabees-Mt. Vernon Tent. No. I: Bright
wood Tent. No. s.
Woman's Benefit Association OF the Macca-
bees-Columbia, No. 3: Liberty, No I.
National rnion--Headquarters open.
knights OF Columbus-Address. Joseph Scott.
In hail K, OF c. commission on religious
prejudires. New Willard. 10 n. m.
Royal Arcanum-National Council
United spanish War Veterans-Coi. James s.
Petit Camp, No. 3.
Modern Woodmen Of Amerca-Lincoln Camp,
No. 1850
Socialist Psrty-Msss meeting. with addresses
by Congressman Sherwood and London.
Pythian Temple.
The Washington times., 1916-01-09
Wednesday.

Masonic-SchoOl OF instruction. St John s
Mite Association: Naomi. No. ): Brooklsnd,
No. II, Eastern star.
Odd Fellows Eastern, No. Z: Harmony. No.
.; Federal City, No 20.
knights OF Pythias-Hermoine. No. l.; Union
No. @: Columbia, No. 2t Mount Vernon,
No. 5; Washington Company. No. !, Uni
. form Rank: Friendship Temple, No. 2.
Pythisn Sisters.
Independent Order OF Rechabites-onward
Tent. No. lo2l.
Modern woodmen Of America-Georgetov vn
Camp, No. l,55o.
Royal Arcanum-District Council
National Union-Postoffce Department Coun-
ell. Interior Council.
Socialist Party--Central committee, italian
branch.
The Washington times., 1916-01-09
WHO INVENTED MOTOR CAR.
Deserves n Monument ns One of the
Greatest Gcniuses.

Any schoolboy can recall the names
associated with all great inventions en-.
cept one, says the Philadelphia Public
Ledger.
There are Fulton and Evans and
Stephenson and Morse and Bell and
Edison and Wright and Marconi and
Ericsson-names linked with each OF the
big inventions of the last century.
But nothing was more revolutionary
than the automobile. In a brief fifteer
years 1t has driven half the horses of
our city streets.
No one name. however. Is associated
with the beginning of automobiles. as In
tho other cases mentioned. Who WAS
the Bell, Morse. Wright. Marconi. Full
ton. Edison. or Eli Whitney of tn.
horseless carriage?
\ whole book Is filled with Jokes about
one car. but to whom shall he erected
the final monument for the automobile