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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-01-09
WOMEN AS FARMHANDs.
rider HaEGard Protests Against the
Innovation In England.

NuW0N0NlOu IN Tiki
(FFom the Kansas CITY starr
II you think II, Rider Haggard has
sunk into oblivion you are very much
mistaken. The famous author OF the
famous she" no longer writes to earn
his living, for he is a farmer. and a
good one, an agricultural expert as a
matter of fact.
The advice Of Lord Selborne to the
farmers OF England to employ women
instead of men on the farms provoked
Mr.. Haggard's outburst lie modestly
admits that his knowledge of the sub
ject is the result OF observing the
work OF women upon the land In many
parts of the world" and then goes on
to say:
For reasons that some may call old
fashioned ] do not consider that the
surroundings and activities of a mixed
farm are quite desirable for gently nur-
tuted young women, such as II has
been proposed that farmers employ"
Women would DO all right for dairy
work. poultry keeping and kindred
work on the farm, he admits, but he
says very emphatically:
Even a Zulu woman could scarcely
face weeks blowing with heavy
horses on heavy land, and to impose
such tasks upon English girls who are
not bred TO It must, in my opinion. lead
70 failure and often to the wrecking Of
their health"
And then he concludes:
In our present difficulties the work
of women may very we'll prove a pallia-
tive; 1t can never be a panacea."
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-01-09
SOUTH WANTS MAIL
TO COME BY HORSE
BiII In Congress to End RuFaI De-
livery by MotOFs--WOuId
Resclnd Orders.

ReRcInd Orders.
| (AtldRtG Correspondence of Philddsl-
PHO LedSsr.)
The movement in the Southeast to
have the Postoffice Department rescind
| its order inauRuratinE rural free mail
delivery by automobile in a number Of
experimental instances has gone to the
extent that there Is now pending in Con-
gFess 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-
ticable there would be no protest. That
such a service will some dax be. practi-
cable there seems to be small doubt.
The trouble with the service at present
IL that in winter weather the 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 It is physical
imDossihility to cover It by morse; Keep
ing two automobiles is found rather too
expensive an undertaking for rural car
riers under present conditions. The re-
suit OF all this is a Generalization 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 joint resolution
memoriali1ing representatives in Wash
inRton to use their influence to have the
Postoffice Department rescind the order.
Following this action. Congressman
! Carl Vinson. OF the Tenth Georgia dis
Office and Post Roads, restoring the old
syBtem,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-01-09
SHORT UPPERoUT no FAME.
SeEWrOIa Fights for New Grand Opera
Prlmn DOnRn.

TrtAAu DONNA
fortune, coy and capricious dame, has
a way OF leaving her calling card at
the door of the humble and ssrensly
ignoring some importuuats climber who
pursues her. says the Philadelphia Pub
lic Ledger. A foOthold on the Fungs 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
discarded as effete the old and tried
ruses OF lost Jewels, or missing Poms
eranians, or views on matTimony, o.
sdceessful speculation in "waY
brides" or beauty hints. or recipes fog
broiling Holsters. Miss Fitgiu Is g
haVo the role Df Rosina in the new
opera. "GoYesca" by GFanadoG, to be
given bY the Metropolitan Company.
Some time ago a critic spoke slight
ingly OF her work. Whereupon An
drea de SeGurola, the basso, punched
tho head Of the critic. and tho fair Anna
and her voice were no l0nFer mute and
.nelorlous. Thev were discovered. Per-
haEs that was what Liszt meant when
he said TO an aspiring feminine pianist
MY dear young lady. YOU play so we'll
that you deserve to be abused by the
critics" let every Elsa have her lo-
heHgrin to fight for her, For every drop
~ ink that flows In malice from a Sple-
Motto pen let red blood flow. Let \
black eye DC the price Of n eaustic cpl
gram Then every prima donna who
has two words to slng VIII ne "accorde1
an ovation" or received with raDturous
acclaim"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 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 its 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 ofMspoils politics, that
nobody's position will be secure if
it is guaranteed only by merit, and
that the schools as well as the per-
sonnet will suffer.
There is no ground for such fears,
The schools are not going to be
made a spells institution. They
couldn't be if the Commissioners de-
sired, because the present merit laws
which govern selection and promo
ton 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
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Friday.

Masonic-Capitol. No. II: Cathedral. No. Il;
st. Johns Lodge, No lS Eastern Star
Odd Fellows-Central, No. L. Metropolis. No.
Is; Phoenix, No. 2S, odd Fellows Home As
ISOLATION; Martha Washington, No 81 Dor
cas-, No. l. RebekahB.
Knights OF PythiRs--Rathbone-S Superior No.
80; SyracusiRns, No. 10; Rathbons Temple,
No. g. Pythian Sisters.
National Union-National Capital Council,
Mckinley Council, Georgetown Council
knights OF Columbus-Board Of Directors OF
X. Of G. Employment Bureau.
Modern Woodnhen OF America--Wa shInEton
Camp and Martha Washington Camp. Joint
installation: CSrtNl Camp, Ne, l60i5, and
Maple Grove Camp. Royal Neighbors. Joint
installation.
Sons and Daughters Of Liberty Friendship
Council.
United Daughters of the confsdsrasy-card
party.
Grand Army Of the RepubIlc-GeorEe II.
Thomas Post, No. Is. q. A, r.; Thomas
Post w. r, O., and Thomas Camp, No.
II, Sons OF Veterans, joint installation.
Socialist Party-Locai Central.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-01-09
sOLLY,s BAD BREAK.
Said SOmethIng lie Didn't Mean to
lIis Best Girl

liis Best Girl.
(FYom the Cleveland i'ldiH Deuler.)
I'm not one OF the kind that's all
ways making breaks" writes our old
friend solly, but / guess l made one
the other evening, all right. Making
bad breakE comes from trying not to,
every time. I've lost my happy home,
all riGht, and ! was just being care
full.
'Nou see, was calling on the girl
that made such an awful hit with me
at the picnic because she was such n
good swimmer and brought such
swell eats along with her and didn'I
have dark elbows. And while / was
sitting there talking about one thing
and another, she said
oh. / want you &c meet my chun
when she comes To visit me. You will
like Fer-she's awfullv pretty
And I said That's nice-T can't
stand nglyJ girls Aud then I thourbt
she looked kind Of funny. ard I said
'nh, ] bee your pardon. I didn't near
thnt-really" And then she rot SO
chilly that IL was convenient for me
20 20 away ehrly. snd guess she
don't want me 70 come back"
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any length OF time while standing en-
water. Colonel VaRetch found out foF
them. and what he discovered they put
down In their wise military books.
"Iiere Is where we stood. said
Colonel VRssich. "For three days my
men stood with me in this swamp aiid
fought the Turks on those hilla." !
asked him how deep the water was.
'Up TO our waists, sometimes up 10
our chlns sometimes over our heads:
and when a man was wounded he was
drowned" 1 asked him whether Il was
cold.
Held Turks Off Monastir.
"That was three years ago, and
haven't been we'll since. II was. in
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
ION their heads; but many OF them
carried Il around their belts, and
found that the water didn't hurt II
any. Come, we must get up TO the
trenches"
Two soldiers gave the car start.
II had once been a line Limousine, but
the years of Serbian lighting had left
their marks on II. al well as on the
colonel Every time we started II was
with the assistance OF soldiers who
put their shoulders to the once orii-
iiantly black limousine body and gave
hearty pushes to help the yaRolene.
Behind us was Monastir. which once
belonged to Bulgaria, and now be-
lonEed to Serbia; before us were the
dreadful cry OF ':Urrai Ne pref ne
noRh!" which means Forward with
the bayonet!" The women and chill
dren back there in Monastir know
that cry. The sick. tired man in the
car beside you ia holding back the
ones who voice II, but II the Monas-
tirians cease to hear the booming OF
the Serbian guns tonight, they had
better dress and hurry along the win
try roads toward the Greols border.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-01-09
WHO INVENTED MOTOR CARG
Deserves . Monument NJ One % the
Greatest GenIRHnh.

Deserves . Monument NJ One % the
Greatest GenIREeE.
Any schoolboy can recall the names
associated with all great inventions ex-
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 fifteen
years It has driven half the horses on
our city streets.
No one name. however. Is associated
with the BEGINNING OF automobiles. as In
the other cases mentioned. Who was
the Bell, Morse. Wright Marconi Full,
ton. Edison, or ELI Whitney Of the
horseless carriege2
\ whole book Is filled with Jokes about
one car. but to whom shall be erected
the final monument for the automobile
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-01-09
ThuradaH.

Masohic-The New Jerusalem, No. o. George
a. whiting, No. %: Washington. No. 2,
Royal Arch Chapters; Kallipolis GTotto,
ladies' night, Raleigh Hotel; grand chap.
ter, Eastern Star.
Odd NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., No. II; Salem, No.
90; Covenant, No. -; Columbia, No TO-
Knights OF Pythias-Harmony, No. o.
KNIGHTS Of ColumbusKeane Council.
Royal Arcanum-Capitol Council.
Woman's Beneht Association OF the Macca-
bees-Union No. 6.
Maccabses--D District Tent, No. 8.
National union-Washington Council. Fra
ternA Council
Socialist PartyAY p S, L.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-01-09
Wednesday,

misunderstood OF instruction, st. John 9
Mite Association; Naomi. No. 8; Brookland,
No. II, Eastern Star.
Odd Feilowa-Eastern, No. Z: Harmony No,
3: Federal City, No 20.
Knights OF Pythas-HeTmoine. No. L; Union
No. q; Columbia, No. %; Mount Vernon,
No. 5; washington Company. No. I, Uni
L form Rank Briendship Temple. No. ..
Pythian Sisters.
Independent order Of Northumberland
Tent No. l02l.
Modern woodmen OF Acknowledgement
Camp, No. 1890.
Royal ArcaHum-District Council
National Unlon-Postofhcs Department Coun-
ell. Interior Council.
Socialist Party--central COMMITTEES. italian
branch
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-01-09

possibility Of converting the schools
into a political institution. The gem
eral District service, aside from po-
lice, fire.. and schools, are without
the civil service regulations; yet the
District service has not been turned
over TO the spoiIsmen. There have
been few changes, none Of them
for political reasons, in important
executive positions; there have been
just two removals of clerical en-
ployes for political reasons, and in
both cases the reasons involved Of
fensive partisanship and a seeming
impossibility to get full loyalty from
the incumbents. The great regiment
of municipal employees have gone on
utterly unaffected by the change in
political complexion at the Munici-
pal Building.
If this can be said of service
which has not been brought under
civil service protection, how much
more true would It be in the schools,
where an excellent merit system pre-
walls, and would continued The Dis
trict Commissioners could remove
hundreds Of their general employees,
if they wished, because they didn't
like their politics, compilations, or
plaid pants; but they haven't done
anything of the kind, They have
been consistently loyal to the merit
system despite terrific political pres
sure for jobs. It is the complete
assurance that they would be sim
ilarly devoted to the merit system
in the public schools; and in addi-
ton, it is underwritten and guaran-
teed by the fact that the schools are
under civil service.
Who on earth would be fool
enough, being a District Commits
sioner, to want to assume political
responsibility for choosing the
teachers in the public schools Of this
town? 1t would ruin any commits
sion that would attempt it., There
would be nothing to gain by it, for
there are no political ends to serve.
This town has no conventions to
control, no contracting jobs as
prizes for the bosses, no delegations
to manipulate, no primaries to in
fiuence-in fact, none of the ordi-
nary inspirations to machine admin
istration. Nobody could build a ma
chine worth controlling in this town,
because there is nothing for his ma
chine to do; no grist for it to grind,
as there is for an ordinary political
machine in any other town. The
Commissioners would be candidates
for st. Elizabeth's if they should
conceive the idea that they could
help themselves in any political way
by having control of the jobs in the
public school system.
The reasons for asking Congress
to abolish the school board and turn
over its general authorities to the
Commissioners, to be exercised
through director Of education, are
precisely the reasons that in all for
ward-looking cities are nowadays
moving toward greater concentra-
ton of authority. 1t makes for a
corresponding concentration of re-
sponsibility, for better administra-
ton, for more efficiency and greater
satisfaction in results. 1t is a move
in the direction that every evolution
in city management is carrying all
our cities.
The teachers need not worry
about being chucked into politics.
They will be as safe as they have
ever been, and probably consider
ably safer, on this score.
EVEN OUR SMALL ARMY AND
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-01-09
He Is Sunflower Kinp.

JEFFERSON CnTY, Mo-, Jan. g.
Lee c. Phillips has SO acres ot sun
flowers and Is known rs the "Sunhower
King" He sells tho SEED TO breakfast
food makers, 1t costs him something
like IS per aero TO grow SuEfowCrs and
he markets the seed nt from : L. 5
cents pound Tho yield Ter acre,
Phillips says. is from So to $50.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-01-09
WHAT'S ON PROGRAM
HERE DURING WEEK
Many Interesting Events Of I'm
portance Are Scheduled
For Capital.


illustrated lecture, "An Evening Of De.
tense" at Beiasco Theatef eilb b. m, for
benoht OF Belgian Scholarship FUND.
Address THE Jew IN American LIFE" BY
Alexander Lyons. OF Bro0kiyn. under aus
pioos Of Collegiate Club.
LECTURE, whats Wrong with the Worid,' .
Peter W. Collins, New National, 3 D. M,
under auspices OF local council Knights OF
Peace mass meeting. Polls Th6ater, D. m,
under auspices Woman'g Peace Party,
Concert Y. 8 Soldiers Home Band. Stanley
nuStratsd Iscture. Rev. w. Il. II. smith.
Fourth Presbyterian Church, 5 p. m.
Yosper services, y. w. q. A., $3.50 p. m.
Concert United States SOLDIER Home Band
Orchestra. Stanley HAIL 6.S D. m.
Address. Max Kergen, Twelfth street branch
OF Y. N, G. A., 3f5 p. m.
Mlssion. Eoiy Trinity Church. 1880 p. m.
Memorial 70 the late Rev. DIT. Frank seweil,
Church Of the New Jerusalem, 1880 D.. m.
Religious services, Mount Pleasant Lodge,
No. 50, Masonic and Eastern star Home.
Meeting, stansbury. No. "a. MaSOns. usual
place, 1850 D. m.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-01-09

ODD Washington Canton, No. l.,
PatriGrchs Militant.
National Union-Joseph Henry Council, Cen
sus Council.
Socialist Party--sociai and supper
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-01-09
Tuesday.

Masonic-Acaeia. No. is; Takoma, No. -:
Potomac No. s, Royal Arch Chapters;
Bruce Council, KnlGhts Kndosh. Scottish
Bite; Electa; No, 2; Bethlehem, No. Z;
ODD Experimentation, No. 6; Golden
Rule, No. n; Amity. No. 20: Fred d.
stuart. No. Z. Encampment.
Knights Of Pythias Webster. No. Z: Excel
Maecabees-Mt Vernon Tent, No. q Bright
wood Tent No. s.
woman's Benefit Association OF the Macca-
bees-ColilmbiA, No. 3; Liberty, No. I.
National Union-Headquartera open.
knights Of .Columbus-Address Joseph Scott,
In hall x, OF C. commission on religions
prejudleeS. New willard. 10 a. m.
Royal ATcanum-Nationai Council
United spanish War Veterans-Coi. James 3.
Petit Camp, No. 3.
Modern Moodmen Of America-Lincoln Camp,
No. 1856
Socialist Party-AIass meeting. with addresses
by Congressman Sherwood and London.
Pythlan Temple.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-01-09
Tomorrow.

lVAWWANWWs
Exhibitions DoneniOs the Swiss ayef bene-
nd OF infant welfare centers OF Washington
Diet Kitchen Association. Ascents At II
Mn, ~. Snd .,n 2; 70. c,,,.n, Association
Northeast Temple SIP. M.
Address, what Causes and What Prevents
War" James O. Kent. before capitol HLll
Literary society At home OF Mrs. Laura ID.
Lawson, 2Us Thirteenth street northeast, 1880
Meeting, Piney Branch Citizens Association,
Iowa Avenue NJ. e, Church, 1880 o, m.
Meeting. Woman's Peace Party, New Will
Meeting. Woman's Evening Clinic, formerly
Woman's Clinic Auxiliary, ct home Of Mrs.
Samuel Spencer. 2oi2 Massachusetts, avenue
99rthwe.t $50 p; N. 60, ,,..,..,., -,
Great; Qriglnators Of the Present World
War" Miss Janet Richards, Rauschars,
MeetinE New Hampshire Association. w. C.
T. U. Headquarters. S22 Sixth street north
west p, m.
Kendall Baptist Churches, 7;sO p. m.
Private View Of miniatures BY laura COombs
Hills. Moore studio, 72s Seventeenth street
Concert. United states Marine Band orches.
ira, Marine Barracks 2;S0 p. m.
Recital; Nicholas pouty, under auspices OF
auditorium New National Museum. s;iS
Charity ball. benefit Of the children's Hos
Meeting, Mems club OF Christ Church Parish.
at home Of William +. Hill, 1910 Q street
northwest D. m.
Meeting, knights Of Columbus commission on
religious pretudices, New willard. 70 a. m.
ADMINISTRATION, No. l6; Mount Vernon,
No. 3; Hiram, No. 10. Royal Arch Masons;
Temple. No. 10; Columbia, No. Is, Eastern
Star.
Odd Fellows-Union. No. IL: Beacon, No. Is;
Langdon, No. 20; Esther Lodge, No. g. Re-
behaha.
Knights OF Pythias-Decatur. No. ., Calanthe.
No. II; Ascalon Temple, No. 81. Knights
OF Khorassan.
Maccabees-NatIonal Tent, No. 1; Anncostia
Tent, No. Z.
woman's Benefit Association Of the Maeea-
boes-Mt. Vernon, No. .: Brightwood. No.
9: Georgetown, No 10.
National Cnlon--Pfessmans Council.
Knights OF Columbus-Potomao Council
United Daughters OF the COME 1eracy-Stone-
wall jackson Chapter, No. 20.
Royal Recommendations Council
F. o. E.-Entertainment committee.
Socialist Partly. p. g. L., Taiiors Union.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-05-05
CHARCOAL IRON
IS VERY ACTIVE
Thousands of Shares Change
Hands On the Detroit
Stock Exchange

With sales Of Charcoal Iron com.
mon amounting to S.745 shares, 70.
gether with trading in the preferred
OF that company to the extent OF
1,2f0 shares, the Detroit stock e,.
change on Thursday experienced tn 5
biggest day in its history. Wednes-
day of this week was previously the
record day, sales then having ex-
cceded 10000 shares.
Trading Thursday totalled 1880
shares, which was an average
weeks business OF the exchange not
many months ago.
Demand for Charcoal Iron COM
mon continues keen, with bidding
active at Z Is. The last sale Fri
day morning was recorded at Z "a.
The majority of the transactions
Thursday afternoon were at z IL
or thereabouts.
The preferred Issue also is, being
grabbed up, and there was recorded
Friday morning, one transaction In
volvlng 1,160 shares at 6 1-2.
REQ Car again was active. Friday
with the price at about the same ng
ure that II has remained for th'
last week. Most OF the sales are q
80 3-S.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-05-05
Harmony Marks Con-
vention of Wayne
County Democrats
FERRIS ALSO
is EULOGIZED
Administration Is Civ
en- Credit for COun-
try's Prosperity

Hearty endorsement of the admin.
istration Of President Wilson and
an expression of hope that Gov. Fer
ris will be candidate for reelection
were the salient features Of the
resolutions adopted by the Demo
cratic county convention, which was
held in the German salesmen's hall,
Friday morning.
Edwin Henderson wns named tenn.
porary chairman. The burden Of his
speech was Wilson, right or
Y rong"
The name OF Edward E. Jeffries,
recorder, was missing from the list
of delegates-at-large, which included
all the prominent local Democrats,
(Continucd on Page TweD.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-05-05
Plunkett, DAILY, O'Han-
nahan and William
Pearse Shot
PROCLAMATION
SIGNED BY ALL
Seven Sim Feiners
Have Now Been
Executed

DUBLIN, May 5.--Four more Irish
leaders cf last weeks rebellion have
been convicted and shot, 1t was ON
cially announced today. They were
Joseph Piunkctt. one OF the zen
who signed the proclamation. es
tablishing an Irish republic.
Edward DAILY. Michael O'Hanna
han and William Pearse.
Seven rebel leaders have now paid
the death penalty for the part they
played in the rebellion. Besides
Piunkett three others OF the seven
signers o. the republican proclama'
tion--Patrick Fsarse. president oi
the republic: Thomas J. Clarke. In
whose tobacco shop the plans were
laid. and Thomas MacDonagh have
been executed.
James Connolly, another signer
who commanded the Irish army,
lies In prison severely wounded.