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The Washington times., 1916-05-09
THE PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM

j In a current bulletin of the Public
Health Service statistics show the
close relation between poverty and
tuberculosis. One-sixth Of all
tuberculosis cases come from cheap
lodging houses.
Even more striking are figures in
dicsting the direct bearing of low
wages upon infast mortality. One
u the most valuable charts shown
st the Baby Week exhibit sums up
these facts in graphic form.
IA reproduction of that chart
would be the most effective COM
riientary on the subject. Cold type
hardly suffices to make emphatic
these figures: Death rate Of 48 per
eent among children whose fathers
earn less than $40 week; 3S per
cent when the father earns from
$40 to $12; 10 per cent when he
earns from $12 to SIT, and only z
per cent for those earning more
than SIT.
No one appreciates the force of
these facts more than physicians
themselves. Surgeon General Cor
gas has urged that higher wages
meant better health standards and
longer life.
Realization that the whole subject
Hes deeper than summer outings,
milk and ice funds, and other forms
ofrelief work is gradually spreading.
In past years the publication Of
such figures might have been con-
sidered highly Socialistic. Now the
only wonder is that the Government
does not apply the results to its own
employees. While such information
is being issued Congress is found
considering whether it shall give its
own employees a living wage, upon
which they can bring up families
with the pecessaries and decencies
Of life, and can insure hygienic and
sanitary surroundings for their chill
dren.
The claims for consideration of
the minimum wage measure for Gov
ernment employees do not lie merely
in fair play, in a willingness Of the
Government to compensate it's en-
ployes as generously as private en-
ployers do, to pension them when
they grow old as many corporations
now do, but they take root in the
even more deep-seated problem OF
life, and health, and a fighting
chance for little children.
The Washington times., 1916-05-09
The Norfolk Festival.

OF the dozen or more musical festivals
of Importance to be held In different
parts of the United States this year.
that Of Norfolk, Conn, on June 9, Z, 9,
stands apart. This three-day festival
Is the only one of it's kind in the world,
Il is said. The entire cost of the AFFAIR
Is borne by Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Stoeckel,
and the meetings are held In a hall built
the grounds OF the Stoeckel residence.
These three days of music will mark
the annual meeting OF the Litchheld
County Choral Union. The usual chorus
Of 400 voices VIII render The German
are the invited guests OF the choral
union.
composition of magnitude from
or foreign, who is invited to conduct the
work. Two years ago the composer
was Sibelius, the Finnish composer
Last year 1t was Sir Charles Villiers
Stanford. an Englishman, whose piano,
Bauer. Mr.. Stanford was prevented
from coming by the war but other com
positions were brought forward by
Frederick Stock, conductor OF the Chi'
Ecago Orchestra, and by George w
For this year the new works are q
symphony by Charles M. Loeffler. which
| the composer will conduct. and. q
| suite" by Percy Granger for plano
and orchestra entitled I'm a Nutshell.
the solo part OF which>~will be played
! by the composer. An orchestra of sew
| enty-ive players from the Philharmonic
| Society. Of New York .Awill take part
other soioists to be heard will be Frit;
Kreisler, Pasquale Amato, Florenc'
Hinkle, Paul Althouse. Oscar Seagle
| and Herbert Witherspoon.
! American composers are again givel
| an opportunity to enter the NTH bien
| nini prize competition offered bv the Ma
The Washington times., 1916-05-09
Is Life . Dream, From Which We
Awake When Desd7

To the Editor OF THE TIMES:
see In The Times that D'Annunzio
has taken to visions. owing to injury to
his eyes. He speaks OF strange. phos-
phorescent visions. myriads Of stars
flashing across the darkness. millions
OF sparks darting into space. ara
besaues. hieroglyphics. and explosions.
But these phenomena are nothing new.
The drug mescai produces them. so
do certain other drugs. in various
stages of addiction to them. Certain
types OF insanity have similar synp-
toms. and the same things are reported
as arising from religious experience.
not only among Christians. but among
Hindus, and others. The question
arises. Do not these visions perhaps
represent truer perception of reality
than our normal consciousness? All re-
liEion maintains that this ls so. Life ts
perhaps a dream. from which we shall
awake to. ind a universe or glory.
Wa shinp pfon Nav
The Washington times., 1916-05-09
Disagrees With Mrs. Downey on
g Physique Of German Officers and
Color Of French Soldiers Trousers.


To the Editor OF THE TIMES:
In the Times OF Thursday there APP
pears an article signed by Mrs. Bob
inson Downey. which, though OF some
interest to a casual reader. 10. to my
mind. rather misleading In character.
from my own observations Having
frequently and for greater or less peri
DDS of time been In various cities In
Germany prior to the present war. the
physique of the average German army
ofricer did not impress me as being In
any way superior to that OF other ma
tions. as I frequently saw those who
were seemingly deficient, both In stat
ure and OF marked development In
other respects; and from these obser-
vations on my part the average Ger
man army officers physique and bear
ing were not more impressive than were
those Of British army officers or oi
every way. am inclined to give the
palm 10 officers OF the Turkish army
In whose country happened to bs
during the Turko- Russian war. Again
Mrs. Downey states. that the French
soldiers wore red coats and dark blue
trousers, whereas II is and always hai
been a fact. that the French army
until this war occurred, wore blue coat
and red trousers. or at least the infan.
try did so Mrs. Downey 10 somewhat
confused In her mind or hazy In hei
recollections, when sne describes tho
uniform OF the French troops.
-.t T. N. WOOD.
Washington. April 4.
The Washington times., 1916-05-09
COMING EVENTS ON
CAPITAL s PROGRAM
Today's Amusements - Schedule
for Tomorrow. =
Today.


Concert. 'Rubinstein Club. Christ Lutheran
Church. 8 p. m.
Lecture, Monsters in Our Back Yard" Mrs.
David Fairchld before Brookiand Broth
erhood. Lord Memorial Hall. Twelfth and
Newton streets northeast. 8 p. m.
entertainment kann's Club. Epiphany
Annual exhibit Capital Camera Club. Cor
coran Art Gallery. II to .. m.
Lecture. Preparedness and an American n
Merchant Marine" BENJAMIN ]. Rosenthai
before Washington Chamber OF Commerce.
Meeting. Round Table Club. New Ebbitt.
Concert. Musical Club OF the University OF
Pittsburgh. Hamine NJ. z. Church, .. m.
Celebration OF anniversary OF death OF
Shakespeare. high school pupils OF Wash
Entertainment. ''Disraeli." +" students or
George Washington University. for benent
OF George Washington Hospital. p. m.
Meeting for fathers. mothers. teachers, and
neighbors. cranch-Tyier Home and School
Association, Tyler School, p. m.
Mount Horeb, No. :. r. A.: Kaliipolis
Grotto. ceremonial.
Eastern Star-Eiecta. No. O.
Odd Fellows-Amity. No. "a: Washington, No.
@: Golden Rule, No. q; Fred d. Stuart
Knishts OF Pythiss-weester. No. 7; rxcei-
sior. No. Il; Capital. No. u. and Myrtle.
Royal Xrcanum- Oriental Council. Old Ma
sonic Temple.
National Union. hesdauarters open.
Illustrated lecture by John Muerrnsn Of the
United States Bureau OF Education. Home
Meeting in connection with ths annual con.
vention Of the Washington Epworth League.
Trinity NJ. =. Church. p. m.
The Washington times., 1916-05-09
HOUSE VOTE ON THE ARMY BILL

The House has sustained Chair
man Hay. on the army bill, and done
1t by an unmistakable majority, al
belt not SO decisive as when the first
test came, during the Houses con-
sideration Of its own original bill.
The Senate's amendment increasing
the army to 250, 900 was rejected en-
phatically.
In a recent magazine article
Colonel Roosevelt declared that
Chairman Hay, Of the House Mill
tary Committee, had demonstrated
indubitable opposition to any i'm
provement of the military situation
on constructive lines. That view
seems to be justified by the action
yesterday; but 1t is applicable to the
House, as a whole, as well as to the
chairman.
If there were possibilities Of large
economies involved; il there were no
such critical situation as exists for
the army in Mexico; IL there were
not grave danger of yet more seri-
Gus position in relations with Ger
many; II these conditions were not
existent there would yet be small
excuse for such a positive opposi-
tion to adding approximately $4,000
to the army, when public opinion has
shown itself so strongly in favor of
the increase. The House, it now ap-
pears, is determined to force accept
ance Of the national guard as a part
of the main line of defense, even at
the expense of the regular army.
Even with the increases provided
in the Hay bill, and with the Fed
eralization of the guard, the first
line of defense will fall short by
00,000 of the number that even Mr..
Hay has agreed is needed.
The national guard, efficient as
some of its units have been, has been
considered by its most ardent admir-.
ers as little more than the nucleus OF
second line of defense that would
require considerable training to put
it in condition for the field. The tao.
tics Of Chairman Hay and his asso.
ciates would make it part of the first
line, against all, previous experience
of the country, against all expert
advice, and against the needs Of 9
situation which is growing more and
more menacing every day.
! Some clever paragrapher stated
at the beginning of the present ses
sion of Congress that preparedness
would be the principal accomplish
ment of the session-preparednesl
for the campaign of 1916!
In view of the trend of interna
tional events; in view of the not,
which President Wilson sent to Ger
many yesterday, and in view Of tn,
conditions on the MexicaD border
the House preparedness program
would indicate that good man!
members are preparing for a loni
period of meditative retirement.
The Washington times., 1916-05-09
Today's Program.

New York avenue playground
Arthur VS.. Blake.
Gallinger playground
VS.. Weightman.
Bloomingdale playground =
Emery VS.. Gage.
Rosedale playground = Blow
VS.. Pierce.
Georgetown playground-Fill-
more VS.. Hyde.
YESTERDAY SCORES:
Jackson defeated Curtis 6-i,
6-l.
Brookland defeated lexington
6-3, 6-l, Go, 2-6.
The Washington times., 1916-05-09
Spanish American War
Order Meets Here Friday

The national commandery Of the
Navat and Military Order OF the
Spanish American War viii hold it's
annual convention at the Army nd
Navy Club Friday and Saturday with
delegates from thirteen States pres
ent. ="
The FIRST day OF the convention will
be devoted TO an inspection OF the
harbor defenses OF Washington
Pustness meetings will be held on
the morning and afternoon of the
second day with a banquet
The Washington times., 1916-05-09
Rain Again Mterteres
With Tennis Matches
On City Fairgrounds
Contests for Times Trophies TO 60 On Today-vir-
gina Avenue Schedule Is Completed.
Players Who Will Compete.

Weather conditions yesterday after
noon again interfered with the playing
of the tennis matches between contest
ants for The Times trophies. The
showers sent players and on-lookers
scurrying for shelter.
Play will be resumed today on the
New York avenue playground. between
the Arthur and Blake Schools; on the
GaIlinger playground, between the
Bradley and weightman schools; on the
Bloomingdaie playground. between EN-
cry and Gage. on the Rosedale
playground. between Blow and Pierce,
and on the Georgetown playground be-
twene Fillmore and Hyde.
Virginia Avenue Schedule.
The Virginia avenue schedule was fled
with the Fairgrounds department to-
day. 1t follows:
Division A-wednesday. May 10. Tyler
vs.. Buchanan; Friday. May IL, Lenox
VS.. Cranch: Tuesday. May IS, Tyler VS..
Wallach: Thursday. May IS, Buchanan
VS.. Lenox; Monday, May %, Cranch vs..
wallach; Tuesday. May %, Tyler Va.
Lenox; Wednesday. May "a. Buchanan
VS.. cranch; Friday. May 2e. Lenox VS..
wailach; Monday. May %, Tyler VS..
Cranch: Wednesday, May 81, wallach
vs. Buchanan.
Division B-Thursday. MAY II. Ketch-
am vs.. Van Buren,; Monday. Nav Is.
Congress VS.. Randie Highlands; We'd
ncsday. May II. Ketcham VS.. Randle
Highlands: Friday, May 10. Van Buren,
VS.. Congress Heights; Tuesday, May
g. Ketcham VI. Congross Heights;
Thursday. May rs. Van Buren, VS.. RAN
die Highlands.
The Players.
The players are:
Buchanan School-First team. Annie
Totten tcaptain). Jennie Dyas: second
| team. Gertrude Hippchen. Helen Ilipp-
chen: third team. Margaret Davis.
Agnes Blumberg. fourth team. Julia
| Horan. Grace Moody; substitutes. Fran
ces Simmons. Iren Kusner. Anna Ten
nyson
Congress Heishts-First team, Helen
Leman tcaptain), Ruth King second
team, Neale Sweeney, Edna Blaine
third team, Nellie Harlowe. Helen
Selby: fourth team. Elsie Marshall.
Bessie Pearce.
Van Buren-First team, Myrtice
Stone. Florence Blinn (captain) Sec
ond team. Dorothy Hopkins. Mary
| Cranch--First team. Catherine Davis
Lily Boteler; second team. Anna Annis-
berg. Blanche Dawson third team. Es-
ther Coleman. Elizabeth Coleehan
The Washington times., 1916-05-09
To Talk On Preparedness
And Merchant Marine

Preparedness and the American Mer-
chant Marine" Is the topic Of an ad-
dress to be delivered by B. ]. Rosen-
thai OF Chicago. Ct a meeting of the
Washington Chamber of Commerce to-
night.
Mr.. Rosenthal. who is a manufacturer
and merchant, was special foreign COM
missioner of the National Business
League OF America, and during many
trips abroad has given much study TO
the merchant marine question.
The Washington times., 1916-05-09

fourth team, Dorothy Martin. Violet
Emprey.
Lenox-First team, Julia Hutchinson
(captain). Virginia Ball; second team
Ivy Sanderson. Annie Dugan; third
team. Dorothy Hutchinson.
Ketcham-First team, Gladys Cornish
Thelma Arnold tcaptainl; second team
Marian Pyles, Dorothy Latimer; third
team, Mary Goddary. Annetta Crum-
baugh: fourth team. Bessie Harding
Substitutes, Margaret koontz, Grace
Butler.
Tyier-Third team. Evelyn Davis (cap.
tain). Frances Henshaw: fourth team
Ethel Wolfnger. Irfha Engle. Substi
tute. Pearl Taylor.
Yesterdays Contestants
Yesterdays contestants were:
Jackson School-Thlrd team. Heller
Sinclair and Emily Kyle; fourth team
Louise Hancock. and Mary Beall.
Curtis School Third team. Margaret
higgins and Catherine O'Connor
fourth team, Mildred Gordon and Anna
Sasher,
At Bloomingdale playground-Brook
land School-First team, Marie Nc
Craight and, Ruth Phillips; second
team, Helen Clayton and Dorothy Rod.
dy. third team, Ethel Clapham. anc
Elizabeth Wall; fourth team. Lucille
Bean and Mary Harbaugh. Eckingtir
School-Elizabeth Tew and Kathleen
Sweeney; second team. Rebecca Arm.
| strong and Rosa O'Hagan; third team
Anna CARRIER and Helen McColland.
The Washington times., 1916-05-09
HoosIER SONG AND sENTIMENT-By
Wesley ,orrison Smith, Boston:, Sher-
man Inranch A CnI Price Il %
On Fly's Menace.

Monsters In Our Back Yards" a
and other insects found around the
rear doorsteps OF homes. will be given
tonight by Mrs. David Fairchild De-
fore the Brookland Brotherhood In
Lord Memorial Hall. Twelfth and New
ton streets northeast.
The Washington times., 1916-05-09
Amusements,

Barnum and Bailey circus Fifteenth street
and Florida avenue. 1;45 and p. m.
Belasco-'Disraeli," by George washinRton
University students. s:i5 p. m.
Nationai-''The Birth Of a Nation" 2:fB and
s:l5 p. m.
Poils-'Faust,' 2l5 and Sis Il m.
Keith's-vaudeville, 2:l5 and Sis d, m.
Gayety-Burlesque. 2:15 and s:lS d. m,
Loew's columbia-Photoplays 10 q. m. to
IL d. m.
The Washington times., 1916-05-09
MAIL BAG. !.
From The Times Readers

commuaicst tons TO the Mali Bsg must
only: must not exceed 200 words In
length, and must be signed with name
and address OF sender. The publication
OF letters in The Times Mail Bag does
OF the opinions Of the writer. The Mall
Bag 10 an open forum, where the qiu-
zens Of washington can argue most
questions. t~FN
The Washington times., 1916-05-09

American composers are again given
an opportunity TO enter the NTH bien-
tionaI Federation Of Musical Clubs. the
successful composition 10 be performed
The Washington times., 1916-05-09
SONGS OF THE SON OF IsAI-Rv Heller
Hughes Heilscher. Boston: sherman
French a co. Price, $3.50.

The songs" comprise a metrical ar
rangement Of the Psalms. While there
is at times a stilted effect, owing to
the necessity for a regular scheme of
versification, these arrangements of the
Psalms OF David will be valuable to
Rible teachers who need to imp-css
their subject-matter by the use or
rhythm.
The Washington times., 1916-05-09

Pythian Sisters -Friendship. No. Q.
The Washington times., 1916-05-09
Book Reviews

REMATING rIME-By Jesse Lynch WILL
Jams. New York Charles scribner's 9
Sons. Price 30 cents
The Washington times., 1916-05-09
QUIT YOUR woRRyISG.-By Georss
Wharton James New York; The Baker
a TaNInr Cn Price Il.

Every worry that human beings ever
had has been collected and dissected
by the author OF this book. He shows
that the chronic worrier Is really a
failure as o member or society. and
offers suggestions as to the remedy.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-15

tagion. Twenty thousand applications for insurance were reviewed and it -vaS found that in 4SS cases one only of the parents of the applicant was stated to have died from cancer, and in four cases both parents were stated to have died of that disease. There were 122 times as many cases in which one parent had died of cancer as of those in which both parents had died of that disease There could hardly be a stronger test than the case of husband and wife,
 1 As to heredity, Mr. Hunter said: i My first investigation consisted of ] cases of persons insured in six com-
 panies, both parents having died of ] cancer prior to date of application for 1 insurance Of 472 grandparents of l the insured, the cause of death was 1 given in 234 cases of which two were ] from cancer; the cause of death was 1 stated in 1S4 of these as old age, the ! average age at death of which was S2. In 72 of the grandparents the i cause of death was not known, but l the age was given, the average being l 62; in 155 cases neither the age nor the cause of death was known. It IS 1 reasonable to conclude that if only two died of cancer out of 234 parents , of persons who died of cancer, that i disea SC is not hereditary.
 'The possibility of heredity in can
 cer has generally been studied by ex-
 periments on animals. Tn the case Ot
 human beings there has been no pre-
 vious attempt, so far as l am aware
 to investigate the problem in fam
 ilies where there has evidently been q
 cancer strain, if such a thing exists
 Tn the present investigation, one o1
New Britain herald., 1916-12-15
CANCERS GRIM TOLL
Victims in United States Number
 SO,OOO Annually, But Disease Is
 Neither Contagious Nor Hereditary.

New York, Dec. 1.-Two years study of original insurance statistics indicate cancer is neither hereditary nor conta gious, according to a paper presented to the Association of Life Insurance Presidents, here today by President Arthur Hunter of the Ac- tuarial Society of America.
 After referring to the annual toll of eighty thousand deaths from cancer in the United States, MT. Hunter said:
 "No sooner do we become interest ed in the wide prevalence of dis ease like cancer, than we begin to wonder whether it is contagious or , hereditary. Such questions must be in the minds of hundreds of thousands of relatives of persons who have died from this disease and of others who are suffering from it.
 There seems little to support the l view that cancer is the result of con-
New Britain herald., 1916-12-15
STOMACH UPSET?
Get at the Real Cause-Take Dr.
 Edwards Olive Tablets

That's what thousands of stomach sufferers are doing now. Instead of taking tonics, or trying to patch up a poor digestion, they are attacking. the real cause of the acknowledged liver and disordered bowels.
 Dr. Edwards Olive Tablets arouse the liver in a soothing, healing way. When the liver and bowels are per- forming their natural functions, away goes indigestion and stomach troubles.
 If you have bad taste in your mouth. tongue coated, appetite poor, lazy, don't-care feeling, no ambition or energy, troubled with undigested, foods you should take Olive Tablets, the sub stitute for ca1ornel:
 Dr. Edwards Olive Tablets are a purely vegetable compound mixed with olive oil. You will know them by. thelr olive color. They do the work without griping, cramps or pain.
 Take one or two at bedtime for q,nck ,!, relief, SO you can eat what you like <e At 1Oc and 25c per box. All druggist7
New Britain herald., 1916-12-15
HAWAILANS SEEK SUFFRAGE
Representatives iii Congress Will Ask for Right to Elect Own Governor Home Rute, Their Cry,

Honolulu, Dec. 1s,--A h,,l seeking to give the voters Of Hawaii the right to elect the governor of the territory will be introduced in congress by Del esate Kalanfanaole, according to a statement issued by him.
 Under the present laws, the gove~- nor Is appointed by the president, and Rtae people of the territory have noth- ling to say as to who their chief ex- j ecative may be.
 MT. Kalaniananaole said:
 Tn the next congress I am going
 to work hard along the lines of home
 rule. One, of the first bills which sh3ll introduce, end for which ! shall
 ask a speedy hearing before the com
 ntttee on territories, is a bill which
 xtll give to the electorate of Hawaii
 Inc right to choose It's governor With lthe trend of opinion in congress
 towards home rule, I am hopeful that sa bill of this nature will be success
 ful: Should 1t be, 1t will be g prel!-n-
 mary step toward statehood
 Whenever any matter comes up in
 congress concerning Hawaii, whether It deals with the subject Of disposition ek tho public lands, with the selection ! Of governor, Or even with prohibition,
 [ shall strenuously insist, both before l the. conn mmittee and on the floor of the house, that in matters of this nature the power of control should be vested l n tho people of the territory. "We do not here want a commits don form Of government. We do not l aere want matters in which we are
 gitally interested left solely subject to
 eontrol by congress. We have plenty
 f questions of vital interest to us, but
 e are able to work out our own sal
New Britain herald., 1916-12-15

the groups consisted of cases in which both of the parents had died from cancer; and in another of the groups, a parent, and brother or a sister of the po1icy-holder had died from that disease It might be eX- pected, therefore, that if cancer were hereditary it would be shown very clearly in the family records of these persons, but this has not appeared.
 Men and women who are in anX ietv of mind on account of the ap pearance of cancer in their ancestry or immediate family, may dismiss such anXieties, as there is no statis- tical evidence at the present time that the disease of cancer is transmitted by inheritance in mankind.'