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The Washington times., 1917-11-07

On Saturday in this column called attention to tile
ct that in New York city, Hearst with his newspapers
fighting the entire collection of New York newspapers
herald, World Sun, Times Post Globe Mail Telegram, and
all the rest
And with no great risk ventured this prophecy
cernng this fine collection of editors ION Wednesday they
will be explaining to their readers how happened that
Hearst administered frstclass thrashing to the whole
newspaper pack combined"
THIS is Wednesday, and you know what happened in
New York The Hearst candidate is elected by plurality
of one hundred and fifty thousand and the candidate of all
the other newspapers combined who presented to the
public wrapped from head to foot in the American ag and
singing 1.-The Star-Spangled Banner has gone into the
waste basket.
The situation in New York is this: People there as
elsewhere know sincerity when they see it.
Hearsts evening newspaper has at least many sep
readers all these other newspapers combined and it
has the additional advantage of possessing its readers
hdence.
Hearst's morning newspaper, THE NEW YORK
AMERICAN has the biggest morning circulation in New
York city and between the they disposed neatly of the
entire collection of New York editors.
This is Just casual observation It has hap
pened often before and will happen often again.
tEs liebt die Welt das Strahlende schwaerzen if
we may be permitted to quote line from Goethe in
time.
New York editors who have earned the confidence Of
Wall Street. but not that of their readers will find
Continued at Bottom of Last COumn)
The Washington times., 1917-11-07
By Mrs. Wilson Woodrow.

They have looked and acted the
part-made the picture, as the
stage saying goes.
l don't suppose for a moment
that George Washington ever at
titudInized before a mirror, or
purposely brushed back his hair
from his forehead. But IL you
don't think that serene, lofty brow,
that classic profile and that stately
bearing Of his had anything to do
with his frame, try TO imagine a
fat, low-browed man with a snub
nose and a walrus mustache ever
being regarded as the Father of
HIS Country.
Andrew Jackson embodied in his
careless attire and uncouth man
ners what constituted in his day
the popular conception OF rugged
honesty. There we're other men Of
his time no doubt just as square.
Just as forceful. Just as patriotic
as he; but gnarled and sturdy in
appearance and speech he looked
and acted the part OF "Old Hick-
ory."
There is nothing discredltable
or belittling In all this. These
men were guilty of no affectation
or Of pretending to be something
that they were not. They simply
emphasized in their actions and
appearance those inner qualities
which characterized them. 1t was
probably quite unconscious on
their part. They were merely
obeying their instructive sense of
drama.
No one would ever suggest, for
instance, that there was anything
The Washington times., 1917-11-07
Shows
Value of

studied about the personal peculi-
arities of General Grant. Yet what
an effect Of bulldog tenacity was
given by that tightly clenched ci-
gar between his grim lips, and Of
stern deliberation by his silences.
With his square-set figure and
square, bearded face, he symbol
lied to the nation an impregnabls
bulwark.
Is it not possible that In the
very assumption Of autocracy
which he gave lay the secret of
that unequaled power that the late
]. P. Morgan welded for so many
years in the world of finance? Big
and bold and brusque and MASTER
full, he filled every requirement Of
the role. Like Lorenzo, the Mag
nifcent, he surrounded himself
with treasures Of art.
This instinct which some men
have properly to stage themselves
and whatever they do amounts
often to positive genius. l read
story the other day in q current
magazine about a public man who
had in his possession some ex-
tremely sensational information
which he was not yet quite pre-
pared to give out. The newspa-
pers, however, had gained an ink
ling of the facts and the reporters
were after him.
He did not seek to avoid them.
That would have served as an as
surance that he had something he
was trying to keep dark. Instead,
although he was just out of bed,
he sent word that they were to
come up to his rooms. The place
was flooded with morning sun
The Washington times., 1917-11-07
Mrs. Wilson Woodrow ys"s Shows s. Dramatic Sense
at
Fellows by Nicholas
Example of the Uninpessve

shine. He came out from his bath
room to greet them. arrayed in the
scantiest Of garments and rubbing
his head with q towel. The psy,
Geological effect was one Of franl
informality, SO utterly opposed tC
any suggestion of concealment
that he practically had the battlt
won before he spoke a word.
Those shrewd, experienced
newspaper men were impressed
with the idea that there was moth
ing to discover, and asked him
onIy a few pegfunctory questions
which he was easily able to turn
aside. Yet his ruse was not the
result of forethought- 1t was a
spontaneous inspiration born of
his natural dramatic quality.
People everywhere fall into
classification as types" and we
expect them to be what they ap-
pear. If they fail to measure up
to our anticipations, we feel dis
appointed and defrauded.
You see a woman with an oval
face, fair hair parted in the mid
die, dove-like eyes, and an express
sion appealing and tender; and
you expect her to be a Madonna,
not a vampire. If she turns out
to be a vampire you are much
more shocked than if she looked
the part.
Where we make a big mistake
is in failing either through self
consciousness or timidity to play
up TO the role to which nature has
evidently assigned US. If you are
not succeeding, it is because you
are playing a part which does not
belong to you. You are mis-
cast.
Life Itself Is the Greatest Drama
When 1t Is Properly Presented.
Drama grips and interests every
one. Twelve million people in this
country 90 to the "movies" every
day merely to be amused and
thrilled and taken out Of them
selves. And there is no such
drama as life itself when it is
suitably presented. The trouble is
that it is generally so sloppily
played. The situations are slur-
red, the characterization Is poor.
Drama in its very essence Is
action as against stagnation, q
conflict in which the hero or the
heroine wins against odds. -.
On that basis, then, dramatize
yourself. Your business and your
life are not poor, sordid, monot.on-
Gus affairs; they are great, dra-
matte adventures full Of romance
and color and action. Your audi
ence is waiting. Then bow to the
worlds low. footlights and give
them their moneys worth.
The Washington times., 1917-11-07
Once-Overs start a clean tss Pns DssT Mith

Copyright, International News serViceJ
You have just put morning something which you
should have done
decided to arise early and the job done before
regular work begins 49,
Tomorrow will in all probability and you WI be
hampered pressure
must work with extra load from yesterday mind
You Will get through job way ou WI" you NOT shgnI "
or some OF your other work order to do SO
Perhaps the extra which will come TO you may cause
and these be Just enough
when added mistakes from getting the advance
you counting on.
Clean up todays
Sart out tomorrow with tomorrows WORK
nave clean bench a clean desk to SIT down 10.
Begin with your worx
Don't let which will to all
day to keep up.
The Washington times., 1917-11-07
&C A S a man thinketh in his
~ heart, so is he"

6 A S a man thinketh in his
n heart SO is he"
= In other words, he
presents to the world his own con-
ception Of himself. And the world
accepts him at his own valuation.
All OF US in our experience have
seen some one putting 1t across
with no apparent equipment, and
have wondered and admired; and
we have all seen real gifts and real
talent fail Of recognition. We have
pondered over this injustice, and
marveled at the strange workings
of destiny. But there is a reason.
My own humble theory is, that
the mediocre but successful peo-
pie possess an invaluable some
thing which the gifted but unrec-
ognized lack, and that is a sense
Of drama
We will stand anything in the
way Of pose or pretense, provided
it is carried off artisticallv. For
the bad actor, either oil or on the
stage, "Boos" shall be his portion.
Have you ever met real genius,
one acclaimed so by the world be-
use Of his or her transcendent
gifts? They are as scarce as hens
teeth, but their invariable and dis
tingiushing characteristic is that
they are entirely simple, natural
and unaffected. They don't have
to be anything else. Nevertheless,
they are dramatic; for that is the
role Of genius. Theirs is the drama
of achievement.
Car Nicholas An Example of
Men Who Lack Dramatic
Instinct.
Poor little Emperor Nicholas of
Russia is an example Of those who
are lacking in the dramatic in
stinct. Pallid and undersized and
trembling at his own shadow, he
did not at all fill the popular idea
Of a Gar. II he had been a big,
clustering brute with loud voice
and a scowl, it would have been a
much more difficult matter to have
dislodged him from his throne.
People will stand for an autocrat,
but never for a counterfeit Of one.
The same thing is true Of Louis
XVI of France. Old Louis XIV
understood the game better. He
knew the deluge was coming. but
he died with his head on his shoul-
ders.
The successful men and women
Of the world, either consciously or
uneonsciously, have always realiz-
Cd the value of dramatic effect
The Washington times., 1917-11-07
Congratulations to Earnest Women

New York State has voted in favor of suffrage
by an overwhelming majority.
This vote is honor to every man that voted for
justice to women to every whose ballot expressed re-
spect for his mother and the mothers of other
The great vote for suffrage which has grown so
narveousy in short time is tribute and glory to the
earnest women of the State of New York
In their campaign, unmoved by discouraging abuse,
giving tme effort and vitality to the holy of justice
they have set example to all men,
This newspaper believes that this magnificent vote in
New York the forerunner of national suffrage for
to be voted by the Congress of the United States.
THE THANKS OF THE NATIONS WOMEN ARE
DUE TO PRESIDENT WILSON, WHOSE STRONG
MESSAGE IN FAVOR OF WOMAN SUFFRAGE IN
FLUENCED GREAT NUMBERS OF NEW YORK
VOTERS
The Washington times., 1917-11-07
Deaths Highway
The Baltimore Pike Surface c
Becomes Man Trap When Dazzling Headlight Appesr
Also. Move the Trolley Poles Bladensburg Road
By EARL GOODWIN.

When will the District Of Columbia the State of Mary
land and the automobile drivers cooperate the
hand of death from the roadsi When viii travel by night
between here and Baltimore be safe to who de
When will officials administering the automobile laws give
attention to the protection of lives than to the detec
ton of persons who happen to have the wrong license
Der on their machinesf
Between here and Baltimore there is as fair stretch
of road anyone could wish paradise for automobsts
an irresistible temptation to speeders. splendid surface
1t invites everyone with to spin along with the
reckless abandon which nearly driver feels In open
country with clear road 7' s--~ ~ s-tf-
The Baltimore pike is not straight Its length contains
of the most reacherous Of They have been
the of the most awful automobile accidents No deaths
head at these turns copd be made too large too ud
to warn the automobile driver what to expect he taxes
chances The smooth road and the bad all that
needed to provide at almost regular intervals the kind Of
accidents which have marred the pike for years.
Under such conditions travel on that road with dazzling
headlights is criminal 1t frequently becomes murderous
To have the of powerful searchght shot squarey in
one eyes dark road at night temporary paralysis
far control of concerned And 1T Is dazzling
headlight which has been charged responsible for one Oh the
accidents this week in which lives lost and serious
hurts inflicted At the time this written, search beng
conducted to find the with the headlights is burn
ing shame that such should have been permitted
upon the Baltimore pike.
MARYLAND has headlight law making the operator Of
glarng headlight a criminal The District OF Columbia
has had such regulation for years We only hope that
MARYLAND will take effective steps to stop the murderous
abuse of the law the District of Columbia is dong 1aT
Iy well. To both authorities we can say that small
fines will never correct the evil No should be allowed
to run a car that imperils the lives of others.
On the same night that dazzling headlight killed two
and wounded three into trolley pole on the
Badensburg road. He died ,
POLES BE REMOVED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD.
THE COST OF THE REMOVAL CAN IN NO SENSE
RE COMPARED TO THE LOSS OF LIVES.
HEARD AND SEEN
The Washington times., 1917-11-07
HEARD AND SEEN

While on Capitol Hill a few days
ago saw an ice wagon bearing the
name "J. R. Ferris"
How It took me back. mister
Johnny" we used to call this veteran
| ice man when ! was q kid at the
Peabody School. III bet that II the
kids who rode on the back step OF
Mister Johnny's ice wagon and
sucked pieces Of ice that feu be
meath the master strokes Of the old
ice pick could be marshaled in one
organization it would be as doughty
a legion as ever man laid eyes upon.
Richard v. Watrous has been
doing a bit Of volunteer food con-
servation work, talking to farmers;
"Do you see any results J" l asked
him one day at the Shoreham-
Eyes, ] do" he said; Il remember
telling a group of farmers that eat
ing four pieces Of bread in place Of
five would be the equivalent Of feed
ing q soldier on the soil Of France.
After the meeting q prosperous
farmer came to me and said his
family had been using ten barrels OF
-four a year, but that he intended to
allow only eight barrels this coming
year."
So there are twp barrels for Eu-
rope, anyhow.
In front Of the National Theater
there is a police sign:
"Do not put implicit faith In what
strangers tell you. The most polite
informant may be the most adroit
and skilled impostor."
Now, q man was reading that sign
with evident interest. Major Pull
man, Superintendent of Police,
noticed him, and getting close be-
side the man, he asked:
What do you think of that J"
To which the other fellow replied:
az think it's mighty good advice,
and I think I'll act upon it right
now."
And with a look Of intense sus-
picion and deep distrust he walked
away, casting baleful glance upon
our youthful police chief.
And for this story / have Major
Pullman's own word that it is true.
DR.. Muck's orchestra played "The
Star-Spangled Banner" at the New
National Theater yesterday without
any visible distortion of the artistic
atmosphere.
Postmaster NJ. o. Chance says he
realizes clerks are hard to obtain for
postoffice drug stores at the money
the Government "is willing to offer"
The Washington times., 1917-11-07

The answer is: Give the Clerks
More Money.
Allister Cochrane, another Of the
greatest stenographers in the world.
writes:
II once -heard that eminent
savant, DR.. Bedloe, say that he fairly
quailed at the thought Of the human
race afflicted with, the pip in dry
territory.
Every household canary should
be muzzled, tagged, and licensed at
high rate, and If this does not serve
to exterminate them, then their own
ers should be interned for the period
Of the war. DR.. Woodward is surely
able to cope with the dog question:
What we need, sir, and need bad
ly, is q canary commissioner"
On Saturday / wrote an editorial
advising drastic treatment for reek-
less pedestrians as well as motor
lists. On Monday Commissioners
Gardiner made a speech in favor Of
this advice.
Congratulations to Walter r.
Stokes, winner of the regimental
championship Of the Home Defense
Rifle League. A score of 1877 out Of
e possible 200 is real shooting.
Mrs. K. E. Trower, Of 1444 W
street, writes that the proposed ferry
from lower Seventh street across 10
Potomac Park should be given i'm
mediate attention.
at would be = benefit to the
mothers and kiddies who are COM
PEELED to live in close apartments
during the hot weather. Potomac
Park was never designed for one par
ticular class"
1t may not have been designed for
any particular class, but have you
many people WALKING
through that park.
As Charles C. Rogers says: "Ths
only people who visit Potomac Park
without automobiles are the 90
casional aviators who land there"
Shades Of old newspaper rowi
Bob Barry is opening his PhilA-
delphia Ledger bureau In sol Four
teenth street.
How the ghosts Of old-time jour
nalists haunt that building. Yet
Bob's will be the first newspaper Of
nee under that roof in many years
The Washington times., 1917-11-07

P.S.
The country will be interested the facts come out
about the of money that Wall Street and the cor
poraons raised and spent to elect the defeated corporation
candidate.
An active prosecuting attorney would have trouble
in sending few prosperous gentlemen to Jail he could get
the facts The is gigantic and is going be pretty
hard to explain with reasonable allowance for perjury
and reticence how and why it was raised and spent.
The Washington times., 1917-11-07
Using the American Flag For
Political Advertising

0es Not Suit the Average American-and This Morn
. Choice Collection of New York Editors Know It.
The Washington times., 1917-11-07
Using the American Flag for Political
Advertising
CONTINUED from First Colun

Continued from First Column.)
when their blackenng process that the mud sticks
to their hands
The Washington times., 1917-11-07

Postmaster NJ. o. Chance says he
realizes clerks are hard to obtain for
postoffice drug stores at the money
the Government "is willing to offer"
The Washington times., 1917-11-07

As Charles C. Rogers says: "Ths
only people who visit Potomac Park
without automobiles are the 90
casional aviators who land there"
The Washington times., 1917-11-07

On Saturday / wrote an editorial
advising drastic treatment for reek-
less pedestrians as well as motor
lists. On Monday Commissioners
Gardiner made a speech in favor Of
this advice.
The Washington times., 1917-11-07

Congratulations to Walter r.
Stokes, winner of the regimental
championship Of the Home Defense
Rife League. A score Of 1877 out of
e possible 200 is real shooting.
The Washington times., 1917-11-07

DR.. Muck's orchestra played "The
Star-Spangled Banner" at the New
National Theater yesterday without
any visible distortion Of the artistic
atmosphere.
The Washington times., 1917-11-07

1t may not have been designed for
any particular class, but have you
noticed many people WALKING
through that park.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-20
STEPNEY.

The burial of Wilson Sherman oc- cured at the Elm street cemetery on Tuesday the; Rev. William Poten off ciating. MT. Sherman had been a lifelong resident of this town until about year and half ago when his house was destroyed byAfames. Since that time he has resided in Long Hill. He is survived by a widow and one son, also several grand children.
 Albert Liska has been a recent visi- tor of his brother William Liska in Bridgeport.
 D. A. Green supervisor. of the schools has returned from a few weeks vacation in Pennsylvania and recently visited the local schools.
 Mrs. Botsford Peck who has been very i'll is now slightly improved.
 Carleton Paddock has accepted a pov sition in Bridgeport.
 Edward Booth spent this week with his daughter, Mrs. Campyon Cuttor in Bridgeport.
 The dance held by the local fire de- partment in the Monroe town hall Tuesday evening was a social success, and the new department members ex- press themselves as we'll satisfied with the financial returns.
 Mrs. William Nichols is improving in health after severe attack of the grip. <N
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-20
',Amuscmcnt5
POLI'S

dFriends of Betty Eldert literally showered her with flowers at Polls last evening where she is appearing with her husband, Billy Sheetz, in a rural oddity. The act is most artis- tic and novelty is one of the appeal ing features. It is a different kind of an act and draws we'll. She has a delightful voice and her husband is an artistic whistling solo, ist. Their engagement here will close this evening.
 Other attractive features of the program to be seen this evening in clude: Clark's Royal Hawaiians, eight South Sea Islanders, in a revue of na- tive songs and dances; Paul Arm strong's great dramatic playlet "To Save One Girl.''
 Ward & Cullen, in their entertain ing piano-songologue; and Lamb & Morton, hand balancers extraordin- ary. ~.
 June Caprice is starred in the film feature, a charming five partc Omedy- drama "A Modern Cindrella." The Hearst-Pathe News is another screen attraction.
 Ells Hall will be seen in the five part Bluebird feature "Her Souls In spiration," at the photoplay concert tomorrow night. There will be other big features, including a twelve reel show.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-20
Rube Ferns, Former
 Welter Champion, Had
 Brief Reign at the Top

This is the birthday of two once famous erweights-James Ferns, known as the Kansas Rube,' born in Pittsburgh, Pa., Jan. 20. 1874, and William Elroy Parker, known as ''Kid" Parker and the Vegetarian Champ" born in Boston on Jan 20, 1877. Ferns had brief reign as well
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-01-20
BRAvES.TO SIGN
 IF THEY CAN GET RAISES IN SALARIES

New York, Jan. 20-It WaSNlearned yesterday that several members / Sof the \Boston Braves are ready to aff1x their signatures to new contracts ii Percy Haughton is willing to loosen up on his purse strings and give them the same salaries as last season. Also that Al Demaree, lately of the Phillies, but now a member of the Chicago Cubs, is slowly backing down in his warlike declarations.
 It is alleged that the pitcher has written a letter to Fultz protesting against making the Cubs the storm centre of the strike. In his letter, Demaree also is said to have stated that if the Fraternity calls a walk-out of the Cubs on Feb. 20 he would not be included. Fultz said yesterday that he had not yet received the let ter from Demaree.
 However, David L. does not seem to be worrying to any considerable extent over these miScalculatiOns in his efforts to make the minor league club owners toe the mark and grant the requests of the Fraternity. He declared yesterday that he was well pleased with the meetings held in Bos- ton on Thursday night and that everything was running smoothly from his side of the trenches. At the meeting in Boston the players pres ent gave him their assurance that they would stand by their promise and fight on to the bitter end.
 President Fultz explained the req son for the failure of Rabbit Maran- vile, one of the board of directors of the Fraternity, to attend the meet ing According to Fultz, the short stop spent most of the evening speak ing on baseball at Y. M. c. A. meeting in nearby city. Another re- port says that the Rabbit stayed away because he is about through with the Fraternity. It was only the other day that the shortstop was quoted as saying that he would sign If Haugh- ton gave him raise in salary for the coming season.