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The Washington times., 1917-02-03
Here and There
In the News

Now and then Il seems almost likf
old times up at the Capitol when tbs
skeleton OF seetionalism iH dragged
out OF the closet aud paFsdsd up and
down the House or senate 10 sBIiyeB
what Is called debate. we are gOiBs
to reduce your representation IN the
South" shouted Mr.. Hussis GsTdBsT,
OF MaAsaohusettss Never, hsysT,"
exclaimed Mr.. Howard, Of Georgia
except over my dead body" OF words
to that effect. Mr.. Howard shook his
finger at Mr.. Gardner and NJ. Gard
ner complained. MIR. Howard held up
his hands with open palms 10 his
gradually weakening antagonist and
Mr.. Gardner kissed his hand 10 the
thoroughly aroused Georgian. And
all this was done Rt AN expense Of
several hundred dollars 10 the tax.
payers of the country. II was the
old issue OF the coIored person In pol.
itics and his disfranchisement In the
South: Mr.. Gardner appeared 10 he
willing to sacrifice the colored man
as a voter II Mr. Howard would
agree to a reduction OF represents,
tion in congress. and Mr.. howard
would not agree.
The Washington times., 1917-02-03
A Gallon n Month.

Two hundred prohibitibnists from
twenty-eight counties in the state
marched in solid phalanX upon the
South Carolina legislature the other
night to demand absolute prohibition
for the State, and their demand Will
probably be granted. The gallon a
month exemption has not worked to
the satisfaction of either the temper
ance people or the ProhibitiOnists. 1t
was too much for the latter and not
quite enough for the former. The
present law has been enforced in
spots and particularly on so-called
festive occasions when the main tipple
has been water Of u more or less in
toNicating quality. For the first time
in $50 years the last dinner of the St.
Andrews Society was celebrated with
out the ancient tipple. and from the
way they cut up about 1t all one
would have thought they were really
having a good time. A recent visitor
from the state reported that on one
occasion, somewhere in France" as
the saying goes, an eloquent speaker
was observed taking frequent pota-
tions from a pitcher. and pitchers are
almost exclusively employed for the
conveyance OF water.
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penro.e to Debate with Pre.Ident.

Boies Penrose, OF Pennsylvania. is a
bold man. and when he feels like It,
and is there. he can make himself
very obnoxious to those who do not
like him. At a dinner on Mckinley
day in Pittsburgh the other night he
is reported to have said that the next
time President Wilson appeared be-
fore the senate to discuss public mat
tiers 81 will engage him in colloquy
ard debate, in which / shall be strictly
within my rights. as he is within his
rights in coming there. Doubtless
other Senators will join in the debate,
although l shall not ask them to do
so. The President will be addressed
as was Washington more than one
hundred years ago, and 1 think 1 can
say that this second appearance of
Mr.. Wilson will be his last" The Sem
ator said that this was what he ex-
pected to do if he should be present;
but some of his constituents do not
thinks he will be there unless he breaks
his record for non-attendance. II he
should carry out his announced pur-
pose, however, no one would enjoy
such a debate more than the Presi-
dent, and when IL ended the Senator
from Pennsylvania would know that
there had been a fight.
THE COMMENTATOR.
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WIDOWS PENSIONS

One for.n of social insurance al
ready has stood the test of wide
spread experience. This is widows
pensions. Summarization of the op-
Grafton of such law is contained in
a report of the Board of Child We'll
fare of New York, where a widows
pension measure became effective
eighteen months ago.
In other States it was found that
defective framing of laws led ID an
abuse of the provisions which caused
heavy drains on treasures. Women
who had property and other re-
sources were able to collect pensions.
In New York the law was drawn with
this fact in mind, and it was provided
that only in cases where the children
otherwise would have had to be cared
for in institutions, were mothers
to be allotted sums for their main
tenance.
+ The report states that, with this
saving clause, the expense for pro-
viding for these children under the
infinitely better environment afforded
by their own homes, there has been
saving as compared with what it
would have cost to care for them in
institutions.
The validity Of this conclusion ap-
The Washington times., 1917-02-03
PERCY GRANGER PLEAsEs
Pianist Heard in Recital With Julia
Heinrich at National.

Percy Granger Is an unique figure
in the music world, and 1t Is as ex-
ponent OF his own compositions that
his marked individuality is manifest
At the seventh concert OF the Ten
Star series at the National Theater
yesterday afternoon Percy Granger.
pianist, and Julia Heinrich, soprano.
were heard in joint recital before a
large audience.
1t is the folk spirit that seems to
dominate Percy Granger as com
poser, while as player he seems also
at his happiest in developing, through
a maze Of typical moods and very per
sonal harmonies, these settings" as
he calls them, OF English and Irish
folk tunes. He plays them almost like
free and whimsical improvIsations.
with surprising and very charming
modulations.
In contrasts he gave the English
Morris dance, shepherds Hey" with
its jollity, its several moods and as
many voices, then the Irish Tune
From County Derry" a simply an
nounced hymn that he developed
broadly. The faiary tale OF the 'sLep-
rechaun's Dance" was full Of his
quaint Vagaries in style and 1t was
played with great delicacy and charm
while the "Maguire's Kick" with its
real Irish swing was brilliant tech
nically and was given with sparkling
execution and descriptive tone.
Brilliancy, too, characterized Mr..
Grainger's other interpretations The
Bach-Busoni prelude and Fugue-
was alive in its rhythm and built up
to a crisp tour de force" The RaveI
"Ondine" had more of brilliancy than
the poetic tone color one looks for in
the modern French. Mr.. Granger Is
more a happy spirit than a romanticist.
He is light. transparent in his moods,
rather than penetrating. Besides his
Chopin numbers, he gave three en-
cores OF his own, among them the
flowing Gay But Wistfuf' from the
suite "In q Nutshell"
Miss Heinrich has q high lyric So
prano voice. She gave groups of Ger
man, French, and English songs, hav-
ing to repeat the lovely ITO the Moon
light" by her celebrated father, Max
Heinrich. She had a sympathetic un-
derstanding for the German songs
but the lack OF smoothness through
the ranges of her voice rendered the
French songs less effective. She gave
as encores a Max Liebling love song
and q very fluent old English Pastor
ale. Ellis Clark Hainmann assisted
ably at the piano. ]. Mach.
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REVISING OUR STATUES

The family of the late Admiral
Dupont, whose statue stands in Du-
pont circle, are seeking legislation
from Congress to remove the statue
o1tside the District and substitute a
memorial tablet. They ask only per-
mission to do this; they will defray
the expense. The memorial to be
put in place of the statue will be
submitted to the Fine Arts Commits
sion for approval.
Whereupon Senator Norris of Ne
braska objects on the ground that
such permission might set a prece-
dent, for the substitution of other
statues and lead to a constant change
in the style of Capital statuary.
And why not, Senator? Fashions
change in the art exhibitions of art
galleries? Occasionally a Venus de
Milo holds her own against the shift
ing tastes of time, but if there are
any classics that adorn the "cir-
cles" OF washington, no artist has
vet called attention to them. Wash
ington's most notable bit of statuary
is privately owned, and is hidden far
away in Rock Creek Cemetery.
Scores of visitors from out of the
city go monthly to see the st. Gau-
dens piece, popularity miscalled
"Grief," and their progress usually is
not interrupted by the esthetic de-
lights of anything they see adorning
our parks on the way out.
If the words of experts be not
enough proof of the atrocious art, or
lack of it, in most of our statues we
have the testimony of Speaker Clark,
who drswlingly opineG in public re-
Gently that he didn't know much
sbout art, but if the equestrian stat
The Washington times., 1917-02-03
TomOrPow.

Free lecture on Christian Science. William
r. RathvOn, q. s. B., Polls Theater, s D.
m.
Concert. L. S. Soldiers Home Band Orches-
ira Stanley Hall. $50 p. IN.
Celebration OF passage OF suffrage bill In
North Dakota. National American Suffrage
Association 1876 Rhode Island avenue north
Hsst 40 n. M NV ~
Lecture. The City OF God Is Here" Mrs.
Ellen V. Beecher, OF New York. before
Bahai Assembly, Studio Hall. 1913 Connecti-
cut avenue northwest, s:l5 p. m.
Meeting Young Frollckers' Club, Fairmont
Apartment, $50 p. m.
Meeting, Woman Wage Earners' Association
Columbia Academy, 7O4 t street northwest
p. m.
Lecture, The Vatican and the War" Moses
Baritz, before Washington Secular League
Pythian Temple, ; p. m.
Meeting trades unioniste who favor thu
Sheppard prohibition bill, Typographical
Temple 3:3o y. IN.
Meeting, washington branch Of the Anti-waI
League, North Carolina Avenue NJ p
Church, 7:i5 y. m.
Lecture Man and His Bodies" Or. W w
Baker at the Theosophical Hall, rms H
street northwest, p. m.
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parently was accepted, for the board
of estimate has appropriated $780,
900 for widows pensions for 1917.
This sum only seems large when it is
compared with the enormous sums
now spent by every city and State
for the upkeep of its institutional
homes for children.
The Washington times., 1917-02-03
B,.bop RUSSELL. First Duty.

One Of the first duties Bishop Russell
will have to discharge in his new diocese
after his conservation in Baltimore next
month will be the dedication Of Father
Woods beautiful new church at Flor
ence. s. c. Everybody down that way
is saying fine things about the new
bishop and await his coming with high
satisfaction. II he could get away in
time for the Seventeenth Of March he
would md himself in a sea Of good fel-
lowship.
The Washington times., 1917-02-03

Apology to sauIb
Today am sick OF the new school OF
poetry
Started. good squib. by yourself and
a bottle
OF dusty old Burgundy There
was a cobweb
Spun, all in good earnest. about The
sealed stopper
Thence falling like lace down a fat
woman's bosom
And you. sQuib, you said 1t was Bach
chus in bondage,
And scolded the waiter for breaking
such silver.
"Tis thus" you observed. that we
ruin Gods patterns.
To get at sensations and tickle our
palates,
Alas! Here's a misty sweet effort
quite wasted
Frail beauty destroyed by fat appe-
tite's finger
Fine Art flung away And you wept
for the spider.
Then bright inspiration made sun on
your countenance,
Drying the tear stains. and warming
your fancy.
You smiled: you took paper and pen
from your pockets
Your cavernous pockets that bulge SO
with volumes
OF fetterless verse that the young
poets send you
And there in the corner OF Dominfs
wineroom,
With fire on the hearth and white
wrath at the windows,
Il helped; confess 1t. gave you
five phrases)
You started your new school of poe
try; launched it,
Like some gauze winged galleon,
floating on vapors-
Tipped bottle. cIinked glass. and ex-
cessively christene6It,
scribbling pale verses and drinking
Till heaven
Was spread like a cloth on the table
between US.
And Echo sat twanging our stringed
conversation,
And stars were struck out of our in
finite silences!
Well. that was yesterdays mood. to
be settled for
Out Of Now's purse. U'm well paid
with a headacheD
And you, Squib? But there, II was sx.'
cellent Burgundy
As for the verse; remember we
burned Il,
For some rather hazy but exquisite
reason,
With improvsed sorrow and vague
scraps OF Latin
(There's nothing like Latin to top
of a funeraD-
And afterward went from the sum-
mer OF drinking,
To winters cold street, with its noisy
procession,
OF Fact on four wheels, its confusion,
its progress,
Its traffic, its hustle, its ultimate
logic
Its way of depositing life on a door
step
Its manner OF seeing one home,
How we shuddered
And turned up our collars, and shrank
from the chill of II.
Then, plunging forward, were lost in
the commonplace
Swallowed by crowds! l. remember
nor further.
But somehow, today, am not in the
temper
To rhapsodize over the new school Of
poetry
good SQuib, by yourself and
cobweb,
Urged on by your servant. and buried
with Latin
Accept my apoIogy-Msn's but a
weather-vane,
Blown by the whim OF the moment, a
victim
or appetites, visions. and-shall we
say-headaches?
! trust you are well, and at work on
the essay
Which X so desired for the Bust
nessman's Weekly.
DANA BURNET.
The Washington times., 1917-02-03
BORLAND SYSTEM
DEFENDED BY KUTz
Engineer Commissioner Ad-
dresses Cathedral Heights
Citizens Association.

The Borlsnd amendment, which as
sesses half the cost of street improve
ments on abutting property owners,
and which has been denounced By
practically every citizens association
in the city, was defended by Engineer
Commissioner Charles W. Kutz, ad-
dressing the Cathedral Heights Citi.
zsu's Association In Mt. ST Adams
parish hall last night
II think II would be better said
Colonel Kutz. "for the citizens Or
Washington to seek to have some Of
'the Objectionable features Of the Bor-
land system modified instead of night
ing the Law. am not In favor OF In
ereasing taxation in the District. but
1 cannot help seeing the advantages
Of the Borland plan"
Suggests Two Changes.
The Commissioner said that in his
opinion there wereetwo phases of the
law, however. which should be
changed, namely. that the property
owner should only be required to pay
half the cost OF thirty feet Of the
street instead Of forty feet. and, sec.
ondly. that in repaving. he should
only be taxed one-fourth the cost
81 was talking to Mr.. BorIand
about these two features OF his BILL"
said the Commissioner, "snd he
seemed favorably impressed with the
reasonableness of making these
changes"
Many Cities Fellow Plan.
In explaining why be was coming
out in defense OF the Borland amend
ment after citizens OF the city had
Colonel Kutz said:
"The Commissioners made inquiry
of leading cities OF the country and
found that the BorlAnd plan is not
'un-Arnerican,' as It has been called.
but dIstinctlvely an American idea
1t Is followed in comparatively few
European countries.
Prevents UseIess Inproyements.
The Commissioner declared that one
of the best results from the Borlsnd
law was that it kept property owners
from asking for unnecessary improve
ments.
Before the days of the Borland
law" said Colonel Kutz, ''the Com
missioners were flooded with requests
for street improvements, many Of
whish were entirely without merit"
The views of the Commissioner on
the Borland bill came rather as sur
prise to the citizens, who have heard
1t denounced as unjust" .'inade-
quate" and "un-Amertcan" since its
passage.
Sees Great Possibilities
Commissioner Kutz told the citi-
zens that he saw great: possibilities
for the development Of their section
through the widening of Wisconsin
avenue into one of the principal
thorpughfares OF the District.
In answer to a complaint against
the service on the Wisconsin avenue
car line, Colonel Kutz stated that the
corporation counsel has instructed
the Commissioners that the question
of car service involves the rate Ques-
tion and that the rate question can
not be touched upon until the ply
sicaI valuations of the companies are
completed.
No business was transacted follow
ing the Commissioners address.
The Washington times., 1917-02-03
The Aptronymic Squad.

Scout 9s,IG5. y. J.. reports that Mr..
Satin is a tailor of Hackenssck, y. ].
K. y. B., Scout 2.150 reports that
Mr.. Reasoner is an insurance agent In
GAINESVILLE. Ohio.
Scout ATS is hereby suspended for
six months for sending in the state
ment that a Mr.. Hunger runs a bak.
cry in Brooklyn.
The Washington times., 1917-02-03
Don Marquis
Column

Stamboul University has suggest
ed the Kaiser as candidate for the
Nobel peace prize. The Kaiser should
decorate every member of the fac
ulty with the iron cross In apprecia-
tion OF their appreciation.
The Washington times., 1917-02-03
RECITAL AT TRINITY,

Miss Lucy H. Paul will give the
half-hour organ recital before the s
p. m. service tomorrow in Trinity
Episcopal Church. Her numbers will
be: Prelude and Fuge in G minor. by
Bach; Sonata No. 2, by Mendelssohn.
and Chanson Aatinals. BY Buksn
The Washington times., 1917-02-03

F.. &. l.. has evidently been going I'D
against some sort OF an examination.
He sends us the following savage sug-
Eestions for a state Board of Re.
gents Examination for Musician"
Name fve (5) players. And why
state in detail the difference he
tween a hand organ and a cornet.
And why?
Can a mouth organ be played bv
a one-Iegged Swede? And why:
II you played THE Wearing of
the Green" at a Jewish christening
and saw a soup tureen hurled at your
head. what would you do? And
WHEN?
"Is the noise OF dishwashing heard
at KIumprs Wagnerian treat: And
why?
ain the state OF Massachusetts il
scum slipping a solo or obbligato? And
how?
estate definitely whether, in your
opinion, slices OF watermelon should
or should not be classified as musical
instruments. And why?"
The Washington times., 1917-02-03

In. the report OF the funeral of a
New York newspaper man it is noted
that, appropriately enough, "The
prayer was by the Rev. DR.. Charles
Herald"
The Washington times., 1917-02-03
AmuaementB.

New National-Leo Dltrichstein. In The
Great Lover" go and $50 p. m.
Bella sco-''The Flame 2:l5 and Sis D. m
PoH's-"Pretty Baby" s:l5 and Sis D. m
r. + Keith's-Naudeville. Sis D. m.
Gayery-Burlesque. 2:i5 and S:IS p. m.
Loew's Columbia-Photopiays. 10:3o q. m. to
II p. m.
Strand-Photoplays. II n. m. to IL D. m.
Garden-Photoplays, II =. m. to II p. m.
The Washington times., 1917-02-03

1t was certainly nice OF the Kaiser
to allow us one ship a week to Eng
land That is one ship a week more
than has been coming here from Ger
many.
The Washington times., 1917-02-03

The new thought luncheon invita-.
tion-"NIiss Jones requests the honor
OF Miss Smiths presence for the con.
sumption of TAI calories on Thursday.
r. s. v. p"
The Washington times., 1917-02-03
TELLS OF SNAGS
FACING DRAMA ART
Miss GriswoId Says Amateur
Stages Great Lack Is
Young Men. :

Down in Washington Square. New
York, where most Of the big ideas
for the little thsstsr movement come
from, drdmAtie Art, with q big a.
has struck snag, according to Miss
Grace GrisNoId, who talked before
tha ATts Club last evening.
Miss DriswOid, one Of the organ
izsrs OF the Washington Square
Players, and now executive secretary
Of the Thsater Workshop, an enter
prise which not only seeks 70 eneour-
age production Of plays but to encour-
age young men and women to write
them.
~ for the snsg-too many hero
ines. too few heroes.
stage Lacks Young Mes.
It's cary enough TO get bright
young women. many OF them college
graduates, to "go In" for amateur
acting. and many Of them do Il with
an eye to going on the professional
stage. Bue young men find too many
'other things, engineering, efficiency
expertness, scientific plumbing, and
what not, calling them to heed the
thesplan lure.
Another thing that II wrong with
the stage, is the fire laws, in Miss
Griswold's opinion. These laws, she
said, have banned from the theater
scenery building, scenery storing,
and all the things that used to make
the back stage q club house. Now
actors go to the theater to go through
their parts. and come away. Hence
atmosphere has disappeared which
she believes was especially helpful
to cub heroes and heroines.
Drawbacks to UpIift.
Efforts to -upiift" the stage, in
cluding the little theater movement.
Miss Griswold thinks, have suffered
from lack OF Organization. Even the
New Theater, in New York. now the
Century, she stated. was launched be-
fore the play program had been or
ganized, before the audiences had
been organized. and before the pro-
duction arrangements had been or
ganized.
'As for the little theaters and many
Of the amateur organizations" she
said. they suffer from too much
stress on scenery and too little on
acting. Interpretation must be the
first point of attention in successful
production"
A Dearth of Good Plays.
Another handicap. she said. which
led to the organization of a play
finding department at her theater
workshop, OF which George Arliss,
Holbrook Blinn, Clayton Hamilton
and Walter Pritchard Eaton are ad-
visers. is the dearth of good new
plays
She said that the war in Europe
was foreshadowed years ahead by the
grimness OF the plays turned out in
every European country.
Miss Griswold came here under the
auspices of the Drama League, of
Washington, which is launching a
to build a little theater in
this city.
The Washington times., 1917-02-03

2. Our interest in trust-busting usual
ly becomes lukewarm and academic
when the question OF q sisaI combine
arises.
The Washington times., 1917-02-03
WHAT'S RADICALLY WRONG.

Under the heading something
Radically Wrong" the Atlanta Con-
stitution printed an editorial recently
bewailing the fact that during the
year 1916 only $50 miles Of new rail-
road were constructed in the entire
South" and observing:
There is something fundR-
mentally wrong in this. What it
is we do not profess TO know.
Everybody is welcome to his own
explanation; but everybody must
agree that there is something
basically at fault with conditions
which make this record possible.
And the whole country is inter
ested TO find the remedy, what
ever IL is, and apply IL. When
railroad expansion stops, every
thing, every pursuit OF the peo-
pie, feels the depressing effects.
If the Constitution does not know
what the something fundamentally
wrong" is it must assuredly have
never heard of the Adamson EIGHT
hour law" so-called. To this piece
of vote-catcher legislation of last
summer all the railroads disposition
to avoid expansion in late years can
not be attributed, but it is symptom
attic Of the governmental tendency to
increase the cost of railroad opera
ton and at the same time restrict
revenue. The American citizen with
capital to invest is no more likely to
put it into railroads with no prospect
of adequate return than is the South
ern cotton planter to invest all that
he has in his cotton rows with the
prospect of getting no more than 5
cents a pound for his crop.
The Washington times., 1917-02-03

What is this curse of Meroz the
papers are talking about these DAYS?
We thought we knew all the regis
tered swear words.
The Washington times., 1917-02-03

Is this Fletcher that is going to
Mexico as Mr.. Wilson's ambassador
the same Fletcher that held the chew
ing record for so long?
DON MARQUIS.
The Washington times., 1917-02-03
How Gardner Could Gain.

l Instead of batting Mr.. Howard with
reflections upon the oyer-representa-
tion Of the South in Congress. Mr..
Gardner would find a more effective
remedy for the condition OF which
he complains IL he would provide
some means OF encouraging the re-
NOVA! of the coiored people from the
South. Under the present apportion.
ment a State is entitled to one Rep
resentative in Congress for every
211,s77 of population. There are
about 100000 colored people in
Georgia. II the population could be
induced to leave Georgia in a body
and settle in Massachusetts,, Georgia
would lose seven Representatives and
Massachusetts, would gain seven
Probably, Mr.. Howard would be left
at home, and, possibly, Massachu-
sets might be able to find another
Congressman to match Mr.. Gardner.