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r V THE WASHTXGTOX TIMES, TUESDAY, JAXWABY .27, 1914. n IheTBaahtngton (fume PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING (Including Sundays) 3v The Washington Times Company j HE MlNdCr BUILDING. Paina. -Ve. FRANK A. MUNSEY. President. n II. TITnERINGTON, Secretary. t H. POPE, Treasurer. On Tear (Incluflinc Sunday). SJ.S0. SIS Months. Jl."3 Three Month!. 93c, Erttretfat the postofflec at Washington. D. r aecond class mail matter. TUESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1914. THE ENGLISH WASHING TONS. Compared with It.' Vernon. Sul jrave Manor, the -English home of the Washington family, possesses only a remote interest for Americans, lis acquisition by the British com mittee for the celebration of one hun dred years of peace is part of a gen eral program which, if carried out, will stretch a chain of memorials half as far around the world as the morning drum beat reaches. Sulgrave is undoubtedly worth pre serving. 1ut that it will beoome a popular place of resort for pilgrims may be doubted. Its purchase is an expression of the feeling that "Wash ington was one of tbe noblest figures of the English-speaking, race, for its associations are those of the Washington- stock, and not of the leader of the American Revolution itself. FEDERAL LEAGUE RANKS. "vTltb. 327 players signed by the Federal League, eighty-three of them classed as "major leaguers," it is not yet time to say that the citadels of "organized baseball" are tightly be sieged by the "outlaws." The bigger number, even if of the first rank and it well backed by fat military chests, would be none too many to press the veteran forces hard. They are not all, by any manner of means, top sawyers. -In. troth, of not a few. of the lesser group of eighty-three it is to be confessed that their first rank Elories are to be "spoken of in the paslctinse rather than in the present Cast-offs, voluntary and Involun tary, will not dynamite organized baseball. Nevertheless, because there are now various gdrKfcjnen in the out law camp and because where so many have gone more "will follow, competition, growing not duller but keener, seems assured-for the great business it Is exactly a business of the old leagues and clubs. READ-THE fcABEL. Ir. Carl Alsberg, chief of the Fed eral Bureau of Chemistry, has given the public some sound pure food ad vice. "Read the label" is one of his ad monitions. "Use your eyes and your brain as well" is another. "Get away from sentiment in buying" is a third. Because the ordinary housewife, making her morning's purchases at the ifelghboring grocery store, does none of these things, nine times out of tan she gets a basketful of in ferior foods, for which she has paid a superior price. The manufacturer who does not consider honesty a business essential knows this very well and banks upon ! It He knows that the housewife will not read the small print on the label or, if she does, will pay little attention to what looks like a matter of course. He knows that the fancy box, which costs him a cent or two, jet adds a "fancy" value or a nickel or a dime to the retail price of the staple which it contains, means more to a certain type of housewife than a guarantee of purity. In dollars, solid value, satisfac tion, even in the health of the family, it would pay well to take Dr. Als berg's advice and "read the label." VOCATIONAL EDUCA- j TION. The Commissioner of Education Xas given his indorsement to the plan of the American Society for Thrift, looking to vocational education in the schools and, in a fashion, the elimination of the "summer "vaca tion." At the risk of incurring the everlasting enmity of the kiddoes and having our breakfast coffee doped, we venture that the commissioner is right when he says the long vacation is "primitive and preposterous." It is all that and in some regards it is more. It is demoralizing, especially In tha cities where children might aily be better off in school than in hfl steaming streets. The pupil that is started on an educational round contemplating pro gression from the kindergarten to a diploma at the end of a professional course, has need to make the most of time Bad opportunity. Eight months of school out of each year is not enough. Eleven, at any rate, would not be too much. It would add to the period of "the student's earning ca pacity, which is Important; and it would make the educational work store effective -by avoiding the breaks and distraction. Thus, at least be lieve many of the best present-day authorities. Mixing In some vocational work r,rftr the fashion proposed in con-nectfon-with the school garden pro- gram would add a practical touCh which is! needed. There is too much disposition nowadays to encourage the child and the youth in assuming that no attention or consideration need be given to the serious, prac tical things of lift, until after school life has been concluded. Jt is an un fortunate attitude into which the community is falling. Habits of in dustry and usefulness need to be taught, quite as much as the con tents of text-books. THE "RED LIGHT" LAW. There is no uncertainty about the first effect of the Kenyon "red light" law, if jt is enforcedup to the handle. It will end the segregated vice dis trict of the city. Further, there is little uncertainty that, to this ex tent, it will be rigorously enforced. But beyond that there is a good deal of uncertainty about results. A large responsibility is plaeed'upon the 'peo ple of Washington, Jn that they must by their attitude toward the law and the unfortunates whom it affects, de termine whether the measure Ib to be a doubtful or an entire success. The alternative to segregated vfee has been in many American cities widely disseminated vice; "vice sur reptitiously introduced into resi dence districts, vice walking pie streets by night and even by day, vice flaunting itself before the face of the community. Washington does not want that alternative - to come to pass. What shall be done with and for the unfortunate women who now in habit the district? They present the immediate problem. "The Crittenton Home is a national foundation, with branches in a number of cities. It has had wide and intimate experi ence In handling such conditions, and its advice -is excellent. It begs the people of Washington to h6lp In-caring for these unfortunates, in open ing the -paths of normal and respec table existence and maintenance to them. ' - That is the particular thing needed to be done now.8 Many of these wom en will be willing and anxious to leave thecity and return to homes not yot closed to them. Some of them and the number might be found surprisingly large, if It could be known are yet free to go back into homes, in which there is no knowledge of the kind of life that has been led In Washington. At any rate, the community has a double in terest in caring for and helping these women. ItWants the new law to be administered successfully, to avoid the possibility of scattering vicious elements and conditions throughout the city. Aside from that, it con fronts the humane aspect It has a Christian duty to perform for these unfortunates, and that duty must be performed entirely aside from any consideration for the effects upon the workings of the new law. Fortu nately it happens that the same" course of humane and liberal conduct toward the unfortunate women will Serve both ends at once. "INCREASING" INSANITY. Some time ago some foolish com- ment was evoked by the cable, an nouncement that by the 1911 census of Great Britain, there was shown a very considerable increase in the proportion of Insane persons. In 1P01 there were reported 4,000 insane per sons to the million of population; in 1S11, 4,500. JCow comes the explanation that in fact insanity is not increasing; mere ly that the community, more humane and better able to provide, searches out ttio unfortunates more carefully, segregates and cares for them. The statistics on blindness and deafness arf peculiarly Interesting. In 1S."1 there was one blind person to each 979; in 1911 there-was one blind person to each 1,370. This 1b manifestly because of better care of the eyes Unthinking observers, often note that "the race seems to be going blind; there are ten times as many children with glasses as when I was young." Precisely: but it is proof, not that the race is going Dlind, but that It is saving Its eyes. There is no country where so large a propor tion of children wear glasses as in the Lnited States; and none, like wise, where eyesight is on the whole so well preserved. Deafness, by the British census, shows like decreases; the ears are better cared for, and the proportion of d"af is less than ever before The world is not going blind, pr deaf, or insane, or bald, or inverte brate. Folks are toller and stronger and more healthy and live longer and get to eat more than they ever did before. BRITAIN'S GREAT TRADE. The British Board or Trade has just issued complete figures on the foreign commerce of the United Kingdom during 1913. Records were broken in both imports and exports. Indeed, the year touched the high point of the "boom" that British trade and industry have been experienc ing for some years" past Last spring Mr. Lloyd-George pre dicted that the year "would prove the greatest the natlonbad known; and hl prophecy proved correct There was a sagging toward the close, but the immense volumes of the earlier months brought the average to the record-breaking point Imports for the year were 769,000,000, or $3.SOO,000,000. Imports, always great er In Britain than exports, were for the first time in excess of $2,600,000. 000. Thus the "balance of trade" was'over a billion dollars against the country, which in this country we should presume an evidence that we wore growing poorer. Britain, hav ing been constantly amassing wealth on an adverse halance of trade, knows better, and doesn't worry. The point of course is that the balance of trade as figured in this way has lit tle relationship to the balance of na tional wealth. Britain's foreign in vestments and her immense shipping business turn the balance In her favor year after year; not Impossibly our immense payments of interest abroad, plus our vast expenses on ac count of travelers, turn our seeming ly favorable balance into an adverse one. ' THE ORANGETNDUSTRY. . Forty .thousand cars will be re quired to ship California's orange crop this year. It is twice as heavy as a year1 ago, and larger than ever in the life of the business. The grow ers not only have1 a bumper crop, but bumper quality. How many people in the East ever stop to inquire what made this mag nificent Industry of southern Cali fornia possible? - How many of them know there could and would be no California citrus industry worthy the name, but for the co-operative associations that constitute the basis and backbone of the whole scheme of fruit raising and marketing? That Is the fact , Under most ad verse condition's as to distance from markets, cost of transportation, time necessary to- reach markets, and the like, the California people 'have' built up their huge enterprise simply by reason . of their ..elimination of un necessary expense, an",d "their en forcement of the greatest efficiency possible, through co-operation. There Is not another industry in the world that so completely demon strates the efficacy ot co-operation. The dairy business of Denmark is a standard example for Americans to study, for it depends on co-operation, efficiency, and the elimination of wasteful processes. But Denmark's dairy enterprises could live where California's fruit would perish, be cause after all Denmark's market is close, and it can produce ifs goods as cheaply as any other region in the world. California's fruit, and ColoJ rado's Rocky Ford melons, are the choicest American examples of how enterprises may be developed, the desert reclaimed, wealth created, and big populations established and maintained in prosperity, by dint of the right kind ot agricultural or ganization. THE BUILDING OUTLOOK A careful Investigation of the building program for 1914 Justifies the conclusion that throughout the country as a whole there is going to be a sharp revival of activity with the opening of the spring. New York, Pennsylvania, the Middle West, and the Pacific coast especially re port that extensive arrangements are In hand for all manner of construc tion. Naturally, this is construed as the evidence that general business con ditions are looking up. The steel workings of the Pittsburgh district, It is said, will be working at full ca pacity within the next few weeks; building, railroads, steel cars and the like demand their output It is im possible to avoid the conclusion that the business sag that marked the lat ter months of 1913 is to prove brief and temporary, with a quick reaction toward better things, and, in all probability a stronger forward move ment than was In progress before. This view is re-enforced by obser vation of the Europeau attitude to ward our new currency and banking, measjre. Europe feels more cheer ful about the United States than in a long .time. It anticipates that this country will be, under the new law, better able to take care of itself than in the past. There has been n feeling in financial circles abroad that the United States was a sort of enfant terrible among the nations; big and rich and powerful enough to make vastly for good or evil, but unorganized, unmanaged, and undi rected, so that it could commonly be relied upon to muss up the world's business conditions. Tho better financial organization which comes with the new legislation has cheered European financiers. They under stand what all this means better than do tho ast body of Americans. Wis Sea of Troubles. Some years ago In London Sir Heimy Irvin-j was playing "Hamlet" to tlfe usual appreciative audience. A guards man, who had returned after a number of years of service In India, had drifted Into the theater ana occupied a good seat After the first scene. In which tho Prince o'f Denmark is prominent, tho soldfcr turned with an undecided air to the man who sat next to him "Does that young fellow In black come on very often Z" "Oh, yes; pretty much of the time for the rest of the evening." "Oh, rat'" said the guardsman, and readied under the seat for his hut Lfpplncott'a Magazine. Times Tiny PALACE f .... TiKL. -TH THE Palais de Justice is an historically and-artisticallyjintercstingj edifice situated on the L'lle de la Cite. ' It is partlycomposed of portions of the ancient royal palace, ut;the greater part is comparatively modern. It obtains its name' frorriith'e fact' that it, was' the seat of the-royal courts of justice. THE NEWS A digest of the really big news of the day,- compiled for those; readers whose" time is limited, but who feel that-they- must keep ia touch with important world events. GENERAL. The convention of the United Mine Workers of America at Indianapolis In dorsed the Initiative, referendum and' recall and the "gateway amendment" proposal of Senator La Follettc. A severe storm swept the Pacific northwest, causing extensive damage. Savannah attorneys accused Judge Emory Speer, under Investigation for official misconduct, of selecting juries with a view of showing favoritism In cases tried in the Federal District Court. A charge of the kind was made In connecUan with the Gr&ne-Gaynor case. A State-Wide graft-hunt in New Tork will probably be authbrized.by the Re publicans of the senate to aid District Attorney "Whitman's investigations. Lives of many-pasBengers were imper iled carlv today.swhen-an,aUempt was mado to wreck thOjlroh'-Mountain south bound fast"malI,whtionthe train was speeding, along in theiSt Louis yards. The engineer .saw a' pile of ties on the track intlme tostop. Ten of eleven -men who fell 250 feet with the cage to the, bottom of the Sandford Coal Mlne,vnear.-Terre Haute, Ind.. today., were seriously" Injured. Three probably will dre. , iFjBBEietf. V The Bishop sbf Lotidon promised suf fragettes that ..he "and the, Bishop of Kensington would visit Holloway Jail to investigate charges "of torture. In forcible feeding, -provided the Government con sented. An explosion' on the steamship Mau retania whilo she was in dock at Liv erpool undergoing repairs killed four and injured many workmen. The Atlantic shipping war began In earnest, the Cunard, White Star and American lines reducing steerage rates tr meet tho Hamburg-American cut. The annual report of the Hamburg American line, just made public, shows that the company earned J15.000.000 in 1313, an increase of JI.000.000 over 1912. Reports are received from Vienna that Turkey has succeeded in negotiating a loan of from J120.009.t00 to J140.000.tip0 from a group of American bankers In consideration for railroad and mineral concessions in Asiatic Turkey Jamaica planters are protesting against the action or fruit companies In cutting the prices paid for bananas to the extent of ! on the hundred bunches. Charges are nft.de that the general cut by all the companies indi cates a combination to control prices. Lieutenant Maximo, a Spanish mili tary., aviator, fell frpm-hlit. aeroplane. In Madrid, and was instantly killed. Avia tion Instructor Glpp was killed while flying at Salisbury Plain, England, and Reybaud, a French aviator, was 'fa tally injured when his machine capsized at Basse Terre. Guadeloupe. Baron Maklno, the Japanese foreign minister, has been bitterly attacked on ih. flrrfir nt thp Jananc.w house of repre sentatives, It being charged that he made known his attitude on the CaJl lornla anti-alien land law to officials of- the United States Government before delivering It to the proper Japanese authorities. Ambassador Frederick Courtland Pen field has Just rented a mansion belong ing to Baron Louis Rothschild, in the new home for the American embassy, lasntonaoie Aiiecsaise, Vienna, ai i" Traction Officials to Attend Railway Dinner The Washington Railnstj and Electric Company will be represented at the meeting of tho American Electric Ball way Association in New York Thurs day Friday, and Sattnday. by Vice President W. F. Ham and C. S. Kim ball, engineer of way The speakers at the annual banquet have as their text public relations, and one of 'bo principal addresses at the working ses sion will be by IUlford Erickson, one of the "Wisconsin railroad commission ers. Policewoman of Newark To Inspect Dance Halls NEWARK, N. J . Ian. ;. -This Wty Is to have a policewoman, accordlnc to John Balder, president ot the board of police commissioners. This Is not a move to cater to the suffruscttes. but is in lino with the country-vide movement anil in 1cp"P Infr with tliR rccentlx passed danci' hnll ordfnanc". The policewoman will inspect dance halls, watehlntr particularly for oung Rlrl frequent ers, and will v atoh girls who Hrc seen nightly on the streets. The sal ary will be J900 per year Bryan and Folk to Urge Presidential Primaries Presidential primaries will be dis cussed by Secretary Bryan and other speakers before the Common Counsel Club tomorrow afternoon at the Univer sity Club. , The committee appointed at (he last meeting to report on Presidential prim aries will submit Its ics through Solicitor Folk, Travelettes OF JUSTICE.. SUMMARY Mrs. Dacre Fox .announced at the weekly meeting of the"Women's Social and Political- Union.' in -Krigntsbrldge Hall, that-5n-February lO.-a-few.-hours beforo tho opening of parliament, the suffragettes would march In a body, to Buckingham Palace and present their plea to the King. Sir Edward Carson, leader of the Ul sterites, in a speech at Lincoln. Eng land, Indicated his readiness to join John Redmond, the Irish nationalist leader. In an attempt to extend real local government to -Ireland. The London agents of the Cunard liae yesterday announced a reduction of $4 in castbound fares and J2JJ0 in west bound stcerago rates. A similar reduc tion was immediately made by , the JVnite Star and American lines. LOCAL. President "Wilson, in a conference with the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Is said to have decided to raise the embargo on the exportation of arms to the Mexican revolutionists. Only such corporations as are "In spirit and nature monopolies" need the.. forthcoming anti-trust legislation, ac cording to President Wilson. John J.- ("Butch") McDevItt, 5f "Wllkesbarre, Pa., has paid J450 for a special train which will bring him to Washington on February 3, to offer Congress and the- nation- a statue of himself. . Admiral Dewey Is expected to out line tho needs of the navy to the House Naval Committee tomorrow. Tho Vice President and Mrs. Mar shall gave their second reception of the season at the Shoreham. President Gompcra, of the American Federation of Labor, leaves for In dianapolis, Ind., tomorrow to person ally answer the charges of President Mover, of the Western Federation of Miners, who said Gompers organiza tion did not give the copper mine strikers proper support. Organlred. labor will tender a din ner tonight to Samuel Gompers, presi dent of the A. F. of L.. at the Ebbltt House, the occasion being Mr. Gom pers' sixty-fourth birthday. Dr. Albert F. Zahm, local aviation expert, believes the Langley machine now at the Smithsonian Institution Is a real flyer. LEGISLATIVE. Congressman W. S. Varo Introduced in the House a bill appropriating $500,000 tor tne cstaonsnmcnt or an iron, Drass, and steel ioundrv fo- the navy, to be located in Philadelphia. Senator Oliver presented a number of memorials and protests in opposition to legislation now pending In Congress. Charges were made that by reason of their Inferiority In armor plate and pro jectiles, the battleships of the United States navy are at mj mercy or roreign powers. Chairman Moon, of tho House Post- office Committee, estimated the loss on 1-cent letter postage at J37.000.000 an nually. News came from Kansas that Senator Bristow would have tj nght for his po litical life if he expected re-election next fall. Independent oil refiners cast of the Mississippi river tesuned berore the In terstate Commerce Commission thev would have to go out of business If the railroads, were authorized to increase freight rates. Thaw Habeas Corpus Brief Suggests Malice CONCORD N. 1L, Jan. a. A brief in support of Harry K. ThaWs habeas corpus petition for discharge from cus tody waa filed in the Federal, -ourt. The brief says: "It can not be said that a person Is nccorcled due process'of law if he is surrendered to the demanding State on a pretext, when the real purpose Is scmethlnR foreign to tho matters set out in the extradition papers.' The brief raises tho "suspicion that behind it all is the malice of private individuals." Santa Claus Bankrupted By High Cost of Living NliW YORK. Jan. Si.-Kfcn Santa Claus cannot withstand the high co3t of Riving, as shown b the bankruptcy petition of Paul Henkcl, proprietor of Henkel's chop house, on Thirty-sixth street, on file hero toda. Last Christmas Ilenkei plavcd Santa Claus to 17,0rt) children who mailed let ters to Santa. Not a chll.l who dropped such a letter In a New York mail box was overlooked. Now Henkcl fixes his liabilUIes at J10.000; his assets it $6.00. Skull and Bones on Rye. NEW YORK, Jan. 27 Bottles con taining liquor with as much as 2 per cent alcchol will be labeled with a red skull and cross bones, if a law jrged b the -"dry forces Is passed. Gossip of" By JKAK EHOT J! f- EVERAL Interesting dinner parties will he 'given this evening, "Pre- ii ceding the reception, at-the wniie House, when Oio Prestdent-'and "Wrs. "Wilson will entertain" ii comph-, ment to the members ofthe-Judlclarsv and tho-large reception Which the Ger man Ambassador" and" tie Countess'-Ton .Bernstorfr will give at the- embassy In celebration ,of tlie nfty-fUth' .'birthday anniversary of the Emperor.'" o undoubtedly the guests at'fh "White o'f .again greeting' .the- -President' b second daughter, Mrs.- Trancls' Bowes' Sayre.-.on -whose marriage "two montHs ago centered J the Interest ofthVworldV M..BUU Alio. Q.LU "ill MC lAW0i" the ""White 'House for.severaJ-dAys. -, About, seven or eight hundred guesta have been Invited to the'-reception": " ' , S ( " .Tne Spanish Ambassador andTM.me.' Klano will entortaln at a. dinner -tnU evening in compliment to his eminence," Cardinal Glboons. -. A - -i Mrs Samuel Spencertwlll be -among' The Vice-President and" 'Mrs. Mar shall entertained last, evening at tho second of th seriesi of four, re ceptions and dances they ""ar giving at the -Shoreham -this .season. It it could be possible, It would seem that Jhe entertainment of last evening "was enjoyed even more than the one of Mon day a. week ago. ' SeveraT hundred guests greeted tho hosts during the evening. ,Thoy were representative of all circles of Washington society. The Diplomatic. Corps and the Congressional contingent of Washington's' social set "were particularly in evidence and the very last guests to depart were several young sons and daughters of the colons of Capitol Hill -who hod remained to danco the "Home, Sweet Home." Many of them had been there for the opening; dance." Standing at the entrance of the old rose room, the Vice President and Mrs. Marshall received the guests. Mrs. Marshall looked particularly handsome ,tn a' gpwn of white brocade; made 'With a draped skirt and a. bodice of wh'.to chiffon 'richly 'embroidered in rhlna stones. A panel of satin, encrusted In brilliants,, fell from the waist line to the end of the train, and a rhlnestone corsage ornament held the bodice in , the front. In her hair she wore a white osprey feather fastened with a diamond ornament, and she carried a round bou quet of plnksweet peas and lilies of 'thetvaney. -- At S o'clock this afternoon Mrs. Wil son will receive the Japanese Ambas sador and Viscountess Chinda, who has Just returned to this country from an extended stay in her own country. Assisting- Mrs. Wilson will be her daugh ters. Mrs. Franc's Bowes Sayre, Miss Wilson, and Miss Eleanor "Wilson, and Miss Helen "Woodrow Bonea. Tea will be served In the red parlor. Later in the afternoon Mrs. "Wilson will .receive, a .number of addi tional guests by appointment. The 'Ambassador of Austro-Hungary and -Mme. Dumbo, will -entertain" 'at .a dinner this evening at the-embassy"; In honor of the Secretary of State and Mrs. Bryan. Tho Secretary and Mrs. -Bryan will return to "Washington today from New TorlC v Mr. and Mrs. John Gardner Tennent have cards out for the roaniago of their daughter. Miss "Catherine Tennent, to -Rowland Spearman . Marshall on the evening of Saturday, February 7, in St. Margaret's .Episcopal unurcn at a:3U o'clock. A'reception a't the Balfour will follow the wedding ceremony at me cnurcn, ' Miss Ru,th Hitchcock, daughter of Sen ator and Mrs. Gilbert XI. Hitchcock, Is spending- soma time in new rorx. i Mrs. Beale R. Howard and Miss Mar garet Howard have cards out for a tea on tne aiternoon oitcoruary . Miss Isabel Wells wilt be hostess at a dansant at Rauscher's Saturday to meet Miss Bcnzolt, of St. Louis. Judge and Mrs. Sidney Ballou have Invitations out for a dinner on Febru ary 6 to meet the Secretary of the In terior and Mrs. Lane. Mrs. "William Llttauer will entertain a party at luncheon February 10. Henry Breckinridge will preside as hostess at the tea at the Washington Fencing Club Saturday from 4 until 7 o'clock. -- .. ' Mrs. Van Reypen, wife of Rear Ad miral Van Reypen, C. S. N.. has cards out for a lucheon party on February 5. Mrs. Hennen Jennings and Miss Kath erine Jennings are spending a few days In New York. A tea dance for the Epibcopal Home for Children will. bo given at tho New "Wlllard February1 9 from 4 to 7. The patronesses are Mrs. Rcdfield, Mrs. McCclla. Mrs. H. T. Myers. Mrs. Thropp, Mrs. Crozler, Mrs. J. W. Mac Murrey. Mrs. Lce Overman, Mrs. "Ed ward McLean. Mrs. "Woodbury Btalr, Mrs. Beale Howard, Mrs. F. T. free man. Mrs. -Btellwagen. Mrs. Lawrence Heap, Mrs. Walter McLean, Mrs. Al exander Brltton, Mrs. W. C. Rives, Mrs. Thomas- Kwtng; Mrs. McDonald. Mrs. F. De C. Faust, Mrs. Charles Bell, Mrs. T. "W. 'NoyeS, Mrs. S. C. Neale. Mrs. Benjamin Micou. Mrs. Le Roy Tuttle, Mrs. Edward Qulntard, Mrs. T. N. Jewell, Mrs. R. B. BradforJ Mish Caroline Smith, Miss Kibbey. and Miss Boardman. ! Sir Robert Hadfleld has joined Lady Hadfleld at the Shoreham Archbishop Ireland, of St Paul, who has been spending somo time at the Shoreham, Jss-.rtairted. at a dinner thero last nixnt. The Ladles' Board of Gcoisetown University Hospital will present "The Madcap Princess" at the Columbia Feb ruary 9. Miss Nellie E. Kc.il. presi dent of .the board, has announced the following committees: Tickets Mrs. Isaac Cans. Mrs. Joseph Strasburger. Mrs. Annie J". Murphy, Mrs Blanche W. Hall. Mrs. James A. Cahill, Mrs. Clarence K. DuFour, Mrs. M. E. Donahue, Mrs. J R. Devcroiux, Mrs. William II. Turtln. Mrs. Julea Derr.onet. Sirs. F. Costello, Mrs. I. T. Nlland. and Mrs. Mary Kellher. Boxes Mrs. Georgo Tully Vaughan. Mrs William . Gwynn, Miss Alice Rlggs, Mrs. J. Eakin Gadsby: Mrs. John Cammack. Mrs. Blanche W Hall, and Mrb Tom A. Williams. .Ipnnounccments Mrs. Pcai 1 MuIIett and Miss Margaret Cowans. Co-operation Mrs. Kathenne Godoy. Decorations Mrs Thamos J. Stanton, Mrs. M. J. Ready, Miss Isabel Smith, anii Mrs. M. K. Donahoe. Publicity Mrs. Joseph Strasburger. bociety HOSTESS AT DINNER Copyright, by EJmonjtoiv r "JIME. DUMBA, Wife of the Ambassador 'of Austra - Hungary, who will entertain the Sec retary of State -and Mrs. "Bryan at 'th'e-,erabassy"this evening. Mrs. C. C. McChord and Miss .Mar garet McChord -will entertain at a the dansant this afternoon from 5 until 1 o'clock at their home in Connecticut avenue in compliment to Mrs. Thurs ton Ballard and her nece, Miss Ballard, of Louisville, Ky. Quantities of palms and pink roses, azaleas, and carnations 'have been used to adorn the house for tho occasion, and an orchestra will -play throughout .the' afternoon. Assisting in receiving the guests will be Mrs. John Skelton "Williams, Mrs. OHUJames, Mrs. Claude S,wanson, Mrs. Borah, Mrs. George Falrchild, Mrs. S. H. Dent, jr.; Mrs. William Bailey s La mar, Mrs. Davenport, -of Bridgeport, Conn.: Mrs. E. H. "Tillxnann, airs. Ben Johnson. Mrs. Alston R. "Simpson, Miss Emily Bland, of. Louisville, Ky.. house guest of the hostess; Miss Ruth -Hitchcock, Miss van "Rappard,- Miss Katn erine Dlckman, Miss Kate DuBose, .Miss Callle Hoke smith, Mlsa SallleTVUnams, Miss Nancy Johnson, and Miss Hiekock, of New York. i Mme. de Pena and the Misses de Pena. wife and daughters of the minis-; ter of Uruguay, will be at, home this afternoon for the only time this season af th leimtlon in !C street." Mrs. Frederick Athcrton Tlrs. Alston Tt aiimuniL and Miss Dorothy GIttings, of Baltimore, will presjde at the tea table, and Mme. van itappara sum juuo Svmons will assist In receiving the " Palnis, ferns, and pink roses, -will form the. decorations. Mrs. "Wilbur Crafts will entertain the -vtuninnarv Rocletv of the First Presby terian Church tomorrow evening, at her home, 205 Pennsylvania avenue south east, rrom unui ju o ciock.- ' .The Misses "Wilson will be the honor cuests of John Barrett at a dinner ran February 18. followed by a recep"- uon tor young people ai uie- nui American Building, ,- The "Misses Patten were hostesses at a large luncheon party today. AT HOHES Mrs. Joseph "W. Byrns, wife of Con gressman Byrns of Tennessee, will not receive this afternoon; but win be at home Tuesdays in February. Mrs. H. H. Seldomridge. wife of Con gressman Seldomridge of Colorado, will be at home informally this afternoon from 3:S0 to S o clock. 173S I street northwest. Mrs. Lucius Egbert Gridley and the Misses Gridley. and Miss Margaret Hanna. will be at home at 131 Monroe street Thursday from 1 until S o'clock. v Mrs. Archibald Grade and Miss Grade will not receive Friday. - Mrs. Peyton Gordon will receive to day at 1S15 Mintwood place. Mrs. Daniel "William Baker will re ceive today from 4 to 7 o'clock, at 1S43 Mintwood place. The Misses Aimec and Lucy Powell, who resided for years with their grand mother. Mrs. Diana Bullitt Kearny, In Washington, are the house guests of their cousin, Mrs. EUphalet Andrews, and will be at home with Mrs. An drews this afternoon. The Bishop of Washington and Miss Douglas will be at home tomorrow afternoon from 4. until 7 o'clock. Tho Bishop of New Mexico and Mrs. Howden will receive with them. fr- Mrs. Henry S Graves will be at home Informally "Wednesdays injeb ruary. Starts Movement to Help Working Boys DATTON, Ohio. Jan. 27. "Bad boys make bad girls," said Judge Roland "W. Baggott. of the juvenile court here, in talking of a new movement for a home for working boys, which he started to day. "A boy can't i?row up to decent man hood on starvation wages of $5 or JJ a. week any mora than a girl can. Boys. like girls, get discouraged over the hopeless struggle and enter a life of crime, wove Interested several good men In a movement to build a home where working boys on small wages can secure board and lodging at a min imum of $1.73 a week. Our plan Is for fifty men to give JIM apleco each year lor live years and build tho home. Judge Baggott recently refused to send iprls cited for delinquency to the Delaware sti'te school ror gins, stat ing that their chancer of reformation re vastly better In some good Instltu tlonal school. New Commission Finds Complaints Pouring In SPRINGFIELD. 111.. Jan. iT.-IIlinofs new public utilities commission has found it necessary to limit the number ot complaints that may bo made to it. A ruling will define the nature of the complaints it will receive. A subordi nate commission to decide the worth!- Lncss of a petition to be received Is thought to be the oni solution tor tne problem. There is scarcely a city 111 me state that has not on file a score or more old-standing squabbles with utilities companies, and some which offer quar rels between competing concerns. All hac availed themselves or the oppor tunitv offered bv the new utilities law. land the commission todaj is literally deluged. The Silver . Lining Jan Clislaesers. the famous Antwm aviator, looped the loop slxtv-eevm times', and turned seven bock somer saults.. Lot .of people beat that record trying to pronounce his name. If Huerta falls three thousand htu. Jackets and marines wlU land and pro ceed to Mexico City. "What's the ob ject? Cheering section? j- Klnc Alfonso will nrovwl on a l.,n. month trip to Argentina. .He will make the trip on a Spanish trans-Atlantic liner. 00 xnat win give him about threo hours and fourteen minutes to see the sights ill UfiCXlUQO. Now that King Alfy is golrur to Ar gentina we begin to understand why he wanted Trance to lend him a'suir'of armor-bctonging to his illustrlousnces- " tor. A little tango' Is a dangerous Jliint?.. The Department of Agriculture is gu Jng to. form boy hog clubs in the South. Fearful thing if they have summer car an the year round down there. -" Tango teachers in Switzerland' ehar,-., 40 an hour for lessons. Punh t.h themselves to each other for protection, and wear spiked Alpine shoes. ' At S4 I1VUI- jrvu UUUiUl Lioru.to Blip. The "tango dip" must mean the south erly direction taken by the pull's hand dipping- etter the J40 an hour. , Denver Judge decides thaCoT-wlfe em sign her husband's checksf Denver Judge is several inousana years late with Bis decision. Reports from the -outlying -djstrlcts show that Chevy Chase enjoyed a two- above-xero temperature the 'other eve ning, while Brookland- claims to have had tho pleasure of inhaling tho ozone at three below, Looks like the outlyln? districts were trying to -outlle each other. T 7-J- ,THE OLDEST IHHA3?SEZ "I kin lemem- ' Tber when people didn't have t' hurry t' work. Fellers even hadj time enough f , take a street ear , in" ta' good oP days.'' Cincinnati architects plan for- smaller flats. Inhabitants of .present-day llats are laying plans for larger Cincinnati architects. If fiats get any smaller, bird fanders will he compelled to train canary birds to. grow out like daschhunds. or els give up an exceedingly profitable indus try. 'Fail to see -wh7 we rcoclre all theaa Isles ot safety. "Why not compel all 'pedestrians to wear shock 'absorbers and Jet It go.atlhat i . . TJntil the shouting and the tumult die. tt will be impossible to refer to Haiti as an isle of safety. What's on the Progratmin Washington Today Meetings, evening: Masonic Federal. No. 1; Acachv, "No. IS; Takoma, No. 29f Kin? Davfdf "No 2S. Royal Arch-Mt- Horeb, No. 7. grand visitation; Potomac, 5 Xo. S. Knights Templar Da Molay,. No. 4. Scottish Rite Reception by Jocat bodies: Robert de Bruce Council at Kadosh. Masonic and Eastern Star Home-Electa; No. 2; Bethlehem. No. 7; Friendship. No. 17. Knights of PythIas-"Webstcr, No. 7: .xceisior. jno. 14; uermania. Capital. No. 24: Myrtle. No. 25. No. 15; Odd Fellows "Washington. No. 6; Gol- aen jiuie, no. 31; Amity. No. 27. En campmentFred D. Stuart. No. 7. Maccabees Brlghtwood, No. 5, Maeea- oce wan. ungnrwooa. Sodalist Party "Women's Central Com mittee, z yuincy place northeast. Installation of Phi Mu Sigma- Chapter. iimory m. n. tjnurca, boutn, 5 p. -en. Annual dinner and banquet. Michigan State Association. Itiuscher 3. 7 p. rtu Bi-monthly meeting. North Capitol and Ecklngton citizens' Association, Eck Ington Presbyterian Church, North Capitol street and Florida avenue. 720 p. m. Annual supper, Washington JDJstrlcc "Woman's Foreign Missionary Sodety Foundry M. E. Church. 8 p. m. Entertainment for tho blind. Library of Congress, 5:1a p. m. Annual meeting. Retail Merchants As sociation, Chamber or commerce rooms. 8 p. m. Illustrated lecture on "Redaiming the "West." by Arthur .Powell .Davis, Church of Our Father, tonight. Hearing on citizens" alley bill. District building, lu a m. Meeting of Neighborhood House Auxil iary, this afternoon. MeetinlrSoutheast Washington Citizens' Association. 314 Pennsylvania avenue southeast. S p. m. Meeting of Parents' League, "Wilson Normal School. ? p. m. Installation of officers. Columbia Hive. No. 3, L. O. T. M.. Pythian Temple. S:S0 p. m. Amusements. National "The Marriage Market,-' S 15 p. m. Columbia "The Trail of the Lonesome Pine.'" S:13 p- m. .... Poll's "The World and Hl3 Wife, 2 U and 8:15 P. m. Keith's Vaudeville. 2:lo and SOo p. m Ca3ino--Vaudcv''e. afternoon and even- ng- . j - - Gayety Burlesque, 2:1j and 8:1 p. m. Arcade Dancing, evening. McReynolds Recommends Two for Municipal Court Recommendations of the Attorno n.n.Mi rnr the aDDOintment of td judges of the municipal court were re ceived by President Wilson tins morn ing. Pending this consideration ine Whte House refused to divulge tne ' H names submitted. The name of Judge Robert H. Terrell, colored, is under stood to have been submitted to the President last week by Mr. McReynolds Senator Vardamun. ot Mississippi, has threatened to light the confirmation of Terrell's nomination if it is sent to Uw Senateb y the President. o 1