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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1913
Page
5
A look at how new lawmakers and their families struggle with Washington rents and housing. Many start in furnished flats or small apartments to entertain guests, then stretch budgets to keep a car and comfort, often giving up long term plans for an unfurnished home after the first year.
Preparations for the eighteenth supreme council meeting in the nation’s capital proceed with a week of committee reports and a detailed entertainment program. The event includes a high mass, a sermon, receptions, tours, luncheons, a shad bake, and a formal welcome by city officials and dignitaries to visiting Knights from across the United States.
Regul ations issued yesterday by the Postoffice Department require candidates for fourth class postmaster positions to read, count money, and write simple letters. Applicants must be U S citizens over 21 and free from habits of reducing alcohol supply. Exams target a specific office, not general appointment.
Otho Stevenson, Spinologist, announces a free spinal examination and diagnosis this week at 446 G Blvd in the White National Bank Building. He claims to cure spinal ailments without drugs or surgery and invites those with nervousness chronic back and neck pains to fall at once for evaluation.
The District Supreme Court promoted Elizabeth M Meigs to assistant clerk and raised her salary from 1400 to 1800 dollars per year in recognition of sixty years as copyist and indexer. She is the granddaughter of Return J Meigs and daughter of R J Meigs Jr, the long time assistant clerk who died recently.
The May carnival of dance and song by Miss Ida M Hayes pupils occurred Friday at National Theater. Students performed with polish and many songs were arranged by Miss Hayes. Participants included Milas Gracie Merillat Audrey Flack Katherine Luce Bertha Day Dorothy Hayes Miles Wyonne Stevens Genevieve Frank Alice Minnick Sue Defibaugh Helen Jarboe Freeda Marks Helen Day Edith Bielaski Rose Kundahl Mae Esterly Leeke Fairchild Brooks Hogan Weaiver Jarboe Mahoney Hogan Flack Kundahi Howard Griffin Murrey Taylor Brenitter.
The seed blacklist, published annually by law, lists dealers facing repeated tainted seed sales. This year one dealer appears five years, twenty appear three years, and others twice. The department will continue to buy samples by mail and in the open market and examine free samples, publishing results in the annual list.
Mrs Duncan A Fletcher wife of Senator Fletcher of Florida and Mrs Everis Hayes wife of Representative Hayes of California lead a drive in Washington to fund a printing press for the blind. A benefit performance May 6 at the Playhouse by Albert Burleson will aid the project.
A committee of the Irish American Union met at Eagles Hall and planned the annual graves decoration for Irish born or descended notable figures buried locally. A memorial service will be at Mount Olivet Cemetery at 3 p m in May with speeches by prominent figures. The arranging committee includes O'Meara as chair and Myera as vice chair with Hartigan Moran O'Connor Small Bullivan among others.
A spectacular night blaze in Moonshine Alley behind Massachusetts avenue between First and Second streets NW burned ten sheds near Holmes bakery and stables. The origin is unknown, starting in a woodshed at 44 Massachusetts Ave NW. Damages tally about $600 as ashes smoldered past midnight and hundreds gathered thinking the government printing office was on fire.
The seventeenth of May approaches and The Post declares its great figure puzzle contest closed at midnight Saturday night. Enter now for a chance at the substantial prizes. Those who have already submitted remain in contention. additional solutions may be filed this week on the same terms. Payments must be completed by week’s end to receive prize dividends. The final closing hour is 1.0 o clock at night.
Enrico Caruso sang for Italian convicts at a Federal prison in Atlanta on May 10 delivering a performance described as more emotional and powerful than his prior work. Julian Hawthorne, Nathaniel Hawthorne’s son and a fellow inmate, penned a poem about Caruso’s visit, praising the healing effect of music amid imprisonment.
The New Hampshire Association of Washington hosted a banquet at the National Hotel honoring the state’s congressional delegation. Senator Hollis and others gave brief talks as toastmaster Charles H. Turner introduced guests and committee members listed among a large local attendance.
Real estate leaders, insurance heads, building managers, and others oppose a Post Office order requiring all public mail boxes to be painted red. Fire safety officials say red, used for arc boxes nationwide, risks confusion and delays in locating fire alarms, especially at night, undermining prompt emergency response.
The shoe section of the Retail Merchants Association will be entertained by the Retail Shoe Dealers Association in Baltimore next Tuesday evening. Joseph Strasburger says most members will attend. Isaac Gane invites guests for the river outing on Friday, June. The Capital City will host a supper and entertainment aboard with accommodations for five guests. J M Burrell of Allegheny Coal Co elected chair of the coal dealers section, pending board approval.
Dr Richard P Strong of Harvard Medical School’s Tropical Medicine department leads a team to Peru to study Verruga a disease unique to Peru’s high valleys. He is renowned for beriberi work in the Philippines and cholera research and will later study beri beri in Brazil’s Madeira-Viamore region noting regional disease differences and treatment responses.
Oklahoma Representative D T Morgan tells Missouri Society that new laws are needed to curb wealth control by giants and praises Interstate Commerce Commission while warning wealth can breed poverty. O W Wyatt elected president as society votes new officers and notes death of former Senator Henderson.
The Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America adopts a resolution urging the Panama Pacific Exposition and San Francisco authorities to block commercialized rice exploitation and shield visitors. The document, signed by Shailer Mathews and other church leaders, requests action from expo directors and city officials.
Garrett P. Serviss examines the Atlantis question, tracing Plato, Solon, and Bacons legends to geologic ideas. He notes early geologists hoped for land bridges, then argues ocean basins remain depressions with continents largely above water, leaving the Atlantis question open and fossil proof decisive.
Helen M. Goodridge, 18, a worker at a Dennison Manufacturing paper box plant in South Framingham Mass died after taking rat poison. She had earned $5 a week, supported herself since age 14, and recently moved from Upton to seek work. Her fatal act followed a dire financial struggle and years of hunger.
A disjointed health column urges careful bowel care as age advances. It cautions against constipation, promotes gentle foods, regular activity, and cautious use of laxatives, and notes aging weakens digestion and stomach muscles. The text also references seeking safe, modest remedies and consumer tips for relief.
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