Show f 3 fi Support Washington h n t sv s- s s a s e t n v forms arms of ot manufacturing Industries In In- but Washington has no source of this nature from which to draw Its support Our capital depends depends depends de de- on the government clerk The government Itself Is the big mill that fills ills the envelopes of Washingtonians every week and the ducats that flow Into nto the purses of the grocer baker plumber lawyer doctor and clergyman clergy man come from the envelopes of the clerks that keep Washington alive aUve The members of the legislature really really reilly re- re ally illy take more money out of Washington Washing Washing- ton than they bring In tn When the height of the season is on they lend an atmosphere of hustling prosperity to the town but when the warm months come around they leave town with filled purses and spend their their- bulky sum at the seashore and mountain moun tats tain resorts The busy clerks stick to posts In all kinds of weather and all aU through the year and when the gloom settles down after alter the big guns aro are gone the government clerk is the only hope of the merchant and the amusement managers It may seem strange but when closely figured out the humble government clerk Is the mainstay of our capital dtp city During the long months when the congressmen and senators are enjoying enjoy ing the luxuries of vacation the clerk must sweat for his dally daily bread Those humid summer months of Washington are hard on a mans man's nerves and disposition disposition dis dis- position and hence the physician and andla la lawyer wyer are kept from the door of pov pov- erty Food dress and amusement must be had and this necessity provides provides provides pro pro- vides for the well being of still another another an other class In this way the clerks keep things moving during the dead season If the clerks were to follow the example of the legislators and go to summer resorts to rest up for two or three months the capital city would take on the appearance of ofa ofa a n deserted village the merchants would be compelled to close up shop and grass would begin to appear between between between be be- tween the cracks of the sidewalk Labor Bureau Inv Investigates Insurance I i federal bureau of labor after devoting devoting de THE voting a years year's study to workmen's workmen's workmen's work work- mens men's insurance and compensation systems ems In Europe has put out a report in which it presents a study of the In- In urance and compensation systems forthe for forthe the he benefit of at workmen In case of accident ac ac- Ident sickness old age invalidity and unemployment In 11 European cou tries rles Charles P. P Neill Nelll commission of labor believes the report will 1 Ij of peculiar pecullar Interest to working m mIn min mn In n the United States at this time view of the fact that the subject t workmen's Insurance Is a live Uve and ind one discussed In the ture ure of nearly every state He po pain poin in out that within recent years elg eig states tales Connecticut Illinois Minnesota New Jersey Ne York Ohio and Wisconsin as well t the he federal government have ed commissions to study methods compensating workmen for Incurred in the course of their e As a result of these ties lUes one state New York has i ready enacted laws general application while two stat Montana and Maryland have ma mai provisions for state systems of c Capital Society M t of all the women of fashion FIRST to take to aeronautics as a sport Washington society leaders are planning planning planning plan plan- ning to lead the world as high fliers filers in the literal sense The thrill attendant attendant attendant attend attend- ant on sailing through the air has fascinated fas Washington man daines and andIn andin andin in order to Indulge in it to their hearts' hearts content they are going to establish establish establish es es- a school and obtain Instruction instruction instruction tion In the science of operating ma ma- chines Th Tho school may become an actuality some time this spring and after a course of lessons milady confidently confidently confidently con con- looks forward to becoming a skilled sky pilot and taking a three or four mile fly every morning before before before be be- fore breakfast Tho The leaders of the movement are Benoist dAz dAzy wife of the naval of the French embassy witty breezy nd enthusiastic as a schoolgirl Mrs Nicholas Longworth who retains the girlish vivacity and operative Insurance against accidents to workmen engaged in mining The forms of old age insurance now in operation In the European countries are classified by the commissioner of labor as voluntary insurance not sub subsidized subsidized by the government voluntary insurance receiving government subs subsidies I. I dl dies s compulsory Insurance and noncontributory noncontributory non non- contributory Insurance The investigation gation gallon revealed that In a number of European countries funds are found which provide old age pensions for employees employees em em- on the basis of contributions from both employers and workmen Usually the employer requires the workman to Join the fund so that as Ut u nT du LU C bu b C p u tobe to tobe be a genuine success Even now the question of proper dress for aeronautics is engaging the minds of maids and matrons who plan to take the course of Instruction Each woman will be a law unto herself for fora a time at least until fashion prescribes prescribes prescribes pre pre- scribes a costume which all will adopt None of the sponsors of the new school is yet prepared to answer what the dress will wll be they prefer Instead instead in stead to dilate on the pleasure In store for those who learn to operate their own machines Far more serious even to women women- kind than dress is the style of machine ma ma- machine chine to be used No definite plans have yet been made in this regard Next In order comes the question of 01 ofa ofa a corps of instructors a sort of faculty fac fac- faculty of the new school Men instructors instructors tors will be engaged at first Yet when women bec become me thoroughly proficient profi clent who knows what may happen 7 I Senate Shocked in Closing Session I s r GREAT SCOTT f IVE GONE GOHE of An a ESTABLISHED A PRECEDE h J OR the tho first time In tho the history of F FOR the g government the expiring gasp of a short session of or congress was prolonged prolonged pro pro- longed beyond the legislative day dax of March 3 and Into the legislative day of March 4 The precedent was set In inthe tho the senate and It happened this way Inadvertently a motion was adopted adopted Friday to the effect that tho the Son Senate ate session of Saturday was to begin at 8 a a. a m. m The custom had bad been t take i 1 recess until the time agreed upon par or the meeting on the calendar day of f March 4 but early Saturday m meaning I 1 the Senate adjourned the tho legislative day of at March 3 3 When the senate recovered recovered re re- recovered covered It was for both the legislative and calendar day of 01 March 4 4 As soon as it became noised about that a custom had been violated senators senators sena sena- tors began a hasty examination of at precedents Senator Sen-ator Gallinger was In Inthe Inthe inthe the chair He referred the tho question to Henry H H. H the tho senate parlia parUa After a long search It was discovered that while the senate never had a legislative day of March 4 for tor forthe the tho purpose of winding up a session of congress there was no reason except custom for that fact For the first time therefore leaders of the senate learned that the calendar day is superior to the legislative day In determining parliamentary situa I ons |