THE WASHINGTON HEEAIB SUNDAY DECEHBEB 11 1910 6 r THE WASHINGTON HERALD FUBMCATIOX OFFICE 7M FIFTEENTH STREET NORTHWEST Hotrod at the at Washington D fti KemxHlaw wail matter Pubfaked Every Morning in the Year by TilE WASHINGTON HERALD COMPANY Under the Direction of SCOTT C BONE Editor HENRY L WEST Bu 3nc Mwjer TdtpheneMaiB 3300 Prlvitcr Branch ExcUnfc- Sxjbicriptlon Rites by Carrier and 8wd 7 40 cents per month Daftr an4 USO per jwU- ailjr 1UMttt Sunday 3 cent per month SulmJpdon Rates by Mail Dally Md 8 ej SO cmta per month Dan M Mfex 600 per year Dally ittthut w ceata per month Dilly trlAMrt Sunday JJ80 per year- S o ay nl rt dally J3CO per year ATe attention bo paid to anonymous coKMbKttoHJt and no communications to editor vHll lie printed except over fta name of tAs taritor Manuscripts offered for pullloation will 00 rcturxod if unavailable but stamps should sent with the manuscript vitrflesa Alt communications Intended far this ttei0sfies r whethtr for daily or the TUB WASIUNOTON HERALD N w Uaik 8prMMatlre J C WILBBRDINQ- riJCIAI AGENCY BMttnrick BulMhig KtSM Hatife BAUNAUD it BEAN SUNDAY PBCBMBKR U U40 HUMBLE AS CHILDREN They toM an soad aad win UKMI Mjr HMtsiito tkcfr my m u pMiwr Ho write lUchartl Henry Stoddsjrd In his Thf Childrens Prayer and at this reason of the year when all of us have the birthday of the Christ hlld close to mind and heart it seems peculiarly ap propriate The subject of children is one that does not come up for public discus- sion too often Some tirao ago when Col Roosevelt dwelt with his usual trenti- ousnr on topic of race suicide we all came to believe that It was the duty of good cltlaens to rear children and add thus to the material wealth of the nation but somehow the subject nd distasteful to the women of the country and any thins which does not internet them stand a poor chance of Tho subject of children te particularly Interarttotf jut now when in an effort to solve one ot the grave of our social problems we are being Hooded I OOKH dealing with divorce trial temporary divorces and subject anythinr to make the Hi the adult population more bearable and worth living fLUe or nothing about the children And yet in their very helnJeeane and truHtfulnes and faith the children ap- peal to every human heart There may b dUOcuUr ttt ratable sufficient pub- lic fund to wtpnert a HorarV to oetab- lihh mlMiotui for the heathen in Timbuc too or to build a church but an appea for the aviitft of the eMWran ejdem goes unheard And 1 a it should l in all Ute work there hi nothing that add s much to the sweetness and joy of Ute a the captivating innocence the musical prattle of childhood We who have left behind u the flow ery ot childhood and have to face the stern battle of life may always if we choose and U we are humble enough in spirit aad dean enough ia ew renew these loot in the company of the litOe one If thr to MvtkHw thai Will MOM TIlt eye of txwaaae k to M we- It ia tk apiHt f Nttfc efcO- dFrnh frost fh l M ttaseftwe nnJePoi Nearer ttw pin of Itradte m Our cbildrai tipMtn ta Ms avmfci MO And vw they Dray 0 l IWKW tl ic jrfmple- IWJWf Yea ewet MMrtfcai lli wwd ta dB nt tare Of all the thoughts that should make a man look upon life sanely and zoo it whole and hopefully the thought of the happy laughter of children i the beat the noblest and the meet effective In the presence of the wondrous faith of little children their sublime trust the dear serious ayes that look o much deeper into the mis t try of futurity than our oye is Utere colt doubt Uie liv ablenen or the joy of Hfo La Bruyere wrote ones Children think not of what u pact nor what ta to came but onjey the prefont time wltfeh Iew of u can do How true that Ji and what a lesson may l ern from it a lesson that should teach us to be content with the glories of the present day to forget the bitter sor- rows j f the put to look forward with tonfidenct and hope to what is yet to come AM of even Use most Ineignifleant consciously Or not shod a wonderful in- fluence upon the wprlU the influence of our character tha Influence of our act our words our thought And the chil- dren too have their Influence sIt benefi- cent sweet and holy We can avoid It if we choose by holding oursolvo aloof If we seek It we have to be very patton very good and In some degree to make ourselves worthy of the place of honor in the heart of a little child But If from our heights of knowledge of rood and evil wo ateop down and are blessed enough to win the lovo and con- fidence ef one of tho HtUe wo shall find more joys in tho world than we ever dreamed of realize with all our heart and soul that God Is good and shall mid ourselves ax near the gate of heaven as any mere mortal is over permitted to be It hi only through humility that wo may deserve the love Of a child and to he humble aa children calls for all that beet and noblest in a man But it I om 1 tel b for- th t the 8NJf should be to lh Uk1 ue aft tH at laa4IiII S the with mar- riages kfa rod at bUt t And fie heart Joys Per Gad a MIl w wile w u hall 1 r Duly day day the 1lId addressed jM1ig j ti4ldwn s 1 endurtng 1oj this ka thee I ones ¬ ¬ > < ¬ ¬ ¬ > ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ = = for HO that train the gray val- leys of middle age we may gay with Bay ard Taylor Hot dill I draiM t tt MMwwbv awy bs The ifirit of child that lts for we Mr Waldorf Astor who has just been elected to the ftnglteh lions of Com mauL is a flue specimen of the sort of Americanism to avoid This is the open season for Christmas presents Get into a receptive mood The reports of the Congressional cam- paign committees show that the Repub- licans paid throe times as mu U for their defeats as the Democrats did for their well worth strivIng for YOrkIflg for p- Ing even a It thee ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ I a victories Wo suspected that the feats had proven costly to the I for Franks One of the positive reoomynendullons in President Taffs maesage which will ap poalto tho whole country Is Uiat dealing with abuse ot tho franking privilege There has been ao much said about this abuse concrete examples of flagrant buses having bqon token In connection with the wnuwial efforts to ward economy in tho Postottlce Dapnrt menu there are few specific passages In the Proid nts messogo that will be road with greater Interest and satisfaction Tho President believes that the present of tho franking privilege may fbe greatly leetroned if not enUroly atopjjQdr the adoption of a special franking stamp to bo issued by the Postoffice Department to those In tho public service entitled to the free ute of the malls As a matter of faqt such a stamp has already been designed and printed and will first bo uiod in connection with tho transmission of postal Information con- cerning the establishment of the now postal savings banks Tho law establish- ing these postal savings banks empowers the executive department to prescribe all the details In connection with it Thus it is that the new stamps may bo used To enable thorn to be in connoctIon with all other nall matter entitled to be franked requires the atUhorutaUon of Congress and It is this that President Taft We can imagine nothing that would so work for economy that muchdeelrd goal of tho PostofllcoJBJopnrtmontas this proposed change In the franking system It is bound to reduce to a large extent the amount of mall matter ttyit- fe carried free and for which the Post offlee Department has to pay heavily to the railroads As those entitled to franks will be required to make apecllie requests for them the PoiUofflce Department will be able to measure to what extent the rankIng privilege is exorcised and thus keep more or lens control over it and may to a certain extant lessen iU It will at any rate enable the government to find out just how much It costs to carry free mail matter This of course is only one item in the plan for economy but this together with tho other economies Postmaster General Hltcheoek Ii Inaugurating and the pro- posed plan for Increasing the postage on magazines will go a long way to wipe out that annual reproach ef a large deficit in the Poetofllco Department which conducted on business principles should he able certainly to pay its running expenses In lite campaign for reoldotkm It must be said to Uie credit of Senator Lodgo that he has not culled on oolenei for help Civil Retired list There uncommon encouragement to the government clerk in that passage in the annual repert of the Secretary of War In jwjnpect of sortie provision for the retirement on annuities of em ploye who have become superannuated In the following the prac- tice which msT y railroads and other large business enterprises have found it advisable to adopt Mr Dickinson quotes pertinent allusions te this project contained in the various annual reports bureau chiefs and military department commanders including tho Chief of En- gineer Paymaster General Inspector General Quartermaster General Corn mtasary General and the Surgeon Gen- eral and this portion of an interesting document with an extract teem a statement made some years ag by Jlaj Gen F C AIneworth new Ad- jutant General of the army before tin House Committee on Reform in the Civil Service The AIn worth paper Is an able con tribution to the literature on the retire- ment of government employe Tho argument which the Adjutant General made in behalf of some sure provision for the support of government clerks and their families in old ago Is convin- cing and it is useful at this time of the agitation of the subject to have Con Ainaworths comments reproduced A retired list for the army was estab- lished in Ism prior to which year no of- ficer had a life tenure of his commis- sion which is precisely the situation in the civil service today with clerks grown old in faithful service subject to dismissal without warning and with no provision for them in their incapacity There is assuredly as much roason for taking care of the faithful government clerk as for the commissioned ottlcer nnd enlisted men of the militarynaval es- tablishment In the case of those ollglblo to retirement tie government benefits by the greater security and tho freedom from anxiety as to the future Tho civil employe as Gen Ainsworth has re- marked enters the service with no such assurance and tho government has no such guaranty of good behavior and de- votion to duty on his part If he have a thought for tho future ho is as likely as not to Und it necessary to be on the alert for private employment which wilt enable him to abandon the public service It Is GOD Alnsworths theory and It is one likely to bat borne out If the Inquiry could made that comparatively few of the young mono now entering the civil service do so with the definite Intention of remaining therein permanently Many of thorn may linger beyond the date they have promised themselves thoy will retire from government employ but It Is certain that the prospect of dismissal In old age is a discouragement of any fixed purpose of permanent government con noctlon The following remarks by Gen Ainsworth hit the nail squarely on the Stamps th gIventhat b uSed asks th i i a loaf o conclude b I ca f tIc Ropqbli ite y I thus f ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ head Will any one deny that It is most de- sirable to bring all branches of the public service up to the high level of the judi- ciary the army and the navy and does doubt that a very considerable Increase In expenditures for the attain- ment of this end would be an excellent investment But I think It can be shown that all this can be brought about by a comparatively small Increase In expendi- ture and at a cost that will be far JotS than the friends to say nothing of the enemies of a civil retired list have ever estimated While retirement for disability Incurred In service and line of duty regardless of ago or length of service was justly pro- vided for Jn the army and navy retire- ment laws because or the hazardous na- ture of the duties that officers are often I anyone ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ j oallod upon to perform there does not seam to be equally strong reasons for making such a provision for those en gaged In civil employment except per- haps those whose duties are of an extra hazardous nature such as employes ot U Railway Mall Service and s016 others For present purposes it way be enough to disregard altogether the question of retirement for disability and consider only that of retirement for ago or long service I think the personnel of the service would be very greatly Improved if it they have some sure provision for tho support of themselves and their families when old age comes upon them Such an assurance would be a very great Induce mon to romaln In the service to carry themselves welt in It bo cause as I said before whatever might b assured to them In that way would really be an estate and one which they would take good care not to forfeit Apparently the prose of tho country saema to think that Presidents men sago was as broad as It was long Citizens Associations The thoroughly organized association of citizens in groups to represent tho sev- eral aoctlons of tho city and to look after the interests of tire particular sections in which the members live is peculiar to the city of Washington If not unique In kind It is certainly so In tire regularity of the meetings tho largo attendance and the and activity of the Individual members It may be that tire anomalous form of city government under which wo live contributes much to the offlolency of the groat service that tho municipality derives from this form of supplemental administration But whatever th cause tho welfare of the city and the progress that is observable In every part of it Is very grotly Increased by this voluntary and active sorvlco The function or these citizen bodies be- ing wholly suggouUve at first has grown through tho wisdom discretion and broadmindedness of its members and officers to become in a groat measure advisory And the spirit wjpi which the suggestions are offered accepted has kept the Citizens in close touch with tho District govornmont and with the Com- missioners It is largely owing to the work of those several bodies that the growth of the city and Ita high state of general development are due This action and the good method that have characterized tire work and specially the temperate and dlfcroet views that have been taken of tire abil- ity of the Commissioners to carry out suggestions have done much to extend the principles of popular government When the system of government by three commissioners was first suggested here wore some who saw in that torn of government certain elements of what they called autocracy But the working out of the system and the large share that the dUnes associations have play- ed in tho administration of civic affairs nave gone far to supply those features of popular government which ItarmonrZQ the seemingly anomalous form of gov em men t of Washington with tho demo- cratic national idea In fact there Is to be seen In the large and valuable part that these several bodies acting without authority and with no ofilcial conferred upon them havo boen able to play in th progress anil development of the city an extension ef tlie popular form of government even beyond that of many other niunlcfpalltle It seoroa to bo well borne in mind that the value of tha service that Is so freely rendered and the force of the sugges- tions that are made almost wholly de- pend upon moderation of the demands the selection of the greatest of the needs and the harmony of the Ideas of exten- sion and improvement of the city as a whole which the associations display It certain that without these allies what defects there are in our form of local government would be felt more koenly Admiral Dewey lion William R Hearst and Hon Jefferson M Lovy have resigned from the American Boy Scouts And they wero such good scouts tool It might seem that wo too are to have our Irish question tho Alaskans are working for horny rule now It Is going to bo difficult it seams for the bathtub trust to get an immunity bath Mrs Heesell Sage says that her model city will contain only fifteen hundred families If It were not for that limita- tion we might just sell her Washington Prof Thompson of the Colorado Uni- versity says that kftwing Is much loss dangerous than handshaking For tills reassurance many thanks Now we ahead For centuries wojnan ruled man says Prof Clark of tho University of Chicago Yes and if the professor wore- a married man he would know that she hag not given up the job yet Talk about tho vanity of dUos Is Memphis Terra bragging about its air being the belt for flying purposes that tire aviators have found The barbers now propose to charge the mon who uses a safety razor fifty cents tar a hair euj This will stimulate to Invent a safety hair cutter Taconia Is In danger of coming to bo known the tightwad town They have passed as Taw out there forbidding treat In The PcJntlff of Privilege Is the way Col Henry Watterson refers to Senator Lodge by the artful aid of alliteration At least wo can be thankful those days that coal Is not kept In cold storage Tho American sailors were glad to got away from England because they had such a good time they were exhausted Wonder how their Hosts felt least wo have something In common with the Philadelphia mint We also are experiencing some difficulty in mak- ing enough money for Uje Christmas A tleajrieiU manager dropped a roll of bills amounting to 700 on the streets ln Houston and a man found it vand Ve turned It to him You see in Texas tbej hardly know what real money Is It was the same American dollars the English politicians are klckldg about that paid for that statue to Henry Irving just unveiled In London Mr Balfour chief of the British has successfully led his party to defeat three consecutive times Ho will soon equal Bryans record B lIould bl 11nown to all who enter It that or It thQ eal p won I can- o some- one 00 deulna J tories I w man e ail ti t I s hoe I 1 At ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ a MAXIMILIAN HARDEN POLITICAL EXPERTW- hen Emperor William In March 1800 dismissed Bismarck tlio Iton ChaiiQo- llor retired to his country soat Erigtl- rielisruhe in Ida Duehy ofLuanoburg where ho lived life of a squire ut- he followed polities closely rend ruthlessly- criticised every action of tIO ruler ortlie government that soemod to him fraught with danger to tIle fatherland William resented this attitude the more as It was unprecedented Fqr several yours every connection between the Kaiser and Pr Bismarck was cut off but when public opinion rtforo and more favored tho old founder of empire WJIlfcwn believed reconciliation a political necessity On Years Day ISM he sent owe of his to Prledrlcharuh and presented the prince with a bottle ot Uie rarest wine that grow on the banks ef tho Rhine a genuine Johanaeeborger burg Several day later tho prince bad a caller a youngishlooking man slender shaven but of exceptionally appearance whom ho treated with great courtesy and distinguished consideration Talking about the J5m- nerors unexpected present Uie said We shall drink this bottle to- gether because you mean as well by the Emperor as I do Tim bottle was brought in and emptied hut whether to tho Emperor health over knaw Tho guest whom Usa Iron ChancellQr honored in title remarkable manner waa- Maximilian Ilarfleiv than in his early thirties and editor of a weekly the Zu kunft American readers may not fully understand the signlfica ica of the former chancellors attlfcujfe toward Harden In Germany journalists art not accustomed to fraternize with princes especially a Prince Bismarck The event therefore shows the position Harden had made for himself Ip the two year that had elapsed between the first publication of tho POW famous periodical Die ZykUnft and his visit to Bismarck Like the great Socialist leader La- saHe Maximilian Harden wa tho JOn of a Jewish TInt wont striking feature of the boy was his independence and ho had a fiery sad brooding tempera- ment At the age twelve he ran away from homo and joined a troop of wander- ing actors but was found and brought back to IsIs parents Some year later upon leaving college he again turned to the stage He a special gift for cari- cature antI It he were not the reatotl- ournaliet in Germany and perhaps in all of Europe he could make a One living on the vaudeville stage After the dismissal of Bismarck Harden began te discuss political waiters in the He one of the few who at that time already saw and understood the weaknesses In the Emperors character ann he them in the most auda- cious manner In Germany this is rather dangerous and thus far Harden faced three trials for lone majeete and spent a yeas as a prisoner in a pRicttten- fortress But he never insulted the Emperor In a vulgar way His language always wa noble and often pathetic Still the courts are very vigorous in such matters and the judges only saw in Harden a destroyer of authority Ho lad no friends In the German press cud fought perfectly alone but ho never wavered and today all intelligent Ger many knowa that Harden criticisms have reached their merle Harden is not as an American metro pottianr paper put It th Oitemy of the JSttiMeror Ills en4u vfe not te lit Imprisoned in such a nureow uirele Ha is far and away the fleetest expert today of GorraaH and difficult to imagine how he managed to accumulate such an intUriate knowl- edge of personalities ad as ho cx bits in his articles again and There is not a politician or statesman in all Germany high or low who dees not rod the Zukuaft every week and yet Harden never has called on a min later or chancellor but high function- aries frequently come to eee him in his villa in the Grunewald for the purpose of obtaining his judgment on political problems He receives everybody and answers overy letter personally and in his own handwriting The amouat of daily work that harden does Is gigantic and it is a wonder to all how he persevered durmg sight een years very BtUe and meetly fruits only recreation is an Icecold bath Sometimes he takes three of thorn in one day He very sel- dom drinks wine sad then only a glass of very dry champagne During all these years he never left Berlin save some days spent at Paris and Milan Harden recommends an energetic for elgn policy but he is not chauvinistic and looks at wv only a the Ultimo ratio Very often he has urged the necessity of coming to an understanding with England Urns putting an end to the competition in naval armaments Harden is much interested In American development but his personality in one respect at least offers a strong contrast to the American type Here specializa tion reigns Successful men are working in a certain domain in which they experts and authorities They are so busy at all Mmes that they are not- able to aim at harmonious cultivation of all their gifts Harden however triea to develop himself In every possible Hence his information ia universal and his essays on art literature sociology and law are not less thorough than his political views No European author Is comparable to him with regard to the flexibility of his talent or range of mind Hardens paper the Zukunft Is abso- lutely independent and he is its solo proprietor and editor It nets him annu- ally 40060 a phenomenal income accord ing to German notions Ills success is the more remarkable he never spares anybody and possesses the gentle art of making enemies right and left and In tho highest degree His recipe was very simple He gave WHy to hIs attach without any worldly consideration without fear but also without forbearance Hanc everybody almost reads articles but very few like the author His enemies accuse him of having no principle and of being1 too changeable It be that he is but he is always himself He once autographed one of his photos that he presented to a friend with these words II crolt toujours tout ce qu 11 Harden Is not exempt from manner- isms Often he grows obscure through the very richness of his ideas and per- spective He is an accomplished orator not in the academic sense of tha word hpwever He gives uo great lectures but he just chats with his hearers He speaks two hours or oven longer yet gets tired of hearing him He is a quickwitted debater and his replies on interruptions never fail to bring the laugh on his side One would think that a man of all these attainments should be a member of Parliament but the party spirit for it Harden could render great service in Reichstag as an expert in foreign but to obtain this he would be compelled to join a party ant then he would be hampered In his crit- icisms by loyalty to his colleagues He prefirs his freedom He is sure that his words find an echo everywhere among educated and unprejudiced Germans who lIke to hear the language of a tree and courageous mind FLANKU- UCpirijUt by ilcdore Nwrsjapcr Sjndiiate I I j the the intellectual ncc < merchant C has ukunft critic Ger- man onCe meta again has He cats ud kill baa sense as his Itt I I bids the 1910 aU o t i h Now I no- ne was has it- s be- come nay change- able n- One < ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ > IF LOVE WERE ALWAYS LAUGHTER If JQVO ware always laughter A ifd grief always tears WlUv nothing to oomo after mark the waiting yfcars Id pray a life of love to you Sent down from heaven above to yop And never grief como near to you To spread Its shadow dear to you If lovo wore always laugllter Anti grief were always tears gilt silQf brings often laughtar Mid love ah Jove brings tejarsl And boUtJvo over after Tholr blessings on the years So I doer heart would suit fpr you A mingling of the two for you Tlmt grief may lend lUcalm to you And love may send It balm to you For grief bring often laughter And love brings often tours Annie J Crlm In Poflem r Coniiiry f I 4- f i wore f TIff I I n ti I I i > A LITTLE NONSENSE WAY JT HAPPENED A N w York judge recent lined him- self for peedng News item This judge a good example sot And one well worth tho heeding In his own court So says report Ho lIned himself for speeding He surely was an upright judge An we may wall conjoctpre He nab Uie case Was a disgrace And himself a lecture But ilnoe ho Jfttcrr found hiin af EvIncing duo repentance He saved hhnsalf A little pelf By then suspending sentence A Remarkable mil did you onjoy tie vaudeville per- formance It won good They had performtas a baseball player a champion pujllfet a trained cockatoo and I give you my word even had an actor doing a turn Chrlxtmn in a Flat Hem kin Santy Claus come down a chiinbly pa Wheat wt aint lot no ddmWyr1 Ho used to come down the oWnney eon How he the prownt up the dumbwaiter Society Drnmn- Qh what a wealth of anoant and hama or morals a bit what a wealth of eplgrani The tastier oven a tow Now you simply must eon te my- esUictic evening I cant do iUxrat you nut I ocitt sing er play ar Thats Juat it I must have tow nice people te taea- Jn t n Hint m looking f r a Ctelttm gift for wile mow would this mutt de V Think that would suit horr 1 think so She was In leON recently and auggatod that we lay it silO WneHof hiitlc Brother Tour hrether lias pagrown overcoat Jimmy and youll have to take itrf dog dont never outgrow hi HOBBLE SKIRT PARTY Gueatn Made Dunce Virginia Reel and Pall in a Heap Ptow UM New Ycris Apeiina Curious swain of Glenwood Lour Island who are anxious to see how their young woman friends would look at a hobbleskirt party given by Lillian Hahn were barred the Hahn home by tho hostess own orders Some of the young men tried to gale admittance to the house while the party was in progress but the hostess sta- tioned two strong young women friends at the front door with orders to repel by force if necessary all attempts at entrance by any man Miss Hahn heckles being socially prom- inent II an athletic girl She thinks nothing of taking a threemile swim across Huntington Harbor on a summer day tend several years ago she had Ute reputation of being the fleetest runner of either sex in Glen wood A week ago she sent out invitations to her hobbleskirt party She furnished games for her guests until they had be- come accustomed to traveling from one side of the room to the other in their skirts Then dancing commenced Young men gathered in the roadway near the house waiting to accompany the guests home say they beard many a dull thud accompanied by laughter When the music of the Virginia reel was heard one hardy youth ventured to poop through a window He told his compare ions that he saw three young women ly- ing on the floor in a heap Tout by J P Morgan From the CMKimjati OminMwiiilanettc J Plorpont Morgan told the following story the other day A New England Yankee who was a prisoner on a pirate ship Jn the good old days when pirates roamed the seas bx came because of his Yankee attributes objectionable to his captors It was finally decided to maroon him on a desert island with but little food and a coffin to remind hIm of his inevi- table fate The island was found and the New Englander and coffin wore left alone on the beach while the pirate ship sailed away For several days she sailed and than became becalmed For three days she lay there with not a breath of air On the evening of the third day a black speck was noticed on tho horizon It steadily grew larger and soon was close enough for tho men on the ship to make out what it was The man of millions paused Tar an In- stant and then said smiling It was the Yankee In his coffin with hajf of the lid in either hand rowing for home Where lIe Got Inspiration U aewteBd Loader Former District Attorney John J Sul- livan was the principal speaker at a ro union of old soldiers a few ago He had all of his wonderful command of- pHthos and eloquence In full working that day and ag lie concluded his oration tears glistened in the eyes of many of the veterans of the old boys lit blue game up to ilr Sullivan pressed his hand and said Your description o tho scenes on tile field of carnage during a tight was boon tlful You must have bean In the thick o a battle some time Whero did you Wave your most thrilling experience At Warren replied Got Sullivan At Warren Why I never know there wns any fighting there Probably not replied Col Sullivan but It you had been behind the bat for Warren the day we beat Youngstown 1 0 you would have known you were In a fight and a mighty warm one too and the colonel extended his gnarled anti twisted fingers to prove his assertion cut sends wOrn akw has m big Iris Demean to Pram or- der One t f 4 s aye rio they net 1 a d Ispeit sable rafts a y kates Miss rpm years ¬ ¬ > ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ > ¬ > THE IN MEXICO WnHliinctonhui Tlere Says That Reports Were Hf who has been Quito promi- nent in engineering work In Mexico of recent years was In the very heart of the socalled revolution In that country In a letter to his friends here he gives some Interesting details of that event He write In part Judging from tho American news papers I have scon you must have imagined that wo had a fullfledged LatinAmerican revolution hereabouts one with all the usual trimmings of a- new president destroyed property c Indeed we did have considerable excite- ment but at no time were Americans In any danger The suggestion that ROme it not all of the warth was aimed at the resident came from tho revolting leaders and heir ahhettor on Uio American tilde of the line and a a political weapon was weed against the government But at no Ume were we in any danger going and coming In our ordinary way I did carry a revolver for a few days but it was more bother than useful The din orders that did occur wero no worse than those accompanying an ordinary strike of any kind at home and won put down with much greater prompt It ha done one thing however that ought to be most helpful to tell of us who have investments hero It has hbwn how tlnnly law and order wore etWI hQd and the power of the govern meat manifested and that the masse have completely outgrown the revolution habit It was a politicians move and at no time countenanced or supported over aeeretly approved by the masses Old timers say it was one of the most care fully planned wellorganized and amply financed revolts ever started here or anywhere in Latin America yet it has fallen absolutely flat and Is already al- most a forgotten incident It also Btendiaiy demonstrated that the regn lar troops and rurale were loyal to ihe core The general foreign impression was that these exbandit mounted police- men were always ready as are most of Ute LatinAmerican turn against the government at the slightest chance On the contrary they have done most of the puttingdown work of what little trouble there was and have exereim a splendid moral as well a physical Influence upon their friends and relatives tho plain people them seivec The authorities are wise and take no chances I witnessed one little by play of the revolution that has not been mentioned by our own papers and was so carefully censored that I am sure no word ef It hen reached you that illustrates the governments thor- oughness and its ability to promptly nip troublo In tho bud At Guadalajara there was a regiment of state troops militia that was known to be dis- affected Most of the men had secured ball ammunition and but waited a favorable opportunity to assemble It was a big regiment and of considerable potentiality for evil and effective work The authorities seemingly paid no at- tention to it and were aparentiy ig- norant of what was going on Then one day It was quite in the ordinary course of events that the next day there was to be a big review and parade of all the troop This regimes greeted the pews with glee for it thus planned to join tile revolutionists after the parade all armed and uniformed It was As if quite by accident tills regiment was placed between two lines of regulars The order was given in regular evolution to fix bayonets Then to stack arms This regiment noted for its snappy promptness in drill did so before noticing that the regulars were not also stacking arms Before the trapped regiment tould recover Its wits it suddenly found the regulars between It and its arms and without further word or comment it was marched right along not te review or parade but right OR straight to and Into the peni- tentiary One of the neatest bits of work Ivo over soon No I dont think you need worry about our Mexican revolution There aint none Girl Supply Running Short Prom the CMaWB TrftHM As though an increased cost of living higher freight rates and similar ills to man were not sufficient we are confront- ed so the statisticians tells us with a shortage of women Althoqgh there are moro women than men in the census tables the supply of girls tho raw ma- teriel from which women are mado Is far below that of boys and unless some- thing can bo done about it Ultra will not bo enough women to go around We do not pretend to account for this Wo only state It as a fact For many years the balance of sex has boen the women New England wo pre told swarms with unmated females Matri- monial agendas thrive there and aflrw export business Is done with Alaska anti other points where the men predominate Now that the production has fallen off the law of supply and will advanae the prlee PORE QIE DAD Y s aaa HMW ttc up a paper AW it Toots Comer Brest C8 a ixxnm Tjfc Ike mother saintly net BfrB wfll be oraeMn 14- He JBI1 Tertafce a mon At tnls time for inrc eW dad No it Itsft Hfllful in em Thn that writ of w tb r d That dierog iwrer notice tam Of ejenum settle our Ne it ttrr meant to sfofet Mm Bat it a little swl All boqit U made for jsdlwr Net a bl tn for j to lid did Tine r mother watrhcrt toB Tftt dent old would eh t But olt lie lumped te Pal us Tilt his bark would needy txnfc Math dwwel share tire natlit tfewtlewall she hd still there wasnt any dress At that time for jwc Do sat take one line fran moth When write the wnlwswt Bid if tbirtV a fw fatbw yew hits It wont be wren Iow old Html and wrinkled An I know twould make hint glad If wbile yo arc p ai in mother Souetliins aid for pore ole dad REVOLUTION Exaggerated Guy Maro a resident or- Wah1ngton I DJU rree loa JIMa troopsto laM de- mand l1 1In1l11 tit her 1 11II va her eyes dud Hire ale song ant and lies tent 13 Americana I S tell Non Oetty aarCWit e lacks the dad e ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ > AT THE HOTELS i j One of the notable guests at the dinner was Capt Jamee B Curtis wollkiwwn Now York lawyer who is president of the Indiana Society of New and Is also at Ute head of the Delta Tau Delta collogo fraternity of the He has many friends In Washrog and this Is not the first time he has been a rovelar at a Gridiron foaL Before taking up his residence In New York Capt Curtis wa prominent in Hoosier polities and served two terms as speaker of the Indiana house of repre- sentatives and later as corporation coun- sel of Indianapolis Ho achieved wide fame in military circles as captain of the famous Indianapolis battery of artillery which won every prize contest in which it ever engaged With thin battery he par tialpatcd In the SpanishAmerican war Serving In Rico Capt Curti is a guest at the New Willard Pneumonia can be avoided observ- ing thwe laid down by Dr Eugene II Jermnne of Chicago who is at the New Willard If nil our mon and women weighing W pounds and over would reduce their food and beverages onehalf for the next fodr months many lives would be saved The pneumonia season will last or some month yet What can be done o prevent It The most necessary thing If that a man should keep himself right The men who die of pneumonia are usually strong and robust when taken sick Heavy eators heavy drinkers fat mon and women are especially prone pneumonia condition of the has more to do with pneumonia than the bacteria The fullatomached- fullblooded people are those who are in danger So the first lemon is oat and drink lightly at each meal until April The next point is that there is aojna truth in the statement that a bad cold way into pneumonia A f w days of a bad cold seems to prepare tho way for a pneumonia infection If you get a bad cold do not neglect it Quit eating ab- solutely take a purgative throw open th windows get Into bed and send for a doctor Do not shut the windows and take hot drinks to sweat yourself that would be foolish Col Charles F Cushman of Ottawa Canada who is here on business is at tho Raleigh In speaking of Qanada in general and its mounted police in par tleBlar he said that this force wa the most famous body of men in the world The Northwest mounted police said Col Cushman stretches its protection over the settlers and natives on the uppor edge of the North American conti- nent and asserts the majesty of British law up to the share of the Arctic Ocean Two years ago four members of the mounted police completed a journey cross northern part of the continent from Groat Slave Lake to Hudson Bay over practically untracked ground They went under the direction of the govern- ment and the purposes of the expedi- tion were to affirm Canadas Jurisdiction over the area in which Canadian law was unknown to report upon the coun- try and upon the possibility of a perma- nent trial from the River to Hudson Day ascertain this Boiber location and condition of the native Eskimo and Indian tribes and to deter- mine whether permanent detachments of mounted police should be established in the area Tho trip was typical of the hardihood and courage the men who do the frontier work for the famous organist Under command of Inspector PeNe tier the party made thtaj most important and interesting Journey They traverwd a section of Northern Canada practically unknown to man although the general course of the trip bad been followed by early adventurers Great tracts of far lands were but throughout the entire stretch from Great Slave Lake to Hudson Bay the country was prac- tically destitute of Indian or Eskimo na- tives The reports of the four men as to the gang seen in the uninhabited country almost taxes credulity At the end of Artjllery Lake 4ft relies north enat of Fort Resolution they came across what Inspector Pelletler gener- ously estimated at from 20600 to 4000 deer in a single morning The latHs on both shores were covered with them and at a dozen or mere places where the lake was from onehalf mile to one mile wide solid columns of deer four or five were swimming across and so close together were they that the trav- elers did not care to venture through then for fear of getting into a mixup The party made a memorable Journey across the top of the continent setting up Canadian Jurisdiction and bringing in fairly accurate information as to tile native resources of the region Herschel Island north of Alaska is practically the farthest north settlement on the Amer- ican continent and one of the roost try- ing posts In the police service A per- manent police station is maintained there to furnish aid to natives and wnalars and to command obedience of the law to the utmost reaches of Canadian territory Herschel Island is one of the most lone- some places in the north whets there are no ships wintering there There is no place one pan go except to visit a few hungry natives and there are no white men nearer theft ISO miles Among social and other celebrities reg- istered at the New WUlard are George J Gould Kinfdon Gou d and Jay Gould Of Lakewood N J Mr and Mrs Will- iam Randolph Hearst and C J Sbearn f New York and Govelect EL N Foss of Boston Maw Virgil P of Cleveland Ohio one of tho west men of the Standard Oil is at Use Shoreham Mr Kline ex- pressed groat satisfaction at the elect ton oC Judson Harmon as governor of Ohio and said that every good seas be- fore ho dies becomes a Democrat Mr Kline evidently did not relish the sugges- tion that John R McLean represent the State of Ohio in the United States Sen- ate saying thats a monstrosity and insinuating that Mr McLean lund voted in Ohio only once in ever so many years Rev Dr Prod T George of Philadel- phia Wile IB at till Arlington adwecatea a censorship of the drama It ii only the bigoted religionist who will decry and denounce tha stage as such sId Dr George The true preacher of God will see in ft when It remains true to lea ideal a powerful to the pulpit It Js only when the stage prostitutes its high purpose and panders to the basest and visit pea lions that it should bo called to account and arraigned before the bar of seething criticism Vulgar managers sell the stage to the lowest realism and give it over to the most degrading sensuality Even now some of our theaters are foisting such licentious productions on the public v Ther Is Indeed nod for a public cen sor to drive from the stage plays that are literally honeycombed with sugges- tlvwisss arid leave little to the imagina- tion as to their vulgarity A Heal WJicnt lUng Proc HtetraUta Democrat One man In Kansas harvested a larger area of wheat in 1910 than was sown in 1909 in the States of Maine Now Hamp- shire Vermont Massachusetts Connecti- cut Rhode Island tend Mississippi earn bland This was J N of Colby Thomas County who is probably the most extensive individual grower of hard red winter wheat in the world having harvested nearly 14000 acres of that Stain in 1910 Grid- Iron York ton Porte I b rules J The run 6 the Mack to o I breast J t Kline t I Pike gem t tie coun- try to- t I ian foundS ad- junct die KeeL ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬