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TUB WASIUNOTON HERALD

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HUMBLE AS CHILDREN

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Ho write lUchartl Henry Stoddsjrd Inhis Thf Childrens Prayer and at thisreason of the year when all of us havethe birthday of the Christ hlld close tomind and heart it seems peculiarly appropriate The subject of children is onethat does not come up for public discus-sion too often Some tirao ago when ColRoosevelt dwelt with his usual trenti-ousnr on topic of race suicidewe all came to believe that It was theduty of good cltlaens to rear childrenand add thus to the material wealth ofthe nation but somehow the subject

n d distasteful to the women of thecountry and any thins which does notinternet them stand a poor chance of

Tho subject of children te particularlyInterarttotf jut now when in an effortto solve one ot the grave of our socialproblems we are being HoodedI OOKH dealing with divorce trial

temporary divorces andsubject anythinr to make the Hi

the adult population more bearable andworth living fLUe or nothing aboutthe children

And yet in their very helnJeeane andtruHtfulnes and faith the children ap-

peal to every human heart There mayb dUOcuUr ttt ratable sufficient pub-

lic fund to wtpnert a HorarV to oetab-lihh mlMiotui for the heathen in Timbuctoo or to build a church but an appeafor the aviitft of the eMWran ejdemgoes unheard And 1 a it shouldl in all Ute work there hi nothingthat add s much to the sweetness andjoy of Ute a the captivating innocence

the musical prattle of childhoodWe who have left behind u the flow

ery ot childhood and have to facethe stern battle of life may always ifwe choose and U we are humble enoughin spirit aad dean enough ia ewrenew these loot in the company ofthe litOe one

If thr to MvtkHw thai Will MOMTIlt eye of txwaaae k to M we-

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Of all the thoughts that should makea man look upon life sanely and zoo itwhole and hopefully the thought of thehappy laughter of children i the beatthe noblest and the meet effective Inthe presence of the wondrous faith oflittle children their sublime trust thedear serious ayes that look o muchdeeper into the mis t try of futurity thanour oye is Utere colt doubt Uie livablenen or the joy of Hfo La Bruyerewrote ones Children think not of whatu pact nor what ta to came but onjeythe prefont time wltfeh Iew of u cando

How true that Ji and what a lessonmay l ern from it a lesson that shouldteach us to be content with the glories ofthe present day to forget the bitter sor-rows j f the put to look forward withtonfidenct and hope to what is yet tocome

AM of even Use most Ineignifleantconsciously Or not shod a wonderful in-

fluence upon the wprlU the influence ofour character tha Influence of our actour words our thought And the chil-

dren too have their Influence sIt benefi-cent sweet and holy We can avoid Itif we choose by holding oursolvo aloofIf we seek It we have to be very pattonvery good and In some degree to makeourselves worthy of the place of honorin the heart of a little child

But If from our heights of knowledgeof rood and evil wo ateop down and areblessed enough to win the lovo and con-

fidence ef one of tho HtUe wo shallfind more joys in tho world than we everdreamed of realize with all ourheart and soul that God Is good and shallmid ourselves ax near the gate of heavenas any mere mortal is over permitted to be

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The ifirit of child that lts for we

Mr Waldorf Astor who has just beenelected to the ftnglteh lions of CommauL is a flue specimen of the sort ofAmericanism to avoid

This is the open season for Christmaspresents 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 theirdefeats as the Democrats did for their

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I for FranksOne of the positive reoomynendullons in

President Taffs maesage which will appoalto tho whole country Is Uiat dealingwith abuse ot tho franking privilegeThere has been ao much said about thisabuse concrete examples of flagrantbuses having bqon token In

connection with the wnuwial efforts toward economy in tho Postottlce Dapnrtmenu there are few specific passages In

the Proid nts messogo that will be roadwith greater Interest and satisfaction

Tho President believes that the presentof tho franking privilege may fbe

greatly leetroned if not enUroly atopjjQdr

the adoption of a special frankingstamp to bo issued by the PostofficeDepartment to those In tho public serviceentitled to the free ute of the malls Asa matter of faqt such a stamp hasalready been designed and printed andwill first bo uiod in connection with thotransmission of postal Information con-

cerning the establishment of the nowpostal savings banks Tho law establish-ing these postal savings banks empowersthe executive department to prescribe allthe details In connection with it Thusit is that the new stamps may bo usedTo enable thorn to be in connoctIonwith all other nall matter entitled to befranked requires the atUhorutaUon ofCongress and It is this that PresidentTaft

We can imagine nothing that wouldso work for economy that muchdeelrdgoal of tho PostofllcoJBJopnrtmontasthis proposed change In the frankingsystem It is bound to reduce to a largeextent the amount of mall matter ttyit-fe carried free and for which the Postofflee Department has to pay heavily tothe railroads As those entitled to frankswill be required to make apecllie requestsfor them the PoiUofflce Department willbe able to measure to what extent therankIng privilege is exorcised and thus

keep more or lens control over it andmay to a certain extant lessen iU Itwill at any rate enable the governmentto find out just how much It costs tocarry free mail matter

This of course is only one item in theplan for economy but this together withtho other economies Postmaster GeneralHltcheoek Ii Inaugurating and the pro-

posed plan for Increasing the postage onmagazines will go a long way to wipeout that annual reproach ef a largedeficit in the Poetofllco Departmentwhich conducted on business principlesshould he able certainly to pay itsrunning expenses

In lite campaign for reoldotkm It mustbe said to Uie credit of Senator Lodgothat he has not culled on oolenei forhelp

Civil Retired listThere uncommon encouragement to

the government clerk in that passage inthe annual repert of the Secretary ofWar In jwjnpect of sortie provisionfor the retirement on annuities of employe who have become superannuatedIn the following the prac-tice which msT y railroads and otherlarge business enterprises have found itadvisable to adopt Mr Dickinsonquotes pertinent allusions te this projectcontained in the various annual reports

bureau chiefs and military departmentcommanders including tho Chief of En-

gineer Paymaster General InspectorGeneral Quartermaster General Cornmtasary General and the Surgeon Gen-

eral and this portion of aninteresting document with an extractteem a statement made some years agby Jlaj Gen F C AIneworth new Ad-

jutant General of the army before tinHouse Committee on Reform in the CivilService

The AIn worth paper Is an able contribution to the literature on the retire-ment of government employe Thoargument which the Adjutant Generalmade in behalf of some sure provisionfor the support of government clerksand their families in old ago Is convin-cing and it is useful at this time of theagitation of the subject to have ConAinaworths 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 inthe civil service today with clerksgrown old in faithful service subject todismissal without warning and with noprovision for them in their incapacityThere is assuredly as much roason fortaking care of the faithful governmentclerk as for the commissioned ottlcer nndenlisted men of the militarynaval es-

tablishment In the case of those ollglbloto retirement tie government benefitsby the greater security and tho freedomfrom anxiety as to the future Tho civilemploye as Gen Ainsworth has re-

marked enters the service with no suchassurance and tho government has nosuch guaranty of good behavior and de-

votion to duty on his part If he have athought for tho future ho is as likelyas not to Und it necessary to be on thealert for private employment which wiltenable him to abandon the public service

It Is GOD Alnsworths theory and It isone likely to bat borne out If the Inquirycould made that comparatively fewof the young mono now entering the civilservice do so with the definite Intentionof remaining therein permanently Manyof thorn may linger beyond the date theyhave promised themselves thoy willretire from government employ but It Iscertain that the prospect of dismissal Inold age is a discouragement of any fixedpurpose of permanent government connoctlon The following remarks by GenAinsworth hit the nail squarely on the

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sirable to bring all branches of the publicservice up to the high level of the judi-ciary the army and the navy and does

doubt that a very considerableIncrease In expenditures for the attain-ment of this end would be an excellentinvestment But I think It can be shownthat all this can be brought about by acomparatively small Increase In expendi-ture and at a cost that will be far JotSthan the friends to say nothing of theenemies of a civil retired list have everestimated

While retirement for disability IncurredIn service and line of duty regardless ofago 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

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oallod upon to perform there does notseam to be equally strong reasons formaking such a provision for those engaged In civil employment except per-haps those whose duties are of an extrahazardous nature such as employes otU Railway Mall Service and s016others For present purposes it way be

enough to disregard altogether thequestion of retirement for disability andconsider only that of retirement for agoor long service

I think the personnel of the servicewould be very greatly Improved if it

they have some sure provision for thosupport of themselves and their familieswhen old age comes upon them Such anassurance would be a very great Induce

mon to romaln In the serviceto carry themselves welt in It bo

cause as I said before whatever mightb assured to them In that way wouldreally be an estate and one which theywould take good care not to forfeit

Apparently the prose of tho countrysaema to think that Presidents mensago was as broad as It was long

Citizens Associations

The thoroughly organized association ofcitizens in groups to represent tho sev-

eral aoctlons of tho city and to look afterthe interests of tire particular sections inwhich the members live is peculiar tothe city of Washington If not unique In

kind It is certainly so In tire regularityof the meetings tho largo attendance andthe and activity of the Individualmembers It may be that tire anomalousform of city government under which wolive contributes much to the offlolency ofthe groat service that tho municipalityderives from this form of supplementaladministration But whatever th causetho welfare of the city and the progressthat is observable In every part of it Is

very grotly Increased by this voluntaryand active sorvlco

The function or these citizen bodies be-

ing wholly suggouUve at first has grownthrough tho wisdom discretion andbroadmindedness of its members andofficers to become in a groat measureadvisory And the spirit wjpi which thesuggestions are offered accepted haskept the Citizens in close touch with thoDistrict govornmont and with the Com-

missionersIt is largely owing to the work of those

several bodies that the growth of the cityand Ita high state of general developmentare due This action and the good methodthat have characterized tire work andspecially the temperate and dlfcroetviews that have been taken of tire abil-ity of the Commissioners to carry outsuggestions have done much to extendthe principles of popular government

When the system of government bythree commissioners was first suggestedhere wore some who saw in that tornof government certain elements of whatthey called autocracy But the workingout of the system and the large sharethat the dUnes associations have play-ed in tho administration of civic affairsnave gone far to supply those featuresof popular government which ItarmonrZQ

the seemingly anomalous form of govem men t of Washington with tho demo-

cratic national idea In fact there Is tobe seen In the large and valuable partthat these several bodies acting withoutauthority and with no ofilcialconferred upon them havo boen able toplay in th progress anil development ofthe city an extension ef tlie popular formof government even beyond that of manyother niunlcfpalltle

It seoroa to bo well borne in mind thatthe value of tha service that Is so freelyrendered and the force of the sugges-tions that are made almost wholly de-

pend upon moderation of the demandsthe selection of the greatest of the needsand the harmony of the Ideas of exten-sion and improvement of the city as awhole which the associations display It

certain that without these allies whatdefects there are in our form of localgovernment would be felt more koenly

Admiral Dewey lion William RHearst and Hon Jefferson M Lovy haveresigned from the American Boy ScoutsAnd they wero such good scouts tool

It might seem that wo too are to haveour Irish question tho Alaskans areworking for horny rule now

It Is going to bo difficult it seams forthe bathtub trust to get an immunitybath

Mrs Heesell Sage says that her modelcity will contain only fifteen hundredfamilies 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 lossdangerous than handshaking For tillsreassurance many thanks Now we

ahead

For centuries wojnan ruled mansays Prof Clark of tho University ofChicago Yes and if the professor wore-a married man he would know that shehag not given up the job yet

Talk about tho vanity of dUosIs Memphis Terra bragging about itsair being the belt for flying purposesthat tire aviators have found

The barbers now propose to charge themon who uses a safety razor fifty centstar a hair euj This will stimulate

to Invent a safety hair cutter

Taconia Is In danger of coming to boknown the tightwad town They havepassed as Taw out there forbidding treatIn

The PcJntlff of Privilege Is the wayCol Henry Watterson refers to SenatorLodge by the artful aid of alliteration

At least wo can be thankful those daysthat coal Is not kept In cold storage

Tho American sailors were glad to gotaway from England because they hadsuch a good time they were exhaustedWonder how their Hosts felt

least wo have something In commonwith the Philadelphia mint We alsoare experiencing some difficulty in mak-ing enough money for Uje Christmas

A tleajrieiU manager dropped a roll ofbills amounting to 700 on the streets lnHouston and a man found it vand Ve

turned It to him You see in Texastbej hardly know what real money Is

It was the same American dollars theEnglish politicians are klckldg aboutthat paid for that statue to Henry Irvingjust unveiled In London

Mr Balfour chief of the Britishhas successfully led his party to defeatthree consecutive times Ho will soonequal Bryans record

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MAXIMILIAN HARDENPOLITICAL EXPERTW-

hen Emperor William In March 1800

dismissed Bismarck tlio Iton ChaiiQo-llor retired to his country soat Erigtl-rielisruhe in Ida Duehy ofLuanoburgwhere ho lived life of a squire ut-

he followed polities closely rend ruthlessly-criticised every action of tIO ruler ortliegovernment that soemod to him fraughtwith danger to tIle fatherland Williamresented this attitude the more as It wasunprecedented Fqr several yours everyconnection between the Kaiser and PrBismarck was cut off but when publicopinion rtforo and more favored tho oldfounder of empire WJIlfcwn believed

reconciliation a political necessityOn Years Day ISM he sent owe of

his to Prledrlcharuh andpresented the prince with a bottle ot Uierarest wine that grow on the banks eftho Rhine a genuine Johanaeeborgerburg

Several day later tho prince bad acaller a youngishlooking man slender

shaven but of exceptionallyappearance whom ho treated

with great courtesy and distinguishedconsideration Talking about the J5m-nerors unexpected present Uiesaid We shall drink this bottle to-

gether because you mean as well bythe Emperor as I do

Tim bottle was brought in and emptiedhut whether to tho Emperor health

over knawTho guest whom Usa Iron ChancellQr

honored in title remarkable manner waa-Maximilian Ilarfleiv than in his earlythirties and editor of a weekly the Zukunft American readers may not fullyunderstand the signlfica ica of the formerchancellors attlfcujfe toward Harden InGermany journalists art not accustomedto fraternize with princes especially aPrince Bismarck The event thereforeshows the position Harden had made forhimself Ip the two year that had elapsedbetween the first publication of tho POWfamous periodical Die ZykUnft andhis visit to Bismarck

Like the great Socialist leader La-

saHe Maximilian Harden wa tho JOn ofa Jewish TInt wont strikingfeature of the boy was his independenceand ho had a fiery sad brooding tempera-ment At the age twelve he ran awayfrom homo and joined a troop of wander-ing actors but was found and broughtback to IsIs parents Some year laterupon leaving college he again turned tothe stage He a special gift for cari-cature antI It he were not the reatotl-ournaliet in Germany and perhaps in allof Europe he could make a One living onthe vaudeville stage

After the dismissal of Bismarck Hardenbegan te discuss political waiters in the

He one of the few who atthat time already saw and understood theweaknesses In the Emperors characterann he them in the most auda-cious manner In Germany this is ratherdangerous and thus far Hardenfaced three trials for lone majeete andspent a yeas as a prisoner in a pRicttten-fortress

But he never insulted the Emperor Ina vulgar way His language always wanoble and often pathetic Still the

courts are very vigorous in suchmatters and the judges only saw inHarden a destroyer of authority Ho ladno friends In the German press cudfought perfectly alone but ho neverwavered and today all intelligent Germany knowa that Harden criticismshave reached their merle

Harden is not as an American metropottianr paper put It th Oitemy ofthe JSttiMeror Ills en4u vfe not te litImprisoned in such a nureow uirele Hais far and away the fleetest experttoday of GorraaH and

difficult to imagine how he managedto accumulate such an intUriate knowl-edge of personalities a d as ho cxbits in his articles again andThere is not a politician or statesman

in all Germany high or low who deesnot rod the Zukuaft every week andyet Harden never has called on a minlater or chancellor but high function-aries frequently come to eee him in hisvilla in the Grunewald for the purposeof obtaining his judgment on politicalproblems He receives everybody andanswers overy letter personally and inhis own handwriting

The amouat of daily work that hardendoes Is gigantic and it is a wonder toall how he persevered durmg sighteen years very BtUe andmeetly fruits only recreation isan Icecold bath Sometimes he takesthree of thorn in one day He very sel-dom drinks wine sad then only a glass ofvery dry champagne During all theseyears he never left Berlin savesome days spent at Paris and Milan

Harden recommends an energetic forelgn policy but he is not chauvinisticand looks at wv only a the Ultimoratio Very often he has urged thenecessity of coming to an understandingwith England Urns putting an end to thecompetition in naval armaments

Harden is much interested In Americandevelopment but his personality in onerespect at least offers a strong contrastto the American type Here specialization reigns Successful men are workingin a certain domain in which they

experts and authorities They areso busy at all Mmes that they are not-able to aim at harmonious cultivationof all their gifts Harden however trieato develop himself In every possibleHence his information ia universal andhis essays on art literature sociologyand law are not less thorough than hispolitical views No European author Iscomparable to him with regard to theflexibility of his talent or range of mind

Hardens paper the Zukunft Is abso-lutely independent and he is its soloproprietor and editor It nets him annu-ally 40060 a phenomenal income according to German notions Ills success isthe more remarkable he never sparesanybody and possesses the gentle art ofmaking enemies right and left and In thohighest degree

His recipe was very simple He gaveWHy to hIs attach without any worldlyconsideration without fear but alsowithout forbearance Hanc everybodyalmost reads articles but very fewlike the author His enemies accuse himof having no principle and of being1 toochangeable It be that he is

but he is always himself He onceautographed one of his photos that hepresented to a friend with these words

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Harden Is not exempt from manner-isms Often he grows obscure throughthe very richness of his ideas and per-spective He is an accomplished oratornot in the academic sense of tha wordhpwever He gives uo great lecturesbut he just chats with his hearers Hespeaks two hours or oven longer yet

gets tired of hearing him He is aquickwitted debater and his replies oninterruptions never fail to bring thelaugh on his side

One would think that a man of allthese attainments should be a memberof Parliament but the party spirit for

it Harden could render greatservice in Reichstag as an expert inforeign but to obtain this hewould be compelled to join a party antthen he would be hampered In his crit-icisms by loyalty to his colleagues Heprefirs his freedom He is sure that hiswords find an echo everywhere amongeducated and unprejudiced Germans wholIke to hear the language of a tree andcourageous mind FLANKU-UCpirijUt by ilcdore Nwrsjapcr Sjndiiate

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IF LOVE WERE ALWAYS LAUGHTER

If JQVO ware always laughterA ifd grief always tears

WlUv nothing to oomo aftermark the waiting yfcars

Id pray a life of love to youSent down from heaven above to yopAnd never grief como near to youTo spread Its shadow dear to you

If lovo wore always laugllterAnti grief were always tears

gilt silQf brings often laughtarMid love ah Jove brings tejarsl

And boUtJvo over afterTholr blessings on the years

So I doer heart would suit fpr youA mingling of the two for youTlmt grief may lend lUcalm to youAnd love may send It balm to you

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A N w York judge recent lined him-

self for peedng News itemThis judge a good example sot

And one well worth tho heedingIn his own courtSo says report

Ho lIned himself for speeding

He surely was an upright judgeAn we may wall conjoctpre

He nab Uie caseWas a disgrace

And himself a lecture

But ilnoe ho Jfttcrr found hiin afEvIncing duo repentance

He saved hhnsalfA little pelf

By then suspending sentence

A Remarkable mildid you onjoy tie vaudeville per-

formanceIt won good They had performtas

a baseball player a championpujllfet a trained cockatoo and I giveyou my word even had an actordoing a turn

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chiinbly pa Wheat wt aint lot noddmWyr1

Ho used to come down the oWnneyeon How he the prownt up thedumbwaiter

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or morals a bitwhat a wealth of eplgrani

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mow would this mutt de VThink that would suit horr1 think so She was In leON recently

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HOBBLE SKIRT PARTY

Gueatn Made Dunce Virginia Reeland Pall in a Heap

Ptow UM New Ycris ApeiinaCurious swain of Glenwood Lour

Island who are anxious to see how theiryoung woman friends would look at ahobbleskirt party given by LillianHahn were barred the Hahn homeby tho hostess own orders

Some of the young men tried to galeadmittance to the house while the partywas in progress but the hostess sta-tioned two strong young women friendsat the front door with orders to repelby force if necessary all attempts atentrance by any man

Miss Hahn heckles being socially prom-inent II an athletic girl She thinksnothing of taking a threemile swimacross Huntington Harbor on a summerday tend several years ago she had Utereputation of being the fleetest runnerof either sex in Glen wood

A week ago she sent out invitations toher hobbleskirt party She furnishedgames for her guests until they had be-come accustomed to traveling from oneside of the room to the other in theirskirts Then dancing commenced

Young men gathered in the roadwaynear the house waiting to accompanythe guests home say they beard manya dull thud accompanied by laughterWhen the music of the Virginia reel washeard one hardy youth ventured to poopthrough a window He told his compareions that he saw three young women ly-

ing on the floor in a heap

Tout by J P MorganFrom the CMKimjati OminMwiiilanettcJ Plorpont Morgan told the following

story the other dayA New England Yankee who was a

prisoner on a pirate ship Jn the good olddays when pirates roamed the seas bx

came because of his Yankee attributesobjectionable to his captors

It was finally decided to maroon himon a desert island with but little foodand a coffin to remind hIm of his inevi-table fate The island was found and theNew Englander and coffin wore leftalone on the beach while the pirate shipsailed away

For several days she sailed and thanbecame becalmed For three days she laythere with not a breath of air On theevening of the third day a black speckwas noticed on tho horizon It steadilygrew larger and soon was close enoughfor tho men on the ship to make outwhat it was

The man of millions paused Tar an In-

stant and then said smiling It was theYankee In his coffin with hajf of the lidin either hand rowing for home

Where lIe Got InspirationU aewteBd Loader

Former District Attorney John J Sul-

livan was the principal speaker at a rounion of old soldiers a few agoHe had all of his wonderful command of-pHthos and eloquence In full working

that day and ag lie concluded hisoration tears glistened in the eyes ofmany of the veterans of the oldboys lit blue game up to ilr Sullivanpressed his hand and said

Your description o tho scenes on tilefield of carnage during a tight was boontlful You must have bean In the thicko a battle some time Whero did youWave your most thrilling experience

At Warren replied Got SullivanAt Warren Why I never know there

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who has been Quito promi-nent in engineering work In Mexico ofrecent years was In the very heart ofthe socalled revolution In that countryIn a letter to his friends here he givessome Interesting details of that eventHe write In part

Judging from tho American newspapers I have scon you must haveimagined that wo had a fullfledgedLatinAmerican revolution hereaboutsone with all the usual trimmings of a-new president destroyed property cIndeed we did have considerable excite-ment but at no time were AmericansIn any danger The suggestion thatROme it not all of the warthwas aimed at the residentcame from tho revolting leaders andheir ahhettor on Uio American tilde ofthe line and a a political weapon wasweed against the government But atno Ume were we in any danger goingand coming In our ordinary way I didcarry a revolver for a few days but itwas more bother than useful The dinorders that did occur wero no worsethan those accompanying an ordinarystrike of any kind at home and wonput down with much greater prompt

It ha done one thing however thatought to be most helpful to tell of uswho have investments hero It hashbwn how tlnnly law and order woreetWI hQd and the power of the governmeat manifested and that the massehave completely outgrown the revolutionhabit

It was a politicians move and at notime countenanced or supported overaeeretly approved by the masses Oldtimers say it was one of the most carefully planned wellorganized and amplyfinanced revolts ever started here oranywhere in Latin America yet it hasfallen absolutely flat and Is already al-most a forgotten incident It alsoBtendiaiy demonstrated that the regn

lar troops and rurale were loyal to ihecore The general foreign impression wasthat these exbandit mounted police-men were always ready as are most ofUte LatinAmerican turnagainst the government at the slightestchance On the contrary they havedone most of the puttingdown work ofwhat little trouble there was and haveexereim a splendid moral as well aphysical Influence upon their friendsand relatives tho plain people themseivec

The authorities are wise and takeno chances I witnessed one little byplay of the revolution that has notbeen mentioned by our own papers andwas so carefully censored that I amsure no word ef It hen reached youthat illustrates the governments thor-oughness and its ability to promptlynip troublo In tho bud At Guadalajarathere was a regiment of state troopsmilitia that was known to be dis-affected Most of the men had securedball ammunition and but waited afavorable opportunity to assemble Itwas a big regiment and of considerablepotentiality for evil and effective workThe authorities seemingly paid no at-tention to it and were aparentiy ig-

norant of what was going on Thenone day It was quite in theordinary course of events that the nextday there was to be a big review andparade of all the troop This regimesgreeted the pews with glee for it thusplanned to join tile revolutionists afterthe parade all armed and uniformed

It was As if quite by accident tillsregiment was placed between two linesof regulars The order was given inregular evolution to fix bayonets Thento stack arms This regiment noted forits snappy promptness in drill did sobefore noticing that the regulars werenot also stacking arms Before thetrapped regiment tould recover Its witsit suddenly found the regulars betweenIt and its arms and without furtherword or comment it was marchedright along not te review or parade butright OR straight to and Into the peni-tentiary One of the neatest bits ofwork Ivo over soon

No I dont think you need worryabout our Mexican revolution Thereaint none

Girl Supply Running ShortProm the CMaWB TrftHM

As though an increased cost of livinghigher freight rates and similar ills toman were not sufficient we are confront-ed so the statisticians tells us with ashortage of women Althoqgh there aremoro women than men in the censustables the supply of girls tho raw ma-

teriel from which women are mado Isfar below that of boys and unless some-thing can bo done about it Ultra will notbo enough women to go around

We do not pretend to account for thisWo only state It as a fact For manyyears the balance of sex has boenthe women New England wo pre toldswarms with unmated females Matri-monial agendas thrive there and aflrwexport business Is done withAlaska anti other points where the menpredominate Now that the productionhas fallen off the law of supply and

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One of the notable guests at thedinner was Capt Jamee B Curtis

wollkiwwn Now York lawyer who ispresident of the Indiana Society of New

and Is also at Ute head of the DeltaTau Delta collogo fraternity of the

He has many friends In Washrogand this Is not the first time he has

been a rovelar at a Gridiron foaLBefore taking up his residence In New

York Capt Curtis wa prominent inHoosier polities and served two terms asspeaker of the Indiana house of repre-sentatives and later as corporation coun-sel of Indianapolis Ho achieved widefame in military circles as captain of thefamous Indianapolis battery of artillerywhich won every prize contest in which itever engaged With thin battery he partialpatcd In the SpanishAmerican warServing In Rico

Capt Curti is a guest at the NewWillard

Pneumonia can be avoided observ-ing thwe laid down by Dr EugeneII Jermnne of Chicago who is at theNew Willard

If nil our mon and women weighingW pounds and over would reduce theirfood and beverages onehalf for thenext fodr months many lives would besaved The pneumonia season will lastor some month yet What can be doneo prevent It The most necessary thing

If that a man should keep himself rightThe men who die of pneumonia areusually strong and robust when takensick Heavy eators heavy drinkers fatmon and women are especially prone

pneumonia condition of thehas more to do with pneumonia

than the bacteria The fullatomached-fullblooded people are those who are indanger

So the first lemon is oat and drinklightly at each meal until April Thenext point is that there is aojna truthin the statement that a bad cold way

into pneumonia A f w days of abad cold seems to prepare tho way fora pneumonia infection If you get a badcold do not neglect it Quit eating ab-solutely take a purgative throw openth windows get Into bed and send fora doctor Do not shut the windows andtake hot drinks to sweat yourself thatwould be foolish

Col Charles F Cushman of OttawaCanada who is here on business is attho Raleigh In speaking of Qanada ingeneral and its mounted police in partleBlar he said that this force wa themost famous body of men in the world

The Northwest mounted police saidCol Cushman stretches its protectionover the settlers and natives on theuppor edge of the North American conti-nent and asserts the majesty of Britishlaw up to the share of the Arctic Ocean

Two years ago four members of themounted police completed a journeycross northern part of the continentfrom Groat Slave Lake to Hudson Bayover practically untracked ground Theywent under the direction of the govern-ment and the purposes of the expedi-tion were to affirm Canadas Jurisdictionover the area in which Canadian lawwas unknown to report upon the coun-try and upon the possibility of a perma-nent trial from the River toHudson Day ascertain this Boiberlocation and condition of the nativeEskimo and Indian tribes and to deter-mine whether permanent detachments ofmounted police should be established inthe area

Tho trip was typical of the hardihoodand courage the men who do thefrontier work for the famous organist

Under command of Inspector PeNetier the party made thtaj most importantand interesting Journey They traverwda section of Northern Canada practicallyunknown to man although the generalcourse of the trip bad been followed byearly adventurers Great tracts of far

lands were but throughoutthe entire stretch from Great Slave Laketo Hudson Bay the country was prac-tically destitute of Indian or Eskimo na-tives The reports of the four men asto the gang seen in the uninhabitedcountry almost taxes credulity At theend of Artjllery Lake 4ft relies northenat of Fort Resolution they cameacross what Inspector Pelletler gener-ously estimated at from 20600 to 4000deer in a single morning The latHs onboth shores were covered with themand at a dozen or mere places where thelake was from onehalf mile to one milewide solid columns of deer four or five

were swimming across and soclose together were they that the trav-elers did not care to venture throughthen for fear of getting into a mixup

The party made a memorable Journeyacross the top of the continent settingup Canadian Jurisdiction and bringing infairly accurate information as to tilenative resources of the region HerschelIsland north of Alaska is practically thefarthest 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 thereto furnish aid to natives and wnalars andto command obedience of the law to theutmost reaches of Canadian territoryHerschel Island is one of the most lone-some places in the north whets there areno ships wintering there There is noplace one pan go except to visit a fewhungry natives and there are no whitemen nearer theft ISO miles

Among social and other celebrities reg-istered at the New WUlard are GeorgeJ Gould Kinfdon Gou d and Jay GouldOf Lakewood N J Mr and Mrs Will-iam Randolph Hearst and C J Sbearn

f New York and Govelect EL N Fossof Boston Maw

Virgil P of Cleveland Ohioone of tho west men of the StandardOil is at Use Shoreham Mr Kline ex-

pressed groat satisfaction at the electton oC Judson Harmon as governor ofOhio and said that every good seas be-

fore ho dies becomes a Democrat MrKline evidently did not relish the sugges-tion that John R McLean represent theState of Ohio in the United States Sen-

ate saying thats a monstrosity andinsinuating that Mr McLean lund votedin Ohio only once in ever so many years

Rev Dr Prod T George of Philadel-phia Wile IB at till Arlington adwecateaa censorship of the drama

It ii only the bigoted religionist whowill decry and denounce tha stage assuch sId Dr George The truepreacher of God will see in ft when Itremains true to lea ideal a powerful

to the pulpit It Js only when thestage prostitutes its high purpose andpanders to the basest and visit pealions that it should bo called to accountand arraigned before the bar of seethingcriticism

Vulgar managers sell the stage to thelowest realism and give it over to themost degrading sensuality Even nowsome of our theaters are foisting suchlicentious productions on the publicv Ther Is Indeed nod for a public censor to drive from the stage plays thatare literally honeycombed with sugges-tlvwisss arid leave little to the imagina-tion as to their vulgarity

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One man In Kansas harvested a largerarea of wheat in 1910 than was sown in1909 in the States of Maine Now Hamp-shire Vermont Massachusetts Connecti-cut Rhode Island tend Mississippi earnbland This was J N of ColbyThomas County who is probably themost extensive individual grower of hardred winter wheat in the world havingharvested nearly 14000 acres of that Stainin 1910

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