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The Washington times., 1903-03-29
Military Prowess.

Military Prowess-
A glance at the Bulgarian army of
today is not without it's interest, though,
in the present atmosphere of nervous
denial on the part OF every neighbor-
ing state that anything in the shape OF
military or naval preparation is going
forward. one is almost prepared for a
semi Official population Of the exist
ence Of a Bulgarian army. with the
exception OF one important arm the gen
eraI impression which the force. on a
peace footing. gives is one OF thorough
ness
The Slav is not a horseman. and lack
ing the Cossack element OF the Russian
army. the Bulgarian effective is distinct
ly weak ia cavalry The infantry is a
most workmaniike body. composed for
the greater part OF short. sturdy. siry-
looking men. combining an air of good
discipline with one OF unfaiIing cheerful
ness. while their officers possess a
smaTtness and go" which argue a
keenness in their profession
Best Horses Obtainable
or the artillery and transport branch
es / am not in a position TO give az
opinion formed on detailed observation.
but the best horses which the country
can boast are 10 be found in thsSse ser
vices. and gun or wagon which can en-
compass the irregularities Of an ordinary
Balkan road during the winter season
should ind no difficulty in sustaining a
high standard OF mobility in any cam
Paign fought under ordinary conditions.
Not least important in the equipment
Of national army. the victorious is
sue Of the conflict with Servis fought In
circumstance of peculiar discourage
mcnt and disadvantage. has given tho
Bulgarians confidence i'm their military
prOwrsS
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is Ony
in One Banch-s a Chura impose

problem OF The Lady or the Tiger" in
Bulgarian guise-
In the matter OF education the Bulgar
is admirably served. and the national
danger. as Prof Dicey pointed out some
years ago. is less Of lack OF facilities
for acquiring knowledge than the possi-
bility of a peasant community becoming
erudite beyond the requirements of its
situation. The danger is not chimerical
but an excess Of superhuous attainments
is a maIady which bears within itself its
own corrective, whereas overproduction
OF unskilled agricultural labor. as in the
case OF the Ruthenian peasants. leads
merely to a waste in the direction OF
emigration.
Among Educated Classes.
Among the educated classes. which
form a very large percentage OF the
whole enthusiasm on behalf OF the
state religion is not a Eery conspicuous
feature. and is possibly damped 10 a
certain extent by the fact that. in
slightly variant forms-the variations
being nominal rather than actuaI-the
same faith is shared by some of Bull
garia's most bitterly hated ueiGhbors.
Indications from some Of the school
centers and other points OF observation
go 20 show that this alienation is
markedly on the increase, and that the
young Bulgaria. posthumous offspring
of a movement which dragged the
Christian populations of the Danube
provinces from the tolerant overrule or
Islam, intends to use his freedom i'm
another direction. One effect OF what
may be called the Los Won Synod"
movement may be a useful reduction
of the number of church-inposcd holi-
lays, which in bulgaria, as in Russia,
seriously handicap the Industrial cner-
gies Of the country.
The Washington times., 1903-03-29
Novels and Critics.
Where the Women Come In as the
Factor in Success.

Factor in Success.
The critic says that whether the
style Of a book Is good or bad. and
whether the logic is sound or weak.
and whether the characters are real
or uneonvincing. not one of these
points affects the popularity of n
book.
The suggestion was made lately Ia
a publisher that he give each novel
committed to his inspection to a
young woman to read and report on
say, to a stenographer or to the book
keepers assistant. He admitted that
there might be some method IN our
madness.
The admission proved his good
sense. The idea was simply an exten-
sion of Or. Holmes discovery. DO
Won remember what the Autocrat said
10 the schoolmistress H1 never feel
safe until ! have pleased them
twomcn) ] don't think they are the
first To see ones defects, but they are
the first to catch the color and fra
granee Of a true poem"
The critic means to be fair and inn
partial, but there Is a vital defect in
his makeup, and that Is an inability
or unwillingness TO put himself in the
place of Tom. Dick and Harry.
An ideal novel, it was said to the
publisher an ideal novel from a fem
inine point of view would be largely
composed of hints found IN the ia
miliar ~Houseieepers' Column" to-
gether with more hints taken from
that precious way-station of news
known a. Fashion Notes" A Judi
cious mixture of these ingredients.
favored with a dashing hero and a
tender heroine, would be good for a
million copies, at least.
The louder the critics would cry out
against ''thiS medley of dressmakers'
gossipings" and "this utterly conyen-
tional knight and LADY, the faster
the thing would sell.
Any rising young author Is wei
come to utilize our convictions.
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READINGS FOR THE BLIND.

The following have volunteered for
service in entertaining the blind i'm the
reading room at the Library OF Con-
gress next week on the days set op-
posite their names between 2-5G and $50
p. m.
Monday. March so. Alma j. Bidweu.
Tuesday. March 81. Mrs Reginald de
Koven: Wednesday April i. song. reci-
tai, Mrs. William T. Reed. assisted by
Miss Ebert. AT piano, Thursday. April
>. Or. II. Darlington Bolton; Friday.
April g. Mrs Annie j. Bidweu; Saturday,
April a. Ethel Howard. piano Charles
A. Spirk. and Wallace W. Case, reel
tatl0us
The door is closed promptly at $50
p II.
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The united states Mentioned.

II by any chance there should be dis
turbances IN Rome during the holding
OF the next Papal conclave this idea
would come to the front once more, and
IL must not be forgotten that Austria
Hungary a few years ago offered an
asylum to the Pope. while not only
France and Spain. but e-en the United
States have been mentioned as suit
able abode for the chief Of the Roman
Catholic Church in the event Of its be
ing decided 10 transfer the headquarters
or the latter from the Eternal City.
For my own part, however, 7 doubt
whether the Holy Seat viii ever leave
Rome. Past history goes TO show thar
moves Of this kind are terribly in
furious to the prestige, TO the dignity
and 10 the influence OF the church.
Pontificial power was never at 50 low
an ebb as when the Popes were at
Avignou- In fact. IL is a question
whether the abandonment of Rome by
the Papacy might not precipitate the
threatened sChism in the Roman CathO-
lie Church. NARQUISE DE FONTENOY.
The Washington times., 1903-03-29
Militia Training.
Its Value Will Be Recognized in the
Wars of the Future

Its Value Will Be Recognized in the
Wars of the Future.
Since the Spanish-American war
much thought has been given by those
directly interested To the training of
our citizens in the militia. This awak-
euing OF interest ON the part Of the
public as well as of the military au-
thorities has probably been greater
on account of the war I'm South Afri-
ca, which demonstrated clearly that
citizen troops, with the right sort of
training, and on the defensive, could
hold their own against vastly su-
perior attacking force for a long
time.
1t proved also that the basis of
modern war is slightly different from
that of war as it existed a century
ago, and that the war of the future
Is likely to bear a much stronger re
semblanee to guerrilla or frontier con
fict than to the great wars of the
past. True, nobody can tell what the
erratic course of history may be, but
this much seems certain, that if the
United States should at any future
time become involved in war. the
training Of the militia viii be an I'M
! portant factor in the outcome
The cowboys, ranchmen, and
scouts of the West could without
much trouble be mobilized into an ef-
fective lighting force. though their
discipline from military point of
view might be defective But the
conditions which produced this race
of lighting men are already of the
past. and IN another generation there
will be only heredity 70 count on in
making up Western troops.
These will no longer consist of vet
Grams in frontier warfare. men who
are accustomed 10 find their lives de
I pending on their skill with the rife
The Westerners of the future will be
only the sons and grandsons of such
men. 1t follows. therefore, that to be
effective the militia of the future
must be taught to shoot.
They must so far as possible be
sharpshooters, active, practical, re-
sourceful. Drill and discipline come
second. The spirit of discipline Is es-
sential, but not lis form. II the raeu
are the right sort, and are trained 10
shoot, our citizen soldiery ought to
stand even against a drilled aud dis
1 ciplincd army.
The Washington times., 1903-03-29
HEALERS MUST PASS
STATE EXAMINATION

NORFOLK Va. March 2S.-With only
Delegate Bland voting in the negative.
a house committee OF the Virginia Legis-
lature. decided last night to report fav-
orably d bill compelling Christian
Scientists. osteopathists and faith cur
lists TO undergo a regular examination
before the state medical board.
The bin exempts osteepaths already
practicing I'm the State. The result
VIII De 10 drive all Christian Scientist
practitioners from Virginia
The Washington times., 1903-03-29
BEST THINGS FROM OTHER PAPERS
EDITORIAL COMMENT.
French Troubles and Finance.

French Troubles and Finance.
II is an I'D wind that blows nobody good.
The French disturbances have enabled Great
Britain 10 borrow the immense sums needed for
financing the south African war, and now
america IS also profting. IL happens at this
time that an lines of business are SO active in
the United States that the supply 81 money is
Inadequate. hence the relief from the strain 81
gold exports That q Religions controversy ia
France should have this effect Is singular. hut
it IS none thc loss Louisville Courier
Journal
The Washington times., 1903-03-29
The Institutional Church.
1t Is a Vast Beehive of Social and
PhilanthrOpic Activities.

A religious newspaper, describing
the modern institutional church. re-
marks that 1t resembles nothing 50
much as a great department store.
The comparison Is not intended to cx-
press disrespect, and it may be bor-
rowed without suspicion of diseour-
tesy.
The institutional church Is g marvel
of subdivided and well-distributed
activities Whoever enters 1t finds
himself in a maze of organizations
and departments. each doing some
thing for the good of the community.
The educational department provides
leagues, libraries, reading rooms, lit
eraIy circles, classes IN music. in voice
culture, history, bookkeeping. etc.
The recreation department furnishes
free country excursions and harbor
trips. entertainments. concerts. games.
classes in physical culture. BOYS bri-
gades, and. when well-endowed. gym
nasiums.
There are industrial departments
with schools of carpentry. cooking,
sloyd. sewing, haslet-making. ard
what not; benevolent departments
with day nurseries. kindergartens.
Dorcas societies, and dispensaries.
with lawyers TO give legal counsel
free and physicians TO prescribe for
Tie sick There are also coal clubs.
employment bureaus, loan associa-
ticns, and other agencies for giving
relief. a list Of these societies and
committees makes an imposing direc-
tory, in some churches requiring a
pamphlet of considerable size for It's
presentation.
The minister at the head of one of
these churches needs to be not only a
good preacher and a sympathetic pas
tor, but a tremendous organizer. In
a way he Is a captain of industry. as
truly as the head of a great corpora
ton. but II is an unselfsh industry.
which looks to the making of men and
women. the bringing IN of better So
cial, moral, and industrial conditions.
Terence's sentiment is the motto Of
the institutional nothing
human Is foreign 10 it; 1t seeks to
elevate the whole man, physically, IN
tellectually, morally, religiously.
There Is just one peril connected
with the institutional church-the
church of the department store
aside from that of wearing out the
minister and the members. This is
the possibility of losing the sense of
the proportion Of things; the posi-
bilIty that IN the buzz Of activities
concerned with the material Hfe. the
things Of the spirit may he overshad-
owed and forgotten. But where the
right relation Is observed, and the
things Of the soul are kept on top, the
institutional church Is a beautiful
spectacle Of unselfsh activity touch
ing all human needs.
The Washington times., 1903-03-29
Indifference the Cause of Failure.

Womau'- suffrage suffers more from popu-
lar indifference than from positive hostility.
Most men 30 not care whether worucr vote or
not Hence whom measure like tuc New IIamp.
shire constitutional au.ro-afaut is submitted Il
fails. but 10 can hardly bc said that 10 is de-
tcated. The average voter yawus and thinks OF
The Washington times., 1903-03-29

Edward Probable
Headquarters ON Death

sents any such interference, and may be
relied upon to treat the attack OF the
sO-called church papers about his Len
ten ball at Buckingham Palace with
much the same silent disdain as Queen
Victoria manifested when she was as
sailed for permitting her grandchildren
TO "desecrate the Sabbath" by playing
lawn tennis on Sunday at Osborne.
The Washington times., 1903-03-29
Befoh de Wah" Democrats
The Platform That Senator Morgan
Should Like to See His Party Adopt.

OANAAa LINT " ofC MS EdIly ADOPT
"If ] were drawing the next Dem
ocratic platform remarks Senator
john T. Morgan of Alabama. Il
would put in ii the provisions OF the
Democratic platform drawn before
the civil war, and leave out those
which have been put in the platforms
since"
Quite 50. And emineutlv charac-
teIistic. too Still harping ON the
good old times "befoh dc wah." The
world edo move" but past gentlemen
Of the Hon. John T. Morgau's stripe.
il seems. The dear, old Bourbons -
the true blues7-in nearly forty
years have learned nothing and for
gotten nothing" They are, not 10
put too fine a point upon it, daisies. -
That's the word Daisies"
4 fierce longing for a capable. ac-
tive, and aggressive opposition
scizes us at times. 1t would do the
country good, we think. 1t would rat
lie some dry bones and teach the
party in power a few lessons it ur-
gently stands in need Of. But where
j there hope for cIystallizing an IN
tellieent opposition, when a Demo
cratic wheel-horse like the Hon. John
4 SIorGan prattles Of constructing
The Washington times., 1903-03-29
Not He

And you have been around tho world three
times, havc you, captain" exclaimed Mr.
Lyon C. Kerr ''WhIt a globc-trcttcr you
are,'
Not az an madam" replied tho po-tIy.
horid-faccd guest Of The evening, with uaarS.i
stiffness IL have ALWAYS been able Go nav
for a hrsJ-caJin psssa sc. &c Chicago Tribune
The Washington times., 1903-03-29

To judge by their brassy impudeuce.
the Morocco mountaineers believe that
the Emperor. who threatened to gag
them or quarter them has been talking
through his feZ
The Washington times., 1903-03-29
SHAFTS or WiT AND HUN0R.
IL Pittsburg.

~ -AlNSDAAS.
Amid the SCOT, black and CRIME 20 the
mills and passing locomotive, a HtJIc child
sat on the doorstep Of a West Carson Street
tenement and cried because she had nothing
better 90 do.
Don't cry, child" said her distracted
mother. BE a good girl, and this afternoon
III take YOU up on the hin and lcg you see the
sun -''-Pit,~burg Dispatch
The Washington times., 1903-03-29
Free-Hand Comment.

on windy March days a woman's feel
iuEs in public depend largely upon the
state OF her feathers.
The Washington times., 1903-03-29

Captain Lambertou says the United
States should be stronger than Ger
many in every way" It's a big under
taking while sauerkraut and beer fight
for the Fatherlaud.
The Washington times., 1903-03-29
Entitled to a Subsidy

The lecture bureau which keeps senator TIL
man on the platform in the Northwestern states
Is entitled 20 Subsidy from she Republican
national committee. Chicago Chronicle
The Washington times., 1903-03-29

There must have been ii great abate-
ment Of the feeling in France over the
Dreyfus case. else it would have been
impossible to present at Nantes drama
which is avowedly based upon that case.
and follows its incidents closely Two
or three years ago such an attempt
would have raised mob that would
have wrecked the theater and driven the
players into the street
The Washington times., 1903-03-29

Mr. Johnson went two years ago 20 a
specialist. who told him 20 beware Of
potatoes. Avoid them as you would
me plague. While you at present are
not suffering from Bright's disease. you
must take every precautiou. Potatoes
are a miserable food for anyone N-
johnson said with "a touch OF the Ole sad
irony that characterized Sir Thomas
Moro on The scanold. And how about
the kidney beam" The specialist has
no sense Of humOr otherwise he never
would have prospcrcd. Remember
Pythagoras and avoid beans" was The
strictly professional answer.
For two years Mr.. Johnson stunned
the potato. white. sweet. fried boiled.
baked. or in any tempting form. Last
week ne went 10 another specialist.
You are all right-that is, there is no
organic falling. But you are fifty years
old. and you are working against the
clock Be moderate. Walk for "a couple
Of hours Confne yourself 10 TWO high
balls and two cigars day. Go 90 bed
early" And how about potatoes 2''
asked Mr. Johnson. who was already
wondering how he should distribute two
highbaIs among tweuty-four hours.
Eat them freely. Eat starchy things" d"
And Mr.. johnson read yesterday in "a
French journa, that Prof Mosse. Of
Toulouse. had publicly declared. even in
the awful presence OF the Academy of
Medicine. that spuds were the staff OF
life Not only is the potato harmless:
it is beneficial in cases Of gout, rheu-
matism and diabetes Tor the water ana
organic salts contained in the tuber con
stitute a form OF alkaI calculated to
nourish the sufferer while curing the
specific disease" Great are the spe-
ciaIistsi Hurrah for the professors!
Johnson. have another potato. and
Mary. pass Mr. Johnson the gravy!
The Washington times., 1903-03-29

The British battIeship Formidable, 80
in some recent target practice. fired
twcnty-seven rounds. each round costing
the country about $500, out OF these
shots fired at target six hundred
square feet in area. at a range OF about
500 yards, only one hit the mark Ap-
parently England needs skilled men be
hind her guns quite as much as she
needs new gins
The Washington times., 1903-03-29

The present status OF the Bulgarian
principality. with a checkered span OF
scarcely five and twenty years exist
ence In the annals Of Europe, furnishes
much material for reflection, and chai-
Icngcs inevitably comparison with the
condition and life record OF that other
SIav COVE lment that holds so huge a
space in the dominions of Europe and
Asia. according 70 a correspondent in
the London Post" And without bias it
may be said at once that the lesser state
has nothing TO learn, in the way Of inn
itation at least. from its great neigh
Dor beyond the Pruth-
Fished t. 50 TO speak, from the tur-
bid afterspate Of the Russo Turkish del
uge and left to dry as best it might
under a beclouded political sky, the lit
tie principally has done for itself what
the doctriuaires Of Western democracy
have never put into practice and what
the resources Of the Slavonic empire
seem further than ever from initiating
ToiIing In Poverty.
Judging by the most recent account.
from the pou of II Bekticn. Of the CON
dition of the peasantry throughout the
greater part Of European Russia, the
EuIgar has scant material for attrac-
tion toward the becks and wiles OF the
Pan-SIavist movement TOiling in alb
ioct uovertv. without boots and almost
without beds. 18th insufficient and poor
Iy-nourished cattle, subsisting on a vega
table diet from religious behest one
third of the year and from direst neces-
sitv during the remainder. ditched round
with slough OF unpayable and accumu-
latinE arrears. and discharging with Diff
GcuIty the primary obligation OF citizen
ship. not 10 die OF famine-such is the
unaitractiye picture, overcolored no
doubt in IT'S details. which Russian
writer presents of the condition OF the
Russian peasantry.
No Artificial Barrier.
space is our great enemy IS an
other plant OF the Eastern Slav, and
space. in the sense Of isolating distance,
does not press on the Bulsar in the
manner that it. affects the Russian. II
is not a far cry from one end Of the
principaIity TO another. and aught OF
tapping az the door is readily dissent
mated throughout the whole, And Bull
garia raises no artificial barrier be-
tween herself and the stranger. After
crossing the frontier ones passport
rests untroubled within ones pocket.
and from the educated Bulgarian az
least. the foreigner meets with wei
come delightful in it's courtesy
4 press as free as that OF Russia is
fettered helps 20 bridge over the isola-
tion that might arise from the posses
sion Of peculiar alphabet, and every
journal of Importance has its 'pOdlist
mix" tunder- page. in which are repro
duced from time TO time installments OF
the works OF well-known, European writ
ers. Maxim Cork Guy de Maupassaut.
and other modern authors are laid IN
der contribution. and in "Jenata iii IT.
grutu" one recognizes the familiar
The Washington times., 1903-03-29

Jeanne Mairet is trying 10 correct
some OF the ideas of foreigners con
cerning the American woman. she does
not describe the life Of the absurdly rich
or Of the miserably poor but she writes
about the great middle class" For
there are "classes" in this country ic
spite OF the Declaration OF Indepen-
dence. She praises the small but pret-
ty villas or the suburban kind" and cor
rects the impression that all respectable
Americans live in hotels or tenement
houses. The independence and freedom
OF manners Of the working woman Is re-
moved from insolent license as well as
from servility. and yet Mrs. Mairet was
somewhat shocked when a dressm4ker r
engaged in the mysterious operation oi
trying on" patted her on the shoulder
with turn around. dear" That Mrs.
Mairet is not yet wholly philosopher
is shown by her regret at seeing shop
girls wearing terrifying hats and chew
ing gum. These hats. these sticks or
gum--what are they to the Infinite but
symbols
The Washington times., 1903-03-29
Which Is the Heaviest? ?

A secrets A sorroW2
tryaunous habit2
mountain chaiag Or o.
Tho wee hours. rarebit2
st Louis Globe Dumocrat
The Washington times., 1903-03-29

Thackeray years ago insisted that pa
per and ink should be chemically treated
so that after a few days the characters
would fade and the paper be fresh for
another declaration or love or for busi-
ness purposes. Drink water out OF
thine own cistern. and running waters
out OF thine own well" said the blase
and royal moralist. Even though man
have a capricious thirst. why should he
write afidavits concerning the merits
OF the spring and the benefit he derived
from the treatment Take away the
pen; families have been saved without
The Washington times., 1903-03-29

When England wanted to know what
the United States meant By its reciproc-
ity treaty with Cuba IT was politely told
that the treaty was based on the prerog-
atiye OF independent nations to enter
into such a compact for their mutual
benefit. The reply was so obvious that
it Is odd that il did not occur 70 the
British foreign office.
The Washington times., 1903-03-29
The Talk of the Day.

The reports from Buffalo give addi-
tional proof. IL there be need OF it. OF
the folly Of ready writing and flowing
pen Ingenious nOvcliStS. as BcEant
and Rice and Mortimer Collins created
charming heroines who we're brought up
deliberately in ignorance of reading and
writing. and such women would ;2sci-
nate in everyday life. But take the case
OF Mr.. PenneH, a graduate Of Yale Col
Iege, one used 10 the pen. or shat
avail is a university education. if il
does not confirm the wisdom OF Solo
mon, If IT, does not teach prudence as
well as ioyalty2