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The Washington times., 1903-11-05
Bubbles.

On the sIy-fox fur.
A tryins= zss=sfsatiOn-the judges.
It's light-headed thing-the candle.
Something you see in the faIl-tears.
The topper wears nosegsy Of whisky bios
SONS.
An open eountenance is still that way when
the mouth is shut
Rival sketch artists seldom feel drawn toward
each other.
Some people are Just sOft enough to submit
to being sat upon
Many man owes his unsteadiness to the face
that he has steady income
The would-be authoress isn't 50 anxious to ap-
pear in print. if II is calico.
woman never has mirror 50 good that it
won't bear looking into.
The ballet girl who goes violently crazy is
appropriately placed in padded cell
Is man standing up for his rights when he
keeps his seat in a street cart
some people seem empty-headed because their
heads are filled with nonsense
When deprived of its tail there is no retail
shop that viii restore dogs eausial appendage
Passing light twice is not full meal; il is
only 6light repassed-
You wouldn't get much perfmery If you
asked for only scents worth
The camel was mad Travelling along. he
caught sight Of sign reading, ''see that
humpg''
The real estate agent can sell lot of lots
without selling lots Of lots.
Sometimes theatrical managers have little
book learning beyond how their shows are
booked.
What foolish tricks We like to try.
On Halloween;
Hoping 10 pierce, With eager eye,
The Unforeseen.
Down cellar backwards, with light
And looking-glass,
Viii go alone. At dead Of night,
tiIaid lass
To End out who she is to we'd
She grows stin bOldeT,
Thinking to see his face, It's said,
Over her shoulder.
All sorts of silly things she'll do,
With fears haii-hsunted
And then not see. though signs come true,
The one she wanted
-PhiIadelphia Bulletin.
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Courts and Capitals
of the Old World
By rHE MARouIsE pE FoNrENoY.
King Georges Training.

King Georges Training.
King Georges appointment by his
brother-in-law. King Edward. to the
rs9Ik Of admiral of the British navy.
serves TO recall the fact that not only
is he a sailor by profession, but that
it was, moreover. in the British navy
that he received his training. Indeed, he
was serving on board an English man
of-war al the time he was elected 70
the throne Of Greece.
The story goes that when the dele
gates Of the Greek legislature and of
the foreign powers came on board tx
inform him that he had become King
of Greece, some delay occurred before
he appeared upon the scene to receive
their message, duo TO the fact that he
had been mast-headed for some boyish
offense- 1t was not thought wAl to
summon him down from his lofty emf
hence in the ordinary way the officer
of the deck not wishing TO attract the
attention Of the deputation TO tEe fact
that the new King Of Greece vas IN
dergoing punishment So a fellOw-mid-
shipman was sent up aloft to quietly
tell him 10 come down and Impaired
to him the first information Of his ele-
walton to the throne Of Greece. It is
probably the only instance on record
of a royal prince receiving the news
hat be had become King whRe mast
headed.
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viotory With a Yoke.

The Hays trace their descent from a
stout yeoman. who In the days Of the
invasion Of the Danes performed prodi-
gies Of valor on the battlefield at Lon
carly with the yoke Of his pillow, turn
ing defeat into victory and receiving In
res ignition thereof lands and knight
hood from his grateful sovereign, as
well as authority 10 use as supporters
for his new armorial bearings a couple
of yeomen. each armed with a yoke.
while the family motto. ''Serva Jugum, %
may be interpreted as Preserve the
Yoke" Lord Erroll's eldest son IS that
Viscount Kilmarnock who has achieved
distinction, not only as an amateur
actor. but also as a playwright. being
married TO the daughter of King Ed
wards neighbors at Balmoral. Sir Al
lam and Lady Mackenzie
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Shfswd italian Bankers

There are no shrewder business people
In the world than the Italians. the I.om-
bards, indeed. being the originatOrs OF
the modern system Of banking No sur
prise viii. therefore, be caused by the
fact that the Italians are about to
take remarkably clever advantage
of the excellent impression created
throughout France by the recent visit to
Paris of King Victor Emmanuel and
his beautiful eOnsort, an impression
which Is likely to be rendered stnl more
agreeable by the corCs wel,1me which
the excellent Papa Loubet," as the
French President Is now known every
where. is certain 20 receive few weeks
hence at Rome.
The advantage in question is nothing
more nor less than the conversion OF
the Italian debt from 5 TO per cent in
terest. Nearly $500, 100000 Of the Italian
debt is held in France. and the re-
suit of this conversion OF italian bonds
from to 3 per cent Will constitute a
severe blow TO the incomes Of the petty
bourgeois Of France by whom italian
government stocks are largely held
The preparations for this conversion
are already under way. OF course, the
Italian treasury authorities do not
dream OF admitting that there is any
connection between the transaction and
the visit to Paris of the King and
Queen of Italy. But the popularity
r.nich the latter have acquired in
france. more especially In the gay me-
| tropOlis. has been turned 10 good ae-
| count by those who are arranging for
The conversion Of the debt. For they
have managed TO create such boom in
Italian government stocks, as to bring
sheir price up 10 105, and it is on this
ground, that is TO say. the exaggerated
value of the bonds, that they are TO
be converted into per cents.
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More Pay for Firemen.

To the Editor Of The Washington Times:
The hremen Of the city owe you a unanimous
vote of thanks for the editorial in yesterday =
Times advocating more pay for them If an
class Of public servants deserves such consid-
Grafton. it is the hremen They risk then
lives in the discharge Of duty, but deeds OF
courage meet with no official recognition ano
pass unnotieed, save for occasional brief
mention in the newspapers. BY all means let
US have more pay for the fremen. Cut down
in other departments. if necessary, but give
the ''laddles'' more money. o. JB.
Washington Nov. A.
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My Star.

Yesterday my star went down in the deep
shadows.
Ii went lightly.
Like she ripping Of water:
And msnv tiny, dear things went with it, and
l watched them:
knew that my star would never rise again
Yesterday my star went down IN the deep
Il went softly.
Like the half-lights os evening;
And as il went frantic thoughts pursued II
without hoping:
knew that my star would never rise again
Yesterday my star went down in the deep
shadows
Il went tenderly.
Like my friend. who loves me;
But since it's gone the way shows dark-ny
two ewes are sired watching:
know that my star viii never rise again.
Mary MaeLane, in Denver Post
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HaZing at Annapolis.
Nidshipmen to Be Tried for the Old
Offense.

The hazing difficulty has come up
again, and Annapolis midshipmen arc
Low being tried for having hazed two
other boys. 1t is reported to be diff
cult to secure testimony, the victims
being unwilling to say anything which
will ineriminate their tormentors.
The hazing problem is one Of the
most difficult IN school government.
1t IS difficult because the principles on
which il is based are so illogical.
Naturally, one would suppose that the
teachers, and not the pupils, Of any
school would control the school; but
practically it Is extremely difficult for
the faculty Of any institution to do
away with long-estabhshed customs,
and in most cases they do nothing
more than to control the students ID
following these customs, so that no
great disorder or harm shall result.
Naturally, also, one would suppose
that the victims Of cruel practices
would want TO have their tormentors
punished, but, as matter Of fact, the
schoolboy tradition Of honor not only
brands them as sneaks in the eyes Of
their comrades if they tell, but con.
dennis them to a certain loss of their
Cwn self-respect.
The psychological reason for this
doubtless is that at the sehoolboy age
the caste spirit develops, as it did at
certain stage in the evolution of the
civilized man, and that it is stronger
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The Silk Hat.
Growing Decline in the Trade in Silk
Hats in London.


Hats in London.
A London paper comments upon
the fact that in recent years there has
been a marked diminution in the num-
Der of silk hats sold. Not long ago,
we are told, bank clerks invariably
wore this style of hat on the way to
their work, whereas now they take to
the less imposing bowler" or cap. 1t
Is thought from this that the high hat
may be on the way to oblivion.
1t is much more likely, however,
that a growing tendency toward unos-
tentation has more to do with the
fashion than any dislike of the high
hat In its proper place. 1t is really
rather absurd for a bank clerk earn
ing one or two pounds a week to dis
port himself in garb which suggests
evening dress, when going about his
business in broad daylight. The
clerk, perhaps, feels more comforta-
bic, more ike himself, in business suit
and business headgear, than he would
IN shabby evening dress; and he GER
taianly looks better.
Of course, the high hat has never IN
England taken precisely the same po-
sition among hats that it has in this
country. 1t has been worn much more
in England than it has here. Our
schoolboys never disported themselves
III sections of stovepipe and Elton
Jackets, as we see s.hoolboys pictured
in old edition of Tom Brown" The
soft felt hat ,mes as near being the
characteristic American headgear as
anything. Perhaps the general use of
this and of the round straw hat of
summer days IS due partly to our
sense of the ridiculous. An American
violently dislikes any garb which
makes him feel absurd or is likely to
put him in an absurd position. His
ideas of the ridiculous are sometimes
queer. For example, if he were walk
ing down the street on a windy day,
and his hat blew off, he would not feel
half as uncomfortable at having 10
chase it down the street if it were q
mere straw sailor instead of high
silk hat. In the former case he would
be merely an ordinary man IN an
emergency; in the latter he would De
something ike monarch uncrowned.
chasing his symbol of royalty.
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The Drift of Public Opinion.

Columbus Citizen: The chief business OF Re
publican reformers at this time is to induce the
rublic 20 overlook the Postofice looting and
the land grating in the West
Boston Globe: Andrew Carnegie, Joseph Pu-
liter, Senator Lodge, and ex-senator Turner
came over together on the Cedric game
quartet. for either whis. CT poker.
PHILADELPHIA Record: 1t is quite natural that
the Republican leaders in Congress should de-
ternline not to pass the subsidy bin this winter
1t might defeat the party The shrewd Repuh-
liean statesmen viii renew their hold upon the
public Treasury before they distribute the con
tens.
New York sun: No wonder the Hon Theodore
Roosevelt is anxious 20 secure the professional
services Of the Hon. Marcus Alonzo Hanna for
the summer aud autumn months Of the year
1907.
indianapolis News: John H Clarke. Demo-
cratic candidate for United States Senator in
Ohio, makes affidavit that his campaign has
cost him S5.l95. Some people are inclined to
think he paid more than it was worth.
Philadelphia Press; President Roosevelt is
pleased with the general result. He certainly
could Nc. be displeased- Tamnany's local VIC
tory is she only speck in the clear water.
New York Tribune: Mr.. Mcclellan is going
to Washington 20 attend the extra session of
Congress. Doubtless he viii be pleased to
find his return that Murphy has saved him
great deal Of trouble ~ hlIing out the list
OF appointments 10 Office in his absence.
Baltimore Sun: The people Of Maryland have
confded . Mr. Edwin Waraeld most impor-
tant trust. and they expect him to be true 70
j; and 70 himself
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Flowers for Hospitals.

To the Editor Of The Washington Times:
l would like to suggest through your wiasl-
read paper that the Agricultural Department
send some 81 its flowers, which grow in rotor
profusion in its extensive greenhouses. TO the
various hospitals OF the city. ! do net know
whether the hospitals have flower fund. but
certain il is that even if they have. room
could be found for all the blossoms they can
get There is nothing 50 cheering to a sick
person as flowers. They brighten the room
and take Tie mind Of the invalid away from
his ills. VIII Tie Times aid in getting the
authorities TO share ne product Of the Govern
ment flower beds with the sickq HOPE.
Washington, Nov s.
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The Massachuse.ts Majonty.

The majority by which Governor
Bates was reelected in Massachusetts
is evidently as much a surprise TO the
Republicans Of the Bay State as 1t IS a
disappointment 10 the Democrats. Al
though the Republicans may make de-
NAL, there IS no doubt that they We're
somewhat uneasy at one stage OF the
campaign, and would have been salts
fed had their ticket won by One-half the
majority which it received One year
ago Governor Bates was elected by a ma
iority Of 81. 600 and last Tuesday he re-
ceived approximately $500 more votes
than his Democratic opponent. Colonel
Castor. The cause for Republican un-
easineSs and Democratic hope seems 70
have been the situation in Boston. Evi-
IDENTIFY both parties saw that there vas
a trend Of sentiment toward the Democ-
racy in that city which IS the only Dem
ocratfc stronghold in the state. This
caused the Republicans TO do some hust-
ling outside the Hub for the purpose OF
bringing out their vote in the rural dis
tricts.
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Tnrkish Railroad Building.

It is no.ed that for Turkish enterprise the
railway which has for the last dozen years o. 50
been under construction from Damascus to
Mecca, and is popularity supposed 10 be pet
project of the Sultan. is making remarkable
progress The last consular report from Damas-
Gus puts the cost Of the Ryak Hannah section
(about l2O miles in length) at s., o00,o co., The
contract price was, however, SSooO0O0, so the
contractor. Count Vital, Of Constantinople has
presumably made good thing out Of it. But
we are not. Of course. told the amount Of
backsheesh which the contractor had TO pay to
government officers, great and snnall.-New York
World.
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Murphy's genius for political Organfza-
ton is in local way greater than Mark
Hanna's In a national way, and when II
is remembered that the vote Of Greater
New York is larger than that of any
STATE save New York, PENNSYLVANIA. Il
linois, Ohio, Missouri and Indiana. To-
CAL means something more than mere
ward politics. Leader Murphy is forty
eight years Of age and has worked him
SELF up from the Tammany ranks to the
head Of the largest political organiza-
ton in the country. At the outset Of
the late campaign many questioned his
judgment. yet followed his dictatiOn. No
other Tammany leader has dared to in
wade Brooklyn. but Murphy did. and
completely routed the veteran Demo-
cratic leader. Hugh Mclaughlin, who
revolted from the Democratic ticket
Murphy's decision to nominate and in
dorse Grout and Fornes, the Fusion can
didates, was thought at the time 10 be
a mistake. but Il proved to be a master
stroke after they were forced of the
Fusion ticket. both men polling a larger
vote than Mcclellan.
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A Tiny Republic.

While on the subject of Italy. let me
mention that there is in the Mediter-
ranean tiny republic. which l have
never yet seen mentioned in any Of the
descriptions and lists of the smallest
states of Europe. True. it has only been
in existence for twenty-one years. 1t
is the republic of Tavolara, which oc-
cupies an island to the north Of the big
island Of Sardinia, and has a popula-
ton of about 800 inhabitants. Until
1882 II was ruled by an absolute mon
archy. the last sovereign being Paolo l..
OF the old dynasty of the Bartholoai.
who on his accession TO the throne, in
1893. was confirmed in his rights by
King Charles Albert Of Sardinia. by
the then King of Naples. and the Pope.
His son. however. was a profiigate,
and when Paolo died the population de-
clined TO permit him TO succeed to the
throne and proclaimed themselves re-
public. securing recognition as such IN
1888 by the Italian government. The
president is elected for a term of ten
years; the women have the right TO
vote, and there is no standing army nor
national debt
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REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

What a woman admires in a man is the was
he can get a telegram without wanting to faint
What worries a woman about wearing hannels
is how embarrassing it would be if she got in .
railway accident.
It's very remarkable wha. a fine time mar
ried men seem 20 think they are having when
they are away en- a business "trip.
Some women are bull. in such a funny way
it is hard 10 understand how they know whether
they are in from OF themselves CT behind.
man would darn sight rather pay for the
birthday presents his wife gives him than to
have her buy his cigars and pay for them her
sell.
New York Press.
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Quite as Satisfactory.

Il want TO ask you something, Graeie.' said
the beautiful heiress
''what is it. Duekie4' The duke inquired.
Would you object il should request the
minister 10 omit The word obey from me ser
vice when re are marriedg'
Certainly not. He can Just make It love,
honor, and supply Chicago Record Herald.
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Low TO Mcclellan.

To the Editor Of The Washington Times:
want TO add my voice to that Of many
thousands sent up in commentator Of that gra-
cious act Of Seth low in sending his congratu-
iations and Offering his assistance TO George B.
Mcclellan, rnayor-elect Of Greater New York.
1t was manly thing 10 do. and il viii re
dound TO DT. Lows credit in more ways than
one. TAMMANY.
Washington, Nov
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Man Dread ROYAL Yisits.

French people after a time will begin
TO dread. rather than TO welcome. the
visits Of foreign monarchs. For the
long visit which King Charles of POr-
tugal paid TO Paris year or so ago was
followed by a reduction in the inter
est CT that portion of the national debt
of Portugal which is held abroad, chief
~ by small French investors, thus
diminishing their incomes. while each
of the two visits of the Emperor and
Empress OF Russia 10 France has been
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May seek Greater Power.

II is not unreasonable to suppose that
Murphy may now reach out for greater
control: he may seek TO extend his
power to the State Democracy, now M
der the domination of ex-senator HilI.
and many viii believe that 1t would be
wise 10 displace the sage OF WoIferts
Roost with man like Leader Murphy
Murphy viii have twenty of the State
committeeman. and needs only six more
to control the committee These he can
doubtless pick up in Buffalo or some OF
the upstate counties where there IS
dissatisfaction with Hill Control Of
the State committee would make him
power IN national councils
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Earl ErroIl's Elevation.

The Earl Of Enroll. who has just been
appointed Jord-in-waiting TO King Ed
ward. in succession to the Earl Of Howe,
may be said TO be a knsman Of the
royal family For the seventeenth Earl
OF Enroll married Lady Euzabeh Fitz-
clarence. daughter OF King William and
of Mrs Jordan. the actress. Lord Err
roll is the twenty-third hereditary lord
high constable Of Scotland, and as such
takes precedence of all peers and non
royal dignitaries IN Edward Wis north
ern kingdom. He IS a soldier by pro-
fessiOn. has commanded the regiment
Of Blues. and served with distinction
under Lord Roberts IN the war in South
Africa
The Office OF lord high constable Of
Scotland has been in the Hay family
ever since it was granted 10 Sir Gil
bert Hay by King Robert the Bruce.
who likewise presented Sir Gilbert with
the castle OF Slams. on the coast Of
A~s.deenshire. which remains to this
day the ancestral home OF the Earls
of Enroll DR.. Johnson spent night at
Slams with Boswell on their famous
Highland journey. and complained, it
ma. be remembered, Of being kept
awake by the roaring Of the sea under
his windows. and also by the smell of
the sea fowls feathers" with which
his pillow was stuffed
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Unfortunate.

'.she bears the appearance Of one who Eos
seen some great sorrow."
''she has. You see. she is a collector Of an
tiaues and bizarre bric-a.brac. Finally her
home got so full of her battered treasures that
people were continually mistaking il for .
secondhand store San Francisco Bulletin
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Reform and Organization.
The Lesson Which the New York Elec-
ton Ca1Iies.

Inc Lesson Which the New York Elec-
ton CaTIies.
While the result of the New York
election cannot but be disappointing
10 those VINO hoped for a victory for
reform, It is far from discouraging,
and 1t carrie some useful lessons, if
the refonners only have the wit to see
them.
A sage youngsteT- once said: "Of
course, you got to be smarter to be
good and get rich than You have to be
mean and get rich" This prin-
eiple applies to politics Just as it does
tc business. Those who cannot or will
not take dubious ways to gain their
ends must have some counterbalanc-
ing advantage or they will lose their
fight This fact has too generally
been overlooked by reformers. They
lave had the notion that some super
natural power would interfere IN their
behalf because they were conseien-
tious and meant we'll. Nothing of the
kind happens in elections.
There is 10 use in belaboring the
mass Of the people of New York for
defeating Fusion, or IN saying that
they do not want decency and clean
government. The fact simply IS that
they do not see the advantage Of re-
form government; and not seeing It,
they did not vote for it.
Tammany won its fight through two
advantages. One was its superb or
gan;zation, an organization built up
cut of the voting material of the city.
1t IS only within a few years that the
reform movement has gathered any
thing like the organized strength OF
that mighty machine. The other ad
vantage Is the deplorable but unde-
niable fact that people who make pre-
tensions TO goodness are always mucn
more harshly criticised than those who
dc not.
A man may come home drunk and
beat his wife, and spend all his money
Oh sprees, leaving her to take in wash
ing to pay the rent, and she viii ties
sify IN the police court that he Is such
3 nice man when he rs himself that she
cannot bear 10 have him sent to 1ail
Another man viii eonscientiously tn
&C. fulfill all the duties of a citizen anC
church member. and his wife will com
plain bitterl that she never can teaci
John not to come IN without wiping
his feet Likewise, Tammany NAY
run the city government on the wide
open plan, and if the people are 40
actually murdered in the streets the
viii think the government Is dom.
pretty well; whereas Mr.. Low ha
been sharply criticised because he di,
rot make New York over into an Ar
eadian land Of the blest inside Of
year. Human nature Is so constituted
that it Is prone TO abuse people 70
not coming up to It's expectations
however unreasonable those expec-a
tions ma. be.
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followed either by the issue at Paris
of new Russian government loan or
else by conversion of some existing
Franco-Russian loan to a lower rate
Of interest than that agreed upon when
II was contracted
do not for one moment wish to imply
that these foreign monarchs are any
party to these schemes of their minis
ters of finance, or that they visit
France and endeavor to make them
selves agreeable to their hosts with any
interested object in view. But the
French are warmhearted people, cas-
lily aroused to enthusiasm, and when
the latter Is burning brightly the treas
ury officials of the sovereigns who have
aroused it manifestly think it a pity
not to take advantage thereof.