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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-25
King Peter a Failure.

Things are going from bad to worse
at Belgrade, and not only in Servia it
self but likewise in Austria and Russia
have people come to the unanimous con-
cluslor that King Peter is a man OF
weak character entirely devoid OF de-
cision. tact or judgment. Indeed. he
even seems 10 lack the vigor which was
one of the few redeeming qualities Of
his three Obrenowitch predecessors on
the throne.
Peters one OBJECT since he assembled
the throne has been to evade all ex-
tremes. He seems to have no idea Of
what ought to be done. and shelters
himself behind the axiom that truly
constitutional king ought not to have
any other idea or program than that OK
his cabinet On the other hand. the
cabinet knows its days are numbered,
as the general elections. which are TAX
ing place this week, will undoubtedly
throw it out.
The consequence is Servia is practi-
cally without a government; political
and moral chaos is growing without any
check. and the country is rapidly drift
ing into a state of civil war, a particu-
larIy grave feature Of the situation be-
ing that the Servian army Is entirely
disorganized, thanks to the failure OF
the King to dissociate himself from
those officers who. by taking part In the
assassination of King Alexander and
Queen Draga. have brought lasting dis
grace upon their comrades, servian off,
GERS being at the present moment boy
cotted by the officers of foreign armies
all over Europe. In fact. King Peter
has proved a bitter disappointment both
TO Servia itself and 10 those abroad
who have the welfare OF this unfor-
tunate kingdom at heart
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-25
Luxury in Colleges.
How Far Is 1t Compatible With SchOl-
arship?

arship?
Some American thinkers of a schol-
arly turn of mind are not unreasona-
bly, troubled over the tendency to lux
my in our colleges. 1t is true that
this tendency has always existed more
or less, but it is also true that just al
present it is on a larger scale than
ever before. Scholars feel that the
interests which college is supposed
To advance may suffer by the intro
duction of so many outside interests.
There has been much discussion of
athletics as a factor in college life,
but as a matter of fact, this has rather
tendency toward democracy of
spirit than toward the other thing.
The student of moderate means, if he
has time to spend IN sport, may win a
standing for himself which he could
not win by mere scholarship, and thus
the comradeship, which is one of the
most valuable elements In college life,
is promoted But when it comes to
| over-luxurious rooms there Is no com
pensating good. They do not help q
man to study, they do not make him
more of gentleman, they do not give
him greater capacity for friendship,
OF even refine his tastes. If he is the
sort of man whose tastes need to be
refined it will take more than lux
urious surroundings to do it, while if
he is too poor to afford costly furnish
ings he simply suffers from extrava-
CANT desires which he cannot crafty,
and which he will acquire soon enough
without being helped IN that direction
at college.
The truth of the matter Is, and it
should be fairly and squarely faced,
that if a college is to be as useful in
our American life as it ought to be,
il should not be allowed TO become a
playground for the sons of rich men.
We cannot afford to lose sight of the
fact that the object of a college is
scholarship and the training of gen
tlemen. Rich youths who confne their
acquaintance and interests to their
own particular social circle might bet
ter stay at home. They may become
useful citizens without college train
ng-they certainly viii, if they have
il in them-but unless they come to
college to study, and TO take part in
college life, they would better stay
away. If they use their money t,
smooth their path to learning by mir
ing coaches to train them for exam
nation, write their themes for them
and so on, they are simply drag OF
the more worthy members of the com
munity.
A great deal of nonsense is afoa
about the superiority Of character
I ''mere" scholarship There is no sucl
: thing as mere scholar. The grea
scholars Of the world have been fo
the most part great men. The thor
5 oueh scholar is more Of a man thai
the smatterer. If the curriculum o
S every college could be made sever
+ enough in Its requirements to elimi
) nate the drones. and make it impossi
5 bic for men to slip through tn
courses without studying, it would b
I better for the colleges, for the stu
$ dents as individuals, and for the edu
Z; Gated class of the American people
Il IN that event a college degree woul
q mean something.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-25
The Last Resort.

'The last resort" writes Marjorie.
Just two weeks more and I shall fee
To home and joys which, 20 my mind,
Are rarcr than this hollow kind
Which fills one with safety
''Pm hungry, dear old Jack, 10 see
Your face and smile once more. How free
I'll feel when have left behind
The last resortv'
Such scribbled sweets she sends 20 me
Might oil some other chap with glee;
But Lob, veil, I'm not 80 blind
But that between the lines find
Something which tells me 1 must be
The last resort.
Atlanta Journal.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-25
Nixon May Bolt.

II, as is reported. the Hon. Lewis
Nixon has decided to abandon Tam
many. and come out in the municipal
campaign for Mayor Low, and the fusion
ticket, his loss will be the worst blow
the wigwam has received since the con-
test began Mr.. Nixon has not formal
Iy announced that he would take this
course. but the impression prevails in
New York that he has decided upon such
plan Two or three weeks ago Mr.
Nixon came out in a published state
ment. in which he scored Tammany, and
made some pointed remarks. but instead
OF intimating any desire to support the
fusion ticket. gave the impression that
he preferred the reform should Do
wrought inside Tammany Hall.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-25
Lord Percy a Brilliant Man.

The present Lord Percy is a very
clever young man of the type of Lord
Curzon, and enjoys the reputation OF
being the most Unconditional man Of his
age in London, where men pride them
selves on being Unconditional. in spite of
which he carried of while at Oxford
University the Newdegate prize for poe
try He has also Travelled extensively
in the Orient. has achieved some distine-
ton as an explorer, and has written sew
eral clever books about his wanderings-
At Oxford he was known for his Prov
fesses as an athlete. and also as an anna
teur actor In one word. he is a rather
brilliant man, thoroughly up-to-date. and
has apparently inherited few of the lido
syncrasies Of his father and grandmother
The latter, like his son, the present
duke. was a member OF that queer sect
| known as the Irvingites. and al his
| table, even at state banquets and at
grand dinners, one seat was always
kept vacant, reserved for the coming OF
Christ. The late duke was also vege-
tartan.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-25
Bad Car Service.
Room for Improvement in Our Wash
ington System.

ington System
A carload of exasperated passen-
gers ON a New York street ear re-
Gently expressed the intention Of stay
ing on that ear till morning rather
than submit to the company's orders
TO take the car ahead" 1t seems
that they had supposed they We're go
ing straight through to Eighth Ave
hue, and when they were taken to the
earshed and ordered to get ont and
'.take the car ahead" which was al
ready crowded, they rebelled. Many
of them say that they have repeated
y been required TO change ears in this
way, sometimes in a driving rain, and
that the time has come TO make an
energetic protest.
OF course they did not stay on that
car mtil-morning; at least, not until
daybreak. 1t was midnight when
they reached the carshed, and there
were about forty persons on the car.
As time went on, one after another
sadly departed, until at 2 o'clock
in the morning the minority remain
ing gave up the unequal struggle
and also went to their homes 1t Is
not known that anything will come of
this action, as those of the passengers
who have been interviewed say that
they are not inclined to take the mat
ter into court. Some Of them are
women, and object to the notoriety
of such a proceeding; others are men
Ia business IN a small way, who say
that they are afraid the car company
might find means of making it UNI
comfortable for them TO do business
if they brought suit. That so large a
humber of persons found courage to
rake this definite protest, however, is
proof enough that the nuisance is
neither new nor insignificant. 1t is a
pretty state of things to find in q
great city.
However, Washington cannot af-
ford to say much ON this subject
There Is room for improvement IL
our own street car system, though il
must be said that compared with tbs
New York street car conductor, thu
average conductor here IS a marvel Of
patience and courtesy. There arr
places here, however, IN which pa
tienee may be demonstrated. as tn;
Christian Scientists say, at almos
any time. Every resident of Wash
ington has been obliged to wait five o.
ten minutes on corners past which
cars were supposed to run at interval
Of three Minutes; has had the pleas
ure of a holiday in the suburb
spoiled by the overcrowded, invent
lated closed ears in which the journe'
cf an hour or two must be made; ha
been thrown into his seat with jeri
when the car suddenly started, o
dumped into the lap of another pas
senger when it swung round a curve
and, if a woman, has known the tris
of having a large not too gentle han
laid upon the middle of the back o
an immaculate gown as the conduetc
"helped" her on the car. 1t Is nc
pleasant to the feminine mind to wor
der, ali the way to destination
whether the mark Of the five finger
o. that large hand is to be seen o
ores raiment; and there Is no way 9
finding out the truth.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-25
Cleveland's English.

Grover Cleveland, though writer Of fOrceful
English. is known among newspaper men for his
involved style. The other evening at New
York club the ex-President told with apparent
enjoyment OF the effect Of his complicated die
ton upon a visiting reporter who had sought
him for an interview.
After debating a statement to the youth he
inquired, kindly ''Have YOU got it ali DOWN.
Yes" replied the reporter, eandidly. Il
have but l will straighten out the sentences
when l write il up
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-25

The farmers in the deer-shooting dis
tricts of New York and New England
complain that the deer ravage their
crops, while they are not allowed 70 pro-
tect themselves 1t does seem rather
hard that a poor farmer should be
obliged to sit up all night to drive the
deer away from his cornfields, and then
hide in the cellar when the sportsmen
come to prevent their mistaking him for
game
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-25
{ ally Calendar of American History.
September az.

1775-British capture Col. Ethan Allen
and thirty-eight men near Mon
trcal. Canada
I789-Twelve amendments TO the Con-
stitution agreed upon and sub
mitted 10 the States for ratitica-
ton.
observation-disclosures declared ratified.
1s41-Fresident's proclamation forbids
American citizens from invading
British possessions.
1S65-Alabama annuls the ordinance Of
secession.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-25

The amount OF worrying which seems
to be going on in Maryland about negro
domination is rather peculiar when il 10
understood that there are four times as
many white people in that State as there
are negroes. The colored people must
be growing brilliant.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-25
Our Barren Avenue.
The Curious Absence Of Trees From Our
Principal Thoroughfare.

All visitors TO Washington must
have noticed the singularly bare and
desoIate condition Of Pennsylvania
Avenue, unshaded by trees, as it is,
from the Capitol to the Treasury. The
explanation Of this lies in the Gu
riously shoIt-sighted action Of certain
business men IN causing the trees
which stood in front Of their places
of business to be cut down, so that
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-25

Mr.. Roosevelt's football experience
has doubtless proved to him that man
can emerge from under a pile of ener-
getically kicking humanity without seri-
Gus injury
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-25

Those directors OF the Pennsylvania
Railroad who we're deluged with hot
soup the other day now know the bot
tled-up rage which fills mans soul
when he cannot get damages for an in
Jury to his feelings.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-25

Before a girl decides to marry man,
let her see him play whist. II he can
do that without getting mad at the poor
players or browbeaten by the good ones
he will be a model husband.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-25
Luck a Modest Miss.

He-YOur name IS engraved On my heart
She-Arent you awfulf just think how en-
barrassing it would be for if you should have
an operation and the doctors should see it,
PHILADELPHIA Bulletin
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-25
Both Busy.

81 have had very hard sumner Of it," re-
marked the tete-a-tete chair at the end Of the
season; people have sat me right along"
well" retOrted the hammock, ''Pve been
under considerable strain myself "-Cincinnati
Commercia.- Tribune
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-25

lege Of being buried within the walls Of
Westminster Abbey. Formerly many
great families possessed this right. BAT
they have either become extinct or nave
allowed the privilege to lapse. Tbe
Northumberland vault in the Abbey is
situated beneath the St. Nicholas Chapel
and the last entombment there was hat
of the father Of the present duke
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-25

In philadelphia there are people ~h9
eat angel cake at breakfast. The peace
of Philadelphia seems to be of that m
breakable variety.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-25
Cause and Effect

Cholp--It seems 50 stwange | danced with
Elsie last week, Snd now she's vewwy III.
Mabel-You should tell her doctor that he
can't make out the cause Of her iIness.-Boston
Globe
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-25
A Hurtful Frequency.

whats the matter with old Graspem7 He
looks If he had lost all his friends"
lie always looks that way when there
Eve pay days in the month."-Cleyeland Plain
Dealer.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-25

The "undigested eccentricities" of Mr..
Jerome seem to be causing other peo-
pie to take to Jamaica ginger instead of
inconveniencing Mr. Jerome himself.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-25

A Kentucky jury has curtailed the
sentence OF Curtis Jett for the Marcum
murder; It has sentenced him to die for
another assassination
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-25
He Surely Does

There is fellow that never failed TO make
money ON every tip he ever received"
''He must be wonder. Who is heg''
"A sleeping car porter."-Cincinnati CONNER
cial- Tribune
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-25
Domestieation.

The wife Of a baron in Rome
Objected 70 staying at home
Till her husband az last
Bought him dyes that were fast.
And painted her purple and chronel
New Orleans Times emocrak.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-25

A Cuban has modestly suggested that
fighting in Cuba. This suggestion is so
rare as to have all the merit of nov
city.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-25

The latest crank to attempt TO see the
President was armed with newspaper.
After all that IS the sort OF a weapon
which Mr. Roosevelt should most fear.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-25
In a Lighter Vein.
Inexperience.

A dansel who dwelt in East Lynn,
Bought a milk pail Of galvanized lynne,
sat down near a COW,
Then muttered, Il vow
! hardly know where TO begynne.''
Milwaukee Sentinel
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-25

Not in a Century" is what Richard
Watson Glider is supposed to have said
when the Citizens Union asked him 10
accept a nomination for alderman.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-25

The Hay Herran treaty is dead, and
We can think of no one better qualified to
deliver the funeral Grafton than the Hon.
John T. Morgan.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-25
Mysterious Case.

lie carried safe inside his watch
A picture OF his sweetheart's face.
"Har' cried the thief who held him up,
There IS woman IN the casel''
st. Louis Post Dispatch.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-25

Mr.. Jerome says that Mayor Low has
an unlovable personality. Is IT sup
posed to be part of a mayors duty to
bill and coo with his constituents?
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-25
Misrepresented.

Miss Oofbags-rve heard that you want to
marry me for my money only
Lord Nocash-'Tis lie tits a lie. I shall
require your uncie's money as well.-Boston
Globe
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-25
Autumn.

The leaves are falling from the trees
And whirling on the whistling gale,
And soon the grapes that deck the vines
As cheering wines will be for sale.
Buffalo Express.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-25
His Deafness.

Inquisitive Party-Do you write album verses
Poetical Party (whose hearing is very defee
tive)-No, not all bum verses; but most of then
are, I'm sorry to say.--Baltimore American
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-25

International relations are reaching
that point where IT is hard to tell war
news from the eccentricities of the limo
type machine.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-25

The sailors of the navy object to oeIng
called "jackies." II should be remem-
bered. however. that under certain Goa
ditions the jack takes the trick.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-25

AS soon as Mr.. Moon. the prospective
Congressman from the Fourth Philadel-
phia district, reaches Washington, II
will be appropriate for the band to
strike up, When Reuben Comes TO
Town"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-25
Ones COMPANY

''No one should ever Judge that man by the
company he keeps"
"whyT'
'.He's the warden of cur jail. Troy Budget
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-25

II we are only patient, the time viii
come when "Hiawstha" joins Dolly
Gray in having Hot Time in the cid
Town Tonight"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-25

Peter of Servia probably would not
ask a horse in exchange for his king
dom. but would be willing to part with
it for an ordinary Missouri mule.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-25

Even if the Pope does create an
other American cardinal, the red cap
will probably go to Ireland
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-25

The European powers may be acting
in concert, but another Bulgarian note
may produce a discord.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-25

Emperor Wilhelm has made himself
unpopular with Governor Pennypaeker
and Empress Tsi An. He has pardoned a
reporter.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-25
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

Every time a person loses his temper he finds a
lot Of trouble.
It's funny how little right married men have
70 the money they earn.
Being fnancier is being able to bag for
yourself somebody elses finances.
girl ought TO be careful to dress as
not TO have any pins about her waist.
The average girl has a sneaking longing for
photograph Of herself with nothing but a
big picture hat.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-25
Hopeless.

she-Hasn't she given YOU the least hope?
Hell believe she has: the least she ever gay
to any fellow Philadelphia Public Ledger
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-25

Why should Mr., McClellan's trip to
Princeton cause comment? Isn't there
a tiger there as well as in New York;
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-25
The Peoples Forum.
The Population OF the united Static.

The Population of the United States.
To the Editor of The Washington Times:
Please inform me through the columns Of your
valuable paper the number, according TO the
last census, Of males and females in the United
States. SUBSCRIBER.
Washington, Sept. "a.
The population OF the United States
is 76,303, 3S7 The Indians not taxed
number. 12e.51S. Excluding the Indians,
the census gives the following enumer-
alton of the sexes: Males. 80. 1883, 242; fe-
males. 1924. 154.-LEd. Times.
Manual Training for CoIored Children.
To the Editor of The Washington Times:
| I would like TO call attention, through the
columns Of your valuable paper, to the great
need for a manual training school in the North
west section Of the city for colored children.
There is no doubt the manual training school
for colored children is almost indispensable,
because it opens to them a great avenue OF
/ learning and future maintenance. Colored
children less fortunate in learning trade
than white. because all contractors want white
apprentices.
The white children have a separate building.
while the colored pupils are instructed in tho
overcrowded Stevens School; and understand
they win be transferred to the Montgomery
when that school is completed This system
is not satisfactory to pupils, teachers, Oh
parents.
The Board of Education is undoubtedly
composed Of painstaking and fair.minded mel
and women. and if it would give its attention
to this matter a remedy more satisfactory thar
the in view might be effected.
PARENT.
| Washington Sent %
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-25

ST. Louis Globe-DemOcTat: Mr.. Cleveland has
returned to his Princeton home after an event
full season in his domestic, political, and pisca-
toriaI affairs. The prospect is that 1904 viii
be another of his busy years
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-25

Galveston News: Hon Tom Johnson IS per
fectly satisfied with the way his Bryan and
Clarke team are pulling. He has the night 70
be proud Of his achievement in hitching up a
goldbug and the silver leader, and in getting
some distance along without the harness being
broken
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-25
American Slang Abroad.

They say that slang American has BEEN
Adopted by the European handles.
And that your French, your German Philistine
His fellow in the Yankee fashion handles
For instance, when in Dresden, Kiel Berlin.
A chap has told lurid tale-at hand is,
As ever one whose heart is full Of doubt
To bring at once, extremely pat and hang in:
CThe German for-"And then your pipe went
outyD
s'Und damn ist define Pfeife ausgegangeni''
In Paris, on the boulevard, you'll find
Two dapper little FFenchmen, much excited,
Engaged, to the delight Of gaminkind,
In arguing anent the sad. benighted
Condition Of the country. Deaf and blind
They would be till the world was fully
righted.
But one oatyells the other. who. at that,
Cries. OF a sudden, with gesture snowy:
(The Gaelic for ''Hes talking through his
hairy
so. CONNIE II parle travers son ehapeau,
ehT'
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-25

Philadelphia Inquirer; Maybe you don't quite
catch the echo up here. but the German boom
is simply reyerbetating through the South