The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-11-23

The strenuous mosquito
No longer sweetly sings.
The pesky fly must fee. too.
Or frost will nip his wings
He's vanished by the millions,
And now will soon be fed
No more to dance cotiilons
Upon the bald mans head
on yes. his fight erratical
This year is nearly through.
TO speak in terms grammatical
He's really flew.
The threat OF General Reyes that Co
lombia will carry on a second Boer
war against the United States. is not dis
quoting IN view OF the fact that IL is
impossible for troops to march from
Colombia 10 Panama. and we are not
going TO invade Colombian territory.
But such a war is chiefly impossible
because there are 10 Beers in Colombia.
| President Castro. of Venezuela. il
not at all likely 20 fly to Marroqulns
assistance. President Castro has troubles
enough OF his own without going away
from home 10 look for them. Besides.
4 me man who can keep himself at the
mead OF a South American government
/ Tor year or more. is not a fool
ulspatch from Moscow announces
that the oil trust. OF which Rothschild
Is member. has raised the price Of
the product throughout the Russian
empire 10 per cent. The Russian Oh
Is inferior TO American, and has not
been able 10 drive the latter OUT OF
those countries or Europe and the
Orient where il has obtained a foot
countries empty oil cans from the
United States are one Of the chief
features OF the civilization. and meet
every use. from shingles for the houses
to water buckets for the garden we'll
wheels, and tiny stoves for out-of-doors.
But there is an immense demand for
RUSSIAN petroleum within the empira
nevertheless. where IL is largely used.
among other things. for fuel. on tha
frans-Siberian Railway. for instance
the locomotives burn petroleum over
certain portions OF the route This
Russian Rothschid, therefore. sbouId
make good. fat winning out Of his
10 per cent In the price OF oil II Is Ia
be hoped that he viii not found q INT
VeFslty somewhere to keep the an
arehists quiet. One hates to see these
great genuises descend TO imitation.
No branch taught in the public sehoois
is OF more Importance than English
which Is not only OF constant use in
business and in our intercourse with
our fellows. but also in our speech in
stantiy gives the key 20 our social rank
and rearing The teachers in the Wash
ington public schools must be doing
good work in this branch, II they have
many pupils who can write as era oh-
ically as the little boy OF nine. who
produced day OF two ago the follow
ing composition on Night in the Des-
ert.''
Night in the desert is to Arabians
the calmest and most pleasant part Of
the day. The sky looks ike a great
blue arch Not long after the sun sets
the stars come out, looking down on
the yellow sand stretching farther than
human eve can see. The appearance OF.
the stars IS also beautiful-so bright.
so steady, and so silent they are as they
journey toward the west
"Oh. how stiH this sandy desert is at
night. No sounds Of people. animals,
or birds can be heard; only the drowsy
moaning OF the camels. or. perhaps. a
low song sung by some of the Arabs.
The night is beautiful The Arabs
love it: it is their friend
Is the world growing less romanties
On Saturday died Hart Pease banks.
who wrote that sweet ballad. Silver
Threads Among the Gold" which our
fathers and mothers used to sing to-
gether. when they were courting II
used TO bring tears TO their eyes as they
thought OF the time when they would be
going down the Hill together. hand in
hand. no longer young, but still loving.
And on Saturday a bride of less than
Two months sued her octogenarian hus-
band for divorce and alimony By dye
ing his hair black with ink. she al
leges. ne persuaded her that he was
forty, and induced her 10 marry him.
Now the ink has worn of. and the
romance has faded out Of her young
life.
BY this time the Duchess Of Rox-
burghe has reached England with
her duke, and heneeforth the inter-
est OF her twenty or more mill
lions viii be spent over there. Wen.
let May Goelet go One cannot
much blame these very rich girls
for marrying foreigners. They have
everything on earth that money VIII
buy save a title and all that it means.
thing more 1t is useless TO say that
the duke is a manly fellow. that It was
a love match, and so on; the time has
come when our very rich girls. with few
exceptions. see more manliness In titled
foreigners than in the young men Of
their own country. The country IS OF
course, able TO stand II, but they put
themselves in the same category. so far
as the drain upon the United States Is
concerned, as those Cinnamon, Italians,
Greeks. and other foreigners who live
upon next TO nothing here and send ali
their earnings away.
When a man enriches himself at the
expense OF his fellow-citizens over here.
and leaves the money 10 a son. there
is no great harm done. Either the son
engages in enterprises that are a bene-
ft TO the country and furnish labor
to thousands, or he Is a degenerate, who
soon scatters his fathers millions. There
is no greater practical socialist than
your Anticipated and debauched Johnny.
But a rich mans daughter. when she Is
sole heiress, is a menace TO the public
veal, for she is almost sure TO Ike
all these millions which her hard-head-