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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-11-03
A German Village.
Intended Celebration of the Anniversary
of the Germans Landing.

Intended Celebration of the Anniversary
of the Germans Landing.
The German fraternites in Wash
ington are planning to celebrate the
landing of the first German colony in
America by the building of a typical
German village in Convention Hall.
Flower stands, coffee gardens, and
other Characteristic features of a Ger
man village viii be reproduced, and
those in charge of these stands will be
dressed in medieval costumes, such as
are still worn In some of the rural VII
lagos of Germany.
If this plan is successfully carried
out, nothing could be prettier, more
effective, or more worthy of praise
from any point of view. The children
who attend such a celebration viii
learn more about the customs and peo-
pie of Germany than they could get
from books in years. The grown folk
Of German birth or descent will find
new reasons for pride of race, which,
in its purity, is an exceedingly worthy
feeling. Americans not of German
descent, and not personally aequaint-
&c with Germans who have preserved
some of the national ways, will find
the occasion both delightful and IN
structive.
Some people have an idea that in
order to promote the growth of a
truly American spirit, It Is necessary
to wipe out all traces of allegiance to
any other land. This IS not true, and,
what Is more, efforts to accomplish
such a result are positively mischief
Gus. No good citizen Is any less an
American for loving the land of his
birth. Whatever virtues have been
given him by that land are as much
needed in America as anywhere else.
The more he clings TO the best and
most beautiful traditions which came
with him from over seas, the greater
gamer viii the land of his adoption
be. The most threatening danger of
immigration is the fact that 50 many
OF the immigrants and their children
learn to despise the homely virtues of
their fathers, and adopt the worst IN
stead Of the best habits Of our eiviliza-
ton in their place.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-11-03
Kaiser wilhelm's Adventure.

The only monarch who has been seen
in Rotten Row within the memory Of the
present generation has been Emperor
William. who made a point Of riding in
Hyde Park every morning while staying
in London, and it was there that Mar
got Tenant, portrayed by Benson as
''Dodo." and now Mrs. Asquith, wife Of
the Liberal leader, managed in some ex-
traordinary way to make his acqusint-
ance. for the purpose, it is said. OF win
ming a wager. When in Berlin the EN-
peror rides almost daily on horseback
in the Thiergarten, frequently accom-
panied by the Empress and his boy.
The Emperor Of Austria may stu
be seen occasionally cantering along
the shady avenues of the Prater at Vi
emma, and King Leopold until a year or
two ago was in the habit Of riding be-
tween his palace at Laeken and the
royal palace at Brussels, often taking a
turn in the Bots de Cambre. Another
monarch who Is a splendid horseman
is old King Christian OF Denmark, and
although he IS much over eighty years
of age, IL is not so many months ago that
his horse, being scared by al approach
ing automob bile, he IeapAd the fright
ened animal across a deep ditch and
stone wall into the grounds Of a villa
that bordered the side Of the road with
out an instant's hesitation. and as firm
in his saddle as If he had been at least
forty years younger. Young King Al
fonso OF Spain IS another ruler devoted
TO riding. But the Kings OF Portugal
and Of Italy, the Emperor OF Russia.
King Oscar Of Sweden. President LOU
bet, and all the rulers Of the Balkans
are more often seen driving than IN the
saddle, while as far as the Queens and
Expresses Of the Old World are con-
cc-ned riding seems 70 have gone almost
altogether out of fashion. the German
Empress Seing indeed, the only lady
Of sovereign rank who still takes pleas
ure in q canter.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-11-03
Sultan's Iron Hand.

Things get done in the Sultan's realms
things like the massacre Of 1895 in Asiatic
Turkey and Of 1908 in Macedonia-which come
home 70 the consciousness Of every thinking
Turk. writes Henry Thompson in the Novem-
Der Worlds Work.
Take the case Of she Koordish Sheikh obel
dullah, who was a guest Of the Sultan for a
time in 1888 and was afterward sent to Mecca
in order that pious occupations might keep
him out Of mischief He died very soon after
his arrival. Of cholera. il was officially an
nounced. although he was the only sufferer
from cholera in Mecca that year.
Take She case q Mithad Pasha. the Liberal
prime minister and the champion OF parlia-
inentary government. He was tried for trea-
son in aiding to dethrone Sultan Abdul Aziz.
and was sent to Taft. near Mecca. After a
time he died rather suddenly By and by q
man who had been soldier in Arabia ap
peared in Constantinople babbling a tale thai
ended with; Il did not know that it was Nit
lad Pasha, or I would not havc put the soaped
cord abeut his neck" OF ec-:rse. the police
saw that the man was crazy and put him
where he safe from harm.
Take the case Of Said Pasha. ex grand viziet,
who fed 10 the British embassy in Constantine
pie seven or eight years ago, declaring that
he would be killed unless allowed asylum. and
who could not be induced 20 leave the build
ing until the ambassador brought him for.
NAL promise Of safety sealed with the sultan's
own seal.
Meditation upon this class Of mysteries makes
people shake in their shoes every time that
they see one Of the great army Of paid in
formers who know everything. Men do got
say that the Sultan does the things which
cause this trepidation. but that ''the palace
- 81.
though II were a sentiment but invisible or
ganisIn; and when they speak Of it they look
behind them and take out their handkerchiefs
and p-inn q clarnrnr s,rant fror, Iii H.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-11-03
Has American Wife.


Lord Donoughmore's appointment TO
the under secretaryship OF state for war
has served TO call attention TO the fact
that ne has an American wife in the
perso.. Of Elena Grace. daughter Of
Michael p. Grace. OF the New York
firm Of W. r Grace & Co. But little
or no rIention has been made OF the fact
that the marriage in question resulted
from a friendship and business associa-
ton of many years standing between
the Graces and the father OF Lord DON
oughmore. The late earl. after serving
for a time under the British foreign Of
fee. besides acting as private secretary
TO the secretary OF state for the colo
MES, and as member Of the international
commission which provided the formerly
Turkish province OF eastern Roumelia
with an autonomous government under
the terms of the Berlin treaty Of 1873,
became the representative Of the British
bondholders Of the Peruvian debt. and
in this capacity spent several years IN
Peru.
II was while there that he became ac-
quainted with the Graces. who owned
the principal American shipping and
merchant house in the republic, and in
his capacity as delegate of the English
bcndhoIders he took an active and nota-
BILE part in the mes > iations by means OF
which Peru was relieved Of it's foreign
debt Of $3.50, 900, CO., Chile undertaking half
of It in consideration of her annexation
OF the immensely valuable nitrate dis
trict of TarapAca. while a syndicate
formed by the Grace brothers took over
the other half of the debt. receiving in
return control of all the railroads IN
Peru for sixty-six years. with quays at
certain ports, the free rights of naviga-
ton Of Lake Titcaca, the wonderful
inland sea at the summit Of the Andes.
all the guano remaining in the territory
Of Peru up 70 100000 tons, payments
from Peru amounting to S12. 900, 900 Sc
cured on the customs of Callao. besides
immensely valuable silver mining con-
CO ssions, the leading spirit in this trans
action being Michael Grace. who, born
at Queenstown in 1892. ran away 10 sea
at fourteen, worked his way on a sailing
ship TO New York. and today is a multi
millionaire. making his home at Battle
Abbey, which up 70 the day of her
death was the favorite residence Of the
late Duchess Of Cleveland, and COM
prises the remnants of the old abbey
built on the battlefield of Hastings for
the purpose OF praying for the souls Of
those who had persisted in that great
struggle OF a thousand years ago, which
made William the ConquerOr King of
England.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-11-03
The Lessonof TenementFires
Every Tragedy Proves the Careless
ness of Builders.

The recent fire IN a New York tene-
ment, by which twenty-five lives were
lest, as against a hundred saved,
proves once more a truth as simple as
A. B, c, that these buildings, more
than any others, need to be absolutely
freproof. Paradoxically, as most
things happen in our haphazard mod
en cities. these are the very buildings
IN which fireproof frames and proper
FIRE escapes are least often found.
This IS matter in which only a
building law, strictly enforced, can do
any good. 1t is of no use to appeal
to the humanity of those who house
human beings in such deathtraps;
they viii shrug their shoulders and
say, Business is business" 1t is Of
no use te appeal to the tenants; they
have no choice. fhey must live where
they can, and there are not enough
buildings even reasonably safe 10
house them all. Only by a strictly en-
forced law, forbidding the use of
buildings not freproof for tenement
purposes, requiring the owner to pro-
vide fire escapes enough to accommo-
date all the tenants without danger of
such horrors of panic as occurred in
that New York fire, can the indefinite
repetition of such tragedies be pre-
vented.
The danger cf fire in such struc-
lures is increased by two facts: one,
that the buildings are much more
crowded than any others within the
city's limits; the other, that the ten
ants are likely to be ignorant and
emotional, untitled to take care of
themselves in a panic. Indeed, the
most intelligent and fortunate beings,
huddled into a building in such num-
bers as found homes in the tenement
If question, might not have behaved
much better thaA those poor Italians
Hungarians, and Irish, when they
found themselves caught in a trap.
The history of panics IN theaters, and
Of many other disasters in which the
flower of wealth and fashion chanced
to De'implicated, proves that In times
Of sudden terror education counts for
little. Let dangerous conditions be
removed, at whatever cost of time,
trouble, and money.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-11-03
Not a Happy Union.

The union was not a happy one, and
when he in turn was gathered TO his
fathers. she married. as her fourth hus-
band, Chichester Fortescue. one of the
handsomest men Of his day. and who
had long been known as one of her
devoted admirers. She procured for
him, by means Of the political influence
which she enjoyed through the posses
sion of the Waldegrave estate, the title
Of Lord Carlingford. and even a seat
IN the cabinet as Lord Privy Seal, al
though the only statesmanIike thing
he ever did in hts life was when he
obtained the heart. the hand, and the
fortune Of Frances Countess of Waldo
grave At her death she left him a life
interest in all her property. with the
provision that at his demise it should
revert to the Earldom OF wal1egrave
Let me add that Strawberry Hill
which. during the lifetime of the coun-
tess. enjoyed as great a reputation for
the brilfiancy OF its hospitality and fol-
the celebrity Of its habitues as Holland
House earlier in the century. came into
the Waldegrave family through the
marriage of the second earl with the
Legitimate daughter of the great Sir
Robert Walpole. lady who. when her
famous father was created Earl of Or
ford. was legitimizsd by act Of paFIia-
ment and granted the precedence of an
earis daughter. It was this lady, By
the by. who. after becoming a widow,
married the Royal Duke OF Gloucester,
by whom she became the mother of the
last Duke Of Gloucester, popularity
known as silly Billy" and of Princess
Sophia Of Gloucester, aunt Of Queen
Victoria, and who died about forty years
ago.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-11-03
Courts and Capitals
of the Old World
By THE MARoUIsE DE FoNTENoY.
King to Ride in Rotten Row.

King to Ride in Rotten Row.
King Edward, on the advice of Sir
Frederick Treves, who has become his
principal and most tr1sted physician,
has resumed daily horseback exercise,
with results most beBefcial to his
health. He has been riding daily at
Newmarket, at Sandriny1lss1, and at
Wynyard Park. where he has been stay
ing with Lord Londonderry, and 1t is
practically assured that when he re-
turns to town he will ride regularly
every day in the Row, as he was wont
TO do prior to his accession to the
throne True, no other English SOW
ereign has mingled with the fashionable
world in Rotten Row on horseback dur
Ing the season. the late Queen Vic
torta's equestrian exercise in the earlier
paf6 OF her reign having been confined
to Windsor, Osborne, and Balmoral.
But there is no reason whatsoever why
King Edward should not ride in the
Row, and do not believe that there
would be any more danger Of his being
mobbed or even accosted by people dis
tasteful to him than when he used to
ride there daily prior TO his accession
to the throne.
In those days Queen Alexandra. then
Princess Of Wales. was likewise a IA
miliar figure on horseback in the Row,
usually escorted by gallant old General
Sir Dighton Probyn. the comptroller OF
the royal household at Marlborough
House, and her special guard. the
princess being easily distinguishable
from the other equestriennes by the
fact that she rode on the right instead
Of the left side Of the saddle. owing 10
the stiffness Of the right knee joint
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-11-03
The Great Hope.

wonder who among US all
Would strive another day.
Would have another wish 10 crawl
On up the toilsome way,
II, honestly and fully. down in his Utmost heart.
Each mortal thought
That earth was all and final. the grave the end;
that naught
OF soul or mind might sweep
Across the empty deep
To claim the old, dead body's counterpart.
localized and perfected; that none might gaze
Back on the world. nor see the living raise
Up monuments for US. nor hear their praise.
With this hope torn from every breast,
With all believing death the end.
How many would still do their best7
Who stin would stTive1 Would you, my
fTiend3
s K{scr
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-11-03
Men and women as Teachers.
Discussion Of Their Comparative Use
fulness in High Schools.

A discussion is going on in New
York as 10 the comparative usefulness
Of men and women teachers IN high
school work. It seems to have been
generally admitted that women are
better than men in the lower grades,
that they are naturally better fitted to
deal with young children, and that the
problems Of discipline in primary aud
grammar schools can be solved as sue
eessfully by them as by men. But
when it comes to teaching boys and
girls of from thirteen 10 twenty years
Of age, men seem in some cases to be
more effective.
A common sense view Of the matter
would dictate the employment Of both
men and women in high schools, and
this IS the way in which the question
has been settled in the majority o. the
high schools Of the country. There Is
no question that in teaching young
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-11-03

Impulsively. IL seems. the gen
shouted that Judge Blanchard was
OF them. The judge raised himsel
the full height Of his Judicial dig
and suavely replied that his answe
that was that It was a lie He q
say It was a falsehoOd. but declar
to be a plain. unvarnished lie-
almost unnecessary TO narrate the
seQuent proceedings AS might have
expected in Louisiana, the gend
right hand shot forth directed TOT
the waving side whiskers Of the il
from Caddo parish. It didn't land he
ily. for the judge seems TO have stud
the manly art IN his youth, and 1
parently hasn't forgotten how 10 wa
Of q blow.
There was a sensation. OF course,
it appears that everyone in the cro'
that day had been thOughtless and
his gun at home, 50 there were no sf|
fired other than verbal shots. The Z
leau showed the judge and the gene
warmly shaking hands. each bowling i
and apologizing TO the other. The jud
is said to have been the gamer by reas
OF the incident.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-11-03
A Little Man

A little man dwet in a little town
little Oyss twenty years ago;
He gained a little portion Of renown
Within the little crowd he used 10 know.
lie wed a little maid when twenty-one,
And later on they had 4 little sen.
This little man had little 10 regret,
lie had but little patience with the weak;
When others fell his eyes were never wet,
With sinners he had little time 70 speak.
Instead, he went 10 church a little late
And dropped little nickel in the plate.
lie drank Il little coffee Nov and then.
But little stronger liquid passed his lips;
lie mingled little with bohemian men:
Iife's wine he drank in stingy little sips
When stFagglers came 10 him for food CT bed,
With little pain he shook his little head
He made little fortune rapidly
BY grinding labor out of little arms,
And hv foreclosing n variety
OF little mortgages on little farms.
lie died-and. meath the weeping willow bouGh
little worm IS working on him now.
Milwaukee Sentinel
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-11-03
"The Three Graces.

1t was. therefore. fitting that the son
and hei- of that Earl of Donoughmore
who had assisted Michael Grace IA all
his negotiations with the Peruvian gov
eminent for the conversion of the Peru
Wan debt should marry one of Grace's
az lighters, who used to go by the name
Of The Three Graces" Young Lord
Donoughmore Is wide-awake anu
clever young fellow. who has already
made a coed name for himself In the
house OF lords. and who at the time OF
the death of his father-a frequent Wis
itor TO New York-wac acting as aide-de-
camp and secretary 10 the governor of
Honglong. His mother. the Dowager
Lady Donoughmore. is a Tasmanian-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-11-03
The Drift of Public Opinion.

View orleans states: If it be true. as many
urominent Democrats believe and have declared.
that Cleveland is the only with whom their
Marty can defeat Roosevelt. II would seem TO
be the part Of wisdom 70 nominate him. aud
thus turn out Of power an Administration that
i notoriously hostile TO the South
New York World; Mr.. Carnegie explains that
his Harmless remark" about Tammany two
years ago caused him "a great deal Of annoy-
ance." As .he remark was twisted into an an
dorsement Of Van Wyck il naturally would
Detroit Free Press; scnstor Burrows has been
telling the Ohio people that if Senator Hanna Is
defeated the industries Of the country viii be
ruined. Are the people of Ohio going to throw
Il. 00O, 600 men out Of employment by defeating
Mr. Hanna?
Spokane Review; AS Senator William u.
stewart was born in 1927. it is easy to calculate
bis age and just easy to understand that his
new bride believes in -he men Of 20.
ST. Louis Globe Democrat Mayor Harrison, q
Chicago follows Mayor johnson. Of Cleveland,
into the list Ct Presidential candidates. Now les
Golden Rule Jones wheel into Ina.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-11-03
Political Gossip
Here and There



Fisticud politics. made so popular in
Arkansas in the interesting campaigns
of the Hon. JEFF Davis Cor Governor. are
now practiced down in Louisiana Thu
politicians and oflceseekers there seem
to have drawn upon their brethren in
Arkansas for this method Of conducting
campaigns. Ia Louisiana the Democrats
have just opened their primary contest
for the gOvernOTship. TaS two leading
candidates are Judge Blanchard. who re-
Gently resigned from the State supreme
court to make the canvass, and General
Jastremsh. an old war horse, who has
for a number Of wears aspired 10 Re
governor. The two men met upon fh0
same platform in a remote parish re-
Gently for the purpose OF discussing the
issues before A large crowd drawn
thither by a barbecue and the knowi-
edge OF the fact that two distinguished
statesmen were 10 be heard In the old
fashioned joint debate. A majority OF
the gathering. according TO the reports.
seemed TO sympathize with the ambi-
lions OF the general. who led OF ia
the speechmaking. and in the course
Of his remarks made the statement thaS
the Democratic party had fallen under
the domination Of arrogant tricksters.
A great many people wouldn't deny thar
statement. Of course. but the general
referred particularly 20 the party n
Louisiana. Then II was Judge Blanch-
ards turn, and. after mentioning the
fact that his opponent had been identity
fed with every administration in tn
State since the reconstruction day
asked his rival TO name the names
some Of these aforesaid arrogant tric
eters'
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-11-03
DO Move. or Not to Move-on.

To the Editor Of The Washington Times:
In Jack Londons recent book, People Of
the Abyss he speaks Of the fact that, as r.
expresses it, the homeless poor OF London are
condemned 20 be also sleepless They are not
allowed to sleep under bridge arches, in parks
or in doorways, but are routed out Of these
places by the police and compelled 10 move on
This is also the case in most large American
cities. Is it necessary to keep man walking
all night because ne has no place to sleep?
And what condition is he in the next morning,
II be desires TO look for wor6?
A SOCIAL STUDENT.
Waebfoofon Dot n
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-11-03

being one Of the few British peeresses
who are OF colonial birth.
Lord DoEoughmore. whose family was
founded by the Irish statesman, John
Hely Hutchinson. whose book the Com
mercial Restraints OF Ireland was
burnt assseditious by the common hang
man, and which has included among its
members the victorious general of the
battle Of Alexandria in Egypt. in 1S0i.
has no children. and for the present the
heir 10 his eaTldom and other peerages
is his fathers brother, Sir Walter Hely
Hutchinson. now governor and com
mander-in-chief at the Cape of Good
Hope
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-11-03
Sports and Games.
A Distinction and a Difference Between
the Two.

"A 6ASNALNN-SA A-@N q O-A~-N-~N I~NF A
the Two.
Miss Adair, the golf champion, re-
Gently asked ironically whether golf Is
a sport or Is degenerating into a game.
The philadelphia Ledger replies
CURLY, Neither; it is a disease.
There Is a lesson to be learned from
this, as the old-fashioned morslissS
say.
Of late there has come to be maoh
talk of whist, golf, hunting. FOOT =:
and other amusements, under tie
eral term Of sports; and they. az
treated by their devotees as &c lat
cate that they cannot be well PllyeG
unless they are regarded as the fr-.
business of life. In short, an occups
ton which began as a form of amuse-
ment has gradually become serious
business and hard work.
This does not, Of course, mean that
the individuals pursuing one or an
other Of these occupations get no
pleasure out Of the exercise. They
evidently do; but so does a rightly
constituted navy get 2 certain pleas
ure ont of swinging a pickax; so does
the business man enjoy the piling up
Of wealth; so does a good housekeep-
e. enjoy keeping house, or a good law
yer enjoy conducting a case success
fully. A normal person ought to find
pleasure in doing anything which he
o. she can do well.
But is it necessary to take our
pleasures as seriously as our business
Are the poor mortals who have only
their leisure hours to devote to whist,
or golf, or some other pet amusement.
to be treated with seorn and eontume-
ly because they do not neglect their
business to take q scientific course in
these games? Ia short, is II not posi-
bic to play a game for amusement
without confessing ones self a hope