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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-28

teaching has to be expended on dis
cipline. More than that, the children
themselves give their attention to
criticism rather than study.
Of course, no teacher can be per-
feet as a disciplinarian, but every
parent with an ordinary amount OF
common sense ought TO refrain from
eriticising the teacher in the hearing
of the child. If the discipline Of the
school is too harsh or too lax, or the
instruction unsatisfactory, the place
to discuss it is in private with the
teacher, or at the polls when the
school board is elected. If the teach
er is fit for her place, her ideas of
proper behavior are superior TO those
of the child. If she is not fit for the
place, either she or the child should
be removed from school, People who
consider their children superior to the
teachers of the public schools should
employ governesses, or send them TO
a private school. Whatever happens
they should not criticise the teacher In
the presence of the child, or escort
the child to school and berate the
teacher for her behavior, in the pres
ence of her victim. Even if she has
been unfair, it is the worst possible
preparation for life to teach a child
to expect absolute fairness on all
occasions. It is much better for HIM
to learn early that things will go
wrong sometimes, and that the best
way is not to go about win a chip
or ones shoulder, criticising superiors
or all occasions, but to make the best
Of small annoyanees and try 10 get
rid of great ones.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-28
Bubbles.

After the ''ban'-a Glove.
Prolific farm crOps-mortgages-
American ladders are used in many foreign
climbs.
Even cat knows when it is spring time
As an old saving. Money makes the mare
60" is a horse chestnut
An automobile may look fresh, but the wheels
are all tired.
Would you call girls resolve to strike
match bright ideaf
It is not unreasonable to drink spring water
in the fall.
The undertaken says he doesn't consider Nil
wsukee the best place for biers.
IT doesn't discourage table to be set upon
from all sides
The man in the moon looks upon Us in
different light when he's FULL
The spoony girl doesn't object to young
man who makes a good spocnholder-
Practice what you preach and you viii not
need 70 do much preaching.
To succeed. theatrical manager must give
the public fair show.
When the twins quarrel there's a marked
difference between them
The photographers wife needn't be jealous
Just because he fatters other women.
The manicurist may be impartial, even when
she doesn't treat all hands alike.
Excuse such language, but if there is a river
in the Internal Regions, it must be damned
Poor Lipton's los. the Cup again;
We can't be sorry-still.
Wen take cup o. kindness yet"
And drink It with a viii.
Sir Thomas, he's man Of grit,
His courage's not used up;
We like him Fact is. such man
Deserves glowing cup"
Philadelphia Bulletin
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-28
Courts and Capitals
of the Old World
By THE MARouIsE DE FoNrENoY.
Cassini Not Likely to Return.

Cass1ni Not Likely to Return.
Count Cassini is, hear. about to be
appointed chief of the Asiatic division
of the Russian ministry of foreign af-
fairs a; st. Petersburg. and will there
fore not return to this country as am
bassador. Indeed he may not even come
back here to present his letters of re-
call which. in that case, would be hand
ed to the President by his successor.
who. as l mentioned some time ago,
is likely to be Paul Lessar. now Musco-
wife envoy at Pekin, who talks English
perfectly, is an engineer by profession.
and managed to make himself universal
~ liked during the number of years he
has spent in England. first as consul
general at Liverpool, and subsequently
as first secretary of the embassy In
London. AS chief of the Asiatic divi-
sion of the foreign Office at st. Peters
burg Count Cassini will sill have con-
siderable scope left for his activity.
though not so wide as would have been
the case had not Admiral Allexieff been
appointed vieeroy of Manchuria and of
Russia's possession in the Far Orient.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-28
Whose the Responsibility {?
The Inefficient Management of District
Affairs.

One thing should be said in justice
to the great number of subordinates
III the District government whose lack
OF business methods has been so unex-
pectedly brought to light to the
amazement of our citizens. And that
is this: The responsibility is not alto
gether with them. Indeed, it will be
more just to say that it is not chiefly
theirs. The general verdict must be
that it rests heaviest upon those at the
head of affairs, who for more than a
full term of Office remained in ignor
anee of the business methods rather,
the total absence of business methods
lin District administration, until Mr.
West began to examine conditions,
ruthlessly expose Shortcomings and in
efficiency, and courageously apply the
needed remedies.
1t surely was not the fault of sub
ordinates that the millions of District
revenues were not protected by bonds !;
that the books of those offices where
defalcations were possible went unex-
amined for years; that coal contrac-
tiers were leniently dealt with; that
contractors for other supplies were
allowed 10 continue after crooked
dealings were repeatedly reported ;
that competition was not insisted
upon; that certain dealers seemed to
be favored, and so on and on,
through a long list of similar short
comings. If there had been the most
casual supervision between orations
by those primarily charged with the
entire responsibility for the efficient
management Of District affairs, such
conditions could not have developed,
provided, of course, there had beer
any proper sense of responsibility to
the public.
IL CAdlih tudJ titOot NouulllOlc
which have astounded the community
by the Iooseness were not known to
tho. in authority, is to confess t.
what should end their official career
To admit that they were known
and allowed to continue, is TO lay a
solid foundation for suit upon bond
which were given TO secure a "faith-
full performance of duty"
While subordinates may not be-
without blame, the first and chief re
sponsibility is upon the head. And
we may be allowed to again call at.
tention to the fact that Commissioner
West, who is so vigorously probing
District ineficiency, and so promptly
and wisely applying remedies, is &
newspaper man" with a proper anC
sufficient eye to business"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-28
Rule That Works Both WAYS.

f. r. Thomas, the owner Of the horse Her
mis-. talked one day at Saratoga about the ex-
pense Of racing.
"A racing stable is like a newspaper" he
said. AT the beginning il requires good
deal of money. You know what Charles A.
Dana used TO say about newspapers-that II
costs lot 10 start them, but they would stop
Of themselves? Well. that is equally true Of
racing stables. Only, as a rule, even 10 give a
stable up costs money.
"onee, when p. T. Barnum was taking tickets
at the entrance OF his circus. man asked him
II he could go in without paying
You can pay without going in said Bar
mum, but you can't go in without paving. The
rule Decent work both ways
Now, in racing" said Mr. Thomas. ..the
rule does work both ways. II costs to go in
racing. and it costs to get ont, too."-New Yors
Tribune.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-28
Manual Training for Negroes.
Lack of Suitable Facilities for Them in
Washington.

For a generation or more, unpleas-
ant things have been said about the
unwiIlingness of the negro to work
with his hands instead of attempting
to live by his wits; and this cry has
been especially loud in the District.
The peculiar conditions Immediately
following the war attracted toward
this city a negro population some
what disproportionate 20 It's size, and
not altogether of desirable character.
For many years nothing was done
toward the training Of colored chill
dren in anything but book-mowIedge.
Those who wished industrial training
Rad to go 10 Hampton. Then indus
trial schools in the District came
into being. They were the more
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-28
Romance Of a Peerage.

Alan Hyde Gardner's recent appear
ance in the London police courts and
on the London sessions on charges Of
having obtained money on worthless
checks by representing himself to be
Lord" Gardner, serves to recall TO mind
the fact that there is a peer Of this
name, who has so much East Indian
blood In his veins that he cannot be dis
tinguished from a native. being, indeed,
regarded and treated as such out in
India, where he makes his home, and
owta. processing. believe. not the
Christian but the Brahman religion.
The history OF the Gardner peerage
is one OF the most romantic Of the
British house OF lords. II was first
created in favor OF Admiral Sir Alan
Gardner for his services under the great
Lord Howe at the naval battle Of the
Orient, where was second in command.
He was succeeded by his eldest son.
likewise an admiral, who was somewhat
unfortunate in his domestic relations.
these leading at his death 10 a contest
for the barony between a son of his
first wife whom he had divorced, ana
the son OF his second wife. the latter
winning the peerage after sensational
trial known as the Gardner peerage
cause celebre." The third Lord Gard
ner died without male issue, and the
title thereupon reverted TO the issue
OF the descendants Of the first lords
second son.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-28
Folly of soherins Down

IA ladies' paper in a recent issue condemn
hat ''quaint middle class idea that one shoul
sober down after marriage. Never
ever ought any human being 10 sober dow
night be theirs in life."l
Too long have we beheld endure
The vicious, obsolete tradition
Which banned in folk Of age mature
The slightest mental ebullition;
But now az last we joy 20 see
Thanks 10 the preaching Of the papers
Octogenarian elders free
To cut the most aIdacious capers
IT'S well to lead a strenuous life
Up TO the tenth or doEenth luster.
But then. for man and maid and wife,
Arrives the time TO go BUSTER"
Then should we fling aside restraint,
Then plunge into the gay cotillion,
And strive unfinchingly 10 paint
The town and environs yermillion.
However pedagogues may frOwn
And view such dicta with distlvor,
The folk who never sober down
Confer on life its saltiest SAVIOR.
The grandn other who wears cap
Incurs her famiIy's displeasure;
But II she sets booby-trap
And wears fringe. she is a treasure.
Shakespeare pronounced, one must admit,
Gray hairs in testers unbecoming;
But such a creed is all unfit
To keep the universe a-humming.
The onset Of old age affrights
Only the dolt who scOFns 10 fFivOl,
Not him who dares to scale the heights
OF unauthorized drivel.
Punch
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-28
The Coal Combine.
Its Uses and Abuses as They May De-
velop in the Future.


The report that the combination of
capitalists controlling the Pennsyl-
vania coal mines has decided to re-
duce the output Of these mines one
half, because there is already large
coal surplus, and it is considered de-
sirable to keep prices up, will cause
thoughtful people to indulge in some
serious reflections. There is no ques-
ton that the coal combine can do this,
and that it can keep prices at any de-
sired figure. There is a question
whether it will do so.
Without becoming a socialist, one
may 90 so far as TO admit that In
cases of the fragrant abuse of such
power as this, the Government might
have to step in and assume control Of
the coal mines. 1t was frequently said
last winter that the Government
should interfere so that coal might be
mined to relieve the necessities of the
people. Yet at no time did the trou-
bic reach the point at which absolute
ly no coal was to be had. It did reach
the point at which prices were so high
that great hardship was entailed upon
the poor. If it was right for the Gov
eminent TO interfere with the strikers,
it would be right for the Government
TO interfere with a capitalistic combi-
nation which causes the same difficult
ties.
1t has not come to Government IN
reference in either case. But it Is
worth the while of all sober-minded
citizens to reflect upon this situation.
Never before has one of the neces-
saries of life been so absolutely in the
control of few men. To be deprived
of coal means great suffering for
thousands of poor folk in the cities
There is nothing which can take It's
place. Even a combine which con.
trolls the price of wheat cannot work
such hardship as this, since there are
various other foods which can be sub
stituted for bread without serious in.
jury to the consumer. But as on,
great cities are constructed at present
Unfortunately high prices for coal NEAR
suffering, illness, expense for the city
in the care Of paupers, hardship Of all
kinds. At present nothing but publ,
opinion and private interest is in thc
way of such prices. Private interest
clearly, is served by reducing the cos
of production and getting for fv,
tons of coal the price which should b.
paid for seven or eight. If the Goa
combine chooses to put the miners OF
half wages, and sell its surplus at al
advance over reasonable prices, Their
IS nothing TO prevent such a proce
dure. What could be done about it
Is there any way in which, by ju
Gieious legislation, such abuse Of pow
er could be stopped in the future7
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-28
School Discipline Problems.
They Are Increased by the Contumacy
of Parents.

All Of us who are past middle age
can remember a time when it was the
general rule that the child who mis-
behaved in school got a whipping al
home. At that time problems OF
school discipline were less complicated
than they are now.
There are still parents who cling
e the old-fashioned idea that it is
the teachers business to govern theis
children; but candor compels one TO
admit that they are oftener found
among immigrants who cannot speak
English than among the second gen
Grafton Of foreigners. Every city
teacher knows the perplexities of try
ing to govern a school with the irate
father or mother of one of the pupils
interrupting the proceedings to give
advice. Most country teachers know
them in an even greater degree.
Nothing can be better calculated to
destroy all the effects Of school dis
cipline in child than such a course
on the part Of the parent. The child
easily comes TO feel that the teacher is
an enemy, against whom the family is
in league, and that she may be dis
obeyed just so fast and so far as can
be done without actual conflict. The
result of this state of things is tina,
nervous energy which the teacher
ought to give TO the proper work Of
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-28
Cailu Calendar of American History.
September as.

1774-Congress rejects a plan for union
with Great Britain as proposed by
Joseph Galloway, and intended TO
peTpetuate dependence.
1T79-Samuel Huntington. of Connecticut,
chosen President OF Congress.
1s13-Detroit. Mich, occupied by United
States forces.
1S50-Flogging on naval and commercial
vessels abolished.
1S7S-First resident Chinese embassy
opened at Washington, D. c.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-28
Children in the Streets

To the Editor Of The Washington Times:
VIII you be good enough to inform me
through the columns Of your paper why some
ordinance is not passed prohibiting children
from playing in the streets, especially those
on which there lines. On East Capitol
Street and through Georgetown this is particu-
larly noticeable, and Il Is enough 10 give one
heart failure to see the little ones making
playground of the car tracks, with the danger
Of having their little lives crushed out at any
moment SUBSCRIBER.
Washington Sept 26
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-28
Chroniclinrs.

The stupid man who looks solemn and says
little appears wise to the majority.
There are giants and ogres in these days,
but where Is Jack the GisntKilie
Prudence is Cinderella. and the Follies her
elder sisters
In the Orient men xiii each other for gems;
in the Occident for vvonsen's eyes.
In the game Of politics watch the man who
deals the cards.
To save the moth, put ous the moth or the
candle. Houston ChrcnicIa
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-28
Good Government in Kansas.

The long and enthusiastic campaign
which public-spirited citizens OF Kansas
City have conducted in the interest OF
civic betterment and Identification was
crowned with success at the special
election last week. when the people au-
thorized bond issue for the purpose OF
park Improvement. new water works.
and better hospital facilities
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-28
The Sol Lord.

The soi-disant Lord Gardner, who has
got into trouble in London with the
checks, IS the grandson of a younger
brother of that Col. Stewart Gardner
who married the Indian Begun. This
younger brothers name was Capt Alan
Hyde. of the Indian navy, and his eldest
son. the father of the soi-disant peer.
died about three years ago in a state of
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-28

To promote Lord Miner to the colon
ial secretaryship. which Mr.. Chamber
lain has vacated. would be surprising
move. The greatest problems to be
worked out by the colonial secretary
concern South Africa and the Beers. 1t
is there that Lord Miner has made him
self thoroughly distrusted. because of
his lack of sympathy. if not hostility, TO
the Boer element while serving as high
commissioner.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-28

An ex-boarder complains that country
places fail to furnish an adequate rest
for the head. The heads that some men
get when they go into the country on a
fishing trip. or to the seashore to visit
their sisters, would need a haymow for
a pillow.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-28

worried citizen of New York wants
the health department to stop street in
struments from playing one tune all the
time. II this were done IL would next be
necessary to restrain politicians from
singing one tune all the time; and then
the authorities would be overworked.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-28

The New York police took pains to ar
rest a man for breaking into his own
place OF business the other day; mean
while burglars who simply broke into
other peoples places of business had a
chance to work in peace.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-28

Lieutenant Peary has selected negro
as the first member of his expedition for
Polar research; and it is now the duty
Of Senator Tillman and John Temple
Graves to go up TO the Pole and sit on II
in order to preserve Anglo-saxon su-
premacy.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-28

Congressman c. H. Grosvenor. of Ohio,
from Europe. says that while
he was a guest OF Andrew Carnegie at
Skibo Castle he saw the millionaire
swimming in a pool" Nothing remark
able in that. Every millionaire that is
"in the swim" usually is to be found in
some kind Of pool
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-28

The Cars salary, according TO some
painstaking statistician, is ISL minute;
and yet some people expect the Presi-
dent of the United States to exercise all
the powers of a Car on salary OF less
than 1 per cent of that.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-28

George J. Gould, while at st. Louis.
said that all lines OF business in the
West and South are in healthy shape.
The rest of the country absolutely re-
fuses to interfere with Wall Street IN
the enjoyment Of it's panic.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-28

Count Cassini is to be appointed chief
of the Asistic division of the Russian
ministry OF the foreign Office. which
means that he will have the Dowager
Empress Isl An on HIS hands some day.
II she does not come 10 premature
end
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-28

An English review says that English
steam engines wear a fine look of con-
tanned power" 1t would be dreadful IL
that power should break loose and spill
over the landscape.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-28

The visitor to Washington can take
away with him some scores OF souvenirs
made in Germany" but that is small
solace to him IL he wanted an appoint
ment bearing the hallmark OF the White
House.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-28

Overproduction is commonly supposed
to bring about a reduction of prices
But overproduction. as the anthracite
operators see it, is a good excuse for
putting up prices and shutting up mines.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-28

A New York salesgirl has been mar
ried TO a count; and the fading faith OF
Wayne, and Min, and Kathryn in the
truthfulness of The Duchess" will now
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-28
Child and Man.
Cry, chile, cry!
Dey amt no rpakon

Cry, chile, cry
Dey amt no reason why
De cradle rockin' easy, an dey's milk a-plenty
by
But ei hit hep so' emmy, cry yo' lungs out,
baby, cry.
Grin. man, grim
Dey amt no reason in
DE worl To- GRIMM Gaze yo' Is ez 20 an sick
~ sin,
An hit won't hep 20 emmy. but yo' gotter
grin, man, grim
New Orleans Times Democrat.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-28

The brush-tail variety OF gold fish is
worth more than 500. The Wall Street
variety Of she'll fish is sometimes worth
even more than that to the skillful
angler.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-28

BY diligent search it might be possible
to find David B. Hill and ask him to say.
Il am a Democrat" II nothing better
can be done for the party.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-28

The diet reformers can talk all they
want TO about the dangerous symptoms
caused by "undigested profits" but ].
Pierpont Morgan continues serenely to
eat the canary.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-28

The Turk seems to be one OF those
people who are avoided by the prudent
real estate agent. because they give the
neighborhood such bad name.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-28
The Drift of Public Opinion.

Atlanta Constitution: Massachusetts, Demo
Gratis always figure out "the balance Of the
ticket and then put a head on 1t. There's
lots Of Chinese eontrariness in Massachusetts,
habits. anyhow.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-28

Montgomery Advertiser: There's one advan-
tage in being Sultan. anyhow. When he needs
money he doesn't have wait for il 10 be
raised by taxation, but just wades in and takes
what he wants.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-28

Town Topics: The President is getting the
habit Of being assassinated as often as the Gar.
The weeks record is: Sagnmore Hill. Hoboken.
and Syracuse None Of the assassins Was armed