The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-30
FREE~IfAND COMMENT
ON MEN AND MANNERS

Another year of joy and woe,
OF being good and SHINING.
Has rolled around. and very soon
The New Year'n have its inning.
1 see no change from cay to day.
And yet I'm getting older:
My back a trifie stitge- grows,
My heart a little colder.
I've lost few illusions. too.
(And teeth-couldn't work this into the
meter;
And have become sedater:
And my bald spots diameter
Has grown a trile greater.
What lovely day was yesterday for
riding on the open street cars, The air
balmy and delicious, and a trip on
the summer coaches resembled an eX-
cursion on an Irish jaunting car. The
stuffy closed cars were but poorly pat
Ionized yesterday. Today, of course, II
is different. How those people who
keep themselves shut up, both at home
and while travelling. lest breath of
air touch their delicate bodies. must
have shuddered when they locked out
of the window this morning and beheld
been thrown about the shoulders of the
city during the night Such people
should learn to enjoy things VIGOROUSLY
Imagine. for instance, what a deep sigh
of satisfaction the polar bear out at
the Zoo must have heavCd this morn
ing. by the early starlight. when he
looked from his house and saw the
fields glittering with snow. How any
one can contemplate such joy as that
and still be unhappy it is hard to see.
There will be little else than good luck
to thank. if we get through this winter
without another serious skating acct
dent. Ice at best is treacherous in this
climate. where the cold spells are sell
dom continuous: but when people per-
sist in skating over a portion of the
tidal basin into which it is known that
warm sewer empties. the very spot
where a deplorable accident occurred a
year ago. their rashness needs checking
OF course. the most practical method of
keeping skaters off the tidal basin is
by breaking up the ice.
The Jews of this city. and of else
where. do well in attempting to enlist
every possible influence in behalf Of
their co-religionists in Russia. OF
course this Government cannot inter
fere actively TO prevent a reoccucrence
Of the Kishenef atrocities, but II must
be that a strong expression of disapprov-
al on the part Of the rulers of other
countries will have it's influence upon
the Russian government. The fanatic
population of the interior of Holy Rus
STA know little OF the feeling or the rest
Of the world. and care less. but the Car
and those about him are kept better in
formed. and must be more sensitive. And
yet. If IT is true that Solokoff. the law
yer who represented the Jews at the
Kishenev trial. has been arrested at the
instigation of the minister of the inter
Tor. the case looks almost hopeless. The
charge brought against him. say the dis
patches. is that il is unlawful for Gen
tile lawyer to defend Jews. What can
one expect from so fatuous and undeveI-
oped country. save the dark deeds Of
the Middle Ages?
A dispatch from Chicago announces
that a tribe of cannibal Indians has
taken to the war path. 1t is perhaps
necessary TO explain that this is not
happening in Chicago itself. The news
is wired from that city. The Indians
are down I'm Tiburon Island, in the Gulf
Of California.
Jones-Are you going to swear off
anything New Year Day, Smith?
Smith-No. / was going 10 swear off
smoking. but that box Of cigars my
wife gave me has cured me Of the
habit.
The news of the death of Carrie Jen-
kins Harris. who died in Rockville, Sun
day. will sadden the hearts OF a host
of friends in this city and throughout
the South. Mrs Harris was a woman of
many accomplishments. and of a sunny
and hOspitable nature. She pos
sessed marked talent as a writer and
had contributed 10 the leading maya
zines She had Travelled widely. having
only recently returned from a trip TO
Egypt, Greece. and the Orient She was
a musician of talent and an entertaining