The Washington times., 1904-01-11
.FREE-HAND COMMENT
On MEN AND MANNERS
Seaslckness of Mr.. Bryan Returning
From Europe Text for Sermon
on Equality of Man.


groancd
Il never more win leave land"
Oh, Nal dc Mer, great Jewelers.
Ii renders you and me sick,
And you can bet sixteen 10 one
That he was just as sea sick.
1t is indeed distressing reflection that
the truly great Of the earth should be
subject to the same frailties and afiiic-
tons of the flesh as the common run of
weak and erring humanity. Here was
Mr.. Bryan. returning home from bril-.
liant social conqnests abroad. his hand
still tingling with the fraternal grasp
! of Cars and Emperors and statesmen
his brow still adorned with the invisible
but deathless laurel wreaths of the
praise of the earths mighty-our MI.
Bryan; indeed. the Achilles of the un-
triumphant Democracy. but OH how
changed, Caesar ssasick bears no more
resemblance to Caesar the conquerOr OF
the world, than n rain-bedraggled hen
TO an eagle upon a crag And what a
potent influence is tlis insldious malady,
capable OF overwhelming the prcudest
and most fiery spirisl Mr.. Bryan sea
sick, we are quite sre. could no longer
ak.
49,
Ii is quite natural that the Govern
n,ent clerks should rotest against the
addition OF another hlf hour to their
days work. Any PROPOSAL to increase
/ the hours of labor OF any set of en-
] ployes is sure 20 be al unpopular move
among the persons affected Sef-pres-
| ervatiOn says the antent saw is the
first law of nature. All there is moth
I
! to be asked TO performmore labor than
! he has been accustomedtO, for the same
pay. There seems to be icertain amount
of justice. however. I'M Representative
Hemenway's remarks bat the clerks
/ will not with the addet half hour be
working as many hours Is the majority
! of business and commercial employees.
| From O'Clock 70 1870, Il certainly not
! a long day. and II viii ut be so con-
| sidered. for instance 10y ropie now OUT
| of employment, seeking psitions I'm the
I departments. One of thechief reasons
| for opposing every addiun of time 10
the working day is that ne such exac-
tion is apt TO lead to aother If the
new requirements are cherfully receiv-
ed; thing which does Mt seem likely
in the present case
1t is pleasing to note tht the District
Commissioners. and the .oard OF Edu-
catior are united in teir desire to
secure a larger grant or the night
schools and to see theage limit re-.
moved. A law which, derives any per-
son. of whatever age. pf lis only oppor-
tunity to repair the deicincies Of youth
and 10 become a bettei md more intel
ligent citizen, is not onJ cruel and un-
just, but unwise. Thils the sort of
| opportunity. IL would san which is the
most eagerly embraced and Of which
the most possible IS ma6@ The young
may be careless and max waste their
golden moments, but thosPf more ad-
J vanCed years. who. arteTwOrking all
! day, go 20 school in the ening, never
fail TO appreciate the clnce that is
thus given them. Money It's employed.
: therefore, is never wastedlor put to a
, foolish use. The $4,000 wch is asked
for the night schools is small sum
comparatively. and should'e cheerfuny
> granted.
a Mr.. Bryan is too mode in his de-
h claration that the ATTENDS showered
upon him in Europe vera tribute to
the American people as whole and
$ not - his own brilliant compelling
personality. Mr.. Bryan lnself with
his own historic modest which con-
: stitutes one Of the chi$eIements of
| his AmeTicanism. may To- at the mat
= ter In chat light; but OF the re-
, ports agree, that the putes which
u the Nebraskan receivcdlbrOad. We're
l. intended for himself ale. And in
- ! this consensus Of foreign pplause We
e all of u. on this side agrI Mr.. Bryan,
G right or wrong, is one one most bril-
liant and interesting Fonalities of
the age.
: When Prof Willis Are, Chief OF
h the Weather Bureau. " before the
A., House Committee on Hculture Sat
urday he was pursued Hhe same for
II tune with which thOs who display
- models OF new :nventioa are so fami-
20 liar. The man, for instie, who is eX-
hibiting a new gun. isre to have il
get stuck somehow andfuse to work.
n In like manner. the couttee observed
u that the sun was shie brightly at
& the time of the profft $ visit. al
- though his bureau had tdicted cloudy
weather But this maiave been but
a another example of thell known per-
. versity of inanimate lects. for the
d professor stoutly maiuned that only
II per cent of the buried forecasts had
gone wrong in the coq OF the whole
| year. This modern i)9in oracle, Dy
the way. ought to I'M right pretty
N often in its prediction a change,
~ in such a variable clire as ours.
=
L California paleoipgist has un-
Is earthed the bones Of animal which
h he dubs the Thaiatiurus. II the
q beasts We're as terribF their names,
life must have beenle long night-
- mare for man in theFs of the Tina
lattosaurus. the ornThynchus. the
Observation-Disclosures thScnorhamphus !
n, the rhamphOcephaluspd the rest OF
them.
Governor Beckham Kentucky has /
ATTRACTED consIderabl6ntion through |
40 out the country by hkcent report in |
which he declares Ketky 10 be COM /
paratively safe as a ,e Of residence. |
10 He brands as ''irrespble romancers |
ed those persons who seIut grossly ex- |
Of aggerated accounts urmol IN MS 4
State and declares q there was not \
or a day last year " life was not |
safer even in RreatfcOunty. than in 1
New York or Chica. The governor 1
- is TO be commended his loyal de-
> fense Of the Commonlth over which /
ch he presides He is Fincing, too, in 1
his comparisons Thwho have been i
'it following the news from Chicago |
ut of late especially. I not doubt his /
- statement that life as secure IN !
~ Breathitt county as Chicago.
rs
of All lovers Of mus1ll be delighted /
g., TO learn that AdeUPatu is to sing |
next month in thdtional Capital. /
no Many will now belle 70 hear her
who did not run TO Baltimore /
ne when she appearedre. The price /
XIV Of a couple or more Patti tickets is /
a sufficient drain \ the resources,
VIC at best. and when tat Is added the
expense of a trip Baltimore, they
come about as high er highest note