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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-12-27
A Woman in Bloomers.

An episode has occurred in Indiana
which commands our earnest attention.
A feminine member of a Presbyterian
church in Greencastle, much given 10 the
gentle art Of gardening. was wont TO hoe
and dig and catch the festive worm while
attired in a bloOmer costume. While thus
incased, so to speak, her pastor called
upon her and. shocked beyond expression,
allowed his holy Indignation to find ex-
preston in severe censure. Her objection
TO this conduct was naturally sustained
by her husband. and the congregation
divided, with the final result that the
pastor has been deposed.
Two or three interesting questions arise
out of this unique incident. First of all,
OF course, it is a natural query whether
the wearing of boomers by a woman is
an irreligious or even improper act. The
answer must be in the negative From
the days when Eve arrayed herself in a
fig leaf and the Queen of Sheba chose
purple and fine linen, woman has been
allowed her own free will in the matter
Of dress. II would be strange if. at this
late day, any edict should be issued, even
with ministerial sanction. which would
interfere with her imperial choice. If she
desires to wear boomers. who shall say
her nay? Certainly not the masculine
sex, which would not, if il could, exert
the slightest influence upon the feminine
mind in such a matter as this II bloom
ers are convenient and healthy, women
will wear them. and that's the end of it,
As a matter OF fact, these trouser. cos
tunes are coming more and more into
use \ woman who recently climbed one
of the highest peaks Of the Andes wore a
mans entire suit, while nearly every
woman horseback rider has discarded
skirts. Feminine golf players are seri-
oUsly considering blOomer suits as most
appropriate TO that outdoor sport. while
no woman who enters gymnasium
would think Of exercising in the ordinary
dress. The time may come, therefore.
when the blOomer costume. now bravely
worn by the wise minority. will be
adopted by the entire sex.
We are compelled to note, also. as one
Of the features of this incident. that a
woman rebelled against the dictum Of her
pastor, and that, in the final result. the
presbytery sustained her The priesthood
from its very beginning, has exercised a
potent influence upon the feminine mind.
and when We find woman defending
herself and her costume from the criti-
cism Of her religious adviser we see sign
of the times
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-12-27
4 Constitutional Leaguer's Visions.

Mr.. William S. Sinclair, president of
the Constitutional League, Of Philadelphia.
is much excited over the state of the ma
ton in general and the deplorable condi-
ton of the South In particular. So wroth
is he that he has been sending the Presi-
dent messages on the subject-messages
filed to the brim with straight talk and
woeful conclusions.
On Saturday last Mr.. Sinclair forward
ed a communication 10 the Executive in
which he warmly protested against the
Commander-in-Chief's "super-heated de-
nuneiation of the colOred troops" declar-
ing that it encouraged the ferOcious South
ern people to crimes and misdemeanors.
causing them 10 shield white criminals
from the laws vengeance. &c, as fol-
lows:
'AIurierous organizations Of white men in the
South carrying their war on the colored
people.
These secret clans hesitate not to assassinats
us government officials and band together TO shield
and protect each other. They are supported by the
white people and have very recently seized and
lynched a prisoner who was in the custody Of the
Supreme Court Of the United States. and while the
contempt before the Supreme Court Of the United
States the nation shocked by the fact that the
President received and honored the ynehers at the
White House As a matter Of fact no people has
shielded more criminals and covered mp more crimes
than the white people Of the South. And In the
South the blood Of more innocent men and women
slain b. brutal red-handed white clans cries from
the ground unto the vengeance Of God than in all
the other parts Of the country taken together
Far be it from rational and fair-mindad
men recklessly TO question the accuracy
of Mr. SinclaiTs startling statements. He
must know just what he is talking about
There are people who will believe he tells
the truth. the whole truth. and nothing
but the truth. when he suggests the pol,-
sibility of every father and family head
in the South being a member of some SORT
of a Klu Klux Khan. Doubtless Mr.. Sim
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-12-27
BRYCE AND BROWNSVILLE.
An Application of the Farmers
Views 10 Present situation.


Views 10 a Present Situation.
G. ". s., in Letter to New York sun.
The great purpose Of d constitution is to
protect the minority from the aggres-
sion Of the majority. Majority rule be
yond constitutional limits is mob rule. An
Executive, a Congress, a court, which ex-
ceeds constitutional limitations at the
benest Of a majority becomes to that
extent a tool Of the mob The rights
under the law Of a single negro soldier
should be more sacred than the clamor Of
millions. 1t is a strong Executive who
can stand upon the Constitution against
the crowd; a weak one who follows the
crowd and deprives some poor devil Of a
constitutional right. One may do in
justice By using unconstitutional power
in attempting to administer justice.
James Bryce. in his American Com
monwealth' Second Edition, Vol l, p
63j. says:
Although reosnt Presidents have shown no dis
position TO strain their authority it is still ths
fashion IN America 90 be 3eal01s 4 the President
action. and 10 warn citizens against what is called
The one maa power. Gen Ulysses s. Grant va.
hardly The man 20 make himself a tyrant yet Ii,
hostility to third term q Office which moved many
people who had lot been alienatcd by the fault,
of his administration rested not merely on reyer
euce ior the example set by Washington. bat alsc
Oh the fear that q President repeatedly chosen
would become dangerous 10 republican institutions
TINS particular alarm seems 70 a European ground
less II there be auy danger u would seen
TO lie IN another direction. The larger emmunity
bcCrnes the less does il seem 70 ruspect an as
sculblyl the more is IL attracted by an individual
man. bold President who knew himself % be
supported b a majority IN the country might he
tempted 10 override the law and deprive the mi
ucrity 4 the protection which the law affords IT,
he might be tyrsnt, not against the masses, bu;
with the masses. Bur nothing IN the present stat,
q American politics gives weight to such appEe
tensions.
Among those who aided Mr.. Bryce ir
preparing his work was Theodore Roose-
welt, Of New York. That vas twenty
years ago.
Do not some things in the present state
Of American politics give weight TO such
approximations?
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clair viii say that he is well acquainted,
by reason of rational and dispassi0nate in
vestigatln. with the frightful conditions Of
Iawiessness in the South. and the oath
bound bands of regulators and vigilance
committees therein. Then. again. he may
have been a witness at some recent pro-
duction of The Clansman" Be that as il
may, it is a certainty that Mr., Sinclair has
been seeing things at night"
While he does not actually charge It,
there can be no doubt that Mr.. Sinclair
secretly haTbors a dark suspicion against
the President himself. How otherwise ex-
plain the presence of those '1ynchers and
murderers" at the White House? Can it
be possible that Mr. Roosevelt is the
Grand Cyelops Of some anti-Ethiopian
Klan. and that the '1ynchers and murder
ers'' were received at the Executive Man
sion only after they had given Mr.. Roose-
welt the necessary high sign and awesome
passwords? While details are lacking
the further conclusion that the reception
was held at darkest midnight and in the
regulation costumes of gown and cowl
with appropriate skulls and crossbones
embroidered thereon, is fully warranted
Something ought TO be done, and in a
hurry, for Sinclair. he Is evidently In a
deplorable state Of mind "Murderous or
CARNATIONS Of white men in the South. .
coupled with Presidential receptions 10
''iynchers, has dreadfully excited him.
Friends and neighbors should take him in
hand He needs attention.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-12-27
Marie CoreIIi Goes loo Ear

Marie COrelh belongs to that fussv and
spitlire class Of ladies Of whom we read
in the books of romance and occasionally
in the newspapers. She has held the
American millionaire up to the scorn and
contumeiy Of the world. and, seeing that
she is a lady. We have permitted her
Trades against one Of our great institu-
tons to so unrebuked. But we cfnnot
pass by her recent violent attack on
American women without submitting a
few remarks of reproof.
We have never heard Of Marie CoreIH
setting foot upon these shores. We
doubt not that she has had the pleasure
20 gaze upon American beauties visiting
Europe. But even if she has experienced
that delight she has had no proper op-
portunfty 10 judge of the character and
pulchritude Of the American woman.
Notwithstanding her unfitness to pass
Judgment upon her sister on this side Of
the Atlantic. she has done so. neverthe-
less, and in very spiteful fashion. too.
She says that the American woman is an
artificial and uncomely product Of wigs.
pads, and beauty dyes.
A prying New York reporter has gone
around among the hotel managers Of that
un-American town and elected from them
the curious information that they buy
supplies Of paint and powder, eye pen
cils hairpins, and other beauty acces-
series" the same as they buy their stocks
of breakfast foods and Holsters for their
lady patrons. The managers say behind
the barricaded doors OF their private Of
fees, without fear Of contradiction"
that their women guests are addicted to
the paint and powder, the eye pencil
habit, and all other facial evils that
they are accused Of By the English
novelist New York club women fatty
and Indignantly deny the imputatlon. So
there you are.
We have here no confirmation of the
spiteful, and We dare say Jealous. Miss
Corellfs charge against the ladies' For
our own part, We have never seen any
convincing evidence of the truth Of her
charge We approach the subject with
hesitation, because all we know, or all
any gentleman knows. about the ladies is
what they appear 10 be. We are mindful
OF the cid adage that things are not
always what they SEEM" but we feel
slro that the author of this adage had
not the ladies in mind when he coined
it from the depths Of his experience. We
have seen some traces Of rouge on the
checks Of ladies upon the public stage,
but we have assumed that the author Of
the play required them thus to under
take the impossible task OF enhancing
their beauty-''to paint the lily and
gid refined goldf so to speak. Possibly
Miss Corelli had these ladies in mind
when she fired her broadside against
American women.
The streets OF Washington are now
thronged with ladies. Their cheeks are
red, to be sure, but It is the redness of
good health and high spirits. Leastwise,
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-12-27


A reader Of The Washington Herald
asks why it was that the Board Of Dis
trict Commissioners indorsed the stock
watering proposition submitted 20 Con-
gress by the Washington Gaslight Com
pany in 1901. The viciousness Of the
measure was at once apparent; its in
EQUITY was self-evident," he says-quot-
ing comments heretofore made-and ne
expresses a desire 10 hear a satisfactory
explanation.
He cannot understand why the Com
missioneTs. admittedly an honest and con-
scientiOus board. should have been led
TO recommend a proposition so astounding.
The House voted it down overwhelming
", and in its indignation forthwith or
deTed the District Committee 20 report
a bin reducing the price Of gas-a re-
duction which. as Washington household
ers all know, the District Committee did
not permit.
All this is puzzling puzzling, in
deed. While we do not recall the imme-
date circumstances and are unable 70
answer the inquiry definitely or explicit
ly, two possible explanations occur 10 US:
The Commissioners. perhaps. were too
busy with pressing routine business TO
give the measure the necessary attention.
ard thus detect its iniquity; or it may,
perChance. have been altered after leav-
ing their hanGs-changed from a harm
less proposition as they recommended It
into one of much more far-reaching pos
sibilities for gain. We do not know
that the measure was withdrawn after
its initial introduction.
We can assure the reader who makes
the inquiry, however, that no blame
can by any manner of means
be traced to the District Commissioners.
When the Madden bill for 75-cent gas
comes up in Congress it viii bear the
stamp of their approval. and this surely
viii establish the fact that they are
watching the interests of the people of
Washington-watching them vigiIantly
and feaTlessly.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-12-27
THE EAT AND THIN MEN.

The thin man is reading another Of the
Presidential messages when the fat man
ambles In and occupies the chair next
him. The thin man does not look Ut
from his paper when the fat man gives
him a cheerful greeting. but that does
not affect the fat man at all
See you've got a felon on your fin
ger" says the fat man. observing ths
swaddled digit Of the thin man clutch
Ing the margin Of his paper.
The thin man does not say anything
F merely grunts.
Bet she's a pest 10 YOU" says the fat
man. heartily. They always are. Never
knew anything that could worry a man
more than fclJn on the finger Tried
anything for it?"
The thin man neTvOusly opens and re-
folds the paper reaching another page
and endeavOTing 10 continue his reading
Of the message
Gee" the fat man cries, joyously
A felon on the finger surely can nut
gray hairs in a fellows head, can't 81
Blamed II I wouldn't rather have the
finger cut of"
The thin man looks over the top Of his
paper with beseeching eyes, but the fat
man continues:
You take a good. able-bodied felou
Ike the one that's rOosting on your finger
and what IL can do 20 you is a plenty
Bet you she can lift you mile high just
with one tWitch If she takes a notion"
The bandaged finger OF the thin man
pulses rapidly, but he concentrates him
self on the paper.
Started ina with just a little burning
sensation, didn't sne?' the fat man asks
amiably. Then all of a sudden she be-
gan 10 get busy, huh2'
The thin man refuses 10 answer. The
fat man keeps right on with glee:
Then first thing you knew you woke
up and thought some cannibal king was
having your fingers griIled? That's the
way. I've had EN-. BY jinks. The way
a feion can settle down TO notify YOU of
your election is a caution. Once let her
make up her mind that you're her meat
and it's all on Bet you that after she
once said You're mine" and sunk in the
hooks you haven't thought Of anything
except dying"
The thin man nervOusIy folds and IN
folds his paper. The fat man purrs on
Contentedly;
And amt they the treacherous things
Lordy, Once in a while they will take
a layof and your finger will quit hurt
ing, and then you will get glad and
think it's all over. then all at once old
Miss Felon Will come back with a fresh
load Of fire and a new set Of red hot
tweezers, and she will grab hold Of all
them little nerves that run from your
fingers up over your shoulder and into
the roots Of your hair and down into
your heart and on down into your shoes.
and she will twist and pull and pinch and
burn, and torture you until you begin
to wonder what sins you have committed.
Amt that 500"
The thin mans bandaged finger is
trembling.
And then. just when you think she's
gone ten miles beyond the legal limit she
brings up the reserves and tears your
heart out and pulls your hair In by the
roots, and-Ohi OUGHT Great heavens
Are you crazy?"
But the thin man has crammed his pa,
per into the face of the fat man. kicked
him viciously on the shins, and FASTENED
away WILBUR NESBIT
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-12-27
Bryan's Advice to oklahoma.

William J. Bryan's views as to the
scope Of State activity in meeting modern
Industrial problems have been presented
to the Oklahoma constitutional conven-
tion in the form of letter Of advice 10
the president Of that convention. The let
ter is Of more than passing interest as
representing the political ideals of an
aspirant for the Presidency Of the United
States.
We note that government ownership of
railroads and public utilities is not urged
upon the new State, though Mr.. Bryan
advises that cities be empowered TO
own and operate such utilities. But in
place OF government ownership Mr. Bryan
would introduce very stringent regulation
of all corporations. He would have the
granting OF charters intrusted to cor
poratiOn board. which. we presume, would
exercise supervision over chartered cor
porations under the provisions Of the con-
situations and laws enacted Hereunder.
This board would evidently enjoy extern
sIve powers. It would be its business to
see that no corporation controlled enough
Of any one commodity to enable il to fix
the market price. II would have authority
TO prevent discrimination between pur-
chasers.
Railroads Mr.. Bryan would place under
the control of a commission empowered
to prevent rebates and other favoritism to
shippers. It would supervise private
tracks and elevator sites. Il would have
control Of express. sleeping car. and teIe-
graph companies. and Of interurban cleo
trio and telephone lines Railway rates
would be fixed so as 10 yield a reasonable
dividend on the actual capital invested,
and no more. The railroad commission.
Mr.. Bryan thinks. should be an eleckve
one
We do not discern in these propositions
much trace Of the Jefersonian idea that
those who are governed least are gov
erned best, but we do not doubt that if
Jefferson We're alive he would assert. as
Bryan does, the right Of popular sOver-
eighty over the Industrial and financial
powers that nowadays threaten 20 rule US
with a despotism as CALLING and as dan
geroUs to our liberties as that against
which our forefathers revOlted. We are
evidently in for a vast extension Of gov
ernmental powers, State and national. and
Mr. Bryan's advocacy of such extension
Is significant sign Of the times. The
States should furnish good trial ground
for the test OF governmental regulation Of
industry and transportation
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-12-27
RoosereIt in English Eyes

From the London Post
Nothing that he says is foolish. though
an unappreciative European might think
much of it supeTiuous. But the unappre-
ciative European would be wrong, Ameri-
cans need above everything else to have
public. and international conduct ham,
mered into them, and Mr. Roosevelt per
forms the operation with unwearying zest.
Besides, to realize a platitude is to come
very near the ideal. and the President
might justly claim for his estimable ad-
monitions that if every one were to act
on them the country would soon be trans
formed.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-12-27
CHILD LABOR AT CAPITAL.
Chicago Paper Thinks Conditions
Here Typical of Those Elsewhere.

Here Typical of Those Elsewhere.
From the Chicago Post.
II has been suggested that the most
feasible way in which Congress can leg
tslate for the reform Of child labor
throughout the nation is for 1t to pass
model laws for the District Of Columbia,
which may be copied By the various
States, and thus in time give US prac-
tcaIy a uniform anti-ehnd labor law.
Ia view Of this suggestion the bulletin
Of the census bureau. just issued, on
child labor. in the District Of Columbia, is
/ Of special interest It presents the eondi-
tions there and permits of comparisons
between the Capital and other cities OF
about the same size throughout the eoun-
try.
According 10 the twelfth census, 2.l4i
children In the District from ten 10 fifteen
years Of age were engaged in gainfui oc-
cupations They constituted IS per cent
OF the total number Of children Of that
age. Almost one-half Of the total num-
Der were fifteen years old: more than
three-fourths were either fourteen OF if
teen; and. therefore, less than One-fourth
were under fourteen. 1t is admitted that
these figures may not measure the full
extent TO which children are engaged in
bread winning pursuits in the District Of
Columbia.
classification Of these child bread
winners by race and nativity shows that
little more than one-half Of the total
number were white children. and that al
most two-hfths of the total white children
are Of native parentage On the other
hand. it is shown that child labor not
only prevails TO a greater extent. but
begins at an earlier age among the ne
grOes than among the whites.
In comparison with other cities that
had population Of more than 5000 IN
1860 the District has the same percentage
Of child bread-winners as Boston, and
there are twelve cities in the list which
have a smaller percentage than the Dis
trict Of Columbia. II is evident. there
fore, that the Capital may be taken as
typical Of the general child labor condi-
tons, and that legislation which viii reg
ulate child labor in the District Of Co
lumbia, and reduce its evils. would have
the same effect If applied in any OF the
States
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-12-27
Value of stnte LEGISLATION,

From the Boston Transcript.
The statute books Of many States have
been freely laid uEder contribution by
Congress. as members have recalled what
their own States have done on a given
subject. There is, indeed, a wide range in
the quality of the legislation of the
States. but some Of them have statutes
which are mentioned with respect when
ever publicists are assembled. When 1t
comes 10 dealing with civics the smaller
stage and the clearer conditions give the
lawmakers Of an intelligent and progress
sive State great advantage, as compared
with those of the nation. and a local en-
actment is often luminous over a wide
area.
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4 Goodness Followed.

From London Til Bits.
Yes, we are going to move TO escape
housccleaning,
And so are we. II must confess it
myself. ! think il will take the new ten
ants two weeks 10 get rid Of all the rub
bish We are leaving behind"
The same here. Our house viii need a
mop and soap from cellar TO Roof. BY the
way, where are you g0ing?"
10 l. street"
What? Why that's where We are
leaving"
well. declare! Where are you
gOing?'
II b street"
why, that's where we are leaving"
Great Scott
''PheW'''
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-12-27
THE INNOCENT BYSTANDER.
A BROWN STUDY.

Next year J. N going 10 reform;
Each moment that ] have 10 spare
I'm thinking how bad habits swarm
About me almost everywhere.
I count my many doubtful traits.
I think them over one by one
But my decision hesitates
As over ali the tale / run.
It's not that I cannot decide
How many habits 20 forswear;
Ny resolutions shall abide
And ] viii play exactly fair.
But here Is where I am in doubt.
And this is causing loss Of sleep
/ cau't decide which TO cut out
And what bad habits / shall keep.