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The Washington times., 1906-01-06
Reforming the FrankerS.

It is a matter for considerable
qualification that there is apparent
in Congress a desire to investigate
the postal franking privilege, with
a view to the correction of an abuse
that has become notorious It is
even possible something Of real
value viii be accomplished.
That the postal rranKIng system
Will be reformed, in any considerable
degree, is, perhaps, too much to
hope. Members of Congress are too
fond of the perquisites of their Of
nee 10 resign any single one of them
without d howl One result of an
investigation, however, is reasonably
certain. 1t will reveal the use OF the
franking privilege for the transporta-
ton of so many queer articles and
the uplifting of so many eccentric
schemes the joke writer's of the ma
ti0n Will be provided with matecia!
for a decade
OF course, agitation on this subject
is not newt is as old as the hills.
Postmaster General Cortelyou called
passing attention TO the matter in
his last annuel or9rt and The Times
thought the mis- connection
with the Co II political cam
paigns gave special right TO
speak with aU-a0rity. On December
IA, last, The Times said editorially:
If there is any privilege Of Office in this
nation which Is abused. IL IS that which
permits the postal frank TO various indi-
Viduals and institutions Their connec-
ton with the actual business of the Gov
ernment may be intimate and at the
same time the use tG which they put
their franks most distantly remote. The
old story OF the Representative in Con-
gresS who dispatched set OF bedroom
furniture and an iron safe under frank,
from Washington TO his domicile. is still
remembered here The-o 4Te others that
might be told
While the flame of economy burns
bright within the sanctuary, why not
take a shot at the abuse of the postal
frank There are campaign committees
VINO make Il Quadrennial kissing and
reprOaCh. There are COngreSsmen who
make it a daily absurdity. To our think
ing. IL offers an opportunity for economy
almost spectacular.
We hope the resolution introduced
by Representative Sims of Tennes-
see Will be passed and the investiga-
tion viii be made. 1t can do no
harm. and it ought to spread upon
the records a number Of curious
facts. warm with actual interest. No
doubt the POstoflce Department can
give much information and the Post
master General viii be an especially
valuable witness.
HuTrah for Sims! Let the good
work so on.
The Washington times., 1906-01-06
Setting Fire to the Masters.

Fire has been playing havoc with
Masters in Art" The Bates 4 Guild
Company. Of Boston, which Publishes
this interesting art publication. has is
sued a circular stating that no fewer
than three times since October l has
The periodical suffered delay and dam
age from this Gauge On Saturday
night, Decent mbeT is. the November and
December numbers. already delayed by
previous fires, were burned Ia another
on the premises of the Boston Mailing
TOnnany. where they had been sent for
mailing Work on reprinting began
az once, and in the meantime the pub
fishers are hoping TO get out the Janu-
airy number early next month
The Washington times., 1906-01-06
A. New Swinburne Poem.

The following poem was wrtten oy
Algernon Charles Swinburne for the
sOueen's Carol" the Christmas book
published on behalf of her majesty $
fund for the unemployed. Among the
other contributors are the poet laureate.
the president of the Royal Academy.
Sir Airna-Tadema: Mr.. Holman-Hunt.
George Meredith. Thomas Hardy SIT
Alexander Mackenzie. Sir Edward Ell
gar Max Pemberton. Miss Marie Cor
ELI. Mr. Pinero. and the bishop Of Lon
den:
Winter. friend of health and wealth.
Hailed Of goodly girls and boys.
Slays the poor by strength and stealth.
Makes their lives his hfeless toys.
One boy goes galloping over the moor
land,
wild with delight of the sunshine and
speed.
Bn,he as a bird on his bleak bright
Glad as the wind or his own glad
steed.
ono. with darkness and toll fast bound,
Bound in misery and iron fast.
DrRgs his nakedness under ground,
Secs the mine as the world al last.
Winter lord of laughing Nule.
Winter. weeping on his dead.
Bids US ease his iron rule.
Bids us bring his poor men bread.
The Washington times., 1906-01-06
"THE INVISIBLE MAN.

In the book departments of Washing
ton stores IN these holiday times a fea-
tuTe was made OF works ABOUT Presi-
dent Roosevelt In one establishment
an entire counter was filled with ROOse-
Veitians. A woman and her husband We're
Wassing this particular counter when the
former said For goodness sake John,
whoever dreamed that there were so
many books about Roosevelt? Here 9
Leupp's The Man Roosevelt and Riis'
Roosevelt, the Citizen. and The
Speeches of Roosevelt and what's that
book over there2 The Invisible Man?
wonder If that's about Roosevelt. too?''
NE dear" replied John, II think that's
probably about Alton b. Parker."-Kan-
sas City Journals
The Washington times., 1906-01-06
IN THE BOOK WORLD

cannot youch. which was curret
Trinity Cambridge. when wa.
there. ard the memory OF some 4
most distinguished young membe
a decade or 50 before had BIZ no r
faded away.
A Tennyson was one OF the bri
group called THE Apostles AZ
meetings he was wont 20 read o1lt
positions of his own One so rea
vas THE kraken." 1t pictures
huge sea monster sleeping beneat
aby.slnal sea Until the latter FIRE
E@at the deep. when
'1n roaring he shall rise and oi
surface die
There were present J. w. Blas
afterwafd tutor OF Trinity and d6
Lincoln (the "HeTtfOrdshirc Incun
OF The Times who said:
be a gretty kettle of fish" Ten
said nothing, but at the next ms
o. The society he produced and re&
the poem commencing
Vex not thou the poets mind
With 1i4y shallow wit
NeX not thou the poets mind.
For thou canst not faIh0m j
Both this and THE Kraken' 8
Guided in the ~JuVenilia'' of Macns
complete edition. J. ". Blakesleyy
time at Trinity had the reputa pf
being rather dry and cynical; le
was much liked by his pupils, II
among them.
The Washington times., 1906-01-06
Letting Our Language Die.

II any one wee 10 take down the
talk OF an average modern Undergrad
uate or society girl. says the London
Saturday Review. We doubt 4 il would
be found 10 contain more than $50 voca-
bles. where an educated Elizabethau or
Caroline would have employed several
thousand. Nothing is more striking in
the old prose writer's than the rich
variety and imaginative picturesqueness
Of their language. Not only are We lack
ing in concrete Imagination, and asbam-
ed TO go afieId out OF the beaten track
Of speech, but phrases which were when
first devised forcible and strong have
through long currency lost their edge.
Three-fourtLs OF the expressions we use
have ceased to be effective metaphors
and become conventional and lifeless.
Every language. IL has been remarked.
begins as poetry and ends as algebra.
Virgil becomes Nolapuk a bewitching
smile. a bankrupt farmer. a lunattc poet
such expressions are now mere tokens.
Figures Of speech get hackneyed, and
even journalists are beginning 10 feel
ashamed Of describing the man who IS
applauded as receiving quite an ova-
ton"
But in the early writer's every phrase
has its full intrinsic value. We taste
each word as we read The quality Of
language. in fact. gets constantly poor
er. Besides, the dialecticaI varieties and
local idioms are ever decaying and be-
coming obsolete. IN their place we create
nothing except words like bike, motor.
fOOter, soccer. or barbariSms like queen
OF parley daughter OF the sphere, would
surely decline 10 echo from her airy
shell
Primitive speech is full OF mythology.
Ours tends TO the style Of the telegraph
focm. Even scho0lboys. the nearest ap-
proach left TO aboriginal man. are ceas-
ing 10 have The power OF creating words.
The Washington times., 1906-01-06
THE LEGEND OF EVIL.
he sorrowful story

This is the sorrowful story
Told when the twilight fails.
And the monke rs walk together
Holding each others tails.
"Our fathers lived in the forest;
Foolish people were they:
They went down 10 the cortland
To teach the farmers 10 play.
"Our fathers frisked in the millet,
Our fathers skiDHed tn the wheat.
our fathers hung in the branches,
our fathers danced IN the street
''Then came the terrible farmers.
Nothing Of play they knew,
Only they caught our fathers
And set them TO labor. tool
"Set them 70 work IN the cortland
with Dlows aG4 sickles and fails,
Put them in the mud-Walied prisons
And cat on their beautiful tails!
'Now. we can watch our fathers.
Sullen and bowed and OLD.
STOPPING over the millet
Sharing the silly mold.
Driving a foolish furrow.
Mending a muddy yoke,
Sleeping in mud-Walled ~FiSons
Sleeping their food in smoke
Eve may not speak TO our fathers,
For if the farmers knew
They would come up TO the forest
And set us TO labor, too
This is the horrible story
Told as the twilight fails
And the monkeys walk together
Holding each others tails.
-Rudyard KinlinR
The Washington times., 1906-01-06
SENATOR WARMERS TROUBLES

Senator Warner of Missouri has at
last secured a stenographer. He is the
first Republican Senator from Missouri
since the early 70's. and the result is
that he has been overwhelmed with let
tere from the hungry rank and file.
Having no stenographer. Major Warner
has been unable to answer the letters
or even read the vast majority. On an
average he has received 2oG letters q
day since his arrival. He has been there
about thirty DAYS. Hence he has re-
cefvcd 1900 letters. He and his stem
ographer will be busy from now until
the end Of the holiday recess trying TO
catch up with the proeession.-Kansas
CITY Journal
The Washington times., 1906-01-06
Setting Legislative Signals.

The railroads set the semaphores
for bills to their own disadvantage.
it seems, when they announced their
purpose TO suspend the issue OF
passes TO Legislators, State as we'll
at National News from Pennsyl-
vania and our neighbor State of
Maryland indicates, at any rate, that
the bills have been given open
tracks.
1t should be borne we'll in mind
that the stories may not be true. But,
if they are true, we will do wisely to
note that the solons who represent
the honest people of those two
States at their respective capitals
are going after the hated railroads
under full steam. In Pennsylvania
they are resurrecting old regulations
as TO the speed of trains within
town limits. The through schedules
will suffer if Harrisburg can accom-
plish it. Maryland contemplates re-
ducing fares BY general orders. Here
after, if pending legislation holds its
present strength, you can ride from
Hutton, in the Businesses of Garrett
county. TO Elkton. on the Delaware
frontier, for a cent and a half a
mile.
These bills are either very tardy
observances of the public veal or
sandbags, and the more intimate
the readers knowledge of State legis-
latures, the more he will incline to be-
lieve they belong in a class with
blackjacks. The railroads have taken
away the passes and now, B'gosh!
they'll socn see what's what
Wherefore. Is these columns have
suggested more than once. the rail-
roads are finding 1t hard to be good
True as it may be that cutting off
the pass privilege is money in their
own pockets, it is also and equally
true that it is the end Of a system
grossly unfair to the average Gus
toner, and viciously evil in its ef-
fort an both donor and recipient;
for the pass was never given save
rs a concession the railroad had no
right to make Tor ii return the legis-
lator had no right to give. And now
one of the craCksmen having sick
ened of his job (and being able to
quit it with profit. the other threat
ems him with sandbagging if he
ehueks the gang.
The semaphore is up. as has been
said. But the headlight must be
turned round. Otherwise the astute
statesmen who guide the destinies
Af our two sovereign neighbors would
The Washington times., 1906-01-06
JUNE AND DECEMBER
FIGURE IN ROMANCE
Aged Plumber of Steubenvile Ohio Eopes With Pretty
Young Maiden-Children of Groom Are
Up in Arms.

PIT TSBURG, jan. st was dseoy-
cred today that Alexander Helms. one
Of the wealthiest as well as one of the
oldest business men Of SteubenviIIe
Ohio. hnd eloped TO Pittsburg last Tues
day with Miss Louisa Wonder a pretty
young milliner of that town and they
were married. The bride is about twell-
ty-five years of age, according TO her
Pittsburg friends, while Helms is sixty
eight past. according to grown-up and
angry children.
The elderly bridegroom with his blush
ing young bride lost no time in getting
out of Pittsburg. They bought tickets
for California. and are now on their
way to the coast. Several OF Helms
children came TO Pittsburg today and
uuearthed the marriage license, and
were mac additionally angry by the
fact that 5aeir father had sworn to his
age as f fit.-sevep
The Washington times., 1906-01-06
"Die Wafen Nieder."

Baroness Bertha Won Suttner the re-
eipient OF the Nobel peace award, has
been thus mentioned in the Australian
Parliament by the minister OF finance:
1T is not a professional politician, it is
a German lady who iu a recent work Of
fiction has drawn such a picture of war
as must send a shudder through every
reader, / pray you 10 devote a few
hours 10 the book, and If anyone, after
having done SO, still retains a passion
Tor war. 1 can only sincerely pity him. ="
1t is this book, Die Waueu Nieder -
which is generally understood, we are
told. 10 have nrst inspired the Car with
the idea OF calling q conference 20 ar
range for universal peace. The work -
says the London Academy, has re-
ceiyed many compliments from the high
est quarters"
1T is, Count Tolstoy has declared, "a
noble book, the reading OF which has in
spired nle not only with admiration for
the high idealism Of the author, but has
also given me an extraordinary literary
taste and stirred in me feeling of hap
piness."
The Washington times., 1906-01-06

He was siXty-eight years old on his
last birthday" said one Of his sons as
he started back 10 Ohio. The age given
by the young lady is twentY-I.ine but
her friends say this was mistake
tl:tt she is not over twaE ts'-fiYe.
MISS Louisa Wonder lived in Pitts
burg, where her parents reside Four
years ago she wen 70 SteubensviIle to
take charge of a millinery store and
there II was that her elderly admirer
now her husband. met her The grow.
chiidren of Mr.. Helms had done an in
their power 10 keep their father from
stopped him twice from taking the step
The father was of his own mind and
settled $4,000 on the girl as a Christmas
gift. The pair last Tuesday evening
slipped out Of Steubenville. and, getting
here too late for q license. waited un-
til morning, and were married yester-
day.
Helms has for forty years been the
leading plumber of SteubenVilIe His
fortune is estimated at 100000, outside
of the $4,000 he gave his intended wife.
The Washington times., 1906-01-06
4 Scholar and the Union.

In volume entitled The Cone
Workers" recently published b1g-
mans. Green & Co. Frank an
Warne, Ph. D.. research fellow in-
omics ef the University OF ri
vania, has written what he &c q
study in labor organization"
Believing that, however greatey
may differ in details of orgaion
and management, all trade un in
their final analysis. are wo~bfor
ide8tically the same objects, au-
thor has undertake. III a stUdde-
tail OF this particular trade U te
arrive at a clear idea Of the da-
mental objects Of all similar olza-
tions. To accomplish this task au-
thor has studied the objects or
gauization Of the union in pc as
well as in strike times. witness its
actual WORKINGS outside as well in
side it's va .f+l-la. 80
pract. al ap aE lts
10 everyday
In those e aa has ea.ii sec
both by job 1-rc CTeEi5r q
the United Nine Workers ~ Al Hr-
who opened " mars channels
formation which otherwise wou4u isa
been closed TO him, and BY some Of [
bitterest opponents OF the union. "
Times when self-interest, class pre-.
dice, and aroused human passion We
not present 70 mar a clear and intel
gent conception Of what the lab
movement really signifies"
In the main the treatment Of I
subject by Dr. Werne IS sympathe
OF what he conceives ID be "a gen'
ally misunderstood social institute
Of the very greatest value and i
portance"
The Washington times., 1906-01-06
NABUCO
TO GIVE BIG DINNEF
Secretary and Mrs. Root to Be His Guests Interest
ing Function Which VIII Be Pan-Amercan
in Several Ways.

few days on a visit to their son. Capt.
Il. F. Wynne. Of the Marine Corps.
The Assistant Secretary Of State and
Mrs. Bacon entertained al dinner last
Mrs. Judge Fenton W. Booth. Of 211s
Bancroft place. VIII not be al home
January S. bat viii receive the fol-
lowing Mondays IN the month.
The monthly business meeting OF the
Columbia Heights Art Club met with
Mrs Clarke on Thursday. Mrs. Whital,
chairman. Twenty members were pres
enJ Reports OF the secretaries. the
treasurer, and social recorder were ac-
cepted- IL was decided TO order twenty
i've club pins Of the rose gold
Miss Aunabel FOote was elected a
member of the club Mrs. Emerson
read a report from the Federation OF
WOmens Clubs. Parliamentary drill
was given by Mrs. Stokes. After the
ron-can on curren. events the meet
ing adjourned. 10 meet with Mrs. An
drews-
Mr.. and Mrs. ". +. Brown. Of Capitol
HIN. have as their guests, Mr.. and Mrs.
Albert J. Narley. @ Auburn. y. Z.
They Will be pleased 10 see their friends
az 30 Eighth street, southeast
The Council Of Jewish Women held
an interesting meeting in the vestry
rooms Of the Eighth street temple
Mrs. Snyder read a clever paper on
art, and by special request Mrs Joel
HiIIman. president of the Washington
Section. 9. J. W. read the paper that
she read at the tTi-annual convention
IN Chicago In December, and was so
much appreciated there as we'll as
here. Refreshments were served.
Miss Jennie Blondheim. Of Alex
andria. Va. has gone for a months
trip TO Chicago. Cincinnati. and St.
Louis
Lewis Goldman. OF Hartford, Conn.
is in the city the guest Of NJ. New
myer
Mr.. and Mrs. / Fuld. of New York
who spent the past week here, with
Mrs. Fuld's sister, have returned TO
their home.
The Washington Hebrew Congrega-
tion of this city gave grand ball and
promenade Thursday night at Rausch-
ers. in honor OF its hftieth anniver-
sary.
Miss Maud FeIlheimer. Of this city.
has as her guest Miss Goldman, OF
Baltimore.
Miss Lillian Selligman. of Balti-
more, who spent 4 few days this week
with Miss Blanche Stern, of Eighth
street, has returned to her home.
Alvin L. Newmyer. who spent ten
days in Atlantic City and New York.
has returned TO the city.
The Washington times., 1906-01-06
a New Copyright Law.

The Report Of the Librarian Of Con
grs SIS for 1905 is especially interesting
To book makers for its record of the ef-
forts that have been made in the last
year toward securing a revision and
codffcation Of the present conflicting
and inconsistent laws in regard to copy
right.
Two sessions of the copyright confer
cnce called by the librarian have al
ready been held, az which every pro-
rosed provision was fully discussed,
with arguments fer both additions and
efiulnations A third session. to be held
i'm Washington early in the year. viii
consider q new draft. taking account OF
these and of specific criticism, legal and
practical, from various sources.
The result" Mr.. Putnam permits
himself 10 hope, may be a measure
which Congress can adopt without de-
muI.
The Washington times., 1906-01-06
Something New in Hymn Tunes.

Other important denominations are not
going to let the Methodists have a mo-
nopoly Of all the good hymns and tunes.
The recent publication of '@The Method
ist HymnaI' is TO he followed very short
ly by a new volume of Church Hymns
and Tunes" edited by Drs. Lewis w
Nudge and Herbert b. Turner which
win be brought out by a. S. Barnes &
Co. whose name has been associated
with the. publication of important hymn
books since they first issued the ply
mouth Collection. in 1885. half q century
ago
One admirable feature sought to be at
taincd in this latest of hymnals that
the rhythmical accents of the hymns
when sung shall always. so far as pos
sibie coincide with the natural reading
accents.
The Washington times., 1906-01-06
BOOKS NOT RECEIVED.

Among the holiday books We have
not received are;
Little Journeys to The Great Graft
ers." BY Charles 2. Hughes.
'Amuag My Rebates" By Gage =.
TaTbell.
Wow, Wow. Yellow Dog Tale %
By = H Hartman
''Wilted Violets." BY James Hazen
Hyde
a Family Affair" BY John A. Ne-
Call
''The Last Jest" By c. NJ Depew
a Bag OF Gold" BY T. c. Plat
'Benelcence" (fiction) By r. 81
urdy.-New York Evening Post
The Washington times., 1906-01-06
The End Not at 100000.

A quarter of a million copies OF
single book mot fiction) is the remark
rblo record OF 4 little volume by Anna
r Brown Lindsay. entitled What Is
Worth While The work was lrst
published bV Thomas Y Croweu &
20. in 1898. and has been reprinted
in constantly increasing editions until Il
las now reached the 10th thousand
mark And the end is not yet
The Washington times., 1906-01-06
New Pub risations.

Eva March Tappan. author OF Our
Country's Story and England's story
has in preparation a volume Of "Ameri-
can Hero Stories" which viii be brought
out shortly by HOughtOn. 8Iiff1in &
Co. The a'lth3r takes uE tho
great figures Of our history. presenting
them IN chronological order in series OF
complete tales. The book VIII be Illus
trated with photographs. drawings and
portraits, many Of them reproductions Of
old prints and engr3vings-
A work on scarabs from the pen OF Mr..
Percy +. Newbe9Ty has been announced.
IT is mentioned as elaborate and as an
Introduction TO the whole study Of Egyp-
ian seals and signot rings.
Palmer Cox's Brownies" have been
CUrned to many curious uses. from serN-
ing as scaTfpins 30 decorating pieCrusIs
and now they are TO be employed 10 gid
the educational pill The Century Com
pany announces that IL has in press a
Brownie Primer" II is intended for
the very Ituest learners. and viii be is
sued late in the winter The Brownies
will be taken from Mr.. Cox 5 well known
books. but the next is 10 be entirely
new.
DR.. Kenogg's American Insects" and
President David Starr Jordans Guide
TO the Study Of Fishes" published here
by Henry Holt < Co. are 10 be
brought out in English editions by Arch
ibald, Constable & Co, of Lon
don: and George Bell & Sons. of Lon
don, have arranged with the Messrs.
Ho}: 10 bring Out there Philip Hale
'Dramat!sts of Today" Three English
playwrights, Stephen Phillips, Arthur
Pinero and G. Bernard Shaw are dis
cussed in Mr.. Halls volume.
Tudor jerks viii follow I'D his IN the
DAYS OF Milton in the Lives Of Great
Barnes & Co.. with a Volume entitled
IN the Days of Scott" which will be
brought out early in January.
The Ways of Our Railways" is the
title Of a volume dealing with railroad
lag as q science. yet written IN pOD-
iilar style and abundantly illustrated,
that has just been issued by Thomas
Whitaker. The author is Charles II.
/ Grinl!n@.
Edward a MaeDoweH. whose distress
ing nervous breakdown was but recent
Il llade public in the press. Is the sub
iect of the latest volume in the Living
Masters of Music series. published by
-ranhy = by Lawrence Gilman. Mr..
MacD0Well who is of Scottish descent.
was born In New York only forty-three
years ago. but has TO his credit 139
held the chair of professor Of music in
Columbia University
Professor Henry G Cary has in press
q volume on "The Cary Family in Ems
land" tracing back the ancestors Of tbs
original John Cary. OF SOmerseIshire
England. who founded the American
family iu. 1881 He Is said 20 have been
the first teacher OF Latin in Plymouth
colony
The Macmillan Company announces tEe
/ following new editions: The third OF
/ W 5. HaTwocd's book on the work Of
Luther Burbank, New Creations in
Plant Life the second of Mr.. +. V.
Lucas "A Wauderer in Holland;' the
second of Rational Living by DR..
Henry G. King. president of ObeTliu,
the third OF The Fair Maid OF Cray
stones" by Beulah Marie Dix and the
fourth o. Mr. Marion CraWford's new
novel. "Fair Margaret"
The Washington times., 1906-01-06

see what we can see so clearly from
beside the track-two train crews
who have either been bought of from
their trust with a little 'transporta-
tiOn" in the past, or are ready to run
at full speed onto the siding at Pub
lie Contempt for q little ''transpo-
tation" in the future.