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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-09-10
Brace In and Be Cheerful


Even if it partake Of a lese majestic
suggestion. this newspaper ventures TO say
that it shall be pleased If it find the
Presidents speeches pitched in a differ
ent key on his forthcoming Western and
Southern trip.
Everybody now knows where Mr.
Roosevelt stands. On all domestic prob
lens his position is perfectly clear He
has been hswing to the line. and the
whole country sees. Offending corpo-
rations have been started on the right
course. They know that the administra-
ton intends TO enforce the law and pun.
ish all public malefactOTs. knowing this,
why not assume. just for the sake of the
general veal. and in a spirit OF fair play.
that there is going to be no further eva
sions or violations Of the law, or tram
ping down OF the rights of the dear peo-
pie, by powerful interests2
Why not. if only in fancy, for the time
being. get together on the common ground
that this great and glorious country
OF ours Is all right-no longer headed for
the bow-wows. but sound and healthy
and uEiuenaeed from within or without?
Would not this really be a wholesome
frame of mind for all Of Us 70 get into,
after the tension and turmoil through
which we have passed? And would it
not rebound to the greater credit Of the
indomitable Theodore Roosevelt, who has
done it all?
There has been much seoldIng and NOR
alizing The country needed IT. no doubt
and it has done the country good Things
really are on a better basis than for q
long time before. People who had been
too busy making money 20 do any think
ing have been forced to think-forced to
see the difference between right and
wrong; forced TO deal honestly and
honorably with their fellow-mca. 4 few
Of them. fairly piloried as malefactors
Of wealth, almost excite our sympathy
to-day IN the humiliation now theirs.
A glorious era il has been, truly.
glorious in lofty aims, IN resolute eour-
age and in splendid results. The full
fruits Of it. we all know, are yet % be
reaped; but, while waiting the harvest.
is il not Wen, viii It not be helpful all
around, 70 brush our pessimism aside,
moralize little less. stop scolding al
together, and eheerfully assume that the
country is honest and is going 10 stay
honest? There Is patriotism in the
thought. L IS bound to do good. We
can the better solve remaining problems
by stopping TO catch our breath now and
then.
OF course the reformation will go on.
prosecutions win be pressed: but let Us
get our minds of former malefactors
and down-trodders, and greet the brighter
day now dawning. We glory IN wha;
has been done, and is now doing. but
let as not gloat We have had enough
OF economic sermons: we are beginning
70 feel surfeited with moral lessons.
Let US brace up and be opum.sts
Theodore Roosevelt can help, and helr
nightly, In this braeing up business. by
pitching his speeches in a more hopeful
key
The country needs it every hour.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-09-10
THE OPTIMIST.

To be an Optimist does not imply that
one is able to see good in everything or
every condition; therefore. when an OPP
timist comes to discuss such subject as
Jealousy, while he need not lapse into
pessimism, yet he may be permitted 10
rail For of all the curses that have been
implanted in the human breast, the
curse OF Jealousy is the most damnatory.
the most subversive Of affection and
human kindness.
Il is jealousy peculiar nature
To swell small things TO great: nay. cut Of naught
To coDjure MUCH AID then TO lose its reason
Amid the hide0us phdBtoms it has formed
La Rochefoucald declares that zeal
ousy is always born with love, but does
not always die with il. and in his same
essay on Moral Maxims" he tells us
that it lives upon doubt and is one OF
the greatest makers OF misery the world
has known
The worlds greatest picture Of jealousy
carried out TO its logical and hateful con
clusion is Othello. Well did Iago know
how the poison works when. watching his
general he cried:
WAC dotes set doubts; suspects, yet fondly loves.
And yet the poets have told us often as
owen Meredith did. that
No true love there can be without
It's dread penalU-ieaousyi
There is, perhaps. no sentiment Of which
the human mind is capable that has
caused so much misery as jealousy. It
has been the cause Of more crimes, Of
more misery. more broken hearts than
any other wicked thing in the world.
B For
through the heart
Should jealousy its venom once diFuse,
lis then delightful misery no more,
But agony unmixed incsssant gall
CoT1diug eyery thought and blasting al
Loves paradise
The Jealousy OF which the poets have
writ most is jealousy in It's most obvious
form. jealousy Of man about maid;
but there is. unfortunately, another sort
OF jealousy. as mean and equally as hate
I fluff not so passionate-as this. It IS the
/ Jealousy Of envy, which, seeing another S
! success. sneers at il ard makes light OF
Il or even speaks III of it. That is the
| sort of jealousy Of which there Is too
/ much IN the world.
which turns pale
And sickens. even Il a friend prevail
Which merit and sIccVs5 pUrsgcs with hate.
And damns the worth il cannot initiate.
/ Such feelings as this are -eminently
the fault Of pessimisn, the outgrowth OF
a disposition soured on the world and
despairiHg Of success. The jealousy OF
| another mans success in life is usually
/ inspired by the belief that such success
/ is not earned. but is the result OF chance
and of the thought that others could do
/ as well had they the opportunity.
/ Optimism is a great safeguard here, for
? optimism is gentle, tender, and full OF
/ loving kindness. Il thinks the best. not
/ the worst; il teaches us 20 judge not lest
/ we be judged and, above all It helps US
/ 10 see that success IS success. whether II
Z be our own or another's, and that all real
success IS helping this weary old world
4 upon its way.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-09-10
LONDON's sORDID POVERTY.
UnfatterinE Picture OF Civilization
I'm worlds Greatest City.


Vance Thompson. in Outing Magazine.
There are figures. grimly eloquent. There
is standing army, as the phrase goes.
Of 700 unemployed; add, stlI 3000o wom-
en- very badly employed indeed and &c.,
900 homeless adults, ard 5000 wandering
children OF the slums, and 15.0oo free Grim
inals, and you have before YOU a statisti-
cal summary OF the situation In the
greatest city in Christendom. Interesting,
IS it not? And. with those who do not
walk the streets o. night things are only
a degree better. II IS a fact that 80 per
cent Of the producers Of the actual wealth
Of London have no homes they can call
their own beyond the weeks end. and no
other possessions than the few sticks Of
old furniture that viii 60 into a haudcart
for trundlng from lodging to lodging.
And 100000 people live IN one-room tene-
ments, in which decency IS impossible
Every night 10000 Londoners sleep in +
penny lodging bouses-the +penny "doss'-
and every night L, 900 sleep in the casualty
wards. Where should they sleep, these
secondary millions? In London there are
!, 292, 73T workers who get less than s. a
week per family! The week I write Of
there were $3.50 persons IN warehouses.
hospitals, and prisons Of the great town
Nine-tenths Of mans felicity depends
upon being well born; in London bit
more than nine-tenths. In the upper
classes IS per cent Of the children die
before reaching the age Of five years. but
in the lower classes-say Of St Georges
in-the-East-the average death rate is
twenty-nlne years Of age. So, by the
nero fact Of being born out of the nobil-
ity and gentry, the Londoner is stripped
Of twenty-seven years Of the life that
might have been his Oh. of other things.
too, he is shorn. His short life is bare Of
comfort or delight
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-09-10

Ing Of nationality. It marks tbs differ
ence between success and failure in our
Federal experiment.
Mr.. Taylor regards Pelatiah Webster as
perhaps the most eminent of our con-
structive statesmen-the ''mightiest Of the
Websters." to quote his own eulogy; his
grandeur is equaled only by the neglect
Of his ellow-countrymen." This is high
praise, but Mt Taylor thinks il due the
fame of man who contributed so funda-
mental an idea TO the building Of our
constitutional fabric.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-09-10
An Anomaly In Etiauette-

From the New York Tribune.
Marcus Aurelius held that no man
should ever be so busy as TO have no
leisure. Yet here is the telephone com
pany in Philadelphia requesting that in
order to save time subscribers will not
say please 10 opera tors in calling for
numbers, and decree.ng that operators
shall never use that unnecessary word
There are some places in which such
sacrifice of courtesy 70 curtness would
not be surprising. But we did not ex-
pect it IN the City Of Dignified Delibera-
ton.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-09-10

Scientists have discovered evidence 70
show that work similar to that Of the
famous Slmplon tunnel. but on a smaller
scale. was executed some twenty-four
centuries ago. Owing 70 the bad state
OF the water supply Of Jerusalem. the king
ordered a reservoir 10 be made at the
gates OF the city to which water was to
be brought from various springs The
Shiloh tunnel, by means Of which the
water was 10 be conveyed from a source
to the east OF Jerusalem and poured into
the pool Of Sloan, was 1850 feet long,
and IN q straight line. Il has been
learned that work was begun at both ends
OF the tunnel and the direction was al
tered q number Of times. The floor Of this
ancient tunnel was finished with great
care The width varied from one 20 three
feet. and the height from three 20 nine
feet. Scientists are engaged IN specula-
ton as 20 how the ancient engineers
gagged their direction SO as TO be able
to reckon and correct errors in align
ment.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-09-10

Mrs Annie BeSant. the eminent theoso-
phist, newly elected president Of the Theo-
sophical Society. win arrive in this coun-
try Tuesday. She comes 10 attend the
annual convention Of the American sec
ton Of the society, which will be held
in Chicago. beginning next Sunday. Mrs.
Besant viii remain IN this country
through the month, delivering lectures in
Boston, Philadelphia, and New York. Mrs
Besant is a sister of Sir Walter Besant,
the author. and was a devoted friend and
pupil OF Nine. Blavatsky. She was edu-
Gated privately in England, Germany, and
France, was co-editor with Charles Brad
laugh, NJ P, of the National ReformeT,
and a member Of the Fabian Society and
the Social Democratic Federation; with
Herbert Burrows led the great match
strike to a successful conclusion: aided
the defense OF public meeting In London;
was a member OF the London school
board, She founded the Central Hindu
College at Benares. and the Central Hindu
Girls School, Benares. and Is the author
or editor Of many publications, pamphlets,
and tracts on theosophy and kindred sub
jects. Mrs. Besant joined the Theosophl-
cal Society in 1889. and has Travelled 10 all
parts Of the globe In It's service. Her
home is Adyar, India
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-09-10
ncnntr Rehind the con.

From the Louisville CourorJouFnal.
A miserable pessimist says that no
young woman seems beautiful after you
have seen her eating corn on the cob
AS a matter of fact. there is no more
appetizing combination than the face of
a fair young creature In juxtapositon to
a well-buttered ros'n ear, Happiness
produces the highest type OF beauty.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-09-10
Judge Parker,s vIndication.

From the Macon Telegraph.
Wonder If the President has ever stop
ped to rscoIect that certain malefactors
Of great wealth" were his chief and most
potent supporters In the last national
election, and that poor Judge Parker was
rudely thrust into the Ananias club be-
cause he dared to hint at the truth?
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-09-10
A LITTLE NONSENSE.


With meat at eighty cents an inch,
or eighty-five.
1t is not really such cinch
To keep alive.
What goeth up must downward come
Claim clever men.
They could relieve our feelings some
BY saying when.
With prices soaring TO the skies,
As Is the trend,
A man needs more than mortal eyes
To see the end.
What goeth up must tumble down,
So wise folk say.
Oh, kindly fates, speed to our town
That welcome day.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-09-10

From the Philadelphia Record.
Japan is thoroughly Westernlzed. It in
sists on the right Of its people to so TO
any country. but excludes Chinese coolies
from It's own domains. Il is astonishing
how promptly the empire of the rising
sun adopts every occidental fashion.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-09-10
The PIow Maker.

The foremost plow maker in the world
Is James Oliver. who recently passed his
eighty-fourth birthday though he is too
weak and III TO celebrate IT, He lives at
South Bend. Ind. where the famous plow
works are established From that fac
tory Oliver chuled-steel plows have gone
10 every civilized country IN the world,
and probably no one manufacturing In
dustry has done so much for the cause
Of agriculture everywhere.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-09-10
A Pointed Innufrr-

From the Boston Herald
Mr. Teft's adverse judgment on the
referendum feature OF the Oklahoma
constitution gives Mr.. Bryan fair Op-
portunity TO inquire whether. when he
reaches the Pacific Coast and speaks IN
Oregon, where, under Republican admin
istration, the referendum has been adopt
ed, he Will take the same position.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-09-10
step Up, Gents!

Il started in life" said the eminent
nnancier. with three walnut shells and
q small pea. Business was good from the
first but the field was limited know. how
ever that Nas operating on correct
principles. so / fought Il out along those
lines, and l may say that I sull adhere
10 them"
And now?"
Just now, am operating with three
railroads and "a bond issue
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-09-10
Remarkable Contrast.

Frova the Charleston News and Courier.
Was ever such contrast presented as
that Of the urbanely conservative Mr..
Hearst at jamestown. and the obstreper-
ously inconoclastio Mr.. Roosevelt at
provfncetown
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-09-10
Luck.

"Ah. my darling" cried Mr. Younghus-
band as his beautiful wife met him at
the door. "how radiant YOU look"
I'm so happy, dear she replied
Something has happened to-day that
makes me-
"Oh. has your rich old uncle died at
last and left bis fortune 20 you2"
40. The cook feIl down stairs and
broke her leg Now there viii be no
danger Of her leaving US for a week or
two, az least"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-09-10
encouragement.

I'm afraid" said the soubrette, that.
III not be able TO appear tonight
have 2 sore throat
Don't let that worry You, dear" re-
Piled the prima donna. Nothing could
happen 70 your throat that wouldn't help
your SINGING"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-09-10

From the New York Tribune
Public Office is a good place TO study
human nature. and Gov. Hughes contrib
utes to the world, doubtless from his ex-
perience, a really valuable definition Of
the word friend" a friend is 8 man
who viii not ask you to do what he
thinks you ought not to do.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-09-10
Andrew Jaclson's Choice.

From the 81. Louis Republic.
The only American President who ever
openly and successfully dictated the
choice Of his successor was Andrew
Jackson and, although Martin Van Bur
en- had never been colonial governor
general. Andrew Jackson lived to be sorry
for it
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-09-10

Col. John Temple Graves is decidedly
discouraged over the Democratic outlook
This is too bad If the colonel is going TO
turn pessimist, the whole outfit may as
well shut up shop and quit.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-09-10
Forestry in Korea.

Japan has formulated a we'll defined
plan for the preservation Of the highly
valuable timber lands Of Korea. She pro-
poses TO establish within the next five or
six years nine model forests In the vi
csnity OF Seoul. Pingyang. and Taiku.
For this purpose the sum of 10000 has
been put aside. one-half Of it furnished
by the Korean government. Private en-
terprise for the development OF forest
areas will be encouraged and a Korean
school Of agriculture and forestry, to fur
nish tho necessary trained experts for the
management Of these national forests, has
already been established.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-09-10

He htched his wagon 20 q star
And for a while life seemed but play;
She recently divorced him, though,
And he IS back az work to-day!
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-09-10

while our fleet is in the PacHac- Beyond
the fare-up Of Capt. Hobson and few
newspaper fits, we do not think any
thing especial would happen.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-09-10

It appears that the Teddy bears are not
popular IN Germany. and this leads the
Cincinnati Times-Star 20 think some one
over there ought - invent q William
bear. Why not be original and make Il 4
William guat2
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-09-10
simple Enough.

'They say that poetry IS very difficult
10 define"
Nonsense. Poetry is what the maya
zines use TO fiji in between prose articles"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-09-10
4 soeinbIe Rrute.

The oyster liketh 20 be thrown
With friends a few.
So do not put one all alone
Into q stew.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-09-10

From the Chicago Record-Herald
We are not superstitious. but If We
were travelling IN Europe we would con-
slider It unlreky to ride on a train with
q Russian grand duke.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-09-10

Noah Webster was benefactor to
the human race"
but a poor business man." declared
Mr.. Gotrox. If / had known him, we'd
now be drawing royalties on all them
words
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-09-10
Making Bread Quickly.

Speaking OF the feat OF bread-making
reported in this column recently. Mr.. Nc
Pherson Reynolds says; Mr.. ] H
Lawton. twenty-five years ago. kept a
mill on Moss Creek. at Carroliton. No.
and close by vas his home, on the banks
Of the mill pond. Il was he who started
his mill. harvested the wheat. and ground
the -four while HIS wife got everything
ready IN the kitchen and made the bread.
which she served 10 the guests within
eight minutes from the time the sickle
touched the grain This feat Of harvest
ing milling, and hread-making. and his
free excursions IN his steam launch IN
The back waters 81 his mill pond. made
Mr. L2wton a much-tslked OF individual.
locally. in those days"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-09-10
Dogs with Fortunes.

Lady McKenna. widow OF Sir Joseph
McKenna. left the bulk Of her fortune OF
$4,000 20 societies for the care Of horses
and dogs For "Rorey' and "Rufies"
her two dogs. she left annuities Of SOC
each for their maintenance. To make
certain that her horses should never know
a mistress less kind and thoughtful than
herself. she directed that they be killed.
To the Metropolitan Drinking Fountain
and Cattle Trough Association she left
s. 500 and the residue Of her estate she
bequeatbed 20 the Royal Society for the
Prevention OF Cruelty to Animals.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-09-10
Her weak Point.

Mrs. .Fonansbee tells me thar she IS
studying Chaucer," said Mrs, Oldcastle.
"Indeed?" replied her host1 S. she al
ways was crazy over fancy work"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-09-10

How the State Of Georgia manages to
hold Tom Watson Hoke Smith. and
Clark Howell within its borders all at
one time IS 2 mystery" says the Jackson
MISS News 1t is not the general i'm
preston that Clark is refusing to stand
hitched, is il?
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-09-10
GInNsinr II Over.

"They say now that Fish didn't strike
iIarahan"
"Didn't?"
NO. just soaked him in friendly man
ner."
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-09-10
More Judicial Usurpation.

From the Detroit Free Press.
A Kansas judge gave a baseball player
thirty days for whipping the umpire.
Are mono Of our ancient prerogatives TO
be held sacred7
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-09-10

The Louisville Courier-Journal rises 10
a point Of order and declares that Judge
Parker is as much q Presidential proba-
bility now as he ever was in his life
Point OF order well taken and is sus-
tanned
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-09-10
All Been Used.

Us your exposition scheme of7"
Yep"
"Why?"
I've couldn't think Of no new name
for a midway"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-09-10

Peary VIII not make z dash for the pole
this year. The pole. however. is patient
and long-sunering; doubtless it viii stay
right there waiting for a more suspicious
time.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-09-10

Any baseball team that seeks TO usurp
Washington's place at the bottom Of the
list viii be sat down upon promptly and
squelched. Under the law. Washington
has obtained a prescriptive title to that
locality.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-09-10

It isn't probable that We shall have
any trouble on the Atlantic Coast with
the battle ships away. provided some
butteT-in doesn't stir up Castro.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-09-10

Chief Pleasant Porter Is dead; but you
may still see any number Of pleasant por-
ters, provided yo1 SIRE willing 20 put up
the necessary tip
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-09-10

If there is any dependence to be put
in newspaper cuts, Artist Earle isn't
likely to be called upon 90 fight anybody
in particular for the possession and re-
tenton of that affinity"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-09-10

Or. Woods Hutchinson detects poison
in beans Up, patriots" says the Boston
Transcript. Doubtless our digniAed old
contemporary meant TO say Eat EN- up
patriots,"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-09-10

And now comes the Birmingham News
and solemnly remarks: According TO a
recent law enacted. an EngIlshman can
marry his widows sister" This Is grim
humor, II il IS unconscious!
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-09-10

Alum Nirreddln ADDE'S Abzdeddlz Is Wis
iting the United states. That's pretty
hard on the amateur telegraph operators
now trying TO make good while the
strikers are out.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-09-10

The New York World wonders what
would happen should Japan send a fleet
Of swift cruisers through the Suez Canal
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-09-10

It is extremely doubtful that Mr..
Stuyvesant Fish could be successfully. in
itiated into the Analias Club by the
REGULAR team
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-09-10

Grand Old Texas" where no gentle
man would take a drink ten years ago
without first putting sneezeweed and Ia
basco sauce in it, now prohibits the
drinking OF spiked lemonade or milk
punch on railroad trainsI
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-09-10

''The South is hopeless" says the
Waterbury American. Weli. az least Ger
tain sections of IL seem determined 10 be
HOPELESS.