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The Washington times., 1907-04-13
Law for DefacerS.

Congratulations 20 the authorities or
Washington who seem determined 70
stop the dishguring process as pfaGllC,u
by tourists and others upon the w asll-
ington Monument We note thaJ lew
DAYS ago a man caught scratching ne
worthless name on. this great shdlt
was hned 800 by an unfeellng court, du3
il Is to be presumed that ne feBaioeu
the honor Of having his autograph on
the Monument az rather toe costly 10 oe
INDUCED in IN other places IHe pee
that ne did not know that It was aSaIllsI
the laws was not accepted, happily, anu
thus a vigorous lesson IS given 70 olIeI
gentlemen Of like tendencies VINO my
visit the National Capital.
So speaks the esteemed Boston
journal. From the tenor of its OBJ
servations on the general subject 1t
had in hand, we think-had 1t been
published elsewhere than at the
Hub-it would have stopped with
saying:
"The only way to educate the idi-
essc part of the public up TO sense
Of the proprieties is to swat it and
swat it hard"
The Washington times., 1907-04-13
DiseipIining a Humorist.

Hugh PendeXter. author OF that book
Of droll and unique humoT. "Tiberius
Smith, which was published this month
by the Harpers. finds that the way Of
the humorous trausgressor IS sometimes
hard
On the publication Of his book. he a.
once sent "a copy 70 a dear old lady in his
native state, Maine who has known him
since he was q child. and has always
felt an interest in his welfare.
But alas. the dear Old lady takes
humor ali too literally. She read PEN
dexter delightful account Of discover
ing the town In Vermont whose in
ha5itants didn't know that the civil war
was over, and this part OF the book
especially Jared her, Whereupon she
wrote 90 him.
THAT part OF your book IS a lie from
beginning to end, and so i fear JhaL
other parts must be also. Hugh, l am
disappointed ia YOU ] asked Iaiher 70
read about that town, too, and he agrees
with me that il isn't so. 1 hadn ever
expected YOU 10 write anything mat
isn't true. Why, there never was any
such a town as that or any such people,
and you can't make me believe there
was
Peudexter is vainly trying now TO Win
back his old friend s respect
The Washington times., 1907-04-13
Another Method.

Friends of dumb animals every
where will be glad to learn that the
United States is to take a hand in
the charges Of cruelty to cattle
made against the New York Cen
trail. These charges failed in the
State court the other day, but hap
PLY that does not end them, for
there is national law on the sub
ject.
In pursuance of its provisions,
Assistant District Attorney Garland
has filed a declaration in the United
States district court, sitting in Bos-
ton, beginning suit for $4,000 against
the road for alleged violations Of
the statute which provides that cat
tie in transportation from State to
State shall be fed, watered, and
given a chance to rest every twenty
eight hours.
The bill alleges that cattle shipped
biz the New York Central over the
Boston and Albany from Albany to
Boston on January p and February
Il were kept penned up in box cars
without food or water for forty
two and foEty-three hours. If the
allegations can be proven it win
cost the railroad a neat sum in
fines. and few viii mourn TO see it
made TO pay.
The Washington times., 1907-04-13
Out of the Dark.

An extraordinary appeal is that
made for her fellow blind men by
Helen Keller in Putnam's Magazine.
Not for its pnthos alone should it be
read-though no one recalls the
writer's own struggle against the
unintermittent shadow of her life
can follow her argument without
being deeply moved. 1t should be
read also for the intelligence it re
veals, the clarity of its thought, and
the Justice of It's cause.
s'The new movement for the
blind" she says, referring to the eff
fort to give them productive en-
plovment. rests on foundation Of
common sense. We do not
believe that the blind should be seq
regated from the seeing.
Each community should take care of
its own blind, provide employment
for them. and enable them to work
side by side with the seeing"
Prerequisite to such employment
the blind must be specially taught.
That teaching should be calculated
to give them as nearly as possible
the same view (there is a melan-
eholy significance in that figure of
speech), the same purposes, the
same equipment as their richer fell
lows Then there should prevail
among us who can see neither con-
deseension 70 those who cannot nor
an expectation of surprising attain
ments. Miss Keller makes this lat
ter need plain when she says:
We do not expect to find ameng the
blind a disproportionate number Of ge-
muses.. Education does not develop in
them remarkable talent. Like the see
irg man, the blind man may be a phi
The Washington times., 1907-04-13
WaIt Whitman and Astronomy.

The keynote Of The Friendly stars a
nature-study Of the heavens. by Martha
Evans Martin. which the Harpers have
just published, IS the setting forth OF
the fact that an intelligent and delight
fui acquaintance with the stars may be
acquired without any technical knowl-
edge of astronomy. And the author
quotes apprcciauveiy, before beginning
tire text of the book, the following lines
by Walt Whitman;
when I heard the learned astronomer,
When the proofs the figures were
ranged ia. columns before me-
When I was shown the charts and dia-
grams. to add. diYide. and measure
them.
When ]. sitting. heard the astronomer
when he lectured with much ap-
plause iu the lecture room.
How soon uuaccountably ] became tired
and sick
TIL rising and gliding out. / wandered
of by myself,
In the mystical. misty night air, and
from time 20 time.
Looked up In perfect silence at the
stars"
The Washington times., 1907-04-13
The Bicentenary Of Fielding.

April . of this year is an important
day from a literary standpoint for II
marks the bicentenary of the birth OF
the novelist Henry Fielding.
Everyone knows of Tom Jones. but
Few know much Of the man who wrote
that immortal book. This Is the strang-
or too. from the fact that Fielding s
high rank has from the nrst been Hc-
kn0wledged. Sir Walter Scott did not
hesitate 70 term him "the Father 1i the
FugIish Novel" and ThaCkeray wrote
Of him with sympathetic appreciation.
He wrote poetry and plays and
sketches Of travel, but his greatest work
was with his Tom Jones. Joseph
Andrews" jonathan Wild and sim
liar work.
Few English writer's enjoy dis
tinction such as his-that Of unbroken
popularity for more than a century ana
a haIf-and this makes the putting
forth. by the Harpers, of complete
and definite edition Of his writings a
matter of t!meliuess and importance.
1t is also interesting that, ike other
famous English authors, including both
Thomas Hardy and II. q. Wells. OF the
present day, Fielding was justice Of
the peace, and served in that capacity
with dignity and honor.
The Washington times., 1907-04-13
High Praise From EngIand.

II would scarcely be expected that
Bishop Talbot's "reminiscences would be
well received in England. for the frank
ness Of phrase, the Unconventionality,
the constant absence of formality and
stiffness. the picturing of church serv-
ices even in dance halls and saloons
ala this would be expected to jar the
susceptibil3ties of the English For
BishOp Talbot IS 4 Protestant Episcopal
bishop. He is now the bishop of Central
Pennsylvania, bat was for years the
Cowboy Bishop" Of Wyoming and
Idaho. and il is his Western experience
that his book. my People of the Plains, -
treats
Now--and here is the surprising part
Of it-it seems that the English like
=; The e0 ebtlstian World. Of London. FOR
The Washington times., 1907-04-13
.BIEBER AND HOLMES
LEAVE FOR CHICAGO

Sidney Bieber. local treasurer o. the
Republican Congressional campaign com
m.ttee, and Or. John A Holmes, TFivate
secretary to the Postmaster Ganeral.
left Washington this afternoon 10 go
to Chicago, where they VIII attend the
inaugural ceremonies of Mayor b sse,
ChicagOs new head
Mr.. Busse IS an old friend Of Mr..
Rieber and Mr. Holmes, and they 60 10
the Windy City as specially INVITED
guests TO see The ceremonies. They viii
return next "Wednesday.
The Washington times., 1907-04-13
Should Authors Travel?

Whether or not authors ought 20
travel-that is. in search of local color
is one Of the subjects for perennial
discussion in the periodicals.
After ALL though. it is a problem
which no two authors can solve in pre-
cisely the same way.
Mrs Mary e. wilkins Freeman does
not need TO travel for she is absolute
mistress of her local color" which she
has absorbed by her life in New Eng
land ana New Jersey. Mrs. Gertrude
Athertou does not hesitate to travel
hundreds or thousands Of miles TO find,
al the end Of her journey, material for
some scene in a book. JustuS Miles
Forman will travel ali over the world,
end visit the most out-Of-the-way re-
giOns-and then, more likely than rot
will come back and write about New
Work.
The Washington times., 1907-04-13
The ThaW Case.

In view of the outcome of the
Thaw trial, 1t seems impossible that
any agreement viii ever be secured
in that case. The jury divided al
most equally between the extremes
first degree murder and acquittal.
There was no serious chance at any
time of agreement on compromise
verdict.
In another trial the defendants
chances will probably be better, for
it is undeniable that public senti-
ment has run sharply in favor Of the
defendant, and that fact could hard
" be prevented from influencing the
course of a second hearing.
District Attorney Jerome, Of
course, win not permit the prosecu-
ton to flag. he viii try the case
again as soon as possible, as he
ought. The learned district attor-
ney has added immensely to his re-
pute as a lawyer. for he unquestion-
ably beat Delmas at that great eX-
pert's own game, and in winning a
majority of the jury TO the demand
for conviction in the highest degree
Of the crime proved a distinguished
ability which makes his one-time ad-
mirers wish he might have en-
ployed more of his talents in the
other activities of his great office,
and permitted some of his very
capable assistants TO dosome Of the
spectacular criminal business.
The Washington times., 1907-04-13
A Trade Asset Realized.

Dear Sir:
We want to know If you are receiving
our shipments promptly; If not we
want to try to remedy the trouble.
Please I'LL cut the blanks below and
mail this card back. Yours truly,
In this form have the members of
the Jobbers and Shippers Assoeia-
tion undertaken to keep track of
the new traffic arrangements eff
fected by their committee. A sam
pie answer, received a day or so ago,
viii have dollars and cents interest
for every local business man. 1t
comes from a station on the South
ern which has heretofore found it
hard to get goods promptly from
Washington, and has generally gone
elsewhere. Today's situation is de-
fined in the following:
Goods shipped April 8, 1907. Were re-
ceivcd April 10. 1907.
Quicker than we ever got them be-
fore. Had goods shipped from AleNan-
dria at same time and haven't got them
yet
A year ago Alexandria would have
had the advantage by two or three
days, as Baltimore had the same adj
vantage on shipments to stations on
The Washington times., 1907-04-13
Where's the Issue?


That was a characteristic Allison
comment made by the senior Sena-
tor from Iowa upon the debate
which Senator Beveridge and Mr..
Bryan are waging through the col
umns of the Reader Magazine More
over, it gagged to cautious nicely
the existing confusion of partisan
politics. The interesting question
in this debate" observed the Sena-
tor, sis whether they viii be able
to make two whole platforms be
tween them" 1t was to the debate
alone that he referred, yet the re-
mark might be fitted TO the present
posture of things political.
Mr.. Beveridge has written himself
down as an advocate of radical eX-
tension of the Federal power He
calls this creed nationality" and
would amplify the policy by such
| legislation as his anti-child labor
bill, and by rendering it impossible
for a few people, as at San Fran
cisco. to menace the whole country
by offending with obnoxious local
laws a foreign power with whom we
are at peace. Mr.. Bryan wants Fed
eral laws to supplement State laws,
and probably his greatest supple
ment would be Government owner
ship Of railroads.
The always novel John Temple
Graves, by suggesting that Mr.. Bry-
an himself nominate Theodore
Roosevelt for the Presidency on the
Democratic ticket, has really made a
proposal that Mr.. Bryan come out
tiat-footed for the radical centrah-
zation which he has criticised on
/ the part of Mr.. Roosevelt. It would
be difficult to imagine a more GER
tain method of increasing the pow
ers Of the Federal Government than
/ to keep Mr.. Roosevelt in the White
House for another four years after
/ 1908. We confess to a feeling that
Mr.. Bryan viii hold fast to his in
dorsement of the dual form Of gov
ernment. But the idea brings up
the same question that puzzles SEN
ator Allison.
The President already has indi-
Gated the ante-convention issue in
the Republican party. 1t is the
nomination of man of his type
who viii carry on his policies. The
Democrats claim that the Presi-
dents policies are mostly their poll
cies. Since these policies are re
garded with popular favor as never
before, it is fair to assume that they
viii be placed in the Democratic
platform for 1905. At this distance
from the quadriennial fray. it would
seem that the party platforms viii
make a delightful and harmonious
blend. How, from the same piece
of political thought, can be evolved
the clashing partisan slogans Sc
necessary TO Presidential campaigns
lis a problem for the spellbinders.
The Washington times., 1907-04-13
Offers
Reward of $1,000
For Boys Return

WILMINGTON. Del. April 1s.-The
first message that has been received by
the Wilmington police regarding the dis
appearance Of Horace n. Marvin, jr-. the
-year-old boy who was kidnapped
from the home of his father at Kits
Hammock. Monday, March 4, was re-
ceived today. The message came from
William Spencer. 2149 Germantown ave-
nue.. Philadelphia, and contains an offer
OF $1,000 for the return of the boy
In making this offer Mr.. Spencer states
that the persons delivering the boy tc
him viii take no risk Of arrest and that
he viii arrange in a me- nner whereby
escape from detection ia any way viii
be certains
The Washington times., 1907-04-13
Shakespeare at Lastl

Although the series of biographies
kusNn as the English Men Of Letters
includes about sixty hooks, it has not
up to the present time contained life
of Shakespeare. This omission is at
last TO be repaired by the publice ton
This month of a biography BY Prof Wal
ter Raleigh. Of oxford University.
Aside from the sentimental interest OF
this conjunction of IAmes. there IS gen
eraI agreement among critics that Prof.
Raleigh is one Of the two scholars best
fitted for this important task-the other
being, of course, Sidney Lee, whose
more elaborate life of Shakespeare is
the most scholarly Of all Shakespeare
biographies.
The Washington times., 1907-04-13
Unwilling Spelling Reform.

While owen Wister has been heaping
rldicule on the wei meaning reform
crs Of our English spelling. ne has him
self enriched the language by the in
PRODUCTION of a new verb Readers Of
his little skit. How Doth the Simple
Spelling Bee have learned with glee
that the sponsor and finanCier Of the
slmplihed spelling was the head Of the
great chewing sum trust, known Tor
reasons Of eupheTuv as the ChiCkIe trust
The reason fer the new word is clearly
explained by Mr.. kibosh- 1t did not
seem fitting, Miss Appleby. az did not
seem diguihed. that Wall Street should
handy back and forth such an express
sion as-ahem-c chewing gum common
To the eve, such an expression printed
IN the financial columns would seem
WOuld-in short. hence ChiChle. Miss
ApDIeby. noun and verb. Never anything
else at ArkansOpOlis.
The Washington times., 1907-04-13
COLLEGE WOMEN
At BIG BANQUET

A banquet VIII be given this even
ing at Rauschers. when betweens
200 and 500 college women viii dine To-
gether. They viii be alumnae and for
mer students Of colleges of liberal arts
An such are invited. A reception vii
be held at $50 and the banquet viii be
gin at O'Clock. The objects are good
fellowship and the promotion Of q bette
acquaintance among the college womeA
OF washington. An attractive toast il
is being prepared. the committee an
nouncing thus far the following speal
ers: Miss Alice Fletcher. anthr0pOl,
gist, holder Of a fellowship at Harvard
Miss Harriet Stratton Ellis. B. A, dea
OF women, George Washington UniyeT
sity; Miss Grace Lincoln Temple
graduate School OF Design, Boston MuI
scum of Fine Arts: Miss Frances O.
Davenport. \. N. Radcliffe College. Pm.
D., University of Chicago, fellow OK
Association Of Collegiate Alumnae.
Mrs. Z. ". SidWen is chairman Of the
toast committee. The committee in
charge is as follows.
George Washington University, Miss
Emma Harper Turner, chairman; Miss
Harriet StrattOu Ellie. dean OF women;
Miss Annie L. Pierce; Bryn Mawr Col
lege, Miss Edith TOtten. Cornell Uni
Versity, Mrs. Kari 4. kellermani Unl-
versity of Chicago and University OF
Wisconsin, Mrs. Charles +. Weller; Mt
Holyoke College, Mrs. Julia 7. Bod6sh.
president Mt. Holyoke College Club
Mrs. Frank G.. wilkins; University OF
Michigan, Miss Katherine Reed, Miss
Mary Plant. Mrs. Marcus Baker.
Smith College-Afrs. J.. White Busbey,
president Smith College Club: Miss
Barbara Kaufman, Miss Jessie Bar
clay, Mrs Robert T. Hin. Swarthmore
Co1lege-Mrs. 7. JanneY Brown and Mrs.
GuiOM Miller. Wellesley College-Airs.
w. Z. Stafford, president Wellesley Club ;
Miss Isabella Campbell. Woman's Col
lege OF RaItimOre-AIiss Edna Stone.
president WOman's College Club; Miss
fdary owen Dean. NRssar College
ears. z: ~. Si9Msll asla lAiisz 4s.grtss
The Washington times., 1907-04-13
Presidents Address
To the War Veterans
At Monument UnpeiLirg

In a blue mist that hung low over the
hills Of the Old Dominion, making mar
bic or granite shafts erected in loving
memory stand out like gray sentinels
over the heroic dead, President Roose-
welt yesterday afternoon addressed a
large eoncCurse Of Rough Riders and
other Spanish war veterans and their
friends III defeating a monument erect
ed TO the members Of the First Folun-
teer Cavalry, Of which the President
was colonel.
Alone, and above all others In the new
section of Arlington Cemetery stands
the shaft erected by the Rough Riders
National Monument Association, Of
which Mrs Allyn C. Capron. widow Of
Captain CapTon. the commander of L
troop who fell In the first engagement
at Las Guisimas. is president.
As II was mostly through the eH0f Is
Of Mrs. CaprCn that the enterprise. AFTER
the work Of several years, became a
success. f. was 10y her hands that the
work was unveiled and the great Amer
lean flag was lifted from its position OF
drapinR and given to the breeze to un-
furl itself above the stone.
Attendance Greatly Limited.
Although the attendance was greatly
I
or. the ceremonies were Witnessed by
a thousand or more persons beside the
military organizations detailed 10 par
ticipate.
Even a slight dTizzle Of rain, which
preceded the opening Of the ceremonies
+ did not seem TO dampen the interest in
+ The patriotic spirited assemblage-
[ ON the platform with the President
were q score OF heroes Of the Guaslmas
victory. his superior officers. ana Of
/ fceraf and I.rivates of his command. IN
+ tently they listened so the WORDS, OF
uraise from the President. who. as lieu
i tenant colonel, helped 70 lead them
/ through the cactus at Guasimas- and
vgbo a week later. as colonel. led thCH
! 10 the cave well on san Juan h'll-
Chaplain Browns Invocation
( First these men heard the invocation
+ pronounced by their old chaplain, Chap
/ lain n A. Brown. now at Fort Myer
even as they heard him invoke Divin'
aid from, heaven on their entering int
battle; then they saw the flag unfurle'
and the monument uncovered BY tn
widow OF their comrads in arms VIII
feU beside them. and who one presen
had assisted in carrying of the held
. Then came the grafton By Rev u
STAFFORD D. D., rector Of St Patrick
Catholic Church, whose eloquence an'
high tribute 10 the men VINO hao ooh
no erraarest thing possible Of man
sacrificed their lives for their country
caused the eyes of many 10 be dimmed
Lieutenant General Young Present.
? close on the Presidents left, as h
smoke. sat Lieut.. Gen. s. NJ. 3. Houng
Il s. A. retired. who was the brigad
commander that led the two regiment
down into the valley Of the Guasimas-
the First Volunteer Cavalry and tn
Tenth Cavalry. L. S. A, the colore'
I regiment. Next TO the retired mead @
men 81 the Rough Riders, many o
whom came long distances for the &C
Among them, 10 whom the PresideH
The Washington times., 1907-04-13

Iosopher. a mathematician, a linguist. a
seer, a poet, a prophet. But. believe
me, If the light of genius burns within
him. il will burn despite his infirmity,
and not because OF Il. The lack OF one
sense-or two-never helped human
being.
But the thought that lives with
the reader longest has its rise in the
old, old sense of affection, which is
deepened rather than liShtened as
the sightless one grows in under
standing and culture. Read this:
l appeal to you. give the blind man
the assistance that shah secure Tor MIN
complete or partial independence. He Is
blind and faiteTs. Therefore, go little
more than half way to meet him. Re
member however brave and seif-rellsslt
he Is. he viii always need guiding
hand in his.
How strangely this young woman
Of our own time echoes that cry Of
eighteen centuries ago:
And behold. two Blind men sitting by
the wayside, when they heard that
Jesus passed by. cried out, saying, Have
mercy on US, o Lord, thou son of David.
And the multitude rebuked them, be
cause they should hold their peace but
they cried the more, saying, HaVe
mercy on us. o Lord. thou son OF David
Mr. Henry II. Rogers. I'm his capacity
as a fve-miflion- dollar conspiratOr,
will hate awfuliy to pay per cent IN
terest on the money he Invests in de-
faatfny RoosavaItfsfY
The Washington times., 1907-04-13
A Good Modern Grammar.

William II Maxwell. superintendent
Of schools Of New York city. has writ
ten an English text book intended for
those who desire a complete treatment
OF English grammar. II contains all
the material necessary for an elemen-
tary course or a high school course;
end Will meet all the demands of stu
dents. whether they leave school az any
time after the eighth year, or whether
they are preparing for college eDtrance
examine tions. Dr. MaNwells reputa-
tion as one of the foremost educators
Of the country IS well sustained by this,
"MaXwelis School Grammar
The Washington times., 1907-04-13
Literary Notes.

The London Spectator says Of the re-
cent book by Henry James, THE Amer
lean Scene"
1T is the most original book Of travels
we have ever read, and TO the careful
reader one OF the most Illuminating"
Lafcadio HeaTn's 'K0koro" is to be
brought out in a Tauchnitz edition for
use on the Continent. There is Consid-
cradle interest in HeaTn'g writings in
Paris and many Of his stories and
sketches are being issued in French
tranSlauOns.
The Harpers have just published q
book on Afghanistan, Under the AbSO-
lutte Amir" written by a man remark
ably qualified The author is Frank A
Martin, who was for eight years engi-
neer-in-chief TO successive Amjrs. and
for the greater part of that time the
only Englishman in the country.
DR.. Moncure ID. Conway celebrated his
seventy-hfth birthday on March Il. Dr.
Conway recently published his Auto
biography, Memories and Reminis-
cences,' in two volumes, and last au-
tumn added a supplementary. volume en-
titled My Pilgrimage to the Wise Men
Of the East" He was born at Mid
dletOn. Va. in 1882.
The Washington times., 1907-04-13
PAPER
JOINS SEARCH
FOR LOST BOY

The collection and publication of
suggestions from its readers regard
ing the fate Of the missing Marvin
boy, with view to assisting in the
discovery of the boy and his return
to his father. instituted first by The
Sunday Times. has been taken up by
the Buffalo Times, and that paper is
gathering from its readers opinions
upon the case and theories about
the best means TO find the missing
lad