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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-11-17
Campaign Is Popular.

The Kaiser's attitude In this matter.
and the action Of his government. meet
with general approval. and are decidedly
popular. For It is realized that the
band Of gypsies. besides being a very
prOnunced nuisance. exercise de-
mOraiiZing influence. subversiye Of law
and order. and I'm some respects consti-
tute "a positive danger. notably in con-
nection with the kidnapping OF young
children. Of which a number Of Instances
occur IN Germany each year. Moreover.
the military authorities claim that the
TsiGancs are adopts ga certain branche,
Of espionage. and that much important
information. especially with regard 10
the deposition % the country, and Of
the defenses Of the frontier provinces.
has in this way come into the possession
OF foreign governments.
Petty larceny. poaching, trespassiug.
setting IRE 10 forest and meadow lands.
and the damage % crops. are among the
minor Offenses laid At the door OF the
gypsies, added 10 which their complete
disregard OF ali the rules Of sanitation.
cleanliness. and morality renders them.
especially I'm times OF epidemic. peril 10
the communities upon which they thrust
their unwelcOme presence
Their evasion Of the law OF compulsory
education. OF health. of obligatory milf
tary service. and the contempt which
they profess, not only for Christianity.
but also for all other civilized forms OF
religion. are not precisely calculated 10
edify the young, or % encourage their
elders % strict obedience 10 the duly con-
stituted authorities. and until now II has
been difficult 10 bring them 70 Justice.
owing TO the fact that in nearly each one
OF the twenty-five sovereign states Of the
German Empire. In the free cities OF
Hamburg. Bremen, and Lubbock. and IN
the Reichsland Of Alsace- Lorraine. dIf-
terent laws and rules dealing with vaga-
bondage such as that OF the gypsies pre-
vailed. and that when harassed by the
police In one state. all they had 20 do was
to cross the frontier into another state.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-11-17

In the latter 40s. when the present
dome of the Capitol at Washington was
yet lacking, the wooden one then crown
ing the structure was lighted with gas
Jets. This was done at the instIgatlon
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engage seriously in metal industry. and
reverting 20 their habits OF poaching
and thieving OF every description, rem
dered themselves so intOlerable 10 the
authorities and people Of the country
around Pressburg that the ArchduHe
was reluctantly compelled 10 abandon
the scheme, % make other disposition
OF the villages which he had built for
his pFotegecs, and 10 consent 10 their
dispersal BY the police
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-11-17

An undoubtedly interesting book which
the English critic. Mr.. w. l.. Courtney.
is about TO publish. is entitled 1.-The Lit
erary Mans Bible" Mr.. Courtney found
its origin in a talk on the literary merits
of the Bible: THE question was whether
a book that had come so near to our
business and bOsoms could possibly be
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-11-17

Countess Sophy Tolstoy. wife of the
eminent Russian writer. has presented TO
the library Of the Moscow Historical Mu-
scum the journal OF her life. The work
is described as very yoIuminous, and as
giving details Of great interest about the
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-11-17

TO-mOrrow-CeRtraIA American Pence
Conference.
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Winsor Of England is generally known
as the father OF modern gas lighting. %
although a Belgian chemist previously
discovered its properties The latter came
70 grief. because the people. believing
that the word gas and the word
"giest' tghosb were the same, bounded
him into obscurity. The first time the
world took any notice Of gas was when
the great illumination was made for the
Treaty of Amiens. Before this. however.
Richmond. Virginia, is said 10 have erect
ed the first gas plant in the world. 1t
was placed on a high Hill and consisted
OF reservoir and tower crowned with
innumera5le jets. After several weeks
the plant was closed. That il did not
explode is considered a piece of sheer
luck in the light OF modern knowledge
It was not until 1851 that Richmond in
stalled system Of gas lighting for her
streets. In this she was thirty years
behind Baltimore. which enjoys the dis
tnction Of having had the first gas
lighted streets in America
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-11-17

Mrs. Humphry Ward. author of 'Mnly
and oily" published November 10 by
Doubleday, Page & Co., is generally rec
ognized as the most eminent living woman
writer. She is the daughter of Thomas
Arnold and granddaughter of DR.. Arnold.
the famous Master Of Rugby. The dozen
works 10 her credit include Robert Els
mere. which created such sensation
when it appeared twenty years ago, Mar
celia. Lady Roses Daughter" and the
Marriage OF William Ashe" "Miliy and
oily is the first juvenile story from her
pen and Is based on a story invented for
the amusement OF the children at Fox
How, a quarter of a century ago. IL was
published In England as long ago as 1881
when It was illustrated by Mrs. Alma
Tadema. and after this interval, Mrs.
Ward has been persuaded to issue It also
in this country.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-11-17

In the biographical series the Grafton
Press publishes this fall The Life and
Letters OF Andrew Ellicott" a famous
engineer Of Revolutionary times, by Cath
crime V. c. Mathews, and the late Prof
Hermann KrusFs "RecolleCtions of My
Life" edited by Elizabeth S. Alling.
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Tennyson. figuring as a champion Of
the imperilled rights Of property. is thus
quoted in William Allingham's lately pub
lished Diary"
was once in coffee shop in the Westminster
road az { o'clock In the morning A man WIS nag
ing, Why has so-and-s0 a hundred pounds and I
have not a Shillingi" l said 20 him: IF youT
father had left you hundred pounds. you would
not give il away to somebody else " He had not
word 20 answer. knew he hadn't.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-10-22
THE "AyTIsv CHIPPERIyG UP,


II is inst as we thought. We said last week
+bat current incidents in the Philippines would
nrobablv rouse the Anti-Imperialist League 10
renewed audibility. and here, surely enough
oorpes q duet from that BCstOnian Zweibund'
Noorfeld Storey and Erving WinsloW' WHICH,
through its executive committee. suggests 10 us
members and friends that this seems an appro-
"priate moment TO urge an especially timely ar
.er1ment against the continued aud INDEFINITE
retention Of the Philippine Islands ne
corn is cut. the apples are picked the winter
Arewnod is in the shed, and men have plenty Of
leisure between their games of checkers 10 IT,
volve in their minds high things.
Besides. this is the time o year when the laA
bill peeps from behind the clock on the kltchen
r,antaInieca ms a grim reminder of the costs of
civilization. And what says the Dual League Oh
that score? The immense and unprohtable
.brrdAn Of these possessions has never been felt
more strongly than to-day" Look at that tax
hill, So much for state. county and township
tov. so much for school tax; something for road
fax. and then that measy dollar for poll tax
Total. S34 II. Just think how much less II
would be If it wasn't for those pesky Phlllp-
mines! And Manila hemp and cheroots cost as
much as ever.
Moreover. il would be such a simple ana easy
thing All we have to do, according TO the
Craat Twin brethren of the Back Bay. IS Ia turn
the islands loose to shift for themselves IN
complete Independence, together with 'neu-
..traIfZation' by all the great powers, including
Japan" As we all know. the great powers are
even at this moment lined up. like ticket spec
ulators AT a box office. eager for a chance To
swear that they will keep hands off the Philip
pines forever, no matter what happens. II is
really unkind of US TO deny them the opportu-
nitv Of ''neutralizing" the islands. And as for
the state of the islands under complete indie
pendence" who cares, any way: Doubtless
there would be lot Of TuctiOnS, after the play
full Malayan fashion But what Of it, Let EN-
stew in their own juice. while We 90 by on the
other side
Such is the gentle philosophy which the Anti
Imperast League. comprising Mr. Moorheld
Storey and Mr.. Erving Winsow, through its
executive committee, consisting chiefly OF Messrs
Erving WinslUw and MoOrfied Storey, would
suggest to its members and friends, embracing
especially Mr. Storey and Mr.. Winslow, at this
particularly oppOrtune moment. Truly, the
cause not of burden bearing but Of burden
dropping is looking up on Beacon street. If
only Arnolds Weary Titan could be corralled
and turned over to these Great American Levi
tators, how quickly would she be relieved of the
too vast orb of her fate! And to think that
the whole American people, save these two, will
fatuOusly persist in Juggling around this i'm
mense and improbable burden" at a cost of not
much short Of a whole mill apiece a year! Still,
let us be happy. Chestnuts are ripe, and the
Ants are just as clipper as can be.
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produce certificates that they are incapable of
testing.
4 POLITICAL SCHOOL.

Without a trace of tenderness for the ethe-
real feelings of philosOphic critics of govern
ment by parties, Columbia University is about
to open a school for politics. Under the lead
ership Of Professor c. A. Beard, at the head
of the new department of government and poll
tics, undergraduates on MorningSide Heights
will be initiated into the mysteries of party or
ganizatIon platform drafting. the running of
conventions and all the other details of prac-
teal politics. ThOroughgoing anti-partsans,
made unhappy by this dreadful degradation of
a great university, will probably ask whether
realism will go the length of supplying the stu
dents with make-believe money wherewith 10
buy up the "crackaloo" vote, and whether the
apt learners may not master some scurvy ward
heeling trick whereby football will be restored
the faculty bulldoZed into passing every stupid
with pull" and the entire college eventually
converted into a Harlem edition of the Four
teenth Street Wigwam. But these satirical and
pessimistic suspicious are not shared by anybody
who realizes that a chief purpose of modern col
ege education is TO train efficient citizens.
SO few intelligent persons question the incvi
liability of political parties in a democracy that
college course in practical politics needs
neither explanation nor apology. 1t is the
stalest Of all COmmonplaces that good citizens
frequently fail to make the most Of their civic
rights and powers through mere ignorance Of
the necessity and methods of party organizations
The new political school on the Heights may
some day be recruiting station for organizers
and workers of the highest grade. and thus be
come power in the land But if Professor
Beard and his assistants are to impart 10 their
students anything more than empty academic
information and theory something besides mock
conventions and committees will have to be
used Might not a course in New York City
politics be offered to advanced students and
made to include certain number Of hours Of
laboratO work to he done in actual service?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-10-22
GERMAN OFFICIAL CHANGES.

Recent changes in important official places
under the German government are seemingly
significant Of something more than a mere shift
ing OF personalities. They appear TO indicate
general change IN the constitution and tempera-
ment of the German official world, and thus
perhaps, in German policy, particularly in for
egn affairs. The chief changes effected within
the last fortnight are these: Prince HOhenlohe-
Langenburg retres from the Statthaltershp Of
Alsace and Lorraine because of age Che is sew
enty-fve years old and has filled that place for
thirteen years., and is succeeded by Count
Wede who has been German Ambassador at
Vienna. The latter place is taken by Mr.. Won
Tschirschky who has been Minister for Foreign
Affairs In the imperial Cabinet and who is sue
ceeded in that place by Mr.. Schon, who has
been German Ambassador at st. Petersburg
Prince Hohenlohe has had distinguished mil
itary and civil career, especially in connection
with German colonial affairs, and is a repre-
sentative of that old nobility the members OF
which are becoming fewer in German public life
His successor, Count Wede was formerly a
dashing cavalry officer, and has been since 1899
Ambassador at Rome and Vienna. He is re-
ported recently to have prophesed an entente
cOrdtGIe between Germany and France within
two years. In his place at Strassburg he will
have ample opportunity to do effective work for
the fulhlment of that prophecy in the very re-
gion of greatest soreness between the two DOW
ers. 1t is possible that in so doing he may be
aided by the new Foreign Minister, who twelve
years ago member of the embassy in
Paris and much esteemed in that city, and whose
recent relations with Russia may incline him
toward revival of the Bismarckan policy of
intimate friendship with the country which is
STILL at least nOminally and technically, Frances
ally. As for Mr.. Won Tschrschky. he will doubt
less be happier nj Vienna than in the Foreign
/ Office. lie entered the latter place in January,
1906. TO succeed the late Baron Richthofen, and
has done his best there with all possible dill
gence and loyalty but the post has been entirely
uncongenial 10 him. and there is reason TO think
! that h. has not always been ar heart III perfect
/ accord with the imperial tnanceor.
But the most interesting feature of the whole
| situation is the rise of new force in high pol
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-10-22
FRENCH REMAINS AT PANAMA.


Long ago the Statement vas ii'"ue -,
columns on The OASIS Oh ""So'u.s,S 49,
formation ulat I"' re "nou'i' ~ " ~ 49, 49,
and other hardware Ieit az Hlll'Ai'- 80
french coihPaH! vas sun - 80 - a..
dition ana was wen worm what we pniu ~
it. though IL had oeeh stunning III une
jungle Tor more 'haH e'oie VI 80 ~ r.
enc mention was lilune Vi '.e"l an,
needed only 10 nave 'neu 'a'u'i ",',"s a.,
wooden parts renewed ana u'e" oe o'ieu uP anu
fired up 10 be SET 10 WORK ds R"ou "s new
This was regarded WIN nIyIeiu'''s ~ SIM me
ana was ha'! onti""'''''t ~ i., ~
eVoiNed ller IactS from u,'' ''''" ~ -
or preJudlceS anu VINO were '"Hu ~ u"V'''iH
upon me UNIVERSAL pLeH"I'Hce % rus "u, I'M
on the lsihmuS anu OF ueoIaI''lS uIr0 ''' -
States nau pdlu "i'i''oii' Vi ''o'''S ''' wa
JuhA'
y coH'it'e eN"I!ii''e 'o'nan ~ manu- ,P''
IN recent hummer Oh me '"i"' l'''"iu'
cohhrmlhS inc '"'Ir''IesS 81 ouI ieP,'' -,
lHe c'S'. Al ON ''.H'" uieuN'' MN nav
I"'' III H'' IA" '''"''''' i''l Ia DO 7'''
L'NSeLS "IIe' WIS lv''"'F irPu"'u
WIS Hl''u .'' 'Ii''' "'''r'H VIM '.'i "''
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-10-22

prohibition had been enforced, or could be
enforced in South Carolina. 1t admitted that
the use of intoxicants could not be wholly
stopped. though prohibition really does not aim
at that but only at stopping the manufacture
and sale Of intoxEantS within state jurisdIc-
ton. Under state prohibition an individual is
still free. of course. TO import liquor in orig
inal packages for his own private consumption
Charleston has still its blind tigers where
li0uor is sold illegally and few cities and
counties still maintain local dispensaries. But
as to the alleged ineradicabity of the trathc
THE News and Courier frankly said:
II the entire disappearance of the whiskey
traffic from public view, the reduction OF It'ats
sales 10 one-nft!eth or one-nululJitt "a IF
their former volume, the complete opliterat!o" I"
stationary Lyhiskey shops and the destruction or
the treating habit constitute pToiHpIlloI t IiIr
forced. then it is enforced IN the IuIdl .
Of South Carolina. There are numerous 'o"li
and villages in the state where one may spend
weeks without seeing, hearing OF or smelling
whiskey, and where one would ma II d 80
modify about as rare paTegOric or other
staple articles of the druggist
The non-Mahometan population Of rural
South Carolina is. in fact, suffering ch''hEe
in its habits The average Southerner has long
been pictured as prone to the temptations Oh
drink-to the "gentlemanly vices of the side
hoard" But If are to believe me News
and Courier" that picture is not at all llfeilke'
Saws that competent and impartial observer
The average Southern man in the small towns
and in the rural districts. or even one OF INC
exceptional men liable to get drunk upon o., o.
sion Will not go far out Of his way LOT NILsley
and long as he does not see II IN cay 49,
gives II no thought. AS a rule the SoutlcIl -
coun+rynan upbraids the barkeeper ana nGl
himself when he drinks to excess ana h1lu 10y
ard hy. training from childhood he is both sober
and religious In the presence of WhlskeF ne -
frequently weak. but ne suffers little discomfort
from its absence.
In South Carolina. evidently the diSpehSdIS
system has done n great educational work II
has stripped liquor drinking Of the many rae
ti+ious attractions which it possesses elsewhere
and bv removing temptation has inclined the
neople 10 sobriety and even abstinence. Yet
This result has been accomplished without any
'puritanical prescription" or any aohorreh'
stimulation of hypocrisy and phariSaISm-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-10-22
THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.

From
,I,asbinpton oct 2t-The Minister from sweden
and Nine De Lagercrantz will leave Washing Ton
Tomorrow for New York, preparatory To sailing On
October "a for Sweden. The minister ehteIti'i'eu
M dinner at the New Willard tonight the Anloas
eador from France. the Ambassador from Brazil
Pear Admiral Robey d. Evans, the Assistant ana
second Assistant Secretaries Of state, Robert
Rocon and Alvey A. Adee John Barrett the MN
ister from the Netherlands the counsellor OF tue
brazilian Embassy and the secretary OF the o"eu-
ish Legation. - ,,,t,
ON Saturday night the Ambassador from bia%''
gave a dinner to Mr.. De Lasercrantz' ana yeSte'-
dev Raron Rosen entertained a party at the rus
sian Embassy in his honor.
Mr. Van Swinderen. the Minister from the Netn.
erIands has returned TO Washington from n VISIT
Of several DAYS to New York. He ana MHe' Ns"
Svvnderen are still at the country home Oh 'n0
Iatter's parents and will not open the iesa''0 III
NJ street until the last OF this month
" Won Radowitz second secretary OF the O'i
man Embassy. will leave Washington the las. oI
this week for Mexico. where for three or Iou'
months. he will serve charge d'affalres III '''
abecrce of the German Minister.
Captaiu Horace Wood, who succeeds Cdp'''
RYAN as naval attache of the British Smoa "
and arrived in New York from England on S''.ui-
dav came to Washington yesterday. and mas taAo''
arartments at No 1915 street for the winter
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-10-22
CAN PROHIBITION PROHIBIT,

Newspapers like THE IouisviIIa Co..-
Journal" which are combating the ro,,ia
growth OF prohibition sentiment in 4ba SEE,
ern states lay much stress on tba aro,,rao.4
uIat prohlbiuon does not prohibit. They con
'ehd mat prohibition is impracticabla ond NO.,
,oioeaOie' that the agitation for it is phari
9a4Gai III motive and that the experiment ~
uus' result only in secret evasion Of
ID" ahd The cultivation Of a spirit Of
T TTati morality and odiOus hypocrisy Colonel
"atterson is convinced that the probtbition
crusade is conscious piece Of cbarlatanrv mon.
aged 10y puritanical reformersv or dissirnulo+.
ing politicians greedy for office He said cans.
ueally the other day:
Our assailants 1.-THE advocates of ,ro,,;,,;.io,,
either 90 not realize the enorrnity Of Wing else
aileE 90 not care, or-in many cases we doubt
Liol-they fancy that they can lie without detec
don' pceferring TO lie than to tell the truth
The editor Of The Courier Journar. boIds
uiat NE dlsiillatiOn Of strong drink and the
pursuit Of the liquor traffic have meyer been
eAtirpated anywhere except in The. lands of
hiiIolnet and that il is a gross delusion 10
uhhk that they can be eXtirpated in the United
states as whole or in any single state in the
mon State prohibition. he broadly ASSERTS
mas wherever tried, worked not good but OWL
10 the people. There are doubtless many who
VIII agree on theoretical grounds with This
senefai argument Prohibition is extremely
diificnit' perhaps impossible 10 enforce in large
Towns and in communities either urban or
rural to which IFS STABILITY is rot apparent
Yet theory has often 10 be corrected by exp.,i-
ence- and it will not do to jump at the con
ciuson that all nonMahometans have an in.
Nihcibie desire to consume alcohol when they
ieei Ike It, and are Incapable of divesting them.
selves Of the alcoholic habit
The Charleston News and Courier itself
ih anti-prohibitlon newspaper gave some ia
teresting testimony recently on this point. II
1aS considering the question whether or not
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-10-22
IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY.


,,,.,i,,to, oct Mrs stephen B. Elkns ana
her daughter, Miss Katharine Elkins' VINO W
brood early in the summer, have been delayed IN
their homecoming and will not sail until the last
Of this month Miss EIkns was TO have oeen one
Of the bridesmaids for Miss Mary Carlton Max
yrou whose marriage 10 Joseph Edward DAVIS
takes nlace at Maxwell Hall Glen cove next
Saturday.
Major and Mrs. Charles l. McCawley. who were
in Europe the greater part of the summer nave
returned 10 their Washington home Other recent
arrivals in the city are Representative and Mrs J.
Van Vechten Olcott. who are at the New wizard
while their new house in Sheridan Circle Is being
cornpleted Senator and Mrs. Warner and their
daughter Mrs Harwood. have also reached tho
CAPITAL and have taken apartment for the Win
ter.
Lieutenant and Mrs. Lewis Adams. the latter
formerly Miss Celeste Helm. daughter of Lieu
tenant Colonel and Mrs. Helm. at Washington
barracks. Colonel and Mrs Helm have spent the
greater part OF last year in Europe and have leased
their home In POD street to Air. and Mrs. Grant
Watson, Of the British Embassy.
Mr. Coc5reu OF the Interstate Commerce Com
mission. accompanied by his daughter. Miss Cock
reIl has returned to Washington. They have with
them guests Mr.. and Mrs. Edison GalIaudet
and their two children. OF Dayton. Ohio who are
dividing their time between the home OF Mrs.
GalIaudet's father and Mr.. Gallaudet'S parents at
Kendall Green
Mrs. Albert l. Key. wife OF Lieutenant Com
mauder Key, returned to Washington yesterday
from a visit to Chattanooga