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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-01
Who Will Answer?

The country is entitled To a reply
from the Interior Department to the
assaults that Senator's Carter and
Hepburn have leyeled against the
administration of the public land
laws. If there is no Senator who
will take up the cudgels for Secre-
1ary Hitchcock and, first arming
himself with a thorough command
of The Administrations side of the
controversy, make answer 10 the
unstinted criticism, then Secretary
Hitchcock should himself. in proper
fashion, issue q statement of his
side of the case.
That there have been corruption
and fraud under the land laws is
luneontroverted. That the measures
taken 10 stop that fraud have I'M
posed "a most serious hardship on
many homesteaders and prospectors
whose intentions and proceedings
were perfectly right and regular is
likewise undeniable. The Western
people whose interest i'm the public
lands is paramount, apparently are
least in sympathy with the efforts
that have been made TO improve con-
fditions. The discussion in the SEN
ate thus far has been altogether
one-sided.
Secretary Hitchcock has never
been given TO publicity. He does his
work quietly and without notoriety,
except when the notoriety is forced
upon him. But it seems that now
he is called upon 10 make his side
plain 10 the public.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-01

ment clerk, whether he receives 500 or
Sl,s55 peE- year. gives the available years
OF his life u his work BE the hours long
% short they take his time and strength,
ana he must rafse mis- family on a Cer-
tain plans sometimes there Is little
saved by careful economy. N0ug ir
seems mat This 'Tnepdicaut' will never
DC satisfied UsIs aii-pOWerfuI nature
me terror 81 our lawmakers, eusconced
Do the lqEurioua LAP OF Government
clerl1ism, 81 SO or $50 per month. wants
I'm increase lu ms alary 10 meet. n
nothing more the advance in prices u
TIE NECESSARY rfucies Of living Has ne
not as much risht to just living basis
as ans other member of our political
economy
There are cIeF.gs who. Zach year. fear
10 give the educational adEautages 20
their clildreu which they know are
due them for fear Of what may await
them al the end u The year, WHEN ap-
propFldiiOus fall short and changes are
made tcr the coed or the service
Why should he be made 10 wait Cor the
make him comfortable mind ana
body lie works faithfully am the year
ana If he is lucky enough % save the
time ana have the wherewjth he can
take bis family 10 the green hills, or
the seashofe Tor a week or 50.
Letter carriers. the hardest worked
$hd poorest paid men under the Govern
ment. the railroad postal clerk. who,
~ tiiin Gay - ldiitDdu fareiek-UesS and
disaster, taxes his life iu his hand each
time he goes on his train. locked and
bolted inside the ear, 10 be crushed 10
death or roasted alive. IF accident should
befali him on the trip.
IL seems ali right that our IaWmaKers
should give themselves the increase OF
t-5.S peT annum, many Of them are
multi-mIlliOnaires- j have in mind one
Senator who gave his secretary lis SAL
airy Of $500 because he had nc use
for IL.
II is true today as when odd Scotfa's"
bard uttered IT, They who sleeD soft
and wake merrily, are Tor fighting their
ain battles and TIghting their ain
"rangs P0uRQUOI.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-01
OCTAYES.

The audience, alas. how few
Ecrchance / only sing 10 You.
81 We're my auditors "a Lhr8ng.
FefchaHce they would not love the song.
- therefore, you nay gentle friand.
listen, j pray unto the erd.
us more that one should understand
Ihdn that million clap the hand.
Somewhere lu baImy Tennessee.
a bird Us dreaming now
vi one Tar northern naked tree.
And or his HOmiug b0ugh
Aud somewhere i'm the great trees heart
There. too, ls thought OF him.
A thought JhuJ bids the sap 20 start
And dover the barren Hmb.
III.
Tears In their EeutIe flow.
Like rivers where thew "a.
Awake Ihe heart TO bloom
and bear away the gloom
See where the desert lies.
Dreaming OF paradise,
The sun but buns u deep
Because IL can not Weeg.
".
! would not be the t0pn!ost leaf
That scorches iu the suns
Nor, near 10 Garth would i be chief
or the protected ones;
Eut ]. midway. would live my day
Anear the robins nest,
Thrill 10 his song, and. All night long,
lie close against MS breast
C q, klandeH in Chicago Post
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-01
Seven Ages of Man
Brought Up to Date
by Chicago
Woman.

CHICAGO. Feb. lit Is "TLe Seven
Ages Of Man no longer. Shakespeare
has been revised and brought Up 10
date the result being The Seven Ages
Of Woman The edict as 10 the neces-
sjty for undermining Shakespeare went
forth at The annual luncheon Of the
couEcii OF Jewish Women held at the
Lakeside Club. and attended by co.
members
Mrs /. B. Lipson was the speaker who
drew attention 10 the anuiquated ideas
OF the Bard OF Avon. and the applause
which greeted her own division OF
The Ages proved the club adherents
20 be with her 10 a woman.
1T is very noticeable that Shakes
Doares Seven Ages OF Man does not
embrace women at ALL" said Mrs LIP
son. Probably Shakespeare was not
lionized by women iu his day. and thus
Disseminated against them in writing
the seven ages II thus appears
% be the duty Of US club women 10
give an addeudum 10 the great master
Of literature.
The necessity for IL is shown by the
committee assigning me tile subject
The Seven Ages OF Woman 4 have
given this huge subject The deepest
thought and have come 10 the conclu-
sion that woman has only three ages
not seven These divisions are the axe
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-01
Strenuous February.

February has long been an I'M
popular month because il contains
fewer paydays than other months,
because the rent comes around
sooner, and possibly for other rea-
sons. Yet the shorty" month
should be hailed with mingled pleas
ure and respect, for it is of the
''little, bat oh MY" variety.
First, every weather-wise Mary
land and Virginia farmer awaits
with bated breath the dawning of
the second day, for then the ground
hog energies from his hole TO hunt
for his shadow. Six weeks more of
cold and snow follow if he finds it.
Then comes st. Valentines Day,
with opportunities for the bashful
lover 10 tell of his alteration in
verse, and for the cowardIy
knocker TO roast his enemies by
proxy comics"
On the 18th of the month begins
the season Of quietude and rest
Lent. Those who cannot refrain
rom dancing and being regular
cut-ups generally hike to the Sunny
South. Meanwhile there is that gro
tesque celebration, Mardi Gras.
Then we have pieces" spoken
in school concerning the Truthful
Man and his little hatehet on the
22d
Ordinarily we then settle back for
six days of rest during the re-
mainder of the month. But. taken
altogether, February's calendar has
a very strenuous month of it in
store for us.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-01
Concerning the Gentleman.

To the Editor Of The Washington Times:
Dear Mr.. Editor: Where did YOU get
that definition OF a gentleman which
you applied 20 General Lee in your com
menJ on his birthday celebratioug Isn't
II a paraphrase Or that given ia
Chaucer's Canterbury Pilgrims some
where I do not charge The Times
with cribbing. because / think the editor
has merely written out the same kind
OF a recollection that / have myself.
But J wish If you can ind the definition
which Chaucer gives you would reprint
II. and ] would Ike IL II you viii print
some others, though / don't believe you
viii ever md any better than that you
applied 10 Lee. A ". +.
January q, 1907.
The comment TO which our CORE
spondent refers was this:
Finally, as a man, Lee was one Of the
first gentlemen OF all time. lie had a
heart rich with love for his fellows
which Is courtesy; he had a soul Of
honesty and earnest purpose, which IS
character; and he had al the refine
meut OF manner and mind and spirit of
which he was capable, which is culture.
The definition was wholly origi-
nal. 1t was written with a pur-
pose TO emphasize the qualities
which made Lees personality rather
than TO evolve an epigram. The
most appropriate lines which a
single recent reading has found in
Chaucer are, happily, different:
Loke who that is most vertuous Away,
Privee and apert, and most entendeth
To do the gentn dedes that he can.
And tax him for the grettest gentil-
man.
a little further in the poem the
great father OF verse in our tongue
uses this phrase;
He is gentil that doth gentiI dedis.
In the sixth book of Sponsors
'Faerie Queen" the man who makes
the dictionary OF quotations has
found this:
The gentle minde by gentle deeds is
knoWne.
For man by nothing is so well betrayal
As by his manners
The ordinary, plain, everyday die
tionary defines the gentleman as u
well-bred and honorable man;
man of education, high principles:
courtesy and kindness; a nan of
honor" In its purest, though not
today its best sense, the word sig
nifies a man of family, one above
the condition of yeoman.
But not the author of the letter
which has prompted this search of
the records, or the editor, or anyone
else, can hope 10 find, tersely or at
length, the expression in words of
what in the heart of every true man
is one of his chosen ideals. Striving
to lift upward day by day, keeping
valiantly at the fight against our
less worthy impulses, joining
strength and kindness, making the
best of ourselves without losing
heart when that best seems indif-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-01
CURB ON EXTRAVAGANZA.

A Paris court has given the dressRa-
kers OF that city a jolt by deciding that
they must show some prudence in I'LL
ing orders for new gowns which their
lady patrons may give them. The rule
Is that the cOstumer must find out
whether a wife's orders are justified
by the financial and social status Of her
husband. One fashionable dressmaker
who supplied twenty-One gowns to
lady within two months sued for his bill
of $500 and sOt an award of only $500
in all cases where property is involved
IN litigation in France and generally IN
civil suits the French judges may be
depended on 10 reach a Just conclu
sion.-Hartford Times.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-01
QUAIL MATCHED BY A HEN.

Mrs. Mary Smith, wife of John Smith,
a Hartford county farmer. has In her
possession "a chicken that has become
foster mother for ten young par
tridges
Last winter and early in the spring a
number of Kansas quail We're liberated
by sportsmen I'm the vicinity OF Mr..
Smiths farm. one night Mr.. Smiths
cat brought an eXpectant partridge
mother in dead. Mrs. Smith immediate
~ went TO the nest, and finding eight
cen eggs still warm transferred them 10
bantam hen, and IN short while ten
Matched out The little birds are as
domestic as ordinary young chickens.
When night comes on they hover under
their mother just as naturally as II
they were Philadelphia Rec
ord
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-01
TELLS JURY TO lNDlCT
COTTON SPECTATORS

NEW ORLEANS. Feb. Judge l. r.
Board. Of the circnit court Of Mississippi.
today instructed the grand jury of New
ton county u iud'ct all persons who
were found guilty OF Specializing in cot
ton futures. He declared that he could
see no difference between them and craps
shooters. and indeed regarded dealing
Ia cotton futures as the worst form. of
gambling on the American continent.
Judge Beard urged the grand jury TO
indlct all spectators IN cotton regard
less Of their station or calling. He called
attention 10 the fact that the laws of
Mississippi fixed a penalty of 500 and
three months Imprisonment for specula-
ton in futures.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-01
TRAINhEN WORK
UNTIL THEY DROP

some remarkable testimony about ths
excessive hours the employees OF the
Great Northern railroad have recently
0eefi reItired 70 woFlt has fsHeh into
the hands Of the Interstate Commerce.
Commission and VIII he Hsedr 30 strength
on the cause Of the la FoIIette hours
.of service bill -a,.s.-
In one case a train crew. coDsistfB,
Of conductor and three brakemen.
were sent OUT from Crookston. Mimi
when The temperature Was-20 below
zero and worked continuously Tor seven
teen hours and thirty MINUTES. finally
reaching, a station csllea ST. Vincent.
They We're iamediately called 10 make
a return fEip to Cr0okston. and went
cut on The run. Before they had gone
very far = hreskdown' occurred. caused
b. h9t Dos ca a freight car. The
division Superintendent PROMPTLY wired
orders TO have "a new brass nut in and
the box repaclzed. The men were by
this tfsne 50 esmpIsteIysse exhausted tlata.
they were unequal 10 the anart 10 do
this work and peremptoriiy.r refused.
Ihe conductor Tired re. superfntend-
ent of ms situation, ana there vas an
eNehmgeaef 9dAlot kilograms. -ss re-
- "-4-Nli NV -Nt''- Ll-t04iNNlA4t ti
deFed the conductor TO discharge the
three mutnous brakcmen. and under
no circumstances 70 bring them back
10 headquarters. They were accOrdingl
~ left al country station without in-a
quiry whether they had money To pay :
their way back OF 10 provide themselyes
with food an i0lginE. The affair got in =
the newspapers at CTOokston and result Z
ed. IN a tremendous hubbub. because OF E
which IL has been bT0u9ht 20 the atten-
ton Of the Interstate Commerce Com
mission.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-01
SQUARE DEAL PROMISE
MADE TO THE RUSSIANS

ST. PETERSBURG. Feb. THE gov
eminent. according to a circular issued
by Premier Stolypm, is dtsIrous of CO.
operating I'm the effort 10 make the
next parliament a success and, eventual
~. 10 give the people "a freezer GOV
eminent. One part Of stolypin's cir
culaT reads:
1.-THE desire of the government is 10
develop the zemstvo system Of seIf-gov-
eminent and, by financial reforms. To
increase the resources Of the zemstvos
and the commonwealth. Its chief aim
is the Improvement of the position of
the peasants, not only bv the creation
of aGrarian funds. but by making il
possible FOR every energetic and dill
gent laDorr 10 cultivate his own land
without impairing the rights OF others. %
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-01
TELEGRAPH0NE COMPANY
PREPARING FOR BUSINESS

At the annual meeting Of the Ameri-
car Telegraphone Company held We'd
nesday IN this city. the president report
ed the company free from debt and with
resources ample fer factory develop
ments now contemplated and also for
future requirements. He also reDortad
that the new machinery contracted for
les being installed. The MANAGEMENT exc
poets the output OF new Instruments
VIII soon be sufficient 10 supply The
many calls and orders already received.
which have heretofore been held h.
allegiance pending the perfection of the
new type of instrument
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-01
ILLINOIS LEGISLATOR
SEEKS TO REFORM BANKING

SPRINGFIELD, H., Feb. 1.-Repre-
sentative Provine has introduced a bin
in The house 10 prohibit officers and
directors of national banks from hold
ing offices or directOrships in State
banks, or trust companies. The bill Is
designed 10 make impossible the John r.
Walsh system of banking, whereby ma
tional bank directors and officers or
ganlZe state banks, 10 which funds are
loaned, and by them put out on real
estate security.
Such nlli. its sponsor says viii pre-
vent shifting OF securities back and
forth between State and national banks
at the time Of examinations, thereby
enabling one or the other. or both. 10
cover up Illegal and unsafe banking
ana 10 bury securities which are of
doubtful value.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-01
CONSTITUTIONS Rights. ="

California fights hard. Her senate
adopted the majority resolution on
the Japanese school question with
out debate. 1t "strenuously protests
against the unwarranted interior
rnce with the constitutional rights
of the State
Exactly. The Supreme Court Of
the United States will doubtless say
what those constitutional rights
are. What the senate of California
thinks they are is Of no value.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-01
DEGREES Long Delay
Ching Increase TO
Government Clerks
Writer Takes Exceptions to Congress Taking
Care of Itself in Way of More Salary, While
Those Needing 1t Must Wait

TO the Editor Of The Washington Times:
In a recent issue OF your paper there
appears ID plea. written b. the wife OF
d Government clerk. in the interest OF
better pay Tor the men who work for
Uncle sam.
We are now Informed that IA all
probability, the increase Ct salary will
come. but not during this session OF
Congress.
The bill. ia spite Of the great stress Of
other work. has been passed giving our
lawmakers on the Mill au increase OF
$500 per annum on their salaries. True.
they have lost their mileage. 1t has
been charged that il is almost imp1s-
sible 10 get the members 20 remain in
their seats long enough 10 cast their
votes
The Government clerk goes In young,
strong. and hopeful. he e ntted. as "a
rule. 10 III almost amy position that re-
quires brains or admihistrative quail
ties All his life he tolls and digs in
the hope OF meritorious advancement,
but what does he geTg Reduction Ia his
pay. AS a WON out, worthless. DID
man, his accrued knowledge, after years
Of patient painstaking LABOR count for
nothing young blOd must be Infused
into the decaying body OF our govern
mental system.
Some OF The bTaIniest men in our Gov
eminent came from the buTlesqued and
cartoOned clerks.
Last winter one Of our Senators scored
the Government clerks. calling them a
hungry hand of mendicauts." constant
y -clamOring 10 Congress for more
pay and privileges" Congress was
-drago0ned boycOtted. importuned. and
brOW-beateu by this organized body OF
subordinates. Each year for the last
decade prices for food. fuel and shell
ter have steadily Increased, the Govern
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-01
EXTENSIVE RAILROAD
BUILDING IN CHILE

SANTIAGO. Chile, Feb. 1.-Congres IS
has approved the bill providing for the
construction of the proposed longitud nal
railway. which will cost 81. 10000. . per
cent interest being guaranteed by the
government on the capital. The rem
Tesentatives here of Belgian, German,
and native syndicates are preparing TO
bid for the whole or part of the work
Congress gave TO the President author
ity TO enter into contracts for the 2 tn-
struction of the road. subject only 10 the
approval OF the senate.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-01

Of babyhood, the age OF girlhood. and
the age Of clubwomanhood. The latter
Of these, however, naturally falls into
seven periods"
Mrs. Lips0n then offered the club
woman s seven ages. . r.
Ia talking 10 topic The Girl OF
To-Day. II was declared by Ir. Ern-
estine DoycherJ that '-men used 10 be-
HeEe thar because Eve was made from
Adam S NIB she was only 2 side issue.
But now they realize that SIZE is a
real issue"
other speakers were Mrs NJ A. Vein
berg, Mrs. Henry Solomon. Mrs Jamea
AukoWsl1y, and Miss Julia Feisenthal.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-01
SOLDIERS ACQUITTED
OF MURDER CHARGE

PITTsBURG. Feb. AFTER being out
all night the jury brought in a verdict
of not guilty in the case of Lieutenant
Drury and Private John DoWd. of the
Ninth Infantry, charged with killing d
citizen. The judge, in charging the
jury, made il clear 10 them that the
soldiers were being tried as citizens. and
that the orders and regulations of the
army had nothing 10 do with Penn
sylvania.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-01
BENEFITS OF VACCINATION LAW.

The bill which has been introduced
in the Legislature for the repeal of the
vaccination laws IL a good bin 10 kin
on early. Pennsylvania which years ago
had no vaccination laws, and which
year after year had hundreds die OF
smallpox, last year with it's 100000 of
people only had one death from that
cause in the entire State.-Scranton
Telegraph
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-01
ReDiSeS Bard of ApOn
To Fit Present Needs
Seven Ages of C1ubwomen

First-The candidate. slow 10 loosen
up 70 pay her dues but eager to|
enjoy the festive portions Of club
life
second-Then the mere member. with
open mouth sgape, dazed by par
Hamental'y lore. #f.
Third-Then the knocker. charmed
10 pick the flaws in dress and
manner OF The Officers.
Fourth-And next the aspirant. hope
fql that If sqch apparent dubs can
win high place. then 50 can she.
Fifth-The secretary. and with It
inevitable retirement.
Sixth-A few short years and then
the plump director, leaving others
TO do the work.
seventh-And last The president. eye
glass on nose.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-01
WISE NATURE.

How wisely Nature has planned
things. after all. she said as he was
helping her 10 splash in the surf. III
Lent came in the summer there would
be hardly any chance for people TO
spend their winters in the South Chi
cage RecOrd-Herald.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-01
More Gracious Presents Wanted.

Since shonts is the Presidents gift to
the city,
We ask 5hat Exalted Official Take pity;
Import from the Panama region Of
brightness
A commonplace guard who can boast OF
pOiiteness.
New York sun.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-01

ferently little-this is the founda-
ton of the character we ascribe to
the gentleman The superstrueture
is an ideal, and in every mans heart
he viii picture it for himself.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-01
MISS GOULD GIVES $4,000
TO RICHMOND Y. M. C. A.

RICHMOND. Va, Fen. q -Richmond'E
record breaking campaign for = S2jo,000
fund for the erection and equipment OF a
Young Nsf's Christian Association home
came - a close With a cablegram from
Miss Helen Could Who II now Ia Rome,
Italy, requesting that her name he
placed on the subscription list for S25.o0o.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-01

Mr.. Hartman may be just the man
10 back "A Panama canal contract, but
his attitude toward railroad competition
in the past hardly justihes the belief
that he would care 20 rush the in
auguration of water competition.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-01

As 10 the Presidents sentiments
toward the Senate. and the Senates
sentiments toward the President, the
blind goddess herself could hardly bal
anoe the scale more evenly.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-01
TWENTY-THREE IS LUCKY
FOR NEW DIVORCE BILL

RALEIGH, n. c., Feb. 1.-The bill
making ten years separation cause for
divorce passed its final reading BY a
vote Of 3 to p.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-01

Just at the time when tho Jokes
about the plumber and his wealth be-
gin 10 pall. the cold wave comes ON
the pipes freeze up, and the awful real
iza,ion that it's no joke az all is once
more borne in.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-02-01

in making up future lists Of people
IN the Vice Presidential class, Mr..
Murphy Of Missouri. author OF the anti
tipping legislation, must not De over
looked