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The Washington herald., 1907-09-14

Just about the time that the school
year opens comes the report Of COM
mittee which has been investigating the
physical condition OF 80 boys and girls
attending the public schools Of New
York City. From the figures so obtained
Judging those examined 70 be average
children-the committee estimates that
throughout the entire country 12G0.6
school children have physical defects
which cannot help but interfere with
their progress and render them backward
in their educational advance.
The work and the report Of this COM
mittee emphasize to a degree the great
progress that we have made in recent
years in our realization of the response
biIities that rest upon us 20 see that the
growing generation Is well and properly
cared for. A few years ago we thought
we had done about all that was neces-
sary when We provided schools and teach
ers and we were not any too particular
that the teachers were the best OF the
school buildings the most sanitary. Then
it came to be seen that if we were TO
give them al equal advantages. il was
necessary to see they should all be pro-
vided with the proper textbooks: next
came the understanding Of the fact that
play as well as work was necessary for
their welfare, with the consequent estab-
iishment Of Fairgrounds and the forma-
ton Of playground associations.
FTE.-Har-
that our duties toward the youngsters
go very much farther than the schools.
We realize that it is our duty to inquire
into their home conditions and surround
ings the prevention of trUancy, and now
the vitally important question Of health
Medical inspection we regard now as a
duty, not a fad, and some cities are go
ing so far as to establish school dlspen-
saries where the simpler ailments of the
children may be attended to without cost
to the parents
All this is of the very greatest i'm
portance to our national welfare. Public
supervision over the health Of the school
children guarantees that many of the
ills from which the coming generation
would have suffered viii be checked. Il
insures. too, that the vast sums of money
which we spend for education will be
used to the fullest advantage. All thi,
is not simply humanitarianism: it il
economy and common sense.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-14
II ONLY WE COULD.

II only We had the theosophist's
glance.
The power Of Mrs. Bssant in a
trance.
What curious things We might see.
II all were uncovered, not hid from
our gaze.
The future I'm sure would eli Us
with amaze;
And low Jolly eoeksure We might
be!
We might see Taft in nineteeR-eight
a-sitting on the lid
We might see trusts a-trying things
Roosevelt would not forbid;
We might see Root all muscle; or
Corgressmen all brains;
We might see men who could talk
more than friend John Wesley
Gaines.
We might see Mr.. Bouaparte con
tent with simple law;
We might see Hero Hobson when he
didn't itch for war.
We might see where Knox Is hid
ing; see a real true nature tale,
Indeed, We might see many things,
could we but raise the Teil.
II only we had the the0sOphist's eye.
The power Of Mrs. Besant for 20
SPY
The things that as yet are not
there.
We could see when the railroads viii
stop throwing fits;
We could tell Just what Roosevelt
will do when ne quits
And who'll sit in the Presidents
chair.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-14
BY YE LOCAL SCRIBE.


Edwin Arden is matchmaking
in orr midst.
Cal OToUghlin is autmniug at
Kennebunk, Ne.
Andrew Parker came in from
Chevy Chase this morning.
Uncle Daniel Fraser IS home from
the Berkshire Hills. Looks well.
Charley Curtis brings assurance "a
town that Kansas is still on fire for
Teddy.
Gus Karger is so busy with the
Taft boom that he is going 10 buy
q motorcycle.
r. Walton Moore, OF Virginia, is
a daily visitor. having opened an
Office in this burg
Tom Fishers vacation was cut
short by the demands Of his District
Office. Now on deck.
Milton Z. Allies is getting lots Oi
pleasure ont Of his Mercedes these
bright. bracing days.
Joe Bailey and Charley CuIbers0n.
a pair Of brilliant Texas nminaries,
dropped IN upon rs Thursday.
Col Tom Noyes. our 3. B. mag
nate. appears to mean it now. when
he says, Wait till next year"
Allen D. Albert is putting in his
odd moments Strengthening out the
Lewis tangle in the z. o. Depart
ment.
Auxious.-You will find it in No.
70. Yes. Floating Florence" is
copyrighted Mr.. Coolidge IS now
dramatizing Il.
". J. DwyeE is the original Lewis
StUyyesant ChanleT Democrat in
these parts. He is for the New
Yorker out and out-but for second
place
The Knox boom is fiourishing. ac-
coTding 70 James s. Henry. who is
back on the row. after a season al
seashore and mountain. He says the
Pennsylyanian's boom is growing in
ali quarters
The Washington herald., 1907-09-14
Partisanship in a Local Campaign.

Secretary Taft is frankly a partisan. Il
am a party man" he confesses. in jusu-
flying his Fabian policy of tariff revision
and. of course, ne cannot go any further
in that direction than his party will per
nit him 10 go From the standpoint of
party politics, perhaps, the ambitious
statesman is justified In keeping well
within party lines when he discusses ma
tional affairs; but can the same justihca-
, ton be pleaded in behalf Of his attitude
toward a municipal election, where the
issues are purely local and have no rela-
tion whatever to national questions? Yet
Mr.. Taft takes "A purely partisan view
of the municipal contest i'm Cleveland, re-
garding which he is quoted as saying:
This contest cannot be viewed with indifference
By the Republican party az large. The continuance
1f strongly intrenched adverse organization in the
largest city in one Of the leading States of the
Union should be prevented, II is OF the highest
Importance 20 the State organization and certainly
the Republican party at Islge cannot help but view
The situation with concern.
The platform upon which Representa-
tive Burton was nominated for mayor OF
Cleveland contained no reference TO such
considerations as those mentioned by Mr..
Taft. 1t wisely refrained from pointing
out the importance Of Republican VIC
tory 70 the party at large. 1t was de-
voted wholly to the local issues of eco
nomical and efficient government, Of tax
alton. and street railway franchises An
appeal was made to ali citizens. Of what
ever political faith. TO support AIr Bur
ton. on the ground that if elected he
would administer municipal affairs more
satisfactorily than the incumbent Now
the people of Cleveland are told by Mr.
Taft that It is of the highest Importance
to the Republican organization. State
and national. that the Democratic mayor
shall be ousted. The election of Burton
/ is advocated for other than local reasons
and for purely partisan purposes. The
continuance Of an adverse party organi-
cation in one of the large cities of the
country is viewed by the Republican
party with concern.
If the Cleveland mayoralty contest is
conducted for the purpose indicated by
Mr. Taft-it viii be conducted on a wholly
false and foreign issue. Instead of a
contest over local matters. IL will be q
contest involving Presidential preferences
and Rooseveltian policies II Burton
wins it will be a Taft victory: if he loses
we'll We suppose Taft can stand IL; bat
/ his candidacy will get a severe jolt, as a
/ Mr. Foraker is doubtless fully aware
Secretary Taft is resting we'll on hi.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-14
LOEB MESSES THINGS UP
Goes Out IN Red Devil Again and Chic
N.sitnrs Gel Nd

OYSTER Bay. L. T.. Sept. l3-Jo-
seph Benson Foraker and BeUamy
St0rer. accompanied by Charles Dick.
iuc1g.. reached here az lo12. Evi-
IDENTIFY they came by appointment
but nobody met them. Inquinng for
Loeb. they were tod that he was
out automobling In Uncle Sans
red devil The cabbieS. seeing the
fix the visitors were in. promptly
raised the fare 20 Sagam0Te Hill 70
SO per. Dick protested and refused
20 be held up.
William Delaney. White House
messenger. appeared during the par
ley. and, apologiziug for Loeb's ah-
scuce. intimated that the secretary
had been acting strangely all week.
At this iunCuUe. three hours hav-
/ ing elapsed. the les train pulled IN,
and the Ohioaus. plainly disgruntled.
boarded E for New York.
When TIE President. returning from
a sixymile horseback ride, learned
I Of the visitation. be raised a fog.
/ OF all his followers. Foraker. StOrer.
and Dick were the gentlemen he
most wanted 70 see. He Immediately
I dispatched a pOst-rider to invite
/ them 10 call again
Loeb is % be subjected 10 the
most drastic disciplinary measures.
as this is not his first ofeuse.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-14
whnt VIII the End Re-

From the Brooklyn Eagle.
Mr.. Roosevelt appealing TO Central
America TO keep the peace, then raising
hob the next minute with North American
Industries and railroads and banks and
politics and nature takers and monuments
and literature, would be looked upon as
an inconsistency if he We're not President.
Mr. Roosevelt is going 10 end his term
either as the best or worst-liked of our
Chief Magistrates. Wonder which?
The Washington herald., 1907-09-14
BOOKS WORTH READING.

more than 2o6 wolves in an after
noon. hut that be- might have shot
more one day had not the smoke
less powder gases rendered bis eve
glasses cloudy. a portrait of the
author forms the fr0ntisuieCo 0i this
book. He is clad iu khaki and wears
spotted handkerchief about Gis
throat. buffalo. Nimr0d. Hunter
X Coz
"UNREADY MONEY" by John
ID. Rockefeller. A novel that dis
plays imaginative qualities Of a high
order is Unready Money" the story
of an old gentleman who Is very
poor all IFS life. because he con
-istently declines TO take advantage
0f illegal railroad rates He lives
his life in poverty and humiliation.
ekiug out a bare living hy acting Is
a golf csddy. But ar last fortune
turns. He is called % Chicago by
a rich uncle, who holds 4 position
on the Federal bench. and who tells
him that owing 90 his long life Gf
self-atnegation the American people
/ have decided to make him a pres
| cnt, wbcreup0u the Judge hands him
a check for S29.2p,O00. Alas. the
money comes too late-the hero s
appetite and his hair are both gone;
I he spends the entire sum for golf
balls. and dies in a struggle to reach
! the fair green. L IS a sadly pathetic
/ tale. akron. Ohio. Book Company
SUNDAY SERMONS" d" BY 10
seph G. Cannon. Long known as a
lender in matgrialistic things. and
one Of the best little smokers Of our
/ age. Mr.. Joseph q. Cannon surprises
I his friends. and doubtless viii con-
I found his enemies. with the charm
ing little volume Of Sunday Ser
mons" The third sermon in the
/ hook. on the text ''Smite Your Enc
nay Hip and Thigh. is a militant
call % duty. His texts throughout
are timely. and many viii read with
edifcatiun his little talk on Swear
| Not az AL" in which ne shows how
unnecessary for a man and a states
man ii Is 10 indulge in anything but
! Chesterfeldian English. He takes
his texts from all literature. and the
| dainty sermon preached on "Oh. Ny
| Prophetic Soul. My Uncle Is one
that should stir the heart Of the few
/ remaining Democratic Congressman.
/ Washington: Govt Printing Ofice.)
The Washington herald., 1907-09-14

An employe Of the Government
Printing Office propounds these:
What's the difference between
the tyranny and brutality Of wealth
and the tyranny and brutality eXer-
cised in public Office:
why does not the President WELD
the big stick in behalf Of all VIC
tins alike2"
Give 81 mn
The Washington herald., 1907-09-14
One Mav of Vtndieation.

trOm the Portlauu UTeEJnl0n.
In view of the failure of Mrs. Eddys
next friends. it may be profitable for
Mr. Bryan's closest associates to ask
for a commission to examine into the
question Of his capacity to manage the
Democratic party
The Washington herald., 1907-09-14
No soldier Candidates.

From the Springfield Republican
The assembling Of the Grand Army for
another yearly review suggests that
among all the candidates mentioned for
the Republican Presidential nomination
there is no veteran of the civil war Not
before since the war has such a thing
happened when the field was open TO new
candidates.. Thus does the old generation
pass, giving way to the new.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-14
Hughes Sentiment in Kansas

From the Springfield Republican.
out Of ls7 Republican editors of Kansas
polled as to their choice for the Presi-
dency, 159 respond in favor Of Judge Taft.
But it is significant that Gov Hughes, OF
New York. gets the greatest number of
second and third choice votes
The Washington herald., 1907-09-14
Country Is Safe.

From the Pittsburg Dispatch
After all this talk some perspicacious
person has discovered that adequate pro-
tect.on is afforded. although the sailing of
the battle ship feet may be still IN the
future. Taft will be on the Pacific until
the battle ships get there.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-14
Something Inst ns Good.

From the Philadelphia Record
It is relief TO know that one patent
pill contains nothing but sugar There
is q good deal in the mind cure. and
sugar pills and bread pills have worked
many cures when the patient supposed
they consisted of powerful drugs and
confidently expected them 70 be effective.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-14
Gallinser Runner Untrue.

The rumOr that Hon. Jacob Il
GalliDger. Of New Hampshire. has
entered partnership with Horace ).
Cummings is unfounded. Senator
Galinger issa physician, not a law
yer and The Big Stick is credibly
informed that he contemplaIes no
change Of profession.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-14
A LITTLE NONSENSE.
CAN'T BE HELPED,

The day is warm and bright and CHEEKY
The sprightly birds are never weary.
The vine gloWs crimson on the wall.
Deep in the wheat the COY quail call,
and the day is bright and CHEEKY.
The pessimist is loud repining;
he kicks because the sun is shining.
on, pessimist, be not so glum.
Into each life some sun must come;
Some days must be bright ana ChecTy
The Washington herald., 1907-09-14

or inefficient, but the maintenance Of
twenty-siX navy yards throughout the
country is sheer buncOmhe and wasteful-
ness. -Four yards properly equipped
should be ample for our needs. not only
for the navy we have now, but for that
which is 20 come IN the future. The
question Of favoring certain States or
appealing TO certain communities should
not enter into a matter like this at all.
1t is simply a question of conducting the
Federal business In a businesslike way.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-14
Best Hours for Fieures.

There has always been a sort Of mys-
terry as to why the bank clerk enjoys
such comfortable hours. He arrives late
at the scene Of his labors. and departs
early But why In Great Britain the
banking hours are from 20 q. m. to 3 p. IN.
Tn the summer tine one may see Mr
Clerk emerging from his place Of business
az the latter hour arrared in the latest
and most approved creation in the way Of
costume. Why banks should open AT 10
and close az 8 We never knew for certain.
bur there must be- a reason for these alb
breviated hours. and the following eXpIa-
nation has been forthcoming. A long time
back the Bank OF England discovered
that mathematical errors by the clerks
were at q minimum I'm the early morning
hours. but progressively increased as
fatigue occurred. The worst time was go
the late afternoon. and there was so much
money loss due 10 errors at that time
that as matter Of economy the clerks
We're forbidden % work after A certain
H1ur in France. the same law of se-
quence was brought To light, as was 20 be
expected There is a reason for every
thing. and 10 may well be that this eXpla-
nation Of the bank clerks short daily
hours Of work is the correct one. for Ger
iaainiy working at figures is a most
brain-tatiguing pursuit
The Washington herald., 1907-09-14
EVERY SATURDAY,
Our Motto; If you see it in The Big
Suck. il isn't so.
EDITOR GRAVES CHOICE
Georgian Cones Out Flstfootedly for
Winning Car didate.


Atlanta. ga. Sept. l3.-Col. JOIN
Temple Graves. who urges Bryan q
second the nomination OF Roosevelt
for the sake Of unanimity. believe
that the prospects are daily bright
euiug for Bryan 20 win the Presl
deucy. He favors "a good Southern
Democrat-a man like Daniel ol
Cuiberson to carry the Democratic
standard in 1915. and gives unqusli
fed approval 10 the movement IN tn,
East 20 make Lewis Stuyvesaut Chan
Ter the nominee next year. Like
Col Henry Watterson. he looks witt
decided favor upon Gov. Johnson
Of Minnesota. and shares the colonel
view that the Miunesotan Is essen
TALLY the man to make the mex
race.
Having thus committed himself
Col. Graves declines To comment
upon Hoke Smiths availability.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-14
The President Forewarned.

From the Florida Times-Un!ou
The President announces that he will
speak at Vicksburg and Nashville We
hope he viii read up on history before he
makes as bad a hash in the South as he
did at Proyincetown.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-14

A Philadelphia telephone company re-
quests its patrons not TO say please
when addressing the operator Doubtless
It would be very glad to know H. how
ever, when anybody feels like saying
thanks
The Washington herald., 1907-09-14
Friendly Reviser.

From the Ohio State Journal.
II the tariff is to be revised by its
friends. the United States Steel Corpo-
ration might be persuaded 10 serve on the
revision board. Its very friendly.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-14

The apologists for the Standard Oil
Company needn't plead that il contrib
uted N0,oo0 10 the late Republican cam
paign fund as an excuse for its wrong
doings, However. the government might
be induced to close that little fine matter
at $29,14o0o0 cash
The Washington herald., 1907-09-14
A Hnrrid Man.

Jack. I'm getting a new fail hat"
"So?"
How would you have it trimmed"
We'll, / hardly know. Ash-barrel
modes are very prevalent, but / notice
that gguy women prefer brush-heap
styles
The Washington herald., 1907-09-14

The young girl was going down FOR the
third time
But no resCuer appeared.
Really, this is shameful" declared a
thin man with pink wa.rlers. is there
no Presidential possibility in all this
thrOng2"
The Washington herald., 1907-09-14

Emperor Nicholas yacht ran aground
recently while the royal family was
aboard His ship of state has been stuck
in the mud for quite a while
The Washington herald., 1907-09-14

Next seasons girl will be tall and
thin 1t is not thought, however, that
this radical change IN style will afford
papas pocketbook any extraordinary op-
pOTtunity TO fatten up.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-14

A French lady died recently and left
her physician the remains of a once
handsome fortune" Perhaps she merely
wanted TO show him that he failed to
get it all while she was alive.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-14

What is this gnashing of teeth2
Here We find one affinity being put
aside in favor of another affinity.
This Is indeed sad.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-14

Probably the highest price ever paid for
mule was that paid at a sale at East
ST Louis last week. when a gigantic
specimen Of the race was sold for $3.50
The enormous size OF the animal was the
chief attraction az a charity fair that had
been held .n ST Louis The mule was a
native of Culver. No. where it was used
by a farmer for plow purposes. II stands
more thaa eight feet high with its head
Up. and weighs I.953 pounds. almost
twice the weight OF an ordinary mule
It's size has rescued this fortunate animal
from the rlow. for its purchaser has
shipped the animal % PittsburE, where
30 viii live for a time in luxury as an ex-
hibit, beside a hairless horse.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-14

Surely such a quiet, dignined, and
ladylike affair as the Cortelyou boom
deserved something better than the in
dorsement of Mr.. Gas" Addicks.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-14

What's the use; we start the tipping
habit almost from the moment Of our
birth. Few of us ever arrive AT the age
Of five days without something getting ln
the papers about our tipping the scales
at so and SO.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-14
The Snmmer Girl

She knew that it must end in fan
When died the clover
SO met him by the garden wall
And threw him over.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-14

The Sultan of Morocco must sometimes
feel almost as hopeful and comfortable as
"a Democratic candidate for governor OF
Vermont.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-14

Dark blue evening dress for men is ad-
vocated 10y certain London tailor Dark
brown tastes are reserved exclusively for
early morning wear.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-14

A well-known writer of coon songs
says whisky has saved his life twice
Most Of this worlds misfortunes are
charged up 10 whisky We believe.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-14

We have as high a regard for Gov.
Hughes as anybody; therefore We deprp-
cate the efforts OF those misguided
friends who arc seeking TO elevate him 20
the Presidency through the medium OF
uear-poetry-
The Washington herald., 1907-09-14

New Jersey mayor has been arrested
for promotion Of "a craps game. IL viii he
hard 90 convince the colUred population
Of that city that Mr.. Roosevelt didn' [
have something 20 do with the raid
The Washington herald., 1907-09-14
They AIKNnNs Do.

First be sure you are right"
"Yes9"
Then bTaC about it,
The Washington herald., 1907-09-14

Thomas W. Lawson recently delivered
himself of a sentence of something more
than three hundred words. mostly super
heated adiectives
The Washington herald., 1907-09-14

SO far as we are concerned. we are
perfectly willing 10 feed The Washington
Herald. the Richmond Times-Dispatch,
the Charleston News and Courier. and
the Atlanta Georgian for a week or TWO
If they viii come TO Houston" ." SAYS the
Houston Post We have not consulted
our contemporaries. but If it is on the
same to them, we would much rather
not join this suicide club
The Washington herald., 1907-09-14

Wouldn't it be nice for tariff revision II
Uncle joe Cannon and Senator Aldrich
could each be induced to serve as mayor
somewhere?
The Washington herald., 1907-09-14

HUNTING BIG CANE" By
Ajax. 10 Is evident that the anony-
nous author Of Hunting Big
Game" has been terribly annoyed by
UreUncators. Himself a nature
lover. and evidently a good shot. he
expresses forcibly his opinions in
these essays Of those writers vho
prefer the camera TO the rife. Justly
enough, he points out that il is
physically impossible TO Photograph
a sitting bird on its nest. showing
that the bird is blessed with wings.
and that at any noise like a camera
il would be bound TO iy. As 70
the work Of a camera in the South
African jungle. the author declares
that he has affidaTits showing that
the import Of cameras into those
regions IS not allowed. and that
there is no jungle, any way. Incl
dental to these ESSAYS. the author
takes US with him into the great
West. and describes a wolf hunt
on the Columbus lOhio) desert. He
declares that he has never shot
The Washington herald., 1907-09-14

Up to this minute the evidence all
tends 20 prove that while Uncle Sam
fines. Uncle Jack Rockefeller collects
The Washington herald., 1907-09-14

Abolish the free lunch," says an Illi-
nois temperance refoTmer. Certainly.
that's what IT is there for.
The Washington herald., 1907-09-14
The Latest.

In addition to the mol!ycoddle the re-
dictionary. and the undesirable we now
have the postpoHer. Most of Us are in
this class