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The Washington herald., 1907-08-12
How Washington Is Governed.
By FREDERIC j. HASKIN
By FREDERIC j. HASKIN.

and it is 10 be feared, contempt for the
rights of property owners, raised a storm
which could not be withstoo1
Congress again changed the form Of
government. and placed the District un-
der the rule Of three Commissioners, a
cOnfessedly temporary arrangement. This
was in 1874. Shepherd was osuaeized in
Washington. and went 20 Mexico. where
he lived for years in exile But the work
he had begun could neither be neglected
nor undone, It had to be finished The
new government carried on the improve
ments on a more conservative scale. and
IN 1873 Congress passed an act creating
a permanent form of government for the
District, which act has been called by
tie United States Supreme Court the
constitution Of the District of Colom-
bia"
After many years Gov. Shepherd
returned to Washington for a visit. The
good he had done was beginning TO be
appreciated. and Washington gave pub
lie reception 20 the man whose indomita-
bic viii and treless energy. united with a
passionate devotion 10 his native town.
had made the plans of George Washing
ton reality. He continued 70 live in
Mexico, however, and was engaged in
mining there until his death in 1902. His
body was brought to Washington in 1853.
and was buried with the highest civic
houoTs In the little park IN front Of the
beautiful marble municipal building now
approaching completion will stand a
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Life in Washing

are q couple Of magazines you might care
to look at while I am gone. l shall not
be long"
He dashed out to get the horse under
cover. He returned the back way and
surprised the girl bustling about the
kitchen.
you can help, she conceded with a
smile, but I just know that you can't
make biscuit"
But can't" he insisted. ''I1l show you
some day. Meantime I'll make the coffee
and put the things on the table"
The table is all set. she cried. You
must think me very slow housekeeper. "
1t takes me longer than that" he ad-
mitted, though l suppose that practice
makes perfect, and before long / shall be
able to do as well as you"
IN come 10 tea on your last night
here and let you give a graduation ex-
hibition, she promised. with a laugh.
Meantime you might get some fresh
water"
Trescott was sorry to see them drive
of, but the girl left behind the fragrant
memory OF her presence, and the place
seemed homelike at last
TrescOtt saw much OF the Magsdens in
the DAYS that followed. and long before
the end OF his month he had come TO love
the lght-hearted girl who had faced the
world so bravely when necessity de
manded.
The vacation drew TO a close all too
soon, and Trescott insisted upon holding
Eva to her promise to attend his grad
uation exhibition. Afterward they sat
out under the trees while Mrs. Marsden
drowsed contentedly upon the porch.
Have you been thinking over that
/ home-making proposition?" he asked
Eva looked Up with a smile
Il think / lack the courage 20 make a
/ try she confessed. 1t has been very
! easy here 1t is best TO leave well enough
alone"
do you think you would care TO take
on single contract?" he suggested
You have spoiled me for a bachelor
apartment"
i might help you get started in a fiat, -
she agreed. II usually take a vacation
after the summer season Is over. could
help you buy your things and settle
/ them"
But I should want you TO stay and
/ help use them he explained ITO be a
! perpetual home-maker 20 one lone bach
elor. What do you say. dear?'
Il think" she whispered, that should
/ like that plan better than the first"
Then seal the contract with a kiss
/ pleaded Trescott
| Copyrighted. 1907. by c. H. sutclife
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believe that she boasted that she had
more chances than she could accept. but
she failed to explain why she did not
keep some one OF them. Ny friend in
terested herself TO the extent Of securing
some better clothing for them. and found
n good chance for them 10 go into the
country with one Of the best women Hv-
ing. one who would have done much for
them. but expected halfway decent work
in return for wages, and great deal
more in kindness and practical assistance.
In what spirit do you think this thor
oughly satisfied mother received the Of
fer? She refused it, if you please. on
the ground that she felt sure that the
woman would work her too hard. She
wanted an easy place, where there was
no pretense of nice living: where she did
not need house dresses because wrap
pers were Just as good and more COM
Portable; where beds could be left till
the occupants were ready TO go into
them. and system was thoroughly un-
known. She said there were homes Of
that kind and I suppose she Is right
have seen enough Of slipshod ways to
credit almost any story.
BETTY BRADEEN.
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monument to Alexander r. Shepherd, the
builder Of the City Beautiful, the man
who was driven from his home that he
loved so much, stigmatized as second
Boss Tweed. but who was spared to see
its glory unfold.
AS it is now constituted. the executive
government Of the District is intrusted
to three Commissioners, one of whom
must be an officer Of high rank In the
Engineer Corps OF the army. The Com
missione1s administer the details of gov
ernmcnt, prepare the budget. transmit 1t
to Congress and there advocate Il and
other District legislation before the Dis
trict of Columbia committees. Because
of the fact that the Commissioners and
Congress are not directly responsible 10
the people Of the District. a system Of
expressing public opinion has been de-
yeloped in Washington which is abso-
lutely unique. Under its operation the
government is in practice, though not in
theory, sensitvcly responsive to pub
lie opinion. being unafrald OF elections,
and independent of party bosses.
The Board OF Trade and the Chamber
Of Commerce are not merely commercial
organizations, but are made Sup of the
prominent citizens OF the District banded
together 10 see that the cltys interests
are not neglected. If the public has par
ticular views on any subject of municipal
government. these organizations go TO
work on the Commissioners and Congress
20 have those Views adhered to. For the
smaller public questions that affect only
limited localities. and not the entire Dis
trict, the various citizens associations.
Of which there are more than twenty, un-
dertalIe to express the opinion Of the
public The Commissioners give public
hearing and private audiences to these
associations, and they are recognized as
extra-legal, but none the less authorita-
tive, representatives Of public opinion.
The commission form of government has
not only pleased the citizens OF the Dis
trict but has moved the people of other
municipalities to emulate the example.
TO-mOrrOw-SOciaIL Life in Washing
ton,
The Washington herald., 1907-08-12
FROM WOMAN'S
POINT OF VIEW

To be indispensable 10 soynebody-that is
the secret Of success. While Il is true
that none OF US are so necessary 70 the
world that we even clog the wheels for a
little space Of time, when we fail TO ap-
pear in our appointed place. it is equally
true that We are often thought 10 be very
necessary and are valued as on strictly
cash basis.
The woman who really assists her en-
ployer and makes life smoother by her
thoughtfulness and tact and real ability
stands In no danger Of being succeeded
by somebody who is willing to take small
er compensation-there have been expert
ments OF this kind. and costly ones they
proved TO be. have known housewives
who attempted to economic by supplant-
Ing an experienced. reliable homework
girl by a worker who was careless and
! incompetent. The new girl broke and mu-
tiiated dollars worth OF valuable belong
ings. and wasted enough foodstuh to feed
a thrifty family. That IS hardly economy
in the strict sense OF the word
Cheap labor is hardly ever satisfactory.
When a contractor cares nothing for the
stability Of a structure for which he is
/ responsible, cheap labor means a profit.
but If he is TO be held responsible for
1 flaws. he knows enough to hire skilled
workers of the most reliable type There
are men and women with established
regulations for sill the business virtue
who VIII never lack for good positions,
and they will be comfortable and prosper
Gus TO the end. There is a host OF In
competents drifting from one employer to
another. hired without knowledge of their
shortcomings and discharged when they
have been found out
/
Sympathy is, wasted upon such people.
as a tender-hearted woman resolved after
trying experience Her maid was taken
/ I'll. and her successor was sought in the
various employment bureaus OF a large
/ city The woman began with the high
class ones, willing to pay good wages.
and offering what she regarded as IN
usual inducements Afternoon found her
many blocks away from the first place
she visited, and at a place many degrees
l lower In tone. There she found stop
gap, at least. although she had a faint
hope that she had found a treasure.
/ There was an incumbrance. a little girl
1 for whose sake the mother said she was
anxious TO secure a home, and willing TO
| take small wages.
|
A single half hour forced the employer
10 knowledge OF her helpers incompe-
tence. She hardly knew enough to boil
water. and her nature was ingrained with
sIackness. She wasted on every possible
occasion, and destroyed at a wholesale
rate-such unnecessary destruction as
throwing away napkins and hand towels
to avoid washing them. The house looked
as II a cyclone had swept through II
when a neat, competent girl took II in
| charge, and the woman's sympathy for
the mother and child was shattered when
she found that the money she s2ved them
by paying the Office fee and trunk trans
portation as we'll as the mothers wages.
was spent In candy and such useless
things. when the pair was facing hot
! weather in winter clothing
Worse than that was the mothers con-
lhdence in her ability 10 secure good places.
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largest Morning Circulation.

All advertising contracts made by
The Washington Herald are based
upon its sworn circulation-a cireula-
ton in Washington larger by thou
sands than was ever before attained
by any morning newspaper at the
Capital Its books are open.
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AL NEw BuT TRE NAAIE.
New Hotel IsIesMorfh.

In the Heart q Atlantic City.
Overlooking the Boardwalk and Steel Pier. 90
Nesly Furnished Rooms. en- suite and single Baths
with sea water connections. Our patrons our refer
eDce. We psezse FOu- Booklets and Tates for ths
asking. WA BfMAN, Rr0pg. W. \. GREEN.
MCR.
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MARYLAND RESORTS.
OCEAN CITY.

LARGE ROOMS. WITH EXCELLENT BOARD,
s. per day. s. to SO per week. Sea Crest Cottage,
OCEAN CITY, Md. Mrs. ANNA Z. SHOWELL-
sus-lR
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VICTORIA HOTEL,
Algonquin Hotel,
ATLANTIC CITY.
HOTEL MONTICELLO.

Ocsan end of KENTUCKY ave. New throughout At
!antc Cltys largest finest. and bestappOiuted hotel
at moderate prices Eiessnt TOous. with baths ats
tached table and service q highest Standard home
Ike s1rroundiuEs: liberal ownership management
Capacity, COO. SPECIAL Tstss $40 up weekly; s. UD
daily. ReSuced September rates- Fine orchestra
Booklet. L c. EKHOLI Asa Mr.. Foster.
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VIRGINIA RESORTS.

NATIONAL ROTEL-Modern conTeniences: newly
furnished: superior table: freesfone water; sPlen-
did scenery, air, fishing and driving; two blocks
from depot. pOYEL 4 JENKINS. PropSetoEz.
HzrTisolburz. Va US-d&S-S3
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More than that, although the people au-
thorized a bond issue of only S4o00.000, he
spent $2s,00o.o0o for improvements. Con-
gress was forced to give money to keep
the national reservations up to the new
standard. and the Federal appropriation
of Sl,oo0 for the District. made in 1870.
was increased TO 100000 in 1913 The
sales OF real estate. which were s4.oO0. coo
in $50, were tripled three years later.
But the sweeping character Of the public
works, the disregard Of public opinion,
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Disregarding the protests Of citizens. he
tore away an unsightly market house and
made a park Of the space. He filed up
the miasmatic open sewer that had been
the canal Of earlier days, and turned the
water OF Tiber Creek into a great sewer.
In less than two years he paved forty
miles of street with wood and fifty miles
with gravel, He laid thirteen miles Of
sewers and fourteen miles Of water mains
The wooden pavements were a failure
and had TO be replaced with asphalt; but
once there was a pavement the people
would not consent to return 10 the mud
lanes which had disgraced the Capital for
so many years.
The Washington herald., 1907-08-12

Prof. Gates has shown the causa-
tive character Of thinking in a long
series of most comprehensive and con-
vinclng experiments. He found that
change Of mental state changed the
chemical character Of the perspiration.
When treated with the same chemical
reagent the perspiration of an angry man
showed one color, that Of man IN grief
another, and so on through the list OF
the emotions. each mental state per-
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-07-12
Onions as Germ Killers.

Not long ago a Scotch teacher gave
this advice to her pupils: IF you have
cholera or scarlet fever in the house
put some onions under the bed and
they will sweep away all disease" The
onion proved its virtue in a remark
able way 40 years ago, when cholera
ragged throughout London. 1t was no.
ticed with surprise that one Of the
most .unsanitary districts was almost
exempt from the visitation. The ma
jority of the inhabitants, being Ital-
ians, were great onion eaters, and
strings of this vegetable were found
suspended from the ceiling Of nearly
every room. The medical officer OF
health concluded that the onion,
among its many virtues, contains a
powerful antidote against cholera NOR
busrand possibly other diseases.-Chi-
cago News.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-07-12
STEAMSHIP YALE Is FAST.
New Turbine IN Summer Service
Meets Expectations.

Eighteen hours from Boston to St
John, n. B., was the record scored
by the new turbine Yale, which ar
rived at st. John at a. m. on Tues
day last on her maiden trip. She
was greeted on her. arrival by well
coming blasts from the whistles of all
the craft in the harbor.
In arrangement and equipment the
Yale Is most luxurious. The quarter
deck or social hall which passengers
enter upon boarding the steamer is
most comfortable and rich in furnish
ings. Upon this deck is located the
Purser's office, package rooms, news
stand, barber shop, etc, while from
this deck also the dining hall is en-
tered. From the quarter deck an ar
aistic staircase reaches TO the grand
saloon deck above, and another from
that 20 the gallery saloon. On these
two decks are located the staterooms,
upwards of 800 in number, several OF
these being en- suite with bath. 1t is
said the cost of the vessel equipped
and ready for service was 81 100000.
The steamship Yale in express SER
vice leaves Union wharf, Boston, Mon
day and Thursday at twelve noon.
connecting at st. John for all mari
time province points.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-07-12

Stranger. you ask accommodation. Say,
! amt no crouch, but then it's jest this
way:
You come a-steamin' up in thet big car
Oyourn--dod blast the thing. You've
travelled far.
Got far to go, an ask me for the night
10 put YOU up. 1t amt my style-not
TO grudge traveller bed an snack.
but-weil stranger, say: j haint forgot
Who's Jack? Oh, Jest leetle waller cur
But my gal loved him, an We both loved
We shore did, stranger! Mary died at
jest sort o. went TO find her ma in heaven.
An that left me an Jack-jest him an
me.
Jack-cutest little pup you ever see,
Bright as a button. busy as a bee.
An everythin' Id left in Gods good
Come limpin' in one AFTERNOON an curled
Up In my arms-you never see sech ewes,
j done the best / knowed how, doctorwise.
Bandaged the bleedin' paw-big tourn'
car
Done tan then. jest prayed an waited.
Inter the night I held him. Then 7 saw
the paw,
Like I'd been hopin'-Jack was hurt in.
side.
Injured internal like. Midnight, he died.
But I'm keepin' you. Stranger, I-shot
Jack,
Then, somehow, suthin' hit me; things
went black.
Next daylight over there by yender
tree
] dug another grave; there-don't you see.
Three graves arow% a.. this yere cabins
mine.
Folks call me Crazy Bill an ] opipe
They amt so fur off. Mighty out o. date.
Thinkiin' dogs has souls! Well, it's gittin'
late.
An ] don't b'lieve there's no use stoppin'
here,
Stranger. 1t sort O. seems like ] don't
keer
For company, for somehow--im sort O.
queer!
IT, in New York Sun.
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not true-you are not going? The
clerk told me-"
Yes. am"
There was a rustic seat in a by.
path, and We both sat down.
You've been horrid 10 me-" said
Helen. lever since you came. You
haven't"
Il haven't been any worse TO you
than you have been 10 me-" i re-
piled.
Helen began 10 cry softly.
"You told me once" she said.
"that-that you loved me-"
IL do" l replied. was beginning
to feel rather queer myself. "Of
course | love you. Helen" j said. I
had 10 put my arm around her then.
IL seemed the most natural thing
TO do. Haven't l told you l loved
you?" I went on. Haven't l said
that you were the only girl ever
thought about? Didn't l come 200
miles so I could be with you? And
when got here what did find?
That ! couldn't even get near you?"
Helen looked up and smiled
through her tears.
Don't you understand. Jack.
dear?" she said. i wanted to tell
you before, but" She blushed.
No" i replied, bluntly; II don't
understand. What is IL? Why do
you tolerate those-those-"
Words failed me.
why, because they are so smart
looking and handsome, and have such
perfect manners. Only, Jack, dear.
from the way you have been treat
ing me, was almost afraid that
1t really wasn't going to be necessary
to cultivate them"
Necessary" | repeated What
do YOU mean? Explain Yourself"
"Why, Jack" replied Helen,
have. you, or can YOU have, the
faintest. remotest idea of how hard
it is to get good-looking ushers now
adays? Look at Bessie Billings
wedding. What awful-looking things
she had. And don't you see, Jack.
dear, why | want TO keep on good
terms with Mr.. Pollard and Mr..
Bertrand?"
Then | understood Judge.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-07-12
COULDN'T KEEP TT
Kept IL Hid From tie Children.

I'VE cannot keep Grape-Nuts food
In the house. It goes so fast have
to hide It, because the children love
II 60. It is just the food have been
looking for ever so long; something
that do not have to stop to prepare
AID still is nourishing"
Grape-Nuts Is the most scientific
ally made food on the market. II is
perfectly and completely cooked at
the factory and can be served at an
instant's notice, either with rich cold
cream, or with hot milk II a hot dish
Is desired. When milk or water is
used, little sugar should be added
but when cold cream IL used alone
the natural grape-sugar. which can
be seen glistening on the granules.
Is sufficiently sweet TO satisfy the pal
ate. This grape-sugar IS not poured
over the granules. as some people
think, but exudes from the granules
In the process OF manufacture. when
the starch OF the grains is changed
from starch 10 grSpe-sugaf by the
process. Of manufacture. This, in ef-
feet. is the first act Of digestion: {:
therefore. Grspe-Nuts food is pre-
digested and IL most perfectly as
simulated by the very weakest stom-
ach. Theresa Reason"
Made at the pure food factories OF
the Postum Co. Battle Greek. Mich.
Read the little health classic, The
Road to WeliyIlle," in pkgs.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-07-12
EIGHT TRips A WEEK ON YARMOUTH
LINE.
Bea autiful Nova Scott. Lures Many Ia
Pleasant Journey

The uncxcellod eight trip per week SER
vice OF the Dominion Atlantic line, popu-
larly known as the Yarmouth line, IL now
I'm effect, and their first class and well
known steamers, Boston" prince
George" and Yarmouth ar" now lehV-
ing Boston daily except Saturday. at
y. m; also Tuesdays and Fridays at IL
noon. Dinner is served ON steamship
yarmouth at noon, leaving on tuesdays
and Fridays,
Now is the delightful time to visit Nova
Scotia The climate is cool and invigor-
ating and scenery delightful
For all Information, tours, state-rooms
apply at companys city office. 22S Wash
ington street, ana information and tick
cts only at Wharf office, foot state
street.
Send four cents in stamps for beautiful
ly illustrated guide books, Vacation
DAYS I'm Nova Scotia" and summer
Homes" TO j. T.. Masters, ~. II. superln-
tendent, Long Wharf. Boston.
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A MISUNDERSTANDING.
Helen'S FOrethOught Almost
ShipwreCked Engagement.

| took in the situation at glance.
Helen had two fellows on the string.
It was pretty hard 10 come 200
miles to find that out-especially
when, a month before, | had bid
Helen good-by at the station in
town, and there was a look in her
eyes-well, that seemed to be for
me alone. 1t had given me a COM
Portable feeling all along, and especi-
ally as Helen's letters seemed to ex-
hale certain atmosphere OF dis
consolateness-just as If she really
missed me.
We came into the inn from the
station on the blackboard. 1t was a
two-mile drive. The road was the
kind called corduroy-and we got
some heavy jolts. Still, / managed
to take Helen's hand, and she didn't
seem to mind. After all, at that mo-
ment 1t seemed quite worth while to
have come all that distance There
was the first embarrassment that
always comes to lovers long sepa-
rated-but our eyes told volumes.
! was glad also that we were sur
rounded by forests. There would be
chances for me to have Helen all to
myself in such a wilderness.
/ had scarcely registered, however,
before, as l turned around, | over
heard a buzz of conversation. The
two had come up. Helen introduced
them rapidly.
"Mr. Pollard, Mr.. Castleton, Mr..
Bertrand, Mr.. Castleton."
They nodded cheerfully. could
feel myself growing uneasy.
Say, Miss Helen" said Mr.. Pol
lard, can i have the first dance to-
night?"
And" broke in Mr.. Bertrand, 81
claim the second"
These two chaps were immacu-
lately dressed in white flannel suits.
They were apparently cast in the
same mould.
l didn't dance myself hated it..
Her answer made me desperate.
Il suppose So" said Helen. She
looked at me as IL to get my sane
ton. or as If she had really done
something of which she expected me
to approve. At any rate, | didn' I
approve. ! could feel myself grow
Ing warm with rage. To think that
! had come two hundred miles only
TO find that the girl counted on was
as tickle as that.
Il must see about my room," ]
said, and broke away and went up
stairs.
When ! came back they were all
three sitting together. 1t was In
the front hall. Helen got up.
Shall we go for a row. she
said. want to show you the sur
roundings."
Let's" said Mr.. Pollard.
Let's" said Mr.. Bertrand.
How jolly" exclaimed the voice
Of Mr.. Pollard.
Delightful" cried Mr.. Bertrand.
Let's make up party" said
Helen. Come Jack; take US all.
You row so splendidly!"
They piled in, and. there being no
help for IL; I went along.
Next day the affair progressed in
about the same fashion. We all went
on tiresome picnic and cooked the
dinner.
That night we were all tired and
went to bed early. But I woke up
at midnight, and, thinking IL all over,
and Helen's cruelty, I made up my
mind TO give the affair up. The
next morning made my arrange
nents to leave on the first train.
+ took an early breakfast; then !
started down to the lake for last
look. On the way back I came face
to face with Helen. She betrayed
anxiety.
i've been looking for you every
a..
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-07-12
AS Others See Us.

A day or two ago II fell out that M
actor with purpose was cinemato
graphed on the stage, and was vastly
pleased with the result.
Said he gleefully TO prominent Ora
matte critic:
"It was the most extraordinary ex
perience ever went through-actn
ally TO gee myself acting"
Now" replied the prominent Ora
matte critic. you understand what We
have TO put up with."-Pall Mall Ga
zpttp