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lions under which the packet is received for

tons under which the packet is received for
transmission Articles of much higher
value than the limit and considerably larger
sums OF money are sent through the regis
tered mail constantly. The service is
cheap and 1t unQuestionably affords GER
tain degree of security. The precautions
taken to secure reports from all employees
handling such mail enable the inspectors to
trace losses more surely than In the case OF
unregistered mail, and the forms which
must be observed are undoubtedly check
upon the possibly dishonest mail clerk or
postmaster.
In the case of ordinary mail the govern
ment assumes no responsibility whatever
A letter dropped into box or slot is in
trusted to the service without condition or
obliga ton. For the postage paid the
United States undertakes to transport the
packet to its destination and to deliver II
into the hands of the addressee or his
agent. II losses occur, through railroad
wrecks or dishonesty. the sender suffers.
Nevertheless the percentage of loss is re-
markably small Considering the vast vol
ume of mail handled by the United States
government in the course of year, the
sender is virtually guaranteed against loss.
He is warned officiauy not to intrust money
to the ordinary service. and he does so
doubly at his own risk when he disregards
this caution.
The special delivery service is by many
people regarded as a more secure method
of sending valuable mail than the ordinary
service, although the government does not
assume any special responsibility In ex-
change for the additional postage beyond
undertaking to hasten the packet to its
destination by other than the regular means
of delivery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-25
A Statesman and His Clothes.

The impression is abroad that John
Sharp Williams is careless in his dress
one gets the idea from newspape de-
scriptions that he wears "high-water
pants" and that they bag at the knees;
that his coat wrinkles in the back, and
that the sleeves are too short; that his
collars are poorly selected, and that his
"necktle" rides high behind. He has been
lectured on the subject. as offending both
against good taste and his section A
southern statesman, he is told. should
always look his best and be at his best.
1t is all a mistake. Mr.. Williams Is no
SLOUGH. considered either intellectually or
sartorially. He keeps within haIling dis
lance OF the style although far from be-
Ing a dandy. If he has his own thoughts
in collars and cuffs" and other things, he
il not more independent than many other
statesmen. Our lawmakers as rule
dress for comfort, and obtain 1t without
seriously disregardiug the conventions.
Observe Mr.. Williams in the House
swinging in a revolving chair Or lolling
on a sofa listening to a story, or walking
about the chamber comforting with his
followers. and from his dress you would
not he able TO assign him in the country.
lie might be from Massachusetts or Rhode
Isand Kentucky or California.
The trouble in the case of Mr.. Williams
springs from his hair. 1t is of the variety
'nat will not stay put. 1t is not coarse nor
particularly abundant, but IS rebelious No
brush that ever was made could train it, or
bring 1t to more than brief obedience;
and when it rises OF its own motion, or is
assisted to disorder by a stroke or two by
Mr.. Williams in a moment OF reflection, the
effect on a beholder is that OF rats nest.
II X crowned the handsomest suit Of clothes
Ia Christendom, worn by the most graceful
man In Christendom II would dlsfigure the
whole association OF beauty.
Mr.. Williams may not care for criticism
OF his personal appearance. While the
apPare! of, proclaims the man. II does not
Invariably do 80. and Mr. Williams is emil
nent enough to take few liberties with the
conventions II II jumps into his humor. But
untn he conquers his riotous poll, and
forces each particular hair instead Of
standing on end to stay put. he might
patronIZe the most fashionable of tailors
and indulge In the most costly OF raiment
without dsarin,ng those who would see him
approach nearer to the correct thing"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-25
Tariff and the Next Campaign.

The Rochester. n. Y, Union and Adver-
tiser SAYS on the tariff question:
Secretary Taft has announced that he
L. IA favor OF tariff revision after the next
presidential election. But if the republicans
are successful In that election why should
they revise the tariff? They will be able to
say then. as they have said in the past
That the extreme protective policy of the
republican party Eas again received the
approval of the country.
The r puhlican party will be obliged to
revis" the tariff. because it will stand
pledged specifically to do so. Account must
he taken Of the party's next platform. which
must deal with the subject. Already the
Ines are being drawn for contest in the
platform committee of the next national
convention between the rev:s:onists and the
stardpai;crs and at least ore presidential
boom-ihe Knox boom-has that signifi-
cance and no other The most ardent Knox
man in Pennsylvan has no though, OF
seeing the senator nominated for President
Rut with the Pennsylvania e'egates held
together in his name they may be used in
behalf of a tariff plank favorable to Penn
sylvaniaS interests
Protest and fight as they may. however.
the standpatters will have to face the music
in the national convention. The platform
must be plain way or the other on this
most important subject. Next to the rail-
road question. and hardly second 10 that,
II occupies the most attention before the
country. Among the revisionists are many
leading men in the republican party. and
the democrats of course united. In fact
+; is the only question upon which the DEM
rats are united. They are all demanding
revision. and some of them. for political
purposes. revision r ght away.
1t Is not possible. therefore. to specu-
late safely about republican success IN No
Nvmh-r. 1:6S. except upon the pos tive
proms, by the party to revise the Dngley
schedules and bring them into harmony
with these new times They were devised
fur hard times and to assist in relieving
those times and they have done their work
admirably But the times now are not
only good. but the best the country has
ever known, and our very prosperity calls
for new and lower tariff rates on many ar
ticles Consumers demand the cut and
producers will not be injured by IT, and
hence it will have to be made.
The policy of protection will be in no
danger from any action a republican Con-
sress may take Revisionists in that party
as good protectionists the standpat-
ttrs-better. indeed. as they would rescue
the policy from the reproach of continuing
hounties to bloated Industries. He is the
enemy of protection who abuses IL in appl-
~ Ton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-25
THE PROVINCETOWN SPEECH.

From the Chicago Evening Post.
1t was no mere coincidence that the
Provincetown speech was followed by
bad drop in temperature The President
ought to have more sense Of his RESPONSE
bilities.
From the Indianapolis News.
Naturally too, after maintaining that 81
lence SO long at Oyster Bay he was in fine
fettle to break it vigorously when the OPP
portunity offered at Provincetown.
From the Chicago Tribune.
After which the President addressed the
assembly with few titanic utterances
which will be found in several other col
umns.
From the Detroit Times.
Were 1t not for that speech Of Tafts
there might have been a little consolation
for the railroads in Rooseyelt's reference
to his being there only eighteen months
more.
From the Providence Evening Bulletin.
1t 10 now revealed that the President has
been putting in a part at least of his quiet
summer at oyster Bay sharpening his
spearheads.
From the Lewiston Evening Journal
BY shorter and ugiier phrase Roosevelt
doesn't care a rap for Wall street manipu-
lations to scare him out of prosecuting the
corporation outlaws.
From the New York Evening Telegram.
Great speech. There was a touch of
Cromwell. Admiral Won Tromp, Robin
Hood. Col. Bryan and considerable T. r.
From the Boston Traveller.
President Roosevelt is still obsessed with
the post road notion, the by-product of
a Louisiana legal brain; and he evidently
believes that through its potency he can
continue the work of Capitalization which
will reduce the states to the political status
Of villages. Fortunately the Supreme Court
remAinO
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-25
Weaklings! Cravens!

A great deal is being written by learned
medical men and anatomical experts on the
growing supersenstiveness Of the human
race. There Is too much nervousness. too
much Squeamishness. too much masculine
delicacy, too much effeminacy today. There
is SO much nervousness that proclama-
ton with an Oyster Pay date line may be
issued against 1t.
However much men may differ with the
medical gentlemen on their therapeutic
theories there is general agreement with
them that there is too much nervousnes S.
This is the mora remarkable in view Of the
nerve that is everywhere displayed every
day.
1t is well enough, or bad enough, for
women to be oversensitive. squeamish and
hystericai on the subject of mice. reaches.
matinee actors. burglars and the like. but
when men begin to get nerves and to let
their stomachs give way without adequae
cause the national peril has gone far
enough.
Instances multiply daily that men are not
as manly and as stalwart as the men of
yore. Listen to this dispatch from New
York:
..The mistake q putting bicycle oil in
stead of salad oil INTO a chicken salad last
night sent Kevit Behnisch, eighteen years
old. to Bellevue Hospital Young Behnisch s
father sent the boy into an adjoining room
to get the salad oil. Absent-mindedly. he
picked up bottle of bicycle oil. Returning.
his father told him to put all the OIL In the
salad The elder Behnisch did not notice
the mistake that had been made. Young
Behnisch ate heartily of the salad, and
when it was finished declared that he would
take "a ride on his bicycle. The young man
got as far as ID avenue and 10Th street
when he fell off the wheel. writing and
groaning An ambulance took the youth
to Bellevue Hospital.
Here. indeed. is a weakling! Here is
mollycoddle without iron enough In his
blood to hold bicycle oil in his stomach.
Here is fellow so girlish. SO maidenly, SO
representative, that he gives way under
a 81 ght culinary mshap that perhaps often
occurs among the boarding houses in our
midst.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-25
Mail Service and Guarantees.

The loss Of sacks of registered mail from
a train in the west containing. 1t is alleged
a quarter OF million dollars in cash and
valuables calls attention pontediy to the
fact that the United States government
does not guarantee to make good all losses
suffered by patrons OF this service. Under
the present regulations the government OBJ
lfgates itself TO reimburse the sender OF a
registered letter or package only to the
extent Of S25, in case OF proved loss to that
value Formerly the limit was So The
statute permits the Postmaster General to
Increase this amount from time to time as
he deems just and advisable to the final
limit OF 500. The conditions Of the guar
antee are plainly stated In the application
blank which the sender signs. Neverthe-
less. 1t is to be questioned whether more
than one in ten of the users OF the regis
tered mail service understands the coadi-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-25
The LAY OF A LUCKY MAN.

Alas for him who but q month ago
Had milions-as he fondly thought. at least
And finds that through the drop In J. ..
His assets have by more than half decreased
I'm glad that slumps bring no concern to me;
am as happy as was when Kate
Came whispering that she was sure tnat We
Had been intended, each for each. by fate.
I pity him who reads the tape and learns
That through the hammering Of r. Il A.
He must acknowledge till the market turns
That half his fortune has been swept away.
To me no such misfortune may occur,
am As care free when gentle Ruth
Discovered that I meant 90 much TO her
And modestly confessed the pleasing truth.
I'm glad that ] am not millionaire
And that the slump has not affected me;
I pick my paper up and do not
Because the bears are pounding l.. O..
Ii there has been a break in +. & \.
I'm not q cent the poorer; can dine
With all the pleasure that l chung TO when
learned that winsome Julia's heart mine
S. f. Kiser, In the Chicago Record Herald.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-25

with regard tc its accessibility. The hun
dreds of employees are put to serious dis
advantage i'll reaching it. The new site. II
granted by Congress. should be north of
the mall
One of the bad features of the govern
ments building policy during many years
has been the tendency to make shift with
existing materials by means Of additions
and extensions. The result is that many
of the structures now occupied by the de-
partmental offices are unhandy and poorly
adapted to the requirements of the public
business. In the use of rented quarters.
too, the government has been at disad
vantage through the reluctance of owners
to make extensive repairs. owing to the IN
certainty of the tenancy.
A broad, comprehensive public building
policy has been repeatedly advised as one
of the urgent needs of the government. 1t
was hoped that when the Senate park COM
missions plan was submitted Congress
would recognize the wisdom of adopting it,
perhaps with notifications for the purpose
II to no other end, of permitting a con-
sistent, harmonious scheme Of emplace
ments In the future. 1t has. however.
neglected to accept this opportunity, and
the case remains as 1t has for years. with
edcn new DuildlnS need treated slngly, ana
often seriously delayed because of the lack
Of a general plan.
If the engraving bureau is provided with
adequate quarters nearer the Treasury.
now proposed. the same thing should be
done for those other departmental branches
which are at present in rented cramped
quarters To shift the geological survey.
for instance. permanently to the old en-
craving bureau building would not be a
progressive move. nor would it materially
solve one of the present problems of the
public service. The survey should be ade
quately and handsomely housed in con-
venient quarter without delay and this
work would be best undertaken simulta-
neously with the work of erecting the new
engraving bureau structure.
The old bureau building thanking the mall
is not pleasing feature of the landscape.
1t IS obviously factory, without any pre-
tensions to beauty and seriously marrng
the general effect of the scene when viewed
from any station. Its demolition as soon as
replaced would add to the dignity of the
capital city.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-25
Fines and Rebates.

And now a judge in the northwest has
hned a railroad company twenty thousand
dollars for granting rebates. The figure
is not large as compared with the fine as
sessed against the Standard Oil Company,
but 1t is Of good size, and will serve.
Whenever fine is imposed in such a
case it should be heavy one. Railroads
cannot recoup as the Standard Oil Com
pany can. Their customers are not as
easily at their mercy. A heavy fine will
cause them to pause and consider. They
have run long course with their rebating,
and inflicted much injury by the policy.
but they are about at the end Of that row.
A good deal has been accomplished by the
government, and all of it has deserved the
applause received.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-25
NEVER AGAIN.

l placed some money in a mine.
Upon advice Of ''one who knew"
And waited. dreaming for the time
When I'd have coin OF golden. hue.
But after waiting twenty months
And not a dividend IN sight.
/ finally began to see
How easy suckers are to bite.
Next bought some railroad stocks.
Advised by one ! thought was wise
He told me knowingly that
Would soon begin TO redliEe.
But-tust my luck-in two days time
The market took a fearful slump.
And then 1t dawned on me that
Had been a monumental chump.
So I've resolved to save my coin,
Regardless OF advice ! get.
And not get caught again within
The mesh OF some aiuring net.
No more I'll hearkeu TO ..s voice
That tells Of "sure thing bond or stock
Instead. think, the coin l earn
III carefully salt In my sock.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-25
A New Engraving Building.

1t is earnestly to be hoped that Congress
will promptly agree with the proposition
" hlch will probably be submitted TO il next
session by Secretary Cortelyou for a new
building for the bureau of engraving and
printing on a new site. II is also to be
hoped that in this event the old building.
eventually vacated by the big money fac
tory. will be utilized, II at all. by other
government bureaus only temporarily,
pending new constructions for their use.
The engraving :-1d printing establishment
has grown rapidly during the past few
years and has been seriously cramped for
room. despite additions to the structure. II
Is inconveniently situated, both with refer
bnos 70 Its relations with the Treasury and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-25
The GLOBE TROTTER.
From the Omaha Bee

From the Omaha Bee.
Secretary Taft rather enjoys travelling
but he would be willing to stay at home for
four years, beginning with March A. 1909.
From the Grand Rapids Herald.
Secretary Taft has such confidence in his
boom that be will leave 1t at home while
he travels around the world.
From the Houston Post.
Now that Mr.. Taft has begun on his jour-
ney to girdle the world 1t Is not too early to
express the hope that the world will recip.
rocate and see If 1t can girdle Mr.. Taft.
From the Chicago News.
Secretary Taft will also go through the
Yellowstone. VIII the kind-hearted young
woman have her bathing suit at hand and
be ready for emergencieDS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-25
The SWEDISH PRINCE.

From the New York Evening Sun.
The Swedish prince proposes to visit this
city incognito. How long could he stay In
Newport in that condition?
From the Pittsburg Gazette Times.
After saying in an interview. II would
like to become more closely acquainted
with your people," Prince Wilhelm o.
Sweden yesterday started for Newport.
Alas, these misguided foreigners!
From the Chicago Record-Herald.
Prince William of Sweden is busy enjoy
Ing the delightful democracy which does
not exist In this country when scion of
royalty happens to be present.
From the Brooklyn Times.
Well, even II poor Newport is weeping
over the fall in stocks. she has real
prince to entertain and to cheer her.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-25
A HERO As IS.

Since the prehistoric and ancient days. since ths
age paleozoic.
There have been some hundreds Of thousands OF
ways for q man to be brave and heroic;
The soldier stunt and the sailor stunt ana the nooN
Aremans rescue,
The dauntless. intrepid engineer and the amateur
singer grotes-Que.
The bicycle cop who saves fhe child by dint of his
Is likely and logical candidate for golden Car
negie medal;
The man who eats blueberry pie . Ia mode and
lobster and melon and trulnes.
And the maid who's sufficiently heroine-uks to look
different from F-y-R-s.
They are all OF them brave end commendaoie' out
compared to my type Of hero
Their bravery counts for nothing At au-its sum
Is the absolute zero.
30 rose to champion the boldest Of all and to b
his initial praiser-
The chap who has nerve to tell the barber ne uses
safety razor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-25
The BACHELORS Wall.

These nights are mighty hard on me.
I have to entertain till day
A lot of married men who're free,
Because their wives have gone away.
And married men who're left alone
Are worse than single men. BY Tar;
At least the ones that l have known
Have proved conclustyely they are.
A single man will homeward go
At am. or even 2;
But when q mans wife cannot know,
A decent hour will never do.
He will not let you catch your car,
He thinks with him you ought to stay;
The worst of night hawks really are
The men whose wives have gone away.
All autumn and all winter through
He stays at home at night to read;
But when he's bid his wife adieu
And for the summer he Is freed,
He turns unto his single friends
And keeps them out till break OF day;
With him the evening never ends.
At least while wiley Is away.
The summer may be full Of cheer
For many, but all single men
Will gladly see II disappear,
When they can settle down again.
This single blessedness. ! swear,
Has many Joys in glad array;
But, OH / bid you to beware
OF married men with wives away
Detroit Free Press.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-25
A Lost Art.

'Mongst arts that hourished long ago
We mourn with grief sincere
The art of silence, for We know
Twill never reappeer.
At morn the fierce alarm clocks ring;
Then bells and whistles sound;
And whooping railway engines fling
Dire tumult all abound.
The trolley and the motorist,
The street piano queer.
Combine all ruthlessly to twist,
Your weary, aching ear.
And when your toll Is over quite.
Your hopes of peace prove chaR,
For when you get back home at night
- - err u.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-25
Have The Star Follow YOU.

Readers Of The Star may have The Even.
Ing and Sunday editions mailed to them In
any part of the country at the rate Of Soc
per NORTH. or Tho Evening Star only SOC
per ncnth, The address may be changed
as frequcutiy as desired.