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The Washington herald., 1908-05-31


Sir Charles Bunbury enjoys the distinc-
ton of having won the first Derby with
horse Of the name Of Diomed. which
shortly afterward was sold for export
to the United States for the modest price
Of $500 Here its merits we're, however,
appreciated more highly than in the old
country. Fer only few weeks after
reaching New York it was resoId by its
purchaser for the sum of $1,000 and died
two years later on the stud farm of its
new owner 1t would be interesting TO
learn If there is any stock at present in
this country that can trace its descent
from this first winner Of the Derby. The
Sir Charles Bunbury, who was his orig
inal owner. married that Lady Sarah
LennoX who for a time was the object
OF sucn infatuat!on on the part OF
George III that there are many people 10
this day who are convinced that the King
was secretly married 10 her. One thing.
however. is certain. namely, that Farmer
George never forgot his youthful affaire
de occur. For throughout his reign Lady
Sarah. who was the daughter OF the sec
ond Duke OF Richmond. and a sister Of
the celebrated Lady Holland. was an OBJ
ject of particular regard and gracious
ness on the part OF his majesty. even aft
er her sensational divorce from Sir
Charles Bunbury. and her marriage 70
George Napier. through whom she became
the mother Of Sir William Napier the
historian of the Peninsular War.
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Sir Charles Bunbury was in those DAYS
a very conspicuous figure on the British
turf, and besides winning the Derby no
The Washington herald., 1908-05-31

Sir Charles Bunbury was in those DAYS
4 very conspicuous figure on the British
turf, and besides winning the Derby no
The Jewish outlook., 1908-07-24

Heine, the fact remains that they
have not produced Il single states
man." There was silence for ii mo-
ment. Everyone knew. of course, that
this was direct allusion to Disraeli.
Then one of the company stepped into
the breach.
"Mr. Gladstone he said. ''as il
matter of fact. the Hebrews have pro-
duced statesman and one of the
greatest the world has seen.
The fighting instinct of Mr.. Glad
stone Surged up at once. May | ask.
SIR" he said pointedly. "who was this
Hebrew statesman
Everyone. anticipating n more than
lively scene. waited in tense expecta
ton for the answer. 1t came in the
quietest tones. Moses. sir Every
one smiled. and Mr.. Gladstone joined
in the laugh.-Vienna Welt.
The Jewish outlook., 1908-07-24
A Great Statesman

An ancedOte of Gladstone at the
time OF his greatest rivalry with Dis
raeli is often retold. At dinner
party the subject of Judaism cropped
up.
'Admitted,' said Gladstone, "that
the Hebrews have given the world a
philosopher in Spinoza, musicians in
Mendelssohn and Meyerbeer, a poet in
The Jewish outlook., 1908-07-24
THE WISH UTLOOK

thrce-quarters of the young women
who attend the Normal college are
Jewesses.
The public schools are crowded
with Jewish children. In 1904 a
record of twenty-eight schools of the
City of New York showed an attend
ance of 64,605. o. these 81 .l03 were
Jews. In thirty-Line Philadelphia
school, having an attendance of d.
4S5. it was found that IL ,6S3 of these
children were Jews In nine Chicago
schools having II .430 attendants. it
was found that of this number .929
were Jews. OF course these statistics
are made up from schools that are
more or less in Jewish sections in the
different cities mentioned above.
These young students. when they
get ont of school. all get into some
active business or profession. The
Jews are eminently practical race,
and there is IL vast distinction between
the practical and the materialistic.
The French are very practical peo-
pie: they are also ominently artistic
ana laeallStlc.
Another reason. and very strong
enc, why the Jews have succeeded.
They have great belief in human
ity. They love it In New York City
alone they have $l0,000,000 worth OF
property which is given up to the
service of humanity. such as asylums.
hospitals and educational buildings,
homes for the aged. etc. The Mount
Sinai Hospital is the greatest hospital
in the world. 1t has cost $4,000. 900,
all of which have been supplied from
Jewish funds. and there is not a sin
gle mortgage on it. On the East Side
there are the Bcth-israel hospital and
homes for the aged and infirm, and
the Hebrew Orphan Asylum now is
taking care of LOO boys and girls,
and the Hebrew SEeltering Guardian
Society looks after 700 of these un.
fortunate little people. Nathan Stra,ls.
with his milk and coal charities. is a
type Of the Jew who is interested in
the human, and Jacob Schiff is never
so busy that he cannot stop to dis
tinguish the cry of his own unfortu-
'"'S law. iit IL uiNdHS utNISlIs
some new scheme to help it. The
greatest of all the organized human
itarian movements among the Jews
is the United Hebrew Charities.
which last year distributed $3.50. 900.
The Jew has asked no one to help
him. He supports all his own char
tiles. The compac, the early Jewish
settlers made with Governor Peter
Stuyvesant has beer kept to the letter
That the Jews are cultured race.
that they have intellectual as well as
commercial leanings, is proved by the
fact that in the crowded East Side
they support five daily newspapers
printed in Yiddish. which is the patois
jargOn of the Jews of Eastern Flu.
rope, and all of these papers have
large circulatiOns.
The Jews, concl'!des Mr.. Lauter.
bach, have succeeded because they
have placed character above every
thing. because the! have treasured
the educational and ethical ideals. and
also because they have aimed to per-
feet themselves morally as well as fl
nancially.-Jewish Times and OBJ
server.
The Jewish outlook., 1908-07-24

change their lalth
For centuries the Jew has been
prosecuted. For centuries he has
been on the defensive. He has with
stood and seen all forms of attack. lie
has learned all the arts of self-pre-
servation. Napoleon once said: "Do
not fight the same enemy too often;
he vii. learn all your tricks The
Jews really have borrowed strength
from their enemies.
Scattered all over the world. they
are yet struggling and succeeding.
Disraeli said: The world has found
out by this time that it is impossible
to destroy the Jews AS matter
Of fact, there are more Jews today by
5000. 600 than there were in the time
of King David.
eff there are ranks in suffering,
KunZ said. 'Israei takes precedence
of all the nations: if the duration OF
SORROWS and the patience with which
they are borne ennoble. the Jews are
among the aristocracy of every land:
if II literature Is called rich in the pos
session of few classic tragedies.
NHdt wv w
tragedy lasting ! 800 years. in which
the poets and the actors are also the
herOes!'
The centuries OF suffering that the
Jew has undergone has left its i'm
press on his s,lb-conscio,s mind. The
Jews. as II rule. take life very serious
ly. because for centuries they did not
know how long trey could keep it.
They see the stoical side of life. as
the Greeks saw the joyous, although
the second and third generations of
Jews IN this country are certainly
lighter-hearted than their ancestors.
Look at the face of Israels, the
painter. and at Felix Adler's face.
Zangwill's face is as serious as the
grave. Ruebenstein and Meyerbeer
both have serious expressions on their
faces Spinoza s face was sad.
The Jews. however, are not fatal
lists. ''There is no fate in Israel, is
one of their oldest and most respected
proverbs. 1t is the strength of will
that the Jews possess that has made
it possible for them to succeed in
things which were so uncOngenial to
them. The Jews originally were
shepherd people, and to say they were
u commercial nation is absurd. as
they We're entirely cut off from the
sea. They had no great bankers in
those days. they di3 have many great
poets and psalmists.
The Jews take education very seri-
ously. See the books that circulate
in the libraries on the East Side. Are
they fiction? No! For the most part.
they are books of science, travel, bio
graphy and social economies 1t is not
in infrequent sight to see little slip
Of Jewish boy with big volume of
Aristotle under his arm They know
the old heroes of literature and sci
ence much better than they do the
heroes of cOntempOraneOus fiction.
C. J. Ellis, general passenger agent
of the Norfolk and Western Railway
Company, only few weeks ago told
me story which illustrates in
hOmely sort of way the Jews eager
search for knowledge In this respect
they DO resemble the Greeks. Mr.
Ellis had left "a meeting hall on the
East Side at II o'clock for some rea-
son, and he noticed huddled on
street corner a group of Jewish boys.
They were discussing political econ
omics. He returned that way two
hours later and the boys were still on
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-02-23
The Chipmunk and How He
May Be Caught.
By FRANK R. MILLER.

Have you ever walked through the woods when
the chipmunks all out, and feeling good?
You hear "chipchipchip-chip!" all sides, in
termingled with "chocll-chock" The ones that say
"chock" have nut in each cheek pouch That
changes their chip" into hollow "chock" or
"chouch"
Suddenly you startled by a "chipchir-r-r-r-
rchip chip" and a brown streak goes tearing
through the dry leaves in front of you, and winds
up in an open space as if the earth had swallowed
it.
Well it has for if you will investigate the
spot where that brown streak ended, you will
discover a nice clean hole about the size of a
silver dollar, down which the squirrel has dis
appeared.
What becomes of the dirt they dig out? An
lrishman says they begin digging at the lower
end of the hole but have not been able yet
to discover how he gets there
Should you desire to capture a ground squirrel
for pet, you would find it too much like work
to try to dig him out, for the hole very likely
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-02-23

leads up to and under some tough old stump. If
there are any hollow limbs lying about on the
ground near where the chipmunks live, you will
find it better way to take and stout
canvas bag along next time you go there. Then,
if you can scare two squirrels into hollow
limb run up quickly and plug the hole.
If the limb be not too heavy you might carry
it home chipmunk and ALL but you might then
become involved in an alteration with the owner
of the woods, provided he caught you carrying off
his stove wood.
So better way is to start at the small end
of the limb and saw off 14inch lengths (make
stove wood while you at it) until you strike
the end of the hollow.
Saw off shorter lengths now and go carefully
or Won might saw off Mr. Munk's head, or you
might saw off his tail, which would detract greatly
from his ornamental appearance
When you get the hole cut down to where
it is about the size of a silver dollar, take your
bag and muzze the hole with it, and tie string
around it and the limb to hold it
Now get long slender stick, draw the plug
on the opposite end and poke in your stick Guard
the hole with your hand meanwhile for the chip
munk will come out that way if you don't.
After little poking he will come out "plunk"
into your bag and you have him.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-02-23
The Higher Education.

George William Curtis in his address at Vas
sar anniversary, some years ago. asked:
Was Matthew Vassar wrong in believing that the
time had come for opening to women the oppor-
tunity of the highest education? Vassar asks.
Smith and Wellesley and Bryn Mawr Holyoke
and Barnard College, and all the opening college
doors and opening minds of trustees and faculties,
the professional schools for women, and fellow
ships and endowments and vanishing sophistries
and prejudices, and the extending empire of COM
nonsense all answer. Even the good old con-
sentative stock of Columbia College, the scho-
lastic home of Hamilton and Jay, of Gouverneur
Morris and Dewitt Clinton, brilliantly blossoms
into degrees for women, and as the other older
collegiate nurseries OF our education feel the
gentle feminine pressure which holds their hest
tatng gates ajar the chorus of manly voices with
in begins to murmur. eff women are not afraid of
u.s. why should we be afraid of women?"
All this and these may seem to offer some salts
factory answer to our question If the founder
returned to contemplate his great and noble pur-
pose But there is yet a final question. Conced-
ing that his act was justified by the conviction and
the desire of his time-still, were they not mis-
taken; not the foreboding of doubt forecast
of TRUTH and the warning of ancient tradition a
voice which should have been needed? Matthew
Vassar was an emancipation. To those who
parativey speaking, had sat in darkness he gave
light. But not those justified who WINGED at
the shining of the light? That is the question.
Has this larger liberty of education, this freedom
of choice, this devoted and successful study, this
winning of scholastic palm and proud decoration of
the degree,-has all this, either in the persons
upon their sex and upon the estimate of it, justi-
fled in any point the sorrowful anticipatons which
seemed to regard the opening gates of the highest
education for the foodgates of tor
rent of evil which would sweep away the lowell
ness and grace and charm of womanhood? Nearly
a half century has elapsed since Vassar opened its
doors to women, and none of these sorrowful an
ticipations seem to have been realized.
Truth and experience laugh the question to
scorn. There is sign of a more liberal
civilization and a wiser world than the perception
that the bounds of legitimate womanly interest
and activity are not to be set by men, as hereto
fore, to mark their convenience and pleasure.
The tradition of the lovely incapacity of woman
reflects either the sensitive apprehension or the
ignoble abasement of man. The progressive
amelioration of the laws that have always re-
stricted her equality of right the quick exposure
and censure of statutes which still outrage the
instinct of justice and fair play, the enlarging
range of her industrial occupations and, like
towering icebergs melting in warmer air, the
vanishing in generous thought of the preJu-
dices and foes of opinion that. once seemed in
superabe,-these those signs in the heavens
that held to he unsurmountabe and ire
The Washington times., 1908-01-19

that the freest criticism Of its govern
ing men is absolutely essential 10
nations political welfare. Inc coIlS
spOndent would be, in our oPliil,1l,
grossly mistaken in directly cHal X ne
Mr.. Roosevelt with political insinceIItS /,
but il Is a matter in which the accl5el
could quite well be honestly mistaken.
What he has no right 10 DO IS 70
prefer his charge ID the lhsluloltB ~
Indirect fashion which he mas ADOPTED
not merely in the words quoted apONc,
but also in a subsequent passage, WE =
he begins by sheltering hlmScI Deiil5u
the belief Of public opinion, ana s5i i,ts
by the declaration: Seeing the Iilllly
of fighting when victory was imposslg
BILE, he made the announcement %
last night December IL eninlhallIia
himself as a future Presidential posi-
bility.'
The letter contains in addition an
elaborate attempt 10 show lhat W
President has failed in everything ne
has undertaken We have not space
here to traverse in detail statement so
grOteSQue. though the task Woulu uo' - -
difficult; bat we may point OUT t'LsI -
correspondent seems incapable OF un-
Outstanding what is the Presl9enl
chief claim on the gratitude OF NJ
couutrymen. Apparently, ne doe ilO'
realize that Mr. Roosevelt has I'M y
mensely raised the standard OF i,0lll 49, Ia
honor. throughout America, ana tnaI he
has given an impulse to right-thin hlI - :
and right-dolng in public life the eHsF .l
OF which will be fet long after ms
more personal claims TO game h"'
been forgotten.
All of which coming fl ON an Eng
lish publication like the Spectator
in reply to an attack like that out
lined coming from an American
who is near enough to the White
House to know better, ought to be
very gratifying to the present occu-
pant of the White House and to all
his friends and 70 many of his hon
est and above-board opponents.
The Washington times., 1908-01-19
Hope for Venezuela.

Let the optimists rejoice and the
ipessimists seek the most posteriOr
parts of the community and sink
from sight Venezuela is playing
baseball! That land of tabled mis-
rule, riot, and rum has taken into its
midst the uplifting and ciyihzing in
duence Of that great moral game.
Consul James W. johnson, who
Irayhap is a baseball player himself,
writes from Puerto Cabello:
p The game Of baseball is gaining a
steady fOOthOld in Venezuela. and bids
fair TO become a popular form of out
door amusement. A game played re-
Gently in Caracas was quite a social
event being attended by the wife Of the
. President, and many people OF promi-
mence- The outlook warrants American
manufacturers of athletic goods in put
ting forth some efforts TO encourage
the sport Descriptions and rules Of the
game printed in Spanish and distributed
IN the cities or Caracas, La Guairdf
Valencia. Puerto CabellO, and Barquesi-
tmeto, together with window displays
of baseball paraDhernaila, would I'M
dOubtedly result IN spreading the game
over this entire section of country, and
opening up a market for the sale Of
general athletic and sporting goods. A
market for baseball equipment alone is
worth being opened, as in this climate
The game can be played the whole year.
This certainly looks good to US,
and our manufacturers will be lack
ing in patriotism if they don't seize
upon this great opportunity in
stantlv.
The Washington times., 1908-01-19
A Slap on the Wrist.

One of our able and erudite
Washington correspondents has Just
received a slap on the wrist that
Travelled all the way from London.
He is the accredited correspondent
of a London journal, and, of course,
is supposed to keep the benighted
Britishers enlightened as to men
and affairs on this side of the water.
He recently undertook to explain
the President to his dear readers"
Anybody that undertakes that task
necessarily has his hands full. Our
hero was rather timid about it, as
was natural, and instead of giving
his own views or undertaking to tell
really what was what, adopted the
old-time subterfuge Of giving the
general belief" the general i'm
precision" public opinion" and so
on.
One of the editors of the London
Spectator took enough time off to
read the pleasant little essay. and
then sat down at his desk with an
ak in one hand and red-hot poker
in the other, and proceeded to at
tend to the case of our learned. if
not outspoken, hero. The Spectator
says:
/ The holidays prevented us noticing
/ last week the extremely unfair attack
| on President Roosevelt published De-
| cember 26 from the pen OF a Washing
/ ton correspondent. lie begins bv de
| Claring that many people were fuItv
/ convinced that MI Roosevelt was en-
! deaVOTing TO manipulate public sentf-
ment so as TO force his 40 nnation''
1 for the Presidency at the next election
! He goes on: 4 do not imBugn Az
] RooseveIt's sincerity. ] do not question
/ his motives. nor do 1 know whether
| public opinion does him an Gnjustice.
/ because il is not possible for any man
| TO look into another mans heart
/ merely state very widespread belief -
/ OF such writing we can only say that
We do impugn its sincerity. We can
/ look into another mans heart when he
| writes like this, and we see plainly
/ that what he is doing is TO suggest a
] charge of insincerity which he has not
1 the courage 10 make bcid}y @Hd di-
/ rectly. We make no objection TO a man
preferring such a charge openly and
| on MS own responsibility, for we hold
The Washington times., 1908-01-19
A Sunday Lid.

Former Secretary Of the Navy
Long has asked the Massachusetts
Legislature to put a Sunday lid on
Boston that with a few trifng
amendments might do for Washing
ton. For instance, he would per
nit sacred concerts and religious
lectures and works of necessity Or
charity. As those are about the
only things that go on in Wash
ington on Sunday now, it would be
necessary to put a stop to them if
we are going to have any sort Of
a lid, so if we just wipe out the
exceptions III Mr.. Longs PROPOSE
tion the Boston lid viii do for
Washington. The only things that
really work very much on Sunday
are the street ears and the gas
meters, and we can get along with
put their labor.
The Washington times., 1908-01-19
ADDRESS TO Y. N. CA.
ON THE HAUNTED LIFE"

The Rev. Arthur Willis SpOoner VIII
address the Young Mems Christian As
ISOLATION this afternoon at $3.50 o'clock
His subject will be THE Haunted Life, "
and will be illustrated with chalk draw
ings. Mr.. Srooner has been associated
with DIT. WILDER Chapman in his great
evanCelistic meetings in the large cities
Of America and is a well-known evange-
list. His son, Duncsl L. SpOoner, will
do some special singing.
on Monday morning at 1880 o'clock
under the JsDices Of the Preachers
Meeting Of the Methodist Church, Prof.
Borden P. Bovine, Ii. D., head of the
department Of philosophy Of the Uni
vergity Of Boston, will address a meet
ing of ministers and laymen in the as
sembly hall. on the subject, 1.-THE Pres
ent Outlook in Philosophy and The
ology." Edwin G. Mead will address
the same meeting on the recent peace
conference at The Hague.
Edward Lowe Temple, A. NJ, will lee
ture in the assembly hall Of the Y. NJ.
c. A. on Tuesday evening. January p.
at s O'Clock. His subject is THE Genius
Of Charles Dickens.
The Washington times., 1908-01-19
BECKHAN FACES
POLITICAL DEFEAT
Belief Here Strong Com
bine Has Been Formed
Against Him.

There Is strong indication in the news
from kentucky that former Governor
Belkham. who holds the nomination of
the Democratic State primary for the
United States Senate to succeed Sena-
tor McCreary. viii lose out in his fight
TO come 10 The Senate.
He has been from four to six votes
short on all the ballots so far taken,
this many Democrats refusing 70 give
their sanction 20 the nomination h.
holds, which the boiling Democrats de-
clare is tainted with fraud.
The Beckham interests sustained a
body blow Friday when the RepubIi-
cans and the insurgent Democrats voted
to adjourn the Legislature until Mon
day without taking the Friday ballot.
Il is believed Kentucky politicians
il Washington that the adjournment
means that the Republicans and the
anti-BeClham Democrats are trying 10
agree on a candidate. which, If sue
cessfuI, Will mean that former Cover
NOT Bradley, the Republican caucus
nominee. Will be Withdrawn and the
compromise candidate, who will prob
ably be an independent Democrat,
elected.
1t is pointed out that many Republi-
cans in Kentucky would prefer 10 Sc
cure d new aBnortionment Of the leg
| isIature. judicial, and Congressional dis
tricts, than 20 send one of their faith
to the Senate, where Republican votes
are not needed. AMI that if the Demo
Gratis Will come to their assistance in
! doing away with tie present partisan
aprorticnment of the districts, they
would be willing to supply the votes
! necessary TO retire Beckham to private
| life
The fact that Beckham fell short in
| the first baIloting is taken as ample
! evidence that he cannot now win, as
k il is believed that many or the Demo-
! cratic members Of the Legislature who
are now supporting him for the sake
! OF regularity, would not do so if their
/ votes would bring about his election.
| The joint session tomorrow is looked
( forward to with interest by KentuckS
politicians in Washington, who are pre-.
/ pared to see the Republicans and anti
| Beckham Democrats get together on q
| proposition that viii give the hide
| pendent Democrats the SenatOrship, and
| the Republicans State legislation that
/ they very much desire at this time.
This program has been advocated by
a number of Republican papers in the
! State ana Republicans in Washington
| familiar with the conditions in Ken
! lucky are uniformly in favor Of this So
/ luton of the question.