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The Washington times., 1908-05-16
Pure Food Finds Friends.

Retailers are the object of much
soicitude on the part of the attoF-
neys who fought the pure food law.
OF course, the manufactures would
suffer, and the wholesalers; but
they could stand it; what was to
become of the poor little retailer
who was all stocked up? Here is
the answer. 1t comes from National
Secretary Green, and is taken from
his report 10 the national conven-
tion, now sitting in Boston:
Throw open wide the doors to the in
spectors, and If goods are found on your
shelves not in accord with the laws re-
quirements. return those goods 10 the
man who made them. We have nOJh-
ing TO lose ana everything to gain by
the passage of the pure food law. But
We want clear, concise laws. Every re-
tail dealer should look carefully at the
labels and examine the guarantee that
should come with every bill or goods
There it is. The retail grocers
"have nothing to lose and every
thing to gain by the passage of the
pure food law" So with the whole
salers and the manufacturers, and
they will come to find it out. Laws
which put the heaviest practicable
penalty on adulterating, misbrand-
ing, acknowledging, and every other
form of deception, are the best
friends the honest dealers can have.
Nothing ever became tradesmen less
than the opposition which certain
of them allowed their attorneys to
express against the pure food law.
The Washington times., 1908-05-16
Golden Roses Also Wither.

Amelie Rives makes use in The Cold
en- Rose" her latest novel. just an
nouEced by the Harpers. OF the phrase,
''Pamour platonidue du Moyen age. " and
this fairly expresses the temporarily
ideal relations Of the heroine and her
lover One Of the characters Ia the
book. Of whom. rather curiously, there
are only four, pronounces a judgment
upon man when she says of the woman
,Who IS OF course the one responsible
for their rejection Of the physical IN
love-, If her golden rose il the golden
rose Of la cHevalerie amouTeuse. ] am
afraid that IL will wither IN hsr hand
ike any other"
The Washington times., 1908-05-16
The End-And Beginning.

The last conventions to name
delegates to the Republican national
convention will be held today, under
that provision OF the call which re-
quires that all delegates shall be
chosen at least 80 days in advance
of the conventions date.
Everything now indicates the
nomination of Secretary Taft on the
first ballot. 1t is difficult to make
any combination of the figures and
affiliations Of delegates that justi-
6es any other conclusion. 1t is
true that his opponents claim that
he will lose strength when the dele
gates get together and consider Sc
riously the question of his available
Ity. But all experience points
rather to the probability that he
viii gain strength than lose it. The
band wagon has ever had an attrac-
ton which it is not in human ma
ture to resist, whether human ma
ture be represented by the small
boy at the circus parade or the
chairman of the delegation at large
from q great State.
Secretary Taft viii come back
from his Panama trip as nearly as
sured OF the nomination as one can
well be assured of anything in the
future-the future of politics being
notoriously uncertain. There is yet
a month till the convention; a
month in which the session of Con-
Rress win come 10 an end and its
record viii be made up; a month in
which the present probability of
N. BFyan's nomination by the
The Washington times., 1908-05-16
Roosevelt on Selous.

President RoOsevelt's enthusiasm for
big game hunting has never been more
Enthusiastically displayed than in the
fore word which he has written for AT
ricsn &sture Notes" by r c. selous-
He describes Mr.. Selous as ''the last Of
the big game hunters Of South Africa,
and dWeIls on the joys 10 be found in
South Africa as IL once was. but he
recognizes that MT. SeloUs Is also some
thing more than a mere hunter:
He Is b., instinct keen field natural
ist. an observer with a power of seeing,
and Of remembering what he has seen.
and finally he is a writer VINO possesses
TO q very marked and Unusual degree
the power vividly and accurately IN Pvt
on PAPER his observations
IT IS obvious that. as Mr.. Roosevelt
further remarks. such a combination Of
qualities is rare, and that Mr. Seluus
book ought TO hold a great deal OF en-
tertainnent for the nature lover as well
IS the hunting man.
The Washington times., 1908-05-16
A Jolt Ahead.

The governors seem to know the
state of public opinion on the waste
OF our resources. 1t is Congress
which needs education. But both
bodies will probably read with in
terest this declaration of principle
from American Industries for May:
The reason why the manufacturer Is
interested in the conservation of our
natural resources is plain enough. In
fact his interest is. or ought to be- of
direct personal kind fOT the results
OF the policy adopted toward the ma
uOnal resources will AFFECT no one more
Immediately or more forcibly. Coal
iron, wood, oil, the products OF The soil
these are the things he must have TO
carry on his business. Let the present
wasteful processes go on to the end
pointed out by our scientists and eX-
perts. and the factory chimneys will
cease to smoke. and the workshops close
for lack Of material.
What this would mean to America
prosperity and place in the world. and
incidentally 10 her manufacturers, It
needs no imagination TO see. His own
business interests, TO say nothing of his
interest as a patriotic citizen, are thus
enough 10 make the question Of con-
serving the national resources one OF
the questions In which every fOresighted
business man-and that means every
member of the National Association or
Manufacturers, as a matter of course
must take the livellest possible interest.
When every foresighted business
man" shall fulfill our contempt
rary's Judgment, the problem Of
conserving our forests, fuel supply,
iron and oil, and our navigable
streams. will solve itself. In the
meantime it is noteworthy that a
publication generally well informed
as to the state of opinion among
manufacturers shall speak so posi-
lively as to its own readers. If it
knows what it is talking about in
this case, there is an awful jolt in
prospect for certain Congressman
who have so far been Indifferent Tor
worse) to the Forest Service, to the
Investigations of the Geological
Survey. and to the Inland Water
ways Commission.
The Washington times., 1908-05-16
Banking Points in Brief Form.

The new volume by Charles A. Con-
ant. Just published under the title THE
Principles of Banking is directly IN
line with the call for books on financial
subjects created by the recent disturb
ance in banks and trust companies. It
Is not impossible that it viii serve 10
nut readers in possession Of facts that
win make such occurrences less ire
quent in future, since cltlzeh enilsht-
srs5 is q citizen armed. The origin Of
crises and the management of crises are
chaDters likewise bearing on banking
problems. and based on the authors
''The Principles OF Money and BANK
ing" from which this new book has
been adopted Mr.. Conant has repu-
tation which is international. and has
served on the monetary commissions
both of the Philippines and Of Mexico.
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What Is EIeetricitY7

According 10 Prof. w. Denham Yer
sehoyle, an English scientist. the tend
ency or modern thought is 20 look fol
a feasible solution Of the main problem
Of energy and matter in the answer &c
the question, What IS Electricity? Re
cent discoveries, as is we'll known. have
compelled a complete review OF former
ly accepted theories as to the nature
OF the elec.ric force. Prof VerschOyle
has put the results of these late re-
searches into very compact and readable
form IN a little book which the Mac
millans have just published, with the
title. Electricity. What Is it?'
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common use. a condition which has
prompted the present cFitique OF Profess
sOr Horne
The plan here adopted analyses the
mover. dlnerentiates its parts, and traces
the elements as they have been present
IN the most significant examples OF the
novel. AS tests OF the authors method
have already been supplied BY class
room experience. his aim 10 make the
work OF service in colleges and univ err
SUES Is cOmmendable one on the
otheF hand. the perplexed general reader,
inundated with conglomerafe fiction.
may feel IL a privilege TO verify his
instructive likes and dislikes on some
sold governing ground. The author is
instructor IN English in the College Of
the city or New York. and himself a
successful writer OF short stories.
The Washington times., 1908-05-16
Breaking Advanre sac RecOrds.

The publishers Of Winston ChurchilTs
new novel. MIR. Crewes Career state
that the total Of actual sales, up 10 and
including the day Of publication, was
greater for this book than for any other
they have ever issued Inasmuch as
their publications have included such
books. as ''Richara Carvel," "The
Crisis "Coniston," The Virginian.
LADY Raltin,or-." 1.-THE Call Of tie
wild " Dorothy Vernon of HSddon
Hall" The Choir Invisible Fair
Margaret" ''MaTcella," ''On the Face
OF the Waters''-nearly every one Of
which in its day established new rec
ord in the matter OF sales-it is quite
possible that Mr. Crewe'5 Career has
had the largest advance Of any book
ever published.
The Washington times., 1908-05-16
A Kew Yeats Play.

About the only School OF English
Poetry today is the little group OF Irish
men and women Feaded by William But
Ter Yeats. Since the visit Of the Irish
players to this country lest winter. IN
terest In the doIngs OF these devotees
Of real art has been vey keen m this
country. and a new play from Mr.. Yeats
hand is something Of an event
Which the Macmillan Company has just
pubIfshed MI Yeats has collaborate1
with Lady Gregory. one of the stanch-
est supporters of the little Dublin Thea
ter. ard one Of the ablest writer's for H.
with .sTCathieen Nj Houlahan,' and 4
new version Of 1.-THE Hour Glass,
The Washington times., 1908-05-16
The Meaning Of Pain.

A remarkable little book has been
written by Thomas j. Hardy. with the
striking title The Gospel OF Pain " Us
object is, in the words Of the author,
ito show that suffering IS less field
for the exercise OF DhilosOphic specula-
tion than the common and central
ground Of life Itself, where alone may
be found an Indication Of life's purpose,
and consequently Of its conduct" Es-
says innumerable have been written
on the problem OF evil. but there is stu
room for one which attacks the difficult
ty from a standpoint so original and
Jhoughr-stimulatin as this.
The Washington times., 1908-05-16
Something New.

Read me a story without a moral.
Where the two are one and Love IS
blind.
Where the world takes breath before
progressing
Where women are more OF the cling
ing kind.
Read me a sweet old-fGshioned story
Where lovers are happy and marriage
Is bliss,
Where parents and children are all
united
And the crown OF the day is the
Mothers kiss
Read me a story that rests me and
cheers
Instead OF tale OF problems" and
pain.
To compel my belief that the world is
stiil rolling
From under the cloud into sunshine
again.
Town and Country.
The Washington times., 1908-05-16
WilHanL. Bryan Holds OmHope
For Senator William B. Allison

William B. Allison. father Of the SEN
ate, and William Jennings Bryan met
in the lobby OF the Senate chamber
and shook hsnds with a good deal of
cordially. They have known each 9TH
er for a good many years, and though
they have agreed about few matters,
they have maintained the most friendly
personal relations
Mr.. Bryan was glad 10 see the aged
Senator and by way of illustrating his
feeling told Mr.. Allison a little story.
There was once a little girl who
had been bad, and her mama, after
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reproving her, told her to go away and
say her prayers and see II she could
get forgiveness. She went, AMI pre-
sently cane back.
Well Faid her mama, did you ask
forgivenessg
Yes, piled the little miss.
And did you get itg
OF course / did; why, they told
me in heaven that lots Of worse folks
than 1 got in every day
And that's the way with you, Sena-
tor, concluded Mr.. Bryan. In sDits
or your chronic Republicanism. lOts OF
worse people get into heaven every
day"
The Washington times., 1908-05-16
New Books at Hand.

The Foundation Stone Book. ". L
De Nrles, Pm D., canon A memorial to
the late bishop Of Washington. Henry
Yates Satterlee. An exquisite tribute 10
one Of the best men this country has
every known
In an unusual introduction, Canon De
Nries gives an idea of the work IL took
TO give the proposition OF d cathedral a
material start. The tremendous effort
needed to procure the ground, erect the
chapel. and prepare the body of church
men for the labor required to produce
the means 10 erect the cathedral The
lay ing OF the Foundation Stone is treated
as the great ceremony OF the whole az
fair. until the dedication OF the main
building. The canon s description of the
brotherhood service, together with the
addresses and copies Of the programs OF
the services, pen pictures, and impress
siOns Of the many clever people present
make delightful and instructive reading
Ia an appendix are a register Of the
persons present, American and foreign,
and the complete order of all the serv-
ices.
AS a lasting memorial 10 the life Of
the late bisnOp and his work In the ca
thedral erection this volume is singu-
larly tasteful and appropriate.
..Nor All Your Tears" Maude H
4
like Tess Of the D'Urdervilles, except
that Tess was a girl of the people and
Valerie Of the aristOcrats- Each Kills
a paramour, and one, Valerie, dies from
consumption, while Tess is hung
THE Golden Rose" AmeHe Rives.
Harper Bros. Another Rives story, an
ideallstiC love, quite up 10 Miss dves'
usual standard and well worth reading
1.-THE Enchanted Castle" f. Nesbit.
Harper's Bros. illustrated. A fasci-
mating fairy tale.
The Spanish Jade" Maurice Hew-
lett. Doubleday. Page & Co Illustrat-
ed A vivid story Of love and adventure
in old Spain of fifty years ago; well
and Interestingly told
The Silver Blade" Charles z. Walk.
A. G. Mcclure. Illustrated. A bright.
clever and thoroughly interesting de-
tective story with & dainty romance
interviewer.
True Stories OF Crime. Arthur Train.
Scribner's Sons Illustrated
Stories interestingly told as fiction
but in reality the accounts OF actual
crimes gathered from the annals Of a
noted district attorneys office
Monologues. Beatrice Herford. Scrib-
ner's Sons. Illustrated.
A series OF celebrated monologues
assembled for the first time, which are
very amusingiy illustrated.
Smiling Round the World Marshall
Illustrated.
A sunshiny book. full Of happy and
humorous tales of the people Of all the
world. .-.----------.---.------
The Washington times., 1908-05-16
Y. Nj. G. A. SCHOOL
ENJOYS BANQUET

Commissioner Macfarland, Lyman L.
Pearce, and President Merrill Edward
Gates. of Amherst College, we're among
the speakers at the annual banquet OF
the department Of education Of the
Young Mems Christian Association held
in Y. NJ. c. A. Hall last night.
President Gates was the POSTMASTER
The Speakers showed the benefits deriv-
ed from the educational work of the
Young Mems Christian Association.
Commissioner mcfarland spoke on
''The Association AS an Educational and
Civic Force"
Mr. Wilder. q German, who has been
in this country less than year told OF
his present ability 10 read. write. and
converse in English and attributed his
proficiency to the methods OF teaching
Ia the Y. n. c. A.
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For Little People.

The Enchanted Castle" a new iuve-
nile story. comes already recommended
as being by the author Of The Would
begoods." f Nesbit Blaad. 1t is a pure
fairy tale, as fun Of qu. int impossible
ties as Peter Pan" The plot turns
upon the discovery OF a magic wishing
ring" and forthwith breat adven-
lures follow. until all ends happily
THE Enchanted Castle. possesses. in a
very high degree, the true child quality
and the true dream quality and the
oldsters will enjoy 1t quite as heartily
as viii the children
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TODAY AND TOMORROW.

Give me thy tears,
And they shall wash away
The scars and bitterness
OF Yesterday
Give me the rose
That in thy bosom lay,
And II shall be
Mine orihamme today.
Give me thine eyes.
That / may look and see
Thy Utmost heart
In all its purity.
Give me thy kiss
And then our lives shall be
One for tomorrow
And eternity.
Pail Mall Gazette.
The Washington times., 1908-05-16
Exactly What Makes /, Novel.

THE Technique of the Novel by
Charles F. Horne. Phi. D, a Harper
publication Of the week. IL considera-
ton OF the principles that underlie a
form of literature which today. at least,
is the most popular The principles of
underwriting are frequently discussed,
and histories of its development are
plentiful, but the laws that make IL
have not been generally formulated Ter
The Washington times., 1908-05-16
Best Books in New York.

In the New York stase Lbrary's list
OF the best book OF 1908 are included
What / Have Done With Birds, by
Gene Stratton- Porter; Morning" by
James f.hitcomb Riley; The South
Americans" by DR.. Albert Hale 'Hi1
Wife, by Warren Cheney. "EmpifT
Builders" BY Francis Lynde; The
Port of Missing Men" by Meredith
Nicholson: ION the Trail Of the Arabs
and Roo the Ranger" by Herbert
SJTdnE.
The Washington times., 1908-05-16
FrenChAmbaSSddOr
EntertainS At
Dinner.

The French Ambassador and Nine.
Jusserand entertained at dinner last
evening. Their guest list included the
Secretary OF Commerce and labor and
Mrs. Oscar s. Straus, Mime. Nabuco,
wife OF the Brazilian ambassador, the
Cuban Minister and Nine De Quesada.
the Argentine Minister and Mime. Por-
tala. Senator and Mrs DOllver. Senator
Rayuer SIR. and Mrs William Manning
Irwin, Mrs McCarLueyr Miss Board
man. Judge Gray, Of Delaware Senator
August cave. or france n BeEHleF, y
France Philippe Mlliet, the NlScount
and Viscountess de Nartel or the eIne
bassy stah, and the ViscOIut de Cham
brun, also Of the embassy stan.
~ Mr.. and Mrs. John w Foster enter
tainAd Al dinner last evening tn honor
Of the Governor OF Hawaii and Mrs.
william A. Freer.
Mrs. z. F. secard. widow Of Rear Ad-
miral secard. has closed her apartments
at the Hotel Richmond, and has gone TO
her summer home at Westernvine,
y. Y.
Miss Ruggles. who has closed her
APARTMENT in the ,Voodley, will spend
the remainder or the season the guess
Of Representative and Mrs J. Van
Vechten OlcOtt.
Mr. and Mrs. william Phelps Emo
have returned from New York, where
thew sDent the last week. meeting Mrs.
Fno's mother, Mrs. RathbOne, or New
orleans. who will spend some time with
them in their home on y street.
--v4,.7 --1-a has Faan g.
sting her daughter Mrs Paine, wife OF
lieutenant Commander f r. Paine, OF
the Richmond, for the last ten days.
has returned TO her home in New YORK
The Washington times., 1908-05-16
REFLECTIONS.

It's an Ill thing tae learn the cat tbs
way tae the kirn.-Scotch.
TT'st rot woman. even when dead
Latin.
Won en-, wind, ana fortune soon
chang Spanish
The beaten path is safest.-Isatin.
In buying horses and IN taking a wife
shut your eyes tight and commend your
self 70 God.-Tuscan.
The Washington times., 1908-05-16
senatnr Warren's Dinner.

Seantor Warren entertained A dinner
marty AT the New willard last evening
complimentary to Gov. B. B. Brooks.
of wyoming. and the other delegates
fyon, mar state TO the conference OF
governors
Among the guests were Governor ana
Miss Brooks, State Treasurer Edward
Gillette, Senator and Mrs c. d. Clark
he Misses Clark. Representative and
Mrs +. X. M9ndell, former Senator
Joseph NJ. Carey, Judge and Mrs. J. A
van Orsdel Nj and Mrs. c. W Bur
dick. Miss Burlick, Mrs A b Browne
George W Mstcalf, and j. A Breckons.
Mr.. and Mrs Charles j. Bell have
gone to WOodley for the summer sea
SON, having closed their town house
several days ago, Miss Grace Bel IS
travelling in Mexico.
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ding. and leaving directly after for
ancheSter-by -the-Sea, where she will
spend the summer.
Mrs Henry Clews. OF New York IS
the guest OF Mai and Mrs. Charles /.
McCaWley, VINO had issued invitations
for q dinner in her honor last evening,
but were obliged to recall them on ac-
count OF the death al sea OF a lifelong
friend
The Washington times., 1908-05-16
Williams Return.

Miss Ju'iette williams and her mother.
Mrs. John r. Williams, have returned
from New York. where they have been
spending n week OF so selecting Miss
Williams outfit for her marriage to
Joseph Letter, June 10. Mr.. Letter who
has been in Chicago for a couple OF
weeks. will return to Washington this
afternoon or tcfl.rIow- Mrs Letter will
remain in Chicago until June g. coming
TO Washington just IN time Tor the Led-
The Washington times., 1908-05-16
Andersons at Brookline.

Larz Anderson left Washington yes
terday afternoon for his home, Weld,
at Brookline, Ness, ard Joined Mrs.
Anderson. who preceded him there a
-ew days age, They will spend the sum
mer there, returning 10 their home on
Massachuset IS in the fall.
The Washington times., 1908-05-16
TWO FOX HOUNDS
STOLEN FROM YARD

Two valuable FOX hounds wers
stolen early this morning from the rear
OF the residence Of J. D. Bradley. 1903 A
street southeast. The police believe the
dogs were taken to Union Station and
shipped 10 the country.
The Washington times., 1908-05-16
Holman Day in Politics.

Holman Day is another author who is
lending himself 10 politics, having laid
aside for the moment the literary in
terests attached 10 the success of his
latest Harper novel. king Spruce" to
manage the campaign of one of the
Maine candidates for Congress. Mr.
Dav himself is a candidate 10 represent
Auburn in the Maine Legislators next
fall
The Washington times., 1908-05-16

They. have discovered a young man
down at she University OF Virginia who
can do 100 yards in 9 2-5 seconds, which
makes a new record. Now, II he win
just be a bit reticent about mentioning
his politics, he will be able TO take his
choice OF the tickets OF which he will
run for Vice President
The Washington times., 1908-05-16

Governor Folk, Of Missouri, appears
10 have gone away from the sessions
Of the governors conference with "a
considerably increased amount Of tan
chile assets on his person.
The Washington times., 1908-05-16
Mrs. Wendell Returns.

Mrs. Ten Eyck Wendell has returned
10 her home from New York, where
she was a guest at the Hotel Belmont
for several days. NJ. and Mrs Wendell
sill close their house here and leave
Nav IS in their private car for their
summer home, Lakeland, Cazenovlar
n Y
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That funny old question is once more
demanding attention. II a painting is
good enough to be admired for years
as an old master. to be accepted by
the critics as one. TO fool the experts
as one, and TO sell for the price Of one,
why does it suddenly become worthless
when the discovery is made that It
isn't the real thing?
The Washington times., 1908-05-16

The governors are going home with
perhaps a rather better understanding
OF how hard II Is for Congress 70 avoid
what the President wants it 10 90.
The Washington times., 1908-05-16

Investigation following the failure OF
the Vacuum Cleaner Company Of New
York, developed that il was so com
pletely cleaned out that the vacuum
alone remained
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Mr.. Bryan insists that there is no
twilight zone, between the spheres of
Federal and State powers, in which
Jurisdiction is vague and uncertain.
OF course, Mr.. Bryan IS once more gen
eralizing. He. doesn't mean that liter
q1fV
The Washington times., 1908-05-16

Lieutenant Commander de Aquino,
naval attaChe Of tie BraZihan embassy
las returned to Washington from San
Francisco, where he went on May / to
greet the feet. He Will 60 to Atlantic
city today, where he viii join Nine
de Aduino, who spent the period or his
absence there. They viii sail from New
VorE Nav 21 for Brazil where they
will spend the summer months