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The Washington herald., 1908-03-08
GOOD CHEER AT BREAKFAsT.
Even the Cat VIII Do TO Begin the
Day With.

From the Boston Transcript
Cat for breakfast, a prediction owned
up to by Mr.. Thomas A. Janvier in the
latest of his charming sketches, appeals
10 me as at once poetic and reasonable.
You don't eat the cat. you know, any
more than you eat the roses and candles
at dinner; you simply have her served
alive with your breakfast and bask in
the radiance of her personality Mean
while. it is permitted TO pet her So.
there results from her presence much
cheer. and the wise traveller will never
put Up at an inn over night without draft
ing stipulations touching the usufruct OF
the cat.
Many, l realize, hold breakfast in es-
TEEN as being a festival wherein the iras-
chile may indulge their spleen. Far from
seeking bliss at the matutina board,
they heap it with crossness, wrath, and
all unlovely impulses. thinking thus to
rid their spirits Of ugliness and start the
day with clean bill. To smile at such
persons across the breakfast table Is to
invite rebUke. They think you aspire
10 prevent their getting quit Of bad no
tions and 10 spoil their day by forcing
them 10 conserve the same. For my part.
think they err.
Not far from Boston there fourishes a
philosopher who has printed a pIacard
reading. Keep cheerful till 10 O'Clock ard
the rest Of the day will take care Of it.
self" Good,-only he might have made
IL: Keep cheerful at breakfast, and the
whole day Will take care of itself"
am convinced that upon breakfast and its
mood. which should be joyous always
hangs our chief hope OF happiness here
below. / care not what means a man
employs to jollify this "heure sainte de"
cereals and cream. Cat will do. So will
the plan OF telling funny stories. An
eminent physician. addressing the Wed
nesday evening class at Emmanuel. said
that everybody should tell at least one
funny story at breakfast And / am
equally an advocate Of rainbOws Since
all rightly-placed breakfast rooms look
toward the east. It is easy TO hang a
prism in the window and fieck the walls
with many a dancing spectrum. He who
can be cross in such jOcund company
possesses extraordinary gifts and should
think himself too rare a genius 20 share
his morning meal with mere normal folks.
Nature, believe. foresaw the moral and
spiritual pOtentialities Of breakfast and
tried to arm US against ill-humcr by IN
venting the sunrise. Ideally Ghat is 20
say, normally the morning neal should
be eaten beneath glowing skies As we
have elected TO scorn the sunrise. il be-
hOOves US 10 grasp at whatever jokes
rainbows. or cats we can and make up
for the loss
The Washington herald., 1908-03-08
CHICAGO ANTI-CLERICALISM.
Old World AntaEOnisms Revived by
the ItnIIan Colony

Jane Adams IN the Chicago Record Herald.
There were two incidents in the Italian
colony which were attended with much IL
ritation between the clericals ant tte
anti-clericals. The first Of these was the
proposition 10 name the old Polk street
school after GaribaIdi This proposition
was received with enthusiasm by a large
proportion of the Italian colony. but met
with serious opposition by the clergy.
The name was finally abandoned but the
controversy over il lasted fer almost TWO
years II was difficult for Americans 20
understand the bitterness OF feeling
shown by both sides. La Trib ma Italia
became the organ OF the Italians wishing
the school called Garibaldi and carried
on the controversy with a zeal and in
yectiye OF which the southern Italian
Is past master The other side was
taken UP with equal zeal in the pages
Of the New World. I myself and several
other residents OF Hull House had con
versations with both Father Dunno and
Signor Valerie. in which we deplored the
bitterness Of feeling which il would
take years 10 aIlay The Italians look
on Garibaldi as the national hero. Al
most every Italian town has his statue
and a street named after hiTa The Ital-
isns I'm Chicago point 20 the fact that
the Poles here are permitted TO call a
school after kosciusko and the Hungar-
ians one after Kossuth, and they cannot
understand why they are not permitted
20 call one after Garibaldi.
The second instance which again stirred
antagonism between the two parties oc-
CURED at the burial OF Count ROZwadow-
ski the Italian consul when the effort
was made 20 bar the Italian flag from
the church. In Italy itself. where the
battle has beer raging for more than
fifty years. competent observers agree
that the antagonism between the black
or Vatican party and the white or Anti
clerical party is fast dying ont, and 1t
seems deplorable that It should be con-
tinued in Chicago. and most unjust 70
revive It in connection with the dastardly
murder at Denver
The Washington herald., 1908-03-08
JAPAN AND MANCHURIA.
California Opinion that We Will
Get n Square Deal.

From the San Francisco Chronicle
Japan, as for years this Journal has
been pointing out, has not the slightest
reason in the world to take any official
steps toward hindering American trade
in Aanchuria, for the competition of the
Japanese people by trusts. to which the
Japanese government Is a participating
and contributing party. is quite sufficient
to exclude us from much participation in
the supply Of any commodity which
Japan can furnish Therefore. we have
always been convinced that so far as we
are concerned Japan would observe in
letter and in spirit the pledge TO which
she is a party TO give equal privileges 10
all the world in trading 10 all parts OF
the Chinese empire. II appears that we
are losing trade in the Orient. and il. is
now elaimed-and il is quite possible-that
one important cause OF it is the prohibit
ton OF our transportation companies
from making special rates 20 meet emer-
gencies when trade offers. which depends
on the ability 10 get special rates at short
notice. Even the most beneficent legisla-
ton may have some unexpected back ac-
tiOn which does unlOoked-for mischief
Japan is rushing emigrants into Man
churia as well as Korea. and expects to
hold the trade of her own nationals.
China likes this even less than we do and
.ne Chinese government does all in its
aOwer 10 get Chinese into Manchuria.
Japan has got railroad and telegraph
concessions" Our government would
not touch them. Our people do not want
them. and the management Of such con-
cessions as have been obtained by Amer
leans in China has not been satisfactory
10 China nor calculated to make us pOpu-
lar there. There was too muen specula-
tive exploitation, and, the Chinese claim.
some bad faith. At any rate, We are out
of IL. while Japan is there TO stay. so
long as the concessions endure, and they
viii. OF course, be managed in the inter
est OF the Japanese people who own
them. We cannot complain Of il so long
as those agencies serve our merchants
impartiaIly.
Great Britain and Germany are far
more concerned than We. and Germany,
at least, is sure 10 be very insisten. on
the square deal. II. as the result OF tire
Anglo-Japanese alliance, British trade In
Asia falls OF. public opinion in Great
Britain viii compel the government 10
support China in her efforts 10 with
stand japanese aggression in Manchuria.
The probability is that the situation in
the far East will eventually settle itself
by the ernergence and recrudescence OF
China itself, which is far more powerful
than Japan, and seems IN way 10 or
ganize and utilize its power. Judging
from the experience Of japan, this should
require from twenty-five 10 fifty years,
but in the end II must be China. and not
Japan. with which the Western world
will have to reckon. Meanwhile we do
NOT do,1hf that Iapap will civ. ne the
square deal In Asiatic trade, and while
giving us all opportunity. will take the
trade which her people are able TO pro-
The Washington herald., 1908-03-08
DESIGNS FOR THE COINS.
An Authentic Account of Their
Origin and Development.

Homer ST GAudCnS in the Century.
The plan for the United States coins
the cent, the eagle. and the double eagle
originated az a dinner that my father took
with the President in the winter OF lS05
There they both grew enthusiastic over
the old high-relief Greek coins. until the
President declared that ne would have
the mint stamp modern version OF such
coins in spite Of itself II my father would
design them. He added: You know,
st. Gaudens. this IS my pet crime"
Ny father first purposed 10 model the
cent with flying eagle. and the formal
lettering treated in new fashion. and
to execute for the gold coins a full-length
winged figure OF Liberty mounting a
rock, with q shield in her left hand and a
lighted torch in her right. backed by a
semi-cOnvenuonal eagle. with wings half
closed For one reason and another, how
ever, the scheme proved impFae(ieable
So. after months Of confusion. he settled
that the one cent should exhibit profile
head and the lettering; that the ten-dollar
gold piece snOuIG carry the same head
with the inscription shifted. and the
standing eagle, and that the twenty dollar
gold piece should exhibit the full-iength
figure Of Liberty. without wings or shield
and the flying eagle
To accomplish this result my father
altered ard realtered the coins for a wear
and a half. The suggestion for the flying
eagle he developed from the bird
on the 1871 white cent. The concep-
ton OF the standing eagle he drew from
a design he had often used on such work
as the Shaw Memorial. the medal struck
70 commemorate the Inauguration Of
President Roosevelt. and the shield Of the
monument 10 President Garfield in Fair
mount Park. Philadelphia. In all. he
created seventy models OF this bird. and
often stood twenty-five OF them in a row
for visitors 70 number according to
preference. The profile head he modelled
in relief from the unused bust of the
Sherman Victory. adding the feathers
only upon the Presidents emphatic sug-
gestion. Most persons regard it as the
Mary Cunningham design. Yet, as a
matter OF fact, the so-called features or
the Isish girl appear only at the size OF
a pinhead upon the full length Liberty.
which was posed for by a Swede Be
sides. here, as In all examples Of my faith
er's ideal sculpture. little OF no resem-
blance can be traced to any model. since
the least taint OF what he called per
sonality" in such instances caused him
wholly TO discard the subject Though
the designs remain as my father planned
them. what with the lower relief and
most careless reproduction, especially Of
the profile head, after my fathers death.
the results appear far from those he
would have allowed had he been able 10
assert himself
The Washington herald., 1908-03-08
ANSWERS TO SOCIAL QUESTIONS

5 Question-Is it correct 10 give their busbans,
titles 70 the wives Of military and civil officers? Fo
instance would it he god form To speak OF Ms
Ro@t as Mrs. Secretary Root Of Mrs Dewey a Mrs
Admiral Dewey, and 50 on?
Answer-It is no longer good form tc
give the husbands title 10 the wife. al
though number Of years back il was
the established custom here. and II is
pity it was ever abandoned. for by
mentioning the husbands title with his
wife's name. 1t at once places her. Mrs
smith means nothing. but Mrs. Admiral
Smith is parsonage. In Germany. as
you doubtless know, the titles. not only
OF civil and military officers. but those
OF all professions and trades. are given
20 the wife.
s. Question-How late In the eTeninr is II per
misSbe for young men, that IS boys Of from sixteer
10 twenty, % call upon ycuug ladies Of about the
same age and az what time should they take leaver
HIGH SCHOOL.
Answer-Half after eight is the extreme
limit when it is permissible for bows
Of the age you name 10 call. They
should leave before 10 o'clock unless
especially invited to remain longer.
4 Vuesuon-is IL correct ior glrl 10 ask a Dor
10 call upon heri Is il proper for boy TO intro
dnce another boy to house without first asking
permission?
Answer-No: that is her mothers pre-
rogative. But. with her mothers per-
mission. she might say. Mamma would
be pleased to have you call. She receives
on Thursday"-Or whatever the day NAV
be-"but she is often home in the even
Ing; will you come. perhaps. some Fri
day night?" After a young man has
been once formally received in a house
he is at liberty to call whenever he thinks
"A visit from him would be acceptable.
No. IL Is distinct mark Of nl-breeding
to introduce a stranger without first OBJ
tanning permission. \ mother has the
right TO decide whom she wishes admit
ted to her home and 20 her daughter
acquaintance These rulings may seem
severe and arbitrary 10 the very ad-
vanced young people of the day, but the
reasons for them are good and sufficient.
s. Question-Is il great breach Of etiquette for
head Of department to receive distinguished traT
lers who may visit his Office on a very short notice
in his morning clothes? Or should he keep an extra
frock coat in his Office closet 20 put on when he i.
taken unaHaress
Answer-It would be perfectly correct
to receive guests who have sent no for
NAL announcement Of their coming in
whatever clothes you happen to be wear
ing at the time and it is not at all neces-
sary TO keep al extra frock coat in your
closet in case Of an emergency. Distin-
guished travellers. If they really ara what
the term implies. would not expect to
find You working at your desk In after
noon attire
Q. Queston-Can you tell me what passage it i.
from some noted poet that ends Destructive
damnable. deceitful womanf"
Answer-The passage you refer to is
from THE Orphan" by Thomas Otway,
and reads:
What mighty ills have not been done BY womsni
Who vast betrayed the Capitol woman,
Who lost Mark Antony the worldf A womanl
Who was the cause Of a long tenyears' war
And laid at last old Troy In ashes. womani
Destructive, damnable, decetful womaui
The Washington herald., 1908-03-08
TARIFF COMMISSION BILL.
Apparent MisundcFstnndinK nv Il
Purpose of BeverIdge Measure.

Apparent Misunderstanding nv to
Purpose of BeverIdge Measure.
From the Kansas City Times
Apparently the gentlemen in Congress
who are opposing the Beveridge bill for a
tariff commission are handicapped by
their failure 10 read the measure Their
arguments have been based largely on the
assumption that Congress ought not TO
give up the power OF making the tariff
schedules. II is dangerous, they have
maintained. TO vest such authority in an
irresponsible commission
But it happens that the Beveridge bill
does not contemplate any such delegation
of power. It merely follows the example
Of the act Of 1850. which provided that a
commission should gather the facts and
make recommendations to Congress. Tn
fortunately. on that occasion Congress re-
fused 20 accept the commissions advice
and the resulting tariff act was no i'm
provement on its predecessor.
Public sentiment is better educated and
better organized to-day. 1t is unlikely
that a schedule carefully prepared on in
formation gathered by experts would be
ignored by Congress. At the same time
that power rests with the legislative
branch OF the government and nobody
purposes to disturb IL.
The Washington herald., 1908-03-08
The shanghai Iudreship.

From the New YORK Tribune
Just Judges are appreciated in Shanghai
as well as in New York. and. indeed. the
need OF their being men Of fearless in
tegrity may be said TO increase with the
square Of the distance from home. since
here there are many judges and posi-
bilities and facilities of appeal, while in
remote places all may depend upon the
decision of a single judge. Let II be
known that the American judge at
Shanghai does strict and impartial JUS
tice. regardless Of fear or favor. and that
ne is supported in so doing by the gov
eminent at Washington. and every hon.
est American sojourning or travelling in
those parts viii feel more secure and
will take greater pride in his citizenship
before the world
The Washington herald., 1908-03-08

From the Cleveland Press
The whole system of forest and reser-
voirs might cost the government sl00. 600
600 A single food has done damage 10
that amount During the recent food
while the people OF the Ohio Valley were
suffering untold privations and losses.
Congress was busy-doing what? Con-
sidering the Appalachian forest bill? Oh.
no! That useful body was getting UP the
campaign books for 1905. So much mora
important than food prevention. And
then il had TO put the motto back On the
coin.
The Washington herald., 1908-03-08
Amenities of Historians.

From the Boston Herald
The. fact has just become public that
Sir George Trevelyan. the English man
of letters and the historian of the Ameri-
can Revolution. received recently a
beautiful cup of silver as token of the
friendship and admiration OF President
Roosevelt. Secretary ofsState Root and
Senator Lodge. Sir George has other
friends here who will be glad that this
reminder has gone TO him 10 show that
his abilities and sympathies are duly ap-
preciated in the country whose early his
tory he has dealt with so fairly.
The Washington herald., 1908-03-08

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Could this Kentucky Senatorship beer
left directly to the voters, there could be
no question as to the meaning of the de-
cision rendered. The Democratic majority
would have chosen the man it wanted and
been freed Of the mischievous activity
of a group Of politicians who. standing
between the people and their representa-
tives, assumed to amend the popular YER
dict The Kentucky incident should help
crystalline the sentiment OF the nation
in favor of changing the method OF elect
ing United States Senators.
The Washington herald., 1908-03-08
substantial Justice.

From the Columbus Press-Post
The shipping tag was lost from a Jug
which entered Georgia the other day. The
station agent took II before justice 10
determine the ownership. The court de-
cided TO take the matter under eonsidera-
ton for twenty-four hours. When the
claimants again appeared the Judge was
so full Of the subject that the question OF
ownership had been self-decided.
The Washington herald., 1908-03-08
Evading a Jim Crow Law.

Guthrie corTeSpOndeDce Arkansas City Gazette
Attorney W. H. Hart, negro member
Of the faculty Of Howard University.
Washington. D. C., purchased a Pull
man ticket in ST. Louis for Falls. Okla.
After crossing the Oklahoma state line
he was notified by the conductor to enter
the Jim crow" coach Hart declined.
stating he had purchased the Pullman
ticket to Falls. and intended TO ride on
IT, but gave the conductor the liberty of
throwing him or if he desired. The train
crew did not further interfere with him.
but arriving at Falls he drove the thirty
miles overland 10 Guthrie rather than
enter a lin crow" coach.
The Washington herald., 1908-03-08
ProtectIon for Ererrbodr.

From the PHILADELPHIA Press.
: On the tariff all are agreed in the post
ponement Of all tariff revision until an
extra session can deal with it in 1893 as an
extra session did in 1897. This revision
must foster our industries at home and
extepd our commerce abroad, protectine
alike manufacturers, farmers. producers,
and wsge-earners-"
The Washington herald., 1908-03-08
Republican Tariff Revision.

From the Rochester Herald
What the New York Tribune would like
is a tariff platform at Chicago that would
pull the party safely through the fail
elections and without jeopardizing the fu-
ture OF the protective principle
The Washington herald., 1908-03-08
They Didn,t Be.t Audv

Prom the PittSburE Leader
When it came TO playing at the rebate
game Andrew Carnegie eonfesses that he
usually managed to hold trump or two
himself
The Washington herald., 1908-03-08

From the Omaha Bee.
Joseph II. Choate says that legislation is
staple American Industry. Yes, TOO
much Of il is produced by unskilIed work
men.
The Washington herald., 1908-03-08
After the Damnge u. Done.

From the Providence Journal
The moral OF the locked school room
door is as obvious as. and far more
sinister than, that Of the unlocked stable
door.
The Washington herald., 1908-03-08
Wealthy Girls Taken to Task for Their Superficial
Views of Life-Practical Talk to Others.

NOTE-The Arbiter win be glad 70 answer any
questions Of social nature that may be submit
I'D. speh questions should be addressed 10 The
Afoiter, care The Washington Herald
The Washington herald., 1908-03-08
A Great Municipal Problem.

From the Milwaukee Sentinel
San Francisco has voted s1.5oo,000 for
city parks. But will the parks get it7
The Washington herald., 1908-03-08

4. ouestion-Can you tell me who called dinner
the climax Of ciTilizaticni"
Answer-Daniel Webster.
The Globe-republican., 1908-04-30
/ PHYSICIANS DISCUSS
new THEORY
COoper's Views Of Human Stomach Noted
by Medical Men.

Of the facts recently brought to my
attention concerning this Cooper medt-
cine have gone far toward removing
the prejudice I had formed against
them when / first heard Of Cooper's
new ideas and medicines.
Numbers Of my patients whom !
have treated for chronic liver, kidney
and stomach troubles have met me and
stated that Cooper's medicine has &C
complished. wonderful results for
them. / notice particularly in cases
Of stomach trouble that the man has
relieved several cases that were Of
years standing and proved very oh.
Stinate to treatment.
"T do not wish to stand in the way
Of something that may be for the pub
lie good, simply through professional
prejudice, and ! am inclined to give
Cooper and his preparations credit as
deserving to some extent the popular
demonstration that has been accorded
them In this city,"
We sell the Cooper medicines. They
are proving remarkably successful
throughout the entire United States.
-Rath & cambridge.
The Globe-republican., 1908-04-30

A recent article IN the New Orleans
Item gives an account Of the effect
upon the medical profession Of that
city with regard to L. T. Coopers the
DRY that the human stomach Is respon-
sible for most Ill health. The article
is as follows:
1.-THE astonishing sale Of Coopers
preparation In this city has now reach
Cd such immense figures that the medi-
cal fraternity have been forced into
open discussion Of the mans theories
and medicines.
1.-THE physicians seem to be divided
with regard to the young mans sue
cess In New Orleans being will
ing to credit him for what he has &C.
complished, while others assert that
the interest he has aroused Is but q
passing fad that will die out as quickly
as 1t has sprung up.
I'm a statement recently obtained
from well-known physician Of this
city, the position Of those in favor Of
Cooper is we'll voiced. The doctor said:
4 am not believer In proprietary
medicines. but must admit that some