The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-02-05

Boni will lecture in the United States
next winter. oh, no. not little Boni. but
a famous Italian archaeologist Perhaps
it will be necessary hereafter to refer
10 one as BOni and the other as BOnilet.
According 60 the Rochester Herald, the
proposed tariff reduction on champagne
viii amount TO $1G0 per dozen quart
bottles 1t is now iH order for econ
omizers who are also frenzied fnanciers
to figure out what they will do with the
SLIGO they won't save on their champagne
bills.
Not the least peril Portugars new SOW
ereign has % face Is being called The
Boy King of Europe"
Go ahead and blame him. He's an
easy mark and he can stand it, says the
Hartford Courant. referring 10 the Presi-
dent. Solomon said there was nothing
new under the sun. but he never sus-
pected any one would discover that the
President is am easy mark"
"Tho negro vote will be opposed to
Taft" SAYS the Nashville American.
Don't know about that. Pie covers a
multitude of sins with the COIoTed brother
Some men are born great and some have
greatness thrust upon them, of course;
but the great majority of the first class
manage % live it down, while the great
majority OF the latter class successfully
duck,
"Marse Henry" says he won't have II.
and asks his friends 10 please quit talk
ing about IT, All right: but he can't
help our wishing he would have it, and
did have H.
Now il is said the late panic started
from the gossip Of TWO women. says the
Baltimore American. We supposed il
would eventually be- charged up 10 the
women. or they say"
"Tha only way TO punish the trusts Is
90 fine them" saws Mr. Secretary Bona
parte This is rather mild thunderb0It
from one who lately dreamed of jails by
night and had visions Of plujocrats In
stripes by day. Is the Secretary prepared
To prove that @ fine is punishment 70
"a trust?
The influence Of one small letter IS
sometimes tremendous. For instance.
there is nothing at all of the Knight
about a Kentucky might rider"
Tt appears that one member of the
PuagrapheTs' Union is q paragraph
Had we known This earlier we might
have been little more enthusiastic I'm
our hurrahs for the organization.
The Jacksonville Tlmes-Uuion SAYS "a
visit TO Florida VIII not be complete
without a ride ON the ocean-g0.ng rail-
way" This contrapti0u, however, must
not be confused with the water wagon
Florida, AS yet having successfully side
stepped that vehicle.
King Edwards messages 20 Parliament
help nightly when it comes to holding
down the average quality of similar doc
umcnts throughout the world
Honestly now. were you not surprised
TO find from your geography that Chile
wraps Itself around the tail end Of South
America ia that fashion?
So far as wear and tear on the alpha
bet is concerned. Miss Slonts got the
most acceptable uobleman landed lately.
There are only two horns to the Repub-
llcan dilemma you are either a con
spirat0r' or a baud-wagoner.
II it should come 20 "a fight between
Secretary Taft and Gov John A. John
son, both Of whom are ex-newspaper men,
the scribes Of the country would have
to take to the woods and leave the
pharisees to work out the problem alone.
II appears that Banker Walsh may not
be liable 10 40 years Imprisonment after
ALL His lawyers figure that 20 years
Is the extreme limit Either sentence,
however, would seem ample.
And then. TOO. Mr. Cortelyou might
have Tiffany engTaVe his next COmmuni-
cation i'fna do