The Washington herald., 1908-02-09
Heaven lies about us in our in
Fancy. as Is wali knoEn;
And bosom friends keep up The cruel
lTacties when we're grown.

Heaven Lies about us in our in
Fancy. as Is web kboEn
And bosom friends keep up the cruel
i pTaclioe when we're grown.
/
1 Cheated of His Jordan Water.
II Col sterett, Of Texas, comes to Con-
gress, as everybody who has the nations
real welfare at heagt hopes he win come,
I / imagine his election will take a great
/ load off the minds Of some OF his kins-
folk | am not sure what Col Sterett's
age Is az present but some little time
before it was anything at all an uncle of
+ his journeyed to the Holy Land, and, re-
turning, brought among his souvenirs a
demiiohn filled with water from the River
Jordan J know that certain persons in
relating the story mention quart bottle.
+ but Col. Sterett himself always stood out
/ for the demijohn. In family council it
was decided to use some Of the Jordan
water at the baptism OF the newly ar
rived William Sterett. The persons sug-
gesting the plan dwSlt so much on the
moral and spiritual bsnefts to be derived
! from the use Of the sacred water that
/ they impressed the minds OF two young
women of the house OF Sterett. II ex-
ternai use Of Jordan water would make
/ the infant William a shining light in the
I community. they argued that internal ap-
plication OF the same precious liquid
! ought 90 d. a great deal more, and they
/ felt that they needed that great deal
more themselves. So craftuy they emp
/ tied the demjohn Of its contents, which
they put away 10 drink whenever they
/ felt the need OF it, and reflled the tning
with plain Texas water Col Stere
used to say that the crime was not CON
/ fessed TIL his personal conduct obliged
/ the culprits TO see the family lose faith
1 ia the efficacy Of Jordan water or 10 own
j Up. You can imagine what life must
/ have been all these years for those two
/ kinswomen. They must always have
/ walked in fear and trembling. knowing
that whatever William Sterett chose to
dc be could blame on thcbL because they
/ had prevented him from feeling the touch
/ Of Jordan water. And / really don't
know that his being Congressman will
make them feel easier, after all Nobody
can tell how a man viii turn out once he
comes 20 Congress. And Il he hadn't
been cheated of his Jordan water he
might this very minute be a presiding
elder or an oil magnate.
Good Reason for silence.
There's one thing certain" I heard
! Frances say. This Hungarian noble who
mai Gied Miss Vanderbilt viii never get
himself talked about"
"Oh. ! don't know" objected Lucy.
You can't tell anything about these for
eigners, 7 don't see why he won't be
talked about"
He wont be, Frances persisted.
There aren't enough people who car
/ pronounce his name 10 start any talk.
Too Much johnson"
T II seems only the other day that Amerl-
esn writers were receiving space rates
for the remark. But that's another story.
as Kipling says Those recurrent words
Of Kipiing must have cost the editors
Of this country between Two and three
hundred thousand dollars, all told And
now the magazines are peppered with
another bit Of Kiping-" far-1ung" Mr.
/ Kipyiag made use Of it in his Recession
/ al I think. and connected st, II I re-
member rightly. with nayies OF. armies. or
something of that sort. The maga zine
/ writer sticks it in wherever he thinks he
needs a striking word. The Florida keys
are far-hung." the Presidents influence
is 'far-fiung. the shadow of a mountain
peak is far-flung. and goodness only
knows what isn't "far-hung" II has a
pleasing sound. but if I were Mr. Kipling
tire next time ] thought up a fetching
word combination I'd copyright Il. 4
royalty Of 2la cents for each use OF far
flung would bring him Ia enough 70 buy
his winters ceal: and If you doubt it you
have only 70 read the current magazines
and count up for yourself.
NOt Afraid of an Opal.
A rumor comes TO me that a Washing
ton woman is negotiating for the pur-
chase of what is possibly the most Won
derful opal in the world, The stone was
formerly the property Of Carver. the
marksman, and was given to him by one
Of those crowned heads who seem 10
have nothing much TO do but distribute
precious stones among persons who need
them for advertising purposes. When I
saw IT, it was IN safety deposit box in
Cincinnati and I am not sure who owned
It al that time. II is a milky stone. about
the size Of ones thumb. Holding IL UP
and turning Il slowly 70 catch the light.
one sees q field OF clear blue sky appear
In H. Presently a white cloud seems 70
dim the blue. and 10 take the well-def1ned
shape of a white bird with outstretched
wings. and as one gazes the bird floats
slowly across the blue and disappears.
It Is "a thing OF IndescrIbable beauty, and
weird withal. Not every one would be
sufficiently free from superstition TO be
happy In the possession Of Il. but the
rich woman who wants it-well. I suppose
any millionaire these days who has come
through the past six months without be-
ing either ruined or investigated naturally
feels that he need not fear any opal on
earth.
cit" Was copyrighted.
But speaking of copyrighting things re-
minds me of c. r. Dazey, who wrote a
play called In Old Kentucky sixteen
years ago and has beer drawing royalty
on it ever since. The play has been done
over considerably since the days when
Julia Arthur and Louis James first show
ed it to the public. and Only last fall the
man who controls It complained bitterly
TO Mr.. Dazey about the matter Of royalty.
There's scarcely a line in 1t that stands
now as YOU wrote IT," he said TITS
tough to have to keep on paying you
royalty on a play that really isn't yours
at all
Mr.. Dazey was not at all distressed at
this exaggeTation.
"You think the play as it stands isn't
mine?" he said. mildly. Well. We won't
dispute that Maybe / didn't write line
of it. but Ill show you what l did write
what I copyrighted, and what l draw
I Herr IL Is