The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1908-07-23

I iitc Tic SCHOOiS VI the CITY. NOW, what
for? If the kids I'm THE Washington
schools could be taHghtaa little more
mathematics. spelling, geography. gram
mar and common sens" no one would
kick But to add t69thelF lack of COM
mon education in theecomih onest studies
Esperanto would be1to Increase a vac
uum. The pupils OF Washington schools
are turned out notdriousfy bad spoilers.
The things they know about the history
Of the United States, would go on a sheet
| of netepaper. They do not know how
to hunt for knowledge in cyclopedia,
and they have small use for q diction-
airy. Yet Esperanto would be added to
the course! yShucks!
The Gospel Army" of Washington,
a kind of kim to the Salvation Army.
has opened up a home for friendless
girls here in Washington, and it looks
on the face of it to be a fine thing The
home is on PENNSYLVANIA avenue, in the
old Mount Vernon Hotel 1t has been
| fitted up with new furniture and thoro-
/ " renovated, and there are beds for 80
girls. The doors are open to young
women of Washington and surrounding
| towns, irrespective of creed and relig-
ion. There is also large audience
room, where religious or social services
and receptions may be held Those who
Will be especially welcome will be young
women, who by sickness or death have
been left alone and unprotected and
without resources.
1t seems too bad that a man cannot
run for office without having all the
women of his family involved in the
campaign. Already Vice President
elect Kern has had to come out with a
card, as follows:
MY wife is the best woman in the
world, but she isn't running for Vice
| President"
His remark about his wife was called
| forth by an interview which she gave
out at Indianapolis, in which she de-
clared against the Army canteen and
the Sunday saloon, and intimated that
her husband, whom she described as a
consistent teetOtalIer, was in strict &C
cord with her own sentiments.
MY wife has strong views on all
moral subjects" said Mr.. Kern. Yes,
it's true, as she says, that l am total
abstainer. but that is about as far as 1
would like to go Just now"
Buffalo, the former home of the late
President Grover Cleveland, is prepar-
ing to erect a memorial shaft to him.
The Mayor of the city has appointed a
committee of citizens to take the mat
ter up and push it.
President Roosevelt has spoiled a lot
of fun and incidentally made a great
Jagged hole in prospective income by
declining to talk a campaign speech
into the monograph. Certain phono-
graph people intended to have a speech
from Mr.. Bryan and one from President
Roosevelt, and these would have nettcd
them fortune in the campaign. AS
matter of fact, the President is not an
orator in the sense 90 being master of
rounded periods and rythmic sentences.
His speeches read logically, sensibly and
are even inspiring, a thing that a speech
seldom is when you read it. But it Is
not always pleasing thing to listen to
one of the Presidents speeches, because
he talks when upon the platform as
tho each word was driven out of his
mouth by a sledge hammerr 1t cemesr
explosively and unevenly and in mo-
ments of intense energy his voice breaks
like that of a yout., whose. voice is
changing and runs up into almost in
distinguishable falsetto tones. His voice
is not farreaching. either On the other
hand, Mr.. Bryan Is master of voice, in
Election, rounded periods, flourish or
trite epigrams and old wife sayings. His
voice is clear and soothing and delight
ing. He is master of the Delsarte art
and of the school of expression" Some
DOuS OHtt Sdlu THAT SludItu LOT TIE
stage, and this may account; but, at any
rate, you like to listen to him talk. But
you never by any chance read dozen
sentences after 1t Is printed. That is
the opinion of one who has heard both
speak many times and oft, who heard
Mr.. Bryan make his maiden effort in
the House. and heard him try the
maiden effort" on wild West audiences
before he came to Washington to Con-
gress.
A funny controversy is now on be-
tween Mr.. Bryan and Mr. Watson, the
nominee of the Populist Party for Pres
ident. Mr.. Watson charges that Mr..
Bryan in the Speaksrship fight in the
SID Congress declared that he could
not vote for a Confederate soldier"
Crisp. of Georgia, and Roger Q. Mills.
of Texas. Both served with gallant
records in the war of the rebellion. Mr..
Bryan stated to a newspaper man who
has a long memory that he would not
care to face the old soldier element
along Platte with a record of voting for
an ex-Confedcrate." Mr.. Bryan does
not remember that he ever said such a
thing. Mr.. Watson remembers it vivid
ly, as he was the candidate for the |
Populist leadership of the House in that
Congress. Mr.. Watson says he does not
see how Confederate veterans can ever
cast a vote for Mr.. Bryan.
Sir Robert Bruce and the spider story
of perseverance will be the slogan of
Vice President-elect Kern. He comes
down in an unbroken line from the
great Scotch warrior. eff at first you
don't succeed try, try again."
Never mind me; I'm all right. Look
after those other fellows" This epitaph
is engraved on a monument recently
erected in Arlington National Cemetery
in memory of James Thomas Cruise, a
young Kentuckian, who met his death
last Summer as the result of injuries
received from an explosion in the turret
of the battleship Georgia while at tar
get practice in Cape Cod Bay.
Altho MORALLY wounded, the young
was rendering aid to others
who were suffering. Some one remind
ed him of his condition, and he uttered
the words that have been engraved on
the tombstone over his resting place.
A nice Iady-lke pastinic which Is the
pleasure of the people of Honolulu aie
wildly sketched by . Jrge L. Wilson.
at the Arlington tn o,her night. lr
Wilson is planter VIII: extensive ucrTs
near Honolulu. and Is making his +
visit to this countryN The pastim> Sc
ferred to by him as>sae of the mos:
exciting and pleasurabIeiIof his people
is sffAsk fishing.
Large sharks aboahd off Honolulu
usually count on bringing back one or
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