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The Washington herald., 1909-02-10

Il Mr. Cortelyou could only find it
convenient to accept all the jobs for
which he has been slated by the news
papers. he would not need to work more
than week or two after March next
IN order 10 reach a financial status war
ranting his retirement 10 private life for
good, provided his spirit 50 moved him.
The Washington herald., 1909-02-10

A Southern statesman has discovered
that Mr.. Hartman is very reticent in
conversation Mr.. Hartman commands
the wherewithsl that talks, however.
The Washington herald., 1909-02-10
CAPITOL GOSSIP

The Seventh district Of the Old Domin-
ion is represented IN Congress by one
James Hay. Not much OF name. but
behind it is the real Virginia stun. hard
The Washington herald., 1909-02-10

There seems TO he a disposition On the
part OF certain Southern Senators to
leave the Crum matter to the new broom.
The Washington herald., 1909-02-10
A Fashionable suburb.

Yes; we have a volunteer FIRE brigade
In our suburb
And do you wear red shirts?'
''Horors-no! We wear evening dress
of course
The Washington herald., 1909-02-10

II is said that two men only stand be-
tween Texas and prohibition Between
the devil and the deep blue sea. as it
we're
The Washington herald., 1909-02-10

We hope. too. that the concerted rebuke
the American press has handed Nevada
may be sufficient 10 hold it for while.
The Washington herald., 1909-02-10


Senator Curtis. a son Of the KaVs, is a
bird of quite a different color. He had
served fourteen years in the House pre-
vious TO his election 10 the Senate, and
was, therefore, q thoroughly trained leg
isIstor before he put on the toga- A
man who IS promoted to the Upper House
from the Lower is always a bit III az ease.
for the freedom and uneonventionality
Of the latter is entirely out OF place IN
the former. and some Of the most bril-
liant lights Of the House when they are
elevated 10 the Senate sink into obsecur-
ity. because they are unable TO adjust
themselves 20 that body. not 50 Mr. Cur
tis- He Is as quiet, dignifed, impressive,
and as much considered as though this
were his fourth instead OF his first term
n the Senate.
It is Senator Curtis proud boast that
/ he knows most Of his constituents
when he was in the House. indeed. he
knew them aIl-and he makes Il g point
70 90 this. When meet & man" he
says, 7 put him and some particular in
/ stance together. The next time I meet
/ him I can tel his name and tell the cir
e11rnstaHres OF the meeting Senator
I Curtis has another distinctioa-that Of
7 being ready letter writer" Il Is said
! that he never allows an unanswered let
/ Ter 10 remain on his desk overnight. ever
/ II he has to stay I'D until the sun rises
/ and finds him al his task, and II Is told
/ 10 his credit that in one particular cam
paign he wrote 30,OO0 letters. In fact. he
/ IS ore of the most faithful and system
! atic servants OF a constituency in the
Senate. and in him the veteran pensioners
/ have an attorney and an advocate who
( does their work con amore-
/ Senator Curtis began his political career
rather early. he was only tWenty-fOul
when he was made prosecuting attorney
OF Shawnee County. and his rise was con
slant until he reached the ultima Thule
OF his ambition the Senate. where he
/ VIII probably remain as long as he lasts
/ for the people OF Kansas have already
shown their confidence in him by keep
ing him fourteen years in the House, and
/ this viii be his third year in the Senate
since he was elected 10 nj out the unex-
piTed term of J. K. Burton. succeeding
A. Y. Benson. appointed ad interim. HI:
term does not expire for four years
The Washington herald., 1909-02-10

The Charleston News and Courier SAYS
there are no plumbers in bades- This
eonvinces Us that there Is a worse place
than hades somewhere. after all
The Washington herald., 1909-02-10

The Montgomery Advertiser IS some
what upset anent the proposition 70 fur
nish Nj Taft an Official automobile, be-
cause It fears We may be called OF 70
The Washington herald., 1909-02-10

From the Boston Journsl
This is great growing weather. Watch
the treasury deficit.
The Washington herald., 1909-02-10

Where's your carr In storage7'
mo; rs serving thirty days for speed
ing
The Washington herald., 1909-02-10

It appears that Mr.. Wiliett has about
succeeded in pulling the hole in, too.
The Washington herald., 1909-02-10
ELL Harhinrers.

Seen any spring robins In the parks?''
Haven't even seen any In the news
papers
The Washington herald., 1909-02-10

Mr.. Bryan sees hope for 1872" says
the Richmond News Leader Mr.. Bryan
is always willing TO see hope. and even
90 il one better OF occasions.
The Washington herald., 1909-02-10
All Depends.

"An writer's are not impractical. are
they7''
''Oh, no. One man viii write a joke
and sell Il for 80 cents. Another will
write comic opera around It and draw
so 900 IN royalties
The Washington herald., 1909-02-10
Encouraging the Hens.

The Hopkins boom out in Illinois Is
still displaying the c. Q. D. signal
The Washington herald., 1909-02-10

Il seems the poets,
Busy craft,
Have used up al the
Rhymes for Taft.
The Washington herald., 1909-02-10

7 Frankly, life at an army post row Is a
drudge, said MAJ. Henry c. Foster, re-
tired, OF Kansas City, at the Ebbitt last
night We never vii stop desertions tn
We restore the canteen- We can raise the
pay to any figure, and men viii not re-
main Ask any civilian II ne would agree
70 so into his workshop and into his bed
without the friendly chat he gets at his
roundup place. whether It is his restau-
rant at luncheon time. the barber shop in
the evening. the bar where he goes more
10 see a friend or two than get a drink.
The men went TO the Canteen 10 see each
other more than TO drink. They got little
to drink
I'VE were told that we might keep the
canteen open for the sale OF soft drinks
said the officer. That was Of no avail
az all The mantle real ran-wsnted
pint Of beer with the cigarettes. and he
told a better story about the adjutant at
guard mount that morning: he had a far
better ear for the news that over In b
company's quarters they had a wedding
and so on. Nobody tried 10 tell a story
as he pulled away al bottle OF pop. So
the soldier left the soft drink canteen
joke for the blind tiger, and then he left
the army because Of the gusrdhouse.
Drunk. broke, and o-erstayed. the
man was afraid 70 return. Few men re-
fuse TO Join the army because there Is no
canteen, but K IS notorious that many
refuse 70 re-snlist because there Is no
canteen. They viii not come back to the
post as Il is arranged to-day. This costs
| the nation the service Of trained sol
der. No three recruits are as good IS
one tnree-year trained Uan-s
New-York tribune., 1909-11-28

IL got mad & exploded. soaring Hon. Jed
Prouty's grey mare to death by spasms
Total loss $50.
2-TaIking Ballot Box. This were ar
ranged with a foIGyyraf so - would holla
Back againr when the same man voted
twice. When he voted three times IL
would vail Three and out" This was
tried in y. Y. municipal election, but
was kicked out because too noisy.
3-The Cupidometer. Useful invention
fer e-smacked Youths To find out II
Lady are thinking Yes or No. This Ma
chine were built like a belt Wind IL
twice around waist Of grille friend. turn
or dynamo & look at her eyes. holding
clasp to both her hands. IL her eyes
fash red IL means Yes: If green 1t
snignify NO But this invention were
useless. Because if young Gent can
get so close as that he do not need TO
find out by Machinery"
Are not highty flying beautiful like
the Poetry business I nextly require.
II thought So" DID Glen, 'till once at
Brescia I took up a Italian poet name OF
Dan Onionjo. 1 got one advice 10 YOU
III YOU GNcl DuS u SeAAOPAahC NoAA eNAn~c
up no Italian Poets, however light"
"Are they restless:'' I snuggest.
Restless say he "That Dan onion
10 spilled poetry all over the machinery
and almost wrecked US when we was
$50 feet above Mt vesuvius- He told
me / was soo-bIime like Julius Caesar.
He called me a super-man- If my hands
had not been full of machinery / should
OF struck him for that. Just when /
thought he were going TO settle down 10
ride quiet he would jump up & go into
a transport. He Vailed % the life OF
birdsr and wanted me to tell him "A
good rhyme for 'airOplane-' Finally
spilled him into a tree. Flying is hard
enough without mixing poetry with your
gasolene."
Il read by news-print." are next ex-
animation from me. how one famous
Alligator say that Hon. North Pole VIII
be dishcovered by AirOplane-
What famous Alligator say that?'' re-
require Glenn suspectfully.
Hon. OwlviIle Wright" I snuggest.
Did Owlville say that?' he dib.
Trouble with them Wright Bros. is they
talks too much"
But could not persons arrive TO Pole
by Airships if they wants TOP I quizz.
They might. but could they?' relapse
Glenn. when airplanes is built strong
& willing 70 carry II extra passengers.
then respectable trippers might like 10
6ishcover this Pole
why should II extra passengers be
necessary for such picknics?" I require.
Extra passengers" say Hon. Curt,
s'must go long for following uses:
one Explorer TO tly TO Pole & dish
cover il.
Two Scientists TO prove IT is the Pole
when he gets there.
-Four reporters TO prove them Scien-
lists isn't deceiving themselves.
New-York tribune., 1909-11-28
By ANNE WARNER
tcoPyrisht. 1903. BY The Century cOmpany.)

Wen. presume those two fellows can look
out for her. Curious about the Brewers
not turning up: suppose he's under the
automobile yet: Wonder how Freeman
Is getting on in Wire. Let's step aud look
at the view. Fine view.
KS Y Was saying. Peters. il was too bah
the way We broke up az Wire really
felt mean over leaving as We did. What
did you sayc Nonsense; nohe OF that.
Peters: none OF that. But I viii say one
thing for her: she certainly was a wOm-
an OF great perceptiOn-slways thoughtful
Tor others. Did you notice how she used
To push the ash receiver toward me- Ms
things like that that make a man COM
Portable. Astonishing that such a woman
should never marry. Well let's so on.
Not more than ninety more steps and two
hower women 20 get over. Peters. have
you observed how many stairs there arv in
Europe? II fairly bristles with them We
go pretty nearly stair-free with US. and
over here tt's stairs from dawn TILL
Great Scott. will you lock az them,
oh. never can go up there. never, We
may as well go back. If YOU want 10. you
can so up; but 7 couldn't possibly see
anything that would compensate me for
those steps. III bet there are ten thou
sand. and like as net there are more b.
yond I'm going back and SIT with Nlmc
Pouiard Aine till it's time to so. You
go on alone just tell him We don't want
any of those oyster she'll pincushiOns hrst.
VIII YOU? Then YOU so on by yourself
Peters: I've had enough"
TO he ,onfgn,ef1
New-York tribune., 1909-11-28

Eight Detectives to prove them p.-
porters isn't deceiving the Publjcl -
but who could get there IN ,,-,o -
watch them Detectives:' ask v4,h
worry voice.
why you make such hard auestiop.--.
( corrode he with blanche cheeks. ssyo,
make me so nervous I could fv."
While he mentioned this speech thu.
RED Headed Flyer on which he wa.
setting. rose up & begin wagzing itz tan
as If timid about flying In high wind,
caused by New York municipal election.
"One more reply. please + assemhI.
What you think OF the French az =
national people?'
The French" he snuggest, "sbou.
great curtissy & other fine propar,,s,
Their imaginatiOns are full OF gasolar.
They are already beginning 70 imagine
that Bleriot discovered atrial navigation
And whenever a Wright or Curtiss ma
chine breaks a record in France all Par,,
papers comes out with editorial abour
The Wonderful Inventive Genius os m.
French People"
1T are not strange that Hon Caesar
called France Ancient Call" nudge
Yet / are not peeved by this" saw
that great cloUd-jumper. "It are easv 10
fell well-natured & sweet when heinz
treated 70 Hero-salutes wherever vou
arrive. Success makes friends n Az
thusly with all walks OF life includip,
flying. The World throws banzais -
Man what show he can keep I'd Iongest -
Yet i'm early struggIy OF Genius w.
you not laughed at for your fvlng
habits?'
Il was laughed at for 10 years" COR
rode Glenn proudly Wright Bros wa.
only laughed at for 10 Thuslv 7 bs,,
Lroke another of their records"
DO the World always laugh =,
Genius% ! hOlla as Hon. Machine No,
about TO scoot upwardly.
The World never takes a Genius seri-
ously." say him, until he show tba
World he got something worth laugb-
ing at"
With such wise retorix he Iook r.r
vously in direction OF Wall Street Ubers
human hiers can be seen going up with
delicious suddenness & coming aov-r
with disgusting bump.
Hoping you are the same
Yours truly
HASHIMURA TOGO
VopyTlght. 1893. BY the Asso.is-e4 r,..-.-.
PreSs)
New-York tribune., 1909-11-28

leave. Ell? Interesting But come on:
let's go up TO Nine. POulard Aine and
cat the Omelet, and then we can climb
around some. You walk ON. Nvonne, and
order the luncheon. and MI. Peters and L
will come leisurely after.
Yes. my niece is a pretty girl, Peters.
hut nothing but child-nOthing but a
child No more idea OF worldIiness than
cat has Of a cactus: great RESPONSE
bility. Between you and me, / used to
suspect young Reynolds OF paving her at
tentiOn. but when he took another shin
over. and then left Paris before We ar
rived. l saw my suspicious he'd been
wrong. | said thing or two about him
TO Ivonne. and she took il perfectly plac-
Idly. 50 then l saw that II was all OF. /
don't like tC run down friend OF Yours
Peters-and 1 suppose he must be "A friend
of yours or you wouldn't have him along
with you-but you're old enough 10 see
that he hasn't got the stun in him to
make any girl happy. He's tOo-too-weII.
L can't just express it. but l know that
you understand. II takes peculiar at
tributes to make a woman happy. Now.
take me. for example. My wife and I
were very happy; she always knew lust
what was expected of her and she always
And so this is the famous o,nelet Mace,
Well. In we 20. Quamt-very quaint.
Look at the chickens turning on the spit
and dripping in a trough My. but they
look good Mime. Poulard herself, isn't
III Good day. ma'am; bon iOur-bon Jour
Glory what smile. stereoscoped and
Illuminated! Makes me think OF the
china eats head that We used 10 put a
candle inside OF when / was a kid. DO
we so upstairs? Eat up there, en-
Quaint-very quaint. Every fellow ild
what he pleased 60 these walls. evidently.
Well. Peters. let's sit down"
And 80 We now set out to climb Mont
saint-Aliehel Picturesque flight OF steps.
NO. l don't mind elimbing-good exercise
curious little winding walk; old woman
with baskets 10 sell No. we don't want
any. gb way. 20 way. Terrible nui-
aance such people. Here's another with
yellow flowers. No. no. so way you--and
another with matches. Nc. no. go WAY.
Well. that's a pretty tall night OF steps.
Isn't II. feterss But I guess wo can
make II. Where's Yvonne: Ahead. en-
New-York tribune., 1909-11-28

And now, HVonne, my child steady. and
start and keep right on 10 the end. There
-there-catch her ON top anywhere. Peters.
Got her. Are you all right, child? And
now for your Uncle John,
Ask him II this is a new ladder. I
don't want 10 take any chances with an old
ladder, you know. Wei, what did he say?
ASK him If people ever do fall or meet with
any sort Of accidents going up. Wen, what
oid ne say Peters. this looks more serious
every minute. WHAT do they have tie
thing 50 high for, anyhow? / must saw
/ don't like going up there at all. Ask
him If he has ever known any one 10 miss
their footing? Wei. tell him 70 keep a
good grip on the ladder. Now then, one.
tWo-oh. this is-cOnfound him, Tel him
70 steady it-Great Scott. Landed,
And now that I am up. tell me how In
al creation I'm ever TO get down again.
Well, why don't We start? That's the
worst OF Europe. Peters-no push. no
energy. Perfectly content 10 SIT ON a
diligence and stagnate. Let me look az rn,
watch. Eleven. Well, I'm not az an sur-
prised. ] wouldn't be surprised at any-
thing that might occur IN this vicinity
tell you, Peters. it viii be a glad dev for
me when j set my foot down hard on a
New YORK steamer pier once more. l can't
but feel
"Ah, so we are 20 get under way an last,
LAUNDERING old cOncern-eh. Peters? Great
contrast 10 the autOmobile-I.ee. as tbcre
may be some one speaking English within
a mile OF us. would suggest that you lower
your voice a tiife and give the other fel-
low a chance. Whist? / don't catch wha,
you say? Speaking 10 me? Who's sneak
ing 10 ne? You? Wei. what do Won
want 20 say 20 me? I'm right here 10 ia
spoken 10. and from the outlook I shoa,la
fancy that ] MAS going 10 be right here for
an indefinite length of time. Well. what is
itg The Brewers, Where. Ahead there9
How 90 you know? Are sou sure? What
DO you think, Peters? Yes, that's them.
Brewer seems 10 be underneath the ma
chine. Wei. what shall We do? Wave
and hOllcrg We can't do anything else
n We want 90. But they are going
10 Dc q good deal surprised 70 SEQ
Us perchcd sioft like this. Yes;
New-York tribune., 1909-11-28

it in q whirlwind. This was First Les
son in air currents. Side planes of this
Hon Hat was slightly damaged after
18th ascension: 50 Rev. SkatmOre en-
5oyed angry rage sS told my Hon. Father
who gathered me TO his knee e. scalloped
me with a hairbrush. This Were First
Lesson in rear prOpellers. Thusly en-
cOuridged, we craved for some expert
ments I'm axual Human Flight. So Percy
borrowed a Baby from his sister which
he tied TO a Umbrella & dropped off
barn. Like most of our early attempts
New-York tribune., 1909-11-28

10 nv. or not 90 ~: thar Is the question
whether tis nobier 70 drive modern Jagser-
And dsly MAIN and kiII our ueiehbors.
~ HNs q fool sail in where angels fear 70 ~
-And soar IN aeroplane or Sas balloon
s nnd bear the awful risks sud shocks
tnst ,t IIesh and airy aeronauts arr hoii 70
And maybe kiii ourselves
~, there's the rub;
For sailing safely through the air
- communication dcvOutlY o. be wished
10 ty. 10 soar aiott. 20 worlds unknown -.
fcrea@nce 10 Mars. and view Canals and Fo''
And SET on ''bleachers'' there on chaups 10
Mars
And sre the Martians play with sings and ar
ogtrsseOus deadly games. almost as bad as tot
To az: to SOAR. 30 soar maybe to top Of Mount
or bump against the Northern Pole -
Md tall kes-Piump clear cut Of sisht anu n'''
Here's calamity that makes Us pause
AMI almost wish that hong ago
Wed shufiel on this mortal coil
And joined the ghostly spooSs
That levitste with Palaiino.
For Who would bear the scOrns and lerlS
0t tho-c who have no taith IN aviation, - IN
The Thought OF long delay since hns
And tedious flcht of Pagan scientists
or hear the silly r0t and musty piatta'es
Ot nerce impatient sunragettcs.
Who might our dread quietls make
With their Ions deadly hatpin-e s.. oscSss
Who would troubles bear upon thiS
sphere
And grunt ami sweat with weary ufe
Without the hope % solid cOmiort ar iN@'
The fourth dimension ~ the spirit ,,.,ss-sa
And Yet. thc fact that trom thA' N"H''
bourne
No spirits have retuTnei puxzies the Ns.re
And makes US rather bear the Als W
Ana roog and srub around upcn this ssig ,, ~
Than strive to rs O. worlds We ki,'w ~
Thus aving DOH make coWarts ot - -
And thus our vary strongest resoisuoA
To soar alOft In windy Weofhcf -. -
L. sickle,i Ger with the paiv cast - '
And thoss who come % see Us hN
pisgruntled turn away ,.rvsz ,ur0El.
Tired 0ut with cur inaction f'-~
New-York tribune., 1909-11-28
FIYinS Machines May
Change the Face Of Mature
But Aviator Curtiss Tells Togo They Will Prob
ably Make Little Alteration in Poor
Old Human Nature

no gruj or mean curses for Hon. VIII
Z burd Wright" I suggest. when he
was there he We're boss Hero of evry-
thing.
''wilburd." say Glenn. went over TO
France 10 teach them how do il 10 fly.
This were pleasant job. went over TO
beat them at this fiy-game. That were
disagreeable Job"
Them Wright machines should not
risk their popapirity by winning races
from Frenchmans." j commit brightly.
They was never in such danger at
Reams." dib Glenn gloomly.
] make note OF this phenomenal.
What brOmO remark did you hear
while flying that made you most tired &,
sorryful?" ] enquiz
Whenever I start around for slight
air-Iour." say he. II can see thousands
OF fooly persons looking up wit mouths
saying How wonderful Whether in
Mineola or Paris they all stands the
same way. like Bull-toads watching a
stork a honking How wonderful Why
should they? Are il wonderful that a
flying machine should fly? Answer is,
or pair Of roller skates few three times
Ground Bethany plain beating all French.
Irish and Ohio records, then / should
gladly join everybody else in exclaim-
ming How wonderful A fying-ma-
chine are made TO fly. and it are only
wonderful when ii refuse TO do so.
Proper places for a airoplane is the air
There are something sort of hexic &
abnormal about a 60-horsepower mono-
plane booling & cursing along the road
like d mad ottOmobile Yet persons
oftenly sees this sight at airo-races &,
never says How wonderful"
What should audiences say when they
sees airoplanes soaring uppishly like
birds / ask off
They should say How natural or
nothing" revoked this Curtiss man.
At what age of youth did you firstly
decided 10 be a Genius" is next reply /
ask.
once flyer always a flyer" he re-
nounce with slight smile Of happy mem
ory fiittering acrOst his nose. 1T We're
at the unripe age OF 9la that me and
my dear schoolchumb, Percy Mccoy.
formed the first Atrial Experiment Assn
Of Hammondsport. y. Y We was too
poor 10 build a airoplane, but We de-
cided 10 experiment however much pos
sible. So We borrowed Rev. Alex Skat-
more's silk-pipe hat q practise sailing