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The Washington times., 1909-05-28
NEW BISHOP LLOYD
NOTIFIED TONIGHT

LEEsBURG. Va. May 2s-Notice has
been received here that the Rev. Dr.
Arthur S. Lloyd. who has been elected
coad3utor-b bishop of the diocese Of north
ern Virginia, will meet the ratification
committee at Richmond tonight.
DR.. Lloyd has declined four bishoprics
Order the Commencement Flowers
% Shaffer. 14th 81. Bouquets, baskets, etc.
-ACiVf
The Washington times., 1909-05-28

Baltimore and Return SI.a5, Baltimore
and Ohio r. r., every Saturday and Sun
day. All trains both ways, both days,
except Royal Limited City Offiees, I4I7
G St and 619 Penna- AVe.-Advt.
Evening star., 1909-07-18

law and the rulings Of the court these
could not be disclosed because such con-
fidences are of the nature OF privileged
communications in all matters of a
criminal character. The present pro-
ceedings, however. being Of a civil nature
this Immunity did not obtain, and yester-
day the wife was compelled by the court
to answer questions put to her. the only
way of escape being a plea Of exemp-
tion on the ground that her answers
would tend to incriminate her, a course
she declined to pursue. Her testimony
was TO the effect that her husband was
absolutely sane at the time Of the killing
and afterward and that moreover he had
threatened to kill her upon his release
from prison
Now comes the test Of the law. Is the
country to be afforded the spectacle Of
self confessed murderer, a man fired
with evil intent, bent even upon q second
Staying, to be freed from restraint be-
cause technicality prevented the pre-
sentation of convicting evidence? Such
a spectacle would unQuestionably tend
to increase the feeling that the courts
do not administer justice on all occa-
sons evenly and to the end Of securing
innocent life. Nothing moro disastrous
increase of doubt in the efficacy of the
courts. The mob spirit is inflamed when
ever justice miscarries.
Evening star., 1909-07-18
Hat Pins.

Hoch der chief of police of Hanover,
Germany. There is the man of convic-
ton, of courage and of wisdom There
is a Solomon in uniform. There Is
savior of menaced humanity.
For some time past the women OF Han
over have been indulging In hat pins SO
long as to make life of uncertain tenure
in that usually placid community. Many
long scratches have been given and Sc
we're punctures inflicted by these keen,
stiletto-like fasteners After several ac-
cidents of this character had occurred the
official interest was aroused, and now
comes forth the chief to declare that
henceforth when an accident occurs to
another through a woman's hat pin she
will be liable to arrest and prosecution
for assault.
Whether this will tend to decrease the
danger in this country or not remains to
be seen. The action of the police chief
of Hanover, of unknown but blessed
name suggests that the American
guardians of the public security have
now blazed before them q plain path OF
duty. Perhaps If the Hanoverian doc
trine is locally adopted 1t will be pos
sible to ride in an American street car
without being threatened with perma-
nent Disagreement or total blindness.
Evening star., 1909-07-18
WEAKNESSES.

never met a perfect man.
THE Golden Age is yet far distano
I've yet to meet the one who can,
Try he may, be quite consistent.
Jones is well dressed well read, polite.
His taste pace has always set us
Till we observed with grief, last night,
He sprinked sugar on his lettuce!
Smith is an educated chap
Old Harvard Is his alma mater
He dotes on Ruskin, and can cap
Quotations out Of Walter Pater.
He has keen, discerning mind
In style and rhetoric. But Is it
Not sad He always says those Kind"
And thinks that Shelley is ''exQUISite.s
There's Brown. whose naughty spirit loathes
The haud-me-downS that we're content with3
He buys the most expensive clothes
Whose hues his ties ara neatly bent with.
And yet this stylish fellow, who's
Well known of fashions martyrs,
Though he affects low. oxford shoes,
Wears safety-pins instead Of garters.
One scorns to split infinitives
Who thinks representatives." good dictton;
One roasts A. Austin, but forgives-
Nay, even DISQUALIFICATION fiction.
And one We know who's bright and kind,
Butch, how such defections hurt US!
He shaves his neck around behind,
And reads the works OF Fra Elbertus!
Cleveland Leader.
Evening star., 1909-07-18
PETROLEUM BUTTER.

From the Toledo Blade.
When Standard Oil butter comes into
general use will the average man be
able to tell on which side his bread is
buttered?
From the Schenectady Union.
Butter made from crude petroleum
could not be much worse than some we
have Encountered.
From the Newark News.
If John D. announces the manufacture
OF petroleum butter one day and gives
$lO,OOO,OOO to the cause OF education the
next, what's the answer?
From the Boston Globe.
Standard Oil announces that It Is MAX
ing fine quality Of butter now out Of
petroleum, but we doubt IL Mr. Rocke-
teller is using 1t on his family table.
From the Detroit Free Press
There Will be no coloring matter re-
qulred Tor kerosene butter, but is ma
chinery provided for sailing or working
out the odor?
From the Louisville Courier,JournaI
One Of the virtues claimed for the new
Standard Oil butter is that 'it lasts
longer than real butter" Very likely.
From the Harrisburg Telegraph.
That petrol butter ought to be popular
with autoists. Think of firing up I'm a
pinch with the contents of the lunch
hamper melted down.
Evening star., 1909-07-18
BEGGING KIPLING'S PARDON.

When the last game has been finished,
And the crowd has left the field:
When the umpire is forgotten.
And the spiked shin has been healed:
Well rest. and faith. shall need IL.
Sit down for a season two.
Til the Master of all true sportsmen
Shall bid to play anew.
And the man who throws tho bottle,
And the who tries 10 throttle
Every fellow who applauds the other cluOst
He'll get his without doubt
When St Peter bars him out,
And he has to peek through knothsles with
the dubs.
When the last fish has been landed,
And the hooks old and bent,
When the bobber's cracked and useless,
And the bait has all been spent;
Well quit, but, gee, we VIII hate to
Sit down for con or ten
It'll the Master of all good fishers
Shall bid to cast again.
And the man who tells the whopper.
VIII be shoveed In the hopper,
Notwithstanding all his yelling and his kicks
And they'll feed him out In dishes
To the minrows and the fishes
That the other liars planted in the Styx.
st. Louis Star
Evening star., 1909-07-18
A WOMAN'S OPINION.

envy the woman who stays at home
For the summer cottage is not all Joys
It's all very well for q man, perhaps,
And just the thing for a growing boy.
But when does the woman have time to restl
Where is the comfort that she would wishf
There isn't much pleasure for her, I say.
In daily cooking q mess Of fish.
She makes the beds and she sweeps the noosA
And all day long she is busy quite;
There's always something for her to do
From early morn until late at night
Her husband must catch the sunrise car,
And breakfast for him she has to get,
There are dishes to wash and clothes to mend,
And pies to bake and bread to set.
One round OF cooking her summer seems,
season of frying and stewing things;
For only a woman ever knows
The toll and worry each mealtime brings.
Over q hot stove long she stands,
And it seems that her labors are never done,
Man has splendid time, no doubt,
But where Is the woman who counts this funf
Detroit Free Press.
Evening star., 1909-07-18
on po,,ssca, lines IL taking the place Of

on political lines ID taking the place OF
mutual admiration societies and pink
teas The women are stirring. and. seek
ing rights SO long monopolized by men.
are proceeding man fashion, SO to say.
They are establishing headquarters for
the preparation and distribution of their
literature; for the canvassing of the
country: for keeping their cause steadily
to the FORE 1t is a step forward, and at
tracing much attention.
The leaders are not in perfect agree
ment. But when were leaders in any
cause without differences? Some. II
seems. want suffrage for the present
only i'm matters of local concern-educa-
ton. sanitation and the like. They want
to show their quality in small things
before asking for part in big things.
Others object to any limitation. They
want the suffrage. with all OF its oppor-
tunities and responsibilities, feeling
qualified to participate fully in the whole
scheme of government.
There Is work. then, for Miss Johnson
at home. Let the aggressive Buffalonian
be discharged from custody In London
and permitted to return to help her own.
Presumably. she would prefer America as
a field of operation. and. as an Ameri-
can, should be at her best on her native
heath.
If she comes, the young woman should
unlearn her English lessons. and go
about her task more in the way of argu-
ment and persuasion than in that OF
noise and force. Success for her cause
does not lie In the direction of rowdy
street scenes, with the lookup in the
background. That procedure cannot be
introduced in this country with any
other result than injury to what many
intellectual women have In view and are
striving for.
Evening star., 1909-07-18
The PERSIAN PICKLE.

From the Boston Advertiser.
Those addressing the shah In his hiding
place will pronounce his name minus the
two final letters. Sh!
From the Columbus Ohio State Journal.
Messrs. Sardarasad and Sipahdar ap-
pear to have mistaken the snan Ior q
mere ultimate consumer.
From the Chicago Tribune.
When the shah skidooed the insurgents
said TIE he, he ran. There. we nave
been waiting for q week to get that on.
Thank heaven. it's over.
From the Cleveland Leader.
Teheran is still running.
From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
While all the Persians are fighting In
stead Of weaving 1t would be good stunt
for some American financial strateg1st to
get a corner on artistic rugs.
From the Richmond Times Dispatch.
Teheran's lighting manners seem to be
of a marked Persian rugged sort.
From the Salt Lake Herald.
The Shah of Persia will soon be In q
position to condole with Abdul Hanlid.
Castro and Gen. Reyes. This Is bad
year for bum rulers.
From the Birmingham News.
The experience of the Shah of Persia
confirms the growing suspicion that
crowns are not greater than constitutions
Evening star., 1909-07-18
TIMEO DANAOS ct DONA FERENTES. y

(American women represent the ancient Greel
Amazons.-Dr. Emil Rech)
Though she may smile meeting you,
Though dimples in her rose-leaf cheek
May one another then pursue
In their quaint game Of hide and seek,
Though dulcet accents mark her voice
Whenever she may speak to you,
'Tis folly in you to rejoice
Best let 1t all be Greek to you.
When twilight shadows dim the vale
And Stimulates vast alarm
And vows that she Is turning pale.
What though she signs about the moon
Although you view it as boon
Best let it all be Greek to yon
This is the word since Adams time,
He fell before the wiles of Eve.
And men since then In prose and rhyme
OF womans ways are prone to grieye.
Though she be gentle as doye
And yielding, shy and meek TO you,
The steel lies In the velvet glove
Best let 1t all be Greek to you.
Directoire gown waste-basket hat
The oxford ties and ribands gay.
The Bough and Thou and all OF that
Are traps today as yesterday.
What though her absence from your sight
An hour may seem a week to you
You'll soon be In a sorry plight
Best let 1t all be Greek 10 You
Alas, my son! IT'S all in vain.
1 see your straight. enraptured stare
You have been added to the train
IT'S futile TO be quoting things
Archaic and antique TO you.
Still family from the past 1t singBf
Best let 1t all be Greek TO you.
w. b. Nesbit in Chicago Evening Post
Evening star., 1909-07-18
Old Acquaintance.

Bill Stiggins surely is man
OF consequence round here;
There's scarcely any one who can
Be mentioned. but you'll hear
Bill pipin' up with brightenin' eye
In accents loud an slow:
.The party you jes' nrentioned-wly
1 knowed him years agov
He says that tennis he has played
A lot with Theodore.
And Bill has been q heap dismayed
To see his Collin. score.
And, speakin' of the tariff war,
When everybody else
Calls Mr.. Aldrich Senator"
He always calls him "Nels."
Jes' fur a test we handed out
Some names from ancient lore
He never showed Sign OF doubt;
He knowed 'em all Of yore.
With Socrates he'd make his homo
In Athens. Ohio.
And helped ]. Caesar build up Rome,
In Georgia, years ago.
1t didn't modify his glee
When gravely we inquired
II Ananias mightnt be
A friend whom he admired.
All placidly his way he goes:
They keep us wonderin' still.
The folks that old Bill Stiggins knows
Who never heard OF Bill.
Evening star., 1909-07-18
That New Party.
g MIR BRYAN. in the Commoner

Says MIR. Bryan, In the Commoner'
stay In your own party and reform
~ Tile advocates of a new party sug-
gest that the reform element OF the DEM
ocratic party and the reform element
Of the republican party join together In
the formation of new party
THAT Is not practicable at the present
time The reformer. IL he is q real re-
former. wants to see his reforms carried
out He is so much interested In seeing
them carried out that he will work In the
parry where he thinks he can work TO the
best advantage.
-.rIet the democratic reformers fight for
the control Of the party, and let the re-
publican reformer fight for the control OF
the republican party"
4 motion to form a new party was to
be expected at this time. 1t usually
follows a controversy which has pro-
duced divisions in the two leading par
ties. The suggestion, as q rule. comes
from those who look only on the surface
of things and seek a little personal ad
vertisement.
In the tariff matter with which Con-
gresS has been wrestling for several
months there was an occasional union
between the insurgent republicans and
the democrats on a particular schedule,
but never once a union on a general tar
If policy. Suppose Mr.. Clark OF Mis-
souri, had been leader of the House. and
as such had presented a tariff bill. Would
the so-called republican insurgents of
that body have supported 1t? Or sup
pose Mr.. Cummins had presented a tariff
bill in the Senate. Would the dem
ocrats have supported it? OF course not.
And then the tariff Is not all. There is
no union of sentiment between the So
called reform republicans and the So
problem, the navy problem, the Phil
ippine problem, or, indeed, on any
problem. They are far apart. as they
have always been. What would bring
them together? Not mere proclama-
ton. Not the Vaccinations Of some am
bilious man striving for leadership and
Office, and striking out on a new line
after being halted on the old one.
Mr.. Hearst, with not a little ability,
raised this standard last year. Come unto
me-" he said to both dissatisfied republi-
cans and dissatisfied democrats, land I'll
give you the real thing IN the way Of good
government. You'll never get it from
either OF the two old parties. Both are
under the domination of lawless wealth.
and will continue so until the reformers
in both withdraw and act together under
Il new name
We all know what happened. The new
party polled but a beggariy vote. Mr..
Hearst's invitation went unheeded. His
candidate for President was q respecta-
bic man, and Mr.. Hearst himself most
energetic one. But republicans voted for
Taft and democrats for Bryan, leaving
Hr. Hisgen with only bakers dozen
trailing behind him.
Equally abOrtiye will be the present
attempt to rally men In numbers under
a new standard. The two old organiza-
tions will continue to do business, and
to shelter men with the highest aspira-
tions for good government.
Evening star., 1909-07-18
An American Suffragette,

Among the suffragettes arrested and
allied in London Friday was Miss Grace
Johnson OF Buffalo. n. Y. 1t was. not
it seems. her first offense. For eight
months she has been assisting her Eng
lish sisters In their program Of making
life miserable for English statesmen In
Office. and last winter served q month In
prison for devotion to the suffragette
cause.
Here probably is spirited young
woman who. finding nothing doing at
home. sought field where women am
bilious to assist in government were very
much alive. She grew tired OF mere talk
about suffrage for her sex; Of the card
writing for newspapers: OF occasional
conventions. where solemn essays were
solemhly read TO small audiences She
wanted action on her eloQuence.
II Ii different in America now Things
are looking up over here. Organization
Evening star., 1909-07-18
A WORTHY Work.

Ever since the hot weather began the
social organizations Of this city have
been engaged in q beautiful charity which
deserves a word of hearty commentator
as a token Of appreciation and in the
hope of encouraging the worthy men and
women conducting this work to continue
their laudable enterprises. These organi-
cations have been conducting outings for
poor children on a scale which promises
To give every youngster In Washington
whose parents are unable to leave the
city for a recreation spell a chance to
breathe the fresh air and enjoy the pleas
ures of some resort.
Whether it is church society or a So
cial club or an association Of business
men, the spirit animating this charitable
work is the same. the desire to give
pleasure and to benefit those who are not
able 10 treat themselves to summer rec
reations. 1t is the true spirit OF altruism.
The children who benefit from the work
afe not merely given a pleasant days
outing. The flying horses and the chutes
and games do not constitute the sum
total of their advantage. The fact that
they are taken out of their city lives for
even few hours Is helpful. 1t gives
them something to remember, something
bright and wholesome. 1t makes them
feel that they are not entirely uncon-
sidered or neglected. It helps them to
have faith In the good wishes OF man
kind.
These summer charities In no wise in
terfere with or lessen the force Of the
organized work conducted for the beneht
of the poor upon substantial lines Of en-
couraging self-help. One of the most ef-
fective branches of the organized charity
work is that which undertakes to give
10 poor women and children each summer
a few days at a camp where they can.
through the influence Of wholesome food
and fresh air, gain strength for the hard
fight imposed upon them by the home
surroundings. OF course those who are
tllus taken for two weeks into the coun-
try are more substantially benefited than
those who are taken for a day only, but
the days pleasure granted to the little
folks by the societies and clubs is never
theless a materially helpful factor In
keeping their lives on the rising plane.
Evening star., 1909-07-18
The old AND new CHANCELLORS.

From the indianapolis Star.
Won Bethmann-Hollweg is not as eu-
phonious as Won BueloW, but 1t may be
just as good name to conjure with
From the Syracuse Herald.
Chancellor Won Buelow, after he quits
his job. might make a good man for
collector of the port over In Germany
He. also. has been in close association
with live one for several years.
From the Boston Globe.
DR.. Theobald Won Bethmann-Hollweg
the new German chancellor, and the
kaiser were college cbums, but owing
to the backwardness OF German educa-
tional methods they never played to-
gether on the college foot ball team.
From the Buffalo Evening News.
It is almost a farce for William to
pull down one chancellor and set up an
other but that is the way they play 1t in
Germany.
From the Memphis News Scimitar.
That German chancellorship Is a pretty
attractive job from many viewpoints. But
between the emperor and the reichstag
1t may have its discomforts.
From the st. Louis Times.
Won Buelow is big man, but he is
not Bismarck. and his going down will
not be marked by whirlpool.
Evening star., 1909-07-18
A Dangerous Inconsistency.


Back Of the iynching evil, the inspira
ton Of the mob spirit, is unouestionably
the lack OF faith in the duly constituted
processes Of law. In its crudest and most
justifiable form, mob vengeance or mob
justice is exercised when the community
Is new and the processes of judicial pro-
cedure and punishment are ineffective or
absent. From this frontier spirit of self
protection to the. lust for human blood
which animates the impassioned mob
dragging some guilty wretch to a tele-
graph pole is but short step, however
great may be the moral distance The
modern lynching. however, has its de-
tenders in those who maintain that the
present tendency OF court procedure Is
too complex for the proper administration
Of justice and that drastic unofficial
measures are occasionally necessary, a
doctrine fraught with the gravest danger
for the peace and security Of the COM
munity which thus chooses to put aside
the established methods in favor of the
whin or impulse Of the moment
A case is In evidence at present in
New York state which bears directly
upon the weakening Of public confidence
In the processes of Justice. A man is
SoSsNA'o A1CCooh iIOiH TSStTdlHt on the
plea that he has recovered from the in
sanity which was by verdict of q Jury
declared to be justification for his ac-
Quittal on charge Of murder He was
tried twice. the first trial resulting in a
disagreement and the second in the YER
dict just mentioned. Both the state and
the defense summoned expert witnesses
at an enormous expense. and the oues-
ton Of the mans mental condition NOS
threshed out TO the point of utter public
exhaustion. 1t was known at the time
that there had been condolences between
tho man and his wife which bore directly
upon the point at issue. But under the
Evening star., 1909-07-18
TRANSFORMATION.

Her crowning charm. 1t appeared to me
In the olden days, was simplicity
Her frank blue eyes and her cherry lip,
The simple drape Of her gingham slip.
Her tossing hair and her bare, brown feet,
Her poise her shape and her nature sweet!
And oftentimes when conventions palled
Ry thourbts of her and I've hoped again
To see her charms saw them then.
But time makes changes, you must allowi
Her lad got rich on q patent, now
She's caIIayanting around the town
In basket hat and a cling1ns gown
And glasses stuck on her peeling nose:
Her speech has changed since the day she
''fawmed"
fshe hailed me thus: II am really chswmed'1
And city chaps from some ribbon shop
Tag on behind for a chance to pop!
Buffalo Evening News.