The Washington herald., 1909-08-02
AT THE HOTELS.

persons said Francis 5. Kelley. OF New
York, who Is interested in the movement.
and is at the Raleigh.
Magistrates should have the right "a
commit all tramps. vagrants. and the ike
70 the labor colony. there to stav not
more than two years and as short a time
Is those IN charge may find necessary.
FOR example, If it Is found that a man
Is not in need Of the aid OF the colonv-
that he is a worker. and willing 70 work
mere lAeIe Is no reason Why he should be held
more than twenty-four hours.
Under existing conditions" continued
Mr. Kelley, there Is nothing to do WITH
the IDLE and vicious out sen6 +bsr, -
lhe Workhouse for short time or mass
them along. Under the new movement
they would be sent where they copId be
taught 70 be Of use 10 themselves ana
the streets would be cleaned. Every one
IN toucn with the actual conditions knows
mat the thousands OF undesirables about
The cltyS streets could with profit IA
every one be gathered up and deposited
where they would be made 10 work and
the city relieved OF the nuisances OF their
presence"
Harold S, Knapp. a well-known mu-
sical leader OF Philadelphia, who Is a.
me Arlington. discussing the changing OF
songs. said that almost everybody in the
United States recognizes Dixie" the
moment its lively strains are heard. but
those who know the words Of the several
stanzas probably are in the minority.
When the words are read continued
Mr.. Knapp. they are found 70 be mere
Jingle, without lofty sentiment or poetic
worth. To remedy this fault and give TO
the popular song a better setting has
been the object OF well-meant effort. The
women refOrmers OF Dixieland have dis
covered, however. that there will ba a
great opposition 70 any attempt 10 i'm
prove the poetry
sentiment is the most powerful factor
In establishing the popularity Of a song.
said Mr.. knapp Efforts 10 cban9a
words after that sentiment has become
a settled one usually fail. There has
oeen much criticism Of America as e
national song. The critics have tried to
substitute for It something else than q
copy OF British national anthem Fail
ing in that they had an extra stanza
written oy one Of the most famous OF
American poets. But knowledge OF that
stanza Is confined 70 the few.
Much objection has been offered 10
one or the stanzas OF the star SpanRled
Banner Every effort 10 eliminate II
mas been conspicuous failure. People
nave ridiculed the Jingle which goes bv
the name Yankee Doodle But thev have
not been able 20 rescue the music from
the long-accepted words
Sun there is much in the contention
OF the Southern women who have formed
an organization for the express purpose
o. perpetuatiug the old melodies OF that
part OF the country, notably the war
songs. They claim that the old Dixie is
all right for Publications. but that the
new version Is much better adapted for
occasions Of dignity"
Speaking Of the work Of the Irish
party in the British Parliament. Francis
Donovan. OF Cork, who was seen az the
Riggs recently. said:
. In Ireland there IS. happily. q great
parliamentary party, and that party
claims and merits the nations best at
tention and support, for its value 20 the
nation Is inestimable. But permit me 10
say that IL is only those who saw how
ireland stood before II had any organ
lied body OF this kind TO represent ie-St.
Westminster, and who can compare the,
state Of things that existed then with
that which obtains now. who can fully
understand how much beholden we are
10 the Parliamentary party. I an sorry
70 say my memory and experience -
back much farther than the formation q
the party.
Ny unhappy lot It has been 10 see
some Of Ireland's darkest DAYS" contin-
ued Mr. Donovan. who is a manufactures
or the Irish city and IS visiting the
{ nited States on business. "to witness an
the horrors OF the year lS47, and 10 behold
the famine decimating as fine a race as
ever appeared on the face OF the earth.
Men and women who Immediately before
were the very picture Of health and
strength and beauty became like hid
eous specters that had issued from the
grave. while the English government
SaZed on the appalling scene with calIous
indifference and permitted the poor peo-
pie in thousands and tens Of thousands
10 ole OF hunger before their eyes.
II ireland had then a Parliamentary
party, would such a thing as this have
happened?' queried the Irishman. Ger
cainly not. Had there been seventy or
eighty Irish members OF Parliament. ave.
or even fifty. devoted to the interests OF
the country and working. not as separate
units, according 10 the lights and incll-
oers Of union body. under rule and dis
,ipline. the English government would
hot have dared 70 deal with Irish disttess
N the horrible manner that it did"
DR.. William Grinneu. OF Portland.
Oreg., who IS also lawyer, and was
seen at the Cochran, said that II IS
questionable whether there IS any at
tribute or peculiarly quite as obnoxious
10 the human race at large and which
'auses a man 20 be quite as much hated
and feared. as that OF a temper"
1t has more power than any other to
urn happiness into misery 20 extinguish
'outh and pleasure. TO render life a bur
len; Il wrecks more homes than ell the
'ther Ills OF which human nature IS
-ware
In marriage, the absence Of means
S bad, and incompatibility Of tastes IS
worse; but incompatibiIitv OF temper Is
hopeless. There Is no relation OF life
Which temper cannot ruin. no memories
cannot sour. And the worst OF il Is,
7hen people have outgrown childhood and
ast on discipline there is no cure save
n the people themselves. Others can do
Iothing, and, as a rule. do not try to
10 anything. What a temper" they
Ign. Ihey either Tee or remain and
ear It, weeping. It would strike them
8 ridiculous nowadays 10 say. What a
evil!' and call in the nearest bishop 10
xorcise II.
For purposes OF classification, tempers
nay be arranged under eight subdivl-
ions-the sweet the good, the hot. the
luick. the bad, the mad, the slow, the
ulky. The sweet and the good
ire not the same. though only a
hin line divides them The good
emper Is born with person. bur