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The Washington herald., 1909-11-19
Biockadinr the Street Cars

The traffic committee OF the Chicago
Association Of Commerce. the traction
companies, the police department. and
the large teaming interests Of Chicago
have joined hands I'm n commendable
enterprise. They have set about 10 solve
a problem of some magnitude in the city
by the lakes.
Chicago has 1900 miles Of streets. and
only 900 OF these have car tracks, yet
with "a pcrv5rslty almost human the
heavily loaded truck seems 10 wait until
it is on a car track and at the rush hour
10 break an axle or meet with some
other mishap which puts il out of COM
mission This may not be the actual con-
dition. but judging from the work
undertaken e cannot be far from the
truth
Some 100000 fares are rung up every
working day. These swarms Of people
leave home I'm reasonable time 20 get 10
their places Of business, but when the
truck gets stalled on the car track. or
when the dray horse falls on the slippery
track. or the grain-laden steamer gets
stuck I'm the drawbridge the hour OF
arrival is a matter of chance. Hence the
appeal for systematic reform. II the
drivers can be persuaded not to overload
the trucks not to drive on the tracks
when slippery not TO get in the way OF
fast-running car. not to drive on the
tracks except when absolutely necessary.
Their there VIII reign nzrpiness once
more.
Washington can extend sympathy TO
Chicago. Residents here can get only a
faint idea Of congestcd traffic. unless they
visit Baltimore now and then. Washing
ton has wider streets. less heavy teaming
and better facilities than any other city
in America Try to imagine the time
when subways or elevated roads will be
necessary in this cityl
Residents Of the nations Capital have
many things 10 be thankful for. and
vell-kept streets are among the chief
ones. The way 20 enjoy the advantages
Of Washington IS TO live in another city
for a time or make a long visit elsewhere
The Washington herald., 1909-11-19
MARRIAGE IS POPULAR.
But the Wonder l. that Nine-tenths
of Them Stiu Hold Good.

Answering the query, Why so many d.
vorces? Life offers six answers First
because Of the decline Of authority.
Everybody in the country wants TO be his
own boss. and is so. as far as possible
Nobody wants 10 obey unless obedience
matches inclination. Second, because
there are so many more WAYS than
there were a generation ago for a
woman 10 make a living Third. because
the price Of living is so high. Men aban-
don their wives I'm shocking numbers
because the Job Of maintenance is heavy
and thew get tired OF g. Fourth, be-
cause women require much more and
give less than they did a generation
ago. They have been carefully endowed
by law I'm most states with rights
and privileges proper 10 independence.
Fifth because distractions have greatly
increased IN American life In a gen
Grafton sixth. church influences. for
the time being. are weaker than they
used to be. and dramatic Influences are
more pervasive church influences favor
continuity I'm marriage. dramatic in
fueuces favor variety. There are plenty
more reasons. but six are enough. The
wonder Is that. in the face Of such con-
vincing reasons as these. about nine
marriages in every ten still hold good
All things considered. marriage seems
incorrigibly popular even in this restless
and progressive country. The united
state being difficult and expensive TO
achieve. 70 is bad business for those who
have attained TO II TO relapse back into
the condition of the united.
The Washington herald., 1909-11-19
Salaries in the Departments.

one Of the glazing Inconsistencies which
exist I'm the system Of employing clerks
fin tho executive departments has been
given official publicity by Mai. Gen. f..
G. Ainsworth i'm his annual report az the
Adjutant General OF the army. That Of
hcer after paying a sincere tribute TO the
clerical force, which has made his Office
a model for the expeditions and proper
transaction OF public business. calls All
tention to the difficulty of keeping useful
clerks who find opportunities and means
Of going to other Offices. Gen. Ainsworth
adds
The l7ss n recent yssrs Of several trained and
valuable employees who had opportunity to secure
positions On other executive departments. and who
were induced 90 aoocr, those positions because Of
rie increased salaries and better chances fo- ad.
,auc5mOt presented there. induces the Aduitant
General TO remark that is To- d, regretted that con-
oit0us are Sich that one department or Office gain.
tried and raluable employees at the expense to an
other Department. or oficc of me Ioss Of emrloye,
~ years Of experience and training. 10 Is 20 bc
hoT-d that measures for the elimination. 90 some
extent at least Of inequalities of salaries and OPP
1rrtwties fr- advancement between the several
executive departments win te adopted in the near
future and that thereby this loss Of employees whom
b. has required years 20 train sill be reduced 20
minimum II il is not eliminated altogether"
There would appear to be no reason
why such an arrangement as Gen. Aims
worth has suggested could not be prompt
ly installed There is, assuredly. no
The Washington herald., 1909-11-19
FORESTRY ATTRACTIVE WORK.
supply of Good Men Not Equal tn
the waiting Positions.

a young man can become a forester
now Just as he can become a lawyer. a
minister or doctor. except perhaps DC
may have 20 40 farther TO attend pro-
fessional school More trained men are
needed than the schools are turning out.
The national government with rs 49,
90 900 acres OF national forest area, en-
ploys about 200 forestors. rangers. and
guards. and needs a much larger force.
Timber land owners. lumber companies,
educational institutions. and States which
arc beginning 10 take up forestry are
all seeking good men
To be a good forester a man should
combine something OF the naturalist with
good deal OF the business man. He
must have the power Of observation. a
/ fondness for nature. and the ability 10
penetrate her secrets. But ~ me is 10
succeed he must also have practical judg-
ment and the ability TO handle men. a
/ forester must combine a vigorous mind
with a vigorous body. He must be OF
/ tho kind that likes 10 get thinge done.
and does not give up when things arc
not going his way. He will have 10 face
/ difficulties and work ont problems for
/ q
solely upon his own resources. supported
/ by his own courage. He ought 10 be
/ hard 10 whip.
The professional forester cannot hope
| fer big fees and certain pleasant sur
| roundings Of life which crown distin-
| gulshed success In some other profess
! sions. lie must be content without much
/ luxury, he will have 10 spend good
| deal OF time out OF the reach of the or
binary comforts lie must he able end
/ willing 10 rough il without complaint
| TO sleep on hard beds. sometimes with
| only the ground for his pillow and the
! sky for his blanket, eat homely fare. en-
dure prolonged exerticn. and get along
we'll with plain people. On the other
/ hand. If he Is at all fitted for his pro-
! fession. and a few weeks OF actual forest
work will tell him whether he is or not.
he can count on a pretty sure. though a
moderate success
The Washington herald., 1909-11-19
"Uncle Sans " Good Medicine.

Uncle Sam" is a great believer I'm the
truth OF the saying that cleanliness Is
next to godlincss. and certainly very
healthful
Wherever the old man goes. he forces
an all-round cleaning up first thing. It
was that way in Havana. Panama. Ma
Mia. and everywhere else he has found
it necessary or desirable to set up sort
Of branch establishment or extend the
sphere Of his benign activities When we
first began operations in Havana, after
the Spanish-American war. # was "a
veritable pest hole. Filth contaminated
everything There was nothing irrepa-
rably wrong with the climate or the phys
ical environment OF the place-as may be
said Of Manila and Panama But sloth-
ful Indifference and poverty and igno-
rance OF the most elementary laws Of
sanitation had transformed cIimes natu-
rally as fair as any the sun Ger shone
on into veritablc quagmires of disease
and death.
And the medicine Uncle sam has en-
ployed TO bring about these wonderful
transformations are simple Mainly soap
and water and reliable disinfectants. In
dividuals have been made to keep clean
FIRST. and after that have come places
and things The atmosphere the people
breathe and the water they drink have
been freed Of tho germs and qualities
rendering them deadly and pest-laden.
Refuse has been burned and sewerage
provided That is the good-the mos,
exceIlent-medicine Uncle sam" has en-
ployed in the Philippines. in Panama,
and in Cuba.
The prescription IS simple II would
work wonders IN some other parts Of the
world sadly in need OF such treatment
But simple as 1t is. a good deal depends
on the doctor. after ALL He must stand
guard over his patients and see tina. thsy
take their doses regularly and without
fail That is the way Uncle Sam has
turned the trick. II Is the only way any
doctor will ever turn &c. Uncle sam has
( demonstrated. beyond dispute. the posi-
tive potency Of his cleanup" treatment
and the world ought to profit Immensely
| by e. moreover.
The Washington herald., 1909-11-19
A New Variety.
u the SCIENTIFIC American

From the Scientific American.
Moving pictures are produced. as It is
well known, by a firm travelling with in
termittent motion before a protector or
lantern which throws successive views on
the screen. The same result could be OBJ
tanned II the pictures were stationary and
the audience itself were I'm motion. so as
to view the pictures successfully. An
ingenious inventor has hit upon this
scheme TO relieve the monotony Of sub
way travel. He proposes to mount a con-
tinUous band Of pictures at each side Of
the subway and have these pictures sue
cesslvely illuminated by means of lamps
placed behind them. The circuits Of the
lamps would be successfully closed by
means of shoe upon the subway car
cngaging contact plates at each side Of
the track
The Washington herald., 1909-11-19
No Romance Here.

From the Nluscutah tWyOJ Recorder
Recently one Of our most fastidious
young men bought a pair OF overalls and
found in them the name OF the sewing
girl who made them.
He very promptly wrote her a letter
with all the efusiveness necessary in
such a case, and in due time received a
reply. which. however, was void OF the
romance usual in such cases. Here 1t is:
Il am a working girl. II is true but l
make a good living, and / do not care 10
support a husband. as 7 would have to
do II ] married some silly noodle who
gets mashed on a girl he never saw. Per-
NIT me TO say I do not know how my
card got in that pair Of overalls. and that
when l do marry. if ever. Il will be some
fellow that can afford something better
than a forty-seven-cent pair Of breeches. %
The Washington herald., 1909-11-19
Happy Men Of Years.

Goodwin Smith announces his retire
me1t from active journalism in his eigh-
ty-sevonth year. lie has long been a
regular contributor 10 Toronto news
paper. besides coming periodically to Ith-
aca. y. ". 10 deliver lectures at Cornell
University. His plea is that Of old age.
yet he shows every evidence Of youthful
ness Of spirit. John Bgelow affords an
other example Of intellectual yigor IN the
eighties. Rev. Or. BILLS recently de-
clared that soon we shall be ashamed 20
show our faces IN heaven before we are
one hundred years old" and predicted
the early possibility OF prolouging life
20 at least one hundred and twenty years.
The prediction IS based upon the belief
that the human race is taking better
care OF it-elf and that the average span
OF life Is lenEtheniug. Moreover. the
period at which old age begins becomes
less definite as men learn 10 prolong
their interest I'm occupations. especially
In outdoor exercise. as Mr.. Rockefeller
does in golf Beside. the art OF medicine
makes continuous and progressive ad-
vance II is familiar regret that Cicero
was cut of before he could realize the
peaceful charm of the old age upon which
he wrote his classic essay.
The Washington herald., 1909-11-19

Mrs. Stetson. the ward boss, Mike DON
lin, and sometimes an actress or at
least chorus girl. So Jack put on the
blue uniform and the lettered cap.
our young friend, so all stories read,
worked hard. saved his money and was
ambitious. Within a short time he was
promoted from the ranks to the position
OF sergeant. This was an honor he had
earned. But It was not enough. His bicy-
Gle was too SLOW. one day motorcycle
chugged-chusged by him and his wheel
The idea Of owning one possessed him.
and the plan materialized in a few weeks.
Jack had little trouble now and then.
like all owners OF machines. but he es-
capped the police by being kind 10 the
lady he knocked down, and by running
away when he hit a bicycle and sent it
TO the hospital And Jack prospered lie
had a friend who needed money and had
a fine diamond. Jack bought the stone
at a bargain. Next Jack found that
money in a bank draws interest. so Jack
started an account
Harlem did not believe at first that
Jack was "A real. sure-enough boy. one
Of their kind. 1t seemed as II he
was the hero I'm melodrama. But JACK
is only one Of hundreds. He has no
mother 20 support. nor any small brothers
or sisters. but il he did have he would
De the man to do it,
Now Harlem is waiting for Jacks next
move. The residents were surprised when
the Western Union was sold the other
day 20 discover that e was not Jack who
had bought it. But Jack is not worried.
lie win be heard from again.
The Washington herald., 1909-11-19
The Messenger Bow.

The race is not always 20 the swift as
any Of the grimy-faced, sharp-visaged.
blue-uniformed mercuries can tell YOU.
Tell the average messenger boy to hurry.
and his reply will be about like this.
Jaw, gowan. Give us somethin' new"
And this editorial is for the messenger.
and It is something new
Jack OConnor. Of Harlem, is sixteen.
He was bricklayer's apprentice a year
ago but found the work hard and he
saw no future in IL. So Jack looked over
the field and saw the possibilities Of being
a messenger boy. BY attaching himself
20 the telegraph business he could come
into personal contact with great PERSONAL
ties. such al Jack Johnson, Harry Thaw,
The Washington herald., 1909-11-19
RETROSPECTION.

When look the musy past that lies in eternal shade
regrets thick and fast regrets for the breaks I've
made fooled away many golden years though had
to burn and out Of their ashes gather tears but the joys do not
return Dame Fortune knocked my humble door with honOr
and fame and pef but turned bed with lazy and told
her to chase herself bowsed around the old dead grass
while tothers in the fold always loaded myself with grass
while others after gold: And alas in the yellow leaf
I'm busted and down heel and could let yell of grief that
would make your blood CONCEAL But away from the mody past
turn to the future glad and free the skies above where the
red stars burn. and you won't hear howl from me-
Copyright by George Matthew Adama WAIT Mason.
The Washington herald., 1909-11-19
THE wAsHERwoMAN's SONG.

IN very humble cot.
In a rather quiet SPOT.
In the uds and in the soap
Worked a woman f'Ill Of hope:
Working. singing. all alone.
In a sort q undertone:
With the Saviour for a friend.
He viii keep me % the end"
Sometimes happening along.
| had heard the semi-song.
And I often used 10 smile
More in sympathy than guile;
But ! never said word
Ia regard % what 7 heard.
As she sang about her friend
Who would keep her 20 the end.
Not IN scTrow nor in glee.
Working all day long was she.
As her children. three or four,
Played around her ON the floor:
But IN mouotOnes the song
She was humming all day long:
with the Saviour for a friend.
He viii keep mo % the end.
It's song I do not sing.
For 7 scarce believe thing
OF the stories that are told
OF the miracles of old;
But I know that her belief
Is the anodyne Of grief.
And will always be a friend
That Will keep her 20 the end.
Just a tride lonesome she,
Just as poor as POOR can be.
But her spirits always rose
lake the bubbles in the clothes.
And. though widowed and alone.
Cheered her with the monotone
OF Saviour ard a friend
Who would keep her 20 the end
have seen her rub and scrub
On the Washboard in the tab.
While the baby sopUed in SldS.
Rolled and tumbled In the duda
Or was padding in the pools
With cid scissors stuck "a spools.
She still humming Of her friend
Who would keep her 70 the end.
Human hopes and human Geeds
Have their root in human needs;
And I would not wish To strip
Prom that washerWOman's lip
ANY song that she can sing.
ANY hone that song can bring.
For the woman has friend
Who viii keep her 70 the end
--Frorn Eugene F. Wards ''IruOquiIL
The Washington herald., 1909-11-19
MORE WORK FOR MR.. TAFT.
New Generals Must Be Named for
Existing and Imminent Vacancies.

From tine New York Evening Poet.
President Taft now faces the duty OF
selecting several new generals for the
army. owing 20 the retirement late in De-
cember of Brig. Gen. Winfield s Edgerly
and early in January Of Brig. Gen. John
@. d. Knight, whose promotion 10 that
rank took place recently because OF the
retirement OF Mai. Gen. Weston and the
promotion of Brig Cen ". H Carter.
Naturally the army IS deeply concerned
20 hear % the Presidents selections be-
cause from them they viii deduCe a great
deal as 20 the policy OF the President and
the Secretary Of War in regard TO future
appointments Mr. Taft has already given
evidence that ne is looking for good men
who are seniors in their grades for adj
vsncement Thus. he has promoted Brig
Gen. William II. carter. the senior Of his
grade save for Gen. Funston. and he
made Col Marion =. MaUs. Of the Twen-
tieth infantry, an excellent officer. hriEa-
der general last June. lie also rewarded
a deserving officer Of long service when
he made Col r. T. Yeatman. Eleventh
Infantry. brigadier general for purposes
OF retirement shortly thereafter. I'm re
wardinC Col Knight the President also
chose a highly meritorious officer, senior
colonel ia the Corps OF Engineers. whose
work IN this branch of the service has
long been favorably known both IN and
out or the army.
So far so good. the army says If this
keeps up there VIII be nothing but praise
for Mr.. Taft Now the question is not
only as 20 the vacancies created 10y thf
retirement OF Gems Edgorly and knight
hut those made by the retirement on
| March - next of Brig. Gen. Morton and
| on November "A next OF Brig. Gen. A. l.
/ Myer II Mr. Taft follows his precedent
OF last year be may designate now The
men who viii succeed 70 these vsriou.
positions There IS also an important de-
partment briga1ier generally 90 best'w
| H. that Gen. Marshall the Chief Of Engi
/ neers. viii go on the retired list for ag'
( on June N. II is undeniahle that IN IN
/ list 81 colonels there is plenty Of GOO
material TO choose from, particularly II
I the cavalry.
The Washington herald., 1909-11-19
Discovers Now waterfall.

From the Springfield Republican
The highest waterfall-or the deepest.
as you choose-in North America has just
been found on the Castor River IN Labra-
dor by Edward Balch Barr, Of Oshkosh,
whose father is a Milwaukee minister.
Mr.. Barr was on a canoe trip. deer hunt
ing being Incidental He and his friend
undertook TO find a canoe route from Blue
Lake to the sea. and after struggling
time, in the course OF which they fell
short Of food, they reached the river
whose falls they had heard seven miles
of. His friend was used up, but Mr.
Barr kept on, with his camera hung
about his neck, and climbing a tree took
photographs Of the falls. He estimated
the fall at 400 feet. or more than twice
that OF Niagara, and he saw at a long
distance another fall which he thought
might be 200 feet
The Washington herald., 1909-11-19
COMMISSIONER WEST.
Newspaper Comment on His Return
to Journalism.

to Journalism
From the Charlotte ~ c. Observer.
Mr.. Henry L. West. who became widely
and favorably known as a Washington
newspaper man before his acceptance Of
a District Of Columbia Commissionership
SIX years ago. has become interested with
Mr.. Scott c. Bone in that excellent paper.
The Washington Herald Mr.. West re-
signs the Commissionership, which he has
filed with no little credit We congratu-
late him upon his latest step upward in
life and we also congratulate The Herald.
From the Concord ~. H. Monitor.
Henry l.. West has resigned as Com
missioner Of the District OF Columbia TO
Join Scott c. Bone on The Washington
Herald. making a pair that no news
paper in this country can surpass-
From the Hyattsyire Dld.l independent
Hon. Henry L. West who for the
past seven years has been one OF the
Commissioners Of the District Of Column
bia. rendered his resignation 10 President
Taft to resume newspaper work. lie will
take charge o. the business end OF The
Washington Herald. Mr.. West made an
enviable reputation as a journalist while
connected with the Washington Post He
and Mr.. Scott c. Bone, the editor Of
The Washington Herald. have secured
large interest I'm the paper, and II is
certain that their joint efforts viii result
in the publication Of paper that will
prove one OF the brightest I'm the country.
The Washington herald., 1909-11-19
Fighting Pneumonia.

Experiments in the medical schools o.
Harvard and Tufts indicate successful
serum treatment Of pneumonia. At Tufts
but two out Of forty-nine cases were
lost. and AZ Harvard thirty-six out Of
forty-one were saved. This disease ac-
counts for II per cent OF the deaths in
the United States. and for Z per cent OF
the worlds mortality. tuberculosis claim
ing g per cent and Bright's disease Sc
per cent u Is believed that pneumonia
can be almost eradicated. This disease
has marked for its field OF slaughter men
and women IN active life. and has chosen
It's victims chiefly among those who at a
median age In the thirties possessed
vigor and strength for productive capaci-
~ II Is beyond question that the death
roll OF pneumonia represents a greater
loss in human resource than that OF any
other disease.
The Washington herald., 1909-11-19
The Return of Griear.

From Haners Weekly
Griggs had been in the office all sum-
mer. He had seen his fellows leave for
their lawful two weeks, and had heard.
with some exactness. the cheerful
words used to greet them when they
came back. When, therefore. tho day
came 10 greet Griggs, this is what was
written and hung by him as sign upon
his desk.
Yes. 1 had a good time
Yes. the weather was fine.
Yes, I'm glad TO get back.
Yes. the first day is always the hard
est.
our sympathy is with Grigss,
The Washington herald., 1909-11-19
Our Chfnrre students.

The application OF the ''Breer FUND TO
the education u Chinese youths. as stipu-
lated by this government. has begun.
The plan is 20 send loo young men a
year to this country for thirty years.
IN return. the benehciaries viii serve
the Chinese government for FIVE years.
Candidates undergo a rigorous eNamina-
ton at Pekln. 4 party OF these stud
ents has arrived in ssachusettS. and
viii be distributed in schools at WIlbra-
ham. Ashburnham. Groton. and Audover.
The majority of these students VIII take
engineering courses. as IL is along those
lines that China considers her needs
greatest at present. and their opportuni-
ties 10 put this training into successful
practice are considered excellent. In FIVE
years IT Is expected that there will be
800 such students scattered through
American institutions. gathering the
ideas Of this country 10 take back and
apply 10 the old but sluggish civilization
OF their own.
The Washington herald., 1909-11-19
One Hnnnr Honr

From the Philadelphia Inquirer
He-Do you remember the night 7 pro-
posed 10 you?
She-Nes, dear.
He-We sat for an hour, and YOU never
opened your mouth
She-Yes. ] remember, dear
He-Ah, that was the happiest hour OF
my life.