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The Washington herald., 1909-04-27
Hill n white House Visitor.

James J. Hin. the railroad maEnate,
was another Of the Presidents visitors
He told the President about the coming
trip OF thirty japanese who viii attend
the Pacific Exposition and
then make a tour Of the Eastern cities.
James T Williams. Jr-, was nominated
As Civil Service Commissioner. to sue
ceed Henry F Green, who resigned. Mr.
Williams formerly was engaged IN news
paper work as Washington correspondent
Of the Boston Transcript. He resigned
this work in February. 1908, 10 become
connected with the Taft headquarters in
Washington prior 10 the Chicago conven-
ton IN June. During the campaign he
made several trips with Mr.. Taft. and
was also connected with the New YORK
headquarters Of the Republican National
Committee as secretary 10 Frank H
Hitchcock, national chairman
Edward Z. Cushman, OF the state OF
Washington. vas yesterday nominated to
the Senate to be United States district
Judge for the Third division Of the dis
trict OF Alaska He is brother Of Rep
resentative Francis ". CUshman, OF me
Second district OF Washington. and Is
practicing law in Tacoma
The President also sent 10 the Senate
the following nominations
To be consuls-EdWard L. Nathan. OF
Pennsylvania. al Mersine. Turkey. and
A. Donaldson Smith, OF North Carolina.
st Patras. Greece.
Citizens to be first lieutenants-Arthur
FreeDOrn Chace. Of New York; Edward
Elisha Dorr, Of Iowa; John William
Heefe. Of Rhode Island: John Johnson
Kyle Of Indiana; Lewis Linn Macarthur,
Of Illinois: Charles Mavrant Rees. Of
South Carolina: Adolph Manger Eifin. of
South Dakota Samuel e. GuFney. OF
Michigan. James Adam Hayne- Of South
Carolina, William SeagTOve MagiU. OF
New York, and Arlington Pond. of Yer
mont
The Washington herald., 1909-04-27
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Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-15
TEMPERANCE

N unexpected advocate of the cause
n of model license rather than abso-
"A lutte prohibition has arisen in the
person of Rev. Cyrus Townsend Brady.
a we'll known Episcopal clergyman and
a "favorite author" to boot, who has
published a letter in defense of Rev.
Wallace Short, a Congregational minis
ter. who recently lifted his voice in de-
Tense of temperance and in opposition
to prohibition. DR.. Brady, with char
acteristic force and pointedness, de-
nounces as Outrageous" the comments
made on the entirely sane, reasonable
and temperate" sermon of Rev. Wal
lace Short. He adds:
1.-THE Master whom serve made,
drank and offered to others wine, fer
mented wine. He ordained its use in
the most solemn sacrament of the
church he died to found. He did this
on the evening before he died, when
he knew he was going to die, so that
he did 1t in the most solemn moment of
his life His practice, his injunctions
and his example are entirely satisfac-
tory to me personally"
Until lately. when Captain Dan Smith
of Kentucky and others took up the
work of publicity, the arguments with
regard to the liquor traffic We're all
one-sided. In the point of view that
was taken there was no moderation
either on the part of the reformers or
of those connected with the liquor
trade. Statistieians have been busying
themselves making Investigations as
to the probable effect on the United
States of absolute prohibition of wine
or liquor making, and the results have
compelled them to adopt practical
measures to produce a moderate, sane,
businesslilSe public opinion on viticul-
ture, wine making, hop growing, brew
ing and all kindred industries, which
represent heavy investments and give
employment to thousands upon thou
sands of citizens in California and else
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-15
HARRIMAN'S PROMISE

w NJ. GARLAND thus describes
w the Southern Pacific coup"
" by which, as The Herald has
been telling its readers, the corporation
put a fine piece of property under lock
and key, after wheedling it out Of
badly posted or extremely careless city
council.
1.-THE Southern Pacific quietly secured
all the land 1t needed and then got
deed from the city to the stub of Fifth
street ON THE PROMISE that a fine
new station would soon be erected.
st would rejoice to see the Southern
Pacific collect that S1,6OO,0Oo from the
government, but I don't think it is fair
to ask Los Angeles to wait that long
for her station"
Percy H. Clark, real estate dealer,
said: There is but one man to deal
with-Mr Hartman. There is no diff
ficulty about the money"
AS a matter of fact, Hartman is al
ready under solemn obligation to build
a metropolitan depot. Fifth street was
vacated on the understanding a new
station would be built by the Southern
Pacific. Mr.. Hartman is now talking
of the necessity of financial readjust-
ment before he keeps his word.
There was no talk of financial read
justment when the council was giving
away the Fifth street site. Mr.. Harri-
man is under obligation to the citizens
of Los Angeles to build the depot in
return for the valuable consideration
already received by him. 1t is not a
matter of financial readjustment. 1t is
a matter of reconstruction of the Har-
riman idea of the public, which at
present bears striking family resem-
blance to that of Commodore Wander
bilt
The Arcade station is not in har-
mony with our progressive city's ideas.
It conveys to the stranger a totally
erroneous impression of Los Angeles.
In fact, it is little less than libel on
the city. Mr.. Hartman promised in
return for the vacation of Fifth street
he would build a magnificent station.
He should make good.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-15
CACTUS

4 LFRED BURBANK, who, like his
n brother Luther, is a plant spe-
IA cialist, says when the cactus is
properly improved 1t will increase the
food production of the world by one
third. He explains an almost unbe-
lievable portion of the earth's surface
is practically arid and there are no
more great states with millions of fer
tile acres to be occupied. But the Won
derful cactus can grow anywhere.
Either in barren rocks or in clean
sand it will flourish. Each of Its
myriads Of tiny rootlets is armed at the
extremity with a little stinger," ex-
plains Mr.. Burbank. This is inserted
in each invisible rock crevice, where it
elects it's dissolving fluid, converting
the rock into richest cactus food, which
it Immediately appropriates to its own
use. Then the expanding roots burst
off the little flakes OF rock and nature
can Immediately begin its process OF
oxidation. The solid rock in a short
time is converted into the most friable
soil, capable of supporting all kinds OF
plant life. The action Of the cactus is
the same on each tiny grain of sand
as on the large rock, changing 1t from
an incumberer of the soil to richest
plant food"
The cactus should soon help poor
folks support life in the United States
and will alleviate social conditions in
densely populated cities, unless a syn
dictate of millionaires buy up the great
American desert and establish a cactus
trust.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-15
FAVoRs SUGGESTION OF
HOME FOR WORKING GIRLS

POMONA, May 10.-[Editor Herald:
A Good Servant has spoken the truth
with a good, clear, ringing voice. l
feel like shouting Murray for A Good
Servant" We men need to hear just
such voices. May they multiply! And
think they need multiply to get the
hotel she asks for. It will be pretty
hard to wrest from capitalism. The
only thing that is easy, or at least the
easiest to get, is a Bible lecture We
all can dig up from the Bible the
choicest points against woman. Here
is one: adam was not deceived, but
transgression. Notwithstanding she
shall be saved in collaborating if she
continue in faith and charity and So
briefly" Here we have the doom for
the unmarried woman.
She is supposed to be only flesh and
unworthy of any consideration until
she be a mother. The Book also says
that she shall not braid her hair, but
let it hang loose. She must keep her
head covered or shall shave off her
hair.
I think A Young Girl is a little
thoughtless, or perhaps a little self
conceited, in saying that self-respect-
ing girl does not need charity. AS long
as any girl must depend on some one
to give her work, or a job, that long
must she look to charity if she fail to
find work. There are not always
enough respectable jobs. SO she will be
forced to choose among charity, starv-
alton, even to death, suicide, or to sell
her body. Even the supposed hotel
would be classed as charity, though
anyone would have to pay to live in it.
CHAS, u. WHITE.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-15
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

~ UCCESS is attending the campaign
of the chamber of commerce
~ membership committee. It is be-
lieved the 5000 mark will be reached
within a few months. The chamber OF
commerce represents every phase OF
Los Angeles life. Every citizen who Is
taking part in the making Of Los An
geles is eligible for membership, and
the greater the membership of the
chamber, the greater its strength and
efficiency. It's efforts are shaped by
one purpose-the good of Los Angeles.
1t aims to make this city one Of
lucrative industry and attractive
homes. Here the best opportunities for
outdoor life and enjoyment, for health
and strength, are combined with com
mercial, industrial, mercantile oppor-
tunities greater than those offered in
any other portion of the United States
of equal area with that of our city.
one Of the reasons for the success Of
Los Angeles is the hearty cooperation
of citizens in projects for civic better
ment, and this hearty cooperation Is
called forth by ethical and moral prof.
ects as well as by physical and ma
terial
There is no city in the Union where
life is as well rounded as it is in Los
Angeles; and the evolution Of the re-
cali idea is only one instance of the
progressivist tendencies produced by
circumstances. "The Los Angeles way
has become proverbial. 1t is ito make
sure the city is right, and then to go
ahead" This Is the explanation OF a
fact which otherwise might seem al
most miraculous-the fact that the
amazing history of this wonderful city
has been accompanied by less scandal
and marred by less misadventure than
the history of any other city in the
United states. All that is best in mod
ern civilization is exemplified In Los
Angeles, and the work Of the chamber.
of commerce helps concentrate public
energies and guide them in directions
OF activity which produce the best re-
suits,
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-15
GREATER LOS ANGELES

nLANS for Greater Los Angeles
should not be interfered with by
a any local jealousies or by any
actions which, rightly or wrongly,
might be attributed to corporation infiu-
ences. All true patriotism is founded
on a belief in that fundamental princi
pie which constantly seeks the greatest
good for the greatest number, and pa
triotism, constantly mindful of this,
yields cheerful assent to the will of the
majority.
When the majority is as overwhelrn-
ing as it is in this matter of CONSOLE
dalton, patriotic duty is indicated
clearly, and opposition to a consolida-
ton program is not founded on good
American principles. but represents
influences inimical to the interests of
the citizens of Los Angeles. This city
has reached a stage of great Industrial
and commercial development. It's flu
ture prosperity is assured; but in order
to take full advantage of all the condi-
lions which give that assurance of
prosperity, it is necessary a business
like relation should be established be-
tween Los Angeles and its harbor. Con-
solidation is not a matter Of sentiment.
1t is a practical business proposition.
The best interests of the consolidating
cities and of Southern California de-
mand consolidation. Greater Los An
geles" is a business necessity for South
ern California.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-15
FOR PUBLIC SAFETY

~ INCE a law is a law, and should be
- obeyed, instructions have been is
~ sued forbidding passengers to talk
to motorman; and we presume 1t
will be equally illegal for a motorman
to talk to a passenger. One Of the
reasons why the members of the pub
lie have not been regarding the ordi-
nance forbidding conversation with a
motorman on duty is most undoubt-
eddy this, motormen themselves have
not taken the ordinance seriously; and
at least one case comes to mind In
which a motorman on duty engaged
passenger in conversation in order to
point out to the passenger what was
claimed by the motorman to be the
injustice of the ordinance.
Perhaps If the signs were changed to
"Do not CONVERSE with the motor
man" all cause for complaint might be
removed, because with a rigid observ-
ance of the law, as now worded, a
passenger must not say stop at Sc
quota street." and the motorman must
not answer IAN right or where's
that?"
AS long as passengers are allowed to
board and leave cars by the front
platform, 1t will be hard to refrain
from talking to the motorman. When
a car is overcrowded it is physical
impossibility for a passenger to elbow
his way from the front platform back
to the rear of the car in order to tell
the conductor to make a stop.
Yet the intent of the law is excellent,
and when passengers are forbidden to
enter or leave the car by the front
platform-an order which would tend
to prevent dangerous overcrowding-it
win be beyond the criticisms which are
now leveled at 1t, for passengers will
be deprived of all excuse for address,
ing the motorman or indulging in con-
versation with him.
Superintendent Akin of the Los An
geles Railway company says the law
was passed to prevent accidents, and
the public must regard it seriously and
respect it. AS Mr.. Akin explains:
There is much depending on the mo-
torman Of a car, and he must be con-
tinually on the alert to prevent an ac-
cident, to catch stop calls, to keep
his eye on the passengers getting off
the front platform and those getting
on. He must watch out for emergen-
eies. He cannot do this with some one
talking in his ear"
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-15

necessity by a universal Christian peo-
nile. selfshness will fall, our prisons.
asvlums and houses Of prostitution Will
become vacant. Most nations fall in
decay through selfish lust and the wor-
shin of mammon. But one nation only
goes down for another greater to rise
instead.
All wars, the killing of fellow men,
are operated through the ignorant
many for the benefit of the selfish Few.
The law says: "Whence come wars and
fighting among you, come, they not
hence, even of your lusts?"
There is not perfect man in the
world today to our knowledge; neither
is there a good man; but we are COM
ing to perfection and only trying to
be good. From errors we shall gain per-
lection
Thanks to Lineman for his quota
tions and opinion of Luther; also about
truth not being yelled, but will say
the truth is hidden in a way, first,
through ignorance; second, through
false teachings or Misrepresentation
We should give Luther credit for the
good he did, the reformation which is
indisputable.
Martin Luther believed the earth was
stationary and other planets were in
motion Capernicus believed and
taught the reverse. Both were wrong.
All things are in motion-perpetual
motion; all schoolboys may know this.
but think not.
AS we gain wisdom from ignorance,
we also learn the true from the false.
From pain, impurity and relentless
strife we are rising into peace, perfec-
ton and eternal rest.
C. R. LUNA.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-15

the dragging weight of a long heavy
suit and the greater benefit to the
health from the physiological reactions
of the air, water and sunlight on the
nude surface of the skin. If some or
these good Puritans would try the pen
efits derived by surf bathing once IN a
while they would have little more RED
blood in their systems and less OLD
fogy ideas.
/ would suggest that these good Pur-
itans spend some of their thunder on
woman's dress, the kind we see every
day everywhere. The modern styles DO
not conform to our sense of aesthetics.
The principal idea seems to be to ex-
aggerate the points distinctly charac-
teristic of sex. Its dictum seems 10 pc;
"Keep your eye on the waist line. !,
one month it is the kangaroo" ana
the next it is uniform" Strange now
the female anatomy varies with the
seasons, isn't it? Modern fashion APP
parentIy does not conform to comfort,
health, beauty or economy. We wonder
how long sensible women will allow the
STYLES to be dictated by lot of French
DIR. HUMANITAS.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-15
THE MAYORS ECONOMIES

AT AYOR ALEXANDER'S proposed
III economies, INSTRUCTED by Solid
LII Five in the council, are Endorsed
by the people, and recall to mind the
fact that the public is in no mood to
be trifled with by any obstructionist
combination of councilmen. Since the
city has expressed it's preference for
municipal representation rather than
ward representation by voting strong
ly in favor of the charter amendment
providing for the election of council
men at large, its representatives in the
council should yield to the public de-
mand for a predetermined municipal
manner of looking at public affairs.
They should desist from playing petty
ward politics in the council by trying
to stand between the reform mayor
and the adoption of reforms demanded
by the welfare of the city and the good
of its citizens.
The mayors recommendations were
embodied IN a message to the city
council in which he showed how more
than $4,000 per annum of the taxpayers
money could be saved without inter-
ference with the efficiency of the city
administration.
He proposed that the Office of mayor
messenger should be abolished. This
Office, he said, cost the city 5000 a year,
an expenditure which was useless and
unnecessary. His second recommended
ton was that certain inspectorships
should be abolished, and the duties
connected with these offices trans
ferred, without the slightest possibility
of impairment of efficiency of service
or of value of results.
The mayors proposals for economy
are marked by hard, practical common
sense. The Solid Five must come TO
realizing sense of this, and change
their attitude of obstruction for one
of loyalty to the city of Los Angeles
II they would avoid risk of exhausting
the patience of citizens, and reminding
the public of the existence of a proYis-
ion In the charter of the city which per-
mits citizens to remove an inefficient,
corrupt or extravagant official who be-
comes an incubus instead of a respon-
sible, efficient, honest, fearless sup
porter of good government measures
like those proposed by Mayor Alexan-
der for the sake of prudent economy |
and the advancement of the best inter-
ests of Los Angeles.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-15

where who by no stretch of the mag
nation can be classed among the "un-
desirables" with whom the prohibition
list extremists sometimes mistakenly in,
clude them.
1t is to save great national industries
and to substitute reason and temper
ance for fanaticism and financial folly
that Rev. Cyrus Townsend Brady, Rev.
Wallace Short and other ministers are
now boldly saying: "Spirituous liquor
has right use. 1t is the abuse that
is to be condemned, not the use."
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-15
HUMAN FORM DIVINE NOT
SHOWN BY BATHING SUITS

LOS ANGELES, May 12.-LEditor
Herald: There is a theory that to
cover nature less would make society
more moral. But as the exposure to
cold of persons in bad physical condi-
ton may be fatal, society cannot I'M
consciously uncover until 1t Is in per-
feet moral health
1t is a mistake to manufacture false
shame in young folks But their &C
tions in public must be governed by
the effect on the public mind.
Most of the exposure on the beach is
mere nudity, not beauty. Even where
the figure is good 1t appears at dis
advantage. To explain: the Indian is
beautiful, but a man in very slight
bath suit looks ugly and awkward, be-
cause to cover the trunk puts pale legs
and arms eXaggeratedly in evidence.
longer suit preserves somewhat the
natural unity of the body, and this is
best illustrated by a well formed wo-
man in simple dark blue or black suit
and black stockings.
Any one observing bathers on the
beaches sees that some are there for
love of the water, and others for dis
play. Many girls make it an excuse
for getting themselves up in ballet
dress. 1t is silly to talk of 1.-The hui
man form divine" in this phase. There
is nothing aesthetic there; it is simply
meretricious, vulgarizing the seashore
and the free, innocent enjoyment of
surf bathing.
To segregate the sexes in the French
fashion lis it also English?) would cut
out the motive for Salmon colored
satin" but it would be a pity to forbid
the family bathing party.
How would 1t work to provide sep
arate swimming places for those who
wish to dress for greatest freedom of
movement, and in places for mixed
bathing regulate the costume to one in
which good figures would keep their
beauty and dignity, while the i'll pro-
portioned and hideous might be thank
full for protection.
HELEN e. COAN.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-15

Observation-Disclosures milk is pre-
venting the success of the campaign
against the disease, says Nathan
Straus of New York. This brings
home with startling force the fact that
while human energy is being expended
in one reform the necessity for reform
in another and unexpected quarter
may arise: or, as our forefathers used
to say, 1.-The devil is always busy"
Reforms in politics and in liquor SELL
ing are not more important than re-
form in milk selling.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-15

TN the great spread of humanitarian
ism and altruism that has marked
Il the early part of this twentieth
century a salient feature is that pro-
tectlng, physicking and housing OF the
dumb creatures that throng the streets,
and the country ways, and that adorn
the domestic freslde. Societies for, the
prevention of cruelty to animals, nos
pitfalls. private and public, for their
treatment, and shelters. temporary and
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-15

Complaint is made by the secretary
of the state board of charities and
corrections that the state prisons of
California are conducted at a tremen-
dous cost, while that of Minnesota
brings the state a revenue from the
labor of it's inmates. At the same time,
it should be remembered that prison
Industrial competition is not regarded
favorably by honest men who have to
earn their daily bread.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-15

Rev. e. P. Ryland, president of the
Church Federation of Los Angeles,
who has been called to Houston, Texas,
has been prominent in the Los Angeles
fight for civic righteousness and a
leader in the work of the Church feder-
alton. Heavenly Houston" will be
tame after Lively Los Angeles. Many
citizens will regret the call of duty
makes it impossible for DR.. Ryland to
continue his work in Hollywood and
Los Angeles.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-15
NEED REFORM IN WoMAN'S
DRESS, NOT BATHING SUITS

LOS ANGELES, May 12.-[Editor
Herald: Puritanism is rife in these
columns 1t says: Better prohibit
sea bathing than permit such sights in
respectable cities"
Such responsibility certainly needs a
bath, and, as Senex suggests, 1t should
take off the flesh and give its bones a
scrubbing." Puritanical false modesty
would be benefited by a summing and
airing.
For several reasons the less bathing
attire worn in the surf the better.
There is less danger OF drowning from
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-15
sELFIsHNEss OF RACES is
LAST STAGE OF ANlMALlTY

PASADENA, May 11.-[Editor Her
add: Humanity is slowly throwing Off
the last stage of animality. Selfshness
of the races is the last stage. The value
placed on money-the modern golden
calf-and ignorance causes egotism ana
selfishness to linger, which creates
hypocrisy, vice and criminality.
When conditions are changed through
Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-15

First inspection and review of letter
carriers and special delivery boys of
Los Angeles postoffice will be held to-
morrow. Los Angeles letter carriers are
buster than those of any other big city
in the world. Constant increase of
population and large numbers of visit
ors cause a brisk correspondence which
keeps the boys hustling.