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The Washington herald., 1909-02-21
ANSWERS TO SOCIAL QUESTIONS.

]. Question-Whzt shall give the sailor men TO
eat When they oons home next Eeekg / an down
foT Ehres dinners. and a. each one Of them want
TO serve something that they have not had kinos
they have been away. From your letters, I imagine
that you are & great traveller. and I want yosr
advice n the natter 40 need 70 write cut the
menus; can do thar; but p-sJ tel me some good
Old home dishes that they would enjoy.
SAILOR GIRL
Answer don't believe anything that
you could offer them would be unappreci-
ated by the sailor men, for. though
they have been dined and wined by royal
ties. teaded and toasted by commoners.
nothing viii probably ever taste so good
70 them as the home cooking they VIII
get on their arrival However. some Of
the things that they never get on the
other side are Virginia fried chicken. with
cream gravy; sweet potatoes cooked with
butter and sugar as only Virginia cook
knows how 70 prepare them: corn bread.
fried oysters. creamed oysters. deviled
oysters-they don't understand the cook
ing Of oysters on the other side-froZen
eggnog and Lady Baltimore cake. 70 say
nothing Of pie. for in the making Of tsrts
the foreigners are past masters, but they
are densely ignorant as 20 pie-gOod old
Yankee pie. Apple sauce and ginger
bread are not 10 be scOrned. and then
there is fried hominy. griddle cakes, and
maple syrup. Now. don't think these lat
ter are a breakfast dish They make a
delicious dessert for luncheon and are not
10 be scorned for dinner. no matter what
the gOUTmets say. II goes without say
ing that roast turkey and roast shoat
should appear on your menu, and. no
matter what the hunters in Europe main
tain, there are no ducks in the world
equal 10 our canvasbacks, with the red
head as a good second. From all these
dishes YOU can select menut dt for the
habitants Of Mount PaTnsssus.
2 ousstiou-Wm Ms Taft siTe seriss of -
cs2tious after the inzugVra1ions I vas assured %
good authority the 0ther day that this was usual
MEMBERS WIFE
Answer-As 20 this matter. YOU had best
consult Mrs. Taft herself, since she has
rot taken The Arbiter into her confidence
Il IS not usual however, for the wife
Of q new President 10 entertain formally
Immediately after she enters the White
House.
3. RleSiloT-fa nat CKCfsfS q nan ION breaking
an engagement with a EoTnz1s NATVETE
Answer-Sickness or death. No other
excuse is permissible
& Question-What Official rank VIII Miss Taft
have when she makes her debut! VIII she rank
next 70 ber mother. IN the case of rovaltiss o.
VII She take the placs that would Be given to
any young woman whose father vas prominent
citizen2 DIPLOMAT
AnsWeT-OCCupy1ng no official position
she VIII have no official rank, but viii
take precedence socially Of all unmarried
women The Arbiter. however, has treat
ed this question, on request. apropos OF
Ms. Longworth before her marriage.
The Washington herald., 1909-02-21
HINTS BY THE SOCIAL ARBITER

nouicaI traveleH as most English women
are, and took q seat in an ordinary coach,
where she soon fell into pleasant con-
versation with a distinguished looking
man, who was the only other occupant Of
her coupe They chatted on all sorts Of
subjects. found many topics OF interest
IN common, and separated at the station
In Dresden delighted with their trip alto
gether, Neither knew the others ident-
ity, and no introductIons were made or
attempted II was simply a case o.
ships that pass in the night When
the young woman reached the embassy
she told OF her agreeable experience TO
her friends there. and described her ira
yelling companion
That description said her host,
sounds 70 me as if your chance ao-
quaintsnce, might be Lord Y, the distin-
gUished T1betsn traveller, who VIII give
friendly talk at the Russian Embassy
tomorrow night, and later on in the week
Is going to lecture under the auspices Of
the geographical society here"
When Lady Mary went TO dress for din
ner she looked for her purse only TO find
It gone. Her host was Immediately in
formed, and they agreed that her chance
acquaintance. instead Of being Lord y,
was probably q blackleg and had stolen
the pocketbOck, which. unfortunately con-
tained s1o0 q gcodly sum 10 pay for an
interesting chat.
She begged that the aid Of the police
should not be invoked for she hated 20
admit that so experienced a traveller had
been the dupe OF an ordinary thief. The
next evening her surprise was great on
going 10 the Russian Embassy 10 find the
distinguished lecturer was none other
than her travelling companion. He i'm
medistely asked for an introduction and
was, perhaps. a little annoyed at the cold
ness with which she received his greeting
That he had not stolen the purse was
evident, but If he had not. who had? For
so wealthy a man as Lord Y TO be a thief
It was impossible TO conceive, and IL he
had been noted kleptomsniac il was sure
TO have been known On returning 70 her
room that night Lady Mary found her
missing purse on the bureau. and. ring
ing the bell for the maid, she asked 10
know where Il came from
Why, my lady" said the maid. 'it
dropped down between the lining and the
The Washington herald., 1909-02-21
REVERSI0N TO BARBARIsN.
Criticism Of Verdict in HaIns Case
by New England Writer.

Criticism Of Verdict in HaIns Case
by New England Writer.
From the New Bedford STANDARD
The verdict Of the Hsins-Annis case is
taken b. the defendant. and by many
other persons as well as an Endorsement
Of the theory that private vengeance Is
permissible and even commendable. The
inference is THAI the next time Thornton
Hams feels that his honor OF the honor
Of any one Of his family has been trifed
with he has a right to 20 out and shoot
the offender or protect any other person
who desires 70 engage IN the shooting
me logic or the contention goes further
than this, for II would Justify the shoot
ing OF Hams himself II some person had
conceived the idea that Hams was an Of
fender against his honor. In effect his
IS the law Of the ~vendatta-nay. II is the
law OF the savage Actually II IS a rever
SION 70 barbarism. That society will lone
agree to such an attitude is not likely
TOT It IS too dangerous. Just now the at
tempt TO exait the cult Of private ven
seanee may have some vogue. but II is a
passing fancy The protection Of society
as whole has superior claim TO the SAT-
isfaction OF individual emotion. and 60
ciety viii IN good time wake I'D to inform
tne oevotees Of the unwritten law thar
after ali, they viii have 10 s1bnnif .o tba
written law
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charged to look at him. So the above
opinion is not The fruit Of bringing up.
Il Il solely attributable TO many years
observation Of Congress as It passes.
The eldest member OF the House in
point Of continuous service is. Henry Har-
rison Bingham, Of the First Pennsylvania
district, who began as member Of the
Forty-sixth Congress, and wiz round Out
thirty years service the fourth Of next
month. He went into the war OF the re-
BeIlion as a lieutenant and came out a
brigadier general. later serving as post
master Ct Philadelphia.
The general is a dapper little gentle
man. With a forid complexion and eye
glasses. and with his very sparse outpu;
Of hair brushed from the nape Of his neck
straight in front OF his ears, is . perfect
type of the German count of the cartoon
lists. he is reelected 10 the next Con-
gress. and is a fixture in his seat for life.
IN point of time actually served IN The
House. Uncie Joe has two terms the ad-
vantage Of Gen. Bingham. He began his
Congressional career March l. 1873. IN the
Forty-fhird Congress but he was land
sided under in the Fifty-seeOnd. and was
at home for two years. Vice President
elect Sherman has served twenty years.
ten terms, but was cut in the fstefui
Fifty-second, the same enc that left Can
non az home. Chairman Payne, OF the
WAYS and Means Committee, has served
twelve terms. not continuous. while his
Pytnias, DalzelI. has been in the House
for twenty-five years straight.
No contemporary writer can DO justice
TO the subject OF Robert Marion La F0'-
lette- By the way. if you care 10 Please
him calI it Ia Fo-ley. with the. accent on
the 70. II is impossible TO discuss him
as any other man may be discussed. be
cause some action Of his tomorrow may
render the estimate Of to-day worthless
Anything in the nature Of a summing up
must remain for the historian. He leaped
into the Senate IS a wolf into fold. for
years as an advertised incCnociast- with
tho preconceired mission Of doing little
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outside Of your skirt, and in nending the
braid this afternoon I found il. ] hope
you have not been worried about il.
This little romance ended as all TO-
mances should. Lady Mary became the
bride Of Lord X, and it was not until
years sfterward that she told him that
for twenty-hours at least she had looked
upon him as thief. II she had been less
experienced. less Of the world, she would
have probably put the police on the trail
and Lord X would have been arrested,
and the yellow journals filed with ac-
counts Of the robbery.
Another story that has q bearing on
this same subject-a young woman going
from New York 20 Chicago on the famous
limited was much annoyed at the con-
tlnual winSing OF man who sat Apo
site TO her, which seemed 10 her to be
both insinuating and Objectionable He
would look in her direction and then
wink industriously several seconds.
Instead Of ignoring the person. burying
her eyes in book, or looking out Of the
window. she very stupidity appealed TO
the protection Of another passenger who
sat near her. He belonged 20 that class
who Ike nothing so well as excitement
and fight, and, approaching the winker.
demanded to know in regular melodrama
style, why he persisted in insulting a
lady?" The man explained that he was
not guilty. but the valiant protector OF
the defenseIess woman insisted. Finally
the poor harmless blinlSer admitted that
he had a serious nervous afiiction which
he was unable 10 control"
The young woman was probably wiser
for the experience. and her champion dis
appointed al not having q real battle on
his hands. but the story goes 70 show
that a woman travelling alone viii ind
plenty Of mole hills that she can multiply
into mountains II she cares 10. But.
again. a weII-b-ed. weIl-balanced, sensi-
ble. tactfuI woman is as safe alone in a
railroad train or in great New York as
a man. else why 90 women doctors, wom-
en- nurses. and other women whose duties
take them out all hours Of the night,
travel through that great city and cross
and recrOss the ocean alone unmOlested?
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Some historian has said that a North
ern members OF either House Of Congress
never forgets that he is such. while a
Southern member never remembers it.
There are so many exceptions 20 this
tnat It can hardly be valid as a rule.
while at the same tine there IS very
mueh more than a shade Of truth IN It.
In enforced contact With the public and
those in the service whom ne might prop
erly consider as his social interiors the
Southern member rarely forgets that he
is first and always a gentleman. Noblesse
oblige is bred In his bone. He is tolerant
and courteous TO all. II he sees fit TO
indicate disrespect or disregard. it is to
those whose social or official equality VIII
allow them TO resent it. de is careful
not to seem to take advantage OF his
position to slight or ignore those in hum
bier station This is rule with hardly
an exception to prove Il.
The vast majority Of the members out
side OF Dixie are thoughtful ard cour-
teous in the little amenities Of the pass
ing hour. and to many Of them the un-
ceasing remembrance Of King Edwards 8
Ish Dien * the cause Of many hours OF
unnecessary WEAKNESS.
It is apparently the opinion OF the great
majority Of the Northern and Western
members. however. that the commission
of their State TO represent II in Congress
cOnfeTs on them a dignity and title 10
respect which their own deserts as gen
tiemen could never command Il IS diff
cult 70 believe that any man can have
this opinion Of himself and very likely #
is largely in the seeming.
These different attitudes toward the
compelling respect Of mere official sta
ton I believe TO be the result of heredity.
environment, and geographical location
Il is one OF the sOciai pcculiarities OF a
different people. Il Is the difference be
tween the deferential stroll along Hes
highway and the brusque dash over
everything straight ahead The writer
vas born and reared and yet has birth
right in one OF the Canadian line States
where Democrats are so scarce that when
one Is captured he Is tied up 10 a post
in the back yard and an admission fee
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CENTER OF POPULATION
Going West, but Always lowering
Near Thirty-third Parallel.

Near Thirty-third Parallel.
From tns Geographical Journal
The center Of population in 1910 was in
the State Of Indiana In I7eo the center
vas twenty-three miles east Of Baltimore
in the State Of Maryland. or virtually on
the Atlantic shore line It's migration
has been slow and remarkably uniform
both in rate and IN direction. Il has how
cred for 10 years along the thirty-ninth
parallel OF latitude. and its total varia-
tion in latitude has been less than one
third Of a degree
The westward movement has averaged
less than a degree in a decade. notwith-
standing the incredibly swift occupation
Of g vacant continent by movement Of
population westward. The easteriy posi-
ton Of the center Of population is in part
due 70 the fact that the eastern part Of
the continent was first settled and was
settled from the East The easterly po-
sitiOn Of the center Of population is also
due TO the more evenly distributed and
more abundant resources Of the eastern
half Of the United States.
II should not be forgotten that the
geographical center Of the United States
lies some hundreds OF miles west Of the
Mississippi River The eastern half Of
the country, therefore, embraces the At
lantic iOwlands, the prairies, and Great
Lake plains, the Gulf lowlands and the
forests and minerals Of the Appalachian
Mountains and Appalachian plateaux
Over against these are the arid and
mountainous areas Of the West
Certain areas viii be reclaimed to in
credible productiveness and the mineral
wealth Is vast, but the center Of popuIa-
ton may be expected TO remain perma-
nently to the eastward Of the geographi-
cal center Of the land
The Washington herald., 1909-02-21
Milton as a wit.

From letter in the Spectator.
II it IS not too late in the day to come
forward with an anecdote Of Milton, the
following extract from an old family let
ter written in 17s2 10 my great-great-
grandfather. may interest your readers.
The writer Of the letter says Che was dis
cussing Milton with his correspondence :
Possibly you may not have heard this
anecdote concerning him John VsIIack
who. believe. died after you came to
TavistOck-told me It, and he lived in
London IN 1885 Milton, as you know,
was blind Charles II had the curl
osity to see him. and, said ''God hath
punished sou for your malice. &c. TO my
father BY taking away your eyesight' -
Aye" says Milton. -but before 1 lost my
eyes. he lost his head"
It seems to bridge the long gap Of years
70 be reading letter containing a first
hand" anecdote of Milton
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and Miss Ethel Roosevelt since her debut
He suggests, II you wish a fuller answer.
that you look over the files Of The Wash
ington Herald
s Question: an NOS anxious 10 20 70 TIE
Inauguration bsIl. out have 10 dress suir. Would
4 be permissible fos ne 70 wear Prince Albert
coat? GOVERNMENT CLERK
Answer-By dress suit fancy you mean
evening clothes, and by a Prince Albert
a frock coat. The former costume is. OF
course, the only one permissible. but IN
such a crowd you would hardly De noticed
one way or the other. so I would advise.
If you really care % so, you wear your
frock coat.
Quesron-HnouinE that yoa have very strong
opinions about the bringing up q young Erls and
that you ere cutie against tie American system.
and having great respect for ygr opinions. an
writing 70 ask 4 you think my daughter. sixteen
years old. Is too y0ng % attend the inauguration
She is 50 anxious 10 -. but ] have tod her the
decision les entirely with you.
4 FOND But WEAK AMERICAN MOTHER.
Answer-Let your daughter go. by all
means. she viii enjoy it more now than
she ever could again. and such a ball is
in no sense a social function, but merely
a great public affair. where every one
and any one can go VINO pays his money.
:. oussti0a-Who vas tire SAILOR King
Answer-WiIlism " Of England. He
entered the British navy as a midship-
man in I779 and was made lord high ad-
riiral in 1S23.
:. Questi0n-some one called me naner- the
other day. As 1 know 10 language but ny oTu.
czn you tel ne whether I ought % Re conpll-
neuted CT insalted2
Answer-Flaneur comes from the French
fianer. 10 wander or saunter about. and
a laneur is a lounger, a gossiper You
can decide for yourself whether the des-
ignation was complimentary OF not; but
il was probably meant in fun.
g Question: an an unmarried woman q or
tHin axe ard i've alone in apartment My dsvs
are not nv Own. as Work generally from 20 s. b,s,
crave compani0nship. and. though / shsu never
Uary. ! Ike The male sex. Do you think Il yery
bad form when gentleman sees ne home from some
entertainment 70 ask hin in after 10 oclocky can
Tot see the ham. but / have soma critical neigh
bors, one a whom hss already spoken 70 ne about
the bad form ! show II receiving callers especially
men callers, 50 late SPINSTER.
Answer-Yovr neighbor is very imperti-
nent. I should be guided By my own
sense of right and expediency. A won
an OF certain age" cannot be governed
by The same rules that would apply 10
a debutante- You can we'll afford to lose
the friendship Of people who think iii Of
you; should say acquaintance. rather.
for ones friends never speak i'll Of one
They have faith and they understand
q. Question-Tc decide g bet VIII YOU tell ne
who vas the most noted hsttsTer that ever liEeds
Answer-Vitel1ius. the creature Of Nero.
hears The proud distinction OF being the
greatest fatterer Of al time
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4 LinquIst.

From the New York Times
The charm Of Mrs Ruth McEnery
Stuart's negro dialect stories was great
ly enhanced when she read them herself.
as she used frequently 10 do in the early
days OF her fame. for charity and church
entertainments. Her imitation Of the ne
gro dialect was excellent. and her small
son, who was very proud Of her accom-
plishment in this line, frequently boasted
of Il among the other children. Once
when some Of his schoolmates were
vaunting the accomplishments Of their
several mothers, he was overheard TO
declare:
We'll. my mother is smarter than any
Of yours She can speak two languages. -
What are they2" demanded his com
panions.
White and cOloTed
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History in the vernacu1ar.

Fr5n the NeT York Sun.
A father Of a Trinity school scholar o
twelve said 10 his boy:
Arthur, what are yoa readins9"
History"
What partg''
That old chestnut about the Revolu
ton.
What was It all about, anyhow
a British king tried TO play horse witt
US and we Just put it all over him."
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HeaIthfuI Tomhstone.
n the Tumbstone -.

From The Tuuost0ne EpigTsph-
Nobody ever dies in Tombstone. unless
they brought 1t within or fall into
a 6o-fOot vertical shaft or buy an auto
mobile, or sass their mother-in-law. or
try TO thaw out powder, OF mistake
cyanide Of potassium for sugar. or start
OF a country seat removal racket. Some
die Of old age. some old partners Of
Daniel Boone but none has ever been
known to die from physical irregularities
contracted in Tombstone. aside from the
aforementioned causes, and occasionally
an abnormal tightness about the throat,
superinduced by a coil OF manila rope,
or from a cold caught through a hole
made by a a
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Between Times.

From ths Belinnsn
Mrs. Pippers lives in town in winter.
and keeps house in the country in the
summer
Where does she live in>spring and
fsIl2~
In the intelligence once-
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Green Old Age.
From the Chicago Ree5-d-H Herald.
Say r,,a -

Frum the Chicago Rse5rd- Herald.
say, ma?''
Don't call me ma say mother
What is it?'
What's a green Old age2'
When man who is bald and wrinkIAd
and tottering msrries a young woman
who wouldn't look at him a second time
II he didn't have lots Of money! the
lady replied, casting a stealthy glance
al her husband. who was busy reading
the stock quotations. 1T may be said
that he has lived 10 q green old age. -
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Limitation. Of Hunan Nind.

The human mind has limitations An
astronomer argues that space beyond or
universe must contain other vast uni
verses because an absolute void is incOn-
ceivsble- But who can conceive of an
Infinite space filed with an infnity Of
UliYerses2
The Washington herald., 1909-02-21
CUTTING RADDERLEY CAKE.
Annual Custom of London Theater
A Comedians Request.

A Comedians Request
From the Pan Man Gazette.
Twelfth Night was celebrated, in ac-
cordanee with the annual custom Of Dru-
ry Lane Theater. by the cutting Of the
Badderley cake in the foyer on the con-
clusion Of the performance Of 'Dick
Wilmington The ceremony was per-
formed in the presence Of the principal
members Of the company. the trustees Of
the Badderiey fund. and leading members
OF the management by Mr.. Harry Mich
oils, as master Of the fund. who explain
ed its origin.
In the year I7l0 one Robert Badderley.
a comedian Of that theater, who was one
OF the original founders OF DTury Lane
and the original Moses in the school for
Scandal, purchased &l00 worth of stock
in the shape Of consois which he gave
over 10 the DTUry Lane fund, and which
was 10 be his almoner TO provide every
Twelfth Night cake and wine TO the
principal members Of the company, not so
much TO perpetUate his memory as to
further the loyal and friendly feeling
and reciprocal good viii among them