The Washington herald., 1909-06-22
PEOPLE AND THINGS

me auftut1SeS or natural environment
and because OF its plan Of streets, some
what resembling that OF Washington, and
It's architecture. public and private. In
fact. Detroit claims TO rival Washington
IN outward attractiveness. even granting
the inevitable superiority OF the National
Capita! IN public buildings. Yet Detroit
has It's troubles. It seems that passen-
gers must pay 10 cents fare 10 ride on a
ferry out TO the park that adorns a
beautiful island IN the river that there
divides the sovereignties OF II. 3. n and
Uncle sam Now there is e clamor that
the council shall provide a cheaper FER
riage through some other company. If
another company cannot get a franchise
about which there Is some difficulty under
the new constitution OF Michigan. the in
evitable alternative would seem 20 be
another experiment In public ownership.
New York has set an example IN that
direction by owning and operating the
ferry between the Battery and Staten
Island. resulting IN a vast improvement
over the service formerly rendered by a
private corporation. although with doubt
ful financial profit But certainly the
good people OF Detroit should find some
way. Unfettered by varied theories. 10 the
fullest enjoyment Of their charming river
front
Out OF AIiddletown. where dropping
elns alone divide Wesleyan gown from
Connecticut town. there comes IN this
educational era of the substitution OF
science and modern languages for the
dead II stately classics. a cry for more
Latin. But this particular cry is for
Latin as she was spoke by Cicero and
Caesar. Latin addressed 10 the ear.
rather than 20 the eye. An enterprising
professor up there sends out a circular
OF primers and textbooks
that shall place the acquisition and use
Of living. or az least revived, Latin With
IN reach OF all who desire. The trouble
about this plan Is that Il viii appeal only
70 those with leisure for classic shades
or time 10 bestOw upon clever and r.
mote Ingenuity. This IS q busy axe and
there are more living Ianguages than
most people find tiIoe 70 master. II even
they may boast 0f a diDl jmatic and more
or less hesitant diplomatic acquaintance
with one or two beside their own.
Tongues Of conversation and business
must be living. and while etymOlogy and
comparative derivations are both inter
esting and instructive. the universal
tongue viii never come through an arti-
ncial system; Its development must be
Of growth as natural as that OF the
languages we begin 70 acq-ire IN the
cradle.
Women franchisists. look Up. Here IS
good news for you from Kansas. Il IS
not merely "a moral contest as between
wet ana dry" IN which woman has
won, but the very practical question OF
electing the city printer OF Abilene. The
winning candidate was Mrs.. Bishop. Of
the Weekly Democrat, who defeated Mr..
Harger. dean OF the Kansas school OF
Journalism. and one OF the old school o.
Kansas politics. Dare mere man al this
distance venture 70 hope that this was
not merely feminine victory? Rather
may u have been a verdict ia favor Of
the superiority OF practical Journalism 20
theoretical II IS perhaps an evidence Of
popular appreciation that the only place
% learn the newspaper business is in q
newspaper Office. There Is no s-rovai
road through classic halls. or lecture
rooms TO reporters desk OF editors chair
II must be that the Weekly Democrat
has scored a beat" over the professors .
chair.
Il is a trite remark that journey around
the world has become a commonplace
Il was IN the crude cen
tury ago when the American who had
made the tour OF Europe was pointed
cut as distinguished traveller. But now
only slender purse is needed TO 90 TO
lands beyond sea, IN comfort at least
II not In luxury. II may be & reflex OF
prosperity, or OF easy times, that the
steamship agents report unprecedented
travel this summer across the Atlantic.
Harder even than the question OF ex-
pense IN these busy days Is that OF time.
The busy man OF this country finds Il
hard TO take so long vacation as is
Implied even In a swift trip abroad. But
Il remains true that rates are low for
those who do not demand luxuries, and
that the personal Acquaintance In this
country with life in foreign lands grows
more widely disseminated These visits DO
not dispel the charm OF Illusion On the
contrary, the familiarity OF acquaintance
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and Eliminates many a printed page.
There Is growing trouble about the So
,allod dispensary law IN South Carolina
A grand jury at Charleston Duds that
sales Of cases OF beer in May Of this
year were ass less than in Nay. 1905.
and attributes the decrease 70 sales By
1lliclt wholesale dealers" Yet police
,ourt records and reports in the news
papers show that there are daily viola
ions OF the law, without 2 single in
ictment. There were SSS arrests in that
;ity last year for violation OF the law.
'ut not a single indictment The News
Ind Courier has this comment 70 make:
We do rot think that the dispensa-y Law l. S,itrs
% this community; we DO nos belieEe that II rro-
notes te1npeznce We % n0c belieTe that II Affords
re best means cf regulating and RESTRICTING the
1uor trafc but that is rot the question which The
eople Of this town should now coaSi6sr nos. ssri-
'usly. Tie grRud iury SAYS -tat ths-s has bsen
eat falling OF in the ieSithaa:e sale OF besr here
eoause the Illicit dealers ha1, been supplying con
uuers With their "goods Isn't il tine the So
icitor or the grand 5uy ,s7G OF sousoody else was
-otns something 70 y. dOEn this business
It Is notewort'ryy that there were in the
United States .-'re than HOO cases OF
smallpox during the six months ending
n June. against twenty-six IN the Ger
nan empire In the year 1906. This leads
he Philadelphia Ledger to say OF the
lnti-vaccinationists:
It is oos q the iaoompreaensi5ls things in modern
ivilized society that. IN the facs of TIE aInost
nnnirnOus testimony a rslicaI expe-ts and oF the
evidence given By TIE decline a sznailp
-hererer and whenever vaeonatio1 Is enforces-ths
ecline being IN d!ue Tato 70 the strctness of ne
the vag1rtes q faddists should
Te- haTo been allowed 70 stand n the EHy q SCI
uti1c methods q preyeltion.
II Is agreeable 70 any reader TO find the
ften hypercritical Boston Herald bearing
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