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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-01-11
Navy Reorganization.

II is stated that the House Naval Com
mittee is inclined to investigate with con-
siderable care the proposition of the Sec
rotary of the Navy for e radical change
in the so-called Newberry plan of naval
bureau and navy yard administration.
This is Reorganization of naval methods
which has been presented to Congress as
a measure Of economy and expedition in
the transaction of public business in the
Navy Department and at the navy yards.
1t has been described to the House Naval
Committee by Mr.. Meyer in terms which
are specific and emphatic. The exhibit
appears to lack convincing qualities in
that the committee is now in the atti-
tude of seeking information on the other
side of the question.
That purpose is a laudable one. The
proposition is Of sufficient importance TO
engage careful attention from the Naval
committees Of Congress. and those bodies
should hear not only the Secretary of
the Navy and the other advocates of his
plan. but all the bureau chiefs. as well
as the representatives OF private ship
yards and whoever else may furnish en-
Hghtenment on the vexatious and COM
Pick problem.
II has been intimated that the bureau
chiefs of the Navy Department will be
somewhat handicapped in. If not actually
prevented from. giving full information
and candidly expressing their views by
the recent order issued by President
Taft placing restrictions upon govern
ment officials in giving information to
Congress No greater mistake could be
made for any cause, however worthy. if
it shall appear that there is any suppress
sion OF all the facts which Congress or
its committees regard as necessary in
forming a conclusion on any subject.
While subordinate departmental officials
may find II difficult to give information
which they know is not in accordance
with the views Of the head OF the depart
ment, there will be ways OF getting at
those opinions, and a resort 10 extTaor-
binary methods IN that direction Will
only prejudice a proposition which might
otherwise gain the Congressional ap-
prevail to which it is entitled on its own
merits and by virtue of the beneficial
effect when adopted.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-01-11
Reading and Conversation.

An English critic AYERS that Americans
are poor takers Mr. Howells. in reply,
remarks that lack of conversation
doesn't necessarily imply lack Of culture.
Many cultured men are silent men"
He remarks that in New England people
read more than they talk, whereas in
the South people are more prone TO talk
than to read. That is a generalization
that may or may not be accurate, though
it is made with amenity. But one test
Of reading may be found in talk. A
book, If read with searching disCrimina-
ton, should stimulate ideas worth shar-
ing or discussing with others. But read
ers of novels are likely TO become silent
" absorbed in a narrative and 10 ignore
comment Again, it takes at least two
10 make conversation, as we'll as a quar-
rel Perhaps the English critic did not
meet appropriate Americans. It might
also be noted that other observers have
found the average Briton distinctly tact
turn. although he may thaw upon &C
quaintance. 1t was Bacons dictum. in
part. that reading makes a full man.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-01-11
HASHED MEAT INJURIOUS.
What CuUNeS Dyspepsia and How ia
Prevent Badness.

AESftht hatNntFs-
Charles T. Page, NJ, D. Ia the New York American
The human race seems bound to be-
come bald and toothless. II we do not
give our teeth enough hard work they
are bound TO decay and the dentists have
their innings, so to say. II we DO not
use our muscles they become iabby and
weak
The same principal holds good with re-
gard 90 the stomach; If we 90 not give
this organ sufficient amount Of work in
digestlng food It suffers in consequence
and the whole scheme Of digestion and
assimilation goes wrong.
On all sides we hear inexpert dietists
talking about selecting foods ana cook
ing them in q way 70 be easy OF di-
gestion;" and because this is the almost
universal practice. We are becoming a
race Of dyspepucs.
Close students Of the subject are well
aware that It Is the meat-eating nations
and heavy meat-eaters anywhere that
are the chief sufferers from inhamma-
ton OF the bowels falsely called zap
pendicitis." either through ignorance or
for commercial purposes: and this is
not altogether because animal food is
nasty stuff, but from the practice OF
chewing it or eating It in the form OF
hash.
All meat-eating animals bolt their food
not because they know more than hui
man beings, but simply because Il is
their nature TO do so.
II is as unphysiological and unwhole-
some to chew meat as not 70 chew the
grains and other starchv foods
Feed a dog on hashed meat and he
will have dyspepsia. and very likely in
Illumination OF the bowels and II his
owner has a good bank account there
might be an operation for appendicitis. -
When piece Of meat Of reasonable
size is taken into the stomach. il can
not pass into the lntestines until Il has
been dissolved completely by the gastric
juice; but when Ii Is first Chewed or
taken in the form OF hash il passes into
the intestines untitled for intestinal d.
gestion and absorption, hence "ptomaine
poisoning and all sorts of mischief.
As for the question Of badness. we
know that women are practically never
/ bald, and this is because their hats bal
ance on the top Of their hair. with no
tight band around the head; but men,
with their derby hats fitting tightly
around the head and cutting off the
( free circulation Of the blood from crown
downward, often have the head as
smooth as a billiard BAH before thirty
/ years OF age.
II we went bareheaded altogether. we
would never lost our hair, except in case
Of some special disease, as typhoid fever
and even then il would usually grow
/ again
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-01-11
INFLUENCE OF NEWSPAPERS.
Public Confidence I'm the Daily
Press Is Not ON the Decline.

IhDiAc AOhHuebce III TIE DAfiy
Press Is Not ON the Decline.
From the New York World
one Of the leading magazines OF the
eountry-the Atlantic Monthly-is adver-
Using a series of articles entitled The
decline Of public confidence in the news
paper press"
That the public has lost confidence in
some newspapers and in some kinds Of
newspapers may be accepted as a matter
Of course. Ike the loss OF public conf
dence In certain politicians and states
men and theories Of government. But
II there is a marked decline Of public
confidence in newspapers as a whole. that
fact is of such far-reaching public i'm
portance that il deserves the closest
study and investigation.
More newspapers are printed than ever
before. More newspapers are read than
ever before. II the public has lost con
hdence in newspapers. why does 1t read
them in such vast numbers? Merely to
amuse itself? Merely TO pass away the
time? Merely 10 acquire information
which il distrusts and upon which Il can
place no reliance? The American people
have never impressed US as a nation Of
idiots and iunatics They must have
some definite motive IN reading the news
papers, and the average American is not
the sort OF a person who wastes his time
Cr things In which he has no confidence.
We have observed. too, that the
shrcwd. practical gentlemen who manage
the great corporations have detected no
marked decline Of public confidence in
newspapers. Their desire to own news
papers. 10 influence newspapers. to shape
the policy Of newspapers was never so
keen as it is now. They must believe
that the public has confidence IN what
it reads in newspapers or they would
not be so eager 70 control newspapers.
What is commonly spoken Of as a de
cline Of newspaper influence is in reality
only a change IN newspaper influence,
and a change for the better Newspa-
pers are cheaper than they were. and
few men are obliged to rely upon a sin
gle newspaper. They draw information
and opinions not from one source, but
from two or three OF four sources. and
their own opinion IS the resultant OF
these various forces. This is having the
! excellent effect Of teaching people 10
think for themselves. They are the surer
in consequence 20 detect bad advice and
The quicker to follow good advice. Their
own opinions are clearer and sauer and
I less prejudiced.
This does not mean a decline OF news
paper influence. On the contrary. it is q
manifestation OF the best kind OF infu-
/ ence that newspapers can exert
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-01-11
Education for Girls.

Something almost unique in its IN
ception and its object is a circular letter
prepared by the girls of the Washington
Irving High School. OF New York. The
letter Is in reply 10 the question: What
DO high schools do for girls?" In it
the following paragraph appears:
They prepare her for the highest happiness and
the gTestest service They give her the fuit Of the
training through which her teachers have SO earnestly
led her Up 10 her entrance 20 the high school They
give her the cultivation and the refinement of the
well-bred woman. They st her if necessity should
come, 70 avoid dependence upon her relatives and
to support herself in a self-respecting way
Here is a plain statement Of the prop
osition in concise language and frrer-
utsble logic. Higher critics OF eduea-
ton can accept this as a model The let
ter is for the purpose OF encouraging pu-
pills OF the elementary schools TO enter
the high school. These young women.
for they show wisdom beyond the years
of girls are filled with the belief that
the years in the high school are well
spent: they uEhesitatingly indorse the
curriculum, and they arrive at the point
by the shortest route.
The time and money usually devoted
TO getting up a yearbook cOmmemora-
tive of the school career of the class is
this year being spent in propaganda
among the pupils of the elementary
school in favor of a high school educa-
ton. The circular letter is being mailed
10 every girl graduate OF the grammar
schools in lower Manhattan.
The same ambition of the average man
to get a college education obtains in the
lives of these girls TO get through high
school. The justification for the college
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-01-11
a Model Man.

From Golfers Weekly.
Periodically there are published the
names OF celebrities who were famous be
fore they were thirty-flve. But genius is
exceptional The great mass OF people
might enjoy the facts about some desir-
able model whom they may hope to equal
some time If they live and learn. For
their consideration, therefore, we here
set down the achievements Of a certain
man. At twenty our hero had learned
to battle properly and to sleep with the
window open: at twenty-five he had
loved a wholesome girl and married her:
at thirty-fve he had mastered his tenn
per and learned 20 reserve judgment; at
forty-five his children were proud Of
him; at sixty he has achieved kindness.
moderation, and the respect Of his
neighbors.
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IN mans life is held to make high
school course essential for a girl. Out
ward achievement is the scale In which
the result must be weighed. This is an
age Of militant progress, and education
contributes 10 the maintenance OF the
pace set and to It's acceleration. Life
is practical but, at the same time, beauty
and variety play a part How much
more can life be made enjoyable by a
larger survey? And now can our horl-
zon be broadened easier than by educa-
lion? The strenuous world does not take
issue with these high school girls. but
calls their act both praiseworthy and
utllitarian
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-01-11
Alphabetical Record of 1909.

From the Boston TTansGipt.
Abdul turned adTift-Asquith IS active
Bleriot bats II TO Britain Br0get beaten.
COquelin and Crawford C9lle1 Across
Danes disRusted-Dr. Cook dished.
Eliot in cYidence-Eddy evicts Stets0n.
fcTrcr fallCn-Titch ferried over
Glider gone-Gsyncr gets there" in Gotham.
Halley'S comet hikes hither-Haie gone hence.
Investigated sugar imports-Ito inferred.
Jewett and johnson to the long Journey
Knox knocks a h-tle-KenEedv is kind.
Bluyd-GeOrge looms uTA-LeOp0ld lights out.
Mayoralty mcvtment-AIOrc msIks on Mars.
Neon. the new gUs-NeW Theater opened.
O'Connor. "Tay Pay" pays rs a visit.
Peary pots the Pole-Paladino puzzles.
QuiX0tic conduct f one Hibbard.
Republic Tammcl Rogers is TQwed over.
Suffrage spreads STANDARD oil spanked.
Taft toUTs-The0dorls tackles the topi.
Uncle Joe gets a Jolt, but hangs on.
Victory for Detroit On the diamond.
Watson walloped-' whisky" wisely defined.
XecutiOn Of GToce and Canron.
Yale Janks IN the pigskin Prize.
ZelaYa drops from his, zenith-2erO weather.
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seconds. rowed silently across the Hud-
son, and as the earliest rays of the ris-
ing sun streamed through the trees, they
stood face 10 face on the old dueling
ground under the rocky heights Of
Wehawken, n J.
At the signal 10 fire but one shot was
heard. and Hamilton fell upon his face.
shot through the body. As he fell his
pistol was fired in the air some feet above
Burr's head, whether accidently or not
was never known. He had said to a
friend he had intended to throw away
his first fire. His friends now bore the
wounded statesman back TO his home in
the city Next morning he was dead
The nation was shocked. The great IN
trained public had applauded duellng. but
ii was costly sport when such an intel
lectual light as Hamilton became its vic
tim. This great giant, the public felt the
wound and grew angry and demanded a
victim-and Burr became that victim
When the people of New York learned
that Burr had practiced with his pistol
for some weeks before the duel. with the
evident intention. not of retrieving his
honor, but Of killing his rival, he was
denounced as a murderer. He fed to
Philadelphia, but there public opinion
was equally against him. and he went
to the South. From this on he had a
varied career, which finally resulted in
his arrest as the head Of a selfish con-
spiracy was tried I'm Richmond. but was
acquitted. Ills reputation, however. was
utterly blasted. and from that time, if not
from the time OF Hamiltons death. he
was despised above all public men in
America.
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Among American statesmen Alexander
Hamilton is always considered in the
first rank. Born in the West Indies in
1757, on January Il, he sought fortune in
the colonies when but a lad Of fifteen.
He served throughout the Revolution. and
for time as one Of the youngest mem
bers of Washington's staff, Hamilton
had much 20 do with the framing of the
Constitution, and was q member Of Wash
ington's first Cabinet He was the foun-
der Of our present financial system. as a
lawyer and orator he stood IN the first
class. and as a political writer. Aaron
Burr said OF him: ANY man who puts
himself on paper with Hamilton Is lost"
It was no doubt this estimation Of
Hamilton that led Burr to feel a bitter
enmity toward him. Burr had political
ambitions. and Alexander Hamilton
pen was the worst obstacle in his path.
Hamilton believed that Burr was a dan
gerous man; his opinions were published
in the newspapers. and they Influenced
many voters. and Burr was defeated.
He brooded over his downfall. nor was
this the first time he blamed Hamilton
for his misfortunes. Consequently he
must challenge him to a duel Dueline
was common in those days. The public
smiled on it, applauded It, and branded
the man as a coward who refused 70 meet
his antagonist on 1.-The field OF honor"
And the average man was too much of
real coward 10 endure being called
coward Hamilton accepted the chal-
lenge.
In the gray dawn Of a sultry summer
day in July, 1904, the two men, with their
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-01-11
Mr.. Cannon Opposed.

From the Springfield Republican.
Mr.. Cannon achieves the unenTiable distinction Of
being apparently the only Speaker Of the House.
in the long list Of those holding That high Office
since 1879, who has received so stunning rebuke
that administered through combination Of
Democrats and rebeious Republicans It is an
event which viii be written in great letters uron
the records and history Of Congress.
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God Give Us Men,

God give rs men, 4 tine like this demands
Strong minds great hearts. true faith and ready
hands
Men whom the lust Of Office does not kill;
Men whom the sroils Of office cannot buy;
Men who possess opinions and will;
Men who have honor! and who viii not lie;
Men who can stand before a delnagogue
And SOON his treacherUus batteries without winkng
Tai men, Sun-CTOwned, who live above the fog
In public duty and in private thnkingl
u C. Holland
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-01-11

The fact that certain convicted male
factor Of great wealth recently went TO
the penitentiary in private car Is not
particularly important It is not the GO
ing or the method of conveyance that
counts; it is the arriving
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-01-11
The Speakers speech.

From the Kansas City Star
More than one hundred thousand copies OF Speaker
Caunons Kansas City speech, in which he de-
n0unced the insurgents. are being sent ont from
Washington under the Congressional Thanking priv
Iege. And yet Congress effects 70 wonder at the
annual deficit In the Post-office Department.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-01-11
Mr. Knox Has Precedent.

From the Philadelphia Press.
Secretary Knox proposes precisely the course taken
in collecting the customs revenue Of China nearly
half a century ago The Chinese government was
not equal to the task England sought to do the
work alone. Our government protested. Had it
not England would to-day control Chinese trade and
have practically annexed the empire as far as its
ports and seabOard were considered.
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Senator Bacon, OF Georgia, was IN the
Senate yesterday. but ii is doubtful
whether his colleague, Senator Clay, will
be able to return before March. Senator
Martin, Of Virginia, was also in his seat,
looking much benefited by his hurried
European trip.
During the discussion Of the Ballinger-
Pinchot resolution Attorney General
Wickersham was present on the floor.
Since Senator Dick has been in the
spotlight with his newspaper controversy
win Mr. Barber he has developed symp-
toms Of a joker with all the soemnity
Of a minister of the gospel, lie arose in
the Senate yesterday and asked to have a
letter read from the secretary's desk.
The letter was one sent TO a Western
newspaper bureau. The signers Of the
letter commended 70 the bureau news
matter being sent out bye John Hays
Hammond, telling Of the objects and aims
Of the progressive Republicans and the
benefits Of progressive RepubHcanism.
The signers were four members Of the
allied union Of insurgents Senators
Cummins. La Toilette Bristow, and
Clapp. When Senator Dick asked that
the letter, with fac-simile signatures. be
printed in the Record, IL was the signal
for laughter, Senator La Toilette enjoy
ing II as much as the regulars.
For q new Senator, Senator Crawford
seems to be getting early IN the game.
lie Is much interested in the Investigation
Of the increased cost Of living, and never
lets an opportunity escape to remind his
colleagues Of the fact. His resolution.
with one minor exception. passed the
scrutiny Of Senator Lodge and received
his Endorsement.
When Mr.. Hammerstein made the state
ment that members Of Congress take no
/ interest in music. he overlooked Senator
Bradley. Of Kentucky who is an ad
mlrer OF anything musical. not excepting
/ a street piano.
/ When he hears one Of the instruments
W Say anu 's'elis win
80. =. -s 90 ''4tpS d. "heA
60 -, 20 = ol-' %, .'l7 "'N'o"
-. -, p'a' ,i's tunes
-. ', -. NUM- u over
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b'"Ulel' ana
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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-01-11
DIR. HadIey on Americanism.

From the Florida Times-Uniou.
President Hadley, Of Yale, says the Berlner Is
the nearest to a typical American I have seen.
II So did we worship Roosevelt because he was the
American nearest William Of Germany? If we can
not be better Americans than the Germans are, let
US be Germans and not degenerate Germans
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-01-11
Mr.. Money and the Lee Statue

From the Norfolk Landmark
Senator Money. Of Mississippi expresses the
opinion that Virginia should force official accept
ance Of the statue OF remove it from the hall. where
It stands in its proper place just the statues OF
Washington and the rest stand. Mr.. Mooney is
a very hot-tempered man and is not qualified to
advise in such q case.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-01-11
A sad story.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
New York is to have a thirteen-story
all night restaurant
And the penniless diner who puts him
self outside a good dinner on the thir-
teenth floor is going TO consider it mighty
unlucky.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-01-11

A St. Louis robber recently stole five
feet OF q womans blond hair. If ne did
not get the peroxide bottle also. however
she can get some more where the lost hair
came from
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-01-11
A LITTLE NONSENSE.
ALWAYS SOMETHING.

My chum is quick at seeing jokes
And sneers a bit
At me and all the other folks
OF slower WIT.
know that I'm slow at seeing fun
And somewhat dense.
And so I pride myself upon
My common sense.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-01-11
Quite So.

How was the melodrama?'
"Oh. the piledriver was wabbly and
spoiled the scene"
''Wabbly, Ell? A star ought to be well
supported II a play is expected to sue
coed"
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We are spending too much money"
mOnizing from the editorial Eve" point
OF view. and as the author Of a Certain
Rich Man"
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Boston's public librarian has refused to
GUST DR.. Cooks books from his shelves
Evidently, experience has led this man
to think that what the public reader
wants is something interesting. anyway.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-01-11

According to Mr. Taft, the idea that
there are good trusts and bad trusts Is
all wrong. This should dispose OF any
lingering suspicion that Mr.. Taft Is Of
the Mark Hanna school of politics.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-01-11
No Doubt,

Some OF our forty-story Office build
ings are higher than the Washington
Monument"
We'll, I guess II will remain the highest
one-story building for some time to
come"
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The Presidents Expectations.

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger
Frankly. do not believe that the President
himself has thought the subject out with any q
his usual pegspicacity. He probably does not tx
pet anything 10 come Immediately Of his suggs-
lions.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-01-11

Cook mysteriously disappears" reads
q headline in the Los Angeles Express.
The ordinary domestic variety, however;
not the doctor So it could not have been
much of a news item, in any event.
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Mr.. Pinchot,s New Tile.

From the New York Sun.
TIE forest service is survival in feeling and
action, under lawabiding administration, Of the
advertising ardors. the Responsibilities and the
seif-satisfactions Of the Wild wergwsnce Of Amer.
can politics,
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He Was Selfish.

why won't you set the date for our
wedding"
Because I have other fances to con-
slider"