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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-21
Friendly Japan.

NO sensible man in Japan. and GER
tainly not those In authority, has any
idea OF going to war with the United
States" said Toshikata Okubo. OF the
japanese Bank in London. at the Shore
ham last night. Mr.. Okubo will call on
Ambassador Uehida to-day.
1T is to be deplored that sensational
newspapers in Japan and also in America
publish unfounded reports Of this nature
from time 10 time. thereby proving a Sc
rious obstacle to peaceful ideas between
the two countries taking root among the
people. Japan has no cause for going
to war with the United States. and ] am
quite satisfied that my country would be
condemned by every nation if she should
precipitate hostilities with the United
States without a valid reason. 1t may
all be true that the United States is not
sufficiently protected in the Pacific, but
even If that be the case, she has moth
ing 10 fear from Japan I know that it
has always been the wish OF the RESPONSE
BILE classes OF Japan TO be on terms Of
friendship with the United States"
Mr.. Okubo has been in London for the
last six years. and is now on his way TO
Japan.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-21

center where soft coal is used. London
no longer has anything on Pittsburg
The English writer himself admits it.
He has been in Pittsburg The London
fog feels something like that mule of
whom a legislator in the halls of Con-
gress said. in comparing that diligent
and faithful animal TO the Democratic
party, previous TO the last election. how
ever. has no pride of ancestry, or hope
of posterity"
London fog is just plain fog. New
York, Boston, and the Great Lakes towns
all know what fog is. Fortunately. the
residents of " ihington get few oppor-
tunities TO r.wy a real fog without
going aW from home But Washing
ton is nJt Z lvious of those cities that
seek TO rivsi London in it's atmospheric
products. We accept the rain that falls
on :, Just and the unjust; we make
no yaoaest against an occasional flare
back for we know that variety makes
US properly appreciative of the balmy
DAYS that are ours. We like ice on the
pavements even for a week at time,
for then we realize the blessings that
are ours the other S57 days of the year.
All in all. Washington is not jealous
or envious. Why should we be? We
have just enough winter 10 show US what
Chicago and New York endure for three
or four months, while We can see an
italian sky or Californian sunset day
after day by going to the west window
Of our apartment
We are catholic in our views and COS
mopolltan Ii. eur tastes. and find right
here every requirement to suit the most
varied farcy. "See Rome and die APP
Piled cnct. Now it is See Washington
and i've"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-21
London Fogs and Other Things.

Things are not what they used to be.
Time was when the oldest inhabitant
saw and felt the rigors of winter, when
the squirrel burrowed deep. when the
woodehuck saw his shadow, when the
signs of-the moon told the farmer when
to plant his crops, and when the fair
day TO follow was betokened by the
fieecy clouds Of a glittering sunset
Our military officers can no longer
walk fifty miles in three days. but have
had their perambulation rations reduced
to twenty miles in two days. The house
holder no longer gets up and starts the
furnace fire before cleaning the snow
or the front walk. He now hires a. boy
TO do it, How times have changed
Mirabile dictu!
Since childhood we have been told
that the London fog is the foggiest fog
known in the universe. Appositionally,
we learned in those early days that the
italian sky was the fairest of the fair
Somehow the instructor never told us
that England was a cloudy land due
10 the work of the Gulf Stream, and
that Italy had no such meteorological
difficulties 10 contend with. and that the
latter had fair skies only TO the eyes
Of the Briton, who was accustomed 10
the dullness of the sky over his island
home. Recently a London paper Ia
mented the fact that the fogs Of which
the metropolis once was fain to boast
have so deteriorated as to make that
city no worse than the manufacturing
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-21

prevails at a preparatory school. At the
Naval Academy. of course. the discipline
is strict enough. but it is not sufficient.
or at least not so well directed. as TO
stop drinking among the midshipmen.
Visitors 10 the Naval Academy have
sometimes observed and remarked upon
evidences OF too much drinking among
those at the Naval Academy. This
should be stopped. and could be stopped
with the simplest exercise of the
authority reposing in the superintendent
or in his chief executive officer. More
than that it ought to be a compare
lively easy matter TO ascertain where
these midshipmen obtain their liquor.
The places are undoubtedly known TO
many people. since there would be out
ward evidences of patronage. All that
should be necessary is TO call the atten-
ton of the municipal authorities to the
existence of the undesirable places. and
such action on the part of representa-
tives OF the Navy Department cannot
be ignored, in the interest Of local gov
eminent There need be no undue pub
llcity II the town officials are DESTROYS
Of proceeding with secrecy. A tip" 20
the keeper of a speak-easy win remedy
the evil There is no occasion. ii would
seem. 10 make this question of embar-
~ eefpe, cbara cteristics hetueen the rem
lresentatives of the government and the
city of Annapolis. II the midshipmen
are conducting themselves in any way
in violation OF the Naval Academy regu-
lations, within or without the reserva-
ton, the superintendent OF the institu-
ton should encounter no difficulty from
any quarter in exacting unfailing ODE
dience 10 the academic rules
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-21

/ Senatorial candidates. As rapidly as
Senator is elected in any State he jots
down the name and keeps il on a list
until he has seen a picture of the man.
All this Information he keeps tucked
away in an unused shaving mug with
a painting of a frozen mill wheel on the
outside. His purpose is TO prepare
against a repetition OF the Senator Cor
don incident of last year, when that be-
whiskered appOintee from Mississippi got
into the pay barber shop-not knowing
that the government provides a free shop
for Senator's hirsutorial treatment.
When Senator Gordon remarked that he
Was United States Senator, the barber
who was about TO shave him thought
the customer was a rural joker or else
somebody trying to work him for free
shave. and he laid down his razor while
he had a good laugh.
When Lewis found out who the Gus
toner was. he was mortified beyond ex-
preston. Hence his present precautions.
/ All Of which recalls the case of West
ern Senator still in Congress who got
shaved twice after his arrival here be-
| fore he learned that there was free
| barber shop at his disposal And he has
worried more or less about the needless
ness of the expenditure ever since.
Since Senator 'T.afe" Young made his
1 initial speech in the United States Sen
ate. other members have been telling the
new man from Iowa that he is indeed
born orator.
| But the Iowan knows lot better. He
doesn't need 10 bark hack more than
just a few years 10 recall the days when
he was about as much at home making
/ a speech as a Chicago alderman at a
, Mozart recital
/ Young was rather we'll along in years
/ before he began 10 do any public speak
! ing. II came so hard for him that he
| had a good notion To waive the oratoricai
proposition entirely. But there were
many occasions When the ability to get
up and say a few words would have been
/ valuable asset and so he kept on trying,
| trying. like the little bird In the song. On.
how difficult il was. Young says he
used to be as frightened as young man
on his way 10 ask the girls father. II
was about a year before he even got
over the stage-fright end of his difficult
ties. And it was even longer than that
| before he could get the proper orator.
: cal swing to what he had 10 say. Grad
ually he developed into a irst-rate ora
tor, ard to-day he promises 10 take rank
with the best in the Senate. He is a
! living example OF the notwithstanding
| that there is such a saying, for the sake
Of convenience-that orators are made,
not born.
There was one thing. however, in con-
nectioh with Young's speeches that indi-
/ Gated his newspaper training. And that
| is that he felt a great swelling OF pride
the next day when he found that num-
/ Der OF papers printed the account Of it on
/ the first page. Every newspaper man.
when he writes anything, likes TO have
| it break in" on page one. So Young
wrote home 10 his paper, the Des MOines
1 Capital. and said: Tell the boys l wish
/ TO call their attention 10 the fact that
am getting my stuff on the first page.
Copyright, 1910 by Fred G. KeilyJ
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-21
Criticism of the Press.

In a Sermon preached in New York re-
Gently by the Rev. Stckney Grant, his
subject being Newspapers and crime. Z"
We find voiced thought that is present
in the minds of a great many newspaper
readers who. while many of them believe
that the running of a newspaper is the
easiest thing in the world. really know
nightly little about the subject The Rev.
Mr. Grants views. as expressed in his
sermon, are not those of the theoIogian,
but rather those of an educator. Consid-
ering solely the character of certain news
papers, Mi Grant told his auditors that
ne had read the New York newspapers
assiduously for three months with a view
TO determining the moral influence they
exercise. Bringing in statistics to the
support of his thesis, Mr.. Grant says that
he found during his three months of
analysis: Demoralizing items. 2.2S5; IN
wholesome, 1854; trivial 2,lO0; worth
while, $500. He declares that the worth
while" items averaged only SO per cent
II Will be easy enough for those citizens
who are ever ready to criticise the press
and its makers to find Justification for
their beliefs in this sermon Of Mr.
Grant; though we believe that almost
any ordinary business that could show
SO high an average of worth while
things in its conduct would be doing
pretty well. We doubt whether the aver
age quality OF achievement in other in
dustries would rank so high. We might
even doubt whether-we say it with re-
specific average quality Of sermons de-
lyered would show so high an average.
OF course, the outside critic of news
paper-any outside critic-is incapable of
judging a newspaper as a whole No
newspaper is made for the individual; it
is made to suit the multitude And in
this fact lies one of the difficulties of
newspaper making which the ordinary
layman is so incapable of understanding.
1t would be hne-indeed, it has been the
dream, We expect. of most newspaper
proprietOrs-to run an ideal newspaper.
But We doubt, even if man OF
large brain and clean heart had all the
capital he needed to support such a news
paper and were able 10 run It according
to the highest ideals. whether it would
meet any sort OF cordial reception from
the public at large.
Some people demand that sermons
should be published in the newspaper,
others want sporting news; to some the
reporting of murders and robberies seems
useless sensationalism; 10 others the re-
porting Of politics is a bore. How. then.
can one serve the universal taste except
by making the modern newspaper what
all good newspapers are-the accurate
mirror of their times?
To the individual the newspaper is
what he makes it. If ne choose TO ignore
the good and read only the evil, he has
only himself TO blame. He may feast on
The account Of crimes if he choose, or
he may solace his mind with the reports
Of worthy things. With the newspaper.
as with any other activity in life, any
one can ind evil if he looks hard enough
for it: or one can accept the good with
gratitude if his mind and heart are 50
inclined.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-21
Overcrowded Vienna.

Franz Leopold Hitler, of Vienna. Aus
tria. banker is at the Raleigh Speak
ing Of cheaper DWELLINGS for the poor.
Herr Hitler said: In no other capital
in Europe has the cost Of living increased
so greatly during the last two or three
years as in Vienna Parliament has taken
one step toward easing the strain by a
grant of money for the building of cheap
er dwellings. A quarter Of a million dol
lars a year for ten years will be placed
at the disposal of the Vienna authorities
and building associations with this object
in view
The amount is not very large" con-
tinued Mr.. Filler, but il is a beginning
toward the improvement of the housing
Of the poor who suffer terribly az pres
ent from oYercrowding. According TO sta
tistics. nearly one-half of the apartments
in Vienna, which are all flats. consist OF
only one room-sOmetimes with kitchen.
but mostly without FOrty-three per cent
of the whole population are living in these
one-room flats; and that is not the worst,
for not fewer than Se,000 of these miser-
ably small dwellings are occupied by six
or more persons.
THE consequences of such Overcrowd-
ing are plai Il: 10 be seen in the mortality
statistics of Vienna. In the crowded tene-
ment districts sc deaths in 1e.0J are re-
corded. aga INST 123 in the better-class
districts Tarliaments action has Ger
tainIy not come any too soon
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-21

If men are judged by their individual
accomplishments. race prejudice will dis
appear, according 10 DIP. Emil J. Hirsh.
of San Francisco. Cal. who is at the
Arlington.
Throughout the whole of modern life
we have lost somewhat the proper con-
ception of the importance Of individu-
atty" said Dr. Hirsh. "A man who
does his own thinking is branded a
crank. If he fails to heed our warning
We call him an anarchist, a disturber OF
the peace, and a general nuisance, simply
because his mental development possesses
individuality.
ITO have a political opinion Of your
own is called intolerabie. Those who
will not masticate what others have
cooked and cut are called insurgents But
il is upon rebels and insurgents and here
tics, who dare to speak their own mind.
that progress depends. We are where
We are in America because we have had
men who dared TO step out and express
their individuality. We have come 10
Judge nations, races, and classes by
general impressions. We are forgetting
that there are vital individual differences
in different races. We must get out OF
class judgments and race prejudices. We
should judge men as individuals. not as
class members or members Of a race.
None Of US is responsible for his parents.
I should have liked TO have been born in
America. But not being born in America.
why should = be designated az for
eigner? The foreigner in America is the
scapegoat for everything that is out OF
joint simply because we judge him as
class. He is made responsible for ali
our wrongs because We do net indiYid-
ualize him."
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-21
A LITTLE NONSENSE
YuLETInE ESSENTIALS.

Il wouldn't seem Ike Christmas without
a bit Of snow;
Ii wouldn't seem Ike Christmas with
out some mistietoe:
II wouldn't seem like Christmas without
frosted cake,
And fearful noise and broken toys and
lots of stognachache.
It wouldn't seem like Christmas without
a turkey fine:
It wouldn't seem like Chrirtmas without
two hours to dine;
II wouldn't seem ike Christmas without
a loaded tree,
And lots of lights and childish fights, as
you viii al agree.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-21
MIR. wickershnm,s Economy Fever

From the New York World.
Attorney General Wickersham stole
out of the Cabinet meeting recently
TO run up TO the House Committee on
Appropriations. Along about $50
o'clock he told the committee, which
was questioning him about estimates for
his department, that he was hungry.
He ran downstairs to the public cafe
on the first floor and, dashing up to the
counter, said:
Give me a glass of milk-a five-cent
glass;
He got the milk, drank IL in a couple
of gulps and then FASTENED back to the
committee room. Some member asked
him what kind of lunch he had that
he could eat it so quickly and he re-
piled:
Il am talking economy every day and
to-day the habit got me. I had a glass
Of milk
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-21
Mutual Concern.

y want my boy to believe in Santa
Claus. Why rob him of his harmless
Illusions"
And do you believe in Santa Claus,
sonny
L let mother think I do" answered
the urchin cautiously. why rob her of
her harmless illusions?"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-21
Engaged to BE Married

MY dear girl. why have you dropped
astronomy? You said it was essential TO
your future career"
The outlook as regards my future ca
reer has shifted since I last saw you.
What I need now is few cooking les
sons"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-21
wherein Freneh Noblemen Part

trOIn Inc GOlneT-IOufnal.
Generally speaking" says a French
critic, American gentlemen lack savoir
faire." Generally speaking, French no.
blenen not only know how to do in the
draSing-room, but when TO do in a mar
riage contract, although, as often as not,
they aren't gentlemen at all.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-21
A SprightIy Spirit.

appendicitis, Ell? And when do they
operator
About the end OF the week" answered
the nurse
mot to be opened until Christmas.
hey?" remarked the patient cheerfully.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-21
From the ST. Louis post-pispateh.
Discoveries in Money FieId.


Or. Cook viii not be able TO go on
very much longer with this business
without being asked in some effective
way to make a full statement os how
much money he took from the public
for describing a journey TO the pole which
ne never made. how much of this money
went TO partner Bradley. and how much
he kept for the years holiday which
he has passed in South. America and
Europe.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-21

William Pitt Kellogg, former governor
of Louisiana, who was seen at the Shore
ham last night. said that New Orleans
is the proper and best place for the Pan
ANA Canal Exhibition.
New Orleans is more centrally To-
Gated" said the governor: "it is one Of
the healthiest cities in the United States,
it can accommodate the largest crowds
with ease. and has the best drinking
water in the world New Orleans is one
% the most picturesque cities in the
world, and Is from every view the
logical point for the great show"
Gov. Kellogg spoke in terms Of the
highest praise Of the new Chief Justice,
Mr. White, saying that he is the greatest
civil lawyer in the country, and that he
possesses the remarkable ability 10 re-
cite an argument without hardly ever
consulting his briefs. He reminds me in
this respect OF Lyman Beecher. the
father of Henry Ward Beecher," con-
tinued Gov. Kellogg. who said TO Henry
Ward when he entered the ministry: Nv
son. pump yourself full of the subject.
then enter tne pulpit and let nature
caper.' Chief Justice White gets so thor
2ughiy imbued with the case before him
klat he rarely has to consult papers"
SAccoFding TO the ex-governor. who cele-
brated his eightieth birthday a few DAYS
ago, Roosevelt has not been discarded at
all, but viii make himself practically in
dispensable'' TO the nation Il do not
think he'll ever be President again. but
We will hear from him Every indication
at this time seems TO point TO the fact
that the old Cleveland conservative De-
moeracy is again coming to the front.
Mrs Natalie de Morales. Miss Elisa
Lapana. and Miss Natalie Morales Yenez,
of Guatemala. are at the Arlington.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-21
He Had Changed.

What's this?" demanded Mr.. Jellus.
do I find you treasuring another mans
picture?"
"Be calm. dear" answered his wife.
That's a photo Of yourself, taken when
you had hair
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-21

Those children who believe that Santa
Claus is coming around in an airship this
Christmas will surely hope that he viii
not try any fancy flying stunts until he
reaches their house.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-21

Japan is one OF the leaders in the in
ternational peace movement, but at the
same time it is announced that it is going
to spend more money on its navy than
ever before.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-21
Currying No Favor.

Lend a hand. Hiram, and help ketch
the selectman's pig"
Let the seIectman ketch his own pig.
I'm out of politics fer good"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-21

Excavators at Moguntiaeum have dis
covered an egg 1900 years old. That ought
to silence those cavaliers who say that the
oldest eggs come out Of cold storage.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-21

The State OF Washington declares Il
wants all the cats it can get TO kill
gophers. We hope some one viii export
those in our back yard
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-21

These are the days when 1t is wise TO
begin TO brace up. ready for the New
Years resolutions.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-21

A Kansas City judge has decided that
because a wife smokes cigarettes at home
it is not ground for divorce. Not even If
she smokes her husbands?
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-21

And you can hardly help wondering
whether It IS the progress made this year
in aviation that makes the Christmas
money fly so fast.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-21

Bonilla thought he had the revolution
lists downed. but the Hornet has gone to
their aid. Stung
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-21

Cardinal Gibbons is the latest authority
to declare that the best way TO reform
the trusts is to give them liberal doses
of publicity.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-21

We could forgive Judge Din. said TO be
the inventor OF the modern trust, every
thing except those awful pickles named
after him.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-21

Notwithstanding Maine has long been a
prohibition State, there is stin talk OF
breaking up the liquor traffic there.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-21
FretfnI Fnther.

We're somewhat mad
At peevish dad;
He is a perfect bear.
He'd like TO be
An Ashantee;
They have no Christmas there.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-21

1t was a man named Abe Slupsky who
drank twenty bottles Of beer a day for
thirty days. thereby winning a wager. A
man of that name might do anything.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-21

The Chinese Regent promised TO create
a cabinet. and now he has repudiated his
pledge. He probably learned practical
politics over here.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-21

The way that Secretary of War Dickin-
sons war scare report was received shows
that the American people are not easily
scared
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-21

And after all this talk about Ireland
only wanting home rule. some OF the
Irish are getting ready TO tight if it is
granted.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-21

One reason for believing that Mr.. Alfred
Henry Lewis must have a lot of time on
his hands is that he has been wasting
some of it giving advice to Senator Lodge.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-21
We're Much Alike

THE Chinese worship ancestors"
How silly, BY the way. have YOU
heard the latest? Mabel is engaged 10 a
real live duke"
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II any one wants TO pass for we'll
read man. all he has to do is to show that
he knows all about the British political
situation.