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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-02
The Rock Island Jump.

The special committee appointed by the
governors of the New York Stock Ex-
change to investigate the recent spas
modic furry in Rock Island common
finds that the trouble was caused by the
practice pursued by the brokerage house
which on the morning of that remark
able transaction held an order to buy &c.
OOU shares lat the market" 1t appears
that this firm followed the universal prac-
tice OF Darceling out its commission
among fifteen brokers not connected with
its own establishment. each under orders
to buy 1000 shares. This would have
been productive of no unpleasant results
but for the coincidence that there were
no selling orders for that stock on that
particular morning. Consequently there
was competition for the 10000 shares
between the fifteen brokers, each en-
deavoring to obtain the securities at the
lowest possible price. Thus the interest
Ing spectacle was presented of a custo-
mer bidding against himself. In effect
the unknown person who ordered 30 600
shares of Rock Island common instead
OF buying lat the market" bought the
greater part of his shares at anywhere
from one to thirty points above the mar
ket at opening
IL is expected the brokerage house
which parceled out this commission will
be disciplined for its carelessness in fail
Ing to safeguard against the wasteful
and unsafe competition in the execution
or single order. 1t is hardly conducive
to public confidence in the practices of
the stock exchange to find that customer
cannot even be sure OF buying his stock
at lesitimately low price in accordance
with the operation of the natural law
governing the market rates of securities.
Again this manifestation Of extreme mo-
biiity on the part of the price list calls
attention to the undeniable evil presented
by the bear side Of the stock game The
great majority OF sellers are engaged In
oner1ng Tor sale something which they
do not own. Theirs is more Strictly
speculative game than that of the b,,yers
or bulls. They sell In the hope of break
ing the price and sending the market
back In time to enable them to buy in
Al lower rate than that at which thew
have contracted to deliver the stock. All
efforts to reform the stock exchange aim
chiefly at this phase of the transaction. 10
surround with difficulties and check with
penalties the deliberate dealing I'm stocks
the proferers of which do not own ana
have no assurance of owning
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-02
The new LEAF.

From the Milwaukee Free Press.
1t is well to realize the fact befofe
starting that the water wagon Specia
travels over rocky road.
From the Dayton News.
Try to make your New Year resolutions
OF more value than your last year
Christmas presents.
From the Dayton Herald.
The psychological moment is supposed
to be Friday midnight, but the resolution
should be duly considered before the New
Year moves in.
From the Cleveland Leader
We are preparing fine young list OF
resolutions for Congress. we nave heuseo
by betting that they won't be used.
From the Detroit Free Press.
Don't try to do your New Year ''resolu-
tin" too early The final rush Is an IN
dividual affair.
From the Pittsburs Gazette Times.
Don't leave your good New Year resoiu-
tons out over night. They are likely to
freeze to death.
From the Chicago News.
Last years resolutions might do to
adopt over again if they were not buried
beneath SO much debris.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-02
OTHER VARIETIES.

Tho Woman With tho Serpcnt's Tongue"
Too briefly thus the poet sung
lnadeQuately IL must D"
With such a broad variety.
For i. a lesser poet. might
Add to this tip. by day and night.
1.-The Woman With the Puff and Rat
1.-The Woman With the Bushel Hat
THE Woman I'm the Crowded Car
Who makes us stand. though riding far:
1.-THE Woman With tho Voice OF Scorn
When we bump in at early morn.
1.-THE Woman With the IIipless Hip
All corset-covered. tip to tip.
THE Woman With the New Receipt
Which some poor luckless dub must eat.
1.-The Woman With the Appetite
Whom after show feed mt night.
1.-THE Woman With the Rosebud PAINT.
Although know the natural amt.
IF VIZ were much inclined to knock.
OR strong enough 10 stand the shock.
We'd add, while Watson one type sings.
THE Woman With Lot OF Things.
Nashville TennessceaD.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-02

very poor are scattered in various parts
of the city. Many blocks that are fronted
with handsome dwellings and occupied
by the well-to-do have at their centers
little courts and hidden streets populated
by impecunious, slovenly. ignorant peo-
pie, Indifferent to the laws OF heaitn'
themselves the victims of their own lack
OF sanitary precautions or OF the 1ahure
of the landlords to provide them Win the
decencies of life.
The laws at present permit only
nibbling at this situation. What is neeoed
in Washington is we'll considered sys-
tenn, effecting the transfer of RESIDENTS
from the alleys to modern dwellings 10
Gated on fully established streets with
water and sewer facilities and removed
from immediate contact with the homes
Of the more fortunate. For the sake or
both the poor and the weli-to-do TINS
separation should take place. 1t is to the
interest Of the former to be given the
benefit Of a sanitary environment, which
is impossible in the heart of crowded
square, and it is due to the dwelers on
the outer edges Of the square that they
should not be compelled to suffer the an
noyances and dangers of close contact
A proper solution Of the housing prob
lem in Washington will undoubtedly cost
a large sum of money at the outset, but
under a wise system it can be assured
with an eventual profit to the District
possibly financially and certainly il terms
of cleaner living, sounder physical and
industrial health and a higher standard
of morals. Other cities have undertaken
this adjustment on a broad basis of in
telligent provision for the poor. For
tunately the slums OF Washington are
within easy reach. They are not protected
by any ancient vested rights. as IN some
parts of London. There is no POLITICAL
situation here as in New York to COM
plicate the question and to render solu-
ton difficult. Nothing stands in the way
of comprehensive inquiry into this ques-
ton by Congress and the enactment OF a
law affording the basis for wholesome.
economical provision of decent homes for
the poor of the capital.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-02
The Local Alley Problem.

Commenting upon the statistics com
piled from the mortality records of his
Office. Health Officer Woodward. i'm his
annual report to the Commissioners
says:
The figures may be looked upon as
tending strongly to show the Importance
of eliminating alley life from our social
conditions"
Undoubtedly this is the most important
health problem awaiting solution in the
District. Some time ago President Roose
Welt referred this matter to a commission
of citizens, who reported voluminousl,
and with a clear exposition of the urgen,
need OF sweeping reform In this re-
spect- Save for the occasional destruc-
ton of a hopelessly insanitary dwelling
under the cumbersome process now pro.
vided for that purpose. little is accom-
plished toward the elimination OF the
alley as place of residence. While
other cities have their densely populated
slums. consisting of rookeries and bee
hive tenements, i'm Washington the in
sanitary. crime dwellings of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-02
George B. Mcclellan.

Shall we see George b. Mcclellan agar
in politics? He is still a young man, an6
must be dissatisfied with the record as II
stands. He is going to Europe for a rest
and upon his return will practice law
Then?
Only a few years ago Mr.. Mcclellan
was a promising figure In affairs. Hi:
friends were discussing him for governor
and even for President. Having beer
elected mayor by a handsome majority
why should he not be sent to Albany
and then to Washington? Look at Mr.
Cleveland, who from the mayors chair il
Buffalo had gone to Albany, and then Il
the White House.
The suggestion attracted attention botf
at home and elsewhere. Here was mar
who was popular with both factions OF
his party. He was a sort of protege OF
Mr.. Cleveland. whom he often visited a,
Princeton, and he had supported Mr.
Bryan I'm 1896 and 1900 Richard Croker
had sent him to Congress, and Charles F
Murphy, as Mr.. Cookers successor ir
Tammany Hall, had put him in the
mayors chair.
Then there was something in his name
AS the son and namesake Of dtstin
guished soldier. who in his day had beer
democratic leader. why should not the
George B. Mcclellan OF this time come tc
larger than local proportions in the
party councils? Why. as a resident of q
state where he had demonstrated much
strength, and where the democracy must
succeed in order to win the presidency
was he not the very man the party was
hunting for?
All of this speculation was upset by the
break that occurred between Mr.. Nc
CIellan and Mr.. Murphy. The details OF
the trouble are not known to the public
both men preserving silence on the sub
ject. But 1t is supposed to have origi-
mated about patronage and kindred mat
tiers. The belief is that Mr.. Murphy
who is not a man of delicacy. asserted
proprietary rights over the official he had
created, and that Mr.. Mcclellan as a
man of pride resented 1t. At any rate
for some reason that must have gone to
the root Of things, the two men quar-
relied and separated, and from that time
Mr. Mcclellan. as political factor, de-
clined.
Recently, however. talk Of Mr.. McClel-
Ian for governor has revived. Things
democratic are at skies and sevens in
New York. In the November city cleo
ton Tammany was sOundly beaten. and
in state affairs there Is turmoil over the
presence of 'Fingy'' Connors in the
Craftsmanship Of the state committee. II
tlSe party is to make any sort Of front
in the coming state race it must nomi-
nate for governor a man of statewide
reputation. and OF ability equal to the
duties Of the Office.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-02
VARIOUS VERSES
ON TIMELY TOPICS
NEXT YEAR.

This time twelve months ago, II you'll rcmcmhets
Upon a dreary night i'm late December.
The year lay its death bed CLASSY cyed.
And YOU with sorrow bent. sat by its side
Your eyes filled with tears TO sec II fheres
So young and yet old shortly 80 fair.
You thought Of how u few short months ago
You welcomed II with spirits all aglow.
Heart filed with hope. mind strengthened fos
the fray.
The things you'd do II should pass away
Yet IL locked reproachfully at y"u.
And from ITS gaze you guilty withdrew.
Signing in shame. I've not made good, l fear.
I've fallen dcwn-but ali. Next Year. NeAs
Year"
The new year came. far fairer than the last
II brought with il ambitions great and vast
But its life Gibbs out. its sands arc rum
What have you done for 1t? What have VOC
done?
Can you look on its face now, YOU should,
And say with honest truth. well. I've made
good?
No? Hardly. As you gaze back DER the year.
How many broken promises appear.
How little good achieved Won see. alas
And what ambitions unarcomrlsh-d PASS.
Isn't the scene about the same that YOU
A year ago in penitence went through
Yes! But keep hope and say with honest cheer.
1--WE fallen down-bnt all. Next Year. Next
Year
Paul West in the New York World.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-02
WI TINC-fANC.

From the Los Angeles Times.
Minister WI says that a man ought to
live 200 years if he meets with no acct
dent and doesn't get sick. WI would
make a fortune writing for the funny
papers.
From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Mr.. WI, the animated Chinese interro-
CATION point, says he will be with US again
in fifty years. 1t ought not to take him
that long to think up a new batch of
questions.
From the indianapolis News.
In other words. Minister WI is con-
WINGED that if man doesn't die or get
killed he stands a mighty good chance OF
living 200 years.
From the Atlanta Journal.
WI Ting-fang says he will live 200
years Think of the number of questions
he could ask in that time.
From the Baltimore American.
Minister Wu Ting-fang says he is sorry
to leave this country. We return the re-
greet for he added much to the gayety
of tho nation.
From the Newark Star.
After reviewing the life of the retiring
minister from China we are convinced he
first put the question. How old is Ann?"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-02
PRISON REFORMS.

"a prisoner I'm the Atlanta city stockade has
made successful strike for pajamas. In the
federal prison at Leavenworth, Kan, the guards
have been ordered to light the prisoners pipes
FOR them.-NewsD
'.Be not dismayed." the Old Crook said:
Though judges give a sentence dread,
A blessings in the seeming curse
And prison isn't half SO worse
Excelsior
What boots il. I'm the wfntertime.
To be at large in such cline.
Cells warm, food good, tobacco free.
Have charms that must appeal to me
Excelsior.
"Pajamas-never mind the stripes
=. And prison guards TO light pipes;
With sentimentalists. galore,
We're gaining much. and hope for more
Excelsior.
1.-The Christmas turkey tasted good.
Sure may be in merry mood:
A New Year chicken we VIII carve;
It's only honest folk who starve-
Excelsior
A bottle some one struggled in.
The Old Crook found FILED with gin;
His throat grew Thick with spirits high,
But still he murmured with a sigh,
Excelsior
Brooklyn Eagle.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-02
Harmon and Taft.

Out in Ohio there is the prospect of the
liveliest campaign the state has known
for the past quarter century. Next year
is the time. The presidency is the real
stake. and both the republicans and the
democrats will expect every Buckeye to
do his duty.
The democrats reason like this: IF
Gov. Harmon is reelected he will be the
candidate for President against Mr.. Taft.
who will be renOminated. Mr.. Bryan has,
or should have. nothing against the gov
ernor. The old score of 1896 has been
wiped out as to others, and why not as to
him? The party is entitled to new
name. Mr.. Bryans name has been con-
jured with three times without success.
Why not try Harmon, which comes with
in one letter of harmony? Come out,
everybody. and help choose the new lead
er of the national democracy"
The republicans are at sea about a
leader. Their factional troubles have in
jured them considerably. They do not
suffer from a lack of capable men, but
from the fact that their strongest men
are wearing faction scars. All have been
engaged on one side or the other. and all
have paid penalty for their prominence
and valor. a strong man is necessary to
head the ticket. but where is he?
The solution of the problem is in bring
ing the factions together. Can it be done?
Mr.. Foraker has been quiet and I'M
demonstrative since his retirement from
the Senate. He has offered no criticism
of the national administration. and en-
couraged no trouble at home. George b.
Cox has made no sign. Those who ex-
pected him to be importunate about local
patronage have been disappointed. Sena-
tor Dick is not at war with anybody. A
candidate for reelection. he is standing
on his record as senator, and that in
cludes his support of the Taft admins
tration up to date. He voted for the
Payne bill.
portant In the republican calculations.
A defeat would not take Mr.. Taft out of
the equation for 1872 but-and especially
If accompanied with the election of a
democratic House-it would leave the re-
publicans with bad taste in their
in revolt. the task of his friends would
be increased MANIFOLD.
Much may be done in six months. Mid
summer should see both parties girded up
for action, with their nominations clearly
indicated if not made. Interest in the
national. The question everywhere will
be. Is Ohio to furnish both of the presi-
Dental candidates in 1912?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-02
Remorse.

Among the dark regrets that rise,
AS time grows shorter, year by year,
In grim parade before our eyes
A lot Of volumes fine appear.
The grave, the gay. the good, the bad,
A motley group just overhead.
They grin. satrically sad
The books l bought and never read.
They perch, like mute reproachful elves,
Restrained from helpful Office there
Upon disordered, dusty Shelves
Where they were placed with hopefl
care
or good intentions gone astray
And opportunities far fled
They made great, grotesque display
The books l bought and never read!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-02
Currency Reform Discussion.


with his canvass in favor of currency
reform. So cordial was his reception on
his recent tour, and SO numerous are the
Invitations that have reached him slhce'
he will visit other cities and address
business bodies on a subject of SO much
interest to them.
It would be a good thing for the
cause and for the country il the Rhooe
Island senator would arrange other dates
for other sections. He ought to visit the
south, where his presence would be well
coined, and where his words would be
heard with all respect. Louisville. Nash
Vile. Atlanta. Charleston, New Orleans
and Galveston are thriving cities, where
the people are all alive to topics of
progress and business, and where the
subject of currency reform handled by
a legislator familiar with it would pro-
woke much valuable discussion.
And there are other members of the
monetary commission who might, to the
public profit, take the stump in this
way and contribute to the agitation. Mr..
Daniel Of Virginia, for one. would draw
large audiences. He is capital speaker,
personally popular. and highly respected.
issue, but is not an extremist on the
money question now. He has been abroad
looking into the currency problem, and Is
prepared to discuss it in the light Of his
Investigations and deductions. There Is
no section Of the country where he would
not be we'll received.
The time is ripe for discussion. Con-
gress is not yet ripe for action. In fact
it seems probable that the present SEES
sion will not take up the subject. 1t will
soon have it's hands full of other bust
ness, and action on at least portion OF
that will be imperative. This will send
the currency question over for a year.
and maybe until the next Congress. For
at the short session there is but little
more time than sufficient to pass the ap-
preparation bills.
1t is said Of this or that thing that
there is no politics in it. 1t is not as
often true as said. With us there is
politics in nearly everything. or in some
adroit way it is introduced. before the
matter Is disposed of. There should be
no politics in this currency question. but
brought up for action on the eve Of a
presidential election it may receive po-
Iitical twist before a decision is reached.
A good deal of old political history will
be recalled in the debate, and where this
man or that party stood at this time or
that in the past when financial records
were making be cited for present effect
For this reason the more thorough and
the broader the discussion beforehand the
better.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-02
IN DAYS OF OLD

In days Of old. the long ago.
The blushing belle and dashing beau
Drew round the cheerful ingleside
And played the games Of Chrisimastide-
Those merry games. which CONNIE IL fast.
We II today vote rather slow.
Grandfather never golfed. i trow,
And Bridge" was not the social guide
In days OF old.
A quaint old age of calico.
or ruffie, frill and furbelow-
An age OF honest. simple pride.
(Wnile grandmamma WAS Yet BRIDE:
They danced. they kissed and did not know
That microbes lurked Ia mstletoc,
In days OF old
Rochester Post Express.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-02
TRANSPORTATION.

This transmigration is a bore
As near as ! can see:
A Teller dies an comes right back
T be a chimpanzec.
They say a Teller never knows
Jist what'n come L pass:
He's likely L infcst a whale,
Err mebbe some Jackass.
An yet, I reckon. if it's fate,
I'd better make no fuss:
Fer mebbe IL Tn good I'll come
An be an octopus.
Puck
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-02
A Suggestion That Silenced.

Your husband never says a word about
economizing," said one woman.
No" answered the ether. He used to
mention it, but whenever he did so 1 Of
fered to do the cooking.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-02

John D. Rockefeller enjoys long walks
through the snow. 1t seems pity that
circumstances should have curbed so
completely the inclinations of a natural
born commuter
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-02
The WintrY Pace.

Where once we walked with thoughtless
pride
Our footsteps are delayed;
When 1t is cold you've got to slide.
And when it thaws you wade!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-02

Mr.. Taft's idea of cutting down ma
tional expenditures $1OO.O0O,OO0 a year
promises an interesting program of ex-
PLANTATION to constituents for a number
of statesmen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-02
Classic Illumination.

why did Diogenes carry a lantern?"
Il suppose" said Mr.. Growcher, that
he thought there was no use of hunting
honesty by doing business with a gas
meter"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-02

Accounts of MIR. Pearys snowdrift ad-
ventures have been promptly accepted
without any suggestions that records be
submitted to Danish scientists.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-02

So many suggestions for New Year
resolutions have been submitted to Uncle
Joe Cannon that he will no doubt con-
tinue to stand pat.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-02

Father" said Little Rollo, what is
'billingsgate'?'
1T is a term, my son, that the other
fellow applies to your plain. unvarnished
expressions of justifiable Indignation"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-02

MI Gaynors difficulty in finding men
to serve under him indicates that the
tigers claws have not yet lost their ter
rors for the New York politician.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-02

Popular enthusiasm over the canals on
Mars may be expected to warm up when
they afford some practical suggestions
for waterways on this planet.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-02

You ain never CINE to git along very
fur, son." said Uncle EBen. III yoh idea
OF patience is hangin' aroun' de shop
waitin fob quittin' time"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-02

People who used to object to a change
able climate have had no ground for
complaint for the past two weeks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-02

Having learned the answer to the ques-
ton What is whisky?" the prohihition-
lists will now renew their inquiry, "Why is
whisky" :;
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-02

Reports from New YOrk's New Year
celebration suggest that a national tax
on walters tips would help the Treasury
considerably.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-02

President Diaz may be relied on as too
old at the game to be dazzled by any
political prospectus that Zelaya can COM
nose
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-02

When Mr.. Roosevelt returns he may
find It necessary to put a taxidermist at
work on several specimens of my poll
cies."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-02

One great advantage possessed by the
year 1910 is the fact that there are no
more north poles to discover.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-02

Practical benefit to civilization from the
discovery of the north pole has not yet
materialized.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-02
SHOOTING STARS.
The Point of View.

Ely pHILANDER JOHNSON.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-02

A dispatch from Berlin on the cit
ultimo announced that already the con
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-02

The situation which confronts Herr
Won Bethmann-Hollweg is financial and