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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-10
Daylight Saving and Clocks.

It Is gratifying to learn from Cincinnati
that the National Daylight Association
has decided to abandon its movement to
secure the enactment Of municipal ordi-
nances and state and federal laws call
ing each hour of the day by a wrong
namo during the half Of the year marked
by the longer hours Of daylight. This is
the end Of a movement which at one time
seriously occupied the attention of the
people In this country and was pressed
in good faith by its advocates. Daylight
saving was more Of a definite proposition.
however, in England than it has ever
been In this country, and at one time
there was a possibility of parliamentary
action formally proclaiming o'clock on
a summer morning to be O'Clock by
name and all other hours in correspond
ence. In Cincinnati the common council
did actually adopt an ordinance requiring
all clocks in the city to be turned for
ward one hour on the first Of May. but
the ways and means committee Of the
council has just unanimously agreed to
recommend a repeal Of this absurd mu-
nicipal rule, and thus Cincinnati will prob
ably be spared the confusion inevitably.
attendant upon any tamperinY with the
timepieces.
In this connection there will be con-
siderable interest in the fate of Repre-
| sentative Coudrey's bill to require that
all clocks exposed to public view In the
District of Columbia shall under penalty
be kept in condition to tell the accurate
time. According 10 this measure. al
lowing q margin of two minutes of late
ness and fastness within which the clock
owner Is 10 be admonished rather than
! punished any timepieee that is displayed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-10

on the outside of a building must be
draped from sight unless it tells the cor
rect hour. There Is virtue in this prop
osition. Beginning with the post office
clock. whose chief function in the past
has been to add spice to life by con-
tributing to its uncertainties, there is
room for reform in this town among
the public timepieces. When a clock
is far out of touch with time, when its
prevarication is measured by hours, it
is not a public nuisance because it's men,
dacity is obvious. But every twelve hours
even a clock that has stopped becomes
possible source of misunderstanding and
misguidance. Mr. Godfrey has a con-
siderable measure of reason for his pro-
posaI to impose a burden of responsibility
upon any one who sets up a timepiece
as public guide.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-10
The Yerkes Art Sale.

The art collection Of the late Charles r
Nerkes is being auctioned in New York.
u is one OF the notable assemblages of
paintings, rugs and tapestries In this
country comprising q large number OF
bish-class pictures OF the old school. with
representations of all styles and periods.
Al the close of the fifth day the receipts
totaled so,o32.25 far above the highest
figure ever scored al public auction OF
ert i'm this country in the past 1t is
obvious from the success of this sale that
there is no genuine apprehension of hard
times on the part OF those who have
surplus of means. The bidding OF over
e2fo0.G00 for pictures and rugs in one
week is fair proof that the connoisseurs
look FOR a continuation of present condi-
tons for a period. else they would not
tie up much money in commodity
which. while perhaps eventually capable
Of being turned back into cash al a profit.
Is. nevertheless, subject TO the financial
fluctuations of the business world. Forced
GALES OF art collections are regarded as
excellent barometric indications of bust
pess conditions. In the settlement of an
estate such as in this case II is unneces-
eary to throw the collection upon the
market regardless of conditions and
chances The trustees of the Yerkes es-
tate chose their time carefully, and the
success of the sale is proof of their Wis
dom. Many of the paintings and rugs
were sold at probably far more than their
real values. No one can accurately fix
the intrinsic worth of painting by an
Old master. There are no rules to govern
such commodities. II two men of large
means desire the same painting. perhaps
TO complete a collection or to secure a
long-desired representation OF a particu-
lar school, conditions are propitious for
high bidding. Thus the immense price
Df $4,000 for q Franz Halls. paid the
Dtiaer day during this sale, represents the
infenxity OF the desire of . group Of
would.be buyers to obtain this particular
canvas and cannot be rated as true
measure of value from an artistic stand
point. Famous paintings are often priced
by their owners In terms out Of proper
tion to their worth because Of the per-
ponAl satisfaction derived from having
Nyested them from rivals
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-10
HALLEY'S COMET.
From the Omaha Bee.

From the Omaha Bee.
With HaIley's comet due May Is, Mount
Etna still rumbing, Congress in session
and the fall elections in sight. this ought
to be a rather lively year.
From the St. Louis Globe Democrat.
In exact justice. If we charged the dry
weather to the comet. We shall have to
credit it with these welcome rains also.
From the Cleveland Leader.
Don't get up by Halley's CONFETTI gets
up earlier every morning.
From the Detroit News.
II Halley's comet is tn blame for this
early spring it can go as far as 1t likes.
From the St. Louis Star.
People who plan to go away this SUM
mer will see Halleys comet-if they get
outside the smoke belt.
From the ST. Louis Globe Democrat.
Good morning. Have you seen the
comet with your naked eye-at 5:2s IN. ?
From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
There is no use blaming the OF year on
the comet.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-10
7. R. IN ROME.

From the Memphis Commercial Appeal.
So far Mr.. Roosevelt has visited two
points of civilizat:on-Cairo and Rome.
The official scorer will please mark two
rows.
From the New York World
If Rome experiences sense of weari-
ness after three days of him. let ii i'm
agtne what the L nited States went
through in the course OF eight years.
From the Indianapolis Star.
Where do the universal peace people
get the idea that Mr.. Roosevelt is nat
ural-born pacifier
From the New Haven Evening Register.
The deadly monotony Of silence which
prevailed in the absence of the mighty
hunter has been broken. anyhow.
From the Newark Star.
Roosevelt has departed from Rome. He
made as much of a commmotion in the
town as Alaric once did.
From the ST. Louis Republic.
We trust that ribald and sensational
press ma have the decency to respect
Mr.. Roosevelt's natural shrinking from
publicity in all matters pertaining to his
relations with important dignitaries. civil
and ecclesiastical
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-10
Applauding a CRATER.

Strange as it may seem, some of Benn
Conger's neighbors proposed to him upon
his return home to stand for re-electlon
They wanted to "vindicate' HIM They
knew his record, the confessions he hau
made at Albany, and that he had resigned
to escape expulsion from the Senate but
they were willing to vote for him again
for duty as a legislator
The locality is not far removed from
the big road. Railroads run past News
papers circulate. Schools are we'll sup
ported Pulpits are well filled. The
great majority of the people are educated
and well-to-do. And yet some OF them
took this remarkable position toward
man who stood before them self-convicted
and widely despised as bride giver
The number of these men Is not stated
Let us hope it is small. Mr.. Conger
must have felt soothed, but was not
tempted, by the proposition. He kindly
declined. He had had enough, and knew
that the state at large had had enough of
him.
There is nothing but praise for men
who stand by a leader against whom the
fortunes of war have gone without
smirching his personal character. A mis-
take in appraising an issue, or in a ma
neuver in fight for an issue, can be for
given. The best of men make mistakes.
1t is often and we'll said that men who
make no mistakes make nothing. The
thing for leader to do who has made a
mistake Is to try again, the second time
with more care. In either leader or fol-
lower Providence abhors a gutter
But Mr. Conger did not confess to
be such by him, and perpetrated against
the welfare of the commonwealth He
disgraced himself and brought humilia
ton upon the constituents who had hon
ored him. And yet portion of them
are either callous. or superhumanly for
giving on the subject They would trust
their interests to him again, and force
him as a colleague upon officials who would
have cast him out if he had not fore
stalled such action by resigning.
The order OF the day is that grafters
must go. If in office. they must be turned
out: if out of Office, and are tempting and
corrupting men in Office. they must be
punished according to their offenses. And
the only proper support for the public
sentiment that. has brought this order into
existence is to keep grafters down when
once they are down. Persons who carry
flowers to convicted murderers, or senti-
mentalize over convicted embezzlers, or
throw up their hats for confessed graft
ers. are engaged in poor business.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-10
Grant and Roosevelt.

Gen. Grant was a silent man. He was
sententious even in private conversation.
One of his friends pronounced him the
best listener of his generation. His IN
terest in affairs and his desire for IN
formal ton were boundless. Set speeches.
In public were wholly out of his line. so
that when he went on his tour of the
world neither his hosts abroad nor his
friends at home expected him to turn
talker And he did not He met only the
formal requirements OF hospitality In that
particular.
Mr. Roosevelt is very fond of both con-
Nersation and public speaking. with
friends he is something of monoloslst.
In public, while not an orator, he Is OFTEN
in voice. Pulpit or lecture PLATFORM
stump or the rear landing of a railroad
coach. finds him ready and willing. lie
Is versatile in the matter of topics His
wide reading has brought him much and
variety of information. 1t is not difficult
TO get a rise out of him. A simple re-
Quest Is sufficient. So that the addresses
he has delivered and those he has prom
ised to deliver, are in the nature OF
things.
When Gen. Grant left home there was
20 wide expectation, if any at all, that
he would ever return to politics. Inc
third-term movement developed later. In
terest of the world a. large was in the
most successful great soldier, with one
exception. of recent years. Won Moltke
was the other man who had swept things
before him i'm the field Of war on gigan-
tic scale. And Europe admired then, as
81 admires now, great captain. 1T
bowed low before the military hero of the
American civil war.
When Mr. Roosevelt left home there
was already gossip in circulation about
a political future for him. Some Of
his admirers were predicting his re-
turn to the White House in 1912. This
was cabled abroad, and it explains in
part the extraordinary interest that at
taches to the man wherever he goes.
Foreigners unfamiliar with our politics
are greeting a visitor of whom they
are expecting notable things in office
again They see in him. according 10
their information, both a former AMI
q future President of the United States.
The silent man, whose political
career was thought to be ended, was
accompanied by one American news
paper chronicler on his trip-a man of
fine talents, as a journalist. whose
work was much admired. John Rus
sell Young's letters were the delight
of millions of readers. The voiceful
man. still a political quantity. has a
battalion of correspondents in mis-
train. and is giving them something
TO write about at every stop he makes.
He is the subject of more readable
"copy" than any other man of the day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-10
KING MENELIK.

From the Syracuse Post Standard.
Perhaps Menelik wants to get Abys-
sinia reputation as a health resort
From the Buffalo Express
1t appears that Menelik makes the in
variable practice of sleeping even the
long sleep with one eye open
From the Birmingham Age Herald
Menelik III, living or dead, was the Dia
of his country. He whipped the Italians.
established constitutional government
and called in expert advisers from
Europe.
From the Cincinnati Times Star.
And now there seems to be some doubt
If King Menelik Is dead. L. it possible
that he simply wanted a scrap-book ALL
ed with newspaper comment on him?
From the Toledo Blade.
King Menelik's last death is believed to
have been fatal.
From the Detroit Times.
We may put yesterday down. as one of
the days on which the death of King
Menelik was not reported.
From the Springfield Union.
King Menelik may not have had as
many lives as a cat. but few cats have
had as many deaths as he.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-10
The Golden Rule Police Policy.

Two years ago last January the chief
Of police of Cleveland, Ohio, adopted a
new policy in the matter Of arrestins
vioiators Of the law. He instructed his
force to use more discretion in the ap-
prehension OF apparent violators of the
laws, to make fewer arrests and in their
police court appearances TO discriminate
between the real lawbreakers and those
who have only reached the edge Of the
limit between proper and improper con.
duct. In other words, Chief Kohler
Adopted the golden rule as his policy
Figures are now presented in the form
of bulletin from the department Of po-
lice of Cleveland. showing the develop
ment of this policy in the terms of ar
rests. During the frst quarter of 1906
the Cleveland police made 6.73f arrests
During the first quarter Of the year fol-
lowing, 1907, they made 1928 arrests
Beginning with the adoption Of the
golden rule" policy . marked diminu-
tion In the number of arrests appeared.
TAs axst quarter ef 1905 yielded aero
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-10
VARIOUS VERSES
ON TIMELY TOPICS
HIS DAD.

Ny dad he makes the slickest Kite
That ever was. by jipg.
Why, ii will sail clean our o sight.
When l let out the string
The other kids they come TO me
To git kite pointers now:
An they as glad as they kin he
That my dad knows Just how.
Ny dad kin take two wheels an mahs
A coaster that is ine:
The other kids all want 70 take
Their pattern now from mine;
An when We all slide down a hill.
Why. l kin pass by each
As though they all was standin' still
Say, amt my dad & peach?
Ny dad kin make bow that sends
arrow awful high.
You oughter see II when Il bends
An watch that arrow fy,
An now. why ev'ry Kid You
Tries hard to make bow
As good as what dad made fer me
But they can't do IL, though.
Ny dad kin take a willer stick
Before the bark is dry,
An make q whistle Jest as slick
AS any that you buy
Gee. hut the Kids are Jealous when
I blow 1t where they re al
They all commence a-wishin' then
They had dad like that.
They's nothin much my dad can't DO
II he makes up his mind:
An he is mighty chummy, too.
One Of the bully kind.
Some dads would yell. ''Ob, 20 an plAy1
I'm busy as kin be-
But my dad he amt built that way
Not on your life. by gee.
e. A. Brininstool in los Angeles Express
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-10

I'm strong for Teddy" said pa last night.
His views on things exactly right.
But Of all that he's ever done or said,
At least that I've ever heard read.
The thing that gives me most satisfaction,
Is his latest talk on freedom of action.
Now I'm for that. every day and hour.
Freedom Of action. with all my power:
] m going to stay out tonight till TEN,
And do I please. I say. till then:
shall 60 and come In my good way.
And you won't have anything to say.
I'm a firm supporter Of good old Teddy,
I'll dig that garden when ! get ready
I'll have no conditions imposed on me-
I'm the head OF the house and I will he frsoS
I'll do as 1 want. when I want and how.
For freedom Of action I'll have from now.
Then ma looked up from her book and said:
Just wind up the clock and then come to I'D;
Put the milk bottle out lock the cellar door.
In the morning you'll paint the kitchen floor;
All the freedom Of action you have, my sweet.
You'll need In the yard when the rugs you beat"
Detroit Free Press.
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arrests. the first quarter of 1909 400 and

arrests, the first quarter Of 1909 ], 400 and
the same period of 1910 has yielded 1.2S3.
a decrease during the last named period
of 5,S43 arrests since 1907. 1t is esti-
mated that since this new policy has been
adopted fully $1,000 persons have been
spared what Chief kohler in his bulletin
describes as the glamour, excitement.
publicity and notoriety of police courts.
1t Is to be assumed that Chief Kohler
regards Cleveland under the golden rule
policy of police administration as being at
least as well behaved as it was before
No other position is compatible with a
defense of the new system of dealing with
offenders. 1t would be interesting to OBJ
tain information this point and to
ascertain from perhaps more impartial
source an estimate of the average of con-
duct in Cleveland now and in the past.
II it is true that the laws can be we'll
enforced with a reduction in the num-
Der of arrests as under the old method
of haling to court every one who commits
misdemeanor, unquestionably the koh-
Ter principle is worthy of adoption in all
of our cities. Court and prison associa-
lions are unwhoesome. In a large de-
gree they are destructive. The atmos-
phere Of the police station is contaminat-
ing. and doubtless a large percentage of
the criminals of today, the enemies Of
social order. are the product of unwise
punishments.
In his capacity as preserver of the
peace the average policeman is not neces-
sarily compelled to make a record of ar
rests in order to demonstrate his useful
ness. The policeman who explains as
we'll as enforces the law, who admonishes
those who are ignorant Of it or look upon
it as negligible, or who serves in the ca
pacity of friend and counselor as well
as protector of the public, is of more
real value than the uniform wearer who
measures his Importance solely by the
number of people against whom he APP
pears as prosecuting witness.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-10
The COMET And The CAMERA.

Comets are bad things photographs; thsg
will moi sit still.-Sir Robert Bali.
| saw the young Photographic;
His face In hue slate
4 wreck he looked.
His goose was cooked.
He staggered in his gait
said. My lad.
You're feeling bsd?'
He answered. 1T is fate
AYE il is fate that snapper said
WAS moisture i'm his eyesi
I've tried my hest
But every test
Il useless: though try
Each ancient trick.
The comet. quick
As lightning hurtles by
Both clicking watch glass is a frost
And ventrioQuial vein
Yet time when
Nv broody hen
Attention could obj ain.
And now my nerve
Is gone. I swerre
From infants raising Cain.
london 5leea.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-10
The COMING PROCESSION.

Bring your rowing humble bees.
Your lines OF stalwart maple trees.
Your roadside flowers gray with dust.
Your swamps with skeeters on their crust
Bring your ninety in the shade.
Your spOoney, looney summer maid
And lazy lambs and giddy goats
And all the chumps who rock the hcats.
Bring on your hiehwayman and spouse
Who run the summer boarding house,
Bring on the big-nosed dippy stuff
Who asks you. Ills il hot enough: "
Bring forth the maids of yestcryesr
To whom we whispered dove and dear
Bring that meek and lowly man,
The wildly yelling base ball fan.
Bring on each person In their turn.
Nor let these summer people spurn
To march before our eager eyes
And waken us to glad surprise.
For soon twill he the time % year
When We'll forswear the city peer
And. hiking for the rural shade.
Sit down aud drink red lemonade.
Twill then he Joyous summer time
When humble bees will bark and climb
Upon our sunburned necks and sting
Us twixt the woodshed and the spring,
And as we note things in their place.
A smile will overspread our face
For we with Joyful heart and song
viii also join the summer throDg.
st. Louis 9taA
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-10
The Cabinet.

Members of the cabinet new to public
life must become resigned to rumors
about their resigning. They go with their
places. They multiply as a campaign ap-
proaches. If these gentlemen are annoyed,
let them confer with their colleague Mr.
Wilson, who has served longer and re-
signed oftener as cabinet officer than
any other man in the history of the gov
eminent. Mr.. Wilson extracts entertain
ment from the experience. He never
knows, and never cares, what a day may
bring forth in that line-what new reason
will be given for his quitting the field
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-10
The Tables Turned.

Come. wife" cried the warrior of old.
land buckle on my stout armor."
With a sigh she obeyed. But 'twixt her
teeth she said:
Some day our turn will come! Some
day this armor will go out Of fashion and
we will have dresses that hook up the
back
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-10
Blue Laws.

former Governor of Connecticut Is
out I'm a defense Of the so-called blue
laws of that state. His argument is
that they were not so very blue for their
time. And he is probably right. Too
much present day ridicule of those enact
ments is based upon an appraisement Of
them as compared with present day
enactments. They would not answer
now. They were none too serviceable
then. But they were devised for condi-
tons very different from any that today
exist. and by lights that have long ceased
to guide either lawmakers or executives
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-10
A Busy Day.
He hurried to his Office,
But met upon the way
Conoo tufeYesfin1 neonlo

He hurried to his Office.
But met upon the way
Some interesting people
With several things to say.
And as before his desk he sat
Full oft he paused to greet
Some callers unexpected whom
He was well pleased to meet.
He talked about the tariff;
He talked about base ball:
He talked about the latest plays.
The clock upon the wall
Kept ticking on until he cried
In tones akin to pain.
"Great Scot. I'll have to get away
Or else I'll miss my train"
No wonder that his conscience
Feels a peculiar smart
When his devoted family
Takes him unto it's heart.
And every one on tiptoe goes,
And mother with a frown
Says. Fathers very tired because
He works 50 harA down toXur
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-10
WOMAN and THE PAPER.

To the weather first she turns.
Which is scheduled, she learns,
To be fair.
Rain predicted nakes her pout
Though she isn't going out
Anywhere.
Next the dry goods ads she reads
Thinking Of her many needs
As to dress.
Reads them all with comment sara
Then inspects the woman's page
More or Jess.
" a serial there be
Carefully the same must she
Next perusp.
After which she may. perchance,
Take hasty little glance
At the news.
Louisville Courier Journal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-10
MOTHER GOOSE In WALL STREET.

Hickory -dickery dock.
The brokers ran up the stock. 49,
But some son -of-a-gun
Unioaded at one. My
Hickory -dickery dock. FL
There was man in Wall street. -.
And he was wondrous wise,
He went into broker shop
And bought American Ice:
And when his broker sold him out.
He ran. With might and main.
And bought more in another shop.
And then went broke again.
Old Father Morgan had a newspaper orFsA
To put the hears on the run
But the scheme wouldn't go
Because 1t amt so
Whatever we read In the Sun.
Little ]. R. x. managed corner
Then he vent dumb. with his health on bun
And broke all the smaller fry.
..Baa baa. Wall street.
Have Won any vool:
"Tes. kind sir.
Three Iambs full.
One for the triekster.
And for his dame.
And one for the broker
who gets wise to his game
Gerry. Gary. quite contrary.
How does your Steel stock GOT
Not up to par. but down - far
II makes our losses grow.
OLD Tim Hilf was a merry old PHI.
And q merry old pill Nag he
He called for his stocks I'LL he Het hiN30
The dag he cornered y. 2.
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