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The Washington herald., 1910-09-06
People Eating Less Meat.

1t would seem that a strange change is
likely to result because Of the sudden rise
recently in the prices OF food products
a change that may have a marked effect
on the future peoples OF this nation.
When meat prices scared 10 a point
where the man with a family and an or
binary income found the cost Of living
too high. there began a popular agitation
against the use Of meat Many deter
mined 10 discontinue the use Of meat al
together, and several journals We're at
pains to publish lists OF foods that. sub
sututed for meat, would furnish the same
food value at much less cost. Many peO-
pie believed this movement could be. at
its best. only an experiment, and none
were more scornfuI Of results from such
agitation than the meat packers them
selves. But the experiment has not
proved a matter for scorn. Says the New
York Journal Of Commerce:
The anti-meat movement has been
successful. The smaller packers are, OF
course, feeling the contraction Of trade
more severely. and their complaints are
becoming more pronounced from week 20
week. The most conspicuous factor in
the present situation. because il Is likely
10 be more lasting Is the pro rata de-
crease IN consumption"
What started as a protest against high
prices became a fad. an experiment, and
now threatens 20 become a change in ma
tiOnal taste Many who tried the expert
ment Of getting along without meat. sub
shutting other food values in their diet
airy. have found the result eminentIy sat
isfactory. Physicians declare that among
the families they visit. the decrease in
the consumption Of meat has become
marked. The restaurants in Kew York
report that the use OF meat for breakfast
has almost entirely ceased. Many fam
files that had meat twice or thrice a day
are now content with meat once a day,
and observers report that those who have
cut down on meat consumption or who
have abandoned II altogether End them
selves much benefited by the change.
So 1t would seem that the era Of high
prices has had the effect Of showing a
good many people some Of the things
they can do without and stiu find life
enjoyable. Many OF US who do not be-
lieve in vegetarianism still believe that
the average man does not need heavy
meals of meat. and the fact that many
people have literally been forced to a
more simple diet probably means a great
deal for the good Of the public health.
Thus out Of a threatened evil it may be
possible that great good will come.
The Washington herald., 1910-09-06

HOME.

There's a little old house on a little old street
In a little old bit Of a town
Where The honeysucke Is breathing sweet
And nights as the sun goes down
A childish Treble is raised in song
That fits in the perfumed glOam:
And Oh. the DAYS they are hot and long
When I am away from home
There's a little white bed IN a little white room
In that little old house upstairg
And through tn window the sweet perfume
that the summer br,eze upbears
Drifts in. and stops where two little girls
kneel white 10 the purple gloam
And pray-and the wind stirs their yellow c1rls-
For daddy to come safe home.
There's a little yard round the little cot.
And the rose trees grow mp high,
And the porch is cool and when days are hot
The eye Of the posserby
Looks into the nook where the children play
With hearts like the liEh. sea foam.
And the stranger smiles as he goes his way
With whisper whose end is Home
There's little woman whose cheeks are red
With the roses Of days gone by
And you would know by the bending head
And the red lips c1rving why
That wheresOevcr his paths may lead
How far IN the world be fares,
The man's heart turns when the days receds
To the woman and babes upstairs
There's a big soft place in the daddy's heart
That aches when the night comes down.
When the woman and he are whole miles apart.
And far from the dear old town
He knows the babies are by Their bed
With their mother near by and then
The whisper comes iron each curly head:
Bring daddy home rafe Amen
Judd Mortimer Lewis. IN Houston Post
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WESTERN WOMEN IN THE EAST

Western Women in Eastern Lands is
the title under which Helen Barrett Mont
gomery pleasingIy offers AN outline
study OF fifty years OF woman's work IN
foreign missions" The cumulative facts
and incidents OF her interesting and i'm
pressive story are grouped under such
chapter headings as What Our Mothers
Have Told U.s." Ladies Last" The
Women Behind the Work." and The
New Woman Of the Orient" A closing
discussion OF Problems and Policies,
an index and statistical tables increase
the reference OF a volume that should
find warm welcome among missionary
workers and enthusiasts. The study
questions and hints following each chap
ter render the book useful FOR classes
and clubs. CNew York: The Macmillan
Company
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DUMAS WON THE WAGER.
Famous French Novelist Wrote Vol
ume I'm Sixty-sfx Hours.

Amouh i EcmCn NONeust wrote VOL
ume I'm Sfxty-six Hours.
From the London Chronicle.
For rapidity OF composition the prize
among novelists must be awarded 10
Alexander Dumas. who died with more
than 5000 books 10 his credit. in all OF
which he had some share. According TO
Mr. Arthur T Davidson. one OF his
biographers. he often declared that when
once he had mapped out in his mind the
scheme Of a novel or a play the work
was practically accomplished. since the
mere writing Of II presented no difficulty
and could be performed as fast as the
pen could travel Someone disputed this
and the result was a wager.
Dumas had IN his head the plan OF
the "Chevalier de Ia Maison Rouge" OF
which he had not yet written a word.
and he made a bet OF 100 louis that he
would write the first volume OF the novel
in seventy-two hours. The volume was
70 be formed by seventy-five large fools
cap pages. each line fifty letters. In
slxty-six hours Dumas had done the work
in hts fair, flowing hand, dishgured by
no erasions-and the bet was won with
six hours 20 spare.
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fused. even If they should attend every

fused. even II they should attend every
day. He says:
Shall we tell the sick man that he
must first make some progress toward
recovery, that he must az least get rid
Of his most unsightly sores, before he
may venture 10 call in the all merciful
Healer OF Souls7 or that he rs so sick
that a daily visit from the Physician Is
not to be thought of2'
No; the primary object OF the Eucharist
Conference is the cure OF souls. and the
result Of this wonderful pilgrimage is an
increase Of faith and strength; added
.piety-an impulse toward the higher
things Why it is that from these con-
ferences the church and the people
gather so much strength no one is capable
.of explaining; the TACT remains. Last
years Eucharist Conference In London
served 10 show the growing importance
of the Catholic Church IN England and
doubtless did much toward that change
IN the coronation oath which required
the monarch to declare himself an
enemy Of Roman Catholicism. The won
der Of this modern crusade is not to be
explained; It is. as the Pope says. The
neffable mystery"
AS in the old days OF the Crusaders,
80 to-day they come. weary pilgrims.
from all quarters Of the globe Rich and
poor alike. they viii gather in Montreal
before the same shrine; avow the same
faith appeal by prayer to the Universal
Father. 1t is a moving and inspiring
spectacle In this age of modernism and
liberalism in religious matters. Il shows
that the old faith is still strong and a
power for good in the world God is
not Knocked" but His glory endureth
forever
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the peril Of putting out to the wreck in a
boat
Not so his gentle but heroic daughter.
She could see. by the aid Of a glass. the
sufferers clinging TO the wreck. and
agonized at the sight. she entreated her
father to let her so with him n a boat 70
endeavor to rescue them. - last he
yielded: the mother helped 70 launch the
boat in the water. and the father and
daughter each took an oar And so they
rowed this fearful mile. at each instant in
danger OF being swamped by the waves.
They reached the wreck and found nine
survivors One Of them, a weaver's wife.
was found in the forecabin. exposed 10
the intrusion Of the sea. and two children
lay stiffened corpses in her arms.
The whole nine went with Darling and
his daughter in the boat. and safely
reached the lighthouse. where. owing TO
the severity OF the weather, they were
forced 10 remain two days, kindly attend
ed to by the three inmates.
When the news OF this exploit reached
the coast, all Northumberland was filed
with admiration Grace Darlings name
became known everywhere. and tourists
came from all parts to see the Longstone
lighthouse. and stiIl more 10 see Grace.
They were invited to visit royalty and
were given handsome presents. Grace
had suitors plenty. but she preferred TO
remain at the lighthouse with her par
ents, where she died October %, 1872. at
the early age OF twenty-seven. about four
years after the event which had given
her fame
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From the American Tailor and Cutter.
II cutter ever met his equal he would
never get over II. The reason he man.
ages 10 worry along is because he thinks
he is the only one.
Once in a while you find a really good
cutter He is more than a tailor. He is
also a man.
II all the tailors who talk wise wore
likewise" clothes they would make more
OF an impression.
Why is It that the cutter with the
broken shoulder in his coat talks the most
on how 70 prevent broken shoulders2
The Washington herald., 1910-09-06
The Drummer.

From the Commercial Travellers Magazine.
Drummers seldom pray much, pay
their bills, usually, hate shams. dodge
touches, have warm hearts. quick wits.
much nerve, and more courage, but are
born scoffers. They have good memories.
much humor and a fund Of stories lin
ited only by time. They can preach a
sermon, lead in prayer. time a horse
race, umpire a bali game. make a stump
speech, and have an opinion on every
known subject. from prize fights to the
nebular hypothesis.
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warning Elements within Us.


Rev. Frank Crane. in the Chicago Post.
The Greek and the Jew fight In every
one OF US. Il is the war between the
beautiful and the good, between the JOY
Of self-expTession and the Joy OF self
denial. between the ecstasy OF indul-
gence and the ecstasy or remuneration,
between the love CT nature as II is and
the love OF nature as IL ought TO be. be-
tween marvel at the wondrous universe
as It IS and marvel az the stEH more Won
drous universe OF our ideas.
On the one hand are youth. the over
flowing cup OF sex-dynamic. art. science,
pleasure; on the other hand the lure OF
moral grandeur; here the charm OF how-
ers and trees and green meadows. there
the enchantment Of white mountains.
cold. inaccessible, ever calling. It is the
conflict between culture and religion
The man OF sense win hope for peace
in the triumph OF neither contestant
When the religious emotions have their
fun way they win land US in the
berrenness OF fanaticism. Oppositely, de-
stroy the religious sentiment and you
mutilate life. We must. therefore, main
tain a balance between the two. Then
we have peace. not the peace OF stag
nation, but the peace Of poise, all the
more true and valuable because II can
be maintained only BY vigilance.
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EthePs Washstand.

From the New York Sun.
The other day a family were sending
their furniture to storage. and one OF the
energetic members OF the household
labeled in enormous black-painted letters
each burlapped article. AS the wagon
went down the street the crate on the
tailboard loudly proclaimed "Ethers
Washstand" in letters fully a foot high.
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From the Cleveland Leader.
"All currency is elastic"
How do you make that out %
Haven't you ever noticed how small
dollar is when somebody pays It to you
and how big It is when you have to pay
it to somebody else2'
The Washington herald., 1910-09-06

The attitude OF President Taft under
the present most trying activity of Col
Roosevelt in the politics Of the country
ought 70 be regarded by the American
people with the greatest admiration. &C
cording 10 :. H. Dufour. Of Chicago.
who was seen at the Arlington. and who
| is deeply interested in the outcome OF
T. RS swing around the circle.
1T should not be expected that ROose-
Welt Will keep silent on political ques-
tons. because II was he who made TAFT
possible and practically elected him.
The people would want 10 know his
opinion on all matters Of moment, being
an ex-President and unusually well in
I formed on questions Of public interest.
And again. 1t should not be expected
/ Of Roosevelt that he would indorse Taft.
/ #. in all sincerity. he differ with him.
Roosevelt is a private citizen and. as
such. has a right 10 free speech But
IL must be known 20 him above every
body else that his course Is strewing the
path Of President Taft. who IS trying his
best 10 do his duty as he sees Il with
obstacles of almost insurmountable
heights One thing is certain. and that
is that Col Roosevelt did not decide
TO go out West TO help Taft That being
the case. what IS Roosevelt driving att"
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RnnnInr for nffInr-

I think I'll send a ton Of coal TO every
widow in the district How is that for a
scheme?"
Purity fair. But what II the other
candidate sends coal to them as amt
widows as yet? They control the votes -
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A LITTLE NONSENSE.
THE REALISTIC HOUsEMAID.

You have often seen a housemaid
. In a play:
And she does but little Homework,
By the way.
She pretends to dust a little.
And TO sweep;
But the same is far from paying
For her keep.
She is saucy to her master
And his wife:
And she acts about in stageland
AS IN life.
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sIight1y Ahsent-minded.

From Brooklyn Life.
Lenox-would you call Tenby an alb
sent-minded fellow?
Bronx-well the other morning he
thought he had left his watch at home.
and then pulled il out Of his pocket to
see If he'd have time to 90 back and get
81
The Washington herald., 1910-09-06

The first year we were married we had
more than twenty. the next year we had
ten; this year we have only had four"
What are you talking about?" in
CURED the other lady. "Quarrels or
cooks %
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Now # is discovered that thermometers
and speedometers register falsely. False
weights and measures make for the high
cost of living, and with false velocity de-
vices we can't even tell how fast we are
living.
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Sporting Note.

can I get of to 90 to the ball gamer"
Nix answered the head clerk
Furthermore. you win have to work to-
night The Office is going TO play a
doUble-header to-day"
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Hotel Was Crowded.

IF you remember. I slept in this hotel
last night on pool table"
Il remember" said the clerk
Well did you find q set OF false teeth
in the corner pOcketT'
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FAN Poetry.

That the fall is onward trailing.
We can guess;
When the bards begin their wailing
In the press.
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Charleston. S c.. takes pride in the
showing IL made in the census, but the
travel around its union station Is so
light that they can't keep the luncheon
counter going
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Attorney General Wickersham has dis
covered that Alaska is an empire. Some
day the Cabinet officers will really get
to know something about the country
they work for
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Not Entertaining.

''She seemed bored"
Maybe she isn't fond OF entertaining
callers"
"Oh, guess she Is Maybe we didn't
prove TO be OF that variety"
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A servant girl in New Jersey house
hold has Just received a raise in wages
after thirty-five years faithful service.
All great successes in life are due 10 per
severance.
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AT THE HOTELS.

Mining men Of Colorado. while not op-
posing the general policy Of eonserva-
ton" said G. H. Warwick. Of Leadvine.
Colo. at the Raleigh last night. are
greatly opposed 10 the new issues.
The Nelson Senate bin is particularly
Objectionable. II provides that all mining
claims can be condemned by the Secretary
Of the Interior for water power sites. II,
IN his Judgment. such CLAIMS are worth
more as power sites than as mining
claims. While patented claims are not
mentioned. there can hardly be any
doubt that the language used can be held
by the courts as covering patented claims
also. Therefore, no mining claims stu
ated In a gulch or on the lower hillsides
can be held with any security OF title
II the Dill referred 70 should become a
law While ii is true that many mining
claims may appear worthless no one can
really tell what an undeveloped mining
claim may contain.
Mining laws" continued Mr.. Warwick,
ARE in grave danger OF becoming a dead
letter. IN the forest reserves the rules
and regulations OF the Department OF Az
ricultufe can materially change the in
tent and the spirit Of the mining laws.
which have so rapidly developed the min
eral resources OF the United States and
made it the greatest mining country in
the world. These laws should be modi-
fed only by the advice and with the con-
sent OF the mining people and they
should not be allowed TO become the foot
ball Of the professional 'conservators' and
weli-meaning but misinformed enthu-
siasts.
"BVery miner in the State should be
| protected and guaranteed his rights under
the mining laws whenever he enters a
reserve. Without prospecting. mining be-
comes stagnant. and II Is the belief OF
many practical mining men that the pres
Z ent condition OF mining in the State is
| due 10 the lack OF prospectors on the pub
I lie domain. The sight Of a prospecJOr IN
/ the mountains is becoming a rarity. This
/ condition is due 10 fear on the part Of the
prospectors OF subjecting themselves 10
the whins and fancies OF an agricultural
/ bureau situated in the city OF Washing
ton. This condition Of affairs the Colorado
mining men are determined 10 amelio-
rate"
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They are eating bullfrogs so fast
down in Louisiana they are considering
laws for his protection. Another infant
industry. we suppose.
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A Western man who thinks he is insane
puts forward as proof the fact that he
was married three times IN three months.
Proof sufficient,
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A Life-saver.
From fhe DAM go.

From the Dallas News.
Any way the telephone is very con-
venient 10 the housewife who is ashamed
to look her grocer in the face.
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The Japanese will not allow Chinese IN
Korea, calling them undesirable immi-
grants. II makes a difference whose OK
is gored
The Washington herald., 1910-09-06

Gov. Hughes looked forward to a quiet
life on the bench OF the Supreme Court.
He failed 10 reckon on the colonel
The Washington herald., 1910-09-06

There will be no more grating OF In
dian lands. declares an Official We sup
pose the grafters have got them all by
now
The Washington herald., 1910-09-06

A preacher out IN ST. Louis has been
convicted OF stealing seventeen watches.
He was probably obeying the injunction.
Watch and pray"
The Washington herald., 1910-09-06

The population OK Pittsburg is returned
at $4,000. but It was so thick with smoke
out there that It is thought the census
takers missed few.
The Washington herald., 1910-09-06

A Republican candidate in Wisconsin
was drowned. At any rate. this Is a
more merciful death than being showed
under
The Washington herald., 1910-09-06

The people Of Denmark have moro
money in the savings banks than the
people Of any other nation in the world.
So there is something that is not rotten
IN Denmark
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"Oh. that mine adversary had written
q book" But the colonels literature does
not seem 10 leave many loopholes.
The Washington herald., 1910-09-06

The American people spend S2O.0O0.o0O a
year in baseball And its worth every
penny OF it when you have a winning
team.
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Harper's Weekly has an article on
Seeds Carried by Trains" Yes: they
90 out under Congressional frank, most
OF them.
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Americans homeward bound from Eu-
rope are in such hurry that every ship
is overcrowded. They want to see the
worlds championship series. perhaps.
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Out in Los Angeles a man has been dis
covered who gave his wife just 10 cents
in five years. He was trying TO prove
that two can live as cheaply as one.
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NO man should receive a dollar unless
that dollar is faithfully earned" How
about that dollar-a-wOrd proposition?
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The question OF what to do with our ex-
Presidents seems 10 have taken care OF
itself.
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We thought the only scientific liars
were those Halley's comet fellows.
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Sometimes We Do.

DO We take our pleasures sadly2''
That depends on whether the home
team wins"
The Washington herald., 1910-09-06

September s. 1901. President Mckinley
WIS shot at the Pan-American EXPOSE
ton: President Garfield was removed from
Washington u Elberon. n j., In the
hope OF saving his life in 1851; the rebel
standard was raised at Perth in l745: the
naval battle between the Congress and
the Savage was fought in ISL. and Rhode
Island College became Brown University
in 1894 To-day Is the birthday OF Henry
NJ. Muhlenberg. the eminent clergyman
Gid: Marquis ne Lafayette d750; John
T. Noyes. founder Of the Oneida Com
munity QS1D; Gea William S. Rosecrans
Oslo. William H. H. Miller, Attorney
General under Harrison GS40). and Jane
Adams. social reformer CISCO.
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out in South Bend they have a George
Washington and a William Penn in Jail.
What's in a name?
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Simon Tancosz. Of Budapest. Hungary,
a banker OF the Hungarian capital. who
IS touring America, is at the Raleigh.
Mr.. Tancosz is deeply interested in cleo
tric street railways and their manage
ment. Speaking OF municipal control OF
street railways. the Hungarian said; Il
don't think It Is the province Of a n,u-
nicipality 20 own and control its rail-
ways. We are tangled up in Budapest
with ell sorts OF franchises for different
traction lines Some OF them are about
70 expire and some OF them will run for
more than fifty years yet IN the ma
jority OF these concessions there IS a
I provision that the municipality may. il
/ IL sees TT, take over the lines in ques-
I ton. after a certain number OF years. al
price 20 be hxed by a fair arbitration,
"On the whole. however, we are in
| clined TO the view" continued Mr. Tan
/ cosz. that transportation Of passengers
within a city is clearly a thing within
/ the province Of private capital 10 accom-
plish. There is danger IN the creation
Of an army Of municipal employees. and
! I should imagine from what have
/ heard OF America that this danger IN the
\ long run would be a serious one for you %
! I hardly see how you could escape be-
/ ing forced into a position where the
/ street car employees. by means OF their
votes and by being engaged in a com-
mon occupation. would, in the long run,
| control the operation OF the roads. I
/ believe the municipality should retain a
/ certain amount Of ownership, and that
/ the franchises OF leases should be grant
ed for as short period as is consistent
with the working out OF the capital in
I vested. Municipal ownership by large
cities. however. seems 10 be a dangerous
experiment
The ownership OF railroads by Euro
pean states IS an entirely different ques-
ton" concluded Mr. Tancosz. The
ownership and operation Of the railroads
by the state must be considered, first OF
all. from the political and strategic point
OF view. You might not think Of that ia
/ America. where you have no large stand
ing armies 20 face. but IN Europe, and
| particularly in Hungary. these political
/ and strategic reasons for the ownership
/ Of railroads by the state are frequently
likely 10 be paramount. and you should
study the question from that point Gs
view rather than from its economic as
peet"