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The Washington herald., 1910-07-09

Army orders are being issued from the
War Department recalling officers from
detached duty and sending them back
10 their regiments. This action is neces-
sary because Congress failed to enact
legislation 10 increase the commissioned
personnel Of the military establishment
and because urgent calls have been re-
peatedly made by regimental command
ers for the presence with their companies
OF the numerous captains and first leu
tenants who are on various kinds OF duty
which separates them from their troops.
II remains 10 be seen how long this re-
duction Of the number Of officers 90
detached duty can be maintained. Some
roo officers are absent from their COM
mands on account Of duty which has to
do with the instruction Of the militia.
recruiting for the army. instruction al
the military colleges, and duty with the
special staff corps and the general stan
OF the War Department
It has been asserted that the War De-
pertinent could recall many officers from
this detached duty. although such action
would be TO the decided disadvantage Of
the tasks upon which such officers were
engaged. There are some classes Of de-
taehed duty from which officers may
not be recalled, such as recruiting duty,
which work calls for young. active, and
enthusiastic. officers, and for which
few retired officers are qualified. It
must be assumed that the military au-
thorities have not kept officers on de-
taehed duty for any purpose Of demon
stratiOn. since. If any such scheme were
contemplated, much better results could
be obtained by returning officers
10 their commands and leaving college
and militia billets untitled with the GER
tainty that the demand for officers In
those directions would reach Con-
gress and might lead to the legisla-
ton for army increase. in behalf Of
which many recommendations have been
made by the War Department during the
past two years.
As a matter Of fact, some Of the as
signments to detached duty have been
made by the exercise Of influence. re-
CARELESS OF the necessities OF the duty
involved and with indifference for the
disadvantage to the military establish
ment II it were possible for the admin
istration, so far as it relates TO the
military personnel, to adhere strictly 10
the best interests of the army. Congress
might be convinced that the military per-
sonnet should be increased If detached
duty IS to continue to any such extent as
has hitherto prevailed. and which has
found some companies without any Of
their regular officers and some regiments
serving with not more than half their
commissioned personnel or with officers
transferred from other regiments. II IT
shall turn out that the recall OF officers
from detached duty has had no serious
effect In any direction. it may develop.
on the other hand, into Congressional
sentiment that detached duty can be con-
tinued without so much absenteeism,
with the first consideration Of the eff
cheney Of troops as against duty which
separates army officers from their com
mands.
The Washington herald., 1910-07-09
SUZANNE LEARNS TO SMOKE.

Rather Painful Process, and the
Game Was Not Worth the Candle.
From tbs Baltimore Evening SUI
/ met Suzanne a few minutes later
Have you ever smoked?'' I asked in q
whisper.
once or twice" she replied, but IT'S
not bit OF sport I was at q house
party where every woman smoked last
year. and. OF course. II was necessary for
me TO learn. There was a German bar
Oness among the guests. and four Amer
team girls and an English woman, and
they all smoked like chimneys. sat I'D
o nights, learning. Il was q very painful
process Tobacco. NY dear. burns your
tongue Also Il makes you deadly faint
and seasick, and when that stage is
passed and you can smoke like a veteran
Il is not half as nice as chocolates.
My cigarette kept going out all the
time. and when I did succeed in keeping
II lighted IL did not taste Ike anything In
particular. Believe me. the game Is not
worth the candle; and still, am glad I
know how to do ft, because there are
places nowadays where u one says she
does not smoke she Is considered hor-
ribly squeamish and out OF date.
"All the girls whom I know, smoke;
most OF them have very smart silver
cigarette boxes which their brothers or
Aances keep filed for them with the best
cigarettes. And where, a few years ago,
smoking was pursued in secret, was
thing not 70 be admitted on any account.
now it Is done perfectly openly In such
conspicuous places as on the decks OF
steamers. and in many restaurants on the
other side and a few on this. / know
married women whose husbands taught
them TO smoke They say it makes the
wives better chums."
The Washington herald., 1910-07-09
An American shakespearean.

In the death, in HIS eighty-third year. of
William James Rolfe. America loses a
scholar of ripe literary attachments, and
one TO whom vast number of Ameri-
cans are indebted. For, while IL VIII not
do TO say that Prof. Roife ''popularized''
Shakespeare. It is certainly true that,
recognizing the need OF an edition or the
works OF the immortal bard" that should
be full. adequate. and scholarly without
being cumbersome. he labored for thirteen
years in furnishing IL He began the
Rolfe edition OF Shakespeare IN 1870, and
it was not completed until 1885, It's forty
volumes are standard as complete as
scholarship could make them, and they
are used not only by most educational
institutions in this country. but an Eng
land and Canada as we'll
Prof Rolfe was an author, also. His
''satchel Guide to Europe" written first
In 1872, proved such a convenience. espe-
ciaiIy TO American tourists abroad, that
IT has had 10 be revised yearly ever since.
bringing It up to date. Early in his
scholastic career he wrote a Latin gram
mar which has had a wide vogue; he was
the author OF Shakespeare, the Boy"
and he furnished the twenty-second
volume OF the new Century edition OF
Shakespeare. Besides this. he was q IRE
'quent contributor 10 the reviews and
magazines, especially on shakespearean
subjects. which were his hobby.
But It was as an editor that he did the
greatest work and the greatest volume
Of work. His shakespearean editing was
monumental. and his name will be for
ever identified with that Of the Bard OF
Avon; but for all poetry he had a nice
feeling. which made it particularly ap-
pTOpriate for him to edit editions OF
Gray. Mrs. Browning, Robert Browning,
Lamb, Macaulay. Wordsworth. Goldsmith
Milton, Tennyson, and others. And It
viii be found that his selections and edi-
tons Of these poets have come into
popular use, because Of the high value
OF his commentaries and notes. As head
master at Dorchester. Lawrence, Salem.
and Cambridge ne made his reputation
as an educator and he numbered among
his pupils some OF the great men Of his
time. But It Is by his permanent contri-
buttons 10 English literature that he viii
live in the minds Of his countrymen, and
his lifelong devotion to Shakespeare and
the results from that study which he
gave TO the world are likely TO live as
long as Shakespeare himself.
The Washington herald., 1910-07-09
After we.ton,. Laurel..

Prom the Berlinsr Morgenpost
The American Weston viii have 10 sur
render his laurels to the viennese Han
slimn If that great pedestrian accom-
plishes what he has undertaken. He has
already gained international fame by
wheeling his wife and child around the
earth in an enlarged baby carriage. He
returned recently from England. where
his wife is buried, and some day before
July ! Will begin a pedestrian trip from
Hamburg TO New York. accompanied by
his fOurteen-year-old daughter He has
no funds and will work his way with g
camera, having the newspapers as his
best customers L will reach New York. .
he gays. without boarding an ocean ship.
Ny route will be through Austria. CALI
ella. Russia, Siberia. across the Bering
strait on the fee, and then by way OF
Alaska and Canada to New York, where
hope 70 arrive In 1914"
The Washington herald., 1910-07-09
Prize Fights and Fight Pictures.

After all. the astonishing thing about
the spread OF the anu-hght picture SEN
timent throughout the country is the fact
that 1t should be considered astonishing.
Success might have been anticipated. If
one had inclined to view the matter IA
tionally, from the very first.
There seems to be no disposition TO toll
crate the pictures In any quarter City
after city has pronounced against them
In the United States. and even Canada
and England are opposing them in spots.
and probably VIII oppose them unaui-
mousiy later along. The public was
quick 10 recognize the menace in the pro-
posed exhibition Of these motion pictures,
and it was equally as prompt in act
ing. The fight pictures are not wanted
anywhere. and. even if they are exhibited
IN some few places. they are fovedoomed
TO failure as financial propositions, any
way.
This situation should greatly encourage
those people who are opposed to prize
lighting In general and who ara anxious
The Washington herald., 1910-07-09

Col Roosevelt has only begun. and II
would be wrong TO infer from the defeat
the primary bill experienced at Albany
that he is beaten man, according to
Harry S. Wilbur. Of Buffalo. N. Y. who
is at the Arlington.
This temporary setback IS all that
Teddy needed" said Mr. Wilbur, Ito
arouse his fighting temper, and you may
rest assured that he is thoroughly stirred
up by this time, Col Roosevelt smarts
under defeat. and IL there is any way at
all TO turn defeat into victory. Teddy IS
tho man to do it, and he Is trying mighty
hard Just now to accomplish this end.
am inclined to believe that he will sue
coed, and IL ne does, there Is no telling
what the result viii be OF course. It
would make him at once the master OF
the whole situation in New York. and
everybody knows what that means. New
York being the most important State In
the Union from a political standpoint.
Teddy knows that he is fighting a fight
for political existence just now, and he
cannot afford to lose. No one knows that
better than he does
The Washington herald., 1910-07-09
TO-DAY IN HISTORY.
Braddock's Defeat-July 9.

To-day is the date OF the defeat OF
Gen. Edward Braddock. the British com
mander OF the Kings forces In this coun-
try in 1855. At the time the French pos
sessed the valley of the Ohio. and, with
the assistance OF their Indian allies. they
devastated the English frontier Finally
the English government awoke to the
necessity Of vigorous measures TO rescue
the endangered section. A campaign was
planned 10 expel the French from Ohio.
and wrest from them some portion OF
their Canadian territory The execution
OF this great design was intrusted to Gen.
Braddock, with force which Il was
deemed would overbear all resistance.
Braddock was a brave and experienced
soldier He had learned the rules OF war,
but had no capacity 10 comprehend its
principles. IN the painless forests OF
America he could do nothing better than
strive 70 give literal effect to those max
inns, which he had found applicable IN the
well-trodden battle grounds Of Europe.
The English general had heard such
accounts OF Washington as a soldier that
ne invited him to join his staff. The
latter, eager 10 efface the memory OF a
recent defeat. accepted the offer. The
army finally began its march westward
from Alexandra. Braddocks object was
10 reach Fort Duquesne. the great center
OF French influence on the Ohio. This
fort had been built by the English and
taken from them by the French. II stood
at the confluence Of the Allegheny ana
Monongahela, which form the Ohio River
az this point
Fort Duquesne was a rude piece Of
fertilization The English commander
had no doubt that the fort would yield
10 him directly he showed himself before
H. Benjamin Franklin looked at the pro-
ject with his shrewd. cynical eye. He
told Braddock he would assuTedly take
the fort II be could only reach Il; but
that the long. slender line which his army
must form in its march. would be CUT
like thread into several pieces by the
hostile Indians Braddock is said thai
have smiled at his ignorance.
Franklin was engaged TO collect horses
and carriages for tho use Of the expedi-
The Washington herald., 1910-07-09
THE SEASON is ON.

MiliersEiDe. Nd. July s-Judgs
Robert 7. Hough. who IS entertain
ing & party Of his angling friends
at his country villa near this place.
reports that he sighted yesterday
the first school Of whales seen his
season IN the Potomac. They were
toward the left bank Of the river.
but the Judge thought they were
right whales. and they were NOV.
ing leisurely up toward Great Falls.
A fishing party vas at once organ
lied, bit at the last moment it
was found that Billy Swormstedt
had baen using the harpoons for
beer openers. and before they could
be put in shape the flock Ct whales
had disappeared. This is the first
year in which whales have been
seen SO far Up the riyer so early IN
the season.
The Washington herald., 1910-07-09
LICENSES REFUSED.

Harpers Ferry. W. Va, July e.
Licenses for fishing In the waters
Of the Shenandoah and the Potomac
were to-day refused by the game
wardens 70 Mai. Sylvester. Dr,
Walter Hardin. and Col. Dan
Ransdell. OF Washington. d. c.
The game warden said his duty
was 70 protect the fish. and that
these three applicants for license
were well known TO be 50 skilled
in the use Of the fy rod that il
was simply accessory 70 murder BE-
fore the fact to issue licenses to
them. One day last season these
three anglers took from the waters
Of the Shenandoah no less than
i.5e2 black bass, SIC crappies. i29
perch, Is gar, dogfish, and
shark.
They VIII apply to the District
Commissioners for an injunction.
The Washington herald., 1910-07-09

I'VE warrant that when the Depart
ment of Justice borrowed Mr.. Cannon's
Bible, It was found to be in an excellent
state of preservation notes the Louis
vile Times. Still, from the way some
people talk Of Uncle joe" one would
be justified IN concluding that he reads
bis Bible pretty regularly for some pur-
pose or other.
The Washington herald., 1910-07-09

ton. and he did what was required Of
him in silence. The expedition eTept
slowly forward. never achieving more
than three or four miles In a day, stop
ping, as Washington said, 80 level every
mole hin, 70 erect bridge over every
brook"
The expedition had lefs Alexandria on
April %. and II was not until July that
Braddock. with half his army, was near
the fort. There was yet no evidence that
resistance was intended. The army march,
ed along road twelve feet wide, IN a
ravine. with high ground in front and on
both sides. Suddenly the Indian war
whoop burst from tie woods A MUIR
derous fire smote down the troops. The
proyincials, not unused TO this warfare.
sheltered themselves behind trees and
fought with steady courage. Braddock
clinging TO his old rules. strove 10 main
tain his order OF battle on the open
ground A carnage. most grim and Ia
mentable, was the result. His undefend-
ed soldiers were shot down by an unseen
foe For three hours the struggle lasted /.
then the men broke ana fed in utter rout
and panic.
Braddock, vainly fighting, fell mortalIy
wounded. and was carried of the field nv
Some OF his soldiers The poor pedantic
man never got over his astonishment az
a defeat so inconsistent with the estab-
iished rules Of WIZ WHO would have
thought it," he rIurmured, as they bore
him from the field. He scarcely spoke
again, and died on July g. Nearly 500
men. killed ana wounded, were lost In
this disastrous encounter-about one-haIf
Of the entire force engaged.
July Q, 1856. is the date OF the forming
Of the League Of Augsburg, and the day
on which the articles of confederation
were signed n IT'S. It is the birthday of
Thomas West, Lord delaware Q5TD:
Elias Howe. the inventor QsiO: Philip
P. Bliss. the composer Qss0; John D.
Rockefeller. the merchant $3.50. and WI
liam F. Villas. Secretary OF the Interior
and Postmaster General under Cleveland
ls4Q. Il is the date OF the death OF
Zachary Taylor, twelfth President Of the
United States Qs59).
The Washington herald., 1910-07-09
COMING HOME

Nova Scotia. July S-Mr. ". B.
Hibbs, Of Washington. d. C., has
given up his angling trip OF this
coast. He only tried 70 catch fish
for twenty minutes. and then an
nounced that he had enough.
"Whyf" asked his friend.
"Oh, said Mr.. Hibbs there
are just as good fish on the menu
as ever were caught In the sea"
And 50 he left
The Washington herald., 1910-07-09
EDITORIAL NOTICE

We beg 70 cali the attention Of
our numerous and highly intelli-
gent readers 10 the present issue d
The Big Stick, which is. as We an
uOunced = week ago, 20 be a fish
ermen's special numbsr. You wiz
find here authentic ash stories from
many Of the most distinguished dis
ciples Of Izaak Walton 20 be found
within the District We may fur.
ther say that the authenticity Of
each Of these stories has been
vouched for By those most inter
estcd.
The Washington herald., 1910-07-09
ONE CENT.
SERIOUSLY INJURED.

While bathing IL the Y. 81. c,
A. swimming POOL yesterday even
ing Dan Callahan, Ralph Lee. and
I'd. Graham were attacked BIZ
sharks. which, before assistance ar
rived. succeeded in seriously biting
several members q the party. One
shark Of the hammer-head variety
bat Graham 50 severely In the small
q the back as dangerously 10 IL
jure his bathing. suit. Another one
chewed for a long while on the leg
CT Ralph Lee, but as no blood
flowed from the gaping wounds II
turned its attention 70 Callahan,
who. however. by Gdroit and fancy
swimming. learned st Old Point.
managed 70 elude its vigilance. The
sharks are unusually yoracious this
year, owing to the high cost o.
living.
Up. S.-This item was furnished
b. d. 5. Porter.)
The Washington herald., 1910-07-09
A LITTLE NONSENSE.
THE FASHIONABLE scENT.

THE FASHIONABLE SCENT.
The fashion papers have their views
And some decree
IT'S proper for man to use
Perfumery.
But others look at this askance
And frankly say
They cannot perfume countenanee
In any way.
think that perfume has its place.
1t is. ween,
Permissible to use a trace
OF gasoline.
The Washington herald., 1910-07-09
SATURDAY. JULY 9. 1910
Home News Away from Home

Washinstonisns who isavs the
city, either for a short or long
stay-whether they so TO mountain
or oeashore, or even across the sea
Should not fail TO order The
Washington Herald sent to them
by mail II viii come regularly.
and the addresses will be changed
as often as desired. II is the home
news you will want while away
from home. Telephone Main $500.
giving old ard new address.
The Washington herald., 1910-07-09
LIST.

AS some day it may happen that a
victim must be found.
I've got a little list, a tiny little
list.
OF pestilentisl nuisances who should
be underground.
They'd meme Of them be missed
they'd none Ct them be missed
There's the guy who slaps you on
the back and bawls. by gum,
its hctr
The fend who says. You're look
ing hercel" when you hope
that you are not;
All people who knock Roosevelt
and say he is a mutt,
Suggest that Taft IS on the blink"
and laugh al Archie Butt;
And that worst Of all disturbances,
the champion pGgilist-
They'd none q them be missed !;
they'd ncne q them be missed
BEDL0E BEY.
Read the Rineviile Burie fo.morFow.
The Washington herald., 1910-07-09
On an EauaI Footing.

From the New York Evening Post
Before the dicta Of he Roosevelt who IS Doctor
q Paris Berlin. Oxford. apd Cambridge, We hum
by bow. q course, with the rest Of the void To
question them world be something worse than lese
majestic. But the eass Is necessarily different with
the Roosevelt who is merely an editor. He has 70
take bis iuk-splashing with the rest of the craft.
The Washington herald., 1910-07-09

From the Catholic Standard and Times
Mrs. starvem-How do you Ike the
chicken soup. Mr.. Newbord?
Mr.. Newbord-o-er-is this chicken
soup
Mrs. starvem-certainiy How do you
like it?
Mr.. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS certainly
very tender.
The Washington herald., 1910-07-09

From the Buffalo Express
Il just passed Smiths house, and a
crowd around made it look like a riot"
What was the natter"
Smiths cook was leaving. and his
neighbors were hanging around waiting
TO hire her.
The Washington herald., 1910-07-09

Of crabs, Of which each member OF
the varsity eight caught a number.
Crabs here are not taken with bait.
but are seooped out Of the water
with the aid Of oars. most effec-
tive way.
The Washington herald., 1910-07-09
The Twins.

From the F1ieEende Blsstter
can your father always distinguish
between your"
Nc; not always. If either of us gets
into trouble. he whacks US both to make
sure"
The Washington herald., 1910-07-09
Isaiah Rerg,s Footwear.

FrOm the Philadelphia Record.
Isaiah Berg. OF Milton Grove, has a
pair of Sunday" shoes that he has worn
TO church every Sunday for thirty years
He also has a pair Of everyday" boots
that he has worn much OF the time for
twenty-five years.
The Washington herald., 1910-07-09
NC Fnmons Texnns.

From the New YORK Tribune
For he honor Of being the greatest living Tezau
# seems to Be toss up a. present bstween Cone
JOhnson and J. Arthur johnson
The Washington herald., 1910-07-09
spitefuI Thing.

From Illustrated Bits
Edith told Clara, under promise of
absolute secrecy, Of our engagement
Fred-And she has spoken OF 1t every
where7
Edith-No; the spiteful thing never
mentioned Il
The Washington herald., 1910-07-09

themselves righteously. The only diff
Guilty. Of course, would be in determin-
ing just when the little fellows were not
exercising proper control over them
selves.
The Washington herald., 1910-07-09

A Maryland farmer plowed up 5000
the other day. while a Missouri farmer
planted some. liver pills. thinking they
were radish seed. The back TO the soil'
movement has its ups and downs. of
course.
The Washington herald., 1910-07-09
Three of a Kind.


From Puck.
Some men seem 20 be born failures, :"
remarked the Sarcastic Sage OF Skeedee;
some achieve nothing but failure. and
some ask advice and then actually fol-
low It."
The Washington herald., 1910-07-09
wonder what WIN Happen.

From the Wichita Eagle.
Many Of tho newspaper fraternity are wondering
Just what Dr. Abbott. editor q the Ouiioek, Is go
ing to say to his associate e5itog whea the distin-
guishsd assistant puts IL the traditional touch for
a raise.
The Washington herald., 1910-07-09
THE ANGLERS WOE
1t was an angler on the lake.

It was an angler on the lake
Full bent upon his task.
The bait he used for the fish wal
cake:
His bait was in a flask.
Each time a fish he failed to hooh
Upon that flask he'd take lock.
He fshed out in the broiling sun
The fish they were 2ccurst;
aud he hooked not a single one,
But be caught fearful Thirst.
The toddy In his flask was strong,
So cheerfully he fished along.
At last. it seems. he fell asleep;
The sun was awfully hot
He came TO where the bank wa:
steep
And where the sun was not;
And haf-aWake. half Ia q dream.
He laid him down in the cooling
STRAIN.
And never more to his wife re
turned
That angler with the flask.
She Of his cruel fate ne'eT learned
Nor had the nerve to ask.
She never knew that drowned ID
lsy,
While the fish all lived to another
day.
The Washington herald., 1910-07-09
Pur.uit of Kno,rIedRs

From the Wheeling intelligence.
In Pittsburs. man tickled a mule S
hind leg with straw 20 see If II would
kick. 1t did, but he has not heen able
10 tell the doctors yet whether he saw
Il or not
The Washington herald., 1910-07-09

According 10 the Detroit Free Press.
Jack Johnson is 10 be elected TO the
Chicago board Of aldermen without OPP
position. Johnson's downward career is
10 be of the rapid-hres order, evidently.
The Washington herald., 1910-07-09
Sew brand of ChriatIanitr.

From the Philadelphia North American
The divinity faculty al Chicago University has IN
vented 4 new ChriHanity." You can harry
blame them, after they have tried 70 make the old
Christianity At that ,eat d learning.
The Washington herald., 1910-07-09

The first voice raised in protest against
the fight pictures may have sounded Ike
a voice crying aloud in a vast wilderness.
but the chorus is swelling louder and
louder every day.
The Washington herald., 1910-07-09

1t win now be charged. perhaps. that
Carragan assembled Mount Mckinley Nor
the purpose Of placing a brass tube and
some fake records about where DR.. Cook
claims 20 have left some real ones.
The Washington herald., 1910-07-09

The Boston Herald recently printed a
picture. Of Mr.. La Toilette and labeled
1t Elmer J. Burkett." That sort of
thing must be extremely discouraging TO
Mr.. La Toilette.