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The Washington herald., 1910-01-15
Miss de JanOn's Sad Story.

Roberta BUST de Janon. in explaining
the strange escapade Of her flight with a
hotel waiter, tells a simple story FUN Of
pathos. No one was kind to her in the
way she wanted She seldom saw her
father. Her grandfather gave her money
when she asked for it. and paid her
bills.
"They meant to be kind. but they
We're not They robbed me of my youth.
they did I have not had any youth like
other girls. II has all been shut up in
schools and hotels. I wanted something
else"
And so she ran away-fed from a
life of luxury. with the dog that she
loved. and in company with the only
human being who. since her mothers
death. had shown her the kindness she
craved.
She was resolved upon a different
life. even if it involved poverty and
hardship. She contemplated vaguely
going on the stage. or equipping herself
to earn a living by the study Of type
wriung-anything 10 escape the monoto-
nous, meaningless, shut-in life OF the
luxurious hotel. or the restraint OF the
fashionable boarding school. or course,
it was only "a dream. followed by a rude
awakening; and she returned willingly
enough 10 her grandfather's keeping
fearful, Inundated, yet unrepentant, and
still pleading for kindness and sympathy,
which every contented soul must have.
The story Of this seventeen-year-old
girl Is infinitely sad. What she was
really reaching for. seeking with all her
heart. and seeking in vain. was something
TO take the place Of a mothers love-the
sympathy and understanding and kind
ness that only a mothers love can give.
and the home that only a loving and
devoted mother can supply.
a charitable world may well forget
Roberta de Janon's escapade, and wish
for her the youth and kindness and happi-
ness that every girl should have.
The Washington herald., 1910-01-15
TODAY TODAY IN HISTORY
First Locomotive for Actual Use-January Is.

Upon this day in 1881 was successfully
demonstrated the practicability of using
the locomotive on the road in America.
During the year previous Peter Cooper,
the eminent New York philanthropist,
constructed his famous locomotive en-
CINE called the Tom Thumb" which
was tried on the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad, but 1t was too small to be Of
much service. However. when the Best
Friend" was turned out at the West
Point foundry. n. Y, I'm 1881, il was
found 70 meet all requirements Of those
days
The vast network of railroads that
now cover the United States had its be-
ginning at this time. John Stevens, an
Inventive genius OF the highest order
who had done almost. II not fully. as
much as Robert Fulton for the steam
boat, was now the chief advocate Of
steam railways
A road was soon built from Phlladel-
phia to the Susquehanna, but the cars
first used were drawn by horses. The
action Of Pennsylvania in projecting
canals and railways alarmed the people
OF Baltimore lest Philadelphia steal it's
Western trade. and they decided TO build
a railroad 10 some point on the Ohio
River. Work on II was begun III July
1928, and this was the origin OF the Balti-
more and Ohio Railroad.
The first steam locomotive was brought
from England in 1929, where experiments
IN steam railways had been in progress
The Washington herald., 1910-01-15
Public School Needs.

The District committees of the Senate
and House have a difficult problem to deal
with in the matter Of public school needs.
Eeoaomy is the watehword A curtail-
ment Of the original estimates was abso-
lutely imperative. Some OF the more ex-
pensive and ambitious school projects can
undoubtedly wait without serious harm.
But It is already apparent that delays in
other instances will entail positive hard
ship and in the end result in real financial
loss.
As an illustration in point. the new and
rapidly growing suburb of Park View
offers convincing testimony. Its need of
school facilities is unquestioned. The
board OF education asked for an appro-
priation to purchase a site and erect
twelYe-room building The Commission
ers, though approaching the situation, in
meeting the necessity for curtailment
found it impossible to do more than rec
ommend an appropriation sufficient 10
purchase a site. Now the House COM
mittee has acted adversely on this recon-
mendation. and. If the Senate committee
shortsightedly concurs. Park View will
not only continue to be denied proper
school facilities, but the District will ulti-
mately suffer financially by the enhance
ment in the value Of available sites.
1t is the hardship upon some 400 chill
dren, however. who must meanwhile at
tend crowded schools squares away, that
IS Of pressing concern. While still pTac-
tcing economy. Congress should deal with
this and kindred situations in a Just and
practical way.
Surely the great Capital City cannot
afford to neglect its public school needs.
The Washington herald., 1910-01-15
Prices and the Farms.

It is note Of alarm for the welfare
of the country that is sounded by Mr..
". c. Brown, the president of the New
York Central Railroad. The nation. he
declares. faces a crisis because Of the
rising cost of living and the dwindllng
Of agricultural production and exporta-
ton. He forecasts the sailing of the
last cargo Of farm products from
port OF the United States, and the future
reliance for subsistence Of its people upon
other lands. II must be recognized that
there are present facts that seem to war
rant this pessimism. But does not
economic law point ont the automatic
remedy Do not higher prices for corn
and pork, grain and beef, beckon labor
from the cities to the farms? No more
effective method could be devised for
sending human energy from the streets
TO the fields than the high prices for
food demanded Of those who must eat.
The farmer rejoices in prosperity: shall
not others share in his waxing wealth,
especially when pressed by hunger in the
centers Of Congested population?
AS for lessening exports Of cereals,
that only shows that the country has
reached a stage of development where It
can consume the products of its soil
Steadily the production Of wheat has
moved westward because it pays better
TO use the land of the East for other pur-
poses. The small yield per acre, as COM
pared with other countries. that the
American farmer gathers, Is deplored by
every statistician. But here again en-
tiers the element of cost OF production,
as expressed in fertilizer and in labor.
Land must reach a certain value before
there Is profit in that form of investment.
Moreover, If the people of the country
consume its farm products. does not their
energy go in compensating measure into
manufactures? Rising prices for lum-
Der tend TO restore the forests. Rising
prices for food products should put more
grips upon the plow handle.
The Washington herald., 1910-01-15
GROSS CIPHER AGAIN
Some Further Startling Results of Its Application to
Smokers Gap Rhyme.

same masterpiece & little farther he
would have discovered the follow
ing.
Wherein tie JAM was d-E-n-S-e
and queer;
Alas. ala-C-S. f'T Naudie. dear.
To get that lovely f-O-uatain
p-E-u.
II this has any significance what
ever. IL Is that the author Of the
va-sas-E really Hoo sought 20
prevent the very confusion which
has arisen with regard 20 his ldeu-
tity by couspicUoIsly COMPRISING
the cipher disclosing his own
name into three lines. while dis
Irritating the Oulahan crypt gram
through eleven.
But we are only at the threshold
Of discovery Let Us turn now to
the exquisite lvIlc, Beautiful
snow" credited 20 Hoce. in the
same issue of The Big Stick. Ap-
Fly NiE Gross cipher. and We
obtain the following sensational re-
suit.
Beautiful SNOW! Beautiful snow,
some one should sing OF your
beauty. And So
It's Ne for the Tyre and exc the
the guitar.
And. snow. I viii sing for tust
what sou are!
Nay. III not p-R-aise You IN meas
ures Of gush;
III call you not snow when /
know you're but slush.
I ought not to 90 this-a poet
| know,
But I'm hanged If I IKE you, o
beautiful snow
Here We have q grouping Il let
tsrs which. If we were 10 rush
madly 10 conclusions after the
manner cf Gross. would lead rs 10
tie assertion that SAM WROTE;
sam. Of course, being no other
than that versatile versider, Samuel
g. Blythe. How much finer IL is
to picture the Poet H0OC-tf. indeed.
il be he-embalming in his in
perish8ble lines the names q two
c0labUrcrs in the field q pOesy.
who, whatever their intrinsic merit.
have not as yet wuoed the muse
with anything like his own sue
cess. At any rate the mere sUE-
glstion justites a question as to the
frality Of the brutal finding Of the
critic Gross.
But this is not all. 4 more
startling vista OPENS before the
eyes Of the earnest seeker after
truth. on applying the Gross cipher
10 the poem entitled ~ Toast.
likewise credited il The Big StiC6
To the Bard Of Smokers Gap. Let
him begin anywhere and -sOrk
either backward or forward. Take
the fifth line at random and note
the surprising result:
May all your joys to plus IN
cline.
Your s-O-rroUs take the minus
sign,
May sunshine be your Hearts one
food.
And keep you from IN -gratimde.
May p-A-tienCe show how really
great
II is to labor and to wait;
And when these M-axims trite and
tried,
Your mental self you've got in
side;
Here's hoping you will think them
Sane,
And not say. he gives me a
pain!
JOHN ASNUSi A revelation. /
indeed! Here is a name unknown
to literature. Who is John AsmusY |
The Washington herald., 1910-01-15
Mafered NiIk Stocks.

Milk may not be watered but the CAPT
tai stock Of a milk company is. An ex-
pert who has been working on the books
of the biggest milk company in New
York reports that three-fowths Of the
capital Of S2oCoo0oo was not paid for: il
is merely matter of bookkeeping The
dividends are 6 per cent on the preferred
and 10 on the common stock inflated as
IT is Another concern paid Is per cent
last year and y this, and has a surplus
of nearly a million. \ third company is
shown to have made great profits with
milk at cents. but the dealers pretend
that they had to raise the price 10 9
cents to keep out OF bankruptcy These
are Illustrations Of one class Of facts
that bear upon the cost OF living.
The Washington herald., 1910-01-15
To Which the Greater Glorl

Far be it from US either TO point with
pride or view with alarm, in these press
ing circumstances now engaging our at
tentlOn: but 70 whom belongs the greater
glory for Democracy's share in the recent
Overthrowing of Uncle Joe?" Is Mr..
Oscar Underwood the militant man OF the
hour? Or is Mr.. Champ Clark entitled Ito
have the honor TO report" to the ex-
clusion Of all other heroes?
The Birmingham Age-Herald says:
Whatever Mr., Underwood may have lacked in
national reputation he secured last week when he
urged the insurgents 20 Join hands with the Demo
Gratis in order % bring Mr.. Cannon 10 a true sense
Of the situation. The initiative was Mr. Under
woods, and when the insurgents had slrgsd SUI
fceutly strong, Mr.. Underwood led the allied forces
70 victory. The Speaker ceased to be an autocrat
b. a vote Of l49 70 li6. aud that vote holds good
ard It is conceded It Will remain good
Nh UnderWoods brilliant victory has made him
lion at the Capital and ais friends are anticipating
the time when in a Democratic House 10 will be
made chairman Of the Ways and Means Committee.
thus becoming the leader Of the majority side Of
tie chamber
This sounds decentralization Alabama's
proud eminence and lofty point Of view.
Mr.. Champ Clark commandments
of so much Of Democracy's aggressive
hosts on the floor Of the House as one
can manage 10 hold together, was tech
nically il charge OF the situation Mr..
Underwood was his duly accredited repre-
sentative for the moment, to be sure; but
not his successor in power nor the isolated
srbiter Of Democracy's fortunes. regard
less. Chief Clark had caused mines 10 be
planted here, and torpedoes to be anchored
yonder. Strategic pros and crafty cons
had been considered and settled with
respect 70 this. that or the other move
ment or the enemy II such and such
a thing transpired, the chief pro TEN.
should DO so and so; and should such and
such another thing come to pass, the pro
TEN. should proceed in this wise. And
so forth. and so on
Therefore, what? When Victory perched
upon the Democratic banners and Freedom
shrieked the joyful tidings from Wash
ington to Bowling Green and Mobile Bay.
and even to Danville, H.. whose tidings
were they-righteously-Mr Clark's or
Mr.. Underwood's? Gadzooksi We dare
not say. We pass the problem along 10
that regular depository for trouble,
the Democratic party, and merely venture
TO hope that it will add nothing partlcu-
larry distressing to the ffty-seven vari-
cites of woe already burdening the soul Of
that long-suffering institution OF ancient
and honorable TenOWn
And yet, Missouri TO think that when
the enemy did heave in sight. Underwood.
Of Alabama, was on the bridge and Champ
Clark was Chautauquaing so many miles
away.
The Washington herald., 1910-01-15

ure. In 1881, however, the locomotive
was successfully used In South Carolina.
and within a few years others were in
operation in various aprts Of the coun-
try But for years after this beginning
many Of the cars. even on the steam
roads. were still drawn by horse power
The roads were owned by the State and
the cars and engines by individuals and
corporations
Any one owning a car or an engine
had the use of the road. The engines
were rude machines compared with those
of our own times, but they went faster
than the horses, and this caused much
confusion. Eventually the railroads
passed into the hands OF private corpora
tions. and horses were everywhere sup
planted by the steam engine
The railway as dominating factor OF
modern civilization dates distinctly from
the construction Of the Liverpool ara
Manchester Railway and the trial on Il Of
the Rocket" on October 6, 1890 The
Rocket" was the first engine to embody
the necessary elements of a successful
locomotive The Rocket" weighed less
than FOUR and One-half tons, and hauled
thirteen tons Of freight at tweaty-nine
miles per hour for one hour and forty
eight minutes, a 'hen Unprecedented Eer-
Torrance.
The most recent compilation Of raiI-
road statistics shows that IN TIE Init
ed States there IS a mileage Of 22O, 6}3
operated, with more than 1000 !ocomo-
tives and more than 100000 cars in use.
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Is there such a person. = so,
what are his relations 90 HoJs n
Oulahau ~ BIvtley Is any ore =
them under peculiar Obligations 20
him. either q friendship OF for
service rendered. which Justify
des.r. go hand his meme down 20
Tustc-'y2 II only one Of them
has sustained such relations. then
Tie conclusion Is irresistible That
neither q tEe Others is responsible
for the work hitherto ss-ribed 60
H11e. II. on The other hand. IL
luuElTs that all three have S-s-
tai1ri such relations. then II be-
comes question 90 De determined
bT A. unbiased investigator. Which
s. ihe true plets Or can Il be PCS
siUe that the real author after all
e. john Almus, who in the gen
crosby born q Frat soul has
devoted his heaven begottCu genius
10 ium0r'ahziur the memory u
others. less deserving. while c-n-
tent himself u0 remain Ia Eu1uy-
nous sCCllsi1ll Tie thought
stssges the Imagination. John
Asmus holds the key % the enigma.
Who and where q hey
ELISHA S. THEALL
Capitol. January g.
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Small Capitals of states.

Sacramento. the capital OF California,
feels its local pride hurt because It IS not
larger II seeks 20 escape this condition
by annexation. Its present population IS
about 5G001. IN former DAYS. 1t was
thought wise 20 place capitals either
near the geographical center Of the State
or in places whittier few persons might
be expected TO go save on errands con
nected with public business The ar
rangement has not worked TO the ad-
vantage OF small capitals which know all
the corruption and none of the conven-
fences Of big cities There are capitals
Of such small populations as TO be scarce
II more than villages. like Tallahassee
and Pierre. a number are very small
towns that are awakened from drowsi-
ness only By the advent Of the legisla-
tuTe- There are fifteen capitals which at
the date Of the latest enumeratons had
fewer than 25,Co0 inhabitants each. Mas
sachusetts, Virginia, Georgia, and Col
o-ado are among the few States whose
capitals are at the same time their most
populous cities
The Washington herald., 1910-01-15
A LITTLE NONSENSE.
THE SPEED MANIA.

Some tourists spend a week in Rome;
Some cannot finish II so soon.
You'll see that we were going some;
We did it in an afternoon.
From Rome we straight to Venice went;
Our schedule we had planned with care.
We had no time TO waste, and spent
Exactly forty minutes there.
We saw the Russians and the Scotch
No matter what the place or cline.
We just let out an extra notch.
And finished 1t ahead Of time.
We fairly few across the map,
And when we caught the boat for home,
We found that we had gained lap.
! reckon that was going some.
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vol. III. NO. IS.
EVERY SATURDAY.
Our Motto. Ifyou see il in The Big
sud-. il isn Z necessarily So
BY YE LOCAL SCRIBE.

Bedloe Beg Is still Atlantic
CIyinE-
VII Couch IS a plain-dealing
speIlbinder. Fact,
sam Blythe is out az French LICK
delving into Dante.
Col. William Hart Pennsylvania
Avgnusd yesterday afternoon
Harry Wardman shook hands
with 800 friends Tuesday night
Wonder why Dr. Ramsey and L.
r. Daniel did not run for District
Commissioners
VIII 2. shannon is still an ear
nest advocate Of picket fenoes for
the back yards.
Having ESCAPED the call. D. J..
Callahan continues loyal to Old
Virginia without restraint.
Prof. John Gross, the well known
cipher expert, lectured on the
Baconian theory before the Shsrl,
dan Circle Thinking Clab last
night
Admirer: You lose. Turner Wick
ersham Is not the gentleman who
prosides over the Department Of
Justice.
DR.. Tom H0weTton, the chatting
dish expert Of the Evans building,
saws dash Of tRbasCo VIII i'm
prove the best of Dummies.
Joe Rogers. az the House file room.
entertains the Pennsylvania dele
cation In HIS Office daily during the
hours that the House is in session.
Jim Gordon, the examiner Of sta
tons az the city post-ofice, is
shaking hands with himself that
there IS but one Christmas IN a
calendar year.
Charlie Rogan, Of MasS'chus', the
doorkeeper at the Republican lobby
Of the House. has sent personal
notices to his friends that hereafter
he is to be addressed as Mr.. Charles
ORGAN.
Mai. Charles Melrose Staley de-
clarcs that under no Circumstances
win he become a candidate for the
goyenorship cf Illinois. He says
that he is perfectly satisfied 10
wear the gold lace and trimmings
q 3 major on the governors star.
The Washington herald., 1910-01-15
street Railway Development.

One evidence Of the forward movement
of business during the past year was the
addition to the rolling stock Of the cleo
trio railways Of the United States Of & -.
cars. an increase OF more than IS per
cent Of these, 1895 were Of the pay as
you enter" type. which indicates the sue
cess Of that experiment in urban trans
portation. There remains opposition 10
them. but it is not to the principle. but
20 the method. There IS expressed fire.
quently a demand for the old cross
seats, together with larger platforms
and egress at either front or rear. which
would lessen delays where traffic is con-
Eested.
The Washington herald., 1910-01-15
WORKERS IN THE VINEYARD.

Dedicated the Board Of Trade q COnrnerce
Oh foolish foolish workers who bore the bnnt fray;
Who fought for principles only with
Who dream Of a city with
Pray list old sermon percance We may then
TEXT How little brethren q air
To those Who labor through the DAYS
Is due, you'd think, praise;
But strange TO say, this is So
Unless their horns they loudly blow.
All no. praise. preference place
Is given sggards In race
Who With hot catch the crowd
And hy have their allowed;
Who furnish data tof schools;
Well writ The pens the best Of tools
To carve mighty deeds name
Upon the mosS-gr0wn walls Of am
But ye workers had no hint
And toled industrious at your
But now, get wise and take your ease,
Let others labor. if they please.
Just buttonhoe your neighbor man
and tell him all about YOUR plan
Hot air him till he's black O face.
Then lead him to the polling place.
DO this next name wis,
Won't the bottom list
Z NJ CARTHY
The Washington herald., 1910-01-15
Practical Christianity

from Harper9 Weekly,
ION behalf of the sewing circle Of this
church" said the pastor at the conclusion
Of the morning service. I desire 10 thank
the congregation for fifty-seven buttons
placed in the contribution box during the
past month. If now the philanthropically
inclined donors Of these objects will put
half dozen undershirts and three pairs
of other strictly secular garments on the
plate next Sunday morning. so that ne
may have something to sew those buttons
on, we shall be additionally grateful"
The Washington herald., 1910-01-15
THE ISSUE

The reason Mr.. Pnchot Is inclined
10 tear bis shirt,
And paw the earth. and fan the air,
and make remarks quite pert,
IL that one Richard Balliuger has
said in deadly hate.
MAiAlM6e6lithry-nthtm MMMnny-
teht4fi4SSSI" 'NIMaz!
The reason Air. B. is mad and snort
ing round the place.
And saving Gin Is fun Of rrUnes
and wildly Of his base.
Is that old Gift. in bitterness, has
said, with flashing eye:
ijDDDs56l g. SsS5mmM1IAiunyt TT
Thytuth---Ispr,MMqq
So what on earth it's all about, 1
really can't explain:
No sooner is the lid screwed down
than il b0bs up again
But am told the end Of Il viii
surely be like this:
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. ththtY-
YYY2 1890 l( -DDDmmmty-
ht'
GEORGE H. HARRIES.
The Washington herald., 1910-01-15
EDITOR The Big snck.

L4lAH4 ALt bAb H'sNAH
have Rad with absorbing in
terest the searching Crypticll an
alysis If the WCTk Cf the Poet
Hoe IN the New Years edition q
The Big stick. It Is @ monument
70 the scholarly ingenuity Of its
distinguished author; yet / cannot
but feel that Mr., Cross, than whom
there is no more industrious and
conscientious investigator. has per
mitted himself IN this instance 20
he carried beyond the limits q
strictly scientific deduction In as
sertiug that the cipher he has un-
esrthed offers indisputable evidence
that HDoe IS a conscious impOstor
and that the true author If the
poems hitherto attributed 20 him
is really Richard Y. Oulaban. II
il no light thing % Shatttr the
ideal Of thousands q susceptible
females who have learned 70 repCse
a Cirlish trust in their fsvuTite
singer. locking 20 him with limo
cent abandon for guidance and
light, and It Is % be regretted
that Mr.. Gross. with his acknowI-
edged pre-eminence In the science
Of cTyptogaphy. did not defer his
publication until he had pursued
the subject 70 the end. No one
familiar with his mental habit
would venture to dispute the &C
curacy Of his deductions UP To
THE POINT WHERE HE
LEAVES THEM; but has he
not, in the enthusiasm q
his initial discovery, allowed him
self 10 forget his customary con
servaism in setting down as
definite conclusion what may after
all be merely the key 10 a revela-
ton Of far wider literary slgnif-
canoe?
II is quite true that a study Of
the cipher in Adventures q
Mand' discloSes the name Dick
Oulahan." and also the super
fcially convincing declaration that
Dick did it." but II NIr. Gross
had carried his dissection Of the
The Washington herald., 1910-01-15
Mr.. O'SWAT TESTIFRS.
Editor Stick:

Editor Stick:
Kindly permit me. through tbs
columns of your enterrrisins PAPER,
70 make this formal ackuowIgdC-
mcnt Of the many C-u-tcsIcs extend
ed me during my New Years visit
10 Washington. Especially do J
wish 20 thank DR.. Dodge, q the
Press Club. ami his able associates.
and my lifelong friend. Mr.. L.
White Rusbey.
The Cannon boom for 1872 IS
growing here rapidly.
ODIGNAN SWAT.
Schenectady, \, Y. Jan. Il.
The Washington herald., 1910-01-15
Ancient

From thu Chicago News
CUMBERSOME Of the musical comedies
on the road these days are back num-
bers.
Guyer-I call them problem plays"
Gunner-What in the deuce IS the prob
lem2
Guyer-Why, to discover which IS the
older-the chorus girls or the Jokes.