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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-09-14
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B9DK REVIEW
RELIGION on THE CHINESE.

The Hartford-Lamson lectures deliver
ed at Hartford Theological Seminary by
Prof. de Groot OF the University OF
Leyden. the great authority on the sub
ject According to this scholar the main
base Of the Chinese religion is universal-
istic animism. animation Of the universe,
and Of every being and thing which ex-
lists in 1t. The universe consists OF two
souls, the Yang. representing light.
warmth. productivity. and life. and the
heavens from which these good things
emanate. and the Yin, representing dark
ness. cold. DEATH and the earth. Not
only man. but every animal and plant.
even objects which we usually designate
as dead. has these souls. The universe
is filled with an infinite number OF these
spirits OF light and darkness. and IS,
therefore polytheistic and polydemonistic.
These spirits affect the life OF each In
dividual and the BELIEF In them has ex-
erted a powerful influence on the Gus
toms and culture OF the Chinese. As the
evil specters have the power TO do harm.
1t is necessary to drive them of By magic,
art. deception. or In any other effective
way. The spirits do not die with the
body, hence ancestor worship or soul
worship, which assumes various forms
The Confucian religion is defined as "a
mixture OF nature worship and worship
Of the dead" or as nature worship pure
and simple" II is an intolerant. perse-
cutting and state religion. Taoism has
not arisen above the level OF idolatry,
polytheism and polydemOnism: but 1t
has paved the way for Buddhism. an
allen religion IN China. Buddhism has
never been able 10 supplant Confucian-
ism, and is even losing ground
This brief summary hardly gives an
idea OF the scientific character OF the
work. The religious ceremonies and their
significance are explained; the historical
developments Of the religions. their infiu-
ences on each other are discussed. Since
the principal object Of these lectures is
ito assist in preparing students for the
foreign missionary field" the author
shows the attitude OF these Asiatlc be-
liefs to Christianity and points out some
OF the problems which the missionary
may expect TO meet IN spite OF the
technicality OF the subject, there are few
big words. and the book may be read
by the average intelligent layman with
out difficulty and with profit. II helps to
understand the Chinese mind and its
views on life and religion. CNew York:
The Macmillan Company
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BENEFITS OF CANNED MUSIC.
Photographs and Primo Players Are
Real Aids to Appreciation.
F-ray, fbe CbFc.,. T-,-tr- Dee

Photographs md Primo Players Are
Real Aids to Appreciation.
From the Chicago Evening Post
! This everlasting harping on 'the study
Of the score" in which we have been In
/ dulging. might lead the casual wayfarer
/ In our town 70 imagine that all our music
lovers are excellent pianists. Alas, we
know the town too we'll TO delude our
| selves with such vain does.
/ II the man OF the house cannot play. as
! probably he cannot. there IS the wife: or
/ II her fingers have grown stln through
/ overpractlce on the family hosiery, there
is daughter; and 81 she can manage moth
ing but the latest barn dance, stu we are
not at the end OF our rope
Now let the highbrows wrinkle their
foreheads in scorn. their eyes in a fine
/ frenzy rolling. and pour out the Walls OF
I their wrath on our devoted head This
fact remains that the great mass OF cur
people who would like TO know something
about the good IN music. and have not
themselves the skill 10 WOO aught with
| their own fingers. need not be altogether
cut of from grace.
/ The value OF the fine records OF the
modern talking machines IS partly under
stood. Last year at the opera we person.
i ally knew number OF people who were
/ there because they had heard the voices
OF the singers mechanically reproduced
until the desire had come upon them to
/ hear the men themselves
You could feel all about you the quick
ening OF interest when the singer began
the strains OF some aria which constant
/ repetition on the machine had ulade IA
miliar, and why not? What could be
more natural than that people should
| take more interest in that which they
4 knew something about than IN what was
| altogether new?
/ We Americans are as yet dreadful cow
| ards IN matters artistic. II Mrs. Grundy
( but raises here eyebrows we flush and
\ tingle all over as we hasten 10 deny that
we ever listen to any canned music. %
which is stupid and provincial. Why not
| honestly admit that we have not thorough
| knowledge OF this modern music, but are
anxious 10 learn and willing 10 take
whatever we can get?
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-09-14
The Game OF Politics.

From Life.
The game OF politics, like chess, IS OF
ancient and obscure origin. It's invention,
however. is usually ascribed to the devil.
1t was played with varying success among
the Egyptians and Babylonians, and has
continued in favor down to me present
day. on one side is the public and on the
other is the politician. Now, watch care
fully'' says the latter, and nonchalantly
he manipulates the walnut shells. The
problem is then for the public to guess
under which shell the pea is. Or. to
change the figure. the game may be
likenod to the marriage service, in which
the politician swears 20 love. honor, ard
obey the public. Within a week. how
ever, the bride usually proceeds to Reno.
Thrust your public affairs to me-"
says the politician, "and I will misman-
age them TO the best OF my disability,
waste your money, raise the tax rate, and
corrupt the legislature. And what Will /
charge for all that? Oh, mere baga-
telle-the difference between what things
are worth and what you pay for them"
Is it any wonder the public holds such
a man in honor and esteem?
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-09-14
TO-DAY IN HISTORY.
Birthday of John BarneveIdt- September IA.

Soldier by occasion and lawyer by pro-
fession. John Of Barneveldt was one OF
the most famous OF the Dutchmen who
took their valorous stand against Philip
II Of Spain. He was born at Amers-
fort. in the province of Utrecht. Of a
long line of noble ancestors. on Septem-
Der j, 1549, and at twenty-five began
the practice Of the law in The Hague.
where he soon obtained notice through
his abilities and his sympathetic attitude
with those who were hostile to Spain.
Barneveldt served as a volunteer at the
sieges Of Haarlem and Leyden. and at
twenty-eight was married. A year later
he was appointed to the post OF counselor
and chief pensionary or legal adviser OF
the council at Rotterdam
When he was thirty-five years old he
was chosen head OF an embassy TO Queen
Elizabeth OF England. The Prince Of
Orange. the sagaclous and resolute leader
Of the Dutch, had been assassinated. and
the Spaniards had been generally sue
cessful under the Prince OF Parma. The
cause OF the Dutch seemed hopeless, and
it was then that Barneveldt was sent TO
England 10 olAeA u fllLaptNn the Sow
erefgnty OF the United Provinces.
Elizabeth would not accept this SOW
ereignty. but she agreed TO send over to
the patriots substantial evidence against
the Spaniards. Under the command Of
her favorite. the Earl OF Leicester, she
did send an expedition. The Dutch con-
ferred supreme and absolute authority
on Leicester, while Barneveldt was raised
TO the high Office Of advocate general of
Holland and West Friesland.
Leicester proved to be arrogant aud m
competent and Barneveldt vas the man
10 whom the Dutch looked TO curb the
Englshman's power Thus, It happened
that he had the states appoint Maurice
the young son OF the murdered Prince Of
Orange, stakeholder and captain general
and in doing this he helped to place IN
the highest position the man who was
afterward to destroy him.
II was the prudence and energy OF
BarneYeldt that brought order and pros
perity to the states. and though he at
tempted TO resign when his work Of re-
Mobilization had been we'll started, the
states would not accept his resignation.
He was sent on several embassies to for
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-09-14
Some More Cheating.

In New York City, where they investi-
gated the weights and measures used
20 serve the public and found many OF
them short. thus starting a crusade
against this sort Of cheating that has
gone all over the country. they have
turned their attention to another sort
Of cheating that has been going on for
long time. The matter has been
called 10 public attention by Mr.. Dris-
COLL the head Of the New York bu-
reau OF weights and measures. Looking
into the traffic OF certain jewelry estab-
lishments, he has discovered that the
marks on jewelry are not only meaning
less, but are used only to deceive Pretty
nearly any average citizen who purchases
an article Of jewelry looks for the stamp
on II, and II It is marked Tx or '1Sk''
or Sterling" he accepts that as a sort
OF guarantee.
Mr.. Driscoll had some OF the articles
so marked tested. with the result that
he found gold rings marked fourteen
karats that assayed only four or five
karats; others marked eighteen karats
contained gold OF only ten-karat quality
or fneness. He found bracelets stamped
solid gold" that were only brass with
a thin veneer OF gold. the jewelers. justi-
Tying TO themselves the deception BY the
fact that the veneer covering the brass
was solid" so far as It went. Mr.. Driscou
found the same sort Of facts in regard
TO silver. Many OF the articles marked
sterling were only sterling pewter or
white metal, and had absolutely no silver
in them at all. AS a result, Mr.. Driscoll
says that the practice OF false marking
and OF deeeiying the public Is systemat-
ically followed.
In Great Britain the penalties FOR this
sort OF cheating are severe. The han
marks OF the jewelers. guilds are as
sacred and inviolable as the efigy OF the
monarch on the. coins; the penalty for
counterfeiting coin OF the realm is not
more severe than the penalty for false
marking or for counterfeiting the guild
marks. In England a gold article
marked eighteen karats is almost certain
10 be OF precisely that quality. while
the penalty for cheating In this respect
is so severe that any article marked
sterling" is sterling without doubt.
It is time that the American public
was safeguarded from these cheats.
and we are one with Commissioner Drls-
COL when ne demands that the law OF
certifcation for the precious metals be
amended so that its violation will be a
serious crime. We are sure all reputable
jewellers would welcome statutes that
would put an end to this cheating. There
are hosts OF people who want to wear
Jeweiry. and do wear it. even when It is
made OF brass or copper OF imitation
precious stones. But they should be al
lowed to know just what they are buy
ing We hope SINCERELY that Commits
sioner Driscon will be successful in his
crusade.
Whatever makes for a higher stand
ard Of honesty in dealing or trading be-
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-09-14
FISHES THAT Club TREES.
From the Christian Herald.

From the Christian Herald
There is a fish in India which can
climb. Therefore II is called the climb
ing peroh-though. in point OF fact. It Is
not a perch AT all. according 20 the
marks Of our American perch.
This singular creature has a little els
tern OF water in its head. so that the
awful droughts that often afilct its ma
tive country have no terrors for II.
When the little fresh-water pool in which
It lives dries VI IN the summer. as 1t
often does FOR days or even weeks az
time. this queer fish stays alive by
means Of the water In its head. Water
on the brain. which kills human beings.
keeps this climbing perch alive.
Sometimes when its home pool dries up.
II burrows into the mud and lies there
torpid until the rains refill its little lake.
Others seem 10 prefer to shuttle along
overland until they find another pool.
II used 20 be said that these fishes
climbed cocoanut palm trees In quest
OF the milk One reliable witness tes-
titled that he caught one on the stem
OF a tree i've feet from the ground.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-09-14
THE MUSICAL TYPEWRITER.
Creature OF Don Barbieri's Brain n
Wonderful Invention.

A0h .
Wonderful Invention.
From the London Express
slgnor Mascagni. the great composer
is at present writing an opera on what is
practically a musical typewriter.
The inventor OF this remarkable instru-
ment, which is called the "automusico-
graph" is Don Angelo Barbieri, a com
patriot OF signor Mascagni. he explained
20 an Express reporter how to compose
with mechanical assistance.
His apparatus consists OF meta
frame containing a row OF thin steel bars
The frame is fixed behind the panel OF a
cottage plano so that each bar rests on a
key. and when a note is struck on the
plano the bar rises and brings small
mixed wheel into contact with a revolving
roll Of paper.
Don Barbieri, who is a curate at Ma.
rudo. near Milan. declares that the idea
Of the automusicograph came to him ir
consequence OF his violent antipathy tc
writing music.
II am not by any means a composer,
he said. but have often wished that
for my own pleasure. 7 could. without
using pen and ink. record the variou:
'nothings which I strum at random or
the piano. and II occurred TO me thai
means OF doing this would be a rea
blessing to musicians who have an aver
sion TO writing out their music.
my instrument is the result Of -four
years work I knew very little about
mechanics when started. but two years
ago the rough outline OF this apparatus
suggested itself to me, and have beer
perfecting it since.
Don Barbieri showed two letters from
Signor Mascagni. in which he expressed
HIS delight with the automusicograph
Signor Mascagni declared that it sur
passed all HIS expectations. and was nov
employed in recording his new opera
'1sabeau."
At present there are only two complete
automusicOgraphs in existence-one IS IN
the possession OF the author OF "Caval-
leria Rusticana" and the other is that
on which Don Barbieri gave a demon
stration yesterday.
The rights for the automusicograpt
have been acquired by Ernest CrichtOn
Of Bristol. who Is confident Of a great
future for the instrument. The cost Of
recovering lost chords" in this fashion
Is about $50
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-09-14
Danger in street Music.

From the Loudon Chronicle.
There is danger in street music. The
other day the street organ outside the
shaving saloon stirred the BARRIERS
tongue "Odd how It is they get those
catchy tunes" he said. II find myself
'umming 'em without knowing 1t. And
I've seen a gentleman here clipping c
customers air to the tune-snip-snip-
snippety-snip-like that" This writer
started up. half shaved. and requested
the barber. who lowered with the razor
to send outside and tell the street organ
to play something that wasn't synco-
pated.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-09-14
Paying the Price.

The American public may sympathIze
with young Robert Winthrop Chanler,
but how old John Jacob Aston, whose
descendant he is. would despise the man
who. laying his name and his fortune
at tho feet OF notorious actress. allows
himself at the last to be kicked out Of
Europe for some more favored lover. and
who goes YEARLY down the gang-plank
Of a steamey, wailing that his fortune
is gone and that his wife allows him only
$40 a month.
Undoubtedly the young man deserves
all that has happened to him-though, as
he has rich relatives. some of whom dis
like notoriety, he viii probably not be
forced TO go to work for a living. When
Nine. Cavalieri first came to this country.
she brought some OF her admirers with
her. Among them was the Russian
Prince Dologoruh Young Chanler met
her soon after her arrival. as most Of the
rich young bloods in New York have q
habit OF meeting foreign women OF noto-
riety when they come over. Whether he
fell in love with her personality or with
the halo OF notoriety that surrounded her
does not matter. He attached himself
to her. and though she repulsed him time
and again. he hung on. and finally pro-
posed to her.
When she accepted him it was young
Chanler who announced the fact. and
Nine. Cavalier confirmed the news IN a
rather contemptuous way when the New
York newspaper men asked her about it.
At any rate young Chanler was happy;
he was with her often in Broadway.
and when she went abroad he followed
her.
From Paris came the news that they
were welded. and after that they drop
ped out of public notice and the world
supposed they were happy. OF the mari
tai troubles that beset them, the world
would know nothing now If It were not
for the wOe-begone husband himself. who,
bewailing the ingratitude Of a S9O-a-
month allowance out OF what was once
handsome fortune. has told tales out
OF school. She never loved him; her
sweetheart OF old. Prince Dologoruki. APP
peared again on the scene. and Cavalier
has told her husband to get away and
not come back.
That IS the price that this scion Of the
shrewd old founder OF the Aston fam
lily has TO pay for his folly. 1t IS the
usual price that is demanded Of men
like him who put pleasure and self-grat-
ihcation above all else He is not so old,
fortunately, but that the lesson may do
him good and he may turn out a fine
American citizen after all.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-09-14
WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER "A. 1914
"a Hopeful Chaos. {"

The present decentralization OF tho Re-
publican party has recalled 10 the IN
dianapolis star an observation made by
a once famous Hoosier George w. Ju-
lan. concerning a situation much akin 20
this.
He called It "a hopeful chaos"
1t will require much optimism on the
part of our Republican friends-their
woes now daily accumulating-to view It
in tho Julian light. but an unpessimistic
country may we'll and complacently ac-
cept that aptly expressed logic. For
there is logic-concentrated Wisconsin
II.
Out or chaos good often comes Cha
otto conditions produce quick solutions
necessitate them. II anything could pos
sibly bring the warning Republicans 10
their senses. certainly the stunning result
OF the election in Maine ought to do so.
1t emphasizes and Eliminates party dis
cord more than anything else has done.
And the Maine rebuke IS only prelimi-
nary to Establishments to come.
But whether the Republicans DO
brought 10 their senses or not-and It is,
Of course, too late 70 set things Alright
for November-there is hopefulness IN
the present chaos in the thought that It
will make FOR the rehabilitation OF the
Democratic party-create a real opposi-
ton party and inspire II 10 be constructive
and not destructive; to be sane. yet pro-
gresslve. and, above all. determined ever
TO uphold the principles and institutions
Of this republic. now menaced by agita-
tors, theorists, and faddists
The country needs such party-needs
It more urgently than ever before IN its
history-and out Of this Republican chaos.
hopeful in this aspect. we trust and be-
lieve such a Democratic party viii come.
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Long May Walt Mason Wave!

A Philadelphia writer and cartoonist.
John seanlon by name. was found dead
in his room a few mornings ago, evil
IDENTIFY a suicide, and in the favorable
press comments upon his career Il was
stated that he wrote prose and poetry
for magazines and newspapers over the
pen name walt Mason"
The usually weIl-informed journal. the
Philadelphia Record, even identified him
to its readers as Walt Mason himself
the beloved poet. optimist. and philoso-
pher with whom Washington and other
cities maintain a fond daily acquaintance
through the medium Of his prose-poems
that adorn many optimistic newspapers,
The Washington Herald among the num-
Der.
II Is only fair 10 the memory OF the
Philadelphia genius gone beyond 20 be-
lieve that his reportorial biographers
went wrong. and that he never pro-
fessed to be the author OF the Walt
Mason sayings. OF used that pen name
in marketing his literary wares. He
could hardly have been even q disciple
or follower Of Walt Mason. for such
disciples and followers day by day are
so filed with good cheer that invariably
they live long and happily. Not one Of
them ever was known TO embark upon
the dark journey via the laudanum route
as did John Scanlon.
Walt Mason-our own apd only Walt
is pleasantly domiciled at Emporia,
Kans., healthy and happy as a lark, and
there. with William Allen White. he
helps edit thriving daily uplift paper
while scattering sunshine and smiles
throughout this blessed land
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eign powers. and his Journeys always
bore good fruit
The step that aroused against him the
un6ying hate Of Prince Maurice, whom
years before he had elevated 10 supreme
power. was his negotiations for a truce
with the Spaniards. Maurice wanted the
war to go on, because his own position
was more powerful during hosulities, but
Barneveldt managed to secure a twelve
years truce, after obtaining a recogni-
ton Of the provinces. Suspicious OF Bar
neveldt's honesty were artfully circuIat-
ed. and the great patriot suffered in
popular esteem.
The conflict between Maurice and Barne-
veldt went on. Maurice aiming at the SOW
ereign power and Baneveldt resolutely
maintaining the freedom Of the republic
Religious differences also existed, AIau-
rice attempting to have Calvinism adopt
ed as the state religion, and Barneveldt
opposing the purpose.
Finally Barneyeldt was arrested by or
der Of the prince. in September, 1918, and
after a mock trial. was executed at The
Hague. on May g. 1919. His sons four
years later attempted TO avenge his
death, but one was beheaded and the
other escaped to Spain
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-09-14

The Cincinnati Commercial-Tribune sug-
gests Mr.. Roosevelt as president OF a
mothers club. The Pittsburg Dispatcn
wants him as secretary Of the society
for the prevention OF cruelty TO munich
palities. We nominate him as grand mas
ter Of the Split Inhnitive Association.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-09-14

From tbs Detroit Free Press
Did you DO much fishing or your va
cationT'
NC; every time we had minnows FOR
bait the wind was too strong 20 so FISH
ing. and every time there wasn't any
wind TO interfere. we didn't have any
bait"
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FoiIedi
From succsA


He was very bashful and she tried to
make it easy for him. They wers driving
along the seashore and she became silent
for a time. Whats the. matter?" he
asked "Oh. feel blue" she replied
Nobody loves me and my hands are
eold' you should not say that was
his word Of consolation, 'for God loves
you, and your mother loves you. and you
can sit on your hands,
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From The Chicago News
Kind Lady-Aren't you the man I gave
a. piece of cake to last spring?
The Hobo-Im dat same, ma'am
Kind Lady-I suppose you have been
at work ever since?
The Hobo-I can't tell er lie ma'am.
I've BIN IN de horseplttls ever sence
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-09-14
Too Much Advice,

From the Toledo Blade.
One scientist says buttermilk is III
furious to health and other scientists
declare it Just the thing. The time is
coming when we will have to eat and
drink what we like and trust to PrOvi-
dence.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-09-14
Neglected Opportunitiea.

This is the site OF an ancient city"
announced the Arab guide. "As you see.
not one stone remains upon another"
You fellows lack enterprise" COM
mented the tourist. why don't you take
some Of this building material and con-
struct some ruins7"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-09-14

Prof. Garner says he has taught q
monkey to say "feu," when it wants
match-thls being the French for fire.
But as monkeys do not smoke. such edu-
cation seems futile.