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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-01-14

"Once I'm four years is enough for the
sort OF things Boston has gone through, "
says the Boston Herald. II Is too often
for some Of the things washington has
gone through-last Inauguration day for
instance
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-01-14
Mr.. KnOx's Aggressiveness.

From the Norfolk Landmark
IN yicw Of Secretary KnoLs aggressive Man
ohurian Railway dsliECTEnoe which has Rugersd
japan che Otncal lyuching Of the late Minister
Crane appears stranger than ever
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-01-14
The President and Governors

From the Boston Transcript.
In calling a second annual conference q governors
az Washington next week. the President is mani
Testing respect for the initiative Of his predecessor
This second conference IS likely 70 have more definite
rrsnIfs than the first
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-01-14

that Is hardly fair or convincing. Besides,
having in mind your wager with the New
York World, you ought not to undertake
the preIudicing Of the case so violently.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-01-14
Mr.. Pinchot's Appointment.

From tho Boston Herald.
It's easy to exEgEcTata tho influence Of some men
on other men. Mr. Roosevelt may have stamped
his individuality on Mr. PinchCt, but TO President
Mckinley belongs the credit Il his appointment.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-01-14

Don't be a meglornanlac" will hardly
become as popular in this country. we
imagine az was Don't be a mollycoddle,"
although It would seem TO be equally as
good advice
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-01-14
The Wolf ut the Door.

From the Karsas City Times.
DO you fnd It hard 70 keep the wOif
from the door,
Gee. If there was wolf at the door.
I'd Kill him and make soup"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-01-14
In Goggles.

There's a masked man at the back
door"
Horrors! is he after my diemonds?"
mo. madam He only wants to borrow
can Of gasoline"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-01-14

A Western man wrote a poem recently,
This got the poem in print. which may
have been what he really was seeking TO
aCcomplish.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-01-14

Husband what shall we call the
baby?"
oh. 1 dunno" said the professor
Don't bother me now. I'm trying TO
think up a name for a new microbe"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-01-14
TO-DAY IN HISTORY
Benedict Arnold, the Traitor January ii.

made bTigadler general in the British
service. Born in Connecticut, he was
compelled to find himself a home among
the British thereafter. and following the
war he lived in London, where he died
While he was in Philadelphia in HIS
two years previous to becoming a traitor
to his country, he became engaged TO
pretty Peggy Shipper. daughter of
the Chief Justice of Pennsylvania, whom
he eventually married She was with him
at West Point when he received the news
Of the capture of Andre, and she fol-
lowed his fortunes thereafter. diving in
London on August q, 1904, three years
after the death of Arnold. His treachery
TO his country made the best element Of
the British people turn from him when
he went to make his home among them.
and only a few rabid Tories would as
sociate with the traitor during his last
days.
An English historian notes that his
commercial enterprises proved unfortu-
nate and his latter days were enbittered
rot only by self-reproach for his trea-
son, but BY pecuniary embarrassments
and the dread Of want" This same writ
CT, however, tries TO excuse him under
provocation and temptation he acted in
famously. but his character does not de-
serve the exceptional infamy with which
1t has been not Unnaturally loaded in
America"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-01-14
The Cook Situation.

From Life.
ButIer-Ledy Cray and the new cook
are waiting below stairs. madam
Mrs. FTost-Show the cook up first. Jor-
Edns. Lady Gray can wait, but the cook
won't.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-01-14

.sThe people are thinkers" suggests the
Charleston News and Courier. And what
some Of the regulars" in Republican cir
cles are thinking would hardly be safe
TO print moreover.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-01-14

&c. o. p. may yet come to be accepted
as meaning Grand Old Plnchot,' says
a contemporary. And, on the contrary,
as merely having meant Get out, Pin
chOtr'
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-01-14

An Ohio judge recently decided that
poker IS a game OF chance; and now
comes New York judge and decides It
IS nothing of the kind. II requires no
learned psychologist to guess the sort %
game each Judge plays.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-01-14

Feet are growing larger" says the
Chicago Post. That paper has the cour-
age If It's convictions. despite ancient
merry quips and jests
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-01-14
Surely Not Modest!

From tie Kansas Cl,y Tim9s-
she has made a modest fortune out Of
her barefoot dancing"
Modest, nothing"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-01-14

As we understand the Houston Post
Texas not only had more lynchlngs than
any other state last year, but they were
more majestic, uplifting. and awe-inspir-
ing than the measly little lynchings Of
other outside communities
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-01-14
Nothing New.

I'm little rusty on my Shakespeare
What was the trouble between the Mon
tagues and the Capulets?"
Same old row. There was a love af-
fair and each family thought its Off
spring was marrying low"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-01-14

Atlanta is not the whole State" AYERS
the Macon Telegraph. That hoarse guf-
faW you hear is Atlanta's.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-01-14

THE Balinger- Pinchot squabble IS 10
be aired, says the Los Angeles EX-
press. Well, It might not be bad idea
TO mix a little formaidehyde with the air.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-01-14
Seeing Their Finish.

From the Boston Transcript
Lawyer-What is your occupation?
Witness-Tm piano finisher.
Lawyer-Be a little more definite. Dc
you polish them OF move them!
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-01-14

The legislature IS in session. and Dea-
con Hemphgn Is coming 20 town. What
more could Richmond ask Of kind for
tnne2
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-01-14

"Jim Jeffries refuses 70 talk" says a
sporting item. Alas, poor 'Jefr We
knew him well, 4 fellow Of Infinite biz.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-01-14

Long hair has become the fashion Tor
men in London" notes the Savannah
News. Is this a concession 20 the SUI
fraCettes2
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-01-14
4 Compromise.

= VII II y tIftNVs
"In Act II you are supposed 10 be Sc
verely wounded" explained the manager.
so I don't wish you to take a curtain
call. Il spoiis the Illusion"
Il might be carried before the curtain
on stretcher," suggested the actor.
NO; Il won't do. I'll let "a doctor 90
out and issue bulletins If you Ike"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-01-14

The fact that the D A. Rters have
come out FOR conservation means more
war, and plenty Of g.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-01-14

But when the pork BARI heaves in
sight the Congressional waters VIII grow
as calm. uurufled. and placid as a lake.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-01-14

We think G. Pinchot might easily get as
much as q per word for few remarks
exclusively submitted.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-01-14
Mr.. AIdrich Mods.

Prom the New York Evening Post.
Sometimes Homer mods and sometimes even AID
rich's cunning deserts him.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-01-14
Too Much EspionaRe

The small boy feels Ike a slave,
His every act a crime.
But for his parents he could have
A bully time.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-01-14
So - 800 49,

The Washington Herald rightly admires
and perhaps rightly attributes to the
Christmas spirit new near-poem. which
the Observer recently presented with
appropriate comment What would life
be without the near-pOets?
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-01-14
Not Exclusive Enough.

whats the tariff for scorchingc"
Five dollars"
"Pshaw, At that rate anybody can az
ford % exceed the speed limit"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-01-14

AIN1l l--e -NlN-1si-a-l HIeasr
More in sorrow than IN anger. more in
pity than in scorn, viii the paragrapher
dismiss the little Brooklyn doctor. with
all his faults he was good 10 them" says
The Washington Herald But the trouble
is, they will not dismiss the doctor.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-01-14
From the Columbia state

From the Columbia state
The Washington Herald reporfs that
Mai John Ross. OF the Charlotte Observer.
weighs 900 pounds. Just suppose Mai
Ross were a bale OF cotton at present
prices.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-01-14
she DIdn,t Comprehend.

Yes I am going abroad"
And how are you going TO arrange
your itinerary
Il understand coronet braids are the
latest thing"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-01-14
From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.

TT u" VI fINIIi IlIII iIIltIiII
Who reads the Congressional Rec
ord?' " inquiries the Deseret News. Well,
the proofreaders, anyway. even II they do
get salary for Washington Herald.
And how do you know that the proof
readers read It?
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-01-14

Frcm tie Chattanooga Tines
a blind tiger located ia a well has
been raided IN Tennessee. The neighbor-
hood viii now have TO find some other
vastly deep from which 10 can up spirits, "
says The Washington Herald. They don't
need Vastly deeps. The spirits come from
beneath the earth, from It's surface. from
high, low. and level places. They are not
at all particular about their place Of
residence.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-01-14

from me richmond Times DlsTatfn,
What the Democratic party needs, "
begins The Washington Herald hopefully.
sis not so much leaders as followers"
What the Democratic party needs is not
so much getting more advice. as taking
some of that already gotten.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-01-14

to
justice
(s2O opened the first silver mine in
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-01-14
From the Charleston News and Courier.

From the Charleston News and Courier.
The Washington Herald has been study
ing the foreign words on the menu cards
of the hotels and translating them for
tho benefit Of fits readers, Il is entirely
correct when it says that cafe" means
coffee, except when It means something
else, place. for example, where all sorts
OF things are served, and that JUS
means gravy or juice. It is also correct
when 1t says that "demitasse" means
IAN after-dnner cup of Coffee but we
must insist that The Herald should not
pronounce It as II Il were spelled dernI-
tasSy. II says that frontage" means
cheese. and that "cOusOmme" means
clear soup" but It has failed 70 inform
its readers what "canape" Is. That's
what we want TO know, not that We like
1t at all. but for the enlightenment Of the
Savannah Press, which thinks that it is
a new way Of spelling a mosquito net
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-01-14

Prom the New York Herald
The Chautauqua circuit IS, after az,
the great megaph0ne through which
come the major laundering of the more
familiar variety Of political reformcr." o.
Washington Herald Evidently a mis-
take. Our contemporary means a talking
machine
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-01-14
PRO AND CON.

FrCm the ElmlI Advertiser
The poet OF The Washing on Herald.
who has been taken to task for attempt
ing TO rhyme gone" with morn" pleads
Ia extentuation the fact that he is from
Georgia, where gone is pronounced
''g-o-r-n." Oh, the resourcefuIness Of
these newspaper mem
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-01-14
Pm The rrrr-ltarn.r s-l-..

Frym the P11zzltauney Spirit
The Washington Herald suggests that
''the worst thing 1903 has 10 answer for
is the Oh you kid" idiocy and we can
only hope that it may now safely be re-
garded as something that belongs TO the
past
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-01-14

F. Provost, well-known business man
Of New York, who Is at the Shoreham. III
speaking Of Mayor Gayuors administra-
ton. said yesterday that there was a
great cleaning-out going on II the present
This cleaning-out process, however
said Mr.. Provost, lis not of the odorless,
nobody is aware that ANYTHING out OF the
ordinary is going on. ON the contrary,
the cleaning-out and brushing Up that's
going on now is Of the old-fashioned
kind, with lots Of dust and noise. and
overybOdy's attention is being called 10
it, New brooms always sweep clean"
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-01-20

PLAYS AND PLAYERS.

Lillian Russell is making hit in
The First Night"
S. Miller Kent is to return to
vaudeville in a playlet called Sin
certify"
Berenice Golden is to replace Kath-
crime Kaelred in "A Fool There Was"
shortly.
II. G. Wells is at work completing
the scenario for his play, When the
Sleeper Wakes"
Lewis Waller, the London actor.
manager, is inviting the submission
to him of romantic play
George Arliss has once more re-
sumed his place in the title role OF
"Septimus The play is to be given
on tour
Miss Annie Russell is to appear al
the New theatre, New York, in 1.-THE
School for Scandal" as Lady Teazle
this season.
The play by Ernest Poole in which
the fine actor, John Mason, is shortly
to appear, is entitled 1.-THE Man Who
Had Been Blind"
Miss Billie Burke will make he,
appearance in New York as Mrs
Dot" at the Lyceum theatre, about
the middle of February.
Fanny Ward is shortly to make
her debut in vaudeville in New York
According to her announcement she
will use a condensed version of Van
Aliens Wife,
Next season Mrs. Fiske will pro.
duce a new comedy by Langdor
Mitchell, author of THE New York
Idea" the finest comedy Of manners
in English since THE School foi
Scandal"
The Messrs Shubert make known
their intention to build two more
theatres in New York One is to be
lcCdCou vi r OTIS -tuiTu Street, III
rectly opposite the carriage entrance
to their Lyric theatre
Winchell Smith, author of "The
Fortune Hunter is at work on q
dramatization of Randolph Chester's
story, Get Rich Quick Wallingford, .
and Clayton White, a favorite of the
vaudevilles, will act it in the spring
Elizabeth Marbury has recently
purchased from Daniel Frohman the
foreign rights of Burt Theodore
Sayre's play, "The Commanding OF
ficer," which is now being presented
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18th success at the savoy theatre.

with success at the savoy theatre.
New York
Grace George is to return shortly
to the New York theatre to appear
as Beatrice in Much Ado About
Nothing" She will also appear as
Lady Teazle and Beatrice in London
in the coming revival of the plays
by Beerbohm Tree.
Charles Frohman has just pur-
chased from Francis Wilson the
rights to produce 1.-The Bachelor
Baby" in London and on the CONT
nent. The play will be given by the
Duke of York's comedy company in
London, with no person starred.
H. Denman Thompson, who ap-
peared for years in his own play
THE Old Homestead" will begin a
vaudeville engagement in New York
on January 81. in sketch called
Joshua Whitcomb," named after the
character he impersonated in "The
Old Homestead.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-01-20
The Ideal Woman.

The ideal woman seems to be a
subject that most men do not tire
of discussing, and the clergyman
who asked for opinions from the mer
of his congregation got answers
somewhat at variance as to details
but agreeing in essential particulars
Not long ago another clergyman In
this city assembled the opinions Of
pillars of his church on the subject
of THE Model Wife" but on the
present occasion 1t was the unmar
ried woman who was the subjec
matter of the argument.
One man said she must be "ful
of pure fun that she must be ar
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-01-20
THIS Is MY 51ST BIRTHDAY
Lucius Y. Littauer.

Lucius n. Littauer, former men,
Der of congress and for many years
prominent in Republican politics in
New York state, was born in Glovers-
vile, NJ Y, January 20, 1859. He
was educated at Harvard college,
where he was prominent in athletics.
In 1882 he succeeded to his father s
extensive glove manufacturing bus
mess in Gloversville. Since 1895 he
has been a member of the national
and state conventions of the Republi-
can party He was representative
from the Twenty-seconi district of
New York in the 55th. seth, 57th
and 5Sth congresses, including the
years 1897 to 1905. In 1906 he re-
fused an unanimous denomination to
congress and retired from politics to
devote his entire attention to the nu-
merous financial and industrial enter
prises in which he is interested.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-01-20
THIS DATE in HISTORY-JAN.2 20.

IHlS DALE I'm hAoAoAsL -O1AAN. ~
1776-The Georgia provincial
congress organized at Savannah
with Archibald Bulloch as president
1777-The British defeated near
Summit, n. ].
1SO1-John Marshall appointed
chief justice of the United States.
1815-Josiah w. Begole, nine
teenth governor of Michigan, born in
Livingston county, New York.
1S41-Hong Kong coded to Great
Britain.
63-Confederates captured the
vessels Morning Light and "Veloc-
ity," blockading Sabine City, Texas.
1S70-Rhode Island placed statue
of Nathaniel Green in the capitol at
Washington.
1S86-Serious disorders in the
Hungarian parliament.
1891-King Kalakaua of Hawaii
died in San Francisco.
1S93-Ten inches of snow fell in
various parts of Mississippi.
1S95-The packet state of Mis-
souri," with crew and passengers,
went down in the Ohio river near
Louisville.
19OO-John Ruskin. famous Eng
lish writer. died Born in 1919.
19O3-WireleSS messages eX-
changed by the president and King
Edward VII.
1907-The water in Niagara river
reached the highest point on record.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-01-20
THAT PROPOSED STATE ROAD.

North Central Washington will
need to be represented in force at
the good roads convention at Aber-
deem in order to insure a proper pre-
sentation of the needs of this part
of the state for a state road. Re-
ports to the effect that a move will
be made to divert the proposed route
from the Wenatchee valley to the
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-01-20

individualist. and not a copyist In
fashion: that she must not deal in
gossip. Another astute observer and
|diligent seeker after knowledge de-
clared that she must not gush or use
slang or hobnob. unchaperoned. with
younger men. The collected opin-
ions would fill whole series of copy
books with maxims of a lofty NOR
atty and austere philosophy, and any
young woman who undertook to live
up to them would have little time
for homework or plain sewing. and
no time whatever for social diver
sion.
The man who said that the ideal
woman must have a lively sense OF
humor seems to have spoken wisely
A business man. tired out after the
days grinding MOL and turmoil, met
his wife as he stepped from the
train. One of the passengers in the
smoking car remarked the fact that
she wore flowers and had a CHEEKY
laugh. THAT laugh he said, lis
worth a great deal to that man"
1t is a question whether the de-
velopment of the ideal woman does
not require the associative assistance
of the ideal man. Mr.. Man is per-
L.
law as to what Caesars wife shall be
without thinking enough of what he
in turn is bound to do to satisfy heI
requirements. The ideal woman may
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-01-20

tanning. 1t has been unoccupied for
the last year and is taken UNFINISHED
by it's new tenant
China maintains the largest staff Of
any legation in the United States, hav-
ing at present no fewer than nine Secre-
tarieS and attaches. which staff Is like
~ under the new envoy TO be still fur
ther increased. Mr. Chang Tang, who
is accompanied by his wife and large
retinue of servants. comes direct from
Pekin, but has served his country in
Tibet and has made several previous
visits to the United States. He is one
of the prOgressives of the present gov
eminent. The establishing of home
In the smart residence district and his
known desire to strengthen the bonds
of friendship between his country and
the United States are taken as evidence
that China will enter into the active
social campaign of the winter. in which
the diplomatic circle will play a most
conspicuous part.
An American family that will be
much in the public eye abroad in the
future is that of Richard G. kerens
of st. Louis. recently appointed United
States ambassador to Austria Hungary.
Mr.. kerens is man of great wealth.
and much of the social splendor which
once marked the American embassy at
Vienna will be restored when he as
SHINES the duties OF ambassador. He
is a distinguished Roman Catholic.
which is the state religion of Austria
and Hungary, and that is expected to
add to his popularity and usefulness at
that court.
Mrs kerens is a charming hostess.
and her home In st. Louis has been
the scene Of many elaborate entertain
ments and social events. Abroad she
Is well known and extremely popular.
Miss Gladys Kerens is strikingly
handsome girl and was debutante
two years ago. Her coming out party
on that occasion was one Of the great
social events of the year.