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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-03-11
Money for Public Buildings.

Delay IN the construction of buildings
needed by the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
needed. as in the cases of the Department
Of Justice and Department Of Commerce
ard Labor-is shortsighted, costly, and
entirely unwairanted.
The senate's action in passing the Scott
bin providing homes for the two depart
ments here mentioned should De imme-
diately ooncurred In by the House Such
a bill ought TO have been enacted into law
long ago. The spectacle of the Department
of Justice occupying inadequate rented
quarters all these years IS n standing dis
grace, as one Of the Senators remarked
in debate. II is excusable or explcable
on no logical ground that We can discern.
The Department Of Commerce and Labor
having been created in recent years. the
explanation Of it's position Is more clear:
but the building Of a permanent home
for II should have been under way months
and months ago.
It is the height Of governmental folly 10
postpone public improvements that must
be made. Uncle sam is not only unbe-
eomingly placed in the role Of tenant. but
the yearly outlay incident thereto would
more than pay the interest on the mil
lions required to construct needed build
ings that would serve for a century to
come.
Equally shortsighted and expensive is
the delay in purchasing the property
south OF the Avenue which the govern
ment has definitely determined to ac-
quire. Each passing year is showing an
honest enhancement IN values. and the
postponement inevitably means a larger
outlay. Buying piecemeal and doing pub
lie work by pieceneaI involves a policy OF
extravagance-not OF economy-and Con-
gress cannot too soon awaken to the
fact
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-03-11
MIR. Cores ExplnnntIon.

From the Hartford Cogrant.
Mr.. Gore. OF Oklahoma, voted against
the postal savings bank bin, though It
was originally his "steadfast intention"
TO vote for il. He did not leave the Sen
ate in ignorance Of his reasons. The
bill. he said, had received "a hypodermic
injection Of constitutionality." A will-o'-
the-wisp from the mountains (AIr. SmooD
had been busy with IT, Il believe that
this measure is a Trojan horse, and that
a central bank will be found within its
hollow sides.' said Mr.. Gore. TT has
been converted from a buckler for the
protection Of the people into a guillatine
for their destruction said Mr.. Gore. II
am willing TO set the dove on her own
eggs TO hatch out peace and promise for
the poor. he said. but I am unwilling
to set the dove upon the serpent's eggs.
which. when Matched out, are to sting
both the mother and the poor TO the
death" No wonder the Oklahoma folks
talk OF their Senator's eloQuence with
pride and a touch of awe!
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-03-11
Case of Collector Stone.

William f. Stone is an accomplished
politician. persona grata in high degree
TO Republicans who attend national con-
ventlons and man Of recognized i'm
portance in the party's councils when
ever the vote of the State of Maryland
is at stake.
But is he the right sort OF man to nh
the position Of collector of the port of
Baltimore? Frankly. we have some mis-
givings. even in spite OF the assurances
of the Republican press OF that city that
the charges are unfounded and inspired
wholly in the interest OF a rival candi-
date for the place.
In these days OF governmental reforms
a political boss Is not the ideal man for
official duty
The country has been given an ex-
ample of what can be accomplished in
reforming the customs service by the
magnificent work done by Collector Loeb
at the port of New York. He has
brought honesty out OF corruption and
IS saving the government countless thou
sands OF dollars.
That Baltimore offers a field for SINH
lar reforms we have not the slightest
doubt.
It may not be good politics to displace
so eminent a politician as Cot Stone
from so desirable an Office. but it seems
to us it might be good business. And
in the end, good business usually becomes
coed politics
It is gratifying to find that the nomi-
nation has been held up pending a full
investigation OF the complaints made by
Baltimore business men. If a vindica-
ton comes out of this investigation and
Col. Stone is shown to be as capable
and efficient a collector as he is a
Ehrewd and successful politician, then
his reappointment and prompt conhrma-
ton should follow naturally.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-03-11
The ProfessionaI southerner.

Roland Ellis. in New York American.
A professional Southerner is one who
wears a broad-brimmed hat, who stands
around the lobby Of hotels In the North,
who never heard a bullet sing, but who
throws a lit every time the band plays
Dixie" He usually halls from either
Georgia or Mississippi
A professional Southerner always at
tends banauets and prefaces HIS remarks
with the statement that he is from the
other side of Mason and Dixon's line
lie always plays strong on the name Of
a family that never fought. We who
have been in the troubles Of the SOS.
through our forbears, do not talk.
a man can be a loyal son Of that great,
beautiful Southland without tearing off
his shirt and yelling blue murder when
ever the foreign band in a restaurant
starts playing Southern war songs. There
is only one national hymn in this coun-
try, and that, sir. IS America"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-03-11
SNAP SHOTS.

From The Dallas News.
If there were no fools to ask questions
the wise men might explode.
The handwriting on the wall was so
bad that 1t had to be interpreted.
Even the man who is fond Of the
sound Of his own voice hates to eat his
words.
The kind OF man who can't get his
mind of his business usually minds his
own business.
There are a lot OF men who are good
natured because It requires less energy
than anything else.
Generally speaking. the more pin money
woman has. the more buttons she
wears on her waist.
The average young man is almost as
glad TO 90 out with his sister as to stay
at home with Ia grippe.
Usually, when a woman asks her hus-
band TO listen TO reason it is a sign that
she is going 70 do the talking.
II you really have convictions of your
own, do not trade them for the opinions
Of somebody else and = few dollars to
boot
A statesman's hardest work is. not IN
giving the people what they want. but
in getting them to want what he can
give them.
Our idea Of q girIy girl is one who
would rather have dlmple IN her cheek
than two hero medals in her bureau
drawer,
Percy Noodles says that he broke with
HIS raii-order sweetheart because her
letters were dictated by her father, ed
tied by her mother, read by her sister.
and mailed by her brother. He preferred
an orphan.
OF course, the mob goes about It In the
wrong way. but nobody can question
that 1t teaches En- important lesson. II
teaches that the present method OF con-
tinuing and reversing and delaying cases
is not up to the requirements OF either
Justice or common sense
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-03-11
Congress and the North Pole.

Really, the strenuous efforts of Con-
gress TO get az Mr.. Peary's data and
proofs in re the north pole are produe-
ing some decidedly singular results.
A day or so ago we were informed that
Mr.. Pesry could not-and would not-let
Congress have those proofs and things.
because Mr.. Peary has bound himself up
in certain contracts with magazines and
publishing houses that viii not permit
Of the same. II was pointed out that the
breaking of these contracts would entail
much financial disaster upon Mr.. Peary.
To tell Congress all about that wonderful
journey into the far north would be
but to tell 1t to the world, for Congress
would. in justifying its honoring of Mr..
Peary, necessarily divulge TO the people
at large just why.
This excuse was at once seized upon by
the country as exceedingly lame and I'M
satisfactory. In view OF the fact that Mr.
Peary's information is believed TO be,
by right, the country's information
Congress having been paying Mr.. Peary
a salary for the past twenty-three years
to gather it.
Now, however. We are Informed that
Mr.. Peary will not submit his data to
Congress. because Congress would not
understand a word of it if he did It
would be. in fact, casting pearls before
swine. In other words. Mr.. Peary hopes.
by means of this data, TO convince the
world at large, via the magazines and
the lecture platforms. that he really and
truly did discover the north pole: but
he sh.inks decidedly and positively from
endeavoring to convince Congress Of Il,
even with the same data
Let US hope Congress appreciates the
full and complete significance OF that at
titude. 1t strikes US as being decidedly
droll, 20 say the least of 1t. And stnl.
there may be something in Il. We in
cline neither to affirm nor deny. We
have heard some surprising tales Of Con-
gressional stupidity. and it may be- true
that Congress would be unable TO get
any sense whatever out of lot Of arctic
records and things that are all &c be as
plain as daylight to the people who read
tbs magazines later on.
Since the size Of the medal Mr.. Peary
has coming TO him still remains pain
fully undetermined, why may not Con-
gress call upon the Navy Department
for the records? Mr. Macon, pro-
Tossing no scientific attalnments has pre-
scented one phase OF this exploration claim
IN a manner that commands attention. 1t
will not be silenced by geographical
sneers. Further illumination is needed.
Cali for the records. Congress is en-
titled TO them
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-03-11
Political Complications.

Unprecedented political complications,
even for an "or-year'' campaign, are
promised in the Congressional contests
soon coming on. The Republican party
must stand upon the record it has made.
IT cannot escape it. if it would. and it is
evident now. months in advance, that it
intends aggressively to champion that
record.
Opposition within the party to the rul-
ing powers in Congress. which has taken
the form of open antagonism in the SEN
ate and House. supported by an infiu-
entail section of the Republican press,
creates a complication that viii prove
troublesome in the extreme. We take
no stock in the persistent reports that
warfare is to be waged against the So
called Insurgents who broke with the or
ganization on the tariff. but it is quite
conceivable that it win fail to their lot
TO work out their own salvation as best
they can. That some of these Insurgents.
by reason of existing sentiment will be
abundantly vindicated seems well assured.
Nevertheless. a marked change in the per-
sonnet Of the House IS 10 be expected. If
not Democratic control.
But the Republicans have had compli-
cations to deal with before and not gone
down 10 defeat. Roosevelt's regime was
netAa fnr the partisan troubles it en-
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-03-11
Oshkosh and such LIKE.

From the New York Mail
In Oshkosh. Wis. there is being agitated
a movement TO change the name of that
beautiful city. Those behind the move
ment say that Oshkosh is a joke In the
East. that 1t gives the impression to those
who know nothing about it that 1t is a
hick town. This is true. in way. But
if Oshkosh should change fits name, we
suggest that it omit the letter X. The
sound of K IN the name OF a place is an
element OF musical comedy hunior. as
witness the ready laughter that .greets
the mere mention of Kankakee, Kokon1o.
Kaskaskia, Oskaloosa, and such Much
of the cheap ridicule about Kansas would
have been avoided If the name OF the
state had not begun with K.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-03-11
TO-DAY IN HISTORY.
First London Daily Paper Started-March II.

In London the first daily newspaper was
established on March /. 2o7 years ago.
The publication was called the Daily
Courant. It was but tiny affair as COM
pared with the big daliies at present Is
sued in that country. as well as in the
United states. It contained only q single
sheet, but it supplied long-felt want.
The chief reason for the establishment
Of q daily was the demand Of the people
of London to have a daily chronicle OF
the news of the campaigns that were
then being waged on the continent by the
Duke of Marlborough
The first English weekly newspaper was
issued close to fifty years previous to this
date. II was called the Public Intelh-
gencer. and was established IN 1853 It
was dropped. however, soon after the ap-
pearance Of the London Gazette, the first
number Of which was published at oxford
on November 7. 1865. Newspaper publica-
ton was checked by the licensing act,
which was passed Just about this time.
After this act was repealed in 1928. news
papers at once sprung up in London and
in other cities.
Newspapers existed In other European
and Asiatic countries many years before
England began their publication The
Picking Gazette Tching-pao News Of the
CapitaD, has appeared since 7ls to ia.
and has for many centuries been issued
daily, but It consisted exclusively OF i'm
perial rescripts, council DEGREES and Off
cial news
The earliest provincial English newspa-
per was the Worcester Postman. which
was issued in 1920. The first paper to
appear in Scotland was the Mercurius
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-03-11
All in a Lifetime.

From Eife.
Half the world doesn't know how the
other half lodges bill collectors.
Opportunity often travels In the guise
of misfortune
It is impossible to make a great man
out of two small ones.
A coquette is the most cursed and most
courted Of all human beings
You can lead politician into Office. but
you can't make him keep his promises
A mans conduct toward others is de-
termined by his respect for himself. not
his respect for them. His respect for
himself is the measure of his respect for
others.
He is an eminently successful man who
can induce those around him to abide by
rules which he himself disregards.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-03-11
NOVELS LONG AND SHORT.
English Plan for shorter stories.
Length of Some Old FavOrites.

English Plan for shorter stories.
Length of Some Old Favorites.
From the New York World
A plan to shorten novels to an average
length OF about $1,000 words and to sell
them &c the general public mainly
through the large department houses for
90 cents apiece Is being put forward
again. both in this country and Great
Britain
The idea IS bound to fail, as far as the
length OF novels Is concerned. An arbi-
trary measure OF 5000 words or OF any
other number cannot be fixed for what
should be a work Of art. Novels differ
as widely as pictures Ia scale. and nearly
al that have lasted for many years are
long.
Don Quixote" has about 10000 words;
tom Jones" about 10000; VANITY
Fair esteemed by many the best novel
IN the English language about 10000,
and all the other important Thackeray
novels. except Henry Esmond." are
nearly as long. With a few exceptions.
words apiece. Neither Thackeray or
Dickens was at heart a historical novel;
ist and when they undertook work Of
this kind they ran out quickly.
George Eliot needed at least so. 900
words T. tell a story; George Sand used
nearly 10000 In her masterpiece. Con
suelo." Dumas spent 10000 on 1.-The
Three Musketeers" and 10000 more on
its two sequels. Twenty Years After"
and The Vicomte de Bragelonne." Les
Missrab les" stretches out 20 $4,000 words:
Tolstoi tells the fall of Anna Karenina'
in 100000. and ne puts 100000 in WAR
and Peace" The famous Polish triIogy
Of Sienkiewicz exceeds 100000 words.
Almost the only instance OF a short
novel OF the very first rank is THE
Scarlet Letter" which is but 1900 words.
However, there are only four or FIVE
characters In It. and the action is brief.
1t may be that the novelists OF the pres
ent day are not able TO produce great
effects because they must write for the
passing moment, and By the time they
get acquainted with their own charac-
tiers they are compelled to bid them fare
well.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-03-11
Man-eating Sharks.
nom tho New Yozk PrsN

From tho New York Press
For years there was a legend in New
York that Hermann Oelriehs had stand
ing 500 reward for any one who could
submit an authentic case where man
was attacked by a shark. This story
probably got into currency through the
long and fearless feats OF OelrichS as a
swimmer in any waters. One day an in
vestigator asked Oelrichs. who said the
whole thing was q myth. When the
French steamer La Seyne was wrecked
recently in the Strsights of RHO many
Of the ninety passengers who were lost
were seized and devoured as soon as
they struck the water by the Malay
sharks. called the 'Tkan yu." Some Of
them are twenty-five feet in length and
keep the pearl divers in constant terror
The basking shark. which ranges from
the Cape OF Good Hope to Ceylon. often
exceeds a length OF fifty feet
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-03-11
Response.

". S. sayres. IN Detroit Free Press
The musical note awakens the sleeping
music in the silent string. But It awak-
ems only the same note that is struck.
The wireless message is caught only by
the receiver that is tuned to the pitch
Of the transmitter; II is lost to all 9TH
ers The child In the dark responds TO
the mothers voice. The sheep know
their shepherds call. Love awakens love
The beauty OF the world thrills the heart
of poet and artist. They that are Of
God hear Gods voice A heroic deed
awakens q response in those who are
heroic. Herein lies our call to the higher
vocation. A generous action, a kindly
deed, note OF sympathy, viii send its
waves Of music far and wide and human
hearts viii thrill with kindred goodness
and arise from the dead.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-03-11
SENATORIAL SNUFF BOXES.
New Ones TO Replace the OLD I'm thu
United states Senate Chamber.

new Oues TO hSp3ace the OAu IN the
United States Senate Chamber.
From the New York Mail
When the attendants ofthe United
States Senate received orders the other
day TO remove the two old snuff boxes
long in use in the Senate chamber and
replace them with new ones. attentive
observers got a reminder that the use
Of snuff is gradually increasing.
The habit. once so common. mas never
by any means declined as generally as
has been popularity believed. Snun max
ing. though somewhat restricted as COM
pared with its former volume. Is still a
highly profitable business and IL said to
have risen TO the dignity of a snuff
trust'-think OF a monopoly OF sneeze
producers.
At a recent sale IN this city a rare coll
lection OF old snuff boxes brought some
$4,000 Many of the boxes were OF pre-
cious metals and richly jeweled.
They were curious souvenirs Of the
lordly days when a swell. even though
he wore shining buckets on his shoes
and lace cuffs on his sleevs. could not
consider himself fully QUILTED unless he
carried a golden snuff box in his silken
waistcoat
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-03-11
THE DAY Is DONE.

The day IS done, and the darkness.
Falls from the wings Of Night.
As a feather Is waited downward
From an eagle IN his fight
zee the lights Of the village
Clean through the rain and the mist.
And feeling Of sadness c0nes Ger ne
That my soul cannot resist;
A feeling Of sadness and longing,
That Is not akin 10 pain,
And resembles sorrow only
As the mist resembles the rain
Come. read 20 me some poem,
Some simple and heartfelt lay.
That shall soothe this restless feeling,
And Danish the thoughts Of day.
Not from the grand old masters,
Not from the bards sublime,
Whose distant footsteps echo
Through the Corridors Of Time.
For, ike strains Of martial music.
Their mighty thoughts SUCCESS
Iife's endless toll and endeayof.
And tonight long for rest
Read from sons humber poet.
Whose songs glshed from his heart
AS showers from the clouds Of sumner,
Or tears from the eyelids start.
Who. through long days Of isboE,
And nights devoid Of ease,
Still heard in his soul the music
OF wonderful melodies.
Snch songs have power 20 quiet
The restless pulse Ct care.
And cone like the benediction
That follows after prayer
Then read from the treasured Vslums
The poem Of thy choice,
And lend 10 the rhyme Of the poet
Tina beauty Of thg voice.
Ard the night shall Be- SLED with music,
And the cares that infest the day
Shall fold their tents ike Arabs.
And as silently steal away.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-03-11

There was time in the not far distant
past when ministers OF prominence and
undoubted good intentions proclaimed
from their pulpits the iniquity Of the
sunday newspaper because II necessitated
such a great amount OF labor on the day
that has been set aside for rest and wor-
ship. Later IL was found out that the
bulk Of tho work on Mondays publica-
tons had 10 be performed on Sunday.
and the situation was unique and con-
fusing in that the newspaper game re-
CURED the close association OF al least
two days Of labor 10 bring out any issue
Of a paper Now. the majority Of the
ministers realize that the Sunday news
paper IS not necessarily a work OF he
devil. and many Of them make liberal
use OF It to enable them 10 get into closer
touch with the people. OF course, there
are some Sunday newspapers that are
not a credit TO the profession from a re-
ligiOus or moral standpoint. and which
are not countenanced by the clergy. But
it must be said. in justice. that the better
class OF Sunday papers aid materially In
the spreading of church announcements.
Many OF them also print columns Of re-
1gious matter. Sunday school lessons for
the young, and sermons FIR the old, and
are rather influential for good than other
wise. It seems as IL the good preacher
and the good newspaper might well work
hand-in-hand, for the preacher has DO
more Just reason for Directing to the
good newspaper than the newspaper has
for objecting to the good preacher.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-03-11
The Climax.

FTJn Ever boty's
The courtroom was crowded A wife
was seeking divorce on the grounds OF
extreme cruelty and abusive treatment
Guns, axes, rolIing-pins. and singing in
vectives seemed TO have played a promI-
nent part in the plaintiffs married life.
The husband was on the stand under
going a grueling. cross-examination.
The examining attorney said: you
have testified that your wife on one
occasion threw cayenne pepper in your
face. Now. sir. kindly tell US what you
did on that occasion"
The witness hesitsted and looked con-
fused. Every one expected that he was
about to confess to some shocking act OF
cruelty. But their hopes was shattered
when he finally blurted out:
Il sneezed."