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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-09-11

Hd@N&6n the I1osons which impelled the
eS1 famous speaker to retire from
l~-..o ..le a dozen years ago. He said!
just at the end of his public career a
new set of issues were coming forward.
lie was opposed to the annexation Of the
Sandwich islands firmly believing that 1t
was for the interest OF the republic to re-
main a continental power and that 1t would
contribute most effectively to the cause
OF good government throughout the world
by furnishing the example of a well-gov-
erned democratic state and by scrupulous
respect for the rights OF weaker peoples.
He was equally opposed to the Spanish
war, and used the power OF his office, so
far as he properly could. to prevent both
the annexation and the war. That power
was great, but no man knew better than
he that the speaker was far from omnipo-
tent, that he could only lead where the
house was willing to follow and his efforts
were unavailing. The war was begun for
the avowed purpose Of putting an end to
condition in the western hemisphere
which was within our traditional sphere of
action, but the important question 1t be-
Queathed to us was whether we should be-
come an Asiatic power and take upon our
selves the government of populations al
most under the equator in the seas of the
Orient. Reeds political education, the prac-
tice OF his whole life and his view OF the
fundamental principle of the American
commonwealth made his position upon this
question inevitable. Long before the Philip
pines appeared upon our horizon he de-
clared in "a speech In the house that the
best government Of which people is
capable Is a government which they estab-
lish for themselves With all it's imper-
fections, with all it's shortcomings, it is al
ways better adapted to them than any
other government, even though invented by
wiser men" The idea that America should
violate its traditional principle Of self-gov-
eminent and enter upon the work OF gov
erning subject states he hated with all
the fierce hatred of vanishing time It
seemed to him like abandoning the principle
which made her unique among the nations
He was profoundly stirred by our taking
on the last colonial curse OF SPAIN" but
1t had been done by treaty solemnly rati-
fled by the senate and he had come 10
the parting OF the ways. His reelection to
the speakership appeared certain, and that
office. he once declared, had but one SUI
perior and no peer. His mind was never
before so ripe. But he was heartsore al
the prospect OF following the new and op-
posite line, and he determined to retire e
private life. To his near friend, Asher
Kinds, he said; Il have tried. perhaps not
always successfully. to make the acts OF
my public life accord with my conscience
and l cannot now do this thing" And SC
he wrote his touching farewell letter to his
constituents and withdrew from the public
service.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-09-11

better it is said, she has even harder task
to perform, Tor the old war horse is long
ing to jump into harness once more, and It
is her work to keep him quiet until he is
really fit.
In the great campaigns which her hus-
band has fought and won, she mas been his
best friend ana adviser and curing the
crisis attending the wind-up OF the Boer
war, she was mis- --latest help.
In all the stor.-- ana turmoil and stress
of the troublous times from which we are
now emerging" Chamberlain said in a
speech at Birmingham on the eve Of his
departure for South AFRICA; Il have had at
least one source of soiace, in my wi1e
w men under. the double burden OF the great
responsibility that mad fallen on me, and
the Venomous attack and iying misrepr5-
sentatiOn. OF our professional enemies, my
courage seemed like taiIng, her wise coun-
sci, ner unDroken optimism sustained me-
she mas fortified me by her courage and
cheered me BY her sympathy. / have found
in her my best and truest counselor" inns
is the tribute of Joseph chamberlain to MS
wife, a New England girl.
And she is an American through and
through.
You are not a bit like an American"
queen Victoria once said 10 ner. And sne
responded:
''Ihat is the very worst compliment that
you could possibly pay me-
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-09-11
some social Features.

As a rule the officials in the Indian
empire are men of fine education. The
most OF them are graduates of oxford
or Cambridge, and many are officers Of
the English army, The majority come
from the better classes OF society, and
many from the nobility. As 10 things
Indian and things oriental, they are
well posted and nowhere win you find
civil service whose standard Of honor
Is higher
This is great sporting country. Every
city has It's clubs and the larger ones have
race tracks and grounds for polo and golf.
There are competitive matches. which are
attended by the British and high-class ma
tiyes. and in which the native teams some
times take part. This is especially 50 OF
polo, which is patroniEed by the rajahs and
Well-to-do natives Every large station has
It's polo grounds and every army officer
his pony The races are run with gentleman
riders, and as a rule, the rider owns his
own horoe. There is plenty OF cricket and
foot ball, and as for hunting that is one
Of the chief sports OF the British OF all
classes. The viceroy, himself, sometimes
secs off for week or SOS shooting and
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-09-11

still He was short on irregular verbs
and compound equations but he was long
on human interest. In his sophomore year
he carried to the interstate college orator
ical contest an Grafton on Iago. With this
he brought the prize to his college. Most
winning orations OF this amateur kind die
at the close of the public defamation, but
La Follette's "Iago" found publishers eager
to put it between covers. For years 1t had
q constant sale in the book stores of the
west. 1t advertised the college for which
it was written and brought a modest and
welcome royalty to its author 1t fell into
the hands of Edwin Booth, and its clear
analysis of character is said TO have
prompted the distinguished tragedian to
modify his delineation of the part. John
Mccullough came to Madison to see the
author of this Interpretation of character.
To him the young Huguenot confided his
histronio ambitions. Mccullough looked
upon the boy, who was short of stature
and possessed less than 12O pounds of bone
and flesh. McCullough's great frame tow
cred above him. Placing a firm hand upon
the frail youth he said with strong.
deep voice. Don't do it. my boy; don't do
It: the actor must fill the eye as well as
the mind, suppose YOU were playing Iago
and / Othello, and l took you By the
throat! The audience would rise and cry
out to me: Shame, shame, don't hurt the
little fellow
Deeply disappointed over this advice,
La Toilette nevertheless abandoned his
dream of curtain calls and turned his
thoughts to courts and law. Soon after
McCullough's visit however Lawrence
Barrett came to see the boy who wrote
Of Iago. He was enthusiastic in his speech,
declaring the thesis to be a most pene-
tratlng analysis. Anyone who can inter-
pref as you can" he said can act. Give
your life to the drama" La Toilette re-
peated McCullough's advice Nonsense"
said Barrett, that is the limitation OF the
purely physical actor. Booth is only half
an inch taller than you. 1t is the brain and
not the body that makes an actor" But
La Toilette had then made his resolve and
kept to it. III you viii not act" urged
Barrett, you must interpret for actors. l
want you to write for me an Interpretation
OF Hamlet such as you have made OF lagO;
take year to do it." To this La Toilette
agreed. But La Toilette is not a careless
student. At the end of the year he wrote
Barrett that the task was too great. He
must have five years.
Take five years, but do it," was Bar
retts reply. La Toilette was governor of
Wisconsin before he felt that he had full
filled the commission which Mr.. Barrett
had assigned him, and Barrett was then
dead. Twenty years of consistent study
had gone TO his Hamlet thesis, The
Greatest Tragedy OF the World"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-09-11
The waiter has his squeeze off Che yam

all cases We know it, but cannot pre-
vent H."
Returning to the social features Of India,
the calling hours are different from those
of other parts of the world. IT you want
to see a friend you must come from
II o'clock in the morning to about half
past in the afternoon. The ladies dress
for such calls, and at this time only are
you sure to find them at home
The ordinary meals here are the coffee
and bread and butter upon rising, which
is called chotahazri. There is second
breakfast at 10 o'clock, luncheon be-
tween and and dinner along about
8 in the evening. No one calls after 2
and late in the afternoon everybody takes
his carriage with coachman and footman
and goes out driving. At this time there
is music in the parks or at the country
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-09-11
Housekeering Mntter..

Keeping house in India seems cheap until
you understand the conditions. Servants
charge almost nothing in comparison with
their class In the United states. One can
get good cooks for 50 a month and house
men for less. The trouble is that the Eng
ishman has TO hire a dozen servants in
India where he has one at home The caste
regulations are such that each man will do
only one kind of work. The man who
washes the dishes will not make the beds,
ana he who makes the beds will not sweep
or carry the water The cook will not act
as scullion, and so IL goes on. II YOU keep
horses you must have groom to eacn
horse and TO every two horses a man to cut
grass for them. Every child has its own
nurse, and the result is that you need many
servants. The servants are nearly all men,
the women acting only as women's maids
and sometimes as nurses With the other
sex the same rules prevail; the maid who
waits upon your wife will not wait upon
you, and your own body servant must run
your errands.
AS to food, it 10 high when the quality
is considered. Animal meats are invaria-
bly, poor, but the fowls are excellent and
the eggs occasionally fresh, although not
larger than the big white alleys with which
We played marbles in boyhood.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-09-11
Ignorant ofsicInIs.

Many OF these people know about as
little OF Canada as they do OF the United
States. l was talking in Calcutta one
day with Briusher VINO has Sir to his
name. He rules one OF the largest OF
the Indian provinces and his subjects
are half as many as those governed by
President TAFT This man was speaking
of the enormous irrigation schemes OF
British India, when he asked me II we
had irrigated lands in the United States,
saying he could not see why a land so
well watered should need them. There
upon l described the Rocky mountain
plateau ana mentioned the vast sums We
are using for reclalming the desert /
referred also TO irrigation in Canada and
especially To the great undertaking at
Calgary where the Canadian Pacific rail-
road is turning the Bow river upon 1904
acres of arid lands and making them yield
like the fertile Nile valley. Upon that this
British official replied
Indeed. l thought Canada was wet
country! Fifteen hundred thousand acres
had no idea there were any such works
IN the world Why, out here ia all India
we have nothing like that In one body
and the government irrigation works are
not altogether more than fifteen times as
big as that one in Canada. wonder II
you are certain as to your figures?'
II know, for l have been there" said
i. And his honor was polite enough t1
pretend TO believe me.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-09-11
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. SNQJQ1
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purchase. In riGlng through he city you
VIII frequently have men Jump to the step
OF your carriage and offer 20 guide YOU
where you can get certain things. such
men do not ask money OF YOU, but the
merchant knows that he must pay them
and he makes your prices accordingly
The cook has a commission all the
vegetables and meats that come into the
house, the waiter has his squeeze off the
lam and the hcstlers feed fat on your grass.
corn and oats II "a the same with the
butler. He gets his rake-off from every
native who calls upon you, and II not
bribed the latter may cool his heels and
you will not get his card.
Ii is the si,ne VIA ,nu Hindoo officials
although the British tey to prevent It,
am told that even the i,;dges arc l.ithed
and that you can puv witnesses who viii
testify TO anything under the sun. This
custom however is not confined to All
dustan. Squeezing and bribery ARE bred in
the bones Of these orientals anc from
Turkey TO Toxic the native official has his
greedy hand open, although It may be held
behind the back when the white man is
present
In this connection I talked the other
day with a British commissioner of educn-
ton OF one of the most important 1ndiar
provinces. Said he:
IT know that every petition | see has
had to pay toll to my native clerks. ! have
tried to stop It. but found It impossible
Every contract that comes through native
hands is accompanied with bribery and my
very doorkeeper makes money off me.
When a native appears and asks to see
the commissioner, the doorkeeper will say
that the sahib is busy, The native knows
what he means and he will drop eight
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-09-11
La FoIIette ana nl. ..Iano.n

Among the shady elms OF Cambridge
relates Golfers Weekly, there is ira
dition that James Russell Lowell was grad
uated from Harvard with ten conditions
His pen had brought the college a distinc-
ton that carried him through He himself
often admitted that while in college he
read almost every book but his textbooks
There is no ten-condition story about Rob-
ert Marion La Toilette. Wisconsin. 20. that
can be substanuated, but that he was a
famously poor student Is college rumor
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-09-11
stanley ana the Dogs.

From time immemorial, says HaIper's
Magazine, caricaturists have made use Oh
the common observation that there is In
certain human types a decided resemblance
TO familiar animals. A notable example
was that Of Louis Napoleon, whSEa brood
ing, aquiline cOuntenance was -NaG3S con-
verted into bird of prey: sonegGTes the
French eagle, but oftener and i2soSs strik-
ingly a vulture preying upon France.
The dignified and venerable Charles Oar
win accepted an observation OF this sort
as applied to himself and with a humorous
perception Of its coincidence with his ia
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-09-11

James r. Keene, market manipulation par
excellence, is a vitriolic, high tempered
man, with tongue that bites like acid.
When he is playing the market, reports
the Cincinnati Times-St he roams up and
down his locked inner office like tiger,
neutrality-suspicious. shouting-curses at
the ticker. No one but his force OF clerks
is ever permitted TO come near him, and his
language at times has been known TO
wither and blight young men who have
left their happy homes 10 hire out TO him.
once, II Is said, keene became chummy
with man who held a good position in
society here and this man tried to reform
some of Keenes little ways. quit cusslng,
Jim,' said he, 1t isn't good form any
more"
Keene's reply was illuminated and tense,
but his friend kept at him. And you
really ought to join the church, Jim," said
he. 1t won't do any harm-and youu
meet lot of good people there"
Keene recognized the truth OF that state
ment, but had objections to every church
that was offered for his consideration
Finally his friend said YEARLY: Now
lookee here, Jim. You say you don't like
the Methodists and the Baptists, nor the
PresDyterians. The only church left Is
the Episcopal VIII you join that?'
keene thought for time. "Doggone it, -
he said, II would join that church If IL
was free and liberal like the other
churches"
Free and liberalY' said his friend in
establishment.
yep" said Keene. II used to know a
man who belonged, and he told me that
there were only two ways TO leave the
Episcopal church. You either have 10 die
or get religion"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-09-11

The loyalty and wifely devotion of Mrs.
Joseph Chamberlain, wife of one of the
greatest figures in English political circles
of today, is the talk of two continents. Be
fore her marriage to the British statesman,
relates the Boston Globe. she was Miss
Mary Endicott of Salem, daughter Of the
late Hon. William c. EndicOtt who. under
President Cleveland, was secretary of war.
Some years ago Joe" Chamberlain was
suddenly taken sick, and during his illness,
which even his most intimate friends feared
was his last, his wife was ever by his side.
She seldom left the sick room. and although
there were nurses. she insisted In caring for
him herself. She was to him what Mrs.
Gladstone was to England's great premier
In his last sickness.
And now that Chamberlain IL better, much
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-09-11

Very few natives are admitted to the
circles of British society. The average
Engnshmen looks upon the Hindoo az
OF lower race than himself, and he will
not allow him to be a member of his club
or to come to his house as a guest This
Is especially true of the officials of the
lower classes. but less so OF those who
are high UP in the government, although
even among these there is now and then
an exception. A story Is current here about
a well known officer of the army who
was riding on the cars in the same com
partment with a cultured Hindoo. The
army officer had been hunting, and was
tired out During the Journey he made
the Hindoo gentleman get down on his
knees ana massage his legs from ankles
10 Thighs, The high caste TO which this
man belonged was scandalized at the treat
ment, and the action caused considerable
comment The better classes of the natives
say such treatment is insulting, and they
object to any difference being made be-
tween them and the British. This is one
OF the causes OF the, unrest of today
Even worse than the position of the
Hindoo IL that OF the Eurasians or half
castles. These are the offspring OF East
Indian women and the various Europeans
who have come here from time to time.
Many are half Portuguese, others half
French and others half British There
are also quarter-breeds and eighth-breeds,
or Indian mulattoes and octoroons But
whatever the cross IL Is considered a
disgrace by both native and foreigner.
They are always well marked. The men
are usually dark, and, although the women
are beautiful and now and then fair,
you can always distinguish the Aslatio
blood in their features.
These Eurasans are usually subordl-
nate clerks. Many OF them go into trade
and make money, and now and then one
rises TO honorable distinction But they
always flock by themselves, having their
own society with customs the same as the
English. FRANK @. CARPENTER.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-09-11
Smoking Room for Women

viii be spent in providing every comfort in
the new playhouse for women" said a
representative OF the company. Take the
"omen's smoking ROOM for example. Many
women dislike to go into a theater rest
room because OF the smoke; others, who
desire TO smoke don't care 10 do so in the
presence Of women who find the habit OBJ
Jectionaolo. BY having smoking room
separated from the general rest room for
Women We can please them all
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-09-11

Apropos Of the recent controversy over
cigarette smoking by women, which has
agitated the west. II Is interesting 10 learn
that Chicago is soon 10 have theater with
woman's smoking room, as well as
ticket-selling system especially for women.
The building company has no intention OF
sparing cost in the plans for the new
theater, which will be housed In twenty
story office building at Madison street and
Wabash avenue. Three million dollars
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-09-11

among the social features of every min
Ter are inc uasque and fancy-dress balls
Oh one Kind or another such are often
given at the government house in Cal
cutta, at which times the hotels take n,
the appearance of the bewigged and bee.
jeweled days Of our forefathers. l recently
attended ball held at the vice regal
mansion The hall covered, l Judge at
least half an acre and four or five sets
We're on the floor at one time. 1t seemed
Ss tnough all the world and his wife had.
come from the pages Of history and were
gong mad In the dance. noticed n CON
Viet IN chains gliding across the floor with
somber-gowned sister of charity. There
was Old Mother Goose, with her broorn
ana cooked hat arm in arm with a silk
clad chinese mandarin. One gIrl was
ueckeo out as carrier pigeon having n
uress made Of feathers like the plumasa
ol pigeons. Another was lAbeled Dres
oen china, and a third was Galatea. clad
all In white One woman was coverad
with native newspapers. She represantea
the press, and editorials about the nm
rest could be read on her back. And than
there were Burmese noblemen and lana
nese daimies. and priests of every re-
islon' As | walked through the crowd
observed the fresh rosy faces of the Eng
nsh young ladies', and asked an official
now they we're able TO keep their color
OUT here In the hot suns of the tropios
The reply was:
They do It oil right and no wonder
ror they do little else. The sun never
touches their faces. They spend nine
months of the year In the Himaiaya noun
tains' and come to Calcutta only during
the winter Some OF them go home every
rev years and they leave us men here to
WORK assure you, India is not bad
pace Tor woman. II she has an easy
husband and money to spend"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-09-11

vorite theories, while the resemblance be-
tween the countenance of Pau! Kruger and
that of an exceedingly sagacious gorilla
was more than once remarked.
An amusing discovery of unhuman like
ness was related by friend of the late
Sir Henry M. Stanley. When Stanley Wis.,
tied tie Karaguas, an African tribe rather
above the average in intelligence, he had
with him a fine bulldog whose pugnacious
countenance possessed all the unlovely
characteristics of the breed.
Now, it appears that Karaguas gave
much attention to this beast, and their
chef, before parting with the white men,
ENORMOUSLY pointed out an odd fact that
he had observed. The Karaguan men, flat
faced snub nosed and thick Tipped, looked,
he thought much like the English dog;
while the half wild Karagua dogs clean
cut keen eyed and long nosed looked,
much more than their masters did, like the
Englishman.
Whether Stanley, who had every right
to think well of his own personal appear
ance, relished this comparison or not. he
had sense of humor enough TO pass II on for
the amusement of others after he got home
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-09-11
The EverIastinE squeeue.

One OF the big items Of expense in India
is the oriental squeeze which one must pay
upon all he buys II is the same In Japan,
China and in all parts OF the orient. Your
servants have rake-off on your purchases
and they make more out OF such things
than their salaries. II you order a cab your
servant wants his commission and II the
eabman takes you to a native merchant he
expects TO get his percentage on what you