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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-18
HUMAN NATURE IN WASHINGTON
By FRED C. KELLY.

the minister of the church he attends at
home. The minister, solemn. slab
faced person. was making his first visit
to Washington. and his CUP of joy was
fairly spashing over into the saucer al
the prospect of being introduced 10
Uncle Joe'-a man whom he had come
10 regard in much the same light as a
small boy does an older boy who smokes
cigarettes right before his folks and gets
away with IT,
Looks just about like his pictures.
doesn't he2" remarked the preacher while
they were waiting for the Speaker 10 get
through with another group Of callers.
Il wonder now if he endeavors 10 use
the power Of his crest position here for
good rather than for evil In connection
with the important enactments of our
national Congress"
Then he was introduced.
We have Cannons in our town. re-
marked the minister in the course or the
brief conversation that followed, and
they are very nice people. too'-this IN
the tone OF one who 4endeavors habitually
TO look on the bright side
! Quick as a fash the Speaker slapped
the visitor on the shoulder with a yigor
that nearly frightened him, and ex-
claimed
'"Then they're no relation to me.
And the Speaker hurried away 10 shake
1 hands with another caller.
!
Gov. Harmon, OF Ohio. who is ex-
pected 10 figure prominently in the next
Presidential race. remarked severa
times during his last visit to Washing
ton about how much he likes this town
as a place Of residence and how he
used TO enjoy the life here when hC
was Attorney General.
The remark was OF interest only when
/ considered in connection with his feel
! ing toward Columbus Ohio, where one
/ has to live If one is governor Of that
State
DO you know remarked Harmon
some time ago. about the only objee
ton 10 occupying this high Office Is the
necessity of being In Columbus. II i:
too bad that the capital Is not in somt
other city OF the State.
That was about ali ne said AT tho
/ time, and he isn't advertising his feel
ing. but it Is known to his friends that
he dislikes Columbus about as much as
he likes Washington. and that one o.
the reasons he would like 20 be Presi
dent would be 10 have an excuse L
dwell down here
Senator Martin, Of Virginia, doesn'
often rake a speech in the Senate. II
fact. Up to the time he made his cam
paign for his third term. in 1896. b.
never made a public speech in his life
AZ that time he made up his mind thai
If he was going 10 be a Senator any
/ longer NJ was time he was learning
! something about the art OF Oratory
So he read a book or two on the sub
ieCt and began to learn what ne cOui'
hy getting up and making the best soT
OF a talk he could when occasion Of
fered BY the close OF the campaign
hc had become a first-rate speaker. To
day re prefers TO sit al his desk 4
expounding about something. but wheI
necessary he can set up and desive
a speech in a manner that is prett,
well up to the average in the UniteG
States Senate
Copyright 1910 by Fred C. Ksly.l
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-18
Cleaning the Streets and Sidewalks.

There is only one way to deal with this
matter of ice and snow in the streets
and on the sidewalks of Washington, and
so far that way has not been found or
even approached. AS the law now stands.
the sidewalks and parkings are public
property. The private owners may re-
move the deposits if they wish to do so;
otherwise the deposits remain until be-
nefcent nature. taking the form of warm
rains or melting sunshine. comes along
and plays scavenger for US. Let us do
Washington the justice to say that as a
rule it shrinks from interfering with
nature
But we have just had evidence to the
effect that these white wings OF the skies
are not always TO be relied upon. Usu-
ally the rains and the sunshine have fol-
lowed snowfalls so closely that the com
munity has been subjected to a very few
days of discomfort and danger. On the
present occasion. however, which has so
excited the Presidents wonder and re-
sentiment, the people have been kept in
constant peril. and serious inconven-
ience as well. for ten days or So and
the unrelenting skies promise no immedi-
ate relief This proves, or seems TO prove.
that we really cannot always depend
upon Providence 10 clean our streets, &c,
for us. and suggests more self-reliant
course.
As we SAY, there is but one way. or
rather. alternative Either the sidewalks
parkings, &C, should be left as they are
that is to say, public property-and
Congress appropriate money enough to
remove the snow. and as fast and as
often as it aecumulates, or Congress
should enact a new law making the side
walks private property for all such pur-
poses and- providing for the immediate
removal of all wintry deposits at the ex-
pense Of the abutting premises, There is
no real estate in this city without an
owner, and all costs can be charged
! against it. The proprietor OF this lot or
that may be absent in Florida or Egypt
or the Riviera. and the lot Ulay be i'm
proved or vacant; but it is all here where
We can tax it for works of civilization.
and it should be so taxed without hesita-
/ ton or Temorse. Residents could then
clear up their premises, or let the District
authorities do il at the expense of the
/ property, The men to do the work can
be found in any number Nothing stands
in the way of a solution except the lack
Of common sense and energy on the part
of Congress.
President Taft can easily have this lit
tie matter arranged now, while "a situa-
ton confFonts US and furnishes its own
argument and illustration. II he viii
push the proper button, Congress will do
the rest
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Hugh H. Healthy. the young English-
man who entertained ex-President Roose-
Welt az his big ranch in Africa, and
hunted with him for three weeks. and
who has been in this country for time
trying to organize an African jungle club,
remarked TO me in New York recently
that he never knew a human being so
devoid OF fear as IS Roosevelt.
Healthy mentioned one incident that he
witnessed. Roosevelt and a party had
gone out after elephants near Heathy's
ranch and wounded a big fellow, which
later charged on them unexpectedly. FIX
cept for the steady nerve and quick, accu-
rate aim of his guide Cunningham, the ex-
President with the dental smile would
never have returned 10 America alive.
The experience was enough to unnerye
most men. Cunningham took 1t for
granted that Roosevelt wouldn't care for
any more elephant hunting that morning
and asked: Shall We return to the ranch
house?"
Certainly not" replied the ex-Presi-
dent. "Why?" And he went ahead as II
nothing more serious had happened than
an encounter with q garter snake.
''AIost men,, observes Healthy, who has
more sense OF humOr than even the more
! conservative iokeSmiths attribute to an
Englishman. would have wanted to go
some place and have a good cry and three
or four nervous chills. The average per-
son would at least have wanted 20 pause
long enough 10 make his will and write a
few affectionate letters home TO his
family"
Charles r. TAFT. on his occasional visits
with Brother BIZ at the White House,
always shows a desire, apparently, not
TO get too familiar with a President just
because that President happens TO be his
brother.
Now. a great many people, n they had
a brother occupying the White House.
would insist on running in at Cabinet
meetings and conferences, and wanting
! TO borrow money from bro Their, just for
/ the sake OF showing OF. And il would
/ be an almighty big temptation II one
/ were out some place with ones President
/ brother. where everybody was taking him
/ seriously as BELTS his Office, 90 nudge
somebody in the crowd and jerk one $
l thumb in the direction Of the President
| with the boastful remark: Hes my
| brother,"
/ All how many Rtsn would refrain from
walking into the front door OF the White
House some day when there were Visi-
tors around and yell out at some attend
ant Hey. Il ere. Seen anything of Bill
around?'
But there is not any such alecky at
titude about Brother Charles p. Taft
/ He doesn't even call the President by MS
/ first name-that is not when there s
anybody else around 60 hear IL. He j
walk in and say: Beg pardon, hut
where is the President Never yet has
! he said; where is brother WHIP Even
when he meets his brother face TO face,
/ he'll call him Mr. President
For all that anybody would know from
| Brother Charles talk nc might not be
any more closely related TO the Presi-
dent than distant cousin Of his wife's
/ by marriage
One OF the Pennsylvania Representa-
tiyes in Congress came into the Speakers
Office a few days ago, accompanied By
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-18
WHEN CHRISTMAS CALLS.

Christmas has called and / wsnt 10 90 holuc;
Christmas has whisuered-and out through the
night
There's something that bcesons to us who must
roam
FaF from the berries Of scarlet ard white
There's something tnat beokons-and cut on the
read
We follow nc way Of dream that + Old,
And wear the travel aud heavy the load
0f those Who may never tum bacS 10 the fold.
Christmas has eailod-and | want 10 30 back
Back through the years 10 a day that | know
Over the trail a a dra1m-Wogen track
Int he heart If tho longtime ago
Where scarlet and white from Tho gray wall above
The hollis iWincd IN with the mistleice bough
And III II Us ne n cn,is Of love
want 70 80 homc-and want 70 80 now.
] want 70 81 home 10 lhe day sherc at dawn
t0w-hfaded ywlnEsteF rushed forth with Whoop
~ the clarion cal II the lituc tin horn
And the roll q the drum a u summoned the troop
OF he tin-soldier legion with iausket a-geam.
Serted and straight in an WntTpscn
| want 70 20 back whore q fellow dream
Of Christmas Ike that ia the longtime ago
-Grantland Rice.
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Not a auestion OF Economy.

From the New York sun.
There is little doubt that President
Tafts recommendation to Congress con-
corning the protection OF the canal at
Panama will express the original intent
and consistently declared purpose Of this
nation We undertook 10 build an Amer
lean canal: waterway for our COM
merce and the worlds commerce which
should always. TO use Mr. Roosevelt 3
phrase. BE wholly under the control Of
the United States, alike in peace and
war" This seems 10 Us vital
Ii is not a question OF economy and OF
spending a few millions more or less
II is a question of assuming a natural
duty and asserting a clearly and legally
established right.
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sim wears Last seasons Feet.

From the Youngstown Telegram.
In local shoe store stout man
appeared TO be having considerable diff
ficulty in finding Just what he wanted
After showing him dozen or more
pairs the salesman blandly observed:
Now here Is pair that | think will
suit you TO perfection"
After examining the shoes me stou;
man exclaimed; Il don't like them
They are too narrow and too pointed
All. returned the clerk. but they are
wearing narrow. pointed shoes this sea
SON"
Possibly returned tfie stout man
but I am still wearing my last season S
feet"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-18
Careful as TO Authorities.

Fron tho Topeka Capital.
Laura Jean Libbey says it is all right
for a girl to marry a man with one leg
If she is sure she loves him. This depart
nent doesn't pretend to much knowledge
on its own account, but its quotations
are from the highest authorities.
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sounds Like aHIgh-Lo1v. ;,

Prom the C,nEeIard Pain Dealer.
al Re holds the cup fer the short name
championship.
Fly 10 claims 20 tie him.
Unfortunately, the latter name has an
altogether suspicious suggestion of either
tantan or casino.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-18

The Christmas season IS finely cogent
argument for the parcels post system
Let US all hope that next Christmas will
not be quite so happy for the express
companies.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-18

plane" died in bed Really. statistics win
show that going TO bed is the deadliest
exercise in which man can engage.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-18

Another sign that infant mortality is on
the increase is that New Nationalism
hardly survived its christening.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-18

South Carolina is 10 have a tomato ex.
position. and wen bet they learn to pro.
nounce it ''to-mart-to'
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-18

And the only thing We have heard in
the way of adverse comment on the APP
polntment OF chief Justice White is that
he is an expert pianist.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-18

The most sensible nonsense suggestion
we have heard for some time is to use
the hobble skirts for convicts instead of
the usual ball and chain
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-18

The London suffragettes say they are
not satisfied with the result of the Eng
lish elections. If they were satisfied
they would not be sunragettes.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-18

You may not always be able to put your
hand on the middIeman. but the monthly
bills assure you that he is still on the
lob
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-18

The report Of the committee exonerat-
ing Senator Lorimer is, undoubtedly,
another slap at the silent colonel. for he
pronounced Lorimer guilty.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-18

The Chicago Tribune says that padding
has gone out of fashion. Still, we have
" make Santa Claus look rotund and
jolly somehow.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-18

was doing it found a diamond ring which
a pickpoeket had lost in her pocket
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-18

The New York sufrragettes have ineor-
porated into stock company. 1t viii. of
course. be their preferred stock that will
DO preferred
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-18

From the Springfield ReIahlican.
II only everybody would follow Presi-
dent Tafts example and cut down the
expenses.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-18

Even II the price OF whitewash is high,
il seerls 10 be one Of the necessities of
political life. and we must have it.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-18

In these Christmas mara zine clubbing
offers We do not notice that any one has
included the Congressional Record.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-18

Another ADVANTAGE of doing your
Christmas shopping early is to be seen
in the fact that a Philadelphia lady who
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-18

Some Brooklyn gentleman has kindly
sent us a long article defending DIR.
Cook, II is rather interesting reading.
but We prefer. If you please, to believe
DR.. Cooks confession.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-18

Is 1t not a thought curious that easy
payments" seem so hard about Christ
mas time?
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-18
ALITTLE NONSENSE.
on An ICY DAY.

ON AN ICY DAY.
Uncertainty my steps ! trace
And now and then ] swerve or halk
Until ! chance 10 strike a place
With sawdust sprinkled on the walk.
Praise other heroes If You can;
OF only one I care TO talk.
There is no hero like the man
Who sprinkles sawdust on his walk.
He is our leading citizen;
Above them an his name I'd chalk.
] celebrate that best OF men.
Who sprinkles sawdust on his walk.
Fine start.
And how did the young couple fare2''
'Excellently. The groom mother do
mated le.O00 trading stamps. and the
brides father gave them enough tobacco
coupons to furnish their parlor.'
Then Trouble Began.
What became OF that cake I baked
for YOU? demanded the fancee.
u sent It down town 10 have my mono
gram engraved on it, replied the fiance.
served Him Right.
Serves me right
How noW?'
81 made so many cracks about Christ
mas cigars that my wife has gone and
bought me tin razor
Green Christmas.
White paper now is very high,
AS publishers we'll know.
i makes the playwright. by the by.
Too stingy with his snow.
IL seldom Is.
Yes; were engaged"
But ] thought she rejected You and
said her decision was fnal
'Oh, 1t wasn't as final as all that"
The Quickest Way.
Il wish l knew how to make a few
Christmas presents in a hurry
Take your old birthday presents and
decorate EN- with sprigs OF holly
Chafe in Chatting Dishes.
'Our rules forbid cooking in the dorni-
tories"
And arc the girls tractabler''
Far from il. They chafe against the
regulations.
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Now that Mr. Carnegie has raised il
ten millions. 1t might be we'll 10 remind
Mr.. Rockefeller that this giving-away
game is not confined TO table stakes.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-18

Mayor Gaynor. OF New York. thinks
that one way 70 settle the traffic prob
lem in his city is to advise the people TO
walk.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-18

If Santa Claus has had look at the
Census reports, he will realize that he
has a hard lob getting AROUND to every
body this year.
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1t would seem that Congressman Hob
son had some help this time in unpack-
ing his properties for the melodrana.
The japanese Peril"
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There is a growing suspicion that Mary
Garden is not so modest that she shrinks
from publicity.
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From the st. Louis Globe-Dgmocrat
But let nobody suppose that any limit n the
growth q the country is in sight Many Of the
States in the older portion Of the country increased
at a higher ratio in the laz decade than they did
in the ten years Immediately preceding
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-18

Some newspapers think it rassins
strange that the father OF the aero
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-18

Thrre words serge to explain the brad slenRcapee
q population which the Cenass Bureau Rnds 10
have reached a total of sl,40el5l. cr including
Alaska, Hawaii. Porto Rico. ard military rersons
abroad G.o2,l5l-a population further increased b.
the PHILIPPINES, Guam. Samoa. ard the Canal zons
10 tcta estimated az lel cl.ogo. Those thru,
vcas in the order ri their importance. are imusi-
1ation. cummerce. and manufacturing Two words
that ought 70 he thers are wanting. OF rather an
ieo much sbordinsted to make the trio q quintet.
Those natural increase and farming.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-18

From the Ballim0re sun
Win more than &C. 90 90 rrmsining Americans. We
may Re able 10 bear the loss q ". waldorf AstOz
and ]. H4zcn Hyde.
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A a nation our population puts Ms night IN
the front rank. We are ahead o. France and hsE
colonies, ahead o. Germany and her ooloniss. and
next 10 the British empire, the Russian empire AMI
China.
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rrrn III. Nsn nr,ean. rires.nsm..r,t-

IruM tue NeA tfaealis IlfLes- LStof1aL
Among those who decline 70 take stook in the
'helB that he night ridrrs have driven population
out and confined the volume a immigration II ve-s
small proportions Is prominent state oaicis' No
attributes Kntuckys virtual s;anistuI TO i rsasc
q negro population. The negroes he SAYS an going
into the Northern cities and into Illinois. Ole sad
Indiana.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-18

Nowhere else in the world live s2oOOOlo people who
have many reasons to consider themselves pros
Porous and many reasons for facing the future
with Confidence. The next census ought 10 shov
the population Of the continental United States to
be IN excess Of 100000
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From the Buffalo Commercial
The drift 4 pcpuation 10 cities oontirnls 70 h
characteristics Of our naiional life. but Mr. Durnd
points out that it is not 50 marked tendency in
the last decade a. in some earlier pericds-
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n the New Orleas Tims-D,n.o-,t-

Prom the Neg Orloas Times D. nso-rzt
The population rturned renders it ccrtain hat
Louisiana viii gain az least one Congressman. The
ig1Te5 Tor New Orleans. 80 el5. have already been
given. The cty has sroxn nearly as rapidly as the
Steie. ls.l pr CENT clTpared with 1873 showing
that lis growth has been normal and not artificial
through extraordinary stimulation CT snnexstion Of
Territory.
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From III Ncrark ErenIns So.

From tho Newark EFeuins STAR.
Congressman Eugene T. Kinkead has the honor Of
taking the initiative in Congress FOR the relief Tor
the people nf the United Stats frem The exorbltant
greed Of the beef trust Mir Kinksad's bin calls
fer the suspension Ct the taxes CT duties upon all
meals intended Ter use as food fer the pcope. and
IL provide that IL act shall ea INTO eject on the
day following Is kgnature lE the President The
bin specifies catse swine aUi sheep, and all meats
and extracts d meats Of any kihd
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Ffon lie Ohio state Journal

Ffom lie Ohio State Journal
All The old Northsest Territory showsd gain in
population in the last decade ezcept Indiana. Ohio
Michigan. Wisconsin and Illinois gained between 10
and n yer cent population. while Indiana fell helos
70 per cent. Iowa. Missouri KENTUCKY, and Tennes-
see keep comnny with Indiana ard netnrr less
than 10 Der cent increase. But Nea YORK. Pennsyi-
vania and West virriria that border Ohio on the
east and scuth. made a gain Of over % per cent
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Other pitfalls are more at the mercy or
chance. A war in Morocco viii be al
most certain TO cause a revolutionary
movement in Barcelona similar to the
riots OF July, f909-riots made possible by
the opportunity Of the MeIilla campaign.
added 20 smoldering hostility against the
religious houses. which abound in that
city. and by organized strike societies
among the working men, At Barcelona
Senior IserrouX, leader of the radical-re-
publcans and himself an Andalusian.
has his main army OF adherents, the
strength of which is greatly increased
by alliance with the socialists, led by
Don Pablo Iglesias. The socialists are
anti-militarists. and Senior lglesias, aided
BY other leaders. recently has been wag-
ing a war in the press against a military
undertaking in Africa.
The calling out of the reserves, nee
essarv in the event OF war. would be
followed by a rising at Barcelona and in
Catalonia generally. II is, in fact, the
policy OF the joint radical-sepubliean and
socialist party 10 strike when the army
is engaged elsewhere. Thus the surging
unrest az Barcelona continues beneath
the surface.
A revolutionary movement at Barcelona
now even has greater chances of finding
echoes in other towns. The republicans
are aware that the army Is not on their
side. and since the revolution in Portugal
they have been multiplying their en-
deavors TO convert it. Ff.ANErR
iCersrght i9ie, by Alctlare Aessrapcr Syndicate