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The Washington herald., 1910-03-04

Taft and the people? There has been
no test Of public feeling toward him
That is yet to come There is unrest.
The cost of living is high-abnormaIIy
high. This affects the ultimate con-
sumer. His name is Legion. It touches
the Pocketbook. always sensitive. It
reaches the home. Then great Industrial
and economic problems are in course Of
solution at executive. legislative. and ju-
dicial hands that affect the largest ma
terial affairs OF life-that may make or
unmake them It is a period Of waiting
Of conservative apprehension.
Such conditions are not conducive to
an administration popularity,
But the American people are fair In
their final. II not their immediate, ap-
praisements. A retrospective view Of
Taft is wholly to his credit Much has
happened during these twelve months
just passed. The journey from the rest
less seas of the Rooseveltian regime to
the more placid Taftian era has been
successfully accomplished. We are reach
ing a point, If we have not reached It,
where we may gather an honestly straight
and clear impression of the new admin
| istration.
In these circumstances. It is, we think,
somewhat significant that q Democratic
paper so thoroughly grounded in the
faith and so stanchly-though not I'm
fairly-partisan as the Houston Post
should pay the President this tribute:
Not only do ths American people believe that
the President is doing his level best to make good
but We are generous enough 70 admit that there
are few who are not earnestly DESTROYS that he
shall make good
quite apart from the criticism evident
here and the impotence manifest yonder,
we believe the attitude of the Houston
Post is that of nine-tenths Of the Ameri-
can people to-day. Few men ever came
to the Presidency under conditions more
unusual or trying than did Mr.. Taft
Many things have arisen TO embarrass
him-some things, indeed. that might
have imbittered a nature less optimistic
and buoyant. Nevertheless. he has met
crisis after crisis as they have arisen,
and always so frankly, so openly. and
so Loyalty that even those who incline
TO question his judgment of men and
measures nevertheless freely accord him
absolute sincerity OF purpose and right
Ieousness of endeavor
Leaving Texas and going into another
and different section Of the countryside
The Washington herald., 1910-03-04
Where the Responsihilit,
DR.. Wiley Should Be Specific.

Prom the Toledo Blade
Chickens may be kept nine months" said Dr.
Wiley. Much depends On the character Of The
neighborhood.
The Washington herald., 1910-03-04

People who pin their faith 10 signs
and omens shook their heads ominously
and looked solemnly wise and distressed
a year ago to-day. The weather made
pessimists Of them all. It was a portent
of stormy days ahead-an augury of
trouble for an administration installed
under conditions so unpropitious. Idle
superstition. that Inauguration Day.
1893, might have been the most glorious in
history-heaven's brightest smile might
have been given TO the ceremonies-and
Yet without altering or modifying an
iota the difficulties 10 come.
1t was Theodore Roosevelt, not Fate,
that decreed administration trouble.
It was an inheritance-a heritage
which none who came after could escape.
1t has borne down heavily upon Will
lam Howard Taft; he himself makes no
secret Of it; but it has not been a crush
ing weight He has borne the burden
bravely. smilingly. stout-heartedIy.
a born optimist. conscious Of doing his
best. word of protest now and then has
escaped him; a note Of impotence with
those who would have him do more-such
as he uttered at Newark the other night:
but his equanimity is seldom RULED, his
good nature rarely disturbed. and when
they are. his intensely human qualities
then become all the more strongly
marked.
William Howard Taft. the President Is
still William Howard Taft the man.
The Washington herald., 1910-03-04

Presidents home section-we find these
words in the Cleveland Leader:
when man with such mind Tsft's has as
clear conscience IS the President evidently owns
he can't be going far wrong
The Washington herald., 1910-03-04
CHAT OF THE FORUM.
The Way Things Look.

The Way Things Look.
From the Boston Transcript.
Has the Forester barked up the wrong treei
Where the Responsibility Rests.
From the Wheeling intelligence.
Don't blame Senator Leroy Percy too much. Ri
parents named him, you know.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-18
TEXAS WAR WHOOPS
Waterbury Republican,

It was with Joyous anticipation that
we have been waiting the post-elec-
ton issues of The Houston Post to
see how Colonel George Marcellus Bal
ley would rise to the rare occasion OF
a Democratic victory. The quota
tions made in yesterday Republican
showed that the gallant Texan was
fully equal to the emergency. 1t was
true that the landslide did not come
to him as shock or surprise. He had
prophesied a bourbon victory indeed
he took out his copyright as the
first prophet of victory In 1910. Prob
ably he has been prophesying 1t since
1S93-fell year.
The only state he evere conceded to
the hellish Republicans was Pennsyl-
vania and he is now of the opinion
that the Republicans should thank
their stars that the colonel didn't In
wade that state too. His idea of lone
somness is the Manchester On. H.)
Union in a tidal wave like this. He
reports that when the New York news
papers with the first election returns
came to hand it was like living over
again the glory of Tuesday night, No
vember 8. and further states that the
contributing editor of the Knockout
will resume his duties as contrtbut-
ing editor of the Outlook. Here are
some other choice ones:
1--WE feel now that we must reject
Gertrude Atherton's view OF Chica-
go. A town that will give 1000 Demo-
Gratis good fat offices in one election
is bound to be guided by good i'm
pulses. We transfer our former opin-
ions of Chicago to Philadelphia and
Pittsburg."
Even the roses of Houston are
blushing at the thought that Ohio
came within $4,000 of equaling the
Democratic majority of Texas"
"In considering the new wealth
which has come to us as a result Of
the election, we find that by swap
ping and trading we can utilize the
nine hats and pair of silk socks, but
we still have that ride in a wheel
barrow to dispose Of"
"Ohio, New York, Massachusetts,,
New jersey Indiana, Connecticut,
West Virginia and Maine may file
their orders for Christmas turkeys
with Texas and they will be supplied
at the usual market rates. Republi-
can states must feast on bull neck
this year or starve."
"rhe only reverses we sustained
were where we won cigars from Re-
publicans. Judging from the quality
of cigars the losers paid their bets
WITH we suppose If we had won ap-
pies from them they would have paid
with the Ben Davis variety"
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-18
OUTDOORS AND OPPORTUNITY

7 OS ANGELES county has 5O4, l5l population,
according to the census figures, but that count
- was taken last June. There are whole lot
more of us now, and the remarkable tact IS that
the townships show wonderful growth IN almost
the same measure of increase as the cities and
towns. Every township in Southern California so
far reported has shown an increase, while the east
is bewang the fact that the farming districts are
becoming depopulated.
The same census figures reveal that In 440
counties in the middle west there are $50 town
ships that show falling off in population The
states affected are the good old solid ones OF the
nation and include Ohio Indiana, Illinois, Mlchl-
can, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Tennessee and
Missouri, as well as far-famed Kentucky. In all
these states the cities have increased, and one an
swer is the lure of the steam-heated flat OF the
town as against the bleakness OF wind-swept
farm house in the wintry blasts. They surely
haven't all quit the farm to become lawyers and
railway magnates.
The real answer for the growth of California S
southland townships is not a matter OF mystery.
1t all can be attributed to Outdoors and Oppor-
tunity." Ranch life is becoming the bulWark OF
California's greatness. Splendid transportation
facilities enable many to enjoy the urban oppor-
tunties associated with country life under perfect
conditions. There is no shadow here OF the back
east farm that was held together with baling wire
and mortgages Prosperity and irrigation systems
of cement are the rule here, where nature rewards
the tillng Of the soil with greater bounty than Is
given anywhere else in the world.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-18
THE HERALD's BIG SPECIAL EDITION

A SPECIAL Christmas edition of The Herald
~ will be issued next Sunday and will portray
the greatness and growth OF Los Angeles
from the pueblo days to the marvellous achieve
ments of the present. This beautiful number has
been in preparation for weeks and will be credit
to The Herald, to the city and to Southern Cali
fornia.
Every detail of the city's advancement is inter
estingy told and profusely illustrated 1t is just
what you want to send back home to your friends
as telling the splendors of the Southland and por-
traying the opportunities and advantages, There
also will be pages on pages OF advertising that will
of themselves be proof of the prosperity existing
here. The Herald takes pleasure in announcing
this edition and believes its readers will find this
number the best ever issued in Los Angeles.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-18
WOULD CURB COLLEGE YELLs

OHICAGO is becoming aesthetic. The noisy
city by the lake threatens the suprem-
- acy of Boston, for she has brought forth a
man who would curb the harshness of the college
veil He is Frederick D. Nichols of the alumni OF
the University of Chicago. While that gentleman
hardly hopes to give the yell the swing and the
lit of triumphal hymn he at least hopes to make
it sonorous and ineligible enough that you do
not to have to wait for the last burst of the words
to find out what institution of learning 1t is meant
to extol.
Mr.. Nichols complains that there is too much
sameness in the "rah-rah' lyrics of today, which
has the effect of shutting out many wiling shout
ers because they do not know what institution IS
meant until the yell is all over. Therefore he de
mands that each yell must give official warning in
its first word.
Complaint is made however, that the urge to
veil comes too quickly for the college youth to
have any time to waste preamble so it IS
feared the sterilized cry will become popular
Despite all this there likely to be high
brow conferences over this feature of higher edit
cation.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-18
SMOKE AND GROW STRONG CULT

n R. GEORGE L. N1EYLAN, who ranks as a
savant on physical form at Columbia uni
versity in New York, has come forward
with the announcement that smoking improves
the physical condition but Injuries the mind. He
bases his deductions study of 233 students, of
whom 1 IS smoked habituay. He has been taking
these observations for two years, with the result
that he declares the smokers have become athletes
while the non-smokers outstripped them in their
studies though they became undersized physically.
The doctor admits that the non-smokers were
the more studious, while the smokers were more
frequently at work in the gymnasium and on the
athletic field. 1t may be that therein lies the real
truth that the doctor aimed to attain, which merely
was that the smokers studied sports and the others
studied books.
Leastways the doctor has started a new cult
based upon "smoke pipe and grow strong.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-18
THE MENACE OF MARRIAGE?

JUDGE HUGO GRIMM who has presided for
years as a divorce court judge in St. Louis,
- has summed tip the result of his experience
over the matrimonial tanges of others in the state
ment that "hasty marriages are greater menace
to society than hasty divorces"
This iurist also laments the fact that it is too
easy to get married, saying, 1T is easier to get
married than to enter into any other sort OF con-
tract, This should not be- State supervision OF
marriages would go far to solving the divorce
problem"
OF course the state can prevent insane persons
from marrying, but it isn't the crazy ones who get
the divorces, and what power is there that would
be accepted as the official censor OF the conquests
of Cupid?
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-18
A HEARTY LAUGH
Being the days best Joke from the news
exchanges.

Mr.. Brown had gone UP to the attic
and hanged himself. While the sorrow
of the widow was keenest, her neigh
Dor, Mrs. Jones, came to comfort her.
Mrs. Jones, because of her reputation
for always saying the wrong thing.
had secured the consent OF her own
family to make the visit only on her
promise that she would talk about sub
iects foreign to the cause of her
friends grief. She commenced on safe
ground by talking about the weather.
"Rather nice weather we've been
having, Mrs. Brown"
Eyes" said Mrs. Brown; "but 1t has
been. too wet to get our washing dry"
ooh. well, you needn't worry about
that Mrs, Brown, as you have such a
nice attic to hang things in."-Lippin-
colts.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-18
Again The Herald's Public Lett

Again The Heralds Public Letter Box has
ougrown the space provided for 1t on the editorial
page, and this morning is found on two pages OF
this section of the Sunday newspaper The Letter
Box is conducted for the sole purpose of giving
the people medium for expressing their views
and opinions, and The Herald hereby voices its
qualification over the fact that so many OF It's
readers desire to take advantage of the opportu-
nifty. The Letter Box is a feature that lhe Her
aid considers we'll worthy of all the space that may
be found necessary to devote to it.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-18

II r. FREDERICK a. COOK is coming back.
He is due in New York next Wednesday to
- lay fresh claim to having been at, near,
about or almost in proximity to the north pole.
The interesting feature of his return, however,
is that he comes voicing a truth that even the
geographic experts of Copenhagen will not have
the temerity to question. He now declares that
beyond the eightythird parallel life is devoid OF
any pleasure"
OF course this statement may lessen the price
of corner lots in that cold storage section of the
universe but the doctor is satisfied because he has
at last found one statement Of fact that no one will
dare to refute.
He does not make any defense of the accusa-
ton that his alleged ascent OF Mt. Mckinley was
made by camera and at a comfortable distance
from all glaciers, but that is such small matter
to worry about when he has a new explanation of
how he reached the pole IN which questions Of rec
ords the kind of snoWshoes he wore or the instru-
ments he carried do not have to be involved.
Nearly as can be CLEANED from his prc-arrival
statement, he was temporarily insane or some
thing Of that kind at the time he passed the pole
in blizzard and neglected to make proper note OF
the incident.
According to his latest statements, it was not
the proper polar season for him to pcrspire, and
therefore his system was congested with the toxin
of fatigue" He declares that state caused a de
lerium that made him careless about facts, but
there is no record that it prevented him from col
1ecting much cash his alleged exploit.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-18
roR TILE FOOL KILLER

Only two lives have been lost as the result
of the Savannah automobile races. The Van
derbilt Cup races on Long Island caused six
deaths There are metropolitan advantages
in big populations when records are being
r7o ode.-New York World
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-18

A man carrying suitcase containing seven
bottles of beer was killed by street car IN Mlchi-
gan. Score another point Tor the "dryS' ne
hadn't been carrying that heavy suit case he
might have lodged the car.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-18

Revelations brought out by the raiding of get
rich quick" promoters in New York show that
they sold their promotion stock first for fear of be-
ling caught with the goods on them.'
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-18

A London petticoat manufacturer ascribes his
failure to the hobble skirt, which prevents the
wearing Of petticoats Foolish man; he should
have invented a double-hobble petticoat and his
fortune would have been assured.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-18
WHAT OTHERS SAY
SAME OLD CAME

Have you noticed any decrease In the
number of fatalities on the football field
owing to the revision OF the rules?-chicago
Record Herald
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-18
MORE INTERESTING Subjects

It'V1
London papers are unable to agree as to
the cause OF the Democratic gains IN This
country. We are willing to let them eerap
about it while we talk about something else.
-CleVeland Leader.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-18

Not the least important of latter day discov-
cries is that the Rockefeller hookworm commits
sion which reports that petroleum is the best cure
for the disease The Standard brand, OF course.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-18

DR.. Frederick A. Cook is breaking into print
with his story of why he did not find the pole.
Which convinces us that the American people are
a long-sutfering forgiving lot of idiots.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-18

DR.. Cook, having dismissed the north pole in
cident with his "daze theory, might revert back to
that Mount Mckinley incident.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-18
rnRRucrNous STATISTICS

The average human being carries pound
of iron In his system, and it costs q little
moro TO keep it there than it used to COST
Chicago Tribune.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-18

A contributor to The Heralds Public Letter
Box has set forth the unique idea that mans cray
ing for immortality is an outgrowth OF personal
vanity. Possibly on the belief that the hereafter
wouldn't be able to get along without him.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-18

It was a sad day for the Pullman porters when
thc public learned that the Pullman company eN-
pected it's patrons to pay the wages OF the colored
attendants.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-18

Advocates of the germ theory will shudder with
horror when they read OF the twenty-five kisses
Lucky" Baldwin gave Miss Ashley in rapid
conclusion.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-18

That death dealing blizzard in the east will
boost the population of Los Angeles
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-18

Northwestern university has forbidden hobble
gowns. Compelled to choose between an educa-
ton and hobble gown, who can doubt what the
Girls will do?
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-18

"The Queen of the Moulin Rouge" may need
censorship-but not press agent.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-18

There is one thing Champ Clark can learn from
Toe Cannon-how not to fill the position of speaker.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-18

If you want free ride in an airship, bet some
aviator at the meet his machine will not carry
double. He may take you up.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-18

The Letter Box department
will be found today on pages 8
and g of this section.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-18

Our distinguished fellow citizen, DR.. George
E1lery Hale, soon will have all ordinary thermom-
eters beaten in the matter of degrees
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-18

If the Seattle editor who is in jail for critics.
ing Judge is an optist he will realize he is safe
from the manuscript vendors, at least
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-18

The youthful Santa Claus whose cotton whlsk-
ers caught fire the other day is merely the first
unfortunate There will be others.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-18
COOK TELLS THE TRUTH ONCE

n r. FREDERICK \. COOK is coming back |
He is due in New York next "Wednesday toI
- lay fresh claim to having been at, near
Los Angeles herald., 1910-12-18

ing caught with the goods on them"
Advocates of the germ theory will shudder with
horror when they read OF the twenty-five kisses
Lucky" Baldwin gave Miss Ashley in rapid
conclusion.
Northwestern university has forbidden hobble
gowns. Compelled to choose between an educa-
ton and hobble gown who can doubt what the
girls will do?
It was a sad day for the Pullman porters when
the public learned that the Pullman company eX-
Dected it's patrons to pay the wages OF the coored
attendants.
Our distinguished fellow citizen, DR.. George
F1erv Hale, soon will have all ordinary thermom-
eters beaten in the matter of degrees
The youthful Santa Claus whose cotton whsk-
ers caught fire the other day is merely the first
unfortunate. There will be others.
If the Seattle editor who is in Jail for CRITICS.
ING Judge is an optmst he will realize he is safe
from the manuscript vendors, at least.
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If YOU want free ride in an airship, bet some
aviator at the meet his machine will not carry
double. He may take you up.
DR.. Cook, having dismissed the north pole in
cident with his daze" theory, might revert back to
that Mount Mckinley incident.
There is one thing Champ Clark can learn from
Joe Cannon-how not to fill the position of speaker.
"The Queen Of the Moulin Rouge" may need
censorshiP-but not press agent.
That death dealing blizzard in the east will
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-13
POINTER OR sETTER-WHIcH?

Disputes between men devoted to the
pointer or the setter are continuous
and sometimes acrimonious as to the
merits of their favorite breed. This is
to be regretted, as it is certain that
the efforts of all men interested should
be directed to the perfection of all the
dogs devoted to the gun and it's contin-
uation rather than the promoting of
one breed at the expense of another.
Commercialism in dog breeding has
something to do with the matter, per-
sonal prejudice much, lack of extend
ed experience a great deal. AS far as
studbook records go the setter has re-
ceived so far an overwhelming popular
verdict.
The setter will always have the ad
vantage of his long coat, which pro-
tects him from briers, from cold and
from wet, and in spite of arguments
to the contrary which must be based
more on inference than on experience,
he endures heat equally well with the
pointer. Among burs. Spanish needles
and particularly the dreaded sand bur
of Florida and some other sections. the
pointer has some advantage, but 1t Is
not enough to make up the balance in
any case, and if the setter have his
feather removed and the hair clippe,
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-13
PRETTY GEISHAS

A DELIGHTFUL novelty act is the
~ presentation of eight dainty bits
IA of Japanese femininity billed di-
rect from Nagasaki, land of the Rising
sun, at the Orpheum this week. Against
an Oriental background, that is riot in
exquisite colors. the eight little maids
sing and dance to the accompaniment
Of the Japanese banjo or samisen.
The posture dancing, descriptive OF
poems and stories of Nippon, are a
revelation of beauty and grace, the
small figures, clad in wonderfully en-
broidered white satin kimonos, breath
ing an indescribable charm, and an
innate harmony that may well be said
to be the poetry of motion. Gayly
painted fans and umbrellas are used
in several of the dances, and the cleo
trical effects enhance the beauty OF
the act.
The eight Geisha maidens are not
only pretty but lay claim to decided
personality. They sing in sweet, small
voices, and smile deliciously most OF
the time. Their orchestral mum bers on
their samisens are most pretentlous'
one number being a selection from the
well-known comic opera, "The Cessna.
From the program one might judge
the damsels to be of Irish extraction
as every name begins with U some
thing, but all are genuine Japanese
Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-13
A POETS FAME

Fame is, after all. something more
than Diedrich Knickerbocker's con-
temptuous definition of it: Half a
sheet of dirty paper" 1t may even
reach a high emotional plane, and in
proof of this is quoted the following
anecdote of Bjornson, the Norwegian
poet.
Bjornson was once asked on what
occasion he got the greatest pleasure
from his fame as poet. His answer
was:
at was when a delegation from the
Right came to my house in Christiania
and smashed all the windows. Be
cause when they had thus attacked
me and were starting for home again
they felt that they ought to sing
something, and so they began to sing,
Yes, We love this land of ours They
could do nothing else! They had to
sing the song of the man they had at
tackled"