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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-08-09
The Regatta.

The regatta to be held on the Potomac
Friday and Saturday promises to be IN
many ways a big success. Certainly. the
Potomac Boat Club. which strove val
iantly to bring the regatta to Washington
when many other cities wanted It. has
done its share, and is pledged to do It
until the end.
But It is an undoubted fact that the
committee having the preliminary ar
rangements in charge has not received
the hearty support that civic pride alone
might have prompted in insuring the
success Of an event that will, for the
two DAYS It lasts. center many eyes on
Washington. The events to take place
here the latter part Of this week are
national in Importance, and as some
Canadian boat clubs are to visit US. ii
might be called international
Yet unless public enterprise and public
pride are exhibited to a greater degree
than they have been up TO the present, It
is plain that the regatta is to be a
costly experiment to those who thought
that in securing it they were doing
good thing for Washington II is esti-
mated that the expenses OF the regatta,
the items FOR entertaining visiting oars
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-08-09

Mr.. Frank Savile is one OF those fortu-
nate authors who are able 10 go whittier
fancy leads Thus he has gone over every
Inch OF the route followed by his hero in
The Pursuit little, Brown & Coz. and
though his experiences were hardly Of
the same nature. the incidents OF the
book are such as might have happened
under the given conditions.
Sherman. French & Co. viii pub
fish Writing on the Clouds" by Arthur
Newman. book meant 70 emphasize
the board. balanced, and complete truth
taught In the Bible. in the form Of
sound words God has thus given which
each generation finds fitted TO its needs.
In the dlssolving OF doubts and the
solving Of questions Of pressing impor-
lance.
Hr F. Phillips Oppenheim is coming
10 America. The author Of The Illus
Tious Prince" Little. Brown & Coz has
recently resigned lis dictatorship in the
manufacturing business which his father
established In Leicester. England. and
he viii now devote more time 10 travel.
Mrs. Oppenheim. who was Miss Elsie
Hopkins before her marriage. is an
American and her parents reside IN
Chelsea, Mass. The Orpenheims' home
on the Norfolk coast OF England is
named Wlnnisimmet. the original Indian
name OF Chelsea. Il may be 1911 when
Mr.. Oppenheim reaches America, for be
is very much interested in English pol
itics. When he does ccne he will bring
his golf sticks. for he Is one OF the
crack players OF the Sheringham Golf
Club
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-08-09
Our Growing Suburbs.

Within the limits of the District Of
Columbia there are number OF -four
ishing suburban towns. Anywhere else
they would have their own local govern
ment Takoma. for instance. which lies
half in Maryland and half in the Dis
trict Ve2s mayor and council for that
portion OF the town which is beyond our
border
Anacostia is a well-established COM
munity with banks. building associa-
tions, and excellent stores. Brightwood
has developed greatly. and the country
around it is building up with pleasant
homes. Tenne!lytown is on a much
Travelled highway and is near several edu-
cational institutions Of more than local
fame. Langdon is improving. and Brook
land has long held an enviable position
among the suburbs Benning may have
suffered somewhat by reason OF the
transfer Of freight Yard. but its growth
is only momentarily checked. Congress
Heights and Petworth are fourishing.
and, In fact, a dozen other towns might
be included in the list Of growing
suburbs
The District Commissioners will soon
be at work on the estimates for next
years appropriations. and we want 10
speak a good word for these suburbs
The residents there are taxpayers. and
deserve the largest degree Of considera-
ton. They are patient with unpaved and
ill-kept streets, with darkness where
they should have light. with Inadequate
police and fire protection. and with the
minimum of water and sewer convent
ences. notwithstanding these disadvan-
tages. the suburbs have developed They
would flourish like the typical green bay
trees IL they received just a little more
encouragement
Our compliments and best wishes TO the
suburban towns. May they grow and
spread until they coalesce with each
other and the entire District Of Columbia
becomes a city in every sense Of the
word.
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BREAD UPON THE WATERS.
Sometimes There's "A Financial Ben.
efit. but Always Satisfaction.

From the Louisville COuHer-Journal.
dispatch from Macon, Ga, tells Of a
''windfall' FOR a motorman OF that city
in the shape OF a legacy Of some SjOO.O
The bequest comes from a Klondike
miner whom the motorman had assisted
In tho days Of their mutual poverty
When a resident OF Atlanta, prior to the
Alaskan golG rush, the motorman met a
stranded miner. Impressed by the miner s
story Of misfortune. he took him in. fed
him. and loaned him money 20 get out OF
town. In so doing he entertained "an
angel unawares." The miner went TO the
KlondilSe. made 4 fortune. and died. leav-
ing his wealth 20 the motorman who had
befriended him in the time OF need.
similar story comes 10 hand in a
dispatch from Mcdonald. Pa. Twenty
years ago a teamster in that city was
struggling against hard luck, and could
not buy feed for his horses. A young
man working in a feed store supplied his
wants. and stood good for the bill. The
teamster had a change OF luck He made
some money and bought a piece OF land.
II proved TO be oil territory. and netted
AllA SAlaAl fortune nc went 10 leNhhs
and his luck held good. He made big
fortune al Beaumont. and moved to Cor
pus Christi. where he erected a large
hotel and bathing pavilion. Two years
ago he hunted up the former feed store
clerk. and took him 10 Corpus Christi
and made him manager Of the hotel at a
handsome salary. The other day the mil
lionaire died. He left a wife, but no chill
dren. He also left a viii giving the
widow a life interest only in the estate.
At her death the property is TO pass 10
the former feed store clerk who did the
decedent good turn couple Of decades
ago.
Cast thy bread upon the water and II
shall return after many days" However,
you needn't expect 70 throw in a biscuit
and draw out a bakery. Such things do
happen sometimes. as in the case OF the
Georgia motorman and the Pennsylvania
feed store clerk. More often the bread
thrower is simply out a biscuit. and has
no other reward other than the satisfac-
ton which comes from doing a good deed.
All these bread investments do not pay
financially. but it is a good thing 10 be
charitable for charity's sake. regardless
OF the possibilities.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-08-09
TO-DAY IN HISTORY.
Birthday of the Great AngIer-Aueust 9.

Izaak Walton, the quaint author OF
THE Complete Angler, or Contemplative
Mans Recreation" was born on August
9. 1898. UncanOnized, Izaak Walton is the
patron saint of anglers. To speak OF
Walton is to fall to praising him. AS
Charles Lamb says: 1T might sweeten
mans temper at any time to read the
Complete Angler
OF Walton's early life little is known
beyond the fact that he was born at
Stafford. It is presumed that he was ap-
prenticed in London TO a sempster or
linen draper. ior soon after coming OF
age he had Z shop of his own al Corn
hill.
He married AZ Canterbury In 1926, and
seven children were the fruits of this
union. But they all died in childhood.
and his wife died in 1910 Meanwhile his
business as linen draper fiourished. and
for recreation he used Ito so a-fshing
with honest Nat and R. Roe" His favor
lite stream was the Lea, which crosses
the country to the northeast Of London
and falls into the Thames a little above
Blackwell
Having accumulated a small fortune,
and anxious. 1t is supposed, 20 escape
from the scene OF so many domestic
Affections. he gave up shopkeeping about
1913 and retired into the country He was
fifty when he gave up business, and forty
years of leisure remained for his enjoy
ment. Authorship he had begun before
he left his shop.
His first literary work consisted Of FIVE
biographies Of notables Not the Lives"
but the Complete Angler" is Walton's
true title 10 fame. II was published in
1865. the year IN which Oliver Cromwell
was declared protector, and Walton lived
to see II pass through four other editions
How often It has since been reprinted,
annotated by admiring editors and critics
of every mind, time would fail to tell
The Angler has long ago taken an IN
disputed place among English classics
and to speak OF its Astounding poetry
wisdom. and piety would be to repeat
criticism which has passed into common
place
The advice which Walton gives for the
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man OF is the practice 70 pay the hotel
bills Of those who come to compete). the
cost Of prizes. the work OF policing and
laying out the course win aggregate a
little more than 5000 This is a small
sum. comparatively. for an event that
calls visitors directly from eight States.
and which brings representa- tives from
New York. Boston. Philadelphia, Baitl-
more. st. Louis. Chicago, and other cities
and which provides for two days boat
racing. the cleanest sport extant Yet
UP TO the present the regatta committee
has received only N.7s6 in subscriptions.
Most Of this came from a few public
spirited merchants and private citizens.
The burden Of preparation and expense
has been borne by n very few. One
philosophical merchant has made his
store a show place for the regatta and
has done his part in subscribing; many
have not cared 10 help the enterprise at
all. and this means, of course, that It Is
going to be increasingly difficult to get
such a festival for Washington again.
The Potomac Boat Club is to have
some barges at the races finish line. in
the hope that they will be patronized by
the public. and 1t hopes to make some
profit out OF the programmes. but It
looks now as II there win be a deficit
Of more than $1,000 and as the Potomac
Boat Club is anxious to do everything to
make the regatta a success. ii seems
probable that it's members will have 70
mortgage their beautiful new clubhouse
to provide the funds. The situation
speaks for itself.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-08-09
Pawning n SO Note.

Frum the New York sun.
Pawnbrokers don't think much Of SO
bills as pledges" said tile city s,ls-7aan.
Il saw a man pawn one the other day
FOR $50. When asked why he didn't
spend his SO instead OF soaking Il for a
little more than half the amount he
explained that he wanted to keep that
particular Ri. Twice before he had
tried TO keep a certain bin by giving it
as security TO a friend who had so many
bills that he wouldn't need 70 spend that
particular one. but both times the friend
got his money mixed and the keepsake
was lost, after all. This time he de-
pended upon The pawnbroker TO tide him
over. To pawn money struck me as a
very curious proceeding. but the broker
assured me that it is frequently done
by people who attach a sentimental value
20 a particular bill or coin"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-08-09

From the North China Herald.
Two magistrates OF Soochow, China,
saw trouble two weeks ago in the towns
TO the south Of Soochow The distur-
Dances were caused by the census takers.
The country people say that their names
are being taken FOR the building OF the
new railways. that each crOsste requires
that a name be placed beneath it and the
person whose name is thus used dies at
once In one town five persons are said
to have died Immediately after their
names were taken. The mob forced one
unfortunate magistrate to issue a guar
anty, stamped with HIS Official seal, that
no one in this village would die within
ten years.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-08-09
FOREIGNERS AS LANDOWNERS.
Some States Limit an Aliens Hold
ings-Others Prohibit Them.

Some States Limit an Aliens Hold
ings-Others Prohibit Them.
From Case and Comment
Several States of the Union specifically
prohibit foreigners from owning land
within their borders. In oklahorila it is
prohibited altogether. Other States al
low naturaIized aliens to own land. and
those who have declared their intention
TO become so.
This is also the law in the District Of
Columbia Nevada makes no restrictions
as to foreigners except Chinese, who are
not permitted 10 own land in that State
Some Of the States. including Indiana
and Iowa, limit the amount OF land an
an alien may own TO $50 cares.
In South Carolina the limit is 500 acres.
and In Pennsylvania 5000 In New York
and Texas the laws are similar IN their
effect to the law recently passed by the
japanese Diet This law restricts the
ownership Of land in Japan to such for
eigners as come from a country which
extends similar privileges 10 japanese
residents. The operation OF the japanese
alien land ownership law. it is said, viii
not materially change the status OF
Americans in Japan IN the matter Of
land ownership Under the terms OF the
treaty Of 1894 citizens Of each country
may own or hire and occupy houses, man.
ufactories, warehouses. shops. and prem
Uses in the country OF the other. and may
lease land for residential and CONNER
cial purposes. but the treaty does no,
confer rights to own or hire agricultural
lands
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-08-09
The Mutiny % on the Ozark.

a certain Capt jerks Of immortal
memory. who held a commission in that
mysterious branch Of the service called
the horse marines, candidly and freely
confessed after a brief experience.
that he was satisfied that he wasn't cut
out for the army" Whatever else may
develop from an investigation Of events
on the recent cruise Of the Ozark II is
quite apparent that some of the mem
bers Of our naval militia are fully con-
WINGED, after a very brief experience, that
they, too. are temperamentally and
otherwise untitled TO endure the priva-
tons and limitations incident to the pro-
fession OF arms. But It Is questionable
whether the means they have taken 10
express their realization Of that unfit
ness is quite as ethical or as commend
able as was that OF their worthy CO.
defender previously mentioned. Theirs
is. however. by no means a new expert
cnce. These malcontents are not the
first whose Imagination, under the in
fluence Of the enthusiastic recruiting Of
ficers' fiorid rhetoric, has painted a pic
ture Of the joys Of military life with
too bright a palette. When confronted
by the inconvenience and lack of home
comforts, they have not found pleasures
sufficient to compensate them for the
sacrifice. But there IS a lot to be said
and thought in favor Of the great ma
jority Of such who were game enough to
make the best Of bad bargain. and who
tried 10 accommodate themselves grace
fully to conditions so very different from
those their fancy had painted.
It is matter Of common knowledge to
those with experience in cruising. camp
ing out, fishing, and other similar periods
spent in the open that such a mode Of
life is one OF the severest tests Of char
acter and temperament to which any
one can be subjected He who can
emerge from week or two Of close
contact with his fellows in a cruising or
camping-out experience and retain even
a few shreds of reputation for unselhsh-
ness. amiability. or congeniality will al
ways measure up to the demands OF So
ciety as a tolerably big man. A week or
two on a fishing or shooting trip with
man viii do more to reveal his true
character and disposition than will ever
be known by years Of contact with him
as citizen, or could be found out by
the closest psychological study Many
man who has for years stood well among
his fellows in club and home association
has gone to pieces In their estimation on
the FIRST day out on a trip. Very much
greater dignity Of character and amia-
bility are conveyed by the Endorsement OF
him by his fellows as a good fisherman
or a good sportsman than might appear
10 the uninitiated.
The explanation Of the severity OF
the test may lie in the fact that condi-
tions Of q camping-out or cruising party
are no longer the conventional. artificial,
and complex conditions which society
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-08-09
THROWING THE LASSO.
Cowboys Not the Only Adopts at
ROping-TugbOatmen Also Handy.

Cowboys Not the Only Adopts ut
ROping-TugbOatmen Also Handy.
From the New York Sun
The cowboy is not the only man on
earth that can rope things. The tugboat-
man also is pretty handy with a lasso.
When a tugboat comes alongside a
wharf there is very likely 20 be somebody
there willing 10 take a line and drop Il
over a Spite, but il there shouldn't hap
pen 10 be there may be on the boat a
deckhand who can drop the loop OF a
hawser over that spite without leaving
the boat. who can lasso the Spite. In
fact. there are plenty or deckhands who
can do that. throw the hawser I'D over
the rail OF the boat and over the string
piece OF the wharf. TO have the loop drop
with certainty down around the hltching
post
Twelve or fifteen feet is about as far
as such a lasso can be thrown. on &C
count Of the hawser's weight; that length
Of It Is about as much as any deckhand
can handle; but even a that distance las
soing the post is a nice thing 20 do, as
any novice would discover who tried IL
The deckhsnd can do a good deal better
still wiz . heavier line.
Let the boat ne coming alongside q
wharf or alongside another boat or light.
er moored TO the wharf end. and II the
i occasion requires It deckhand on the
approaching boat will make a bowlins
in the end OF a heaving line and throw
that distance Of twenty-five feet. III,
lasso loop on the end OF the line 70 settle
with precision around the spile or timber
head aimed at, the expert gets It ever
! time. Then II this is a heavy heavinl
line and the tugboat isn't too big they
may. by judiclous handling. haul the boa
alongside by this heaving line II they ar,
going 70 stay there only a little while
without putting out a hawser at all.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-08-09

The Blue Mound CKans) Sun admits
that IL does not publish all the news
For instance, this week" It says. 'wo
have the story OF a man who had his
hide tanned by combination OF a girl
and buggy whip that would be good for
a column. We also have the story OF a
man who deserted his wife, a woman
who had shady deal with an out-of-
town doctor. one man who went I'D
against skin game In Kansas City. a
ladies' free-for-al street fight, an at
tempted suicide. an elopement, and a
couple Of puppy-love scandals. No; we
don't try to print all the news and
there are some people who are glad we
don't"
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and communities have erected. but are
the elemental. simple. and natural con-
citions which. in close and continuous
contact with his fellows. subject him to
most critical analysis. However that may
be. doubtless some of the zoe on the Ozark,
appointment that their dreams did not
materialize, feel that their grievance IS
very neal ana that they have wasted a
part OF their precious vacation time. II
would appear, then, that Capt STRAIT
toms expressed wish that these mis-
fits" be not punished any more than their
own Disappointment has punished them
Is very wise one. in view OF the IN
fortunate circumstances attending the
cruise There have been many cruising
and camping-out parties whose members
would have been vastly pleased and
deeply grateful II the malcontents had
only been good enough to go home with
out standing upon the order Of their
going. as did these youthful sons OF
Mars, or stepsons OF Neptune, for this
amphibious branch of the service is as
YET hard 10 classify
OF course, nothing is to be said Of the
ludierous aspect presented by a few
young fellows playing soldiers who
leave and walk home thirty or forty
miles because the drinking water vas
warm and the cooking not all that they
desired. There IS yet an enduring mem
DRY Of many very estimable gentlemen
Of whom this nation is justly proud.
who lived away back in 1775. and some
more between 1851 and 1866. and others
as late as 1898, who might have rung in
vain for Ice water. but who, as far as
history records. did not hurry home in
the face Of very considerable suffering
! from hunger thirst, and exposure
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-08-09
A LITTLE NONSENSE.


Our grandsires were romantic chaps,
And. when in love,
Would steal a kerchief. or. perhaps,
Acquire a glove.
They mRdly would a shawl caress,
And rumor says,
A bit of lace brought happiness
In other days
To touch milady's scarf was bliss;
But modern man
Is rather more inclined to kiss
A ccat Of tan
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-08-09
Charity Takes n aueer Turn.

From the New York Sun
There is a man in this town who has
his own notions about charity and who
believes there are more ways than one
OF Frightening the lives OF the poor. He
is an amateur photographer. He takes
with him into the East Side a dozen
plates and a hand camera and offers TO
makes pictures Of the family for persons
who cannot afford to go to a photOgra-
pher. Two prints is all he ever gives.
one being to keep. the other 10 send back
to the old folks at home He says there
are many thousands Of these people who
never had a picture taken in their lives,
The curious part Of 1t Is that when he
offers to make one for nothing they fire.
quently refuse. fearing that there is
some trap or scheme in II.
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Vaudeville Ethics.

That vaudeville artist Is kicking about
the place we gave his article"
But he has the first page" said the
magazine editor
But a star isn't supposed TO be the
curtain-raiser I'm the vaudeville world"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-08-09
John D.'s whisky Baths.

From the Louisville COuriefJounal
John d. Rockefeller swimming in whisky WIN
seem to many the most abhouent example Of the
TiminaIly wasteful rch man that the twentieth
century has produced
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We should study the art Of putting
w with what we regard as the disagree
able traits Of other people," says the
philosophic Punxsutawney Spirit. Also
the art Of giving other people credit for
a willingness to put up in a measure
with what they may regard as the dis
agreeable traits In ourselves.