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The Washington herald., 1910-11-24
Tips and Official Travel.

II is we'll that there is a check on the
expense accounts of travelling government
officials OF course. care should be ex-
ercised ia the preparation OF the schedule
Of allowances so that man who rep
resents the government and who is travel
ing under onlcial orders shall not be sub
jected TO petty anoyanees and reduced TO
the extremity Of paltry economies when
he is engaged in travel for the benefit
OF the public At the same time. unless
there is some restriction, IL is easy 10
appreciate the ease with which extrava-
gance can be Incorporated IN the expense
accounts of officers. on the other hand,
a person who is travelling as the repre-
sentative of the government has no oeca-
sion to stint himself on any mistaken
notion that he is rendering loyal services
in the cause Of governmental prudence. A
subordinate government officer who re-
Gently visited New York City is on record
as indulging in 15-cent lunches and 25-
cent dinners, when his authorized al
lowance would have enabled him to
lunch and dine more sumptuously
without necessarily engaging in any gas
tronomic excess. Another case, of a quite
different aspect. Is that which has evoked
comment from the Assistant Comptroller
OF the Treasury. involving the experience
Of an army officer travelling on an army
transport This officer paid two tips" Of
N.75 each. made on board the transport.
and the charge was passed 10 the officers
credit by the accounting officers without
question. Army regulations do not allow
fees 10 cabin and other stewards on
transports. and the Assistant Comptroller
calls attention 10 this failure to authorize
such an item and refrains from express
sion of any opinion.
The matter Of tips is one which is sus-
ceptible Of very elastic authorization and
Is recognized by the government 20 an
extent which must be regarded as liberal.
especially If Il be considered that the
tip is a gratuity often bestowed under
duress and through cowardice, and ac-
cepted with a sacrifice OF the self-respect
OF the beneficiary. The tip, however. is
officially recognized, and there is every
reason why there should be a strict sur
veillance OF this form OF largess.
The Washington herald., 1910-11-24
New British Naval Policy.

From the New Orleans States
The new naval policy of two keels to
one" is rapidly growing in favor in Eng
land. and it is believed that the British
government will soon adopt the pro
gramme. Even so strong an advocate of
economy as Mr.. Lloyd-George has de-
clared TO his friends that the empire
must defend the integrity and indie
pendence of these islands and the great
ness of our position IN the world at all
costs" This means that for every large
armored ship laid down by Germany two
improved Dreadnoughts are to be laid
down by Great Britain.
II is said that this programme implies
a provision for no less than thirty-ive
war ships of the first-class before the
end OF 1915. or at the rate of two ships
every three months for four years ami
of three additional ships within the linz
tied period
The Washington herald., 1910-11-24
THE LURE OF THE CAMP.
Lesson in Death of Baltimore Belle
Who Became Gypsy Queen.


From lhe Baltimore American,
In her sad death the Baltimore girl
who became infatuated with the gypsy
life. married the head OF a gypsy clan.
and reigned as queen has testified 10 the
glamour that surrounds the romantIcism
OF youth. Her life, as she testified be-
fore her death. had been a severe ordeal
Of amending labor. a life OF privation. a
life OF discomfort. When she was first
discovered in the camp OF gypsies after
several years disappearance from home.
the young woman was featured the
country over as the subject OF an un-
usual romance.
The outcome Of the confession OF dis
illuslonment should tend 10 restrain other
active tempeTaments from running into
the romance OF untried ways. The gypsy
life appears bright and alluring on the
stage, il has featured attractlvely in fic-
ton, but its brutality and lack of the re-
finements which civilized living provides
should rob II OF interest for any one
who has been accustomed TO surroundings
OF refinement.
Society does have its shams, and life
has its disappointments, but lit Is better
10 bear the sings and arrows OF out
rageous fortune than TO fly 70 others that
one knows not of"
The Washington herald., 1910-11-24
ELECTION VIEWS.
southern Man Candidacy.

From the Richmond Times-Dispatch.
We do not believe that the time has
come when a Southern man can be elect
ed President or Vice President simply
because he is d Southern man. We know
that there are a number of men in the
South who would hl the office Of Presi-
dent with advantage TO the country not
because they are Southern men. but be-
cause in respect of ability. integrity OF
character, strength of purpose, and broad
patriotism they are big enough for the
office: but when we begin TO advocate
their nomination because they are South
ern men. We instantly excite the opposi-
ton OF the people in other parts OF the
country, who sim have the advantage
of us. we are sorry to say, In both money
and votes.
The Washington herald., 1910-11-24
100000 FOR VOTE.
Legislator said He Was Asked tC
oppose Anti-rsee Biil.

A@thtOE EAth SAG Us -
oppose AntI-raee Bill.
From the Philadelphia Press.
Senator Eugene NJ Travis, OF Brooklyn.
told the legislative investigating commit
tee, in session, that an offer OF 100000
was made to him TO vote against the anti
race track gambling bills in tie legisla-
ture OF 1905. A mysterious little man.
whose name the senator didn't know, but
who he would remember, made him a
proposition 10 give him $4,000 down and
S55.OlO after the vote had been recorded.
Right there the senator brought into
the case former Senator Frank J. Gard
ner. who is now under indictment on the
charge of having offered a bride to SEN
ator Otto G. Foelker. Of Brooklyn.
Travis said that the little man had told
him one day In the capitol that Gardner
wanted 10 speak 20 him on the telephone
about The matter.
While that was the most interesting
disclosure that came from the inquiry. IL
was not the only interesting testimony.
The first witness OF the day was Orlan-
do a. Jones, the well-known boOkmaker
on metropolitan tracks. Mr.. Jones. treas
ureF OF The Metropolitan Turf AssOcia-
tion, asked what was the object OF this
association. answered blithely:
THE Improvement OF the breed of
horses"
Neither James r. Keene nor Harry
Payne Whitney, who were said by A.
sistant District Attorney Elder 10 have
/ been present at the DelmonicO meeting,
at which the Doodle fund OF S500000 was
raised, has been found by the commit
tee. Mr. Bruce said subpoenas for them
have been out for weeks.
The Washington herald., 1910-11-24
REAL IRISH HUM0R.
Different Article from What Is sup.
posed from Vaudeville Quips.


Prom the Boston Herald
People who go 10 ireland expecting TO
find the male inhabitants OF the Emerald
Isle arrayed like unto the Irishman
of the vaudeville stage. mounting i'm
possible bulls, sporting green whiskers.
fiourishing a shillelagh, and making a
loud hullabaloo generally must receive
the surprise of their lives when they en-
counter the real article. for what they
behold IN the Irishman on his native
soil is a quiet. soft-yOiced person. wear
ing the ordinary sOber-colOred garb of
civilization and betraying no tendency
whatever either TO batter ones brains
out or do a song and dance.
The Irishman with whom the vaude-
vile artist and the so-called comic pub
locations have made US familiar, the
don 't-tread-on-the-t aii-of-my-coat indi-
vidual-I will not say he is not 10 be
found Ia Ireland but he certainly is
not the chief figure in Irish life. Neither
is the laundering Handy Andy type very
much in evidence, and the visitor from
other lands listens in vain for those
side-splitting bulls which he has fond
~ believed To be so common in the land
of the shamrock.
The Washington herald., 1910-11-24
HOW THE PREACHER ERRED.
Told by Deacon that His Sermon
Was in the Wrong Direction.

From the Philadelphia Evening Times
A somewhat egotlstical young divinity
student. who had not yet seen enough of
life and hard work 10 lose his high esti-
mate of his own importance in the
scheme of things. supplied" not long ago
in the pulpit Of nearby country church.
When the service was over and the con-
gregaton was leaving the church, the
young man asked one Of the deaeons, a
grizzled and plain-spoken old farmer,
what he thought of the sermon.
The old man thought for moment be-
fore he answered.
Well" he said at last you had some
pretty good things to say. young man.
But you made me think O 81 Martin
over at the Junction. 81 went huntin' one
day last winter after rabbits. And he
fOllered the rabbits tracks faithful all
day long But he follered 'em in the
wrong direction"
The Washington herald., 1910-11-24
A LITTLE NONSENSE.
THANksGrvINa HARMONY.

PRO Bone Publico'' affirms
In earnest way
That all should be on kindly terms
Thanksgiving Day.
In pleadings of this friendly sort
IL comes to pass
That he for once has the support
or "Veritas"
Taxpayer" as we go to press,
Sends friendly word;
And all our seribes for once confess
To sweet accord.
Why, even Constant Kicker" sends
A pleasant line.
To find 'em all for one day friends
Is simply fine.
The Washington herald., 1910-11-24

From the Chicago Post.
Little Robbie came home one day COZ
siderably agitated over a question thtt
had come up In school Rushing into tie
house he demanded OF his father:
..Sav pa, who was Demosthenes ?"
hobbies papa was one of those ind
vtauals who was dissatisfied with tie
general trend of modern educational
methods. and frowned on the so-callld
friIls and frivolities injected into tie
classroom work.
.Demosthenes, he answered sharpg,
was one of the early kings OF Egypt I
don't see why the schools don't cut ont
some Of their nonsense and teach his
tory
The Washington herald., 1910-11-24
HobbIe skirts Barred.

From the New York World.
Because women clerks who wear hob
bic skirts use too much time in going
about their tasks. several business men
in Office buildings in this city have for
hidden the wearing of such skirts in Of
fee hours The decree has angered the
girls. One of them said that they
were up in arms. Then she paused, and
admitted that In a hobble-skirt case up
in arms was hardly the right figure of
speech But the girls insist that as long
as their gowns are neat and becoming
the particular style should not bother
their EMPLOYERS
The Washington herald., 1910-11-24


that this country still is better to live in
and be happy in than others on either
hemisphere. Because, even with high
cost OF living here, we have some
thing TO Offset il which other nations
do not possess. or II they do, only in a
very limited degree-a prevailing wage
scale so constituted that We can face
abnormal conditions better than people
OF other countries can do.
Before us IS another report on this sit
uation. It comes from our consul in
Prince Edwards Island. part of the Ca
madam Dominion also. who says:
Notwithstanding abundant crops. with
transportation facilities the same as last
year, there has been a decided rise in
the price of farm and animal products,
but not in wages" &C.
Now, they have no tarif at all TO speak
OF in Prince Edwards Island. Yet
the cry is the same as in Canada proper
and in Germany and Austria. The states
man who can solve this riddle which alb
solutely is international. and not national
or local, will have to look into interna-
tional economic conditions, not into ma
tional ones; and the statesman who will
point out a remedy that in the future
VIII do away with suffering and prlva-
ton caused by sudden rise IN prices
for foodstuffs win confer a lasting IA
vor on mankind all over the world
The Washington herald., 1910-11-24

II it were nothing more than belief in
blood" It is sound enough as an argu-
ment. especially as 1t has survived the
deadliest Of weapons-''ri dieule;" but Is IL
always blood" and blood alone. that
Americans boast OF in their heraldry?
The Washington herald., 1910-11-24
THANKSGIVING DAY.


o Thou. that in Thy hand hath led us far;
Blest by land and sea:
Pray look upon Thy work-a nation Whole,
And Free-and from that nations soul
Ascends our praise to Thee.
Thanks, sound but feebly ali we feel
In gratefulness we can impart
Only 1.-THE Of what we'd gladly pay
And so we pray Thee TO accept to-day
Our eountry's grateful heart.
And in the years TO come we humbly pray
Thy hand will hold us humble still;
Content TO serve; TO labor and TO wait
In faith that lifes road leads us to Thy gate
If we but serve Thy Will
So do we pray. good Lord Thy face will shine
To hearten upon the way
Accept our grateful thanks for mercies sent;
Grant US the blessed gift of sweet content
For this Thanksgiving Day.
HECTC
The Washington herald., 1910-11-24
Made of GoIashes.
Cleveland plaln pealsr.

From the Cleveland PLAIN Dealer.
In a local restaurant the other day a
clerk. when ordering his lunch. made np
his mind TO try a dish of Hungarian TO-
lash perilSa. He ate part of the stew ia
silence, then he observed to the nan
who sat on the stool next to him: "Sdd
dish. this golash.
Yes" replied the other. what Il il
made est of"
4 don't know exactly" was the re-
ply. but judging from the name hnd
the taste. it's principally old overshoss. IS
The Washington herald., 1910-11-24
A THANKSGIVING TOAST.

A toast to him who has friend
And all that friendship proifeH;
And one 10 him who has no friend
And sits among the sc0ffers;
And now to him who has bis gold
With all It's dazzling glitter;
And one 10 him who sits IN want
With heart grown cold and bitter;
Now--cn your fset-tO Love divine.
In Life's great race. the winner;
Il heals the woes Of rich and POOR.
OF skeptie. saint. and sinner;
II takes the droSs from glittering gold.
Refnes and purlhes il,
And hangs the hat With rosy dreams
Till all seems pOoE beside il:
So here's to Love. earth's dearest. best.
Our guest from Heavens portal;
The shining messenger from God
To eyery living mortal.
ELEANORE SEE ms
The Washington herald., 1910-11-24
A Precedent Lacking.

From the Chicago Post.
do you think we are likely TO have
tariff revision now?"
''No; the Senate is still Republican,
you know"
''But I read somewhere the other day
that the insurgents We're going to have
the balance OF power"
THAT may be; but the present holders
OF the balance of power have no prece-
dent for doing ANYTHING sensible with u. =
The Washington herald., 1910-11-24
Feminine Crichtons.

From the Wiener Familien zeitung.
The aristocratic English lady is prob
ably the only member OF her sex who
can manage to give and attend receptions
and parties, go 10 balls and bazaars, hunt.
and travel. and yet be good and devot-
cd mother
The Washington herald., 1910-11-24
Size 70 Fit the Value.

From the San Antonio Express.
Another reason advanced for reducing
the size of the paper currency is its re-
duced purchasing power. Probably, how
ever. this was not thought Of by the Sec
rotary of the Treasury when he sug-
gested the change.
The Washington herald., 1910-11-24
ProbIem In ArIthmetic.

From the Providence Bulletin.
Colorado is confronted with a some
what terrifying problem in feminine
arithmetic. In the last general as
sembly there was one woman representa-
tive. There viii be four in the next.
How long before the general assembly
Will be entirely composed OF womsn?
The Washington herald., 1910-11-24
silence.

Prom the Anaconda standard
The silence on the subject OF politics
The colonel maintained for two months
after his return from Africa was a boiler
factory 10 the one he is exhibiting now.
The Washington herald., 1910-11-24
Striking a RaIance.

From the Portland Oregonian.
It strikes one that there Is a favor Of
poetic justice in Gov. Baldwin's projected
libel suit against Mr. Roosevelt. The
latter stretched the law to punish some
OF his enemies for saying uncomfortable
things. Now Judge Baldwin means TO
turn the tables. In the long run things
seem TO balance up p'gtty well.
The Washington herald., 1910-11-24
His Only Chance.

IF you'd only stop playing bridge for
few moments, whispered the man
who was watching the game, I'D ask
you 10 be my wife"
wait until I'm dummy suggested
the fashionable girl
The Washington herald., 1910-11-24
A QuaInt Specimen.

What's the matter now?'
"A magazine has just printed a foot
ball story accepted from me in 1880"
What OF IT."
well. Il was couched in the sporting
slang of thi.ty years ago"
The Washington herald., 1910-11-24
An Unfhrifty Swap.

From the Hartford Courant.
Massachusetts would make a very &C.
centric and unthrlfty exchange if she
swappod of such a Senator as Mr.. Lodge
for William Alexander Castor.
The Washington herald., 1910-11-24
A sign Somcthing Is wrong.

From the Chicago Record Herald
a Pennsylvania preacher is to be tried
on charge OF heresy. he was probably
caught voting against Republican can
didate.
The Washington herald., 1910-11-24

IN the course of her peregrinahons In
Search OF a Sinner" Miss Lillian Rus
sell is on her way 10 Washington. This
is one place where her search VIII be
frifitless.
The Washington herald., 1910-11-24

Those scientists who declare that an
egg has all the strength of a pound
OF beef must have been thinking OF the
cold storage variety.
The Washington herald., 1910-11-24
A Thanksgivfng Romance.

WAS your first meeting with your
wife romantic?"
"Oh, very. was trying TO carve a
turkey. and some OF the stufing squirted
into her eye"
The Washington herald., 1910-11-24
Printed. but Not Read.
rom the Philadelphia Inquirer

Prom the FhladeIphla Inquirer
The type set in the Government
Printing Office last year would reach
one and one-fifth times around the world
II Is believed that something like quar-
ter Of u mile Of the printed lines was
read.
The Washington herald., 1910-11-24

The newest giant among ocean liners is
10 have a theater aboard. A taxieab
sesvice Will come next If the size in
creases.
The Washington herald., 1910-11-24

The editor of Appeal to Reason, having
been sent to jail, is now going to appeal
10 the Supreme Court.
The Washington herald., 1910-11-24

Still, We cannot see why Germany's
meanness about potash makes the price
of bread and butter so high.
The Washington herald., 1910-11-24

At the Cleveland city Jail the prisoners
are allowed to select their own Thanks
giving music The most popular selection
will probably be, Singing the Battle Cry
of Freedom"
The Washington herald., 1910-11-24
HiGhbrow Drama.

q wonder how a rapld-ire bit Of Ibsen
would go in vaudeville"
what Is rapid-hre about it?"
II make seven complete changes OF
mind"
The Washington herald., 1910-11-24

There win always be strenuous obiee-
ton TO the annexation Of Maine by Can
ada. not that we are so enamOred OF
Maine, but We need those political fore
casts
The Washington herald., 1910-11-24

The suffragettes have assaulted the
British prime minister, but they have not
obtained the suffrage yet.
The Washington herald., 1910-11-24

People on the Atlantic coast can now
hear by wireless what the wild waves are
saying on the Pacific.
The Washington herald., 1910-11-24

Things have reached the point where
President Diaz probably realizes that
there is something TO be said in favor OF
rotation in the Presidency.
The Washington herald., 1910-11-24

II only Christmas would realize the
hopes held out on the December maya
zine covers. it would be worth waiting
for, all right
The Washington herald., 1910-11-24

And do not forget that, while to-day is
a holiday, day OF good cheer and re-
union and football games and fun. to
Praise God frora whom all blessings
flow"
The Washington herald., 1910-11-24

With Mr. Hitchcock after postal graft
ers and Mr. Loeb after smugglers. there
is really a good deal to be thankful for
The Washington herald., 1910-11-24

DR.. Lydston, of Chicago, says that
graft is a disease. 1t can be cured. how
ever. when the people make up their
minds 10 be physicians.
The Washington herald., 1910-11-24

An advertisement reads: Every home
should have talking machine" Another
plea for universal marriage?
The Washington herald., 1910-11-24

The descriptions of those Christmas
heroes in the December magazines make
many a wife disconnected with her hus-
band.
The Washington herald., 1910-11-24

II dwell in the roar OF the cosmie
wheel" writes Poet William Watson. He
is probably bothered by the noise the
suhragettes are making.
The Washington herald., 1910-11-24

Iowa gentleman who wanted 10 borrow
a set of false teeth for Thanksgiving.
The Washington herald., 1910-11-24

Glen Echo has had three mayors within
year. That is one town which cannot
complain that it has been Diazed.
The Washington herald., 1910-11-24
Lenrinr Hem something.

You wish to marry my only daugh-
ter?' murmured the millionaire. Would
you take from be all that I have to
solace me in my old ageg
"Oh, no." said the duke. I'VE want
you to keep at least $1,000
The Washington herald., 1910-11-24

There is alarm In Europe lest the
French duel become as dangerous as
| football
The Washington herald., 1910-11-24
Just To-day,

Let guest and host
Pass up the cost
OF living.
Forget the price,
And have a nice
Thanksgiving.
The Washington herald., 1910-11-24

dwelling for the better class in August
OF the present year. which il tahulates as
follows:
The Washington herald., 1910-11-24

New York Representative. ]. @. wILBERDING
SPECIAL AGENCY Brunswick Building.
chicago Representative. BARNARD q BRAN.
HAM. Royce Building.
The Washington herald., 1910-11-24
High Cost of Living.

THURSDAY. NOVEMBER "A, 1910.
The Washington herald., 1910-11-24

The Duke of Connaught, who has been
sent by King George TO open the first
Federation Parliament of South Africa.
no doubt is one of the most popular
members OF the British royal family.
As a soldier he has earned golden opin-
ions and has done some excellent reform
work. while his good nature and his
geniality appeal 60 every one. As an
old resident OF Bagshot, where the duke
makes his home, once put ii, there is no
la-di-da foppery about our dock. He'll
stop and talk to you, and you, too. can
talk TO him pretty straight. as man to
man. without bein' ate up
The characteristic bonhOmie and good
nature of the Duke of Connaught were
well illustrated during the Boer war.
when on one occasion, in multi, he was
witnessing the departure of troops at
Nine Elms Station. Re was approached
by a reporter. who was unconscious of
his identity, and asked for names, which
the duke at once supplied.
Then the scribe asked il the Duke of
Connaught had not been expected also
and received the smiling answer: You
may put my name down, too. if you like;
don't say that l was wearing a gorgeous
uniform" FLANEUR.
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