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be the constant admonition of instruct
ors, seeking to At their charges most ef-
fectively for wage-earning. Many pupils
slip through without trying hard. just
making enough of a record to pass the
requirements and graduate. Others pay
no attention to the percentages, but work
to master their problems. These are the
future successes.
Every business man In Washington has
reason to appreciate the good work that
has been done at the Business High
School and at the same time to wish that
every graduate might be imbued with the
spirit OF earnestness that counts Tor as
much as manual dexterity and routine
efficiency. Workers who are satisfied
with barely making good" and getting
through each day by good fortune do
not rise high in the scale, and doubtless
the instructors in the local institutions
lay stress from time to time upon this
point
1t would be interesting to ascertain one
year from now how many OF the fifty
who are about to leave the Business
High School for active work have been
promoted in pay or in responsibility. The
test of the value of the education they
have received is not completed when they
have secured positions. 1t really lies in
what they do with it after they have left
school.
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then the majority was reduced from 1872
to 1874 and on the next election the pendu-
lum swung to the greatest extreme known
In modern times, with a liberal strength
of 513 in commons, counting the nation
alsts and labor members, direct allies Of
the anti-conservative combination. In the
course of the eighteen elections that have
been held beginning with 1882. GALS lib
erals and liberal allies have been return
ed, an average of $50, as against 5,414
Thus the liberal tendency of the British
voters becomes plainly apparent. One of
the greatest sources of strength to the
anti-conservative combination has been
the development of distinct labor party.
resulting in a closer organization of the
elements normally opposed to the modern
representatives of the old tory sentiment.
Party lines have been materially changed
since the days Of Palmerston and Derby
and large majorities are now the rule.
Such narrow margins as the two ma
jority for the liberal party returned In
1S47 and the eight conservative majority
in 1852 would be regarded now as GER
tain to lead to immediate parliamentary
dissolution. for in point of fact England
is becoming like Germany In the multi
plicity of party groups. with the control
vested in a bloc" of allied elements.
Thus the so-called conservative minority
of the house just dissolved consisted of
1874 conservatives and % liberal unionists
while the ministerial support was given
by 376 liberal votes, SO nationalists or
Irish members and "a labor members
This subdivision into small groups may
be carried to an even greater extent as a
result of the present campaign, with It's
variety of issues.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-16
Politics and Hysteria.

Is not the country touched with little
hysteria at present? Do not some of the
popular judgments smack of exaggeration
and a lack of balance?
Take the case of Mr.. Pinchot. A man
highly appreciated by his friends. and
useful In his way. but associated with but
one of our national issues. What his
views may be as to railroads, trusts, the
currency or the tariff, nobody may say.
He may have none to announce. He has
been giving his whole attention to for
estry. And yet now that he is figuring
IN this row about conservation he is be-
ing proposed for President. Why not, It
IS asked. put him up as the peoples rep
resentative against the greed of wealth
and poll the country on that issue? AS
II that issue overshadowed all others and
would continue to do SO.
Take the case of Mr.. Cannon. The war
fare on the Speaker has grown personal
10 a degree. One might suppose the men,
Der from the eighteenth Illinois district
very bad and unworthy man. He is 80
represented by the muckrakers and their
kind. They charge him with tyranny in
Office, infirmity of temper, narrOwness of
mind and all the rest of it,
Now this appraisement of Mr.. Cannon
is a reflection on his people. The Dan
vile district is one of the best in one of
the best states in the Union Is it likely
that the voters of that district have been
blind for thirty-fiye years? If Mr.. Cannon
is the sort of man his enemies describe
how has he escaped detection that long?
What is his power for pulling the wool
over the eyes of constituency SO in
telligent? And how has it come about
that his party has four times running
bestowed upon him the Office Of Speaker
of the House? Either MIR. Cannon is
much maligned. or his constituents at
home and his party in the House are,
and for years have been, a bad lot.
Hysteria may unsettle things, but just
now we all want number of important
things settled. Radical misappraisements
of men akin to misappraisements of
measures, and never at one time before
have so many measures of consequence
pressed for attention. We want better
regulation of railroads, more effective
restraint of trusts. far better system
Of currency and conservation policy
which will give the public the full value
of all the countrys natural resources
not now under private ownership and
control. But we shall not get what we
wart while hysteria rules, and hullabaloo
is the sign in which men would conquer.
More reflection and less noise would help
greatly
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-16
PINCHOT.

From the Indianapolis News.
The sentiment of the press on the Pin
chot case is: What else could the
President do? But what pity it is to
lose such a man from the public serv-
ice."
From the Memphis News Scimetar.
Mr.. Pinchot's ginger jar has by no
means been exhausted
From the Chicago Tribune.
Mr.. Taft has done all that an earnest
man can do to remove the hyphen from
the Pinchot-Ballinger controversy.
From the New Orleans Times Democrat
AS an emblem of the present admins
tration, the AK would appear to be far
more appropriate that the big stick
From the Buffalo Express.
In the conservation of conversation,
PinchOt was no expert.
From the Houston Post
PinchOt must have thought this: He
might have dissembled our love, but why
didn't he pad the toe of his boot?"
From the Detroit News.
Mr.. Taft was greatly mistaken if he
thought Mr.. Pinchot was a man like Mr.
Crane.
From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
or course. it is just as well to remem-
Der that Clifford Pinchot entered the for
estry service at the request of President
Mckinley, a fact which his agitated
friends are quite apt to overlook.
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HANDICAPPED.

oh. nv heart would beat with joy,
An I'd count myself a king,
/ wouldn't want for riches
Or fame anything,
IL only Mary Jenkins
Would but violate her rule
or sittin' when I'm cailin.
On her blamed old music stool.
It's pretty tough. tell you.
When you have 10 sit alone.
Agapin' an a-gaMkin'
At the girl you call your own;
An you sittin' on tn sofa.
Why. YOU feel jus like fool,
II the maiden you are lovin
Won't git OF her music STOOL
l would like to have her near me.
| would like TO hug her, too.
l would like to draw her near me.
An jus whisper: Il love you.
But how can 1 ever tell her
That my love viii never cool.
While I'm sittin on the sofa,
An she's on 4 music stool.
1 have sat three hours a-watcbin
Her a-swingin' 70 an fra.
Kinder yearnin' like an hopin
That before twas time TO 60
She would wander TO the sofa,
Through 1t against her rule.
But al 10 o'clock. gol ding II
She still KEEP tn music stool.
Now. I amt man 10 threaten
or Ia say what ] will do,
But IL Mary l. a splnster
When her time OF life Is through.
With her dyin' breath she needn't
Say that / have been fool.
Rut can lay her single sorrcr
To her blamed old music stool
Detroit Free PreaA
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Still Another Pessimistic Veteran.

What has come over the veterans?
number of them are in despair about the
condition of the world, and predicting
terrible things. Men who have seen the
world. or influential portions of 1t, ride
the fiercest storms and come out the
stronger for the experience, seem to feel
that. at last. chaos and old night are on
the way, and moving swiftly.
A few weeks ago John Bigelow gave
out mournful forecast for America. He
saw in strikes a menace to our institu-
lions. Unless a remedy could be devised
and soon applied anarchy would rise on
the ruins of the republic. Mr.. Bigelow is
past his ninetieth milepost. and has seen
great changes at home. They should
have assured him I'm his hour of misgiy-
ing
Following him came Gen. Bragg of Wis
consin with a similar fear expressed in
much the same terms. He. too. saw in
strikes something most menacing to
America Capital and labor were carry
ing their differences so far, bloody revo-
luton seemed certain to him. And yet
Gen. Bragg, who bore a brilliant part in
the struggle. saw America pass through
the fires of four years of civil war. and
come out with her institutions better and
more serviceabl than ever.
And now comes Gen. Booth of the Sal
walton Army. full of gloom and despair
about the world in general, and arguing
from the great ornaments of the great
powers the early end of all things. Gen.
eral and eternal smash. he fears is just
ahead for us all
Surely if there is man alive who
should hope. hope on, and hope ever, 1t
is this man. He is the founder of one of
the most notable agencies for good the
modern world has known, and has seen
it grow from condition of ridicule and
opposition into one of wide and high re-
spect The progress of the Salvation
Army alone is full warrant for confidence
in the future. That the world is growing
better. and that men are responding more
and more to what is worthy and practical.
and helpful. We all may read in the rec
ord of the remarkable movement which
had its origin in the heart and brain of
Gen. Booth.
The world everywhere is on the up
grade. You cannot keep good world
down. Now and then comes a clash-when
we appear to halt, and even go back,
but 1t is never for long, and then the for
ward march begins again. Not all vet
Grams are pessimistic. Many are in the
van Of optimism. What explains the
dolefulness Of these three men. who have
done such excellent service themselves.
and seen the splendid fruits Of the serv-
ices OF others? The good that they have
done will live after them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-16

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger
AS the aviatorS make a new record
nearly every day. 1T is impossible to re-
gard even the most wonderful achieve
ment as final. If last year marked the
establishment of the flying machine as
a practical invention. this year nrom.
ises to carry its development beyond
what at first appeared the widest ex-
pectations.
From the st. Lons Globe Democrat
In spite OF occasional fatal falls the
aeroplane men keep busy, and it must
be admitted that. on the whole, thew
are making good.
From the Chicago News.
If the aviators at Los Angeles have
not conquered the air. at least they
have won a hot Skirmish.
From the Toledo Blade.
At the Los Angeles aviators' meet no
PRICES are offered for long-distance
falls. Any records that are made In
that line will be treated as accidental.
From the Albany Evening Journal.
The French aviator who said the
higher you go the safer you are" may
have had in mind the delay of the sud
den cessation of fall. due to the
greater distance
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THE INSURGENTS.

From the Syracuse Herald.
All the disputing parties in Washington
at present protest that they do not wish
any harm to the President. 1t would be
rather strange. however. if. in this melee
of brandishing fists. he should escape
without jolt or two.
From the Omaha Bee.
While the insurgents at Washington are
nroclaimirg their adherence to the legis-
iatiye program of President Taft. and
s,Ipport for his administration. the IN
sureents at Lincoln were considering a
resolution arraigning and denounc1ng the
President Either there are two kinds Of
insurgents or they are not keeping we'll
in touch with one another
From the Sioux City Tribune.
The insurgents are not complaining
over the political medicine administered
AT the White House, but are combining
their criticisms to the diagnosis made by
a short-sishted physician.
From the Philadelphia North American.
Vice President Sherman denounces the
insurgents in Congress as men who SIM
ply want to please their constituents.
This must seem revolutionary to the Vice
President.
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A Reminder.

How was / dazzled by his art when at
an earlier age
From lofty heights | gazed upon this
hero Of the stage!
How great the fascination Of his eyes
that seemed to glow
With something more than mortal light
when he played Romeo!
He seemed the living spirit of the poetry
he read.
1 almost worshiped every hair upon his
classic head.
Again l went to see HINT was just the
And suddenly observed that he is wear
ing toupee!
His step was just as light as in those
radiant hours gone by.
There was grace in every movement:
there was music in his sigh.
And with the passing years that ripen
mans artistic sense.
His tones lent to the lines he spoke new
beauty more intense.
But all his eloquence and skill could not
efface regret
For that deception which I can excuse,
but not forget
His locks are glossy and profuse, while
mine have ebbed away.
1t is a special privilege OF art that fine
toupee
His moods are just as buoyant and light
hearted as Of yore,
When from the gallery l looked down on
the orchestral floor
And meath a slenderer waistline put
away the peanut sweet.
And In my wild applauding crushed the
shells beneath my feet.
IT'S vain to seek the comfort Of the
philosophic friend
Who vows that truly youthful hearts are
youthful to the end.
This one reminder, small but grim, leaves
nothing more to say:
My favorite hero OF the stage is wearing
tOupee!
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HIS PERMANENT JOB.

He didn't Ike tn larry coal:
The CRIME was irks,n,. 10 his snnl
Al plain. hard work he didn't shine:
He'd shirk il ten times out OF nine.
Upon his brow 'twould cast a shade
Ii any task for him WAS laid
10 help his wife he couldn't boar.
lie never would her burdens share.
II pleased him not to hear child
complain. in accents nr'er SO mild.
When cold and hungry were his brssd
lie thought them most exceeding rude
But when a hard job was on hand
Then greatly would his chest expand
ANA he most eloquent would grow
In telling bow the work should go
lie mostly occupied his hours
In settling questions for the powers
AT navigating ships of state
An, There the man was really great.
Then he could talk Ia beat the cas-
About The sun and moon and stars:
About the polar regions cold
And other subjects manifold
His head was full Of heated air.
The pressure sought adjust ment there
And so his tongue could never shirk
But. like piston. had TO work
Chicago Ne
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-16

King Edward has formally dissolved
parliament and thus everything Is In
readiness for the balloting. which will
begin in a short time. The liberal ma
jority in the house OF commons, just ter
minated by royal command. was 36o out
OF a total membership Of go 1t is not
expected that the ministerial party will
be returned with such q large margin in
the next house. though conditions are SO
confused that forecasts are extremely
hazardous. During the past seventy
eight years the tendency in England has
been toward liberalism in politics. Twelve
out Of eighteen elections have yielded
anti-conservative majorites. Only once
has a conservative ministry been sus-
tanned In an appeal to the country. That
was in the election in 1900. following the
Boer war. when Great Britain was suf-
fused with imperialist patriotism. Even
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THE CLASSMATES.

He isn't distinguished ard vet
! read about him every day;
Mediocre. he chances 80 get
His name in the paIsrs some way;
1t isn't through talent art,
IL Isn't through genius or graft,
But he got wonderful start,
For he was a classmate of Taft.
He bobs up here. there. everywhere
Upon the most trivial hint
The lnpers have some lines To spare
When he wants to get into print,
He isn't a high financier,
Or Yet an exponent Of craft.
The secret of IL is right here,
For he was n classnlate of Taft
His fame came 10 him all unsoHgat.
He never went our of the way
To get all the plauIiis he got
To win all his honors to-day;
He may he downhearied or poor,
he sorry OF look fore ard aft.
What mafter-bis fame Is secure.
For he WAS "A classmafe of Taft.
Oh. see the Grand Army that comes
From uttermost parts Of the world
With resonant heating 1f drums,
With banners and streaIDers unfurled;
With three-cornered ensigns ahcam,
With hurrahs and rah-rahs abaSt,
CDcounted as sands by the streah,
The men who Were classmates of Taft
j. w. Foley, in the New York Tim
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The WOMAN.

He lies. as l know. when explaining
His reason for staying out late;
He lies 10 explain his rema lining
At home-to escape debate.
He lies about bills. about letters,
And spuarely he looks in my eyes:
OF creditors lies. and of debtors
Then lies TO account for his lies.
He lies when he thinks I'll believe him,
He lies when he fears that l won't.
And nothing appears so to griave him
As when must say that i don't.
Ii Truth were not nude. he'd disrobe her
To rlothe her again and with what:
Such plausible lies, when he's sober
Such pitiful lies when he's not.
But he says | am prettier than ever
That my love makes existence complete.
Shall doubt him spurn him. Ali. never!
He lies-but his lies sweet.
Cleveland Leadce
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Culberson.

The tribute paid Senator Culberson by
his democratic associates was altogether
deserved. AS the minority leader in the
Senate he carried himself so as to invite
the respect of both sides of the chamber
His health should improve with the rest
he is taking, and as he has no opposition
of consequence it seems certain that his
commission as senator will be renewed
His present term expires March 3 of next
year. Texas has in him and Mr.. Bailey
two of the ablest senators now in office
from the south.
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HIS DEFICIENCY.

You think that Kitty Galloway
Had got IL from her brother.
Who guessed h. heard some fellow say
lie had Ii from another.
That Belle, a mutual friend of theirs.
Had seen Lou Tattle talking
With an acquaintance on the stairs
While through the hallway walking;
And she suspected passersby
Picked up the conversation.
Which limited that George Cay and
Were holding Irritation.
And you believe 1t! you lack.
THAT isn't slang. it's humor.D
Where is the joke? Why. that you lack
A proper sense Of rumor.
F. Moxon. In Pucks
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THEIR TURN SHORTLY.

Since Roosevelt has discovered tho
Dtocyon vergatus
Who in the world would dare predict
What wonders Yet await us.
The bunglesnapper is NJ caught
Nor the kadunkaS po1it.
But they know. lurking in thri- deus
They will be- captured shortly.
Houston Post,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-16
The AFTERMATH OF 1.-THE BEAUTFUL,S

It's little today I'm caring
walking the cty's streets
WHAT Kind OF hook they handed To Cook
~ ne fate Joe Cannon meets:
Whatever they do 10 Aldrich
or the rest of the grating crew
Nho pack the swag In a well tied hac
And plumber the whole year through
It's little today I'm caring
Facing the winter thaw
Whatever becomes of tho mutts ana hum.
Breaking the city Law:
I've conferred by vengeance deadly
Holding my hardest blow
For the artist who wrote that pocm
Entitled The Beautiful Snow :"
- Nashville Tepucsspan.
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MUzzLED MUSE.

The Poet Watson has gone hence,
He's now upon the sea-
Before he left us he refused
To say word, did he.
IL used to he his yards Of talk
Al people world be flung.
But now a paddock has been put
Upon the Serpent Tongue
brooklyn Times.
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VARIOUS VERSES
ON TIMELY TOPICS.
HEY.

Why don I they keep the streets a little cleaperA
= on ask with deep annoyance not undue
Why don't they keep the parks n little grecn~rf
ibid Won ever stop 10 think that they means
you:
How long will they permit this graft and steal.
ing:
Why don't they the courts are clean anA
truei
Why will they wink az crooked public dealingf .
toid ron ever stop TO think that they means
!ouc Life, 4
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Another Excuse.

why do you delay meeting that
fighter? You aren't afraid of him. are
you?"
Afraid? should say not: replied the
pugilst.
Then what's the trouble?"
well, to tell you the truth. hold him
in such hatred and contempt that l can't
bring myself to the point of getting into
the ring and shaking hands with him,
even as q formaity.''
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Be POLITICAL.

Poets ought to sing In fall
OF the wheat,
or the lark That sounds its call
Clear and sweet.
Or Of vines upon the wall
Maybe treat.
But to pirate Of moving day
Is not well.
Put no coal-bin into a
willamette.
Such are sordid themes and they
Nayer sell.
Louisville Courier-J Ouea
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Pittsburg is afraid Of its frozen fog.
which it calls by the Indian name "Pog-
onip. The enormous business ability
centered in Pittsburg should find some
way of cutting it into slabs and selling it
to the ice trust.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-16

A New Jersey mayor wants the people
Of his town to meet him once a month
and criticise his administration. 1t looks
as * he were entitled to recognition as
the champion trouble chaser.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-16

No man is willing to admit that the
increased cost of living is in any degree
due to his adoption as necessities OF
things which his great grandsires would
have considered luxuries.
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Information.

Even If the suffragettes had their
way" said the philosophic person, your
wife would come to you for Information
before she went to vote"
YES" answered Mr.. Meektpn: 'she
would probably ask me II her hat was
on straight"
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shipment of sixty-Six bags of free
seeds to Indiana by one member Of Con-
gress is reported. This statesman is
evidently determined to make his state
famous for something besides literature.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-16

1t seems impossible for any man to
make appreciate strides in statesmanly
authority without being called boss by
somebody.
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An Iowa farmer ninety years of age
has moved to Texas. According to DR..
Wu's calculations he will have plenty OF
time to grow up with the country.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-16

A man who left $4,000 in a fashion
able New York hotel went back and
found it. The head waiter probably
scorned the tip.
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cradle respect for the old proverb to the
effect that a threatened man lives long.
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A Career.

The boys once made a man Of snow;
| He melted when a warm wave came
Like many another who could show
Far greater claim to earthly fame
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-16

Odessa is now In the throes of it's first
roller skating craze: which again shows
how backward Russia is in matters of
modern civilization.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-16

Frances population continues to de-
crease in spite Of the absolutely reliable
safeguards that surround its dueling
system.