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The Washington herald., 1910-01-31
HOUSES OF GLASS.
Expert Says that Within Ten Years
They VIII BE in Use.
Prom the Pittsburg GazetteTimss.

Prom the Pttsburg GazetteTimes.
Within ten years people in this coun-
try Will be building houses Of glass.
which will excel IN sanitary appointments,
beauty. and durability. and also low cost
of maintenance, any type Of structure Of
the present time. In other words. the
American people, within ten years will be
living in glass houses. They will thence
forth be unable 70 throw stones"
This was the Interesting declaration
made recently by Roger S Pease. one
OF the Oldest glassmakers in the United
States, a man who has taken an active
part IN all the Improvements that have
set the glass world face to face with
new conditions. and placed II in line for
the greatest development in its long his
tory. BY glass houses Mr.. Pease said he
meant Just what he said. Foundations
Of concrete. which are now recognized
as standard, the walls Of wired glass. the
ceilings and roofs Of wired glass. and
the floors OF tile. covered with a light
sheeting Of wood. such a building will
prove practically indestructibIe. can be
made OF any set Of coIors desired. and
requires no painting. no papering inside,
will be sound-proof, moisture-proof, and
hreprOof
Mr.. Pease has planned a house that
will be composed OF glass and is going
TO have it finished in some color that
viii make IT attractive. and such coIors
will be permanent
The moment this idea is started. Mr..
Pease declared, the public viii be quick
10 sea the value of the material Its
oheapness and reliability are understood.
Glass, he said, is the most honest and
most easily understood material in the
world. II is not mysterious and people
Will not have 70 employ experts 10 see
that the quality is right. The glass for
the walls Of houses need not be trans
parent, but dense, like slate or stone.
II Will, however, be hard and durable.
The roofs can be of the same character
OF glass. It withstands heat and cold
alike, and whatever patents may inter
fere with the cheapness OF the material
now are so nearly expired that ii viii be
but a short time before these viii be
eliminated as a cost factor
The Washington herald., 1910-01-31
A Special Telegram.

Frr1n the Atctison Globe
Special kilograms are always more IN
reliable than Associated Press kilograms.
A special from Sandusky. Ohio. says.
Frank Bederman. employed at the West
House, is telling how ne feH asleep in
the bath tub IN his room at the hotel
Bederman had been out for a good time.
and he returned 70 the hotel az a late
hour He figured that a good bath would
he just the thing before retiring. After
splashing IN the water few minutes. he
fell asleep. He said to-day that once
during the night he partly awoke and
felt chilly. He reached drowsiIy as II for
some bed clothes, grabbed a floor rug
near the tub, pulled It over him. and
then went back 10 happy dreams. In the
morning the other employees found him
in the tub. The cold air from the open
window had frozen the water. They
reused Frank and chopped the ice away.
All Frank said was: Gee, I thought I was
IL bed He apparently suffers no III ef-
feCts.''
The Washington herald., 1910-01-31
The Symphony Discord.

Washington needs and should have a
permanent symphony orchestra.
The many serious obstacles in the estab-
lshment Of such an organization render
it absolutely essential that the city should
be IN perfect harmony on the subject.
Instead Of this. We are treated to the
spectacle Of two factions, each endeavor-
ing to support a different orchestra. The
two warning factions are the Washington
symphony Orchestra, which rose more Or
less phenix-like from the ashes of the
organization OF the same name which was
launched by Reginald de Koven and others,
some five or six years ago, and the or
chestra under Prof. Heinrich Hammer,
both Of which have been giving concerts
this season.
In the face Of the counter attraction
offered by the Boston Symphony Orches-
ira, the Philadelphia Orchestra. and the
Damrosch Orchestra. the patronage for
the local Orchestras has been meager and
not encouraging.
The question being still unsettled as TO
whether the city can support one orches-
ira of its own, it IS perfectly clear that it
cannot and Will not support two. The
Washington Symphony Orchestra has
enlisted the support Of business men, who
have declared their willingness 10 act as
financial hackers for the orchestra Both
the Boston and Philadelphia orchestras
have Observation-Disclosures they could not
exist on their present scale of excellence.
The orchestra that can really interpret
great music will be not long In finding
an audience. There are plenty Of people
already educated up 10 the point where
they enjoy 1t. and where they are in
tenseIy critical Of its rendition.
why not q coalition between our two
orChestTas?
The choice Of a conductor is most i'm
portanr and the one thing on which the
artistic success Of the orchestra depends.
The Washington herald., 1910-01-31
Haling as a Crime.

II is somewhat surprising 70 find
that the Military Academy authorities
are not so anxious, after all, 10 have
repealed the law which provides the pen
atty Of dismissal in the case OF cadets
found guilty of hazing. 1t has been con-
sldered in some quarters that the law was
too exacting and did not permit the ex-
ercise Of discretionary power. which
might be safely intrusted TO the admin
istrative functions at West Point and in
the War Department There are, OBJ
Yiously, circumstances attending indi-
vidual cases which create degrees Of haz-
ing and would apparently justify a more
or less elastic system Of punishment.
Under existing law, the Identification Of
hazing as an offense alleged against
cadet must lead 10 dismissal. 1t was to
be expected that the military authorities
would wish 10 determine and apply the
penalty according 10 the evidence. tax
ing into consideration whatever there
was of an extenuating character. This
supposition was encouraged the more by
the habit Of dismissed cadets. through
their friends, OF appealing for restoration
10 the Military Academy by special act
of Congress- proceeding usually sue
cessful, TO the manifest detriment Of
academic discipline and 10 what must
be the visible embarrassment Of officers
whose action led TO the dismissal
If Congress is going to restore dismissed
cadets in this way. there might as well
be no law exacting dismissal for hazing:
and it would appear 10 help the situa-
ton nightly il the Academy authorities
were allowed to impose the penalty with
out being confronted with the possibility
OF legislative reversal on any grounds
OF leniency which the military officials
ought 10 be able 70 discern better than
Congress. But the officers at the Military
Academy do not wish the present law
amended. They find it a shield against
Importantly in behalf Of culprIts. and they
prefer 10 run the risk Of a Congressional
mitigation of the penalty in special cases.
1t is 10 the advantage Of the administra-
ton Of the Military Academy, which has
all 10 do with the formation Of the habit
Of obedience and respect for authority,
10 stand by the decisions Of those who
have the responsibility OF West Point
discipline If the anti-hazing law IS not
10 be repealed, then Congress should take
It for granted that the army officers at
West Point know what they are about
when they find an accused cadet guilty
of hazing and dismiss an offender.
The Washington herald., 1910-01-31
THE HEREDITARY PRINCIPLE.

There was an ocean pilot, and HIS eldest son was
blind
And deaf and dumb from childhood, Likewise
vacant in his mind;
But Of course be pilot when his daddy's
course uID,
And he nayigated vessels as his fathers eldes. son
There was a clever surgeon, who woultlcut OF legs
and arms.
And invest an operation in a thousand nameless
charms:
He'd an eldest boy who'd never secn an operation
done
But succeeded to the practice as his fathers
eldest son.
There was a pious parson who. when folks 20
danger strollei
Would perform the part Of shepherd and restore
them to the fold;
He'd son, an unbelisver, but when heaven that
parson Won
There succeeded to his pulpat his agnOstic eldest
son
There was Judge who ordered wicked criminals
10 JAIL
He'd an eldest SOFA forger-who absconded from
his hail;
When that Judge above was summoned through
a tintack in a bun.
His vacant place vas taken by bis Outlawed eldest
son.
The pilot and the pa-son and the surgeon and
the judge
We're all declared impostors. but they all refused
To bulge:
What mattered lack Of knowledge on the evil they
had done,
While each claimed his proud position as his
fathers eldest SOM
God preserve the fine old fetish full of sweetness
and light.
That big buiwark Of our freedom called "Hsredi-
taTy Right
Which. to driVeler and dnlnksrd and the bastard
virtue shuns
Means the night to govern Britain in the house OF
eldest sonG- London Daily News.
The Washington herald., 1910-01-31
Mr.. HIS Insufficient Answer

We confess to a sense Of distinct disap-
pointment that man generally so evenly
balanced. so powerfully equipped for the
dissemination Of helpful suggestion, and
so optimistic, as a rule, as is Mr.. James
J. HiIl should seek to dismiss the press
ing problem OF existence with the cynical
remark. The high cost Of living is the
cost OF living high"
Flour, butter, eggs, meat-these are not
the things usually associated with high
living" so called. Butter is a necessity
of daily life, and it sells at 20 cents per
pound. Eggs run from 40 10 80 cents per
dozen. Meat -four, lard-with respect TO
all Of these, the story is the same. Have
wages kept pace with the increase in
the cost OF these things-even in the
past two years? How many men are
trying to stem the ever-increaslng tide Of
the outgo with the same old income. that
increases either not at all or in distress
ing dlspropOrtion? II labor produced
invariably an equitable reward II would
not matter how high the cost of living
scars; but If the cost advances 80 Der
cent, while the reward advances only q.
the end is only matter Of cold calcula-
ton.
High living?" What IS that? Does #
mean having telephone in the house;
ride home In the afternoon on the street
cars when one prefers that TO walking;
wholesome food. rather than chemically
preserved things, or cold-storage output;
a berth in a sleeper, instead of half
seat In day coach when travelling? Is
the ordinary citizen to deny himself the
benefits Of invention, Of scientific re-
search, of necessary rest and recreation
as he goes along. and all because ne Will
be held guilty of high livlng,3 indeed. IL
he INDUCES himself otherwise?
The divinely affirmed and constitution
ally deereed right to live" means the
right TO live peacefully, decently, in ap-
proximate bodily good health. protected
from the winds of winter and the heat
OF summer, and nationally fed-and all OF
these al reasonable endeavor! And when
these things are put, no matter how. be-
yond the reach of man in the average.
& proposition presents itself for consider
alton that deserves something more gen
erous than sinister and cheap fling such
as The high cost of living is the cost
of living high" Mr. Hills epigram lacked
HIS usual philosophy.
The Washington herald., 1910-01-31

A national bureau o. health has re-
ceived the Endorsement OF many eminent
physicians, and along that line Senator
Flint has introduced bill in the Senate.
The bill does not so as far as a bureau
OF itself, but provides for establishing OF
a division in the Bureau of Education for
the collection of scientific data on physi-
cal education and for the dissemination
thereof, which will promote the national
health.
United States Senator's don't care how
much Il SHOWS or rains. They get of
the car or leave their autos at the Of
fee building. go In. take the subway to
the Capitol Building, and never have an
idea as to the weather outside when they
once get in either building in safety. On
one occasion, at the time Of the con-
Vening Of the Senate. the day was unusu-
ally stormy. one Of the older solons,
one Of those fellows who wear on stormy
days, overcoat. muller. heavy articles. and
all the other necessary paraphernalia TO
keep dry, went to his Office. Leaving his
toys In the Office, he went 20 the Senate in
the subway and remained there until ad-
journment. He then went back 20 his
office and dressed as when he came. He
ventured forth only to find Old Sol shin
ing in all his glory. These COMPOUNDED
newfangled subways are ali right for
something's. but they ruin a fellow as a
weather observer" he said. He never
knows how it is out OF doors. Before we
INDUCED in these Injuries, I used 10
watch the weather out OF the window. q"
There is a very decided belief among
Republicans Of the House Of Representa-
tives that Congress will adjourn about
May !. II is known that the leaders are
trying 70 shape things to that end, not
withstanding stories Of a long session,
lasting until July. The unsettled condi-
ton of the country. the high cost Of llv-
ing, and the insurgent revolt have awak-
ened Republican leaders to the fact that
immediate attention is needed 10 their
respective districts While the stalwarts
would have it appear that everything IS
running in apple-pie order. and that there
Is nothing 10 fear at home, yet down in
their hearts they have grave doubts OF a
Republican Congress next fall. and GER
tainly expect very much reduced ma
jority They see the necessity Of finish
ing up business in Washington and get
ting busy particularly in the Middle
West. The Republican Congressional
committee has begun operations already,
and as soon as Congress adjourns the
big guns, the little guns. and the medium
weights VIII HE themselves to the battle
Appropriation bills are well under way.
and while all the Presidents recon-
mendations will not go through, enough
will be accomplished 70 give the people
the impression that the Republican Con
Gress had upheld the hands OF the Presi-
dent. as far as they were able under the
circumstances.
The Washington herald., 1910-01-31
IN EVERYDAY LIFE.
He Didn't Feel Well, but Ate Twelve
Biscuits Simply as a Duty.

Biscuits simply as q Duty.
From the Galveston NsEs
Tn not feeling WELL" explained the
man as he pushed away his breakfast
food. Il don't believe care for anything
but cup of coffee" His wife looked at
him anxiously.
TRY an egg" she suggested. "and let
me give you this nice crisp piece OF ba-
con-" The man gazed at the egg and the
bacon with lack-luster eyes.
We'll, I'll try to eat something" he
said, but ii viii pretty near choke me-"
Then he ate the egg and the bacon, sc-
cOmpanying them with three biscuits.
When they brought in more biscuits he
took two more, and. as biscuit cannot
another egg and two more slices OF
bacon.
You'd better eat your breakfast food,
dear" suggested the lady. seeing him
eye the dish. The man sighed and pulled
II toward him.
Il suppose I must" he sighed. - really
must eat something" Then he quietly
took two large spoonfuls Of Jelly and a
couple Of additional biscuits
Wont you have another egg2' asked
the lady. The man eyed her suspicously,
but saw only concern on her face. He
shook his head. but glared at the eggs.
Il believe not" he said. I'm not at
all hungry this morning Pass the bis
cult, Susie; believe I can eat a biscuit"
Then came an interruption. One OF the
children had been watching him earnestly
She could hold her discovery In no
longer.
Papa must like Susies biscuitl" she
chOrtled- He's eaten one more'n twice
as many as Tom an me together" The
man rose TO his feet and cast his napkin
upon the chair he had vacated.
Il should think" he said. bitterly
! you'd teach these children not to watch
what persons eating. II I wasn't really
I'll I'd teach them something myself"
Then he flung out Of the room.
Now, then" said the mother YEARLY,
see what you've done" The child de-
veloped fearful stubornness under the
injustice
We'll, he did, she said.
II know he did" said the mother. but
little children should be seen and not
heard"
The Washington herald., 1910-01-31
Honest Confessions.

From the Nashville American: William
Dean Howells says he never read Swiss
Family Robinson" Franklin p Adams.
Of the New York Mail. never read Don
Quixote;" George Bailey. Of the Houston
Post, never read a copy OF the Congress
SIGNAL Record; Ted Robinson, of the
Cleveland Leader, never read THE Vicar
Of Wakefield" The paragrapher Of The
Wash1~tOn Herald not only never read
John Halifax, Gentleman" but never
expects to-" That is our platform on
Uncle Toms Cabin"
The Washington herald., 1910-01-31
TODAY TO-DAY IN HISTORY
The Gunpowder PIot-January 81
lI5SsI IiE.5lITTS III IIIlLII IIIIIIlIIT1.

To-day chronicles the fall of the cur
tain upon the famous Gunpowder Plot in
England, with the execution of Guy
Fawkes, the leading conspirator, and his
aecomplfces. It required only four days
for the special commission 70 find these
men guilty, and on January 81. 1906 they
were drawn from the Tower 10 the old
Parliament House. where a scaffold
had been erected. Fawkes was the last
to mount. He was weak and I'll from
torture. and had to be helped up the lad
der. He spoke briefly. and asked for
giveness of the King and State
The object of the gunpowder plot was
70 destroy, at one blow. the English
king. the lords. the Commons. and all
who might be in the Parliament Build
ing at the time of the preparation. No
vember 5. 1905 The conspirators, among
whom were a number Of men prominent
in national affairs in England. hired a
house adjoining the Parliament House,
where it was resolved to blow the legis-
lature into the air by an underground
explosion. This was in the spring Of 1904
but various circumstances prevented the
commencement Of the operations till the
month Of December of that year.
The mine was successfully dug, and the
The Washington herald., 1910-01-31
Congress Does Labor. II Seems

From the Pittsburg Post: Speaking Of
the Taft-HitchcOck plan FOR boosting pos
tai receipts by taxing the magazines, the
Washington Herald says "Reposing
in the Washington City post-ofice there
are at least four typewriters, a few baby
carriages. several jugs. and other articles
that are not used by members Of Con-
gress alone. On each and every one OF
these is TO be found the name Of some
legislative servant who has tried to use
the frank, and has failed miserably." It
is clear that the members Of Congress
labor under the impression that we al
ready have a parcels post.
The Washington herald., 1910-01-31
What Every Woman Knows.

From Puck.
F Two people, at least, in every house
hold are directly interested in the in
creased cost Of living" One Is the hus-
band and father: the other is the wife
and mother. Father earns the money,
gives a set sum OF 1t to mother each
week ''to run the house on and mother
buys the stuff. The man reads in his
paper that meat is higher, that eggs and
butter are soaring, that fresh vegetables
and milk are reaching new attitudes and
he says. as we have quoted him before:
It's something fierce the way things
are going up He feels. IN a general
way. the pressure of high prices, but
when he goes home he Is surprised and
hurt If his wife intimates, ever so gently.
that she has a hard time making both
ends meet. Don't I give you the same
allowance I've given you for FIVE years?"
he asks. with a challenge in his tone.
Yes, but you know things cost more
than they used TO-" she replies. Then
the man grumbles something about his
not being able to save a cent, and the
woman goes on robbing Peter, the
butcher, TO pay Paul. the grocer, in order
that she may keep within her allow
ance" and deprive the man of none Of
the choice cuts and little table luxuries
that he must have. All Of which is TO
remark that the man talks about the In
creased cost of living, and suggests the
cries as TO what causes 1t, and the vari-
Gus remedies for it, while woman. who
sees the tradesmen and diekers for. SUD-
plies. is up against the real thing in its
hardest. grimmest form. Also that she
is expected to buy this years food with
last years allowance. AlsO-and despite
the fact that tariff graft. cold storage
speculation. and middleman extortion
bear directly upon her-that she has no
vote,
The Washington herald., 1910-01-31
VII CoI. stanton E,nInint

Cleveland Plain Dealer: Col Frank L.
Stanton thinks he might easily swear of
from eating meat were Il not for beef
steak and onions" Somebody will have
to call this Obsueperous member 10
order.--Washington Herald. And can i'll
be possible that we have all along taken
for the delicate perfume OF poesy in
Brother Franks verses was really the
pungent flavor OF the humble onion?
The Washington herald., 1910-01-31
A Poor Memory,

From Lesia's-
4 Canadian farmer, noted for his alb
sentmindedness, went 20 town one day
and transacted his business with the
utmost precision He started on his
way home, however, with the firm con-
vlct!on that he had forgotten something,
but what it was he could not recall. As
he neared home the conviction in
creased, and three times he stopped his
horse and went carefully through his
pocketboOk, in a vain endeavor 10 dis
cover what he had forgotten. In due
course he reached home and was met by
his daughter. VINO looked at him in sur
prise and exclaimed, why. father, where
have you left mOther?"
The Washington herald., 1910-01-31
always Fair and CourHgeous-

ElmiTe Advertiser: The more you see
Of William II. Taft, spokesman, partisan,
custer Of honest public servants, jury
packer, self-whitewasher, the easier it is
70 understand" begins the Louisville
Courier-JournaL The always fair and
courageous Washington Herald responds
70 the above with this well-directed re-
buke: ''Piffle. stuff. and nonsense!"
The Washington herald., 1910-01-31
Diary Of a Meat Rorcntter-
From the New York Mail.

From the New York Mail
authentic though not autotGogapdetl
Monday-Dinner; Celery soup, two more
plates, bottle olives. potato salad. two
heads lettuce, one dish string beans. three
slabs peach pie. Rose from table with a
craving for food.
Tuesday-Breakfast: Three apples. one
dish cereal. four eggs. two cups cocoa
Luncheon: Beef broth, rare sirloin steak.
three lamb chops Recreant. but COM
Portable physically. Resigned from Boy
cotters' Union.
The Washington herald., 1910-01-31

time fixed for the explosion was at first
the 81 of October the day on which the
legislature should meet; but the opening
OF Parliament having been prorogued by
the king TO the 5th Of November. the lat
ter da;e was finally resolved on.
The fatal day was now close at hand
but by this time several dissensions had
arisen among the conspirators on the
question Of giving warning TO some spe-
cial friends to absent themselves from
the next meeting Of Parliament. This
led to the plot being discovered, Fawkes
was selected 10 ignite the powder bv
means of a slOw-burning match. which
would allow him time TO escape. On the
day previous to which the plot was to be
carried out, q party OF soldiers. under
the command Of Sir Thomas Knevett
visited the cellar. seized FaWkes at the
door, and carried him off to Whitehall.
where, in the royal bedchamber he was
Intercepted BY the king and council. and
from thence was conveyed 10 the Tower
On hearing of Fawkes' arrest. the re-
naming conspirators fed from London
In the desperate hope of organizing an in
surrection. They were pursued by the
civil and military authorities, and those
who refused TO surrender were slain.
The Washington herald., 1910-01-31

Mr.. Thomas E. Watson. failing TO per-
suade anybody who is somebody TO dis
cuss foreign missions with him, is de-
batting the subject with himself. AT that,
however, he viii not complain that he has
not met a foeman worthy OF his steel.
The Washington herald., 1910-01-31
News from the Front.

From the Philadelphia Record.
With BHan IN Peru and Roosevelt in the jungle
the American people have 70 set along the best was
they As long tbs cables are kept working
however. tho nation Is not entirely beTeft-