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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-18
Children and the Grass.

One OF the numerous good acts OF
Mayor Gaynor's rule is that OF pulling
up the keep of the grass" signs in
thirty New York parks and opening
these bits and patches Of green sward
to ~walled-in and housed-up children
of the great city. The feet Of the chill
dren will probably do no injury to this
New York grass, and II some Of the
turf Is killed it could not die in q bet
ter cause. The probability ia that the
New York grass will be actually glad
dened by the pressure of romping feet
1t is one Of the merits OF Washington
that it has SO many acres and half
acres Of grass and so many miles OF
trees. There Is greenery for all eyes
and turf for the feet of. little children.
The games that give joy to youth are
mostly forbidden on the public lawns.
but tots can toddle on the grass and
play, at hide and seek among the shrub
berry, Boys cannot play ball. piggy
back duck-on-David, leapfrog, hare
Parallel bars. swings, rings, ladders.
jumping frames and the like are limited
to the Fairgrounds.
Then the beautiful country is close
to Washington. and most boys and girls
by the expenditure OF some effort and
carfare can appreciate the grandeur
Of woods and fields and river and dis
port themselves on natures vast play
ground.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-18

on the money question. and Judge Alton
B. Parker the other way. And SO on.
Is Gov. Harmon In sympathy with Mr.
Bryan or Mr.. Bailey on the tariff ques-
ton? with Mr.. Bryan or Mr.. Williams
on the railroad question? with Mr.. Bryan
or Judge Parker on the money question
And how are these questions answered as
respects Mayor Gaynor?
The Michigan democrats have no In
formation. Their calculation is this: II
crease his hold on Ohio-Mr. Taft's home
state-and make 1t fair lighting ground
two years hence. Why not In such cir
cumstances make him the national stand
ard bearer? Harmon against Taft. with
the Presidents own bailiwick in doubt.
Ii Gov Harmon loses this year, then
the Michigan men will turn to Mayor
Gaynor as representing something tangt-
BILE and important in the way Of party
pull. His election last fall was a genu-
inc triumph. and. SO far, his course In
the mayors Office has brought him many
condiments. The assumption will be
that a ticket headed by the man who
carried New York city by over sixty
thousand majority cannot fall In New
York state. and success there will mean
success in the country.
OF course there will be platform who
ever is nominated. and for a year or
more we have been hearing much about
such deliverances. some politicians treat
ing them lightly, and some seriously.
But just now the man is the favorite SUBJ
ject. The platform seems Of secondary
importance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-18
Men and Measures.

For all the talk about measures-about
going back TO first principles and all
that-men are still uppermost in the scale
of political speculation. Politics is still
on a very practical plane. Presidential
aspirants are gagged not so much for
what they stand, as for the strength Of
their following in vital territory.
Take the latest news from Michigan
about democratic feeling there as to 1912
The FIRST choice is Harmon the second,
Gayuor. II the former carries Ohio
again this year he will receive Michigan's
support at the next democratic national
convention. II n fails. then Michigan
WI support Mays Gaypor. Not a word
as 10 what the L men believe IN Both
are democrats. i that covers the whole
case so Jar as issues are concerned
Now. there are democrats and demo-
eats. Mr.. Bryan is a democrat, and
faces one way on tie tariff question. DIR.
Bailey ia a democrat. and rejects an i'm
portant part of Mr.. Bryan's contention.
Mr.. Bryan faces one way on the railroad
question. and John Sharp Williams the
opposite way. eMr. Bryan faces one way
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-18
Last Word on Comets.

This is comet day. Tonight the earth
will whirl through the tail of the strange
visitor from the depths of space Comet
parties have been organized and weather
permitting Washington will take due
notice of the event.
A great deal of mystery has heretofore
attached to comets. Their nature, COM
position origin and habits have been the
subject of dispute among men who have
fine faculty for dealing In technical
language. The Star is prepared to adjust
the heretofore difficult question and to
say the last word ON comets The mys-
terry Is solved.
1t should be understood that The Star
has correspondents to whom no question
is perpIexing Mysteries and enigmas
vanish before them. They also work
other men of genius. and they send to
the editor their valuable contributions
even without solicitation.
But to comets. The Stars mail today
brought an unsigned postal card on which
the following was written:
There is no mystery. at all in regard
die the same as all other things. There
are male and female worlds. And comets
are male worlds. The so-calied tail of
comets is the formulating pollen or dust.
New worlds are born through great con-
yusions. earthquakes and volcanoes. and
that is what is happening to the earth at
this time"
1t is believed that all the great astron-
omers Of the world are on The Stars sub
scriptfon list. and 1t is hoped that they
will read this explanation of comets. Per-
sons who have known that something is
wrong with the, world will also take
notice - .;~-.-t =
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-18
Anacostia Flats Improvement.

The conference committee on the rivers
and .aharbors bill having agreed on an
appropriation Of $3.50. OeO for continuing
tine work of Improvement of the Ana
costa river. il may be assumed as Ger ain
that this sum for that great betterment
will be carried by the bill as finally en-
acted. This is another distinct and i'm
po-tant step toward the abatement OF
what is almost a public nuisance and IS
q .guarartee that this imp overnent 50
essential to the health and beauty OF
washington will be pushed to speeay
completion. = .--s r.
This one-time clean. clear and romantic
river has been shoaling and 'fouling fer
many years until il has become a serious
menace to the health ana happiness of
thousands of citizens and chcck on
property values in the southeast section
of the city and the southeast suburban
area. - aa $3.50 -, -
1t is hoped that the time Is not far OF
when this long. wide stretch of marsh
and stagnant water, dirty and disease
hr eding. will be transformed info. a park
where multitudes viii find sunshine.
sreenery and good air.
The improvement has been tardy in
the making. For years the various citi-
zens' associations have been hammerine
at Congress to drain and reclaim this
extensive cesspool. Everybody knows
that ii Is often hard to convince Congress
of the need Of spending money for i'm
provements in a place that happens not
10 be a congressional election district. But
the weight of public opinion and the in
cessant reiteration of sound argument
and the effective assistance Of good
friends of Washington among our infiuen-
tial legislators are producing results and
ii is the happy belief of our people that
the Anacostia fats reclamation will now
proceed rapidly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-18

There are Indiana democrats no fear
that Mr.. Bryan has impaired useful
ness In that state 50 far as year
campaign is concerned. He en- In
vited to assist Mr.. Kern, an .btless
desires to do so. but his attit. coward
the brewing and the waisky interests Is
SO unfriendiy and extreme. some of Mr..
Kern's friends are posed by it.
The situation Is delicate all around. Mr.
Kern himself is opposed to the saloon and
those behind the saloon In the matter OF
political activity. He wants elections
freed from all such influences. That is to
say. he has taken that ground in the
past. He spoke warmly on the subject
only about q year ago. when he charged
his defeat for the Senate to improper
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-18
"Sloshing Around. ="

TIE inpoItant question whether Secre-
tarv BaIlfnger is or is not a sincere. prac-
teal and effective conservationist ana
whether the CLAWS charges against MIN
are or are not sustained is for the present
pushed into the background OF pubic at
tention by the apparently more interest
ing and exciting questions of how far
Presit mt, having reached decision must
write ii out in his own words and with
his own hand: of how far President
WHO utilizes in wording a decision some
forms of expression supplied him by his
constitutional adviser. the Attorney Gen.
eral or a subordinate of that official, Is
bound upon demand TO satisfy public
curiosity concerning the exact percentage
of adopted words in such decision; ana
of how far and under what conditions
confidential stenographer may, without
treachery. bet-ay to the injury of his
employer facts coming to his knowledge
by virtue of his confidential employment
But after wandering for a season in
the realm of triflng. irrelevant and i'm
pertinent queries we are sure to return
speedily To the vital question of what Is
proved against Secretary Ballinger; for
the answer tn that will in a general way
answer the other queries.
For instance, if the facts betrayed by
the stenosTap Eer tend To convict any one
of treason. murder. robbery. conspiracy
10 rob or other crime. his disclosure Is a
public duty. IL. on the other hand, the
facts disclosed suggest no crime or mis-
demeanor. but merely siur in apparent
qualification of personal, fractional or po-
slitical spite, then the betrayal is the
basest treachery.
The vital question is whether the
Presidents decision concerning the CLAWS
charges is right or wrong, and whether.
BallinSe- is or is not a public enemy as
accused The sooner we get back to
and dispose of the real issue the better
for all concerned. .s-la !
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-18

agencies of the liquor interests. He de
ciared that those interests had interfered
with sentiment in the legislature to his
detriment.
Now. however. Mr.. Kern Is in the COOS
graces OF the liquor interests. Those i'm
terests want a democratic Legislature
elected. and IL one is elected Mr.. Kern
will be chosen to succeed Mr.. Beveridge
1t was so ordered by the democratic
state convention. Hence Mr.. Kern may
not be SO outspoken this year as he was
last. 1t makes Indifference whose OK is
sored. And il makes a difference In WHOSE
behalf ''schooners'' are flied and empIied
But Mr.. Bryan is anti-saloon all tn,
year round. and every year. And h.
voices his sentiments everywhere. Hs
would divorce the saloon from politics il
every state in the Union. his own state
included. Just now he is very active and
emphatic as to Nebraska. where. as M
alleges. the saloons and their ahettorl
have had far too much to say about Pc.
litical affairs.
OF course II Mr.. Bryan enters Indiana
he will not be able to separate Mr.. Kern
from Mr.. Kerns friends. Love me. love
my dog. Speak for Mr.. Kern. speak fol
the men who want a democratic legis.
lature elected for other reasons than the
forwarding Of Mr.. kern's political as
pirations. A legislature after choosing
Mr.. Kern for senator would be expected
to legislate directly in the interests OF
the saloons. and on lines indicated by
the brewers and the dstillers.
And II Mr.. Bryan enters Ohio he will
face this same embarrassment. The
brewing and the disti.ling interests there
desire both Gov. Harmon's success and
the election of democratic legislature
How. will he be able to speak for his
party without speaking for its allies?
Instead of working to divorce the saloon
from politics he will be working to tighten
the bonds of the union.
These are times trying to many souls
Mr.. Bryan is not exempt from the COM
mon fate, uncommon man though he is,
He wants to help his party, and in places
his appearance should be of great benefit.
But not in all aces. Democracy here
does not happen to be democracy yonder.
And the same Is true of republicanism.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-18
A Light Hidden.

He toiled until his fellow-men
Proclaimed him leading Citizen"
Upon committees he was named
To welcome visitors far-famed,
And they encouraged him to wear
A high hat almost anywhere.
Then Of his worth to leave no doubt.
In print they brought his picture out.
He waited for the glad salute.
Acquaintance were strangely mute.
No one seemed quite to understand
His beaming smile and .Outstretched
hand.
They talked OF everything beside
The picture nearest to his PRIDE
No friendly eye could 1t engage
1t wasn't on the sporting page.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-18
Prisoners Build Good Roads.
From the Philadelphia Record.


Judge William K. Porter of Lawrence
county has a unique plan for improving
the roads. His plan is a jail on wheels
that is. a place where prisoners can be
locked up at night and transported from
place to place and employed In road max
ing during the day During the last sum-
mer ne put his idea to test and the
results were eminently satisfactory. The
prisoners graded away a high hill or
the West Pittsburg road near New Castle
and constructed q cement bridge over a
culvert eighty feet long. The only ex-
pense to the county from this bridge thai
would ordinarily have cost thousands OF
dollars was for the material and the
services of an engineer. The men EN-.
ployed were sentenced from tep to ninety
days and were informed that the sen
tence would be materially lessened II
they would work on the roads and not
attempt to escape. During last summer
the men were employed without any
guard and none tried to get away.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-18

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-18
Underwood.

The speech delivered by Mr.. Under
wood in the House yesterday carries the
weight attaching to the views of a man
who will be the floor leader in the next
House if the democrats control that body.
He will pres.de over the committee which
will prepare and report tariff bill. He
has made a. study of the tariff question,
and from his standpoint-the strictly
revenue acknowledgements the case
with all the greater force for the absence
of all flourish. With Mr.. Clark in the
chair and Mr. Underwood leading the ma.
Jority in debate. the tariff discussion In
the spring OF 1912 should equal in interest
that in the spring and summer of last
year, when everybody read the papers
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-18
Fool and Vandal.
From the Chicago Post.


1t is said that an ancient oak. one. of
the blazed trees Ofx the old Green Bay
Indian trail. is to be marked by a COM
memorative tablet. II the persons,
whose worthy intentions cannot be
doubted, will give over their plan the
probability is- that the tree will live
much longer without the tablet than
with It, The vandal relic hunters will
get in their work when once they know
what the oak is. Trees. like other things.
must be saved from their fool foes.
In order to save the great elm on Bos-
ton Common from the chipping and
chopping degenerates. it was necessary
to build an iron fence about 1t. and to
put it under special protection Of the
police. There are q good many Indian
trees" still standing in the woods on
the north shore: Some years ago at
tention was called to one of the trees
by a newspaper article. Within few
days the trunk had been hacked and
mutilated and adorned with the
initials of men Of the kind. who, Il
given an opportunity: would paint their
names on the Pyramids and the Wash
ington Monument.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-18
Completely Qualified.

There's one candidate for the Ananias
Club. said the tremulous~ man with a
subdued expression. whom nobody men,
lions. IL don't see how they missed him. y
WHO is i,e?" ="
''rhe dentist who solemnIy. assures you
that 1t isn't going to hurt
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-18
Impressive rSilences.

81, too, stood silent with my hat off al
the tomb of Napoleon, said the tourist
Profoundly moved?"
Yes. And besides, l knew the police
would interfere If 1 took my hat of and
raised a disturbance
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-18
DEBILITY.

II have canary bird that will eat out
Of my hand said the caller.
That's nothing" replied the woman
who will not be outdone. Last summer
we had any number of mosquitoes that
would eat off our necks."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-18

In order to avoid criticism or betrayal
OF confidence il may become necessary
for our public men to sacrifice the con-
veniences of dictation and slaboriously
write everything with pen and ink.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-18

The author of graduation essay en-
joys a great advantage in the fact that
he is not likely to start political con-
| troversy by some accidental utterance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-18

None of the distinguished Japanese
Sisitofs to this country gives any sign
OF the slightest acquaintance with the
opinions of Mr. Hobson.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-18

One of the remarkable things revealed
by Mr.. Roosevelt's tour is the amount OF
enthusiasm that can exist when there IS
no base ball game.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-18
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
A Slow Youth.

You broke off the engagement" said
Maude.
YES" replied Mamie. II was terribly
disappointed In him. He came around
for our elopement with motor car in
stead Of an aeroplane."
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-18

Uncle Joe Cannon's personal popularity
Is attested by the fact that he holds his
own as a favorite topic for the anecdote
artists.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-18

If Mayor Gaynor can find a means OF
putting a stop to the output OF improper
farces in New York all the reformers. in
Guiding Anthony Comstock. will have tt
take of their hats to him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-18

Some people are little surprised that
Milwaukee's socialist mayor did not APP
pear at his desk with red flag in has
teeth and a bomb under each arm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-18

Assertions by college professor that
women are savage are conclusively dis
proved He has not been torn limb from
limb.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-18

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Arboreal Memorial.

From the Boston Transcript.
An avenue of 125 trees has been planted
in Roger Williams Park In Providence as
a memorial to a former superintendent of
schools. That was one OF the features
that gave Arbor day practical mean
Ing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-18

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Sale of Travelling Goods
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Basement Equitable Building.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1910-12-29
In the Tolls.

II understand your cousin married
q struggling young man.
YES, he struggled all right, but he
couldn't get away from PITTS.
burg Press.