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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-08-21
A Victim of Practical Politics.

/ Mr.. Ballinger complains. somewhat pa
thetically. that the main reason why the
pack is barking so vociferously at his
| heels-which is about the way the Sec
rotary views it's because conservation
Is popular and holds the attention Of the
hour"
Mr.. Ballinger must know, nevertheless.
that no politics Is quite so practical" as
that which takes advantage OF the ''popu-
lar fad Of the moment and turns It into
a stampede Some Of our greatest moral
forces" have been practical politicians"
An appealing moral movement must
incline TO the cracking Of some heads
and the hitting Of some noses Mr.. Bal
fingers head seems TO have been a par
ticularly inviting target 1t is very evil
dent that Mr.. Ballinger is TO be crushed
utterly crushed, IL his foes may have
their way.
II probably is quite true that not one
voter in hundred knows anything more
about conservation" than he knows
about that which Mr. William Allen
White somewhat vaguely terms "the
moral side OF the tariff" How much that
is--well. it would be hard to estimate. The
tariff and conservation ideas Of the aver
age citizen. we fear. are both scattering
and smatterinE But even that. II true.
is not going TO head off the elimination
Of Mr Ballinger. He need not imagine
and probably does nOt-that the ''practi-
cal" advantage to be gained by his an
initiation is going 10 be lost sight Of
for moment. or that he is TO be spared
in any measure by those Of his enemies
TO whom his downfall viii rebound most
advantageously in it's immediate political
aspects
The impending fate or the Secretary Of
the Interior-if 1t does not miss fire. and
1t probably will not-may be melancholy
but it will not be rated especially novel
Giving Mr. Ballinger the benefit Of every
doubt, his case has been paraneIed be-
fore We do not assert that this Is
creditable to the American people: we
state II merely as a fact. It may console
Mr.. Ballinger 10 reflect that never was
Grover Cleveland so bitterly and so out
Irageously 'assailed as in the moment he
was seeking to serve his country most
courageously and periodically Mr.. Cleve-
land came back" however.
But, as hereinbefore remarked, the fact
that conservation is popular and holds
the attention OF the people is the fact
that suggests to the practical" politicians
especially those with great moral
leanings-their most promising opportu-
nifty. And whatever advantage there NAV
be in the issue, 1t is painfully evident that
the anti-Ballingerites have beaten the
Secretary TO it,
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-08-21
wONDERs OF MODERN WORLD
Italy, France, Great Britain, and
Switzerland Are Represented.

Italy, France, Great Britain, and
switzerland Are Represented.
From the Engineering Magazine.
OF the seven modern wonder works or
the world. not one is in America. one
Of them. 400 years old. has IT'S inspira-
ton in religion-St. Peters, at Rome. the
largest church ever built; the second. 100
years old, Is the greatest triumphial arch
ever erected, commemorating the VIC
tories OF the great conqueror, Napoleon
/; the other five are modern engineering
works. 1t is typical OF the changed ideal
Of the ages that only one OF the ancient
wonders was utilitarian. and only one OF
! the modern wonders is religious. five be-
Ing very distinctly Unitarian: yet noble
ideals gave them all birth.
OF the unitarian works the Suez Canal
easily comes first. It shortens the sea
! route from Northern Europe to the ORR
ent by 5000 miles; between certain ports.
more than half The canal was begun in
1889. estimated 10 cost 100000. and 10 be
finished IN 1854 Its actual cost was
$50. 100000 and It was opened in 1863. The
ideal was realized, but none Of the other
eleven efficiency principles was thorough
ly applied. most Of them not at all; hencA
both the doubled time and trebled cost.
The next great engineering work was
also French, the Eiffel tower, rising 1000
feet into the air, az once the highest
structure erected by man and the proto-
type Of modern American steel construc-
ton, which, as a matter of course, fol-
lowed when passenger elevators or lifts
were made practical
The third great wonder Is the Firth OF
Forth bridge; cantilevers, similar to
three pairs OF great EIeI towers, each
pair Joined at the base. each half stretch
ing out horizontally 800 feet without end
support. This bridge is massive in de-
sign because wind pressure is more dan
gerous than train load.
The fourth modern wonder is the St
GOttard tunnel, twelve miles long, IN
der the Alps. There was a Bremen
railroad route over the Austrian Alps. a
Mount Cents tunnel under the French
Alps, but Italy, Switzerland. and Ger
many combined 20 divert the century,
old trade between north and south 70 a
shorter new route. the key 20 the stu
alton being the long tunnel. more than
twice as long as any American railroad
tunnel
The seventh and last or the modern
wonders are twin-cousin ships, the Lust
tania and the Mauritania. subsidized and
designed 10 restore 10 Great Britain the
blue ribbon Of the sea OF these seven
wonders one belongs 10 Italy; one, jointly
70 Italy and Switzerland: three belong 10
France, and two 10 Great Britain. An
ideal definitely conceived IN advance and
tenaclously realized Is manifest in each,
and IN most OF them other efficiency
principles are applied, in some only in
embryonic vestiges. in others in advanced
form-notably In the two steamers,
which. as 10 cost. time Of completion.
and performance, realized expectations.
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crowned helmet. which he had worn
was found by ST. Reginald Bray, bat
tered and broken, under q hawthorn bush.
and placed on the head Of his rival. who
soon attained a more solemn coronation
as Henry VII.
Both the character and personal ap-
pearance Of Richard III have furnished
matter Of controversy. He was regarded
as a tyrant by his subjects. but at the
same time he was not destitute Of some
good qualities, AS King he seems. really
to have studied his country's welfare.
passed good laws endeavored to put an
end to extoruon, declined free gifts Of
fered to him by several towns. and de-
clared he would rather have the hearts
Of his subjects than their money.
Tradition is divided as 10 Richards
personal appearance, AID the story OF
his deformity Is possibly derived from
Lancastrian mangnity and from a mis-
understanding OF his nickname, Crouch
back. The face in all OF the portraits
extant OF Richard is a remarkable one,
full Of energy and decision. vet GENT,
and sad looking. suggesting the idea not
so much OF a tyrant as OF a mind ac-
customed to unpleasant thoughts. No
where do we find depicted the warlike,
hard-favored visage attributed 70 him by
Sir Thomas More. With such one
did the long reign Of the Plantagenets
terminate The fierce spirit and the valor
OF the race never showed more strongly
than at the close. The Middle Ages,
TOO, so far as England was concerned.
may be said to have passed away with
Richard III
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done. And our very griefs and disap-
pointments-have they been useless TO
US? Surely notg'
It is only 10 the coward who looks out
upon the world with meticulous eyes that
disappointment may seem a thing to be
avoided. a danger that shall crush his
spirit 20 the earth. The brave man will
greet the unseen with a cheer" taste
Of disappointment with rare gusto. as II
It savored life-as 1t does-and will go
about his self-sppointed tasks and du-
ties, and toward his hopes. with high
beating heart and keen appetite for large
ADVENTURE
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Sentiment.

From the Ohio State Journal
1t is probably true that when human ar
fairs were started on this globe, prin-
ciple Of justice. truth and love was at
taehed 10 them for their government. We
sometimes fear that principle has lost it's
way and that the affairs are getting
along without IT, But that is because
we have lost faith; we think that van
ity, in will. and selhshness have crept in
and throttled the noble truth and kicked
it aside That is pessimism. which holds
that the world was made for the bad, and
that the triumph Of the right is not 10
he dreamed OF. That is the doctrine OF
despair. and too many people are afflicted
by H.
II is all wrong. Hope. faith. and pa
tience constitute the true rule Of life
These are the basis Of endeavor and right
living They hold a man true and adorh
experience. Principle VIII work out it's
own. and be faithful to the man who is
faithful TO it. II always happens so. Il
may seem different at times. but 1t IS
only seeming. Good IS never the fruit OF
wrong. but is always the fruit OF good.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-08-21
They.

W. d. Nesbit in Chi1go Post.
They are the most potent force IN the
world
II they" say something about you. no
further authority IS sought They" say.
and il becomes true Immediately. On
repetition. Il becomes even more true and
more important
They dictate fashion. When you ask
why you should buy something you do
not Ike, the crushing argument is that
they" are all wearing Il this season.
Should YOU wish 10 purchase a book
the salesman convinces you with the sim
pie remark that they" are all reading It
Everything you do or say IS regulated
by what they" may think.
Yet nobody can tell you who or wha,
They" are.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-08-21

Prom the Cleveland r1ain Dealer
Last week. said the young married
woman, Of Euclid Heights. Il made a
flying visit TO the little Massachusetts,
town where my father and mother and
sisters and brothers and all the progeny
thereof live I got into the place at 9
o'clock In the morning. and headed for
my sisters home first. Her little seven
year-old boy was standing in the front
yard when l entered the gate. He rec
ognized me at once. He rammed his
hands into his pockest. looked over me
with some disdain, and this is the form
of greeting he extended TO me:
Gee. but youse is got a bum ball
team in Clevelandr
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-08-21
MY war Of life


Is fall'n into the scar. the yellow leaf:
And that which should accompany old age.
As honor. love. obedience. troops Of friends.
I must not look % have"
For that implies gross carefulness o.
willful sin. Surely that man cannot claim
to be disappointed that. sowing dragons
teeth. he has to reap the northumberland
was to be expected To SOW kindness and
20 reap unkindness: to SOW love and to
garner hate-these are the real disappoint-
ments against which no care or prayer on
our part will avail-they are but the out
come Of our fral human nature
II this were not true. then life would
be a set thing. bound down by rigid rule:
so much love given. so much due in re-
turn; so much revenge sought so much
hatred to be paid. But the virtue lies
In realizing that in spite OF all that We
may do to deserve It. we may never reap
the reward; and in cultivating the spirit
that will meet the most grievous dis
appointment and face 1t down with a
laugh. so that We may turn IL TO our
souls profit. Ane. as Kingsley says, are
not these disappointments given to us to
use-if we but have the wisdom to use
them?
Surely. as the years pass on. thew
ought te have made us better, more use
ful, more worthy. We may have been
disappointed in our lofty Ideas of what
we ought to have done. but we NAV have
gained more clear and practical notions
OF what may yet be done. We may have
lost IN enthusiasm and yet gained in
esrnestness We may have lost in sensi-
bility, yet gained IN charity, activity. and
power. We may be able to do far less.
ana yet what we do may be far better
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-08-21
Friend I'm Need.

From the Pcekskill Palladium.
Il say, Jones, dine with me at the
house tonight. will your"
Certainly, with pleasure; will your
wife expect me?'
NO, that's the beauty Of IT, We had
quarrel this morning and I want to
make her mad"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-08-21
SUNDAY. AUGUST p. 1910
Home News Away from Home

WGshipgtonians who leave the
city, either for e short or long
stay-whether they 60 70 mountain
or Seash0re. OF even across the sea
should not fail to order The
Washington Herald sent TO them
by mail It will come regularly.
and tho addresses viii be changed
as often as desired. It's the home
news you will want while away
from home. Telephone Main 1900
giving old and new address,
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-08-21
On the Virtue of Disappointment.

One Of the axioms that many OF US like
TO mouth with something like sanctimo-
NOUS JUNCTION is that Scriptural statement.
Blessed is he that expecteth little" and
II is seldom uttered that we do not give
our hearts the lie for we know that we
have expected much, Nor is it wrong
that we should expect much, should fix
our aspirations high: not bllndly trust
to chance or reach out for things beyond
our grasp. but nj ourselves with care and
patience and knowledge. for the high
things we have a right to expect-lf we
strive for them.
Il is pretty certain that whether we
expect much or little we are doomed TO
some measure Of disappointment; for re-
alization seldom comes up to the measure
Of our desires. But even so. disappoint-
ment is by no means an unmixed evil.
As Goethe says:
"All men are disappointed in their
hopes and expectations Is life calculated
only by its gains and losses? Who has
not made arrangement on Arrangement
broken pieces
How often does not a man strike into n
road and lose Il again. How often ara
We not turned aside from one point which
we had sharply before our eyes. but only
70 reach some higher STAGE The trav-
eler, to his greatest annoyance. breaks a
wheel upon his journey. and through this
unpleasant accident makes some charm
ing acquaintance. and forms some new
connection which has influence on all the
rest or his life"
No matter how thoughtfuHy or pains
takingly we may plan our lives. we are
all OF US. after all. mere creatures Of
circumstance, and the fell clutch" Of
which Henley wrote from his bed of
pain is likely 70 fasten itself upon any
one OF US at any time When II does
come. we can only pray God that we
may not vince or cry aloud. but bear
our disappointment with courage and find
in il a blessing!
The truth is that il sometimes needs the
keen pain of a bitter disappointment 70
arouse the best that is in our souls.
Stevenson realized this when he wrote.
IF have faltered more or less
In my great task Of happiness:
II ] have moved among my race
And shown no glorious morning face;
II beams from happy human eyes
Have moved me not; n morning skies
Books and my food. and sumner rain
Knocked on my sullen heart in vain
Lord Thy most pointed pleasure take
And stab nv spirit broad awake:
Or Lord IL too obdurate l.
Choose Thou, before that spirit die.
a piercing pain. killing sin.
And 70 my dead heart run them inn
But In thinking Of disappointment as q
blessing. one must not think OF that sor,
Of disappointment that leads to bewaIljpe
such as that in Macbeth" where a man
IN tremulous woe over HIS own mishap
cries.
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where to spend summer.

Prom Life.
cyclists should go to Me.
Catholics should go to Mass.
Readers should go 10 Conn.
Suitors should go TO Pa.
Invalids should go to Nd.
Debtors should go TO o.
Physicians should go TO Ill.
Arithmetlcians should go 10 Tenn.
Young men should go to Miss.
Noah should go to Ark.
miners should go TO Ore.
Laundresses should go 70 Wash.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-08-21
On Being Moderate

sister. you wear too much false hair.
A reasonable amount may be all right
but you wear entirely too much"
oh, you tell lies sometimes, don't
you?"
Yes; but I never tell a lie that no
body could possibly believe"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-08-21
Oklahoma Fish story.

From the Kansas CITY Times
on one 'trot' line at a single haul c. D.
Rider caught 900 pounds OF catfish in
the Arkansas River, near Muskoge4
There were FIVE fish, one Weighing sixty
five pounds. another hfty-ive pounds. and
the others ranging from thirty to thirty
FIVE pounds each.
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THE IDOL.

He was college hero:
Il needed. 50 twas said.
An extra large sombrero
To AZ his massive head:
And such q pair Of shoulders
Were his that he became
Admired Of all behOlders
At each athletic game.
He was A college hero:
The ciassics he had read
Enough 10 know that Nero
Poor chap, indeed was dead.
His spelling and his grammar
Left much 20 be desired.
But when he threw the hammer,
BY all he was admired.
He was college hero:
We incurred him when he fec.
With knowledge nearly zero,
To earn his daily bread.
We wonder II he's wiser
As daily he displays
A patent exerciser
To crowds that gape and gazei
". Adair StraEson in Puck.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-08-21

English suffragettes say American audi
ences are most quiet and undemOnstra-
tive" Perhaps the home activities Of the
English suffragettes have taught Ameri-
can audiences that, in their presence, dis
erection is the better part Of v@'or.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-08-21
Renron for High Price,

From the Knoxville Journal
There are not less than fifteen millions more per
sons In the United States now than there we're
when the census was taken in the year 1900 and
II need not be said that e takes heap more
to feed ninety millions than it did 70 feed seventy
Eve millions.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-08-21

From the Boston Transcript
Actor-There,s something lacking in
this garden scene. There should be vege-
tables about.
Stage Manager-Oh, the audience will
supply the vegetables when they see your
acting.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-08-21

But few short years ago Roosevelt
was sending Sherman to urge Hartman
to loosen up for the Republican cam
paign fund" says the wicked. false, afro
cious, brazen, short and ugly Albany
Argus.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-08-21
ALITTLE NONSENSE.
Down TO DATE.

The humorists all fairly hate
To deal in foxes not down 10 date.
Their hat jokes now are very broad,
As per requirements Of the mode.
Their gown jokes have for quite while
Been OF the latest hobble style.
Their airship jokes are very ny.
And sometimes fall fiat, by the by.
The auto jokes. II follows then.
Are models built for 1910.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-08-21

Everybody's is more conservative than
some Of its esteemed contemporaries. It
announces that an O, Henry story In the
current issue Is zone OF the last new
ones from this brilliant and versatile
entertainer"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-08-21

August q. 1903. occurred the battle OF
Vimerio. Portugal. between the English
and French; the FIRST Of the joint meet
ings between Lincoln and Douglas took
place in 1858, and the Charter Oak, at
Hartford. Conn. blew down in 1856. II
is the birthday OF St Francis de Sales,
the celebrated Catholic divine d56D; King
William ~, of England Q76S; Oliver
Hazard Perry, the hero of the battle OF
Lake Erie Q7S0; Jules Michelet the
French historian OBS; and William D.
Gallagher, poet and journalist Qso9. 1t
is the date Of the death Of Sir John
Leake, English rear admiral Q72o). ana
Lady Mary NJ. Wortley Montague u7s2J.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-08-21
Origin of Wagnerian Music.

From the New York Sun.
Wagner had just invented his style Of
music.
Got the idea from Republican har-
mony." he explained
Herewith he scored a fine boiler fac
tory effect
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Speaker Cannon says he intends to
die with his boots on" says the Detroit
Free Press. Perhaps it might discourage
Uncle Joe" II Mr. Murdoch should con-
trive somehow to steal the Speaker s
boots
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From the Cleveland Leader.
Gee. waiter You're the biggest TOOL
ever saw"
Yes, SIR. Why. sir?"
Didn't I ask you to get me a water
cracker?'
Yes, sir"
And here you bring me an ice picl,i''
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Very ANNOYING.

1T is annoying to wait for a train
that's late"
Yes; and It is even more annoying
TO wait for a train that has been discon-
tinued"
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One View of Lii.

do you get out Of life all there Is
in it?"
That is impossible. There's always
some money that you can't GET
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VnrIed Vie,rr nf Mnrrinrc

From the Louisville CouricrIounnL
Marriage is lottery 20 the bachelor an rfgent
necessity in the opinion Of the widowcr delightful
temptation % the widow. a habit with the actress,
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-08-21

AS 10 whether mick" shall retain his
place on the Ways and Means Committee
when It is made up in the next Congress.
Mr.. Champ Clark may low as how
he will have something TO say al out that!
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-08-21
Amounts TO the Snmr.

From the Syracuse Herald.
The exact difference between bringing pressure
10 bear" upon man 10 resign and asking him Tor
his resignation is something that only a politician
can define
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kraut. as a regular diet. is superior to
beans. Even at that. however, it prob
ably is true that Cincinnati consumes
more sauerkraut than Boston does.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-08-21

THE Sultan OF Suld supports fourteen
wives on a salary g $l25 per month. says
the Chicago Record-Herald. Still, he does
not have to buy much IN the way OF
clothing for them, 1t seems.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-08-21

My dear, is your dressmaker reliable?
Are you sure this gown is OF the latest
mode?"
Yes. hubby. But why do you ask?''
1t is so easy to button"
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CHAT OF THE FORUM.
Most People.

From the Nashville American
When in doubt tell the truth" advised Mark
Twain Some people are never in doubt il seems.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-08-21
Seaside Caste

He has no hope Of winning her;
Conditions hamper.
She Is a naughty cottager;
He's but a camper.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-08-21

Practically everybody on this side OF
the Atlantic seems anxious TO close the
Abruzzi incident with And may they
live long, and happily. and prosper"
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Would It be possible to play golf in
Esperanto?' inquiries a contemporary
We are not sure; there are no swear
words in Esperanto, n is said.
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Democratic View.

From the Charleston News and Courier.
What difference does it make whom the Republi
cans nominate for governor Of New York; He is
not going 20 be governor. anyhow.
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''Tammany is praying for Mayor Cay
nor says the Chicago Tribune. Why
not? The prayers Of the righteous avail
eth much; and the prayers Of the wicked
may help some. IL they be sincere.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-08-21

From the Philadelphia North American
The administration managers are looking for
Jonah 70 throw overheard. When they find him.
they will need a derrick TO do the trick
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II Uncle joe will take another look
at that standpat hand Of his. he may and
that. while all of the cards are OF one
color, ore OF them Is of a different suit