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The Washington herald., 1910-06-17
Assumed Names in the Army.

The House OF Representatives has
passed a bin which. on first impression.
seems to be a peculiar form Of legisla-
tive relief" It being that which author
ICES the Secretary OF War and the Secre-
tary OF the Navy to issue certificates
OF discharge IN the true names of persons
who enlisted or served under assumed
names during the civil war and the war
with Spain Il is disclosed that there are
many people who served in these two
wars in the military and naval forces
with entire credit TO themselves, and
who rendered such service under names
which they adopted, On the face Of It,
this situation seems 10 be explained only
on the ground that a man who adopts
an assumed name must do so for rea-
sons which are not entirely to his credit
II appears, however. that a considerable
number OF those In this class were OF
foreign birth and had names difficult Of
pronunciation. and they feared their
birth or descent was likely to cause
feelings of prejudice or resentment
among their comrades. It has been
stated to the House that the number Of
people who served under these circum-
stances reaches into thousands'-alto-
gether a surprising state OF affairs. BY
the enactment OF this legislation it viii
become unnecessary TO introduce special
bills in Individual cases.
It would seem that If there is any
necessity for this form Of relief there
could very wen be legislation which con-
fers the authority upon the Secretary Of
War and the Secretary of the Navy. with
the provision, of course, that these Off
Gals may issue the discharges upon proof
Of identity and after knowledge of the
innocence IN the assumption OF fictitious
names. The legislation places the re-
spOnsibility where it may very well be
intrusted. and the more so If these men
The Washington herald., 1910-06-17

Charlie Castor wanted me 10 read
the opening of q novel he has just
started to write It began. Dearest,
said the girl-bride, as she nestled her
young face against the bristly beard
OF her new, but old husband I've
been thinking"
Thinking OF what. dear?" said
BrOdie. gently.
why. honey; now that I'm married,
I expect I'll have to pay full fare on
the street cars. won't %
I gave the MSS back TO him then;
couldn't read any more If It.
There's a lot OF freak legislation IN
Kansas. but. at least, they have the
courage OF their convictions cut there,
and now they're going to make the ex-
press companies lower their excessive
rates or get out. Bully for Kansas!
Several Chicago preachers have been
offered higher salaries TO go and
preach elsewhere. A Chicago news
paper says: 1T is becoming generally
recognized that Chicago is a splendid
training ground for preachers and
even the best of them hardly make
an impression on the place.
The Hon. c. Z. Townsend, OF Miehi-
gan. spoke in his home town recently.
and urged that only good men should
be elected 70 Office incidentally. he
suggested himself for the Senate.
They are cleaning up the office; have
bought some new shears and paste
pot. and have put new cushions on
the editorial chair at The outlook.
The editors on his way.
OF course. there had TO be explana-
tons. Prof. Frederick Starr, Of the
University of Chicago. is first in the
field He SAYS that when he predicted
dire things for T. r.. be thought the
colonel was going into the haunts OF
the tse-tse fly. ] don't know how 10
pronounce it-but Tse-Tsei
And the census has settled the ques-
ton at last Lillian Russell is fifty
years Of age.
The Washington herald., 1910-06-17
Chancellor Day Again.

Is 1t not curious how often well-mean-
ing men in their desire to make a point
indulge in extravagances Of speech? Here
is Chancellor "a Day, Of Syracuse, dis
tressed because the people of the United
States have invested some $5OOOOO.OOO in
the automobile trade. He condemns the
auto as a luxury and thinks that such
rampant and vulgar prodigality cannot
fail TO have serious consequences upon
our national character.
Surely this is a short-sighted view for
the head of a great university. One
might as well argue that the luxury OF
travel made possible by invention would
render the nation effete; or that because
we use the telephone to expedite bust
ness we are in danger Of growing lazy
Surely Chancellor Day must recognize
that the automobile is something more
than a luxury When he notes the huge
delivery wagons that do the work of our
merchants in the streets, he must recog-
nize that the auto has a unitarian value.
against carriages, and against railroads.
just as to-day there is being made mani
fest some fear and criticism Of flying
machines. These things are. primarily.
only signs of progress. From the pleas
ure sailing vessel came the clipper ner-
chant ship. and then the modern ste9 ner:
from the modest auto first designed for
pleasure has come an implement that
has been, and is to be, Of vast use TO the
country Already the auto has robbed
country life Of much Of its terror. the
product TO market. but In many instances
its engine grinds his corn and pumps his
water. Only the other day there was a
long account in the press Of an auto
mobile pillow that. at a cost Of 81 a day,
will plow thirty acres: and. after all. we
are only Just at the beginning OF the
automobiles activities.
Chancellor Day thinks the vast capital
invested in the automobile trade is un-
productive. but a moments thought will
convince any one to the contrary. It has
given work 10 thousands: it has innu-
enced the building trade in the factories
required; it has stimulated trade in rub
Der. in leather. In steel. In copper. in a
hundred different branches. Chancellor
Day will have to revise his text if he
hopes successfully 10 inveigh against
national extravaganza
The Washington herald., 1910-06-17
Notes of the Books.

When the editor Of the BOokman was
asked the other day to name the leading
American novelists. he replied that there
were only two-William d. HOwells and
Jack London.
Grace MacGowan Cooke has placed her
manuscript ''The Power and the Glory
in the hands Of her publishers Double
day, Page & Co, who will publish the
book on August I. II will be illustrated
by A. I. Keller, Mrs. Cooke is now in
California.
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps. In the new
book In After Days." sums up her phi
losophy of death in a calm but not al all
uncheerful way. IF death is treated as
an INSTRUMENTATION as an episode. re-
union as a prospect-grief can be borne
as a momentary interruption TO eternal
Joy" However. some Of the other au-
thoTs Of In After Days" do not agree
with this.
The seventh volume OF the New
Schan-Herzog Encyclopedia Of Religious
knowledge has just made its appear
anee from the presses OF the publishers,
the Funk & Wagnalls Company. vol
ume every three months has been issued.
and five more are yet to appear to COM
plete this twelve-volume work. The pres
ent volume brings the work down to the
subject "Moralities."
The Washington herald., 1910-06-17

Senator Stone is making a determined
effort 10 get the salary OF James F. Ed
wards. the doorkeeper at the west SEN
ate door. raised from sl.4i0 TO $3.50. Mr..
Edwards. known to statesmen and visit
ors to the Capitol as Col Jimmy" has
held the position Of doorkeeper since
May Il. 1879. and has served on the door
with twenty-five men of both political
parties. He is seventy-three years old
He was q colonel in a Confederate regi-
meEt, and was also one OF the forty
miners. "Col Jimmy had a stanch
friend in Senator Vest, and was compli-
mented by name by that eminent states
man in q report on the investigation Of
the beef trust in the early SOS. He served
subpoenas on Armour, Swift, and the
big guns of the beef trust after all others
had failed to accomplish that difficult
feat. Senator Depew also came under
the ''coloners" ban The Senator came
to washington on business, and the
watchful colonel served the papers on
him in a jiffy. Mr.. Edwards was mes
senger 10 the Committee on Foreign Re
latlons FOR ten years. serving under
Window, Miller, and John Sherman. He
is one Of the landmarks Of the Senate,
and is pointed out as such by the guides
to the many visitors who swarm the cor
ridors Of the Capitol daily.
Both sides OF Congress are pushing
things along at a lively rate In the
Senate big hole was made yesterday
in the bills on the calendar. almost ev-
cry Senator getting some measure for
which he stood sponsor passed by that
body. Even Senator JEFF Davis got busy
and had bill passed.
Representative TaWney. holding the
floor Of the House on pending measure,
is generous TO the statesmen and near
statesmen OF that body. He graciousIy
yielded, first TO one and then to the
others. the privilege Of making remarks
AS each member received Tawney's con-
| descending nod, his name was greeted
with laughter but when Representative
| Humphreys was granted forty minutes
for a speech, the laughter gave way &c
boots and outlaws. II was all good ma
tured. however, and the good humor Of
the rousing getaway day pervaded the
whole atmosphere.
|
The Senate passed a bill yesterday FOL
the relief Of Mrs. Julia L. Hall Mrs
Hall is the widow Of Capt Joseph T. II
Hall Capt Hall. in 1872. made a con
tract with the District Of Columbia Il
| furnish macadam stone for the extension
of certain streets In Washington. Undel
the terms OF the contract Capt. Hall wa!
required 10 pay his worlImen in cast
current, and the board Of public work.
agreed to pay him in lawful money o
| the United states. II appears from re
ceipted vouchers on file that the boar
of public works did not pay him Ell
lawful money OF the United States" bu
instead he was compelled 10 accept Ger
tificates issued by the board. 1t also ap
pears from q deposition that the ceruh
Gates issued 70 him were not worth thei
face value. Capt Hall had TO raise casl
by selling the deprecated certificates a
20 10 90 cents on the dollar. He sustainel
a loss Of 30 per cent Of the face value o
the certificates. His suit in the Court o
Claims followed The suit has had man.
ups and downs in the courts and III
bin has already passed the, Senate sew
| ara1 times
The Washington herald., 1910-06-17
"a d q nnfferfIr-

I'd be 4 butterfly. living rover.
Where roses and lilies and yiolets meet:
Rowing forever from flower to flower
Kissing oil buds that are pretty and szsst
I'd never lauguish for wealth OF for power
ia never sigh to slaves at my feet;
I'd be a butterfly born In bower
kissing ali buds that pretty and swest.
Obi cuuld pilfer the wand Of a fairy,
I'd have q pair Of those beautiful wings
Their sumner days raTable Is sportive and air.
They sleep IN rose when the nightingale sinzA
Those who have wealth must be WatchfaI and vary.
Power, slAsi naught bul misery brings:
I'd ba a butterfly syoFtiTe and airy,
Rocked in rose when tho nightingale sings
What though you tell me each say little rover
shrinks from the breath Of the first autumn dav
Surely us better. when summer is over
10 die. when al fair things are fading away.
Some IN lifes winter mag t0l 10 disco7Ss
Means Of ryocaring Eesry delay,
ia be a butterfly bern IN bower
Dying When fair things are fading away.
-Iheuas Haynes Bsyly.
The Washington herald., 1910-06-17
TO-DAY IN HISTORY.
Bunker Hill Daytime II.

This is Bunker Hill Day. What glo-
rious memories it recalls, when we revert
to the little band of patriots that went
struggling UP the hill. unframed in war
fare but loyal to the core. Think Of the
nerve Of 'em-Only about $500 alarmed.
undisciplined Yankees, climbing up back
of barriers Of earth heaps and piles OF
hay, realizing that on the plain below
was a red-coat army fully 5000 strong.
well-armed, weu-drilled, and we'll
trained
Leading them to the struggle was the
gallant and dashing Israel Putnam. In
his shirtsleeves he strobe up and down
the lines giving words Of encouragement
TO the right and left and whispering hts
famous order:
Don't fire until you see the whites OF
their eyesi''
And to this he added: Powder is
scarce. boys. and II must not be wasted.
When you see the whites of their eyes
fire low. take aim at their Wristbands
aim at the handsome coats-pick of the
commanders.
All night Of the 18th the Yankees were
employed in throwing UP embankments
They toiled on faithfully till break OF day
revealed their work 10 the gaze Of the as
tonished British. The English guns were
soon trained on the works and the sleep
ing city was awakened by the boom of
cannon They worked on. however, and
by noon they were well intrenehed be-
hind a strong redoubt. The British
meanwhile decided to storm the American
works. Gen. Howe was at their head
and it was about 3 o'clock in the after
noon when they began the ascent of the
hill Up they marched in line of battle
with undaunted courage. Not shot was
fired from the top of the hill. The Amer
leans were coolly taking Putnam's advice.
When the British had come within a
few rods a fame of fire swept along the
American lines and the front rank OF the
enemy were cut 10 pieces. Another vol
ley followed and another. until the Brit
ish fell back IN disorder. leaving the hill
top strewn with dead and wounded. In
fifteen minutes they made another dash,
only to receive again such g murderous
fire as no army. however brave, could
have endured
The Washington herald., 1910-06-17
scenic Railway in Norway.

From lions Herald.
The new scenic railway IN Norway, re-
Gently completed from Christiania TO Ber-
sen is proving exceptionally attractive
to tourists, 1t is the longest mountain
railway in Europe, and has no fewer than
III tunnels, one OF which cost $4,000 and
took twelve years to build. Unlike other
mountain railways. which merely so to
the edge of the snow and ice, this line.
after passing Ffnsen-a station whose
name In year or two Is sure to become
as well known as that Of any favorite re-
sort in Switzerland-proceed across the
snow field for long distance. Two snow
plows are kept busy on the road as late
as June, and there are lakes along the
route which do not lose their ice until
August, and in some years do not thaw
at all. Snowsheds have been constructed
with shutters on their sides. which can be
opened IN summer TO permit an unOb-
structed view of the magnificent land
scapes. An international ski tournament
is to be held IN F1nsen in midsummer.
This mixture of wintry experiences with
summer touring Is a novelty sure TO at
tract to Norway an increasing number Of
enterprising travellers.
The Washington herald., 1910-06-17
ORIGIN OF "HOBSONs CHOICE. F"
Familiar Phrase Is Traced Back to
the Seventeenth Century.

Familiar Phrase Is Traced Back to
the Seventeenth Century.
From TIE Strand Magazine
1T IS a case OF Hobson's choice" is
a phrase that is used by many people
without knowing exactly what II means.
As a matter OF fact. this adage has been
handed down 10 US from the seven
teenth century and had It's origin in the
eccenTicities OF one Tobias HObson.
This worthy was carrier OF Cambridge,
who died IN the year 1880. In addition TO
his ordinary business ne kept stable and
let out hoes 10 the students at the
university. made il an unalterable
rule, however, that each animal should
have an equal period OF work and rest,
and would never let one out OF its turn.
Consequently. instead OF being allowed
to select the steed they most fancied,
his customers had 20 take the one that
stood next to the door. II II did not
meet with their approval they had 10 do
without a ride. Hence the proverbial ex-
preston, "Hobson's choice" used to sig
Nifty, choice without an alternative.
The Washington herald., 1910-06-17
THE OBSERVER.

! wonder what has become OF Mr..
Adairs bill proposing TO put the
salaries Of Congressman back TO So,
oo02 It's curious how measures like
that just will get mlslaid.
Because his wife insisted on being
a Christian Science healer, a man in
Kansas City got mad and insisted on
a divorce, He belonged to the Metho-
dist Episcopal Church, and his friends
said there was Methodisn IN his mad
ness.
No. the Gov. GnIett who stopped
the fight is not the safety" man.
The letter "B" which the Indiana
farmers have found on their oats.
probably does not mean Bryan at all,
but Beverage.
Those United Wireless folks must
think this is a curious sort of gov
eminent. II won't even et people
pretend to be prosperous. these hard
times.
Starett is the name OF the saddle
horse the President rides. It stands
l6 hands high and weighs l,2SO pounds.
Even then, Il knows that Il has been
working when President Taft rides
out with Gen. Clarence Edwards and
the Washington Riding Club.
And they won't even let you get
rich-quick via wireless. Will they?
Il is up 10 some one now 10 write
& learned essay on The relation OF
aviation to moral conduct" II we are
constantly required to keep looking
up in the clouds 10 watch the man
birds go by. we shall soon become
more erect as a nation, aud as indi-
viduals shall all hold our heads up
more dehantly.
Saturday. June Is. is to be a memo
rable day. II is the anniversary Of
the battle OF Waterloo, it is on that
day the Ballinger- Pinehot verdict
comes down. and, last but not least,
T. r. arrives.
The Washington herald., 1910-06-17
LATEST STYLES IN DRINKS.
of Different Bever-
ages Must BE Mastered.


From the New York Tribune.
Styles in soda fountain drinks change
as do those In clothes and etiquette.
There was a time when one asked either
for a soda or q phosphate. but now these
things have been relegated 10 the back
ground and have been replaced by the
''sundae," the 'frappe," the ''pouffe, +"
the coupe" or the "parfait''
II one doesn't know the one from the
other, or imagines for an instant that
the last may be had for the price Of
the first, one is far behind the times.
The differences may seem slight, but
they must be mastered lest one incur
the scorn of the soda clerk.
The coupe" is perhaps the most Won
deTful OF all IN fact, 1t is SO wonderful
that It may be called only by the names
Of famous opera stars. There are three
kinds-Melba, Nordica. and Gadski-con-
tanning respectively peaches. rasperries,
and Strawberries. IN a deep. round dish
the mixer puts some OF the fruit: this
he covers with Ice cream and over the
whole he pours the thickest, and the
richest Of the fruit syrups.
If the beverages themselves do not
change from season TO season, then
their names and titles must respond 10
the whiIns Of Dame Fashion. Once upon
a time a cherry sundae was a Merry
Widow. Now it Is a Chantecler. The
chocolate nut sundae was called Sagi
Harms for while, then Alice Roose-
welt, and now the Jungle-the compli-
ment having been shifted from daugh-
ter 10 parent.
Whenever a play makes a big hit or a
man does a big thing the soda clerks are
among the first to make use Of the
event. They made up Wright brothers
frappe and a North Pole sundae. They
invented q Taft soda and a Peter Pan
phosphate. They can't afford to lose
any opportunity or 20 let any other shop
or business get ahead OF them. So they
spend what spare minutes they have
in inventing new things and new names
for old things.
The Washington herald., 1910-06-17

who unwittingly served under assumed
names are deprived OF privileges to which
they are justly entitled. 1t remains
situation calculated TO excite remark, at
the Same time. why man who enlists
In the mIlItary-naval service should do
so under an assumed name. and GER
tainly the excuse which has been given
for the thousands of such cases does
not fully explain or justify the condition.
The Washington herald., 1910-06-17

The Ledgers success has been remark
able. even considering the fourteen years
of conscientious work put into it We
wish 1t and its new associate editor-Afr
Aforementioned and ever-increasing
prosperity.
The Washington herald., 1910-06-17
Home News Away from Home

Washingtonians who leave the
city, either for a short or long
stay-whether they go TO mountain
or neashcre, or even across the sea
should not fail to order The
Washington Herald sent TO them
by mail II will come regularly,
and the addresses viii be changed
as often as desired. 1t is the homo
news you will want while away
from home. Telephone Main $500.
giving old ard new address.
The Washington herald., 1910-06-17
State secrets.

From the Cleveland Leader
Bobby-There's visitors in tn front
room.
Poliy-How you know?
Bobby-Ma's calm pa dear ev'ry
time she speaks 10 him,
The Washington herald., 1910-06-17
The strnteEic Point.

How came you TO start a revolution
with only three men?" demanded the
American consul.
III was this way" explained the leader.
We found the operator asleep and
couldn't resist the temptation 10 seize
the cable Office"
The Washington herald., 1910-06-17

Mr.. Robert G. Hiden. one of the bright
est and BEST Of Southern journalists. has
purchased a one-hfth interest in the Biz
mingham Ledger for an announced con-
sideration of s25.ooo-a most astonishing
amount OF money for one real newspaper
man to have ali together at one time.
The Washington herald., 1910-06-17

a traveller recently in Ceylon says, "AT
could hear there was rubber, rubber.
rubberi' IF this traveller had followed
the colonel around Europe, that would
have been about all he would have heard
there. too.
The Washington herald., 1910-06-17
A snre sign

From the Buffalo Express
my dear, the boys have been begging
me to play poker with them again; won't
you let me?" he begged.
Not much" she answered. no one
but an easy mark is so popular with
poker PLAYERS"
The Washington herald., 1910-06-17
A Tongue Twithter rhimpiined.

Frozn Life.
Some of those tongue twisters are
really very hard to enunciate. for in
stance: The sea ceaseth, and IL sufficeth
ug'
'That'th eathiiy thaid." lIthpingly
thmiled Mithat Elizabeth. You thimply
thay II tho: The thea theatheth, and
it thuffitheth uth.'"
The Washington herald., 1910-06-17

In discussing ideals" before a gradual
ing class recently. Gov. Marshall men
toned only Alexander. Caesar. Washing
ton. and Napoleon. query: Is Gov. Mar
shall mollycoddle. an Ananies. or a
Weakling?
The Washington herald., 1910-06-17

A Georgia barber threatens TO run for
governor against Little Joe" Brown.
Joe's" whiskers viii not work; his pc
culiar style OF personal beauty is one
of his big assets with the common peo-
ple
The Washington herald., 1910-06-17
undermining China.

From the New York Post.
China is agitating for parliament. China al
ready has tins boyco,t. and il needs only eoSt-ot
living agitation 10 be thoroughly modenized.
The Washington herald., 1910-06-17

The war OF words between San Fran
cisco and New Orleans is becoming so
ferce that we again arise. In the interest
of national peace. to suggest that the
big exposition be awarded TO city with
a good American name like Washington!
The Washington herald., 1910-06-17
Not True to Life.

Realism on the stage? There is no
such thing"
How now?"
six months elapse between Act I and
Act II. and yet they have the same cook"
The Washington herald., 1910-06-17

The self-conhdent and impressive young
graduate is going to find. of course. that
the world is, after ALL a pretty tough
Old oyster 10 open. He may, nevertheless,
console himself with one reflection:
Everybody wishes him well.
The Washington herald., 1910-06-17
A LITTLE NONSENSE.
A POEM OF PURPOSE.

a poem should have purpose.
And those who poems write
Should early learn
To ever spurn
The futile and the trite.
A poem should have purpose
Or its effects are nil.
wrote this lay
To help me pay
An irate grocer's bill.
The Washington herald., 1910-06-17

IT will not resign to oblige my political
enemies" AYERS Senator Tillman. Some
how, the Senator's political enemies in
variably seem to go at him exactly back
ward.
The Washington herald., 1910-06-17
Information wanted.

Il wish could get hold OF one OF these
Agricultural Department experts"
''Why?'
MY peach tree has developed q small
green knob that looks as If It might be
peach"
The Washington herald., 1910-06-17
makes No nfnerenna

Prom the Buffalo Express.
DO you think it will rain on our pic
mic day7'
YES"
do you know when the picnic is to
be-"
No"
The Washington herald., 1910-06-17
Monopoly Needs Trimming.

From the Phiadelphis Public Ledger.
Judge Grossc1D's idea sems 20 10 that while
monopoly Is swine and must remain 80. It may be
trained not 70 feed with all four feet in the trough
The Washington herald., 1910-06-17

Take Alabama, for instance: IL is the
first State on the roll. Why is it not
kicking about the rivers and harbors bill?
Answer: Because it Is in on the thing 10
the extent Of some S2.5O0OOO. Q. Z. d.