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OW 20 keep cool" is
not the title of a
bill before either
the House or the
Senate. these siz-
zling days. but it
might we'll be.
Judging from the
attention paid the
subject by home
sick represent
atives of the people
assembled under
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he smiled very p!easantly-for Genie,
that Island he sat down by her and
looked at her for a full minute and she
smiled back at him. the dimple doing Its
very best Then the Genie said:
Excuse me- but do YOU happen TO
have a calendar about YOU?
NO. sir answered the Red-headed
Girl. but this is Monday, If that's what
YOU want 10 know
IFS very kind of you. indeed. said
the Genie. .bu; its the year | was after.
Perhaps YOU might know what year it
iso
WHY. of course | do, cried the Girl
It's 1911
Holy smoke" exclaimed the Genie;
IS II as late as that? Why-let me see.
let me see one from one leaves one, and
nine from one leaves-leaves-5y the way.
can YOU tell me how much sol from 1911
leaves?'
sure answered the Girl, 1t leaves
1920.
so il does: 50 it does said the Genie
Ny. but you're smart, And Just think.
over a thousand years in bottle and not
bite to eat. Ny, my. but m hungry.
And that reminds me; was it you who
let me out?
Yes. sir she said. very much pleased
TO get the credit. and wondering what
great things he would do for her. Yes.
sir; it was me-
That's too bad: that's just too bad
murmured the Genie. sadly. and the tears
came to his eyes
.W-w-w-hy? asked the Girl, turning
pale.
Because answered the Genie, be
cause-oh, l really hate to tell you-but
it's because ! am compelled 10 eat up
whoever releases me-.
"'Oh, n-n-n-n-no" cried the Girl. her
teeth chattering with fright. You c-c-c-
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nurse I've got a story for tonight
mat : quite different. Its called the
S'o:N OF the Red-Headed Girl the Genie
ana the Green Peysimmuns'
Christmas" exclaimed Mr. Firnegan
- the storN's long in proportion as
ne title. !ou'li lie tell!n' it until daylight
however, II I'm asleep IL won't matter
nut eve en- 10 ne one AT a time and
the green p.rsimmons last. ate on
once when WAS a boy and my mouth
Was pGckered up for week. Kind o.
draws mo ~ now Just 10 think OF it, But
san IN I've got my eyes on your chin.
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He GIVES AWAY LE11oNADE FRUIT To Hot SENATORS

CLEAN of humor in his eyes that belied
irritation.
Whatever his feelings he certainly
achieves an external atmosphere of cool
ness He has been wearing very light
gray, rcomylooking suit this summer.
and 10 matter how ardent the debate as
lie stands up on the roStrum with
smile on his face and an unwilted carna
ton in his buttonhoe he Shames the
moppers of brovs and wearers of crum
pied collars
Ralph Cameron. delegate from Arizona.
has a theory that ii is not the locality
from which a member comes but the
amount OF outdoor atmosphere he has
absorbed during his life which governs
his ability to withstand the insistent.
often nauseating heat of Washington.
1T does not really affect me. but i GER
tainy find il trying. especially during
long day in the House" he said. You
think it strange that often men from the
far north mind this heat less than some
southern farmer western plainsm
To me il is quite plain. for the two latter
have passed most of their existence In
the open. whereas the average northern
man is office bred and used to being shut
in. 1t probably sounds strange for one
who has known the terrific heat of Death
valley to complain about Washington
summer. But out there | was constantly
buoved up by the expectation Of getting
away from ii. whereas present congress
sional Indications hold out no such hope. ="
drink pientE OF water anu eat nucl
ice cream said Edwin F. Roberts of
Nevada. THAT is conducive to coolness.
And, YOU see. / just have to keep cool.
I am the only republican in the House
who succeeded a democrat this session,
and if my enemies knew l was easily
'het up they certainly could make II
warm for me. l am convinced that flow
ers make one feel cool. So l had some
planted in these window boxes, and when
I sit here and look at them, turn on my
electric fan and drink glass of ice
water I can almost imagine myself in
palm garden
Apropos Of liquid refreshment as
means of keeping cool, Henry ID. Flood
of Virginia, considered one of the best
dressed summer men Of Congress. said
that it is surprising how very little liquor
is partaken of by the national legislators.
The old days of the mint julep and GIN
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them an oldish senator in mohair suit.
When the others climbed down he held
back.
Il think maybe III go back again." he
And back he went Then he decided he
had to so to his office after all and made
the third trip.
He was merely getting cool.
But the pages make no excuse for their
Joy rNes." As long as they can wheedle
the chs lffeur into carrying them they
stick to the machine. Representatives
frequently walk through the subway
from their offices 10 that of the Senate
and have a few trips in this vehicle. They
do not hesitate TO display their envy nor
TO state that before another summer
session they will have their own auto
service.
Where the general resources end and the
congressman has to individually think up
ways and means to avoid the heat a
great divergence OF habits is apparent
Through long habit and a compliance 10
hot-weather laws the southern mem
bers are conspicuous by the thinness of
their clothing. They nonchalantly don tan
linens and crashes, and If these bag at
the knees or ''ride-up'' in the back It is
of no moment. The northern city man
holds tenaciously 10 his trg-ftting clothes
and the western man to the belief that
the heat isn't any more fatal here than at
home because the temperature is no
higher. The delegates from the semi
tropics calmly move about in pure white
clothes, shirts. hats and shoes
True to his partially for destroying
presidents. Uncle joe Cannon has elect
ed to wear, this summer. black coat
that looks hot no matter how cool II
NAV feel and pair of light tan crash
trousers of a Submitting tightness that
would have delighted the soul of Micaw-
Der And this is his only concession to
the weather. lie does not modify his
gestures one iota because the day is hot.
and he seems utterly Obvious of the
fact that it is summer and that much
younger men are swelterinS beside MN
Thomas J. Hefiin of Alabama arrays
himself in a white duck suit white shoes
and a Panama hat, and seems 50 pleased
with the GOODNESS of it all that he mucn
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prefers strOlling about than sitting tran
gully at his desk.
Nicholas Longworth alternateS between
a very cool-looking blue serge, tan shoes
and an artiSticaily conspicuous necktie
and about the warmeSt-loohing tobacco
brown covering any member mas so Tar
adopted 1t is probably hop sackinS. and
maybe very comfortable. but it gives I'M
needed color to his complexion and makes
folks in the gallery feel sorry for HIM
His method OF keeping cool when listening
10 debate is TO keep revolving IN ms
swivel chair, first facing the gallery, then
his desk.
Edward Pou of North Carolina thinks
no breeze better than hot one, and
insists upon covering his head with
handkerchief and tucking another around
his collar when he snoozes between whites
in the Speakers lobby.
William G. Adamson of Georgia allows
no foolish decisions Of tailors conven-
tions to affect his method of keeping
cool At the first hint of mildness IN
the spring air he donned an alpaca coat:
lust now he has discarded il for fun
summer raiment consisting Of monde
script pair of trousers and coat that
comes nearest to resembling blue jeans
Rut even the most critical have to ad-
nit that he looks comfortable.
Julius Kahn of San Francisco, VINO
could buy lot of representatives out
and not miss the purchase money. be-
lieves in wearing linen crash. in taking
things easy during the not weather anu
in eating plenty OF fruit.
Whether Ii be an innate Sense Of d.
pIomacy or the fear that their respective
districts will not return them if they go
on record as finding il difficult to endure
the peculiarly distressing humidity Of
Washington. the fact remains that only
l,,,f ted
that summer here is Il thing 10 dread.
Speaker Champ Clark was frankness
itself when asked if he found Washington
hot
is ii a joke" he asked in turn. '.Of
course | find il hot. Besides what do
YOU mean b. coming around here on such
a scorciling day as this and asking me
to talk about the heat Don't YOU real
ize that makes me twice as uncomfort-
able?" But there was a characteristic
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mer, and very good shoe drummer
at that And his time and the girl
time were the same. Likewise they
lived in the same town. and the Red
Headed Girl thought he was just about
all right.
Now. the Red-Headed Girl was an
independent sort of a person, and she
was quite sensible. too. except in one
or two WAYS You know. 1T doesn't
seem TO matter how much sense
woman has-or man. either-theres
/; Iways a couple of loose screws some
vnere maybe more. The Headed
Girl was like that. One Of her loose
screws was curiosity. She was reg
ular perambulating Interrogation point
ALWAYS wanting to know, and | Won
dering Not that she pried into other
peoples business. oh. 10. not that-at
least not always. She was just curious,
Won know and most everybody's that
VA more. or less: only she was a little
more: that's all The other loose screw
was jealousy, which isn't such rare
screw either. And the cause of her
jealousy was a certain Yellow Haired
Damsei who made eyes 1T the Shoe
Drummer and she made EN- SO prettily
and so effectively that the aforesaid
Shoe Drummer seemed to be under a
spell which isn't very pleasant for
red-headed girl when you come to
think of II.
We'll. one fine day the Red Headed
Girls Mother told her 10 take basket
and a suburban car and go out and pick
some green persimmons for to make
pies. And she went And when she
had filled her basket with nice fat.
puckery, green persimmons she sat
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DOTH Chambers of Con-
- gress Cooled by Cold
Air Forced In Through
Vents-Ice Water and Lem
onade the Popular Drinks
Marble Baths That a Mil
lionaire Might Envy in Both
Office Buildings-Fans, Elec-
trio and Palm Leaf, Help
Keep Down the Mercury
10Y Rides" in the Subway
Another Breeze Producer
How Certain Members Fight
the Heat.
The Washington herald., 1911-01-08

bering machine by girls, trimmed to a
uniform size. and. after being passed
through q bath of prepared glue. alum.
and other ingredients and permitted to
remain until the sizing thoroughly pene-
trated the paper, were tied up In bundles
and sent to the Treasury to receive the
seal Of the department. Now, however.
new machinery. designed and perfected
by government employees, wonderful In
itS mechanism and SO economical In its
operation that the saying in the expense
Of preparing our paper currency alone
will be over $180, 900 annually, does all Of
this work.
The forty new machines, which trim all
four edges of the sheet at once, print the
United States seal and the Treasury num-
bers on each note and make them "as
good as gold" Each machine is placed
in wire cage, and none but employees
belonging to 1t are permitted in that
cage
Increases the Capacity.
UAder the supervision Of Mr.. Ralph, an
automatic feeder is being perfected and
will be placed on every machine. This
will increase the capacity about 1000
sheets an hour, besides saving about SIS
a day IN wages to feeders. The machines
will then have a capacity OF 1900 sheets
an hour. making total of 10000 day.
Fifteen of these machines are already in
daily use. They do the work of nineteen
OF the old-style presses and twenty-six of
the old-style separating machines. be-
The Washington herald., 1911-01-08

from this die BY q skilled workman.
known as a "transferrer." The trans
ferrer takes a blank cylinder roll Of de-
carbonized steel and places It on the hard
die in a powerful press. The original die
Is a negative, and the positive is OBJ
tanned when q perfect impression appears
in relief on the roll of soft steel. The roll
Is turned and hardened, and from It the
plates are made which are employed in
printing the notes, one roll answering
for a number of plates.
Each morning the custodian issues all
plates to the printing division and re-
cetpts for them on their return at the
close Of the days work. when they are
stored away for safekeeping. The plates
represent all classes Of work, including
commissions. checks, drafts. portraits Of
members Of Congress who have died,
certificates. diplomas, inaugural souve-
Mrs. national bank currency, bonds, and
cigar. cigarette, tobacco, SNUFF, beer
oleomargarine, rectified spirits. postage.
documentary, customs, and proprietary
stamps
By the system of checks and rules gov
erning the custody of the work Mr.
Ralph says that not a single plate has
gene astray in the history Of the bureau,
and that not a single employe has ever
engaged in counterfeiting. In addition to
every form of security issued by the gov
ernment, the custodian and his assistants
safeguard the notes of every national
bank in the Union.
After Uncle Sans big money wagon.
The Washington herald., 1911-01-08
MOUSE STOPS A TRAIN.
From an Exchange.

From an EIchapge.
On the Italian lines an electric appara-
tus. upon the departure Of train from
any station, rings six strokes upon gong
IN the next station The stationmaster at
Capri, hearing three strokes when there
should have been six, Immediately came
to the conclusion that there was some
thing wrong on, the line. and ordered up
the electric signals Of warning. The train
which by this time was under full head
way, came to dead stop. Then began
"a transfer Of telegraphic messages. The
passengers were anxious to know what
was the matter. They waited while the
messages went back and forth. The in
quiry established the fact that everything
was right on the line, and the train was
ordered forward after q considerable de-
lay. The stationmaster about this time
thought it might be well to look into his
gong, and there he found stuck fast be-
tween the cogs Of the electrical apparatus
q poor little mouse. The unhappy animal
happened to be in the interior Of the clock
when 1t struck one" and down he at
tempted to run. but was caught between
the murderous wheels. His little body
was big enough to stop the whole appa-
ratus. and SO to stop the train as well
The Washington herald., 1911-01-08
THE INGENIOUS TRICKS
OF JEWELRY THIEVES

other one to look out for. 1t is easy to
sweep goods or a counter into its folds.
and the alert salesman always keeps his
eye open to the stranger who handles a
handkerchief while looking over goods,
but apparently does not put that article
to its natural use.
The jeweler, of course, stands a fair
show against the man he can see. but the
"sneak" who secretes himself in the cell
lar. for example, in order to get at the
window display by making an opening
through the floor is quite another propo-
sition. One jewelry store has been robbed
in this manner on two occasions, and to
frustrate a further attempt sheet of
iron was laid over the window floor.
And now we come to the window
snasher." who, next to the sneak is
the greatest danger and whose chief op-
erations are carried on during holiday
display. Certain precautions can be and
are taken to guard against this class.
Many jewelers. have found it unwise to
mass goods in trays, which enables the
thief to seize a large number Of pieces
with one hand. Most of the valuable
pieces in window displays are now kept
back out of reach: consequently. if the
glass is broken the "grabber'' has less
opportunity to get the best
Another precaution is an extra plate of
glass hung from the ceiling by chains,
just inside the window pane, and half a
foot from it The force of a cobblestone
thrown might break the outside glass, but
its velocity would be spent and scarcely
affect the inner plate glass. Even if it
did the thief would have two jagged
holes to reach through-a delicate opera
ton to manage.
The Washington herald., 1911-01-08

AS a money maker Joseph E. Ralph.
\ Director Of the government Bureau Of
Engraving and Printing at Washington.
has 'em all beat" It would be q didi-
cult matter to say just how much money
Mr. Ralph makes in one day, for he
could not tell you offhand himself. But
he makes enough-and more, too-to sup
ply the American demand. He has mon
ey making down to fine point, and will
tell you that the cost alone Of produc-
ton to the United States during the year
1909. when 1S7, ,7s4, 900 81. s. and S notes
were issued, was $2,5sS.0S4. These figures
exclude national bank notes. as they are
in a separate class. To be exact, it costs
the government $3.50 thousand, regard
less Of denomination. to manufacture and
put into circulation our paper currency.
This is equal to an annual interest Of al
most " per cent on the notes, which
have an average life of fourteen months
The 1000 people employed in the bureau
help in the manufacture of all forms of
securities, stamps and notes. from the
revenue stamp the value of whiRh is
one-eighth of a cent to government
bond the par value of which is $4,000.
The paper used for the printing of bills
is fine, firm quality of linen, known as
government inspection at Dalton, Mass.
The manufacture Of distinctive" paper.
with its double row of red and blue silk
fbers pressed into the surface, is a
skilled process, calling for fine machinery
and the best Of raw material. The proc
ess of preparing the paper for the printer
also requires skill and experience. After
the paper reaches Washington from the
mills it is taken directly to the Treasury
building. where it is stored in a big vault.
Each day the sheets Of paper on which
bills and bonds are printed are delivered
by the loans and currency division of the
Secretarys office to the bureau on requi-
sition. From the time the blank sheets
are delivered by careful count until thir-
ty days later, when the printed bills are
returned to the Treasury. the bureau
must account for every sheet.
Every Form OF Safety.
In the engraving division every form Of
security issued by the government -
bonds, notes. checks, drafts, internal
revenue stamps. and commissons-have
their origin. Here the expert engraver,
working on soft, decarbonized steel, and
studying each infinitesimal line, free
hand. carves away with a diamond
pointed tool known as a graver. aided by
a powerful masnifying glass. He realizes
that one slip. false cut of his tool or a
miscalculaticn of the depth or width Of
line would ruin weeks or months Of
labor
After the engraverS have finished their
work and the chief of this division has
passed on it, proofs are taken to expert
printers. If satisfactory, the dies or orig
inal plates are hardened by a secret proc
ess and each piece of engraving is taken
The Washington herald., 1911-01-08
BEAUTY SPURNS BLASE
ENGLISH EARL'S ADVANCES

rations toward nobler. purer, more Sc
rene life
Il hardly dare decide. should have
to give up my religion and become a
Protestant. But what does ones confess
sion matter if one worships truly? That
is not the greatest obstacle to our
union"
1t is indeed a terrible position that Mile.
Sorel is placed in, aSfshe says To have
to choose between different forms Of
wealth is said to be very embarrassing,
much worse than having nothing at all.
The choice necssitates giving up some
thing valuable. The person who is called
upO to make such a choice has the habit
of acquiring possessions and keeping
them. Hence much of the anguish.
Then there is the terrible strain of de-
Gliding such a momentous question. Shall
she deprive France and the civilized
world of the opportunity of witnessing
the perfection Of dramatic art? Or shall
she drive the ex-prime minister to des-
peration and make Of him a furious mis-
anthrope. a menace to the peace of Eu-
rope?
But there are some compensations. As
long as this terrible inner conflict keeps
up. her acting becomes more powerful
and realistic and the box-ofice receipts
continue to increase
The Washington herald., 1911-01-08

sides cutting down the force Of messen-
gers to handle the money.
Many Of the notes which come back to
the Treasury Department for redemption
are not worn out, but are merely soiied
from rough usage. Needing the crying
clamor for economy in public expenditure
and also for clean paper money, Mr..
Ralph conceived the idea Of putting these
soiled notes through laundering process
and then back into circulation, instead Of
Withdrawing them. The plan seemed
feasible. and he submitted it to Secretary
OF the Treasury MacVeagh, who appoint
ed a committee, the members Of which
have been experimenting with the laun-
dering process for about ten months.
Although the process of washing money
is simple and not unlike that used by
steam laundrieS, there are several OBJ
stacles which have not been wholly over
come. The yellow ink used on gold GER
t!fcates Is of such a composition that the
potash. the principal ingredient Of the
soap used, dissolves 1t and it Is washed
out. So 1t is with the signatures of bank
officials on the bank notes. This diff
Guilty will soon be remedied, the COM
mittee hopes. Silver certificates now are
the only ones that are bathed, troned.
and put back into circulation.
Director Ralph figures that it VIII cost
not more than one-tenth Of l per cent
note to launder them, and his new plan
will add at least eight months to the life
o. the paper money. thereby diminishing
the annual redemptions by IS per cent
The Washington herald., 1911-01-08

drawn BY three milk white horses and
guarded by armed government employees.
hauls the sheets Of "distinctive'' paper
from the Treasury building in Fifteenth
street to the Bureau Of Engraving and
Printing on the Mall. the work Of prepar-
ing the paper for the printer begins. The
bundles received from the Treasury De-
partment are opened in the wetting-
room, counted and separated into pack
ages Of twenty sheets each. A damp
cloth is placed between each package
and the paper Is permitted to stand for
several hours that It may absorb moist
ure from the cloths. The sheets are then
shifted, placed under heavy pressure of
twenty-four hours. for the printing press.
It is here that the counting really begfnA
and Mr.. Ralph says that 1t has been If
teen years since a single sheet has gone
astray. At that time one sheet could not
be accounted for and no one ever knew
what became Of 1t. The fault, II there
was a fault, could not be traced down,
and the employees Of the room had to chip
in and pay for the sheet just as though
it had been printed into money.
A VeFit1ble Beehive.
Nearly eighteen hundred people are
employed in the plate-printinG room. one
o. the busiest departments IN the bureau
The ink is rolled over the plate. filling an
the depressions as well as covering its
smooth surface. The pigment is then
rubbed of with the bare hand, leaving
the lines filled, and the plate Is put on .
The Washington herald., 1911-01-08
NEW SUFFRAGE DEVICE.
From the Ohio State Journal

From the Ohio State Journal
The suffrage as decreed by Germany
for Alsace-Lorraine is to be of q novel
character. In the first place, a man
must be twenty-five before he can vote;
then when Ne gets to be thirty-five, he
has two votes, and when he becomes
forty-fve years old he has three votes.
and these he retains, the rest of his
life.
The theory Of this device is that a
mans power show growth as his discre-
ton increases. When a man is thirty
five he is twice more competent to vote
than il he is twenty-five, and, three
times more when he Is forty-five. There
seems much good sense in this arrange
ment, though 1t is difficult to believe that
a man who is sixty is a three times bet
ter voter than Is one who is thirty years
Of age
It might be that the women will take
advantage Of this reform, and for
first step. at least. propose to the men
that they. the women, be given one vote
while the men be given-two: or probably.
three, should they be In fear Of the one
This would preserve the supremacy Of
the men. II they didn't divide and permit
the women to step in as balance Of
power. -