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The Washington herald., 1911-05-03

entries closed last Saturday night none
except those dated that day and received
through the mails Monday morning have
been accepted, but Col. Charles L. Railey.
OF New York City, called up by long
distance telephone yesterday and asked
If his entries had been received. They
had not. having been lost in the maII.
so over the wires came the last entries
of the show
Col. Railey is one of the biggest horse
men in the country and the two saddle
horses which he is to show are of pecu-
liar beauty and merit. He has entered
Elphberg, big Chestnut gelding, class
5. for saddle horses, 49, hands and over;
Natoma, a beautiful bay mare. 152la
hands high. in the special ladies' saddle
class. No. &c. and Natoma and Elphberg,
as a pair in class A., for the best pair
of saddle horses, one of the road and the
other Of the park type.
Members of the Drivers and Riders
Association who wish to participate in
the proposed parade must be at the cor
ner of Nineteenth and u streets at 9:45,
instead of 1890 p. m, as they were
originally notified. The parade will be-
gin at about 10 o'clock.
The horsemen of the District of CO.
lumbia and those of sections adjacent
to the District are invited to a speed
carnival to be held this afternoon at
o'clock, over the new Speedway. 1t is
expected to precede by one week the be-
ginning of series of formal matinees
for cups and other prizes.
A meeting will be held this evening at
the St. James Hotel by the members %
the Drivers and Riders Association for
the purpose of discussing the subject in
detail
The Washington herald., 1911-05-03
THE SHORT STEIN"
Munich Beer Dispenser Fined for
Using COpiOus Foam to Fill Mugs.


From the Philadelphia Record.
II seems incredible that any purveyors
Of a necessary of life should have been
so foolhardy as to tamper with the irriga-
ton of arid German interiors, but such
is the greed for gold-in Europe-that
even this daring fraud has been COM
mitted. In this country We are accus-
toned to the false bottom of the beer
mug and the false top of foam which
crowns it, But we are notorious for our
craven submission to commercial frauds.
Germans may get off the sidewalk when
they meet man in military uniform, but
they defend their rights of property to
the uttermost They may try TO make
themselves think that they like compul-
sorry military service. They may pay
enormous taxes without audible grum-
bling. They may submit TO the censor
ship of their advertisements. They may
allow the police to tell them when to
lock their doors and put their lights out
and decide on the colors of their neck
ties. But they insist on getting the last
pfennig's worth when they make a pur-
chase.
Yet a beer dispensary in Munich ven-
tured to trifle with the most sacred feel
ings of the TeutOn. Although the Ger
man beer mug bears a sort of Plimsell
mark, indicating not the point beyond
which 1t must not be loaded, but the
point up to which it must be loaded, this
constituencies concern failed TO fill the
mugs up to the mark and trusted to the
cOpious foam to conceal its iniquity. 1t
failed. Public Indignation was aroused.
Customers sued. The trial was a cause
celebre. OF course the people have won.
The proprietor has been fined $50 and
sent to Jail for six months. Five walters
have been sent to Jail for shorter terms. |
The Washington herald., 1911-05-03

such eyes as Miss Mannering's and won't
admit he was a criminal for even think
ing any other eyes attractive.
Miss Mannering, while slightly stouter
than We should like her to be. has
gained likewise power and finesse since
here last. n the lighter scenes she was
her charming self, and no more could
be asked, and her emotional moments
were played with effectiveness and re-
straint.
Cast Uniformly Good.
Every member of the cast gave
fawless performance. Helen Ormsbee,
as Clara Oaks. .'one of those superfiu-
Gus girls" who has gone in for art and
ohemia because she has nothing else
to do. has the most original and pa
thetically humorous part in the play,
and plays 1t from the ground up. Will
liam 8. Lyons makes much of the role
of the German musician Alphonz Either
gives a dngnified. forceful portrayal of
the reelected lover: little Mark Short is
an unusually good boy actor; Ann
Crews handles a thankless. difficult role
with fine repression. and Arthur Berthe
let and Claus Bogel give prominence to
the minor parts. E r. S.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-03
CURIOUS BITS OF HISTORY.
BY A. w. MACY.
HOW WASHINGTON GOT EVEN.

HOW WASHINGTON GOT EVEN.
When George Washington was
a young man of twenty-five, he
had a dispute one day with an
other young gentleman, a Mr..
Payne. The argument grew very
warm, and finally Washington
said something which gave great
offense to Mr.. Payne. The latter
retaliated by knocking him down.
According to the custom of the
times, and the rules of honor,
then prevailing, Washington
should have challenged his an
tagonist to mortal combat, and
thus obtain satisfaction" Every
one expected him to do this. and
were greatly surprised IL not dis
appointed that he did not. Upon
mature reflection he decided that
he had been the aggressor, and
that he ought to ask the pardon
of Mr.. Payne. Accordingly, he
went to him the next day. and.
extending his hand, said: ITO err
is natural; to rectify error is hon.
orable. I find / was wrong yes
terday. and I wish to be right to-
day. You have had some salts
faction. II you think that Is suf-
fcient. let US be friends" After
such q speech as this there was
but one thing for Mr.. Payne to
do. They shook hands and were
good friends ever after.
Copyright. lsll. b. Joseph B. BewieaI
To-norrsw-eA Savage Kins
who Becama Civilisel."
The Washington herald., 1911-05-03
Error of Modern Parents.

From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
John Bright once remarked that the
strangest thing in the world to him was
that seeing every child was so sweet
and lovable, there were SO many mean
men in the world. Some such idea must
have occurred to almost every thought-
full observer. All of us have come up
through a prolonged childhood. with its
joys and sorrows. and one would suppose
that most persons would remember their
early experiences and be guided by
them. No child loves to be scolded,
abused, neglected. or tormented. yet most
adults have a tendency to act thus TO-
ward children. The heart of the child is
tender and sympathetic: it longs for in
timacy with parents, and dearly loves
close association with them: yet in these
days parents are apt to look on children
as nuisances, to be turned over to the
public schools for reformation and men,
tai and intellectual preparation for the
work of life.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-03
CITY DIRECTORY SOLD
TO SMITH FOR $2,275

New York. May 2.-If you have city
directory lying around the house put it
carefully away in a safe, for it may
be that in the year 2036 your heirs will be
realizing a good sum for it. At any rate
city directory went for s2,275 at the aft
ernoon session of the sale of the Hoe lib
rary to-day
The directory was rare first edition.
printed by Shepard Pollock. who had his
shop at the corner of Wall and Water
streets in 17s6. In addition to the names
of all the citizens. their occupations. and
The Washington herald., 1911-05-03
A LITTLE NONSENSE.
THE FIRST PEACH

HHHI II HHHSH IfNH.
There's excitement fit to kill
Out at lovely Lonleyville,
Happy town,
And that suburb may attain
From this episode, it's plain,
Much renown.
Mr.. Wombat saw It first
And upon his townsmen burst
With a screech.
Seems his peach tree yesterday
Bore a small green knob that may
Be peach.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-03
The Mothers Congress.
-om the Atlanta Constitution.

From the Atlanta Constitution
Referring to the congress of mothers
in the National Capital, The Washington
Herald remarks that something more
than sentiment furnishes the motive
power for the sessions.
At the final analysis. it is the instinct
of self-preservation. exercised uncon-
sciously. perhaps. that gives vitality to
every gathering of this nature.
We welcome the thinking and investi-
eating mother to-day, as We welcome
the expert who attacks the death rate
or who holsters the vitality of the race
from whatever angle.
The longest. most pitiful. and amazing
tragedy in history is neglect of hygiene
for the race, and that takes its rise in
neglect of the child. the source at which
the race Is fed. For no people are strong
er than their latest generation
The Washington herald., 1911-05-03

places Of abode" it contains rates Of
porterage as by law established" ''valu-
able and well calculated almanack." and
tables of coins George. Smith, the
dealer, bought 1t.
A copy of the first New York charter,
printed by William Bradford during the
mayoralty of Jacobus Van Cortland, went
to Dodd & Livingston for $500.
On the whole. the afternoons sale was
not up to the average in the prices, the
highest bid being $4,000. by Bernard
Quaritch, the London dealer. for a copy
of La Moi's DE rHistorie.'' a first
edition. 1ASS.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-03
Woodrow Wilson.

Out of every hundred newspapers
which reach The Washington Herald
from every section of the country.
ninety-nine contain editorial reference
to Woodrow Wilson. He is to-day the
man who looms largest in the public
eye.
Why?
In the first place, there is the glamour
of romance around him. 1t is not every
day that a man emerges from the
cloisters of a university, with the odor-
Gus vapors of Parnassus. as some one
says, still clinging to his garments, and
undertakes to defeat gang of expert
enced and unscrupulous political bosses.
1t Is not a common experience for
student who writes volumes upon the
science of government to go out into
the world and practically demonstrate
his mastery of men. 1t is this unusual
contrast that appeals to the American
love OF the romantic and the picturesque
1t is unique. unexpected, novel There
fore it rivets the interest and the irnagi-
nation.
That is the first reason.
The second is deeper and more sig
niicant. 1t has its foundation in the
fact that Gov. Wilson has arrayed him.
self wholly and unreservedly upon the
side OF the people. He is great
democrat, not in the narrow and parti-
san sense, but in his belief in the glory
and stability of popular government.
Any one who expected him to be a |
conservative among conservatives has
awakened to a sad realization Il am
accused OF being a radical" he SAYS.
IF to seek to go to the root is to be 4 |
radical, radical l am" And he goes
to the root. Il tell you," he SAYS, the
so-called radicalism of our times is
simply the effort of Nature to release
the generous energies of our people"
1t is the people who, in his opinion, are
at the foundation of things. He lauds
the efforts which for eight wears have
been in progress in Oregon to develop
popular government. He is an ardent
supporter of the initiative and referen-
dunn. He has secured the enactment of
laws which provide for the nomination
and election of Federal and State off,
clals by the direct vote of the people.
Within an incredibly brief time he
has lifted New Jersey out of the sod
den mlre and placed it upon a pinnacle.
The State is no longer refuge for
corporations which desire to evade pub
llc1ty and proper regulation. The man
who was expected to be subservient to
great interests has become the apostle
of popular rights. 1T is time" he saws,
that we served notice on the men
who have grown up in the possession
OF privileges and bounties that the
existing order of things is to be changed.
1t is only fair that we warn them. for
they should have time to adjust them
selves to the change; but the change
must come, nevertheless" 1t is the
Roosevelt propaganda over again. but
with less lmpulsiveness and more sanity
and judgment
In the Arabian Nights is a story of a
nan who, walking along the seashore,
discovered a jar. Opening it. he re- ,
eased genie whose enormous stature t
filed the whole horizon When some
'ne opened the door of Princeton Uni
'ersity and Woodrow Wilson came
.orth, the tale of the genie found its .
in modern times.
When money talks, even the deaf mute
The Washington herald., 1911-05-03
A Faith Well Founded,

Prom the Richmond NewsLHader.
Discussing the question of outside in
reference in the Virginia Senatorial con:
test, The Washington Herald says it
holds no brief for any of the candidates.
but 1t does have an abiding faith in the
ability and wisdom of the Virginia
voters to decide for themselves the ques-
tion as to who shall represent them in
the Upper House" Never was faith more
strongly founded.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-03
Mere Humanity.

From the Kansas City Star.
At first blush II may seem harsh and
cruel for the Knife and Fork Club to
keep Gov. Woodrow Wilson away from
the politicians while he is in Kansas City
next week to make his speech. Still. isn't
it all for the best? When you consider the
Of the situation of the gentlemen
who have thoughts Of the Kansas City
postmastership, in view of the possi-
bilities of Woodrow Wilson and Champ
Clark and Judson Hafmon-
Isn't the Knife and Fork Club really
humane under The circumstances?
The Washington herald., 1911-05-03
The Ham" Field Is Full.

From The Boston Post
The German Theatrical Managers Asso-
citation has sent out a circular letter
to all principals of learned institutions
asking them to warn young men and
women against going on the stage. There
are at present 1000 German actors and
actresses, of whom only 1900 make
decent living. the rest making no more
than from s. to SIS per week during six
months of the year. being idle for the
rest of the time.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-03
A. 1t i. Done in Richmond.

From the Richmond Times Dispatch.
On report of subcommittee and ad-
vice of the city attorney, the council
committee on streets last night ap-
proved and recommended to the coun-
Gil, the plan for street car service to
Westhampton. practically as proposed
by the Country Club of Virginia, with
the amendment Of the subcommittee
providing for one transfer eastward
bound.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-03
HOME NEWS WHILE AWAY

To keep In touch with home
news waahinGtonians leaving the
city should not fail to have The
washinGton Herald mailed to
then. Il win be sent promptly,
and addresses may be changed ~
often ~ desired without later
ruption of service.
Mail order or phone Main 39oa
giving he ela and new addresses.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-03

When President Diaz consented to a
truce with the insurrectos he should have
insisted that Madero furnish bond to
keep the peace.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-03

We trust that the most recent of the
German dirigibles will not spend too
much time in the tree tops.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-03

He Is but poor man who cannot ex-
tract some wisdom from the sayings of
others
The Washington herald., 1911-05-03
noted on the street.

Ffcm. the Atchison Globe.
You may have observed that while
some people walk. good many arrive
by the painful process Of DRAGGING their
fest around
The Washington herald., 1911-05-03
. There Is n Difference.

OF Course There Is n Difference.
From the Pittsburg Gazette-Tmes-
But when we inaugurate a President
the English don't flock over to WASH
ington and enable the hotelkeepers to de-
clare 100 per cent dividends.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-03

The succulent oyster is entering upon
ITS annual vacation.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-03
Wise People.
From Judge.

From Judge.
Knicker-Did they name the baby for
a wealthy relative. SO he would leave
something?
Bucker-No: they named II for the cook
so she wouldn't leave.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-03

According to the alfalfa sage. horse
sense consists of the ability of knowing
when to say neigh"
The Washington herald., 1911-05-03
OTHER VIEWS.
Chicago ReCord-Herald

From the Chicago Record Herald.
In Dutch New Guinea there is a Gus
tom which permits a man who has be-
come tired of his wife to drown her. We
take it for granted that there are in
New Guinea few men who are paying
almony.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-03

After all. American cities are built up
faster than they burn down.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-03

When money talks. even the deaf mute
The Washington herald., 1911-05-03
An Important Oversight.

From the Chicago Record Herald.
Mr.. Rockefeller and Miss Tarbell are
the leading characters in a play that has
recently been produced in London. Our
cable does not explain whether the hero
gets the girl in the last act.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-03
Blasted Ambition.

'Cholly is very despondent."
What's the trouble?"
"A great disappointment. He has been
waiting to wear the first straw hat of
the season, and now he's confined to his
room with the grip"
The Washington herald., 1911-05-03

People rarely acquire polish on the
grindstone Of adversity
The Washington herald., 1911-05-03
Ernrn the Clereland Leader

| New Guinea few men who are paying
alimony.
From the Cleveland Leader.
A California man who has lived for
eight years on nothing but milk has gone
| insane. Some milk would have done the
job in half that time.
From the Ohio State Journal.
An Iowa man urges the passage Of a
law under which all dogs would be killed.
Before going too far, he might figure out
the possible results of a counter meas
ure requiring the determination of all
donkeys.
From the Philadelphia North American.
The Wright patents have been upheld
by the French courts. Also by the air.
From the Atlanta Georgian.
One of the most pathetic spectacles
afforded in a long time is St Louis try
ing to imagine itself a prospective naval
base
From the Chicago Inter Ocean.
1t has been decided by the military
authorities at Muscatine, Iowa. that
three people constitute crowd 1nat
shows how different Muscatine is from
a baseball game.
From the Macon Register.
A Baltimore man got out q license to
marry the wrong girl. He could not
have made that mistake in Macon.
From the Pttsburg Post.
pet dog is being rushed across the
continent from Los Angeles on a spe-
cial train so an oculist may be con-
suited. Aristocratic dogs are to be en-
We'd.
From the youngstown Telegram.
Mrs o. H. P. Belmont has had a man
arrested because he was in love with
her. And that isn't afl-the man was a
foreigner. Some ladies will go to unbe-
lievable lengths just to be different.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-03
Maybe Not.

You ought to wear Clothes declared
the missionary. Clothes are as cheap
as dirt"
But are they as healthful?" demanded
the South Sea islander
The Washington herald., 1911-05-03

From the Cleveland Leader.
A California man who has lived for
eight years on nothing but milk has gone
insane. Some milk would have done the
job in half that time.
The Washington herald., 1911-05-03
A Friends Advice.

Friends Advice.
"A college has offered me a degree for
a million
What's the use? Buy yourself a hun
dred dollars worth of funny clothes, and
save the rest of the coin."
In Early May.
The early bird.
When cold winds nip,
AS I have heard,
May catch the pip.
Not Impressed.
''The very poor have to live in small,
dark rooms
In that case, they can 60 in exten-
sively for photography. It isn't a bad
fad"
Busy Now.
Now that your son Is through col.
lege. what are you going to make of
himT'
Cant tell for couple Of years. He
went to coed institution, and he's
booked that for ahead to act a. an usher
at weddings"
Got q New wife.
"wombat is working much harder than
formerly. He used to be rather In
dolent."
Hes under a new management. His
latest wife needs . lot Of expensive
The Washington herald., 1911-05-03

Archduchess Isabella, wife Of Archduke
Frederick, mother of six girls and one
little boy, who Is heir to the biggest
fortune in Austria, has marketed the
beautiful lace work Hungarian peasant
women make under her patronage. On
her way back from Spain. where she re-
Gently visited the Queen mother. her hus-
bands sister, she stopped a few days
in Paris. Driving to the best shops Of
feminine finery. she sent in her card to
the head of the firm, like any commercial
traveller Then, followed by two lackeys
bearing bags filled with costly lace, she
would enter the shop when it was crowd
ed with buyers. Seated before a counter,
she would display her patterns. name
the prices and put down the chiefs or
ders in a notebook that had her initial
and the imperial crown on the cover. or
course, the customers would gather and
observe the pretty scene, description Of
which they would spread all over Paris
Next day society women would be anxious
to buy les dentelles de rarchduchess."
While she was taking chocolate at
card to the famous confectioner, who
hurried to the little table where the ARCH
duchess was seated. She said she would
like to have him pay her visit at her
palace in Presburg with his wife, II he
had any intention Of accepting a propo-
sition she was about to make. She
the boxes of bonbons, sold for
presents. would be the more acceptable II,
instead Of having lace paper as q cover
to the sweetmeats. they had q valuble
bit Of Ice inside, or IL the edges were
with real lace. Mr.. Rumpel-
mayer, of course, agreed to the PROPOSE
ton. and he and his wife afterward were
the guests OF the archduchess In her pal
ace at PresburS. FLANBUR
tCupvrisht mi. b o1mt 0esAs ssndllsAA, 4
The Washington herald., 1911-05-03

TO-oHE@A Savo8e A1n8
who Becane Civilisel"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-09-24
In Hook.

Young men with meagre salaries
evolve financial makeshifts abhorrent
to the moral and physical sensibilities
of their opulert elders. Said one
young sprig of boarding house gen.
tility to another who expected to seek
new quarters upon his return from a
two-months' trip on the road:
What are you going to do with all
this personal truck that is cluttering
up your room? 1t will cost you any
how dollar a month for storage"
Not the way l am working things"
said the man who was going away.
Il have purposely RETAINED from
paying board for four weeks and the
landlady will hold my stuff. OF
course shall square up when come
back and get it again. and in the
meantime she will give it free stor-
age"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-09-24
EAT HEARTY
WHILE YOU CAN
/;
Food Prices Are Soaring at Such
Rate That Square Meal
May Become Nov
city.
SELLING BY THE INCH
Pretty Soon Nobody viii be Able to
Buy Food But the MilIionaires
With Weak Stom-
achs.
SELLING BY THE INCH
Gate City Leased Wire Service

lHdte lily Leased WIRE service.
NEW YORK, Sept. 23.-Prices of
food products are soaring SO fast that
it was freely asserted in wholesale cir
Giles late today that within another
month the altitude record of a year
ago would be exceeded and that by
the first of the year the necessities
of life would be out of reach of the
common people. Wholesale dealers
made no effort to minimize the situa-
ton. 1T was most serious, they said,
and few had any reasonable excuse or
explanation to offer.
Sugar. is higher than since civil war
days; coffee is daily advancing; eggs
and butter are almost prohibitive; the
garden variety of potatoes are selling
for SO for 1876 pounds; cabbages are
bringing not less than five cents a
head wholesale; corn two cents an
ear; lima beans two dollars bushel;
string beans one dollar bushel;
onions three dollars for 1870 pounds;
flour $3.50 to $3.50 barrel, and other
necessities in proportion.
Meat products Of all kinds have
jumped two cents since a week ago,
and the wholesalers have been told
by the packers that prices are sure to
20 higher. Poultry of al kinds is
scarce and very high.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-09-24
All in a Nutshell.

PA, why does love make the world
go round?" Because every lover
is crank. my son. Judge.