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A postal from eN Captain V. Deus show
ing him mounted upon q fine black charger,
reached us IL few days ago conveying greet
ings to all friends, who will we daresay be
glad to hear that he is quite we'll and still
residing on the Strandbouievard Copenhagen.
, 1911-01-04

repressed riots over the strin9ency OF the
sanitary measures against cholera,
Ottawa, Jan. 2nd-Mr. Fielding viii start
on the 7th to resume reciprocity negotia-
tions at Washington on the 10Th.
According to advices from Washington AN
international regulation OF the cross-border
railway rates is assured.
The Department Of Agriculture estimates
the aggregate value OF Canadian crops ut
500, $1,000 dollars 2,7tl,0O0 more acres
have produced 25,000,0O0 fewer dollars.
Invitations for Sir Wilfrid Laurier and n
committee Of the Privy Council to attend
the coronation have arrived, but it is as yet
undetermined which Ministers will attend,
and Earl Grey will be in the wilderness.
New York, Jan. 2ud-Moissaut, the air
man, has been killed at New Orleans, he
was descending, when lis seat strap broke
and he fell like a plunlnet, reaching the
ground before his machine his neck was
broken. Another airman, Hoxsey, has been
killed at Los Angeles, he fell a thousand
feet while trying to surpass hi recent re-
cord of ll,474 feet high. This makes an
aggregate Of forty airmen killed, including
thirty in 1910.
At Aldershot Captain Cody few one hun
area ana ninety DlllCo Ill lOllI IlOuIo dLNl
fifty minutes, winning the British Nichelin
Cup for duration and distance. There have
been scores of attempts throughout the
world to make records to win cups before
the New ear, but all others failed.
81 Turia 2nd-At . 1|nectino of the
T.ngi.otiva Council on Saturday fine fol-
lowiuo resolution was adonfed .eVbat this
C,unr@,I baino IMPRESSED with fine necessity
fn, continued ree1Im direct mail PASSENGER
o,l noroo communication between the West
Tn5ioe and fine United Kinodom oorae4 to
+Lo ,rovi.ion from nubic rayanne IL . SIM,
,,t avcandinr fonI bunlred nonnJs ner
oun,,n &c tba ICoIonv's ro~ntrbntion towards
,~,nntino ma ext,o e~vuen1tnre now rrunired
80 Iva ,ncn,,.ad for fine sacurino Of ancb com
nn,;oofon
london Tan 3rl -Amonu thn New Yeor
lononrs ara siv PRIV Councillors iDcIndjuo
TIA Ma.tnr Of ihonL p and AR William
1LroLam N >. n;na Koronets incInJinn AR
Nnonro President Of tba 3Iostor cation
S,inners, Federation. twenty Ave KNIGHTS in.
aIl,Iina MI. vows tbo .ot9,o,. for lis snr
,lart IF ma +o,,itn,3ol noyannnt. Mr. Henry
77Uaa5a ~, ornbn.t,ol conductor ana Nr
S;Joov CoIv;n l,oono,. Of nrinta and dro vinos
- ~ RriIi.h Nnngnnn NJ AvIoswortI
The Washington herald., 1911-07-16
Simplifed Education.

Employers who complain that gradu-
ates of grammar and high schools are
i'll prepared for their work-often igno-
rant-are justified by reports submitted
and speeches delivered at the conference
OF the National Educational Association.
Back to simplicity" was the appeal
made at that meeting by the president
of the University of Colorado. The
idea of enriching the curriculum, he
said, was a good one. 1t was necessary
to pay some attention to hand and heart
as well as to mind. But he added,
there had been endless abuse, and he
urged selection and elimination to keep
the courses vital and practical; but
above all, simplihcation
Almost the same conclusion is
reached in report on high schools
which complains of too many studies
and too little knowledge diffused by
those institutions We are told that
too long have colleges been permitted
to dominate high schools. despite the
fact that but few of the graduates Of
the latter enter the former High
school attendance has increased almost
fourfold IN twenty years, and the growth
will continue if colleges begin to recog-
nize the vocational functions of the
high school, The, iayrnan may find tn,
demand for simplihcation of courses in
consistent with the demand for broac
vocational instruction, ethical and civit
learning in the high schools. But edu.
Gators doubtless know that the problem
Of dropping studies, substituting. co
ordinating, and connecting them witt
practical life, is not a simple matter
The Washington herald., 1911-07-16
Togo, the Silent.

From the Pacific Slope comes a loud
and vocifercus outcry against throwing
everything wide open to Admiral Togo
en- his present visit to this country.
There is no need for worry. The Secre-
tary of the Navy will not escort the
japanese hero into a private room and
take down maps and charts and photo
graphs and plans relating to the naval
defenses of the United States and in
vite him to make copies of them all.
Togo is not going to acquire any in
formation that may become useful in
case he is called upon to lead an in
vasion into the United States. What
he will learn, if he does not know it al
ready, is that this country has a fine
and great navy, splendidly manned and
equipped, which he would necessarily
have to destroy before beginning an
invasion" And he will be duly i'm
pressed.
There is no question that Togo is a
leader of the most extraordinary fore
sight and capabilities. Admiration for
him, however, is not based alone upon
his naval victories, but because he POS
sesses the taciturnity of great fighters.
Searching the pages of history, we find
that men of action in battle were most
reticent. Caesar was tongue-tied; Han
nibal pointed his commands with his
finger, rather than to open his mouth ;
Alexander was not only great, but
silent Frederick the Great had little
&C say. History calls him the lonely
man of Sans Soucie" He conhded his
thoughts to his beloved flute Napoleon
was short to brusqueness. Blucher,
who turned the tide against Napoleon
at Waterloo, knew but one word
"Forwaerts," or onward. Prussia to-
day speaks of him merely as Marshal
Forwaerts.' In our own day we have had
Moltke, the worlds greatest strategist,
who "let Bismatck do the talking
while he acted" the most unassuming
little man imaginable, but whom Ger
many worshiped and whom the Prus-
slams christened "der crosse Schweiger." 3"
What the world in general thinks OF
the quality of reserve is shown clearly
enough by the fact that there are
plenty OF schools that give instruction
in speaking, but not one for training in
silence. That virtue has to be inborn.
And Togo is one Of the few who pos
sess il.
The Washington herald., 1911-07-16
LOCAL BANKER
WRITES OF TRAVEL
Z. Quincy Smiths's Volumes
Prove Interesting.

TRAVELS AT HOME AND ABROAD. By p
Quincy Smith. NeaIe Publishing Company, New
York and Washington.
Mr.. E. Quincy Smith, the well-known
banker and financier of this city, is the
author of three most attractive volumes
which appeared last week. They con-
tain the history of nine distinct trips,
each volume covering three trips; two
visits to Jamaica, one to Mexico in 1903,
one to California before the San Francis
co disaster, another to that city at the
time of the fire, and four trips to Europe.
Mr. Smith, while not attempting any
ornate description, proves himself to be
the possessor Of pleasant literary style.
His record is a most interesting one, for
he carefully noted his impressions with
observant eyes, and he is not lacking In
sense of humor. His experiences In
Mexico, Jamaica, and Italy are especially
worth reading, inasmuch as they COM
bine practical information with a de-
Ifyhtful chronicle of manners and people.
Mr.. Smith has shown himself an author
of much merit and his books are
valuable contribution to the literature OF
travels.
The Washington herald., 1911-07-16
The Lawyer a National Asset.

Gov. Wilson's address before the
Kentucky Bar Association, despite its
broad theme, had nothing new to offer.
The aspects which he emphasized have
been present constantly in the thoughts
of those who have dealt with this sub
ject in recent years. 1t is to the law
yers that we must look for help in
effecting that reform of legal procedure
which everybody now recognizes as an
urgent need of the nation, and it is
upon lawyers that we must rely chiefly
for effective dealing with the problems
of corporation and industrial control
which form the main points of an
economic organization of society.
Gov. Wilson suggests that if the bar
association of one State were to devote
itself to the task of thoroughgoing
reform of judicial procedure, it would
insure universal reconsideration of the
matter from one end of the country to
the other. Our legal procedure, based
upon State systems, has many draw
backs; but it has this advantage-if
a good example is set in one State
there is the chance of its Spreading
through the Union. The method adopt
ed in New York and Wisconsin in deal
ing with the public service question is
being adopted rapidly in almost all
parts of the country. The commission
form of city government, after a be-
ginning had been made at Galveston,
has been taken up with amazing
promptitude in scores of places. So
has the juvenile court become a ma
tional institution. 1t was not so long
ago that Mr. Taft took occasion to refer
to the contrast between the process OF
criminal Jurisprudence in this country
and England as Startling and humili-
ating" Public sentiment can be relied
upon to respond to a genuine effort in
that direction.
Gov. Wilson exhorts the lawyers also
to cultivate broadmindedness in polite.
and patriotic endeavor; to think o.
themselves as citizens first and as pait
The Washington herald., 1911-07-16
Hours for Bathing.

The question raised the other day by
a reader of The Washington Herald
concerning the rules regulating the
hours at the bathing pool is one which
properly may be looked into. Tho
pools were and are intended for the use
of all people. They will not fulfill their
entire usefulness unless they can be
made available to the great majority
of the population.
We take it for granted that the Off
GERS in charge of the public baths are
doing all that is possible within theii
limited means and powers to make the
recreation of benefit to all. Neverthe-
less, if large class of people is pre-.
vented from using these facilite:
something ought to be done to correct
what really amounts to great discom-
fort. The authorities should, if pos
sible, arrange hours so as to make the
pools available for those who wish ,tc
bathe after $50 o'clock If additional
money is necessary for the purpose
such necessity should be laid before
Congress and larger appropriation
urged. ..
In any event, the matter should re
ceive prompt attention at the hands o.
the Commissioners.
The Washington herald., 1911-07-16

advocates secondarily He hopes fer
vently that some State bar association
will devote itself with determination
and perseverance to the promotion of
those policies which will bring regen-
Grafton to the business of the country.
But his notions of concerted attack
upon such issues as trusts and monop-
oiies, of employers duties and en-
ployes' claims, taxation and property
rights, do not appear promising. In
this, as in some other important mat
ters, our country suffers from the abb
sorption of its best intellects in the
routine of business. There are to-day
in the legal profession many men OF
high power, abundant knowledge and
experience, who stick to their protes-
sional practice, yet who would find a
far greater and more promising held
for their ambition in efforts directed
toward great public objects.
There is a magnificent opening Tor
the man who is an acknowledged mas
ter of all the complexities of corporation
law and business, and who should con-
ceive the ambition of becoming great
leader of enlightened thought on these
absorbing questions of progress and Of
influence in the shaping of public
policy.
The Washington herald., 1911-07-16
AN ELOQUENT OMISSION.

Episode of BIaIne's Silk Hat, Nc
KinIey, and the Paper Dodgers.
From the New York Mail.
When the Mckinley tariff bill was
pending in the Senate Mr.. Blaine startled
the Senate Finance Committee by
smashing his high silk hat as he de-
clared, There. is not a bushel of wheat
or a barrel Of pork in this bill" Nc
Kinley felt hurt by Blaine's opposition,
and he did not want Blaine to speak in
his Congress district when he was seek
ing reelection in 1892. He acquiesced,
however, and the two men rode together
through the main street of Akron to
speak from the same platform. As they
did so showers of little dodgers with
Blaine's bushel-of-wheat sentence came
from the rooftops, and the Blaine-Mc-
KinIey carriage was Uttered with them.
Both men kept kicking them aside,
lodging them, but in all other ways ig-
nored them. Finally. at the meeting,
Blaine made his speech. without a word
about the Mckinley bill; but when his
turn came the major jumped right into
defense of his bill and made one Of the
most spirited addresses of his life. The
two men then entered the carriage again,
bowed. and smiled to the crowd as they
were once more pelted with the paper
dodgers, and separated at the hotel-not
one word having been spoken by either
about the tariff, their speeches, or the
paper dodgers.
The Washington herald., 1911-07-16
Summer.

There is wealth and lustiness about
summer which more than compensates
for its disoomforts. The woods are
lush with underground, the vegetation
covers the roadside with rank profu-
sion, the fields show the ripening har-
vest. 1t is the hey-day of the year.
1t is for this reason, perhaps, that
summer has always appealed to the
poets. 1t was a summers day upon
which Sir Walter Vivian gave his
broad lawn until the set of sun up to
the people," it was a summer morn
upon which Mildred, the young mistress
Of the Manse, sang her bridal song,
and it was of summer that Longfellow
wrote when he described the perfect
day, "whereon shall no man work, but
play" Indeed, in the minds of the
poets, summer idleness seems to be ac-
cepted as the proper tribute to the
season. William Cullen Bryant, de-
scribing the quiet August noon, when
the fields were still and the woods were
dumb, added:
Away! I will not be to-day
The only slave of toll and care;
Away from desk and dust! Away!
I'll be as idle as the air.
This is the time when the woods in
yite and the ripples on the lake mur-
muir a refreshing welcome. One does
not lack energy, but there is a disposi-
ton TO expend it in new and unusual
directions-in the long automobile tour
the portage of the canoe, the cutting
and piling of wood for the camp fire
We would get close to Mother Earth
feeling the softness of the grass and
hearing the wind rustic through the
trees. If it is a pine grove which is ouI
improvised temple, so much the better
"Naught hast thou found sweeter II
DEATH" wrote Andrew Lang, in his let
ter to Theocritus, than the fragrance
of the pines"
Whether, like Adelaide Proctor, we
sit all day spinning dreams in the SUM-
light, or whether, like Bayard Taylor
we lie in the summer meadows, with thc
infinite sky above US and the sun on his
midday throne, we shall find the sum,
mer time a constant joy. With Whit
tier, we again become children and lal
our heads in the lap of each sweet day
This is the spirit in which we accep
summer spirit which is in harmony
with nature, and which appreciates tht
glorious fullness of the earth. 1t is tht
Spirit which dulls the keen edge of tht
discontinue of heat and enables us tc
join in the chorus which sings il
rhythmic verse the praises of the sum,
mer time
The Washington herald., 1911-07-16
TO-mOrrow-EEWhy America In
stead of Columbian"
The RIue Rose.

From the New York sun.
The "blue rose" which it was said had
been grown in Oregon, the modern land
of the rose, seems to be a disappointment.
This adds another to long list Of fall
ures, for the production Of a rose of that
color is task which floriculturists set
themselves years ago. At the London
flower show last winter It was announced
that a South of England grower had been
successful, and soon afterward it was
asserted that Japanese gardener had
also produced a perfect "blue rose" In
both these cases, however, the flowers
were small. and at only one stage OF
their bloom purplish in color. This ap-
pears to be likewise true Of the Oregon
flower.
The Washington herald., 1911-07-16
CARROTS IN CANDY.
Pennsylvania woman's Novel Use
of Vegetables for Sweets.

PENNSYLVANIA wOman's Novel Use
of Vegetables for Sweets.
From Success Magazine.
A Pennsylvania woman claims to have
discovered a process for making candles
out of vegetables. II the discovery
proves to be of practical value we shall
doubtless soon become familiar with the
product, though the process may remain
a secret. Long cooking, she says, Is an
essential part OF the programme, after
which the pasty vegetable mass is mold
ed into attractive forms. Potato cara
meIs, carrot nougats, turnip fudge, beet
rnarshmallows and bean toffy are among
the confectionery triumphs announced.
It is even solemnly stated that a tempt
ing confection has been made Of pars-
nips.
If all this proves true, the good LADY
will have accomplished two desirable re-
suits at one blow. She will have been
the first to convince children that gar
den truck is acceptable for internal use.
at the same time providing strong COM
petition for sulphur bleached marsh
maIlows, fudge colored with iron rust,
furniture polish bonbons-in fact, for
all the glittering combinations Of chem
icals and glue that child with penny
has at his command.
A boon to Juvenile humanity surely
we should credit the entire story gladly
If 1t were not for the parsnips.
The Washington herald., 1911-07-16
Now whose Business Is It1

From the New York Herald.
Because they refused to tell their
ages twenty-five teachers In the public
schools of Paterson, n. J., will go on
their summer vacations without their
salaries for the month of June. On
their return they will unite in an ap-
neal 10 the courts. The city supertn-
tendent, Mr.. Wilson, a few weeks ago
prepared a list OF questions whicn
would furnish the department. with
history of every teacher. Among the
questions was when were you bornT'
The younger teachers had no hesitancy
about answering, but many OF the older
teachers returned the blanks without
answer to the question as to age, and
were told they must reply or go with
out their salary. Several of the teach
ers answered under duress. The TWEEN
ty-five who still refuse declare that the
question is impertinent and unwar-
ranted.
The Washington herald., 1911-07-16
Frustrated by His Roll.

From the Rlttsb1rg Post
John Miller, a baker, was a victim of
the heat, according to hospital surgeons,
because of his ideas Of how best to pro-
tect his savings He put his money in a
cloth and then wrapped it as bandage
about his body.
Miller was employed in a bakery at
Long Island City He was at work when
he suddenly fell over and an ambulance
was called from ST. Johns Hospital and
he was taken to that institution. AS the
attendants at the hospital were undress-
ing him, preparatory to giving him cool
bath they came on the bandage.
When it was removed the attendants
were surprised to find that instead OF an
ordinary bandage 1t was filed with
money. When the bills were counted
they were found to amount to $50. HIS
case is not serious.
The Washington herald., 1911-07-16
Telephones in England.

From the Ohio State Journal
The end of 1911 will see the telephone
system all over the United Kingdom
transferred to the post-office. and among
the coronation announcements of the
postmaster general was an ofrer to farm
ers Of unlimited use OF thezteIephone for
ss (about $50 a year, subject TO the
provision that there must be not fewer
than fve on the line to subscribe to the
telephone service.
The Washington herald., 1911-07-16
A Building for Records.

The recent report of the committee
investigating the buildings housing a
number of government Offices and bu.
reaus, with reference to their safety
from FIRE loss, should be proof sufficient
of the necessity of building in which
to store all archives and records. In
every government building in this city
vast quantities of records, some of in
valuable character, are stored away
often in a condition actually inviting
danger from fire or combustion. The
oonhagration at the State capitol ii
Albany, N. Y, revealing criminal negli-
gence in protecting State records and
papers, was a solemn warning. Money
connot restore what ordinary prudence
might have saved.
Similar conditions have been shown
to exist in Washington, not only in one
building, but in many. Whose will be
the fault in case the Albany disaster i:
repeated here? The Mississippi and The
Alabama State departments have peti.
toned Congress to provide a nationa
archives building in this city. The
memorial clearly brings the present situ-
alton to the attention of the body
where responsibility rests.
The Senate has given its unanimou:
consent to the printing of the petition
as a public document, but this is only
wasting time. A bill should be intro,
duced and passed at this session. The
matter is urgent enough.
The Washington herald., 1911-07-16
PRESS COMMENTS.

From the Raleigh IN. o. Tines
VIII Bryan never cease to display his
poor Judgment7
Prom he Chicago Evening Post.
Mr.. Bryan holds Gov. Harmon out Of
the book on the 1912 race, but not in the
expectation Of getting a long price.
From tbs Baltimore Sun.
Mr.. Bryan omits himself from the list OF
availables, probabilities, and possibilities.
But this is due doubtless entirely to
modesty.
From the Newark Star.
Strong personal pique explains the
omission Of Gov. Harmon's name, while
those Of others Of little or no national
prestige figure in Mr.. Bryan's list Of
Presidential eligibles.
From the New York Tribune
Mr.. Bryan has honored every State and
section in his compilation OF list OF
something like fifty Democrats ft to be
nominated for the Presidency. If each Of
the statesmen complimented takes him
self seriously as a candidate for the
nomination and collects a local follow
ing the next Democratic national conven-
ton will probably sit for two or three
weeks. It may be that the longer It sits
the better will Mr.. Bryan be satisfied
From the Richmond Times-Dispatch.
Inspection OF this list suggests at once
the omission Of Gov. Harmon, OF Ohio.
Yet he has a hundredfold better chance
for the nomination than most of the men
on the Bryan list. This Is plainly
declaration Of war upon Harmon. 1t is
equivalent to saying that in the opinion
of Mr. Bryan the Ohioan is unfit for the
Presidency But why7 That the Nebras-
kan has no love for Uncle Jud' has
been known a long time. but surely MI
Bryan does not think that the Democratic
party will repudiate one Of its distin-
guished sons simply because Mr.. Bryan
doesn't like him. Is Mr.. Bryan so foolish
as to believe that he can plead 'incom-
patibility'' and get by with it? All fair
minded Democrats are from Missouri IN
this matter.
From the indianapolis News.
Mr.. Bryan's list of Presidential posi-
bilities reminds one Of what Mark Twain
said about the Legion OF Houor-few es-
cape it.
From the Kansas City Star.
Mr.. Rrvan's 1912 entries for President
do not contain the name Of Judson Har-
mon. And very likely Harmon's list does
not include Bryan's name
From the New York Evening Post
Disclaiming any personal inclination TO
one man more than another in the long
roll we have cited, the former wielder OF
Democratic destinies nevertheless lets II
be known, by omission, that there Is one
Democrat OF whom he does not approve.
The omitted governor may perhaps
reconcile himself TO the Bryan interdict
in consideration of the excellent adver-
tising it brings him.
From the Springfield Republican.
| Bryan seems to have made up the list
in the chief purpose of making Harmon
conspicuous by his absence.
The Washington herald., 1911-07-16
BOUQUETS FROM Mr.. BRYAN
Full Text of His Editorial in the Commoner PIeasantv
Mentioning His Friends.

Of Kentucky; ex-Gov. Beckharn. Of Ksny
tucky; Henry watterson, of KsntucJxv,.
CONGRESSMAN Rainey, of Illinois; Senator
NeWlands. Of Nevada; Mayor Gaynor, of
New York; Mayor Harrison, of Chicago,
and ex-Mayor Dunno. Of Chicago, are the
names OF men whom Democrats may we'll
delight to honor. There are many moro
who are entirely competent, some of
whom have not had an opportunity to
prove their capacity in public ONCE.
1t will not be difficult to make I'd a
good ticket. Timber-Presidential and
Vice Presidential-is abundant. The main
thing is to get the best men-men who
will grow during the campaign and who
can be trusted II elected.