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The Washington herald., 1911-12-16
By YE LOCAL SCRIBE.

Sidney Bieber spent several days
at the New Willard this week.
James Hay. IT,, and Graham
Nichol were hosts at an informal
party last night.
Arthur c. Moses IS behind the
movement TO have a roastless Grid
iron diuncr. We hoTe he gets 1t.
Our famous legal friends. O'shea-
Jim-Kelly. win 90 into law part
neSrhip As soon as they ind out
which one bought that last dinner.
Judge Daniel Thew Wright will
visit the Gunston Gun Clnb next
midweek-f he can find q pilot who
can locate the Whereabouts Of the
club.
DR.. ]. B. Gregg Custis pedes-
trianed Throughout our suburbs on
Friday last. The Doc Is populariz-
ing the rubber boot as an article of
common wear. and decided to -try
his idea on himself.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-16
Editor The Rick Stick:
HOORAY!

We admire modesty. Therefore we
publish the following with due
apologies to Representative Little
page and c. e. Lancaster, and
with the assurance that II they can
Outdo it We will publish their CON-
municatiunS:
Editor Big Stick:
The statement that / am fostering
the Roosevelt boom you may de
nounce as absolutely untrue. You
may quote me as saying that ] am
behind the universal move in Mary
land to bring before the convention
the name Of that sterling Republi-
can fnd splendid public official.
Robert f. Joyce, who. you may add.
while mayor Of Mount Rainier. 30
faithfully and excellently performed
the duties Of his ofice. In concur
sim. you may mention that Robert
E. Joyce is prominently mentioned for
President not only by the residents
Of Mount Rainier. but Of neighbor-
ing counties as well.
ROBERT z. JOYCE
The Washington herald., 1911-12-16
THANKS TO THE HERALD.

Editor The Washington Herald:
Please accept the thanks of myself
and associates in the Southern CONNER
cial Congress for the splendid editorial
mention of our volume of proceedings.
appearing in to-day's issue. We men
who are working out this great effort to
rehabilitate the South in national infiu-
ence and development are giving our
very lives and souls to it. Consequently,
such CommendatOry words as those ap-
pearing in The Washington Herald en-
courage us all to stronger and to more
persistent effort.
DUNCAN L. FLETCHER. President,
The Southern Commercial Congress.
United States Senate. Washington. Dec. Is
The Washington herald., 1911-12-16
ION the Ohlo sac JournaI.
From III, Columbia Is. C.l Record.
Dentists Are Not Dealers.

Editor The Washington Herald:
An article appeared in Thursdays is
sue of The Herald. headed Oppose Den
lists Selling Narcotics
The article was the result of an inter
view with Or. S. w. Richardson. repre-
senting the Washington pharmacists, in
their protest against the dental supply
house selling dental preparations con-
tanning cocaine. arsenic, and other drugs
used in practice.
DR.. Richardson's protest related entire
ly to the objections of registered drug
gists to dental supply houses selling
preparations containing poisonous drugs,
and in no manner did he convey the i'm
preston that members of the dental pro-
fession were interested except as buyers
and not dealers.
WILLIAM B. DAILY, D. D. 8
Washington Dec Is
The Washington herald., 1911-12-16
CURIOUS BITS OF HISTORY.
Nv A. w, MACY.
THE FIRST AMERICAN AL
MANIAC.

THE FIRST AMERICAN AL
MANIAC.
The first American almanac
was published at Cambridge,
Mass, in 1889. The first printing
press was brought over that year
and set up in Cambridge, and this
almanac was the second thing
printed on 1T. The author was
Capt. William Pierce, mariner. He
was a notable man in the colony,
and made more voyages between
America and England than any
other man OF his day. He and
his good ship. the Lyon, brought
over many notable people from
England, among them Roger
williams. The manner of his
death was tragic. In 1641 he took
a company OF colonists to the
West Indies. AS his vessel ap-
preached one of the islands 1t
was fired upon by some Span
iards. Capt. Pierce and one of
the colonists were killed. No
copy of his almanac is known to
be in existence. II one were found
II would be invaluable.
Copyright, 1911. by Joseph B. Bowles.)
The Washington herald., 1911-12-16
EVERY SATURDAY.
Our Motto: Hyou see it in The Big
Stck. itisn't necessarily 50.
POLITICS..
Is Politics or Are Politics? The
Big Stick Wants to Know.

Is politics or are politics? This i:
the question that has been troubling
The Big Stick since the Republican
National Committee met in our
town.
John Hays Hammond. who is an
expert. says that politics is singu-
lar-blamed singular.
And then Ed G. Snyder, who is a
topnotcher among the makers and
unmakers Of Presidents, WAS qucs-
toned. His voice shook as We asked
him whether politics lis" or politics
are"
Il say politics be hanged, he said,
and Wept on rur shoulders.
WAY this sriefI" we asked him.
For three months" he confided,
I've been trying to start a boom
for Senator La Toilette. I've wound
it up three times, and on each time
it's run out. Politics be hanged"
And as. we raised our umbrella and
wiped Eds tears from our shoulders
We beheld that eminent politician.
Clarence Wilson, who has offices in
the courthouse. We questioned him.
Politics" he grated, ARE quite
numerous"
There is more than one polite,
then?" We asked.
"Oh, yes; one polite doesn't make
an issue. We must make them
build up. Tick by tick, they grow
and grow in summers heat and
winters snow until We find at last,
you know. the plural perfection
POLITICS"
Reader, You see how clear It Is.
As W. have finally settled this ques-
ton. We feel sure that the country
is now SAVED.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-16
Uncle Walt Says Today:

All people respect the worker for industry always knocks;
and no one respects who stands and talks
Here's truth unadorned (and let her in every
WORK AND mans be dinned y A half days work is
WIND better than five hundred years of wind! I've
looked the loafers keeping their tryst where
they spelled of the bunch sleeping to-day
in the potters field OH deness their fetterthey it,
weakly grinned needing that work better than all that
there The street. where the loas tread fraught
with thousand tales of and lack of credit and warehouses;
cells and as The the shftess debtor the tale the thief
who sinned bread that you better than anything got
by wind There's only endeavorat in this
world of men day spent will back to your
life again The siren of sothforget her. Let all of wes be
tnned hour of real work is better than ages futile wind
ccOyrsbt igl BY George Matthew Adunsl WAkT Mason. s
The Washington herald., 1911-12-16
COME ON. SANTA CLAUSE

The Big Stick has special advices
from the arctic region that old
Santa Claus and young Santa Claus
are pilins up the good things upon
a procession Of sleighs 50 as to be
at the Commercial Club next Fri-
day night.
In the picturesque language a
Fred s. Lincoln. ''the grate fires
win grpan and cnckle with loads Of
Christmas logs."
Let EN- erackiei Let the pepper
mint candy freely circulate and the
Christmas trees be loaded down
The Washington herald., 1911-12-16
No Passports for Anarchists.

No more unjust or untrue accusation
can be made against the State Depart
ment than the assertion in the semi
official Russian press that American
passports are issued to anarchists and
revolutionists indiscriminatcly. If this Is
the only reason which can be advanced
by Russia for refusal to honor our
passports, the attitude of the United
States is absolutely vindicatcd.
There never has been any question
as to the right of Russia to exclude un-
desirable citizens We exercise that
right in the United States. not alcne
against Russia, but against every ma
ton in the world More than that.
every person coming into this country
must abide by our laws There is dis
tinct provision TO this effect i'll the very
treaty between the United States and
Russia which it is now sought to alb
rog1tc The point at issue. however. is
that Russia discriminates against Amcri-
can citizen, purely upon the ground of
religion, 1t cniorccs this distinction
against men who are reputable, law
abiding. and prosperous. and whose
characters are in all respects above re-
proach
To assert that the State Department
willingly or unwillingly connives at
sending anarchists and revolutionis,s to
Russia IS a reflection upon our officials
which Is unwarrantcd by the facts. 1t
Is hardly worth the dignity of denial
The Washington herald., 1911-12-16

milan, mounted In rich enameled scrolls
OF gold work and ornamented with a
pearl dating from 1912. The fine onyx
rosary, with enamel work inside the
large beads, was exhibited by Col Cum
mings at the South Kensington Museum
in 1862, and was acquired. with other
things, from Herr Gutimann, of Berlin.
OF the medallions, the two most inter
esting are a beautiful circular medallion,
the work OF Leone Leoni. with a figure
of Charles V, which came from the COL
lection of the late Comte de Paris (heir
to the Comte de ChambOrd, de jure
Henry V OF Franco, and a circular ivory
medallion in engraved silver frame, with
the figure of Goetz Won Berlichingen, the
famous German knight and commander
of the sixteenth century, made immortal
in one of the plays OF GotthOld Ephraim
Lessing. the father of the German drama,
comes from the collection of Baron AL
bert Oppenheim, Of Cologne.
In carved woodwork and in rock crys-
tails Mr.. Morgan Is believed to be un-
rivaled among private collections. In
rock crystals there are nearly two dozen
of the choicest articles. In the Middle
Ages large, clear pieces were so rare
that objects made from them were con-
sidered worthy to be presented TO mon
archs. II may be taken, therefore, as
belonged to some distinguished person
but quite apart from this they are all
of great beauty. This is particularly 81
with regard to the ever, splendid rock
crystal bowl which once belonged TO
Queen Christina of Sweden. for whom it
is said to have been mounted.
The Guzman cross with relics, richly
mounted in enameled gold, Spanish work
manship of the latter part of the six
teenth century, is said to have belonged
to Bishop Juan Quinones Guzman, an
ancestor Of the French eX-Empress Eu-
genie. At any rate, 1t was once in the
possession Of man who. with his father
and grandfather, had been in the service
of the latter-day representatives Of that
family. Until some years ago it was an
ebony, and not rock crystal, cross. but
during its migratiOns the relics and ex-
quisite enamel work were transferred
from the original ebony body to that of
rock crystal
Some of the other objects in rock crys-
tai have passed through English collec-
tions-fOr instance. a vase in the form of
a monster with two wings Belonged to
Lord Hastings, whose ancestor purchased
il in the early part of the eighteenth CEN
fury: vessel in the shape of "A fish be-
longed successfully to II. Magniac and to
Sir Thomas Gibson Carmichael, and an
oval medallion. the work of Giovanni
Bernardo, was loaned by \. ]. b. Beres-
ford Hope to South KensingtOn in 1852.
One of the most important pieces IS a sill
Yer gilt Pax, with paintings surmOunted
with rock crystal and with precious
stones and enamels, which came from the
cathedral at Aix-la-Chapelle, where 1t
was used at the coronation of the first
German Emperor of the house of Haps-
burg. FLANEUR.
Copyright, 1911, by Court Gossip syrdicate.l
The Washington herald., 1911-12-16
What wnEe-workcrs Must Do.

Theodore Roosevelt in the Outlook.
l believe with all my heart in the
American workingman; l believe with all
my heart in organized labor. for labor
must be organized in order to protect and
secure its rights: and therefore with all
my strength I urge my fellow-Citizens,
the American men and women who earn
their livelihood as warc-wOrkers. to see
that their leaders stand for honesty and
obedience to the law, and to set their
faces like flint against any effort to iden-
tify the cause of organized labor directly
or indirectly, with any movement which
in any shape or way benefits by the COM
mission of crimes of lawless and murder
Gus violence.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-16
AN AMERICAN QUESTION.
Action of the House Is Commended
as Patriotic and Proper.

Action of the House Is Commended
as Patriotic and Proper.
From the New York sun.
While there was some difference of
opinion in the House OF Representatives
as to the form which the Sulzer resolu-
ton should take, there was unanimity
on the main proposition, namely, the out
rage of the discrimination against which
this national protest is directed. The
of 800 to l. The Representative supply
ing this minority Of one explains that
his attitude was determined by consid-
eratiOns of expediency. Probably the
sentiment in the Senate regarding the
treaty right of entrance and residence
will be equally emphatic.
AS Mr.. Sulzer said. and as the reso-
luton declares in effect, the discrimina-
tiOn between American citizens on the
ground of race or religion is not Jew
ish question; il is an American question.
From the New York Tribune.
In one respect the practically unanl-
nous vote of the House of Representa-
tives in favor of abrogation of the Rus
sian treaty of 1882 undoubtedly reflects
pretty accurately the sentiment of the
American people-namely, in its EXPIRES
sion of dissatisfaction with the manner
strument is treated by the Russian gov
eernment. As hitherto stated again. and
again, ii Is not to us question of race
or of religion, but of American citizen
ship and of the dignity and rights of the
American nation.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-16
A LITTLE NONSENSE.
HOBBLE GOWNS.

The animals in Noah's ark,
We have 10 state,
Are remnants from the ages dark
And out of date.
The outfit hasn't changed a jot
AS you can see.
There is no digdig in the lot,
No okapi.
But Mrs. Noah does not care,
Observe her smile;
The dresses that her daughters wear
Are Just in style.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-16
AMBITIOUS.

The furbelovs Of politics
And little tricks and fiddlesticks
And all the other knacks and nicks
Arr wearying 70 me.
Deferring TO prorriety
And eminent sobriety
II Is my wish TO say that
A diplomat would be.
WALTER L. HOUSER.l
The Washington herald., 1911-12-16
MUSIC NOTES.

Edwin +. Droop gate his annual
recital at Bkgurnsihfuh's Han last
night The mechanical piano played
with wonderful sympathy and exc
cition. while the phonogTaph's voice
was a marvel Il rainbow coloratnra.
SIDNEY LLOYD wRIGHTsON.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-16

Editor The Washington Herald:
Your article to-day concerning the re-
ception to former Representative Ancona,
of Pennsylvania, was correct, except as
to its reference to a war between the
States. There was no war between the
States. but there was a war of rebellion
against the government Of the United
States. Please make the necessary cor
rection and please the loyal soldiers who
fought to preserve said government.
Z. u. TRACY
Kit Carson Post, g. A. R., No. 2.
Washington. Dec. Is
The Washington herald., 1911-12-16
REPARTEE

Said the big Russian bear to little
Morgan Shuster:
You don't strut about as 'cOckey'
as you useter.
Said W. Morgan Shuster to the big
Russian bear:
Your bluff didn't work. so back to
your lair"
The Washington herald., 1911-12-16
OF INTEREST IN WASHINGTON.

From the Scranton CPa.) Tribune.
The gentlemen at Washington who are
battling for a change in the date of the
Presidential Inauguration will please re-
member that the people are with them in
spirit.
From the Arkansas Gazette.
Washington dispatches say Senator
Tillman was welcomed back in the Sen
ate "as one of the rapidly disappearing
group of strong figures in the old school
of statesmen" And yet Senator TiIlnan
in past years did not seem. to care
whether the old school kept or not.
From the Ohio State Journal.
We notice that the talented Washing
ton correspondents now have the cam
paign leaders not only sounding the toe
sin and blazing the trail, hut actually
taking up the gage, and probably it won't
he long before they so the full length of
pointing with pride and viewing with
alarm.
From the Columbia Is. O. Record.
F'orty-one years ago last Monday. there
was sworn in at Washington the first col
Ored member of Congress. J. II. Rainey,
of South Carolina. And on this date
thirty-five years ago. Wade Hampton
was declared governor of South Carolina.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-16

with trinkets for the big boys. It
will be hot night in town.
Come on. ycu Santa Claus, and
do your derndest. Ypu can't scare
anybody in the Commercial Club.
Z g. GRAHAM.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-16
Business Is Not Sick.

From the Kansas City Star.
There is nothing the matter with busi-
ness which will not be overcome in due
course, when business gets ready for a
new era of expansion.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-16

The Associated Charities announce that
there are fourteen ways to aid the poor.
At this season there are more than that
many thousand ways of becoming so.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-16

No matter how the rest Of the
country may feel, the pensioners have no
cause to regret that there will be a
Presidential election next year.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-16

The Massachusetts minister who got up
decalogue for women should know that
most of the modern commandments are
issued by the female of the species.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-16
Where a Club Is Needed.

From the Milwaukee Sentinel.
Spokane has a Stsy-at-home Club
which requires it's members to stay at
home at least three nights a week. 1t
requires a, club to keep some husbands
home at night
The Washington herald., 1911-12-16

Champ Clark says lobby should be an
educational institution. II so. no member
of Congress could complain of a lack Of
educational advantages.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-16

We do not anticipate that any Emperor
of the United States will ever seek popu-
larity by changing the seat of govern
ment
The Washington herald., 1911-12-16

II fashion is to prescribe a divorce
ring 1t might as well go ahead and re-
quIre the number to be represented by
gems.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-16
4 Practical Girl.

She accepted me on one condition"
And that is?"
THAT she doesn't get a better offer
between now and spring"
The Washington herald., 1911-12-16
Just n Hint.

I'm looking for a Christmas present
for my wife"
How would this set OF furs dO?'
Think that would suit herr"
Il think so. She was in here recently
and suggested that We lay it aside"
The Washington herald., 1911-12-16

have a tendency to make them, dIssatis-
fed with their own capitals.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-16

With so many surgeons in our midst,
it behooves each of US to look well to his
vermiform appendix.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-16

The physicians and surgeons ought to
be able to find some way to split the
fees without cutting up the patients.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-16
Christmas in n Flat.

How kin Santa Claus come down
chimbIy. pa, when we amt got no Chin
bly,"
He used to come down the chimney.
son. Now he sends the presents up on
the dumb waiter"
The Washington herald., 1911-12-16

No married man would be bold enough
to compile a list of the worlds greatest
women which did not include his wife.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-16

After all. the procrastinator may le
obliged 10 shop early in the morning.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-16

New York continues to be the only
State in which Confederate money pass
rs II is face value.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-16
a Hit for
EvsryHead.
ONE CENT.
TO READERS

! am an earnest Republican. Re
Gently ! decided to support Presi-
dent Taft. After the recent cDn-
Vention Of the National Committee. |
am left. not knowing what TO do.
viii you adTisc me?-GeOrge T.
Hoover.
Answer-Certainly. George. Con-
suit Charles Hilles, Cotter T. Bride.
J. Fred Kelley, and Frank Hitch
cork. II they don't make up your
mind, nobody can.
Editor Big Stick:
l am arranging for a Democratic
jackson Day dinner. What would
you suggest as table decOrations!-
Edwin A. Newman.
Answcr-A few portraits Of Our
Peerless Leader.
Editor The Bick Stick:
On shooting a neighbor's COW,
what is the correct procedure?
GEORGE z. GARTRELL.
Explain that you thought it was
your cOW.-Ed.)
The Washington herald., 1911-12-16
Santa Claus Alfalfa.

Asbestos whiskcrs. it is clear, would
save a lot of folks from being scOrched;
but then, fear they'd spoil our Christ
mas Jokes.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-16

The only trouble with the visit Of the
governors TO Washington Is that Il may
The Washington herald., 1911-12-16

Gov. McCrcary will probably get
aWfully tired II hearing the oldest in
habitant toll of his first administration.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-16
Went to Waste.

She buys no mistletoe because
A trife cross,
She says the same last Christmas was
4 total loss
The Washington herald., 1911-12-16

We are glad to learn that Alexandria
to move nearer to us.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-16
Uncle Pennywise Says;

The clerks are pretty tired at this time
of year. II you don't know what you
want, don't ask for 1t.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-16
Nothing Serious.

'Ferdy and | parted in anger last night.
He says it may be for years and it may
he forever"
II know. Mabel. But the chances are
it will only be for a couple of days"
The Washington herald., 1911-12-16
A Grand Army Mans Correction.

The Southern Commercial Congress.
United States Senate Washington. Dec. Is.
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nv rvsnins HsEssd A. v. t.~asea wirel
SENATE.

III ttHtlnu ht D. W.
Louis u. Brandeis discussing trust
regulation before interstate commerce
committee. urged the competitive sys-
tenn.
Final hearings before employers
liability commission begun, with rail-
road counsel urging the inclusion OF
ali interstate business In the act
Opponents OF parcels post appeared
before p0stofilce committee.
Senator Works of California asked
Investigation OF soldiers homes ana
urged federal care OF Confederate vet
GRAMS.
President Taft in message submitted
Maine boards report.
Bili requiring two wireless operators
on steamers. introduced by senator
Hitchcock OF Nebraska.
l.orlmer committee struck from rec
ord Maxwell Edgars Testimony that
c. 3. Darrow was concerned In at
tempt at bribery.
Monetary commission held con-
ference ON state bank examinations.
Page bill enlarging federal aid for
agricultural instruction endorsed AZ
conference
Senator Culberson Of Texas called
up his resolution 10 abrogaie Russian
treaty.