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The Washington herald., 1911-06-18

only popular forms Of aquatic amusement.
Moored OF all the boat clubs are numer-
Gus motor boats, ranging in size from the
little open dory with its one cylinder
"kick-em-along'' to big, cabined cruisers
in which large parties can go cruising
down to the Chesapeake. For one OF
these big launches a trip down to Colo
nial Beach is a good days run.
Then there are the good old tars who
stick to the canvas. The Corinthian and
Capital Yacht clubs have fine flotillas OF
sailing craft of every description, and the
broad reaches Of the river below Arsenal
Point are always dotted with the white
wings Of these swift little sloops and
yawls.
Parks and Theaters.
Coming back to land. we find thou
sands Of Washington's summer residents
for whom the cool car rides to the sum-
mer amusement parks. such as Glen
Echo, Chevy Chase. and Luna Park and
the diversions offered at those places,
moke many a sultry evening pass in
pleasant fashion. The cars to these places
are always packed to the guards. and
this summer the crowds have been un-
usually large.
The theaters, too, claim their thousands
Of amusement seekers, and no effort on
the part Of the flaming sun seems sufl-
cient to keep the crowds from pouring
out in the evening and packing all the
indoor places of entertainment. One Of
the two dramatic stock companies played
to more than 1900 paid admissions last
week. The vaudeville and moving picture
houses continue to do a land Office busi-
ness, and the restaurant proprietors have
found the summer satisfactorily profit
able so far.
In fact, this summer gives promise OF
passing into history as the liveliest Wash
ington has known in many years. The
extra session Of Congress is primarily
responsible for the continuation of busi-
ness and the crowded condition Of the
hotels, but a new and more metropolitan
spirit seems to have seized the city.
There is more cafe life and gayety than
this staid old town ever knew, and IL
things keep on We may expect to read
before long OF Washingtons white light
district" even as we now hear SO much
of New York's Gay White Way.
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with theatergoers bound for one Of the
two summer stock companies.
OF all the outdoor places for recreation
and relief from the city's heat the river
naturally holds first place. Washington
ians may not realize It, but the Potomac
is one of the finest rivers IN the world.
Few cities in this country can boast of
a river more than a mile wide at one end
of the city and less than q quarter Of q
mile wide at the other where one may
tack back and forth in a sailing yacht or
board a big river steamer at one end or
paddle a canoe through white water" at
the other. For the variety and beauty of
its scenery the Potomac has few equals
among the rivers of the United States,
and one may see the river in all its
phases within an hours ride Of Wash
ington. =
OF the river excursions the evening
trips TO MARSHALL Han and River View
are the most popular. Every day be-
tween and o'clock two big excursion
steamers pull ont from the Seventh
street wharves thronged from main to
hurricane decks with old and young.
With bands playing the steamers swing
The Washington herald., 1911-06-18
SUBWAY TICKET SELLER
INVENTS NEW GRAFT

The station was deserted but for one
man who seemed absorbed in a news
paper. The ticket agent was apparently
thinking of things far away as he
deftly juggled coins on the glass plate
under the bars of his cage.
The next morning the man with the
newspaper was seeming to read it in
another station and the ticket agent of
the day before was hunting a job. He
had been summarily dismissed.
The man with a newspaper was a de-
tective. The ticket agent had been
practicing to win facility in working
the shadow game, hence his dismissal.
What's the shadow game? A new
trick, said to have originated in the
brain of a Boston subway ticket seller
and to have been taught to other ticket
sellers over the country, and this is
how 1t is worked.
The ticket agent atranges a strip of
cardboard or black paper so that 1t will
seem to be shade to keep the bright
light out Of his eyes. In reality he so
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HOW SUA1NERBOUND WASHINGTONIANS FIND
PLEASANT RECREATION, OUTDOORS AND IN

ter with long. deep strokes along the
green banks OF the Virginia shore. 1t
conjures up pictures Of grim-visaged pi-
oneers in coonskin caps, and the river
bank seems to whisper Of redskins lurk-
ing In the shadows.
The main home OF the canoe is the
Washington Canoe Club. but each OF the
boat clubs has a large number of ca
noeist members, and there are several
smaller canoe clubs with headquarters
on the Maryland shore above George
town. The principal VI these are the
High Island and the Sycamore Island
clubs, organizations which combine with
canoeing the pleasures of summer, camp
ing life. The camps Of the clubs are
models of comfort and convenience.
Camping on the Potomac has, in fact,
become one Of the most popular Of sum-
mer recreations among the river lovers.
On both sides of the river all the way to
Chain Bridge one finds these tent homes,
in clusters or in isolation. Their owners
are for the most part in business in the
city and use the camps from Saturday
evening until Monday morning, although
a number OF them spend every prospec-
lively fair night In their river quarters.
On Sundays these camps take on fes-
tive appearance. The campers friends
paddle up for a visit, and many a joyous
supper party makes the Virginia hills
echo with their laughter and songs on
these fine summer evenings.
Sunday the Big Day.
Sundays. too, is the great day for the
canoeists who have no camps, but make
use Of the river on their holidays for all
day outings. The business men among
the canoe lovers have only their evenings
during the week and these give time for
none but short trips up to Forty-foot
Rock or thereabouts. On Sundays, how
ever, many Of them start out early in
the morning and paddle up the river
above Chain Bridge or take the cutoff
into the canal and paddle up that placid
and beautiful water course as far as
Glen Echo or Cabin John. A beautiful
all-day trip. with picnic luncheon and
supper, can be made up the canal. and it
is perhaps the favorite jaunt among the
paddle wielders Of Washington.
The canoe and rowboat are not the
The Washington herald., 1911-06-18
REAL HAND-ME-DowNs.

Since got chummy with the tailor in
our block I have come to the conclusion
that don't want my son to grow up to
be great big athletic fellow" said a
little man recently to the New York
Times. Wrong. is It? And selfish? ?
Maybe. But it's natural. knowing what
I know from the tailor.
He says-and I've looked around and
found out that it's true-that II Is COM
mon thing for poverty-stricken little men
like me to have their Dig boys clothes
cut down to At. That Is the modern big
boys way Of taking revenge for the In
dignities he had to suffer wheE kid.
Dads old clothes were cut down for him
then. Now 1t is dad who wears the hand
me-downs I don't want to do that. but
II my boy grows up to be bigger man
than I am maybe IN have to-"
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into the channel and speed down the
river, while their happy passengers, heads
barred to the refreshing breeze, plant
their camp stools about the decks and
prepare for an hour or more of solid en-
joyment
The sail home on a moonlight night is
something long to be remembered, espe-
cially of you are young and she is pretty
and doesn't mind your arm on the back
OF her chair
with the BOatmen.
But the people who really get close to
the river, literally as we'll as jiguratively,
are the thousands who make up the ros-
ters and guest lists of the various boat
ing and canoe clubs of the city. This Is
the time OF the year when they really
live. ...... ..-... ID r., ---. .
Take a car over to Georgetown any fine
evening before sunset and look down on
the river from the heights just above
Aqueduct Bridge. AS far up the river as
the eye can reach you will see the sur
face thickly dotted with canoes, row.
boats, and launches. Along the Virginia
shore you will see two dense clusters of
little craft gathered about the house.
The Washington herald., 1911-06-18
MEDICAL MAN EXPLAINS
SMALL MEMS GREATNESS

Is there any connection between success
and stature? Have tall men to strive
harder to make good than short men?
According to a doctor who has care
fully studied the question Of size in re-
lation to success, they have.
when the big man succeeds he sue
ceeds in spite. Of HIS inches, not because
of them" he said, discussing the sub
ject with the London Mirror.
''It must have struck many people that
the big men Of the world have been-and
often are-small men. Napoleon, Nell
son, and Lord Roberts are the names
Of three short men which occur to one
at once.
Now, there is a. perfectly sound medi-
cal explanation Of this.
For all practical purposes, the small
man has the same sized heart, lungs and
brain as the big man, or at least, to
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arranges it that it leaves a space d.
rectly under the change slot brightly
Illuminated, but casts a deep shadow
upon the plate just to the left. Then
he practices until he acquires sufficient
dexterity to pass out half a dozen coins.
make one of them stop well over under
the shadow and bunch the others under
the bright light.
About one person in four will fail to
see the nickel or dime in the shadow,
and in his haste to get a train will not
miss 1t till it's too late to return. II
he does come back, continues the New
York Sun, the coin is there for him to
pick up, and he sees no cause to COM
plain. II he does not return, the ticket
seller adds one more coin to his in
come.
Some men are said to be so adept at
putting coins into the dark that the
sharpest eyes fail to detect the trick.
A ticket seller at a busy station who
was caught by detective recently con-
fessed that he had been stealing an
average OF So a day under the shadow.
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boats where cooling drinks are sold and
on the rocks and beaches you will see the
cleaning camp fires Of a number Of pic
mic supper parties.
The canoe has come into popularity in
Washington within comparatively recent
years, but it has completely outclassed
its rival the rowboat in the esteem Of
the river lovers. A fallacious idea that
the canoe is a dangerous craft had much
to do with the prejudice against it that
made Washington boatmen slow to ap-
preciate its Incompatible fascinations.
The organization and growth OF a num-
Der of canoe clubs spread the gospel Of
the canoes safety and fine qualities as a
pleasure craft, and no one who has ever
made a few canoe trips ever wants to go
back to the clumsy old rowboat.
Properly handled, there is no craft less
likely to capsize than -well-designed
canoe. The weight OF the passenger is
carried at tie very bottom of the canoe,
and with one or more full-grown persons
.AHlaced In the craft the person welding
~ paddle would have to. stand on the
eahwale to force 1t down far enough to
ship water. Then, too. it is practically
iLlpoSSlOLo AOT ptI6OH SSdtco OH lhO
bottom OF a canoe to fall out, whereas in
rowboat the seats are nearly on a
level with the gunwale and the sudden
tipping of the boat may easily send one
of the passengers overheard.
A Romantic Craft.s
In addition to its safety, the canoe has
qualities of grace and beauty that dis
tinguish it from all other craft. Its ro-
mantle history, too, lends additional fas-
cination and inspires the resounding In
dian names that so many ardent canoe
lists give their boats There Is something
stimulating to the Imagination in send
ing Ynur canoe silently through the wa
The Washington herald., 1911-06-18
WHY CAPITOL SUBWAY
TWISTS. AND TURNS

Between the National Capitol and the
Senate ONCE Building communication is
had by a subway about a furlong in
length. Instead of following a direct
line from building to building, this sub
way makes majestic double curve in
the form OF the letter S.
A party of tourists recently doing
the Capital were riding through this un-
derground way on the little electric car
ry-all that fits back and forth between
the curiosity Of the precocious miss OF
twelve.
'T wonder why they built this tunnel
SO crooked?" she inquired generally OF
the party.
why, because a curved line Is so
much more beautiful than rigid straight
line would be, of course" said the big
sister, who was sentimentally inclined.
But" replied the miss, st would be
much more beautiful to look down long
vista with the million electric lights
twinkling along the length of 1t than the
cut-off view we get In this crooked way.
You're wrong, sister"
why, the reasons plain" oracularly
spoke big sisters fiance, who is a law
yer by trade. The subway follows the
public thoroughfares, so that it win not
trespass on private property"
why, even / know that all the prop
erty around here belongs to the Govern
ment, and Uncle Sam couldn't trespass
on himself" objected the precocious one.
I'm ashamed of you for brothe--in-
law"
Built it that way SOS to, make It
longer and get more fat graft for. the
contractors" was papa's sage exp:aDa-
ton, having handled contracts himself.
But this subway wasn't built by con-
tract" answered little daughter. You're
as much at fault as any Of them"
why, they built il curving thus to
make the grade from the building TO the
Capitol more gentle, and therefore easier
for people, especially decrepit Senator's,
to walk over" wheezed auntie. who
weighed two hundred and hated climbing.
but, auntie, It's practically level oil
the way through" said the young miss.
I'm going to find out from one who
knows"
Whereupon, the Capitol being reached,
the small and inquisitive lady Detonk
herself to the ONCE OF Elliot Woods, Su-
perintendent OF the Capitol
"Oh, that's easy he replied in re-
sponse to the query. I'VE built that
subway by making an open cut from the
Senate Once Building to the Capitol. put
ting in the masonry and then filing IN. II
we had made this open cut In q straight
line we would have had to distroy a lot
OF fne historic old elms that lay directly
between the buildings; 30 We dug the cut
In q curve to avoid them. That's al.
The Washington herald., 1911-06-18
AS WOMEN WRITE LETTERS.

Women. it is generally admitted, write
better letters than men. NJ. Marcel Pre-
vost has learned the reason for this
superiority, says the London Chronicle.
''The obvious meaning Is never the one
we should read into a woman's letter.
There Is always q veiled meaning.
Woman makes use Of a letter just as she
employs glance or a smile. in a way
that is carefully thought out, and with
an eye to effect. And. after all, does a
woman's hat serve to cover her head2
Does woman's parasoi keep on the
sun? Are a woman's shoes good for
walking? Why, then. should womal's
letter serve to convey her real thoughts
to the person addressed. Just like the
letters OF some honest grocer. who writes,
I send you i've pounds OF coffee. because
he really does send you i've pounds OF
coffee"
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speak more accurately, the vital organs,
although they are actually larger in the
larger body. do not increase In size In,
anything like proportion.
For instance, a fve-foot-high man has
q heart Weighing about 101a ounces,
whereas in proportion IT should weigh
something over I21z ounces. Proportion
ately the taller man has less heart power
Yet his heart has to do the harder
work. 1t has to raise the blood higher
'"The result Of this Is frequently seen
In everyday life. Tasks that tire out
big man and leave him limp are less
likely to have the same effect upon
small man. The latter has greater
capacity for sustained energy because he
has a proportionately greater heart
power.
''It should also be remembered that the
little man scores in having less bulk to
carry about. That Is why short men so
frequently excel IN athletics"
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IV-CTosing on a Cattle Steamer.
By JAMES L. BAHRET.

A young man who wishes to make the
trip TO Europe on a cattle steamer must
either apply to one Of the cattle-ex-
porting firms in Chicago or New York,
or else make his way to New York or
one of the other leading ports and watch
the papers for the advertisements of the
employment agencies which furnish cat
tlemen to the exporters. Most of the
universally known wholesale meat deal
ers of the country are engaged in the
expectation of cattle. In case the Job
is obtained through an employment
agency a fee of from s. to 81 must be
paid. Several cattle steamers, stanch
and modern vessels, sail from New York
every week and cross to Europe in ten
or eleven days.
At the time 1 crossed in this way all
the cattlemen were required to be on
the pier at a. m. There were about
thirty of us, including three college men.
After being formally received into the
employ of the cattle exporter, we were
conducted to our quarters in the fore
castle, where each selected his bunk and
deposited his baggage therein. A ragged,
red-nosed individual with bloodshot eyes
now approached me and shrieked,
You're a school-teacher, amt yer?''
Upon my replying in the affirmative, he
warned me that 1t was as much as my
life was worth If stepped outside the
forecastle.
marveled how he knew was a school,
teacher and also what possible objection
there could be on cattle steamer to a
person of that occupation, but before !
could question him he was on. All the
other men left the forecastle and
roamed about the vessel at will. I was
tempted TO do the same, but thought II
prudent to remain where I was. Several
hours elapsed before learned that the
individual owning the red nose and
bloodshot eyes was my new boss and
that my constant presence was desired
in the cattlemen's quarters in order to
secure their belongings from thievery at
the hands of the stokers, who were
uuartered in an adjoining apartment
scot Any schnappssp
The manner Of giving me my orders 10
an example of the way in which the cat
tie foremen gave all their orders. They
gave force to every sentence through the
use of oaths and obscenity. They were
permanent employees of the cattle export
ers. and with the exception OF the man
at the top were Of the type Of manhood
to be found only in the lowest groggeries
Of a large city. Their first greeting to
those Of us who presented somewhat
respectable appearances was: ..Got any
schnapps2" A young French teaSher, in
bis vefdancy andsto his sorrow. admitted
that he had some He forthwith had to
open his trunk and produce the coveted
flask. and had no peace until his stock
had beer completely guzzled BY our fore
The Washington herald., 1911-06-18
The Fourth of Series of Articles by Government Clerk
Who Has Made Number of European Tours on
Surprisingly Small Funds. .

men, who affirmed that the quality wal
ESQ good that they felt the pleasurable ef
fects way down in their legs" \
She Frenchman once had the audacity
to refuse his foreman when the lattel
asked for a swig, but be repented little
later when the foreman went ravinl
about the ship, brandishing a cudgeb and
crying out: I'll see whether that French
man is going to shirk his duty!" All oul
foremen were crazy after whisky, and
quieted down only after the last drop in
the forecastle had been enjoyed.
Loading Up with Cattle.
Shortly before the vessel sailed lighters
came up to it's side, and about 1000 cat
tie and 800 horses were driven on board.
The cattlemen now spent several hours
passing halters around the necks Of the
cattle and tying them to the heavy rail-
ings along the passageways Of the cattle
deck. After that the cattle were bedded
down once for the entire voyage. All of
this happily knew about only through the
report of others, for while my comrades
were perspiring from this severe labor
and running risks from the horns Of un-
easy cattle, was guarding our property
in the forecastle and at the same time
improving my mind by reading, with no
one to bother me.
On our first night out, all of us hay-
ing been- Up since a. m, we sought
cur hunks early. We had to lie down
on bare Stats almost a foot apart, and
pillowed our heads on our satchels, or
else on the upright boards which served
as partitions between the hunks. A
strong, cold breeze blew down upon us
through the ventilators and made us
shiyer. Notwithstanding all these dis
comforts, we were soon asleep.
First Night Out.
Suddenly. at midnight, we experienced
rude shaking by the shoulders. and
heard a cry. GO to the quartermaster,s
for your pillows, mattresses, and blan-
kets.'' Since we were strangers to the
vessel ami it was dark, we wandered
several times almost the whole length
Of the ship before finding the quarter
masters. He gave each Of US g small
potato sack for pillow case. a larger
sack FOR q mattress, ana couple Of
cotton blankets. and told us to 90 to
the hay-hatch IN order 70 Ill our pillow
cases ana mattress covers with hay. 1t
proved as hard find the hay hatch
&C to ind the quartermaster's. We
finally retired for the second time. and
slept much more comfortably, until
rudely awakened at a, m. TO begin our
days work.
On the first day out cup. two plates,
knife. fork. and spoon. all OF the cheap
est quality, were given TO each Of US.
Moreover. each was expected to do his
own dishwashing and take care Of his
own dishes The hunks served as cup
boards At meal time. each went to the
galley, as the crews Kitchen Is called
to get his rations The food provided
vas tolerably clean ana well cooked.
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even If 1t was the cheapest that could
be bought Every one helped himself with
his own fork or spoon from large pan
Of soup or stew. or, holding joint Of
i hciled beef in his hand, sliced of as
much as ne wished. made it a point
that the piece of bees should pass
through my hands first Of all, but with
most Of our number It made no differ
ence how many hands it had passed
through before reaching them.
How the Day Was Passed.
After the second day out, things on
board had become settled, and the dan
ger of thievery much lessened. Conse-
quently. lost my coveted position of
watchman, and had my first taste Of real
labor. The cattlemans day was passed
as follows: At 5 o'clock every morning
he was fairly pulled out of bed in order
to water and feed the 1900 cattle and
horses. At intervals Of fifty feet along
the passageways between the stalls large
tanks were set. from which water had to
be carried in pals, each beast drinking
at least one pailfrI Not having been
watered for almost twelve hours, they
were frantic from thirst, as the heat was
intense on the cattle deck, and they
fought each other in their eagerness TO
get at the water. often upsetting the
pals and drenching our feet
Next. bales of hay had to be rolled from
the hay-hatch, and distributed along the
passage ways. and an armrul Of hay
given to each OF our charges. BY this
time 1t was $3.50, and we all returned to
our quarters for breakfast. After break
fast we iounged on deck for two hours,
and then came the hard task-ralsing
bags of corn and bales of hay out of the
hold by means of a pulley. We took
turns at the rope, five men pulling to-
gether. For this work pair of working
gloves is Indispensable for those not
habituated 20 rough manual labor. With
out them the skin would soon be worn ON
the hands.
When a days supply Of hay and corn
had been taken from the hold, corn.
hay and water were fed TO the cattle
ana all the passageways swept. BY the
time this was done. It was noon. We
Iounged or studied on deck all the after
noon until o'clock, when the animals
were watered and fed for the last time
for the day. osr duties did not include
the cleaning out OF the stalls. other men
coming on board for this purpose after
the vessel reached the other side.
watching at Night.
On the fourth day out the head fore
man. in consideration Of tip OF 8. gave
me the position Of night watchman. All
that was now required Of me was TO pass
the hours from p M. to 5 q. m. among
the cattle. and every half hour make q
complete tour OF the stalls Occasionally
one steer would step across another which
was lying down. II the latter should at
tempf 70 rise. there would be danger OF
bis 4tretchins the halter OF his FELLOW
50 az 70 strangle him. 10 avoid this,