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The Washington herald., 1911-02-28
HUMAN NATURE IN WASHINGTON
By FRED c. KELLY.

I enterprfsing person and has several iron:
] in the fire. When he gets through pag'
| ing at the Capital each day, he look;
after the pool table at nearby note
In return for first-class board.
DO you like this hotel job?' Con-
gresham who stays there asked him the
| other evening.
well. I ordered i've different kinds of
meat for dinner" was the boys reply.
Next to the colonel himself, the anti
race suicidists haven't better ally than
Champ Clark.
Every once in a while the Missourian
! who is to have Joegee Cannon's job,
makes some caustic comment about folks
who aren't doing their full share toward
boosting the country's population to about
lH.OOO.0O0. Not long ago he attended
church in his home town and he re-
marked afterward that he couldn't help
looking over the crowd OF the younger
married folks and checking over the ones
that had seemingly left the repopulation
tasks to the gold dust twins, the county
commissioners, or anybody else, SO long
as they didn't have to bother with it.
And the situation annoyed him so much
that when he got home he couldn't re-
peat the minister's text
Representative Scott, Of Kansas. chair
man Of the Agricultural Committee, was
a farmer constituent
Say. you've got a grip on you" re-
marked the visitor when they shook
hands. Just like putting my hand in a
wise"
Yes; I acquired that grip milking
cows" said Scott, who was raised on a
farm.
And the farmer departed looking more
pleased than If he'd been promised a
postmastership.
Representative Jack Bean, Of Texas, is
a great admirer OF Thomas P. Gore, the
blind Senator from Oklahoma His ad-
miration dates back to a campaign in
Texas many years ago. when he was
drawn into a, joint debate with a Popu-
list by the name of Gore. BealI had held
joint debates with Populists on several
previous OCCASIONS and expected to find
the stranger, Gore, to be one Of the usual
long-haired, wild-eyed. notsify talking
variety. He was surprised to find clean-
cut, polished, mild nan who sized up
like a rational human being. Gore re-
quested that he be allowed the closing
speech, and BeaI fooiishly fell for the
request, not liking to refuse a bind man
anything Gore didn't really get warmed
up till his closing speech, and then. BeaIl
says, he did things to his opponent that
made him feel about the size Of a lillfpu-
tan from a dime museum Bean is free
to confess that he hasn't cared much for
joint debates from that day to this.
Senator Hepburn. whose ample voice
has been heard frequently of late in op-
position to the popular election Of Sena-
tors, is said to have the least sense Of
humor OF any member of the Senate
Even among his most intimate friends,
after the cares OF the day are over, he
rarely If ever Is guilty of a quip or Jest
COPYRIGHT oIl- By Pred G. Kelyl
The Washington herald., 1911-02-28
The Commissioners Salary.

We feel that the House of Repre-
sentatives has erred in failing to grant
to the Commissioners of the District Of
Columbia the small increase of salary
proposed in the District appropriation
bill The people of the District know,
if Congress does not, that the Con1mis-
sioners earn more than the amount now
paid to them The position is one
which requires constant attention and
labor, and while it is one of honor and
dignity, the fact is that title is not al
ways adequate compensation.
1t was stated on the floor of the
House yesterday that the Commission
ers are men of wealth and do not
need the increase Even if this were
true, it does not detract from the fact
that they are now underpaid, and that
they are entitled upon merit to larger
remuneration. 1t was also asserted that
every position in the District Building
was filled through political influence
This is not only a statement without
foundation, but the fact is that the
Commissioners honestly and impartfally
endeavor to find the best men for vari-
Gus places, without regard to politics.
In addition to this, it is worth while to
remind Congress, if that body believes
that appointments are not made upon
merit, that the remedy lies in its own
hands. The Commissioners have re-
peatedly requested Congress to place the
employees of the District government
under the civil service law, and Con-
gress has never seen fit to grant the
request.
1t is unfair to the Commissioners
to deny them the operation of the civil
service law and then hold them respon-
sible because this failure compels them
to exercise their personal discretion in
the appointment of District employees.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-28
swfnd1ers I'm Venice.

NJ c. Barton, OF Chicago who IS ar
the Raleigh. and who has Just returned
from a trip through Italy. where he was
on business, said last night that Venice
is infested by bold swindlers.
Americans are the most frequent VIC
Tins" said he, because German and
English tourists will not allow themselves
to be imposed upon. The swindlers know
that Americans are easy game. They
will pay bIackmail rather than suffer an
noyance, and the only way to prevent
such occurrences is for all buyers to in
sist upon a receipt for every purchase,
no matter how insignificant. It is
equally essential to see that bills are ac-
curate and that the change is straight.
"One evening an American gentleman
who had dined at one of the most re-
spectacle cafes of Genoa took the trouble
to add up his account, and Immediately
discovered that the waiter or the cashier,
or whoever had made It out, had added
considerable percentage to the total.
This trick is common. 1t occurs every
where in Italy, and it is usually done
by the walters, who make out the bulls,
turn in the right amount to the cashier.
and keep the difference.
strangers in Venice and other Italian
cities should have nothing to do with
chance acquaintances and guides who ac-
cost them on the streets and in public
places The guides attached to the hotels
are usually reliable, and II they are en-
ployed through the concierge, the latter
is responsible, and. indeed, would not dare
recommend a doubtful character. There
are always volunteer guides hanging
around the entrances to churches,
museums, and art galleries, usually visit
ed by tourists, st. Marks plaza swarms
with them"
The Washington herald., 1911-02-28
GOOD MANNERS DECREASING.
A League Formed in Germany for
Their Restoration.

1
From the New York Esening Post
Along with the news OF the formation
in Germany of league for the restora-
ton Of good manners comes the infor-
nation that French politensss is sick
unto death. Among those who have been
in haste to ring it's knell in the Paris
papers, some attribute the trouble to
the bad manners Of women; they have,
it is argued, by placing themselves on a
level with men in the pursuit of living,
forfeited their right to that Difference
from the strong to which their former
position entitled them. Such a narrow
view OF the nature OF politeness excites
surprise; politeness, we had supposed,
was not confined to the relations of the
sexes; that gracious abatement of ones
absolute rights we had thought quite as
much matter of the relations of man
to man. Politeness was born in an age
when men wore swords for the purpose
Of exacting 1t, and the very pineapples
lived before swords were utterly laid by.
Politeness, it seems. is dying in an age
of umbrellas and subway crowds. But
It must be admitted that the manners
Of the eighteenth century could not.
without serious disrepair. get across the
Brooklyn Bridge. We may. in time. de-
7elop a code of manners less elaborateIy
gallant than the old. but sprung, per-
haps, from deeper good feeling.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-28
The Same Old Story.

From the New York Evening Post
The new feature in the long-considered
plan of the Treasury Department TO sub
stitute power presses for hand work in
the printing of bank notes makes the con-
tnued opposition of organized labor tc
the change almost ridiculous. Assistant
Secretary Andrew announces that the
proposal contempIates so gradual dis
placement OF powersfor hand work that
not a single employe of the Bureau of
Engraving and Printing would lose his
job. And yet not only protests but
threats are being sent to him by labor
representatives.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-28

| They had been having a musical enter
tainment at the Dewey Hotel, where
about twoscore Congressman stay
while in Washington. At the close of the
exercises, Representative Joseph v. Graf,
Of Illinois, who was acting as master of
ceremonies, arose with the suggestion that
| the assemblage give the performers a
vote of thanks Forty or more Congress
| men, as we'll as the other hotel guests
present, voted a unanimous AYE"
Whereupon Senator-elect Townsend,
of Michigan, arose and suggested:
Mr.. Chairman, let US make that vote
just taken a matter Of record, that it may
| be preserved to posterity and its assigns
| forever. It is The only time can recall
at the present session, aside from mo-
| tions to adjourn, that Democrats, Re
publicans, and insurgents have all voted
alike"
Vice President Sherman never overlooks
chance to contribute his little mite
toward the gayety of nations. The other
morning a crowd Of siGhtseers were pass
ing around the Senate corridors, and in
the bunch were the usual number OF new
ly spliced couples Sherman in crossing
the corridor met one Of the Senators.
How are you this morning. he in
qutred- You're looking as fine as a
bride
And every one OF the brides IN the
sightseeing party turned around. The
Vice Prez had said 1t a-purpose.
It's a fortunate-or mebby unfortunate
haf Of nF icar
pointment over a turn of events becomes
less acute as one Grows older" remarked
Senator Burkett, who retires from the
Senate this year. while wasn't eIated
over being defeated last fall, I was long
way from being cast into gloom about it
Same way when I was elected Senator.
Seemed as IL I couldn't feel as en-
thusiastic as the job warranted.
I looked back to the time when got
my first appointment as school-teacher.
Now, there was a thrill that was a thrill
I've never had anything like it since I
had never had a job up to that time that
paid a regular income, and 1 needed the
money. Getting elected Senator made
small impression on me compared with
the exuItation that came with that. school
appointment"
Clarence W. Watson, the new Senator
from West Virginia, was a delegate some
time ago to a Congressional convention
down in his district.
Pocahontas County was represented IN
the convention by only one delegate
The chairman asked for a roll can on
a matter that many did rot understand.
Whereupon the lone Pocahontas delegate
arose and said in all seriousness to the
assembled multitude:
wait! The Pocahontas delegation de-
sires to hold a consultation"
willie Mundy, the House page boy
who works the beat between the House
chamber and the ladies' reception room,
is the lad who once made a wager that
he could tell what State every woman was
from that he saw that day. Just by no
ticing her feet. Young willie" Is an
The Washington herald., 1911-02-28
NECESSITY OF SCHOOL SHIPS.
velop Our Carrying Trade.
Prom Ehe New York Herald

Prom the New York Herald.
In favorably reporting the House bill
for the establishment OF nautical school
ships at Boston, Philadelphia, New York.
Seattle, and San Francisco the Senate
Committee on Naval Affairs has added q
provision for similar establishments at
Baltimore, Norfolk, and Corpus Christi.
Should this wise measure become a law
the country Will at comparatively small
cost have eight adequate schools devoted
to the systematic training of officers for
our merchant marine.
The opening of the Panama Canal must
have an important influence on the deveI-
opment of our carrying trade-for We can
not supinely afford to devote the oppor-
tunities thus extensively created to the
sole benefit of foreign merchant services.
Some OF our best mercantile officers re-
cefved their earliest training in the school
ships provided at New York, PhiIadeI-
phia, and Boston, and the extension of
this educational possibility on a logical
plan to the other ports designated must
enhance our seagoing efficiency.
At present three government ships are
assigned to this important work-the
Adams, at Philadelphia, the Ranger,
Commander Low, U. S. N, at Boston,
and the Newport, Lieut.. Commander
Everhart, U. S. N at this port The
Herald can bear particular testimony to
the fine results achieved by the New
port, under the wise direction of the
Nautical School Committee of the citys
board of education, and through the
cheerful aid OF the Navy Department
The passage of this bill by the Senate
and the acceptance of its amendments in
conference is therefore cordially recon-
mended to Congress.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-28

critical times, and we say unhesitatingiy
that he will retire possessing the sym
pathy and the confidence of large ma
jority of the French
NJ BRAND is strong man men
tally, and a strong personality, but he
found arrayed against his policy of
constructive craftsmanship and modera-
ton the clique of agitators and poll
ticians which to-day seem dominating
factors in French public life. Let us
hope that they will not accomplish the
undoing of prosperous France.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-28
LITTLE KNOWN FACTS ABOUT wELLKNowNP PERSONS.

r. W. BAILINGER formerly mayor OF
Seattle
j.
road and teamster
he sings
M president the
legal resde Nevada In 1906
vaudeville circus acrobat for many
Of the Late MARY
formerly Universalist minister
The Washington herald., 1911-02-28
1fISTS.

Der the hills the winter sun
Leaves q trail Of mist
Family orange vhers days doue,
Lying z1nse4-ki8't
Nov, below. the valleys hues
Melt and change aivzy.
From q dream Of yaporish hfoes
To tender ray.
Deep. intsnsr buns the yest
Flame the quiet skieS
For an instant earth's uide breast
Many-Olorcd he&
Lastly. an the c,cud azss de
eprsads the vxpurs pcv9.
Wezwzrd fades tho vaort ~.
couns eazth's nyaic hrr-
The Washington herald., 1911-02-28
Naming the UnnamabIe.

Frm the New York Tribune
The new name which, by a prestidigita-
ton of the trade, has replaced the old one
is an inspiration AS the trousers skirt"
it-or should we properly say they?-would
not go. It makes no difference that in
French it is called 'jupe culotte," which
means about the same thing The French
are logical race, and whether logic leads
them to a revolution or to a truthful
name for a new fashion they follow it
unshrinkingly. The matrimonial triangle
exists; why not write fiction about it?
The new fashion is a skirt and a bi-
furcated garment; why not can it a 'jupe
culotte?- So the French. But Anglo
Saxondom shrinks back, whether it be
from revolutions, ''triangies," or '-rouser
skirts But call It ''harem skirt" and
if It ever had a chance to gain the day
il had them
The Washington herald., 1911-02-28
POLITICAL COMMENT.

Prom the New York World
When all the legislative stunts IN fiji
clustering are done, there will still be the
same necessity for an extra session OF
Congress to untax food and clothing.
Fun tho Springfield Republican
The celebrated saying about the House
of Lords may now be applied, perhaps, to
Mr.. Taft and the Republican party. He
will mend it or end it.
From the Chicago Inter Ocean.
It begins to look as if Vermilion County
would give Adams County a hard tussle
for the supremacy.
From the ProEidencs journal
Millions for every camp follower who
served in the civil war, but not cent
for the brave men who risk life for small
pay when the winter storms rage along
the coast
From the Rochester Herald.
The discovery of phosphate in Mon
tana is probably as authentic as the dis
covery OF tin in this country while the
Mckinley bill was pending.
From the Louisville Courier-JounaI
Mr.. Bachelor, who professed to speak
for 100000 farmers before the Senate
Finance Committee in opposition to the
Canadian agreement, denied that cheap
food would result from It Then why
does he oppose It?
From the Butfalo NewS
II President Taft goes on putting up the
fight for some other things that he is
making for reciprocity nothing can stop
him in 1s12. and he need not wear insur-
gent colors, either.
From the New Yrk American
According to Postmaster General Hitch
cocks argument, the postal deficit could
be completely wiped out by making the
department cease handling any mall at
all
From the Rochester Herald.
There were no jackpots In the days
when Abraham Lincoln was member of
the Illinois legislature.
Frum TIE Houston Post.
The Georgia Supreme Court holds that
alcohol cahnot be made in Georgia If
the judges viii only visit the mount
ings' and leave nix bits and an empty
jug on stump they win learn in Is
minutes that It can BE- nevertheless.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-28
Maxfms of the RothschfIds-

From the New York American.
Remain faithful to the law Of Moses.
Remain united to the end
Consult your mother.
Look on your wealth as a perpetua
family trust.
Intermarry.
Never brook disobedience.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-28
A LITTLE NONSENSE.
FLEETIYG FEBRUARY

The 2Sth, the final day,
Is flying fast
The month Is speeding on its way
At last
No bard would halt the loom Of Time
Which spins its web.
1t was too hard to find a rhyme
For Feb.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-28

Funny that Mr.. Prick should so strenu-
ously object to being called Mr. Oarnegie's s
hired man, when Mr.. Carnegie pays the
highest kind of wages to men in Mr..
Frick's class.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-28

President Taft believes that military
training in our colleges would be of more
benefit than athletics. Military training
makes strong. vigorous men of a future
generation, and has an advantage over
athletics in that it can be participated in
by all students.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-28
Up I'm the Air.

Prom the Catholic Standard.
Weren't you ever on a motor car?''
Yes, once"
What make was it?'
Il don't know. l was only on the front
Of it for a second or so, and it got away
before 1 could pick myself up"
The Washington herald., 1911-02-28

urgently needed to continue the work on
the canal, and they viii have to be Sc
cured, even at temporary disadvantage
to the government
The Washington herald., 1911-02-28

Whether sheehan is adamant or not
Shepards withdrawal will increase the
pressure upon him to do the same. Per
haps that was in Shepard's mind when
he quit the race for the Senate.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-28

The practically unanimous vote by
which the new treaty with japan has
been ratified should mark the beginning
of the end OF the jingo delusion on the
Pacific Coast
The Washington herald., 1911-02-28
Modern Childhood.

Son. inquired the old-fashioned uncle,
do you know the story OF Jack and the
BeanstaIk?-'
These musical comedies have no story
worth mentioning" replied the new
fashioned nephew. They are mostly
made up Of balEets and that sort OF
thing"
The Washington herald., 1911-02-28
Doctor Evens Up Old Scores.

From the Chicago Tribune.
Il don't mind the cost Of living" NUT
tered the professor, $50 much as do the
cost Of merely being kept alive"
For the doctor had just presented his
bin for services rendered.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-28
when opinion. Diner.

From the Topeka Capital
There are so many differing opinions.
A young married woman's idea of an i'm
portant news item is the name she has
given to her baby.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-28

Sadly watching the rapid depletion Of
our coal pile, we are not prepared to
agree with the wall of the contemporary
which says that the trade in anthracite
is seriously depressed
The Washington herald., 1911-02-28
VIEWS AND
INTERVIEWS
English Marriage Problem.

How to provide for penniless girls who
desire but cannot obtain marriage Is a
problem in England, as in all other civ
ilized countries, according to Edwin n.
Edge, OF London, who is at the New VIII
lard
THE pressure of economic conditions
that has been made apparent to people in
the United States in the last six or
seven years has been in existence for
much longer time in Europe AS a con-
sequence, women without dowries are at
discount in the matrimonial market
The situation is depIored by statesmen
and others interested in social condi-
tons, and in consequence many reforms
have been proposed.
One of the most thoughtful writers on
the question:" said Mr.. Edge, is Lady Nc
Laren, who lays down the postufate that
in an ideal condition of society no idle
woman should live upon the earnings OF
man. AS a satisfied member Of the
established order Of society, Lady Nc
Laren does not propose any radical
change in conditions, but her analysis Of
existing evils is interesting to radicals
and conservatives alike. Women con-
tend that all persons in good health, and
who have a suitable training. ought to
be able to keep themselves; and that this
applies not only to men, but also 10 wo-
men who have no young children actually
dependent upon them Married women
occupied with the rearing Of children
are performing useful and necessary work
for the benefit OF the state, and II Is
admitted that such women are rightly
entitled to a provision"
The Washington herald., 1911-02-28

II it is true, as Mr.. Wickersham says,
that the proprietors of the 1000 raided
bucket shops have gone into other busi-
ness, Wall street ought to be glad.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-28

Paris reports that there have been more
orders from America than from any other
part of the globe for the new trouser
skirt Just what we expected.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-28
In Later Life.

IT see you doing good many things
now that once you would have been
shocked at
We'll, make up for it by being shock
ed at a good many things that I once
did,
The Washington herald., 1911-02-28
The Very Latest.

"She's very proud of her child
Doesn't she know that mere children
are unfaShionableT'
But I believe she has some sort of a
modified baby
The Washington herald., 1911-02-28
Useful Scenery.

You seem enthusiastic about the Alps. >
Yes; the glaciers made fine back
grounds for photographs OF our party
The Washington herald., 1911-02-28
ReIuctant SnrfnE.

The time is ripe for bards to pipe
A song of spring.
But spring. alack, is hanging back
The pesky thing!
The Washington herald., 1911-02-28

A news item says the women of Indian
apolis have combined for correct weight
VIII the fat ones play fair and tell the
truth?
The Washington herald., 1911-02-28
TOO Much.

Here am getting s. cents a word,
said the special correspondent.
''WenT'
And some darn chump wants me t
retract about 1000 words"
The Washington herald., 1911-02-28
when One Loses Confidence

From the Chicago Recurd-Haald-
After man loses confidence in him
self it is not likely that anybody else IS
going to exhibit much enthusiasm over
his abilities
The Washington herald., 1911-02-28
Fully Occupied

Your pa will lick you IL he knows you
are out here skating on this thin ice"
But he won't know. He's busy writ
ing my composition for me"