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The Washington herald., 1911-08-20
IMPERIAL DURBAR AT DELHI.

mich to abandon the cause of the En-
peror and to make his peace with Louis
XVII. who made him lord Of the Gros-
bois estates. Napoleon resented thl.
more bitterly than anything else in con-
nection with his overthrow. When he
Quilted Elba a year later. and resumed
for a hundred days the possession Of
his throne in Paris, Berthier, who
was in Bavaria at the time, felt
unable to resist the longing to re-
Join his old friend and master, and
sent message to ask whether he would
receive him. While Napoleon gladly well
coined all his other former officers. with
out reproaching them for their desertion.
not even Marshal Ney, he sent back an
intimation to Berthier that he would
only consent to receive him II he would
appear before him arrayed In the uni
form of the rank. and with the insignia
Of the orders bestowed upon him by
Louis XVIII.
, On receiving this message at Bamberg.
Berthier was so overcome by remorse.
that, leaving his wife and little children
on some pretext or other, he threw him.
self out of one of the windows of the
castle, killing himself instantly on the
rocks over hundred feet below.
FLANEUR
Copyright. isl1. by Court Gossip syndicate.)
The Washington herald., 1911-08-20
HOPE FOR LINCOLN HIGHWAY.

Advocates See Chance I'm Dispute
Over Location of Edince.
From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
Advocates OF a national highway from
washington to Gettysburg as a memorial
to Lincoln are given further opportu-
nifty to advocate their plan by the dispute
which has arisen over the location OF
the elaborate edifce which has been
planned by the Lincoln Memorial Conn
mission.
President Taft, who is the head of the
commission. declares that final action
will not be taken for six months, and
there Is at least suggestion in this an
nouncement that he might welcome a re-
opening of the original question as to
the form of the memorial. in order that
the present controversy might be avoided.
More legislation would be required to en-
able the commission to carry its expendi-
ture beyond the District of Columbia, as
would be necessary for the construction
of the proposed road: but this Is not an
insurmountable obstacle.
There are many arguments to support
the preference of a national highway,
serving utilitarfan as well as aesthetic
purpose, rather than an elaborate pile of
hhdrDie as memorial OF tne great conf
moner. massive, imposing or snowy
piece of architecture may prove serv-
iceable memorial of the name of Lincoln,
and in future years serve to make the
name familiar to every sightseer who
visits Washington. But as a memorial OF
the man, his personal characteristics and
and his public service. 1t would be hardly
more fitting and true than the posing of
the humble Quaker on city hall tower.
hundreds of feet above the heads of or
dinary citizens.
The Washington herald., 1911-08-20
Is THERE A MONEY TRUsTf
community of Interests May BE
sifted by Federal Government.

From the Baltimore Sun.
ness combinations became prominent in
this country in connection with the
Standard OIL Company about quarter
of century ago. 1t was a system de-
vised by which large number of. cor
porations could be combined and made
practically one concern by placing the
stock Of the various auxiliary companies
I'm the same hands, to be held 'in
trust for special purposes and all voted
by the same authority. From this eir-
cumstance the word trust" has come
to have a wide popular meaning, and
every monopoly. or combinat ton or COM
munity of interest is commonly called
a trust in default of any more con-
venient term.
Everybody knows what the term means.
And yet when a newspaper speaks of the
money trust" as a convenient term
to denote the enormous power held by
few financiers and capitalists. Blanche.
Tray, and Sweetheart all with one voice
begin to howl that there is no such thing
as a money trust. Strictly speaking.
there is not. 1t has no definite organi-
zation. no Incorporation. and no direc-
tors. 1t Is what Is commonly called a
community Of interests. But 1t is so well
defined and understood that, according
to report, the Federal authorities are
action to prevent the further
of bank control In New
York City. the financial center of the
United States.
The Washington herald., 1911-08-20
Marriage and Divorce.

The divorce statistics of Kansas City
are giving it an unenviable reputation.
II is said that out of three marriages
III that city, one ends in the divorce
court, because, since January l, there
is a record of 1900 weddings and 700
divorces. The churches and sociologists
are alarmed and insist upon more strin-
gent divorce laws, especially as there
is an increasing number of children
from broken homes in the hands of the
Juvenile Court.
While conditions may not be quite
as bad as would appear from a SUPER
fetal glance, it would seem that the ap-
parent ease with which marriage is ad-
ministered in Kansas and in Missouri
is somewhat to blame. Lax marriage
laws, according to the judge of the
Kansas City Juvenile Court, are re-
sponsible for most of the matrimonial
wrecks. There is practically no re-
striction upon marriage. We read in
one of the Kansas City papers that
"a score of clergymen and host of
petty officers of the law and court
house sharks stand ready to perform
the marriage service without more than
the most formal questioning" The re-
suit is a certainty that a multitude of
young people unfit for wedlock are
united. The time has evidently ar
rived when the divorce evil should be
taken in hand in its initial stage, the
marriage ceremony
The Washington herald., 1911-08-20
san Our own "I.m.o

From the Boston Transcript.
DR.. Hannis Taylor fears that the ar
bitration treaties< may leave the Monroe
doctrine open to the verdict of an in
ternationa1 tribunal. On the other hand.
President Taft declares that II is to be
understood that policies" are excluded
from the operation of the treaties. With
the President of the onred States and
the people of the United States united
in holding that ..Monroeism', Is our ism
and not to be passed upon by an inter-
national court, there - no danger APP
parently of foreign judges ever having
chance to pass upon 1t Hands on
the doctrine would be the command of
the nation, whatever treaty loopholes
might be found.
The Washington herald., 1911-08-20
Commission Rule in Trenton.

The first election under the so-called
commission charter has gained for Tren-
ton independence from political ma
chimes. This is shown by the fact
that the candidate whom the bosses
of both parties tried their utmost to
defeat led his nine competitors in the
count of votes, while the present city
treasurer (Democrat) and the Republi-
can chairman of Mercer County came
out at the bottom of the entire list
At least four of the FIVE. commissioners
elected at Trenton may be presumed to
be free of that subserviency to political
machines which generally manifests it
self through corruption and waste in
the letting of contracts, also in a cor
rupt or wasteful civil service.
Previous experience in a municipal
Office, however, should not be considered
disqualification, as many old-tine
officeholders have turned out to be
excellent administrators when elected in
cities which have adopted commission
rule. The cause for this is obvious.
Under the new system, requiring pub
licity for each and every public act,
and with Its concentration of respon-
sibility in a small commission, there are
not the opportunities for log-rolling or
for favoritism characteristic of a mu-
nicipal government consisting of large
council membership and dozen or
more heads of departments.
The public can keep watch over FIVE
men better than it can hold to account
fifty or more officials. Those cities in
New Jersey which thus far have re-
jected the commission plan will watch
Trenton's experiment with keen interest.
The Washington herald., 1911-08-20
The Stranger Within Our Gates.

Washington every day cntertains a
throng of visitors-Americans from
every State and visitors from foreign
lands. Their presence has become such
a matter of course that they come and
go, for the most part, unnoticed by the
residents of this city. Just how many
strangers come to the Capital in the
course of a year it would be difficult
to determine with accuracy. but the re-
port of Col Spencer Cosby, superin-
tendent of public buildings and grounds.
gives us some idea. In the last fiscal
year 10000 visitors ascended TO the
top of the Washington Monument.
Taking it for granted that very few of
these were residents of this city, and
assuming, further, that thousands who
come to the city do not go to the top
of the Monument, this figure may be
set down for as conservative an esti-
mate as can readily be made
Now, then, if 10000 visitors could
leave Washington every year with a
keen appreciation of the city's or It's
citizens hospitality, and with knowi-
edge of what Washington may hold for
them as a place of residence, the fame
of the Capital would spread to the ends
of the earth more quickly than it could
be diffused through any direct or in
direct advertising plan.
/ G. Grosvcnor Dawes recent sugges-
ton that Washington would do well to
give more attention to conventions
which come here uninyited and to the
strangers within our gates is one we'll
worth pondcring and acting upon.
There is no reason why majority Of
the people who come 70 Washington,
including all OF thoss who come as
delegates and visitors to conventions,
should not depart with high sense II
the hpspitaiip Of our peppt md fuIl
The Washington herald., 1911-08-20
One ON Bill Nye.
From the philadelphi. Inquirer

From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Whenever a member of Congress has
a story to tell about "Bilr' Nye. he
hunts up Representative Frank NJ. Nye.
OF Minnesota, his brother. Representa-
tive Gould, Of Maine, cornered Nye in
the lobby of the Capitol the other day.
Your brother was living in New York
at the time said Gould. land neigh
Dor from Shirley, Me-. where you both
were born, dropped in to see him.
You know the old house is about all
that is left of the town.. remarked the
visitor
g :. Yes; I suppose that's So said Nye.
They think great deal OF you
there. The old house stands on the cor
ner and they have put a tablet in front
of it, ~
. Bill was ali attention. He leaned for
ward and inquired:
What is on the tablet?
:. Eight miles to Readville.f said the
visitor
The Washington herald., 1911-08-20
Tip Save. Polar Bear.

From the F1ttsburg Dispatch.
II certain quiet, modestly attired mid
dle-aged man had not visited the Bronx
Zoo there might now be one less polar
bear m the temperate, zone. The bear in
question was the gigantic Silver King.
presented to the city by, Paul Rainey.
Silver King has never been in love with
America and yesterday, seemingly, he
bethought himself to die. He painted at
the edge of a pool of warm water as
polar bears only can pant. The man saw
this and went to the nearest keeper and
told him to hurry up and drop cake
OF ice into the bears bathing pool.
who's running this outfit. anyway
retorted the keeper.
Not t. said the man. "But II you
want little advice from Engineer Ma
lone, of Admiral Peary's successful expe-
dition to the North Pole. you'd better get
busy with that cake of ice"
The keeper ran to the Ice house.
The Washington herald., 1911-08-20
Most Decorated of Americans.

From the Chicago Examiner.
]. Pierpont Morgan is the most deco
rated citizen in the United States. He
has received more insignias of honor than
any of the other 1.500 Americans who
have won the regard of foreign rulers.
Three times the New York financier has
been made medalist by English SOW
ereigns-Victoria, Edward, and George.
Only recently the Kaiser decorated him
with the Grand Cross of the Red Eagle
of Prussia, and he possesses the Grand
Cross of the Order of SIS. Maurice and
Lazarus of Italy, and is a commander of
the Legion of Honor of France.
But then Mr.. Morgan has won his deco
rations by generosity for which even the
coveted orders are a poor reward.
The Washington herald., 1911-08-20

ganda- Fences and dead walls suddenly
contained white placards inscribed P. L.
L. and bearing some figures considered
cabalistic, but simply announcing when
the next meeting would be held. Those
posters were not there at nightfall, but
stared you in the face at daybreak. But
the North never had anything like the
Ku Kux Klan, and a revival of its
memory by annual reunions ought not
to be fostered.
The Washington herald., 1911-08-20
CURIOUS BITS OF HISTORY.
BY A. w. MACY.
ORIGIN OF THE SLEEPING

q
Just who first conceived the
idea of sleeping car for rail-
way passengers is not clear. One
standard" encyclopedia claims
the honor for Philip II. Lauf-
man: but, as it also makes him a
railway manager at the age Of
sixteen. Its statements must be
accepted with caution. The first
sleeping cars ever designed were
used on the Cumberland Valley
Railroad. In Pennsylvania, in
1888. In these the sleeping ar
rangements consisted of three
tiers Of shelves. two feet wide.
on each side Of the car, made to
fold up against the sides during
the day. About 1853 or 1889
Webster Wagner built some
sleepers for the New York Cen
trail: but they were little more
than enlarged copies of the
night hunks in the passenger
boats of the Erie canal" was-
ner built fine cars afterward, but
to George NJ, Pullman belongs
the chief credit for perfecting
the modern sleeping car. From
1859 to 1853 he experimental.
Transforming some old passenger
cars into fairly comfortable
sleepers. They were upholstered
in plush. lighted with coal oil
lamps, and heated with box
stoves. In 1854 he perfected the
Pioneer" which was really the
first sleeper Of the modern type.
at a cost of $4,000. This car
was one of the ten which formed
Lincoln's funeral train from Chi
cago to Springfield.
Copyright, 1911, By Joseph B. Bowlss)
To-morrow-"washi First
The Washington herald., 1911-08-20
Uncle Walt Says Today.

There cussing when things going wrong Tor
saying things ussing bring good luck along If fortune
80 - treats you nleanly you'll find that it will pay
USELESS go serenel, and smile the good old
DoINGSs way There is no use repining if you have
got an ache; there is in whining as
though your heart would break It's best sit and suffer
little pain and grin your luck might be much tougher than it has
Sometimes gods yon and you give
creech your neghbors will respect yo and say that you're
peach There is rantng; the quiet is best that
mouth enchanting which often takes rest Just do some
silent thinking while jogging your many tongues arc
cinking and clankng all the day Walt MASON
The Washington herald., 1911-08-20
Art Pose in Photography.

From the Bulletin of Photography.
We photographers do\well to study the
painters poses. but we do I'll literally to
copy their studies. Why should candid
critic dilate on the beauty of such work?
What claim to praise has photographer,
otherwise than for ingenuity, when he
guns around for young woman much as
possible like one of Gainsborough's or
Reynolds, say, like Miss Ann Bingham,
and has her hair fixed up by tonsorial
artist and gets a modiste to cut her gar
ment Identical with the one In the pic
ture?S Is not as much credit due to the
barber or the dressmaker as to the pho
t2erapher?
The Washington herald., 1911-08-20
TABLOID THOUGHTS.

From the Manchester Union.
! Congressman Lafferty, of Oregon. is
such a cut-upi -
From the Chicago News.
Never fear but that Mr. Bryan has fur
ther remarks to make.
Prom the Louisville Pos,.
Sunny Jim Sherman seems to have his
head in the clouds at present.
From the Ohio State Journal.
B Admiral Togo has now seen our feet
and Maj. Butt, and probably will think
twice before declaring war on us.
From the st. Loui, Postpizpatch. -.N ..
The favorite son season is already at
hand, but the dark horse time is still
lingering beyond the horizon.
From the Indianapolis News
Perhaps the people who want to oust
DIR. Wiley would be satisfied to have Mr..
McCabe appointed in his place.
From the New York World
Washington has coined a new verb-to
"mccabe." II is also reported that Secre-
tary Wilson is now to be mccabed.
From the Boston Herald.
The venerable Secretary of Agriculture
survived the Clifford Pinchot episode, but
DIR. Wiley and benzoate OF soda may fin
ish him.
From the Springfield Republican
In voting to emasculate the arbitration
treaties with Great Britain and France II
is to be feared that Senator Lodge was
up to one of his old tricks OF misrepre-
senting Massachusetts,.
From the Springfield Republican.
The country's thanks are deserved by
Secretary Nagle for saying of Judge
Gary's proposal that the government
should fix prices: Yes; and when the
government runs the whole business,
Gary will try to run the government
The Washington herald., 1911-08-20
Her worldly view.

From the Philadelphia Record.
81 suppose" said Collector Loeb, that
in the past a good many people looked
on strict observance of the customs
laws from selfish and worldly point Of
view. They al like Aunt Mary Per-
simmons
Aunt Mary called one day on the
village lawyer.
Well. old lady, he said. what can
| do for your
All wants toe ddivo'ce NAH hus-
band said Aunt Mary.
Divorce old Uncle Bili?' cried the
lawyer. Good gracious. why? !.
q .Bekase he's done got religion. dat,si
why said Aunt Mary, an we amt had
q chicken on de table fo' six weeks"
The Washington herald., 1911-08-20
MRS. HARRMAN's ECONOMY.
Magnafe's Widow Regnrded In
I'm Wall street as Very Shrewd.

Magnafe's Widow Regarded In
I'm Wall street as Very shrewd.
From the New York Press
Mrs. Mary Hartman. widow of z. H.
Hartman. the great railroad financier,
Is regarded in Wall Street as remark
ably shrewd. The way she has conversed
the estate of her husband since his
death has surprised many financiers
who gladly would have gwen her advice
and incidently have learned something
about her stock and bond holdings To
those. men Mrs. Hartman has been po-
lite and grateful, but to nones of them
has she given her confidence. She has
been as economical and careful in her
management of her husbands estate as
she always had been in managing her
household. Before @her husbands death
she maintained the household daintily
and luxuriously on much less than her
husband gave her for that purpose. She
believed in making use of scraps and
remnants, and always made 1t a point
to waste nothing. Mrs. Hartman caused
many new and dainty things to be
fashioned from parts of wornout gar
ments of members of the family. She
knows the value of a dollar.
The Washington herald., 1911-08-20
The Very Latest in Reunions.

We doubt whether the last word in
veteran" reunions will ever be said in
this country There have been so many
causes" and parties in the last half
of the past century that the supply of
veterans still is sufficient to open long
vista of reunions. The veterans of the
civil war of both armies are organized
North and South. and the civil sur
vivors of that era, if so minded, could
form powerful national society. They
never have thought of doing this,
wherein they differed from certain
South CarolinianS, who have now start
ed a striking departure in reunions by
taking steps to form an association of
the surviving members of the Ku Klux
klan.- Some forty men gathered at
Chester. S. c., at the courthouse, recent
ly to discuss Ku Klux times and the
experiences of those days. IT.
To the youth of our day this may
have little or no meaning But the man
of fifty will recall it as one of the most
dangerous and defiant secret societies
of lawless tendencies ever known in our
history. Its primary purposes were to
frighten the negroes out of voting the
Republican ticket, to paralyze the newly
established Freedmen's bureaus, to run
out 'carpet-baggers,' and, in general,
by terror. to unsettle the results of the
war
Its beginnings were excusable enough.
1t was formed to keep the recently
freed negroes in order, sort of vigi-
lance committee that took the place
OF justice, which had not yet recovered
from the war. But soon it passed under
the control of more brutal element,
which saw political possibilities The
founders dropped out, and the Ku Klux,
stopping at nothing, made itself felt by
fire, blood, and suffering. 1t developed
info so atrocious an organization that
for its suppression it became necessary
TO pass a Federal law-the famous Ku
Klux act.
The Congressional committee which
investigated the Ku Klux found that il
was resplendent in titles II had Grand
Wizards, Grand Dragons, and a Grand
Cyclops; realms. provinces. and camps.
With the exception of Virginia, Florida,
and Louisiana, ct was firmly established
throughout the South, where it became
menace and curse. The Federal
government throttled it finally, but it
left heirs in the White Caps and Night
Riders. Much research was devoted to
its etymology; but the generally accept
cd conclusion is that the name of a.
Tennessee social club of young men
ku .Nux Klan Gin which Greek and
misspelled English formed the main fac
for, indicating circular CLAM, was bor-
rowcd by their lawless elders.
There never was Ku Klux Klan in
the North, though there have been Sc
erei societies formed to further a policy.
The Know Nothings came and vent,
and so, did the famous "A. PA. lAmeri-
can Protective Association) later, bur
they were law-abiding people. They
banded together to secure certain. Iegis-
lation by secret promotion
The P. l. l.. some forty. years ago,
was also very powerful, and its mystic
rious posters frightened the uninitiated.
That so-called Personal Liberty
League aimed at obtaining 4hc repeal
Of the prohibition law, especially in|
New England. and the Substitution Of
license. The promoters had very ef-
feetise way Il working their propa.