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The Washington herald., 1911-07-10

The coronation of her most sacred
majesty. Admit - into Westminster
Abbey.-Norfolk. Earl Marshal" Soma
of the cards bore a number, and others
written directions as to the entrance, SC.
William w did everything on the chead
at the coronation of himself and Queen
Adelaide, which is perhaps the reason
that many people were admitted to the
abbey on payment A special admission
card was prepared for those who could
AFFORD this privilege.
1t folded in two. and at first glance
somewhat reseTnbled an old-fashloned
valentine. Beneath a crown. from which
a design Of rays proceeded, 1t stated on
one side: Coronation Of their matestIes.
King William " and Queen Adelaide.
South Side. Within Westminster Abbey.
and on the other: ''On admission, this
half viii be torn off: the other part to
be retained 10y the purchaser to show a
title to a seat while remaining in the
abbey during the day Of coronation
Check No. ="
These cards were yellow, with an en-
bossed decorative edge, the lettering be-
ing black.
A most elaborate card, nearly a foot in
length, admitted invited persons to the
coronation Of George ". The embossed
border consisted Of roses, shamrocks, and
thistles, with a crown surmounting a
portcullis in the corners, and in the CEN
ter was a symbolical picture Of an angel
crowning the monarch, who was sur
rounded by the figures Of Britannia and
others
This scene was in the form OF a me-
dalliOn surrounded by the royal title,
similar to that which appears on the
coinage, and beyond this was a wreath
OF roses. shamrocks. and leeks. Above
were the royal arms, between &c. r
w. and a the bottom a wreath OF
bay. On each side Of the central design
was loZenge, the left one being in
scribed with the word Abbey and the
right the number OF the ticket Just
below these were figures OF angels one
blowing a trumpet, the other offering
wreath.
The rest Of the card was filed with
rays Of glory and a conventional design
Of looped chains and circles. Each card
was tinted a different color for the peer
for whom It was intended, that for dukes
being blue
beSlue tnlS eIdDOrate caro- that IN use
at George HIS ceremony was homely in
the extreme 1t was somewhat poorly
printed in old red and black lettering on
a white card with q simple red border
Coronation Ticket. Record Room,
Westminster Abbey. Bench -, Seat =,
Come with this to the Garden Door in
College street by 47O7 O'Clock, and pass
through the Little and Great Cloyster to
the record room staircase in the East
Cloyster. Keep this Ticket tin all be
over.-J. Thomas. Sub-Dean." Just above
the subdean's signature was his seal in
red FTANETrR
Copyright. 1911, BY Court Gossip syndicatel
The Washington herald., 1911-07-10
SENATOR'S GUEST DINNERLEss.
Next MIR. Johnston Himself Repu-
dinted at MetrOpOIItan Club.

Washington Dispatch in New York Herald
Next time Senator Johnston, OF Ala
bama, invites A. ]. Stofer, a well-known
Southern publicist, to dinner he will go
after him in taxicab and see that he
arrives. The Senator also will obtain a
password emitting him to admission into
his own club that he may order the din
ner and play the host
A few nights ago Mr.. Johnston was
tired OF dining alone, his family being
away, and asked Mr.. Stofer to join him
at dinner at the Metropolitan Club The
Senator has been a member of the club
for several years, but seldom visits 1t.
Mr.. Stofer, with a healthy appetite. ap-
peared at the club at the appointed hour.
A negro attendant denied him admittance
and told him that Senator Johnston did
not belong to the club. The visitor went
away, looking hopefully at street signs
for a ham sandwich emporium
The next victim of the doorkeeper was
the Senator himself
What do you want?" he asked Senator
Johnston.
Il want to get in
You can't" said the guardian OF the
portal
Before the Senator could convince the
negro that he was a member the steward
had TO be called. When Senator Johnston
got in and found that his guest had been
turned away from the door he made OBJ
servations that matched the weather.
The door man IS no longer in his usual
place at the club.
The Washington herald., 1911-07-10
Holy Land GermaniEed.

From lie CH de PArs
Tourists who visit the Holy Land note
the progress of its Germanization On
the road to Nazareth most of the inns
are kept by Germans. Nearly all the
streets Of Jaffa have the aspect Of the
Prussian village. The houses have red
roofs and are surrounded by little gar
dens. The Syrian has been supplanted
by the Berliner who has migrated from
the banks Of the Spree to the borders
Of the Jordan. German is spoken every
where. The American consul is a Ger
man. Souvenirs of the Kaiser abound
everywhere. Here one shows a fountain
that he erected to furnish water to the
pilgrims dying Of thirst; there is a road
that he leveled to tighten the fatigue Of
the Journey. Enthusiastic guides show
on the Mount of the Ascension, beside
an imprint attributed to the Christ or
to MOhammed, according to ones faith,
human foot, we'll marked in the rock, OF
which he will conhdentiaIly murmur in
the ear of the tourist: William II
stepped there" This will soIidify into
the legend Of William IL
The Washington herald., 1911-07-10
AS OTHERS SEE 1T.

From the Pittsbrg Dispatch.
When Prophet Smith, Of the Mormons,
condemns polygamy on account Of the
high cost OF living, 1t will be seen that
almost everything has It's good phases.
From the Pfttsburg Post.
1t is very clear now that Mr.. Stokes
had ample reason for wanting to get hold
OF certain letters.
From the Brooklyn Eagle.
II John Hays Hammond will advertise
to lecture in his coronation robes, he
may be able to get a crowd and work up
enthusiasm for the Vice Presidency.
From the Atlanta Constitution.
Imagine a condition six months from
now, If you can. when we shall all be
From the Atlanta Journal.
The weather Wophet who forecast a
July frost was rushed to the lunatic
asylum before the mob could wreak its
vengeance.
From the Pittsbrg Sun
Philadelphia is to have all-night street
cars. Why?
From the Memphis NewsScmitar.
The fact that the New York Sun, New
York Times, and Leslie's Weekly are
bitterly denouncing Woodrow Wilson
should not be too much relied upon by
that statesman's friends to secure him
the Presidential nomination.
From the Ohio State Journal
This poor old Stokes man is said to
be so nervous for fear some other lady
friend will shoot at him that he nearly
expires Of the heat every time an auto
mobile tire blows up in his vicinity.
From the Detroit Free Press.
We have discovered, however that arti-
fetal ice melts in a perfectly natural
manner.
From the Pittsburg TimesGazette.
The collections for that national an
them prize Of $4,000 have been turned
in from $50 Chicago schools, and amount
to $3.50. It is not likely that the other
30 schools there will raise the other $780,
All. And the school boards in the rest Of
the country are not SO freakish.
From the Topeka Capital.
Generally speaking. the act of the To-
peka husband who set his wife's hair
on fire should be condemned. still. be-
fore committing this department we
should like to know what kind of hair it
was.
From the Milwaukee Sentinel.
Foremost among those who deserve our
pity is the man who is back from his
vacation and has summer Of work be-
fore him.
From the Los Angeles Tribune
Quests for Dowie's buried gold would
have more substantial basis but for the
mean neglect of Dowie to bury any gold.
From the Rochester Union Advertiser.
An American girl is going to marry
Bey Richard Edward Bloque. a Turkish
diplomat. Fate must have q grievance
against this Bloque TO let him marry
an American girl who would wed
Turk.
The Washington herald., 1911-07-10
CARDS TO THE CORONA TON

With the single exception Of the names.
the invitation cards to the coronation
Of King George and Queen Mary were
exactly like those issued for the coro-
nation of the late King Edward and
Queen Alexandra. Those who had a
Westminster ceremonial had to notify
the lord chamberlain. After ascertaining
that the party was entitled to the honor
that official turned the request. with his
approval, over to the earl marshal, who
Issued the card.
The present invitation card, like that Of
King Edward, was a beautiful etching
ga by IA inches in size. 1t was sur
rounded by a neatly designed border Of
crowns, roses, shamrocks, maple leaves,
the southern cross, and signs emblem
atical Of the colonies with the Kings
arms, surmounted by ''R. R." in the left
upper corner, and the Queens arms with
M. r." in the opposite corner. The
invitation simply read:
Coronation of their MaJesties King
George and Queen Mary. BY command
o. the King the earl marshal is directed
to invite -- to be present at the Abbey
Church Of Westminster on the 23d day
June, 1911.
NORFOLK, Earl Marshal"
By the side Of the earl marshaFs sig
nature was a representation Of his seal
The only part Of the invitation that was
written by hand was the name of the
recipient. The cards were packed care
fully in tissue paper and embossed with
the earl marshaTs seal and were sent
by registered mail.
The cards for the coronation of King
Edward and Queen Alexandra were iden-
tical with the exception, OF course, Of
the two names and of the date of the
coronation, which was on June 26, 1902.
The Duke of Norfolk then also was the
earl marshal.
Queen Victoria sent command rather
nation. Engraved in written characters
on white paper, It ran thus:
Right Trusty and Right weIl-beloved
Cousin. We greet you well. Whereas
the Twenty-eighth day Of June next is
appointed for the Solemnity OF Our Royal
Coronation, These are TO VIII and Com
mand you and the Countess your Wife
(an excuses set apart to make your per-
sonaI attendance on Us at the time above
mentioned furnished and appointed as TO
your Rank and Quality appertaineth,
there to do and perform all such services
as shall be required and belong unto you
respectively, whereof you and she are
not TO fail. And so We bid you heartily
farewell Given at Our Court at st.
James the ninth day OF May, 1888, IN the
first year of Our Reign"
The card OF admission to Westminster
Abbey for the coronation Of William "
bore a crown and the royal cipher and
the royal arms in a circle. with Earl
Marshal of England" around them, the
wording being:
The Washington herald., 1911-07-10
Federal Road Building.

Federal aid in building good roads
has been often urged in Congress, and
as a rule, by Southern Representatives,
for reasons that are obvious. Roads
in that section, though far better than
they were a decade ago, still are far
from what they ought to be- Senator
Swanson, of Virginia, has brought up
the subject again. His plan differs from
others which have been advocated be-
fore, in that he claims to find the au-
thority for a Federal appropriation in
the post road" clause of the Consti-
tuition
All that the Constitution says on the
subject is that Congress shall have
power to establish post-ofices and post
roads" These few words supply the
theory for the extension of Federal
power over transportation. They have
been used often before IN the discussion
of railroad regulations and the COM
merce provision. This same post
road" clause was made to justify the
advance of some $7,oooooo by the Fed
eral government for the construction of
the Cumberland road Cor National
pike, famous piece of public work
undertaken by the United States in the
days OF our grandfathers.
AS the rural free delivery system has
made almost every travelled lane post
road, Senator Swanson's plan would
spread Federal aid all over the United
States. His proposal to expend $4,000
900 annually for FIVE years would not,
however, be sufficient without the CO.
operation of the States. Owing to the
magnitude of the project, the Senator
most probably does not expect any i'm
mediate results from his present efforts
other than to focus the attention of
good roads promoters.
Twenty millions of dollars is large
sum of money, but in reality It is not
so very much more than the annual
appropriations for battle ships and their
The Washington herald., 1911-07-10
Creating Peers for a Purpose.

The fact that all hope of a compro-
mise upon the Lords veto bill has been
abandoned has led to a remarkable situ-
alton in Great Britain The ministry is
more determined than ever to make use
of the royal prerogative and create
enough peers to overcome the opposi-
ton among the Lords.
Those who have followed the develop
ment of British politics will remember
that the King has twice been forced to
prorogue Parliament because, after the
passage by the House of Commons of
the bill aboIishing the land taxa
measure demanded by the people-the
House OF Lords refused to act. This
declination was to have been expected,
for the enactment of the law meant the
ending of the Lords prerogatives to
levy tax by leasing their broad acres
to tenants at fixed rental, without pay
ing tax to the government, 'by right
of their vested grants of such estates
by the Kings for services rendered by
some ancestor to his country" 1t will
be remembered that Lloyd George, the
sworn foe of the vested rights of the
landowners, and knowing how greatly
these rights have been and still are be-
ing abused, has been determined to see
,ber, aboI;ebaJ =, +La ;,to-oc. af Il
masses. Once he failed, for the vot-
ers apparently misunderstood the stu
alton, and the same members were re-
turned TO Parliament, giving the whip
again to the Conservatives, and the bill
was suspended. Last winter the premier,
urged by the chancellor of the ex-
chequer (the same Lloyd George, put
the matter once more before Parliament
by means of second election, and then
the House received the desired Liberal
and Unicnist majority to pass the bill
The real difficulty then began. The
House of Lords very naturally held up
the bill, for not only did the act abolish
the landowners prerogatives, but it con-
tanned the now famous veto" clause,
taking from the Lords all power to veto
any measure sent TO them by the Com
mons
This was the situation long before
Easter, and but for the armistice that
had been agreed upon for the corona
ton festivities, the matter would have
been ended before now. 1t was not ex-
pected that the Lords would sound their
own death knell by accepting such a
proposition as had been sent them from
the Commons, and they knew, more
over, that there were enough conserv-
atiye or opposition" peers in their
chamber to defeat the bill by vote. In
The Washington herald., 1911-07-10
Did Not Mean 1t, II True.

From the Denver News
That is misinterpretation," said
former Senator Taliaferro OF a certain
bill. That misinterprets the peoples
wishes as badly as the Jacksonville
crier misinterpreted Shakespeare.
In a Jacksonville court the other
day a lawyer quoted Shakespeare-'Who
steals my purse steals trash'-to q deaf
judge.
What's thatr the Judge demanded
WHO steals my purse steals trash.
the lawyer repeated. Twas something
nothing; twas mine, tits his and has
been slave
"LouderI I can't hear your said the
Judge, irritably.
"'who steals my purse repeated
the unfortunate lawyer, steals trash
Twas
Cant you speak upr growled the
deaf judge.
"At this point the crier thought It
time to interfere. He bent over the
Judge and shouted in his ear:
He just says, sir, that anybody what
steals his pocket-book won't get moth
ing"
The Washington herald., 1911-07-10
The Chase Committee Report.

Former Senator Dicks report on the
work already accomplished by the
Chase committee of one hundred is as
interesting as it is encouraging. The
document is addressed to the subscrib-
ers of the 100000 fund raised to defray
the expenses of the campaign for bet
ter remuneration of employees of the
classified Federal service. The state
ment discloses the fact that the COM
1nittee, under the direction of ex-
Senator Dick, is conducting an intelli-
gent campaign for a definite purpose
AS a groundwork for presenting the
cause of the government clerks effec-
lively before Congress, Mr.. Dick has
been and continues to be in communi-
cation with the governors of all the
States, and with the mayors of the
principal cities, with view to having
each State and each great city repre-
sented in the membership of his COM
mittee. He reports that this is being
accomplished most satisfactorily.
In order that experience and results
in other nations may be used in franz
ing legislation to correct existing evils,
the retirement and pension systems in
other countries, as we'll as of large
private industrial organizations, are be-
ing studied, while the actual conditions
in the classified Federal service are
being Investigated in detail to enable
the committee to be equipped with full
data for its work.
The question is, therefore, being han
died in a conservative but effective
fashion, and Mr.. Dicks announcement
that his committee will be ready to lay
its findings before Congress at its next
regular session with strong appeal
for consideration offers much encour-
agement to the clerks.
The Washington herald., 1911-07-10
MONDAY, JULY 10, 1911.
Our Summer Population.

The investigation made by The
Washington Herald as to the extent of
the city's summer population, and print
ed at some length in yesterdays issue,
offers convincing proof that Washing
s9n is not deserted in the summer time.
This fact, which has been constantly
insisted upon in these columns, is worth
! all the emphasis with which it has been
impressed upon the public mind. There
has been a disposition in the city to
accept the summer months as period
of idleness, based upon the assumption
that everybody is out of town. The
figures show, however, that this as
sumption is an error. The captains of
the various police precincts afford an
excellent basis for making an estimate
of the absentees. They know each
vacant house within their jurisdictions.
AS might be expected, the largest num-
Der of empty residences and apartments
are in the northwest, but even in that
section the proportion is small. In other
sections of the city the summer months
make almost no change in the popula-
tion, except possibly for week or two
There are hundreds OF squares where
the residents are just as numerous to-
day as in midwinter.
As near as can be estimated, there
are in the District of Columbia to-day
$4,000 people. Surely this is popu-
lation large enough to be given con-
sideration. They must be fed and
clothed and housed Inducement made
to them to purchase articles of neces-
sity will bring prompt return.
We want to Danish from our minds
the old idea that Washington is dead
and deserted in summer. 1t is an idea
which we have accepted because it has
been oft repeated, whereas investigation
shows that it is not based upon fact.
The Washington herald., 1911-07-10

ultimate cost up to being commissioned.
If Mr.. Swanson's project is to be an
tagonized with effect, it must be on
other grounds than that of cost. The
country has approved railroad super
vision by the government 1t has no
objection to river and harbor appropri-
ations, as long as they are not extrav-
agant. Under such conditions, the
country might eventually agree to the
Interpretation put upon the seven words
in the Constitution, as regards post
roads by Senator Swanson and urge
Congress to vote for the improvement
by the nation of the highways leading
to rivers and harbors.
The Washington herald., 1911-07-10
The Mental Clinic.

New York has an organization de-
voted to mental hygiene. 1t seeks to
prevent insanity and to cure nervous
disorders, which often lead to loss of
reason. More than that, it discovers
incipient cases and treats them scientih-
cally. The organization has recently
opened its first mental clinic, or dis
pensary. Advice is free, and sufferers
or friends of those afflicted will be
encouraged to make use of the facilities
afforded.
Such mental dispensaries are needed
in every city. Ignorance is responsible
for much brutal handling of insane or
alleged insane persons, while poverty
and neglect often fill the hospitals with
cases that might and perhaps would
have responded to early treatment.
This may or it may not be the age of
worry, nervous disease, and the pace
that kills the mind. Leading psycholo-
gists have ridiculed the idea that in
sanity, in a peculiar sense, is modern
disease. But be that as it may, the work
which is being done in New York Is
of direct and positive value to the COM
munity.
The Washington herald., 1911-07-10
Sleep or Vacation.

From the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
An eminent English physician stands
authority for the statement that II any
one will spend twenty-four hours con-
tinuously in bed, he will secure the
equivalent, in health-giving results, OF
weeks vacation of the ordinary kind
Those unfortunately so situated that
they will be unable to take vacation
can try the remedy. Almost every one
has one full day in the week which he
can make a day of absolute rest should
he choose. But the majority OF those
who are in a position to take vacations
will doubtless continue to do so' and they
will do we'll thereby.
There is something moro in a vacation
than a mere resting of the tired muscles
and mind from the strain Of daily labor.
The great advantage is that 1t affords a
relatively long break n the monotoay
Of duily life.
The Washington herald., 1911-07-10
Fixed Standard for Beer.

From the Newark News
Abroad there are very stringent laws
with reference to the manufacture and
sale of beer. If the product does not
come up to the standard established by
the government it is summarily dumped
into the cutters as unfit for the people
to drink. Furthermore, 1t is not allow
able in the old country to sell half beer
and half froth. Citizens Of Munich re-
Gently sued a saloonkeeper for this trick,
on the ground that he was thereby de-
frauding his customers, and the court
fined him an equivalent Of $3.50 and sent
him to Jail for six weeks.
There can be no question that, since
such an enormous quantity Of beer is
drunk every year in the United States,
equivalent to what would I'LL a canal 100
feet wide, ten feet deep and seventy
miles long. It ought to be made pure, for
the sake of the health Of those who drink
The Washington herald., 1911-07-10
ABOUT WASHINGTON.

From the Cleveland Leader
There is some advantage in being
close to the throne of the chief weather
man in Washington. The Senate voted
itself a three days recess just before
the hot wave came on.
From the Detroit Free Pres.
Chairman Underwood says Congress
will be in session during August But
thank goodness, many of US will be
away on our vacations then.
From the Atlanta Constitution.
Cheer up. Suppose you were Champ
Clark, losing S,9CO week managing a
summer session of Congress!
From the Springfield Republican.
The speech of Senator Works, Of Cali
fornia, in defense OF Christian Science
must have been interesting. But the
question before the Senate is the tariff
and the cost of living, and what has
Christian Science TO do with this?
From the Louisville Courie=-Journal
A Washington girl who married a Ken
tuckian who is charged with having
stolen $4,000 says she's proud of him.
Well, he certainly wasn't pi1er.
From the Indianapolis NewS
In going TO sea to escape the hot
weather, perhaps the President also has
some notion OF meeting up with the
Senate, which, as is well known, has
been all at sea for some time.
The Washington herald., 1911-07-10
An Unconsciou. HumorI.t.

FROM the Philadelphia Record.
If brevity is the sole Of wit one OF
the wittiest speeches on record was made
by a woman. Mrs. Briggs lived in the
northern part OF Indiana, long distance
from any village. Hearing that the Rev.
Mr. Goodwin was to preach IN a town.
ship some twenty miles distant, she re-
solved to be present. and. as no other way
offered, she walked the twenty miles
The pastor heard OF this, and was so
pleased at the appreciation which It
showed that at the close Of the sermon
he mentioned the fact to the congre-
CATION, and called upon Mrs. Briggs to
tell them how she came.
Rising slowly, she looked over the
audience with great solemnity, and said:
IT hoofed IT.
Then she sat down again