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The Washington herald., 1911-09-18

and courage, and imparts qualities
which he cannot obtain by the use of
the midnight oil If the body be de-
veloped at the sacrifice of the mind,
however, a one-sided and incomplete
education is the result. What is needed
is a curriculum which allows athletics but
does not subordinate mentality. 1t is
true that many colleges secure patronage
through successful football or base
ball team, but in the end this character
of support is not most desirable, and it
will have no lasting value.
Athletics will continue to be an attract
i've feature of university life, but good
will see to it that no in
stitution fails in achieving educational
success by subordinating the develop
ment of the brain to the acquisition of
Drawn.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-18
National Headquarters Here.

1t is not at all surprising that the
promoters of the organization known
as the Boy Scouts of America should
be seriously considering removing their
national headquarters to this city.
The Boy Scouts have increased greatly
in numbers since they were first banded
together, and the substantial foundation
upon which the movement rests indi-
Gates that it will be more lasting than
other juvenile organizations. 1t is more
attractive and helpful to the boys than
the Knights of King Arthur, the
Knights of the Holy Grail, the boys
brigades, and similar movements, mas
much as it stimulates their love Of
nature and teaches them to be helpful
to themselves and to each other under
conditions that appeal to boyish tenn
peraments.
But is it necessary that the movement
to be thoroughly successful should be
national, and this can best be accom-
pllShed by locating the headquarters in
the National Capital. The American
Civic Federation, which was originally
located in Pittsburg, came to this con-
clusion more than a year ago when it
removed to Washington, and has not
regretted its action. The mere fact
that the literature and correspondence
of an organization enanates from
Washington gives it a standing which
cannot be obtained in any other city.
The presence of the Boy Scout head
quarters in New York restricts the eff
forts to enlist boys from other States,
while if the offices should be trans
ferred here the national character of
the movement would be effectively en-
phasized.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-18
The States and the Nation.

Now that the controversy as to the
rights of the States is in full blast
again. it is wise to recall an utterance
by Chief Justice Chase in deciding a
case in the United States Supreme
Court many years ago. 1t has been
printed many times. but none the less
is it of interest now. 1t is as follows:
But the perpetuity 'and indissolu-
bility of the Union by no means implies
the loss OF distinct and individual ex-
istence, or of the right of self-govern-
ment by the States. Without the States
in the Union, there could be no such
political body as the United States.
Not only, therefore. can there be no
loss of separate and independent au-
tonomy to the States through their
union under the Constitution, but it may
not unreasOnably be said that the preSer-
vation of the States and the mainte-
nance of their governments are as much
within the design and care of the Con-
Stitution as the preservation of the
Union and the maintenance of the
national government. The Constitution
in all its provisions looks to an indie
structible Union composed Of inde-
structible States"
Not the States nor the Union, but
the States and the Union This is the
republic which our fathers founded,
which has been preserved to the Lres-
ent day. and which is destined to sur
vive for centuries TO come.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-18
Athletics in the Colleges.

Appropriately with the season, the
question of athletics in the colleges is be-
ing discussed. The New York Tribune is
authority for the statement that in spite
of the wide divergence of opinion among
college and university heads regarding
the prominence of athletics in the ac-
tivities of the institutions, there seems
to be no immediate prospect of cur
tailment of the athletic branches. Rather
does It seem that sports are more and
more being included in the contests be-
tween colleges and classes in various
institutions. In other words, there is a
greater rivalry in football rowing, and
baseball than there is in debating or
purely academic rivalries.
Experts, of course, disagree. Presi-
dent Harris, of Amherst, is an earnest
J :liever in athletics, while President
Lowell, of Harvard, thinks that the en-
phasis placed upon sports is entirely too
great. As a matter of fact, there is a
happy medium, and when this is OBJ
served, both the university and the
student will be the gamers thereby.
Proper regard for physical develop
ment is helpful to every young man. It
gives him muscular strength, confidence,
The Washington herald., 1911-09-18
AS OTHERS SEE IT.

From the Baltimore Sun.
A bumper cranberry crop would atone
for some OF the weather's misdeeds this
year.
From the baltimore American.
Railroad employees are to be taught how
to give first aid to the injured. So long
as grade crossings exist, this knowledge
will be urgently needed.
From the Baltimore Star
An Ohio rural mail carriers wife is his
substitute. so he can take a few days of
whenever he feels like it, without injur-
ing the family income.
From the Philadelphia Press
Cincinnati is having a dam celebration.
Newspaper compositors will please keep
their fingers off the key.
From the Florida Times-Unon.
What has become of that spelling re-
form which the word of a President was
to establish in a night?
From the Chicago Tribune.
An editorial formula for a clambake
allows for only a half busheI of clans.
Is the author accustomed to eating alone?
From the Savannah Press.
Eight persons were killed by autos on
the New Jersey highways~ in August.
This must have been the open month
for pedestrians in that State.
From the Pittsburg Post.
If all the women are money mad, as
a prominent minister declares, what is
the matter with some of the men?
From the Chicago Post
The Standard Oil Company is dead.
Bayonne On. j. papers please copy.
From the Salt Lake Tribune
Blackhanders, it is stated, are at work
in ST. Louis. We are glad to know that
somebody is at work in st. Louis.
From the Dallas News.
Having exhausted all other theories.
we are about convinced that Mona Lisa
was stolen by the beef trust.
From the Buffalo Express.
A Memphis murderer tried to commit
suicide when he learned that his death
sentence had been commuted to i'm
prisonment for life. 1t is hard to please
some people.
From the Albany Journal
The Wall Street Journal fears that pre-
mature equinoctial storms will be as
cribed TO Schedule K, Standard Oil, and
WaH streets lie factory"
From the New York World
1t costs one-third more to die than it
used to, according to a railway statis-
tician. But life is three times more en-
joyable than it used to be. which ought
to balance things.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-18
Getting at the Cause.

Although the fall season is upon US
and the frost will soon be the champion
fy-swatter of the year, it is worth while
to note the very sensible action which
has been taken by the municipal au-
thorities of Salt Lake City in the mat
ter of fly destruction. They have un-
dertaken to solve the problem by abol-
ishing the conditions under which the
flies thrive.
The ordinance recently passed in Salt
Lake City makes it unlawful for any
person, firm, or corporation to have upon
their premises any cesspool or like place
or garbage which is not protected from
flies, or any vegetable waste, trash,
litter, rags, or refuse of any kind in
which flies may breed or multiply.
Heavy penalties are provided for viola
tiOn of the enactment, and the health
officer is given ample authority to act
This means, of course, that in this par
ticular instance the authorities are get
ting at the cause of the trouble They
are not wasting time killing flies, nor
even in passing laws protecting foods
from contact with the insects They
propose to diminish the number of flies
by aboIishing the places where they
breed.
In other cities, like Covington, KY,
the problem is being attacked in the
same fashion When all municipalities,
including Washington, realize that the
way to fight the fly is to prevent it from
multiplying, they will begin in the right
way to rid the cities of a pest.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-18
May Collide in the AIR.

From the Norfolk Virginian-Pilot.
It is hoped that the two aTiators who are crossing
the continent in opposite directions Ein manage 70
avoid a colhSon.-Washington Herald
We share our contemporaries nope
but, while so doing, cannot help re-
memberingN that two ships crossing the
ocean in opposite directions do not al
ways manage to avoid collision-and
certainly the Atlantic, even in this day
OF huge Leviathans, cannot be charged
with lack OF sea-room-
The Washington herald., 1911-09-18
CURIOUS BITS OF HISTORY.
BY A. w. MACY.
THE MAN BEHIND COLUMBUS

THE MAN BEHIND COLUMBUS
Prince Henry Of Portugal dem .
onstrated to the world that a
Kings son may be useful as well
as ornamental. He was a man of
excellent character, a fine schol-
ar, and wonderfully energetic. He
had an intense desire for knowl-
edge, and did far more than any
other man of his time to dispel
the imaginary terrors of the deep
and open up to civilization the
unknown regions of the earth. 1t
was due TO him that the great
continent of Africa became known
to the civilized world, and the
system of continuous and system
attic exploration dates from his
time. He died in 1850, a third of
a century before Columbus set
out on his great voyage of dis
covery; but 1t was the study of
the Portuguese explorations that
prompted Columbus to undertake
his journey. If the Portuguese
could go so far southwark, why
should not he go as far west
ward? Thus it comes that this
man, almost unknown except to
scholars, stands back of Colum-
bus. without his work, Colum-
bus might have remained a SIM
pie Genoese sailor. and America
not have been discovered for an
other 100 years.
Copyright, 1911. by Joseph B. BoWles)
The Washington herald., 1911-09-18
BREAK GROUND FOR cHANcEL.
Anniversary Day in Episcopal
Church IN Maryland.

Church IN Maryland.
Hyattsville, Sept. n.-BIshop John
Gardner Murray, of Baltimore, preached
the sermon and was celebrant of the
holy communion upon the occasion of
the breaking of ground for the new
chanceI of st. Thomas Church near
Groom. Prince George County, this
morning.
On the 18th day of September, exactly
1l9 years ago to-day, Right Rev. Thomas
John CIagett was consecrated Bishop OF
Maryland. The ceremony took place IN
st. Thomas Church, and the bishop
lived most of his life at Groom. Many
Of the bishops descendants still reside
in Prince George County, the Clagett
family being, perhaps, the largest In
So lthern Maryland. Bishop Clagett was
born at Groom. and while holding this
high office in the church was rector Of
old st. PauIs parish, of which Groom
was part. with St. Thomas as its
chapel.
Bishop Murray's sermon to-day was In
the nature Of a memorial TO Bishop
Clagett, and was q beautiful tribute.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-18
Uncle Walt Says To-day:

used to work for Mr. Knox farmer who had lots of
left my couch at break of day and toed until the dusk
gray. And when the evening
ENCOURAGEMENT meal was DER had to do chore after
chore; had feed a million sows
and milk about million And did Mr.. Knox
remark to well done old SoxT He cheered dis
NAL days by handing word of praise What wonder then
that my set his house and barn fire. and swiped
wagon load OF straw and carried off his mother law? went to
Deans powed and hoed his BEANS and
when in from my toll all pasered DER with sweat and
SOIL he always had kindly word he called me loooo,
peach and bird And labor delight and though tagged
and night otted bhey out of doors and gayy
did million chores If all employers only knew how much
word of praise will sulen woren that would do
their little stunts with glee. Walt MASON.
Copyright b George
The Washington herald., 1911-09-18
Gourmand VS.. Gourmet,

From the Topeka Capital.
Prof Brander Matthews, in an address
at Columbia University, once made a
striking distinction between the two
words, gourmand and gourmet.
''The difference between these two
words" he said. ''is plain. Gournnand
and gorumet, they alike enjoy a good
dinner, but as soon as IT Is over the
gourmsnd asks, What is there for sup
PERI"
The Washington herald., 1911-09-18
Something Back of 1t.

He'll never marry. He's an embit-
tered old bachelor"
Yes; he's so thoroughly embittered
that think he must have been married
before"
The Washington herald., 1911-09-18
A LITTLE NONSENSE.
OUR OLD FRIEND.

OUR OLD FRIEND.
He's always with us,
Kind and nice,
The cheerful giver
OF advice.
He'll shape your future
In a trice,
The cheerful giver
OF advice.
You've probably met him
Once or twice,
The cheerful giver
OF advice.
He wants no money,
Wants no price,
The cheerful giver
OF advice.
When others leave US
He'll suffice,
The cheerful giver
OF advice.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-18
Up Against 1t.

The duke wants 100000 to marry my
daughter. I'm willing to put up $1,OOO,-
coo. but no more"
Why don't you bring the duke to your
figures by playing him of against the
count?'
Cant be done. They are operating
under a gentleman's agreement"
The Washington herald., 1911-09-18
DARR WILL WAGE
TRANSFER BATTLE
Declines Bid to Attend Chi
cagO Meeting.

Charles w. Darr. one of the attor-
neys for the Chamber of Commerce
in a suit against the Capital Traction
Company for universal transfers. has
declined the Commissioners appoint
ment as a delegate to the municipal
convention which meets in Chicago to-
day.
Mr.. Darr considers that the interests
of the people of the District are moro
vitality affected by the universal trans
fer litigation before the District Su-
preme Court than in a municipal con-
vention, and has decided to remain in
Washington and push the fight
Although the Commissioners are
watching the transfer litigation be-
tween the Baltimore and Washington
Transit Company and the Capital Trac-
tion Company, they will take no hand
in 1t officially. This, at least, is the
position of Cuno H. Rudolph. president
of the board.
The Commissioners are preparing to
urge upon Congress the passage of
the public utilities bill, to vest in them
selves the powers of a public service
commission, as the quickest way in
which to get universal transfers and
other reforms for all of the people of
the District.
Castle Garden, New York City. ceased
The Washington herald., 1911-09-18
German superstition.

From the Chicago EFeuing Post.
The sword arm OF Bismarck fell from
his statue on Sedan Day. The German
peasants say this is a sign Of war. 1t
looks more like q sign Of peace.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-18
Uncle Pennyvvise Says.

The great American novel is slow in
arriving. Nobody kin decide what kind
Of dialect 1t oughter be in.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-18

A Pennsylvania man struck his wife
because he insisted on having his dog
eat its meals at the table like one Of
the family. He should be required to
eat with the dog in the kennel.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-18
A Foolish Man.

Katherine?"
Had her for a partner at bridge the
other night She asked me to tell her
of any mistakes she made"
"Well?'
well, I told her -
The Washington herald., 1911-09-18

Appointment for Woman Writer.
Boston, Mass, Sept. 17.-Miss Katherine
E. Conway, the writer, has received an
appointment to the teaching stafr of St.
Mary's College, Notre Dame. Ind. Miss
Conway was associated with the late
John Boyle O'Reilly on the Boston Pilot.
In 1907 she was awarded the Laetare
medal by Notre Dame University. She
Is the author Of many well known
works.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-18

Belle Elmore's jewels have been sold
at auction. II, as many claim. she is
still living. wouldn't She have been sure
to attend the sale?
The Washington herald., 1911-09-18

The charge Of judicial tyranny heard
at Spring Lake, N. j., sounds like an
echo Of the remarks of a certain con-
tributing editor.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-18
The Judge Understood.

Judge, l simply have an irresistible
impulse to steal"
Il have those irresistible impulses some
times said the judge. Il have one
right now to send you to jail. Sixty
davs"
The Washington herald., 1911-09-18

The cracksmen who obtained $4,000
from the bank of Montreal found it more
profitable to open a bank than some
others have.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-18

A boy eleven years old has started
twenty fires in New York. After he is
married, he will probably leave that
business to his wife.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-18

The Baltimore physicians are disagree
ing as to whether patient should ever
be killed. When doctors differ the
patient usually dies Of his own accord.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-18

1t was a novel experience for a Car
of Russia to witness an attempt at as
sassination without being the principal.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-18

Two Long Island gentlemen, after
mutual divorce proceedings, have swap
led wives. So much more peaceable is
the written law than the unwritten.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-18

By offering prizes for aeroplane con-
tests, Mr.. Hearst has found another way
to make his money fly.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-18

Obstacles persist in having the bad
habit of being always in the way.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-18

A very good way of not being poisoned
while eating mushrooms is to eat some
thing else instead.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-18

A lot of tobacco has been lost in Con-
neCtiCut. by the frosts. That is a better
way than by those Kentucky bonfires.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-18

A New York justice has decided that
the cucumber is a fruit. For a good
many, ii is indigestion
The Washington herald., 1911-09-18

Cooler weather puts springs in the
heels of the man of energy
The Washington herald., 1911-09-18

All the boys are returning to their
football studies with evident pleasure.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-18

The National Association of Probate
Judges is in session at Detroit 1t ought
TO be able to make its win known.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-18
A Good Risk.

Why did you trust this struggling
young man for all these goods" de-
manded the senior partner.
Il thought his prospects looked pretty
fair" replied the junior partner. He's
struggling to marry an heiress, with very
good prospects of success
The Washington herald., 1911-09-18
POSTMASTER BUSY
ON FREAK MAIL
Hitchcock Piled with All
Sorts of Requests.
SPECIAL BUREAU is NEEDED
Persons Seeking to Make n Lost
and Found Bureau of the De-
lister CaustIc "Ricks" Among the
Chief Correspondents.

In addition to the regular business OF
the Post-ofice Department. there has de-
veloped within the past few years flood
of extraordinary and extraneous corre-
spondence. addressed to the Postmaster
General, which bids fair in the near fu-
ture to necessitate a separate division for
the handling of freak correspondence"
A vast majority of the letters seek to
make use of the department as a lost and
found bureau for missing relatives. The
following is a characteristic letter re-
ceived a few days ago:
Information Bureau. Washington, D. c.
Respected Sirs: am writing you in regard TO my
adopted father Daniel d. Gibbs. The last heard
from him about ten years ago. when he was at
Atlantic City. n. j.. and would he very thankful
il you could give some information regarding
him.
! would like to learn whether he is dead or alive
and. if the former, wOIld like to know if he left
a will.
Trusting to receive a favorable reply soon. am
truly yours HARRY s. GIBBS.
Litteton, Colo.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-18
Those Sumner Girls.

I said I'd write to some fair sprite
When far away.
But l forget: was it Jeanette,
Or was 1t May?
The Washington herald., 1911-09-18

Castle Garden, New York City, ceased
to be a theater on December 81, 1855, and
became an immigrant landing station. 1t
is now the public aquarium.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-18
OF INTEREST IN WASHINGTON

From the Charleston News and Courier.
We do not know where the Democratic
national convention is going. but. the
candidate is going TO Washington.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-18
From the Clereland Leader.

Some men have greatness thrust upon
them. There's the Congressman, for in
stance, who is to decide whether the
cuts of pie in the Capitol restaurant are
worth five or ten.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-18
Officials in Quandnry.

The department officials are at a loss
to know just what the Littleton corre-
spondent will consider a favorable reply.
Whether the demise of the adopted rela-
tive will he considered by him as a ia
vorable symptom he leaves to the imag-
ination or the ingenuity of the depart
ment sleuths. He has been advised that
the department is not in a position to
make searches for missing relatives.
At the same time, similar requests for
information in the past have won for the
seekers their lOng-lost relatives. AS late
as last October a farmers wife in Mich
igan found her son. who had been missing
for more than twenty years, through the
medium of the department The woman
was in destitute circumstances, and the
discovery of her son, a prosperous busi-
ness man in Detroit, has enabled her to
make her closing days happy and COM
Portable.
Many Return Money.
Conscience and conversion is productive
of many letters. Some of the correspond
ents of the department incline to make
restitution of sums of money so small
that their receipts and the incidental
bookkeeping by the department hardly
pays for their amounts. The following
Dear Mr. Hitchcock: Please find inclosed one two
cent stamp and one ope-cent stamp for which l
owe you. When / a child used those stamps
that came on letter because they were not can
celled and did not know it wrong until read
it in Gods Word. Respectfully.
A similar letter from Sistershire, N. Y,
conveyed to the Postmaster General 8
cents in restitution of a like peculation.
The following is the text of a letter re-
Gently received by the Postmaster Gen.
eral from J. o. Stewart of Slocum, Tex,
who has ambitions to become a million
aire by way of the hidden treasure"
route.
Seeks Hidden Treasure.
He wants the department to recommend
him, and, incidentally, lend him, a d.
vining rod. He says:
DR.. Sir: will write you a few lines asking you If
you have In intsteTmmt that wood go to hiddin
treasures-gold and silvir. II you handel anything
like that let me kno b retirn male l kno lots Of
hiddin treasures and cant lOckate them with
instemunt and what kind Of trial Good you let
me haT one. As yours truly,
Indignant that the Chicago post-office
should not have been able to forward a
letter for him, T. E. Pierson, of Highland
Park, Ill, goes at the department with
sharp stick. He writes to the Postmaster
General direct. This is his kick:
Mr.. Hitchcock
Dear Sir: You will see BY the inclosed envelore
that the Chicago post-oice can't find Grand Tower,
Ill Will you please let them know that We have il
in the State and Obiise' T. Z. PIERSON.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-18
Prom the Cleveland PLAIN Dealer.

If Senator Vardaman becomes unruly
after reaching Washington there is one
sure way to subdue him. Cut his hair
and take away his broad-brImmed felt
hat and his Prince Albert coat.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-18

From the Baltimore Sun.
A bumper cranberry crop would atone
for some OF the weather's misdeeds this
wear.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-18

From the New York World.
1t costs one-third more to die than it
used to, according to a railway statIs-
tician. But life is three times more en-
joyable than it used to be- which ought
to balance things.
The Washington herald., 1911-09-18

used to work for Mr.. Knox, farmer who
rocks left my couch at break of day and toed unit
The Washington herald., 1911-09-18

From the Albany Journal.
The Wall Street Journal fears that pr
mature equinoctial storms will be a
cribed to Schedule K, Standard Oil, al
Wall streets lie factory"