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The Washington times., 1911-12-19
THE PEACE CONFERENCE AT
SHANGHAI.

There is an interesting suggestion
of parallel between the peace con.
ference now in progress at Shanghai
and the opening sessions of the French
states-general that opened at YER
sailles in the early days of May, 1889.
The representatives of the third estate
of the people-in each case brought
the emissaries of dynasty and of priv.
lege to conference, and in each the
first telling advantage was won by
the third estate.
Bourbon rule over 25,OO0, 900 French.
men was at stake in one case; Manchu
rule over 3OO,OOO,OOO Chinese is at
stake in the other. ......
But here the parallel ends. In
France, when the states-general met
the violence of physical revolution had
not yet broken out. In China it has
run considerable course, and with
almost uniform success. In France
there was almost no thought of dis
establishing the monarchy, even on the
part of the most radical leaders of The
people. In China disestablishment is
the basic demand of the conferees for
the people.
The sentiment, the semblance, the
habit of loyalty to the king was still
strong upon the French people even
when the Bastile trembled on it's
foundations and the Terror doomed
only months ahead, undiscerned and
undreamed. Ancient habits of thought
were stronger with the French people
than they are with the Chinese. The
Chinese have lost all reverence for king.
ship and the kingly office; frankly they
want a republic, and they begin with
the demand for it. On the other hand,
the French of a century and quarter
ago were unable to grasp the posi-.
bility of complete institutional revo.
luton. They wanted reform, they de.
manded bread, they insisted that the
burdens of farmed-out taxes and the
special privileges of the noblesse should
be taken from the barred backs of the
people; but they were yet cropping in
the dark, without formulated concep
ton or defined idea of the possibility
of making a new system.
That was France l22 years ago
How different the situation in China
today, where the worlds lessons ir
peoples rule, accumulated in the years
since l778, have brought to the masses
even of this seemingly stagnant, iso
lated Oriental empire a distinct con
ception of the possibilities of reor
gained society, in which the ruled
may also be the rulers, the produceri
may also be the users.
The world has moved so fast thai
we have need at times to set up som,
stakes and measure the angles O.
social vision in order that we may
realize its speed. China is going t.
have it's revolution without Terror
because China today is better equippe.
for such an accomplishment thar
France was only dozen decades back
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real balsams on her lips, sweet as they
were--sweeter, dear Ruth, than all the
other lips in all the world, as you may
learn some day-but the healing balsam
lay behind the kiss, deep down in the
heart that loved You with mothers
love.
So you see IL isn't 30 easy even to
tell you what kiss is really like, and
yet, as your childish experience well
knew, IL can be more real, more mar
velous than anything the cunningest
painters ever drew.
The very name you bear, dear Ruth,
will help you to understand, for It is
pretty name--one of the sweetest
and tenderest we know. 1t holds in its
single syllable all that is best and
brightest in womanhood, like the
beauty of MONDAY reflected in drop
of dew. It first belonged, 80 far as we
have learned, to one of the fairest of
women who lived among the hills in
the land of Moab, thirty centuries ago.
She had married into family which
came down in time of famine from the
land of Judah. Her grief was great
when early death had robbed her of
her husband, hut with the love and
sympathy which find the greatest happi-
ness in comforting the grief of others
she cherished her husbands mother. as
her own, saying: "Intreat me not to
leave thee, and to return from follow.
ing after thee; thy people shall be my
people and thy God my God"
As freely as you have given up your
biggest and prettiest" doll, she gave
up her friends and kindred in
the land of Moab to journey with
Naomi into the land of judah. And
great was her reward. For as she
CLEANED among the barley fields in the
neighborhood of Bethlehem the owner
of all the fields for miles around saw
and loved her and made her his wife.
And unto them was born child whose
grandson was David the King, and to
his house the Christ Child belonged.
And as each year brings the night
on which the Christ Child came the
kindly old Santa Claus slips down from
his fairyland kingdom of Hearts De-
sire, loaded with all the gifts on
which his people have been at work
for a twelvemonth. But a year is
SO short that with their best endeavors
they find it hard to make gifts for
all the thousands and thousands of
little boys and girls. So the kind heart
ed people who wish to be like Santa
Claus, not knowing what he is like in
any other way, seek to copy after his
generous nature. The kinder and more
unselfish they are, the more like him
they become. Like your namesake,
Ruth, they have their rich reward, not
only in fields and vineyards, not only
in the dolls and toys with which Santa
Claus delights the heart of childhood
but with that inward feeling of happi,
ness and sweet content which grows
greater with what we give away.
And since we may not see him with
the eye, nor hear his voice, nor clasp
his hand, it is by this inward happiness
that we learn what Santa Claus il
really like.
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THE EVOLVED CAUCASIAN
AND HIS SOCIAL SYSTEM

To the Editor Of THE TIMES:
If two globes Of definite mass ran
together through a definite distance IN
space. the collision will pro-
duce a definite amount Of heat. II the
mass Of each Of these globes had been
doubled, the resulting heat would nave
been four times greater. and 80 on sue
cessively for each doubling Of the mass.
Thus the thermal energy OF such COLL
sions increases much more rapidly than
does the increase In mass.
The force Of q globes radient energy
Is proportional to the temperate re, and
II il active only at the surface. 1t is
also at the surface that the opposing at
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Pastor Is Host.

Members of the congregation of New
York Avenue Presbyterian Church were
entertained at a reception last night at
the home OF the Rev. DR.. Wallace RAD
cliffe and Mrs. Radcliffe. 100 X street
northwest. The reception was one of
series to be held each month under
the auspices Of the church.
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DIR. PAGE EXPLAINS
MEETING FOR BLIND
To the Editor Of THE TIMES:

To the Editor Of THE TIMES:
As one deeply interested in the move
ment to aid the blind with library facili-
ties, and recognizing the great benefit
Of the hearty cooperation along scien-
tific lines of the Librarian Of Congress,
venture to correct an impression which
may be given by a report in the morn
ing press of the meeting last evening in
the Public Library.
This meeting was called at Mr.. Put
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entitled to, is being carried back to
A fireman is a United States en-
ploye: he receives his pay from the
Treasury Of the United States, and is
governed by the laws made by the
representatives Of the people OF the
whole country, then why not pay him
II he is injured in the line Of duty, the
same as would be paid a soldier, sailor,
or civilian employe? A. d. T.
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MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS.

Arrived-Arethusa at Sewalls Point,
Abarenda at Shanghai. Uncas at
Guantanamo.
Sailed-Worden, from Charleston for
New York; Tecumseh, from Wash
ington for Norfolk.
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ARMY AND NAVY ORDERS

Ensign A. c. READ. to Delaware.
Ensign ]. PARKER, JR,, detached Ten
nessee and sick leave two months.
wait orders.
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Superintendent Davidson says that a
ch'ld's education should not begin until
IL Is seven years old. That Of its pa
rents starts when 1t is not to exceed
seven hours.
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With Hoke Smith in Washington and
President Taft made a member of the
Georgia Society It is not quite so apt
to break loose" as 1t once was.
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The "opportunities'' are slipping bly,
Unless you hurry come one else may
crowd you out Of the chance of maxi
ing some poor family happy for the
coming year.
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NAVY.

Commander J. w, OMAN. detached
Des Moines; to duty command
Maine.
Lieutenant Commander l.. A. GOTTEN,
detached Connecticut; to office Ma
val Intelligepce. Washington. d. C.
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ARMY.

ARMY.
CAPTAIN WILLIAM r. GROVE. COM
missary, detailed as acting quarter
master at Kansas City, Mo-, re-
iieving Captain WILL III. POINT.
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Now DR.. Wiley wants children taught
how to Judge pure and wholesome food.
only few weeks ago he was telling us
the school curriculum was horribly
overcrowded"
The Washington times., 1911-12-19

The net total circulation Of The washington
Times Sunday during the month Of Novem-
turned by agents being eliminated This
number, when divided by T. the number Of
Sundsys. during November, shows the net
sunday average for November to have been
:. Entered at the Postoffce at Washington.
ID. G.. a. second class matter.
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NOV EMBER CALCULATION.
The number Of complete and perfect copies
M the month of Noyember was Ar follows:

Total for the month l.s23 81
Daily average for the month. ....... 30, Ss9
The net total circulation OF The washington
Times daily during the month Of November
was 1,1s5 s51, all copies left over and returned
being eliminated. This number, when d.
vided BY Is. the number Of days Of publica-
ZION. shows the net daily average for No
vember to have been 43,s7l
sunday.
The number Of complete and perfect copies
q The Washington Times printed Sundays
curing the month Of November was ~ fol-
lows:
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TUESDAY. DECEMBER 10. 1911.
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only few weeks ago he was telling us
the school curriculum was horribly
overcrowded."
The Treasury has Just received a SIS
contribution to the conscience fund. It
certainly must be a keen conscience
which gives UP money in that way Just
The man who choked his wife to pre-
vent her going shopping for Christmas
was perhaps influenced by the fact that
his rCll was not of the traditional size
sufficient to choke a horse.
Gen. Nelson A. Miles, who has been
made an honorary member of the
Brotherhood of North American In
dams, probably got in on his record of
having beaten them like a big brother
7 The possibilities Of life were we'll illus
!. trated when Godfrey Beck, eighty-two,
wan struck down by an automobile.
Think Of living to be eighty-two and
then falling ut last to side-step in time!
A former Washington student is dis
covered to have been the hero Of a
romance which started in q biological!
laboratory. You can never tell what
varieties Of germs are lurking around
these scientific quarters.
Tho special exhibit showing the work
that has been accomplished by the Car
Nnegie Institution Is one which merits
tho attention of the general public. and
there should be many visitors to the
rooms at Sixteenth and p streets.
Shall there be encouragement of fac
tory building in Washington? R N.
Harper proposes to put the question up
for final determination at a mass meet
ing. There will be given the oppor-
tnnity either to put up or shut up"
A speaker at q meeting in the in
terest Of q Peace Sunday referred to
the Prophet Isaiah and said that II
he were In attendance. he would throw
up his hat In enthusiasm. 1t was per.
hans because he possessed no hat thai
the prophet in question spoke through
It less than some others of his pro
7 fession.
Major Sylvester is acting wisely in as.
signing a special detail of police to pro
tect the stores and shoppers during tho
busy rush Of the latter part of the
week. There is always an element thai
feels called upon to annoy the majority
on such occasions, but the superintend
ent intends to Sc to it that an end Is
Uut on rowdyism this year.
James +. bingham, from the West
WAo made Il speech at the Union depo
under the hallucination that he was
Congressman. has reached the asylum
In view OF his neglect to get leave t
print, may II not be charitable to sup
pose that his hallucination vas reall.
no v orse than that entertained by som
Cor Srassmen as to the remarks wit
which they regale the country?
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TIMELY LETTERS TO THE TIMES MAIL. BAG

h Letters however hm Hcmm
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The Treasury has Just received a $s5
contribution to the conscience fund. It
certainly must be keen conscience
which gives up money in that way just
ut Christmas.
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The man who choked his wife to pre-
vent her going shopping for Christmas
was perhaps influenced by the fact that
his rcll was not Of the traditional size
sufficient to choke a horse.
The Washington times., 1911-12-19

Gen. Nelson A. Miles. who has been
made an honorary member Of the
Brotherhood of North American In
dams. probably got in on his record of
having beaten them like a big brother
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-07-24
How Finkle Is Fame

Fame is tickle and yet in its tickle
ness is sometimes generous, This
seems to be the case with Maitre La
bori, the great French lawyer recently
made chief of the "Order of Advo-
Gates" the highest honor that can
come to a member of the legal pro-
fession in Paris.
| Maitre Labori was the chief coun-
sci for Emil lola, the unselfish advo-
cate of the despised and prosecuted
Dreyfus, and for that unfortunate vic
tim Of official intrigue for seven
years Labori lived in the vortex OF
the fiercest storm OF bureaucratic con-
spiracy and race prejudice that has
shaken France and Europe for decades
He became even as world-renowned
as the man he defended before
the bar OF so-called public justice and
that of public opinion. His name was
upon the lip of every reader of cur
rent history and yet SO completely had
1t passed out of mind that this, the
browning honor of his life, can be con-
ferred upon HIM without exciting gen.
eral comment.
But the wonder is that this honor
could be conferred upon him at all
for, as is we'll pointed out by the Bos-
ton transcripts Paris correspondent
"If they had not also forgotten him
in France, itself, Maitre Labori would
never have been chosen as the chief
of the Order of Advocates f." an order
almost as old as French tradition
Could there be more positive and i'm
pressive proof of the fickleness OF
fame and the generosity of the caprice
than this? Not only world-famous as
the Dreyfusard, but Labor achieved
universal distinction later in the cele-
brated Humbert case. Still the last
rays Of the limelight have faded in
the shadow of passing events, which
the whirligig of time has thrown
upon the scene.
II seems scarcely possible for even
foreign countries, let alone France. ia
forget all this and this view of It also
rather spoils the nice Illusion OF
Maitre Labori being thus "Vindicated"
an overworked illusion-by his
own people in receiving at their hands
the highest distinction the French law
can bestow.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-07-24

Besides ranking as Americas champion
balloonist. Mr.. Hawley hits the road in a
touring car so regularly that he knows
every constable in New York and New
England by his first name.
Justice OF the Peace Samson of Oregon
City. Ore. believes the house he lives in
holds the record for number OF wedding
ceremonies performed in 1t. The 1l5th wed
ding ceremony occurred there last week.
the city, is built from lumber cut near
Bath. Ne. and transported by sailing yes
sci around Cape Horn in ls43.
Charles Heinsey Of Newton. N. j., has
taken out insurance on his thumb nail.
Heinsey is a grainer and finds his thumb
nail much more serviceable than any paint
er's tool he can carry. When he breaks
the nail ne is out OF work and to insure
against idleness he has taken out a policy
for $50. which he estimates would be enough
to keep him while he is growing a new
nail
A person named ORear who heads the
republican state ticket in Kentucky. mus
be a hot member OF a midsummer cam
paign. Henry Watterson pays him the
compliment OF a double column roast, clos
ing with this explosion of vocal fireworks
III the Democratic leaders In this cam
paign DO - duty the o. Rear guards,
horse.4 beer bottles. night riders.
pie cIa niggers. win be driven into
symm never to be heard Of more"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-07-24
|HOOkin$ Backward
nlisDSVy inOmaha
COMPILED FROM BEE FILES {
Thirty Years Ago.
ROM BEE FILES

Thirty Years Ago.
A nice little party of gentlemen and
ladies'" left in the morning for a day in
the woods near McArdle's mill They took
with them a bountiful supply Of eatables
and drinkables, and report having spent a
pleasant time.
The funeral of Miss Lena Laing, daugh-
ter OF Rev. Robert Laing, who had died
Friday, took place as announced. On Satur-
day her friends imagined they discovered
warmth in the body, and thinking her not
dead wanted TO postpone interment, but
later were convinced Of their mistake.
Beginning this Sunday a mail is to leave
the Omaha postoffice at 7:s0 for Nebraska
City, st. Joseph. Kansas City and Atchi-
son, and is expected to prove a great con-
venience to business men.
coroner's jury. holding an inquest on
a Bohemian woman Mrs. Mary Tuna, sup
posed to be the victim of malpractice, con-
sisted OF Frank walters, James Gilbert
and Gus Freis The post-mortem had been
conducted by Drs. Chadwick Peabody and
Stephens, under orders from Coroner
Jacobs.
A deceased pup lies fostering in the noon
day sun between Capitol avenue and Daven-
port. More ornamental than useful.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-07-24
LA FOLIErTE's ArTAC xoN TAFT

Baltimore American; President Taft heS
nothing TO fear from personal attack. ahd
the kind Of attack made by Senator la
Toilette is so obviously inspired for per
sonal benefits a. 10 merit no notice.
Chicago Post; Mr.. Taft has gained
rather than lost by the supreme effort Of
the man who intends to face him for the
republican nomination No other result
could be more bitter in the mouth OF his
enemy
Minneapolis Journal; Ia Toilette per-
ceives how the ground is being cut out
from under his feet, how the mission OF
his life is in danger Hence his chagrin,
and from chsgrin proceed wrath and hate.
Hence his attack upon Taft in the senate.
Philadelphia Record; La Toilette has no
political chance whatever outside OF his
own state except as a republican. and
there have been some indications that he
was losing his grip on Wisconsin In at
lacking a republican administration he Is
saving off the limb that he is sitting on.
New York Post: The Wisconsin senator
declares that the Canadian agreement "vio-
lstcs every tariff principle Of reciprocity
heretofore expressed in the platform decla-
rations of the republican party and recon-
mended by former republican presidents"
This worship of the platform comes oddly
from La Toilette. We hope. however, that
he will not mince words in exposing the
shamelessness of Mr. Taft SO orthodox a
republican as the Wisconsin senator IL
surely entitled to burn every hereto at
the stake
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-07-24

Another letter from John B. Dey
makes the amende honorable TO "Un.
Gle Dave" Anderson, who was in at the
grading of the republican party. Mr.
Dey says he mistook the writer of the
letter signed by Uncle Dave" for ian
amateur politician" which was Ger.
tainly making the mistake of his life
for II Uncle Dave" was ever an anna.
teur in politics it must have been lone
before the war in which both OF these
old warehouses; fought braveiy for the
preservation OF the union.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-07-24
BRAVERY OF TRAINMEN.
Holdup Men 80 Occasionally nu
Against, Fighter.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.

Cleveland Plain Dealer.
These be parlons times for the Deadwood
Dicks who attempt TO hold up passengers
on the peaceful train or trolley car. These
be equally glorious times for the trainmen
who meet the dime novel heroes more than
half way and put them to rout
The trainman who takes issue physically
with the armed robber is going out of his
way to be brave. In a sense the passen-
gers are in his care. but those who ride on
trains do not expect the crews to go armed
and ready to fight for them as would so
many soldiers.
More than usually to be commended,
then, are the three men whose exploits
were recorded recently. The brake
man on the Northwestern train who
shot holdup man who had a car full of
Pullman passengers passing him their val
uables takes a place in the hall of fame.
With him stand the two Ohio trolley car
operators who matched their boots against
the pistols Of two would-be robbers and
won. To kick one armed robber in the
solar plexus and the other in the face
apparently is as effective as unusual a way
of meeting attack
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-07-24
Unbusinesslike.

The Water board continues to re-
peat that its members are pledged. II
the 3S,26O,OOO of bonds now asked
are voted, not to issue the $4,000. 600
water bonds voted in 1900 nor the
S6,5OO,0OO water bonds voted in 1909.
This is admission that the present
members OF the board, IL not so
pledged, or their successors who are
not pledged, could issue SIS. 100000
Of water bonds II they chose. Yet
It would have been so easy to have
inserted in the pending bond PROPOSE
tion 4 clause reading, Authority
voted in 1900 to issue $4,000. 900
water bonds and in 1909 to issue
s6,60o,0O0 water bonds is hereby
rescinded." But no such clause is in
serted. AS one business man de-
seribes 1t. 1T Is like renewing loan
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-07-24
Twenty Years Ago

Sneak thieves stole $500 worth of clothing
from the residence Of Charles Balm, Eight
zenith and Grace streets, but in the trunk
where they found the clothes was $500 in
Jewelry and $500 in cash, which they over
looked.
John Joyce is in durance vile, charged
with petit larceny"
Matt Wagner, a pugnacious barber, who
tried to pull down the postoffice building
because a man objected to having his pet
corn trampled upon, was fined $40 and
costs for his misdemeanor.
Senator Paddock passed through the city
en- route to his home at Beatrice.
John I. Redick, Mr.. and Mrs. Scip Dundy,
Judge E. S. Dundy, Governor ]. e. Boyd,
Mr.. and Mrs. Ellis Bierbower returned
from fishing trip in Minnesota
Warren Rogers received a telegram an
nouncing the serious illness of his wife,
who is at Kennebunkport, Me-, for which
place MIR. Rogers left at once on the Bur-
lington flyer.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-07-24
The Coming STATE cnnu.n.ion.

Were 1t not for factional contro-
versies the coming state conventions
of the several political parties in Ne
braska would have no significance.
These conventions have nothing to do
except to promulgate set of platform
declarations for the coming campaign,
and there are no burning vital issues
involved In the election of three SUI
preme judges, two university regents
and one railway commissioner, who
are the only state officers to be chosen
in this on year.
The democrats occupy different
position from the republicans in that
they have little family tragedy over
which they may hold an inquest-not
that the damage of last years defee-
ton can be undone by resolution, but
that II party treason be made respecta-
BILE 1t may set an odious example to
plague the democrats for all time to
come. This is what attaches more in
terest to the gathering at Fremont
than to those at Lincoln. Otherwise
the state conventions would be ex-
pected to be tame and perfunctory.