davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-20

One lot of Women's Muslin Drawers of good quality, hemstitched and full cut. O1o One big lot of Women's and Misses Drawers, neatly trimmed with embroidery lace tucks and headings. Special CRo quality muslin drawers embroidery and lace imme and styles. To 10o Women's Muslin Gowns round V neck-extra C0p
 
 women's Nansook Gowns and embroidery tmmedlow or high neck sho or sleeves $1.00 and 7EO women,s lace and embroidery trimmed Nansook OQc Gowns. worth $2.00 for OCC
The Washington times., 1911-12-30

what makes labor lighter to the whole
body Of the people, is coming to take
Its place on the same high plane Of a
public property hitherto occupied only
by those inventions and discoveries Of
science which had to do directly with
life or health. Il il but a short time
since the "match trust" rather than
expose the workmen Of competitors to
the dangers Incident to the manufac-
ture Of matches from sulphur, sur
rendered patented process of which
II held monopoly. It may be, as we
are 80 often told, that the one eternal
conflict is that between capital and
labor, prosperity and poverty; but
there is good hope ahead when, even
in the matter Of money making, brains
and capital recognize the world for
brother.
The Washington times., 1911-12-30
them in. greatly elaborated form IN

them in. greatly elaborated form In
Buffers immortal satire.
More fortunate than many another
claimant, Butler succeeded in estab-
fishing his claims to the satisfaction
Of the world, which, after all, is moro
interested in the intrinsic merit Of the
work. If it was popular in France
and Germany and England at the time
il was written, 1t has hardly lost Its
hold upon the present generation.
Cynics rise up now and then. under the
irritation of sheath gowns and hobble
skirts, who intimate that If the latter
day Floras had the simple alternative
of these caricatures of fashion or else
remaining at home perhaps it were
well if they had nothing to wear"
But sober sense of justice witnesseth
that the hoopskirts of '57, at any
rate, were as bad as the clinging
draperies of today, while the worlds
habit of judging by appearances justi-
fies measure of fastidiousness and
makes It real calamity to lack the
costume which goes with the role.
The Washington times., 1911-12-30
SPANISH-AMERICAN VETS
SAW HARD SERVICE

To the Editor of THE TINES:
I have been reading various attractive
articles from time to time in the Mail
Bag regarding Spanish-American and
civil war veterans until can hold my
peace no longer on account of the in
Justice being done the Spanish-Ameri-
can war veterans. not in the matter Of
pensions, as that is not the object Of
my letter, but rather in the matter Of
actual cervice. For the purpose OF writ
ing I will take the letter Of E. c. Car
son a. Q basis, and answer his argu-
ments. Fine railroad coaches. indeed!
Well, perhaps the railroad service has
improved since 1861, but out Of four
years six months and twenty-one days
service 1 spent twelve days in railroad
coaches-not much to, make a fuss
over. Best canned goods in hsversacks
have canned goods that the fumes came
from the cans when they were opened.
Armours preserved beef, ETC., salt pork
stamped 1867, and among others hard
tack stamped M, 1 sInsn sna we had y fTo% ni
as heavy as that borne by. the, vets of
the sixties. Where Is the Spanish
American soldier who hiked twenty to
forty days, etc.?
Many of us are left who did 1t under
civil war vets How many Of the old
vets saw more than sixty to ninety
days service, or at the most one year?
Well, I served over four years in a
tropical country. marching twenty to
without any shelter-no blankets.
tents. or rubber coverings, lying down
at night in the mud Of the tropical ma
larial swamps after marching all day
The Washington times., 1911-12-30
PIRACY AS LIBERAL
PROFESSION GONE

To the Editor Of THE TINES:
In the days when buccaneers gave iron
shot for gold dubloons and staggering
ly squandered them, piracy deserved to
rank among the liberal professions. The
days Of piracy are gone; there are no
correspondence school courses in 1t.
Hut, now that war Is praised by some
rs moral agency, II occurs to me that
something might be said for piracy. For
instance, q little reflection will con-
vince any moralist-even a martial NOR
alist-that a pirate could not he a hypo-
crite. The ethics of his profession re-
quired him to rob with the jelly roger
at the peak ard with no lying words
about humanity and progress on his
lirs. He did not kill for territory or to
sell rum and calico. His robberies were
rot committed under a pretense Of civ
ilixation. The pirate never obtained gold
by indirection, and he was perhaps more
Of a man than one who IL addicted to
obtaining sanctity under false pre-
lenses. The pirate might have been
As he walked his quarterback, singing
in Q deep corsair bass:
II know not the monarch. heed not
the law.
I've a compass to stecr by and a dag
And never as coward or slave shall I
While my guns carry shot or my belt
wears a STEEL
he had in his heart contempt for liars
and honest disgust for chcats.
80 CAPTAIN KIDD.
The Washington times., 1911-12-30
ARMY.

The following transfers at the request
Of the officers concerned are order
ed: First Lieutenant LEONARD L.
DIETRICH. from Thirteenth ceval-
ry to Eighth cavalry; First Lieuten-
ant BERKELEY T. MERCHANT.
from Eighth cavalry to Thirteenth
Captain EARLE w. TANNER. Elev-
Captain CHARLES E. MORTON.
partment and assigned to Eleventh
proceed to st. Louis. Mo
A toard of officers to consist of Major
CARL r. DARNAI.L, Medical
Corps; Captain WILLIAM T. Dh-
Wis, Medical Corps. and Captain
HENRY ]. NICHOLS, Medical
Corps, Is appointed to meet at the
Army Medical School. 721 Thirteenth
street northwest, Washington. d. c.,
at the cali OF the president thereof,
for ths physical examination Of such
candidates as may be authorized to
apeaT before 1t TO determine their
fitness for appointment as second
heutenants In the army.
1he following promotions of officers Of
the Field Artillery arm are an
nounced: Colonel EDWARD A.
MILLER. assigned to second field
artillery; Lieutenant Colonel Err
NEST HINnS, assigned to Fifth
Field Artillery; Major WILLIAM 8,
GUlGNARD, assigned TO Sixth Field
Artillery; Captain CHARLES NJ.
ALIEN. assigned to Second rieid
Arunefy.
The Washington times., 1911-12-30
OUTLINES A SYSTEM
OF CIVIL PENSIONS
o the Editor Of THE TIMES:

To the Editor Of THE TIMES:
have been somewhat interested in
the discussions concerning the pensions
for the civil service employees Of the
Government. Without going into the
several systems that have been pro-
posed. wish to make q suggestion that
may be worthy Of consideration.
favor law that would provide for the
following: First. The retirement Of
all employees Of sixty-hve years or over
on suitable pension provided wholly
by the Government. Second. The re-
tirement at the age Of sixty-five years,
on a suitable pension. of all employees
now IN the service who are over forty
five years. and less than sixty-five
years, sucn pension TO be furnished
partly by the Government and partly
by contribution from the employees.
Third. Raising the salary of all en-
puoyes under forty-f1ve years Of age to
an amount that would make 1t possible
for every one. who desired to do so, to
accumulate sufficient property to keep
him from the age Of retirement to his
death. ...
A law such as outlined above VIC uld
insure prompt relief to the service;
would properly take care of those who
nave already reached the retirement
age: would properly provide for those
who had twenty years or less to serve.
aid II would enable the younger en-
ployes to provide for the Inevitable day
u retirement (sixty-fve years of age),
by giving them an adequate wage and
at least twenty years in which to pro-
vide against the retirement. This plan
would do away with the objection Of
patcrnalism SO often brought against
the contributory plan. II ouch a plan
is not feasible I should like to see a
contributory plan with an age limit Of
sixty-five years, and proper increases
In salary. Each employee should be
permitted to decide whether he desired
to take advantage Of the pension by
this system. those who were opposed to
a contributory plan would not be re-
quired to contribute nor would they get
or expect to be retired on a pension.
That class Of employees whe were op-
posed to pensions would enjoy an in
eresse IN salary and have no eontri.
M. e. ANDERSON.
The Washington times., 1911-12-30
GIFTS OF INVENTIONS TO
THE WORLD.

The surrender by F. G. Cottrell and
his associates, of San Francisco, of a
patent designed to neutralize the over
powering fumes of smelter plants is in
line with a growing practice among
men of science to give to the world such
inventions as tend to help humanity.
Almost without exception the great
physicians have followed this humane
and unselfish practice. Whatever has
been discovered toward the preserva-
tion of life or the prevention of disease
has been made the subject of free
gift, without regard to the possible for
tune to be made out of it. OF this
custom all the antitoxins and specifics
are notable illustrations. All the
greater secrets of surgery exemplify
it. The pioneer brain which discovers
q boon to humanity recognizes anc
performs its trust.
The extension of such principle tc
inventions affecting economical con
ditions is sound and hopeful sign ot
the times. What makes living cheaper
The Washington times., 1911-12-30

In the rain, sleep in the rain, march IN
1t the next day, and on one occasion for
seventeen weeks wet to the skin every
day: Then, In addition TO the natural
hardships Of the tropics, intense heat
during the dry season. insufficient shell
ter, hard marches. poor medical atten-
ton. We had the treachery of the ma
tives of the Philippines. II we only had
the southern gentleman termed Johnny
Reb to fight who would meet you on
fair ground, stand face to face, 1t would
have been different But we had expe-
riences that tried mems souls. March
ing along under the hot tropical sun
often with the temperature 10 during
the hot season. the native would place
poisoned spears 30 that as our arms
brushed twigs along the way the trap
the dust.
True. we. had no Gettysburg nor no
Antietam, but every bit as hard, and
IN many cases harder service, in that
1t was of longer duration,
ONE OF THE S.-A. VETS.
The Washington times., 1911-12-30
HIGH TIME TO REFORM
OUR MILITARY SYSTEM

To the Editor of THE TIMES:
The need Of reform In the money
system of the world 10 shown by the
high prices Of food, which is directly
caused by the goldism crase giving a
few bankers the control of the money
supply of the world. There is no civi-
lized nation on earth: we that think
ourselves SO are only semi. civilized
our civilization is barely skin deep.
We are trying to conduct semi-democ-
racy with barbarous tools. with the
principle the same that the wild tribes
Of Africa are using. and that the In
dams of New England used 600 years
ago. when they redeemed wampum with
beaver skins. II we ever have a real
democracy we must use civilized tools.
The control of the money should be a
Government function absolutely. The
Union Trust Company of New York has
paid 40 per cent dividends for years.
Ing for barbarous money system.
From Boston to San Diego find ten to
twenty story buildings erected or owned
by bankers. part of the price the people
to have Government bonds cut up into
bills for the people to use as money. Is
It any wonder there Is a Money trust?
1t Is wonder that people have not
high prices of living when we have to
pay dividends on so much water? 1t is
time the people wake up. Money Il the
life blood of a nation. To let few men
control 1t Is national suicide. whether
they are bankers or hardware men. or
ditch diggers. or dry goods merchants
IL the bankers Of Europe can prevent
the nations from going to war how
much easier for tine bankers Of this
country to say who con do business? I?
Cur barbarous money system Il the
real cause Of the worlds trouble today.
A ~RAvEIlER.
The Washington times., 1911-12-30
"REMINISCENCES OF MISS
FLORA M'FLIMSEY.

It's glum Timon who has never
laughed over the acute distress of Miss
Flora McFlimsey, of Madison Square,
who, with twelve carts of gowns and
lingerie, ichus, furs, and furbelows,
still found herself in a constant pre-
dicament of having nothing to wear" ;"
This amusing satire on one of the al
legged fo1bles of womanhood has circled
the world since it made its initial
appearance in Harper's Weekly on
February 7, 1857, and has been trans
lated into many foreign tongues. The
same being striking evidence that
woman nature, as well as human ma
ture in general, is much the same the
world over. ..
William Allen Butler, who turned
aside from the exacting routine of the
law long enough to pen the lines which
made him famous, wrote "A Retrospect
Of Forty Years. which has just been
given to the public. The volume con-
tains much that is interesting con-
cerning the men and measures of the
elder time, but it is of special value
as throwing light on the inside history
of the poem.
Only those of commanding import
ance in the world of letters were al
lowed to sign their names to their con.
tributions in those days, and in this
instance the rule was entirely agree
able to the lawyer who was afraid
that his professional standing would
be compromised if it became known
that he dallied with the muse. Tn,
results were far from what he ex
pected. On the one hand, the identity
of the author became known to sucl
an extent that his colleagues at th'
bar were able to twit him slyly upoi
it, and on the other hand there aros'
the inevitable conflict of claims as t,
the authorship of anonymous master
pieces.
| 1t will be recalled that in tn
columns of the same periodical appear
ed "Alrs Quiet Along the Potomac To
night" around which ragged war o
rival claimants. For fear of revivin
an ancient feud We will not dwel
upon 'Laugh and the World Laugh
With You." But audacity reached it
limit when girl of fifteen came for
ward with the charge that she ha
written thirty odd lines of "Nothin
20 Wear" had lost them ON tn
streets of New York, and recognize
The Washington times., 1911-12-30
PRIMARIES. FOUR YEARS AGO
AND NOW.

Four years ago now, Joseph Benson
Foraker was q candidate for Ohio's
delegation to the Republican national
convention.
So was William Howard Taft.
Foraker controlled powerful machin-
cry. He was leagued with George b.
Cox's Cincinnati machine.
Today, Taft is in alliance with that
same organization.
Four years ago there was general
belief that the plain people of Ohio
were for Taft rather than Foraker;
but Foraker with his political alliances
was tremendous obstacle.
Today, there is general conviction
that the people of Ohio are AGAINST
Taft; but he has a great Federal ma
chinery.
Four years ago Arthur I. vorys
was manager Of the Taft campaign in
Ohio. He occupies that post today.
There is the parallel. Note now the
contrast.
When vorys and his aids four years
ago saw the danger Of seriously di-
vided delegation they proposed popu-
lar appeal.
THEY SUGGESTED A PRESIDEN-
TIAL PRIMARY. IT WAS DIS.
CUSSED AND URGED WITH MUCH
INSISTENCE AND 1RREFUTABLE
LOGIC. THE PEOPLE, 1T WAS
DEMANDED, MUST HAVE THE
CHANCE TO DECIDE.
They were confident they would win
in such a primary, and so wanted it.
But how times have changed! To-
day, the boot is on the other leg. The
Taft people fear a popular primary in
Ohio would eliminate the President. So
they have completely changed front
and today are fatty opposed to ex-
preston of the peoples preference, in
Ohio or anywhere else.
They compelled the national commit.
tee to frame the call for the conven.
ton in such form that Ohio could be
prevented from taking real test oi
sentiment.
No wonder Mr.. La Toilette gets sym
pathetic audiences when he talks iT
Ohio about the indecency of refusing
the people a chance to show thei,
preference.
There could be no more illogical AND
contradictory position than the Taf,
managers hold in Ohio today; and in
taking that position in Ohio they have
taken it everywhere else.
The Washington times., 1911-12-30
HEART DEEPLY TOUCHED
BY SANTA CLAUS EDITORIAL

To the Editor OF THE TIMES:
There is an editorial brain and pen
on the force of The Washington Times
which sometimes touches the very in
nermost recesses of human impulse
Nothing ever written was sweeter than
the answer to little Ruth in the editorial
columns of The Times very recently,
which bears the marks of other offer
ings from this real humanitarian and
lover of his kind. There is something
SO sweet, so kindly. and knightly; so
In touch with the fellow feeling which
makes all mankind and the world akin.
that II refreshes and helps the tired
The Washington times., 1911-12-30
BALTIMORE MINISTER
ACKNOWLEDGES GIFT

To the Editor of THE TIMES:
desire. through the Mail Box Of your
paper. to acknowledge the receipt Of a
package from IAN Old Friend" in men,
ory Of skirmish between Imboden and
the boy Preacher" The idea Of peace
and unity conveyed in the blending Of
the Blue and the Gray in the articles
received is very beautiful and sweet,
and Is in perfect harmony with my SEN
timents. II might be favored with the
name Of the donor 1t would add i'm
mensely to the pleasure Of the incident
G. w. HOBBS,
l701 Broadway, Baltimore, Md.
The Washington times., 1911-12-30

more. These men, with twenty-five and
more years of practical experience, re-
ceive $1,000 a year, and men that are
not practical but have cleaned their
knowledge from modern packing house
books receive 8, 200 a year. and few
that are not SO literate and well read
receive $1,10O per year. These hopeful
and successful students have the en-
joyment Of small places where there
is little or no work, and can spend the
Governments time in preparing. them
selves to become experts In this pro-
know" when they never did know
anything but to push heavy trucks.
But they are all simple meat inspectors
and are all certified by the Civil Ser
vice Commission for the position, and
promotion is gained by efficiency, de-
pertinent and term Of service. Then
why il this favor or distinction made
without q difference, when they are all
supposed to be individually able to do
the same kind of duty2 f. HECK.
The Washington times., 1911-12-30

on earth and enables them to lose the
selfish thought OF Christmas for self
alone, and to look into the boundless
limitations Of the soul, as it touches al
most to God himself. At this Christ
mas tide the anniversary Of His birth
and later His sufferings from mans con-
tumely. His abuse and exorcism, let US
contemplate with gratitude the fact OF
strength also for our life's combat and
for the hope. which, like the angel OF
peace, hovers above and about US. That
life and existence are not all chaos, and
that In growing strong He gives no
light. and leads US as by the hand. This
is, In fact. the lesson In The Times edi-
torial answer to little Ruth.
L. II M.
The Washington times., 1911-12-30
ARMY AND NAVY ORDERS
NAVY.

Commander @. r.. EVANS, to Board of
Inspection for Shore Stations.
Lieut.. A. c. PICKENS, detached Naval
Proving Ground. Indian Head, Nd,
to duty as assistant inspector of
powder, East Coast, Jersey City,
N. ].
Lieuts. ]. RODGERS, T. q. ELY
SON, J. H. TOWERS, detached An
napolts, Nd, to aviation duty, North
Island, San Diego, Cal.
Lieut.. Gunior grade) r. 8. CREN-
SHAW, detached Virginia, to Celtic
as navigator.
Ensign v. d. HERBsTER, detached
Annapolis, Md, to aviation duty,
North Island. San Diego, Cal.
Surgeon r. l. BENTON. detached Ida
no, to Maine.
Surgeon e. THOMPSON, detached
Maine, to Naval Station, Guantana-
no. Cuba.
Passed Assistant Surgeon W. s. IIoEN,
detached Naval Station, Guantana,
mo, Cuba, to Idaho.
The Washington times., 1911-12-30

Old Mother Hubbard ..a
Went to the cupboard
To get her poor dog a bone,
But when she got there
The cupboard was bare,
And so the poor dog got none.
Old Mother Hubbard
Sat down and blubbercd. ..
But tue dog had the grit Of a sport,
So he said. Newer mind.
know you are kind;
Just give me a tariff report"
PURE AND CHEAP FOOD,
The Washington times., 1911-12-30
GRADUATES FROM THE
STREETS.

Miss Jane Adams, the famous soci
ologist of Chicago speaking to mem
bers of the American Sociological So
ciety in Washington on the subject of
recreation in the cities, put the blame
FOR "bosses" and the more disreputable
class of metropolitan politicians on the
influence of the streets in the forma.
tion of character.
According to her reasoning, such per-
sonalities in politics as 'Hinky Dink,"
"Bathhouse John," "Fingy" Connors,
the Sullivans, ct al, are the result of
the street as the university of city
youth--a school in which corrupt prac-
tice is set up as an example, and
where the hero is the man who can
best succeed in violating the law while
keeping out of its clutches. Men whose
curiously limited moral sense makes
the phenomenon Of the grating and
unscrupulous wardman, who is never
theless inconsistently square with his
friends and tender hearted when it
comes to women and children, got their
twist, she thinks, from the associations
formed in the streets. In pleading for
Fairgrounds as corrective of such a
tendency, Miss Adams seems to infer
that children who are forced to play
and work among the traffic get moth
ing but evil from the touch of elbows
with the world.
Without questioning the physical
and moral value of public Fairgrounds
in congested communities, and antici-
pating by confession the objection that
Senator Lorimer was once . newsboy,
we very much doubt whether the bal
ance of results is so entirely against
the streets as Miss Addams would
have US believe. The corrupt hoss, it
is true, frequently has such an origin.
but he is also frequently born to the
purple. In either case, the individual
has simply proved himself superior to
his environment in the exercise of a
strong will and, generally, dominat-
ing fist. But the street is no more the
cause of political corruption than the
university is responsible for the occa-
sional graduate who uses the remnants
of his erudition to give spice and
variety to the slums.
So far from being entirely per.
nicious, it is matter at least open
to question whether the influence OF
the street does not tend to give q re.
lance and enterprise which more
guarded surroundings permit to Lie
dormant. If one looks away from the
ward politicians who have been prod.
ucts of the slums, he viii find that
many men of business, finance, state.
craft, and philanthropy acknowledge
similar antecedents. In particular
the newsboys who have graduated into
responsible positions are legion. The
street, like the battlefield, both de-
stroys and creates. 1t is no halfway
ground. Above every other sort of life
it is free from mediocrities. Its prod
ucts are apt to be totally bad and
entirely helpless, or that stirring brand
of humanity which nothing can down
and which takes an obstacle as q step
ping stone. And it is an optimistic
fact that the conspicuous graduates
from the streets are more apt to bs
found among the valuable than tn.
worthless members of society.
The Washington times., 1911-12-30
COlored Driver Hurt
In Car Collision

Ernest Cragg, colored, employed as a
driver for Meinberg's bakery, was
thrown to the pavement and hurt about
the head this morning when bis wagon
was struck by a Capital Traction car
at Fourth street and Pennsyivania ave-
nue. southeast.
The Washington times., 1911-12-30
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS.

Arrived-Solace at Boston, Drayton, N.Y.
rant, Mccall. Paulding. Roe, Terry,
at New York yard. Burrows, Patter-
Warrington at Norfolk, Salem at
Hampton Roads.
Sailed-Perkins from Norfolk for New
York yard, Wake from Hampton
roads 20 New York yard.
The Washington times., 1911-12-30
NEGLECTED FEDERAL
MEAT INSPECTOR

To the Editor of THE TIMES:
Allow me just a small space in your
valuable paper in reference to the un-
derpaid Government clerk. Nothing
whatever has ben said about the Fed
eral meat inspector. who works from
twelve to fifteen hours a day, and