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The Washington herald., 1911-04-28
Brunettes and Blonds.

1t is the opinion of experts that the
brunette type is to prevail in this coun.
try. The doom of the blonds is sealed.
As witnesses we call DR.. George l.
Meylan. president of the American
Physical Education Association and di.
rector of the gymnasium at Columbia
College, and Prof. Frederick Ward Put.
nam, head of the Peabody Museum al
Harvard
Surely men who spell out their names
in this fashion. and who possess titles
as long as yardstick, ought to know
what they are talking about They sa,
that the large influx of dark-haired peo-
pie from Southern Europe is causing
the change
As a matter of fact, the theory seems
to fit in with common observation. Lool
At the people you meet every day on TIE
treet and q the cars, Nest Of iheu'
The Washington herald., 1911-04-28
Navy Morale.

The Naval y. NJ. c. A. Building
which is to be dedicated to-day in Phia-
delphia- near the entrance to League
Island Navy Yard, will prove boon to
that city, peopled continually by thou
sands of seamen. Every contribution
for its erection was also a tribute to the
efficiency OF our navy. and still more to
the advance and elevation OF American
citizens. on whom rests the honor of the
flag. When Our feet visited England
last summer, English newspapers re-
corded with surprise the type of blue
jackets who knew history. cared for the
great monuments OF the past, we're in
behavior. and conduct irreproachable. ed
ucated and equal TO every demand. Naval
officers have testified that this change
has been greatly aided by the naval
Young Mems Christian Associations,
which offer to seamen on shore home
with recreation and an clevating en-
vironment. :
The United States navy has been
transformed in the past thirty years in
its ships and armament. but the change
has been just as great in the personnel.
behavior. and sclf-control of the sea-
men. The tar of a generation ago is
gone. Permission to go on shore formerly
meant that a large number of men
would return to their ships in condition
which required them to be under guard
until they were sober The testimony of
every naval officer and the experience of
every city with navy yard gives elo-
quent proof that nothing like this, once
so lamcntable. is now true.
The men behind the guns in our navy
stand for the best of our citizenship in
skill. in behavior, and in the capacity to
enjoy respite and recreation without in
jury to themselves or others.
The Washington herald., 1911-04-28
THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL
in THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
High Authority Favors Its Location West of the
Monument on the Banks of the Potomac

beautiful Of our American cities in which
the whole country takes pride. In favor
OF this location Is the well-nigh unani-
nous body Of American artistic opinion.
The other suggestion Is that the me-
mortal should be placed between the Capt.
tol and the handsome new railway station
on the left of the Avenue leading down
the slope. The arguments for this de-
cision are nonartistic-what, by a curious
inversion, are called practical" as
though the views of architects were per-
force unpractical-and relate chiefly TO
the convenience of visitors and the i'm
mediate challenge of Lincoln's fame TO
their attention. These considerations are
entitled to be taken into account. but it
is easy to give them a disproportionate
weight as against the judgment OF men
whose studies of foreign cities and whose
life-work-not to speak of their disinter-
ested ambitions for their country's art
give them a special right to be heard.
Another view of the problem was set
forth by the late John Hay, one of Mr..
Lincoln's private secretaries. Mr.. Nc
Kim, shortly before his own death. stated
to fellow-architect that when Mr.. Hay
as Secretary of State, was called upon
for his opinion as to the position for the
Lincoln memorial, in Cabinet meeting
the development of Washington, said
substantially, if not literally:
AS / understand II, the place Of honor
Is on the main axis of the plan. Lincoln
of all Americans next to Washington de-
serves this place OF honor. He was Of
too close to the imm6rtais. His monu-
ment should stand alone remote from
the common habitations of man, apart
from the business and turmoil of the
iSOl1fp1 DISTINGUISHED
or all the sites. this one. near the Poto-
mac, is most suited to the purpose.
1t should be recognized that the burden
Of proof Is overwhelmingly upon those
who would disregard the great body Of
artistic opinion on this subject. The
voices of McKim and Saint-Gaudens
plead from the grave for the noble plan
to which they gave their world-recog-
nized skill and their unstinted and pa
triotic labors.
The Washington herald., 1911-04-28
Parental School Aid.

ANY movement which will tend to
bring the home and the public school
more closely together and secure actual
cooperation in their common sphere Of
duty deserves to be welcomed and en-
couraged. Therefore. one of-the most
practical matters which is receiving at
tention at the Mothers Congress this
week is the organization of parental as
sociations for cooperation with the pub
lie school system. Its purpose is to bring
the home and the public school into
closer touch by the organization in each
public school district of an association OF
parents and teachers, through which
there may be gained better understand
ing and greater sympathy in the joint
responsibility for the bringing up of the
children
In the larger centers of population
there has been in recent years a notable
extension of the functions of the public
school system, amounting in some re-
SpectS to the substitution OF the public
school for many of the responsibilities
which formerly were considered as be-
longing to the home. The new movement
proposes to appeal to the parent to ap-
preciate and exercise responsibility.
Further than this, it aims to aid i'll the
solution of the many problems of public
school administration by supplementing
the academic wisdom of theorists and
professional pedagogues with the prac-
tical ideas of fathers and mothers.
There is fault-hnding with the public
school system in every State. while the
defense of the school system by its
apologists is lacking intimate acquaint-
ance with the parents point of view.
The Washington herald., 1911-04-28
ROYAL ACADEMY
OPENS SATURDAY
Nearly 1000 Works OF In
usually High Average.

London. April 27.-This year the quail
ity OF the 1875 works of art which the
public will, on Saturday, be privileged to
view at the Royal Academy is, perhaps.
slightly above the average. This fact is,
partly explained by the absence of GER
tain academicians As usual, however. the
exhibits are, as a rule, distressingly
wanting in life, originality, and interest:
The sculpture exhibits shine by compari-
son with some seen in recent years.
The central hall has made room for
many nudes, among which are Mar
garet Winser's model for memorial show
ing a winged figure of heroic proportions.
suggesting Prometheus; one of Thomas
Brooks delightful mysteries: Charles
Pibworth's Diana and Arthur Walk
er's ''Wooing OF Thetis. The unquench-
able British loyalty finds vent elsewhere
in eight busts and statues of King Ed
ward, besides a large statue of King
George in naval uniform. by Hamo
Thornycroft, and companion figure OF
Queen Mary in evening dress. by Sir
George Frampton.
A curiosity of the sculpture exhibit is
Frampton's Peter Pam which will
adorn Kensington Garden.
show a surprising number of good por-
traits. among them Sargent's Arch
bishop of Canterbury" Arthur s. Cope's
Picture of Sir e. ]. Pointer. Herkimer's
Admiral Fisher. Lord Raleigh Shannon's
Lady Hindlip, Sir Philip Burne Jones'
picture of Sir Edward Carson and
Storey's interesting portrait of My
Father"
The only decorative work of Importance
in the exhibition is Sargent's admirable
'Amageddon," which is finely drawn and
harmonious in coloring. 1t will go to
Boston.
Edwin Abbey and Alma Tadema are
conspicuous this year by their absence.
Among genre works. 1 recall chiefly
Algernon Talmage's Chalk Pit" and
MacWhirter's Sanctuary of Our Lady
of Healing"
e. M. G.. Orchardson contributes "The
Problem in White a mother in white
bending over her first born.
One of the surprises OF the years acad-
emy is room containing more than 15o
small pictures. including landscapes.
genre painting. and portraits. BY itself
the room would make an attractive ex-
hihition.
The virtual elimination of impression
ism Is indeed the most striking fact OBJ
servabls lin the academy.
The Washington herald., 1911-04-28
GAYNOR ACCUSES
CITY PROSECUTOR
Disclosures Made of T'esti-
mony at Grand jury.

New York. April 27.-The resignation OF
Second Deputy Police Commissioner Will
lam j. Flynn has precipitated row
torney's Office.
This morning Mayor Gaynor sent for
the deputy commissioner and wanted TO
know how the fact of Flynn's resigna-
tion had become public. Flynn told the
mayor it might have come from the
session of the grand jury.
That's it," the mayor exclaimed, and
in Mr.. Flynn's presence dictated .. state
ment. in which he seems to accuse some
one in the district attorneys Office OF
revealing some of his own testimony
before the grand jury yesterday.
The statement of the mayor was as
follows
I'VE borrowed Mr. Flynn from the
United States government for six months
to. reorganize the secret service or detec-
tive force of this city, as was stated
when he was appointed. His time WAS
up on April 20. He is staying with the
city until we select his successor. /
told of all this to the grand jury yes
terday freely. and it was given away. by
one who was present but not member
OF the grand jury II - a Si
offense for the testimony or happenings
of the grand jury to be made public,
but nevertheless the secrets of the grand
Jury have been given out and published
from day to day here for several weeks
1t is a fragrant scandal. / am informed
the governors attention has already been
called to it. and the matter will be dealt
with hereafter
District Attorney Whitman gave out
a statement, in which he denied that any
of the testimony given to the grand jury
Yesterday by Mayor Gaynor had been
made public.
The Washington herald., 1911-04-28
ELoPERs ARE JAILED.
Canadian Retreat Discovered BY
Parenta.

Utica. N. Y. April H.-Charles Cassel-
berry former manager Of the Hippodrome
Tbeater in Little Falls and Miss Hazel
Britton, aged sixteen, the daughter of
Ward H. Britton. prominent resident of
Dodgeville. with whom Casselberry eloped
last Sunday, were arrested to-day in To-
ronto. Canada. according to word re-
ceived here. A letter to Mrs. Britton
from her daughter states that she and
Casselberry were married.
The Washington herald., 1911-04-28

From the Century Magazine.
The time has now come to decide what
form is to be given to the national me-
mortal in Washington, and, particularly,
whether 1t is to be so placed as to con-
tribute in the highest degree to the per-
manent honor of Lincoln and to the credit
of the American people. The commission
to whom the determination of these i'm
portant details has been ;ntrusted is com
posed Of men devoted to the memory of
Lincoln and sure to approach their duties
with the highest motives, and criticism of
them in advance of their action is great
ly to be deprecated. That the problem
Is pre-eminently an artistic one, as af-
fecting tue beauty and the appropriate
ness of the monument itself and its re-
iation to the esChetic character of the
city of Washington. is recognized by the
fact that the decision Of the memorial
commission is subject to the advice of the
commission of fine arts. After this has
been given, the final decision is to be
made by Congress. Thus provision IS
made for the fullest consideration of all
points of view.
Two conflicting plans for the placing
or the monument have been proposed:
First, that of the Burnham-McKi Saint
Gaudens-Olmsted commission, which, IN
accordance with a systematic. expert
well-consideredp. and far-reckoning prof.
Get for the arrangement of the public
grounds and buildings of the city. would
place the memorial on the axis of the
Capitol and the Washington Monument
to the west of the latter. on the banks
of the Potomac, at the entrance OF a
proposed new memorial bridge across the
river. In accordance with this dignified
and symmetrical scheme, the government
already has erected two buildings be-
side the imposing central Mall, and con-
tracts for three others have recently been
let. and II would seem little less than
a national calamity to throw away any
part of so magnificent and well-artic-
ulated plan. except for overwhelming
reasons-a plan which was conceived with
view to the development of the most
The Washington herald., 1911-04-28
CURIOUS BITS OF HISTORY
BY A. w. MACY.
A DIABoLICAL MONSTER.

Among the horrors of the
French revolution the diabolical
doings of Jean Batiste Carrier
stand out with lurid vividness. It
is said that his brother revolu-
tionists, stepped though they
were in crime and blood. shrank
in horror from the extremes to
which he went in cruelties. Be
fore the revolution he was an
obscure attorney, but he took
such an active part that in 1893
he was put in charge of revolu-
tionary affairs in the city of
Nantes. He organized a system
of wholesale drowning. Boats
were arranged with fiat. movable
bottoms. and into these were
crowded priests. women, and
children. The boats were then
towed out into the River Loire
and scuttled. drowning all on
board. Twenty-Five times this
was done, the boat often contain
ing $50 or more victims. After
the revolution Carrier was placed
on trial for his ihiquities. Instead
of accepting his fate like a man.
he pleaded like coward. claim
ing that he acted under orders
from others. Eut he was found
guilty and guillotined. which
seems an easy fate for such q
monster.
'cSssrisl'. M. y so..pa 3. ne-l-'
ro-n.sr.w-nry.as .-A u.
Embargs.s
The Washington herald., 1911-04-28
COLLEGE GIRLS ELOPE
WITH STUDENT CHUMS
Professors and Police Make Futile Chase After Fleeing
Couples to Learn of Marriage.

Bristol, Va. April T.-After an excit-
ing fight. during which they were pur-
sued by the police and professors in an
automobile. two young women students
from Sullen's College. in this CITY, were
this evening married to two students of
King College, Churchill. Hawkins County.
Tenn.
They were Miss Anna Harris. of Florida,
and Miss Eula Mae Gavin. of Alabama,
and were married to Samuel Wood and
Kent Kane, respectively.
The elopers left here yesterday in an
automobile and had several hours start
of the officers and college professors be-
fore II was discovered that the girls
were missing.
The Washington herald., 1911-04-28
SINGER BEATS BILL
SIGNING STAGE NAME

Prague. April 27.-Is it legal and hon.
orable to repudiate bills of exchange
signed with a stage or other pseudonym?
Two courts here held that it is not, but
the Supreme Court to-day rendered a de-
cision to the opposite effect. The ques-
ton arose in this way:
In 1903 Emma Destinn, the opera singer.
gave a bnl of exchange for a debt con-
tracted with a Prague tradesman. She
repudiated it on the ground that it was
not signed with her real name She was
The Washington herald., 1911-04-28
Race Suicide Causes Worry.

Edinburgh. April 27.-Scotland is an
noyed at its showing In the censrS which
is published to-day. Apparently Scotch
men refuse to increase and multiply. as
in the past ten years Glasgow has gained
only 21.s@ inhabitants. That. however,
is wonderful increase when compared
with the showing made by the three
other principal cities Edinburgh gained
ESQ; Dundee, s.712, and Aberdeen s.61S
The Washington herald., 1911-04-28
THIRD ROWLAND GIRL
TO MARRY IN JUNE
Treasury Department Official Busly Engaged in
Preparation for Eventful Marriage
in New York

time in June. at the residence of Miss
Howland's grandfather, Col. F. Newbold
Lawrence. in Fifty-third street, or at
his country place at Lawrence, Long
Island.
Mr.. Howland has three daughters. The
eldest was married in January last to
Courtlandt P. Dixon. second. and year
before another daughter became the bride
Of Magistrate Frederic Kernechan. The
handsome young women are nieces of
Mrs. Foxhan Keene.
The Washington herald., 1911-04-28
special Gable to The Washington Herald.

Special Gable TO The Washington Herald.
Paris, April 27.-Louis NJ. Rowland,
knight of the Legion of Honor. and Off
cial of the United States Treasury De-
partment, who has given away two
daughters within the last two years, IS
one of the busiest persons in Paris aid
ing his youngest daughter, Miss Natha-
lie NJ to purchase her trousseau Tor her
coming marriage to Frederick F. de
Rham, in New York.
The wedding will be celebrated some
The Washington herald., 1911-04-28

beaten in two courts. but the Supreme
Court to-day decided in favor of the sing
er
The court said it was not a question of
honorable dealing or even of civil liabil
ity, but simply whether the law relating
to bills of exchange which provides that
the acceptor's. real name must be signed
thereon had been complied with. The
court added that no legal rights can be
acquired by the use of a pen or stage
name.
The Washington herald., 1911-04-28

Time was lost in telegraphing along
the railroad to officers to have them
stopped. as it was not thought that they
had gone overland.
Officers and college professors impressed
an automobile and started in hot pursuit,
only to arrive at Churchill five minutes
after the couples had been married by
Rev. W. c. Crockett.
The boys slipped the girls out Of the
college a few evenings ago for an auto
ride, and they were expelled. but We're
being held until their parents could be
heard from.
The girls are seventeen and nineteen:
the boys about a year older. The elopers
have not yet returned.
The Washington herald., 1911-04-28
THE DYNAMITE CASE.

| From the New York World.
No element in the country has a great
er personal interest in seeing that the
guilty are brought to punishment than
the rank and file of organized labor. No
! element has suffered more from crimes of
! violence committed ostensibly for its ben
eft or has more to lose by tie contin-
uation of such crimes.
From the Cleveland Leader.
Whatever facts may develop. the place
and work of labor organizations Will re-
main secure.
From the Philadelrhia Public Ledger.
For the credit of the union its leaders
ought to demand simply the evidence and
the truth.
From the Chicago Inter Oceln.
The fact that they are labor union Off
cials proves nothing and warrants no
assumption as to either their guilt or
their innocence
From the Chicago Tribune.
The charge made and the evidence thus
far exposed are too serious to be met
by the counter charge of a police frame
up.
From the Chicago Record-Herald.
We can all afford to be fair and sane:
the accused will not be punished unless
they are guilty, and their trial will be
legal and fair.
From the ST. L0lis Globe Democrat.
The best assurance TO offer the country
now is that the men to be tried at Los
Angeles will be presumed innocent until
proven guilty, and will get the benefit of
every doubt.
From the st. Louis Republic.
That a public trial will at last make
available all known facts connected with
the blowing up of the plant of the Los
Angeles Times last October will have its
satisfaction for the average citizen.
From the New York TribInse
The authorities should proceed with the
utmost fairness and with scrupulous re-
gard for the regularity of the methods
employed, so that no cry of persecution
may be raised. such as was raised in
the Western Federation of Miners pros
ecution.
From the Detroit Free PIess.
Bearing in mind the Orchard confess
sion and its failure to convince the Moy-
er- jury, and the stimulating 100000 re-
ward at stake in this case, the general.
public will wait until the trial brings out
all the facts about the Times explosion
before passing Judgment.
The Washington herald., 1911-04-28
Inspect Her.Id.s New Home.

From the Washington Evening Star.
The new home of The Washington Her
aid was thrown open to public inspection
yesterday afternoon and last evening.
and scores of Washingtonians visited the
Offices at 1922 New York avenue. Floral
tributes from friends of the paper decked
the desks in the business office and re-
portcrial rooms The publishers served
buffet luncheon for the visitors and
conducted them about the plant.
The Washington herald., 1911-04-28
PRINCESS Is ILL.
Member of Japan Royalty in Crit.
cal Condition.
) rhe Washingtcn Herald.

SNcial Cable to The Washington Herald.
Tokyo. Japan, April T-The condition
of the crown princess was reported Sc
rious to-day. and there is fear now that
she may not recover. She was stricken
several weeks ago with typhoid fever,
and has convalesced slowly.
The Washington herald., 1911-04-28
Cremation at Home.

From the Baltimore American.
1t is reported that an English company
hes been formed to promote cremation IN
the home. 1t is not necessary to provide
formal and expensive machinery for that
purpose. 1t can be done by q, casual match
or careless cigarette. and the job be
quite as thorough as the most exacting
could wish.
The Washington herald., 1911-04-28
Modern Entertaining.
Sympathy Wasted.

1T certainly does make me mad
What does?'
To find that a fellow I've Leen feeling
sorry for is heap better fixed finan-
cially than / am.
The Washington herald., 1911-04-28
R.tAet !. ..D.rky o.sleek.

Prom the Buffalo Tinsk
'.The typical American Of the future. :.
says . Minnesota professor. win be
dark-haired and dsrk-skisnsd How
ever replies she Lne Aneeies Exrtsss.
The Washington herald., 1911-04-28
Burglar Ha. Lack.

Newark. N. j.. April sT.-Because his
burglar alarm was too noisy James og-
Gen, Of Lincoln Park, turned 1t OF last
night, and this morning when he awoke
he found he had been robbed Of $500
worth Of jewelry.
The Washington herald., 1911-04-28

The youth in Alton. ILL.,. who received
$500 on his twenty-first birthday for having
ahstained from tobacco now has plenty
of money to Duy good cigars.
The Washington herald., 1911-04-28
A LITTLE NONSENSE
EVEN IN sPRINGTIME.

EVEN IN SPRINGTIME.
Tine pessimist cannot desist
And mars spring with his means.
He isn't glad about the shad
Because of many bones.
The pessimist. with mental twist,
Maintains his jaundiced view.
The berry cake he deems fake
Because Of berries few.
The pessimist prolongs his list,
Has many things to blame;
Emits scream about the team
Because they lose a game.
A Mean Man.
81 attended session of my wife,s cul-
ture club last evening"
What did the ladies discuss?'
Henry VIII. Also some fresher
scandal"
Rialto Chat.
This is a gloomy spring" declared
Yorick Hamm. Looks as II the sun will
never come out"
STILL commented Hamlet Fatt, you
can't expect to have the spotlight on
you all the time
Grim War.
This is the time of the year the girl
sophomore writes an essay in War and
perfumes II highly with sachet powder.
Spring Vaudeville.
The bluebird sings a sprinstime song.
Doth much entrance;
And then the robin comes along
And does dance.
True Optimists.
And now the baseball optimists are
saying that 1t is better to do your losing
early in the season.
Modern Entertaining.
He must have spent a mint on his
daughters coming-out party. They had
both ham and chicken sandwiches
''Oh, these large affairs don't cost as
much as an outsider would imagine.
Those chicken sandwiches were only
rented for the evening
The Washington herald., 1911-04-28

Here comes still another professor with
a rash declaration that men are superior
to women. Where are our militant suf-
fragetteS?
The Washington herald., 1911-04-28

Montclair. n. J., as far as We know is
:he only city that refuses to tolerate
moving picture shows of any description,
good bad, or Indifferent
The Washington herald., 1911-04-28
Enco.rasina to Republics.

: Eneouragins to Republicans.
Fscm the Milwaukee sentinaL
II e limited In Washington that william
Jennings Bryan win be Democrats can
dtdafe for the Presidency In 1sl4 An q
sdh,u Nm cspse sfeat re5eap1ng =,
The Washington herald., 1911-04-28

The single copy of the Bible which was
sold this week for $4,000 is entitled
to be called the best seller.
The Washington herald., 1911-04-28

Is there any undertaking in the asser-
tion that the, steel trust sells rails 81 a
ton cheaper in South America than in
this country?
The Washington herald., 1911-04-28

Even crime adds to the high cost Of
living, when robbers have to have an
automobile to finish burglary.