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The Washington herald., 1911-04-02
DoWries for Poor Girls.

1t is a novelty in this country. but an
old-established custom in Europe. to
provide marriage portions for girls. Ii
is self-understood there that the bride.
groom receives with his bride an amount
sufficient to aid him in establishing a
home. Here, happily. such a transac-
ton is neither advocated nor needed.
There is no string attached to our Civ
ing or taking in marriage. Acceptance
is mutual, and the man and the woman
cheerfully, often. perhaps. carelessly,
embark upon their new career, the wife
full of trust in the ability and willing
ness of her husband, and the latter inn
bued with the determination of a self
respecting, independent man not to dis
appoint his wife This is manly, as we'll
IS wholesome. for often the money
brought into the union by the bride
fosters carelessness on the part of The
man and leads to domestic infelicity and
worse.
But. as usual in this country, We are
prone to go to the other extreme. Pro-
The Washington herald., 1911-04-02
Japan's Hands Full.

Baron Heinrich HolberG, of Berlin. who
recently returned from a long tour Of in
81, ction in the Pacific and was seen at
the Arlington, said that Japan has no
thought of war with the United States,
either in the near or the remote future.
The responsibilities she has assumed de-
mand all her energies. and can be car
ried to success only when at peace with
all the world.
1T is in the highest degree absurd to
suppose that Japan covets the Philip
pines" he said. She has all the terri
tory she can manage. The acquisition
OF Korea imposes on her a tremendous
task, and it comes while she has yet 10
develop Hokkaido, Formosa, and Sag
halien. This work will tax her resources
for many years, and she must have peace
in which to perform it
THAT condition is imperative as re-
spects to all countries with which she
deals. 1t applies with especial force to
the United States. for, aside from the
sentiment that attaches to Americas
service in enabling Japan to heel into
modern life, the United States is her best
customer in trade. 1t would be sheer po-
litical insa nifty for her to do anything to
provoke trouble between the two coun-
tries-and she knows it
The Washington herald., 1911-04-02
Lunches for School Children.

II II is possible for the Home and
School League in Philadelphia to furnish
nourishing lunches for 3 cents a day to
school children, that city will soon be
compelled to take over the work on its
own account This might seem another
step toward paternaliSm, but in these
days theories are Of less importance
than achievement. Chicago has been
trying the experiment since last winter
Lunches are served for I and ? cents,
but naturally they are rather neager.
The experiments in Philadelphia are
partly to give those children food who
would otherwise go hungry. and partly
to test the scheme from the point of
view of nourisfment.
Aside from the desirabiity OF know
ing that children are we'll nourished.
the plan has other possibilities. If girls
were made to cook the meals under
competent supervision. more practical
good would be accomplished than in the
cooking schools as now conducted. The
latter are we'll enough in their way, but
there is a minimum of experience for
the average girl. 1t is fact that many
young women in these days are not good
housekeepers They do not expect to
do their own cooking and housework
and look ultimately to home in which
a servant girl is an absolute necessity
Even when this is the case. no woman
can conduct home properly unless she
knows the details of the work thorough
iy. If. in addition to feeding children
well at small cost. we could develop
good cooks, there would be more Joy in
the home and less activity in the divorce
courts.
The Washington herald., 1911-04-02
Name the Committee Early.

1t is sincerely to be hoped that the
proposition to postpone the appointment
of the House District Committee until
next fall will not be carried into effect.
1t is a matter Of unpleasant record that
little or no legislation for the District
was accomplished at the last session Of
Congress. The calendar of the District
Committee and of the House was crowd
ed with meritorious measures, many of
which had been recommended by the Dis
trict Commissioners after careful inves-
tisation and study. These proposed stat
utes should be given consideration at the
earliest possible moment. If. as Champ
Clark says, many Of the bills reported
by the District Committee Of the last
House were of doubtful propriety and
some were positively bad" let the new
committee take these bills in hand and
The Washington herald., 1911-04-02
Some Remarks on Handwriting.

Even those who most obJect to the evi-
dence of the handwriting expert do not
critcisc the accuracy of his observation.
They merely dlstrust his conclusions.
Certain experts of bygonc days used to
express their opinions too emphatically,
and some of them came to believe that,
when working in accordance with their
system of deduction. they could not be
mistaken
An amusing instance OF thIs seif-decep-
ton IS related in Lord Brampton's
"Reminiscences" He was examining
Mr. Netherclift. the best-known hand
writing expert OF the day NethercIift
regarded himself as infalliblc. and in re-
ply to counsel said that he had trained
himself upon his own system. and that
his son was as good as he was. That
is to say" continued the willy advocate,
he, too. is infallible' Yes" answered
the witness. Now" continued the
lawyer. was there ever a case in which
you and your son appeared on opposite
sides? Netherclift protested that the
question was unfair, but he had to admit
that on one occasion he and his son
gave opposing evidence. How comes
it. then" was the unanswcrable retort.
that two infalllbleS contradict one an
other?"
Yet even the severest critics of the
experts have frequently consulted them.
One difficulty is that mans
handwriting varies from time to time,
especially IN the case of persons of I'M
itativc disposition. The alterations are
so great that man is often doubtful
OF his own handwriting Justice Wills,
in his work on circumstantial evidence,
tells that a witness swore unhesitatingly
to the genuinencSs OF signature that
was known to be forged. while he failed
to recognize the real signature Certain
diseases, like paralysis, completely alter
handwriting. and there also is the ques-
ton of hypnotic suggestion, which has
not yet been raised in a court of justice,
though it is of importance in deciding
upon authorship
Nowadays the expert turns his at
tention to different kinds of ink. Various
makers of ink introduce sundry dyes
into their productions, so that one is a
true black ink, another violet ink, and
so on. II reagents be added to the dry
ink. the black part OF the ink is bleached
and the remainder will be blue or green
The Washington herald., 1911-04-02
AS OTHERS SEE 1T.

From the Indianapolis News
Farmers who are a little afraid Of the
Canadian reciprocity treaty ought to be
encouraged by the way the American
Protective Tariff League is opposing it
Frnm the Houston Pos-
Champ Clark is taking time by the
forelcck and preparing for woman suf-
frage in his district. He is sending gar
den seeds to the widows.
From the Ross Transcript.
Mr.. Jack johnson. having been shown
to possess the thickest skull of which
science has record will doubtless come
East next fall and seek congenial as
sociates in the Massachusetts, legisia ture
Frum the Charleston News and Courier.
The woman with the bargain counter
craze will see If the gold rubs of the harp
in heaven.
From the Deroit Free Press.
A Chicago ball player. thirty-three years
old, has been released because of old
age. which shows that in baseball, any
how. the good really do die young.
From the Kansas City Star.
The editor OF the New Orleans Daily
Bee has challenged the editor of the
Weekly Wasp to fight a duel Death,
where is thy sting?
From the Prpidencr Tribune.
And it doesn't appear that those dead
men to whom the Carnegie Trust Com
pany loaned thousands of dollars of good
money were necessarily persons who by
way of anticipating provision of collateral
had laid UP treasures in heaven
From the Atlanta Jour al.
New England is begging piteously to
have the wind tempered TO the wool trust
From the Albany Arrns
As to the suggestion that tariff reform
riders be added to the Canadian reciproc-
ity bill. the best horse is all the better
for having a good rider
The Washington herald., 1911-04-02

Tossing that marriage should be based
On love alone, and insisting that nothing
else need be considered, young people
rush INTO matrimony without taking the
future into consideration.
The unvarnished truth is that few
people marry with as much forethought
as they would give to less important
matters. Therefore, it is with something
akin to satisfaction that we perceive that
charitable persons in various cities are
starting organizations to provide dow
rles for poor girls, that they may marry
sooner and start life with self-rcspect
and slight provision for the future.
By thus aiding young women who,
through no fault of their own, have
nothing, they may begin married life
with some guarantee against future dis
aster.
The Washington herald., 1911-04-02
The Consumers Dollar.

From the Metropolitan Magazine.
Various wise men undertake to tell Us
what is the matter with farming.
thought the drought was what had come
near putting us out OF business this
year. but the gentlemen who want to
think for us and handle our goods-at a
price-are bound to have their argument
They do not get down to the heart of it.
The trouble with farming is the uneven
manner in which the consumers dollar
has been distributed. By the consumer
dollar I mean the dollar which a man
gives his wife in town to buy food or
clothing-the things which originally
came out OF the soil. Out of that dollar
the farmer averages S5 cents. Some get
more and some less. but the average is
5 cents, while the handlers divide the s.
cents between them.
The Washington herald., 1911-04-02

or violet as the case may be. These
different inks may be distinguished with
absolute certainty. If, for instance, GER
tain words have been introduced fraud
ulendy into document, and if the
reagent changes them to different color
from the ink in the rest of the docu-
ment, forgery is conclusrvely proved.
This evidence was first used in muir
der trial of 1907. 1t was suggested that
the accused wished to remove from his
path witness who declined to support
his claim to certain property. The wit
ness said he had never signed a certain
will. but that his name had been put to
a blank sheet of paper in a public house
The ink was found to correspond to the
ink at the public house, and it was also
shown that three different inks were
used for the will. Even the age of writ
ing may be discovered. Certain reagents
will smudge Immediately if the ink is
recent, but as it grows Older the smudge
gets fainter, and finally, after about six
years, it stops entirely. Last year Col.
Pitcher was tried in England on the
charge of forging his COUSINS will. This
will was dated 1908. but the ink, when
treated with reagents. gave an immediate
smudge. whereas the ink on checks
written by the deceased during the pre-
vious thirteen years showed no signs of
smudging. The prisoner admitted the
correctness of the conclusions.
The Washington herald., 1911-04-02
The New District Chairman.

The chairman of the House District
| Committee occupies a peculiar and in
innate relation to the people of Wash
ington. He is their spokesman upon
the floor OF the House. and his personal
equation figures largely in the positive
or negative results of the effort to Sc
cure the enactment of local laws. De
prived of a voice in their own affairs
the District people must rely upon the
District Committee. and especially upon
its chairman, for consideration.
Especial interest, therefore, attaches
to the article which The Washington
Herald prints this morning, sketclling
the career and personality of Repre-
sentative Ben Johnson, of Kentucky.
Written by the editor of the leading
paper in Mr.. Johnson's home town, the
view taken of the Congressman is nat
urally friendly one, but none the less
the facts presented give an insight into
his character. We find that he is a
lawyer. although he never cvinced much
enthusiasm for his profession; a sue
cesSful business man. with experience
ranging from bank cashier to the owner
ship and management Of a stock farm !;
above all. politician who loves the ex-
cItcment OF a contest. and who has
been uniformly successful in all of his
appeals for popular support. His loyalty
to his friends is shown in his devotion
to Senator Blackburn. because the lat
ter had assisted him. Among his own
townSpeople he occupies an crlviable po-
sition. and the fact that he was elected
speaker of the Kentucky legislature
shows that his ability is also recognized
in the State
On the other hand. Mr.. Johnson has
apparently had little or no experience IN
municipal affairs. while his attitude to-
ward District legislation in the last
session was not one to awaken any feel
ing OF gratitude on the part OF the citi-
zens here He was manly an obStructor
and obJector. At the same time, his
conduct as a member OF the minority
opposition and his course as chairman
Of the committee may be vastly different
1t is not to be supposed that he cher
iShcS any feeling of hostility to the Ma
tionl Capital, and. at any rate, we look
to his future action rather than ms past
performance for the real evidence of
his attitude toward the District people
and District affairs
In this matter. as in all others. The
Washington Herald is for Washington
first last. and all the time. 1t is neither
the prejudiced critic nor the partial euIo-
gist OF Mr. Johnson. 1t will observe
his course as chairman OF the House
District Committee with close attention.
and will. with independent Judgment.
praise or condemn as may best serve the
highest interests OF this community.
The Washington herald., 1911-04-02
NEWSPAPER CONFESSIONAL.
Law Does Not Recognize InvioIa bic
Secrets in Public Preas.

Secrets in Public Preas.
From the New York GIobc
II. II. kohlsaat, editor OF the Chicago
Record-Herald. has publicly stated that
he knows that 10000 was used TO Sc
cure the election of William Lorimer to
the United States Senate. committee
of the Illinois legislature is investigating
the alleged Lorimer graft. and Mr.. Kohl
saat was summoned as a witness. To the
committee he reiterated his statement
that he possessed information. but de-
clined to state its source He declared
that for him to tell would be TO violate
confidence. and this he would not do. Ex-
cept to say that his Informant was alive
he answered no question.
1t is hardly necessary to point out that
the law does not recognize the existence
of a newspaper confessional whose Sc
Crets are inYiolable. The press has
privileges, but the right of an editor TO
determine when and to what extent he
shall give testimony is not one of them.
One can sympathize with Mr.. Kohlsaat's s
unwiIlingness to reveal what was con-
fidenttally told to him, but clearly IN
courts of law witnesses are compelled to
silent. The public has rights to which
private wishes must be subordinate. Edi-
tor kohlsaat must be aware that mis-
attitude is not compatible with good
citizenship. and it is to be hoped that
the committee will vindicate its au-
thority.
II is particularly desirable AT this time
10 have brought out new facts touching
the Lorimer case, for thereby a founda-
tion will be laid for reopening it in
the Senate. OF the forty-six Senators
who voted against the Beveridge resolu-
ton at the last session ten are not mem
bers of the new Senate. In the new
Senate. in all probability. if a roll call
can be had. a majority would vote
against Lorimer. But it will be easier
to get the matter up again if there IS
new evidence, a dnif there is new evil
dence ii may be possible to get the two
thirds majority that some say is now
necessary TO bring about Lorimer's un-
seating. 1t will be a curious turnabout
should Lorimer be saved by Editor
kohlsaat, who has been particularly in
sistent on the disgrace it is to have
Lorimer in the Senate
The Washington herald., 1911-04-02
District Legislation Should Receive
Prompt Attention by Congress


give them thorough consideration. There
were a large number of measures, how
ever, which were not open to criticism,
and these should be made laws at the
earliest possible moment
Even should the bills not be acted upon
in the House during the extra session,
it would be great saving Of time il
the new District Committee could be
given an opportunity to devote the next
two or three months to local affairs. Its
work would then be in shape for discus
sion in the House soon after that body
has reassembled. II the appointment of
the committee is POSTPONED until next
December it means that no hearings
will be held and no bills reported until
next spring. An entire year will then
have elapsed, marked bv inaction. This
is not fair to the District, which is not
only entitled to the enactment of neces-
sary laws. but ought to be given those
laws without unnecessary delay.
The Washington herald., 1911-04-02
Economy in Congress.

The action Of the Democratic caucus
in reducing the expenses of the House
of Representatives by looping off $751;
900 in salaries will meet with public
approval No one believes that the ad-
ministration of the lower branch oi
Congress will suffer through this reduc-
ton As a matter of fact. the sixteen
years during which the House has been
controlled by the Republicans have been
marked by constant additions to the pay
roll without equalizing reductions in
other expenses
1t is to be expected. also. that when
the committees having appropriations in
charge come. to consider the depart
mental budgets, there will be close
scrutiny OF every item and considerable
pruning. President Taft is already en-
deavorIng to effect economy in govern
mental cost and with Democratic COM
mittees operating IN the same direction,
the enormous expenditures of the past
should be materially curtailed This.
too. will be matter for commentator
The new Congress has a splendid op-
porunlty TO demonstrate its capacity to
give the country an economical and vet
an efficient and busineSslike adninistra-
ton If il shall find the middle line be-
tween parsinony and extravaganza. it
will make an enviable record for itself
The Washington herald., 1911-04-02
The Bible.

Elaborate plans are making in this
county and IN England to commemorate
the .2oOth year since the publication OF
the kInS James Bible Apart from what
the English Bibc has been in the faith
OF nine generations. its weaving into the
writing and speech and thought OF mil
lions Of human beings has made it
unique and venerable Its praise has
been often in the mouths OF competent
Judges. The great number OF witnesses
TO IT includes not merely preachers and
devout women. but poets and orators.
critics and statesmen What forced the
cold judgment OF Haliam into a glow.
what the mind OF Macauley exalted as
supreme. lesser mOrtals need not be
afraid to admire. Ruskin's crownine Of
the English Bible IS well known; Hux-
lcy's tribute even more convincing. And
so fastidious a critic as Prof Santsbury
has singled out a passage from the Old
Testament a. the best example known
TO him OF absolutely perfect English
prose" 1t is the following from the
Song OF Solomon:
Set me as seal upon thine heart.
as a seal upon thine arm: for love is
strong as death: jealousy is cruel as the
grave: the Goals thereof are Goals of
fire, which hath most vehement flame
Many waters cannot qucnch love. neither
can the floods drown it; If man would
give all the substance of his house for
love, II would utterly be condemned"
The Bible is not only a masterpiece
in itself Biblical illusions and terms
of speech sprinkle the pages of Shakes
peare. arc as thick in Milton as his own
Eleaves OF Nallombrosa and the color
phrase and thought OF Tennyson. Is
there any way of making the Bible as
widely familiar now as il once was?
This IS question often asked. not mere
ly by religious teachers. but BY those
interested in the best secular education.
They know how incomplete must be
the equipment of a student OF English
literature unless the lingering charm
of Scriptural terms of expression clings
to his memory and he has an easy ac-
quaintance with Bible narrative. Yet
how to prevent the old knowledge from
vanishing is the problem. Modern at
tempts to solve it have not been success
full FORMAL schemes of Bible study in
college or in special literary courses do
not seem to meet the case.
And the reason, the almost insuper-l
able difficulty. is that literary study of
the Bible can never make it the instinc-
tive possession that it was under the
The Washington herald., 1911-04-02

as the result of a fall from his horse
in Australia The third. Francis Matt
land. perished on the Alps at the age of
thirty-one, and even then had estab-
lished his reputation as the foremost
rIorphologist in the world. The fourth,
Col. Balfour. died the other day.
All the Balfours are clever and Mr..
Gerald is a brilliant scholar as well as
successful politician. Beginning his
parliamentary career as private secretary
to his brother. when the latter was presi-
dent OF the local government board in
1875, he chiefly distinguished himself for
his able five years tenure Of the chief
secretaryship for Ireland. Twenty-one
years ago he married Lady Betty Bal
four. well known and popular in literary
and political circles. 1t is not surprising
that Lady Betty should have literary
leaninss, seeing that she is the daugh-
ter OF Owen Meredith" and the grand
daughter OF Bulwer Lytton- FLANEUR.
Copyright, 1911. by Mcclure Newspaper Syndiczts)
The Washington herald., 1911-04-02

old system of assimilating its contents.
Assiduous reading in the family Bible
from earliest days, the memorizing of
Psalm and parable and prophecy and
beatitude, the listening to the echoes of
Sinai at divine service was a process
which stamped the Bible upon the mind
indelibly and created mental impress
sion impossible through sophisticated
study.
The Washington herald., 1911-04-02
The Washington Herald Did Not
Appeal in Vain.

1t is with considerable satisfaction that
The Warrington Herald points to the
fact that it was the first newspaper in
this city 10 appeal TO the new Congress
to consider District legislation during
the extraordinary session which begins
next Tuesday The appeal has been
needed Not only has the District Com
mttee been appointed, but the Demo
cratic caucus has by formal resolution
placed District legislation upon its pro-
gramne.
1t has already been emphasized IN The
Herald that the special session would
afford an excellent opportunity to con-
slider the proposed local cnactments
winch were ignored during the last
session OF Congress. The suggestion was
logical and appropriate. Il has been
adopted by the Democratic majority, and
there Is every reason % believe that the
neglect and indifference OF the past Will
meet with fuil atonement 1t will be
an ea,y task ior the District Connis-
s,oncr~ again to submit to Congress the
mea>urc> which have already received
their consideration and approval. and
during the months which are certain to
intervene before Adjournment much
progrc,. may be made in giving the
District tuc laws which necessity de
niaud>
The Washington Herald. the first in
the field with the proposition to take
up local legislation in the extra session.
ha> thu, demonstrated its aIertness to
District interests and will in the future
be no less keen In upholding and ad-
Nocaung everything which tends to
progrcs, in District affairs.
The Washington herald., 1911-04-02
Caste In India.

First of all, caste is question of birth.
and there is no entry except by birth.
IL worker in a coal mine may become a
part owner thereof. and his daughter
marry a peer. and his grandson become
a peer in England. 1 can personally in
troduce the reader to dozens of still un-
educated clerks. stenographers. mill
hands, newsboys, and their wives, wild
ows, sisters. and daughters whose mil
liens seat them at the dinner tables of
the Brahman class in America. But no
millions will enable the low-caste Hndoo
to marry into a Brahman family or even
to touch the hand or throw his shadow
on the food OF a Brahman in India.