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The Washington herald., 1911-10-10
Mr.. Du Bois Becomes Cynical.

Editor The Washington Herald:
With regard to the improving public
morals along the billboard line, while
the writer fully believes that certain
articles and plays should not he dis
played thereon. do you not think that
your paper could better condemn the ar
resting of boys for making a ring on a
Pavement and playing marbles therein,
also the passing of ones time killing
flies, and the desecration of the Sabbath
by Sunday theaters and compelling at
taches Of public buildings to do work un.
necessarily?
A traveller can always tell that there
are some of these societies with high
sounding names behind such movements
the class that point a man heaven
ward with the right hand and pick his
pocket with the left. Do you not think
that it IS far more manly to encourage
people to work out their own salvation
Business men must advertise their
wares, otherwise there will be far more
vacant offices, stores, and houses than
there are now. am satisfied that in al
this progress" (either heavenward or the
antithesis) that many widows and chill
dren have been and are and will be rob-
bed of their homes and inheritances- If
we are going back to the simpler life
then must taxes and high official sal
aries also decrease.
CHAMPION DU BOIs.
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THE TAX ON PROJECTIONS.
Do the Commissioners Really Pro-
pose to Add Another Burden:

Editor The Washington Herald:
VIII you kindly enlIghten bewildered
public as to the meaning of the bay
window tax" which We read OF as being
graVely discussed by n certain archi-
tectural society? I understand from Mr.
Woods letter to the Commissioners that
1t is his idea that all projections now
permitted by the building regulations
such as bay windows. porches, &c
should have tax placed upon them
As not one residence in twenty is with.
out some such projection, this would
simply mean a general increase in tax.
alton and the mulcting or taxpayers OF
thousands of dollars Can it be possible
that such a proposal is being dignifed
by serious consideration?
Some persons would be exempt frorr
this tax. So far as nave been able
to determine. they would be the clients
of the architects who are responsible
for the agitation.
A little light on this subject would.
am sure, be greatly appreciated by your
readers. H. E. JOHNSTON.
Washington. October 6.
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The Navy Yard Deficit.

An antiquated system OF bookkeeping
is blamed for the alleged disappearance
Of property valued at NOR than three
and quarter million dollars at the
Washington Navy Yard, according to
the statement given by Secretary Meyer
to the press yesterday. 1t would be
premature to utter condemnation upon
the matter at this early stage and until
a thorough investigation has shown
who were responsible for negligence or
worse.
Two things stand out prominently in
this discovery. First, the shortage al
legged here did not occur in other navy
yards, where the auditors and inven-
tory takers, we are told. found every
thing in proper shape; and then, as
errors of such magnitude could not
possibly have occurred during the short
period Of one administration. the pred
ecessors of Mr. Meyer could have ex-
ercised little or no supervision or con-
troll over the establishment under their
charge
1t is to be hoped that a thorough i'll
vestigation will be instituted at once
in order to place the blame where it
belongs and to punish those guilty of
lack of proper care with respect to pub
lie property in their keeping
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The Literal Truth.

From the Sacred Heart Review.
a Kansas editor announced he would
try for one week TO print the truth, and
he is still in the hospital He didn't get
by the first day. The following item ap-
peared in Mondays issue, and now the
boys are getting out the paper. This is
what he said
''Married-Miss Sylvia Rhode to James
Cannaham, last Sunday evening. at the
Baptist Church. The bride was an ordi-
nary town girl, who didn't know any
more than a rabbit about cooking, and
never helped her mother three days in
her life She is not a beauty. by any
means, and has a gait like duck. The
bridegroom is an up-to-date has-been
loafer, living off the old folks all his
life, and don't amount to shucks nohow.
They will have a hard life while they
live together
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AS OTHERS SEE 1T.

Trum the Philadelphia Pres.
Probably it is Just as we'll that Col.
Roosevelt made that resolution to deliver
no speeches this year. There are plenty
of others talking, and not much room
left for anybody to get in edgewise.
From the Baltimore Star.
A pauper murderer in German prison
has just fallen heir TO $5,OOO.OO0 Time
for a Teuton Delmas to evolve dementia
Germanica.
From the Baltimore Star.
Anyway, the Kimmel mystery can't be
compared to that of the ingredients of
some mixed drinks.
From the Charlotte Observer.
columbia is growing taller" says The
State. and it is encouraging to note that
Columbia is growing even in any direc-
ton.
From the Emira Advertiser.
The '.ankleview skirt" has arrived.
That sounds somewhat like the name OF
a summer resort.
From the Atlanta Constitution.
What has become Of the young man
who used to carry his comb and tooth
brush in his vest pocket?" asks a Kan
sas paper. AS We remember him he car
ried his tooth brush in his upper out
side coat pocket and his comb over his
ear.
From the Louisville Courier-Journsl.
The French navyeis the most danger
Gus navy in the world-to those who put
to sea in French naval vessels.
From the PittsbWE Post.
What part of the Turkey will you
have?
From the Detroit Free Press.
One way to prove his identity would be
to ask Kimmel where his mother used
to hide her pocketbook for safekeeping.
From the Houston Courier.
In six years, 1,793 criminal aliens have
been expelled from the United Kingdom.
Year before last seven of them were
Americans, last year sixteen.
From the Rome Trbune-Herald.
A Chicago woman says smoking opium
makes her bright. 1t does not; il she
ever were real bright, she wouldn't
smoke 1t.
From the st. Louis Republic.
The little 'leven that leavens the whole
lump of education is the football team.
From the Boston Transcript.
Now that the Department of Justice
is after the kindling wood trust We may
expect to see the chips fy-or we may
not.
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Austria and Italy.

The close watch which is kept by
Austria over the Italian naval opera
tions in the Adriatic and the Ionian Sea
plainly indicates the true relations be-
tween the two powers as a result of
the situation developed by the war with
Turkey. We take it that Austria, in
return for Italy's acquiescence in the
annexation by the former of Bosnia
and Herzegovina three years ago, was
ready and willing to wink at Italy's
procedure at Tripoli, but when it comes
to operations in the Adriatic, both of
them still continue to contend for su-
premacy The too aggressive policy
followed by the Duke of the Abruzzi
may yet lead TO serious complications.
perhaps to a disrupting of the triple al
lance, to which treaty both are sigma
tories We are ready to believe the
cabled report that the prime minister OF
Austria has "categorically" notified Italy
that an Austrian feet would make a
demonstration on the Italian shore OF
the Adriatic unless a satisfactory ex-
planation is made of the attack on the
Albanian port OF San Giovanni di
Medua.
The cause for Austria's anxiety is
not far to seek. She is not ready for
a reopening of the Balkan issue She
fears that the extension of the theater
of hostilities into European Turkey
would result in disorders there which
might soon become beyond control.
Austria, it may be taken for granted,
has her eyes upon the Sanjak of Sa-
Ionki, but she is obliged to abide her
time until there can be some sort OF
an agreement which could be twisted
into a European understanding" on the
subject, while a premature opening OF
the Eastern question might lead to Sc
rious complications for the entire Euro
pean concert.
Austria is the stronger of the two in
the Adriatic. The Italian. coast is prac-
tically without any harbors, while Dll-
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CURIOUS BITS OF HISTORY.
By A. w. MACY.
WILLIAM DOCKWRA AND
CHEAP POSTAGE

CHEAP POSTAGE.
Strange as ii may seem, before
1880 it was impossible to mail Il
letter in the city of London with
out taking it to the general post
Office, in Lombard street. In that
year William DOckwra, a mer-
chant, put into operation a scheme
for collecting and delivering let
ters in any part of London for
one penny. He established a
number of receiving Offices in
various parts of the city. The
scheme worked very we'll; so
well. in fact. that it provoked
great hostility. The porters
complained that it interfered
with their interests. as it no
doubt did. and tore down the pla-
cards announcing the scheme to
the public. Some fanatics even
denounced it as a POpish plot. But
it succeeded so we'll that it came
near paying expenses the first
year. Our present-day method of
handling mail in large cities is
not much, If any, better than
that of Dockwra, and in one re-
spect II is not as good, for he
guaranteed to reimburse the
sender when anything of value
was lost while in the care of his
employees.
Copyright, 1911. by Joseph B. BowlesJ
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Staging n Production.

From the Youngstown telegram
The manager, who was preparing tc
take out a "stupendous' theatrical pro
duction, addressed his assistants.
Have you procured the real locomo'
tive?''
I'VE have"
And the pack of genuine Siberian
wolves?"
They arrived this morning"
is the two carloads of scenery paint
ed?"
The last set was completed this morn
ing"
Are the Autographs on their way tC
the first stand -
Every sheet is ready to put on th'
walls
"An right! I'll get a couple Of actor
somewhere and we'll be ready to star
the first of the week"
The Washington herald., 1911-10-10
American Coup in the East.

From the Newark Evening News
1t looks as if American enterprise had
made another stroke in the Far East.
japanese jealousy is indicated in the
display which an officially inspired
Tokyo paper gives to a dispatch from
Pekin to the effect that the United
States has secured by secret treaty
JO,OO0 acres near Harbin, Manchuria. to
be improved by an American harvester
company, China to employ a part of the
recent luadruple loan in providing mill
tary guards and importing expert labor.
The concern referred to is evidently the
International Harvester Company. and
Geogre w. Perkins, it's president, admits
that his company has been negotiating
for land in Harbin. although the secret
treaty part of the story is probably an
extra touch of imaginative Oriental
journalism"
The Washington herald., 1911-10-10
AN ECHO OF WATERLOO.
Girl Descendant of Blucher Falls
Into Hands of ChiIdren's Society.

Girl Descendant of Blucher Falls
Into Hands of ChiIdren's Society.
From the New York Sun.
A little girl who says her mother
often told her she was a great-great-
granddaughter of Field Marshal Won
Blucher, whose march TO the field Of
Waterloo turned the tide of battle
against Napoleon. is in the Children's
Society awaiting the time when JUS
tice Hoyt, of the Children's Court, shall
decide if a woman be permitted TO adopt
her
Ella Won Blucher is the thirteen-year-
old girls name. Her father, who was
a Count Gebhard Won Blucher. gave
up his title to come to this country and
fight in the Union army in the civil war.
After the war he went into business.
but lost his money, and the last few
years Of his life were spent in the
Soldiers Home, in Washington.
He married woman much younger
than himself while he was still in busi-
ness, and they had two children, Inge-
borg now eighteen years old, and Ella.
Ingeborg has been working in the home
Of DR.. Henry Wahn, of 63s Eagle avenue,
the Bronx. and up to Wednesday Ella
lived with her mother, Alvina Won Bluch-
er. at 4o3 West l27th street. Ella went
to Mrs VAIN and told her that her
mother had turned her out Of the house
and threatened to kill her II she went
back SO Mrs. Wahn took little Ella
to the Children's Court, and told JUS
tice Hoyt that she would like to adopt
the girl II there is any legal way in
which it could be done. The Children s
Society agents found that Mrs. vor
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and the Grand Gordon. While in Bull.
garia Mrs. Bakhmetieff organized a sys-
tematic protection of the children Of the
poor, and home for sick children.
No circumstance in connection with the
epOch-making campaign Of the die
hard" lords has been more remarkable
than the almost meteoric rise to high
political distinction of Lord Willoughby
de Broke. Still in early middle life. a
keen rider to hounds and an all-round
sportsman, his lordship has dashed to the
front of the political arena by sheer
force of ability, courage. uncompromistng
Candor and a whole-hearted devotion to
the cause of his native land.
AS Richard Verney, before he succeed
J ed his father to the peerage, he repre-
sented Rugby in the Commons, and he
, was then already recognized as a bold
| and witty speaker. with qualities which
| might make of him leader of men, II
| ever he cared to make politics the serious
business OF his life.
! To-day he has become power, plat
! form orator of potent attraction, whose
! breezy and Caustic utterances are doubly
/ commended by their fearless outspoken-
ness and the intense fervor of coviction
/ which manifestly inspires them.
! This still comparatively young noble
| man, whose ancestor fought on the field
| OF Bosworth. now that he has thrown
! himself into politics in dead earnest. has
developed such a talent for organization
that some day no doubt he will lead the
constitutional forces. He has the quail
! fcations which go to make a successful
| leader a contempt for shams and false
| sentiment. an indomitable spirit. and a
! habit Of saying at all times exactly what
| he means. II is we'll worth recalling that
! on the night of the surrender Of the
| lords, when he entered the ultra-exclu-
| sive Carlton Club, the members. who
! but few minutes before had had moth
! ing but Kisses upon the appearance Of
! Lord Galway. greeted Lord Willoughby
/ de Broke with tremendous cheering. Eng
| land will hear Of this new light on the
conservative horizon pretty soon. unless
| all signs fail. FLANEUR.
| lCoryEisht. l9II by Court Gossip syDdicate.L
The Washington herald., 1911-10-10
KNEW THE LAW.
Maiden Lady Living Across POtO-
mac from Capital Could Qualify.

Maiden Lazy Living ACrOHs HOtO-
mac from Capital Could Qualify.
From London Tit-Bits.
If women ever come to sit on the
bench in old Virginia, there's a maiden
lady living on her ancestral acres just
across the Potomac from Washington
who can qualify for the job.
Recently a company bought a tract
of land the other side of her property
and cut It up into suburban lots. De-
string ready access to the Capital, they
instituted proceedings to run a public
road through the old lady's land; worse,
as she learned. the projected road would
cut right through the prettiest part of
her trim lawn. dear with its memories
of her childhood.
She consulted her lawyer. only to be
told there was no help for it, since Pri
vate property may, under the law, be
acquired for public use. no matter how
unwilling an indignant owner may be.
Far from resigning herself to the ruth
less inrOad on her cherished lawn. the
old lady buried herself in the musty law
library. handed down from an ancient
ancestor once a prominent judge in the
Old Dominion.
When. some days later, a party of
surveyors appeared with stakes and
chains to lay out the line of road, they
! found the owner. spade in hand. just
setting out the last OF a phalanx of
| young apple trees squarely in front of
the lawn, and right in the line of the
proposed highway.
If you set foot inside this orchard. 90
! she said defiantly to the astonished sur
veyors IN have you all thrown out
and then arrested for trespass." With
that she called up half a dozen lusty
young countrymen waiting behind the
! barn for the summons.
What does all this mean asked the
| leader of the surveying party. in whose
! contract there had been no mention Of
! fighting. We are surveying for a pub
! lie road, and can go anywhere"
! 'Anywhere-except through an or
| chard," exclaimed the old lady, pulling
I a musty volume from under her apron.
/ It's been the law in Virginia since the
| days of Patrick Henry that you can't
run even a public road through an or
! chard: SO YOU stay OUT
! The old lady had dug up an ancient
J law unknown to modern attorneys. con-
/ founded her opponents, and saved her
! lawn.
The Washington herald., 1911-10-10
A Rock Creek Railway.

New impetus was given last week to
the movement started some time ago
for the construction of an electric road
to traverse the entire length OF Rock
Creek Park. This is a project which
deserves the careful consideration OF
every one in the District.
e Rock Creek Park is beyond doubt one
of the most beautiful spots of natural
scenery in the whole country. Washing
ton is fortunate in possessing it, but it
is claimed, and with apparent truth
that only about 5 per cent of the in
habitantS of the District are able to
take advantage of its beauties. By rea-
son of its remote situation, large area
and topography only those who can af-
ford some means OF conveyance to il
and through it can really enjoy it.
| With an electric railway and low
rate of fare everybody could enjoy the
park There can be no objection to the
construction of such line, for it would
be built so as not to interfere with the
natural scenery.
Parks are supposed to be for the
benefit of all the people; but Rock
Creek Park apparently is not.
The Washington herald., 1911-10-10


Editor The Washington Herald:
1t is said that ex-President Charles
w. Eliot. of Harvard, has been asked
to suggest appropriate notices or texts.
to be carved on the walls Of the new
post-office building near the station, and
this is we'll, for possibly no filter mentor
could be selected.
But when they are accepted, unless
they fare better than those of his Sc
lection which have for many months
stood over the entrances to the Union
Station, the public will be little the wiser
for his wisdom. Through an opera
glass, or to unusually strong eyes, these
texts (and none could be finer or more
to the purpose) are striking and help
full. But in the absence of either they
are well-nigh sweetness wasted on the
desert air; as, being incised simply on
the white stone, they are discerned .ealy
with difficulty Surely they should be
filed in with black coloring matter; or,
better still, In gilt, mat the travelling
public, or others whose visits to the
passenger station are generally made in
haste, may be able to read as they
run" EDWARD LOWE TEMPLE
less Twenty-ninth' street northwest
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malta has safe shelter for shipping or
war vessels. Below this are Albania and
Epirus, under Turkish sovereignty, a
ground of vantage which neither Italy
nor Austria would like to see pass into
the control of the other, for it would
mean the domination OF the Adriatic
gulf. 1t is this rivalry which explains
the anxiety of Austria that Italy may
develop too great naval strength in
the disputed waters.
The Washington herald., 1911-10-10
A LITTLE NONSENSE.
TIME FOR COAL.

Beside the gloomy void I stand;
With sickly grin
I own have no scheme at hand
To fill that bin.
1t is, of course, no use to rave
About my plight.
Ten thousand carats 1 must have
OF anthracite.
The autumn winds are growing chill;
| must begin
Devising ways and means to fill
That empty bin.
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The Perfect Woman.

The perfect woman should have a
waist measuring three times the distance
around her forearm.
Her outstretched arms, from finger tip
TO finger tip should be equal to her
height
She should be equipped with eighteen
puffs, four rats. and two coronet braids.
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ANNOUNCEMENT.

beginning October l. the sub
scrfption price Of the Daily and
Sunday editions OF The Washing
ton Herald will be As cents per
month, instead of 40 cents per
month, as heretofore. The sub
scription price of the Daily only
edition will remain unchapged-25
cents per month.
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Both Useful.

THE government ought to establish
cooking schools all over the country"
Yes; there's only one thing more i'm
portant than the cooking school,"
What's that?"
There ought to be schools for teach
ing poor girls the rudments of bridge
whist"
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A spartnn Magistrate.

From the Baltimore Americau.
A New Jersey magistrate arraigned
himself before himself for violation Of a
town ordinance, pleaded guilty to the
charge and fined himself s., which sum
he paid and was released by himself.
Some Spartan sense Of duty is still left
III this selfish world.
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Cnn Be Accommodated.

From Judge.
The man that goes around with wad
of money making a bluff that he wants
to bet and can't get any one to take
him up can get accommodated by en-
tering any downtown Office building and
telling that bluff to the elevator boy.
The Washington herald., 1911-10-10
Something to Regulate.

From the Baltimore Sun.
Three 'rahs for the Interstate Com
merce Commission, which now can regu-
laet trolley lines-something which the
operating officers In some cities seem
Enable to accomplish themselves.
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A New steal.

From Lippincotts Magazine.
Fine climate you have here;-so
bracing," remarked the casual visitor.
Yes: pretty good" allowed the village
pessimist, but them COMPOUNDED auto
mobilIsts come along and pump the air
into their pneumatic tires"
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A EnmilN Custom.

why do you visit that cold-storage
warehouse every Sunday"
The children like TO be taken around
to see our Thanksgiving turkey fatten-
ing
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Secretary Wilson might even things
up by making one of the temperance
addresses which are expected to be de-
livered at the Brewers International
Congress-
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Another Species.

On hasty marriage they embark.
Then would be free again.
1t seems l., takes her for a lark
And finds she is a hen.
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Just Like Canada.

Tom, what is reciprocity?"
IT'S this way. Mabel. l give you a
hug and you give me a kiss. That's rec
iprocity Will you do it,
Il fear it might lead 10 annexation,
and I don't know that I'm prepared for
that"
The Washington herald., 1911-10-10

The District Commissioners have
prohibited the putting up of any more
billboards. Now. if they can keep
board bills from being put up, they will
make a hit with the boarders.
The Washington herald., 1911-10-10

At the conclusion of a game of foot
bail at Norfolk. Va. there was a free
fight between the two teams Only an
expert could tell where the game left
off and the fight began.
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panic in any building where large num-
bers of persons are gathered Tor busl-
ness or for pleasure.
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Became Proficient.

How did you happen to become a
l-htning change artist?
Il got started at the game by switch
ing my winter fiannels on and off,
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Secretary Hitchcock wants an apprO
priation of $4,000 for aerial mail car
riers. At the price set by Mr.. Hearst,
that will carry only one mail across
the continent
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Prefer. Him Un.potted.

From the st. Louis GIobeDemoGat.
1t is not explained why Mrs. Sullivan
objects to John L going to Congress,
but presumably It is upon moral grounds.
The Washington herald., 1911-10-10

II the new buzzard constructed by
the Wright brothers fails to soar, II
will doubtless make its inventors sore.
The Washington herald., 1911-10-10

Mail carriers salaries are being in
creased. Since they have begun using
aeroplanes for the purpose, mail carry
ing is coming high.