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The Washington herald., 1911-02-26
OUR DANCE MORE GRACEFUL.
Americans Have No FOIk-step, but n
BOIder Rhythm.

Prom the ST. Louis Republic.
Society to-day dances with more grace,
better rhythm and case than heretofore.
This is owing to the classes in fancy
dancing which all competent instructors
now consider a necessary part of a
course in dancing. When a pupil has
mastered the DeIsartean theories: learned
the correct and natural uses of the feet
and the poise of the body, he will find
walking and dancing easier and far more
pleasant. Dances like the Hop Boston -
the Boston Dip ''Hesitating Boston, ."
Boston Trot," and the barn dance do
not come under the head of fancy dances.
They are athletic rather than graceful
and require too much exertion to become
POPULAR
The same is true of the folk dances,
such as "SkvaIler Ulla" (gossippng Ell
la), the harvest dance. the various Swed-
ish dances, ''Hopp Morr Amika," the Ro-
venacka. and the Finnish reel. Every
nation. except America. has its national
dances-England, the hornpipe; Scotland,
the filings: Ireland. the reels; France.
the minUet: Spain, its fandangos, taran-
telles, and boleros; Russia. czardras and
mazourkas: Switzerland. the Schuhplat-
ter and Tyrolean dances; Holland-Dutch
CwoOden shoe) dances. Some claim the
''cakewalk' as our representative dance.
Many good dancers are spoiled by be-
ing started wrOngk In Europe the teach
ing of dancing is a profession. not a
chance occupation, as it frequently is in
America. and the European dancing mas
ter is trained for his work with as much
care as the teacher of history or the Ian
guages or music. The waltz is the most
beautiful OF all dances. although it is not
the oldest, as is popularity believed. The
steps in classic dances which are sup
posed to be waltz steps are not so at all
They are what we call balancing in the
positions. The waltz will live forever 1t
may at times be given a slight on ac-
count of some new dance, but it will
never lose its place as the dance of the
ballroom.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-26
Not a Free Trade Party.

Now that an extra session Of Congress
seems assured, and with the knowledge
that the Democratic majority in the
House will not only pass the reciprocity
agreement, but will in some measure
undertake revision of the tariff, it be-
comes interesting to study the attitude
of the Democratic party on the tariff
question.
1t may be written down, first of all,
that the party will not even attempt to
plunge this country into free trade. Rep
resentatiye Underwood. who is to be
chairman of the Ways and Means Com
mittee in the next House, must be ac-
cepted as the recognized spokesman for
the organization. There never has been
tariff bill,n he said, in a speech de-
livered in the House year ago, "en-
acted into law by the Democratic party
that has not favored the doctrine Of a
tariff for revenue, as opposed to a tariff
levied along free trade lines. such as the
revenue laws of Great Britain. Although
we occasionally find free trader within
the ranks Of the Democratic party. the
great rank and file Of the party do not
The Washington herald., 1911-02-26

favor the doctrine of free trade" In
the same speech he asserted that ''the
Democratic party, in preparing its tariff
bills, has favored duty levied for
revenue, and also stood for the incidental
protection that might arise from the
levying of such duty"
1t would be difficult to predict the
exact ratio which the Democrats will
regard as incidental protection Broadly
speaking, it should fairly represent the
difference in cost at home and abroad
To determine this difference will require
patient investigation and an impartial
consideration of all the facts in the case.
If the Democratic party can, after
thorough inquiry, arrive at an accurate
conclusion, it will have justified the re-
sponsibility which has been placed upon
its shoulders
One thing is certain Even with the
Democrats laboring with the tariff, the
United States is not threatened with free
trade. There will be revision of the
schedules downward, but if the changes
are made with due regard to the in
terests of the consumer and the manu-
facturer, the country will have no reason
to complain.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-26
Prosperons Canada.

James o. Hawkins. of Winnipeg, Cana
da. who Is at the Raleigh. said yesterday
that with the approach of spring the good
start made by business in Western Cana
da at the opening of the year adds force
and speed to its pace.
There have been three big conventions
besides the bOnspiel in Winnipeg recently, "
said he. The National Builders Associa-
ton, the Master Painters Association.
and the Western Retail Lumbermens s
Association. These gatherings were sup
Plemented by an automobile show so
large that il had to be divided to secure
exhibition space, and the Western Canada
Kennel Club put on a bench show of 500
dogs These events crowded the city so
that rooms at the hotels were hard to
set, the best houses having large waiting
lists and being obliged to send guests to
places of lower degree. and this in spite
of the fact that there are sixty-fve hotels
in Winnipeg. from the 4OO-room Royal
Alexandra down to humber houses
1T is probable that dcuble-tracking the
Canadian Pacific will be continued to
Medicine Hat and Calgary shortly. con-
tinued Mr.. Hawkins. This subject is
under consideration and may be begun
this spring. With a double track from
the Rocky Mountains to the Great Lakes.
the Canadian Pacific Railroad will be able
to reduce considerably the running time
Of transcOntiEentaI and local trains along
the main line
The Washington herald., 1911-02-26
Resembles vice President.

From the New York World.
IF Vice President Sherman doesn't
grow whiskers or mustache, am going
to stay out OF the State of New York for
the next couple of years. said Repre-
sentative John H. Rothermel (Dem.), of
Pennsylvania
I'm unfortunate enough to bear a
striking resemblance to Mr.. Sherman" ="
he continued. '.As a matter of fact ]
think he's handsome. But l think it's
pretty tough on poor Democrat when
he has to pay out hard earned cash to
save. a Republican Vice President from
being considered a piker.
Every now and then my affairs take
me in New York State, and as soon as I
cross the border line those 'up-Staters'
begin to take me for the Vice President.
Every porter. waiter, and hack driver at
tends me assiduously. / have to throw
dollars around as IL l were made of them.
The last trip upstate cost me SO in
tins"
The Washington herald., 1911-02-26
This Is a Good World.

The unidentified young athlete who
gave his blood the other day-running
the very serious risk which follows
transfuSion-to save poor mans life,
of whom he had not even heard before,
has added another proof to the many
that this is world ever ready for self
sacrifice, for mutual help. and full of
desire to aid others, even the merest
strangers, in distress. Nothing could
have seemed more useless than for the
children of foreigner dying of anemia
to advertise for some one to supply him
with blood. Yet response came in
stantIy, and the mans life has been saved
by an act OF self-sacrihce. ,
Because men are men and women are
women, and not mere brutes, the call for
help always will bring a response. Let
a horse run away on a crowded street,
and some one will brave peril. Let any
one be drowning, and some one will en-
danger his life in possibly vain effort.
The particular sacrifice by which poor
Russian has had his life saved took
place in hospital with the eyes of a
great city on it. But sacrifices as great
are being made every day, in little
houses and large, in office and factory,
in poverty and in wealth, in health and
in sickness, and will be made while life
lasts.
Civilization is based on sacrifice. All
that we enjoy in security, peace, COM
fort, affection, or JOY is founded in sac
rihce, and for it in the past not one hu-
man being, but many human beings, have
gladly thrown their lives in the balance.
Always this sacrifice goes on. 1t is in
progress to-day. Nothing dies but self
ishness. Nothing lives but unselfsh
sacrifice.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-26
BRYANs LATEST APPEAL.
He Wants President Taft to Approve
Arizona's Constitution.

from the Comm oner.
To President Taft: Arizona stands at
the door and knocks-wiIl you admit her
to the sisterhood of States? She deserves
well at the nations hands. Her people
are the bravest of the brave. and they
are as intelligent as they are brave,
and as industrious as they are intelligent.
They have forced the mountains to give
up their wealth of mineral treasure; they
have converted vast stretches of desert
into gardens and fields; and they are
patient, too. They have desired State
hood for years, and they have deserved
il, too; but hope has been deferred. At
last, an enabling act was passed, and
constitutional convention was elected.
That convention prepared a constitution
and that constitution has been ratified by
an overwhelming majority.
Will you extend the hand Of welcome or
will you use your position to deny them
the recognition that they crave? \
corPoratiOn-controlled press and some
ambitious officehoIders seemed to speak
for you and threaten the people OF
Arizona il they dared to adopt such a
constitution as they desired, but they
did you honor to believe that you would
have spoken to them directly, rather than
through such agents, if you had desired
to warn them. II ought to be gratifying
to you to know that they have shown an
independence which proves their capacity
for self-gOvernment. If their constitution
contains anything repugnant to the con-
stitution Of the United States. the Supreme
Court can be trusted to nullify it, Can
you ask more?
If, however, there is any provision
which, while not violation Of the Federal
Constitution, is SO Objectionable to you
that you wish it submitted separately.
ask Congress to authorize a vote upon
il when State officers are elected If
there is any provision 50 Objectionable
as in your judgment to justify you in
rejecting the constitution unless amended,
do not put the people to the delay and
trouble Of writing a new constitution; ask
Congress TO make the elimination Of such
provision a condition precedent to admis-
sion. They can eliminate it when they
hold their State election. Make any
conditions you please, but do not reject
their constitution. Let them come in.
and the career of the State will be such
that you will find increasing pleasure in
the fact that you proclaimed Arizona d
State. W ]. BRYAN.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-26
VIE WS AND
INTERVIEWS
Keep Capital mt Homo.

r. L. Waverly, of Chicago, who was
seen at the New Willard last night, made
observations on impecuniOus foreign
noblemen marrying American heiresses.
and said: Nowadays, if one has title
duke, prince. or any of the other num-
erous signs of rank-a few tumble-down
ancestral castles, notes that are past due,
and otherwise in the hole it is an easy
matter to land few million dollars. 1t
seems to be 4 regular business now, and
this country is the fishing ground for the
titled foreigner.
Think of the millions of dollars that
leave America through these internation-
al marriages OF course, this practice Is
profitable for these dOwn-and-out counts,
but imagine what could be done with the
dot that is handed over in nearly every
marriage. In most cases the amount is
sufficient to buill a complete battle ship,
and sometimes it is more. When a
japanese woman Tharries a foreigner, all
of her money or property is turned over
to relatives. Only re rtCently an English
man married a japanese widow. She had
quite fortune of her own, but was
forced by law to deed all her property
over to relatives. Such a law would do
a great deal of good here, and it would
cause our foreign friends to seek else
where for easy graft.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-26
In Behalf of the Clerks.

The mass meeting at Convention Hall
last night was an emphatic presentation
of the case of the government clerk.
both In its numerical demonstration ana
forceful argument In the great audi
torium were gathered at least 5000
people who desired personally to
testify to their interest in the move
ment. The addresses by well-known
public men were eloquent and appealing,
and presented facts which ought to in
fuence Congress in giving consideration
to faithful and underpaid employees.
These government clerks represent
not only a large but a very substantial
factor in our population. They are
nearly an homc-owners. The records of
the building associations in this city are
literally filled with instances of homes
acquired through monthly savings taken
out OF small salaries. Not only are 4
large proportion of the clerks actual tax
payers, but they represent 4 most de-
sirable type of citizenship. being intelli
gent, law abiding, God-fearing people
They are the bone and sinew of the city,
the supporters of the churches and of
the charitable institutions, the purchasers
upon whom the retail business of Wash
ington largely depends.
All this. however. would not be con-
vincing were it not for the fact that
these people have been for years con-
fronted by the problem of the high cost
OF living. Their situation is now more
perplexing than ever. Everything has
increased save their salaries. Private
corporations have found it necessary to
raise wages, but the Federal government
still demands as much and more service
from its employees without additional
compensation. The consequence is that
the clerks have suffered hardship. They
have not been able to make both ends
meet. even by the exercise Of a strict
economy which amounts to actual sacri-
fee. If the government should add 25
per cent to the salaries of the clerks who
come under the civil service law. as is
contemplated in Representative Cary's
resolution, it would only be equalizing
the burden which has been placed upon
the clerks due TO the increased cost of
tie neccssaries Of life.
Millions for the navy. millions for the
army, millions for the Panama Canal,
millions for pensions. millions for the
reclamation of arid lands, millions for
everything, but not a dollar for the gov
ernment employees! An inherent sense
OF justice protests against this neglect.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-26
The Girl from the Country.

We have had occasion to refer to the
excellent work done in Kansas City in
behalf of newsboys and other juvenile
workers who have poor homes or none
all. 1t is a pleasure to record the
TACT that the Council of Women'S Clubs
of that city has taken up the case Of the
girl from the country who arrives III
the busy, alluring center with the hope
of finding suitable and respectable em-
ployment. The council will have pla
cards at railroad stations and elsewhere
requesting country girls who con-
template removal to the city to COM
nlunicate with the leading woman'S club
at least two weeks previous to their
coming. Efforts will be made to find
work for such girls. Matrons will be
sent to the stations to receive and direct
them to clearinghouse. Aid and en-
couragement will be extended to those
who at first fail in their search for em-
ployment.
1t is not necessary to dwell on the
humanity and intelligence shown in this
scheme. As TO other cities, a word to
the wise should suffice. The pitfalls and
dangers to which country girls are eX-
posed in cities are known TO all; the
necessity and practicability of such care
and friendly guidance as Kansas City
women propose to extend are equally
plain. The larger the city, the greater,
also, the need.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-26
Possibilities of Aeroplnnes.

Prom the Brooklyn Standard Union.
The possibilities of the aeror!ane as
one OF the future carriers of the worlds
commerce will receive renewed attention
now that a Frenchman has flown with
six passengers. In speculating on the ul-
innate untility of the heavier-than-air
machine most writer's have held to the
view that it would prove serviceable only
in carrying a few passengers, in deliv-
ering mail, in scouting in war time or
conveying very light articles of mer-
chandise. 1t is true that the aeroplane
may never exceed these boundaries, but
the performance of Roger Sommer in
flying with the number of passengers
stated warrants the belief that possibly
experts have erred in setting such mar
row limits to the commercial value Of
the machine. At any rate the feat men,
toned records the tremendous mechanical
advance which has been made in these
flyers in the past several years
The Washington herald., 1911-02-26
The Doctor.

OF all the servants of mankind, the
physician is apt to be the most abused.
We criticise him and pigeonhole his
bills. but at the first twinge we are
jangiing his bell in alarm. Only few
days ago a special train was dashing
across this continent because rich man,
dreading blood-poisoning, wanted his
own doctor. This, in a superlative de-
gree, is in the nature of the country boy
riding the plow horse to town at a gal
lop 10 gasp at the doctors door: PAS
fell off the haystack and broke his leg"
The physician is the man vino must be
ready always. Neither minute hand nor
hour hand describes a time when he is
not on duty. If he gets a whole nights
rest, it is because the community hap
pens to be free from aches and pains.
He is the slave of telephone, night
bell. door bell. and office bell
After hard days work, another man
goes to bed with the sense of having
earned his rest; but the probabilities
are that the physician will be asked to
respond to some ones beck and call
He is altogether a special kind of per-
son. His illusions are few. His inside
information is enormous. If now and
then he wears superior smile. forgive
him. He has probably just heard some
remark which he knows to be hypo-
critical Again, his jokes are likely TO
be bit technical, and his view of life
materialistic. But if he has brand of
idealisn, tou can put your trust in it,
for he has learned it in hard school,
He has faced the worst. and can still
believe the best. If he has religion.
it viii be worth while. for he has
wrested it out of the actual battles of
good and evil in life seen at close
range.
The lawyer we take into our conf
dence occasionally: the clergyman we
admit 10 parlor and dining but
the doctor goes into bedrooms unan-
The Washington herald., 1911-02-26
A Marine Industry Threatened.

From inc hennebec Journal.
Names great toothpick industry is
threatened. Phillips reports that the bot
tom has dropped out of the market and
that manufacturing in the new concrete
mill of the International Manufacturing
Company will be curtailed. Within a few
weeks the little mouth crowbars have
been worth SSS case at wholesale and
to-day they are quoted at IS. which is less
than the cost of manufacture The poplar
stock now on hand will be made into
matches. To sum UP. there is evidently a
glut in the market. but nobody seems to
know how il occurred. With one mill at
Strong and two at Dixfield, all within a
radius of thirty miles, three-fourths Of
the wooden toothpick industry of the
world is represented.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-26
Customs Laws are Unjust.

Baroness de Bazus, formerly Mrs.
Frank Leslie, of New York, was seen at
the Arlington last night. The baroness
is the owner Of most magnificent dia-
monds and pearls. She wore a pair Of
diamond earrings the size of small wal
nuts besides numerous diamond rings.
brooch in the shape of a coronet blazed
with diamonds and pearls, and a long
string of exquisite pearls encircled her
neck. Baroness de Bazus is here accom-
panied by the Countess de Villaverde and
they paid visit to the Spanish Minister
Tuesday afternoon.
The present customs laws are incon-
sistent, to say the least" said the baron
ess. Il do not think it is fair to make
person swear as to the articles they bring
In from abroad, and then afterward to
examine their luggage and trip them up,
IL their sworn statement does not corre-
spond with the contents of their trunks.
Either swear them. or examine their lug
gage; but do not do both.
Il am a suffragette. but do not believe
in the methods adopted by our English
sisters, who do more harm to the cause
than benefit The course adopted by them
givas man the strongest weapon or argu-
ment against granting the right of suf-
frage to women. The American method
is the best and most effective. Do you
not think yourself" asked the baroness,
that a woman who owns property and
has to pay taxes On it should have the
right to express her opinion as to what
shall be done with the money she has TO
pay into the public Treasury?
1.-THE woman of to-day is different from
the woman of twenty years ago. She IS
rapidly forging ahead and growing to be
more powerful factor in everyday lie
than she ever was. I believe that II suf-
frage is granted to woman she should not
ask any special privileges on account OF
her sex but should place herself along
side of man--neither ahead of him nor
behind him. She should do military ser
vice IL called upon, should perform police
duty, should sweep streets, and do every
thing that man Is ding. She should not
expect a man to give up his seat in
street car to her and take OF his nat
when he NETS her unless he wants to.
Outdoor sports have brought about a
healthier girl physically as well as IN
tellectually, and suffrage will aid In max
ing the woman more valuable TO man.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-26
Jay Gould and a Minister.

\ story about Jay Gould and a minis
ter is still heard in Wall street, according
to Franklin NJ. SimondS. of New York. a
banker who is at the Arlington. Gould
had block of stock of a minor railroad
He wanted to sell it, but the market was
very thin. One day the preacher called
to see Gould, and the Wall street operator
incidentally suggested to him that there
was an opportunity to make a good in
vastment by buying some of the stock of
the little railroad.
Gould told the preacher that he would
guarantee him agains: less, but that he
should regard the tip as confidential. The
minister went straightway to another
friend in Wall street and asked him to
buy for him some of the stock, telling
the broker in confidence where the tip
came from. The stock began to rise and
the minister confidentially told some very
intimate friends about it. They went of
quietly and bought as much as they
could afford TO. Very quietly the tip from
Gould went all through the congregation.
But one day there was a slump in the
street and the Gould stock had such
bad break that the minister. instead of
having a profit, faced a considerable loss.
He waited. expecting that the loss would
be recovered. but the stock went sliding
down further. Then he went to Gould.
The fnancier said he was very sorry;
that there had been bad turn in the
market. otherwise the railroad stock
would have gone much higher. He asked
the minister how much he had lost. and
on learning the amount, promptly gave
him check, as he had promised.
The minister, having received the tip
in confidence, did not dare tell Gould that
many of his parishioners were out
much more money than he; nor did Gould
think it necessary to tell the minister that
the congregation had made a market for
all the stock that he had been trying to
sell for a long time without success"
The Washington herald., 1911-02-26
A LITTLE NONSENSE.
NERNAL ITEMS.

Buds, duds,
Freshets and floods.
Gay butterflies on the wing;
Hats, gnats.
Earmuffs and spats.
Such are the factors of spring.
Bees, trees,
Blossoms that freeze,
Birds that delightfully."- sing;
Bills, pills,
Fevers and chills,
Such are the factors of spring.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-26
serves Them Right:

From the Philadelphia North American
Two men have been sent, to Jail for
stealing trolley car. Serves 'em right,
Why didn't they steal the whole road
and become trustees of Providence. with
a cottage at Newport?
The Washington herald., 1911-02-26
Spring Is at Hand,

And now the asrute druggist man re-
plenishes the sulphur can; unto the job
Der writes his needs concerning bulbs and
garden seeds; removes the fountain from
drydock, and puts fly paper into stock.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-26
A. Good ns Eyer.

From the Pittsburs Pest.
Fourteen killed and forty injured dur
ing the football season
..Then the new, rules didn't hurt the
game. after all.
The Washington herald., 1911-02-26
Homo Discinline.

II have seven daughters"
Must take 'em a long time to dress
when the family goes out"
'oh. no. They form in circle and
each buttons anothers gown