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The Washington herald., 1912-10-17
Here Is Progress.

In the assembly of the Province o.
Canton, China, there are nine womer
deputies among the 40 that compos'
the chamber, all of whom were elected
by votes of both men and women. tn.
China Herald of Shanghai tells us tha
these women solons take very active
part in the deliberations of the body
frequently addressing the house in word.
that prove independent thought by split
ting into several groups on various Is.
sues.
In other words, while their sisters il
enlightened England or America still
are in quest of the ballot, their effort.
being retarded by all sorts of politica
subterfuee, nothing could be mort
typical of the awakening of China thar
this exhibition of female lawmakers
there.
The China Herald says that this won.
ans delegation is composed of member:
of the Tung-Wong Hui-United Sworn
Society-which was created fifteen
years ago by DR.. Sun Yai Sen as a par,
of his machine to overthrow the Manchu
dynasty. In this society the sexes al
ways did enjoy equal footing, fitting
them for the democracy which now pre-
walls in Canton and which it is the
great leaders hope to inaugurate all
over China.
Well, it must be confessed that the
cramping and shortening of women's
feet in the Celestial Empire has not re-
tarded their, brain development. Next
some of these progressive Chinese fe-
male solons may come here to lecture
before their Western sisters upon the
blessings of woman in politics.
What a paradoxl
The Washington herald., 1912-10-17
Red Ralns.

Red rain is fairly common. and in May.
1SSS. there was a heavy fall Of blood red
hail at Castlewellan. County Down. Ire
land. The red hue was not merely on the
surface. When one squeezed the pellets
tho fingers were deeply stained.
A remarkable red rain fell At Tho Hague
in the year 1915. The town was in an
uproar one morning upon finding lakes
and bitches which had contained water
overnight now full OF blood" A physi-
clan. however. took some Of II from ono
Of the canals. put 1t under his micro
scope. and found that II was due to tiny
red animals. all in a state Of lively COM
motion. This. however. by no means re-
assured the populace. who thought such
prodigy no less awful than actual
blood.
The Washington herald., 1912-10-17
Cooperative Farmers Banks.

President Taft, in recommending to
the Governors of the States of the
Union the establishment of financial
machine" giving the farmers a CO.
operative credit system, has completed
the work of the National Monetary
Commission, for that body of experts
failed to touch on the question of rural
banks. Thus it was left to the Presi-
dent and the State Department to make
an inquiry destined to place before the
public proposition of the most far
reaching nature, a gigantic scheme
whose consumnation will mean that
the producers Of food stuffs will be
saved at least $34oooo,ooo of annual in
terest charges-a sum of money which,
of course, has come out of the pockets
of the Ultimate consumer. With the
recommendations of the President,
which fully coincide with what The
Herald has advocated months ago on
lines parallel with the system in vogue
in Germany, the so-called "Reiffeisen"
banks. the nation is in a position to
tackle the question of monetary reform,
equipped with all available facts
Critics of the President will score
him for playing politics for the farmer
vote in presenting to the public less
than a month of election day plan for
the betterment of that important class
of citizens; also that he is advocatae
a pa.enalistic theory which is inc6n-
sistent with American institutions
Those who know the President win de-
nounce the imputation Of any partisan
motive. As to the charge of paternal-
ism, which is sure to come, in part.
from the farmers themselves, we can do
no better than to quote the President:
1t is natural that some of the Euro
pean governments have extended !. pa-'
ternal protection over the system Of ax-
ricultural finance and to have given
them financial IS well as LEGAL assist.
ance This must be guarded asainst In
The Washington herald., 1912-10-17
A Balkan Federation.

Some readjustment of the political
situation sooner or later is bound to re-
suit from the turmoil in the Balkan
lands. Jealousies or outside perils
eventually must bring about either
closer relations among Balkan powers
or a definite subjection of each in
dividual state to foreign influence.
Turkish domination in the near East
evidently is doomed, and as for Russia
or Austria-Hungary, the watehful jeal-
ousy Of either. will make it dificult for
those monarchies to extend a control
over parts of the Balkan territory.
The logical result seems to be a
Balkan federation, and no doubt this
eventually would be the outcome were
Austria's fear of pan-Slavism qrieted by
assurances on the part of Russia that
she will abstain from an attempt to con-
troll such federation in section COM
pletely inhabited by Slavonic people, of
which Russia is the leader and main
factor.
When Macedonia has succeeded in
joining herself once more to Greece in
commemoration of its achievements un-
der Hellenic rule in ancient times, there
might remain as possible members of a
united Balkan states" Bulgaria, Ser
via, Rounania, and Montenegro, with
a prospect of extending the union grad
ually to the remaining Turkish terri
tory in Europe; not to forget a cause of
great uneasiness to Austria-Hungary in
the very natural desire of Bosnia and
Herzegovina (recently annexed by that
empire) to join the Balkan union. The
four states named have an area of less
than 10000 square miles and a popu-
lation of about 12,5ooooo
Germany and Switzerland are the only
federated states in Europe. Should there
ever be such thing as a federated
Balkan state most probably it would
look as model for its central govern
ment to Switzerland. where the federal
executive authority is lodged in a COM
mission, OF which the president merely
is the chairman.
But when all is said it is difficult to
believe that the mutual jealousies of the
Balkan states would permit so closely
knit a federation. True enough, the way
TO peace in the Balkans. once the Turk
is eliminated, seems to lie through fed
Grafton, but the obstacles to forming
such a political union seem insurmount-
able. All We have to do to substan-
tiate this is to look to Poland. a glori-
ous country with a great past, where
petty jealousies, unbounded, senseless
ambitions. and political trickery ended
in complete debacle and final partition
of the land among its neiehbors.
The Washington herald., 1912-10-17

MAY THE FOURTH CONTINUE TO LIVE FOR OUR NATION

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The Washington herald., 1912-10-17
Attic NoNsEllsE.
NHlN Wo1GlH aEllnf. J

NH1N WoxnM 1nDf.
oracs $500 1Gssss era tAsy Asvs ~
ASd 6bhoaS soune prssssvsa.
l1arss tslls osaess with dispai faes.
She's just bunch ee nerves.
Poor Grace, aisek, descrfbss hsr back.
Her weak heart, and her neck
Thses's no relief. and she IN oEsek
l. quite . perfect wreck.
Alss, poor giris, they shake their curl
They f,,me and frown: then 20 down tewr
To seo the latest clothes.
unsas. Psnnywtes sayss
Nsvss mako 8 friend Of ths iandlady
The best chicken goes to ths people who
are always threatening to . to house
keeping.
HyrAe.steS HDissAe.
what has become Of your hyphsnated
NY hyphsaatsd fsisndr'
Yes; your friend. Mr.. wombat-Wom-
bat.p
.He Is III Of beri-beri"
"whereT'
In Walla-Walla-"
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October ~ 4. History.
October II. 1900. william Shakespeare
and Francis Bacon are engaged to write
up the worlds series Of that year.
October II, l6Sa Henry VIII has trou-
BILE With HE, furnace and threatens tc
choke 1t 70 death.
q strssay Business.
Pa. have accepted the duke. He wfll
cost only million plunkA"
Cheap enough. my dear. Nov. the
aext step u to get the title Examined"
- ws.'t De.
The leaves are turning red,
The summer flowers are gone;
Tho white shoe. be It said, -,
Still fingers on and on.
Well Written Up.
what do you think Of the worlds
seriesr'
Haven't got through reading. about I,
yet. I've read what the red-blood novel
lists and the dialect poets have to say.
and am Just getting around to the es-
sayists and analytical highbrows"
1lews.s 4. the Coin.
MY grandfather IL hard to handle. He
wants to play thesAces. give wine sup
pers, and go . rapid pace"
MY grandfather IL comparatively easy
to manage. All he wants to do Is to buy
chicken farm"
Rough Work.
Il had to quit roomins with that foot
ball player
Did he talk too much football7'
1T wasn't that 30 much. He was Al
ways dreaming ne was In . terrible
scrimmaRe."
The Washington herald., 1912-10-17
Happy England!

Press agents Of the American type are
unknown In England. 50 in the Lon
aon PRODUCTION OF "Everywoman" II was
found necessary to make away with
Puff. who. in the American production.
was the constant associate OF Blum and
stuff, the theatrical managers. In the
Drury Lane performance Pun became
Scribe, an author.
The Washington herald., 1912-10-17
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The Washington herald., 1912-10-17

country. 1t has filled the country With
fine interurban farm homes and has
made the Chautauqua the fan festival
the department store and the produce
markets wax great in the land. Tho
Reuben car goes after its passengers in
stead OF making them hunt a depot and
wait for IT. and it takes them when they
want to go instead when q division
superintendent 100 miles away says they
will have tn On
The Washington herald., 1912-10-17
PERTINENT AND IMPERTMEN1

From ths New York Evening Sun.
Some Of the Bull Moose candidates who
are solemnly declaring what they will de-
| II elected remind us Of the imaginative
deadbeat who spends &1.00o.0o0 evers
night al he drops on to sleep.
From the Philsdslphia Rscusd.
The feet in the Hudson River reminds
| US that our naval marine is probably q
little bigger than our merchant marine.
| From the Atlanta Constitution.
The farmers will welcome all defeated
candidates back to the soil There will
| be considerable winter work to do about
the farms.
From ths Chicago Rsrurd.Hzall.
President Taft refers to Progressives Al
! half-baked Republicans. On tho other
hand. the Progressives appear to be tax.
ing pains to have old-line Republicans
thoroughly roasted.
From the Philadelphia Pres.
The corporations ought TO be happy this
year-they can't be drawn on for cam
paign contributions.
Frum the Nehr.ska State Journal
We have decided to not let our whis-
kers grow until Woodrow Wilson IL elect
ed President.
Frum the Ohio State journal.
The imperial German post-ofnce has q
new machine for printing stamps In
rolls which are used in automatic slot
selling devices.
From the st. Paul Dispatch.
William Lorimer is about to take to the
lecture platform to vindicate himself. II
he would rehearse that weepy little
speech about his friend. Hinky Dink. he
might get a vaudeville engagement.
From the Cleveland Leader.
British suffragists have decided to
carry revolvers." Where?
From ths Christina sciencs Monisns.
Fifty-five thousand miles Of motion pic
ture films q year are now demanded by
the motion picture business. These would
more than encircle the earth at the equa-
tor twice. As q matter Of fact, they will
times.
From the New York World
Eight ex-Secretaries Of the Navy helped
Inspect the fleet.
Ffum the Phiadnlphia Teiegf1ph-
Hiram johnson whimpers that all the
parties are against Roosevelt" How
many besides the Progressive party did
Hiram think would be for him?
From the Kansas City Star.
The Balkans are having so much Do
litical excitement that perhaps the dis
trict could be referred to as Bleeding
Balkansas.
From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
A London pastor announces that he
thinks young people should be allowed
to fiirt In church. Has anybody been
stopping EN-?
From the New York World
The difference between Idaho, which
bars Roosevelt electors from the ballot.
and California. which bars out Taft
electors. Is the difference between in
fanny and social justice"
The Washington herald., 1912-10-17

Another submarine disaster. the seventh
In the record Of the British navy. sent
fifteen men to premature and avoidAble
deaths. m the French and other. conti-
mental nayies there hhs been q simila,
toll Of tragic deathsL There IL no CORE.
spending black page in the annals of the
United States Navy. in which blythe en-
ployment OF the submarine bell system,
submerged vessels Of this, type may COM
municate with one another and deter
mine the position Of other shipping before
rising to the surface.
The Washington herald., 1912-10-17
ConcerninE False Hair.

From ths Manchester Union.
It appears to be the decree Of fashion
that q considerable amount of false hair
shall be worn by women during tho COM
ing season. and 1t Is perhaps well that
there should be q clear understanding OF
where the hair comes from. 1t appears
to be admitted that almost any American
woman combs out enough hair from her
own head to meet all requirements, but
she viii net take the trouble to save the
combings. An expert IN the hair business
stated in Chicago recently that "Ameri-
cans live too fast to save their combings. %
Probably he was correct. but II 10 also
probable that the average American wo-
man gives no thought Al to where her
supplementary supply of hair comes from.
It appears that America Imports its false
hair from Europe and Asia The Euro
pean hair 10 rated a. first Glass; although
there may be some misgivings a. to its
source in some cases. but 70 per cent Of
II comes from China. from the heads Of
saving Chinese women, who are eager
to swap their tresses for copper coins. It
u worth while to save hair from comb
ings In China. .wAich the average Ameri-
can woman totally Ignores until she pays
|a good pFice n the market
The Washington herald., 1912-10-17

IN ov0lnA"
The Reuben car saves farmers' wives
from the asylum by taking them to the
moving picture shows after the chores
are done. and 1t saves city men from
hospitals by dragging them into the coun.
try and tempting them with farms. This
will not be a perfect land until It has a.
many Reuben cars as II has rural routes,
and every farm as well as every city Is
provided with ample means Of escape.
COPYRIGHT y12, by Georys Mathew AdamAl .
The Washington herald., 1912-10-17

A cosaess 'edseAsss pot only III. head.
but also the heels.
The Washington herald., 1912-10-17

Largest Morning Circulation.
The Washington herald., 1912-10-17
Rough Work.

Il had to quit roomins With that foot
ball player"
Did he talk too much football?"
1T wasn't that 30 much. He was al
ways dreaming ne was In . terribl
scrimmage."
The Washington herald., 1912-10-17
Blowing In the Coin.

MY grandfather IL hard to handle. He
wants to play theSnces. give wine sup
pers, and go . repid pace"
MY grandfather IL comparatively easy
to manage. All he wants to do Is to buy
a chicken farm"
The Washington herald., 1912-10-17

what do you think Of the worlds
series?'
+ Haven't got through reading. about II
yet. I've read what the red-blood novel
lists and the dialect poets have to say.
and am Just getting around to the es-
sayists and analytical highhrows'
The Winslow mail., 1912-08-03
Bombs Deadly Work.

Paris is truly city of tragedies,
At q. quarter past eight the other
morning there was terrific bomb ex'
plosion on the Place de Montrouge.
Policemen rushed up, and found a
young man Of eighteen, Alfred Heryol
shrieking with pain, and rolling In
agony on the ground. His face and
hands were covered with blood and
his clothes were burning. Two police
men put the fire out, put Hervo in
cab, and took him to the nearest hos,
pita1. The other policemen found the
bomb. It had been made of two metal
soap boxes tied together, and filed
with powder and nails Hervo declared
that he knew nothing about the bomb.
He was on his way to his work, saw
the thing lying on the pavement, and
kicked it off into the gutter. It broke
open, and wondering what the black
stuff III It was, Hervo lit match and
bent down to find out. An explosion
followed.
The Winslow mail., 1912-08-03
Fashions Long Kept Up.

The British admiralty's annual or
der for black silk handkerchiefs fol
the navy, recently placed for 10000
led to inquiry, why black" It is
said to be as mourning for Nelson's
death at Trafalgar. Another instance
of long continued mourning Is shown
in the dark clothes officially worn by
the Anglo-SaXon race; at the decease
of the duke of Gloucester, Queer
Anne's heir-apparent, the bar went
into mourning and has never doffed
this, though the lapse of the Stuart
dynasty on the British throne wat
scarcely to be regretted. Doubtless
the largest following of one fashion
by men was after Alexander get the
style of having the face clean
shaven; this was kept up by the
Graecc- Roman world for five hundred
years.
The Winslow mail., 1912-08-03
SEES ONLY THE BIG CITIES
Brooklyn Minister Would Have Them
Beautlfied as the Centers Of
Our Civilization.

DIR. Hills Of Brooklyn, while hold
ing pronounced views on the dis
graceful condition at present prevail
ing in many American cities, has
very optimistic views Of the future.
'There is q new spirit abroad in ths
nations of the earth," he said. "a
spirit Of revolt against the ugliness of
large towns is now sweeping over the
Old World and the New. This revolt
has taken on the majesty of q destroy
ing wave. London and Paris, Berlin
and Vienna are tired Of the old ugli
ness.
TN Germany alone / have found
this summer twenty volumes fresh
from the press, with the ink scarcely
dry on the pages. on the new sciencs
Of town planning and city building.
I'm our own country $50 cities are
now organized and formally commit
ted to q commission for laying out
the lines Of growth for twenty years
to come.
'A11 Of our cities Of the first class
having over 100000 population, most
of our cities of the second class, with
100000 population to 100000, and
more than 100 cities Of the third class
have their organized municipal com
mission on city building
THE time was when our civilization
was largely rooted in the country, In
the farm and the rural village, while
the city was only ganglion and
nerve center rather than the brain.
Now every year the pull Of tbs
metropolis upon the heartstrings OF
boys and girls in rural districts Is
stronger pull The city Is the center
Of business, with manufa cturirg and
financial life. Tbs city Is the hons
tf music, art and eloouence. The
city Is horne Of the college, tbs libra
ry, professional schools, and for all
these reasons it is quite certain that
as the city goes 50 will go the re-
public"
The Winslow mail., 1912-08-03
SHOULD BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY
Childish Mind, Cropping In Darkness,
Is Craving for Information That
Is Denied It.

Every trace of useful information
is carefully concealed from the very
young child. A rattle, or at most
rubber doll, is its only plaything. AS
it grows older it is very slowly and
gradually introduced to the various
forms of the animal kingdom. OF the
mysteries of numbers and Of Ian
guages 1t has as yet no conception.
It's constant questions are for the
most part answered "humorously"
and hence Incorrectly, or they are not
answered at all. This eternal "hu-
NOR" is most CALLING of all. Why
should a human infant be such an ir-
resistible joke? The lower animals
take their young seriously and train
them from the start with very def
mite purpose in view. Yet their pos
sibilities are infinitesimal as COM
pared with those of the average baby.
And we sit calmly by and enjoy the
"humor" of childhood and insist that
the child is enjoying itself also, even
though it's little soul may be thirsting
for information which Is laughingly
denied it. And We continue to put
off the inevitable day when the child
will have to take life seriously and
hence, according to our tradition,
sadly.
One important point which is quite
overlooked by the upholders of the
brainless child is the fact that nom
sense and Stiffness are just as taxing
to the infant mind as useful informa-
tinn would be. 1t requires TO more
mental effort to realize that A is A
than to grasp the extraordinary fact
that a mass of brownish softness is
a "fuzzy title Teddy bear, yes it is"
In fact, the letter A has a distinct ad-
vantage. And at more advanced
age it is certainly less puzzling to be
told that five and five make ten than
to have ones own respectable pink
toes described as series of pigs go"
ing to market or entering into the va
rious other activities of life.-Sig-
mund Spaeth in Harper's Weekly.
The Winslow mail., 1912-08-03
TURNED LEAVES OF ROMANCE
Vangy Found, as Others of Her Sex
Have Done, That Man Was
Ever Fickle.

''Will you have a cup Of tea, Van
gy?" asked Mrs. Greene, as Vangy
came in from hanging out the clothes.
"Ah don cayah eff All do, Mis-
Greene. 1t right col on de roof an
Abs mos chill to de marrer OBJ nah
bones. Yo's berry kin" as, yielding
to Mrs. Greene's suggestion, she de
posted her portly form on chair
near the kitchen table, "Yo's allus
tryin' to make pusson comf'able
Yo' Minis me OBJ nah maw-o' cos
yo' ain as OF as her, but yo' like her
in yo' mammals. oh, yes'm, All likes
sugah in nah tea. W'eneber any
body ast me ef I like sugah in nah
tea All t'ink oh gamman fr'en' All
was gagged to oncet, Ware he now?
Lor, All dunno, he lef' de city. He
ain no count no how an All don
cayah ef he nevah come back. Dere'e
jes' as good meat in de hash as eber
come out ob it, Mis- Greene 'W'ot's
his Manner honey. His name Mistah
Dobson, at dat time. He use come
'roun to nah house to take his af'er.
noon tea wifi me an nav. He mighty
sweet on me den. All member one
day he come an nav, she pod out
cup o. tea fo' him an he taste It an
den he say mos 'grayshatin' like
Mis- vangy, would yo' min putin yo
lilies fingah in nah tea--on'y de ve'y
tip OBJ it?' 'W'ot yo' wan me put nah
fingah In yo' tea fo'?' All say. wy,
he say, 'yo' nav fo'got to put in de
sugah an l cayn drink tea less II
berry sweet Now days she con.
cluded with shake Of her head. che
wouldn't drink his tea, All reckon, et
All was to put NAH whole han in.
The Winslow mail., 1912-08-03
Eraa HhAdA Trees.

Free trees will be distributed to the
hDugeholders of Denver by the city on
municipal arbor day in April. The
expense of purchasing the saplings
will come from the streets and boule-
wards fund, as provided in the mayors
budget. 1t is believed that about 1s,
900 trees, mostly naples and elms
will be given away
Last years distribution was great
success. The trees were in excellent
condition, and practically all were
planted, according to the rules laid
down by the city forester. It is esti
mated that SS per cent. OF last years
crop are thriving Municipal
Facts.