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The Washington herald., 1912-07-28

the difficulty would be to establish an
annual third ball. and to revise the rules
by which the invitations are issued, as
some OF the present arrangements are
obsolete. The Lord Chamberlain.s task
was easier In Queen yictoria's time. be-
cause there were two state concerts every
season, for each Of which thousand
guests were invited. go
Among other Inaccurate statements
published about the so-called coming of
age of the Prince of Wales some of the
British metropolitan papers announced
that he would be present at the state
ball. Z.
There never was any idea of his attend
ing any such ceremonial for the next
two years. 1t has been alleged that King
Edward. when Prince of Wales, COM
menced to attend the drawing rooms
after his eighteenth birthday. As a mat
ter OF fact. the late Kings first appear
ance at court on such an occasion, was
on June 10, 1861. when his mother, the
Queen. held the long remembered 'black"
drawing room. every one present being re-
quired to be In the deepest mourning for
the Duchess of Kent. Incidentally It was
the last drawing room ever held by
Queen Victoria In st. James Palace, and
many years elapsed ere she appeared at
another such ceremonial
Another ignorant falsifcation is the
story Of a meeting OF the Privy Council
being held In order that the Prince Of
Wales may be sworn In as q member
Nobody has ever heard OF a Prince Of
Wales being sworn as a Privy Councillor
All the sons Of a sovereign are officially
considered to be born Privy Councillors.
and when they attain "a suitable age"
usually twenty-one) they are intro
duced" at an ordinary council without
any ceremony or fuss whatever. The
Duke of Connaught was thus Intro
duced' in May 1s11, but he was sworn in
according to the customary form at King
Edwards first council. as his relation
to the sovereign was then altered The
Dukes OF Cumberland. Cambridge, and
Sussex were all sworn in after their
fathers death in 1870. and again in 1890,
and also In 1897. FIANEUB
Copyright 1917. by Court Gossip syndicateJ
The Washington herald., 1912-07-28
DECLINING BIRTH RATE.
Race Sure to Go Way of Mastadoons
ffFrnnce's Example Is Followed.

Race Sure to Go Way of Mastadoons
ifFrance's Example Is Followed.
From the Ohio State Journal.
The command Of the Almighty to mul.
tiply and I'LL the earth is less and less
obeyed as civilization proceeds. There Is
constantly declining birth rate in ths
whole civilized world, and in some ma
lions, notably France. the deaths exceed
the births. and this is the situation
toward which most nations are tending.
In England the birth rate declinad IA
per cent. in the past 10 years This conn.
uy Is drifting in the same direction
In Australia they are about to orYe-
70 10 every wife who gives birth TO a
baDy. The new insurance law in England
proVides FOR maternity allowance of
S'oc In France there is a pronosItior
10 pay a premium OF 800 to women hav-
ing over three children, since il takes
over three per married couple to keen I'm
the population There were 34.Ss9 mors
deaths than births in France last year-
ana Yet marriage rate showed no da,
crease.
II all nations follow France. and tba.
are tending that way, the human raca
VIII be going the way OF the neyather-
tums. mastodons, and dodos in a very
lie" thousand years. Thus It will seen,
tnat as civilization increases mankind as
gradually disappear. Strange tbae
knowledge. culture. genius sbouId ona-.
ale IN reducing the number OF babies
when everybody seems to love a bahI-
except an old hard-sheIled bscbe1o.
and when the women themselves go tn,6
ecstasieS whenever a baby is brough.
into their presence
The Washington herald., 1912-07-28
RUSH FOR LIFEBOATs.
Demahds SO Heavy that Builders
Are Unable to FIJI Orders.
From tbs New York HeaI5

Are Unable to FIJI Orders
From tbs New York HeaId
The accidents which occurred 10 the
Commonwealth. which rammed ,ha
battleship New Hampshire. and the
Bunker Hill and the Massachusetts
which also were in collision in the fog
last Sunday. have brought the question
or adequate lffeboat equipment into
the foreground again. and invest!ea-
uon yesterday established that It is i'm
possible for the New England Naviga-
tlon Company and the Eastern Steam
ship Corporation to obtain lifeboats.
which were ordered months ago
In the case Of the latter company,
which operates the Bunker Hill and
the Massachusetts, two vessels with a
passenger capacity of 900 persons each,
the government has allowed thirty
days In which TO come within the re-
quirements of the steamboat laws. o,
II Taylor. the general manager of the
corporation. said yesterday afternoon:
Nowhere in this country can we get
lifeboats. The builders have more or
ders than they can I'LL in many months.
As soon as we can get the boats we
will have a sufficient number 10 ac-
commodate about 80 per cent of the to-
tai number of passengers which our
vessels can carry. This is a number
Wen within the law. If the collapsf-
Die boats and nonsinkable RATS ar,
counted We will have plenty for every
body. exclusive of the life belts"
The New England Navigation COM
pany also is unable to get lifeboats de-
hvered which were contracted for i'm
mediately after the Titanic disaster. At
the office of the general manager the
statement was made that soon every
vessel would have lifeboats for all.
The Washington herald., 1912-07-28
WHY SHOES WILL COST MORE.
Leather in Demand for Automobile
Making Purposes.

From the New York Tribune
It seems paradoxical that an automo-
bile should cost anything to a man who
doesn't own 1t. Yet with the announce
ment that shoes are to be 20 per cent
higher in price this fall comes the ex-
PLANTATION that this Is due to the auto
mobile. The leather dealers say that 20
much leather Is demanded now by auto
mobile manufacturers that they cannot
supply it for any purpose at the old
prices. In addition. there IS the per-
ennial declaration that cattle are fewer
and hides consequently worth more.
The automobile has been much blamed
as a cause and a means of American ex-
travagance. The motor car has been
taken as typifying the American pace"
with its recklessness of restraint and Of
consequences, even II they be debt and
bankruptcy. Excesses always breed q
corrective. If the automobile has been
the instrument and accelerator of na-
tional extravaganza, II the automobile
habit" in all its phases, has indeed be-
come a national disease and danger. is
has carried with 1t a cure. Apparently
It is destined to drive the public back
to the simple life, where roadhouse res
prices trouble not and shoes are
q burden to barefoot men and maids.
The Washington herald., 1912-07-28

of the average. results. But when !
comes to figuring on the proportion o.
births and deaths, in order to show the
rate of progress or declination OF thu
| population, calculations become just
guesses. if the returns must be subject
to additions or deductions.
We are only beginning to collect civil
social statistics in this country. In fact
not few of our States are without a
system for tabulat;ng vital statistics.
Then again in some cities of consider
able sire this work is carried on so care
lessly and the law for the punishment OF
offenders is so lenient that statistics
might as well not be, attempted at all.
We do not like to be forever pointing
to others for things which we here
ought To pattern after. But facts and
figures are stubborn things. In Europe,
notably in Great Britain, Germany, and
France, the collection of vital statistics
is carried to the point of scientific ac-
curaey under rigidly enforced laws. In
those countries it can be told at a
glance whether the population has in
creased or decreased. Here we are COM
pelled largely to guess. And yet we
are. even 50, better off than our Ca
nadian neighbors, who do not make an
attempt at collecting the vital statistics
of the Dominion. F-
But independent of all this, we feel
called upon to take cheerful view of
the omissions to record births. We
criticise it, yet we are in manner glad
of the failure to do 50, because it gives
US ground for the hope that the fear
inspiring estimates of national decline
which We hear from time to time rest
on, unstable foundations, such as the
Incidence, carelesness, and indifference
of physicians, superinduced by laws too
loosely enforced.
The Washington herald., 1912-07-28
Laughter stopped Opera.

Paris Correspondents London Daily Mail.
Just before the fall of the curtain at
the end of the opera Don Juan" at the
Opera Comique. a spectator in the stalls
fell on his seat.
The humor of the incident so tickled
one Of the principal actresses on the
stage that she went OF into peals OF
laughter. Her example was so infec-
tious that one by one each of the singers
began to laugh in turn until all were in
capable with mirth. Then the audience
began TO laugh too, with the result that
the curtain had to be lowered before the
snd-of- the opera had been reached
The Washington herald., 1912-07-28

From the London Globe
Speaking at a meeting Of the Royal
Asiatic Society hecently. Lord Harris
said that Lord Lawrence, Governor Gen.
eral of India, was so absent-minded in
matters of external display that when
the Kohinoor diamond. now among the
crown jewels, came into his hands for
to Queen Victoria after the
annexation of the Punjab in 1919 he kept
It for six weeks in his waistcoat pocket.
having forgotten all about il and only
discovered it there by accident.
The Washington herald., 1912-07-28
Congress Heights Fairgrounds.
By DIRECTOR STELLA z. THOMAS.

BY UlRECTOR STELLA y. IHOMas.
Do you know what piaygrounds do for childreni
The Fairgrounds Of our town to-day;
Broad ming mind and hard,ping muscle,
Training them to wholesome play.
Calling boys back from the number
of older ones that lead astray
To Join our band Of jolly youngsters
With something gained at close Of day.
And our girls throw OF the hobble
In healthful stride they pass us By.
To cure a ball or cuff q yolley
They are not the least afraid to tTy.
And over all 4 supervision,
steady. kindly guiding hand
To point the pathway led by honor
That path On which We firmly sand.
The Washington herald., 1912-07-28
A LITTLE NONSENSE.
WOULDN'T DECEIVE HIM.

With earnest eyes he pierced the gloom
He took a careful peek
And said: Il rather like this room.
Now how much is II a week?'
The hotel man. a slave to truth,
Replied in kindly tone:
That Is no room, that Is the booth
You use TO telephone"
The Washington herald., 1912-07-28

as big as an old-fashioned New Eng
land house key.
Florida ships oranges. grapefruit. al
ngafors. and cigars to the world II
II were not for Florida, mankind would
Dc able to swear OF smoking. In fact.
tnis would be almost necessary. Florida
also contains the Oldest city IN the
United states-St. Augustine-which Is
one OF the celebrated sleeping beautiea
The metropolis Of the State is Jackson-
The Washington herald., 1912-07-28
An Important Adjunct.

"Wombat is down for a speech at the
open-air rally
Hes a tiresome mutt Let's leave
him Off"
Cant be did. Mrs. wombat Is down
for a dozen fried chickens"
The Washington herald., 1912-07-28
At the Seash ore.

They had become engaged.
But your proud mother" faltered the
young man.
What OF her. asked the girl
VIII she oppose our engagement
Il hardly think so. Mother is too
sensible to waste time opposing a sum-
mer engagement"
The Washington herald., 1912-07-28
Uncle Pennywise Says,

Some towns are as proud of a public
library as II 1t was a winning baseball
team.
The Washington herald., 1912-07-28
A Spiny Tfdbft.

Now they are trying TO make the
cactus edible"
Il don't think we need a vegetable
shad."
The Washington herald., 1912-07-28
July % In History.

July Is, 172-Peter the Great perfect,
his famous spawn cure
July S. 1539-Henry VIII eats his first
watermelon and muses. up his ears.
The Washington herald., 1912-07-28
A Prime Act.

There used to be a man hanging
around the local Rialto who could play
Annie Laurie" tolerahly we'll on the
piano. But that didn't get him any
thing
So he learned to play IL on soap boxes,
on sections of stovepipes. on saucepans,
and on washboards. Now he's a head
Ener in vaudeville.
The Washington herald., 1912-07-28
A Resourceful Chan,

What did you do with that hole in
the ground you couldn't sell any stock
in?"
II have built a lecture room over It
and started a school Of mines"
The Washington herald., 1912-07-28
The Summer wIdower.

He eyes the sink. forsaken gink:
He thinks OF wife and wishes
That she was here TO wash and wipe
Those 7,00O dishes.
The Washington herald., 1912-07-28

All these things are merely prelim-
mary to the campaign, which will not
be formally opened until President Taft
has delivered his speech of acceptance,
which is scheduled for August I, and
Gov Wilson has done likewise on Au-
gust s. These two addresses. together
with Roosevelt's speech and platform at
Chicago on August 5, will constitute the
briefs upon which the contending par
ties will submit their cause to the jury
of the people. They will not embrace
all the evidence or all the arguments
which will be presented, but they will
be the foundation upon which the case
will rest No wonder that the appear
ance of these documents is awaited
with much interest upon all sides.
The Washington herald., 1912-07-28
PERTINENT AND IMPERTINENT.

From the St Paul F1oneer-Press.
They are introducing historical tab
leauN in the circus nowadays. The
vaudeville has usurped the role OF the
circus and the three-ring event must
look out for new attractions.
From the Philadelphia Evening Telegraph.
Persons IN whose hearts the fear Of
the dictagraph may put a new conscience
will be the first TO plume themselves for
superior virtue. Being scared or kicked
into righteous living never robs a man
OF the flowers he hands himself for be-
ing good.
The Washington herald., 1912-07-28

One of Mr.. Roosevelts most earnest
supporters has, willingly or unwittingly,
given to the Taft managers valuable
support. In a recent interview Mr..
Frank A. Munsey asserts his fear that
the Democrats may elect Gov. Wilson,
and in the same breath he Acknowledges
that such an outcome will necessarily
occasion great alarm among the busi-
ness men of the country. Mr.. Munsey
has no doubt that the enactment of the
Democratic policy of tariff for reve-
nue. only will paralyze industry, close
factories, and reduce the wages of
workingrnen.
If the Republican managers are wise
this will be the keynote of their cam
paign. The late Senator Hanna was
correct when he said that the pocket
nerve was the most sensitive part of
the human system. For sixteen years
the country has enjoyed great pros
perity, and while there has been much
complaint regarding the cost of living
condition which. however, is world
wide-there has also been a plenitude
of money. Take, for instance, the mar
velous development of the automobile
industry. Millions of dollars have been
invested in the manufacture of automo-
biles, and many more millions have
been expended in the purchase of ma
chimes. Let hard times come, and this
great enterprise will tumble like a
house Of cards. And what is true of
the automobile industry is also true of
thousand other things in which Ameri-
can capital is invested
In this connection it must be said
that it is difficult to observe without
anxiety the manner in which Congress
uses the tariff as a political football.
The tariff is business proposition,
pure and simple. 1t deals with the cost
of raw materials and of manufacture.
The spectacle of the Senate juggling
with the tariff upon wool and wooden
goods is not calculated to give peace
and comfort to the business man. There
is no doubt that the present tariff on
wool is excessive. 1t may even be in
defensible, but every one must con-
cede that when the Senate votes one
minute for a certain series of schedules
The Washington herald., 1912-07-28
From the Chicago Re,uri-He-ald.

From the Chicago Record- Herald.
In New Orleans the School Board has
adopted a rule prohibiting a pretty
teacher from kissing her pupils. OF
course, all the teachers will at once
take it for granted that the rule applies
to them.
The Washington herald., 1912-07-28
From the New York Tribune.

Gov. Deneen was the peoples choice"
in the Illinois primaries. but not being
for T. R. he becomes unworthy OF con-
fdence. Still, the people must rule!
The Washington herald., 1912-07-28
From the Philsdelrl

The Treasury Department sapiently de-
cides that the mosquito is not an object
of divine worship, and that therefore
the punk sticks which are burned before
II are not to be reckoned as loss sticks
and as religious symbols.
The Washington herald., 1912-07-28

Not altogether unexpected is the an
nouncement that a collection is to be
made of all of Gov Wilson's views on
all topics. He has given utterance to
many things in the course of his volum-
inous writings which were impolitic, to
say the least-notably his attack upon
organized labor, his aspersions upon
Congress, his derogatory reference to
foreign immigrants The New York
Sun regards this exposition as waste
of time, contending that the people are
not interested in what a candidate once
said, but only in what he may utter at
the present time. Issue may be taken,
however, with this point of view. The
things which Gov. Wilson deliberately
wrote were his sincere convictions, and
mean more than views which may now
be held merely for political expediency.
Besides, the publication of these
things puts Gov. Wilson on the de-
fensive; and it is always good politics
to force the opposing side into an at
titude of explanation.
The Washington herald., 1912-07-28

From the Philadelphia Evening Telegraph
In Schenectady an ice dealer has got a
court Injunction forbidding Mayor Lunn
to sell ice to the poor. That injunction
ought to give the Mayor clean sweep
in the tenement wards next election.
The Washington herald., 1912-07-28

and in the next adopts another schedule
entirely different il is displaying an
absolute disregard for business stability.
Some of these days the tariff will be
taken out of politics. as it ought to be.
1t viii be treated as business PROPOSE
ton. In the meantime there is little
hope that the manufacturer will be en-
couraged to extend his operations if
legislation vitality affecting his inter-
ests is to be enacted in the manner in
which the Senate has passed upon the
wooden bill.
The Washington herald., 1912-07-28
From the Philadelphia Record.

From the Philadelphia Record.
4 Secretary OF Labor Is to be added
to the Presidents Cabinet Why not
create a Department OF Rest to manage
the vacation rush, license farmers board
ing-houses, and such?
The Washington herald., 1912-07-28
From the New York Herald.

A guinea pig is created in Philadelphia
by artificial means. This reminds that
the artificial man is here also in spite
OF the laws OF nature.
The Washington herald., 1912-07-28
From the Boston Herald.

The Rooseveltian confidence in ability
to carry Maine for the bolt in Presi-
Dental year must be founded upon some
thing different from history and the
probabilities.
The Washington herald., 1912-07-28
THE POLITICAL SITUATION.

With tireless activity that is thor
oughly characteristic of the man, Theo-
dore Roosevelt is pushing his campaign
for the Presidency. His days are filled
with conferences, with the formulation
of plans. with the preparation of state
ments for the press There is no better
self-advertiser in the world than Col.
Roosevelt He counts that day lost
which does not see his name in large
letters on the front page of every news
paper in the land.
sAnd Seagirt, too, is decidedly on
the map. With the exception of the
two or three days during which he has
been in retirement while he prepares
his speech of acceptance, Gov. Wilson
has been attended by small army of
newspaper correspondents, Who chron-
icle every detail of his daily life. His
visitors are interviewed, his words are
quoted, his suggestions obtain wide pub
licity. Thus it is that it is already
known that Gov. Wilson has received
many thousands of dollars in small con-
tributions and that many Republicans
have written letters to the Democratic
candidate announcing their intention to
vote for him. Up to the present time
the Taft campaign has been in the n
ture of a still hunt Not even the New
York newspapers find much to say
about the Taft headquarters in that
city. while only a few items STRAY into
print regarding the President
Credit must be given, however, to the
Taft management for firing the first big
gun of the campaign. This is Rep
resentative Mondell's speech concerning
the seating of the delegates i'll the Chi
cago convention. 1t is true that this
was defensive effort, but in view of
the charges made by Roosevelt and his
followers it was absolutely necessary
that some one should tell the truth in
regard to the matter Mr. Mondell
has, with great thoroughness of de-
tail. analyzed the Chicago situation, and
his speech, which will be given wide
circulation, must be everywhere accepted
as a convincing answer to the accusa-
tons of the defeated aspirant for the
Presidency. As a matter of fact, the
charge of stolen delegates never had
any foundation, but there had to be
some excuse for bolt, and it was the
most convenient one which could be
devised
The Washington herald., 1912-07-28
From the Detroit News

II the threats to prosecute and dis
solve the Steel Trust are carried out. It
will be a good time 10 buy Steel stock
in anticipation OF the boost the trust
will get after the fashion OF the Oil and
Tobacco Trusts.
The Washington herald., 1912-07-28

in sympathy with Rooseveltian doc
trines who will not desert the old or
ganization. Many of the progressive
Senators are in this category; so are
Gov Deneen of Illinois and Gov. Had
ley of Missouri.
There is no doubt, on the other hand,
that Mr.. Roosevelt will find many to
support him, and every vote which he
obtains will be loss to the Republi-
can candidate. This is the problem
which the Taft management must face
1t is unquestionably serious. If Mr..
Roosevelt has determined to defeat
Taft, which is his apparent object in
life, he has chosen the most subtle way
in which to accomplish his purpose. 1t
is by nc means certain that he can sue.
ceed, especially when, while attacking
Taft, Mr.. Roosevelt admits that if Gov
Wilson is elected and Democratic
pledges are carried into effect every in
dustry in the country would be brought
to a crash which would make all the
panics in our past history seem like
child's play in comparison" He asserts,
too, that Wilson's election would mean
nationwide ruin" Perhaps when the
voters come to consider between COM
mercial disaster on the one hand and a
Rooseveltian reign upon the other, Pres
ident Taft's chances of election may not
be altogether hopeless.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1912-08-03

We call the attention OF our
readers to the ad of the Lafayette
Industrial school appearing in
this issue.
Mr.. Edwin Martin of Arnaud-
vile spent several days here this
week Mt the home Of his brother,
Sheriff Wade Martin.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. j. Gardemal,
Mr.. Wesley Bienvenu and Miss
MoZslla Gardemal made all auto
trip to Opelousas last Sunday.
The colored people of the town
will give Concert at the True
Friends hall, on Saturday August
l7th, for the benefit of four or
phans
Rub My Tism will cure you. % cents
Mr. Evans Guidroz has opened II
grocery store in the Lovas bull
ding, near the railroad and will
also open bar III the next few
days.
Mohair and Pongee Suits are
offered at real Bargain Prices al
X. Schwartz.
Messrs. Henry Fournet and F
L. Fournet returned last Friday
from their extended trip NORTH
aud report having had most de-
lightful time.
The planters from every section
of the parish report the c"itol
crop as fine and promising, ~
damage is being done by the wee
vii. 1t looks as if the weevil ha
left u.s..
Gov. Hall has appointed MI
Robert Martin member or lib
State Board Of Education which !
a good selection, rs no man In th
/ State has taken more interest |
our School affairs than Mr.. Martin
|. Ruiz My-Tism viii rure yOn. % cen