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The Washington herald., 1912-03-25
ANNIVERSARY DATA.
MARCH 25.

The big fire In the Asch shirt waist
factory, In New York City. in which
14s persons, mostly women, met q
most horrible death, occurred one
year ago
The Irish land BILL providing for
the possible purchase of lands in Ire
land. by tenantry, and which estab-
lished a fund Of Ell, 100000 for the
offering of purchase-loans at 31-2 per
cent. was introduced in Parliament
nine years ago and passed the House
Of Lords, August IA, 1903.
At daybreak forty-seven years ago,
Gen. Robert z. Lee and his troops
made a successful attack on Gen.
Grants forces before Petersburg. Va,
and captured Fort Steadman its gar
rison and guns. The same day Gen
Grant rallied his forces and recap
tured the fort, infiicting signal and
irreparable defeat upon the Confeder-
ate army.
The battle between the colonIsts Of
Maryland. which resulted IN victory
for the Puritans under Lord Balti-
more, occurred 81 years ago.
Hon. George Sutherland. who rep
resents the State Of Utah in the
United States senate. IL fifty years
OF age He was born,in Buckingham
shire. England, March 3. 1862
Tehok u. heir apparent to the
throne ofSKores, IL to-day celebrat-
inE his thirty-eighth birthday. )
The Washington herald., 1912-03-25

DR.. Harvey W. Wiley. recently forced
out Of his job as national guardian Of
pure food. was a dinner guest at the
home Of the American consul at Ottawa
Canada. some weeks ago. shortly before
dinner was announced he couldn't help
overhearing a whispered conversation
between two women guestx
"oh. aren't you glad you're not our
hostess?" exclaimed one
Mercy, yesi" said the other one 'she
must be nearly frantic"
II wonder IL she knew her husband
was going to invite the doctor heref"
went on the FIRST guest. why. II 1
were hostess. honestly would be on
the verge OF nervous prostration."
And I. too" agreed the other one.
"supposing he should Just refuse to eat
anything that's set before him7'
The other woman shuddered- 'oh,
dear" says shs. with a wild gasp. 1T
makes me nervous just to think about.
I. for one. shall be glad when the
meals over, for our hostess sake"
Thus they went on. And their conyer-
sation wasn't unusual The doctor
doesn't always get TO overhear such
things. but he knows that whenever he
dimes at a private home for the first
time everybody is apprehensive lest he
lean back in his chair and decline to
eat anything that the hostess has to
offer. on the ground that 1t is improperly
prepared.
People even In Washington where DR..
Wiley has been leading institution
along with the Smithsonian and Nick
Longworth. seem 10 think that the doc
tor Is likely TO examine everything on
his plate critically. turn over something
with his fork. and say: II don't know
about this'-at the same time giaring
at his hostess.
All Of which Is entirely contrary TO the
facts. DIR. Wiley aims TO have the food
pure throughout the land. but no one Is
less likely TO make q scene at the table
than he.
public banquet and eat the red. white
and blue ice cream. knowing full well
that the stun Is colored by coal tar dyes
and that TO take II internally is TO desc
crate ones stomach. He eats II Just TO
be polite and to avoid spoiling the feast
for those who have no serious objection
to what q court might term a reason
able amount Of poison" in their food.
Mick Longworth sums up the Re-
publican situation. so far as II concerns
him personally. with this incident:
A man who looked as II he had Just
been kicked down the back steps Of
the Down and Out Club, came up 20
Mick" as he and a colleague were leay-
ing the House ONCE building. and
asked for a quarter with which TO buy
two sandwiches and a cup Of matted
milk, or something like that.
Nick twitted him briefly about hav-
The Washington herald., 1912-03-25
No Discrimination Between Sections

The Washington Herald gives space
this morning to a communication from
the Rhode Island Avenue Citizens As
sociation, which sets forth the position
of that association concerning public
parks. Under a proposition which is
before Congress, the amount estimated
for the purchase of additional parks in
the Klingle Valley section is proposed
to be paid for by the entire District,
while the improvements at Fort Davis,
Fort Dupont, and Mount Hamilton
are to be assessed against the owners
of property in those localities. The
association protests against this dis
elimination and points out that there is
really more need of parks in the north
eastern and southeastern sections of the
District than in the northwestern.
The point is well taken. There is no
excuse for treating one portion of the
District in different fashion from an
other. The fact is, however, that the
people in the eastern portion of the
District do not possess the influence
which enables them to secure benefits
which other sections can obtain. They
deserve much more than they receive.
The assessed value of their property is
much nearer its real value than in
neighborhoods where costly mansions
abound. and their rate of taxation is,
therefore, relatively higher. Their citi-
Eens associations do what can be done
through formal appeals, but nowadays
they have no opportunity to personally
present the programme of their neces-
sites 10 the Commissioners Conse-
The Washington herald., 1912-03-25
POLITICAL BREVITIES.

Prom the New York Tdbune.
Col. Bryan 'ralso addressed" the Ohio
constitutional convention.
From the Philadelphia PresS
The colonel isn't going to wait to be
pushed after all; he is going on the stump
to pull
From the New York Sun.
What the Hon Woodrow Wilson should
have applied for was a travelling scholar
ship.
From the Baltimore Sun.
The coloneTs friends are making 80
much noise scrapp!ng for the delegates
nobody can hear the calling Of the people.
From the PiftsburE Sun.
II is now up TO lot Of Republicans to
hide their dress suits
From the Philadelphia Recurd.
The prosecuting attorney in New York
insists on trying the sugar trust under
the common law, the statute law, and
the law OF Moses.
From the Chicago Recud-Henh.
A bill for the encouragement Of lynch
ing has been rejected by the Maryland
legislature. Otherwise Maryland appears
to be doing about as well as could be
expected
From the Baltimore American.
Can it be that Congressman Konig will
have the nerve to ask for another term?
From the Raleigh News and Obseusr.
The colonel has evidently deep fear OF
that self-same machine of which he was
once the chauffeur.
Prom the Knozrif-s Sentinel.
Wilson. Harmon, Clark, and Under
wood are all wisely keeping quiet on the
number of governors bagged by each.
From the Buston Traveller.
President Tafts Cabinet is certainly on
the job in this campaign.
From the Charleston News and Courier.
The Chicago Tribune has to 20 away
back in the '70's to get ammunition 10
use against the Democrats
>
From the Memphis News and scimitar.
The country needs Mr.. Roosevelt and
Gov. Wilson and all men like them more
than they need the country.
F-pn the Chattanoosa Times.
Compared with gaining a Presidential
chair. the discovery OF pole is easy.
From the Dayton Cohiol NcsA
Sunny Jim Sherman isn't saying any
thing" remarks an exchange. Why
should he? when a fellow has nothing
to say he ought to say It.
The Washington herald., 1912-03-25
Washington's Opportunity.

1t is to be hoped that Mrs. Henry F.
Dimock, president of the association
the purposes of which are to raise
money with which to erect in Washing
ton a mammoth auditorium as a me-
moral to the first President, will lose
no time in appointing a committee to
take up where the old committee left
off the work of having these funds
subscribed in Washington.
No other city in the country ever has
had offered to it the proposition which
the George Washington Memorial As
sociation made to Washington. Raise
$75oooo among yourselves, the asso-
ciation repeatedly has said, and we will
give you a S2,5ooooo building. What
better offer could be mades
The original committee, which worked
under the supervision of the Chamber
of Commerce, started out to raise
Washington's allotted part of the fund,
and made rapid strides for while.
After the first few weeks, however,
each member of the committee reported
apathy in certain quarters. Finally, the
committee decided to resign and allow
some other committee to take up its
work
Washington should not let an oppor-
tunity of this kind be ignored. What
effect will it have on those other cities
which already have subscribed large
sums for building this mammoth tem-
pie in Washington, when it is learned
that the city itself has shown a disposi-
ton to treat the proposition trivially?
1t is up to Washington and to Wash
ingtonisns to give Mrs. Dimock's new
committee every. bit of support pos
sible The matter should not must not,
be allowed to die.
The Washington herald., 1912-03-25
ITS POSITION MADE PLAIN.
Association Asks that All
Sections BE Treated Fairly.

Editor The Washington Herald:
/ note in a recent issue an item head
ed as follows: Protests against new
park" This notice is misleading and is
not in accordance with the facts. This
organization does not protest against any
improvements in the northwest or else
where. but we do protest against one
part Of the city being favored at the ex-
pense. as Il were. OF the other. We trust
you will not be averse to setting our as
sociation right before your readers. and
/ quote below the full text OF our letter
to Senator Gallinger:
On page lls OF the District appropria-
ton bill CH. r. 116sD, is a provision to ac-
quire Klingis Valley Park and highway at
an expense not exceeding s250.ooo. and on
page ll4. commencing at line is, for the
Improvement of Kllngle Valley Park, &c.
quirements IN the northwest, coming out
ON pages lis and III is a provision to
Mount Hamilton parks by condemnation
TO be assessed as benefits
While we would not like TO say this
discrimination against the east was IN
tentionai, yet Il is not quite clear why
the whole District of Columbia should
pay for the parks In the western portion
of the District Of Columbia and the
paid for by the residents Of the eastern
section.
1 am. therefore, directed TO protest
against this provision. The parks in the
eastern portion of the city mean more
TO the people living there than the add
tional parks in the northwest. because
the northwest now has more parks than
all the rest of the District put together.
and II the northwest is to have more ad-
ditional parks, the same should be ac-
quired by condemnation to be assessed as
benefits, or the parks in the other Sec
tions Of the city should be paid out OF
the funds of the whole District OF Co.
lumbia-
We do hope you can see the wisdom
of our argument. and will make the pro-
visions uniform, for which We will be
very grateful, and We thank you now.
After reading this letter. you will see
the injustice done this association by the
item you published. Condemn all and
assess benefits. or pay all out of the
funds OF the government and District
jointly. Our position is entirely fair, is
1t not? Very respectfully,
CHAs. L. MENDEI. Secretary.
The Washington herald., 1912-03-25
THE IsIMIGRAET's CHILD.
Studies Physical Con-
dition of Alien Youngsters.

~0-----N"
dition of Alien Youngsters.
Ffun the chizsD Tribune
In 1910 the National immigration Com
mission issued study entitled Changes
IN the Bodily Form OF Descendants Of
Immigrants" II was issued as Senate
document No. 2os.
Are We amalgamatIng the people who
come to us7 Is this the melting potT"
We think we are taking people from all
parts Of the world and making them
Americans. Are We doing this socially,
politically. mentally. physically?
The question as to the physical was
that which this commission set out to
solve. II compared children born abroad
with children born in this country to i'm
migrant parents. 1t compared children
from mothers who had recently come
over, who had been over one year. fve
years, ten years. These different groups
were compared with each other and
with children born before the mothers
emigTated.
Jews. principally from Poland and Rus
sia, and Italians. principally from 81
cily and Calabria. were studied. Some
Of the commissions conclusions follow.
The sicilian type OF head is long and
narrow. SIcilian babies born In New
York within 1--WE years after the mother
landed have a shorter, broader head.
and those born later have a still shorter,
broader brain box.
The East European Jew has a round
head. Babies born to Jewish mothers In
this country have longer, narrower heads
than those born abroad.
Comparing the different groups of chill
dren-mothers here ten years. five years,
two years. II was found the change Of
type from children born abroad to the
two-year type was rapid; from two to
five TO ten, the change was slower
It Is the first few years In this coun-
try which contrast meet with what the
mother has been accustomed to, and her
children show 1t in their makeup.
The other parts Of the body are chang
ing even more striklngiy. The head
changes are noted here. because the head
shape is supposed to be fixed and hard
to change.
Thus. we see that. while inheritance
counts. environment gradually makes US
even-regzrdless OF race, religion, or re-
gion of origin.
Another interesting conclusion was that
while the Jewish child born in this coun-
try shows an improved physique as
compared with the Jewish child born
abroad. the physique of American-born
Sicilians and Calabrians shows q down
ward tendency. American city life IL
helping the children of Jews from East
ern Europe. 1t Is harming those OF
Sicilians and Calabrians-
The Washington herald., 1912-03-25
REFINEMENT IN POLITICS.
Women Drink Tea Before Going to
Polls to Vote.

From the Duluth Herald.
Women are voting now in California,
as they are in five other States. and
from Sacramento comes one very inter
esting development.
The women OF Sacramento, as a pre-
Iiminary TO going to the polls to register
for a city election, and as a sort OF cele-
bration OF the first event OF the kind
IN their lives, gave a registration tea. Z"
Here is something that will make the
old-fashloned ward heeler. who is used
to mingling in the social functions OF the
voters of his precinct and feeling right
at home there, sit up and gasp. What
can he do about this? Shall he get all
dolled up in his glad rags and attend
the tea? Shall he hold a cup OF tea
in one hand and a lady finger in the
other. the while conyersing animatedly
in n nervous attempt to appear at ease,
though he is acutely uncomfortable and
in deadly terror that he may spill the
tea down the front OF his Respondent
waistcoat, brought out to back the So
ciety folks on the boards and to stun
the fair voters with admiration?
Political teas are institutions new to
American life. but If the women are
going to vote-snd they are. whether
you like It or not-they are likely to
become permanent institutions.
And why not? Surely a gathering Of
women to sip tea and exchange cour-
tesies is as fair a thing in politics as
a gathering in the back room of a grog-
shop, where public affairs have often
been decided in the past. And surely a
practice OF taking cup or two or tea
before going to the polls is quite as
lovely as the. practice of taking a half
dozen highballs purchased by the ward
heeler or the candidate.
1t fsn't necessary to get too solemn
about our politics. and political teas will
enliven H. OF course they will confuse
the old war horses and mix things up
considerably; but. then, things sort Of
need mixing up. Maybe II there Is a new
deal the people will draw a better hand
next time.
The Washington herald., 1912-03-25
HINTS ON GARDENING.
Ey GEORGE FITCH
Author of at Good Old Sfwash"

At this time Of the year. when nature
Is yawning and rubbing the sleep out OF
her eyes. there are few able-bodied Amer
ican husbands who do not feel the desire
to garden swelling In their midst
There Is no sport more invigorating or
more full Of joyous hope than gardening.
1t tones up the muscles. cslms the mind.
purihes the lungs. and enriches the yo-
cabulary. No man with the good garden
can be an anarchist. and no man who
conducts a bad garden from year to
year can be anything but a thirty-third
degree optimist. But gardening should
not be done carelessly nor at random. A
little science in gardening, as In politics.
will produce splendid results, and Il Is
with the idea OF trebling the food prod
ucts of the American back yard and thus
giving the high cost Of living paralyz-
ing walIop that few Talks on ANA
teur gardening VIII now be inserted into
this series by the author, who has gar
dened for years with almost unbelievable
results.
The first essential IN gardening Is to
choose your tools Some people prefer
to obtain the garden first, but this is
wrong. You will get more use out Of
your tools than you VIII from the gar
den. and besides many a man has had
TO abandon work on his garden at q crit
ical point for the want Of some small tool
which he should have purchased at a
January clearing sale. BY all means. get
your tools first. For a small garden the
following will be quite sunicient:
A plow. a harrow, n stump puiier, a
spading fork. an obese watering can. 100
feet Of hose. a hand cultivator, q spade.
a weed puller, q small chair IN which TO
sit while wedding. a wheelbarrow IN
which to remove the daily deposit Of
cans, bones SC. a dozen pairs Of cotton
gloves, straw hat three feet In diameter,
hothouse In which to jolly tomato
sprouts along. $50 feet OF stout wire fenc-
ing. q Fiobert rife for dogs. one wide
gauge shotgun for hens. one choke bore
gun for birds. one revolver for neighbors
The Washington herald., 1912-03-25

for use IN case Of disputes with the watsr
company. one lawyer. one common hoe,
one pointed hoe, one early rose elusd
steel hoe. and one holiday hoe with IN
laid handle.
With this equipment even experienced
gardeners will be able 20 produce large
plants from a small envelope OF sseds.
and to raise all the simple varieties OF
vegetables with ease and even fiuency.
Prudent gardeners will reserve half OF
their available ground space for tool
house and viii keep the long-handled and
ferocious implements confnsd IN this
building. instead Of placing them IN ths
CELLAR, where they Will attack members
Of the family at every opportunity
To-morrows essay win deal with the
important subject Of Choosing your
ground"
tcountA. iz4 b esrs. N.ssA.v Aa.a.y
The Washington herald., 1912-03-25
The Greater Need.

From ths New York PresA
Miss Beatrice Herford. whose humor
bids fair TO eclipse her brother divers,
was talking at a tea at the Colony Club
in New York about wedding presents.
TITS a great mistake" she said, ''for
us to give our friends wedding presents
that are above their station and their
means. This mistake was well brought
home TO me the other day in the ex-
change department Of a big Broadway
store.
"A pretty creature, q bride, evidently,
sidled up to the manager and said:
"'Do you exchange wedding presents? ?
Certainly. madam. II they were
bought here he replied.
Then she said, blushing little.
ia like you, please. to take back a set
Of Russia leather automobile trunks. I'll
take the amount out In canned goods
from your delicatessen counter"
The Washington herald., 1912-03-25
STATESMEN, REAL AND NEAR.
By FRED c. KELLY

ing a breath like garage. but gave.
him the quarter.
Then as Mick and his coiiearus
strolled on. the latter remarked:
We'll. that fellows mighty close 70
being q wreck ! guess he feels the
part. too. He probably can't see any
bright spots in the sky anywhere.
any man on earth-vith one exception. ~
And who's the exceptionY' asked
Mick"
YOU" replied the friend
When Robert o. Bailey, Assistant Sec
retary OF the Treasury. first started on
his present job. hs was introduced to
one OF those dIctagraph things. now in
common use in the Treasury Department.
and asked 70 get out n bunch OF CORE
spondenes. II was Bai!ey's first attempt
to dictate TO anything but a human being.
He picked up the tube with the mouth
piece at one end and shouted a Dear
SIR into the thing In a loud voice. for
getting that he wasn't talking to a deaf
man. and then sat silent. Half an hour
later he was stiu sitting there, silent. with
his ccrrsspondence unfinished.
Don't you know they're In q hurry
for that stuff?' asked one Of his essoci-
ates.
Then send me In blond stenographer
with a wire rat in her hair and a large
tabot and 4 wsd OF gum" said Bailey.
IL you can't get that kind. send along
any stenogrspher at all. 20 long as it's a
human being that viii 30 ahead with her
work and not disconcert me. I can ad-
dress a young woman Product Of busi-
ness college with the utmost savolr faIre
but this machine stares at me so sullenly
and silently that It's got me completely
upset. can't think Of a word to say to
IT. I begin to dictate. and my voice
sounds as queer as II were talking 70
myself on n deserted isle. On, 70 fetch
me some kind of a human being stenog-
rapher. 80 can forgst about all else save
my dictation-"
And they mad to do it
Senator Luke Lea was the speaker Of
the evening at q gathering OF Tennessee
ans around a banquet table. One guest,
a young man who felt that "prepara-
tions' were necessary for q formal ban
qust. had endeavored before the affair
started at all 10 sandpaper OF the iras-
cibilities Of his nature by means of
strong drink. BY the time II came LUX.
Lea's turn to speak the guest referred
to had dropped into doze, from which
/ he did not arouse himself until the ex-
ercises were all over. When he noted
that people were beginning TO leave he
Jumped to his feet. raped on the table
for order, and announced that he desired
to have a word.
'T notice" he said, ''that Senator Lea
| f. down on the programme for a speech
and think we ought to give him a
| chance to be heard"
tcODUrisht lsiS By Ffsd G. Kelly. An nshs ~
ncTed-l
The Washington herald., 1912-03-25
A LITTLE NONSENSE.
THE BACKBONE OF WINTER

THE BACKBONE OF WINTER.
And now the printers
Say their say
Concerning winters
vertebrae.
There's too much chatter,
We avow.
Upon that matter,
Anyhow.
Naught can be final
Ere Mays through
About that spinal
Bugaboo.
Uncle Pennywise sayst
ID ye ever study a bill Of fare for forty
minutes and then order ham and eggs?
Innuendo.
whats ChoIly so angry about?"
"oh, some rude girl asked him II he
was a suffragette."
March rs I'm History.
March Is, I75s-David Garrick gets his
first job as supe.
March s. I7z-Peter the Great tries TO
take down the parIor stovepipe and gets
himself all smeared up.
In London.
.The landlord seems a bit grouchy."
wonder why7"
.I don't believe our party brought over
as much money as he thinks we should
have"
Nearly Always.
Each thoroughfare a slushy lake,
Each day a 6rizzle;
The merry sprinEtime is a fake,
Or else a fizzle.
Utterly Reckless.
.-she was always Eighty and improvi-
dent as a girl"
"And is yet. Why, she will get d.
yorced without having sign Of hus-
band in sight"
Between once Boys.
How'll you get on for the opening
game? You killed your grandmother last
season."
'I'n ask to get OF for grandfather's
wedding What's the matter with the
old gentleman getting married again?
Some Candid Conversation.
How are you. old chap? Feeling well
to-day7
do you really care rap?'
mot a rap. I merely asked out OF
politeness that ] see was quite wasted" !"
The Mad March Hare.
The foxy March hare thought that he
Would initiate humanity,
And forthwith entered UP the plea
Emotional insanity.
March "a I'm History.
March "A, 19ii-The first spring robin
appeared in this city.
March "a, 117-Richard the Lion
heatred got a new pair Of spring sheet
iron pants.
The Washington herald., 1912-03-25
when PoIitene.. Doe. Not PAY,

From the indianapolis NsEA
The car was filled when an old woman
came in and a young woman that had
been brought up with the idea that she
should be particularly polite to Older
persons left her seat, offering II TO the
older woman
Take my seat" she said. The woman
refused. please take it, she insisted.
''you are older than I am and can
stand"
What was her astonishment TO have
the older woman glare at her and then
say In an acrid tone:
Young woman, ia thank you not to
insult me. Don't you dare speak to me
again"