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The Washington herald., 1912-07-15
MICHIGAN
By GEORGE FITCH,
Author of "At Good Old siwash."

Michigan Is large, water-cooled
State. situated in. among. and between
the Great Lakes. 1t is split into two
parts with no bridge between them, like
the Republican party, and has about
! Loo miles OF lake coast. mostly occupied
by summer hotels. The population of
Michigan Is 2,sOo.O0 in the winter and
about 5000. 900 during the Chautauqua and
bathing suit season.
The north part OF Michigan is wild
anu rugged. 1t produces lumber. iron,
copper. and strong. rude characters in
fiction Farther south the State be-
comes mIlder and is exceedingly rich in
fruit. and college stu
dents. Half of the automobiles in the
world are made in Michigan, II being
believed that an automobile which will
travel through Michigan sand on its trial
trip will never find any roads to bother
II elsewhere.
Michigan also makes furniture for most
OF the country. Grand Rapids Is full or
artists who can take a SO tree and make
five 800 dining room tables out of 1t.
Another product OF which the State is
Justly proud is Congressman. The Uni
of Michigan now turns out more
and Senators than Yale
or Harvard. Michigan is justly proud OF
It's great university at Ann Arbor, where
5000 students are pursuing learning with
whoops, yells. cneers, flags, mesaphones.
and steam whistles. often scoring as
many as 500 points in a season on the
teams of other colleges.
Michigan was discovered by the French
In 1884. but they prudently stuck to the
lake and did not try to explore the inte-
rior in wagons. About 1880 the State
became navigable. and 1t was settled
rapidly by humorists. who founded Kala-
mazoo. Ypsilanti, Lansing. Paw Paw,
and other amusing places.
Michigan being surrounded by thou
sand feet OF clear. cool drinking water,
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COURT And STATE GOSSIP
FROM ACROSS THE OCEAN BLUE

without appealing to her reserve
forces.
All that France could oppose to this
enormous host was 100000 men. He
severly condemned the system OF send
ing raw conscripts to the important gar
risons Of the frontier. In October the
French soldiers who had earned their
discharge would have returned to civil
life and their places would be flled
largely by conscripts freshly called to
the colors. The troops on the frontier,
he maintained. should consist exclu-
sively of seasoned. well-trained men.
They should follow the Napoleonic sys-
tenn and send only their very best SOL
diers to German frontiers. France re-
lied upon her reserves to stem the tide
of German invasion. while. as he re-
minded the minister, hostilities between
nations nowadays were not necessarily
preceded by a formal declaration of
war.
Were an enemy suddenly to attack the
eastern frontier, what would be the fate
Of the inexperienced garrisons, with
large number of conscripts? They
would be overwhelmed before the re-
serves could be mobihzed, not to speak
Of being sent to their assistance. France
should follow the example of Germany
and insist on a three years service
The French artillery was superior to
anything in Europe, but the infantry
was armed with a rife which was twen-
ty-six years old. The re-arming of the
troops with the latest pattern Of mag
azine rifle should be carried out without
delay, whatever the cost.
NJ. Millerand. minister OF war, said
that 1t did not appear to him possible
TO re-establish the system OF three years
service, nor to bring about an increase
In the French 20
that OF Germany. But 1t was possible
to augment the number of voluntary
re-enlistments. and TO utilize very fully,
FOR military purposes, the natives Of the
French African possessions. CRather a
poor equivalent for seasoned German
raNEuR
Copyright lsl2, by Court Gossip synticate)
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Men of Deeds as Authors.

That the modern desire is universal
among men of deeds to make use of
the pen has been demonstrated once
more by the volume published by the
heir to the German throne, entitled,
From Ny Hunting Diary" who, like
his illustrious father, is seeking liter
airy expression, and whose book is well
written and quite readable.
In some periods of history the abil-
ity to perform deeds generally was re-
garded as absolutely exclusive of the
ability to portrait them by rehearsal.
Narrative. skill in medieval times of
romance even was considered unmanly.
Only troubadours or court testers were
tellers of tales and singers of songs,
knights and squires devoting them
selves to the more serious, at least more
concrete, business of love or war But
in all periods of creative eras in his
tory the desire for literary expression
has gone hand in hand with action, one
supplementing the other. And to-day,
in what is the greatest of all creative
periods, one of its most remarkable
phases is the vast output of the writ
ten word. A universal consciousness is
alert to hear and to tell. As never be-
fore the doers of deeds also are the
narrators of them. The names of
those who are prominent to-day in pub
lie affairs, with few exceptions, may be
associated with the making of books or
of periodical literature, as well as with
the making of policies or parties. Will
son, Bryan, Root, Roosevelt. Champ
Clark, Beveridge, the late John Hay,
are only few of those who in nation
al politics have enulated versatility
that a century ago was rare. Carnegie,
J. J. Hill, and Lawson prove that even
high finance or colossal business inter-
ests cannot kill the literary instinct
Artists, sculptors, architects, soldiers,
sailors, and arbitrators, missionaries.
even prize fighters, or ball players, or
winners, all write eagerly of
their works, or exploits, or dreams.
That royalty is not exempt from this
desire for expression has been demon
strated by the Kaiser, and now by his |
SON; by the famous poetess Carmen
Sylvia, and by the ever-youthfuI for
mer Queen Alexandra CT England
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Amazing Prosperity.

Considering the perennial complaint.
of hard times" and general depression
it is surprising tale which the officer:
of the building and loan associations oi
this country unfolded at their annual
convention in Atlantic City. Reports in.
dicate that the associations all over the
country are enjoying a prosperity be-
yond anything experienced within the
past two decades, while the growth in
the last twelve months has been truly
amazing. They have passed the billion
dollar mark in their savings, which i'm
mense aggregate is deposited systemati-
cally by the 100000 members. The
total amount loaned out to these
members last year was S2S3.oooyooo. The
increase in membership has been about
II per cent and the increase in resources
nearly as much. The gain was particu-
larry large in Pennsylvania, New Jcr-
sey, Massachusetts,, Ohio, Illinois, New
York, Indiana, and Nebraska.
What has caused this phenomenal in
crease in one fiscal year, instead of a
former limited prosperity? This is an
interesting economic problem. We
should say that the wedding out by the
postal authorities of large number of
firms dealing in wildcat stocks pri-
marily is responsible for this healthy
showing. The exposures of fraudulent
concerns, followed by convictions and
punishment, have been educational. The
public has learned something and has
profted by the lesson Its spare money
has gone into safe channels, assuring
them in time home of their own.
This lesson the student of political
economy should make the most of. If
the people, by journalistic exposure, are
shown the many artful and devious
ways by which their cash may be fiIched
from them under the guise of methods
to make them rich, they will, in time,
turn their backs upon the smooth, sleek
promoter and place their surplus where
they know it is safe.
There may be those still in whom the
sporting blood is strong, and who will
always take chance There always
will be ''get-rich-quick" men. Some of
these do make their pile, but the num-
Der of lucky ones is very limited, COM
pared with those who lose. But in
strong contrast herewith stands out the
picture of the building and loan asso-
ciation, the haven of the small investor,
that always will flourish; because,
while they hold out no prospect of big
profits, they offer certainty to the in
vestcr to own his home on the easiest
possible terms.
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does not warm up very early in thu
spring, and the people usually put in
their spring gardens with ear NUNS on.
On the other hand, It stays cool all sum-
mer, and the sweltering citizens Of Illi-
nois seek the State during July in thou
sands in search OF chilblains. Northern
Michigan is much used as a cure for
hay fever, but farther south Is afiicted
with acute matrimony. and hundreds of
Chicago people. who cross the lake to
st. Joseph for a days outing. come back
permanently married. to their great
chag grin.
The Washington herald., 1912-07-15
WHAT Is A C0CKTAu7
Not a Food Product, but a Bev-
erage and Barroom Exotic.

ernRe ana naFroo" EAotics
From tbs New York World.
Does our neighbor, the Press, really
believe with the Westminster Gazette
that eggs are a proper ingredient of
cocktails? Rebuking the World for some
fippant comment on the London news
papers verse
As esg is socked and sizrled
In the shsping Of a cocktail
the Press remarks:
The Westminster Gazette is right. The
New York Worlds official bartender
ought to go up the line and get hep"
to the Glover Club cocktail, one of whose
grateful ingredients is the white Of an
egg. 1t is more in pity than IN contempt
that We refer our neighbor to a decoc-
ton which has so far escaped its COM
prehensive ken Of things worth while"
Even our restricted ken had embraced
both the white of egg in the Glover Club
compound and the grenadine sirup which
imparts to it is pastel pink hue. But at
least the egg is not sizzled. and when.
anyway, did this concoction deserve the
name of cocktail? 1t is a barroom exotic
merely, one Of the hybrid Tart nouveau
products of the modern hotel cafe which
accord with the gilt furniture and French
cuisine. but are foreign TO the true prin-
ciples OF American drinks" The Clover
Club cocktail bears as little resem-
blance to a real cocktail as the New
York mint julep. with its macedoine Of
assorted fruits. does to the julep Of Vir-
ginian ancestry.
No doubt there are men who will con-
tinue to take eggs in their 'appetizers"
as they do in their Welsh rarebits. But
a cocktail is not a food product. 1t is a
beverage, and true connoisseurs will al
ways regard it as such even at the risk
of being called reactionaries.
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the price of which throughout the year
averages S-T0 a thousand, can be reared
on an acre OF land. They have to be
fed only once a day, preferably in the
evening. and though extremely voracious.
are by no means fastidious. After fall
OF rain. which seems to sharpen their
appetites. a bed OF one hundred thousand
will demolish a barrow load OF cabbage
in a very short space Of time
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From the New York World.
II the coloners friends keep on ex-
planning, some moIlycoddle will call him
a milksop.
From the Boston Transcript.
What's In a name? About 5000, ,oca
thinks Mr.. Belmont.
From the Boston Herald.
Roosevelt-Democratic fusion in wiscon-
sin also refuses to fuse.
From the St Louis GlobeDemocrat
Gov. Wilson purposes to keep watch
paign funds. He has not yet ventured
to specify the possible unwelcome con-
tributors.
From the New York Sun.
When he Gov. Wilson, has said or
written in the past before he went into
politics matters no more than a last
years newspaper.
From the New York Tribune
Portugal may split in two. Thus
spreads the bolting habit.
From the New York Globe.
Brethren of the Bull Moose" is what
William H. Hotchkiss called the Roose-
welt men. a hundred or more strong, who
met at the Metropolitan Building to
begin the preliminaries of the organiza-
tion OF the third party in New York
State.
From the Chicago Tribune.
In Illinois there will be a candidate for
Governor who repudiates the nomination
of Mr.. Taft as fraudulent and invalid,
and who will support Mr.. Roosevelt and
the progressive principles for which he
stands.
From the Indianapolis News.
Nor could compromise plan to have
both Mr. Taft and Col Roosevelt with
draw in favor of Col. Roosevelt to have
been expected to work out very well.
From the Houston Chronicle.
The Baltimore hotel keepers, like the
Chicago hotel keepers. are now in the
trust magnate class.
From the New York Press.
Then why turn nearly half a page of
Sun" into a last years news
paper by a pictorial representation of the
Of Wilson the professor
and Wilson the candidate?
From the St. Louis Republic
The completion of the largest three
months business in the history of the
postal service indicates progress in max
ing the Post-Ofice Department q real
going concern
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Secretary OF Agriculture, whose name
has become involved in another big
scandal in Washington. II concerns
the Stanley dam project in Colorado.
which Is being promoted by the Den
yer Reservoir and Irrigation Company.
Jasper Wilson. son of the Secretary,
left the Department Of Agriculture 10
accept a Sl00d6 position with this COM
pany. \ resolution has been introduced
in Congress calling upon Secretary Will
son for all information concerning this
project AMI declaring that the scheme
reeks with fraud and has been used
to rob and defraud innocent people
The Washington herald., 1912-07-15

Michigan people are loyal to their
State. especially IN the summer time, and
live in hopes OF speaking patronizingly
TO Ohio concerning Cleveland and gen.
eral population statistics. The test OF
Michigan citizenship is the ability to
pronounce Mackinac and Sault Ste.
Marie correctly and to mention Lansing
without referring to the most celebrated
operation in history.
Copyright 1917. by George Matthew AdlnsI
The Washington herald., 1912-07-15
TIBET'S EXILE COMES BACK.
The Dalai Lama Is Said to Be on
His Way to the Capital.

From the Louisville Courier Journal.
Tibets exiled ruler, the Dalai Lama. is
said to be on his way back TO Lassa. the
capital. after long sojourn in India.
Nearly two years have passed since the
Dalai Lama sought refuge in Indian ter
ritory IN fear Of his life from the Chi
nese
At Darjiling he had found a safe asy-
lum and means OF subsistence furnished
by the British government. Barely five
feet six inches in height, he might al
most be described as insignificant in ap-
pearance. His eyes have a certain fasci-
nation, and his forehead shows intelli-
gence. The present Dalai Lama is thirty
seven years of age, and is learned in
Sanscrit, Tibetan. and Pail He is de-
vout in the exercise of his priestly func-
tions On an average he sleeps but five
hours out of the twenty-four. He is pas
sionately fond OF animals, particularly
dogs.
The Washington herald., 1912-07-15
A Woman's Worries.

"A mother has worries that a man
knows nothing about"
How now?"
II have Just learned that my wife has
been watching our boy for years to see
that he carries his school books under
his right arm on Mondays, Wednesdays,
and Fridays, and under his left arm on
Tuesdays and Thursdays. II he did not
do this, he might get curvature OF the
spine
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A College Condition.
Anything May Happen.

what are you smiling at?''
'I see here a report that a child was
born with a full set OF teeth
"Well?"
How do such impossible reports get
abroad?'
do not be too incredulous. Strange
things happen. Seems to me that have
heard a report that a Boston child was
once born with eyeglasses"
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Very Careful.

IT understand she plays a very careful
game of bridge"
Careful is the word. Just good enough
to keep her husband interested. and not
quite good enough to beat him"
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a LITTLE NONSENSE,
THE TRUE STORY.

THE TRUE STORY.
Maud Muller son q summers day
Forsook the meadow and the hay.
She had with father quite spat.
But donned q 3s-cent hat.
Maud. doubling up her pretty lists.
Paraded with the suffragists.
His honor deemed the movement
fudge"
And that is how Maud lost the Judge.
UacIe Pennywise Says,
The hero in book always has a strong
right arm. but some heroes In real life
are southpaws.
After Many Years.
Rip Van wInkle awoke from his long
sleep.
"well. any changer he inquired. IT
s'pose not"
There have been some changes the
while" the villagers told him. "The PAN
anna Canal is nearly dug"
Il heard that twenty years ago"
Roosevelt is no longer infallible."
THAT makes me open one eye" ad-
Washington is in the pennant race
this year"
The old fellow gasped.
We'll. times have changed" quoth he.
July Is in History.
July Is. 15sL-Henry VIII endows the
London team with a good pitcher.
July Is, 1756-Boswell has DR.. johnson
arrested for pawning his wig.
Soon wilt.
The man in the street,
By the by,
Cannot keep collars neat
In July.
A College Condition.
why are you working SO hard on the
ball grounds every day." inquired
friend.
Didn't you know said the college
boy 'I was conditioned in baseball. I
must show good averages in both batting
and base-running before I can go on
with my class in the fall"
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We are congratulating ourselves that
We began the fiscal year with cash on
hand amounting to, $500 407.621. But
how much Of this was In circulation?
The Washington herald., 1912-07-15

The consideration of the annual
budget in the French Chamber the 9TH
er day brought out quite a severe crit
icism of the organization and equip
ment of the army of France. An officer
who is a deputy "a Nationalist) called
the attention of the minister of war
to the marked numerical superiority of
the German over the French army. BY
reason of a recent augmentation, Ger
many, after October next, In the event
of the sudden outbreak Of hostilities,
he said. would be able at once to place
100000 men in the field against the
French frontier defenses. and this
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PERTINENT AND IMPERTINENT.

From the New Yorf World
II the colonel's friends keep on ex-
planning, some mollycoddle will call him
a milksop.
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The hero In q book always has strong
right arm, but some heroes in real life
are southpaws.
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From the St Louis Globe-Demo1at
Gov. Wilson purposes to keep watch
of the incoming and outgoing Of the CAM
paign funds. He has not yet ventured
to specify the possible unwelcome con-
tributors.
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From the Boston Transcript.
What's In name? About 5000, 0cd
thinks Mr.. Belmont
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from the New 1ofk sun.
When he Gov. Wilson, has said or
written in the past before he went into
politics matters no more than a last
years newspaper.
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July Is in History.

July Is. 15si.-Henry VIII endows the
London team with good pitcher.
July Is, 1756-Boswen has DR.. johnson
arrested for pawning his wig.
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From the New York Tribune.
Portugal may split in two. Thus
spreads the bolting habit.
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PART II.
COMMUNAL SCHOOLS.
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The pupils Instruction in the commune! schools is given gratis, and
are taught all school requisites such As reading books, States, copy-books,
sppHeidHan and sewing materials, are provided for the nse of the schools
f f%g% for account of the Public Cashiered hooks may be dsribut-
cd to the children, who shall also have the opportunity of
purchasing in the school the books which are in use there.
~
The weekly The weekly school time shall for every class in the town
school time schools be 18 hours, divided, according to the further decision
of the School Board, among the week days or the first five
of then5 for the country schools 20 hours divided among the
first Ave week days.
Temporary With the consent of the Government, when there may be
teR same 'P%"" to"on' At ~ V0 D"p D"" o" l" "0
school districts, shorten FOR a time the number of days in the
weeks instruction or the number of daily hours, getting
against the latter, as fa1 as possible, Il corresponding proionga-
ton later.
OrHrarh~ re- The Schools shall he closed every Sunday q weeks at
h6ydas Christmas, ! week at Easter, Ascension Day, Whtmonday and
Tuesday, the Kings birthday and the hOydays ut the begin
ming and end of the hurricane season. Further there is given,
as q rule in September according to the more particular decl
sion of the School Board, a vacation of 3 weeks.
on..,u, Children who belong to the recognized congregations are
hdydas also exempted from attendance at the school on the holy-days
of the church to which they belong. Exemption on other
festival days OF the church can also be granted by the School
Board.
Exummdna. When there are special reasons for It, the School Board
~ free days can give permission for II or more schools TO be closed for II
single day outside of the free DAYS named above.
ia.
Obligation of Every scholar must be present ut the instruction from its
TN aand commencement to its close. The following grounds for alb
sence must be regarded rs valid, namely the pupils sickness,
Valid stances, sickness in the nea family of the pupil or i'll tie house
ABSENCE hold in which it stays.
'o%nsg:sn t. ~ hono"ys taken without leave journeys % pay VISITS or
absence. The plea of truancy does not relieve the person OF
persons who are under obligation TO see that the child attends
school from the responsibility unless it cal be shown that they
have done what lay in their power 10 ecu lie chnds at
tendance at school,