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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-12-02
Hamlet" with Hamlet Left Out.

Mr.. Wilson's proposal to postpone
the inaugural address and public cele-
bration to the end of April is inter
esting, but it hardly seems practicable.
Legally, the scheme is perfectly regu-
lar; that is, if the Inauguration merely
is a public spectacle, for which better
weather is needed than we have here
in Washington on March 4.
But is not the Presidential inaugu-
ration more to us than a spectacle? 1t
is connected with the beginning of an
administration. Mr.. Wilson, by the
time the proposed date for the inau-
gural ball approaches, will have taken
his oath, appointed his Cabinet, will
have been obliged to name many lead
ing officials, and to work out his pol
icy. He will have an extra session of
Congress to deal with. To make it
short, his activities as Chief Execu-
tive. by the end of April, will be such
that the edge" will have been taken
off any belated inaugural ceremony. 1t
reminds us of Hamlet" with Hamlet
left out
And not to forget. One of the most
interesting ceremonies in connection
with the 9TH of March celebration
always has been the cooperation OF
the retiring and the incoming Presi-
dents Would any one expect the ex-
President to return here after almost
two months for the purpose OF aiding
i'll the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT of his successor,
especially under such circumstances as
have been engendered by the campaign
just ended? On March 4, Mr.. Taft
would make dignifed exit. Thus he
has a natural place in the ceremonies.
At a warmed over inaugural he
would be a superfuous, even an en-
barrassed, figure.
Washington has reasons to urge the
change. reasons that no other city can
advance. and they claim recognition,
but it is difficult to understand how
the ceremonial features of the inaugu-
raj can be postponed without destroy
ing their impressiveness. The leading
local issue. in this respect, simply re-
duces itself to this: Will more visit
ors come here to witness the spectacle
in April than in March? We hardly
believe so. Besides. we owe something
to our national dignity and pride.
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Britain and Russian Passports.

Sir Edward Grey addresses himself
with conservatism to the problem OF
the rights of British citizens in Rus
STA. The problem involves chiefly
Britons of Jewish faith. who are under
the same invidious discrimination as
are American Jews, and a demand has
been made in Great Britain for re-
medal action which will free Jews
from what they regard as oppression
and compel Russia to treat all British
citizens alike, without consideration of
their religious creed or their ethnologi-
cal artecedcnts.
The demand is similar to the one
made in this country year ago, with
the exception that here it aimed at the
abrogation OF the treaty between Rus
STA and America, while in the United
Kingdom it contemplates merely modi-
fcation of the treaty. President Taft,
finding diplomatic negotiations futile,
took prompt steps for abrogation, but
the British foreign office declines to
resort to negotiations for fear that the
treaty might be endangered
This affords a reminder OF several
facts Russian discrimination is not
against American Jews alone, but
against those from England and, for
that matter, of all other lands. 1t is
not against them as Americans, but
as Jews, indicating Russia's Impair
TALLY or hatred of all Jews This
does not facilitate, but rather renders
more difficult, the solution of the
problem, since it shows that we have
not a special act of Russia against us
to deal with, but a universal principle
of her policy.
Some imprisoned pleaders in their
zeal to force the hand of this govern
ment represented that the United
States was submitting to treatment
which no other country would endure.
But there is proof that others have
been enduring it, and continue to do so.
Quite to the contrary, America has
been the most self-assertive of nations
u the least tolerant of what she
deem an injustice.
Sir E'waFd may be influenced by
considerations of British rela-
tions Gin the triple entente) and of
Great Britain's helplessness, as free
trade nation. in the event of tariff
war. But doubtless there is sincerity
in the British foreign minister's belief
that, while abrogation of the British
Russian treaty would be disadvanta-
geous to British interests generally, it
would not advance the interests of the
Jews. While this country has no occa-
sion for fear of serious impairment of
interests, it is questionable whether I'M
der the circumstances the welfare of
our Jewish citizens will be promoted by
the strenuous effort to right the wrongs
of few of them.
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Not an Equal Tax.

O& OF the virtues of a direct tax is
that itNstimulatcs individual interest in
the expeSditures of the government
Customs dS%ss and excuses exert no
pressure on tfS voters for economy.
Neither does a &IeSt tax. which oP-
crates only on comparatively few, and
they the ones who would eSst likely
take an interest in the personal saving
that might result from an admH9istra-
tive economy.
The planned exemption of $1,000
income from the operation of the Fed
eral tax which needs but two mon
States to carry the necessary amend :
ment to the Constitution would fred
the vast majority of voters from the
tax, and would support a reckless
waste at the expense of the few. Out
side of large cities 5000 incomes are
comparatively rare. If the purpose of
the law is to levy upon a particular
class, its adoption would go far to
justify the charge that its aim was not
greater equality of taxation, but exemp-
ton of the vast majority at the ex-
pense of the inhabitants of our large
cities.
In the larger part of the country
the man with an income of $1,000 is
well to do. Not so many years ago
he would have been believed to be
rich in the village or small city.
In New York, Chicago, Philadel-
phia, and Boston such an income
means far less. High rents and the
excessive cost of living in a great city
leave its possessor with much smaller
margin for comfort or for saving than
the recipient of the same income en-
Joys elsewhere.
That is one of the difficulties of an
income tax levied in so extensive
country as this, in which local condi-
tions differ so much. II is bound to
operate unequally, placing dispro-
portionate burden on residents of sec
tons where money will purchase the
least. This disproportion is exagger-
ated when the exemption is placed so
high as practically to free from the
tax the prosperous, while including in
its scope those who can live far less
amply in the centers of population.
A small exemption is proper to save
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house. running hotel. and painting. He
If q graduate Of Heidelberg University.
Il gave up farming and breeding thor
oughbreds and snapped my country place
for an observation-disclosures in the Capital,
S!ebert said. explaining his new venture.
but no sooner had / taken possession
than had to spend several thousands in
repairs. / then exchanged my apartment
house for a hotel. The day the bill OF
sale was signed, everybody moved out
Then l painted things, but they wouldn't
sell.
ION top of this a man came along who
said he had an article that could beat
anything in the world for taking spots
out / told him l was from Missouri.
and he showed me, and now here l am
IN the soap business. What the end will
re l cannot tell"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-12-02
PERTINENT AND Experiment

From the Ohio state Journal.
1t is called to our attention that the
corset which produces the perfect I'M
corseted effect costs SIS, which would
look to our dull masculine intelligence
like an unnecessary expense.
Frun the Boston Herald.
The public is behind Attorney General
Wickersham in his fight for the open
court.
I From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
With Adam revised out OF the Scrip
| lures. what are the photographers to do
| without that apple?
From the Chicago Inter Ocean
The Taft Republicans who voted for
Wilson are now trying to maintain that
they landslid, not backsld.
From the PittSburE Gazette-Times.
The reason for money is what you can
trade it for, especially during the COM
ing month.
From the Charleston News and Courie-
II there were more cloth in dresses
there might be more money in cotton.
From the Louisville Post
ciety is worrying about the origin Of
the name white House." but the poll
ticians have chiefly been concerned about
how to get there.
From the New York Tribune
A Boston clerEymans son is said to
have bear for a nurse. II there's any
thing in early influences. what a Wall
street operator that yOungster should
make.
From the Burlington Free Press.
For a time Vermont was the only
doubtful State in the Union, and it is
now so close that no party is likely to
ignore its campaign pledges
From the Denver Republican.
There are 5000 women in New York
supporting their husbands say Mrs.
Carrie Chapman Gait No doubt this
goes far toward explaining those i'm
mense crowds at the baseball games in
Gotham.
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of their spires. They stick on a job lot
spire designed by a standpipe expert
and spend their money buying two
acre pipe organs with $50 stops and
electric, pumping machines.
The church spire Is the only unuseful
and ornamental article in a great many
small towns in this country. and were
it to be abolished, these towns would
be unanimously UnlOvely. Very few
people try to ascend to Heaven by
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-12-02
GREATNESS!


l saw him for = little day
And then like dew drops melt away
As transient a. the ocean spray
Or fragrant foFers in sunny May.
! saw him in the fields Of war
Where many lives with bloody scar
Were sacrificed beneath his car
And shining like the morning star.
I saw him IN his sunset hour
The pVide Of state and royal power
As weak as rain drops in q shower
A leaning, lettering, crmbling tower.
And then forgotten lonely lies
No more behesd by human EYES
Beneath the sun and star-lit skies
Resting with truth that never dies.
-JoHN A. JOYCE
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m.0AgaS
-, na:1 gSss2Ngz1
WASHINGTON S1DEE1G lights.

for the post of Secretary OF Agriculture
in President-elect Wilson's Cabinet.
John othout Siebert whom everybody
calls Jack Siebert, has washed his
hands, Of all business except that of
soapmaking. Siebert is society man.
clubman, an artist, and bon vivant He
has tried farming. breeding thorough
breds being landlord of an apartment
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-12-02
~ RUssELL M. MacLENNAN.

II Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, who resigned
as the governments chief chemist and
pure food expert almost a year ago,
could accept all the offers OF employ
ment he has received during the past
few months he would be an independents
ly wealthy man In a short time.
my stenographer did some tabulating
recently on offers of employment l have
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Protection and the south.

Is the South turning to protection?
This question admits of a great deal Of
speculation. Certain it is. however. that
at least three Southern products will re-
main on the free list-pawpaws, 'posSums
and persimmons. With Mr.. Underwood
at the head OF the Ways and Means
Committee. and Senator Furnifold, Sim
mons as chairman OF the Finance Com
mittee, everything else stands a good
chance of getting on the dutiable list.
Notwithstanding the similarity in their
names, there is no resemblance between
persimmOns ard the senior Senator from
North Carolina. In its green state the
fruit is harsh and astringent, and 1t re-
mains so until exposed to frost. Senator
Simmons is neither green, harsh nor
astringent he is a very able, pleasant
and agreeable gentleman. The frosts of
time have dealt gently with him.
Short and stocky. with dark, studious
face, he goes quietly about his duties,
mingling amicably among his associates.
While not given to eXtravagant dress, his
garments are of the style affected by
most Southern statesmen-immaculat
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-12-02
A LITTLE NONSENSE.
OPERA OPENS.

Twas evening at the opera
In New York, queen OF towns;
And gems were there beyond compare
And millions worth OF gowns.
OF social queens there were lot,
OF dukes and earis score:
OF men who shine, some eight or nine,
And millionaires galore.
The ladies talked. the gents" conversed
While peals of laughter rang
From maids and men; and now and then
The pensive actors sang.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-12-02

The advertising agent who announces
so boldly that I'VE can tell you all about
space in this car ought to be voted
into the Ananias Club by strap-banging
passengers
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-12-02

That st. Louis pastor who publicly
calls this a nation of professional
liars has done well thus to include him
self
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,By THE EN-sENAToRD

Visitors TO the galleries of the two
Houses at the opening Of Congress look
down upon the scenes below and wonder
what it's all about. After a while they
begin to understand On the House
side. they ask themselves how it seems
to be a member: on the Senate side how
il feels to be a Senator
In the House, where all appears to he
confusion. where nearly four hundred
and not the Washington four hundred by
long shOt-contend for individual dis
tinction. effort IS so unsatisfying that
everything seems to be unreal: it only
seems so.
Just few days ago the members came
from their districts. each quite conscious
OF his importance as the Representative
Of nearly two hundred thousand people.
who marked him as a rare personality :
he stood out as something choice and
select: a sort of prize package.
But now his is only one name on a
long roll of Smiths and Browns and
Joneses who have assembled from the
four quarters. There are so many of him
that he stands a poor chance OF being
pointed out and deferred to at all, as he
had been at home.
All" he signs. as he sits at his narrow
desk waiting to answer here or pres
tlll N'lltts Xix II any III lllt EdllfTltS
will recognize his voice. lis it really To-
Or perhaps he will say. rs it actually
me-" And Involuntary he pinChes him
self to make sure.
On the hastings back in his district not
so many days ago he occupied the place
OF honor and was recognized and ap-
plauded by multitude; now he is packed
away like a sardine. touching elbows
with men who pay no attention to him
whatever.
Is he congruous to the scene or Just a
pretended the full force or the saying
that things are not always what they
seem"
But a different atmosphere pervades
the quiet chamber at the other end Of
the Capitol, where gallery visitors tread
softly as they enter or depart.
Senators are coming in singly, passing
slowly. noiseless to their large comfort
able seats. Their steps are measured and
stately; their department dignified.
One has halted for a moment to shake
hands and exchange a word with a col
league. but he does not linger. as do
those of the House. to indulge in hiIari-
Gus exclamations.
The conventional color OF dress in the
Senate is dark, very dark: broadcloth
for the most part: the coats cut long
some reaching below the knees and all
quite full at the breast.
Only new Senators notice the gallery
visitors. and as like as not these came
recently out Of the House. where such
things are openly tolerated.
There is a short PRAYER and a few other
brief preliminares. and the Senate has
adjourned. much to the disap appointment
Of the gallery occupants. most of whom
have come expecting to witness an aCri-
monious debate. one or more Senators
have died during the recess, and the mo-
ton to adjourn has not been heard In
the galleries.
The same proceeding has taken place
in the House, but there the Speaker has
been Obliged to put the body into mourn
ing at the top OF his lung power and
by whacking an iron plate with a big
hard wood gavel.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-12-02

What a renewed comfort to the Turk,
this sudden quarreling among the
"Giours"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-12-02

Senator Burton's patronage broker
has not a very pleasing sound. but II
certainly fits"
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You may yet Sc aerial snes boats Jerking VI
church stcrpleS BY the rOotS!''
means of church spires. but when
citizen has to spend his life looking al
the same model of jlg-saw front
porches and straight front store build
ings the spire is a blessed relief in the
Copyright, lgl2, BY George Mathew AdGmN)
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STA TESMEN-REAL AND WEAR
BY FRED C. KELLY

Senator Owen of Oklahoma. just elect.
most remarkable face in Congress. To
start with. It is a handsome face and
wonderfully youthful for a man fifty-siS
years old. BY means OF his face, Owen
could make a plausible blum at being
aged only thirty-hve. But that is not
| the most remarkable thing about II.
What puts Owens face in a special ex-
hibit class by itself is the way II can
change from storm 10 sunshine without
any apparent muscular reassortment. One
moment you see the face glarihg at you
and then without notice you discover
that the proprietor has slipped in a diff
ferent slide, and instead Of glaring the
face is beaming. You can't tell for the
life Of you where the glares left of and
the beams began.
The giaring phase of the owen face is
due not to any meanness back of il. but
simply to an intense attitude OF mind.
Nearly all the insurgents in Congress are
more or less intense. II Senator owen
remarks that it's a pleasant day. he does
so with such conviction that you think
he wants TO fight about it.
l shall never forget the first time I ever
talked to this paTt-Indian Senator. 1t
was in his Office a couple of years ago.
The conversation touched casually on
the subject OF the Initiative and Teferen-
dun. Instantly he began to discuss that
proposition so aggressively and to pound
the table so violently that he scared me
half to death. hadn't said a thing
against his old initiative and referendum.
you understand. Yet his tone was such
that my mind reverted to his Indian an
cestors, and l sat figuring the distance
between my chair aPd the door. If he
made so much as a move to come across
the table to me. ! intended to make a
wild dash for the door and keep out Of
trouble.
But in a second or two the facial
clouds lifted. the verbal lightning ceased
to fash. and Owen was looking as pleas
ant and kindly as a bed OF pdnsies.
1t was simply his way of talking.
DIR. Harvey W. Wiley is a man Of great
candor. Ask him anything and he will
tell you. II the answer to your question
is something that you do not wish to
know, it were better not to ask the doc
tor. few nweeks ago DR.. Wiley went
to a prosperous little ohio city to make
speech. After the meeting a party Of
citizens escorted him to a leading hotel
to make a fuss over him. and the pro-
prletOr OF the hosiery came around and
told how delighted he was 10 have the
champion OF pure food right in their
midst. For such a festal occasion. he
said. he would insist on setting out
private brand of liquor. which, he fur
Their stated, would be served ''On the
house."
Everybody was enthusiastic over being
in on such a signal honor and all spoke
In the. highest terms OF the special
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dion-pIeated skirt, not hobble.
Featuring Her Clothes.
why these sad looksT'
al am getting DID," said the actress.
''Um," said the impresario.
my face shall go upon. the blllboards
no more"
''Well, your gowns are new, said the
manager. Suppose We paste
I'D artistic Illustrations of them?'
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-12-02
Fashion Note.
Featuring Her Clothes

A Macedonian warrior wears an accor
dion-pleated skirt, not a hobble.
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December 2. I756-Boswell and DR.. John
son manage to rent q small hall bedroom
without paying in advance.
December 2. 15S3-Henry VIII Is sent to
the grocery store TO exchange pumpkin
pie; a distasteful errand to any man.
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The Taft Republicans who voted for
Wilson are now trying to maintain that
they landslid. not backsld.
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The Kind Lawyer.

Now" said the fatherly old lawyer
whats the trouble?"
Il want a divorce. My husband has
no regular employment. and. besides. he
is cruel. He throws knives at me-
Throws knives at you, Ell? That's a
queer fad. How long has this been 60
ing on?''
Several years"
Then you must have become fairly
expert at lodging the knives"
''Oh, yes: can dodge them all right.
Now, my girl look here. You don't
want a divorce Make up with your hus-
band and take your knIfe-throwinS spe-
Cialty into vaudeville. There you are: all
your troubles settled at one crack"
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From the Pittsburg Gazette-Times.
The reason for money is what you car
trade it for, especially during the com
ing month.
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From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
With Adam revised out OF the Scrip
lures. what are the photographers to do
without that apple?
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Prom the Charleston News and Courie-.
II there were more cloth in dresses
there might be more money in cotton.
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The public is behind Attorney General
Wickersham in his fight for the open
court
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None whatever.
Got a match?'
mo: I've quit smoking"
That's no reason why you should quit
carrying matches"
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7 TUIIl IuE IJlIsIIIe FU-I.
The District of Columbia Historical So
ciety is worrying about the origin Of
the name white House." but the poll
ticians have chiefly been concerned about
how to get there
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The friendly leaves now change their hue
And sadly fall, alack!
1 often wish that l could glue
= Some OF them back.
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Diamond Chat.

That young man remained rather late
last night" remarked father.
'It was about ll:55 when he left" ad-
mitted ma.
1.-The love game is beginning to go ex-
ira innings"
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From the New York Tribune.
A Boston clerEyman's son is said to
have a bear for a nurse. II there's any
thing in early influences. what a Wall
Street operator that youngster should
make.
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sl,sso FOR yAUGHN,s CAPTURE.
No Trace OF Greenyille Man Who
Broke Jail.

Greenville, June 2.-Rewards aggre-=
eating s1,250 are now offered for the
capture of T. U. Vaughn. Governor
Blease today notified Sheriff Poole
that the $500 reward offered by the
State would be increased to $3.50. The
personal reward of $l00 from the gov
ernor yet stands.
Two hundred dollars is offered by
the Odd Fellows lodge at Anderson
and s10O by the lodge at the Brandon
mill, of Greenville, and, with the sl00,
onel ed by the sheriff, the total amount
OF rewards is s1,250. 8
One week has passed since Vaughn
sawed his way out Of the county iaii,
and not the slightest trace of his
whereabouts has come to the officers
Of the law. Not even suspect has
been rounded up. Vaughn's disap-
pearance is as complete as though the
earth had opened and swallowed him.