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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-12-31
Welcome, Parcel Post!

The parcel post is going to win. II
is up to the people who need the serv-
ice it offers to convince the govern
ment, within a short time after the
plan goes into effect, that it is worth
while to push il TO an early stage oi
perfection. 1t was wisely provided that
the parcel post service should begin
after, instead of before the holidays
and thus have to deal in its expert
mental days with only a normal volume
of matter instead of with a Christmas
food. which might have proved en-
barraSsing BY next Christmas the sys-
TEN will be well established and able
to bear the extra holiday strain with
out any trouble Meantime it will be
well to acquire familiarity with its pc
culiar provisions in order to reduce
errors and losses to a minimum.
Ii should be borne in mind that only
fourth-class matter can be sent by
parcel post. the rules for first, second,
and third class remaining unchanged :;
but the definition of fourth-class will
be amplifed as to include many things
which hitherto have been unavailable. 1t
must be remembered. too. that ordi-
nary stamps will not be accepted on
parcels; special stamps for the parcel
post service must he used; parcels
cannot be mailed in letter or newspa-
per boxes, but only at the poSt-officc
and its branches. Another provision
is that all parcels must bear the ad-
dress Of the sender. As for the rates
OF postage, they are determined by
complex zone system, so that at first,
at least. shippers will do we'll to as
certain from the post-office authorities
what they are to pay.
For a time some confusion and trou-
bic probably will result from ignor-
ance of these rules. But practice will
make the process easy. and the system
is likely to be simplifed before long
TX LtlN - NtNlil VI ldlCS - lhGlN ~
be modified, though there is more reason
for it here than in smaller countries.
Country folk can shop in the city
by mail and get their purchases de-
liyered to them by mail City folk can
market in the country by mail and get
some of their commodities delivered
to them by mail. Just as surely as the
public uses the parcel post and asks for
larger and better service, just that sure
" will the government of the United
States respond to the demand
In every country where the parcel
post had been adopted it has proved
to be d success and a growing benefit
to both the selling and the consuming
public.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-12-31
The New York Garment Workers.

Montague Glass, the versatile author
OF Potash and Perlmuttcr," the writer
who has given us such a deep insight
in the inner workings OF the garment
trade in New York, could not have
wished for better motif for an
other of his so very pleasing dialect
stories of the Yiddish proletariat of the
New York East Side than the gar
ment workers strike which went into
effect there yesterday at the word OF
a single man who controls the fortunes
of the garment makers union executive
committee.
But, in all seriousness, il i some
thing stupendous 10 contemplate. when
$4,000 men and women stop work, not
only in a single industry, but in one
branch of the same, the makers Of
mems garments alone. If what the
dispatches state is according to facts.
and Mr.. Pine, who called the strike. is
asking for the abolition of child labor
and work in dark tenements. the public
will be with these Woodworking youths
and girls. who at best have hard road
to hoe. As to the eight-hour day or
the minimum wage scale of $40 for
girls and SIC for men, that is a thing
which belongs to arbitration, and, 10
doubt, will be arbitrated, according to
the trade situation in that particular
branch of our industries.
Thus far the main thing is that the
men and women are very orderly. and
another thing that is greatly in their
favor, is the fact that they did not
tie up the 1000 shops affected. be-
fore the Christmas rush, but very sen
sibly waited until that was over and
their employers stood in no fear of
heavy losses on account of not
being able to deliver goods ordered for
the holidays. This alone. should it
come to arbitration, ought to go a great
ways toward gaining universal svm-
pathy for these folk, whose life is any
thing but bed of roses.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-12-31
STA ESMEN-REAL AND NEAR
By FRED c. KELLY

why said she. who would have
thought they would have treated him so
nicely
She presumably had come expecting %
see the examiner walk over every few
minutes and slap Morgan in the face.
Not that it has anything to do with
statecraft. but when George AIDE and Ort
Wells went around the world together. a
steamship agent at Rangoon done EN-
dirt They had paid extra fare on .
s;ateroom to hold it all the way from
Calcutta 10 Singapore. but the British
agent at RangOOn crowded another pas
senger into their Cubby hole.
Clear up to the minute OF sailing they
strapped with the agent. but he was a
snsrling. sallOw wreck of humankind,
and they were in a strange land: 'twasn't
any use
II was a desperately hot morning and
the agent was the only white man in
sight Just before the gang plank was
pulled in, Wells walked over to the
agent and said
You have played US a contemplate
trick. but We are going TO get even with
YOU"
oh, you are. are YOU" says he: I
should jolly well like to know how you
intend to get even
are about to leave this accursed dump
and Won have to stay here"
All the way out of the harbor they
could see him still standing there trying
to figure 1t out.
Jesse l. Hartman, one Of the defeat
ed Pennsylvania members Of the House.
was planning a little trip to Central
American, and was wondering out loud
what sort Of clothes he ought to take
along
lust a Panama hat and a whira
duck suit" said Representative Billy
Wilson Of Chicago who came tripping
up just then.
No. not a white duck suit-a lame
duck suit. suggested Representative
James Francis Burke, with a wild
scream OF Laughter.
After all. it is just as well to tell
the truth in politics" remarks Senator
Ben Tillman. and he cites this case that
occurred down in South Carolina a few
years ago:
A man was running for a minor city
ONCE and got only one vote. One of
his associates. who had often gone to
him for favors, met him on the street
next day and said: Well, I'm sorry
we couldn't make more OF a showing.
and I'm mighty glad that you at least
had my vote
You're a liar" replied The defeated
candidate, quietly. Il voted for my
self"
Copyright, 1871, by Frcd g Kelly All rights To-
served
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GOSSIP OF PARTS OF EUROPE
NOW IN THE PUBLIC EYE

they have often as many as three names:
/ Turkish. Greek. and Slav, while not a
| few OF them even have fourth. a West
! orn European-thc Turks say Frank
as well.
! For instance: Edrrnch is the Greek
, .Adrianople; Uskup is Skopia and in
Slavic SkOplije. Other city names are
TRANSACTIONS from one language into an
other BielOpOlje (ServianD. In the San
iak OF NOvibazaar, is the same place as
Akova CTUrkish. Kirk Kilsseh Turk
ism. We interpret into Forty Chu.ches."
but Turkish philoloEiSts declare that the
first word should not be Kirk forty. but
Kirk; l. @. broken. tumhlc-dOwu, the
name being bestowed upon the town
from the ruins of an old church that was
, prominent landmark when the place
fell into Turkish hands.
But whether Ruined Church" or For
" Churches" the Slav name LOzenErad.
city Of Ninyards." is distinct. because
Kirk kilisseh is famous for its wine.
The number Of small Albanian colonies
scattered all over European Turkey
suciffiently explain the number OF places
called Arnautkeui to any one who re-
members that Arnaut means Albanian
and Keui a village.
Among the most common words that
occur in place names may he mention
ed Sher. Ctowcr,; Hissar. -+castle,; Kate
or KatCh. fOrO. Khan or han. dnnl:
Liman. Charbor. Burun. tcape);
Chesmeh. (sprinGD: Chifuik. Garm);
Kun. CsandD, AGatch. UreeD: KAYAK.
poplar; BaGh. park; Bagcheh. tgar-
dem: Dere or DerCh, valley; Su,
(river) Tepe or Tepeh. ChilD.
Occasionally on the same map OF
Turkey. &C" "ch,' Itch" or "tsch,"
will express the same thing; also the
same vowel will he represented in vari-
Gus ways. There is. for instance.
"Kupru." or "Keupreu." the same words
and meaning bridge.
Among names of frequent occurrence
is Chatalja or TChatllja. where the al
lied forces concentrated at the chain of
forts. comprising the last protection of
STEAMBOAT against victorious invaders.
"Chatar' is "A fork" hence tho forts
at the rorked roads
Deli Tunus, at the mouth Of the TChat-
ALA. redoubts whether the BuIgarians met
with their first. but telling setback. means
Just Prophet Jonas (dcli-mad or inspired
y. The name Undoubtedly pcrpetuates a
certain local legend or tradition.
Most Interesting in its origin. however.
is the name Rume!id Turkish RumitD
for European Turkey as a unit. Rum
is the Turkish for Greek. n rum word
indeed. and one wonders at any possible
connection between Rum
and "Hellas." Still the connection is
there all right enough, for the Rum is
a corruption. or better perhaps. an alb
breviation of Roman, a name applied to
the Greeks in Byzantine times as the
people of New Rome"
The affix ''il' means land or country,
while the closing 80 may be called the
Turkish reflex genitive. So that in short.
or Rumili, means the land Of
the Greeks, which in reality it was i'm
the days of Alexander the Great. and
the Roman COnquerors, who established
the Eastern Empire. FLANEUR.
Copyright. 1872. by Court Gossip Svndioltc)
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-12-31
THE YEAR 1912
By GEORGE FITCH.
Author OF "At Good ola siwash.s

The 1s12th year since the world
stopped counting backward and began
to look forward is just drawing to- a
close and has been completed on
schedule time without any hitch what
ever.
For many centuries the years have
been completed exactly on time. This
Is fine illustration of the excellence
OF the Organization of the universe, but
a sad reflection on the modern hotel
which cannot get up a thIrty-five place
banquet and serve II before the soup
is cold.
The year 1912 was one Of the long
3C6-day models and was successfully
negotiated by upward of 1900. 00O. 900
people. Upward OF 3O,OOO,OOO human
beings retired from the universe dur
ing the year, while about Sc, 900, OOO, 900
new members Of society were admit
ted. This shows a satisfactory growth
and should encourage the building CT
large number of new automobile
garages during the next year.
The year 1912 was one OF the most
inadequately heated years of recent
times. The thermometer remained per-
sistently at zero until March. over
1000 theatrical companies were FROST
bitten before June. Wood fires were
comfortable IN July and in November
the greatest snow gin the history Of
America fell, completely burying the
largest President and the most terrific
ex-President the country has ever had.
The year 1912 saw great progress in
many ways. Aviators. ONCE buildings
the price OF gasoline and the cost Of
living reached hitherto untouched alti-
tudes. and automobiles became so cheap
that no man with $500 will be safe
It was a healthy year for
kings. the death rate being very low.
but the most disastrous year on record
for the Republican party. which split
with a loud report in June and has re-
manned enthusiastically and infeXibly
in fragments ever since
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-12-31

Shortly after he was married last sum-
mer young Mr.. Billy Murray. Of Massa-
chusetts, most youthful member of Con-
gress. began to hum a little tune that
was current just then. His wife told him
that nc didn't have to the tune right, and
that furthermore he fiatted three or four
of the best notes.
"Ah you must be mistaken replied
young Mr. Murray politely. The piece
certainly goes this way-nOw listen:
Tum, tum. te tum. dee tum dc DUN
But his wife insisted that il went-tum,
tum, tum. tumty UNI to um, or something
like that, and while both were please mt
about it, neither was convinced. In fact.
Mrs. Murray intimated that Billy, albeit
nice fellow and a good husband, was
temperamentaIly inclined TO fall into or
rors in regard TO song
Now, it happened that Billy Murray
had gonr in for the Glee and plinky-plunk
stun in his college days, and took some
modest pride in his singing ability. But
to make absolutely. certain Of establishing
his prestige in his own home he deter
mined 10 call 10 his aid another Billy
Murray. Everybody who has listened TO
monographs has heard the line of the
cylinder: Sung by Billy Murray. II
seems that Billy Murray sings about half
the canned popular songs that are put UP
by the manUfa Cturers. The TWO Billy
Murrays. though, are entirely distinct
persons. One is a statesman and the
other is a songster and they let II go at
that. However. Billy Murray. the Con-
gresham. went and bought himself a
photograph and a record of the song he
himself had been trying to sing while
shaving. as sung-sO the record an
nOunced-by Billy Murray. He took the
outfit home and let the record speak for
itself. His wife apoloGized.
Thus did he establish his musical repu-
tatiOn in his home without further ado.
Mr.. Murray is a graduate of Harvard.
but has the good will and esteem Of all
who know him.
escorted by a Congressman friend up TO
the committee room where Pierp. Nor
gan. the well-to-do Wall Streeter. was
testifying about high finance and similar
phenomena.
Mr.. I'ntermyer. in examining Morgan.
insisted on having his questions answer
I'd and treated the money chief just
about as he would any other witness.
Yet Cntermyer was civil enOuGh-was
not even sarcastic. In fact. with Nor
gan sitting there. wild-eyed. mustache,
eyebrows. and hair bristling-aI sugges-
tive OF a scared hOrse-One would have
been slow to speak unkindly to him. re-
gardless of the fact that he is in COM
Portable financial circumstances.
II was this attitude of pOliteness to-
ward him that impressed the woman.
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DR.. MORTIMER DEPOSED.
Philadelphia Minister Set Adrift With
out Customary Notice.

Philadelphia. Dec. 5n-Rev. Or. Alfred
Gnrnett Mortimer. whose resignation az
rector Of ST. Marks Protestant Episcopal
Church was sud- nIy asked for and
given last week. has been deposed by
BiSnOp Rhinelander.
This action was taken by the Bishop
following the receipt OF letter in which
DIR. Mortimer renounCed the ministry.
Notices of the deposition are being sent
out to-day. In depOsinE a clergyman t
Is customary for the Bishop to state that
the clergyman has been depOsed for no
reasons affecting his moral character.
There is no such statement in the no
tice which Bishop Rhnelander now is
sending to all bishops in the church and
to all the presbyteries Of the diocese.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-12-31
Parcel Post Lam Goes
Into Effect NeV Years
Comprehensive Regulations Made for Operation
of New System-Explanation of Zones.
Special Stamps Issued.

Beginning New Years Day at 6 o'clock
a. m, the new parcel post law goes into
effect. According to the recently published
regulations governing this law, any in
habitant OF the United States may then
send through the mail merchandise OF
certain descriptions, providing It does mot
weigh more than eleven pounds and is
not more than three feet wide nor more
than six feet in length.
These regulations, however, prohibit the
mailing OF live snakes and birds, intoxi-
cants, pistols and infiammable materials.
On the other hand. the shipper is allowed
to mail butter, lard, fish, fresh meat,
dressed fowls. vegetables, fruits, berries,
and similar articles. Fresh meats, how
ever, may be transported only fifty miles
and II for any reason the parcel post
is unable to deliver this or other perish
able matter they can be turned over
to charity organizations. Provision Is
made for insuring parcels and they also
can be registered.
One point has been particularly empha-
sized. and that is that all packages will
have TO be taken to the post-office by the
sender. This means that none of the
drug store substations will be
allowed to accept this class of matter.
though 1t may be deposited at any of the
larger pOSt-office stations.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-12-31
TRANSFERS SLEEPING CARS.
New Haven Road Turns Over Rolling
Stock to Pullman Company.

New Haven, Conn, Dec. 3o-Annource-
ment Of the transfer Of its parIor and
sleeping car service to the Pullman Com
pany was made to-day by the New
York, New Haven and Hartford Rail-
road Company.
The transfer will he made under sign
ed contract dated January l. 1918. and
will run for twenty years 1t is under
stood that the price paid for the New
Haven sleeping and parlor cars by the
Pullman Company vas $4,000. and that
new steel cars wIu be supplied. All Of
the employees Of the New Haven serv-
ice will be retained in their present posi-
tons at the same pay.
The New Haven explains that the
transfer is made in order to comply with
the recommendation of the Interstate
Commerce Commission, in regard to
sleeping cars.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-12-31
Sleep Walker Hit BY Train.

Altoona, Pa. Dec. 30-While walking
in her sleep early to-day. Mrs. Mary
Jane Cullon, sixty, Of Tyrone Forge,
member of prominent wcll-to-do fam
lily. was struck by PENNSYLVANIA train
and her left leg was crushed OF. She
was found unconscious in her night
clothing by a track walker. She was
to a hospital. where 1t was
stated her condition was critical.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-12-31
ALITTLE NONSENSE.
EXIT 1912.

Its leave It takes.
The. old year now
Steps forth and makes
Its final bow.
We hate to see it disappear;
1t wasn't such a bad old year.
Let our applause .H
Fill all the hall
Ere IL withdraws ..
Beyond recall.
For 1912, one parting cheer;
1t wasn't such a bad old year.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-12-31
Men Buried in Snowslide.

Fernie. British Columbia, Dec. 30
Three men are dead and others are he
lieved to be under the wreckage Of the
carpenter shop of the Crows Nest Pas
Coal Company. carried away by a snow
slide to-day. Twelve men were working
in the shop. The bodies of three have
been recovered. Rescue parties are
searching for the others. The slide oc-
CURED at the coal mine.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-12-31
December 81 in History.

December 81. 1s6O.-Mr. Pepys buys a
ton OF diaries.
December 81. 1755.-Boswell. DIR. John
SON, Pope. and David GarrIck engage
a table at a fashionable grill TO watch
the old year out.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-12-31
Something in Keeping.

You pamper this cat too much" said
the veterinarian. You keep him too
much in the house"
But. doctor, that is a Persian cat
Cost 4,OOo"
Well. build him a mahogany wood
shed to gambol on
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-12-31

SO many other magnates got richer that
the slack was more than taken Up.
The art of murder was considerably
improved during the year in New York.
and many welI-dressed young men
achieved fame by the frank and above
board way in which they eradicated
each other.
The year 1912 not only achieved
considerable local fame. but will be
remembered in history for many thou
sand years. It will be one OF the dates
which the tired school boy Of the year
$500 will be required to remember be-
cause of the awakening of China. the
putting to sleep OF Turkey. and the
and capture of the south
pole.
(COpyriSht. lsl2 By George Mathew AdamAl
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-12-31

In all there are eight of these zones
each defining territory and fixing
charges TO made upon parcels. The CEN
ter OF these zone circles, to all intents
and purposes, is any post-ofiice in any
town OF the United States where the
shipper may happen to reside. The
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-12-31

she is always Boosting about the
Mayflower''
Her ancestors. ehg'
"Oh. no. Seems she has been on the
Presidents yacht"
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Queer Human Nature.

People are funny"
How now?'
In this Van Million divorce suit they
divided S2S,O00,O0O amicably and then
strapped about the custody OF a pug
dog
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THE OPEN FORUM
NO TRUTH TO RUMOR THAT
KING HAAKON MAY RESIGN

To the Editor: Yesterdays issue Of The
Washington Herald published a telegram
from Berlin announcing that King
haakon of Norway may in the near fu-
ture quit his throne as result Of Oppo-
sition alleged to have been shown him
by the Storthing.
/ have the honor to state that this tele-
gram in every respect is deprived of any
founda ton whatever, and | beg to ask
YOU kindly to insert this letter in The
Herald.
II. BRYN
Minister Of Norway.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-12-31
Checking Up.

What's the trouble with your wife,
Same old Christmas trouble. She sent
out lis small gifts. and on figuring up
the returns she estimates that she came
out fourteen presents to the bad"
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Furnishing Good Prints.

why don't you make Johnny wash
his hands once in awhile
They are taking finger prints at his
school," answered the wife. land you
know how the child loves to excel
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Blizzard RACES in Cascade Mountains.

Seattle. Dec. S0.-A blizzard is raging in
the Cascade Mountains, and reports re-
ceived here throughout the morning stated
that from three to five feet of STOW had
fallen. Trains are from five to twenty
four hours late
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-12-31
More Foresight.
That early sh

That early shopping scheme was grand;
You got that very pat
Now 1918 is at hand:
Get busy writing that.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-12-31

King Alfonso, who is learning to run
an aeroplane, probably remembers the
trouble his friend Manuel had in making
a hurried exit 49,
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-12-31

That New York lady, who wears one,
says that watch on a slipper is charm
ingly convenient. All she has to do when
she wants to know the time is to place
her neat little foot on the table.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-12-31

The 1000 jobs at the disposal Of Presi-
dent-elect Wilson could be used I'D with
one days applications
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Delivery by Wagon.

The delivery OF the packages will be
made with the same regularity that now
prevails in distributing the mail These
deliveries will be made by wagon under a
fifteen-day contract with those who are
now carrying the local mails in each
city. At the end OF the fifteenth day pro-
baton the government will make the con-
tracts permanent.
Another interesting feature of the new
departure in mail delivery is the institu-
ton OF the zone system through which
the government will fix the charges to be
made on packages. In formulating this
system the government has used the cir
Cle-within-circle plan adopted by some
European countries.
The following is n rate list formulated
by the POst-ofice Department to govern
package shipments:
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-12-31

The rumor that hoop skirts are coming
back next year may be only a wicked
plot to discredit the Democratic admin
istration.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-12-31

A Texas widow with twelve children
has taken unto herself a widower with
thirteen despite Fbe fact that mergers
are illegal.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-12-31

With science advancing so rapidly,
there is hope that the surgeon of the
future will be able to perform an op-
GRAFTON that will reform a, bad egg: