Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1912-12-20
WASHINGTON IN WESTMINSTER
ABBEY.

WASHINGTON IN WESTMINSTER
ABBEY.
The proposal Of the British commit
tee charged with arranging the cele-
bration Of the centenary Of Anglo
American peace to erect monument
to George Washington in Westminster
Abbey will please rather than surprise
Americans. As long ago as the days
when Thackeray wrote The Virgin
ians" the people Of this country learn
ed to recognize the real British appre-
citation Of a great American who was
born a British subject.
II is only a few years since the Brit
ish Parliament consented 10 the selec-
tion as Prime Minister OF the new
South African Colony of the command
er in chief of the recently defeated
Boer army. Even monument to
Washington in the Abbey will hardly
supply better testimony than the re-
cent history Of Botha TO q British
quality which has contributed to the
making of world empire.
Ii may be fairly doubted If even
among Enelishmen Westminster Abbey
is o greater place Of pilgrimage than
among Americans. Several citizens IT
the United States have already been
honored by recognition there. TO erect
a monument to Washington in this
place will merely increase its import
ance 10 the eyes of the English speak
ing world whose frontiers are not
coterminous with those of the British
Empire. New York Sun.
Buy Red Cross Seals for Christmas
packages.
Every package should contain Red
Cross seal.
When a man bets hat with wom-
an he's giving odds.
Two things that always surprise a
married man are twins
After March there will be lot of
'non-commissioned officers.
To the victor belongs the spoils and
to the hustler comes the victory.
From the viewpoint of the chronic
borrower all's well that lends well
Loyalty to the home merchants
means a lot of things in addition to
proclaiminS it.
And until we saw the Turks We
thought the Indians were the worlds
champion runners.
Prussia is going to tax all her bache-
lors, II there are any who persist in
remaining such after the tax collectors
get busy.
The Bryan-as-a- a-dietator bugaboo is
being used for all it is worth by the
Republican press. But scarecrows
don't scare any more in politics.
Baltimore mother warns girls never
20 wed handsome men. The good
mother needn't worry and lose her
shape. There's only few of US left.
Woman secured judgment against her
husband. who alleged extreme and re-
peated cruelty. in that she had taken
away his canes and opened the door SO
the wind might blow on him. Some
body hand the good woman an axe.
To those individuals who feel that
in their case the tender of fat Office
would be neither unexpected nor unde-
sered the Sphinx like attitude is mere
ly prolonging the agony. But. then.
even President elect cannot please
everybody.
Hon. Oscar w. Underwood of Ala
bama, Chairman of the Ways and
Means Committee. has announced that
tariff hearings will start on Jan. 9th
and all parties who have an interest in
tariff legislation will be invited to ex-
press their views before the Ways and
Means Committee. The country st
large is commencing Mr.. Underwood
for his promptness in taking up this
matter and il is believed that he will
nave a complete bill ready to present
10 Congress by the time that ar. Wood
row Wilson is inaugarated president.
The House will then debate the bill
FOR q short while and then pass it to
the Senate where it is expected that
il will pass much more promptly than
.arlff bills have heretofore passed.
1t has been proved that there is prac-
.ically no industry in this country that
.eally needs the benent Of protective
.ariff as those who are elamoring for
.he BENEFITS for protection are selling
heir goods in the foreign countries
where Of course they have to compete
With the foreign manufacturer, and il