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The Washington herald., 1912-07-22
COURT GOSSIP OF INTEREST TO
PEOPLES OF OTHER COUNTRIES

an antique model Her eyes. soft and
lustrous. sypify the purest traditions OF
Latin beauty.
She Is decidedly musical, has a taste
for poetry, and has exchanged the fairy
tales for works of historical romance. no.
tably amons foreign nations. Being of
fiery southern blood .(Savoy and Monte
negro). her day dreams already begin TO
show her the coming Prince Charming.
All the royal children speak English
and French. for they are surrounded
from an early age by trained govern
esses. whose mission II Is to instruct the
ear without everlasting the brain. Hence
they learn foreign tongues almost un-
consciously. Already the eldest two
speak English and French with the same
facility as their mother tongue. Crown
Prince Humbert is a determined seven
year-old, full of boyish spirits and boy
ish fun. At the royal country palace of
Racconigi he gives full vent to his
pranks, in most of which he is aided by
little Princess Mafalda, who, though not
yet ten years old, Is more than handful
for her governesses and other attend
ants. Queen Elena means that her chill
dren shall have a good time while they
are small. and though she Is a strict
disciplinarian on certain points she gives
them full liberty to do as they like in
play nOuTS Wnen tney get INTO his
chief, as all children occasionally must.
the maternal hand alone has the privi-
lege Of spanking them. Report says this
has occurred on two occasions only
once when Prince Humbert tied rocket
to a cows tail in a meadow at Rae
conigi. Mafaida watching the operation
OF lighting II at safe distance from
behind a hedge. and again when for
eign ambassador. in private audience
with the King. leaped up somewhat sud
denly from a seat whereon the same
cunning little hand had planted a row
OF pins with the points sticking up
ward.
The fourth child. Giovanni. born in
November. 1907. is still in the nursery.
The Queen attends her baby just like the
wife of a laboring man who cannot af-
ford the luxury Of a nurse. The children.
though surrounded by every care. are
brought up precisely like those of any
middle class family. FLANECR-
(Cppyrizht 1872 By Court Gosip Syndicatel
The Washington herald., 1912-07-22
The Dardanelles Are Safe.

1t is probably stretch of the imagi-
nation to dignity what was simply the
accommodating expedition of a few tor
pedo boats with the name of an "at-
tack" by the Italian feet upon the Oar
danelles. Craft of this class would have
as much effect upon the defenses and
forts of the straits as an attack of beam
blowers upon the Pyramids. Fact is
that it would take quite feet of mod
ern bsttleships to stand any chance in
damaging the solid, well-manned, abso-
lutely up-to-date forts at either end of
the entrance to Constantinople waters
equipped with the very best output of
the great Krupp works.
We all remember that last April
twenty-seven of the biggest Italian
warships bombarded Kilid-ul-Bahr and
Sedd-ul-Bahr, the forts defending that
gateway, during almost four hours, fir
ing I8o big shells and shrapnels, and
when all was over both these frowning
forts had been damaged only very
slightly. Quite the contrary, the land
batteries returned the fire to such effect
that one of the Italian battleships was
damaged. Finally the Italians with
drew. Another thing that has not been
known generally (at least it has not
been given publicity in the international
press) is that the Dardanelles, which
are about forty-6ye miles in length and
The Washington herald., 1912-07-22
WHAT COLUMBUS SPENT.
Discovery of America the Cheapest
Job of Exploration Ever Done.

From the New YORK World.
Ii it cost Ferdinand and Isabella and
Columbus and his officers all together
only 5000 to send the first expedition to
the New World, they We're certainly very
fortunate in living in the fifteenth cen
tury. Nowadays a trust magnate on a
midsummer outing might pay that much
for his suite on an Atlantic liner for a
few days.
Twentieth century explorers are more
eXacting than poor Columbus. II they
start for the North Pole or engage in
races in the Antarctic regions they count
their preparations in no such paltry'
sums as We're advanced TO the GenOsse
navigator. Even a project to sail in a
dirigible balloon across the Atlantic re-
quires a modern millionaire's backing.
and TO shoot lions in Africa a Carnegie
check.
The discovery of America by Columbus
at 5000. all things considered. was the
cheapest job OF exploration ever done in
the history of the world. He did not
even copyright his story.
The Washington herald., 1912-07-22
Michigan and Her Governor.

We are the very last to withhold
from Gov. Osborn the praise due him
for his loyalty to his party and for
the care he exercised when, after due
consideration of all that is at stake
in his Commonwealth, with its many
industries, employing scores of thou
sands of men of family, he decided
upon safe and sound methods in politics
and the rehabilitation of the Republi-
can party, though at first he had lent
a willing ear to the protestations of the
Progressives. That the Governor did
so because he disliked the Rooseveltian
methods is to his credit, but that, in
doing SO, he overlooked the fact that
Michigan, from all appearances, is a
hotbed of Progressivism and no doub,
would have followed the La Toilette
standard as willingly as that of the
third termer had the Wisconsin SEN
ator been more successful in winning
the rank and file of the malcontents,
shows that, when repudiating Progress
sivism because led by an unsafe man
like Roosevelt, Gov Osborn did exactly
that which is so determinedly criticised
in all doings of he latter, namely, he
placed himself before public opinion.
When we say this we do not, by any
means, bespeak for the new party in
Michigan success at the November
polls. We merely state that Gov. Os-
born has not properly gauged the senti-
ment of large portion of the people
whose leader he is supposed to be. How
little he really understood the situation
in his own State and among his own
partisans is evident from the very fact
that such an enthusiastic convention
could be held in his State that not only
a national but a State ticket was
chosen, and that his name was elirni-
mated in the race for another term of
gubernatorial honors.
AS regards the platform adopted by
the Rooseveltians under the personal
guidance of Senator Dixon, it will re-
ceive attention from the fact that it
is the first public document of the kind
issued by the Bull Moose men. but
more so owing to the great sway exer-
cised by Mr.. Roosevelt, whose dictum
that nothing but full ticket would be
acceptable" was carried out to the let
ter. The details of that platform con-
tain nothing that had not been expect
ed. The Chicago platform was de-
nounced as a Fraud" Roosevelt was
accepted as the only Savior" of this
country; initiative, referendum, and re-
call were favored; also direct nomina-
tions of State and national officers, in
cluding United States Senators; a
graded income and inheritance tax;
universal parcel post; Federal regula
ton of interstate corporations; preven-
ton of stock watering; uniform rail-
way rates; extension of the civil serv-
ice, and last, but not least, woman
suffrage.
The Washington herald., 1912-07-22
The MOthcr-in-Iaw.
From the New Orleans Picayune.

From the New Orleans Picayune.
The Wikesbarre workers are at Il
again. This time A chap wants his
mother-in-law arrested for oewpching
him. making his hair fall out What do
you think about that? The poor piece
Of putty has asked Alderman Donohue,
who pulls" the people at Wilkesbarre.
to put his wife's mother in ''hoc"
My wife declared" he explained to the
Alderman. that sho would stick by ME
as long as 1 had a hair in my head
Since then my mother-in-law has been
bewitching me and making my hair fall
out in punches, thinking that she Will
get my wife to leave ME. Every time
she combs her hair she takes the comb
ings, does some pow-wowing over them.
burns them, and then tells the ashes to
make my hair fall out Ever since she
has done it my hair has been coming out
In punches. and I'm afraid that I'll lose
my hair and my wife as well"
The Alderman shook his head.
You have my sympathy he said.
but there is no law in Pennsylvania
that makes good tonic for falling
hair
There must be something else the mat
ter with this man besides falling of the
hair, and it's our humble opinion that
he's taking either a few high balls" too
many or too few, but We can hardly
think that a Wilkesbarre man would be
guilty of the latter.
The Washington herald., 1912-07-22

meter drops below Ill he is ashamed,
and weeps bitterly over his neglect.
People criticise the Pullman porter be-
cause Of his naughty ways and his gloomy
disposition, but We should not forget
his wrongs. What with trying to un-
make berths while the people are still
in them and getting chased with a club
because he has grabbed a sleeping pas
senger by the nose in trying TO paken
him, and what with spending a lf etime
watching sleeping and ill-natured man.
kind in its stocking feet and without it,
The Washington herald., 1912-07-22
Mexico, or Paying the Fiddler"


Neutrality laws must be upheld, and
the arrest of the Mexican revolution
lists at San Antonio, Tex, was thing
that was not avoidable, though why the
United States Government has elected
to stand by a dilatory, selfish man like
Madero, despite his failure to keep his
promises and his underhanded dealing
with European governments, is one of
the many acts of our State Depart
ment that puzzle not only Congress, but
the nation ever since the latest Mex
ican embodiment.
We may be mistaken, but to Our mind
the Monroe Doctrine to-day extends no
farther than the Panama Canal. South
of it it has become obsolete. With big
bills accumulating in Europe against the
entire group of Monroe Doctrine pro-
teges-Santo Domingo, Cuba, the Cen
tral American States and Mexico-it
becomes a problem how, under the
principles accredited to the Monroe
Doctrine, the satisfying of European
claims against these republics can be
deferred much longer.
The protection of tariff-created mo-
nopolies makes the United States hesi-
tate TO extend its flag over these lands
down to the Panama Canal The ques-
ton with which our government for the
past twenty years has been struggling
was how to get hold upon these ma
tons without absorbing them politically
and economically; to allow European
trade to crowd out American and yet
TO collect money, where there was none,
from Latin American republics north
cs the Canal, to satisfy foreign (and
A,herican) claimants. This problem
W solved by DR.. Hollander, the Johns
Hopkins economist, and by the late T.
c. Dawson, for years the diplomatic
agent of the United States abroad
They devised a scheme for the salts
flying of all such claims by bonds and
treaty, this government to see to it
that existing rates of customs were
collected and out of them guaranteeing
a sufficient amount to pay the interest
on bonds held in the United States.
These bonds were gladly accepted in
Europe, and no cash was necessary.
The scheme has been applied with
good result in Santo Domingo, and It is
planned to also adopt it for Honduras
and Nicaragua. The attractiveness of
the idea lies in the fact that it pre-
cludes all possibility of the nations be-
ing annexed by the United States, while
at the same time it dispenses with the
international identity of such nation,
which, in this matter at least, becomes
absorbed in the halo of our State De
partment.
Regardless of the fact that the au-
thorities on South and Central Ameri-
can conditions at the Pan-American
Marble Palace here at the present time
are widely scattered-John Barrett is
talking in London, Franklin Adams is
taking moving pictures in South Ameri-
ca, Capt Fortesque has deserted to
Oyster Bay, and T. c. Dawson is dead
there is no reason why the United
States should do more than uphold a
neutrality south of the Rio Grande and
to pay the fiddler with still more Mon
roe Doctrine guarantees.
The Washington herald., 1912-07-22
WOMAN AND HER HOSIERY.
Would Not Be Worn II Not Suitable
or Displayed IL Not Lovely.

From the New York World
Preachers and moralists upon feminine
garmenting have shifted their theme from
the skirt to the hosiery. 1t appears some
girls wear hose too thin and some too
short. 1t Is even said that certain daring
ones have betaken themselves to the use
OF mems half-hose, and disport a style
that is both thin and short. All of which
proves not that preachers and moralists
are foolish, but that girls are wise. II
instead of berating woman's skill and
courage in adapting her gowning to the
conditions of the weather, the censors
Of society would devote their energies
to devising equally pleasing and COM
Portable modes for men, the world would
be happier. as Well as tandsomer. One
reason why men so often rail at wom-
ans folly is tfat they haven't brains
enough to understand woman's wisdom
At any rate. there is no apparent justi-
fcation for the present exhortations on
hosiery. We may be sure II II were not
suitable it would not be worn, and If It
were not lovely 1t would not be displayed.
The Washington herald., 1912-07-22

How very few men carry bandannas
though it is proclaimed as the one sign
that the wearer is ''one of the people"
The Washington herald., 1912-07-22
Danger of Drinking.

why are you so anxious about your
husband?'
He may be drinking"
"A little drinking won't hurt a man"
But he is SO easily Influenced when he
is drinking. I expect him to come home
any day now and tell me he has ac-
cepted a Vice Presidential nomination
on some ticket"
The Washington herald., 1912-07-22

II marriage is a sacrament, according
to the tenets Of the church, Is a sum
mer filtration a sacrilege?
The Washington herald., 1912-07-22

The Senate is trying to put an end I,
the race for naval supremacy. A prett,
tall" job
The Washington herald., 1912-07-22

No liquor on Pennsylvania train
henceforth. And it is a very long State,
The Washington herald., 1912-07-22
PERTINENT AND EXPERIMENT.

From the Louisville Post.
Americans may be good runners in
Olympic games, but they have never
shown much capacity for running in
case Of a fight.
From the st. Louis GlobeDemocrat
Perhaps the Oyster Bay decision to
have nothing to do with the regular
Republican party was Influenced by the
previous Washington announcement that
the regular Republican party would have
nothing to do with the boilers.
From the Florida Times-Union.
Congress put all the responsibility for
the building of the canal on the Execu-
tive, and now the Executive bids Con-
gress deal direct with England as to the
management Of the property SO taken.
From the Detroit Journal
A Philadelphia doctor thinks he has
discovered the elixir Of life, but who in
Philadelphia wants to live forever?
From the Charlotte Observer.
The National Progressive Convention
is to be held In Chicago on August 6.
The chief event Of the day viii be the
presence Of Col Roosevelt, who viii not
only make several speeches, but win
take charge Of things In general.
From the ST. Louis Republic.
II the senior Senator of Illinois should
be transferred to the vacancy in the
junior Senatorship. would that BE- . cul-
lomityl
The Washington herald., 1912-07-22

There was but little to talk about when
that minister delivered a sermon on
bathing suits
The Washington herald., 1912-07-22

Objects on the ground have been il
Illuminated from heights of from 500 to
go feet by an electric searchlight carried
on a French military aeroplane.
The Washington herald., 1912-07-22
A Practical Kid.

Let's go into the woods and kill In
dians." said the first little boy.
do not be childish" admonished the
other little boy. IF you really want to
kill something. I'll be glad to join you
in swatting flies"
The Washington herald., 1912-07-22

Too bad that summer cold waves do
not last as long as their winter sisters.
The Washington herald., 1912-07-22
ALITTLE NONSENSE.
MY PREFEnENcE.

MY PREFERENCE.
Some like to seek
The mountain peak
At twenty-seven plunks q week.
And some adore
The oceans shore
At forty bones a week or more.
The festive farm
Has lots Of charm
At rates which need not cause alarm.
But what of that?
I Just stand pat
And summer in my little hat.
Uncle Pennywfse saysf
Why is 1t that the grass which won't
grow on the lawn always thrives SO
nicely in the gravel walks?
In Warrington.
IT have telephoned," called a sweet
voice, Ito see II the Senate is In ses-
sion"
THE Senate" answered the attendant.
is not in session
This is Miss Smugg. daughter of Sem
ator Smugg. VIII you see II father Is
sleeping in his seat. and If SO. kindly
wake him up and send him homer"
July 81 in History.
July 2, 15ss-oueen Elizabeth introduces
hairpins into England.
July 2, 17oO-Peter the Great discovers
ginger pop.
All in the Dark.
"Mr. Best-Seller. I represent delega-
ton OF reporters now camped on your
lawn"
What can I do for you boys?"
I'VE understand that you are under
contract to bring out a new novel by
the first of August"
That is true"
In fact, the press notices are in print
and orders are now being taken"
quite right"
Now, We reporters are anxious to
know what your new book Is to be
about"
The great author sighed.
You'll have to wait a WHILE" said he.
Il don't know myself"
The Washington herald., 1912-07-22
All in the Dark.
The Best Way.

The world owes him a living
But he does not expect
Too easy pay: SO day by day
He hustles to collect.
The Washington herald., 1912-07-22
July 81 in History.

July 2, 15ss-oueen Elizabeth introduces
hairpins into England.
July 2, 17oO-Peter the Great discovers
ginger pop.
The Washington herald., 1912-07-22

Why is 1t that the grass which won't
grow on the lawn always thrives SO
nicely in the gravel walks?
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-03-31
.ENeulaS Gszame

coral ornaments being revived" and that "in
instances the back hair is encircled with
wreaths of coral and is retained by pins of the
same kind"
There is further Information on hair:
In front view of the hair, as 1t is sometimes
now dressed neither cufls nor flowers can be SEEN
The tresses full, loosely put together, couple Of
inches the neck. No comb is used to fasten
them, but bodkins ornamented with pearls or
jewels"
The women who this season are waiting with
subdued excitement the newest developments in
headgear imagine with what keen interest
the women of the spring of 1910 read in the
"Ladys Book" that "the Caroline or Marine Moss
has been introduced trimming for bonnets"
and further that "black lace hats are now in vogue
They are prettier when trimmed with wreath Of
roses carnation pinks. They are certainly the
most beautiful articles of the season."
That June Of 1S40i What month for flowers
1t was. The sweet girl graduates and the June
brides must have looked like moving flower gar
dens. The ''Lady's Book" says:
The most fashionable for hats are two
branches of the camelia pink acacia. two dahlas
a wreath of mixed flowers. For straw
bonnets branch of lilac yiolets lily Of the valley:
and for silk hats, all the above, with bachelor
buttons daisies and fancy dropping flowers, pink
blue consisting of large bells, one inside the
other; they are placed quite at the side; wreaths
going all round are sometimes worn"
Later in the summer the 'Lady's Book" gave
forth the dictate that the hats are getting smaller
and more becoming shape The front and crown
seems all of one piece, and towards the back the
form gradually slants, so that the back of the
crown is even lower than the bonnet. These little
bonnets sit very round and comfortable to the face
they come very long at the sides; the trimming is
simple possible, or quite the contrary. Some
have flowers and lace; others only trimming of
material"
A head dress is pictured in the August number
which sounds very attractive to the connoisseur of
1912. 1t is called head dresse"-one Of the
prettiest caps that has appeared for some time is
composed of rosecoored gauze; the caul is SO very
small that 1t does little more than cover the knot
of hair behind; the front is formed of three rows
of gauze bias quilted full and encircling the caul
in such manner as to form diadem on the sum-
init of the head. descending the sides and turn
ing up at the back Of the eau full knot Of satin
riband. with floating end, adorns one side and
rose with buds and foliage ornaments the other
The August number also tells that Gaps are
more or less ornamented with flowers There are
other pretty coiffures, between a cap and a tur-
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-03-31
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to match black lace. Hat OF white satin. trimmed
with flowers"
One OF the June dresses is Of lilac silk. cor
sage high made in coat dress style. Bishop sleeves
demi-large. skirt trimmed with two flounces"
With this goes chip hat. ornamented with roses"
A child's dress of white cambria is ornamented
with pink bows and with II the small girl IL sup
posed to wear a "mantila cape Of black satin
trimmed with black lace and a straw bonnet orna-
mented with ribands and flowers"
White cambria was a very popular fabric that
summer OF 1870 as also white muslin. The
accomplishments for one OF the white cambria
dresses we're a green silk cape edged with white
lace. green sash to correspond "caising hat with
a bunch Of flowers dropping at the side" and light
silk parasol.
The description and picture Of an evening
dress Of white Grape are quite attractive. 1t is
made "over satin Skirt trimmed with flounces fes-
tooned at the side with roses. Grecan corsage.
confined in front with single rose. Short, full
sleeve, plated down at top and festooned at the
side with rose to correspond with the general
trimming Of the dress. Headdress formed Of
flowers and ribands."
There is picture Of riding habit which has
no description but only the mention that 1t is the
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-03-31

ban; the crown is that OF cap; but in place Of
the blonde border there is a roll Of gauze exactly
such as would be to a turban-it may be with or
without falling end The flowers adapted to
these caps are hop blossoms in every possible
color; they are placed low where the cap
string should come each side. Indeed all the
trimmings are worn unusually low at the Sides"
The trend toward a decrease In size affected
sleeves. too. The 'Lady's Book prophesled that
"the plain, tight long sleeves are coming again
decidedly. notwithstanding all that has been said
against them; 1t must be admitted that they are
sadly disadyantageous to some figures, viz. to
those remarkably tall and thin. or to those In
clined to embonpoint and low in stature"
One Of the woodeuts In the March number Of
1910 pictures cloak perfectly unique cloak.
and more particularly adapted for the month Of
March, which," the designer adds. although
spring month is apt sometimes to be very bleak.
1t is a garment holding a position betwixt and be-
tween-the remnant OF winter and commencement
OF spring. 1t is Of cream colored cashmere or silk
lined with blue satin, bordered with rouleau Of
the same" With this cloak goes a hat Of open
shape interior trimmed with morning glories and
exterior to suit fancy"
Another March fashion plate is dress OF white
cambria. figured with sprigs. Also. waist ribbon