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The Washington herald., 1912-11-23
Distribution Main Economic Factor

We read this in the Toronto Mail :
III the products OF the United States
and Canada were taken regardless, OF
boundary lines or custom houses and
properly distributed over the two
countries. there would be no surplus
here and no shortage there, fair prices
could be obtained all around. the cost
of living would be lowered, and the
industry in both nations would be
placed on a more stable basis
The United States and Canada GER
tainly can solve their economic prob
lens by coming together. not by draw
ing apart. But this is true only as far
as it goes. The pulling down of the
custom houses, however, would not
avail to insure the best result without
the establishment Of competitive move
ment of wares by rail and water.
After all is said and done, the ques-
ton of carrying and distribution is a
controlling factor in making profitable
or improbable the industry of pro-
ducers. Fruit raiserS in the United
States and Canada are finding to their
sorrow an insuperable barrier to the
extention of their business in tariff
rates, uncertainty of timely transporta-
tion. and freight rates. The consumer
cannot be reached.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-23
Costly Smoke Nuisance.

Smoke, besides being a nuisance,
causes a loss to the citizens of Chi
cago of $2I,S3o,ooo annually, and, ac-
cording to the Survey, the laundries,
clothing merchants, dyers, house reno
vators. painters, and operators Of vacu-
um cleaning machines are reaping a
harvest
At ST. Louis, Goo pupils in one of
the public schools had to be dismissed
at II o'clock on one of the darkest
days. while at other schools within the
smoke belt the children were enter
tanned with stories by their teachers
during the time it was too dark to
study.
A manufacturing concern which
makes highly finished cardboard prod
ucts recently moved from the center
of a large city to one of the outskirts
because the smoky atmosphere had
caused great damage TO their products.
The effect of the same atmosphere
on human lungs apparently has not
been thought of, and It was one of the
fortunate condolences that what was
good for keeping merchandise clean
happened also to be good for the health
of the people.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-23
OUR SOCIAL COLYUM.

BedlOc Bey, Of Philadelphia,
Cairo, and other centsrs Of culture.
and maker Of the destiny of Absecon
Inlet and the fishes. oysters. clans.
Holsters, and others contained there
in. is in our midst, locking hale and
hearty.
Senior Willy CalTo called at our
sanctum last night, hut for some
unexplained reason did not tarry
very long. Call again, Willy. Here's
your hat.
Mai. Sylvester and Chief Board
man visited the Belasco last night.
Both were In disguise, wearing dark
goggles and false boards. But their
numerous friends recognized them
and gave them an ovation.
We wish To state that Jacinto
CalTo, the young Cuban ball player.
Is no relation TO Willy Calvo. that
". K. builder Of stories.
John Doyle CaTmody is sporting a
dark green velour hat with an Al
uine spuelhRhn feather. Jack Is a
regular fashion arbiter. and some
others.
MRS. SCOTT STORY HORTON.
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The Nicaraguan Boomerang.

No dogk the Chief Justice of the
Panama Supreme Court has rendered
his decision in the case of the Mica
raguan rebel leader, Cen Mena, in &C
cordance with the law when he declined
to entertain the habeas corpus writ to
set him free because the President of
the United States was within his con-
stitutional right when he ordered the
detention of the general until the gov
ernment of President Diaz shall have
been fully established in Nicaragua.
This is one way of looking at it. and
the United States hardly is to be
blamed for trying to keep all disturbing
elements out OF Nicaragua until the
Convention is signed. by means of
which this country is supposed TO take
over the customs receipts in order to
adjust the financial affairs of the vol
canic little Central American republic
But let us suppose, for arguments sake,
that Diaz is overthrown and the friends
of Gen. Mcna whom President Taft
holds as a hostage until Nicaragua's
pacihcation is completed by our gov
ernment. or he himself gets into power
again. will not the present arbitrary
proceeding react upon American resi-
dents or officials in that country as 4
boomerang?
1t is the precedent which the Panama
Supreme Court is establishing that
worries. for it cmbodies a menace in
stead OF promoting peace.
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bow In variety and vividness Of color.
and are amply displayed when worn with
the native foot gear-a curious arrange
ment Of strips OF leather When the days
begin to get colder, the sheeps<in coat
makes Its appearance. The wool side Is
worn innermost and the outer hide is
very often quite beautifully decorated
with designs In color. The women have
great weakness for bright hues, and
the color schemes they contrive baffie de-
scription in cold print
In Belgrade Jews live in large num-
bers. They are mainly to be found In
one street, near the end of which is the
British Legation-once. by the way, the
residence OF the Turkish Governor There
Is not the slightest animosity shown to-
ward them by the Servians. The Jews
are subject to the same laws as the rest
Of the population of the country; they
serve In the army, and are patriotic to
the core. They do not take very kindly
to the Servian language, and as a rule
they still speak the tongue they brought
with them from Spain.
Everything in Belgrade speaks of a
changing Servia-a Servia growing
stronger. a determined nation of in
creasing culture and wealth, a reviving
Servian spirit.
The Crescent, taken by the Mohamme-
dams from the Christian Byzantyne EN-
pire, already had been taken by Chris
tianity from paganism. The city on the
Bosphorus first assumed the Crescent
after its preservation from the attack OF
Philip Of Macedon in S39, B. c. This at
tack was made on a moonless winter
night of wind and rain. but was revealed
to the citizens first by the bowling of
the dogs Cthis is why the Constantine
pie dog so long has been privileged), and
when they rushed to their posts, by a
meteor which lit up the Macedonian
army. Saved by this miracle, the citizens
erected a statue to Hecate the Torch
bearer, and struck coins bearing her
emblem, the Crescent Moon"
Though now regarded as essentially Mo
hammedan, the Crescent was Christian
In its origin. a crescent moon was the
emblem of the Bazantyne Empire. and
the Eastern Church. and the Turks
adopted II as a badge of triumph after
the capture of ConstantinOple in 1853. Be
fore that the Crescent was common in
the armoriaI bearing OF Christian knights
and as late as 1864 Rene. Duke of Anjou,
founded an order Of knights having as a
badge a crescent moon. Its use by the
Turks. led to its abandonment by the
Christians. though in many Russian
churches a crescent. may still be seen
figuring beside the cross. as a sign OF
the Byzantyne origin OF the Russian
church
All the world associates Gar and
Czarevitch with the Russian Empire to-
day, but the Muscovite rulers did not
take the title until about 1850. more than
go years after Simeon the Bulgar as
sumed it. to show that he was regarded
as an imperial Caesar. equal in dignity
to the Lord OF Byzantium.
The Cars heir is known to all the
world as the Czarevitch. though the rae
ing world in naming horses prefers the
Anglicized spelling Of Tsarevitch. But
in Russia the word Car. Czaritsa, and
Czarevitch. which are used in the church
prayers, are commonly replaced in or
dinary conversation by Gospudar, Cos
pudarynia, and Naslednik.
FLANI:I X.
Copyright Isl2. by Court Gosir syndicateJ
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Valuable Ashes,

Prom the Westminster Gazette.
The Birmingham doctor who absent
mindedly threw some bandages on the
fire. and with them burned a few specks
Of radium worth G1OO, will be lucky il he
RECEIVERS the whole hundred pounds worth
Of radium as a result Of the laboratory
treatment to which the ashes are to be
subjected.
Prof. Curie himself nearly lost the first
few grams OF the wonder element ever
separated from pitchbIende by allowing
the glass tube containing II to fall TO
the floor OF his lecture hall in Paris. The
tube broke and the radium was scattered
in all directions. whereupOn the professor
had the whole floor carefully swept and
every scrap of dust collected. This lat
ter was then dissolved and reCrystallized
and all but a fraction Of the lost radium
recovered.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-23
Nonpartisan Currency Reform.

The question of banking reform
should not be treated as matter of
party politics. 1t is the business men
OF the country who have the largest
interest in the reform OF our banking
and currency system, because banking
is an instrument of all trade and all
business, and it is therefore important
that its operations should be based
upon sound principles and its methods
should be such as to afford safe and
economical facilities for the great vol
ume of credits Upon some questions
of public policy no doubt different in
terests are affected in a different man.
ner, and it is this divided sentiment
which causes parties to take sides. This
has been the case with the tariff, which
cannot be kept out of politics. But the
principles that underlie systems of
sound banking and currency have been
established by long experience of COM
mercial nations, and among those that
have studied them there are two opin-
ions, but nothing upon which political
Z parties could. divide.
The great need in this country, after
the experience of half 4 century with
defective system, is a better under
standing of the subject-the education
of public opinion with reference to it.
A campaign of education" is needed
preparatory TO legislative action, and
unless that is successfully conducted
there is danger of mistaken action; for
a large proportion of the members of
Congress are not equipped for the task
of reforming the laws on banking and
currency. and will be guided by an i'll
informed opinion or left to their own
devices by public indifference. For this
reason the process of education has be-
gun, but it has been interrupted while
attention has been diverted to other
issues. 1t is better TO wait a year or
two than to start wrong or to proceed
with patchwork legislation.
There are Sound money men" in
both parties in and out of Congress,
and there are those possessed with
vagaries in finance and many more
have. uniformed or ill-formed opinions.
The tendency of discussion is toward
seunder views, and minds of right
meaning Republicans and Democrats
The Washington herald., 1912-11-23

Qualification,
this beauus not only nothing succeeds like
everlasting; and.
whose neither time
Stick presents the first portrait
Of Of Washington.
to-day stesmboas, Capt Levi Wood
of New England while he growing
finds Washington Of
having factories umbsr yards telegraph O
ailrnads. hotels steamboat lines
In has
except golf conduct small bunch of
cnOits Of ditch and hedge
only ingenuity could cniTe. Mr. Woodbury.
had few troubc
But these difficulties only make life interesting Mr. Wood
Big Stick We don't want existence TOO
And he smiled he with
n a few
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Mr.. Carnegie's Latest.

Sitting near the President at the
dinner of the Lotos Club, in New
York, Saturday night, Mr.. Carnegie
heard Mr.. Taft discuss in jocose vein
the problem of what the country should
do with its ex-Presidents. This is what
the President said:
81 am not sure that the Osler
method of administering chloroform
might not make d fitting end to one
who has held the highest office. 1t
would relieve the country from the
burden of thinking how he is to sup
port himself and family.
Il consider that the President OF the
United States is well paid. The salary
by no means measures the contribu-
ton to his means of living which the
generosity of Congress has afforded,
and unless it is the policy of Congress
to enable him in his four years to save
money enough to live i'll adequate dig
nity and comfort thereafter. then the
salary is all that it ought to be.
These remarks of the President no
doubt set Mr. Carnegie to thinking,
with the result that the Carnegie Cor
poration OF New York. endowed by the
generous former ironmaster with
SI25oooooo, the income of which is to
be applied for the advancement and
diffusion of knowledge by aiding tech
meal schools. hero funds. libraries, and
all such other agencies and means as
from time to time shall be found appro-
pirate" has set aside an annual stipend
OF $4,000 each for our future cN
Presidents. This excludes Theodore
Roosevelt twho does not need the
money!. but it provides for Mr. Taft,
should he see fit to accept it. and. OF
course. also for Woodrow Wilson four
years hence The is an outspoken anti
second ternerD. although as college
professor he failed to become bene-
fciary of the Carnegie Foundation for
the Advancement of Teaching.
Andrew Carnegie is a multimilIion-
sire. and his money, like Mr. Rookie
fcllcr'S, may be tainted" as some
cIcrgymcn hold. but he is one OF the
kindest, one of the most big-hearted
= men in the whole world.
As usual Mr. Carnegic'e still very
penetrating. practical Scotch sense has
seen what was needed, and, being able
10 do it. he has done it. All praise
TO Andrew Carnegie for a patriotic
citizen!
The Washington herald., 1912-11-23

are affected alike. Therefore, it is of
Importance that those who think alike
on this question should be brought to-
gether for treating it in nonpartisan
way
1t is for the business men of the
country, in their various associations
and organizations, to take up and
prosecute in earnest the needed cam
paign of enlightenment If they unite
without regard to diversity of interests
or differences of political opinion and
exert all their influence it will go far
to determine the action of Congress
upon other lines than party division
Many months ago they formed the
National Citizens League for this very
purpose. Its work was interrupted by
the Presidential campaign, in which
this fortunately was not made definite
issue between parties. Now it should
be taken up with renewed energy and
prosecuted with untiring zeal.
A definite plan should be adopted
embodying the main principles upon
which the most competent and the best
informed do not differ, and the best
method of applying them should be
worked out. That presented by the
Monetary Commission need not be
adopted or discarded. Its main sug-
gestions are correct, and the best
should be made of suggestions from
any quarter.
Unfortunately, under our system Of
administration, the government does
not frame or submit measures before
Congress. They must originate in that
body, but there is nothing to prevent
a fit measure being devised for public
consideration and general debate and
introduced by members to whom it is
acceptable.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-23
SATISFACTORY
EXPLANATION

Editor of Big Stick: 4 tyre
writer il one who Impurities on the
typewriter. and the typewriter IS
the machine on which the tyre
writer who typcwritcS on tho type
writer typewrites. Now. the type
writer who typrwrites on the tyPe-
writer typcwrites on the typewriter
until there is no more typeWritinE tn
hc typewrittGn by the typewriter on
the typewriter IN which the typ
writer who Impurities on the tyre
writer typewrites
MONARCH SMITH RENIING-
TON UNDERWOOD 4 co.
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Mere MediOcrity.

From Judges Library
Il used to think ] possessed the ar
tfstic temperamcnt-the sacred fire: but
was mistaken. I'm just one among the
millions of common people"
You have no right to say that, You
have done some splendid things-things
that you could not possibly have done if
you had merely been on among the mil
lions of common people"
No, you're mistaken. I'm just an or
dinary. everyday man. Why. my wife has
lived with me for eleven years without
ever once thinking of getting a divorce"
The Washington herald., 1912-11-23
WE'LL BITE! WHY NOT?

Pat Gallagher has been trying to
get this Joke in print ever since he
lost a perfectly good job as a brick
layer by sprinEing it on his con-
tractor. From the serene heights
Of his present position as house de
tective at the Willard. Pat feels
that he can smile down on il now
and see the point. Here it is:
II a bricklayer can lay pressed
brick. why can't he lay an egg when
a ship can lay to!
The Washington herald., 1912-11-23

numerous others. For instance.
Ralph Given. and-oh. whats the
use Of naming them ali; space is
too limited this week.
Miss Mona of Avon, will soon
make her appearance around the
White House and keep Miss Pauline
Wayne company. We wonder how
they will get along together. It's a
ticklish proposition. Even COW dis
agree at times.
Why, no; we meter heard that Doc
Wiley was in the hands Of his
friends" for Tam Wilson's job.
The unexpected will happen. Amt
it funny, nowi
wELLIVER INURE
The Washington herald., 1912-11-23
THEOLOGICAL.

A flea Is Just a tiny thing,
But he can surely hump.
Though few there are his praises
sing,
He's always on the jump.
STEVE PARTRIDGE.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-23
OUR CANDIDATES
AND PLUMSHAKERS

Quite a number Of " K. citi1cnS
of our town have placed themselves
in the hands Of their friends,
you know, and are in a receptive
mood for picking up pluTms which
may fall from that tree when
Woody Wilson begins to shake it.
The Gfficc Of the Marshal Of the
District, which now is held down
in such an efficient manner by
Aulick Palmer. Esq. and metro
polite. seems 10 attract more can
didates at this time than Others.
One Of this city's aspiring bar
risters is making strenuous efforts
TO land the job" and has asked
us to help him. We cannot mention
his name. because that would be
acting against his instructions. but
We have been requested to describe
him ad seriRtim. item by item, in
detail Here he is. Cues for
yourself. Yep. that's him.
He always wears a hat and shoes.
and eats three meals a day. and
all Of that. But, mark you-but-
our man is handsome. pTematurely
gray. it is true; but young: fine
complexion, and very popular with
the fair sex; graduated from George
town in 1911, summa cum laude; is
an officer in the Naval Militia, and
looks stunning in his official gold
lace and cleaning sword. Mn. my.
Not long ago he made a trip to
California, and the papers reported
that an acclaiming multitude hailed
and entertained him as the Third
Assistant Secretary Of the Navy,
and that he spoke in pEaise Of the
Republican administration. Inci-
dsntally, he also recommended that
the American navy should he awe
inspiring and all-pOwerfnl. OF
cCurse. this is what the papCrs said.
but we can't always believe what
they say. YOU know. His politicsy
We really don't know.
Well. as was going TO say,
-Aulick Palmer, the incumbent, ac-
cOmpanied by Nathaniel Wilson,
president OF the Metropolitan Club.
occupied front seats on the platform
when William Jennings Bryan a few
days ago gave the young law stu
dents a talk at the Georgetown Law
School. and the Aforesaid Messrs.
Ralmer and Wilson applauded the
fPeerless Leader with 4 great
deal Of 'aplomb and eclat. Mr.. Pal
mer wore spats and a red necktie,
and looked in the hest of health.
We feel grieyed to notice that
Charles A Douglas. Esq. is not a
candidate for chairman Of the in
'auglIBtion committee. We have. no
doubt our friend. Mr.. Douglas.
would make an admirable amhassa-
dor to the Court Of st. James. Mr..
Douglas is a member of the sons
Of st. Andrew. ard can talk the
Scottish tongue luentIy.
Jndge De Lacy. Of the Juvenile
Court, Is an optnnist. and is full Of
hopes for the future. So arc
The Washington herald., 1912-11-23
NOT ENOUGH
EXCITEMENT

Society leaders Of this city say it
will never become fashionable among
members Of the smart set to first
arrest the man whom one intends
to marry. as Mrs. Mayme French
did. Pardon me. her name now is
Mrs. Mayme Short.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-23
Ancient Linca Ee.

FTNTn JUIEt.
Her progentors she toasted:
or her family tree she boastcd.
ron our past" said she I'm posted
We were known in thirteen-three."
Well" drawled he. our fam'ly's older
We had lots of trees the told her).
My progenitors. the bOlder.
Leaped and swung from tree to tree
The Washington herald., 1912-11-23
ALITTLE NONSENSE.
QUITE A FEAT.

II should lay a corner stone
With block and tackle
And. shine where other men have shone-
II I should lay a corner stone,
How / would cackle!
The Washington herald., 1912-11-23
THE LADY OFFICER.

Mai. Sylvester informs US he is
orerTun with applications by young
ladies Of good family" for a job on
the police force.
JOHNNY GoRMAN.
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4 Hardy Perennial,

From Judges Librarv.
Jack Frost may he Cupid's discloscr.
Warm-hearted in spite Of his snow.
And the kiss that in June is sub rosa
In December is sub miStletOe.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-23

was strong for justice. Let any one
who was short of the commodity apply
to Phillips and the latter would imme-
diately begin a national campaign 10
stock him with an entirely fresh and
up-to-date supply.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-23
November % I'm History.

November %, 153s-Henry VIII is sent
to match a sample of cerise silk. This led
to another divorce.
November %, 11S0-Richard the Lion
hearted digs his winter armor out OF the
camphor and has the moth holes
soldered up.
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The wherefore.

Why girls leave home-their sordid
fathers object to boarding their husbands
free.
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THERE ARE OTHERS.

Gus Kahlsrt. champion mi1olc-
gist. one time minstrel man. and
prominent citizens, says he always
did like Wilson.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-23
snnnds Like RnsehnII.

she threw herself at him
she must have heard that he is a good
CATCH
so she had. But he dropped her. it
seems"
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TcmaThl On 3W0lTI0u
Phillips advocated the government con-
troll of wealth and WAS in many other
ways so progressive that the nation IS
just catching up TO him He died IN
1854. and if he still lived would he adv"-
eating a society for the protection "f
cx-Presidents and other helpless bldi-
vidUaIs.
rCopyr=htcd by GeorEe Mathew Adams
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On Pennsylvania Avenue store
window: Ladies ready-to-wear
suits on easy payments" They al
ways are.l
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The Laws Delay.

The case had to be postponed again."
Weren't the lawyers ready?"
Yes; but the dressmakers demanded
more time"
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Fixed in Her Mind.

Il can never forget the great tower at
Pisa
1T impressed you. eh?''
Yes: there's where l had my pocket
picked
The Washington herald., 1912-11-23

war dispatches. but the Turks are stln
holding the forts.
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Random Remarks.

Deep breathing seems to irritate corns.
Why are women so trustful on the
stage? They never are in life.
Turkey is always in trouble around
Thanksgiving.
How can a chap talk epigrams with a
mouth full OF spinach?
There is plenty of room at the top, yet
most of us must begin at the bottom,
where it's fearfully crowded.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-23
EVERY SATURDAY.

Our Motto: Ifyou see it in The Biz
Stick, il ism I necessarily so.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-23
An Antique.

This inn must be very DID," remarked
the tourist.
Very old" assented the landlord.
Would you like to hear some OF the leg
ends connected with the place"
Il would. indeed" said the tourist.
Tell me the legend OF this curious old
minCe pie. l notice it every time l
come
The Washington herald., 1912-11-23
November Episode.

The curfew tolls the kneII of parting day,
The skies are sullen and the clouds are
drab.
The plowman gives his caddie ample pay
And hustles homewaTd in a taxicab.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-23
Businr.s or Romancer

Here's romance. Man advertfses in this
magazine for a wife"
Looks more like a business scheme
than a romance. Here's a coupon at
tached to fill out"
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Jndge De Lacy. Of the Juvenile
Court, Is an optnnist. and is full Of
hopes for the future. So arc
The Washington herald., 1912-11-23

ICopvnshtcd n Georsc MatheV Afam. !