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The Washington herald., 1913-08-04
PERSPIRATIONl
By GEORGE FITCH,
Author Of ~At Coed Old siwash."

Precipitation Is the by-product Of toll
Some men are so gifted in this direc-
ton that they can perspire while lying In
a hammock under an electric fan. But
most of US have to work before our
clothing becomes soggy and our collars
come down on the run.
Precipitation Is produced by the skin.
Any industrious skin on q hot muggy
day can produce enough perspiration on
fat man to float him away on the
waves The heavier the man the more
fiuently he perspires. II Sherlock Holmes
ever had to trace 40-pound criminal in
July he could do 1t by the damp spots
on the walk.
Precipitation Is composed Of water and
oil mixed with various kinds OF poisons
which are elected from the body In this
manner. Tho moro . man perspires the
less meanness there Is left In him. That
Is why fat men are SO good natured. A
fat man in a soaked shirt and ruined
collar, with rivulets coursing down his
brow and cascade dripping OF his nose.
is never too busy painting to stop and
crack a joke. On the other hand. 4
human hat rack in . black alpaca coat
will walk four miles in . Temperature Of
100 and will arrive dry AZ bone and
sour enough to rob orphans-
Perspiration 10 not popular. but II %
great lubricant. It enables q man to
work twice as fast as usual. and to
swear with redoubled vim at the same
time Perspirafion has helped along
most OF the work OF the world. and the
man who has never swabbed on gin OF
moisture from his brow ana calculated
"gosh!~ has never added much - the
worlds production Of food and raimene
The Washington herald., 1913-08-04

to negotiate treaties with any foreign
power. This vote must be composed
of Republicans and Democrats alike;
i must be patriotic vote, not east
with an eye to party advantage. Yet
the Secretary of State has sent to the
Foreign Relations Committee . pro-
posed treaty with Nicaragua, which. if
ratified, would mark distinct epoch in
our Central American policy; and he is
quite surprised to hear that the policy
involved will be fought strenuously by
some prominent Democrats on that
committee, and will be supported by
some Republicans of even higher stand
ing. Not a single Republican Senator
has been called to a consultation at
the White House by the President
though Nicaragua, Mexico, Panama,
Japan, and Russia have presented prob
lens to the State Department. Has
the administration really been so self
satisfied and certain of its infallibility
that, whatever foreign policy Mr.. VIII
son would outline, would be automatic
ally ratified by all Democratic Sena-
tors? If so, it was an unpleasant jolt
to learn that Democrats like Senators
Clarke of Arkansas and Williams of
Mississippi are unalterably opposed to
the Presidents foreign policy, while Re-
publicans like Root and Lodge favor
some of the planned departures.
1t never has occurred to any men,
Der of the Foreign Relations Commit
tee to regard the Nicaraguan treaty as
a party question. They approach and
study it as Americans. 1t is the atti-
tude of the United States which they
consider. not that of the Republican
or the Democratic party. Still, none
but Democrats have been consulted by
Mr.. Wilson.
The Washington herald., 1913-08-04
MONDAY, AUGUST 4. 1913.
OVERRIDING Il.

1t would appear that Secretary
Daniels has overreached himself bit,
when Saturday, at San Francisco, he
told the exposition committee that 'the
greatest of our Presidents have been
Lincoln and Woodrow Wilson," and
that all newspaper men know this to
be fact"
None will gainsay that Abraham Lin
coin was a great President But why
not wait until Mr. Wilson's term has
expired before speaking of him in the
past tense? He has been at the White
House but FIVE months. All the issues
that he has had to face so far are still
hanging in the balance. He has truly
united country to back him-Lincoln
had not. and had far more serious
problems to solve.
We have 10 desire to diminish Mr..
Wilson's ability, integrity, and state
craft No doubt he will show those
who elected him and place implicit
trust in his wisdom what is his mettle;
but Mr.. Daniels should have modified
his laudatory comments until his chief
has solved some of the problems con-
fronting this country in manner
satisfactory to the people ere launch
ing out into such panegyric.
How much more appropriate it would
have been, how much more pleasing
also to Mr.. Wilson, if his Secretary
OF the Navy. in the fullness of his
loyalty to his chief, had said for in
stance: The greatest of our Presidents
was Lincoln, and events will show tina.
Woodrow Wilson is just like him in
mental caliber and statecraft."
The Washington herald., 1913-08-04
England and Germany Decline.

The decision of Great Britain not to
participate in the San Francisco Pana-
ma Exposition in 1915 has been fol-
lowed by like decision on the part of
Germany. OF the twenty-five countries
which have agreed to exhibit there, only
two great nations. France and Japan,
SO far figure in the list. while Russia.
Italy, and Austria-Hungary have not
been heard from in answer to the in
vitation pressed upon them. They will
probably follow England and Ger
many's lead. and also decline.
We confess that we are not at all
surprised. Passing over all other ex-
plantations Great Britain's reason for
refusing to come is sufficient. There
have been too many international ex-
positions in recent years. This very
argument has been often advanced
right here among us. Congress re-
peatedly has threatened never to appro-
pirate any money for another worlds
fair, but somehow Its courage failed at
the critical moment. and it yielded.
Seeing how well the Paris Exposition
(IS67) and that at Vienna (1S73)
were received everywhere, the United
States started in with her Centennial
at Philadelphia $3.50. Then came
the Chicago Fair (ISo3), which cost
this government something like S6,ooo.-
ooo This was followed by the Trans
Mississippi at Omaha. the Pan-Ameri-
can at Buffalo, and the Louisiana
Purchase Exposition at St. Louis, to-
'vard which the government contribut-
ed almost 100000.
1t is estimated that the San Francisco
fair will consume an outlay of about
S5oooo,ooo, including appropriations by
the nation, the State, and the counties
of California, the city of San Fran
cisco, &c. We are not arguing against
this one particular exhibition, but most
foreign nations have to look at their
dollars twice ere spending them. and
transportation by land and sea over
great distances, besides, carries with it
a great risk on perishable or delicate
articles.
But to say, as some papers do, that
the question of the Panama Canal tolls
is at the bottom of the refusal is nom
sense. Nobody would bite off his nose
to spite his face.
The Washington herald., 1913-08-04
Bridget's Guess.

Bridget. who had administered the Gull
nary affairs of the Morse household for
many years, was sometimes torn between
her devotion to her mistress and loyalty
to the small son of the house.
Bridget" said Mrs. Morse, in a tone OF
wonder, after an inspection of the store
room. where have those splendid red
apples gone that the man brought yester-
day-those four big onesg'
"well. now, ma a'am." said poor Bridget.
IT couldn't rightly say. but I'm thinking
II you were to find out where my loaf o
hot gingerbread is, likely them four red
apples would be lynn right on top Of II.
an I'm only hopin' his little inside can
stand the strain.'
The Washington herald., 1913-08-04
Paternalism Comes Hish.

1t is not merely the enormous mill
tary budget that is worrying Germany,
but mainly the cost of a "socialized'
government. Serious trouble is pre-
dicted when the first installment of
S25oooo,ooo of the war tax allowed by
the Reichstag for a larger military
establishment will have to be paid.
What with old age pensions, invalids
pensions, insurance against nonemploy-
ment and subsidized industry, the Ger
man government has come to be a very
costly one. In the Fatherland the gov
ernment has undertaken to control the
energies and to direct the life-policy of
millions of people. Industry has been
organized politically as in no other
country of the world. The great steam-
ship lines, especially those which ply
between Germany and its African COL
onies, have been given huge conces-
sions from government controlled rail-
roads. The German trusts are govern
ment affairs, maintained for the pur-
pose of controlling the foreign trade.
1t seems strange, argues the Lon
don Post, how slow people are to
realize that all advantage thus won
must be paid for. 1t is a grievous
error TO suppose that whatever a gov
ernment does costs nothing; for what
the German government is doing today
is to make part of its people live off
another part. The theory advanced is
that enlarged trade is source of
profit to all. Well, we here in the
United States know better, and besides
it depends how much it cost to get the
trade.
The German people have paid heav-
lily. Add to this the, maintenance of
the army and navy and the withdrawal
of men from profitable civil pursuits
and the necessity of supporting them in
idleness as soldiers and the seriousness
of the problem that confronts the Ger
man people is manifest.
The Washington herald., 1913-08-04
GLASS FACTORIES TO REOPEN

Alexandria, Va, Aug. 3.-Nearly 100
members of Alva Aerie, No. SI1, Fraternal
Order OF Eagles, will leave here at
O'Clock Thursday morning for Baltimore
TO participate In the Eagles big parade
IN connection with the annual meeting
OF their national convention.
hetiipers Oh Masnihs.oh acre.
n. bane's anu ~ Do"hey, oe,e-
ss,es sa'.s 70 INC eoh'eh'ion' iei' 'ooay ior
pa,'inoi {.
1"aiis sioh 'iehe's nave oeen soio'
A memorial tapiet- bearing tne names
noose. !. No 20, beheToien. ana frotec-
i've ofoer oi Eihs' VINO nave oieo since
tne organization OF the ioose IN isVz'
VIII De un'eheo tomorrow night AT
meeting OF tne iooge- Inc taoiet Is
very handsome one Twelve feet In
IN aodition 10 the uhvelihs mere WIZ
pe an initia,loh, reports WIN % re-
eeNeu from n .. barre.t' iocai repre-
The Washington herald., 1913-08-04
BAsEBaLLIsTs' INJURIES.

Prom LesIie's Weekly.
In looking over the list Of injuries one
is struck by the absence. among % many
baseball men, OF any cases Of Charley
horse" The "Bonesetter'' was asked
about this.
"oh," said he. "'charley-horse' IL q
newspaper word. Every time ball play
er gets lame the sporting editors say
he has the 'chariey-horse.' Now. I've
been treating baseball players for eigh-
teen years, and in all that time have
seen only two cases Of 'charley-horse.
The first case was brought in here
seventeen years ago by Jimmy McAleer-
now of the Boston Red Sox-and he had
1t bad. I've seen only one case since.
Charley-horse' was so named because
the horse that pulled the horse cars
used to get lame on the cobbles. and
couldn't use one foot, which simply
dragged after them. That was the way
Jimmy McAleer came In here. dragging
one foot"
What about pitchersT' the Boneset-
ter was asked.
''well," he explained, "as you may
imagine. the pitchers come in here with
bum arms. The straight ball pitchers
throw their arms out and strain the ten
dons in the shoulder. The curve-ball
pitcher catches it in the elbow. The mus
cles with which he curves his ball. by
twisting the hand and the wrist. are
based at the elbow and get misplaced.
I've got them spotted. Send me pitcher
I never saw. and by feeling Of his arm
and shoulder I can tell YOU the kind Of
ball he specializes in. whether Il ts
straight, curved, or what not The field
ers catch 1t in the knee-caps."
The Washington herald., 1913-08-04
Foreign Affairs Not 4 Party Issue.

The most surprising action of the
Wilson administration is its evident
purpose TO make partisan questions of
international issues. The new powers
that be thus far have not learned that
the Foreign Relations Committee is
absolutely nonpartisan. Never before
had its members been given to under
stand that foreign affairs should be
handled along party lines.
The results of such policy threaten
to become serious. if the developments
of the past week indicate anything.
The administration must be backed by
iwo-thirds of the Senate if It means
The Washington herald., 1913-08-04

tGeorss Kibes Turner IN McClue's Maazine.)
Very few people realize how far til.
destinies Of q great city are taken
charge of by the idle boy. The one place
where votes form naturally In punches,
ready to the hand of the professional poll
tician. Is In. the gangs Of youths JUS
coming into manhood. into which large
rart Of New York and Chicago and other
cities naturally divide themselves. And
the apprentice politicians who take
charge Of them II. naturally, the Idle boy,
who u developing the physical and social
traits Of leader. The more crooked the
gang, the more votes 1t viii cast; and,
by natural sequences. the ''wise boys
graduate successfully to take charge of
city governments.
1t ID the idle boy. also. who takes over
the social life Of the city. Dances and
''racketi' are his by right Of leadership.
In the teeus the instinct Of sax hunting
develops In the GanE. and ID directed BY
the idle boy.
The Washington herald., 1913-08-04

to the annual State encampment. which
will be held In Roanoke September II
to 1s. In addition to the election Of
delegates. other routine business will
also be up for consideration.
The body Of Mrs. Rose G. De Vaughan.
who died in Washington several days
ago, was brought here this afternoon and
buried in Bethel Cemetery.
Conrad johnson. principal Of Lee
School. and NJ. n. Fisher. instructor in
the Alexandria High School. will tomor-
row morning open a summer school at
Lee School Building. which will be con-
tinued during the month Of August.
The Rev. DR.. John Lee Allison. pastor
of the Sesond Presbyterian Church, will
leave tomorrow for Wytheville. Va. to
spend his vacation.
The Washington herald., 1913-08-04
REMINDER OF JACKs0Ns DAYS
Hartford Woman Has Comm Hand
bill OF the 1875 Campaign.

From the Hartford Dispstch.
One of the "cofiin handbills," famous
in the first campaign Of Andrew jackson
for the Presidency of the United States.
In 1s2s, is in possession of Mrs W. H.
Hoffman, of Washington Street. She
found it in the papers Of her father. the
late Cicero Phelps, who died at Poquo-
mock in 1855. The bill in all seriousness
questions the fitness Of Gen jackson for
the Presidency. and when it is remem-
bered that '-Old Hickory" was twice
elected President after the appearance
of this bill its potency as campaign liter
ature is shown to have been not very
damaging to the candidate
1t picks out the date, January ., ISIS.
as the date Of honors being showered
upon the hero of New Orleans. and also
as the date of the order Of execution OF
Jacob Webb, David Morrow, John Har-
ris, Henry Lewis. David Hunt. and Ed
ward Lindsey, six militiamen, who were
condemned to die by court-martial, and
the order signed by Gen. Jackson
There is also reference to one John
Woods, a soldier, who was tried for in
subordination. convicted. and condemned
to die by eourt-martial, Cen jackson
saving that he would not pardon the
man il the court-martial condemned him.
but he actually did offer to pardon the
man IL he would enlist in the regular
army.
A signed statement by Thomas Hart
Benton. lieutenant colonel of the Thirty
ninth Infantry. and member OF the
United States Senate in ISIS, tells OF the
ARRAY in which he. his brother. Jesse
Benton-afterward q Representative, and
the father of Gen. John c. Fremonts
wife-and Gen. Jackson were implicated
on September 4. 1sls There were pistols
and knives in that affair, which happen
ed ..in the town of Nashville"
The campaign bill carries heavy
black border and is embellished at deco
rative points with a dozen or more sill
houettes of black collins. Jacksons
treatment of the warning Indians Is also
the subject of an article Those were
strenuous days in the Blue Grass State
and the Southwest. but the opponents
Of Gen. jackson sought to make him out
as unusually bloodthirsty.
The Washington herald., 1913-08-04
Touched Her Sympathy.

A kind-hearted lady was collecting for
the Society for the Prevention Of Cruelty
to Children. She paid a series Of house.
toulouse visits. and at one door her
knock was answered by q rather stupid
looking servant, says Pearson's Weekly.
The lady explained her errand; that she
was collecting small sums for the funds
of the Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Children, but the girl found
this title rather too much Of mouthful.
She went upstairs to the nursery, where
her mistress was hard at work bathing
and dressing half . dozen lively, shout
ing children. and trying at the same
time to coax the recently arrived baby
to 60 to sleep. and announced: "Please'm.
there's somebody at the door collectin'
for the Society for the Prevention Of
Children"
The worried mother sent down a will
ing donation Of half a crown.
The Washington herald., 1913-08-04

entirely was fostsi ~ ~ proprietors
OF London's places ~ enGS 3nent. Vaux.
hall Gardens oferSn briss1 each wear.
and Ashley. Of circu5 1k1ia vas an early
patron Of the sport
It was not until II slesesshth century
that rowing ceased - be regarded az
merely hard work by the amateur sports.
man. The Lesnder Club was formed In
about ISIS. and the first mention OF row.
ing at public schools occurs about dye
years before. Then the sport went ahead
by leaps and bounds, and. by 1Sa9. the
need Of . central point for the annual
regatta was felt, and Henley was chosen
after due consideration Of rival sites.
Fragment by fragment the WORK of
restoration of st. Bartholomew the
most ancient and famous church in the
City of London. ID being carried on. The
building that now remains Of what once
was Q large priory IL the monastic
choir of the church, built in the first half
Of the twelfth century.
When Henry VIII. in 1853. suppressed
the monasteries. the greater part of
the nave and all the outbuildings were
destroyed, and the remainder sold to Sir
Richard Rich, In whose family they re-
mained until early In the nineteenth
century. restoration Of the structures
begun in 1853 was resumed in 1855. and
has been ever since continued at inter-
vals.
The north transept was restored to the
church in 1893. For many generations II
had been occupied by a blacksmith's
forge The fine arcade was buried some
four feet deep In earth, and the upper
portion was entirely hidden by the
smithy. The present cloister, consisting
Of three only of the eight bays OF the
east alley. was recovered from the
stable keepers and restored In 1895.
An appeal is now being made for the
sum of 1.50o to enable the authorities
to remove encroachments on the south
side of the church, and by transferring
to a distance the boiler-house. which now
Is actually within the walls OF the chapel.
and thus obviate the danger from fire.
FL.ANEUR
The Washington herald., 1913-08-04
VILLAGE Culture.

The little agricultural village had been
billed with Lecture on Keats" for over
a fortnight The evening arrived at
length, bringing the lecturer ready to
discourse on the poet The advertised
chairman, taken Ill at the last moment
was replaced by a local farmer. This
worthy introduced the lecture, ana ter
minated hir remarks by saying:
.And no,., my friends, We shall soon all
know what I personally have often won
dered-what are keats?
The Washington herald., 1913-08-04
ALITTLE NONSENSE.
OTHERWISE OCCUPIED.

1SE
She wanted him to hold her hand;
Twas out Of place.
Just then a runner failed to land
On second base.
She tried to murmur phrases sweet:
They wouldn't go.
Just then a shifty runner beat
A clumsy throw.
She turned here eyes in mute appeal
In vain to him.
He had to watch a double steal
And yell with vim.
A chap should not neglect . dove;
That seems a shame.
But a man has no time for love
At ball game.
The Washington herald., 1913-08-04

Alabama claims that one Of her sons
invented the typewriter. We don't know
about that. but we are willing to believe
that some Of the spelling used by some
Of the machines originated in Alabama
The Washington herald., 1913-08-04

Handsome Is n Handsome Does.
From Judge.
Sanford-So you don't believe In judg-
ing a man by his clothes?
Crabshaw-No. indeed! That's the way
We Judge q woman, and look how we get
fooled!
The Washington herald., 1913-08-04

The war in the Balkans was terrific,
but We don't believe 1t was any worse
than some Of the moving pictures of it
made on Long Island.
The Washington herald., 1913-08-04

The destruction Of that Mexican gun
boat by an aeroplane was q great victory
for the newspaper correspondent at Ell
Paso.
The Washington herald., 1913-08-04

Many men are In deadly fear of Der.
spiration, and will go to almost any
lengths to avoid It. Europe is fiIled each
summer with American men who are
afraid to perspire. They travel eau
tiously from shade to shade, and II they
The Washington herald., 1913-08-04

The Senate committee seems to have
decided to let Postmaster General Burle-
son 60 ahead, with the understanding
that he would take all the blame II
things went wrong.
The Washington herald., 1913-08-04

a lecture tour through Mexico before
sending troops down there?
The Washington herald., 1913-08-04

We wonder II Ambassador Wilson
bought a return ticket when he>~left
Mexico.
The Washington herald., 1913-08-04

right to vote? Look at the way Queen
Mary is managing George.
The Washington herald., 1913-08-04

Ambassador Henry L. Wilson probably
has been wondering how a statesman
out Of a job spends his time.
The Washington herald., 1913-08-04

Now that We are to have an Indian as
Register Of the Treasury. let him provide
more yellow backs.
The Washington herald., 1913-08-04

Castro has come back. and We suppose
this will be encouraging to Col Roose-
welt.
The Washington herald., 1913-08-04

Col. Mulhall IL to be commended for
having refrained from saying that he
stands at Armageddon.
The Washington herald., 1913-08-04

You don't have to 60 to q cabaret show
in a cab. but many people do.
The Washington herald., 1913-08-04

Scientists say that life is reaction.
This ought to be encouraging to the re-
actionaries
The Washington herald., 1913-08-04

The torrid spell came right In the
midst of the otice-seeler's winter Of
discomfort.
The Washington herald., 1913-08-04
His Vacation.

How did you spend your vacation.
old chap?'
We'll, I happened to hit dry terri
tory. 1 spent most of the time trying
to get a drink"
The Washington herald., 1913-08-04
Father and Son.

THE son hasn't the fathers brains.
The old man could run a shoestring into
a tannery any time"
"And the son?''
about all he can do is to run an
automobile into . telegraph pole
The Washington herald., 1913-08-04

"Cholly is an ambitious sportsman"
How now?"
He wants to climb the Matterhorn
in an automobile"
The Washington herald., 1913-08-04
ALEXANDRIA EAGLES
GOING To baltimore

Ava Aerie viii Join Warrington Con-
ingent to Attend National Conven-
tion in Monumental City.
The Washington herald., 1913-08-04
Plays Favorites.

Opportunity knocks once at every
mans door, and even follows some men
out to the ball park.
The Washington herald., 1913-08-04
Summer Features.

Summer Features.
"wombat has some nice features on
the roof of his new apartment house"
What sort of features?"
Every apartment is entitled to two
posts and q hammock"
The Washington herald., 1913-08-04

Reporting the Game.
To do a winning game.
But when We lose they don't enthuse;
Their literature is tame.
The Washington herald., 1913-08-04
Motor Circles.

DO they move in your circle?'
by no means. We have a six-cylin-
der car. They move in . four-cylinder
set."