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The Washington herald., 1913-01-24
BUSINESS MAN NOT TIRED.
He Loves His Work and Isn't n
.'weury wIIIic.''

From the Patterson IN - News.
1t might be interesting to know who
invented the phrase. the tired business
man." which is employed chiefly in con-
nection with the theater. The business
man. according to theater managers, is
too tired to sit through a serious or pro-
found play. and so II is a custom TO stage
musical comedies and farces-
Now a news item has appeared in a
morning journal in which II is asserted
that a statement made may mean lit
tie to the tired business man" which. We
think is carrying an absurd idea a step
too far.
As a matter of fact. there are few
IL any tired business men. The real
business man loves his work, and II IS.
therefore, not wearying. He is not
weakIing. and his tired condition IS
chiefly A fiction manufactured by others
for their own purposes. 1t is seldom
that the business man defends or eN-
cuses himself on the ground that he
is tired.
1t is instead. the man who knows
nothing at all about business who admits
that he is tired. The Weary Willie of
the funnysides is the country's accepted
ideal of weariness. The average busi-
ness man is a sort of modern Atlas. who
can bear the weight of the world on
his back. and come up smiling-which is
going Atlas one better.
Most fictions are harmless But It
ought to be more than common Justice
to a self-reliant and Industrious branch
OF society to find some other excuse for
pueriIe entertainment and for other in
teresting things than the familiar one
that they are demanded by the tired
business man
The Washington herald., 1913-01-24
COURT GOSSIP ON MATTERS OF
INTERNA IMPORTANCE

after his conversations with the Kaiser.
| arrived at Paris only to find that the
Chamber OF Deputies had taken the bit
in its teeth and adopted a resolution of
censure against the government. and that
the cabinet. At that very hour, had re-
signed All his efforts seemed to have
been in vain, and a peaceful solution
as far off as ever. But luck was with
the man who abhOrs war as much as
does his friend, the Kaiser. Fortunately.
NJ. Bourgeois, who succeeded Rouvier as
Premier, was just as desirous of main
tanning peace as his predecessor. He
availed himself of the explanations Of
fered in unofficial chats by the prince as
coming from the German Emperor. and
the Algeciras treaty was the result
In the disturbance created over the
Morocco situation, in 1911, the prince de-
clined to act as arbitrator. He called II a
game OF grab with which he professed no
sympathy.
Prince Albert never hesitates to pro-
test against false or misChievous opin-
ions prevailing about the Kaiser. who,
he emphatically insists, is in favor Of
peace. despite all appearances to the
contrary. his militarism being due to the
belief he entertains that military service.
besides being a great educational in
fuence. is necessary for the prevention
Of war 7 am able to quote an instance
which proves this contention OF the
prince.
II was in July. 1899, when the French
training ship Iphigenie quite unexpected
ly met the imperial yacht Hohenzollern.
with the Kaiser on board. in the port
OF Bergen. in the North Sea. The French
government had given no instructions to
the captain for such an emergency. 1t
was an awkward position. for what could
the captain of a French training ship
say to the German Emperor.
Fortunately. the Prince of Monaco was
in neighboring waters busy with his
oceanographic researches. and hearing OF
the arrival of the Hohenzollern at Ber-
gen, he at once steered for that port in
the hope of meeting the Kaiser. He
grasped the peculiar situation at once,
and from his own yacht, the Princess
Alice, rowed back and forth between the
Hohonzollern and the Iphigenie. The re-
suit was an invitation TO board the
Kaisers yacht sent to the French COM
mander. who had complied with the acts
OF courtesy toward a monarch which are
the international naval rule under such
circumstances. He was amicably re-
ceived on the imperial yacht. But what
next? 1t was all very we'll to receive a
French officer on a German pleasure
yacht: but TO ask the Kaiser. the ruler
of the nation which Is considered the
arch-enemy of France. to board French
warship was quite a different thing. But
the princes great tact also overcame
this sheer insurmountable difficulty and
he had the pleasure of seeing the Ger
man Emperor step on the deck of the
French ship. where the greatest honors
were rendered him. This is not to be
considered as unimportant. for the event
constituted the first step toward friendly
dealings between the two hostile nations
which. but for the Prince of Monaco's
tact and personal influence with the
Kaiser. might never have occurred.
FTsANEUR.
Copyright. 1913 by Court Gossip syndicsteI
The Washington herald., 1913-01-24
STA TESMEN-REAL AND NEAR
By FRED C. KELLY

the large family / have" remarked
Sharp. pointing to his six children.
Yes, it's fairly large" said Kftchin.
without much enthusiasm.
You have some children, haven't
your asked Sharp.
Il have-let's see-eight, believe Il is,''
replied Kitchin.
Just then Martin LIttleton. the New
York lawyer, happened along and they
told him about their discussion Of large
families.
well, I've had a little experience with
big family groups myself" observed
Martin. My parents were thoughtful
enough to provide me with eighteen
brothers and sisters"
Howard Sutherland, who will be Rep
resentative-at-large from West Virginia
after March 4. came to Washington the
other day on a visit. and went to the
Capitol to see a friend, who is a men,
Der OF the House. He sent his card in
at the House main entrance in the usual
manner, remarking to the doorkeeper:
1T won't he long now till I'll have the
privilege Of the floor myself"
Why. are you a member-elect?' asked
the doortender. and Sutherland was
obliged to admit that he was
Then you have the privileges OF the
floor right now" the doorkeeper told
him. You don't need TO wait for March
T. Just walk right in
And straightway the delighted Suther-
land entered the chamber. where he was
treated as an equal by one and all.
Representative Steenerson of Miuneso-
Ia has a great flock OF Red Lake In
dams among his constituents These are
divided into Progressives and Standpat-
ters In their attitude toward certain tri-
bal affairs. One of the Red Lakes
in Washington recently. was explaining
It all.
What about steenerson? Is he for the
Progressives or the Standpats?' the
Indian was asked.
Hes a Progressive" replied the Red
Lake. but lie is equally friendly with
the Standpats.''
Which seems to show that Cousin
Steenerson must be not only right smart
Of politician. but a diplomatist, too.
Mr.. Uncle Joe Cannon was inspecting
tt: costly new home Of a friend out I'm
Illinois One OF the things the friend
was proud OF was the subdued lighting
effect in the dining room, which was
finished in dark colors. The electric
lights could not be seen-in fact, nothing
could be seen with much distinctness. so
completely had the subdued effect been
carried out. Mr.. Cannon likes plenty Of
light In a dining room, and the arrange
ment did not much appeal to him.
What do you think of it," asked the
friend.
We'll. IL you want the truth" said Mr.
Uncle Joe. II think II looks like Hades
with the fires banked"
tCoryrisht, 1913, by Fred c. Kelly. All rights re
srTsdJ
The Washington herald., 1913-01-24
How "Bogey" started.

From the London Mail
The real "bogey," or the colonel" as
the imaginary opponent with the nxet
score tor each hole IL sometimes called
came into being about the end of 1880 and
the beginning OF the following year
1t Is generally accepted that a Coventry
gentleman was the first TO come by the
germ of the idea In December. 1890. the
scratch score of the Coventry course was
taken, being the score that a gooC
scratch player would take to each hole
of the round, making no mistakes, but
also fluking nothing nor being fortunate
with any special flashes Of brilliant play
At the time they called this ''the
ground score" and about six months
afterward, when the members of the club
had become properly accustomed to the
idea, Mr.. Rotterdam offered a prize for
competition according to the system,
while later in the same year the club
gave a challenge cup for competition or
established. but rot the name which is
now universal.
The name, however. followed very
soon, and Its origin was curious. A few
members of the Coventry Club paid a
visit to Great Yarmouth, where the new
kind Of competition was explained to Dr.
Thomas Browne. r. N, who was honor
ary secretary of the Yarmouth Golf
Club. DIR. Browne liked the idea exceed
ingly. and took II upon himself to write
to various prominent golfers asking them
their views as TO the advisability or
otherwise of Introducing this ground
score system into the general routine of
competition golf. For the most part the
answers made were favorable.
Then one day Dr. Browne went out to
play against friend, Mai. Charles A
Wellman. and they agreed instead of
playing directly against each other to
play each against the ground score and
decide their match according as each
fared in this way. II so happened that
about that time the bogey man song was
being sung by the late E ]. Lonnen at
the Gaiety Theater. and everybody else
came to sing il. too. The words of the
refrain that gave a creepy feeling TO the
children of the day were:
Hush! Hush Hush!
Here comes the bocey man,
So hide your head beneath the clothes.
He'll catch You il he can!
There was the idea of bogey in golf.
Hell catch you IL he cam And 1t
flashed across the mind of Mai. Wellman
when he was playing this game and was
getting Caught by the ground score.
Why said he to his friend Browne,
this player of yours is a regular bogey
man." A considerable piece of golfing
history was made in that chance re-
mark. for bogey was from that moment
established for golf. Capital" said DR..
Browne well call it that" and he had
the name adopted by the Yarmouth
Club,
The Washington herald., 1913-01-24
Two Political Trusts and the Balkans.

Turkish diplomats have accomplished
the purpose that took them to London
They have discharged their duties with
marked ability, for they have had SIM
liar experience in the past, when pro-
curing the good offices of the powers to
mitigate the rigor of the conquerors. 1t
was natural. therefore, thai they should
play the game much more adroitly than
their Balkan opponents, who were not
prepared for a situation demanding
adroitness as we'll as courage. Flushed
by their recent triumph of arms in the
field. the Balkan delegates seemed to
have believed that they had only to de-
mand in order 10 obtain. Each demand
they made was granted by Turkey, but
always with a qualification that rem
dered a new demand necessary. This
resulted in the interests of all parties
becoming subject for competition be-
tween two great diplomatic trusts, the
triple entente and the triple alliance
(Dreibund).
The composition of these trusts re-
fleets the division between the first
class powers of Europe. The triple
entente consists of France and Russia
as allies with England in sympathy,
but not held to them by any formal
bond. The~triple alliance, on the other
hand, is a formal combination, an Of
fcnsive and defensive union (Schutz-
and-Trutz Buendniss). To either of
these trusts" the ultimate disposition
of the Balkan question is of great i'm
portance. Paris alone among Europe's
great money centers opened its purse
to the Balkan nations, when Berlin.
Vienna, and London looked askance at
their loan proposals. British interest
in the near East is traditional. 1t can
not afford to see Russia or Germany or
Austria dominant at Constantinople
and the Dardanelles.
Concerning the Dreibund: Germany's
participation in the Balkan question
mainly is due to its sense of obligation
to one of its allies in the triple al
lance, Austria. Bismarck used to saw
that the whole Eastern question was
not worth the sacrifice of one Pom
meranian grenadier" And even to this
day German sentiment in the matter
would not be very pronounced but for !
The Washington herald., 1913-01-24
A.tound. The Old Leaders.

In no way bound TO yield obedience. than
In the u;terance of the accepted matter
of his premises.
Astounds the Old Leaders.
Debate famed up at once, even pas
sionate. The astounding. moving elo-
quence of the young advocate. his in
stant hold upon the House, the direct
ness with which he purposed and exc
cuted action in so grave a matter,
stirred the pulses of his opponents and
his followers with an equal power, and
reused those who would have checked
him to a vehemence as great as his
own.
The old leaders of the House. with
whom he stood face to face in this
critical business. were the more formid-
able because of the strong reason Of
their position. No one could justly
doubt that they wished to see the Old
Dominion keep and vindicate her lib
erty, but they deemed II folly to be
thus intemperately beforehand with the
issue. Almost TO a man they were
sprung of families who had come TO
Virginia with the great migration that
had brought the Washingtons, in the
evil day when so many were fleeing
England to be quit of the Puritan
tyranny-royalists all. and touched to
the quick with the sentiment of loyalty.
The Washington herald., 1913-01-24
The Happy Farmer.

From the Lincoln (Nebrl Journal
The overalled farmer put on brakes
and invited the wayfarer to ride. Four
miles afoot meant an hour. BY gasoline
it meant-well, there are no policemen to
enforce the twenty-mile limit on country
roads. So the invitation was accepted.
Wheat? Yes, he was lucky enough to
have seventy acres on his quarter Sec
ton. Thrashed? Yes. out of the shock.
Went twenty-six bushels to the acre.
Eighteen hundred bushels of wheat will
buy pile of gasoline.
Corn? VIII be good IL II rains. Doesn't
need to rain IL II doesn't want to- Can
get along on that seventy acres Of wheat.
Besides, there have been two alfalfa crops.
There will be another. too, for 1t always
rains after a while in this country. Queer
how slow We are to catch on to wheat.
He had lived twenty-five years in Hamil
ton County. Some Russians who settled
there began planting wheat The neigh
bors were alarmed and angry. Wheat
would do nothing but breed chinch bugs
to take corn after the wheat was cut.
The Russians planted wheat because they
were too lazy to plow corn. Wheat was
lazy mans crop. So said the skeptics.
who had tried to grow wheat and found
II couldn't be done.
The press drill and turkey red changed
all that, giving US a crop made in our
wet season, and which has fallen short
only once in a decade or more. Now
Nebraska agriculture sails with air-tight
compartments If We strike an iceberg
We just shut the gate to that compart-
ment and sail on fioated by the rest
See that farm" pointing to a big
barn braced by a huge silo: II could
have bought that quarter for s35 an acre
when i bought mine at S37. 1t would sell
at $50 or more now. The farmer who
owns this land has been the luckiest by
these discoveries in non-sinkable farm
liners
He hasn't been alcne, though" as
big auto loaded to the decks dashed
past. That man is renter. He pays
cash rent and thrives by being a better
farmer than the general level Of renters
whose kind Of farming sets the level of
farm rents" -- -
The Washington herald., 1913-01-24
NEVER CROSSED THE OCEAN.
But That Didn't Keep Him from
Giving Novel n salt Sea Flavor.

The story is told by the Bookman of
how a certain novel which was popular
three or four years ago got its first set
ting:
when the story was being planned
the author, who has since achieved a
literary position Of considerable impor-
tance though not as novelist, could
not hit upon just the right background.
He needed setting that would hold his
three principal characters, a woman and
two men. together for a period of ten or
twelve days. despite the fact that the
complications of the tale itself would
inevitably have moved one or the other
of the men to immediate departure.
He told n friend of his dilemma.
Why said the mentor. put the man
aboard a slow-going transatlantic line-.
one of the new boats But retorted
the novelist, I have never crossed the
ocean and know nothing about trans
atlantic liners That said the other. is
a matter OF easy remedy. The sails
at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. Let u
go down at 9 o'clock and put an end to
your troubles
The next day the two visited the ship
in question, the author asking questions
of his friend and making observations
and notes. The smoking room was stud
led carefully as being just the place for
the fight and certain remote corners OF
the decks as suitable scenes for discreet
and fervent courtship. Before the clsng-
ing of the gong with its All ashore who
are going ashore message. the novelist
closed his notebook with the manner OF q
man whose task is finished.
"a year or so later said the friend.
who had directed the search for local
color. I was crossing the ocean and gave
my friends book to the captain of the
boat TO read. He did not care so much
for the love passage, but what did please
him was to find at last a novelist writ
ing of the sea who really knew his sub
ject He had not read half dozen pages
before he knew that here was the real
The Washington herald., 1913-01-24

Without wishing to start an argument
with the man who declared that nobody
can eat a quail a day for thirty days.
one may at least state that the rule
does not apply to turkey. Senator Shell
by N. cullom eats turkey every noon
for weeks and weeks at time.
But at that he has nothing on Justice
Charles E. Hughes when It comes to
gastronomic continuity. The Supreme
court justices have their luncheon
served in a private room on the court
room. and II has been noted by the other
associates that not once since he as
cended the bench more than two years
ago. has Hughes failed to eat lamb
chop or two each noon. II has to be a
thick lamb chop and cooked just SO.
Then there is Senator Crawford of
South Dakota. He is another states
man who does not fit from flower to
flower in his food quest. like q humming
bird. but sticks to one thing. He him
self cannot remember when he has gone
twenty-four hours without eating a pot
OF baked beans.
Oscar W. Underwood now gets to his
once every morning a trife later than
he used TO. He formerly rode to the
Capitol in an automobile; now he walks.
Not long ago he got to thinking II over
and determined that IL he couldn't get
little exercise each day for his health's
sake, just because he is the Ways and
Means Committee chairman, he might as
well get into some other line Of activity
even IL he had to go over to Venice and
start livery stable. He, therefore, made
a New Years resolution that he would
walk the mile or two to his Office each
morning, rain or shine.
In order to offset this little extrava-
gance with his time. he had his tele-
phone put on a private list, and his name
omitted from the directory. Things had
got to a point where he was called so
frequently at meal hours that he scarce
lyNhad time to swallow a bite or two
of food between trips to the phone. He
would just get a bite Of mashed potatoes
and gravy mixed in the right proportion
when the bell would ring.
Underwood is the most calm man IN
Congress, and yet the job of keeping the
House Democrats cheerful at their tasks
is a great tax on the nerves of any
leader, and little things bother him now
that never bothered him before. Not
long ago he had his desk moved four
times before he got II placed to suit
him. Every time something about his
work annoyed him more than usual he
decided that the light or draft about
his desk was not all that it should be.
Representative Sharp OF Ohio was
driving along with his family in his
and stopped to say something
to Representative Claude Kitchin OF
South Carolina.
And I wish to call your attention TO
The Washington herald., 1913-01-24
THE OPEN FORUM
A virrinian's Proposition.

To the Editor: I agree with Mr.. E. r.
Kelley that the monument to Mr., Lin
coin should be in the City Of Washing
ton. d. C. and go further-it Should be a
Union monument to Lincoln and Davis.
thus uniting a section of our Union and
thereby bringing the old family together.
If We OF the South. who lost all. are will
ing to be reconciIed. surely the North.
which lost nothing save the flower of
manhood as We did. should he willing to
forgive, IL not forget. The latter We
ask not as We promise never to forget.
but have long since forgiven. Now, let
us erect a Union monument. have
statue OF Lincoln in one end and
statue of Davis in the other end. and
thus cement a union of hearts and hand.
W. II. TISSLEY-
The Washington herald., 1913-01-24
Commission Plan in New Jersey.

IN New Jersey thirty-two munich
paiities have voted on the question of
adopting the commission plan, and of
these nineteen rejected it. Among the
latter were the two large communities
of Paterson and Jersey City, where
governments of "single-headed" commits
sions prevail, which have given salts
faction. Omitting these from the cal
culation, it is found that the total pop
ulation of the municipalities which have
rejected the plan is 3I+3&, while those
which adopted it have 238,o65 inhab-
itants. About one-half of the normal
vote OF these cities was polled at the
referendum. In these cities the ratio
of the majorities to the minorities, re-
duced to a general average, was abou:
3 to = In some cases the vote was
very close, as in Atlantic City, where
the ratio of those in favor to these
against was II to 90, and in Bayonne.
where the adverse majority was only 5
votes.
The variety of municipal corporations
in New Jersey is rather perplcxing.
There are cities" like Margate. with
a resident population of I2o; and
Vcntor. with 49I; there arc five
towns with populations ranging from
1+4oS to 35.4o3. while Hackensack,
with its I4o5o inhabitants. is a vii
lagc" governed by an Improvement
commission" The commission plan act
fails TO enumerate the powers of the
municipalities to which it applies. These
remain just as they were before. ex-
cept in so far as they may be incon-
sistent with the new law Every mu-
nicipality which adopts the act, there
fore. is governed by its provisions plus
the body of existing laws applicable 10
villages, towns. boroughs, or cities.
The borough and village act requires
special election on almost every
question of Importance, and some of
the boroughs, which adopted the act in
the expectation that its referendum
clause would supcrsede this require
ment. have found that they must pub
liSh their ordinances as heretofore even
when passed in pursuance TO a popular
vote. They are still subject to an
other referendum
The debt limit clause OF the act has
given rise to some uncertainty. Blu:
this has been cured by an amendment.
The recall feature, which has caused 50
much trouble in Seattle, where dn or
ganization known as the Recall Asso-
ciation," has started countless initia-
tive, referendum, and recall proceed
ings, has remained unused in New
Jersey. Possibly it has been effective
as "a gun behind the door (to quote !
Gov. Wilson,. On the whole. the law
has worked well in the larger cities, |
though there evidently is no prepos-
session in favor of the plan. The most
serious defect of the act is that it is |
not permanent. The Legislature may
still limit or amend the law, or repeal |
il altogether. 1t does not guarantee
home rule" to the municipalities. But
then such guarantee can be obtained |
crly by constitutional amendment, and |
there is reason to believe thai. such |
will be proposed a. the
convention which the Democrats Leg
is!ature intends to call in September
next
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All Right for Him.

"How's the next town. asked the
drummer.
Dead. Better skip 1t. It's dead.
That suits me. I'm selling undertaK-
Crs' supplies
The Washington herald., 1913-01-24
A Wise Plan.

'"rhe French have the right idea. They
protect the woman"
'How?'
Draw up a marriage contract"
Il see. Fix the alImony while the
bridegroom Is stiu in love"
The Washington herald., 1913-01-24

Health Ovvizer Woodward wards us
do be careful. else we'll tage gold.
Thaags, Dogter! ----- -s- -----..a
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January "a I'm History.

January "a. 15a.-Sir Walter Raleigh
trades 10000 cigarette coupons for a
mandolin.
January II, 15as.-Henry VIII takes the
kitchen clock apart and can't get 1t to-
eether again.