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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-05-13

At this time of the year the mooest
violet is being eulogized by thousand
poets and is being held up to mankind as
an example by earnest teachers on every
hand.
The modest violet Is snort, squa'
plant which gets out fairly early In the
spring and grows to the dizzy heignt OIL
two inches or more after severe enort'
After it has finished it's attempt at SKY
scraping. IT produces a number of beau
tiful blue blossoms, which II usuaiiy hioes
under its leaves. 1t is about the most
modest thing in the world except the
statesman who has just acquired sioVO
bill and who would rather die than brag
about it.
After the violet has blossomed 1t does
not advertise nor beat drum, but con-
tinues to bloom in a quiet, dignined way
offering itself to the world with all the
Indifference with which a country grocer
sells dried apples. Most of the violets In
the world are eaten by cows, but some
times the beautiful flowers are discovered
NV man and he induces the plants to go
into a greenhouse and bloom IN a ousi-
|nesslike and regular manner.
The dollhouse ,violets are more beauti-
full than the country violets and are prob
ably lust as modest, but not as far as
price goes Along about Christmas time
modesty comes about - per bunch, and
small punches at that.
This teaches us a great lesson. Mod
esty Is beautiful and does not harm any
one providing he or she employs good
business manager
Many an actress is so modest that she
employs two stout men to chase admirerz
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-05-13

had let him MarshaIls belief is that 4
shoemaker back in his home town in
Indiana had more influence on his life
than all the books he read in those
DAYS. This shoemaker was German
and had come to this country because
the government blythe people idea ap-
about the grandeur of liberty, quoting Carl
Marx and others, while he mended the
future Vice Presidents shoes All this
set Marshall thinking in direction that
he has followed up.
Senator Chiffon of West Virginia made
his first political speech with his audi
ence on the opposite side of river
from him. He had started to meet
ing and got almost there when he found
that a bridge was washed out. So the
audience drew up along the bank, as
close to him as they could and he start
ed in.
1T really isn't a bad way to talk. at
that" remarked Chiffon. Il haven't made
a speech since when l felt so free TO
speak my mind to the audience
Representative Denver :. Church Of
son Needham. Thus it was a race be-
tween cities. Church was named after
Denver, Colo, and Needham after Car
son City, where he was born in prairie
schooner.
Copyright, 1915. by Fred e. Kelly All rights
reserTed1
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-05-13
Mr.. DIN Young, of Michigan.

No man ought to receive especial
rrase fer being honest, for it is our
simple duty to be honest and to act
honestly in our daily walk OF life. But
Mr.. DIN Noungs resignation as Rep
7esentative from Michigan not only
shows his absolute honesty: ii is more
tilan that. for it gives evidence of the
Growth OF i spirit of fair play in poll
lies
Mr.. Young was declared duly elected
BY the official board of Michigan. be-
cause the name OF his rival had been
spelled wrongly on 45S ballots issued in
one of he counties OF his Congress
>;onal district lad these ballots been
credited to the Progressive nominee,
not Mr. Young. but William J. Nc
Donald would have been elected. In
commenting upon the case before. in
these columns. we have pointed out
that the error arose through blunder
i'm transmitting by wire the name of
the Progressive candidate. The in
tent of the voters was plain enough,
but the canvassing board did not feel
at liberty TO ignore the technioalities of
the election law.
Mr.. Young felt that he was placed
in the awkward position of holding
scat that in fairness belonged to an
other, and he has shown an admirable
sense of honor in surrendering the
title, which, he felt, the voters of his
district did not mean to bestow upon
him.
This is evidence that the old days
when partisan intolerance ran high.
and it was the custom to hold on to
an Office until dispossessed, often by
force, are past and gone. Party ad-
vantage is not any more placed above
justice Just the same, the Wolverine
people have good reason to be proud
of their son.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-05-13
The Boston School Strikes.

The school strikes in three of Bos-
tons suburbs indicate I tendency that
is somewhat alarming, unless promptly
and vigorously dealt with. The boy
being father of the man. our schools
will be turning out recruits for law
less organizations, if the leaders OF
such early manifestations are not made
to see the error of their ways
A small boy can do great deal OF
damage TO property. He sees grown
up men and women setting an example
of lawlessness and violence to compel
concessions to demands which they
cannot even understand 1t is difficult
to comprehend what these Boston chill
dren really want. The city is pro-
viding them free instruction and free
textbooks. and there has been a move
ment to also furnish them free food in
cases where it is evident that their
bodies are not nourished adequately
for the exercise of the mental faculties
demanded of them Their protest is
against the length of the school days.
The Fairgrounds. also furnished BY the
city. are more attractive to them than
the classroom. and they spurn the ben
Gifts provided in order to train them TO
usefulness and good citizenship and a.
tack the peace and order of their COM
munity in their untoward demonstra-
tons.
While this is but small social prob
lem. il would be folly to contend that
it cannot be solved. Above all else
children should be taught obedience
and respect for authority, whether at
home or in school, or of the State.
This once firmly established. recur-
FENCES of violence would be discour-
aged
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-05-13
Spectacular Sports.

From the Chicago Journal.
If interest in athletics were confined to
athletes the value of athletes would be
lessened about 90 per cent, The only way
to rouse public interest in athletic sports
is by their spectacular character.
The value of football lies in the 10000
prairie organizations which train 100000
boys in nerve and teamwork each year.
But these prairie teams would not exist
IL the great college teams did not give
thrilling spectacles each fall. These great
matches keep up that keen public interest
without which football would be for
gotten.
The same is true of baseball. Every
lad swatting balls In vacant lot models
his play on that Of some big league hero
and dreams of himself in that hero's
place on the diamond.
A sport which is only a spectacle would
not be worth much. But sport which
has no exhibition value never gets be-
yond small circle. If America ever
finds a winter game to take the place
which baseball holds in summer and foot
ball in autumn, it viii be game which
rivals those great sports In thrilling spec
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-05-13
Peanut Oil.

During the recent tariff debate IN
the House. Representative Harrison,
who was in charge of the chemical
schedule. was asked why the Ways and
Means Committee had placed duty
of cents per gallon on peanut oil
which, under the present law, is ad-
mitted free of duty. He assigned the
reason that it was a luxury, IT being,
he explained. used extensively as a
massage. This explanation seemed to
have a very soothing effect, and the
paragraph was passed.
Peanut oil is not made extensively in
the United States. The American pea
nut. il seems. is not "a we'll adapted
to oil production as the African va
rietv. Abroad millions of bushels of
the nuts are crushed each year in the
production of the oil. Marselles,
France. is a very important center. The
bills are first removed from the nuts,
which are then ground into d paste.
The paste is first subjected 10 pres
sure without heat: the oil thus OBJ
tanned. known as cold-pressed oil, is
the best. Heat then is applied, and hot
pressed oil is obtained
The cold-pressed oil is equal TO olive
oil. and may be used as a substitute
for it. In fact, unknown TO the con-
srmer. il has been sold as olive oil. 1t
is extensively used under its own name
for culinary purposes, and, being pala-
sable and wholesome and cheaper than
olive oil. it commends itself to the
poorer consumers. This oil is also
rscd in the composition of butterine,
which is used by those classes for
whom butter is a forbidden luxury.
The hot-pressed peanut oil is used in
making soap and lubricants
IF il were upon the information of
Representative Harrison that the Ways
and Means Committee raised the duty
on peanut oil, it was misled. No ap-
preciable amount of it is used for
massage. 1t is not a luxury. but
a necessity In 1912 $4,000 gallons of
il we're imported into the United States
at the average valuation OF 6s.S cents
per gallon There being no home pro-
luction. the price of the oil will be
-aised the full amount of the duty.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-05-13
A Unique Historical Event.

The only two principalities of the
German federation. which thus far have
had no adequate constitutional govern
ment, at last are to have that boon.
Strange to relate, it is not the people
who force their rulers by outcry or re-
bellion to grant them personal liberty
and government by representation, but
the two sovereigns who urge the re-
form. To an American mind this
seems absurd, and some might ex-
claim, Here we have again the real
Pomeranian OK" But not so. We
speak of Mecklenburg- Schwerin and
Mecklenburg- Strelitz, the oldest two
Grand Duchies in the northeast of
Germany, hemmed in by the eastern
provinces of Prussia. Ii is not the
fault of the loyal Mecklenburgers.
There has been a sort of representa-
ton in the form of a provincial diet
of the two countries combined, consist
ing of oS4 landed proprietors as dele
gates. The people themselves never
had the franchise
These landed gentry, called Junk
ers" or ''the Ritterschaft" (the
knights). have opposed strenuously the
granting of any concessions to the
people, and step by step fought the
two sovereigns who really were anx-
ious that their subjects should have a
written constitution, by voting down
the proposition in their chamber. A
number OF years ago both Grand
Dukes promised their subjects this re-
form, but thus far they never were
able to overcome the strong opposition
of the "Junkers."
Now they have determined to have
their own way, being tired of the one
sided legislative body, a monopoly that
knows no other law than that of the
"Agrarians" (tillers of the soiD And
so the world is to witness the rare
spectacle of monarchical coup
d'etat" in the direction of liberalism /;
and that in two ultra-feudal states in
Europe
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-05-13
ChevaIicr and Kaiser.
lie chi de Paris.

The Chevalier Boni is engaged in ex-
ploring the foundations of the palace of
the Caesars. He is considered somewhat
smooth" Some time ago the Emperor
of Germany, who prides himself on his
archaeology as on his paintings, music
and theology, devoted one of his jour-
neys to visit to the excavations in the
Forum. Pickax in hand, NJ. Boni at
tended him. He gave the utensil to Will
lam H. and, pointing out a place in the
ground. said: IF your majesty will deign
to scratch here 1 have hope Of some
thing" The emperor scratched and I'M
der the pickax Immediately discovered
an inscription to the glory of Caesar,
which the Chavelier Boni deciphered
without looking at it. He had buried
it there the evening before
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-05-13
ALITTLE NONSENSE.
NAVAL NoMENCLATURE.

The Secretary of the Navy has ordered
that port and starboard be now known
as left and right-News Item.
If port and starboard now
Are known as left and right,
/ s'pose to call the bow
The front porch" would be bright.
In speaking of the hold
Well need another name.
T cellar" / am told,
Will answer for the same.
A clothes pole" is the mast.
The honest sea dog squirms;
But we have heard the last
OF all the tarry terms.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-05-13
Comfy Between States and Nation.

The telegram sent by the President
order to the Governor of California by
our State Department is judicious
appeal to that State, not = place sup
posed local interests above those of
the nation The administration valves
the question whether or not the alien
land ownership bill passed by the Cal
iiorria Legislature violates any OBJ
legations assumed by the Federal gov
crnuent in the treaty of commerce with
Iapan. All it asks is delay until there
shall be chance to meet. by diplomatic
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-05-13

From the Moberly Moni'o..
Moberly seems to have been struck
bv the Wave OF face painting among
high school girls, so ,luch commented
from these days by the metropolitan
nress. One has but to notice the nigh
SCHOOL girls on our streets at noon and
in the evening to be convinced how prev
alent this foolish and regrettable practice
is here. -t
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-05-13
Erratuna.
From the peepwater World.

From the Deepwater World
In the Bloomington items of -lst
weeks issue we stated that a baby girl
had made its arrival at the home Of
Mr.. and Mrs. George Starbuck, but we
were in error. as Mr.. and Mrs. George
Scrogham are the proud parents. We
were unaware of the mistake until we
received letter from Mr.. Starbuck put
ting us right, We hardly know which
one would be the more dangerous to
meet, but anyway. boys, here's our hand.
and IL you will make yourselves known
when you come over well set 'em up.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-05-13
Her Iu(Prest.

Your mother asked me IL SMOKED
cigarettes. Does she disapproVe! saio
the fiance.
mot at all. She's saving coupons,
said the fancee.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-05-13

From JUDGE.
interchangeable me. old man!
NV best girl has just accepted me over
the telephone!
Candidus-Are you sure she understood
what YOU were saying?
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-05-13

Mrs. Hemmandhaw-I am almost heart
broken because Ethel wants to become a
moving picture actress. What shall do?
Mrs. Shimmerpate-n she were my
daughter, Id just let her flicker.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-05-13
4 Serious Matter.

1.-The poet SAYS that in the spring
Young mans fancy lightly turns to
thoughts of love.
Lightly. Ell? Lightly. with rent. gas
clothes. and the high cost OF living to
consider II is easy to see that poets are
irresponsible NUTS.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-05-13
THE MODEST VIOLET

away from her private car and three
press agents to see that the newspapers
get the names of the admirers.
The most successful politician is the
man who declines to become a candidate
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-05-13
She Wns Surpriscd.

II have got to pick chicken for din
ner." announced the farmers WIFE
DO chickens grow in the GARDEN In
ouired the city visitor in amazement,
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-05-13
Driven to 1t.

Seems to me the children do nothing
at school now but cut out paper dolls
and make mud pies.
We'll. the map of the world is chang
ing daily, SO until things are settled they
can't study history or geography These
simplifed spoilers have put spelling up
in the air. So what are the children to
do"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-05-13

million-dollar hotel for working girls
and women employed in downtown stores
is the aim of a movement started by the
Chicago Chapter, d. A r.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-05-13
4 Heroine.

us she ardent in the suffragette
cause?"
..She is | know for fact that her
father asked IL she wouldn't rather have
a French poodle than the ballot. and she
refused
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-05-13

With frontiers shifting day by day
Because of endless scraps,
Life must be very hard, / say.
On people who make maps,
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-05-13
Spring Episode.

1t seems like insult to injury to have
one of your hens killed and then thrown
over the fence into your yard.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-05-13

s. per bunch.
for public honors until his campaign man
ager has perfected the Irresistible demand
of the people.
All violets are modest but tire ones
which get the credit are the ones
which hide themselves where they can
be discovered in all their shynesA
Copyright. 1919. BY George Maihss AdnnA)
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-05-13

Vice President Marshall's boynood am
bition was to be a shoemaker. and he
would have left school and apprenticed
himself to that profession II his father
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-05-20

disposal of the board of public works
to pay firemen who may be injured and
are unable to report for duty as soon
as is necessary 10 receive their regu-
lar salaries
Charles Vinton, who was injured in
a fall from house in West Richmond,
February 13, will be the first TO receive
benefits from the fund.
Councilman Williams asked mem
bers of the board of works what was
done with a petition presented last
year. asking for a sidewalk improve
ment on South d street between Thir-
teenth and Fourteenth streets. He
claimed that no action was taken on
the petition, and that it was thrown
aside Members of the board claim
that the petition was not purposely
cast out, and that it will be looked
after.
Complaint was also made about the
dangerous. condition of the South H
street crossing of the c. & o. rail
road Residents of South Richmond
want a Waterman or an alarm bell
placed at the crossing.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-05-20
HACERSTOWN

HAGERSTOWN, Ind, May 20.-Mrs.
Dorwin Durbin were guests of Mr..
and Mrs George Rheineger at Rich
mond Sunday.
Mrs John Stills is at Indianapolis.
She is a delegate to the meeting of
the Grand Lodge, Daughters of Re-
bekah. Mrs. NJ. T. Fox is also at
tending the meeting.
Ohio Stotelmeyer was home from
Newcastle Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leslie Davis and
daughter, Mrs. r. r. Brant and H. c.
Teetor were guests of friends at
Mooreland Sunday.
Mrs. Samuel Clugish of Newcastle,
listed her parents here Sunday
Mr. and Mrs. J. c. Feely and Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Porter and daugh-
ter spent Sunday in Richmond and
Centerville.
About one hundred baseball fans
went to Richmond Sunday on a spe,
cial train to witness the game between
Newcastle and Richmond.
Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Oler and daugh-
ter Marie were guests of Mr.. and Mrs
Frank Doughty and family Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Replogle en-,
tertained Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse Replogle
Miss Helen Replogle and George Har'
Ian at dinner Sunday
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-05-20
VICE commission
PRESENTS REPORT
Depth of the Social Evil is
Exposed by the Rockfel-
Ter Investigators.
National News Association

NEW YORK, May 20.-White slav-
cry and prostitution in the city of
New York are firmly established upon
a Commercial basis and those engaged
in the purchase and sale of women
are thoroughly organized, according
to the report of George j. Kneeland,
of the bureau of social hygiene, of
which John ID. Rockefeller, Jr, is
chairman, made public here today
and soon to be published in book
form
Investigators of the bureau of social
hygiene found that an immoral life
was not often the alternative of starva-
ton. Shey I'D learn, however, that the
great preponderance of women lead
ing the lives of prostitutes came from
the ranks of those engaged in I'M
skilled occupations.
Hundreds of immoral resorts of
every character were investigated and
hundreds of prostitutes and propri-
etors of illegal resorts were interview
ed by the investigators. 1t is the es-
innate of Mr. Kneeland that there are
not less than $1,000 women engaged
in prostitution in the city of New
York, very conservative estimate.
The number of men who meet these
women every day exceeds 100000.
The bureau of social hygiene grew
out Of the white slave grand jury in
vestigation Of 1907. John ID. Rookie
Teller, Jr., was chairman of that grand
jury, which reported that no evidence
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-05-20
woman" MORALITY
PLAY, IS PRODUCED
Mrs. Hemmick, Millionaire
Convert to Cause, Strikes
Blow.
tNational News Association,

lNs.I1Onal news ASSOCl2IlOnJ
WASHINGTON, May 20-A blow
was struck for woman suffrage here
today when Mrs. Christian Hemmick,
millionaire convert to the cause" pro-
duced her morality play Woman" at
the New National theater. A hundred
prominent suffragists and Washington
society women and girls took part
in the play. which was in the nature
of an allegory designed to depict the
trials and tribulations of woman. The
play was written by Mrs. Hemmick.
who has dallied in the drama for sew
eral years. Her plays have been given
in Bar Harbor and New York and
Washington, and her conversion to the
suffrage cause and her action in writ
ing a play for it is considered a reason
for devout thanksgiving by the suf-
ragists here.
The play was produced for the bene-
fit of the local woman suffrage organ
ization, and already is said to have
been of great benefit, financially and
otherwise.
1t is believed here that the play will
be productive of good results as il is
intedned to show the earnestness of
the women and the high plane upon
which they are carrying out Their prop
uganda.
Among those participating in the
play were Miss Mabel Talliaferro, Mel
ly BLY,, Miss Helen Buchanan. Miss
Desha Allen, Miss Roberta Amiss,
Miss Jeanette Allen, Miss Esther Den
ny, Miss Lucy Hoke Smith. Mrs. Da.
vid Fairchild, Miss Mildred Bacon and
other prominent society women, Mil
ton Bryan, a dancer, took the part OF
Freedom.
This evening a mass meeting will be
held in the interest of the suffrage
cause 1t will be addressed by Mrs