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The Washington herald., 1913-04-15
Cummins, Hadley, and Borah.

The determined, II quiet, movement
of leading progressive Republicans to
call a convention next fall looking to
the reorganization of the Republican
party is making slow Roadway, and a
public announcement is possible very
shortly
Those progressives who have not
left the ranks of the old party have
been watching recent local elections
for encouraging symptoms, and from
the results in Chicago, in Michigan.
and elsewhere they conclude that the
new third party is showing signs of
he that may grow to a dangerous
extent. Furthermore, they believe
that, despite all that has occurred, the
rank and file of the old Republican
party has remained loyal to its basic
principles.
They are convinced that the Repub-
lican voters meant to rid the party
of the old leaders and to impress upon
the Republican party generally that it
must stand for real progress in the
future and drop all standpattism
This, the progressive Republicans in
Congress maintain, has been done
The old guard is ousted and will cut
no figure in the national legislation
of the next four years.
But the principle of protection is
still strong among Republicans, and
it is quite evident that this will be
sacrificed as long as its advocates are
divided into two warning factions.
Senator Cummins of Iowa, the lead
er of the reorganization plan, is most
earnest in his purpose 1t was he who
next autumn, and he is moving
actively along that line Ex-Gov-
Hadley of Missouri is another promi-
nent figure who, though he support
ed Roosevelt, believed that nothing
could be gained by going into a third
party. Senator Borah of Idaho is
third. All were Roosevelt men, yet
none is Bull Mooser Joining with
men OF national repute in the differ
ent States, they proposed to test the
sentiment of the Republicans every
where and in initiate mass meetings
supported with the approval of the
Republican Progressives.
Senator Cummins is for immediate
action, and he has strong backing.
The chief point he would have to
guard against is that the element
whose tariff stubbornness has wrecked
the party shall not be in the front
of the procession this time.
The Washington herald., 1913-04-15
Kindly Criticism.
From the Chicago Tribune.

From the Chicago Tribune.
A kindly British critic of femininity
points out that the American girl IS
overathletic and that this takes away
considerably from her gracefulness and
charm. The American girl, says this
critic, walks as if she had been trained
by drillmaster. She Is muscular, en-
ergetic, and hard drilled to an extreme.
She wastes altogether too much nervous
energy in physical exercise, which is not
essential to good health. One can be
healthy and not overmuscular
This gentle fault finding applies to
American boys even more than to our
girls. Muscular exercise Is necessary
and should not be neglected. But II
should not be overdone. Too many OF
our young men overexercise their bodies
and underexercise their brains There is
a decided tendency or the part of young
men in all practical walks of life, so to
say, in business, and not infrequently
also in the profession, to seek relaxation
in physical exercise only. Any form of
physical activity is considered manlier
than spending an hour in the company
of books.
1t would serve many young man well
to realize that it could add to his char
acter some attributes which are the very
opposite of those of the mollycoddle to
know something about the worlds great
painters or musicians, or to have a vol
ume of poetry on his bookshelf.
The Washington herald., 1913-04-15
Make the Pistol n Cannon.
Secretary of the Navy.

From the Atlanta Constitution
The grand jury OF Clarke County, sit
ting at Athens. makes a constructive
contribution to the crusade against pistol
toting. II has recommended that at the
forthcoming session of the Legislature a
law be enacted forbdding the manufac-
ture or sale in Georgia of pistols with a
barrel shorter than sixteen inches.
The jurymen were led to this action by
the fact that. despite Judge C. Fl.
Brands policy of imprisoning pistol
toters, their tribe and the crimes con-
nected with violation of the law against
concealed weapons had steadily in
creased.
The Clarke solution, while only a pal
liative. looks in the right direction. Make
ii Illegal to sell in Georgia weapons
smaller than young artillery. and the
practice of promiscuous gunpacking will
dwindle perceptibly. The device would
serve two purposes-it would expose to
ridicule the man carrying a pistol. since
its foot and a half presence could not
very well be concealed, and the COM
munity would be duly and constantly
warned that it harbored potential muir
derer.
the problem is to prohibit. as the Con-
stitution has previously suggested, the
sale of weapons save by individual T.
cense, with a designated county official
keeping a record of the persons thus
The man or men having to
show cause before being permitted to
indulge in gun-carrying would think sew
eral times before thus publicly commit
ting themselves.
Save in very rare instances. carrying
of revolvers is an anachronism in this
day. Failure to realize and act upon
that principle has cost lives innumerable
and robbed thousands of families Of hus-
bands. fathers, and brothers.
When the Georgia Legislature wakes
up to this fact and develops the spine to
ignore constitutional bubbles, statute
with teeth in it will quickly enough be-
come available. The forthcoming session
has an excellent opportunity to give
Georgia enviable distinction in this direc-
ton before the nation.
The Washington herald., 1913-04-15
The Lady or the Tiger.

A news item in another column
makes the following significant state
ment:
Managers of the International Har-
vester Company (Auburn, Y. W to-
day gave orders to close permanently
its Irvine mill here and pack the ma
chinery for shipment to Neuss, Ger
many. This action was taken after
100 strikers had caused 400 or SOC
operatives who wished TO go to work
to go away from the mill when the
whistle blew for the first time since
the strike began.
1t is hardly possible the Harvester
Company took such an extraordinary
position without carefully weighing
the results. but to those who are not
familiar with the inner workings OF
this big manufacturing concern it
seems very strange. The company is
an American institution, protected by
the same laws that govern other bust
ness enterprises. If the move is taken
in the interests of its stockholders,
we'll ard good, but Irvine mills in
other sections of the country are sue
cessful
1t is possible the action was decided
Upon because of the position taken by
the strikers. If it was, it is small
potatoes, for sooner or later whichever
side was right in its contentious would
have won out and satisfactory set
Element reached.
One lesson is taught, no matter
which side was right: That capital
can be goaded just so far and no far
ther. AS it stands now, the company
is bound to be loser, but the men,
the workers, will be the greatest suf-
ferers. Evidently no resort was made
TO arbitration.
The Washington herald., 1913-04-15
Titanic Anniversary and Lesson.

Today is the first anniversary OF
the Titanic disaster, which cost
I.5I7 lives, including quite number
of men of great wealth and distinc-
ton.
Let us hope that the lesson of this
shall we say needless-wholesale
sacrifice has not been lost. We read
with the utmost satisfaction in the
news columns of The Herald that the
wreck of that Inflated White Star
flyer has caused greater precautions
to be taken everywhere TO safeguard
the lives of passengers. The Titanic
inquiries have shown that the liners
of the two great German steamship
companies had the best equipment of
lifeboats. This, we are glad TO state,
has been rectihed. and British, French,
and Holland ships now have greatly
enlarged their boat capacity.
The Cunarders, Mauretania and
Lusitania, have today three times as
many lfeboats as they had a year ago.
1t is stain upon British marine laws
and usages that these vessels did not have
sufficient life-saving equipment when first
launched. but the fact that British con-
Germs are doing so much voluntarily
lightens the charge that the British
Parliament has done absolutely moth
ing to compel the National Board of
Trade (Which conforms to our De-
partment of Commerce. to adopt
more stringent rules for the merchant
marine
Our standard of safety is now the
highest, and it is very gratifying to
know that it is enforced.
The Washington herald., 1913-04-15

Among my first books was a volume of
hopelessly unscientific kind by Mayne
Reid, about mammals. illustrated with
pictures no more artistic than but quite
as thrilling as those in the typical school
geography. When my father found how
deeply interested I was in this very ac-
curate volume. he gave me little book
by j. G. Wood, the English writer Of
popular books on natural history, and
then larger one of his called Homes
Without Hands" Both of these were
cherished possessions They were studied
eagerly. and they finally descended TO
my children.
The Homes Without Hands, by the
way, grew to have an added association
in connection with a pedagogical failure
on my part In accordance with what
believed was some kind of modern theory
of making education interesting and not
letting it become a task, 1 endeavored to
teach my eldest small boy one or two OF
his letters from the ttle-page. AS the
letter III appeared in the title an I'M
usual number of times. I selected that to
begin on, my effort being to keep the
The Washington herald., 1913-04-15

Burlington IN u dispatch to Philadelphia Record.
Reused from his slumbers shortly after
midnight by the incessant ringing of his
front door bell,1 Councilman Lewis a.
Craft, of st. Mary Street, answered ,he
summons, only to find no one on the
front step. He retired, but was awakened
a few minutes later by the same per-
Torrance.
Thinking some night prowler was play
ing a joke on him, the Councilman peel cd
noiselessly from nearby window while
the bell was still sounding and was as
tonished to see his pet black cat mig"
with one paw pressed against the bell
button.
The cat had the habit of scratching on
the door when it desired admfttance and
this signal failing Mig" the Council
maj. says. had climbed upon the porch
railing and pushed the buzzer with its
paw. The trick won. Mig quick refuge
from the storm and cold.
The Washington herald., 1913-04-15
JOHN d. HENDERSON.

A statesman and an honest man.
And built upon the God-like plan,
Has gone across the upland sea,
That rims the vast eternity
In legislative halls Ne stood
To aid his human brotherhood;
Among the first on land and wave
To strike the shackles from the slaye.-
A man Of pure and lofty mind.
He ever helped his human kind.
And fashioned laws to make men free
In this great land Of liberty.
He reigned among the good and great
Who live for law and art and state.
Dispensing richest social cheer
Around his board frum year to year.
His name and fame as seer and sage
Shall liuger On life's brilliant stag.
And blaze on glorious golden page,
Through tempted time from age to age!
JOHN A. yOxCB
The Washington herald., 1913-04-15
A Fla nous Institution.

From the London Athenaeurn.
"Debrett's Peerage" is now century
and a quarter old, and has not yet done
growing. although, with the help Of this
paper. its $500 pages do 1t make too
bulky volume. "DebT tt" includes
some people who have n proper claim
to their titles, and it boldly tells the
truth in such cases, and has in conse-
quence to defend libel cases now and
then. But it is careful Of its facts, and
we note that the last action against it
was withdrawn" Mr.. Hesilrige. the
editor, has given much care to this issue.
with excellent results.
The Washington herald., 1913-04-15
Groggy 2sth Round.
from the st. Louis Post-Dispatch.

From the st. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Twenty-eighth round-same as twenty
second round, working around cap, maxi
ing d. c., Oh. 1. 8 d. C. in corner space,
d. c.. ch. l. d. C. in next space. re-
peat from around bottom of cap. having
about twenty-three shells around bot
tom of cap. making d O., ch. /, 3 d. C.
in other corner space, - 9 d. c., ch /,
2 d. C. in next space. repeat from :
to end of round, do not join, continue
to work around cap. making d. c., CHI. 1,
d. C. in each shell and allowing an ex-
ira shell on each side of corner shell
in each round to have corner lie nat,
The Washington herald., 1913-04-15

tons, will have to part with her child
to the State to care for. ~
A mother is and should be the best
orphan asylum. Her home-no matter
how humble--is the safest refuge for
young dependents. To give mothers
the chance to carry out this object is
making charitable, an intelligent, a
most needed use of the taxpayers
money
The Washington herald., 1913-04-15

mail sack and has distributed quar-
ter of beef, a bicycle, and dozen rocking
chairs among the various lock boxes in
his office, he will mop his brow and
sigh for a change of administration.
The Washington herald., 1913-04-15
ALITTLE NONSENSE.
SPRING ITEMS,

SfhiN" ITEMS
Hyacinths and onions,
Daffodils and shad;
Jocund spring has everything
To make people glad.
Violets and shortcake,
Green peas day by day:
Lavish spring doth surely bring
Joyousness our way.
The Washington herald., 1913-04-15

Under the parcel post the mail car
rier becomes one of our principal beasts
of burden, and the man who has a
grudge against his carrier can secure
a horrible revenge by mailing few paw
ing bricks to himself every day.
Copyright lsl3 b. George Mathew Adama)
The Washington herald., 1913-04-15
COL, THEODORE ROOSEVELT TELLS
THE Intimate STORY OF HIS LIFE
Former Soldier, President and Pary-maker Writes "Chap
tiers Of Possible Autobiography" "A Personal
Account Of Himself.

1913 All rights reserved including rights Of transation
Fenth
The Washington herald., 1913-04-15
These Tight Gowns

These Tight Gowns.
Whats the natter"
Il wasn't eating much during Lent
and my dressmaker fitted my gowns
accordingly. Now I'll have to discard
my entire Easter outfit If 1 gain so
much as an ounce"
The Washington herald., 1913-04-15
Behind on His Schedule.

What's the matter, old top?''
"Lumbago.''
81 have a remedy / wish you'd try"
I'll put your remedy on my waiting
list. At my present rate of progress I'll
get to it in about two years"
The Washington herald., 1913-04-15

small bot interested, not to let him realize
that he was learning a lesson, and to con-
vince him that he was merely having
good time. Whether IL was the theory
or my method of applying it that was de-
fective do not know, but I certainly alb
solutely eradicated from his brain any
ability to learn what H was; and long
after he had learned all the other letters
The Washington herald., 1913-04-15
Various Weapons.

The pike, the strike, and the hike
have all made history.
The Washington herald., 1913-04-15

Cupid and Card Index.
Charlie is so systematic"
How now?"
II asked him in my last letter if he
liked my eyes, and now he refers me
to his communication of February "a
Says he treated the subject exhaustive
" in that communication"
The Washington herald., 1913-04-15

Did the play have a happy ending?'
Comparatively So All money was
refunded after the second act
The Washington herald., 1913-04-15

To the Front.
I'VE have cabled our war CORE spond-
ent to hasten home"
WHY
I'VE want a capable man to report
the D. A. X. election
The Washington herald., 1913-04-15

How did they happen to meet?'
"He ran over that poodle of which
she was so fond
did he replace it?''
Looks that way. He and she are
now engaged"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-05-23

lier part of my visit, about this won
derful little dog, so one afternoon he
borrowed the dog for squirrel hunt
in the woods near town.
l went along more to please my
brother than because expected much
success, for / did not believe we
could find any squirrels so near town.
Beside | did not think the wood
was very good squirrel hunting
ground, even If it hid been at dis
lance from town, for the land was fiat
and poor. covered with growth OF
post oak and blaekjacks.
Then it was somewhat near the
prairie, where knew there We're no
squirrels. There were no hickory
trees, nor chestnuts, nor pecans. and
did not see what a squirrel could i've
on in that fiat, uninviting reach o.
scrub timber and thin clay soil.
But before we got two hundred
yards from the home of the boy who
owned the dog that little flee" began
to distinguish himself He threw him.
self into the woods and began liter.
ally " tlSS SHuilAS zip a. last % ~
could shoot them out of the trees.
A few sharp "yip yipping" barks
and the squirrel was freed. and when
we shot it out the little dog hardly
noticed it but dashed off after another
squirrel. And he would simply stand
and watch rabbit run away from
him and never show the least inclina-
ton to chase it.
We were in those fiat post-oak
woods not two hours, and we got
twenty-six squirrels, and had to take
the little dog by the collar at last
and carry him home to make him stop
hunting.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-05-23
PECULIAR FEATURE OF VIXEN
Like Other Predaceous Creatures
They DO Not Disturb Game Near
Breeding Haunts.

There is a very peculiar feature in
connection with all predaceous crea-
lures. both furred and feathered,
when breeding. and it is that they do
not appear to interfere with game
near their breeding haunts.
Even vixen will leave the earth
containing her cubs. pass right
through rabbits feeding near, and
never make an attempt to catch one:
although half mile distant she will
chase down an unfortunate rabbit
and return with it 20 her youngsters.
This habit OF the fox is pointed oYt
as proof of the animals cunning,
and her desire to curry favor with
the owners Of game and poultry near
her nursery, for were she to commit
extensive depredations there the loss
es she occasioned would be resented
and she and her youngsters would
soon be destroyed
However the yixen's motive for
leaving things around her earth I'M
touched is not that with which she is
credited; were she to make a clear
ance there little would be left for her
cubs when they commence to hunt on
their own account. and it is untouched
for their benefit.
When the cubs are able to wander
little from the earth there is a
speedy disappearance of the rabbits,
etc, near rendered all the more rapid
because the vixen has passed among
them and they have grown to ignore
foxes.
The active cubs give them a rude
awakening. 1t is the instinct of moth
er love which induces a vixen to re-
serve provender close by for her
cubs
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-05-23

a book is issued by the diplomatic
corps giving the rank and station of
every official, foreign and Chinese, in
Picking. In case of officials having the
same rank the one who has stayed
longest in Picking takes precedence.
Every woman receives callers and
serves tea on certain day of each
week. Most of these teas are delight
fully informal, but many have stiff
ness which makes them social duty
rather thar pleasure.
The legation balls in Picking are
brilliant affairs, suggesting the splendor
of European courts. The bright uni
forms of the military officers and the
Parisians gowns OF the women give
color and elegance to the scene. The
ministers and secretaries do not wear
their diplomatic uniforms at legation
functions, but there is usually a great
display of royal decorations. The mill
tary orchestra, half hidden behind
palms and ferns, besides rendering
the necessary music, also furnishes its
quota of color. especially If it is com
posed of British redcoats. Under the
Manchu regime the color scheme Of
the legation functions was further en-
HANGED by the embroidered silk gowns
of the Manchu princes and the Chi
nese mandarins.
For recreation, however, one does
not have to depend on the formal func-
tons of society Almost everybody
keeps horses and there are frequent
excursions into the country to temples
and places Of historic interest. On
such excursions formality is banished
and hilarity reigns supreme. Then
there is the Peking club, where all
the men gather from seven to eight
in the evening. In the winter there is
skating rink at the club, which is.
Of course, open to the women. This
is the scene of many band concerts
and carnivals
In the summer the tennis courts at
the club become the centers of inter-
est for Peking society. Outside the
city walls the club maintains a race
track, where the spring and autumn
races are held. The racecourse is
also the scene of the spring and
autumn gymkanas, which are bur
lesqued athletic meets. At the gym
kanas the principal events are the
camel races and the donkey polo
games.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-05-23
RASH SPREAD TO ARMS

759 Roach Ave-, Indianapolis, Ind
"At first / nesced small eruptions on
my face. The trouble began as rash.
It looked like rec pimples. In few
days they spread to my arms and back.
They itched and burned so badly that
IscTatched them and Of course the re-
suit was blood and matter. The erup-
tons festered. broke, opened and dried
up, leaving the skin dry and scaly. l
spent many sleepless nights. my back.
arms and face burning and itching:
sleep was purely and simply out of
thu question. The trouble also caused
Disagreement. MY clothing irritated
the breaking out.
by this time I had used several
well-known remedies without success.
The trouble continued. Then began
to use the sample of Cuticura Soap
and Ointment. Within seven or eight
days l noticed gratifying results. /
purchased a full-sized cake of Cutl.
eura Soap and box OF Cuticura Olnt.
ment and in about eighteen or twenty
days my cure was complete" (Signed)
Miss Katherine McCaIlister. Apr. IL
1912.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world Sample of each
free. with 32.p. Skin Book. Address
postcard "Cuticura, Dept. L, Boston"
Adv.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-05-23
RIDDLES

Why is an amiable and charming
girl like one letter in deep thought.
another on its way towards you, an
other bearing torch, and another
singing psalms?
Because she is Amusing, Booming.
D-lighting, and N-chanting.
What is the difference between a
bell and an organ?
One rings when it's told (tolled)
but the other will be blowed first.
Why is love like potato?
Because it springs from the eyes.
Why are young ladies so partial to
sunset and twilight?
Because they are daughters o. Eve.
When is a schoolmaster like a man
with one eye?
When he has a vacancy for pupil.
What kind of robbery may be said
to be not dangerous?
A safe robbery.
What is the difference between 100
and 1000?
(naUght).
Those who have me not do not wish
for me, those who have me do not
wish 70 lose me. those who gain nae
have me no longer.
A lawsuit
What tradesman IL most inatten-
tive to businessf
A tailor. because he is always cut
ting out"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-05-23
Why She Hurried.

Dorothy had heard her mother talk
ing of Lent, and frequently noted the
word fast, but it conveyed an entire.
ly different meaning to her from that
in which it was used. Dorothy's
mother observes Lent by fasting, but
evidently her daughter has not come
to understand the meaning of the
word
On Ash Wednesday morning she
was doing a little washing and iron
ing for her doll, and was going about
il in such a hurry that her mother
inquired the reason.
"Well, mother" she replied, isn't
this the day you have to do every
thing fast?"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1913-05-23
TRoTS IN LIFELIkE FASHION
Legs and Head of Beast Made to
Move as Jockey Seems to Urge
Him-Operated by Crank.

An amusing toy In the form of &
galloping horse has been designed by
a Kentucky man. 1t is particularly
appropriate these days when mechan-
ical toys are absorbing the youth of
the land, The body of the horse is
fixed to a standard rising from the
case, bat the forelegs and hindlegs are
pivoted 10 the body and at their mid
die joints. The tail and neck are also
pivoted to the body and the body Of
the jockey is piyoted at the hips. The
horses feet are fastened to swing
ing shafts that operate in the base by
means of rotable gear. AS one shaft
is pushed forward the other comes
backward. each carrying with it g