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The Washington herald., 1913-02-27
TROY HOTEL MANS METHOD.
He Signs Walters Agreement and
Then Discharges the Walters.

I rom the New York Times.
The striking cooks and walters in this
city have suffered a serious setback
through tho strategy Of John H. Nc
Glynn. proprietor of the Ransselaer Inn.
in Troy. and president Of tho State Hotel
Mems Association. Recently. while din
nor was being served. a committee repre-
SentinS the cooks and walters. called on
Mr. McGlynn. who, after parleyinc with
them for half an hour. signed the agree
ment which they brought The commit
tee Immediately announced the good
news to the employees OF the hotel and
spread II broadcast. An Opon-air meet
ing was being held by the striking men
IN Albany. and tn" announcement was
made TO the aSSemhlaEc that Mr. Nc
Glynn. Troy's leading hotel proprietor
had signed the unions agreement
At midnight Mr.. MCCilynn called his
hfty-tive employees together and then dis
charged every one who was member
Of the associations now on strike He
had anticipated trouble and obtained a
crew of sixty ColOred cooks and walters
which h" had held in reserve for several
days In explanation Of his action. Mr.
McGlynn said he had simply given the
old employees n dose of their own medi-
cine. He felt, he said. that il they
could walk out without giving warning
when their demands were not met he
could discharge them without warning
The Washington herald., 1913-02-27
The Principal Cause of Fire.

The New York City fire department
has issued a statement showing that
there have been fewer fires in that city
during January and February by thou
sands, than for the corresponding two
months of last year. This, of course
is due to the exposure made OF arson
as regular business in that city and
to the criminal prosecutions which the
district attorney has instituted against
the members of the "Arson Trust" all
OF which is bearing good fruit.
The fire commissioner of New York
estimates that no less than IS per cen;
of the fires in the city have been set
for the deliberate purpose of collecting
the insurance. At any rate, however.
if the result of the investigation and
the activity of the district attorney
against firebugs is to reduce the Con-
fagrations there by thousands" the
New York municipal authorities NAV
prove the often discussed theory that
one of the principal causes of fire in
the metropolis is fire insurance.
The Washington herald., 1913-02-27
SRHc the Birds.

From tho Knoxville Journal and Tribune.
Senator Mclean of Connecticut in
troducCd bill designed to extend ma
tional protection to migratory and in
sectivorous birds. The bill was referred
to a committee, and the committee has
reported In favor of it's passage. IL
would be well If il could be passed by
both houses before the 4th of March.
Scientific investigation proves that
the birds of the country are the friends
of the farmer. and whatever helps the
farmer is help to everybody. II is TO
the tiller of the soil that every one
must look for the stan of life.
The effort to save the birds is no
mere sentiment. II 1t were no more
than that, il would be sufficient: for
who Is there that cares to live in
birdless country? But til" economic
side of the proposition must appeal 70
every thinking man and woman Tho
birds that live upon insects that are
Injurious to vegetation. that prey upon
the crops of the farmer, are doing that
which needs to be done: that is, pre-
venting the multiplication of such in
seCtS.
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cept defeat. But we. covering before
it, are swept the quicker away" Just
as on that other occasion when he
stood talking beside their fire on the
rim of the Barranca, this came out of
his quiet with volcanic heat. Dropping
as quickly into his usual calm, he nm
ished, No, | did not find it romantic
merely amusing"
Nettled by such apparent contempt,
Seyd warmly retorted:
Il fail to see how you can claim to
have no ideals, you who are striving
with all your might against the Ameri-
can invasion"
Sebastien shrugged his shoulders.
Racial aversion-backcd up by the in
stinct OF Self-preservation. Even cattle
will band together against the wolves.
But remove the danger and the bulls
fall at once fighting for command of
the herd. Before Diaz we had sixty
five rulers in sixty years, very few OF
whom died in their beds. Once re-
move his iron hand from our throatS
and we shall go at it again, revolution
upon revolution, for the sole purpose
of satisfying some mans personal am
billions, lust, or individual greed. No.
senior, VIC arc individualiSts in the eX-
treme. We have nothing in our make
up to correspond to the racial ideal
that makes you Mortimer subordinate
personal interest to the general good.
And because of our lack you will
eventually rule u.s."
Yet you strive against it,
For the one reason. as ! told YOU.
that the weaker wolf declines TO be
eaten. Individually. find it amusing.
! would much prefer shooting gringo
soldiery to hanging Mexican bandits
There is a sinister lesson contained
in these words OF the Mexican, who
is not one OF those who follow blindly
national creed of hatred, but one
who has imbibed Anglo Saxon views,
an educated man OF the world. The
quicker our government and people
will awake to the fact that the author
of this novel has described conditions
as they i'll reality arc, and not as we
perhaps should like to have them, the
better for all of us.
1t is the truth; the NcXicans hate
the Americans, because tho weaker
wolf declines to be ultimately catcn.'
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An Unwritten Chapter?

Ambassador Wilson's Endorsement OF
the Hucrta government in Mexico, and
his evident desire 10 minimize the
tragic end of Madero and Suarez, sug-
geStS the fact that there is one phase
OF the Mexican situation which con-
tains an unwritten chapter.
How far was Mr.. Wilson cognizant
Of, and 10 what extent did he approve,
the treachcrous act OF Gen. Hucrta in
hctraying Madero?
II he knew nothing OF Huerta' S
plans, all well and good. II. on the
other hand. he had any part, no matter
how remote or indirect. in the Incl
dents which have convinced Mexico
and shocked the world, the people OF
the United States arc entitled to know
all the facts in the case.
\ prompt and positive denial from
Mr. Wilson will remove a doubt which
finds lodgment in many minds.
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Brnw Laddies.
From Harpers Weekly.


a short while ago there was started
movement to have the kills of cer-
tain one of the British Highland" rcgi-
ments discarded in favor ordinary trous-
ors. 1t was objected that the men would
be discomfort at this change. and the
colonel gave orders that a census OF the
regiment be taken in order to ascertain
the wishes of the men themselves. The
colonel is the descendant of long line of
Scotch lairds and strives earnestly to
uphold the old traditions.
The sergeant who took the census Of
the regiment finally appeared with his
report.
''All the men. with the exception of
three. are in favor OF the change. SIR"
he said.
Indeed the colonel said. TELL mo
the names OF these three true clans
men. They should be promoted"
The sergeant read from his list.
They are. sir he said. Patrick
DooIan. Hans Steinbrenner and Moses
Ikeustein. .'-Harper's Weekly.
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FUR JEWELRY THE LATEST.

Frum the New York Times.
London-Fur jewelry is the latest nov
city to be adopted by women. Fur brace
lets and necklets are being sold in tn,
West End Of London in shape like the
bead or gold snake bracelet.
The new bracelet is at present made in
ermine, nutria, seal. and moleskin. Il
is inexpensive. and can be purchased a.
from sl.50 to S.
The bracelet and the necklet are wound
around the arm or the neck in snake
fashion and are about one inch in
width. The little snakes of fur are fin.
ished off with a tiny imitation head OF
the animal from which the fur has beer
taken
In the case of the bracelet the animal
head Is worn near the hand. For the
evening the fur jewelry can be chosen
to match the fur trimming of the gown
and for daytime it should match the
mum. Fur hatpins have had a certain
vogue for some time. having fur heads
instead of the ordinary metal or jeweled
head, and the newest bag which is used
as a substitute in the evening for the
gold and jeweled bag is large fla,
fancy bag or fur
The Washington herald., 1913-02-27
Gentlemen of Leisure.

The other day some workmcn were
engaged in transferring safe from
the second story of window in Penn
sylvania Avenue to a wagon upon the
street. The operation was not c>Pc-
calIy difficult nor interesting. and yet
for more than an hour it was attcm-
lively observed by more than hun
drCd men. They were apparently gen
tlcmen OF leisure. OF all classes and
conditions, with nothing else to do
than TO stand with their hand, in their
pockets and watch other men labor
The incident was not unusual. Let
a street car come to grief and a small
army OF the idle and curious instantly
gathers. The operation OF cNcavating
the foundation for the new Arlington
Hotel was a magnet which attracted
hundreds, until a fence was erected to
screen the workmen from observation.
Where do these gentlemen OF leisure
come from? How do they otherwise
manage to occupy their time when
there is nothing OF semi-public inpor-
tance to engage their attention.
These crowds are an interesting study
in human nature. They are able-bodicd
men, all OF them. and it would seem
as if they might find more profitable
occupation than idle gazing. One Won
dcrs where they spring from. and where
they go We envy their leisure and
their apparent ability to find enjoy
ment in the simple act OF merely
looking on
The Washington herald., 1913-02-27
Knows His Mexico.

Nothing could have been moro
apropos of the present situation in
Mexico than the novel, The Mystery
of the Barranca.' by Herman Whit
aker. Here is an author who knows
what he is talking about, who knows
land and people, whose characters are
taken from real life, indeed. A few
quotations from the book will en-
tighten Our readers as to what Ameri-
cans may expect at the hands of Mex
leans, even the most enlightened among
them. The leading characters are Seyd,
an American engineer, and Sebastien
Rocha, "haciendado;" that is, a plan
tation owner, who has been educated
in England and understands the char
acteristics of the Anglo-Saxon thor
oughly
The Mexican, replying to the Ameri-
cans question, whether he did not find
the transition from Manchester to
Mexico like plunging head foremost
into romance, has this to say:
'.Romance?" Sebasten laughed out
right. oh, you Anglo-Saxons. Ro-
nance is creature of your own
dreamy idealism. We do not know it
We are passionate, nervous, hysterical.
gross, materialistic, but for all our heat
VIC sec life more clearly than you. IL
would be better for us if we did not.
For where in the mirror of your imaein
ings you see your strength enormous
ly magnifed, our clearer perceptions
show our weaknesses. Even at the
point of death you neither see nor ac-
The Washington herald., 1913-02-27
To-morrow-AEain EnErOssed IL
Public Affairs.
BIDDY THE HEN.
Docs Her Best to Solve Problem OF
High Cost of Living.

From the Christian Herald.
The lost egg-more plainly. the bad
egg-costs the family circle of the United
States over SCI, 900 ooo annually. This loss
is by no means the fault OF Biddy. the
hen, who does her thrifty part to solve
the high cost of living" laying yearly
over 500. 10000 worth of eggs. Not j
bad one does she lay. How. then. do we,
her benefciaries. manage to deposit our
selves OF two in every twelve OF her
gifts.
Biddys product is kept by the farmer
a week or two more before 1t gets to tho
country store. where it abidcs another
several weeks before shipment to IN.
city commission merchant. From tho
retailer. in due or undue season. Biddy' .
eggs reach the consumers pantry or
iceboX. and thence appear by relays on
his table. Now. here is a problem of
delays which Biddy cannot solve, and It
is up to US, mere mortals, to do it Every
body can help a little. and everybody
who helps little is doing a public serv-
ice-helping to feed our big family.
No less an agent than the government
Of the United States seeks to sustain
Biddy's effort to feed us, and to CO.
operate with the farmer In getting fresh
eggs to market. The Agricultural COL
lege of the State of Minnesota. through
Mr. n. E. Chapman, Of its extension stan.
is blazing path which all the schools
of all the States might follow. He
breaches the value OF Biddy and her
works to railroads, merchants, teachers
farmers, and country schools. Children
flock to her Uncle Norton as they call
him. He runs poultry classes in coun-
try schools. This is a thing every teach
er in every country school might do
II any of our readers want to know how,
we think request addressed to the De-
partment Of Agriculture. Washington, D.
c.. would bring information.
The suggestion has often been made
that We substitute thrifty. productive do
mestic Biddy for the eagle as our ma
tional emblem. She certainly deserves a
position on our coin.
The Washington herald., 1913-02-27
Another Canada,

Siberia, with its valuable timber. min
erals. and vast areas of land awaiting
the hand of the cutivator, is another
Canada, says the Wide World Maya
zine. and must one day be opened up
still more to Western travellers Only
one thin ribbon of steel runs across il,
and the rich land on either side of the
railway H. calling out for DEVELOPMENT.
To this day. when the traveller once
leaves his car on the Siberian Railway,
he must resort to the old system of
posting" a wonderful system in itself.
but still somewhat out of date Great
and wealthy towns exist in Siberia 200
miles from the railway. all communica-
tions between them apd the world being
dependent upon the well-known "taran-
tass." a..
The Washington herald., 1913-02-27
Queen Maud's Hours Do Not Drag.

The early training of Queen Maui of
Sweden has made her rrsourceful. and
with small need to find the hours drag
heavily. She can sew. trim her own
hats, knit warm garments for the poor
and cook; she carves wood, binds books
typewritcs. and plays the piano. She is
fond IF driving: dances, swims. can row
n boat. and manage Yacht Her pri-
vate correspondence is alone an under
taking. \ close reader. she is in touch
With the thought of the day. When the
worlds women suffraCists met in Lon
don in 1870 they received from her, the
first Queen tu openly identify herself
with the movement. a message Of SYM
nathy The act in itsslf was thoroughly
in keeping with the spirit of Norway,
where women vote on a property quail
iication.
The Washington herald., 1913-02-27
Two Birds with One stone.

Gold has been discovered near Reno"
What of it?''
Might be a chance to go out and dig
up the price of a divorce"
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In Real Money.

we formed a club Of girls sworn to
marry no man commanding less than
$1,000 year"
And what broke II up
"A young fellow came along who was
earning So 4 week
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Not Mt Homo.

The militant suffragette was nervously
pacing her cell.
Some ladies TO call" announced the
turnkey.
''-lh. society is such a bore. Tell them
I'm out" said the suffragctte.
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upon the open stage again.
Gives Up Hunting.
Even hunting ceased before many sea-
sons were out. The savage boarhounds
which Lafayette had sent. in his kind
ness. from the Old World. proved too
fierce and great A breed for even the
sharp sport with the gray fox: the old
hunting companions were gonc-the Fair
faxes over sea; Belvoir deserted and
burned: George Mason too much engaged
none hut boys and strangers left to
ride with.
Twas poor sport. after all. without
the right sportsmcn. IL must needs give
way before a statesman's cares.
4 New Sense of RcsponsibiIity.
Upon his first homecoming. Washing
ton had found 1t hard TO break himself
to his habit of waking very carly in the
morning with sense Of care concerning
the affairs OF the day. as il he were
still in camp and in the midst of public
duties.
Now a new sense Of responsibility pos
sesScd him. and more and more gained
ascendency over him. lie began TO feel
deep anxiety lest weak govern
ment should make independence little
better than a reproaCh, and the country
should fall into a hopeless impotency.
At first he had been very sanguine.
Notwithstanding the jealous and con-
tracted temper which seems to prevail
in some Of the States" he wrote to Jona
than Trumbull in January. 11a. yet I
cannot but hope and believe that the
good sense of the people will ultimately
get the better of their prejudices. and
that order and sound policy. though they
do not come so soon as one could wish,
will be produced from the present unset
tied and deranged state OF public affairs
Everything. my dear Trumbull.
will come right at last. as We have often
prophesied. My only fear is that We
shall lose a little reputation first"
To-morrow-Again EnErOssed in
The Washington herald., 1913-02-27
4 Sad DiscrCDancy

I'm living now in 1913.
The rhyme is poor. but that is certain
My salary? Why. sakes alive,
That's dated 1895.
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February - in History

February q. 1eoo-WiIIiam Shakespeare
opens the first roller skating rink in
London.
February -, 1537-Hcnry VIII defeats
Francis I at skittlcs
The Washington herald., 1913-02-27
ALITTLE NONSENSE.
THE sUFFRAGErTE REVERSE.

A"H SSr nAoHAS > z ssDv E<AsSSs
The suffragettes will have q feminine
Paul Revere In their March parade
News item.
Listen. my children. and you shall hear
OF the ride Of the suffragette Revere.
She rode up to our garden gate
And bawled out: 'ls my hat on straight?'
A block or more she urged her nag:
Then stopped TO use her powder rag.
A bargain sale Che CHANGED to spy:
OF course, she couldn't pass that by.
And when she finished her mad race
She had ten yards of bargain lace.
The girls all said she was a dear,
This doughty suffragette Revere.
Looking for the Worst.
Nobody is optimistic about an cgg.
Simple Enough.
You are ninety-seven years old?''
Yep"
What are your rules for reaching
such an unusual age"
II dunno as ] have any in particular.
Jest keep on living and you'll get there.
young man."
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middle of the ample scenery districts of
Western New York, and can he lived in
with pleasurable results. even by par
ticular people. In 1920 1t will have
100000 citizens and union station for
canal boats on the new barge line.
(Cop,riSht, lsl3. BY George Mathew AdamAJ
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VIZ VN j. Z NM
Patent Attorney.

Hhl!uIttl Illlt~ lIEolEN inc lOEFStFO
mountains. and along the remote courses
Of the long rivers that ran into the Mis-
sissippi; camping out as in the old days
when ha was a surveyor and soldier
in his premiership In these very wiids;
renewing his zest for the rough life and
the sudden adventures OF the frontiers
man.
But though he had come upon his own
business. II was the seat OF a future en-
uire he saw rather than his own acres
scattered here and there.
A Different Washington.
When last he had ridden the ions
stages from settlement to settlement and
cabin to cabin in this far country OF the
Ohio. he had been a Nirsinian and moth
ing moro. a colonial colonel merely, come
to pick out lands for his comrades and
himself. their reward for serving the
Crown against the French.
a transformation had been worked
upon him since then.
He had led the armies OF the whole
country: had been the chief instru-
ment of new nation in winning indc-
pendenCe; had carried its affairs by his
own counsels as no other man had done:
had seen through all the watches of those
long campaigns the destinies and the
hopes tnat were at stake. Now ne saw
the crowding immigrants come into the
West with Il new solcitude he had not
felt before.
\ new vision WAS in his thought.
This Western country was now "ris-
ing world" to be kept or lost, husband
ed or squandered. by the raw nation
he had helped put upon its feet. His
thought was stretched at last to a conti-
mental measure: problems of statesman
ship that were national. questions of
policy that had a scope great as schemes
of empire. stood foremost in his view.
He returned home more cngrossed than
ever by interests not his own. but central
TO public affairs. and of the very stuff
of politics.
4 Stream of Letters.
And 81 not tho letters merely which
poured in with every mail, not only his
host of visitors. great and small-the
Governor of the State. the President OF
Congress. foreign noblemen. soldiers.
dirlomatists. travellers. neighbors. friends,
acquaintanccs. intruders-hut his own un-
hidden thoughts as well. and the very
suggestions of his own interest as land
citizen and landowner. drew him from
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lake shore. 1t points with pride to its
churches, banks, and parks. and also to
the fact that the Twentieth Century
Limited hesitates briefly while passing
through the city. 1t is situated in the
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y keyless lock for women's handbags
to foil thieves has been invented by a
New Yorker.
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Serves the Notices.

There goes my uncle, the clubman.
II" moves in the best circles
There goes my uncle. the baiiff. He
helps to keep your uncle moving"
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More than 11,000ooo acres of land In
Italy are devoted to wine grape cultiva-
tlon.
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NO. ~.
Washington cNaCted th- uttermost
farthinG. But he spent it. with the other
hand. TO relieve genuine suffering and
real want. though il were deserved and
the fruit Of crying fault
In his home dealings. as in every
thing else. his mind kept that trait by
which men had been awed in the camp
that trick. as IL of Fate. of letting ev-
cry act come at its consequences and its
full punishment or reward. as IL he but
presided at process which was just
Natures own.
When he succored distress. he did it in
pity. not in Justice-not eXcusing fault.
but giving leave to mercy. II he urged
the government to pension and reward
the soldiers Of the war, who had only
done their duty. he himself set an ex-
ample
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Rewarded for service.

There We're black pensioners not n few
about his own homestead. Bishop his
old body-servant. lived like retired
gentleman in his cottage there: even Mel
son. the good sorrel who had borne him
50 bravely in the field till Yorktown,
now went forever unaddled. free in his
own pasture.
But. much as he loved his home and
COurted retirement amidst the duties of a
planter. the old life would not come
back, was gone forever.
He was too famous, and there was an
end on it. He could not go abroad
without drawing crowds about him.
If he attended service on 4 Sunday
away from home. though it were in never
SO quiet a parish. tho very walls of the
church groaned thrcateningly under the
unaccustomed weight Of people gathered
in the galleries and packed upon the floor
to see the hero of the Revolution. Not
even ride into the far West. to view
his lands and pull together his neglected
business on the Ohio. was long enough
To take him beyond the rcach-of public
affairs.
Trip Into the West.
On the 1st of September, 1884 with
DIR. Craik for company. he set out on
horseback to go by Braddock's road
again into the West
For nearly five weeks he was deep
in the wilderness, riding close upon seven
The Washington herald., 1913-02-27

Phillip =. Campbell. the Kansas Con-
Gressman, looks like the pictures of Will
liam Pitt. He wears his hair in a way
that heiChtens the resemblance. and for
a time he wore a stock, in place of a
collar, but his family twitted him so
about the stock that he finally put it
aside.
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Washington Remembers Those Who Have Served Hm-Mak Five Weeks
Trip Horseback Into the Ohio River Region His Land Hold
gs and Look After His Neglected Buness-Dawn Again Into Public
Affairs by His Deep for the Welfare of the
NO. 46.

,CuIyr=ht. ls.. ry HarT~r Bros. AL rights re
srIriN
l,r Mo
The Washington herald., 1913-02-27

Associate Justice Oliver Wendell
Holmes, OF the United States Supreme
Court. Is the author of certain law-books
that are standard authorities and he is
also the author of little work dealing
with the civil war that has never had
any sale At all. Only about thirty copies
of the book were ever printed and those
he gave away among his friends. II was
in no sense intended to be best seller.