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New-York tribune., 1913-07-20
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lsbyriuthine marts Of Tsitsitcar' theH mo-
pent between the two eterniues.
In their day it was that the ven oil the
ages was rent from their portals parIhE
the immemoriaI mysteries OF the CeieS-
tial East. and the Muscovite bagmah DC
scended upon the Manchu. He left IN ms
wake good lines in the atrocious cheSp-
lack wares of the Occident meretrlcious
mockeries of German art in heavily shded
Gapier-mache frames. mediocre trash
from the ghettcs OF Warsaw
The Manchus. TO their credit dio NOT re-
ceive him with open arms. Ploushshares
of steel and reapers Of many coohe ca
pacity they rejected incontinentiy. Ihey
would have none of the Occidents iaoor-
saving devices. but upon the occIdeht
TOYS they turned condescendinG eye
Utterly unreliable clocks in gaudy porce-
lain cases appealed to them. as the pc
dragoned and fragrant rubbish OF Mott
street appeals TO the proving Bo~ery
tourist Canned herrings from the Firth
of Forth. timepieces from kiev ana gau%e
dust spectacles from Austria TOO are
New-York tribune., 1913-07-20
By Theodore Roosevelt.

IN the spring Of 1889 was appointed
by President Harrison Civil Service
l. Commissioner. For nearly FIVE years
l had not been very active in political life ,
although l had done some routine work ia
the organization and had made campaign
speeches. and in 1856 had run for Mayor
OF New York against Abram :. Hewitt
Democrat and Henry George, lndepen-
dent. and had been defeated.
] served six years as Civil Service Com
missioner-four years under President
Harrison and then two years under Presi-
cent Cleveland. I was treated by both
Presidents with the utmost consideration.
Among my fellow commissioners there was
at one time Ex-Governor Hugh Thompson
Of South Carolina. and AZ another time
John R Proctor, Of Kentucky. They were
Democrats and Confederate soldiers. |
became deeply attached 10 both. and we
stood shoulder to shoulder in every con-
test in which the commission was forced
&c take part.
New-York tribune., 1913-07-20

prominent leaders favored us. Any man
who is the head of big department if
no has any ntness a. all wishes 20 see
that department run well. and very
little practical experience shows him
that 10 cannot he run we'll 10 De- must
make his appointments 20 please spoils-
mougcrIug politicians. As with almost
every reform that ! have ever under
taken. most of the opposition took the
guisf of shrewd slander. our opponents
r,I cd chiefly on downright misrepres"n-
tstiou of what 10 was that We We're try
ing 10 accomplish. and Of our methods.
acts and personalities. ] had more than
one lively encounter with the authors
ana sponsors of these mlsrepresenta-
tions. which az the time were full of In
New-York tribune., 1913-07-20

NJ o. Some modern shopkeepers we
~ shall most certainly meet In heaF-
en- There Will be fewer conduc-
tors Of dim. dusty -paned curiosity shops
than YOU think am inclined TO believe
mat the long. lank Scots and Russians
ioul-mOuthed and clean Of heart from
me lonely trading posts Of the frozen
north. will outnumber them.
The delightful shopk seperdom Of heaven
VIII be largely Oriental TIE Persian ana
'he Hindu. the slant-eyed. silent footed
men who fringe the China Seas. Viii be
more In evidence than the enlightened
ana progressive trafickers Of the Occi-
dent
When they shall have welcomed US and
the ceremonial cup Of saki-havorcd'
doubtless. with an ivory scoopful OF the
most cObwebbed and mstured Olymplan
nectsr-shal have been quafied. with
me gesture. from one OF those tail
stemmed. swashbuckling bumper glasses
VI saHony. let US seek out. for the good
oi our souls. the smiling. blue-robed
shades who TRANQUILITY lived out in the
New-York tribune., 1913-07-20

ment was to call the reform Chinese,
because the Chinese had constructed an
inefficient governmental system based in
part on the theory of written competi-
tive cXamina tions The argument was
simple. There had been written eXami-
nations in China; it was proposed to es-
tablish written examinations in the
United States therefore the proposed
system was Chinese. The argument
might have been applied still further
New-York tribune., 1913-07-20
AMATEUR MEETS PROFESSIONAL

Daring my six years service as commits
siOner the field Of the merit system was
extended at the expense Of the spols
system so as TO include several times the
number Of Offices that had originally been
Included Generally this was done by the
Introduction Of competitive entrance ex-
aminations, sometimes. as in the navy
yards. by a system Of registration. This
Of itself was good work.
Even better work was making the law
eHicient and genuine where it applied. AS
was Inevitable In the introduction Of such
system. there was al first only partial
success in its application For instance. II
applied 20 the ordinary employees In the
big custom houses and postofices. but
not TO the heads Of these Offices. a num-
ber Of the heads Of the Offices were slip
perry politicians OF low moral grade,
themselves appointed under the spoils sNs-
ten. and anxious directly or indirectly.
New-York tribune., 1913-07-20
II Ckoo Of RaCo22zNWSos
ReLCcI.7H E0LEeNY

! wood blocked on glazed rice paper. each
of them slipped into a sheath of paste
board and laced up with snippet OK
tape and chip OF bone.
To cross the threshold OF Mr.. Gee, who
keeps shop in the Seven Dials, is to walk
out Of this scurrying age OF taxis ana
movies skyscrapers and calcium light
into the tranquil days of Dickensian Lon-
don Mr. Gees is Dickensian shop; IL
reminds you Of a Cruikshank cut. 1t is
dark and poky and walled with elusive
shadows and looming mysterious objects
against the corners of which you bump.
No one awaits you behind the counter.
Unless you are heavyfooted or knock
something over as you grope your way in.
you have TO rap with your knuckles TO
attract the attention of old Mr.. Gee or his
bespectaced assistant who turks in the
gloom of the back room, where, winter
and summer, year in and year out, sing
ing kettle is ever on the hob OF the glow
ing CRATE.
Mr.. Gee deals in maggots and early
Victorian umbrellas OF green cotton and
huge dimensions, the umbrellas that Sairy
Camp and Mr. Pecksniff grasped firmly
i'm the right hand. like lance. when
taking their constitutionals Mr.. Gee
deals also IN fishing gear and snakes.
1t is the making of trout flies that occu-
pies him and his aid In the back parlor.
He is not a pertinacious salesman. II
you want this. that or the other. you
New-York tribune., 1913-07-20

scattered among great Mongolian pad
locks OF fearful and wonderful making
tiny picks for cleaning the ears baby
cuttIehshes in bowls. pilules OF chalk
dust for blanching the complexion. muir
derous knives. putrefying fish In glazed
earthen lars and gay girdles OF silken
New-York tribune., 1913-07-20

everything concerned with IL and every
body who championed IT. and sometimes.
to use legal phrase their hatred was
for cause. and sometimes II was peremp-
tory-that is sometimes the commission
interfcred with their most efficient. and
incidentally most corrupt and unscrupu-
lous, supporters. and at other times.
where there was no such interference. a
man nevertheless had an innate dislike
# ANYTHING that tended 10 decency IN
government These men were always
waging war asaius, us. and they usually
had the more or less open support OF
certain number OF government officials.
from Cabint officers down. The Senators
and Congressman In question opposed us
IN many diGcrclt ways. Sometimes for
instance. they had committees appointed
TO investigate us-duriug my public
career without and within Office ] grew
accustomed 10 accept appearances b"for"
investigating committees as part u the
natural order Of things. Sometimes they
tried TO cut of the appropriation for the
commission.
New-York tribune., 1913-07-20

eJOHu r. PROcTOR
An EX0OWFEDeRHTE SOLDIER dnc
q KENTUCKY DtMCCRAT WHO
SERVED A5 4 FELLOW ClNIL
SERVICE COMMISSIONER
New-York tribune., 1913-07-20

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New-York tribune., 1913-07-20
The Story Of a Six-Year Struggle Against
Veteran Politicians, Some Of Them
slippery Politicians Of Low Moral
Grade" - Some Remarks
|
on Falsehood.

, impossible to answer every falsehood
about the system. But 1t was possible to
answer certain falsehoods, especially
when uttered by some Senator or Con-
gressman Of note. Usually these false
statements took the form of assertions
that we had asked preposterous ques-
tons of applicants. At times they also
included the assertion that we credited
people to districts where they did not
live. this simply meaning that these
persons were not known to the active
ward politicians Of those districts.
MR.. GRosVENoR's JEsTs."
One opponent with whom We had e
/ rather lively tilt was Republican Con-
gresham from Ohio, Mr. Grosyenor one
Of the floor leaders. Mr.. Grosvenor made
his attack in the House and enumerated
our sins in picturesque rather than accu-
rate fashion. There was a Congressional
| committee investigating US at the time,
and on my next appearance before them
! / asked that Mr.. Grosvenor be requested
to meet me before the committee Mr..
| GrOsvenor did not take up the challenge
! for several weeks, until il was announced
| that | was leaving for my ranch In Da-
kota; whereupon, deemng II safe he
wrote me a letter expressing his ardent
wish that / should appear before the COM
mittee to meet him. / promptly cancelled
my ticket, waited and met him. He
proved 10 be person Of happily treacher-
/ Gus memory, so that the simple eXpedient
Of arranging his statements IN pairs was
! sufficient TO reduce him to confusion. For
/ instance. he had been trapped into maxi
/ ing the unwary remark: Il 90 not want
10 repeal the civil service law, and
never said So" l produced the following
( extract from one Of his speeches: Il VIII
vote not only to strike out this provision
| but I will vote to repeal the whole law
/ To this he merely replied that there was
no inconsistency between those Two
New-York tribune., 1913-07-20

Continued on seventh page
New-York tribune., 1913-07-20
ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAW.

The first effort OF myself and my col
leagues was to secure the genuine en-
forcement OF the law. In this We sue
cceded after a number Of lively fights.
But. Of course. i'm these fights We were
obliged % strike a large number OF In
fuential politicians. some Of them in
Congress. some Of them the supporters
and hackers Of men who were IN Congress.
Accordingly We soon found ourselves
engaged in d series Of contests with
prominent Senators and congressman.
There were a number Of Senators and
Consressmen-men like Congressman taf-
terward Senator r. G.. Lodge. OF Massa-
chusetts. Senator Cushman X. Davis, Of
Minnesota: Senator Orvile H. Platt OF
Connecticut. Senator Cochrcll OF Mis-
souri,. Congressman tafterward Presl-
dentJ McKmley. OF Ohio. and Congress
man Darran. OF South Carolina-who alb
horred the business Of the spokesman.
who efficiently and resoluteiy cham
pioned the reform at every turn. and
without whom the whole reform would
certainly have failed But there were
plenty Of other Senators and Congress
men who hated the whole reform and
New-York tribune., 1913-07-20

: Duck eggs and packets OF cheap Ameri-
can cigarettes are the sole stock-in-trade
OF many q trader. on one booth there
used to be a single American tan shoe.
Perhaps the enterprising Russian bag
man bestowed a boot as a bonus, or
might it not have been loaned as an ad-
vertising exhibit?
The bookseller of Tsitsitcar is a dealer
also in footgear On the one side of his
shop are piled sandals on the other side
books. tens of thousands OF them. quaint
ly Illustrated, fanciful stories OF the deal
| ings OF gods and devils with men, crude!y
New-York tribune., 1913-07-20
The Ex-President Tells of His Alignment
with the Merit System as Opposed
to the Spoils System and Of
Some Vigorous Fighting in
Support Of the Law.

:, TO break down the merit system and 10
pay their own political debts by appoint
ing their henchmen and supporters to the
positions under them. Occasionally these
men acted with open and naked brutality.
ordinarily they sought by cunning 10
evade the Law The civil Service Reform
ers. OH the other hand were I'm most cases
not much use 10 practical politics. and
were often wel-nigh helpless when pitted
against veteran professional politicians. In
consequence I found al the beginning Of
my experiences that there were many Of
fees in which the execution Of the law
was sham This was very damaging.
because II encouraged the politicians 20
assault the law everywhere. and, on the
other hand. made good people feel that
the law was not worth while defending
The Detroit times., 1913-09-19
THICK, GLOSSY HAIR,
FREE FROM DANDRUFF
Girls! Try it! Hair gets soft, fuH!
and luxuriant at once-No
more falling hair.

II you care for heavy hair. that
glistens with beauty and Is radiant
with life; has an incompatible soft
ness and is fluffy and lustrous, try
Danderine.
Just one application doubles the
beatty of your hair; besides, 1t i'm
mediately dissolves every particle OF
dandruff: you cannot have nice.
heavy. healthy hair II you have dan
druff. This destructive scurf robs
the hair of its lustre, its strength and
it's very life, and II not overcome 1t
produces feverishness and itching
of the scalp; the hair roots famish.
loosen and die. then the hair falls
out fast.
II your hair has been neglected and
10 thin, faded, dry, scraggy or too
oily, get a 25-cent bottle Of Knowl-
tons Danderine at any drug store or
toilet counter: apply little as direct
ed and ten minutes after you will say
this was the best investment you ever
made.
We sincerely believe, regardless OF
everything else advertised, that II
you desire soft, lustrous, beautiful
hair and lots Of it-no dandruR-no
itching scalp and no more falling hair
You must use Knowlton's Dan.
derine. II eventually--why not now !
ADV.
The Detroit times., 1913-09-19
NOTICE-ALLEY PAVING
ASSESSMENT
BOARD OF ASSESSORS OFFICE
Detroit. Sept. IL. 1914
Paving Notice No. 1895.

To Frederick Masek. Anthony New
man. Carl konarcke, Nj. Cervenoy A.
Hildebrand, Charles Hemming, J. Pur-
lowski. +. Susick. Frank Natowski.
vintz Malaysia. II. Woodland. +. G. Poe.
James Feeley. L. F. Stricken, John j.
Martin. Herman Schwartz, John Still
well, 4. ii. Leavitt. A. Meyers. Charles
A. Ramsey, Ella Ramsey, Thomas Nor
ton. NJ. Esper. J. Vincent. Jane Brown.
owning. occupying or otherwise inter-
ested in any OF the lots ana parcels OF
real estate In the local assessment dis
trict esta blished by the Common Couu-
Gil. to defray the expenses Of grading
and paving the alley within the bouu1
da ries herein set forth
The assessment roll has been com 4
pleted for defraying the expense %
paving the alley No 252. being the 81.
ley in block between Maybury Grand
and Williams avenues from the north
lire ef Ash street to the south line OF
Myrtle street. and IL now open 70 in-
spection at this office. and will remain
IN this office for fve days from the
nrst publication OF this notice. for the
INSPECTION OF all concerned. All lots o.
narcels OF land abutting on or ad5o1n.
inc the alley so described. have b0oW
assessed for such Improvement .A
The Board OF Assessors Will meet -
Tuesday. the 2Srd day OF Septem4pr1
1918 at 3 o'clock q. m. at their 01U&e
in the City Hall. and viii rematN
session for q period of six hovro
hear any person or persons oeo5ron9 ~
obsect TO any assessment 20 m4o2 e<
BOARD OF ASSE00OR4
BY JOHN c. MOI 81 "a
NA-lcVy - - ~ u
The Detroit times., 1913-09-19
NOTICE-ALLEY PAVING
ASSESSMENT
BOARD OF AssEssoRs' OFFICE
Detroit. September IL. 1919.
Paving Notice No. 1897.

r. l.. Polk: william h. Morgan; Lilltos
Nitcheu: George r. Brown; Willialn-
Eoxen3 German American Bank; n. g.
smith: Mrs. Thomas Haney; HUI
Chalmers: Lydia s. WEIGH: J.
other persons owning occupying. or
otherwise interested in any or the lotn
and parcels of real estate In the local
assessment district established by the
Common Council to defray the expouNo0,
OF grading and paving the alley Withan
the boundaries herein set forth -
The assessment roll has been ooan&
pleted for defraying the expense 90
pnvlnF the alley No. 276-bAing fhns
alley In block between Lafayette 6ou3oy
ward, and Howard street. from the wet
line OF Cass avenue to the east line 0f
First street, and IL now open to inspon-
this Office for fve days from the ngst
publication OF this notice FOR the IN
spection OF all concerned All lots or
parcels or land abutting on, or adjotn-
Ing the alley so described, have been
assessed for such Improvement
The Board OF Assessors will meat on
Tuesday. the 23rd day OF September.
1913. at o'clock "A. m, at their Once
In the City Hall, and will remain m
session FOR period OF six hours to hear
any person or persons desiring to OBJ
Ject TO any assessment 90 made
BOARD OF SCISSORS.
BY JOHN c. NAGEL
A-lsS President
The Detroit times., 1913-09-19
49,
SEEN and JUDGED
Eight West Side Institutions are
Visited by Committees
From Clubs

Probably a. the result Of daily les
sons owen school children In the prac.
tical school gardens maintained at
the Kirby. Weber and Ducharms
schools and the community garden
Of the Detroit branch Of the National
Plant Flower and Fruit guild. the
annual flower festivals OF the Detroit
schools, which began Thursday morn.
Ing, show . greater and better variety
Of dow ere and vegetables than In any
previous season.
Thursday morning, a party of ladies
of the Twentieth Century clubs home
and school gardening committee.
members OF the school board and
judges from the Detroit Florists CLUB
left the Century building for q tour
Of inspection Of the following west.
side schools where exhibits were
made: Clay. Dickinson. Hancock.
Fairbanks. Sill, CLANCY. Graft and
Bellefontaine.
In each school an effort had been
made to arrange the exhibit In the
most original and attractive manner
possible. and 30 good was each dis
play that the Judges had sreat diffi-
Guilty In making up their minds. The
judges were j. F. Sullivan, Michael
Bley. Frank Danxer. Theodore Mitch
ell and A. e. Schribner. OF the De-
troit Florists club. Their findings
will be given out later.
The Improvement In the quality
and selection of flowers and vege-
tables was marked. Since the seeds
and bulbs for the gardens were dis
tributed by the Twentieth Century
club last spring. daily lessons have
been given the school children un-
der the direction of Mrs. Elliott u.
Grosvenor. Of the home and school
gardening committee. and r. c. Cory.
graduate Of Michigan Agricultural
college. Practical instruction has
been given In the preparation Of the
soil. seed and bulb planting. the cui-
tivation Of the growing plants and
the habits OF the insect friends and
foes Of the garden. There has been
a registration of 1873 children In the
lessons.
The eaa side schools, Palmer,
Rose. Chandler, Pingree. Harris,
Smith. Brownson and Jackson. will be
visited Friday.
The festivals are open to the pub
lie and attendance IL urged upon par
ents and friends of the children, that
their efforts may receive greater en-
couragement.
The Detroit times., 1913-09-19
FOR PAVING STREETS AND
ALLEYS.

Roll No. l242. For grading and paw
ing Toledo avenue from the west line
Of Scotch avenue TO the east line oil
Clark avenue.
ing alley No. 25S. being the alley In
block between Delaware and Seward
avenues. from the east curb line OF
second avenue easteriy to the west line
Roll No 1874 For grading and paw.
ing Manchester avenue from the west
line Of Dexter boulevard to the east
line Of Grand River avenue.
ing Greenfield avenue from the NORTH
line Of West Grand boulevard to thu
south curb line Of Bsthuns avenue, =,
Roll No. i14s; For grading ana pay
block between coaGTsas and For,
streets, from the east curp line of Ri
ward street to the west curb line Of
Roll No. iSs1. For grading and paw.
ing Seminole avenue from the NORTH
line OF Mack avenue to the south curl
Roll No: 1919. nor grading and paw.
line Of Woodward avenue to the west
curb Inc Of Oakland avenue. 49,
Roll No: 1910. For grading and paw.
Ing wihs,ow avenue s.. from rn.,, the north ,th
south line OF Mc0Yaw avenue.
Part 10 due and payable within 80
days from date of this notice. Parts
2. 8 and I become due and payable In
one. two and three years respectively
from the date Of this notice. together
with interest at the rate OF per cent
from the date of the confirmation Of
this roll. :.
Either Of said parts may be paid
within 80 days from the date OF this
notice, without interest eft.f'at
II either Of said parts !. 2. or
shall not be paid when they become
AssA nanQltX and interest
at the rate OF per cent from the
date Of confirmation OF the assSss-
.mont will be added. and the premises
. aasessed will be advertised and sold
a. provided by law .-----.-
MAX c. KOCH,
The Detroit times., 1913-09-19
ACCIDENT MARS
PERRY PAGEANT
One Killed, Several Seriously
Injured, When COrnice Falls
Among Crowd

CLEVELAND, o., Sept. 1S.-One
person IL dead today, another Is not
expected to live and several persons
are seriously injured as the result
OF an accident that marred the climax
Of the Perry centennial celebration
which was perhaps the greatest fete
Cleveland has ever had.
While q crowd was watching the
1O-mile long parade Of military
heavy stone cornice Of q three-story
building on Superior-ave. fell, instant
" crushing the life out Of Thomas
Nesebeda, and so. seriously injurine
Lillian Kochendoerfer that she will
die. Scores OF others standing near
were hit and injured with reboundinG
bricks and pieces of stone.
The Detroit times., 1913-09-19
NOTICE-ALLEY PAVING
ASSESSMENT
BOARD or ACCESSORY OFFICE
Detroit September IL. 1919.
Paving Notice No. 1893.

To r. w. Hill; f. M. BALDWIN: JultG6
B. Howard; Fl. p. Barnard: Lillian Her~
stowc Philip Feebish: r. f.. sullivan
William ThOrne Ira L. Grinnell: Jau&4h
Scott. Estate; George Beck; Lillian IA6
waterfall: 'O'Neil. Stapleton and YOuu9ft
blood; +. Bristow. ana to all other per-
sons ewning, occupying, or otherWto91I
interested In any Of the lots and parcels
Of real estate In the local assesomontfv
district established by the C0mmsgsx
Council to defray the expenses Of grade
ing and paving the alley within theFf
boundaries herein set forth. t4
The assessment roll has been COM
pleted for defraying the expense CIV
paving the alley No. 284--being thelp
alley In block between Cass avenue au4 !,
Park street, from the north line or
Charlotte avenue to the south line ola
PeterbOro street. and il now open tod
inspection at this office. and will rc-sa
main I'm this office for Ave days from
the nrst publication OF this notice for
the inspection of all concerned. AllQ
lota or parcels Of land abutting on. or
edJoining the alley no described. have
been assessed for such Improvement
The Bosfd OF AsseGsors will meet On
Tuesday, the 23rd day OF September. 4
rS1S. At O'Clock q. m.. ut their ofdce'7
In the City Hall, and will remain fHN
session for q period OF six hours torfs
near any person or persons desiring to-
BOARD OF ASSESSORS, II
BY JOHN c. NA0EL. Il,
fA-1s7) President
The Detroit times., 1913-09-19
s CHALNOR SMITH
DIES IN OREGON
End Comes Suddenly to Former
Cashier of the Detroit
Times

s. Chalnor Smith, for ten years
cashier In the business office OF The
Times, died suddenly, Thursday
morning, In Roseburg. Ore. nl-heaith
forced him to give up his position
with The Times. and he went west
and purchased a fruit farm HIS
health did not improve as he expect
ed but 1t was not thought that he was
in serious condition, and his death
comes as q shock to his friends here.
Mr.. Smith Is survived by his widow
and two children. John A. Irwin. OF
No. 697 LOthrop-ave., Is brother
tn-law.