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The Washington herald., 1913-09-23
Foreign Policy of the Democrats.

Americans care little for foreign pol
itics. Wcltpolitick, which absorbs the
thought and even the imagination of
the peoples of Europe, is to the people
of the United States a drama to be
watched perhaps with interest, but not
with seriousness. We are vitally con-
cerned with domestic affairs, but when
international affairs are urged as i'm
portant the fippant question is likely
to be repeated: What have we to do
with abroad?"
Such an attitude was natural in a
people isolated from the rest of the
world and protected by its position, in
a large degree, from "entangling al
lianceS" with foreign powers. While
the American had a moving frontier
and boundleSs prairies. his attention
was concentrated upon himself and his
selt-sufhciency and unlimited possibil-
titles which led him to scorn the af-
fairs of the "elder earth.'' The only
foreign policy which he ever took Sc
riously was the Monroe doctrine"
= Conditions are already existent that
point to a change, and the administra-
ton. perhaps unconsciously, is laying
the foundation for its foreign policy in
Ms domestic enactments. The tariff
act 1t Is said, will liberate American
business and enable our manufacturers
to compete in foreign markets. We
are told that the age of national ex-
elusiveneSs Is past; that we are enter
ing upon period of industrial and
commercial expansion that will make
Our goods supreme in every market.
The completion of the Panama Canal
The Washington herald., 1913-09-23
A FAMOUS SONG.
when "My Maryland" Was sung
for First Time.

for First Time.
From Mn Burton Hauisou's "RecoIlections, Grave
and Gay"
Even now, writing of it after so many,
many years, l seem To feel again the
pulse of that thrilling time. And it was
here that there came intimately into my
life one of its strongest influences in the
radiant person of my cousin, Hetty Cary,
daughter OF my uncle, Wilson Miles
Cary. of Baltimore, my fathers elder and
only brother. She, with her younger
sister. Jennie. had taken the lead in the
secessionist movement among the young
girls in Baltimore, who, having seen all
their best men march across the border
to enlist with the Confederates for the
war, relieved their strained feelings by
Over-resentment Of the Union officers and
troops placed in possession of their city.
1t was Jennie Cary who set RandalIs
stirring poem. Maryland" to the air of
'Lauriger Horatius' drought TO her by
Burton Harrison when a studet at Yale
College,. and first sang it with a chorus
Of her friends in a drawing room in Balti-
more. She tells me that the refrain, as
originally printed in the copy of versus
cut by them out of newspaper, was simp-
ly Maryland" and that she added the
word MY" in obedience TO the exigency
Of the music. As the song thus boldly
chanted by young Confederate sympa-
thiZers in a city occupied by their enemy
and under strict martial rule was to drift
over the border. to be caught eagerly by
the troops OF the Maryland line, and to
echo down the ages as the most famous
battle song of the ConfederaCy, il is fit
ting that to Miss Jennie Cary should be
awarded all the honors of the achieve
ment. We both sang it among a little
group of visitors in September, 1851,
standing in the doorway of Capt Ster-
rett's tent at Manassas the men Of the
Maryland line facing US in the dusk OF
evening. This was in answer to the request
sent in from the soldiers to their friend.
Capt. Sterrett, that they might hear a
woman's voice again" / can hear now
the swing of that grand chorus as the
men gradually caught up the refrain and
echoed 1t. and by next day, to our joy
and pride, the whole camp at Manassas
was resounding with MY Maryland"
The Washington herald., 1913-09-23
THE CROUCH
By GEORGE FITCH,
Author of 'At Good Old SIwnsh.-

The crouch is the only other biped be-
sides the human being who wears clothes
and pays taxes.
The crouch looks like a man and there
is a closed season on him all the year
round, which accounts for his numbers.
In fact, he was originally designed as a
man, but through a mistake his bile was
put in his brain instead of his liver,
thus spelling him for ordinary conversa-
tional purposes.
The crouch has a disposition half way
between that OF a hyena and a case of
Ia grippe. II he were pounded up and
assayed he would not yield one ounce Of
good nature per carload. He has a built
in frOwn and the only time he Smiles
is when his little son stubs his toe and
hurts himself just as the crouch said
he would il he didn't stop being happy
and bothering him.
The Crouch doesn't believe i'm anything
and cannot be persuaded to do anything
even to go away and remain hence. He
is usually either mad or Just about to
succeed in discovering a reason to be
mad. Put one crouch in a hall full Of
happy cheering men and in half an hour
he can spread 50 much i'll. nature that
the police will have to turn OF the fes-
tivities
The crouch does not contribute to any.
thing but the general gloom. lie does
not approve of anything and he declines
to be mollifed by anything. He has only
one redeeming feature. That is love for
himself.
-Tlre Crouch is generally as good to
himself as IL he were his -ogn gIani-
mother He is kind and foIbearing with
his own faults and while all the world
The Washington herald., 1913-09-23
KITCHENER's BULLET.
Surgeons FniIcd 10 Find the Lead
and Soldier Finally Swallowed u.

|
and Soldier Finally Swallowed u.
/ Prom London TitBts
| Lord Kitchener. one of the most dis
tinguished OF the Knights of the Bath
Wis Chapel in Westminster Abbey, once
had as narrow an escape Of his life as
ever befelI a soldier. 1t was in the course
of the prolonged and fercely fought cam
paign in the Sudan in the eighties: in the
first year OF that decade, in fact
There was a lively skiTmish going on at
place named Handoub, just outside
Suakin. when Kitchener. who was then
a rising young officer or engineers, was
shot at by one of the mahdi's negro So
diers. The bullet found its mark in the
side of Kitchener's face at the back Of
the cheek. 1t was a Remington bullet,
and inflicted a really dreadful wound,
breaking the bone at the base of the jaw.
II took long time to get the splinters
OF bone out, and the doctors were unable
to operate, as the bullet and fragments
OF bone were too close to the jugular
vein. The ball could not be located. and
the doctors pronounced his case as hope
less They said the patient could not
live. and his sister, accordingly, was sent
IOT from EnSldnu.
The future savior of the Sudan. how
ever. differed from the surgeons, and
steadily refused to believe in their gloomy
prognOsis OF his case, and. though he
had to endure a journey down to the
Nile TO the hospital at Cairo. confined in
a small cabin in sweltering heat, his thin
muscular physique and iron will power
kept the dreaded fever at bay. The hos
Pital doctors also failed to find the bullet.
and came to the conclusion that it had
worked its way out during the voyage
down the Nile Kitchener himself was
of the opinion that the bullet had. by
some means, come out, unnoticed by the
surgeons or himself. and gradually the
terrible wound healed. and Kitchener re-
turned to duty.
year or so after the skirmish at
HandOub, Kitchener one day sat down
to dine off a beefsteak which had been
served up by Sergt. Billion of the hospital
staff. Suddenly Kitchener clapped his
hand to his jaw.
Billion" he said. was there a bone in
that steak?"
NO, SIR replied the sergeant
Then that bullet was in my Jaw after
an said Kitchener. "and I've swallowed
II, for l felt 1t go down.
That proved to be the case, and the
great soldier preserves the flattened piece
of lead on mis- key chain.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-23


has been pointed to as an argument fot
a more cosmopolitan spirit among our
financial, commercial, and industria
leaders. The reduction of duties OF
imports, in fact, has been justified b,
the prophesied compensation from
sources beyond our borders.
The complement of this attitude
would seem TO be an aggressive foreign
policy-aggressive at least to the ex.
tent of using the influence of the con.
sular and diplomatic service to for,
ward foreign trade. On the contrary
the traditional Democratic policy is
against using political power to for
ward financial or commercial enter
Prises in foreign parts. The Demo
Gratis, in the first place, are antrim
perialists. In their Baltimore platform
they declared generally against inn
perialism and specifically against CO.
lonial expansion in the Philippines and
elsewhere. In the second place, one
of the first acts of President Wilson
was to repudiate the policy of the Taft
administration which was denominated
by its enemies dollar diplomacy" The
attitude of the President was signal
lied by the withdrawal of the State
Departments support from the Amer
ican position in regard to the six
power loan" TO China The Baltimore
platform and the action of the Presi-
dent, then, indicate at least what the
Democratic policy is not; or shall we
say, was not when they came into
power? :
Those who will take the time to
contemplate the influences that are now
active in determining the foreign pol
icy of the United States may prophcsy
with safety that, if the Democrats re-
main long in charge of the national
government. their traditional. little
America policy will be vitally modified.
perhaps abandoned altogether. They
will be forced to the conclusion that
we must as 4 nation assume our OBJ
legations both toward our traders and
financiers in foreign lands, and also to-
ward countries less happy than we in
their internal affairs.
In the keen rivalry of neutral mar
kctS we owe to our merchants gov
crnment support, if for no other rea-
son, because their competitors received |
the support of their governments. |
There are many things which Amer
cans abroad cannot do for themselves
and which it is the duty of their gov
ernment to do for them.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-23
EDISON LOOKS INTO FUTURE.
Wizard Secs Cement Roads, Cheaper
Aut" Tires. and Reprinted Papers.

Boston Disratch to the New York Times
Thomas A. Edison, who is at the Copley
Plaza. was asked what in his opinion
would be the next improvement in auto
MODELLING. He replied: Cement roads. l
believe that in ten years cement roads
will band the country from one end to
the other to the exclusion of all other
kinds"
Mr. Edison does not believe there is
need of a substitute for rubber for tires.
He said: Rubber trees are being planted
in the tropical countries. \ vast amount
of capital is going into rubber tree farms
Eventually there will be a great influx
Of rubber harvested from them. am
tcld by manufacturers of automobiles
that rubber should be cheaper today than
a year ago: They expect rubber to go
down.
Asked what improvements could be eN-
pected in newspaper making in the next
decade, he replied: Something to save
paper. If noncarbonized inks we're used
inks that would bleach-papers could be
run through the presses again by the
aid of an invention or two and be used
several times. It's bound to come to a
proposition of this kind. Inks that will
bleach will be used"
The Washington herald., 1913-09-23
Defects I'm Rails.
rom the Philadelphia Record

From the Philadelphia Record
There has been a good deal of investi-
cation of rail defects by railroad men,
steel makers and public service commits
sions. 1t would seem as II something
definite should have been ascertained by
this time. The main result so far is that
the steel makers lay the blame upon the
railroad men, and the latter say the
fault Is with the rail makers. The In
terstate Commerce Commissions experts,
who have for some time been investigat-
ing rail fractures, have identified a new
defect which they name transverse fis-
sure and insist upon the absolute ne
cessity OF making complete investiga-
tion OF track and rail conditions for the
purpose OF determining the effect there
on of the recent types OF locomotives
and cars with their greatly Increased
wheel loads"
The Washington herald., 1913-09-23
Mistake to Be Discovered.

Prom the New York Press
when Vice President OF the United
states goes forth to address a large au-
dlence on Sunday" says a contemporary,
decent respect for the opinions of man
kind demands that he talk of something
more Important than slit skirts" He did.
IL merely happens that the more impor-
tant things were omitted from the gen.
cral newspaper accounts because too
many newspapers have come 90 imagine
that freakishness and foolishness inter-
est the public more than anything else.
a mistake to be discovered by those jour-
mails in time
The Washington herald., 1913-09-23
HOW CAN YOU WONDER.

How can you wonder when you sse
God 5 wondrous hand in rising sun,
And in the days eternally,
And in the stars when day is done!
How can you wonder when Christ said.
In Fathers house His mansions are"
And when, Oh man, thy fame is dead,
go; prepare thy place afarI"
How can you wonder when Gods thouEhts
Bloom all around in fragrant flowers,
Still lending hope to dying cots,
That sadly count their living hours!
How can you wonder when you find
Gods promise clear in every day,
And every night still shows the mind
The starry path to heavens wayg
Docs not thy faithful soul reply,
oh, mortal man, when thou shalt die.
Then thou in me shalt quickly fly
To heavens home within the sky?"
There all earth's daWns shall reappear
And all its golden sunsets, too;
There all the Elories Of this sphere
Shall magnify the good and true.
There lives the neyer-dying day:
For God. who made all living things,
Still holds his universal sway
Der everything that breathes and sings.
Within that endless perfect day
Each flower Of earth shall ever bloom:
Each noble beauty sprung from clay
Shall live for aye beyond the tomb.
God grant thy beaming star Of hope
May never, never set for men,
But ever lead us UP lifes slope.
That We may ne'er forget again.
There Is land, a cline, a light
Beyond this feeting mortal sphere,
Where all life's beauties with delight
Illumine Gods all-endless year.
Christs mission was TO save the soul.
He sang the eiories Of that land,
Whore those shall dwell while asss roll,
Who'll only take him by the hand.
And be, alone. who doubts The Christ,
Or's blind TO Gods eternal love
Can wonder il bis blood suficed,
Or that there is land above!
THE IMMORTAL SOUL
The Washington herald., 1913-09-23
Early Executive Interference"

Critics Of the executive branch ot
the national government in recent year!
for attempting to dominate" Congress
and usurp its functions doubtless have
in mind time in the early history OF
the country when the lines drawn be-
tween the activities OF the three
branches of government were clear-cut
and distinct. They perhaps believe
that the President was wont to pass on
legislation only when it came to him
in the regular course of events, with
out vcnturing to express an opinion
that would influence members of Con
grcs> In this connection the follow
ing quotation made in a speech in the
House of Representatives about 1903,
when the question of the embargo on
American goods was up, is llumi-
mating:
All our surplus products shall rot on
our hands. God knows what all this
means: cannot understand it. | am
a>toni,hcd: am dismaycd. | see CT
fcCtS, but | can trace them to no cause.
] fear there is an unknown hand guild
ing Us To the most dreadful dcStinicS,
unseen because it can not endure the
light. Darkness and mystery over
shadow this house and the whole ma
ton We know nothing, VIC are per
mitted to know nothing. We sit here
as mere automata. We legislatc with
out knowing, yea. without wishing TO
know, why or wherefore. We are told
what To- do and we do it. We are put
in motion, but how, | for one cannot
tell. We are treated as enemies
Of our country. We are permitted TO
know nothing and are eXecrated be-
cause we do not approve of measures,
the origin and tendency Of which are
carefully concealed from us. We are
denounced because we have no conf
denCe in an executive that refuses to
discover to us or to the nation its
actual position
When it is added that i'll consequence
OF this speech the indignant representa-
tive was forced TO fight a duel, in
which he was seriously wounded, and
that the policy against which he de-
claimed Wa, swiftly destroying the
whole foreign commerce of the country
it will be seen that executive interfer-
cncc in legislative affairs was of de-
cided prominence. even in that early
day. The fact is that human nature,
especially in politics, was not so very
different in those times from what it !
Is now. An administration in power in !
the Presidency and in Congress stood |
for certain ideas, and the natural leader |
in putting those ideas into practice was
the President. The theory on which !
the government was founded was that
the President should touch legislative
action only through his veto power.
But. contrary to the usual opinion, the
actual practice Of the government was
in many respects much farther away
from the theory then than it is today |
The theory was rather a pattern, and |
all things considered it would prob
ably be found that we have steadily |
grown closer and closer TO the pattern
rather than away from it. No intelli-
gent person could sincerely utter such
d speech as that quoted, against any
President Of recent times.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-23
CRICKETS AS THERMOMETERS.
BY Counting the Vibration. One Can
Tell What the Tempernture Is,

From the Boston Herald
IL is not generally known that the
August crICkets are a natural thermom-
'ter. BY carefully counting the num-
Der of vibrations to a minute one can
tell accurately what the temperature IS.
The hotter the evening the more rapidly
they play their sharp little instruments
and. as the days shorten and the nights
become cooler. their waves of sound have
greater distances between them until
when frost is threatened only now and
then one more enterprising than the rest
Keeps up foriorn hope of sound.
Why they are moved to Join Nature s
great orchestra is problem 10 one can
answer. 1t would seem to be hard work
to rub their wings together so assidu-
ousiy; 1t must be wearing on the CORFU
gated little veins. Probably they can't
help 1t; ''it is their nature to-
Ihey are children of the darkness;
nothing is heard of them in the daytime
but they make up for their silence by
their obstreperous tumult when the mer-
curry climbs into the nineties
The Washington herald., 1913-09-23

Is saying harsh things about him he nobIy
refrains. The Crouch would be entirely
satisfied with himself IL that did not in
volve being satisfied with a work of na-
ture.
There Is no way to get rid of a crouch
except to move the town away from
him. They are generally long lived be-
The Washington herald., 1913-09-23

] wonder if there is a lanr
Reyond the sun and stars
Where life and love forever stand
Amid the moons Of Marsl
! wonder il there is a cline
Where live the good and great
Who loved US in their earthly time
Before they fell By fate!
] wonder il there is a light
Beyond the tongueleSs tomb,
Where beauty. truth, and bliss, and right
Find everlasting bloom!
JOHN A. JOYCE
The Washington herald., 1913-09-23
Brief Decisions.

TfOm I0d-C
There is always something to learn
about a man beyond the details in a
letter of introduction.
Efficiency experts can get points bv
watching the methods of some women
in managing their husbands.
There are more bitter things in life
than medicine.
Inc complete success of the suffrage
movement will not Danish bar-air
counters or fortune telIers.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-23
Eat Minnesota Apples.

From the Albert Lea Entcrprisc
The suggestion which has been made
urging Minnesota people to eat Mime
sota-grown apples, is a good one and
should be pushed. Minnesota grows the
best favored apples in the world and
with the abundant crop which is report
ed all over the State, there is no rea-
son why every one should not have all
the apples they want, and as long as
they last, they should be the Minnesota
grown.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-23
GROWS ODoRLEss ONION.
Ohioan Says He Has Developed One
that Leaves No Taint on Breath,

that Leaves No Tnint on Breath.
st. CairsTille (ohiol Dispatch to New York World.
Eat your onion soup. MUNICH your soul.
lions without stint, dash oil and vinegar
on your Bermudas and go right ahead
After which you need no fear-caIl or
your best girl; receive your best fellow
You're safe. The Odorless onion has been
found!
Miller, of this place. declares he has IN
a triumph of horticultural hydridizing
achieved an onion that needs no cloves
for chaser. It's a combination. he as
serts, Of the Bermuda and the Golden
Yellow, having the flavor of the first, the
hardness of the second, and the COM
bined color of both.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-23

You can hardly blame the engineers of
the New Haven road for running by the
danger signals on the track. when the
directors ignored all the danger signals
in the financial management Of the road.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-23

The press dispatch saying that a men,
ber Of Huerta's Cabinet had resigned
was the first intimation many of US had
that Huerta had a Cabinet.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-23

Now that Gen" Rosalie Jones has
inherited a fortune, it may be expected
that many more men will agree with her
views on suffrage
The Washington herald., 1913-09-23

We don't suppose there is any danger
of Mr.. Lind staying in Mexico so long
that he will lose his citizenship in this
country.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-23

Columbia, S. C, claims a successful
bridge whist player who is also a good
housekeeper.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-23
wOuId Like n Look
Not Impressed.

Il know no North. no South, no East.
no West" declared the impassioned
orator.
You are also badly mixed in several
other respects" commented an old farm
er in the audience
The Washington herald., 1913-09-23

Diplomacy is the art of keeping COOL"
says Mr.. Bryan. But it doesn't mean
having cold feet
The Washington herald., 1913-09-23
Something Must BE Did.
L WONDER

II these lady nurderers don't ease up
a bit some lady may have to go to Jail.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-23

Women are not allowed to practice law
IN England, but they keep the men busy
at it
The Washington herald., 1913-09-23
A LITTLE NONSENSE.
THE ONE TO BLAME.

When there's a dreadful railroad wreck
Or accidents appear.
Officials nearly break a neck
To Pincn the engineer.
The engineer, he went to sleep,
The havoc was immense.
OF course We hold resentment deep,
But some day well get sense.
Well pinch the railroads ruler then
And have him put away:
The jolly chap who makes his men
Work eighteen hours a day.
Buying n Bird.
This canary is a German bird, madam;
a great singer"
doubtfully. VIII he sing in German
Some SoIacc.
81 called on the father of my heiress
this morning.
"Ah. duke. And did you get the girl?"
NO; but he gave me s. bill.
seldom Are.
Did you attend that terrible pIay?"
81 did,"
And was it as immoral as you had
been led TO hope?"
Cabaret Features.
You get a lot of turkey trot
Upon the bill of fare.
You pay your cash for turkey hash,
But get no turkey there.
wouId Like n Look.
Say, Sheriff."
''Yes?"
Il voted fer you. Can't you show me a
writ Of habeas corpus? 1 read SO much
about 'em that I'd kind of like to have
look at one of the darn things"
The Washington herald., 1913-09-23

his toe "
cause TineEar Is a great preservatlye
However. the longer the crouch has TO
live with himself the more terribly he h
punished. which proves that we should
not murmur or repine over the ways OF
Providence. If there We're no grouches
all funerals which take place would he
a dead loss to the community,
tcoTyught. l9i5, By Georse Mathew Adars)
The Washington herald., 1913-09-23
Some SOlace.

Il called on the father of my heiress
this morning.
"Ah, duke. And did you get the girl?'
NO; but he gave me a $ bill
The Washington herald., 1913-09-23
Buying n Bird.

This canary is German bird, madam;
great singer"
Il don't know" murmured the bride
doubtfully. VIII he sing in German"
The Washington herald., 1913-09-23
seldom Are.

did you attend that terrible pIay?"
81 did?"
And was it as immoral as you had
been led 70 hope?'
The Washington herald., 1913-09-23
Cabaret Features.

You get a lot of turkey trot
Upon the bill of fare.
You pay your cash for turkey hash.
But get no turkey there.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-23

FLANEUR.