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The Washington times., 1913-03-29
AMENDING THE CONSTITUTION.

Everybody knows how Congress held up for
years the submission to the people of the consttu-
tional amendment providing for popular election of
Senators. Public opinion made itself positively felt
on the measure long ago, and the fact that it is Just
being added to the framework Of the National Gov
ernment merely shows that there were certain limits
to the power of obstruction.
Senator Cummins' announcement that he in
tends to work at the coming session of Congress for
a plan to authorize the submission of amendments
on the request of the Legislatures of onefourth of
the States will keep this question before the people.
1t is evident that the present plan, however we'll it
may have been adapted to prevent the upsetting of
the Constitution as soon as made, is out of date.
Safeguards of course, still necessary, and always
will be necessary. needless rush into wholesale
tinkering with the organic law is not desired by any
body and the common sense of the country will
doubtless be proof against any temptation of that
sort But there is wide difference between eau
tion and mere obstruction, and tine way to obtain
the one and prevent the other be found if it is
sought
The Washington times., 1913-03-29
Do You Ever Indulge in the &
Vice of Weather-Worrymg !?
By Clarence L. Cullen.

~ ERHAPS the contemplative scien-
l. lists who know how long II
takes certain number Of coral
insects to build coral reef Of
a certain size can tell US how many
steel bridges could be built each day
solely by the energy wasted all over the
world by human beings every day in
worrying about the weather.
Such a calculation. would not. Of
course. be OF any possible use. But
neither is the calculation about the
coral insects and their reef Of any
ina aginable use.
Such figures. nevertheless, would
throw a lot of theoretical steel bridges
upon the skyline.
They would not. however. have any
effect whatever in stopping people from
worrying about the weather.
Large numbers of persons with de-
termination to worry about something
have been worrying about the weather
ever since the unfortunates who were
not included in Noah's family party
began to watch the heavens for signs
of rain.
History, sacred and profane. may
any kind of weather. however bad
ever having been altered n Zephyr's
breath or a dewdrop's weight by the
combined worrying of the worlds
peoples over the weather.
Weather always has been mutable,
heinously at times, and it always will
be. This being a fixed and unchange-
able fact. there is as much reason FOR
worrying about weather as there Is
for worrying about the rings OF Sa-
turn And, so far as we know, no
body spends any time in worrying
about the rings of saturn
The weather was here. is here, and
The Washington times., 1913-03-29

ed, conservative Americans of relatively the same
class -
There would seem no object in selecting our am
bassadors with view to their ability to do any,
thing more than this in their turn. good many of
our ambassadors have been selected on Just exactly
that basis.
On the other hand. our ambassadors get $500
and their office rent Tine English ambassador to the
United States gets $4,000 and his residence.
is all very we'll to say that we should not limit
our choice to men of wealth. But granted the prin-
ciple that turn about is fair play how is the Amer
can ambassador abroad to live on the same standard
as does the foreigner here unless either he be a
rich man or the Government itself pays MIN enough
to maintain that standard
The Washington times., 1913-03-29
KEEP YOUR SKIN HEALTHY.
.HE skin is very important or

~ HE skin is very important or
gan in the human economy. Its
health and well-being rebound
very greatly 10 the health ana
well-being of the entire organism. That
the proper functioning of this organ Is
essential to the health and life of the in
dividual may readily be surmised from
the fact that when one-third of the skin
surface is from any cause destroyed life
itself cannot be maintained. Paint an
animals skin with some impervious ma
terial. and even though the material
used be altogether innocuous and free
from poisonous qualities death Will
quickly supervene. Such is the import
ance of the covering which nature made
for man.
The skin is the mechanism by means
of which the temperature of the body
is maintained at constantly hNeo
point The Fahrenheit thermometer
registers the normal temperature OF man
at 9S.i degrees. Two or three degrees
below this point brings about con-
ditiou of complete collapse, rapidly foi-
lowed by death Several degrees ABOVE
indicates serious illness, until the tenn
craturc Of los, or at most ltI, Is reaCheu'
when death quickly follows:
In the normal human being ever! M
fluencc that tends TO raise the lnner
bodily heat tends likewise 10 can
forth response on the part OF the SKIN.
The moment the blood becomes over
heated the skin opens up all its pores
and sends out a stream at hduh pcrs-
.piration. As the latter cVHpofatcS from
tho skins surface the extra neat Is dis
sipated. The body coois ana the nor
NAL temperature is kept at It's hNed
point. on the other hand. As soon as
Lhe external influences are such as To
lower the general temperatur" OF the
body the skin responds by shutting up
it's pores Hca; is thus conserved and
the normal temperature maintained.
That is why we pcrspire freely IN sum
m.r and only sparingly in the cold days
of winter.
Another very important function OF
the skin is to aid the kidneys in re-
moving poisonous materials from the
Tissues Of the body. In this the skin IS
the complementary organ of the kid
ncys. Those who have weak nr diseased
kidneys particularly. therefore. must
icalousIy guard the integrity nf the
skin. II will help them to maintain
health and prolonS life. For even in
perfect health. without the aid Of the
The Washington times., 1913-03-29

Is going to be here. And IL is going
to be here in its own way.
The weather does not expect every
body or anybody to be satisfied with
1t. Nothing in Nature Is more calmly
or riotously indifferent to human
opinion than weather.
Year in and year out, through all
the seasons. there Is no weather on
the globe to compare with Hawaiian
weather-with Honolulu weather par
tieuiarly It makes Mediterranea9
Southern California seem raw and
miserable by comparison. The tenn
perature of the Hawaiian winter
rarely goes below 10. In summer the
fI;nnSI aon6iuiu ther~omster n .in iinfrsquently
Mazarine blueness all the time. The
flowers are always in blossom. In
Honolulu there Is little or no wind.
little or 10 rain.
Does this Incompatible weather sat-
1sfy the weather worriers?
Not at all. After a long period of it
I found myself fuming over the mo
notonous perfection of the Hawaiian
weather. There was too much same
ness in its immutable beauty.
The contented capable man IL the man
who takes the weather as 1t comes. II
only for the potential reason that he
knows that il is going to keep right en-
coming, anyhow.
The JOB IN HAND is the main thing
And even that is nothing to worry
about, So long as 1t is being tackled in
and intelligently.
Put the weather down at the bottom
of your list of worries
After doing that, throw the entire list
away or burn it.
Weather is weather and worry IS
worry. But weather does not make any
wrinkles. There is an understanding
that worry does.
The Washington times., 1913-03-29
THE AMERICAN SPIRIT.

Omaha, with property loss of Sis 900 900, with
120 dead, twice that number injured and 5000 home
less, is burying its dead-and holding meetings ol
citizens committees to plan the rebuilding of the
city on a greater, better, more beautiful, more con-
venient, more healthfu scale.
Omaha has declined all outside aid-even thai
offered by the State of Nebraska. 1t expresses con-
fdence and ability to work out its own salvation.
This is not egotism; it is self-relance 1t is the
ability to get up after you have fallen down. instead
of giving up altogether or waiting until some one
came along and helped you.
1t is the typical American spirit.
Baltimore, with fire loss of Sl0O, 900 900, de.
clined outside aid in tine way of financial assistance
except that needed right the heels of the disaster
to tide over period of few days. San Francisco
was master of her soul in the midst of her almost
overwhelming calamity, her self-6nancng and re-
building being one of the wonders of the age Gal
weston, visited by tidal wave and St. Louis, visited
by tornado did the same. Chicago, as far back as
1871, of her own will and by her own strength.
That is why Omaha instead of sitting discon-
soate in the midst of wreckage and accepting fnan-
ca help, honestly and justly offered by sister cities,
announces her ability to take care of herself and
organize permanent committees to look to the re-
building of the city
American cities are the most tenacious, most
resilient, most independent most self-sustaining Of
any governmental organism known. They must be
to withstand the corruption and misgovernment that
oppresses them daily, but in spite of which they still
progress and prosper.
1t is the American spirit, the indomtable Ameri-
can OPTIMISM the spirit of the pioneer who conquer
ed the wilderness and carved fertile, prolific ma
ton out of the desert.
The Washington times., 1913-03-29
THE NEWEST KANSAS IDEA."

1t is as inconceivable now as it was hundred
years ago that the last word has been said in the
progress of the science Of government. With The
wider diffusion of education there is, indeed, every
reason why there should be more capacity for safe
progress in that direction than at any other time in
history. This is the background for any fair consid
Grafton Of the proposal advanced in Kansas for the
institution of the commission form of government
for the State
1t is naturally startling suggestion at first to
the conservatives and the near-conservatves, who
perform so useful a function in preventing hasty
adoption of new experiments in government. The
commission plan for cities startling too, when
it born of the necessities of the Galveston Food
and taken up by one municipality after another
which saw in it hope of relief from admitted evils
But there is less shock now at announcements that
other cities are adopting it and in few years even
the most confirmed of standpatters may accept its
progress with complacency. This is point to be
determined by future events.
1t must be conceded on all sides that the present
plan of State government in America, based partly
on the English constitution and partly on the politi
cal principles advanced by Montesquieu in l74s, is
capable of improvement. Legislatures are in many
cases periodical nightmares. Their members are, in
large part, nominated, elected and controlled by
ton their functions is too we'll known to need as
sertion. There is general restiveness under their
ncapacty, but hesitation to try any substitute be-
cause none that is satisfactory has been found
With such situation it will be interesting to
watch the fate of the latest Kansas idea" There
can be no fundamental objection to eIecting eight
men, as is proposed and charging them with the
business of managing the State If this plan or any
other is tried and proves to work better than the
present one, it will be useful object lesson to the
rest of the country.
Our system of State sovereignty provides field
in which individual States make practical tests of
new ideas in government and thus each serves as ar
experiment station for the benefit of others. the
Kansas plan is worth consideration by the people of
that State on its merits IF, after full discussion
they wish to try it in practice it is their business to
do so and the business of other Commonwealth to
take note Of what follows
The Washington times., 1913-03-29
cHEERFULNEss FOR RAILROAD MEN.

good laugh is better than medicine. Learn how to
tell story Learn how to keep troubles to your
SELF The world is too busy to care for your ills and
troubles Learn to hide your pains and aches under
pleasant smiles Meet everyone with smile: good
humored man woman always is welcome. Above all,
give pleasure.
This excellent advice, issued by the management
OF big Western railroad to its employees will mean
decided change to the travelling public if it is fol-
lowed. No people need it more than Americans,
caught in the swing and rush that characteristic
Of them
And il may be added that no class of people need
Il more than railroad men. The average conductor
or brakeman is not, as rule, cheerful. His To-
quacy usually confined to such formal expressions
as Ticket, please and Change at Smthtown ~
Only bold passenger under present conditions,
will venture jest with the powerful and often
gloomy individual who can put him off at the next
station
In these days of change it is pleasant to know
that the despotic frgdity of the man with the
ticket punch is not mmutable. What worthwhile
world this will be when the noise of the rafting
wheels and coughing engine of a passing train will
be drowned by the roars of laughter from passen-
gers diverted by the conductors latest version of
why does chicken cross the road?" delighted
chuckle in the distance will mean the approach of
the New York express and fading chorus of ha-
has will mark its departure
If the new rule is generally followed the timid
passenger need no longer fear to work off his best
bon-mots the who comes around to see if
he has sneaked on board without ticket. He will
know that the victim cannot avoid listening without
violating the orders of the railroad
just think of the JOY of having railroad man
at your own mercy!
The Washington times., 1913-03-29
AMBASSADORS LIVING STANDARDS

II would seem that this country does not like the
idea Of sending "gilded" ambassadors abroad. 1t
doesn't like the idea Of sending abroad ambassadors
TO whom the chief value of the Governments cre-
dentials is in the social prestige they carry with
them. But is there not little danger that in the
reaction from the past are leaning too far back
in the other direction? Doesn't the postuate that
because Benjamin Franklin was a successful dplo-
mat, all American diplomats should initiate Frank
Inns simplicity ignore the fact that very few avail
ables for the diplomatic service have Franklins
sbility?
Public opinion might perhaps do we'll to stop.
look and listen for good concrete example by which
to illustrate its wishes Select say the costs of the
establishments of foreign ambassadors in Washing
ton. 1t can hardly be supposed that greater state
would be required of our ambassador abroad by the
capitals and courts to which they accredited than
their own representatives expected to maintain
here-expected, that is, by their home governments
Official Washington is not excessively lavish.
Neither the British nor the French ambassadors,
neither the German the Austrian, the Russian nor
the Turkish has the reputation of beirg "silded."
Tney entertain well, they dress well, they are we'll
served; but not IN notoriousIy conspicuous
ner. Their standards of living are little, II any,
more extravagant than is that of many serous-mind
The Washington times., 1913-03-29
THREATENED DANGERS.

Todays news from the foodstricken cities of
Dayton and Columbus is encouraging. The death
lists are less terrible than at first indicated the prop
erty loss less severe than anticipated. But what
has passed these cities threatens the towns lower
down the rivers. 1t is to be hoped tat the dangers
are being provided against, that the authorities are
insisting that residents in threatened locations move
out of danger that the conservation of lives rather
than the rescue of dead bodies is the program of
action
The Washington times., 1913-03-29
Else why, do You suppose, would I
Be writing THIS?

The W!lsonian haircutter isn't COM
ing, after all. and we shall have TO
be content with the local barbs. And
vet we could forgive them everything
else If they wouldn't bring the little
mirror at the end of a hair-trimming
and show YOU just how the back Of
your neck looks. Suppose it isn't sat
isfactory. which, nine times out Of
ten. it isn't. What can be done about
IL then?
The Washington times., 1913-03-29

Excellent as is the cleanup idea, We
were last discovered in the act OF view
ing with alarm" For will not a great
many hold Off in their cleaning until
April "A, scour strenuously for one
week. and then sit back and wait for
the 1914 cleanup? It's a good deal like
the Learn one thing every day" policy:
1t keeps back a lot OF people who might
otherwise learn two or three.
The Washington times., 1913-03-29
Taken at His Word.

-HE wealthy old lady was very i'll
and sent for her lawyer To make
her will. Il wish to explain to
YOU" she said, weakly. about
disposing of my property"
The lawyer was sympathetic. There.
there. don't worry about it," he said,
soothinsly: Just leave it to me"
.'Oh, WELL" said the old lady. resign
cdly, II suppose ! might as we'll; vou'll
get II anyway."-The Ladies' Home
Journal.
The Washington times., 1913-03-29
Up-to.

NO nice time all afternoon" little Madss
a close of visit a Al
FIRST was 5 She be wouIdn,
let of paythings, old doll
We'll" said her mother when had
gone a comrade and she would touch her
paythinSs should have straight home"
times have changed since a little girl
shreWdness.
fact and stayed. ."-Exchar &C.
The Washington times., 1913-03-29
THE TORNADO.

c'Taken"-in the words Of the author
from story told by . passenger on
train that appeared In your paper.)
1t was growing steadily dark, when
suddenly there was spied
A black cloud. shaped like q funnel, far
off in the sky. -.
Some knew what II was and some did
not,
And those that seen it have not for
got: ...
For with its curious noises and its
great suction
1t tossed everything in its path to de-
struction.
The Washington times., 1913-03-29
The Cubist Lunch Packers.

G. S. X: Will you please print this
complaint against the amateurs who
put up my lunches. and who persist
in packing an oozy jelly sandwich tight
up against meat sandwich, so that tine
jelly sOaks through the meat and into
the pie beyond? Thanks: l
knew YOU would.
The Washington times., 1913-03-29

Amusements
National-Mrs. Fiske i'm The High
Road" els and Sis p. m.
Columbia-'The Love Leash" Els and
S:l5 y. m.
Belasco-"The Typhoon. 2:l5 and Sis
r. III.
Polfs-Poli Players in The College
Widow els and sis D. m
Chase's-Polite vaudeville 2:I5 and SIS
p. m
sis y. m.
Casino-N audeville.
Cosmos-Naudeville.
I.yceum-'The Girls From Missouri"
els and S:lS p. m
Gayety-Trocadero buriesqusrs, s:i5 and
S:lS p. m.
The Washington times., 1913-03-29
How to Add 10 Years to Your Life
- Bu A. Husik NJ D.

skin. the kidneys would soon break
down from the extra burden laid upon
them. Grave disease would result and
death soon follow.
To keep in good health. then, and add
years to your life, employ the morning
bath and sponge freely. The practice
is a pleasure and delight. and in the
long run makes for health and long life.
The Washington times., 1913-03-29
WALTER

Despite the fussing about it. We
doubt II the INSTALLATION of Dam
aged Goods" can accomplish a bit
more good than the reading Of It..
Which. however. is no argument at all
against its presentation.
The Washington times., 1913-03-29

liver series Of lectures on THE Family
Circle" which we hope will he followed
bv The Orchestra Circle" and The
Parquet.' There's enough to learn
about them.
The Washington times., 1913-03-29
Here's to the Washington base
ball club: May it have many Z
cleanup week!

If the gentlemen reforming the
well-known sausage will do what they
can toward the prohibition of the
pestiferous pepper pellets. they will
be burdened with our perennial graft
tude. Or else cover them with armor
plate. so that one can't bite through
them Unexpectedly.
The Washington times., 1913-03-29

AGAIN ANTICIPATING.
The balmy summer evening brings
A thousand keen delights,
And also little bugs and things,
And exc mosquito bites.
The Washington times., 1913-03-29
Late Arrival.

II went Brooklyn night to see a
lady of mine said Briggs l got
ere found she had TO bed"
Gone to inquired Griges. How happen"
delayed twenty minutes by block the bridge
didn't get to her house until five minutes after o'clock
Exchange.
The Washington times., 1913-03-29
Ugh!

6. :. k.: Speaking of that final para
graph. weren't the Chinese Boxers the
orisinal queue hrutcs?
CHEVY CHASE
The Washington times., 1913-03-29
The Scornish Flood Tide.

G. S. X: Did you say scorn? Well,
then, did you ever ask haberda sher' S
man to show you something a little
cheaper?
The Washington times., 1913-03-29

And in drawing up the list. of roursc.
one shouldn't overlook the bush league
pool and billiard players
The Washington times., 1913-03-29

And an added starter for the AL
legged stakes is the so-called safety
razor
The Washington times., 1913-03-29
THAT
WHA Sometimes 9 k,ttle srtAs othe,
ON DAYS AND DAYS.

ON DAYS AND DAYS.
Some melancholy days there be
That put creatipeness to rout-
When there is nothing, actuHy,
To write about.
And some there are whose coming
wields
The power to compel a laugh
When every stolid object yields
A paragraph.
And which today? | make reply
1t we're impossible to miss.
The Washington times., 1913-03-29
However, We Shall Try to Bear Up
Under It,

From TIA" chicago ''JnurnaI",
Two cities in Morocco are planning
modern WatcrHorks. They are casa
blanca and TanGicr.
News like this comes with bit OF A
shock.
The Washington times., 1913-03-29

respect. and couple of weeks later re-
turned to the store where he made his
purchase.
These fannels are not what YOU
claimed them to hc." he said to the
clerk.
What is the trouble with them
asked the clerk. Have they faded or
shrunk?''
Faded. Shrunk"' cried the pur-
chaser, indignantly. why. when I came
down TO breakfast this morning with
one OF them on my wife asked me:
What are YOU wearing the babys
pink coral necklace for?''-Harper'
The Washington times., 1913-03-29

May VIC, in passing, break off to OBJ
serve that our zero in csculents is the
Jelly sandwich?
The Washington times., 1913-03-29
What's on the Program, in
Washington Today
Amusements.

Meeting of Canton Washington, No. I.
drill and social session tonight
The Washington times., 1913-03-29
The Natural Mistake.

r. MAN who was greatly troubled
- with rheumatism bought some
red flannel underwear recently.
which was Guaranteed i'm avery
The Washington times., 1913-03-29
Everywoman's Complaint.

<<Y MIGHT have married million
aire." declared Evcrywoman.
"one of my old schoolmates is
now one
And several Of your schoolmatcs are
working right In this town for Sl0
n week." rctorted Everyman. while one
Of them is in Jail. I guess in marrying
a chap getting sl.5"c a year your aver
age is fairly good
And then Everybaby set up Il howl
and they had to stop quarreling To at
tend to him.-EXchange.
The Washington times., 1913-03-29

Been rather a Cubist month, hasn't
The Washington times., 1913-03-29

The Cuebists.
The Washington times., 1913-03-29

G. s. K.