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The Washington herald., 1913-03-23
The Carl Schurz Memorial.

The unveiling and dedication of the
monument to Carl Sohurz, on Morn
ingside Avenue, New York. is to take
place on the second Saturday in May.
A distinguished company of guests OF
honor has been invited including the
President OF the United States.
The propriety OF such a memorial
was recognized soon after the death
OF Mr. Schurz and the committee,
which was appointed six years ago
and of which Joseph Choatc was chair
man. mas now carried its work to
completion.
No man who came to these shores
from foreign country has identified
himself moro completely with Ameri-
can institutions The memorial shows
that if republics arc ungrateful, the
same charge cannot be brought against
their citizens.
Mr.. Schurz was man OF high ideals
and made splendid use of his grea,
talents for the welfare of his adopt
ed country in peace and in war. This
country owes him gratitude.
Even the Kaiser will be represented
through his Ambassador, Count vor
Bernstorff, who is to deliver one oi
the orations OF the day. What this
means may be cleaned from the fact
that the late Carl Schurz was one oi
the little band of ''Freihcits Vor.
kaempfer,' consisting mostly of uni.
versity students who were imprisoned
in fortresses or exiled or had to fec
for their lives, because of their active
protests against the methods of gov.
crnments, eliminating in the revolu.
ton of 1888
The Washington herald., 1913-03-23
A Deathless Town.

According to the news dispatches,
there is a town in St. Louis County,
near Duluth, in Minnesota, where no.
body died last year.
The name of the place is Trovola,
and it is Finnish settlement. 1t is
not a large town, mere hamlet, and
there were twenty-five births there
during the last year. This record for
health and immediate surroundings
conducive to longevity is not only a
very remarkable one; it is unique and
solitary, as far as we can ascertain, in
the whole country.
True enough. the Finlanders are a
sturdy race of hard-working, physical
ly, almost perfect, men and women,
but, even so, their town must either be
exceptionally favored in the way of
climatic conditions, pure, dry air, a
plentitude of pure water, and numer-
GUS other preferentials that go to make
for perfection of the physical life. or
their sanitary and kygienic conditions
and arrangements are so perfect that
all other cities of the land should bor-
row leaf of their municipal code.
Happy Trovola and thrice blessed
Trovolians.
The Washington herald., 1913-03-23
Modesty and Sleeping Cars.

From the New York World.
Lord Claud Hamilton is quite right in
calling the sleeping accommodations in
Pullman cars 'immodest," but wrong in
his inference that they typify American
love of publicity. They are arranged as
they are because the Pullman company,
not its patrons. prefer them that way.
A long-suffering public puts up with
them because ii has to, not because 1t
likes them or fails to recognize their OBJ
jectionable features as clearly as do
travellers accustomed to the greater pri-
vacy of sleeping cars on English rail-
roads.
That a nights ride in a Pullman is an
uncomfortable experience to all travel
ers and an ordeal to every woman is due
to the failure of the sleeping car trust
to modernize its cars as respects berth
accommodations and adopt them to
the needs Of present night travel Having
no competition to meet, it has neglected
the essentials of privacy and COM
fort for the detail of mahogany
and plush fittings. The luxury" of
the palace car indeed, ends with
it's appointments. In the matter Of
proyiding places for passengers to sleep
undistrubcd and unconscious of their
neighbors Pullman cars to-day show no
substantial Improvement over the model
of thirty years ago.
Americans do not prefer the Pullman
sleeping car. They endure 1t because
they have no choice in the matter.
The Washington herald., 1913-03-23

From the New York Evening Post.
The number OF Jewish farmers in the
United States. as listed in the American
Jewish Year Book is 19.5a0 divided into
AIS families, occupying 3.iss home
steads Owing to the difficulties in the
way of complete enumeration. these
figures are estimated to be not much
more than falf Of the total Jewish acri-
cultural population In the United States.
More than two-thirds of this population
is concentrated in the five States of New
York. New Jersey. Connecticut. Massa-
chusetts, and Pennsylvania. in the order
named. In the Northwest first place
goes TO North DakCta, with 81 farms.
which would put il between Connecticut
and Massachusetts among the leading
States. Every State in the TniCn is rep
resented. Arizona. Maine. North Caro-
lima Vermont, and West Virginia quail
fying with one farm each. Oregon.
which was the scene of ar attempt at
Jewish colonization on a large scale more
than thirty years ago. has only seven
farms, and Kansas. which 1T one time
was similarl" exploited. has only two
In New York State the Jewish farmers
are most numerous IN Sullivan Lndt
lister Countics The salubrious climate
makes this region a favorite summer re-
sort. and SO creates profitable market
for dairyi1g ard garden products.
The Washington herald., 1913-03-23
Thanks Very Much, Impossible, Mr..
President.

The difficulty experienced by the
President and Secretary of State in
filling our usually considered coveted
post of Ambassador abroad empha-
sizes the precise adaptability of our
distinguished men to thee" special of
fices; it is certain that man who may
be particularly suited TO be Ambassa
dor at the Court of St James would
be less happily placed at the Eiysee
and vice versa The ideal Ambassador
to England has always been essentially
man of letters and more than ordi-
nary culture; it is this fact that prob
ably determined the President in offer
ing this post to Messrs. Olney and
Eliot in turn, and will render third
choice more than usually difficult.
After all, the late Whitelaw Reid
maintained his popularity in England
less through the exercise of the vast
wealth at his disposal than by the per-
sonal fitness founded upon his attain
ments as a great editor. and it goes
without saying that in his selection of
Ambassadors the President is governed
more by the considerations of char
acter and cultivation than by either
opulence or the ''chloroform' age limit
The Ambassador at the Court OF St.
James ought to be all the better fitted
for that post because he has arrived at
the period of ripe judgment, and what
may be called the diplomatic age of dis
cretion. When it comes to the ap-
pointee at Paris the President is equal
ly actuated by what is understood to
be a veritable passion for facts; he
gauges the man to be distinguished
by his record rather than his worldly
possessions
1t is quite true that both London and
Paris demand considerable resources
in order to keep up appearances" and
this indubitable fact emphasizes the
agitation for an appropriation by Con-
gress to maintain American embassies
and legations abroad, but the Presi-
dents motto is evidently character and
service first and "the chinks" second.
1t may, however, be said that the pos
session of wealth can scarcely be
ranked as disadvantage, provided all
other things arc equal.
There are several ambitious Demo
crats whose desire Tor the post Of
The Washington herald., 1913-03-23

Ambassador abroad is an open secret
One or two of these men have devoted
their entire career to politics, have al
ready served their country abroad in
a like official capacity, and would
seem to be especially worthy of the
attention of the President and the Sec
retary of State in this crucial moment
Now that Mr.. McCombs has reluct-
antly joined in the chorus of Thanks
very much, Mr.. President, but impos-
sible,". it might be well to cast an eye
and lend an ear to these special as
pirants.
One of the obvious advantages of
becoming Ambassador in Paris is to
understand the French language. 1t
was once somewhat cruelty remarked
of one OF our Ministers at that post
that he had attempted to master
French in order to conceal his Eng
lish," but there are several linguists
both ready and willing to sail for
Havre or Cherbourg at any moment
that the President and the State De-
partment may furnish them with the
much-desired credentials. After all,
there are those eager to say Thank
you very much, Mr.. President, I shall
be delighted"
The Washington herald., 1913-03-23
Future of the G. O. P.

The determination of the Progress
sives to have their organizaton rep
resented in the ballot for Speaker of
the House is another evidence that the
directing forces of the party are not
letting the grass grow under their feet.
As the days go by one begins to
wonder when the Republican organi-
zation is going TO give evidences OF
life. Senator Cummips, it is true, has
been trying to infuse some enthusiasm
into the rank and file, but he stands al
most alone in this praiseworthy I'm
dertaking. Word comes from the West
that many Republicans who were loyal
to the party in the. last campaign are
now drifting into the Progressive
ranks because in the Progressive party
there is always something doing. 1t
would seem, too, as if the possibility
of coalition in the Republican party
is becoming more and more remote.
The presentation OF Progressive can
didate for Speaker emphasizes the di-
vision. The men in charge of the
Progressive party are determined to
give the Republican organization no
quarter They are assailing it from
every angle More than this, they are
earnest. persistent and aggressive,
while the Republican leaders seem ut
terly Indifferent If these conditions
remain unchanged, there can only be
one result The Republican party will
disintegrate,
1t would seem more probable, how
ever, that the Republican leaders
would soon awake to the crisis which
confronts them and by show of &C
tivity demonstrate that the party is
not dead.
The Washington herald., 1913-03-23
PROGRESSIVE COSTA RIGA.
Government stable as Any of the
Big Powers, Says q Resident.

From the Baltimore American.
Though small and as yet in the in
fancy OF development. Costa Rica Is
thoroughly progressive" said DR.. Vim
cent Castro, of San Jose, Costa Rica.
who is perhaps the leading surgeon OF
that Central American republic. Our
present Chief Executive, Lie don Ri
cordo JimineZ, is one of the ablest
statesmen of this generation, a lawyer
of profound attainments, and were he
resident of this powerful Northern
nation he would be esteemed worthy
to hold the highest Office in the gift
Of the people.
AT this time we choose our Presi-
dents for a four-year term in an indi-
rect way. through electors chosen for
that purpose. but two years from now
we shall discard this system and all
future Presidents will be chosen by
direct popular ballot.
"All male Costa Ricans of voting age
are given the suffrage. the sole quail
fcation being the ability to read and
write. There is no rancor or bitter
ness in our election contests, and the
faction that is beaten acquiesces cheer
fully in the verdict at the polls. Our
Presidents have an extraordinary ap-
pointive power, and they show their
IildS bN 'AA'A4
enemies for some of the highest offices
under the government.
THE government, as | said before.
Is as stable as any of the big powers.
and its security has a firm basis in the
enlightenment of the people. 1t owns
and operates railway from San Jose,
the capital. to Punta Arenas. on the
Pacific Ocean. which. contrary TO most
state-owned lines, is a financial sue
cess. our monetary system is excel
lent. being on a gold basis. The unit
of value is the colon, which rarely
goes below A. cents in United States
money. A coin worth 30 cents. or two
colons, is gold. the smaller coinage be-
ing silver; and besides that the banks
issue paper currency that. being re-
deemable in gold. is always good. NO
notes are issued by our government.
The coffee trade remains heavy
source of revenue. and in no other Cen
trail or South American country does
the quality OF the berry equal that
grown in Costa RiCa. Besides these
items. we have all kinds of precious
minerals including a number OF good
paying gold mines and virgin forests
of mahogany and other ornamental
woods, only a fraction of which has been
cut for eXportatlon-
Outside Of a few thousand blacks from
Jamaica. who work for the banana COM
pany. and approximately $3.50 Guatusos
native Indians living in remote dis
trict-the population Of Costa Rica Is ot
the original Spanish stock. the racial
strain having kept its ancient purity.
Ours is essentially a white mans coun-
try. as our people. with rare exceptions,
decline inter-marriaEe with those or IN
ferior grade, and hence We have been
able to evolve and maintain a creditable
civilization. In proportion Cssta Rica
spends more for education than any OF
the Latin American governments our
schools costing more than any other
single item in the national budget Edu-
cation is compulsory and 20 per cent OF
the children receive free instruction IN
the primary and secondary scnoois
The Washington herald., 1913-03-23
CARBURETORS
BY GEORGE FITCH,
Author of "At Good Old Siwash."

A carburetor is a contrivance which
is used for running gasoline engine
and smashing the third commandment.
1t is more successful at the latter
Job than the former. There are many
times when the carburetor falls down
miserably on the engine running Job,
but 1t is always ready to produce at a
moments notice enough profanity to
give the recording angel writer's
cramp.
As a rule, the carburetor consists of
small brass pot, into which air and
gasoline are sucked by the engine. the
two are well mixed in the carburetor
and arc then inserted into the bosom
of the engine and encouraged 10 ex-
plode by an electric spark
This sounds as simple as gettiI & a
Progressive and a Republican to quar-
rel but IL is remarkable how much
of a mess the carburetor can make OF
IT A balky horse is accommodating
beside n carburetor. which refuses to
carb or which persists in doing 1t the
wrong way.
A carburetor is as sensitive tosat-
mospheric changes as rheumatic toe.
1t will work happily and perfectly all
day long with the thermometer at 80
degrees. and the next morning. during
cold rainstorm. II remains sullenly
inactive while it's owner cranks the
engine ss7 times and then bites a hole
in the radiator.
In winter a carburetor is as hard to
wake I'D as a bear, and no better tenn
pered af,erward. Whenever an auto
mobile Is heard limping down the
street. making n sound like fourteen
Kilkenny cats in sack, 1t Is sign
The Washington herald., 1913-03-23
Presidents Position.

President Wilson will be acting the
part OF wisdom if he declines TO be
made a party TO factional fights in the
various States.
His influence is now being sought in
the Maryland Senatorial contest, just
as it was requested in the Illinois fight.
There is a great temptation to the
President 10 exercise power. and es-
pecially TO favor friends. At the same
time. experience has demonstrated that
nothing can bring about disruption so
quickly as Executive interference in
purely State affairs. President Wilson,
whose course up to the present time
has been marked by large measure OF
common sense, must know this fact.
He has only to imagine how he would
have resented. while Governor of New
Jersey, the attempt OF a President to
dictate to New Jersey Democrats, in
order to realize how such action on
his part now would lead to trouble
The President will find, as time goes
on. that he will be appealed to by
factions for support. but if he treats
all alike. keeping in the middle OF the
road, he will escape both criticism and
embarrassment There are many pit
falls in the Presidential path, but the
largest and most dangerous of all is
the one which proposes that the Pres
ident shall take sides in factional dis
putes. That Mr. Wilson is wise
enough to avoid it may be accepted as
The Washington herald., 1913-03-23
THE POLITICAL SITUATION

The discipline in the Democratic
party has thus far proved perfect.
Senator Bacon of Georgia, displaced
by Senator Clarke OF Arkansas, as
President pro tempore OF the Senate,
accented the result with apparent
equanimity. while Senator Tillman, IN
stead of making a scene and resigning
when he was not given the chairman
ship of the Appropriations Committee,
contented himself with bowling to the
action of the steering committee.
1t NAV be said that this harmony IS
more apparent than real. No one can
deny, however, that it is a great deal
better than no harmony at all, and it
is certainly a vast improvement upon
the spectacle which the Democrats
used to present i'll Congress. The
trouble with the Democrats when they
got into power has always been that
they did not know how to stick to-
setl1cr. They have lacked cohesive
ness. flying apart upon the least provo
cation They have evidently entered
upon this administration with a deter
mination TO allow nothing to disrupt
them. Whether they can carry out
their programme when they get face
TO face with the tariff and other grave
problems is another question. Already
there are some signs that all is not
serene. but up to the present time the
party as a whole is to be congratu-
lated upon the excellent showing of
discipline which it has made.
The Washington herald., 1913-03-23
Currency Reforms.

Then the currency reform question
is likely to cause a division of senti-
ment among the Democrats.
Long ago it was predicted in these
columns that as soon as President Viii
son was installed in office the cur
rency question would come to the
front. The great mass of the people
may want the tariff reduced so as to
lower the cost of living. il possible,
but the great financial interests are
even more concerned in securing the
enactment OF new banking law They
tried to obtain this law in the last ad-
ministration and failed. They are again
at work and no doubt will be success
fuI, for they generally get the things
they want.
Perhaps a new currency law is really
needed. but none the less it will re-
quire close attention on the part of the
Democratic leaders TO keep the pro-
posed measure free from hidden ad-
vantages 70 the money interests. One
OF the rocks upon which the Cleveland
administration was wrecked was the
financial legislation which Cleveland
insisted Congress should pass. His.
tory might repeat itself if President
Wilson should evince too marked ar
interest in the currency law.
The Washington herald., 1913-03-23
Cr,t,np Down PittsburE's "Hump.

From the New 1fk Sun.
Superintendent Miller was much IN
terested in the underpinninS work now
in proCress in Pittsburg in connection
with the municipal improvement known
as the hump removal" This work con-
sists OF the cutting down in the densely
built section of a little over two miles
Of street. within an area approximately
enual to that inclosed by Fourteenth
street. Broadway, Twenty-third Street.
Lexington Avenue and Irving Place. The
maximum depth to which the streets are
10 he lowered is 163 feet. The widening
and three streets for a total length OF
over 2, 900 feet, and the opening of another
short street, are also included in this
work. One of the buildings affected by
this Improvement is the twenty-two-story
Frick building, the old basement OF
which now becomes the first story of
the building. In another instance
fiye-story brick building was bodily
lowered about ten feet in order that the
floor of the first story might be level
with the street in the new position Of
the building.
The Washington herald., 1913-03-23
No Radical Tariff.

The great test of party solidlty will
come when the tariff bill i, under con-
sideratioH.
There arc already intimation> that
the new schedules will not be as radi-
caly lowered as literal fulhllmcnt OF
the Democratic platform would sug-
gest There are Interests i'll the
Southern States. it seems, which are
not to be sacrificed upon the altar OF
a tariff for revenue only Onions and
cattle are just as important to Texas
as steel is to Pennsylvania. and zinc
and lead are factors i'll the commercial
progress of Missouri. In all probability,
therefore. when the bill i, reported. it
will be found to recognize the protec-
tive principle, even though protection
be declared unconstitutional. One thing
is certain. If the House passes a rad
ical tariff bill-and House with two
thirds Democratic ma ority can do al
most anything-the measure will be
amended in the Senate This is what
happened in the last Democratic ad-
ministration. and it will happen again.
The Democratic majority in the Sen
ate rests upon such narrow foun-
dation that practically every Senator
must he satisfied if tho bill is to be-
como a law And there are many
Democratic Senators who are by no
means avcrsc to giving to their States
a degree OF protection which will in
sure the continuance and development
of local interests.
The Washington herald., 1913-03-23
When Dancers Do Their Best.

From the Philadclphis Public Ledger.
do these professional dancers do the
best they cam" asked a dancing
master, and then ! specified youn.;
woman who has just appeared at a
Philadelphia theater.
That girl" said he. was a pupil Of
mine and she can dance much better
than she does dance on the stage. Ru:
she makes her dancing snowy to please
the audience. From an artistic view
point her public work is considerably
below what she is capable OF doing. And
so 1t is with a great many others. They
want applause and TO get it they violate
many rules If good dancing in order to
introduce contortiors that are ANYTHING
but the poetry OF motion.
The Washington herald., 1913-03-23
The Sea Is Dusty.

From the Chicago Tribune.
When the decks of ships are rubbed
and cleaned each morning great quanti-
ties of dust are invariably found. In the
modern steamship this could be accounted
for by tons of carbon which are poured
forth daily by the tunnels. but the curl
Gus thing is that the deck of a sailing
ship shows a greater quantity of this
material than that of the steamship. In
an Atlantic trip, occupying ninety-seven
days by sailing ship. twenty-four bar
rels of powder were swept from the
deck The captain took extended OBJ
scrvations of the amounts collected daily.
but found nothing which assisted him 10
clear the mystery. 1t is probably of vol
canic origin.
The Washington herald., 1913-03-23

Kansas City Dispatch to the New York Herald.
a few months ago a dairy COW be-
longing to Blair Stanton. a wyandotte
County farmer. producing eight quarts
of milk day, lost an eye in the hedgc
brush.
The COW refused to associate with
others OF the herd. gloomed alone and
relapsed into a state OF chronic melan-
choly. From eight quarts of milk per
day her output dropped to four. A
veterinarian was called. He found no all
ment except melancholy. and he solved
the problem by providing her with a
glass eye.
Next day the Jersey was found with
the herd grazing in deep contentment.
Best of all, she regained her milk and
started in to make up for lost time
Now she is giving ten quarts of milk
day and is happy
The Washington herald., 1913-03-23

lican. The minority is mere hand
full, and should it be inclined to be
obstreperous it would be bound and
muzzled in short order. The Repub-
licans when they declare that they will
not struggle are simply making vir-
tue of a necessity.
The Washington herald., 1913-03-23

that the carburetor employed on that
particular job is holding a strike ses-
sion and getting ready TO walk out in
a body.
Nobody understands carburetors.
though hundreds of experts can eX-
plain them in words of eight syllables.
The carburetor is not complicated, and
The Washington herald., 1913-03-23

New York, March 22-Surrogate Fowler
has granted the application of Helen de
Witt, fifteen-year-old heiress to the i'm
mense fortune left by her uncle, the
late Josiah de Witt. that her annual al
lowance be increased from $4,000 to sao,-
600. Miss de Witt is jubilant and declares
she will now be able to expend the $500
on the spring outfit she had been plan
ming.
The Washington herald., 1913-03-23
ariif.

Tariff.
There is a touch of humor in the
declaration OF Representative Mann
that the Republicans will offer no OBJ
structive tactics to the passage of the
tariff bill
We should say not! In the House.
which will assemble on April Z, there
will be two Democrats to one Repub-