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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-07-14

vading the home of foreign manufac-
lures.
T The sales of American manufae-
lures in Europe reached the total Of
A32,sa8,ooo in 1919, exclusive of food
stuffs. wholly or partly manufactured.
which rightfully might be included in
the count. This was an increase from
$225,7Ioooo in 1904 "a growth of
about oz per cent in eight years).
There are only three countries in the
world that are to be classed with the
United States in a consideration of
their manufactures. They are Great
Britain and Germany, which surpass
this country in the amount of business
done, and France, which follows the
United States. The relative. positions
of these four nations as exporters of
manufactures have not changed since
1000. Great Britain leads, with Ger
many second; but in that period the
United States has gained more than
any of the others and Great Britain
least, the percentage of increase being:
United States, no. Germany, 81,
France, II, and Great Britain, %.
Another fifteen years of such devel-
opment of home industries will see
change in the relative positions of
these four great exporters of manu-
features, with the United States
climbing toward the head Of the list
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-07-14
Do Something for Our AMBASSADOR.

The American Ambassador to Great
Britain, Walter H. Page, has taken a
house at rental of $4,000 year. His
salary is $4,000. The house is much
smaller than that occupied by his
predecessor, and there will be no ef-
fort to maintain the pace set by the
late Whitelaw Reid. But an American
Ambassador, no matter how democratic
he may be, must live in a manner be-
fitting his station. He cannot take him
self out of all social relations, his du-
ties are partly social. He must en-
terrain to some extent, and must have
home in which he can do it in a
dignihed way. His social status is
fixed for him.
The question is whether the Ameri-
can people think it is fitting that the
men whom they send to represent them
abroad should be forced to spend much
more than their salary to meet neces-
sary expenses. A recent writer in the
llcSdZHlS SlONSu lilSiS
are charges against an Ambassador or
Minister for which the government
makes no allowance. If member of
the British royal family dies Mr. Page
will be under obligation to send costly
wreath paid for out of his own pocket
II member of the royal family should
marry, wedding present, and a costly
one, would be expected. Here again
the gift, though from a man who pre-
sents it in the name of his government,
is paid for by the Ambassador. There
are many such items. No one desires
mere show for shows sake. On the
contrary, we rejoice at the manifest
purpose of the present administration
to lead the way back to simpler living.
But is it too much to ask that the gov
eminent provide proper homes for its
representatives abroad, and pay them
enough to enable them to meet all proper
obligations and to live without trench
ing on their private means?
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Our Increased Exports.

Secretary of Commerce Redfeld is
enthusiastic over the improved show
ing made by American industries in
the competition of the world. Recent
figures present a striking picture of
the great industrial growth of this
country since 1900 and he is a strong
believer in the persistency of this de-
velopment. 1t is not merely that the
sales of American produce to foreign
countries have increased by tremen-
dous strides in the last decade and a
half. The more important fact is that
there has been a revolution in the
character of the foreign trade. In
stead of the bulk of our exports be-
ing foodstuffs, as it was a few
years ago, by far the greater share
now is made up of manufactures. In
commerce the products of mechanical
industry outstripped the products of
the soil, and they are successfully in
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-07-14
SHIRT SLEEVES
ny GEORGE FITCH,
Author of "At Good Old Siwash."

Shirt sleeves are a badge Of good
sense during the heated season. Men
are divided into two classes-those
who take their coats OF in hot weather
and those who don't dare to.
The man who takes his coat of is
no better than the man who doesn't.
but as a rule he can be more safely
approached on a hot day.
After a man has bubbled and boiled
inside of a hot wooden coat for six
teen hours on a midsummer day his
disposition has generally fermented,
and he will explode with a loud re-
port IL pricked by sharp word.
Custom and convention look down
upon the man who takes OF his coat,
and he is fired out Of fashionable res
taurants with great zest by the out
ragged proprietors.
great deal of money. snd 1t also keeps
the naughty but only partially dressed
lady dancers from being shocked and
alarmed.
The easiest way to offend society
east Of the Allegheny Mountains il to
shuck of the coat. Many q man who
has tried vainly to get the finger OF
social scorn pointed at him by ac-
cumulating divorces and other peoples
money could get booted out of New
port In a minute by attending a Sc
lect party without his coat.
Society is very fond OF coats. and
insists upon their attendance at all
functions. But it is not always so
particular about filling in said coat.
South OF Mason and Dixon's line the
coat IL also treated with great re-
spect. and the man who attempts to
remove his coat before going to bed
is elected from the bosom OF his fell
low-men with great emphasis.
This, however. is not from aesthetic
reasons. but because by removing his
coat In the South Q man advertises
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I defantly and McSween vowed that he
| would get even with the man some day
| or else die unhappy.
The women were impatient and drew
closer as McSween tried to argue them
into agreeing that 1t would not be right
for him to disclose a confidential source
OF information. They really looked
mighty threatening with their whips and
hatpins. You may think it funny for .
man to be scared of a bunch Of women.
but Just put yourself in McSween's po-
sition briefly and see II you would not
grow nervous.
1--WE don't intend to talk any more
about it," said the spokeswoman-the
one with the cute little whip: you'll tell
US where you got your information or
take the consequences"
I'm never TELL" declared the brave
McSween.
As she spoke. McSween heard a train
coming in. 1t was the last train back to
Washington that night. and as there
were no hotels or boarding houses in the
little town. he was keenly anxious to
make that train. Life in the town over
night. he felt. might prove irksome. The
train paused there only three minutes.
and there was little time to spare. Nc
Sween looked at the women. then at
smith, anu AT the lOCheu OOOr. IL ne
tried to rush for the door the whole
crowd would be on him. Nearer came the
train outside and he heard II slow up
for the station. Verify. there was need
of haste. Yet the train had been in the
station a full minute before McSween
thought Of something.
Ladies'" said he. speaking rapidly, Il
am going to surrender. 1 am going to
tell you who my informant was. L.
who was it," chorused the women ex-
citedly.
why. it was this fellow Smith,
shouted NcSween. pointing at the dumb
founded Smith. who. Of course, wasn't his
informant at all.
Then the women surrounded Smith,
hurting poisoned obloquy and vituperation
and he too startled to talk back in his
own defense.
YOU" they screamed.
They were so busy with Smith that they
never noticed McSween unlocking the
door and ieaping aboard the train just
minute before it pulled out.
McSween never heard how Smith finally
made out with the wimmen folk. For
all he knows the poor wretch is jabber-
ing explanations in a padded cell even
to this day.
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Court Gossip of Interesting
Events on THO Continents

/ aid that he vas very sorrv for M. .av-
age verses on the late laureate There
was more contempt and less Indignation,
his anger against FITZGERALD being for
an attack on his wtfe'S memory, and his
grievance against Alfred Austin beinr
for harsh criticism Of his own poetry.
Banjo Byron" 10 what Browning caIIed
the bard whom Lord Salisbury was soon
to honor. And he not only called him
Banjo Byron" he threatened him With
an uncleanly kind of chastisement.
Loyal or patriotic poets sometimes have
touched a lower depth even than Lau-
renee Eusden- Take this. Of example.
When the Duke Of Clarence. a. Lord
High Admiral, took Louis XVIII across
the Channel to France. an extra verse
was added to the British national an
them. and the enthusiasts at Calais sang
In his honor:
God ave noble Clarence,
Who brings the King to Francs.
God ave Clarrncs
He maintains the glory
OF the British Navy.
God. make him happy!
God sars Clarence.
When Sir Walter Scott. in 1913, was Of.
fered the poet-laureateship by the Mar
quis Hartford he declined, because. as
he wrote Lady Atercorn. the necessity
Of writing odes twice a year Ia Diff
who has any poetical character to lose;
at least. I am sure should find II in
surmountable. The thing might be done
easily In a decent sort of way, as White
head himself describes II
Mhose Muse obliged By sack OF pension.
Without = subject or intervention
Must certain words In order SET
As innocent q Gazette.
Must some hahmeaning half disguise,
And utter neither truth nor lies.
The Miserden Park estate. in Glouces-
tershire, England, between Cirencester
Gloucester, has been sold by Mr.. Arthur
Leatham to Mr.. N. H. Wills. The prop
erty comprises $50 acres. including 100
acres OF wood. The picturesque old house
is finely situated on an eminence, and
the ancient interior decorations are ar
tistc. notably splendid chimney range
In the dining hall. The interesting old
church has some historic monuments,
including the superb altar tomb of Sir
William Sandys and his wife ds44) The
park Is watered by the Frome and is
famous for its splendid beech trees. The
estate at the conquest was granted to
the Musards. but reverted to the crown
In the reign of Richard II. 1t was aft
erward owned by the Kingstons. the
Jernigams, and the Sandys families, and
IL was purchased by the late Mr.. Lea
than from the trustees Of the late Lord
Justice Rolf. FLANECR
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-07-14
EARLY SLOT MACHINE.
1t Dispensed Holy Water in q TEN.
pie At Alexandria, b. C. l2S.

From the Strand Magazine.
Hero of Alexandria (about LIS B. c.
was an ingenious inventor of mechan-
ical toys. In his works. "Pneumatics"
and "Automata," he describes some hun
dred small machines that he probably
never carried beyond the model stage
These included a steam engine, which is
said to be Of the form now known as
Avery's patent. and a double forcing
pump to be used as a fire engine
Hero was also the inventor of the auto
matte delivery. or penny-in-the-slot ma
chine. He describes "a sacrificial vessel
which flows only when money is intro
duced.' When the coin is dropped
through the slit it falls on one end of a
balanced. horizontal lever, which, being
depressed. opens a valve suspended from
a chain at the other end, and the water
begins to flow. When the lever has been
depressed to a certain angle the coin
falls on, and the valve. being weighted,
returns to its seat and cuts OF the sup
ply. The mechanism is practically iden-
teal with the present system. and the
ancient invention is. IL anything, more
igeniously simple than the modern.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-07-14
IN THE NEW JAPAN.
SIX Political Parties Now In the
House of Peers.

NIX rcnt1euI f1rues w" IN inc
House OF Peers.
From the New York World.
In the House Of Peers. according TO the
Japan Magazine. there are six political
parties represented: in the House Of Rep
|resentatives five. No one of these par
ties has a majority In either house. and
not all of them are represented in both
houses.
The years art exhibition at Tokyo
showed that foreign art has completely
won its way in Japan. Out of LIZA pieces
the pure Japanese style. About half
were wholly Western in treatment The
very large number remaining showed
Japanese manner, Influenced by Western
models.
Baron Sakatani, Mayor of Tokyo.
makes a strong plea for writing japanese
In Roman letters. A boy can learn our
twenty-six letters In . week: II takes
years TO memorize the Thousands of Chi.
nese characters now used. A society for
encouraging the use of "Romajf' has
been agitating for years
The beautiful curve of Japanese roof
eludes Western builders. It Is cate
nary''-the curve q rope makes when
one end is held high and the other low.
as at the ridge and cave Of q roof.
The new Imperial Thea.er. in the Jap
anese capital. cost $500. Oo0-a very large
material Mime. Sada Yakko. known N
America. is directress Of its school of
acting. Not only the traditional drama
of Japan. but the plays Of Shakespeare
and foreign operas have been produced
there
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-07-14
Is the Game Worth the Candle?

Airships must be perfected for fu-
ture use, and, doubtless, the only way
to perfect them is by the sacrifice of
human life. But it is a terrible price
We are paving for problematic results.
A few days ago a twenty-hve-year-
old lieutenant of the army aviation
corps dropped to death in Texas. The
accident created no surprise and but
little comment. We have become ac-
customed to such fatalities. Airships
are as yet rather crude. In another
quarter OF a century the models of the
present day no doubt will be looked
upon as crude. Likewise little is
known as compared with what should
be understood about their management
before they can be considered other
than the most dangerous vehicles of
locomotion.
The men who drive them are daring,
and it is the history of mankind that
daring men delight to take desperate
chances. But they do not always es<
cape, and, if the facts could be known,
we should probably see frequently that
death was the result of foolhardiness.
But it is seldom that the facts are
known. Dead men tell no tales, even
OF experience that would be valuable
to those who come after them. Thus
We make progress slowly in the sci
ence of aviation. We know that some
thing happened to the aeroplane and
that the aviator fell to his death, but
the valuable knowledge of just what
is denied us, and we are
compelled to grope on blindly, gain
ing knowledge painfully and slowly in
our presumptuous enterprise of con-
quering the air. We are making head
way, but we are making it badly. It
is costing the lives of some of our
sturdiest and most courageous young
men.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-07-14
CAKES, SYRUP AND Co.EDs.
Royal Banquet In Prospect fo
wisconsin Legislators.

Madison (wia) Special to the New York World.
The lowly but palatable pancake may
be the means Of dispelling any hostility
to the University of Wisconsin in the
present Legislature II it exists, and the
fair co-eds are relied upon to do the dis
pelling. The lawmakers are to have a
maple syrup pancake banquet prepared
by the young women taking the domestic
science courses.
County. who has been dispensing, pure
maple syrup around the State House,
proposed to Deem II. L. Russell. of the
university. that he CHawn would fur
nish the syrup Of the university would
furnish the pancakes. Dean Russell, haV-
ing abiding faith In his protegss. promptly
accepted the challenge
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-07-14
LEAVES PULPIT FOR STAGE.
Rev. Mr.. Lambert VIII Put On ssFol
Love of Her. in New York.

Philadelphia Correspondruce New York Sun.
Rev. Henry W. Lambert. the pastor
Of the Thirty-fourth Street Baptist
Church. in this city. has resigned his
pulpit in order that he may direct the
production Of his first play. in New York
next fall. DR.. Lambert has written For
Love of Her" a moral play. which has
been accepted. and, in order to devote
his entire time in the future to the eleva-
ton of the stage, he has decided to give
up the ministry.
DR.. Lambert says that he was spurred
on in his playwriting by Rev. ]. Wilbur
Chapman. the Presbyterian evangelist
In one Of his sermons on the stage DR..
Chapman said that il any playwright
could write a play that had not one inn
proper thought. word. or action. then he
would be comforting favor on the hui
man race.
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the fact that it is hot, and the South
is particularly touchy upon this SUBJ
ject.
Man is much more beautiful in his
shirt sleeves than he is with his coat
on, provided his credit at the laundry
is good. But not much can be said for
the man who removes his coat anA
clings to his vest
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-07-14

supreme test of friendship 10 when
the neighbors ask you If you will take
care of their dog while they are away
on their vacation.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-07-14

The tariff bill is before the Senate.
You will doubtless recall that we told
you it would get there after a while II
you would just be patient.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-07-14

No need for Turkey to make war on
the Christians Just now. Let them alone
and they will make job Of It.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-07-14

What is the matter with Kansas? Why.
it has raised more wheat than It can
harvest.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-07-14

1t appears that there is no closed sea-
son in the Balkans.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-07-14
Removing Wrinkles.

New York dame has hired a wrinkle
specialist to see what he can do for her
pet bulldog.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-07-14

Vests are not immodest, but they are
no more ornamental than false teeth
out Of place. Likewise. suspenders and
carriers were both made to blush un.
seen.
Nature has so designed some men
as to make suspenders necessity for
them. But the offenses Of nature
should not be visited upon the helpless
public. The suspendered man should
wear a kimono over his shirt In the
interests Of art.
tcor5risht, sp. b. Gso1ps AaaAsu AAAA
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-07-14
A LITTLE NONSENSE.
THE BEAUTIFUL BOOKLET.

The booklets full of good hotels
At rates distinctly low,
With lovely views OF shady dells
Where limpid waters now.
The booklets full OF lovely rills
Where ripples swirl and swish;
And all the rills, as per the bills,
Are full of lovely fish.
The booklets full Of porches wide
And beds that are not damp.
/ wish that / could step inside
And in its pages camp.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-07-14
Homo Hints.

How do you keep the berries on top
of your shortcake so firmly"
Just drop of mucilage to each berry
The quantity is so slight that nobody can
notice it"
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A Question.

lat.
"Yes?'
You have a good many schemes for
getting money out of me. Why don't
you try some Of them on the general
public?"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-07-14
Always FIRST.

When sudden clouds upon us move
And rain comes in a sheet,
The end-seat hog is quick to shove
Into the middle seat.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-07-14

And what did you do at the kinder
garten today, Emerson
We discussed "Transcendentalism,'"
answered the Boston urchin.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-07-14
just So.

Some corn-fed philosopher advises
people who are unhappy to borrow a
baby"
That is a good way to find out that
your previous troubles didn't amount to
much"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-07-14
The Proper Way.

Cant you accept a Cabinet position
without consulting your wife,
Look here. my friend. / consult my
wife about every necktie I purchase"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-04-21
.DR.J.S. MABIE AT
BAPTIST CHURCH
Former Pastor Occupies Pulpit
in Edifice He Helped Build
in 1S71-1S76.

DR.. J. S. Mabie OF Riverside Cal,
who was pastor of the local First
Baptist church from 1871 to 1874,
Sunday morning occupied his former
pulpit and preached 20 a most inter
ested audience. Dr. Mabie vas pas
tor of the church here while the pres
ent edifice was being erected and il
was during his pesrorate that many
of the older Tembers of the church
were recei.ed. He has been located
in California for 20 years and is now
OF mis- way to Europe where he will
attend the International Sunday
school conference. While abroad he
will meet his daughter, DIR. Katherine
Mabie, a medical missionary who has
been stationed in the Congo district
for many years.
DR.. Mabie was the first student en-
rolled at the University of Chicago,
and is the oldest living graduate of
that institution He was a member
of the class of 1862, enrolling in 1851
There were two others in the class,
and both are living The three will
hold a reunion Wednesday at the Tri
angle club in Chicago. and it will be
| memorable gathering.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-04-21

afternoon at 2:30 with Mrs. ]. M.
Kaiser, 1116 Nineteenth street.
The babies branch of the woman's
auxiliary will hold its first service and
present its first offering in the chapel
Thursday afternoon at o'clock. At
ter the services refreshments will be
served in the parish house
First Methodist-The annual meet.
ing of the Epworth league will be
held tomorrow evening at 1880 at the
church. Reports for the year and
election of officers will be the bust
ness of the meeting.
Mid-week prayer services will be
held Wednesday evening at 1870 at
the church.
The Covenant Bible Glass Sewing
society will meet with Mrs. F. Hoskin
son, 1872 Twelfth street, Friday at
ternoon.
Bishop W. F Mcdowell of Chicago
will preach at the church next Sun
day morning. In the evening Rev
Walter A. Agnew. president of He'd
ding college, Abingdon, will preach
Memorial Christian-The monthly
coffee of the Ladies' Aid society will
be held at the home of Mrs. H. l.
Dooley, 2402 Seventh avenue, Thurs
day afternoon.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-04-21

London, April 21-The differences
between Mr.. and Mrs. George Corn
wallis West, the latter of whom was
Miss Jerome of New York before she
married Lord Randolph Churchill, the
father OF Winston Churchill, present
first lord of the admiralty, and who
afterwards became the wife of young
man who was about the same age as
her son, bid fair soon TO result in alb
Solute divorce.
Thirteen years ago Lady Churchill
and CORVALLIS West were married,
depsite the strenuous objections OF
the groom's relatives. The young man
was fascinated with the beauty of the
American woman and would permit
nothing to stand in the way of his
marriage 10 her.
Since then, however, a change has
come. Mrs. West has evidently aged.
Her husband has almost gained in
yOuthfulness. and although now 80
years old, looks but little over %.
The disparity has been the more mark
ed because Winston Churchill has far
surpassed in achievement his step,
father. attaining finally his present
position as first lord Of the admiral