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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-29

From the New York Tribune.
California is to be used to endow q
human stock farm" to be conducted
on strictly scientific principles. accord
ing to the Mendelian theory. no doubt.
There is nothing new In the project ex-
cept the method. The Greeks sought
perfection of body and mind; they
dreamed of the "kalogathator,' to adopt
a horrible word coined in Boston several
years ago. The eighteenth century phi
losophers believed that the child Of ma
ture, pure and simple, II 1t could be
raised in the real primitive environment.
would turn out to be the perfect human
being. while among later and now for
gotten experiments there was one. plan
ned If. not carried out. of mating only
six-footers. It was believed in Europe
half century ago, and may still be
held there. chat the ugliest of races
could be made comedy in the third gen.
GRAFTON by transportation to the Cauca-
sus, land Of handsome men and beauti-
full women, and that, moreover, the sixth
generation would lose all its acquired
good looks by retransplantation OF its
grandparents in the original habitat.
The new experiment Will be one whose
desired results may be long In coming
far longer than the enthusiasts expect;
for, after all. what holds true Of sweet
peas and cereals may not be even re-
motely realized in the case Of human
beings What, for instance. could be
done with a prize product Of the estab-
lishment who should prefer the wrong
mate and insist on marrying him or her
instead of the scientifically indicated
partner? Happy are the parents who
have had no experience. not even heet-
ing one. OF the tenacity worthy Of a great
cause wherewith girl will cling to the
wrong man|neligible in character, mind
and even in body. not to speak Of social
qualifications and the ability to support
her. Is it not likely that even Mende-
lian, daughter will be a child Of Eve and
not of the theory?
n However. the human stock farm has
not yet been established. II Is doubtful
IL it will be. for a while at least.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-29
Let Well Enough Alone.

With the incoming of new Congress
we have a rather unsual number OF
propositions looking to change OF
local government.
1t is gratifying to find our legisla-
tors taking an interest in our affairs,
and yet certain kind of interest may
not be altogether beneficial This is
assuredly the case when an effort is
made to change a system of govern
ment, which has proven successful for
more than quarter of century and
under which the District has made sub
stantial progress. 1t seems strange,
therefore, that any one should want
to experiment with a Mayor and COM
mon council or territorial Governor
and Legislature. 1t is no exaggera-
ton to say that very large proper
ton of the District population is thor
oughly satisfied with present conditions.
1t is certainly doubtful whether we
would have an equally satisfactory
state of affairs if change should be
made.
1t is sincerely to be hoped that Con-
gress will hesitate to adopt any of
the numerous bills which have been in
PRODUCED looking to new form of
government here. There is no wide
spread demand on the part of the citi-
zens here for change There will be
a decided protest if Congress seriously
threatens to enact the proposed legis-
lation.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-29

+, in Grosvenor Square. II used to convey
her to church. but she had at last to
give it up. from the difficulty of procur-
ing bearers. II they were men unac-
customed to the work and did not keep
| step, the movement became very uncom-
Portable. and at that time they became
| unskilled for lack Of practice.
Sir Moses Montefiore went in a sedan
chair to the Prince of Wales garden
party at Marlborough House in 1878. Sir
Moses, the noted philanthropist and
brother-in-law of Nathan Meyer Roths-
child, was then ninety-three. The party
was on Saturday. His Jewish prtncip pies
, prevented him from using his horses. but
the men were not his servants. They
were not forced to labor. So it was all
right.
service Is to be found at Hampton Court
Some Of the ladies residing there use 1t
| when visiting one another's apartments
in the evening. but II is never seen out
side the precincts of the palace.
But the late Lady Dorothy Nevill also
remembered the first steam bus in Lon
don, which was tested just eighty years
ago, when she witnessed the trial trip.
The inventor was Walter Hancock. and
the first appearance of the vehicle, a
cumbersome affair. named the Era,
fourteen passengers. and ran from Pad
dington to the Bank Of England. at a
charge Of sixpence all the way Its sue
cess led to the introduction of several
other buses, but they were withdrawn
in consequence of the turnpike acts Of
1910
If King George of England, when he
went to the burbar in India. had not
tabooed the proposition, he would have
been weighed in gold. and the amount
required to make him tip the scales
would have been distributed among the
poor. This is a very ancient custom,
and it prevails still in many lands of the
Orient. maharajah who was crowned
recently seated himself in one of the
pans Of the balance, while into the other
was thrown gold coin until his royal
nabobship rose in the scales. That ma
harajah, by the usage of an ancient but
unwritten law, did not legally become
ruler until he had been weighed in this
manner.
In olden times the custom prevailed Of
throwing the money into the air and
letting the people scramble for whatever
part of 1t missed the scales, but this re-
suited in disorder and frequent loss Of
life, and, moreover, defeated the object
in view, as the strong usually outnum-
bered those in need of the benefit. After
this commission of functionaries was
named to divide the gold among the Door
of the country districts after the mon
arch had been weighed. The custom of
weighing monarchs is not so extravagant
as it may appear to be. In the case Of
George v 1t was calculated that E30,000
in gold would be devoted to the weigh
ing and the expenses of the entertain
ment. but that is not to say that the
expense was necessarily determined by
the bulk of the monarch. As much more
may be added to the fund as any num-
Der of persons desire to give. However,
the native Indian potentates are usually
heavy enough to satisfy all demands
FLANEUR
Copyright, 1913, by A. d. Jacobson.)
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japanese Vote Buyins.
From the Century.

rruu Ine CSutury.
Japansese life, says James Davenport
Whelpley, Is much less fiowery than "A
seems. Discussing "Japan's Commercial
Crisis" he set forth strilkingly the truth
about Japan's inner life, and declares
that 1t contains quite as many problems
"a that of any country. One of the most
serious Is the relation Of capital and la
Dor, and herein woman takes an i'm
portant part. In no other country In the
world, says Mr.. Whepley, does a larkeP
percentage of women participate In
wage-earning. In the United States for
every eighty-six male wage-earners there
are fourteen female. In Great Britain IL
is seventy-fve to twenty-five, In Germany
eighty to twenty. In Italy seventy-eight to
twenty-five. while in Japan there are
nearly twice as many women as men on
the pay rolls of the country. 1t ID tie
te stimony Of all large employers that the
women are the Industrial backbone of
the country. The employment of worren
and children Is the secret of the COM
petitive power of the japanese textile
and other light handicraft industries ard
it Is for'this reason that the possible op-
GRAFTON of a law enforcing sanitary provi-
sions and even the common decencies Of
fuman'tr in factory hfe is viewed with
alarm ~ the manufacturers in their nee
essary strenuous competition for foreign
trade.
The new law limits hours If employ
ment, forbids the use Of children under
certain ages, and the employment CT
women at night and in dangerou. occu-
pations. 1t can be understood, therefore.
whence comes the delay In even pro-
,lulgating a :aw which takes effect If
teen years after its PRONUNCIATION The
rroneyed classes and the .''nterests' nee
essarily control a legislative body like the
Japanese Diet, many members Of which
are elected by a most amazing and open
system Of corruption and vote buying,
a system which puts to 5haue in its
effrontery the worst days of ward poli-
tics in any gang-ridden city in the tinted
States.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-29
The Firemen Win.

The decision of the arbitration board
under the Erdman act in the contro-
versy between the general managers
and firemen of the Eastern railroads
is a compromise, but one which car
i, hardly be said to divide the differences
ME hremen come well Up to the basis
of their contention in an award OF
from 10 to II per cent increase III
Wages and in reduction in the service
they must render The managers had
conceded, before the case was placed
in the hands of the board, that the
hremen should receive an advance in
compensation, though what they would
have voluntarily allowed probably
would have been less than the figures
set by the arbitrator.
The limitations of the Erdman act
were not strictly observed by that COM
mission, as the time allowance was
too brief for arriving at satisfactory
conclusion.
We believe both parties will abide
by it. Should the report be conclu-
sive it will add 100000 or 100000
to the operating expenses of the East
ern roads. This comes on the heels
of recent advance to the engineers,
the second in three years. On the
waiting list for the presentation of
claims for more pay are the conduc-
tors and trainnen, and probably the
truckmen, oilers, and cleaners. Even
the engineers. who thus -fas- have Jared
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-29
PRESIDENT SPEAKS
TO CALIFORNIA BOYS
Mr.. Wilson Delivers Eulosy on Stars
and Stripes to Columbia
sCIub-

President Wilson yesterday presented
to the Columbia Boys Club, Of Cali
fornia, a silk United States flag. which
had been purchased for them by mem.
bers Of the State delegation in Congress
The club consists OF forty-seven boys
who have made high averages in the
public schools of California. They have
begun a trip around the world, which
was awarded them for their scholastic
attachments
Lead by their band, the club marched
to the front portico Of the White House
The President addressed them from the
porch. He said:
IT am very glad to officiate on this
occasion and to address club that bears
this name. I dare say you think tina,
schoolmasters are often bit hard or
you n requiring you to do things In
order that you may pass the tests Of the
school, but / want to warn you that
after you get out of school you are
going to have harder schoolmasters than
you ever had before. For the world re-
quires that you make good. no matter
what happens, and the man who does
things amounts to great deal more
than the man who wishes he might have
done things and who promises that he
will do things.
$50 that as you have begun as an
achievement club, you must finish as an
achievement club, and in no other way.
The men l am sorry for are the men
who stop and think that they have ac-
complised something before they stor
at the grave itself. You have got to
have your second wind in this world and
keep it up until the last minute Now,
il this flag means anything, II means
achievement not only, but it means that
achievement that does not center in our
selves. 1t is nothing to be proud OF
that we have done a lot for ourselves,
but it Is something to be proud of that
We have done it for other people-that
We have imagination in us, we have size
in us, to hold in us the image of our
country such as this great flag stands
for. And there is nothing which We can
not achieve. and there is nothing which
we do achieve, that will not leave the
sweetest memories in our minds.
Therefore, ii is with the greatest sense
of privilege that / present to your
representative this emblem of honor and
achievement"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-29
Lord Roberts CONSUMPTION Campaign

Not daunted by the traditional Brit
ish repugnance to compulsory military
service, Lord Roberts, the venerable
field marshal, continues his campaign
for national training. Whatever may
be the outcome of the movement it
has passed the stage of derision, and
he has audiences who go home to
ponder the fact that consumption, equal
izing as it does rich and poor, is really
democratic institution. Those who
would hear him far exceed the seating
capacity of the public halls, and over
flow meetings have been organized. AT
Leeds nearly 10000 persons attended.
There was one large audience in the
town hall and 10000 assembled in one
of the public squares and read Lord
Roberts speech by stereopticon. The
second overflow meeting looked at mil
itary movies whose lessons were ex-
pounded by Admiral Cumin, who is
the field marshal's able assistant.
But while Lord Roberts expounds his
idea of forming a territorial army, i'll
which every young man of military
age shall receive training enough to
qualify him for service in a national
emergency, the politicians are taking
an attitude of silent observation The
Liberal leaders stand pledged to the
existing territorial army, and the ma
jority of the Unionist chiefs are watch
ing to see how Lord Roberts takes
with the masses.
Consumption is word hateful to
British ears, but Lord Roberts does not
propose compulsory service in the
standing army He is urging thescre-
alton of a highly trained, intelligently
disciplined reserve for national de-
Tense The National Service League,
of which Lord Roberts is the chief, has
100000 members, a following capable
both of exercising a marked influence
on popular thought and of attacking
tradition boldly The British cherish
conservative traditions, but the success
of the Lloyd-George programme, the
enactment of national insurance, and
the suppression of the House of Lords,
are reminders that the British are sus-
ceptible to radicalism.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-29

From the New York World
If in the days of Columbus all the eggs
had been like those laid by one of six
black Minorcas owned by Hugh J. Lett.
more, of Al Clinton Street, Newtown, n.
j., the great discoverer would never have
been able to do that famous egg trick
And the reason is that one Of Letti-
more's six Minorcas lays an egg that ID
perfectly flat at one end and may easily
be set upright. Except for this the egg
is like any other bit of hen fruit.
But which one of the sextet contributes
the f1at-ended egg Is mystery. The
first egg was found week ago. Letti-
more, who says no one has access to the
coop except himself. has watched. very
closely to see which Of the hens pro-
duces the freak, but his vigil Is in vain.
Even using trap nest has failed. as the
hen makes her nest after the manner of
the ostrich. The freak is attracting
much attention from the poultrymen of
Newtown.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-29

Strange scenes are seen in Constantine,
number of the Orient. the American mis-
sionary monthly published at CONSTANT
nople. The Turkish and other Mohsmme-
dan villagers from the Thracian plains
are passing by the thousands through
STEAMBOAT. across the Bosphorous and off
into Asia Minor. They are retracing
backward the steps Of their ancestors OF
five centuries ago, and leaving Europe to
return to Asia And the weird par. of it
is that in costume conveyances, and
manner of life there has been practically
no change in these 500 years. The wheels
Of their long. narrow carts have spokes
in them now. where they used to be solid
wheels, and perhaps the rush mating
that protects the family from the wealth
er may be little better woven But the
oxen or buffaloes that leisurely drag the
household along, and the barefooted wife
or the sandaled husband with the goad
who pulls those numbering animals by a
string, and the primitive mode of life
on their plodding journey. all belong to
the bygone age Apparently the five
centuries of life on European soil has
not affected to any perceptible degree
their scale in civilization These Asiatics
have been in Europe, but not of it; and
now with the descent of the Bulgarian
hordes upon the region, they pick UP
all their early belongings save their
stone or abode huts, and trek back to
the regions of Anatolia According to
their own admission, they are leaving
the farms and villages of Thrace for the
same reason that some of these very
same individuals left their Bosnian
homes three or four years ago-because
Of a deep-seated aversion to living under
any but Moslem rule.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-29
FEVER RETURNS TO POPE.
Pontin shows Weakness, and Has
Poor Night.

Rome, April 2S.-It is reported the Vati-
can physicians are using electricity to
combat the continued weakness in the
Pope's limbs. In spite of this and other
treatments however. His Holiness spent
another poor night last night getting
very little If any sleep, and awakening
with slight fever today.
The doctors refused to allow him to sit
up. and insisted that he return to liquid
food.
Mgr. Parolin, the Popes nephew, is
spending the night in the Pontiffs room.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-29

Senator Sherman, who has come from
Illinois to use up what Is left Of 1.-The
Lorimsr term, is q quaint looking. low
coliared. black string neclfied, medium
sized man, with uncombed gray hair,
Lincoinesque features. and heavy gold.
trimmed spectacles that have half-oval
lenses. These spectacles persist In rest
ing at 81 funny slant across the man {
face. so that he can look through one
and over the top of the other He il q
calm man, above being, annoyed by such
little trivialities as spectacles that won't
sit straight, but the things are likely to
worry anybody else who talks to him.
One keeps wondering IL the spectacles
would stay straight II one were to take
hold Of them and adjust them properly.
When did they first shift to the bias,
and why doesn't he shove them around
the way they belong?
Sherman himself goes on talking and
paying no attention whatever to the
spectacIes. He is the kind Of man who
invariably wears comfortable shoes
with square toes and no tips, sand takes
things just as they come. Thirty years
ago he made his first campaign speech,
out in Illinois. and two members of the
audience got into a fight. They went
outside where they would have plenty
follow them. Some speakers might have
been greatly embarrassed at having an
audience depart in that manner, but
Sherman simply told them to 20 out and
see the fight through. wash OF the face
of the loser at the pump, and then come
on back in to hear his views about the
tariff.
They did just that. and while the fight
was going on Sherman sat on the plat
form as calmly as a person reading the
antique magazines I'M q doctors office.
Every community has a lawyer or two
of the Sherman type. In plain. increased
clothes, with a learned touch Of dan
drum on the collar. they can get up and
talk quietly and convincingly to a jury
about the facts involved in the case
at issue They're best in a dry, COM
plicated case involving something about
deed or some other suit that requires
lot of looking up the law. but offers
little chance for spectacular stuff. Sher-
man, however. can put across an excel
lent line of oratory on occasion.
Although he has achieved distinction
in educational fields the thing that fills
Representative Simeon D. Tess with the
greatest sense Of pride Is his personal
appearance
Fess is another college president in
politics. He came here direct from An
tioch College, an institution out in Ohio.
founded by Horace Mann. And he is
an authority on parliamentary law. He
taught that subject for fifteen years, and
now when members of Congress talk for
hours at a time about a trivial point
Of order Tess can understand what 1t
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-29
|STATESMEN-REALs AND NEA.
Ry FRED c. KELLY

IL al about Such accomplishments Al
that. though, Fess just takes as q mat
ter Of course, The one thing about
which he ID vainglorious Is his looks.
He is not only proud Of his appearance.
but entertained by 1t. His face furnishes
him with constant source Of amuse-
znent.
1t is face that reminds one of Charlie
Bigelow, the comedian, who used to
support Anna Held. Translucent ears,
sharp. little eyes away back in his head,
a florid. complexion, and lines that give
the face the effect Of being all mussed
up. wise little inquisitive nose thin.
straggly hair-all these items. and more,
contribute to the tout ensemble of the
Fess face Coupled with these various
facial odds and ends is the fact thar
Tess Is a tribe below average height.
wears collars that he can almost pull
over his head. and loose, black clothes.
From all this many may get the Inn
preston that Tess Is net a handsome
man. And they are right. That is just
the reason Tess takes such pride In his
looks and has 80 much fun with himself.
He calls himself ''absurdly unprepossess-
Ing" Whenever he goes anywhere to lee
ture, as he does frequently, he likes to
sneak of the train and keep away from
reception committees until the hour of
his lecture. the committee Is usually
half incredulous. when they see him.
about him being the real lecturer, and
the way they exchange disappointed
glances with one another gives Tess
much quiet sport -
When he was special lecturer in his
tory for the University Of Chicago, Tess
went to a town In Pennsylvania to speak
30b$ .xrrh{I for Co <,,v~v,
he sat next to a fashionably dressed
woman, who talked to him patronizingly
about the programme for the evening.
She asked him II he knew anything about
Tess, and Fess said he knew nothing ex-
cept that he was a man Of commanding
personality. In due course Fess excused
himself to take his place on the platform,
and he saw the astonished woman get up
and leave the hall In disgust.
Tess first day in Congress marked a
great moral victory for himself. Various
members were arguing about an incon-
sequential point in parliamentary law that
Tess had known all about ever since he
was a small boy-long before he ever
taught parliamentary law. His natural
impulse was to get up and settle the
matter. But he felt that as he had been
member for only an hour or so, 1t
might look too fresh. So he clenched his
teeth, took firm hold on the arms Of his
chair. and remained silent.
Postmaster General Burleson was noted
in his college days for his belligerent at
titude toward fraternities. He regarded
them as undesirable and fought them
constantly.
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