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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-28
A WhistIfng Chigwerf.

From the Philadelphia Record.
The Brazil Lloyd steamer Germanicus
arrived from South American ports, via
Charleston. with the cabins filled with
kinds which had been collected by Capt
Berndt, who is an amateur taxidermist
and naturalist. His collection included a
specimen of the golden-headed unit
ANNA of the Amazon and the whistling
chigweri of the upper Orinoco.
The latter is held in such awe by the
warooma Indians above Arturo's Falls
on the Orinoco that they-the Waroomas.
not the chigweris-give away all their
possessions and take to the woods when
they hear their mournful note-the CHG
weris' not the Waroomas'-at night
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-28
Gang Rule Victorious.

Despite an enthusiastic mass meet
ing, called by Mayor Blankenburg OF
Philadelphia, the effort to simplify that
-city's form of government has failed
Though it was proven that the pres
ent system was made use of by con-
tractor-politicians, an adverse report
has been made to the State Legisla-
ture on the bill drawn and submitted
by the committee of seventy.
This bill provided for a single
chamber council of fifteen to take the
place of the present Select and Com
mon Councils of 1911 members. The
new Councilmen were to receive $1,000
a year each, and were to be elected
with no reference to ward lines. II
was a radical plan, although few only
favor the two-chamber system fol-
cities.
Mayor Blankenburg is not the man
however, to confess himself beaten SC
easily. He and his followers will
have to carry the fight for good gov
crnment-in this instance meaning
against bad oouncilmen-into each
ward and appeal to local patriotism
and pride in order to finish the goo
goo" revolution, which the Quaker City
began more than year ago.
We fully agree with the declaration
Of the venerable reform Mayor that
Philedalphia cannot endure half gang
and half good.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-28
Court Gossip Of Interesting
Events on THO Continents

There are curious fears of men who
are accounted fearless. Lord woIseley
could not face toad. Everybody knows
that Lord Roberts (not exactly a cow
ard Is afraid Of cats. 1 suppose we
all have our special fears. Some men
would rather grapple with a mad dog
than take in their hand a live sparrow,
or any such harmless animal that squirms
Lord Wolseley had the rare expert
ence OF finding his name promoted into
slang phrase. When he went out to
finish the Zulu war of 1879, popular
song heralded the occasion-"Sir Gar
net will show them the way" From
this and the successful issue sprang the
phrase "All Sir Garnet" new form Of
"All Serene" meaning Everything In
Order" IT was quite as good as 20. K"
Winnipeg, whittier Lord Wolseley ar
rived forty-odd years ago to suppress
the Red River rebellion Of the half
breeds" was at that time little coll
lection of huts gathered around the pro-
tecting walls of Fort Garry. When Col.
Wolseley reached Winnipeg he made the
acquaintance of Mr.. Donald Smith, who
was in charge of the Hudson Bay Com
pany's trading post there. Mr.. Smith ID
now the nonagenarian Lord Strathcona,
High Commissioner for Canada in Lon
don, and the holder Of the worlds record
going strong.
The Duke and Duchess of wellington
have been staying In Spain on visit
to La Tore, the beautiful estate near
Granada in the finest section of the
Iberian Peninsula, which was present.
ed to the Iron Duke. his great ances-
tor, In 1914 by the grateful Spanish
government. II was a year later that
King Louis XVIII of France was anx-
ious to present the first Duke of We'll
lington with the noble estate of Gros-
bois, but he declined the gift, saying
that his relations with the French
army had been decidedly different
from those he had with the Spanish
troops. Which is quite correct.
The Japanese police force has been
instructed, by order of the Mikado, to
show more politeness to the public.
and especially to travelling tourists
and strangers. This police force orig
inally was the most aristocratic body
Of it's kind in the whole world. Its
establishment conceded with the late
Emperor's decree forbidding the wear
ing of swords by civilians. The
Samurai, with whom the sword always
had been a cherished sign of rank
and breeding, hit upon the expedient
Of joining the police force as means
of retaining their cherished weapon.
In the early days the force has the
reputation of being too fond of cut
ting a prisoner down, instead Of TAX
ing him to court after arresting him
on the street, but all that was
changed quickly by the late Mutso-
hito. FLANEUR.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-28
The Worlds Greatest Tax Burden.

Uncle Sam at present is living at
the rate of more than a billion dollars
a year. This is the record established
by Congress. This seems stupendous
sum to expend, but in reality it is not
The amounts collected in taxes from
the people in the States and their po-
litical subdivisions reach now fifteen
hundred millions a year, thus going
their Uncle Sam so per cent better.
And this is not all, for the good
roads movement is involving the States
in enormous outlay. New York, which
voted one hundred millions for better
public highways, has thus far expended
only one-half that sum, but had to re-
vive her direct tax in order to raise
the necessary revenue. Another State
we are told, had to treble its direct
tax since it began building and i'm
proving its road system.
Nor is this all How about that new
pension" craze? Pennsylvania gives
$I,5oo,ooo to her veteran soldiers. Ohio
and Illinois have set the ball rolling
with appropriations for dependent
mothers.
Thus, outside the cost of the Fed
eral government, the citizens of the
different States today are facing a
tax burden of two billion dollars an
nually to maintain their common
wealths, counties, and municipalities,
which is the biggest total in the
worlds taxation. If there is need for
economy in Congress, there is greater
need for economy in Legislatures and
city or county councils.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-28

The laws of New Jersey passed last
winter at the instance of President
(then Governor) Wilson embody one
view of the trust question. Quite a
different view is expressed in the fol-
lowing message which Gov. McGovern
recently submitted to the Wisconsin
Legislature
with the same potatoes selling at
30 cents a bushel in Waupaca County
and at S. cents in Milwaukee (the
freight cost being 6I-2 cents) with
farmers at Fall River getting S. a ton
for cabbages that sell in Chicago for
$50 ton (the freight cost being SD !;
with innumerable similar instances of
disparity between the farmers price
and the consumers price, there is evil
IDENTIFY need of cooperation for the
benefit of the producer and consumer
alike But all cooperation necessarily
involves combination and some re-
straint upon competition. Hence, CO.
operation brings us face to face with
the question of trusts. What is needed
is a broad, consistent policy in har-
mony with economic conditions as they
now exist. The line must be drawn
that separates monopoly from legiti-
mate cooperation: that distinguishes
unreasonable restraints OF trade from
mutual helpfulness; that will secure
the advantages of competition without
exposing industry to unregulated war
fare"
The bill which the Governor sub
nits proposes to create a commission
of three members, armed with power
to investigate unreasonable, harmful
restraints of trade; but especially
charged with the duty of assisting
and promoting all reasonable, bene-
fetal cooperation" 1t shall give in
struction through bulletins, addresses,
personal counsel, and otherwise as to
cooperative production, marketing,
buying, and distribution. 1t shall pro-
vide persons to assist in establishing,
organizing, and maintaining such CO.
operations.
Moreover, the commission is re-
quired to prosecute, not only unrea
sonable restraints of competition, but
also unreasonable and unfair acts of
competition, such as bribing a rivals
employees, of underselling in one To-
cality to drive out rival, while hold
ing prices up elsewhere.
The bill thus aims at broad and
consistent policy in harmony with ex-
listing conditions, which is more diff
icult than merely going after every
combination in sight with an AK, but
on the whole more helpful,
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-28
The Art of Scandinavia.

From Scribners.
1t is perhaps more true of Scandinavia
than OF any other country that its art
must be studied in terms of the land and
it's people. While the production of the
leading painters. has at certain periods
displayed manifest traces in the de-
lineation of native type and scene. and
in the graphic and plastic rendering of
those States of consciousness which we
at once recognize as peculiarly northern
in their lyric exaltation or passionate
unrest There is beyond question a mark
ed affinity both ethnic and esthatic be-
tween the three nations, yet the art of
Sweden. Denmark. and Norway Is none
the less in each case distinctive charac-
teristics of the countries themselves. La
belle cole blonde, as the apt and respon-
sive Frenchmen are in the habit of call
ing the modern Scandinavian school, Is
III reality three separate schools of paint
ing which developed at different inter-
walls, and the general features of which
are frankly at variance. 1t is not suffi-
cient to discuss this art at the EXPOSE
ton universelle or the Georges Petit or
DurandRuel galleries. One must at least
go to Stockholm, Copenhagen, and Chris
tiania, and it is even better to journey
northward across the lush, wide-horizon-
ed plains of Julsnd or watch the shim-
mering face of Morse ford from some
high-perched artist home.
A certain outward prestige and distinc-
ton. the prestige of priority and dis
tinction deriving from long-standing ac-
quaintance with the court and customs
of France. have always marked the prog
ress of Swedish artistic development
The Swede Is endowed with n more fiex-
ible temperament than his neighbors.
and Swedish painting reveals at all points
a spirited electicism that is in strong con-
trast with the quiet intimacy of the
Danes and the rugged and not infre-'
quently boisterous individualism of the
Norwegians.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-28
IF CHERIE WERE DEAD.

Today this thought Of Loneliness was bred
She could not hurt me 20 If she were dead!
II she were dead, should believe she would
Be always near and loving, II she could.
I should no. think it was herself that chose
To leave me 50 alone; / should suppose
That only God could keep her from my side;
Thus should think if Cherie had died.
But when It seems that Che1ie can be
A wellccntented girl away from me,
Oh, then Of Loneliness the thought is bred
She could not hurt me 90 If she were dead!
And then dreamed saw her body lie
All straight and still; dreamed l saw her die,
And though I can no longer hope to meet
Ny darling unawares upon the street,
And marveied that ever had been sad
While such hope ~ that my bosom had.
Or that ever could have found amiss
4 vuzid that hsld . two-e time IKE this!
I. B. B.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-28

Cape Cod is the first link in the
chain of interior waterways planned
to extend from Boston tc Beaufort,
N. c. The canals South of Norfolk
are being improved by Federal aid.
The central link NORTH is the
Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, a
Assistance of only thirteen miles, con-
Meeting the Delaware and Chesapeake
Bays. For the past ten years strong
efforts have been made to get the
government to buy that little canal.
whose depth is about ten feet, and
increase it so that It win accommodate
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-28

modern. traffic. The project has been
pronounced practicable by several COM
missions, the bills introduced in Con-
gress have had no opposition, but the
appropriations could not be obtained,
and, so far, the progress has been
small.
Cape Cod is one of the graveyards
of commerce, but all around it an
enormous traffic has been passing.
Most of this is expected to use the
new canal, and the figures include
100000 tons of coal, 100000 tons of
stone,. 100000 tons of Nova Scotia
plaster, 100000 tons of oil, 100000
tons of merchandise, large cargoes Of
brick, lumber, ice, and other commodi-
ties. 1t is stated that $4,000 vessels,
with a total tonnage of 25,oooooo,
circle Cape Cod annually, and that a
large proportion of them will be di-
verted to the canal. They carry half
million passengers in the course of
year.
Seven-tenths of the Cape Cod Canal
has been completed, and the canal will
be open to traffic next year. The work
was begun June Fl, 1909. 1t is pri-
waite enterprise, with August Belmont.
of New York, as the financial hacker.
1t connects Boston with Long Island
Sound The cut is eight miles, the
distance eight and half miles from
Barnstable Bay to Buzzards Bay. with
a continuous depth of twenty-five feet,
and with a minimum width at the
bottom of 200 feet and on the surface
of $50 feet. 1t has no locks.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-28
Janitors Won't Button Gown,

Chicago Dispatch to the New York World.
The janitors of Chicago made dec
laration of independence through dele
gates to the Chicago Federation Of Labor.
The federation voted to stand behind the
janitors.
Here are a few of the things which
are asserted to be entirely out of the
scope of a perfectly good janitors duties:
Caring for ten tenants babies on the
maids afternoon off and while the
"missus'' is out to tea.
Buttoning milady's gown down the
back.
Caring for cats, dogs, and other house
hold pets
Running errands to the delicatesser
store on Sunday evenings
Moving pianos and taking up rugs
without extra pay.
Mending tenants furniture.
Being responsible for forgotten keys
and suffering to be routed from bed two
or three times night by late home
coming tenants.
One delegate said: 1--WE have been every
ones servant too long. A janitor must
not only be that, but a born diplomat
as well. who knows how to regulate 1t
furnace or button a woman's party dress
with equal facility"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-28
Worth I'm Chunks.
From the Detroit Press.

From the Detroit Press.
What are you worth? No, this ques-
ton has no reference to your real estate,
stocks, bonds, or household impediments.
What are you worth, cut up in chunks,
say? John WEIGH, Of Brooklyn, N. Y.
the other day recovered $4,000 in dam
ages for the loss of two fingers. At that
rate, your two hands must be worth ap-
proximately s100. O00-up to the wrist bone,
say. In New York recently a girl re-
covered 1884 from a dentist who pulled
the wrong tooth. Now, if a finger is
worth 5000 and a tooth Is worth 1884,
what is the value Of an eye, or a neck.
for that matter? Figure 1t out for your
self. Realize that you are potentially
valuable, even without a penny in your
purse. See the point?
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-28
simply This, and Nothing More

simply This, and Nothing More.
From Judee.
Come in and have II charged" was
the inviting sign In front of a place Of
business in Jersey town. A stranger,
being somewhat low in funds, walked
in briskly. II understand that can get
things charged here" he said, address,
ing one of the employees.
Only storage batteries" replied the
other man.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-28
G H A | R S
By GEORGE FITCH.
Author Of CAT Good Old Stwash."

fortably over his work. But they can
be used to excess. Many man buys a
500 desk and $50 swivel chair. with
comfortable arms, and then fills the lat
ter until liver and kidney trouble car
rieS him off amid the woe of his family
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-28

my husband doesn't care for sight
seeing"
Then, nothing interested him on
your trip"
"Only the spot where Washington
threw a dollar across the Potomac. He
spent several hours looking for the
dollar and was quite happy for awhile,
but even that ended in disappointment
at last"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-28

Husband, there's a burglar in the
house. What shall do?"
send for a Boy Scout
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-28
A BETTER CrOp.

"why don't you raise something on
that vacant lot; potatoes. for instance,
or beans?"
Il am raising good citizens" said
the owner. Don't you see those boys
playing ball?'
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-28
Fine Wedding.

Delights of spring are simply grand,
AS you must know;
The elegant shad shortcake, and
The berry roe.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-28
ALITTLE NONSENSE.
DRESS NEEDS.

Some women need a thousand plunks
To dress upon EACH yeat.
1t takes that much to fill their trunks
And furnish them with gear.
Some women spend two thousand bones
And purchase things galore.
Some DANES declare in strident tones
That they need even more.
The mere men have to go without;
They always get the gaff.
The husbands all dress on about
Four dollars and a half.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-28
His Name
Always Something

"Why do you call that cat Plutarch!'
ION account of his numerous lives.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-28

In Spring.
THE works of nature are always su-
perior to the works of man."
That's right. You can examine the
flowers without getting fresh paint all
over yourself"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-04-28

I find this life upsetting, quite
things never seem to come my way
It's hard to get. asleep at night and
hard to keep awake by day.
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-12-20

Parcel post and modern
mail service demands
more correspondence of
the ladies' than ever be-
fore ior this reason we
suggest a ladies desk for
a gift
From 30 up
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-12-20

A par or is composed of
such lew pieces OF furni-
ture that the cab net was
made to fl / up space. In
so doing you wi | change
the entire appearance of
the room
Sll.0O up
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-12-20

The most conspicuous
piece Of furniture and
easiest appreciated of
anything you could give
You csn have any fin sh
From $3.50 up
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-12-20

One third Of CTR ives are
spent in sleeping, what
could be more useful
than q beautiful satin or
brighc brass bed
Ff9m $3.50 up
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-12-20

First impression is
formed in the hall, put
a gift costumer or hall
tree there and it will be
often thought OF and
long remembered
FROM - : = up
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-12-20

The soft musical tone of
chimes ealing together
the family for the even.
Ing neal burns into the
very soul a thought of
home which lives forever
From SOS up
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-12-20

Each member of the
family will use a set of
gift chairs every day
which will result in as
much appreciation as any
gilt you could think of
From 5000 up
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-12-20

Perhaps only one in
every ten homes have a
rack for papers and
magazines. They are IN
expensive and a very ap-
preciative gift
From SI.5O up
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-12-20

It would be an runusua'
gift, someth ne every
lady wants and hut few
have one. They are con-
Tenlent y arranged for
all sewing accessories
From $500 up
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-12-20

Have the dining room at
its best tor the christ
mas dinner A nice china
closet would make an
excellent gift which
would be remembered 3
times every day
From S1I.5O up
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-12-20

Sewing Rocker
With a complete sewing
compartment which takes
care of thread, buttons,
needles, SCISSORS, etc.
butt Of heavy material
and fin tled in ma
hogany
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-12-20

Day after day he p,ugs
away at the old time
worn dust accumu lating
desk unconscious of its
appea, ance. A bright
new modern sanitary
desk would surely make
him glad
FRI 4 So 90 up
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-12-20

The way to mans heart
IS through good eats,
Then encourage her by
making the dining room
attractive with a new
pedestal table. She will
do her part
From $500 up
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-12-20

Save kitchen drudgery,
turn it into pleasant
pass-tlme by sending
home a nice convenient
kitchen cabinet for the
wife's gift
From $500 up
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-12-20

The furniture in any
room as we'll as the room
in general will look fifty
per cent better on a new
rug
Room size S4.5O up
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-12-20

Please the entire family
with a buffet added to
the dining room, as a
gift it would be seen
often and greatly ap-
precsated.
Sa@ zassRlsgR sy-s-'~--vsgs=sr -vzs-a
= From S11.0O Ap
The evening world., 1913-10-24
0 At ANNUAL REUNION
ASSOCIATION
'endants of Thomas Sanford
Meet at Hotel Martinique
Two Bishops Speak.

" Three hundred descendants OF Thomas
sanford. who came from Much Hadham.
England. In 1884 and died In Milford.
Conn.,, in 1884, held the seventh annual
reunion OF the Sanford Association last
evening In the Hotel Martinique. There
was a reception from o'clock until I.
and dinner in the main banquet hall.
Members OF the association from TWEEN
ty-eight States attended.
=. v. Sanford presided. The speakers
we're Bishop Louis c. Sanford OF the do
cese OF San joaquin. Cal. Miss Mary II.
Sanford. who told OF recent visit to
the ancestral home In England: Bishop
Charles Sanford Olmstead Of Denver and
Col. John Underhill. Miss Charlotte
Horse Of Milford played violin selec-
tions. accompanied on the plano by Mrs.
Gertrude Sanford Bolmer OF New
Maven.
ts1ost Of tho speakers enlarged on the
interest Of the association In the Ameri-
can Society OF Colonial Families. Fran
els Baird Sanford announced that at the
meeting OF the society next month A. d.
Sanford will read u paper on "Respon-
s!bility of Birth" The association was
formed In 1906. It's membership extends
into Canada and England.
The evening world., 1913-10-24
ED|S0N'S SON, WIZARD
LAT RUNNING AN AUTO,
| NAbbEO AS SPEEDER
Fourtcen-iear-Old Theodore
Arrested While Driving His
Fathers Touring Car.

Theodore Edison. son OF Thomas A.
Olson. the inventor. dashed out Of
20 ontclair Military Academy, where he
or' pupil. yesterday afternoon and
he'unded into a new high-powered tour
m'g car. whioh was waiting on the street
&c, take him TO his home at Llewellyn
York.
Nai1f. Edison recently purchased the car
stS3 TheodorA who 10 fourteen, wanted
hin 80 for himself II II was worth the
II ~ He took the chauffeur's place and
Of & her 80" through Bloomfield avenue.
tres otoscycls Policeman Hugh seery
Toy tea after the car. but he could no.
ehan on Il YounE Edison looked back
kepl saw the pursuer and ne put on
re power. hoping to get over into
on vt Orange. where no believed he
haduld be free from arrost.
he - crossed the West Orange limo.
nelly lodged vehicles In his path and
pa AIDED for his fathers laboratory. BY
aht1 time the man on the motorcycle
Yo,Io . more speck in the distance
Hat the laboratory Theodore turned In.
sphe man At the gate closed the en-
wtAncA Gssry came up a few minutes
butter and demanded admission
lo,13fo. Edison had Just arrived a. the
,SbofAtory to take her husband home In
der car. She was told Theodore had
wen speeding. but she Just couldn't be-
we've he had done any such thing.
at 4 search for Theodore was made and
Sc Va found busy In the experiment
'GAop. esery told him he would have to
- back to the Montclair police station.
sitting on the rear seat OF the car with
his mother. Theodore went to Montclai-.
essry folio wing on his wheel
Mrs.. Edison gave cash bail for the
\eppssTance Of Theodore before Recorder
Nost tomorrow morning. He Is charged
fifth violating tho speed laws, the maxi
:, ,um penalty for which Is 500 fine. As
boy - not sixteen he also may be
& rged with driving an automobile
80 bout q license.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1913-02-27

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