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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-23
A FRIEND OF HORSES.

Prom the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle.
There is a bill before the English House
of Commons to prohibit the docking Of
! horses tails, and Ellen Terry. the noted
actress. who has thousands of admirers
| in America, has declared herself in favor
of it. The other day she attended a dem
onstration at Surrender Park. near Ash
ford in support of the bill, having motor
60 to the park with her two grandchildren.
She took a keen interest in the arguments
presented against this custom and watch
ed with lively satisfaction the various
performances of horses with unlocked
tails. These latter demonstrations were
given to refute the argument that an I'M
docked horse is dangerous in harness. 1t
is said that the sprighty wit of the
great actress enlivened the occasion. and
that her presence was a decided help to
the cause. But it requires some little
imagination to think of Ellen Terry
romring with grandchildren and answer
ing to their merry Granny" with tho
same spirit with which she conquered
audiences only a little time ago.
The great English actress did not hesi-
tate to put herself on record as strongly
against the custom Of docking. When
you have persuaded the people that it is
vulgar as well as cruel to dock horses
tails in this way, you will have won your
battle. 1t is only their mistaken opinions
of smartness that make them keep to it.
Anybody looking at these beautiful Great
ures with long flowing tails would realize
how much more beautiful they are really
than horses with locked tails" And vet
the prejudice in favor of docked tails
among the smart set, both in England
and America. is very strong. 1t is ore
of those things. like the binding of wom-
ems feet in China, the prevalence Of
which no one can understand. Probably
there are women in China who look upon
their poor, miserable little bandaged feet
as things of beauty, just as there are
cockneys who hold the reins over high
headed and dock-tailed horses and think
the animals are more beautiful because
of these distortions.
Sentiment is sometimes strange thing,
and the influence of Ellen Terry may so
far toward creating feeling against the
custom of docking the tails of horses
with the idea of making them more styl-
ish in appearance
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-23
ALEXANDRIA To HAVE
new SCHOOL BUILDING
Relief Hook and Ladder Company
Also Will Be Provided with
More Modern Home.
THIEVES GET SUNDAY DINNER

Alexandra, Va. June 2z-That Alex
andria will have a new public school
building and "A new house for the Relief
Hook and Ladder Truck Fire Company
before long seems an assured fact This
will be brought about by the establish
ment OF a sinking fund OF approximately
$500 annually. made Up from the in
creased tax on the licenses of liquor
dealers.
Following the passage by the Board
OF Aldermen OF the new license bill re-
Gently. Alderman J. NJ. Hin introduced
resolution having for its object an
Appropriation of 5000 annually from the
increased licenses 10 he used as n sink
ing fund for the foregoing purpose. The
resolution was unanimously adopted.
This will be presented to the Common
Council for action Tuesday night. and
in all probability will he adopted.
The question Of the erection OF these
buildings has been under consideration
for a long time. 1t is declared by those
favorinE the erection OF the two build
inCs that they are an absolute neces-
sity.
Already site for the school building
has been obtained. II Is at the north
west corner of West and Cameron Street:
and was purchased for $1,000 However.
the proposed school building may be
erected elsewhere. number OF members
of the city school board favorinC a build
ing on the site Of the old HaIlowell build
ing in South Washington Street. which
structure adjOins Washington School.
The Hallowell building is now used as
a primary department for boys. Some
time ago it was condemned by a grand
jury.
The new truck house will be erected on
the site Of the present structure, the city
owning two small frame houses directly
east OF the present building, which gives
an abundance of room for the proposed
new structure 1t is proposed to have
the new building equipped as a combina-
ton truck and engine house. and have
the city's reserve fire engine stored
therein.
Lewis II. MaChen, OF this city, candi-
date for Lieutenant Governor in the
State primary to be held August next.
returned today after trips to Charlottes-
vile. Staunton, Lexington, Lynchburg,
Petersburg. and Richmond in the inter
est of his candidacy. While in those
cities he conferred with a number of po-
litical leaders and reports having re-
ceived considerable announcement.
The next time Albert Dreifus lays in a
supply of provisions for his Sunday din
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-23
DIPLOMATS and Publicists.

Truly the literary man is coming
into his own under the administration
OF President Wilson. Henry Van
Dyke has been appointed Minister
10 the Netherlands. Thomas Nelson
Page has been made Ambassador to
Italy. Walter H. Page is at London.
Meredith Nicholson soon will be at his
post OF duty in Lisbon and Pleasant
Stovall at Berne, Switzerland.
For wears, with the exception of
Whitelaw Reid, writers have failed 20
obtain the recognition OF Presidents.
Perhaps they wrote too much. and the
old quotation. oh. that mine enemy
would write book" prevented dip
lomatic career-what was looked upon
as a mixture OF oil and water, secrecy
and publicity
Washington Irving and Nathaniel
Hawthorne were in the foreign service,
but no administration other than the
present has so distinctly rewarded the
author
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-23
The District Commissionerships.

President Wilson deserves the thanks
OF the community for the care which
he is exercising in the selection of Dis
trict Commissioners. 1t demonstrates
that he has the best interests OF the
District at heart.
Equally to be commended is his dec
laration that the places are not
to be regarded as political plums
with which to reward job hunters.
This insures a continued freedom
from the injection OF the spoils sys-
TEN into the District government.
municipalities everywhere are learn
ing that the best city administra-
ZION is nonpartisan, men being selected
for position because of their acknowl-
edged fitness and not because they wear
the collar OF some political organiza-
ton. Tie growth OF this spirit is
fully recognized by President Wilson.
There is no necessity for haste. The
District can afford to wait until the
President finds men eminently qualified
to administer local affairs. We want
to 60 forward, not backward. The
painstaking interest taken by the Pres
ident makes it certain that we are not
to retrograde while he is in the White
House. and with this fact before US
there is every reason to give the Pres
ident all the time he desires to make
his choice.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-23
Baby Saving Campaign.

What the American cities are dong
and can do toward preventing infant
mortality and the high death rate OF
children under FIVE years of age is
the subject OF a bulletin now in press
by the Children's Bureau. Summer
campaigns for babies lives have been
waged with such marvelously good eff
feet in some cities, that it seems to
the bureau important to enlist the en-
orgies OF as many cities in this work
as possible. Babies die of diseases,
which. TO large extent. are preventa-
bic, and thus, when welfare work is
directed toward saving their lives. the
response is immediate and decided. In
New York and Philadelphia the result
Of a systematic summer baby-saving
campaign has been shown in a re-
duction OF between 80 and 40 per cent
in the deaths OF children under two
years of age, in the wards where the
work is concentrated.
It is estimated that baby nursed by
its mother has approximately ten times
the chance to live that a bottle-fed
baby has. All welfare workers, there
fore, are advised to encourage mothers
10 make every effort to carry out this
most important maternal duty.
A clean milk supply is fundamental
need. The need for the prompt rem
edy of bad milk conditions is more
urgent in its relation to the welfare OF
babies than to that of adults. since
dirty milk largely is responsible for
the occurrence of diarrhea and en-
teritis, the frequent causes of death
of many infants.
A constantly increasing number of
cities are establishing milk stations and
dispensing milk. either whole milk,
certified, modified, pasteurized. or ster-
ilized milk. to mothers of babies that
must be bottle fed. The milk station
is a room sufficiently large enough to
accommodate the patrons and equipped
with a large ice box, a desk, some
chairs, and a table An ordinary store
is suitable for a station and some
times, as in the case of the station at
Utica, n. Y, schoolroom may be
used for the purpose. The station is
usually under the charge Of nurse,
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-23

of advanced years who had apparently
just one idea and wished TO dwell on
that.
Baker was extremely polite. and an
swered the mans questions with a neat
ness and dispatch that pleased the au-
dience; but the old fellow kept nagging
him like one of those little dogs that
snap at ones heels Finally. in a tone
so kindly that the man could not pos
sibly take offense. Baker addressed him
as follows:
II feel that have given you almost
your full share OF my time. You are ap-
parently seventy or more years old and
belong, I take it, to the older order of
things. You are with the crowd that
has been running things in this State
for a great many years; I, on the other
hand, am with those that are trying to
run things. And l may say to You that
II. when l am your age. my crowd has
made no more real progress than your
crowd has and younger element Is en-
deavorinC to accomplish something, I
shall. at least. not interrupt public speak
ers with foolish questions"
Senator Reed of Missouri was asked
when he thought Congress would get
through this year.
Il never make guesses." replied Reed.
about anything that talks. You take
woman. or Congress, or-oh, anything at
all that talks. and try 10 guess what It
will do or what it will not do. and the
chances are that you will be wrong"
Victor Murdoch took some Kansas
friends into the members gallery one
afternoon and was pointing out some of
the celebrities on the floor Of the House.
When he came to James R. Mann. the
Republican leader. he said:
That fellow Mann is one Of the most
peculiar members We have. I've seen
Jim Mann get up and make a speech and
then sit down and not say another word
for four or five minutes"
Copyright. ISIS. BY Fred c. Kelly. Al nSha -
serred.)
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-23
Women Like Clean Plays.

A righteously indignant, but quite
rational, protest against the oft-repeat-
ed charge that "brainless" and vicious"
plays are put upon the stage solely be-
cause women like that sort of thing
best" was voiced in an article by the
editor of the woman's page of The
Washington Herald yesterday. The
statement of the authors views is in a
measure a personal analysis of the
Offerings" and the houses" of the past
season.
OF the theatrical-dramatic is hardly
the proper descriptive for all the va
RANT Offerings" of the season.
attractions in the local play houses,
says the woman's page editor.
those most confessedly without serious
purpose or treatment, without reason
or sentiment, were quite as confessedly
designed to lure the male of the spe-
cies. Those hodge-podges intended pri-
marily for the exploitation of physical
charms, for vapid and momentsry
tickling of the senses, with no other
plot than the unconcealed design to
keep tired or idle or dull minds from
healthful exercise, were advertised to
draw men. Even those in which elab-
crate effects of scenery and costume.
whose rioutous scheme of color is
often assumed to satisfy the longings
of feminine taste, found their main pat
ronage. says our analyst, among the
masculine.
The offerings which drew and held
the women of Washington. it is as
serted, were some Of the sanest,
sweetest and most artistically merito-
rious plays of the past year" To
woman, it would seem, the beauty af-
forded by stage settings is altogether
incidental, appreciated to the full, in
deed, but admired only in proportion
to the strength of appeal it adds to
the motif of the drama and the indi-
vidual purpose of its characters.
To woman, also, it would seem, 'sug-
gestiveness" of improperly is either
negligible or positively distasteful
If there is viciousness or vapidity in
play, it must be rightfully concluded,
the viciousness or the vapidity is there
for the men. not for the women.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-23
STA TIE SMEN-REAL AND NEAR
By FRED c. KELLY

Senator Harry Lane of Oregon has an
adherence OF waste that amounts al
most to an obsession. A needless ex-
penditure OF money gets under his cuti-
Gle like a woodtick and makes his life a
burden. 1t isn't that he is a tightwad
either. In his personal affairs he spends
with as little heed as anybody; but when
it comes to wasting government funds
the very funds that a great many great
legislators love to spend with much reck-
less abandon-Lane is a miser. watching
every penny like a terrier dog watching
a rat hole.
When he first struck Washington. Lane
did nothing but fuss and complain for
two solid weeks about the marble cham
bers and other unnecessary extrava-
gances about the Senate office building
Finally. one OF his friends inquired:
We'll. Harry. what are you getting at?
Do you want 10 pay rent for your Office
rooms here%'
IF could afford 1t might, at that. -
replied Lane.
He was assigned to the Craftsmanship
Of the Committee on Forest Reservations
and was entitled to a lot of special sta
tionery and other perquisites. But he
didn't get them. for the simple reason
he said. that he didn't need them. He
applied the same reasoning to appoint
ments. You know, all Senatorial ap-
pointments are divided into two classes
those which go to whichever Senator can
scheme around and get them, and those
which fall to certain Senators by assign
ment and custom. A number of appoint
ments have always gone to the Junior
Senator from Oregon. So far, Lane has
not filled the places on his list.
I'm waiting until / can think of some
needy person to give them to-" he says.
Most OF the places are entirely unneces-
sary and the only way / can reconcile
them will be on the ground of assisting
in governmental philanthropy"
A few weeks ago Lane walked out of a
meeting of the Indian Committee be-
cause. he said,~ they weren't itemizing
their expenditures sufficiently for him to
tell where the money was all going.
You can readily see how II would be-
Suppose $500 is appropriated for red
blankets for tribe of Indians, without
further particulars. Unless the bill
reads: $40. blanket for Standing Cow;
s.. 10. blanket for Young
of-Kabbit. &C, unless II is thus itemized
how is enc to tell who gets the blankets?
This may or may not have beeen Lanes
reason for walking out of the committee.
Mayor Newton D. Baker, of Cleveland
who was offered a place in the Wilson
Cabinet, was speaking in an Ohio town
In favor of certain proposed amendments
to the Ohio constitution. among them the
adjustment of capital punishment A
man in the audience took issue on this
point. and asked a question or two, which
Baker answered Still the man wasn't
satisfied. and he shouted:
Answer me this: When a mans exc
cuted he can't kill anybody else. can he?"
In a tone, as IL granting great con-
cession. Baker soiemnly replied:
81 guess that might almost be consid-
cred a mathematical certainty"
Handing retorts to people in the audi
ence Is one of the things Baker does best
In the course of speech last fall. he
was interrupted several times by q man
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-23

In some parts or ireland II 10 q custom
among bank clerks to speak of one an
other as Officers" of the bank, but little
Jim Bender, the recently imported cock
ney waiter in a County Mayo hotel was
not aware of this custom. relates the
Saturday Journal.
Have you seen any Of our officers here
this morning." asked a lordly knight OF
the quill OF Jim few days ago
Jim glanced keenly at his interrogator.
'Yussir," he answered promptly; 1T
isn't three minutes ago since one Of EN-
went out with his sword behind Is ear!
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-23
4 DishearteninE sight.

Mayor Gaynor. at a luncheon in New
York. talked about laws, relates the
Washington Star.
at is difficult to execute" he said
laws that the majority of the people
don't want and don't believe in
The Mayor smiled and added:
why. a friend of mine, just back
from a prohibition State, said to me the
other day:
I'm every large city in that State
saw well dressed citizens drinking with
relish from bottles labeled Rat Poison
Liniment, and even Furniture Polish. u
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-23
Forgot Her Ticket.

Mandy is but little girl, a little COL
ored girl, trying hard to learn how to
he a good housemaid. The other day
she came to her employer and handed
her a card, relates the Houston Post.
DE lady what glib me dis is in de
parlor." she explained. ''Dey's anoder
lady on de steps"
Goodness. Mandy exclaimed the
lady. shocked and troubled, why didn I
you ask them both in?''
"'Kase, Miss Murphy" grinned Mandy,
de one on de do'steps done forgit her
ticket"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-23
East Indian PIacidity.

FROM the Chicago News.
A native station master on the East
Indian Railway had been given strict
orders not to do anything out of the or
binary without authority from the super
intendent. This accounts for his sending
the following telegram:
'Superintendent's Office, Calcutta-Tiger
on platform eating conductor. Please
wire instructions"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-23
A LITTLE NONSENSE.
IN THE SUBURBS

It's very nice at Lonelyville;
By 9 p. m. the town is still.
No trouble then to go TO sleep.
Enjoying slumbsr calm and deep.
It's nice and still; there is no noise.
No auto horns or college boys.
It's nice till a m, you know;
The ROSTERS then begin TO crow.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-23
FATHER.

Why hear the name Of mother desri
Why run to her in time OF fear!
Mother nature and mother love.
Heavenly mother. up above.
God Gays to love mother true.
For she gave birth and love to you
A fathers love is Just the same,
And still We never hear bis name
From hencefoTth sing his praises hlsh,
What would do II be should one!
He earns for you your daily bread.
A man Is at the nations head
We need the men in time OF war,
In politics We need them more.
The weird was lost through wonans an- J.
stn BY her goodness We can win
The grace we lost By Eyes downfall.
But man must help through IL all.
ESTHER FRANCES LOEHL,
Inc of this years graduates. Nh L1sA = [
daughter q Adolph Lou
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-23
THE JUNE GARDEN
Ry GEORGE FITCH,
Author of "At Good Old Siwash."

varieties which blow in from new parts
of the country and talk about the tariff
with more or less reverence as the case
may be. But they have roots as long
as the old varieties and presently they
have a double, lead-pipe. copper-riveted
cinch on the government garden and
are seeding down the patch with neph-
ews, uncles. sons and personal friends.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-23
An Old-fashioned Cure.

Sore throat. Ell? Get your wife to
give you one of her old stockings to
wrap around your neck
Tried that and it did me no good.
She had nothing but these new-fangled
openworks"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-23

a Philadelphia doctor says there are
typhoid germs in ice cream. Does he
expect US to boil our ice cream before
We eat it?
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-23

1t is quite evident now tha- the Japs
were not half as indignant as were some
of the sensational newspapers in this
country.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-23

The Commoner is still issued regularly.
for the way he is sticking to the job.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-23

The thing we cannot understand is why
any nation should fight for territory
populated entirely by Turks.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-23

Another of the mysteries of life is
why so many people will go to picnics
year after year.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-23

The surest way of enjoying summer
resorts is to stay at home in Washing
ton and read about them.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-23

DR.. Lauro Muller says this is a rapid
fire country. Well. the turtle serum
stuff got fired rapidly, all right.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-23

The way to avoid a split infinitive is
to write it the way you don't think il
ought to go.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-23

Now we will have to revise our opinion
of Commissioner Waldo. He says he is
all right.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-23

Nothing is as clean and handsome as a
spring garden or a spring administration.
And nothing is so mournful as the latter
when the hoe has been laid aside and the
petition and letter of Endorsement have
begun to get In their deadly work.
Copyright. 1913. By George Mathew Adamsl
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-23

The trouble with call money is that
they always call for it when you haven't
got it.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-23

Those who are unlucky in love are
said to he lucky at cards" remarked
Mrs GnaGg
If that's the case" responded Mr..
Gnagg, I'll bet l could break the bank
AT Monte Carlo"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-23

Mrs. wombat is highly Indignant"
Her house was robbed. hear"
Yes: and the next night the burglar:
brought back her silver-plated ware"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-23

The magazine helps people so
With its half tones
And plans to build a bungalow
For twenty bones.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-23

Yes. a woman can keep a secret-circu.
lating.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-23
Modern Conditions

A laurel wreath and a bald head make
an unromantic combination.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-23

Arrangements have been completed
by the Young Mems Sodality Lyceum
for its annual excursion to Marshall
Hall Thursday next.