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The Washington herald., 1913-03-01

schools in this country for the year
IoIo-II was &z6,oooooo, which was
double the sum of ten years earlier.
and the obliteration of illiteracy within
the next decade is now promised. In
each State, beginning with urban CEN
tiers and reaching into the thinly set
tied sections. each community is try
ing to give the youth better prepara-
ton for citizenship and for the battle
of life. The only drawback seems to
lie in the action of parents who re-
fuse to cooperate with the teachers,
TO share with them the responsibility
and to perform that part in educating
their children, which they and they
alone can perform successfully.
However good our educational sys-
tenn may be and how much the efforts
OF the National Council of Education
may tend to better conditions and TO
perfect the moral training of youth,
this depends much more upon the home
influence than the schools.
The Washington herald., 1913-03-01
Fights Duel for Father,

Paris Gable to the New York Sun.
There was duel to-day of a most
peculiar nature, which arose out OF
an article in Guadalupe newspaper
NJ. La Grosilliere. a deputy from Mar
Unique. asked Judge Liontel IL he was
the author of the article which the
deputy considered offensive. Judge
Liontel replied that he was not the au-
thor of the article. but he was respon
sible for the statements il contained
The seconds of the two men met and
decided that duel must he fought
but there was a question to whether
Judge Liontel, who is sixty-one years
of age. ought to fight.
An arbitrator was appointed and he
ruled against the Judge fighting.
Thereupon Judge Lionters son offered
TO take his place. Seconds were again
appointed and the younger LionteI was
accepted as a substitute for the judge.
Liontel touched La Grosilliere's hi
seps in the second bout and the deputy
was so fatigued at the end of the fifth
round that the director stopped the
bout. much against the wishes Of
young Liontel
The Washington herald., 1913-03-01
GOOD TASTE
BY GEORGE FITCH,
Author of "At Good Old Siwaah."

Good taste is a mysterious some thing
which. when added to s24.jO worth of
clothes. makes a woman beautifully
dressed. while s1.S76 worth of duds
minus good taste is making another
woman look like a portable scarecrow.
Good taste is caused by a sensitive
eye, which is easily pained by jarring
colors and designs in clothes, wall pa
per and Office buildings. To soothe his
eye. a man with good taste will some
times spend two hours in picking out a
necktie which will harmonize with his
aura. When a man has this much good
taste he ought to take something for
It.
Good taste is closely related to fash
ions. but like most relatives, the two
have little to do with each other. The
woman who follows the fashions close
ly, will sometimes get several thousand
miles away from good taste and will
forget the way back.
Good taste has nothing to do with
eating. man can have good taste
without possessing A tongue. However,
he will sometimes have dificulty in ad-
vertising the fact. Good taste can indi-
cate a woman's refinement and prosper
ity without compelling her to put dia-
monds in her ears. and good taste
makes a man depend more upon clean
linen for good looks than upon shout
ing vests.
Incredible amounts of good taste can
often be found In a home which was
furnished at a. small cost. On the 9TH
er hand. many a new-laid millionaire
unloads shipload Of imported crock
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Mr.. Wilson and the Chevy Chase Club,

Has Mr.. Wilson been wise in de-
clinins the courteous offer OF the
Chevy Chase Club to become all hon.
orary member
The incoming President is being crit-
icised for what is called his narrow
mlndedncss.' and which is said not TO
augur well for the fu,urc. This cour-
tesy has been extended heretofore bv
this club to all Presidents. no matter
OF what political persuasion, to give
them the opportunity of enjoying the
restful quiet OF the clubs home awav
from the turmoil of the city and the
onerous duties of the White House.
Yet let our friends of the Chevy
Chase Club bear in mind that, after
all, the courtesy was extended. not only
to the man, but to his high Office. The
letter declining the offer. because Mr.
Wilson intends to devote his entire time
TO the business of state and will find
no time for anything else was in a
manner explained by a second mis-
sivc, with the intent of relieving the
situation, but the latter had no real
bearing other than a technical one.
1t is but the proverbial straw, vet
it may point to possible justification
of certain charges of pedantry made
by Mr.. Wilson's opponents.
The Washington herald., 1913-03-01
Educators Urge Cooperation.

lhc Keynote Of the convention OF
the National Council OF Education,
which is in session at Philadelphia
this week, was plea for a full CO.
operation among the teachers of this
country in the shape of a more ade-
quatc national organization OF all the
public school-tcachcrS on a permanent
basis, for the purpose of insuring a
steady influence upon school affairs.
The number of delegates, some four
thousand, tcstiieS in itself to the i'm
Pertancc OF the movement and the re-
forms and improvements under con-
sideration. We read that this vast
army comprises but onc-thrd of the
membership of the National Education
Association, and large as tho member
ship Of this body appears to be it con-
tainS only one-fortieth of the teachers
of this country
The idea of a national corporation
originated with the States Teachers
Association, which, while doing good
work, cannot accomplish the desired
end, as their activity, at best, can only
be sporadic or limited owing to the
narrow lines of their field of action.
One of the leading speakers recon-
mended the taking of the profession
out of politics, making public service
paramount and professional advance
ment contingent upon merit and quail
ity. This move should be welcomed
by all teachers who have the better
mcnt of their status and standard
really at heart. Interstate and uniform
code OF ethics, improved material
status and nationwide pension plan,
should go a great ways to improve the
condition under which school-teachcrs
face their laborious task, and the pub
lie will be the ultimate gamer.
The business of education is grow
ing all the time. The public no longer
is satisfied with the mere rudiments of
schooling, and there is an unceasine
effort 10 apply the means that are
available to the attainment of better
results. The expenditure on common
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Denomination Enrm.

From the Knoxville Journal and Tribune
A number Of the railroad cornpanies Of
the country are taking n hand in the
establishment of demonstration farms.
While they arc doing work that from
one point OF view may be classed as a
benefaction. at the same time what they
are doing is 10: void of selhshness. The
railroads get their revenue largely from
the transportation of the products Of the
farms. hence it is but natural that they
should feel an individual interest in the
increase of the products of the farms
But while serving themselves the roads
that are encouraging agriculture are
serving all the people Of the whole coun-
try. without an exception. They are
labcrinG to increase the volume of the
products out of which human food and
human clothing are made There is no
other way TO sustain life than through
the products of the soil.
Thus II Is. while the railroad COM
panies mly have nothing more In view
than the increase of their own business.
in establishing demonstration farms they
are opening the way for farmers TO in
crease the products OF their farms and
to make their lives better worth living
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The 'fHikers" and the "Antis."

\ hearty welcome by their many ad.
mirers was extended to the hiking suf-
fragists who reached this city yester-
day. In fact, as the result of the &C
tivitics of woman tc-rightcrs almost
every one here is either for or against
the movement.
The ants declare that there is a
growing sentiment in Washington
against suffrage. particularly since the
pros have begun their preparations
for their prc-inaugural demonstration.
According TO their theory the move
mcnt while an enthusiastic one has lost
part OF its force because the leaders
and many Of its Young followers have
lost their heads; that they will regain
their good senses when cooler counsel
prevails. They also profess to be greatly
pleased with the friendly sentiment
city. They argue that the tide of
public opinion has turned in their ia
vor. because of the action OF the suf-
fragists in cndeavoring TO overshadow
with their pageantry and procession
the Presidential inauguration ccrc-
monies.
The ants also have a powerful ally
in Miss Minnie Bronson, a former
special agent OF the Federal Bureau OF
Labor, whose pamphlet entitled, The
Wagc-carning Woman and the State"
is intended t" demoliSh one OF the
most forciblc arguments advanced by
the advocates OF woman suffrage,
namely, that it would lead to a better
treatment OF women in industry as to
better laws for their protection
Miss Bronson marshals the record
OF thlrty-two nonSuffrage States as
compared with that OF the suffrage
States to prove her claims, concluding
that the history OF labor legislation
shows invariably that suffrage States,
instead OF being in the vanguard of
remedial legislation, have usually lag
ged behind, and have only enacted la
Dor laws when the majority of male
suffrage States had pointed the way
At present both sides profess them
selves perfectly satisfied with the
progress they have made. Both camps
seem to be happy. But. if outward
signs and appearances count for any
thing, the headquarters OF the suf- |
fragistS is beehive as compared with
that OF the ants, so full it is of hus-
tic and activity.
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Figures to Ponder Over.

While the whole country is interested
in the change of the national admins
tration, with the suffragist hike, and
with Mexico. the Progressivcs (tha,
is, the Bull Moosers) are not letting
any grass grow over their chances to
gather future votes and TO impress the
people of this country with their re-
form plans. The press either has ig-
nored, or given but few lines to
what that party has done last week in
Massachusetts, and the successful ad-
vance in its fortunes accomplished
there. This is what it did:
The party raised $4,000 for or
Sanization work and the State cam
paign next fall The members en-
phatically declined TO return to the
old fold. despite tentative offers held
out by State leaders OF other parties,
and they have bills before the Massa-
chusetts Legislature to carry out prom
ised reforms
Fifty thousand dollars of the above
amount was subscribed for use of the
State committee to push the work
throughout that Commonwealth. 4 re-
markablc feature was that the last
sum was raised on the basis of so
cents for each vote cast for Mr..
Charles 5. Bird at the last November
election when he was the Progressive
candidate for Governor.
1t appears that there are men Of
standing and wealth i'll the Bay State.
who willingly give their money for the
cause. One of them subscribed $4,000.
adding the proviso that, if the $4,000
Was raised before May /, he would add
10 per cent. or If it was raised before
April l. 20 per cent As the entire
sum was subscribed then and there,
he was out an additional 5000.
All this was accomplished at what
was called the first birthday meeting
of the Bull Nooscrs in that State.
Official reports showed that at the close
OF the last campaign the party had
Progressive committees in III towns'l
only, out OF 354 towns and cities. Since
the election organization had been eff
fected in 10 additional towns. so that.
at the present writing, there are only
o. towns in the State without Pro-
sressivc organization. But in 81 ofI
these temporary organizations have |
been effected. The party last election
polled $4,000 votes, though represent
cd only in III towns OF the State.
The next national election is far
off. but there arc State elections each |
year, and the above certainly contains
more than a lcsson-a warning.
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THE BIG STICK

le editor the subscribers of Washngons
and best weapon the upt
and at the request of few hundred thousand
issue has been postponed until when appear
OF the leading citizens who have Hall through
ITS efforts and editor would advise
Tor Ike Mr. Shakespeare seldom
of the why the opportunity
htingl honor the week good another
dentectMr Woodrow Wsonwl
mmortal
announced the world and Chevy Chase his
gof
Noe-The unntelgen comp and the prooader want some
and periods and Big such little
things as that so look for rnextw
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Copyright. 1915. by Mcclure Newspaper SyndIcate.l
NO. 48.
| The situation was full of menace OF
no ordinary sort.
1t could profit the Confederation little
that great States like Virginia and
New York had grown maCranimous.
and were endowing the Confederation
with vast gifts of territory in the West.
il such gifts were but TO loosen still
further the already sIackened bonds Of
common government, leaving settlers
in the unclaimed lands no allegiance
they could respect
Without national government spir-
tied and strong enough TO frame poll
cies and command obedience. we shall
never establish a national character or
be considered as on a respectable foot
ing by the powers Of Europe Wash
ington had said from the first.
Washington Urges Union.
He had made a most solemn appeal
TO the States in his last circular to
them. ere he resigned his commission.
urging them to strengthen the powers
of Congress. put faction and jealousy
away. and make sure of IAN indissolu-
BILE union under one federal head
An option is still left to the United
States of America" he had told them.
with all his plain and stately clo-
quence; 1T is In their choice. and de-
pends upon their conduct. whether they
will be respectable and prosperous, or
contemplate and miserable. as a ma
tion. This is the time of their politi
cal probation"
The hazards of that probation had
been a burden upon his heart through
all the toll of the Revolution. and now
II seemed as IL the States must needs
make every evil choice in meeting
them. Congress could not so much as
carry out the provisions of the treaty
of peace. for its commissioners had
made promises in the name of the
States which the States would not re-
deem.
England Breaks Her Agreement.
England consequently refused to
keep her part of the agreement and
relinquish the Western posts. She
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THE DOG IN THE MANGER.

There's no need Of votes for women
Quoth the female regulator:
For. in sooth. it seems more human
That the man should he dictator.
Let the lo'InEer vote: he'll do Il
For drink or two. they tell us
Voting twice il knew it
When the drinks had made him JEALOUS
Then I'll stand my ground forever
Dealing blows with might and muscle
Since. TO drive those girls SO clever
From their hikes. Ill have to hustle
But. as I don't want the ballet.
Why shoild they be anxious for it,
Well. III bang my anti-mallct
And III vote how / abhor it.
L'Envoi
Now prithee. madam. please take note
And hearken while ! tell ycu,
II you're determined not to vote.
Nobody will compel you.
But scan my title we'll and see
Your prototype at present
Then let me say. get of the hay
And you'll find life more pleasant
MARGARET SULLIVAN BURKE
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has a national character to support: if
We are not. let us no longer act a farce
by pretending to it" AS the months
passed it began to look as IL the farce
might be turned into a tragedy.
Washington SeIf-possessed.
The troubles OF the country. though
lie filled his letters with them and
wrung his heart for phrases of protest
and persuasion that would tell erec-
tually in the deep labor of working out
the sufficient remedy of a reused and
united opinion. though he deemed them
personal to himself. and knew his own
fame in danger TO be undone by them.
did not break the steady self-posses-
sion OF Washingtons life at Mount
Vernon.
It's astonishing the packets of let
ters that daily come for him. from all
parts of the world" exclaimed an Eng
lish visitor: but II w9s not till he had
struggled to keep pace with his corre-
spondence unassist.d for a year and a
half that he employed secretary to
help him
Letters of friendship require no
study" he wrote TO Gen. Knox: the
communications are easy, and allow
ances are expected and made. This is
not the case with those that require
researches. consideration. recollection,
and the devil knows what to prevent
error. and to answer the ends for
which they are written"
He grew almost doCile. nevertheless
under the gratuitous tasks of courtesy
thrust upon him. His gallantry. bred
in him since boy. the sense of duty
TO which he was born. his feeling that
what he had done had in some sort
committed him to serve his country
men and his friends everywhere.
though il Were only in answering
questions. disposed him to sacrifice his
comfort and his privacy to every one
who had the slightest claim upon his
attention.
submits to the Painters.
He even found sitting for his por-
trait grew easy at last. In for a
penny, in for a pound, is the old ad-
age" he laughed. in writing to Fran
els Hopkinson. Il am so hackncyed to
the touches of the painters pencil that
I am now altogether at their beck: and
sit like Patience on monument
whilst they are delineating the lines
of my face. At first I was as i'm
patient at the request. and as rcstive
under the operation. as colt is of the
saddle. The next time l submitted
very reluctantly. but with less flounc-
ing. Now no dray-horse moves more
readily to his thill than l do to the
painters chair"
Monday-Thc Plan to Open the
Potomac.
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cry and furniture. into a forty-acre
mansion and discovers afterward that
he has crowded all the good taste out
of the house
1t is sometimes difficult to tell just
what is good taste. In this case the
object in question should be allowed to
sit around for fifty years. II il still
The Washington herald., 1913-03-01
Panama Canal Isla uds.

From the New York Press.
Floating islands are one Of the sights
to he seen at the Panama Canal. AS well
as in the Saragossa Sea. They are large
masses of vegetation and earth loosened
from the bottom of Gatun Lake by the
rising water and blown out on the lake
surface by ever-changing winds. One
noon the workmen left work for lunch
when the lake was blue and clear as the
sky. An hour later, when they returned.
the surface of Gatun Lake was dotted
with small green islands. All due to a
veer in the wind.
The Washington herald., 1913-03-01
Too Much Suspense.

We'll. that Cabinet has certainly kept
us guessing"
Yes: it's good thing the big league
managers don't make up their teams
that way. or we'd all get heart disease
The Washington herald., 1913-03-01
Truly an Opftmist.

Prom Judge.
Old Ebenezer Ephraim Browns
The cheerfulest man ! know,
He says he thinks the worlds all right
Consid rim how things go,
The Washington herald., 1913-03-01
March I in History,

March l. 15S-Mary Queen of Scots
and Queen Elizabeth take In the matt
nee together.
March !. 1750.-Boswell and DIR. John
son are set out on the sidewalk for nom
payment of rent. The vicissitudes of
genius are many.
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Congress Poweess Out the Peace and Britain Re-
fuses Renquh the Western Po-The Nation Debt and Unable
Pay Money Borrowed Abroad Washington United Action and
Maintain, His ion-Submts Have His Portrait Painted

levied commercial war against the
| country. besides, without fear OF re-
prisal: for Congress had no power to
| regulate trade. and the States were too
jealous of each other to cooperate In
| this or any other matter.
English statesmen had consented to
give up the colonies, and recognize
their independence as a nation rather
| than face any longer the world in
| arms: but now they looked to see them
presently drop back into their hands
again. out of sheer hands again. out
| of sheer helplessness and hopeless d.
/ vision in counsel: and there were OBJ
servant men in America who deemed
the thing possible, though it brought
an intolerable fire into their blood to
think of it,
In Financial straits.
Other nations. too. were fast con-
CeivinE a like contempt for the Con-
federation.
1t was making no provision for the
payment Of the vast sums of money il
had borrowed abroad, in France, and
Holland and Spain: and ii could not
make any. 1t could only ask the States
for money. and must count itself for
tunatc TO get enough to pay even the
interest on its debts.
1t was this that foreign courts were
finding out. that the Confederation was
a mere government Of supplication."
as Randolph had dubbed It: and its
credit broke utterly down. Frenchmen
and Spariard alike would only have
laughed in Contemptuous deriSion to
see the whole fabric go to pieces. and
were beginning to interest themselves
with surmises as to what the plunder
II would afford
Resort to IrrcdccmnbIc Paper.
The States which lay neighbors to
each other were embroiled in boundary
disputes. and were fallen to levying
duties on each others commerce. They
were individually in debt. besides. and
were many of them resorting to issues
of irredeemable paper money to relieve
themselves of the inevitable taxation
that must sooner or later pay their
reckoninEs.
We are either a united people. or
are not So" cried Washington. IF
the former. let us in all matters of
general concern act as a nation which
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4 Circle.

The movies are using all the COW.
boys"
. We'll. aren't they making more cow
bovSo"
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Patching IL I'm.

Miss Gladys Wombat got angry" says
the Plunkville Palladium this week.
because We refused to print Lucille at
her urgent request. This is a long
poem, but we have decided to apologize,
and to print Lucille as requested. Only
we shall have to print II as a serial"
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NO. 49,.

(Coryrisht. l9s. BY Harrer 4 BruthcH. All right
rrsCTveil
Copyright; 1915 by Mcclure Newspaper Syndcate.l
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When times are ripe for bards to pipe
Their little madrisals of spring.
Then spring hangs back and shows a
knack
or being a capricious thing.
The Washington herald., 1913-03-01

One Mans Meat Another's Poison
From Judge.
''If meat goes higher I shall starve,"
The melancholy person cried.
'If meat were free I'd never carve.'
The vegetarian replied.
The Washington herald., 1913-03-01
Helping Hands.

The early robin got here too early
Fortunately. some of our kind citizen.
have established bread lines.
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just So.

What II 1t rains inauguration day.
well, this man Wilson is upsetting
a great many traditions. He is quite
capable of not standing out in the rain
for a couple of hours"
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A Ready Answer,

BE mine. cannot live without you. "
Bah. said the heiress You have
lived without me for years"
TRUE" retorted the duke, but the
cost Of living has gotten to me at last .
The Washington herald., 1913-03-01
ALITTLE NONSENSE.
THEATER of WAR.

How these Balkan states can fight!
Heavy blows the Bulgar deals.
He has put the foe to flight
In a dozen thrilling reels.
Every day they make II hot
Somewhere In the Sultan's realm.
Any skirmish Of the lot
Offers an exciting film.
We run no risk of a scar
Nor the chance OF any blow
As We watch the Balkan war
At a moving picture show.
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has a national character to support; if
We are not. let us no longer act a farce
by pretending to it" AS the months
passed it began to look as IL the farce
might be turned into a tragedy.