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The Washington herald., 1913-04-07
The New Congress.

With todays opening OF the frs
session of the Sixty-third Congress oul
national legislature may be in session
most of the time in the next two years
This is the sixth summer session ir
as many consecutive years, and th.
regular (long) session of 1914 may
add another. 1t is some time since
Congress has ceased to do busines:
on March 4 of every alternate year.
The incoming Congress has tn,
earnlarks of body that will be re.
sponsive to public sentiment. At tina
it may not be all that a national law
making body should be, but it prom.
ises better than its immediate prede.
cessors. We know that it is over.
whelmingly Democratic. But there i:
prospect that there will be little oi
partisan politics in its deliberations
In the Senate we have fifty-one Dem
ocrats and forty-fve who. are classed
as Republicans. OF the latter, twelve
are known as Progressive Republicans
Of these twelve, Senator Poindexte,
of Washington desires to be known
as a Progressive, without the afiS
Republican" The new House has
2oI Democrats and IA members who
are set down as Republicans, bu,
about forty of the latter are distinctly
Progressive Republicans, while some
thing less than score are just plain
Progressives.
Should both houses vote in the man.
ner indicated by their present expires
sions, there will be almost two
thirds majority for progressive legis-
lation in each branch. 1t would seem
that the Progressives in the Senate
are in accord with the administration
programme, which they say they will
support. AS to the old-line Republi-
cans in the Senate the standpatters,
it remains to be seen whether they
will sum up enough courage for a Wig
orous opposition to progressivism.
Some of them have realized long since
that the citizens want certain things
and that they mean to get them, hence
that it would be political suicide for
them to oppose or obstruct the marcl,
of events.
The Presidents appeal for support
is made to all members of Congress,
regardless of party affiliations. He is
thoroughly convinced that the leading
problems involved are not of polit-
ical, but of an economical nature. 1t
seems to be the consensus of opinion
The Washington herald., 1913-04-07

The Japanese claim that the State
of California discriminates against
them and breaks our treaty with them
by not allowing Japanese to owa and
lease land in California is answered
by that State with the argument that
it is States own business who shall
be granted citizenship, and attention is
called to the fact that Japan does not
allow foreigners to hold land in Japan.
1t is certainly important that our
citizenship shall not be granted to
races whose intcrmarriage with our
own is not advantageous and whose
permanent establishment on our soil
will cause stratihcation of society.
AS our recent agreement with Japan
specifies that the Japanese shall be al
lowed to lease land, it looks as though
it is UP to Mr.. Bryan; but as Japan
does not object to the limitation of
American citizenship it does not seem
likely that she will press the point of
land holding unless looking for trouble
and we doubt this-Gen. Homer
Lee or others to the contrary, not
withstanding.
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Court Gossip of Interesting
Epents on Two Continents

able Information He knows what to say,
but also what to leave unsaid. None bet
ter.
As a paying concern. the British mint
seems to be "it." A crown piece only
costs the mint Is Sd in the making,
leaving a clear profit of SO per cent.
The profit made by the mint during the
course of the twelve months is enough
to make prosperous merchants green
with envy. On silver coinage alone ii
averages about $4,000 a year. and al
together it is estimated that the royal
mint reaps a profit of about $3.50, 200
annually out of making money for the
British nation.
1t is in the silver and bronze cur
rency that the British mint finds it's
biggest profit. You by no means get
shiliing's worth OF silver in a shill-
ing. 1t is worth, as metal, little more
than 4d, while as for pennies the
bronze of which they are made prob
ably would be dear at farthing.
Bronze coinage, it is interesting to
note, was introduced in England in
1860, replacing the clumsier and softer
the profit Of the mint authorities.
On every shilling turned out the
mint makes a profit of nearly Sd. Sixty
six shillings fresh from the mint.
weigh exactly pound. Five shillings
and Sd weigh an ounce. the metal value
Of which is 3s and Sd. But there is
the cost of minting to be added. which
is a mere fraction.
The late Lord Goschen. while Chan
cellor of the British Exchequer, an
Office which he held in conjunction with
the mastership Of the mint. was keen
ly alive to any opportunity of i'm
proving the revenue by increasing the
circulation of silver. and he gave di-
rections that the men at the dock
yards receiving weekly wages which
amounted to less than f2 should be
paid in silver.-This was quite ay con-
venient for the men as IL they were
paid in gold, while 1t appreciably af-
fected the revenues derived from the
mint.
Not a little Of the profit made by the
mint. however. is discounted by the
number of gold and silver coins with
drawn from circulation owing to the
loss of weight caused by wear and
tear. 1t is estimated that there is an
average loss of $4,000 per annum on
silver coins. while in ten years no
The Washington herald., 1913-04-07

T! Baron de Schilling, who brought the st.
| Andrews Cross set in brilliants to NJ.
Poincare, the French President. as a to-
ken of esteem and rare decoration from
the autocrat Of all the Russias, belongs
to a family which originally came from
| Montbeliard, now a Protestant town in
the east of France. But at the time the
Won Schillings emsrated that little sous
prefecture belonged to the kingdom of
Wurtemburg and had for its regent the
good-natured Duke Frederick (Herzog
! Fritz. This princes second daughter was
the second wife Of the Czarevitch Paul,
and she took with her to Russia in her
service honneur Baron de Schilling and
his wife.
Catherine the Second kept them both in
their positions. Their daughter married a
Count Benckendorff, one of whose ances-
tors was a grand chamberlain to Empress
Alexandra, her daughter being brought
up with those Of her imperial mistress.
One of them became the celebrated Prin-
cess de Lieven. Thus the Schillings made
their way to solid success as courtiers,
and altogether gave up their native place,
Montbeliard, for Russia after the French
occupied that section in 1893. They were
first cousins to Couvier, who solemnized
the PROTESTANT marriage Oh the Duc q Or-
leans. eldest son of King Louis Philippe,
following the Catholic ceremony.
The baron who brought the imperial
letter and costly decoration formerly was
attached to the retinue Of the kindly
Grand Duke Alexis. He ranks in the dip
lomatic list as an ambassador, hence his
mission as personal envoy Of his imperial
master.
The cross of St. Andrews. of course, is
X-shaped, with the saint crucified there
on. pair of wings are outspread on
each side as though an angel behind were
carrying ii to heaven. The feathers are
studded with brilliants; the figure itself is
solid gold, with jeweled heads to the
nails; the cross itself is in enam-
eled blue and white. The work Of art is
Byzantine, highly wrought and costly. 1t
gives its wearer a high rank. apart from
his official station as French President. at
the court Of st. Petersburg. It invests NJ.
Poincare ipso facto with all the Russian
orders Of knighthood-
Baron de Schilling has a classical head
with an air of unfiinching reserve and
frmness He might be taken for uni
versity-bred American. He Is a person of
but few words. but holds a lot Of agree
The Washington herald., 1913-04-07

The visit of legation from the
American colony in Mexico City to
urge the retention there, for the pres
ent at least, of the American Am
bassador, Henry Lane Wilson, should
have more than passing significance at
this time, in view of the charges
which have been made against Mr..
Wilson by a member of the Madero
faction. The legation which urges the
retention of Mr.. Wilson is, of course,
absolutely unprecedented so far as the
nature of its mission is concerned. 1t
is composed of business men of ac-
cepted standing in Mexico City who,
in coming to Washington-no doubt at
a sacrifice of time and business inter-
ests-are meeting the expressed de-
mand virtually of the entire American
colony in that troubled city.
No doubt the President and the
State Department will weigh carefully
the two sides of the controversy-the
charges of Senor Rojas, member of
the faction which owes its being to
the slain President, against the state
ments of representative Americans who
for years have been in close touch with
conditions in Mexico; who were in a
position to watch from a sympathetic
viewpoint the course pursued by the
American Ambassador during the re-
cent barbarous warfare in Mexico
City.
Pending a final decision as to the
merits, and in. view of the univer-
sally commendatory reports of Mr..
Wilson's conduct during the reign of
terror in Mexico City, the country
should search carefully to weed out
prejudiced statements bearing on the
matter
The Washington herald., 1913-04-07

fewer than 2s,21o,oo0 sovereigns and
1S.ss9.00O half-sovereigns were with
drawn as deficient in weight, the total
loss in usage amounting to the enor-
nous sum of f62s, s,031-a total made up
by an average loss of sad worth OF
gold from each coin.
The British fiag-officers' good service
pension of $500 a year has been bestowed
upon Sir Robert Hastings Harris. The
selection is well justified by the admirars
distinguished services, and there are spe-
cial reasons which make 1t fitting that
they should be recognized. Sir Robert
Haryis was naval commander-in-chief in
South Africa when the Boer war broke
out He received an intimation from the
admiralty that this war was to be an
army job, and that while he was to
maintain a blockade. he must not land
a single man, IL it could be avoided. His
fulfilment Of these instructions led to his
being dubbed a "pro-Boer'' by the war
correspondents. The officers of his flag
ship were so incensed at this accusation
that. at Simon's Town. they ducked the
editor Of the local paper in the harbor,
CHANGING the sharks.
However, as soon as serious trouble
began on shore. Sir Robert ignored his
instructions, and at one time had four
teen hundred officers and men in the field.
1t Is matter of history how he rushed
guns to Ladysmith and saved that place.
Through his innate modesty his share in
this smart piece of work never has been
told, but Lord Roberts knew of it, and
thanked him on behalf of the army.
Nevertheless when Sir Robert Harris was
received by King Edward on his return
70 I-%s 81,
was sorry to learn that he was a pro-
Boer." Upon the admiral expressing the
hope that he really did not believe this.
the King shrugged his shoulders. and
said. II read the papers" Later on.
however, through his secretary. Lord
Knollys, King Edward assured Sir Rob-
ert he was quite satisfied that the impu-
tation was unfounded. But the slur had
been made and in public at that.
Prior to the South African war, Ad-
miral Harris saw much active service.
As second in command of the British
Mediterranean fleet, he was one Of the
council of admirals engaged in the trou-
blesome task of pacifying Crete. The
first stage of his career was connected
with an important incident in the his
tory of the British navy. His father, a
post captain, commanded training ship
for "novices." as they were then called.
He requested that he might take his son
with him on his appointment as a cadet
The naval practice at that date was to
send cadets straight to sea-going ships
The admiralty in consenting, asked Capt.
Harris to submit a scheme for the pre-
liminary training of cadets, and, as a
consequence. the Britannia was provided
as cadet ship, and he was her first COM
mander. FLANEUR.
Copyright 1913, BY Court Gossip syndicate.)
The Washington herald., 1913-04-07


In some quarters there is penalty
put upon initiative. Society frowns
upon those who rebuke its practices. 1t
does not care to be rebuked. 1t wants
no John the Baptist, with his locusts
and wild honey and terrifying message.
1t wants Petronius, Beau Brummel,
to regulate its entertainments and set q
style In dress.
The devotee of fashion is generally
content to drift with the tide. He or
she accepts opinions and ideas-as they
would not accept their clothing-ready-
made. The, notable, the protestant, is
banned, ostracised. You must do as
the others do in modern Rome and
Babylon. No wonder the seer of Con-
cord asks Indignantly: But is science
and the heart always to be merely en-
dured and tolerated. and never to walk
to the quarter deck and take the COM
mand?" Why, when music Is heard,
or a picture exhibited-or even when
horses are put through their PAGES
are the clothes some woman wears the
matter of paramount interest? Just so
long as the habiliment is more than
the wearer, and what is put on the
head is more than what is put into it,
we shall have science and the heart"
apparently (though never really) sub
servient to the foolishness Of Vanity
Fair.
The Washington herald., 1913-04-07
THE OPEN FORUM
DR.. MARY E. WALKER
TALKS PARADE DRESS
Says Marching Sufrayish Should Be
Properly Costumed-Disappreves
Barefoot Women IN Paseant.

To the Editor: Sir-I did not see your
article Of the interview until a short
time since. AS you know. talked to
you through my door. as I was prepared
for bed when you called, and the con-
slant noises of the street cars prevented
you from hearing all I said about the
reports that l read in the Chicago papers.
OF course, like all sensible people, I dis
approved Of women going barefooted on
the south steps Of the u. s. Treasury.
and various things that the suffragists
disapproved Of, who expressed them.
selves to me in that city.
Women have q perfect right to march
IL they 80 elect, but should not approve
of their doing so when not properly
dressed for the same.
All agitations in, cruises are to be
sanctioned by the val.ous methods ap-
proved by those who decide for them
selves, although some people take it upon
themselves to decide for all other people
Please publish this, and oblige,
MARY D. WALKER, NJ D.
COS Fifth Street Northwest
The Washington herald., 1913-04-07

ize that the free admission of sugar
from our island possessions is boon
not to the american consumer IS many
politicians assert, but a boon to the
producer in those islands.
These facts show the many and
varied interests which are involved in
the present discussion over the sugar
tariff, and the President has before
him the exceedingly difficult task of
harmonizing the claims of all these in
terests with what should be the su-
perior and paramount claim, the
American consumer.
The Washington herald., 1913-04-07
ALITTLE NONSENSE.
ABOLIsHlNG OPENwoRk,

The Ohio Legislature Is considering
bill aboishing peekaboo waists and thiI
hosiery for women.-News item.
This gets the fashions in q mess,
As you may know.
No more a girl may cut her dress
A trine low.
No more the naughty peekaboo-
These solons say 1t will not do.
All openwork is apt to get
A heavy fine.
No more this gear Of gauze and net
Along the line.
No filmy hose. What then? Well, say.
The girls might wear Comstockings. hey
About Due.
Some enterprising lawyer will bob up
next and try to get the Benedict Arnold
case reopened.
In Gay New York.
MY DEAR" said the New York man.
"where did you get the new waitress?"
"She says she used to be in vaudeville. II
replied his wife.
Good. Now We can have home din
ners with cabaret features
Not a Minute Wasted.
Cant I get my pants pressed while
you cut my hair?"
Certainly. sir"
"All right. Boy, shine my shoes at the
same time and hand me that newspaper.
BY the way, get the restaurant next
door to send in. a couple Of sandwiches,
and 1 can be eating my lunch"
ProlonGed Rapture.
Chaps that stutter sort Of utter
Strung-out vocables like t-t-t-this,
They must make the girlies fiutter
If they stutter when they k-k-k-kiss.
Chief End Of Travel.
Next We visit Shakespeare's home"
mo use.''
mo use?''
Not a bit. They guard 1t so closely
that there's no chance to swipe a souve-
mir of any sort"
The Usual Valuables.
".Well, were you cool when the fire
broke out?"
"Oh, yes
'Save anything valuable?"
Saved postage stamp and two s.
cent cigars"
A New Theory.
"Now I understand why Nero set fire
to Rome"
"Why?'
"He was evidently in sympathy with
the suffragettes."
The Washington herald., 1913-04-07

From Coillefs weekly.
Mrs. Ella Flagg Young, Chicago's mi1i-
tant superintendent of schools. has set
her foot down on the kid fraternities."
She wages as relentless a war against
these baby secret societies as Betsey
Trotwood waged against donkeys or Cato
against Carthage. Undaunted by the
formidable Greek alphabet, she has ex-
PEELED entire sororities or '.frats' in
about the same off-hand way that one
would Take light exercise before break
fast. Their injured protests OF their
high ideals" and lofty purposes do
not convince her. To Mrs. Youngs SEN
sible and democratic nature they are
merely little hotbeds or snopbery. Tney
are un-Amerfcan and mischlevous. Tney
retard scholarship and divert the interests
OF school life into unwholesome cham
nels. Their importance is unduly exag-
gerated. They come into child's life
at the most impressionable age. Many
boy or girl who has nothing to apollo
sise for but poverty, who is otherwise
lovable and sweet, has left school
heartbroken and given up the dream Of
an education merely because OF the so.
cial ostracism practiced by these "ho-
lier than thou" combinations.
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that he is convinced that If public
sentiment will exert its influence to
the degree which It is capable Of, the
members Of Congress can be divided
into two groups, those who will help
to enact proper laws and those who
will not.
The Washington herald., 1913-04-07

From developments at the "welcome
Breakfast" We suppose that with the
enfranchisement OF women the use Of
the mace at breakfast or dejeuner will
become general. Silver maces are rather
scarce, we are told.
The Washington herald., 1913-04-07
EVERY OTHER WEEK.

The aFrangenents made for
publishing the "Possible BieG-
raphy BY Col. Theodore Roose-
velt1 eempel The Wsshington
Herald to use this feature every
other week. 30. necessarilys none
Win BE used until nsxt sunday.
The Washington herald., 1913-04-07

According to the welcoming breakfast
ers, ''hostesses should be accorded full
courtesy" The manual OF etiquette
should have stated how plain guests
should be treated and how treat each
other
The Washington herald., 1913-04-07
The woman ana the DOG.

From Judge.
An elderly woman, with a small dog
upon her lap. while riding in a trolley
car, asked the conductor il he would
kindly tell her when they got to Hazel
Street.
After she had got up two or three
times, the conductor told her to keep her
seat and he would let her know when
they reached Hazel Street.
Finally he called out "Haxel Street"
The woman held the dog up to the win
dow and said: ''Fido, look! There q
where you were born." Then. turning
to the conductor. she remarked: "rm
going to the end of the line
The Washington herald., 1913-04-07

A new suspension bridge over Ba-.
varian river has but one tower. the ca
bles at the other end being anchored In
high rock blum.
The Washington herald., 1913-04-07
ADJECTIVES
By GEORGE FITCH,
Author 81 Cat Good OLD siwash."

our adjectives, and has made additions
to the language necessary. Among the
things which cannot now be adequately
The Washington herald., 1913-04-07

Frim the Chicago Inter Ocean
One thing that cheers is that the
clumsy terms "President-elect and
Vice President-elect" are now unnec-
essary.
The Washington herald., 1913-04-07

A New Theory.
"Now understand why Nero set fire
to Rome"
''why?'
"He was evidently in sympathy with
the suffragettes."
The daily sentinel., 1913-07-08
WALTER WALKER EDITOR.
Giving Us The Cold Stare

ONE of the laughabe experiences that nearly
~ every newspaper that involving the woman
who seeks to a the editor by efranng from speaking by
poyng the glazed We heard
who died from such punishment We have had share
tortures and we have survived them all.
Now and then individual gets because paper
seen INT to criticize political campaign somebody closely
neced with that individual and result the editor gets
down that reminds of breath from the polar regions We
always hope that these dear people much
OF their actions as we get amusement of them.
Again an editor will say something against mighty
ganlzaon corporation and TO- and behold find that
fellow near home who happens be the employ the great
that he the head and front the grand cp
and the whole board of directors of the mighty
proceeds to take the opposition personal insult and lays
big stock OF cold sares and absent situations for the
editor. And we laugh again.
lake from the quit speaking method is the oiest
way IN the world to get with the editor.
The daily sentinel., 1913-07-08
A Railroads Unique Plan

THERE growing tendency among wdeawake railway
eutives find of the why railways are
popular they might be- the Railway Age Gazette One
syng his curiosity this subject His sons at college,
the lookout tor renunerave occupation during the
vacation applied this railway president He promptly given
job which appeared soft that he almost hestaed
He paid SIS month"; and his instructions ride up and
down the railroad wherever he peases get and off he
fancy Suggests but keep his open and report the
president by letter whenever he observes anything connection
with the of the road which, from the standpoint
travelling public neNpicabe wrong If he hears
sm OF the dining service notices dirty poorly kept
TONS dScourteogs from employees
any OF the little things incident railway journey that
leaves the traveller with feeling of he
and write the president letter about it, Likewise if he receives
unusually notices instances of conspcuosy
good service he is likewise write the president letter
Every railway of course receives reports from off
and employees such well criticisms
patrons But railway do always such things from
the standpoint of the public while many the complaints received
written BY iua kckers who frequently blame railway
for the results of their negligence fail appreciate the
conditions thus making their statements useless without nde
pendent and often futile mortem investigation The
college his personcaon of the general public WILL
the circumstances hardly captous spirit with
prejudice against the road and while probably
sophisticated the technicae of raroadng he will naturally
be sufficiently impressed with of responsibility refrain
from making criticisms without having been careful
the facts and conditions he all observing the information
he will collect will yield handsome the
volved.
The daily sentinel., 1913-07-08
5 9 8 9 eawe 8 eea 8 6 9 8 !
DEPOT SANITARY FOUN-
TAINS PROVING FEATURE.

: The city did not lose in plac- ,
5 ing the two fine sanitary drink .
; ing fountains at the union de- !
; pot recently is vouchsafed by .
; many employees of the company
; at the depot, who state that
; they are constantly overhearing
; remarks of passengers to the eff !
; feet that the water here is GER
? tainly fine and they are glad ,
; to learn for the first time that .
) Grand Junction now has pure
; mountain water. The new water !
!, system has been in operation .
, only one year and there are still
: scores of former residents who .
; have not yet become aware that :
; Hannah creeks purest water is
: being used in this city now.
3 9 g @ g q q g q q q q q q e g 3
The daily sentinel., 1913-07-08
She Has Plenty of Company

AFIY problems the way Judge Ben Lindsey de.
scrbes Dr. Mary Elizabeth Bates the Denver woman
former who has attacked him.
We know great many people who daffy the same
problems They break the public prints every little while
in this and other cities in communications dealing with sexual prob
ems discussing them ghy they would discuss quilting
dog fight
iesi lot of people have gone dafy problems 1t
seems to be nowadays.