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The Washington herald., 1913-09-21

volunteers in your territory to form part
of e regiment Of mounted Tifemen TO be
comma nded by Leonard Wood, colonel;
Theodore Roosevelt, Lieutenant colonel
He desires that the men selected should
be young. sound, good shots. and good
riders. and that you expedite by all means
in your power the enrolment Of these
men.
"(Signe,D R. A Alger, Secretary of War. ."
As soon as he had attended TO a few
more odds and ends he left Washington,
and the day after his arrival in San An
tonic the troops began tc arrive.
The Value of Black Top Boots.
For several weeks before Joined the
regiment to which Wood went ahead or
me, | continued as Assistant Secretary
Of the Navy, trying TO get some coher-
ence of plan between the War Depart
Incnt and the Navy Department: and also
Icing used by Wood to finish getting the
equipment fJr the regiment As re-
CARDS finding OIt what the plans OF the
W5r Department were, the task was
simple. They had no plans. Even dur
ing the final months before TIE outbreak
of hostilties very little was done in the
way of efficient preparation. On one Oc-
CasiCn. when every one knew that the de-
claration of war was sure TO come
in few days, | went on military buSl-
ness to the office of one of the highest
line generals of the army. a man who
at that moment ought to have been
working eighteen hours out OF the
rweEty-four on the vital problems ahead
Of him.
What he was actually doing was
trying on a new type OF smart-lOOk-
ing uniform on certain enlisted men,
and he called me in TO ask my advice
as to the position of the pockets in
the blouse. with a view to making IL
look attractive. An aid Of this gen
eraI-funnily enough a good lighting
man in. actual service-when | con-
suited him as to what my uniform
for the campaign should be. laid spe-
cial stress upon my purchasing pair
of black top boots for full dress. eN-
planning that they were very effective
on hotel piazzas and in parlors. !
did not intend to be in any hotel IL
it could possibly be avoided. and as
things turned out had no full dress
The Washington herald., 1913-09-21
No "CriminaI Tyne,
From the Westminster Gazette


Scarcely enough justice has been
done to the admirable work OF DR..
Charles Goring in his study of the Eng
lish criminal which has just been is
sued as a blue book. This is even less
an important addition to our knowI-
edge of the criminal than a challenge
to the whole school OF criminoloEists.
For the Investigations of DR.. Goring
shake the elaborate fabric built up by
Lombroso and those who have followed
in his footsteps.
Our inevitable conclusion" the re-
port states, must be that there is no
such thing as a physical criminal type"
The head of the criminal differs in no
marked degree from that of the uni
versity graduate, and specialized crime
Is discovered to be not due to selection
on the part of the criminal. but to the
opportunities which present themselves
to him. The criminal who is in a IA
vorable position for thieving, thieves;
the man who has no opportunity for
taking what is not his figures among
the statistics of criminal violence.
The one marked characteristic OF the
criminal classes is a low order of phys
ique, frequently associated with a poor
Intelligence. Such defects as these,
however. are too common outside the
ranks of the criminals to afford any
guide in the criminal before he COM
mits crime. And with that broad fact
the entire structure of a pseudo-s science
comes toppling to the ground.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-21
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Company. All rights reserved, including rights
Of translAtion.l
The next instaIlment will appear in he Washing
ton Sunday Herald September 4 Il Is entitled
The Rough Riders in Cuba.
The Washington herald., 1913-09-21

Published by special arrangement with the Out
look. Of which Theodore Roosevelt is the con-
tributing editor, through the Mcclure NewspA-
Ter Syndicate Copyright. lsl3 by the Outlook
The Washington herald., 1913-09-21

To save the time taken for blue print
a camera has been invented for rapids
producing prints from original drawings.
The Washington times., 1913-05-13
JOHN SERGEANT WISE.

The death of John Sergeant Wise removes man
who in his time played large part in Virginia affairs
and indeed who was figure of considerable proper
lions on the national stage Mr.. Wise was Of the
richest strain of Virginia aristocracy; IF. F. w.
and, quite in the natural course, ~. M. l." He
served in the Confederate army, early assumed active
interest in public affairs and became one of the
leaders Of the remarkable "readjuster' movement
which came about as close Virginia got to the
populism that swept over most of the South. He
was real democrat with a small d; one of those men
whose careers prove the truism that the truest aris-
tocrat makes the best democrat" In recent. years
in retirement and i'll health he has written good
deal, and has come to be widely known sage and
philosopher Of politics and affairs. Few men were
more widely acquainted or more beloved by the
nations men of affairs during the period of his &C
tivty in politics. and in later tme the anmosities
of generation ago being ameliorated by the soften
ing touch of passing years, he has been appreciated
at something like his true character and worth even
oy those who we're his bitter enemies at the time
when he almost reached the governorship of Vir-
gnia, and did actually secure election to Congress-
rs an opponent of the democracy.
The Washington times., 1913-05-13
The Stories of
IFamous Novels
By Albert Payson Terhune


No. O-"PENDENNIS,' BY w. M. Thackeray
a PENDENNIs he a a
horribly spoiled youth Of eighteen father had
shortly before his death had bought
a little
Here
his widowed mother
pdl willing him. mis- Pendennis
hurried down London
whereat Pendenns
and last consented college There hunked all his
Indebtedness
robbed themselves Blanche Amory
o WIN hsas fas was tne next ooJect OF tendenhs love
In bea living Pendenns
She
" mis- 80 she rejected him. fancyns himself and
nlus the youth for
Three Love Affairs.
There he ood with George clever whose life had
him
and in achieved a
his life Fanny Bolton
he declared would
Warrington
spelling
Pendenn his sat adopted
who had shaved hanky
make his dying mothers l s
formed his advancement
a Caveng parliament
and
through
bargain beratns
had promised should Blanche
Blaekman Outcome.
he
however saved him
covering the mel family. renounced herJ
Pendenns left free and having
hurried TO her with
BOTH
CSote-"Pendennis'
1o s os ssd sn ssn @ books % @
MS H0"' anu MS
The Washington times., 1913-05-13
BEAcHEYs GOOD EXAMPLE.

A firm conviction that the aeroplane is destined to
be great deal more than the fascinating toy that it
is today has made public sentiment wondrous patient
with the heavy toll of life and limb that the heavier
tnan-air machine has exacted from its devotees. If
the air is to be mastered there must be sacrifices to
the cause. Grandmothers dictum about staying away
from the water till you know how to swim about
practical the notion that aviators mustn't risk their
necks till they know all about flying.
Lincoln Beacney, whom Washington knows we'll as
master of about all the kinds of air craft, has de-
clared he will fly again; and he gives reason
that deserves serious attention. He is not afraid of be-
ing killed but he finds that the example of his skill and
daring other flyers to take chances which too
often mean fatalities The crowds that gather to see
him fly want stunts; they coolly bet on whether he
will land alive and give odds against him. Beachey
doesn't care to provide amusement for that sort of
audiences.
Perhaps the stunt business the spirals the figures
of eight, and all the difficult and dangerous
shines necessary in order to develop exact under
standing of what navigation involves. Probably they
are not 1t doesn't seem unreasonable, anyhow, that
some authority should try to con6ne the flyers to
common-sen performances The wartime service
of the aeroplane is not likely to demand reverse
spirals over the enemys lines. Its business will be
to get there and get back without any foolishness
Why not regulate little more plain sewing" into
the aviation business and lot of frills and foolish
ness out of it?
The Washington times., 1913-05-13
WHY NOT HERE, TOO?

They are going to have lower taxicab charges in
New York, and some of the officials are even Sc
optimistic as to believe they going to get thing:
fixed so that everybody will pay the same rate for the
same service.
That viii be going some-for New York, or foI
any other town.
By the way, the public utilities legislation fol
Washington places taxicabs under the Utilities Com
mission.
What's the commission doing about it? Or about
anything else?
The center-entrance dreadnought cars continue
to draw down execrations on the F street service
Three months ago it was promised tnat the seats in
them would be heightened. They haven't been.
Thus far, our Utilities Commission seems more
commission than utility
The Washington times., 1913-05-13
Guidebook to Gallantry.
b Aims Wcosu,srd.

/ ing your way through the streets that
approach II, you viii see more wonder
ful types than you've ever imagined
You may arrive to discover the place
deserted. Hastily assure them that IT
will be crowded to suffocation In a very
short while. and that you're lucky TO
get there in time to pick your table. be-
cause you don't want to be too near
the music"
To the waiter, who has been so star
tied to see you come In that he's for
gotten to don his asbestos necktie.
speaks a few words in phonograph-
method Italian-hen let You get by With
quality Of the table linen thusly:
You see. just as I told you No
satin damask. no style but clean and
full Of character"
But IT Is when the spaghetti blooms
impress upon them that the proper
serving of spaghetti is an art: that 1t
should be cut; that it IL easily diges-
ible when II Is boiled fifteen minutes
(and no lonser). and then hark back to
the Music Master and the man In
every night for three years!
Then you show them how YOU can
serve II: You start all right to the
but you come to grief when he wigsies
the tempo and finds YOU with a bunch
Of it hoisted In mid air and no plate to
put II on!
When you have finished the chicken
that was closely related to the soup. the
leaf of lettuce, the Gorgonzola cheese
and the appalling coffee. lean back in
your chair and call an impudent greet
ing to a swartry individual in the cor
ner. As long as you don't have to in
troduce him. explain him as one of the
BIG sculptors, a mysterious character
and a regular Lothario. they say, etc.
It all lends color and makes them for
get they haven't eaten
Then. months afterward. talk of that
night when YOU took them to that place
that INTERESTING little place
don't you know-so FULL of character.
And let US hope that they'll be polite
enough to refrain from telling You that
after they left you they sought Char
acter" AND food In the delicatessen
store around the corner from them!
The Washington times., 1913-05-13
THE EMERGENCY HOSPITAL FUND.

II none of the committees in charge of the
canvass for the Emergency Hospital 100000 fund
gets around to you, don't permit modesy to stand
between you and the opportunity to contribute.
When the canvassers get to you, give them. as
much as you feel you can and should and send them
away with pointer to where they find another
willing giver.
The canvass thus far has met excellent success.
The present average will raise the entire amount
in the twelve days that were assigned for the cam
paign. Both good cause and the good name of
Washington for liberality and selfcon6dence are
involved in il.
The Washington times., 1913-05-13
Table fHote Tactics.

ITO be considered delightfully."-
wicked by those who speak as
kance of things Bohemian
you must have discovered" q
table d'hote. You must have dug 1t up
In some disreputable district. where 1t
reposes, a secondhand bookshop on
one side. laundry on the other. This
is the way you break the news:
Some time ago-oh. QUITE some
time ago-when was out on q bit of
q twig, I stumbled into this place. You
know, one Is always looking for . con-
venient little hole In the wall in . city
where one Is so well known and so
easily seenr (This statement Is ac-
companied by an embarrassed. though
something distinctly worth while
GEM of a meal No frills, no service
but first-class food, EXQUISITELY
cooked-and an atmosphere! What an
Atmosphere
That gets 'em going. Then you go
wouldn't care for the place. because
oh, well, in the first place the person
at the next table, although very de-
lightful and unusual. may not be
found in the Blue Book. And that,
perhaps. the spirit Of camradene that
always prevails may overstep the
boundary line just bit. don't you
That's all. After that they'd sell the
family rhinestones and turn the pro-
ceeds over to you IL you'll take them
there. So you take them. fon say;
we're going to walk II. Ny goodness,
how tncongruous II would be to take
a taxi to a place Of that kind, wouldn't
II? And talk about character! Thread
The Washington times., 1913-05-13
CONGRATULATIONS, GOVERNORS!

Governor Wilson's campaign in Jersey for the
jury reform bill has been followed by the assembly's
passage of the measure, with a real referendum
attached, to which no objection has been made The
objection was leveled against buncombe referen-
dun in which the political gang was certain to be
able to defeat the whole reform
Governor Sulzer announces large accessons oi
strength, among legislators, to his primary forces
Aso the grand jury has indicted State Senator Still
well for bribery. The senate exonerated him on
close vote His case will be pushed to trial as soon
as possible.
York State and Jersey are running pretty close
race, under strenuous leadership
The Washington times., 1913-05-13
CUATEMALA'S NEW TROUBLES.

Guatemala owes large amount of money abroad,
largely in England She got very little real value for
il when the money was borrowed, many years ago.
None the less, the bonds were regular, issued by
4 constitutional government, and the interest them
has been piling up for long time.
Guatemala has had ample chance to scale down
the debt refund and extend it, but she has constantly
declined to act Apparently her attitude is that she
can snap her fingers in the face of the Brtshers be-
cause the Monroe doctrine will be invoked by the
United States to prevent serious trouble.
The United States, however disguised over Guate-
nnalan foolishness, and having long observed that
about the only use Central American state has for
the United States the Monroe doctrine is in just
such instances this, is not going to interfere again.
England is sending naval demonstration to the
Gxatemalan coast That may mean sezing a custom
house or two or landing lot of marines, and doing
other disagreeable things. II means, anyhow, that
he Britishers want some guarantees that their money
isforthcoming Uncle Sam has indicated that he has
nd possible objection to John Bull spanking Guate-
mala If it refuses to be good There would be pro-
test against British attempt actually to take any terri
toty, but that is ALL
This seems exceedingly sane. Any turbulent state
that dees its creditors on the strength Of American
The Washington times., 1913-05-13
Art in the Kitchen.

James Montgomery Flagg. the humor-
Gus illustrator. said Of the artistic at
mosphere at a dinner in New York:
You can't escape the artistic atmos-
phere. Even my cook can't escape 1t.
She came into the studio the other day
and said: About the potatoes for lunch.
sir-wilI you have them in their jackets
or In the nood?"
The Washington times., 1913-05-13
WHY THE CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN
COMMITTEES?

Will not somebody in Congress introduce a
measure to abolish the Congressional campaign CON-
rttees, by providing that no member of Congress
may serve, while he is candidate for Office on such
committees?
There has been so much talk about publicity IN
campaign management; so much insistence that the
public should know who gives the party funds and
now they are spent so much scrutiny of sources and
considerations and of the donations, that 1t is
wonder the two most suspicious political committees
have been almost overlooked.
President Wilson is having trouble, says report,
in getting his Congressional campaign committee or
ganized to suit him. He wants his kind of progress
sive Democrat in charge of it. The House organiza-
ton wants Clark Democrat; and if the organization
wins, it will be quite point in favor of the anti
Administration forces that already have eye to the
nomination in 1916
Similarly, the Republicans have their troubles.
The progressive Republicans insist that the committee
must be liberal; but they find that the standpatters
are likely to control, and they are displeased.
The whole business isn't worth worrying about.
The Congressional campaign committees ought not
to be allowed to exist Just think of the possibilities
of scandal in this situation:
leading Democrat, allied with the organization
controlling the House, is chosen chairman Of the
Congressional Campaign Committee
The day after that selection he goes to New York
to make preliminary investigation of the prospect for
getting funds.
The day after that he comes back to his seat on
the House floor, to vote on legislation
Is that sort of divided loyalty likely to help
legislation? There is not a veteran member of Con-
gress who will tell instances of being besought by
the Congressional campaign committee of his party
to vote so-and-so on particular measure, because
it will help the committee"
There has for years been an accepted under
standing that q certain subsidy that voted to
railroad corporation for special mail service was
enthusiastically supported by the Congressional
paign committees of BOTH PARTIES, with the very
frank admission that if the money was voted they
would get good slice of it." In that case, the
bene6caries perfectly unpartisan they divided
with both committees, under the theory that dictated
Jay Goulds politics: Democratic in Democratic dis
cts Republican in Republican districts, but always
for Erie"
Any member of Congress who wants to father a
real reform, and one that is certain to win should
look into this scandal of Senators and Congressman
hustling between rocas for donations to their polit
cal chests. Ten years from now we will look back
on the ndecencies of that kind Of politics, with the
same disgust that we now contemplate the spectacle
of silver mine owners and big business interests
dumping millions into the respective funds for the
campaign of 1896.
The Washington times., 1913-05-13
sUmn.

We don't recall the name of the man
who said he couldn't see the reason for
U. S.-English peace celebration. but
we think he hit the rivet on the bean.
England. as he pointed out, was any,
thing but a good sport in Civil War
times, and there's more excuse for a
German-American blow-off than the one
they're contemplating. Also a U. S.
Montenegro holiday. for that matter.
The Washington times., 1913-05-13
Question for Experts.

At one Of the permanent clrcuses IN
Berlin they have a dog that is said 90
talk German.
W. G. Shepard. who represents many
American newspapers in Europe, wen,
down to see and hear the dog.
He observed and listened intently.
.'It cert Iinly Is very interesting" bs
said, but l can't tell yet whether the
dog talks German or the Germans TAN
doE."
The Washington times., 1913-05-13

protection and refuses to give serious attention to Its
national finances because of the Monroe doctrine, IS
pretty certain not to deserve our help. The minors
in Latin-America pretty unanimously hate US, ana
despise our Monroe doctrine-except when they want
to hide behind and the doctrine. The dodge IS
PLAYED out.
The Washington times., 1913-05-13
The TangIe.

well. George?'
Do they have winter in
summer in the Arctic re-
gions?'
Yes. son."
And do they have summer in winter
In the tropics?'
Exactly"
DO they have spring in the fall any
placer
Hardly
''Or fall in the spring?"
IF you keep this thing up much long
er. George, you'll get something worse
than a fall in the spring; I'll duck you
under the pump!"-Judge.
The Washington times., 1913-05-13

Some holiday when we don't have to
write the column WIRE going to figure
out why the man who gets of at the
seventeenth floor always stands squarely
In front Of the elevator door all the
way up.
The Washington times., 1913-05-13

While our revised preference is a bill
making 1t compulsory that store awnings
hang at least seven feet above the
sidewalk. In loving memory Of a great
many hats knocked Off
The Washington times., 1913-05-13

The Herald. which seems to have as
much trouble with word order as the
rest of us. speaks of ''the dinner given
in connection with the international
conference relating to the celebration Of
the centenary of the signing OF the
treaty OF Client and the Tooth ann;ver-
sary of peace among English-speakiny
nations at the New willard" Not that
1t isn't spoken at the N. w.
The Washington times., 1913-05-13

The Personal Friends Club might like
to know that at meeting of the George
town Citizens Association. according to
the Post. &c. w. Brett was elected N
new member"
The Washington times., 1913-05-13
Those Stamping Machines.

C. S. X: The reason Your correspond
ents don't get the maximum of service
from their stamping machines is that
they don't know how to use them. They
make excellent paper-weights.
The Washington times., 1913-05-13
How Blind Man Told Color.

IL true" asked Saie. that the blind determine
color Of touch?'
tell red just by putting his dnSsr On Il"
The Washington times., 1913-05-13
Secrets.

Don't you think is dreadful about all this graft busI-
discovered?'
"of course Why. with such good thing. couldn't
they keen IL Quiet?"-Baltimore American.
The Washington times., 1913-05-13

why not brand-new comprehensive
all-embracins Ja-Pan-American treaty!
The Washington times., 1913-05-13
Fussy.

these?"
They talking machines you rube Drop nickel in
the slot and machine will talk to you.
BY II thought could GIT civil
The Washington times., 1913-05-13
THIS THAT
Wnh So'HefsnHes a Lsffle srfAe Oshs>
A LAMENT.

A LAMENT.
Alas! the present days are bare,
And empty and forlorn;
There's nothing happ'ning any,
where,
From Maine to Californ.
A day is but a yawning hole,
A something taken wing;
1t seems that not a blooming soul
Is doing ANYTHING.
Does that itself annoy me much,
I answer: Not at all.
The trouble is it makes it such
A job to do the COL"
The Washington times., 1913-05-13

The postoffice junk sale occurs on
lhursday' and we're telling you in time
so That you'll be sure to leave the day
open.
The Washington times., 1913-05-13
THE HAPPY DAYS.

And oh! for the serenty-'leveH
OF turns from the old-fashioned line
Where once you could call round al
seven,
You noU hare to Udit untu nine.
CLIFF.
The Washington times., 1913-05-13

Speaking of the Moose returning 10
the fold" isn't that a managerial i'm
possibility?
The Washington times., 1913-05-13
How the House Should Spend the
Summer.

F. D.: "A bill to force fashionable
people to number the pages Of a letter.
These new-fangled methods Of skipping
around a sheet of paper get my goat"
The Washington times., 1913-05-13

Why restauranteurs should pray resu-
larly: "An dishes marked ready to
serve"
The Washington times., 1913-05-13
THINGS WE DIDN'T ESou

!" II IDII1.N 7 NNNJW.
The return OF the Progressives to the
Republican party will not be effected
by the passing of resolutions.-Herbert
S. Hadley.
The Washington times., 1913-05-13

This from the Post: Beware OF
millionaires.' humorously remarked Mr.
Carnegie in conclusion" We get It ell
except the "humorously."
The Washington times., 1913-05-13
Concert Today
By the Fifteenth Cavalry Band.
Bandstand, Fort Myer, Va, /,
8 p. m.

ARTHUR 8. WITCOMB. Director.
March. 'Vers L'Horison" .Mattausch
Overture, THE Flying Artillery"
Burgenholtz
Concert waltz, "Wine, Woman
and Song" Strauss
Selection from mariana" Wallace
American Sketch, Down South
MIDDLETON
Song, "Un Peu d'Amour" .Silesu
Medley overture, I'm the Shad-
ows" ......W Williams
Characteristic march, "Oh, You
Circus Day. Monaco
The Washington times., 1913-05-13
Making Music Useful.

HostAlcs just play some popular song that
guests in singing They doing nothing
bu, and druk!-Flegende Blaetter.