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The Washington herald., 1914-12-06
A PERPLEXED FOREIGNER.

am in your country long enough to
speak your language with perfection, and
by much study to write it with accuracy
to me surprising: but still l find your
American customs 4 riddle Of the
strangcst. So different are many things
American, as il should be: several ma
tions have several formula of habit that
make. as you say, variety is the spice
Of the life" But one look in all things
for reason, a cause, understanding: and
there are in many habits American no
cause least and whatever.
Let me point at the custom OF this
country of many that puzzle. In my
country We know the paint, the rouge,
the powder for the face. yes. For what?
For the lady who have a memory Of
youth. For she who would to be as a
fresh girl still. To repeat the warm. soft
smooth of the skin, to hide the wrinkle,
to deceive the age, which of a lady of
years Is pardOned, yes, commendable. In
America how reverse! These combustibIe
are use here not to make the old young.
but much the rather to make the young
old II is to paint the lily and the rose.
Each day one see on the avenues. in the
cars, assembIagcs Of beautiful girls VINO
have prepare the face with artificial
dressing most unnecessary without a pur-
nose. Why is this? When the time that
these girls need the rouge the fresh
color that have abscond then what to do?
make nothing OF it. 1 am without
repIy 7 adore America, but understand
many things a little. II there are reader
of YOUR valuable journal, Mr.. Editor. who
can help. I thank them for the pleasure
they give Of showing this reason.-Letter
to Philadelphia Record.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-06
AGAIN THE MORGAN HORSE.

II Vermont were further advanced in
it's reviving industry of horse raising it
might profit handsomely from the de-
mand for horses which is sure TO come
from Europe during the continuance OF
the present war and for a long time
thereafter. The slaughter of horses In
the three months engagements has been
very great, and already there is said to
he a shortage of animals for prosecuting
the work that requires equine support.
After the end of the war, too. there will
he a great demand for horses in the re-
vivins of the various industries which
have been flattened out by the war. The
demand upon the United States as the
bIg nation OF the world not embroiled IN
the conflict is bound to be very large,
ana the United States will not be in
nosition to meet the whole demand. Once
unon a time Vermont was a great producer
on horses but the industry was allowed
to Iapse so that at the present time there
is considerable importation of equines
from the Western States and the more
rare strains from other sections. How
aver there is reason for encouragement
IN the slow revival of interest In the Nor
gan horse-Barre Times
The Washington herald., 1914-12-06
JAPAN AND THE FROCK COAT.
Return to the Ceremonial KimonO
Is Under Discussion.

The ceremonial costume of a people
should he in harmony with the history.
habits and customs in general of that
people. The adoption of a Western uni
form in the Imperial Court some thirty
years ago, therefore. proved this uni
verSal rule only by its exceptional char
actcr. The times were such in those days
that the late Emperor. in his great
wisdom. thought it necessary to break
through the bigoted conservatism OF his
subjects by setting a visible example
for them to follow in not disdaining
what was good in Occidental civilization.
When so much is said and written
about the promotion OF home Industries.
in connection with the difficulty of i'm
pOrtation and the need Of expectation
through the great war. the patriotic
thoughts of a Japanese naturally turn
to this subject and are impelied to ask,
Must we still wear foreign wool for
ceremonial purposes Our last premier
made it, wisely or otherwise, a part OF
his financial reform not 10 drink cham
payne but to use sake for toasting. Inn
ported wines. we are told. will all be
exhausted by the end Of this year. so
that Japan will soon have to depend
whether she likes it or not. upon native
brererages entirely. But the dress ma
terial may continue to come through
in smaller quantities The pressing Ques-
ton in this respect. is, not whether
the imported cloths should or should not
he discarded in toto but rather whether
il is not time TO permit he ceremonial
kimono as well on certain occasions?
A Tokyo magazine reminds us OF dis
tinguished visitor from America, who
some time ago was precluded from a
worship in the Ise shrines solely because
he had thought it more courteous to don
Japanese costume for such purpose
More recently, when old Mr.. MeizeI
Kimbara went to the Imperial Palace to
thank his majesty, through the House
hold Minister, for a promotion in his
court rank in recognition of his patriotic
deeds as a land improver. he could not
obtain admittance to the palace as ne
wore hakama and crested haort instead
of a frock coat. This certainly was not
the benign intention of the Meiji Tenno'
and no one would be accused OF dis
loyalty for wishing that the OfticlaIdom
would deem it fit to make a little con-
cession TO economic considerations and
the aesthetic taste of the people.
Kami-shimo was Of course the tuii
The Washington herald., 1914-12-06
PURELY A BUSINESS MATTER.
America Advised to Take Adyan-
taEe of the "Tarned Tables"

But for this terrible war England. Ger
many, France. and Belgium would be TAX
ing fully $lO0QO0.OOO OF good American
money in exchange for woOlen and wOr-
sted goods, and a certain element Of our
population would be compounding the
great wrong by demanding the imported
cloth regardless Of quality or condition.
Consequently the only course left to the
common people OF this country is TO re-
move the cause by removing the perpe-
traitors Of the greatest crime in American
histOry-the Wilson-UnderwOOd tariff.
Prior to the agitation the country was
prosperous: labor and capital was getting
a good return for service and investment,
and all industry was preparing for, If not
actually engaged in, substantial eXpan-
sion. The agitation set the ball rolling
down hill, and the tariff itself put on the
finishing touches. At the present time
the outlook is brighter and in a way the
tables are turned. England, France, Bel
Clum and Germany are calling upon US
for cloth. and under the circumstances
our manufacturers are making a mistake
in not pricing their products high enough
to make up for some of the losses to la
Dor and capital for the past two or three
years.
There Is no sentiment in the matter
when it comes to business between buyer
and seller. We will give freely to the
sufferers in europe, to the nOncombat-
ants, but the fiohters are another matter.
Here is a cold-bloOded proposition of
business. Soldiers must be fed and
clothed and the government must pay
the cost. Our mills have their own to
care for and that should be the first con-
sideration. There should be no cut rates
on anything. Make prices on a parity
with wool under an English embargo.
Make England pay well for her un-
warranted manner OF holding up wool
from Australia and New Zealand. France
and Belgium are in the same boat with
England and it will bo some satisfaction
To turn the tables. if nothing else
These countries and Germany as well
we're handed $l0OO0O,OlU of trade in Ameri-
can wooIens 50 easy it is a national joke
in those countries. How they were going
TO put it over the American textile manu-
factUrcrs was common talk in the press
and whatever trade interests gathered
The best plans were seriously interrupt
ed by the war. but the ulcer in American
law the tariff. was prepared to fully de-
liver the goods. and the fault for nom
delivery is not with President Wilson and
his first class of industry killers. The
foremost thought in the minds of indus
trial workers should be the killing OF the
fire. trade tariff as soon as the opportunity
comes First remove the obstacle to this
end. the Progressive party, and the rest
Of the treatment will he simple. AS long
as the tariff is law it is a grave danger
to American industry and capital. Don't
forget this.-Fibre and Fabric.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-06
That Matter of Preparedness.

The movement recently initiated by Representa-
tive Augustus P. Gardner to investigate the national
preparedness for seems to have nothing sinis-
ter in its intent 1t does suggest any immediate
expansion OF our military and naval equipment but
seems to be only a very natural and common sense
demand to have the actual facts in the case made
public. There is doubt that it is a matter con-
ccrnng which the American public has betrayed
slight curiosity in the immediate past, and in view
of the present chaotic state of things outside this
country it might be well to know the measure of
resources.
At the recent dinner of the Economic Club, in
New York City, Chancellor David Starr Jordan, Of
Leland Stanford University, made vigorous pro-
test against the proposition. "A great armament" "
he declared will bring victory-perhaps 1t will
never bring peace. When everybody is loaded
somebody explodes. When one is loaded no one
cxplodes." This, perhaps, voices the opinion OF a
great majority of the conservative minds of the
nation. Moreover, advocates of the theory of
armament preventive of war are now dis
credited sadly by the course of events in Europe.
1t has been settled for all time that preparedness
for war; whatever other virtue may be ascribed to
it, is not guarantee of peace.
There are few in this enlightened age who are
disposed to undervaluc arbitration a means of
preserving the peace of nations, but IL is most un-
certain its operation. DO you suppose that
human nature has so changed that we can trust the
future to arbitraton?" asked Representative Gard
ner at the Economic Clubs dinner. There are
cobwebs in the great peace hall at The Hague.
Can you arbitrate hatred? Can you persuade
the Russian to love the German? Can you per-
suade the San Francisco labor leader to love the
Chinaman? Can you arbitrate slavery? Why, an
attempt to do it brought the civil war"
1t would be idle to deny that the present state
of things in Europe has not only magnihed our
horror OF war and OF its dcstructiveness,
but has opened eyes 10 the possibility that
VIC may be compelled to resort to it dread
alternative no matter how greatly we should prefer
to settle differences with arrogant outsiders in
some more pacific fashion. Whether such a
chance may be remote we cannot predict,
but the knowledge that it exists furnishes a
valid for speculation over our state of pre-
parcdness. Even those who have been accustomed
to dismiss further consideration OF the matter with
cal isolation gives us immunity from foreign in
vasion might now be expected to indulge a mild
interest in such matter as national prepared
ness.
So there to be no strong reason why Rep
rcscntative Gardner's move should not strike a
popular chord. Such investigation as he sug-
gests could be conducted without in anyway COM
promising the -any.Price-save-dishonor at
titudc of the administration and without doing
violence to the pcace-promoting machine SO ad-
mirably engineered by Mr.. Carnegie.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-06
Congress,


There has been no denial at the White House
of reports about special session of the next Con-
gress, to begin soon after March 4, but Speaker
Clark, who might be expected to know something
of the administration plans, says he does not be-
lieve one will be held. His statement is reassur-
ing, for the country feels safer when the law
makers are away from Washington. The program
for the regular session includes the appropriation
bills, the Philippine bills, conservation measures
and the shipping bill. Then there are pending
several labor measures including the seamens BILL
which has passed both Houses and is now in con-
ference and the child labor BILL reported avorably
from the House committee. When Congress opens
the industrial relations commission will make the
fight part of its report which is expected to in
clude many recommendations. If all of these mat
tiers were considered at length, not much time
would be left for more important things, but Mr..
Clark, who has clear notions as to what must
have prompt attention and what can wait, says
that Congress will not do a great deal at the
coming session except to pass appropriation bills.
1t is to be hoped that he is right. The government
will need money, and so these measures will have
the right of way but there is occasion for haste
in taking up the others. The shipping BILL provid-
ing for the establishment of government steam
ship line, and the Philippine bill are mischief
makers and should be defeated If pressed at the
short session.-Rochester Post-Express.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-06

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The Washington herald., 1914-12-06

Mr.. Thomas Adams, who is described as an
English housing expert" told the Federation Of
Women's Clubs, in session at the Public Library
yesterday, that "the pulling down of slums is not
a solution of the problem in itself If you pull
down slums and do not build model homes in
their stead, you only create sums somewhere else,
and leave property not earning" Mr.. Thomas may
or may not be a housing expert" but he at least
possesses common sense, which is about all that
need be brought to bear on the problems now con-
fronting Washington. A law has been enacted
abolishing alley houses, and in very few years
large number of poor families will be driven from
the homes they now occupy. So far no provision
has been made for their future. These people must
have shelter and they able to pay only small
sum monthly for it. Those statesmen who have
legislated their roofs away their successors,
will have to provide others. What are they going
to do about it, and when?
The Washington herald., 1914-12-06

The pairing down of the District of Columbia
apprc riations for the next fiscal year SI6ooooo be-
Tow the estimates of the District Commissioners
will be shock and disappointment to those per-
sons who want to the Capital grow, well
as to the taxpayers. The bill marks backward
step, the total amount it carries falling about
81 100000 below the appropriation for the current
year and the onc-half payable by the District being
about $4,000 900 less than its estimated revenues.
Not single project is provided for. The
estimates sent TO Congress by the Commissioners
were mcager enough, and might we'll be regarded
as representing the utmost limit of economy; yet
they have been still further hacked. When it is
remembered that only one-half of the total appro-
priaton comes out of the Federal Treasury-that
the other half is paid by the people of Washington
in the form Of taxes-the economy proclaims itself
of the cheesc-parng brand. And another pork"
bill, containing $5oooo,ooo, is now in course of
preparation.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-06
ASKS BIGGER COAST DEFENSE.
Gen. f.. VI. Weaver festiaes Before
Military Affairs Committee.

Recommendation was made to Congress
Yesterday by Gen. L. NJ. Weaver. head
Of the coast artillery, for more officers
and men for that branch Of the service.
He recommended the increase provide for
at least j64 officers and 1000 men.
I'VE have the best coast defense ma
teriaI in the world and the only reason
II is not efficient is because II Is not
properly manned" he said in his hear
ing before the House Committee on Mill
tary Affairs, which was at work yester-
day on the army appropriation bill, the
Military Academy bill. and the coast
fortifcations bill. 1t was this last meas
ure to which the witness was addressing
himself
The Washington herald., 1914-12-06

gave an enormous amount OF serious study. He
was member of the commission to investigate
the subject devoted much time to mastering its
intricate details and during the debate upon the
floor of the House was deservedly regarded as an
authority. Notwithstanding all this his consttu-
ency defeated him last month and all his labor
and study goes for naught. The railroads natural
ly desire more money for carrying the mails and
the commission agrees that there ought to be an
increase to the extent OF at least 100000.
Whether the railroads will get It is another ques-
ton. There are also many bills pending which di-
rect additions to safety equipment and these will
entail large additional expense if enacted into law.
The latter consideration, it may be remarked in
passing, does not seem to have much weight with
Congress.
The Question of National Defense.
Another question certain to be injected into the
proceedings and which might in time become po-
litica issue concerns national defense Represent
ative Gardner in the House, and Senator Lodge,
in the Senate are determined that the country shall
know the facts in the case.
The administration is peace-loving in the ex-
treme. President Wilson opposes any agitation of
the subject of war preparedness and everybody
knows that Secretary Bryan would avoid war at
any cost The horrors of the European struggle
have undoubtedly increased the anti-war sentiment
in this country, but there are many who believe,
nevertheless that the United States ought to have
an adequate army and navy Perhaps, after ALL this
question of national defense will rival in interest
the efforts of the Southern members to relief
for the cotton growers. At any rate, it is certain
to develop two strong opposing factions in both
branches of Congress and the outcome of the strug
gle may fix the status OF the United States as a
power among nations for many years to come.
With this as with everything else, there is no
standing still. The United States must either go
forward or backward. The session which begins
tomorrow, together with the next Congress, must
decide what step to be taken and then it will
main for the country to justify condemn that
action at the polls
The Washington herald., 1914-12-06

One thing seems quite certain Mr. Irving Cobb
neglected to get the censor to put his o. X. on
the alleged interview with Lord Kitchener. An
other thing that will strike most readers is that
both Mr.. Cobb and his paper displayed the story
in a most amateurish way giving preferred po-
sition to a lot of nothings that Mr.. Cobb said to
Lord Kitchener in reply to questions that were
apparently intended to make the interviewer feel
at home and putting at the end the really signif-
cant alleged utterances that brought forth a de-
NAL from the British office. Mr. Cobb evi-
IDENTIFY labored under the misapprehension that he
was giving information to the war chief who no
doubt depends on sources much nearer the front.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-06

Unless President Wilson and the District Com
missioners can see their way clear to granting en-
ployes of the Federal and District governments at
least two half holidays, suggested by the Retail
Merchants Association will be necessary for the
merchants of Washington to go to good deal of
trouble and expense to provide opportunity for
the clerks to do their Christmas shopping. Mer-
chants and shoppers alike confronted with a
new problem this year in the form of the law for
bidding saleswomen to work more than eight
hours a day. Under the present system there is
practically no time for shopping between the clos
ing hour in the departments and the closing hour
in the shops. The request that the departments
be closed at noon on December ~ and Io is there
fore not at all unreasonable. The few hours of
leisure granted could very properly be counted as
a part of the Christmas holidays and the result
would be much happier solution of the difficulty
presented by the eight-hour law than would the
total disarrangement of the hours of employment
in the big stores which might otherwise be neces-
sarY,
The Washington herald., 1914-12-06
A Plea for Harry Thaw.

Editor OF The Washington Herald: The
civilized Christian world will ever honor
the efforts put forth by the American
people TO relieve the suffering mothers
and children in war-stricken Europe.
Those who have so faithfully and so
freely given to this most worthy Cause
have certainly adhered To the new com
mandment" given by the lowly Naza-
rene, that ye love one another as l
have loved you," etc.
But the duty of Christians should not
be limited to helping the mothers an1
children in far-away Europe. They must
do something to cherish the broken
hearted mothers ana children on the
American continent as we'll Il is said
that there is no love like that OF moth
er's love for her children. And every
mother should feel herself duty bound
to do whatever she can to make GLAD
the hearts of her sisters. And this brings
to our mind the sad thought Of broken
hearted mother on the American soil,
who could lie made happy II the Chris
tians "at home would only put forth
an earnest effort to do so. We refer to
the mother Of that prosecuted man,
Harry X. Thaw.
Now, why cannot the Christians Of
this country condemn the injustiCes
done to those within their own gates
and start at once to MAXI glad the
heart OF Mrs Thaw by petitioning the
proper authorities for the release Of her
son? We who have children don't know
what waits them in the future. And We
should learn to feel each others care
he committed. and we earnestly believe
that $4,000 Christians would readily sign
a petition for his release.
J. G. CUNNINGHAM.