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The Washington times., 1914-06-28

closing battles Of the war Of ls12. and
she herself was living at "Rosedale'.
during the civil war, when 1000 Union
troops were quartered IN and about the
place. Beautiful lawns stretch away
from the veranda in all directions, but
then. Mrs. Norton says. they were bare
as your hand. not a blade Of grass
In sight There were no narrowing
experiences for her however, such az
to their homes. She speaks particu-
larly of the courtesy and thoughtful
ness with which she was treated.
Urged As Summer White House.
"Rosedale'' lies now almost IN the
city. but a few minutes ride from the
heart of things. but 1t seems as remote
as IL 1t were miles from civilization.
The great old trees hide all but an
occasional peep of the houses cur
the Monument. but it appears miles
away, the gardens and shrubbery are
extensive and beautiful. and bob
whites. whip-poorwills and birds Of all
sorts flock there. The old lawns are
the playground for rabbits and many
a squirrel frisks in the nearby trees
The place often has been mentioned
as a possible summer White House
and of a truth no more delightful
spot could be found. The old house.
charming as II is, 10 inadequate. bv-t
to the heart of the city, yet real coun-
try. cool, wild and beautiful. IL may
yet achieve such added distinction, II
ever Congress settles that the Execu-
tive must have a summer home near
Washington.
The Washington times., 1914-06-28

crowd of nephews haunted the place
for the hunting and shooting. Then
he'll branch off to "reminiscences OF
what his daddy had to tell of the
time when the British marched
through the county and there was q
rush to hide the family silver and
valuables.
Rare Old Carvings.
The most remarkable things about
this charming old house are the
beauty of its proportions and the fn-
ished character of the workmanship.
The materials. of course. were
brought from England. Every door
way. window frame, and mantle Is
carved by hand. most elaborately.
and each is in a state OF perfect pres
ervation. Such work II Is impossible
to obtain now. at any cost The
rooms are large and square. and fll-
ed with fine old furniture. many
things old family pieces, and the gen.
eral effect is one of dignifed SIM
plicity and homelike charm.
Tucked away in the chapel Is a
chest filled with old letters and pa
pers that would delight an antigua
The Washington times., 1914-06-28
EXECUTIVE SESSION
SECRETS.

Statesmen who are renewing agi-
tstion to find and punish the leaks
through which executive session pro-
ceedings get publicity, are going in
the wrong direction.
Let them take this tip:
The public wants a great deal
more publicity about all aspects OF
legislative business; not less about
any aspect.
Executive sessions in which the
cheap and nasty details of patronage
chickering's are threshed out ought to
ue abolished. Half the business of
this kind is so utterly unworthy the
Gignity of Senators, that but for the
secrecy hanging over it, it would
never have to be transacted.
Secrecy about certain weighty de-
tails of foreign policy is perfectly
proper, and should he continued. Be-
yond that there is no sense in ex-
ecutive sessions.
Beyond this, there should be the
same publicity OF committee pro-
ceedings as of Legislative business.
secret, star-chamber committee busi-
ness is out Of date. The public does
not want or approve it, and Congress
cannot hope to build itself back into
the confidence of the public till If
ends such practices.
Public men are nowadays everlast-
ingly bewailing that Congress has
lost its grip on the country; that the
people look TO the President to club
what he wants out of Congress, and
applaud him for doing it.
Well, the chief reason why Con-
gress has lost the confidence of the
community is that the community
has been unable to know what Con-
gress was doing There has been
100 much mystery, thimble-rigging,
ree-card-monte, three-shell tactics
in legislation. 1t has been too easy
20 ftim-fam the outsider with now
you-see-it-and-now-you-don't manip-
ulation Of bills and committees,
pigeon-holes and cobwebs, all under
TIE rose. The public has at last
earned Just enough about this modus
operandi TO be satisfied it wants less,
not more, of secrecy.
The Washington times., 1914-06-28

rian. There is a file OF newspapers
for the year 1920, The American
Farmer. published every Friday. de-
voted TO Rural Economy. Internal
improvements. and Prices Current;
the deed for Poplar HILL" dated 1923,
and even earlier papers telling Of the
surveying of the tract in 1897. an ex-
tensive correspondence between Rob-
ert Darnell and Thomas Clasett, OF
London, his agent, concerning to-
bacco sales, and containing interest
ing information upon the state of the
market and the political troubles of
the times.
One paper Of 17so is q bill of lading
for a cargo of tobacco shipped by the
grace Of God In good order and we'll
conditioned. by Robert Darneil, Esq. in
and upon the good brig Brother" and
ending. May God send the good brig
to her port IN safety" A letter to the
next owner of Poplar HILL" the first
Robert Sewall, from his son. William
II. B. Sewall. In Baltimore. Is particu-
larly interesting. II was written early
in 1872. and speaks OF the threatened
embargo and the prevailing apprehen-
sion OF war. All these letters were
written when stamps were unknown
The Washington times., 1914-06-28

contests. They will not go if they
can't reasonably expect to see games.
Professional baseball at best looks
rather more professional, has rather
more of the hippodrome aspect, this
season than ever before. The con-
test with an Independent league at
tempting to break into the field has
inevitably brought out a good many
of the details of "inside ball" that
have been calculated to disillusion
the fans. 1t may prove a very real
calamity to the sport, if atop all this
the eamegoers get the notion that
their chance of seeing the contest
for which they paid depends on the
state of an umpire's digestion.
The Washington times., 1914-06-28
A FROST FOR CHILL.

Baseball performances in Wash
ington and Philadelphia. within the
past week, have heen calculated to
disgust the public with the whole
business. It is time that owners.
managers, and players understand
that the national game as now COM
mercially organized and handled will
not stand the strain of this misman-
agement for long.
On Thursday the Philadelphia
and Washington teams gave an ex-
hibition Of disgraceful tactics, at the
Florida avenue park. First one team,
and later the other, tried by every
device to prevent the game going to
FIVE innings that would make it a
contest.
The public that had gone to the
park had gone there to see a ball
game played. 1t didn't go to see
TWO clubs jockey for advantage in
he percentage column. at the ex-
pcnsc of the game. The games the
Thing. not the percentage record or
the division of worlds championship
receipts.
The umrire seemed utterly with
out authority or desire to put an
end TO the outrageous jocl;eying, and
as a result the game was ruined, the
five innings were not finished, and
the contest was a fiuke. 1t does
not do to assume that getting a
rain check satisfied patrons on such
an occasicn. Very far from it.
Immediately following this fiasco,
in Philadelphia, Umpire Chill de-
veloped an unaccountable case of
nerve, and forfeited a game under
circumstances that were particularly
svasperating. In effect, this one UNI
pire's incapacity deprived the spec
tators Of two games they had paid
70 see. That is qzite too high a per-
centage in a single week The peo-
PIE 60 to the parks 10 see the play
ers play, not to near umpires forfeit
The Washington times., 1914-06-28
DEFENSE OF THE
CICAPFTTE.

thomas A. uIsUI : att.cS on the
Hauch-attacked cigarette has not
ceased to provoke discussi'1. Those
who manufacture HAT pa -icular va
riety of the weed Snd thos.: VIM en-.
JOY smoking it lave unIt 81 in its
defense. .-r'lying TO thei;: 1:pI,rt, it
must be confessed, sonla vcry re-
spectacle authorities.
One of the expert witnesses called
to the stand was the London Lancet,
from whose columns were taken the
following results Of an investigation
of the subject it had conducted:
1t was found that the cigarette,
whether Egyptian. Turkish, or Aneri-
can, Welded the least amount of its
total nicotine to the smoke formed; the
pipe yielded a very large proportion
lin some cases 10 to 50 per cent? OF its
mouth of the consumer, ar'i the
analysis of cigar smoke gave figures
midway between the two. From the
point of view Of nicotine poisoning,
therefore, assuming that equal amounts
Of tobacco are smoked. the cigarette
form of smoking, and the pipe the
worst, the cigar occupying an inter
mediate position in this respect, Judg-
ing from the amount of nicotine con-
tanned in the smoke therefrom.
Of course, any form Of Indulgence
in tobacco by Jhe young and imma-
ture is harmful and it may well be
that the practice of inhalinc the
smoke of cigarettes, not common in
the case of cigars and pipes, works
frequently for evil. Men who smoke
cigarettes, cigars and pipes as well
will agree. however, that the effect
of the cigarette is no worse than
that of the pipe or the cigar; con-
frmed cigarette smokers will cling
with affection to the conclusion of
the Lancet and remain unmoved by
the anathema of Mr.. Edison; per-
hape their brains are clouded some
what, but as they don't believe it
they are just as happy.
The Washington times., 1914-06-28
TAKE THE TIMES ALONG.

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ington Times Company Munsey
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The Washington times., 1914-06-28

awakening has como, I have tried to
express simply how children feel
upon such vital questions.
Glory of Motherhood.
Sometimes I nave felt we might
better leave such problems for child
hood to settle. We have made such
q rnuss of it ALL There's a glory
that comes with motherhood that
none other ever receives. There's
a sacredness about motherhood that
ought to call for the reverential
silence.
There Is suffering and anxiety
enough attendant upon motherhood
to pailiate for any breach OF good
conduct.
The Ethical Society in Illinois has
prepared a bill to recognize all chill
dren. In the very near future this
will be law in all our States, for
womanhood will demand restitution
for the fatherless children of the
nation.
The, cuckoo is the most disIiked of
birds, because It casts or its re-
sponsibilities. The cuckoo father will
become the most despised and re-
jected of men.
The Washington times., 1914-06-28

Every child has the right to be
well born. When a little girl in
the sixth grade at school. my at
tention was first called to another
girl. who. although pretty and
bright. and the adopted daughter
of wealthy people. was Stunned by
the other girls. Naturally, my
child's curiosity was aroused, but
the other girls only laughed pecu-
liarly and said: She wasn't born
like we were" insisted on know
ing what they meant, and they re-
ferred me to a word in the die
tionary.
oh. the ways OF youth!
hunted through the dictionary.
hiding il beneath my desk. for
something intuitively told me
must be ashamed. I found the
word and l hated ii. 1 wish the
The Washington times., 1914-06-28
Every Child
Rights From Birth
Mrs. Dubois Declares Aw akened Motherhood Real
ICES Gross Injustice World Has Placed Upon
the Unfortunate.

demand motherhood for the recognition OF the right of
every child to be born finds evidence the aa
enng of woanhood realization of the gross injustice upon her
and Dubois believes child should be
fair chance worlds battles and that under the present
system heapy nurmountabe burden placed the
fortunate child.
She bill prepared for Introduction before the legsa
ture of Illinois by the Ethical Society of that State
By DUBOIS.
The Washington times., 1914-06-28
Senate Stationery Probe
To Be Started This Week

II is expected the proposed Senate
investigation into the use of official
stationery 10 boom the mine OF the Gold
Hill Consolidated Company in North
Carolina, in which several Senators are
interested, will begin this week.
Senator Kern. chairman of the Priv
ileges and Elections Committee, called
meeting Of the committee today, but
in the absence Of quorum nothing was
done. Another meeting will be held
Monday. and IL Is the plan to have q
subcommittee chosen to proceed with
the investigation.
Senator Luke Lea Is being considered
for the Craftsmanship Of the subcon1-
mittee. Senator Kern made Il plain today
delay
The Washington times., 1914-06-28

nation W o u ] d
wipe II forever
from use. l look
ed at my poor
little schoolmate
differently from
that day. I went
home and asked
my mother. a
quiet. gentle New
England woman,
W h o repressed
many things. to
explain It to me.
She only said:
The Washington times., 1914-06-28
President Approves the
Dismissal of Koehler

The sentence Of dismissal imposed up
on Major Benjamin NJ. Koehler. Coast
Artilley Corps. by court martial re-
Gently has been approved by Presieen.
Wilson.
Major Koehler. against whom sensa-
tional charges were brought. was In
command at Ft. Terry, Plum Island.
N Y. The trial was not opened to
the public.
The Washington times., 1914-06-28

except for documents and as a tax-and
before the invention of envelopes. They
are folded cueerly, sealed with wax and
most of them were probably carried by
the hand Of a friend.
Memories Of Washington.
Marshall Hall is another fine Colonial
house, jLst over tie river from Mount
Vernon. L is of the same period, and
when the washingtons lived at their
Virginia estate, the Marshalls, in Mary
land. were their friends and neighbors.
and many visit was exchanged be-
tween the two families. The place Is
other modern amusement devices, but
the house has been rather carefully pre-
served and will repay visit.
. Rosedale. too, is connected with menu
ories of George Washington II was
built IN 17S3 by Gen. Uriail Forest, zide-
de-camp to General Washington during
the Ret olCtionary war, who lost his
leg in the battle of Germantown. He
purchased the place for a summer home,
and the President drove out there with
his old friend one cay, and, seated under
a tree, selected the site where the house
now stands. The grounds were laid out
in beautiful. sweeping terraces by Major
L'Enfant, a personal friend of the fam
lily. vfo stayed often in the house while
busy with his plans for Washington.
The present chatelaine, Mrs. Louisa
Key Norton, Is a charming woman, a
veritable storehouse Of interesting an
ecdotes. She Is the granddaughter Of
General Forest, and remebers him we'll
Her father, years older than her pretty
mother. Nancy Forest fought in the
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-09-01
Y ON
PFescribes as Valuable Anything That
Stimulates Thought.

LOndon Opinion.
Lord Bryce, speaking at the F'oun-
dation Day at Mill Hill school. spoke
about books Worth reading.
Addressing his remarks to pupils
OF the school who were going out into
the world, he said that what ,h.v
mad all got to do, and what the schools
and universities ought to do. was To
cultivate the habit Of thinking. they
spent a good deal or time on
especially on reading but
mat did not NEAR thinking. They
spent a good deal of time on business.
out a great deal Of business effort
was comparatively mechanical and
rule Of thumb.
what he meant was sometime diff
ferent-that they should apply their
MINDS to questions which did not con
Germ their business, but in which. az
Sood cltlZens and intelligent human
beings, tney ought to be occupied.
mere was a good deal Of fiction
Well worth reading. but no work #
1lction was worth reading If it did not
set them thinking, and unless il yas
d book which contained vivid pictures
OF character, reflections. and sugges-
IONS, which were worth %ponderin.
over, and pictures Of the manners II
society whether Of old times or 81
today Anything which stimulated
tnelr thought was worth reading IL
one cultivated the books which stimu-
iated the habit Of thinking. one had a
source OF pleasure that went on CON
t~inuousiy throughout life.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-09-01
EDUCATION SLOWER
HERE THAN ABRo -
University Graduates Two To Three
Years Older in America

The average American student i
TWO or three years cider when ne X
graduated from a university thar ne
average student in Europe Twenty
three years is the average age for
g~rdnation in this country Tor an
academic course, while the average IN
Europe is u. The discrepanc2 Is
greater in profession schools
The reason, according 70 irot.
Franklin W. m Of the Uni
yersity High School Of the University
of Chicago. is that the Amerlc<n
school system results in q loss Of time
| for pupils in the secondary and tle-
mentary schools
The history Of education in this
country shows that our system OF or
ganization, assigning eight years 10
elementary. four years to
and four years to collegiate educa-
ton, was not based on any rational
theory, but was rather the result OF
.accident. Each type sprang up IN a
large meaSur independently of the
others, in to distinct social
adjustment of these independent parts
to the needs of a coherent and ef-
ficient system of education has not
yet been made.
IN no other country is a similar
organization found. Germany may he
cited as typical with three years de
voted to elementary, nine years To
secondary, and four years to uni
versity education. The American
college with two years OF secondary
work and two years of university
work is unique. 1t is a significant
fact that the Japanese, who have
shown wonderful Skill in selecting
and adapting to their needs the best
in Western civilization, have modelled
their new school system, not upon
ours, but upon that Of European
countries. While there is a presump-
ton in favor of the majority, the ult-
mate test to be applied to these differ
ing types of organization is that Of
efficiency"
The age at which the average uni
verSity student graduates in this cOun-
/, try is placed at twenty-three years by
the United States Bureau OF Educa-
ton in a recent bulletin. The aver
age & Of medical candidates in 1912
at the following institutions was:
Western Reserve, 27.9: Harvard,
PIP; Rush, 27; California. 27; Johns
! Hopkins, 26.4; Cornell, 26.4.
+ In a recent bulletin Of the Bureau
of Education, the age at which stu
:, dents complete the course in medicine
is given as follows: France, %; Ger.
: many, %; Great Britain, %; Ne-her.
lands, "a; Switzerland, %; United
States, &c.
!. Prof. Johnson lays the waste OF
s time in American schools to three
principle causes A lack OF co-ordi
+ nation between the separate parts 81
the School organizations; the lack 81
raining of teachers, and the shor
tenure of teachers. He suggests fv.
general remedies; a REIMBURSEMENT o
: the school organization; the elimina
ton OF unnecessary reviews and repe
tltlonS; imp owed methods Of instruc
ton: furnishing substantial incentiv,
a to better work on the part of tn
Q pupils, and frightening the amount q
time given to instruction during tn,
ISchOol year.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-09-01

A man in East Manchester y II
possesses an unusually INTELLIGENT
morse, which can tell its own age
striking its hoof on the ground IS
times, and can indicate bv mods
whether or not it has had dinner II
IoiloWs its master without q halter
ana drives without b use Of rejns.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-09-01
OF a friead-tin nc y dcade
-. III. Bro wu.

show ,o.ir own cnlors. sound your
own note: il j. precisely for- this that
Won arr, hereto be- yourself Ia be
sincere. give our your own authchtic
thoughtS-thi> j your 1iNat,oh--
Charles Wagner.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-09-01

And showed the name whom love OF
God had blessed.
And 10, Ben Adhems name led ali
the rest
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-09-01

If you have a friend worth loving.
Love him: yes. Aad let him know
That you love him ere Hfe,s exa,i,.
Tinge his brow with sunset .lo...
Why should coed words ne,er 10
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-09-01
IN THE HOUR OF TRIAL.

TerSe Comments On The Uniform
Prayer Meeting Topic OF The
Young Peoples So<ietie>-Chri~-
tan E,ndeaXcr. Etc. for Septcm~
Der 6:-'Tweiyc Great Verses. IN.
The PRAYER Verse Matt. Fl D.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-09-01

Providence has nothing good or
high in store for. one who does not
resoiutely aim at something high or
good. A purpose is the etcl nal con.
ditiOn OF SUGGEST. T. Munger
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-09-01

LoOk therefore whether the light
that is in thee be not darkness.
Luke 11.2s
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-09-01

Nature never stands still, nor soul.
they ever go up or go down
-JuIia Dorr
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-09-01
SEVEN SENTENCE SERMONS

The great man is he who does no
lose his chiId'S Observation-Disclosures.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-09-01

No man is born into the world. whose
work
Is not borne with him
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-09-01

They find it easiest to cOmmuni-
cate with God in a crisis who are
most familiar with the way to his
throne: Everyday prayer is the best
preparation for emergency prayer.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-09-01

God knows: God cares; therefore
man prays The knowledge Of God
is reinforced by the love of God.
he careth for you"
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-09-01

Every life is eccentric-that is
out of center-Which is net in RICH
relations with God. And PRAYER i,
the point of contact and relationship
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-09-01

Humanity rises by following it
own appraised hands. The prayer in
stinct has lifted man to his mos
spiritual heights.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-09-01

The Fathers designs are better
han the children's desires. He has
planned for more than we can ask
for. The bounty of heaven outruns
the wishes of earth. 1t is impoS-
sible to make too great drafts upon
the loving-kindness of the Lord.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-09-01

Prayer ~unravefs more tangles than
worldly wisdom.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-09-01

The words around which this topic
centers, the great verse on prayer
are these: And all things, what.
soever ye shall ask in prayer, believ.
ing, We shall receive"