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The Washington herald., 1914-10-28

of this country, or promise Of the same which in
sres speedy fuhIlment. it certainly is concealed
from the great army those who have been scanning
the business horizon with eager albeit uDprofessiona
eyes
Something has happened to the business of this
country. Whether that something" is elementary in
its nature combination Of untoward influences
matters little in the general consideration but il Is
not easy to understand how it is after all this Pc
riod of fruitless groping for it, some one has not
stumbled upon convincing solution. Thus far moth
ing more plausible than President Wilson's psyche
logical theory has been suggested. Practically all
of the other attempts at eucidation only symp-
toms which follow in the wake of the great original
cause How interesting it would be could but look
into the history of this period generation hence
with its we-digested rationale of the business phe
nomena which elude our present mental grasp2
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Join with men upon equal terms in busI-
ness Affairs.
/ For this reason have decided upon
a line OF action. I am going to take my
daughter into partnership. I am going 70
give orders TO have my business sign
repainted 80 that it win read Francis
w. Bird and Daughter am going to
have my billheads and letterheads printed
I'm the same way"
One OF the bankers who heard Mr.. Bird
said:
II don't care TO dispute your view that
women's. rights ought to prevail but
do suggest to you that you give very seri-
Gus consideration to your plan OF admit
1ting your daughter into partnership with
you"
Il have already given It serious con-
sideration, or I should not have spoken
Of it," Mr.. Bird replied.
But there is one consideration which
! am sure you have not given said the
banker You are constant borrower
ofsmOAey at the bank. Your credit Is good
and you are known never to ask for a dis
count unless you are entitled to IT, But
II you take some one else into partnership
with you, especially a woman, that will
put an entirely new factor into the prop
osition. II Isn't a question Of woman'E
rights or woman's wrongs; II Is a ques-
ton Of credit think It would be un-
wise for you to change your business re-
lations."
Mr.. Bird went away discomforted- He
had not thought OF that aspect Of the
case. He did not take his daughter into
partnership, although he never neglected
an opportunity to advocate the justness
OF the comforting Of suffrage upon
women
CCopyriEht. lsii by z. J. Edwards. An rights re-
seTVedl
Tomorrow Dr. Edwards will tell Of the
Argument In a Doctors Prescription"
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The Railroads and the Tax Catherer.

In no phase Of the pending discussion and analysis
of the railway rate case is the position Of the rail
roads disclosed with greater clarity and force than
the comparison Of growing with stationary net
earnings There has been submitted, in this con-
nection comparative tabulation showing the taxes
paid by and the net earnings of fifteen leading com
psnes in the 1911 and 1914 L shows that dur
ing interval Of three years while net earnings were
advancing paltry per cent taxation, in its sew
eral varieties, had bounded forward for clear gain
of 20 per cent net earnings being Ss62z58.osI for
1911, as against $3z273oSoz in 1914 and taxes $4s-
62I,I65 in 1911, and $soo73,2eo for 1914. The de-
tails of this computation telling that they are
here reproduced in full:
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S45,62I,l65

Fer cent increase from 1911 to 1914, 90.
Unquestonably the value of railroad property
was greater in 1914 than IT was in 1911 and without
question it should be taxed somewhat more, but
through an unfortunate combination of circumstances
against which economical management was unayail-
ing the net earnings of railway properties al
most stationary for the period.
Steadily increasing wages paid to labor and con-
slant advance in the prices of all materials entering
railway construction and operation, combined with
necessary additions and betterments the popu
lar demand for improved service and the condition
of business complete the story told by these figures
Probably of this increased taxation has been
unfair 1t is surely out of proportion to the earnings
of the properties taxed. But the fact remains that
the fifteen railroads named compelled to walk
up to the captains counter in 1914 and pay down
y $5ooooOOo, as against little over $45.5ooooo in
IoII and that the requirement in this respect has
become of the important factors in dealing with
the case for the railroads.
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The New York Women's League for Animals has
decided to close temporarily its animal hospital and
10 suspend the solicitation of funds because of the
great need of money to alleviate human suffering due
to the Kindness animals at all times is COM
mendable. and calls for no large expenditures of
money, while money is urgently needed for humani-
tartan work in Europe. Normal people find it diff
cult to understand the mental attitude of those who
provide costly funerals for or bequeath legacies
to dogs. while lying manned and bleeding
and neglected on the battlehelds
The Washington herald., 1914-10-28

Benjamin Fem, alias "Dopey Benny" New York
gangser, has confessed in that he has an in
come of $4,000 year, acquired chiefly by arrang-
ing to have beatings administered to partci-
pants in labor disturbances. He testified that he
worked for either labor organizations or employers
Besides afording interesting calculation to how
many cracked skulls at SIS to $500 each are
sary to produce an income of $4,000 year, 'Dopey
Bennys" revelations suggest searching inquiry with
a view to the prosecution of those who employed
him in his dastardIy work
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Bankrupt Railroads.

With the passing into a receivers hands of the
Toledo, St Louis and Western (Clover Leaf) Rail-
road the number of such bankrupt concerns in the
Middle West becomes really serious, because they can
render to their communities the same efficient
service that strong solvent company can. The list
of bankrupt Western roads now includes the Wabash
the Rock Island, the Pere Marquette, the ST. Louis
and San Francisco, the Chicago and Eastern Illinois
and number of smaller lines. And still the Inter-
state Commerce Commission potters over the grant,
ing of little relief that might some weak COM
panies from insolvency Philadelphia Record
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The District Commissioners have approved the
last triennia of real estate in the Dis
trict for taxation purposes. The taxable value is
placed at S30ooo7z4o increase over the previous
assessment of S+4oz3,6o5. The Commissioners say
they are satisfied with the accuracy and fairness of
the assessment which was arrived at after careful
study and by taking actual sales of property as a
basis of calculation. This action certainly should
finally convince the House District Committee of the
utter mreisbity, not to say sbsurdity, of the re-
port OF its subcommittee which placed the taxable
value of District real estate at S744ooo,ooo The
blind acceptance of this wildly extravagant guess led
members Of the District Committee to take an alto
gether false position with regard to taxation in the
District and it is to be hoped, now that they know
the truth that they viii be fair enough to revise their
yieEG
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HISTORY BUILDERS,
When Conviction Yielded to Busine..
interest
twnftsn Expressly for The Herad.l
ny DIR, z, J, EDWARDS.

-HN tfutten ENures9ly for Inc hcf1id.l
By DIR. e. J. EDWARDS.
/ Francis W. Bird was Gnown to almost
everybody In Massachusetts, as Frank
Bird. and ne was conspicuous in the mid
years OF the past century. In the busi-
ness world he had high reputation as a
manufacturer. With politicians he was
always In favor. and there was q time
when the temptation was strong to nomI-
rate him for governor OF Massachusetts,
Yet Mr.. Birds personal characteristics
were OF the peculiar kind which made
II possible for him to be influential as a
citizen and In political affairs without
enabling him to gain such distinction as
the holding Of ONCE conferred. He was
many times discussed as to his available
ity for nomination for high political Of
nee, but the agitation in his favor went
no further than discussion.
This undoubtedly was. due to the fact
that Mr.. Bird held to his convictions vita
tenactty and never hesitated to make
them known to the public, no matter
whether public expression OF his Views
was likely to injure him as a candidate
for once or not.
Mr.. Bird was one of the early sup
porters Of what was at first called the
"Woman's Rights Movement" At the
time he became convinced that the right
of women to exercise the suffrage was
equal to that OF man public sentiment in
Massachusetts was not strongly in favor
Of woman's suffrage.
Mr.. Bird reasoned to himself that II
woman's right TO vote was fully justified.
her other rights. such as equal participa-
tion in business affairs with men, should
also be equally we'll supported. AS he
was not an idealist, coniining his con-
victions merely TO exposition, but in
stead. always ready to act upon them,
he decided to announce to the world what
these convictions were by an important
personal action.
Mr.. Bird, therefore. called upon two or
three Of his friends in Boston, and to
them made a statement practically in
these words:
II have come TO the conclusion that the
women Of Massachusetts are justified In
asking that the Legislature grant them
rights which have been withheld from
them. am certain that they ought
to have the right to vote. and, further
more, that they should be privileged to
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| the starboard bow OF each boat, in such a
manner that II could be swung forward.
| On the end OF the pole was a mechanism
for holding a specially designed torpedo.
] This torpedo was like a shell. Within il
were an air chamber and a powder
chamber. BY the pulling Of a string it
could be released from the pole. The air
would cause il to float. The pulling of
another string would release a pin that
held grape shot in the upper end of
the torpedo. and this, falling through a
I tube, would strike a pin that would ex-
plode a percussion cap
That Gushing should have been able to
employ successfully such a mechanism
was not the least remarkable feature Of
! his exploit.
An OIstructI"n Is Net.
On the voyage South one Of Cushing's
boats was lost in Chesapeake Bay. With
the other, after a trying voyage, he
reached the fleet in Albemarle Sound On
October 26 he started up the Roanoke
River, but his boat going aground. he
was Obliged TO postpone his attempt on
the ram to the next day
Late in the evening of October q Cush-
ing's launch, manned with fourteen voIun-
teers besides himself. and towing a cut
ter from the Shamrock. manned by eight
others, steamed away from the Federal
fleet and into the Roanoke. The total dis
tance to Plymouth was twelve miles
eight of it being in the river.
The night was very dark with a light
rain. In the narrow and crooked Roanoke
II was needful TO proceed slowly. Not a
sound was made in the boats. as the
enemy had pickets at every landing place
on the river bank
A mile below the berth Of the ram was
the wreck of the Southfeld, partly sub
merged. The enemy had & schooner along
side the wreck and a picket post on
board. II challenged here Gushing
planned to seize the picket.
In the darkness and rain the two boats
were not seen by the pickets Passing
the Southfield, they kept on for the ram.
II was Cushing's purpOse-and a dcs-
perate one IL was-tO attempt the seizure
OF the ironclad. in the hope OF getting her
down the river. He aimed TO land on a
wharf below that at which the ram was
moOred.
Seeing a light he steered for It; but be-
fore reaching IL he found that II was be-
yond the ram, which his boat was then
passing. 1t was then about a. m.
Now came the swift and perilous Sc
Quence of events that called for nerves of
steel At the instant Gushing sighted
the dim. low bulk Of the ram a sentry
on her deck hailed the boat. No answer
was made and the launch headed for the
ram. simultaneously a flare of light rose
from a bonfire that had been prepared
for use in a night alarm, showing Cush-
ing something for which he was not pre-
pared-the ram was surrounded by a
boom or girdle Of logs, floating possibly
100 feet from her hull,
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A Line o Cheer Each Day {
the Year.
Written Expressly for The Herald)
By JOHN RENDRICR BANGS.
A SUGGESTION.
Copyright. lslLI

Copyright. l9lLI
When time slows down and minutes seem
10 drag,
A pleasant occupation for the day
Is counting up the contents OF the. bag
In which you've sto-ed your riches all
away;
And as the Miser counts his stores of
gold,
Not reckoning the counterfeits he sees,
So be your stock of happiness be told
With no account Of woes and miseries.
The Washington herald., 1914-10-28

The other night went to see the performance OF
popular play, given by actors supposed to be ex-
pert 1t passed for representation Of life, But, in
many ways the representation false 1t consisted
largely of "Aourishes added on" The dramatist in
stead of being faithful to human experience thought
he could improve ii by the introduction of I'M
possible incidents and unnatural representations of
character. The actors, too, had their "hourishes
added on" Perhaps they might have found ex-
cuse in their playing according to the spirit of the
author. And yet, through their affectations they
made the play all the more insincere and I'M
real.
That evening at the theater gave me keen realza-
tion of the folly of "fourishes added on" As |
watched from my seat | wondered why these were
so assiduously cultivated Perhaps, | reflected. be-
they seemed hard. Truth to nature would seem
to be easy like all sincere art.
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Morning Smiles.
In the Wrong Place.

The Hostess Ito new arrivaD-Brother
Snigglesworth. will you lead US in
prayer
Guest Cgreatly startled-Is-is it my
lead?"-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Washington herald., 1914-10-28

The Interstate Commerce Commission has decided
that the railroads sacrifice fraction of their
in order reduce the cost of dying Freight
rates, on tombstones from Vermont to Fremont and
Grand Island Nebr are to be reduced from 81 cents
to Fl cents a hundredweight
The Washington herald., 1914-10-28

A vindication is fine thing, but a man is much
better off if he doesn't need one.
The Washington herald., 1914-10-28

Speaker Champ Clark has nominated Hon James
R. Mann the Republican candidate for President.
Probably he will not help Mr.. Mann's chances any
than the latter helped the cause of government
financing Of the cotton crop by advocating it.
The Washington herald., 1914-10-28
.DoingS Of the "Go-FanS"
Watch
For the
"GO-FAN"
CENSUS

We busy taking this first census 1t will tell you
what the public does with itself afternoons and evenings
Shows why it is possible to attract the public attention
in the mornings far easier than during the busy after
Moons and evenings
The Washington herald., 1914-10-28

Nobody is making war on the oyster but many
of them have been informed.
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Mr. Sulzer manages to have another goat ready
every time anybody wants one
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FlOurishes Added On.
By JOHN d. BARRY.

e INCE l heard Prof. George
~ Santayana's phrase it has
occurred to me many times. 1t
finds wide variety of applica-
tions. 1t represents a vast
amount of superhuous energy in
life and in art, which, after all,
is essentially life's reflection. If
we could avoid "hourishes added
on" art would be more beautiful
and satisfying, much wider
spread, much more appreciated
and enjoyed, and life would be
far simpler.
The Washington herald., 1914-10-28

Isn't it remarkable how Col Roosevelt and Col
Bryan manage to dodge each other their speaking
tours?
The Washington herald., 1914-10-28

In architecture the "fourishes added on" are par
tcuary absurd There they stand ostensbly as orna-
ments but wholly unnecessary excrescences nearly al
ways hideous. In looking at them we can see the
absurdity of all the iourishes that have no reason
for being, that do not express the meaning of the
thing they belong to. OF recent years. however,
there has been a great improvement in architecture.
Compare, for example, the old-fashioned houses in
most of the American cities with the The more
preentious those oldfashioned houses are the more
absurd are the 'hourishes added on" They repre-
sent OF those strange reactions from really good
architecture that make people believe that
progress is only illusion.
One might think that the simplicity and the charm
of the colonial period would have established good
srchitecture in this country for all time But fashion
soon destroyed most of its graces Now we are going
back and to those other architectural forms that
begin with utility, and express themselves simply and
naturally in beauty.
There is a certain pathos in those cheap little
houses that give fantastic, almost gay limitations of
the houses of the rich In most instances the models
are bad The limitations emphasize the original pre-
tentiousness and superhuity of ornamentation. The
gayety they express becomes physically unreal
The tawdriness that appears with time turns the
architectural into mockery. Then it grows plain
that the "Aourishes added on" added to give a
transient and wholly fictitious value.
The Washington herald., 1914-10-28

Mr.. Sulzer says Charley Murphy eats peas with a
knife. Well that's better than drinking them out of
the dish
The Washington herald., 1914-10-28

Col Roosevelt says Barnes and Murphy are alike.
Does this mean two more libel suits?
The Washington herald., 1914-10-28

Oyster Bay is doubtless getting ready to brood
over another defeat
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Jumped Log Barrier.

On Whart men were getting hoWitZers
into position to fire on the boats. Cast
ing of the cutter and ordering her to
seize the pickets on the Southheld.
Gushing deliberately steered his little
boat parallel to the logs, In order to ex-
anime them.
BY this time a sharp fire OF musketry
from the ram was sending a patter of
bullets into the water around the boat,
while every now and then one splintered
a hole in a plank.
Quick scrutiny was enough to show
Cushing the character OF the barrier
about the ram. The logs were soggy,
low in the water, and covered with slime.
His plan was at one. altered to meet the
emergency. He would attack the ram
from the water by jumping his launch
over the logs.
Deliberately the launch was steered
away from the ram to prepare for the
attack. A circle was made to near the
farther shore of the river, the boat be-
ing all the time under fire. Then the
boat was headed straight for the ram
at right angles to the logs. Gushing.
standing in the bow, pulled a string that
was tied to the engineers hand, and in
obedience to the signal the steam valve
was opened wide and the launch straight
ened out at her best speed.
The torpedo boom had been swung for
ward. with the shell In place. and Cush-
ing held the two strings that must be
pulled to operate the projectile. He also
held two strings that led aft, by which
to signal to the engineer and helmsman.
A mistake In pulling any one of these
four strings would imperil the expedi
tion.
The seconds seemed long to the men
in the boat a. they neared the boom.
The Washington herald., 1914-10-28

New Jersey family boasts of living on S. a
week They can't do much high living at such low
figure.
The Washington herald., 1914-10-28

Secretary Daniels has quit reforming the navy,
but we don't know whether he completed the job or
just gave it up as hopeless
The Washington herald., 1914-10-28

Belgium ought to have a Home Coming Weel
after the war is over.
The Washington herald., 1914-10-28

William Rockefeller may have one foot in the
grave as is reported, but he is still coming money
with the other
The Washington herald., 1914-10-28

1t looks if Mr. Carnegie will never realize his
two chief ambitions, peace and poverty
The Washington herald., 1914-10-28

Be willing to treat and the world will eat with
you; be stingy, and you will eat alone.
The Washington herald., 1914-10-28

The Houston Post has information that Billy Sum-
day will invade the South until cotton goes back
to IS cents.
The Washington herald., 1914-10-28

There are some people who think Washington is
a much more delightful place when Congress is not
in session.
The Washington herald., 1914-10-28
An Argument for Mars.

'Mein frens," cried the German orator.
I'VE must go forewards since We have
burned our breeches behind Us."-Jester.
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Ills Weakness.

~ can't draw a check for a very heavy
amount" said the midget in the museum.
for. you know. I'm not strong. and, be-
sides. don't stand very high among
men. Manchester Union.
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Not one of the leaders in Congress has shown any
eagerness to have the war tax bill bear his name.
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A Delicate Proposal.

rs it true that the widow proposed to
Tompkins?''
Yes, in a way. Tompkins was calling
there one evening. when she handed him
a novel to read entitled Put Yourself In
His Place Tompkins took the hint
Boston TransCript
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Can money make happy" asks a playwright.
We don't know, but we would be willing to try it
The Washington herald., 1914-10-28

The country is safe. Congress has adjourned
but the South Carolina legislature is still in session
The Washington herald., 1914-10-28

The Prussian Diet has plenty of food for thought
now
The Washington herald., 1914-10-28

Mr.. and Mrs. Livingston Hunt have ar
lived at the Grafton to remain until their
The Washington herald., 1914-10-28

Last call for the Bull Moose.
The Washington herald., 1914-10-28

In everyday life we meet people who resemble that
playwright and those actors They are not satisfied
with being themselves. They feel that they must
have "hourishes added on" 1t may be their speech
that is affected their manners their ideas. Their
pretenses constantly getting in the way. They
apparently think that they make the false seem
not only like the true, but better The fact is, Of
course, that the false never like the true
and can never be better The "fourishes added on"
must reveal themselves in their real nature as pre-
lenses. Instead of being the expression OF natural
qualities, they have their origin in deceit
The Washington herald., 1914-10-28

So much of the writing at the present time is
obscured and weakened by "Aourishes added on i"
There writers who encouraged by their read
ers to acquire and develop such fourishes, They
finally become of the difference between the
real in writing and the false.
When l was in college, in one Of our courses we
spent several weeks in studying Carlyle At the end
of that period had 10 write compositions some
subject related to our author. 1t was amusing to
see how many Carlyles developed in that class
that is, Caryles in So far as / can remem-
ber;5 there Carlyle in originality and power
of thinking. What those students initiated SIM
ply the peculiarities in Carlyle's style Now those
peculiarities expressed Carlyle But as they
were assumed by the imitators they became comic
affectations 'hourishes added on"
Those essays gave instructor chance to de-
liver homily the importance of being oneself
in writing as in every other expression.
1t is true, however, that in writing many people
develop by means of "fourishes added on" Through
initiating others they find themselves The trouble
is the imtators often fail to break through to them
selves They remain imitators all their lives.
pressing themselves falsely by means of "Aourishes
added on
The Washington herald., 1914-10-28

Lieut.. Col and Mrs. Charles L. McCaw-
ley have reopened their home in New
Hampshire avenue, where Mrs. McCawiey
recently arrived from Newport, where
she passed the summer.
The Washington herald., 1914-10-28

Mrs. John H. Magrider and Miss Ma
talie Magruder have arrived at thei-
home on street from their summer
place at Essex. on Lake Champlain.