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The Washington herald., 1914-12-19
Unimportant If True
By DR.. ERITAS

Some born poor and others make themselves
Miletoe the favorite habitat of certain kind of
Did you hear red-headed advocating blue lawsa
might peoples penny badly
cheated.
COxey army straghten in
Mexico
overlooked good bet when failed
divorces
believe until other interested
in the girl
Looks as Col Roosevelt has been nned in Oyster Bay
close of the
players gone fighting
old form.
Twenty years ago girl dressed the today
half dressed
ought be thankful that the New York bomb rowers
do aeropanes
armies have been bidding for the
services of Gen. Hucrta
But there are some people girl chewing gum
than chewing tobacco.
of there would
new be big wars?
beauty a white would be awful
if it blue, or brown, black
The Washington herald., 1914-12-19
Why Europeans Win Trade.

Foreign producers who in the past have taken
so strong hold on the South American markets
have been able to do so because they have followed
the plan of financing the trade as they developed
it. 1t was English and German capital that ex-
tended the coffee and rubber business in South
America, built the railway lines and generally
provided the inhabitants with what they needed in
order to embark upon enterprises, and thus to be-
come buyers of foreign goods. The hold so OBJ
tanned by competitive manufacturers elsewhere has
never been broken by shippers in any large or
material degree heretofore, and probably could not
have been broken for great while at least except
through the application of similar methods by
American producers There is reason to doubt
that when peace shall have been generally restored
and when there shall have been a sufficient re-
covery in capital to warrant the return to old
methods, the American manufacturer will find HIM
self confronted by very much the same obstacles
tha' hindered the expansion OF his business in
former years.
Thus far domestic producers have shown little
disposition to consider the export problem from
this point of view. They have not especially en-
couraged the establishment of foreign branch banks
under the Federal reserve, act, few institutions
having actually made application for permission to
locate such branches Home capitalists seem to
be good deal more closely occupied in providing
capital for the warning nations of Europe by fur
nishng material and equipment needed to conduct
the war than they are in arranging to finance trade
with neutral nations from a long-range standpoint
This means that no bulwarks are being thrown I'D
to protect trade from incursion after peace-and
with peace, competition-has been restored, but
that exporters will have TO take their chances VIII en-
the time comes with reference to the retention of
business. Whatever may be said of the various
factors that must be considered as legitimate in
huences against any course other than that now
being pursued, the facts in the case remain, and
must be reckoned with by those who are hoping
American exporters.-New York Journal Of Com
merce.
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Railroads Get Something.

By the decision of the Interstate Commerce
Commission, announced yesterday upon the ap;
pcation Of the Eastern railroads for permission
to increase their freight rates. the carriers gain
something more than half what they have been
contending for since 1910. The relief granted by
the decision of last August which embodied recon-
nendations for increased revenue from the pas
senger service, and by the decision of yesterday
combined will add to the operating income of the
roads amount estimated at $35ooo,ooo annu-
ally The carriers four years ago made application
for increases that would have yielded them $55,-
100000. The increases have been granted on only
part of their routes and part of their freight ton
mage leaving the carriers some $2oooo,ooo short
OF what they believed urgently necessary four
years ago
Because of the uncertain effect of the war on
commerce it is difficult to estimate with anything
approaching accuracy the extent to which the
roads revenues will be augmented, but even if
SIS oooooo should be added to their operating in
come, it is evident that there is no cause for
jubilation in the decision The roads will have at
least some money to spend for improvement and
equipment, and the decision therefore is likely to
have a moderately stimulating effect on business;
but expenditure of all the additional revenue that
be spared for these purposes for several years
to come will still see the roads far behind where
they should and would have been had they been
permitted continuously to earn a fair return upon
their investment. There will be no pronounced
industrial and commercial boom as a result of the
decision; the carriers have merely been granted
lease of life and business will feel greater sense
of security.
In the demand for separate accounts and re-
ports on the effect of the increases there is the
plain suggestion that the concession may be
if conditions after the war should ap-
pear to the commission to justify such action But
that Is somewhat remote contingency with which
onlythe pessimists need to concern themselves.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-19

The New York police may not be able to put
their hands on fugitive assassins, but when per-
sonal bravery is concerned they invariably prove
themselves equal to any emergency. They have
qualified lion hunters, for when FIVE of these
big beasts jumped off the stage of New York
theater and went prowling among the panic
stricken audience, the police charged them boldly
and succeeded in driving them back into their
cages. One of the officers was dangerously shot
by comrade and others badly lacerated.
These New York bluecoats have been called on
at different times to tackle danger in almost every
form and they have never been known to finch.
A regiment of them would no doubt prove an i'm
Portant factor in the war.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-19
The Predatory Woman.

The white slave" act prescrbes the punish
ment of man when he is not white SLAYER and
permits the escape of woman who is not a white
slave, but wilfully has committed the same offense
for which the man is punished. The result is that
predatory women may and do make use of the
law with impunity The injustice and bad policy
of such a situation have been obscured by the
moral reprobation of masculine license. This is
short-sighted The Mann act should be amended
so as to limit its instrument of extortion
or mere revenge-Chicago Tribune
The Washington herald., 1914-12-19

The people of Washington are contributing
generously to the fourteen opportunities" to help
the unfortunate, offered to them by the Associat-
ed Charities, the total amount received far being
$S32 one of the funds being fully subscribed. 1t
is almost too much to hope that all the money
necessary will be contributed in the few interven-
ing days before Christmas, but if it could be ac-
complished it would mean the dawn of hope
for many who are now engaged in disheartening
struggle with the direst poverty.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-19

1t is announced that President Wilson may
break precedent of many years standing and ap-
point white recorder of deeds of the Dis
trict of Columbia, in recognition of the home rule
plank in the Baltimore platform. lot of people
will rise to remark that when the President ap-
points resident of the District to District Office
he will break an administration precedent
The Washington herald., 1914-12-19
To the Point.

Her FatheT-Young man. | must ask
your object in coming here so often.
Young Mani love your daughter SIR.
She is adorable. a queen.
Her Father-Then, 1 take II. your OBJ
ject Is to become her subject Very well,
she's yours.-Boston Transcript
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years connected with the embassy In this
city. has returned to the Shoreham after
a visit In New York
Miss Maria DimpfeI, OF Baltimore will
come to Washington today to be the
guest Of Miss Francise Williams. She
will be a guest at the costume dinner
Letter will give In compliment to Miss
Williams tonight
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur c. Fuller, well
known in Washington and Boston society.
have arrived at the New Willard for a
short visit.
Viscount Nakamura and vIscount
Nyeda, OF Japan, are al the Shorsham for
some time.
Mrs. David Jayne Hill will entertain
at tea on January "a. from 4 to o'clock
Cards have been issued by Mrs. CIar-
ence Moore for a dance at Rauscher's on
December -. in compliment to her
daughter, Miss Frances Moore.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edmund Leavenworth
Beach, after a stay Of ten days at At
lantic City. have returned to their home.
III wyoming avenue
Mrs. George Cabot Lodge has reopened
her home in Massachusetts avenue
Mr. and Mrs. r. Gray Williams, Of War
renton, Va. have arrived at the Shore
ham to spend some time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred G. Vanderbilt. Of
New York. will pass the Christmas hoIi-
days at their camp in the Adriondacks
The Ambassador Of Chile and ,,senora
Dona de Suarez-MujIca will pass the
YuIetide holidays in New York.
Mr. and Mrs. ". W. Miller and Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Sanderson. Of New York.
have come to Washington to spend some
time and are at the Shoreham.
Mr.. and Mrs. y. Mclean seabreeze are
Philadelphia visitors at the New Willard
for stay OF several days.
Mrs Walter II. Page. wife OF the Amer
lean Ambassador to London, is aboard
the Lusitania. which will arrive in New
York in few days.
Mrs. Joseph r. Crane and Miss Dorothy
Patterson. Of Dayton, Ohio. have arrived
sons father. Mr.. Joseph Patterson. OF
Dayton. where he has been spending some
time. Miss Patterson is in Washington
to attend the Noyes-Blagdon wedding to-
day.
Mrs. Frederick Dent Grant gave a small
tea yesterday for her house guests, Capt.
Ulysses s. Grant and Mrs. Grant.
Mr. and Mrs. Perry Belmont will re-
turn today from New York. where they
have been for the past few days
Mrs. George Nfinnegcrode gave a pretty
luncheon yesterday in compliment to Miss
Mary Lord Andrews.
other debutantes present were Miss
Pocahontas Butler. Miss Katherine
Beach. Miss Lois Reside and Miss Mary
Wheeler Vest.
Mr., and Mrs. F. W. Hoover, who were
among the horse show patrons in New
York. are at the New Willard for a short
stay en- route to their home in Nashville,
Tenn.
Mr.. and Mrs. z. H Hinton, OF Atlanta.
Ga. who are raising some time at the
New Willard. are being extensively en-
tertained by their Washington friends
Miss Molly Elliot Seawell has left town
for the holidays and will not return until
the early part of January.
The Kate Gordon Chapter Of the South
ern states Woman's Suffrage Conference
invite the public to hear Senator Cham
CONTINUED on PAGE NINE
The Washington herald., 1914-12-19

The President has let it be known that he wants
as members of the trade commission men with
common sense, capable of dealing inteligently with
the country's business conditions. Why on earth
should the appointments be delayed. Any State
IN the Union furnish thousands of them.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-19

The most convincing evidence of the complete
restoration of the countrys financial equilibrium is
the announcement that measures tentatively agreed
upon by Treasury officials and Sir George Paish
to safeguard the financial relations between the
United States and Great Britain, have been aban-
doned unnecessary. 1t has been decided that
the situation may, with safety, be permitted to ad-
just itself by normal processes. The balance of
trade, thrown against by the tariff, has since
been directed steadily in favor by the war,
with the result that our debt to England has been
materially reduced. The soundness of our position
was emphatically demonstrated when the New
York Stock Exchange resumed dealings in securi-
ties of every class at prices showing surprising
advances All the indications are that conditions
in this country will steadily improve SO that we
may greet the year with justified optimism
The Washington herald., 1914-12-19
RetMeen Two Fires.

"I hear that you intend to move.
What's the trouble?''
why, hang it, the family above us
has bought pianola, and the girl in the
fiat below is learning to burn leather
Boston Transcript.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-19
The Life Instinct.
~ JOHN D. BARRY.

TT is said that, after the bat
1 tie of Waterloo. some one
offered Napoleon poison.
Napoleon shook his head
and remarked: Never do
anything that you can never
regret"
These words subtly con-
veyed one of the greatest of
all arguments against suicide.
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ORDERS TO OFFICERS.
Morning Smiles.
His Thoughts Divided,

DO you think only of me?' murmured
the bride Tell me that you think only
OF me- IT'S this way" explained the
groom, gently. Now and then have to
think of the furnace my dear."-Louis-
willie COurier-Journal
The Washington herald., 1914-12-19

A million champagne corks will pop in the
French trenches New Years Day. an extra din
ner being provided for the armies in the field with
a bottle of champagne for every four soldiers
Cable dispatches telling how the Germans charged
and took the bottles away from the enemy may be
expected.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-19
A Warming.

What are you cutting out Of the
paper?'
An item about a California man secur-
ing a divorce because his wife went
through his pockets"
What are you going to do with it,
Put it in my pocket. et."-EverybOdy'
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His Explanation.

Your voice" said the commanding
officer, lis decidedly rasping."
Yes. sir" said the subordinate. touch
ing his hat. Il have been out rOughing
it with a file of soldiers all the morning"
Chicago Tribune.
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f PIuribus Union.

why is the orchestra playing so aw-
fully fast?''
Union rules: time and a half after
midnight t''-Philadelphia Ledger.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-19

Secretary Daniels, after viewing the Panama
Exposition next spring, expects to visit the
Hawaiian Islands and inspect our naval station and
defenses. The one best bet is that he comes back
a big navy man.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-19
NAVAL ORDERS.
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS.

MIchias arrived at Port au Prince. December Is;
Wheeling and BrutuS arrived at Port au Prince,
December Il MacdonOuGh arrived at Charleston.
December Il; ChattanOGGa arrived at Bremerton,
December Il Parker sailed frun New York yard.
Dermber II: Cheyenne. HI. h. and H-3. ar
lived At san Francisco. December y Annapolis
arrived at MAzAtlan December Z: San Diego ar
riTHd at La Paz. Decrmber i; Saturn sailed from
Mazatlan. December II; Saratoga sailed from Ma
Mia. December Is
ORDERS TO OFFICERS
Rear Admiral c. A. Cove transferred to retired
list from December II, 1914. section 1853 revised
statutes to hone.
Lieut. Commander F. R. McCrary to Command
Parker.
wait orders
Lieut. J. J. McCracken to Missouri.
Ensign Il. T Hunt TO Tacoma
The Washington herald., 1914-12-19

District Commissioner Siddons' protest before
the subcommittee of the Senate Appropriations
Committee against the abrogaton of the half-and-
half principle of the organic act met with sympa-
thetic hearing, there is scarcely doubt that
the committee will report the District appropria-
ton bill without the destructive Johnson amend
ment. Mr.. Siddons' protest was strictly in line
with the duty of the Board of District Commits
sioners, and suggests that such action should
have been taken when the Johnson amendment was
in the House Committee. Probably the Commis-
sioners were not invited to give their views, but
surely they would not have been exceeding their
authority or rights if they had addressed a firm
protest to the House Committee against the
measure pointing out the danger of adopting 1egis-
lation of so drastic nature in haphazard way,
without investigation deliberation. Even now it
would seem to be a perfectly proper. proceeding
for the Commissioners to place themselves on
record the House side, in case the District bill
goes to conference without the amendment The
Commissioners the only official spokesmen of
the taxpayers of the District
The Washington herald., 1914-12-19

Mexico has something to be thankful for. Three
varieties of currency are in circulation.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-19

and with weakness.
One wonders what those people who take them
selves off think of those left behind, those they
were near to and dear.
Perhaps they don't think.
The act may in itself be evidence that they
can't think.
Richard Hodgson, for many years secretary of
the Society for Psychical Research, was the only
healthy-mnded man ever. knew who wanted to
die. And yet he had that most valuable of all
qualities the quality educators ought to foster in
students to the highest degree, intellectual and
social and moral curiosity. This curiosity is so
different from petty curiosity, that most contempt
bic of qualities it's pity the word is applied
to both. But Hodgson had a still greater curiosity
almost noble in its nature and deeply human,
desire to know what went on in the life beyond He
used to say that he could hardly wait for his time
to come.
Meanwhile, however, he went cheerfully on with
his tasks and with his play. Besides being great
worker. he a great tennis player, a great
walker and great swimmer, hearty, wholesome
Englishman.
ped dead.
When heard of his death felt glad
The world the poorer for the loss of that
bright spirit. But he had gone where he longed to
be- to new and absorbing field of activity
And now it is reported that he is continuing his
old work, trying to connect the two worlds. The
only difference is that he is working from the
other side.
1t takes terrible amount of suffering to weaken
the life instinct And it takes a trifing circum-
stance to restore it to vigor.
William Dean Howells once gave an illustra-
ton in a story. A highly emotional European
decided to commit suicide. He going to throw
himself from height. On his way to the place his
hat blew off. He became so absorbed in his chase
for the hat that he forgot his morbid purpose
know men who say they are tired and they
wouldn't mind if death tomorrow. Most of
them add that they have desire to wake up.
OF course they are sick.
They have lost the appetite for living exactly
some sick people lose the appetite for food.
Their senses are dulled, those precious agents
of wholesome enjoyment.
Maybe they have fatigued the senses by using
them unwholesomely.
Maybe they have made their senses unwhole-
some by letting themselves think in unwhoesome
ways.
Often they need only rest.
Far more Often l suspect, they need new
point of view.
Occasionally the trouble from a flaw in
machinery, physical, mental or moral.
Sometimes we call it kink
1t behooves to watch out for such kinks
and correct them.
The great point is to keep the mind healthy.
One way is by thinking, not inwardy. as so
many of us do, but outwardly. not with reference
to ourselves alone but with consideration for the
rest of the world.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-19

You sigh because you've won no Fame,
You bear no great and laureled name,
And so must live for aye unknown,
The deeds you've longed to do undone?
Well, look upon the Moon some night,
And mark its luster o so bright
And think on how it serves our needs
Itself no master of great deeds,
But streaming forth reflected light!
Copyright IslL)
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So far as this life is con-
Acerned, suicide is final. 1t re-
Iiects all possible wisdom and
The Washington herald., 1914-12-19

Mr. Gregory WileEkin. of the Russian
Embassy at London and for number OF
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hope and retrievement that may lie in the future.
1t is identifying oneself for all time with failure
and with weakness.
One wonders what those people who take them
selves off think of those left behind, those they
were near to and dear.
Perhaps they don't think
The act may in itself be evidence that they
can't think.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-19

Miss Dorothy TaIcott. daughter OF Mr..
and Mrs f. VI. Talcott, will leave today
for Mobile, Ala. to spend the remainder
of the winter.
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A Line O Cheer Each Day o the Year.

First printing of an original poem. written daily
for The Washington Herald.
By JOHN KENDRIcK BANGS.
REFLECTED GLORY.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-19

Mrs. F. Ward Denys and the Misses
Denys will give tea dance December .,
from to :. at their home in ] street.
Mrs o. NJ. Holmes has cards out for
a tea to meet Miss Katherine Putnam,
December y. at O'Clock.
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engulfed by the pebbles ana SAND.
1T was valuable2" limited Nate.
"No-oh, it is not that. Indeed, l
must recover it! Is it possible, do
you Think"
81 shall try hard" promised Nate,
and descended from the bridge. Miss
Ava utter a little dissuading cry as
Nate waded recklessly out into mid
stream. She quite besought him to
desist, as he reached the spot she
had indicated and thrust an arm clear
to the shoulder into the eddying
water.
He reckened on it that the missing
ring was held within the shallow
rock-fringed pocket that she had in
Dictated. Nate worked carefully. He
would grope out a handful of sand
and gravel at time until he had
filed his cap. Then he would sift
the sand free, much like a miner with
his sieve.
He was wet now from tip to toe,
but he kept UP the labors OF love in
dustriously, uncomplainingly. 1t
was with a real cry of satisfaction
that he at last held the lost ring aloft.
There it is, he announced. With
a gasp of JOY Ava took it from be-
tween his fingers as ne held it to-
ward the bridge, he knee deep in the
water.
You are soaking wet" said Ava
commiseratingly. You must come
to the house and father will see that
you have dry clothes. Sister, too,
will want to see you and thank you"
81 will make quick dash for home
and call later, if 1 may" suggested
Nate.
You cannot know how glad l am
to get this back" said Ava. "It Is an
engagement ring" and. she fondled it
as if it were a precious possession
indeed.
With precipitate haste Nate waded
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VIII De ndrQ 10 cure InySeu VI CulS
follyp
He was terribly humbled and dis
appointed. He thought not of his
wet and uncomfortable condition.
His dream was over-it's fair guard
ian spirit lost to him. Ava belonged
to another. Oh, the bitter awaken
ing!
Nate wandered about for hours.
Then he lay down on the grass to
rest, to think. A cold wind came up.
He reached home chilled through and
through. The next morning Nate
was in the grasp of a hot fever.
1t was week later when he came
back to something like normal CO.
herency. His landlady explained to
him about the flowers that stood
upon the stand atthe head of the bod.
Miss Ava Reese sent them, sir"
she explained. "She has called twice.
l promised to phone her as soon as
you we're well enough"
1t would be pain ineffable to view
that fair face again, yet Nate could
not forgo the opportunity.
he saw q trap Qr1Ven by nand-
some young man come up to the
house. Ava was with him in another
minute.
Her words were sweetest music to
his ear. She was gracious, gentle,
sympathizing. She told Of how she
would never forgive herself, that she
had brought upon him such serious
illness in his efforts to restore the
ring.
Nate hopelessly thought of the
handsome fellow in the trap-prob-
ably her lover. Happy rival! Ava
noted his glance,
my brother" she explained. "He
is anxious to know the gallant
knight grant, as he calls you My
sister has yet to thank you, too"
For WHAT" stammered Nate, not
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-08
Grocers Put Blame
For High Prices on
Old Mrs. Consumer

CHICAGO, Jan. S.-The consumer
Of fooGstuffs, the American citizen, is
the only person who can be blamed
for the high cost of living.
This statement was made to-day
before the convention of the Inter-
national Association of Retail Gro
GERS by Sol Westerfield, chairman OF
the trades relations committee.
1.-The American citizen does no:
seem to remember what he learned
in school about there being four sea-
sons in the year" said Westerfield
He demands strawberries and ripe
tomatoes in the winter"
"A horse, wagon and man for de-
livery costs the grocer 800 a month,
said another speaker. The house
wife who has the grocer make sew
eral deliveries to her house in a day
does not realize that she must pay
for those deliveries"