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The Washington times., 1914-05-29
LO, THE COOL INDIAN |!

One definition of civilization is a
stage of progress in which man talks
about the weather.
Your savage, who might be pre-
sumed to have decided views on the
subject, since heat and cold and
storm lay their ungentle hands
directly upon him, doesn't talk about
it. When it is cold it is cold, and
that's the end of it. He makes the
best of it and puts on all the cloth
ing he owns. When it's hot it's hot,
and that's all there is to that, and
ne throws off all the garments he
can. But in either event he doesn't
bcwail it.
The further we get from primitive
living and from actual contact with
the weather the more we yawp about
it. The farmer, although discussing
it continually, seldom complains.
When it SHOWS he waits until it stops
and then hooks up the horses and
breaks the roads. When it rains he
tucks his trousers into his boot-tops
ard splashes through the mud.
When it is hot he mops his brow,
takes a long drink at the well and
goes on about his business.
1t is in the city that the weather
is made a bugbear-in the city,
where people feel aggrieved if the
snow isn't caught as it comes down
and carted off; where every severe
storm is supernatural insult; where
hot weather is dreaded as the pesti-
lence.
In the summer, for instance, there
undoubtedly is suffering here-but
it isn't the sufferers that make the
big fussi Go down where the veneer
of civilization is not so thick, and
you will find all hands making the
best of things and being surprising
ly cheerful over it.
1t is from the well-to-do, who have
roof gardens and electric fans and
all out-of-doors at their disposal that
the high C notes of complaint come.
After all, it is simple matter to
keep cool-or, at least, not to initiate
a fiery furnace, whether in the city
or the country, whether keSt at work
or free to play. Our bodies let US
know the sort of food they need in
warm weather. We crave fruits and
vegetables, but eat large quantities
Of meat-only through force of
habit. We dream Of cooling draughts
of spring water, but don't take
enough. Our instincts tell US to dis
The Washington times., 1914-05-29
BATTLESHIP BARGAINS.

The proposal 70 sell two semi-ob-
solete battleships to foreign gov
eminent, supposed to be that Of
Greece, suggests anew how CONNER
cial is the business Of maintaining
national military and naval force.
The country that has the money can
have a navy, and the country that
hasn't the money can't. On the eve
of our war with Spain this country
bought some ships from Brazil, and
the transaction, handled by young
American diplomat, won for him his
first spurs.
Today Greece is menaced by the
fact that Turkey has a stronger
naval force than the Aegean king
dom, and it is become necessary, as
safeguard against war, for the
Athens government to reinforce
their fleet. During the Balkan strug-
gle Greece's naval force was of very
great Importance as a factor, and
the Hellenic people find themselves
in a position not unlike that of Great
Britain; they simply must maintain
q naval strength that will render
them secure against attack at that
point.
The two battleships which it is
proposed to sell would serve Greece's
purpose perfectly, while the money
for which they would be sold would
build one new and strictly modern
vessel. 1t is not apparent that there
is any objection to the transaction.
Rather, in view of the rapid obso-
lescence of present-day battleships,
it seems altogether wise to make
such sales when they are possible
without putting advantage into the
hands Of countries with which we
might find ourselves at war.
The Washington times., 1914-05-29
THE "COMMISSION PLAN"

The people who, after a study Of
American municipal government, de-
vised the Des Moines plan of govern
ment through a commission, builded
wiser than they realized. Now the
administrative part of their scheme
is by way of being adopted for the
ad interim government of Mexico.
1t is proposed at the Niagara Falls
mediation gathering that a commits
sion of five men be named, one of
whom shall be provisional president,
to control the country. But the presi-
dent shall have no powers superior
to any other of the commissioners;
each has the same vote as every
other commissioner in determining
all questions of policy.
If Huerta shall agree to this ar
rangement and step out in favor of
the new administration; and if Car
rama and Villa shall indicate their
assent as well, it will be long step
toward solution, for the time being
at least, of Mexico's problem. Ger
tainly there is every reason to hope
that something of the kind may hap
pen, for our own Government goes
steadily ahead losing the tricks in
its diplomatic game with Victoriano
Huerta.
But what is the chance for all the
elements to reach agreement?
Agreement would have to include not
only the general plan, but also the
personnel of the commission. 1t re-
auires some optimism to hope that
the ccnstitutionalists, now fairly in
sight of sweeping victory, will yield.
A show of effective force by this
country would have had excellent ef-
feet on them. But the Intellectual
demonstration at Vera Cruz, WHOSE
outcome has been worse than nulli-
fed by the recent incident of the
Ypiranga at Puerto Mexico, is cal
culated to disgust the Carranzistas
and to embolden Huerta. Neither
size can have been much impressed
with the capacity of this Govern
ment, in view of the succession of
mistakes that has marked the effort
to display firm purpose and seq
,,a,f of rao1 hocLhopa
The Washington times., 1914-05-29
OUR FOREIGN TRADE.

The foreign trade convention in
Washington this week has been
marked by some reflections on the
failure of American business men
to do their share in extending trade
abroad. At some points these criti-
cisms are justified; at others they
Indicate a lack of understanding of
the facts.
American manufacturers have had
to keep up with the American
markets demands; and no market
ever expanded as has this one. They
had to begin the race at time when
capital was scarce and expensive.
They have had to keep up the race
during a period of several decades
when capital has always been more
costly here than in other great man
ufacturing countries. And they have
achieved wonderful results.
This much for American enter
prise in conquering and holding most
of the American market. In the for
eign field, Americans have accom-
plished more than is commonly cred
tied to them. In South America,
Central America. and Mexico, for
example, Americans have provided
most of the leadership and initiative
in opening those countries to the
commerce of the outside world and
developing their buying capabilities.
We are wont to overlook this very
significant fact; but people who
know the minor Americas know that
this is the fact. The beginnings in
these developments were made in
some cases many years ago. Yet the
invasion Of Argentina by the Ameri-
can meat interest is of very modern
date, and it has put Argentina on
the worlds meat map.
A great deal more can yet be ac-
complished in this direction; but it
is unfair to allege that Americans
have not held up their end. Such
institutions as the Standard Oil, the
American Tobacco, and the Inter
national Harvester Company have
carried our trade far beyond the
regions that know our flag.
Moreover, American manufactur-
crs have generally a good reputa-
ton for quality of goods produced.
That is more than can always be
said for the Germans. American and
British goods stand the test of use,
on the whole, much better than do
the wares of the Germans. The
American articles are fast gaining
recognition for this reason.
The foreign trade convention is a
gathering of practical men, trying TO
promote very practical s'st AN iFa-
mensely useful prograa- h doasrvss
to arouse a new and keen interest,
especially among public men who
must lay down the governmental
policies on which success in the for
eign field necessarily must largely
depend.
The Washington times., 1914-05-29

In many parts of the United states
there seems TO be new life IN the CO.
operative enterprises that serve 10 re-
duce the cost of necessities. This, no
doubt is due to the experiences OF thir-
ty wears in England of the Cooperative
Wholesale Society recently depicted IN
tables and graphics.
For It's members living costs have
gone down. A dollar of wages buys
more now than thirty years ago. That
il contrary to the general buying power
OF a dollar in this country or Europe,
which Is about half OF what It was
thirty wears ago where cooperation is
not operative.
While the food cost OF the average
weekly family order of 21i3 pounds, in
cluding bacon, butter. lard. cheese
-four, oatmeal, sugar. and tea, on the
books of the &C. w. s" was s1.S0 in the
year 1882, wholesale, it had decreased
to sl.4S in 1872. also figured at cost
Whatever the ratio may be elsewhere
in comparing increased cost OF living
with workers wages, cooperation mas
reversed the order within its own
bounds, a dollar OF wages buys more
The members OF the Wholesale Co
operative Society are owners or an
enormous plant which has steadily in
creased for fifty years. The sales Tor
the first year amounted to S59,2SS, with
a net profit OF Sl,3SS. In twenty-five
wears the sales had swelled to $35, HATED.
with net profits cf S5O9, go. while in the
year 1912 the sales had risen to mag
nittcent total OF Slis,360Tf0. with net
profit for the year OF ss,0S5. .0S5.
The plants include a tea plantation In
Ceylon. a dairy and butter plant In
Denmark: mills and, warehouses, and
retail shops throughout England.
Necessity concelYed tho co-operatiYe
The Washington times., 1914-05-29
Missionary Condemns
State Department Head

You are Handicapped by a bunch :
weaklings who are a disgrace to II
country they pretend to serve. Thar
God. the next election will place the
where sthey can no longer make o'
naticn a joke"
This is the criticism OF the State p
parrment administered by Frank
Shirley, of Lakeside, Ohio, in a fNN
to CONGRESSMAN Sherwood. Mr.. ShirA
attacked the department for failure
bring about the release of Miss ON
wygle. who is incarcerated in an =
sane asylum at Buenos Aires. He hi
sought to get the department TO {
something but could not and as a r
suit will go to Argentina and try
effect her release. 1t is alleged she
held because certain plotters desire h
property.
MIR. Shirley is a Methodist missionar
In making his letter public, Gener
Sherwood. though a Democrat, said Il
criticism against the State Departms
was justified.
The Washington times., 1914-05-29
ANOTHER SEA TRAGEDY

With a loss of life that may yet
prove to be as great as that involved
in the Titanic's sinking, another sea
horror has startled the world. The
Canadian Pacific steamship Empress
of Ireland, eastward bound, sank in
the Gulf of St. Lawrence following a
collision with the collier Storstad.
The first news that the world at
large had was the announcement Of
the laundering. The wireless of the
great passenger vessel continued in
operation just long enough to make
clear to the nearest receiving point
that she was in extremis; then it
ceased, and in a very short time the
worst fears were more than con-
tirmed.
This newest of the ocean tragedies
is in some ways much like that Of
the Titanic, in that the fated vessel
went down in still water, and the
survivors who got away in boats
were, seemingly. all picked up. 1t
was a question of getting them into
boats, and of having the boats to put
them in, and the organization of the
ships company to get them there.
We shall presently know to what ex-
tent the lifeboat and raft service Of
the Empress was sufficient to meet
these demands.
Once more comes reminder that
very little has been accomplished,
since the Titanic's loss, toward max
ing sea travel as safe as it ought to
be. The legislation, once passed and
vetoed, which looked to prevention of
just such fearful catastrophes as this
of the Empress of Ireland, still
hangs fire in Congress, and the con-
trov 1rsy between conflicting inter-
ests prevents its passage. Had the
accident of this morning taken place
in the case of a vessel leaving an
American instead of a Canadian
port, and therefore subject to Ameri-
can laws, there would be a tre-
mendous accounting for somebody in
high place to meet.
The Washington times., 1914-05-29
SEEING BY WIRE.

Il was Jules Verne, if recollection
does not mislead, who described in
one of his works of overwrought
imagination device by which people
talking over the telephone were en-
abled also to look each other in the
face as they conversed. Of course, it
was quite as impossible as Verne's
visions of air travel and submarine
voyaging and about everything else
ne described; that is, it was prophecy
instead of pure invention. Nowadays
the world moves along so fast that
the widest stretches of one genera
tion's imagination are the accom-
plishments of the next. Even Jules
Verne didn't think of the possibilities
of moving pictures and wireless
telegraphy.
Now comes a London savant with
the announcement that he has per-
fected the "seeing by wire" inven-
ton. He has given a demonstration
of it before an audience, and the
thing is alleged to have worked over
distances up to four miles. He an
ticipates that in time this new cleo
trical scheme will be harnessed to
the wireless, and people on shipboard
will be able to see the doings on
land, hundreds of miles away!
Ths same day that brings from
The Washington times., 1914-05-29

- OCIETY are expected to flock out
to the American League baseball
L park this afternoon at $3.50 o'clock
for the annual ball game be-
tween the members of the Metropolitan
ard Chevy Chase Clubs. given for the
benefit of the free wards of Providence
Hospital.
Mrs. James F. Barbour has in charge
the sale of the boxes. which have been
taken by Mrs Edward B. White. Mrs.
Stephen B. ElSins. Mrs. Charles Boueh-
ton Wood, John r. Mclean, Mrs. Ed
ward Beale Mclean. Mrs. James F.
Mitchell. Mrs. John NJ. Johnson. Mrs.
Summerlin. Mrs. Gibson, Mrs. Paul
Pcarsall. Mrs. Miltenberger. Mrs. c. c.
Glover. Mrs. Woodbury. Blair. the
Misses Riggs. the Misses Patten. MIS-.
Stoddard. Mrs. Ord Preston. Mrs. Frank
Hogan. Mrs. Emile Montgomery. Mrs.
Cpshur Moorhead. Mrs. Vandergrift,
Mrs. Breckenridge Bayne. Mrs. Newton
Gulick, Mrs. Louis Lehr. Mrs. John Sid
ney Webb, and Mrs: Peter Goeiet Gerry.
-
Mr.. and Mrs. Larz Anderson, who
closed their residence in Washington
this week. are now in New York en-
route to their place at Brookline. Mass,
of the summer.
F.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. T. Jenkins have sent
out cards announcing the marriage of
their daughter, Harriet Boiling, to Ed
ward Allen Garlock, on Thursday, May
Z, at Nashville, Tenn.
At-home cards were enclosed for af-
ter June at the Roydon. this city.
Mrs. Garlock spent the greater part
Of the winter in Washington visiting
her aunt, Mrs. P. p. Claxton.
Mrs. Robert William Lesher has sent
out cards announcing the marriage OF
her daughter. Belle Evelyn. to William
Nicholas Richardson. jr., ensign, U. 8.
N, on Tuesday. May II. at Richmond,
Va.
Mrs. Henry B. Gilpin and her daugh-
ter, Mrs. l. N. Allen. have arrived at
the shoreham for a few days. from
their home in Virginia.
Mr.. and Mrs Melville Ingalls, and Miss
Ingalls, have closed their house and
gone to their place at Hot Springs for
the summer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Beatty have gone to
where they will join large
house party for the next ten days. Mrs.
Beatty will have as her guests Miss
Dorothy Frick. of Baltimore. and Miss
Janet Cowan.
The Counselor of the Austro- Hungar-
ian Embassy and Baroness Zwiedinek
will close their Washington home today
and will go to Manchester, Mass. where
they will take a cottage for the sum-
mer.
Mr.. and Mrs. David and Miss David
who were guests at the White House
Wednesday night. returned to New
York yesterday.
1t is announced that Mrs. Wilson has
donated a prize for the bridge party
next Wednesday at Rauscher's in aid
of the Ponce tuberculosis Hospital.
4 spirit OF friendly rivalry exists be-
tween the women who are selling tickets
The Washington times., 1914-05-29
I ruths By Women Who
Women's Service
NllOW Given Secondarily
In the Field of Art

Woman has always done her part brilliant achievements
her glory usuay only through mans Her services
been paluabe always, but only indirectly
Womans work in field has been minor part
she handicapped many Mrs Mdrie4s Mnnsgsrods
drews weuown celebrated portrait painter
of noe gpes thoughts
The Washington times., 1914-05-29

card all superfuous clothing; but we
leave it on. And we think heat all
the time!
Our bodies will adjust themselves
to warm weather if our minds will
do their share. The best rule for
keeping cool is to forget that it is
hot.
The Washington times., 1914-05-29
The. Ways of Thrift
HOW LIVING COSTS ARE CUT.

plan; thrift built II UP and made II
and spread. Prosperity has been tn
result all over Europe, even up TO Ice
land. for the participants.
These facts have impelled the Amer
lean Society for Thrift TO investisat
cooperation as a thrift movement,
means TO raise the standard OF ind
vidual thrift and check the prodigs
spirit of Americans. President Simo
W. Straus of that society. a banker
Chicago, is in Europe studying co-opt
ration. Is il adaptable to the Unite
states as a thrift method? His repoi
will be important.
Copyrighted 1914. American Society for Thrift
The Washington times., 1914-05-29
JUST A MIOMIIENT
DAILY STRENGTH AND CHEER.
Compiled by John G. Quinius, the
Sunshine Man.

Is any among you suffering? Let
him pray.-James 5:13-
And II we will our Guide obey,
The dreariest path. the darkest way
Shall issue out in heavenly day.
Dean Trench.
When a man asks me why I believe
in miracles, I answer. Because have
seen them" He asks. "When?" I
reply, Yesterday" "where?" I'm
such and such a place I saw a man who
had been a drunkard redeemed by the
power of an unseen Christ. and saved
from sin. This was a miracle The
best argument for Christianity Is a
Christian That is a fact which men
cannot get over. There are fifty other
arguments for miracles, but none so
good as that you have seen them. Per-
haps you are one yourself. Show a man
a miracle with his own eyes. and II he
Is not too hardened he will believe
Henry Drummond.
We often excuse our own want of
philanthropy by giving the name of
fanaticism TO the more ardent zeal of
others.-H. w. Longfellow.
Christ has lived. and He asks living
followers. He has died a sacrifice, and
He asks the spirit of self-sacrifice in
you.-F. d. Huntington.
Thout are seeking thy light in the
dispersion Of the cloud, and all the
time thy light is in the cloud. Thou
art like the old patriarch OF Uz. Thou
art asking God for an explanation OF
thy darkness, and thou are expecting
an answer from all quarters but one
the darkness itself. Yet II is there,
and nowhere else. that the secret lies.
Thy cloud Is thy fire-chariot. and thy
trial Is thy triumph. The best gift oil
Divine love to thee has been thy pain.
Thou hast been self-deceived. oh, my
soul! Thou hast been down in the
valley OF the shadow. Thou hast been
cried TO the heavens, when He was
at the very door. He was speaking in
the voices that seemed to deny His
presence: He was manifested in the
shades that seemed to veil His form.
He came to thee In the night that His
glory might be concealed. He came
to thee unaccompanied and unadorned
that He Nigh know whether He were
loved for Himself alone. The night
under which thou has murmured. has
been hiding in its fold a wondrous
treasure-the very presence of the
King of Kings: wherefore didst thou
not see the bright light in the clouds?
George Matthewson. D. d.
Nv soul, wait thou only upon God;
for my expectation is from Him.-Psalm
kills.
The Washington times., 1914-05-29
MRS. MARIETTA M. ANDREWS.

painters, but for every one who
has arrived, thousands have tried
and fallen, professionally, by the
wayside.
From the delicate task Of apprais-
the work Of my own sex and my
own profession, I turn gratefully
to the great distinguished majority,
companions. There is no act Of
legislature compelling US to paint
well and We smear joyfuiiy away
as well as we can!
doubt IL conspicuous painters get
as much real Joy out of their sue
cesses as we mediocre people do OUT
of our attempts! Those who do
what a lovely, what a vital, thing
the study Of art is, even TO the
most mediocre talent. We grow
gray, wrinkled. roly-poly, still trudg-
ing every morning to some studio,
still sitting half the day under
of a bag, still dreaming dreams
most alluring and most innocent
Why Worth While.
We waken In the morning with the
conviction that today is the day OF
; the miracle Today, those elusive
values will be found. today our very
best will be accomplished. And, lest
you think this time Is lost. practical
reader, I will tell you why IL Is
tremendously worth while. II feeds
q sense Of beauty-it satisaes. In
way the great creative instinct, often
starved and balked In other oirec-
lions. 1t sharpens the observation,
makes one terribly alive, quickens
all the human sympatnies, and thefe
IN, ty n which the
outer world knows nothing. II has 4
distinct ethical value and one some
times earns ones bread.
Through our eyes We nave a snare
in all which we can never possess.
Ours Is the pleasure, yours the cost
and the care The bnc-a-brac OF the
wealthy collector Is feast for cs
So are the bits of the faded pink
ard-blue aprons, drying on the
clothesline in a back alley. We md
pleasure in things you never see. IN
the anatomy of q leaf, in the curves
OF a baby's knee, In the character
fstic burrows of a face grown old.
in the abandonment from which me
forsythia sprays announce the
spring. in the rhythmic movement OF
a scythe, in the reflected lights when
narrow streets are wet at night. IN
the happy accident OF purple par
asol in a patch OF sunlight. IN tae
gardens of the rich. and the back
yards of the poor.
Everything good in US Is strength
ened by the study of art II taxes
us into the open, It allows time Tor
meditation. it keeps before Us the
thought Of supreme power HOW the
great composer constructs land
scape. putting the skyline where II
should be. introducing winding
stream to break the monotony, plac-
ing a spirelike cedar Iust .whers
perpendicular line Is needed And
how warm tones are adjusted 10
cold tones, how nsht and shadow
play in and about each other. You
may make a bonfire of our failures,
after we are dead. but give US leave
to dabble while We live.
The Washington times., 1914-05-29
At the Salon.

exposition?"
One dollar"
Then for me il will be only ~
cents: hsve only one eye."-Llllus-
traucn.
The Washington times., 1914-05-29
The Silver
Lining
Edited by ARTHUR BAER.

The most conservative man we know
has Just taken of his wool 'uns, while
the most radical gentleman we are hep
to has just sent In check to Clark
Griffith for seat at the next world
series.
The Washington times., 1914-05-29

Santa Ana's leg. captured at Cerro
Gordo. in 1s47. is in Illinois. Which is
no journey at all compared to the one
Huerta's will take as soon as he can
make a flying start.
The Washington times., 1914-05-29

Picture Of Gen. Pablo Gonzales wear
ing sun glasses. indicates that he has
more trouble in the field than Howard
Shanks.
The Washington times., 1914-05-29

Seems that while we are in favor of
opposed to arms across the same place.
What does Greece want with two bat
tleships? Must be some uncharted
rivers In the Balkans. Page the colonel.
The Washington times., 1914-05-29

We didn't seize that ship because It
was German. Or Hungarian. Hotten-
tot, or Persian. Those rifles and ma
chine guns will shoot in any language.
The Washington times., 1914-05-29

lightning owes her life to the fact that
she was wearing rubbers. which still
fails to decrease the average mans
horror of the pesky things.
The Washington times., 1914-05-29

Out Of courtesy to the English barber
whose picture was hung in the Royal
Academy, militant suffragcttes will
doubtless exchange their hatchets for
razors when operating on It.
The Washington times., 1914-05-29

Matchmaker on G street has device
showing the difference in time between
here and Mexico City. 1t is only about
an hour and a half. although the differ-
ence between the two countries is really
several centuries
The Washington times., 1914-05-29

Democrats and
Republicans agree
on one thing.
Huerta and tn
fly must 60"