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The Washington herald., 1915-02-09

face the unalterable fact that the Underwood tariff
bill made too deep cut in the government reve-
nues. All the difficulty comes from the Under
wood law. Before then the governments revenue
was sufficient. Now the revenue is grossly insult
hcient. And in addition the law has prostrated
many of the industries of our country by i'm
mensely fostering European competition. War in
Europe has temporarily helped us out by increas-
ing our exports. and by decreasing our imports
from one country, Germany. But the government
deficit rolls up like a SNOWFALL larger and larger
every day. When will the President grapple with
the situation manfuly and advise his party leaders
that the only thing to do is to restore some of
the tariff schedules that the Underwood bill so
l-advisedly struck from the statute book?
The Washington herald., 1915-02-09

avenue. Miss EstelIe Wheeler will speaI
on work OF the Public Health Associa,
tion." and the Diet Kitchen" in tn,
place of Miss Eliza r Scidmore. who "a
prevented by illness from speaking q,
Far Eastern Conditions" as previously
announced.
Mrs. George P. Howell entertaipa n
bridge this afternoon.
Col. and Mrs. E. F. Ladd are anonI
those entertaining at dinner at the Chew
Chase this evening
Mr.. John H. Proctor and family. OF
Boston. are at the New Willard er
route to Palm Beach, Fla.
The benefit performance of "A Cir
OF Today" at the Columbia Theater will
be given this evening under the au.
spices OF st. Johns branch of III,
Junior Auxiliary. The patronesses are
Nine. Ekengren, Mrs. Vaudeville Car.
isle. Mrs. Murray Cobb. Mrs. Walter
Bruce Howe. Mrs. Julian James. Mrs
Ralph Jenkins, Mrs. Duncan c. PhiIIipS
and Mrs. Walcott Tuckerman. The com.
mittee in charge consists Of Miss Gus.
tls' Miss Alys Downing. Miss Virginia
Mackay-Smith. Miss Gladys Mackay.
IL
Evans, and Miss Marian Leutze.
Mr.. and Mrs. Burton R. Green and
Mr.. and Mrs. Roland Bishop, prominent
residents Of Beverly, Cal. are at the
New willard for stay OF some length
Mrs. H. H. Seldomridge and Mis-,
Seldomridge will receive this afternoon
from to o'clock at the Highlands.
PIans are rapidly being perfected for
the Denef1t reception and dance at the
Raleigh on Tuesday evening, February
10. to be given by the Sons Of Confed.
crate Veterans. The floor committee in
a large one. with Charles d. Carter. OF
oklahoma. as chairman. J. Roy Price
Is chairman of the committee on ar
rangements. and Claude n. Bennett OF
the reception committee. Miss Sally
Williams and Miss Italy Carter head
the young ladies' committee.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-09
HISTORY BUILDERS.
DR.. Buffers Opinion of the French.
Written Expressly for The Washington HcraldJ
By DIR. z. j. EDWARDS.

BY DIR. z. j. EDWARDS.
One o the revelations, unexpected and
leading to wide discussion. which the
fact that France seems to have developed
a new national character There can be
no violation of the true spirit Of neutral
ity in making this statement. since ac.
knowledgement has been made Of the new
spirit OF France by the Germans, who
have frequently expressed admiration for
the manner in which the French nation
| has faced the grave crisis.
Yet there are some who are not sur
prised that this revelation should have
been made These knew that sooner or
later the new strong, healthful. earnest
and sincere French would be recognized
by the other nations Of the world.
Among those who are of this opinion
is DIR. Nicholas Murray Butler. presi-
dent of Columbia University. His judE-
ment was formed under exceptionally
favorable circumstances. He has for the
past ten years been brought into close
touch with some OF the leading minds
OF France.
To illustrate what I have just said. I
will quote a conversation which I had
with DIR. Butler shortly after his return
from France. which he visited in the
summer Of 1907.
DIR. Butler. leading American edu-
Gator. visited Paris to take part in a
gathering of French educators and states
men. He attended all of the meetings.
heard the speakers and had many person.
al conversations with the men who were
the leaders In France. at that time. He
said:
II can't tell you how greatly was
INN hy ne nd Gfxr
which were revealed by these great minds
Of France. The group was. think. on
the whole. a stronger collective body in
tellectually than could have been brought
together in England or in the United
States.
II was persuaded then that the example
and the influence of these men would
permeate the French republic. so that II
at any time a grave crisis arose il would
be discovered that France was strong in
tellectually. strong morally, and was a
compact nation, with high national ideals
and a determination to maintain them.
II at any time there should come
serious crisis involving France in war
then I am sure the world will discover
that France has been created and so
created as 10 maintain an influential and
prominent position among the nations Of
the world
In the course Of that conversation DIR.
Butler spoke to me of impressions which
he had received in England. There had
been, a few days before my conversation
with President Butler. a general election
in Great Britain. DR.. Butler said, hav-
ing, undoubtedly. his experience OF
France in his mind: "At bottom. the Eng
lish are very conservative. They don't
make governmental revolutions, as the
French do. They never would have writ
ten a bill OF rights or a constitution.
They did write Magma Charta, but it was
with specific hard facts in mind"
Copyright 1915. by the Mcclure Newspaper syndi-
cate.D
Tomorrow DIR. Edwards will tell OF AN
Actor Who Was Always Himself"
The Washington herald., 1915-02-09

In England the municipal authorities do not
hesitate to impose penalties for violation OF the
automobile speed laws upon military officers and
chauTcurs. Among many recent cases was that of
a signal corps officer, Lieut.. Godfrey Wigges-
worth. arrested because a stop-watch showed he
was driving at a rate o. forty-six miles hour
over a suburban Highway The police produced
evidence showing sixteen previous convictions for
last driving. The magistrate sharply ccnsurcd
tho military authorities for allowing the lieutenant
an automobile but let him off with fine OF SIS.
No doubt a stolid British magistrate, with his
Unborn reverence for the law, would sentence any
modern Paul Revere, spreading the alarm at the
approach OF flock Of Zcppclins to a term in
prison.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-09

All the religious and many of the philosophists
have advocated the resignation of self. They re-
gard it as the beginning and the end Of wisdom,
the opening to the infinite of the pores of being.
In the language of philosophy, it is sometimes re-
fered to escape to the larger self. Now
there is none of the assertion and the apprehen-
sion and the fatuity and the disappointment that
result from yielding to the petty self On the con-
trary there is absolute Inconsistencies, there is
ease and, best of all, there is harmony within
that expresses itself in harmonious relations with
the world outside.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-09

being a dead weight to carry,
it is continually getting in our
way and crippling us and
throwing into confusion and
into personal complications.
Without it we should be free.
For the first time in our lives
we should be able to work
spontaneously, joyously, not
for the sake OF that vain little
presence, but for the work IL
self. We should actually live
all the time.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-09
DELAY LIKELY IN THAW TRIAL.
Conspiracy Charge May Not Be
Heard Until March.

New York, Feb. SIT now seems likely
that Harry Thaw's trial on a charge OF
conspiring to escape from Matteawan
will not begin until some time I'm March.
Notice was served on Thaw's attorneys
today that the State would move before
Justice Weeks tomorrow for the selection
of a panel Of talesmen for jurors, the
trial having been set originally for Feb
ruary 3. Justice Weeks has so many
enga gements he may have to postpone
the case, in which event it will come be-
fore Justice Davis. who will sit in March
in the criminal branch of the Supreme
Court
The Washington herald., 1915-02-09
WOMEN RoUT MEN WORKERS.
Attack Fifty on Way to Plant
where Strike Is On.

Roosevelt. n. J. Feb S-Another riot
broke out in this strike-swept section to-
day when fifty angry women charged a
number of workers who were returning
to their jobs at the fertilizer works. The
men returning to work were not strikers.
but had been laid OF because Of the shut
ting down Of the plant
Today when they started for the works
the women tried to turn them back.
Many blows were struck, and one man
was knocked down and trampled upon.
Some of the men swept by the women,
but most OF them retreated
The Washington herald., 1915-02-09
All on the "Jason" Not Lovely
Edtorial in Truth london, England January Is.

Editorial in Truth London, England, 13. 1915.
Paper giving Jason
of the British of her issued week.
discreet its reference the gifts themselves at to be
regretted that possible for the recipients of these
gifts return thanks Individually to the donors This delightfully."-
Stafford and Sutton children thought Of their gifts The Manchester
Of the distribution Stafford The dsappon
described very disgust of
the their sympathy The Sutton
had similar relate The Jason gifts
which touched
had found their destination the dustbn
both voluntary subscribers the and
vided a satisfactory substitute for the American Santa Claus
The Washington herald., 1915-02-09

Let us watch ourselves in the course Of the day
and see how the self keeps interfering 1t has the
most ingenious ways of breaking in, through its
assertions OF vanity and conceit and egotism.
These qualities to be its weapons. They really
are the self. If we were to rid ourselves of ego
tism and conceit and vanity the self would perish.
When we think OF the self in its real nature we
see how ridiculous it is and yet how pitiful. But
we make no new discovery. We have always
known through clear vision of the self in this
friend or that acquaintance. Wherever we see self
making assertions recognize its weakness. The
trouble is that we forget that self is
exactly the same For the self is the same the
world over. Any difference that may be noted is
only apparent. With one the self is more careful
than with another under control OF qualities that
instinctively realize the menace in its nature
Those whose self is conspicuous we call selfish
And those whose self is inconspicuous call self
abnegating or unselfsh or humble. No matter
which of the two classes may belong to, the
self within is always lurking, waiting for the
chance to secure release and to take control and
to exploit what it believes to be its superiority
and what is always nothing but pretense and
weakness.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-09
Will Help Straphanger.

W. J. Brewer yesterday requested an
appointment with the Public Utilities
Commission in order that he may tell
them about the latest idea in trans
portation. Mr.. Brewer did not say what
the idea was, but he said that he would
furnish more for cents than q street
railway company does for cents; and
that he will transfer passengers until
they reach their destinations.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-09
NEW BOATS FOR U. s. NAVY.
Submarines in Full COmmissIOn and
Collier Launched.

The Navy Department announced
yesterday that the submarines G-1 and
G-2 have been completed and placed in
full commission at the New York Navy
Yard. These vessels. in company with
the Ga will maneuver in the vicinity
of New York until next month. when
they will proceed to Annapolis and
make that port their base for further
exercises
The department has been advised of
the successful launching Saturday. at
Sparrows Point. Md, of the collier
Achilles, being constructed by the
Maryland Steel Company for service to
Panama. The vessel was designed by,
and is being built under the supervi-
sion of, the Navy Department. so that
II may be available for service as a
naval collier in case OF necessity.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-09

\, A >o-rallcd mass meeting OF the American
Neutrality League in Chicago on Sunday Sccre-
tary Bryan was denounced, speaker who at
tempted to defend him was hisscd and the Rev.
Icnkin Lloyd Jones, who had been chosen to pre-
side AT tho meeting withdrew because American
Tags were outnumbcrcd by those OF Germany, the
only others on display. This typical neutrality
meeting formally approved the principles of ncu-
lraty" adopted by similar gathering in WASH
ington week or so ago. The Herald this morn
ing publishes elsewhere portion OF speech de-
Iiycrcd in the House OF Representatives on Feb
ruary : by Hon. Dan V. Stephens. of Nebraska,
whose blood add kin now fighting for Ger
many's cause" Future neutrality meetings would
do we'll to adopt the princpes OF neutrality" laid
down by this statesman from Nebraska.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-09
New York. Enrolled Su6rasist,.

that there are I5I,668 enrolled sufragists" in
New York City. There are about 5,5ooooo Peo-
pie in the city altogether, rather more than less.
OF discretion is at least 100000, probably more.
1t therefore appears that the number OF women
banded for the vote is about 3 out OF 90 The
figures arc impressive.--New York World.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-09
WHEN FRIENDS PASS ON.

When friends pass on l mourn their loss,
Then cometh Faith to ease my care
TIL when the River / shall cross
I'll find them waiting for me there
And passing holds no fears for me,
Since when l reach that farther shore
Twill but a grand reunion be
With those I've loved in days of yore.
Copyright I0l5l
The Washington herald., 1915-02-09

Further justification OF the complaint that
uomcn's work is responsible for cutting prices in
the field Of masculine endeavor from Pike
County, Ky where a large number of indictments
ior bribery in an election have been found The
testimony showed that the gave bargain
rates, charging less for their votes than the
The Washington herald., 1915-02-09
4 PrecautiOn,

What are you cutting out OF the pa
per?"
IAN item about 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."-Everybody s
Maraz zine
The Washington herald., 1915-02-09

And man learned in the law says that
no matter if we do buy those informed German
ships the German government would still retain
the right to seize thcm which it has possessed
ever since they were built Having already been
notified that Germany may sink then ii We pun
them in commission, there is longer ny
ouse for our hestating to take advan,a-, OF 30
attractive a bargain.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-09

1t hardly necessary for President Wilson
to deny the stories that Col [. w. House went
abroad to carry on negotiations for peace in be-
hall OF this government. The problem OF our
own neutrality is keeping the administration busy
ust now.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-09
Plaza Owners Paid $34, ,97s.

The Plaza Commission yesterday paid
checks aggregating S34,97S to four prop
erty owners in square N, lying in the
tract being acquired by the government
for park purposes, bringing the total
amount paid thus far up to S4i,SSl
The Washington herald., 1915-02-09
UnreEcnernte.

"Ef yo' had your choice. Liza. which
would yO' rather do-live. or die an go
to heaven"
"Ah'd rather live"
why. Liza White. yo' scan'Ious chile!
Sunday school hain't done yo' no good
'talI"'-Life,
The Washington herald., 1915-02-09
To a boston barber.

Barber-Hair pretty thin. sir. Been
that way long?
Man in Chair-LonG? I was born that
way. 1t is true that subsequently I en-
joyed a period of hirsute efIiOresCence.
but it did not endure-Boston Tran
script.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-09
That TrnnscontinentaI Line.

Mister. will YOU give me some
change. I'm stranded here, and I want
to call up my home"
Certainly. my good man. Where do
you livc?''
San Francisco" AmerI-
can
The Washington herald., 1915-02-09

Soon after Ebert H. Gary, of the United
States Steel Corporation was chosen chairman of
a committee to deal with the problem of nom
employment in New York the agitators notably
Amos Pinchot began to assail him as the wrong
man for the task because OF his association with
a great business corporation Here some of
the things which Judge Gary's committee has
already accomplished or is now accomplishing:
Raised a fund Of $I25Ooo to create emergency
workshops; opened emergency workshops to en-
ploy 1900 women; shops now employing 500 men
will increase their forces TO 1878; organized
bundle day." 100000 bundles being received; more
liberal loans to stimulate the building trade; a
full force on half time, rather than half force
full time, preference to married men; employ
mcnt found for 500 by the police; public employ
ment bureaus established in Manhattan and
Brooklyn; good neighbor movements inaugurated
to seek out needy folk and give relief; Hotel de
Gink organized and made self-supporting; a ma
tonal labor exchange devised and colonies
planned. incidentally Judge Gary and his COM
mittec have devised splendid program for other
communities to adopt and put effective senccr
on their critics. Judge Gary, was nationally to
be expected, has achieved rpther success in "big
business"
The Washington herald., 1915-02-09
A Hard Case.

II just saw a fellow with a mighty
hard case to handle"
"A lawyer?"
The Washington herald., 1915-02-09
MoNGOLS REVOLT AGAINST CzAR
Take Field to Oyerturn Russian
Domination of Government.

Petrograd, Feb. S.-Russia has another
war on her hands. A revolt against the
domination of the MOngolian government
by Russia has broken out
Five hundred Russian soldiers were dis
patched today from Mukden. Manchuria,
TO take the field against 1000 Mongollan
insurgents concentrated near Tsinting
and TITAN.
CWhen Mongolia seeded from China at
the time of the formation OF the Chinese
republic, Russia guaranteed the integrity
of the new Mongolian government.)
The Washington herald., 1915-02-09

Iowa has supplanted Texas the banner crop
State OF the country, with products in 1914 valued
at 1851 100000 against Texas S228,335ooo. Surely
Texas has enough statesmen in Washington to
turn the tables this year.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-09
Morning Smiles.
Wagnerian Triumph.

Madge-Why do you prefer Wagner?
Marjorie-Because he cOmpOses about
the only kind OF music one can hear
above the conversation.-Judge
The Washington herald., 1915-02-09

Turkey has apologized and saluted Italy's flag.
But Huerta daren't come over here to do his
Chuckling.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-09

A man who unnentonally walked off with a
fountain pen belonging to another is now accused
OF forgery. Another case, perhaps, in which the
force of suggestion worked to disaster
The Washington herald., 1915-02-09
The Self.
By JOHN ID. BARRY.

THE self is great nuisance. If we could only
get rid of it VIC should be relieved of heavy
burden, indeed, Of nearly all our cares. Besides
The Washington herald., 1915-02-09

l recently heard of a rich man OF New York,
one of the great millionares, who expressed to a
friend concern about the future of his young
He wanted the boy to succeed in the property and
to make it means of leading happy life He
knew that so much money could be, not bless
ing, but curse. He was determined to do every
thing he could to keep it from being a curse and
to make it a blessing. So he proposed to give
the boy the kind of training that should make him
see the Importance of being useful in the world,
that should develop high ambitions. But in his
plans that mlionaires forgot to consider the self
at all and the Importance of teaching the boy to
get rid of the self His plans inevitably tended to
make the self feel more and more important, more
and more powerful and more and more exacting,
to take the boy further and further from that
derful source of peace and of wisdom, humility.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-09

Here is one Of the great tragedies that result
from superfuity in life. 1t need not be super
fluffy of money. 1t may be superhuity Of op-
portunitv or OF ability OF good looks, pro-
viding food for the self, for vanity and conceit
and egotism. The remark made in regard to a
distinguished American statesman provides illu-
stration: THE impact of his personality was like
blow in the face" The self, when it secures
control, always makes startling impact 1t dis
turbs harmony. But its force is illusion, real
only in the sense that it is to make disturb
ing reaction. The strongest self is the weakest
self The less of self that people have the greater
they arc and the greater their power. The COM
plete loss Of self would mean the realization OF
complete being.
The self is so petty that the marvel is it docs
not shrink out OF sight altogether The more it
asserts and claims the pcttcr it shows itself to be-
and the moro ptiablc it becomes. There is not
one of us that likes it in another when we recog-
nizc it for what it is But each Of likes the self
in himself. And yet il we could gather together
the selves of all the people in the world we should
find that the features virtually the same, eN-
pressing the same futty the same weakness, the
same essential unrcality. There are those, on the
other hand, who go so far as to say that the self
has not and never has had actual existence that
it is a deluson. They call it by various names,I
fairly stripping it of attributes. By this method
some of them apparently succeed mescaping from
the SELF The change in them is remarkable. They
grow finer and stronger and greater. They show
us that they have reached some mysterious source
of power.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-09

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.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-09

Mr.. and Mrs. Burton R. Green and
Mr.. and Mrs. Roland Bishop. prominent
residents Of Beverly. Cal. are at tn,
New Willard for a stay OF some length
The Washington herald., 1915-02-09

Mrs. H. H. Seldomridge and Mis-,
Seldomridge will receive this afternoon
from 4 to o'clock at the HiqbIanJs
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-09-24
TEACHING ENGLISH.

One of the first essentials, it is held,
in making good citizens of those who
come to this country from foreign
lands is get them acquainted with the
English language. And if this is so it
is rather discouraging to be informed
by the federal bureau of education
that there are more than 100000 for
eign-born adults in just eight of the
principal cities of the United States
who are unable to speak English. New
York city alone has some 422,00O of
these foreign-born citizens who cling
to their native tongue and teach it to
their children.
DR.. H. H. Wheaton, author of the
bureaus report, urges the necessity
of teaching adult immigrants to speak
English, asserting that their inability
to speak our language is the most SER
ious barrier to intercourse between
Americans and foreigners. Statistics
have been cited to show that a large
share of the accidents in industrial
plants is due to the fact that foreign
ers have not understood the orders of
their foremen. A federal statute re-
luiring knowledge of English as a
of employment in all indus
tries engaged in interstate trade
would reduce accidents and American
Ize the foreigners.
American schools and civic orgaui-
cations have made perhaps all the
provisions necessary for teaching the
children of foreigners, but there is
arge field for profitable effort in Civ
ng the adult foreigner a working
of the English language.