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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-11-07

In a few weeks Congress will meet 70
determine under the guidance of the
President what shall be done to meet
the desires of a majority Of our citizens
in the matter OF providing adequate
means for the public defense" says the
Army and Navy JoYnal.
There will be little arguments as TO
the right OF a nation TO demand at the
hands of its executives wise and suftici-
ent preparation against war. There VIII
be even less doubt in the public mind as
20 the honest intention Of our political
leaders to heed the public voice now
that il is laundering this positive de-
rnand throughout the country. In
doubtedly the bills which are to be pre-
scented 10 Congress will be framed in
the best Of good faith and will be quite
free from any suspicion that there Is an
intention 10 deceive the country with
false sense of security. We presume the
controlling motive back Of every legis-
Ia,or's action will be desire to wo
the confidence Of his constituents in the
choice OF a course which Will merit and
win general confidence
THE program of the government VIII
succeed o. fail according 10 the measure
pf public confidence which will DO Won
Our people are reading daily about war
End they are growing more convinced
hourly that they want none OF IT. a
:nakeshift. temporiZing policy will not
satisfy the people who now know what
they want They want nothing less than
.he best protection that can be devised.
Amateur semi-political plans viii not
satisfy this people this time. Clever
politics are ordinarily sufficient in re-
public where most OF the voters are too
busy TO make any close study Of cur
rent affairs. The issue this time is too
great 10 be hidden in the shadow Of any
political giant.
No man in the United States is big
enough or persuasive enough 10 satisfy
the country with anything less than the
best in the way of military and naval
reinforcement. Mere patriotic honest
intention will not do, and personal in
duence, no matter how highly placed,
must not seek to impose upon the coun-
try unprofessional experimental devices.
The people of these United States expect
a plan to be produced which shall en-
body completely the expert professional
projects of our soldiers and sailors who
have learned their trade.
The public mind is fully advised that
war is now a science and by no means
the haphazard overnight affair that some
silly politicians thought it almost as late
as yesterday. There will be no con-
ddence in plans devised within few
weeks by men whose whole record shows
Them TO have been blind 10 the facts dur
Ing long years when the pleadings of pro-
fessional soldiers and sailors were hushed
and dismissed by these very men who
now discover at this late day the error
of their previous way. Can it be possible
that men blind from birth shall perceive
with their newly acquired ability to see
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SOCIETY
CONTINUED FROM PAGE THREE.

CONTINUED FROM PAGE THREE.
auditorium OF the Elks' Home. This
club was only recently organized for the
season with the election of these officers:
c. William Wsttles. chairman; John
Lesdbeater. secretary; Emmett c. Dunn.
George II. Evans, DR.. Stewart Jameson.
". Albert Smoot. Laurence Stabler. Rich
ard II. Green, Eugene B. Taylor. execu-
tive committee. The next dance will
be given November Il. Among those
present Friday night were Mr.. and Mrs.
Herbert Oliver. Mr.. and Mrs. Emmett
Dunn. Mr.. and Mrs. John Leadbeater.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Lesdbeater. Mr..
and Mrs. c. William Wattles, Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert s. Barrett, Mr.. and Mrs
Donald Douglas. DR.. and Mrs. ]. Stewart
Jameson, Mr.. and Mrs. II. Nevins, Mrs
Anderson Summers. Mrs. William Smith.
Miss Murphy. Miss Rose Macdonald.
Miss Philippe wsttles. Miss Minnie
Henderson, Miss Mary Snowden. Miss
katherine Waller. Mr.. George II. Evans.
Mr.. Eugene B. Taylor. Mr.. Robley D.
Brumback. DR.. Vivian P. Berry.
Mr.. J. T. Preston and Mr.. William
Jorg have returned from trip through
King George and westmorelsnd counties,
Va.
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Berlin IS GAY,
DESPITE WAR
Brilliantly Lighted, Wounded
Soldiers Are Kept Off
City's Streets.
SPIES ARE EVERYWHERE
Danes Making Riches in Running Big
Hotels-Priees of Food Being
Forced Down.

s-.sial Gable to The Washington Herald.
Berlin, Nov. 6.-Most neutral travellers
who arrive here for the first time during
the war express their surprise to find
the physiognomy OF Berlin practically
unchanged, not realizing that this fact.
which Immediately impresses itself upon
them. is a result Of the ofhcisl window
dressing which is part OF the govern
ment's extensive advertising campaign
for the purpose Of influencing the neutral
countries.
Berlin is the showplace Of the empire
70 which all travellers come and this city
must therefore show no outward sign OF
depression in spite of the grief that Is
felt in the homes of all classes and the
misery that rules in those Of the work
ing people which are unfortunately hid
den away in the "hinter-hauser behlnd
the stately buildings lining the streets
Berlin, therefore. is as brilliantly III up
as ever and Beriiners lose no occasion
10 point out the contrast between this
and the gloom of London after shutdown.
The cafes along Friedrichstrasse and
Inter den Linden are open, and the num-
Der of people around the little tables has
not greatly diminished. Night life in this
part of the city. where are also pracd-
cally all the big hotels. flourishes almost
unchanged, though the crowds are less
noisy unless momentarily stimulated by
the announcement of a German success
Danes Make Fortunes.
The price OF meals in the better class
restaurants is being kept down. and at
hotels like the Kaiserhof and Adlon IT
!s still possible to get practically every
deliIcacy al ante-war prices, but 1t should
be remembered that these were exhorbi-
tsnt for Berlin before the war.
Many of the larger hotels have been
bought up by neutrals, especially by
Danes, who have made fortunes by eX-
porting foodstuffs to Germany and who
are satisfied to run the hotels at loss
curing the war IN the hope of making
I'D for the losses when the war Is over.
The old proprietors in many cases have
lost everything.
The transports of wounded. principally
from Russia, invariably arrive here at
night at suburban stations and the
wounded here are as far as possible kept
Of the streets.
The result of all these wise precau-
tons by a government that appears to
have foreseen everything is that the
casual visitor leaves here convinced that
Berlin is unaffected by the war. and
that Berliners take a very hopeful view
of the situation.
As a matter of fact. the BerlIner Is
forced to do so in public, for 1t Is dan
Eerous to express pessimistic views, to
say nothing of criticising the govern
nent in places where spies are every
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Norfolk Navy Yard

Floyd Hughes had dinner recently at
the Borough Club In honor Of Admiral
and Mrs. r. E. Beatty, Mrs. Mark Bris-
toll. Mrs. r. F. Nicholson. of WashiS-
ton. and Judge T. II. Wilcox.
Mr.. and Mrs. (. s. Alvord and L. 5.
AIvord. jr.. guests of Ensign and Mrs.
L. 4. Wills. have returned to Washing
ton
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MUSIC and MUSICIANS

We have been asked to notify Herald
readers that Mr.. and Mrs. o. T. Simon
concert notice which was given in our
issue OF Thursday last is scheduled for
November 10 and not December 10. a.
there announced.
An interesting recital is promised 0"
the students of the Washington College
l. at the Continental Memorial Hall.
Soloists will be Miss Alma Thomas
Harry King. George D. Thompson, Ms
Isabel Gladdins. Walter Sorrel- The
fine string orchestra will be under the
direction OF c. E Christiani. Numbers
on the program will include the Der
ceuse'' from ''Jocelyn," Nozsrt's Ssth
Symphony, LisZts Rhapsody No. u,
movement of the Ssint-Saens concerto in
G minor, ''werner's Lied" from the
''Trumpeter or Sakinsen,' Concerto No.
1 de Beriot and orchestral selections.
At As tomorrow IMondaY) afternoon
Mrs Mignon like Lamasure will give
the first OF her lecture-recitsls on Fa-
nous Grand Operas" the opera dealt
with on this occasion being Horstio Par
ker's interesting II not famous 1000
prize opera ''Fsiryland-" The work was
first played at Los Angeles, Cal, last
July. and caused a mild sensation. II
has not vet been heard in the East, and
Mrs. Lamasures audience is promised
an interesting lecture.
Friends and pupils OF Miss Mildred
RYDER were entertained AT 4 pleasant
musicale on Sunday last at 1911 street.
the prima donna Of the occasion belns
Miss AIine Kronheim. talented youns
soprano from whom Miss Ryder. whose
pupil she Is, expects great things. Charm
ingIy rendered were Carrie Jacobs Bonds
pathetic Lullaby" the ''Habanera
from Carmen and Brahms Sand
mannchen'' and 'Wiegenlied. Miss
Ryder played the Scarlstti ''Caprissio.'
"Hark, Hark. the Lark Schubert
List arrangement ''Nocturne. Grieg.
and ''Danse," by Cyril Scott.
On Monday, November :. at Sis p. m.
Mr. Nicholas bounty, OF Philadelphia.
will deliver the first Of a series OF five
recitals on the Song Of an Art Form
which is being given under the auspices
OF the Washington Society OF Fine Arts.
at the auditorium Of the National MI
scum. The recital will cover Early
Songs to Beethoven and will illustrate
the art of Purcell Handel. Haydn.
Mozart and other pre-Beethoven COM
posers. The second lecture OF the series
will be given on December and will
deal with the German Romanticists."
There are few vacancies in the Ca
thedral Choir School for boys with good
voices Candidates must be between the
ages Of and IL years. Application
should be made in writing TO Mr.. Edgar
Priest. 800 Wisconsin avenue north
west, before November 10.
The Rebew Orchestra, under the direc-
ton of II. ". Weber. gave its first pub
lie recital OF the season last Monday
night in the new lecture room Of the Kel-
Ter Memorial Church. The following were
the soloists: Miss Francis Scherger.
soprano; Mrs. Milton c. White. contralto:
Mr.. Hines. tenor. There was also given
Mozart's Second Quartet (strings) and
orchestral numbers.
After Mr. and Mrs. E VI. Erickson, OF
Grand Rapids, Mimi. had reused the
town to hunt for their lost 4-year-old
daughter, after fire whistles had been
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Eight companies and the band have
returned from Phoenix. Nd. where
they have spent the past two weeks
in camp. engaging in field exercises.
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with Mrs. Thornton Lewis. of the
Meadows. who entertained 1T dinner
that evening at the Grqknbrier.
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The German mate who signed with the
three-masted schooner Grace Seymour
was so indignant when he found she was
Hsvre bound with oil for the allies that
he packed his buds in q coap box, fioated
that on a life preseryer and pushed 1t the
while he swan three miles ashore from
the anchorage OF Staten Island
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prone. There are twenty shots in each
stage.
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After Mr. and Mrs. E NJ Erickson, OF
Grand Rapids, Mimi. had reused the
town to hunt for their lost 4-year-old
daughter. after fire whistles had been
blown and many men kept several hours
from their usual duties, the distracted
couple went home and found the child
sound asleep in bed, about the only place
that had not already been searched.
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board the ship during such state cf
affairs and have worked hardship for
all on board. While this Is true in Geld
weather. IL Is equally true that such
ship Is well adapted for tropical service
for when the large ports and matches
are thrown wide open. there Is very good
ventilation throughout.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-11-04
LORDS AND RETAINERS.
The FeudaI System. Has Not Yet Boon
Entirely Eliminated In Japan.

There is in Japan a social relation
ship between employer and employee
not known in your country. 1t is the
relationship Of lord and retainer. For
many centuries Japan was under q
feudal system where the giver of "yok''
Tor annual pension was the lord, while
the recipient of it vas the retainer.
Such feudalistic relations between pay-
er and payee have not yet altogether
died away in this country, though they
are gradually diminishing with the cap
italization Of labor. Even today he
who pays wages is allowed to assume
something of the mental attitude of
the lord-not In a despotic but in a
protectoral sense-toward those who
receive them.
A young man who was earning his
school expenses by work in America
came into possession of a lengthy let
ter from his mother left behind in ia
to the person Of his master, and he
looked around to find. to his renewed
surprise. that nobody would claim in
the republic such personal loyalty as
his good old mother must have meant.
But in Japan there exist many sub
jects for his quasi feudalistic virtue.
My American readers may think that
the comparative scarcity Of strikes in
Japan is due to lack Of self assertion
on the part of labOrers, but that is not
quite right. The chief explanation
must be found in their active loyalty
to their employers person rather than
in their passive forbearance.-From
"Japan's Message to America" by
kojiro Matsukata Cd. c. l.. Yale).
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-11-04
The Old Turnpikes.

The first great American highway,
that between New York and Philadel-
phia, was long known as 1.-The old York
road" Its construction in I'LL was an
example which led the colonists at
other points along the Atlantic sea-
board to construct similar roads where
there were no water routes. They were
usually built by chartered companies
and were called turnpikes or toll roads.
Pennsylvania, Connecticut and New
Jersey had many roads Of the kind.
The first macadam road in America
was built in 1892 between Philadelphia
and Lancaster. In 1911 there were
said to be 1850 miles of chartered turn
pixies in New England and New York.
During the next twenty years the ma
tional government spent many millions
Of dollars in constructing great high
ways, but the panic of 1887 and the
building Of railroads and canals put an
end to that branch of government
work..
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-11-04

of definite action, be that a formal
promise Of enduring neutrality or par
ticipation in the world struggle. The
world has been looking to N%enizelos 10
cast the die, to bring about a solution
of the problem.
Cabled dispatches from Europe state
that Venizelos agreed to resume his
position as head of the Greek govern
ment and director Of his country's for
eign policy on condition that the king
should not oppose armed Intervention
when it might become opportune nor
eventual territorial concessions, if ade-
quately compensated, that might be
demanded by Servia, Bulgaria or the
entente powers; also that Constantine
use his influence for the re-establish-
ment of the Balkan league, which
Venizelos so well organized in 1912,
after the Balkan war, and which he
considers absolutely essential for the
welfare Of all the Balkan states-as op-
posed to the Mohammedan empire
for their future peace and for their
economic development.
Venizelos therefore has practically
the power Of deciding the plan of gov
ernmental conduct. So the fate Of
Greece, of the Balkans and, to a de-
gree, of Europe is in his hands.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-11-04
PREMIER VEM|zELOS
MAN OF THE HOUR
Holds the Scales Of Peace or
War In Balkans.

In the very center of the huge kalei-
doscope which the war god is moving
before the gaze of the world stands at
present the Greek statesman, Eleuthe-
rios Fenizelos. He is in the completest
n the man Of the hour. His recent
recall, after five months Of voluntary
exile, to the premiership has fixed the
eyes of the world upon him.
During the past months the psyche
logical moment for all the Balkan
states has been approaching with Il
continual growth Of it's own impor-
lance, not to the Balkans alone, but to
the world. Now it seems to have come.
y steady stream Of propositions has
flowed to Bucharest, Sofia and Athens
from the Teutons on one side and the
entente powers on the other, all striv-
ing to induce the governments seated
in the three capitals to abandon their
policy of hesitation and to adopt one
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-11-04
Old Man of the Mountain.

The title 'Old Man of the Mountain
was first applied to Hassan Ben Sab
bal, who founded a formidable dynas-
ty in Syria A. D. 1000. He was the
prince or chief Of a sect Of the Mo-
hammedans. Having been banished
from his country, he took up his abode
in Mount Lebanon and gathered round
him u band of followers, who soon be-
came the terror alike Of Christians,
Jews and Turks. They paid the most
implicit obedience to his commands
and believed that if they sacrificed
their lives for his sake they would be
rewarded with the highest joys of
paradise. For 200 years these "assas-
SINS" as they called themselves, con-
tinued to be the terror Of the country.
Whenever their chief, the "Old Man
Of the Mountain" considered himself
injured be dispatched some Of his as
sassins secretly to murder the aggres-
sor. This is the origin Of our S Of the
word assassin for a secret murderer.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-11-04

nat with Il very wide brim and deco
rated with dropping plumes Of green
cocks feathers. Although only paid at
the rate of II penny Il day, the men,
bers Of this famous corps save up their
coppers in order that they may be able
to obtain for themselves plumes of bet
ter quality and richer hue than those
provided by the government.
Every member Of the %bersaglieri is a
picked man. chosen for his stamina
and strength. When out marching
these soldiers don't walk, but go at
4 sort Of trot. So we'll trained are thew
and such are their powers of endurance
that they can keep up this trot for
hours. Every man of them is an ath-
lete, and whether performing the ordi-
nary functions of a soldier or going
through the most intricate eyolutions
Of military drill, he displays a proicien-
cy and an ability that could only come
from long and careful training.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-11-04

diplomacy was it that composed the
inpeterate j%ealousies and feuds that
had hitherto kept Bulgaria. Servia,
Montenegro and Greece apart and had
made the very notion of a Balkan fed
Grafton for amy purpose, warlike or
peaceful, seem the illest of dreams?
md whose judgment was it that so
nicely and accurately calculated the
impotence of Europe in the face of Il
bold front and the accomplished fact?
Our grandchildren may be better able
TO answer these questions than we are
today. But already the opinion has
crystallized into something like a o n
viction that Ferdinand was the man
who spun the webs and set the ball
rolling and that, so far as the four
cornered onslaught on the Turks was
conceived, designed. completed and
launched by a single mind and a sin
gle will, that mind and will are to be
looked for under the crown Of Bull
Saria's king, who then, as today. was
the king pin of Balkan politics.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-11-04
The Hungarian Crown.

The Hungarian crown worn at their
accession by the emperors Of Austria
as kings Of Hungary is the identical
n made for Stephen and used at his
coronation owe 800 years ago. The
whole is of pure gold, except the set
tings. and weighs almost exactly four
teen pounds. The settings above allud-
ed to consist Of fifty-three sapphires,
fifty rubies, n emerald and 3333S
pearls. It will be noticed that there are
no diamonds among these precious
adornments. This is accounted for by
the oft quoted story Of Stephens aver
sion to such gems because he consid-
cred them "unlucky."
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-11-04
FLYING BULLETS.
At High Velocities Army Rifle Missiles
Make Queer Sounds.

At High VeIocities Army Rifle Missiles
Make Queer Sounds.
There is but n sound plainly audi
bic from a flying bullet, and this is au-
dible only when the bullet travels at
high speed. at the rate of LOO feet per
second or more.
Missiles from all army rifles of mod
ern times, which vary in velocity from
1000 to 5000 feet per second. create a
vacuum Immediately behind the bullet.
The result is Il sharp crash as the bull
let passes, caused by the air closing
rapidly in behind the bullet base.
At considerable range two distinct
reports are audible to the person by
whom the bullet is passing. At 700
yards the sound may be described pho
netically IS 'pack-punk." The first
sound ONE about three-quarters of a
second ahead of The latter in the case
Of the United States army rifle, the
new Springfield. The velocity of this
rifle is 300 feet per second at the
muZZle.
The first sound is that of the bullet
passing through the air. 1t is like moth
ing so much Is a long and very violent
ly cracked blacksnake whip. The sec
ond sound about three-quarters
Of a second later. 1t is dead, heavy
and is more like a thud than the
'crack" Of a rifle.
The difference in the time Of the two
~ -, 1N~or tI~ - x~x
much faster than sound. Noise pro-
crosses at the rate Of about a thousand
feet per secOnd.-Outing.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-11-04
Correct DIAGNOSIS,

John Eiske, the historian, was once
interrupted by his wife, who complain
ed that their son had been very disre-
spectful to some neighbors. Mr.. Fiske
called the youngster into his study.
"My boy, is it rue that you called
Mrs. Jones 4 fool?'
The boy hung his head. Yes, ia
ther.'
"And did you call Mr.. Jones q worse
fool?'
Yes, father"
Mr.. Fiske frowned and pondered for
a minute. Then he said:
well, my son, that is just about the
distinction I should make"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-11-04
BuLGARIA'S RULER
and BALKAN LEAGUE
Ferdinand Holds the Key to
Turkeys Back Door.

Balkan politics arc in ferment. The
question is. What sort of a brew will
result from the pressure and counter
pressure of the belligerent powers in
that region of passionate hates and
tiercely conflicting aims?
Three years ago there arose anoth-
er problem that invited speculation
and cludcd it. Whose brain conceived
the Balkan league? Who was it who
saw that the hour had struck. that
the general European idea Of the fight
ing strength of Turkey was mistaken
and that With Il determined and united
push the Ottoman power could be top
piled over? Who was the unknown
bismarck Of the BalkanSt Whose
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1915-11-04
GROWING Older.

AS 1 see 1t, growing older is the proc
ess Of the reconciliation of the spirit to
life. Living is simply getting %acquaint-
ed with the world we live in. The real
purpose Of Il body is that it shall be
used up, worn out-and then thrown
away-in feeding the spirit. Whatever
happens to you in the outer world
translates itself finally into such a sub
stance. That is what it is for, just as
the purpose of food is not to look pref
ty on china plates, but to be trans
formed into blood and muscle. 1t is in
the natural order Of things that the
body should be thus used and exhaust
ed. The unnatural and horrible thing
is that the body should be worn out
and yet the spirit remain unnourished.
Atlantic.