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Evening star., 1915-06-27
A Critique.

~ OIL. GEORGE HARVEY said at u
" banquet in his honor in New York:
I'VE editors like criticism. especially
when it is of the very favorable kind that
I've received this evening
But not all criticism is favorable, even
for the most successful editors. A good
many editors, in fact, often find them
selves in the position of the rich old brok-
er whose little grandniece said:
Uncle, how long do people live
1.-The natural span of mans life,' the
uncle answered. is. as the Good Book
tells us, three score years and ten
"'Oh. then you'll live to be 1Ao, won't
you. uncle?
The old man looked round the room
crowded with relatives and laughed hear
ty.
why. no. he said. why. no. How do
you make that OUT
Isn't it true, them said the little girl
isn't it true what mamma says about
your living double life::
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Hence it was that despite years of
service that had made him we'll known
abroad Mr.. Lansing was little known
to Americans when. March 20. 1914 he
was made counselor OF the department
of state on the resignation of DR.. John
Rassett Moore. the eminent interna-
tional lawyer and text book writer.
Even after that he was not well
known. save to those who closely fol-
lowed the work of the department. un-
iii early in the present spring when,
against Mr. Lansing's wishes the news
became public that it was his hand
that had drafted the remark kably able
notes to Germany and Great Britain
setting forth the American position
to neutral rights on the high seas.
self-effacing man always, Mr.. Lam
sing suddenly found the spotlight
turned upon him. Since then he has
been a figure in the daily news.
How the President has turned more
and more to him in these recent siren
uous months has been fully recorded in
the daily press. When the Senate was
wrestling. last spring. over the text of
the neutrality resolution. giving the
President unusual powers over ship
ping, and at night session struck
snag. it was Mr.. Lansing who was sent
lot 10 neIp StTdlpnleI Out tNe ldHSie
Secretary Bryan. it was recorded at
the time. was asleep at home, and the
explanation was offered that sit was
not thought necessary to wake him.
Commentators at the time remarked
that a cabinet officer who possessed so
able an assistant that, in a crisis such
as this. that assistant was able to deal
with the situation without awakening
the chief. was singularly fortunate.
AS acting secretary. in the absence of
Secretary Bryan. Mr.. Lansing began to
be called frequently to the White
House for conference. Presently, even
when Secretary Bryan was in town, OBJ
servers noted that the President had
Instituted the practice Of sending for
Mr.. Lansing. More and more frequent
~ Mr. Lansing journeyed across Ex-
ecutive avenue
And then, at the last cabinet meeting
before Mr.. Bryan resigned, that of Fri
day, June 4. the unprecedented specta-
Gle was presented of Mr.. Lansing sit
ting in cabinet session with his imme-
dlate chief, Secretary Bryan, present
also. Assistant secretaries, in times
past. have been called in cabinet coun-
Gil In the absence of their superiors
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women for chronological purposes. in
animate objects. lantern slides, paint
!ngs and engravines-throueh COM
plicated line of photo -micrography up
to the very latest operations in scien-
tifc photography Her X-ray repro
ductions are said TO be among the fn-
est made.
Before seeing Miss Gallaher her
caller met Mr.. r. w. Smille, the Gus
todian OF the section of photography
for the National Museum. In talking
OF the work OF his first assistant Air.
Smillie said. Il regard Miss Gallaher
as the best Photographic expert the
government has ever had; III short, /
believe her to be the most successful
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of intimacy with the great figures that
have made that history, and has been
one OF them himself
First a Soldier-he won the colonelcy
of his Indiana regiment by brillint
fighting al Shiloh-he next turned to
law and politics, He was chairman of
the republican state central committee
of the Hoosier state in 1872. And all
years ago he went as minister TO
Mexico, where he served for seven
years. Next he was minister to Rus
sia, and after that minister to Spain.
In the meantime he had been called on
to negotiate as plenpotentiary reci-
procity treaties with various nations.
President Harrison called him to be
Secretary of State in 1892. When the
great tribunal was assembled at Paris
to adjudicate the difficulty that had
arisen among the nations because the
United States and Russia had asserted
that Bering sea was a closed sea.
private lake of their own. it was Gen.
Foster who was found there in charge
of the American case.
At the conclusion of the Chinese
japanese war soon thereafter the En-
peror of China engaged Gen. Foster to
participate in the peace negotiations
with Japan as the representative OF
China. Again in 1907 China sent him
to represent il at the second Hague
conference. In the meantime he had
served on the Anglo-Canadian commits
sion, and, in his practice as an inter
national lawyer, his services had been
retained in many international dls-
putes by various nations. He was IN
charge of the American case before the
Alaska boundary tribunal of 1893.
which was the last diplomatic service
he rendered to his own country.
With such man as father-ln-l Ia"
and mentor, it is strange that Mr.
Lansing, possessing as he does wide
knowledge, long experience and GER
tain qualities of mind and character
.hat make for success in diplomacy
quite aside from other aids has, wheh
opoortunitv offered, risen high?
Able tutoring alone. OF course, cannot
guarantee success in any profession,
diplomacy. perhaps. least of all. But
it is an aid and that Mr.. Lansing has
had that aid is admitted
Until the European war began the
machinery Of American diplomacy had
not attracted much attention in this
country The American people were
more interested in domestic politics.
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black notes you see are bacteria a mill
lion years old and enlarged 400 dame
ters. You are now looking upon some
thing few people have ever seen. While
we are here, perhaps you would like to
see the N-ray at work. and she turn
ed on a switch, flooding a globe with
the beautiful pale green light, which
produces the intensely powerful, in
visible ray. capable Of penetrating the
blackest and thickest Of coverings and
penetrating to the very heart of the OBJ
ject subjected to it.
Did you ever see the head OF a spider
in a photo -micrograph?
Miss Gallaher's caller had not, and
declined. at first. to believe without due
veritication that the huge. crablike rep
reSentation was the head of the little
web-Weaver, magnitied hundred and
fifty diameters. But the veined. gauzy,
saw-edged fly wing was identified as a
fragment of our warm weather pest,
and a spiral trichina, the destructive
little parasitic worm, was clearly dis
cernible when magnified some hundred
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Never before, however, had subordi-
nate been there at the same time the
Ca hinet officer was present
Still more remarkable is the fact that
Secretary Bryan himself-and no one
is quicker to detect disloyalty in a
subordinate than he-Was and is just
as fond of Mr. Lansing as is the Presi-
dent. Here is no instance of subor-
dinate intriguing against his chief.
Far from it. AS all those who frequent
the Department of State well know,
there never was AN officer connected
with the department more modest or
loyal than Mr.. Lansing
Last March. when the newspapers be-
gan to talk more and more about him.
a writer sought him out for material
for an article concerning him and his
work. Almost pathetically Mr.. Lansing
begged that no such article be pub
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Few men in public life are on hap
pier terms with the newspaper men or
the Capital city than Mr.. Lansing. At
the very beginning of his service
working agreement was tacitly estab-
lished whereby Mr.. Lansing was not to
be quoted, not to be mentioned at all
save where absolutely necessary-in
other words, not to be press agented-
but whereby matters of Importance
could be frankly and freely discussed.
This took a great burden off the shoul-
ders of Secretary Bryan and contrib
uted to the public good as minimizing
the possibility of irresponsible-and
often hurtful-speculation
VIII, degree of frankness that would
be amazing to foreign diplomatist,
Mr. Lansing has discussed the graVest
matters of state with his newspaper
visitors When he took over the office
of Secretary Of State ad interim he did
not change in this regard. He trusts
the newspaper men and they trust him.
A truly democratic simplicity char
acterizes the man and his work. He
is one of those possessing executive
ability who never seems to be busy, and
this dsepite a prod gious amount of
work he accomplishes. Calmly and
coolly, while possibly storm of great
events is going on iie " III
at his desk and discuss abstra ctions
with you. meanwhile smoking pipe
and idly drawing pictures on pad.
1t may seem like a waste of time to
you. If it does. maybe you will get
out, which, possibly, was intended. For
Mr.. Lansing intends to secure what he
is after always. no matter what he may
seem to be intending.
When. June .. Mr.. Lansing became
by presidential order Secretary Of State
ad interim and the people about the
place began to call him 'Mr. Secretary"
he elected to remain in his old quarters
rather than move, as he might. to the
more spacious and more dignifed apart
nents which Mr.. Bryan had vacated.
His first official act. by the way. dem
onstrated his conviction that dignity
is not incompatible with democracy.
He called in the newspaper men and
asked them to cease the practice of
buttonholing ambassadors and minis
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n 1879 lStn street StandS. in a
IN group of substantial homes a
~ great. dignified red brick house
9 x with imposing entrance and
with Virginia creeper rambling over it's
walls DiagonaNy across the street
from it is the Austro- Hungarian en-
bassy. which extends through a fiatiron-
shaped block to Connecticut avenue, on
the opposite side of which avenue is the
British embassy. Within stones
throw are half i dozen more embassies
and legations.
This 18th street house of red brick
may be said to be the present home of
American diplomacy The owner of
the house and an occupant thereof is
John W. Foster, sometimes called the
old fox OF American diplomacy" once
Secretary of State of the United States,
who has served his country many times
abroad in ambassadoriai and plenipo-
tentiary capacities and on International
commissions. and whose services as
diplomatist and international lawyer
have been employed at various times
by China. Mexico. Great Britain and
several other nations.
Also an occupant of the house is Mr..
Fosters son-in-law, Robert Lansing.
JUST appointed secretary OF state, whose
sensational rise to distinction in recent
months has no parallel in American
history.
Mr.. Foster is a republican: Mr.. Ian
sing is a democrat. But international
relations are things above domestic
partisan politics. Diplomacy is a profes-
sion that. in its purity, is apart from
local political considerations. Mr.. Lam
sing is a trained diplomatist- His sud-
den rise to fame admittedly is due to
his ability in that profession His re-
lationship with MIR. Foster-Gen. Eos
ter. TO give him the name By which ne
Is best known in Washington-nay
explain where he got the foundation
Of his training.
Gen Foster is now in his eightieth
wear His intellect nevertheless is un-
dImned His outlook on the world and
world politics is broad, far-seeing and
keen. He knows courts and chancei-
leries, European and Asiatic, as it has
been given TO few Americans to know
them. Through sixty years of perhaps
-he most momentous period of the
worlds history he has been on terms
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TRE EEosTERLAN SING HOUSE
l5Z3EIGHTTENTH ST. WASH
NeTON. HONE Or AMEeIcAN
DIPLOMACY

lished Those who understand in what
high esteem most public officers hold
such personal publicity will appreciate
what this means.
To put it another way, Mr.. Lansing
is a man who never pushes himself for
ward. Always has this been So At AM
herst he was especially interested in
psychology and allied subjects as
taught by Prof Garmon. Possibly these
studies have been responsible for his
attitude Jiujitsu is the art. in physi-
cal combat, of making ones opponent
exert his own strength against himself
Mr.. Lansing appears to have adopted
system of intellectual jiu- -jitsu.
He loves conversation-when the
other man does the talking. He likes
to hear what other people have to say
to learn their ideas, to obtain their
point of view. Always he is patient
tolerant, simple-and always seeming
" passive. He waits.
But when he moves or when he talks
or when he acts. it is with certainty
sureness, effectiveness.
Contention is never In the same room
with him.
How does Lansing get along with
Bryan when Moore could not?" asked a
gentleman not renowned for his love
for Mr.. Bryan many months ago. of an
other official of the department.
why Lansing can get along with
anybody" was the reply.
Almost oriental is this mental habit
of passivity and patience. And yet it
would be laughable to use the word
inscruta ble-usually applied to the
oriental mind-n connection with Mr.
Lansing. He makes no mystery Of him
self and none of his mental processes
Rather is he simple, frank, straight
forward.
1t has fallen to him in recent months
to hold frequent conferences with Sir
Cecil Spring Rice. the British ambas-
sador; Count Won Benstorff, the Ger
man ambassador. and many other no.
ta bles of the diplomatic corps. There
is no more punctilio about these con-
ferences than about his talk with
newspaper men other unofficial Wis
itors to the department. His every ef-
fort is to put them on the plane of in
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MISS l.. BERNIE GALLAHER.
4 Z II

00 0ASHINGTCN is the home of
NLAU the special worker. and tire
WV s1iss9sst s1yss1"1n' .s0,s1sr rs 'ss "l"9,. 1,s
male specialists are innumerable. US
woman workers in unusual lines are
rare enough 10 be unique
One of the ablest woman specialists
In the government service IS Miss l..
Bernie Gal!aher, who for some thirty
years has been doing expert work IN
photography for the United States Ma
tional Museum.
Miss Gallahers work ranges from the
direct photoKraphing of subjects for the
nuseum-living types of men and
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ington 1t is sc nething of a qualification
to me to feel that my work has been a
credit to my honored kinsman. as well as
having been approved BY the govern
ment."
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H1 [NPLUf>ATI9T WITA0uT fR|LL5H IS TIE

Frankness and De-
mocracy the Charac-
terlstlCs Of Robert Lam
sing, Whose Sensa-
tional Rise to Fame
and Power in Recent
Months IS Unparalleled
in the Nations History.
A Son-in-LaW of Gen.
John w. Foster, For
ner Secretary of State
Under President Harri-
son, and Known as the
Old Fox Of American
Diplomacy, Mr.. Lam
sing Has Had Excellent
Training "The Path
Of Neutrality Rough
and Uncertain He
Says.
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Bernie Ga[aher Xa Phogaphy7e Work Scientific One
Phogpn Bacteria Million OShe Is Granddaughter the Third Auditor
the United States Wok Photography Results
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ters who were calling officially at the
department in the corridors.
What does Mr.. Lansing actually
think of his job?' the average man
asks, for all the world realizes that it
Is a tremendous job he has taken upon
himself. 1t is impossible to quote Mr.
Lansing in direct response. The deli
cacy of his position prevents. But
some idea may be obtained from what
he told his fellow alumni of Anherst
at a dinner last spring when he first
cane into larger public attention.
There, in discussing the work of the
Department of state in these troubled
times, he pointed out that the depart
ment now, in one aspect has to deal
mot merely with the daily questions of
neutral rights and duties, but the new
responsibilities of veritable clearing
house of the world"
And, going on, he startled the prece-
dent-wedded lawyers present by say
ing:
TT is my duty. a many of you know.
to deal with the questions of interna-
tional law and usage, which are aris-
ing every day in our relations with
other countries. These questions are
of absorbing interest and many of
them are extremely complex because
this war in its magnitude and meth
DDS is different from all the wars
which have gone before One can look
in vain for precedents in many cases.
In fact. we have TO abandon that time
honored refuge of juristS and diplo-
matists. precedenIs, and lay hold of
the bedrock of principle Diplomacy
today is wrestling with novel problems.
to which it must apply natural justice
and practical common sense.
This great conflict has introduced the
submarine. the aeroplane, the wireless
telegraph and new forms of explosives
1t has made mechanical motive power
an absolute necessity in military opera
tions. The old strategy of surprise has
given place to mobility. The petroleum
products. essential to rapid motion in
the air, on land and beneath the sea-
are IS necessary to the modern army
and navy as arms and ammunition.
New devices for communicate tion and
transportation are used now for the
first time in war and new modes of at
tack are employed.
The result is that neutral nations
have had to meet a series of problems
which have never been solved The liza
bility of error. the great danger of
unintentional partiality and the COM
plaint of one or another of the bellie-
erents make the path of neutrality
rough and uncertain
Born in 1854 in Watertown, y Y Of
an old-established family of Holland
originally spelled Lansingh-Mr, Lam
sing took his ALB. at Amherst in 1885.
At college he was captain of his class
foot ball team, but never made the
varsity. Returning home, he studied
law and was admitted to the bar in
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lished. Those who understand in what
high esteem most public officers hold
such personal publicity will appreciate
what this means.
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n 1928 18th street stands. in a
IN group of substantial homes, a
~ great, dignified red brick house
x with impoSiug entrance and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-21
CLAIM RAILROADS
 CHARGE TOO MUCH
 FOR LIBERTY BELL
Birmingham May Not Get to See the Relic Because
 of Excessive Trans
 pOrtatiOn Rates

Philadelphia, August 2o.-tSpecial.) Jun. less some of the railroads in the south change their attitude as to rates for trans porting the old Liberty bell and its party from San Francisco here, several south ern cities. among them New Orleans Montgomery, Birmingham and Memphis will probably have to be excluded from the route to be followed in making the return trip with the relic. Members of councils committee in charge of the trip declare that the rates being demanded by some of the southern railroads are ex- orbitant and prohibitive.
 It was not until few days ago wher the itinerary of the trip had been virtually completed by councils committee that il was discovered that some of the southern railroads which were to be used in bring ing the bell back to this city were going to insist upon a rate that would make visits to certain southern cities impos- sibie. As an example. member of the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-21

committee yesterday referred to the fact that to take the bell from New Orleans to Memphis would mean an aggregate ex- pense of 5000.
 The details of the itinerary as it was arranged have not been made public, but members of councils committee say that in arranging the itinerary many southern cities were taken care of. Personally and collectively the committee does not want to exclude any of the southern cities es- pecially such cities as New Orleans, Mem phis, Birmingham and Montgomery, but they frankly say that if the southern rail roads running into these cities insist upon the rate which they have quoted these cities as well as others in the south will have to be taken from the itinerary.
 Aside from the patriotic interest which councils committee feel the railroads should have In the transportation of the bell. the committee cannot understand the attitude of the railroads, Members of the committee declare that the railroads attitude is especially difficult to under stand in view of the fact that every stop made with the Liberty Bell means thou sands of dollars additional for these same railroads. This money comes to them in connection with excursions which they arr range to run from various nearby points to the cities where the stops are scheduled.
 Tt seems to the committee that the railroads should at least have some inter- est in southern cities if they have no pa triotlc interest in connection with the re-
  Seger of councils committee. Naturally we would not tolerate any of the southern cities paying the extra charge now asked by the railroads to carry the bell and its party to these cities. The advertising in connection with the transportation of the bell, to say nothing of the excursions which these same railroads organize and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-21
Boy Prodigy Amazes Teachers

TOn1 tne NeW 1OTk WOrlQ
 San Francisco.--With no schooling ex- cept nature and books, supplemented by the help of his parents. S-year-old Rich ard Carey has left his fathers isolated farm in the rugged slopes back of Santa Rosa and come to San Francisco, an astronomer. chemist, historian, geologist and botanst.
 The lads extraordinary versatility, clearness of understanding, retentive memory and conception of serious sub- jects is amazing pr. Frederic Burk, prjn- cipal of the San Francisco Normal school where he is receiving special instruction during the summer months. He was brought here by his mother Mrs Brook Carey, to benefit by the summer course
 Until little Richard enrolled at the Nor nal school two days ago he had never attended school. His extraordinary edu- cation is the result of application on subjects which he fancied and the assist ance of his parents-teaching him how to study from nature and books.
 At the age of he collected 200 rail- road time tables and studied them until he knew ever route and every time sched- ule.
 At he classified all the Kings in the worlds history. including those of the ancient empires and the Manchu dyna sty.
 Has studied astronomy until he can name the planets of the first magnitude. the principal consultations. locate with a telescope all stars of importance and cal- culate when comets will return.
 Studied chemistry. knows chemical sym bols and understands many important chemical actions
 Learned the names of all trees shrubs and flowers and calls them by their Latin appellations
 Studied geology and can describe and distinguish rock formations.
 Has studied botany and now is trying to cross hollyhocks to produce better
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-21
What the Effect Will Be
SURVEY SITE FOR
 NEW POSTOFFICE

Opelika, August 20.-(Special.)- )-Georgc A. Clayton of Atlanta. who secured the contract of erecting the federal building in this city. was here this week survey ing the site and making preliminary ar- engagements for beginning the work at once. Under the terms of the contract the building must be completed within IS months, but MT. Clayton expects to have it done in considerably less time The ex- cavation work will begin Monday. the weather permitting. and the work will be pushed rapidly as possible. w. S. Griffin of this place WIS sublet the contract for the excavatlng md the Walker Elecetric and Plumbing company of Columbus. Ga, and Rome, Ga, has been awarded the contract for plumbing, heating, wiring, vacuum cleaning system, gas fitting and all other mechanical equipment for the building. This part of the work will be handled by the company's Columbus of- flee