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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-23
BE PREPARED.

MY boy" said the mother when Gliding her son.
BE kind to the playmates you meet:
For kindness of action will soften the heart
OF the toughest young thug on the street.
For when they discover the state you are IN
That you are not ready TO fight.
Their hearts will swell up with beautiful love.
And all will be treating you right.
..Oh, yes,'' said the mother, my boy. it is true
That kindness will mellow the heart:
And make the boys mushy and loving 10 you,
And all their vile passions depart.
But the boy was a wise one and knew the thugs
WELL
He was on to their curves and their tricks;
So when he got ready to go on the street
He filled up his pockets with bricks.
However he thought he would test the good rule,
And pretend to he gentle and meek.
''Huy gee" said the leader, here is soft
guy"
And he welted the hoy on the cheek.
And then the whole gang turned on the poor lad;
They were beaten in spite of their tricks,
For the boy let the dove take flight In the air,
/ While he made the best use of the bricks.
J. = Philadelphia lnquirer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-23

the absence of the conventional
neekEear Now that Mf.: Davis has
donned collar and tie, after ex-
planning that his abstention from
those articles of wear has been in
spired BY hygicnic motives. he will
have, hard time proving the pres
ence. 1t may be that in order to es-
cape definitely from the credit OF
originality in going collarless he will
have to shave off his beard. Such a
sacrifice. however. is not likely to be
contemplated. Many a man has
made the mistake heretofore of
changing his facial equipment after
acquiring an individuality. and has
bitterly regretted the experiment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-23

and in his own state in last year!
campaign the ,,old shibbolsth of :
tariff for revenue only was fouted OF
the stump by distinguished visitor
Senator Lewis of Illinois; and there
was no rebuke from the leading
champion of that policy.
Economy? The Sixty-third Con
gress. with the Presidents approval
set the pegs as to appropriations
and the present Congress will in
crease the amounts.
Mexicoo Mr.. Watte-on has been
an outspoken critic OF the Presi-
dent on that subject from the start
He has condemned Mr.. Wilson's
whole. course.
And now preparedness. The Presi-
dehtSis stalking much on that: is ar
Ranging to take an unusual step in
behslf of his program. He will visit
the people at their homes-although
the season is Northumberland ask
their support for national defense.
And vet Mr.. Watterson says with
confidence. and, evidently with APP
prevail. that the program will be de-
feated.
Subtract the tariff, economy. Mex
ice, and preparedness. and what re-
mains but party regularity Surely
the man who rejected Mr.. Bryan with
such emphasis as marked Mr.. Wat
terson's course in 1896 requires more
than regularity to keep him in line.
On the score of regularity Mr..
Bryan's claim to support that year
was without flaw.
But. look! Here we have Mr.. Wat
terson and Mr.. Bryan in full agree
ment. Both are against prepared
ness. One is predicting defeat, and
the other laboring hard with tongue
and pen to bring it about. Does the
Florida atmosphere explain the
union? Each is at his winter home
in the Peninsula state. Does the
balmy air produce or encourage a
millennialistic feeling and attitude?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-23

From the Buffalo Commercial
President Wilson is considering TAX
Ing "a swing about the middle west"
in the interest of preparedness. It's
likely. too, that he will see what can
be done about swinging the middle
west next year.
From the Springfield Union.
Col. Roosevelts suggestion that the
professional pacifists be put to work
digging trenches for the army is utter
~ Impractical. The pacifists are talk
ers, not workers.
From the Albuquerque Journal.
Five hundred thousand sensible wom-
en- of the United States believe that
the best way to preserve their hus-
bands and sons from the dangers of
war is for the nation to be so well
prepared that none will dare wage
war against us.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-23
PREPAREDNESS POINTS.

From the Knoxville Journal and Tribune.
There are in the neighborhood of ten
million unmarried men in the United
States, and that would make a good
sized army to start with.
From the Baltimore Star.
President Wilson's decision to stump
the country against William Jennings
Bryan and in defense of preparedness
seems an unnecessary advertising of
MIR. Bryan.
From the New York Evening Sun.
With Bryan panning him because he
wants preparedness and T. r. panning
him because he doesn't, what chance
has Woodrow Wilson got?
From the Chicago Herald.
Some legislators would apparently
have II read: Millions for defense
lessness. but not one cent for pre-
paredness."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-23
JANE ADDAMS AND T. R.

From the Syncuse Post-Standard.
The colonePs break with Jane Ad-
dams was sure to come. 1t started in
a disagreement over Tolstoi. Can you
guess what his opinion of Tolstoi is:
From the Chicago News.
According to Miss Adams. the col
onel didn't talk that way then" OF
course not. The colonel talks to the
occasion.
From the Pittsburgh Dispatch.
Jane Adams admits that If she is to
lead the choir the progressive hymn
will have to be revised.
From the Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph.
Jane Adams deserts T. r." And
Jane has not only a voice, but a vote
in Illinois.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-23
THE MEXICAN MURDERS.

From the st. Louis Globe Democrat.
Chase of the Santa Ysabei murderers
isn't making the jackrabbits along the
route fall over from exhaustion In get
ting out of the way.
From the Council Bluffs Noupareil
Carranza announces that he has sent
an army after the bandits who killed
eighteen Americans recently. This Is
a case where il would be wiser to go
instead of send.
From the Memphis Commereial-Appcal
The watchful waiting down in Mexico
seems TO be for Americans to murder.
From the Columbia State.
How Mexico must giggle when she
hears us called the home of the
brave.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-23

Because of experiences such rs were
had in the destructive storms in CAL
weston and New
The Wireless and Orleans last year.
when all telephone
Weather Work. and telegraph wires
were blown down and the storm-swept
area was cut off from outside commu-
nication for many hours. the weather
bureau. which is particularly inter-
ested in getting information as to con-
ditions in storm centers. is anxious to
have wireless stations established in
the regions that have repeatedly been
subject to floods and storms. Even
though Congress should establish such
stations under the control of some
other agency. the weather bureau
would profit by their existence through
the hearty cooperation that is the rule
in the government service. wherever 1t
is possible. between bureaus and Of
fees that are engaged in apparently
the most dissimilar activities. Already
the weather bureau receives valuable
assistance in collection and distribu
ton of information through the radio
service of the navy. the coast guard
and through the army radio stations
in Alaska.
The establishment of a full f1edged
radio system directly under the weather
bureau. however. would not mean the
taking of wholly new step. for. I'M
known to the general public. the
weather service already owns several
hundred miles of telegraph. cable and
telephone lnes-one of the most eX-
tensive wire-communication systems.
in fact. of the few operated under fed
eral ownership. Practically all of the
weather bureau lines are coast sys-
outlying islands. capes and sandspits
forming strategic points for weather
observation of special Importance to
shipping. One of the most important
of these lines extends along the mar
row chain of sand islands that forms
the easternmost edge of America be-
tween Cape Hatteras. n. c., and Cape
Henry. Va. from where connections
are made with the country's CONNER
cial systems at Norfolk. other i'm
portant lines connect Block Island and
Sand Key. Fla: San Francisco and
Point Reyes. Cal. and Tatoosh Island
at the entrance to Puget sound. with
the mainland In addition to the lines
on the ocean coasts, the bureau also
maintains lines and cables connecting
islands in Lake Michigan and Lake
Huron with the mainland. The bureau
not only flashes weather information
and warnings over it's lines. but holds
them all open to commercial use
Shipping and fishing interests in par
ttcular make such extensive use of
some of the lines that the bureau is
into the federal Treasury.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-23
Concerning Optimism.


To be an optimist, you need not lazily
retire,
anything you do not happier
to admire
And viewing this existence as a PERIOD
OF rest
Devoted very carefully to hoping for
the best.
An optimist, OF course, must hope the
very best he can
And also lend assistance to his hope.
full fellow man.
You mustn't hope tree will fall to
bring you kindling wood
Unless you take an ak and make your
optimism good.
A placid survey OF the scene while
dreamy days drift by
Would lead to wearines. of SOU
which must provoke sigh.
In toll and contest there are joys
which hope cannot resist.
You needn't be a clam because you
are an optimist.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-23
Roosevelt and Bryan.
A New York dispatch says

u y .\tW i vi N uispdtNh says.
|; col. Roosevelt has no-intcption.o of
!; trailing William J. Bryan. if Bryan
|: trails President Wilson when the
\ President makes his preparedness
|: stumping tour. The colonels secre-
|. tary made this statement today. He
!; denied reports-that the colonel would
= swat Bryans pacihst arguments every
4 time Bryan swatted the Presidents
|. plea for more soldiers and Battle
!: ships.
|; A@joint debate should be the thing !;
!; and One should be- arranged What
/ interest would be aroused! What
l enormous crowds would gather!
(! What enthusiasm would be manifest
!. ed, The only difficulty would be in
|: finding halls of sufficient size to house
/ the people. The season would require
/ indoor meetings. '.'-'
(, These men are agitators OF the tlrst
/; class. Both arc extremists. Both
! deal in high colors. Both are in dead
/, earnest. In the field OF politics both
i are reckoned as young men. though
/! DolH dlt 81 dHu'd >. pO'h uiSpioS
(, the keen interest of youth in subjects
:.thai attract them.
When war with Spain was declared
both Mr.. Roosevelt and Mr.. Bryan
.enlisted, Neither had any knowledge
..,of war but from reading. The high
position OF each entitled him to
commission. and commissions were
Forthcoming. Mr.. Roosevelt. might
n,ave taken the field as colonel of the
Rough Riders. .but, chose second place.
AIR. Bryan west out astcoionel of a
Nebraska regiment. ~ =
( The Rough Riders were fortunate
Sn getting into action. and Lieutenant
Colonel. afterward Colonel. Roosevelt
fortunate in getting into the dis
patches. He carried himself with
gallantry in Cuba. and deserved the
praise he received. Laurels then gain
ed served him we'll later in politics.
. Col. Bryan's-regiment, through no
Jault OF his. missed theeconnectior. 1t
got no nearer the front than Florida,
where it went into camp. and spent
ahe time drilling While Col. Roose-
helt was in Cuba performing brilliant
jieeds. Col. Bryan was far from the
J 3umult and the shouting" licking his
: men into shape for work that was
; never called for AS Col. Roosevelt
} has put it. there was not enough war
40 go round. Hence Col. Bryan and
snis outstanding 'Nebraskans were dis
, appointed They were permitted to
Zee only camp life
4 Did their experiences there affect
the judgment OF the two men as re-
9pects martial life and martial dutiese
ANho may say? Col. Roosevelt had
a "corking" time. He enjoyed every
Snoment OF it. and has been giving a
xood deal OF thought to army and
navy matters ever since. Col. Bryan
could not have enjoyed himself. Halt
sd on ,hes@sy to tife'front. andssper-
forming only the sduties of drill
s1aster. he probably fell into the
( dumps and he is there still. Pre-
! paredncss must recall to him the dull
est period OF his existence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-23
Paradoxical Result.

How did prohibition work out in
Crimson Gulch?"
Fine" said Bronco Bob. The boys
have saved up so much money that
mebbe we'll have to let a few saloons
open SOS they can celebrate their
DrOSDerity"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-23
Efeced MATURITY.

DO you take as much interest in
dancing as you did,
Yes replied Uncle Wagglefoot.
But I'm gettin' SO dancin' isn't
youthful enough for me. I'm practic-
in roller skatin' on one skate"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-23

Col. Roosevelt is almost as. busy, as
ii he were personally conducting all
the branches of school OF CORE
spondence. .
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-23

President Wilson. though sharing
every patriotic citizens hope and de-
sire for peace, proves by his rcadi
ness TO make a speechmaking tour at
this time that he is a man OF cour-
age
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-23

New York is justified in serious
consideration of the fact that sky
scrapcr Office building would claim no
more consideration from an invading
army than an art gallery or cathe-
draI.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-23

t. England has bee turning American
securities back into this country more
Rapidly than was expected. Baron
sAstor has not, however, been called
ion to throw any United States prop
trties into the market.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-23

A peace argument sometimes has
to be very carefully managed to pre-
vent it from sounding like a clarion
calf to arms.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-23

Events of importance are moving
so rapidly that the cabinet resigna-
ton rumor. once so usual, appears
only in the most transient and ire
sponsible manner.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-23

Yuan is hoping that Chinese dis
turbances will at least subside for the
limited time necessary to hold a coro-
nation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-23

When Wall street brokers feel call
ed upon to celebrate good times with
big dinner, the general conditions
must be regarded as highly encourag-
ing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-23
Ferocious Appetite.

His forage Mars declines to cease.
He's always on the job.
He wants to grab the Dove OF Peace
And eat it for a SQUAD.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-23

Japan's reported plans for change
OF international relationship make an
alliance look as easy to turn over as
a rev leaf on the Ist OF January.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-23

( The navy may experience shortages
pf officers and men, but no navy has
ever suffered from a shortage of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-23

None of the reports indicate that
Baron Aston has begun to do any
thing that will make him much OF a
help to Gen. Kitchener.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-23

, Villa decided 10 call OFF toe funeral
announced for him and make it a
wedding instead.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-23

AIstria'> denial that she sank the
,'cssi4 introduces the alibi into diplo-
,lacy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-23

Aprogressive has to be fast trav
eler to keep up with the colonel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-23
WHAT THE GOVERNMENT is DOING

protects the consumers by stipulating tnat
the distributors shall not exceed certain
scale of charges. The rates are lowest
lin winter. when the reclamation service
so that houses may be heated in the
cleanest known way for about the cost
of coal to accomplish the same result in
what every householder knows to be any
thing but a clearly way.
During the first year that the govern
ment sold electricity, 1910, it realized only
$500 from its transactions. At the end
of the following year the sales had risen
to $4,000. Now between $4,000 and
SEQ, 900 is realized from power sales an
nually. and the increase in demand
promises to be steady. The income from
this one phase of the Minidoka project
now more than covers the depreciation
on the entire irrigation plant and its
equipment.
What power development may some day
mean to the reclamation service and the
thousands of people for whom this serv-
ice has carved homes from the desert
may be seen from the accomplishment at
Minidoka, and the fact that though the
service has already developed more than
10000 horsepower of electrical energy its
present projects make possible total
development of more than half mill
lion horsepower
How to poison one class OF ANNA Is
which it is desirable to be rid of with
out injuring others has
Eradica+ino been problem to per-
sons working for the
oqulifels. eradication of pests in
all parts of the country. 1t has just
been shown by the public health serv-
ice, which has been cooperating with
the health authorities of the state of
California for the destruction of the
pla que bearing ground squirrel, that
the susceptibility of these and other
living things to given poisons differs
remarkably.
Since the squirrel-eradicative work
has been in progress fear has been cx-
pressed by officers of the state game
commission and others that quail might
which is the chief weapon employed
against the rodents. To find just how
great the supposed danger is the public
health service recently carried out a
series of laboratory experiments on
squirrels and quail, and found that
while the strychnine sulphate employed
will kill the former when only small
quantities are taken. the apparently
less robust quail can swallow relatively
large quantities of the poisoned grain
without suffering ill effects. By several
trials it was found that in order to in
duce death in the birds it was neces-
sary to give them three times as much
poison as the fatal dose for the squir-
rels, or ten times as much in proportion
to the body weight. An interesting
phase of the difference is that the poi
son is so quick in it's action on the ro-
dents that they are killed by merely
holding the poisoned grain in their
cheek pouches, while the birds with
stand the larger doses of strychnine al
though the substance is taken directly
into their digestive systems.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-23
House Votes for
Negro Suffrage

Negro Suffrage. The Star the next
day said:
1.-The passage by the House yesterday
of the negro suffrage bill for this Dis
trict, without qualification. caused no
little surprise. even in republican cir
cles. The majority by which it passed
was also a matter of establishment, and
the list of ayes was found to contain
very many names of those who have
been known as in conviction opposed
to the nea sure. especially in the form
1t passed. The fact is thus demonstrat-
ed that from dread of loss of home
popularity or some such cause repuo-
lican members who are in heart OPP
posed to negro suffrage, or unqualified
negro suffrage at least. and who have
so expressed themselves without re-
serve cannot be counted upon to vote
against it in the crucial test. conse-
uuently we are not of those who are
hopeful of the rejection or material
modification by the Senate of the House
bill passed yesterday. We shall not be
much surprised. indeed. after yester-
days vote in the House to see IT pass
in the Senate by vote putting it be-
yond the reach of refeat by the last
hope of a presidential veto. This may
be an unpalatable statement, but such
is our conviction. Well. 1t is after all a
matter that affects Congress quite as
choose to make the National Capital a
negro Utopia throwing around 1t such
Inducements for that class as shall
cause them to swarm mere from ali
quarters in overwhelming numbers,
and if this city, thus populated. shall
present the aspect of the capital of pa
honey rather than civilized nation.
will it be to the discredit of the people
of this District or of the national rep.
resentatiyeso We see the first flush of
nf
and negro Capitalization here in the
crowds of negroes filling the House ana
Senate galleries and aDplauding the
sneakers on the floor. If the members
of Congress wish to carry TINS negro
elevation business to its logical con-
clusion here as above indicated they
are likely to suffer fully their share OF
any Inconvenience. from such sur
roundings."
An effort was made fifty years ago TO
broaden the range of jury selection IN
the District in order
Bill for Better to obtain more IN
telligent service in the
JuryMeH. jury box. as thus re-
lated in The Star of January %, 1866:
THE bill in relation to qualification
for Jurors is to be called up for ACTON
in the Senate Thursday. The bill pro-
vides that no person shall be disquali-
fed in acting on grand or pelit
Jury bv reason of his having formed or
expressed an opinion upon the mattef
to be submitted, founded upon pubnc
rumor. newspaper statements. etc. We
think some legislation on this subject
is very much needed. The jury chal-
lenge as interpreted in many courts
now amounts practically to bid Tor
nudding-headed jurors, too ignorant to
read and too stupid to form an opinion,
and throws out the intelligent class
who, though they may have formed
an opinion. are competent TO judge by
the evidence and give a verdict In ac-
cordance Herewith. regardless of pre-
vious Impressions
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-23

Some OF u.s. said Uncle Eben,
takes most partic'lar pleasure in tell
in de truth when it's sumpin' unpleas-
ant"