The Washington herald., 1916-03-07

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TUESDAY. MARCH :. 1916.
\ Line o Cheer Each Day O the Year.
By JOHN KENDRIcK BANGS
First printing of an original poem written daily
for The Washington Herald.
AS TO KINGS.
o who'd be a King on a throne,
Or envy his office so high?
No King the world ever has known
Can laugh any louder than l!
No monarch Of lofty estate
How royal-so-ever his line,
His power however so great
Hath love any sweeter than mine!
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Washington again will ride to work this morn.
ing.
The newspapers seemed to have found the
most excitement in the strike, judging by some
headlines.
It seems that congratulations arc in order for
fellows who the during the strike, Ell?
Maybe the groundhog's six weeks OF additional
winter were to begin on the first of March.
Portugal is in receipt OF a German ultimatum
But Portugal is protected by the English navy.
There's only one fly in the prosperity ONT
ment. There's 4 growing scarcity of raw ma
terias
Luckily, mans standing in his community
Is not measured by what his poor relatives say
OF him.
Manufacturers complain OF high wages and
labor shortage. Which is condition at which
labor never complains
Why do need any alien foe coming over
to shores to scuttlc our merchant marine ?
Why not allow the question to be settled by the
act created in the LaFollcttc measure.
According to Lillian Russell she never was
married to a who gave her any money with
out her request for it. Rather hard jab at the
male sex, since Miss Russell married quite a few
OF their number.
The next thing VIC will hear will be the an
uouncement that the Chief Executive has called
5000 typcwrters and senographers to the coIors.
1t /, coming to be pretty generally recoc-
nized TACT that President Wilson does not allow
minor detail like consistency to stand between
him and apt epigram.
Texas rwister is on its way" according to a
statement by the Weather Bureau. Why don't
they call spades spades and assert that Col.
House has returned from Europe.
Last week, in the announcement OF meeting
ii employees OF Capital Traction Company for
next Thursday evening it was stated that Vice
President Carl would deliver an address upon
Some Problems the Company Has Met" But
the biggest question remains to be solved
Congress is assured of not having to ride
to Washington horseback next year By a
Noc Of $50 to 20 the House of Representatives de-
cided not to reduce the members mileage from
twenty cents to five. Hence that two cents a
mile is something to look forward to-
Newt" Bakers experience in welding the
big stick in Cleveland politics should stand
him in good stead when he takes up the reins
reiinquished SO recently by Mr.. Garrison. How
ever, coming from great seaport" like Cleve-
land, it would that he is better qualified
to supercede Secretary Daniels
In asking for divorce in the New York
courts woman with family of eleven children
cites as grounds that her husbands affections
have been alienated by wealthy woman. She
ayers that she discovered" the evidence BY the
manner in which her husband dressed, stayed out
late at night and attended the CLUB" 1t will
be well for married men to stop, look and
listen"