The Washington herald., 1916-01-30

Of misfits and several other delays some
of the men have been Obliged 10 ACCEPT
their uniforms whether they ft or not, II
thy hope 70 get any benefit Qua Of them
before the winter is over.
FRIEND or THE FIREMEN.
Crowded Movie Tkesters.
Editor Of The Washington Herald: u
there not police or IRE rule or reg
I uistiou that forblds the over-seIlins "A
the seating capacity OF moving picture
SHOWS IN this city7 Last sunday night
Aiter buying Tickets, seats ss I sup1
posed. for a pretentious movie show.
nae 70 stand for thirty-fve minutes BEL
Tore ! was seated and there were al
least nifty other people standinef
nov ! don't think Il would be a hard
snip 70 require these show places. during
tne rush hour. 10 display q slrn sxyfnf
Gated"
II this were done the prospscftvs t,cses
buyer could know what the Conditions are
INSIDE the spectstorium and would act
accordingly.
7. r. FULLADovE-
The soui Of Music.
Editor OF The Washington Herald
with all due respect 20 your oorrespon-
|NN@NeAs snnh u. ETTrN his
article on The Soul OF Music" is =
clear case Of the shoemaker fors,k,nx
MS last When he complains Of fbe r,ul
sictsns playing sbove the head, Of fhe,d
listenerers, he makes a plea for him o1
her 10 lower such standards rather thar
10 raise them He oecries so uuc,,
technique" Mr.. Barry may not KNOT
thst technical preparation IN music. as
IN architecture. sculpture and an art ID
I the fund
the structure Ia 20 be built and sus-
tanned IL alone renders ease and fs
I cility In the otherwise tnsur7nountsh bid
olfneulties which bcset all higher sc-
complishment and the Interpreters part
II iS' in word. the anatomical part ol
the playing Of any instrument: the an
that concesis the art" which. alone. m, \
deliver -the soul Of music" inteiiisentiS
/ and adequately. II Mr. Barry. or an
author or rather writer. had gone throus1
Us intricscies and its drudgery. step b}
step. as Il brosoens the horizon, he woul}
value u more and understand n betterI
I he proceeds to blame the PLAYER. o{
| eNecutrant for that which the besre
may not understand. and hints At TN
adjustment Of the great harmonic struc}
lures which contain the profoundes
phllosophy. Melody is nod all there is
| music IL ts. perhaps. its smallest psrd
as judged by its highest intellectual
process: not, merely. the ticking OF thj
ear. nor the emotions. II IL TO make I'd
think AZ a social factor. in this. as IA
! civilization, II has its highest clsiru|
Greek means nothing to us. until ~
understand Greek, except |, melanse ol
sounds; but understand Il. and its won
oerful prophecies speak TO tn. inner be.
ING; harmony Is the grammar OF music
u technique, It's foundation, as the brick
and mortar form the basis Of the srchi-
tectural structure. II lie the ansto-
mical basis or DEVELOPMENT which
makes possible the elucids ton OF bar
4 monies which tax TO the utmost the &C,
Il tiVity of both brain and muscle. and
give forth wonderful creations from IN.
soul TO the soul OF man. while de
1 veiops the character Of him or her. whs
serves these. For TO teach taste sal,
/ Ruskin, lie inevitably TO form character,
/ LAURA HCLL-MORRIs
An Apologize for sPorA.-
\ Editor of the washington Herald
l As The Herald and other Journals and
periodicals. OF a certain class never
lose an opportunity to denounce river
ano harbor and public building pro.
)ects. calling them pork barrel" meas.
ores' and the members Of Congress,
VINO advocate them pork barrel" poll.
ticians. ] am prompted to submit ,
Few observations regarding this sfor..
SAID. so-cslleo pork barrel"
b, VI course, all this pork barrel" hu,
ana cry originated in the metropolftsr n
newspapers and mud-throwinE mas.
szines. II is their man Of straw, which
they periodically set. up and knocb
down again, amid the plsudits OF a Ger,
teih element OF political reformert
| and demagogic politicians The metroI
politan cities, having dug deem int
the Treasury OF the United States. FOL
river and hsrbor and public bufldtr
] improvements, are extremely resentfu
lof and sntagonistic to any attempt, tc
eSpend public funds in tn. smsIls,
towns IL Is plain old case of th<
dog in the manger. all over again.
Again, i seriously doubt the ,incer.
ity OF such sensstion-grabbing psper,
and 70 say that they are inconsIstent
would be a mere waste OF words. To
u Illustrate, let us take a case close tc
nome. There is at present a bill be.
fore Congress, which provides for q
L building for the Department of Ju,tfes
at a cost Of something like three mil.
lion dollars. Your paper is one Of th>
leading pork barrel" shouters Of thi,
! section. Now, II you were consist.n,
you would be out in double-coIunnr
editorials land csrtoons) denouncins
I this project as q piece Of useless e.-
travagsnce. But, oh. no! Instead, your
policy is to hold up TO rioIcule SONS
member OF Congress. for having =
| small postoffce building erected m
some deserving little town in his dis.
| tr1et at cost of probably Fifty OF
seventy-hye thousand dollars Hs
4 would be denounced at once as q
1 Treasury plunoerer and a pork bar.
I rei politician. However, Just let the
4 same member get busy and work fol
project which calls for lining Penn
sylvanis avenue. from one end to the
other. with marble piles. costing mil,
| lions OF dollars. or let him advocate
the further expenditure OF miliiouI
for dredging the Potomac River or thl
! erection Of monster srmor-plat( Z
! plant What happens? Your editorial
I columns ring with his praises, yo1
hold him up before the country and
his colleagues q shining exsmpll
| Of what a patriot and ststesma
should be. He is no longer the Tressl
ury plunoerer. and pork bsrreI- poifl
ucisn. YeSSods! what trsnsfornaI
i ton!
What was IL some wise man ..,l
about consistency being Jewel.
1 i don't know whether or not yol