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PASSENGERS DEPARTED.

Per Matson.. liner Matsonia, sailed
at 10 o'clock this mofning-T. Autzen.
Mrs. T. Autzen, |. d. Adler, Mrs. /. D..
Adler, Miss F. T. Adler, Mrs. 8. ID.
Barnes, VIM. j. Butler, Mrs. VIM. C.
Butler, Mrs. L. P. Bell, Mrs. C.. j.
Beggs, Miss B. Beringer, Miss M. Ber-
niger. Mrs. A. Beringer, w. A. Bowen,
Mrs. w. A. Bowen, Mrs. L. w. Branch.
+. A. Brown, Mrs T.. A. Brown, G. O..
Carpenter, Mrs. G. o. Carpenter, j. A.
Chase, Mrs. j. A. Chase, Mrs. A. B..
Castleman, Mrs G. H. Cooke, Miss An
ma Cooke. Miss, Alice Cooke. Mrs. NJ.
B. Case, Miss v. Caldwell, Mrs. j. L.
Caldwell, F. Z. Chamberlain, Mrs. F.
E. Chamberlain, C. Comfy, C. H. Cooke,
Miss II. NJ. Dewey, Mrs. H. G. billing
ham, Washington Dodge, Mrs. Wash
ington Dodge, ]. J. Dickey, A. NJ. Day,
Mrs. A. M. Day, A. A. Dole, Miss P.
butcher, F. ]. Fetter, Mrs. F. J.. Fet-
ter and child, Mrs. c. L. Force, F.. C.
Farwell, Mrs. T. C.. Farwell, Miss S.
Fox, Mrs. G. Ives, Mrs NJ. B. Flora,
w. Fahnestock, Mrs. w. Fahnestock,
Miss E. c. Farwell, Miss C. Goodloe,
j. c. Greayes, Mrs. j., C. Greaves, Mrs.
A. Giesecke, Miss r. E. Grant, Mrs.
R. d. Grant, Mrs. NJ. F. Gardner, Mas
ter L. Gardner, Harold Giffard, Master
st. Goar, ]. Gregg, Mrs. ]. Gregg. Miss
l. Gregg, Miss M. Gregg, T. D. ,Hoyt,
Mrs. E. Hyde-Smith, j. j. Hennessy.
Mrs. ]. J. Hennessy, Mrs NJ. Harrell,
Miss NJ. E. Hodgeden, Mrs. K. E.
Hodgeden, w. H. Harris, Mrs. w. H.
Harris, Miss A. j. Hill, Mrs. C. H. Her.
old. Roth Hamilton, Miss NJ. Krusi,
Miss d. Hurd, Mrs. L. R. Hurd, L. Ho-
C. J. Hutchins, Mrs CD.
Hutchins, Miss NJ S. Houghteling,
Miss NJ. Hind, Miss X. Kraft, H. Kerr,
Miss e. Kopke, Miss M. Kingston,
o. Lindblom, J. d. Lerenson, VIM. A.
Lombard, Mr.. J. Morrill,, Miss E. Nc
Neal, Mrs. McNeaL Miss A. Monrose,
j.. T. Marshall, Mrs. J. T. Marshall,
Gen. c. A. McAlpin, s. j. McMullen,
Mrs. B. j. McMullen, F. H Montgom-
cry, Mrs. ]. M. Mcdowell and two chill
dren, Miss G. Merrill, Miss E. Lennox,
S. Mersman, w. H. Mcleod, Mrs. w.
H. Mcleod, o. L. Mersman, Mrs. o. L.
Mersman, Miss J. Norton, Mrs. r. Pat
terson, r. Patterson, w. R. Potter, G..
w. Pierson, Mrs. w. Pierson, Mrs. G..
A.. Pimpeton, Miss B. Rudy, Miss A.
l.. Roberts, Mrs. R. B. Robbins, D. L.
Rosenfeld, Mrs. D. l.. Rosenfeld, Mrs.
Ben Seelig, W. H. Stone, Mrs. c. G.
C. C. Smith, Mrs. c. C.
Smith, Miss G. Sturgeon, Mrs. r. H.
Sturgeon, Miss F. E. Smith, Miss Eth
ell TAFT, Miss Elizabeth TAFT, Miss H.
Tietzen, H. M. Thompson, Mrs. H.
Thompson, Miss Z. Thompson, E. Ty.
ner, Mrs. E. Tyner, W. G. Taylor, G.
D. Toy, Mrs. G. D. Toy, Miss C. Thum-
mel, Col. De La Vergne, Mrs. A. n.
Williams, Miss NJ. Walker, Miss r.
Williams, A. S. Whitbeck, Miss l.. K.
Ward, Mrs. V. Ward, Miss A. Web
ster, A. Webster. Mrs. A. Webster, C.
B. Wells, Miss A. Warehouse, Miss
F. Walding, Miss j. Walding, w. ].
Mrs. w. J. Walding, H. E.
Whitney, Mrs H. z. Whitney, Miss A.
B. Vile, J. L. Young. J. Magee, J. G..
Mrs. J. G. McComb, Miss L.
Young, Miss G. A. Young, r. r. Zane.
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TO BEGIN M0LASSES
SHIPMENTS SHORTLY

That the young cane has had an
excellent start. and that the outlook
for the 1917 crop is even better than
anticipated, is the statement of A. w.
T. Bottomley, who has returned to Ho-
nolulu following an inspection of the
Olaa plantation. THE 1916 harvest is
behind on account or the dry weather
during February" Mr.. Bottomley says,
land it is too soon to say anything as
TO the estimates. The plantation is
getting its 2000-ton molasses tanks fin
ished and will probably begin to de-
liver molasses to the Western Grain
and Products Company of San Fran
cisco by the end of April"
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HAS CONTRACTS FOR BIG
SHIPMENT OF M0LASSES

Having secured contracts for co.
900 tons OF molasses for shipment to
California, Clinton James lIutchins
left for the mainland in the steamer
Matsonia today, expecting to return
to Honolulu in about one month. Upon
his return Mr.. Hutchins says he will
perfect plans fer the construction of
large molasses tanks at various island
ports. He expects TO bring TO Homo.
lulu model Of the bagasse-barrel ma
chine, and that some Of the barrels
will he ready for practical tests short
ly after his return
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PASSENGERS EXPECTED

Per Matson str. Wilhelmina, due
from San Francisco Tuesday morning,
April II: Mr.. Brown, F. n. Paine, f.
w. Van Valkenburg, Mr.. Marshall.
Max Levin, Miss Edna Lloyd, Mrs. c.
j. Owen Miss f. Partridge. Mrs. W. L.
Bell. Burr Kemble. o. A. Steven,
r. w. Spalding. Mrs. H. G. Purcell,
Mrs. J. w. Stephenson, Mrs. James
w. Longstreet, Mrs. c. E. A. Ander-
son, w. H. Farmer, Mrs Bodero and
daughter. Mrs. Charles 3. Alcott, Miss
X. Fehr, John S. Baker, F. Junker-
man, Mrs. John Ely, Miss Junkerman,
Mrs. S. F. Haserot, Mrs. 7, n.
GreayeS, II. S. Downs, Mr.. Trulock,
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Mrs. Tobler, Mrs. A. C. Bodman, W.
T. Bray, Master Arthur Reade. MI
Girton, Bernhard Levin, J. Rosen.
stein, c. J. Owen. Miss E. r. Jones,
w. r. Bell, NJ. Brasch, Carlton Bar
rett, A. McDuffie, H. G. Purcell,
Miss Phoebe Parker, Miss F. K. Nor.
risch, Miss f. Crane, w. Latham,
Mrs. S. A. Robinson, Mrs Goche, Miss
Adams, Mrs. NJ L. Soule, Mrs. John
S. Baker, Miss Ely, Mrs. F., Junker-
nan. s. F. Haserot, 7. T. Greaves, Z.
D. Hales, Mr.. Reise.. Mr.. Tobler, a. C..
Bodman, Miss F. K. Morrison.
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by AUTHORITY.
RESOLUTION NO. .4s2.

= --a --. .
Be it Resolved by the Board of SUI
pervisors of the City and County of
Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, that
the sum of Five Hundred Dollars
($50000) he and the same is hereby
appropriated out of all moneys in the
Permanent Improvement Fund in the
Treasury of the City and County of
Honolulu, as an advance against the
cost of preliminary engineering ex-
penses for the following purpose, the
same to be refunded out of the
moneys available therefor from the
bonds of said improvement, and to be
expended for Salaries, PayrolIs and
Incidentals, to wit: .... -.
Beach. Walk Improvement District
Number Two, $4,000.
Presented by 49,.
CHAS. N. ARNOLD,
..., - f.. Supervisor.
Date of Introduction: Honolulu, Ha-
wall, April A, 1915.
l. hereby certify that the foregoing
Resolution passed First Reading and
ordered to print at meeting held by
the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday,
April 4, 1916, on the following vote of
said Board:
Ayes: AHA, Arnold, Hollinger, Hor-
ner, Larsen, Logan, natch. Total :.
Noes: None.
=. E. BUFFANDEAU,
Deputy City and County Clerk.
49,. .:... 6441-St
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Sugar 5.83cts
Henry Waterhouse Trust Co.,
Ltd.
Members Honoluiu stosk and Dond
Exchange.
Fort end Meschant Streets
TeIephor.e laos
BY AUTHORITY.
RESOLUTION NO. 4so.

Be it Resolved by the Board OF Su.
peryisors of the City and County of
Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, that
the sum of Two Hundred Fifty Dol
lars f$25000) be and the same is
hereby appropriated out of all moneys
in the Permanent Improvement Fund
in the Treasury of the City and Cour.
ty of Honolulu, as an advance against
the cost Of preliminary engineering
expense for the following purpose,
the same to be refunded out of the
moneys to become available from the
bonds for said Improvement, and to
be expended for Salaries, Payrolls
and Incidentals, to wit:
Sea View Frontage Improvement,
Number Three, $250.00. ~.
Presented by
-. CHAS. N. ARNOLD, D..
.... Supervisor.
Date of Introduction: Honolulu, Ha-
waii, April 4, 1915. ~. Ill.
l hereby certify that the foregoing
Resolution passed First Reading and
ordered to print at meeting held by
the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday,
April 4, 1916, on the following vote OF
said Board: &. ..-
Ayes: AHA, Arnold. Hollinger, Hor-
ner, Larsen, Logan, Hatch. Total I.
Noes: None. ...<.. .-.*
E. BUFFANDEAU, = =.
Deputy City and County Clerk
6441-3t =.
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Next mail from Australia and Sa-
moa Will arrive Tuesday morning in
the Oceanic liner Ventura, due esail
the same afternoon fer San Francisco.
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Newspapers in England used to
cost I pence. owing to 4-penny tax
which was placed on them.
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STATEMENT OF THE OWNER.
SHIP, MANAGEMENT, ciRcu-
LATIoN, ETC. REQUIRED 5Y TIE
ACT o. CONGRESS OF AUGUST
"a, 1872, =
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RESOLUTION NO. 4s1.

Be it Resolved by the Board of SUI
perVisors of the City and Coun-
ty of Honolulu, Territory of Ha.
wall, that the sum of Twenty
Seven Hundred Dollars (s2700.00) be
and the same is hereby appropriated
out of all moneys in the Permanent
Improvement Fund in the Territory OF
the City and County, for an account
to be known as Concrete Culye-t,
kaneohe.
Presented by
.= CHAS. n. ARNOLD, "
Supervisor.
Date of Introduction: Honolulu, Ha-
waii, April 4, 1916. .-...
hereby certify that the foregoing
Resolution passed First Reading and
ordered to print at meeting held by
the Board of Supervisors On Tuesday,
April 4, 1915, on the following vote OF
said Board: %..-. i. =. -: -. ....
Ayes: AHA, Arnold, Hollinger, Hor-
ner. Larsen, Logan, datch. Total T.
Noes: None. -. .=*-
..-...- L. DUFFANDEAU, -.
Deputy City and County Clerk.
-: 6t4l-St ...-
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when Youf Eyes Need Care
Try Murine Eye Remedy
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FOR SALE

Chicago ships out 1900 tons Of
less than carload freight daily and re-.
ceiYes 1000 tons.
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MERCANTILE

. =
Between Boards; Sales: so, so, 40,
%, 5, Olaa. 171a; 8 McBryde, 1885;
40 Hawaiian Pine. Co., 39N; 10 Homo
kaa, 10A 5, Is Waialua, "a; $50, 30
Oahu Sugar Co., 35; 80 Pioneer,
46as;; 20 Honokaa, 1913; 100 Homo
kaa, 10A; 20 Hawaiian Pine. Co,
S9&.
Session Sales; 5 olaa, THIS Ha-
waiian Pine. Co, 40; $4,000 Pacific
s. M. 6s, 100; $1,000 Pacific S. M. Co.
IS, 100; As Hon. B. & NJ Co., 1914 !;
10 Oahu Sugar Co., 35.
DIVIDENDS.
April 8, 1s16-H. c. & S. Co. (50c
speciaD, 10; Honomu (s3 speciaI) !,
$3.50; Hutchinson, 80; Paauhau, 80.
Latest sugar quotation: SO deg.
test, 5.S3 cts, or $11e.6O per ton.
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HARbOR NOTES

The Norwegian steamer Befridhe
sailed from San Francisco Monday for
this port t,3sf.s. ...s8l
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---.-|.- OUptTFISUT.
Date of Introduction: Honolulu, Ha-
waii, April 4, 1916. -...
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The American-Hawaiian steamer
Floridan, due to reach San Francisco
next Monday, April 10, from New
York via Magellan, will probably load
at Asiatic ports for San Francisco, ac-
cording TO General Freight Agent G.
P. Morse of the local office today. Mr..
Morse says that, so far as he knows,
the steamer will make no stop here
outward or returning. 49,.
Some time today the Commercial
Pacific cable schooner Flaurence
Ward, Capt. George II. Piltz, is sail
ing from Pier 10 for the Midway cable
station, via the Tanning Island sta.
ticn She is taking 50 tons of coal
and 20 tons of supplies, making about
2S5 packages. p. L. Peterson, Gus
toms broker handled the supplies for
Thee. ii. Davies, & Co. :....# ....
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or Honolulu Star Builetin. published
daily az Honolulu. Hawaii, for April
/, 1916.
Territory of Hawaii:
The Washington herald., 1916-12-19
Shopping Late.

OF course, everybody didn't shop
early. Some couldn't and some didn't
But 1t has to be done, and there are
just fve days left in which to do it.
Hence, 1t behooves all of the belated
ones to be considerate of the shop
girl and the floor manager just as
these worthy persons are uniformly
courteous and considerate Of the
shopper.
There always is the absent-minded
uncle who rushes into the toy store
at the last minute and buys wildly
for a young nephew. There are al
ways the father and mother who had
to wait for that last payday to make
the little fellows at home happy.
And so long as there is a Christ
mas and so long as shop early" Is
dinned by the newspapers, there will
be last-minute shoppers.
The store attendants have had a
hard siege. The tired girl at tho
Wabbly Duck counter has been
laughing at him for four weeks and
the young man In the tin horns has
heard them blown a million times.
Still they smile, and up to closing
hour Saturday night they will show
you how to wind up the walking frog,
how the indoor railway is operated
and just what a wealth of fun can be
found in the old-fashioned Christmas
stocking.
Take up as little time as possible; );
make way for somebody else.
Garry home as many small bundles
as you can and give the tired deliv-
cry men little hope of getting home
ahead of Santa Claus on Christmas
morning.
Try to have the right change for
small purchases and give the weary
eyed cashiers and change-makers a
rest.
Remember that this Is the week
before Christmas, the season of good
cheer, of good wishes and kindness,
and that there are others who want
to be happy with you.
The Washington herald., 1916-12-19
ARMY ORDERS.

Commanding Officer. Rock Island Arsenal H..
or commissioned assistant. to st. Louis on official
business In connection with operations ot ORDINANCES
Department
First Lieut. Duncsn MacCalman relieved from
further active duty In Medical Reserve Corps.
Capts. Edgar 8. Gorren and Harold g. Martin
TO Plainheld and Nutey. N. J.. and Ithaca and
Buffalo. N. Y.
First Lieut.. William D. Petit relieved from
further active service IN Medical Reserve Corps.
leave two months and seven days.
Commanding Officer. Ftandford Arsenal. Phila-
dolphin, Pa, commissioned assistant 30 Pitts
burEh, Pa. On business pertaining to Ordnance
DEPARTMENT.
Caps. Ralph D. Bates detailsd as inspector
Instructor Of Coast ARTILLERY Corps. National Guard
Il New YORK.
ospt wfIii.n 7. o.rpcusr to Fut Hamilton
o.pt. Allison B. p..SA IT,. detailed a. inspector,
Instructor Of Coast ARTILLERY Corrs National Guard
Of California
Second Lieut. Hsbr Nations. resigned.
Opt. William A. fenney. r.. resigned.
Col Guy L. Edie leave sI days
First lieut.. Joseph o. DAILY. leave extended hn
days
Capt olivg r. Snyder. dstxiled - professor
Of military science and tactics at Gonsaga Co1ege.
Washington. and St Johns Colegs, Washington
Capt Roeert Il. willis jr.. leave one month.
Second Lieut.. Philip O. Mcintyre, leave ex-
tended one month
The Washington herald., 1916-12-19
The Employees Case.

In 1912 a rider on the postoffce
appropriationsNlaw took the gag off
the right of petition and protest that
had silenced employees of the United
States government during the ad-
ministrations of Presidents Roosevelt
and Taft.
Then the government employees
got together. They organized.
Today more than 5000 of them are
enrolled and many more are anxious
to be admitted.
+. They enlisted the aid of the Amer
lean Federation of Labor and OBJ
tanned the cooperation of Samuel
Gompers and the other officials Of
that organization who know their
way around in the corridors of Con-
gress and have absorbed a trick or
two in politics in years of experience.
What has been the result?
In barely six months the employees
have been conceded graduated hori-
zontal increases of from FIVE to ten
per cent by the House appropriations
committee, and the House probably
will vote such an increase as it deems
adequate to present necessity.
The Senate yet is to be heard from,
but the disposition at that end Of the
Capitol is to pay government en-
ployes enough to enable them to live
decently and rear their children
properly.
Thus the lesson of organization is
pointed out
After all it is publicity and light
that counts in progress. Had the
tongues of the employees been silenc-
ed by executive ukase, had the fear of
dismissal or demotion deferred the
employees from uttering their we'll
justified complaint at the scant wages
they are receiving, the public might
have remained in ignorance.
But the removal of the official gag
enabled the employees to act, and in
The Washington Herald they found
the mouthpiece they desired. How
efficiently this mouthpiece has pre-
sented the case of the employees daily
is testified to in letters of gratitude
received by The Herald.
The Washington herald., 1916-12-19
NAVAL ORDERS.


ORDERS TO OFFICERS.
Dssut J. J. McCacksn to Jupiter a executive
and navigator.
Lieut.. Gunior grade) +. a. Luckel, to hospital
In United States via Albany
Lieut.. tiunior grade) R. 4 Schuirmann, to
Fulton
Lieut.. Gunir ERdel ]. d Austin. 10 Fulton
IAeut- (turdor gfade)NF. g. Stsinwachs 10 Maine.
Lieut. tttmior rradel q H Quinlan, to Fulton.
Lieut.. 0unicr sradel z. r R. Wallace. to Prairie.
Enasn ". ". 6chott to Raleigh
Ensign W. A. Gearing, to Fulton
Ensign d. O woodward to Castino.
Ensign l. o. Afford, 70 Pittsburgh.
Ensign W. D. Bskr. to Frederick
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS.
Annapoab arrived at Topolobampo December le;
Art.nA arrived At Transier Sound. December II;
bunao arrived at MszatIan. December Is; Chat
tanooga arrived at San Diego. December Is; Denver
arrived at Gulf Of Fouseca, December s; Dolphin
The Washington herald., 1916-12-19
THE CHRISTMAS STAR

Since ancient Bethlehem behssd
The Christmas star arise
Astronomers have vainly sought
It's splendor In the skies,
But when the bells on Christmas Eve
Repeat the glad refrain
OF Peace on earth, good wfll to men,"
Behold II shines again.
In every home where fittle feet
Go pattering to and fro,
And little voices merrily
Ring out across the snow,
And scarlet-berried holly makes
The giitterins windows bright.
The holy star Of Bethlehem
Reveals its dazzling light
It sparties from the Christmas tree
In gold and silver sheen,
And tiny tapers strung along
The branches darkly green.
It shimmers on the angel perched
Upon the tcpmost spray,
And Ger the tfnsel cords that tie
The gifts Of Christmas Day.
The children dance and sing around
The tree Of wondrous fruit.
Or at some new and novel toy
They gaSe with rapture mute,
And dolls and drums and picture-books,
And an the Christmas things,
Are touched with radiance that fed,
The shepherds and the kings.
oi may no little one awake
Upon q Christmas morn
To ind his stocking hanging up
All empty and foriorn,
For lot the glory that aroused
The shepherd IN the fold
IL shining still in childish eyes
And euris Of baby gold.
-Ainna Irving In Leslie's.
The Washington herald., 1916-12-19


oe;shtful little volume of verse is
onered to Christmas book shelves by
Mary virginia del Castillo Johrston CMrs,
~. Le 1rand Johnston) a Washington
woman. who is an artist as we'll as
author.
mrs Johnston has illuminated the dedi-
cauon OF her book, which contains poems
OF love nature. philosophy and of the
old Morse myths.
The motif running through Songs of
the Night" which reveal a delicate DO
etlc fancy, is the perfect purity OF the
soul which descends into the depths for
purpose and returns again Inevitably
to the heights
In contrast to the lyric quality of the
ioVe songs and the delicate imagery OF
the nature verse, is the group of poems
OF the Far North. rejecting the traditions
ana bold rugged spirits of Morse my
thology. The verse was apparently writ
zen IN the nrst freshness Of inspiration
and shows the freedom of poetic form and
movement.
The Washington herald., 1916-12-19
a number of interview. with Secretary

q number of interviews with Secretary
of War Baker concerning the project.
He has been aided in his investiga-
ton work by Col. H. L. Rogers. chief
quartermaster with Gen. Funston at San
Antonio, who has designed and is super
intending the construction Of some man.
moth storehouses at Fort Sam Houston.
Mr.. Coffin believes there should be four
or five of these depots at principal rail-
road centers and the establishment which
Col Rogers is building at San Antonio
undoubtedly will be the model. There
will be several huge structures of an ag-
gregate capacity ultimately OF taking care
Of the stores for an army OF 10000 men.
Railroad tracks will run through the
building and there will be, modern facili-
ties for the handling Of material so that
there may be the least loss of time in
equipping q military force for sudden
movement.
The Washington herald., 1916-12-19
Seen and Heard
BY GEORGES MINER.

Il
New York, Dec. IS-No statesman
with worldwide reputation has had
a more picturesque career than David
Lloyd George, recently made prime
minister of Great Britain. He is look
ed upon in London, and all over the
British Isles and dominions, for that
matter, as the ope big man in the
empire to save England. Ten years
ago he was looked upon in London
and wherever he had been heard of
in England as joke, and rather an
undigni6ed joke at that.
Even no more than FIVE or six years
ago few Englishmen of education
took Lloyd George seriously. He
was generally regarded as a vulgar
mountebank and charlatan. Only the
illiterate and the unemployed ap-
plauded him. He was the champion
of the disgruntled and the worth
less. They idolized him because he
abused the government.
That was how he first came into
notice, simply by heaping all sorts
of vulgar abuse and denunciation on
the powers that were. have heard
him make many speeches that were
simply scandalous. His language was
pure billingsgate and the epithets he
applied to the men he attacked were
frequently disgusting, 'profane or OBJ
scene. Of course that tickled the mob
and then, as he is a man with a bril-
liant mind, he would say many clever
things.
He started as a little pettifogging
lawyer in Wales, but he is so wrapped
up in ambition that nothing could
keep him down. He soon got a repu-
tation as brilliant, witty and caustic
speaker.
If the abuse and vulgarity were
eliminated doubt if his speeches
would have created much of a sen
sation or attracted any attention.
They did at the time, though, and
were so inflammatory that on occa-
sions the police tried to stop him and
take him into custody. Two or three
times he had to quit and make his
escape out of back door. Once in
Manchester he had to put on a dis
guise to get away. He was the object
of ridicule all over the country for
months afterward in consequence.
These speeches that he made in
those days before he got into the
government were given in the poor
sections of big cities. He didn't get
the use of any high class or even
reputable hall.
Seven years ago there was not a
person in all England but what
would have said you were crazy if
you had predicted that Lloyd George
would one day be prime minister. 1t
would be like predicting that Hinky-
Dink, of Chicago, would be President
of the United States. The thing was
preposteeous, don't you knowl
Well, he began going up and she'd
ding his methods and manners and
language. He got into the govern
ment and dropped the David from his
name. He and Sir Thomas Upton
became quite chummy and together
one night they attended a party that
an actress gave. 1t was a sight for
the gods to see the famous tea mer-
chant, tall, fine looking man, and
the little chancellor of the exchequer
doing cake walk to the banjo thump-
ing of half dozen negroes.
They both had a right good time
though, but I don't believe Lloyd
George would do it now. The war
has made him serious and his speeches
are no longer filled with vituperation
nor are they brilliant.
He's too big a man now to say
smart things.
The Washington herald., 1916-12-19

A Christmastide In days of War
Ths better serves its purpose, for
Despite ths sorrow and the pain
And horrors Of contention vain
'Tis well again
That We should think OF him who stood
Before the soofing multitude,
Despised. and spat upon and scourged.
BY crowds that round about him surged
Yet out Of the Gethsemane
OF his dark agony
Became the perfect symbol Of
Goodwin and Love
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