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The Washington herald., 1916-01-05
BY T.. b. JOHNS.

The abandonment of field artillery regi-
( ments is proposed in a revision of
the army bill that Is to be submitted to
| the House Committee on Military Affairs
by Chairman Hay at its first session to-
| morrow. BY the provisions of the bill
referring to field artillery. mobile ar
tiliery is to be organized on the same
plan as the Coast Artillery. The largest
legal organization provided for in the
bin is battery. which corresponds to the
company OF Coast Artillery.
This change in the organization of field
artillery will be scanned very closely by
the balance of the mobile army. There
will be some objections coming from the
other arms of the service. who insist that
a uniform organization should be main
tanned in the mobile army. The field ar
tillery. it is understood insists that the
battalion is the fighting unit of the ar
tllery but the other arms say that the
same can be said of the infantry and
cavalry. AS far as that is concerned. the
report from the European war refers
more frequently to battalions of infantry
than regiments But in this connection
1t is stated that a German battalion of
infantry is as large as regiment in the
regular army at its present strength. 1t
is argued by some members of the Cen
eral Staff that If the field artillery is to
go to corps organization, regimental
ry should be abandoned.
The revised bill provides for an in
crease Of the number of field artillery
colonels from six to twelve, and the
balance OF the officers are increased in
the same proportion.
The Christmas souvenier menu of Com
pany G Seventeenth United States Infsn-
try, which was received at the War De-
partment yesterday, would grace the ia
BILE at an annual banquet in the Wal
dorf Astoria One of the most beauti-
full features of the souvenier is a picture
OF the Company Street" at Eagle, Tex,
which has the appearance of one OF the
secluded walks of Palm Beach.
Company G takes pride in the fact that
1t has not had a deserter in eight or nine
years and ii invariably celebrates its eN-
cellent record by a Christmas dinner. The
company is now in command of Capt.
Byron Conrad and the other commission
ed officer on duty with it is Second Lieut..
, Hugh b. Keen.
OF extraordinary interest will be the
cruise Of the midshipmen next summer
If the plans for a trip into South Ameri-
can waters are carried out. 1t is evil
dent that the midshipmen cannot go to
Europe and 1t would scarcely be wise
to send them on cruise to Asiatic
waters.
1t is Urged that the cruise will tend to
promote the friendly relations between
United States and South American
countries. The midshipmen will probably
visit all of the larger ports in South
America and sail around Cape Horn.
Army officers registered at the War De-
partment yesterday were: Mai NJ c.
Buckley, c. A. c., and Lieut.. e. V. Cut
rer. Eighth Infantry. The following navy
officers reported at the Navy Department:
| Lieut., Gunior grade) N. w. Leine. Z. s.
S. Arkansas; Ensign r. II. Blair and
Ensign p P. Powell, L. S. S. Delaware.
The Washington herald., 1916-01-05

Exchange Germany fell to 75Il in New
York today. That means that bankers and others
having credits in Germany were willing to sell
them for Is cents on the dollar. English credits
are selling today for % per cent of their face
value. Here is a lesson that many whose fancy
has been hypnotized by the published accounts of
the irresistible might of Germany should take to
heart.
The Washington herald., 1916-01-05

Ing and currency. or even questions Of
tariffs, but the fundamental Institutional
choices of mere growth: the questions
which went inevitably with the setting
up OF every new State and the occupa.
ton OF every new piece Of territory
l. was this making and remaking of
the country that had upset the old order
Of politics and brought the untempered
airs OF the West into all forecasts of the
political weather.
Half the economic questions of that day
of change took their magnitude and sig
nihcance from the Westward expansion
1t was in the new regions OF the coun-
try, with their undeveloped riches in
flaming the Imagination. that speculat ation
ran its reckless course with the most in
corrigible hardihood.
Railways outran population nd failed
as investments because settlement spread
rather than compacted
Statesmen had always to be studying
soii-e law Of v. checking or indulg-
ing some wild adventure of enterprise
And there was In the midst of all q fun
damental choice which did not alter like
the rest
The chief choice always to L, made at
every stage Of the unhalting Westward
movement was the choice .oncerning
slavery: the cIoice which had been de
bated very temperately at first when the
great Ordinance for the government of the
Northwest Territory was adopted in the
days of the Confederation. but which had
struck many a spark Of passion cut when
handled again [ the admission of Mis-
souri, into the Union. and which seemed
every time II was touched more danger
OF and disturbing than before.
Now ii seemed to lie everywhere at e
front OF affalrs-Eot the question of the
abolition of slavery. but the question OF
its territorial extension
The Washington herald., 1916-01-05

The swift antipodean night
DescendS upon the whispering gums,
And 10! in wavering drifts Of light
Our tenuous northern daylight comes.
And loud through all the cobbled slums
The factory whistles echo clear:
To work" The hive of business huns.
To work! Another day is herep'
Another blessed day is here.
The sudden drums Of morn have beat
There's no exchanging sleep for beer,
And men must work if they would eat!
With dreams o'morn you cannot cheat
With current need for bread and Goals
10 work. 1t cries, and down the street
The tramphng tide Of footsteps rolls.
The restless flood of human souls
That beats upon the shores OF strife
Between the undiscovered poles
OF Life and Dcath-of Death and Life.
They pasS-the man, the child, the wife
They are the dross that Nature spends.
Their little tragic lives are rife
With only mean and sordid ends.
The javelin OF the dawn descends;
. The shield OF night is cleft in twain,
And those whom only night befriends
Must HE them to the mills again
The mills of man that grind the grain.
OF human toll to aureate dust;
The mills of God that grind in pain
The souls we urge to turn in trust
To God, and call Him wise and lust,
And kind towards the shiftless crew
That doubt and steal and lie and lust
As he created them to do.
What answer can He make TO Won
Who only SOW while others reap2
All, yesl-that you may toll anew
He g1veth His beloved sleepr'
., farther than the windless, deep.
Blue tropic seas of palm and spice;
Or where the austral pillows sweep
North from the lean Antarctic Zee.
Are those pale lands that in a trice
The freed soul leaps to re-explore.
And no one asks you for the price,
Or turns you cursing from the door,
Where no one bids you any more
Make shift with dirt, disease and crime.
But each upon the naked floor
Of being, boundless and sublime,
Dcfying laws of place and time
Seeks such adventures as befall:
Each one himself the master mime,
To stage the play or end it all.
What magic is there in the call
OF sirens hooting in the dark,
Long ere the pallid daybeams fall
Among the chimneys standing stark,
That makes these slaves outrise the lark
And swarm to meet the cherries day.
To what dread summons do they hark,
That sends them willing to the fray1
Can they not lay the load away,
And walk among the fields Of earth,
And hear the pipes Of morning play
And see the Sprfngtide's blossom birth.
Can they not match the summers mirtls
With dancing feet and hearts aglow?
They do not know what life is worth!
They do not knowl They do not knowl
BRETHERTOl
The Washington herald., 1916-01-05
THE WESTERN INFLUENCE
Published by special arrangement scTh the President
The Mcclure NeaoSpober Syndicate

The Whig leaders were now to find
out what changes of politics had come
to stay.
They had not perceived that what they
had witnessed under General jackson was
not temporary madness of reaction
against the craftsmanship and the ideals
of the generation which had given the
nation its first form and policy, but a
permanent shifting of points of view, for
men In Office and out, a turning away
once and for all from the old to new
questions that went with the making of
the nation.
Whether they would or no. they were
In the hands OF the new democracy, their
fortunes as a party committed to the
swift changes of the passing time
Important the matters were with
which they dealt. their programme had
been a programme of old questions. not
Of new.
Change worked too swiftly to make It
any longer possible for any party, how
ever led or constituted, to bark back
to the policy of time twelve years
gone by.
There had been transient humors no
doubt, as well is permanent alterations
of fortune. in Jackson's day: thing s
which came with the heady excitements
or the time and sank away again as af-
fairs steadied to the new order.
But, though passions subsidized and hasty
errors fell away from mems thoughts
as the air cooled and cleared all things
kept their new face. and the reckonings
of politics could no more be forced back
to their old scale than the reckonings of
trade or the operations of credit
1t was made evident enough while Mr.
Tyler sat out his unexpected presidency
that the questions which cried for set
tlement were no longer questions of bank
The Washington herald., 1916-01-05

The supreme court of Hanover, Germany has
decided that the municipal authorities have no
right to hx maximum prices on articles of food i'm
ported from outside the municipality. The chief
interest in this item of news lies in the fact that
We now hear for the first time of the existence of
courts in Germany, thus discovering that the
natives are not unenlightened as we thought
they were
The Washington herald., 1916-01-05

The disappointment Of readers in dramatizcd
stories is in way tribute to the art of fiction
1t suggests that imagination has been at work
The readers think that the creator Of the scenes
and OF the characters in the book deserves credit
but they deserve credit themselves as we'll. They
have taken the creators suggestions and carried
them into a world of their own
In very true every fiction reader is a
creator When he goes to the theater he sees
that other creators have been at work. His re-
sentiment may be the measure OF his own en-
thusiasm, the chief source of his power. Indig-
nantly he declares that this unreal world on the
stage is not the true world in his mind When
he goes back to the author for comfort he be-
lieves he is returning to the true world; but he
is really entering the enchanted realm of his own
fancy. He has evolved dramatic method of his
own.
The Washington herald., 1916-01-05

Says the New York Evening Telegraph: will
lam }. Bryan lost no time in hurrying to New
York to meet Henry Ford, and in fancy one can
almost feel the soothing touch of the great Ne
brsskans soft hand on Henry's backw 1t means,
Of course, the touch of the Nebraskan's back hand
Henry's soft head.
The Washington herald., 1916-01-05

Dis is painful ter me, num-" said the ragged
visitor. What do you mean?" asked the charit-
able housewife. "Askn' yer fur a bite ter eat
Then why do you do it?" Because gon widout
would be a whole lot more painfuL"-Birmingham
Age-Herald.
The Washington herald., 1916-01-05

1t should be borne in mind however, that those
who disappointed in dramatizaton actually
gain something In their criticism they become, in
sense, collaborators. Then too, as most authors
know, in criticism there is high pleasure. 1t
carries with it a of power. Moreover, it
is an intellectual process. The critics go away
from the theater and discuss the points of the
drama, comparing it with the points of the book
Though, in their condemnation they may be Sc
we're, they help to exploit both the novel and the
play.
To study the material of art in different forms
is inevitably profitable. SO many OF us when we
read book only half read it and when We see
a play only half it. But when we take the
material that have drawn from a book and
carry it to the dramatization and compare it with
the material find in the theater, we energize
intellectually and aestheticaly. We arc getting
down d little deeper If the original material is
fine, through equally fine work in dramatzation
we likely to have very exceptional artistic
qualification. Such disappointments as come by
the way carry their compensation. They make us
alive to the limitations of art we'll as to the de-
fects Of artists by helping familiarize us with
a theme, intensyng our appreciation.
The Washington herald., 1916-01-05

That split in the British cabinet is most deplor-
able. We had been hoping that they would all
depart together
The Washington herald., 1916-01-05

After ALL Mr. Tafts picture of real Repub-
hcan" looks about much like man named
William Howard as Roosevelts resembles an in
dvidual called Theodore.
The Washington herald., 1916-01-05
A MATTER OF TASTE.

II anything on all this earth
Is useless past compare
1t is to waste one hour OF worth
On some stale bit of care:
If Fste's to catch me in some mesh
l hope at least it will be fresh.
(Cop5right lslsJ
The Washington herald., 1916-01-05

Dramatzation of book in way takes the
public into the creative workshp. Here there is
both loss and gain. For the vast majority there
is chiefly loss. They have the great illusions Now
they are likely to find these illusions damaged
They the creators at work. They are made
aware of artihce. They watch the wheels going
round For them perfect illusion has ceased to be
possible.
To the students of art, however, all this revela-
tion has charm of its Perhaps they have
lost the earlier freshness of illusion Perhaps, on
the other hand even while developing their criti-
cal sense, they have reganed the illusion and
found it heightened.
The Washington herald., 1916-01-05
Morning Smiles.

There is nothing harder than getting
out of a bad habit"
Yes, there is-getting into a good
one."-Boston Transcript.
The Washington herald., 1916-01-05

Mrs. Newrich-"I am determined that Clara's
debut shall pass off with great eclat." Newrich-
What's eclat, Maria-expense"-Bost Tran.
script.
The Washington herald., 1916-01-05
A Line o Cheer Each Day o the Year.
By JOHN KENDRIcK BANGS.

First printing Of original poem, written Aaily
for The Washington Herala
The Washington herald., 1916-01-05

Often book will send to play and the
play will send us back to the book. Disappont-
ment in the play may make appreciation Of
the book all the keener. Consider for instance the
effect of dramatic versions of Dickens novels Not
one has been great popular success. Even the
versions of David Copperheld" have proven to
be ephcmeral But the production of Dickens
play always increases the sales of the novel
dramatzed, circumstance indicating that the
Dickens lovers have been stimulated to renewed
activity.
The Washington herald., 1916-01-05

MY son. said the father impressive
ly, suppose l should be taken ava,
suddenly. what would become Of your"
Why" said the son. irreverently. 'Tc
stay here. The question is, what would
become of you?''-The Boy Builder.
The Washington herald., 1916-01-05

Daughter. don't marry that young
man. He'll never bring home the bacon
How foolish you are, dad. What do
care about the bacon IL he'll bring home
the bonbons ?'-Louisville Courier-Jour.
nal
The Washington herald., 1916-01-05

The Poet-"It is but step from the sublime to
me me ridiculous. The Cirl-"Watch your stepl"-
The Washington herald., 1916-01-05

Now, my son." said the conscientious
father, tell me why punished YOU"
That's It." blubbered the boy, indig-
nantls. First you pounded the life out
OF me, an now you don't know what you
done IL for."-Chicago Herald.
The Washington herald., 1916-01-05

Mr.. +. Ewing Pratt who Is spending
part Of the holidays in New York. is
staying at the Hotel WolCott. Mr.. sgd
ney Williamson, formerly chief Of con-
struction in the Reclamation Service IL
also at the Wolcott from Denver.
The Washington herald., 1916-01-05

Mrs George Won /. Meyer. wife Of the
former Secretary Of the Navy, who is
shortly returning TO Washington, has en-
gagged an apartment at the Shorehsm.
Miss Julia Meyer, who came to Wash
ington yesterday, will be the guest Of
friends until the arrival OF her mother.
The Washington herald., 1916-01-05

Fred had been permitted to visit boy
friend on the condition that he return
home not later than O'Clock. He ar
rived at 7, and insisted that he had not
The Washington herald., 1916-01-05
Fiction and Drama.
Nv JOHN ID. RARRY.

Drama and fiction are deeply related. as we
all recognize. To their basis we apply the same
word, plot" We know that good plot is likely
to serve aboat we'll for form of art as for
another Afte, all the main difference is that the
drama unfolds itself with the aid of scenery and
actors. Fiction unfolds itself with the aid OF the
authors interpretations The oest fiction, how
ever. follows the dramatic method. 1t lets the
characters work out their destiny.
The Washington herald., 1916-01-05

The Charge d'Affsrfcs OF Argentina and
Sonora Quintana entertained at dinner
last evening IN honor Of Bember Of the
delegates to the Psn-American Scientific
Congress
The Washington herald., 1916-01-05

Do stories gain or lose by being dramatizedi
This question is often discussed by play review
ers and readers of fiction. 1t is answered in
many ways. Much depends upon the point OF
view. There those who like to see their
favorite book transferred to the stage. Now they
meet their characters in, flesh and blood. They
live over the same scenes. To a high degree they
have the pleasure of renewed impressions, like the
hearing OF familiar music Often, the other
hand, they disappointed. The artificial limita-
tons of the theater crowd out of their favor
lite scenes. They feel themselves cheated. They
may think that the book has been mangled that
their favorite characters are either omitted alto
gether or made subordinate, or are mperfectly in
terpreted. They may even resent the develop
ment of character, feeling that in the process it
has been changed almost out of recognition, that
in the technical language of writers, it has not
been kept together"
The Washington herald., 1916-01-05

An interesting wedding took place IN
Charleston, W. Va. last Tuesday even
ing when Miss Ida Dolinsky became the
bride of Mr.. A. s. Cohen. OF Washington.
Pa. The ceremony took place at s O'Clock
at the home Of the brides parents. in
Baidley street The house was decorated
with smilaN. ferns and quantities OF
roses The bride. who was given in mar
riaEe by her father. wore a beautiful
gown Of duchess satin, embroidered in
pearls, and carried g bouquet OF Bride
roses and lilies OF the valley. She was
unattended. Mr.. Maurice Lsnday, OF
Washington, Pa, acted as best man.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cohen left for New York
and other Eastern cities and viii be al
home at Washington, Pa. after January
Is. Mrs. Cohen Is an attractive young
woman. well known In musical circles
and has been a member OF the local
Choral Club for some time Mr.. Cohen
is q prominent business man OF wash
ington. Pa. Out-of-town guests az the
wedding were Mr.. and Mrs Sam Cohen
Mrs. Sarah Cohen. Mr Maurice Lsnday.
Of Washington; Mr.. and Mrs Joe Cohen.
Nanderguf. Pa; Mr.. and Mrs Scott and
Mr.. shugold. OF Pittsburgh. Pa. Mr and
Mrs. Dresen. Of Montgomery
Mr.. Yberio San Ramon. OF Argentine.
has arrived at Washington for the ses-
| sions OF the nan u,ericsp rong-resx snd
The Washington herald., 1916-01-05

Mr. p. Carmen Ksyhoe and Mr.. c
Doyle. of Chevy Chase. entertained a
number OF their friends at a dance at ths
Dumbarton Club, on Thursday evening
December 81. and during the evening the
engagement of Miss Ruth Cartwright and
Mr.. c. Eugene Doyle was announced.
The Washington herald., 1916-01-05

Mr.. Yberio San Ramon. OF Argentine.
has arrived at Washington for the ses-
sions OF the pan-Amerfcsn congress, and
"a stopping at the willard
The Washington herald., 1916-01-05

Miss Msrgheritta Tillmsn was the
honor guest at a bridge party which Mrs.
Elliott Woods gave yesterday afternoon
at her apartment at Stoneleigh Court.
The Washington herald., 1916-01-05

Mrs. F. Casansve Wilson and Miss
Wilson received informally yesterday
afternoon. They were assisted by a
number Of recent brides, including Mrs,
Frank Smith. Mrs. Vann. Panama for
merly Miss Mary Wells. Of this city; Mrs
Walter Thrall, Mrs. sarah Pierce Rouse
Mrs. Gauss Mrs. Marshall Nichols. Mrs
McChelton. Of Los Angeles. and Mrs
Robert Hunter.
The Washington herald., 1916-01-05

The Solicitor OF the State Department
and Mrs. Cone johnson gave dinner
party last evening at the University, Club
before the fortnightly dance. entertaining
house guests, Miss Mary Bryan. Miss
Mary Taylor and Miss Cornelis Keasby.
all Of Texas. The table was adorned
with a huge centerpiece OF pink roses
The Washington herald., 1916-01-05

Our Flag Chapter OF the Daughters Of
the American Revolution. will be at home
with Miss PratheT. Miss Hodges. Mrs.
S3eal and Miss Kaufman Tuesday. Jan
uary 3. at the Cairo. from TO II O'Clock
The Washington herald., 1916-01-05

Mrs. Otis Judd EDDY viii not be al
home TODAY
MY. and Mrs. NJ +. McDermot. OF
Flttsourgh. were among yesterdays ar
rivals at the shoreham.
The Washington herald., 1916-01-05

Mrs. John SpOttswood Garland and
Miss Mary Garland received informally
yesterday afternoon Mrs. Howard Nc
Candlish presided at the tea table
The Washington herald., 1916-01-05

Army officers registered at the War De-
partment yesterday were: Mai. M. c.
Buckley, c. A. c., and Lieut.. E. V. Cut
rer. Eighth Infantry The following navy
officers reported at the Navy Department:
Lieut., ljunior grade) n. w. Leine. U. S.
s. Arkansas; Ensign r. II. Blair and
Ensign p. p. Powell. L. S. S. Delaware.
The Washington herald., 1916-01-05

"Do you mean" demanded the mother,
''that IL took you two hours to walk a
quarter of q miller"
Yes mother; Charlie gave me mud
turtle and l was afraid 90 carry II. 30 /
led 1t ome."-Christian Register.
The Washington herald., 1916-01-05
REVOLT.

The swift antipodean night
Descends upon the whispering gums,
And 10! in wavering drifts Of light
Our tenuous northern daylight comes.
And loud through all the cobbled slums
The factory whistles echo clear:
TO work." The hive of business huns.
TO work! Another day is herep'
The Washington herald., 1916-01-05

Another blessed day is here.
The sudden drums Of morn have beat.
There's no exchanging sleep for beer,
And men must work if they would eatl
With dreams o'morn you cannot cheat
With current need for bread and Goals.
To work" 1t cries, and down the stree
The trampling tide of footsteps rolls.
The Washington herald., 1916-01-05

WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 5. 1915.
The Washington herald., 1916-01-05

Mrs George Bowie ChipnlHn viii h.
az nome today and the renaiufns,
Wednesdays in January at I77 Lamont
street