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The Washington herald., 1917-10-23
Bob" Fitzsimmons.
}" Fitzsimmons is dead.

Bob Fitzsimmons is dead.
That item of news went travelling last night as fast
as any other item of interest ever travelled
For days this man had been dying and the leading
papers of the country carried the story of his battle
with pneumonia the first page of every issue Men
and women read it with the sincere hope that he might
be spared to longer lease on life
1t is natural to ask why? What was the underly-
ing thought that made this prize6ghers fate matter
OF intimate concern to so many people.
Fitzsimmons was rough fellow, and not a native
of Americatherefore the traits of refinement and of
love OF fellow countryman were not the sources of
interest in him
And it is all so simple Bob" Ftzsinmons lived in
the affections of all men who love gameness and
quareness He fought hard battles for great stakes
and never once was his honesty questioned
And after ALL isn't it quite worth while TO know
that even prizefghter who is on the level can live
and be respected and can die and have his memory
revered for many of the greater qualities
The Washington herald., 1917-10-23
From the fruit and vegetable sections

From the fruit and vegetable sections
Of the country. according to state
ments sent back here by members of
Congress who are now at home, the
campaign to make industrious "can-
ners'' believe that their products would
be confscated by the government was
violently waged.
Every kind of a story to discourage
the fruit and vegetable workers was
put in circulation. The results. while
slightly detrimental to the Hoover
campaign for canning. were evidently
not what the pro-German element be-
lieved they would be. Fer such an
array OF Jars adorns most homes that
at sight of them the propagandists
must stamp their feet and cry "Don-
nerwetter." Housewives who put ur
only moderate amounts last year have
their shelves crowded this fall, and
hundreds and thousands of housewives
who were content to buy from the
stores are this fall proudly exhibiting
their wares to neighbors who call.
'If ever a campaign fell fiat It was
this attempt to scare our people
wrote one Congressman. 'I lay the
success of 1t to the good sense OF
the American people. They recognized
this pro-German deceit from the out.
set and instead Of allowing 1t to deter
them from their purpose, many of our
men and women turned in and canned
more food th/l ever"
And. thank fortune. the results will
show during the coming winter and
spring. These licks count against the
Kaiser. along with the others we're
going to give him. All hail the can
ming brigade for what 1t has done.
The Washington herald., 1917-10-23
Dur Dollars Fight for Us When We Buy
Liberty Ronds.

The liberty loan is a continuation of the financing
by which Robert Morris furnished the money with
which Washington carried Revolutionary war; ;
the same financing by which Jay Cooke got this money
for Lincoln
Money devoted to such causes has sometimes
saved the world to civilization Themistocles after the
battle of Marathon caused the Athenan people take
the revenue from their silver mines and with it build
navy instead of declaring dividends. With that navy
was fought the battle of Salamis which saved Europe
from the dominance of the Persian and preserved
us the opportunity to develop the civilization
enjoy.
The liberty loan is sacred to the Of eiviza
ton the silver with which Athens built her navy.
We too are at turning point in history, certain
ly the world when the Persans turned back
at Marathon and Salamis, or when Alexander at
Arbela or when Carthage was defeated the Metau-
rus River or Attila the heathen Hun by the Romans
and Christians or the Turks held back from sweeping
over Europe, or when France preserved by Joan
of Arc the Saracens defeated by Charles the Ham
mer as they swept up from Spain to make Europe
Mohammedan.
Treasures spent to win these victories blessed the
world.
The liberty loan will save France, redeem Belgium
preserve Britain safeguard ourselves. For WE MUST
CARRY THE WAR TO THE GERMANS, OR
THEY WILL BRING IT TO US. If we cannot win
: with the most powerful allies in the world, shall
be forced fight it alone with Germany and such
allies as she may bring against 1t is an incident
of this only that Germany sought combine Mex
20 and Japan against 1t is part Of her policy
Z is connected with the German uprisings in Brazil
II tie traitorous German propaganda in this country
II this is not won, shall face German
nation of all Central Europe, of a subjugated
:. q jia, of aoooooooo Mohammedans of REINFORCED
Mexico, OF God knows what array of power marshaed
under the banner declaring that "War Is Christke
and the guns of this hclsh European-Asiatic alliance
will thunder both shores, and its armies threaten
all our frontiers.
In the liberty loan send money to keep in
the field the men who will make it possible for our
to successfully bear the flag in Europe. For that
flag to take its place among the banners displayed in
the tortured line from the Swiss frontier to Antwerp
is terrible and wonderful thing. The flag itself is
risked on the cast of this die
IN THE LIBERTY LOAN THE WEALTH OF
AMERICA SALUTES THE FLAG. 1t speeds on
before soldiers, and tells friends fighting ana
dying for that the flag will soon be with
them and to be of good cheer 1t tells the dazed peo-
pie of Russia that the greatest of the republics is in
the field for her newborn rival in greatness 1t tells
Russia to look for the flag and collect her wandering
thoughts and her resistless might Without the
liberty loan Columbia take her place in that
mighty company without disgrace
The Washington herald., 1917-10-23
Had a Right to Be Angry.

Senator George Chamberlain, of Oregon remarked
at social affair the other night that sometimes girl
would seem to be justified in becoming angry a
Recently charming girl named Gladys announced
her engagement to party who inscribed J. Harold on
his visiting cards, and all their young friends looked
forward to the wedding. Suddenly however, the en-
wondered
Gladys, old boy?" sympathetcally asked friend one
evening rs it anything that can be patched up?"
Il don't know" sadly remarked the disconsolate
lover: She is angry because l stole kiss"
What's that?" the amazed rejoindcr of the
friend DO you mean to say that she obj eced to her
fiance stealing kiss from herr"
That's the trouble" returned J. Harold with a
prolonged sigh. Il didn't steal it from her"-Phila-
deiphia Telegraph.
The Washington herald., 1917-10-23
WASHINGTON IN WAR TIME
Two Pictures of the National Capital in
Trying Days.
Trying Days.

To the Editor Of the Washington
Herald-S!r: As / observed how the
civil war and this world war started
up. ! am induced to make q com.
parison which may be OF interest
In 1861. then 16, / visited Washington
with a brother who was IS. The whole
way from Philadelphia the railroad
was guarded by sentries. making a
great impression on our youthful
minds. We attended a White House
reception and shook hands with Presi-
dent Lincoln on one Of his public
bath days, as he styled them We
hired a buggy and drove across the
long bridge into Virginia. where We
inspected Gen. McCellan's fortifcs'
tions. Taking our lunch along, W,
shared it with a soldier from Maine
who was posted at the waySIde.
In Washington all the lotcis vert
jsmmed with excited and noisy peo'
pie. Soldiers were everywhere, a loI
Of them rushing about mounted OF
horses, lounging around bars anC
other public places, splitting ovei
everything in reach, sitting with
heels up in hotel corridors. and mos
of them apparently had nothing il
particular to do. Looking back on thii
trip 1t quite makes one shudder q
contemplate Abraham Lincoln vast
ing his time receiving such a crowS
as We helped TO form and his ARM
so ignorant and so careless OF its high
calling.
Last week again went to Washing
ton. The place had greatly changed
The Capitol is finished, and il ha.
many splendid, businesslike looking
sister buildings to keep IL compan,
on attractive avenues radiating ir
many directions. These avenues anC
cross streets were alive with multi
tUdes coming and going, happy col
ored folk seemingly the only idle in
habitants. Women appeared to be a
busy as the men. Again many sol
diers about as in 1851, but they wer'
on the move. They were in no wa.
conspicuous. beyond the fact that the,
impressed one as being busily in earn
The Washington herald., 1917-10-23
PLAIN TALKS hln: .A.sn:

devoid Of what may be called slss-
ticity Of vision
What they are used 10 10 right.
4 What they are not used 70 10 alb
surd.
At times 1t s amusing to hear them
lay down the Law.
When william James, the Amer
lean philosopher. was In Paris some
years ago Il happened that the cubist
craze was at its height II was the
fashion 10 80 TO see the new work
In painting and to admire or 10 SCOT
as one pleased.
Most visitors Gic one thing or the
other.
But this philosopher did neither. He
said: Il haven't a doubt that TIE
men who paiEted IN that way knew
what they wee doing"
What he meant was that the new
style of painting was different from
the style he mad been. taught 20 sd-
mire. Al he did not understand what
was behind u he passed no 5ydg-
rlent. in this way avoiding thu COM
mon folly Of ridicuiing the unfamiliar r
merely because II was unfamiliar.
But he woul1 have been interested
10 trace the ,sychoiogical processes
involved In that kind of artistic en-
terprise.
At great religious ceremonial tisst
/ once attended sat in front of two
women who whispered and giggled
from beginning to end. Their sounds
and words showed that they were
very amused and that they underrtood
nothing whatsoever OF the ceremonial
in its symbolicsl meaning. which in-
vtted the mind TO go back through
centuries of spiritual aspiration, prob
ably very like their own In whatever
form of worship they might have
favored.
This sacred matter Of vorship. curl
ously enough. Offers many illustrations
OF ridicule.
Persons often ridicule others for
doing exactly what they do them
selves in other forms.
They see only the outer expressions.
The human spirit behind they ignore
altogether. And yet u Is this spirit
that is most interesting and signIn-
can't
A French woman with a sense Of
humor once told me this story.
She was walking up a night Of
stairs- In one OF those Paris apart
ment houses with a mirror al the
head of each landing.
As she glanced up. painting. she
thought she saw a woman descend
ing. She said to herself. well. II
were that fat old woman I should
know better than 70 dress In tNat
ridiculous way"
When she reached the head Of the
stairs she Confronted herself.
The Washington herald., 1917-10-23

In an American city close to the
Canadian line. as ] was walking
along q quiet street little frequent
ed, / saw a young man walking
ahead Of me. carrying a stick.
/ had noticed that. In this city,
men did not carry sticks
He must be a stranger" said
to myself, and decided that he
was either Canadian OF English
Presently a group of three young
men came up the street. As they
passed the man with the stick one
OF them began to laugh aloud and
to make insulting remarks about
persons that carried sticks.
I thought we were going TO have
a street hght
The man stopped, looked around
with astonishment In his face. and
said without anger, Il suppose you
are making fun OF me because IL
doesn't happen TO be the custom for
men TO carry sticks in this part Of
the world"
The two men with the man who
had made the outcry looked
ashamed. They walked on as IL to
separate themselves from the trou-
BILE.
The disturber, however, felt that he
must keep up brave front. He con-
tinued his laughter and 3eers. but In a
manner SO forced and nirthless that IL
was plain the rebuke had reached
under the skin.
The stranger turned and walked on.
The incident ended.
What might have been a fight had
become a bloodless victory for good
manners.
That scofrer would have been glad to
meet the stranger on his own plane.
But the stranger had insisted that the
matter should be placed on his own
plane Of courtesy, where the scoffer
was out of his element and helpless.
That incident reminded me Of an
other. also, as II happened, related
to the carrying of a stick.
In a small town I found myself in
group Of men, one OF whom, a
stranger like myself. had a stick
under his arm.
A friend of his touched him on the
shoulder and said iE a tone that show
ed he was speaking from a point OF
unquestionable superiority: Charlie,
does It give you much comfort to
] carry that thing around with you?''
| For an instant Charlie looked as
| .onished- Then ne SAID. We'll, you
see, / must have SINE protection
ageinst persons that make disagree
able remarks"
The friend took the rebuke good
humoredly But his face showed that
he did not see the point.
There are people SO cramped in their
outlook Of life that they may be said
to be not only narrow but wholly
The Washington herald., 1917-10-23
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The Washington herald., 1917-10-23
Advertise the South.

The Southern Commercial Congress has decided TO
make liberal appropriation for the publicity of the
South. This has been needed for many years. If the
money is spent under wise direction it will be returned
many fold to the States that make the investment
The South has long been misunderstood so far as
its resources and physical aspects concerned The
nation has gone supinely for years and years-ever
since the war-taking LITTLE note of tine South and un-
willing to give great heed to section which appeared
to be none too eager to toot its horn before the
country
The footing process about to start The States are
bound to pay attention for the South has something to
interest them.
Let the music start. Aggressive publicity can make
up for the defect of years.
The Washington herald., 1917-10-23

est. with no time 10 drink or spit in
public They belonged TO both the
water and the land, and looked as
though they had no intention Of being
driven from the one or the other. In
the offlces there was everywhere quiet
organization and polite and prompt
attention to the business In hand.
Nothing seems TO be thriving here
outside OF the business in hand. There
Is no slogan, no "On to Richmond
cry. Our destiny surely is. for while
at least, in the hands Of soldiers.
gentlemen and patriots. II was note
worthy. too, as suggestive. that ysu
could catch no man smiling; the So
ciai spirit OF 1851 had vanished. Have
we not possibly. got back TO the spirit
Of &c. and is that not a subject Of
congratulation. OBSERVER.
Philadelphia October Is
The Washington herald., 1917-10-23
Foreign Press Alert.

Multitudes OF foreign language pa
pcrs OF the country are hurrying into
the Postoffice Department with appli-
cations for permits to continue their
publications under the provisions of
the trading with-the-enemy act.
The hope of Judge Lamar, adminis-
trative official, is that many Of them
will prove loyal to the core. and that
the patriotic response which should be
instantly forthcoming-and. In many
instances. which should have been
forthcoming long ago-will Danish all
doubt us to their position in the war.
The wish of the department is to
make the burden as light as possible
for the papers that are loyal-and the
intention OF the department. on the
other hand, is to make the burden as
heavy as possible for the papers that
do not respond with complete Ameri-
canism to every proposal of the de-
partment.
Congressional members over the ma
ton are expected to give some aid to
the department in enforcement Of the
measure. They are likely to be quite
well informed as to the status Of the
foreign publications in their districts
and their States. and moreover they
are in positions to know what senti-
ment has been created through arti-
cies which these papers have published
from time to time since early April
Where the papers have not spread the
right doctrine and where they have
sought to influence opinion against
Americas cause their way is apt to
be hard. Where they have preached
loyalty day by day and issue by issue
the department will do all 1t can to
make the papers course an easy one
to follow.
The department realizes that the
melting-pot test applied by America
in this war as IT has never been SINH
larly applied in the world Is a diff
flcult one. 1t can be made easier II
the foreign language press will do its
part-in Sact it must be made easier
for the foreign press MUST do its
part or be put out Of the way. There
is just cne doctrine for each paper to
adhere to throughout Americas af-
Fiction and that is American doctrine.
The papers that do not do that will
go. The papers that do will thrive
and be honored not only by the ma
tionality which takes them but by
Uncle Sam himself
The Washington herald., 1917-10-23
The PostofIfce situation

Statements Just issued by the Civil
Service Commission call for competi-
tive examination of postmastership
| candidates to fill vacancies ip offices
of most of the States of the union.
Similarly orders issued by the de-
partment show that where the pres
ent incumbents are shown to be handy
at their tasks and where they have
given satisfactory service, according
to the departments own service show
| ings. there will be no changes.
So members of Congress going home
to their districts are privileged to say
that where offices have been vacated
Democrats will have to take pot luck
and depend upon their own alertness
OF mind to procure the Jobs. But
where Democrats are still in posses
| SION of the stamps and mail sacks
and where they have been sufficiently
thoughtful of the public to do thei,
duty for the past four years, they can
stay where they are. And IL this
| present generation of Democratic post
masters lives and keeps its eye single
to public duty II will be many, many
years before the race deteriorates tc
anv appreciable extent.
The news doesn't just exactly suit
the political leaders of the party. The
postoffices have so long been legiti.
| mate pie for the dominant party that
| Just now. when democracy finds Its
| first re-elevation in many decades, II
IS hard for the leaders to realize that
| the!r power of choice is gone.
In placing the blame for this non.
political turn-which many members
of Congress have thought and al.
most prayed over a multitude of times
many eyes fall upon Postmaste,
General Burleson. His ideals are said
by one member. who expressed the
thought of others 'to be such that
when he gets into power through poll
tical effort he straightway forgets and
tries to shear almost every other Dem.
ocrat Of such power as he possesses.
very. very sad situation, of course
and one that many members will
watch keenly when the next election
| comes. For, while the ideals of many
OF the members are just as high a.
Mr.. Burleson's, there are many oi
them who persist that It Is impossible
to run party without certain legiti.
mate spoils being in sight. Partie.
Will spoil without spoils, they fear
and they hate to see the Democratic
party knocked out on this account
They admit that party long in con.
troll of spoils might become corrup
because of its surfeiture Of spoils-
but the Democratic party would las,
a long time at that rate. they feel
for 1t has not partaken of pastry, I'M.
I'll Wilson came in. for nigh .twent,
years.
THE OBSERVER
The Washington herald., 1917-10-23
Lose Your Fat,
Keep Your Health

superhuous flesh is not healthy, neither n
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Detroit, Mich. They are harmless and leave
no wrinkles or habbiness. They are popular
because effective and eonvenient.-Adr.
The Washington herald., 1917-10-23
CHILD BITTEN BY DOG.

Twelve-year-old Catherine Harris.
OF 3oe7 NJ street northwest, while
walking on NJ street northwest yes
terday morning with her mother, was
bitten on the hand by a dog owned
by Mrs. Lillian Gross, OF sc77 NJ
street northwest. The child was
treated for the slight laceration at
the GEORGETOWN University HOSPITAL.
The Washington herald., 1917-10-23
A LINE O. CHEER
EACH DAY O. THE YEAR.
BY John Kendriek Bangs.

THE HUNTsMAN.
Copyright. 1911. by the Mcclure Newspaper
syndicate.1
Ny game-bag / would I'LL.
With spoil man cannot kill
The tender memory
OF joys that used to be;
The loveliness Of skies
Enhancing to the eyes;
The music of the trees
So thrilled with harmonies;
The secrets of the wood
By man scarce understood:
And when the Hunters Moon
Lures me through dale and dune
To seek the Hunters share
OF prizes lurking there
'Tis not to kill ! go.
But to enjoy the glow
OF game-bags all athrill
With things man cannot kill.
The Washington herald., 1917-10-23

Our old friend, the weather man, is taking good
care that there's no cold shortage
The Washington herald., 1917-10-23

Old King Coal isn't such merry old soul as W
used to paint him.