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The Washington herald., 1917-11-30
Against the Paciists.

Members of Congress were plea sed
to read of Vice President Marshall's
speech in a Western town. He as
sailed the Kaiser's ideas Of govern
ment and his ideas Of America and
concluded an inspiring speech by say
ing:
Had the Kaiser known a couple OF
years ago that America would have
been united in a war against his ma
tion the Lusitania and other ships Of
ours would never have been SUNK
The members take this to mean
that IL the Kaiser had not been mis-
led about American thought by the
pacifistic action of some of our pub
lie men he would have given this
country a cause to make war upon
him. Moreover, the kaiser would not
have tried to spread his propaganda
here because, had he understood that
we were a united nation, he would
not have thought we had faction
here susceptible of being approached
along pacif1stio lines.
This idea confirms the suggestions
which have been made in the Congress
sional cloakrooms from time to time
that the pacifists did us irreparable
harm the two years or more before
we actually entered the conflict. Had
it been possible to suppress them COM
The Washington herald., 1917-11-30
PLAIN TALKS By John D. Ba,,y

tonians Of all the year round psrtfeu-
larry cheerful Perhaps % ~ some
thing more than the familiarity bred
Ing contempt that makes them lndln-
erent 10 administrative actlvlties here
Of nationwide eigni6canos. For e4-
ample. Herbert Hoover says he has
had less response from washington
than from any other part Of the
country. II really must be hare for
the Washingtonians TO realize IN the
midst OF this feeming prosperity.
The demand for labor here persista
in spite Of the great inflow OF work
ers. Today in q street car ! saw an
advertisement calling for a thousand
men TO come at once to work at Camp
Meade. lying between wasiiington
and Baltimore, with the promise that
their fares should be paid each day
between their homes and the camp
All kinds OF workers are IN demand
A carpenter Is eagerly welcomed even
II he Is not skilled. The GOvernment
needs office buildings and needs them
at once, and is losing no time IN get
ting them started and finished too.
The Ofiices for the food conservation
workers were built In a very few
weeks.
There is so much business 20 be
done as a result Of the war that the
demand for Etenographers has lifted
stenography in Washington among
one Of the most renumerative OF in
dUstries and offered stenographers
great temptations TO commit the sin
OF pride as well as to indulge In
usury. One Stenographer that 1 met
today in one Of the large hotels told
me that she received $50 and hour
for dictation. II the war goes on for
few years she ought TO be able 70
retire with the declaring OF peace
With the coming Of November pro-
hibitiOn became the law Of Washing
ton. II nav be said to have estab-
hshed itself with tranquility. To be
/ sure. il is not so drastic as Il might
have been. Strong drink can stfI be
| bought here. FreqUenters Of clubs
and fashionable houses will not lie
\ subjected TO hardship. The effects
| that have been noted are not Of great
/ significance and yet have a certain
! interest. There is much less eating
/ in restaurants after the theater and
! much less lOunEing in restaurants hv
4 day. IntoKication on the streets has
| disappeared, a circumstance that
/ seems to indicate the law is finding
/ acceptance.
! The public dining in Washington,
/ far from losing in interest, has gained
{ There is no need OF stimulant 70 give
/ the scenes animation. On all sides
! there are the evidences the great
( struggle the nation is engaged IN, the
struggle the that is calling on all the
resources Of the nation.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-30
oTHER.W0RLDLNESs.

Other-worldliness 10 indisselublv
bound up with the Gospel, bone Of
its bone and flesh of its flesh. That
ascetic craving Of the soul will come
back to haunt US whenever we smoth-
er this most Christian instinct in
any cult of woridliness, whether that
cult assume the benevolent guise of
philanthropy. or art, or truth for
truths sake. With the Christian the
conviction that his real treasures lie
in Heaven will always have an as
eetic implication. Modernity has been
rather skeptical whether It is pru-
dent to risk the substantial treasures
II holds in its hands for any OF the
Unseen variety. II win sing about
them and hear them preached, but Il
has gone persistently on, dedicatins
It's will to tanKible riches. -The
Churchmsn,
The Washington herald., 1917-11-30

The Washington that saw a year
ago ID very different from the wash
ington I have been seeing during the
past few days. The tearing up and
the rebuilding remind me Of New
York. which always gives the impress
sion of being IN the state Of transition
The crowds In the street intensity the
metropolitan effect II is said that
during the past few months 5000 peo-
pie have been added 90 the population.
One result is that Baltimore has late
ly been taking toward Washington
something OF the relation Of Brooklyn
TO NeV York. There are actually pers
sons who 40 business In Washington
and who 20, 20 Baltimore for comfort
RbIe lodging and sleep.
And this situation persists, mind
you. while Congress Is not in session.
"I have never known Washington TO
be so active as it Is now" said an old
resident to me today, even at the
height OF the Congressional session.
Once. as soon a. Congress adjourned,
Washington became q country village.
This year nothing Of the Kind has hap
pened. The explanation Is that Wash
ington isn't the parlor Of the nation
any more. II has become a great
Commercial center"
The Chamber Of Commerce, in rec
ornition of the change, has lately
doubled It's membership. The other
civic examinations are ENCOURAGING
the growth. One enthusiast has gone
80 far as to predict that the popula-
ton Of the city will double in five
years.
II is a much more picturesque Wash
ington that it used TO be. although il
used to be the most picturesque city
in the country. The uniforms give
variety and color to crowds that were
formerly som6re or drab. Bot the air
of leisure is gone. No more can
Washington be described as SLEEPY
Hollow" 1t Is impossible 10 walk
along the streets without being i'm
pressed by the sense of Importance
in many OF the faces, the conscious
ness Of being engaged In great af-
fairs. The idealists jostle the exploit
ers who have. come in swarrns 10
struggle for a share in the big con-
tracts, in competition with the men
of legitimate business. Many Of the
idealists have left fine positions at
home to work here for small salaries
or for no salary at all, happy in the
thought that they are being OF public
service.
The hotels, the apartment houses.
the lodging houses and boarding
houses are so crowded that their
prices SCARED dazzliEgly. To find a
place TO lay your head is TO have
something to boast Of. Behind this
situation there is the inevitable local
prosperity that makes the Washing
The Washington herald., 1917-11-30
Army and Navy News
Best Service Column In the City

Orders have been given by the War
Department for about a.cOOyOOO shells
for field pieces and anti-aircraft guns,
at an estimated cost OF S2SO, g'o.CnO.
Among the companies receiving
these orders are the General Electric
Company. the American Can Com
pany. New York Air Brake Company.
American Car and Foundry Company
and Worthington Pump and Machin-
cry Company.
Howard Z. Coffin. chairman Of the
Aircraft Production Board. will head
the new Aircraft Board. B. +. Howe.
Of New York. a director in the Inter
national Harvester Company, will he
one of the civilian members.
Postmaster Patten, of New York
city, advises patrons Of the pOstofiirc
who intend to purchase money orders
as Christmas presents for their
friends in European countries TO oh
tain them by December l. or as soon
thereafter as convenient Owing 10
the war in Europe all mails for that
continent are subject 10 censorship
and delay in transit and the transmits
sion of money orders Is likely to take
longer than usual. even if intended
for payment in countries not actually
in war, and allowance should be made
accordingly. For the United States
eXpeditionary forces in Europe money
orders may be issued at domestic
rates, and on domestic forms, paya bic
at the United States Mail Agency in
France. Payment will he made
promptly at headquarters of the
agency or at the branch assigned to
the military unit TO which the payee
belongs. Remitters, in applying for
such money orders. should designate.
in the form of application. the office
of payment as follows: "U. :. Army
Postal Service" The name Of tho
payee, the regiment and company or
other organization to which the payeC
belongs should follow
The Washington herald., 1917-11-30
Would Depose Mann.

II some Republicans had their
way they would depose Congress-
man James Mann as leader of their
lower house legions. The task Of
accomplishing this change. however,
is such an enormous one, and might
involve the party in such an inter-
nal disturbance, that the men who
desire 1t most are afraid to attempt
it,
The chief objection to Mr.. Mann
Is that he has not been sufficiently
belligerent to suit some of his party
mates. He appears to have satisfied
his home folks in his fights against
unusual preparation for war, but
that does not mean satisfaction for
his party. the nation over, by any
means. The hope of those who dis
agree with his stand was that he
would retire from the field at the
commencement OF the regular ses-
sion, and would thus make it easy
for his party members to fill his
place.
There are Republican members
who feel that even IL Mr.. Mann Is
left in the role Of minority leader
the position OF the party should
be defined, at some time or other
during the coming session, in such
way that it will be shown not to
coincide with Mr.. Mann's position.
Democratic encouragement in
starting a Republican battle is said
not to be lacking. The representa-
tion of the present house is so close
between the major parties that the
majority party wants to make .
further gap. and its leaders there
fore would welcome a Republican
split which would bring defeat to
some Of the Republican members who
participated in 1t.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-30

New York, Nov. g.-George N.
COhan left his pigs and geese out on
his Long Island place the other day
in his roadster to see Broadway be-
fore the lights were blown out.
Broadway has played q prominent
part in the life Of Broadway. His visit
was purely social but before he left
he received a telephone message to
,, call at the music publishing house of
Leo Feist
He did. He was there % minutes
and when he left he carried in his
inside coat pocket a check for So, 90
the price paid for his war song cover
There" 1t was the biggest deal ever
put over in the music publishing field.
COhan wrote the song in exactly a
half hour. He didn't want to write
II. He wanted to rest, but his ener-
setie press agent kept nagging him
and he did-just like that.
The price of s5,ooo represents s1sl
word and sl3s a note. A complete
opera such as one by Puccini. for in
stance. Is frequently valued at SIS. 900.
Cohan had already made $4,000 out
Of the song before he sold Il now IL is
predicted that the sales Will reach
100000 in the next two years. 1
saw Cohan after the sale and I also
saw the check-so It was not a pub
licity stunt.
The highest previous payments per
word for writing were 81 to Kipling
and 81 to Roosevelt But it took a
war Jingle, done in a half hour. TO
run the price up to s1s1 a word.
The Quill is the latest publication
TO amuse jaded lives in Greenwich
Village. All vorticists. equilibrists,
libertists, purpurites. socialists. poly
thrmists and metachoreeans-whoever
they may be-are urged to subscribe to
the latest literary outburst
In its advertising matter the Quill
says: "Do you like good literature?
The Quill does not accept Irwin Cobb's
work. Are you an artist? We have
no pictures by Gibson or Christy. Do
you believe in free love? Buy the
Quill. Were you a friend Of the late
Dirty Joe? His only authorized pic
ture appeared in the Quill"
And to celebrate the birth of The
Quill the Greenwich Villagers are
giving the Danse de la Lune which
lasts from noon up until sun up.
Guests are implored to come in their
mummy clothes or their Egyptian
necklaces and to check their hypo-
dermic needles at the door. Costumes
are about as necessary as champagne
in the bath. All Pom Pom poodles
will be sponged and pressed while
you wait.
The magistrate in the Washington
Heights Court looked down through
his spectacles at Philip Anderson, who
was accused OF striking his wife.
You here again, Anderson?' asked
the Judge, "Why, you're only out of
the workhouse."
well, you see, Judge" he began.
I'VE have mice in the house-you
know how it Is, judge-and my
wife set a trap for them. I was
going around the room in my bare
feet-you know how it is, Judge
not thinking OF the trap. I stepped
on the bait and my big toe got
caught in the sharp wire moose
you know how 1t is Judge"
What has that got to do with
striking your wife,"
81 threw the trap at her-you
know how it is, judge-and she
didn't dodge it."
mo, I don't know how It is. You
had been drinking last night?"
'T had one drink-you know how
1t is, Judge"
Two months in the workhouse-I
you know how it is Anderson"
And Anderson nodded as II he did
know exactly.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-30
Get Our Bfr Men.

Congress is going to consider the
approaching session as a continuance
OF the lately adjourned session. And
while the time is not too heavily bur-
dened with grave matters it is posi-
bic the members will pack through a
resolution giving as the opinion of
Congress that every big man in the
business world who can be of supreme
aid to Uncle Sam In the present mann
moth conflict should be drafted for
the duty. That is. where there are
experts who are outstandingly promi-
nent in their chosen fields and where
the government can unquestionably
benefit by the use Of their services, it
may be expressed as the opinion of
Congress that the cabinet officers
should not hesitate to call upon such
men for aid, and to accept It where
proffered.
All OF the cabinet officers are good
men, Of course Congress realizes but
it is possible that all the experts in
the country have something worth
while which they. can share with
these cabinet officers. The step is
worth trying. so any number Of the
members think.
THE OBSERVER.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-30
With the Front Ranks

Always forward always progressing-never lin =
gerng when we know pointed in the proper
direction.
That. in nutshell, is the secret of success
Carrying the advertisers and their readers on this
ever-onushins Of progress, there be but
one result for the business men who the adver-
tisins columns of The Washington HERALD.
Having the largest percentage of HOME CIR
CULATiON of any newspaper in the city of Wash
ington. The HERALD brings home" more than
one sense of the word-the news supplied by one
of the most efficient and finest service organiza-
tions coupled with the advertising of Washingtons
appreciative, as well as knowing, business men.
This newspaper is HOME PAPER published :
for, delivered to and READ in the HOMES.
There is no yellow glare about this paper-it is 4.
ALWAYS, glowing organ-the voice of the people.
1t burns for YOU
Follow The HERALD in its forward march-keep
abreast of it. and profit in the aocruing and
profits it brings. ="
The HOME PAPER-The Washington HERALDi y
GEORGE BROWN
The Washington herald., 1917-11-30
LOOK SHARP FOR THE WOLF.

Whenever you hear the pacifistic
sheep bleating shy off to the right and
look sharp for the German wolf ui-
derneath. Better suspect a wolf too
many than to be fooled by one.
This Is the time for all good men
and women to night and affirm for
tiemocracy's allies.
Scat paeihsnn into the cellar until
we've made the world safe for II, 70
llve In.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-30
A LINE o. CHEER
EACH DAY o. THE YEAR.
ny John Kendriek Bangs.
MEMORY.

In hours Of deep perplexity
I'm thankful for my Memory
Which takes me from the troubled
day
Back to some earlier peaceful way
Where the drab world was fresh AID
green,
And life was happy and serene,
And in my soul find release
In thinking on those times of peace,
And I begin TO sing. 30 glad
Am for blessings l have had.
(Ccpgright 1871
The Washington herald., 1917-11-30

pletely during that period. the danger
signal would have been dispIayed and
Germany would have seen it And if
Germany had seen the danger signal,
their are few members Of Congress
who believe that she would have
wilfully allowed any Of her acts to
forfeit Americas neutrality.
In short. then. the members believe
that the Kaiser's note Of the activities
OF our pacifists convinced him that
America could not enter the war. He
therefore took liberties with us,
through overt act and insidious propa-
ganda, and every step he took was
fed by our pacifistic friends. Thus did
the men who sought to conduct US
through a Utopian maze to everlast-
ing peace bring US eventually to war.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-30

We are spending on airplanes and air service a
sum greater than England's prewar budget for mill
tary naval and civil service combined II makes the
British feel that we're in earnest But making the
Germans feel anything will be matter of bombing
The Washington herald., 1917-11-30

Iceless days next! United States Chemical Bureau
warns against ammonia famine in the artificial ice
industry. Natural ice dealers are already smiling.
"We're lostp the captain shouted, as he staggered
down the stairs"
The Washington herald., 1917-11-30

. Just to be in style, Mexico has placed military
censorship her hunt for Villa Verify, the life of
the war correspondent consists of onehird guess work.
with the other twothrds devoted to sitting muzzed
altogether.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-30
UNCLE SAM TO
KEEP OUR BOYS
CARD-NDEXED

Sammy is TO he card-indeXed In
that way Uncle Sam will keep track
Of every soldier. sailor and civilian at
tached in any way to his armed forces.
The card index will permit prompt
The Washington herald., 1917-11-30

Thus far German submarine devitry has cost
Norway 60 ships and 7I3 sailors. Being kind nett
trail neighbor to folk like German autocrats has
its drawbacks.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-30

Mount Lassen volcano is cooling off, right at the
beginning of the California tourist That Lassen
always was mean little apology of volcano any
how.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-30

In Philadelphia you have to have doctors certif-
cate of illness in the family in order to get coal Maybe
we're going to hear yell for doctorless days.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-30

.Clemenceau, Frances new premier,
Connecticut schoolmaster. Oh those foreign nations
have to to us when they have nuts to crack-or
nutmegsl
The Washington herald., 1917-11-30
James Disgusted.

Senator Ollie James is disgusted-
yes he Is said to be angry. And 1t is
all over the refusal Of Louisville,
Kentucky, officials to permit fully
qualified electors to vote In a recent
election there. The electors men
toned were said to be soldiers at an
adjoining military camp who were en-
titled to vote and whose votes. had
they been cast. would have given the
election machinery for next year into
different hands.
1t Is claimed by adroit observers
that the reason Senator Ollie Is mad
Is that election machinery in the
hands "of the enemy" may be most
dangerously handled. And Ollie
comes up for reelection next year,
and election boards in Louisville
might find enough votes there to de-
feat him.
Several Of Ollie's close friends In
the Senate are confident that he can
invalidate the election at which the
bona fide voters were prevented from
exercising their rights. They are urg-
ing him to carry, the matter to the
courts Of last resort.
The Washington herald., 1917-11-30

With separate peace with outsiders, what lovely
fight those Russians would stage at home!
The Tomahawk., 1917-02-22
SECOND WIFE OF NAPOLEON
Austrian Archduchess Never Felt
Much Affection for the Great Man
Who Married Her.

Archduchess Maria Louisa, the Haps-
burg princess who was the second
wife Of Napoleon, was born 125 years
ago. 1t was in 1909 that the great
warrior, then at the zenith of his
glory, determined to put aside jose
phine and to take a new wife. He
loved Josephine, though often unfaith-
full to her, but she had given him no
son to inherit the imperial throne.
Having arrived at that decision Ma
poleon proceeded with his customary
ruthlessness. The civil marriage was
speedily dissolved and obsequious
bishops found sufficient reasons for
abrogating the religious marriage.
''The young princess" says Theirs,
twas eighteen years of age, of a good
figure, fair German complexion, and
in the enjoyment of excellent health.
She had been carefully educated had
some talent and was of a placid dis
position; in short, she possessed the
qualities desirable in a mother. She
was surprised and pleased, but far
from being dismayed at going into
IA1dI l. dASS "uCIS, DuL 1dLcly, Luc
monster of the revolution had de-
voured kings; and where a conqueror,
mastering the revolutionary monster,
made kings tremble in his turn. She
accepted with becoming reserve, but
with much delight, the brilliant lot Of
fered her. She consented to become
the consort of Napoleon, and mother
to the heir of the greatest empire in
the world"
Napoleon had little affection for
Maria Louisa except as the mother of
his son, the Inflated duke de Reich
stadt. When he fell she refused to
accompany him to Elba, but retired to
Parma with her son, having obtained,
by treaty with the allied powers, the
duchies Of Parma and Placentia, in
Italy. She died at Parma in Deem
Der, 1S47.
The Tomahawk., 1917-02-22

"Since he was taby. But never so
badly as during the last year."
"And you trace his illness from the
time this trouble began to Develop"
Eyes"
"He always goes to the chapel?"
Invariably"
"Then-" began the doctor, but
checked himself. He fell into a brown
study; he seemed to have made an i'm
portant deduction. He was still pom
dering when Arthur returned with his
hat and the chapel key, and we left
the house together.
The old ruin rose like some disman-
tied hulk out of the long, daisy-stud-
ded grass. Sir John Carfax turned the
huge iron key in the old rusted lock
of the oaken door and admitted us in
to a chilly stone chamber, bare OF
seats-though the grooves worn by
their iron feet in the stone floor dur
ing centuries still remained. One part
of the roof had fallen, letting in the
light and affording a pleasing canopy
of sky. Moisture dripped from the
moss-grown walls upon the flags, be-
tween which clusters Of weak grass
sprouted. The ground before the
wooden altar, the only part of the orr
ginal furnishings which remained, was
followed by the feet of bygone priors.
Behind it was the remnant of stone
recess in which the sacred vessels and
garments had been kept; but the
doors had long since gone and only
the blackened bronze hinges re-
NAMED, a tribute to the death-defying
skill of the old artist who had fash
toned them.
"Here is Arthur's favorite seat
when he comes to it in his sleep"
whispered Sir John, pointing to a
stone seat in the rear of the chapel,
Immediately beneath the vacant win
dow frame. There he sits, or else
PAGES the floor. following the tracks of
the priors along this groove. I have
watched him and seen him. he con-
tinued. "One might almost think he