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The Washington herald., 1917-04-22
Troops and Guns.

Despite the opposition it has in
Cured, the Presidents plan for rails
ing an army is the best one that has
been brought forward. 1t provides
for the recruiting of the army and
the National Guard to their maximum
quota with an additional force OF
100000 volunteers.
These volunteers will be accepted
at once because of the lack of time
in waiting for the machinery of uni
yversal service. When these forces
are completely enrolled the quota de-
sired will be chosen on fair and
reasonable basis. AS the plan works
out it will really be one of selective
service.
Following out the logical lines of
selection, the burden will be placed
upon the shoulders of the young men
who are unmarried and without de-
pendents. The failure of the Presi-
dent to embrace universal service in
its entirety may be unfortunate, but
at this time it may be best to go
slowly along those lines. As the Pres
ident has pointed out, if disarmament
does not follow the settlement of the
present war, the conscription machine
which is now being brought into be-
ing can be continued permanently.
In the matter of munition manu-
facture and the making of heavy guns,
the Chicago Tribune has put forth
a suggestion that will be invaluable if
accepted by this country. The Tribune
cites the fact that the factories in this
country have had about three years
experience in the making of arms for
France and England and that the
workers have become familiar with
the standard arms of those countries.
If we should change the models for
original ones based on our own ideas,
a new schooling would be necessary
The most effective course along these
lines would be to adopt the English
guns and shells. With the improve
ments that they have made We could
devise the best possible gun armament
without the delay that new models
would necessitate.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-22
The Coming of BaIfour.

The Tricolor, the Union Jack, and
the Stars and Stripes will be flying
side by side all over Washington when
the Right Honorable Arthur James
Baifour, Foreign Minister Of the
United Kingdom, arrives in the Cap
ital this afternoon.
Our distinguished guest holds a
place in American hearts second only
to the niche occupied by James Bryce,
former British Ambassador. whom
many a flamboyant after-dinner
speaker called "the only Englishman
who understands us" But Bryce is
Scotchman, not an Englishman-
and, oddly enough, so is Balfour! The
name of Balfour is renowned from the
earliest centuries of Scotch history
There has never been more worthy,
a more brilliant scion of the line than
the statesman who comes to Wash
|ington today.
1t was he who bravcly met the
challenge of Grover Cleveland, dur
ing the Venezuelan crisis of 1896, and
told the American people that Great
Britain would consider it "crime
against civilization" to go to war with
the United States on any pretext, or
for any cause whatsoever. Shirt
sleeves" diplomacy in that ill-starred
affair betrayed the American govern
ment into a brusque, chip-on-the-
shoulder type of belligerency which
would have led inevitably to war hao
Britain been animated by a similar
spirit. 1t was Balfour who muzzled
the dogs of war; it was he whose
craftsmanship saved the day.
In that affair the American people
owe a very real debt to him. 1t has
never been fully appreciated. Nor
has the Balfour influence during the
critical period of the war with Spain
when the German Emperor tried
to effect a European cabal to inter
vene against the United States-been
given its proper appraisement in
American history.
Mr.. Balfour has been a true friend
of this nation throughout his public
career. He has always dreamed of a
union of the English-speaking peoples
of the world; of Anglo-American
solidarity; and he has lived to see his
dream come true.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-22
A PENNY SAVED.

"A penny saved" said Uncle Ben,
rs like a penny earned again."
And any one with brains will know
That what Ben Franklin said was so.
It's not a persons wage or rank
That tells his balance in the bank;
It's not the way his income runs
That rates him good or bad at Dun's.
The chap who draws his hundred bean
And spends each week as many greens,
Is not 50 wealthy as the guy
Who gets but ten and puts some by.
A single dollar in the fist
Is worth two on the credit list;
And every penny laid away
A bracer on a rainy day.
The man who spends his bottom red
And gets no value in its stead,
Is not by far so wise as he
Who banks upon the lock and key.
And he who has a grain OF sense
VIII save anon a dozen pence,
And then upon some future day
Award himself a raise In pay.
There'd be less trouble in the land.
And less OF woe on every hand,
II folks would only live and learn
To save a part of what they earn.
N. A. Lufburrov.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-22
The Light Breaking Through.

Is the dawn finally breaking on the
stark darkness and dumbness of the
German mind? a. .
There is a new wave of reports of
strikes and riots reaching the very
heart of the German war organiza-
ton, the munition factories. The mil
itary may crush them under its heel.
Labor ferment in Prussia has too
often been broken on the wheel to be
taken overseriously. The iron grip
Of autocracy has as yet hardly been
loosened, and we should indulge in
no vain and foolish hopes.
Nevertheless, there is a ferment,
and it is working. Hunger is its driv-
ing force, war WEAKNESS its mise en-
scene. Distrust in the divinity of the
Kaiser, in the infallibility of Junker-
tum, is breaking out like 1eprosy.
A correspondent recently out OF
Berlin speaks of the new, strong
west wind" that has struck the Ger
man intellect. He means the blast
from America, the dawning reaIiza-
tion that "the world against Ger
many" is no longer a hgment of
rhetoric, but stern reality. The
German is up against that very hu-
man proposition: "Why am l in bad
everywhere, in every corner of the
earth9" Hindenburg may laugh at
the wofld and sueer at the United
The Washington herald., 1917-04-22
TO THE FLAG

By John KembIe. of the visiIantes3
Unfuri! Unfurl,
Oh. Flag Of mine!
And let the wide world take
This message from your tapping folds.
'Amsrica's awake!'
The eagles sleep
Is DER at last.
And now his wings are free
To eleave the sky and send his cry
Across the land and sea!
Until the end
We pledge you now
The oath our fathers gave;
That while we live with strength to give,
Triumphant you shall wave.
UnfurlI Unfurl!
Oh. Flag Of mine!
And let the wide world take
This message from your Mapping folds,
-America,s awaker'
-Jehn Ksmsls.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-22
Y. M. C. A, BOYS IN MINSTREL,
Youthful Comedians Make Fine
showing to Aid Summer Fund.

Youthful Comedians Make Fine
Showing to Aid Summer Fund.
With Edwin Callow in his latest Ital-
ian dialect as Tony the Barber" Nick
Altrock, with his latest baseball Jokes
and antics, and with black-face come
dians and a varied musical program, the
vaudeville performance given by the
Boys Department of the Y. NJ. c. A. last
night for the benefit of the summer camp
fund, proved to be a big success. The
program also included an acrobatic act
by Evard, Thompson and company and
a reading by Sol Gluck, while Tom Chap
man impersonated some well-known
stars.
., During the intermission the 1916 South
River camp emblems were awarded to
the following: D. E. Altman, c. Ashley.
S. c. Depue, E. Dunlap. ]. H. Hannah,
jr., G.. P. Howell, jr., H.. Ingley, C. F.
Meaney, w. Mondell, r. Newman, jr.,
and w. Petit. Milton France will re-
ceive a ten-days' vacation free at the
camp this summer on account of selling
the largest number of tickets for the
performance last night.
Officers of the camp are James Sharp.
chairman; William Knowles Cooper, gen.
eral secretary; L w. DeGast, director;
W. r. Macmillan and S. w. Leech, asso-
cIate directors; Mark DeGrange, social
director; E. B. Fuller. athletics: C. r.
wannan, aquatics, and Edmund S.
Wolfe, treasurer.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-22
Flag Flying Regulation
From Sunrise to Sunset

Editor, The Washington Herald:
The Herald's timely editorial re-
garding the proper manner of dis
playing the American flag should
do much toward arousing interest
In the subject of flag courtesy. The
editorial did not. however. treat of
one important rule that is being
generally overlooked-namely, that
of taking in the nag at night.
The flag should be displayed
from the exterior of buildings only
between the hours of sunrise and
sunset, and, according to high Of
ficials in the War and Navy De-
lartments, it is a mark of gross
insult to the flag to leave it ex-
posed at night.
Government officers say that the
rule, is an inflexible one, in spite
of the fact that the United States
Capitol and several of the large
government offices keep Old Glory
flying throughout the night.
II might be suggested that The
Herald follow up its good move
and publish fully the rules of
etiquette concerning the flag. The
heads of some OF the government
departments, at least, would profit
thereby.
FRANCES DE SALES RYAN.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-22
Today's Events

Lecture. The Work of the American Red CrosS
hy Ernest p BickneI before Liberal Religious
Union Of An Souls Church. Fourteenth and L
streets northwest, 2. m.
Free lecture on "Swedenberg Is a Libersting
Power" by Edwin Markham, new Masonic TEN
pie, $50 p. IN.
Patriotic meeting Shiloh Baptist Church. l.
street. between Sixteenth and Seventeenth streets
northwest, p. N.
Address by Mrs. Bessie B. Anderson before the
Woman Wage Earnsrs' Association, 70i T street
northwest, p. m
Sunday afternoon tea National American
wumsn Suffrage Association, le2j Rhode Island
avenue. to p m.
Dsbate by Ucams representing Young Mems He
brew Associations Of Washington and Richmond
old Masonic Temple, Ninth and L streets north
west, SD p. m
Address by Rev. HOFsrd Colby Ives on The
Kingdom Of God on Earth" before Bahai Assembly
Of Washington, Studio Hail. 129 Connecticut ave
nut, sI5 p. m.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-22
BROTHERHOOD TO DANCE

The Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire
men and Engineers, Potomac Lodge,
No. Z, announce their annual ball to
be held at the National Rifles Armory,
Friday night, April q.
In the interim C. S. Aver and W. A.
Cahoon are getting up a full head OF
steam so that the affair will choo-
choo on schedule time. The Ladies'
Society of the organization will serve
refreshments, the proceeds of which
will be donated to the striking car
men,
The Washington herald., 1917-04-22

Our best wishes to Lincoln Stef-
fens and Charles H. Crane in their
reported mission to draw up a new
constitution for Russia and a hope
that it will be supported more gen.
orally by the people than that OF
President Carranza, of Mexico, at
tributed to the same source.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-22
COL. pOWNEY SUDDENLY Ill.

While calling at the White House
executive offices yesterday on official
business, Col. George F. Downey, U. S
A., depot quartermaster at Washington,
was stricken with illness in the office OF
Secretary Tumulty. He was rushed co
Emergency Hospital, but a little more
than an hour later had sufficiently re-
covered and returned to the White House
offices to complete his unfinished busi-
ness.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-22
AMERICANS OF WORLD RALLY.

Americans. wherever they wander od
the face Of the earth, are rsllyinE TO ths
flag. Prom every quarter OF the globs
the State Department has received from
diplomatic and consular offices orierT OF
F9rvice with the colors. All express their
illingness in case Of necessity to return
q the United States and join the amy
cr navy. or whatever branch OF service
: which they may be needed.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-22
Spring Weather.

You were kicking for the warm days.
kicking like stuck pig all winter. Now
you've got them and you get mad and
cuss because your clothes are sticking
to you and you feel like you have melted
and run into them. Just wait a few
weeks and you will be wishing for that
cold breeze that blew around the corner
at Eleventh and the Avenue and you will
be wondering how much the iCeman paid
for his limousine
The Washington herald., 1917-04-22

kaiser Bill once said during a spasm
of exaggerated ego. Il will sign the peace
of the world in London" The English
may yet be as mad as a March hare,
but it is an April fool joke on the Kaiser
If he still thinks this old world is taking
lessons for the goOsestep. The peace Of
the world might be signed in London, and
it may be signed in Washington, but it's
a lead pipe cinCh that Kaiser Bill is not
going to do the signing. II Germany does
not shelve him before the parley begins
Uncle Sam is going to build a special
shelf for him and those "sturid Yankees"
are good carpenters as well as munition
makers. Prosit. ....
THE SKIPPER.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-22

The Buffalo Bill show arrives to-
day and, while they will not have the
old frontier fighter with them, Jess
Willard will provide the fighting fea-
ture Of the performances.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-22

"All Married Men Won't Be Drop
ped" says headline. There are quite
a few married ones who would like
to be dropped from that category,
however.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-22

The chief trouble with recruiting,
according to the officers of the Ma
tional Guard, is the fact that the men
want to be assured of fighting before
they enlist.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-22

The Red Cross drive in the District
is going ahead as consistently as the
allies drive in France. Let the good
work go on and don't let any one
pull a Hindenburg
The Washington herald., 1917-04-22
Thing, Not Generally Known.

You have to be very thin to hide be-
hind a woman's skirt these days.
Adam and Eve loved apple sauce for
dessert.
President Wilson has never yet voted
the Republican ticket
The Washington herald., 1917-04-22
As Clear as Mud.

A French scientist has invented an ap-
paratus for flterirG water. which passes
It in spiral tubes around a long mercury
vapor lamp. to utilize the bactericidal
properties of the violet and ultraviolet
rays.-Baltimore Sun.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-22

According to the D. A. R. candi-
dates their election will not be
changed by later returns as the Cali
fornia votes are all counted
The Washington herald., 1917-04-22

In urging that we hang our flags
properly, we overlooked the fact that
the flags should not be displayed after
sundown.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-22

June brides gather an additional
honor this year. They also will be-
come war brides.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-22

A tip to Won Hindenburg: That
mastery retreat of yours is leading
in the general direction of Waterloo.
History often repeats itself.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-22

The day that "The Star Spangled
Banner" joins in a medley with "The
Marseillaise" will prove a sorry one
for Wilhelm, Hindenburg & Co.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-22

Isn't it almost time for Germany to
come out with statement that Amer
ica started the whole war?
The Washington herald., 1917-04-22
Well, Take EN- on Then! You Cam
Make Us Mad!

In Joyland." a musical comedy in
which Clara Belle Jerome, William Sey-
mour and eight girls appear, is pleasing.
although there is one dance in which
unusually abbreviated skirts might just
as we'll be eliminated.-Salt Lake Trib-
une.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-22
Last Year and This.

The naughty village constable
No longer lies in wait to pull
An auto trap and catch load
OF scorChers on the country road.
Nor is his heart less hard than what
1t used to be last season, but
lie saved his fees with foresight keen
And now he owns a limousine.
Buffalo Evening News.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-22

According to the Presidents prcs-
Iamation we should raise everythIr :
but trouble.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-22

The time is ripe for 'Tin Pan
Alley" to produce a Buy a Bond
song.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-22
AMuSEAfENTS

B. F. Keiths-vsudeyiIle, 2:I5 and Sis p m.
Gayety-Burlesque. 2:l5 and SIS p. m.
Cosmos-Vaudeyille. 1870 to II 20 p. m
Loews Columbia-Photoplays. 3 to II p. N.
Strand-Photoplays. 5 to IL p m.
GaIdcn-FbLtoplGys, to II D N.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-22

Put off until tomorrow anything that
you don't want to have done at an-Al-
bany Journal.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-22

- The man who always says what he
thinks and says 1t without thinking is
liable to say it at the wrong time and
st the wrong placey-Knoxville Journal
The Washington herald., 1917-04-22
The Dernier Cri

daughter was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
c. T. Olson and a son to Mr.. ans Mrs.
Fred Rasmussen last week, at birthday
dinner last Thursday evening. Covers
were laid for eight guests.-Omaha Bee
This old world must look mighty funny
to the Martians- II they have telescopes
powerful enough to take a peep at Eu-
rope. it must look like what We think
Hades is. Just the same I'm not going
there to get away from the fight. It's
too long a walk. and besides I want to
be in at the last round. The Knockout
is on the way and it will be so nice when
the fireworks are over. and US boys look
around for the burned-out skyrockets and
pinwheels.-R. w. p.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-22
What Ais Kaiser wiIIIe.

So the Kaiser is nervous
May heaven preserve us!
What can be the matter with Winner
Indigestion, no doubt,
Or a touch of the gout,
Or pedal extremities chilly.
It's something, all right
He can't sleep at night;
1 fancy he talks in his sleep some,
Or dreams he has sinned
In sowing the wind
That of whirlwinds he fears he may reap
some,
His cardiac? Mo-
Hurt a marble heart? Sho!
Or cerebral? Nix-stilI fewer chances;
It's his CONSCIENCE, me lad
That makes his nights bad
And brings skeletons doing weird dances!
C. B. Millay.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-22
Speaking of BAN Games.

II Herr Wilhelm Hohenzollern could
only have been to the American League
Park yesterday. he would have changed
his mind about turning loose lot Of
sea rats to bit holes in the keels Of
ocean liners. Herr Wilhelm would have
seen Uncle Sam go to bat, hit a home
run and score before they even found the
ball.
Bureaucracy and baseball never did
mix. But you can bet your boots that
the same spirit that sends the hats OF
the fans in the air, is the self-same
spirit that sends Thea boys over thS
enemies trench plum TO the home plate.
Kaiser Bill has been at bat for a long
time, brought in numerous pinch-hitters.
but no home runs so far and all the bases
full. Just wait till the long. lean Yank
hits the pill of Prussian militarism and
see 1t go over the fence. right In the
Kaiser's back yard and all those allies
on the bases will score standing up.
The Washington herald., 1917-04-22

LAUGHTER
Come on-laugh!
Woe is chan.
Joy alone Is wheat.
Try to smile
For q while.
Life holds many a sweet.
Fear and pain
Hold no gain:
Sorrow is a thief.
Joyousness
Kills distress,
Laughter softens grief.
Copyright. EaIJ
The Washington herald., 1917-04-22
ALINE o. CHEER
EACH DAY o. The YEAR.

Fss prsnttns q ss original poem. writt@ sslE
tas rhs wsshtngt1n HsaA
The Washington herald., 1917-04-22
PUssY-FOoTING. AS I

PUSSY-FOOIING, AS 1T WERH.
And may God pity the girl who Is
weak enough to marry a sissy coward
who makes her a catspaw to pull him
out of the army.-Clarksburg Exponent
The Washington herald., 1917-04-22
War Bridegroom.
(ChiczSo Tribune J

The War Department announces
that men who have married since our
declaration Of war will not be ex-
empt from military service.
That is, they will not be exempt il
the Presidents military plan is
adopted.
But II 1t is defeated by the partisans
of the volunteer system, every man
who has married TO avoid service will
be exempt in spite of the War Depart
ment.
That is the beauty OF the volunteer
Systeu. Every shirker Is exempt
The Washington herald., 1917-04-22

By John Ksndriek Bangs
The Washington herald., 1917-04-22

osNs
The House committee has receded
from it's untenable position on the cen
sorship provision of the espionage bill
and the Senate yesterday saw as hot
shot poured into it as any newspaper
could wish. So much good has free
discussion about free speech accom-
plished. The result is reassuring as
indicating that Congress is not yet
stampeded by those who would vir-
tually declare martial law from Maine
to California at once. The bill will
have to be watched closely during its
remaining stages in the House, and
the form in which il is before the SEN
ate makes il deserve the severest
criticisms with which Snators like
Borah and Johnson lashed II. We do
not wonder that "at least one high ad-
wiser of the administration was wor-
ried over the course the Senate's de-
bate was taking" Even he, how
ever, was forced to admit that the pen
alizing of an attempt to elicit" in
formation was indefensibIe. II the
object of the administration is what
it should be, simply to prevent in
formation from reaching the enemy,
there need be no difficulty in drafting
a measure which will go through both
houses without opposition. But the
provisions which are incorporated in
the espionage bill arouse the suspi-
cion that much more than this is
wanted, nothing less, indeed, than pre-
vention of criticism of the govern
ment in it's conduct of the war. II
this is not aimed at, why does the
administration push bills which would
make possible the penalizing Of such
criticism?
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-10-08

Gazette, a copy of which has been
received here, in its report of the
address of DR.. Helffelich, German
minister of the interior, in the reich
stag Saturday, represents him as
saying:
"The question of war aims will De
discussed in the course of a big de-
bate next week.
The Rheinische Wcstfalischc lei
tung, in its version, says the "big
debate will take place Monday This
newspaper also says that Dr.. Mich
aclis, the imperial German chancel-
lor. has given information concern
ing the future political situation of
.Alsacc-Lorrainc to the leaders, of the
majority parties in the reichstag.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-10-08
NEEDS FATS.
American Embargo. if Maintained,
Will Still Further Reduce Supply.

Washington, Oct. S.-lnformatlon
reaching the government from
abroad indicates that, while Germany
ii preparing to increase the bread
and potato ration because of good
crors. the nation is in desperate
need Of fats.
The American embargo, If mann
,alncd, officials say, will still iur-
thcr reduce Germany's fat supply
since Holland cannot continue TO
send across the border large amounts
of dairy products unless she receives
American foodstulfs. A reported
threat that Holland Will kill her cat
lie and ship the meat to Germany
i disturbing officials but little, for
although this would increase the
German meat supply, it would re-
luce the amount of fats Holland IS
chipping.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-10-08
\ y DISPUTE.
Working tremendously With Masons
in Camps, Callahan Delares.

A report given nationwide circuia-
ton to the effect that a controversy
exists between the Knights Of Co
lumhus and the Masonic fraternity
regarding work at the army camps
is emphatically denied by Col. I. II.
Callahan. chairman of the Knights
OF Columbus committee on war acti-
vities.
at u a mistake" said Col. Gala
han Yesterday. "The knights of Co
lumnus are working III the army
camps not as a lodge. but as the rep
resentativcs of the Catholic people
Of Thu country. We % not oppose the
entrance Of the Masons or any other
fraternal society into the camps, ard
we shall be glad to extend to them
any c]ourtesics o. assistance within
our power"