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riUDAY. JANUARY M, 1SU.
Loit Without a Fleet
"With the enemy in control of the
sea, it is only a question of time when
the canal falls"
In these words Col G. W. Goethals,
U. S. A, chief engineer of the Panama
Canal. gave the Xaval Committee of
the House the strongest possible argu
ment for naal increase. As the open
ing of the canal comes nearer, it is in
creasingly apparent that the fleet is
its primary and only lasting defense.
The waterway connecting the oceans
will astly increase the effectiveness of
whatever naval force we hae. Had an
Isthmian Canal existed in 1S98 the
Oregon need not have encircled South
America to be in at the death at San
tiago Opponents of adequate naval defense
are fond of declaring that the demand
for more ships comes from naval offi
cers Col Goethals is an army officer,
yet he acknowledges that the posses
sion of the canal depends upon control
of the sea. This is merely a military
maxim, but one which many mil
lions of persons in this country fail
to appreciate. The idea that any num
ber of forts at Panama could indefi
nitely resist a siege is thoroughly fal
lacious Even a force of 25,000 men. strongly
intrenched in modern fortifications,
with the highest powered guns manu
factured, would be able to hold out for
only about nine months, according to
Col Goethals That is as large an
army as the United States maintained
altogether before 1S9S. Of course, the
United States is in no position or mood
to maintain a garrison of 25,000 men
on the isthmus.
Col. Goethals frankly aid that
garrison of 8,000 men would be all that
the present military policy could spare
for such duty. This will be adequate
to defend the canal only against such
an expedition as might be landed from
a fleet powerful enough to wrest com
mand of the sea from the United
States
In other words, the plight of the
Panama Canal will be perilous once
bereft of its. battleship defense While
the fleet commands the approaches
"from the Atlantic and Pacific sides the
fortifications of the big ditch will not
be required to fire a shot
Two Political Trusts and the Balkans.
Turkish diplomats have accomplished
the purpose that took them to London
They have discharged their duties with
marked ability, for they have had sim
ilar experience in the past, when pro
'curing the good offices of the powers to
mitigate the rigor of the conquerors. It
via natural, therefore, tha they should
play the game much more adroitly than
'their Balkan opponents, who were- not
prepared for a situation demanding
adroitness as well as courage. Flushed
by their recent triumph of arms in the
field, the Balkan delegates seemed to
have belirved that they had only to de
mand in order to obtain Each demand
they made was granted by Turkey, but
always with a qualification that ren
dered a new demand nece5ary. This
resulted in the interests of all parties
becoming a subject for competition be
tween two great diplomatic trusts, the
triple entente and the triple alliance
(Dreibund)
The composition of these trusts re
flects the division between the first
class powers of Enrope The triple
entente consists o'f France and Russia
as allies with England in sympathy.
but not held to them by any formal
bond TheTriple alliance, on the other
hand, is a formal combination, an of
fensive and defensive union (Schutz-
and-Trutz Buendniss). To either of
these, "trusts" the ultimate disposition
of the Balkan question is of, great im
portance. Paris alone among Europe's
great money centers opened its purse
to the Balkan nations, when Berlin,
Vienna, and, London looked askance at
their loan proposals. British interest
in the near East is traditional. It can
not afford to see Russia or Germany or
Austria dominant at Constantinople
and the Dardanelles.
Concerning the Dreibund: Germany's
participation in the Balkan question
mainly is due to its sense of obligation
to one of its allies in the triple al
liance. Austria. Bismarck used to say
that the whole Eastern question "was
not worth the sacrifice of one Pom
meranian grenadier." And even to this
day German sentiment in the matter! Hea,th Owlzer Woodward wards us
tj t j t. . e I"50 gareful. else we'll tage gold.
would not be very pronounced but fori Thange, DogtorJ. - --
Austria's' programme to expand south
ward. .Austrian statesmen contend .that they
must push on toward Salpniki to pre
vent the ultimate stagnation of the
dual monarchy, and they are gratified
in having succeeded in getting the
powers to accept two cherished prin
ciples which are pleasing to their am
bition. Servia is not to have that
"window on the Adriatic," the seaport
for which it has strived so long. Aus
tria is to hae that port and in re
turn is to give Servia commercial fa
cilities. Autonomous Albania is to be
under Austrian protection, but with
Italy as a partner. Italy has traditions
which must be recognized by the Drei-
bund with regard to Albania.
In the eventual settlement of all the
questions presented by the Balkan war.
the triple alliance did not lose any
prestige to the triple entente, and the
latter was equally determined to main
tain its standing as the dominating
group 'for peace in Europe, and be
tween them the Turk remains in Eu
rope, though with wings omewhat
clipped
Commission Plan in New Jersey.
J-n New Jersey thirtj-two munici
palities have voted on the question of
adopting the commission plan, and of
these nineteen rejected it Among the
latter were the two large communities
of Paterson and Jersey City, where
gov ernments of "single-headed" commis
sions prevail, which have given satis
faction Omitting these from the cal
culation, it is found that the total pop
ulation of the municipalities which have
rejected the plan is 314084, while those
which adopted it have 238,065 inhab
itants About one-half of the normal
vote of these cities was polled at the
referendum In these cities the ratio
of the majorities to the minorities, re
duced to a general average, was about
3 to 2 In some cases the vote was
very close, as in Atlantic City, "where
the ratio of those in favor to these
against vcas -1 to 69, and in Bavonnc,
where the adverse majoritv was only 5
votes.
The variety of municipal corporations
in New Jersey i rather perplexing.
There arc "cities" like Margate. w4th
a resident population of 129, and
Vcntor. with 491; there arc f.vc
"towns" with populations ranging from
1449S to .ls.403. while Hackensack.
with us 14,050 inhabitants, is a "vil
lage" governed by an "improvement
commission llic commission plan act
fails to enumerate the powers of the
municipalities to which it applies. These
remain just as thev were before, ex
cept in so far as they ma be incon
sistent with the new law Evcrv mu
nicipality which adopts the act, there
fore, is governed by its provisions plus
the body of existing laws applicable to
village', towns, boroughs, or cities
The borough and village act requires
a special election on almost everv
question of importance, and some of
the boroughs, which adopted the act in
the expectation that its referendum
clause would supersede this require
ment, have found that they must pub
lish their ordinances a heretofore even
when passed in pursuance to a popular
vote They arc still subject to an
other referendum
The debt limit clause of the act has
given rise to some uncertainty Bu:
this has been cured by an amendment
The recall feature, which has caused si
much trouble in Seattle, where an or
ganization known as the "Recall As o
ciation," has started countless initia
tive, referendum, and recall proceed
ings, has remained unused n New
Jersey Possibly it has been effective
as "a gun behind the door" (to quote
Gov Wilson). On the whole, the law
has worked well in the larger cir'c,
though there evidently is no prepos
session in 'favor of the plan The most
serious defect of the act is that it is
not permanent. The Legislature mav
still limit or amend the law, or icpeal
altogether. It does not guarantee
"home rule" to the municipalities But
then such a guarantee caii be obtained
cr.ly by constitutional amendment, and
there 1- reason to believe thn: such
amendm-nt will be proposed a the
convention which the Democratic Leg
islature intends to call in September
nc-t
When the Heart Goes on Strike.
Investigations have shown that, in
spite of the great reduction in the gen
eral death rate, due to improved social
and sanitary conditions, the death rate
among men between the ages of forty
five and sixty-five is increasing. This
is due to the rapidly increasing aggre
gation of population in towns and cities
where, under present industrial con
ditions of modern life, there is undue
hustle and stress. Hustling brings
about premature degeneration of the
arterial system. The heart is overtaxed.
The record of the increasing number
of deaths from heart disease gives
startling statistical confirmation of the
killing pace among middle-aged men.
This is further proven by the con
trary showing among women. There
has been, for many v ears past, a reduc
tion of the female death rate between
the age of 'forty-five and sixty.
Among active business- men anxiety,
worry, and overwork put a constant
mechanical strain on the heart and
blood vessels. Overfeeding and wrong
and irregulat feeding bring on toxic
poisoning, especially where there is
lack of physical outdoor exercise.
Finally the heart goes on a strike, and
the end comes.
A LITTLE NONSENSE.
YEns BRING WISDOM.
When we. are young-, beyond a doub,
It Is our way
To worry quite a deal about
What people say.
Years come along and we progress,
And some Cne day
We- tlnd that we consider less
What people say.
Old ace has made us wise, ma hap.
When we are tray
Ave do not care ar single rap
wnat people say.
Parcel Post at Plnnki Ule.
v "Any mall fer me?"
"A ope."
"Look Into that pigeon hole again,
Jllrain. My wile expects a waabDolter
la this mall."
Jttnnarjr 24 la History.
January 21, lo37.-sir Walter Kalelgh
trades 14,000 cigarette coupons tor a
mandolin.
January :. IKS) Henry Vlll takes the
kitchen clock apart and can't get It to
gether again.
Card Index S)lem.
"Who's on the 'phone?""
"Your wife." answered the office boy.
"Wants to know It you really love her."
Tell her yes," directed the bride
groom, "but explain that I'm busy and
refer her to the file of letters In the
upper drawer of her writing desk."
Tbe CoMgrninisB.
He cannot get them all a Job
Ho he proceeds
To try to square the howling moo
With garden seeds.
Roosting m Mine.
"How's the sale of stock coming on?"
inquired the first promoter.
"Sold 3.000 shares this morning," said
the kcounri promoter
""that must mean a good deal or
money. -
"Almost K. Come on. and I'll blow
you to lunch."
4. Wise PInn.
"Ihe French have the right Idea "ihey
protect tne woman.
"How r
JJDraw up a marriage contract."
I see. rlx the alimony while tne
bridegroom Is still In love. '
AH Right for IHm.
Hows the next town
diked
the
drummer.
Dead Better skip It. It's dead
That suits me. 1 m selling unaertax
crs supplies
How "floury" Started.
F-rm the Loudon Mail.
The real "bogey.' or "the colonel." as
tne imaginary opponent with the nxed
score lor caih holt Is sometimes called.
came Into being about the end of 1SO0 and
the beginning of the following year
It is generally accepted that a Coventry
gentleman was the first to come by the
germ of the Idea In December. 1SS0. the
scratch score of the Coventrv courso was
taken, being the sioro that a good
tcratch player would take to each hole
of tho round, making no mistakes, but
also fluking nothing nor being fortunate
with any special flashes of brilliant play
At the time they called this "the
ground score, ' and about six months
afterward, whn the members of the club
had become proptrly accustomed to the
Idea. Jlr. Itotheiham offered a prize for
competition according to the stem,
while later In the same ear th club
gave a challenge cup for competition on
the same lines Thui the svstem was
established, but rot the name which Is
now universal
The name, however, followed er
toon, and its origin was curious A few
members of the Coventry Club raid a
visit to Great Yarmouth, where the new
kind of competition was explained to Dr
Thomas Browne. R X. who was honor
cry becretary of the larmouth Golf
Club Dr Browne liked the Idea exeeed
ingl, and took It upon himself to write
to various promtrent golfers asking them
their views ai to the advlsabilit) or
otherwise of Introducing this ground
core svstcm into the general routine of
competition golf. For the most part the
answers made were favorable.
Then one day Dr Browne went out to
plav against a friend. SlaJ Charles A
Wellman. and they agreed Instead of
p!a)lng dlrictlj against earh other to
play each against the ground score and
decide their match according as each
fared in this wav. It so happened that
about that time the bogey man song was
being sung hj the late E. J Ionnen at
the Gaiety Theater, and ever body else
came to sing It. too The words of the
refrain that gave a creepy feeling to the
children of the da were
Huthl Hush' Huih'
Ilrre come the brgey man
So hide vnur brad tieoeath the clothe
He II ratrti jou if be can
There was the idea of bogey in golf.
"Hell catch jou If he can" And It
flashed acres the mind of MaJ Wellman
when he was pUving thN game and was
getting "caught" by the ground score.
'Why," Bald he to his friend Browne,
"this player of yours is a regular bogey
man' A considerable piece of golflng
history was made In that chance re
mark, for bogey was from that moment
established for golf. "Capital." said Dr.
Browne, "we'll call It that'" and tie had
the name adopted by the Yarmouth
Club.
TIih Happy rnrmer.
From the Lincoln (Nclir Journal.
The overalled farmer put on brakes
and Invited the wayfarer to ride Four
miles afoot meant an hour. By gasoline
It meant well, there are no policemen to
enforce tho twenty-mile limit on country
roads So the Invitation was accepted.
Wheat? Yes, he was lucky" enough to
have seventy acres on his quarter sec
tion Thrashed? Yes, out of the shock.
Went twcntj-slx bushels to the acre
Eighteen hundred bushels of wheat will
buy a pile of gasoline.
Corn? Will be good If It rains. Doesn't
need to rain If it doesn't want to. Can
get along on that sev enty acres of w heat.
Besides, there have been two alfalfa crops.
There will be another, too. for It always
rains after a while In this country". Queer
how slow we are to catch on to wheat.
He had lived twenty-five years in Hamil
ton County. Some Russians who settled
there began planting wheat. The neigh
bors were alarmed and angry. Wheat
would do nothing but breed chinch bugs
to take com after the wheat was cut.
The Russians planted wheat because they
were too lazy to plow corn Wheat was
a lazy man's crop So said the skeptics,
who hsd tried to grow wheat and found
It couldn't be done.
The press drill and turkey red changed
all that, giving us a orop made In our
wet season, and which has fallen short
only once In a decade or more. Now
Nebraska agriculture sails with air-tight
compartments. If we strike an Iceberg
we just shut the gate to that compart
ment and sail on floated by- the rest.
"See that farm?" pointing to a big
barn braced by a -huge silo: "I could
have bought that quarter for S33 an acre
when I bought mine at $37. It would sell
at J130 or more now. The farmer who
owns this land has been the luckiest by
these discoveries In non-slnkahle farm
liners "
He hasn't been alcne. though." a a
big auto leaded to the decks dashed
past. "That man Is a renter. He pays
cash rent and thrives by being a better
farmer than the genera! Jev el of renters
I whose kind of farming sets the level' of
'farm rents." '- - -
STATESMEN REAL AND NEAR
By FRED C. KELLY
Without wishing to start an, argument
with the man" who declared that nobody
can eat. a "quail & day for thirty days.
one may at least state that the rule
does not apply to turkey. Senator Shel-
bv M. Cullom eats turkey every "noon
for weeks and weeks at a time.
But at that he has nothing on Justice
Charles E. Hughes when tt comes to
gastronomic continuity. The Supreme
court Justices have their luncheon
served In a private room off the court
room, and It has been noted by the other
associates that not once since he as
cended the bench more than two years
ago. has Hughes failed to eat a lamb
chop or two each noon. It has to be a
thick lamb chop and cooked Just so.
Then there Is Senator Crawford of
South Dakota. He Is another states
man who does not flit from flower to
flower In his food quest, like a humming
bird, but sticks to one thing. He him
self cannot remember when he has gone
iwenty-rour hours without eating a pot
of baked beans.
Oscar W Underwood now gets to his
office every morning a trifle later than
he used to. Ho formerly rode to the
Capitol In an automobile: now he walks.
Not long ago he got to thinking it over
ana determined that If he couldn't get
a little exercise each day for his health's
sak;. Just because he is the Ways and
Means Committee chairman, he might as
well get Into some other line of nctlvlty.
even If he had to go over to Venice and
start a Ihery stable. He. therefore, made
a New Year's resolution, that he would
walk the mile or two to his office each
morning, rain or shine.
In order to offset this little extrava
gance with his time, he had his tele
phone put on a private list, and his name
omitted from the director). Things had
got to a point where he was called so
frequently at meal hours that he scarce-
lyMiad time to swallow a bite or two
of food between trips to the phone. He
would Just get a bite of mashed potatoes
and gravy mixed In the right proportion
when the bell would ring.
Underwood Is the most calm man in
Congress, and yet the Job of keeping the
House Democrats cheerful at their tasks
Is a great tax on the nerves of any
leader, and little things bother him now
that never bothered him before. Not
long ago he had his desk moved four
times before he got it placed to suit
him Kvery time something about his
work annoyed him more than usual he
decided that the light or draft about
his desk was not all that It should be.
Representative Sharp of Ohio itai
driving along with his family in Ills
automobile, and stopped to say something
to Representative Claude Kitchln of
South Carolina.
"And I wish to call your attention to
COURT GOSSIP ON
INTERNATIONAL IMPORTANCE
To claim that anv one In Monaco of
all places could Influence the destinies
of Europe may seem absurd, considering
diminutive Mze of the principality
t in certain circumstances it was pre
cisely this smallness which was Its
stroncest recommend ition because so di
minutive a state could not be suspected
it harboring designs upon other toun-
trten Its ruler could speak the truth
without creating a mlstrut as to his
motives The opinion of Monsco mat
tered little to the great powers, hut that
uf Its ruler a great deal owing to his
oosltion and his pedigree. For when It
comes to lineage Prince Albert's Is by
ir the oldest dynasty In all Kurope. lie
a descendant of the Orlmaldis. and
hether It be from the one who, it is
said, received Monaco from the fcm
pfror Otto I in "SS, or from the one who
a mnsul rruler). or uenoa in iia ine
nrimaldis are undlsputably the oldest
i-elcnlni- famllv In Europe If the di
vine right of kings goes for anything
that family should hold the first rank
owing to their antiquity. No other
dv nasty is as old. for tt was only In 1?S
that Rudolf of Hspsburg at Alx Chaptlle
was chosen Emperor of Germany, his son
founding the present Austrian dynastj
The present ruler of Monaco, I'rince
Albert, a scientist and an explorer of
acknowledged merit, is persona grata at
nerlln. as well as at the Elysee Palace
In I arls The Kaiser thinks a great deal
of his Intellect, diplomatic tact, and es
peclalls of his peace policy and efforts.
and it was due to Emperor William's in
fluence that the International Peace Con
gress of 1KC was held at Monaco
Prince Albert also Is a nesr relative of
the King of Wurttcmberg. which also
gives him easy access to the court of the
Kaiser. He can, and does, speak to the
Emperor on equal terms, and this he
utilizes wisely to tell him the truth, a
rare opportunity which Is given to but
few rulers For no matter how much a
monarch may desire to judge Impartially-
all questions at Issue, he is often sur
rounded by those whose Interest it Is
to conceal the truth and who do not
hesitate to produce wrong Impressions.
It Is therefore not surprising that
Kaiser Wllhelm should welcome a friend
who has no Interest to serve by making
false representations The Emperor lis
tens with confidence to the advice prof
fered by Albert of Monaco, and as a re
sult serious Issues orten nave assumea
oulte a different aspect. And tho very
fact of the prince being among the most
intimate counselors of the German
Kaiser, naturally enough has made the
President of the French Republic anxious
to hear what he might have to say. Thus
Albert of Monaco on more than ono oc
casion has been able by wise counsel ana
bv divulging the real aspect of a case to
avoid a crisis when one cabinet had been
laboring under the Impression that it had
been misled bv the other. More than once,
In recent years, the diplomatic relations
between France and Germany had reached
such a tension that neither side dared
to add another word for fear of being
misunderstood and causing open rupture.
On such occasions it was the Prince of
Monaco who traveled between the v.n
helmsstrasse and the Qual d'Orsay with
arguments, explanations, or suggestions
If these were rejected, it did not matter,
because the princely go-between was
neither official ambassador nor diplo
matic agent. He did not even belong to
either country concerned. Listened to or
repudiated, he could never become a
"casus belli," which gave him (In his
exalted position) the privilege of saying
things that no official messenger would
have dared to broach, though these in
formal conversations were more apt to
result in tbe discovery of a renewed
"modus Vivendi.
Thus I happen to know that Prince
Albert was of great help In preventing a
clash over the Morocco difficulty and
bringing about a peaceful solution by
means of the Algcclras, conference
Flaneur readers will call to mind the
crisis when France had to sacrifice Its
foreign sccretarJV M, Delcasse. to ap
pease Germany. Relations pracucauy
had been broken on. Detween tne two
bellicose neighbors. It was Prince Albert
who. asked by the French President, un
dertook to trutntullyr represent the posi
tion and the views of the French Pre
mier. M. Rouvier". 'to the--' Kaiser. We
know bow-thoroughly he convinced the
Kaiser 'that tno Jrench cabinet was not
In the -wrong, and. -diplomatic relations
were quickly resumed;
And yet success, hadt, hung by a thread.
It seemed, that all efforts would be futile.
Prince Albert, full of happy anticipation,
the large family 1 .have," remarked
Sharp, pointing to his six children.
"Yes, lfa fairly Urge." said Kitchln,
wlthout'much enthusiasm.
"You have some children, haven't
your asked Sharp.
"I have-let's see eight. I believe It Is."
replied Kitchln.
Just then Martin Uttleton, the New
York lawyer, happened along and they
told him about their discussion of large
families.
"Well. I've had a little experience with
big family groups myself," observed
Martin. "My parents were thoughtful
enough to provide me with eighteen
brothers and sisters."
itoward Sutherland, who will be Rep-resentatlve-at-large
from West Virginia
after March 4, came to Washington the
other day on a visit, and went to the
Capitol to see a friend, who Is a mem
ber of the House. He sent his card In
at the House main entrance. In tbe usual
manner, remarking to the doorkeeper.
"It won't be long now 'till I'll have the
privilege of the floor myself"
"Vhy. are you a member-elect" asked
the doortender. and Sutherland was
obliged to admit tbst he was.
"Then you have the privileges or the
floor right now," the doorkeeper told
him. "You don't need to wait for March
t. Just walk right In"
And straightway the delighted Suther
land entered the chamber, where he was
treated as an equal by one and all.
Representative Steenerson of Minneso
ta nas a great flock of Red I-ake In
dlsns among his constituents. These are
divided Into Progressives and StandDat
ters in their attitude toward certain -tri
bal an-alrs. One of the Red lakes.
In Washington recently, was explaining
11 ail.
"What about Steenerion Is he for the
Progressives or the Ftandpats?" Jh
Indian was asked
"IWk a Progressive, replied the Red
Iake. "but he Is equally friendly with
the ejtanapats."
Which seems to show that Cousin
Steenerson must be not only right smart
of a politician, but a diplomatist, too.
Mr Uncle Joe Cannon was Inspecting
tr costly new home of a friend out In
Illinois One of the things the friend
was proud of was the subdued lighting
effect In the dining room, which was
finished In dark colors. The electric
lights could not be seen In fact, nothing
could be seen with much distinctness, so
completely had tho subdued effect been
carried out. -Mr Cannon likes plenty of
1'ght In a dining room, and the arrange
ment did not much appeal to him
"What do you think of If" asked the
friend
"Well. If jou want the truth. ' said Mr.
Uncle Joe. "I think it looks like Hades
with the flres banked "
-Ml riht!
MATTERS OF
after his conversations with the Kaiser,
arrived at Paris only to find that the
Chamber of Deputies had taken the bit
in Its teeth and adopted a resolution
censure against the government, and that
the cabinet, at that very hour, had re
signed All his (fforts seemed to have
been in vain, and a peaceful solution
as far off as ever But luck was with
the man w'ho abhors war as much as
does his friend, the Kaiser Fortunately.
M Bourgeois, who succeeded Rouvier as
Premier, was Just as desirous of main
taining peace as his predecessor. He
availed himself of the explanations of
fered In unofficial chats by the prince as
coming from the German Emperor, and
the Algeclra treaty was the result.
In the disturbance created over the
Morocco situation. In 1311, the prince de
clined to act as arbitrator He called It a
game of grab with which he profesed no
sympathy.
Prince Albert never hesitates to pro
test against false or mischievous opin
ions prevailing about the Kaiser, who,
he emphatically Insists, is In favor of
peace, despite all appearances to the
contrary, his militarism being due to the
belief he entertains that military service,
bes'des being a great educational In
fluence, Is necessary for tho prevention
of war. I am able to quote an Instance
which proves this contention of the
prince
It was In July. ISM, when the French
training ship Iphlgenlc quite unexpected
ly met the Imperial yacht Hohenzollem.
with the Kaiser on board. In the port
of Bergen. In the North Sea The French
government had given no Instructions to
the captain for such an emergency. It
was an awkward position, for what could
the captain of a French training ship
say to the German Emperor
Fortunately, the Prince of Monaco was
In neighboring waters busy with his
oceanographlc researches, and hearing of
the arrival of the Hohenzollem at Ber
gen, he at once steered for that port In
the hope of meeting the Kaiser. He
grasped tho peculiar situation at once,
and from his own yacht, the Prlnce-ss
Alice, row ed back and forth between the
Hohenzollem and the Iphlgenle. The re
sult was an Invitation to board the
Kaiser's yacht sent to the French com
mander, who had compiled with the acts
of courtesy toward a monarch which arc
the international naval rule under such
circumstances. He was amicably
celved on the Imperial yacht But what
next? It was all very well to receive a
French officer on a German pleasure
yacht: but to ask the Kaiser, the ruler
of the nation which Is considered the
arch-enemy of France, to board a French
warship was quite a different thing. But
the prince's great tact also overcame
this sheer Insurmountable difficulty and
he had the pleasure of seeing the Ger
man Emperor step on the deck of the
French ship, where the greatest honors
were tendered him. This Is not to be
considered as unimportant, for the event
constituted the first step toward friendly
dealings between the two hostile nations.
which, but for the Prince of Monaco's
tact and personal Influence with the
Kaiser, might never have occurred.
FLANEUR.
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Valae of Evidence.
J'Tom tbe mtalorf Oiraoicle-TeldTiliti.
In a case recently decided In a justice's
court in Washington County, fifteen men
testified that a certain driver of an
automobile had not blown his horn at
a crossing, while on the other side two
young women testified emphatically that
the horn was sounded. The Justice de
cided In favor of the defendant, accept
ing the testimony of the women.
Some persons seem to think it odd that
the testimony of two girls should out
weigh that of fifteen men, but that is
really not the proper way of looking at
the matter. If two men hsd been posi
tive that tbe horn had been sounded, and
fifteen women had not heard It. the re
sult would probably have been tho same
In the mind of the court. Sex really
had nothing, or should have nothing, to
do with the case. The point illustrates
the difficulty of obtaining exact infor
mstldn as to happenings from persons
who see and hear, or think they see and
hear, what is going on. Positive testi
mony is of more value than neeative
testimony.
There Is an old storv of a man aeruaeH
of an offenie. and who was told that two
witnesses would be brought forward who
raw him commit the crime. He renlied.
Tut, tut," or words to that effect. "I
can bring a thousand witnesses who will
swear that they did not see me do it,'
The 'Story of
The First President
By
The President-Elect
1789
WOODROW
eT
Life of Washington
Patrick Henry Comes to the Front in Colonial Affairs Although Not an Aris
tocrat, His Ability and Daring Command Instant Attention, and He Soon
Acquires an Influence by His Oratory Which Makes Him the Leader of
the Rerolntionary Party in the House of Bargesses He Defies Parliament
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NO. 17.
The Burgesses feared to speak treason;
they were content to protest of their
rights, and let the issue, bring conclusions
to light.
It had been hot fighting to get even
that much saTd. Tle men hitherto ac
cepted always as leaders In the House
had wished to hold It back from rash
and heated action, and there had been
bitter debates before even those sig
nificant premises for a revolutionary con
clusion had been forced to adoption Old
leaders and new, young men and old
alike, had willingly united In the me
morial of 1764; but now that the Stamp
Act was law, conservative members
shrank from doing what must look so
like a flat defiance of Parliament.
Only- young men would have had the
audacity to urge such action, only very
extraordinary young men would have
had the capacity to Induce the House to
take It. But such young men were at
hand, their leader as veritable a demo
crat as had ever taken the floor in that
assembly.
A Leader front the Plain People
Patrick Henry" was not of the aristoc
racy of the colony Good Scots blood
ran In his veins, quickened by the live
ly strain of an old Welsh stock. Ills
father came of a race of scholars, and.
good churchman though he was, knew
his Uvy and his Horace better than his
Bible. His mother came of a vivacious
line of easy-going wits and talkers, which
but a touch more of steadiness and en
erev micht anv day have made famous.
His father had served his County of
Hanover verv canably and acceptably as
survevor. colonel, magistrate: and his
uncle had been Iwloved as the faithful
pastor of quiet parishes But they had
been no long time In the colony: they
llved back from the tidewater counties
where the real aristocracy had its
strength and supremacy: they were of
that middle class of yeomen-gentlemen
tv ho love llbertv. but do not affect rank
"A vigorous aristocracy favors, the
growth of personal eminence even In
those who are not of it. but only near
it." and these plain men of the middle
. mintlex were the more excellent and
Individual in the cultivation of their
powert. by reason of tho contact. But
there was a touch of rusticity, a neg
lect of polish, a rough candor of speech
about thm which set them apart and
distinguished them sharply enough when
they camp Into the presence or tne court
ly and formal gentlemen who practiced
tbe manners of London In tbe river coun
ties. a. Itnstlc risrnre In the Home.
Fatrick Henry, at any rate, must have
seemed a very rustic figure to the Bur
gesses when he first came to take his
seat amongst them on a May day In
17G
He was known. Indeed, to many. This
was the man. they must have known,
who had won so strange a verdict from
a' Jury two years ago in the celebrated
parsons" case at Hanover Court House,
against the law and the evidence But
his careless dress and manner, his loose,
ungainly figure, his listless, absent bear
ing, must have set many a courtly mem
ber staring
For such men as Washington. Indeed.
there can have been nothing either
strange or unattractive In the rough ex
terior and unstudied ways of the new
member. Punctilious though he was him
self In every point of dress and bearing,
Washington's life had most of It been
spent with men who looked thus, and
jet were stun of true coursge and rich
caracitv within. The manner of a man
could count as no test of quality with
him
His experience had covered the whole
variety of Virginian life. He was an
aristocrat by taste, not oy principle.
And Patrick Henry hsd. In fact, come
to the sime growth as he In essential
quality and principle, though by another
wav Henri's life had been wilful, ca
pricious, a bit haphazard, Washington's
all the while subject to discipline; but
both men had touched and seen the
whole energy of the Commonwealth,
knew its hope, could divine its destiny.
There was but one Virginia, and they
were her children. It could not take
long to bring them to an understanding
and comradeship in affairs.
A Winner In Debate.
It was characteristic or the new
member that he should step at once
and unhesitatingly to a place of lead
ership when debate of the stamp act
stirred the House, and that he should
instantly sweep the majority Into his fol
lowing with a charm and dash of elo
quence that came like a revelation upon
the quiet assembly-
He was but twenty-nine years old. but
he had spent all his lire In teaming how
the world went, and by what manner of
speech It was moved and governed. He
had roamed the woods with no thougnt
but for sport, or a quiet hour with
book or his fancy In the shape of the
trees. He had kept a country store, and
let gossip and talk of affairs of colony
and country side take precedence of busi
ness. Finally he had turned with a per
manent relish to the law, and had set
himself to plead causes for Ms neigh
bors in a way tttut made Judges stare
and juries surrender at discretion, in
everything he had seemed to read the
passions or men. Books no less than
men. the chance company ot an old au
thor no less than the constant talk or
the neighborly land he lived in, seemed
to fill him with the quick principles ot
the people and polity to wntcn he be
longed, and to lend him an Inevitably
every Itving phraso In which to utter
thent:
Ills Power Over Men.
The universal sympathy and, Insight
which made his pleasantry so eng-rglns
to men of every stamp rendered his
power no less than terrible when he
turned to play upon their passions. He
v-as not conscious or any audacity when
he sprang to his reet upon the Instant
he saw the House resolved Into com
mittee to consider the stamp act- It was
cf the ardt-r of his nature to speak when
conviction moved htm strongly, without
bought of propriety or precedence; and
it was like him to stand there absorbed,
leading hia resolutions from a ny-lea;
tern Irom an old lawbook.
It seemed no doubt a precious piece
of audacity in the eyes of the prescrip
tive leaders of the House to hear tills
almost unknown man propose his high
recital of Virginia's liberties and his ex-
Dress defiance of Parliament Iri tones
which rang no less clear and confldentl
upon the clause which declared "his I
majesty s Uege people" or the colony
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1913
WILSON'S
In no way bound to yield obedience, than
In the utterance of the accepted matter
of his premises.
talonndi the Old Leaders.
Debate flamed up at once, even pas
sionate The astounding, moving elo
quence of the young advocate, his In
stant hold upon the House, the direct
ness with which he purposed and exe
cuted action in so grave a matter,
stirred the pulses of his opponents and
his followers with an equal power, and
roused those who would have checked
him to a vehemence ss great as his
own.
The old leaders of the House, with
whom he stood face to face In this
critical business, were the more formid
able because of the strong reason of
their position. No one could Justly
doubt that they wished to see the Old
Dominion keep and vindicate her lib
erty, but they deemed it folly to be
thus lntcmperately beforehand with the
Issue Almost to a man they were
sprung of families who had come to
Virginia with the great migration that
had brought the Washlngtons. In the
evil day when so many were fleeing
England to be quit of the Puritan
tyranny royalists all. and touched to
the quick with the sentiment of loyalty.
THE OPEN FORUM
A Virginian's Proposition.
To the Editor: I agree with Mr. E. R.
Keeley that the monument to Mr Lin
coln should be in the City of Washjpg
ton. D C . and go further It sllould be a
Union monument to Lincoln and Davis,
thus uniting a section of our I'nion and
thereby bringing the old family together
If we of the South, who lost all. are will
Ing to be reconciled, surely the North,
which lost nothing save the flower of
manhood as we did. should be willing to
forgive. If not forget. The latter wo
ask not as we promiso never to forget,
but have long since, forgiven Now, let
us erect a I'nion monument, have a
statue of Lincoln In one end and a
statue of Davis in the other end. and
thus cement a union of heart-, and hand
w. H TINLE
Palrm, V a
BUSINESS MAN NOT TIKED.
He Lovrs
Ills VtorU
rid Isn't
-Wears Willie."
IVntn the Paterwm (V J 1 News.
It might be interesting to know who
Invented the phrase, "the tired buiness
man," which is employed chiefly In con
nection with the theater. The business
man. according to theater managers, is
too tired to sit through a serious or pro
found play, and so It Is a custom to stage
musical comedies and farces.
Now a news Item has appeared in a
morning Journal in which It is asserted
that a statement made "may mean lit
tle to the tired business man. " which, we
think. Is carrying- an absurd idea a step
too far.
As a matter of fact, there are few
if any tired business men The real
business man loves his work, and it Is
therefore, not wearying He Is not a
weakling, and his tired condition is
chiefly a fiction manufactured by others
for their own purposes It is seldom
that the business man defends or ex
cuses hlmelf on the ground that he
Is tired.
It Is instead, the man who knows
nothing at all about business who admits
that he U tired The Weary Willie of
the funny sides is the country's accepted
Ideal of wearines The average busi
ness man Is a sort of modern Atlas, -a ho
can bear the weight of the world on
his back, and come up smiling which is
going Atlas one better.
Most fictions are harmless But It
ought to be more than common Justice
to a self-reliant and industrious branch
of society to find some other excuse for
puerile entertainment and for other in
teresting things than the familiar one
that they are demanded by " the tired
business man
NEVER CROSSED THE OCEAN.
Tint Tbnt Didn't Keep IHm from
CHvIni: ovel n alt ra Flavor.
The story Is told by the Bookman of
how a certain novel which was popular
three or four years ago got its first set
ting "When the story was being planned
the author, who has since achieved a
literary position of considerable Impor
tance, though not as a novelist, could
not hit upon just the right background
He needed a setting that would hold his
three principal characters, a woman and
two men. together for a period of ten or
twelve days, despite the fact that the
complications of the tale Itself would
Inevitably have moved one or the other
of the men to Immediate departure.
"He told a friend of his dilemma
Why." said the mentor, "put the man
aboard a slow-going transatlantic line,
one of the new boats.' 'But.' retorted
the novelist. "I have never crossed the
ocean and know nothing about trans
atlantic liners.' That.' said the other, 'is
a matter of easy remedy. The sails
at 10 o'clock to-morrow morning. Let us
go down at 9 o'clock and put an end to
your troubles.'
"Tre next day the two visited the ship
In question, tbe author asking questions
of his friend and making observations
and notes. The smoking room was stud
led carefully as being Just the place for ,
the fight and certain remote corners of
the decks as suitable scenes for discreet
and fervent courtship. Before the clang
in? of the gong, with its 'AH ashore who
are going ashore' message, the novelist
closed his notebook with the manner of a
man whose task is finished
'"A year or so Jater," .said the friend,
w ho hadv directed th'e search for local
color, "I was crossing the ocean and gav e
mv friend's book to the captain of the
boat to read. He did not care so much
for the love passage, but what did please
him was to And at last a novelist writ
ing of the sea who really knew his sub
ject. He had not read half a dozen pages
before he knew that here was tne real
thing.' "
IMOTICE
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