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Jin xsdc ctmasttim. i. c wxlbz&dibo ftrXCUXi AQEXOT. Brass Senate. Qlofo &QRKSUUTC, A. B. KXaTOB, la BUNDAT, MAT 19. IMA A National Peace Cay. Yesterday, May 18, was the thirteenth anniversary date of the initiative of the movement which resulted in the first Hague Conference, a movement that was started in quite an unexpected quarter. The call came from the Czar of Russia, and it was followed by an invitation from the then very young Queen of the Netherlands to meet at her capital. From a beginning which almost openly was sneered at, impor tant results have followed, the history of which constitutes some of the grav est features in the world's record. The influences that had their root in the first Hague Conference have been strengthened and more ami more are expanding into and changing; the life of the civilized world. True, the end of wars is not yet in sight, p;rhaps never will be realized; still, alreadf more than one conflict has been prevented by the practical substitutes that have made un necessary the "ultima ratio" of arms. It was seven years ago tlat the sec retary of the Massachusetts Stite Board of Education issued a circular to all school superintendents of te State, rec ommending that this anniversary of the meeting at The Hague be observed as "Peace Day." Other States followed, and last year it was estimated that one third of the city schools of our nation, including New York, Boston, St Louis, New Orleans, San Francisco, and many Qthers, had entered into this ob servance. Hilhc thi "ovemcM has been under te auspices of the various pekCc societies, .national or international. This year the Federal Commissioner of Education, Dr. P. P. Claxton, has put upon it the stamp of his approval, by issuing an official call, asking that all the schools of the country should fea ture this day with appropriate and im pressive exercises for the benefit of the children. He takes the ground that the lessons of peace, implanted in the minds o'f the pupils, the little ones of to-day, will fructify into sentiments of peace in the men of to-morrow. The fact that the educational branch of the Federal government is behind this movement for the first time doubt less will impart to it fresh vigor, and finally lead to the observation becoming an established institution. The Sun day nearest the anniversary date is com mended to the churches all over the country, and to a great extent also throughout the world by the various peace societies to be observed as Peace Sunday The appeal already has been made at Chicago, and, commenting upon it one of the papers there says: "Let it cultivate the ordinary man, and, above all, the ordinary woman with all the resources at its command. Its greatest danger lies In the perfunctory al legiance of distinguished officialdom. It will not succeed until, like a religion, it has permeated the middle class." 'Toward this result the introduction of this celebration into the schools of the land will lead us. Clean Hone Racing. Members o'f the Washington Riding and Hunt Club are to be congratulated upon the splendid exhibition o'f the "sport of kings" at Benning, as it has shown beyond all cavil a successful race meeting can be given without the attendant betting evils that were con. sidered necessary, a few years ago. There is no sport that causes the thqli, the short breath, the quickened pulse, the exhilaration, that a closely contested race between beautiful horses does. From the time "go!" is shouted to the pat-pat sound of the hoofbeats. the bright colors of the riders flash ing by, the gradual dimming to the eye of horses and riders as they go rushing around the track, to the time they are back in the stretch, every thoroughbred straining to his last ounce, every rider urging him tq the best of his ability. the shouts of the spectators, and the long-drawn-out sigh of relief as' the winner dashes under the wire, every spectator is eager. It's life. It puts new energy into the" jaded, gives bright color -and a sparkling eye to the tired, and shows that blood will tell in the thoroughbred 4s well as in the hu man. The Herald admires sports that are dean, free from the -taint o'f gambling, and is particularly, pleased over the success of the Benning meet because it has shown the tout and the avaricious and pernicious bookmaker ire not nec essary to a well-conducted meeting of th; bangtails. THE POLITICAL SITUATION. The center of the political whirlpool is Ohio. i There is no question thai President Taft is having the fight pf his life in his own State. Roosevelfs candidacy is' the cause. Roosevelt is the magnet which aUracti all the discontented ele ments in the State. If it had not been Tor Roosevelt these elements would not have combined. There Is no Ohio man of sufficient prominence to have entered the arena as a Presidential candidate against Taft The men who are now opposing Taft would never haw es poused the cause of La Pollette cause they could not have found corporal's guard to support them. In Roosevelt, however, they found a man who -was not only willing to fight Taft with bitter persistency, but also one who bad many elements of popular strength. So they took up Roosevelt and Roose velt gladly coalesced with them, and the result is a contest unparalleled in the history of the State. It is a rather curious fact that it was through the tragic death of McKinley, an Ohio man, that Roosevelt was lifted out of the comparative obscurity of the VieePresideney and placed in the.White House, and that, as the successor of McKinley, he is in a position to-day to disrupt the Republican party in Ohio. It is a new experience for Ohio to find one of its own sons the target of at tack by a rival Republican. Neither Hayes, Garfield, nor McKinley ever had to struggle to secure .the Ohio, delegation as Mr. Taft is strug gling to-day. The State has always been loyal to its own, and if tradition and precedent should be shattered this year, the blow will be all the more se vere. . There is some reason, therefore, why the Taft managers should appeal to State pride. Mr. Taft himself will not do it. He has distinctly asserted, as in his speech at Canton, that he asks noth ing but justice from his fellow-citizens. His managers are, however, flooding the State with postal cards, urging Ohio Republicans to stand loyally by the President because he is an Ohio man. In other ways they insist that it rests with Ohio to determine whether an Ohio man shall continue in the White House. And Roosevelt knows, too, the value of local sentiment When he was at Canton, after a speech in which' he lauded the "Sainted McKinley" to the skies, he left his train, went "to flor ist's shop, and rarcbsel 3 wreath of carnations and then drove out to Mc Kinley's tomb with his offering. Full details of this touching incident ap peared, of course, in the daily newspa pers, accompanied byhe somewhat'in consistent statement that Mr. Roose velt did not want the "fact to become known. It was rather melodramatic ad vertising; but not being an Ohio man himself, it was the- best Roosevelt could, do. There is a stringent corrupt practices act in Ohio, and this probably accounts for the fact that up to the present time there has been little talk of political cor ruption on either side. The campaign is being conducted, so far as outward evidences go, upon le gitimate lines. The Taft people have orators in every county, and they have undertaken a State-wide newspaper and billboard advertising campaign, to gether with prolific distribution of lit erature and postal cards. The stump speakers do not hesitate to flay Roos.- elt but upon the whole, the appeal for Taft is along serious lines, em phasizing the achievements of his ad ministration, the cleanness of his rec ord, the sanity of his conduct and the prosperity which the country has en joyed during his term. These are all points which should have their weight with intelligent and thoughtful people, but whether they will offset the lurid appeals which appear in the Roosevelt advertisements is an other question. One qf the Columbus papers, for instance, carries a black- type advertisement which insists that the campaign is a fight for human lib erty and equality, -and that Roosevelt is the only man who can save the peo ple from- being ground under the heels of despotism. The trouble is that this sort of thing carries weight with the element which is most active on the daj-s of a primary election. In Ohio, as elsewhere, the business men, the lawyers, and other professional men and the thoughtful and staid citizens are for Taft Whether they can impress their convictions -upon a population which, in large numbers, seems to wel come agitation and a change, is still a doubtful question. There is one thing about this Presi. dential campaign which is not confined to OhKv It has cost, in one way or another, millions of dollars, to determine,whether Taft or Roosevelt shall be the nominee of the Republican party. The one thing to which this is 'due more than anything else is the fact that this year, for the first time. Presidential primaries have been held in, many States, Theo- reticauy, tne Presidential .primary js ideal. Jt gives -the -people. the oppor tunity to declare their choice for a candi date for the Presidency. Practically, it is an expensive and unsatisfactory un dertaking. It would be all right if the primary, when held, was participated in by all the voters. As a matter of fact, the figures show that in Massachusetts; Maryland, and other 'States the number of people voting was hardly 30 per cent of the entire aggregate of registered voters. To secure una inadequate ex preesion ol opinion enormous sums must be expended. It is estimated, for instance, that in New York each vots cast for Roosevelt represented an aver age expenditure of $4- In Ohio, If only so per cent pf the Republican vot ers go to the polls, tne average cosi wui be even higher. The probability is l course, that there will be a larger rep resentation of voters in Ohio than n other States. The Presidential primary doubles or trebles the cost of the election because there arc several aspirants, all work ing and all spending money. When the campaign between the two parties be-fjgg, gj,t wju De renewed and then there will be, all over the country, orators and special -trains, literature, anf campaign devices. One would think that by (he time the primaries have been held the country will have been well drained of political contri butions. Certainly the amount of ex pense .already involved is enormous, and it is made apparent that 00 one can aspire to the Presidency in the future unless he has behind him a treasure chest that shall be lhce unto the widow's cruse of oil This being true, what is to be the outcome? The question is one that ere long will demand an answer. At present,, however, neither the Re publican nor the Democratic managers are indulging in philosophic refiec tions. "They are meeting the exigen cies -of the situation. They' are, each one of them, raising money somehow and somewhere, and making such struggle as they can to win the coveted prize. As to the result of the contest every thing on the Republican side will de pend upon the 'result in. Ohio next Tuesday. If Taft carries his own State, as he ought to do; his renomination will ensue. If he does not Roosevelt's se lection will not necessarily follow, be cause there is a widespread feeling that he has engendered too much bitterness, and that, when the people come to a period of calm reflection next October and November, there will be much hesi tation about giving any American the third term which was refused by Washington and denied to Grant So, even though Roosevelt during last week carried California and North Carolina, and Taft added Tennessee and Wyoming to his column, the poli ticians everywhere are awaiting the news from Ohio. No wonder, there for'', that in that btate there is activ ity day and night, with claims and counterclaims appearing every hour. On the Democratic side Champ Clark continues to gain delegates and looms up more formidably than ever as the leading- candidate tor the nomination. His present advantage is really a Irib ute to his record and his personality. for he has largely lacked the fictitious aids emplojed, for instance, in behalf of Woodrow Wilson. The latter, un questionably, began the race with the best organization and the most money, while Clark, almost the last to enter, has been restricted by enforced econo mies. To-day, however, Clark is de cidedly in the lead. As for Judson Harmon, no one seems to attach much importance to the out come in Ohio in respect to him, be cause he has so few delegates that he is hardly a factor in the contest He will probably carry Ohio, although Bryan has been doing some effective cam paigning against him. If Wilson's man gers are making a fight in Ohio their efforts are not rpptrent on the surface. They are not advertising any meetings, they are not plentifully supplied with orators, and their headquarters is qui escent Perhaps they do not care very much whether Harmon carries his own State or whether he doesn't. Gov. Har mon is doing his own canvassing and has mainly devoted himself to con troverting' Bryan's assertions. His campaign is not however, exciting much interest It is rather interesting, a'fter all, to note that the Democrats, as a -whole, seem more interested in the outcome of the Taft-Roosevelt fight than in their own situation. They seem to feel that the Republican nomination may be an eleventh hour surprise, and they are waiting until the Republican conven tion has acted before they seriously dis cuss the Democratic candidate. Straw hats and gauze underwear are not very much In evidence In this third May week. Plans for a Fourth of July celebration do not sound sane with the thermometer In a chronic state of depression. Rejoice, ye fishermen and anglers' The government Is about to go Into the raising of bamboo In Florida. It may solve the high cost of Ashing poles. It may be of Interest or even Impor tance for the blockading Italian men-of- war In the Aegean Sea to know that as the days there are all sunny, they can not go amiss of the time, even If they were without a single marine chronom eter. The largest sun dial In the world Is right there. The hand Is form ed by the shadow of a promontory 3.000 feet high, and near by are a number of small Islands, of which the Grecian ar chipelago abounds. These are touched. one after the other, "by the pointing i shadow. These islands are of equal dis tance apart and are found by the shadow hand exactly on the hour. Despite Democratic promises the be havior of the House so far has, been dis appointing. All that Congress has done, though 'fun of economy schemes. Is to make certain . deficit In the" Treasury for the next fiscal year. Hence the statement, that It may adjourn by June is is welcome news, it is best that they should quit playing with tariff and other legislation tor politics only. A LITTLE NONSENSE, snras Acnvmw. In th prtn a yor sea ey llrttlr turn to thought o levj., Whll bU poor old d4 U fewjrtVw down tne parlor stova. In the apritut a. :lrt.writs poesee au i about the beta and bade, ' While her Tnotbor ttellr dallies wttt the whltewuh and too . In the tprtnr a young; man trifles 'with h! alrr. lltrht raltir While hU father beat the carpet with rmmAtn&ilft CAMtAH tar. In the (prlnsr a slrl com Msytec with her- clunsitei and ncr beaux "While her mother wrtns and atascfee half a Inn Mf'MnnMn. flntti. TTnele Peani-nrliB Sayet The amilk treei In bloom look pretty. tt'e k pity a woman can't put one oa a tax. The TJaitaX Way. "Yea, he committed political culcide." "How can a man commit political cut- elder "By thootlnr oft hi mouth." May loTnHUory. May 19. IBS-Henry VIII Invents stove polish. May IS. SS-TC!!uam Shakespeare ar retted for robWnc Sir Thomas Lucy's hen roost A Sample Case. "This Is a stunning guwu," declared the frivolous one. "Ir it proper to call a town stusnlacT' Inquired the purist ".Perfectly proper. When my husband saw the bill, he was stunned." Little StaTefactors. When you see a pup a-scratchlnr Like a dozen busy -bens. It Is plain that he's detachlni; Undesirable cltlicni. , A Girl's .-Way. "I am going to learn to swim, this summer." "I thought George taught you last ummer." . "But I am no longer engaged to George." Couldn't Possibly. "Is your new play going to be a suc cess?" "Well, I mention the American flag six times In Vie first act, and Broadway Is mentioned tour times. How can It fall to be a success?" MR. TAFT AHD MB. BRYCE. rrom th London Dillr Chronicle. The questions regarding Mr. Bryee, to which the Prime Minister gave a con clusive answer yesterday In the House of Commons, iare pert of the latest phase In a squalid campaign. This lat est phase arises out of the publication of a letter of President Taffs. Some time ago. when the question of recipro city between Canada and the United States was coming to a head, the Presl dept corresponded privately upon the subject with Mr. Rooravett. Mr. Roose velt was then against reciprocity, and Mr. Taft. in trying to convert hlra to It said that It would make Canada an "adjunct" to tho United States. There can be no doubt that In the context all that was meant aa an economic ad junct: the Idea of annexation or political absorption was not suggested, but. the phrase, while natural enough In a pri vate letter, was obviously not well chosen for publication. Hecrntly, In the course of his contest with Mr. Roose velt for the Presidential nomination. Mr. Taft published this among other letters a publication which Mr. Roosevelt has adversely criticised on the ground that the unlucky phrase lent ltscir to misquo tation and misconception. The sequel confirms Mr. Roosevelfs criticism; for a section of the Unionist press and party have seized on the phrase with avidity and quote It freely as showing that Mr. Taft meant to annex Canada, and engi neered reciprocity for that . purpose. They go on to attack Mr. Bryce for be ing either fool enough not to know what Mr. Taft was after, or knave enough to second his wicked designs. The truth Is, of courte. first, that Mr. Taft had no wicked designs, or at least avowed none, and the letter adds noth ing upon that, and, secondly, that, as the Prime Minister said lait night, Mr. Brvre did no more In the matter than to place liU good offices at the disposal of the Canadian government in the way In which we hope every British Ambas sador at Washington will always be able to do for every Canadian government Whether the original initiative In the matter of reciprocity came from Wash ington or from Ottawa Mr. Asqulth was unable to tay. but he stated cate gorically that so far as concerned Mr. Bryce It came entirely from Ottawa. He never Interfered In Canadian policy: he simply gave, when from time to time he ai asked for It, such assistance and advice as any other British subjects In Washington are entitled to receive from a British Ambassador. It seems to us that the minor politicians who try to make capital out of this business are playing a singularly unpatriotic game. It Is one which cannot but annoy both Canadian statesmen on the one side. whoe right to make use of our Ambas sador Is Impugned, and American states men on the other, whose words are dis torted and whose good faith Is gibbeted for unscrupulous party purposes. The more e can keep the policy of our Dominions and the leading personalities of foreign states from becoming the subject matter of British party squab bles, the better. And much the same may be said respecting our Ambassadors particularly one who has made so dis tinguished a mark in so many fields as Mr. Bryce. FUNNYBIRDS. 'sBBKjBbsJt 'taBAEf'CC a.aaie eow a SASWzL r lr In usve-co- "For goodness sake, Mr. Crow; what -Making up for the show I play the .Mr WfvK 4sP 1 x KiF VMUf COUACX H01DI. Vrteeut-4tr Scsceastaat Peer, fial- et Koaaalcl Triees. Wherever Russia has a fight oa hasa there bob up promptly to do her bid dtatT the Cossack. This right arm of the Cjar ha not the best of reputa Uooa Illustrated papers picture hlra a savage scarecrow mounted on a wiry looking anlmat and hi chief occupation 1 apparently 'the! knifing and knoutlngof harmless people. Tet he come ef good stock. Once upon a time there drifted into Southwest Russia a tribe of 'runaway who called themselves "Kossakt, which i Tartar for free men, free warriors, or guardians. Seemingly they lived up to the name. They protected from the Tar tars the peoples in the countries which they originally -had fled from and saved thousands of Russian women and chil dren frcm slavery In Turkey. Oi-owing in number and importance, these self appointed guardian angels became every where feared and respected. Tneir military service especially were In re quest Any nation could eommana tneir help if its cause appealed to the Kos sakl code of honor. The tribe bsd gradually resolved Itself Into two classes the vlllsge Kossakt who lived in their own settlements all over Southern Russia, and the lnJisbu snts of the "Setch beyond the Rapids." The former bsd the advantage over other Country folk, as neighboring, govern ments were too afraid to tax them. Be tween wars, to which the call came from the Setch, the vlllsge Kossakt tilled the land. Of an altogether different char acter was the organisation of this Setch, a community of about twelve thousand men with permanent hesdqusrters in a movable settlement (the exact location was changed eight times In two cen turies), usually on an unapproachable Island on the lower course or tne unei- per. The Turks once snea to run m place, but got caught In the maxe of islands like rats in a trsp. The Setch in one respect resembled a monastery. No woman was allowed In side it A man might not even ormg his mother or his sister. If he did he was hanged. Here, eager to lead the free and simple life among tneir equau. came ail sorts and conditions of men. Indeed, owing to the law enjoining cell- bscy, the colony depended for its num bers on newcomers, although the vlllsge Kossakl contributed recruits. Any one could Join, as rank and riches were despised, and all he bad to do was to submit to laws as follows: Chastity, the orthodox creed, allegiance to Russia and the South Russian dialect ro refer ence or Inconvenient questions of his past were asked of the Intending Kos salc He simply went to the elected chler and. after a brief greeting, was shown to his place In one of the "kurent" or big huts. "Here Is thy home, three paces long and two paces wide; and when thou shalt die we will make it smaller." They had good times, though, in the Setch. There ijere no maneuvers, no organized training, no compulsory drllL Men lsy or slept In the leveled spaces between huts, enjoying gypsy fashion, the freedom of the open air. Drink was nlentlfuL and also tobacco. Great songs were sung and there was much plating of stringed Instruments. Throughout the place a spirit of good comradeship pre vailed. A popular pastime was dancing, no easy tssk in cumbersome high boots. Costumes were of a picturesque varl'ir. The Kossak wore a mustache and on the crown of his head a lonesome wisp of hair, both being worn long to enable him tn wind the free ends round his ears. Raeh man Went armed to the teeth, and the majority carried "nagalkas" (whips which are still used. In war time things were different drink was a crime. Food, always plain, consisted of rations of uncooked horse flesh. Military organisation was by elee lion of leaders, one to every hundred men. with a colonel In command of regiment These officers had absolute rawer, but authority for only one cam Dalen. Such war spells -were of fre quent occurrence; so much so thst the flshtlng business led to the extinction of the tribe. Peter the Great laid waste the Setch. Mareppa made himself un pleasant The Setch was again bom barded and ruined when Its Inhabitants became, some of them, plowmen, while others were shipped to the Orient. True, there was a brief reappearsnee of the Setch. but under different ausplcea and nothing like In old times. Finally the Kossakl lands were conUscated. and the tribe and Its Institutions gave place to serfdom and the creation of a new no bility. The Cossack of today, records Harper's Weekly, inherits little of the old traditions but the name and the whip. -World's Snaaestlon lo T. n. Frtm tlw Sew York World. We have always admired Mr. Roose velt for his Judicial temperament, his exquisite sense of Justice, and bis ex traordinary self-controt but there are times when his moderation of speech becomes a vice. For example, he msde public a statement yesterday In which he said: "A vole for Mr. Taft Is a vote for the bosses; It Is a vote for Lorlmer, for Penrose, for Guggenheim, for Galllnger. and for all the rest" This Is a, ridiculous understatement The undeniable fact is that a vote for Mr. Taft Is a vote for the McXamaras; It is a vote for RIcheson; It Is a vote for Sldna Allen; It Is a vote for the Coatesvllle lynchers; It Is a vote for Capt Kldd, and for the lady that chopped up Guldensuppe, and for Beat tie, and far Ned Lyons, the bank sneak, and for "Bllnky" Morgan, who Is also dead, and for Paddy the Pig. and for the Black Hand, and for murder, arson, burglary, piracy, embexxlement, grand larceny, treason, and a bad corn crop. Mr. Roosevelt has no moral right to sacrifice the progressive cause by try ing to conceal the truth about the President Duty above friendship. Save you been doing to yourieltt" ghost in Hamlet! MFrT) S 1 Presidential Possibilities Br 6MKGB FXT.CK, Author of "At Good Old SlTTaak." Woodrow Wilson, Democrat Is one of America' most fortunately unlucky men, Four time during his life he ha hA a. flna career blasted and prema iurely closed, and ha had to tep Into somstnmg better. When, Wilson was a young man he studied law, and opened an office in At lanta, where, had he remained, he might have risen to eminence and. acquired a biff business manufacturing' loopholes for corporation. Buhe knew so much about history that he was compelled to giVo up the law and go back to Prince ton University, where he remained for several years teaching and writing. He was beginning to get a reputation a a historian, to say nothing of a check every few month from some publishing house, when another great misfortune struck him down. He had to give up history and become a college president UndUcouraged by this, Wilson pulled himself together and ran Princeton Col lege for almost twenty years. He -was beginning to be reverenced for his pros pective gray hairs by the college body, when In 1919 he received another Jolt He was compelled to resign as presi dent of Princeton and become Governor of New Jersey; and once more with his new work just begun has had to lay it down and ga after the Presidency of the United States. Woodrow Wilson was born in Virginia flfty-slx-years ago. and If he should be elected will be the eighth native-born Virginian to load his furniture on the Alexandria ferry and slip across into the White House. He is a studious man with a large, hand-carved face, George Ade lips, and scholastic, re-enforced eyes. He Is a lieutenant general of words, and when he is discussing the STATESMEN, REAL AND NEAR. By FRED Mr. Sunny Jim Sherman, the well known Vice President likes to tell about the case of old BUI Jones and Sam Smith as they may be called here two characters at Utlca. N. Y, where the Vice Prexle dwells. Bill Jones was merely a Justice of the peace, and Sam Smith went to Congress. BUI used to say: "Who'd have thought that Sam Smith would be the big man of the community, leavln' me nothln but a cheap little Justice o" the peace? Why. me and him were In the same class at school, and all our teachers predicted that I'd be somebody big some day. None of 'em ever thought Sam Smith would amount to anything. Fact Is, he stood pretty close to the foot of the class. And when we finished schcol I took first hon ors. 8hows how little you can telL Why. It was a matter of common talk that I was bound to make a name for myself. But here I am. Just old Bill Jones, and Earn Smith Is one of tho big men of the nation, a earing a silk hat and long coat, and making everybody look up to him. Oh. rou can't tell a thine about it. "Why," BUI would go on. "even after v. ot to be young men. Sam Smith never had anything on me. I can remem ber when he wanted to marry the girl that became my wire. Ana. on. now wish to goodness be hsd!" If he desired to,- now that he la to be United States Senator from Louisiana. Representative Robert F Broussard could hate a oulet giggle at the expense of a number of professors who endeavored to Instill things Into him when he attended Georgetown University. Broussard was smart enough, biit he had an extremely low hatting average In Latin and Greek. He didn't see much sense In knowing Latin and Greek, regarding dead lan guages as about as useful as dlabolo and pug dogs, and he let the professors know how he felt about it. wmen causea mem to make many caustic comments. "Unless you take a greater Interest In your studies," said one professor, "you'll never amount to a solitary continental. I repeat not one little plcayunlsh conti nental HI you amount to. Tou 11 end up aa an ax-handle salesman or a Jani tor." "Oh. rubbish, rubbish." Broussard Is I taid to have replied prophetically. "Don't you wear any crepe for me. I wouldn t be at all surprised If I -nind up In the United States Senate." Senator Gore, of Oklahoma. Is one of the best authorities in the country on the reading ability of people throughout this favored land. Being blind. Senator Gore has people read to him In various cities. And as he travel from ocean to ocean every year, he gets a first-rate line on the ability of the average man on-the-traln to read aloud. "He has come to the conclusion that with all the strides In our modern educational system, read ing aloud seems destined to become a lost art Another thing: The blind senator finds thst readers vary according to lo- OUR NEIGHBORS. (Am Emo M Hcrmld Exehnjw.l Boston is to have a hospital for vic- tn" f 5he K?JU'.'m VetAothev cheaper to buy them tickets so they fiulrt rt nnt of ROSton? -- o Joys of lMng In Seattle, hitherto un dreamed of here, rise before the mind with the rews that potatoes which cost 44 cents a peck In the East can be bought in Seattle for 2 cents a pound. The Baltimore hotel keepers had better be good. The temper of the Democratic National Committee has not been Im proved by Isst Monday's results there. New Tork lobster palace has con tracted for 1SXM pieces of silverware. For which the lobsters who frequent the place will pay. The Philadelphia Inquirer speaks of the "beauty of PhUadelphla women." Some papers have to be courteous to their female readers In order to main tain their prestige. The Indication are that the Chicago newspaper strike is dying for lack of something to take root on. In New Tork a woman's relief com mittee took care of 36 Titanic survivors! and expended M,000. the cost of admlnls- tration being but 113.40. The committee s , system can be recommended to the for eign missionary societies'. It has been found necessary In Brock ton to give Judicial sanction to woman's right to work. Rather surprising, con sidering the universal inclination to let her do rather more than her share, wherever there's work to be done. St Louis is bragging about its ripe strawberries. Probably, though, only for the purpose of diverting attention from Its ball clubs. That New Tork grill ropm that has ordered 1S.000 pieces of stlverwsre Is Pro viding a harvest for the souvenir hunters. Kansas has bad" what It calls' a "million-dollar rainfall." But the people along the Mississippi probably think the price Is too high. The barbers of Canton are In arms against the pompadour -haircut Many theories of government has to be trans lated to Democratic precinct leader by some personal friend of the dictionary. WHson left the law because he knew to- much of history, he left history be cause he knew so much about teaching, he left his college because he knew to much politics, and he is now leaving th Statshotue because he knows so much about after-dinner speaking. He Is Princeton graduate, and as Roossvelt was elected during the period when Harvard's football team was Invincible, and Taft was elected when Tale couldn't be scored upon, the enthusiastic Prince ton students who won barrels of' money on their team last fall are putting it all on Wilson against the field. (Cbprrisftt Mt bT Gears Milthew Adcs C. KELLY. callty. So far as he has observed, the worst readers In the country dwell In Oregon. A. A. Adee. Second Assistant Secretary of State, confesses that the vice he has to guard against most zealously is that of making puns. Mis remark aooui a conference between the late Secretary Hay and Wu Ting-fang, to the effect that "Hay seemed wooxy. and Wu seemed hazy." attracted attention a lew years ago. Recently he has made a pun cr two about Doc Sun. the new Chinese president Adee appreciates as well as any one the iniquity or punning, ana says If there was a,gold cure for pun sters he would go to It Representative Redfleld of New Tork broke the long-distance records for coming to Congress on short notice. He was In India last spring on a leisurely trip around the world when the extra session was called. At Singapore he re ceived a cable message that said sim ply, "Extra session April 4." without ex planation or signature. Kedneld caoieu for more particulars. Just as his boat was leaving at Rangoon a Hindoo mes senger wearing nearly a nickel's worth of clothes, mostly on his head, and car rying a cable message, raced toward the dock. He arrived Just In time to be too late. Redfleld had a notion that the message was for him and held up a ru pee and wigwagged with It to the Hin doo. Now. a Hindoo will do as much for a rupee as John D. Rockefeller would do to gain public esteem, and this one got into a small boat and took after the departing steamer. They threw a rope out from the stern and the mes senger with the cablegram held in his teeth climbed up the rope hand over hand. Redfleld then learned the whys and what of the extra session; and never having been to Congress before, he lost no time In getting to Washington for his Initial appearance. In less than a month from the day he received the cable at Rangoon he was here answer ing roll calls. One never knows when the petty an noyances of life are working out for the best. Tears ago. when Champ Clark's name it as James Beauchamp Clark, there was another J. B. Clark In his town who kept getting Champ's malt And what was worse, he never bothered to return letters-that came to him by mistake, but Just tore them up and threw them away the moment he saw they neren't his. This annoyed Champ great ly at the time, but consider the fruits! If that other J. B. Clark hadn't torn the letters up. Champ would still be James Beauchamp Clark. And what chance would he have had to be an actual Presi dential candidate? Who would stand for a man named James Beauchamp Clark? The chances are that the present Speaker would have ended up teaching In a night business college. (CcpjTiAt. Un. by Fred C. KKlr. An rliMj r erred.) other great reform movements have had humbler- origins. I . T -!..,, j,.- .,. .. .. sufferln.- and endnre it oner than women. That doctor ought made woman's toggery '. t.. oo- 1 ror a itmie- Chicago has closed up oOO of her sa loons. Too much competition, no doubt. Bath. Me., -has steadily refused to see in the prosecution of Charles W. Morse anything but persecution. It is not sur prising to And his loyal Maine friends looking forward to the chance to wel come him to asylum there In the near future. A Toledo baby was born itth a silver filling- In its tooth; probably a chip of the old spoon. THE PEOPLE'S FORUM Slap at Chase. V) uhinxtm. D. C. MT I. BIS To the Editor: The writer has noted with Interest the charges and counter charges by Senator Dixon and one W. Calvin Chase, and It Is the consensus of opinion of those who have read the latter'a letter In to-day's edition of The Herald that he lacks In more ways than one. If he Is loyal to Taft. as he claims, and that Is hardly true, according to his own admissions, be would not have con ferred with the parties he did. 4c Tours truly, , H. 8. JEFFSRY. Addiuff Twelve Vears to Life. The astounding and gratifying fact is claimed that In the last half-century an average of twelve years has been added to the period of human lite. Since the first actual records were taken In New Tork City, In the middle '60"s, the rate of mortality has been reduced from-thirty-five deaths in each LOOO inhabitants to about fifteen or sixteen. This reduction has resulted from the control of Infec tious diseases.- Th saving thus made relates only to the period of lite under fifty years.' There Is no saving knowl edge regarding the organic diseases of advancing years, which afflict especially those who have been active la affairs and who are ta-dd with large responsibilities. r t r ; XsttastffeaSfaJtr . . - c 4ssWrR&M;-i If-ifcE&cVbJU , a&UL 3e&C$.'.:.-U. XM& '