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--"w 'I WT wed It might be, tat to.- th United St4ates Aft*r bh have sad that toolthem, saesthy amy, "'However, irhile Man0 d probably might TLIK to do idinnethingin this directios, it is not likly that she would undert-Ae a wi.the wory ot'IRE LAn ~qher hands.' I W-0n,1" otIrish4d toe Unoit ,t t.. not realise how big a part Irelpnd ha s in limiting and hamper, It will interest them to read an extret from a letter that eneral Georg Washington wrote to Jacob 2hd on August 11, 1784. Read served'as major in the South Caro lina Volunteers in the Revolutionary War. "It is undoubted that the Brit ish' cabinet wish to recover the UnitedStates to a dependency on that governmen * 0* "The afairs of Ireland are in too turbulent a state to suffer Great Britain to enter very soon into another war with America, even if her finances were on a more respectable footing than I believe them to be, and her pros pect of success must diminish as our population increases and the Ggvernment becomes more consis tent-without the last of' Which indeed everything may be appre hended." This letter wis written eight years after the Declaration of Independ ence, an#, as you will notice, Wash 'ington believed that the British cab-. inet was still planning to get back these colonies, but could not because "affair, of Ireland were too turbu lent.V This shows how persistently the Irish have kept up the effort to ob tain independence, not only for 136 years, as Washington's letter shows, but for SEVEN HUNDRED YEARS. Soon we shall be celebrating George Washington's birthday. How many realize what Washington was to this country? Do we feel as in tensely about him, for instance, as they did in the days of Daniel Web ster Webster, who was born in this - Greek, 139 years ago, made a famous speech on Washington's birthday. liere is a part of it, worth reatding, and every word still, true-athough as time passes we forget what we owe to our FEW REALLY GREAT MEN. Webster, this nation's greatest orator, said: "Inspiring auspices,- this day, surround us and cheer us. It is the anniversary of the birth of Washington. We should know ,this, even if we had lost our calen dars, for wo should be reminded of it by the shouts of .joy and glad .ness. The whole atmosphere is redolent of his niame; hills and forests, rocks and rivers, echb and reecho his praises. All the good, whether learned or unlearned, high or low, rich or poor, feel, this day, that there is one treas ure common to them all, and that is the fame and character of Wash i ngtog They recount his deeds, pon~er over his principles and teEabipgs, and resolve to be more and more guided by them in the "To the old and the young, to all born in the land, and to all wthose love of liberty has brought th~r from foreign shores to make thu the houmae of their adoption, tho*hree of Washington is this dsyla exhilarating th'eme. Amer-. ies by birth are proud of his character, and exiles frorn foreign shores are eager to-participate in admdration Of him; and it is true that he Is, this day, here, every-( whefe all the world over, more an object of love and regard than on any daydanoe his birth."' in Miagiwo N pital of the I r.Mmed atio i th. world, 0 Us been assd upon an #ondemn ing, 4q. by han Propoents oital pi ishment deale 'that 'this y vnaut be acri leed that his example may erve as a dlerrent -to others. oes the "legal!' murder of a person *th' hp committed a crime - deter others from commission -of that crime? Read what the Anti-Capital Punish magt Society says: "It is'an axiom with penologists that there will always be a ceitain number 'of murders in every year, and those who commit these murders can never be prevented from the commission of their insane crime for every homicide seems to argue a certain insanlt# in the perpetrator. "If capital punishment were really deterrent, how happens it that in-the times when capital punishment was applied for more than 200 c-rimes, the gallows were not only at their busiest, but the number of primes reached their highest record ? Proof that capital punishment is not de terrent may be secured by a' refer enpe to the exerience of the states and countries which have abolished it: "It has been abolished in Italy, Portugal, Switzerland (in ffteen of its twenty-two cantons), Holland, Rumania, Russia (except for trea son), in Belgium, a'pd in ten states of the German empire. "It has been abolished in Vene zuela, Equador, Costa Rica and Bra zil. It is now abolished in ten States of our Union. It is the consensus of statements that the abolition of capital. punisIpment has not only de creased the proportionate number of homicides but in most instances, after the lapse of a definite number of years, it has been discovered that the abolition of capital punishment has led to a considerable decrease in the actual number of homicides. "Thus, Belgium abolished the death penalty in 1863. The decade before the abolition it had 921 mur-, ders, in the decade after the aboli tion it had 703 murders, an actual DECREASE of 24 per cent, in spite of the fact that the population fol lowed the normal progressive in crease. "Italy, the home of the vendetta, abolished the death penalty in 1889; in 1910 representativ'es from Italy in the great International Prison Con gress held in Chicago (according to the authoized publication of the proceedings) declared in behalf of the. Italian people, that the results of the abolition of the death penalty were excellent. Votes for Washington Congressman .Cordell, Hull, of Tennessee, member of the Ways and Means Committee of the House, favors the local suffrage plan of the National Committee for D. C. Suf frage as set forth in the Zihlman bill. "I desire to further inform myself on the spifrage matter," Judge Hull said, "and as I am much interested I shall cardfully read the statements that will be made by the residents of ashington at all Congressi onal hearings that may be held. "I feel sure that when the D~istrict co~IWSMAN of Columbia was CORDMLL HULL.crtdth tt' men who had a hand in that pro, ceeding did not have in their vision the present magnificent city of Washington with its vast business interests, but rather an official area to be peopled by those engaged in =over==e=tal ostivities." HUMANISMS BY -Wffam A. DM PNY -I once asked Alexander Graham Bell, the Inven tor of the telephone, for an Interview. He said he would b$f delighted to see me. Would I come Thursday night at I o'clock. After making discreet Inquiries I foubd that thin was quite the custom of this bush-bearded, venera coch-America. In fact, It was a cOp 4nt to be asked to call late at night. vThis ws the tinme when he was at his best. He worked all night and slept by day. After mid night he attended to matters In which he was particularly Interested. 'On this night Dr. Bell give me an Insight into the manner of things Wvith whieh the Inventive mind entertains Itself. It was early I'n the sum nmer. but the rest of his family had-Already gone to their country place In Nova Scotia. The ven erable scientist was occupying the house alone. It had happened that an unusually hot spell had settled down over the city. There seemed no escape from it The mind of the inventor. I found, had been seeking a way out. In fact, Dr. Bell had found relief He tOld me that architects the world around had given little tought to the problem of keep ing houses cool. A multitude of precautions were taken to 'keeping out the coi in winter, but the scientific' princibles back of keeping out the heat tn summer were Ignored He, however, had just worked out the principle. He would show me. We started for the basement of the house. As we went along he told me of the scientific fact that cold air .was heavier than hot air. If a house were full of cold air It would all run out Pt the door@ and windows. just as -water Would run out of a bucket with holes at the bot tom of it. Hopases were so built that the cold air could not be kept in them. If a house could be built that would hold water It would hold cold 'air which -:ould be Poured Into it. He would show me. Ini the basement there was an ancient swim mig an tatha ntben se fr eas Thee asnowaerinit Itwudhl odar SoD.Bl ha rage ageieo wit a pie runingfromit o th botom o th swmigtn.9ehdpae a a nti pipetha woud daw he ar troug th ic box.He culdpres a utto whih wuld tar the an.1t ouldpou th col ai in In th botom o theswim ige takD.Bl had arangd hi ,des an bu itwee h book andimpemens wih wich e woked Onth es wsa hrmmee wilireitee Herne Iated lexnde Ghadoctor thoughvthe torl or ofe teehoe, for upn itfvite hems Thuodt ongh ago. he saclock "amna u tto Aoter mankin-Paisreedanthired ma i thno thughs ute tht nuomeae ofnder oushblde conceved tha cth-atin.nfct it hudbepaibefrn tha statmel nt to be aruthful cay lade. a igt Thewstnof the tireat e wall at ast-H particual wintreedty. vdth iyfo nthofis igt D r. diaeewll gabe n nih uo pldthe cnDom ingsmmer, wchdn the- et-v gindeerainshatgef. t wrk eryi thn su, ertred the eesto hnstructly adla foet tol thei onntby plae inGovnment. Ttho ven rble sormeot190t wan ocuping hded hos alone. weet ad appene tohxet aslyot mielln had seleds a donoer the ority.nae seal ee buol esape afcomt 2000 The nfte inenton. Is foundted betengheekng gratay ot.ei faot, Dr.c Bel ad fouand riefol ad onain Atd give greate stought tone thereateot keen inn houes orcolr utdte oftre cautions red takento eepingbout ithe prein wner. theSoheataon sumrwr gre H. hoe' r hd justwedru the prrec)-Te. wh wiou showy mefr Wte-Mtred fogrd th baseet the te, andse si we wen oot ah toldo and of al, the ientfi factthr cld airewsve than ho nfe nete . - Ot di t t y doortorinow jut 'wae Ie ad hue col-ebithtwudholdaet ieethaen bssmntk thee was ane aniet si, Mr. B.IBaer of t -*A* t~. I rority the .Committee on Foreign Affairs gave a vote, of distrust to the ladies. The lady of America Is accused of everything but beljing a lady.. The old moss-backed scouts claim that she chews tobacco In public, looks upon the wine when it to wood alcohol and jumps on the back of ice wagons. One thing that the gloom merchants are right abotst. That's the way women aren't dressing this year. Every dainty Amason seems determined to be known as the most beautifully uncos tumed gal in town. They don't weow enough clothes to ales a keyhkole. May be the result of the war. Our ladIes gave up t"er siocks to the soldiers. donated their linen. for bapdages and said we will win this war If we have ~interma In' M kr. B e wBllloo WteT na turyigt At thce laence. fstv ofThe gurobib cunits' ot roithe trnCormadtee' fckstrust toe ln ar bete paery. The oldm sbtoced scourtse clat trunatt shecewraed hin punic lookupt the w inget whe room in woo bag-hol and upay an the bac daf ice wagonhest..ron ne Nowhi thamphe rloom msa erhonae riohth Heut hots back way wufen arenwt dessing tfhis yar. termiedhe ble anow as hen moat beautiull ofhs trnmpl The tother They dlittesugh.lohe toe tlo eotgrw thi Ka be thThe enti- th aru ladlesh ave- her eidabytes ai we wile wi. the wrn'tw havet to go ltefane.ee .av.en oa) affarsa. 7ART IS c6 It . Ye TOWD Registered 1 - By K. I'VE ALWAYS known. THAT SOME time. SOME HOW. SOMETRING WOULD hamnen. TO LONG Beach. AND IT has. THEY DIDN'T count WHEN THEY took the census. AND I'M gla AND I said it would. AND I was down there. JUST TO go bathinc. AND IN the morning. I HADN'T shaved. AND I looked around. FOR A barber shoo. AND I found one. IN THE Nassau Hotel. AND REMOVED my coat. * S * AND REMOVED my collar. AND SAT down in the barber's chair. AND SAID to him. "A SHAVE. olease." AND HE Nhaved me. AND WHEN he'd fin inhed. 3E SAID to me. "A HOT towel ?' ANID I said ves. AND A~TRthat. HE SAID to me. Mountains in U Many persona believe New Hampshire, in th~e eastern part of the Un ington stands 6,293 feet ing to the United State parttent of the Interios southern Appalachians higher than New H~ampi The highest mountain ir --the higheat poiat in 4 the Rockies--Ia Mt. ,Mit which stands at an elet higheat mountain In Ten 6,36 feet above'the sei 5o It Woumen jump at conel men reason things ont I Practical .)i3l you say Biliggmna "Why even when tis lvi more than t*@ qr thret I emlt a good loset." N5S. iE GOSSIP r. M, Patent offce. C. B. "SOME BAY rum?" AND I said es. AND AFTER that. HE SAID to me. "A LITTLE nowder?" 0 0. S~ AND I said we. AND HE brushed my hair. AND GAVE me a check. FOR SIXTY cents. THIRTY FOR the shave. ANb TEN cent. each. FOR EE'Other AND WITH his tin. AND SEIN)NG my shoes. ' IT WAS Iust a dollar. 0 0 0 AND AFTERWARDS. I MADE a wish. SOMETHING WOULD happen. TO THAT wnv. AND IT did. THEY DIDN'T count him. MI E' saoutcast. AND A missinw uer AND ON'the same day. A KIND-FACED wesman. CHARGED ME $3.50. FOR A beach chair. AND SHE'S missine too. * 0 0 I THANK voO. aited Itates. that Mt. Washington, in highest mountain in tee lIed States. Mt. Wash above sea lev'el, accord a geological s'urvey, de but many peak. In the ire several hundred feet hire', famous mountain. the Appalachian system he United States eat of shejj, In North Carolina, ain of 6,711 feet. The nessee, Mt. Guybt. stands level', Beems. istong end frequently hit: agtesiiy and usually mis. Estimate. is a good leser?' "Yea." k is worst he nevter loe. iaeves." "That's what KWtI"g0 Ca Find at By BILL There is mesit in the co and strangers that cam t to And at night in pow lighted. Their location is, ol living ear them, but citisens goig to other parts in the ev as to just where to find car a the inoonvenience is considers that the measly' little signs I larged-in some manner where i apart. Street raitway and P) take this suggestion into, cox time is here when street oar I some thobght given to their e The inauguration period thousands of strangers who v car stops in some pdrts of ti ticularly on suiurban lines w utes apart and there are few information. SONG WITHOUT WORDS. o 4; U V I I -4 U Q T I C U A A 4 Ps 0 T R U 4 P 0 T t Sing with the fingers to get lots of feeling. BASS CLEF. "CARITA" imparts the Informla tion that MILO H has been taking Limburger cheese sWndwiches to the offiee for luncheon and tries to get his friends to join him !n the re past. TRYING MIS LATIN. First year Latin student. ordering coCa.cola--ive me a check for two coca colli.' - Cashier--I'll give you two black eyes without any check. PHIDEKs. A woman is like an angel, be cause she's always up in the air; always harping* on something. and "never has an earthly thing to wear." MARTY. Regarding the inquiry of "Brown Eyes" as to the popularity of bow legged girls, I wish to say that no mattir how healthy a bqw-legged girl may be she's always in bad shape. . NEBRAS.A. HER ONLY FAUlT. Oh. Mamma. *be. was nifty. A beauty through and throush; Her eyes, her teeth so pearly. Her lips. her figure. too. she wed to dress divinely, And her name was Dottie Peck. But the only thing against her was. SHE SELDOM WASHED HER NECCK. LESTER B. In eagh perusal of H and S there is a South American girl. What's her name? H. SMITH. sAFETY FIRST HENTS. ONE TOOT-Throw a quick band.' spring for the sidewalk. T O TOTS-nive over the car. THREE TOOTS-Lie down calmly; it is too late to escape; but we will go over you as easily as possible. it you keep erNA AND TWO HQRT TOOTS-'Throw yourself forward and we will save both our arms. ONE SHORT AN~D TWO WKOq TOOTS-Throw yoursetf backward ad one Id will be al. with FORTOOTS-it'salupwt but we piomise to notiy your CONTENTS o THE 91LE. It may be interesting to readers to knew that the Bible contains 3,566 480 letters: 810.67 words- 31.1T5 verses; 1,186 chapters, and Sd booYe. The longest chapter Is the 119th psalm. the shortest and middle chap ter Is the 117th Psalm. The middle verse Is the 8th of the 118th Peala. The longest name is In the 8th chap ter of Isaiah. The word "and" oc curs 40.627 times. - The word "LORD" occurs 1,856 times. The 37th chapter of Isaiah and the 19th chapter *f 2d book of Kings are alike. 'Ph longest verse is 9th of the Sth chap ter of Esther; the shortest verse is the 35th of the 11th chapter of John. In the first velse of the 7th chapter of Esra Is the alphabet. The finest piece of reading is the 20th chapter of Acts. ?A 'NY As Jiggs would say'-A "rolling pln" gathers no mess, when it's making sisty "knots" an hour. There's lets of QUARTE in the country yet, but what is ROCK without the RTE? HARPER'S FURRY. Try this in'the 0. 0. C.: Ni tract of a letter from overseds soldier to his mother: "AU wrIting this in the T. N. C. A., with the piano playing int my uniform." P. D. Q. The car I wa riing on in New York was packed with ladies. I was the only man an it. Looking up I saw this sign: "Nyerybody In this ar wears sigel a Cooper's pants." IVA PAIN. A FAN'S CONGRATUITIONs. I want to congratulat. Iu. net Only on keeping HI and U In Sine shape, but on being surrounded by a hest of loyal contributors newet growing disgruntled at non-appearane of their donationa. It really is commendable I hope they Wha do te fans htn 0* the odil tor'e protean pereenal pheto play. publicly portrayed, presenting pt'esup posed physiognomyHNYOIH The latest news to cheer all the ons of Adam is that a New Eng land benefactor has invented Ladles' ihocs with watches set in the tops of the shoes. Already the Eves are askedl frequently: "Will you 5ive nn the correct time, please?'" JON CONKLIN A friend is a ink In a poldehn chain. 1 the frin hetne It so e a PRICE. mnpaints of .aay Wshint' stop signs on our greets an' tions of the city apt too wolf course, knows' to residents of one part of Washingto ening often besoae confused tops; If the weether isbud ble. The suggestion is made hould be illu *i ' or e@ street lights ame po and far iblic Utilities offiials might isideration, ' as the atrons should gin to have onvenience, will bring, to Washington ,ill have a Ane time locating te city in the evenings, par tiere the ehrs rsp may min people on the atteets to give Deor 84: Come on ud show as your reil mp. aoUM end ADY. I've got some ecrappin' cat fit my house. Comes In one tise with an ear nearly chewed of or an eye al most scratched of. He's minus a 1 tail. Guess he's going to cat heaves In pieces. , i PEANUTS. KEmEPNo up wri Tum JoNs. "Yes, my little buddy Is dying." '"roo bad, what's the trouble?" "They, call it 'fashion disease.' She's 'dying' to be a 'henna blond." JULES BACK. Wages in the big industries have been slashed over 20 per cent, but the cost of living basi't gone down' that much. PHILIP EBERT. Strawberries were selling on P street the other day at $1 per box. Yet there were peaches all over the street that would - not cost anything. BABY VAMP. PREMATURE PRECOCITY. Bobby looked at his new baby brother and said: "Mother. can he TALK?" When told no, Bob by said: "Well, my Sunday school teacher told me today that 'Job CURSED the day he was born." " H. SMITH. SONE GOOD ONES. Whom do the mermaids mash? The swells of the ocean. When is a soldier charitable? When he presents arms. Why is a monument like a proud man? Because it's lofty. Why is-a lady embraced li.,e a pockx4 book? Because shki tol clasped. Why is a peevish man I ke a watch? He is so often wound tip. Why is the letter F like a fiish book? Because it will make eel feel. Why is a proud girl like a music book? She is full of airs. 15. D. BILLINGS. Those mothers, teachers and others rho are haeping on High School girls about their manner of dress should Brst hop on those mothers who run around town with. skirts nearly up to their knees. * Daughters usually take after mothers. EDMUND O'SULLIVAN. A PERPLEXED LOVUN. Darling. I have song your charms The ripple in your lovely hair Uven the muscles in yoUr arms; Tour tilted nose that takes the air. Your low voie, your rippling laughter I even revel In your tears. I y auEs fore U tR. HBUT i;VU ltnUVr. BEENx YTOUREA. A. I. . We have some new kind of cakies at Business High School. They wear Eat-top hats, cuffs on theit trousers sa square-toed shoe. *UNouE 313 ESamY TrADIUS. Mothe-Wbat kind et a show dit pop take you to? Bobby-Oh. It was dandy. They bad ladies dressed in stockings up to their secks. BO-P.33P. U? ITAPaS, Quite still now Is iaany smeed. For when she lirel she had seame epeedt There's nothin here of Peter Claek He went in iw iin' and met asharkl Here lies 3111 lenes in perfeet slumber. He got too'tar with a green eueumber t V. N. R. Apother "O'SULIVAN' writs ~rom the Waldorf-As toria, In New rork, "congratulations on the wos lerful little column you are conduct 8g."' I w ish was a lit t reck, Adein' nothin aDda leng. Ner weuld I eren wash: All 1'4 want would be H. and 5., Ain't that emet. by gosh? IN AREAUS. Bertha-My father gives me Si ev ry birthday, and I have Si? now. Lottie--How nmuch @oes he owe rou? , .7. W. Mother to child--Look hear. Ros ille, how many moah times muss' I ell yuh Aot to set, on dat pold stone. Ef yuh maus' set dow nst*up. , TON CtVLMANE. Here I sit In a beauty parlor, Alas? I'm broket'-ert Paid Si cents terna pompaesw It'. dene gone and paedL.E7. Hubby The paper, say that mail-, toss of children are starving in Eu -op~e. Witie-That reminds . I forget ie feed Side his Ob ad be ie JSet starved. 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