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WRONG WAYS TO BOOST
SOMETIMES it semis as if the sums asked for
by the Loa Angeles chamber of commerce for
boosting purposes were pretty large, though
there is never any complaint because the results,
which are liberal, are almost definite enough to be
traced. But if anyone thinks Southern California
spends the most in this direction he is mistaken.
The boost idea—probably borrowed from us as
the outcome of the good results in California —is
taking strong hold on many cities. 1 lere are some
amounts that are being expended for municipal
advertising: Buffalo, $100,000: Memphis. £50,000;
Poughkeepsie, $50,000; Portland, Ore., $50,000:
Houston. Texas. $35,000; Dcs Moines, $30,000;
Minneapolis. $25,000; St. Paul, 5i5.000.
Some oi these cities have begun to advertise
only within the last few months; with all the idea
is a comparatively new one. Dcs Moines, for in
stance, inserted its first paid advertisement last
April, at the same lime engaging the services of
an expert to follow up replies with personal visits
to manufacturers seeking a change of location.
The seven months' campaign has attracted several
new industries to that city.
This form of boosting is legitimately open to
criticism. The robbery of one community to build
Up the industries of another is not defensible on
any moral or economic grounds. How ridiculous
it would be, for example, for St. Paul to spend its
money to coax a factory over from Minneapolis,
its "twin city." Yet it is no more absurd or
wrong, in principle, than to bid for and take away
the industries of some smaller town a few miles
farther away across a county or state line.
The luring of people from farms to cities and
from small cities to large ones by these boosting
funds is also unsound and unhealthy morally and
economically when such movement takes the in
dustrial props out from under the weaker. South
ern California may sonic day yield to the tempta
tion to prey upon weaker industrial sections and
try to prosper by stripping them of what factories
it'can, but The Herald is rather glad that the day
hasn't -vet arrived.
PANAMA AS A COCKPIT
WHAT is the Panama canal to be—a great
agency for peace and commerce and closer
relations among the world's peoples, with
more prosperity and happiness for all within its
benign radius, or an international cockpit, a chal
lenge to all nations to fight for its control, and a
possible means of misery and debt to its sponsors
and builders, the taxpayers of the United States?
If President Taft's hope, as expressed in his
message, is granted by congress the canal will be
lined with bristling gnus (that will probably be
out of date, like a battleship, in ten years) at an
additional cost of $19,000,000. This sum, however,
is only a starter, the plan of defenses prepared
calling for an outlay of at least $50,000,000.
The Suez canal is maintained inviolate with
out fortifications by treaty. No country would
dare attack or close it in war. The Panama canal
could be similarly protected. The greatest of the
world's nations are commercial and they would not
brook any prostitution of the waterway for the
martial benefit of some selfish power.
The grandest engineering marvel of modern
times would not be imperiled but made safer
from attack by treaty. The commercial nations
have the most urgent self-interest —the mainten
ance of their trade — to see that it is neutral and
open. Anyhow, what nation, far from its base of
supplies, could successfully attack the canal
against the defense of our land and naval forces,
always within quick call?
The army bureaucracy wants fortifications be
cause they will glorify the business of war and
make more jobs and salaries. The steel trust
wants to sell armament and guns. Some other
commercial interests may want the canal lined
with guns. Bui to <!'i ii will be to remove all the
legal and mural barriers that now protect Suez
and would protect Panama, and make our canal
the legitimate prey of any nation or combination
of nations that wanted In cripple us by attacking it.
"MANANA" HITCHCOCK'S MOTTO
MR. TAFT has taken at a gulp the recom
mendation of his postmaster general that
the parcels post be adopted but that it be
limited to the rural delivery routes until the de
partment can "afford" it. The Hitchcock plan will
suit the express trust.
The trust, having prevented any parcels post
at all for years feels that it ought to be satisfied
to surrender an inch to the clamor of the mob for
relief, and with tact and discretion il has changed
its former policy of defiant opposition to the whole
ilistic tommyrot" to one of dela_\ if delay
ran be secured it may lie some years before a post
master general will admit that a further extension
can be "afforded."
Of specie payments Horace Greeley said: "The
way to resume is to resume." The way to adopt
a parcels post is to adopt it and make it so good it
will pay. Who doubts that it would pay? In Eng
land many people prefer to send handbags and
bundles by post instead of carrying them in the
street cars, omnibuses, taxicabs and railway cars.
It rusts little and there is no danger of forgetting
them.
The parcels post has been found in England
and Germany t<> b< i good business proposition for
both the governments and the peoples '>i those
countries. Why should we deny ourselves this
ronvenienec? Is it. trui that w- can't afford what
they ian and do?
Eiitortal Page §f Tshe Herald
THE TARIFF-FAVORED RICH
Tl IK particular iniquity of the present tariff/aw
is that it favors the rich at the expense of the
poor. If it treated both alike it would be
bad enough, for the weight of the burden then
would be heavier on the poor than the well-to-do
because of the latter's better ability to pay.
Mr. H. J. Black of Dayton. 0.. has made .a satir
ical showing of sonic features of the Pa\ ne-Aldrich
j tariff bill by comparing the proposed duties on cer
tain luxuries and those on more or less related ne
cessities. Here arc a few of the comparisons:
Double-barrel hammerless shotguns, value $100
or more, 41 per cent duty: single-barrel shotguns,
value $3, 45 per cent.
Polo mallets, 35: scoop shovels, 45.
Women's silk stockings, with embroidered silk
crest and monogram, 60: men's common socks, 132.
Leather automobile lunch boxes, silk lined, 40;
tin dinner pails, 45.
Women's twelve-button walking boots, 15;
children's rubbers, 35.
Men's patent leather riding boots. 15; men's
rubber boots, 35.
Amber and meerschaum cigarette holders, 60;
common clay pipes, 125.
Ivory hair combs, 35; curry combs. 45.
Silk pajamas, with monogram, 60: woolen night
gowns, ('7.
Sealskin sacques. 40: woolen blankets, 85.
Silk underwear, 60; cotton balbriggan under
wear, 70.
Buckskin riding breeches, 40: cotton over
alls, 50.
Silk waistcoats. 60: wool sweaters, 132.
Women's eighteen-inch kid gloves, 16; tnen"s
cotton working gloves, 50.
Silver-plated loving cups. 45; tin dippers, same.
Some of the defenders of the tariff law have
claimed for it that it lowered the tariff on neces
sities and raised it on luxuries. Judge for your
self whether the claim is true.
SOCIETY SOCIALISM
SOCIETY socialism, the public dance given un
der municipal auspices and paid for out of the
public funds, lias had its first trial in Mil
waukee with conspicuously successful results.
When he first took office Mayor Seidel, the -first
Socialist mayor of an important American city,
declared that public dances, as they had been tol
erated in Milwaukee, were a menace to public de
cency and pledged himself to put a stop to them.
In doing so he was compelled to offer something
to take their place and society socialism was
achieved.
More than ,2000 persons attended the ball as
dancers and spectators, and there were no "wall
flowers." A hundred society men who entered
heartily into the .spirit of the occasion saw to that.
They introduced everyone to everybody else and
many a man to whom a dollar is almost as big as a
cart wheel danced with a woman who spends more
on fripperies each week than he could make in a
year. . .
Smiling all over, Mayor Seidel, whose Social
istic brain originated the idea of the municipal
dance to bring his fellows of all classes together,
was (me of the first to arrive. Close on his heels
thronged the city's aldermen and officials from
every branch of the municipal government. Gov
ernor-elect McGovern was represented by William
I. Essman, his campaign manager; the Y. M. C. A.,
the Y. W. C. A., the heads of labor unions in the
city and the membership of the most exclusive
clubs turned out en masse.
The grand march was headed by 82-year-old
Louis W. Vizya, who for many a year taught the
budding army" officers at West Point how to trip
the light fantastic. Second in line was Mayor
Seidel, next came tjie representative of the gover
nor-elect, and all along the long line of marchers
the laugh and jest were exchanged between club
men and workmen and rich women and toilers as
if the Socialist dream of Utopia had in truth be
come a reality. Between dances short talks were
given by various members of the Socialist council
and the promise was made that more events of the
kind would be arranged, possibly one every two
weeks.
Mrs. Berger, wife of the Socialist congressman
elect claims a man's salary should be equally
divided between husband and wife. It was about
time somebody spoke up for a square deal for the
husband.
One of the annual tourist visitors who is some
what late in arriving is Col. J. Pluvius. The dis
patches show that he is fletained by some large
operations he is conducting in the east with Major
Boreas.
If the British suffragettes would tackle public
questions with the same calmness and restraint
that they use in tackling public men they might
be accorded the ballot unanimously about 1()7°.
Buffalo seized five tons of decayed eggs in the
market. The promoters of the rotten egg business
ought to incorporate and do tilings on a big scale.
Then they might not be interfered with.
}Ir. Tail rails for economy in the departments.
His idea of economy is to discharge a few old
clerks at Washington and spend $50,000,000 plant
ing cannon along the big canal.
Grandma Uernhardt said on leaving that Chi
cago "touched her profoundly." As she charged
$3" to $5 a seat it is apparent that Sarah wasn't
the only one who was touched.
The St. Louis Globe-Democrat thinks Califor
nia's big growth is a sure "'sign that the inhabitants
think the trouble connected with their foundation
is no great shakes."
\s the phrase "up in the air" is overworked and
under the ban we dodge it by remarking that the
aviation committee seems to be somewhat elevat
ed atmospherically.
Now perhaps the devilish east will be good.
Governor Xorris of Nebraska lias again rebuked
it for butting into this con ervation matter.
Thai live wire thai paralyzed a focal police
man must have been heavily charged. It takes
something to shock a Lob Vngelcs cop.
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Dainty Camille Ober Working for Comfort
able Old Age in That Dear Paris
"I,a-a-R-a-;i-R-a-a-a-ah" ! ! ! !
"Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah" ! ! !
Up and down the scale, flashed the
notes, runs, tremolos, arpeggios and
vocalizes of every sort, ranging from
the deep baritone quality of below the
staff tn liiphrst soprano notes —the sort
the musical clitic would probably call
—in alt — came floating down tho cor
ridor near dressing room 7 at tho Or
pheum theater yesterday afternoon.
Madame I'amillo-Ober was within.
'•Would madame see a reporter?"
"Jeno suis pas habille —"
That is to say—"l tiave not yet
dressed myself," or words to that ef
fect.
More vocal pyrotechnics were float
ing about the door, and ever and anon
French phrases rapidly spoken told
th;tt the singer was completing that
"habiting" process of which she had
Bpoken.
•'Kntrjz."
GOWNS ON ALL SIDES
The dainty pink and white dressing
ronm formed a pretty setting for tlrTs
French woman who stood In her span
gled frock, polishing and tinting her
rosy nails. All about the walls hung
gowns of various hues. Rose color,
black with silver beads and white with
heavy embroidery of brilliants and
jewels were on every side, and the
maid in attendance stood with the
garments for the rapid costume change
on her arm until a careless nod of
dismissal sent her to wait In the wings.
I'etlte, immaculate in her care of
hair, skin and costume, Mme. Ober
typifies the French ehanteuse admir
ably. She has been dancing since hef
childhood when she -was sent to the
training school to study ballet danc
ing. Prof. Melchissedec, baritone at
the Paris grand opera, discovered the
young girl to have a voice of remark
able range and undertook her train
ing with satisfactory results.
Singing through a range of four oc
taves it would have been possible to
accomplish much in the musical world,
Far and Wide
OUGHT TO DO BETTER
A large deficit in the Panama budget
is unexpected and unwelcome. The one
and only "endowed republic" ought to
have better financiering than that.—
New York Tribune.
DUE.TO NEW BREAKFAST FOODS'
Predictions that the horse must go
were tiled years since, but the interest
in the hay a.rid oats crops has x not
Washington Star.
IS THIS BREAKING CONFIDENCE?
Tuesday's New York Times shame- j
lessly declared thatofgasrdbyT'ndep*** !
s Bhr sii ah sh s s, tltho no hint of the
contents of Col. Roosevelt's sjieeih was
supposed to be made known until after
delivery.—Ohio State Journal.
WOULD BE WORTH IT NOW
A Spokane bakery has the following I
slogan upon the wrapping of its bread: |
"Better than your mother ever made."
Perhaps, but she never charged"" 10
cents for Spokane 'Spokesman-Re
view.
THIS DOES SEEM STRANGE
The surprising thing is not that the
colonel went up in a flying machine at
St. Louis, but that he did not take
possession of the wheel and steer the
craft.—Kansas City Journal.
NEVER SAYS DIE
Apparently the colonel Is the only
Republican in the state who has not
yet seen the handwriting on the wall
paprr.— New York Sun.
BUT THAT ISN'T BAD
The Outlook, wh hear, has expelled
New Jen for insubordination against
the Contributing- Editor. Tho punish
ment tits the. crime in that case-
Rochester Herald.!
Mill:. I VMIM.K OBER
and naturally tho idea of opera sug
gents itself, but mndame laughs. "Pouf
—for the opera. Yes, I might have
sung in opera, but what is it? It re
dUirea years and years of time for
study, durinK which I make no money
—I have no pretty drosses—l just
study, and study, and study."
PITS MONEY BKFOKK FAME
"But fame, madame—think of the
fame that might then be yours."
"Fame?" she said. "Well, yes; grand
opera does mean fame for some, but
Ober Lesourd, publisher and writer,
will achieve the fame and together'we
will travel and sins and dance and see
the world and when we are tired we
may go home to Paris and live in com
fort for the rest of our lives."
Surely this shows a spirit of thrift
and economics rather surprising in
stage folk.
From the time her vocal development
permitted Madame Ober became a fa
vorite of the Parisian vaudeville stage
and the Orpheum management In
bringing her to America has made it
an essential feature of her contract
that her act shall remain distinctly
Parisian so that her audiences may
see it exactly as though they were in
France.
For this reason the singer has
learned no English, although she has
been in this country for nearly a year.
Her husband, who is her director,
writes and publishes her sketches and
always travels with her.
Both Madame Ober and her husband
confess themselves delighted with Los
Angeles. They are passing much of
their time when oft*. stage in viewing
the scenic beauties of the city and
surrounding attractions. "It reminds
me of the south of France." said
madame, "only it is warmer, the air is
more balmy and mountains in the dis
tance even bluer than are those of the
Riviera. But, after all, it is not
France," and a faint homesick look
came into the bright eyes and for a
moment the heavily beaded lashes
were threatened with tears.
California Topics
It seenjed for a time that San Fran
cisco's day of misfortune would be the
day of opportunity for Los Angeles,
Seattle and other cities on the western
ocean. It has re-established in bril
liant fashion, however, its prestige and
'its title to the capital status in the
whole Pacific country.—St. Louis Re
public. ' , .
The census returns seem to be light
| ing on the side of San Francisco in
! the Panama exposition fight.—Cleve
j land Plain Dealer.
A Wichita merchant says he prefers
San Francisco as the site for the Pana
ma exposition because people from
the east will travel through Kansas.
The New Orleans boosters are send
ing out ■ elaborate literature arguing
I for their city because the creeks in the
I central west run into rivers that run
Into the mighty Mississippi. Next. —
Wichita Eagle. . .
It is said that San Francisco is los
ing population to Los Angeles, on ac
count of labor troubles. San Francis
co is torn to pieces most of the time
over strikes, whereas Los Angeles peo
ple make a specialty of peace.—Atchi
son Globe. •'. '...".
San Francisco* which has increased
-1 per cent in a decade despite an
earthquake and a, fire, must be listed
among the quick and not among the
dead.—Louisville Courier —Journal.
It is never a positive pleasure to
learn that a man Is to spend the next
fourteen years in ■ penitentiary, but
in the case of Abraham Ruef the grief
of the average 'good citl7.cn will bo
slight,—Louisville Courier-Journal.
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PUBLIC LETTER BOX
TO CORKESrONDKNTS—Letter. Intended for publication ""•''^."^^"'gp^dent.!
■■me and addren of the writer. The Herald give* the widest latitude to corresp nu
but a*si>me» no responsibility far their view*.
A TRE3PA3BING FENCE
Editor Herald: We have Just butlt
and find our neighbor's fence Is over
on our lot. Of course we don't want
flip fence on our property and I would
like to have Home Herald reader who
is well pouted on the law In regard
to this Incident please, tell me what
the law Is and the best means to pur
sue. SUBSCRIBER.
In a matter that might involve you
in costly litigation you had better con
sult a lawyer Instead of taking lay
advice.—Editor Hernld.
CALLS 'EM ROYAL PRETENDERS
Editor Herald: In an issu« of your
paper several days ago I noticed an
interview with one H. H. Colpus. It is
a pity that the dignity of real royalty
should be dragged In the dust for the
beiMflt <>f the public who sneer at
the "degraded royalty."
Permit me to say that if "Prince"
John devQuelph is a son of the late
King Edward, he Is not, according to
th« morganatic marriage law, entitled
in any way to the fhrone of England.
So much for hi.s "royalty."
Mr. ColpUs, being an illegitimate son
has absolutely n" claim to style him
yelf "royalty." It i.s to be hoped that
those who have road the Colpus ar
ticles will realize that these undlg
nlfed pretenders are not royalty In
any sense of the word.
C. C. (IMtiNTBZUMA-MUELLEH.
lA>s Angeles, Cal.
SOCIALISTIC ARGUMENTS
Kilitor Herald: The past few days
the complaints against our unjust
economic conditions have been many.
One argues for a usury law, another
says food is bad on tho aqueduct, an
other writes about tho meat question,
still another complains about the
bosses ot W,all street, New York, and
Uist but not least a correspondent
complains of having to stand in a
street car holding a two-months-old
baby, there, being no one willing to
give up his or her seat.
There is but one thing for a human
being claiming to bo a man when con
fronted by the latter complaint, and
that Is to give his seat to a woman
who has in her enre a child as above
described. The mothers and the dear
; little Innocent ones should, .gentle
men, have our first consideration.
i All tho above complaints and many
not recorded are the best kind of ar
guments for the need of what Is
sometimes referred ti» as Socialism.
HARRY HERMANN.
Los Angeles, Cal.
POPULISM IN 1882 AND IN 1910
Editor Herald: An "Inquirer" wishes
to know if the demise of the People's
party prefigures the dissolution ot the
Socialist party, and he seems \o
worry because some of the People's
party wore whiskers and overalls.
Well, Hiram Johnson, smooth shaven,
made a Populist campaign, so far as
the corporations were concerned; the
same campaign that the Populists
made eighteen years ago, except that
the Populists demanded a government
banking system. As the wise business
men do not want an absolutely safe
banking system, the Populists were
called rubes and bewhiskered calamity
howlers. We have had two financial
panics since, but the business men, so
called, are not permitted to employ
Populists in any clerical capacity; all
avenues of advancement are closed to
them. Maybe "Inquirer" can now
guess the reason.
The inner philosophy of the Socialist
party Is already captured; congres
sional candidate Williams, though out
of his district, in a speech hero, said
no one could live the golden rule now
and he doubted U there were any hon
est men among his auditors. That is
to say, the people are to be saved by
a self-cwnfessed political party com
posed of scalawags and rascals.
But many voted this ticket as the
only means of protest.
VOLUNTARIAN.
rtivcrside.
REBUKE TO THE KNOCKERS
Editor Herald: The writer has no
sympathy for those people who write
back to their eastern home papers
and knock Los Angeles. The writer
has been here about six. weeks and
he likes It so much that ha expects
t<»stay here. He pulled up stakes In
the east and brought his family here
with the express purpose of staying.
In two weeks' time both his son and
daughter secured good positions. When
one considers the great influx of peo
ple that Los Angeles is constantly ab
sorbing, the wonder is not no much
that many who come cannot secure
something to do, but that there are
not hundreds more looking for work.
Where I came from—Philadelphia-
every winter the number of people
out of work runs up into the thou
sands, and the newspapers^ of that city
are constantly printing tales of sui
cide of those despondent and out of
work.
This "knocking Los Angeles" is not
confined to those who are here, but
the day before I started from Phila
delphia I met "a former agent of the
Southern Pacific on , Chestnut street,
who, when 1 told him I was headed
for Los Angeles, declared to me that
it was the worst town for the average
man to be found on th» map. ( When
I asked him how.'long he had ever
remained in this city at one time he
confessed that three weeks was the
limit. He is now . working ' for an
other railroad and it' la evidently his
purpose to' discourage people coming
hero so as to help another part of the
country. ; ANGEL-BY-ADOPTION.
Los Angeles, Cal. '
DECEMBER 9, 1910.
MAKING A LIVING IN ENGLAND
Editor Herald: According to re
ports which the writer has b«« able
to gather "Merrie England" i» not
such ■ happy place for the worKltiK
men, worse. If anything, than in our
own highly protected America.
Two thousand two hundred and forty
grocery stores "went BmMh" In 1908,
while In the three preceding- years tho
sme.-ry failures were far more num
eroiu than those in any other trade.
The drapers come next, and In this
occupation iZ67 people made a failure
of it in 1908 to 1197, unfortunates to
whom bricks and mortar proved a de
lusion and a snare.
Of the wine and spirit merchants
640 went into bankruptcy that year
as did 467 Jewelers. There were 454
dealers in seed and, corn that went to
the wall and 437 farmers found them
selves in the samo boat of financial
distress, while the bankruptcies of the
leather merchants totalled to well over
400.
The furniture dealers produced 266
failures, the ironmongers 292, the coal
dealers 25fi. the printers 231, the chem
ists 150 and tho glass and earthenware
dealers 74. J. A. M.
Los Angeles, Cal.
THE CO-OPERATIVE HOME
Editor Herald: As winter is np
pro&chlng and many strangers are nut
of work In our city, many going hun
gry and compelled to ask for a dime
for a me.il or a place to sleep, 1 offer
this plan of relief to every one In that
condition, as follows:
AYe will co-operate in workg of
using up much of the materials going
to waste that can be used to udvan
tage In this way. The plan has been
successfully tried in eastern cities and
-has helped many persons out of dis
tress. I ask the use of a building not
now occupied at a low rent for a home
for our industries. Each applicant
will be provided employment at a fixed
wage per day. He. or she will receive
a credit or check entitling each to good
ami warm meals, a bed and home un
til a situation at regular work is ob
tained. The name will be "The Co
operative Home."
We ask all the merchants to be gen
erous and donate cash and such goods
nnd inateriulu damaged or' made un
salable and such articles as they cast
away which we can use the better
parts of, and we will make numerous
articles for sale at a very low price,
all to help this home. This saves men
from being arrested, committing crime
or suicide, and Is not like a charity.
Each must work for him or himself.
I want to hear from all friends to
this cause. Address drop letters with
out stamp care of Herald box, with
stamp to ,
WILX.IAM H. BRiaOS.
319 N. BirVlington aye., city.
WHAT ABOUT GRIFFITH PARK?
Editor Herald: At the recent New
York election a generous appropria
tion of $2,!i00,000 was carried for park
purposes, thus securing the 10,000-acre.
proposed Harriman park gift along
the Hudson river and in the high
lands above the city limits.
While this had been expected, thero
Is a peculiar significance in the' fact
that the vote was overwhelmingly
favorable and no open opposition wbh
expressed. There was a time when
the proposition to expend such- a vast
sum of money for a public park, ap
parently remote, would have been re
jected.
In Its comments a New York maga
zine has this to say: "One of the
strong appeals made by the successful
party in the last campaign in New
York state was for a more economical
expenditure of money; but while the
candidate was urged to state In what
ways greater economy could bt( , so-,
cure.d, at no time was mention made
of the fact that $2,500,000 could be saved
to the state by closing the park. In
short, the vote was a new proof that
the people have reached a point whero
they appreciate park properties. Not
more than one or two further gifts or
acquisitions will bring prominently be
fore the public the necessity of form
ing a. state park department or
bureau."
It is understood that plans are al
ready under way for developing the
properties so as to give largest service
to the public in Harrlman park.
If Los Angeles fourteen years ago
had shown Just a little of that spirit,
what a magnificent pleasure ground
the 3015-acre Griffith park could bo to
day. Many people in this city think
that Colonel Griffith, the donor, has a
right to complain. CITIZEN.
A HEARTY LAUGH
Being the day's best ]ok« from th« n«w§
exchanges.
Numberless are the stories told of
George j Washington. Upon ■ one occa
sion, while the American army was in
camp, Washington heard that the col
ored sentries were not,altogether re
liable. He determined to test the mat
ter for himself. One night, therefore,
when , the password was "Cambridge"
the general went out and walked up to
a colored sentry. •••■ "_ . ." < '
"Who goes there?" cried the sentinel.
"A friend," was the reply, ." ■
"Advance, friend, and give the coun
tersign."
"Roxburgh," said Washington.'
"No, Bah," replied the soldier.
"Medford," said Washington.
"No, Mb," was the response. >
"Charleston," said Washington.
.The sentry lost patience. ' "I toll you,.
Massii Washington," he said, emphat
ically, "no. man can'go by here without *
lie say. 'Cum bridge.' "—Housekeeper, \j