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EL PASO HERALD
Editorial and Magazine Page
Saturday, February Fifteenth, 1913.
What Hope
FOR MADERO te qeit may for the moment quiet things down a little in
Mexico. He does not seem ever anxious to get out, although even many
' of his friends aad partisans realize that he cannot handle the situation any
longer aad that his resignation must precede any steps toward settlement. When
Madero quits, as it seems he mast, the trouble is only shifted a little, not quelled.
Some rebels of the Zapata stripe have already said that they would fight even
for Madero, against Diaz, and it is notable that with perhaps 20,000 of them under
arms not many days from the capital, only a few hundred have entered the city
and only a very few of these have offered help to Diaz.
Rebels of the Orosco-Salazar bench have kept out of this present ruction, but
they are knows to be divided upon the proposal to join forces with Diaz. A few
of the miner leaders have talked Diaz, because he seemed to be getting some
where aad the revolving chair fighters like to think of themselves as on the win
ning side. The chiefs have been suspicious of the Diaz movement and have .iot
given it their assent; many of them do not hesitate to say that everybody named
Diaz is ruled off the slate far them.
Prominent rebels have often expressed their unwillingness to accept de la
Barra as more than a fiBer-in, a stop-gap, while negotiations were proceeding and
a new "election" arranged. De la Barra is looked upon by the rebels of all groups
as a representative of the old regime, and a churchman, and they do not want him
for president It makes no -difference to them that de la Barra is in fact free of
entanglements and that "he is eminently progressive in his political views and
methods. It makes no difference to them that de la Barra is better positioned- to
day than any other man in the republic to restore peace, revive the country, and
establish it among the nations. They have often sai dthey would not have de la
Barra for president, and there is no reason to think they have changed their minds.
Reyes is dead, Gomez a frost; Trevino wants to die in peace and is not looking
for distinction as a rebeL Calero is distrusted by the radical rebel groups, although
he was as anti-Porfirist. Except de la Barra, no man has presented himself for
consideration as a presidential candidate who begins to be of presidential stature.
De la Barra is a man of education and wide training and experience in public
affairs. He made a splendid record when he held the provisional presidency during
the interim after Diaz left the country, he has the confidence of the great powers,
and he has considerable firmness of character that will be needed now to straighten
things out
Tie patriotic thing for Mexicans of all groups to do right now would be to
hail de la Barra as their Moses and let him try to lead them out of the wilderness.
They have more to hope for from restoration of peace than they could gain from
ruining their country in war. If this disturbance keeps up, moreover, interference
from outside is inevitable. Patriotism demands the acceptance of honorable peace
terms so that restoration may be begun. But patriotism in Mexico has as many
different definition sas there are ambitious leaders.
The present outbreak in Mexico city has no connection with the Orozco-Salazar
rebellion or the Zapata rebellion. The Diaz outbreak is simply a third formidable
rebellion breaking out before either of the other two has been controled. That is
why we say that any compromise that Diaz may accept as a basis of settlement
will be only temporary, aad that ether means will have to be used to bring Zapata
and the northern rebels into camp. Americans would welcome de la Basra's suc
cession as a promise of a few months of respite from the long strain permanent
readjustment is a far deeper problem than the question of who shall occupy the
national palace. Mexico' distress new is economic rather than politicaL Not until
foreign capital can be reassured and restored will industries revive; not until in
dustries revive will the rebels go back to work; not until the rebels go back to
work and stop destroying the wealth and prosperity and good name of the country,
will foreign capital be reassured and restored. So there is the whole circle, and we
end where we began.
If de la Barra were to be permitted to serve out Madero's term, choosing his
own cabinet and admimstration, there would be greater hope of peace and restora
tion of the country than through any other means. But the rebels will demand
an "electioe," aad that means more dissension and more rebels. If Diaz becomes
hea dof the army, even without the presidency, he will be in position to smash oppo-
sition. The northern rebels could not stand up against a loyal and determined army.
The army has made no effort to quell the northern rebellion. It might be different
under Diaz. It is not strange that the northern rebels are lukewarm toward Diaz.
The supremacy of Diaz would hardly mean much satisfaction to the trouble makers
of any stripe. He has shewn himself to be a man of firm will and staying powers,
and he ought to make a strong man at the head of the army or the government
If he so willed, when once in power, he could without doubt crush the northern
rebellion as his uncle used to put down uprisings here and there during his long
service as chief executive.
One question is exceedingly puzzling, and that is, why the British legation
found it necessary to step in and try to settle affairs. "Were the British at last
convinced that it was hopeless to look for capable or disinterested handling of mat
ters by the United States? Has the United States acquired such a reputation in
Mexico through the mismanagement of the present administration as to place us
outside the pale of neutrality and friendship? The Madero family seeks refuge
in the Japanese legation. The British legation gives asylum to de la Barra and
announces Madero's resignation in de la Barra's favor. The Spanish minister goes
to the palace to demand Madero's retirement The United States government has
upheld Madero's hands from the time he rose against Diaz until now, and in so
doing it has broken its own precedents and created many new and dangerous ones.
Now in the sharpest crisis, Great Britain take sthe lead toward a settlement, leaving
the American government and its representatives biting their nails in chagrin.
The truth is, the people 6T Mexico believe that the support of the Madero gov
ernment by the 'Washington government has not been disinterested; and they
would fear that a successor urged upon them by Washington would be only an
other Madero in a mask. Their confidence in the British government's veracity,
integrity, and good purposes has not been so badly shaken, as has their confidence
in the United State .government been shaken by the false plays of the administra
tion now fortunately about to retire. '
o
For the Elephant Butte celebration here in 1915, The Herald suggests a mag
nificent pageant of the historical epochs of southwestern progress; the pageant
could be given in one of the natural amphitheaters along the mesa's rim, saynear
the new high school site.
o
Teach a boy to use his hands and he will understand the world better, be better
do better. Teach him to use his eyes, to observe, to design, and to cut to measure!
and he will be a better merchant or lawyer or clerk, if he does not take up mechan
ical pursuits.
o
If they keep on trying Mrs. Orner without getting a jury to agree, she will
serve a life term, without having been convicted.
One-Sentence Philosophy I
POIXTBD rAR.VGR.VPHS.
(Chicago News.)
Honey talks and it also stops talk.
Some people are too high toned to
hare common sense.
The lore letters of a wise man and a
fool sound much alike.
It's difficult to rattle a bore; in fact,
you can seldom shake him.
Many a girl who loves a man for his
money is too modest to mention it
The woman who looks before she
leaps may want to see if her hat is on
straight.
And many a woman is so changeable
that she never wears the same com
plexion twice.
If a man has any sense at all. It
shows up before he gets engaged or
after he is married.
The world is usually willing to let a
man have his own way if he Is will
willing to pay liberally tor it
REFLECTIOINS OP A HACHBLOR.
(Kew Tork Press.)
Tou can jolly more out of people
than you can club out of them
All a girl carts about when she falls
down skating, is if there are no holes in
her stockings
Sometime a man can get his salary
raised without his family taking more
of it th.'i. it amounts to
HaVj.ig i r-usband io a great help to
a woman for the way it teaches her she
must do things for herself
Just because there are as good fish
In the 5-a as ha e been ciught is no
-n 'j Yj.e a 'hamc on earth to
ta.ich ihm
For Peace?
QUAKER 3IEDITATIOXS.
(Philadelphia Record.)
Most reputations should be marked -"Handle
with care. '
Too many of us kick before we know
where the shoe pinches.
Never use flattery with Its full
strength. Dilute it with a little tact.
After all it is better to take a chance
than to lose on a sure thing.
Mighty few dealers in a poker game
wHl Intentionally give you the glad
hand.
Wigg Most things seem easy till you
try to do them. Wagg Also most
men.
The world is largely made up of peo
ple wlw think they could do the other
fellow's Job better.
Sillicoe Candidly, old man, what is
your honest opinion of me? Cynicus
Well, outside of what I think of you,
you are probably all right.
GI.OBB SIGHTS.
(Atchison Globe.)
The remedy that cures others may
only taste bad to you.
It won't help you much to mean to
do what is right If you don't do it.
Some very good men inhale . their
soup, but that isn't What helps them.
A poet who doesn't get paid for It
should -tackle some other profession.
A young man likes to appear tough
er than he Is, while his elders are apt
to play it from the other angle.
Patience is a virtue, but one
xhouldn 1 dote his whole visible sun-
' pioperlj coloring a meerschaum
Pip
Great Women of History
Cleopatra Egypt's Mot Brilliant
Queen.
By Madison C. Peter
gr L.EOPATRA. the most renowned
D among several Egyptian Drfnees-
! ses bearing that name, the eldest
J surviving daughter of Ptolemy Ailetes,
ligvpt's Greek line of kings, was born
i 69 B. C, and in accordance with Egyp
tian custom, . Decani e ne wile of Pto
lemy's eldest son, her younger brother,
with whom she shared the throne, at
the age of 17. Deprived by her guar
dians of all royal authority when they
found they could not use her to their
enrichment and expelled from the city,
she collected an army in Syria, from
the dependencies of Arabia and Pales
tine, and fought for her rights by force
of arms.
Julius Caesar had just overthrown
Pompey and was pursuing him to Alex
andria, and captivated by Cleopatra's
charms, seconded her claims and pro
cured to her. her share of th Arnn.
I To gain Caesar's notice, this brilliant.
ucauiuui, sen-winea creature, who
could speak seven languages, had her
self smuggled into the great warrior's
presence in a rail of carpet carried by
her slavss. When the carpet was un
rolled, the great Caesar was captivated
by her charms. ,
Captii ate Julius Caesar.
Her brother Ptolemy, being killed In
a battle on the Nile, Cleopatra was giv
en her youngest brother, then 11 years
eld, as a husband by Caesar, Caesar
continued some time at Cleopatra's
court and after his departure she gov
erned unmolested. With her son by
Caesar, she went to Rome and lived in
a palace 'near the Tiber as Caesar's
wife, to the great disgust of the blue
blooded profligates of Rome, disgust
not due to the fact that they were
purer, but because Cleopatra was a for
eigner. When her boy husband de
manded at 14, his share in the govern
ment, she poisoned him.
Coesar's assassination, B. C. 44 com
pelled Cleopatra to return to Egypt.
Subsequently during the civil troubles
at Rome, she took Antony's part, on
whom she had already made an impres
sion In her earlier years, when he
was campaigning in Egypt. When An
tony was In Cilicia she sailed up the
wuiiuo ju a. uifieuusiy aecKea s&iiey
arrayed in all that oriental splendor
depicted by Shakespere. She was now
z. in me iuurtess of her Greek beauty.
Antony became at once her slave and
and followed her to Alexandria.' where
the winter of B. C 40-41 was spent in
wildest revelry and most wanton lux
ury, the couple claiming to be the gods
Osiris and Jsis.
FolIoTis Antony.
She followed Antony in his march
against the Parthians and when he
parted from her on the Euphrates he
bestowed Cyrlne, Cyprus, Coelqsyria,
Fhoenicia, Cilicia and Crete on her,
to which at her request -he added part
of Judea and 'Arabia, which brought
on the war between Augustus and An
tony. After divorcing himself from Oc
tavla and enjoying himself with Cle
opatra at Ephesus. Samos and Athens,
for a year. Antony at last determined
to decide the contest by a naval battle
at Actium. Cleopatra, who had brought
Antony a reinforcement of 60 vessels,
suddenly took flight, and intonv fal
lowed her to Egypt and declared to I
Augustus that if Egypt were left to I
Cleopatra's children he would live IB
retirement, but the charms which had
succeeded so easily with Julius and
Antony failed to move the younger ;
Caesar, and though he granted her ?n
interview. h marched ifpon Alexan- '
dria, which Antony defended. Antony, i
supposing Augustus' private messages '
of pacification to be treacherous. I
sought to avenge himself "by her deal a i
Escaping to the mausoleum, which she
had erected near the temple of Isis,
she caused the report of her suicide to
be spread, whreupon Antony threw
himself upon his sword, and unoc I
learning that Cleopatra was still liv
ing, he was at his request, carried inte
her presence and died In her arms.
Plans for Death.
Augustus succeeded In getting Cleo
patra in his power, who still hoped to
subdue him by her charms, but her
art availed not and realizing that ner
life was spared only that she might
grace the conqueror's victory, and
rather than submit to be carried as
prisoner to celebrate a Roman "tri
umph." she caused a .splendid feast to
be prepared by her faithful attendants.
Iris and Charmain, to array her in her
royal robes and crown and then pla:;d
an asp. which had been smuggled to
her. concealed amonng flowers, on her
arm, the bite of which caused her
death almost Immediately so the last
queen of ancient Egypt passed away
36 B. C, in her 30th year, after reign
ing 22 years, and with this singularly
cultivated and resourceful woman
ended the dynasty of the Ptolemies and
Egypt became a Roman province.
14 Years Ago 1 o day
From The Herald This Dnte 1SS9.
Dave Andrews, of the G. H. shops,
was on the layoff list yesterday.
Jerry wines and S. T. Cbapin left
today for a hunt down the Texas &
Pacific road.
Attorney W. A. Hawkins, of the E.
P. & N. E., went north over the Santa
Fe this morning to Albuquerque.
Fireman W. wales, of the Southern
PaeKlc but of this point, returned yes
terday and reported for work today.
A ball will be given In Juarez next
Saturday night in honor of the new
collector of customs, senor Ogarrio.
Dispatcher Hoover has been sent to
this point to fill the position of dis
patcher Walker, who left for San An
tonio. itsii isKiiui. vnj cierrv, returnee. I
from Austin this morning with thoi
Ben Catlin. city clerk, returned
bonds issues, which were registered
while- he was there.
The Santa Fe is making arrange
ments to handle 106 cars- of cattle be
longing to J. H. Riley. They are to be
removed from here to Colorado.
The pole and fixtures are all ready
at the Santa Fe depot but for some
reason or other there is a long delav
in the city council placing a light
there.
John Connors, manager of the new
city hospital for contagious diseases,
was in the city today circulating
among his friends. Only a few pati
ents are now being taken care of.
J. Campbell, who for some time past
has been with the bridge and build
ing crew of the Southern Pacific, is
in the city. Mr. Campbell will jolu
the G. H. brldse crew under the man
agement of Arthur Ealand.
W. L. Johnson and B. C McCowan
will soon leave for the gold country
beyond Casas Grandes to prospect for
mineral deposits. Johnson and Mc
Cowan will buy complete outfits here
before leaving for Casas Grandes.
A party of El Pasoans returned
Monday evening from Corralitoe, where
they had been for a few days on a
hunting and pleasure trip. Those in
the party were: Mrs. McKInnel. Mrs.
Grelg, Miss Windsor. Miss Katherine
Crosby, Mr. John and J. F. Crosby Jr.
Since the announcement in these col
umns that Bob Lyons of the G. H..
was going to make the race for alder
manic honors In the third ward a
great many new aspirants have sprung
up. Maj. Bill Truscott, of the G. H.
truck department, is by no means the
least light among these aspirants.
A. susbscriber and constant reader of
The Herald suggests that the new
park (now Carnegie square) be called
"Military plaza." Thia piece of ground
was originally donated by Simon Hart.
Juan Hart's father, to the government
to be used as a burying ground for
Soldiers In later Years it became ;n
jiroport of tho ciU
A numocr of citizens or the second
ABE MARTINI
ML-
TSP 'I
Miss Em Hanger, 0' Unit 1970, is
visitin' her aunt in Zone 2. Some folks
brighten up an' seem t' feel a thousan'
percent better after they say somethin'
mean.
The X-Ray Machine
By GEORGE PITCH.
Autbor of "At Good Old Slwnsn."
HE "X-ray machine is a marvel of
modern science whim enables a
man to peer tliroueh an oak door
or a plaid vest with equal ease.
The X-ray machine consists of an ap
paratus which looks like a gloss stcmach
in which arc confined an electric product
which can onlv be described in wcr.13
( of nu1e syllables. This product consists
of light rays which wander thiough the
human lorm at will when tiirnel on it
and expose secrets hitherto undreamed
of by the possessor of said fonn.
The X-raj- goes through a coat and
vest like hungry mdth and goes through
skin antf-flesh with equal ease. It hesi
tates at bones, however. This fact makes
the rays Very useful -to humanity, lly
standing the proprietor of a human skele
ton against a photographic plate nnd
turniii" a bunch of X-rays on him, the
innermost mysteries of his osseous anat
omy are revealed and when the pLite is
developed and a few prints are strueK
off he can examine his own bones with
out first boiling himself for three days.
This fact has enabled surgeons to lo
cate bullets and other intruders in the
The innermost mysteries of his osseous
anatomy are revealed.
human form without mining for them
in the industrious, but haphazard man-
ner which once prevailed. Surgeons are
also enabled to discover compound busts j
in toe numart irame and can tear up and I
readjust a patient's skeleton with ease
and celerity. With the aid of the X-ray
the cautious and methodical man now
counts, his own ribs and phalanges and is
enabled to protest loudly in case he dis
covers that nature did not deal him out
his full share.
The X-ray when turned on a human
being often fails to show anv dorsal ver
tebrae whatever. Thus politicians can
be detected even after their most frantic
efforts at disguise.
ii The X-ray was discovered by Prof.
William Roentgen pi Germany, who is
now a baron in consequence. But if he
had lived in America he would be a mil
lionaire: Copyrighted by George 3Jathew
Adams. y
JlSi, nt.?t eenS at the Central
school building to prepare for an
Arbor day celebration on February 2S.
Messrs Alderete and Ogden were ap
pointed to purchase the requisite num-
.SLm trs ,md ave hoIes dug-,ln
readiness to set them out on the morn
ing of the 22d. It was agreed to put
a row of trees all around the school
lots and double rows along the front,
and along :ach side of the walks.
Me88rs- James Magoffin, W. H. Bur
gee, rlovd Pavnp jhutv nn -iriI.n...r..
of the ball committee of the corner
stone celebration, met at the office of
nr-o.,i; ii V l "c "'"c
f,!! eon.' Payne & company this
-.-.....,,,. jj oon as cnairman Magot
nn had called the meeting to order
a communication from ilesrs. Pltzei's
u wllson's orchestra was read. The
chairman announced that since the ex
ecutive committee had left the supper
entirely in the hands of the ball
committee, he would take the llbertv
of suggesting that the women of the
PuM,c Library association be
fIL tne suPPr privileges and be al
lowed to make what they could out
of it.
A WOMAN IN
LAVENDER ARRESTED
2f!?- ro' al,as '"' D- Clumppner,
wearing a lavender coat suit, was ar
rested by police chief I. N. Davis Fri
day afternoon and is being held at the
Police station. Mrs. Clumppner. ac
cording to her own story was sent to
El Paso by the Douglas. Ariz., officials,
after she had been tried In that city on
a charge of having entered J. A. Mil
lers residence. She was acquitted, no
witnesses appearing against her. Mrs.
Clumppner said that when she landed
to a. Paso she called on sheriff Peyton
Edwards Mrho gave her ?5. With the
mo.neyc3he sald 8he bad Pa'd her room
27!; ?" stated that she was without
-n.Tf.'.J,ut l,,f l 8ne. was not guilty of
anything and could not understand
why the police had locked her up. Chief
lMvls stated that the woman would be
held pending further Investigation. She
will be tried today on a vagrancy
charge.
LOCAL UXIOX CUIPEXTBRS
K.NTEIITAIN" SECRKTAY DUPPV
Local carpenters and joiners enter
tnned their national secretary Frank
Tuffv. of Indianapolis. Friday evening
in 1 ihor Union halL Secretary Duffy
of the United Brotherhood of Carpen
ters and Joiners, arrived Friday after
noon to visit the El Paso local No. 425.
A smoker and feed was given in his
1" nor .it t ! hall Frili nliht ami he
i- t ik( ii for an autu riK Saturday
I i fining.
A Slight Service
A Short Story.
IKMIND you once more that the
I
caar is due to arrive at 2 oclock
sharp. You will wait for me at
u.u Gare dee Invalides."
"Yes, your excellency.-
"I "believe that Is all for today. Au
rcvolr."
"Au revolr. your excellency."
When he left the prime minister.
I whose private secretary he was, Noblet
j found Cormontreull waiting for hint In
the antechamber, with a smile on his
lios.
Now It was very much against the
habits of Cormontreull to smile 3
well as to visit the antechambers of
ministers. Noblejt understood that
something extraordinary must have
happened. What? He had a suspicion
"Have you succeeded?" he asked.
Cormontreull burst out:
"Yes I have succeeded. I have over
come, all obstacles; colorphetograpny
reproduced from an ordinary single
negative Is now a fact, thanks to the
Cormontreulll process."
"That means fame and wealth to
you," Noblet exclaimed. "I congratulate
you most heartily."- .
"Thanks, I ran up here right away
because I wanted to tell the news of
my success to somebody who loved
me."
Noblet felt embarrassed. He did not
love Cormontreull, and while thvy
wilked together through Avenue
Marigny he listened to his words with
out interest. What did he understand
about all these chemical processes of
which his friend was always gibbering.
Noblet had been violently in love with
the late Mme. Cormontreull and to get
near her he had always pretended to be
Immensely interested In photography
and chemicals. Now that Susanne was
dead he could not very well declare
that he did not care a bit more for
chemistry than for Cormontreull.
i Certainly this was not time to throw
overboard the friendship when uormon
treuil was about to become famous and
might help him In his political career.
So Noblet cried enthusiastically:
"This is indeed one of the happiest
days of my life."
"Thank you. my friend, thank you."
said Cormontreull with tears in his
eyes.
"I wish I could do something to help
your discovery along," went on Noblet.
"You are the only man who can,"
said Cormontreull, "and to tell you he
truth I was counting on your assls-1
tance."
"But how am I to help your
"Listen. Noblet. My new invention
must create a sensation. Now since
the czar comes to Paris tomorrow I
thought that a fine portrait of him in
natural colors and sent to a number of
Influential people
But I do not see what I can do."
"Walt. The pottce arrangements
tomorrow forbid the publle to get near
the platform wnen the czaV arrives, but
you as the minister's secretary, can i,et
very close to the csar."
"You want me to take a snapshot?"
"Yes, I will give you a small camera, i
wRTCh nobody will notice, it is easy
enough."
"But I cannot use my position to do
such -a thing." '
"Well, let us say no more aoout it."
said Cormontreull evidently annoytd.
j "It- is the first thing I have ever asked
j from you and I really did not imagine
you would refuse to do m this slight
; service."
I Noblet felt that he- had made a mis-
. take, be must remain the friend of this
' new Daguerre.
. "You doirtr let me. finish," he said.
1 "I said that it was now quite in order
to use my position to do such a thing,
but I will do it for your sake."
The next evening Paris heard, that
an attempt had been made to murder
the czar, as he left his car.
' A paragraph in the evening papers
said:
"At the moment when the czar ap
proached the prime minister, the tat
ter's secretary M. Noblet. fired a shot
at him from a revolver concealed in a
camera, but fortunately the bullet w-nt
2TI" 5. wat. iUB" i "5
seized on the spot and fainted. When
he recovered consciousness he swore
that he did not known what the cam
era naa conceaiea a revolver, ami saw
that It had been given' to him by a cer
tain Cormontreull. who claimed to
have Invented, a new" photographic pro
cess. '
"While the ezar, greeted with en
thusiasm by the crowds outside drove
to the Pallas Erysees, the police
searched Cormontheuil's rooms where a
laboratory for the manufacturing rf
bombs and infernal machines was
found. The anarchist, of course, had
fled as soon as he knew that his plan
had failed.
"Is Noblet an accomplice or a victim?
He claims that Cormontreull acted
from personal motives, and. that nc
chose him to fire the shot, because he
suspected him of having had a love af
fair with his wife. Thus he hoped to get
htm into trouble. Noblet has. been un
able to prove the truth of this. So
certain, however, that M.
Neblet is not a fit person to fill the
muen is
position of private secretary to ihe
prime minister.
Dyspepsia
By Walt Mason.
Oh, the birds to their warbling in vain,
and the zephyrs seem but to complain
when your innards are thrilled by dys
pepsia and filled with some 56 samples
of pain. When your grub doesn't hit the
right spot, all talk about sunshine seems'
rot; and you feel that the pote of the
optimist note should be led out at sunrise
and shot. When your stomach's the
scene of a storm, neath the collar you re
Ant. in luk irarm atul tkn utiliff oama
punk and true progress is junk, and you
don't care three whoops for reform. All
maxims and proverbs are stale, to help
j'ou tuey nopeiessiv tail; and you re sore
at the gent who would talk of content,
and would give him a ride on a rail. Itfc
easy to dance and to sing while vour
stomach is still in the ring; but it's hard
to be glad when that stomach is bad,
when it's broken a lever or spring- It's
hard to be v as a thrush wheR the
pain in your stomach won't hush; when
von have to go shy of the steak and
the pie. and fill up your person with
mush. I sing like a jav on a shrub when
mv stomach can handle the grub; but
don't you eome near with a message of
elieer when I'm sick, or I might use a
club!
SO NEAR AND YET SO FAR.
When the children go a gathering pretty
shells alona- the beach
The prettiest are alwas just a little!
i,t r -, ,
When across the" fragrant meadows, J
the chase the butterfly
ine DriKiiicst ones re ina)s jusi k
little bit too high.
Whi'n a nan s ambition- spurs him on
to bilirlitn better thinus
Oft tun
bSt,lnh" thrr-ip'i.berrio-i
Kro. with thorns are mil.
The
The trees that bear the riclitst fruit.
are guarded by oia null v
And all through life you'll notice. If
j ou've got a lick of sense
That vh.it i i -, , k tin ! anlest is
a i b , in' :lui s ft
II Crson.
Heavy Traffic for Canal
Comml.tiloner Xmory R. Johnson Op
pones Exempting Coast
reixe Shipping.
By Frederic J. IIakln '
-C-WT-yASHINGTON. D. O. Feb. 15.
W When the United States was
v considering the advisability of I
undertaking to build the Panama canal,
president McK'.nley looked the country
over for the best authority on trans
portation and commerce to serve on the
canal commission and to prepare an
adequate report on the Industrial and
commercial value of an isthmian canaL
tie iinauy selected professor Emory R.
Johnson, professor of transportation
and commerce at the University of
Pennsylvania. The Johnson report
was a most comprehensive one and one
mat went far toward demonstrating
the prospective value of such a water
way. How TolU Are Flgared.
When the time came to fix the tolls
on the canal, professor Johnson again
was drafted into service to bring" his
inquiry up to date and to revamp it in
line with the developments of the de
cade that elapsed since the previous re
port was made. Professor Johnson made
an extended inquiry, into all matters
f pertaining to the amount of traffic in-
aicatca. tne character of this traffic,
the conditions that might Influence it
by tending to drive It away or to lead
it to choose the Panama route over
other routes and into the traffic nis
tory of other great artificial water
ways. His first line of inquiry related to
distances, in an attempt to show just
what will be the natural course of
shipping after the canal is constructed.
While realizing that other elements,
including coaling and provisioning fa
cilities, amount of way cargo, and the
like, tend to counteract distance con
siderations when si 4thiiwiirar nlinn ttiA
I route of his ships, at the same time
I distances are the first consideration.
Lender Itonte Profitable.
He finds that the longer of two routes
may be the more profitable one if there
be a greater volume of intermediate
traffic At the same time it may be
the more profitable if the price of coal
and the number of coaling stations are
to its advantage. Lower insurance
rates may overcome distance, and toll
charges may be so high as to divert
traffic. His problem was to assess all
these matters at their true value ana
with this assessment In mind, to try
to forecast the amount of trade that
will be available at Panama, and to
! fix a rate of toll that would yield the
maximum return and at the same rime
make the canal of maximum benefit to
the world's shipping.
Shorten Distance by Half.
He finds that the canal will shorten
the water distance from the east coast
of the United States to the west coast
by more than half. It will place New
York more than 500 miles nearer to
the great nitrate beds of Chili, and
nearly 40 miles near to Valparaiso.
The distances to most transcontinental
points are approximately 1M0 miles
nearer by way of the Tehauntepec
route than by the Panama route. But.
inasmuch as the handling of cargo out
of one ship hi to another at Tehauntepec
costs $1.75 a ton and. in addition there
to, a land transportation of 192 miles is
involved, little serious competition
from the Tehauntepec route is feared
on through cargo business. The cost
of getting a ton of coods through the
Panama canal actually will be from 43
to cents par ton, so that, although
the Panama noute will be the longer by
2W mtlM,, it will be cheaper 1b the
esd. s " .
Aula and Burepe Benefited.
Tae distances saved by the Panama
route to Asiatic ports from our own
gulf and south. Atlantic seaboard ranges
from nearly COM miles down to some
2000 -when compared with the Suez
route. The distances to Australian
ports from the ports of our Atlantic
seaboard are brought from 2000 to 5000
miles nearer than by the natural route
by way of the Cape of Good Hope.
With reference to European ports,
it Is found that Liverpool will be over
1500 miles nearer Wellington. New Zea
land, through the Panama canal than
through Suez. As it costs approximate
ly 10 cents per register ton per day to
keep a freight ship on the high seas, a
5000-ton freighter would cost $500 a
day. A thousand miles would thus cost.
If the ship sails 10 knots per hour,
something over. $2000. From this it
will be seen that a ship of this descrip
tion could sail about 3000 miles as
cheaply as it can go through the canal
at the present rate oY toll. AH shipping
except where other conditions are un
equal would find it profitable to so
through the canal, where more than i
3000 miles at sea can be overcome.
Cnnol JJooeq Salllag Vesnels.
Professor Johnson presents an Inter
esting study on the traffic In sight
for the canal and on the indications
of increased traffic, but as this will
form the basis of another article, they
are merely referred to here. One of
tha InforMtln thfnva h hHnPS (Hit is
that the opening of the canal will neces- j
sarily hasten the passing ox tne sailing
vessel, since there WHl be no facilities
for handling them through the big wa-
.,... T m fall nf o itntnrv ttwt
world's tonnage of sailing vessels has
declined from 14.000,000 to less than
7.900,000 tons, while steam tonnage has
Increased tenroia tram a more
than 4,000,000 to more than 41,000,000
tons.
"Will Lower Rail Rates.
With reference to the relation of the
Panama canal to the traffic and rates
on the transcontinental railroads, pro
fessor Johnson concluded thtft the rail
roads will be able to hold a very
,ot..ii char nf th transcontinental
S traffic and that they will be under the
- at.. vav 1a rats mi
I necessity ui vu& ,. w.. . .
I Pacific coastbound goods originating as
Mr west as the Mississippi river, n
esimates that about 3.500.000 tons of
transcontinental freight are handled a
year, of which the railroads have been
gettirg 85 percent. The railroads have
been in the habit of charging low rates
to the Pacific from the middle west, so
as to encourage industries there. When
the Nevada railway commissiwu ""-
! ined the bills of lading on shipping
! coming Into Reno, it was foa.J '
percent of the incoming fJfj1 "J11'
nated no fanner earn. ip- IXTJi ,.
Professor Johnson thinks that the
railroads will practically surrender
without a fight that transcontinental
traffic which originates " "
the Buffalo-Plttsburgv district a traffic
which embraces about one-third ofthe
total transcontinental traffic Roads
within 500 mile of the Atlantic sea
board would rather get what they can
bv hauling freight to its ports for wa
ter sMpmfnf than to take a loer rate
to deliver that freight to the transcon
tinental railroads.
Kast to Benefit.
His conclusion wB Jlereilc to th
efflc Sat the canal ,wii have on the
fr".V.- r freight on commodities .
railroad Is tnat iv w" """"" r?11
originating within 1000 miles of either !
'' . . jMu4 to Mints Wlthlr.
seaboara ana "'-""I;:,. -th hrrr
the same range "V,," '"V r"i
w., thinks that the Atlantic seaooard
rates to the Pacific coast win be such
:C. .r.nm can quote better rates
to paCiflc coast ? tha can the ,
.-Uppers In the middle west, and that
., .. ..sAra ibki i v& nit? l niTan
States will I'JS.VL5 ,of the
tra.I vest of the Rockies than it now
.njoN He believes that the railroad:,
'.hM.aib
f h' l ll,ti'. st iLmt .,, l i ... t
as far nortn a" v- "" 'iu f.ants
City will bid for it to be handled by
way of New Orleans una uaiveston.
Opponrs KxemptlOBH.
TVith reference to the effect that the
p jpnro of toll ill ,-'n
n i..!-uusi traffic, protenr Johnson
The Lure of the Widow
Why She Catehes a Man. When the
Girls AH Pall; A'he Knows the
Recipe Perfectly.
- - By Dorothy Dix
THE heroine of one of the most
charming arid successful pla3
of the season Is a widow who is
fair, fat and IS, ana who has a grow a
son. Notwithstanding these imped -meats
every man rh the cast, ard
the audience, ialls bead over h.eis m
love with her at sight.' and i.us n-s
renewed the anclem olscussion con
cerning the why and the wncrefores i
thA ttw1n?lfkn nf the -WldOW.
i Perhaps men understand thi3 on- -i-en
don't. They merely accept it as a
ract tnat a wiaow appears n v-
hypnotic powers that enable her to puc
the come-hither over any man sue La .
cies and march him oif to the alt- .
while other women, better looking.
younger, and apparently more uesi,
able, sit twiddling their thumbs in
perpetual spinsterhood. Indeed, abo t.
all others, the widow seems to realize
the prophecy of the Scriptures. thu
"to him who hath, shall be giv- evta
more abundantly.' for the woman w n
has had one husband seems able to g i
as many more as she pleases, and n
take away from her sister the one beau
that she bath.
The Are Always Young.
"What I don't understand about wiu
ows Is why they are always young un
til they are ready to drop dead wun
old age," said a bachelor girl at a tej.
table over which the widow discussion
raged furiously. "A woman of 10. it
she is unmarried. Ish called an old m-iu.
and Is supposed to have reached the
time of lite when she has put her
matrimonial aspirations on the shell.
and begun to devote herself to philan
thropy. But a widow of -io is Invari
ably referred to as a "young widow,
ana conceded to have a perfect rignt
to be a gay and giddy young thing
"Widowhood is a sort of fountain f
Perpetual Youth, in which a woman
dips herself and washes off about . i
years.
lue thing that always puzzles me
about widows Is why men prefer itum
to women who have never been mar
ried," said another woman, "but th-y
do. A widow can marry all around.
any other woman in her class, ani dav
In the week. She can even knock a.
debutante's nose out of joint. if a
woman reaches the age of 40 or 15 for
instance, without ever having been
married at all, her ehances of getting
a husband are simply nil. Nothing
short of a miracle enables her to cap
ture an eligible man.
"But a widow of 48 or 45, althousa
she may be a two or three times wiu-aw.-
can have her piek of the good
catches of any community.
XenAic Like Sheep.
"Oh. as for that." said the third
woman, "men are all like sheep where
women are concerned. They follow
the leader, and because some man his
found a woman attractive enough to
marry, it enhances her value in all
other men's eyes. It makes her a.
blue ribbon prize winner, so to sp-ak.
that every one of them wants. Where
as, if a woman reaches middle a?e
without ever having been married aX
all. he feels that she is a second ra i r
that the good ludges nave passed o ct.
I and even if he admires her he hasn t
the courage to pick her out on his ov a
judgment.
"The reason why every widow can
always marry is because she is a pro
fessional fisher of men. while the un
married woman is only an. amateur.
The widow knows from experience
what bait to use, and to what flies a.
man will rise, and by what arts and
wiles to land him, whereas the unmar
ried -woman only guesses, and she gen
erally guesses wrong1."
"I think," said 'the next woman, "that
the reason that widows are the p-e-ferred
matrimonial risk with men s
because men realize that when the-c-
marry a woman who has had a pre
tvious matrimonial experience, thev a-e
pectins a wne wjio is woicen to aoud'e
harness, instead of one-that they wouli
have to break in themselves. And. be
lieve me. this Is no small advantage
The average girl marries withont
knowing how to keep house, how :
manage money, and with the most id -otic
highfalutln' notions about what
matrimony is and what she has a ngit
to expect of her husband.
She Flays TJp to Hlra.
"By the time she has killed off a-a
husband with dyspepsia, and made hini
glad to die by nagging him abo-;t
smoking and coming home on time, sbo
has learned her lesson and is ready t
be a comfortable, companionable wife
She has acquired the art of cooker .
and learned to make the best of a ma i
and overlook the worst: and for tht
reason she makes an ideal wife. Tun
almost never hear of a couple in whicti
the wife was a widow, figuring in the
divorce courts."
"The real explanation of the widow a
fascination for men,"" said the old wom-
Tttooe found in the fact that she
ys up to a man instead of expect-
bibi io piay up ie ner. Tne unmai
s woman, and esraAofAllv thji tfttmr
1. expects every man to burn incense
her feet The widow lights the joss
Dks herself before the man she
fljavts and lands Jiim.
"The unmarried woman talks about
herself, her aspirations and plans. The
wiaow never mentions hroir x.-,
Suts in the golden hours telling a man
ow great and wonderful he is. and
she is apparently just as well pleased
Y .. ai uuure swi tan, nim wita not
air as to go to the grand opera. Also,
she feeds the brute on home cook.ng-,
Instead of making him buy her expen
sive fooe in high priced restaurants.
Hence tho doable peal of wedding be'ls
for her."
"!? w?1 !t mfeht le of some assistance
to jobbers and large shippers to exempt
the coastwise ships, and also that .t
might give the east a little more u. -vantage
over the middle west in traJ-
kS ? the far west He does iot
think that the amount of exemption,
about 60 cents a ton on the goods fa
rted, will appreciably affect the rat-s
cna,rsed by the regular stcamslup linti,
and that they, therefore, and not tie
people a large, stand to benefit b t e
exemption. He reaches the conclu-ion
based on transportation hlstorv that
the rates charged by the steamship
lines will not be based on the coast t
the service, but rather on what the traf
fic will bear. With this In mind, it s
ms conUction that the imposition of
the tolls will not make the freight rut-3
a cent higher nor will the exemption
from such tolls make these rates a cent
lower
He says that charter rates are con -petitive.
and such shippers as can cha--teT
a vessel will get the benefit, but no
others. He. therefore opposes the
present exemption of coastwise trafuc
from the pavement of tolls.
The Cost of Coal.
Professor Johnson gives a historv o2
traffic conditions in the Suez and other
canals and from that goes on to the
question of coal costs and coaling fa
cilities as affecting the several ocean
routes. He says that ocean steamships
annually consume 75,000,000 tons of
coal, representing a oost of $360 000,900.
He takes two steamers of identical de
sign which sail from New York and
Manilla and return ou through Suez
and the other thrnnrh TanaTn.i The
prices of coal on the two routes and the
- iwr MMiiiHr it va mu plc "-
voyage through Panama cost less by
more than $4000 than the oyasre
through Suez.
pyrrn f "jiy JdjrifX TWTO
ruj' XbjliLVrlUjN iSilKJ
POLITICS, SAYS SHAW
William Shaw, secretary-treasurer of
the general Christian Kni'eavor society.
F"dl '" -rheKi,
'? ,nformal r Ct "' '" "
stlan chares
d been glva
the Kl fso
Christian 1 'Iea or -o . ties. The re
ception lasted from 7 30 until S 30 a- &
Mr. Shaw spoke for more than aa hour
outlining the plan for trie iTpriationOi
iiretin at l.os .Ansrlo, in JuU il?
r -I 1 tK i cction tif eLnio-i lata
olui