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!T"7' SB aBBBaaBasBBBai BBS BaaaBl "flS Wm EUDIITdDlI ALS 6jP OPINIONS OF GREAT PAPERS ON IMPORTANT SUBJECTS The Snobt of Washington. MM RS. UOOSF.VELT'S effective rebuke to a part ot I Y Washington's offlcial society for snubbing one of 1 I her guests, who had been a saleswoman before be- 2 A coming the wife of an Influential government offl- clal, 1s disquieting chiefly because It proves that there are aJniost as many snobs In the national capital as there are In New York, Chicago or Boston. It Is generally conceded that the relation of the snobs to the population varies directly with the youth and size of the city. Of Washington we have long thought better things. Washing ton is an old city and a democratic one. It Is at Washing ton that there assemble the men who have made themselves, whose mental superiority over their fellow-men has been recognized by their fellow-citterns In being sent to the na tion's capital to represent them and to shape the nation's destlnU. Most ot those men have started the destiny shaping by selling papers or splitting fence-rails. We have rather plumed ourselves with the Idea that the prime quali flcaUons of Washington society were mental capacity and a clean record. We have never permitted ourselves to think that man who lias sufficiently won the confidence of his community or district to be chosen a government servant would go to Washington to suffer humiliation because his wife had once been forced to earn an honorable living with her own hands. To mi American It is not a pretty conceit. It might lie embarrassing to those same ladles who have seen fit to appoint themselves arbiter elcgantlum if n gen eral investigation of social qualifications wore made. The husbands of a great many of these ladles have not always been so prominent. In fact, many of those marriages were contracted when the husbands had no such lofty ambi tions, and the idea of securing a helpmate to decorate n Washington home was not seriously considered. That Is quite right. It Is the natural safeguard against fallacious aristocracy. But It Is an essential consideration for those wives of Congressmen and Senators who feel themselves qualified to suggest etiquette and social distinctions to Mrs. Theodore Bo wcvclt. Detroit Journal. How to Become Rith. AN analysis of the large fortunes which on account of death have changed hands during the yeur shows that no fewer than 20t of these estates were valued at over 1iki,(hk) each. Among them there figure the 2.!W0,M) of Karl Fitzwllliain; the LSOO,ooo of Mr. Vngliano, whose great lawsuit with (he Bank of England remains one of the mont famous of financial cases; and the 2,000,000 of Mr. Sutton, of the well known firm of car riers. A further analysis of these two hundred odd fortunes disclose this Instructive fact that the great majority of them have been created during the life of their owners, and created not by speculation nor by any sudden chance of fortune, but by deliberate and unremitting hard work. It Is clear that "I logged docs it" in the small and exclusive world of money Just as In the ordinary world at large. But still more instructive Is this further fact which is reveaW-d by our analysis that these men. who have worked so hard and succeeded so signally, have also lived a long life. Of the great fortunes of the year-amounting to some ffjH.OOO.O'X' in all -the average age of their owners at death Is proved to have been seventy-three years, and no fewer than 25 p-r cent of them had passed the age of four-score. The moral is obvious. By dint of sheer Industry, shrewd lyji'jpllwi, it Is not only possible for a man to amass great wealth; but the activity and self-control which such an aim demands of the ablest of us react so favorably on the health or both body and mind that they also assure the happy gift of a long life. London Iaily Mall. 4 Da Not Talk Too Much. BLUNTNF.SS of speec h, directness of action, strict In sistence on one's right" end disdain of diplomatic, roundabout methods of dealing with men and af fairs ate meritorious In n way, but the shortest road Is not always the easiest and a little diplomacy will save much trouble In many eases. One can be diplomatic, too, without lying or doing anything that need worry the strictest conscience. The first and hardest rule of diplomacy In large affairs and small, in public and private life, Is Do not talk too much. Some Instinct In the majority of people Impels them to tell all they know, and, sometimes, a little more. Pit a talker against a man that can keep his own counsel in any affair of business or intrigue, and It Is strange If the talker does not get the worst of the matter. He puts his oppo HIS TEST OF THE ARTIST. Would-lie I'urchaser Made Hugses thin Concerning a I'alntlnif. There Is perhaps a lesson of some sort for young artists in the story told by Frederick Kost, the landscape and murine painter, of the days when he was Just starting. It was at a time when tilings were not prospering as he could have wished -when, In fact, the artist was pretty hard up that a man weurlug a great fur-lined over coat knocked at the door of his studio. Tim Htninger was evidently a West erner, and a man of wealth. "Vlr. Kost," ho said, "I have seen pictures of yours at different exhibi tions, and I think I would like to own one." Tlii'U bit nodded approvingly at a landscape on Hie easel, and said: "That U oxcei dlngly nice. But," he added after a pause, "might 1 make a suggestion?" "Certainly." said Mr. Kost. "Go ahead." "Well," nald the would be purchaser, "I think the sky might he chnugud with advantage," and ho started In to explain the alteration which he thought would Improve the painting. Mr. Kost did not agree with him, but as ho wished to sell the picture ho said he would consider the matter. And Hie stranger went away, prom ising to cull In a few days. Mr. Kost went lo work to change t!i" shy, against his own Judgment, to ult the stranger. He ended by chang ing the on! Ire picture to suit Hie sky. In fact, from a landscape, It grew Into u murlue. The stranger never t iinied tip, and the artist cursed his folly In having acted contrary to com mon sense to please an Ignorant per son, and m spoiled one of his beat effort, the result of several months of work. About a year Inter a knock took Mr. Kost to his door again, and there stood (he stranger In the fur lined overcoat. OURTEST In ing market, a rising sales and orders for Being asked In, he took a seat before the easel and nodded approvingly ai a picture that happened to be there. "I like that like It very much," he said thoughtfully. Then, after a pause "but may I make a suggestion?" Mr. Kost was not so angry with the man as annoyed at the recollection of his own foolishness. He looked square ly at his visitor. "Co to the devil with your sugges tlon," he replied. "What's that?" exclaimed the stran ger. Mr. Kost repeated his Invitation. For a moment the other colored. Then he smiled quietly. "Well, Mr. Kost," he replied, "I may lake that trip some day; but not Just yet. In the mean time, 1 think I will buy that picture of yours." Afier a pause he continued. "I would have bought the palnllng you showed ine lnt year, Mr. Kost, but when I buy a picture I want It to be one with which the artist Is perfectly satisfied, which he considers a sample of his best work. When you consent ed to change the other picture, I con eluded that you were not sure of It yourself. But I guess If you think enough of this one, to ask a man to go to the devil because he wished to make a suggestion concerning It, It Is the stuff I want." And the picture was sold according ly. New York Tribune. KEEPING OUT DISEASE. Work nf Public Health Service In Pre vent lilu Spread nf l.il Iriulc . No government undertaking more distinctly reveals the compactness of the world today than that of the Public Health and Murine Hospital Hervlc which In tinder the control of the Treasury Department, Mo far as epidemic diseases are concerned, It linger Is on the pulse of every niitlou; Iti bulletins each week report the num Iter of dvathr 'mr tUi grvat contag c nent In possession of all ho knows and gets nothing in ex change. The talker proceeds In the dark while the silent man finds bis way made clear. The talker Is forever mak ing trouble for himself and others. He cannot keep a secret and he seldom can tell the exact truth. - But the habit of keeping one's counsel la sometimes carried to ridiculous extremes. There are men so reticent that they will not tell anything at all and will give an evasive reply if one asks them the time of day. Men of this class think themselves sly. whereas In reality they are mere fools. There Is a time to speak as well as a time to hold one'i peace. San Francisco Bulletin. Courtesy in Business. business hag been called the "oil oi the wheels of worldly progress" and "an air cushion with apparently nothing In It, that yet eases the heavy Jolts of trade." But It Is more than these. It Is a positive virtue the most democratic of all vlr tues in that it recognizes all Individualities and pays all Just claims. By its consummate considerateness it in fringes upon no one's rights and lessens no one's advan tage. It Is often a form of self-suppression In action as well as an expression of universal and Individual sympathy. It loosens the burdens of life, soothes anger, and often coun teracts and does away with misunderstandings. Courtesy Is (he outward expression of the most essential sentiments of the Inner, truer man. When these outward expressions cease the inner sentiment? themselves are weakened and lose their delicacy and energy, and so we may say that the foundations of courtesy are based upon the universal needs of humanity Itself. New York Daily News. The Spnn of I ife. T seems that we were all wrong about the hurtful auc life-shortening effect of American "hustle." Our na tional motto may be said to have been "A short life, but a strenuous one." We were willing, as a people, to have the span shortened a little if only we could have some thing worth while, something active and effective, going on all the time. But It seems, according to the latest bulletin of the Census Bureau, that the fast life is also the long one. Our "median age" that Is, the age which Is such that half 'the population Is under It and half over It is more than seven years greater than It was a century ago, and increases from decade to decade. Wc are surpassing easy going foreign countries in this respect; we are surpassing even the loose-Jointed, indolent, beautifully relaxed, never worrying African In our midst; for whereas the median age of our American whites is 2:!.4 years, Hint of the devil-may-care colored person Is but IS..'!. Lately much confu sion lias arisen in the minds of many Americans over the statement that by certain eminent neurologists that It Is next to Impossible for a man to "overwork," provided his bodily functions are kept in good order by temperate and wholesome living. Other physicians, to be sure, tell ug that hurry and worry spell death. We had accepted the latter Judgment, with the qualifying n (lection that no mat ter what science tells us. It: always seems to have "an other think coming." This census bulletin which links the long life with the fast one appears to be the other "think." Harper's Weekly. High Prices. T Is significant that In some quarters there are begin ning to be arguments made to show that high prices, being a sign of public prosperity, are good for the peo ple. If this remark were so amended as to read that high prices are good for some of the people. It would be correct. They are undoubtedly good for a considerable por tion of the people. Included in those arc the people in active business who find Ihcnisclvi !!!x goods on a ris market g rally Implying abundant goods to he made. Kich people who own property also find it Increased in value. There are others, however, who arc less fortunate. They are the men and women of fixed Incomes, who are compelled to pay Increased prices for what they purchase without addition to their money resources for purchasing. There Is a much larger class in those whose fixed Income comes from their labor. These are worse off, us they find the cost of what they eat and consume In the other necessaries of life aa beef and coal and milk and butter, for Instance Increased without a corresponding addition to their wages. There can be no equable Increase In prices unless the prices paid for labor are a part of It. Boston Herald. ious and infectious maladies In every city of prominence under the sun. Formerly a raging epidemic In a for eign, country had little effect here, be yond bringing out expressions of sym pathy, and In extreme cases, perhaps, some material aid. Now, when a mis sionary In Canton discovers a case of cholera, ho reports It to Hongkong. Tin American consul there, under sys- etnntlc Instructions, cables the fact to Washington, nnd also passes the word along to his associates on the Asiatic coast. Washington promptly notifies by wire every quarantine off! cer on the I'aelllc const of the United States, and informs Honolulu by the next steamer. To be forewarned is to be forearmed, even when the weapon are disinfectants nnd germicides. One case of yellow fever anywhere In Cuba Is now regarded as of sufll clent Importance to be reported by cable. The mere rumor of an out break of the plague In an Inaccessible corner of the Orient usually results In an order to tin; nearest consul to make an In vest Iga' Ion. In severe epidem ics our medical exports are often sent to the scene (o study the bacteriolog ical detclopmeiits of the disease. Such tin expert returning from Vera Cruz a few months ago, where he hnd been studying yellow f'er, was mopped on the boundary line, curiously enough, by an liispcctli ? officer of the same service. i Most of the dread diseases ngalnst which Hie quarantine Is directed are Importations. To keep them out on long const lines, with the tide of Immi gration constantly pouring In, Is a large one. Although no devices In (ire perfect protection, the number of cases which now get through the quarantine mesh Is proportionately very small. Youtha Companion. After a man Is 50, you can fool him by saying he Is smart; but you can't fool him by laying h Is pretty, or awetrt t SUPPOSE WE SMILE. HUMOROUS PARAGRAPHS FROM THE COMIC PAPERS. Pleasant Xncidenta Occurring; the World Over Hayings that Are Cheer ful to Old or young Funny Selec tions that Everybody Will Knjoy. First Chappie (Just from abroad) This is the last time I shall cross In December. Second Chappie Was It very rough? FJ"st Cliiilipii'r-Not iml.y that, but -we were obliged to contend with those beastly "trade winds." Take It All. "Will you accept the conditions of the will, madam?" "Did he insist upon my not marrylu' again?" "There Is no such clause in the docu ment, madam." "Very well. I'll accept everything else."--Cleveland I'laln Dealer. Economical. Algic's I'a Wa'al, son, I like yer gal all right, but say, I dunno 'bout thet low-neck dress she wnz wearin'. Looked scau'lous scant ter me. Algie Why, that's a good sign, pop! Shows she doesn't care much for dress, you know. Firwt Attempt. Coroner Do you believe the deceased died a natural death? Witness How should I know. I nev er saw him die before. KnctH in the Cane. Mrs. Waggs I understand that drinking is one of your husband's fail ings. Mrs. Jaggs You have been misin formed. It is his most pronounced suc cess. Chicago News. How It Mny He Done. She was inclined to be sentimental He was nothing If not practical. "Would that you could tell me how to mend a broken heart," she said. "I have known of cases where it has been done by splicing." lie replied. That was the remedy tried In this case. New York Times. A Mighty Had One. Wantanno So you grew discouraged about your poem and sold it for a song, did you? Duscno No, the publisher said It wasn't even fit for that. Baltimore American. Great Luck. Hicks You see, he got an Idea that one of Capt. Kidd's famous treasures w.".h burled !:; a certain uenolaie spot In Carbon County, so he started dig ging for It. Wicks And you don't mean to say he found It? I licks Better still; he found coal. Catholic Standard and Times. Just Makes It. "She borrows everything she can think of." "Oh. no; she never borrows trouble. Philadelphia Bulletin. Out of Her Range. Mrs. Buckwheat Don't ye think Sarah's voice Is fine? Farmer Buckwheat Wall, I'd like It f she didn't try ter take In so much territory. Long- Kelt Want. "I see by the papers," said Singleton, 'Hint some genius has Invented a sclf tiicklng sailing craft." "Indeed!" exclaimed Wederly, a far away look In his eyes. "I wonder If the tiinii Is capable of Inventing a self iicking carpel?" One Thlnii Lacking. Maude Which one would you rather e rich or handsome? Clara Well, I'd like to be rich also. Chicago News. Mmiliir but I flcrent. Brown-Hollo, Jones! You don't mi'.'tit to say this Is really you? Jones It certainly Is. Brown-Why, I thought you were lead. .loiios No; never was dead. Brown - Say, are you sure of that? Join s - Of course 1 am. Brown-Well, I read something In lie paper some time ago about your ittcrul. Jones -Oh, no. You probably read I it m t my marriage. II own Perhaps that was It. I know ,;, was soincthliij, ud. Huaiuess Enterprise. Customer What's the price of sau sages? Butcher Den cends a bound, al ready. ' Customer Indeed! Why, you aBked 15 cents this morning. Butcher Ya w, Dot vos wen I had some py nie yet. Now wen I don'd von got none I sell deru for den. Customer I fail to see the point. Butcher Vy, dot makes for me von rubedation for eheab brlces and I don'd lose me uoddings, aln'd It? An Explanation. Miss Young It seems rather queer that mlulsu-fs should marry so many couples here on earth If there Is no marrying In heaven. Mr. Oldbach Oh, the ministers evl- dently know their business. After the victims have been married about six months they begin to long for the other world. Kips It Up. Mrs. Ascum Does Miss Nexdore own that piano or does she rent It? Mrs. Peppery Usually she rends it Catholic Standard and Times. Wanted to Reciprocate. His Pop Bobby, I merely punish you to show my love for you, my boy, nouny n i was oniy Bigger, pop, I'd return your love. Friendly Criticism. Biggs I hear Grundy is married. Have you met his wife? Dlggs Yes. Biggs Is she handsome? Dlggs I don't care to express an opinion on the subject, but If it was a love match then I am convinced that love Is blind. Caustic Comment. Landlady I think I'll drop In at the , , - '" ''" '- " ui uuic, inaoam. Landlady Why do you think so? r 11,1 1, 14- ...III V. tmr..,tT,l- .,v., ,t , ue ii..m-o find any cheaper kinds of food than you are giving us now. II is Kcnson. "Why," pleaded the prisoner, disre garding nil rules of the court, "do you erat persist in doubting my statements?" HOW IvTRS "Because," replied the court In equal disregard of the rules aforesaid, "if I were guilty of the deed of which I be lieve yon to be I should lie like the mis chief." Baltimore American. Easy Job. Bill Got a new Job, hey? Wot do yer do? The Kid Gee, nothin' much. 'Bout all dere Is ter do is ter keep out of de linuu" wtty! Cheerinu. "I low does our new cook like the place?" "Oh," answered young Mrs. Torkins, "I heard her telling the girl next door that she'd liked the place very much, but she didn't care for the people. She said she was going to do her best to make us move away, In the hope that somebody else would rent the house." Washington Star. A Youne Hero. Mother Why, Willie, you have been fighting again. Willie Yes, mother, but I was trying to protect a good little boy from being thrashed by a bad boy. Mother Well, that excuses you somewhat. Who was the good little boy you were protecting? Willie It was myself. New York Times. Cynic at Work, The concierge of a very badly kept house In Paris hung up at the foot of the stairs a card inscribed as follows: "Please wipe your feet on the mat." A wag wrote underneath: "As yoq come out." TIt-Ull3, Insinuating. Miss Olde Does It take nerve to pro pose to a girl? Jack Well, to some girls It docs. Theological Tenderness. Mrs. Bacon My husband thinks a man can't feel at homo unless he is smoking. Mrs. Kgbert That Is why he thinks he will feel at home In the next world, I suppose. Yonkers Statesman. Her Odd Veurs. "Madge says she Is twenty odd years old." "That makes hr more than forty." "How do you make that out?" "Count the even years, too." New ark News. The Htlngicst Man. "I think the most penurious man I f'ver knew," remarked the man In tho mackintosh, "was old Hewligus. He smoked his cigars (o the last half Inch chewed the stumps and used the ashef for snuff. But he wasn't satisfied evet then, and gave up the luibll." "What for?" r big Adam's ap "He couldn't Ize the smoke, In i ed the man with ti of any way to u ilcngo Tribune. uainss. He So your bn;her Is a florist? She Well, jit He takes care of , electric light pi ..nl Pittsburg Quetb n i JEWS IN AMERICAN WARS. ilany Bhininic Instancea of Tfcatr Patriotism. "What Have the American Jew Done for America? What Should l'hey Do?" was the subject of an ad- Jress 17 Uabbl Leou Harrison beforo 'lie People's Synagogue in the Social Settlement Building on Friday evening. He said in part: "In the war of too revolution, though there were prob bly not 3.000 Jews In the country, 27 Jewish officers fought for our Inde pendence. Manuel Mordecal Naoh was i staff officer of George Washington, md gave to the government 20,000 I may mention the generous servlc -of jjgyUe Soloman, the friend of Mad- ison, Randolph and Robert Morris, who loaned $300,000 to the government , that was never returned, and In many other ways helped his country In dire need. I will simply mention that In the war of 1812 Jewish brigadier gen erals, colonels and captains abounded. In the Mexican war the same Is true. The list of Jews distinguished In the regular army and uavy of the United States is disproportionately large. Commodore Uriah Bevy, the highest naval ranking officer up to the civil war, abolished corporal punishment. I have in my hand a partial list of r 00() Jewish Amerjcans who fought in the civil war, among them being sixteen Union and twenty-four Con federate staff officers. Their record Is distinguished by eminent valor and numerous awards of medals by Con gress. The old warriors from th South recall Judah P. Benjamin, the brilliant Secretary of State for the Uo"''Tacy. May I ineuttoD among many shining Instances in North Caro lina six Jewish brothers took the field; In South Carolina five brothers, and likfnvi(il I federates and one Union. There is an imdanee of fourteen Jewish families sending fifty-three men into battle. In the present regular army and navy. 1 n from Commander Marix down, dozens of Jewish 0,ipprs evi(1(,noe tliat tl are descendants of the Maccabees. Twelve Jewish sailors went down with the Maine." St. Louis Globc-Demo- TRUMBULL HELPED. Her Activity Gave Her Husband Had Half-Hour, However. When Mr. Trumbull was a candidate for the office of Mayor he had many strange experiences, not all of them pleasant. From his political opponents he naturally expected some hard knocks, but he was not prepared for the severe blow which his faithful and well-meaning wife dealt him. "I'm getting used to unpleasant things," he said, one night at dinner, "but I must say I've had a blow to day. I really Haltered myself I was popular in this district, even with the raginufhns over on Sea street." "And so you are," interrupted Mra. Trumbull. "No," said her husband, "that bubble was pricked to-day. I find that the two posters on the old Iliggins fence that announce me as a candidate have been almost torn off, evidently by sticks and knives, and the face on 1 e!lcl1 poster lias been almost obliterat ed. I felt unite depressed when I saw it on my way home." "You needn't," said Mrs. Trumbull, with rising color, "for I did ail that work with my umbrella and a hat pin." "You!" exclaimed her husband. "Yes, Henry Trumbull, I did It, and I should do the same thing again If I had the chance. There was nobody in sight as I came by there, and when I saw those dreadful pictures, not really like you at all, nnd with that hldeoua turn-down collar that you never onght to wear. It's so unbecoming, I just couldn't bear It! "I took and looked at them a minute, and then I went right to work. And; the next time you run for any office, you send the men that make the pos ters to me, and I will let them have tha negative of one of your good photo graphs with your glasses oj so the lit tle scowl between your eyes doesn't show, nnd a high collar. Then they'll be fit to put on Hlgglns' fence or any where else." Youth's Companion. THE ORIGINAL JOHN BULL. It Is not every one who knows that there really was a John BulL This gentleman was a musical doctor and. some of his biogra phers declare, also a medical doctor. Be that as it may, he is the man who wrote the music of the British nation al anthem, "God Save Hie King," the words of which were supplied by Ben Jonson. The anthem was originally sung June 10, bii.", to commemorate the escape of James I. from the gunpowder plot. The portrait of Dr. J hn Bull, herewith reproduced from a recently resurrected volume published In 1S22, seems to hi ll lent e that the original r-as In person al appearance not In the least degree like the familiar caricatures of hrm self. New Telephone Invention. A French Inventor has cominnnkted In the Academic des Sciences a proc ess by which, he asserts, the feature of a person lelephonlng can be m veyed through dm Instrument to th person Willi whom he Is in commwnl cntlon. Dangerous Hhonla. Three hundred and fifteen sbflta la various parts nf the world wm de clared dangerous to navigation teat year by British admiralty aarTfjratm,