Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-07-16
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besides the irere setting out of trees. The
members are pledged to guard ana protect
the trees on or in front OF their own prem
ises and 20 use their influence with their
heigheors to the same purpose. 1t H. a COM
mon sight In Brooklyn. now TO see a house
holder in the evening or the morning care
iuhy rclnoNlng the little white masses of
csss CT the tussock moth or yellow cater
pnai rom the Shade trees as well as from
= inc FENCES and window and other
places where they are deposited These
taterpilars are spinning their cocoons and
,ie.r cses Wall begin 10 hatch out about the
i"tn OF next month. 1 have observed sew
eral OF them here n Washington on the
shaoe trees, and it needs but little investi-
saticn 10 discover the eggs I'm profusion
There has been a system adopted nv the
Tree Planting Society of BroolSlvn which
promises 10 accomplish splendid results in
preventing the ravages OF the nest The
residents OF each block where members OF
the society reside unite for the Darpose OF
removing the cocoons and eggs from the
trees and fences over which tnev have su-
perVlsion- Ii is believed a persistent OBJ
s ,n., OF inns custom will lead to the
maj determination OF the oaterpillar
W eshingtcn has the finest shade trees IN
tne world, and should think that the pride
on its people would inspire them 70 take the
little trouble necessary to prevent The heau
~ OF their trees from being spoiled bv IN.
ugly ana voracious caterpillar"
inns u the llne OF year when parents
are oeepy considering the question of a
PROFESSION Tor their boys, who have finished
the academic course of education" said
Henry Randolph of Norfolk at Wormley's
yesterday. Since the wonderful advances
made in electricity and the elevation of a
F4Anowledse of its practical working TO the
height of profession has been accom-
Tlished hundreds of youths and especially
those or mechanical bent, are learning the
Sdbtleties of the business with various con-
Germs ana companies that apply its energies
/ IN Il commercial way. This, however does
not prevent the majority OF the youths from
ttlhs turned toward medicine and the law
he number of Young men who enter unon
the study OF the law, with each recurring
autumn, Is something tremendous and 10
the observer OF such things. frequently sug-
sests the possibility of there becoming more
lawyers than laborers in tine country pe fore
lrany years nave passed. IL is q peculiar
fact, however, that very small percentage
OF students WHO undertake TO MASTER the
law ever complete their intention A class
| or hundred or more will start out with
enthusiasm and pore over Blackstone with
intent eainestncss. When that same class
comes 20 graduate however, IL will pe found
10 have dwindle1 DOWN to twenty-five or
| thirty. OF these, probably one-half are en-
! tireiy satisfied with receiving their diplo-
mas cne-half or the remainder hang out
their shingles. AMI practice i'm a desuItory
sort OF a way for year or two and then
/ give UP, and the consequence is that the
enthusiastic class Of a hundred eventually
results IL about two or three lawyers who
stick to the profession and make a life
work out OF IT. 1t is pretty much the same
way, although the percentage of cutters 10
nothing like so great. in the classes OF med
| icsne."
| Many people are queer when n comes To
| giving directions TO be followed after they
| die, and the pcsthumous commands that
are now being followed cut by the heirs OF
cro,chety dear departed ones would make
a mighty curious book" said George b.
Metz Of Springfield. Ohio. at the Ebbitt
this morning. out in Greenmount GEM
etery, I'm Springfield. there is a vault which
has attracted much curiosity In the recent
past Built of brick. In the usual style OF
such affairs. 1t contains two peculiar collins
| CT iron. They rest upon stone supports The
gruesome feature of each is that IL WAS
! made 10 follow the lines Of the form IL con-
tafns. One is that of a man. and the other
OF young woman, and the contour Of each
| Is preserved in the rusty caskets. The
| larger coffin holds the weli-preseryed re-
mains or Morris Bell who mayor of
Springfield years before IL was Incorporated
| ana who was devoted TO his grandmother
Jane Feeling, whose body reposes by his
| side. Bell diel nearly fifty years ago and
! LETT Instructions that his erandiaughter
| Who was then a girl OF twelve wears OF are
| should be placed I'm a CONN and put by HIS
| side In the vault which he directed TO have
| built, and that the collins should remain
In this structure for one hundred year.
| Gefore being buried HIS granccaueh ter
| died few years later. So far this request
has been religiousiy observed, and there is
no doubt that IL viii continue 10 be so tn
~ is nnaliy fulfilled | have never seen
| the collins. but 1 have been creditably in
| Termed tina; both the body OF Bell and that
OF ms grandSaushter have become petrffied
and retain q wonderful semblance TO life
especially in the case Of the man"
| Cigarette smoking among women in this
| country has rapidly increased fn the last
few years" said b. F. Allen OF Albany At
the Arlington yesterday. When I was on
the road for the kimban Company some
years ago selling its cigarettes. many OF
our customers Entrusted me with the secret
Of the trade and bad few buyers In
New York city, especially In the drug trade.
who did not have regular feminine callers
for the short styles of smokes The fair
haDitaal users of tine weed arc not con-
fined by any means TO actresses or women
who have disregard for the proprietieS ]
knew OF a cigarette Cub in New YORK COM
Posed OF young women, who met at each
others houses for the purpose of INDUCING
in the delights OF surreptitious smoke
whose members were the very p.nks OF
pfopriety In every other way. anu whose
Parents would have mad enc 1t after an
other had they known OF what was Going
/ On.
1T is pretty well proven ply sical fact
| that person who begins smoking cigar
cites for tbs fun OF the thing becomes ad-
| d!cte1 to their use I'm ninety-ninc cases out
Of n hundred, or a percentage pretty near
ly as big anyhow. There are many women
VINO move in the best American circles who
are a. much ensiaVc1 By the cigarette habit
as the Veriest dude in existence. In Eng
land women in society do not hesitate TO
| even smoke cigarettes in public restaurants
or after luncheon at the races or other out
door entertainments. l was reading an &C.
count the other day Of who w3s ar
rested fer stealing a diamcad-studdei CIGAR
cite case belonging TO the young COuf, tess
OF Rosslyn. She had left the case <: the
| table % e fashionable restaurant. where
she had been TO luncheon, aud where she
had doubtless smoked after the meal. and
IL came out i'm the testimony that the case
had been presented TO her by no less per-
son than tie Princess of Wales. There was
no particular brand Of cigarettes made for
the fair sex when 1 was In the business
and do not know whether the trade has
become sufficiently large yet to allow Of a
| special variety being manufactured for
feminine smokers, but I do know that the
habit has many victims among women. and
that il IL increasing its hold upon them
every day. This does not. ] think, Indicate
any growing lack of wOrnanlineSe but only