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keener pleasure than when, with the
ball tucked tightly under his arm, he
dashed from side to side through the
whole array of them.
The Cascade boys had arranged to go
in body to the final game at Wilton,
but practical joke which they played
on the senior monitor upset their plans.
AS a punishment for the breach of dis
cipline they were required to stay at
home and put in an extra hour at drill.
Not even the football substitutes were
allowed to go, and the Cascade contin-
gent had to look on in gloomy silence
while their eleven champions drove
away to do battle without the help OF
their lusty cheers.
When he went home on Friday night
Stubby Fields was as gloomy as any of
his mates, though he was not included
in their punishment He would have
given anything, at the very least his
prospect of new winter suit, to see
the game with Wilton. But he knew
that he was expected to help with the
potato digging on the following day. SO
he resolutcly choked down his wishes
and the tears they brought with them
and said nothing about it. 1t seemed
to him as though some good angel had
interfered in his behalf when his faith
er said, after supper:
Il sold a COW in Wilton to-day. an6
somebody will have to lead her dowr
there tomorrow morning. If you want
to you can do it, Edward" (Stubby
! had been baptized as Edward. though
he sometimes forgot that fact himself.)
TT will take up most of the day, and
| if you can manage to see that football!
game, too you might as we'll do it,"
Before daylight Stubby was on his
way, accompanied by fat red COW
that refused to go more than three
! miles an hour in spite of the boys ur-
/ gent applications of the end of his lead
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vides about 260 pounds Of good beef
per day. That is enough to support
sixty-five families of six each for the
same length of time. Mr.. Lion prefers
a good, juicy bone from the upper part
of isis Cows" spine, and when he gets
through with it he let's the baby lions
sharpen their teeth and play hunt
little-boys" with what remains.
The big hippopotami, with their mon
strous baby, don't cost much except for
the hay they eat, and the trouble the
keeper has to give them a make-believe
river Nile from which to MUNICH what
they probably regard as a poor substi-
tute for the rushes on the banks Of the
azure river. They like apple and all
sorts Of vegetables, but they don't get
them very often, because it takes too
much to make bite for their gigantic
jaws and they seem to thrive very well
without dainties.
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noted this month of weddings.
A brides travelling dress is one Of
the most important items of her trous-
seau. A fashionable dressmaker has
described to me two or three for which
she has been responsible lately One
of these consisted of a mauve cloth
skirt with Russian blouse of Lyons
velvet of the same shade. This was
lined with white satin and bordered
with Russian sables, which costly fur
was used also for the large collar and
revers With this costume went
mauve velvet toque, sable trimmed.
A second outfit was dark green cloth
dress with Russian bodice of green
velvet and crimson tartan silk; vest Of
white cloth, gold embroidered, and
cloak of green velvet, sable trimmed.
third bride started for the South in
blue cloth, trimmed with silver and
chinchilla, and fourth took train in
grey cloth, trimmed with chinchilla and
cerise velvet. This costume included
a chinchilla cape and muff, both
trimmed with old lace, and a cerise vel
vet hat, arranged with black lace and
feathers.
| At a quiet home wedding on Staten
Island the bride, pretty blonde, was
married in her travelling dress, of
chestnut brown cloth, bordered with
sable. The bodice had a pouch Of
cream satin. The skirt was braided in
brown and gold. A brown cloth cape
belonged to this costume; it was lined
with fur and trimmed with sable tails
A brown velvet hat was worn, with
paradise bird and a handsome paste
buckle for ornament
! trousseau of notable richness in
preparation for a wedding yet to come
includes an exquisite evening gown Of
white satin, cut after a graceful prin-
cess model, and bordered at the hem
with wide insertion of old Venetian
point lace set between two tiny ruffles
J of chiffon. On the left side Of the skirt
is a panel of the same lace ending un-
der white satin bow The bodice is
veiled with chiffon and trimmed over
one shoulder with a garniture Of
ragged pink chrysanthemums, an end
of which hangs nearly to the floor The
| low bodice in square-cut. A loop Of
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BUTT OF THE SCHOOL
BECAME ITS HERO
How "Stubby" Fields Saved the Day on the
GridirOn and Carried an EleCtiOn===
A Thanksgiving Episode.

Cascade School was all agcg over the
Thanksgiving tableaux. There was g
minor chord of excitement among the
boys who were to become. for the even
Ing, Washingtons or Napoleons or
Polish martyrs; but the great interest
centered in the election of Master Of
Ceremonies for the entertainment. This
was post of great honor and respon-
sibility, and it usually fell to the mos.
popular boy in school, since it was de-
cided by an election in which every stu
dent had a vote. This year there We're
two very evenly matched candidates,
and the election promised to be very
close. 1t was, in fact. a hard matter
for the Cascade boys to decide between
them. Phil Morton was the captain OF
the football team. thoroughly good
fellow admired by every boy in school,
On the other hand. Harry Coward was
the Colonel of the school regiment, and
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loved to play football If only he had
had time. But the farm was large and
there was work for every one, including
Stubby; so every afternoon, when
school was over and the other boys
started for the athletic field, Stubby
had to hurry away to his daily chores.
But all the way along his two-mile
tramp, his mind was busy with rush.
line formations and new schemes of in
terference. After the work at home was
done he often lined up his five brothers
and the hired man into one team.
while he himself, as the opposing
eleven, tried to break through or dodge
past them, carrying an old rubber ball
which he had managed to pick up.
Stubby was scarcely of athletic build,
and his attacks on the sturdy home
made rush line were always futile. But
he had one accomplishment which was
valuable. and often enabled him to
score touchdowns in these one-sided
contests. He could run like deer and
dodge like . cat. and he never felt a
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ing rope. He had hoped to reach the
town before his schoolmates, but he
was unfortunate, for just as he was
turning down a side street and rejoic-
ing at his escape, a coach swept past
with all the Cascade football team on
top. Stubby turned away his head, but
not in time to avoid recognition. There
was a chorus of "Hellos! and then
some jeering remarks addressed joint
ly to Stubby and his four-footed COM
panion. Captain Phil quickly silenced
the testers, and the coach ratified on.
but the sting of the bantering words
remained behind, and Stubby's cheeks
were still burning with shame and
anger when he turned out oe the ward
where he had finally got rid of the
COW.
His first impulse was to turn back
without waiting to see the game: but
his loyalty to Cascade soon banished
this feeling, and he made up his mind
that the team should have one man to
cheer for them as long as his breath
held out.
The game was an exciting one. and
Stubby was never in his seat except
when those about him pulled him down.
Every time the Wilton players made a
gain the air rang with cheer on cheer
from the crowd, while only Stubby's
shrill voice rewarded the efforts of
Cascade. He shouted most Justify but
soon his voice was too hoarse to make
J itself heard through the din around
him except by an occasional spasmodic
| effort.
! Gradually Stubby's cheerful face
clouded. for the game was going
! against Cascade. Her players were
more skillful than their opponents. but
the Wilton men were too heavy for
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1t is hard to imagine what the poor
Gagged beasts have to be thankful for.
Imprisoned as they are for life, and
usually not a very long life at that.
But animals are sometimes more sensi-
BILE than people, and when they find
they cannot improve matters they set
tie down and make themselves as COM
Portable as possible under the circum-
stances.
At the Metropolitan "Zoo," in New
York, the monkeys seem to take life
the most comfortably of any of the ami
mails. They do not pace up and down
and look savage and miserable like
"Br'er Wolf" and 'Br'er Bear" in the
cages outside. Their lot Is. perhaps, a
little happier than that of the other
animals. because they receive better
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raw meat along with the hyena, the
prairie-wolf, and other carniverous AMI
mails; but they look so unhappy that
I'm sure it will be hard for them to
muster much feeling of thankfulness
on mans day Of expressing gratitude.
The Japanese pheasants look as II
they might have just stepped down
from some paper fan or parasol. They
are beautiful birds, with gorgeous red
and orange plumage and long, trailing
brown tail feathers, and they are
shaped like slender chicken with slim
neck and long bill. These birds eat
grain like our own chickens. They
seem quite happy and contented in
their new home, but the scene hardly
seems complete without some double
twisted Jap or other turning somer-
saults in the background.
ANNIE LAURIE WOODS.
Copyright, 1897, by Bacheller Syndicate.
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same apartment There are only a few
ant-eaters and opossums and the like,
but we have about two dozen monkeys.
The ant-eaters get a little meat to
make up for the ants that they don't
get. but the monkeys never eat any
meat. In the morning 1 give them
bread and milk, and they have to eat
it or they don't get anything else.
Then, about one o'clock, they get
boiled potatoes"
DO you peel the potatoes?"
mot bit of it! They peel 'em them
selves. You ought to see how neatly
they do it, A monkey won't even eat
apple skin. He pulls it off with his
teeth and fingers as clean as you can
do 1t with a fruit knife. The potatoes
are hot when l bring them in, and
sometimes one Of the little fellows
burns his fingers when I haven't let
them get quite cool enough, but he
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pink velvet for the hair and pink os.
trich feather fan are provided.
One of the handsomest costumes
designed for the horse show was OF
gold brocade, with leaf green chiffon
bodice drapings, and sash caught with
big steel buckle. Greyish-blue bro
cade arranged with ecru lace draperies
was another successful combination.
Among the dresses worn by day
light, velvet was popular to remark
able degree. Green, brown and blue
seemed to be the favorite colors, and
ribbed velvet and plain were equally
desirable. Skirts were much trimmed.
incrustations of lace appearing every.
where, ELLEN OSBORN.
Copyright, 1897, by Bachelor Syndicate.
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THANKS GIVING

care and more attention from keepers
as well as visitors. They are such curl
GUS little fellows and look so comically
like folks that they attract notice from
everybody. 1t is very difficult for the
keepers to prevent visitors from feed
ing them, yet 1t Is necessary, for the
monkey Is the worst kind of dyspeptic
when he gets something that disagrees
with him. Peanuts are very bad for
his digestion; and, contrary to the gen.
eral impression, he doesn't seem to care
much for cocoanut. The keeper, who
knows more about monkeys than most
naturalsts, says that the best things
to feed a monkey are plenty Of fruit
and bread. Apples" he says, "are the
best food they can eat, and we give
them all they want. They get about q
half bushel of good, sweet apples a day
that is, the monkeys and some of the
other animals that are kept in the
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and was made with a pointed chemi-
settle of white mousseline de sole; this
was embroidered in silver and crystal,
and edged with a wide frill of old lace,
caught up on the left shoulder with
orange blossoms. The neck was fin
ished with little band of mousseline
de sole and flaring collar behind. The
waist belt was embroidered like the
chemisette, and came to high point
on the left side. A satin train fell from
the hips and was caught with ribbon
bows.
The brides glinting red-gold hair
was arranged with a small coronet Of
orange blossoms, from which hung the
lace veil.
The six bridesmaids wore high prin-
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"Oh!' said little girl who had come
with her papa to see the animals,
don't you think that must be an aw-
fully heavy thing for him to carry
around on his nose?"
She was looking at the rhinoceros
munching hay beside the elephant, who
was doing the same thing, but in a
rdicuiously dainty manner for sucn a
big, ungainly animal. He fuh:e'es
around until he finds the kind that
suits him, then rolls it round and round
until he thinks it will fit his mouth,
and with one wave of his trunk to the
left and down again the morsel has dis
appeared in his mouth.
An ostrich, we are told, will eat any
thing from glass bottles to his own
feathers, but he likes corn best, and
that is the dainty that will constitute
his Thanksgiving dinner.
Eagles, being birds of prey, receive
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football as in the amateur theatricals,
so well supplied with money as were
those of the other boys, and he kept
apart from them as much as possible
He smiled sardonically to himself at
the advances of the rival candidates,
and thought of the distant mods with
which they usually greeted him. He
had made up his mind to vote for Phil,
but he gave no encouragement to either
aspirant.
OF course the Thanksgiving contest
did not dwarf the interest in football!
The Cascade eleven had been success
full all the season, and on the Saturday
before Thanksgiving day they were to
have a great final struggle with the
boys of Wilton School. which was sit
uated in a larger town twenty miles
down the river.
but his interest in the subject was con-
siderabfy greater. Stubby would have
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white satin, with chemisette and
sleeves Of white chiffon, and train Of
white brocade, lined with pale yellow.
The tint in this case, however was not
exactly for the brides own benefit, but
was arranged to harmonize with the
bridesmaids dresses, which were of
yellow silk, yelled with white muslin.
Regard to the effect of the bridal
party as group is making the gown
ing Of the bridesmaids in white more
and more usual. Yellow brocade, with
white chiffon. Chartreuse green with
white chiffon, cerise chiffon yelled with
white, pale blue poplin with ruffles of
chiffon, and silver grey brocade with
enrichments Of pale pink chiffon are
other combinations that have been
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-13
An UnfiD ished Inquiry.

What has become of the inquiry recently
started by the Commissioners into the
speed of trains on the Metropolitan rail-
road line? Steps were taken to ascertain
just how well grounded was the general
suspicion that the police regulation as to
the speed of street cars was being violated
daily and hourly on at least one branch of
ills road The bicycle policemen were used
TO pace the trains and their preliminary
reports indicated that the regulation was
smashed into smithereens by practically
every motor that was run over the Ninth
street line. The Star called attention to
the wisdom of pursuing this investigation,
showing that the regulation should either
be enforced or annuiled, and declaring that
the public safety would not permit it's alb
rogation. 1t was expected that steps would
soon be taken to ensure some degree of
respect for the rules as they stood But
the matter has apparently been allowed to
drop. the motors are being run at the usual
speeds. far beyond the legal rates, and the
danger of disaster is as great as ever.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-13

The settlement of the great coal strike,
II affected western Pennsylvania, Ohio,
Indiana and West Virginia, is an event
upon which the whole country Is to be con-
graduated. There Is territory yet to be
reached by the counsels of peace but that
all this will be reached. in good time is
quite reasonably to be expected. Now that
an understanding exists over so large a
portion of the section originally involved
the control of the whole section under
terms satisfactory for the present to both
the miners and the mine operators, ought
not 10 be. and probably will not be, very
long delayed.
The whole country Is to be congratulated
upon the result because, in one way or
another. the whole country was interested
and had been watching developments. No
contest anywhere between capital and la
Dor is without its Importance in this coun-
try. Such contests are always to be de-
plored. and their satisfactory settlement
always to be hailed as a triumph for good
government. In this particular contest
labor has Won. The miners do not get the
top hgure-69 cents-for which they struck,
but starting at 60 cents they have pushed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-13
A Wise decentralization.

Saturdays proceedings at Columbus,
Chic where representatives of the striking
bituminous coal miners were IN session,
afford an instructive object lesson bearing
upon the general subject of strikes. Early
in the afternoon the wires announced that
the miners had voted to reject the 65-cent
compromise rate offered by the operators.
This appeared to be a positive and final
declaration in favor of a continuance OF
the strike until the full claims OF the
miners had been secured, and The Star gave
expression to the hope that wiser coun-
sells would prevail and that ultimately
some compromise agreement would be
reached, to avert further trouble. After
this action had been taken a recess was
had, it appears. and during the interval
before the later meeting at o'clock the
advocates of settlement went to work with
determination. They showed the miners
that the rejection of the compromise would
mean a prolongation of the struggle, more
suffering on the part OF the wives and
families. the chance of rioting and perhaps
bloodshed. without any assurance that in
the end the strikers would secure even so
favorable rate as 60 cents per ton. I'm
questionably the Hazleton tragedy had a
bearing upon the situation. The fight in
the Hobbies was hot until the time came for
resumption OF the sessions and when the
miners got together once more their spirit
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-13
MIR. Low and the Presidency.

The political situation in Greater New
York is very much mixed and admits of a
variety of speculation, but the height of
absurdity seems to have been reached in
the suggestion that if Seth Low is NOM
mated and elected mayor he will find his
way 10 the White House in 1900. To make
such a thing possible, II must first be
sumed that both political parties have be-
fore that time gone to pieces, and that
radically new alignments are in progress
all around.
How stands the case today? The democ-
racy is for free coinage of silver at 16 to
l. for an income tax. and for some change
in the line of restriction of the powers of
the general government. 1t may adopt
other issues between now and 1900. but it
is almost certain Lot to drop any one of
the three named. How would it be pos
, sible. therefore. for Mr.. Low to lead the
democracy in that fight? No man in the
country. either by record. environment, or
conviction, would be more ineligible If
MIR. Bryan is not the leader again, some
man OF his school and purpose is certain
10 be.
The republicans, for their part would
stand by their record They will properly
ard necessarily be judged by that. They
are in power. are executing their policies
and will stand or fall by the result as it
appears three years hence. If success has
been achieved they will have little troll
bic in securing an Endorsement at the
polls II failure stands all but confessed.
they must still make the fight. In either
event Mr.. Mckinley If he lives will be tha
candidate. In the one case it would be
impossible to turn him down. In the other
case. by turning him down the party would
make defeat certainty. So where does
M Low figure in any reasonable calcu-
lations respecting the republican nomina-
tion!
III. as already stated, the unexpected and
apparently the impossible takes place: If
10th of the old parties are disrupted under
a heavy strain and the fight of 1900 is to
take place under radically new conditions
and Arguments. then new national leaders
will appear. But would Mr. Low fit even
that situation? He is a conservative. con-
scientious, and thoroughly capable man
Who would fill the office OF President adj
niirably. But IS lie the sort of man likely
TO be chosen to leadership in a time of
almost revolutionary turmoil Would any
new party. squaring itself in such circum-
starces for a supreme struggle, turn to
such man? The rousing orator the man
OF audacity, the political gambler, par ex-
ceiience. playing high, and standing to
win all or lose ALL would, much to the
country's peril. more likely be chosen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-13
japan and Hawaii.

from the Philadelphia Press.
If Japan wishes fair dealing why does it
desire to exclude the question of the bona
hces ownership of $50, the fraudulent pos
things, the exclusion Of the immigrants?
IN enforcing its immigration laws Hawaii
acted according to international usage and
particularly followed the administrative
methods of the United States. Italy, for
instance, would never dream of asking the
Hawaii should do with japanese immi-
grants. AS 1t Is. as here. the Hawaiian
courts decided the collector had sole juris-
diction. II nations from whom illegal i'm
migrants come to the United States were
to adopt Japan's proposals with regard to
Hawaii we would have no need of Ellis Is
lard, as all immigrants would be landed
in New York willy -nilly. Ard that is the
milk in the cocoanut in the Japanese a-
waiian controversy.
While Count Okuma complains of Ha-
wallis enforcement of it's own laws, he
omits to note that these laws were not en-
forced drastically until there was an Or
ga nized effort made in Japan, with or
without governmental connivance it is not
easy to determine, to solicit and ship pau
per immigrants to Hawaii under such con-
ditions as meant the flooding Of the islands
with fraudulent free laborers. Just as
soon as Hawaii attempted to protect itself
Japan took its present unfriendly tone.
Apparently it still refuses to admit the
fraud and would force on Hawaii any i'm
migrants 1t sees fit to let loose from the
home ports. While annexation will settle
this tempest in the teapot all the facts,
including this very latest note. show Japan
In very unpleasant light. Evidently con-
WINGED 1t is in the wrong 1t seeks to make
the resort to arbitration ridiculous as
II Will be futile. But this is Door game
to play. 1t will recoil on its proposers