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cases, where the comba tants strip for the
fray, where the seconds make the final ar
engagements, examining the weapons. tap
ping the combatants chests-to see that
there is no protective armor under the soft
shirts, which are de rigueur-and where
lots are drawn for position. Under the
trees which surround the arena there are
little tables where spectators who may be
invited smoke their cigarettes and sip their
coffee or book while they watch the fight
ing.
Early Morning Picnics.
AS every one knows. the duel to the death
of the old days is almost unknown to the
degenerate modern, and every season the
dueling party becomes more and more a
mere early morning picnic. with just the
faintest spice of danger thrown in to give
1t interest There Is scarcely ever duel
in these days which does not assemble
round the little tables under the trees at
least some two score spectators chosen
from among the intimate friends Of both
parties. Cards Of invitation are not ipfre-
quently issued. just as to afternoon recep-
lions or evening musicales. Even ladies
appear in fresh morning toilet to make the
scene still more festive. At recent af
faire d'honneur at Levallois Ferret there
were 800 people of the best society present.
and the return home to the city in car
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-26
II WENT TO HIS HEAD.
One Cause for the Alarming Increase
of Insanity Subjects,

he did not appear particularly widowed
and frantic, as lunatics are popularity SUD-
posed to act when uncaged, as he entered
a Georgetown car. and seated himself be-
tween the sour-faced man and the beauti-
full lady in figured foulard silk with a
white open-work yoke of inserting
When finally sandwiched comfortably
however. his demeanor changed. He smiled
a Economical smile" his hands .'twitcheu
nerVously, his CLASSY eyes glared" and
assumed that vacant stare peculiar to
lunatics. His lips "murmured incoherent-
ly. He ought to have .frothed at the
mouth and would undoubtedly have done
so If 1t had been his day to froth. Finally
he "ejaculated:''
NO more stairs to climb no more coal
bills to pay; no fiend in human shape with
book, pencil and naughty air the figures
on the gas meter to transcribe; no more
parallelogram-shaped yellow slips Of paper
TO call at the gas company's office before
the 10Th of the month, pay 10 per cent
for your derelicton; no more hucksters
ringing the bell sixty times an hour; no
more policemen to serve notices to clean
the snow off the sidewalk in winter and
the dirt in summer; no more notices that
If you don't do this. or If you do that YOU
Will have to pay a fine of 81. or have the
water shut off: no more neghbors counting
the We eH's wash in the ba yard. or throw
ing their Stops and rubbish over the fence
on your side. no more other peoples chill
dren playing in front of your door, chalk
Ing your steps and tearing up your lawn;
no more latrobes to mind. or furnaces over
which to break your back; no more coal to
carry up; no more does the terrible toot OF
the garbageman's megaphone arouse ne
from the last lingering moments of my
matutinal slumbers; l hear not the hoarse
cry of the 'ash-che-es man as he drives
his dilapidated cart down the alley; the
servant at 6 o'clock every morning rings
some other front door bell than mine; the
moving of the lawn falls to other weary
legs and blistered hands; the"
BY this time the beautiful lady was
screaming wildly to the little conductor for
help Even the sour-faced man seemed Il
wake up and appear interested.
Say added the monologist. you think
I'm crazy, don't you? So / am-with de-
light. On the first OF May my wife and
gave up our house for fiat with all mod
ern improvements and accessories, includ-
ing an elevator and service, and we are
both daft. Why. madam
But here the little conductor interrupted
and gave him the summary bounce.
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who, in his green old age, does his best to
keep up the tradition of the Partisan jour-
nalist of Balzac's days. In Scholrs garden
in the Rue de Clichy half the writer's Of
Paris have at one time or another stripped
off their coats and lunged at their man.
And. better than anybody else. Scholl
knows how to reconcile his quarreling
friends once the swords have played. The
invariable end to an encounter at Scholis Is
a slight scratch. JOvial breakfast and the
arm-in-arm departure of the belligerents
for the Grands boulevard and the offices of
their respective journals. The only kind of
duel which is barred in the gardens OF the
Rue Clichy is duel to the DEATH" as O
duel with pistols might turn out to be. Pis-
tolls are forbidden, because the master OF
the house was once threatened with expul-
sion if ever again the sound of shots were
heard from his garden. And Scholl Is fond
of his house, which. through the reunions
of politicians, journalists, artists. poets and
foreign celebrities which have taken place
there, has become as 1t were a part of the
history of Paris.
There are one or two cafes In the very
heart of the city whose proprietors, for a
consideration, allow an encounter in long
bare upper room on an emergency. But
such impromptu unadorned affairs ara not
favorably looked upon by the beau monde
which likes its dueling to be decorative irf
setting and festive In Its finale.
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THE MYSTERY OF THE BOOK.
1t Was Hidden for Five Years Before
Its Whereabouts Were Reyealed.

Once In a while something out of the
usual happens in the daily life of govern
ment clerks which serves to break the mo-
notony of the work" said a clerk In the In
terror Department.
Occasionally. in all of the departments.
records or papers will mysteriously dsap-
pear. and how they got away or where
they went. remains always an unsolved
problem.
About five years ago a large book con-
tanning the records used in one of the bu-
reaus of this department suddenly dsap-
peared. How it could have gotten out of
the room without hands was unaccountable,
as 1t was bulky, heavy volume. 1t was
of no value as salable article, and the
motive of the theft was as inexplicable as
Its whereabouts.
Diligent search was made at once but
to no avail. The search was not given up,
however, and was afterward periodically
made in hopes that it would be found in
an unexpected place.
And it was found In such a place few
days ago. One of the clerks happened to
look upon the seat of the chair of another
clerk-an elderly lady with poor eyesight-
and there, under a piece of outer covering
lay the big book. The lady is short per
son. and the book had faithfully preserved
its records and held her up for five long
and weary years without complaint. There
was general laugh at her expense. but the
chief was very glad it was eventually found
in the office.
Official papers are often blown from the
desks of clerks into the street. Sometimes
they are of Importance. but usually they
may be replaced with slight delay con-
shutting the only loss.
"A clerk carelessly laid five $40 bills on
his desk III room on the 18th street side of
the former Post Office Department build
ing ON pay day few years ago. 1t was
during the prevalence of the high wind pre-
cedng heavy thunder storm A minute
later the bills Were taken up by a gust of
wind, and went sailing in all directions
high in the air above the street. Where
they landed was never known, for none was
recovered.
The clerk took his loss philosophically
when he got over the shock, and said that
while he had heard of it raining cats and
dogs, he could testify in any court that ae
had seen it rain crisp new $40 bills in
Washington.
'.One day, in this department some valu-
able papers disappeared. 1t was thought
they had been stolen Several weeks subse-
quently they We're discovered under the
corner of desk occupied by a temporary
clerk She had thought them of no value.
and had placed them in this position to pre-
serve the equilibrium of the desk, one of
the rollers being lost"
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employees are concerned. though for some
reason the same thing is rarely taken adj
vantage of by the government. 1 have In
mind now two cases where transfer is about
the only thing that know of that will save
the clerks. Both OF them, one lady, are
and have been for years good clerks. But
somehow, circumstances. conditions, en-
vironment or call 1t luck if you will have
1t that way, have seemed to run against
them, and 1t will not be long before both
will have to drop out of the service. SIM
ply because they are not performing any
very valuable service for the salary they
receive. Both have been good clerks in
their day. and there is plenty of material in
them to run for ten or fifteen years yet.
the trouble is they are misfit. They don't
suit their surroundings. Here is where
transfer could make good clerks out of ma
terial which is misfit. In any other
department than the one they are in now
their services would be valuable. / have
rarely known Of transfers where not only
the departments. but the individuals them
selves, were not benefited. This is the ex-
perience of many others, and under the
circumstances l am somewhat surprised at
the lack of applicants for transfer. The
trainers of the civil service law regarded
the provision for transfer as a valuable
safety valve.
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riages. cabs. automobiles and bicycles made
windows to be thrown up and wondering
faces to project from them in all the vii
lagos en- route.
OF course, the general public Is as a rule
vigorously excluded from these imitation
bellicose amusements. Only the invited
guests, be they dozen or three hundred.
know where the encounter will take place.
If an invited guest should give away the
rendezvous he would almost certainly be
called OUT by one of the seconds chosen
by lot from among the four. Not long ago
well-known society woman. invited to at
tend an encounter. "blabbed'' to some
friends. Her husband was Immediately
called to account for her indiscretion and
within a week had to make the central fig
ure on the turf
At the duel which took place in the sec
ond week of April between the Marquis de
Lubersac and the Comte de Sion even the
reporters of the society journals after
tracking the seconds day and night like
detectives so as to discover the meeting
place. found themselves barred from the
arena They had to hire ladders at pre-
poSterouS prices from enterprising yokels
and mount a wall topped with broken
glass. Sitting straddewse on this sad
eminence with their field glasses and note
books and cameras about them. they got,
through the trees. a precarious view of the
encounter. Their articles the next day were
pitifully comic. Sometimes. on the other
hand. the combatants desire nothing more
than notoriety. The journals announce the
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meeting place week before the event.
and all the world may go and see the fun
from whatever point of vantage may be
available. Even in these cases. though. the
general public is not admitted to the ac-
risive crowd would certainly embarrass the
gladiators. The curious take potluck, so
to speak. going in vehicles of any and
every description. which they moor against
can find a good view.
At Saint Ouen the other day a cinemato-
graph was brought into play and the duel
was reproduced nightly in all its phases at
a music hall for the delectation of the
populace.
Occasionally encounters take place In
private properties even within the fortif1ca-
den of Aurelien School, the writer and wit,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-26
Our Jnckies on Bikes.

''In this world said traveller. "associa-
ton plays a large part in our makeup.
"Out west. on the plains. sombrero,
with its wide brim, excites no comment on
a cowboys head. Here it would attract
the eye to its wearer.
1T is SO with our brave sailor boys. in
their wide. Tapping blue trousers and
broad-collar flannel shirts. industriously
pedaling up and down Pennsylvania avenue
on bicycles. 1t seems so odd to see sailor
on a wheel that. 1 am sure. many Of the
residents of the capital must have been
struck with the same impression.
"A bicycle is the very last thing on earth
to be associated with a ship. and it finds
no place one. The mind associates q
man with knickerbockers or ordinary
clothes with a bicycle. That our jackies
are fond of the wheel when on shore IL
evidenced by the number who avail them
selves of the privilege of forgetting about
big guns and quarter decks while they
utilize a portion of their leaves in skim
ming over the smooth surfaces of Washing
toms streets. with different motion than
when they are at sea skipping over their
vessels deck.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-26
OPPOSED on PRINCIPLE.
Would Have Nothing to Do With
Work Under Any Circumstances.


WORK ohder ANY tircumstances
"a tramp or any number of tramps" said
a wealthy retired chemicals nanufacturer
en- -, - -
~ -' anu eo
are the opportunities Afforded them, and
speak from experience. The comic pictures
and jokes make the tramp out to be per-
fecr,y bann,, 10 no hoe ,,,.n+,. "a sro,,,a ,na
Hf' - " ~ p'' ~ ~ ~
drink ana notnlng 10 DO except to eat and
sleep and be comfortable. But 1T isn't true.
as l proved. A dozen years ago 1 thought
was on the eve of making great discov-
49, 49, I'll. o,,,;
'l". "ou', ie.oiu'ioiii|e "hoie iol Vi
Things IN my business and one OF the ne
cessities Of the discovery was cigar ashes.
And cigar ashes made by being smoked by
rho ,,n,,tb ,rbara ;s . diefora7,oa 49,,
no l, 80 20 :" ,iN.,I
such anu 'hose ioiiiieo ofoiharhy' ana thls
difference was what my discovery was
hanging on, 1 thought Anyway, it became
necessary for me 10 secure ashes and
though there were thousands of them about
thew were not obtainable and so CON
cluded to hire smokers and eat what
wanted The lob was NOT to be a steady
one On T locked for tramns u,bo I,ara az
actiy fitted to do the work soon had
twenty of the cleanest ones i couId nick IN
and tnok hem 10 a nica weIlughi ad :, nd nd
vantilated room IN nv factory rbara : had
nut in a lot of comfortab bic chairs an old
sofa Iounp. ar two a Lot If nannarhanL
novels and cigars tn burn uas 70 Wv Il
nents !. c;ear and caIc,,ia taa +h. - t p%y
ave cigars would he a dsv.s n.c,,nat ton
The Cigars were NOT had as naia sI a
bnndra5 for them Eacb ,r an p bad 81 la a
Of checks with his nnmher an ,ha au md
evsrv time he pot :. ciear fron, ~ osrs 49,
he handed in a check and the shes e 81 the
nis,ar he h.h smoked tn, ,,,,h f ~ Inc
he had at onittinp rima ra,,rasan -, eaeI ms
nernine.s for tha dsy in ddi,;s, -, +his ms
haddeS and hoa +hana ~. IN ~ us,
hoa.a;,,r La,,-o ,na ,I,o,..oI -. - 49,.
each meal and three meals a day Could
human beings ask more than this? They
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From Puck.

n
And what asked the reporter. "do you
consider the secret of success in life?'
Il should say replied the wealthy phil
osopher from the kloEdike. 'that 1t consists
in being at the right place at the right
time"
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can live on halfs the income that a single
Married Man-HYes: he has to...-rt-Blts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-26
All In Vanity.
From Puck.

Fr0m PUCK.
"Blase person. isn't he?"
"Blase? Why. he says that he's even tired
of the automobile"
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July ltlSuIItCliOl
in the Soudan. led by the mahdi. began
against Egypt.
Aug. 3-Treaty of peace signed between
England and the Beers. The former sur
rendered the territory to the Transvaal
state. and the latter recognized English
suzerainty and a British representative
q. 1854. by which the republic was oficialiy
styled the South African republic under
British suZerainty.
1882.
March 6-Kingdom of Servia established;
Prince Milan W king
Sept. 13-English army entered Cairo In
triumph after dispensing Egyptian reb-
ell army and capturing Arab. its lead
er. This campaign made English infiu-
ence in Egypt paramount, and the An
glo-French agreement for a joint pro-
tectorate was annulled Nov. 19, 1SS2,
France withdrawing.
Dec. 31-M. Gambetta, French statesman,
died in Paris.
1883.
May 9-Paul Kruger first elected president
of the South African republic.
Nov.-Japan fully opened to the trade OF
the world.
1854.
Aug. l1-National religion of Japan discs
tablished: freedom for all religions guar
Dec. 6-Mr. Gladstone's third reform bill
granting universal male suffrage in Eng
land became a law
1885.
destroy houses of parliament and the
Tower in London with dynamite.
Jan. 26-Gen- Charles George Gordon and
English and Egyptian troops massa-
Feb. 26-Congo Free State established by
European overs with King of Belgium
March Ariel rebellion began in Canada.
April 24-Five hundred US. troops entered
Panama and arrested leader of insur-
gents.
lament published in London.
July 7-Pasteur inoculated first patient
for hydrophobia.
Nov. eFfrst train on Canadian Pacific
railway from Montreal to Vancouver.
The regular public daily service began
Nov. 1s-iouis Riel. leader of rebellion in
Canada. executed near Regina:
Nov. 2@Alfonso XII. of Spain died. Sue
ceeded by his infant son, Alfonso XIII,
with Queen Marie Christina as regen:.
1886.
chartered. 1t ceded all its territorial
rights to the German government Oct
June -Gladstone's home rule bill for Ire
land defeated in English parliament.
1885,.
Feb. 25-Henry NJ. Stanley sailed from
Zanzibar for expedition into central Al
RIGA In quest of Emin Pasha. Found him
April q, 1883, on Lake Nyanza.
March 13-Treaty of the triple alliance
between Germany, Austria and Italy
Dec. IN. Jules Grevy forced to resign
French presidency.
During the year gold was discovered In the
Transvaal and the city of JohannesburgJ
founded "a
March eEmperor William L+ol GermanF
died, aged 80. Succeededby his son, Erad6s
May Nsiayery sbolishsShsrssa: NJ
600 slaves freedS&
June lSEmperof e41ck William Of
Succeeded By hia :. William IL
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Sept. 21-Central American states declared
their independence Of Spain.
1922.
Jan. 27-Independence Of Greece proclaimed.
April 11-Turks massacred 10000 inhab-
itants of Chios island. Greece.
Sept; Brazil declared its independence
Dec. 1-Pedor 1. crowned first emperor Of
Brazil.
March 2S-Augustin 1. of Mexico compelled
to abdicate, and Mexico proclaimed a re-
public October 4, 1923.
April French army entered Spain to re-
store despotic rule of King Ferdinand.
1924.
April 2-Lord Byron died at Missolonghi.
Aug. BOLIVIA declared it. independence
Sept. fs-Louls XVIII. of France died.
1925.
May 2sACount Of Artois crowned king Of
France as Charles X.
Dec. 1-Emperor Alexander I. Of Russia
died. Nicholas 1. crowned emperor.
1926.
April 3o-National guard Of France dis
June 22-Conference called by Central and
South American states to determine
TISUlS VI lhOSc StdlcS Iucl III IdlldHld-
United States sent representatives.
1927.
July 6-Treaty between England, France
and Russia signed at London to secure
Greek independence.
Aug. s-GeoTge Canning. premier of Eng
land. died.
Oct. 2ONAllied fleet Of England, France and
Russia annihilated Turkish and Egyptian
fleet at the Morea.
1928.
April 26-Russia declared war against Tur-
key.
2
April 13-Roman Catholic relief bill passed
by British parliament. 1t admitted Cath
olics to parliament and to most civil and
military offices under the crown. BY its
passage civil war in England and Ireland
was averted.
June 27-James L. NJ. Smfthson, founder of
Smithsonian institution, died at Genoa,
Italy.
Sept. 14-Treaty of peace signed between
Russia and Turkey in which Greek in
dependence was acknowledged.
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Aug. 12-George Stephenson. inventor of
the railway locomotive, died in England,
aged 81.
Nov. +French constitution adopted by
the national assembly.
Dec. 20-Louis Napoleon inaugurated pres
ident of France.
First settlement of the Beers in the Trans
vaal.
1S49.
Feb. eNational assembly of the Roman
republic declared pope's temporal power
at an end.
March New constitution combining en-
pires of Austria and Hungary pro-
claimed by Francis Joseph.
July 3-Rome surrendered to the French
and pope restored to temporal power.
1880.
July 2-sir Robert Peel died in London.
aged g..
Aug. -Tae-ping rebellion began in China.
1851.
March 3O-Sixth census of the United King
dom taken; population 2, 1881, 161.
May First worlds fair opened in Crys-
tai Palace, London
May Gold discovered in Australia.
1889.
Feb. 17-,Birthday, of Napoleon L, Aug, Is.
decreed to be the only national holiday
Sept. I-Duke of Wellington died. aged 50.
Dec. French empire restored. Louis
Napoleon crowned emperor of France as
Napoleon Ill
1853.
de Montijo OF Spain.
Oct. 5Turkey declared war against Rus
STA. This was the beginning of the
Crimean war.
1854.
April 11-Russia declared war against Eng
land and france as allies of Turkey.
Oct. 25-Battle of Balaklava fought in the
Nov. pFffty thousand Russians defeated
by 1900 French and English at battle of
Inkermann.
1865.
Jan. es-Railroad across sthmus of Pam
anna opened.
He was succeeded by his son. Alexan-
der II.
Sept. sSevastopol evacuated by the Rus
slams and occupied by the French and
English.
March 3OtTreaty of peace between Eng
land. France, Sardinia and Turkey and
Russia in Paris. This closed the Crimean
war. The treaty guaranteed the inde-
than 10000 men persisted Of disease and
Nov. 12-Grand Trunk railway Of Canada
completed from Quebec to Toronto. $50
miles.
1857.
May 11-Mutiny of Sepoys in India broke
out. English residents of Delhi massa-
cred.
Aug. 5-First attempt made at laying SUBJ
marine cable. Start made from Valencia
bay. Ireland. Gable broke and attempt
was abandoned until the following year.
1SS
Feb. 13-Constitution of the Transvaal re-
public proclaimed.
June 19-Gwalior taken by the English
from the Sepoy rebels. This practically
closed the rebellion in India.
July 2-Alexander II. of Russia issued proc
lamation freeing serfs on the imperial do
mains.
July 2-Politfcal disabilities Of Jews in
England relieved by act of parliament.
This was done to permit Nathan Lionel
Rothschild to take a seat in the house Of
to which he had been elected.
The first Jew alacfed to, political c61cc IN
England
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Compiled by WRIGHT A. PATTERSON.

Nov. 2o-Second peace Of Paris signed be-
tween France and allied powers.
1916.
Jan. 12-Family of Bonaparte excluded for
ever from france by law of amnesty.
July 9-Argentine Republic declared its in
dependence of Spain.
First permanent photograph made by aid
Of a camera by Joseph Nicephore
Niepce. of Chalons. France.
1917.
Feb. 3-The Green Bag inquiry began in
England. The report of the parliament
in the suspension Of the habeas corpus
act throughout England on Feb. "a.
1918.
June stGermanic confederation formed.
Nov. 17-Queen Charlotte of England died
at Kew.
First percussion caps made in England.
1910.
June 16-District of Hutch in India sunk
as a result of severe earthquake. Two
thousand persons buried. During the
same year many thousands persisted from
the same cause in Genoa, Palermo, Rome
and other cities.
"a 29-king George III. Of England died
at Windsor castle, aged 81. His son
crowned as George w. same day.
Feb. 23-Cato-Street conspirators arrested
in England. They had attempted the as
s~assination of the whole English minis
try because of unpopular acts. They
were executed May l Of the same year.
1921.
Feb. 2LMexico declared fts ndenen6on,.