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Evening star., 1901-12-24
The German Police,
From the Independent.

tHe lHtcpsnutnt
A stranger in Germany soon makes the
acquaintance of the police, little as he may
desire 1t. A German socialist cnce said,
1T takes half of all the Germans to con-
troll the other half And one who sees
GermanyS immense army, her cloud of of
fcials, great and small. and her omnis-
cient policemen is inclined to believe that
the socialist was right. You have been in
Germany week, more or less, when the
policeman calls. At first you cannot believe
that he is really after you, and then your
mind runs back guiltily over your past.
He takes out his little book-one of small
library of little books which he carries in
his blouse-and inquiries your age. your ma
tionality and how long you intend to stay.
You learn subsequently that a record of
every person in the empire is carefully
Kept, with full details as to his occupation,
material wealth and social standing If
You move into a new house you must no.
Tify the police; if you move out you must
notify the police; if you hire a servant girl
You must purchase a yellow blank and re-
port the fact. the girl also making report
When she leaves you must send in a green
blank stating why she is dismissed where
she is going. and so on. If you fail in any
one OF these multitudinous requirements Of
the Goyernment-and / have mentioned
only few OF them-there is a fine to pay
each fine graduated TO the enormity of the
onense- There are offenses graded as low
= cents
Evening star., 1901-12-24
CLASS REUNION.
High School Graduates Meet About
the Festive hoard.


The class of '9S of the Eastern High
School of this city held its fourth annual
reunion last night at the home of Miss
Emma Jones, 22S 1st street southeast. There
were twenty-three of the members present
and regrets were received from those alb
sent from the city. The parlors were
beautifully decorated in keeping with the
season.
The class of '9s is said to be the only
class from the local High Schools which
has continued to hold annual reunions. The
members feel that the assemblage is one
of the great occasions of the year and al
ways look forward to it~as part of their
Christmas pleasure.
The class poem for this year was COM
posed and read by Mr.. Parson. A few notes
were read by Mr.. Bethune concerning the
achievements of the several members of
the class during the past year. Progressive
games were then indulged in, the honors
and prizes being carried off by Misses Ford
and Harley.
A delightful supper was served, during
which memories of the past and the pros
poets of the future We're discussed.
The election of officers resulted as fol-
lows: President, Miss Alice Irene Sander
secretary, Miss Martha Kuhnel; treasurer,
Mr.. Joseph o. Harrison, jr.; class poet,
Miss Lucna F. McGroarty; class historian
Miss Emma B. Jones.
Those present were Misses Bennett,
Bohrer. Burke, Davies, Ford, Harley, Jami-
son, Jones' kuhnel, Lyon, McGroarty, Nc
Naught, Noyes, Sanderson, Sparks and
White, Mrs. Bishop and Messrs, Bethune,
Covel, Hutchinson, Marsh, Parson and
Evening star., 1901-12-24
Chri.tma. I'm EnxIand.

London Correspondence of the Indianapolis Journal
The Christmas that is coming will hardly
in England be so joyful season as was that
Of year ago, nor. on the other hand, will it
be marked by anything like the depression
of the Christmas preceding the last Two
years back Merry Christmas found the
English quite out Of sorts. They had not
thought so little of themselves. nor felt so
little in the mood to make merry, for many
a decade. 1t was just about then that the
Beers were playing smash with the flower
Of the British army. The boast had been
made three months before that General
Butler would that year eat his Christmas
dinner in Pretoria. But he didn't, poor fel-
low, and the disappointment, with its at
tendant losses in officers and men, gave
rather a nasty taste to the Christmas din
ners of loyal Eng1ishmen the world over.
That Christmas has passed into history as
a black one, and 1t Is interesting to recall
in proof of how depression of spirits may
superinduce affliction of the body, that,
concurrently with the beginning of the hol-
iday season, an epidemic Of influenza set
in, with the result at some time between
Christmas and New Year there was scarce
ly household in the land which had not
In it one or more coughing and sneezing
inyalidE.
Evening star., 1901-12-24
Death by Lightning.
From the Chicago News.

Deaths caused by lightning in the animal
world are infrequent. The chief victims
are sheep and cattle, which gather under
trees in thunder storms and are conse-
quently killed when the trees are struck.
That is the case in this country, but in
South Africa lightning constantly destroys
stock in the open. During the war the fol-
lowing classes of animals have been men
toned as killed by lightning: Horses,
mules. trek oxen, sheep and pigs. Several
soldiers have been killed. their rifles prob
ably exposing them to additional danger.
Recently pigeon was killed by the light
ming in a curious way. 1t had made its
nest on piece of old wire netting, which
the haymakers had thrown up into the tree
when cutting the grass On this platform
the pigeon built Its nest. After a thunder
storm in August the keeper went to the
tree to ferret out rabbits. Under 1t he
found the pigeon, which was sitting on
eggs, quite dead. 1t was unintured EXCEPT
in one wing. This was burnt black, all the
feathers being burnt OF and the flesh
scorched. On the tree was the lightning
mark. 1t had struck side branch and
gone down the trunk near the nest
Evening star., 1901-12-24
CHRISTMAS GREENS.
The Fashionable Color as shown by
the shop Windows.

From the Philadelphia Record.
No matter whether the city Is white with
snow or If the day dawns warm and mild.
| this is pretty sure to be green Christ
| mas" Take good look at the shop win
dows and see how the green articles are
pushed forward into prominent positions.
This is green season. Never was a
color more popular. The stationer's shop
and jewelers. also are supplying green ar
ticles to meet the demand. All sorts of
desk furniture In soft green feathers are
asked for. Two green card cases or purses
are sold for one of any other color. The
umbrella dealers push forward their bright
or dark green silk umbrellas. to keep the
people who look in their show windows
from proceeding to other establishments.
The jeweler sets forth his Alexandrite or
naments and exc his emerald jewels. Green
silk and green velvet or French flannel
shirt waists are well to the fore. Green
hangings, curtains and portieres are chosen
story in sash curtains. F1eur-de-lis and
coronet repeat the graceful pattern in more
or less brilliant shades of vert. -
What color is the covering of our new
Recamier sofa? Green of course; you
should have known it without inquiring.
The parlors open fireplace is faced with
green tiles. Our new rug is Turkish green,
instead of Persian red and blue.
We hear of Russian green velvet for
peliSses and visiting toilets. Myrtle
green and hunters green are phrases
on the tip of the dressmakers tongue.
Our new set of bread-and- butter plates
are Coalport ware. They are white with
bright green borders. The recently pur-
chased lamp is specimen of green pottery.
The chair that had to be done up by the
upholsterer to keep it's place in the draw
ing room equipment comes home this season
in Napoleon green or Empire" green
plush. The golden bees are not more dis
tinctly emblematic of the Bonapartes than
the flood of green furniture and plenishng
which crowds our houses this season. AL
together this indoors verdure is welcome
to the eye. A little red goes a great way.
We do not weary of green as We might
with profusion of any other color.
Evening star., 1901-12-24
TENNESSEE REPUBLICANS.
Association Formed Last Night - Adj
dress by Representative Gibson.

The East Tennessee Republican Associa-
ton was organized in Wonn's Hall, 721 9Th
street northwest, last evening by the cleo
ton of ]. w. Keener of Washington county
president, John c. Hale of Blount county
vice president, ]. T. West of Loudon county
secretary and D. B. Lawson of Sewer coun-
ty treasurer.
Representative Henry r. Gibson of the
second district made the address of the
evening. He said, in part: Il was one of
the seven men in the constitutional conven-
tion of Tennessee in 1870. who refused to
sign the state constitution as drafted. l saw
that 1t drifted toward the disfranchisement
or the people. 1t has since proved to nave
been a worthless document The Dortch
law. that was conceived in iniquity, has
proven to have been dutiful son.
"A fair election in Tennessee is no longer
possible. Knox county gave Mckinley 2,2O0
majority five years ago, and four years
later gave his competitor 400 majority
Every man well versed in politics knows
that Mckinley was 500 votes stronger there
in 1900 than in 1896. The changed result
In the election was brought about by demo-
cratic election officers reading republican
electors as democratic electors when the
votes were counted.
Seven years ago H. Clay Evans was
fairly elected governor of Tennessee. Men
came to me, saying, What shall we do% l
said, What can we do?' They said, Let
us fight" 1 said, No; that would put us in
opposition to the flag of our country.
I'm Kentucky three years ago Taylor and
the entire republican ticket was elected, as
a recent decision OF the Kentucky supreme
court seating the republican attorney gen
eral shows, and yet, my fellow citizens, the
democratic party nearly yells itself hoarse
for popular government in the Philippine
Islands, 10000 miles away
Judge Gibson spoke against the reduction
of the representation of the southern states,
claiming that it would be an admission that
it was right to disfranchise part of his fel-
low countrymen.
After adopting vote of thanks to the
speaker the association decided to meet the
last Monday night in each month.
Evening star., 1901-12-24
Foxes Project Sheen

From the New York Commercial Advertiser
According to the statements of the major
ity of the game wardens under the super
vision OF the American Ornithologists'
Union, the summer boarder "who is out for
sport, and will shoot anything in sight, Is
the greatest menace to the various forms Of
bird Hfe- An amusing exception, however
TO the general cheerful Endorsement by the
natives of the protective policy of the So
clety Is brought to light by the report of
Charles Holt, keeper of the Nash Island
lighthouse. On Cone Island a breeding place
Tor herring gulls, within his official terri
tory, there have been numbered this wear
only 800 gulls, as against 500 last year. The
unnaturally small increase he attributes not
to the occasional visitor, but to an entirely
different cause. The resident proprietors of
the island are four women-a mother and
three daughters, who own a large flock of
sheep. Claiming that the birds destroy a
large portion of the grass, they bought a
Few months ago four foxes, which they al
lowed TO roam at will through the fields The
foxes have carried out the desires of their
mistresses by creating widespread devasta-
tlon among the eggs and the young Of the
unfortunte gulls. The friends of the birds
are, however, patiently biding their time.
They think that without doubt the foxes will
destroy the young lambs In the spring. and
thus defeat the purpose for which they were
imported.
Evening star., 1901-12-24
Baptist Ministers, Union.

The Baptist Minister'S Union met at the
Metropolitan Baptist Church, r street be-
tween 18th and 18th streets northwest.
Monday, with Rev. Randolph v. Peyton.
D. D., president, In the chair and Rev. Geo.
w. NJ. Lucas as secretary. Devotional ex-
ercises were conducted by Rev. James 8.
Pinn, assisted by Rev. Aquilla Sayles and
Rev. Shelton Miller, d. D. Rev. ]. Ander-
son Taylor, d. D., of the committee on re-
ception introduced Mrs. Rosetta Lawson,
Miss NJ. e. Bell and Rev. r. H. Walker of
Indianapolis, Ind, who addressed the union
VIM. j. Howard announced that the Joint
session to be held January 13 of the two
unions will assemble at IL o'clock in Metro
positan Church. Rev. Geo. w. NJ Lucas
Will read paper on that occasion.
Rev. VIM. u: Jarvis presented request
from the Sunday School Union that each
and every minister shall at the first oppor-
tunity preach special sermon to the
young people of their churches.
Evening star., 1901-12-24
TO EXPORT LUNATIes.
Board of Charities VIII Send Nom
.ResIdents Home.

Mr.. George s. Wilson, the secretary of
the board of charities, is carrying out the
policy of the board of sending back to their
homes and relatives the nonresident luna
ties confined in st. Elizabeth Asylum, and
charged to the District of Columbia. Dur
ing the past few months the board has sent
to their home cities several of these unfor-
tunate people.
When relatives are communicated with in
such instances the board has found them,
as rule. to be most willing to receive their
demented kinsfolk again. These people,
while committed from the District, are not
bona fide residents of this community and
therefore are not properly charge against
the District appropriations.
Each person committed to the asylum
from Washington is maintained there at
an expense of $500 per. year.
Last week the board of charities secured
transportation for native of Italy to his
home city, The man was tailor, and was
committed to st. Elizabeth's from the Dis
trfct some years ago.
The board became interested in his case,
and it was found there were several small
bills due him from residents of Washing
ton- The man is a chronic but not a ViO-
lent lunatic. The board collected enough
from the moneys due to secure passage for
the man. His relatives were commune
Gated with, and all arrangements made for
his reception and proper support before he
WAS sent nome.
Just now the board is interested in the
case of an Englishman who is confined at
the asylum as a charge upon the District.
1t was learned that his family resides in
the Island of st. Lucia, British West In
dies. The British ambassador was COM
municated with, and he in turn commun1-
Gated with the authorities of st. Lucia
The mans relatives were found and ar
rangements are being made to send him
home the latter part of this week.
board charities COnStaOtlV
called upon to send back to nearby soldiers
homes old veterans who have drawn their
quarterly pensions and have secured fur
Tough to come to this city. Once here they
spend their money freely until they are
without funds and then become a charge
upon the community. Many of the old fell
lows come to the office of the board and
explain their cases. They say they drank
more than they should and cannot in many
cases remember what had become of their
money.
people are not paupers in the true sense of
the word. despite the fact that If they were
not sent back they would continue to be a
charge upon the people of the District. The
board says these people have home pro-
vided for them and receive pension. The
is claimed, should be held exclusively to the
use of people who are absolutely without
support.
BY communicating with the governors of
the homes in this section, especially the
home at Hampton, Va, the board has
made arrangement. whereby transporta-
tion is furnished the soldiers in return for
ing for the amount paid. These orders are
cashed when any moneys are due the de-
hnquentS, and the transportation fund OF
the District is reimbursed.
Evening star., 1901-12-24
SPECIAL POLICEMEN.
Status of Those at Street Crossings
Defined by Maj. Sylvester.

Major Sylvester has issued a circular to
the lieutenants of the several precincts de-
fining the status of the special policemen
who do duty at the street railway crossings.
From time to time inquiries have been
made concerning the duties of these officers
and the Commissioners directed that the
men be given definite idea Of what is ex-
pected of them. The order says the officers
are expected to see generally that all police
regulations are enforced. To see that street
cars come to a full stop before crossing
the street. To see that vehicles, including
bicycles, shall not cross the streets at a
rate of speed exceeding that allowed by
law To see that bicycles and vehicles keep
on the right hand side of the street and
make the proper turns at the crossings
To do everything in their power to avoid
accidents, rendering whatever assistance
may be necessary in case an accident should
occur.
In case of a violation of the law by any
of the motormen or conductors of the street
car lines, notice shall be given by the Off
GERS to such motormen or conductors to
appear in court al a given time to answer
for the violations of the law. but no arrests
shall be made so as to impede travel on the
cars.
The officer shall also aid pedestrians in
safely crossing at crowded thoroughfares
and answer civilly such questions as may
be asked them regarding location of streets,
hotels. public buildings, etc.
Special policemen at street railway cross
lDgs, 1t is stated, should not confine them
selves to any one corner. but move about
from corner to corner, giving themselves
such exercise in this respect as will pre-
vent illness. They should give special atten-
ton to the aged and infirm and women and
children getting on and off cars so that
accidents may be avoided; prevent reckless
and fast riding and driving and congestion
of the street by pedestrians waiting for
cars, maintain peace and good order #
their respective posts, and see that the
same are kept free from litter of every
kind.
In case Of an emergency call for police
service within reasonable distance of a
post, special railway crossing officers, hav-
ing police powers, should respond.
Lunch hours have been prescribed by the
respective Neutenants.
Evening star., 1901-12-24
CHRISTMAS CANDY.
.s-t5es- : tzss
Variety of Sweetmeats Prepared by
Parisian Confectioners.

Paris Letter to The I5ndon Telegraph.
All the usual vanfieties of Christmas and
New Year eoflfits and sweetmeats are now
beginning to make their appearance In the
shops of Partisan confectioners. The bon
bon business is about to have its innings
during the annual treve des confiseurs,
which runs from aChristmas week to the
Epiphany. The ornamental boxes filled
with drageesss or scomffts, sugar ALMONDS,
chocolate disks and balls, crystalilzed
pears plumsd chestnuts and lollipops, are
being piled oHr thedcounters of the confec-
TONERS and the ggocers awaiting the nu-
merous customers who are sure to present
themselves iRia fortnight's time, If not be-
fore.
Most of the comfits are made in Paris,
but few provincial towns also send their
special sweetmeats to the metropolitan
bonbon market Thus from Marseilles,
Bordeaux, Lyons and Grasse, come large
consignments of crystallized fruits of vari-
GUS sorts. Montelimar sends UP It's nougat,
sort of candied almond cake, much rel
1shed by the young; yerdun, in the Meuse,
contributes heaps of it's local lollipops; Or
leans gives preserved, ounces, and Cler-
mont-Ferrand, in Auvergne, its apricot pat
ties. The most popular commits are the
white drageeS, the best of which are made
with Italian or Provencal almonds. These
latter are carefully dried in a stove, then
put into a revolving machine and covered
with hot syrup of sugar. When they are
nearly ready they receive with the final
coating of syrup their perfume and special
color, white or pink
Besides almonds there are also used for
drageeS pistachios, aniseed, crystalllzed
roses, oranges, flowers and violetS and can
died peel Then there are the comfits filled
with drops of rum, -kirSch or maraSchinO.
The common and cheap bonbons are popu-
larly supposed in Paris to be made of plas-
fnr NIot &C. .4os., to- hat 1,nxr fat
starch and flour, as well as sugar, and the
almonds used for their fabrication are of
the worst quality. That other favorite
French sweetmeat, the marron glace, or
crystall1zed chestnut, is also plunged into
hot syrup of sugar after having been boiled
slowly. To the syrup is added vanilla, and
the process of crystallization is carried out
In very painstaking manner. All these
dainties will soon be passing under the
teeth of Parisians, young and old. In
many families no doubt there will be an in
ordinate consumption of Christmas and New
Year sweetmeats, and then the doctors will
have to be called in. Nothing is more
noX1ous to the health than the abuse of
bonbons, for even when they are of the
best and most trustworthy fabrication the
absorption of toofmany of them will inevi-
tably exercise fatal influence on the or
periodically remind people that almonds are
atrociously indigestible, and that the sugar
and the coloring matter of comfits are Ii
able to produce stomach disorders. Little
attention is paid to warnings of this de-
Scription, and the call for bonbons in Paris
at Christmas time and during the New
Year festivities is enormous.
Evening star., 1901-12-24
Japanese1Materialism.

Jdpdu anu AmeElcd
!, Count Itagaki, ex-president of the liberal
party. and MHrauis saigo. ex-president OF
the national party,s are making a tour OF
Japan for the purpose Of creating reac-
ton against fhe sspirit of materialism
which seems to be growing throughout the
empire. The comment frequently made by
foreigners. that Japan is losing all faith
in her too ready and complete acceptance
of the modern spirit of progress and ma
terial prosperity, 1s perfectly true. The
wheel has swung half round, and from
being nation Sof deyout believers in Shin
to or Buddhism, the Japanese have rapidly
become nation that does not believe very
strongly in any creed. They are still, how
ever, tenacious In adherence to the pre-
cepts Of Confuciust land willing converts to
the human and profoundly philosophic side
Of Christianity. It remains to be seen
what effect the effort Of two political lead
ers may have in arousing public sentiment
in favor of the old order. which changes
and passes in Japan as it does elsewhere.
Evening star., 1901-12-24
ENGLAND's "wEDDING RING,
Legends Go Back as Far as Edward
the COnfessor.

From Lippincott's
"The wedding ring of England is of
plain gold set with q large table ruby, on
which the cross Of st. George is engraved.
Legend says that this ring belonged to
Edward the Confessor, and that he be-
slowed 1t on an old beggar who asked an
aims of him, he having nothing else at
hand at the moment. Soon afterward two
English pilgrims lost their way in the Holy
Land and were succored by a 'fayre olde
man." who on parting said to- them: 81 am
Johan the evangelist; and says We ynto
Edward, your kying that l CRETE him well
by the token that he gaff to me, thys rynge
with hys one handes." Certain it is that
James II, when detained by the fisherman
of Sheerness on his first attempt to fee the
country, in 1858, contrived to hide a ring
called the coronation ring in his cloth
ing. This was a favorite ring of Mary
Queen of Scots, and was sent by her at her
death to James I, finally coming into the
possession of George ". through the chan
nels by which he obtained all the remain
ing papers Of the house Of Stuart.
The archbishop puts the ring on the
fourth finger of his ajesty's right hand,
saying. Receive this ring, the ensign of
kingfy dignity and Of defense of the Cath
olic faith"