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Evening star., 1901-11-15

Another cure for cancer is proclaimed,
this time the agency being the X-rays
The accounts Of the experiments thus far
conducted are assuring, but they cannot
be confidently accepted as demonstrating
yet that this disease has been at last con-
quered. Cancer has proved one of the most
stubborn of human ills In the face of mod
ern medicine and surgery. With con-
sumption it is regarded by the lay public
as one Of the unassailable evils which,
when once fastened upon the human body,
cannot be shaken. Cancer cures are almost
periodically announced, and though there
has thus far been reason sooner or later
to doubt the efficacy of all of them, the
repetition of the claim of success Is in itself
gratifying evidence that numerous skilled
investigators are industriously at work in
search Of the true remedy.
Evening star., 1901-11-15
Women's S Outing
Cloth Garments.

Light, warm and dainty-nothing
more comfortable for cold nights and
crisp mornings, and almost indis-
pensable to the up-to-date woman's
wardrobe.
We show large assortment of
these outing flannel garments, and
call attention to several lots in neat
pink and blue effects.
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YOKE back and front, trimmed with feather -
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Women's Outing Cloth Short Petticoats
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Evening star., 1901-11-15
Merit and Insulnr Appointments.

The President has it is reported an
nounced it to be his intention to adhere
strictly to the principles of the civil SER
vice law in selecting men for positions af-
fecting the welfare of the new wards of
the republic. The absolute separation of
this service from the classification of DO
litical patronage is demanded to insure eff
fective administration. We are on trial in
the island territories, having undertaken
for the first time on a large scale the gov
ernment of distant lands and alien peoples
Our reputation before the world, our pres
tige among those peoples, and the success
os our endeavor will depend upon the hon
esty and capacity of our administration
If We send to the islands mere political Of
fce holders, the hacks Of public patronage
We shall be guilty of a colossal blunder.
The qualifications for the insular service
are materially different from those for the
administration service on the mainland The
official, to be a true exponent of the best
American purpose. must be considerate of
the sensibilities of people newly brought
into this great system. capable of under
standing their needs. limitations and pc
culiarities. trained In his particular duties
to ensure the smoothest possible perform
ance of service. Such men may be found
In sufficient numbers for the purposes of
the government exclusively in one party or
another. But the best course of selection,
that which the President has already given
evidences of pursuing in this direction is
TO consider the man first, and his politics
last In no other branch Of the public SER
vice should the rule Of letting the office
seek the man be SO strictly applied
Evening star., 1901-11-15
"Weu Enough" for Whom?


The iron and steel interests will not be
represented in the reciprocity convention at
Washington next week. They are Strongly
opposed to having any subject brought be-
fore the coming Congress that will in any
way affect the present tariff laws" They
believe with the other protected trusts and
bounty sharers in letting well enough
alone" 'Well enough for whom? For the
government which maintains duties on steel
from which 1t gets no revenue owing to
their prohibitory highness? For the con-
sumers of Steel who are charged, as Presi-
dent Schwab admitted to the industrial COM
mission, higher prices than are charged by
the trust abroad? For individual manufac-
turers. who are being gradually crushed
out by the mammoth steel corporation? No
doubt the present tariff Is "well enough"
-fof the steel trust and for the foreign con-
sumers to whom 1t Is selling its products
in competition with rivals who are shut
out of this market both by our tariff and
by the capacity Of our mills to make steel
cheaper. But is 1t well enough" for the
tax-burdened and monopoly ridden people of
the United States?
Evening star., 1901-11-15
Homc Rule for New York,

There Is good deal OF talk in Greater New
York just now, in the light of Seth Lows
election as mayor. about the relations OF the
big city to the rest Of the state. Home rule
an issue occupies the public thought. Is
the metropolis to be freed at last from the
annoyance of state legislation to which the
majority of the city people are opposed!
Will the legislature. dominated by the re-
publican party membership from upstate,
be willing to hold hands off in the enact
ment of excise laws. for example?
The newly elected mayor and the gov
ernor had conference the other day and
last night the former spoke at length at a
banquet given in honor of the candidates
elected on the fusion ticket. Underneath
his words was a current of assurance that
hereafter New York. as long as it holds
itself in decent trim. will govern itself. The
stake of home rule has been won at the
polls because New York has demonstrated
that 1t Is capable. for the time at least. of
placing It's fortunes in the hands of men Of
honesty and ability. If those men fulfill
their trust as is now expected Of them, and
if the citizens ratify their good work later
at the polls, there will be no warrant for
legislative Intervention.
Much of the sumptuary legislation
crowded upon New York by the state law
makers in the past has been in the nature
of either a rebuke or a check upon the
rapacity of the Tammany grafters. 1t has
not always been wise legislation when
viewed broadly, but 1t has afforded for the
time the only means available of express
ing the indignation of the majority Of the
people Of the state. The states own repu-
tation has been at stake. The misdeeds Of
the governors of the metropolis reflect
seriously upon the commonwealth as q
whole.
The separation Of New York from state
guardianship will be more gratifying in it's
meaning than in its practical effects
1t will place the responsibility more
squarely upon the citizens of the big city,
and make them feel more strictly account
able for their own moral welfare. Hereto
fore many excellent men have shrunk from
active participation in municipal politics
and excused themselves on the ground that
If worst came to worst the legislature could
curtail the power of this or that municipal
official, or could enlarge the power Of the
governor, or could suppress the activities
of the vicious and corrupt classes by gem
eral laws. Incompetent or dishonest men
held in local office by virtue of pull with
Tammany might be summarily removed by
lHe governor. 1here was always pOSSi-
BILE way out of the dilemma to soothe the
conscience of the lazy citizen of honest in
clnations
The more squarely the burden of self
government Is put upon the city the more
clearly will the average decent citizen be
likely to see his duty. Mayor-elect Low
stands today for the best results of such a.
realization by the honest New Yorker It
will be for the permanent betterment of
the metropolis If this realization becomes
habit
Evening star., 1901-11-15

Speaking in Atlanta last night at the
meeting Of the Southern Cotton Spinners'
Association in advocacy of his welI-known
views on commercial development Senator
McLaurin said:
Until very recently commerce was not
deemed a proper subject for governmental
consideration. There is no direct depart
ment of commerce in any government ex-
cept that of Germany The moving con-
stderationS prompting the settlement of the
Chinese trouble were commercial The time
will come when the best minds of every
country Will be called upon to adjust the
complicated questions of foreign trade and
the consular officers at the leading ports of
commerce will equal in Importance the
diplomatic ambassadors"
'The time will Gomez" Could not Mr..
McLaurin well have declared that the time
Is at hand? Is It not? Take the case of
the United States. What subject COM
mands so much attention as our CONNER
cial prosperity and prospects? What men
are heard with greater respect In the dis
cussion of public questions than the leading
business men Of the country, many of
whom, 1t may be mentioned. are among our
best public speakers? What papers relat-
Ing to public afrairs enjoy a larger circula-
tioa than the official reports of the Ameri-
can consuls stationed "at the leading
ports of commerce. Their publication by
the State Department has proved to be a
happy stroke; and they are so full of mat
ter relating to foreign methods of business
and Of suggestions as to how We may with
profit improve our own methods, that there
Is demand for copies from every section of
the country. And. to cap 1t all, commercial
reciprocity. with the view of making the
United States the greatest of all the COM
merciai powers. Is the leading issue of the
hour.
There are men who raise their eyes and
Evening star., 1901-11-15
Third floor.
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Evening star., 1901-11-15
The Buffalo speech Again.

The most novel suggestion made with
respect to reciprocity is that we have over
valued the Importance of Mr.. Mckinney
Buffalo speech. We are assured that the
President did not intend it as party
shibboIeth. and that had he lived he would
not have returned to the subject to the
overshadowing of other subjects. He would
probably have given 1t but a minor place
in his message to Congress. Why the
country seized upon it so readily and eager
ly was because of the felicity of Its terms.
and the fact that the greatest living cham
pion of protection had made It. Reciproc-
ity advocated by Mr.. Mckinley? Why here
was a change of faith, And the country
rang with the shout, and the tragedy which
followed prevented any reply from the
President.
There are two excellent reasons for re-
jecting this suggestion In the first place
felicity of expression was not a rare mani
festation on Mr.. McKinley's part. All of
his public addresses show the gift. He did
not study the art of phrase making, but he
turned with ease some of the most telling
of political phrases Are we seriously as--ed
to believe that because a few unusually
happy expressions occurred to him on the
eve of his visit to Buffalo, Mr.. Mckinley
strung them together and fired them at an
audience on so conspicuous an occasion
without due calculation as to their full i'm
port or the echoes they would awaken?
There never lived man less likely to do
as foolish thing as that.
In the second place. as has so often been
pointed out, reciprocity was no new subject
with MIR. Mckinley. 1t had not just popped
into his mind. He was not laboring under
the excitement Of a recent discovery. He
had thought 1t all out years before and
committed himself both by votes and
speeches in Congress, and by acts after
reaching the White House. He saw while
he was urging his protection policy that
the time would come when our Industries
would require more than the home market
for their continued prosperity, and that to
secure that wider field for them without
injuring the home market would be the
duty of the statesmen Of the near future.
The time came sooner probably than the
President expected but he was none the
less prepared to take the logical stand In
the premises: and. as we all know he did
take it with entire frankness and courage
1t must remain one of the most interest
ing of unsolved questions as to the precise
line Mr.. Mckinley would have taken in
working out the problem. He was the
masssr of the whole tariff subject and II
Is a safe assumption that he had fully re-
solved in his own mind what he would
recommend to Congress III behalf of the
extension of American trade abroad But
he left no notes. and the Buffalo speech Is
his contribution to the present discussion
And that he meant 1t to attract and hold
the attention of the country there can be
no reasonable doubt Whatever
Evening star., 1901-11-15
Little Chiadren's
Outdoor Clothes.

The prettiest Caps and Bonnets
and the most luxurious and becom-
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gins and Mittens, and everything a
mother needs to dress her children
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find here in splendid variety and at
Systematically moderate prices.
Infants, Bedford Cord Long Cloaks, turnover col
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Infants Hand-crocheted Worsted Leggins. ,rc
Infants Bedford Cord Short Coats, trim 60 rO
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Little Childrens Colored Cloth Coats. In TAM
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Evening star., 1901-11-15
Had 1t All Figured Ont.

What do you think will be the solution
Of the trust problem?
"Oh," answered the well-fed philosopher,
II think the trust problem will solve itself.
One of these days society people will quit
devoting their attention to automobiles and
yachts and social supremacy will be deter
mined by the number of railways and
steamship lines the matrons and bellies can
boast of. This will precipitate disagree
ments among the families Of magnates and
the heads of the trusts will have to start In
to get the better of one another in a way
that will make competition something furi-
GUS"
Evening star., 1901-11-15
A Tribute.

The man who doesn't know is oft
The butt of ridicule;
And he deserves the filings he gets.
Quite truly, as a rule.
But unto one let's give our praise,
Because we rightly owe it
The man who doesn't know, thing
And knows he doesn't know It.
When bluff and bluster win the day
So often. it's q pleasure
To find cen this small share of wit
Is Joy Of mighty measure.
And SO We'll cherish an esteem,
And strive our best to show it,
For him who doesn't know a thing
And knows he doesn't know it,
Evening star., 1901-11-15
German Emigration to south Americ.

German Emigration to south America
Statistical reports from Berlin indicate
that the rate OF German emigration has
materially increased during the past year,
with the tide flowing more and more
strongly toward the Argentine Republic.
1t has long been understood that the Ger
man government was gently directing this
stream toward South America, and various
propositions to encourage such emigration
have been disclosed. more or less directly
traceable to the imperial authority The
purpose OF such q divergence from the
Evening star., 1901-11-15
WOrmen's Linen
TURNOVER Collars

stamped, ready for working, are
quite popular. We show them in
white and colors. stamped in various
pretty and dainty designs, Or we will
stamp them in any design you may
select from the department, without
extra charge.
I5c. each.
Art Embroidery Dept, First floor.
Evening star., 1901-11-15
A Permanent Census Bureau.
From the PHILADELPHIA Press

The announcement that the first volume
Of the statistics Of population of the new
census will be compete on December 10 Is
striking testimony to the efficient manner
In which the work Of the census has been
done under Director Merriam. This will
be four years In advance of the time when
the corresponding volume was ready for
the last census. or for any previous census.
But even this work would have been fin
ished earlier had there been a permanent
census bureau, the nucleus of an expert
erced force ready for work at the time
fixed for taking the census.
Evening star., 1901-11-15
Against Dockinr.

From the Baltimore American.
The Presidents expressed preference for
long. flowing tails In horses will probably
give a setback to the barearous practice of
docking. Both sense OF the artistic and
the principle Of humanity have united In
creating a prejudice against the senseless
mutilation Of animals, and the approval of
this sentiment In high places will hasten a
much-needed reform In the treatment of
mans devoted friend
Evening star., 1901-11-15

. Russell Sage says that the big western
railway combine will have to be watched
very carefully. This is a wise remark, but
it does not indicate what Is to be done If
the observations lead to confirmation of
the public's worst suspicious.
Evening star., 1901-11-15

Senator Tilman has no doubt been exer-
cising a milestone on his pitchfork, prior
to his usual performance of seizing that
weapon by the wrong end and suffering all
the damage that may occur
Evening star., 1901-11-15

The late E. D. Stokes Of New York ap-
pears to have been man Of considerable
uncertainty regarding the disposition Of
his property after death. Already five diff
ferent wills have been disclosed, and there
is no assurance that the end is yet reached.
II each Of these testaments is defended by
separate interest In court the case is des-
tined to become one Of the most nota bic
will trials on record
Evening star., 1901-11-15

A number Of reformers have declared in
favor Of sensible Sunday law" for New
York. The ascertainment of what consti-
tutes sensible Sunday law presents the
ONLY difficulty
Evening star., 1901-11-15

II ]. Pierpont Morgan ever becomes i'm
bued with the idea that 1t is disgrace to
die rich. he may make Mr.. Carnegie's do
nations look like pennies In the contribution
hov
Evening star., 1901-11-15

If North Carolina puts up a monument to
Sir Walter Raleigh in recognition of what
he has done for tobacco, Kentucky may
feel like hunting up the hitherto unrecog-
nized man who invented sour mash
Evening star., 1901-11-15

1t will be some time before Tom john
son makes a reduction in the carfare in
Cleveland sufficient to cause the grateful
populace to feel like contributing share
OF the difference to his campaign fund
Evening star., 1901-11-15

Japanese student is learning to build
locomotives in Pennsylvania shop. Japan
perceives that the railroad business has
elements of power in civilization, as well as
the army
Evening star., 1901-11-15
Cold Calculation.

"Do you expect to have any serious op-
position to your election next time?' asked
the friend.
Yes" answered Senator Sorghum,
"about the usual amount"
How much is. .that?"
"Oh. about fifteen or twenty thousand
dollars WORTH
Evening star., 1901-11-15

eff you amt got muffin wuf sayin'" said
Uncle Eben, keep puffickly still an let
folks imagine you has SO much on yoh mind
dat you amt got time to talk" =
Evening star., 1901-11-15
SHOOTING STARS.
Secure Either Way.

II suppose you are going to be thankful
on Thanksgiving day"
Yes said the man of gentle pathos 'If
have turkey and fixings. I'll be thankful
for them. And If I don't, I'll be thankful I
am not going to get Indigestion"
Evening star., 1901-11-15

China's warning to it's diplomats that
they must not become popular In this coun-
try destroys even sentimental objection to
O. Chinese exclusion act.
Evening star., 1901-11-15

1t Is probable that a number of eminent
ex-siiyerites will be glad to go back to old
party principles without any unnecessary
exploitation Of the affair In the newspapers
Evening star., 1901-11-15
Saturdays
Pure Food List.

Our New Canned, Bottled and
Package Goods are from the best
factories only, and even though
some of our prices may be unusually
low. we have never sacrificed quality
to price.
plymouth Rock, Chafmen' and Knox's Gclatine.
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Blue Label Catsup. Bottle e-.................. PIC
OAmpeeus beefsteak CAtsup. Bottle. .21c.
Royal Baking Powder. Lib. can. &c.
st. Johns Vanilla Bottle. e....................1 Ice
Bakers and Huyler's Cocoa. Can. .24c.
Roberts Cream OF Chocoiate. Can ne
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Centennial Sifted Early June Peas. Can. he
Fancy santa Cara Prunese 0-lb. can. .60c
New Nanticoke Tomatoes. Can. an................ec
Ivory, Babbitts, Octagon and Brooks Crystal
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Schultz's Star Soap Cake. Observation-Disclosures Sc
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Evening star., 1901-11-15

England may crowd as much medlaeval-
ism as it chooses into its court functions
But it perceives the need of modern alert
ness in its commercial operations
Evening star., 1901-11-15

II never did thing but what paid for
H." remarked Deyery recently. Mr.. Devery
will be suspected of affecting the opulent
hauteur of a Tammany boss
Evening star., 1901-11-15
An Illogical Impression.

Men hail the stupid man, tits said,
And VOW his words are wise and pat.
We think he has a level head
Because his sayings are so fat
Evening star., 1901-11-15

The scarcity Of Leonids cannot be ac-
counted for by any trust operations. This
is something Of a relief
Evening star., 1901-11-15

The sultan ought to have learned by this
time that the thing for him to do when
money is demanded Is to pay up.
Evening star., 1901-11-15

Richard Croker complains that the ticket
which lost was forced on him. That was
considered its chief beauty.
Evening star., 1901-11-15

The efforts to give variety to the news
from Bulgaria have degererated into rou-
tine. This is Miss Stones day to be report
ed safe,
Evening star., 1901-11-15

The Beers have succeeded in inspiring
great deal Of respect for the mere amateur
In military matters.
Evening star., 1901-11-15
The Era of Business.

All the weather bureau need do now is to
say colder and stick to It.
Evening star., 1901-11-15

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Evening star., 1901-11-15

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Evening star., 1901-11-15

UIn order to avoid delays on ae-
count of personal absence, letters to
THE STAR should not be addressed
to any individual connected with the
Office hut simply to THE STAR, or to
the Editorial Business Depart
ments, according to tenor or purpose.
Evening star., 1901-11-15
Sad.

From the New York Tribune.
And must We let him go to Vantage and
never see him more?