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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-08-23

Boys Washable Sailor
Blouse Suits, Of striped
Galatea and neat checks
and the like; handsome
ly braid trimmed; others
will ask you as much as
double-to go for 49c.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-01-11
Hnzine a. a Fine Art.

Some Of the witnesses who testify about
hazing at West Point seek to convey the
impression that the young gentlemen who
cort,uct the torture ceremonies are careful
to regulate them to the temperament and
constitution of the victim. This is task
of great deiicacy, and undertaken by people
who have not had time to become familiar
with all the complexities Of muscular and
nervous phenomena 1t Is likely to produce
consequences both unforeseen and unde=
sirable The cadets are at disadvantage.
for the world at large is accustomed to
look only at results and not to make fine
distinctions. 1t is not likely to give serious
attention to a plea that the only error was
in feeding tobasco sauce to a subject who
would properly have been treated with a
curry or with chile con carne.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-01-11
street Railway Schedules.

In another part of today'S paper a news
article indicates that friction has occurred
between one OF the city street railway lines
and its patrons as a result of failure of
the company to observe the law regarding
the arrangement and approval of schedules.
The laws require that the street cars be
run schedules submitted to and ap-
proved by the Commissioners. 1t appears
in this case at least that the company in
question adopted change in schedule with
out notifying the public or consulting with
the authorities. 1t further appears, how
ever. that there is no penalty provided for
such offenses and the case calls attention
pointedly to the need of general statute
upon the subject of street railway super
vision and inspection by the public author
tiles. There is at present no adequate
means to watch the operations of the street
car lines. The policemen on the regular
beats have their hands full attending to
their legitimate duties. The crossing police
men have no authority to report as to the
schedules. The duty of entering complaint
is left to the citizens, who as a rule will
suffer in silence for time until their affic-
lions become uncomfortable, when they will
write either to the newspapers or to the
Commissioners. There should be some di-
and to exact the fullest possible compli-
ance with the laws and the demands of the
| traffic. The initiative should be official and
| should be reliable and effective. Such in
| itiative cannot be secured under the exist
| ing laws Even with bettered system of
| supervision it should be required that am
| pie notice be given by the railway COM
| panies both of the existing schedules and
| of all proposed changes. Not otherwise
! can the Commissioners be assuredly in
formed of the needs of the people, which
| are to be regarded always in all such mat
| tiers, the railroads being chartered primar-
| lily for the public convenience. Any law
which may replace the present slip-shod
statutes as to street railway maintenance
| should contain stringent penalty provi-
| sion whereby the Commissioners can en-
| force the authority now broadly but inef-
| fectiveIy given to them by Congress.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-01-11
Col. WattersOn Again on DecL

Several years ago, after a vain effor, IN
state campaign to bring the Kentucky
democracy to Its senses, Colonel Henry
"atterson took leave of political leadership.
In bit of double-leaded philosophy, In his
cheeriest vein. he threw up his commission
and announced that henceforth he would
give his whole time to journalism. The eau
Gus. the convention, all the political places
which had known him SO long and so we'll.
would know him no more forever He
washed and wiped his hands of the whole
short-sighted and ungrateful crowd, and,
although nettled, breathed a sigh of relief
that his day In politics was past. The fare
well was happily delivered, and it occasion
ed widespread remark.
But there were people who smiled and
shook their heads. They were people who
remembered that fish could not live out OF
water. mountaineers for very long Gu,
of the sight of the snow-capped submits
And they said to themselves: 1.-The col
onel's resolution will fail. He means 1t now
but he can't stick TO it. 1t is a. stage fare
well. The colonel will reappear on the
scene, and when he does II will be with
as. jaunty a call to duty as ever leader
s0unded. Give him a little time
Those people were right. Colonel Waiter
son is back In the traces. He staid oul
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-01-11
VIM. E. Chandler,

Senator Chambers defeat for renomina-
ton means the departure from the upper
house of Congress of a man who has during
his thirteen and a half years of service
greatly enlivened debates, added to the
public interest in the proceedings and in
many ways quickened the processes of leg
islation- He has always been an enter
tanning figure In the Senate. His keen wit,
his powers of ready reply, his facility of
expression, make Of him a formidable an
taSonist in argument any subject. His
breadth of general informa ton fits him for
entrance into any dispute, and no more
engaging personality is to be found in the
saurical exposure of the absurdities of a
proposition. Mr.. Chandler has remained
above reproach as to his personal motives
IN all his public activities. His strict in
tegrity has made of him a target for UNI
awaiting attack Often his eagerness for
encounter has led him to extremes, and
his partisanship has not prevented him
from taking the position of critic of his
organization. 1t is doubtless true that he
owes his present defeat to his sturdy an
tagonism OF the corporations which have
become dominant forces in directing the
public affairs Of state and nation. This
episode indeed. illustrates the trend of pub
lie events. The man who has refused to
be subservient to the great aggregations of
capital. and especially the railroad die
tator In his state, Is sacrificed. The Senate
and the country lose when Mr. Chandler
lays down his commission and retires to
private life after forty years of almost con-
tinuous service in one branch or another
Of the public administration, state and ma
tional
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-01-11

just long as he could, but finally he
could. stand 1t no longer. SO seizing the
occasion OF Jacksous birthday-his democ-
racy, he claims, Is of the Jacksonian order
he prints in his newspaper a stirring man
ifesto from which the following Is taken:
1.-The Courier-Journal Is a democrat. It
is once again leader OF democrats. 1t Ie-
sumes its old place at the head Of the
column. 1t proposes to go on as II nothing
had happened But It would win. not lose.
battles; battles both state and national; and.
If the party leaders will range themselves as
In days gone by faithfully by it's side.
backed by the boys in the trenches. please
God, 1t will win them; and they will be
victories for democracy unter-iffed and I'M
defiled. 1t has never yet lost Il battle which
vas distinctly its own. Its defeats have
come from following after those who have
led us through slaughter houses to open
graves
These are brave words, and If Colonel
Watterson means business and can COM
maHd 1.-THE OF the attention in his party
he once commanded we ought to have some
lively times In this country In the next
three years. He Is sound money man,
and thinks it would be most unwise to dis
turb the gold standard. He Is an ardent
and uncOmpromising expansionist, and
would bitterly oppose surrendering the
Philippines as Theodore Roosevelt or Henry
Cabot Lodge. Although free trader. he
agrees now that the laws Of commerce are
worth more In the settlement OF that Ques-
ton than all the editorials 1t would be pos
sible for any man, or set Of men, to write.
So that II the Wattersonian leadership
means a rally under the banner Of the Wat
tersonian principles, we are to witness in
1904 the extraordinary spectacle of an at
tempt on the part of the democracy 10 out
bid the republicans their own ground.
But does the colonel mean business? Can
the country rely on him? There's the rub.
The Bryanites and the Goebelites have had
him down for some time rolling him in the
dust His jacket Is soiled and his eyes
and mouth full. He is tired of that sort
of thing and he calls for help. He appeals
to the boys in the trenches" He Goes
this in order not to clash with Mr.. Cleve-
land. who had already appealed to and for
the rank and file.' But suppose the boys
do not respond. Suppose they continue to
rally around Mr.. Bryan, or flock to the
support of some new champion of Bryan
ism. Will Mr.. Watterson continue then to
lead? Or as on two occasions already,
will he throw up the sponge and fall IN
behind men whose leadership he despises:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-01-11

Mary Ellen Lease cannot even retire to
private life without setting all the bees Of
notoriety a-buzz. Her solicitude for the
public veal has been so intense, and her
devotion to her fellow man so exacting,
that it would be surprising IL her do
nestle economies had not become more or
less disarranged. Finding that Colonel
Bryan was quite competent to voice an
eloquent protest against the things that
are and ought not to be. and that Mark
Hanna was disinelined to listen to reason,
anyhow, Mrs. Lease decided to seize the
opportunity to look after her own interests
and happiness. Her first impression was
that her message would be benefited by
the elimination of Mr.. Lease He offered
no objection. Mrs. Lease later decided that
it was not necessary to dispense with him,
and withdrew her suit. Mr.. Lease has not
expressed himself about hts future plans;
but a little sympathy for him does not
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-01-11
Mr.. CarneEie's Use of His Power.
From the New York Journal of Commerce.

Some years ago Mr.. Carnegie had a diff
ference of opinion with the steel beam man
ufacturers and he built particularly large
keam mill. He has recently been kept out
of steel car building by contracts to get
the material of him. When the business
was depressed he built couple of the big
gest blast furnaces in the world. and it
was reported at the time that he could save
a dollar a ton in the cost of making pig
iron, and that this would pay for the new
furnaces in short time. 1t Is now def
nitely announced that he is to build the
biggest pipe and tube factory in the world.
Mr.. Carnegies huge power in the iron and
steel world has generally been used to re-
duce the cost of production rather than to
squeeze higher prices out of the consumer,
and therefore his expansion has been not
so much in the direction of absorbing his
rivals as of absorbing all the lines of bust
ness from which and to which he would
have to sell if he simply operated blast
furnaces or rolling mills.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-01-11
UnrecOxnizeC Merit.


They sing about the fighters
In long and loud refrain:
And they oft salute the toiler
With a patronizing strain;
And the sunny tempered idler
Gets tribute now and then,
But no one filings a posy
To the man behind the pen.
He seeks no pomp and buster.
He tells what must be done.
He tells how art and music
And statecraft should be run:
Yet no one stops to listen
Or turn a kindly eye
Upon the stanch endeavors
OF Sir Vox Populi.
The teller of a story
They hail with ardent praise;
The man who sings ditty
In comfort spends his days.
Uncared for at his labors,
His days and nights he'll pass;
There is scant recognition
For honest Veritas.
Then here's to more acquaintance
With such a patriot true;
Whose left hand never worries
Ger what his right may do:
Who seeks, nor waits on profit,
To help his fellow men;
Here's to the silent hero
The man behind the pen!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-01-11
It's Efficiency Impaired.
From the PHILADELPHIA Times.

There will be rejoicing among the camp
followers and the saloon keepers in post
towns over the action of Congress in for
bidding the sale of wine and beer in the
army canteens or post exchanges. The post
exchange has proved the most efficient tenn
perance agency that ever has been employ
ed In the army Officers in the service
bear practically unanimous testimony to
the good effects Of this system. OF course
the post exchange need not lose all of its
a means Of keeping the men under or
derby restraint and protecting them against
their own appetites. its value must be great
ly impaired.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-01-11
An Industry in Peril.

Deres no use o trytn' to deny it." said
Meandering Mike. ''dere is an aristocracy
CROWN up in dis country De class dis
ttnction is gittin' harder an harder to
break over"
What difference does 1t make to your
asked Flooding Pete
"a heap O. difference. It's interferin'
wit me business. De fellers OATS got
money is all buyin' automobiles or bicycles.
Purity soon all de folks dat we kin git near
enough to to ask for a little cash won't
have any more money dan we have"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-01-11
Miss the Point.
From the Pittsburg Dispatch.

For nearly the half century the travelling
public has submitted to have books, candy
boxes and magazines and comic pa
pers piled on its lap on account of
the professional belief Of the train
boy that the thirty-ninth round will
discover something that thu passenger will
buy. Some contemporaries think the rail-
roads rather slow In making the change.
but we fear they miss the point. The bust
ness lasted because It was profitable. II 1t
goes out of existence in the new century 1t
will be because the profit no longer exists.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-01-11

A bill has been introduced in the RAJ
leigh. N. c., legislature providing that the
school taxes paid by white people shall go
to the support of schools for white children,
and that the colored populace shalt pay for
its own education. This is carrying the
Jim Crow school idea to an absurd extreme.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-01-11
Excitement.

DO you think that base ball Is going to
arouse the enthusiasm next season that it
used to Greater"
Il think so, answered the sporting man.
What we want to do now Is to get the
public as much interested In the fights Of
the managers as it used to be in the strug-
giles of the players
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-01-11

necessarily imply q lack Of courtesy toward
his distinguished wife. It must be annoy
ing to man to be constantly packing and
unpacking his trunk and specializing on
whether he ought to rely on the domestic
cuisine or purchase a meal ticket. It would
not be at all surprising II Mr.. Lease were
to make a decided stand in the matter,
even at the risk of seeming ungallant.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-01-11

Owing to the Intervention Of a large body
of water, the Filipinos will not follow the
example of Coxey's army and undertake to
appear in person before Congress. They
will have to rely on Senator Hoar and Sem
ator Teller.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-01-11

The assemblage of the presidential cleo
tors to cast their ballots for Mckinley and
Roosevelt will be a great relief. They form
one collection Of men who come. ballots in
hand, absolutely free from any suspicion OF
having been warped by undue influence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-01-11

There is no doubt that suggestion is a
strong consideration in connection with
people of sensitive temperaments Perhaps
the grip microbe would subside if publish
ers did not put its picture in the papers
and make much over it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-01-11
SHOOTING STARS.
Hia Reason,

mo" said Willie Washington, 81 never
expect to marry"
why not?"
well. shouldn't care to marry a woman
who was not clever. And II proposed to
one and she regarded me as sufficiently in
telligent and forbearing to make suitable
husband-why, then shouldn't regard her
as CLEVER
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-01-11
Want Free Fraud.
From the Seattle Post -Intelligencer.

From the Seattle Post-Intelligencer
The friends of the oleomargarine interest
are still furnishing the strongest indlct-.
ment against 1t. They claim that it would
be ruined by the Grout bill. although that
bill actually reduces the tax on this COM
modify except when 1t Is colored to imi-
tate butter 1t looks as If these gentlemen
wanted free fraud in dairy products.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-01-11

Agoncil1o has refused to give way to
Apaciblo, whom Aguinaldo has appointed
his successor at Paris. The Filipinos will
not succeed in any attempt to pose a
highly civilized nation by raising these
questions of official precedence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-01-11
Progressing in q Circle.
From the Chico News.

Paris now prefers to have its daily bread
made daily from flour fresh from the mill.
After time we may by the aid of our ply
sicians and scientists catch up to the early
Inhabitants Of the United States, who
pounded their own corn or wheat to flour
as they needed 1t for use. sometimes bend
ing down a sapling and tying heavy stone
to it and making 1t do the hardest part of
the work. Man seems to progress in a cir
Gle in q good many times.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-01-11

Kitchener is having difficulty in getting
the reinforcements needed for his opera
lions in South Africa. 1t would be little
melancholy to find that his name no longer
struck terror either among the enemy or
at home
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-01-11

rom the New York Tribune.

From the New YORK Tribune.
decided to open what they say will. be ''an
American Monte Carlo" on the eastern
shore Of Maryland. II they can get Tim
Sullivan to manage It they may achieve
financial success. although they don't de-
serve It, Even the notorious pat" Sheedy
is no such pillar of the temples Of chance
as Tim"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-01-11

New Jersey has unearthed a graveyard
insurance scheme. 1t begins to look as if
New Jersey were the recognized headquar-
tiers for men who want to get rich with I'M
dina haste
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-01-11

McUin says he bungled his testimony at
his trial for murder and commends himself
to charity as a man naturally and un-
avoidably deficient in discretion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-01-11

If the affection of Queen Wilhelmina and
Duke Heinrich survives all these cold
blooded preliminaries there can be no doubt
about its being a case Of true love.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-01-11
Omar X hayyaM.

The young and old now quote him;
His fate is very sad;
He started as a poet,
But he winds up as a fad.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-01-11

The new men at West Point may at
least solace themselves with the thought
that tobasco sauce is better than embalmed
beef.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-01-11

1t would be encouraging if Aguinaldo
showed some ambition to be worthy Of a
friend like Senator Hoar
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-01-11

There H no doubt that New Hampshire
loses a fine fighter by the retirement Of
Senator Chandler
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-01-11
Corset
Departna

Corset
Department.
All the desirable and reputable
makes and correct styles of Corsets,
including the. Straight 'front.'" are
here in satisfactory assortment
goods of strictly high character
only.
short Pair,.... @ .o.s. .nea,um ana $I.oo
&c L; > co c eoutll. Pair. ....:..... $1.75
long hips Pair @ ~" ""s' $I.75
P: D. corsets, sateen. Pair. $2.75
bust long hips Pair ..l"'sD' "onl low SAYS
short hips. Pair. .:a. .oa'' 70" Dust. $3.50
Girdle Corsets, fancy materials. Pair. 81. 50
.~iet.es. Dozen. 6Oc to 8oc.
Second floor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-01-11

Little Girls Long Coats. plain and fancy styles.
smooth and rough materials; sizes 8 to II.
$3.50 to $2I.oo each.
Third folr
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-01-11
Young Folks
Shoes.
Third fo'1r.


We have enlarged Our Boys and
Girls Shoe Department and are
thereby enabled to show larger as
sortment than heretofore, and in
more satisfactory way. The best
styles and the proper feathers for
dress and school wear are l-ere.
BOYS Iron Clad Lace Shoes, extension soles.
tips Of same We are the city agents for these
Shoes and guarantee them in every partic- 50 cO
ular; sizes II to 2. Pair. ................ To
s,, o. ,u Pair $500
Rows and Youths Dongola and Satin Calf Lace
Shoes extension sOles, tips Of same. very neat
and solid shoe In every respect sizes IL to So 90
Misses and Children's Shoes. kidskin vamp and
heel fox patent leather tips extension solos, auto
medic last, cork filling between inner ana 60 M
outer soles; sizes S1a to 1Oh. Pair..... paw
s J.. . p.,, $2.5o
Third fO0r
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February
Fashion
Arrived.

;. The Fashion Sheet may be had
for the asking. The February pat
terms represent the new styles in
form. The Improved Stand
ard Patterns sell at Sc, 1oc., I5c..
zoe. and 25c.-none higher.
Pattern Department-First floor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-01-11

nice assortment Of Misses Three quarter Box
Coats, some with flare collars, others with velvet
collars; fashionable shades of tan and castor;
silk lined.
$500 to $4,000 each.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-01-11

Misses Wool Sailor Dresses. blouse and skirt,
large sailor collar. trimmed with braid and en-
broidered figures; sizes to II.
$6.75 each.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-01-11

Girls Box Jackets in pretty shades of tan and
castor kersey. silk lined, semi-6tting back; sizes
to r.
$1,000 each.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1901-09-27
The DuIke to a Quack.

'Sir: I. have received your letter
and the box of salves, ETC., which you
have sent me. This last will be re-
turned to you by the coach of Monday.
1 beg you to accept my best thanks
for your attention. think that you
and have some reason to complain of
the editors of newspapers. One Of
them thought proper to publish an
account of me, that I was affected
by rigidity of the muscles of the
face. You have decided that the
disorder must be tic douloureux, for
which you send me your salve as a
remedy. I have no disorder in my
face. L am affected by the lumbago
or rheumatism in my loins, shoulders,
neck and back, disorder to which
many are liable who have passed days
and nights exposed to the weather
in bad climates. I am attended by
the best medical advisers in England,
and L must attend to their advice. l
cannot make use of salves sent to me
by a gentleman, however respectable,
of whom I know nothing, and who
knows nothing of the case excepting
what he reads in the newspapers.
A letter of the duke of Wellington.