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DELEGATE FOR PHILIPPINES
Mgr, Guidi Now conkldered 70 ne the
Man MOST Likely 10 Bs
ssleetsA.

ROME. Aug. THE appointment o. )
papal delegate TO the Philippine Il stu
undecided. The only change n the lltnA-
tion is that there Is now a greater pros.
pect Of Mgr. 0uidi'e selection.
Mgr. 0uldl himself iniormet sho Asso-
ciated Press correspondent today that hls
nomination had not been olhciaily decided
upon as yet
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-07
THE UGLY AMERICAN GIRL.
Comments Of Two japanese Women
Overheard in That Country.

from the Kansas city star
The beauty and charm of the American
girl is so generally conceded that 1t may
be surprise to learn that there Is spot
on the earth where her appearance falls
to make favorable impression; where, In
fact her features are regarded as the re-
verse of prepossessing. In this respect an
American girl, recently returned from the
orient, relates an experience that has since
kept her wondering if the compliments she
so often receives are not the most bare
faced fiattery and the looking glass a mis-
cradle deception.
1t happened in this way: short time
before leaving Japan she was visiting a
friend who resided in a part of the country
little frequented by foreigners. One after
noon they were Sauntering down the quaint
main thoroughfare of the town, much OBJ
served by the populace in general, when
they became conscious that they We're the
objects of curious attention on the part of
two Japanese girls, evidently of the we'll
TODD class in particular, who followed
close on their footsteps.
Presently the resident turned to her WIS.,
itor, with a smile. and remarked: 1T
seems We are the subjects of a good deal
of comment on the part of the young wo-
men following us. What do you think they
are saying?"
Il cannot guess" the visitor replied.
please tell me-
and violently resent their criticisms"
Certainly
Then this is a translation of what they
have been saying about us. Said Miss
Peach Blossom to the Hon. Miss Chrys-
anthemum: oh, do look at those foreign
women. See how strangely they are
dressed. They wear short kimonos lust
like the men. How very improper
Yes. acquiesced the other The for
eign womeE~ have no taste in dress. In
TOXIC. where l have been once no foreign
wonIans toilet is complete without a
stuffed bird on her head If she has NOT
enough money to buy whole stuffed bird
she buys head, the wings or some feath-
ers. They are very strange the foreign
womenr
But exclaimed the first, did YOU no.
tice the terrible size of the noses of these
two foreign women? Are the noses of all
the foreign women as large as these?'
es, they are as large, but they are
proud of their large noses. The foreign
women do not consider a large nose a dis
figurement.'
How very strange, And see. their ewes
are as round as the full moonr
Yes, as round as the full moon. They
stare at you without any expression or
feeling "
And their walk, Do look at their
walk, so ungainly, just like the great big
birdsr 'e
Stop interposed the visitor. eve
heard enough, or l shall begin to imagine
I'm the most hideous creature on earth
You will get many such shocks to van
ity If you stay long enough in Japan"
laughingly returned the resident
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-07
The First Anglo-Japanese Treaty.

from the London Chronicle.
1t will perhaps come as surprise to
many people to learn it was as long ago as
the reign of James l that the first treaty
between England and Japan was drawn
up and signed. In those days the East In
dia Company endeavored to open up trade
with the island kingdom, this attempt be-
ing fostered by certain Captain Saris.
who received much assistance from an En-
glish sailor named Adams, who had been
wrecked on Japanese shores The treaty
was drawn up between Iyeyasu and Sir
Thomas Smith of the East India COMPANY.
1t was very generous in it's stipulations, al
lowing the company to trade anywhere In
the kingdom without let or hindrance.
goods being admitted duty free
Other privileges were that the English
should be allowed to hold land and build
houses, and japanese subjects were called
upon to help the strangers if they needed
it at any time. Another important stipu-
lation was that the traders should be al
lowed ex-territerial jurisdiction, so that al
able to the English than others which have
been signed since. Unfortunately, how
ever 1t did not remain in force long. for
soon afterward the expulsion of the les
ults took place, and in 1916 the article al
lowing the East India merchants TO trade
at their pleasure was abrogated and their
operations We're confined to Hirado When
the final uprising against foreigners took
place this early attempt to bring about
commercial relations between the TWO ma
lions came to an end
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-07
A ROMAN sCHooLBoY.
Work Done by Graeco- Roman Pupils
1000 Years Ago.

From the Westminster Gazette.
Something new in the form of an exer-
else book for budding Greek scholars has
made Its appearance in Germany. Into this
Greek Reader has been packed all sorts
or delightful and almost unknown speci-
mems of the literature of ancient Greece
such as fables, fairy tales, stores etc,
adapted for young people. There are also
examples Of the work done by the pupils of
the Graeco-Roman school some twenty CEN
turtles ago.
Inc following, for instance, is the ac-
count of his daily routine work by Ro-
man schoolboy: He writes: Il wake up be-
fore sunrise. leave my bed, sit down with
my straps and shoes and put on my shoes
Then water for washing is brought to me-
l wash first my hands, then my face. take
OH my nightcap, put on my undergarment,
anoint and comb my hair, arrange nv
neckcioth, put on white paper garment
ana wrapper. Then l leave my bed room
together with my tutor and my maid, salute
my father and mother and leave the house"
The mixture of Spartan abstinence in leav-
ing home without . breakfast, and of the
altogether un Spartan luxury of an attend
ant, tutor and maid is suggestive.
The youth goes on to explain with de-
l1ciously pedantic air: 81 reach the school,
enter and say, Good morning, my teacher
He returns the salutation NV slave hands
slate, pen box and pencil to me. I sit down
IN my place and write, and then cross out
what have written. l write from a copy
and then show it to the teacher. He cor
reefs and crosses out what is bad. Then he
makes me read aloud. Meanwhile the
small boys have to learn their letters and
spell out syllables. One of the bigger boys
reads to them
Others write verses and I go in for a
spelling competition. Then 1 decline and
analyze some verses. When 1 have done
all this l go home to breakfast. 1 change
my clothes, and then I eat white bread and
oliYes, cheese, figs and nuts, and go drink
some cold water After breakfast l go
| back to school. 1 find the reader reading
aloud, and he says: Now we will begin at
the beginning" This schoolboy perform
ance goes long way to show once more
that there is nothing under the SUM-
not even the trivial round of the modern
SchOolhov
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-07
Narrow-Toed Shoes.

From the Shoe and Leather Reporter
manufacturer of shoes said recently.
in conversation regarding styles: Il no.
ticed on my recent trip over the country
that there was a tendency toward making
the toes of shoes a little narrower Not
that it was a material or pronounced
change. but sufficient to make it necessary
to reduce the width of the last 1 hope
that ever shoe manufacturer In the coun-
try will enter a protest against this inno-
walton. because 1t is not necessity, neither
II it called for. We have been immune dur
ing the past two years from any material
change in the style Of toe. We have all
adopted a style that has given universal
satisfaction and we should adhere to it.
The constant changing of styles to con-
form to what is nothing but a within or ca
price is all wrong. as We can all painfully
testify to, and were aware when we made
that abomination. the pointed toe When
a change Is demanded in the style of shoe
few people are aware of the cost to a man
ufacturer to change over his factory to
conform to the same in the matter of lasts
and patterns. and when the shoe business
Is as close as now We cannot afford inno-
vations. and especially when they are not
actually necessary"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-07

on this system. inclusive of maintenance
and depreciation of plant and the cost Of
supervision, amounts to about 3Xd. per
LOCO square yards cleaned. With the wa
tering cart system the cost is less. being
about 21zd. per 1000 square yards, but the
work is less thoroughly done. The differ
ence in cost arises mainly in the matter of
wages, since a watering cart easily covers
3,410 square yards per hour, and a less in
teiligent man Is required as driver than Is
needed for the chariot system, where
carelessness may easily lead to a very great
waste of water During April, May and
September the principal streets are water
ed twice a day and the other streets once.
During June. July. and August the main
streets are watered three times a day, if
paved, and from three to four times a day
If macadamized, while streets of secondary
Importance are watered twice If paved and
twice or three times If macadamized. A
certain amount of watering is also done In
March and November. in order to lay the
dust. and 1t should also be stated that in
summer the avenues of the Champs Elysees
and Of the Bots de BOulogne are watered
five times day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-07

these are the ruddy pumpkin and the rich
bum OF the ripe muskmelon- AS to the
green products, there are all hues and
shades, and, in some. these are marvellous
~ variegated. as in the blotched stripes of
the citron melon and the well-named snake
watermelon; also in the curiously Melted
stripes of the large green squash. The
whites have their varieties, such as the
opaque white of turnips, sometimes half
eolored with red: the fesh-like purity of
the parsnip; and the pearly iuster Of green
corn and white onion.
In which, for variety, the squashes lead the
garden host, with round, lobed, pyriform.
or with swanlike shapes. But what va
riety OF forms peculiar to each of the 9TH
ers mentioned! And what fullness of form,
as In the rotund compact cabbage, the OBJ
late Iobed tomato, and the melon swelling
out between its longitudinal constructions.
in other vegetables have the charm
ingly crimpled and crinkled leaves, and
some dtssected into fringes and friils, as In
parsley and the exquisite mats of "chicory
salad. Utility alone does not reign in the
market garden; beauty revels there in root
and fruit. and smiles forth in the green
grocer's display. Indeed. the growing To-
Hage only might be arranged in a pretty
display for landscape gardenng-say
striped-leafed corn for center, the red
stemmed and broad-leafed rhubarb sur
rounding this, then the purple cabbage
next the finely fringed parsnip, followed
by the red-topped beet, and fronted with a
border Of bright yellow-green lettuce
heads.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-07
BEAUTY IN VEGETABLES,
Carnelian Of the Tomato and Royal
Purple Of Red Cabbage.

From Popular Science News.
Amusement has been offered recently by q
real or pretended recommendation Of vege-
tables for millinery adornment attributed
| to vegetarian society. Doubtless, the
prosaic associations of these with cookery
will bar them from such use. But it is none
the less true that beauty Of form and color
abounds in the products of the kitchen gar
den; and the. subject has been wholly ne
elected perhaps because. as in other things,
it is so continually presented to the eye that
it is overlooked bydiwriters. 1t has not been
wholly siighted BY the painters: some of
| the most elaborate groups in still life" pic
lures have been made up OF vegetables; and
kitchen gardens. TOO, have been the SUBJ
especially by Teutdnic artists. It is in the
street that the beauty Of vegetables is es-
vegetables and fruits bring their colors with
them from thd cDuAtry. But it is along the
barren street that the beauty is presented
to us. How many Of the passers-by have
eyes to see 1t and feast upon 1t daily? But
the Italian, at least, who often presides
over it, must enjoXya polychromatic delight,
for his wife CHOOSES blazing hues in person.
al adOrnment.
But the vegetables, Of all artistic tints
and forms! The potato seems to be the
only exception; 1t Is a pig alike in form
color and dirt. But il 1t were well cleaned.
its buff or red and its argus eyes might
count for something. Take the potatoes rel
alive, however the tomato, When mot
crimson or yellow. it Is pure and intense
carnelian; and perhaps its warm tints gave
itsthe old name lave apple The red cab
rbagesis royal purple; it is used by chemists
to get fine vegetable color -
The egg plant is purple even to black
ness. profoundly rich in hue. The blood
beet is so deep a purplfsh-red that 1t NAV
even remind one sof Keats words ''Deep-
dyed as with the blood OF kings" The car
rot Is pure salmon red. and adds its bits OF
bright rose red Of the radish. the giobular
variety Of which Is sometimes cut into
roses to grace dinner table, The red pep
pers are appropriately of fiery color The
yeilows are no less rich. Squashes delight
in this. as we'll as in all fanciful forms
showing all golden effects from pale lemon
yellow to deep-burning orange. Along with
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-07
MEDICAL TERMS.
Rules as to Certain Plurals Applicable
Also to Other Words.
From American Medicine.


How to form the plural of some medical
/ words Is puzzle to many physicians We
have been asked especially as to the proper
form of the plural of neuritis, nephrtis,
etc, and of iris, formula etc. 1t seems to
US the general rule must be that If they
are English words, i. e., written in Roman
and not in italics. they should form their
plurals just as other English plurals are
formed. If they are still foreign words, of
course. the plurals must be those COM
manded by the language whence they come
There is hardly a better proof of acclimati-
cation than the adoption of the English
form of plural.
If the Latin form is preserved, then we
should print the words in italics and use
1t as little as possible. But in English we
are compelled to nephritis etc. be-
cause there are no other English words de-
scriptive of the facts. Such words are as
thoroughly anglicized as any can be. If
not, we should use the Greek alphabet in
printing them Why, therefore, preserve
the Latin or Greek forms of plurals? Who
would say lexica instead of leXicons fac
tota and ultimate instead of factotums and
ultimatums? In the same way we think
that chondromas. carcinomas, fibromas etc. =,
addendums, ovums, erratums, mediums,
focuses, funguses, formulas genuses sta
mems, indexes apparatuses, appendices
cherubs. straphs, bandits, criterions. ETC.,
are the proper plural forms. In words end
ing in is the change to -es, in forming the
plural. is so well established and so simple
that it should not be interfered with.
In this way we have accepted and habitu-
ally use analyses, bases. crises, hypothesis
cases. parentheses, theses, etc. Why should
We not also form the plurals of our words
ending in tits in the same way, instead of
the Greek -itides? The forms neurites,
nephrites, etc. seem preferable to neuri-
tides, nephritides, etc. We would prefer
irises to rides and iritises to iritides. The
objections to -itides are so evident that they
need not be discussed, and -itises is scarcely
likely to be accepted, although 1t is per-
fectly proper and preferable to -itides.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-07
ALL RIGHT WHERE HE WAS.
The Dead Man Had No Desire to Re-
turn to IoneSboro'.


Representative Brownlow of Tennessee Is
not a believer in spiritualism. Neverthe-
less his ponderous and genial personality
has evidently constituted him fieshy pill
lar of fire" around which several of his
departed friends gyrate. Whether this IS
simply a continuation on the part Of the
spirits which are doing the gyrating, OF
habit formed in life in seeking political
and other assistance from Mr.. BroWnlow'
does not appear However, Mr.. Brownlow
so,emnly says that every word of this lit
tie story he tells on himself, is the sub
stantial truth, although 1t seems TO SMACK
of the fiimsy unreal.
Mr.. Brownlow lives in thriving soutn-
ern town designated at the Post once De-
partment as Jonesboro'. One of his assets
in this town is a newspaper plant. building
and ALL The only profit Mr. Brownlow derives
from his newspaper Is what he gains po-
litically from being able to say In It's col
umns what he pleases to his constituents.
In order that the enterprise may go on as
a continuous performance Mr. BroWniow
farms out his paper to some reliable editor
printer, giving the editor-printer all the
profits of a monetary character that ne can
derive from advertising and circulation.
Mr.. Brownlow does not always have this
post filled to his entire satisfaction, and
few years ago, when he advertised for an
editor in-chief for his sheet, he was an
SiAS
name of Whitaker. Whitaker proved to
be all that he had said of himself, with
the exception that he had neglected to state
his ruling pasSon-an uncomfortable thirst
and a prolonged spree soon cast wet
blanket over Brownlow sdelight. Things We're
patched up again, however, and Whitaker
carried on the good work on Mr.. Brown
lows republican paper until the end came
one day like a bombshell. Whittaker's
wife, who had remained in the east, wrote
him long letter stating that, in her opin-
ion, the ends of domestic felicity would be
best met in their cases if she should get a
divorce. Two hours after reading the letter
Whitaker was dead. He administered to
himself a. fatal dose of morphine.
Nothing about Whitaker had been in the
mind of Mr.. Brownlow for several years
until he attended spiritualist meeting in
this city recently. Mr.. Brownlow had been
in his seat in the hall but a short time
when there was call from the cabinet for
Mr. Brownlow." Mr.. Brownlow permitted
the call to be repeated several times, and
then asked the medium which Brownlow
was wanted.
wv. P. Brownlow of Tennessee" was the
reply.
We'll. he's here" returned the represen-
tative. What can do for your
Mr. Whitaker wishes to speak with
him."
Through the medium a conversation was
conducted between Mr. Brownow and the
spirit for some minutes Whitaker told the
name of his wife, said he did not blame her
suicide and related many incidents which
showed his familiarity with Jonesboro'
Finally, Mr.. BrownlOw grew weary of
the laxative spirit and asked:
Vel. Whitaker, where are you now?'
Where would you rather be-in hell or
running my paper in JOnesboro' ?"
In hell, came the prompt response.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-07
against oppressive and distressing econom.

against oppressive and distressing econom-
ic conditions.
ditions began to take on some definite
shape. in place Of the general chaos which
existed at the beginning of 1889 accounts
began to appear describing Cuba's general
rehabilitation That there were marked
changes and vast improvements is not 20 be
denied, But many of the reports OF In
creasing prosperity, for more than two
years, have been misleading. while not a
few have been distinctly incorrect. Cuba
has been quiet and orderly not because of
American control, but because quiet and
order are among the marked characteristics
of the Cuban people. This holds, notwith-
standing the apparent contradiction present
ed by frequent and prolonged revolt. 1t
may be difficult of acceptance to those who
do not fully weigh the provoking cause OF
revolt. 1t remains however. fact.
With the coming of conditions when
made such return possible. the Cuban peo-
pie went back TO the scenes of their former
life, and sought the re-establishment OF
their destroyed homes and their devastated
fields. What has been done In the way or
Industrial and social rehabilitation has been
done by the individual and collective efforts
of the Cubans themselves. 1t might be
said, almost literally. that they have done
this without any aid whatsoever from the
government of Intervention. We have built
them school houses, swept their streets,
maintained at large cost an almost useless
police force known as the rural guard
dredged a harbor here and buin light
house there; but the great mass Of the Gu
ban people, the agriculturists. planter and
peasant alike have been left to their own
devices. Those of us who have seen Gu
ban peasants scraping a shallow furrow In
the ground with a piece Of bent iron bar
rel hoop In order to plant a little seed. and
have seen the patient endurance with which,
destitute of resources and facilities, the
Cuban people have labored for mainte-
nance, know where lies the credit for what
has been accomplished.
Whether that which We have really done
for Cuba and the Cuban people shall prove
of lasting benefit to them and to ourselves
depends chiefly upon their own ability to do
for themselves what we have failed to do
for them and toward the accomplishment or
which we have contributed little or nothing
Cubas veal or woe in days to come VIII
depend upon her industrial prosperity. The
determining factor will undoubtedly he the
investment Of foreign capital in the devel-
opement of her wonderful resources.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-07
Legend of Gunpowder.
From the Golden Penny.


Great honor is paid to St. Barbara in
Germany and Italy: why, very few people.
apparently. have up to now been able TO
discover. A German officer says that she
Is honOred because the invention of powder
Is. In large measure, due to her Ber-
thold Schwarz. monk, he explains, opened
the Lives of the Saints on ST. Barbara's
day, and read the story of her martyrdom
AFTER which he reasoned as follows: ''The
heart OF the virgin was white as salt, the
soul OF her tormentor was black as coal
and 1t was sulphur from heaven which
punished him for his cruelty 1 will mix
these three things. and it will be a won
der II L do not discover the philosophers
stone He did mix them. and as soon as
ne put the mixture in fire tremendous
explosion followed. Such, according to the
German soldiers. was the origin Of gun
powder.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-07
rs THIS THE CUREP
Apparently Simple Remedy in Small
pox and Scarlet Fever.

pox and Scarlet Fever.
From the Beacon.
A man has found in a scrapbook the fol-
lowing recipe for curing smallpox, it hav-
ing been printed in a western paper in the
form of letter: 81 herewith append a recipe
which has ben used to my knowledge
in hundreds OF cases. 1t will prevent or
cure the smallpox, though the pittings are
filling. When Jenner discovered cowpox in
England the world of science hurled an
avalanche of fame upon his head, but when
the most scientific school Of medicine in
the world-that Of Paris-published this
recipe as a panacea for smallpox 1t passed
unheeded. It is unfailing as fate and con-
quers in every instance. 1t Is harmless
when taken by well person. 1t will also
cure scarlet fever. Here Is the recipe as
have used 1t. and cured my children of
scarlet fever. Here it. Is as I have used Ii
to cure the smallpox; when learned physi-
clans said the patient must die, 1t cured:
Sulphate of zinc, one grain; foxgiove (digi-
talis). one grain; one-half teaspoonful Of
sugar: mix with two tablespoons Of water
When thoroughly mixed add four ounces of
water: take \ spoonful every hour Either
disease will disappear IN twelve hours. For
child. smaller doses, according to age.