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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-06-05
THE DISCOVERY OF A LOST ART

The glass did not crack, and then as
second test the water was poured cut
and the empty chimney was held over
the fame until it approached the melt
ing stage. When it had reached a.
high a temperature as was possible
without melting, the chimney was
plunged into Geld water, and again it
came forth uncracked and unframed.
KaufeId followed this test with another
in which he took up a chimney and
used it as a hammer, driving a good
sized nail into a tough hardwood board
without cracking Or breaking the glass.
He said that if q piece of the chimney
was broken in any way it would be
possible TO take another piece Of glass
and weld It on, making a glass patch
OF it, but he made no demonstrations
OF that KauffeId believes his glass
viii ultimately be used for tea kettles,
coffee pots, and all sorts of cooking
utensils. because OF the ease with which
it may be cleaned, and he says that he
expects 10 show the world some inter-
esting and remarkable pieces of glass
ware before many months have passed.
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TIE MAN KITCHENER
By S. H. BERKELEY, &. /.

/ HR0BABLY there is no man more
7 popular in the British Empire to-
/ L day than Lord Kitchener: ne man
more popular. more respected.
+ more feared. but no man less loved. for
to tie world the maa Kitchener
does not exist there IS only the
+ machine. neither asking affection nor
/ giving il. His officers and men are bu.
wheels in the machine. He feeds them
to make them efficient and works them
I as mercilessly as he works himself
Sickness. domestic ties and humanities
/ interfere with work. He will have none
( Of them. If any officer through sickness
becomes at all inefficient. he goes. Like
Cecil Rhodes. he prefers his subordin-
atCs 10 be single. Marriage means d.
vided interests It IS not amiable but
it has a magnifcence. Still this does
not affect his popularity No genera!
is unpopular who in the end is always
victor When a regiment marches out
into the dark it knows not whittier and
does battle with an enemy it has never
seen, # Kitchener command every man
has q tranquil mind. You may wager
your soul Kitchener knows he wouldn't
fight if he were not going to win. Many
generals have been better loved, no ger
eTaI was ever better trusted. Stevens.
describing him. says: He stands sew
c-aI inches over six feet. straight as
lance. and looks out imperfousIy above
nest mems heads. his motions are de-
Iiberate and strong: slender. buJ firmly
knit he seems built fer ti-eless. steel
wire endurance rather than for power
and agility. Steady. passienIess eyes
shaded By decisive broEs, brick red
rather full cheeks. a long mus;ache be-
meath which you divine al inmovable
mouth; his face is harsh and neither ap-
paals fer affection nor stirs dislike
On June q Of this year Lord Kitch-
ener will be ffty-two. He is unmarried.
and is said 10 care for but enc woman in
all the world. his old nurse. However
scanty his leisure, he still found time.
during his hurried visits to England,
70 visit her
He was born in ireland. and takes
pride in the fact As a boy ne was
quiet and taciturn, good at books, show
ing a talent for figures but strange to
tell. taking bad place in outdoor
games and gymnastics.
An interesting but generally un2oticeG
experience Of his early days vas his par
ticipation in the Franco Prussian war.
Young Kitchener had been at the Royal
military academy but two years when
that war broke out. He offered his ser
vices TO the French authorities, was &C
cepted and attached to the second army |
Of the Loire. During this period Kitch /
ener IS said 20 have made an ascent with |
two French cfficers-a very perilous as
cent-in war balloon and to have shaT- /
ed actively in several engagements, only 4
20 be stricken down with pneumonia and /
invaded home.
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any doubt about since he dropped the
pilot Bismarck so unceremoniousIy.
It is probable that in variety Of occu-
pations and interests President Roose-
Welt would rank as second to the Kali
ser. As far as his public life is con
cerned. he has been a New York assem-
blyman. a candidate for mayor. a United
States Civil Service Commissioner. q
New York police commissioner. Assist
ant Secretary Of the Navy. q colonel of
volunteer cavalry, governor Of the
State, Vice-President, and is now head
Of the nation II this is not a case of
being "all-around." what is It?
But. in addition 20 all this, Mr.. Roose-
welt can run a ranch, can shoot big
game. can bag his own dinner and cook
il. can put up his fists with a p-ofes-
sional knows something about wrest-
ling. can't De tired out in the saddle.
and IS keen in all sorts Of exercise. He
NAV not write operas or poetry, but,
young as he is, and busy as he has been.
the books that he has produced FL d
EOOdIy sized shelf He has really given
a new word to literature in "strenu-
ous." which is now used wherever Eng
Iish is spoken in the specialized sense
in which it was employ ed in Mr. Roose-
yelt's essay.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-06-05

Z OUIS KAUFFELD, the owner Of a
glass factory at Matthews, Ind,
IL claims to have discovered one OF
the Ions lost arts Of the encients,
and he says that while he has not yet
succeeded in making a glass that IS a5-
soIuteIy maIIeable. that is, hammerable
and unbreakable, he is now able to pro-
duce a seni-malleabIe glass. and will
soon be able TO put upon the market a
glass as maIIeable as any of the metals.
says the Iowa Register Kauffeld is
at the head Of a prosperous lamp chin
ney factory employing 10 men, and if
he makes his claims good he is quite
certain to bring about revolution in
the methods OF modern glass-makins-
4 few days ago Mr. KaufeId made
a number of tests and demonstrations
before a number Of his workmen. and
they all testify as to the wonders ac-
compIished. First he took a lamp
chimney made of the new glass. and,
after filing it with water. placed 1t
over a furious fame and permitted it
to remain there until the water boiled.
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whether your buildings are twenty sto-
Ties OF two stories high. What I want
is TO become acquainted with the Amer
lean people
Almost any other envoy from q coua-
try so situated commercially as TO our
own as is Germany would have INDUCED
in some philosophical observations as 10
the meaning Of the American twenty
story building in business sense.
whether it was an evidence Of a foolish
effort TO create something big. or was
the outward and visible sign Of a cease
less commercial activity, and a constant
approach TO a condition Of commercial
supremacy which might some day i'm
peril the interests Of those who fail to
keep the pace which Uncle Sam is set
ting Prince Henry has not yielded to
any such besetting oratorfcaI or i'm
pressionistic temptations as he has en-
countered during the progress Of this
mission of peace and goodwill. and has
thereby shown himself a royalty Of
SURPRISING common sense. - HarDer's
Weekly.
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AIexandTdS Interest in FiOnitOR Lace

Duchess Of Argyll. at her wedding were
also Of this type.
At the present time Honiton, Beer.
Sudbury, and Branscombe are in healthy
rivalry as 10 the good work they are
turning out, and the present revival
owes much to the zeal and enterprise
Of private ladies. Mrs Fowler, at Honi-
ton. has been foremost among these.
giving employment all the year round
TO women and girls. even though she
saw little immediate prospect o. dis
posing OF their work. The county coun-
ell has come 10 her support nov with
a handsome grant-in-aid, and she will
be able to hold classes TO instruct be-
gianers. No less enthusiastic has been
Mrs. Barnard. who has supplied fine de-
gigns, and strfven to emphasize the
Flemish influences to which this lace
UnquestionabIy owes it origin The peo-
pie could not AFFORD 10 buy new pat
terms. and without help were slow in
adapting the examples put before them,
but one of Mrs. Barnard's greatest tri-
umphs has been that of preserving the
art OF making real net upon the pillows.
This had so nearly died out that only
one old woman could be found who knew
the secret. and its restoration in place
OF the guipures which had ousted it is
immensely to the gain OF the artistic
character Of the Iace.-London TeIe-
praph
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-06-05
THE KAISER AND THE PRESIDENT

THE decision went 10 the Kaiser at
the end Of discussion on Who
is the best 'aII-around' man in
the world? % at q London bache-
Tor girls tea recently. says the New
York Evening Sun"
Which led someone TO sum up the
ruler Of United Germany az follows: He
can talk Huently in six languages. He has
written a play and conducted its re-
hearsaL No man lives buster life
than he. but on the discovery Of the
Roentgen rays he telegraDhed for Prof
Roentgen and talked with him for
hours. He has written q public prayer
and conducted a choir. He can cook his
own dinner. can play chess, paint pie
lures or draw Caricatures. He has
learned engineering and studied cleo
Jricity
Though he can use only one arm, he
car shoot game for four hours at the
rate Of two a minute He has over
hundred titles. and is an admiral in
three OF the biggest navies. IL twenty
Eve years he has shot %. 600 head Of
game. He changes his dress z dozen
times a day, has a dozen Wallets. and his
wardrobe is worth $500, 00G And all
this in addition to being boss OF the
empire fact which nobody has had
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PING-PONG ALA TENNYsoN

Grim portent falls Ger dining halls.
Excited hearts full high are beating.
o quick. snatch of the tablecIoth
Before the folks have done their eat
ing.
Ping, father ptngl Set the wild echoes
ringing
And pong. mother! Answer echoes.
ponging. Danging. pinging:
0 bark, 0 hear! How sharp and clear.
As granddad pings across the table.
o faint and far the echoes are
With jenkins ponging in the stable.
Ping! lis the cook and exc the house
maid fiiDging
Care % the winds and ponging, panging
pingingi
0 Love, il pdlls-this chasing balls
That hide themselves in dusty places
While enc, alasl flew in the gas,
And three knocked over valued vases
Ping. Is it true that angels, no more
singing,
With harps fer bats, 90 ponging, pang-
ing, pinging? The Critic.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-06-05
ROH1E'S RAIN Of MONUMENTS

uel in 1873, there was a national move
ment to erect a monument to the
Father Of his country" and after much
talk the work was begun in January,
1885. and is now, seventeen years after,
only about half done IN the first six
years alone 1870 900 was spent, al
though the estimate for the whole was
only G360, 600. and when they began to
dig the foundations they found the hill
was perforated with galleries full Of
rubbish. and also remains OF the ARK
of the capitol came to light, so that
such notifications were necessary as to
greatly add to the cost. Then came a
pause or some years in the work. during
which period the government voted
e20.000 TO keep the work alreadv done
in order Labor on it has now begun
again. and it is estimated. if nothing
Unforeseen happens. that it will be fin
ished IN 1872
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The opportunities offered him OF OBJ
serving the iron discipline and scientific
skill Of the Prussian army doubtless as
sisted to make him what he Is now.
methodicaI fighting machine. working on
business principles. DC would make 2
splendid manager of a trust. Of a war
department, Of q shipping ecnAizc. Of
anything Lord Kitchener is never in 4
hurry. With iumutabIe seIf-controI he
holds back from each step till the
ground is arm under the last Through
the slew. tedious. heart-breakiug process
OF wearing down" IN South Africa he
has remained unmoyed. concise and alb
rupt in MS reports. neither seeking ap-
pIause nor fearing adverse criticism;
through depression. reverses and all the
misery of the later phases Of che Boer
war. he has pursued his way infexibly.
Although he is said 10 have aged in ap-
pearance. 10 other sign CT Gil be has en-
dured has been given TO the world
n the new school of diplomacy. the
diplomacy Of naked truth. he is eminent.
A man Of iron ard ice" he may BE- but
his word is his bond. and whoever may
have been his opponents, whatever may
have been the circumstances he has al
ways been implicitly trusted
When Kitchener was made chief of the
staG to Lord Roberts there was some
doubt at first as to whether they would
work together in harmony, but the most
eloquent proof Of their bon accord is the
remarkable way in which Kitchener ef-
faced himself while Lord Roberts was
ommandeT-in-chIef. suu they are men
Of very different character. 4 story
told in the "Outlook'' shows the two
commanders IN iuxtapcsition.
While Lord Roberts was IN Cape Town
he called into his Office a certain colonel
and charged him with a certain mission.
Now" said Lord Roberts, how soon
can you put this through I know you'll
do the best you can" We'll" replied
the colonel, I'll try to do it in two
weeks" All right, said the chief.
I am sure you'll do the best you can,
and with a pleasant smile ne dismissed
the officer. Outside the door he met
Lord Kitchener. Well" said Kitchener,
with businessiike abruptness. Oh
said the colonel. y have just seen the
chief He wants me to do so ana So
When are you going TO ger through
7 promised to do 1t in two weeks. said
the colonel
Now, colonel was Kitchener 5 reply.
IF this is not done within week we
shall have 10 see about sending you
home" And done il vas Such Is the
man Great Britain is appIauding today
He has labored at little things and
awaited the great. Stone to sit still,
but steel TO strike; cold, strong, index-
ibie and stead[ast; the man who has
cut out his heart TO make himself sue
cess. Men say he is ambitious If it
be so it is q splendid fault
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-06-05

From all over the country petitions
have come to Congress for Iegisla-
ton which VIII make It possible 10
begin work on the Memorial Bridge
and lay the cornerstone of the struet-
ure during the grand encampment Of
the Grand Army of the Republic IN
tins city, next October. These peti-
tons have emanated from the veter-
ans of the war between the States;
not Union veterans only. but even
those who Wore the gray. The senti-
ment that moves the former Is the
desire 10 see the commemorative work
begun during the last gathering Of
their organization which viii ever be
held at the CaaitaE of the Nation. the
work which will stand as a memento
of the gigantic struggle for the pres
ervation Of the Union. The cid Con
federates want to behold the begin
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-06-05

ming Of the structure which Will
typify the reunion Of the once divided
sections.
in Congress various steps have been
taken to bring about the desired con-
summation. The matter Is IN such
shape that but little Is required 10
perfect the necessary legislation.
But the thing hangs fire somewhere
most unaceountabIy. From all that
can be learned there Is some occult
influence that comteraets all efforts
to bring the matter to a point The
sentiment Of the country Is favorable
to the building of the bridge, and the
old soldiers, II would seem, have a
right to expect that Congress. in def
erenee to that sentiment, shall crafty
their wish and make the appropria-
ton with which the work can be be
gun
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-06-05

IF THINGS 90 at the present rate,
says the London Pail Mall Ga
/ zette's" Rome letter, Rome will
have no more need to erect monu-
ments herself. as they will be provided
for her. She may now be compared to
d beautiful woman. whose lovers, to
Guido each other, give her presents, one
more lovely than the other Emperor
opened the game with the pre-
OF a monument to Goethe,
while that to Victor Hugo soon fol-
lowed, and there are serious rumors OF
one TO Longtellow or Hawthorne from
the American colony here. Rome her
self wishes TO erect one to Shakes
peare, as a compliment 10 England, but
there are those who consider that it
would be more appropriate to finish first
the national monument to him who did
so much for the unity of the country.
On the death OF King Victor Emman-
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-06-05
PRODUCTIVE AND UNPPODUCTIVE
PEOPLE.

When a man puts money TO productive
uses it is the man that is the larger
factor in the production, and the man
who does not contribute his work or
his thought or his skill, but only his
money. properly gets a diminishing re
turn So. too, with clerks that
are a part Of the machinery for carry
ing out other mems plans. They are not
primarily productive They are either
the young who yet lack training and ex-
perience. or they are of the class that
remains secondary and never become
primary in the work Of the world,
There could not be a more wholesome
tendency in a democracy than the ten
dency that Mr. Watson's obvious but
interesting generalization shows-not
that anybody takes pleasure in the hard
lot of millionaires and clerks. but the
economic righteous do. per contra. get
their reward. The economic righteous
are they who successfully use the mil
liOnaire's money and the clerks time:
they are those who have skill and who
above all other quaiities) have magma
ton; for production and Imagination 90
hand in hand. It were more accurate to
say, perhaps, that Imagination leads the
way. man without it must reconcile
himself to remain an unproductive mil
lionaire or a clerk, and it makes little
difference to the world which he IS
Worlds Work.
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INDIANS AND BASKET MAKING

were attached seemingly more as ha.-
dies than anything else.
The ideas for markings and ornan1a,-
tations on the baskets were evidently
borrowed from what the Indians saw
about them. such as the black marks on
lizards and rattIesHaHes, the plumaee
OF BIRDS the zig-zag streaks of lightning
and the overlapping branches OF palm
trees Sometimes the objects themselves
are copied IN black on white ground.
and the result is a curious symbolic
basket
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-06-05

- NGLISH and Irish lace bid fair 70
r share with home-worked en-
IL broideries the fashionable hon
ors Of the coming season, and
more than one notable event Of recent
days has directed attention to the share
that the beautiful handicraft Of Devon
shire may hope to enjoy IN it. Queen
Alexandra, who is not only foremost in
supporting home industries, but is one
Of the keenest collectors and most ex-
pert conuoisseurs Of fine lace, wore at
the state opening Of Parliament a mar
yeIously fine and beautiful Honiton veil
beneath the small diamond crown, and
permitted 1t 10 be made generally
known that she diG so IN order to bring
lace Of this type into notice How sue
cessful her majesty's gracious thought
has been may be judged from the fact
that Mrs. Barnard. OF Coombe Raleigh,
honorary treasurer Of the ladies' guild
In connection with the Honiton lace
school, has obtained orders to the value
OF over $1,000, 10 be executed between
nov and June The Princess of Wales
is pauroness Of this guild, and has hon
ored it with repeated orders, but royal
support and sympathy are, OF course,
no new thing for the industry. There
are old women living whose mothers
helped to make a wonderful dress for
Queen Adelaide. in which every flower
was copied direct from nature. Queen
Victoria. who realized that the workers
were often IN poverty and distress. or
dered through a Miss Bidney the finest
dress they had ever made 10 wear at
her wedding. Some zoo women and girls
were employed on it for several weeks,
and in order that its lovely design
should not be repeated the patterns
used were destroyed. The bridal veil
and founces worn by Princess Louise,
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-06-05
FLAG AND CONSTITUTION
BELONG TO THE TERRITORIES
By Senator WILLIAM E. MASON of Illinois.

7 AN for the making of new States,
and consequently strongly ad-
vocate the admission to State
hood of the Territories Of Arizona.
New Mexico, and Oklahoma. all Of
which are now knocking at the door
Of the United States Senate.
The people now n these Terrific
RES are our people. Our flag Is their
flag, and our Constitution their Con
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-06-05

Y Z TORD comes from Phoenix.
Nv Ariz-. that years Of drought
V which have driven the In
dams. like the white men.
into something more profitable than ag-
riculture. have in a measure revived the
basket-weaving industry throughout the
Southwest
For time the ancient work of bas-
kerry threatened to become a lost art
among the American Indians from dis
use. Curio collectors gathered in all
the baskets produced on the reserva-
tons. and the education OF the Indian
led him out of this business into more
profitable fields.
Nowadays, however, it is no unusual
sight to see Indians and sQuaws Of
ferinG their baskets for sale on the
streets Of Phoenix and the nearby
towns az prices that tempt the ordinary
curio hunter rs well as those who
look more deeply into the subject. Us
ually the secret OF basket weaving Is
jcaIously guarded Visitors TO the res
ervation who have sought to cajole or
even bribe the squaws into permitting
a peep at their baskets in an unfinished
state have been repuIsed- Even when
finished the baskets are jealousy guard
ed and the shrewd bargaining squaws
will show only one basket at time
if they chance to have two or three 10
cfer for sale as the result of a weeks or
months work
The baskets ara usually carried to
market in dirty bags, from which they
are reluctantly taken, or the mouth of
the bag is opened and the prospective
buyer is allowed peep at the woven
work within.
The aboriginal basket makers pat
termed their wares after nature. Com
mon objects were initiated in shape,
such as acOrns, mesquite bean pods,
pine cones, heads of aTtichOkes, and the
like. Recently an cid squaw let her i'm
agination run riot and the result was
a basket baby, an ungainly thing, with
a big head and body out OF all proper
ton TO the spindle legs and arms, which
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stitution. They are entitled to all of
the dignity and convenience of gov
eminent that We are entitled to in IL
hnois.
To longer delay means a delay Of
justice, and the delay of justice Is
the denial OF justice. I am in favor
Of spending less time and money on
the Filipino, and more on the Ameri-
cano.
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Of CANAL ROUTE SHOULD
Be LEFT TO THE PRESIDENT
By Representative PAGE MORRIS of Minnesota.

I think the right way to do Is 10 leave the matter
CT the selection Of to the President, who am
quite sure viii he largely governed by the scientific
perts ard by the consideration of the relative advantages
the way of the concessions secured from the different
governments which own the Sthmian erritory.
I do not think there is any crying necessity to be
great hurry about the sthmian canal and vet if we
are gong to build it may just as well get about it.
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Made Him Run.

4 thought you had such a good posi-
ton at the cannery," said the friend
whose aid had been requested.
so I had, answered the purveyor of
hardiuck stories" but they got a new
and he canned me. BAL
timore American.
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KING EDWARDS DOGS.

King Edward is great lover OF dogs,
and has had many fayorites- His pres
ent chosen and constant companion is
an Irish terrier named Jack that came
into his possession in November last
md now lives with his majesty. travels
with him, and lies beside the Kings
chair all day, as faithful and insepa-
rabIe fayOrite.