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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-11-25
In Time Of War.

sc. That the government Of the United
States shall have authority to assume full
control Of the said cable during war Qn-
Guiding grave civil Disturbance, or when
war is threatened.
~. That all contracts entered into by
the said company with foreign governments
for the transmission of messages by the
said cable shall be null and void when the
United States is engaged in war, so far as
the President or Congress shall so elect
'S. That the United States shall have
authority to sever at discretion all branches
which may be connected with the main
cable line aforesaid during war or
threatened war.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-11-25
Americans When ObtainabIe.

20. That the operators and employees Of
said company (above the grade of unskilled
labor, after said cable shall have been
laid, shall be exclusively American citizens.
II the same can be obtained
40. That the citizens Of the United
States and of its possessions shall stand on
an equal footing as regards the messages
over said company's lines, with citizens or
subjects of any other country which said
cable may connect.
III. That the cable shall be capable of an
effective speed OF transmission over the
main route from California to Luzon Of not
less than twenty-five words a minute which
the said company agrees to make every ef-
fort to maintain.
~. That the cable laid shall be Of the
best manufacture.
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WantedL>ADen1ocratic Policy
BY JUSTIN GREY.

The domestic Senators and Representa- lives in Congress, are, according to their own admission, without a we'll defined policy on the questions of the day with which to confront their political oppo- nents. This Is a political situation with out precedent in the history of the Dem- ocracy. What is the meaning of 1t? Is it that the Republican measure of the administration are so sound and so ac- ceptable to the people that it is idle to oppose them? Or Is that the Democratic party Is bankrupt so far as the art of governing is concerned, and that as a political organization it's affairs should be wound up and it put out of business? No Democrat, not in Congress, will ad- init that. In 1900 the Democratic party had a policy, a set of principles upon which 1t went to the country. Upon that platform MT. Bryan polled 6,35S.7ss votes. The late President McKnley's vote was 72os,224. a popular majority of only s4s,- 435 over Bryan No Democratic candi- date for tks Sresidency ever received so many ballots. and the contest which pre- cs<ed the election was notable for the
 fact that on side the political treasury
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consisted of a plain whales tooth.
 "The first gift received by the United States government was that of two paintings-oil portraits of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette These were received from the King and Queen themselves soon after the clcse of our revolutionary war.
 Another most important gift is the Presidents desk It is sf oak, and is of much historical interest aside from its value as present from the late Queen of England It is built of timber from H. M S. Resolute which was sent to the Arctic Sea in search of Sir John Franklin The vessel was abandoned in the ice, but was afterward discovered by an Ameri- can whaler and restored, and sent back to England by this country. As token of appreo iation the desk was made espe- cially for the United States government for use in the White House, and was pre- sented to Uncle Sam in 1881.
 "The gold-bronze clock in the Green Room of the White House is another ar ticle of interest This timepiece was at one time the property of Napoleon Bona parte, who gave it to Lafayette, and this patriot in turn presented it to this coun- try.
 Tn the same room there may be seen a richly decorated music rack, a gift of the Austrian government. Frances re- gard for Uncle Sam is shown in some beautiful Sevres vases of the highest ar tistic beauty and very valuable. China also contributed a pair of handsome vases about three years ago. Among the most noteworthy of the governments col lection of vases gre the two French Linn
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could find them. As months passed his rage gave way to fixed dogged resent ment
 Six months after the elopement Mrs. Elliott appeared at her parents home in Belmont County. She was heart-brollen i'll, half-starved. shannon had deserted her. It appeared that no sooner had she run away than she began to be disgusted with her companion. She realized that she had deserted an honest. if not very agreeable man for a worthless fellow
 MT. Elliott began a suit for divorce at Cadiz. Mrs Elliott engaged counsel and put In a defense. An order was made granting her temporary alimony. A week before the date set for the trial she went to her lawyers and told them that she had arranged matters with her husband and that she had no further use for thet services. When they asked her what she had done she said that it was no business of theirs. MT. Elliott then obtained his divorce without opposition.
 Then came the second surprise of this story-a surprise that put the clopement entirely in the shade. Mrs. Elliott was back in her husbands home again and working a servant. The first neighbor who called after the divorce was astound- ed to see the former wife open the door dressed neatly but plainly as household servant
 The whole truth gradually came out Mrs. Elliott had thrown herself on her husbands mercy. She told him that he ought to take care of her for the sake of the children. She was ashamed to go | anywhere else. She promised to do any thing he liked-to work for him, to black his boots, to scrub the floor.
 Elliott was still extremely bitter. He | thought slowly over her appeal and final 1 ly said that he would take her back to his home as a servant. He would pay her l Sl.50 a week, enough to pay for her clothes, and not enough to lead her into eXtravagance.
 In return for this kind treatment she was to agree always to work faithfully as a servant and neAer to seek to be any thing but a servant. She was to be ad- solutely obedient to him and. the chill dren and never to attempt familiarities with any of them. She was to be prepared to obey orders at any time in the twen- ty-four hours and never to ask for any evening off. She was to have no visi- tors of any kind whatever and never
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the skin Is rubbed gently gently, till ev- anywhere it glstens and shines. Pints of the mixture are distributed over the body carefully and evenly.
 ''Now, then. you are ready"
 Mime. Otero was Interrupted by a ques- ton. Docs one dry the bedy7' she was asked.
 Dry it7 Oh, la. la mais. most certain ly not. That Is the preparatioai that is the secret of the costume: that is the fit La Ia. to dry the body would be te de- stroy the gown.
 Wet glisteninG, moist the body is ready to receive the first article of cloth ing. It should consist of aeshings of the finest silk These cling tight. tight to the sticky moisture. A pair of suede stays without bones should be the only other bit of apparel or better still. a single tight band about the waist
 "Ah, la. la, this fashion Is for the per- feet figure. The Winged Victory in our Louvre inspired ma
 Well, then, through the silk heshings you see glee ming the skin, to which they stick tight like a plaster,
 ''Over this plaster, moist and sticky ex- quisitely perfumed and soft satin, the gown all In one is moulded,
 Not a sign of bulk appears, even in the heaviest of cloth. The drossmaller who is skillful has In fitting the gown passed her hand over the width, for in- stance, that forms the back, and Ia. Ia. h sticks without a crease, without wrinkle It Is no longer figure of speech to say As tight as your skin "
 La Belle Otero's carmine lips parted in a triumphant smile above her white teeth.
 "If one has grace at last it is not hld- | den, If one has curves at last they are not concealed. The glove that fits the hand does not more perfectly reveal it's shape than the gown that is moulded to a glycerlne dipped figure!'
 Mime. Otero was asked how she felt. The only difference in her bearing was perhaps she held herself more erect.
 T feel" she answered. slippery inside. feel, indeed as an eel may feel, but | don't mind the discomfort. The cloth of | which my gown is made is heavy so that | the Hlycerie may not soak through 1t. It is unline1, of course. and is stretched to my figure. The secret of stretching the material belongs to the art of the perfect dressmaksr, No ordinary dress maker could do it.
 fThe color must be carefully consid- cred fin case a drop of moisture should penetrate. Tan is safe, white would be perilous, black might be attempted. The material Is as it were stuck on, and if there are any fastenings they are invis- ible hooks.
 ''It Is quite true that the Revelation Gown may be worn only a few times. An, la, la, did l not say it was not for the common people? Only the extrava- gant, only those who may cast it aside, only those who have perfect lines and dare to show them; only those may wear it."
 At first when it was reported that Madame Otero had a practice of moist ening her body to make her clothes cling people were horror struck. They said she would have rheumatism or worse. Grad ualy, when she survived, the methods
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oges urns in the National Museum. They are each more than eight feet in height. and their total cash value Is estimated at $17.500
 There Is another vase well worthy to be mentioned. It is the one awarded by the Emperor of Germany to this country as first prize at the Berlin Fishery Ex position in 1sSO It is made of silver, gold and glass, studded with jewels and is of exquisite design and workmanship.
 "Everybody knows Old Hickory's sar- cophagus on the outside of the National Museum. The people of Syria, in their admiration of the sterling qualities of President Jackson. presented 1t to him. He did not seem to appreciate the gift, however, as he swore he would not be buried in that stone trough
 Uncle Sam has received rom the Elm peror of Morocco a number of handsome guns; stocks inlaid with gold, silver and coral The King of Siam slso has been generous in his gifts to this nation, haS- ing presented a valuable collection of articles peculiar to his countIy-oostumes, coins, weapons. elephant trs ppings, bas- kets, etc
 "We have also a number of swords pre- sented to us by foreign governments, as well as medals. The Sultan of Turkey sent us a medal in commemoration of the Tooth anniversary of the discovery of America. It is an exquisite cameo in a case of gold studded with dia monds
 "The Statue of Liberty at the entrance to the harbor of New York and Lafavette Statue in this city. opposite the White House, are presents from the French to the AZnoySsan people.
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Many Gifts to Uncle Sam,

Notwithstanding the fact that there is a law which prevents the President of the United States from accepting pres ents from foreign sovereigns or coun- tries" said an official of the National Museum recently, they will continue to show their friendship for Uncle Sam in some such manner.
 .And now comes Prince Henry with a large number of presents the majority of ,ubich no doubt, will sooner or later find their way into the National Museums s keeping.
 ..JJncle Sam has received number or presents since his childhood days. On soeoember 25, 1929 Seyyid Saood. Bin Sul- tan Bin Ahmed, Sultan of Oman ad- dressed a gracious letter to His Excel 1ercy Martin Van Buren. President or the limited States of North America in ,yhieh he informed him that he had sent him by the royal ship Sultanee few lit- ,Je things as a token of friendship and good feeling.
 ..These little things consisted of two Arabian horses and their groom, one bot lie of altar of roses, two pieces of gold five dirnitohns of rose-water, one Per- sian carpet, one gold ornament with silk tassei four camel's hair shawls, one
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The attempt to ascertain the age of a porcelain vase by testing it with a mag net may appear ridiculous, but a French scientist claims, with much plausability that he can fix. approximately, the dates of all poteries in this way.
 The magnetic needle does not, as many people suppose, point exactly to the north, but devlates from a north and south line to an extent which differs ia different places. and also varies from year to year at the same place.
 At Paris, for example, this deviation, or "declination," as 1t is technically called, was 111s degrees to the east in the year 15So. In 1653 there was no declination- that Is, the needle pointed due north. Since then tho declination has been west erly. The greatest westerly declinatioT2- about 221s degrees-occurred in 1885, since which time the needle has been slowly coming back to the meridian. The declin- ation Is now less than 15 degrees, and in another century it will be zero.
 Furthermore, a freely suspended mag netic needle does not lie horizontally, but dips toward the north, and this dipping or 'inclination'' vari1s as the declinatlon does It is evident that if we know the inclination and declination for all past times, or know the laws of their variation so that we can compute their values at any epoch, we can fix the date of any occurrence by the declination and incli- nation at that time.
 Now, most clay contains iron and is magnetized in the direction of the pre- vaiing magnetic force-that is, parallel to the compass needle. When the clay is
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were inquired Into and the glycerine baths disclosed.
 "Glycerine in the first place." said Mad anne otero, does not evaporate quickly; 1t retains 1t sticky qualities and there is no danger of taking cold when bathed in it.
 T am, 1t Is true, forced to hold myself straight. Mais Ia, Ia. But as l have just said TO be beautiful enc must suffer
 Otero acquired her surname of Belle" carly in her career. She seemed to be- lleve that her hold upon the adjective consisted in being startling. She studied sensational methods and had the courage Q adopt some and invent others.
 In her way she is unique. She has beauty which she makes up as extrava- .~antly on the street as behind the foot lights. Her eyes are as black as mid tight; her lips as red as carmine and usually she wears her jewels as she might an armcr-en masse.
 The burden Of living up to the title of Ia belle" forced her into all sorts Of ad- ventures. Her last invention, The Rev eiation Gown" is but minor episode in her career. Befeze that she has marked t by publicly driving men to suicide or losses even more grevious. Joggins, an Gnglshrnan. belonged to the latter class, Chretiens a Frenchman, to the former.
 Chretien was young French army of- fcer who fell deeply, desperately in love with the luxuriant, the extravagant, the
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70 away from the farm.

to go away from the farm.
 All theae hard conditions the poor wo- man accepted readily She signed an agreement in which they were embodied and immediately entered upon her new duties.
 Her foHner husband and the children address her as Mary" while she always says Sir" to Elliott. The children have been told that they must never speak to her or of her as their mother
 Poor Mrs Elliott waits meekly at the table. while her master says to her:
 Why is there no bread on the table?"
 Where are the salt cellars?'
 Why have you put fork on the wrong side of my plate?"
 Why isn't that dish in the middle of the table?'
 "Yes, sir, please sir" says the ex-wife and tries to do everything that is re- qurod of her
 Mary" yells Master John, bring m C some more meat at once!'
 "Yes. sir says his mother.
 Mary" cries Miss Margaret, 'I want some more pie. You're very slow.
 Yes, Miss Margaret" says the moth CT.
 This sort of thing goes on all day long in the Elliott household. The family drudge does all the work that an ordinary mother would do and yet she does not re- ceive any of the consideration that either mother or servant would. She is expiat- ing her terrible folly.
 She gets up at 5 o'clock in the morning and cleans her masters and children's s shoes Then she lights the fires and does some of the other rough work. She waits on the table at breakfast tine and then sees that the children have their rubbers on and that their clothes are in good condition when they start out for school. She is never allowed to say any thing unless she is spoken to.
 Elliott does not keep a coachman any longer. On Sunday he drives the children to church five miles away. The ser want" by special permission is allowed to go there on foot
 When ap old friend of the family calls one who knew Mrs. Elliott in happier days, the former wife must still act as a servant She must not show in any way that she recognizes the visitor. This is part of the agreement.
 Mrs Elliott feels that she must sub init to every humiliation and sacrifice
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gold mounted sword, two large pearls, string of 150 pearls, one gold plate, one bottle of diamonds, one gold snuff box studded with precious stones, and one box of mixed pearls and diamonds.
 President Van Buren was in q quan- dary about the acceptance of the gifts. He notified the vessels agents in New York that he could not accept the pres ents But the commander of the Sul- tanee was not willing to take the gifts back to his master. The matter was submitted to Congress, and after two months of deliberation 1t passed a resolu- tion authorizing the President to accept them in the name of the United States.
 The President sold the horses, the shawls and the rose-water, while Uncle Sam had to look around for a suitable place for the remaining little things. He also had considerable trouble in lay ing hold of the thief who, in a spell of mental alteration, carried off the whole collection in a bag.
 Uncle Sam received many offering. consisting of horses. elephants, tigers, and such, and no little trouble was en- countered in finding accommodations for such unwieldy and ferocious gifts, which were in many instances forced in spite of protests. very singular present was that of the King of the Fiji Islands. It
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rom the New York Journal,

From the New York Journal.
 Cadiz, Ohio.-Alfred F. Elliott, a wealthy resident of this place, has his divorced wife working for him as a ser want.
 She ran away with his coachman a year ago. Then the man deserted her and she came back to beg her husband 8 forgiveness. He would not give her this but agreed to engage her as a paid ser want, because the children would find her useful"
 Mrs. Elliott accepted the situation thankfully. She takes the orders of her husband and her children more humbly than if she were a servant engaged in the ordinary way. The Elliott family, at any rate has thoroughly solved the ser want girl problem, which gives such in- finite trouble to most households in this country
 Not only does Mrs. Elliott humbly take orders from the family. but also from the cook. She helps in the kitchen, cleans her husbands and her children's shoes, waits at table and generally acts as a maid of all work. She is a refined and ed- ucated woman.
 Elliott is a retired real estate dealer, who now passes his time on model farm near here. It is a splendid place, stocked with valuable and thoroughbred animals of all kinds. The owner is very rich and there Is no reason why he should make his wife a servant as a matter of econ omy.
 The people of Harrison County were shocked to hear year ago that Mrs El- liott had run away with the family coach- man. Walter Shannon. It appears that one evening Mrs. Elliott sent word to her husband that she would not come down to dinner. Half an hour later she and the coachman were seen by the coun- try people driving along the road toward New Athens in one of Mir Elliott's bug gles.
 It was an elopement. Shannon, who was a very handsome fellow, and a smart coachman. had fascinated his employers wife Mrs. Elliott had often been seen talking to him. but her husband had no cause for suspicion and he paid no attention to such trifiing signs. The ac- tual news of the elopemenr was an ab- solute surprise to him. He was mad with rage Everybody who knew him believed he would kill both the guilty ones if he
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bejewelled otero. He haunted her and she snubhed him. He ended sadly by blowing out his brains. Otero was taken to task. She excused herself. saying the reason she had refused to permit him to make love to her was because she had never been introduced to him.
 The Chretien episode made of the new beauty a wit. All Paris talked of her charms and her jewels, of the men who lived for her and the men who died for her. They told and retold the famous Laine de Pougy story in which that lady appeared upon the stage in all the gor- geousness of all her jewels and Otero billed to appear at the same perform ance, humbled her for her presumption by placing all her own gems upon her servant who was old and fat, while she herself appeared simply gowned in white.
 Critics have said of Otero that she sings in a shrill voice and that her danc- ing is crude, yet she came unknown from Spain and conquered Paris.
 One day she wears the most delicate tints and the next the most horrid; one day all her jewels, the next none.
 Men cannot understand her, and women protest they do not want to. Yet both go to SC her. Her houses are crowded and her fashions are copied.
 This last one shows that Otero has lost none of her courage, and, what Is more to be commended, none of her lines.
 The Revelation Gown is Otero's latest bid to the title of La Belle.
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to atone for the crime she committed She stands in profound awe of her former husband, a man of cold, silent and infleX- ible character
 When he was asked how he was able to carry out su,l q strange arrange ment he replied:
 ''It works very well. I have nothing to complain of. The children are glad to have her round the house. She does more for them than most servants would and her wages are very Ittle.'
 Mrs. Ellott's name before she married Elliott was Miss Laura Brokaw. She came of a good family and always bore gooS name until she made her great error. She is a tall. handsome. disnified woman. Her parents. MT. and Mrs. Law renee Brokaw live at Flushing, Belmont County, Ohio, about thirty miles from here.
 MT. Elliott belongs to one of the best and oldest families of the township in which he lives. He is a trustee of Short creek Township, was a candidate for county commissioner and is and has been for many years past the president of the Harrison County Agricultural Fair Asso- ciation. He is about forty-five years old and of fine appearance. The family con- sist of a boy and a girl, both handsome children.
 The home of the Elliotts is on the road leading from Georgetown to New Athens and Is about five miles from Cadiz. The house is an extensive two-story building with a porch on tho front and back, and 1t Is situated on farm of 200 acres that lies in one of the richest portions of the state. The whole farm is in the territory of the Adena Coal Company and is all underlaid by the Pittsburg vein of coal.