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Evening star., 1902-01-03
ART FORGERIES.
How the Law Protects the Makers and
Vendors of Spurious Pictures.

From.th London Mail.
The statement by Mr.. Sidney Cooper, r.
A, that Of 2s7 pictures. .purporting to be by
him. no fewer than 256 had proved ON ex
animation to be frauds, and the signatures
forgeries, has naturally aroused widespread
interest. Unfortunately for the artist, the
imitation of his signature on a painting is
not forgery in the eyes of the law. To con-
stitute forgery the thing initiated or falsi-
fed must be connected with document or
a writing. Consequently it is common
thing for pictures to be copied and the sig
nature of the original painter boldly in
serted.
Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema said yester-
day: Il have been chairman for three or
striving to amend the laws or artistic copy
right. We got as far as introducing
bill. but the house of lords cut out the
most important points as affecting artists.
They knew nothing Of the subject, and
Lord Thring went so far as to make the
strange statement that an artists sigma
ture on painting was not a signature, but
a part of the painting itself! 1t is a scam
dalouS state of things that painter is not
protected in his copyright The purchaser
is protected, but not the painter
Mr.. s. j. Solomon, r. A, had much the
same story to teil-he is also a member of
the artistic copyright committeeman drew
attention to the enormous number of pi-
racies and forgeries ON the continent
There are literally thousands of Corots,
he said. which have never been within
mile of Corot's studio" The chief art
artists in this matter: AT Messrs. Agnew's,
In Bond street. hearty agreement with Sir
l.. Aima-Tadema was expressed and it
was stated that 1t was also as much in the
Evening star., 1902-01-03
x NATIONAL LANDMARK.
White House Should he Preserved AM
5sz'eess- Exeeuffyes,O ,Ofhce BuiIt.s

White House Should BE Preserved and
lt~'sqss- Once BuiIt...
From the Boston Transcript. ~. S.'1s5
A proposition 70 erect a suite of business
offices fof the Resilient convenient to the
White HSaye il oone that ought not Involve
any partisan e6hplications. It Is not ex-
aetly ieathihg' Tor the executive head of
the leading WSEla power to have his work
shop in Ibis reSidenee, like cobbler or
small -gfdcertf1 We have not yet reached
the point nHhefes we desire our Presidents
to be housea Il, palace. but it is no depar-
ture from democratic principles to bespeak
for them The ksBeffts Of a comfortable and
convenient plaeReof residence, such, for In
stance, asaa moderately rich man in almost
any OF, our, cities might. think it proper to
provide for his family. True, the President
is the servant Of the American people, and
1t Is uitescustomary to require the ser
wants to ehe mean their work the coachman
over the Stables the gardener in leanto
of the greenhouse. &c: but still there Is
difference which we might with propriety
keep in mind.
It is proper In this association to respect
tries who make sharp distinctions between
their public business and their domestic
life
The inadequacy Of the White House for
the mixed life and duty of which 1t is the
center is emphasized by the legitimate re-
quirements Of the present occupant. He
has young. q large and an active family
They must be deprived to a considerable
extent of the freedom and the privacy to
which they are entitled No wonder the
youngest chafes under the restraint and
wishes himself back at Oyster Bay once
more Probably the others have much the
same feeling, even II they 40 not express
1t. The White House has become some
Evening star., 1902-01-03
TransmuraI Ventilation.


In the year 1878 Dr. Flugge proved that
air win go through the walls of closed
room, at rate depending mainly on the
difference of temperature between the in
side and the outside-the latter being the
lower. With walls of ordinary thickness he
found that about one-fourteenth of the
air in the room would be changed per de-
gree centigrade per hour. In other words,
If the outer were IA degrees centigrade
colder, than the inner, the air of the room
would be completely changed in an hour by
Transportation through the walls. NJ. H.
Wolpert has re-eXamined this subject, and
he finds that In a chamber of sixty cubic
yards capacity. having walls of masonry
covered with paper, the afr will be changed
at the rate of one-fortieth of it's volume
per degree centigrade per hour. When the
paper on the walls contained oil varnish
decidedly less air perneated, while without
paper at all much more went through. 1t
Is desirable, therefore, that the exterior
OF houses should be clean, and a heavy
rain Is Il blessing in this respect. Also it
follows that the greater the difference be-
tween inside and outside warmth the more
coplous this spontaneous ventilation. Pet
tenkofer found that when materials like
Stag and glass were used, through which
air could not pass, the cements employed
Were as rule, highly permeable.
Evening star., 1902-01-03
HOpital for Birds.
,om the woman's Home Companion.

rom the Womans Home Companion p
Birds are brought to the hospital with all
Kinds OF diseases, for they are afflicted al
most the same as man. They are treated
Tor colds, sore throats, asthma. consump-
tion, dyspepsia, fevers, paralysis. const1pa-
ton, diarrhea, and even corns and a lot OF
other things with names as big as the small
sufferers themselves. They are variously
treated, just as human patients are, and
oftentimes the same remedies are applied
to them First of all, each bird received
into the institution. whether it is supposed
to he well or Ill, is carefully examined, and
his nails clipped when found too long,
which they frequently are. Then, If he is
well bird. he is taken to the boarding
house. while il he is sick he is placed in
the hospital, put on a diet and subjected to
such treatment as may be deemed most
necessary for him.
Evening star., 1902-01-03

street cries which assan the ears "a
SIDES. Not only the street musicians -
tap Their tambourines to the admirIng al.
ians OF the crowd. but the merchants Ga
peaoers contribute to the chorus. A fr,,lt
seller basket on head. with grapes and fss
WI, VIA saunter by singing in a quaint minor.
oh' grapes. oh, sweet grapes, that are
larger than doves eggs and sweeter than
new cream. Oh, angels food, delicious figs
bursting with honey, restorers M bsatttr,
Ahother a street cry, which may be heard
IN the main street of Abbassieh "a suhtrrhl
contains the following enticinR announca
ment: tomorrow. o people, I am roine 10.
kfa camel The doctor says II is yonng
ana heaithy. Oh. its flesh VIII be fender
as the quaii and juicy as lamb. Its nrsea
Is nut IE piasters t712 cents) the pound 10
you love the sweet flesh of a camel theD
come carry and be satisfied" Not the least
picturesque figures I'm the streets are ~
city police. In their neat white and red mil
forms In summer and blue serge In wintar
Evening star., 1902-01-03
Odessa Cabmen.
From the Odessa Tonic.

From the Odessa Topics.
About 100 Odessa drosky owners have
petitioned TO the town council to be allowed
to reduce their fares from twenty kopeck,
to ten kopecks per Journey The owners
say In support OF their petition that they
cannot compete successfully against tn,
trans and omnfbuses which practically
run In every direction. The experimcnt
wa be worth watching II II Is sanctioneSi
by the authorities. as doubtless A. vill be
We believe that some years ago Paris triea
a sixpenny cab fare. but II was found thai
ed TO one shilling. But Odessa cab Owners
nnd that I'D fare does not pay them and
so they wish to try 2hd farei For the
travelling public. there are evidently vorse
places than Russia
Evening star., 1902-01-03
Another Consumption Cure.

An interesting communication on the cura
OF consumption or tuberculosis was made
10 the French Academy of Medicine nv Dr
Barre OF Paris The doctor prepares -four
from terminated rye. which he administers
in the form of porridge. Experiments with
this new food Were made on thlrty-five ma
tients suffering from all degrees of tubercu-
losis, in the Lariboisiere Hospital and the
Hotel Dieu. No other food or medicine of
any kind was given to them during the
treatment. and the result is that "a per ceur
of the patients have been discharged as
cured. while in "a per cent of the cases a
noteworthy improvement has taken place
Evening star., 1902-01-03
End of Coal Car Shortage.

KNOXVILLE. Tenn, January 3--Tne
end of the car and coal shortage has come
to the section Of the country depending
upon the Jellico and Kentucky fields. Since
the first of the year cars have been coming
in by hundreds from roads which have had
them for months. In the past three days
one thousand cars have been handled by
the Southern railway
Evening star., 1902-01-03
Lowelrs Glass Poem.

Harvard class poets who are to become
famous In after life would do we'll to save
copies Of their class poems for their de-
seendants. A copy of James Russell Low
ellis class poem at Harvard. in original
wrappers, bearing date of 1883. was sold
at Libbfe's for $7050- Somebody started
the bidding at 30 cents. but too many peo-'
pie knew its scarcity to allow 1t to go for
any meager sum. and the price was run np
to $50. when two bidders were left to COM
pete. The book was finally knocked down
to Mr.. Goodspeed OF this city for $705O
Evening star., 1902-01-03
Campania Had Rough Passage.

QUEENSTOWN, January 3.-The Cunard
line steamer Campania, which sailed from
New York December 2s for Liverpool. and
arrived here today, reported that terrific
weather was encountered on the trip and
that she was forced to proceed at reduced
speed on December 81 and January 1.
Evening star., 1902-01-03

thing of national landmark, and objecs
tfons might be made to any serious chanses
In IT.. All that can be avoided by giving the
President offices separate from his resie
dence, and the residence could then be
made ample for family purposes Another.
point would be that the President could
have 1t understood that he was not to be
disturbed with public business when in hfs
own house. 4
Evening star., 1902-01-03

interest of the purchaser as that of the
artist that the copyright law should be
amended: At Messrs. Graves galleries in
Pall Mall it was stated that copies and
limitations were regularly manufactured in
this country as well as in France and else
Evening star., 1902-01-03
In C.iro's streets.

From the Chicago News.
The Egyptian city Of Cairo 10 untioubted-
iy one of the most picturesque Places in
the world and not the least of it's attrac-
tons are the varied and often musical
Evening star., 1902-01-03
Sex Discrimination in Missouri.

from tbs st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
In Missouri. taking the entire state as the
basis OF calculation. the average annual
salary of male teachers in the public schools
Is so96 a year and OF female teachers 1906
q year The new woman In Missouri has no
reason to complain of the estimate placed
on her services In the educational field
Evening star., 1902-01-03
The Substitute.

From the chicago News.
Penn-'I notice that great many maga-
zines have nonsense departments on their
back pages
Stubb--"Oh. yes; they have stopped pub
fishing the love letters of great mem
Evening star., 1902-01-03
Fire at Memphis. Tenn.

MEMPHIS. Tenn. January 3-Fire last
night in the building on Main street oc-
cupied by Merrfwether & Company and the
Kremer Company. dealers in millinery and
dry goods, caused a loss estimated at
1000.
Evening star., 1902-01-03
Sister of senator Beveridge Dead.

PEORIA, H., January 3.-Mrs. Eva
Brown, wife of E. W. Brown, a we'll
known travelling man. and sister of United
states Senator Albert J. Beveridge of Inai-
ana is dead in this city. Senator Bever-
idge WAS at the bedside when the end
Evening star., 1902-01-03

Frederick Rupert, aged eighteen years,
blew Into the muzzle OF gun, when the
weapon exploded the entire charge enter
ing Rupert's mouth.
Evening star., 1902-01-03
CONDHTEONSOf SOfSALE
Nome to dealers.
Nome sent G.. o. ID.
No mail orders filled.

Choose from handsome French Flannelle Wrappers pink
light blue old and lavender richly with velvet
fes forming yoke Nevetmned rufe shoulder and vel
trimming cuffs.
Choose from genuine Persanpattern Flannels and the
desirable Broad Kmonastrped effects Eaboaey TRIM
med satin baby ribbon yokes, and cuffs Vshape
yokes, with trimming of embroidery Dark effects
Choose from Teaze Cloth Wrappers in old pink light
blue and lavender. Trimmed with braid
cuffs and reveres and rufles shoulders. >,..
Choose from Abemarle Flanneee Wrappers with mercezed
silk ufics trimmed with fancy embroidery and swell Persian
Evening star., 1902-01-03

effects French Flannelles handsomely made
Vshape yoke of SATIN baby ribbon rfes collar
sleeves
Choose the sedate blue and white black
white and black Flanneletes-handsomey trimmed with three
Of gaoon embroidery Fancy style made with deep
sailor collar and fancy cuffs edged with velvet ribbon
Choose from other sewh yoke bands of velvet fancy
embroidery edge finished off with Sequn pearl
Every Wrapper bears the of thorough making All have
best dresnakermade Innings, and full the hips
Plenty Of each All sizescear 46 The range
well nigh endless.
Cañon City record., 1902-12-11
CHRISTMAS IN seRvlA.
Z Santa Clan. who Receives Pres-
enss Instead of Giving Them.

In Servia they keep Christmas eve
In a somewhat peculiar way. The ia
ther OF the family goes into the wood
and cuts down a straight young oak.
choosing the most perfect he can find.
He brings IL in. saying. Good even
ing and happy Christmas" TO which
those present say. May God grant
both to thee. and mayest thou have
riches and honorr' Then they throw
over him grains of corn. Presently the
young tree is placed upon the Goals,
where II remains until Christmas
morning. which they salute by repeat
ed firings of pistol
The national dish in Servia is pork.
The poorest family In Servia will pinch
themselves all through the year SO as
to have money enough TO buy a pig at
Christmas. Skewered TO n long piece
Of wood. the pig is turned over a blaz-
ing fire until cooked. the guests watch
ing the process with increasing inter
est After dinner stories are told and
songs sung Santa Claus, who. in the
person OF an honored guest. is present
to receive instead OF to give presents.
departs. after the feast. decorated with
long ring OF cakes around his neck
and laden with such gifts as his
friends can Observation-Disclosures Amer
lean.
Cañon City record., 1902-12-11
rh. on. rmc,,n, M.a,rm.

A New York advertiser says: "A man
may or may not read poster In a way
to receive distinct impression, for the
mind Is not always receptive. A man
may read circular or he may toss IT
into the scrapbasket. A daily newspa-
per, however. he buys voluntarily be-
cause he wants to read 1t. He may not
read any advertisement the tirst day or
for many days. but some day he VIII
read It and will take 1t all in. That Is
why regard the newspaper as the ons
sfticieut medium Of publicity."-P
Cañon City record., 1902-12-11
SORROWS OF SANTA

= CHANGED into Santa Claus home one
i And these are the words heard him
say:
..Ah. me. the times. the manners. the men.
1t used TO be all so different when
II was a young man In the long ago
And sped with my reindeer over the snow.
.-rhen every home in every land
Gave unto me always a welcome hand.
-And chirnneyz then in the days gone by
Were not oversmail and not cyerhigh.
And the stockings they used were the old
fashioned kind.
All hung In row and SO easy to hnd.
.'Then the gifts we're SO simple and all in
good taste.
From the gingerbread man to the doll
made Of paste.
"But now it's so different HeishO. hear
me sigh!
/ mourn for the days In the Land of
Comedy
"For now I'm KEEP, busy from early TN
late
In my earnest endesvors to be up to date.
1--WE trimmed my old beard in the new
vandyke style.
And instead Of laugh I've a simpering
smile
Cañon City record., 1902-12-11
AN ODD BELGIAN CUSTOM.
A P1ctsresase Procession on Christ
mas Eve.

In some old Belgian towns a beau
tiful spectacle may be seen on Christ
mas eve. Amid the sound of drum.
cornet. cymbal and a whole orchestra
Of Instruments. with the chanting Of
carols, a long. gayly decked procession
marches through the principal streets
children OF all ages, each division
dressed In its special color (white. blue.
pink or Yellow. and all bearing some
badge or emblem or grasping some
bright ribbon attached to shrine or
crucifix. The effect OF grouping and
color is very artistic, Here and there
In the throng older. stronger hands
bear aloft precious relics. upon which
the spectators reverently gaze. Many
novel features come into view as the
procession passes along, but the pref
tiest sight is the train OF beautiful chill
dren in fastastic dress marching over
the flower strewn pavement. each
small person gravely absorbed In the
special part 1t performs. Pittsburg
Dispatch.
Cañon City record., 1902-12-11

abundance of flowers. A brass band
occupies a prominent position In the
market building and discourscs music
OF great volume and variety and more
or less melody. After the crowds fair
ly take possession OF the market the
performance of the band appears to be
mostly pantomimic. for nothing made
by the hand of man can for moment
competc In noise producing capacity
with the average Jamaican negro,
The West Indian negro's great weak
ness Is love OF gay apparel. next Is n
prediction for cercmonlousncss. and
the most prominent afiiiction is garrul-
ity. In the crowd that surges past one
through the market and the surround
ing streets may be seen every variety
Of apparel known to civilized and un-
civilized man. The country people
wear little or nothing. the coolies ns
httle AZ nothing. but the town negro
wears everything he or she can put
on, without any regard whatever to the
climatic conditions. They take their
notions from the English fashion pa
pcrs, and heavy wooden clothing Is nll
the style. The writer hns even seen
seaiskins worn in Kingston on a day
when the thermometer registered 10
degrees IN the shade. Here is stylish
saddle coiored gentleman wearing loud
check trousers, patent leather shoes, n
striped flannel shirt OF three colors, a
crimson and black sash around his
waist. a blue English crickcting cap on
his head. In his hand he carries an
impcnsc cane, while screwed into his
Cañon City record., 1902-12-11
Custams and Legend. of the Nom
German Population.


Yuletide as kept by the non-German
population OF Austria is very pictur.
esQue. on Christmas day the Poles in
Galicia first attend mass and then sit
down 20 family supper. The chief dish
on the table contains consecratcd eggs,
which the father distributes. After eat.
ing. all eyes are closed and all heads
bowed down TO the table in the belief
that Jacobs ladder Is then descending
from heaven to earth and down the
ladder angels are coming to bless the
worshipers and to carry away theh
earthly troubles to heaven. Among the
Czcchs the legend runs that he who
most strictly fasts on Christmas eve
will see the holy Christ in his dreams
that night. In the evening the real Gel
ebration begins, All lights arc then
cxtinguished in the house: no fire, no
light Is visible. The children crowd to
gether In fear and remain perfectly ST.
lent. us otherwise they know they will
receive none Of the presents brought
by the Christ Child and laid at the en-
trance Of the house. The older fe-
males amusc themselves by throwing
heated lead into water and gathering
from the forms II assumes some hint
an to the appearance Of their future
husbands Pittsburg Dispatch.
Cañon City record., 1902-12-11
A TROPICAL
CHRISTMAS
How the Day of Days Is Ce,e-
brnted In Jamaica
o>e>e>ees>oSss~Sss%Sasto @
. HRISTMAS with the mercury
at % degrees in the shade and
. soaring away out Of sight

~ HRISTMAS with the mercury
at % degrees In the shade and
~ soaring away out Of sight
when exposed In the open.
The burning. almost boiling. rays q,
the sun beat vertically down from a
deep blue dome OF sky that is unlocked
by single film OF cloud, and reflect
back with added intensity of suffering
heat from the parched. baked and
cracked earth and from the surface Of
a sea that shlmmers like molten lead.
Christmas In a land OF perpetual sum.
mcr, and hot wave at that, where a
linen suit feels like n buffalo robe and
the mere thought OF blazing iule
log almost in5uces an attack of fever
The calendar may insist that II Is the
18th OF December. but to a stranger
from the north. says newspaper cor
respondent from Kingston. Jamaica. To
whom the word "Christmas" has
Jingle Of slclghbells and the sharp.
keen ring OF skate blades on the lee.
there ls no real Christmas in the
strange countries OF the tropics.
In Kingston. the capital Of Jamaicn.
the preparations for Christmas begin
several weeks before the event The
shopkecpers lay m extra supplies and
provide special attractions pretty
much after the manner OF the New
York stores. Among other things they
import large quantities Of swectmeais
and candles from London. New York
and Paris, including chocolate creams
and other confectionery which New
Workers are accustomed 10 gett.nY
fresh every hour" In Jamaica you
are reasonably sure OF getting these
dclicacies fresh every Christmas
Chocolate grows In great abundance
all over the island. but II must 10 TO
London or Paris or New York TO be
manufactured into candy. or even into
the preparations for breakfast bcver-
ages. That is one OF the expensive
pcculiarities OF the country. The
Christmas market Ii the great feature
OF the day. and almost the principal
event OF the year In certain sense.
Everybody goes TO market on Christ
mas day. and between the hours Of o
and o in the morning all the fashion
and beauty OF the Islands capital are on
dress parade through Victoria market.
The stalls In the niariset are snyiy
decorated with fiags. bunting. paim
branches. coiorcd paper. tinsei and an
Cañon City record., 1902-12-11
A Prohibition Pie.

Knnsan-Come over and spend Christ
mas with me. old boy, and take din
ner
Missoairlan- Thanks. I'D be happy
to. but
Kansan-oh. that'n be all right Ny
wife has prepared a good old fashioned
mince pie, and can guarantee the fla
Cañon City record., 1902-12-11

ieft eye Is a a'clrcuIar piece-oI perfectly
plain glass. through which he glares
stonily on the throng. Not long ago
the single eyeglass became very popu-
lar among Kingston society darkies.
but they could not get along with the
glasses that magnified, so some enter
prising merchant imported lot OF cir
cular pieces Of plain window glass.
and all the dudes wore them. happily
and idioically.
Cañon City record., 1902-12-11
Waiting and Giving presents the
Features OF NuIeftdr.

Features OF Nulcftdr.
A series OF festivities beginning nine
days before Christmas and ending on
Christmas eve marks the Yhletide celc-
bration In Mexico. In circle OF
friends II is arranged that nine visits
shall be paid to nine different houses.
Each evenings gayety begins with
prayer and the lighting OF candles.
These are followed by the presentation
of 4 gift from each guest to the host
or hostess OF the evening. The FIRST
evenings gift Ia OF small worth. but
the value Of the Offering increases with
every succeeding evening. That there
may be nothing unfair in the distribu-
ton. the recipient OF the first evenings
offering one year becomes the last the
following year. After the presentation
there are dancing and supper. At mid
night the candles are cxtingulshcd.
No two EVENING" entertainments are
exactly alike save In the Offering OF
prayers, the lighting of candles and
the presenting of gifts. On Christmas
eve. few minutes before midnight.
all proceed to church to hear the mid
night mass, and this ends the Christ
mas celebration for the ycar.--New
York Tribune.
Cañon City record., 1902-12-11

Don't think of yourself at all. If you
can help il. just now but study your
family and friends from their point of
view and then plan your Christmas
treat accordingly. A little thing that
,yne wants is worth a dozen that We
do not wish for.
Cañon City record., 1902-12-11

II doesn't seem to throw cold water
over Kris kringle's good intentions
when we turn the family hose on him
-Glens Falls Republican
Cañon City record., 1902-12-11

Chrisfmas weather.
Happy all together.
Singing In the light.
It's always Christmas weather
When the