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The evening world., 1902-04-18
Almost Bs.ken-iiearted.

Take good care OF your self for II all
my love T. sick
This also - from Philadelphia. writ
ten on Feb =. iss,.:
Il wrote YOU this A. NJ. but will write
aSaiu io-ni-at. started FOR y. Y. but
D. cam. aware ~ the fact that some
'H1a ps. was .urout 50 asn spling back
To W. 9. - DO hope you are well
tonight ! wish | MAS home Yours
with love. HOWARD. ~
The following was from West Chester.
Pa. Oh Feb. :. ito2:
II am yery much worried and have
20 ne very catIsious. DO hope that you
are well. Just feel To badly to vorrie
yo.I 50 much about my affairs. but | am
doing all ! sln - get ever thing settled
for good this time You are very good
arl kind. and no ono knows how ! ap-
precIate II Yours with love and kisses.
HOWARD %
The evening world., 1902-04-18
Wlnes ana Liquors.

wooDFoRD RYE wHIsxEY, :.
per bottle, so
cLARET AND RIEsLING, per
gallon, IS
PORT AND SHERRY, per gal. 1.oo
MARYLAND RYE. per gallon. 200
OLD CROW wHISKEY. per gal, ESQ
tg,v-tt Ff,s..,
The evening world., 1902-04-18

Mr. Noah Wooster In his li,tle brochure
on words. their orthoEraphy and mean
inss
Among the letters held by Mis-, Ray
moni are IN. following. which are
printed without altering Mr. Clover.
= ,elirng
aIy dearest and True I.eon,: ild
not get 10 bed at all last night as hat
20 much on my hands to $50 TO
Have you found cottage yet. and {: so
tell IN" an about Il, and tell me what
ybu Niu need to 'uraish i; and vii.
send yuu ta' amount. II YOU
have occasion to wire me to Dg B,ls
u viii 80 10 parties ofricc who i
great friend OF Mrs -
Win aI my love HOWARD"
Ana This rom Du Bois. Pa on oct.
., Erl
II may h.y" 10 z, t. Alaska before
Get hnca ls have learned OF one of our
VESSELS being 30 tfJupie there. but u !
- So Wiz" sou MONEY b,ior ] g' 80
th1t y'l viii be- %. IL. hefor I get home.
Hayr you met with any great
success ia apus. hunting? They
have an uTyheStgy IN this hotel ana u -
playing now. ani there Is an opera 90
her. and IN. Ballet girls are having a
dane" just on the upper lobby can
srr them from here where | am writing:
but would not speak to- one OF them or
else some liar would tell my sweet heart
a stpTl.
This IL from III. Asior House this
gitN. ON Jan - 1877
Dearest I.eonn. The out look Is that
viii be busy here yet for or : hour.
drafting new BY laws 10 take 20 VIII
mingtun tomorrow IN will he
80 very late here when I finish that I
may so Ia bed here Instead OF go!ng
home
The evening world., 1902-04-18
A few OF the titles:

On .ho Win. VI Occasions By JScl Chand-
Ter Harris.
a Mans Woman by Frank Norris
osrelyn Cheshlrs. by = n, Kennedy.
vi hia the Gites. hy Elizabeth stuart
PhrlE1.
sBns OF tho Morning by l;ica Ph'llpo;ts.
Without Dogma. by IA, Sienk!swieI.
rastor Naw!ie's Young Wife, by E. Rod.
tSenond fiaor raks Esealatorl
The Washington times., 1902-04-27
NATURALIZATION OF THE JEWS.

the return of the Jews to
Palestine admits the impossitilty the
accomplishment of this object foe conquest and therefore, ao
from the Turk whose chronay
depleted Zngwi with that the scheme
feasible this confidence Mr. Zngw appeals to his fellows
in the faith of their substance in order to
raise the aenty desired by
him.
purchase whatever it
to agreed SELL and
that the leading Europe for
of
likely the all the world conid-
cradle invitation orsae their
BIRTH
sacrifice friendships formed the of tme and
calling life nation?
that
for their protection?
is what we have bat
tied cherish the Zion this incentive
entirely lacking in by would be
would nothing stir
the oer
land of his fathers
thing They scattered throughout all
subjects
in particular
money Germany they the
destnes of
their lowt
nnobng There
which which
What in t invitation
forsak all build life their
tery which they nearly
thousand years?
The Washington times., 1902-04-27
JIEE Reflectionso the Still Undnswerable,
LII l.. IRexplicable Quality Of Being
By ELIZABETH ELLlCOTT POE.

that would condemn us quickly to a
finite height; but an evolution, guild
ing and leading, cheering and calling
to infinite heights of attainment.
Yet we fail to receive the answer
to "What is life?" We do not recog-
nize the true principle of life. Life
is gift. That is the answer. Life is
the something in everything existing
that lifts it from the domain of the
dust: from the domain of nonentity.
What causes life? For centuries.
yea, from the beginning of intellect
in man, theories have been offered as
to the cause. These theories revolve
around two central ones-spontan-
eous generation and biogenesis.
What life, and its opposite, death, is
has always puzzled the mind of man.
To the majority, death is the greater
mystery. Yet it is against all reason
that it should be so. Death is the
natural result of completed work.
But the mystery of life has only
been solved by one statement. Life
is u wonder. The filling of material
The Washington times., 1902-04-27

What is life? Life is the unan-
swerable. unexplainable infinite.
Does this seem paradoxical? Does
the fact of earthly life beng finite
alter the infinity of life? No; life is
never finite. 1t is only the creatures
of life, whose days are finite. Life is
the greatest possession of the world.
The world before the advent of life
was chaos, confusion: therefore life
is order. beauty, and harmony.
In that mineral world, so many
thousand years ago, before the adj
vent of life, the dazzling hills shone
in rare beauty. 1t was thing beau
tiful and fair; but without soul or
purpose, living nonentity.
One day the dew or sudden shower
left a little puddle in cleft of the
jeweled rock. In that puddle was n
strange something, the germ of an
organic life. With the advent of this
first animal life, vast step was taken
in biological progress.
This was the first curve.in the spir-
al of evolution. Not the evolution
The Washington times., 1902-04-27

donated the sum Of s.. 900 to the New York
botanical garden for the purpose Of de-
vising means for the protection and pres
ervation Of our native plants.
The income OF this fund for the current
year was disposed in the form OF three
competitive prizes for essays on this
subject, one of which I had the homer to
prepare. In my essay | advocated the
formation OF national plant protective
society that should try to do for our
plants what the Audubon Society has 50
well done for our birds, this society to be
known as the Torrey Society, In honor
OF John Torrey. the celebrated botanist
and contemporary OF Audubon My sug-
gcstion was met with approval ald on
April q the Torrey Society was founded
in New York city
1t Is proposed to have chapters. as does
the Audubon Society. In various parts OF
this country. where interest in the sub
ject is manifested. A public meeting OF
all interested in this matter will be
called in this city some time In May for
the organization Of the Washington chap
ter.
This society will not-at least IL it fol-
lows the lines now suggested-be actu-
ated by manifest sentimentality-abo
the protection of obviously injurious
plants and weeds. but il will try to edu-
cate the public up to the position where
IL will be possible for them to enjoy the
flowers and plants of field and forest
without destroying them
The Washington times., 1902-04-27
Local Color.

1t is curious fact that of all the
novels dealing with what is technical
ly known as local color which have
been written in recent years, there is
scarcely one which has met with the
approval of the people about whom it
was written. The East Side of New
/ York haughtily declines to recognize
itself in the sketches which have
not always give unqualified approval
to those who portray its institutions,
and the same holds of other sections
of the country. What Is the reason
of this? Is the trouble with the au-
thor, or his subject. or both?
Possibly all three things have
something to do with the situation.
In at least five cases ont of ten the
author of stories about picturesquely
illiterate people has never been one
Isof them himself. Hence he cannot
see them rs they see each other, and
many traits which they know to be-
long to them are undetected by him
in his search for the picturesque.
Then it is certainly true that few
people have the habit of looking at
themselves effectively which is very
well, since such self-inspection is gen
orally more or less of n waste of time.
They are unable to see themselves as
they appear to other people. The
miser considers himself to be merely
thrifty man; the spendthrift does
nos see anything wrong in prodigali-
ty, and the hard. practical farmer
who looks only at the number of dol
lars which can be made in any call
ing is apt to miss the point of story
written by one who takes different
view of things.
Whether we shall ever have novel
dealing with a picturesque locality
which will be more popular in that
locality than anywhere else is an in
teresting matter for speculation.
The Washington times., 1902-04-27
THE SUNDAY TJH1ES SCHOOL FOR
POETS AND LOVERS OF BEST VERSE

riculed and it until his latter years that he
won a measure of praise and popularity.
Byron's poetry is full of highstrung passion.
"Never had any writer" says Macauay, go vast
command of the whole eloquence of scorn, misan-
thropy and despair" Wordsworth deals with the
simplest emotions. He is always calm and sane.
cheerful and meditative philosopher of everyday life
Byron takes at speed through the classic beau-
ty spots of Europe; Wordsworth sings of his
hills and valleys. Byrons characters corsairs.
Spanish mobiles, Alpine magicians-a whole gallery of
gloomy romantic, picturesque figures; Wordsworth's
people those whom he about him in his quiet
Cumbran home.
1t is indeed the great merit of Wordsworth that
he showed the beauty and significance of small and
simple things To quote his words. to him "the
meanest flower that blows could give thoughts that
did often lie too deep for tears Some of his poems
such "Lucy Gray and I'VE Are Seven'-have
found permanent place in collections of verse for
the young because they unsurpassed as simple
renderings of simple thoughts. At other times. it
must be admitted his simplicity descends to bathos.
and there in his completed works not few pages
which he would not have written had he possessed
a saving of humor.
The facts of Wordsworth's life are briefly, that he
born at Cockermouth April Z, 1770 and educated
at Hawkshead and Cambridge University. After
year in France he settled in Grasmere in the English
lake district. to devote himself to literary work Hs
earnings small, but he kept above actual
want by a fortunate legacy and modest inheritance.
In 1913, when Southey died. he appointed Poet
Laureate it being understood that the position
to be purely honorary as, indeed it has practically
been ever since that He died in 1850. the day
of Shakespeare's birth and death-April %.
The Washington times., 1902-04-27
A SERMONETTE & 6rasiss ts; v's's ssttsrs


OF course the world is growing better, and has
been growing SO for many long year; but if you
want to dispute the statement and argue the case
with me- shall yield the point at once and confess
with equal truth that this world is growing worse and
has been growing for many weary day. even a
little longer if time for anything, than it has
been growing better
But do not charge with easy change of convic
ton for admitting that, for the world is growing
worse. / shall just stoutly maintain the affirma-
alton first made and call attention to the fact
that the proposition discuss is which may be
affirmed or denied with equal truth according to the
viewpoint of the observer his frame of mind when
making the observation.
Now, this does not reflect upon the observer
upon his point of observations: it merely calls
tion to the fact that the world in the use it.
in the question under consideration. is living entity
composed of very many separate and distinct ndi-
viduals, who all of them influencing. and being in
fuenced by, one another And when undertakes
to estimate the progress of such world in any given
direction. he will be very much biased by his
ability desire to the whole situation
If the world were single individual it would
be easier to make comparison of progress, and
The Washington times., 1902-04-27
SpeculatioRs on the Future
Life.

Apropos OF the death of humoTist,
a New York paper remarked once upon
a time. editorialIy. that the deceased
writer had gone ito the land of TO
statement to make. when one looks at
il closely. II is hardly supposable that
the author OF this piece Of news meant
to insinuate that the unfortunate man
had gone anywhere but to heaven. and
ON the other hypothesis, why did he
assert so confidently that there is no
laughter in heaven?
Three generations ago an obituary
comment such as this would have
aroused no remark whatever, and the
chances are that 1t would have Leen
meant to imply that the mans soul
had not been saved. 1t is difficult to
see why so large section OF the
Church should have drawn guch SOL
emn pictures OF a future life, but 1t
did. In spite Of the fact that there
was really nothing whatever as basis
for dogmatism on that point, they con-
fidently drew pictures Of heaven as a
place OF intense solemnity.
There is much less temerity in spec
uiating on these questions nowadays,
and the men who try to measure heav-
en- with a foot-rule arc few and far
between. But when one comes TO think
of it, there is as little reason TO sup
pose that heaven is place without
laughter as could possibly be :ound
for any statement about it. Most hu-
morists have been raen kindly, gentle.
Just in their dealings and honest in
their ways, and most Of them have
professed some form Of the Christian
faith. To suppose that the entire ma
ture OF a man Of this type is changed
by death, and that the innocent de-
light which he gave TO others in this
lifo will be forbidden in another world
seems to be theory unwarranted by
either logic or revelation.
The Washington times., 1902-04-27
THE DAFFODILS
BY WILLIAM WORDSWORTH

T WANDERED lonely as a cloud
That floats on high DER wales and hills,
When all at once / crowd.
a host of golden daffodils:
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle the milky way.
They stretched in never-ending line
Along the margin of bay;
Ten thousand saw I at n glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.
The waves beside them danced, but they
Outdid the sparkling waves in glee;
A poet could not but be gay
In such jocund company.
I gazed. and gazed. but little thought
What wealth the show to me had brought.
For oft VIXEN on my couch l lie,
In vacant or in pensve mood
They fash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils!
The Washington times., 1902-04-27

of his neck. Another reader had a front
tooth knocked out by the infuriated au-
thor Of a rejected novel.
This is not an extract from comic
paper. 1t is given to the public as sober
fact And, really, it is not so surprising
when one considers the amount OF vanity
and egotism there is in the world. and the
lengths to which some people will go to
crafty a desire for vengeance.
But that is not all OF it. The reader
himself does not care to have the repu-
tation OF the man who rejected such and
such a popular novel, and most novels
which are popular have been through
that mill. David Harum" was rejected
forty-tvo times, and "Eben Holden"
thirty-seven. Naturally. the average per-
son might say that the reader was not fit
for his business. But, after all. the great
public which makes or breaks the novel
probably would not. In SO per cent of the
cases, read look which had not already
won some vogue somewhere.
The Washington times., 1902-04-27
THE POET

n OLLOWINC the specimen of Lord Byron's work
r. given in The Sunday Times week ago, it may
be appropriate to present sample Of the
poetry of his famous contemporary, William Words
worth.
At almost every point there is striking contrast
between these two poets Byron's short
full of tragedy, wandering, and adventure. Words
wortls life quiet and uneventfu almost all his
four years spent in rural England. and he
died in his native county. Byron was aristocrat:
Wordsworth man of the people, who never rose
more than n degree above poverty. Byron won I'M
bounded admiration, but little respect; Wordsworth
lived bameless life but his work criticised and
The Washington times., 1902-04-27

For several years II has been apparent
to many botanlsts and nature-lovers that
certain Of our more snowy and interesting
native plants are In serious danger OF
determination, especially in the vicinity of
large cities. watering places. and summer
resorts. 1t is a common sight to see pe0-
pie returning from the country laden with
the wilted remains of flowers and ferns.
At best they will retain their freshness
for few hours only. and then they are
gone. depriving not only those who gath
cred them, but all who may chance to
take the same walk afield.
The shrubs. trees. flowers and ferns
form a definite part of the setting Of
nature that 1t is important for scientific
as. well as esthetic reasons to maintain.
This indiscriminate plucking Of flowers is
due in large measure to thoughtiessness.
which has resulted from countless gen.
erations of license. for with relatively
few exceptic2s plants have been regard
ed as common propety. 1t Is to check
this destructive tendency and to lead the
public to see that others have to lead the
moral rights. that movement for plant
protection has been inaugurated-
The first public step in this matter was
taken in Boston. where a year or two
ago. a local society fer the protection OF
native plants was founded. This society
has accomplished much good. but the
greater impetus of the movement was
given in 1901. when the Misses Caroline
and Olivia Phelns Stokes, of New York,
The Washington times., 1902-04-27

substances with an animation capa-
BILE, in some cases, Of century's en-
durance. is the ever present miracle
that the most material and skeptical
age will not scoff ut.
Lie is but the law of entrance
from kingdom to kingdom in the nat
ural world. Life in new kingdom
can only be secured by the helping
hand of a member of that kingdom.
Life comes out from life. The di-
vine breath and spark IS the entrance
to earthly life for every man. No
theory or discovery can alter this
fact. 1t is one of the unchangeablc
laws of the universe. n law we must
acknowledge as true and Just. A law
that should aid us in our intercourse
with man.
Life, then, is gift. Life is the mo-
tive power, the something that
through all the ages carries on. in
many windings, perhaps, but with
uierring certainty, the souls of men
to "that one, far-off divine event to
which the whole creation moves"
The Washington times., 1902-04-27
Publishers Readers.

1t has recently been discovered, through
an interview with the publishers, that
publishers readers are a most reticent
and mysterious lot of people. They do
not advertise their business. They some
times advertise themselves as being en-
gagged in some other business. 1t is said
that one reader of fiction for Boston
house pretends that he is wool sales
man.
There are two or three reasons for this,
but the biggest is that the enmity Of au-
thors whose manuscripts are rejected
might make it uncomfortable for the men
who do the rejecting. In one case. we are
told, in spite of all precautions. a poet
did suspect who was responsible for the
return of his volume OF poems. and meet
ing the unfortunate reader at reception.
literally made it warm for him by tipping
. cup of hot chocolate down the back
The Washington times., 1902-04-27
TRIBUTE TO THE VETERANS.


appropriately decorated the especially
gratifying
union and love feast.
the
all the possible will ncucate that spirit emulation and
the inspiration for national rightdong.
the Washington parks beautiful blossoms
ng
establishment bound
did deal of bard fighting has tribute
the soldier dead with flowers bright blossoms for
soldier
The Washington times., 1902-04-27


then such comparison would be confronted with the
fact that where life opposing developments and
do occur. Many physician has been embarrassed by
his patient growing better and worse at the same
time, and the character attaches to every form
of living development
The world is growing both better and worse, and
the determination of the inay in the progression de-
pends upon the power which the good evil has to
overcome the other. To the Christian who sees the
hand of God in history and understands that all the
development therein is because of the divine will and
power to make all things work together for good,
there be but answer to the question: God,
who guides the path of human destiny and directs the
progress of his Kingdom and work. will guide Alright
the steps of all his creatures and whatever else may
to be true from the narrow point of view man
may occupy, will make their wandering bring them
home; and all who have such full confidence in him
will know this world is growing better.
Your own world is a much smaller sphere. Is
that growing better? / raise the question only to
suggest your view of the worlds progress toward
the good will depend mnch upon your own better life
live with confidence toward God and in devotion to
your fellow that for you the question will answer
itself airmatvely, and will be happier in the
victon that the world is growing better indeed.
The Washington times., 1902-04-27
Light and Wind.

Where. through the leaves OF myriad for
est trees,
The daylight falls, berryl and chryso-
prase,
The glamour and the glimmer of it's rays
Seem visible music. tangible melodies:
Light that is music; music that one
sees
Wagnerian music-where forever sways
The spirit OF romance. and gods and fays
Take form. clad on with dreams and mys-
teries.
And now the winds transmitting necro-
nance
Touches the light and makes it fall and
rise.
Vocal. harp of multitudinous waves.
That speaks as ocean speaks,-an utter
ance
OF far-oif whispers. mermai l-murmur-
ing sighs-
Pelagian. vast. deep down in coral caves.
Madison Cawein in the Atlantic.
The Washington times., 1902-04-27
Warned in Time.

Detroit Tribune-Miss Mary Pierson
Eddy, an American missionary, is about
TO undertake trip into the widest parts
OF Syrian territory. despite the warnings
Of the Turkish government. We hereby
notify Miss Mary Pierson Eddy that we
have just expended our share of her ram
som money for sweet pea seeds. and we
do not patroniZc lectures-cven free ones.
The Washington times., 1902-04-27
WHEN TWILIGHT COMES.
By FRANCIS ROBINETTE.

When twilight steals from out the West
And wells the earth in pensive hue,
My heart is filled with vague unrest,
My every thought, dear, turns to you.
Though shadows now our lives divide,
Somewhere, dear heart, the sun doth shine;
Somehow the clouds will drift aside
And some day you'll be mine.
muse alone. A broken prayer,
Lost in a sigh, breathes from my heart;
May all good angels guard you where
Your sweet life moves from mine-apart!
And as / dream hope hovers near
To bid my lone heart not repine
And whispers in my hungry car
That some day you'll be mine!