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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-22
The Program for the Fourth.

The suggestions already outlined for the
proposed Independence day celebration by
the people Of Washington are In every way
commendable. affording satisfactory ad-
justment between modern conditions and
the old-time modes of observing the Fourth.
A parade of military bodies. with plenty of
stirring music. is always an attractive fea-
ture, drawing the people into the heart OF
the city and furnishing concrete object
lesson to emphasize the passing Of a day
of the utmost national consequence. The
great open-alr public meeting. or an In
door substitute If the weather Is bad. pre-
serves the traditions of the 'old-fashioned
Fourth" Brief speeches by eloquent men.
singing. band music and the reading of the
Declaration of Independence combine at
tractive elements.
Especially will the projected meeting be
of interest and significance to the public IL
Admiral Dewey shall be persuaded to &C
cept the invitation to read the Declaration
which 1t is proposed to extend to him. No
more conspicuously appropriate parsonage
could be selected than the head Of the
navy. whose great achievement carried the
American flag into the antipodes and estab-
lished new boundaries for the republic. His
participation IN tne ceremonies VI Ills udy'
particularly in such a role, would give the
Washington celebration a truly national
aspect, such as 1t should possess In all par
ticulars
The program as thus far outlined is mod
est in its demands upon the citizens in the
matter of contributions to defray the nee
essary expenses. The heaviest single item
will be the cost of the aerial fireworks dis
play, without which the old-fashioned
Fourth would lack its last touch of COM
pleteness. 1t is not to be doubted that the
people will respond promptly and in good
measure to the call for funds, which has
now been Informally made. The larger
the money supply the more appropriate
and impressive the celebration. and the
sooner the subscriptions are made the bet
ter for effective work on the part of the
committee on arrangements.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-22
Clean Milk.
From the PHILADELPHIA North American

From the Philadelphia North American.
Carefulness in preparing milk for the
market and cleanliness in handling cans
will do much to reduce the chances of
germ infection without increasing the
dairyman's expenses adding to the cost
to consumers, and such precautions can be
enforced readily by inspection. Possibly
the health department may eventually de-
wise practicable system of sterilization
which after all is the only absolute safe
guard against the transmission OF disease
germs in the milk bottle
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-22
Cause Of Failing Hair.
DANDRUFF. WHICH IS A GERM DISEASE
KILL THE GERM.

Falling hair Is caused by dandruf, which Is
germ disease. The germ in burrowing into the
root of the hair where it destroys the vitality Of
the hair causing the hair to fall out digs up the
cuticle in little scales. called dandruf or scurf.
You can't stop the falling hair without curing the
dandruff, and you can't cure the dandruR without
killing the dandrunf germ. "Destroy the cause you
remove the effect" Newhros Herpicide Is the only
Herpicide Is also delightful hair dressing.
Sold by leading druggists. Send loo. In stamps
for sample to THE HERPICIDE CO.. Detroit,
Mich. EDWARD STEVENS. Special Agent. 9th
and Pa. ave.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-22

The producer of a sensational melool anna
founded on the Burdick mystery couio no.
persuade anybody to play the part OF rem
nell There are some limits to what ar
can be called upon to undertake.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-22
The A1lurement of Fame

'Why don't you see physician?
mo, Stree" answered Farmer Corntossel.
'If 1 git cured, it's got to be by patent
medicine Nobody gifts his picter in the
paper fur bein' cured by a reglar Doctor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-22

Governor Pennypacker is now charged
with having written poetry. He must LOOK
for scant consideration from the Pennsyl-
vania newspaper critics.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-22
Imaginative Ike.

The tramp trudged on all patiently,
Nor undertook his fate to blame
'I'll make believe it's golf,' said he.
"And walking's only in the game"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-22

A 3-cent fare Is demanded in Paterson,
N. J. This is relief from the protests of
anarchists that they ought to have every
thing for nothing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-22

If the President Is fortunate he Will
not have to undergo any more extensive
handshaking ordeals until the next Whte
House reception.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-22

The theory that the dynamite plot was
merely another practical joke on the police
is Indignantly resented by the New York
detectives
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-22

Every time Mr.. Rockefeller Mr.. Nor
gan figures up profits, a declaration is issued
to the effect that prosperity is more sub
stantial than ever
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-22
Chafe Under Restraint.

From the Milwaukee Sentinel.
The auto men are about to declare war
on the police because of the determination
Of the latter to dehorn the devil wagons
Meanwhile the pedestrian must keep his
eyes open and be prepared to jump thirty
feet
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-22
SHOOTING STARS.
Hands and Feet.

did those people whom you went to
civilize welcome you with open hands,?
NO" answered the missionary, sadly;
'they all jumped on me with both feet"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-22

1t Is saddening to observe how many wits
cease to shine when they are no longer ell
gible as contributors to the Congressional
Record.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-22

So long as the leading democrats are so
industriously abusing one another there Is
no reason for the republicans to become es-
pecially bitter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-22

Arthur P. German. while not ADDING any
thing to the dissensions in his party. does
not feel called upon to pour any OIL on tne
troubled waters.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-22

Mr.. Baer has not expressed himself. but
1t is probable that Governor Pennypacker' s
Views on the press have his entire approba-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-22

Boston Is ready to stop in the most IN
teresting part Of any base ball season to
discuss Emerson or Browning
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-22
Burn the Machines,

From the Chicago Record Herald.
Philadelphia has burned up all her slot
machines. If she could only do likewise
with her Quay machine how happy she
would be-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-22
Noses Out Of Joint.
From the Boston Post.

From the Boston Post.
These physicians and surgeons who are
so bitterly denOuncing DR.. LorenZ seem to
need treatment for congenital dislocation
of the nose,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-22
Roosevelt Has Humor,

President Roosevelt has been as numer-
ously cartooned as any man in this coun-
try and so far as the public knows he
seems to enjoy 1t quite as much as the car
toonists themselves.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-22
BeWarei

From the Baltimore American.
The gasoline stove Is getting ready for Its
summer rush.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-22

The hottest day on record promises to
appear with the customary frequency this
summer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-22
The Seats Are Hard.

From the Chicago News.
A few sofa pillows on the bleachers would
make a. bali game even more enjoyable,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-22
Chief Factor in Trade.

From Printers Ink.
Advertising always has and always will
be a chief factor In trade,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-22

II never likes to see man." said Uncle
Eben. whose patriotic enthusiasm is
measured strictly by his chances of gittin'
office"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-22

The thermometer and the base Dali
schedule are now the great rivals in popular
interest
, 1903-05-08
Man and the Automobile.

"Did you ever watch a man dodge
an automobile? If not, it is an interest
ing study" remarked a man who OBJ.
serves things.
The average citizen will uncomplain.
ingly step out of the way Of a trolley
car that grazes his coat tails, and gaze
admiringly at the pair of thorough
breds which nearly runs him down.
He will even smile when he is bumped
into by one of those fiends who per-
sisit in pushing a bicycle on the side
walk. Man takes glee in running across
the railroad track in front Of a fast
train and then turning around with a
pleased smile and lingering to watch
the flying engine and cars. But just
let the chauffeur make his unearthly
whistle croak and watch the face OF
the citizen.
He will glance up and down and say
things that would cause an application
Of the blue pencil right here were they
inserted. He will glare at the driver
Of the automobile and make remarks
derogatory to the social status of his
ancestors back to the dawn Of creation.
Just why this condition exists is hard
to tell, but the man with the DISPOSE
ton of a friendly puppy becomes a
gloyering demon Of hate wheTcvsr he
has to get out az Foe way of an auto"
, 1903-05-08
MEN IN PUBLIC SCHOOL.
Adnits Who Arc Learning TO Rea,
and Write.

Adnits Who Arc Learning TO Rsau
and Write.
Visitors of the Jones public school
Harrison street, between State and
Dearborn, are frequently ~astonished al
sight Of the large and eager groups OF
adult students at work In the second
and third hall ways. Long tables have
been placed In these Railways, and
about them sit serious faced, deter
enteen to twenty-one or twenty-five,
each busy with slate, primer, or some
simple school problem.
Between seventy and eighty of these
ambitious young students sit out in the
Railways daily, and most of them are
studying in the first reader" or work
ing at similarly simple and elementary
problems. All are determined, how
ever, to know lots more" before the
advent Of the warm spring weather
calls them away from scholastic labors
and back TO the workaday world.
Most Of these young men are of
Italian and Greek extra ction, and
nearly all are busy, during the more
temperate seasons. at fruit selling or
some kindred business efforts. No
time for the securing of the education
they are SO DESTROYS of attaining can
be found from early spring until late
autumn. But when Jack Frost sets
them free from their ordinary labors,
the Jones school claims interest and
time. In order to facilitate their eff
forts and endeavors the boys and
young men are placed by themselves In
the Railways of the second and third
floors, instead of in the rooms and
where preliminary instructions
are more normally carried on. Thus
the adult students are spared the NOR
and annoyance Of receiving
the instruction also impaired to the
more youthful first grade pupils in
company with these fellow workers of
small size and fewer years.
Few of these students meet with
any home encouragement or assistance
studying. and their school work
Is necessarily. of a fragmentary and in
nature. But Miss Cora Ca
verno, the school principal, saws TIM,
they make thoroughly good. ca rnast
and DEVOTED .stydents.-Chicago TIN
, 1903-05-08

the human voice. The coon songs OF
to-day are, for the most part, nothing
but the old plantation hymns and mel
odies adapted to different words.
Ernest Hogan, the negro comedian
Is the father of ragtime music. Six
teen years ago he wrote Passa ma la
This was the first s~yncopated or rag
time composition. We find syncopa'
ton peculith to the melodies of orient
al peoples. Mr.. Hogan gave us not
only the melodies in this form, but
syncopated accompaniment. At the
time he wrote Pasa ma la he was
working with a gang of men laying
asphalt pavement in Kansas City. He
took his music to the leader of the or
chestra of the opera house, in front OF
which they happened to be working,
but the musicians were unable to play
1t. When 1t was finally produced Its
popularity was instantaneous, and
within a few weeks it was being
played, whistled and sung from one
end of the country to the other.
Among other popular compositions
MI. Hogan wrote 1.-The Phrenologisi
Coon and "All Coons Look Alike to
Me-" This latter song was founded
upon a Chicago episode. Mr.. Hogan
attended a ball given by some colored
people, which. at a late hour. broke
up In a fight. A patrol wagon of po'
lice who were called to the scene to
quell the disturbance were arresting
colored people in the crowd indiscrim'
inately, when one laid his hands upon
Mr.. Hogan and put him under arrest.
A brother officer requested that he be
hot taken in charge, as he recognized
him as the colored man who had sung
at the policemen's benefit the night
before. Tie policeman who had paced
him under arrest replied: 1T makes
no differences; all coons look alike to
me-" From this expression Mr.. Hogan
wrote his DOW popular song, the first
stanza of which he composed while
riding on a street car. He made on
this song the first three months after
it was published $4,000.
, 1903-05-08
His style of Haircut.

An elderly and rather irritable gen
tleman entered a BARRIERS parlor to
have his hair trimmed. All the seats
were occupied. He was about to leave
when a voluble operator persuasively
remarked: Ready in a minute. sir
R~eassured, the customer sat down,
picked up a paper. and absently began
to peruse it. Meanwhile the barber ex-
hibited an extraordinary loqaciousness
discussing the merits of race horses,
the possibilities at Saratoga. and vari.
Gus other subjects. Finally he invit-
lngly offered the vacated chair to the
old gentleman.
How would you like your hair cut? p
the barber inquired.
lin perfect silence, please" was the
curt and ironical reply.-Philadelphi8
Public Ledger.
, 1903-05-08
The Bottom of the Sea.

By means of the skafander, a diver
can remain under water for about an
hour. He is thus enabled to comb the
bottom of the sea with a thoroughness
that has almost exterminated sponges
in many parts. The employment is its
own punishment; for the diver usually
dies of palsy of the lower extremities.
The law now steps in to assist nature
in protecting the sponges, and the use
Of the skafander has been abolished
by Samos, Crete, Cyprus, Tunis, Egypt,
Turkey and Greece. In addition to the
skafander, the natives resort to har-
pooning, primitive diving apparatus
and dredging.
, 1903-05-08

terIng wood, six feet of Drawn and
muscle shot rapidly downward, and
with a 'plunk" disappeared In the
water butt.
Nan gave a shrek of laughter, and
ran to help the immersed Adonis, but
there was no answering laugh; instead.
a quiet that. frightened her.
Tom was not a practical joker, still
it did not seem possible that he could
be seriously injured. What should she
do? The men were all down In the
bag field; and Tom might drown while
she went for help.
Her y lighted on the chopping
block. 1t was a huge affair, blu she
managed to drag it to the side of the
= butt, and, climbing up, discovered poor
Tom, doubled up like a ~jackknife.
AS her cries reached his stunned
ears, he collected his wits, but did not
move.
Nan was leaning over the side, with
the tears streaming down her pretty
face.
"Oh, Tom, please get up. Dear Tom
%, what shall l do ? He will drown
before any one comes" And she
reached frantically for his collar.
Toms head was just above the
water, luckily, and with returning
breath he said:
Don't cry, Nan. I'm not dead by a
long shot, but my ankle is twisted and
you'll have to get some one to help
me out of this"
81 am afraid you will faint again."
said Nan. as he turned white with a
spasm of pain.
Tom pulled himself together with an
effort. This was altogether too good
a chance to lose. Nan had teased him
for the last year, driving him wild
by accepting invitations from all the
different SWANS who worshipped at
her shrine, but with rare wisdom he
had concealed his jealousy.
He had proposed to her, but she,
with a young maids distaste for the
enal surrender, had refused to answer.
"Perhaps so, some day." was her only
reply to his earnest. "Will you marry
me, NanF
Now was his opportunity.
Nan" in a purposely weak voice,
don't leave me, dear. l feal dread
fully-as If l were slipping-away-
away-you do-love-me-a little,
don't you, dear?"
yes, Tom. But for goodness sake
try to get out. Here. III help you.
CANT Won stand on the other foot Mt
= all2"
Tom made frantic efforts to attain
an upright position, holding on to the
Arm little brown hand tightly.
It was serious work getting out, but
he finally managed 1t, and sank ex-
Aausted on the block, leaning mean
while helplessly on Mans shoulder.
Suddenly he clasped the amazed girl.
In a strong embrace
, 1903-05-08
AT The OLD FARM
PRETTY rosy-cheeked

ST PRETTY rosy-cheeked girl.
/\ with round bare arms, was seat
- ed on thetop step of the farmhouse
piazza, busily Smelling beans, exchang-
ing sentences occasionally with a stall
wart young fellow who was ostensibly
shingling the barn near by.
The air was heavy with perfume or
wistaria and cinnamon roses, while
from the hedge came the soft notes of
a wood thrush. A pair of tiny hum
ming birds shimmering in the sunlight
darted to, and fro, plunging their long
bills into the blossoms Of the vine that
covered the porch, while over all hov-
cred the sweet silence of a summer
afternoon.
The young man had given up all
pretense of work and lay stretched out
In the sun on the sloping roof with
hands closed behind his head, at peace
with the world and himself.
II. say, Nan, l wish l owned this
farm; it's a jolly old place"
"Well, 1t will all be yours some day,
Tom, and then suppose you will SEM
your poor cousin by marriage fiyin',"
said Nan, with a mirthful twinkle In
her eyes.
: Il would shake you for that speech,
my girl, II It wasn't too much trouble,"
1oftiiy.
, 1903-05-08
JAMES j. HILLS rwosoNs.
They Take to Their Fathels Line of
Business with Eas

Business with Easl
The two sons of ]. J. I'LL, lin"
and LOU" have knuckled down to
work since their days infale, and
their father Is proud OF th3r records
as railroad men In the ten dars since
be set their respective nods to the
grindstone. Both have r~isenlo respon.
sible positions In the Great Northern
system, and have shown themselves
worthy of their responsibilities with
out what they used to call the 'old
mans pull"
Yong Jim" Hill made bill first hit
as a possible railroad maghar when he
was In college. In those lad days
he was not a hard studenS and had
several painful interviews with AN un-
sympathetic faculty at times 1t does
no harm In the light of his hccess to
record that a warning or twoFere sent
to the president Of the GreadNorthern
system, to the effect that nkre studI-
GUS application was Necessity on the
part Of the undergraduate question
or his college career might frosted.
Summer vacation was neal ht hand,
and young Jim Hill did hot view
with enthusiasm his probable reception
at home. His father had 1ken the
question too seriously for coufort. and
had threatened a disastrous Iembargo
on the vacation budget of EXPENSES.
A master stroke averted he crisis.
A thesis was due in the Sh held Sci
entihc school course, and e of the
list of topics offered was I" .e Effect
Of Transportation Systemd on the
Growth of Cities" Young Jim" Hill
announced, Here Is where l lsave my
life" He forsook his cheerful haunts
for the university library. I'll dug out
statistics by the car load. ami sought
chiefly information about the great
Northwest. He compiled and Icondens-
ed, and clipped and copied, and sweat
ed, until the result was a thesis that
showed in at least a dozen different
ways that the safely OF the
solar system depended on railway de.
yelopment, and that the Northwest.
Of all other parts of the Inhabited
globe, had been developed by railroads,
and the Great Northern system in par.
The thesis passed the faculty with
flying colors, and was then1 carefully
by registered Mail, well
ahead Of the homecoming Of the au-
thor. j. J. Hill was delighted. He
slew the fatted calf and wheIn young
Jim" returned to New HAVEN in the
TALL he announced that he haId had the
summer of his life, and a chartered
yacht as a token of parental esteem.
"It was the hit of my life,l" said he.
Dad has me figured out as the wisest
material for a railroad mani that ever
down the track. TRAM pportation
md the Growth of CitiesI,' well, l
guess. Couldn't have landed harder If
had studied every day sim 2 1 was a
Not long ago g classmate be the Hill
Boys asked their father WIFI lie In New
Vo~lx hn-y khau ~ara oafflx ~n~
, 1903-05-08
A Doubtful Point.

Mr.. Cassidy surveyed the examining
counsel with undisguised contempt
which In nowise disconnected the law
yer.
And why, may 1 ask, did you not go
TO the help of the defendant. In the
6ght?' inquired the lawyer.
For the rason," said Mr.. Cassidy,
in a O n of blighting scorn, that at
hat tonne OF had no means of know
ing which O. thin would be the de
PENDANT, SORT"
, 1903-05-08

1.-THE ankle is bad enough, my girl,
but it's worth 1t all to see those tears
for me on your dear face. Now, how
oon are you going to be my little
wifef No, NO, my deari' AZ Nan In.
dignantly tried to get away, ST know
you Low me now. and you can't put me
or any longer"
"Weli-perhaps 1 do" said Nan, az
she raised her April face to receive his
first kiss.-Indianapolis Sun.
, 1903-05-08

las, the cypress and the pines; it
moves like the sugar cane and cotton
when stirred by the soft southern
wind: 1t laughs and weeps; it has in II
all the Joyous music of a choir OF
mocking birds and the sad notes of the
lone dove mourning for its mate.
A popularity of negro music is that
the words are music. They do not need
to be set to music r unnecessarily need
the assistance of any instrument saw
, 1903-05-08

1OuSc OI IN acquaintance whose
name ne had forgotten. He, only knew
that his host lived on Harcourt street.
What am I to do?" he asked Of his
driver.
Never mind, sor," was the reply.
iii find hin for you"
But you can't. You don't know his
name"
Lave it to me, sor. Lave it to me
e~ntoirely."
They drove to Harcourt street. and
the man, beginning at the top, knock
ed at every door and made one In
quire. Halfway down the street, he
gaily rejoined his employer, and said.
Its all right, sor. It's here"
How do you know"
Il asked, sor, Does the Riyerend
Misther Blank live here?' And the
maid said, No, but he's dining here"
, 1903-05-08
No Extra Charge Made.

Wow" yelled the victim. "See
here, barber! You've cut off part of
my ear"
$50 have" replied the barber cool
ly, but calm yourself. We make no
extra charge for correcting facial blem-
ishes. I'll trim the other ear down
to a decent size too."-Philadelphia
Press.
, 1903-05-08
Taking Time by the ForeIook.

The Cook-Would you mind giving
me a recommendation, ma'am?
The Mistress-Why, you have only
Just come.
The Cook-But ye may not want to
give me wan when l do be lea wing
Life.
, 1903-05-08

p%ortation or an i'm.
itation. Negro mu-
sic does not smell
of the lamp; it has
not the voice and
expression of the
studio. 1t is not
restricted by the
rules or methods
of any particular
cult or school. Ii
brings us sweet in.
cense romprange
blossoms. g
, 1903-05-08
Not His First Pronosal

Tess-Oh, yes, fell pretty sure of
him. 1 rejected him when he propos-
ed first because l was positive he'd
Try again.
Jess-And you were right. He did
Try again and 1 accepted him-Phila.
aelphia Press.
, 1903-05-08

Ethel-You say Algy has been heart
lessly deceived by a young woman.
Did she lead him on to think that she
loved him?
May-Oh, no. She led him on to be-
lieve that she didn't care a rap for
him, and then when he carelessly pro-
posed accepted him on the spot.