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The San Francisco call., 1903-09-15

SECOND RACE-steeplechese. short course.
handicap
8 to 2-Lingo. 12s &C. Johnson). IA
60 10 1-Limelight I34 (CahflD. 20
10 Mr.. Rose 133 (McMahon). 6 l as
Time, :56. Start good Won easily Win
ner. f. Trotter's b. m by Henry Youug-LIne-
age First Past 125. Heber l32, also ran.
Duke Of York 1876. fell.
The San Francisco call., 1903-09-15

SECOND RACE-The Hitchcock Steeplechase
Handicap: about two and half miles.
Betting Horse. Weight. Jockey. - "A Fin.
3 10 2-CaIier l40 6Donohuel -. / l h
j 70 Carrier Pigeon, 133 fSaffD 3 2 >
2 10 2-Amur, 141 (Mara) .......4 IS
Tine 5.04. Start good. Won easily. Win
ner j. f. Widners b. g. by Tammany-Cale-
d0nia- Gypsie I35 Jim Newman J48, Acji-
daumo 15o Daryl I32 also ran.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-05
A HAPPY THANKSGIVING.

"A HAPPY THANKSGIVING.
Once there lived a little girl whose father
was dead and her mother was very sick. 1t
was near Thanksgiving. She was poor, but
they had enough to live very comfortably,
and they were probably as happy as many
rich persons.
The little girl had planned to make her
mother happy on this Thanksgiving but
her mother got so sick that she could not
sit up. even in bed. so the little girl had to
send for the doctor who said the mother
was very sick. but if she was taken good
care of she would get well, but not to leave
her. so the little girl thought she would
surely not have a happy Thanksgiving
The night before Thanksgiving the little
girl began to cry because she was disap-
pointed. Her mother asked why she was
crying and the child told her. The mother
said, Don't cry. because God will let US
have happy time IL we deserve it. And
just as the mother was saying this to her
the front door bell rang and the little girl
went to the door and there was a lady ian
old friend with a great big basket full of
good things to eat. The little girl took it up
to her mother. who said. This Is something
to be thankful for. and God will always
take care OF you IL you are good and trust
Him" GRASSIE VIRGINIA B.
THE SCISSORS AND THE SHEARS.
'+Oh, dear!' sighed the button-hole scis-
sors.
Whats the matter?' asked old Mother
Shears.
I'm so tired. do declared There's never
an end to work.
That's all very true. my dear child, as I
well know"
But you don't know much about it after
all; for you only do the heavy cutting in
this family; while. as for me- I am the
only button-hole scissors on the street; so
everybody borrows me- Only yesterday I
had to go over and cut the button holes on
Nellie Gaynor's new suit-as many as a
hundred. l do believe"
obi now you exaggerate. You ought to
be thankful that you can be so useful; and
while you are at work in one place you do
not have to be in another. Hard work, IL
one is able to do it. is not the worst thing
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-05

For the bullet take an ordinary cork and
to fire 1t off follow the rules written below:
Get one packet of seidlitz powders. which
contains two smaller powders. one in blue
and one In white paper. Dissolve the con-
tents of the blue packet in a champagne
bottle or any strong bottle and fill 1t one
third with water Neyt, roll lady's visit
ing card into the shape Of q cartridge and
stop the end with tissue paper. Put into
the cartridge the powder from the white
paper and hang 1t down from the cork by
piece of thread. A pin fastened into the
bottom Of the cork will make 1t possible
to do this. Cork the bottle very tightly,
the cartridge hanging half an inch over the
water The gun Is now loaded and all
that Is needed is to lay the bottle very
gently on the table. Put it on two pencils
Now the cartridge win float on the water
and will reach the tartaric acid. When
this gets to the point where the mixture
giving forth carboqic gas will force out the
cork there will be loud retort and the
cork will fly out, This trick is not at all
dangerous and ish more, fully described in
the book called 1.-The Modern Conjurer."
which is one of our Ctfiidren's League IL
brary books, and is ppblished by j. B.
Lippincott Company of Philadelphia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-05
Russian House in Winter.

The windows are invariably double. and
the space between the sashes always COW
cred with layers of fine sand. designed to
absorb moisture and prevent the frost from
silvering the panes. Twisted horns of pa
per containing salt are set in, and some
times the sand is concealed by a bed Of
moss. There are no outside shutters or
windows remain closed all winter, being
carefully filled In around the edges with ce-
ment. Heavy curtains of rich material
still further deaden the effect Of the cold
upon the glass, a substance much more
permeable than is generally believed
Open fireplaces are rare. When they do
exist they are only used In spring or au-
tumn. They are closed and filled with
flowers. which are truly Russian luxury.
The houses overflow with them; flowers re-
ceive you at every door and go with you
up the stairway; Irish vines festoon balus-
trades; flower stands adorn the landings on
every floor. In the embrasure of the win
dows bananas spread their broad, silken
leaves; gaIpot palms. rnagnolias, growing
like trees. mingle their blossoms with the
gilded yolutes of the cornices; orchids
hover like butterflies around lamp shades Of
crystal porcelain and curiously wrought
terra Gotta. From horn-shaped vases Of
placed In the center of a table at the cor
ner of a sideboard spring sheaves of SUI
perb exotics, and all this floral splendor
thriFeS as in a dollhouse. In the street
you are at the pole; within doors you might
DelleVe yourselves In the tropics.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-05

fearful looking cotton handkerchief. of
the size of small tablecloth, with vari-
Gus designs connected with bull fight
printed in the four corners in brilliant
red, yellow and black
He was extremely proud of IT, however
and frequently took II out of his belt to
examine it and carelessly flick the dust Off
his sombrero Marcia danced to her hearts
content, hair flying. cheeks glowing and.
her breath coming In little gasps. What
wonderful things there were to eat and
drink! How merrily the lanterns bobbed
about against the deep sky. as If they too,
were keeping time to the music! The tall
trees on each side of the dancing space
were almost covered with the moss sway
ing from the branches I'm long gariands;,
reaching to the ground in many places
The guests sat around under the trees or
on benches placed against the adobe wall
of the house, chatting and laughing the
men smoking continuously cigarettes, which
they rolled themselves, and the women
laughing and teasing each other until there
was a perfect bable of noise. Hour after
hour the band played away, while the
dancers whiried around and swayed back
and forth. hour after hour the old men
ana their wives nodded peacefully in their
various resting places. until at last It
seemed as though even the youngest and
gayest OF the people had danced until they
could dance no more, and the bale was at
an end
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-05
Young Peoples Museum.

From Our Animal Friends. f'-s ta
TWAS the night before Christmas when all
Not a creature was stirring mouse"
OF all restless creatures on the face of the
earth. the mouse can. when it WILL be the
liveliest. But do we not persist. we grown
people, In gravely asking Of a child that It
shall be ''as stiTl as q mouse?" Don't be
as active or as noisy "a a mouse" fs what
we should say to thoseeyoung folk who will
fully disturb our peace. , '..-- .r-.--
In all honor to the tiIne-worn adage, a
sleeping mouse only may be as still as
other sleeping animals. ? We do not dispute
It. But the mouse awake! The mouse in
the wall at work. tooth, and nail. to make
passageway Into a human beings bedroom
at dead of night! The mouse trying in vain
to escape from the waste paper basket into
which 1t is invariably attracted by curiosity,
from which 1t can never find the way in ST.
lent haste!- Are even the tanned mice still
unless sIeeping7 was the mouse ever known
to move slowly In crossing n foof2-Did it
ever gnaw in silence, or tread softly over
the papers and other rustling materials on
which it delights to disport itself?
Stiffness means more than vocal quiet. Yet
the mouse, poor creature, can squeak when
frightened or when hurt, and mice have
been known to sing-as 1t Is called. The
adage, as we very well know, does not
refer to the still, small voice of the mouse
at ALL 1t refers to the Still ways which,
we have conclusively proved, are not still
The quickness of the mouse helps 1t to
escape Its natural enemy, the cat. Nature
Is good to every creature. She has, of
course, given the mouse a fair chance for
life. The cat succeeds in capturing Its prey
Only by the exercise of the greatest watch
fulness and by wonderful Quickness, SO
cat and mouse are fairly matched When
does the mouse trot along at slow rate
Of speed9 Never. Is Ii willing, If awake,
to stay still for any length of time In a
given placer Never. Let us suppose that,
In a thoughtless moment, the poet Mr..
Clement c. Moore, had happened to write:
Twas the night before Christmas, when all
through the house
Every creature in stirring still q mouse''i!
The funny part Of It Is that we might,
even then. have believed that he intended to
show us quiet house! How Is 1t that an
adage continues to mean to ones ear what
the thinking brain has years ago shown to
be untrue in fact?
On the night before Christmas. young
people, We advise you to be far more still
than ndce. When you wake in the gray
dawn Of Christmas morning to grope for
the good things In your stockings try again
to be still. and let your sleepy elders rest
undlsturbed by the least mouse-like noises.
Then, later in the day-merrie Christmas
day-you will each and all have earned the
right to be as active as a mouse.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-05
Aunt Dorothy's Corner
My Dear Children:

My Dear Children:
Nv mall box is so full each week 1t IL
quite impossible for me to answer all your
letters. but l enjoy reading them all and
I try to answer lust as many as l possibly
can Little people all over this big country
of ours write me 50 many letters that II
takes me many hours each week to read
them but l want you all to feel sure that
I have always time to do go, and am glad
to have you all tell me Of the things which
interest you and what you are doing for
my league.
Beulah Smallwood-Your letter will be an
swered personally.
Selena Yost-The Red Riding Hood en-
tertainment Is to be at the Lafayette Opera
House on December II and 10. tickets to De
had at the opera house.
Urban Rosen-YeVr work for the league
has been good. Keep on doing all you can
Helen Maddox Dolores Burns. Anto1nette
NJ Boos Eleanor Williamson, A. Moore
elmer Henning, Louise Narrower. Frank
B. WEIGH Tafbert Smith, Grassie Virginia
Buckley, Willie DAILY, Mabel Winslow, John
Lyon Florence Ballinger. Tillingworth
Carr, Mildred Gerhard, Lille Miller. Hilda
Freeman Charlotte Tear. Howell O'Brfen.
Estelle Turner, Bessie Ramsey, Marguerite
German and Marie R.-Your letters con-
tanning drawings, puzzles, stories. etc., have
been received. The best ones of each sort
will be used in the page, and thank you
ALI Yours sincerely, DOROTHY DAY.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-05
From Our Animal Friends.

From Our Animal Friends.
Whose dog Is Jackr' He belongs to this street.
Needs anti-fat-got too much to eat.
'Houseiess and homelessf" Well guess not,
In the whole Of this block there isn't tot
And be- pay s em n fun. every cent Of bis KEEP
He's the best natured dog. and the smartest, tool
No end OF the tricks we've taught him to do.
Got q heap Of sense in his yellow hidei
He's the wonderf'lest dog on the whole East Side;
Why. even the dog-man doesn't know
What breed Jack is-for he told me sol
The dog-cetchers came Almost every day,
But Jack knew their cart, and he'd hide away;
Then out he'd come, laughing. when they'd got
Can't guess how he ever was cotched at last!
But he was and they boosted him into their cart,
And nobody there could take his part.
My! but the little kids cried like mad,
And us bigger ones; too.we felt Just as bad;
For he'd rode all on his old yellow back.
1t looked though 1t was all up with jack
And watched him go: but he cooked one eye.
AS much as to say. 'sTii be back bye and Bye
The look that he gave melt made me think;
And thought of plan as quick as wink,
And says, "FeIer-citizens. ladies and gents.
d s Ina CHM Te toeether and have show
And charge price, not high, nor low;
And Mell raise the ne money right here and now
Tony, the Eyetalian boy, he'll sing;
And Patsy McGovern'n do his handspring;
And key AaronsIl swallow his knife.
And make all think he's taking his life,
And little Freda, she II pass round the hat,
She'll smile and say nothing-she's just good for
thati
Well, we emptied our pockets-you bet we did,
Every one of us big uns and each little hid
Ran home for their banks as fast as they couldf
And raised the money, and all felt good;
And next day. early, we bought Jack back.
So, now, things run in the same old track,
But he's got his license and don't have to hide!
And we've bought him a DyOotifu collar beside.
EDITH NJ. THOMAS.
The truth of this story is vouched for by Miss
Thomas
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-05
SATURDAY. Night.

Placing the little hats all in row.
Ready for church on the morrow, you
= know;
Washing wee faces and little black fists.
Getting them ready anAsfit to be kissed;
Putting them intp c5san garments and
white,
That is what mothers are doing tonight.
Spying out In little worn house;
Laying by shoes that are worn through the
toes;
Looking DER garments so faded and thin;
Who but mother knows where to begin?
Changing button to make it look right.
That Is what mothers are doing tonight.
Calling the little ones all round her chair,
Hearing them lisp their evening prayer.
Telling them stories of Jesus of old.
The Shepherd who gathers the lambs to His
fold:
Watching them listen with childish de-
light
That is what mothers are doing tonight.
Creeping SO softly to take last peep
Silence the token OF childhood's sleep:
Anxious to know II the dear ones are warm:
Trucking the blanket round each little form:
kissing each little face, rosy and bright
That is what mothers are doing tonight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-05
INSTRUCTIONS.

INSTRUCTIONS.
!. Hold funds up to $40 before sending to Ns-
donal Metropolitan Bank.
2, Get q few active members and form 0 circle.
8, Meet once In two weeks.
4. Give your circle fitting name, a., for In
stance, the Childrens League. or the O. L. Helping
Hand Circle. Always use the @. L. with the name
yon decide upou, In order to keep in close touch
with the central movement.
8. Elect president. q secretary and q treasurer
and librarian.
8, Make your own rules IN harmony with the
pledge you send your president.
Z. Send q monthly report OF al you do to Aunt
Dorothy, with names, age and address Of each
member written on the coupon on this page.
8. Keep on call in your treasury the amount you
promise on your pledge to try to earn save, and
wnen an emergency arises your president VIII let
you know where to send this fund. Report mo1fhly.
Q. Keep q separate fund for local work. We win
TED you from time to time. In answer to your let
tiers, where and how you can find neighborhood op-
portunities for pleasant local work.
10. All members should Join in contests and
win gffts. this Is our means for trying to
make you happy In return for your kind effort for
others, and through which We helping you get
your own library and recreation centers. You must
watch this page to learn how doing this.
II. Adults may Join our league II they will work
with US. The league has thousands Of members.
adults and children all over the world.
Il. Use part OF your fund to buy book once q
month for your circle library and select your books
from the lists we publish.
-. IyAddress all letters to Aunt Dorothy, Box
205. Washington, d. C.
IA. Individual workers also may Join.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-05
Program for the operetta.

To be given at 4:15 at the Lafayette Opera
House. December IA and Is. Tickets may
be had at the Opera House. Droop's, also
from the children interested and from
Mrs Glover at 1918 18th street northwest
at 8 o'clock daily. Prices Is. 80, rs cents
and 81.
Scene Home of the fairies In the woods.
Chorus by fairies.
Solo by fairy, who asks the queen for a
special charge over Red Riding Hood.
who is expected to pass through the
woods that day
Solo by queen of the fairies.
Charge to the fairies by the queen.
Scene II-Room in Red Riding Hood home.
Her mother gives her consent to visit
to her grandmother.
Duet between Red Riding Hood and
mother.
Scene Hired Riding Hood walking
through the woods, singing THE Wolf
at the Door,"
Meeting between Red Riding Hood and
the wolf
Scene IV-The wolf in the grandmother
bed.
Red Riding Hood enters and at the re-
quest of the wolf sings "Chickery.
Chickery Chick"
Rescue of Red Riding Hood by the
queen and special fairy, who invite her
to their fairy ring and entertain her
with song and dance.
Welcome chorus by fairies.
Dance of the fairies.
Butterfly dance. Helen Berens.
Jumping Jacks and French Dolls, six
boys and six girls.
Jumping Jacks Jubilee six boys.
Song and dance, Coming through the
Rye" three girls.
Song and dance. selected. Pauline Sulli-
van.
Flowers and Bees dance. six flowers
and six bees.
Song selected. Master Irwin Cosgrove.
National dance. three gtrfa.
Song and dance. selected. La Petite
Alma.
Song, Pretty Little Dinah JONES'" three
very little boys and three girls.
Dance. Edna Danforth.
Spanish dance. Flora Butler.
Song and Dance Vera Faulkner.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-05
LITTLE RED RIDING HooD."

Colonel F. W. Symons. u g. A. military
aid to the President. and superintendent
OF public buildings and grounds. has ar
ranged with Colonel Edgerly. In command
at Fort Myer. to provide the music for the
operetta to be given by Mrs. Glover. under
the auspices of Mrs. Hogan's Children's
League. for the benefit Of those who are
cared for by the league according to the
league pledge. This work Is local as well
as general. and The Star Chapter COM
posed of a number of circles and individual
workers. is ready to receive word, through
members. OF all in Washington who need
Christmas cheer. II the entertainment is a
financial success Mrs. Glover win be able to
give to the National Metropolitan Bank. the
depositary for the league emergency fund,
comfortable sum for all OF you to call for
when you hear of a case OF distress Every
adult or child who attends the operetta or
or who helps give It, or helps sell tickets for
Mrs. GloYer. is entitled to membership In
The Star Chapter of the League and q
properly filled-out application coupon from
this page viii secure the badge and
entitle said member to enter our con-
tests for the league prizes which are
given personally by Aunt Dorothy,
As 1T may interest you all to know
how this Dperetta was brought to Washing
ton by Mrs. Glover will let you read a
copy of part OF her letter to Aunt Dorothy
and you will then understand why you are
to help her. You will remember our cali
for $500 to help the lady with the invalid
husband. This is the letter this call brought
to Aunt Dorothy and Aunt Dorothy brought
Red Riding Hood to you:
White Plains. N. Y, October Is, 1908.
Dear Aunt Dorothy:
Il noticed in recent issue of The Wash
ington Star an appeal for help for very
W. NV lodi fria ,H,aV,
of the Children's League.
Il am deeply interested In children and
their work in this line. having given chill
dren's entertainments for the benefit of
worthy causes for over ten years.
Il would be glad to give one Of my en-
tertainments. under the auspices of the
Children's League in your city. where 1 am
well known and will give you one-half of
the net proceeds to have as fund for such
appeals as you have just made can make
for such fund from FIVE hundred to five
thousand dollars. according to the manner
in which the various leagues assist US In
selling tickets and making the entertain
ment popular
|. Now, dear children. you can see for your
selves why Aunt Dorothy, who gives you
your badges and prizes, wants you to help
Mrs. Glover sell tickets for this entertain
ment, and attend 1t yourselves, as you are
all Aunt Dorothy's little helpers and pledg-
the fund will be used to add Christmas
cheer to those in Washington who may need
1t and all applications will be considered
by a committee under the direction of the
president Of the National Metropolitan
Bank of Washington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-05

In the world. It is a great deal better to
wear out than to rust out. my dear
'As If there were any danger OF my rust
ing. with all my polish. II am ever 90
id1e!' and the button-hole scissors ratified
scornfufly. . ~
ut is the use that keeps up the polish.
however"
"Oh, pshaw! I'm tired. and need a rest:
and the first chance fnd I'll hide my
self"
The very next day Mrs. Brown. the owner
of the scissors: sat at her sewing on the
shaded veranda. She had just been cut
ting long string of button holes In Vero-
nica's new dress: and the scissors lay IN
her lap, when baby called from his cradle
Up jumped Mrs, Brown and went hastily
into the house: while the scissors fell down
and CHANGED to enter crack In the veran-
da floor just large enough for them 70
slip through. 'tOh, how lovely. thought the
silly scissors. Now am hid. surely; good
bye to work. I'll take my ease Tor a
while
It was very pleasant to be there in idle
| ness and to watch the pencils of light fall
I ing through the cracks and chinks-so near
the street. too as to see the passers by, ana
head all that was going on. And the scis-
sors could have danced with delight the
next day when she heard Patty Green, right
over her head. ask Mrs. Brown to LEND her
the button-hole scissors
st would with pleasure" replied Mrs.
Brown. but do not know where they afe.
was using them yesterday. and must nave
nltslaid them: for looked for them ionS
time this morning. but in vain.'
"Ha ha," chuckled the scissors, l guess
you'll look good while longer before your
| find me-"
But the next day was dark ana RAINY anu
the foolish scissors began to lament ner
fall which at first had seemed so fortunate
for she lay 30 near the front OF the Veran-
da that the rain beat in on her throug q
every crevice and soaked her through and
through. No after sunshine could ever re-
store the polish she lost then; ana eacn
successive rain through all the summer ana
| fall made her all the worse. Thick REQ
rust coated all over her. so that not a Hno
could she move. Later in the fan MT.
| Brown pulled I'D the veranda floor to bank
I'D underneath for the winter.
"Hanoo! what's this?' catching signt OF
+! the scissors s'Wife here are the button-noie
| scissors you lost so long ago.
Sure enough" cried Mrs. Brown, coming
! out And / know Twas using them right
| here the last time I remember having them.
| They must have fallen through crack.
well. they are good for nothing now;
See, they are fairly eaten up with rust, ana
will not open or shut I'll buy you new
pair A.
| mrs Brown carried them along IN
| through the kitchen to throw them INTO q
| box of old iron in the shed.
| "Ah! called out the shears from the Ia
| ble where she had Just been cutting heavy
| cloth. What about wearing out and rustns
| out now, nay poor child? I've done a great
| deal Of hard work since you hid yoursei1
| away but I'm nowhere near worn out YET
while you seem to be pretty Thoroughly
/ rusted out"
But the scissors were too rusty to make
any renly LILLE M.