Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-19
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who is a recognized expert, and the ques-
ton was asked one and another In the party
whether they had been present 1t came
out that several had attended. but for the
most part they confessed they did not hear
half of what the lecturer said, because OF
some defect In his delivery.
That Is exactly what struck me most In
the remarks i heard about the lecture
have spoken about" said the first speaker.
There was but little criticism about the
matter or the form of the address. but the
general observation wa3, If he had not
mumbled' or IF he had only kept his head
up and talked out and so the criticism ran
until the only conclusion one could reach
was that the lecturer needed most of all
some elementary lessons In what we used
to cali at school elocution, but which Is
simply instruction as to the proper use OF
the voice.
"Hther the art of public speaking so as
to be heard Is dying out or the vocal organs
OF men are becoming incapable of articulate
speech except when the ear of the listener
is within touching distance Of the speaker
and there Is not too much noise ABOUT, II
is surprising what sensation man makes
nowadays who can really make himself
heard throughout a public hall People
who have attended go home and tell, as II
they had remarkable experience. how
they actually heard a series of consecutive
sentences and were able to follow what ne
had to say with intelligent appreciation.
merely because he was auriculariy clear
and distinct
"Al that have got to say is that If this
condition is not due to some structural or
other change going on in the human body
then it would be well for the schools to pay
more attention to teaching articulate speech;
otherwise the lectures of the future VIII be
merely pantomimes.
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Col. Philip Reade, commanding the I'D
Regiment of Infantry at Malabang, in the
Philippines. has determined that the United
States colors shall be treated with every
possible respect, so far as his powers are
concerned. To that end he has issued a
general order as follows:
AT retreat companies will be brought to
attention Immediately after the sounding
of retreat and remain so while the flag is
lowered. They will not be dismissed until
the flag is down. The officer receiving roll
call at retreat will stand at parade rest
(Same at guard mounting, If under arms)
during retreat. When the flag is being low
cred he will face the flag and stand at at
tention. Sentinels on post in view of the
lowering of the flag at retreat will stand at
attention facing the flag.
During the playing of The Star Span
gled Banner, or while the flag is being
lowered, all other persons in the military
service of the United States who are in
hearing distance and in sight of the flag
when finally lowered will face the flag, I'M
cover and remain at attention until the
flag is down. unless within barracks, quar-
tiers or other Enclosure. 1t is expected that
all other persons Will In some marked and
appropriate manner manifest respect for
the national flag during this ceremony"
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Il am most happy to say that don't live
in an apartment house and will venture to
remark that never will if / have my way
although It is true that persons who reside
in apartment houses have some advantages
over those who do not, or at least they
claim to have" Detective Carl F'lather of
the local force remarked to a group of his
associates last night during discussion of
the apartment house question
"A friend of mine is located in a coy
fiat in nice neighborhood, but he has
had all kinds OF trouble with sneak thieves
who appropriated his bread and milk dur
ing the early morning hours. After much
watching. with great loss of sleep, he
scared the unwelcome visitor off, but with
out ascertaining his identity Next his
copy of The Star disappeared regularly
every evening, and finally he decided to
purloiner.
He hit upon a novel scheme" the de-
tectiye explained. and put 1t into execu-
ton, with the result that he discovered
that the man who occupied the fiat above
him was getting copy of The Star every
night without paying for II. The plan he
adopted was to take a spool of fine black
cotton, one end of which he fastened to
The Star securely after he had folded the
paper. dropping 1t In front of his door
with the spool on the inside. He took
up a position ON the inside and had only
been waiting a few minutes when the spool
began to revolve at rapid rate. Hurried
ly opening the door my friend went out
into the hallway, where he saw the man
who occupies the fiat over him on his way
up the stairway. Hurrying up to him
he asked If he had not picked up the
paper by mistake, but the man thus adj
dressed replied that he had made no mis-
take. and furthermore did not have a
paper in his possession. My friend. al
though he did not see his Star, did see the
black thread hanging down from inside of
the other mans coat, which he seized and
gave a quick pull, the paper falling to the
floor at the feet of the astonished man.
My friend tells me-" the officer continued,
that there were no further words between
them, but during the last two or three even
ings he has heard great pulling and haul
ing over his head which leads him to be-
lieve that the landlord will have n vacant
fiat on his hands at an early date
Miss De Stuffe-"How vulgar Miss Gotrox
is! She insists on making herself consplcu-
GUS on every occasion"