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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-11
TAKOMA PARK ITEMS.
Slight Fire at Residence Of Miss Pen
dleton-Club's Annual Election.

The chemical engine company. located at
Brightwood, responded to an alarm of fire
yesterday morning about 8 o'clock. caused
by the explosion of gasoline stove at the
residence of Miss Emma Pendleton on
Chestnut avenue, Takoma Park. Miss
PendletOn's hands and face were slightly
burned. Members of the Corey family,
adjoining Miss Pendleton's succeeded in
eXtinguishing the flames before the ar
rival of the engine A physician was sum-
moned and dressed Miss Pendleton's
burns.
The Christian Endeavor Society OF the
Takoma Presbyterian Church was address
ed by Rev. VIM. Hart Dexter, pastor of
the church. at It's meeting last evening at
o'clock in the chapel. His subject was
What does the story Of Zaccheus teach
us?"
The residents in the vicinity of the ter
minus of the BrightwOod line were dis
turbed about o'clock Sunday morning by
free for all fist fight, in which several
White men and women participated The
last car from the city arrived about 1850
o'clock and Immediately returned to the
city to turn in after disposing of it's pas
Sengers. AS soon as the car had departed
quarrel enSued in which umbrellas clubs
stones and bricks were thrown pretty live
ly, but no serious injuries resulting be-
yond cut faces and hands. 1t is under
stood that those engaged resided in the
vicinity of LamOnds station
Messrs. VIM. ]. Tucker and H NJ Max
well are erecting storage ice house along
side the tracks of the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad. south of Carroll avenue.
The Takoma Ball and Racquet Club held
it's annual meeting Saturday night at the
residence of Mr.. B. c. Coon, on Sycamore
avenue, at which time the election of Off
GERS for the ensuing year took place. The
result OF the election was follows: Pres-
dent. Datus E. Coon; vice president, Miss
Janet Coon; secretary and treasurer,
George Miller The following were elected
to memberships Miss Helen Wilson, Miss
Carrie Blundon. Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Haas, Miss Wanda King. Mr. Harry c.
Fisk and MIR. Percy Brown. Mr. Frank G.
Favorite was given supervision of the
grounds and was instructed to complete
arrangements for improving the courts cor
ner Maple and Tulip avenues 1t was de-
cided to hold the annual tournament July
4. The club Is prepared to receive chaI-
lenges from other clubs in the city
The Takoma Club and Library will have
as Its guest on Thursday evening Mr. c.
NJ. Douglass. who will deliver an address
before the club on that occasion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-11
OLD RACE CARDS.
Some That Are Held in England at
Fabulous Prices.

Fabulous Prices.
From TitBits.
There are in this country many collectors
of old race cards; and one gentleman at
Brighton, who inherited the basis of his
store from the late Mr.. Padwick. once so
celebrated. had upwards of five thousand
of these cards, dating back for quite forty
years and including every classic event
during that period. The late Marquis of
Zetland had the cards of every race he had
ever attended during very long career
as an owner of horses. In general. the
cards that are of the greatest value to the
collector are those which have been han
died by celebrated persons and which have
their pencil notes in the margin. Thus, the
gem of the Brighton collection spoken Of
is Derby day card marked by the young
and luckless Marquis of Hastings, who
came to such fearful ruin on the very day
of the date Of the card itself. This speci-
men cost its present owner thirty guineas.
Only lately at the Travellers Club in Lon
don collection of cards marked by men
who will always be remembered In the his
tory of the turf was sold to a Yorkshire
brewer. much interested in racing matters.
for f300 This same gentleman not long
ago bought a collection of betting books
that had belonged to celebrities. these in
Ciuoiii5 hoiu SeofBe beutlHch, <1ui.ii al
Rous and Lord Falmouth. card that re-
lates to classic race which some horse
of the century won, and that Is more than
thirty years old. is generally worth five
pound note if it be in good condition. even
though no other interest attaches to it.
1t is worth stating that one collector of
these cards sadly alludes to the fact that
the specimens in his possession have, in
reality. cost him over 10000 that being
the sum total of his losses on the races that
are represented in the card collection
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-11
"Hold the Wire,
From the New York Times.

frOm tne New 10rk Times. or.
A code of ethics applicable to intercourse
by telephone is much needed, and unless we
can have 1t many busy men will find 1t
necessary to establish the rule that they
will not have Instruments in their private
offices or houses, or personally transmit
mes iges or answer calls except through
their clerks or servants. To the visitor
who sends In his card one may deny him.
self If he does not want to see him; tine
man at the instrument who is able to ring
a call at the desk of the nnanf he wants to
communicate with has ian advantage Of
which he does not often hesitate to avail
himself with very little consideration for
the one summoned. The usefulness of the
telephone Is beyond estimate, but 1t is being
many are deprived of the advantages of its
legitimate use. To attend to the calls of
all who may want to talk with them in this
way would leave many men no time to at
tend to their own business
The cap sheaf of telephone impertinence
Is furnished by the subscriber who, having
no time OF his own to waste and quite wilt
ing to economize 1t at the expense of that
of others equally busy, has clerk ring up
some one he wishes to speak with and
when connection Is established and the
identity OF the person sought Is assured
tells him to hold the WIRE" Meanwhile
the person for whom the call has been
made finishes what he Is doing. and at his
own convenience goes to the instrument to
say what he wants the other to hear
Meanwhile also the person called watts
with his ear glued to the receiver, burning
daylight and getting more and more angry
Tne amount OF time thus lost Is serious
inroad upon the business day. and that
many refuse to permit 1t - not at all sur-
prtsing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-11
The One-Cent Era.

From the New York Tribune.
A few seers of visions and dreamers of
dreams predict that long before the twenty
first century is ushered in one-cent fares
only will be paid on all the local transporta-
ton lines, including the ferries These iri-
descent optimists expect that no passenger
in any car within the metropolitan terri
tory. whether the car runs on elevated
structures. on the surface or underground,
will be required to pay more than q cent
and that every tunnel company under the
water and every ferry corporation will be
equally generous to its patrons In that
time of peace and ease and comfort there
will be no overcoming. no STRAP han
gers" or 'standees." Moreover. there will
be one-cent letter postage. cheap cabs in
Manhattan. penny shines and no push
carts, tramps or beggars in the streets.
Automobiles will be noiseless and harmless,
and every policeman will be q model of
decorum and of dignity. There win be no
dangers at street crossings, and the charges
for telephone and telegraph messages will
be a penny apiece. Every motorman and
every conductor will be Beau Brumuel.
Even anthracite coal will be cheap. And
just about that time the sky will fall and
New Workers. will feast on lark pies al
ready cooked In the clouds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-11
CAUSES OF DISEASE.
Any Kind Of Theory You Want as to
Origin Of Sickness.
From the Philadelphia Record.

| I'oiH tue Tuhaucipuid hecoru
The professional vegetarians have been
stepping high recently because a prominent
London physician has advanced the opinion
that the increase in the number of cancer
cases is due to the increased consumption
of meat. There Is a widespread belief that
less meat is eaten per capita than at any
previous time in the history of civilization:
that Englishmen of a century and more ago
depended chiefly on a meat diet and knew
less of vegetables than they do now. Long
ago they were noted as 'beef-eaters," and
to this was charged their plethoric condi-
ton and their readiness to fight. If meat
be cause of cancer, the disease should
have been more common a century ago
than it Is now. Still. the London doctor
who made the suggestion stands high in his
profession and his opinion has naturally
added converts to vegetarianism-
An exasperated meat-eater undertakes TO
balance the account by announcing that the
sole cause of the early decay of the teeth
of modern man Is the use of roller-niade
flour. He takes ii for granted that the
teeth are lost at an earlier age now than
they were long ago. 1t may be so, Tut
there is no positive evidence that toothache
is recent affictOn. Another carniyorous
observer goes further and condemns all
white flour. whether ground by roller mills
by the old-fashioned stones He ex-
presses the firm conviction that appendicitis
has its sole cause in the use of the white
flour. In proof of this he instances the fact
that he has confined himself to health foods
for several years and has escaped all trou-
BILE of the appendix Now II requires a GER
tain richness of the blood to get up vio-
lent Inflammation, and 1t may be that
man who limits his nutriment To the taste
less health products lacks the power to de-
velop an appendicitis AS choice between
a steady diet of husk bread and riotous
living with an inflamed a result,
good many people would prefer the latter.
When a man starts out to find a solitary
cause of physical ills he can usually sue
coed. He can persuade himself that the use
of tobacco, the wearing of high heels, the
parting of the hair in the middle or any
other habit Is the common origin of various
maladies. reputable scientist declared
that sun spots produced potato rot In Ire
land. and another has charged carnival
of homicide to the relative positions of the
planets. Since men of science who are
supposed to be careful about the evidence to
support their opinions do not hesitate TO
ascrfbe to some peculiar source the Ills OF
life, the amateur observer may as we'll find
pleasure in forswearing meat or white -four
as means to health
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-11

the afternoon: Physiology VS.. Hygiene in
Our Public Schools" George G. Groef.
Bucknel University: The Teaching Of
Physiological Breathing" q. Hudson-Ma-
kuhn. Philadelphia; Hygiene as Related
to the Prevention and Cure of Tuberculo-
SIS" A. Mansfield Holmes. Denver: Teach
ing of School Hygiene" Helen c. Putnam,
Providence: The Michigan Method" v. c..
Vaughan, University of Michigan: 1.-THE
framing of Teachers" Thomas d. Wood,
Teachers Training College. New York.
The academy has limited the time allowed
for the reading of papers to fifteen min
utes. and in this manner 1t expects to Sc
cure an extraordinary amount of valuable
matter in short space Of time. There
will be session of the academy begin
ming at $50 o'clock this evening. during
which the annual address Of the president
will be read. DIR. McIntfre has prepared
for this purpose a paper on The Much
Rake Methods in Medical Practice"
Program for Tomorrow.
The following will be the program for to-
morrow's sessions:
10 a.m.-Executive session (for members
of the academy only)-1. Report of council;
2 Business suggested by the report: 3. Re-
port Of the auditing committee: 4. Unf1n-
ished business; 5. New business
IL a.m.-Symposium. Required and cleo
tive studies in the medical course" 1.
Electives in Anatomy" Frederic H. Ger
rish Portland. Me-; II. 1.-The Teaching Of
Pathology in the Medical Curriculum"
William H. WEIGH Baltimore; III. I'm
ternal Medicine; To What Extent Required
or Elective in the Medical Course Sher-
man G. Bonney. Denver; w. Required and
Elective DermatOlogy." L. Duncan Bulk
ley. New York; v. "A Theory and a Condi-
ton as Illustrated in Opthalmology." Ed
ward Jackson, Denver Paper: How the
Modern Physician Con Influence in Decreas-
Ing the Birth Rate, by Roland G. Cur
tin. Philadelphia: l. BY increasing the ex-
penses of the family: a. BY high charges;
b. By expensive nursing: C. By extensive
outfits; 2. By discouraging advice.
Final executive session.. Report of the
nominating committee; 2. Report of coun-
Gil; 3. Business suggested by the report;
4. Unfinished business; 5. Induction of
presidennt-elect; 6. Appointments for 1903
1904; Z. New business; 8. Final report Of
council; 0. Adjournment. Meeting Of coun-
Gil
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-11
Thoroughness Before Speed.
From the Portland Oregonian.

Young men in haste to attain to posi-
out the preliminary training necessary to
success; in haste to be rich. but chatting
under the routine by which their employers
climbed to place and competence. will find
in the words of Senator Hoar, the veneer
able and wise Massachusetts statesman
to a body of college students in the west
in a recent address. counsel worthy of their
needing. Standing before a fine body of
young men who are engaged in the pre-
paratory work Of life. Senator Hoar said:
do not hurry. For those who want to
work well there is time. You may de-
vote yourself to the practical arts, but re-
member there is something more to live
for than money"
There was perhaps never a time when
advice of this kind was more needed than
now, and never a time in which II was
less likely to be needed The basis of the
great fortunes in this country that have
come from investment is found in personal
in small things and placed thoroughneSS
before speed. Said successful business
man in this city few days ago: "Busi-
ness Is being developed more and more
each year along lines of special skill which
requires more time in preparation. A
yo<Ig man can afford to devote more
time to the essentials of business, not nee
which may be attended by relatively slow
advancement in wages and position. than
formerly. since the elements Of future sue
cess lie In this preparatory stage and the
thorouEhness with which its details are
mastered"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-11
Capital Camera Club.

The annual meeting of the Capital Cam
era Club was held Saturday evening at zoos
F street. when the election of officers for
the ensuing year was held. resulting as
follows: w. P. Herbst, president; w. F.
Dieffenderfer. vice president; Cory M.
Stadden. secretary; Miss Kate s. Curry,
corresponding secretary; w. c. Babcock
treasurer: F. c. Grow. librarian: directors,
E. B. Thompson. w. 8. Adams, H. X.
Hickey. w. o. Engler and Miss Gustafsen.
Mr.. G. e. Fairman off1ciated as installing
officer. At the conclusion Of the installation
exercises the annual reports Of the secre-
tary and the treasury were read. The for
mer paper showed the membership of the
club to be ninety. of which number sixty-five
were active members. The treasurer's re-
port showed balance of $115.66 on hand.
Succeeding the business of the evening the
occasion devolved into a social gathering at
which refreshments were served.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-11
THE HANDLING Or CROWDS
Lessons Learned on the Presidents
Trip Through tie West.


President Roosevelt ous1zt to bring back
with him from his trip a;spbfetty good idea
of the ability of the average American to
handle large public affairsesl
The speaker had been telling a group OF
friends of some of tha sceaes he witnessed
in connection with a portion of the Presi-
dents western tour. W o.
ION account of the great crowds that al
ways collect to see and hsslr the chief ex-
ecutive of the nation. it IS not the easiest
matter in the world to carry out any pro-
gram however carefully itlmay have been
considered. There is also another element,
and that is the varying ability of the men
in charge to manage such affairs. In view
of all the conditions 1t Is a wonder that the
receptions at the numerous cities and towns
visited are managed as well as is usually
the case.
There is one phase of such AFFAIRS" he
went on, that is so useless, from a prac-
teal standpoint. that 1t is a wonder to me
that sensible men allow to go on. l
mean the management of a detail of police,
who are directed to keep clear. for exam
pie. the approach to a building when the
President and his party are to enter. The
conventional arrangement of the men Is to
line them up on each side OF the entrance
down to the carriage way They form
living wall to keep back the curious crowd.
They are also expected to maintain order
in the crowd. The officers stand with their
faces toward the man whom they are there
to protect and their backs toward the
crowd. Like everybody else in the vicinity
when the distinguished personages appear
the policemen are looking at them with all
their eyes, and their attention becomes fixed
on the same point as that of the crowd
I'm the meantime who is watching the
crowd? Who sees what Is going on behind
that barrier of bluecoats? In the great
majority of cases there is no one on guard.
hos ,1vvv,,v 1aI to
have such a show of defense when prac-
tically there is very little. Suppose those
lines of policemen were turned about and
stood with their faces toward the crowd.
I imagine that no one will maintain that
they are not In position to render better
service than in the other"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-11
Lunacy Proceedings.

Justice Gould today signed orders direct
ing the issuance Of writs de lunatico in
quirendo to authorize the United States
marshal to summon a jury to inquire into
and determine the mental condition Of
seven persons their names being fol-
lows: Cindadus Alfredo De Regel, Robert
s Collins. George o. Wood. Thomas w.
Hall. Martha Day. George Lee and AL
berta Colbert.
All of the parties mentioned are alleged
to be of unsound mind In petitions fled in
the Supreme Court of the District today by
the Commissioners of the District of CO.
lumbia through Assistant Corporation
Counsel A. Leftwich Sinclair.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-11
NEED OF COOKING SCHOOLS.
Practical instruction in Culinary Art
Is What Most Girls Need.

From the Chicago Tribune.
First, the diagnosis; second, the prescrip-
ton. A preacher said recently that one of
the greatest causes of privation in this
country was to be found in the wasteful-
ness of American household management.
The wife Of the American workingman
wastes fuel, food and clothing She feeds
her fire too freely, she prepares her meals
too lavishly, she dresses herself and her
family too extensively. In all that she
does there is an unfortunate surplusage
which she throws into the back yard, but
which, if utilized scientifically. would con-
siderably raise her standard Of comfort
The truth of this charge against work
ingmen and their wives will be admitted at
least in part by labor leaders by charity
workers, and by all other people who have
dealings with representatives of the labor
ing class. Extravaganza Is an American
characteristic and is to be found in Bridge
port as well as in Newport. There can be
no doubt about it that the ordinary income
Of the ordinary American working family
could be made to yield a much larger
amount of comfort and satisfaction than is
at present the case. M 81
But why stop with the diagnosis? Why
not go on to the prescription? The dag
nosfs Is wastefulness." The prescription
will be education" The cause of waste
fulneSs, besides human nature-which in
sociology occupies about the same position
that friction does in mechanics-is igno-
rance. Domestic economy is the prospec-
tive life work of the girls In a laboring
class district What preparation do our pub
lie schools give girls for this life work? A
preparation which Is at best scrappy and
inadequate. The curriculum which was
originally devised for the European leisure
class is projected with few omissions and
additions, into a modern American laboring
community, and the result is that future
household managers get a faint tinge of
exotic culture and large white blank of
information with regard to household arts
and duties.
Why pretend any longer that cooking is
an accomplishment which can be picked
up? The slightest acquaintance with the
ordinary American home will show that
cooking has not been picked up" salts
factorily and that there is only one way
in which a stop can be put both to the
wastefulness of which the preacher speaks
and to the unpala tableness and unwhole-
someness which are even more destructive.
That way is practical instruction.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-11
Relations Notified.

Frank Birrer believed to be insane. who
was arrested and sent to st. Etzabeth's
Hospital for the Insane Saturday, as pub
lished in The Star, has relatives in Chicago
and Pullman, Ills He says his brother in
law is named John Janonsky and that he
lives at Gil Stevens street, Chicago. and
his uncle, Joseph Ingryte, lives in Pullman.
Captain Boardman has communicated with
his relatives.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-11
Loss Estimated to Be 500.

Fire started from some unknown cause
in the house of John Mahaney 240e Bright
wood avenue. yesterday morning about
Gas o'clock. and the Brightwood fire COM
pany was summoned to the house. The
fire occurred In wardrobe and destroyed
clothing worth more than $lO0l The fire.
men prevented the flames from damaging
the house.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-11
Torture by Handshake.
he New York Mali and Express.

From the New York Mall and Express.
Because the legal habit was strong In
him a Maine lawyer has brought an ac-
ton for assault instead of using a stone
hammer on a 1ovial friend who shook hands
with him SO heartily the other day Al to
fracture his arm at the wrist There -
really much to say In favor of uniting
both means Of redress In what may DO
called, without punning. a joint form OF
procedure. The man who. under cover and
pretense of a friendly greeting. hands out
to all his acquaintances as much torture
as he can concentrate I'm his big, mule
like wrists deserves all that can be done to
him. He Is the offensive egotist par ex-
cellence-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-11
RErRAcrs cR1r1c1sMs.
Captain Fitzpatrick to Remain In
School.

Mr. p. M Hughes, director of the city high
schools, stated to a reporter for The Star
today that James Fitzpatrick. the captain
of the Business High School base ball team,
was not suspended from the institution. as
had been reported. 1t was stated that
young Fitzpatrick. who became somewhat
incensed over the action of the high school
athletic advisory board in refusing to allow
c. c. Beckett to play on the Business team,
criticised the members of the board in a
manner that was considered unbecoming
pupil in the high school. Because of his
hasty words the authorities decided to sus-
pend the young man. but before the sus-
pension took effect Fitzpatrick, 1t Is said,
made a written apology to the members Of
the athletic board whom he had criticised
and he was allowed to remain in the school.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-11
Policeman Rewarded.

check for s. has been forwarded to the
police department paid to Private Emer-
son by the Volkmann Stol1werck Company
for the arrest of the parties who broke
open and robbed their slot machines After
20 per cent has been retained for the cloth
ing and helmet fund the officer may keep
the remainder.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-11
Entertained Nurses and Deaconesses.

Mr.. and Mrs. H. A. Ison Of 1924 street
northeast assisted by their daughter Mar
guerite and Miss Berry of West Virginia.
entertained the senior class of nurses and
deaconesses of Sibley Hospital and Rust
Hall Training School Saturday evening.
The evening was spent In music games,
guessing contests, singing. ETC.. and at the
close refreshments were served. The fol-
lowing were present: Rev. C. W. Gallagher,
president of the school, and Mrs. Gala
CHER; Mrs. Lettis. and the Misses Paterson
Bennett. Grim. Hamill, Pond Sayford
keyhoe. Stowell. Young. Haynes and VIII
son.