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Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1903-10-29
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"The boys are throwing stones at 8
poor peddler."
"Outrageous!"
"That's what ! think"
"Whose boys are they?"
"Yours."
ooh, well, boys will be boys. Let
the children play."-Chicago Post.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1903-10-29

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that mpars strength and energy the body and keeps 1t In state Of
heahuness
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SPEAKS FOR ITSELF N11

You know when rch red blood Is coursing through VH
the veins for shows in the brightness of the eye the wv
beauty and clearness of the complexion the smooth fair
skin and robust healthy constitution 1t is good blood
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-19
Anxiety in Christmas Faces.
the Philadelphia Record

From the Philadelphia Record
Now, look at those Christmas faces"
remarked the dyspeptic over his morning
newspaper, as the trolley car sped toward
the center of the town You don't see
anything peculiar about them? Look again.
Are they anything like those worn by the
women who go in town every day? Nay,
nay. outside of their clothes and manner,
they show the greatest anxiety. They have
Christmas faces Look at the maiden in
the big hat. She's suburban belle. / bet
you anything you like she's going to buy
mamma a pair of gloves, papa a muffier
ana her best beau a frame for her own
photograph There's auntie too. She's
got 1t all cooked UP for her dear ones,
whiie mamma, though proud as a peacock
or her daughter, has worried look, which
says as plainly words that she fears
she's going 10 have the deuce of a time
stretching her purse until it encompasses
the little list she has up her sleeve The
sauoest part OF 1t is. many of them seem
to be actually trying to lock natural But
they can't It's shining out all over them"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-19
HAPPY HOLIDAY SEASON.
Pine Belt Visitors and Their Many
Pleasures

Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.
LAKEWOOD, n. j.. December Is, 1903,
Lakewood has suffered touch of the cold
this week. with the rest Of the middle east,
but. as usual, the protection Of her pine
belt has made her fully ten degrees warmer
than either New York Philadelphia.
Skating has been fine. and the lake has
teemed with jolly life and the whfr OF Ice
boats Good numbers of arrivals have been
welcomed at the hotels, and there is the
customary prospect of a brilliant Christmas
week There will be more or less of en-
tertainment at the Laurel House and the
Laurel-in-the- Pines, and the usual grand
balls will be given on Christmas and New
Year eve. The Laurel Orchestra OF four.
teen pieces, which gives daily concerts at
these hotels. viii furnish specially prepared
programs during Christmas week. At the
Observation-Disclosures are many Philadel-
phians, and the house is well filed Most
of the winter resorts are complaining of an
off season. but in Lakewood the Laurel-in-
the-Pines especially is popular and well
favored. This great hotel has spent a num-
Der of thousand dollars more than usual In
refurnishing this season, and the quiet ele-
gance and even luXuriance of the public
rooms are much remarked upon.
The Country Club of Lakewood which
represents the organized sporting interests
of the resort in golf, shooting, drag hunt
ing, etc, is giving much attention to the
arrangement of social fetes and functions
The capacious new club house is the scene
of many brilliant afternoon and evening
parties. to which members and their friends
are invited. The large reception room, with
its huge hreplaces, is decidedly popular this
cold weather A series of entertainments
has been planned for January. Besides
the regular Saturday hanaicaps at the golf
course, there is now tournament for
women members of the club in progress
play being scheduled for every Wednesday
until further notice.
The engagement is announced of Miss NJ
Elsie Davis, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
Samuel D. Davis of Lakewood, to Can't
Frederick Harold Courtney Royal Artil-
lery. British service. Captain Courtney is
a son OF the right reverend lord bishop of
Nova Scotia. The captain is now stationed
on the Island of Malta.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-19
HOLIDAY DELIVERIES.
Heavy Work the Letter Carriers Havs
to Perform.

we are allowed for the holiday city de-
livery said Major James E. Bell. suuerin.
tendent of the city delivery service OF the
Washington post Office. 800 extra DAYS at
the rate of $500 per annum That means
that We can put on enough substitutes to
come within that limit and so care for ths
Christmas rush of mail better than we
could with the ordinary force Of the Office,
AS soon as the rush begins. which Is about
the Sd of the month, We begin to put on
carriers, so as to avoid accumulation
Sometimes we put them on earlier than the
3D. but by that date the rush has fully
set in, and from then until several DAYS
after Christmas we have all we can do to
take care Of the thousands of extra letters
and packages that come through the Office.
In addition TO the carrier allowance we
are this year allowed SIS fos the hire and
feeding OF horses for the collection and de-
livery of the extra mail, and we need every
cent of the money. We have tried to get
Congress to allow US q larger appropriation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-19
The Children's Festival.

From Leslfes Weekly.
The religion which the wonderful Galjlean
Teacher brought into the world has given g.
glory and significance to childhood It had
never known before and which is not
known today except where the religion He
taught prevails. 1t is only in the lands that
are known as Christian that the sacredness
OF childhood is recognized and protected by
every law and every safeguard that So
ciety and government can throw around It,
Only in the lands where the name of the
Nazarene Is held In reverence are the or
phans the waits. the foundlings, the home
less neglected and suffering children taken
In sheltered, taught and provided for with
tender. thoughtful and generous care
Under the banner of no other faith are
there found such homes an the homes of
Christendom: no homes where little feet
are SO tenderly guided where the Innocence
and purity of childhood are so carefully
fostered and jealously guarded, no homes
where 30 much II sacrificed and nothing
thought too dear that can bring Joy peace
and large opportunity and privilege to the
children.
Strange, indeed would 1t be IL Christmas
were not the day most loved by children,
the anniversary OF the birth OF Him who
II the best friend that childhood can ever
know; who loved the children, blessed
them, gave His life for them, and to whose
spirit and teachings they owe the rarest.
choicest blessings that are theirs today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-19

knew to contain bank note, and as he
thanked her package he was holding out
slipped from his hand and fell to the mo-
sale floor with muffied crash.
There! l knew something of that sort
would happen before I'd made my rounds -
he exclaimed In dismay half charged with
Irritation. Il wonder why people will per
sist In sending that sort OF stuff through
the mails?''
Why. it's copy of the leaning tower of
PISA" cried the maid, and is from g sister
of the mistress. i know the writing. Isn't
It too bad!'
Yes. it's too bad" admitted the weary
letter carrier; but what can they expect
when they not only neglect to wrap their
packages properly. but violate the law IN
sending glass through the mail?''
rs that against the lawR' asked the chill
dren in a chorus
Yes, of course 1t is" he replied. but that
is not half as bad as to wrap them insecure
~ and in fragile bundles
Come in and have a cup of coffee" said
the maid. as he handed her the last packa ge
IN the bag
Thank you: as they're all gone, and my
work is done, I'll take advantage of your
kindness"
Postman Expresses His Thoughts.
In the children's dining room. with a
steaming pot of coffee and pile of napkin
wrapped, hot buttered rolls before him:
with the little ones all showing him their
gifts at the same time, the postman grew
first comfortable and then confidential For
years he had longed to open the safely
valves of his annoyanceS and tell the peo-
pie of his district what they ought to do.
and 1t was more in an retrospective than
other manner that he began to speak his
thoughts.
IF people only knew how much trouble
they could save themselves" he said, by
the exercise of a little care when they get
their bundles ready for the mails, especial
TNv Afari holt "a
more attention to the wrapping. When the
Christmas rush begins. about the Y3d of
December, and the extra force of carriers
and horses Is put on, 1t is constant hustle
down at the office, and. packages and bum
dies that have not been firmly tied or wrap
ped stand mighty poor chances in the mass
OF stuff that has to be delivered.
1t would surprise you to know how many
Intelligent persons neglect to put their
names and addresses on packages they send
through the mails. and those who wrap
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-19
The Dog BARRIERS of Paris
From the Golden Penny.

From the Golden Penny IN
IL Is astonishing with what zeal every
means or earning an honest penny is piled
IN Paris No city in the world has so MANY
queer little trades by which those practic
Ing them scrape together enough sous to
make living. One of the most character
istic OF these strange traaesmen Is the dog
barber. The favorite dog of the Partisan
In the French poodle. or '.meuton,' as he ia
popularity called. 1t Is chiefly for his bene-
M that the dog barber exists His head
Quarters are the banks OF the Seine Hero
tne main body can be- found at all times
tnoush IN the summer some go about the
city carrying on their occupa ton FROM
house to house. In the Hot days one con-
tlnnaAy hears the long-drawn-out- cry
To-o-ndeur de chiens," and meets the "a
miliar figure OF the dog barber with his
Dox OF Instruments slung over hts shoulder
MANY OF them nave their regular customers
whose houses they visit at stated iriarvala
to make the toilet of those privileged poo
dles-for the Paris mouton Is the Spoiled
child among dogs. He Is clipped, brushed
combed, perfumed and generally has hia
top knot fastened with a pink or blue
ribbon. Some even wear gold CIR silver
bracelets around one paw.
The result has been the DEVELOPMENT of
the dog barber as an artist He clips and
shaves MS customers dogs in most elabo-
rate fashion Some are left with shaggy
names, with tuft at the end of their tails
to Initiate ii0ns Others again. are ciipned
in stripes. making them look like black
zebras, and others have their faces clipped
and nothing left but pair of fierce mus
taches with nuffy bracelets of hair around
each foot.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-19

them up and tie them with pretty bow
knots of ribbon are TO be counted by thou
sands. These knots come united, the pack
age falls apart and the address may prove
to be incorrect. there is no name on 1t TO
enable the office to return 1t to the right
full owner and ii goes to the dead letter Of
the yearly sale. How much easier 1t would
be for the person to write in ink the name
of both himself and the one to whom II is
to be carried. and then tie UP the whole
with a string that could not come united
unless at the win OF one authorized by law
to inspect the contents. But rarely is this
power used.
Things Which Cause Worry.
THE people know the laws the large ma
aority are careful to observe them, and
Shere Is little trouble on that account. 1t is
the poorly wrapped and tied bundles that
worry US. and also those that are addressed
in pencil. What must a man or woman be
thinking OF when they address with a PEN
oil a package that Is to pass several days
crowded with others in mail sa cks juuibled
and jostled. thrown here and there and
finally Dragged forth and crowded again
into a carriers bag and finally delivered?
They ought to know that the writing has
one chance in million of remaining legible
for ten hours under all the rubbing Ii gets
set of men and women as are employed
anywhere on earth, but pencil writing will
SRb OF and loosely tied packages will come
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-19

but the members seem 70 think We can get
along with that sum. and we have to do the
best we can with the facilities at hand.
Fifty Thousand in One Day.
1.-The letter mail, although augmented to a
heavy degree during the holidays, does not
approach the increase in packages Last
year we handled more than $1,000 packages
in one day; the year before there were
| ~ 900 handled, and this year. with the in
crease IN the general prosperity of the
country, there is good reason TO believe mat
the highest record will be broken. The
rush begins about the Goth of December
and lasts for two weeks The seven days
preceding Christmas are always the heaV-
lest of the year, the I'D being generally the
record breaker. On Christmas day there IS
a sudden fall in the number of packages
received.
'.This-is the time when we have to use all
our energies and wits to collect and deliver
the mails for the collections grow in pro-
portion to the deliveries. Then after that
is all over, and one not acquainted with the
work of the post office would imagine a rest
to be due the clerks, there comes what We
call the aftermath the belated presents.
These cover both those that have been
mailed too late for delivery on Christmas
day and those that have been sent by per-
SONS who have received gifts from friends
and have not sent any themselves. They
are ashamed of their lack of foresight and
rush to the shopping district and get
present Tor the one VINO sent thelTS. 1nese
packages are by no means small feature
OF our Christmas work, and furnish enough
work to keep some of the substitutes en-
ployed.
Hours of Service.
'Some of these substitutes put in twelve
and eighteen hours day during the rush
season, and. of course. are paid according
ly. Regular carriers are not permitted, by
the regulations. to work more than eight
hours day. but substitutes can work as
long as they are equal to the duty, and the
more hours they put in the larger is their
remuneration. And they earn every cent
they get. A carriers work is no chiIds
play. l can tell you, and when the men
leave the office here loaded down with let
tiers and packages there is many a hard
laboring man has an easier job"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-19

of the duty, but we are always trying to
improve the service and help people who
don't take time to help themselves
You see, we get many times the average
quantity OF mail during the holidays that
We have at other times, and 1t Is no easy
job to handle 1t all accurately and speedily
so we ask the public to help us as much as
possibly by doing their share"
The children, interested more In dolls.
raisins and the other edible and destruct-
tble things that help to make up a
Christmas day, scampered out of the
room, and the postman smiled reminis-
Gently as he said:
Heaps of These.
You ought to see the letters that are
addressed to Santa Claus"
What becomes of them?" queried the
maid.
We'll, there are thousands of them
from all over the United States, and, of
course, they go to the dead letter office
and If the name and address Of the
writer are inside when they are opened
they are returned; If not, they go to the
waste paper bag. Here's one that was in
the box on my collection trip. 1t had no
envelope and no stamp, so l don't have
to treat it as United States mail, and YOU
may read it," t -.-s--
The maid took the letter and read:
Dear Santa Claus:-I want steam OF
=
trane an that's all. Good-by Santa Claus"
There are heaps or those said the
postman, and they all go to the dead
letter Office. It's pitiful, but when the
children get what they write for it's all
the same to them whether Santa Claus
, gets the letters or not. The other day we
had a letter from a New York broker
who said his little daughter had ad-
dressed a letter to Santa Claus at the
Washington post office and requested
that We forward it to him so that he
could get her what she wanted. In that
case we did it. after opening it to verify
the name and address, and what do YOU
think that child wanted? She only want
ed Santa Claus to bring her little han
som just Dig enough for herself and a.
Shetland pony and a coachman, and I'll
wager she gets them, for her father Is
one of the richest men of Wall street"
The maid laughed and the postman
gathered up his bag, and. with a parting
injunction to her to tell all her friends
to be careful Of their mail babe her an
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-19

and when supplying them has become a
business the situation is very different 1t
is said, apparently on good evidence that
many OF the trees are stolen from the land
on winch they grow, and that when paid for
they are cut without any regard to doing
as little damage as possible. 1t seems that
a wholesale business in cutting trees for
market is carried on in Maine and Vermont
and that it has grown to proportions which
compel a change of conditions.
In TINS state there has been good deal
of cutting of trees without any payment at
all 1t has decreased of late because the
land owners have begun to realize that they
are imposed on. Two or three trees here or
there meant nothing but scores, or hun
dreds. cut as recklessly as any in Vermont
make a serious loss, both immediate and
prospective, and the knowledge" that the
trees are cut for sale at a great profit adds
irrita ton to the damage
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-19
WEATHER IS ALL RIGHT,
Seaside Visitors Find Much to En-
Joy.

JoJs
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star
ATLANTIC CITY. December ls 1903
The perfect winter weather that still pre-
walls on this favored island Is serving to
keep the patronage OF the resort way above
the record for this season of the year Sew
eral of the leading beach front hotels re-
port from forty to fifty per cent more visit
ors at this time than at the corresponding
period of last or any preceding year. AL
though 1t Is cold. the air Is clear and the
sunshine brilliant. and comparison made
on Wednesday showed that the difference
In temperature between Atlantic City and
Philadelphia and New York was sixteen de-
grees in favor of the resort. All indica tons
point to a record-breaking holiday season
at the shore The reservations at the beach
front hotels are greater than ever known
except at Easter and during the summer
time. This Is surprise although the fash
ion has been growing among weary society
devotees and fashionable folk generally to
spend the holidays at either country houses
or at the shore. and the latter seems to
have the call this year
The clamor for a city beautiful is
growing in volume and is meeting with re-
suits. An ordnance was introduced in the
city council and passed first reading pro-
viding for the purchase OF the Inlet site for
public park at a cost of $3.50, 0G0. The city
engineer has also been instructed to hasten
the work of laying new f1agstone pavements
throughout the city and to finish the paw
Ing of the cross-town streets before the list
of June. when the city's golden jubilee Is
to be held.
A new species of sea serpent was cap
tured on the beach near Ventnor during the
week by William Blackman. The monster
Is a cross between q snake and a fish. with
animal head eight inches In diameter.
The thing Is about eight feet in length and
Is of a brownish green color. 1t is no dream.
but has been stuffed and is on exhibition
Another catch of the week was made by
Richard Burbage of Pleasantville, who
landed an oyster IN Lakes bay measuring 2
feet in length, IA inches in width and II
inches in depth. The meat weighed twenty
four pounds. John Winder. mate of the
fishing sloop Pittsburg. caught monster
lobster on a cod line twenty miles OF shore
1t tipped the scales at forty-ive pounds
Assistant City Electrician Horace Turner
has invented q new method of catching
cod fish, which is expected to put the line
fishermen out of business. It consists OF
running an endless wire around a drum
stationed on the shore and another on an
anchored buoy fifteen miles at sea, the wire
to be strung with baited hooks at frequent
intervals. The wire Is to be kept moving
constantly and men stationed shore
will remove the fish the wire passes
around the shore drum. . .
The Idppincott estate will build a hand
some hotel at Central and South Carolina
avenues.
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united. and then we are blamed for care

united. and then we are blamed for care
iessness
u mad no idea that people were so care
less!' exclaimed the maid. lis II necessary
for the person sending a package to write
his or her own address on 1t as well as that
of the person to whom 1t is sent?'@
1T Is If You wish to insure Its safe de-
livery or return in case the person to whom
1t is addressed cannot be located" was the
reply =, az suppose 1t would surprise you to
know that people actually forget to stamp
packages and then wonder why they are
not delivered It's a fact. and of course
when there are no stamps a package
the person to whom il is addressed has to
be notified to send the amount, and that
takes time, and by the time all the details
are attended to Christmas has come and
gone and some one is disappointed.
And don't lose your head he continued
Interested in his theme, Just because the
spirit of the holidays has entered your SOUL
Remember where you live. and write 1t
plainly on the package. Don't look IN
credulous. There are lots of persons who
don know where they live. 1t happened
that lady not long ago mailed to herself
a package while down town to save the
trouble of carrying it or having It sent
home. 1t was not delivered. and she eauis
to the office to see about it. We had I
there, and she was highly indignant at tie
laxity of the methods of the post office
She Insisted that the address was her own.
and asked that we send a man with her to
prove it, threatening all sorts of dire things
We sent a special messenger boy and he
came back and confirmed the report OF the
carrier for that district that the address
she nad gwen. was a vacant lot. and that
she lived three blocks farther up the street.
She apoiogized.
A Wrong Address.
"A man the other day mailed a package
addressed to Wilmington, D. c. Of course,
we knew that there was no such place, but
we also knew that there was city of that
name in North Carolina, and to that plale
the package went. 1t was correct. Worse
than that are the letters that are addressed
to Washington, D. c., that are intended
for Washington n. c. The post office has
to make the corrections 1t isn't part
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-19
Peace on Earth, 1903.

Now comes the Yuletide OF the year
Ordained to friendship. and good cheer
Though Russia, On the Manchu plain,
Is drilling troops with might and main;
The while the Jap just aches to have
deadly tussle with the Slay:
While frightened Monguls In Manchu
Observe their exit p. D. O.:
While England's streaking overland
To enter Thibct, sword In hand;
While angry Colon yells "Ha, ha!
Just let me get at Panama.
The while the Turk perfeets plan
To slay the Macedonian;
While Uncle Sammy stuffs his Jeans
With bullets for the Philippines
Poor Santa Claus will bring, I fear,
A stocking full Of guns this year,
Unless the Angel comes again
With Peace on earth. good will to men,"
WALLACE IRWIN