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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-30
TOO HORRIBLE TO MENTION.
The Outcome Of Sending Whisky
Samples to Total Abstainers.

The Outcome Of Sending Whisky
Samples to Total Abstainers.
From the st.. Paul Dispatch.
A very amusing story, which is causing
CONSERVATION In several homes, Is being told
around Red Wing; and the truth of 1t Is
youched for by one Of the business men of
the town. 90
1t has becomeDa custom of number of
enterprising liquor houses in st. Louis and
Kentucky TO solicit orders by mall. They
write to we'll known people in the various
cities, asking them to submit lists Of names
of personso Why use whisky When these
addresses are received the houses mail cir
culars presenting their proposition. They
state that they will send a certain number
Of bottles, of a. specified brand in plain
box, prepaid. for certain amount of
ductiye of business the man who first SUBJ
mitted the list of names receives a percent
age on this sales
Some time ago one Of our busines men
received tseauest for addresses to which
circulars and other advertising matter might
be sent This man. being practical joker.
here saw an opportunity, and taking the
blanks which had been sent to him fIled
them with names and addresses of people
who were known to be total abstainers,
who neveo were known to take q glass of
liquor nor to have It anywhere about their
Time went on and the business man had
forgotten all about the incident, but Il was
called forcibly to his mind when, one day,
he received draft from the southern
a letter. stating that this sum represented
commission due him for business transact
ed with the people whose naYnea hA had
previously submitted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-30
ANNE HArHAwAY's COTTAGE
Delusions Regarding the Home o
Shakespeare's Sweetheart.

Delusions Regarding the Home Of
Shakespeare Sweetheart.
From the London Times.
We visit Shakespeares shrine with feel
ings OF reverence. and the majority of
visitors naturally accept implicitly thestate-
ments that are made and believe in the
proved genuineness Of the relics they are
shown. It will be a rude shock to thou
sands of English and American devotees to
discover either that the necessary anthem
ticity Is lacking or to learn that there never
was any proved connection between the
poet and some Of the most conspicuous ar
ticles labeled with his name
Perhaps the greatest delusiOn remains for
the visitor who goes to Shottery with the
hrm conviction that he will there find Anne
Hathaway's cottage. There is picturesque
homestead there, famous all the world over
as the birthplace OF Shakespeare's wife and
the scene of his courtship. The chimney
corner in. which the lovers sat Is duly point
cd out: the lattice window at which the
girl watched for the poets coming across
the fields is shown as a verify, and made
to excite the most romantic curiosity.
And yet no Anne Hathaway is to be
traced In Shottery records. Mr.. Sidney Lee
finds Agnes who might have been called
Anne, but even this does not prove that it
was Shakespeares sweetheart. Charles
Knight. most credulous of all Shakespeare
OHooA 30 od0AJ nuiAAAto. w 2 SseAAAioS soy
absolutely that Anne Hathaway was Of
Shottery."
Mr.. Snowden Ward arrives at the same
conclusion. and adds that there were three
Hathaway families from whom the poets
wife might have come. But even II Anne
lived In the CO ltage, her cottages disappeared
long ago; the present structure is only
part of Richard Hathaways farm, and, as
Mr.. Lee says, has undergone many aItera-
lions and renovations." AS for the family
Itself, Its male line became extinct 100 years
ago, and the late Mrs. Baker-"the last Of
the Hathaways''-was pious dece.ver, who
had no real claim to the consideration she
received.
In the light of such facts, what are we
to say OF the Shakespeare and Hathaway
relics at the cottage? What reply shall
we make to that typical extravaganza in
dulged in by DR.. Brandes, who draws a
picture of Shakespeare's journey to the
cottage?-"He would enter and look once
more upon the wooden bench in the CHM
ney corner upon which he and she had
sat In their ardent youth. There was the
old fifteenth century bed in which Anne's
parents had slept, with her, as child,
at their feet" The Anne Hathaway bed
ROOM II not a9myth, is not a demonstrated
fact. The fireplace where the lovers sat
in their ardent youth Is pretty fancy
The lattice window Ia there, but whether
Shakespeares wife was ever within mile
or two Of 1t Is open to discussion. Shot
terry Is foil of delightful romance, but ro-
nance should not be offered Shakespearean
pilgrims as substantial realities.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-30
MUNYON
WINS!
Thousands F re Taking
His Famous
P AVN PAW
Cured People Are
Spreading the News
That Paw Paw Cures
Indigestion and Nerv-
GUS Ailments.
Read What YOUR Neigh
bors Say and Then
Verify the Facts.

The curative qualities Of Paw Paw no longer
question Skeptics and doubters must admit that
this vegetable pepsin is likely to revolution
lie the practice Of medicine. There is guess
. Ii will cure" perhaps 1t win cure" The
testimony Of some Of our best-k known citi-
zenS must stand unmpeachable evidence. Hun.
dreds Of people who received free sample bot
tie of Munyon's Paw Paw have testified In the
most positive manner that they have been cured
of dyspepsia, indigestion, and nervous troubles.
The testimonies that have been published not
from people living in other states, but are from
well known citizens living right here In midst.
They can be seen. and the testimonials can easily
be verified. Prof Munyon wants the public to
known the TRUTH and he asks those who have any
doubt of the genuineness Of these testimonials to
see the people themselves.
Col. John H. Grover, president Alabama Ochre
Co., and vice president Southern Guano and Nitre
Co. writes:
Prof Munyon: suffered almost constantly with
stomach troubles and Indigestion, and for two
years l scarcely knew what a good nights sleep
meant My nerves weak, and I became so
lethargic and fatigued that 1t a task to walk
a short distance.
One week ago today procured q bottle Of your
Paw Paw and began using 1t as directed. The
next day felt relief. and within two days my
severe pains and stomach troubles had all disap-
peared. 1 have thus far used two-thrds of the
contents Of the bottle and shall continue till oil Is
used For the last two nights have slept s0undly,
gotten up refreshed. and now eat heartily and
digest my food properly.
JOHN Fl. GROVER.
ONCE. % n. Juniper st.
Oct. 8, 1903.
Prof Arcadus Avellanus, one Of the leading
sayants OF the age, says:
l used to wonder, when in the land Of the Paw
Paw, why some clever physician or chemist had
not brought that wonderful fruit before suffering
humanity, as a powerful tonic for the stomach
I have used Munyon's Paw Paw. and 1t is a
splendid thing I congratulate Prof Munyon for
his clever enterprise. for doing what others had
neglected TO do. ARCADIUS AvELLANUS,
DIR. Lift. DR.. Phi.
70+ S. Washington Square.
Philadelphia, Oct. 8. 1909
Paw Paw furnishes good rich blood to pale peo-
ple gives life and snap to the overworked and run
down; makes old folks young and weak folks feel
STRONG. and does away with both the necessity and
desire for beer, wine and whiskey.
Alcoholic stimulants lift but let you fall. Paw
Paw lifts aud holds you.
Sold by all druggists; 81 per pint bottle. Paw
Paw Laxative Pills. 25e. per bottle
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Sleman. superintendent; Lucius D. Alden,
assistant superintendent; A. L. Sturtevant,
secretary: J. =. Newton. the Misses Ryan,
Mr.. Morse. Mrs. Souires.
Little Falls-Rev. w. H. Black. pastor; r.
p. Talley. Superintendent: Edward Pickford.
assistant superintendent: J. r. Green. J. H.
Barnes.
Riverdsle-Mfs. II. p. viles. superintend-
emit: +. A. Preston. assistant supertntend-
emit: Miss l.. Nicholson. secretary; Miss A.
Rochefoft. 8. f. Lewis. Mrs. H. Welsh, Mrs.
Knowles. Miss iWelch.
BladensburG Road Mission-Rev. George
Hough. pastor; Mary A. Knapp. superin-
tendent: Miss Jerrold. Miss Stiles, Miss
Read. Mfr. Hodkinson.
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II nave been travelling on the road as a
salesman for forty years." said c. C. Neff
of Columbus. Ohio, at the st. James. when
first went on the road we were always
called drummers and made the most of our
trips in spring wagons. The merchants
were glad to see us because we brought
them news from the outside world. and the
most good many Of them knew about their
business was learned from the drummers.
A travelling mans trade was largely per-
sonal. and in case he found In desirable to
change firms for which to travel his trade
was usually transferred with him. A man
with good order book through a series of
years could almost choose the house he
desired to travel for. The travelling men
after the railroads opened up the country
became commercial travellers. Twenty
years ago you would find eight or ten
Of them at a time in every average
town OF two thousand people. Every city
of twenty thousand inhabitants assumed
the airs Of q jobbing center and sent out
travelling men. Among these were for a
time good many young and irresponsible
commercial travellers who occupied more Of
These were gradually weeded out until the
travelling men were as rule among the
most solid and substantial OF business men.
They became representatives of their
houses In the fullest sense OF the term and
were no longer mere statesmen. The concen-
trati0n OF BUSINESS has greatly reduced the
number of travelling men. much to the re-
greet Of the country merchants and the sor-
row Of country hotelkeepers. It has, how
ever. had the effect Of removing from the
arena the laxative and yoluble salesman.
and placed In his stead a safe. conservative,
careful business man. who acts as the rep
resentative Of the line of goods he handles,
and usually as the counsellor and adviser Of
his customer. The commercial and Indus
trial combinations have not and will not
dispense with the travelling man: but II has
personnel Of this class will continue to be-
come OF . higher order.
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Lutheran.

pastor; VIM. H. Finckel. superintendent
Mrs. ]. w. Graham. Miss Lula Graham. de
partment superintendents: Miss Jenni,
Wilson. Mrs.. w. NICK. Stowell, Miss A. q
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Mcknight. Miss Ethel Libbey. Miss Lille
Musser Miss Ruby Woolverton Miss 8 X.
Randolph, c. B. Bailey, ]. II. Wurdeman
and S. w. Curriden.
Methodist Protestant.
North Carolina Avenue-Rev. A. N. Ward
pastor; J. G. lockwood superintendent:
W. A. Dodge. assistant superintendent; q.
8. Dodge, secretary: H. E. Martyr. w. T.
Scott, Miss Mary F. Collins. Miss F. M.
Ferguson, Miss M. A. Dodge. Miss N.
vogelweyd. Mrs. ]. E. Schoheld. Miss Ella
Walsh. Mrs. ]. A. Boarman. Miss d. Hess,
Mrs. Ramsay. w. q. Phillips. Mrs. e. G.
Busey and Mrs. NJ Halfway.
First-Rev. A. 8. Beane, pastor; G. W.
Rohannon, superintendent; w. y. Brewer.
secretary; N. Brewer, q. 8. Hantzman.
Miss Effie Rowe. Miss Fannie Rowe. Miss
Florence Pritchard and Mrs. Ferguson.
Reformed.
Grace-Rev. John NJ. Schick. pastor: H. M.
Shook, superintendent: VIM. Matchett. as
sistant superintendent: James Gchick, sec
rotary: Miss Belle Rouzer. Chas. Main, e.
Cornman. Mrs. C. e. Miller. Miss Mary
Helf.
First-Kari Hoier. superintendent; Miss
Minnie Poehlman. secretary: Miss Laura
Klees. Miss Annie Schneider. Miss Bette
Volland.
Miscellaneous.
Rosedale Mission-H. w. Shipe, superin-
tendent: Miss Hattie Worthington and Miss
Charlotte Shields. assistant superintend-
ents: Walter Wenzel. secretary; Martin All
wine and Robert Beaton. assistant secreta-
ries: R. I. Carr. Miss c. NJ. Runyan. Mrs
Morris Baden Mr. Defandorf Miss Mary
Smith. Miss Cora Walker.
Washington City Orphan Asylum-John b.
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LINGUISTIC LAZINEsS.
People Who Will Not Stop to Think Of
the Exact Word Needed.
WI Horxill in the Critic.

II. W. H0fwiH IN tne OrIttc
The laziness Of all laziness is the practice
OF coming unnecessary new words. 1t
might have been supposed that, when there
is already In existence word which ex-
actiy denotes the idea to be expressed. 1t
would be easier to fall back upon this
word than to invent another. In fact, how
ever. 1t often requires less effort to con-
struct linguistic monstrosity than to find
the term that has been consecrated by good
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-30
New Daily Serial.

1.-The Ward of King Canute." a story
recalling the brave old days of the Danish
conquest. will be printed as daily serial
in The Evening Star beginning tomorrow.
Watch for the opening chapters.
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,,c.so Record-Har,,a

From the Chicago Record Herald
my pa" said the blind mans boy. 'can
tell dimes from pennies and nickels from
quarters by just feeling Of them.''
'sHuh! replied old Hardphistss SON,
that's nothin'. Ny pa can tell the differ
ence by the smell
Amador ledger., 1903-01-23
A MANS NEcKTIE.
What the Manner of Its ArranE
menf TeIIs tn 0na NNnu..

What the Manner of Its Arrange
ment Tells to One Woman.
81 wouldn't attempt to Judge a man
by his coat" she said gravely, ''but
would not hesitate two minutes to
Judge him by his necktie. 1t is an al
most infallible guide. OF course there
are exceptions, but the character and
Intellect of most men can be told by
the way in which they tie their ties.
Now, take the overclever man, for ex-
ample.
''The tie Of the genius has afforded
rSuch copy for the pen of the satirist
and the pencil of the caricaturist, but
In reality any little popularity or lido
sYucrasy in dressing is generally the
outward and visible sign of vanity
rsther than of personal untidiness. The
average man, with an ordinary share
Of intellect, seldom knows how to tie
tie as 1t can be tied and is tied by
men with no intellect at all. He may
possess a charming selection of the
best ties which Broadway can supply
and does not in the least look eccentric
nay, rather, he often wants to be as
smart in appearance as possible, but
somehow he rarely achieves his object.
Directly you see really beautifully
tied tie Except in the cases of military
men and actors, with whom it is a
part of the training) which never
moves out of place. following faithfully
the little idiosyncrasies of contempora-
~ dandyism, you may be fairly certain
that you are not face to face with an
undiscovered Shakespeare or an en-
bryonic Goethe. OF course, in the case
of rich and important parsonage, the
lesser details of the toilet are usually
left to the valet, but even then I defy
man of real brains to keep his tie at
the exact angle for any considerable
time. At dinner you will generally find
that by the time the soup has arrived
the evening tie has shifted its position
or become obliquely set. This could
probably be easily avoided, only it hap
pens that the way in which a man
wears his tie indicates pretty accurate
ly the wearer's intellectual apprecia-
tion of trifles.-Toledo Blade.
Amador ledger., 1903-01-23
A supreme Court Coincidence.

While in session the associate justices
of the United States supreme court are
seated on either side Of the chief jus
tice, in the order of their commissions,
the Oldest in commission on his right,
the next oldest on his left; the third is
second on the right and the fourth sec
ond on the left, and so on alternately,
the youngest in commission occupying
the seat on the extreme left.
When Justice Field was the senior
associate, this arrangement produced
this curious result: The names of the
justices ON the right had but a single
syllable-Field, Gray, Brown and White
while the names of those on the lef.
had two syllables-Harlan, Brewer,
Shiras and Peckham. All were mar
ried, but no one Of the justices ON the
right had ever had any children, while
each of those on the left had both chill
dren and grandchildren. The colors
were all on the right-Gray, Brown and
White-while the left was colorless.-
Youths Companion.
Amador ledger., 1903-01-23
EPIGRAMS IN DIALOGUE.

The following bouquet" is picked
from various plays. successful and 9th
erwise:
Nothing can work such havoc as a
fool.-"Sowing the Wind"
We may scale a mountain only to
trip over a mole hill.-"Queen's Favor
ite.'
Those who wait for other mems
shoes must tread roughly sometimes
"Alone."
Life's like baccarat. Chance gives
the cards. We only play what's dealt
us.-"John Dunford, NJ. Pr
Joy, joy-one cannot touch joy every
day. One must take things as they
are.-"Pelleas and Melicande."
Wrinkles, you know, my dear, are
the diary of woman's life in cipher
'His EScellency the Governor"
In a woman's word book 81 hate
you often means 81 like you" That's
worth remembering. - 'The Terma-
CANT"
Ladies, like bills of exchange, are al
lowed a little grace and. unlike bills of
exchange. are much pleasanter to meet.
-"Her Own Rival"
suppose honesty's like the gout 1t
runs in certain families for several gen.
erations, and then it skips a genera
tion.-"The Rogue's Comedy"
Oh, isn't there one perfect world out
of all the millions, just one. where
everything goes right and fiddles never
get out of tune?-"The MasQueraders. u
Amador ledger., 1903-01-23
POINTED QUESTIONS.
Put Yourself In the other One
Place and Answer.

Put Yourself In the Other Ones
Place and Answer.
The great task Of sound ethics is to
stimulate the social Imagination. We
must be continually prodding our sense
of social consequence to keep it wide
awake. We must be asking ourselves
at each point of contact with the lives
of others such pointed questions as
these:
How would you like to be the tailor
or washerwoman whose bill you have
neglected to pay?
How would you like to be the Gus
toner to whom you are selling these
adulterated or inferior goods?
How would you like to be the in
vestor in this stock company which you
are promoting with water?
How would you like to be the employ
er whose time and tools and material
you are wasting at every chance you
get to loaf and shirk and neglect the
duties you are paid to perform2
How would you like to be the clerk
or saleswoman in the store where you
are reaping extra dividends by impos-
ing harder conditions than the state of
trade and the market compel you to
adopt?
How would you like to be the stoker
or weaver or mechanic on the wages
you pay and the conditions of labor
you impose?
How would you like to be the bust
ness rival whom you deprive of his lit
tie all by using your greater wealth in
temporary cutthroat competition?
William De Witt Hyde in Atlantic.
Amador ledger., 1903-01-23
An Essay on Rain.

'In general way l approve Of
rains" said the grumpy person when
he reached home after a drenching.
'aThey are a fine thing when they come
decently and in good order"-as he
placed his umbrella where it would
drip on the parlor carpet-"but want
to go on record right now"-removing
his soggy new hat and saturated coat
''as declaring I am opposed to these
rains that begin on the day before yes
terday and keep coming" gazing at his
eight dollar trousers, which resembled
dishrags. "It wouldn't be so bad" he
resumed as he took his shoes off and
let the water run out, '.if it rained
straight down, but when it rains zig
gag and up and crosswise and catacor-
ners it's time to protest. A dod gasted
day like this has no right to be on the
calendar"-and so on until he got to
bed.-Exchange.
Amador ledger., 1903-01-23
The Montefiore Family.

The late Sir Moses Montef1ore, the
grand old man" of the Jews, the mod
ern Moses bringing thousands and tens
of thousands out Of bondage and power
ty into the land Of peace and plenty
and really he had his reward, rounding
out his century in fine shape, his spir-
itual eye not dimmed nor his natural
strength abated-was once taunted
with being descendant of the murder
ers Of Christ. He said nothing at the
time, but called on his accusers next
day with chart of his pedigree, show
ing that the home of his forbears, the
"old homestead" had been in Spain for
over 1000 years, about 200 years before
Christ was born.-New York Press.
Amador ledger., 1903-01-23
What Washington Lacks.

There is no avenue in Washington
which measures adequately up to the
full demands of civic beauty. Wood
ward avenue in Detroit, Euclid avenue
in Cleveland, Peachtree avenue in At
lanta, Independence avenue in Kansas
City and Summit avenue in st. Paul
are all examples of handsome thor
oughfares, where magnificent private
residences are set in miniature parks.
On larger scale Brookline, near Bos-
ton, presents a charming picture of
suburban development along pictur-
esque and artistic lines. There is moth
ing of the kind in Washington.-Wash
ington Post.
Amador ledger., 1903-01-23
AMERICAN AUDIENCES.
Men and Women and Their Eject
Upon Public Meetings.

Upon Public Meetings.
American audiences are strangely
alike in some things and strangely dis
similar In others. A good committee
will take as much pains in the ar
rangement of its audience as Of its
speakers. An audience seated without
crowding is seldom enthusiastic. Nei-
ther is an audience whose hands are
occupied with bundles or umbrellas, an
audience largely composed of women
or an audience in a cold room. The
easiest audiences to address, the most
responsive and inspiring, are those
composed of men crowded and packed
together and warm.
Women naturally do not applaud or
cheer. They are by instinct more self
restrained in the public expression of
their emotions than men. Every public
speaker is complimented by their pres
ence, knowing that their quiet word at
home is oftentines more effective in
results than the most enthusiastic
shouting on the street corners by the
other FOX. In public meeting, how
ever, the audience gets Its cue from
those nearest the speaker. remember
well two audiences, both from the
same social class. both crowded, both
in large theaters and both largely at
tended by women. One happened to be
in Colorado, one In Massachusetts,. In
one meeting the orchestra was re-
served for women. In the other meet
ing the men had the orchestra and the
women had the lower gallery and all
the boxes. In both cases the audiences
were entirely friendly to the speakers.
The second meeting was marked by
wild enthusiasm, the first one by re-
spectful attention. In the second case
the mass of men In the orchestra urged
on the speakers by continued applause.
In the first case the men in the CALLER
les who started to applaud were
checked because between them and
the speakor'~ vas a mass of absolutely
silent femininiiy in the orchestra. do
not say that one meeting was less eff
fective than the other, but the differ
ence In the strain on the speaker was
marked.-From 1.-THE Spellbinder," by
Colonel Curtis Guild, Jr., In Scrib-
| ner's.