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Evening star., 1903-09-09
PHoToGRAPHING THE MOON.
Special Plates and Apparatus Used to
Secure Negatives.

FROM Harper Magazine.
With the application of photography to
astronomy much attention has naturally
een~given to lunar photography. In 1S4O,
less than one year after Daguerre's discov-
cry, DR.. John w. Draper obtained the first
photograph of the moon, but with small
and imperfect apparatus. The exposure
time required was twenty minutes. In
1S62-'63 very great advance was made by
mis- son, DR.. Henry Draper, who used a
powerful rejecting telescope of his own
construction. The image of the moon on
his photographs was slightly less than one
and half inches in diameter
Ten years later Dr. Lewis M. Rutherford
of New York secured many exquisite sharp
lunar photographs, using a very different
form of instrument, a thirteen-inch refract-
ing telescope with Photographic cor
rector'-an additional lens, by means of
which his visual telescope could be con-
yerted into Photographic one.
By the use Of a method perfected by the
writer in 1900, the Yerke refractor Is made
available for direct photography of the
moon. planets, star clusters and so on. The
method Is extremely simple and economical
and is applicable to all visual telescopes.
Instead of the ordinary blue sensitive pho
tographic plates, isochromatic plates are
used, which are very sensitive to yellow
light. Mounted in the plate holder close in
front Of the sensitive plate is a large, bril-
lantly transparent yellow color screen or
ray filter. This excludes the out-of-focus
blue light, which would otherwise destroy
the sharpness Of the photograph, and al
lows only the sharp yellow or visual image
to reach the sensitive plate. With this ar
rangement the great telescope photographs
the moon with an exposure of less than one
second. On account of the size and length
Of the telescope and the effectiveness of the
color screen method the resulting mega
tives show smaller details of the moons
surface than have been photographed be-
fore.
Evening star., 1903-09-09
A Composers Sad Decline.
ON the Pail Mall Gazette.


All music lovers will be very sorry to
hear that the latest reports about the
health of Giacomo Puccini. the composer of
La Boheme'' and 'Tosca." are very far
from reassuring
1t Is now some months since he was trav-
cling one evening in his motor car and was
thrown out. his thigh bone being badly
broken. He was at once taken home and
passed many weeks of suffering. but was
cheerful and hopeful. and all seemed going
well. However. the weeks passed into
months, and they say the months will pass
into years. and he still walks with crutches
as the bone will not knit.
Puccinf was noted among Italians for his
love Of sport, especially shooting When
his fingers were not at the keyboard of the
piano they held a gun. the tramping and
physical fatigue being not the least of the
enjoyment That this man. almost a giant
In stature and strength. should become
chronic invalid must distress not only his
nearest and dearest. but also those who
know him only through his music Puccini
shows the marks of his suffering physical
and mental. He Is gaunt and pale with
an expression which causes the eyes of
those who know him to fill with tears since
as the Italians say. His life is finished"
Evening star., 1903-09-09
Microbe Emits Strawberry Flavor.

Paris Correspondence London Telegraph.
Bacillus fragf Is the name given to a new
and quite amiable sort Of microbe discover
ed by Partisan chemist, NJ. Eichholt. 1t
possesses a very peculiar property. that of
imparting to the medium in which 1t thrives
and muluplies strong flavor Of straw
berries. NJ. Eichholtz first isolated and de-
veloped his bacillus in milk. The microbe
was found to ''peptonize' and render sol
uble the albuminoids contained In the milk
At the same time the liquid. which the
chemist was courageous enough to TASTE
had acquired a pronounced strawberry fla
vor. The bacillus fragi conveys, 1t was as
certained its peculiar property to several
other liquids and some solids, beef tea being
among the former. On mashed potatoes
however, II refused to produce any effect
although the vegetable is known to be as
a rule very favorable medium for the de-
velopment of bacilli. NJ. Eichholtz hopes
for great practical results from his discov-
cry. 1t is true that the demand for con-
CONNIE Ia fraise is never likely to be very
considerable. But confectioners may find
the new microbe only too useful for max
ing alleged strawberry jam and ices. 1t is
peculiarly alarming to think that fair
imitation of strawberries and cream can
now be manufactured by dropping into
bowl of cream some coloring matter and a
spoonful of baciln fragi. The test to be
applied TO doubtful strawberry ices. &c, is
Indicated by the chemist. 1t damages the
good. especially the ices, but 1t is infaIlible
1t consists in boiling. The bacillus fragi
expires If the temperature of it's surround
fngs Is raised above 167 degrees Fahrenheit
Its favorite temperature at which IL emits
the strongest favor OF Strawberries is be-
tween 81 and "a degrees.
Evening star., 1903-09-09
THE SHERMAN STATUE
MEFtING OF THE ARMY OF THE
POTOMAC SOCIETY.
Arrangements Made for Participating
in It's Unveiling Next Month
Committees Appointed.

A meeting Of the Sherman statue commit
tee of the Society of the Army of the Poto-
mac was held at the Ebbitt House last
evening, with Gen. Joseph Dickinson in the
chair, and arrangements were made for the
society's participation in the unveiling of
the statue October Is.
The following special committees were
appointed:
Joint banquet-George A. Bartlett, Capt
Nathan Bickford, Capt. Newton NJ Brooks
George E. Corson. Arthur Hendricks,
Thomas s. Hopkins, Capt Andrew ]. Hun
toon, Maj. William P. Huxford, Lieut..
Charles Lyman, Maj. A. H. c. Richardson
and A S. Worthington.
Badges-Capt. Abraham Hart. chairman:
e. W. Beebe, Felix Brannigan, Maj. Frank
A. Butts, Amos Hadley, Maj. ]. H. Reeve.
Francis B. Heitman, Calvin Farnsworth
and Lewis C. White.
Headquarters and decorations-Col. Ed
win S. Pierce, chairman: J. B. Agate, Capt
Charles A. Clark Capt. George E. Davis,
M. A. Dillon. Maj. J. R. Hayes, Maj. Ed
mund Mallet, Capt Lewis Merriam, H. B.
Moulton, Maj. George c. Potwin, Capt.
Howard L. Prince and Gilbert Thompson.
Finance-Gen. Ellis Spear, treasurer.
chairman; William H. Beck, Charles F.
Benjamin, Gen. Van H Bukey. Capt. Win
field S. Chase, Capt. John P. Church, Lieut.
George G. Cornish. Col. Joseph Darr, John
Joy Edison, William Howard Gibson, Capt.
John ]. Glover, Capt. Thomas H. Mckee,
Charles B. Metzker. Myron NJ Parker, DR..
Charles V. Pettys, Col Robert Reyburn,
Col. George Truesdell, Col David E. Welch,
DR.. Lawrence Wilson, Elphonzo Youngs,
Capt Luther r. Smith, Thomas B. Sanders
and Harrison Dfngman.
Reception-Gen. George D. Ruggles, chair
man: all general officers of the Army of
the Potomac and all admiraIs of the navy
Evening star., 1903-09-09
WOMEN WHO WOULD VOTE.
Great Gain Of the Female Suffrage
Movement Attracts Attention.
From the Housekeeper.

From the Housekeeper
Increasing evidences that the cause OK
woman suffrage is gaining ground through
out the world compel the inquiry whether
the .women who want to vote are not now
in a fair way to win a universal victory. A
ma aiority of the bills passed by the Colorado
legislature at its last session were either
introduced by women or directly in their in
terests, and the feminine influence on legls-
lation was declared to be distinctively eie-
waiting and healthful.
In far-off New Zealand we find Premier
Seldom. one of the bitterest opponents or
woman suffrage before it's Introduction into
that colony. now warmly commencing the
system having been thoroughly converted
by It's practical workings. New Zealano
was never so prosperous as now, and the
interest manifested by her women cluzens
in the welfare of the colony is evidenced py
their active participation in public anairs
The compilation of the electoral rolls In
New South Wales shows that about 100000
men and 2s5, 900 women are qualified to vote
at the next legislative election.
An interesting point Is that in nearly one
third Of the electorates the women voters
outnumber the men, and will, consequently,
absolutely control the selection of legisla-
tors In these districts. However. 1t need
not be assumed that the women will choose
members Of their own sex exclusively where
they have the right 10 uictate VINO snah
hold office. In many of these districts men
Of worth and judgment will be elected by
women constituents, just as in districts con-
trolled by men women have often been
among the successful candidates.
In this connection the following reasons
for believing in woman suffrage. recently
given by Bertha Rirsch Baruch of Philadel-
phia, are of interest:
1. Because woman. like man, was created
a reasoning being, notwithstanding the at
tempt OF many men to prove the contrary.
2 Because a woman Is an individual, re-
sponsible for her actions to her fellow men
and women, and as amenable to the laws of
her community as a man. Hence she is
neither an irresponsible child nor an idiot.
as we are led to infer from the statute
books omissions and commissions
8. Because her importance in the affairs
Of the family the city, the state, the coun-
try is at least as great as that Of man, II
not greater.
Evening star., 1903-09-09
ARTIFICIAL MOUNTAIN AIR
Atmosphere Dried, Filtered and
Ozonized.
From the Boston TRANSCRIPT.

From the Boston Transcript
In view of the increasing attention maid
TO the treatment of consumption-the real
lzation of the ravages of the white DEATH
ana the success following the experiments
IN the open-afr' cures-it Is of interest to
note that when it is impossible to remove
the patient to the mountains, mountain air
can be brought to the cities There is in
London an institution called the oxygen
hospital, which has special arransements
for the cure of tuberculosis, ulcers. lupus.
wounds, etc. Cubicles are constructed-sIx
and one-half feet long, four feet wide and
six feet high, and elevated on blocks about
a foot above the floor, and in these COM
partments, consumptfves may sleep and
spend the greater part of their time in an
atmosphere artificialIy adapted to their ne
cessities The cubicles are provided with a
scientific mechanism by which the air is
dried. filtered, ozonized and rarefied before
1t reaches the patient
The walls of the compartments are of
wood and plate glass, and the doors are air.
tight. closing with joint. Opposite the
doors and attached to the wood is the small
chamber where the air Is treated. The
outer air, when drawn by a ventilating
shaft into the chamber, is filtered through
layers Of cotton wool. to remove all impuri-
ties; 1t Is then dried by being passed
through perforated trays charged with
chloride of calcium, and finally. ozonized by
means of an Andriolis tube. which Is called
into action for five minutes in each quarter
of an hour by automatic clockwork. Above
the doors is square chamber containing
the exhaust FAM and there Is ventilating
shaft leading therefrom through the roof
of the hospital. AS the output Is regulated
so as to exceed the inlet. the atmospheric
pressure within the cubicle Is somewhat re-
duced, and the air Is raref1ed.
The patient spends some sixteen out of
every twenty-four hours in his cubicle, and
1t Is said that instead Of being cramped by
his narrow surroundings, he is unwilling to
leave them, as he finds it much easier to
breathe there and correspondingly difficult
outside. The cubicle, after the initial ex-
pense Of construction has been covered is
not costly in operation. The cubicles at the
London Oxygen Hospital. for instance. cost
about 2S cents = day each IN chemicals
Evening star., 1903-09-09
DRUMMERs' ETIQUETTE.
A Commercial" Dinner in England is
a Formal Affair.

"A Commerc1al" D1nner In England is
a Formal Affair.
From the Worlds Work
''On my initial trip as commercial traveller
in England a kind friend told me that L
must state l was a commercial on enter
ing an inn, and he added that the com
mercial room had peculiar customs Ar
irving on morning train in a famous uni
versity town, was soon in the court yard
of an old-fashioned inn, which had been
recommended as the best commercial hotel.
l was welcomed by the boots and directed
to commercial room marked Private.
THE commercial dinner was served
promptly at l o'clock, or at lbs Should
twenty commercials be stopping at the
house and but one be present at this din
ner hour, the soup Is served 1t was few
moments after the hour when I re-entered
the commercial room to find sixteen seat
ed at the long table, now. covered with
white linen and decorated with flowers At
the head of the table, engaged in serving
the soup, sat Mr.. President, who occupies
this position by virtue of having remained
In the hotel longer than any other person
present, and at the other end is Mr. Vice,
the second in length Of stay. This did rot
then know
After hesitating for a moment I slipped
modestly into a vacant chair. In few
seconds l was conscious that every eye in
the room was fixed upon me. Presently the
president ruddy faced old man of about
sixty, said. Perhaps the gentleman who
las just seated himself is unaware that this
is private ROOM? This was said cour-
teously but firmly. My first thought was
to telegraph to the American ambassador
and to get out my passport declaring me to
be free born American citizen, but the
savory odor of the soup and my friends
warning prevailed; So half rising from my
chair. I stammered out something about
my ignorance. With every desire to re-
leve my evident embarrassment, and at
the same time to uphold the traditions of
the table, the president said. The gentle
man is a stranger and wishes to join U.S.
A hearty permission was given at once by
all, and reSeated myself"
Evening star., 1903-09-09

fact. the older sister is sometimes credited
with a feeling of pity for the young girl
who comes into the world in muslin and
blue ribbons with so much to learn.
One of these older sisters expresses this
pity as follows:
"One thing I am thankful for, and that
is that I am no longer a bread-and- butter
miss.
There is no period of her existence, I
think. wherein woman appears to less ad-
vantage. 1t is impossible for a girl of
eighteen not to be conscious, and she has
so little knowledge of the world that she is
unable to hide her awkwardness.
1T Is amusing, even pathetic, to see the
efforts Of the poor thing to appear natural
and at her ease and to say her little say
without betraying that she has prepared
beforehand"
Evening star., 1903-09-09
OLD CHESS HOUSE,
Another Historic Paris Cafe is to Be
Modernized.
Paris Cor. London Telegraph.

Modernized.
Paris Cor London Telegraph.
One more historic Paris cafe is being
modernized. The famous Regence, at the
corner of the Rue st. Honore and the Place
du Theater Francois. will soon be unrecog-
nizable. 1t is becoming a beer shop, where
sauerkraut, with Munich or Pilsen, will be
served The white and gold of its decora-
ton will be replaced by the pseudo-m -medi-
aeval ornamentation of German taverns,
and its tables will no longer be of marble,
but Of heavy wood, in the imitation rustic
style. Practically the old Regence will ex-
ist no more. and chess players will have
to find another haunt. The Regence had
been the meeting place of devotees of the
scientific game since the seventeenth CEN
tury. The founder was one Lefevre whose
wife, if memoirs of the period did not SLAM
der her, was more fascinating than vir-
tuous. His successors spouse, Nine.
Leclerc. seems to have followed in her foot
steps. for a poem is extant entitled "Bre-
vet of Venus for Nine. Leclerc mistress of
the Cafe de la Regence.' In the eighteenth
century Diderot. who mentions the cafe in
the opening passage of his Uneven de Pa
meau;" LIE Sage, the author Of ''Gil Blas."
who speaks of a resort in a forgotten
novel. La Valise Trouvee;" D'Alembert.
Grimm, Franklin and 7Voltaire freauented
the Regence. Jean jacques Rosseaus an
pearance at the cafe in 1770, after the pub
lication of Emile attracted such an
enormous crowd in the street outside that
ne was asked 10 give up showing himself
there Philidor. author, Of "I'Analyse du
Jeu dEchecs." wassthe most famous chess
player at the Regence. where his bust is
still to be seen. though probably not for
many days longer Under the Terror Robes
pierre used to play peaceful game there,
and the story is told of a youth who once
challenged him and beat him twice. Robes
pierre. after his defeat. asked how much
fixed. The supposed youth, who In reality
was a girl in mans clothes. presented an
order for the release of her lover from
prison. and Robespierre signed It. Napo-
seen at the famous cafe. but showed him
self no tactician at chess
Evening star., 1903-09-09
A Joke.
From the London Chronicle.


"Bloodmarks!' is the title of the latest
boys paper, which promises to be selling
on the streets today. 1t Is full Of the most
bloodcurdling stories and the most horrify-
ing illustrations, and 1t Is printed entirely
in red. On a closer inspection we suspect
joke. The woodcuts are little out OF
date and-here Is a portrait of the late Mr..
Spurgeon labeled 1.-THE German Emperor
''The Parents Page" strengthens our con-
viction. and the sketches of Heroes in
Humble Life confirm it. ''Sir George
Newnes, the creator of popular literature in
this country, was once unable to read.
Having taught himself the alphabet with
little assistance from those about him,
he made up his mind to conduct 'Tit-Btts. >
He saved up his money till he was able to
buy pair of scissors and small pot of
gum. and Is now a millionaire" Yes, this
Is assuredly joke.
Evening star., 1903-09-09
The Actors Mouth.
From the Taller.

The actors mouth Is essentially facile.
and not ,infrequently 1t exhibits tendency
to turn ITO one side or the other. This Is
due. in part. to Its being constantly used
to express emotion. and also to the pecu-
liar. but no less well-recognized fact, that
when the mouth is somewhat crooked a
greater effect can be produced than when
1t Is opened quite straight. Example after
example could be cited. but for Obvious
cne time 1t was considered the mark Of the
low comedian, for nearly every one of them
had q mouth twisted either to the right
or LETT as the result Of ''mugging." Some
q reputation for beauty-could. however, be
pointed to as possessing the same charac-
ter.stic. which has also been observed with
not q few opera singers OF the first rank.
Evening star., 1903-09-09
She is Longer In Arriving Than She
She Used to Be.

She Used to Be.
From the London (ont) Advertiser.
That imaginary line which is supposed
to mark the division between girlhood and
the "old maid is being set farther and
farther back, until there have arisen grave
doubts If it will not disappear entirely.
Once twenty-five was the limit to girlhood.
Now it Is thirty. And 1t means little or
nothing.
Once it was supposed to mean that, being
passed, it became a bar to matrtmony. No
novelist chose heroine over twenty five.
OF course, he intended to marry his heroine
to his hero and marriage after twenty-five
on the woman's part was something to be
avoided, as something which did not find
counterpart in real life.
1t will be observed that among the fic-
ton heroines of the present day Will be
found number who have gone to the
thirty-year limit. It was recognized long
tions because she had gone over this imag-
mary line, but the setting back of the line
waited long after the recognition.
Balzac has laid down the theory that a
woman at thirty is at her most fascinating
age. She probably will not have so long
q train Of admirers. She may have fewer
partners at a ball. Once in while
young man may make her feel like q
grandmother by coming to her for advice
In his own love affairs.
The setting back Of the imaginary line
has followed the practice Of late marriage.
II q young man married at the age Of
twenty-one and a young woman at the age
of eighteen then the young woman of twen-
ty-ive would have been waiting seven
years and probably 1t would be justifable
to consider that she would not accept a hus-
band.
But when marriage Is the last thing Of
which girl of eighteen and q young man
of twenty y-one are thinking and when thir-
ty on the part OF the man and twenty-five
for the woman Is closer to the average age
necessarily the age limit goes back It
should be set back still farther, to thirty
Ave, II 1t should be considered as existing
at ALL
the attraction Of the hour, It IL claimed
by experts In these matters. She waits un-
til she reaches more mature and more
expertenced ago. and meanwhile the center
OF the stage - held by haP side. sister In
Evening star., 1903-09-09
Preaching and Practice.

From the Philadelphia Press.
Churchman-"You should have been at
church last Sunday. Rev. DR.. Preechit
delivered very caustic sermon on 'Hu-
man Vanities."
Holmes-"Yes? BY the way; saw him
today, and couldn't help noticing how
much his European trip has benefited him.
He looks much younger"
Churchman--"Ohi He just looks that
way because he's been dyeing his hair and
whiskers."
Evening star., 1903-09-09
Funeral of Gen. Clark.

The funeral of Gen. John Bullock Clark,
who died last Monday afternoon. took place
today at o. clock from his late home. It'll
Riggs place. The services were conducted
by the Rev.~Arthur Johns. rector Of Christ
Church. The interment was In Rock Creek
cemetery.
Gen. Clark was man Of fine character.
Q gentleman OF the old school. gentle. gal
liant and courtly. He was an intimate
friend OF Senators Vest, Blackburn, Cock
reu and McCreayy.
Evening star., 1903-09-09

The Official Gazette of Italy says that by
law of June q, 1903, the expectation of
antiquities found in excavations and that
have an archaeological and artistic value
also articles OF antiquity of artistic value
in the possession of private parties, regard
ed by the government as having great value
for historical and artistic purposes. Is for.
years
Evening star., 1903-09-09

Nealey Emmett. thirteen years old, of 119
Maryland avenue northeast, found q rail-
road torpedo near his home yesterday af-
ternoon and exploded 1t with a stone He
of tin. which inflicted slight wound His
uncle, Christopher Vance. took him to the
Emergency Hospital, where his injury was
treated.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1903-03-27
RAISED $4,000 SUNDAY
AND DEDICATED CHURCH
Total Cost ofChurch Reaches Nearly
$4,000.

Sunday was big day in the history
OF the First Christian church-of Athena.
The sum Of 1900 was raised by popular
subscription, and with the amount that
had been previously gwen, entirely
satisfied the total cost OF the fine new
building which, with furnishings, reach
es nearly $4,000. The total amount
received is enough in addition TO pay
the PASTORS salary for the current year,
Three meetings were held Sunday,
each being largely attended. In the
afternoon dinner was served in the
commodious dining room in the base
ment Of the church.
The program as published in the
Press was followed out, and the large
number Of people present eyinced much
interest in the services, which were con-
ducted by DR.. Martin, G. A. Sias, pas
tor of the church, and other ministers
who had on invitation came to particle
cipate in the dedication Of one Of the
finest churches in the Inland Empire
Hypolito Quartette, Of Milton, and Mr..
and Mrs. Webb, delighted all with sup
erb singing. In the evening the dedi-
catory services we're attended by con-
gregation that filed the big church to
the doors.