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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-30

school. which has been running about
twelve years and has made such rapid adj
vancement that it's building cannot accom-
modate it's pupils, and a new one is now In
process of erection, the corner stone being
laid last January. 1t is to be paid for with
funds raised by the Women's Missionary
Society Of Topeka, Kan.
The Dwellings and Customs.
The Burmese houses are simple struc-
lures, being built entirely of bamboo and
| matched with reeds. They are usually in
two parts, the front part facing the street,
being raised from the ground about two or
three feet on piles, and there business, Wis
iting, gossip, meals and the everyday af-
fairs are carried on. The back part, which
is raised about three feet higher, provides
storage. Underneath it is the stable, cattle
shed, poultry pen and playground for the
children The food of the people is mostly
fish. vegetables. rice, millet and salad.
Nearly everybody is tattooed. Almost
every man is covered with figures and
floral designs from his waist to his knees,
and the art has been carried to a higher
degree than In any other country except
Japan The tattooing is usually done when
a boy of twelve or fourteen years of age.
When the artist is engaged the child il
stupefied with opium and kept in that con-
dition until the job is finished 1t usually
requires three or four days and is very
painful the colors being forced into the
skin by the use of needles. Nothing pleases
Burmese gentleman more than to ask
him to show his tattoos. He will strip
for that purpose at any time and any
place with great pride and satisfaction.
Everybody smokes-men, women and chill
dren-and it seems to do them no harm.
They do not use pipes or cigars, IS in other
countries, but have enormous cheroots from
ten to fifteen inches long and an inch in
diameter, made of chopped tobacco leaf
corn husks, dried bamboo leaves and other
material with a corn husk wrapper. They
contain very little nicotine and are almost
tasteless to any one accustomed to smoking
tobacco. Physicians say that they are
tirely harmless, and they must be, because
children six and eight years old smoke
them without the slightest injury, and
every other woman you see has a long
cheroot in her hand, which she places to
her lips every few seconds and inhales
from 1t a quantity of smoke. which she
swallows and which pours out at the nos
trils. You remember Kipling's poem.
'Er petticoat was yaner an 'er little cap
green,
An er name supi-ynw-lat-jes' the same 40
An seed her first a-smokin' of a whackin' white
cheroot
An a-wastin Christian kisses on an 'eathen idols
foot.
wot they called the Great Gawd Budd.
Piucky lot she cared for idols when kissed he's
where she stood
On the road to Mandaiay.
When the mist was on the rice fields an the sun
She'd ret her little banjo an she'd sing ..Kuna-
With her arm upon my shoulder. and her head
We useter watch the steamers and the hsthis
pin' teak.
Elephants a-pilin' teak
In the sludgy squdgy creek.
Where the silence Jung that 'eavy you was art
afraid to speak,
On the road to Mandalay.
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o swallow the medicine so ably admins

to swallow the medicine so ably adminis-
I.tered by the previous speaker
I'VE are not dead Pet" he said, land
while there Is life In us we must organize,
we must work andSW WEI must advance the
splendor of our chiirchsas 1t has never yet
been advanced By5virtue of the life that
Is In us we are going to be more alive
than ever and we ere going to strengthen
the chain that binds us together. This
must be done by bringing the churches to-
gether until we are thereby made stronger
by,-our united WORK. for although thought It
is crystallized in aSiions,,'
Mr.. Noyes as q Layman.
Mr.. Thomas C. Noyeabwas introduced by
Mr.. Warner as a representative of some
church, and the speaker; followed this line
in his plea for Strengthening of the forces
of the church until they had achieved their
desire to place it in a position where it
might feel second to none in the commu-
nifty.
1T is surprising: it is astonishing he
said, what vim we put into our BUSH
nesses and how little we seem to feel when
1t comes to working for the church or
God am member or the youngest Pres
byterian Church in the District, the Wash
ington Heights Church. and we have been
SO busy up there that we have hardly had
time or opportunity to get acquainted with
the alliance. 1 recall that l tried to get
acquainted once when L went to them and
asked for some money for our church. They
told me that they appreciated our work and
our endeavors to get to the top, but the
safe was locked and the combination was
lost.
1.-THE fault with most of the people is
that they seem to think that when they
join the church their responsibility ends
there. They think they have done their
duty to God and man and that certainly
nothing more can be asked of them. That
is just the trouble. The workers are held
back by the members who forget that when
they become members their responsibility
has just begun. We must do our work in
dividually and by combination, for along
those lines alone can we succeed. 1t is i'm
possible to conceive of anything which the
Presbyterians of Washington could not do
if they set their minds and their hearts to
the work, and the time is coming when
whirlwind is going to sweep over the calm
sea and then we shall what combina-
ton of energy and intentness of effort can
accomplish Suppose that when the Savior
said to the disciples: Come and follow me-
they had replied: We believe in you, but
we are going to stay right here But that
was not what they did. They laid down
everything and followed Him. And that
is what has got to be done today in this
church If we want it to gov and spread
until it is doing its mission as well or
better than any of the others within this
field These are the responsibilities of the
men and women who are allied with the
Presbyterian Church of the District of CO.
lumbia'
Following the regular program refresh
ments were served in the large salon on
the same floor and social recreation and
the renewing of many church ties occupied
the remainder of the evening.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-30
ARE YOUR KIDNEYS WEAK?
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It used TO he considered that only urinary and
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but modern science proves that nearly all dis
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The kidneys filter and purify the blood-that Is
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washington Daily Star. The Propretors of this
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-30
SERVICES DISPENSED WITH.
Register of Wills Reduces Clerical
Force of His Office.

Mr.. James Tanner, the new register of
wills, today dispensed with the services of
five members of his clerical force The state
of the revenues of the office, it was ex-
planned, necesstated the reduction. The
Eames of the clerks who were discharged.
three young women and two young men,
were withheld by the register. The latter
added that all five were thoroughly efficient
workers, and he regret sed that he was com
PEELED, for financial reasons to let them go
No appointments to the office have been
made.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-30
Struck by a Trolley Pole.

Mr. George R. Taylor, clerk in the office
of the Secretary of War, met with an acci-
dent this morning which will make him an
invalid for several days at least He was
riding into town on a Chevy Chase car, and
when near the Rock Creek bridge he was
struck by one of the trolley poles and SER
iously injured about the head and Shout
ders. He was removed to the residence of
DR.. Howard, an Cincinnati street. where he
received treatment. As soon as he is able
to be moved he will be taken to his home
in Kensington.
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To Elect Officers.

Mrs. Charlotte Emerson Maine, state re-
gent of the D. A. r., has arranged for a
meeting in the red parlor of the Ebbitt.
Tuesday May 3, at p.m., for the cleo
Mon of state officers and the transaction
OF other business.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-30
How ito Find Out.

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milky or cloudy, II there is brick-dust settling
or II small PARTICLES float about In IT, your kidneys
in need of immediate attention.
Swamp-Root is, pleasant to take and Is used In
the leading hospitals. recommended by physicians
In their private practice. and is taken by doctors
themselves who have kidney ailments, because they
recognize In 1t the greatest and most successful
remedy for kidney, liver and bladder troubles
II you are already convinced that Swamp Root
Is what you need. you purchase the regular
nfty-cent and one-dolar size bottles at the drug
EDITORIAL NOTES successful is swamr
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sure to say you read this generous offer in The
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The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-11-11
woMEN's SUICIDE CLUB.

What is believed to be women's
suicide club has been raided by the
police at Terida, Spain. Recently Il
young lady named Isabel Rodriguez,
belonging to well-to-do family, was
found wandering about the streets at
night in a state of great excitement
When questioned by a policeman she
stated that she had drawn a number
at the club which according to the
rules bound her to commit suicide.
She added that at the last moment her
courage failed her. Acting on this in
formation the police watched the prem
ises used as a club house. They found
it was attended by we'll dressed ladies,
who met ostensibly for social purposes.
An attempt is being made by the au-
thorities to hush up the affair pending
further inquiries.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-11-11
EARLY MOULTING,

The advantage of early moulting Is
that the hens are done with 1t in warm
weather and ready to begin laying
again when eggs are scarce and high.
The standard method for starting the
moult is the Van Dresser plan. Begin
ming early in the fall the fowls receive
very little food for two weeks except
what they can pick up in the runs.
Then they are fed literally on dough,
meat scraps and grain. The hens stop
laying quickly and begin to moult, get
ting new coat of feathers in about a
month from the beginning of the
treatment.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-11-11
A Noble African woman.

A slave woman named Ogunro, living IN
the country west of the Niger, longed for
freedom and worked hard until she secured
it. Then she travelled to another region to
enjoy life.
There she was converted to Christ. This
gave her new longing. What she now
longed for was to tell the Hale people,
among whom she had been slave, what
good things she had learned. She went
back to Hale, worked hard, earned money,
got church built, and late in 1908 she
placed the church at the disposal of the
nearest Christian pastor.
The Church Missionary Intelligencer now
have been baptized through these efforts OF
the exslave. 1t seems that Anglo-Saxons
have no monopoly on the strenuous life,
The Christian name given to Ogunro in
baptism was the appropriate one OF Dor
cas.-Christian Work and Evangelist
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-11-11
THE SEPARATE WAIST.

With the coat and skirt suits some
kind or another of a separate waist is
indispensable, whether it be of the
severe shirt waist order, and fashioned
of toile, soielaine, or madras, or Of the
dressier order in silk, lace or velvet
and in any of these do not neglect the
dress shield-one just cannot get away
from the separate blouse.
The princess gown, which may really
be said to be never out of style-the
sleeves usually determine it's period
is to make quite a strong bid for gen.
eral favor, and especially as a dinner
gown. With the new figure that is to
make its appearance this somewhat
trying style will be made more becom-
ing, for it must be confessed that the
combination of the severe princess
outline and the low bust girdle pro-
duced results that were far from be-
ing either beautiful or artistic.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-11-11
A TACTFUL INVITATION.

zone of the most tactful invitations
1 have received this season." said a
girl who is on a round Of country
house visits, was accompanied by
short resume of the functions that
were to take place during my stay,
thus enabling me to take clothes suita-
BILE to the occasion. After setting the
date of my coming and going and CIV
ing me choice of several trains at
which l would be met, my hostess
said: There will be a garden party,
a dance at the country club and
picnic lunch in the woods during the
week you are here /, therefore, pro-
vided myself with fluffy, frilly or
CANDY, simple decollete gown, and
something for the picnic which would
not show grass stains nor be the worse
for briers and brambles.
Had l gone without an inklng Of
what was in store for me | night have
prepared to vegetate for week, carry
ing with me trunkful Of calicoes
and sunbonnets, or something equally
inadequate; or have gone to the other
xtreme-arriving on the scene with
all the Paris gowns 1 possess, appear
ing at the simple little entertainments
provided by my hostess overdressed,
than which nothing is more uncomfor.
table
II wonder why more people do not
follow this plan of delicately suggest.
ing what wardrobe a guest shall bring
by mentioning the events which will
take place during her stay. This would
be especially convenient when one Wis.,
its place for the first time and il
unfamiliar with it's social life"
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-11-11
FASHION NOTES.

Very light weight broadcloths are
promised for the fall.
Inch-wide ribbons are used in place
of the usual shoe lace.
White china silk blouses have
dropped to the dollar bargain table.
Pale yellow is to the fore for Au-
gust wear at fashionable watering
places.
Ribbon remnant counters are wind
fall to the girl who likes lots of belts
and ties.
A white buckskin sandal with a de-
sign in green and old rose on the toe
is pretty.
OF exceptional smartness is the lat
est London raincoat of a glorious
bronze hue.
Zibelines for fall are closely sheared,
and it is said that full effects will be
IL the background.
All this talk of brilliant orange
modes is distressing to women with
sallow compilations.
The severe tailor-made, which is re.
turning to its own, is really the only
tailor-made worthy the name.
It's very nice to know that brown
will prevail in the fall. The all-brown
costume always has distinction.
Immense punches of grapes tumble
over the backs of modish fall hats, Civ.
ing an undeniabiy heavy effect.
Powered organdies are a safe in.
vestment, for authority says they will
be even more worn next Summar.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-11-11
sTIFFENING FOR SKIRTS.

One clever couturiere 10 furnishing
her customers with silken petticoats
with this haircloth interlining the cir
cular founce, the under side of a
strong percaline, so that it will not
cut out early in it's career, and this
one petticoat then gives just the cor
rect downward and outward" line to
the lower part Of all the dress skirts.
While the fancy for the costume en-
suite is gaining favor daily, the little
separate blouse still holds it's own
niche in the heart of the fashionable
woman. There are so many missions
for it to fill. OF course, for extremely
formal occasions its reign is over. Even
its most enthusiastic adherent must
acknowledge that!
But there are those little luncheons,
those dinners en- famille, the times
when the casual caller must be re-
ceived, and for such occasions the sep
arate waist is simply invaluable.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-11-11

The outward features of our HE may not
be all that we should choose them to be-
there may be things we wish for that never
come to US; there may be much we WISH
away that we cannot part from. The per-
sons with whom we 1--we, the circumstances
by which we are surrounded, the duties we
have to perform, the burdens we have to
bear, may not only be other than what we
should have selected for ourselves, but may
even seem inconsistent with that forma
ton and discipline of character which we
honestly wish to promote. Knowing us
better than we know ourselves, fully UNI
Outstanding how greatly We are affected
,by the outward events and conditions of
life, God has ordered them with a view
to our entire and final, not only our i'm
be safely trusted with pastures that are
green, and waters that are still, in the way
of earthly blessing, the Good Shepherd
leads us there Arnold W. Thorold.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-11-11

tration Two stout two by four scant-
lings are bolted at top and placed
above bowlder as shown. Chains are
fastened around bowlder and fastened
to scantlings a third of the way from
bottom. A long chain or rope from
top of scantling to doubletree Of the
team gives the connecting link. On
starting up team the bowlder will be
lifted out upon the ground very easily
for reasons that any one with a me-
chanical eye can readily see.-O. NJ.
O'Hair, in The Epitomist
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-11-11

quires into the sweetening of his coffee.
Every little thing is closely scrutinized
and nothing escapes ten pairs of eyes
always on the watch. In the evening
the little company gathers around a
big fireplace, or perhaps a big log
fire on the Lake Michigan beach. Then
each girl tells what she saw and heard
and ventures an opinion on her own
testimony. When all have told their
stories a vote is taken and the new
corners are decided to be newly wed
or not.-Portage Lake Correspondence
Chicago Tribune.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-11-11
JAPANESE WOMEN AT TENNIS.

Japanese women, for all their pretty
listlessness of carriage and manner,
are beginning to take an interest in
athletic sports. An American woman
tells how she played tennis in Japan
with native women.
SIT is wonderful how agile they are"
she said, "and it certainly is a most
extraordinary sight to see them play
ing in the regular Japanese dress, the
pretty soft robe so associated witt re-
clining ease, and the thick soled san
dals.
"You can imagine the effect of the
sunlight on the sheen and gorgeous
hues of the silken dress. or course,
the serve and return Of the balls sends
the gayly costumed little ladies into
the prettiest of posturlng. They look
like flowers lightly blowing about the
court.
THE thick soled sandals are not
hard to run in. Indeed, was assured
they were most comfortable Tor the
sport.
"Some of the japanese ladie. met
set up strong enough game - play
with their husbands, who enjoyed the
imported game immensely"
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-11-11
FOR GOOD WOOL.

Dryness is one of the requirements
In the production of the finest grades
of wool, and it is a fact that exposure
to dampness makes the wool harsh and
brittle and the fiber weak. The natural
oil which is necessary to the health
and natural growth Of the wool is
washed out by the rains and the quail.
ity of the wool is thus injured.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-11-11
IN Ely TIME.

Among the various anti-switch de-
Vices, one of the latest Is that of a
Maine farmers boy, who places an old
bicycle tire over the cows back so that
1t holds the tail closely enough to pre-
vent any vigorous activity. A tenn
porary blanket OF old bagging is an
other good tail restrainer which keeps
away the flies besides, and these en-
courage quiet behavior on the part Of
the COW.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-11-11
FOR LIFTING powders.

Getting out powders from cultivated
fields is a matter of no little labor, es-
pecially if the bowlder is deeply i'm
bedded in the earth. A large stone.
can be handled readily when upon the
surface, but much more laborious
digging is required if the bowlder is
to be hauled out by main strength"
by team. A simple bit of engineer
ing that will greatly help in this case
is shown in the accompanying illus
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-11-11
A WEED DESTROYER.

The mower is an excellent destroyer
is covered with them should be moved
before the weeds go to seed. 1t is the
seeds that do the damage, and they are
often overlooked when the weeds grow
in fence corners and locations not
reached by the mower, hence a close.
observation should be made in order
not to let single weed escape.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-11-11
AN ACTIVE ENGLISH WOMAN.

The Duchess Of Portland is perhaps
a more ardent politician than her hus-
band, says the Westminster Gazette
She at any rate has all his love for
animals, and is herself splendid
horsewoman and fearless driver. The
Duchess has actively identified herself
with the movement against bearing
rein and the wearing of osprey plumes.
Very little more than a week ago she
was in the chair at the meeting Of the
Church Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals. She is ardent in
any cause in which she engages, and
in her Mr.. Chamberlain has secured a
valuable recruit.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1904-11-11
THE HORSE IN PASTURE.

When the work horses are to be idle
for a week, do rot turn them into the
pasture and let them stay there all
the time without any grain feed be-
cause "they don't need it," Bad bust
ness. The change is too sudden. They
ought to have their regular grain feed
but they need not have so much of it.