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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-01

power and capable of great speed. delicate
as a canoe In guiding. placed in charge OF
men. women and children. with only per-
functory examinations to their capable
tiles and experience. and allowed to operate
in crowded streets under only partially en-
fcrcible regulations as to speed and man
agement.
The wonder Is that there are not more
accidents. that more people are not killed or
MANNED. that more machines are net de-
stroyed. The passion for racing. for ham
ding highly delicate machines. is not to be
controlled even by laws. The very risk
attracts. For a time IT was believed that
the madness for this form of sport would
be exhausted and that ultimately the ma
chine would resolve itself into a practicable
street motor capable of comparatively safe
handling. under strict rules combining Its
use to the unquestionably competent. But
announcements continue to come of higher
powered machines being planned and built.
until the question today is where the pro-.
cess will end From the small runabout
seating two people to great carriages ac-
commodating twenty and capable of MAX
ing twenty-five to forty miles an hour,
there are all sorts of machines. certain
percentage of autoists have reduced the
sport to a practical basis and use their
machines with discretion and caution But
the radicals. the cranks. the reckless en-
'husiasts continue to augment the dangers
to the public and to themselves by the
rashness with which they undertake the
management of high-powered machines,
sehdlng them through city streets and
country roads with apparently no apprecfa-
uon OF the frightful risks they rum
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-01

Washington shorn of its trees and de-
spoiled of its lawns would be a dreary
town. No longer would 1t be the worlds
show city. The capitals foliage softens
It's shabby parts ard heightens its beauty
spots. Therefore. not only preserve what
green we have. but set out more. An at
tractive appearance pays in cities as well
as in men, Besides, beauty is good In itself.
Some hotels. apartment houses and dwell
ings set fine example to all citizens in
the discreet use of potted plants. Palms
and ferns and rubber plants and oleanders
beautify the home of the rich and improve
the home of the poor. With little good
taste shown In their arrangement one may
trust the plants to do the rest
Though palms and ferns are much af-
fected by the rich no man is so poor that
he may not have them. They may be
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-01
The Street Locomotive.

II is TO be doubted II the average auto
r,obilist realizes the power entrusted to MS
care or the delicate nature of the macnlhe
IL propels He takes hold of the controiiing
lever or wheel as unconcernedly. as llShtly'
as he would the reins Of a steady carriage
horse or even the handle of a lawn mower.
He does not appreciate the fact that
beneath him is a mechanism of many hun
dreds of parts. the perfect coordination
of which is necessary to the successful pro-
pulsion of the whole. In most cases he Is
burning either fuel or as direct pro-
pulslve agent a highly volatile. treacherons
liquid. The least leak may cause an eX-
ploson. The slightest kink in one of the
minute parts of the device for sparkling the
gas occasions a sudden stoppage. The
faIntest tremor of the hand holding the
steering wheel when the machine Is run
ming at high speed will swerve the appa-
ratus suddenly to one side. Mind. eye and
hand must be attuned 10 perfect co-oper1-
ton else the chance of accident is heavy.
Far more exacting in the matter of skill
and training is the automobile of high
power than even the great locomotive
which draws a passenger train. For the
locomotive has a cleared track. solid
roadbed with rails. an elaborate system OF
signals to prevent collision. No man is
allowed TO touch the throttle of a railroad
engine unless he has had long experience
as a fireman. knows its parts thoroughly
and understands the responsibilities of his
position Yet even with all the care and
caution of selection. with the great detail
of safeguards. accidents happen TO pas
senger trains. Engineers fail In their juds-
ment or forget orders. or ignore signals.
or take risks. and crashes result. With the
advent and popular use of the automobile
we have locomotives. running without
tracks TO confine their course of high
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-01
The Fellow Citizen.

Ran for office once or twice.
Twas agin my wife's advice;
Set 'em up an hired band.
But, alas. l couldn't land.
Made some speeches. Jes' a few:
Audience seemed to like 'em, too,
But I'm now, the same as then.
Jes' 'feller citizen"
Have to stand out In the crowd
While some other man talks loud.
Have to cheer instead O. speak.
Amt no offices that seek
Folks that's sacrificed their rest
DOM of their level best.
Yet I'm kind o. happy when
I'm called "feller citizen"
Who gifts up when there's a fight,
Fur to prove Nhe nations right.
Never mindin' bout the pay
That he's drawin' by the day?
Who pays for the fightin', too
Roundup out the revenue,
Proud to help his countrymen-
It's the teller citizen"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-01
Divorce is a Result.
From the PhiIadelphia Record.

Divorce is an evil, but it is a result
rather than cause 1t is the result of
wees like RIGHTEOUSNESS and drunkenness
that make companionshlp insupportabIe
cruelty. which involves risk to life itself
and the lighter but more generally diffused
vices of vanity, selfishness and ungoverned
temper 1t has been said. rather super
ficially, that it takes two to make a quar-
rel, but one is sufficient to make married
life insupportable. The clergy do well TO
fight the evil of divorce; they VIII do even
better to fight the vices that lead 20 it,
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Unabashed.

ut is hinted," said the close adviser,
that there is no excuse for your having 50
much money
MY friend" answered Senator Sorghum.
chose people don't understand our social
system. Nowadays It's a waste of time to
expect man to stand up and apologize for
having money"
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Not Changeable.

isn't this climate changeable?" asked
the newcomer.
MOI answered the old inhabitant. rather
brusquely ut amt changeable. If 1t was,
don't you s'pose we'd have traded 1T of for
somethin' else long ago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-01

bought cheaply but they may be home
grown almost without cost.
A cottage with wellkept lawn or shrub
berry is just as apt to call forth the COM
ment What pretty place." as the finest
pile of marble ever built.
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Union!
From the Baltimore American.

From The Baltimore Anlerleau.
A society in New Orleans wants a wreath
put on the grave of Lincoln at Springfield
when this societys convention is held there
and will urge southern posts generally to
join in this tribute to the martyred Pres.-
dent. What Is left of feeling between tho
north and the south win not long survive
such action as this
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-01

A western debating club has arrived at
the conclusion that man ought not to
marry before he is twenty-five years old.
But as this is leap year the lady in the
case may be expected to decide that point.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-01
His Choice.

Diogenes lived In tub.
"You see." he told his friends. I've foun
It's better than a fiat. There Is
No janitor to boss me round
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-01

Mr.. Charles Schwab hopes to do some
thing for the shipbuilding trust. Holders
of steel common would like to see him
making another effort to pull his first
patient around 10 the convalescent stage.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-01

The czar will probably delay going 10 the
front until the terminal facilities OF the
Siberian railway are in better shape.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-01

1t was unlucky for Mr.. Perdicaris that
there was so much talk of him as a wealthy
American before the terms of ransom were
agreed upon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-01

General Kuropatkin is another of the
military men who have been slightly han
dicapped by the undue fervor of their ad-
vance notices
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-01

1t is claimed that disease germs have been
found in soap. The opinion may be ven
tured that they are not at all happy there.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-01

1t is unfortunate that brigand Rasouli
never did care much for the Sultan of
Morocco and probably does not object in
the least to involving him in trouble.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-01

The Russians say that the Japanese can
not possibly take Port Arthur. But the
Japs have done a number of things in def
ance of similar predictions. .-..
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J. Pierpont Morgan is still buying objects
of art with a lavishness that proves he was
a connoisseur in dividend-paying stocks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-01

Judge Parker is in safe position. If he
is unsuccessful he can place the blame with
the unpopularity of David b. Hill.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-01

Santos Dumont wants all the flying COM
petition possible. Competition is what
swells the gate receipts in an enterprise of
this kind
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SHOOTING STARS.
A ProviSO.

do you think a candidate ought to talk
'"Oh. yes" answered the candidate he
ought to talk now and then: but at the
same time he should be careful not to say
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-01

Anybody kin give advice" said Uncle
Eben, but 1t takes right smaht man TO
pick out de right kind an take it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-01

Spring fingered in the lap of winter and
summer Is inclined to linger in the lap of
spring.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-01

Mr.. Hearst is not the first to discover
that presidential boom Is not dividend
paying investment.
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Phsiadelphia's Halo is on Straight

From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Compared with New York. Chicago or st
Louis, Philadelphia is immaculate
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-01
Palms and Beauty.

Baltimore has had more than its share of
this year.
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ryIn order TO avoid delays on account OF
personal absence, letters to THE STAR
should not be addressed to any individual
connected with the once, but simply to
THE STAR, or to the Editorial or Bush
ness Department., according to tenor or
purpose.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-01

Walking and Dress Skirts,
In blue, black and mixtures;
cheviots, plain cloths, bril-
lianttnes and novelties. Self
trimmed, braid trimmed and
silk trimmed. Full flare.
All sizes and a few extra
sizes. Value ESPECIAL,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-01

One lot Of White Lawn
Suits. One style body and
skirts neatly piped and
tucked; other style with
drawn work through skirt
and waist; very sheer quail
ity; full flare and hand
somely made: our regular "a
value.-Special, $500
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-01

We take up, clean and store
carpets. Postal, Or phone us.
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ChiHdren's Wear Lessened

White Dresses for Chill
waist, trimmed with
fine Swiss embroidery
and ruffles; all sizes
from 6 to IA years:
worth $.39, special. .....
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Sc yard Val I.aces. Insertion and Beading, ne
pretty patterns from "a to IL inches wide yard
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-01

Special White India Lawn Dress
with rows of fine hem
\ 81: IS; Pr sS S 08c
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A makers short-end lot of Wrap
pers. Strictly highgrade, trimmed
with all-over embroidery Jokes. ruff
fies over shoulder; some with embroid-
cry insertions and narrow ribbons.
Best pereales and lawns-regularly
would sell at $1.59 and $500. Sale
price. ...................
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Val Laces fne sheer quality. for trimming organdes
all dress material No |
patterns, match sets and beading IN,
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SWeetser-Pemb Ernbroideries.

Narrow and wide embroid-
cries for edgings. headings
and insertings. including de-
signs for skirt fiouncings.
15c. to zoe. values for
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-01

100 dozen Ladies' Swiss Ribbed Vests.
a arm Worth i2,sc. Special IA8C.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-01

Lot of Imported Isle Lace Hose, full
regular made. Worth SOC. Spe- 2SC
cial, 3 pairs for 81. O0Ss
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-01

Lot of Duck Walking
Skirts, in plain black. black
polka dot. blue polka dot
and white. Well made.
self strapped. neatly trim
med; full flare and good
quality: worth $3.50 to 81
Special,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-01

100 dozen Cam
brio Corset Cow
ers; full front,
lace trimming in
neck and armhOle.
Worth .25c. Special
The Green Forest tribune., 1904-09-10

cnau districts, whence most of the tea for the United States comes. The own CTS of "chOps' of tea varying from 10 to 2G0 chests of 56 pounds each bring samples of their goods to the various foreign merchants for sale. These lat ter turn the Chinese tea growers over to the good offices of the foreign or American professional tea taster. who passes on the goods as to price. The tea taster has the samples infused, not boiled, in his presence and passes upon the quality, flavor, twang and manner of curing. fixing a price accordingly. from which there is never any vaFia- ton and which the tea grower must ac- cept or go elsewhere to dispose of his wares. In q single tract of tea land like the one cited above the price has ranged from II cents, the lowest. to 4S12 cents the highest. per pound among siXty-one different tea produ- cers. A matter of great moment that also figures in the price of tea is that very. often tea from the same dis trict will have the various chops" blended together iii order to produce special fayors.
The Green Forest tribune., 1904-09-10
WAGE BANNERS AT THE FAIR
Prominent Men Planning to Help Workers See the Great Exposition.

Prominent Men Planning to Help
 Workers See the Great Exposition.
 Wage earners of America are to see the Worlds Fair by tens of thousands under the auspices of the National Civ ic Federation. \ new bureau of the Federation has just been established at St. Louis upon the Worlds Fair grounds Back of the movement are Grover Cleveland. David R. Francis Andrew Carnegie. Cornelius N. Bliss and others. Plans are making to have a vast number of the wage earners of the United States see the Worlds Fair, tEe most glorious spectacle of the age and the most influential factor in the education of the American citizen.
 The bureau is in charge of Miss Ger. trilGe Hee!ls. secretary of the FeGera- tions welfare department, of which Mir H. H. Vreeland, head of the street railway system of New York city, is chairman. The bureau headquarters is in the east end of the Palace of Trans portation on the ground floor. The EX position management is in hearty ac- cord with this movement on the part of the Federation to induce the large manufacturers and other employerSIOf labor to provide ways and means for the wage earners of America to visit the Exposition. President Francis is displaying personal interest in the un dertakng by affording the Federation every facility for the consummation of it's efforts and in this connection he has directed Theodore Hardee, assist ant to the secretary. to cooperate with Miss Beeks., and Ralph NJ. Easley. chairman of the Federations executive council. ill every possible way.
 The Exposition management has also
The Green Forest tribune., 1904-09-10

equipped this bureau With clerical a~- sstance and full supply of Worlds Fair literature The bureau will be used as headquarters for all wage earn CTS coming to the Exposition under its auspices The aiDl of the Federation is to make it feasible for the largest pos sible proportion Of wage ealAers to wis it St. Louis and see the Worlds Fair It will see that they are met at the de pot by responsible persons and con- Gucted to suitable lodgings, where they will be treated fairly.
 There will also be furnished, free Of charge. appropriate itineraries indicat ing the points of interest to he seen within a limit of one week. which is about the average time each party will spend here It will also indicate the objects of special interest to various craftsmen in their particular lines. so that they may devote as much time as possible to the objects of peculiar interest to them. These and many oth CT efforts will be made to help all wage earners to enjoy the benefits of this great Exposition comfortably and at an expense within their means.
The Green Forest tribune., 1904-09-10
REPRESENTATIVE MEN
 ON THE WORLDS FAIR What Distinguished Statesmen so& Others Say Of the Educational and Inspiring Exposition at St. Louis.

The public utterances of distinguish ed men who have visited the worlds fair have but one note, and that of emphatic praise. Here are some of their comments:
 Hon. John Hay. secretary of state: q have never seen nor heard of anything so fine"
 Hon. Leslie M. Shaw, secretary of the treasury: Any father of a bright boy can afford to send him to the Fair simply to study any one of at least a thousand ex- hibits."
 Hon. Charles II. Grosvenor of Ohio: "A visit of ten days by a man of ordinary aptness and appreciative capacity to the Fair is almost equal to a postgraduate course in a university"
 Hon. Benjamin B. Odel. governor of New York: "St. Lou-s has been badly mis- represented by accounts which say that her weather is unbearable, The Fair is wonderful"
 Hon. George c. Pardee, governor of Cali forniC; "The governor of the Golden State. who has spent all his life within her bor- ders, finds that he knew only a little about his state until he came to the Fair and saw all her varied products assembled together"
 Hon. Albert B Cummins, governor of Iowa; .a1he Louisiana Purchase Exposi- tion is on the grandest scale of any expo sition the world has ever seen."
 Hon. Richard Yates, governor of Illi- nois: "The more see of the Exposition the more 1 enjoy it
 Hon. Fennimore Chatterton, governor Of Wyoming: T wish the Fair the greatest success It certainly deserves it..
 Hon. Franklin Murphy governor of New Jersey: Tt is well worth coming from New Jersey to see even small part of this Fair
 Hon A. B. White governor of West Virginia: II cannot speak too strongly of the greatness of this Fair
 Hon. William J. Bryan: The Exposi- tien is an unparalleled wonder"
 Hon. John Sharp Williams member of congress from Mississippi: 'The most wonderful thing of it's kind,
 lion. Hoke Smith of Georgia, formerly secretary of interior under President Cleveaad T am highly pleased with the Exposition and believe it to be one of the triumphs of modern civilization"
 Hon. Perry Belmont of New York: "In magnitude and beauty the Fair is wonder ful. It is worth coming long distance to sec.
 Hon. Daniel J. Campau, chairman of the Michigan delegation to the Democratic national convention at St. Louis: 'It is positively sinful for parents to fail to bring their children to see the Fair''
 NJ. Paul Dupuy, editor of Le Petit Pari- sien of Paris, France: 'I admire the Ex- position for it's immensity, it's spirit of the sublime it's general beauty and it's com pIeteness."
 Prince George of Bavaria: "I have never seen anything prettier than the St. Louis Worlds Fair buildings when outlined at night with their millions of electric lights"
 Hon Louis E. McComas of Maryland: ''The greatest Fair in the wor,d''
 Hon. John r. Dryden of New Jersey: "The people have no idea of the greatness of the Exposition. Every American should see it."
 T. P. Shants, president of the Clover Leaf route of Chicago: ''The Faif is big success and will continue to become a greater success as it progresses"
The Green Forest tribune., 1904-09-10
FpAG THAT ARE WORTH FORTUNES
..,ye Hundred Kinds Are In china's ssog al the Worlds Fair==-Tlle Most p,saaps Naticn of thc World Fer .so First Time Makes an Exlibit
 Worthy of Her Greatness.

,t.,v evoOsitions of stupendous cEa@"
 .ar make LID the Worlds Fair oG InI Each part is a vast and distiact
 om Each building shelters many .rA of wonderful things-wonderfal |ra7sa they are the choicest of their In1 Every nation on the globe zs tnro2onted. Every state and territory hore with it's best and making the Bos+ of its greatest opportunity. l Tbe fact that China has not been q roe exhibitor at worlds fairs gives arelt exhibit here prominence Elte exceptional. It is q wonderland f ingenious productions. We know |bjna best by reason of her extensive Eo1rts of teas, which have found d kst market in the United States for knerations. Her commercial interests |erefore prompted Ter to make a dis Iav of teas that we should not for It.
 |Ia sealed glass jars China displays in Ee Liberal Arts Palace some 1900 Ends of tea. Young Tyson and Old (ys9n have 8 string of tea relations [neer than the genealogical chain of q |lyn1outb Rock. They are neatly se- |cted "chops," in. the language Of the Ea farmer. and these classes do not lbFace medicinal teas, which are
 uite another lot in the rather modest Elmber of 400.
 The teas exhibited vary in price from
 few cents a pound to some rare and kclasife kinds that are worth their Feght in gold the tea in the latter Rses being placed on one side of the taies and pure gold on tAA. other bat is to say, the tea of this eSDonsive ind is worth about SEQ gold an ounce. |nlF very small quantity Of this eX- lusire leaf is exhibited, and it is roFn in carefully guarded tea planta- o4s CT gardens right under the shad- ws of the great wall of China. It's cul-
 Fation is prohibited for any use save oF the imperial family of China and ew Of the favored high officials.
 Mention has been made of the word chop" in connection with tea, and it lay be interesting to the everyday 'aaer to know what the word actually sniGes, The tea leaf is grown in va 0us listricts of the Chinese empire Op