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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-31
AN AMERICAN ARTIST COLONY.
In North Holland It's Members Have
Found a Color Paradise.
From the st. Louis Post DISPATCH.

From the st. Louis Post-D Dispatch.
A Woodworking little colony of American
art students has established itself in North
Holland at the historic little village of
Egmond -opden- Hoef where for some
twenty years two American painters,
George Hitchcock and Carl Melchers, have
made their homes and have done most of
their best work. The opalescent atmos-
phere, saturated with haZy vapors from
| the canals and illuminated with soft. sub
dued mellow light from the pearl blue
skies, seems to exert a magic spell in de-
veloping the color sense. The shadows are
never crude; the landscape presents masses
of harmonies. resulting from tones super
posed upon tones, for this northern sun
produces no lines nor contours; objects and
figures are defined by ambient patches of
light and color. Black and white cattle,
red tile cottages, fields of scarlet peoples,
plantations of white blue and crimson tu
lips and hyacinths the universal green of
the pastures and of the foliage. never be-
come monOtonous or metallic, because they
change constantly with the ever-varying
combinations of the sun and the radiant
moisture of the air, and appear like deli
cate canoes emerging from grayish pearl
ba ckgrounds. The atmosphere of Holland,
and particularly of North Holland, resem-
bles that of the Venetian lagoons. but no
one who has not visited this artistic color
paradise can fully appreciate Taine's mas
terful analysis of Dutch atmosphere in La
Philosphie of Fart" the conclusions of
| which that Holland is the great educa-
| tor of the artists eye. and that nature here
| makes the true cOloriSt.
This quaint little village Of EdmOnd-op-
pen-Hoef-so called because its market
place Is half oval. like horses hoof-con-
tafns forty or fifty picturesque houses.
| most of which were built in the sixteenth
or seventeenth century. One finds at
every turn some interesting relic of the
| national struggle against the Spanish DOM
ina ton. 1t was here that Count Edmond
a martyr of the war of independence was
born. The garden gate of George Hitch
cocks studio is partly made of stone pro-
jectiles used by the artillery of the Duke
of Alba. Spanish field pieces may still be
seen in a pasture where American art stu
dents assemble to paint cattle and sheep.
1t is amid these delightful surroundings
that group of American art students, I'M
der the direction of Messrs. Hitchcock and
Melchers, toll for eight hours each day
with a brush and palette. They are about
thirty in number-mostly young women OF
considerably advanced instruction-who
may be seen working persistently in the
dunes. in tulip fields. beside the dark.
dreamy. canals or amid the herds of black
and white cows whose pedigrees extend al
most as far back as the conquest of Julius
Caesar. North Holland is assuredly
painters paradise.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-31
THE HOTEL CLERKS MEMORY.
Ability in Remembering the Names. of
Patrons Takes Years of Training.
From the Kansas City Journal.

From the Kansas City Journal.
Probably no other class of men can re-
member names of people SO well as hotel
clerks, and to person who has never given
the question a thought or watched them
speak to people stopping at their houses,
when hundreds pass in and out every day,
a close study of the case would not be
without interest. The memory of the best
clerks in the business is nothing short of
marvellous and it takes years of training to
acquire the art
For instance, man Will come in ana
register The clerk never has seen him
before. but he always watches him write
his name and makes picture of him. to-
gether with that name, in his mind. Maybe
forty or fifty more strangers will come to
the desk and put their names 7on the book,
ask for keys and letters. and continually
come and go before that other man comes
around again. But when he does return
and, maybe, says, Give me my mail,
please if have any," the clerk does not
have to ask him his name, as any other
man would do. but simply runs over the
letters, or hands him the bunch which
has the names beginning with the first
letter of the guests name.
TT is all the result of practice, as in any
other line of business" said w. B. Riley, in
the Midland Hotel. last night. SIT is neces-
sary that hotel clerks learn to remember
names well. Maybe a man who has been
in the hotel only a short time will come
up 10 the desk ana the clerk Will speak
to him as if he knew him. Then if the
man calls for his key and you couldn't re-
member his name what was the number
of his room you would be in a sad predica-
ment Many times clerk will turn to the
key case, not remembering the mans name,
but a look at the case will recall the num-
Der to his memory and he will be all right
Then again a man will come to the desk
and ask for his mail. BY glancing at the
register and seeing his initials, though be-
fore you looked you had forgotten them,
his name will flash into your mind and
he will never know you didn't remember
instantly When man stays at the house
few days his name will seldom be for
gotten if he comes again.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-31
To Avoid Appendicitis.
From the Atlanta News.

From the Atlanta News.
A writer In the National Review who
signs the significant initials F. r. C. s.,
standing for Fellow of the Royal College
of Surgeons, by thus yelling the promi-
nence of his own name feels at liberty ia
give some common-sense advice as to the
best means Of avoiding the disease.
The simplicity of his receipt is one of
the most favorable features. It consists
of nothing more than the persistent
avoidance of the hasty meal. Bolting
ones food Is the hOmely but accurate de-
scription of the superinducing cause of
this disease.
The distinguished doctor tells us what
we In fact know well enough without be-
ing told, that we cannot persist In eatfne
while we run and expect to run very far
1t is, in short, by the observance of the
most ordinary common sense In the mat
ter Of leisurely eating and the proper
amount of time for digestion that our
safety lies from these dreaded attacks
Since the terror itself is so ominous and
omnipresent, this simple rule of health
from so authoritative source should GO
far toward relieving us of our apprehen-
sions, and incidentally forefend us not only
from appendicitis, but from a hundred
other maladies of which the strenuous life
Is the prolific cause.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-31
A VANISHING QUANTITY.
Influence Of American Women Abroad
Will Amount to but Little.

From Success
The future influence of the American wo-
man, at home and abroad: At home
hold it cannot change. Whatever 1t has
been so far, such It will be In the future.
1t rests on American imperialism; that Is,
on the very life principle of the American
commonwealth. The American woman
cannot form that ultimate unit of the state
which the French woman has long sue
ceeded in building up. chiefly through her
own exertions. The sociological unit in
France is the family-as in England it is
the Individual In America this unit will,
as heretofore, continue to be of a CONNER
cial or political character. The woman
does not enter into it's composition. Hence
women in America will be neither the SUBJ
jects nor the inspiration of great male
poets or artists. On the other hand the
coming great American poet or artist will
be a woman. Much as prophecies are to be
dreaded, do>nOt hesitate to risk this pre-
diction. 1t will be poetry of a new flavor.
1t will cause new shivers of poetic delight.
1t will be as original In poetry as Chopin
was in music. 1t will be appreciated in
main social institutions of America will
suffer no change.
Lastly. the future influence of the Ameri-
can woman abroad is a vanishing quantity.
Continental Europe is the very reverse of
America, in that it is not, and never will
be, unparalleled. Continental European wo-
men. therefore, being organic parts of their
respective countries, firmly control the
chief arteries of social life in Europe, and
mere lady visitors from America can no
Europeans visiting the orient alter oriental
customs. In England, on the other hand,
American women change first themselves
then their English husbands.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-31
GARDENS FOR WoRKINGMEN.
How the Good Work is Being Extended
in Europe

France Germany, Holland and Belgium
have Joined in movement to encourage
the establishment of gardens for working
men. Although the work is not new one.
it has been considerably extended during
the past year. The evil of intemperance
has so undermined the health and useful
ness of workmen that this plan was util-
lied to interest them in healthful employ
ment outside of working hours that should
bring them increased comfort and attach
them to the soil they cultivate. An inter-
national congress was held in Paris In 1903.
and one will be held in Liege during the
coming year to consider the best plan of
maintaining and extending the work of al
Iotting plats of ground to workmen for pur-
poses of cultivation.
United States Consul Atwell, at Roubaix.
who reports this matter to the State De-
partment, says that many employers in
France have made generous gifts of land
to be allotted to deserving workmen, and at
the Arras exposition, just closed. a first
prize was awarded to the exposition OF
gardens for workingmen."
According to reports made in October,
1903, there existed at that date GOO gardens
In Belgium in which plats had been allotted
to 5000 persons. France had created G,131
gardens, which had provided assistance to
43 600 persons These gardens were pro-
vided either by charitable societies or by
groups of phiianthropists associated for that
purpose.
The congress of 1903 discussed whether
the laborer should derive full profit from
the land cultivated or pay rent for his cot
tage, reserving to himself the surplus
French delegates leaned toward the adop-
ton of the full charity basis, while the Ger
mans inclined to view the matter strictly
from the point of social preservation, and
thought Ii wiser to demand a small return
for the grounds allotted.
"In order that the work may thrive in
cities where the majority Of operatives have
never handled a spade" Consul Atwell says.
cit is now thought necessary to encourage
n taste for cultivating the soil in children
by creating school gardens. 1t is suggested
that on holidays. which are SO often Ill en-
ployed scholars shall accompany their
tutors to these gardens and there learn to
use garden implements and acquire taste
for gardening Prizes judiciously awarded
would soon furnish the stimulus necessary
to form the useful worker. The school
garden has not yet taken form. but 1t is to
be hoped that 1t may become the adjunct of
the older work known as the workingmen's
garden. 1t Is but just to say that the first
person to put the idea of workfngman's
garden into practice was Nine. Hervieu or
Sedan Since that time she has had many
coadjutors. as the work commends itself
not only as philanthropic. but as one Of so
cial conservation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-31
THE AGENT DIDN'T KNOW.
A Story of an Editor and Life Insur-
ance Solicitor.
From Worlds Work.

From Worlds Work. ," 'sE
There are today some thousands of va
rieties of life insurance policies, each of
which has technical name and is capa-
BILE of being made quite unintelligible to
the average man.S Some INSCRIPTIONS
agents trade on this; many do not really
understand the meaning of terms them
selves, but have learned their lesson, par
rot like: and most Of them apparently find
it unnecessary to describe in plain English
to those about tor insure what they are
contracting for. The, result is a mass of
transformation and confusion about the
whole subject. T-eN n -. -
For instance.i an agent was trying to in
sure an editor on some new plan. The
editor had a theory that any fact could
be put into plain everyday English. If the
man behind the fact really knew what
he was talking about. After listening to
an involved flow of premiums, deferred
dividends" leash surrender values" and
Optional choices, he said gravely:
"See here don't understand what you re
talking about. But I'll tell you what III
do. If you'll write that proposition out in
ordinary English, so that an ordinary man
can understand 1t, TIL not only take the
policy, but I'll publish the explanation as
an article and pay you hundred dollars
for it."
"Will I? Sure, I WILL" exclaimed the
overjoyed agent. thinking he had indeed
struck an easy job. And he departed, ad-
juring the editor not to forget.
A week passed by. The agent called up
on the telephone to say that he was work.
ing on the thing. There was less exulta-
ton in his voice.
To weeks more elapsed. The editor had
forgotten the whole thing when the agents
card came in one day. It was followed by
the man himself.
well" said the editor. "got my article?"
"N-no,' said the agent sheepishly. 1.-THE
fact is, guess can't do 1t the way you
want it, after all. Let's call it off,
1t is hardly too much to say that this is
typical
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-31
rHos. ]. OWEN * SON, AucrIoSEERs.

TRUSTEES SALE OF THAT VERY DESIRABLE
THREESTORY AND CELLAR BRICK STORE
AND DWELLING, NO. 30i 18TH STREET
). W. AND 12no c STREET s. W. BEING
THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF 18TH AND
Q STREETS s. W.
BY virtue of certain deed OF trust duly record
ed In Liber No. 1885, folio 239 seq Of the Ia nd
records Of the District Of Columbia. and at the
request OF the party secured thereby the under.
signed trustees will sell. at public auction in front
Of the premises. on WEDNESDAY. THE FOURTH
DAY OF JANUARY, AID. 1905 AT FOUR
O'CLOCK PM, the following described land and
premises, situate In the city Of Washington. DIS.
trict Of Columbia, and designated as aud being lot
81 In Thomas s. fuckers subdivision OF certain
lots In square numbered 297 as the said subdi-
vision appears Of record I'm Book No IT, page 1 l3
Of the records of the surveyors office OF said Dis
trfet. subject 10 the perpetual right to use az a
private alley the west feet OF said lot az a pri.
vate alley for lots SO, 80 and 40 In said subdi-
vision. together with the Improvements thereon
Terms Of sale: One-fourth of the purchase money
to be paid In cash balance In three equal INSTALL
ments. payable In one, two and three years with
interest at o per centum per annum. payable semi
annually. for day of sale. secured by deed OF
option OF the purchaser. A deposit Of $500 will
be required at time of sale Ali convey ncins re.
cording etc, at cost Of purchaser Terms Of sale
TO be complied with within fifteen days from day
OF sale, otherwise the trustees the right to
resell the property at the risk and of the de-
fnuiting purchaser, after 1--WE days advertisement
Of such resale In some newspaper published in
Washington. d. G.
H. BRADLEY DAVIDSON,
JOHN G. DAVIDSON,
del3, Is, 1720.22.2f.27,20 f.ja3 Trustees.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-31
MUNICIPAL ADoRNMENT.
American Cities Awake to the Bless
ings Of Beauty.

From the Baltimore American.
Time and again the charge has been made
that American cities are ugly. Sometimes
it is the American critic who has been
abroad who brings back with him this YER
dict, and sometimes it is the candid: ex-
preston of the visiting foreigner who has
been asked what he thinks of America A
writer in the Craftsman, who appears to be
an American makes the broad charge that
the Indifference of municipal governments
in this country in the matter of municipal
art and adornment Is retarding the advance
of democratic government all over the
world. because of the general impression
that popular form Of government implies
a complete indifference to all matters Of
art and esthetic culture.
This critic treats with small consideration
the plea that American cities are yet
young. and that they will in time turn at
tention to the problem of Identification.
Nothing more stupid has been said during
the past fifty years. he declares. "for we
are the inheritors of the knowledge of all
the ages. We know all there Is to be known
about municipal beauty He insists that 1t
is not because we do not know. but because
We do not care, We do not feel. we are not
sensitive to the general ugliness of our en-
vironments. In word, he concludes that
Americans lack high average of refine
ment in taste.
Nevertheless, the youth of American cit
les accounts for much, if not for all, of their
crudeness. And as to the older of Ameri-
can cities. it is a fact that more and more
attention is being given to ideals Of beauti-
fication. Paris, the model in matters of
adornment it is to be remembered, Is not
a sudden creation, but growth of centu-
ries. That city during the first century
or so of its development should direct it's
virile energies toward Industrial thrift is
both natural and necessary. Not until
there has come accumulated wealth can
municipality. any more than an individual.
turn to the refnements of life. The re-
preach that we break records in this coun-
try for doing things quickly may carry the
suggestion that We do things rudely and
crudely; but plenty of illustrations can be
cited to show that We are founding as SUBJ
stantially as any of our foreign contempt
ries.
And it is true that almost every American
city Of note is awakening to the purposes
in sculpture, in mural decoration, In land
scape adornment-in all matters that tend
to make urban life more harmonious and
lovely. 1t Is to be hoped that it will be
long before that sort of artistic tempera-
ment develops in this country which seems
in some of the European centers to carry
with it a lassitude and incapacity for meet
ing the rougher phases of life. There is a
profound beauty in utility which Americans
understand and fully appreciate, but which
the artistic foreigner does not always seem
criticisms of our manners and our tastes
with meekness and, most likely, with profit
If we do not improve it is not because Of
q lack of candOr from the critics.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-31
MAP OF PORT ARTHUR FORTIFICATIoNs
Positions recently indicated

great value in enabling them to drive home
an attack against the main inner line of de-
lenses
Roughly speaking, there are two main
groups Of forts to the north of Port Ar
thur. East of the railway is the Kekwan
group, of which the Rihlung, Ehrlung.
fort, last taken by the japanese. lies near
est the railway. 1t is about mile and a
half southeast of the north kekwan fort.
recently captured by the besiegers after
dynamite mines had preached the walls.
and about the same distance south of Fort
Kuropatkin, which commanded the water
supply of Port Arthur and which was cap
tured number of months ago by Gen.
Nogi's men,
Back of these positions lie the main Kek-
wan forts and the Fine Tree Hill forts,
which are even stronger than the outer
line and which bar the way of the be-
siegers to the town of Port Arthur With
the redans, lunettes and other defenses in
the valley through which runs the railway,
the forts connect with the Etseshau, or
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-31
JAMES W. RATCLIFFE, AUcTIoNEER.

f. 81 SCI TX PhANE HOUSE SS; iats i,EG
81 BET RET NJ AND SDiot SIS s!n LOTS ON nth
BY virtue Of decree of the Supreme Court of
wherein Mary Ellen Mcdonnell ct al are complain
ants. the undersigned viii sell at public AUCTION
on TUESDAY; THE TENTH DAY OF JANUARY,
PM. in front of the respective premises, the fol-
loving described real estate. namely: Part Of
fifty (950l beginning for the same at the south
west corner Of said lot and running thence north
O. inches; thence north twenty one t2@ feet t;
thence east six IS, feet ten C10) inches; thence
See ees two & neses
Pr s@s same Ssng by
Immediately thereafter. part Of original lot one
~, in square nine hundred and seventy SEVEN be-
ginning for the same at the northeast corner of
said lot and running thence west forty six ,4S)
fee5 four a. inches thence south twenty seven
40 rect three 90 inches; thence east fOrty-six
t46 feet four a. inches to 18th street east and
i snsRcs tn north nth Isss 3 feet tIs
proved by a frame dwelling known No. 1919
Immediately thereafter, the south twentv.a five
l2ol feet front by the full depth that width Of or
ignHl t. lot t sixteen S and the north
original lot seventeen % In square nine hundred
Terms OF sale: One third Of the purchase money
TO be paid In cash and the balance in two equal
instaIlments: payable in one and two years. with
interest at per centum per annum, payable semi
snnually from day Of sale, secured by, deed of
option of the purchaser. A deposit Of $500 on
each parcel will be required of the purchaser at
the time OF sale All eonyeyancins. recording and
OF sale TO be complied with within fifteen days
the right TO resell the property at the risk and
cost of the defaulting purchaser or purchasers at
ter five days advertisement of such resale in The
Evening Star, a newspaper published In the city
OF Washington, d. G.
EDGAR B. SHERIFF.,
Colorado building,
JAMES B. ARCHER. Jr..
45S Louisiana ave. NV,
OLIVER s. METZEROTT
MetzerOtt building,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-31

Chair Hill forts. which lie west of the rail-
way.
Comprising the Chair Hill forts are the
Etseshan fort proper, the Itseshan and
Antseshan forts. Between these positions
and Louisa Bay is another ridge of hills
known as Meter Range. of which 20S-Meter
Hill is part. This hill commands valley
which extends five miles to the Port Arthur
harbor. between the southern line of Chair
Hill forts and the Lao III Shan. Com
manding this valley the Japanese were able
to destroy the remnants of the Russian
fleet.
Quite number of times the Japanese
have occupied portions of the Chair Hill
forts but have always been dislodged from
them by the fianking fire from the sur
rounding positions.
Like the kekwan group, the Chair Hill
group of forts consists practically of an
outer semicrcle line of forts, back of
which are still stronger positions. arranged
so as to pour thanking fire into any of
the outer forts which the enemy may
occupy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-31
PORT ARTHUEs DEFENsEs.
Japanese Hammering Their Way to the
| Inner Line of Forts

Stronger than six Sebastopols is Port
Arthur. according to a military expert of
the London Times. who inspected the for
tifications and discussed them with Cen
eral Vernander. their designer. And in
view of the terrific assaults it has with
stood. the expression seems not ill applied.
Nevertheless, the Japanese are gradually
hammering their way to the inner line Of
forts, one of their most important sue
cesses being the capture of the Rihlung Tor
Ehrlung) fort, announced yesterday. This
position formed an integral part of what
might be termed the main outer line of de-
lenses. If the Japanese are able to hold
it-as they have many times been unable
to do after similar siccesses-it will be of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-31
Here lies romantic Phoebe.
Half Ganymede. half Hebe:
A maid of mutable condition.
A jockey, cOwherd and musician,
The Sounds Of Battle.
From the World.s Work.

From the Worlds Work.
Only those who lie in the firing line and
hear the constant screetch Of the shells as
they cleave their terrible way through
the air above know the true sounds of
modern war; The whiplike smack Of the
bursting shell. the swish Of the scattering
bullets are nothing to the knocking screech
Of these damned messengers Of death as
they pursue each other as in COMPETE
ton to complete the awful object of their
hideous mission. The whole welkin is
discordant with their tumlilt; you feel
the rush Of misplaced air, spiinters sing in
your ears. the earth Is In constant trenIble
with the violence of the discharge: you
feel 1t pulsate against your cheek pressed
to the moist mud of the parapet and then
q bullet saps the life blood Of the comrade
whose elbow has touched yours day and
night for forty hours. There rs a limit
to human endurance In these straits.