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ParasoI Penwipers.

Buy the smallest size lead pencil with
an ornamental top. Sharpen the point;
then cut out q circle of silk, the diameter
of which is not quite twice the length of
the pencil; another rather smaller one of
black cloth Scallop the edges and make
tiny holes, taking care the silk is outside
the cloth, then by creasing and folding
persuade the circles to take the shape of
"A closed parasol (not rolled tightly,
winding silk around them to secure them
in place. just the strap is around the
parasol to keep it closed.
Cut paper pattern first and trim 1t to
fit the length of your lead pencil before
cutting the silk or cloth circles
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-17

sin roun' de room jes' ez well 'ez she I'VE,
wuz. She caper an she twis' an she turn
an she do de back-step an cut de pigeon
wing an wound up wild de double-shuffle
Las NV all she lipt up an cracked her heels
toge'rr an spun clean roun' in de air befo'
she lit on her footses.
"Roostah ain sayin' nuttin; he jes' beck
on ter Toad-frog. He nuver stop pickin'.
but tiptoed ter de do an cut one eye thu
de crack. an got dar in time. ter see er do
de high jump. Dey wuZ dat outdone dey
der ELDERS. Den Toad-frog fell back de
bench an went on pickin'. an Roostah he
go an git up on de bench an crow lax he
alluz do jes' befo' dinner.
w en- she year i'm crow Mis- Hoppah-
grass lipt back in bald an drord up de xiv
ers an done lax she amt kin move han er
foot Den Roostah walk in an come up
o'des de bald an he say. sezee: 'Wellum,
how you come on dis mawnin'?'
"She wuz pantin' so um de darnsn, dat
she sea cely kin git her bref, SO she roll her
eyes up in her haid an say: SO poly, sea ce
kin talk
Dat 'ar's burnin fib" sezee. 4 boun'
you mex you git up FUN dat an walk Mis-
Pop-eyes.' sezee.
"She jump outen de bald an mex fer de
do an Roostah he lit out after her, an dey
sut'n'y had 1T den, fer she wuZ sho'nuff
jumper an he wuz oner desc yer shawl
legged mems whar do lax dey gwine fall all
over deyse'fs wen dey runs fas'. Dey went
stavin thu de yard an over de fence an
crost a fiel' an den back ergin. an he nigh
mos chase 'er down de we'll Den she mex
fer de grass an think she gwine hide way
FUN him dar, but he putt on big bus er
speed an kotched an ct her jes eZ she wuz
slippin' inter de grass
II reckon vail done seed de chcken-roo-
stahs chasin' de hoppah-grasses befo' now,
an dish yer l been teilin you Is de reason
dey does SO. Dey ain fergit her 'ceitfulness.
a hoppa h-grass lone Wen dey sees err
boun' ter run her down er die.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-17

scented the ponies and they struggled all
over the table a the ends of the different
lines.
Cinderella in the coach was lady boun-
tiful." She held big bag of candy in her
chubby hands. with this notice pinned on it:
Every one who found a slipper may fill it
from my bag.
Now said Dorothy's mamma Il think
the magician is waiting for us in the par
Tor. She won't have light. but sits by the
bright fire light of the open fireplace. You
must all courtesy as you enter her presence
and take your seats quietly around her.
1t was a magician indeed that the de-
lighted and awed children gazed upon.
An Egyptian l bet you whispered one
boy. Just look at her dress 1t was COW
cred all over with glittering crescents, stars,
full moons and strange inscriptions: and her
face was the color of an English walnut and
much creased.
Now 1 am going to begin this strange
being said. Il will tell you just who Gin
derella really was. Cinderella was a low
born maiden, native of Egypt. and she
lived a thousand years ago. Egyptian for
Cinderella is 'Rhodipis-that was her
name. Well one day she went bathing in
the river and an eagle swoOped down and
picked up one of her slippers or sandals,
and few off with it. The bird upon finding
out that the sandal could not be eaten
dropped it in disgust and it came swiftly
down to earth again.
Now. said the story teller, I'll give you
five minutes to guess what Rhodipis' san
dals were made of"
The guessing among that animated
group of children was varied indeed. One
said it was glass; another declared it
was made Of PUSHES evidently the
river" and Egypt taken together sug-
gested to her youthful mind Moses in
the bulrushes." but all their guessing
was wide of the mark.
Times up" said the Magician, she
looked at the clock. You are all wrong
in your guesses. The sandals that Rho
dips wore We're made of 'minever,' the
soft fur of little animal that resembles
the weazel. This pretty little slipper
landed right at the feet of Sothmus. the
King of Egypt. The feet of Egyptian
maidens Were most all of them large. but
this maidens feet were small and dainty
as proved by its covering. King Sothmus
sent officers throughout his kingdom with
this precious sandal, to try it on the feet
of the women. but bless you. it would
only go over the toes of some of them
much to their disgust. For the king
proclamation was that he intended to
wed the owner of the sandal.
'Of course Rhodipis was found. and be-
sides having small feet, she young
and very beautiful. She made
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A Christmas Booth for a Fair.

Have the booth all in white. with tufts of
cotton scattered about for snow. Isinglass
sprnkled around represents frost nicely.
Icicles varied in size and depending from
the top Of the booth very effective.
They may be made follows:
Roll strips of paper as you would for
lamp lighters and cover them with drip
pings from a tallow candle. If the tallow
is allowed to harden in the raised places "A
perfect imitation of a real icicle is the
result
In place of the usual grab bag have a
Christmas tree burdened with little gifts
tied in colored tissue paper. Santa Claus,
of course has charge of the tree.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-17

err foot-shakin'. dan any er desc yer shiny,
primp-up banjers whar hangs In de sto'
winders an tries ter git folks ter walk In
an buy 'em. Niger know better dat!
wen Mistah Toad-frog git de banjer
chune up jes' 'zackly ter suit i'm he set out
side de do ev'y day W lie de dinner cookin'
an pick desc yer darnsin chunes wIar mex
even chu'c CHI members feel lax dey jes' nat
chully 'bleeged ter git up an knock time
wild der footses. One day vile he wuz
pickin' he think he year a SCUM er darnsin'
on de flo inside. Day er gracer sezee Is
my years done trick me, is dat darnsin'?
KANT be Mis- Hoppah-grass. 'kase she too
poly Hit 'bleeged ter be, dough, fer she's
de on'ies pusson in dar.' He stop playin'
darnsin' stop; he go on, darnsin go on. He
putt his year down an lissen at de banter
ter see eff anything rattle; banjer she wu'k-
kim all right. den he know 'twuz Mis- Hop
pah-grass. He ain let on. an he wait on er
les de same but wen Chickin-roostah come
home Toad-frog tucken him Off III ways
an he say: 'Mistah Roostah. wen you
comes ter dinner to-morrer don't you git up
on de fence an crow lax you bin dom ter
femme know hits time ter dish up de Wit
ties: stidder dat. you creep up softly w'iles
I pick. an peek in thu de do
"'Weil, befo' de kangs SEE de ROostah.
sezee. watts in de win now, Mistah Toad
frogT
an do lax tells you. an boun' you see
sight fer sore eyes.
$50 de mex day wen Roostah come home
ter dinner stidder CROWN ter say he be dar
soon, he crope up ter de do. an peeked in
thu de crack vile Toad-frog pick de banter
twel she plumb talk an wish't mought
die! eff dar want Mis- Hoppah-grass darn
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-17
National Greetings.

= How do you do? american and English.)
How do you carry yourself? (F'rench.)
How do you stand? Qtalian.)
How do you find yourself? Germany
How do you fare? Outch)
How can you? (Swedish.)
How is your stomach? Have you eaten
your rice? 0Chinese.)
How do you have yourself? (Polish.)
How do you live on? (Russian.)
May thy shadow never be less. tPersian.)
They all mean pretty much the same
thing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-17

RHYNED ACROSTIC.
Ny first is in mine. bur not in our:
My seconds in lie, bat in COVER:
My third is in yes bu, in no:
Ny fourth Is IN hit Int not in blow
My fifth is in lost. bur in found
Ny sixth is in earth. Int not in ground.
NV seventies In true. and also in
Mv eighth is In fold. bur in pleat:
sly ninth is In dagger and also in spear:
My whole will lie seen Christmas comes near.
WORD SQUARES.
Al To jump. =. A title Of royalty 3. A
plane surface. T. To frolic.
B-1. A measure of land. =. A kind of fuel. 3.
Rodents 1. Otherwise.
NUMERICAL ENIGMA
l composed IF thirteen letters and spell q
name for the patron saint of Christmas time.
My =. 1. is an Industrious little insect.
My s. 10. II. &. 8 is a kind Of carriage.
My l. q. .. !. IL is small slug like animal.
My IL, 3, is 10 rest.
DIAGONAL.
The diagonal letters OF the words defined below
spell a useful article. especially Christmas time
l. Disgrace. . To exert. 3. To bend down. L.
Precise. 3 To break. 6. dwarf. Z. Appear
s. Crying Iondiy.
DOUBLE BEHEADINGS.
Douby iehead: l. To display and leave rea-
tive. The icof of the mouth and leave ardy.
3. To register and leave line. 4. 4 county and
leave anger.
CENTRAL ACROSTIC.
The central letters of the words defined below
sell the name Of month.
l. Trouble. 3 A meadow 3. one. &. per-
sonaI pronoun. j. A little demon 6. To how back.
Z. To impore. 8. Date
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-17
Home Made Decorations for Holidays.

Peanuts wrapped in yellow, red and white
fringed tissue paper and tied on pendant
lengths of strings three or four to ch are
splendid decorations when tied to the limbs
of the Chr stnlas tree.
Red strings Of cranberries with knots of
narrow satin ribbons tied here and there
on the strands are about as pretty as any
thing that could be bought for either tree,
table or room ornamentation.
Gliding English walnuts becomes "A de-
lShtfui frolic if several young people are
in the secret. Crack open the nuts SO there
will be two perfect half shells to each In
side the empty nuts place motto or device
y i:ich Will tell the fortune of the ore re-
ceiving it, Then glue the shells firmly to-
gether. When dry, work n tack in the end
where the stem grew, inserting Ii slowly
that the shell may not break. Gid the en-
tire nut. fasten string around the tack
and hang the interesting nuts on the tree.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-17
THE GOOSE AND THE GUMPKIN

Now, Deborah Deis know by this zine.
Is n nice little girl who lives in this rhyme:
And Deborah knew do small fry.
u ines a Is parents--ur 4.
called her careless for losing her things
She'd surely declare that ties must have had wings
one night small Deb with smile on her face
Jumped bed, wished for the place
Where all of her that lost could be found
When. her wish granted she started
On her head her hg bonnet of enerSld hue.
With rbious turquoise. which would call blue
Her pgtails fastened with chrome bows gay;
'rte bows on her slippers were crimson and gray:
Ier stsh sky blue her
Which matched In color her pert little
She felt like stranger. AMI bowed to herself
When whom should she bIt a queer little elf
Il declare, cried small Deb5y I'm whole pumpkin
II You re not darling lost little Gumpkin.
The Gnihpkin dressed In violet and
with her brown skin she looked twice her
Mrs. Goose troted after. quite yellow With worry.
Her purple poke bonnet askew In her hurry
The white, well the strings. /,
And her skirts of burnt amb9r iared under her wings.
And. greatest of joys. what do suppose?
She along skipping all her toes.
Aud tucked In her wing Debbys lost rope
land Debby said Thank you. LET all Of Us honci
SO the three started on skip fast TO the moon
And II they there 1 hope they'll be soon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-17

cream served in little glass slippers. and
PINK and white mice candy One of each at
every place. For beverage. milk and cocoa
was served. As il wouldn't be a Cinderella
stood in tie center of the tss@ie. 4 medium
SEED puInI kin had been cut out in the shape
of coach. 1t was lined with white cam
brio and it rested on really" wheels taken
from discarded dolls carriage and gilded-
\ beautiful doll sat on the seat. and the
colored coackman seated in front held
twelve lines of pink ribbons in his hands
and Il little whip. Chocolate mice repre-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-17
Mrs. Santa Claus Christmas Trip.
BY EDWIN l.. SABIN.

81 EDWIN H. SAblN
Twas the verge of Christmas when, sad indeed
Poor Santa Claus was stricken In miserable way.
He wheezed and sneezed and shivered his head
And tho we ne'er consider that Santa may be sick
His truly grippy symptoms did not escape his wife
your precious life.
No. sir! I'm strong and able, and shall go
And for you, poor darling, why, you shall go to
So there she snugly tucked him, in spite of his
demur.
cap made of fur
Then forth she fairly hustled to harness up the
And how they kicked and scampered to see her
draw anear!
And what a, tine of it she had to catch them one
and all.
For since she could not whistle they would not
But she finally got them lthe harness laid askew)
Before the brmming cutter aud fastened two by
two.
Good bye she babe, odd sweetheart Good
ble!'' croaked Santa back.
starry track. 80 ~
Upon the steeds the harness such strange
misft
Disgustedy they snort ed and would not mind bit.
And tho she clucked and scolded. and slapped
Qike women dol. they Travelled to suit their
designs; ~ --iTd a,sa
And a roof they halted. where leaned chimney
roof wherein, wager, they'd never been before.
The spot looked very shsbby.I and Mrs. Claus felt
queer;
But down she climbed preteading she'd meant to
And in she peeped half deeming the place deserted
qiite, ut ms.
When to her startled eyes was shown. oh. what
cheerless sight -,
room with plaster pssiins;c with areless. rusted
stove; 70 SD
.>om where any eafpst shad been treasure
trove; JdF ST :
A ha6r room, n II votf'd al
And on the cot a laddis. aud by the cot crutch.
Cried Mrs. Claus, in rapture, Thank goodness!
EXACTLY to- the very place to leave my biggest
And ont she quickly hauled 1t. Perhaps Id better
add
A game two. and candy and nuts-poor little
lad.
And here's book. and here's a. when. as
might be foretold.
Her apron she had loaded with all that 1t could
And more gifts she discovered, and more. till. I
The room was almost bursting: the sleigh. forsooth.
was bare.
Dear me. she sighed II wish that had brought
Aud round she turned her reindeer upon the north
ward wuy.
Her husband walked in wendsc to hear the jinsiing
He never expected to see her back soon.
What. Through and home. Mathilda p he asked
Well. that beats mel,
1T take. woman honey. to do things. as you
The children all are happys hope you've made
My, yes--at ieast.. she murmured. ''they win
be when they know"
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Turtle Christmas Cakes.

Take a large, plump raisin and six cloves.
Push a Glove into the raisin until only the
bud is to be seen. This makes the head
and two smaller cloves on each side make
the feet. For the tail take one of the
smaller Glove stems or the straight part of
the Glove. Small cakes, frosted, with a
raisin turtle standing on each. make excit-
ing and novel Christmas sweets.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-17

Edith did not feel like going to school
one morning. Her mother asked her If
she did not feel well, when Edith replied,
Z don't think 1 feel very well, for my
tongue is all foggy.'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-17
Hints for Breakfast on Christmas.

Toast cut In the shape of stars will cause
great excitement and arouse an appetite for
this usually neglected meal.
Chops, decorated at the end with fringed
tissue paper. then tied with sprig of holly,
win extend to every one an invitation to
please eat me-"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-17

WORDS WITHIN WORDS.
L. Tower. =. Hoard. 3. C-hole-R. Z
C-Ella-r. 8. P-rope-r.
CONCEALED PARTS OF FLOWERS.
/. Sepal. .. Stamen. 3. Petal. 4. PistiL
DIAMOND.
2. r
3. FL RE
4. d. MOND
8. BR o A d
g. ND
z. ID
WORD PARALLELoGRAM
2 ORE
g. CREAM
EAGER
g. MERES
g. REGAL
t. SALES
8. LEVER Ia
O. sEyER
10. RED
POSTMAN'S BAG.
!. Band-bad. 2. Ringing 8. Spain-pan. q
Sund-sad. 8. Machine-chn.
CHARADE.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-04-04
U. ). Supreme COnrt Reyerses
Decision Of New York
Circuit Court
"A FAMOU S SUIT
Brought against Railway Come
panies Doing Business In An
thrncite Coal Regions

WASHINGTON. April THE case
Of the Interstate Commerce. oommis-
sion W.. Blaird, commonly known q
the Anthracite Coal case, was decided
BY the supreme court Of the United
States today in favor oi the eonten-
tions of the commission. ths decision
Of the United States circuit court for
the southern division Of New York b.
Ing reversed. This u the case tnstt
tuted before the commission BY w. r.
Hearst. who alleged discrimination By
the railroad companies which reached
the Anthracite coal mines Of rennsyl
vania. During the hearing some Wit
nesses refused to produce certain con-
tracts bearing on the business Of the
railroad companies and coal mines.
which action was upheld by the cir.
cult court Of New York.. United tEases
supreme court held that contracts
should have been supplied.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-04-04

WASHINGTON, D. G., April 4.-on
the grounds Of the White house today
was celebrated the annual Easter egg
rolling, though in point Of fact few
eggs we're rolled, owing to the vast
crowds. BY direction Of the president
the grounds we're opened at 3 O'CLOCK
ana within an hour there was IN as.
semblage Of tots Of all ages, sizes anu
colors, each with his or her basket "
gayly colored eggs and intent upon en-
joying the pleasures Of the time.nonor'
ed fete. In accordance with custom
children only were admitted IN .ne
morning. In the afternoon the Marine
band added zest to the enjoyment y
the multitude, and a throns gamer.
ed in front Of the balcony and watched
for the president and Mrs. RooseVeit
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-04-04
EASTER FESTIVAL
AT WHITE HOUSE

Earlier in the day the younger cnil
dren Of the presidents family joined
the egg.rollers and entered enthuslas.
tically into the pleasures Of the fete.
Al 3 o'clock, president and Mrs. Roose.
Welt accompanied by several friends,
stepped out on the balcony. The crowd
cheered and president and Mrs. Roose.
Welt bowed their Acknowledgements.
The presidents party watched but 2
few minutes, then stepped inside ana
looked out the windows. As evening
approached the crowd gradually dwln.
died. and before night the lawns re-
sembled the deserted grounds Of a cir
Gus. All around we're broken eggs and
shells, lunch boxes and old papers, Wv
ID II not picturesque reminders q the
days sport
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-04-04

Whereas under the existing laws
Of the territory, it is considered by
this convention that no political ticket
can be put in the field at any cleo
tion without the emblem at the head
Of the ticket, and whereas under the
law no party can have an emblem on
Its ticket unless 1t shall have perfect.
ed a territorial organization, there
fore we do hereby declare It to be
our unalterable determination to
thoroughly organize the democratic
party in San Miguel county, to per
feet and maintain its organization,
and to nominate, work for and sup
port democratic ticket in all
future elections In the county.
The resolutions close by inviting
members Of other parties to unite
under the democratic banner.
The following twenty delegates
were elected to attend the conven.
tion at Silver City: o. A. Larrazolo.
A. "A. Jones, Antonio Lucero, w B.
Bunker, w. G. Hayden, L. r. Allen,
E. G. de Baca, A. Tafoya. F. A. Man
zanares. Jr. +. v. Long, J. NJ. Her
nandez, ]. D. w. Veeder. Col. A. s,
Taylor, ]. M. Tafoya. susano Ortiz.
DR.. NJ. M. Milligan, Filadelfo Baca, G..
H. Hunker, Demetrio Silva. Charles
Rudulph.
The delegates were granted leave
to name their own alternates as prex-
les.
The contest for nominee to the nat
ional convention was spirited. E. G..
de Baca nominated Antonio Lucero
in an effective speech. Demetrio Sill
va seconded the nomination. Charles
Rudolph nominated O. A. Larrazolo.
Geo. p. Money made strong second
ing speech. "A. A. Jones seconded
the nomination of Mr.. Lucero. The
poll Of the vote resulted in forty-one
votes for Mr. Lucero and thirty-three
moved to make the nomination os
Mr.. Lucero unanimous. 1t may be
said that the defeated candidate in
an address OF praise for Mr.. Lucero,
practically seconded the nomination
Of his opponent There was an
amusing scene when Mr.. Lucero
stood up to interpret Mr.. Larrazolos
speech.
The following centrol committee was
chosen; F. "A. Manzanzares, jr., chair.
man; Geo. Hunker, secretary; Chas.
Rudolph, b. Martinez, Joseph Burks,
10. A. Larrazolo. J. D. Hand, F. Baca
and Sam Pate.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-04-04
Wild Wind
Storms

While Las Vegas was blessed with
gentle showers and quietly falling
snow, Friday and Saturday, ali the
southern part Of the territory had q
record breaking storm to deal with.
The Albuquerque Citizen, speaking OF
the storm says:
THE high wind which passed from
east to west over the southwest yes.
terday goes down In history as the
worst storm In years. A similar storm
occurred four years ago, but 1t was
not AZ far reaching ami the devasta-
tion Of property was not nearly as
great as yesterday.
Railroad traffic was impeded, out
houses, bill boards and signs were
torn down and destroyed.
"At salida bridge and In several
places near La joya on the Rio
Grande division q gang Of men work
ed last night clearing sand from the
railroad tracks.
Passenger train No. from FL
Paso was delayed thirty minutes by
sand drifted ON the track
Passenger train No, 2. from the
west was two hours late here.
The fury Of the storm reached past
Winslow, Arizona, on the west.
AT I'll paso the storm was as Sc
we're as here" ~
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-04-04
AMERICAN REPORTERS
ARRESTED BY RUSSIANS
Secretary Hay Instructs Ministers to Take Imme-
diate Steps to Secure Their Release

WASHINGTON D. G.. AprIl -
Secretary Hay has instructed BY
cable Ambassador Mccormick at St.
Petersburg and Minister conger at
Pekin to take immediate steps 10 se,
cure the release Of two American cor
respondents now held by the Russians
at New Chwang. News that the dis.
patch boat had been released as
cabled by the Associated Press last
night has not been ofiicially brought
TO the attention OF the state depart
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-04-04
Monteflors confireostlo,

The Festival Of Passover will ter.
inmate with the setting Of the sun
on Wednesday next. Services will be
held In the Temple on Tuesday even
ing at s O'Clock and Wednesday morn.
ing at 10 O'Clock. Subject Of sermon
on Tuesday evening: Passover and
Easter All are cordially invited 10
attend our services.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-04-04
Bill Not
Yet Filed

- !
ST. LOUIS, April 4.-Abill Of excep-
tions to be filed in the United States
court by the defense in the case Of U.
s. Senator Burton Of Kansas, In pro-
ceedings to secure re-hearing Of the
case, is still in the hands Of the gov
ernment. Until the government has
examined and returned to the counsel
for defense, It cannot be filed in court.
U. S. District Attorney Dyer said to.
day that the government will probab-
ly have completed Its examinations OF
the bill by tomorrow and II II Is not
filed in court then II probably will be
Wednesday.