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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-29
SHOCKS IN HIGH ATTITUDES.
Visitors From Sea Level Disturbed by
Electric Sparks.
From the Denver Republican.

From the Denver Republican.
ut is dangerous for me to go to bed"
That announcement by a stylishly dressed
woman at the desk of the Albany Hotel
Office last night startled William Maher,
one of the proprietors, who was standing
at the counter.
What is the troubIe?' asked Mr.. Maher,
as soon as he recovered his voice:
The room is filed with electricity" re-
piled the woman. "If 1 walk across the
floor and touch my face with my hand
there is a snap, and if I touch the iron
bed get a shock. Why. kind sir, it's awful!
Everything / touch snaps! You might
think I was some electrical freak and be-
longed with some show. But / am not.
Honest, I never knew before that my sys-
tenn was electrified s1ea ar's o. ~
where is your homer" asked Mr. Maher
''San Francisco" replied the woman.
Il thought you were from the sea level"
said Mr.. Maher. You have nothing to
fear. The room is not charged with cleo
tricity. There is nothing wrong with the
telephone or electric light wires. You see,
madame, that you are not acclimated in
Denver. The air here is extremely dry and
is therefore subcharged with electricity,
so that you in touching iron feel slight
shock and also a slight shock when you
walk across the carpet and then touch any,
thing with your hand or shake hands with
anybody You'll get over it in few days"
The woman went away mystified but sat-
isfied. and Mr.. Maher said:
That's a common complaint in every no.
tel in town. Those of us who live here
will now and then feel an electric shock
by touching conductor or when walking
over a carpet If we touch our faces or
shake hands. but we are not as subjective
to electrical influences as those who come
from sea level or from places where the
air is moist. These people. of course. are
shocked easily, and as it is new expert
ence for them they invariably believe that
the telephone or electric light wires are
crossed and that they are in danger Of
electrocution.
1--WE had woman in the hotel last week
who was startled because when she began
to comb the hair of her French poodle
electric currents ran UP her arms Sne
thought that somebody had been playing
a joke on her dog. and she was furious
until explained to her the cause"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-29
The Soul of the Tailor.
From the Sartorial Art Journal

From the Sartorfal Art journal.
The soul Of the craftsman can express
itself more fully and clearly in tailoring
than in any other trade. If the taiIors
thoughts are poetic he can issue pastorals
in colors that are charmingly suggestive
Of hillside or meadow. foliage or waving
grain; he can make his overcoats speak of
bleak December, his dress sits of frolic
and festivities, his frock coats of dignity
and wealth, his cutaways of self-content,
and his sacks of strenlsousness and he can
make his waistcoats jingle like limericks,
his trousers sing of sunshine or of rain
and mud, his spring suits chortle of hope
and joy and his summer suits prattle of
flowers. If he is an artist he can make
overcoat, undercoat. waistcoat or trousers
seem sensuous haze, a reverie in color,
riot of action, Or a vigorous portrayal of
conflicting emotions in a decimated field of
desolation; and if he is a musician he can
impart to his sartorial creations an ex-
preston that suggests the bleating Of
lamb, the clashing of cymba-s, the rat-tat
of a drum, the ragtime movement Of a
cakewalk, the wall of despair, the shout of
triumph, the roar Of lion or the bray of
an ass.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-29
TOO MUCH UGLY FURNITURE.
Parson Wagner Makes Telling Point
Against One American Evil.

Against One American EVIL.
From the Chicago Journal.
Parson Wagner, who has come to tell
us that we ought to live simpler lives, Is
fighting a losing battle. because he Is
combating human appetites, which grow
by what they feed on and become stronger
in proportion as civilization finds new
means to pamper them. 1t may be desfr-
able, but useless, to tell us that we should
be better off If we preferred mutton and
turnips to French sauces and foie gras
with truffies, and If we drank spring wa
ter instead of Chateau Yqem and cham
payne.
But there is one piece of advice he gives
US that there Is chance we may heed,
because the practice against which he
protests gratifies no human desire ana
is obviously wasteful and absurd. This IS
his advice, not to throw money away on
superf1uities Of furniture. One does not
realize what an excess of furniture the
average American home contains until ne
looks around with the idea in his mind
Much of it Is absolutely useless, always
ugly and often in shocking bad taste. Es-
pecially is this true of the furniture found
in the homes of people of moderate means.
bought cheap, and precisely the same In
all of hundred thousand houses.
The result is that the average interior
is not only an eyesore to persons of Guilt
waited taste. but is SO crowded and ut
tered up with veneered monstrosltles tnat
it is exasperatingly difficult to navigate
If a third of it had never been acquired
the household would be healthier, happier
and much more comfortable. Sensible
people who desire to get all they can out
of life will carry as little impedimenta as
possible on the journey. AS one of the
richest women in Chicago was heard to
say when she closed her great mansion
and discharged most of her servants to
move into a comparatively modest fiat:
III L
nothing but bank account and travel
ing bag; and the smaller the bag and the
bigger the bank account the better I
should like it,"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-29
Eggs as Food.
From Medical Tai

Almost everybody eats eggs. There is
perhaps no article Of diet that is more COM
monty eaten in all countries than eggs.
Hens eggs are used more than any other
kind, although some people eat duck eggs,
goose eggs and the eggs of the guinea fowl
Turkey eggs are not so often eaten; they
are generally kept for Matching. Eggs are
said to be perfect food, the same as milk
that is, containing all the food elements
necessary for the growth and maintenance
of the young chick, just milk does for
the young animal. While it is true, of
course, that the egg does contain all the
elements necessary for the young chick, yet
it would not follow that these elements are
in the right proportion for the sole nourish-
ment of an adult person. That eggs are
splendid food is not to be questioned, but
that eggs alone would furnish sufficient diet
for grown pe6oon is hardly probable.
Eggs consigk of proteine, and fat, water
and mineral matter. 1t is the proteine or
pairs the tissues e the body, while the fat
supplies energy. The white of an egg is
often said to be pure albumen, but it also
contains phosphoric acid and sodium chic
ride or common salt. The yok contains
the fatty part of the egg, phosphorus, cal
cfum, magnesium, potassium and iron.
Eggs also contain sulphur. and this prob
ably accounts for the dark stain left by
eggs on silver, the sulphur coming in con-
tact with the silver forming silver suphide.
Eggs are very easily digested. Raw eggs
are more quickly digested than cooked
eggs. Soft boiled eggs, roasted eggs and
poached eggs are more easily digested than
fried or hard boiled eggs. The stomach
will digest raw egg in from one and a half
to two hours. Soft boiled and roasted eggs
require from two and half to three hours,
while hard boiled or fried eggs must be al
lowed from three and a half to four hours
for digestion. Eggs furnish good substi-
tute for meat and we believe it would be
far better for the average person If eggs
were more frequently used in place of meat.
Especially do they make a light, nutritious
dish for breakfast, instead of the. usual
bacon or ham or sausage.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-29
Licorice Grows Wild Along the Tigris

FROM the Baltimore f1eralQ.
A bundle of licorice root-slim rough
sticks of tobacco-brown wood-lay on the
counter, and the sailor took one up and
began to chew its end.
II have seen the place where this stuff
grows Wild he said. do you know where
that is?'
Cant say I do" replied the druggist.
'It is along the banks" said the sailor,
"of the Tigris and the Euphrates. The
licorice is a wild plant in them parts 1t
stands three feet high, and it's roots reach
the water. For miles and miles the leo
rice patches spread, and the smell of them
fills the air. 1t IS a sweet heavy smell.
I'm them parts they cut the licorice
plants regularly, and they use the poor,
crooked, imperfect sticks for firewood. The
good clean, straight sticks they bundle up
just like this bundle here and ship to
England and America. Some of the sticks
go to druggists, to be sold cheap or given
away, but most of them, nearly all of them
go to the snuff and tobacco manufacturers.
What for? Why, to be used in adulter-I
mean in fiavoring tobacco and snuff
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-29
zaHETs FOR PLUMAaE.
Plan to Supply Algrettes without Kill
ing Bird That Produces Them.

From the London Express.
The beautiful aigrettes known to mil
liners as osprey plunes do not come on
the bird properly known as the osprey.
This is large brown and white fishing
hawk, prosecuted, indeed, to the death by
the collector of British specimens, but
not in the cause of fashion, since 1t has
no remarkable plumage to excite GU
pidity.
The plumea sold under this name are
the trousseau fof several species of white
herons-a wedding garment worn by both
bride and bridegroom, and they were
originally called by the French name "es-
prit." Mispronunciation and the knowl-
edge that there is a bird called osprey
have given us the present title. VI course
the objection to their use Is the fact that
the birds are killed in the breeding sea-
son, the young being left to starve; but
by keeping the birds in captivity all this
could be avoided, as they could be caught
and shorn much easier than sheep
There are several species OF egrets, as
these white, plume bearing herons are
called, but one seems more suitable than
any of the others for artificial culture.
This is the biggest of all-the large egret
(Herodias alba), a bird found practically
all over the world, for, although some
ornithoIogists divide it into two or three
species, the differences are not of any
practical Importance. 1t is about as tall
and slender in shape, and its breeding
plumage is in the form of one thick
bunch of very long plumes growing from
it's back -.l.-.-..-.s
This species, being able to live in both
hot and temperate climates, would thrive
either here or in $our colonies, and, being
of a size to protect itself against any or
binary vermin, has obvious advantages
as a domestic bird. 1t is, moreover, very
long lived - -
Young birds should be procured to start
with, as old ones would probably bear
captivity with very bad grace, like the
common heron, which is apt to refuse
food when captured adult. Four may be
found in a nest, and they might be ex-
pected to bear marketable plumes in the
year after capture.
The best way to keep them would be to
clip the long quilts of one wing and turn
them out in an Enclosure surrounded by
siX-foot fence of the coarsest netting, I'M
til they get tame, when they could be al
lowed to wander about any available fields,
care being taken at first that they did not
stray. They would do no harm to any sort
of crop, as they are purely animal feeders;
vermin, as, like our own heron, they do not
confine themselves to fish. The vicinity of
a stream would. of course, be desirable, but
in the absence of such accommodation a
large shallow tub kept full of clean wa
ter would be sufficient for them to battle
in.
Once they were got to breed, some selec-
duce birds with the most abundant plumeS,
the most accommoda ting appetites and the
best tempers and constitutions: in fact, the
species could be thoroughly domesticated,
and, OF course, there would be a profit in
selling birds for stock
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-29
Thought and Disease.

From Suggestion.
Thousands ofipeople actually think them
selves to death every year by allowing
their minds to dwell on morbid subjects.
The idea that''one has some incipient dis
ease in ones systems the thought of finan-
cial ruin, that one is getting on in life
without improving prospects-any Of these
or a thousand similar thoughts may carry
a healthy man TO a premature grave. A
melancholy thought that fixes itself upon
ones mind needs as much doctoring as
physical disease It needs to be eradicated
from the mind or 1t will have just the same
result as neglected. disease would have.
Every melancholy thought, every morbid
resisted to the utmost, and the patient
should be protected by cheerful thoughts,
of which there is bOuntiful store in every
cheaper than drugs and plasters.
The morbid condition of mind produces a
morbid condition Of body and II the dis
ease does happen to be IN the system it re-
need more mental therapy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-29
TASTE IN CARRIAGE ROBES.
500, 900 Sold Every Year-Designs Are
Made Two Years Ahead.
Hrom the New York Sun.

From the New FORK Sun.
There are at least SOC, 900 carriage
robes sold every year" said a man who is
prominent in one branch of the trade.
Il don't know what creates the demand
It's something like the piano and sewing
machine problem. Some of them, at least,
are made to last a lifetime, and you'd
think the country would have been over
stocked generation ago. But it isn't. On
the contrary, the demand grows at a
steady rate.
There are several different branches of
the business, ranging from real skins to
worsteds, but by far the largest is the
plush robe trade. 1t furnishes more than
half of the total annual output, and 1T
grows faster than any of the others.
" ear in and year out 900 patterns or
more are put upon the market, more than
800 of them brand new, and the public
appetite seems to grow. Perhaps the
business of variety and novelty is over
done here. Take the English manufactur-
ers; they keep the same rug patterns on
the market year after year, and any one
American manufacturer offers more
styles every year than the whole English
trade does in decade. But no doubt this
form of appeal to the popular taste has
been great factor in developing de-
mand
"of course, we have different patterns
for different parts of the country or
rather, we have to meet two distinct and
Well-deined sectional standards For the
south and west picture effects in strong
vivid colors are the only sellers. In east
ern and middle states we can't sell any,
thing gaudy. Soft effects in quiet colors
or very good limitations of animal skins
with dark backgrounds are our strongest
features in the east.
L believe the taste of the west is ton
ing down. In the cities and the more
verdant parts of the country more head
way is being made with subdued pat
terms; but in the south and in all the arid
or desert regions the cry is for color.
Probably the reason is different in each
case.
In the south the tropical tendency
toward showiness is the controlling fac
tor. In the desert regions 1 figure that 1T
is the fatigue of the eyes from the con-
slant monotony of yellow plains and hills.
Brilliant colors, crimsons and greens and
blues, come to have a value that we have
no comprehension of here, where variety
is abundant. The south runs especially
on animal pictures. A crouching dog, a
lion at rest, tiger ready to spring will
be sure to sell. One very popular design
was initiated from Rosa Bonheur's pic
ture of two horses heads entitled Night
and Morning."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-29
Triumphant Gynocracy.

From the Chicago Post. .
1t was predicted that the Senate COM
mittee on territories would cut out the
provision in the statehood bill which pro-
hibited woman suffrage. The committee
cut it out. 1t was predicted also that the
committee would provide for at least tenn
porary prohibition of the sale of liquor In
Indian territory and Oklahoma when the
two territories entered, so to speak,
welded state. The committee has just
provided for ten years prohibition when
Oklahoma and Indian territory become one.
Woman did it. This sentence of three
words has been written so many times be-
fore concerning Senate measures which
had back of them the grace and the force
of women that 1t seems to stale on the pen.
Senator Beveridge's committee has yielded
to the gentle pressure in the matter OF
both of the ballot and of the bottle
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-29
An Antitoxin Against Fatigue.

eTom the MEDICAL Record.
should the development of the study of
toxins and antitoxins render possible the
production of an anti-body capable of neu-
tralizing the results of muscular fatigue.
the consequences could hardly be predicted
Yet German investigator seriously claims
to have taken more than one step in this
direction already, and publishes results thai
are at least surprising
Wechardt CMunchener Mediziniscbe
Wochenschrift, November 20, 1000 says he
mas obtained a stable antitoxin, which.
when taken by the mouth In moderate
doses, permits the output of an increased
amount of muscular energy without
fatigue, and when taken continuously
causes sense of general bien etre and aug
ments the capacity for work. He com
mends his preparation to clinicians as a
promising analeptic for convalescents. neu-
rasthenics etc. This fatigue antitoxin is
obtained from horses by injecting them
with fatigue toxin produced in the muscles
of animals that have been subjected to ex-
IRENE muscular exhaustion
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-29
A Trees Sprinting Record.
e Los Angeles Times

From the Los Angeles Times
A tree which grew nearly twenty feet in
a year and a half has just gone from the
experimental station in Santa Monica can
yon to the worlds fair to show what Cali
fornia can do when in a hurry for place
in the shade 1t holds the championship
long-distance tree sprinting record of the
United States. 1t is variety of eucalyptus.
A small grove OF these trees was planted on
a shaggy cliff back of the experimental sta
ton, where it seemed that no tree could
grow at ALL But the rate at which they
have shot UP under skillful attention almost
staggers belief When this particular tree
was about a wear and a half old 1t meas
ured four inches In diameter. They had to
pull ii up for fear 1t would break the santa
Monica speed ordinance. In order to get 1t
safely to the fair the whole tree was care.
fully hacked in MOSES and soaked cloths.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-29
The Curse of the Permanent Job.

From the Saturday Evening Post
1t IS interesting-and possibly important
Ito note that the chief cause of matrimo-
MAI 1alll es is the chief cause of failure
III other directions. 1t is what may be
called the curse of the permanent Job"
Give man what is, or seems to him to be-
a permanent job, and he begins to go to
seed Ambition dies industry withers skill
dries up. Before it is too late, transfer
him to job where there are but two GER
tainties-that he can keep it if he does
once there is an amazing change: and he
man who was degenerating into a sour
queruioas failure is developing into a
cheerful useful success. The husband who
says: Now I've got her," and ceases to
Try 10 piease-or the wife who acts in the
same Spirits on the way to matrimonial
disaster. Whether or not the maria ee
was made In Heaven, it's got to be lived
on earth Nor are the laws of human ma
ture suspended for the benefit of the mar
ried. ~
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-29
A Lady.
From the New York Tribune.

From NEW
London cabman had brought suit
against woman for not paying the legal
fare. and his constant remark was, "She
amt a lady" do you know a lady when
you see one?" asked the judge. II do, yer
honor. Last week a lady gave me a sov'rin
instead of a shillin' and called: Beg par
DON madam I've got soy'rin instead of
a shillin'. and she shouts tack: We'll. you
old fool keep the change and get drunk
with 1t! That's wot ! calls q, lady!''
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-29
Turkish and Christian Churchgoing.

From the Providence Journal.
At the Turkish mosque on the Pike an
elderly spinster fell into conversation with
a subject of the sultan, who speaks excel
lent English, and, showing the customary
interest in his spiritual welfare, remarked:
II hope you go to church every Sunday,
like Christian" mo, madam" he re-
piled, II go every day, like a Turk
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-29
Tailor-Made Servant Girls.
From the London Dispatch.

DIspatcu.
great change was noticeable in the
s,arb worn by the servants soliciting hire
at Carlisle hiring fair. A few years ago
the women and girls came Haunting into
the city on a hiring day in tawdry fnery
of frequently ridiculous type, but on
Saturday there was none of this. In
fact, in their smart taiior-made costumes
it was difficult to distinguish them at
times from the ordinary city girl.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-29
Bavarian Mothers Six Infants a Year.

From the London Standard.
The Munich Neueste Nachrichten an
nounces that Frau Higen Of Trostberg, in
Bavaria, has borne no less than six chill
dren in one year. She was delivered of
triplets last January, and bore triplets
again this ecember. The case Is attract
ing much attention from the medical pro-
feSSiOn. N
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-29
No Particular Grief.

From the Boston Transcript.
Fuddy-"Jilson is a married man, sup
pose?"
Duddy--"Oh, no; 1t is natural for him to
look the way he does. He was always OF
melancholy disposition"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-29
Beveridge's Presidential Aspirations.

From the st. Louis Globe Democrat.
Senator Beveridge wants to be President
Of the United States, and is not disposed
to postpone it unnecessarily. Ohio furnished
the President four years ago, New York
has it now-next time 1t will be Indiana's
turn, unless the politicians shall break the
rule.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-29

4 nan has a hard time explaining that
II was an accident when he happens to
fan up stairs after an evening at the lodge.
Baltimore American.