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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-06
The Gospel of Flannel"

Now as to the great gospel of flannel.
Let us clearly understand that the indfs-
pensable character of any garment worn
next the skin is that 1t be absorbent 1t does
not matter where the warm-that Is, badly
is placed SO long as the
layer next the skin is absorbent. This
property depends not upon the material
but upon it's texture; and wool may be
woven into non-absorbent form, while
other fabrics may be woven into perfectly
absorbent forms; different makes Of co ton
wool vary widely in this regard as every
surgeon knows. There are flannel garments
which are totally untitled Tor wearing next
the skin or anywhere else. since they are al
most as incapable of absorbing moisture or
of permitting ventilation as is indil rubber
These facts are beginning to he recognized
and could name quite dozen firms which
now make point OF supplying linen, silk
and cotton uBdergarmeRts which are per-
fectly absorbent and far more comfortable
than wool to sensitive skins. Crickesers
too. are learning rightly to appraise the
virtues of flannel, and nowadays one sees
relatively few flannel shirts in tile field,
their place being taken by lightly woven
and often perforated linen or GOTTEN shirts.
which are better IN every reEpeet-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-06
Garrick's Tomb.
onHnn Chronicle.

From the London Chronicle
David Garrick is not the only actor whose
tomb In the Abbey forms precedent Tor
the burial there of our latest great Snakes
nerean actor. Betterton also lies there, as
we'll as Mrs Barry, Mrs. Oldheld MIS-.
Rracegirdle, Mrs. Cibber and Henderson.
# IS to be hoped that Sir Henry's monu-
ment will be in better taste than that OF
the affected attitude of whose
figure is condemned by Lamb. Though L
would not go so far with some good Catho-
lies abroad as to shut players altogether
ont of consecrated ground" he says, yet
own I was not a little scandalized at the
of theatrical airs and gestures
into a place set apart to remind us of the
saf1dest realities Going nearer, found In
scrihed under this harlequin figure FAR
rago OF false thoughts and nonsense A
visit to one of our modern cemeteries does
not encourage us as to our progress in this
sort of taste since Lambs time.
When David Garrick was buried In West
minister Abbey on February l, 1I19 the
neghboring streets were crowded, and the
carriages of the mourners extended all the
way from the Strand to the Abbey. The
bishop of Rochester received the cortege,
and several lords were among the pallbear-
ers Burke Johnson and Fox gathered with
the other mourners at No. 8 Adelphi ter
race where the body lay. Forty-three
years later. on October 10. 1922, Garrick s
wife, then ninety-eight years of age, was
laid to rest by his side at the foot of Shakes
peare'S statue.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-06
''Bbl.''

From the Indianapolis News.
The Interesting article in the News yes
terday headed DBL" is worth speaking to
as illustrating the mystery of common
things. Some time ago a valued patron
of the News asked why Dbl" was used as
a contraction for barrel. An endeavor to
ascertain why resulted in questioning,
through the aid of Professor Howe of But
Ter, some OF the ablest scholars in the coun-
try-Professor kittredge of Harvard,
George Hempel of the University of Mich
igan, Professor Manly of Chicago Univer-
slty and Professor Lounsbury of Yale. Most
of them had opinions and some made
guesses, but actual knowledge was scarce
and unsatisfactory. Horace G. Wadlin,
librarian of the public library of Boston,
made this citation:
Webster's International Dictionary, edi-
ton of 1904, p. 1919, under BBL., in "Ab-
breyiations and contractions used in writ
ing and printing" says: The initial letter
of a word is sometimes doubled, as in this
instance, to signify the plural See NM,
pp.," etc.
On that statement one might say that it
equally stands for "Burnsby" for dbl
Is the contration for barrel, not barrels
the contraction for the latter being "bbis,' -
and Mr.. Wadlin failed to find any account
In various encyclopedias, though he DIS
covered that English dictionaries printed In
England used bar" for barrel Professor
Lounsbury of Yale conjectured that "bbl"
was used to distinguish the barrel from the
bushel. but he knew of no evidence for
IT, The Iact that the English dictionaries
use different contraction shows that
Dbl is not universal in the language, and
leaves its authority and the reason for 1t
in doubt. communication on the subject
sent to London Notes and Queries NAV
bring forth light.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-06
The CONSIDER.
From the Philadelphia Ledger.

FROM the Philadelphia Ledger.
Most of us know something about conso-
lation such as Margaret, in 1.-The Bonnie
Brier Bush" endured after the death of
her son. Perhaps that precious part of
you which lent color and exquisiteness to
life has been wrenehed away. Friends
come in, most of them with tender words
and touches of balm, but others peer GU
riously into the shadows and probe your
wounds with poisoned barbs. Then, after
pressing your hand and telling you how
glad they are that you can take it SO
WELL they glide off to regale their kind
with stories OF your heartessness
These people may not be i'll meaning
They are simply hurt by your inability to
moan and make appropriate contortions
They belong to an era when the house of
mourning was darkened and the pictures
(often to the advantage of the beho!derl
turned to the wall, end they can never get
beyond the motll-eaten traditions of nm
wholesome and unchristian sentiment Not
for them Is the evangel of immortal hope
and the joy promised ito him who over
cometh." With eyes closed to the rainbow
and the sunrise they crawl about burdened
with their gospel of darkness.
This religious pessinlism Is largely due
to stolfd liberalism. George Eliot speaks
of the exaggerated significance of the grave
to the unima ginative People denied a II the
pleasures of optimism find a morbid salts
faction In the ptiful and the gruesome
There IS a sense of injury when a threat
cned tragedy is averted. as If one had been
defrauded of a legitfmatey enjoyable SEN
sation, and Providence thwarted In its eff
forts TO push events to a dramatic conclu-
sion. To such black tenperaments the
paraphernalia OF funeral horrors bring
an abnormal exultation. equaled only by
the condemnation of the spirit which hangs
a garland on the doorway of the house Of
death. How the smitten brave soul shrinks
from the approach of these final adiusters
and 'cornforters whom nothing short OF
pilYSfcal violence can rapoll
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-06
EDUCATIONAL.
OFFICIAL NOTICES.

PERMANENT SYSTEM OF HIGHWAYs-oF-
fee Of the Commissioners of the District of Co.
lumbia, Washington. D. c.. November %, 1905
Notice ia hereby given that in accordance with the
provisions Of public act No. 36. approved February
/, 1905 entitled can act to authorize certain
changes in the permanent system of Highways.
District OF Columbia win give public hearing in
the board room of the said Commissioners on We'd
nesday December 20, 1905, at ii o'clock Am, to
all parties interested or owning land In that por-
tion of the District lying north of the Sheriff road
and southeast Of the right of way of the Alexan-
dria branch of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Company and extending to the District line
proposed plan for the extension OF certain streets
Commissioners will consider any suggestions or
protests concerning the location Of any highways
or portion OF HIGHWAYS as shown on the above
mentioned plan. HENRY b. +. MCFARLAND.
HENRY l.. WEST. JOHN BIDDLE, Commissioners
of the District of Columbia. ,eSu
OFFICE OF COLLECTOR OF TAXES. DIS.
trct of Columbia Washington Nov 20, 1906
Taxpayers of the District of Columbia will take
notice that the undersigned has received the state
ment of assessment of realty taxes for the District
of Columbia for the year ending June 80, 1906
and viii be ready TO payment of taxes at
this Office and after this date. The act of Con-
and after the LIST of November of each year the
tax may be paid In two equal installments the
first In November and the second in May but
penalty shall accrue for delinquency until the fol-
any part of said tax upon real and personal
property shall not be paid before the 1st day of
June In each year the same shall thereafter be IN
and delinquent, and there shall then be
Uf one per centum per month upon the amount
thereof, and like penalty on the first day of each
succeeding month until payment of said tax and
penalty and the whole together shall constitute
the delinquent tax, to be dealt with in the manner
prescribed by law Attest: E. G. DAVIS
Collector Of Taxes. d. G. del ct eSu
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-06
An Appeal for English.
From tn New York Mail.

From tn New 10TH NAL
Tn the Boston subway signs marked
"Ex,t'' have lately been taken down, TO be
renIaced with others upon which the Saxon
ward "Out" is plainly inscribed. A Boston
naner remarks that 1t has evidently been
discovered that not all the people In that
erudite city understand Latin. We should
COW however that the Substitution indi-
oates a growth in the public intelligence
r.,har than decline. There is no reason
whatever in common sense why the people
should be told that certain door oHers
them the way to make their exit rather
than a place at which they may go out.
We believe that rhe sensible practice or
marking women's waiting rooms at railroad
stations Women" instead of Ladies.
and the mems similar apartments Men,
instead Of 'Gentlemen, oriSliiated Win d
Boston railroad.
In the process OF the publication or the
English language, as used in America, from
unnecessary and intrusive foreign elements,
n Is quite possible that the Astounding for
efpn population of our great cities is eXer-
cising a certain helpful influence. Why?
Because the foreigner who is required to
learn English here doubtless feels II an I'M
position that he should be made TO learn
another language. and begins to balk at too
much Latin and French AS an example,
1t is fact that the Latin races themselves
no longer use the word exit" we, IN our
affectation of Latinity employ II, but use
their own native phrases, az we should
ours, If we were wise. Even the Frenchman
or the Italian must learn the meaning OF
the word exit in addition to that OF
the word out" As to the Slav, the Ger
man or the Scandinavian, he must be con.
tinuaily exasperated by the necessity OF
learning one English form of speech for Or
binary use and another for public piacards'
books and official proceedings.
OF course, the public placard, which IS IN
tended to command the crowd, should be IN
the very piainest possible language. But IL
is not the practice In this country to put IL
in such language. In the park We find such
signs as this. THE public is requested TO
deposit all refuse In the receptacle pro-
y;ded" What Russian, Hungarian, Swede.
Finn or Syrian could possibly msks out the
meaning of that? II the authorities had
shown more sense and made the placard
read: Put rubbish In the tub Its admoni-
ton might occasionally he needed. We need
Ito be more English and IesB Lat1n-more
sensible and less sophomericak
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-06
Strayer's
Business College,

COR. 18TH AND SITS. NV.
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at students homes free; books and stationery free.
Thorough training In shorthand, tyrewriting.
bookkeeping. pen,nansliip arithmetic, English. &c.
Terms moderate Special 1 months trial offer.
Call. write phone Main 1880 for catalogue.
seiG-f "
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EDUCATIONAL.
IN WASHINGTON.
J. L. THrEMEYER,
TEACHER M NIfyI{S

PRIVATE DANCING LESSONS, 6oc GUAR.
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coNaREssMEN I'M TOWN.
Members Of the Senate and House
Already Here.
Senator'S.

VICE PRESIDENT CHARLES ". FAIRBANKS
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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-09-26
FACTS ABOUT PHONE RATES
b. ], GOAden Makes Some Companions
Between Various Cities.
FAILURE OF INDEPENDENTS ON PROMISES
Cites Gases where start t. Made
mt Low Price, Only TO Have
IL Raised in short
Time.

The contention OF the independent tele-
phone promoters that the Bell rates are eN-
cessive and that telephone service can be
furnished with profit at rates from % to
80 per cent lower has been proved a fall
lacy by hundreds of cases. After investi-
eating the financial history OF over fifty in
dependent telephone companies with rates
lower than the Bell rates l have yet to
find one that has done a profitable business
Some of the independent companies, 1t Is
true, have paid dividends on their stock.
but in every such case to come under my
observation the dividends have been paid
from money that should have been re-
served for the inevitable depreciation OF
the property and ultimately the dividends
and additional capital will have to be re-
turned to the company to cover the cost of
replacing worn out and out-of-date equip
ment.
Practically all of the independent tele-
phone companies at the start fix their rates
regardless of depreciation, and when the
| rebuilding period comes, and 1t IL certain
/ to come in every case, they must invest
| new capital as the property which repre-
sents the original capital goes to waste.
/ The men who promote these independent
| undertakings can we'll afford to adopt this
unbusinesslike way Of making rates because
| they take their prohts of the construc.
| ton work and the original stock and bond
| fotations and get out of the companies
J while the equipment is new and before the
: construction period fairly opens. The
ONE investors, who are innocent of the
depreciation charge until It strikes them
are left to hold the sack"
In a telephone business properly con.
Quoted the heaviest general item Of ex.
pense is the depreciation or maintenance
and It Is by ignoring this positive charge
against the business during the first few
years of the life Of the plants that the
| Independent telephone companies have beer
| enabled to make rates lower than those
made by the old and experienced Bell com
panies. But after a few years Of opera.
ton the Independent plants have to be psr
TALLY rebuilt every year. the depreciation
charge can no longer be ignored, and tc
cover 1t there must necessarily be the in
vestment Of new capital an advance ir
rates, or bankruptcy. There is not an in
dependent telephone company that has beer
doing business for five years or more in an,
| large city that has not resorted to either
an increase In capital, and advance II
rates or bankruptcy. A large number o.
the independent companies have advanced
their original rates to save themselves from
| bankruptcy, and in most OF such cases tn,
advances have been made In violation NJ
the terms of the franchises granted by IN,
municipalities The following table show!
some OF the rate increases made by indie
pendent companies:
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-09-26
FEDERAL COURT AT LINCOLN
October Term to Convene on the
Second with Few Cases
to Try.

The October term Of the United States
court will convene at Lincoln Monday,
October 3 with Judge w. H, Munger pre-
siding. Saturday was the last day for
filing trial notices. and from the number
of them filed II does not look as II II were
going to be a very strenuous term. How
ever the court is getting ready for mi
grafton to Lincoln. though the session may
not last all of next week But six cases
are noticed for trial and they are all law
or equity cases. They are: John Cham
berlaln, ct al, against John Fitzgerald
Isabelle McHenry Tomson, administrator,
against The Iowa State Travelling Mems
association; James Coffey against the
County OF Harlan. Nebraska Mckee
against the City of Ashland; Herpolsheimer
against Citizens Insurance Company, and
Alex Peddie against Mary Burns.
There will be no criminal cases tried dur
ing the Lincoln term. The only criminal
case set for hearing there was the case
OF the United States against Thomas L.
Sloan, but that has been continued over
until December. when It will be tried in
Omaha.
A petit jury will be empaneled for the
Lincoln term of court. forty-eight taller
men already having been selected for tho
term. The panel was published in The
Bee several days ago.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-09-26
DECISION SOON ON DODGE LAW
County Attorney So Anticipates-May
Not Appeal County Com
missioner Case,

County Attorney 5iabaugh says the i'm
preston that the supreme court viii NOT
pass on the Douglas county cases untu late
IN october Is u mistake. He expects tnat
when the court meets on OctoOer 3 tns
petition OF the socialists attacking the pri-
mary law will be made an emergency cause
and have immediate consideration. As
has been done in other states In similar
cases, after argument the supreme court
may issue per curiam order, to be fol-
lowed later by the opinion proper; that a
II the finding should be for the petitioners.
The county attorney does not look for the
Woodmsn Of the World reserve fund case
to get as far as the argument on the char
liable institution point Judge slabaugh
has raised the point that the two organi-
nations involved have already been as
sessed. just as insurance companies are.
on their premiums. He rather expects that
the point will be sustained.
While Il has been believed that the eountv
attorney would appeal from the decision Of
Judge Redick In the county commissioner
case, he says he has not done so, and does
not know that he will There are several
points that must govern my action In that
case" said Judge slabaugh, and as vet
have not reached a decision. As the
matter stands 1 think it unlikely that we
will appeal"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-09-26
POLICE HAUNT PICKPoCKETS
Entire Force vigiIantIy Strives TO Rid
City of Suspicious CHARACTERS
Before Festival.

so far as It is in the power Of myself
and the police and detective forces the
citizens OF Omaha and the visitors who
attend the fall festivities will be protected
from grafters, pickpockets and other
classes of criminals usually attracted to
pla ,es where there are large gatherings
OF people" asserted Chief OF Police Dona-
hue Monday morning.
THE records show we made a good cam
paign last fall and we intend to be more
vigilant than ever this season. Suspicious
characters must give a good account Of
themselves, go to jail or leave the city at
once" continued the chief.
Chief Of Detectives Dunn says many
loose characters already have dropped in
for the carnival. Chief Dunn's flying
squadron has gathered in about a score of
suspicious characters and Migrants since
last Saturday morning. Most OF this num-
Der was discharged IN police court Monday
morning by Judge Berka with the distinct
understanding that they quit the premises
or stand sentence If arrested the second
time. few were sentenced.
Chief Donahue and Chief Dunn seem de.
termined TO maintain the good record they
have established in former Ak-sar-B Ben sea-
sons.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-09-26

tenslve as the service OF the Bell cornpan-
les, the rates will have to be eaualized In
order to make the business OF the Independ-
ents profitable. Witness the following
statement Of Robert s. Hambun, secretary
of the Independent company at Toledo,
published in n recent issue Of the Toledo
News-Bee:
I'VE simply had to raise our rates II we
wanted to keep on doing business, and we
may have to raise the rates again II we get
to a like pass. 1 want to say, too. that we
certainly never expected TO increase our
rates when we were granted the original
franchise, We expected to keep the same
rates, but we simply had to raise them.
We never anticipated the enormous growth
OF the business or the great demand for
telephones. In the telephone business the
more subscribers you get the less money
you make. We were making more money
when we had 1900 telephones at the old
rate than we are making now with 1900 at
the new rate. The difference comes In the
increased expenses, and the expenses in
crease more with every new telephone put
in than the corresponding increase in reve-
nue."
Mr.. Hunt and his associate promoters in
Omaha will most likely meet the fact that
the independent companies elsewhere have
advanced their rates by declaring that no
such thing can happen in the Omaha case,
because they are willing to have the fran
chise specify the rates TO be charged. But,
on this point, we can again go back TO the
facts. OF the seven cities mentioned above,
| In Cleveland, Pittsburg, Toledo and Gales
| burg. the independent companies advanced
| their rates In spite OF the fact that the
| rates were specified and limited by the
terms of the franchise ordinances. In St
Louis the Independent company do2s not
| operate under any municipal franchise, but
under the state law. Courts In different
states have held that city councils have no
] power to limit the rates for telephone serv-
ice, and our Omaha promoters are probably
| familiar with the rulings on this point.
| However, II is a matter of little interest to
| the promoters for they nearly always get
out OF the companies before 1t becomes
necessary to advance the rates. The home
people, to whom they have so generously
sold the stock and bonds and to whom they
have thus relinquished the profits" of the
business, are left to worry over future rate
questions. II. J, GoNpEN.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-09-26
THOMAS DENIES THE CHARGE
Says He Did Not order Any Number
of Copies of Revised Or
dinances.

B. F. Thomas denies that he or his as
sistant in compiling and revising the city
ordinances, Z. c. Page ordered /, 900 copies
or any other number from the printer.
The FIRST knew about the matter was
through the interview with City Attorney
Breen," said Mr.. Thomas. IT did not
order any number OF copies and Simply
turned over the copy TO the hrm that holds
the contract for city printing. upon an
order properly issued from the city hall
All the copy down to the letter s is in.
The city can have as many copies printed
as Il likes. / have nothing 70 say about
that as my contract does not extend that
far"