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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-09

the poet of the occasion. curiously
prophetic Is II of the subsequent career OF
John Hay.
AN enlightened loyalty to government.
said Mr.. Harris meets with a more uni
versal and permanent reward than purely
literary efforts. Masterpieces in literature
may be immortal, but they are perennial
streams. enjoyed mostly by the scholars OF
the world But eminent productions ir
behalf of the government always assume
a national character
Mr.. Hays poem Is here reprinted.
Erato: A Poem
By John II. Hay of Warsaw. H.
In summer twilights. when the day has rolled
Wide DER the earth It's floods of ebbing gold,
And slumbering its happy life away.
The June lies dreaming Of the vanished May
And trembles through the charmed air around
The drowsy melody of twilight sound,
Bathed in the Lethean ripples of the hour,
And IN the flush that hallows evenings close
Forget the spendor Of the morning rose.
So the warm glow that fills hearts today,
As this fair life Is ebbing fast away,
Bends mind and spirit to its sweet control
And bathes In memory's light the kindling soul.
Let this glad spirit for my faults atone
And deck my lines In 1uster all its own,
As dying light Its fairy glory filings
On the black pumes OF nights pursuing wings.
Wherever hearts I'm human bosoms glow,
Wherever tears from sorrowing eyelids flow,
Where man adores the beauty Of the skies
Or finds deeper charm In woman's eyes;
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-09
London and New York.
st. Louis Globe-Democrat.

From the st. Louis GloDe-DeHocfut
But whether the actual figure be little
above or little below the 100000 hne
New York is still the second city In the
world in population. as It is the first In
wealth. Greater London had 6,5S1 600 peo-
pie in 1901. at the time of the latest census
It has 1000. 600 now. But IL New York could
annex towns as readily as London does 1t
would show a population of more than
600 600 now. The New York metropolitan
district would be behind London's district.
hut not to anything like the extent which
the present restricted figures show. The
gan between them. however. Is rapidly mar
rowing. London's growth is at the rate of
10 per cent in a decade. New York's Is 80
per cent Leaving out OF the circulation
the New Jersey towns-Jersey City. New
ark. Hoboken and the others within a ra-
dius of a dozen miles Of Mayor McClellan's
city hall-and counting in the district in its
own state which Is likely to be- absorbed in
the interval New York city will probably
pass London by 104O at the latest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-09
Three Million American Flags.

From Peareon's magazine.
Patriotism has become the basis OF
great American industry. Because OF the
amazing increase OF patriotic sentiment in
this country during the last decade the
manufacture of American flags has quad
rupled. More than three million STAR
spangled banners annually are made of
silk and bunting, but these form only a
small portion Of the total number OF United
States flags that are born. that live and
die between January and January.
In remote farming districts. where ten
years ago the national colors were rarely
seen, every suitable occasion witnesses a
nag display. The nag has been added to
the household gods from Maine to Cali
fornia, and from the Gulf OF Mexico to the
larity Is concerned, II ranks with the Are
cracker on Independence day. and outranks
all else on that day of national patriotic
May %
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Flashes of Inspiration.

The second line in the above quotation
Is one of the felicitous touches which
here and there give genuine poetical
promise. But these flashes OF inspiration
yield again to imitation swallows flight
OF song" Is. OF course. Tennyson. The con-
Guiding couplet of "Erato" renews our
acquaintance with metaphor which had
already been made familiar by Rogers.
Wordsworth and Landor-by the latter
In lines which even verbally Sug
gestively close:
And II remembers its august abodes
And murmurs the ocean murmurs there
The many illusions to contemporary men
and things will be readily Ineligible to-
dag. Tributes are paid to our distin-
guished visitors from over the sea, to
Charles Mackay, the poet-tournalist (the
adopted father Of Marie CorellD, who three
years later was TO become American war
correspondent for the London Times; to Ole
Bull Just settled. with his Norwegian col
Ony. on the l35.OOC acres OF Pennsylvania
land. which he had purchased with the pro-
ceeds of his violin: to the famous Italian
tenor. Mario. Marquis de Gambia. who. with
his wife. the equally famous soprano. Grisi.
made the tour of the United States In
1854. &C.
On the whole the poem. with all its not
unnatural shortcomings. Is remarkably
cred!table performance for youth Of
twenty.
II is probable that Mr.. Hay achieved the
distinction of class poet not without a
struggle. Young Mr.. Gilmore, the presi-
dent of the senior class was himself of a
poetical bent and later in life achieved
fame the author of the still popular
hymn. He Leadeth Me- Oh. Blessed
Thought"
The grafton of young Mr.. Harris took for
Its subject The True Relations of Ameri-
can Scholars to the Union" and II would
almost seem that its admonitions had been
directed at and had been taken to heart by
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-09

BIZ WILLIAM X. CUHTlS.
Special Correspondence Of The Star and the Chicago
Record Herald.
AUSTIN. Tex. June 30. 1905
The University Of Texas Is the pride OF
the state, although the legislature Is quite
penurious In its appropriations, notwith-
standing the enormous fund that lies be-
hind It, The institution is new. 1t has
been talked about for seventy years. but
was not actually organized and opened for
students until twenty-five years ago. 1t
now has 1851 students. of whom 6o1 are
in the academic and scientific departments
1856 in the law school. 235 In the medical
school and 1855 in the summer school, which
is chiefly attended by teachers who desire
to qualify themselves for their work and
cannot attend the winter sessions. The
buildings Of the university are all new
and would be creditabe to any state, al
though the legislature might be more lib-
eral in it's appropriations for construction
There is not half room enough for either
the faculty or the students, and doubtless
the attendance would be twice as large II the
accommodations would permit. But every
body concerned is thankful for what mas
been given and prayS that the Lord VIII
open the hearts and the eyes of the legis-
lature that it may do better In the
future.
The members of that distinguished body
always talk about educational privileges
and. whenever they get an opportunity,
grow eloquent over the literary and schol-
astic achievements of the students and the
ard-worked. half-paid professors; but
when 1t comes down to business they are
not so lively. That has been the record
from the beginning great deal of talk
and very little work.
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Unknown to the Public.

for private distribution by Knowles. An
thony & Co, of Providence.
Unknown to the Public.
Mr.. Hays poem is entitled "Erato." He
never reissued it in any other form. Even
the collected edition of his Poems" which
he published In 1850 ignores it. Probably
he was well content 10 let 1t die. as Tenny-
son would fain have allowed his own prize
poem. '"Timbuctoo." to pass into oblivion
Consequently, 'Erato is absolutely I'M
known TO the public and even to the collec-
tor. The few copies that were printed have
mostly disappeared. Luckily the Herald
has been enabled to get a copy that has
survived the general wreck.
Is II necessary to explain that "Erato'
IS the name of that one of the muses. who
presided over lyric and amatory verses?
Consequently, the 436 lines of which this
poem consists are devoted TO the celebration
of the power and solace of song. vocal and
written.
Though undeniably clever. the poem Is
rather jejune and initiative. as indeed might
be expected of poet of twenty The form
Is that of the familiar decasyllabic line
which Pope brought TO hard mechanical
perfection, but II is interpenetrated with
that freer Yankee spirit which Oliver Wen
dell Holmes and James Russell Lowell had
taught 10 their younger contemporaries
There are some lines, notably the toeose
and pnnning ones, which are evident but
not always successful limitations OF the
lighter and running ones which are evil
dent. but not moods of his great prototypes
such lines. for example, as these:
or course he lacks the mathematic mind.
To Inclined planes IS plainly disinclned;
IL hydTOstatics watery waste he
He feels like cursing when he comes to dams.
But the dominant influence IS Pope's.
There are lines which have the unmistak-
able Queen Anne ring. One example will
suffice.
The long grass mods upon the Troad plain
Green in the sunlight. dismal In the rain.
The thought, too. Is sometimes Popal. Our
old friend. ''Lo, the poor Indian" Is brought
to life again
In the night wind, that. signing from the west
Skaters the starlight MIssouri's breast
The Indian with faiths cunhdng eye
The Impress OF the present Deity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-09

It pays to read the want columns Of Tho
Star. Hundreds OF situations are filled
through them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-09
PRIDE OF THE STATE
Standing and Popularity Of
the University Of Texas.
INADEQUATE QUARTERS
FACULTY AND THE STUDENTS
GREATLY CROWDED.
Transformers Of the Lsgislature-Pro
visions Made by the Republic
Schools for Colored.

By WILLIAM E. CURTIS.
Special Correspondence Of The Star and the Chicago
Record Herald.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-09
Provision by the Republic.

President Lamar of the republic of Texas,
as long ago as 1888. admonished the con-
gress Of their duty ito lay the foundation
which will. in after ages, be hailed as the
chief ornament and blessing of Texas,
and he urged that an appropriation of land
be made for the purpose of general educa-
ton ITO defer it until the public domain
shall have passed from our hands,, he said,
will leave the uneducated youths of Texas
a living monument of our neglect and
remiSSneSS
The congress of the republic of Texas
appreciated this situation and set apart
four leagues of land in every county for
educational purposes and fifty leagues
each for two universities-one for men and
one for women--but nothing further was
done about it, until 1854, when a system
of public schools was organized. A law
was passed in 1858. providing for IAN insti-
youths of the land to be so endowed. sup
ported and maintained as to place within
the reach of our people, whether rich or
poor, the opportunity of comforting upon
the sons of the state thorough education
and a means whereby the attachment
of the young men of the state to the in
terests. the institutions. the rights of the
state and the liberties of the people might
be encouraged and increas ed."
But all these virtuous declarations were
simply what slangey people nowadays call
hot air. and from time to time constitu-
tional conventions and legislatures con-
tinued to pass laws and resolutions but
did nothing practical until 1881, when, by
a vote of the people, the main university
was located at Austin and the medical de-
partment at Galveston.
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for private distribution by Knowles, An
thOny & Co., of Providence.
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Schools for Colored Children

The schools for colored children are en-
tirely separate, but are supported on the
same basis as the whites and. generally
speaking, are well conducted and well at
tended. The Prairie View State Normal
School is one Of the most important insti-
buttons in the south and is doing a great
work. It was originally intended for the
education OF teachers for colored schools.
but OF recent years Its scope has been Wild
ened. Industrial departments have been
added, SO that It Is now turning out large
numbers of young coiored men and women
trained in agriculture and the trades.
AS ! have told you In previous letters,
there is no trouble over the race question In
Texas. The negro population. by the last
census, was $40. To- or only about twenty
per cent of the total. AS rule, the colored
people are Industrious and prosperous:
much more so, It Is claimed. than in any
of the other southern states. While l
have no means Of making q comparison,
people who have better opportunities for
learning the facts declare that the negro
population has advanced more rapidly in
Texas and Is in q much better condition.
morally and materially. than In any other
part OF the country except Oklahoma and
Indian territory. A recent writer on this
subject says: THE negro Is rapidly DIFF
fusing among the white population and
wherever this Is the case his condition Is
improved. In Texas he has made q clear
gain Of eleven per cent In nteracy over ths-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-01-06

declare that the people of Arizona are
not ready for statehood if compelled
to accept 1t in the form of an annex to
New Mexico.
E Senator Stone, of Missouri, intro
duced a resolution reciting some of the
assertions of Thomas w. Lawson and
Judge Alton B. Parker concerning
campaign contributions and asking the
I Judiciary committee to inquire into the
allegation. It reads:
Whereas, Thomas w. Lawson has spe-
officially charged that he conspired with
certain well known capitalists to raise
large corruption fund to be used to pro-
mote the election of the Republican can
didates for president and vice president in
1895, and that they did raise $5,000,ee9 to
De expended to turn at least five of the
doubtful states" and whereas during the
campaign of 1904 it was directly and EN-
phatically charged by Judge Alton B.
Parker and by other citizens of great
prominence and high repute belonging to
both the Republican and Democratic par
ties, as we'll as by many important and re-
sponsible Journals, that large sums of
money had been contributed by or ex-
torted from numerous corporations to be
used to influence the election then ensuing
for president and vice president of the
United States; and, whereas, the president
In his last message took official eognizance
of the growing tendency to corrupt the
electorate, and did in direct terms rec
ommend the enactment of a law against
bribery and corruption in federal elections;
therefore
Resolved, That the Judiciary commit
tee of the senate be and is hereby au-
therized, empowered and directed to make
inquiry into the matters stated in the
foregoing preamble and also generally into
the subject of the use Of money in fed
eral elections so as to ascertain as far as
possible the extent of the evil and to re-
port to the senate at the first session Of
the Fifty-ninth congress the legislation
said committee may deem necessary to
prevent or suppress bribery and corruption
in such elections.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-01-06
ity of the president and Mrs. Roese-
ye1f
Discusses Naturalization Frauds

WASHINGTON, d. c., Jan. Sec
rotary Hays report and recommends
tionS on the naturalizat ton of aliens
laid before congress today shows that
in 1903 the state department issued
1917 passports, of which 7,444, or
46.1 per cent, were to naturalized citi-
zens, and that American diplomatic
and consular officers abroad issued
4,28l passports, Of which 2,10S, or 49.1
per cent, were to naturalized citizens.
Many cases of false, fraudulent and
improper naturalization, Secretary Hay
says, have come to the state depart
ments knowledge. and it is a thank
less task when persons for whose pro-
lection abroad the government inter-
venes are discovered not to be entitled
to the naturalization certificates they
hold. The report states that about
5000 separate courts now exercise the
power of naturalizing aliens and the
rules they apply vary SO widely that
the intention Of the constitution that
there shall be a uniform rule Of natu-
ralization is effectually defeated.
Secretary Hays recommendations
are that the law should restrict natu-
raliZation to certain courts definitely
named and forbid all other courts from
entertaining naturalization proceed
ings; that the nature OF the testimony
upon which naturalization may be con-
ferred should be more particularly pre-
scribed by law; that the language and
form OF certificates should be prescrib-
ed; that they should be printed upon
a particular paper made for the pur-
pose SO as to prevent the extensive
ceunterfeiting which now prevails and
that all courts having power to natu-
raliZe should be required to make re-
turns Of naturalization to the general
government
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-01-06

WASHINGTON. D. c., Jan. 5.-The
colonization of East Africa by Ameri-
can Jews, in the opinion of Secretary
Hay, win reflect no discredit whatso-
ever on the Americanism or patriotism
of the colonists.
The attention of the secretary was
called recently in conversation with
Israel Zangwill to the movement In
which the international Society of
zionists is interested looking to the
formation of a colony of Jews in East
Africa. Mr.. ZangwiH said that it had
been stated that this movement might
reflect on this country and the patri-
otism of the Jews. To Mr.. ZangwflI
Mr..H Hay gave permission to make pub
lie his personal opinion that participa-
ton in the Zionist movement could not
in the faintest way discredit the patri-
otism of the American Jews.
The society Of which Mr.. .Zangwill Is
member is trying to solve the prob
lem of caring for between $4,000 and
100000 Jews year to go from this
country and Europe to East Africa.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-01-06
Aboiishins Canal conmission

WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. 5.-Rep-
resentative Mann, of Illinois, of the
house committee on interstate and for
-eign commerce. has introduced bill
aboHshing the isthmian canal commits
sion and providing that the powers
now vested in the president be extend
ed until the end of the Fifty ninth
congress. The president is authorized
to employ such persons with such off,
cial designation as he may deem nee
5essary until such time as congress
may otherwise direct, and is author
lied to fix the compensation until reg
ulated by congress. The bill permits
the president TO perform through per-
sons he may designate the duties now
performed by the canal commission.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-01-06

prising what beautiful costumes can
be evolved at home with the aid of a;
dressmaker and at what a compare
lively small cost. The gown illustrated
is an example where skill plays a far
more important part than material, for
the principal charm of the gown lies
in the manner in which the bodice is
draped. The gown is made of fine black
silk net over black taffeta. The bodice
is cut in a low point in front and edged
with black and gold beads and pail
lette passementerfe, and below the net
is SO gathered and draped as to give
to the folds the general shape OF a but
terfiy's wings. The sleeves. which fall
we'll off the shoulders. are also draped
In a similar manner and they and the
front OF the bodice are literally pow
dered with gold beads Of different
shades. The shoulder straps are OF the
passementerie and the sleeves and
front are further trimmed with small
appliqued diamonds OF black panne vel
vet. The full skirt is ornamented by
larger black panne diamonds surround
ed by gold paillettes arranged In rows
around the skirt and between them is
run narrow black velvet ribbon tied
into tiny bows.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-01-06

The distinguishing feature OF most
gowns that are noticeable in large
gathering for their snlartness lies al
most invariably in the finishing touches
rather than in the cut or fashion Of
the gown. 1t Is the dainty twisting Of
a ribbon. the graceful draping Of a
scarf or bertha, or the perfect harmony
produced by combining certain bits OF
different colors or lace together that
raises dress above the ordinary and
imparts a distinctive air to a costume,
and it is because of the ability to do
these things that certain dressmakers
are enabled to charge and obtain such
extrayagant prices for their gowns.
This manipulation Of materials and
celors is really an art, but it is<one
that most any woman with artistic in
stincts can cultivate if she will have
the patience to practice the tying Of
bows, draping ofIaee, etc., and will also
take pains to note carefully all the
striking costumes she sees. In this
way she Will soon get to see what it is
about a certain gown. that makes it
stand out from the others, and will be
able to select telling points for her own
clothes. If one learns this knack of az
ranging the details Of gown 1t is sur
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-01-06
DODGE Jewels Are Sold

NEW YORK, Jan. 5-The now IA
nous Dodge jewels, which were seized
by customs inspectors from Mrs. Phyl-
lis Dodge five years ago because their
owner failed to declare them, were
sold today at public auction. The av-
erage purchase price was generally
less than so per cent of the appraised
value. A pearl necklace valued at $685.
$50 abroad, with a duty of $21, 03S in
the United States, total value, $500
was sold for $21 900. A ruby and dia-
nlond charm and pendant brought 1925
and diamond dog collar valued at
$4,000 abroad with duty of s2.7o0,
whole value $1,000. was sold for $3,525.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-01-06
Heads Educational Committee

DENVER, Col, Jan. 5.--Anneunce-
ment of the appointment of Miss Mary
Abbott, OF Watertewn, Conn.,, as chair.
man of the educational committee or
the General Federation of Women.s
Clubs has been made by Mrs. Sarah
Platt Decker, president of the fedora
ton. Other members OF the commit
tee will be deans and presidents or
prominent colleges.
"The work of this committee" said
Mrs. Decker. will be one of the fore
most considerations of the federation.
We will try to formulate plans for
work with college women, with view
to eventually Introducing domestic sci
ence, manual training and the like into
our colleges. The idea is to fit the
boys and girls more than Is now done
for work in the world-not to edu-
cate them SO much aIke-te give them
training in the things, in other words.
for which one is specially adapted"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-01-06
/ha11<
Mainly About People

The Cleveland high school will give
a musical entertainment this evening
in the assembly hall. consisting of
solos, orchestra selections, and sacre.l
cantata, Faith and Praise" will be
given by the Choral club, consisting of
about thirty, under the direction of
Marguerite Morton.
The ladies of the Park Congrega-
tional church will give an entertain
ment this afternoon at the church par
lors. Luncheon will be served first.
Mrs. F: E. Irish has returned from
Belle PLANE.
There will be work meeting of the
ladies of the Woodland Park Baptist