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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-28
The Nobility Of Trees.

Dallas Lore Sharp, In National Magazine.
Directly in my path stood an ancient
swamp white oak, the greatest tree, think,
that 1 have ever seen. 1t was not the
highest nor the largest round, perhaps,
but individually, spiritually, the greatest.
Hoary, hollow and broken-limbed his huge
bole seemed encircled with the centuries
and in this green and grizzled top all the
winds of heaven had some time come.
One could worship in the presence of such
a tree as easily as in the shadow of vast
cathedral Indeed, what is there built with
hands that has the dignity, the majesty,
the divinity of life? And what life was
here! Life whose beginnings lay so far
back that could no more reckon the years
than could count the atoms 1t had builded
into this majestic form. -
Looking down upon him from twice his
height doomed a tulip poplar, clean. boiled
for thirty feet. and in the top all green and
gold with blossoms. 1t was a Respondent
thing beside the oak, yet. how unmistak-
ably the gnarled old monarch wore the
crown. His girth more than balanced the
poplar's great height, and for blossoms
nature knows the beauty of strength and
inward majesty and has pinned no bouton-
Mere upon the oak.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-28
Passing of the Blouse.

Blouses would seem to have disappeared
for the moment, generally speaking. The
predominatins; influence of the princess
robe is doubtless partly the cause of this.
Women in society, as rule, dress straight
away" (unless they ride in the Bols early
for the days necessities, and as lie dejeuner
en- vile is generally part of the program
one cannot return after mornings shop
ping to dress afresh for a 1890 luncheon.
So the smart afternoon gown is generally
donned by a fair Parisenne as soon as she
is up. This, be it remarked, in the sense
of ''ready to go OUT means perhaps IL
a. Thus blouses and skirts of the morn
ing persuasion are out of favor in the reg
ular life if one is a la mode. And here |
may observe that the redingote and prn-
cess gown are all supreme for the moment.
In the case of the princess toilet blouse
Is possible and even a good deal worm
that Is, a blouse demi-namely, an en-
placement and sleeves of some fancy velvet
or silk and a cloth overgown, often with
simulated corsage en- point. Perhaps even
basques are added thus combining the
directoire note with the princess idea. l
think fashions have seldom been so hope
lessly mixed" so to speak, as at the pres
ent time. There really seems to be no
law or reason why we should not wear 1880
sleeves still with this distinct tendency
toward directoire basque and revers The
very short sleeves that characterize all the
dressy toilets of the hour Il say discreetly
the hour as doubtless the cold weather will
suggest to women the exceeding discomfort
and unbecomingness of this fashion, neces-
state having very warm sleeves to the
overcoat, with preferably long fur cuff.
And muffs are immense. So unwieldy are
they in some instances that nothing of the
coat can be seen from about the waist to
the knees.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-28
Sunf1ower Philosophy.

From the Atchison (Kan) Globe
The easier people make money the easier
they want to make it.
Among the many mysteries of childhood
is why grown people cry when they are
glad.
There are some people who think they
have discharged their full duty to you by
praying for you.
After girl passes Is she can't take SO
much as week off her age by wearing
her hair down her back. 4
The average woman is as touchy about
the unreliabilty of the family clock as she
is about the rickety family piano.
We feel sorry for any home whose
daughter has no higher ambition In life
than to paint stork standing on one leg
In little town. the winters would be
terribly dreary if those converted the win
ter before had not backshdden during the
summer.
father who was up with his sick child
in the night is not half so cross the next
day as the bachelor who has been up with
too much society.
Ask any man what disease he fears
most. and he will say "Brighss disease.
thinking of himself Ask any woman. and
she will say "diphtheria," thinking OF her
children
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-28
THE QUEST OF BEAUTY
Take Note of What the Poets
Admire About Ewes.
EYELASHES NEED CARE
JUST AS HUGH AS THE HAIR OF
YOUR HEAD.
Weak-si GIFTED CRIBS Should Have
Plenty Sleep and
Rest.

Written for The Evening Star by Katherine Norton
When you consider that the eyes of the
fair sex-biue and brown and gray and
black eyes have kept poets busy from
the time when they didn't even know
how to write in plain English down to
the present day ii must occur to you that
the eyes are a very important factor in
feminine beauty. Time was when a woman
accepted her eyes they We're, and either
suffered because they were fading or re-
joced because they were brilliant. Modern
study shows that, although we must
submit to the inevitable, a great deal that
was once called inevitable was not really
so. Until you quite sure that nothing
can tie done to restore your eyes to their
youthful loneliness, don't give up the fight.
1t wouldn't he a bad idea for you to run
through some of the poets and take note of
what they admire about eyes, then try to
improve your own accordingly. There is
no way in the world for you to exchange
dark brown for heavenly blue, but you can
do a gCCd real to preserve the best in what
ever eyes Providence has given you. Most
of the poets known to fame have been men,
and Hien are excellent judges when it comes
to the fair sex. If you Will abide by their
curt and common-sense opinions in many
kindred matters YOU will do well.
Biakmore, for instance, once upon time
waXed very sentimental ana remarked:
Lift up those silken fringes
That hide a happy light, :
Almost divine"
In the first place. you notice he makes
q point of the fringeS. There is no reason
why you should not have four good, if not
positively beautiful ones, yourself The
eyelashes need care just as much as the
hair of your head does. They usually
weaken in growth as the years 20 by and
change from the curling silken fringes of
childhood TO an irregular and sparse
growth
Clipping has been tie customary treat
ment for this trouble. Clipping any hair
strengthens its growth, but it also makes
the hair coarSer so frequent clipping NAV
result in very stiff eyelashes An occasional
use of the scissors is not harmful. but a
tonic Is the important thing.
A Recipe to Fellow.
Mix the following ingredients: Two ounces
red vaseiine, one-eighth ounce tincture can
tharides. fifteen drops oil rosemary fifteen
drops oil lavender. Dip the tip of a per-
fectly clean finger into it and rub the finger
gently along the roots OF the lashes Wine
away any of the tonic that might Green
into the eye, for ii Will smart if il does so.
The uncture of cantharides, you know. is
one OF the commonest ingredients in hair
tonicsi II VIII stimulate the growth of hair
In one place as well as another
If the falling of the IaShes is accomno
MED by rednesS of the lids, with or with
out scaly appearance, then the trouble is
deeper. and an oculist should pass upon the
condition of the eyes. There is seldom
smoke without fire The infiamed condi-
ton OF the lids is pretty sure to mean
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-28

tea or coffee jackets. With an old white
evening gown which is not too dressy.
blue, rose color, orange, yellow or violet
silk jacket will give the proper tea-gown
look. The coat can be smartened In many
ingenious ways by using lace and silk ro-
settles. chiffon pufiings, velvet ribbon draw
strings, ETC.; and from under the colored
silk sleeves may emerge many charming
and stylish under-sleeve effects.
Wash sbring textures, which are already
In, display the daintiest patterns in French
lawn, dimity and batiste for house gowns.
The made-up models in these materials em-
phasize the delicate elegance of the tex
lures with perfect hand sewing and trim
ming chastely simple. Hamburg embroi-
deries, fine in quality, but inconspicuous in
pattern, trim many of these gowns, along
with plain and bordered wash ribbons. In
sertions and frilled edges of plain and point
desprit footings are seen on others. as well
as many pretty imitation laces. and so ex-
acting are present tastes in point of making
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-28
that all the scanning of many little gown
Is done with open beading.
Making the Flounces.

Making the FlounceS.
The f1ounces used are of two sorts-either
straight and gathered full or Of the scant-
shaped variety, which is put on entirely
without fullness.
Handkerchief collars and sleeve frills
adorn number of the simpler models, these
being made without scanning, as are the
genuine handkerchief fiounces used upon
lingerie. square of material the neces-
sary size is chosen and the center cut out to
| fit the neck or sleeve bottoms, the trim
| mings so made falling in handkerchief
points
Very popular, in fact, are such mouchoir
deckings, and the embroidered white hand
kerchtefs themselves are even put together
with lace and made to shape smart little
corset covers Several worked with pink
also daintily formed the collar and sleeve
frills of one charming little gown Of striped
pink batiste, and the idea seemed an excel
lent one for quick method Of trimming.
1t would look, from the number of dainty
textures offered, as If spring and summer
were again to be celebrated by the board
and wash tub" Tub fabrics, as delicately
hued as the crocus and hepatica of spring
peep out like these flowers from the snow,
brilliant window dressers showing the rib
bons, embroideries or laces which should go
with them. Sometimes colored plate is
also splendidly suggestive with its painted
model for making, and those who affect ex-
elusive styles find this quality In the many
boxed patterns offered
Again the Polka Dot.
In regulation dress materials, some of
the manufacturers show a tendency to
again make the polka dot fashionable. A
number of polka-dotted silks are to be
seen, with white and blue prominently to
the fore, and for plain chambrays and
linens the box gowns show matching en-
broideries
AS to methods Of making, the country
looking little frocks in these last ma
terials display an agreeable simplicity. The
pleated and gored and founced skirts
less complicated than those of last sum-
mer, and various girdle effects form the
most important detail of bodices. So high
and concealing, indeed, are some of the
new girdles that they almost suggest cor
sets, except at the front, where the wide
line still narrows becomingly.
However, word comes from Paris that
the high girdle cannot last much longer
One big Partisan maker is already design
ing costumes with the narrowest girdles
and where other men milliners send out
shaped belts almost armpit high his are the
merest straight lines. This maker, it is
safd viii also exploit princess effects, with
skirt and girdle in one. Pussy little jackets
will form the upper garment with such
models, and the bottom of the skirts will
be decked with fiat trimmings
MARY DEAN.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-28
The Emancipated Woman.

From the Baltimore Sun.
The name of "emancipated", has often
been absurdly applied to the woman who
has, or is reputed to have, fancies she
has higher education Whatever that
may be- But In fact does it not rather
belong to the woman who, through the
prosperity of her husband has been eman-
cipated by the employment of servants
from all the domestic duties that used to
keep her occupied?
The notion that women ought not to
work originated in the harem--in the home
autocracies of the orient 1t has no place
in any true civilization. 1t is destructive
of character and degrading. Yet how many
women of our influential classes as girls
hold. and as wives and mothers practice,
the idea that women ought to be supported
in sort of easy going, rose-lined idieness
by some manor other?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-28
Gibson Beef"
From the London Mail.

From the London Mail
The latest delicacy to tempt the appettes
Of British epicures is a compromise be-
tween buffalo meat and beef. A couple of
two-year-old bullocks, the result of cross
breeding between a North American bison
and Highland cattle, were sold al the New
castle cattle market yesterday. They had
been bred by Mr.. Lyland of Haggerston
Castle, Northumberland. who has been en-
gagged for several years in experimenting
in this direction
The animals were exactly like their North
American cousins in appearance, except
that they We're stronger and thicker in the
headquarters. They had been reared and
fed as wild cattle, great difficulty was
experienced in conveying them to market.
Although they were Accommodated in special
boxes their fury was 50 great that one
broke it's neck on the journey. and the
other had to be shot in the market. The
beef. it is said, will be found of a richer
quality than that obtained from buffalo,
and If kept for month so, more pala-
table than that of ordinary bullock.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-28
GRACEFUL TEA GOWNS
Many Loose House Robes
Suggest Party Frooks.
DISTINCTIVE GIRDLES
SLIPPER EXTRAvAGANCES TO
WEAR WITH THESE FRoCKs.
Wash Materials More Delicate Than
Ever-Another club" Summer
is in Prospect.
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.

Special Correspondence OF The Evening Star
NEW YORK, January %, 1905.
No house dress is more graceful and be-
coming than the tea gown, whose posi-
bilities for elegance are daily increasing.
There are dozen and one little social
functions which a pretty house gown will
grace appropriately. besides giving the
hostess chance to look her best, for of
all garments the semi-neglige is the most
beautiful.
The tea gowns now worn by smart
women exploit little touches which If
carried a step further would turn the
get-up into a ball toilet. The loose,
laekadaisical lines and high throat cuts,
once admired, are entirely out of vogue.
Many effects suggest a low-cut neck,
which is afterward filled in with diapha-
nous little camps, drawn in at the throat
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-28
New Insubmersibles.
From the Lopdon Globe.


A French master mariner named NJ
Brude has invented what he claims to be
an insubmersible boat, with which he is
competitor for the prize of e4,0o0 offered
by the French government to the inventor
of vessel or boat SO constructed as to
reduce to a minimum the dangers of ship
wreck Several paonths ago he attested his
faith In his little craft by undertaking to
navigate it across the Atlantic, but 1t was
20 damaged by the gales In midocean that
he had to make perilous return to his
starting point at Brest The boat Is
eighteen feet long, eight feet wide and
eight feet deep. Capt. Brude Is studying to
have II lifted with motor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-28
MADE-OVER DISHES
THE ECONOMICAL HoUsEKEEPER
NEED NOT WASTE ANYTHING.
What Can Be Accomplished by Clever
Preparation and Dainty Seasoning
Some Useful Recipes.

The truly economical housekeeper does
not waste anything that is left over. 1t Is
really quite surprising how many dainty
dishes can be made from next to nothing.
The cold scraps ordinarily thrown away by
the less thrifty housewife are, with the adj
dition of little savory touches and clever
preparation, made into very appetiZing
luncheon and breakfast dishes by the true
domestic economist.
Shortly after the holidays little friend
whose family was small and who did her
own cooking had an unexpected visitor,
whom she had to invite to luncheon. She
looked with dsmay at the pantry shelves
There was small remnant of turkey,
which they had tried to eat up and sue
ceeded in such degree that its battered
remains looked quite uninvfting There
were a dish of cold mashed potatoes some
slices of dry fruit cake and piece of Gus
tard pie. She had been busy and intended
to make her lunch on toast and tea. But
with company that was different. She
could not leave her visitor alone while she
went to the grocery, which was some dis
tance away, and there was nobody else to
send So there was nothing for it but to
make the best of what was in the house.
and to do it quickly, while her wee son
entertained the visitor. She cut the meat
from the turkey into small pieces and put
il warming in cream sauce. And, by
the way, to make your cream sauce smooth
and absolutely without Jumps the only safe
way is to melt the butter in the saucepan
first, then remove from the fire and mix
the -four with it. Add the milk or cream,
replace on the stove and stir constantly
until it thickens.
She now mixed quickly little pie PASTE
and with the creamed turkey made some
patties, which were soon in the oven.
Potato Fritters.
Mashed potatoes are horrible warmed
over and SO she proceeied to make POI
tato fritters Herewith. These are delicious
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-28
Depth of Diamond Mines.

From the Chicago Sews.
Prof Henry Miers in lecturing to a Lon-
don audience recently said that there is no
knowledge of the depths to which the
South African diamond mines can be
worked the deeper they so the richer
they become. Work can be carried on now
tosa depth of $500 feet and it is thought
that it might be continued to depth of
HOO0 feet OF even 10000 feet If engineering
dif1culties could be overcome.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-28

"Are you enjoying good health. Patrick?"
''Eure! what else would ! be doia with
1t, sir?"-Yonkers Statesman.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-28
Amethyst Beads.

With this rare toilet wearers of suitably
good complexion may further the stylish
mauve note with short necklace of anne
thyst beads and mauve orchids for the
hair
Many inexpensive remnants Of gay SILK
may be found now In the shops. and cheap
laces and velvet ribbon, tastefuliy manipu-
lated, win resolve them into the smartest
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-28

Mashed potatoes are horrible warmed
over, and SO she PROCEEDED to make po-
tato fritters Herewith These are delicious
and fairly melt in your mouth. To every
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-01
ROMANCE OF THE OCEAN

Special Cable TO The Herald.
HAMBURG, Sept. 3o.--The arrival
here of the steamer Axenfels discloses
how, in quite a romantic way, Herr
Wagner of Luckenwalde, young Off
Ger on board, conquered the heart of a
young woman.
During the voyage of the Axenfels
from Rio to Hamburg the officer made
the acquaintance of a rich Brazilian
mine owner and his beautiful young
daughter.
One day during heavy sea the waves
carried the handsome young daughter
from the deck of the ship. Wagner.
who was not far off, jumped after her,
and by almost incredible strength, kept
the young woman above water until a
boat could be lowered to rescue them.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-01
GERMANY ALARMED BY
SUICIDES OF CHILDREN
INCREASE IN NUMBER SINCE
SCHOOL BEGAN
Socialists Declare Economic Condi-
tions Are to Blame, ClerlcaIs Say
1t Is Lack of Faith and Critics Hold
Hard Studies Responsible
Special Cable to The Herald.

Special Cable to The Herald.
BERLIN, Sept. 30.-Several distress
ing instances have occurred since the
autumn school term began of children's
suicides. This has brought on a discus
sion of the conditions of school and
home life, and endeavors are being
made to trace the causes of that in
creasing feebleness of the desire to live
which it is affirmed the 11,00O suicides
of 1903 Indicate.
Statistics of children's self-murder in
Saxony show that although only seven
persons under IA committed suicide In
19O1-19O2 the number rose to twenty
one in 1903. The suicides of adults In
Saxony increased in the same time from
1888 to 1927.
Causes of suicide in Germany are re-
garded as being exceedingly subtle and
in the current discussions the personal
views on the subject have generally
been decided by the observers opinions
on other questions. The Socialists ac-
count for the suicides by economic rea-
sons, which they say result in making
it harder to get subsistence. darken life
generally and throw shadows over ths
lives OF the children.
In the clerical view the absence OF
faith, the increase of irreligion and the
growth of sensual materialism explain
the weakening desire for life, and 1t
is held that a revival of spiritual aims
would lessen suicides by increasing the
serenity of living.
Critics of the school systems assert
that children are forced too much-that
they are over-stimulated and are set
tasks which are impossible of accom-
plishment for those slightly below the
standard of capacity, and that punish
ments. the fear of reproofs and injury
to self pride push the child toward sui
eide which he often hears his elders
refer to as a refuge.
One instance is given of 12-year-oid
boy who had failed to do a Latin ex-
ercise properly and was sent home to
his father. The boy the moment he
entered his fathers room shot him
self. In identical circumstances an
other boy threw himself out of a win
dow.
There have been 747 children's sui
cides in Germany during eighteen years
just under forty-two annually.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-01
LAUDs AMERICAN GROWTH
Chamberlain Sends PhiIadeIphIan Let
ter, In Which He Dwells on Eng
lands Pride In This Country

Iand's Prloe IN ms OouHt'y
Special Cable to The Herald.
LONDON, Sept. 30.--John w. Wood
side, a wealthy Philadelphian, who,
with Mrs. Woodside, has just returned
from Italy, Switzerland and Southeast
ern France. has received an autograph
letter from Joseph Chamberlain which
expresses most cordial sentiments to-
ward America.
Mr.. Woodside, who Is president OF
the Valley Forge commission, met the
British statesman at Aix-les-Baines
and presented him with a copy Of the
book which the commission has pre-
pared. The letter reads:
II beg to thank you for your great
courtesy in presenting me with a copy
Of the interesting monograph in which
the Valley Forge commission has eni-
,bodied and illustrated the events which
have made the place historical.
Connected as 1 am by the closest
personal ties with your country 1 am
glad to possess this local memorial of a
period to which 1 doubt not Americans
will always look back with legitimate
pride, while Englishmen, who have long
forgotten the bitterness of defeat, can
rejoice equally with their victorious
kinsmen in the growth and prosperity
of the great nation which then sprang
into existence"
States ambassador to France, Mr.
Woodside also presented copy of the
book to President Loubet.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-01
WOMAN A HUMAN OSTRICH
Swallows Coins, Nails, Chalk, Glass,
Screws and Other IndigestibIe
Articles
Special Cable to The Herald.

Special Cable to The Herald.
LONDON. Sept. 3O,--one of the most
remarkable cases on record of woman
swallowing extraordinary articles with
suicidal intent is reported by Harold
H. r. Mcleod, surgeon of the Salop
Infirmary.
She was admitted to that institution,
where first her thumb was amputated,
and since then she had been much de-
pressed, but was able to return home.
She, however, became worse, and it
was found she was suffering from an
internal tumor.
The patient. becoming alarmed at her
condition. then admitted to her hus-
band that three weeks before she had
begun a system Of swallowing various
articles with suicidal intent, adding
that "he was such a good husband
to her she felt she could not do enough
for him."
She was operated upon, with the re-
suit that the following remarkable col
lection of articles was taken from her
body: 80 hairpins. 19 nails, II fragments
of glass. IA needles (darning and other
wise). safety pins, horseshoe nails,
4 screws, 2 coins, 2 pieces Of chalk and 1
hook.
The woman succumbed to the OPERA
tion a few days afterward.