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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-02
THE ABOLITION OF THE FAIRY.
No Good Reason for Excluding Gentle
Fiction From Children.
From the Chicago Record Herald

From the Chicago Record Herald.
When we consider that some very WELL
meaning people annually register a protest
against "deludng' the children with tho
Santa Claus myth it is hardly surprising
to learn that British duchess has prohib-
tied the mistress of her village school from
reading fairy tales to the children. Her
grace has fixed convictions on the subject.
Il protest" she says, against filing chit
dren's minds with such nonsense and such
impractical ideas. They should instead,
be taught from their earliest years the lives
of the worlds great men, julius Caesar,
Dante Napoleon, Milton"
This is singular colocation of the
worlds great men, but that fact need not
be considered. The question is whether
fairy tales are really injurious to children
and that Is a question which nearly every
one is competent to decide for himself,
since nearly everyone has been brought up,
SO to speak, on that kind of literature.
Fairy tales in one form or another ere
found in all languages. Are they bad for
children?
We are inclined to think that the answer
of the great majority of people win be in
the negative Most of US can remember
the keen delight we took in fairy tales md
1t will be difficult TO find any one who will
say that the story of Cinderella or the adj
ventures of Jack the Giant Killer rendered
him Impractical when he left the age OF
fairy stories behind and progressed toward
adult life.
SO far from being injurious or even USE
less,f Is safe TO say that fairy tales are
positively beneficial to children. They sup
ply psychological want which in grown
up people is satisfied by novels, romances
and other works of the ina ginatio The
child's novel is the book OF fairy stories and
If they be good fairy stories they lay the
foundation for sound literary taste
To say, with the duchess, that the read
ing of fairy tales render children impracti-
cal is equivalent to saying that the reading
OF anything save severely practical books
has the same effect upon children Of Il larg-
er growth. Few of us Will be disposed to
concede much
1t is no dsparagement of the duchess,
earnestness and sincerity to mention that
she herself is childless, but the circumstance
certainly tends to weaken the authority
with which she speaks. We may be sure
that no mother of many children can be
found to join in the denunciatl ton of fairy
tales, and in such matter the mother Of
many may be conceded to speak with more
authority than the mother of none
We feel assured, at any rate. that fairy
tales will not fall into disuse among chill
dren though all the duchesses in the world
should pronounce them impractical and I'M
desirable literature.
They are part of childhood, and to abol-
ish them would be to take away vital
factor Ia the intellectual development OF
young humanity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-02
THE SAME MISTAKE
THAT THOUSANDS MAKE.

To neglect backache, which is
very often the only outward sign
that Nature gives Of serious trouble
in the kidneys, is to give free reign
to serious disorders that may end in
dropsy, gravel, diabetes or Bright S
disease
Yet this neglect of backache is
very common. Many people think
the pain simple muscular trouble.
They do not seem to know that
backache is the most common symp-
tom Of kidney complaint.
The kidneys Filters of the bloodD
lie just beneath the small of the
back, on either side of the spine. AS
soon as there is any Inflammation
or congestion in the kidneys you
notice feeling of uneasiness in the
back, then that dull, throbbing pain,
changing to sharp twinges when any
sudden strain is brought upon the
back. 1t is hard to straighten after
STOPPING, you feel lame in the morn
ing
The urine shows early signs Of the
disorder. 1t is pale and thin, or
thick, discolored and ill-smellins.
Passages are too frequent, day and
night, or scanty and very painful. a
whitish, stringy substance, or
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-02
La Toilette Face to Face With
a Crisis.
FOUR PROMINENT MEN
ALL HAVE CERTAIN AMBITIONS
AT HEART.
Some One to Be Observation-Disclosures
ture to Meet in Extra Ses-
sion Next Monday.


Special Dispatch to The Star
MADISON. Wis, December 2.--The po-
Gtical fight in the republican party of Mil
waukee Is on a new basis The old contest
between La Toilette and the so-called stall
warts, headed by Charles F. Pfster, the
leader of the Spooner-Payne republicans,
has paled into insign:fcance. La Toilette
now is face to face with the crisis which
means the success or failure of his effort
to achieve the presidency in 1903.
Four men figure in this rearrangement of
Wisconsin republican politics-Robert Mar
ion La Toilette, governor. senator-elect,
who may before the end of the next week
be either of these neither; w. D. Conner
of Marshfield. chairman of the Wisconsin
republican committee; Isaac Stephenson OF
Marinette, ex-representative, like Connor
a millionaire lumberman, and Irvine L.
Lenroot of Superior speaker of the Wis
consn assembly and La Follette's choice
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-02
NAMoNGTn
u FRATERNlTlES.

Eminent Grand Commander Bennett A.
Allen has announced the annual Tempiaf
Christmas observance. The district com
manderies. will assemble at their customary
places at II O'Clock meridian on Christmas
day In honor of the most eminent grand
master, George NJ. Moulton. At high noon
the following toast will be offered by the
commander of each commandery: ITO our
most eminent grand master, George NJ.
Mouiton: A merry Christmas, with health
and prosperity to all the good1y fellowship
of the cross"
In each commandery the following re-
Spouse will be submitted on behalf of the
grand master of Templars ITO all loyal
and loving soldiers of Christ enlisted under
the banner of our order. wheresoever dis
persed throughout the world: Peace be
unto thee and that contentment which
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-02
MAKING BOOKS.
Rapidly With Which Literary Produc-
ton and Reproduction Go On.

ton and Reproduction Go On.
From the Independent
1t is wonderful. Thoughts are put into
print at the rate of fifty words minute
by the simple tapping of the fingers on
the keys. A keyboard is hitched to a
foundry and the words go into type al
most as rapidly. Into one end of a series
of machines the trunks of trees are I'M
ceasingly fed, while from the other end
there pours a stream of printed books.
The hungry presses clamor continuously
for more copy. There are more books
written, more books sold, more books read
in almost every branch of literature than
ever before. Every author of originality
and power has the sheets snatched from
his hands by the impatient publishers as
fast as he can write them. Every person
showing any symptoms of genius IS
coaXed and petted in a way that is liable
to turn his head The reaction time in
literature is astonishingly accelerated.
The interval between a thought and fts
printed expression Is being reduced to a
minimum.
Authors no longer form guild The
sometime mysteries of their ancient and
honorable craft are taught in every
school. Everybody writes for publication,
all who have anything of interest or i'm
portance to say and many who have
neither get into print somewhere and
somehow. New editions of old books
struggle for existence with the latest
copyrights. No tariff on the boundary OF
the century protects the literary industry
from the pauper labor of antiquity. The
reading rooms are filed with diligent
students porting over neglected volumes
in search of ideas so old that they will be
new to this generation. Commentators,
editors, biographers and critics swarm
around every great book. seeking for for
gotten ideas. The dumpheaps around all
the abandoned gold mines of literature
are worked over every few years by some
new cyanide process in the hope of ex-
tracing still more of the precious metal.
Old theories. fancies, suggestions, themes,
plots, characters. that appear TO have the
slightest value to of the present are
continually being brought forward again
in new and attractive forms. Everywhere
about US we see the avatars of all the
ancient religions. PHILOSOPHERS and sys-
TENS since the world began. II is the age
of plagiarism.
Now plagiarism is the fundamental prin-
ciple of the universe. In physics it goes
by the name of the conservation of mat
ter and energy. Nature is the great econ
omist. She uses the same material over
and over again for millions Of years,
molding 1t continually into the most use
full forms for present purposes; never
hesitating TO send to, the scrap heap her
most beautiful living machine when It
gets the least bit antiquated; having no
reverence for antiquity, no regard for
reputation The things she values most
she wears out fastest. 1t is only In neg
lected corners Of the earth that the geo.
logical relic-monger can find her old mod
els.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-02
MECHANICS OF PRESIDENTS.
None Has Ever Borne a Purely Con.
temptuous Appellation.
rrom the Louisville Herald

From the Louisville Herald
From the days of Washington the Amer
lean people have loved to make free with
the names of their chief magistrates.
Washington was given several nicknames.
BY his admirers called the Father of his
Country. he was by opponents termed Step
father of his Country. The British soldiers
called him Lovely Georgius, and in France
he was known as the American Fabius be
cause Of the caution and wisdom of his
military mapeuvers. He was called by
Lord Byron the Cincinnatus of the West,
and by the Italian poet, Alfieri, named the
Deliverer of America. Other titles given
this Incompatible man were the Atlas Of
America and the Savior of his Country.
John Adams was given one name only,
but 1t was a mighty significant appelia-
tion. The Massachusetts statesman was
called the Colossus of Independence. His
son, John Quincy Adams, won by his
speeches In Congress after his presidential
term, the title of Old Man Eloquent. an
appellatiOn which. later on, the Engl;s h
loved to give William Edward Gladstone
Thomas Jefferson was. among other names.
called Long Tom, in aluson to his height
and after his retirement from office known
as the Sage of Monticello Madison for his
part in framing and securing the adoption
of the Constitution was called the Factor
OF the Constitution. James Munroe hay
ing stuck to the revolutionary headgear
long after everybody else has, given 1t up,
was rewarded by the appellation of the
Last Cooked Hat. Andrew Jackson was
called by his soldiers Old Hickory The In
dams OF the southwest named him Big
Knife The title hero of New Orleans is
popular acknowledgment of his famous vic
tory Martin Van Buren, bore the several
names of Little Magician Wizard of Kin
derhook and Follow in His Footsteps. He
was also called Whisky Van and King Mar
tin |.
William Henry Harrison, a much more
lovable and beloved man than Van Buren,,
had a wealth OF nicknames. Tippecanoe
was given in aliusion to his celebrated vic
tory. 1t was shortened to Old Zip. Hard
Cider Harrison and Log Cabin Harrison.
names FIST bestowed by opponents, were
accepted by General HarrIon's friends, who
also called him the Washington of the
West. Tyler was known as the Accidental
President, and Polk as Young Hickory.
Willard Fillmore bore a striking resem-
blance to the last King of France and was
called in consequence the Louis Philippe OF
America. Franklin Pierce was mispro-
riounced Purse, while james Buchanan was
termed Old Buck, old Public Functionary
end Old Bachelor President
President Lincoln, who came nearer the
popular heart than any of his predeees-
sors. was known as Old Abe, Honest ABB.
Old Railsplitter and Father Abraham. He
Is also called, and very justly, the Savior
of His Country.
Johnson was nicknamed Sir Veto by po-
litical opponents, but in Tennessee was
known as Old Andy. Grant, from his initials,
got several names. the favorite being I'm
conditional Surrender His soldiers called
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-02

him Old Three Stars. History names him
Hero of Appomattox. President Garfield
was In life known as the Preacher Presi-
dert. Since his death he is called the MAJ
tyr President Chester A. Arthur was
known among his familiars as Our Chef.
Cleveland has been called the Man of Des-
tiny. Benjamin Harrison was known as
the Son of His Grandfather. Mckinley was
called Mckinley Bill Roosevelt is known
to the masses as Teddy, the Peoples Teddy
or the Peoples President. The nicknames
given the Presidents of the United States
than aversion. No President has ever borne
purely contemptuous appellatfon which
had general use.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-02
Waterloo Gallery.
he London Chronicle.

From the London Chronicle.
Waterloo Gallery, in which Mr. Arthur
Bourchier's company will amuse the King
of the Hellenes, Is one of the glories of
Windsor Castle, paid for out of the odd
million granted to George " for his ambi-
tious scheme of reconstruction. George ILL.,
however, may be considered the godfather
of the chamber, for 1t was he who gave to
Lawrence the task of painting the portraits
of sovereigns. generals and statesmen of
Waterloo fame that the gallery was built
to receive. The great room was the delight
of William ". who loved to entertain amid
the painted presencos Of Waterloo the Of
ficers who had shared in the fight Four
teen years ago Queen Victoria ordered its
Transformation into theater, and the new
era In its life was inaugurated by 1.-THE
Gondoliers"
How many Londoners are aware that they
have in their possession the National Gal
lery of PoIand?' 1t is not at all likely that
the restoration of the ancient kingdom, the
fear of which has inspired Count Whites
reactfonary manifesto, would involve the
restoration of the pictures, for the unhappy
Stanislaus, last King of Poland, never paid
for the works of art which he commissioned
Noel Joseph Desenfans to buy The pic
lures form the bulk of the collection in the
Dulwlch Gallery. and the story of how they
got there Is one of the most curious In the
Desenfans came to London from France
toward the end of the eighteenth century
as teacher of languages. A lucky accident
the selling of Claude" to George III
persuaded the teacher that he was wasting
his talents, and he went boldly into the
business of picture buying. Stanislaus. who
would have been better engaged In looking
after the material welfare of his tottering
kingdom, commanded the purchase of pic
lures whenever treasure could be Sc
cured. considerable collection was thus
accumulated, but the overthrow of the king
dom and the death of the king at st. Pc
tersburg in 1898 made payment impossible.
The thrifty picture dealer offered his cost
ly burden to Car Paul of Russia but the
thriftier car would have none of it, Desen-
fans bequeathed the pictures to his lifelong
friend, Sir Francis Bourgeois, with whom
he spent his declining years in Charlotte
street, Portland place: and he in his turn
bequeathed them. in 1911. ITO the master,
wardens and fellows of Dulwich College in
trust for the public use under the direction
of the Royal Academy" The mausoleum
ATTACKED to the gallery, containing the re-.
mains of Sir Francis Bourgeois and his two
friends. Monsieur and Madame Desenfans,
surely forms at the same time an artistic
memorial to the lamented King of Poland.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-02

ture. The program Is said to be the election
of Stephenson as senator II La Toilette
can command the necessary strength.
Common has turned against him If Stephen
son wins the senatorshlp, La Toilette may
remain governor and risk defeat with his
state chairman opposed to him. To win
the presidency he must win In Wisconsin
Connor seems to be lost permanently. An
look back ato that La Toilette ran 100, 900
behind Roosevelt In the 1904 campaign. To
go to Washington means loss OF Stephenson
and Connor too. With this combination
against him the goveruorship, 1t would
seem, must go against Lenroot.
The Only Solution.
Here is the only solution apparent:
The legislature has been called in extra
session. La Toilette may by sensational
message attract such attention to himself
that the nation will be attracted to his
banner. regardless of the disaffection In
his own state. Revolutionary legislation
against the insurance companies is one
point he Is expected to take up. An In
vestigation OF state electric railways may
be another. This. by the way, might recall
the wavering adherents, the original La
Toilette group having been formed largely
of men opposed to the Pfister group, rather
than of men favorable to La Toilette. By
recalling their own defeats at the hands
of the old republican group La Toilette
may win back in a new campaign the
support of those who left him when they
failed to secure any more advancement
from him than they could from Pfister,
Spooner or Payne.
Public ownership of utilities may also be
a plank in the new La Toilette platform.
For these reasons the message to be read
to the Wisconsin legislature Monday,
In extra session, may spell the national
campaign Of 1908.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-02

sandy, brickish sediment, settles at
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-02

In a freight wreck on the Pennsylvania
in a deep cut two miles north of Windsor,
Judge was sent back to flag q regular
freight train ana 1t is thought he did not
go back farther than the eaboose. The
regular crashed into the extra. ditching the
engine and piling up twelve cars. 1t will
require two days to clear the wreckagot
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-02
Pension Recommendation.

The recommendation in the report of the
preceding year for the enactment of legis-
lation giving pensions to the widows and
children of members of life-saving crews
losing their lives in the performance of
duty, and providing for the retirement OF
those who become disabled from injury or
disease incurred in the service, or from the
infiTmities OF age, is earnestly renewed. In
advocacy of the retirement feature the gen
eral superintendent, after calling attention
to the arguments set forth in last years
report, says:
The service has been seriously crippled
by the loss of experienced surfmen, who
are leaving the station crews in constantly
increasing numbers for occupations where
the work is less hazardous and the pay
better. II has become necessary TO I'LL their
places with men who in many instances are
inferior in capacity and character. That
the morale of the station crews has been
thus injuriously affected is forcibly shown
by the growing number of dismissals for
cause. II is confidently believed that some
measure Of the character referred to would
provide an effective remedy for the condi-
lions complained of. and attract to the
service and permanently hold properly
qualified men"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-02

w. r. Janvier OF New York has bought for
q price reported TO be S12590 the Indiana
stallion Director General Director General
is the sire of the grand circuit trotter Main-
sheet 2.O65O.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-02

C. B. Galloway. for many years manager
of the Peabody Hotel. and widely known to
the travelling public, died yesterday at Mem
phis. Tenn, aged seventy years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-02

Hope Lodge, No. %, +. A. A. NJ, will
give its annual banquet next Friday even
ing. to follow the annual election of OFF,
GERS. The present line is as follows: John
H. Won Hermann, w. NJ; Edward Y. David
son, s. W.; John F. Hoffaker. ]. W.; Will
liam A. Craig, secretary; Nathan 8. Meyer.
treasurer: Horace p. Mcintosh, marshal;
John c. Ballou, organist; Allan r. Searle
S. D.: Arthur E. Cook, j. d.; Wilbur S.
Sample, steward. Edward C. Dutton, stew
ard, and John ]. Hill, tyler.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-02
d O A N S KIDNEY PILLS.
For Sale by Il Dealers Prices Doc Buffalo.

the convention. Grand Chancellor Car
ter and a good delegation from Washing
ton will attend. The fea ture will be the
page rank in elaborated and an unusual
form, permitted by the supreme chancel-
lor.