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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-24

The Topeka Capital, republican news
paper. thinks the next republican state con-
vention should nominate the party's candi-
date for the United States Senate In success
sion to Mr.. Burton. In that way the legts-
lature In case Of republican majority
would be instructed by the people, and the
election become formality.
There Is so much In favor Of this foposi-
tlon that 1t ought to carry. It c1ls for a
canvass Of the state by the aspirants for
the honor. and such canvass would enable
the people to take an accurate measure Of
the men and make an Intelligent choice. We
may assume that no subject Is of greater
interest to the Kansans. Their pride has
been deeply wounded by recent experience,
and they are far from wanting to repeat It..
1t was not. it Is true, their first misadyen-
ture in that line. but, upon the whole, and
for so long time, Kansas has stood SO
high in the Senate that her people, we may
believe. must be anxious to put their next
commission into hands no less trustworthy
than able.
In the discussion of the question OF bring
Ing popular sentiment to bear directly on
the choice of United States senators we
should never lose sight of the fact that the
expedition of the work of the legislature in
the premises Is by no means the sole ac-
complishment. That Is much, and alone
justifies the new method. Boodlers are cut
out when the legislature meets deadlocks
are rendered impossible, and what under
the old method has so often tended to pro-
mote scandal. invite factionansm. and be-
cloud the judgment of legislators, is SIM
plified to the finest point. The legislature
assemblies with It's duty already prescribed.
But there is more than this. The legis-
lation of the session Is freed from all pos
sible entanglements with the matter of the
senatorship. With the election of the sena-
tor promptly disposed of. without barter or
combination. the legislature proceeds to its
main tasks, and executes them all the more
satisfactorily for having a clear field be-
fore II.
So far, instructing a legislature on this
subject. either by state primary or a
state convention, has worked well, and
Kansas would probably do weH to try 1t.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-24
The Tree

At this merry season. when SO many
trees are being slain because of sentiment.
1t Is gratifying to hear that some trees
are being saved because OF sentiment. Man
finds 1t hard to break away from the SAG
riicial habits of his ancestors Every les
tival must have Its victims. On Thanks
giving the turkey goes to slaughter; on In
dependence day the small boy Is inundated,
and on Christmas 1t Is the tree that suffers
death to gladden. men
But, as some things love the pain which
ministers tc others pleasure. 1t may be
that the tree finds happiness In the ak. AT
least no tree has uttered complaint, ana
no petition or memorial against Ynletide
has come from the evergreen friends OF
man. Perhaps. the conlfers, taken from
the chill and drear woods OF winter, really
enjoy their translation to the warm ana
cozy corner OF the parior. Some trees seem
supremely happy when decked with gor-
geous gilt and color. fruited with tooth
some swests and surrounded by Joyous
children. II y likely that the trees reyal
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-24

written down in the book Of family iife-
The youngsters are on their good behavior
because youngsters have for centuries taken
careful rsofe OF the calendar and waixed
the CHALK lines with painstalking care just
before Christmas. And parents have to-
generations dropped dark hints about dts
appointments In case certain rules are
broken.
But It Is all in the way of blum. q de-
lightful loving pretense. For there u
something weird and strange and unnatural
about the exemplary behavior OF Mary
and John. It is the exceptional parent
who does not prefer the Mary or the John
OF the uiidyear, when presents are not. pos
sible. and when the natural boy or girl Is
In evidence. And Johnny and Mary know
that their parents wouldn't deprive than
OF their gifts for worlds Why. it would
require something like . dynamite expio-
sion in the cellar or the smashing OF all
the windows IA the house to upset the pro-
gram Of Christmas morning.
And vet these annual exhibitions OF
straight lacedness ON the part of the younZ-
sters are wholesome. They permit 9 little
relaxation from the fond worrying OF rae
elders They lessen the strain Of super
vision. Sometimes boy Is even perma-
nently cured of certain annoying tricks by
this yearly realisation that It Is possible 20
be both good and happy at the same time.
And the great surprises Of Christmas morn
ing. whether genuine or not. are worth all
the restraint OF the days or weeks previous.
so here's to the ante-C Christmas boy ana
grill May they be well rewarded for their
passing goodnessi
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-24
Hummel and the Divorce Laws.

We must all agree that 1t was efnlnentiy
appropriate, as Is suggested In several quar-
tiers, that Abe Hummel should have been
wrecked on the rock of a divorce case. He
had made speciality of that sort of "busi-
ness" had handled in time many difficult
petitions, and had probably come to look
with a sort Of professional contempt upon
the marriage relation. He had studied the
marriage knot only with the view of unity
ing it for fat fee. His reputation as an
advertisement was an infamous parody on
the most comforting Of all the sacred texts.
Come unto me- has been the invitation
Of this INSCRIPTIONS little creature to all
who were chaf1ng under their marriage
yoke. land I win secure you release" He
had reduced the work to q system. and as
this fatal case showed, was prepared to
furnish both law and evidence at the re-
quest of clients.
But how about the laws which have made
Hummel possible? Do they not encourage
just such creatures? Is there not wide in
yitation to perjury. and does not perjury
mark the whole course OF many of the
more important divorce proceedings? The
cynical English judge who exclaimed after
reading paper in the case before him that
the truth would out even In an affidavit
said something that may be applied to the
literature Of all divorce courts The pc
titioner always swears to perfect conduct
on his or her part, and charges various
derelictions on the part of the defendant,
who In return denies all charges and swears
to love and affection and perfect conduct in
response. Then, as in so many cases, there
is the spying INDUCED in to entrap the
suspected partner, and the oaths of detec-
tives paid for at SO much an oath.
Are people who have themselves made an
affidavit to meet the generalities of a loose
statute likely to hesitate about rascally
suggestion to fortify dt by the afhdayits of
others? Are they not willing to put up
whatever money may be necessary to put
the thing through? A conscienceless law
yer revels in such an opportunity with
coEscienceless client. The wonder is that
the Hummels are not more numerous. And
maybe there are more Of them than the
criminal dockets reveal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-24
When Christmas Falls on Monday.

When Christmas falls on Monday some
how the atmosphere Of the occasion Is
different. The quietude of the Sabbath pre-
cedes the happy hustle of the merry morn.
There is none of the eleventh-hour rush
of preparation. The household displays
less feverish anxiety lest the day will come
and find some little detail undone- The
youngsters, on the other hand, are the
more impatient for the fight of the clock
hands. Sunday is likely to be long"
day to them in any event, and when 1t Is
the day before Christmas it is perhaps the
very longest" in the year, even IL it does
fall close to the 21st of December.
Yet the interposition of Sunday between
the last of the shopping and the distribu-
ton of gifts has its advantages 1t permits
a reflection upon the true meaning of the
occasion, the vital significance of Christ
mas as an occasion of more than present.
making. There Is some danger of losing
sight of the character of this festal day
in the consideration of the modern observ-
ances.
So today, with the presents all bought
and made and put snugly away out OF
sight, and every other preparation for the
morrow completed. the mind should be
turned restfully, inspiringly toward the
wonderful truth which the 25th of Deem
Der embodies the endurance of faith, the
vitality of belief in the story of Christ.
Perhaps by thus turning the mind toward
the spiritual aspect of Christmas on the
day before the blessedness of the occa-
sion may be the more wildly realized
Consider what Christmas has done for the
world, what the great event which it eele-
brates has meant to civilization. The boon
is beyond easy measurement Perhaps to-
day It may be viewed as something to seek,
to comprehend, something great and mar
yelous.
The youngsters. to whom Christmas Is apt
to be chiefly an occasion of personal delight
may be taught wholesome lesson in an
articipatory study of the occasion on this
day, itself dedicated to spiritual contempla-
ton. 1t is we'll to lessen, If possible, the
intensely personal aspect of Christmas.
given to it by the growth of the custom
of exchanging gifts. Too much stress has
been laid of late decades upon this aspect,
and perhaps too little upon the more ele-
waiting phases of the anniversary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-24
SANTA CLAUS UHDERSTUDY.

Eroaa The Minneapolis Journal
There is a demand for Santa Claus with
asbestos Whfskers, but psrhaps father can
throw enough cold water on the whole pro-
ceedings to render Christmas safe.
From the Hartford Times
II somebody would invent a hreproof
Christmas tree the holiday loss of life and
property would be materially reduced, al
though the end-year revenues OF the doctors
would seriously su7fer
From the Scranton Tribune.
Vogue says that the Fashionable man still.
wears q smooth face. In spite OF this it Is
not likely that the traditional Santa Claus
will be induced to part with his whiskers
this year.
From the Harrisburg Telegraph.
II Santa Claus would send papa a new
bank account, the feIicties of the season
would be complete.
B1pm ths Atlanta Consultation.
It's wise child who humors the parental
parpstuation OF tho Santa Claus myth.
FINN the Baltimore Herald.
Pates4amI}as tru6g4nK ltpma with
christznaz tres on his Shoulder e vivid
rsullaaer Of "When Birnam wood to DUN
s1nane doth Gonna
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-24

Henry Irving, it seems, left no estate but
some valuable souvenirs of his art, which
have been auctioned off at good figures. He
made good deal of money during his stage
career, but spent 1t In the course of the
drama. We have different record on this
side. Edwin Booth lost a fortune or two,
but left large estate. Lawrence Barrett,
with a smaller professional equipment, died
in prosperous circumstances. Joseph Jeffer-
son died very rich for an actor. and with
the greater part Of his money drawn from
the stage. Still we have had some men
and women Of high dramatic gifts to die
In poverty after a Long career. Actors, like
painters. are seldom men Of the business
faculty, but rise and fall with the tides
of the times in which their lots are cast. A
restless life, with Its ups and downs among
Its most attractive features
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-24
The New Regime in Russia.

''Sire, pardon me one more Amertcanism-
you are always lectaring me on that point
and let me say that we are up against It,
good and hard
"Witte, never pardoned anything more
freely. In ali our Russian there is nothing
that expresses the situation so well. we
are up against it. good and hard"
But unless you are keeping up with the
newspapers. sire. you are missing some
of the fiery features of the day."
For an instance?'
well. these numerous stormy interviews
we are having.
tell me about them"
why, We have several times almost
come to blows. My anger has goaded mo
to the verge OF a personal assault. while
your majesty has repeatedly snapped your
fingers in my face and ordered me from
your presence. 1 am offering my resigna-
ton oftener than an American commits
sioner of pensions. or a Secretary of the
Treasury. and each time you tear up the
paper and fling the pieces angrily at me-
us il amusing?"
Very Let me recommend It. You re-
member your reading of Lincoln-the Amer
lean President who saved his country from
disruption? He had a stormy time from
start to finish. and, it Is claimed was only
saved from madness by a strong sense of
humor All the wits, crude and finished.
were at work, and he of course was the
principal target. He enjoyed 1t all i'm
mensely. Read all the stuff Of the kind.
good or bad, he could reach and would
sometimes tighten the business of the cabi-
net meetings with citations from It. Some
or his advisers shook their heads and
thought 1t bad sign. Others, knowing
the man better, entered into his spirit, and
confessed themselves relieved by the exag-
gerations and inventions. Suppose we try
1t. In Germany. France. England and
America there is some pretty fair nonsense
going at our expense. and. IL you say SO. I'll
save some of 1t for you"
You don't seel like going mad, do you,
witte7'
We'll. no, sire. But If / didn't find relief
in one thing or another you might soon fnd
yourself at your Whites end"
Come, comet None of that That's dan
gerous. You know how the historians have
walloped Nero for fddling while Rome
burned. What would they say If they knew
that White pUtnned while Russia was revo-
luting?"
Say that. ut the time. he couldn't do
anything else"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-24
OSLER AGAIN.


FIR m the Columbus f0hio) State Journal.
When it comes to a prize fight old osler
Is right.
From the Chicago News.
Some of DR.. Osler's published expressions
seem calculated to bear out his theory that
a man over forty Is lacking in intellectual
power.
From the Newark Evening News.
DIR. Osler is pained to discover on return
ing to Boston that there asa several mighty
hearty old folks there thai make his theory
look like q last years birds nest
From the New York Mai.
We shall not believe In oslerism until we
have some proof that DIR. 0sler made as
bright Q speech on his fortieth birthday as
Mark Twain did on his seventieth.
From the Chicago Tribune.
It wouldn't be Or. Osier theory If 1t did
not run counter to the general sentiment Of
mankind.
From the Ru1ain Commercial
DIR. OsIex Is giving out some more -inter-
yteWs.s end incidentally. OF courses. 1t is
noted that he has written book that q for
sale.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-24
HAMILTON The EXILE.

From the Worcester Evening Gazette.
Judge TIasnflton's disinciination to ruth
his health by coming home may possibly be
cue to q fear of contracting the malady
from, which Messrs. Alexander. Mccall ana
McCurdy are suffering.
From the Galveston News.
1t seems that Judge Andy Hamilton Is IN
Paris being treated by a physician. 1t u
not explained whether 1t be a carbuncle or
what, but the judge Is said to be very sore.
From the Detroit Free Press.
The one touch that made all the insur.
ance companies kin was Andy Hamilton's.
From the Atlanta Constitution.
Old Diogenes is now looking for the life
insurance company that didn't cough up to
Andy" Hamilton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-24

A Cincinnati florist has sold the rights to
new carnation for over $4,000. Floral
france is becoming conspicuous feature
OF affairs
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-24

There Is a general Encouragement of the
drama In prospect. Circus acts are appear
ing In the regular theater and Sarah Bern,
hardt threatens to perform in a tent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-24

There is some disposition to remind Mr..
oden Of New York that he is not In a posi-
ton to look Tor notes in the eyes of other
people.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-24

It is not likely that the victorious candi-
date for the New York speakership will
have sufficient egotism to claim much credit
for the result.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-24

In adjusting Panama canal salaries the
proposition presents itself that q man Is
either worth great deal of money in such
an enterprise or else he IL in the way.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-24

Russian strikers have nasty way of
proceeding right to business instead of
drawing up resolutions and discussing them
In print.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-24

Bernard Shaw's opinion of himself goes
to show that an Englishman is sometimes
slow In seeing q joke.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-24

II 1t were not so. college youth in Its per-
versity would not get SO much fun out of it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-24
Her Theorv.

IT suppose you keep away from the mis-
tletoe because you are afraid OF being
kissed"
mo" answered Miss Cayenne. hut
have a theory that OSCILLATION should be a
matter OF affection and not OF botany
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-24

Mr.. James Hazen Hyde's dinners are OF
character that indicate he has saved
something from the wreck.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-24

At the same time Mr.. Hartman Is willing
to admit that there Is many true word
spoken in Jest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-24
Suggestion.

Since horns and bells our nerves to shake
Their din must still uplift,
A pair of ear-muffs ought to make
A proper Christmas gift.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-24

The merchants here and elsewhere are
ready to bear testimony that the Christmas
spirit Is not departing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-24
A Warning by the Calendar.

q Warning by the Calendar.
December IS.
Christmas bells and Christmas trees;
Christmas carols, Christmas glees:
Christmas viands rich and rare
Christmas frasranoe in the air.
And best OF all the vast delight.
A generous Christmas appetite.
December %.
Christmas headaeHe lingering still;
Christmas stomach feeling 81;
Spite Of all this Christp1as pail,
Got to 80 to work again.
Christmas cheer y hne enough,
But Christmas IA sssajamHier's touch.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-24
SHOOTING STARS.
A Thorough Modernist.

I'VE have no such statesmanship as -four
ished in olden times
NO." answered Senator Sorghum: 1--WE
have something to do now besides writing
pieces for sordid publishers to put into fifth
readers"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-24

'Some humans is stubborn as mules"
said Uncle Eben, "but nebber vet seed
mule dat could be as stubborn as some
humans
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-24

Flim-fiammers worked their games quite as
diligently and successfully in the old days
as at present. In the Star
Clever OF December II, 1855. is to
Swindler be found the following ac-
count of this kind Of activ-
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1905-09-13
BOG DAYS, THEY'RE CALLED
4 Name That the Ancients Origin
ated in Connection with serlus
the Dog Star.

"You can expect such weather
as this in dog days. said the gov
srnment weather sharper, accord
ng to the Kansas City Star
'Ninety-three in the shade is nor
NAL in dog day weather"
The belief that the warm
weather of dog days is caused by
the rising together at this time of
year of the dog star and the sun is
as old as history. Away back in
the dawn of history the Egyptians
began the year with the "dog
lays" the time when the rising of
the dog star conceded with the ris-
ing of the sun and the food of the
river Nile, which oyerflowed and
enriched the banks of that river.
Many centuries later, when the
Roman empire was at the height
of its glory, the warmest period of
the year, between July 3 and
August II, was called the Cam
cular days. Camcula was Latin
name for Serius, the star common
ly known as the dog star. 1t is a
star of the first magnitude in the
constellation Canus Major, and is
the brightest fixed star in the
armament. The Romans ascribed
the great heat of summer to the
influence of this star rising with
the sun in the morning about July
l in that latitude and continuing
to so rise until about August Is.
But this star does not rise with
the sun in all ATTITUDES, and owing
to the law of procession it rises a
little later each year, and in time
it will arise with the sun, not in
summer, but in the depth of win
ter. BUTT is probable that the dog
myth will live forever, and even
when, In ages TO come, the dog star
rises heliacally, or with the sun, in
midwinter, the first weeks of Au-
gust will yet be known popularity
as dog days"
Astronomers says that the dog
star has nothing whatever to do
with the warm weather of mid
summer. 1t is due alone to the po-
sition of the earth's surface in the
temperate zone at this season,
which receives the suns rays al
most vertically, preventing the
heat rays from glancingoff. Strik-
ing the earth's surface vertically
the rays generate more warmth,
just as the surface of mirror
Observation-Disclosures a fire will re-
feet more heat than if held slant.
ingly toward it.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1905-09-13
FAMOUS JOKE is RECALLED
Sydney Smiths Method to Get Fun
Out of a Scotchman-Cork-
screw His System.

At the Associated Booksellers
dinner in Edinburgh the other
week story illustrating one OF
Sydney Smiths most famous Jokes
was recalled. All the world knows
Sydney Smiths saying that it re.
qL:fed surgical operation to get
a joke into a Scotsman's head
But in 1914 he supplied a Scotsman
with consolatory Interpretation
of this dictum.
When William Chambers, the
publisher, was visiting London in
1914 there drove up to the door
of his lodgings in Greek street,
Soho, an old family coach drawn
by a pair of sleek horses. From
this descended an aged gentle.
man, who, from his shovel hat and
black CATERS, was seen to be an &c.
clesiastical dignitary. He was
ushered in and his name an
nounced, "Rev. Sydney Smith"
you are surprised possibly at
my visit" said Sydney. "There is
nothing at all strange about it.
The originator of the Edinburgh
Review has come to see the origin.
ator of the Edinburgh Journal"
Smith talked about old times in
Edinburgh. He made some little
inquiry about Chambers own
early efforts, and he laughed
when Chambers reminded him of
a saying of his own about study.
ing on little oatmeal.
"Ah, labora, labOra," he said,
sententiOusly. "HOw that word
expresses the character of your
cOuntryw
"Well, we do sometimes work
pretty hard, F" observed Chambers.
"but for all that we can relish a
pleasantly as much as our neigh
bors. You must have seen that the
Scotch have a considerable fund
of humor."
ooh, by all MEANS" said Sydney
Smith. "You are an immensely
funny people, but you need a little
operating upon to let the fun out.
| know no instrument so effectual
for the purpose as the corkscrew-"