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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-25
Early Closing.

With the advent of the summer season
comes the tendency Of the local merchants
to conserve the health of their employees
by closing their establishments somewhat
earlier all days but Saturday. WASH
ington has been especially fortunate in this
respect in the past and 1t Is gratifying
to note that the early-closing movement
will be continued this season. perhaps with
extensions into lines of business not here
tofOre included. No actual loss of trade
Is suffered by the establishments which are
closed at five or five-thrty instead of six
o'clock. The public adjusts itself to the
change and buys its goods within the cur
tailed hours just as freely though the
doors were held open longer. And the
merchants who thus take thought for their
workers reap advantage in the better
health and the greater zeal of the employees,
who appreciate this consideration. This Is
a busy age. More Is crowded into a day
than ever before. Therefore rest Is more
urgently necessary. and it is the wise man
who recognizes this fact and adjusts his
business accordingly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-25
A Suburban MARTYR

Young Judklns bought a cottage neat;
1t had big front yard
To keep IL tidy and complete
He labored long and hard.
The grass and weeds all rankIy grew,
And every day at dawn
And every night when work was through
Young Judkins moved the lawn
And when he'd worked across the lot
With arms and ankles sore.
The side where he began had got
AS shaggy as before.
The neighhors watched the struggle grim
'Twixt grass and human Drawn.
They sometimes sought to comfort him,
But Judkins moved the lawn.
When to his Office he would go.
That grass was on his mind.
In dreams he oft could 1t grow.
His lonely wife repined
And thought of sociables and teas
Where other wives had gone.
She yearned for simple joys like these.
But Judkns moved the lawn.
The other men whom he had known
Progressed on lifes affairs,
Though some of them scant zeal had shown
In small domestic cares.
His lonely wife eloped one day
And left her rings in pawn.
The servants all refused to stay.
But Judkins moved the lawn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-25
GOOD OLD SUMMER TIME.

From the New York Mail.
For the good old summer time. inquire in
the subway
From the Chicago Record Herald.
This. astronomically considered, Is the
first day of summer. And in few weeks
the last rose will have withered.
From the Buffalo Evening News.
Coal dealers are away on their fifth an
nual excursion. Now we are completely at
the mercy of the ice man.
From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
Cooler weather is promised. but as the
date is not announced, we are all at liberty
to expect it Christmas day.
From the Dayton News.
And would like to suggest TO the gen
uemen who are arguing about the real ma
ture of hell that the weather is too season
able to lend interest to the controversy.
From the Detroit Journal
The warm weather has brought back our
dear old typograph friend-'sw eltering
humanity''-we see.
From the syracuse Herald.
1t is about time to take down the hot
weather rules and look them over.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-25

town the street noises are the less en1ur-
able because they are more sharply defined
Three boys playing in the early evening in
a residence section of the city can disturb
more people than a hundred boys down.
town during the business hours. Every
thing Is relative. The noises are relat
to each other and to the sensitiveness Of
the individual. Some people are extremely
susceptible TO the annoyance Of loud-voiced
street vendors. To others the ting-ting- ting
of the scissors mans bell Is maddening.
The sick are rendered feverish. the well
are provoked beyond endurance.
In these summer days and nights when
windows are perforce kept open. the street
noises a particular nuisance. It Is
important to keep quiet. to refrain from
indulgence in Ill temper. to look placidly
on the world. But how can a man keep
quiet and remain calm when his ears are
dinned by distracting. piercing sounds. put
ting his nerves on edge and causing him to
think yearningly Of the green fields and
deep woods of the country?
The remedy for these noises lies largely
In the hands Of the District authorities.
who can enforce the police regulations to
the end Of reducing nuisances to a mini
mum. 1t lies also largely in the hands Of
the individual parents. who can, by dint of
proper discipline. keep their children In a
more quiet state. 1t Is strange fact of
human nature that often the person who
is most urgent in his complaints about
street noises Is father of the most rlotous
children of the neighborhood. Let every
citizen look closely around at home for
opportunities to reduce the volume of
sound There is scarcely airy chance of
waste effort. In nearly every household
are the elements Of unnecessary noise. 1t
is not well or possible to check the gaiety
of children altogether. making little num-
mics Of them. But there is a middle ground
of common sense. on which the parent can
stand for good behavior and Juvenile &C
tivlty together.
If every man will honestly look at this
question in an altruistic spirit and try to
put himself in the place of his nervous
neighbOr. perhaps the problem will be easy
to solve. And meanwhile every quiet-loving
citizen will pray that the Commissioners
will not grant the petition of the hucksters
to be permitted to yell at discretion and
ring door bells.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-25
Odor Of the Auto.

Sometimes the expected happens. The
breath Of the automobile has been found to
be bad. 1t has long been thought by those
persons whose sense of smell is delicate
enough TO perceive a difference between
June roses and a garbage can that the odor
of the auto was pungent. Friends of speed
advocates of laceration, devotees of dtslo-
cations patrons Of the smash and other ad-
mirers of the auto have held that the at
mosphere of a gasoline tank Is incense
sweet enough to sprinkle on the wings OF
angels A gentle wind soughing from the
SOUTH freighted with the aroma of cherry
blossoms. elder flowers and new mown nay
has seemed to the automobilions no ricner.
no sweeter no more seductive than the red
olence of benzine. OF course. great many
persons have catarrh and some persons pre-
fer garlic to lilacs. There are tastes ana
tastes. 1t is really surprising that PERU
merry makers have not already put upon the
market something like Extract of auto Tor
the bath" "Sachet of wild benzine for the
toilet" Eau de gasoline or ''Honk-honk
cologne"
But while some persons believe that an
auto is as fragrant as mint julep on
dusty day in midsummer drouth. there are
other persons who feel that the auto. in the
matter OuOT, Is lIHptiISCt III ldSt, tiCJ
feel that 1t is positively defective. man
as richly saturated in fumes as an automo-
bile would not be welcome il some polite
society.
The charge that the odor of an auto Is
noxious is based on expert testimony. Per-
haps no man who knows hawk from
handsaw would condemn even automO-
bile on the testimony of experts. but still
this testimony is cumulative and tends to
confirm what honest and Intelligent persons
have long suspected.
The accusation against the auto reads
thus:
"A British physician calls attention to
what he considers a dangerous attribute Of
the gasoline automobile; namely, it's ex-
haust. from which the waste gases of the
explosions are given of. He cites the fol-
lowing case in proof of his view: In room
of about 2 900 cubic feet capacity, the doors
and windows of which were closed. four
men for the space of twenty minutes were
engaged in testing an 8-horsepower oil en-
CINE. Before the completion of the trial
one of the men went out complaining of
feeling bad and had nausea. All four
were subsequently sick and complaining of
violent headaches and throbbing of the
temples. One of them. who came to see the
doctor several days later. showed marked
anaemia and later developed large car
buncle. The symptoms says the doctor.
pointed to carbon monoXide poisoning.
which Is the most dangerous constituent OF
ordinary illuminating gas.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-25
WASHINGTON'S UNDERSTUDlES.

From the Columbus Dispatch.
Chicago. Denver. st. Paul Newport and
Milwaukee are thus far the leaders among
the cities that have proposed to entertain
the peace commissioners in case Washing
ton proves to be too hot.
From the Toledo Blade.
If Washington gets too hot for the peace
plenipotentiares, Prof. Moore, chief of the
national weather bureau. is right there to
sit on the lid.
From the Hartford Times.
Chicago has been presumptuously putting
In bid for the peace conference, although
it's difficult to imagine a more unfit and
unnatural spot for a peace gathering.
From the Tacoma Ledger.
The peace plenipotentiaries will probably
meet at Washington and adjourn to New
port or Saratoga The attractions OF
Americas famous summer resorts will be
irresistible to the diplomats.
From the ST. Louis Globe Democrat.
If the peace commissioners should hold
their meeting in Chicago somebody would
try to bride one side or the other to throw
the game.
From the Indianapolis Star.
One of the inducements that Chicago
offered to get the peace conference to come
to it was the promise of an armed escort
for the plenipotentiaries whenever they
might care to go on the streets.
From the Buffalo Commercial.
several cities are applying iioW ioi tiic
honor of being the actual meeting place
for the peace conference What's the mat
ter with Buffalo?
From the Des Mones Capital
1t will probably be known either Us the
Treaty of Washington or of Oyster Bay.
From the Newark Advertiser.
Chicago might urge. as an inducement
for the peace conferees to meet there that
the new flyer has made 1t easier than ever
to get away quickly
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-25

pean ruler" would presume to listen to the
aspirations of a band of foreigners for free
dom and independence. and since the United
States has become great world power 1t
is necessary for our chief of state to be in
fashion.
From the Philadelphia Ledger.
If Norway is in hurry to have the Presi-
dent recognize 1t independent state
the Norwegians might cite to him the case
of Panama.
From tie Chicago Tribune
A Morse? a Morse? Half my kingdom
for Norse?-king Oscar.
From the Columbus Dispatch.
There Is feeling in this country thai
President Nansen of Norway would have
a pleasant sound
From the Chicago Record Herald
Norway stands pat, but doesn't call II
that.
From the Sioux City Tribune.
should Norway become a republic il is
feared that crowns and other appurtenances
thereto Will experience slump in the mar
ket.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-25
Miles,

General Miles denies the rumor of his
coming marriage. One campaign at time.
He is wooing fortune for a political prize
just now, and that is quite enough to oc-
cupy him. If the democrats of Massac hu-
sets put him up for governor. and the
people of the state then elect him to the
office. he will have a good deal on his
hands. The duties of the place are not
exacting. but General Miles as governor
would not confine himself to routine. He
would see. as would many of his friends,
something beyond that for him in the politl-
cal world. and his best endeavors would
probably be directed toward securing it.
This yarn about Cupid is probably an in
vention Of the enemy. designed to distract
the generals attention from the real object
Of his pursuit.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-25
NORWAY.

From the Atlanta Constitution.
If the Norwegians will walt four years
they may be able to secure no less a per-
sonage than Theodore Roosevelt for their
throne.
From the Hartford Times.
Before the forty Norwegian student sing
ers were admitted to the White House yes
terday they were told that they must say
nothing about the affairs or politics of their
native land when presented to Mr. Roose-
welt. 1t was possible for some impulsive re-
mark about Norwegian independence to be
addressed to the President, which he would
have been compelled to ignore No Euro
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-25
SONGS OF SUMMER.

s f. Kiser In the Chicago Record Herald.
The glad vacation time has come. the books are
laid away.
Sweet Wllle's face Is wreathed In smiles Is
laughs through al the day:
His teachers trunk is packed and she
VIII spend the summer by the
And probably sometimes contrive TO be little gay.
joy:
o blessings on you. little girl and happy hearted
boyi
My neighbor's daughters full grown,
And there il nothing that own
Which they in rolIcking around may damage or
destroy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-25
Endowment.

It's not the man who occupies
The place of prominence
Who feels the joy of living
In Its most emphatic sense.
The man up in the grand-stand seat
OF fun oft finds a dearth.
But the fellows in the bleachers
Always get their moneys worth.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-25
How 1t Worked

Things don't always turn out as we plan
them" said the philosopher.
NO" answered the apprehensive person
Il took out life insurance In the Inquitable
Company to relieve my mind about the
future, and all l got was more worry"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-25
From the Pittsburg Post.

From the Pittsburg Post.
The river calls. the river calls!
The urchin. freed from school.
Forsakes the place OF learning's halls
And seeks the dusky pool
Where far beneath the sunfish lies
In waters calm and clear.
Ger which proclaim the dragon dies.
That swimming time is here.
The river calls. the river callsi
The lawyer In the town
Forgets the client for whom he bawis.
The woolsack and the gown;
The merchant lays his ledgers by.
And lends willing
To sll the een sprites that cry
That swimming time is here.
The river calls the river calls!
The careworn millionaire
Observes his mansions lofty walls
Dissolve beneath his stare
Whilst visions come OF boyhood days
The mill race and the weir
With summer calling thro' the haze
That swimming time ia here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-25
Against Her PrincipIes

Did you give him his conge" said
Mamie.
Certainly not" answered Ethel Maude
as she daintily bit off another piece of
chewing gum. Il never did see any sense
In returning engagement presents"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-25
A Benefactor,

Who has done most for modern Ameri-
can humor?' asked an after dinner orator.
Il don't recall his name" answered the
other. But it was the man who invented
the scrap-book."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-25

There is no telling what avenue fame will
pursue. A superintendent of insurance may
become as important the mayor of
big city.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-25
Out for Good.

From the Chicago Record Herald.
James II. Hyde declares that he Is tout
of the Equitable for good" Most of the
policy holders will be inclined to believe
him--if he Is out.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-25

The theatrical managers in New York are
still threatening to quarrel among them
selves. but there is no prospect that their
rivalries will reach so acute a stage that
they will insist on giving better shows for
less money.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-25

If Mr.. Tom Lawson can get enough people
to follow his advice there will be no doubt
whatever about the fulfilment of his market
predictions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-25

Gen. Linevitch is scarcely ingenious
enough to believe that any continuance of
the war by Russia will be due to his per
sonal request in the matter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-25

New York cannot expect the subway air
TO be good when passengers insist on car
rying aboard all this Equitable news in the
daily papers
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-25

President Roosevelt is a doctor of laws.
but some of the United States senators will
not be precpitate about calling him In to
nrnscrIbe.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-25

The plan by which the late Mr.. Hyde in
creased his wealth is so simple when ex-
planned that it seems wonderful that more
people did not think of it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-25

\ New York poetess writes Love is
enough, Let us not look for gold" That
Kind OF talk is pretty. but it does not go far
with the jury in breach of promise case
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-25

The fact that a locomotive had the temer-
ity to beat him In race with his automo-
bile may tempt the kaiser to look further
into these theories as to government owner
ship of RAILWAYS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-25
Carnegie's Chance.

From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
II Mr. Carnegie will kindly loan Russia
the cash to pay her indemnity obligations.
he will have most glorious chance to die
poor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-25

1t is hoped that the peace commissioners
are not expected to develop so much cool
ress as not to notice a few warm waves
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-25

II Mr.. Jerome decides to take up the
Equitable affair in dead earnest, Miss Nan
Patterson will possibly suggest that he put
Mr.. Rand in charge Of the case
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-25
SHOOTING STARS.
A Chicago Conversation.

Is there much profit in raising beef?"
said the farmer.
Not as much as there Is in raising
prices answered the trust magnate,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-25

BY this time Mr.. Dalrymple must be
tempted to admit that Chicago never can
become just like Glasgow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-25

After the gayoties Of Paris Newport may
seem like country village to Mr. Henry
Natttrson
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-25

Mr. Bowen has assuredly missed few
opportunities to display superior diplomatic
talents.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-25

The Evening Star. with the Sunday morning edi,
ton Is delivered by carriers within the city AT ~
cents per month"; without the Sunday morning edi-
tion at ~ cents per month.
BY mall postage prepaid:
Daily Sunday included. one MONTH 60 cents.
Daily sunday excepted, one month. so cents.
Saturday Star wear, $lOO.
Sunday Star, year. 81 50.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-25

THE STAR has a regular and permanent
Family Circulation much more than the
combined circulation q the other WASH
inston dailes- A. = Mews and. Advertts-
ing Medium It has NO competitor.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-09-19

OMAHA, Sept ls.-To the Editor OF The
Bee: wish to call the attention of the
voters to the building of the bridge over
the Elkhorn, near Elk City. It's building
was authorized January 49, 1901. 1t was
to be 200 feet long, was to rest on nifty
four-inch tubes, twenty-eight feet long. The
price for the bridge complete was to be
Ns S6s Later when the itemized bill was
rendered It contained this item:
1l2 feet tubing, at ts5....................S2sO 800
The bill was allowed. The report in its
favor was signed by Ostrom. CoAnelly.
Hector Harte and Hofeldt.
In 1908 when the bridge began TO fall
down two experts examined it. They re-
ported under date OF September 30, 1903.
They reported the east tube piers out of
place at the top and bottom, the super
structure not properly anchored TO the
piers. Although the bridge was less than
two years built, the plans and specihca-
tlons had been lost, that the tube piers
had no proper foundation and that the
piers themselves were twenty feet short
of the length that the county commits
sioneTs paid r. q, Drake Of the Standard
Bridge company, for
In this connection I want TO state that
| the bridge over the Elkhorn near Waterloo.
100 feet longer than the Elk City bridge,
| cost $4,000
The Standard Bridge company built
| the Elk City bridge and many
other bridges at that time. when Henry
| E. Ostrom went on the county board in
1902 he went into the employ OF the Stan
dard Bridge company, which had enjoyed
| these fat contracts In The Bee OF October
s. 1903 this paragraph appears:
Mr.. Ostroms work on boards OF equali-
| zation as county commissioner and his
employment during the last session OF the
legislature as a lobbyist for the bridge
company that has created so much scandal
in this state, leaves him open to attack
and would make his election very din
| cult"
Does this have reference 10 Henry os-
from, who Is now a candidate for county
commissioner for a third term?
WILLIAM PHILIPS.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-09-19

primary election law has been read by
many with much interest, and as you say,
each voter can 80 to the polls and vote
for the candidate Of his choice, and that
each voter should carefully consider the
several candidates and cast his ballot for
the one best qualified for the position.
II will be necessary for the voter to eX-
press by his vote his choice for county
judge-the most important Office In Douglas
county and should be held by man OF ex-
perience, ability and well known integrity.
Judge Charles T. Dickinson meets all
these requirements. As every one knows
he served as district Judge for eight years
and gave universal satisfaction by his in
depreciation OF the law and his treatment
Of liugants. He was not controlled in any
way by any person or corpora tion-but was
contented only by his desire to do justice
to all. Judge Dickinson In all his talks
to the republican clubs in and about our
city, has said that II elected to the Office
OF county Judge he will account to all per-
sons, entitled to trust funds in his hands
Of the county court for all interest accumu-
lated on same. and will be perfectly salts
fed with the salary Of the office, a matter
you have been contendlng for. for years,
and which is conceded by all TO be the
only honest way to care for the money
trusts and interests Of the widows and
orphans. None Of us can tell how soon
our estates may be put into the hands
of the probate county judge and 1 know Of
no office or trust more sacred than the
one that is empowered to handle the line
blood OF our dead ones left to the cold
charities of an unfriendly world. Judge
Dickinson has been tried and not found
wanting. No one has ever accused him
Of betraying any public trust. His in
tegrity OF character and his ability as an
honest Judge has never been questioned
l trust those who may exercise their right
tomorrow to the polls will bear his name
and the Office he seeks in mind, when they
come to cast their votes.
RICHARD c. PATTERSON.