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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-07
PRESIDENT IN TEXAS
ARRIVED AT2sANl ANTONIO LAST
NIGHT.

After an eventf,fi trip yesterday across a
large portion OF. Texas President Roose-
welt arrived in San Antonio at $3.50 O'Clock
last night. When the special train bearing
the President reached the station he was
greeted with cheers from thousands of
Threats. and the, 1usty, ,"Hurrahs!' of his
old comrades in, arms. the Rough Riders
of the Spanish war. who are holding their
annual reunion near the crumbling walls of
the historic Alamo, could plainly be heard
above the din.
The city is a maze of color in honor of
the Presidents visit. Business houses and
residences are decorated with flags and
bunting, and today's exercises promised to
be the most patriotic demonstration ever
held in Texas.
The President at Waco heard himself re-
world" The man who paid him this trib-
ute was Mayor Baker, who worked HIM
self up into such a state of enthusiasm
that he consumed nearly fifteen minutes in
making "a few Introductory remarks
"Teddy a Wonder"
Col Bill Sterrett of Dallas caught some
Of the enthusiasm of the crowds along the
line, and just after leaving Waco. he said:
isn't Teddy wonder? He could be elect
ed constable of Waco precinct. he could.
Any man can be President but man has
got to be close to the people to be elected
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-07

appeared none the worse for his long ride
across the country. He expressed himself
as being greatly pleased to arrive in Justin
under such suspicious circumstances. All
members of the party were placed in car
riages and driven to the state house, where
President Roosevelt made two speeches, one
in the hall of representatives and the other
on the lawn.
The President was taken for a drive over
the capital city. The day was ideal, and
so crowded were the streets that it proved
a difficult matter for the militia to control
the vast throng The school children, both
white and black, were lined up for review
along the line of march, and they cheered
Justify as the President passed.
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president, David Goodrich, Indian Terri
tory; secretary, Robert Colbert, Indian Ter
ritory. The honorary members chosen are
Lieut.. Gen. S. M. b. Young. Maj. Gen. Jo-
seph Wheeler Getired), Maj. Gen. Samuel
Sumner and Brig. Gen. Charles L. Cooper
(retired).
The constitution was amended so that
biennial reunions will be held hereafter
Gov. Joseph II. Kibbey of Arizona and
Mayor Morris Goldwater of Prescott, Ariz
appeared before the association and ex-
tended a hearty invitation to hold the next
reunion in Prescott. These requests were
left in the hands of the executive COM
mittee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-07
Erroneous Statement Corrected.

The chairman of the conference on
moral and religious instruction in the pub
lie schools desires to correct the statement
made In The Star yesterday that the pc
titions presented to the board of education
on Wednesday evening contained the sigma
lures of 5000 persons. What was actually
stated was that six out of the nine re-
ligious denominations represented by the
petitions numbered over 5000 commune
cant members. OF the other three the COM
nnittee could not present Rtatiatice.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-07
Rough Riders, Reunion in Texas.

The best attended reunion in the history
Of the Rough Riders is in progress in San
Antonio, Texas. Camp was opened yester-
day The Rough Riders met in the after
noon in business session. officers were
elected. the constitution amended, the re-
firing president made a speech, and four
names were added to the rolls of honorary
membership. The new officers are: Presi-
dent. C. Hunter, Indian Territory; first vice
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welcomed by Gov. Lanham.

The capital city was reached at o'clock.
and President Roosevelt was met at the
station by Gov. Lanham, Lieut.. Gov. Mel
and a committee of thirty citizens and
members of the Texas Legislature.
The President was IN excellent spirits, and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-07
Extenuating Circumstances

From the Chicago Journal.
A Delaware man has been given ten
lashes for stealing three mackerel, but II
should be remembered that a mackerel
looks much larger in Delaware than IL
would In any other state except Rhode
Island.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-07

When the citizens of Temple learned that
the train would not stop at their city,
hurried call of the city council was re-
quested. The city fathers Immediately pass
ed an emergency ordinance requiring the
train to stay at Temple station three min
utes. When this news was telegraphed to
the President, he laughed heartily. He i'm
mediately issued instructions that the train
stop at Temple. Nearly the total popula-
ton of the 1ittle city was on hand, and the
greeting accorded the chief executive was
hearty.
the train was switched from the tracks of
the Missouri, Kansas and Texas railroad
to those of the International and Great
Northern railroad, and the run to Austin
was hpPrn
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-07

For half an hour at noon yesterday Knox
vine. Tenn. was enveloped in the darkness
OF the night Snow and sleet began fall
Ing. accompanied by an appreciable drop In
the temperature.
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20 C q q e q e &C g tst'esS q q g
GIRDLES. silk Bodice
Girdle, with bone back
some with 80 rows of shir-
ring in handkerchief effects.
Others 8 rows of pleating-
the prettiest shades of light
blue. iris, navy. pink, green,
black, brown and doc
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constable out here in Texas. He's close to
the grass, he is. He's a winner and no
mistake
Col. Sterrett is the best-known newspaper
man in Texas. He joined the party at
Muskogee, I. T., Wednesday.
Il just came along to write pieces for my
paper he said.
: The President returned to his train with
difficulty, so great was the crowd. AS the
train moved away, he stood on the rear
platform and waved his hand to the people.
The train glided swiftly across the plains
of north Texas, and at noon entered the
fertile valley of the BraZos river. Several
short stops were made, and one especially
interested the President, because of the
manner in which it occurred
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-08
GARDEN HOUSES.
A Comfortable German Custom THAI
Would Be Worth a Trial Here.
From the New York Sun.

From the New York Sun.
why don't Americans have garden
houses?" writes home American woman
from Germany. "A garden house isn't q
summer house 1t isn't a rustic, open af-
fair. It's a solid, well-built room with one
wall omitted. There windows in the
other three walls, so that one hasn't shut
In feeling, and it has a good solid floor that
defes dampness. The floor of mine is made
of closely cemented bricks.
"In the big comfortable house in which
we have our rooms there are several other
families. Each family has a part CT the
generous garden back of the house and
each has little garden house. The inte-
rior of the little house is fitted UP with
comfortable benches and chairs and a solid
center table for the afternoon coffee.
simply delight in my garden house and
spend much of my time in 1t as l can.
A summer house could In no sense fill its
place for pleasure and usefulness, for the
summer house does not offer protection
against dampness, intense heat or the wind
and breezes.
For children's playroom nothing could
be nicer. Asking a child to come into a
garden house during shower is not the
trial to the child that asking 1T to come
indoors Is 1t Is a pretty sight in the
afternoon to see the family groups In the
garden houses laughing and chatting over
the o'clock refreshment."
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Are Safety Appliances Unsafep


An illustration of the curious uses to
which statistics may be put Is to be found
in an article in an English engineering
journal, In which the author tries to show
that safety appliances In the large indus
trial mills and on the railways have oper-
ated to increase accidents An increase in
the number of such mistaps to workEnen
Is made the basis of the conclusion that "a
mans best chance of immunity rests in his
hemming him in with artificial protection
If this deduction is sound, all the efforts to
compel employers to adopt and install safe
ty appliances, to cover opens gears, to ex-
tend the of automatic couplers and air
brakes on the railways, to compel the use
of gates at crossings and to adopt THE most
efficient and modern checks on passenger
elevators have been wasted not to speak
of the millions expended in obedience to
these demands.
The truth is, however that the safety
appliances do not tend to produce such
overconfidence on the part of the workmen
as to increase accidents the statistics to the
contrary notwithsta nding. The case Is not
the same as that of the distinguished New
York publisher whose memory for details
only began to fail him when he began to
take notes. In the one instance the extra
ordinary mental faculty failed for lack of
the wonted exercise, but in the case OF the
workmen the so-called safety appliances
do not relieve him of the necessity for
vigilance; they only decrease the danger
They do not remove all possible danger,
but they do reduce the liability to accident
and leave the individual free to guard him
self against those perls from which there
is no protection.
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SHADE ALL CENSUS
To Count the Squirrels in
Central Park.
R E G q Ia R FRIEN DIS
MANY PEOPLE WHO BRING THE
LITTLE FELLOWS FOOD.
They Are Rapidly Forgetting Their
Wild Ways-Perhaps May Be
Killed by Kindness.

Written :or The Star.
You mightn't think It. but men are as
fond as women of petting and pamperng
the famous squirrels In the New York
parks. There Is one man in particular,
retired, and worth a lot of money, who
makes II a part of his regular routine to
go from the hotel where he dwells, unless
the weather is particularly bad. and spend
some time with his fiuffy-tailed favorites
every day in the year. They haven't the
slightest fear of him, and they gather about
him in numbers sometimes, though 1t is not
often that more than one will accept favors
from him at once, for they are a jealous
race; It sometimes seems as If they would
rather fight a rival for human favors than
eat. in spite of their Unsuitable voracity.
This man is writing book about them.
and the squirrels evidently believe he was
created solely for their support and conven-
fence. They invade his pockets, they take
nuts from his mouth, and they are extra
ordinarily familiar with him in many ways.
Possibly there are other men who give at
tention daily to the squirrels; there are
many who let no Sunday go by without
feeding their favorites. 1t must not be
understood that squirrels have no special
friends among the fair sex-there are thou
sands of them, but they do not follow the
petting and feeding of the little creatures
so regularly the men.
The park commissioner thinks that the
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the table. where he tried to bury 1t in the
moss of the fernery.
Once he entered the dining room when
no one but the cook was there and no nuts
were to be found and the hungry little
creature ran up to her, hoping for food.
She was started almost out of her wits,
for she had no notion of the family's fond
ness for squirrels, and ran up the hall
screaming. Take the little divil away!
Take him away"
But this squirrel was bold only because
he felt confident that no vould hurt
him. If any one tried to hold him or tease
him In any way he became frantic. One
day he tried to leave the room through a
closed window instead of through the open
one by which he had entered When he
found that he could not get out he dropped
his nuts and began to claw fiercely at the
window frame, and 1t was only by careful
coaxing toward the open window that they
were able to get him out doors again.
1t was in January last that the park COM
missioner announced the plan to take
squirrel census. but he has not made a
public report on the subject as yet. 1t is
certain that the people are feeding their
pets as freely ever. In Brooklyn at one
of the entrances to Prospect Park there is
an Italian dealer in nuts who says that his
chief profit comes from men who food the
squirrels.
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Flower Arrangement.
From Harper's Bazaar.


There must be careful study of balance
between receptacle and flowers in making
up a composition The flowers must not
overpower the vase nor the vase the flow
ers. The inclination seems to be to allow
the receptacle to become too prominent, es-
pecially If 1t happens to be a bowl, when
the flowers are inclined to slip in too far
This makes the bunch of flowers too COM
pact, with too little allowance for the grace
and beauty of stem and leaf. We Ameri-
cans have a weakness for massing every
thing Sometimes 1t is well from a color
standpoint, but 1t is invariably better to
have a part, at least of the composition
open showing line as well color; nature
likes a breathing space. In a picture by a
prominent artist in one Of the recent exhi-
lions a large green glass bowl containing
q bunch of nasturtiums Is introduced for
the sake OF color contrast. The bunch of
Easturtfums is round and solid, about one
quarter the size of the bowl. the blossoms
packed firmly together, and general APP
pearance of having been pushed forcibly in
to stay. The effect of this. minor detail
though It be- almost ruins the picture.
Bowls of flowers very difficult to ar
range without getting this effect, especially
IL the mouth of the bowl is small in pro-
portion. The flowers should be given the
benefit Of the entire length of their stems,
either balancing them delicately on the
edge of the mouth, which necessitates re-
newing the water very frequently, or using
one of the brass nets. each mesh large
enough to hold one or more stems in place.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-08

the hreboat, but impossible to get ashore
from her until the fire had been put out;
and when they finally reported to battalion
Chief Tighe for duty there was nothing for
them to do. He looked them over with a
mildly threatening eye. Get back to your
houses an get dried he said. Take my
rig. Tn come up on the truck. He added.
to Gallagher and the captain. Il want to see
you two"
And he saw them-and he heard them
through an houf-long conference that kept
the crew hushed in awful expectation in
their bunk room on the other side of Mea-
ghans Office door. PIN refused to answer
any questions for the men and went of to
sleep; but Long Tom Donneily, with one
eye open for promotion lay waiting to be
summoned as witness of the lieutenant 9
INSTRUMENTATION. and listened to the growl
OF voices In the Office. wakefully. When
Tighe came out. at last, he was smoking
one of Meaghans cigars ;and Donnelly,
from his cot, got a glimpse of Gallagher, as
the door opened, sitting at his ease beside
the captains desk. breathing the fragrant
blue and putting at another of "th' oil
mans cheroots.
And Donnelly was the only one dissatis-
fed with that ending of the affair.
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/ VERY FRIENDLY

care and attention given to the squirrels
by the public, especially in Central Park.
is uniting them to take care of themselves
So dependent have they become upon the
gifts of nuts brought them each day by
visitors that two or three years ago, when
an unusually heavy snowfall made the
park inaccessible for several days. the squir-
rels were In actual danger of starving to
death. They have buried nuts in the sum
mer, to be sure but they seem to have
forgotten where.
Even when wild, squirrels often forget
the hiding places of their food stores, and
will often dig a dozen holes to find one
nut. Amid civilized surroundings they seem
to have very little memory, indeed.
Last winter the park commissioner had
liberal supplies of peanuts distributed in
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1t was then an easy matter for him to run
up the spindle legs that supported the shelf
and ransack the nut dish.
The Beggar on Horseback.
The third floor people used to shut the
fire escape window when they were not
in the room. but sometimes they forgot TO
do this and then the squirrel came and
helped himself. One day he carried off a
large piece of cocoanut that some one had
been grating. and another day he took a
roll. Once he came quite Unexpectedly In
the evening. when they were at dinner.
and before anybody noticed him he had
sprung to the table. taken a nut from the
bowl and started with ii to the center OF
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period. dating back to about $500 b. c., and
is in an almost perfect state of preserva-
ton. Both to the student OF history ard
art this h a find OF unusual and pronounced
importance.
: The Fine Arts Federation of New York
has inaugurated a movement for the es-
adjustment of home for aged and infirm
artists and their wives. There are already
two artists benevolent associations in New
York (the Artists Aid Society. providing
financial aid to the families of deceased
members. and the Artists Fund Society.
which assists its members in Illness or other
disability. and the project is to fntrust
whatever funds are raised to the custody
of these organizations. One scheme is to
collect $250,000 and build home, and an
other is to establish an endowment of
$150,00 for the placing of artists in insti-
tutions already existing. Like all such
charities this ought not to be necessary.
H. A. MacNeill, whose interesting bronze,
THE Sun Vow" was recently purchased
by the Corcoran Gallery, is now finishing
an heroic statue of the late President Nc
Kinley, which is to form the central figure
of group to be placed in the Ohio capitol
at Columbus 1t Is nine and half feet
high and represents Mr.. Mckinley in the
act OF delivering his last speech at the
Pan-American exposition.
* X
The new state house at Harrisburg Pa.
when completed will be rich in works OF
art. In addition to the many notable dec
orations already arranged for John w.
Alexander has lately been commissioned by
the state of Pennsylvania to execute for
this building a series of fourteen mural
paintings In subject this series is to set
forth the advancement of science and CIV
ilization in Pennsylvania and in character
1t Is understood, IL will resemble the Book
series in the Library of Congress.
Daniel c. French the sculptor, has Just
finished in clay the four alegorical groups
which are destined for the adornment of
the exterior of New York's new custom
house. These represent the four great can
tinents-Europe, Asia, Africa and Amer
ica-and consist of a symbolical seated wo-
mans figure and subordinate figures. The
material used is to be Tennessee marble
The organizers of the approaching in
ternational exhibition of Munich have sent
out commissioners to the several countries
to make collections OF characteristic works
of art The American exhibits are. how
ever to be chosen in Paris and will only
unfortunately, represent our nonresident
painters.
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request of some of the squirrels friends,
he has had houses built for them and fas-
tened to the trees.
Knew What It Wanted.
Though large number of the park squir-
rels are now very tame, many are still
quite nervous and timid until they are sure
no harm is intended toward them; then
they sometimes become annoying in their
boldness.
In Riverside Park one day a young wom-
an with a bag of nuts sat down on bench
near some trees where she knew there were
several squirrels and began to call them.
Pretty soon one of them came. He was
timid at first, but soon became friendly and
ate all the nuts she had with her. Then
she opened book and began to read. But
the squirrel came back. He ran along the
bench, poked his nose under her book ana
gloves and into her jacket. and chartered
harshly for more nuts. Finally the girl
decided to move to another bench and
started away. The squirrel followed her.
and she moved on. But he was not to be
SO easily defeated. and he still ran after
her When he reached her side he sprang
to her skirt, clambered to her arm. and sat
there until she shook him of and fairly
ran away from him.
Ir, the northern end of Central Park the
squirrels are more numerous, WIDER ana
hunRrier than anywhere else in the city.
There are many large trees there In
part not reached by many paths, and the
wilduess and woodiness of the place appar-
emily suit the little animals. But they are
ALI thin and seem to have difficulty In
finding enough to eat, SO they welcome
their occasional visitors with appetites that
repay them for their perseverance in find
ing that part OF the park.
II is not often that the squirrels seek
people in order to get food, but here is the
story of one squirrel who used to go sey-
sral blocks good many times day be-
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The Easier Way.

From the Chicago Record Herald.
do you expect to send your son to coll
lege?"
well. haven't decided yet. In view Of
the hazing and the football I'm inclined
to believe 1t would be more merciful to
finish him up with chloroform."
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Decidedly Something.
rrom the Chicago Tribune.

Reporter-"Mr BigRun. there is a rumor
in circulation. as presume you have heard.
that you accepted bride in the matter Of
a certain contract. The Daily Bread will
be glad to have statement from you to the
effect that there is nothing In It."
Mr. Biggun--"But there is something In 1t.
You tell the Daily Bread there is $4,000
libel suit in 1t If 1t publishes the story"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-08
The Main Thing.

From the Cincinnati Commercially
Have you covered that story thorough
ly?" asked the city editor of the yellow
journal.
Yes replied the new reporter, I've
got all the facts in the case.
but have you got all the news?'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-08

ElIa-"He comes of good family. doesn't
he?''
stella-.Yes. he's the only thing know
against it."-Town Topics.
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What Is declared to be the Oldest statue
in the world was recently exhumed by Dr.
Edgar j. Banks. archaeologist of note,
at Bismya. 1t is marble statue of a
Sumerian king OF the pre- Baby4ontan
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-08

The Whistler exhibition which Is being
held in the National School of Fine Arts.
Paris, under the auspices OF the French
government, has met with such enthusiastic
appreciation that In compliance to a public
request 1t will be continued month longer
than was originally announced NJ Leonce
Eenedite, curator of the Luxembourg, who
organized the exhibition, has in connection
with 1t edited a volume on Whistler which
contains forty excellent reproductions of
his works. The work Is being published
by the Ltbrairie Central des Beaux Arts
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-07-08

period, dating back to about $500 b. c.. and
is In an almost perfect state of preserva-
Importance.
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boxes throughout the park. and, at the
request of some of the squirrels friends
he has had houses built for them and fas-
tened to the trees.