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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-03
The Tip That Hurts.
From the Providence Journal.

From the Providence journal
"Some day." said a man who was giving
off that peculiar odor which advertises only
the barber shop, "some day, I hope to
meet somebody who can tell me why the
tip to the broom boy aggravates me worse
than any tip part with and why never
have the courage of my convictions In con-
nection with it. 1 suppose it's because 1
feel that after I've paid % cents for hair
cut and ID cents for shave and have
been wheedled into a shampoo 1 didn't
want, I've spent money enough. Hundreds
of times I've promised myself that would
not be whisked at the BARRIERS and hum
dreds of times I've found myself being
whsked, while 1 spun round slowly like a
lay figure on revolving disc. There are
some things in this world l can do for my
self and want to do. l can reach for my
hat without knocking anything off the
mantelpiece in the next room, and l can
put on my overcoat and light my cigar and
brush my clothes and open a door. Now
and then can close door, too, and that's
an accomplishment. Whatever there is
about 1t. I begrudge that broom boy tip
more than do the contribution put on the
plate for foreign missions. knowing. as 1
do. that some of our home missions are
starving to DEATH"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-03
MAGNETIC STORMS.
Result Of Efforts to Connect Them
With Solar Disturbances.

from the Eieftrlcai Review
For the last half century or more efforts
have been made to connect In some way So
called magnetic storms with some solar lis
turbances. Success in this direction has
never been marked. although there is a pre-
valling idea that the sun really causes these
storms. The latest attempt to establish a
relation of this kind was made by f. w
Maunder at a recent meeting of the British
Astronomical Association.
1t was first supposed that magnetic storms
were due to magnetic changes in the sun.
but In 1892 Lord Kelvin said that such could
not be the case Another suggestion vas
that these storms might be due to stream
ers from the sun which impinge upon the
earth. Attempts to establish some dehnite
relation between magnetic storms and sun
spots have also failed, since magnetic
storm does no; always follow the appear
ance of sun Spots, and there may be storms
without any unusual. sun spots. Mr.. Maun-
der seemed to find a general agreement De
tween the appearance OF sun Spots ana
storms, especially when large disturbances
only were considered. He then examined
the Greenwich records for the last twenty
years. and he found that in many cases
there is apparently period of recurrence or
twenty-seven and one-third days. This IS
the apparent period of the suns rotation
Out of some PIG storms one-third OF these
We're arranged in pairs spaced apart by a
period of one rotation of the sun. About
three-auarters of the storms showed o.
rational period of one form or another.
The conclusions he reaches are that mag
netic disturbances apparently recur with
The return of certain definite meridians of
The sun to the center of the disc. He thinks
hat his research has established beyond
question the origin of magnetic storms, ana
!. introduces a new conception of the mag
netic action of the sum- which seems to act
magnetically within certain restricted areas
and along narrow lines Mr. Maunder's ideas
have been received with a good deal of in
terest, but no one is yet prepared to criti-
else them
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or at least very few, will be seen, and
when a bolero effect or jacket design
Is attempted there will invariably be worn
some thin white lawn or linen.
The costume today suggested is a pale
mauve Japanese silk of rather a heavy
weave and uneven texture. 1t is intended
by the trimming The mode will surely be
a popular one, but yet no garments are
known to be made after this design. The
length Of the skirt, which is quite long and
made with a train, marks it Immediately
as Il gown not designed for walking pur-
poses. for there will be only short skirts
worn on the streets by women afoot.
There Is a novel and very smart triple
effect impaired to the long skirt by means
of the triple arrangement of ornaments. A
graduated panel extends the full length of
the front and a little above the middle
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-03
OF INTEREST TO WOMEN

Miss Bradley made two useful suggestions
in the course of her interesting lecture, one
being that there should be central agri-
cultural bank in London through which
affiliated cooperative societies could Dor
row money for their respective share
holders, while another was that the county
councils should help women by small loans
as they do men who require money to work
their holdings or allotments.-London
Sphere.
The English servant requires to be
studied. The worlds other servants are
mere amateurs. the English servant has
trade. AS an American 1 proceeded to
treat mine a TAmericaine. and 1 made my
first blunder. A sensible American is. if
not friends with her servants, at least
friendly. The Englishwoman, If she is sem
sibIe. presents to her servants a surface of
perfect Indifference, and then she has
peace for the English servant despises "A
considerate and kindly mistress as not
knowing her place. The most difficult
thing for a stranger to learn is that i'm
palpable line between the different servants
duties. If one does not enumerate what
one expects of them when they are hired.
afterward it is too late They have. how
ever, a rough sense of honor and they gen.
orally do what they agree to.-Harper's
Bazaar.
Many visitors to the brilliant principality
go closely associated with the goddess Of
chance remember the charming hospitality
which was dispensed by Princess Alice at
the old castle of which the walls are wash
ed by the Mediterranean. 1t is an open
secret that of late years the prince and
princess have felt happier apart. and the
princess now spends more of her time in
Paris, and even in London. than at Monaco.
-Leslie's Weekly.
The following are the various colors used
for mourning in different countries. to-
gether with the reasons for the selection:
Black expresses privation of light, worn
Throughout Europe and America. Yellow,
the sere and yellow leaf, Egypt and Burma.
In Brittany widows caps among the peas
ants are yellow. Purple and violet. to ex-
press royalty, mourning for the cardinals
and kings OF France Violet is the mourn
ing color for Turkey. White. emblem Of
ssWhite-handed hope" China. Deep blue.
Bokhara mourning. The significance Of
this selection Is not known Pale brown.
the withsrsd leaves, Persia- Graytsh brown.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-03
ELECTRICAL SHEEP.
Prove That the Body is Made of Com
plicated Electrical Machines

SaI Francisco Cor. Los Angeles Examiner
tests that have covered a period of two
years have just been completed bv DIR A
j Atkins of this city, who now believes
that the brain and heart and all the Other
organs OF the physical structure are cleo
tricai machines, depending wholly unon
electro-motive force for their activity.
Inc last or the series of experiments bv
which this theory is claimed to have been
scientifically proved was conducted this
week In South San Francisco stock ward
Wheh Dr. ATKINS and his co-workers. DR..
+. a Lewis and DIR. II. w Hunsaker reg
lStered on galvanometer electricaI cny
rents IN the heart and brain of living
sheep. Tiny electrodes attached to the
testing instrument by a long wire were
inserted into the heart and brain of tba
animal that had been prepared for vfvi-
section by the injection of cocaine into The
spinal column and instantly. as the sharp
points pierced these vital organs the
needle of the delicate machine quivered
and oscillated as il registered in milli-
volts the alternating currents of cleo
tricity.
If DR. Atkins is right I'm what he believes
he has proved man and his lower kindred.
the animals, are complicated electrical ma :
chimes with lot of smaller machines with
in the large one.
DR.. Atkins as far back rs last September
registered electrical currents in tho lungs
of sheep. and later demonstrated in the
same way that the liver, kidneys and other
organs are also run by electricity. The
lungs contain by far the most positive
electrical energy. This, DIR. Atkins ex-
plains, is because the oxygen drawn in the
lungs Is chemically combined with the
blood III this organ. This is done by cleo
tro-chemical action. according to Dr. At
kins. Chemical action is nothing but cleo
trical action he argues, and in the lungs
begins the process Of generating the cleo
tricity with which the body is stored and
which. in fact. is the life Of the body
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-03
ARTILLERY IN WAR
It's Use is Indicated in India as Far
Back as 1870 Years Ago.

From the Chicago News
\ striking feature of the present war in
the far east is the predominance ALREADY
attained by artillery in the hands of the
japanese. This promises to become even
more noticeable the campaign pro-
crosses. and the world is probably about to
witness at the hands of these able exno-
nents the highest pitch of efficiency to
which the use of the artillery weapon has
yet arrived
Nothing in the history of war is frauzbt
with the same amount of interest as the
evolution of the science of baIlistics Tha
hrst primeval wight who discovered the
possibility of communicating a mobility
70 me Hlnts at his feet, and perhaps play
iuIly hurled one at his wifes maternal reIa-
tive. little rocked that his action was the
prototype or prOtoplasm of the magazine
ilne and the six-inch wire gun One sinpu-
lar thing in relation to artillery is the ex-
iraOrdinary time it has taken to devotion
IN power, as IL is only in quite recent times
mat any noticeable advance has been made
VI I1te years, however, its progress has
hStl remarkable, and has been accompa-
Aled by an equal improvement in the power
or propulsion: for the old recipes for now
uer-Indklng, in which an equality of ingre-
ulrhls was enjoined, WERE fortunately as
"eIh as me early artillery. 1t is quite
PIpodpIe that the inferior powder which is
manufactured in Lhassa at the present
ojne' ana which was used against the Brit
Ism advance, is preparation from ono of
the old recipes of the east where its dis
coNery and application to ballistics goes
ndck TO remotest antiquity. In fact. il ia
stated by some old writer's that evidence
exists 10 show that Alexander the Great
was opposed by certain weapons of this
kind in India.
Fhilostratus. IN a work written $40
years ago, speaks of a people of India
called Oxydracae. whose cities Alexander
could never take. For. while their besiee
eTS advanced with warlike engines against
the walls, they remained perfectly nuiat
uhtI their enemy's near approach when
tHeSe We're repulsed by storms of lightning
above. ii Aioih
Much evidence goes to show that pup-
powder was known in both India and China
from very early times, but that for a long
period II was only used in the form of fire
works. 1t is undoubtedly one of those in =
EentIons that have been discovered by diff
I.fent men in as many different places
Nltruvius asserts that it was used nv
Archimedes in the defense of Syracuse. and
declares That one of the great inventors
engines shot forth great bullets of stone
win terrible noise. which was neithar
the report OF a catapult, the baIIista nor
any known engine '
But II we except this less established
instance II Is pretty certain that the first to
use artillery in Europe We're the English
J"Hn barbour, archdeacon of Aberdeen
states that Edward III used cannon i'm his
hrat campaign in Scotland in the ynar
1921. and there is good reason to believe
that they were used again in 1916 at the
hdttle of Crecy, one of the Identical pieces
II Is he!d, being now at Woolwfch Eng
land "'0' i1iis
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assisted by First Lieut.. p. w. Smith,
quartermaster, LIST Battalion: First Lieut.
G. A: Won Dachenhausen. quartermaster,
9th Battalion; First Lieut.. E. II. Neumeysr,
jr.. quartermaster. I'd Battalion; commas
sary Sergeant ID. S. Bliss and Quartermas-
ter Sergeant VIII III. Chase. general nom
commissioned staff, and Engineer Yeoman
VIM. G. Neumeyer. Naval Battalion. Wno
have been specially detailed for the pur-
pose. The luncheon, or speaking in
strictly military way, ''rations.' Will De
issued from several wagons.
The I'd Battalion has been detailed Tor
special duty in keeping clear the eastern
roadways of the Capitol grounds until after
the grand marshal has halted in front OF
the Capitol.
The National Guard of the District OF
Columbia Will parade as brigade of the
first grand military division, and VIII
appear in the column directly in rear OF
the troops of the regular army.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-03
h. Ethiopia and Abyssinia.-Chicago

earth, Ethiopia and Abyssinia.-Chicago
News.
1t would appear that marriage gives to
the husband in Jamaica peculiar rights
if one may judge from the remark of a
native woman who came to a magistrate
to make complaint because a man
knocked her down.
She closed her complaint by saying in
an aggrieved tone, And he no good right
to knock me down; he is not my hus.
band.
The city of Colby, Kan, had 1 900 meal
tickets printed and distributed among
the housewives of the place. The tickets
are good for one meal when counter
signed by the city marshal When hobo
appears at the back door and asks fer a
handOut he is given one of these tickets
which the marshal will redeem for two
hours work on the streets. Unless the
tramp follows this procedure he goes
hungry in Colby-Exchange
AT Monte Carlo there are TO be seen the
same crowd of hawk-lke looking women
prowling round and round, credited with
not infrequently grabbing other peoples
money, and 1 witnessed a severe encoun-
ter between two elderly females over the
possession of five francs, which caused
rcars of laughter. Most extraordinarily
dressed people are to be seen in the
rooms this year. l counted at least half
dozen widows in Grape wells and MOURN
ing bands, and one gentleman enlivened
the scene by appearing in a light suit
with a brilliant scarlet tartan waistcoat
and crocodile skin boots in white and
brown He is certainly the most dressy
individual Monte Carlo has seen this year.
All the latest Paris fashions are to be
found in the rooms and half the women
wear hats with enormous panaches OF
ostrich feathers; while one or two have
been wearing what / am assured Is the
latest confection from Paris, and con-
sists of a black velvet sort of smoking
cap, which looked ludicrously small
among the many AIRY fairy" erections to
be seen on all sides.-London Chronicle.
An epidemic of matrimony with chorus
girls has broken out again in the British
peerage. The young lords and marquises
are depicting the stage of the same theater.
Contrary to the announcement by the So
licitor Of another peer. that as soon az he
had married an American heiress his debts
would be paid, these theatrical alliances can
have no financial motive. Yet the chorus
girl marriages seem to turn out as well 40
those arranged on purely business prin-
ciples. and marriages out OF their own
circle keep the British peerage moro virile
than the continental nobility with their
interminable Observation-Disclosures
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-03
Women Golfers in England.

From the London Telegraph
Six American ladies are likely to enter
for our next ladies' golf championship on
Nav 20 at Cromer. which is arranged to
come between the amateur competition at
prestwick and the open championship at st.
Andrews. 1t would be interesting If Mrs.
w ]. Travis, encouraged by her husbands
triumph over Great Britain. were to try her
t,cL q painst the ladies' The consistent ac-
curacy of such American players as Mr..
Travis must have its effect on their ladies.
especially in approaching and putting; and
from the news brought home by visitors to
tba states like Miss Adair and Miss bod.
who have lust returned, we shall no doubt
have a hard game If their best players visit
Cromer at the end of May.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-03
Intended for Pongee and
Other Oriental Weaves.
SKIRT FOLLOWS FIGURE
CHIC COSTUME IN SOFT MASTIC
SHADES
Made of Pearl Gray Sacking and
Lace Strips Would Suit
Many.
Design by Redfern.

Design by Redfern
Copyright 1905. by r. r. AyersD
To take the place of ones serviceable
cloth street costume there are many nov
elites in lighter weight and weave for
spring occa sions. Last season pongee and
other oriental silks attained a popularity
seldom accorded to any one novelty fabric.
and so satisfactory were these costumes
that many will appear again this coming
season.
The weaves are trife heavier and more
open this year. a great advantage over
former ones, and they come in a greater
variety of colors well as more artistic
ones than ever before. There will be one
noticeable departure from last years styles
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-03

bodice suggested a surplice IN the way
they crossed at the left side, but instead
of being soft and full, they were very
tailor like. having a rolling collar of mauve
velvet that resembled that on a Tuxedo
coat.
Pleated skirts are to enjoy the same
vogue that has been accorded them for
the past season. Usually they have no silk
lining, and if the material is cloth, then
the upper part of the pleats is cut out
underneath to get rid of superhuous goods.
A charming pearl gray sacking was
trimmed very handsomely with broad strips
of lace dyed to match. The full gored
skirt showed two bands of the lace ap-
piled fiat and with a tiny ruching OF vel
vet on either edge. The coat cut with
something of Louis Seize air. and the
fronts, as well as the cuffs. were orna-
mented with the tinted lace daintily en-
broidered in grays and white. Under this
was worn a pearl gray chiffon blouse show
ing inserts of gray-tinted Valenciennes.
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The Evening Star Patterns.
A Charming Surplice Waist.

2739-The woman of fine tastes who pre-
sents always chic appearance turns with
appreciative eyes to the accompanying
sketch. The shoulder shrrings, brought
down easily into the girdle in back, give a
modish effect which many up-to-date
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-03
Child's Apron.

2726-What would the little people do
without the ever useful apron to save their
frocks? Here is shown child's apron with
simplicity as it's greatest charm. 1t is made
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-03

bodices lack. The long puff Of the sleeve
interrupted by double shirrings at the ell
bow forms one of the most fetching of the
popular puff sleeves The surpl1ce fronts
are gathered along the Icurved lower and
front edge, drawing down the fullness
diagonally from the shoulders. The deep
cuff may be omitted for aIthree-quarter-
length sleeve. The chemisette of all-over
embroidery, lace or silk is removable, SO
that several different. ones may be worn
with the same waist, having either high or
with the harmonizing embroidered pongee
for chemisette and cuffs, makes a pretty
waist for afternoon wear. In the medium
size 41s yards of material SO inches wide
are required. gs
Pattern No. 2739 is cut In sizes, from
30 to AZ inches bust.
Either Of these patterns will be mailed,
Department Of The Evening Star. It Is nc
properly filed out.
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Battalion will be Differed as follows: Lieu
tenant Commander Randolph B. Brummett
with Ensign Frank w. sgourney as aid.
First Division-Lieut. John d. Carmody
and Ensign William f. Bleo.
Second Division-Lieut Joseph A. Demnf
and Ensign Walter f. Burtt
Third Divsion-Lieut. Arthur H. Chase.
Directly in the rear of the Naval Battalion
will be the First Battery of Field Artillery.
equipped with the most modern type of
ordnance. The officers who will Darade
with the battery First Lieutenant Geo.
c. Wilsher and Second Lieutenant Charles
] Fox.
The rear of the District National Guard
column will be brought up by the Ambu-
lance Corps, commanded by First Iieuten-
ant Warren d. Fales, who gives every indi-
cation of being ready for business.
For Escort Duty.
The National Guard OF the District of
Columbia will have the honor of seeing
that the many organizations take their
places properly in the big procession This
duty has been assigned to Capt. Andrew
Parker, aide-de-camp, District of Columbia
Militia. The following have been detailed
by headquarters to assist him: Capt E.
c. Sch,4fer, quartermaster I'd Regiment:
Capt Robert Cook, quartermaster, LIST Reg
iment First Lieut.. A. B. Bennett, jr, sur
geon, 9Th Battalion; Second Lieutenant w
B. Sullivan, Company X. LIST Regiment:
Quartermaster Sergeant Walter Hail. LIST
Battalion: First Sergeant William j. ARM
strong Company F, I'd Regiment and Pri-
yate Raymond r.. Burrows. Signal Corps.
While waiting east of the Capitol
for the column to move. the Dis
cofree and sandwiches. under the d.
rection of Major e. H. Neumeyer. commits
Sary general, District Of Columbia Militia,
Amador ledger., 1905-01-06
The Singing Tree.

The stinging tree of faraway Queens
land is a luxurious shrub, pleasing to
the eye, but dangerous to the touch.
1t grows from two or three inches to
ten or fifteen feet in height and emits
disagreeable odor A traveller says:
Sometimes while shooting turkeys in
the shrubs entirely forgot the sting
ing tree till was warned of its close
proximity by its smell and have often
found myself in little forest of them
1 was only once stung, and that very
lightly. Its effects are curious 1t
leaves no marks, but the pain Is mad
dening, and for months afterward the
part when touched is tender in rainy
weather or when it gets wet in wash
ing, etc. 1 have seen a man who treats
ordinary pain lightly roll on the
ground in agony after being stung,
and have known horse so complete
ly mad after getting into a grove Of
the trees that he rushed open mouthed
at every one who approached him and
had to be shot. Dogs when stung will
rush about, whining piteously, biting
pieces from the affected part"
Amador ledger., 1905-01-06
Peculiarities of Eyes.

The human eye in perfect condition
Is able to see objects separately that
are only one minute of arc apart. Put
two objects-as, for instance, two black
circles on a white ground-just one
inch apart and then place them at a
distance Of about 2S615 feet. AS seen
with the naked eye the apparent space
between the circles will be minute of
arc. This space Is plainly the limit of
detail visible to the unassisted human
eye. Now, it might be supposed that an
insect, having compound eye, would
be able to see more detail than we can
do-in other words, could separate
small objects closer together. AS a
matter of fact, owing to the small
aperture of the lenses composing the
facets of the eye and the spacing be-
tween the facets, insects see less detail
than we do. Dr. G. Johnstone Stoney
calculated that a dragon fly cannot see
separately two objects which are plac-
ed less than one degree apart. In 9th
er words, to such an insect two silver
coins lying on a table three inches
apart and viewed from a distance eX-
ceeding fourteen and one-third feet
would appear as single object. Bees
and flies, according to the same au-
thority, are still more limited In their
ability to see the details of objects pre-
sented to their eyes. A fly could only
see the two silver coins above describ-
ed separately at distance not exceed
ing about seven feet.
Amador ledger., 1905-01-06
Diplomatic Corps Costumes.

An interesting fact not generally
known in regard to the diplomatic
corps is that a member of that august
body cannot, under the penalty Of Of
fetal reprimand and danger Of recall,
appear at a fancy ball in the national
costume. This fact was developed one
evening when a large fancy ball was
given at one Of the private houses on
the same evening of presidential re-
ception to the diplomatic corps. Those
Of the diplomats who attended the
ball later in the evening were obliged
to first change the court costumes worn
at the White House. Inquiry on the
part Of curious friends developed the
reason just stated.