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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-22
The Anniversary.

Washngtons birthday is being celebrated
by the citizens of the capital in a quiet
manner somewhat different from the old
days Of parades. There is little outward
manifestation of the occasion save the
decoration of the business houses and some
of the residences by the display of flags.
The patriotic organizations are holding
their stated meetings and devoting them
selves to reviews of the career and char
acter of the first President. Despite the
lack of spectacular demonstrations, there is
no danger of the anniversary being forgot
ten or neglected by individuals. Washing
tons place in the hearts of the people is
too we'll established for such a deplorable
result ever to occur.
Yesterday the public school children en-
gagged in series of celebrations which gave
them a clear conception of the significance
of Washingtons name as a factor in the
national stability. Speeches by well chosen
representatives of the people served to i'm
plant seeds in their minds which will as
suredly grow into wholesome ideas in the
future. This is perhaps the most effective
way of celebrating the day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-22
The Ash Collectors.

This severe winter has put the ash collec-
ton service to a most severe test, ana,
Judging from the volume of the complaints
1t has not satisfactorily stood the trial. The
necessity to run furnaces and stoves at
high pressure has caused an unusual out
put of coal refuse, and householders have
been put to the adoption of expedients to
get rid of the ashes and cinders. 1t Is be-
lieved that hundreds have endured the in
adequacy of the service more or less pa
tiently without complaining to the authori-
ties. This Is serious error on the part or
the citizen. To the extent that he cooper
ates with the superintendent Of street
cleaning, under whose jurisdiction this serv-
ice falls, by notifying him of the lapses Of
the collectors, he aids in correcting the
evils. II he merely grumbles and in his ex-
ASPIRATION hires one Of the old-time ashmen
to remove the refuse he plays into the
hands Of the derelct contractors to the ex-
tent of weakening the official pressure upon
them. Whenever the scheduled day for
collection passes without a visit from the
wagons he should forthwith drop a note or
send a telephone message to the District
building, and thus acquaint the authorities
with the exact state of affairs. The Dis
trict government cannot otherwise keep tab
on every house or know of the lapses of the
collectors. This Is the citizens duty as
well as his privilege, and it should be full
oiled in every case to the end that the COL
lection service, by being exposed to the off,
cials In all its insuff1ciency, may be i'm
proved SO far as their power extends.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-22
Peace Terms.

The revival of the peace talk in st. Pc
tersburg, with outline of the terms now
under consideration by Russia as a posi-
BILE basis for negotiations, need not i'm
press the world surprising. There has
not been moment for several months,
pecially since the fall of Port Arthur, when
Russia could not with entire logic and
good cause have turned attention to the
peace proposition. Its armies IN Manchuria
have been everywhere beaten. Its great
stronghold has been captured Its navy
in Asiauc waters has been destroyed. 1t
has been all but rendered hors de combat
Continuation of the war in these crcum-
stances will involve a vast expenditure of
means and the sacrifice of many thousands
of lives. Whether Russia can drive Japan
back from the points of vantage 1t now
occupies or is compelled to fall back far
Their into Manchuria, the future war cost
will be tremendous.
Conditions at home themselves demand
the restoration of peace. Russia is In do
mestic straits, and the Romanoff dynasty
is menaced as never before. Assassination
has within a few months removed four
high officials of the empire and several
smaller ones. The powerful minister of
the Interior and a leading member of the
Imperial lamlly nave Deen destroyed by
the lerrorists. The workingmen throughout
the empire have revolted against their in
tolerable burdens. The government has
resorted to massacre and ruthless perse-
cCtion of the people without effect. The
seething agitation continues. The students
and professors of the ST. Petersburg Uni
versity have struck work In body, en-
phaszing a new phase of the situation,
which shows the educational institutions
throughout Russia In revolt.
II Russia were tranquil at home, the
people contented and prosperous, the dy-
nasty popular, the state of the Manchu-
rIan campaign would warrant retreat for
the sake of peace. Coupled with the in
ternal troubles the difficulties of the car
in Asia render "A move for peace virtually
imperative. Short of an unexpected stroke
of good fortune in the far east, or the
total collapse OF Japan's military organiza-
ton. there is no hope today for the Rus
SIAN arms save through the painful and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-22
Kansas.

Kansas having started the ball rolling in
the matter of the Standard Oil Company is
disposed to take fall out of other, all the
other trusts. 1t Is famous state for
strenuosity. 1t was born in strenuous
times out of strenuous conditions, and per-
feet calm has never been experienced there.
The people feel strongly, speak strongly.
and act with a Will. The present is a good
time to develop them in their fighting form.
The allegations against the Rockefeller out
fit are direct and comprehensive, and IL
they can be sustained relief should be OBJ
tanned. At any rate, the Kansans are
aroused and of opinion that now Is the
season for trust cleaning. Their proceed
ings will be watched with all the greater
interest because of the fact that it is bad
day for trusts everywhere.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-22

costly process Of wearing out Japan. 1t
IL as certain as anything that exists that
the empire could not withstand the strain
of such prolonged enterprise.
The suggested basis for peace shows that
Russia is willing to give up most Of the
territory for which 1t went to war. Korea
and the Lao Tung peninsula to be Japanese
or under Japan's suzerainty, Vladivostok
to be a neutral, open port. and Manchuria as
far as Hardin to be restored to China
these are the terms outlined. China may
want to be given control of the whole of
Manchuria. which is not included In the
area mentioned, and Japan may want q
money indemnity to recoup 1t for Its war
costs. in addition to the lands given. On
the basis suggested in the present peace re-
ports Japan would In effect gain from
the war only a verifcation Of its claim
of suzerainty over Korea and the
restoration OF the Lao Tung peninsula,
which 1t won in the war with China and
which was taken from it by the cabal of
European powers. 1t would not be unnat-
ural II the Tokyo government baked at
peace terms which yielded so little OF net
results.
However, the outlined terms afford
fair basis for procedure toward peace. It
Is certainly to be hoped that there is good
foundation for the report.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-22
The Philinpine Tariff Bill.

The passage by the House yesterday Of
the Philippine tariff bill was a good piece
of work. Every member who voted for the
measure-and as there was no division on
the final call, the action practically was
unanimous-has reason to applaud himself.
Probably no one got precisely what he
wanted, but in the bill in general every one
saw an improvement on the existing situa-
ton. The Senate should accept it promptly.
1t has required all too much time to
create public sentiment in behalf of a
more liberal trade policy with the Philip
pines. The proposition is so plain the Won
der is 1t was not adopted at once We
were the masters of the country, certain
to stay, and thereby morally bound to do
the best thing possible for it. If the peO-
pie were to prosper they must have mar
kets, and markets upon good terms. We
wanted their trade, and the only way to
secure 1t was by catering to it. We must
be generous in our policies. and make 1t
worth their while to come here.
At last we are on the right track, and
should keep In the middle of it. AS Ameri-
can territory the Philippine Islands should
show a prosperity equal to the opportunities
and advantages that go with the flag. It is
conceded on all hands that the archipelago
Is one or the richest spots on the globe
in natural resources. AS yet it has scarcely
been scratched. Under Spanish rule prog
ress, as we understand the word, was i'm
possible. Everything remained primitive,
and the people remained in ignorance. But
now the schoolmaster, the up-to-date bust
ness man, and the educated farmer are
making their way all over the islands. and
within the next quarter of a century the
fruits of their activities should be every
where apparent.
Seven years mark our control, and they
have been years Of difficulty. We have not
always seen or improved our opportunities,
and when this Is considered we may marvel
at how much we have accomplished. But
with all talk of scuttle made ridiculous and
the rights of the Filipinos clearly demon
strated, we should go forward now at a
good pace, and do unto those people as Is
best for them and best for u.s.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-22

country should be strong on the sea, and
hence take no thought of the fact that just
now the republicans are in power. And 1t
would be equally the duty of republicans In
their places to support a like program pro-
posed by a democratic administration.
The war with Spain brought US all to-
gether in a way we had not experienced
since the great civil strife in the first half
of the sixties We moved with one accord
toward a given end. and we were easily
successful. Money was voted and troops
raised without suggestion of anything
but love of country. Mr.. Mckinley as COM
mander -in-chief called to his aid men with
whom he had differed all his life on domes-
tic questions and they responded with an
alacrity which did honor to their patriotism.
AS both could see, it was not to be re-
publican or a democratic war, but war
by Americans for the whole country.
That war brought with 1t changes and OBJ
legations which we could not have avoided
If we would, and would not II we could.
We found ourselves face to face with sit
uation which appealed at once to our duty
and our pride; and we have labored since
in the same spirit which took US into action.
That Is to say, democrats have Joined with
republicans in increasing the size Of both
our land and our sea power to meet the
new requirements 1t is the proper spirit.
1t reflects credit on those who manifest It,
and while it prevails we shall not default
in what the world expects of us, or In
what we owe to ourselves
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-22
Supporting the Navy.

Among the House democrats who sup
ported the Presidents naval recommends
lions were Mr.. Sulzer and Mr.. Meyer. the
former from New York and the latter from
Louisiana. They are proud of their votes
and when they called at the White House
yesterday the matter was the subject of
some pleasant conversation between them
and the President.
We should all be glad to see the support
of both the navy and the army rise above
party divisions. What excuse indeed. Is
there for politics there? We must have an
army and we must have a navy. There Is
room for discussion as to the size Of both,
but no excuse whatever for opposing sup
plies for either simply because they are
proposed by the opposition party. Mr..
Sulzer and Mr.. Meyer believe that the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-22
Ephemeral Fame.
From the Springfield Republican.

From the Springfield Republican,
One of the many private pension bills
which passed the House last week provid-
ed for increasing the pension of Edmund
G. Ross from $12 to $50 month. No one
recognized the name, and the bill went
through with the mass of others. But the
man was once a senator of the United
States, and one of the nineteen who voted
against the conviction of Andrew Johnson
in the impeachment proceedings. He served
In the war as an officer in Kansas cavalry
regiment OF late years Mr.. Ross has lived
in poverty, working as best he could at the
printers trade in New Mexico.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-22
Optimism.

The sky will smile with gentle mien,
The sun it's charm will try
To WOO once more unto the scene
The wandering butterfly.
A balmy wind will float at night
Across the starry arch,
And everything will be all right
Upon the Fourth of March.
Exhausted winters weary form
On distant SHOWS he'll fling,
Nor seek to terrify with storm
The timid grace of spring.
The buds will shine in glad array
On maple and on larch,
And all will be holiday
Upon the Fourth of March.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-22

George Bernard Shaw says that Shake
speare was a snob. 1t must be admitted
that history does not cite any instance of
his being slapped on the back and called
by his first name. But, for that matter,
Mr.. Shaw himself is not noted for being
indscriminately chummy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-22
One Piece of Luck.

Despite the things that cause you grief,
No matter what they are,
You still may think, with much relief,
You weren't born a car
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-22

After hearing some of the bands that
break into Inauguration parades it may be
concluded that Gen. Corbin's suggestion
that the soldiers learn to sing was not so
unreasonable.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-22

Mr. La Toilette declines to take his mind
from more serious economic problems in Or
der to guide or assist the Wisconsin legis-
lators who are perturbed about tight lac
ing
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-22

King Peter of Servia would advise the
car not to be moved to envious Indignation
by the hints that he is not of sufficient
Importance to be ASA ssinated.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-22

1t would be a great blessing If the Amer
lean hen could manage to be SO Industrious
as to leave the egg corner with lot of
packed goods on its hands.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-22
Not Thinking.
'fWhat

What do you think of your congress
n no"
I'VE don't think of him." answered Far
mer Corntossel What we sent him away
from here for was to get him off our
minds"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-22
Explained.

Didn't you tell me that the backbone of
winter was broken?"
Yes" answered the weather prophet,
'but it froze up again SO that you couldn't
notice it."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-22
SHOOTING STARS.
Her Observation.

"Bliggins thinks he is a man of great i'm
portance."
Yes" answered Mrs. Cayenne. but
have observed that the opinions Of people
who think that way seldom amount to
much" ..-5-r F-e
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-22

1t is feared that it will be some time be-
fore peace conference can be held that
will have facilities for handling all the
material placed before 1t.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-22

man on cents day has probably figured
close in order to mark the price down from
a even dime
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-22

Mr.. Carmack. in referring to President
Roosevelt as disciple of William J. Bryan,
should have care lest he shatter an incip-
lent friendship.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-22
Will Try.

From the Chicago Tribune.
For the credit of the nation. Washington
should try to have its principal streets clear
or snow on Inauguration day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-22
Dead.

From the Boston Herald.
The peace treaties appear to be succumb-
ing to the prevailing excessive mortality.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-22

If Mrs. Chadwick has a million put away
she will probably have some left even after
the lawyers are paid
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-22

Rojestvensky will probably finish by be-
ing great deal luckier than either Stoessel
or Kuropatkin.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-22

Considering the present burden of the
Russian taxpayer 1t will be rather hard if
Japan insists on a heavy indemnity
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-22

The beef trust is still in position to take
its revenge on the consumer when it Is an
noyed by the courts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-22

de braggiE' man." said Uncle Eben. us
very often like a hen dat gifts de idea dat it
dom make no diff ence bout de eggs, as
long as she keeps cacklin'.''
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-22

Russia is hoping that the assassin Of Ser.
gus is less reliable as prophet than as a
bomb thrower.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-22
Doesn't Like to Be Right.
From the Atlanta Constit,

From the Atlanta Constitution.
Now Mr.. Bryan has gone and kicked
over his entente cordiale with the Presi-
dent. He declares the President is wrong
In the arbitration treaty controversy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-22
May Get a Jolt.
I'M the Philadelphia Telegraph.

airship as the result Of a dream will prob
ably wake up about the time he starts
fly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-22

There is no reform too big for Kansas to
tackle. 1t is not afraid of Standard Oil it
self
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-22

THE EVENING STAR has Q regular and
permanent Vanity Circulation much
more than the combined circulation Of
the other Washington dailies. A. .
News and Ad-srttsius 1Esdium It has
no competitor.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-12-01
THE WOODE| WOMAN.
HOW SOME PEoPLE LEARNED
HER THOUGHTS.
BY I. X. FRIEDMAN.

The occupants Of 3the other apart
ments in the tenemelnt called her the
wooden woman" Tyne expression OIL
her face, which never changed, was
woodeny, and even when she moved
about she seemed to pc carved out OF
wood.
In the summer when the weather
was pleasant she sat outside on the
steps, her hands folded in her lap, as if
she saw nothing Of the life that was 60
ing on around her, as if she were COM
pletely absorbed by something that
was going on in her mind-her mind that
everybody thought was as vacant as the
stare in her eyes.
Whenever the weather was unpleasant
or cold she sat in her kitchen with her
hands folded in her lap, the same vacant
stare in her big, calm eyes. This kitchen
itself was a dark, ~windowless room, cut
off from all light by the surrounding
walls, but she kept it ~scrupulously clean,
and somehow it wore a cheerful air
even though she was forced to keep the
lamp burning there by day as well as by
night in order to see.
Moreover, this kitchen contained a
handmade, hand-carved cupboard,
filled with old china that sparkled like
polished brass-in which she seemed
to take a particular delight. for her va
cant stare was always turned toward it
as if it were filled with associations Of
happier days instead of plates and
saucers. Over the cupboard a clock
licked away-ticked away like her own
life, monotonously, without the slight
est variation, but with a certain ma
chine-like tranquility and content.
IF the clock and Mrs. Kirkwood were
to change places" said one of her neigh
bors to another, Il don't think either
would know it."
The wooden woman had lived in the
tenement for nearly a year and she was
never known to say more than good
morning" or good night" to anybody,
not even to her two roomers, who never
attempted to break in on her reserve,
approaching the fact that they had a
landlady who neverinterfered with their
privacy. If people talked to her she
listened with the fixed, vacant express
sion of the deaf, as if she hadn't heard,
nodded as if she understood, but gave no
reply.
Once a prying visitor offered to buy
her cupboard-a proposition that actual
ly shocked the wooden woman into life;
for she changed color, moved her hands
up to her face as if to ward off a blow and
said plaintively: "Sell my cupboard!
How can /? My husband made it,"
Your husband is a carpenter, them"
asked the visitor.
Eyes, a carpenter and a sailor"
where is he now?"
The wooden woman let the question
pass unanswered. her hands folded in
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-12-01

her lap, ner eyes closed as If by speak
ing she had committed a cardinal sin
and as If she were still appalled, by the
sound of her own voice.
One day the owner of the tenement
hired the wooden woman, who was very
poor, to do some %scrubbing for him in
another building that he owned in the
neighborhood. But she had scarcely
started to her task when she was over
come by the fear that her roomers might
return home in the evening before she
did and not find the hall lamp lighted.
So she rushed back to her kitchen and
sat there all day, with her hands folded,
listening to the tick of the remorseless
clock.
Whenever she left her home. whenever
she stepped outside of the circle that
habit had drawn around her and within
which 1t had fixed her, she became as
panic-stricken, as lost as if she had been
removed beyond the borders of civiliza-
ton and dropped in the heart of an Afri-
a jungle.
When the spring came the tenement
was surprised one day to hear the sound
of a woman's voice talking blithely and
gayly in Mrs. I--.rkwood's apartment.
When that same voice burst into rap
turous song TIE tenement was all aston
ishment. But how can one express the
tenement's amazement when it came to
recognize that the voice belonged to
none other than Mrs. Kirkwood herself?
Had she gone crazy?
Mrs. Kirkwood's roomers set the fears
of the tenement at rest; the wooden
woman's husband had come home unex-
pectedly late the night before, and his
wife was supremely, inexpressibly hap
py-nothing more.
A thousand questions were asked the
informant. Had this Kirkwood been in
Alaska? Had he made his fortune
there? Had he been in India? Was he
going to remain in America or go back
with his wife whence he had come? The
roomer shrugged his shoulders. declar-
Ing he knew nothing about the matter.
Mrs. Kirkwood was rarely at home
now. She was trotting about with her
husband day and night, to the theaters.
to the restaurants, downtown on err
rands, to the North side on visits, wher-
ever he had a mind to take her, and he
seemed to have a mind to take her every
where. The wooden woman was as
completely transformed as if 80 years
had been suddenly subtracted from her
age and she had been restored to her
girlhood.
Then n fine day the tenement
learned from the roomer that the hus-
band had gone to parts unknown.
Gradually Mrs. Kirkwood was changed
back into the wooden woman. Her
songs ceased; her laughter became
lower and lower, then ii died away
altogether; she spoke less and less.
then not at all. She sat in her
clean, windowless kitchen the live
long day. with hands folded, the old va
cant stare in her eyes.
The tenement no longer wonders
about what she is thinking or toward
what the vacant stare in her big. calm
ayes is di-ected.--Chicago Daily News.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-12-01
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