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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-18
Standardization of Dress

From the indianapolis Star.
Standardization of American dress goes
on by leaps and bounds. Time was When
Cen, George f. McGinnis and others con-
Quoted hat shops for men and made the
hats their patrons wore. Does any man
ever dream of having hat made TO order
these days? 1t was not so long ago when
Individual shoemakers were plentiful. NOW
nothing remains of this once great handl-
craft but the cobbler's shop and the fac
tory hand, who instead of making shoe
conducts one simple operation toward max
ing il. It is only the man with the mis-
shapen feet or more money than he knows
what to do with that ever thinks of having
his shoes made to order.
And the movement toward the same goal
in clothing has been SO rapid that one can
almost see the end of the custom tailor
business The once despised hand me-
down is now smart, ready-to-wear crea-
ton, a leader instead of a follower of style,
as well made and of as good fabrics as the
tailor can possibly furnish, with all grades
and all prices 1t is the last step in cloth
ing men by factory methods. and 1t is al
most accomplished.
In woman's dress the movement is slower
and meets with more resistance, but 1t is
coming fast. The woman who seeks to
save money now buys ready-made under
wear, ready made shoes, ready-made mus
Inns, ready made hats, ready-made eloaks
and ready made suits for street wear. The
art of the dressmaker is confined to cater
ing to the weather. women and making but
a few of the more fiimsy things for those
of moderate means. There will, of course,
be dressmakers as long as there are idle
women with money TO think of nothing but
clothes, but that will not prevent the great
masses of American women from wearing
ready made apparel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-18
Fortunes in Hymns.
From Pearson's Weekly


Ask any of your friends which he sup
poses are the most popular and profitable
books in the world not including the Bible,
and it is about ten to one that he will only
name two right out of the first six. And
it is almost certain that he will not cor
rectly name the first one of these at all
Passing the Bible, the existing book that
has been most profitable, and which has
had the greatest circulation. though the
two things are not quite synonymous, IS the
Prayer Book. For this volume has been IN
circulation for over two centuries practi-
cally as it is today, and it is known to be
now selling at the rate OF over one mililon
copies a year. 1t is quite impossible, as
will be easily seen, to say how much
money it has brought in, but putting it at
the low estimate of $4,000 year through
out it's entire course, as an absolutely GER
tain average, we get the enormous sum of
f6O00OO as clear profit which Is probably
not more than a third of the actual profit.
The next most profitable volume now ex-
tant is Hymns Ancient and Modern Inc
recent opposition to the new edition twhlch
is just appearing) OF this famous hymn
book has let US into few facts about its
profits and circulation. The copyright or
HYMNS Ancient and Modern belongs 70
a few individuals. and the DOCK Is USED
than one million copies of 1t are sold an
nually. These copies vary IN price from
los. down to spence. according to style OF
printing binding and whether containing
the music or no. But perhaps fair aver
age price to take for our standard would
be that of a shilling. and, calculating on
such basis, we find that the income from
Hymns Ancient and Modern" is at least
over E5OO00 year, of which probably one
half is clear profit.
The third most profitable book known Is
MOODY and Sankey's Hymns" Few of
in its proper order IL asked to make out q
list OF six such books as before mentioned
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-18
A Temperance Lecture in Figures.

One distillery company in Kentucky turns
out every seven days 100 barrels of sweet
mash whisky. The output for a year would
be 62.4O0 barrels. The cost of all this to
the manufacturers may be fairly estimated
at $Si4,4oo, and they receive from the whole
safer profit of from 81 to 50 per barrel
Ihe government comes in for nice little
rakeon. but the fellow who has to pay 1t
ALL including transportation charges. gov
eminent and local license fees. salary Of
barkeeper and rent of buildings is the man
before the bar. and for these CT, 400 barrels
of booze he lets go of s24, 761. 67S, and then
goes home and beats his wife because sup
per isn't ready.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-18

made any further effort to find pay dirt,
but hung around the camps, playing cards
for a living, and looking for trouble and
staying with it to a finish when it came his
way. He had been voted out of number
of towns for shooting up folks that hadn't
bothered him, at the time I'm speaking of,
and he was universally regarded as a man
worth avoiding if a detour of several miles
had to be made to do it.
well, Bradshaw was drunk, and de-
lighted to be drunk, when he got on the
Atchison smoker that day. He was whoop-
ing like ghost dancer as he pulled him
self up the steps of the car and when he
entered the smoker and pumped himself
into the last seat next to the water cooler,
1 had a feeling that he was going to keep
a lot of people on that train right busy
until he reached his getting-off place.
II didn't have that charted wrong. He
had hardly taken his seat before he yank-
ed out one of his guns and fired a shot
through the open window, and when the
dozen and odd peaceable men in the smoker
jumped up suddenly, thinking of train rob-
bers, and faced the rear of the car they
saw Bradshaw, wild-eyed from rum, stand
ing in the middle of the aisle and brandish-
ing both of his guns.
Something Doing.
"Thatn be about right yelled Brad
shaw, seeing them all standing. That's
what you all ought to've done when l first
come in we're. It's sure a case O. tn hull
outfit a-standin' when l zephyr in. They
amt no use o. hestatin' or chewin' tn
pommel bout it-they jes' got to. Hey, you
tinhorn up yonder in TIL corner there'-I
was sitting with my back to Jack in one of
the forward seats, and as / was the only
one who hadn't stood up l knew that he
was addressing me-'git up an make your
little kotow right quick, in a quarter Of
minnit TIL cnders from tn choo-choo
boss up in lront'll be blowin' plumb
through you
81 turned around in my seat without get
ting up, and b adshaw saw my face. Ia
known Jack, off and on, for a good many
years
me when he saw me. L didn't know who
you all was. But you git into tn next car
for a bit, SOS not t mix up none vile 1 toy
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-18

the instant the desperate was released he
began to. make war medicine, swearing the
vengeance of death against every man who
had been In the smoker when he was triced
up. But the word got out among A1bu-
querque peace guardians that Bradshaw was
minus his guns, and he was corralled, after
he had come nigh to overpowering seven
men, and jagged in the Albuquerque Gala
boose.
Bradshaw killed two Mexicans in row
over a girl in the Old Mexican province Of
Sonora "a couple of years later, and was
found dead in the 'dobe Jail with stab
wounds a-plenty on the morning after he
was nailed and locked UP by troop of Mex
lean cavalry"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-18
Two Old stand-Bys.

From the Chicago Record Herald.
II see that somebody is again writing
magazine articles in which he endeayors 10
prove that Bacon wrote the works OF
Shakespeare"
'Yes, they come back to 1t with unfailing
regularity. Pretty soon some magazine
will begin publishing new Life of Ma
poleon."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-18

was s,,,i in the middle of tie aisle again with
WHO give You plus& permission he
roared, to squat yity g Id bmg-bang went
his guns, four balls Nwllktling by the ears
of the four men up forward that Brad
ers in the sitting-down business.
TT was. in a way, funny to see h-,w
again. They stodll And faced the rear Of
the car witiisscasad faces. and then Brad
shaw sat down b. BIS afeat and male an
address to them OF the snbject of the gen
eral desifability of folks standing up alJ
travelling on the siilBosl cars
He just sat :tkkrS 3lth his guns rest
ing on the top of the, seat in front OF
him, talking to them a fflatter-ofIfact
tone and leerings ats t&Am with drunken
-ugIness. while they shifted from one leg to
the other. facing him.
Realized the Truth.
by this time they had doped it out that
Bradshaw did not, after all, belong to the
common or garden variety of smoking cal
drunk, and they kept their gaze glued to his
pair of guns as if they were posing before
a photographer for group picture and hac
been told to fix their eyes upon a certain
point.
"At the sound of the four shots that
Bradshaw had fired past the ears of the
fellows up forward who had been the first
to resume their seats the conductor of the
train had rushed forward from the rear,
but when / met him on the platform and
told him that Jack Bradshaw was dfyert1nG
himself in the smoker he wisely concluded
that the smoker, just then, was not the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-18

Yet the fact remains that Sankey's hymns
nave tremendous sale and enjoy popu-
lar1ty all over the world. Without taking
into account their American scales which
nave been astounding, 1t was admitted by
the English publishers of these hymns soma
time back that the profits had then exceed
ed 925O, COO
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-18

dIUHg JuIffIlerS Tor q
while
IT knew there would be no use in try
ing to talk to Bradshaw while he was in
that shape, and so got up and walked aft
to the platform, renarking to him as I
passed him that the fellows in the car were
an inoffensive lot and that there wasn't
much use in his dancing them. He Just
nodded me aft, as I knew he would, when
/ made that suggestion, and as / was
never much of hand to stand up against
another mans guns when he had them out
and particularly when he wasn't trying to
put me out on the limb. 1 took the plat
form for mine. for the purpose of looking
m
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-18
It Would Do as Well as Anx.

From the Chicago Record Herald.
'.why in the world did you ever call your
little boy Luigi"
"Oh, we were busy. and as long ms he d
have nickname anyway, we thought Il
wouldn't matter much
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-18
Made a Mistake.

"As stepped onto the platform. several
of the men in the smoker, no doubt fancy
ing that Bradshaw was an ordinary drunk,
such as frequently travel short-hauls down
that way. began to resume their seats. But
they no sooner tried this than Bradshaw
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-18
H. R. Howenstein Co., 1874 FSt. NV.

whether he is killed or living. But here is
a card of his that remains forever with me.
His name is Hiromu Havana"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-18
'R0PEO THE BAD Man
Foolhardy Act of a Guileless
Tenderfoot
WITH DUTCH COURAGE
DESPERATE WAS BUSY sSHooT.
ING UP THE PASSENGERS"
But the Anaemic Young Man With
Eyeglasses Proved His Undoing-
A Rough Riders Yarn.

There's only an occasional soupcon of
truth in the majority of these mandragora-
frances about bespectacled tenderfeet who
succeed in getting the edge on real bad men
of the west and putting it sill over them,
but I've been there, or somewhere in the
neighborhood, two or three times when
tenderfeet have, with the aid of whole
lot of luck, been able to get by with such
undertakings" said western man to a
Star reporter.
Il was in the smoker of an Atchison
in the early eighties, when Jack Brad
shaw, who was then one of the real terrors
of the southwest, bad OF the type
now all but extinct, climbed aboard.
Bradshaw hadn't started in as bad
man, but had evolved into one. In his
early years down in the territories he was as
quiet and well-behaved chap as ever cut
a snakes trail. He was big man, and he
had such an unflinching eye and was so
quick and accurate in his gun work that
his services were in steady demand as an
order preServer and general boss of the
watch in many of the camps that we're in
the formative process when he first hit the
southwest
But Jack had got the yellow dust fever
like all the rest, and he went into the hills
with grub stakes for years without ever
hitting upon enough gilt color to sprinkle
a tinsel moon in dime chrome. His hoo
doc luck as a gold chaser made him pretty
middling morose and hard to get on with
at the camps.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-18
$500 Cash.

X16 eoo-L LARGE CORNER IN NORTH
%Ao'ooo WEST. Built about two years
ago by first-elass architect; it is not being Of
built; handsomely finished in hardwood from
top to bottom, and is good value at the price.
1t contains Is rooms, besides servants quar-
lar with store room; laundry; hot-water heat
ers, etc. Can be inspected at any time.
Gro ooo-K STREET WEST OF 10TH.
%AN'ooo A corner that looks like a 500
600 home; in fact, 1t is built like one, hav-
ing all modern appointments, including cleo
tric lighting, hot-water. heating, servants
quarters, etc.. The woodwork is especially
fine. A recently arranged business project de-
mands larger investments, compelling the sac
rifce Of the house. Offer wanted at once.
%o 2oo-N NEAR CONN. AVE. AND
%9'ooo STREET. A handsome white
stone residence in one Of the finest of the
downtown sections. 1t is spacious and con-
veniently arranged house; all rooms (twelye)
and very large halls. You can buy this house
at bargain, or can exchange IL you have in
vestment property.
Sr 61r- ON ODD STREET NORTHWEST.
~o'oIo Owner having purchased a sub
urban home. wants to sell his city house at
rooms; tiled bath; cellar and furnace. 1t has
good rooms and good closets and is a desir-
able house.
g. ,ro- VERY EASY TERMS. IN THIS
p4,I5o- property you can get greater
faiue Tor the money invested than in any
other part of BLOoMINGDALE; 3-story bay
window house. built reception-iali plan
with first floor kitchen: five large bed rooms;
tiled bath with nickel plumbing and marble
Masnstand; large trunk room and numerous
closets; concrete cellar under the entire house,
with a hrst-elass heating plant. Do not over
look this rare proposition Easy terms: small
cash payment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-18
Went Loco.

''Then he went up against the fool JOB
of trying to cross Death valley on hunt
for those never-were-any-such gold mines
that the Indians down there have so many
pipe legends about. Bradshaw got out of
the valley with just about enough life in
his carcass to be brought back and nursed
around again, but he was always more or
less loco after that experience, especially
after he acquired skinful of mesquite
whisky He quickly developed into a bad
man after his Death valley trip. He never
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-18
REPORT OF THE CONDITION
CENTRAL NATIONAL BAN
RESOURCES.

OF WASHINGTON,
AT city of Washington, in the District of Columbia,
At the close of BUSINESS March a. 1908.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-18

90 TWENTIETH AND N. II. AVE.
po,ooo Very desirable 3-story house
only one square from Dupont Circle, overlook
ing some of the finest properties In the city
and fronting a government reservation; IL Is
10 feet wide: has or 10 good rooms, with
bath, cellar. laundry heating plant, etc. This
is one of the best locations in the city.
q, ON LETTERED STREET NEAR
%/'ooo- 10TH ST This is practically
new house and was originally sold for S7,TJ0;
the present owner IS anxious TO use his money
in another direction. and offers his house at
sacrifce IL was built by Of the best
known builders in the city, and presents a
rior; IL has 10 rooms modern bath. frst-1oor
kitchen; double back porches; stairways and
steam heat.
Sr ooo DOWNTOWN RESIDENCE
yns, -. - AND STABLE.
wants 10 Keep his team; lettered street
south of r i. ave-, west Of 9th ST.; southern
exposure: 20 feet wide; has o rooms. bath and
cellar. This is not a new modern house hut
It is good. substantial home The lot is 100
feet deep, with two-story brick stable in rear
Ga Con- ON NUMBERED STREET
= 49, SOUTH OF l. STREET
story brick house; newly papered and nstnte,
inside and out; rooms and bath. n Won
want a centrally located. roomy house at a
low figure, look at this one "
So, 500 NEAR NORTH CAPITOL AND
The owner of this very attractive hou.
having permanently left the CITY. win seII
same at the above quoted price; II is beyoud
doubt the best horse in the entire Bloomine
dale section at the price; it was buiit by
DAY g labor and finished in the finest material.
no houses In the entire section have such ex
penslve and attractive fronts; has rooms he
SIDES bath; double back porches: plenty ~
ranged ~
Capitol Hill Properties.
MARYLAND AVE. Three sto.
ries; rooms; tiled bath: steam
neat, laundry, etc. Back porches Two stairs.
$500 NEAR LINCOLN PARK Finest
finished two-story house In the
city. rooms Hot-water heat
So. soo-SoUTH FRONT on E. CAP. ST.,
overlooking the park Very cheap
for good Groom house; furnace heat
ST, very pretty two-story and
cellar brick and stone house; 4 rooms and
bath; furnace heat.
BUILT BY OWNER FOR HIS
HOME; nearly new; wen located:
rooms; BATH furnace; all modern Improve,
ments; is IT. wide.
"a ooo- NEAR LINCOLN PARK A coy
home and a good one; very neat
appearance; six rooms two hoors good
bath; concrete cellar; furnace. Inspect It,
O. 6oo-D DELIGHTFULLY."- LOCATED LIT
$o TIE HOME rooms on two
floors. Furnace.
|, 1919 G. al W
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-18
Investments.

X2 7cO-RENTED FOR $500 Four
story fiat near union station.
ar RENTED FOR s72.00. bricks,
rooms each.
%6 RENTED FOR $50 co. Two-story
apartment, well located
%r RENTED FOR $1,000. West Of
~o'fo 18th. south of K st. 10 rooms
BATH brick stable.
&e RENTED FOR $500. Two
~o'o family house; new and modern.
O. ooo RENTED FOR 1870 -Four
~f'oo small houses mot alley west Of
7th.
&, ooo RENTED FOR S25.O Brick
YS'NoO store on 9th st.
&, oo RENTED FOR $4,000 Two-story
po, fiat, one square from E. Cap. st.
d, eoo RENTED FOR S21.00. Two
P@,ooo pressed-brick dwellings; rooms
each. Very cheap.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-18
REPORT OF THE CONDITION
OF the ~
WASHINGTON LOAN AN -
TRUST CO.,

At Washington, in the District OF Soin anl
Ar tbe close OF business March II, l9Vo-
The Washington times., 1905-11-09
BOARD OF TRADE ORDERS
HISTORY OF WASHINGTON

The Washington Board of Trade has
IN contemplation the publication of
complete history Of the city or Wash
ington.
If sufficient number of subscriptions
can be obtained, the history will be
compiled by competent men. and viii in
clude every phase of rhe city's life from
the beginning.
No complete histo-y OF Washington
has ever been compiled. The Board OF
Trade wishes to publish work that
will correct many erratie ideas about
the Capital OF the Nation. especially
regarding its financial relations with
the General Government
II VIII be necessary 10 receive 1.O0O
subscriptions of sic each. No CONNER
cial results Will be obtained from the
Publication. and not line of advertising
will be used II the book
w 3. Bryan. of the Columbia Histori-
cal Society, has been selected to take
charge Of the work. Mr.. Bryan has
spent many years in studying the his
tory Of Washington.
The Washington times., 1905-11-09
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
RECORDED TODAY

Alley. between Third and FOur-and-a "a
half. II. and streets southwest-Susar,-
ma r. Yarnold ct vir, Edwin, to Charles
H Parker. part lot T2. square 541. 80.
I1enwood Heights-5Ohn W Glennan.
trustee, to Edward ~ Holmes. lots &c
10 q. block 5. SO.
Alley. between l. ;.nd N, Fifteenth ana
Sixteenth streets northwest-Andrew
Wilson et al, trustees, to Ernest Dam
mann, lot 56 square ~. {1.6JO.
Lenwood Heights-Edward w. Holmes
20 John w Giennan. lots IS TO 2, bloch
5. SO
ux. to John w. Glennan, lots 20 and 4.
block 5. SO.
Pleasant Plains-FIorence Y. Creamer
10 Katherine T Beller. lot 5i9. $40.
Twelfth street northeast, between Il
and c street-GeOTge w. Barkman ct
ux. to Sarah A. Wilson. lot "a, square
10l0, $40
Dumbarton street northwest. between
George r Case ct ux. TO George u
Schafer, part lot 1. square 1913, SO
Moore & Barbour's Second addition
George p. Newton ct ux. to Stanton
Weaver. lot I6, block TO- SO.
Randle Highlands-U. s Realty Com
pany TO Charles r Hall and Louis F.
Bradley, lot I5, block 5. SO.
Columbia Heights-Francis A Blum
block "a $40 Clara S. simonds TO Pat
rick j. and Catherine A. Gallagher,
same property. so.
G street northwest, between Four
teenth and Fifteenth streets-GeOrge NJ.
Gantz ct ux. to Edward p. Schwartz,
lot 80. square 80. SO
Clifbourne-John NJ. Henderson 70
Martin 5. Decker. lot IS. block 3, $40.
c and Fourth streets southeast-Helen
c. Harlow ct vir, Michael B.. to Ger
trude x. Harlow. part original lot ..
square $40, $40
Mount Pleasant-W. Preston William
son to Nathan and Annie Rosenblatt.
part lot and TO-
Holmead Estate-George T. Schaycr
ct ux. 10 Louis II. Meyers. lot AZ. SO
1911 r street northwest-Howard
The Washington times., 1905-11-09
READING RULES
STOCK EXCHANGE
Proves Exceptionally Strong
and Advances.
TENSION IN MONEY MARKET
Relieved by Report That Shaw Would
Make Large Deposit in
Banks.
TENSION IN MONEY MARKET

NEW YORK. Nov. g.-The trading in
Reading overshadOwed tne rest of the
market Offerings were not in great
amounts except at 143 The stock sold
only y per cent below its previous high
record. The rest of the market has
acted on the whole independently.
Trading reflected Jne turning of n
large number OF important interests
from the bun side. and there were in
dications OF liquidaions IN many of the
leading issues all through the first hour
The dominating factor was the tension
IN the money market.
Reading continued an exceptionally
strong feature and advanced 10 1925,
the buying being mostly by the larger
class OF room traders. who seemed 70
be aggressive on the bull side OF the
stock. The local shares, including Met
rOpOlitan Street Railway and Conson-
dated Gas, were under pressure ana
sustained material declines.
Later the market rallied somewhat on
rUmOrs in circulation on the n0or or
the exchange to the effect that Secre-
tary Shaw may deposit S20,O00.OOO addl-
tiOnal Government funds in local ua-
tiOnal banks for the purpose or relieV-
ing the money tension London sold
about 10000 shares in the first hour.
Government bonds were unchanged;
other bonds little lower
The Washington times., 1905-11-09
WASHINGTON STOCK MARKET.

Sales of the board, including after call
amounted to S17,00O in bonds and 1,7s1
shares of stock.
Following are the sales and quota
tions of todays market:
Washington Street Railway As. 5000
en-.
Norfolk and Washington Steamboat
5's, 8. .O00Q11
Washington Street Railway preferred,
4Q94.
25Q4224. 25Q425s, 25q4294, 20G429s, 5oG 42@4,
National Safe Deposit, 36197.
Metropolitan Citizens Bank, 14551.
Capital Bank, 1O0190.
American National Bank 5d1S1A 10Q
1915. lOQlSI%. 10Q1s2. 5d1S2. 10d182, 104
1s214. I001821k, SdlS29s. l001S295-
Mergenthaler. 100l96, 104l954s, 10ul95%,
1oQl95s4, 10Gl95s4-
Washington Gas. 25dG02s-
LanstOn. 109dl51e, 45415i4, 100Q151z.
10001514, 10015l4. 100G1514, 100Q1514, 100
er 6O. 1ooQl55s, 1o0Ql5ss Cbuyer COZ, Eooq
1855
Graphophone preferred, 1O019.
Greene Copper, lOell255z
After call-United States registered 2's.
Columbia Railroad gs. $2.O0oQI0694
50 coca 1851.
Washington Street Railway As. 5000
91ls
Second National Bank. 1Oa178E.
GraphOphOne common. 60II51a
Washington Street Railway common,
50u421a. 50a421z.