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country Mr. believes that people have given up
singing and will give 1t up because Of the Of
the photograph Senator Smoot, however. thinks the
reason people do not sing much formerly is that
they do not live $50 close to nature"
Mr. Sousa will agree that the photograph gets away
from nature and whether is the effect Of
loss of taste for singing Mr. Sousas contention is the
tangible Laying aside, as undoubtedly does the
composer of the prated marches and dance mushe the
mere personal question, what is important to decide
whether the human voice IL really becoming neglected
and the human songster extinct.
BY analogy it may be seen that people stfh walk in
spite automobiles the wind still blows In spite Of
electric FANS the egg still hatched in spite of the In
cubator Mechanical music be more destructive Of
simple oldfashioned than the automobile, the eee
trio fan the incubator. The wisdom Of Soua plus
Smoot may be above analogy and superior to the
sideration of the plain But even II there Is
tnge the idea that the sonster B senced BY
the gritty revolutions of Photographic record
willing sit by and watch Mr. Sousa struggle Me Sam
with Phstine reproductions be they dance music
or march, of the manufacturers of ready made song
Chicago Post
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whether or is prospect OF advancement
It. whether offers any opportunity for sefdeveopmen
or not or whether a stumbling block instead OF
stepping to welfare They have neither
plan nor program, nor ambition to guide them Iney
simply live for to-day and literally take no thought
for the morrow"
This happy golucky policy can lead to but one tnng-
fsure Thousands who have adopted 1t have drfted IN
old age to begging the streets to dependence or grudg
Ing relatives or the almshouse Many OF these unfo
Inmates IL they taken stock of themselves IN YOUTH
or had taken the trouble to find out their success posi-
blities and had planned their lives along common sense
manly lines might contributed largely to the ser
vice of mankind and attained honor and prosperity In
their chosen callngs Whenever youth goes looking
for "a soft snap be is to BE- pited There can be no
doubt where he will II he does not change his tactics
II he does up take stock Of himself and put
vim purpose and into his life he will surely
1oin the great army of the might have -beens."
II you are working according to an intelligent plan, If
you are trying to make everything you do means Of
advancement to goal You have in view II your great
ambition to make yourself famous, or rach. or
happy but to make your life something In Gods
world 70 ahead for you moving in the right drec
ton and reach your goal But If you are looking
for an easy place. running away from hard work II
you are too Indifferent careless to take stock
of Yourself decide the path wish to take to
look carefully ahead but not too far ahead to make
out an intelligent plan Of action and follow it nearly
as you can, matter where you stand you are not
moving In the right observation-disclosures Examiner.
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to the neghborhood always provided that he In
son his business where it will not Offend or can
prevent the nuisance by taking proper precaution.
It s known that vast quantities Of ftcoa smoke not
only offend Senses but injnre property and health
Several cities prevent this nuisance Many
European cities and some in America have already re-
strcted the escaping smoke by enforcing the
use of smoke consumers A bill Is before Congress to
forbid locomotives burning bituminous coal to enter
the new station at Washington, lest the smoke damage
the public buildings.
TO be nuisance the disagreeable thing must be both
offensive and prevenabe would not do to shut down
factories merely keep the air clear But all communi
ties troubled by btumnous smoke well investigate
the smoke already devised and-such is the
nature of enterprse-better consumers likely
TO he invented under stress of increasing demand.
Taking literally the definition that public nuisance
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you suppose l am going to do with
them?" broke in Pa, shoutfully. do
you think that I am going to turn them
loose in the backyard and let their pit
eous walls annoy the neighbors all night
long? Do you think that I am silly
enough to put them In the street and
get fined for permitting them to run at
large without muzzIes? No, Mrs.
Jones; thousand times no! l am GO
ing to eat them! am going to chew
them! / am going to masticate them
with my molars! 1 want a change OF
menu! want to deviate from the ever
lasting route! l am tired of beef, beef
hash and all the rest of beef relatives
I am weary OF potatoes, potato salad
and the potato cousins! l am dead
sick Of pork, pork chops and their
sausage uncles and scrapple aunts! 1
ann"
lis that 80, you pretty pet p was the
indignant rejoinder of Ma. well, I
just-guess that you will eat what pre-
pare for you or 60 without! II you
think that am going to stand over a
hot stove and cook oysters for this
whole tribe you are nightly mistaken
If you"
"You don't have to do 1t, Smithy I
You don't have to do IT," responded Pa.
patting himself on the chest. 81 ann
going to cook them myself! am no
ing to be the whole show, from the star
on the stage to the yelp In the gallery |!
That's why said you weren't 80 many |!
That's why said you weren't 20 nu-
merous! I am going to demonstrate
to you what real Jones chef can do
and make the Smith grub jugglers look
Ike faded leaf from last years cal
endar! l am going to stew those or
phan oysters for dinner, and + don't
want any foreign nations to butt In /!
I alh-'
BAH" was the scornful intersection
Of the scrapful Ma. Il think that /
can see an old zap like you. cooking
eysters!"
Pa did not reply to this unkind re-
tort, but casting a whitening glance at
Ma, he picked up the kettle and hustled
for the kitchen, where the cookful 1ubi-
lee was soon IN full swing,
Where is the salt and pepper, mad
anne? Where Ii the salt and pepper?''
he cried, rolling up his sleeves and
seixing q pan. What do you do with
al the gold bricks that / buy at the
grocery store? Where do you hide III
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POVERTY AND PAUPERlsM.

Destitute I'm America Said to Num-
her Ten Millions.
Poverty and pauperism have been
studied by hose of sociologists and
there is an immense literature upon the
subject. The most recent book, and,
in many respects, the most noteworthy,
is the one written by Robert Hunter,
who for many years has been a practi-
cal worker among the submerged tenth,
says American Medicine. He defines
poverty as the condition in which It is
not possible to obtain those necessarles
which will permit the maintenance Of
state of physical efficiency
= He also makes the astounding state
ment that there are 100000 people
in poverty In the United States alone
one in every eight. Charles Booth cal
culates that 80 per cent Of London's
population, or 100000 people, are In
poverty. and that the rate in smaller
towns is nearly the same ("Life and
Labor In London"), 80 that the phe-
nomenon Is apparently universal, the
lower the civilization the greater the
percentage of the poor.
For many reasons tho whole matter
is of vital interest to the medical pro-
fession. In the first place, such a con-
dition Of affairs Is a serious objection
to the new idea that our national diet
airy Is too big-one-eighth of us never
get enough. The racial deterioration
and individual degeneration which
must result In such condition of or with
Of children Is a matter for serious
thought. In the next place, when any
Of the poor people become i'll, the bur
den Of work falls on the doctor, who.
more than any other person In the
world, Is expected to give assistance
without money and without price.
Hunter makes great distinction be-
tween these poor and the paupers, who
expect and depend upon more or less
assistance even when they are well.
He estimates that there are 1000. 900
paupers in the country; 100000 men
are unemployed four to six months ey-
cry year and cannot get work; over
100000 children must work to help
support the family. and about 5000
600 women must work, Of whom 2,O0O.-
600 are employed In factories. Over
one-fourth Of New York's people get
some kind Of public or private relief
every year, and yet 1t IL often impoeE
sible to get domestics for love or
money.
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(aQgI1QNs5

You are not so many, madame! You
are not SO many" exclaimed Pa Jones,
In gleeful accents as he rushed into the
happy home an hour earlier than usual
and deposited tin kettle on the dining
room table. "You are not SO awfully
numerous! You don't count so much
more than some other people. even II
you are a Smith! You don't"
what are you Cabling about, heath
emf" interrupted Ma, with an impatient
glance at the esteemed Henry. 'sWhat
are you trying to cackle? What are
you trying to chirp? Have you fallen
of of the water wagon again and loos-
ened your tongue? Have you
Whats that, madame? What's that,
Mrs. JonesY' was the steamful inter-
lection of Pa, as he SHE'D hoOf at
little Fido, missed and kicked a leg
from under a chair. What are you
saying? Do you know what you are
saying. or are you just rambling like a
peripatetic hobo? Are you trying to
cast shadow of doubt on the sobriety
of dignified Jones, or are you chant
ing the regular Smith chorus to make
your dear mother grin? l want you to
distinctly under"
For mercy's sake, forget 1t, you
ape!" cried Ma, i9 q kinky tone. "Cut
out the talk. and save the gasoline for
your prayers! You make more noise
than a country brass band that IL Civ
Ing a free blow to build up reputa-
ton! One might think from the size
Of your howl that you had lost cent |!
What have you got in that kettle?
WHAT
what have got In that kettle, Mrs.
Jones? What have got In that ket-
|tley replied Pa. assuming chesty air.
dWhat do you think have got In that
kettlel What does it look like? What
does 1t sound like when you hear. It
spIashf Dosyou think that 1t is three
ring circus, with a menagerie to match z
Do you imagine for one moment that it
II Carnegie library! Not ON your life,
darling! Not on your life! You've
got another prophecy! It's oysters!
IT.
Oysters !" exclaimed the surprised
Ma. -What In the world are yoa eoink
= 20 with oysters1' what ars ypu-''
what do ron suppose am eoink =
q WITH them. spgel wlfel WHAT d.
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use and their adoption In this country will doubt
quickly as soon as Industrial alcohol Ii the market
As this fuel produced from vegetable prod
ucs that have heretofore gone to waste and that
at considerably lower price than Is obtained for
line and to-day there need be fear Of
lack of fuel even should the coal measures all
exhausted and the supply of natural oil cease.
The new fuel besides being cleaner and less volatile
will when used suitably designed internalcombusion
motors develop about much power gallon as will
the old while for light and heat it is far superior H
introduction will create market for the farmers
of country while they will benefit directly from
also by using it themselves for the production of light
and power-Scientfc American.
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EDITORIALS
OPINIONS OF GREAT PAPERS ON IMPORTANT SUBJECTS

il something that offends the community whole and
IL preventable sign boards, by reason Of their
chnsetts has decided In effect that sight cannot be
nuisance. Perhaps the idea underlying the decson
that avoid sights BY not looking but that smells
and sounds pursue u.s.
More and more communities grow refined they will
forbid all unnecessary oenses to the organs OF pereep
on especially those injurious to the health Me smoke
and the nervedestroyine noise OF bells and WHISTLER
Youths Companion. atf
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anything to put in 1t except faith and
milk? Why don't you trot cut some
stabasco SAUCE? Why don't,you produce
the crackers? Don't you own any vim.
egar? Can't you dig up some lemon
juice? Haven't you I
why You crazy freak" cried Ma.
you don't put all, those things In
THAT shows what you know about
oysters; Mrs. JUnes!' That Shows what
you know about oystersp was the
barkful response Of Pa. "'.Don't you
suppose that | know what ! am doingi
Don't yon suppose that 1 know any
thing? You talk as IL had never seen
oysters served In cafe! You talk
like Smith! You talk-gee whiz,
Beauty! What's the matter With this
fire? What have you been doing to 1t!
Have you been pouring water on 1t in
stead Of kerosene?- 1t looks as II 1t
should have been buried three days
ago! Where can find some kindlins
wood? Why don't you get me some
paper? For two cents I would make
You cook your own blooming oysters"
|. So saying the exercised Pa dashed
out into the shed and gathered up lot
Of paper and kindling wood which be
placed on tie few reaKaiuing i've Goals
that dikmally giowed in the CRATE.
Ten minutes went by and there was
nothing that looked like business in the
chilly stove. Ten more minutes raced
down the course Of time without any re-
suits. and then Pa grew more emotional
than ever.
what have you done to this stove
madame? What have yon~ done to this
stove?' he Justify chfrped, as he lifted
the lids and looked In vain for symp-
toms Of fire. "Haveiyou put it on the
pension list? Have you Oslerized it'
Have you"
why, you blockheaded unatic! :
calculated Ma. with an Irritating giggle'
an she investigated the cause OF the
trouble, you are certainly the limit:
don't wonder the IRE won't burn: l
don't wonder you can't coax 1t to blaze!
You have tried to start It with the
asbestos paper that the workmen TOOK
OF Of the heater plpes!"
It wasi too true The evidence was
there % convict him. and when the nu.
inflated PA had recovered from nls
spell Of spasmS and led TO his den
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Prisoners and Cdpfives
BY II. S. MERRIMAN
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CHEEKY way, as if nothing mattered very
much, are familiar to me. l certainly
have not seen her before in this vale OF
sorrow, as the lady writers call it. /
| wonder where I have met her"
1t happened to fall to the lot of Claud
Tyars to shut the door Of Miss Winter
comfortable brougham; while Grace, who
had helped her in, stood back and nodded
| a goodnight.
The lady leaned back against the soft
cushions, and drew her cloak more snug
ly round her. The flashing light of street
lamp or carriage showed her face to be
grave and thoughtful. She was realizing
that Claud Tyars was something more
than a mere lover of intrigue, making a
mystery out of a very ordinary love affair.
She was recognizing now that matters
| were more serious than she had at first
considered them.
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NUIsANCEs.

n law public nuisance Is any use Of prop
erty which, not raising questions of tres
pass and malicious intent, transgresses the
rights Of community, or tends to the an
noyance of the public generally. No man
may conduct q business which creates a
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GETTING EVEN WITH THE OH TRUST.

z removing the tax from INDUSTRIAL alcohol
our government has efrectually put stop to
the domination Of the oil trust over the use
of liquid fuel for light, heat and power. In
Germany and France devices for using de-
natured alcohol, for these purposes have al
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-07-14

WO renowned men-John Philip Sousa, Of
musical and Senator Smoot, Of marital
fame-joined In discussion on the perils
Of the human voice when Mr. Seusa ap-
peared before the COMMITTEES ON Patents to
protest against the piratical use Of his CON-
DOsitions In talking machines al over fha
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WHY THOUSANDS OF MEN ARE FAILURES.

GREAT many people drift through IRE VIII
out aim or purpose or EFFORT Iney noat
along the line Of least resistance AVOIDING
all obstacles and shrinking from anything
that looks like hard work.
Their great desire is to get AN easy JoO.
n, - ~ <,orcorn themselves at all as to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-21
Tea Drunkenness.

FROM Inc Lancer.
Tea has undoubtedly It's victims as well
alcohol. though we think Il would
be absurd to say that the former beverage
shares with the latter any serious connec-
ton with crime Both. of course, may easily
be sources of disturbance to health, and
immoderate tea drinking is. in one sense,
Just as physioiogically sinful as drinking
an alcoholic beverage 10 excess. Alcohol
is, of course, a more insidious poison than
tea, and its effects are more drastic and
percepttble. Nevertheless. tea may be
equally stealthy in disturbing functional
equilibrium
AS a factor to disease excessive tea
drinking is very often overlooked and il
does not occur TO many persons that tea
may be the source of their trouble. At
any rate, when the abuse Of tea IN such
instances gives place to the drinking OF IL
in a rational manner and in moderate
quantities the common symptoms CT dis
turbance of the gastric function, such as
flatulence and irregular action OF the heart
and of the nervous system. such as tremu-
lousness and excitability. disappear The
tea drunkard and the alcohol drunRarG are
both victims of excess; they abuse these
beverages, and the results are analogous:
they wllfully step from the path of physio-
logical righteousness. and the sequel Is
disease. The word abuse, In fact. sums up
the whole question when we look at IL tenn
perately and without prejudice
Persons OF intemperate views. on the
other hand, hold that when risk OF abuse
exists it is folly in any circumstances to
tolerate use. and so we have among Va
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kid shoes will be worn. Parasols for the
palmer frocks Will also be plain. Very
stylish sunshades for hard wear are or
plain linen in white or the gown color, with
the enameled stick matching.
Description of Designs.
In the shirt waist drawing accompanying
this article are FIVE bodices In styles suited
to materials The bodice on tbe seated
figure at the right is of white handkerchief
linen with a handsome yoke and sleeve
trimming embroidered In white and pale
blue The waist Immediately behind 1t Is
OF a heavier white linen with drawn
thread trimming, forming a scaliopinS
wherever used. On the central figure Is
shown one of the 50 biouses, which are
machine made and hand worked The sim
pie design of the needlework here used Is
very effective, and tbs bodice SHOWS tne
prevailing line for such waists. Bun pa
tiste In side tucks is the material OF the
fourth waist whose rundown collar and
cuffs are trimmed with a hand-worked edge
of fine white India lawn The fifth waisl
is the finest of all and is essentially ohe
for afternoon or evening wear. Hand-em-
broidered batiste over aim pink sill y the
material OF this. Baby Irish is used for
the elaborate yoke and sleeve frills. ana
the accompanying skirt is of yelling III
the exact shade of the waist lining.
In the second drawing are TWO typlcai
wash frocks of the more sensible sort-
Pale blue linen shapes the ock In the fore
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linens. and since color is to be very much
to the fore this summer a number of these
gowns are in vivid pinks. blues ad green's
A pretty fancy for dressiness is to have
the sleeve trimmings and revers of the coat
In white lingerie materials. these details
arranged so that they may be done up
separately. To give them a raison d.etre,
however-for the point with the wash gown
is to look all of a pdece-a narrow bias Of
the gown material will be used often with
the white Another very striking feature Is
the use OF small quantity of black linen
upon some brilliant color Or other, this
shaping the high girdle perhaps, tiny edge
around the jacket and banding the sleeve
trimming.
New Wash Frocks.
Among the perfectly new kinks for wash
frocks Is the use of the old Powered French
tafreta--wash cottons-and figured calicoes
90 highly finished that they have the look Of
damask Plain materials in the same weaves
are employed to trim these, but the solid
decoration Is very spare. One such I'M
ported gown seen owned the charming title
of costume bergere tshepheress' dress).
French calico was said to be the material,
but the effect was like that of toilet
upon a Vatican fan. Upon damasked
white background were small bouquets of
naturally tinted field flowers, tied with live
knot ribbons in pale blue. This formed the
upper DRESS which was In species OF
polonaise with family defined panniers ana
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Light Test for Gems.

From the st. Louis Globe Democrat.
TT has frequently been asserted" says
Mr.. J. A. Key. jeweler. that there are GER
tain kinds of artifcaIly made gems. in fact.
/ believe the statement has been made to
cover all kinds of such stones. that 1T Is not
only impossible. practically, for the lay
man to detect them, but that even experts
are often deceived This is a mistake,
however. for by the simple light test any
gem. except a pearl, may be proved false or
real by the variest tyro at such an under
taking.
81 assume that the light test as regards
diamonds is comparatively well known. and
this is the same test that may be applied to
emeralds, rubies and so forth. 1t consists
of holding the gem directly on a horizontal
line between the eye and light held at
distance of about foot from the stone,
and preferably this light should be candle.
In the case of diamond. but one light will
be seen clearly through the stone, whereas
if 1t is bogus, no matter how much expert
care may have been bestowed upon its max
ing, a hundred lights may be observed.
none of them clearly defined
with other gems the best method of
making them is by superimposing a top
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BUSINESS WARDROBES
Costumes Essential to Women
Employed in Offices.
THE SUIT FOR HARD WEAR
Styles of Short Jackets With Light
Colored Skirts.
DRESSY AFTERNOON GOWNS
Linen Suits With Lingerie Waists
Charming Costumes for Holiday,
Excursion and Outing.
SSY AFTERNOON GOWNS

Written for The Star by Katharine Anderson.
The business woman is unquestlonably
the best and most suitably dressed woman
seen on the street today. She has studied
and mastered the art OF practical dressing,
and 1t Is to her that the average home
woman turns to find the sensibiy modish
cogs in the ever-changing wheel of fashion.
Yet It IS only by virtue OF much thought
that the business women has gained this
position in sartorial affairs, and having won
her laurels, she is obliged to tax her IN
Renuity more than ever to hold them. The
problem of her summer wardrobe is, there
fore, Of engrossing interest at the present
moment. both to herself and TO the follow
ers OF fashion in general
The warm weather outfit divides Itself
into four classes. First the cloth suit for
general au-round wear; second the dressy
house frock which will do service for even
ing and daytime alike in cool days; third
the tub suits and frocks for holiday occa-
slons when the weather is hot. and lastly,
the question of hats. All must be consid-
cred in the planning of the practical ward
robe.
In the matter of the cloth suit the aver