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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-22
Men, Women and Meals.
From the Reader.

from tHc heauer.
Wien men suppose that dinner goes on
whether they are at home or not they
labor under a curious nisconception. Ar
thur Pendenyc, writing about this mel
ancholy fact, decllres: Some one once said
that an ordinary woman's tavorite dinner
is an egg in a drawing room All women
have a passion for something a tray.
To the masculine mind things a tray are
unsatisfying; but to the feminine body they
embody the very mamma from heaven" 1t
is easy to understand that Arthur Pendenys
or any other masculine mind" might have
trouble in comprehending the why and
wherefore of this deblitated taste; but no
comes from the fatigue which woman
suffers the result of her coloss Il task of
feeding man. To nourish the human race
is the appointed work of woman AT the
very inception OF life this is her labor and
never can existence be fine so free,
heroic or so beauti III that she must not
pause three times a day-or more-to bend
her mind to the menu that she shall please
her lord. She has been accused of writing
no epics; 1t is said that she is incapable of
composing an oratorio of designing cathe-
dral or conceiving an heroic statue or paint
ing picture of the first quality. The re-
tort is that she might have done some
thing of the kind If the men had not been
hungry so frequently and so insistentiy. To
be the nourisher of the human race is an
undertaking so prodig.ous that it is mar
vel that the mere evaporation of being
chained to the larder has not made fends
or iunaticS out of wonderland from squaw
to countess their sufferings in this regard
have points Of similarity. Is it any wonder
then that with the ever-hungry man out OF
the way the woman seeks escape from the
tyranny of food and leafs strawberries by
moonlight on a fiowery bank?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-22
RAIL WAY Up ALPS
NOW PROJECTED
Special cab,egram to The Star.

Special Cabiegram to The Star.
GENEVA, October GA serious scheme
to build a railway almost to the summit of
the Mont Blanc range has been prepared by
a Swiss syndicate, and has received the
approval of the French government. The
projected railway will provide the great
est thrilLIon EARTH taking passengers to
the roof of Europe.
The syndicate which has obtained the
concession is at present completing an
aerial line to the summit of the Wetter-
horn. 1t now proposes to build similar
line from the valley of Chamonix to the
summit of the Aigulle du Midi. peak
nearly 1900 feet high, in the center of
the Mont Blanc range.
According to the contract, an ordinary
funicular railway will join the existing
system at Chamonix. The double aerial
cables will begin at the first Alpine station
near the Glacier DIES Blossoms at "A height
of over 5000 feet.
The cost Is estimated at about s1,O000OO,
and it is believed that the project will take
four years to carry out. The hfst ana
easiest half will take only year, and
tourists may be able to ascend to the Gla-
cier des Blossoms at the end of next sum-
mer.
The line will skirt a score of glaciers,
dozens OF crevasses and unfathomaole
precipices, and will give those who do not
care for climbing the Alps on foot an idea
Of the dangers and the pleasures of noun
taineering.
The ride on the railway will give the
passenger series of thrills which no other
line in the world afford. 1t is believed,
further. that it will be absolutely safe, for
the engineers have examined and studied
every yard Of the route, and have taken
precauton in preparing the estimates. In
several places 1t will pass over blue-lce
crevasses, giving the passenger the sensa-
ton of riding over blue water.
The electricity which will work the line
will be generated by the River Arve. The
coaches will be specially constructed to
withstand the great changes of cold and
heat.
The engineers are very hopeful of the
success of the project, but they recognize
that the nearer the line approaches the
summit the more difficult will be the work
of construction, owing to the difficulties of
the glaciers, and the deep snow and the
danger of avalanches. In the known tracks
of the avalanches tunnels will be con-
structed to avoid all danger, but four-fifths
of the line will be in the open air.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-22
MRS. EDDY'S CULT
SPORT FOR BENSON
Special Cablegram to The Star

LONDON, October 22-The serious pro-
gress of the Roman Catholic conference at
Brighton was enlivened by a paper read by
the Rev. r. H. Benson (son of the late
archbishop on Christian Science"
1t was extremely difficult, he said not to
make fun of Christian Science 1t appears
to solve problems by denying that they
exist, to alleviate pain by assuring the sut-
ferer that he is under a complete misappre-
hension. AS a fair sample of the reasoning
Mrs. Eddy INDUCED in, Father Benson adj
vanced such a proposition as least is real;
the west is opposite to the east; therefore,
the west is unreal
Father Benson drew a picture Of Mrs.
Eddy sitting in her study imagining mean
ings to Bible names. Cad" must mean
something; why not make it mean
"Science?" So she decreed that Cad
meant science. There was no reference in
the Bible to womens rights. The River
Gihon seemed an unoccupied word, with no
settled meaning. So. Mrs. Eddy fixed upon
it meaning "woman's rights 'fin re-
ligious matters" he added 'she resembles
bull-or rather, shall We say, well-in-
tentioned cow?-in a china shop
Mrs. Eddy maintained that material
things did not exist, that they We're delu-
sions. But he noticed that she charged
S5.oo Tor ner DOCK, ana SlOo Tor course OF
instruction. But as lady disciple, Who
would not pay $3.50 to be free from all dis
ease?" Since, however, this lady declared
that after following Mrs. Eddy's eatment
she had increased in weight from ninety
five pounds to 1G0 pounds it seemed to
Father Benson that she was classifying the
cardinal doctrine that matter does not exist.
After the Eddy treatment she should have
weighed nothing at all.
So far from abJuring food, a Christian
Science family he knew had three square
meals a day, and they sat down to sup
pers Of lobster, rejoicing in the knowledge
that Indigestion was only delusion of the
debased mortal mind.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-22
HEALTH OF FRANCIS JOSEPH
Causes Disquieting Rumors Among
the Austrians.

Special Cablegram TO The Star.
VIENNA. October 22.-Disquieting rumors
are circulating among the public respect ng
the state of health of Emperor Francis
Joseph and they especially strengthened
by the fact that his majesty, since his re-
turn several days ago from Ischl, has not
left his apartments in the Schonbrunn pal
ace and that his general audiences as well
as public engagements arranged for the
next few days have all been postponed. 1t
is stated on authoritative quarters that
these reports are exaggerated, but that
nevertheless his majesty's health can by
no means be characterized satisfactory.
Neither the catarrh nor the cough from
which he was suffering yielded to the
mountain air of ISchl. but still obStinately
remain. In consequence of the extremely
unfavorable weather the monarch Is COM
PEELED to- remain in his rooms for fear
neuralgia symptoms should develop.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-22
TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS.

LONDON, October 22-The man styling
himself Gerald Morgan and who claimed to
be a member of the Harvard Rowing Club
and nephew of J. Pierpont Morgan was
today sentenced at the Old Bailey to
twenty months at hard labor on the charge
of having obtained a small sum of money
by fraud from DR.. Dickey, resident surgeon
of the Miller Hospital at Greenwich Ha
had previously been convicted on several
occasions.
NICE, France October 22-While dis
claiming to speak by the authority of the
pope, Bishop Chapon. in an interview today,
fatty declared his conviction that if the
hierarchy, through the bishops, is given the
right by the council of state to decide on
the regularity of the cultural associations
in France to which church property may be
surrendered a modus vivendi between the
church and the government is possible and
the Vatican will not insist upon parliament
tary action in this connection
PARIS October 22-Ambassador McCor-
mick has received from the management
of the Western railroad a letter expressing
in glowing terms its appreciation of the
devoted assistance rendered to the per-
sons wounded in the railroad wreck at
Epernon, apartment of the Eure and
Loire, October II, by three American ladies
who declined to give their names, only say
ing that they came from Boston.
CONNELLoti LILLE, "a, OctoDer 22.-NO-
tees were posted at the plant of the Dun
bar Furnace Company, the Semat SoIyay
Coke Works and the New Haven and Dun
bar Railroad Company of an increase in
wages of 10 cents day for all laborers.
The advance affects LOCO men,
KNOXVILLE. Tenn, October 22.-Judge
Judson S. Clements and James S. Harlan,
members of the interstate commerce COM
mission, formally convened a hearing of the
commission in this city early today to as
certain the relationship of the Southern
railway to the coal mining industry in the
Tennessee-Kentucky fields The investiga-
ton is similar to inquiries recently made as
to the Pennsylvania, Baltimore and Ohio
and Chesapeake and Ohio railroads and
their relations to the coaf industry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-22

Special Cableeram to The Star.

special Cfbieeram TO The star.
GENEVA, October 22.-The authorities
are making determined efforts to hush up
the cases of leprosy that have been dis
covered in the canton of Va!ais. for the
district Is situated the main line between
Martigny and Brig, and is dotted with win
ter resorts. The season is just beginning.
and II is feared that II alarmist reports get
abroad it will be entirely spoiled.
All information with regard to the result
of the Investigations being carried cut by
the French government is refused. 1t is
known, however, that a number of families
have been isolated, and that several viii
lagos in the canton affected.
The worst is the lonely hamlet of Guttet.
where the disease noticed last June.
1t was then considered TO be only "A skin
complaint of the nature of erysipelas. but
DR.. Jadassohm, a professor Of dermatology.
appointed to make invest ga lions. Each
inhabitant was carefully examined, and the
members of five families were found to be
affected.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-22
Barber Shop Burglarized,

Louis Lauderick, who conducts q barber
shop at 1907 Pennsylvania avenue north
west. complained to the police today that
his shop was burglarized last night An
entrance to the shop. he said, was effected
through window and more than 500 and
a gold watch were taken from the cash
drawer. The drawer was found in an alley
near the shop this morning. The police of
the third precinct are investigating the rob-
bery
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-22
Verdict Sustaining Will.

compromise of the contest concerning
the will Of the late Edmund D. Overland
has been effected. In conformity with the
agreement a formal verdict sustaining the
will was taken today in the Probate Court
Theterms of settlement were not made
public
Attorney B. F. Leighton represented the
benefciarieS under the will and Attorney
D. w. O'Donoghue appeared for the cavea-
tor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-22
London Builders Use.
American Methods

LONDON, October TO- 1906.
IN EAL skyscrapers are unknown in
T England. The building laws do
d not allow them. But what, to all
intents and purposes, will be skyscraper
to English ideas is now under project to
be erected in London. 1t is a new Y. M.
c. A. building, to be modelled on the lines
of similar institutions in America. 1t is to
be nine stories hight This is a full story
higher than any building now in existence
In the city.
Clarence Hooper, the financial general
secretary of the British Y. NJ G. A, today
supplied some details regarding the new
"skyscraper" which will take the place of
Exeter Hall, the famous but out-of-date
building which is the present London head
quarters of the association.
"At a meeting held this week., he said,
presided over by the lord mayor and at
tended by all manner of high digintaries,
It was decided to build the new Y. M. c. A.
headquarters at a cost of half million
dollars. But before it is finished, equipped
and furnished, and other expenses, the
committee in charge figures the cost will
be nearly one million dollars. The build
ing is to be a memorial to the late Sir
GEORGE Williams, who founded the asso-
citation sixty-two years ago while he was
an apprentice boy. His widow and family
approve of the plan. The association in
the United States is far ahead of the Eng
fish organization in membership, and es
pecially in buildings. So the great, new
central building of the English Y. M. c. A.
Is to be modelled after the best in the
United States.
"A copy of the plans of the new build
ing in San Francisco has been promised the
committee here, and the architect will also
take the best ideas from the construction
of the buildings in New York, Chicago.
Philadelphia, Boston and Montreal, Can
ada.
THE site has not yet been selected, but it
will probably be in Holborn, In the very
heart Of London and as near the present
Observation-Disclosures Hall-as possible.
There will be, of course, music rooms.
game rooms, reading rooms, restaurant,
baths, lecture rooms and great enter
tanment hall. In addition to having a
thorough and comfortable club, the three
top floors will consist entirely OF separate
bed rooms, fully furnished and capable of
accommodating at least four hundred young
men. These rooms will be let at a cheap
rate to more or less permanent guests.
The restaurant charges will be small, and
the Y. M. c. A. hopes 1t will thus be able
to solve the problem of decent existence
for the youth from the country who comes
to London to begin life on small salary.
The committee in charge expressly an
nounce that these three extra floors are
to be built in order to make the Y. NJ. c. A.
near what home was to the young man
as possible"
Until a comparatively short time ago the
Y M. c. A. in England was run almost en-
tirely on close religious lines. Now the
British association is not only going to
COPY its American protege in regard to it's
buildings but in the admins tration and
conduct of the organization. With the new
building there will be an awakening in the
British Y. M. c. A. 1t will be all On the
American plan.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-22
Relief Mission of the Winona.

The Treasury Department has ordered the
revenue cutter Winona to proceed from Mo-
bile, Ala. to the Florida keys to aid dis
tressed peop'e and shipping. Capt. Hanks of
the Winona will depart Immediately.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-22
Because He Crowded.

From the Cleveland Press.
Here, waiter, this beef is fierce. It Isn't
fit for a dog to eat"
Then don't eat it,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-22
Strange Theory Of
London Sc:entits

Special Correspondence OF Inc Star.
LONDON October H. 1906.
<<T o get from London to New York
in three hours time Is a posi-
bility according to present-day
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-22

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-22

Or for Lad es' Black Ingram
SOS Isle Hose white heels and
toes. plain and dropstitch Also
Maco yarn Hose, light. medium and
heavy weights. all black. white soles
and all-white feet. Also gauze Isle
thread Hose. plain. lace ankle and
all-over lace effects. Also fieeced
lined Hose. ell black and with white
feet. Also merino Hose, plain and
ribbed. black and oxford mixed.
Choice for %
The citizen., 1906-06-08
Cut and Come Arnin

a Quaker in taking his usuaI wo1,,
before dinner Glanced to meet WIFI, N N
friend whom he had not seen for a
Iohg time and after hearty shake of
.nP hand and u,tle friendly convc,.
S2ti'A, he asked the friend in tbo nsna,
mode to 90 home with him, saving.
FRIEND wilt thou g ana stick thv
iorh IN my pudding today"
,,l, Inc friend replied in the affirmative
inahk thee, neighbor, will" And 50
'ne TWO Quakers trudged off home to.
gether. I'ne 'o-
III consequence of the friend beino
just or q journey and a good trenchor,
mah also, he stuck his fork not onIv IN
MS pudding, but in his meat rs we'll
anu, anu haVlhg passed his plate so many
'lnleS and being almost ashamed 70 dc
50 again without making an excuso
said: USE
Neighbor, according to custom 7
cuts and comes again"
wen, friend" replied The Quake,
thou shalt cut as long as thou think
proper now thou beest here, but" look.
ing him straight in the face. .,,>o,,a
again thou never shalt."-London Mai
The citizen., 1906-06-08
Storl< Legends.

In an old collection of matronly sto
ries entitled The Gospel of the Dis
taft" printed at BrugeS in 1475, this
passage occurs: "When Il stork builds
her nest over chimney it is a sign
that the proprietor shall have wealth
and long life" Ancient beliefs admit
ted that the stork protected buildings
against lightning. 1t is Il holy bird,
and in certain German towns the ar
rival of the stOrks, heralds of spring,
was announced with joyous blasts by
the Waterman on the tower. What is
certain is that which Michelet says of
the swallow may be applied to the
Stork, He has taken not only our
louSe, but also our hearts"
Legends 90 still further. They con-
slider storks as til" incarnation of de-
parted souls. In that metamorphosed
capacity they have for mission to
search the bottom of wells for the souls
Of newborn infants. In the whole of
northern and central Germany they
have their baby wells. Hamburg. too,
had her 'kindelbrunnen." This naive
faith has its origin in ancient mytholo-
gy which represents the stork. Jointly
with the peacock, as the favorite bird
OF Juno, goddess of maternity-French
Of Maurice Engelhart
The citizen., 1906-06-08
Well balanced Cats.

"Did you know that if you cut cats
tail off she can't catch mice any
more?" asked a young woman of an
other
81 don't see why" replied the other,
"and, further, | can't imagine what
occasion you have had for cutting off
cats tails to see"
Il haven't cut off any cats tails, but
an accident deprived our cat Of its
caudal appendage. The feline became
as helpless as a ship without a rudder.
When it tried to spring upon an OBJ
iect it would alight far to one side.
The look of panied surprise on the
cats features was pathetic. After
awhile it learned to jump straight
again, but it was a long and painful
experience for the poor eat. The bal
ance of power and the power to bal
ance seem to lie in the tail Of the cat"
Kansas City Times.
The citizen., 1906-06-08

Inc question Why is proprietv pinkq
IS 1ailacious, Such expressions as "tbe
PINK OF propriety" and the pink Of
perfection haze really nothing to do
win color at all, nut descend from
Mercutlo's very pink of courtesy"
winch is at once explained d Romeo
as pink for flower" Romeo's exnIa.
nation is either correct or a silly
shakeSpearean pun, pink" really
Standing for eliminating point
acme. In either case color does not
come into the matter. The flower
PINK is not named after the color
put vice verSa-contrariwise to the case
OF "earnation.' in which the fleshy col
or has given its name to the flower.
A pink is so named either because
the flower is 'pinked." as punctured
heedicWork or a punctred duelist is.
or because it resembles an eyelet-the
pink eyne" Of ''plumpe Bacchus" in
Antony and Cleopatra''-meaning not
pink colored eyes. but eyes half shut,
brought to a point" Pie" peak
or point is the common Celtic ancestor
of the various "pinks "-Spectator.
The citizen., 1906-06-08
ncetIc with Maxim Gun.

One of the instructors Of big uni
versity led the way to small box,
smiling with pride as he did SO. Il
want to show you rare species OF bee
tie" said he.
The beetle, which was a Durnlsneu
blue, with red head and red legs lay
partly hidden under stone. Inc IN
structor advanced his finger slowly
The beetle waited, watchful and IN
trepid. The finger almost touched the
insect. and then-pulf, cloud OF Dlue
smoke shot out, and under cover OF
this smoke the beetle beat rapid re
treat
"Isn't that marvelous?" the instruct
or said. "And the little rascal can
emit puff after puff can fire gun atter
gin-nineteen or twenty TO the minute
No wonder be is called the bombar-
dier is it?
"This bombardier beetle is rare. lie
has in his body certain glands secret
ing a LIQUID which, on contact with the
air, has the curious property OF turn
ing into a smoky vapor. The vapor is
his defense against bigger beetles
Hidden under it, he seeks new re
treat"
The citizen., 1906-06-08
How the Blooa Moves In The Veins.

HOW the Blood Moves In The VeIu,
The principal cause OF tie movement
of the blood in the veins is what the
phySolog;StS refer TO as ''the pressure
from behind" BY this is meant the
capillary circulation. or movement of
the blood caused by the constant pump
ing action of the heart. which forces
tie current into and through the veins
10 prevent the engagement of the
VeinS-that is, 10 prevent their becom.
ing so filled with blood that their re-
sistance would counteTbQlance the pres
sure from the arteries-each pulsation
of the heart by emptying the right ven
trlcle allows Il part of the blood accu-
mulated in the veins to be removed. In
this way the backward resistance in
the veins is kept inferior to the pres
sure of the arterial circulation. The
VenouS circulation is also greatly aided
by the action of the voluntary muscles.
1t is well known fact that when n
muscle contracts it thickens and be-
comes diminished in length. The eff
feet of this lateral swelling is to COM
press the veins lying between the mus
cles, thus forcing the blood forward
Another peculiarity is the half moon
shaped valves with which the veins are
well provided. These "semilunar"
valves open only toward the heart.
making any backward movement of
the blood into the venous system i'm
possible
The citizen., 1906-06-08
6WaItan's Angler"

This insignificant duodecimo volume
not remarkable for any especial liter.
ary merit beyond an easy, cheerful,
chatty good humor, interlarded with
technical information about strange
ly fascinating sport, occupies one of
the topmoSt inches in the huge tenn
pie of British photographed fame.
Worth its weight in gold'' is a very
inadequate expression. The number
of sovereigns its value represents over
balances many copies. Its companion
volume, the second part by Charles
Cotton, was not issued from the press
until twenty-three years later and nat
urally increases the already stupendous
price when found with the earlier
work.
The perennial popularity of oval
tons Angler" is very remarkable. Sci
dom a year passes that does not wit
ness its reissue in some form or other.
either delicate and dear for the con-
noisseurs shelves or commonplace ana
cheap for the travellers pocket. There
Is a charm about the book which tims
apparently cannot destroy.
The citizen., 1906-06-08
rhe Lnxnrions Romnns.

The Romans had no flower shows
There were dread and circuses," but
not bread and flowers. The luxurious
Roman used roses in enormous quanti-
ties at his banquets. 1t was fine joke
to have roses fall from above on guests
reclining at their tables and the flow
ers in such quantities as to smother
them. a writer recalls picture Of Al
ma-Tadema's "The Rose Feast Of
Elagabalus' which shows the super
abundance of roses. To spend on a
banquet in roses 100000 sesterces,
equivalent to about 100000, is record
ed by Suetonius, but possibly Suetonius
aya pperatpS