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purpose of engaging quarters for the use of
the commandery at the thirtieth triennial
conclave of the grand encampment, K. T.,
in 1907. At the last conclave the captain
general reported that ARRANGEMENTS had
been made with the manager of the Huestis
Annex. That hotel. containing thirty-fve
rooms. is on the line of march. The COM
mandery has reserved those rooms for the
accommodation of not less than seventy
five persons. and has the use of all other
rooms in the house.
The knights of Pythias of the eighteen
subordinate lodges of the District of Column
bic are making preparations for jubilee,
which will be membership rally and an
exemplification of the beautiful and i'm
pressive rank work of this fraternity. At a
recent special convention. of the Grand
Lodge a sum was appropriated to pay the
expenses of the jubilee. and a general COM
mittee was named to carry out the work as
outlined. A largely attended meeting Of
the jubilee committee was held at the Pyth-
ian Temple Wednesday evening. Grand
Chancellor Jefferson Middleton. as presi-
dent of the Chancellors' Commanders Club,
presided. and c. w. Henderson acted as
secretary. In addition to the presiding Of
fcers of the subordinate lodges and the
Grand Lodge officers. two representatives
from each lodge make up the general jubi-
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PARIS GRAND OPERA
Recently Criticised by Party of
Kentucky Bellies.
AMERICANS DISAPPOINTED
When They Heard Nothing Newer
Than Faust"
A FAMOUS FRENCH THEATER
Where Chorus Ladies Are Employees
Of the Government-Civil Service
in the Ballet.
FAMOUS FRENCH THEATER
Special Correspondence of The Star.

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
PARIS, September 10. 1905.
When the Kentucky bellies were in Paris
they were disappointed with the grand
opera.
That personally conducted bunch of bright
young tourist girls were astonished to learn
that the greatest operate plant Of all the
world had brought out only one new piece
last year-and had no greater summer nov
city to offer them than Faust"
They Travelled in bunch; they attained
celebrity In a bunch; 1t may well be- there
fore, that their criticism Of the opera had
a bunch effect; otherwise it Is indeed, a
strange coincidence that there is now, sud
denly, an acute grand opera question in
Paris.
The occasion, truly, is the expiration of
NJ. Gailhard's dictatorship. The grand
opera, with all its scenery. furniture and
accessories, belongs to the French govern
ment And the minister of fine arts Jobs
the plant out to a private speculator.
This Spectator must put on four new
pieces each year-or pay forfeits. Once
every two years one of these must be the
nnproduGed composition of some Grand
Prix de Rome winner of the Conservative,
provided the committee of the institute has
pointed it out to the minister of fine arts
This SPECTATOR may not change the
prices of admission. Much of the house is
taken up by an intricate system of sub
scriptions annual and other. Single seats
Tor performance range from $3.50 in the
orchestra chairs to 40 cents in the top GAL
lery.
The number of obligatory representations
from three to four per week, year in
year QUITS set down in the lease So is the
number Of popular representations" at re-
duced prices On the French Fourth of
July there must be a gratis matinee for the
Partisan populace. And the ballet girls and
chorus girls and scene shutters and mo
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GQW. EUWlcI,
Degree Master, Columbia Lodge No. TO- /. o. o. r.
est ever made Ruth Rebekah Lodge degree
Of the Washington visitors to Toronto have
yet returned. Those that are back are en-
thusiastic over the inequalities shown by
the Canadian city. The next convention of
the Sovereign Grand Lodge will be held at
st. Paul. 1t is proposed to give the win
ming teams a big welcome home at Odd
Fellows Hall.
Grand Captain General Frank H. Thomas
Of the Grand Encampment Of Knights Tenn
plar who has been spending several weeks
at Chatauqua, returned this morning.
Potomac Commandery, No. 3, Knights
nesday evening for the transaction Of gen.
eral business.
The Grand Lodge. F. A. A. NJ, will hold
its third communication of the year at
Grand Lodge headquarters, in Masonic
Temple. this evening. The session will be
devoted to general business.
Almas Temple of the Mystic Shrine will
give its September ceremonial at National
Rifles Armory on. Friday, September %.
The event is announced in q neatly printed
circular, much less ornate than Is custom
interesting reading, just the same, mingled
Arabic and good plain English. Announce
ment Is made that there will be a business
and ceremonial session October 30; a bust
ness and short ceremonial session Novem-
Der q, and business session, followed by
election and installation of officers in De-
cember. The temple will give trip to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-22
Heavy Field Guns.

From the London Globe.
In the German army maneuvers of the
present year heavy field guns will play an
important part Indeed. the prominence
allotted to this branch of the field artillery
as distinguished from the ordinary light
field batteries, constitutes the distinctive
feature of the present years maneuvers.
German artillerists hold that the battle OF
Mukden demonstrated the lead destined to
be taken by heavy ordnance in the battles
of the future, and essential weakness OF
light field batteries under the growing per-.
lection of intrenching works and other
screens, natural or artificial. The maneu,
vers are to take place to the west of Bres-
lau, in the outskirts of the little town Of
Jauer, south of Diegnitz. They will vir.
,,nday rnndarn condit,ons nS the hIeaas
struggle between French and Prussians for
the passage of the Kilzbach, on August 20,
1913.
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Second Lieutenant, Canton Washington, /. o. O. F.
photo by Buck.)
ington Camp. No. 11464, after which a short
musical program was carried out and re-
freshments served. The next visitation will
be at Harmony Camp. No. 121O6 on No
vember %.
The ladies of the Maccabees of the World
are preparing for large class initiation
October 10 at Masonic Temple. Mrs Lillian
M. HOLSTER, supreme commander, will ini-
tiate the class. A short program will be
given, after which the balance of the even
ing will be spent in dancing. State Com
mander Melva Coswell Is preparing a guard
team of thirty-two young ladies to put the
Lady Maccabee drill on for the class. Each
hive in the district is represented in the
drill. The following have been appointed
by the chairman of the central committee
to look after the work of the class: Hall
committee, Misses Van Ness and Ham
mond; program committee, Mary A. Co.'S
grove, Margaret G. Magruder and Sarah
Andrews: finance committee, Lula 8. Ham
mond and Mary A. Van Ness
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-22
flAMQNG THE
lA FRATEpNITlES

Washington Odd Fellows are facilitating
themselves on the successes achieved at the
Toronto meeting of the Sovereign Grand
Lodge, which has just closed. The conven-
ton was one of the best ever held In the long
history of the order, and District Odd Fell
lows won honors in the drill and degree
contests. Canton Washington, No. /, Patri-
archs Militant, under command of Capt. D.
V. Chisholm, won the first prize for drill
work, making the fourth time it has been a
prize winner. Columbia Lodge, No. 10, Of
this city, presented the third degree with
its celebrated team headed by ]. Edwin
Fowler, and for the third time won first
prize
The percentage was $780, one of the high
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-22

glass windows the iron framework Of the
building would melt before the window
panes would do likewise. Indeed cut
glass dish or lamp chimney of quartz glass
while heated red hot could be thrown into
cold water without Its cracking. This Is
because under heat it expands only one
tenth as much as ordinary glass. 1t fur
thermore allows to pass through 1t what
are known as the ultraviolet rays Of the
sun-those invisible rays, above the violet
band of the rainbow, which are now SO
much used in curing cancer and other dis
cases. Ordinary glass almost entirely pre-
vents these rays from passing through It..
Discovery Valuable to Photography.
Lenses of quartz glass would therefore
give photographs with images sharper for
blue and violet than the lenses used now
AS you know, blue or violet clothes look
faded when you have your photograph
taken therein, while in photograph copy
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True Enough.
the Philadelphia Ledge,

From the Philadelphia Ledger.
'Here!' said the cranky patron of the
reading room. you've been snoring horri-
bly,"
HEIR" gurgled the drowsy patron.
'Tf you only kept your mouth shut" went
on the cranky one, you wouldn't make SO
much noise"
Neither would you," replied the other.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-22

Ind; grand captain Of the guard, George o.
Tyler of Burlington, VT.
The Modern Woodmen of the city spent
an enjoyable evening at the hall of CO.
lumbia Camp. No 1923, in Pythian Temple
Monday evening. The ceremony of adop-
ton was conferred upon several candidates
by the officers and degree team of Wash
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Not Quite the Same.
, the Philadelphia Ledger

From the Ph1Iadelphia Ledger.
Mrs. Aijen-"Oh, really, that's nice! And
did he truly say didn't show my age?"
Mrs. Cutting-"Well-er-he said you were
always very careful to conceal it."
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First Lieutenant. Canton Washington l. o. O. r,
photo by Buck
lee committee. which will conduct the event
and carry out the wishes of the Grand
Lodge and the subordinate lodges The
first rank of the work will be presented in
the auditorium of the Pythian Temple on
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-22

, | Gallhard. was expiring. So to make a good
2 Impression he hastily took up this "Tha-
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To generate a heat sufficient to melt
these the laboratory will be equipped with
electric arcs capable of generating a ter
rife heat of 5000 degrees Fahrenheit. This
greatest possible artificial heat will not,
however, represent the highest tempera-
ture reached by earth's furnace. Even If
this 1900 degrees Fahrenheit. at which
lime and magnesia melt and boil. were
doubled there would not be reproduced in
the laboratory the heat which the earth
probably reached at one time and which
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WE'D BY PROXY.
Woman Paid Man to Impersonate An.
other at the Altar.

From the New York World
So deeply infatuated was Francesca
Rappalo with Giacomo Randazzo, a we'll
TODD merchant, against whom she had
permitted breach of promise suit to
go by default, that she married him by
proxy, hiring friend to impersonate her
sweetheart. francesca lives at No. 600
Flushing avenue, Brooklyn.
The romance of Miss Rappalo was made
public yesterday in court in a confession
she made in an action brought by Ran-
dazzo to have a marriage certificate which
had been issued in his name declared
void. and to have it judicDally established
that In the event Of his death Miss Rap
palo was not his widow. Robert Fl. Roy,
an assistant district attorney in Brooklyn,
who appeared for Randazzo. intimated
that more sinister motive than love had
actuated Miss Rappalo.
The marriage ceremony, according to
Miss Rappalo's affidavit was performed
by the Rev. A Lopono, at the church of
the Holy Rosary No. 172 Humboldt
street. Randazzo was inpersonated by an
acquaintance OF Miss Rappalo. to whom
she paid SO. certificate of marriage
was fled with the health department.
and an Official transcript of 1t was sent
by Miss Rappalo to the town in which
she was born In Italy. The certificate of
marriage was recorded in Rome by the
italian government authorities.
Had 1t not been for the merest chance
Randazzo would In the eyes Of the italian
government, have been the husband of
Miss Rappalo to whom he had never been
married. A friend of Randazzo's was pres
sut when he marriage certifcate was pre-
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IsBEN IN THE CAFE.
Sampled All the cordiaIs-WilIing
Writer of Autographs.

When Henriek 1sben lived in Munich he
was daily visitor to the Cafe Luitpold.
Naturally he was the object of much at
-tention.
/ The most amusing thing about him was
ithe solemnity with which he used to write
his autograph for Americans who came
to the cafe. IL they did not know of his
presence the waitress alws<s informed
them. She was also willing to take cards
aover to him for signatures and he always
signed them without question.
Frequently he wrote at his table and
there were usually pen and ink there. The
waitress would take over card with a re-
Quent for an autograph. Solemnly and
without glancing from his newspaper he
would put it down and write his name
Then he would resume his reading with
out any further demonstration of interest
i'm the proceedings. 1t was very character
listlc of his seriousness in all matters of
life.
When he first began going to the cafe
he started out by trying every one of the
iliqueurs on the bill of fare. He ordered
apne after another through the whole list
until he had sampled them all. After
he had learned from experience the taste
of every one he returned to his beer or
coffee
When he went to live again in Chris
tiania the waitress in the Cafe Duitpold
1ost very lucrative visitor They in
creased very much the amount of their
tips by their stories about the great man
and his willingness to distribute auto
vgraphs
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The Decrease of Lynchins.
the lC,hicago Tribune.

From the Chicago Tribune.
1t is a hopeful sign of the ultimate
suppression of lynching in the south,
or at least of its virtual suppression,
that many Of the southern executives
aremanifesting extraordinary activity
in the prosecution of lynchers. In Vir-
ginia, West Virginia, North and South
Carolina. lynching has been almost en-
tirely suppressed, owing to the siren
uous efforts of the governors and law
authorities, the absence of delays in
the courts, the converting of special
grand juries, speedy trials following
indictments. and speedy penalties fol-
lowing convictions. In the five states,
Georgia. Alabama, Mississippi, Louisi-
ana and Texas, which in the past have
been the worst offenders, largely owing
to the congested black population In
those states, which in some counties
outnumbers the white population, the
number of lynchings steadily de-
creases. and the courts are more and
more called upon to administer JUS
tice in all cases of crime, whether
committed by blacks or whites. The
activity of the authorities in securing
indictments Of lynchers has been not
able.
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sented for recording. This friend imme-
diately wrote Randazzo, eongratulating
him on his marriage. An explanation fol-
lowed.
Randazzo consulted Attorney Roy and
proceedings were begun in the supreme
court to declare the certificate purportlng
to be a marriage contract fraudulent. Mr..
Roy said that his client was one of the
wealthiest Italians in New York and that
It was due to a desire to protect his estate
that the proceedings were instituted.
Miss Rappalo was interviewed by Mr..
Roy She made no denial of the fraudu-
lent marriage. She said she was willing
to be his wife if only by proxy and that
she and she alone had originated the plot.
The man who had impersonated Randaz-
20, she said, was a friend of but brief
acquaintance and she had never seen him
since. The witnesses to the marriage could
not be found.
Miss Rappalo admitted that she had once
brought suit for breach of promise
against Mr.. Randazzo, but because of her
great love for him had permitted it to
go by default.
Justice Maddox of the supreme court, In
declaring the marriage certificate fraudu-
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Making a Revenue Cutter officer.

Mrs. c. r. Miller in Leslie's Weekly.
The recent address of Secretary Shaw
to the graduates of the school of in
struction of the revenue-cutter service
called attention anew to a very useful
institution of whose existence many peo-
pie have been unaware. Hidden away In
a picturesque spot on Curtis Creek, in
Anne Arundel county, Maryland, known
as Arundel Cove, Uncle Sam has third
training school, inferior only in size to
the ones at West Point and Annapolis.
At this school young men who are to
command the treasurys navy, known
as the revenue cutter service, are put
through a course of training, both men
tai and physical. equal to that Of either
the army or navy Comparatively little
is known by the general public Of the
revenue cutter cadet school, yet the serv-
ice Itself antedates the navy having
been organized in $780, when it constituted
the nations first naval defense.
The future revenue officer receives $500
a year during his ,cadetship, which covers
three years. ten dollars per month be-
ing deducted in order that he may, upon
his graduation, have to his credit suffi-
scient sum to equip himself with the regu-
aation dress OF third lieutenant. He
then receives a salary of 81 400 per year.
Absolutely no pull is required when
young man Wishes to enter the service as
mis- appointment does not come through
either the President or congressman, but
As the direct result of competitive ex-
animation. conducted by the civil service
commission throughout the country. When
a vacancy occurs. any young man with a
high school education, not less than 10
nor more than "a years of age. not under
i've feet three inches In height, and UNI
married. may win a cadetship, There
has never been any hazing at the school,
plyu a1o QiSCOllr-
aged by the officers before any head
WAY Is gained.
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Tho SALVATION of Work.

From the Des Moines Qa.) News.
Harry Thaw's mother ruined her son
when she changed the will of the boys
father. The latter left the spendthrift $500
a year Mrs. Thaw changed 1t to $4,000
a year. 1t was a case of too much mother
ing She put a handicap ON the sons
life cheated him out of his chance. Young
Thaw never had the satisfaction nor the
experience of earning an honest dollar.
He never knew the keen Joy of work. The
exultation of the youth who turns from a
wood-box filled or a lawn mowed--a JOB
well completed-never came to him. He
was denied the opportunity of labor with
his hands or the working out OF an idea
with his head The natural enthusiasm of
application was a stranger TO his life.
The curse of idleness was upon him. For
idleness is a curse The distum that man
must earn his bread by the sweat of his
brow is not a curse but blessing. Work
is the universal law of nature. 1t Is the
normal, sane business of man. What could
be expected of young man who had more
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money than he knew how to spend and
who made diversion his only purpose?
There's a limit to having n good time.
When you get so far. natural pleasures
pail, and If tho human has no occupation
the craving for new emotions begins to
pull on the appetite. Self-restraint Is over
borne Life Is warped. Tastes are vitiated.
Existence is artificial and false.
No man can live a sane existence with
out some healthy occupation We are built
that way. The wisdom that is divine made
us for task. To refuse the task 10 to
20 to war with that wisdom Work and
purity and sanity are a logical trinity.
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Looking Twenty Years Ahead.

and are making the telephone of the flu
ture still more wonderful.
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INVESTIGATIONS
THAT LOOK AHEAD
Engineers Are Perfecting TeIe-
phone System of Tomorrow
A UNIQUE LABORATORY
Does Its Work All Over the United
States Thousand Mile
Talks on Three-Foot

Boston.-In a skyscraper office building
in this city is one of the busiest and
most interesting laboratories in the world.
1t is the place where the problems Of
telephony are worked out, and where are
devised the means of improving and de-
veloping the national talking system to
meet the demands the future will make
upon 1t.
Here, any day, you may see two men
in a room 10 or 20 feet wide and two or
three times that length. talking with
each other over circuits a thousand miles
long. The equivalent of twenty miles OF
cable is contained in a box no bigger than
an ordinary travelling bag, and GOO miles
of pole line is represented by the con-
tents of another box not as large as
dress suit case, while the entire apparatus
at the central office, so far as it affects
the individual subscribers telephone line,
is compressed into a couple of square
feet.
With this equipment and two stand
ardzed telephone instruments conversa-
tions over hundreds of miles are carried
on within the four walls of this labora-
tory-one of the workshops of the central
engineering force of the Bell system
Every detail of long distance circuit
from the subscribers telephone at one end
of the line to that at the other end. with
all the central office and overhead and
underground construction that connects
them is reproduced with scientific exact
ness. BY these means new devices and
apparatus are tested, proposed improve
ments Investigated, and the scientific the
cries involved in transmission and opera
ton worked out This may be done tor
the purpose of studying some minor bit
of mechanism, of determining, for in
stance, the relative merits of two forms
of the relay coils which automatically
work the signals on the switchboard, or
of learning the effect on a conversation
of having one sort of equipment at one
end of the line and another sort at the
other end, or for any of hundred other
purDOses.
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A Marrying Man.

From the Cleveland Leader,
IF were girl, wouldn't waste my
time with Mr.. Kjones. He's not marry
ing man."
Yes, he is."
How do you knowT"
why. he's Justice Of the peace"
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one of Them.

From the Bohemian.
Howelll-"He is always saying, .What
fools these mortals be-
Powell-"He not only says II. but hs
acts It,"
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lent, enjoined Miss Rappalo from at any
time representing herself as the wife Of
Randazzo
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