davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-21

IF wife would keep her husband her loVe1' -
him miss her now and then" is the advice "
worldly wise woman. Men get tired Of thelr VIZ.
just from seeing them round much Inc -
face at breakfast 365 times year; the same faes
dinner year in and year out: neither realizes
the trouble Is and the wife as often SIS not TINS
it IS her fault. and prods herself into greater "
scientiousness. greater fidelity Etun ana l'I
sensel Let her. pack her grip and so on on. ~ nus.
holid2y Give him the jolt of finding that ~
eat his dnner alone once in while. The vs. fr
won't atutude toward the wife-the takins ~ r.s
granted-it is this which. unguessed. unseen. n
AT the bottom OF much OF the domestic flouJJss ~
the day, In nine cases out of ten the woman ser
victim, but, on the other hand. ii IS CeneTaAy
iauIt to begin with These Self-effacinS = 1frsY
ultra-conscientious little wives. oh how rnue1' "
have to answer for!'
careful woman noticed that placing if0s g.,
washed hairbrush in the sunshine near th'
TO ory soon spollS the color of the brtStIeS
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-21
SEEN IN THE SHOPS.

Ernine Is one OF the most attractive mater
1hilaoy wears in her automobile cap these :. =
According to the flrriers however, it shouo = :.
worn only Tor the opera for appropriate -
Occasions. as this fur is in as bad TASTE s' srs
u ay wear as diamonds are in the moFniIHss vasn
ever ever II suits their convenience The cap Tths
hSari oS i with a long cape. the cap toR n
N'e'Sh NiSor' with a black velvet bow SooN0 -
\ new style in terrapin dishes Is overial' va
neetVy' plain gold in the bowl. but tne ar
Sao nov the white porcelain with a circls "
rapln IN gold disporting upon it.
II Is only recently that the mushroom hSs 80
ureo IN this country a decoration for pos, 81.
me chinese. with whom 1t is emblem ., s,s
sesl'y' nave long used it for their fine pores'os
nhu the American potters are now show ins y h
utte ol their pFettiest pieces One OF lame.
1r fnte SET comprising sugar bowl anu h,ttsgs
ry. 40 sVfef VI ~ss AoAa'N.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-30
U&9ER ]HE ARlHY 9WFERI00 BWfE

for the vacation one Of the members Of the
labor party-which, by the way. has man
ifested a peculiar antipathy to Burns since
he assumep ofice-challenged certain state
ments made by the minister as to the con-
dtion Of the tramps and wastrels Of Lon
don
Burns defended his assertions by getting
down to personal facts:
"WhiIe the honorable member who crtti-
cises my methods has been quietly taking
his proper amount of sleep at nights,
said the president of the local government
board, Il have been down on the embank-
ment under the arches of Waterloo bridge.
making personal inquiries as to the lives
led by certain London tramps-I know what
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-30

take their course, or giving the Poles their
own priests as is the custom in Russian
Poland, press German prayers and pastors
upon the children who get very exagger-
ated idea of their own political Importance
and think they going to create new
Poland by disobeying their teachers.
AS the Pc lsh language Is excluded from
the schools. the children meet at each
others houses in order to learn their ma
tive literature and history. But the houses
in which these meetings take place are
frequently ra:ded the children punished,
and the parents fined.
In the intervals between the lessons at
school Poles are strictly forbidden to use
their own language when speaking To each
other. German scholar who denounces
them for breaking this rule is rewarded
with a good conduct mark, while the cul-
prits are punished with an extra task.
Even in the streets Polish scholars may
not speak Polish with impunity If Herr
Inspector happens to overhear them. This
policy was pursued for a certain time in
Russian Poland. but has been abandoned as
tending to widen the breach between the
conquerors and conquered.
In the case of German Poland the hatred
of the scholars for the schools grows as
time goes on. The der boys and girls
learn to bear their teachers taunts In sui
len silence, but their feelings find vent in
Polish school magazines. Surreptitiously
circulated in the class. they consist of one
or two sheets OF paper. closely written or
typed A Polish eagle heads the first page,
and the columns are full Of incidents Of
school life in which disparaging remarks
about the Prussian government predomi-
nate When captured. the magazine is con-
! hscated and the contributors expelled.
AS the boys pass through the primary and
middle schools they take their places in
higher educational pSta hl1ShmpntS
chance throws them among boys of the
upper classes persecution from their COM
pan:ons is at an end: but the Polish stu.
dents have many a hard rub in which the
| middle and lower-middle classes prevail
| The. result Is that they go into the world
| with feelings of hatred for the Prussfar
| and the determination to avoid him an6
! his culture as much as possible
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-30

am talking about, because I have con-
Quoted a personal investigation"
That statement was characteristic of
Burns. He has neglected no opportunity
of acquainting himself with living. vital
facts. Even his rank as cabinet minister
has not debarred him from visiting the en-
bankment at night and talking to the I'M
the bridge. waiting until the Salvation
Army depot opens at 2 am. to deal out
bowls Of hot soup to the starving.
The embankment Is a long strip of road
way which lines the Thames river from the
house OF parliament to Blaskfrars bridge.
To the homeless outcast of humanity the
"embankment" Is a name of terrifying sig
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-30

nifcance 1t means nights Of deadly cold,
sitting up on an uncomfortable bench or
lying on the hard stones. You sometimes
see men sleeping here on folded bits Of
newspapers The stones are often SO cold
that they could not stand it without pfac-
ing the newspapers between their SILVER
ing frames and Mother Earth-which proves
rather a stepmother in this instance.
The principal gathering points on the en-
bankment for these houseless wanderers OF
arches of Waterloo bridge. 1t is this
bridge that is known as THE Bridge of
Sighs," SO called from Hoods famous poem
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-30

is lost in furnishing the children for small
slips in pronunciation.
Another means of Prussianizing is for the
teachers to jeer at everything Polish be-
fore their pupils and to encourage the Ger
man scholars to do the same Everything.
from the childrens Polish names to their
country's history. their homes and parents,
is held up to ridicule. This policy has been
pushed so far that it is not a rare thing
for Pole to have the words 'Polnisches
swein' polish pig) called after him when
passing German children in the streets In
Berlin, where Poles speak their own Ian
guage in the public thoroughfares, they
frequently meet with hostile looks and I'M
complimentary remarks about their ma
tionality.
The Polish children have a great deal Of
difficulty in keeping pace with their Ger
man classmates. 1t is as II an English or
American child living In his own country
all his exercises and compositions in
French. The tasks, therefore, though easy
for the German. are terribly hard for the
Pole and often necessitate his sitting up
late at night to finish them. Next morn
ing he goes to school sleepy and nervous.
He is asked a question. Perhaps he hesi-
tates not because he does not know the
lesson. but because he is tired and his
childish mind realizes how much depends
upon his answer-his place in the class. his
weekly report, perhaps his seat in the
school.
The Prussian teacher, instead OF encour-
aging him with a kind word or look. turns
to the German scholars and makes a dis
paraging remark about Polish intellects
The boy stammers, breaks off and is passed
over. He goes home and tells his parents.
who sympathize with his plight, but he has
! to work all the harder next evening. for
| the schools are crowded and II he loses
many more marks he will be expelled to
make room for another and apter pupil.
| Once expelled he has the greatest difficulty
| in entering another school. and yet he can
| not hope to earn his living unless be has a
| certificate from one of the government
| schools. Sometimes the strain proves too
much; the boy gets brain fever and falls
i out of the running altogether.
/ The Poles are. as a nation. almost IA
| natically attached to the Church of Rome
and her tenets. The Prussians do their
| best to stamp this attachment out. Ger
| mans are appointed to give religious in
| struction in the schools and the children
| are told to pray in that language Resist
ance is generally the result, followed by
| various forms of punishment, from flogging
| to expulsion. A hundred years of slavery
has not made the Polish nature reasonable;
| the children are encouraged to resist and
! looked upon as martyrs to a sacred cause.
The authorities, instead Of letting things
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-30
The Fly as Disease Carrier.

From the London Chronicle.
1.-THE house fly is largely responsible for
the high death rate from diarrhoea." re-
marked Dr. Stephton at the Lancashire
county council meeting. If mothers would
only keek milk for the children in clean
and covered vessels to prevent the house fly
getting at it the infantile mortality would
be speedily reduced.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-30
Special Correspondence Of The Star.

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
WARSAW, September 10. 1906.
EXAMPLES set by their compatriots In
II Russian Poland, who struck for
- Polish language in the schools. have
the Polish school children In
the eastern provinces of Germany to resist
the efforts of the government to Pruss!an-
ize them.
1t sounds rather strange to western ears
to hear accounts of children refusing to
obey their teachers in spite Of frequent
f,oggings and still stranger to learn that
the young rebels are looked upon as heroes
by the Polish community And yet there Is
something to be said for the Poles in this
case. They suffer many petty persecu-
lions at the hands of their PruSstan mas
tiers, from which the Poles under the Rus
sian yoke are freed, for the last Is too
broad by nature to interfere in the triviali-
ties of life The Prussians, being system
attic, begin their Prussianizing treatment
in the infant schools. The Polish children
attending them are taught German from
their babyhood. AS soon as they enter the
lowest class they are strictly forbidden
to utter a Polish word. They learn their
alphabet not in their own tongue, but In
German. They are taught to say German
poetry and German prayers, although they
are too ignorant of the language to under
stand what they repeat. Their small brains
are burdened with a double task-to mas
ter unknown facts in a strange tongue.
Woe betide them If they venture to speak
Polish, Teachers are known to keep the
small culprits locked up in the school all
night in the dark without food. In many
cases the mothers come in large numbers
to rescue their children by forcing an
entrance into the school house and facing
the German teachers with sauce pans.
broom sticks. rolling pins and other ar
ticles of domestic use. A scuffie ensues,
the police arrive and carry the demonstra-
tors off to the nearest police station.
Even when the children have grown
older and mastered the elements of the
German language. their case is not much
better They are frequently punished for
speaking German with a Polish accent
though the difference between the two
languages Is such that 1t Is almost i'm
possible to speak both without a foreign
accent and Germans. after living among
Poles for a lifetime, cannot master the
difficulties of pronunciation. But this con-
sideration has no weight with the Prussian
| teacher; the Polish child is supposed to
| speak German like a native, and much time
: which could be better spent in other ways
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-30

Since 1t has been announced that Burns
has million to do what he likes with
myriads of unemployed friends have begun
10 look upon the Burns home as an employ
ment agency. From early dawn to dewy
eve" there are applications at his door for
work
Seated in his front room on this particu-
lar occasion was farm hand who had
come to Mr.. Burns for a Job He was u
very broken looking creature. with a woe
begone expression of couutenance, ragged
clotheS-a typical hornyhanded son of toll.
Without making any comment Mr.. Burns
winked at me. nodded his head in the direc-
ton of his yokel friend and handed me
across his desk the pages of an open book.
In this book l read the opening lines of
Markbam's Man With the Hoe" When
the visitor had gone Burns turned to the in
terviewer and said:
THAT poor chap certainly fits Markham
description. He Is striking picture of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-30
Copyright 1903. by W. b. Northrop. British
rights strictly reserved,

Copyright. 1905. by W. b. Northrop British
rights strictly reserved,
rOHN BURNS has just been given mil
lion dollars by the British government
TO enable him to wrestle with the un-
employed problem. Probably never be-
y fore In the history of British politics
has one man risen from such humble begin
nings to position OF such power as that
commanded today by the president of the
local government board. Never before has
one single man, the strength of his own
character been intrusted with the dlstribu-
ton of such an enormous sum.
II is not so many years ago that John
Burns. or to give him his full title as cabi-
net minister the Right Honorable John
Burns NJ p. was tramping the streets OF
London as one of the unemployed himself.
Indeed il Is not so long since John Burns
occupied cell in Pentonvile prison for de-
Tending the right of laboring men to free
speech in London parks
Il remember the day he said in the
course of an interview on the subject of
how he intends to spend his million, Il well
remember the day when | was turned out
of St James Park because | wore cordu-
ROY brooches Now It's slightly different"
BY way of explanation of this remark 1t
must be mentioned that St. James Park
surrounds buckingham palace. Today, when
John Burns wants to see the king or queen.
he walks across St. James Park from his
Office nearby and has the entree as cabinet
minister to the palace. AS Burns says.
things were slightly different not so many
years ago.
John Burns Is truly a unique figure in
European politics. Though drawing the re-
spectacle salary of $1,000 a year and enti-
tied to the full honors of cabinet minister
with all that that implies in England he
still occupies his modest little nottingham $
In q | pnlpu suburb. Stll moves
among the people as the simple. honest. I'M
assuming man he has always been. Wher-
ever he goes among the working classes OF
London ne is invariably greeted with such
calculations as Hello. John, HoWdy.
mate" and the cabinet minister invariably
responds to these greetings in the spirit IN
which they given.
In order to ascertain how Mr.. Burns in
tends To spend the million dollars which has
been placed in his hands the writer recent
~ visited him at his home in Battersea. Mr.
Burns opened the door himself Despite
his big salary and his rise" in the world
de is still his own footman. valet and but
Ter 1t was an early hour-befoTe in the
morning-and yet several visitors had beer
there before that time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-16
GAMBLING LAWS
ALLEGED BooKMAKER Is DE-
PENDANT IN TEST CASE.

Whether the antt-gzmblins laws applying
in the District Of Columbia are SUFFICIENT to
prevent race-track gambling at Bennfng or
elsewhere In the District. outside Of the
mile limit. win be thoroughly tested, 1t 10
stated. in the case of William Davis, an
alleged bookmaker. who was arrested on
the charge OF laying odds on the events
at Benning during the meeting which closed
there Saturday. United States Attorney
Baker states that the case will probably
be called for trial within month. Ae-
cording to Mr.. Baker. an appeal will be
taken to the District Court Of Appeals in
the event Of the governments losing in the
lower court, and efforts will be made to
have the question settled before another
season Of racing here.
Although the opening events in the case
occurred several days ago. the facts were
not made known until yesterday. when Mr.
Baker announced what had happened. AS
sistant United States Attorney Harvey
Given and others Of the Office force visited
the track Wednesday evening and took
charge OF a lot of peraphernalia. alleged
to include many Of the usual articles used
in bookmaking. ana laid them before the
gand jury. which indicted Davis the follow
ing day. He furnished bond Friday morn
ing in the sum Of $1,000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-16
BARELY ESCAPED DEATH.
Man Who Swallowed Carbohc Acid
VIII RAcovar.

Drunk was the charge written opposite
the name Of Robert Smith at the first pre-
circt police station lest night. when an APP
parsntiy Intoxicated man was led to the
all end questioned 1t was as much as he
ouid do to mutter the name. As the pris-
oner was about to be placed In a cell Police.
man Simpson expressed the belief that he
was suffering from something other than
whisky. A more careful Investigation con-
vinced the policeman that dose Of car
bolio acid had been swallowed. so the
patient was hurried to the Emergency Hos
pital for reatment. The physicians learned
that the poison had been taken from bot
tie located In pocket of the mans cloth
ing. His condition was regarded as critical.
night. and 1t was said this morning that he
would recover.
The patients name Is not Robert Smith,
however, but Is j. J. Coates, and his home
Is al OPS Chesapeake street Mrs. Coates
called at the hospital this morning and saw
her husband. She was unable 10 give any
explanation Of his conduct. He said he did
not remember having taken the acid. He
had no recollection Of his police experience
and seemed unable to give any Idea OF
what had prompted him to swallow the
poison.
Crossing Policeman Allabaud found Mr..
about 10 o'clock and thought he was suffer
ing from too much strong drink. Had
Policeman Simpson not discovered what
was the matter with Coates and taken him
to the hospital he would probably have died
at the station.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-16
CAMERA CLUB EXHIBIT.
Work Of Local Photographers Only to
Be Shown

The Members of the Capital Camera Club,
1t is announced. are making active prepara-
tons for their fifteenth annual exhibition
which will be open to the public from April
% to May 1 in the hemicycle of the Cor
coran Gallery of Art. week days, $50
o'clock to o'clock; evenings, 8 o'clock to
9;30 o'clock; Sundays, 1870 o'clock to 400
O'clock
The exhibition this year will consist of the
work of local camerists only. Undoubtedly
comparisons will be made with the salon and
with former exhibitions, where prints from
the best photographers of other cities were
shown, but the indications are that, even
though some of the exhibitors are showing
prints for the first time, this exhibition Of
local work will not suffer by comparison.
Messrs. Brooke, Messer, AIoser MacDon-
aid and Miss Mueden compose the jury Of
selection.
The committee on exhibition consists of
Dr. Herbst and Messrs Fairman. Daw and
Dillman.
The following named are included among
the exhibitors: Mr.. w. S. Adams, DIR. w
w. Alleger. Mr. w. c. Babcock, Mr.. Charles
Baker, Miss Jane Bartlett Mrs. J. F.. Ben
nett. Mr. Frank NJ. Boteler, Mr. c. o. Buck
ingham. Mr.. p. II. Christie, Miss Isabel
Cowlam, Mr.. E. l.. Crandall Miss K. S.
Curry Mr.. W. S. Cline, Mr.. F. C. Crow.
Mr.. f. J. Daw, Mr.. w. S. Davenport, DIR.
w. E. Dieffenderfer, Mr.. j. w. l.. Dillman,
MT. \. H. L an MI D. u IldSSOi MI
John Holmes, DR.. w. P. Herbst. Mr.. L. NJ.
Lamm, Mr.. c. H. Leighton, Mr.. Lewis
Lowe. Mr.. r. w Magee, Mr.. c. NJ. Mans
field Mr. ]. A. Massie, Mr.. I. A. Mullett,
Mr.. w. NJ. Netherland, Mr.. w. r. Peabody,
Mr.. w. II. Il. Reineck, Mr.. E. e. Richards,
Mr.. w. s. Rossiter, Mr.. S. Saloman, Mr..
]. L. Shaw, Mr.. w. 8. Sheetzr Mr.. ]. H.
Snapp. DR.. Andrew Stewart, Mr.. o. G.
Waters Mr.. G. C. Whitney, Miss Helen
Williams. Miss r. l.. Webster. Mr.. T. B.
White, Capt ]. ]. Woodward and Mr. v.
H. Whitman.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-16
C. & S. Quality Ice Cream
At druggists! All should try the Velvet Kind
Attempt to Assault Surgeon.

While DIR. Alexander Mcconnell of the
Casualty Hospital was working over Ben
Jamin Jackson, in an endeavor to prevent
serious results from wound which jack
son had received the doctor saw Jackson
open a knife and slowly move 1t toward
him. Dr. Mcconnell overpowered Jackson
until another surgeon came to his assist
ance and they took the knife away from
the patient and tied his hasds that he
could do no harm.
After his recovery Jackson was arrested
by Policeman Potter of the sixth precinct
on O. charge of assaulting the doctor and
the case came up for trial this morning in
the Police Court
Deed, judge, Use don't member any
thing bout dat" was the only explanation
he offered in court today for drawing the
knife The sentence was sixty days in jail
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-16
CONSIGNED TO EARTH
FUNERAL SERVICES OVER RE-
MAINS OF JOHN F. KELLY.

The popularity of the late John F. Kelly.
who was a lieutenant of police for SO many
years was shown this morning by the nu-
merousu floral tributes and the large NUM-
Der OF sorrowing friends who attended his
funeral. Long before $50 o'clock, the hour
set for the funeral procession to start from
the family home. 1898 North Capitol street.
to go to st. Aloysius Church, the home was
crowded with friends, and SO large was
the crowd that others had to assemble upon
the sidewalk and await the time for the
departure of the remains. Included in the
throng were members of the several or
CARNATIONS with which the former lieu
tenant of police had been connected MEM
bers of the police force and retired mem
bers and others who had been admirers
OF the deceased during the many years that
ne served the city as officer
The floral tributes were banked about
the room in which the remains rested and
tney were afterward taken to the church.
Delegations from the Oldest Inhabitants
Association, Veteran Volunteer Ffremen,
the Elks, Grand Army of the Republic and
the Knights of st. Patrick were in attend
ance The pallbearers who were selected
from these organizations were John L.
Daley and s. w. McElderry representing
the g. A. r.; Albert Grippe and Bryson
Lilley, Oldest Inhabitants: Julius Strobel
and John J. Peabody Veteran Volunteer
F1remen; Lieut. Michael Byrnes and Lieut..
Daniel Sullivan. police department, and E.
r. Buckley and Joseph Paris, Washing
ton Lodge of Elks.
Services at the Church.
More than fifty carriages conveyed the
mourners and friends from the house to
the church, where several hundred persons
had assembled to assist In paying tribute
to the memory of the deceased. The church
services were conducted by Fathers Kelly,
Pittar and keleher, who assisted in saying
mass for the repose of the soul of the de-
parted. When the church services had been
concluded the remains were escorted to Mt.
Olivet cemetery by detail of police. under
the command of Capt. Amiss and Sergts.
Hodges and Duvall. Upon reaching the
cemetery the police were drawn in single
lire about the receiving vault, and stood
there while the last services over the re-
mains were conducted by priests and mem
bers Of two of the organizations with which
the former lieutenant had been connected.
Robert Mattingly, exalted ruler of the Elks,
conducted the brief service of that body,
and was followed by ]. d. Bloodgood, COM
ms nder of Lincoln Post G.. A. r., and G.
w. Honey, chaplain of the post.
The remains were then placed in the re-
ceiving vault. They were not inferred be-
cause a of the deceased, who lives in
Illinois, had not been heard from, and his
brothers and sisters wanted the body of
their father kept until he can reach here.