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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-03
At College Park, Md.
ecial Correspondence of The Star.

COLLEGE PARK, December g. 1906.
President and Mrs. Richard w. Sylvester
of the Maryland Agricultural College gave
a dinner at their home last Saturday even
ing in honor Of the college foot ball eleven.
again the intercollegiate champions of
Maryland. Twenty covers were laid. In
addition to the members of the team, Coach
Nelson, Manager Adams and Prof. Rich
ardson, the Misses Florence Bowen, Bessie
Green. Laurice Mcdonnell, Elsie Smith and
Helen Turner were invited guests. Prof.
C. s. Richardson was POSTMASTER, and
President Sylvester, Coach Nelson and
Manager Adams made addresses.
The Thanksgiving dance given by the
Rossburg Club Of the Maryland Agricul-
tural College was largely attended by
guests from Washington, Baltimore and
the contiguous counties. The ball room
was decorated with the colors of the state
and the college Mrs. Lanahan, wife Of
Prof. Lanahan of the college, and Lieut..
Adams received the guests.
1t is expected that the annual meeting of
the Tobacco Growers Associatio of Mary
Agricultural College, will be attended by
more than 200 members The association,
which was formed last year, has member
ship Of nearly $500, and as the result of
the work already done in the interest of
the growers the average price of the to-
bacco crop in southern Maryland has ad-
vanced from Ia to cents per pound. The
board Of directors meets tonight at the col
lege for the purpose of reviewing the work
of the past year, to be presented to the
meeting tomorrow. The directors will make
will probably be approved at the general
session.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-03
Corn on the Cob.
From Chambers Journal.


Don't cut it down and eat it with a SPOON
Don't stick silver spikes in the end and run
it as a lethe. Don't break it into nubbins
and nibble it from between the foref1nger
and the thumb. This is no dinky business.
1t is as big as the morning sunshine. 1t is
not just eating: it is not keeping soul and
body together. 1t is letting the soul out,
letting it range over broad acres of waving
corn, that rival the heavens In glory and
extent, the finest token Of earth's richness
and prodigality anywhere seen. Catch onto
that. Flaunt your fancy about In the limit
less ocean of sunshine and showers, of
which the roasting ear Is only wisp Of the
creamy spray.
This thing of tackling roasting ear, like
a stolid mute, for the corn itself, lowers it
to the level Of picking up chips or running
an errand; he is just satisfying an appetite
and might as well eat fried onions with a
caseknife That kills hunger. It silenees
a craving. But eating green corn has O
higher mission than that. 1t puts one al
close to nature as lying in a bed of lilies.
One cannot taste the sunshine anywhere as
when he seizes a Juicy ear Of corn in his
eager fists and goes at 1t with an open
countenance and happy smile, ripping off
the rows Of sweetened dews and dawns till
his mouth and soul reek with delight
Eat it on the cob; the whole cob: the
longer the better Take II as nature gives
1t to youth its naked beauty. in its Jeweled
loneliness, in its juicy richness. Don't peck
1t as blackbird does sunower. but revel
in 1t, luxuriate in 1t. bite all Of the tints
Of morn, the soft gales OF the afternoon.
the glow OF the starlight, the hymn Of the
sparrow. the laughing dewdrops and the
smile OF the rainbow-they are all there for
the alert soul that has a fancy above food.
He who does not see them-nor feel them Is
not worthy Of roasting ear.
But the main thing Is the recklessness In
the eating 1t, the joyous abandon in cleav-
ing of the pearly richness, the getting right
down into the glory Of the act, mindless of
napkin, finger bowls or who Is looking. A
dilletante cannot any moreJRat corn on the
cob than he can skin cat. He measures
his acts by a sitting propriety and not by
Join the soul and eat corn like q sparrow
dies to heaven-with q song on your mouth.
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Thanksgiving of the Chinese.

FROM Leslie weekly
As we learn more of this curious people
we are inclined to think that down in the
narrow streets OF Chinatown there is more
real poetry than would suspect from
the matter-of- fact appearance and actions
OF the inhabitants The average Ameri-
can, in the rush of metropolitan life. for
gets all about the moon unless there is
an eclipse. and even then there ten
chances to one that he knows nothing
about 1t until he reads the paper next
day With the Chinese 1t is different
AS their fathers did before them. so do
they. and will their children-for 1t
takes more than century to eradicate a
deeply rooted belief-pay tribute to the sun
and the moon and the stars. On the fif-
teenth day of the eighth month in the Chi
nese calendar. which, according TO the
American method OF computing time, was
this year about the first week in Septem-
Der, the Chinese celebrated their annual
moon festival and Thanksgiving. In the
country, where the good, old-fashioned
Yankee farmers still continue to plant their
peas and beans in the different times of the
moon, so that they shall grow right. that
body at this time of the year is called the
harvest moon, SO it is the harvest moon
that determines the date of the festival.
which is much like the thanksgiving Of
America and England, and the MetZelsuppe
of the Germans.
The day preceding the day following the
night or tile fun moon the Chinese set
aside for the feasting and merrymaking.
There is no suspension of business, for
the celebrating Is all done after nightfall.
The thanksgiving days are considered a
good time. tQ.-pay off monetary debts as
well as social. for such a practice pro-
Notes domestic, felicity and hastens pros
perity 1t is not unusual during moon fes-
tiyal week to a large party of Ame-i-
cans entertained by gayly CARRIED Chi
nese host, to whom one of the party at
some time has rendered service or ex-
tended courtesy.
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Fine of $500,

Five hundred dollars fine or eight months
Imprisonment was the sentence imposed by
Judge Kimball in the Police Court today on
Thomas Farmer. charged with keeping an
unlicensed bar at his home. 1897 Madison
court. He was arrested by Policemen Nc
Quade and Livingston of the esecond pre-
cinct. who yesterday morning Conducted a
raid. They interrupted a game of crap, and
in front of the house they found liquor
being dispensed, 1t is alleged.
When Policemen Livingston and Robey
entered all the inmates tried to escape. One
man jumped through a window and fell
onto the shoulders of Policeman Montgom-
cry. Farmer was arrested. and about a
bushel Of bottles We're taken by the police
as evidence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-03
PLEASED THE PANAMANs.
Chairman Shonts' Estimate Of the.
Presidents Visit

NEW YORK. December 3.-"President
Roosevelt took the Panamans by storm"
said Theodore p Shonts chairman of the
fanama canal commission. who arrived on
the Panama line steamer Colon, in yester-
day from Colon. Mr.. Shonts spoke entnu-
siastically of the recent visit of the chief
executive and declared that work on the
canal was progressing under satisfactory
conditions. During his talk with the news
paper men Mr.. Shonts took occasion to deny
that his daughter Theodore had become en-
gagged to titled foreigner.
Chairman Shonts said that he would pro-
coed at once to Washington. He was &C
companted on the home trip by Rear Ad-
miral NJ T. Endicott. also a member of the
canal commission: Richard r. Rogers, gen
eral counsel to the commission; Major John
I. Phillips of the department OF health OF
the canal zone and Joseph Ripley, special
engineer employed on the canal
Discussing the Presidents visit, Chair
man Shonts said:
Mr.. Roosevelt simply took the people Of
Panama by storm. The setting aside of all
presidents by the President in his visit to
Panama won the instant Gdmiration and
respect of the people of the Panama re-
public. Mr.. Roosevelt was familiar with
the work, theoretically. and saw and under
stood more during his short stay than the
average man would in several months:
1.-The building of the canal is to Presi-
dent Roosevelt as the building of a future
home would be to any other man. He looks
at 1t as his own personal work. having been
given carte blanche by Congress in the
work.
During the Presidents trip through the
canal zone one of the leading citizens asked
Mr.. Roosevelt what he thought of the crit.
cism as written by Poultney Bigelow. The
President answered: Small people. like
small flies, despoil large things and large
enterprises
I'm the Presidents speech at Colon the
thing that won the hearts of the canal
ment: The men who are now working on
the canal and the citizens of Panama who
are assisting them will go down to poster
ity like the veterans of the civil war. When
this great work is completed the men who
have been Instrumental in it's success will
it, as do the veterans of the civil war
when they look with pride at the great
united nation
This did more to endear the President
and the United States in general to the
people than anything else he could have
said"
Mr.. Shonts declared that the reports of
labor troubles in the canal zone were abso-
lutely untrue. He said:
The work on the canal was never in
better condition. The men are contented
and the work is going ahead very fast
In regard to the reported engagement of
Miss Theodore Shonts to the Due de Chaul-
mes ct de Picquigny. Mr.. Shonts said:
The report is absolutely untrue. Both
the Misses Shonts are scarcely out of
school, and will not make their formal de-
but in society until the 18th of this month,
when We open our new home in Washing
ton. The girls are, no doubt, great friends
OF the dukes family, and that may have
been the foundation for the reported en-
gagement' -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-03
SHOP BEFORE DECEMBER Is.
Helen Phelps Stokes Urges Labor
Unions to Help Out SaIeswomen.

NEW YORK, December 3.-Miss Helen
Phelps Stokes, a sister of J. G. Phelps
Stokes, and Miss Mary R. Stanford, repre-
senting the Consumers League, spoke at
yesterdays meeting of the Central FEEDER
ated Union on early closing of the stores
during the Christmas holidays
They said that the proprietors of the
stores had been asked to urge customers
to do their Christmas shopping before De-
cember 10. so that employees could get of
early in the holiday season.
The delegates were instructed to urge
their organizations to have their wives and
friends do their Christmas shopping before
December Is.
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DIR. cRAPsEY's LAST SERMON.
Congregation Weeps, but He Shows
but Little Emotion.

ROCHESTER,, N Y, December 3.-The
Rev Dr. AIgernon S. Crapsey delivered his
final sermon yesterday morning to the con-
gregation of st. Andrews Church, in this
city. Although Dr. Crapsey in his address
made no reference to his departure from
the church the scene was most affecting
one. Nearly every person in the church
sobbed aloud and tears streamed down
many faces. DIR. Crapsey controlled his
emotions but his hands shook visibly.
At the close of the service the surpliced
choir. instead of chanting the occasional
as they marched out of the church under
the standard held aloft, marched out with
the standard lowered and with bowed
heads. On the faces of the boys and men
composing the choir there were signs OIL
grief
1t was announced that there would be a
meeting of the vestry of the church on
Wednesday. Many of the members OF the
vestry have served for more than twenty
years under DIR. Crapsey. The meeting will
be to take action as to the future OF the
church and determine as to its ministry.
DR.. Crapsey's text was taken from Mat
thew xxi:5.
These Words he said, (which are found
In the Gospel for the day. are one of the
many adaptations of ancient Hebrew
final Gospel is distinguished. They are a
quotation from the Prophet Zachariah.
LAS we listen to the people that throng
the way of the king we learn from them
that this king is Jesus, the prophet from
Nazareth, and we wonder why men call
Him a king.
Jesus was king because, in the first
place, he was an able man. a man in spir-
itual strength and vision the greatest Of his
race And that is what king Is, the
ablest wisest man in all the state. When
the titular king is a weakling or fool
then, though he sits upon the throne, he
is not the king. Some wiser. stronger man
than he behind the throne is the real king.
himself, in the might and the majesty of
His soul. He exercised His royal power
in subduing every power of His soul into
obedience to His will"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-03
Leesburg Notes.
Special Correspondence of The Star.


LEESBURG, Va, December 3 1906.
Exeter" the beautiful home of Mr. and
Mrs. Hartley Trundle, near here was the
scene Of a large surprise party on Friday
night, given by Mrs. Trundle to her hus-
band in honor of his birthday. The pres
ents bestowed upon Mr.. Trundle by the
guests were numerous and unique. An
elaborate collation. was served to the fol-
lowing guests: Misses Gwendolyn Whipple
of Newport, r. l.; Elizabeth Lippincott of
Philadelphia, Pa; Harriet Winchester of
Macon, Ca; Adelaide Gather of Salisbury,
N. c.; Laura Harbaugh of Washington.
D. c.; Cora Slower of Rockville, Md; Belle
McGill, Mary Arthur Fendall, Hazel
White, Richard Wise, Myra English,
Frances NARROW, Rebecca Harrison, Mo-
selle Worsley, Jane and Gertrude Hoff-
Mary Berkeley, Jean Pennel. Violet Alex
ander, Mesdames William H. Martin, w.
Preston Gibson, Robert B. Wildman, R. B.
Fishburne, w. w. Chamblin, E. B. White,
Harry T: Harrison, w. D. Hempstone,
Thomas w. Edwards, S. S. Lutz. William
A. Metzger, John A. Gibson, Charles T.
Claggett of Washington, D. c., and Messrs.
Edward Rust w. Preston Gibson, Harry
T; Harrison, E. B; White, S: S. Lutz. f.
Blackwell Smith, Hubert I. Plaster, Edgar
Littleton, ]. r. II. Alexander, John A.
Gibson, Thomas M. Fendall, William A.
Metzger. R: H. Tebbs, jr., Rev. w. H.
Burkhardt, DR.. A: Lee Pennel. DR.. o. NAL
ley of South Carolina. Harry A. Gibson, w.
w. Chamblin and Charles T. Claggett Of
Washington, d. c. s-r-..-a
The engagement is announced of Miss
Nina Myers, daughter of the late Albert
Myers of Gaylord, this county, to Mr.. H.
B. Fleming, a well-known young man of
Upperville, Fauquier county. The wedding
will take place in the early part of this
month.
Miss Sara Rives Morris is the guest of
friends in Baltimore, Md.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles T. CIaggett Of
Washington, D. c., have been visiting Mrs.
Claggetts parents, Mr.. and Mrs. s. s.
LutZ, at Springwood, near here.
Mr.. Edward F. Conkling of Washington
is the guest of friends in town.
Miss Laura Harbaugh of Washington is
the guest of Mrs r. B. F'ishburne.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-03
Hockey.

Hockey as sport for women grows
steadily each year in popularity, and the
game is an indispensable feature of every
school girls life. With robust health. a
correct eye and good judgment there is
nothing to prevent any girl from becoming
a good player. and IL the sport is INDUCED
in with moderation. nothing but benefit
can be derived from It,
Before applying to any club for member
ship, novice should always undertake
steady preliminary practice at home and
both alone and with the help-if possible
of an experienced player willing to coach
her, the first principles Of hitting quickly
and correctly and the art of stopping the
ball neatly should be studied assiduously.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-03

has vice admirais on the. station, Great
Britain. Germany. France, Jap; n, all save
our own.
Paper Published Abroad.
On board the Ohio is published monthly
paper. which In honor of the vessels
namesake state. Is called the Buckeye.
In one of its latest additions II paid its
compliments to a contemporary. the Big
Stick. published on board the armored
cruiser Colorado. and had some pleasant
references to some OF its other shipboard
contemporaries. among others the Bulldog.
published on board the Oregon: the Open
Door, the Star CT the Feast and sundry
others of apt names.
The Buckeye thus modestly refers to the
recent gun practice of the Ohio:
The Ohos six-inch guns have estab-
llshed a new record for the worlds navies.
The average hits per minute nearly
doubled last years scores OF our sister
ships. the Maine and Missouri. Ensign
Robinson division easy first.
Ing first and second. Their scores when
published will eyes among
some of our six-inch competitors.
Al the preliminary practice cSxswa,n
broke the worlds record. He made eight
hits in less time than 1t has been done
heretofore.
First In speed first in sports. first In
merit and first in the heart of our cap
tain
The Ohio brought home a complement of
134 men, IS marines and "a officers.
Men Of the Ship.
The ship has on board a crew % "a Off
GERS, 134 men and AZ marines. Many Of
the men will get shore liberty as soon as
the ship goes into the yard, and about go
of them will be discharged within a few
days, their terms of enlistment will
expire. Most of them, however will prob
ably re-enlist. A remarkable fact about
the crew of the Ohio is that a5 per cent of
the men native born Americans. They
are great at target practice.
The officers who returned on the ship.
most of them having been with her for
two years. were: Capt Logan, Lieut..
Commander j. d. Mcdonald. executive
officer: Lieut.. Commanders J. s. Mexican,
X. McAlpine. T. ]. Senns. Lieuts. c. Wells.
NJ ]. Mccormack, c. r. Miller; Ensigns
NJ. II. Simons, jr.. /. T.. Bass. =. w. Foote.
NJ. Joyce. F. w. Sterling; Pay Inspector
T. s. Jewett. Surgeon e. J. Grow. Major
of Marines T. c. Treadwell and First
Lieut.. A. L. owens.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-03
Show Of Freak Birds.
From the London Chronicle.


The London and Provincial pathological
Society is celebrating the attainment of its
majority by holding cage bird show at
the Camberwell Baths, where one can see
today a good many freak birds.
There is, for instance, hybrid of ca
nary and bullfinch. the only one of his
class. Other rare crosses include the Of
spring of red poll and goldfnch. of siskin
and goldfnch, Of greenfinch and goIdfnch
and greenfinch and linnet. Then there are
the albinos, marked out for lack Of color
ing in plumage, which places them at a
A white jackdaw, White robin and a
white blackbird there are, thankful, per-
haps. to be protected in cages; a whitish
chif-chaff has excited some doubts about
his lineage.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-03
Thirteenth Time Was Unlucky.

This is a repeating vagrant" Policeman
Boswell testified in the Police Court today.
I'm the past fifteen months, your honor. I
have arrested this man thirteen times for
vagrancy." He was testifying in the case
of Jacob Long. charged with vagrancy.
This thirteenth time will be an unlucky
one" Judge kimball commented A fine of
$40. with six months in the workhouse,
was imposed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-03
Celery au Gratin.

Celery cooked in this way will be found
Infinitely superior to caulidower prepared
in the same manner. Cut up large head
Of celery, and cook it in water until 1t -
tender, then drain 1t and put 1t In but
tered baking dish In layers, with white
sauce, grated cheese and fine breadcrumbs
placed on the top. Bake 1t until It Is brown.
This dish may be served-as macaroni
sheese is now being served in Paris-in
shell OF Stilton or other cheese from which
all the inside has been taken and used.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-03
Diet for the Stout.

From the Vegetarian.
The writer has succeeded in reducing ex-
cessive weight in most satisfactory manner
by prescribing q diet consisting almost ex-
clusively of grapes and apples, allowing
only small bit of thoroughly dry bread or
zwieback in connection with the fruit In
some cases the fruit may be allowed as Of
ten as three or four times day, If neces-
sary. to relieve an uncomfortable sensation
Of emptiness.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-03
Hard to Understand.

From the Smart Set.
Bibbs-"Some people get everything they
go after
Gibbs-"Yes. and others don't seem to get
what's coming to them"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-03

It matters little what It Is that y)u
want-whether q situation or a servant
want" ad in The Star will reach the
person who can I'LL your needa
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-03

The naval yacht Wasp now in Hampton
roads, has been ordered to ascend the
Mississippi and its tributaries for the pur-
pose of enlisting recruits for the navy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-03
Railroads Rapid Expansion.

when in Chicago 1 heard J. J. Hill de-
clare that if the railways were increased 80
per cent in mileage they would still be una
BILE to deal with the traffic, it Is expanding
SO fast
THE railways immense prosperity has
had an effect on the steel and iron trade,
but even Americas gigantic iron output is
so inadequate that she is driven to buy raw
iron abroad. The steel trust alone makes
more pig iron than the whole of the works
in the United Kingdom. British industries
are dwarfed in comparison with those of
this prodigious American colossus.
American steel and iron makers are
fully booked with orders for the next two
years-a state of things which has never
been known in England. The cost Of food
in Britain is now very high, owing chiefly
to the short shipments from America, and
the day is not far distant when all the food
products of America will be required for
American CONSUMPTION.
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Upton WAS AMAZED
Tells of Impressions Received
in America.
TALKS TO GREAT BRITAIN
Sees No Limit to Our Industrial Pos
sibilities.
NEW STANDARDS OF COMFORT
Says People in Great Britain Do Not
Understand the Situation on This
Side Of the Ocean.
NEW STANDARDS OF COMFORT

LONDON, December 3.-Many people in
London are discussing Sir Thomas l. p
tons article just published in the London
Weekly Dispatch in which he comments
widely on the prosperity of the United
States by contrast with the conditions III
England.
"A visit of some weeks duration to the
United States, wherein 1 had the oppor-
manufactures and of examining in detail
the progress of American industry, con-
vinces me that the British public has nc
idea of the kind of prosperity the United
States are enjoying today 1t is no ex-
aggeration to state that at no previous
period in human history has such pros
perity been known in any country.
every One is Making Money"
Every one in America is making
money; not only making money. but max
ing it in piles-in such piles that the
ordinary standards of comfort and lux
ury are disappearing and are being re-
placed by new ideals. The demand for
labor is such that it cannot be supplied.
whereby work in many places is very
much curtailed
THE purchasing power of the people
over there is rushing up by leaps and
bounds"
Upton is particularly impressed by the
enormous freight traffic of the railways.
instancing the Michigan Central. and de-
claring that good managers are distracted
by the absolute impossibility of handling
the traffic. He points out that the gross
and net earnings of the American rail-
ways have exactly doubled in the last
decade, and says: This year will see an
other enormous advance on all that has
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