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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-03
Fine Perfumes Kept In Safe.

From the New Orleans Times Democrat
''The perfumery business multipiies itself
by five in December" said perfumer. He
who does a $500 weekly business does &
81. 800 one then.
1.-THE altar of roses Is not the most cx.
pensive ingredient we use. There are Ger.
tain crystals that cost $45 an ounce. and
they weigh heavy at that.
Musk bags are also costly. A musk
bag is a tobacco brown AFFAIR, about the
size of a walnut II costs SIS usualiy-e
little more than fits weight In gold.
"Perfumers keep much OF their stock In
the safe, along with the books ana money.
They have to. when they are continually
buying packets no bigger than . pound =
sugar that ara yet worth 500 and $500.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-03
ANTI-FoREIGN OUTBREAK.
Chinese Arrogance Over Japanese Vic
tories.

Chinese Arrogance Over Japanese Vic
tories.
From the Literary Digest.
The massacre of missionaries at Lien
chou. in Kuangtung. province notorious
for turbulence, where the boycott of Amer
lean products is stronger than elsewhere In
China. says the North China Daily news
tShanghaD. a leading English paper In
China, Is due largely to the fact that the
Anglo-Japanese treaty brings China into a
condition OF comparative security from for
eign interference. Young China believes
therefore that 1t can In few years be-
come second Japan, and can defy for
eigners. But "China has a very weak and
ignorant government" adds this paper. and
IL the authorities do not keep to the treaties
which guarantee protection to missionaries
and grant certain trade rights. "the pow
ers must resume the gunboat policy. which
Is rough. but is effective"
These are strong and plain words to pro-
coed from an editor writing In China. To
quote:
'sThe rise of Japan, and the Angio-Jap-
anese alliance, which undoubtedly has the
tacit support OF the United States. have
practically guaranteed China against out
side interference; but an understood condi-
tion of that guaranty must be that china
shall faithfully observe the existing treaties
with foreign powers and make all her peo-
pie observe them. Unfortunately the first
result OF the security that China has OBJ
tanned has been a recrudescence of anti
foreign feeling and obstruction at Picking
which Is being initiated at the treaty
ports"
II local authorities cannot keep the chan
nels OF trade open. and protect the lives
of missionaries, says this Shanghai journal
tho powers will be justified In employing
armed force to compel the observation OF
treaties. Thus:
III Picking pleads inability, the powers
must resume the gunboat policy, which
may be rough, but II effective. The es-
tablishnont Of missionary stations u the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-03
Leesburg, Va, News.

Special Correspondence of The Star :
LEESBURG. Va. February 2. 1905.
Mrs. Mary Shepherd. widow OF Lyman
Shepherd. died Wednesday evening at her
residence near this town, from a compli-
cation of diseases. She was in the fifty
nth year of her age and had been an in
valid Tor several years. She was the daugh-
ter or DR.. William Ellzey and sister of DR.
Graham Ellzey of West Point, Nd. Two
daughters. Mrs. McCreary OF Washington,
ID. C., and Miss Anna Shepherd of Lees
burg, with one son, Mr.. Lyman Shepherd,
survive Ter. Interment took place today In
Union cemetery.
Mr.. w. F. Lynn has purchased from Mr..
A. j.. Gilmer of WOODBURY., this county,
the property known as the Tunis Titus
farm at $3S per acre.
Mr.. Charles r. Mott has taken charge of
the handsome estate of Mr.. r. H Lynn
OF Washington, ID. c., which the latter re-
Gently purchased from Mr.. Henry Harrison.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-03
A New Thrush.
rom the Pail Mail Gazette.

From the Pail Mail Gazette.
What is supposed to be the first and only
recorded instance OF the dusky thrush
CTurdus dnbius). a native of Asia, is re-
ported from Gunthorpe, In Nottingham.
shire. The bird closely resembles the field
fare in point Of size, and its note Is also
somewhat similar, though sharper and
louder. In Europe the dusky thrush Is OF
rare occurrence, having only been noted
Germany. and fits appearance in the British
Isles Is doubtless due to its having been
taken out of It's usual haunts by a success
sion of adverse winds which have brought
1t many miles to the west of its usual nis
gratory course. The bird Is found In most
countries of Asia. and at certain seasons
traverses the greater part OF that continent
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-03

Brushiey-"what arc you going to do with
that picture you just finished?''
DeAuber-.1 sold 1t to the proprietor Of a
swell cafe this morning."
Brushiey- Well. he evidently knows his
business.
DeAuber--.'What do you nean7''
Brushley- That picture b enough to drive
people to drink. - Chicago NeWs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-03

interior is in accordance with the treaties
and with many imperial DEGREES, and over
and over again the officials In all parts %
the empire have recognized the good 50
freely done by missionary hospitals Tho
perpetrators of the massacre at Lienchou
must be severely punished, and the mis-
sionary buildings reinstated at the expense
of the officials who are culpable: and IL tho
central government cannot secure protec.
ton for foreign life and property in huang.
tung, the foreign powers must themselves
undertake the task"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-03
Some Mems Hair.
From Harper's Weekly.

There is an exchange in Paris where one
may purchase locks, OF hair which have
adorned the heads of celebrities. Two dozen
grown by Lord Nelson recently sold for
1925. and this was considered rare bar
gain. since a much smaller number went
for $3.50. Nobody seems to care much for
the hair OF the Duke OF Wellington, since
his hirsute product is quoted at only ST. so
per lock. Napoleon, who had some that
Is rated at from s. to 500. according to
demand, and Lord Byron rules fairly
steady at 1870. J. D. Rockefeller's name
does mt appear Ia the list.
New-York tribune., 1906-08-01
SOCIAL NOTES FROM NEWPORT.

lBy Telegraph Tribune
Newport. r. l.. July S1.-The women Of society
busy with the arrangements for the fair
which IS 20 be given Friday next at Sandy
Point Farm for the benefit OF So. MaTy's Orphan
age. Of Providence. and judging by the arrange
ments which are under IL should be one OF
the biggest affairs held In Newport. The
committee in charge Of e. consisting Of Mrs Regf
nald c. Vanderbilt. Mrs. William R. Hunter. Mrs
Harold Brown and Mrs. Eugene Sturtevant. has
nearly completed arrangements.
The booths have been assigned as follows:
Booth No. I, tea table-1frs. Reginald C. Wander
bilt, Miss Laura Swan and Mrs Natalie schenck
Collins.
Booth No. @ ice cream taSle-Mrs. c. NJ oel-
richs, Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish, Mrs. Harry Lehr Mrs
Pembroke Jones. Mrs. Elisha Dyer, jr Mrs Will
lam J. Leeds and Mrs o. G. Jennings, assisted by
several men.
Booth No g. fancy bags-Mrs. Paul A Andrews
and six young
Booth No A. japanese howers-A1rs ]. Mitchell
Clark.
Booth No s. fancy articles-diss Edith Wetmore
Booth No. 6-Middletown tabls-Presided over by
women of AIiddletown.
Booth No. 4. Providence table-In charge Of Miss
Betton.
Booth No s. fortune tersr-Mrs shafter Howard
Booth No 9. fancy articles-Nliss Frederika
Paine. Miss n. Morgan and Miss Alice Little
Booth No. 10. fish pond-NIrs. William H. Mayer
and Miss R. Mayer.
Booth No. II. sofa pillows-NIrs. c. L B, Robin
son and Mrs. Alfred G. Vanderbilt
Booth No. r. candy table-Mrs- Harold Brown,
Miss Chase. Of the Orphaaage. and number OF
children from the orphanage.
There will be two bands OF music, one from the
training station and one from Fort Adams. while
troupe Of Negro minstrels from New York will
give a performance a specially constructed
stage Another feature OF the affair win be the
auctioning OF articles that not sold. and this
will be done by men. Their names. however. have
been carefully guarded. stand VIII be construct
ed for their use in the centre OF the show ring.
Good weather prevailed at Newport TO-DAY, but
II was hot the thermometer registering as high
as 90 degrees in the shade some points. but in
the afternoon a cool breeze up from the ocean
and made 1t more comfortable. II was so warm
during the morning hours that the finals in the
New-York tribune., 1906-08-01
MADE IN EUROPE.

a recent importation, we'll known in Europe
is the professional mourner. Laboring under the
impression that there was a necessity in this
country for such an institution, citizen OF Della
has organized a professional mourners'
bureau, through which "mourners who will wall
at funerals as loudly as may be required" may
be engaged The bureau, like those after which
it has been fashioned, will furnish either men
women, or both, for the mournfuI occasions
and will enable bereaved families, no matter how
small they may be, to give the late lamented
proper send-Of.
Concerns of this kind in some parts of Europe
provide also elaborately decorated hearses and
horses and bearers Of religious emblems, and the
spectacle of a funeral arranged by them, with its
professional mOurners properly clad, sad of cOun-
tenance and halting in STEP is we'll known to
many persons who have visited the Old World
The protector of the American institution has
nothing to say about such pageants but goes a
step further than the European prototype by Of
fering to furnish also Officials at weddings who
will look joyful" If, in the arrangement Of the
working force of the bureau, care is not taken
that the departments are kept separate, the re-
suits may be disastrous. Being Joyful" at
wedding in the morning might interfere seriously
with ability to mourn in the prescribed manner
later in the day, and the jovial mood of the man
who had just returned from funeral might be
tame and not worth the price.
New-York tribune., 1906-08-01
STATE COAST IMPROVEMENTS.

Federal care for navigable waters is so wen
established principle that any proposal of de-
Walton from it seems almost revolutionary. To
reverse the rule or materially TO modify It
would be most undesirable, and would involve
the states in interminable and disastrous COM
plications Nevertheless there are strong argu-
ments in favor of granting, in special cases and
under speci / conditions. permission to make
exceptions to the rule.
The State of NV Jersey presents a case in
point Some of the coast waters of that state.
entirely within it's boundaries, urgently need
Improvement. The condition OF Barnegat. Little
Egg Harbor. Absecon and other inlets is such
as to be a grave detriment to local interests
and, indeed, to the welfare Of the state. Ap-
peals to the federal government have thus far
been vain, partly because other more iInpor-
tant places have secured appropriations VT all
the funds that could be devoted to such works
and partly because federal officials regard some
Of these inlets as unworthy of Improvement at
national expense. Confronted by this condition
of affairs Jerseymen have expressed willing
ness and eagerness to have the work done at
state expense, If Congress will only let the state
do it. bill granting such permission was in
trOduced at Washington last winter by New
Jersey Representatives but was not enacted.
II is understood that it win be reintroduced
next winter and strongly pressed by the New
Jersey delegation.
No good reason why it should not become law
is apparent 1t would seem to be a hardship
to say that because the New Jersey coast i'm
let's are not worth improving at national ex-
pense the state shall not be permitted to i'm
prove them at state expense OF course, the
work should be done under strict federal super
vision and control, and the arrangement should
not serve as a precedent for requiring other
states to improve their waters against their
will. But with these terms and conditions prop
erly understood, it would seem to be right and
proper to let New Jersey restore so far as she
can, the Oldtime prosperity of her coast waters
and harbOrs
New-York tribune., 1906-08-01
ANTY-YUIsAYCE LEAGUES.

The Anti-Nusance League OF the Borough OF
Richmond is thought by some TO have a pOr-
fentOus nams Omnous Of faultfndng litiga-
ton and social and civic belligerence. We
should rather regard it optimistically, as auspi-
ciOus Of much good. and of good which has
long much needed TO be wrought. Indeed, we
might wish for such an organization. alert,
courageous and indefatigable. not only in Rich
mOnd, but IN every other borough of this city
and in every important community in the land.
IL such leagues were SO widely formed. we have
little fear that any of them, in Manhattan or In
Squedunk, would languish for lack Of reasons
for existence
For there are nuisances enough of one kind
or another, everywhere. The little list pre-
pared by Ko-Ko of those who might well be
underground" is long one 1t has items indi-
vidual and items corporate; items social. politi-
cal and industrial There are the posters and
hoardings which give 10 urban and rural land
seapes the air OF graphic and polychromatic
directories Of patent medicines. breakfast foods
ana sanitary underwear: the railroad companies
which continue to sell tickets when the line is
hopelessly blocked: the ''car ahead: the stand
ing passengers between the seats Of open cars
There are the sptters. fewer than they were
but still too many; the smokers who "sneak
smokes" where smoking is forbidden; the cam
era fends who take snapshots OF unwilling
subjects. There are the automobiles which go
TOO fast and which arrogate 10 themselves the
centre Of the road. There are the ticket specu-
latOrs, the women who wear big hats in theatres
and keep them on. There are the truck drly-
ers who halt their teams right on the crossings
the men-Tarely wOmen-whO carry umbrellas
horizontally under their arms, and the fools
who drown the chimes on New Years Eve with
harsh horns and harsher voices There are
but this IS not an encyclopaedia.
But granted that all these nuisances exist,
some say life is too short for the correction
of them all. and TO be continually Kicking is
90 manifest an unneighbOrly, uncomfortable and
quarrelsOme disposition. Not so. The true law
OF ethics is that wherever evil exists there
should good be exerred. Wherever there is a
nuisance there should be a Kicker" with an
ablebOdied kick. We are convinced that the
existence OF so many nuisances, annOyances
and infringamenfs upon rights IS due chiefly 10
me circumstance that Americans are so little
inclined 70 protest against them and to demand
their abatement MeI are too busy or TOO good
natured, or too Indifferent 20 make a fuss"
oEer each of tho petty anloyaacaz OF lie. In
New-York tribune., 1906-08-01
RETREAT FOR NEWPORT.
Religious Exercises for Roman
Catholic Women There.

Beginning tomorrow night, the Roman Catholic
women OF Newport's summer colony Will go into
eight-day retreat at the Convent OF the Cenacle
Battery and Second streets. Newport. This Is the
first series religious exercises arranged
clusively for the summer colony at Newport. It
will probably be held each year hereafter. if it Is
well attended this year The retreat is practically
on the initiative OF the Newport them
selves. it was learned yesterday, although IL had
been suggested from time to time by the nuns up
there.
The retreat viii be preached by the Rev. William
OBrien Pardov, S. J.. OF the best preachers in
the Jesuit body Father Pardow intends that this
first series Of religious exercises will be heard by all
the cottagers up there If they choose to attend He
has asked the Catholic women bring their women
friends along Catholic Protestant. It is not m
likely that there win be good sprinlling OF nom
Catholics in his audience
Father Pardow has arranged a special series Of
sermons for this occasion. The retreat will be con-
Quoted the same principle all similar exer-
cises. Newport Catholics. for the time being. will
have 70 forget the Casino and other places OF
amusement and give themselves up entirely to
prayer and examination.
During the retreat those making it VIII live as
near in common as possible. and. OF course. must
abide by the rules laid down attend the exer-
cises several times daily. Silence is usually i'm
posed those making retreats from the moment
lay persons Is hour noon and three-ouarters
Of hour in the evening They will rise at
o'clock each morning 20 hear mass followed BY
meditation and sermon The rest OF the time
until 10 o'clock will be spent In spiritual reading
At this hour each morning Father Pardow viii
deliver OF the series OF sermons In the after
noon there Will be short talk points OF Chris
tian doctrine The evening sermon seneraIIv 70
garded the principal sermon OF the day il
usually given over by the Jesuits to mediratiOnS
on hell. heaven. pUrgatOry, eternal damnatiOn etc
The Convent OF the Cenacle is in charge OF the
Of the Cenacle.
It is expected that at least two hundred women
will attend the exercises Those who have not
cottages at Newport have already engaged Ouar-
ters Some of the younger women will stay in fhe
convent during the eight days OF the retreat
New-York tribune., 1906-08-01
About People and Social Incidenrs.

mixed doubles at the Casino were uos p,ar.r =.
there was little life until late IN the af.z--oc-
Next week promises % be a Hveiv ~.
carnival viii be celebrated. and the a.s. !. -
New York Yacht Club VIII arrive. Dur,s, =. -
week the society circus from the Nan -
HippodrOme will give exhibitions under .s- s'
ana many cOttagers have obtained Il for a-s-s,
lions at their cottages late in the evens-, -.
dinner parties
musical was given this morning az Tui- a..
the villa Of Mrs. French E Chadwick v-bf,s - -
largely attended by the cOttagers. Miss No. -
UnschuId. court pianist OF the Queen or P,,--'' -
who E spending the summer az Nevport -
Mrs. Richard GambriH has card< our - y,
den party 20 be given Monday uevs =, s-f =.
lawn OF her estate in Bellevue avenue tn. -. ~
OF the feet Of Admiral Evans viii bo -,
attend. as the affair Is given IN honor ~ 49,,
E5vans.
LuncheOns were given this afternoon h-
Pembroke Jones. Mrs L O. Jones and M - -
ID. Auchincloss. and this evening a Gotta. -
was given by Mrs. Nathaniel Thayer an6 -
Cass Ledyard. :
Miss LOtta Robinson. Of Baltimore v,bo q, =.
guest OF Mrs stuyvesant Fish. reeistersa = -
Casino to-day. ~
Tomorrow 1TF. and Mrs. Alfred G. va,..-.r.
win entertain che children OF the Tbams- o--
Church Sunday school at a picnic a. so-,.s-.s
Grove
New-York tribune., 1906-08-01

tist minister of prominence who heard the
South Carolininn wrote afterward for Charles
ton paper an excellent analysis Of the man and
the speaker whom he had heard then for tho
first time and whose utterances he listened TO
critically. A similar process goes on in almost
every intelligent mans mind as he listens TO
speaker OF national prominence, though, unlike
the South Carolinian. he rarely goes TO the
trouble OF writing out his analysis and sending
IL to the papers, Such auditors are forming
their opinions, nevertheless, OF their speakers
and of the measures they may advocate and
when these persons who have listened at sum-
mer Chautauquas to able men go TO the polls
their increased intelligence and knowledge of
men and events help them TO render better
verdict than they otherwise would. The sum-
mer Chautauquas, therefore, are not to be do
spised but rather to be honored, for in them
and in gatherings like them all over the land
some Of the best American citizenship finds in
spiratiOn and instruction.
New-York tribune., 1906-08-01
POISON Ivy.

A correspondent at Greenwich, Conn, who
says that he speaks feelingly," writes that we
should confer a lasting benefit, on his part OF
the country, at least, by Indicating a sure and
speedy way of getting rid of poison ivy and
at the same time advocating a law making it
a misdemeanOr to permit it's growth. We have
no doubt that thousands OF our readers in many
parts Of the country share his sentiments for
the evil is widespread.
There is no charm or spell for the instant
humiliation of this noxious vine The work
must be done with the knife, the grubbing hoe
and fire, and these must be used energetically
and persStently Nevertheless, the work is not
a difficult One The vines are easily cut broken
and torn up, and this may be done with i'm
punity even by those who are susceptible 10
the poison, provided they take the precaution
to wear leather gloves and to do the work in
the fall, after the leaves Of the vine have died.
Rip it up by the roots, or if it is too big and
stout for that, chop it off at or below the sur
face of the ground and let dram or two Of
nitric acid soak into the stump. Then make a
bonfire Of the vine and its branches Next
spring watch for it, and if any new shoots an
pear pull them up or cut them off and apply
the acid. By the third year the land should be
free from the pest
AS for legislation on the subject, it is to be
favored. Poison ivy should be under the ban
of the law much as Canada thistles or mad
dogs or gypsy moths, at least so far as public
highways are concerned. If a man is foolish
enough to tolerate it in his garden, we sup
pose he may, though if 1t spreads thence to his
neighbours ground or to the public road or if
visitor on his place gets poisoned he ought to
be held responsible. There are miles of public
roads in the suburbs Of New York, especially in
Westchester County and New Jersey. which
are practically lined with thfckets Of poison ivy
nF VVhiO how ff1a c@o
grown with it. The local authorities ought TO
abate the nuisance forthwith. II they do not
the state should enact law compelling them to
do so under considerable penalty