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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-16

Let the democrats of the Senate not de-
spair. A leader among them Will appear in
time. There will be no call for him be-
fore December next. and between now and
then much may happen. And, anyhow, be-
fore deciding that question, why not try to
decide the more important question:
Whittier.
1t Is ten to one that whoever il chosen,
Mr. Bryan will try to determine the atti-
tude of the Senate at the next session to-
ward all important legislation. Whatever Is
done by the next Congress prior to the
holding of the two national conventions will
enter somewhat into the two national plat
FORMS AS Mr.. Bryan seems likely to stand
as candidate on enc of those deliverances he
will be much concerned as to Its character,
and may be expected to maneuver In every
way to give II shape. He has great conf
dence in himself. and a way of running
things, which. however Objectionable 1t may
be to some democrats, has grown out OF the
extraordinary Difference his party has
shown him.
But quite as interesting question as this
Is the one that relates to the republicans In
the Senate. Who is to lead them? They lose
none of their ablest men March 4th Mr.. AL
lison. Mr.. Aldrich, Mr.. Spooner Mr.. Lodge,
Mr.. Foraker. each Of whom is in a sense a
Iowa senator Is the recognized authority on
his side >of the chamber on all matters of
appropriations. The Rhode Island senator
Is tariff expert. and keeps an eye on finan-
ciai questions. Mr.. Spooner and Mr. For
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-16
School Hours.

IL is hardly to be conceived that Congress
Will follow its beneficent school salary leg
lsiation OF last year with an enactment ex-
tending the school hours without corre-
spondingiy increasing the pay of the teach
ers Yet the Burkett amendment as II went
into the District appropriation bill would.
II enacted. have no other effect. 1t would
add 20 per cent to the work of the teacher
and leave her salary where It is at present
The teachers work hard for their small,
supends. perhaps harder than any other
single class of public servants Their work
indeed. is never finished. When school
closes there remain clerical details to be at
tended TO. occupying an hour at least. After
dinner there are examination papers and
compositions to correct. The conscientious
teacher is constantly studying to improve
her mind and to keep in touch with the
subjects she handles in class. The ambitious
teacher is striving constantly to prepare
herself for advancement. Even during the
summer vacation she is travelling and
studying 10 broaden her outlook. To add
another hour to her class room day would
mean to cut that much into her opportunity
for study, and would at the same time Sc
riously congest her routine out-of-class
work and affect her health.
Every consideration of good sense in tho
treatment of the children urges that they
be given the fullest possible opportunity
for exercise compatible with the REQUIRE
ments of their education. City children are
especially in need OF outdoor chances The
country child, rising early and working out
OF doors. with unlimited fresh air. the most
wholesome food and plenty of exercise.
might be subject to an extension of school
hours without injury. Nowadays, too, the
average city school imposes on the child a
number of miscellaneous requirements, spe-
cial studies. drills. and. to an increasing ex-
tent. trips to libraries to consult reference
books. On the 9-to-4 basis the pupil would
have no time in which to do these things,
let alone time to play in the fresh air and
refresh the body after the confinement of
the school work.
This amendment should be the first item
the conferees agree to omit from the bill.
and it Is to be hoped that when they do
eliminate II the managers of the conference
will promptly announce the fact, to allay
the anxiety of the teachers, parents and
pupils.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-16

count of American happenings unless they
are of bloody or otherwise sensational
character. Matters of great moment find
no room at all. AS result, Americans,
unless their home papers follow them, are
practically cut off while abroad from the
home happenings for the time. They return
full of ignorance and curiosity.
The Tribune's suggestion therefore is a
good one. Everybody would be benefited
by change In this matter. Not only would
American travellers be kept informed while
In England about affairs at home, but the
English would come into larger knowledge
of this country and its purposes and per-
formances This they now desire as the
relations between the two countries i'm
prove.
And there Is a lesson for US in the sugges-
ton. The English newspapers have been no
more Indifferent to American news than
American newspapers to Central and South
American news. We print next to nothing
from those countries but happenings. or.
rumors Of happenings. of q sensational ma
ture, revolutions preferred. The average
American newspaper reader. instructed In
this way. knows nothing about the progress
that is making in that part of the world
He thinks of 1t too often as in revolution,
or on the eve of revolution, and rates the
people accordingly.
And yet We are seeking larger trade and
closer relations generally with our south
eru neighbors. We should be glad to have
them do all their buying of an import char
acter here. and look to the United States as
their best friend among the nations.
What this London newspaper advises the
English to do for themselves as respects us
We should do as respects the Central and
South American countries for ourselves.
We know too little about them. We pay
too little attention to their development.
American newspapers are too measeriy
served from ami about that quarter OF the
world. We should get In closer touch with
1t, print more news about it, show IN every
practical way more interest in it. Other
wise matters are likely to go on as hereto
fore, and America continue to lag behind
the important procession which it should
lead.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-16
Another Year to Wait.

The government clerk must wait another
wear a. least for his Increased salary to
readjust his income to the increased cost
of living. The powers have spoken ana the
iir is up. No protests or pleas will avail
now Arguments at a discount. sta
tistics are useless. The fat has gone forth
that the clerks must wait, and that set
ties IT,
Did Congress say to itself, "Wait and see
whether TIE cost of living has gone up
enough to justify this proposed 80 per cent
raise of pay? lay. 1t knew enough
about expenses and income to act prompt
ly. Did it say, Let there be commission
to ascertain whether some of us are worth
more than others? Nay. 1t knew that
some were worth so much less that 1t was
unwilling to take chances. 1t said to all
doubters. I'VE need the money" 1t got It.
1t is doubtless true that in the depart
ments are Inequalities in the assignment OF
duties and salaries. and that many indf-
vidual cases of worthy need can be reached
by purely administrative means. But the
most perfect justice in the distribution Of
tasks and stipends will not cure the funda-
mental fault of the present salary scale.
IL Is too low In the average, and only
general increase of the rate, whether by a
scale of readjustment, can remedy the de-
feet. 1t may be true as Representative
Littauer says-though some will take issue
with him-that the charwoman at $40 a
year gets as much money as she earns
and that II would be unfair to increase her
by the uniform rate of 20 per cent, giving
her the munifcent salary of $2SS q year, an
increase of 13 1-3 cents day. But the
charwOman's needs are increasing despite
the humble nature of her toll Even more
insistent are the growing demands upon
the aristocrat of the public service, the
$l.o0O clerk. Even the Rockefeller of the
departments, who staggers away from the
cash desk twice a month under the burden
of one-twenty-fourth of 1850, finds it
harder than ever to pay rent and gas bills.
grocery bills. and to buy Shoes clothes and
fuel. His vast wealth is no guarantee
against worry lest the outgo page of the
DOCK fail to balance with the income page
OF course 1t is to be remembered that Mr.
1-lttauer lacks a basis for complete sympa-
thy with the clerks and charwomen He
never drew salary until he came to Con-
gress. and he knows nothing about the
anxiety with which salaried man, tied
hands and feet to keep him from income
increasing opportunity, watches the waters
of obligation and debt creep upon him.
threatening his financial Hfe Mr.. I,ittauer
was born 10 inherit rich business. and so
he must be forgiven a certain lack of COM
prehensfon in this case. Possibly if he had
ever tasted the bitterness of poverty and
known the anxiety of the man who has to
watch the pennies in order to keep his chill
dren clothed and fed and sheltered, he
might regard the measures now pending to
relieve the department workers in a kinder
spirit and cast his vote in committee for
one of them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-16

aker are lawyers of such wide knowledge
and such superior debating power the party
turns to one or the other, and sometimes to
both, in an emergency, while Mr.. Lodge is
generally accepted as the administrations
mouthpiece.
Now the republicans no less than the
democrats will be writing a portion of their
national platform next winter and spring.
and their Senate leadership must keep this
fact in mind. And bearing upon that
proposition Is the proposition of the candi-
date. First will come the Presidents mes
sage, and an effort may be made by the
country to find In that some suggestion as
to the continued third term talk. II the
President In that deliverance puts an end
to that talk. viii 1t make q difference In
the legislation of the session? Or il he
is silent, and his friends In Congress and
elsewhere take his silence for consent. will
the legislation be shaped by him and for
him for use in the campaign to follow with
his continued leadership accepted as a
fact?
Both houses OF the next Congress will be
Interesting. but particularly the Senate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-16
At the CAPITOL.

They are thinking, they are thinking,
In the House I'D on the Hill.
From the task they're never shrinking.
They are thinking, thinking still.
On the magnates they are pressing
To prevent excessive gains:
To the tariff they're addressing
Finely convoluted brains.
OF the coforcd troops they're speaking,
Or the clerks allotted sum:
Still new subjects come a-seeking
Judgement in each cerebrum.
When adjournment day is dawning
We will very likely find
Pigeon holes like caverns yawnsng
For the work that's lift behind.
Let it cause US no detection.
We will get our moneys WORTH.
For we'll have a great collection
OF the finest thoughts on earth.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-16
Polluted Ice and Typhoid.


The revelations concerning polluted ice
in the upper Hudson river have a new and
startling interest for consumers. When
the cakes are loaded with sewage and
harvested almost from the very mouths OF
foul drains it is high time to take a very
serious view of the situation. 1t is i'm
possible to conceive of a worse state of
affairs when we consider how much such
ice is used, directly and indirectly, with
our food and drink and how much danger
there is OF widespread disease in conse-
quence.
The typhoid germ, for instance, can be
preserved in ice for an almost indefinite
period. and when the ice is melted can
be as active as ever. Thus through such
infected ice the fever may be spread God
knows where. Not a very pleasant pros
pect, It Is true. but there Is one saving
grace in being informed in time Of the pos
sible dangers ahead Thanks to the com.
mittee of the Merchants Association and
to the energetic action of IT'S chairman
Mr.. Hatch, the public has become thor
oughly aroused on the subject and will, In
the end, make its demands in no uncertain
tone,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-16
Ideal Winter
Boots for Women.

We are still showing complete
lines of Winter Shoes for women,
and call attention to special value
in Dull or Demi Calfskin Boots,
which we show in button and
Butcher styles, i'll the low college cut
with welt soles. Ideal for winter
wear.
$2.5o pair. Were $3.50 and $500.
Third noor, Tcath -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-16
A Lesson From ENGLAND.

The London Tribune, in bidding Mr. Bryce
goodbye. says:
Our proverbial insularity stiII hangs
about US through one of those surviyals
which seems to indicate an ineradicable
strain of conservatism in our nature. The
public press generally devotes an absurtiIy
small proportion Of its news service to
American matters IL the immense relative
Importance Of the latter Is considered.
while even secondary currents Of continent
tai politics are treated on a grand scale,
Perhaps there may date new era. In
which the British public will get its focus
more correctly adjusted on American af-
fairs, from Mr. Bryce's tenure II the en-
bassy.'
Americans after trip abroad often speak
or this feature of both English and CONT
mental Journalism. 1t takes next to no ac-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-16
ANNOUNCEMENT.
&1 FTER dozen years trial of
Ml Altamont Spring Water,
@S during which it has been

Nl Altamont Spring Water,
@S during which it has been
used by thousands of our
customers, and has been examined
by many distinguished chemists and
psychologists and pronounced ex-
ceptionally pure, among the purest
OF all table waters" we have felt JUS
tilted in causing to be erected near
the spring, at All expense of many
thousands of dollars, an extensive
and thoroughly up-to-date bottling
establishment.
In its elaborate machinery for
cleaning, sterilizing and filling bot
ties, it is believed to be the most
sanitary and complete in the world.
A thousand acres of forest land at
the crest of the Allegheny Noun
tains, including the entire water
shed, have been fenced in for the
protection of the Spring, which has
been further protected by a substan-
tial stone house, with concrete floor
two feet thick, effectually excluding
all surface water. The water is piped
by gravity from the Spring to the
bottling house, and does not come in
contact with the air, nor is it ex-
posed to contamination from the
time it leaves the Spring until the
seal is broken by the consumer. Our
friends and the public, particularly
physicians, are invited to inspect this
model sanitary establishment at
Deer Park, Md, for bottling, what
Prof. w. P. Mason, the eminent
chemist and bacteriologist, states
must always remain among the
purest of table waters"
There is great demand and great
need in Washington for table wa
ter above all suspicion. In our ef-
forts to supply it we have, under adj
vice OF eminent chemists and bac-
terlologiSts, not only secured
spring unexcelled, if equaled, in
purity, but have protected it by the
most complete system of steriliza-
ton of the bottles yet adopted BY
bottlers of spring water anywhere in
the world.
The half-gallon bottles are very
attractive and convenient for the
table. Each bottle, after being thor
oughly washed by machinery and
sterilized by twenty minutes ex-
posure to streaming steam, is sealed
at the Spring with a crown which
cannot be used second time. Read
what Prof. w. P. Mason and DR..
Mcdonnell, State Chemist of Mary
land, say about Altamont Water,
and give it trial. Now being DEM
onstrated and for sale at 1905 F
street, and on the Fifth floor OF our
store. Woodward & Lothrop, ex-
slusive agents for the Altamont
Spring Water Co.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-16
The old-Fashioned Sea Captain.

+ rom tue BfO0kiyn Eagle.
Is the old-fashioned sea captain extinct
as type? He stuck close to his ship in
the moments of disaster. doing what he
could to save the lives of passengers and
crew. and, if necessary, going to hts death
in the effort. He may often have erred in
his extreme devotion to duty, but he held
unfiinchingly to the loftiest ideals of re-
spOnsibiiity and self-sacriice. and his ex-
ample was Of inealculable value to his pro-
fession and to humanity. Are we to regard
him only as memory or does he anywhere
today survive?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-16
SHOOTING STARS.
Changed Conditions.

you know" quoted the plodding person,
" the heights by great men reached and
kept were not attained by sudden fight
But replied the modernist, you must
remember that was written before the in
vention Of express elevators
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-16

1t is difficult to understand how Anthony
Comstock could restrain himself from TAX
ing some action on knowledge he is said to
Thaw case.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-16
A Special i'm
WOmen's Gloves.

8-button Glaze Mousquetaire
Gloves, in tan, brown, mode, gray,
black and blue. This is a very styl-
ish glove and special value.
$I.25 pair.
Regular price, $2oo.
Main floor, st.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-16
Comparison.

"And you compare the genius of Rookie
Teller to that of Shakespeare"
Certainly" answered the college profess
scr. shakespeare must have been a
mighty good business man to make as
much money as he did out of poetry
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-16

1t Is not likely that railway employees
would ever favor government ownership.
The difficulty experienced by government
clerks in getting their wages raised would
be discouragement.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-16

Standard Oil has declared another divi-
dend and the colleges are on the qui vive
concerning where the next donation will
land.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-16
Portraits Of Lincoln.

From the Chicago Post.
The crop of hitherto unpublished por-
traits of Lincoln is growing larger every
year. How in the world did he ever find
time to do any work, when he had his pic
ture taken-so often?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-16

From the Boston Transcript.
The apple blossom has been recommended
as the national flower In q resolution
adopted by the Mississippi Valley Apple
Growers Association. What Is the matter
with the orange blossom?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-16

That old poem about the boy who stood
on the burning deck does not exempiify
the modern spirit on shipboard. If reports
about self saving crews are true.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-16

The Rothschilds are entitled to some
thanks for refusing financial encourage
ment to Brazilians who wanted to organize
a coffee trust.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-16

San Francisco ought to be willing to
oblige the rest of the country, considering
the friendly feeling that was manifested
after the earthquake.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-16

1t would be hard to explain to an excin-
slve and autocratic parsonage like the
mikado why Mayor Schmitz should have
anything to say in the matter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-16

changes enough in the Panama canal COM
| mission to make Poultney Bigelow eligible.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-16

The interruption In the Thaw trial will
give the expert witnesses a chance to
study up for cross-examination.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-16
Innpaled.

Like some poor beetle on a pin,
Impaled~by scientific hand;
He struggles In a fruitless spin
The expert on the witness stand.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-16

Mr. Hartman feels little reluctant
about assuming to give lessons in railroad
ing to the interstate commerce commission.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-16

Mr.. Root might be sent on a tour through
Japan to make a series of genial and con-
ciliatory speeches.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-16

If locomotives are forbidden to send out
dense smoke through the smokestacks the
railways will probably invent some way Of
getting rid of It by some other channel
and rest on q technicality.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-16
The Senate and Leadership.

It is the regular season for rumors of an
Extra session.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-16

DIn order to avoid delays On account Of
personal absence letters 70 IKE STAB
should not be addressed 60 any Individual
connected with the once, but simply %
TIE srA1, or to the Editorial or Bust
ness Dspaxtments, according TO tenor or
purpose.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-16

Only time will show whether the $500
member of Congress is an improvement on
the former kind.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-16
Obligations.

Don't you ever thank a man who is
polite enough to stand up in a street carp
Certainly not" answered the matter-of-
fact woman. ut is the business Of the
street railway company to thank him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-16
Coward!

From the Atlanta Georgian.
, Push Philadelphia, exclaims q paper o
that city. Coward! Strike q cripple?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-16
Waiting at the Gate.

From the Omaha bee-
II stand just where stood kdr years
ago." says Col Bryan. That was just OUT
side the White House gate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-16

"A man dat finds fault" said Uncle
Eben, sis a good deal like kickin' mule.
He makes heap O. 'sturbance fob every
body else, but he don make no progress
hisse'f."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-16

g presentation of apparel showing latest
IV1l Partisan ideas and coors, in
@S Complete Costumes, Dresses, Tailored and
Demi=T Tailored Suits Baby Irish Lace, Linen
and Lingerie Waists, Princess Gowns i'm Or
candle, Null, Batiste, Nets and Lawn, hand
embroidered and lace trimmed; Wraps and
Travelling Coats, etc. etc.
Mention particularly made of the splendid collection of "Dem
Fancy Tailored Suits Princess Gowns and French Waists and
Blouses.
The Princess eeneny the correct style for and
summer SOFT sheer cngng fabrics wanted Laces
trimmings very extensively used heavy aces being greatly
in evidence
This idea deliberately carried out in the French
Waists heavy aces and hand embroidery being used ouson
In the Lace Waists the "Baby Irish most wanted These
shown here splendid variety of patterns and most of them
trimmings the elbow sleeve
dominates
"Dem Full Tailored Suits the thin wool fabrics used
almost chiffon, Panamas and the plain Panamas-
they muhy trimmed with brad aces and mbrodees in
Persian effects etc.
Jacket the Pony Coat and the Plated Skirt the lead
styles spring. and they made wide variety adaptations
The display of unusual attractvene embracing
comprehensive of apparel both
tropical and medium weights.
Your inspection is invited
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-16

These materials the styles and the designs
beautiful This display will interest those desiring these dainty
fabrics fashionable for evening and also those who
going Palm and other Southern also a
opportunity of the designs which
always among the first shown, and often duplicated
second nr,G t Il
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-11-08

and observe him. All of which con-
vinced Sweetwater that the English
mans errand was In connection with a
man whom he equally dreaded and de-
sired to meet.
OF this he was made absolutely GER
tain a little later. AS they were leav-
ing the depot with the rest Of the arriv-
ais Mr.. Grey said:
Il want you to get me room at a
very quiet hotel. This done, you are to
hunt up the man whose name you will
find written in this paper, and when
you have found him make up your
mind how it will be possible for me to
get a good look at him without his get
ting any sort of look at me. Do this
and you will earn a weeks salary in
one day"
To Be CONTINUED.