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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-09

modernity. II might suggest to one cyni,-
ally inclined that the love OF the young!
lady is to some extent to be encouraged by
the prospect of controlling the wealth in
dicated by the suitors possession of motor
car
St Valentines day is losing none of its
popularity, and February IA still imposes
on the postman a burden second only to
that of Christmas day.
The letter carrier did not always have
the task of delivering the love greetings.
The first valentines were simple indeed
They contained nothing more, In fact, than
the name OF the object of affection.
England, Scotland France and some parts
of the continent saw the start of the GUS
tom, where parties Of young folks assem-
bled and inscribed on little billets the 'names
of all the bachelors and maidens of their
acquaintance, threw the whole into a re-
ceptacle and drew them out lottery wise.
care being taken of course that each per-
son drew the name of a member of tho
other sex.
The person thus drawn became ones val
entine and the allotment decreed by fate
was supposed to impose on the couple d sort
| Of loyalty for the coming year
Result Of the Drawing.
The result can readily be imagined. The
loyalty brought about by the valentine led
to q close association and more often than
not resulted in marriage Hence 1t was
considered a matter of prime Importance to
get the name of man or woman toward
whom natural inclinations tended.
This is the origin of the holiday. How
1t came to take the name of st. Valentine
is a riddle. for nothing in the acts Of that
saint recorded in most painstaking and ac-
curate history shows any observances sim.
liar to those We know on the 14th OF Feb
ruary.
The postcard is coming into increasing
use for st. Valentines day observance.
Once the lover would have scorned to trust
his words OF tenderness to the open eyes
OF the world, an unsealed card, whose mes
sage any one could read, but all this has
changed now, and the convenience of get
ting q postal card and valentine all in one
Is O piece of good fortune not to be sneered
at in these days when time has such con-
stantly increasing value.
Thus the valentine Is no longer a secret.
| or the deferential plea II once was. Like
| everything else, even the old, old story has
! to get itself up In modern guise to be as
Perhaps the day will come when Cupid
| sured of welcome.
! must don evening dress for dinner, make
his rounds in an automobile and a
smokeless rifle to fire his love arrows.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-09

around his neck, much as smitten maidena
are said to do In real life
That a valentines recipient need not nee
essarily be youngster is the lesson OF
another English picture of the year. where
a lady who could certainly hardly hope to-
hit the thirty mark again is receiving tho
attentions of a sutton who Is not in tho
spring chicken class himself.
Up-to-Date in America.
The up-to-date American tendencies are
not to be satisfied with any old-fashioned
valentine ideas, so this year the lady of tho
senders alteration is shifted to an auto
mobile AS the pair sit back in the COM
Portable upholstery of the handsome ton
neau to do their lovemaking in the most
modern way a little Cupid hovers tribe
behind them with bow drawn TO send the
love-dealing arrow on its way.
But somehow It Is hard to get rid OF tho
impression that Cupid is somewhat be-
lated The grand passion seems already 10
have possessed the pair. This style of val
entine has one disadvantage in spite OF IT'S
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-09
SYNOPSIS OF FIRST ISsTALLMENT.

Helen Carstairs daughter of New York multi
millionaire goes with her chsperon, Miss Bleecker
10 Europe TO avoid associating with her father
second wife. Helen has been engaged to John
Glynn, a poor but ambitious youth; but they have
parted In order TO leave hts career unimpeded AS
The White Star liner is about to leave the pier
Glynn appears the dock. pretty girl standing
him by his first name. and throws him a rose. The
intimacy thus implied arouses Heen,s Jealousy.
The girl who hailed John Is Pamela Wnstaniey,
daughter OF Herbert Winstanley of Alabama VINO is
taking her on her first trip TO Europe Their seats
at table during the voyage are next TO those OF
Helen and Miss BleeckeT. Others at the same ia
BILE are Lord CIandonaft, who has recently divorced
his wife; Mariol, a famous French author, and a
young EnglIshman named NaBe Pamela at once
becomes the belle of the ship to the annoyance OF
Miss Bleecker and other women. Helen, whom
Pamela secretly admires, treats Miss Wlnstanley
with studied GOODNESS, never mentioning her own
acquaintance with Glynn and repeTling the south
ern girls friendly advances Mariol plans to ar
range match between ClaTionald and Helen
Nanp. on the other hard openly adores Pamela
so does a Mr.. vereker, elderly dyspeptic, and
made up TO look young. whose wife resents his In
fatuati Pamela treats all her admirers alike.
but falls thinking oftener of Clandonald than OF
any one else. She and John Glynn We're brought
up together from childhood when both were poor
Since then Herbert Winstanley has made money,
but this fact Is unknown to John. Pamela knows
John had had another love affair. but Is ignorant
of its herone's identity. He has recently proposed
10 Pamela herself. and she accepted him on the
her father on shipbOard of her engagement to
Glynn. Winstanley rejoices at the news. although
troubled at his daughters lack of ardor and at her
references ClantOnald
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-09
VALENTINES OF TODAY
Show Lovers Less Deferential
Than of Yore.
EMBRACE NOW THE THING
No More Timid, Long Distance Love-
making Pictured.
ORIGIN OF THE VALENTINE
Start of the Custom in England,
Scotland and France - Sweet
hearts Drawn Lottery-Wise.
ORIGIN OF THE VALENTINE
Written for The Star.


If the valentine Of 1907 sets him forth
fairly, the lover of today is not as gallant
and respectful as his precursor of We olden
time. The valentine of half century ago
was a very elaborate affair rich in laces,
gold braid and snowy pictures. 1t still
lacks nothing in point of workmanship or Of
rich design, nor yet of cost, but it's pic
lures indicate a changed attitude on part
of the lover.
The valentines of days of yore show the
man always in the role of a suppliant. He
was at all times, either figuratively or lit
orally, on his knees. His lady love was a
queen, goddess, being SO far above him
that the most he could hope was that she
might be touched by his devotion, take pity
on the tumult of his affections and-degn to
cast him a look Of encouragement.
The valentine of then had him on his
knees rendering her a bouquet, or gift Of
some kind. Frequently he did not presume
even that far. Instead dove, a Cupid or
an angel was pictured as the bearer Of his
gift or plea. The very greatest liberty that
the valentine of olden times shows the
swain to have permitted himself was to
bow deeply over the hand Of my lady fair
| and let his lips just touchher extended
fingers.\
This was the valentine Of grandmother
day, but things are different now.
Things Are Different Now.
The 1907 article shows no such timid,
long distance, worshiping lover. The key
note of the up-to-date valentine as shown
in a careful search through all kinds, from
the costly fabrications of lace and ribbons
that cost as much as IS, all the way down
to the penny kind printed on the convenient
and omnipresent postcard, may be summed
up in the two words:
Kiss" Embrace"
The embrace is the proper thing in the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-09
CHAPTER v.

Miss Blocker had claimed for It in the
matter of exotic luxury. American beauty
roses, as fresh as II they had bloomed that
morning, decked the center Of the board,
and O corsage bouquet OF royal purple
violets lay beside each iady's plate. The
New-York tribune., 1907-11-01
ADRIATIC BATTLES WITH BIG WAVES.
Big Seas Sweep Over Deck of Liner-Two
Ambassadors Return Home.
We have no branch stores-no agents

The White Star liner Adriatic arrived last night
after an unusually rough passage from South
ampton- terrific gale from the west came I'd
on Saturday afternoon and lasted until Monday
evening. Passengers who have frequently crossed
the Atlantic declared that the storm was tbe
heaviest they had ever experienced. Throughout
Saturday and Sunday the sea was exceedingly
high, and the decks forward We're almost con-
tinualIy awash- On Sunday the vessel logged only
10 miles
Among the passengers were Mrs. L. z. Letter
and Joseph Letter. her SON. Their names cid nor
appear on the regular passenger list but vera
put on the supplementary list after the steamer
left Southampton When the Adriatic anchored
at Quarantine the tUEbOat William Nichols cams
alongside the Health Officers cutter. and M
Letter went aboard The tusboat tcok him 10
Representative William r. Wheeler. OF Cali
fornia, who was member of the Immigration
commission which went abroad several months
ago 10 study immigration conditions. was a Das-
senSer on the Adriatic. The other members Of tha
commission arrived here two months ago, hut MIR
w heeler remained over to visit Norway Sweden
ana England He said the great problem before
Iie commission was to provide for the distribution
OF immigrants in this country where they would
here, he said. on November Z.
Among the passengers were J. w Riddle
american Ambassador 10 Russia: LLOYD CSrisC0n,
american Ambassador TO Italy; Mr. and Mrs
samuel G., Blythe Mr. and Mrs. Francis CaroIsn
Mrs Lindsay Kelly, Mr.. and Mrs Bradley Martin
lr; j. Roosevelt Roosevelt Mr. and Mrs Henry
Seiigman and Mr.. and Mrs Richard Van Goa
New-York tribune., 1907-11-01
SAYS PANICs STRENGTHEN COUNTRY
Senator Warren Believes Federal Government
Should Control Trust Companies.

Senator Francis e Warren. OF Wisconsin, chair
man OF the Senate Committee Military Affairs.
who has been abroad brief vacation. arrived
here last night on the White Star liner Adratic.
He was greatly interested IN the financial disturb
ance in New York City, and asked II the wave Of
depression had spread 10 the West. He said he
believed there was occasion for alarm as the
troubles were merely caused by the swinging back
Of the pendulum.
These panics cannot hurt the country" said
Senator Warren. Il have noticed that the country
after each financial depression Is much stronger
than 1t was before. We how really strong the
nation Is when these panics come. The fundamental
industries Of the nation never shaken by these
conditions / am not advocating any idea 70 take
powers or rights away from states. but do think
that something stronger than state control neces-
sary to govern the trust companies
These companies should have at least % Der cent
In reserve. but we find when the upheaval comes
that some OF them have only per cent. The
power and efficiency OF federal supervision over
financial companies is manifest in the condition OF
the national banks in the present panic"
New-York tribune., 1907-11-01
HER BEST FRIEND"
4 Woman Thus Speaks of Postum.

We usually consider our best friends those
who treat Us best
Some persons think coffee real friend but
watch it carefully while and observe that it is
sOne OF the me2neSt of all enemies, for II stabs
enc while processing friendship.
Coffee contains poisonous drug-caffenc-
which Injuries The delicate nervous system and
frequently sets up disease in one or more organs
of the body, If its use is persisted in
Il had heart palpitatiOn and nervousness for
four years and the doctor told me the trouble
was caused by coffee He advised me TO leave
II off but l thought could not" writes n Wis
lady
"On the advice OF friend | tried Postum
Food Coffee and it so satisfied me did not care
for ceffee after = few days trial of Postum.
As weeks went by and / continued TO use
Postum my weight increased from 9S 10 I1S
pounds, and the heart trouble left me- | have
used il a year row and am stronger than ever
WAS. can hustle up stairs without any heart
palDi:atiOn. and l am cured of nervousness
MY children are very fond Of Postum and il
agrees with them. My sister liked it when she
drank il at my house. but not when she made
II at her own home Now that she has learned
20 make it right, boil it according 10 directions
she has become very fond Of IT, You NAV usp
my name if you wish, rs | am not ashamed of
praising my best friend-Postum"
Name given by Postum Co. Battle Greek
Mich Read The Road to WellviIle." in pigs
There's Reason"
New-York tribune., 1907-11-01
WANT $4,000 LABORERS.
State Bureau TO Supply Farms scith
Army of Immigrants.

Fifty thousand farm laborers find places to
work In this alone next spring according 10
estimates made by the State Department. of AErI-
culture n result of canvass of the supervisors
OF various counties. The local employment bureau
OF the state department. in charge of Henry Fl.
Kracke. acting associate commissioner. is making
preparations to supply far as possible this de-
mand for laborers
In the two years that the bureau has been oper-
ated at No % Park Row It has found for several
thousand immigrants permanent homes and Iucra-
tive employment In it's first year it placed nearly
five thousand men, He expects TO be able TO send
great many more next year.
In addition to this. the local bureau is doiue n
large real estate business in keeping list OF the
farms throughout the state that are for sale and
directing immigrants to them. At the present time
two thousand five hundred farms listed at tho
local bureau. and following the arrival of every,
steamship scores of worthy men who have saved
anywhere from 500 to S 900 get information that in
the majority of cases. results in their becoming
land owners f. II. Van Leer. who speaks ten
languages. is the interpreter OF the bureau and he
is one of the busiest men in the city when the i'm
migrants pile into the local office
The immigration laws restrict active efforts IN
soliciting immigration abroad or In holding out anv
promises of work or employment upon arrival in
the United States. But the International Immf-
grant" newspaper which is put in the hands Of
every immigrant before ne lands I'm New York
contains the official announcement of the depart
ment In this Commissioner kracke explains tbe
aims of the states bureau and tells of the assist
anCe it render the newcomer The result is the
Overlowng of the offices when every ship arrives
"Other states watching the work we are doing
here closely" said Commissioner Kracke. YES
terday that daily receiving letters from
them. asking TO send desirable immigrants to
them. The New York department is doing every
thing to get help the of this state
and it will be time in the future before it will
be able TO help outsiders"
The department is not permitted to negotiate for
the purchase OF any farm in behalf of the immi-
grant. it's work ceasng when IL has supplied infor
nation to where farm is for sale and direct
ing the applicant as to the best means for making
the deal.
New-York tribune., 1907-11-01
REPRESENTATIVES OFF FOR PANAMA.
Appropriations Committee to Study Canal
Before Voting More Money.

Representative James A. Tawney, of Minnesota
chairman of the Appropriations Committee OF the
House Of Representatives, headed a delegation of
ten from that committee the Panama Railroad
steamer Colon. which sailed for the isthmus yes
terday to study conditions there before acting on
the request for s32O000OO TO continue the work on
the canal The members, besides Mr.. Tawney were
Martin b. Madden, Illinois: Joseph V. Graft
Illinois: a. J.. Brick Indiana; Washington c.
ner. Michigan; G. w. Taylor. Alabama; General
J. Warren Keifer. Ohio; A. S. Burleson, Texas.
James r. Mann, Illinois and II. c. I.oudensIaqer
New Jersey
The representatives will spend six days on tho
lsthmus, returning to New York on the Colo, ~,
November 10 They will hold conferences WITH ,bn
heads OF departments. Before sailing Mr.. Tawnav
said that the purpose Of the committee was mot >.
hold up the request for an appropriation but 80
set thorough knowledge OF the situation beroro
acting. 'eiote
New-York tribune., 1907-11-01
STRIVING TO SAVE BOROUGH BANK
Depositors' Committee to Work with Officials
TO Prevent Receivership.

Nearly four hundred deposltors of the Borough
Bank, of Brooklyn, held meeting at The Assem-
bly,, in Perrepont street. yesterday. It was called
by those heavily interested, and those who re-
sponded represented about 10 per of the entire
number Of depositors. Howard c. Pyle and the
others who signed the call had a programme
mapped out for the meeting but it did not go
through Frederick W. Sparks was made tenn
porary chairman and a. J. Dooher temporary sec
retary.
An attempt by Mr.. Pyle and his friends to make
The organization permanent was met with a
question as to whether the absent depositors had
been informed Of the meeting. Chairman Sparks
declared that the question of order The
organization was not made permanent
Ernest W Seelman proposed resolution TO the
effect that the chairman appoint a committee Of
ten TO meet with the directors. stockholders and
officials of the bank to formulate a plan for the
appointment Of trustees The trustees, according
10 the wording of the resolution were to issue Ger
1ifeates redeemable after various periods of time
but the trustee part was eliminated before the
resolution was adopted A committee of ten was
appointed to try, with the bank officials TO find
q 10 keep the institution of the hands of
receiver. Harry F1she asked how many of the
officials of the bank had withdrawn their deposits
before the doors were closed but a motion for
adjournment was carried before the question could
lie answered. Another meeting will be called in 4
week
New-York tribune., 1907-11-01
NO FASTING TODAY BY CATHOLICS
Dispensation from the Pope on Celebration
of Feast of All Saints

Through dispensation from the Pope Roman
Catholics will be permitted TO eat meat to-day
n fast day at the Feast of All Saints Yesterday
was ordered be the day of fasting. Only once
before has the Church permitted the eating of meat
on Friday and that was at the golden jubilee dec
iaratlon of the dogma, when Christmas came on
that day.
Al the All Saints Day service in ST. Luke's Epis-
copai Church. in Clinton avenue, BROOKLYN this
morning window in memory of the late Henry
Patchen Martin will be presented to the church. and
over the organ manual will be placed a tablet given
ago 'N"'s =
New-York tribune., 1907-11-01
GENERAL ALARM FOR JURY FOREMAN,

When Alfred a Sommerviue. foreman OF IN,
jury which is trying IsidOr Forman, OF No 107
Mulberry street. accused OF receiving stolen goods
failed to appear yesterday Judge Grain of the
Court of General Sessions. who is presiding askefl
the District Attorneys office to send a general
alarm. The defendant in the case is acclIsed %
receiving from his brother Jake SEQ vvOrtb -
diamonds alleged been stolen from f:raCs y.
Carlo of No. $50 Sixth avenue ~'
The case was ready 10 be summed up Yesterday
but SommefVllle was missing. Detectives went y,
his address. No. $40 Riverside Drive ana Fos,rs
that he had moved two days ago. At his pEace OF
business. No 5S West 125th street Il was Iearnsr.
ne nad not been there for the same period JIis.
cram then asked that general alarm be sent ont
New-York tribune., 1907-11-01
LOVING CUP GIVEN w. T. p,eAsnu

William H. Pleasants, vlce-president and eonora,
manager Of the Savannah Line. arrived here &c
lerday on the company's steamship Kansas Citv
after 4 visit of three weeks to Savannah IL ~
New York on the new Savannah liner CITY 90 G!
Vannah, and assisted in the entertainment % :
delegation OF manufacturers who went 70 sava,-. d
to look over the advantages OF the city for ~
establishment of plants and distributing houses
As an appreciation Of what Peasants has done
Tor The city IN the last ten years he received fro
the people OF Savannah large loving cup vvbi,,,
bore the following inscription: From friend. -
Savannah to friend OF Savannah.
New-York tribune., 1907-11-01
RECEIVER FOR TRUST COMPANY

Kansas City. Mo, oct Sl.-Thomas R, Marks
chairman OF tho Republican County Committee. has
1e Deen appointed receiver for the Bankers Trust
Company, which closed on October % hacau.a -,
local clearing house would give It the privlleo
OF Issuing clearing house certificates Tho 49,
OF the company outside of the 100000 captaI stoc
is SsSSS IN the petition for receivership nothing
70 sa'd ABOUT the assets The local financial stu.
alton is improving
New-York tribune., 1907-11-01

runs at the branches OF the Lincoln Trust Com
psny, at Broadway and Lispenard street and
Broadway and I'D street, were not continued
There were rumors yesterday that some Of the
banking institutions which had suffered runs
iTecently would be taken over by other banking
interests, but these reports were all denied last
might by officers OF the institutions in question
New-York tribune., 1907-11-01

more elastic currency. but each doctor insists on
his own remedy, and the country from time to
time suffers, just II does 1t Is the part of
patriotism. therefore. to accept the Controller s
programme and do something. instead of continu-
ing TO try to prove that each one OF us is a good
deal wiser than all the rest for that always ends
I'm nothing 1t is discreditable to a nation
that money should command 100 per cent. and
IT is absolutely unnecessary. Let US get together
and act"
st. Louis. oct. G.-ConCerning the plan for tho
increase OF national bank note circulation J. X.
McCluney, vice-president OF the State National
Bank. said: II think It is a good scheme. and all
banks that have government bonds deposited to
secure United States deposits should take ad-
vantage Of IL, make the exchange suggested and
take out circulation against the bonds withdrawn"
J. C. Van Barcom. president of the National
Bank Of Commerce, did not agree with others. II
don't that It is possible that there would be any
immediate relief" he said.
San Francisco. Oct. Sl.-The banks here onened
for business to-day usual. in spite OF the fact
that Governor Gillett has declared legal holiday
A policeman was stationed at each bank but there
was no excitement. The stock and produce ex-
changes opened as usual
New-York tribune., 1907-11-01

Colon, Oct. 3l.-New borings made over the
entire area of the Gatun Dam show that rock
foundations are everywhere possible. All previ-
Gus doubt on this point has thus been removed
and work on the designs for the lock gates and
sluiceways is advancing steadily. New borings
have been made also near the Pedro Miguel
locks and DAMS and the excavation on the site
of the lock there is proceeding rapidly.
New-York tribune., 1907-11-01
WIDER CANAL LOCKS.
NaUy Department FaUOrS 40 Feet
-Gatun Dam Foundation.

Washington Oct. S1.-One hundred and ten
feet is the width which the Navy Department
has finally fixed on as desirable for the Panama
Canal locks. This is an increase of ten feet in
width over the plans on which the commission
Is working.