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Evening star., 1907-07-14
The Way to Glory.

From III, Boston Al,cr;'s,r.
A rr.tf- os the United States Military
Ac;a.-n- is cisgusted to find that as usual
the first t,u graduates q, Wes; Point have
the privilege of choosing the Engineer
Corps the ueNt tea the artillery, then cav
airy and infantry for the rest This cholca
pains the critic. TIE po.nt is made that the
honor men should really c.OoSa tla in
fantrv. In proof of that theory the point is
made that infantry decides battles. Naro-
leon was great artill-r.st-"f his aSe-but
he depended on his infantry to WIN his hae-
ties. Gordon of CHINA and the Sudan was
an engineer. = great soldier. a good, very
plouS man. "nut lie dIiat win out at last"
McClcl an W-S an engineer. gr, at organ
zer, scientific. careful ,too caye.uD OF the
lives of lis men. hut he too. is se5 down as
failure. Lord Roberts is an artilier.St-
field erUlcEE-''whish is next door to in
fanjrv." But tn, cri.ic insists trat about
all the oh generals of renown, from
MARLBOROUGH t. WO,seley and Kitchener
are infantry men. The Duke of WeI.ins-
ton was an infantry man, colonel of the
3{d. The Naair!s We're infantry men. So
were Grant and Hancock Therefore, the
Implication is. the highest graduates Of
West Poiut should insis; upon the infantry
as their chosen arm Of service in the United
States arGlv.
But is this "a advisable as the critic
thinks What is the chief duty of the
army today? The Ju;y which is most in
the pub,i, eve is the vprk of the United
Stat engineers who ate going 10 bUi.d
the Panama canal; but there are other
great public works gC.EG on all over the
country under the charge of this same
branch OF the service. Most Amt ricans
hopr that the United States viii not have
any pcovocation To- war Tor many genera
tions To come If this hope be realiZ "a. the
chief path 70 glory and tn asp:caOus
public service Will not he through either
infantry or artillery. Ii must b- to the en-
gincers that the country must then lool, for
its mos: glorious results.
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Trophies of the Chase.

Winthrop +. Stone president of Purdue
University, in an address in Lafayette said
of ignorance:
Ignorance makes all it touches ridicu-
lous. Nothing. not even culture. is i'm
mune 10 its attacks Did YOU ever hear
OF the ignorant mi!lionaire's library?
Well. there WAS a millionaire. a cattle
man. who led a visitor INFO a great room
lined with thousands of volumes.
See them books? he said
Yes said the visitor
""rhey're all bound in calf, amt they?'
Yes the visitor agreed; they seem to
have 4 uniform calf binding
The millionaire chuck.vd proudly.
well. sir lie said. 1 killed all then
calves myself "
Evening star., 1907-07-14
New Kind of Trousers.

Capt DeForest Chandler Of the United
States Signal Corps Was lanentins in
Washington the numerous balloon acct
dents that have recently occurred.
Captain Chandler himself an expert aero
naut concluded:
But iaexper.ence is usually TO be blamed
for thes- accidents. The asronaut goes UP
alone before he has thoroughly learned his
business. Indeed. have seen some aero
nauts 50 un.ried that they remind ne Of
an episode that befell my tailor.
"A young man visited my tailor the other
DAY and said:
I'm Z; rover. and want TO be measured
for two pairs OF rowing pants-,he kind
Will IT,, sliding seats
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Ii was Sir William Knollys who was in
trusted with the formation of Aldershot
Camp. enc of the greatest military centers
OF the world. Later he was appointed
treasurer and controller of the household
CT the Prince of Wales. Queen Victoria
mace the appointment and so brought the
i<nullys once more into the personal serv
ice Of the royal family. Sir Williams sec
ond son. Francis, now Lord knOllys, was
.naGc 1t gentleman usher to Queen Victoria.
then a quarterly waiter, and next groom
in-w;titing to the Prince of Wales. Eliza
beth Charlotte. Sir Williams eldest daugh
ter, at The carly age of eighteen became
extra woman Of the bedChamber to the
princess. Francis knollys became assist
ant secretary and finally pr vate secretary
to the .rince. His father, since dead, left
the household to become gentleman usher
Of the black rcd and later receiver general
of the duchy Of Cornwall.
Charlotte knollys from the extra ranks
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In Charity's Name,

Jack London's famous definition of char
ity-'sharing bone with dog when
you're hungry the dog'-recalls a
story about charity" said a magazine edi-
tor that 1 heard Mr.. London tell at a
farewell dinner here in New York before
he sailed away on the Shark.
Mr.. London said the two old men were
smoking and drinking together after dinner
The host rang the bell and an old wom-
an appeared
'Contound you, stupid" said the host
Didn't l tell you l wanted the Scotch?
Take this back. and bring what l asked
for, YOU old fool"
Come. come said the guest, after the
old woman had hurried away in a great
right. Come, come, my friend, don't you
think you rather too sharp with your
old servant?'
oh. said the other. she's not serv-
ant. Shes only poor relation I'm keeping
out of charity.
The guest looked relieved.
THAT alters the case, of course he
said D."
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The Sedan Chair.
From the London Chronicle.

From the London Chronicle
Perhaps some expert in the Samese Lam
guage will tell us what is Its word for
sedan chair" When the King Of Sans
ministers, protesting against his majesty's
favor toward motoring, suggested recently
that the royal sedan chair was always at
his disposal. it is improbable that they used
a word reminiscent of the French town.
For it is from the scene of Napoleon HIS
collapse that the sedan chair takes Its
name, and perhaps remote poSterity viii
suppose that il had some connection with
that event. But Sedan first produced these
conveyances centuries ago, ana they were
seen in England in ljs1 One used by
James Is Buckingham provoked great pop
ular outcry against the employment of men
as beasts of burden. Sir :. Duncombe il
credited with having introduced them to
London in 1884. And Bath knows the Pick
wickian sedan chair to this day.
Evening star., 1907-07-14
Paid Bill After twenty-five Years.

From the Oil City Derrick.
The payment of grocery bill OF 500
after period OF more than twenty-five
years had elapsed was one of the unusual
happenings of the week in Oil City. +. A.
Merritt, deceased for many years, carried
on a grocery business at the corner OF
State and LIST streets. and among his GUS
toners was an oil operator who had met
vicissitudes of the oil business, and from
opulence had run the financial scale until
he was forced TO leave town to avoid pay
ing his landlord and other creditors inc!ud-
ing Groceryman Merritt.
Late last week the widow OF the grocery
man, VINO is still resident of the city re-
ceived letter from the former OH CITY
man, In which he explained that lie owed
her husband grocery bill, ard informing
her that If the amount of the account was
designated ne was now in position to
liquidatc the Indebtedness. Ii amounted
10 an even SlOJ, and he was 50 informed by
letter. and almost the first mail brought u
check for the amount
Evening star., 1907-07-14
DOGS Have Motor Heart"

From the Loudou Z. press.
Motor heart in dogs is a new disease"
says one OF the kings veterinary surgeons.
The motor car possesses curious fascina-
ton for dogs They enjoy the swift motion.
the exciting, scorchng rush through the
air as much their masters But the
veterinary surgeon in many cases Is obliged
to curb this canine foadn, IS for the ear. be-
cause of the injurious effect on a dogs
heart"
The symptoms of motor feart' In dogs
arr enlargement nahhiness and general
weakness of that organ. The dog looks
restless and excited. The heart beats ara
rapid and weak Br,atniag IL difficult ami
distressed The only cure is total absti-
nence from car rid g.
Evening star., 1907-07-14
The Green Conductor.

jerome joyce of Baltimore was renon-
suatlAS against a certain bill at tie re-
cent convention of hotel men in Washing
ton.
rms Dill, ha said, lis awkward 1t goes
10 WORK IN the wrong way. 1t is Ike the
green conductor.
Ihere was "A green conductor on a troll
ley line, and one morning, just after his
trip had begun, spot:er boarded the
car.
The spotter. th Sc mea do counted
the passengers and then he looked at the
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dial. There were nine passengers, but
only eight fares had been collected He
went out on the platform at once. There
was nothing crooked; the conductor was
green. that all.
See here. Mr.. Green Hand, he said,
you're nickel shy. There's nine people in
there, and you've only rung up eight fares
The conductor stuck bis head in the
door and made a count
You're right. darn en- he said.
And then he entered the and shouted
angrily. at the same time pulling the cord
FOR the motorman to stop:
Say. one O. yeu felers'll have to git
off
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LoR2 K9oIIY?

graduated to ful-fedged woman of the
bedchamber just thirty-seyen years ago
lhere are others of the family in royal
service. FOR another brother, Col. Henry
Nnollys Is controller of the household and
private secretary to the Queen of Norway
one OF King Edwards daughters Then the
lion r. G. w. T hnollys, the young son
nno @ he'f or Lord knollys. is a page Of
h"hor TO the King, and at the first court
held at buckingham Palace this month the
Hon. Louvima Knollvs, LORD Knollys'
ia us hter. was presented by her mother
ana VIII M the first vacancy as maid of
hohof TO the queen. There's nothing like
Keeping the good jobs in the family
Charlotte knollys is practically the same
age as the queen-sxty-three Neither
looks (which perhaps proves that Miss
knollys is past mistress in the arts of
the toilet. She was christened Elizabeth
Charlotte, but the queen disliked the name
Elizabeth and elected to call her Charlotte
IL is not generally known that one Of the
names of the queen herself is Charlotte
In appearance Miss Knollys is somewhat
taller. somewhat stouter, and I regret to
have to say 1t. not so good looking as her
royal mistress. Yet she has one of those
round, genial countenances which attract
and please. Miss knoilys possesses many
accomplishments. She is a marvellous lin
gust and can converse nuenuy in nearly
'N'4J LtiOpedH IdHRudSe. she is also
born musician. and an excellent raconteur
of good stories She is great at gossip. a
wonderful converSatiOnalst and brilliant
wit. She is an epicure in everything from
art 10 eating. And she is called by those
who know her the most tactful woman in
the world. There Is little wonder that
Alexandra keeps such treasure with her
always.
Some years ago Miss Knollys saved the
queens life. There was a fire at Sand
rInSham in the queens apartments Miss
knollys rushed through the smoke and
flame, before the general alarm had been
given, and dragged the queen from her bed
to safety. For this she was at a special
and public ceremony at Buckingham Pal
ace presented by the king with a medal
specially struck and inscribed.
Yet 1t was not because OF all this that the
queen and Miss Knollys are inseparable
and have not slept under different roofs In
forty-four years. The real reason has been
a secret of secrets. and one which all wom-
en- readers will thoroughly understand and
appreciate
AS god many know, the queen wears
like Mr.. Rockefeller. a wig, or, as it is
called in polite society, toupee. The color
of these toupecs is practically the same
light auburn, perhaps one might better
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girl. There something odd, something
quaint in the chld's face. Mrs. Burgess
told me a story about her.
'She said She a queer mixture. She
was always saying queer things. Dressed
in her best. the little girl went one after
noon to pay visit to an aunt. and she had
no sooner taken her things off and gotten
seated than she said calmly:
Now. auntie, II either Of the children
are naughty today please don't hesitate to
punish them because 1 am here"
Evening star., 1907-07-14
The Cheese,

1.-The late Gen. Thomas H. Ruger.' said a
Stamford man, was. like many army OFF,
GERS, an authority on good cooking but he
detested rank, high oheeses. At dinner he
said that very rank cheese was once left
at his headquarters to be called for, and
after 1t had remained unclaimed two DAYS
he posted up this notice:
IF the cheese sent here addressed to
Private Jones is not called for in two days
II will be shot"
Evening star., 1907-07-14
The Wild Murphies.

Robsrt Ely Of Agawam. Mass. is 100
years Old, and on his last birthday he
said:
My long life is due TO my abstinence
from drinking and smoking and worrying
Honesty. too. helps toward a long life.
The dishonest worry ard fret themselves
into an ecr!y grave.
by honesty, mind. l mean old fashioned
Evening star., 1907-07-14
Sanding q Wireless.

'HaIleS r. lum!n!s, the well-known auc
thor' traveller ana authority on Indians. ap-
peired recently in Washington in /, cordu-
roy suit. sash and a sombrero
Mr.. Lummis" said a reporter. in your
study of the Indians you must have come
upon many strange things"
In any study" said the novelist lone
comes upon strange things. Take, for In
Evening star., 1907-07-14
Why He Did Not Dance.

From the Taller.
The other day young man gave a rea-
son for not dancing, the spirit of which
might be made to apply to a good many
failures in life. II should like to dance"
he said, and l should dance. only tho
music puts ME out and the girl gets in
my way"
Evening star., 1907-07-14
German Army Officers
In a Queer Dilemma

pr-R1rv Ju,a ~ 1917
-,rr,r,, t-o,,tl. in tho German
'F-i'f- - 's'''' .t--,l -. t,la s.rr,.
army. in a snort t'Ae' as 'he s'.,S
becomes public. the laughter tAdt the
car.t,r, oe I-ur,.u.cll created viii find an
-, ~ s.-,.
.., . s. :; ur.,.st,
There is stationed at SaSan. IN fIusS'a
proper. tAe 9th Regiment OF Artillery. Very
recently tn" officers arranged a bal 1t
W , great society affair. quite the event
-
% ..-..,
IL Day ''i'N.'S ''s o'i inc -''
,r,.... tl -.-, .,..I -..-.r,et,l t,.z-,.rc-It Of
,c. rr.-r.s ,......-,rr.f - $, WIN ask a
81, ax.,.-...-r.. lie said ta1t that was
t... a-.,.-. o. ".t.g. ua .r,f,,.incs.'
WI $500, .,.r.g.' tgrf r,e collector Is not
record. = la. rae tax was not p.fI
In 6 -5eaey practically ,vsryj1nG "a
t.s ~. largely fpr TIN support OF tie
c='G...--- army TIE mu}. iiaLiy ot Sa-
F1r IS Upt h-hi i The times and has "a Spa-
c..l faz a'H.i 'rr -t e. iHty. ID I% g).-
l,,. 3 ~ every Ei.i ~ social gath ring
fruu o1r,-tr..a-s Jo dances ,uHc rts, a
homes. Iiaui.s and even .-aeri.s. If in the
Ia. Ua1...t case there is t feast 10. nouEn-
crs au! ty. uGs.
s.. naturally. the town collector wanted
s. .ar t.. u.., military bal. AMI Wen.
OEfrf..t. az: in writing. tl. officers TtfuS i
g. raw &: t..a municipality served TIE u.
me-. v.t4 I.saI pap IS Tue regiment ap-
uea--l to tie divisional commander. and h
to 'ua r.ue-pI commanding tn7 3th Army
thqse arIii..t.i.s uu.c.d tie on ,e~s. The
MAJ ,.,- finally lad before tae minister
of g...r ..r t.,. war d,ptftlI, in Bcr.!1.
a,4 I. ne, deri-,l in favor of the ofU.
ca,.
r ,-...-.,. v-a.s t.l-e-, In. The mrlntc.-
,-r ..,..-.1 ,r-- a T,,.y anil stormy de-
ie. pa s.1,,, IL, f, - ,ls mnnicinalit[.
rag "a, '' n rU' ,',..,.,i ha af,rn a
Evening star., 1907-07-14
A Queer Little Girl

Il an glad" said a Montpelier woman,
that Mrs. Ruth Burgess is painting the
portrait of the kaisers fourth son, Prince
AugustusN She deserves her success She
gets Il great deal of character into her por-
traits of the young
Once, in her Montpelier studio, 1 saw
full length Of u remarkably pretty little
Evening star., 1907-07-14
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quite correct if one descended
from the estate Of royalty to lhe common
place. How tie glitter of royal courts
changes things. II is writ on the records
that the Honorable Charlotte Nuollys (pro-
nouuCed "knoWles''} is bedchanber woman
to her majesty. Queen Alexandra
Because the mistress is royal. the position
becomes one of homer instead of servility
Yet one cannot get away from the fact
that Miss knCllys is, to all n.ents and pur-
poses the Queen of Englands maid" as
well rs her dearest friend and confidential
companion.
Quite recently Charlotte Knonys com
pleted her forty-fourth year in this position.
Nightly for forty-four years She has slept
under the same roof as her mistress and
daily in that lifetime has she tended her
and her many wants SO carefully and so
faithfully that at the royal palaces she has
lorg had the nickname of the shadow"
M cue need envy Miss knuilyS her job.
Yearly il grows more difficult. The queen
is a most cxactng woman. With age her
inHrmitieS are increasing. She has Il tenn
Per. Most queens have. But tlc public
does not know that the queens deafness
has made her trifie irritable. and that
were ii not for The tact of Charlotte Knoll
lys life a the various royal palaces would
be for the queens household, strenuous
at times Miss s<noIys is Alcxandra's
good angel. She is the genial buffer be-
tween the queen and outside pcIsunages,
not oven leaving out juvlal Edward VII.
The loss Of Miss Fnollvs would be. per
h"Ts. one Of tic greatest Alexandra could
suffer For this woman. who never for one
day in forty-foUr wears has been away
from her royal mistress. is the only woman
who knows the secrets of the queens
toilet.
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taste than sawdust, and so small you could
hardly see it
"'Ye've ct yer ticket said the alter.
This here's yer ham sandwich. "
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~ a.

honesty. The new kind doesn't count with
me. | take no stock in the uew-fanglei
twentieth century honesty that IS only
stealing smothered in plausible talk
He was honest in the new way, a chap
who worked back yonder on the cutoff
las; year.
This chap brought to work every day d
big pocketful of lovely new potatoes
small, pale fellows, round. firm and fine
favored. He'd boil them over one of the
fires. They made an elegant lunch. There
good deal of curiosity TO where
he got them but he never would tell.
Finally foreman said to him:
Where DO you get these splendid rota-
toes that you lunch on every day?
The cnap hesitated bit. Then he
StaIum red:
'Theyre-er-wid ones. l find 'em-er-
in field -
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From Miss Knolys bedchamber there is
little private passage directly into the
queens apartments. and also a single-line
private buzZer telephone
I cannot tell you in detail Miss Knollys'
duties. That would be drawing the veil too
much. But nowadays the ladies in waiting
and the maids of honor do most of the read
Ing and playing and fetching and carrying
for the queen. Miss knollys' work. utside of
her constant companionship, is devoted
entirely to her majesty's toilet and act
Ing as the queens buffer.
AS with the king, no person except those
Of gentle birth and entitled to bear arms is
allowed to perform any personal service for
the queen. If her majesty even dropped a
glove, a footman maid servant might
pick It up, but could not hand ii back to her
ma jesty. 1t would have to be given first to
one of the ladies or gentlemen in waiting
and by them handed to the queen.
The ladies of the bedchamber and the
tedchamber women are dismissed and
summoned at certain stages of the robng
disrobng of the queen. 1t is Charlotte
Knollys who is with her majesty the last
thing at night the first in the morning
1t Is she alone who possesses the secrets of
the youthful-looking, beautiful queen.
And yet there are thousands of people in
England. Yes In London itself, who never
heard of Charlotte Knolys.
CHARLES BYNG-HALL
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her favorte knelt at her feet and asked her

her favorite knelt at her feet and asked her
gracious permission to marry. Each maid
is obliged to ask her royal mistress per
mission 20 marry and on the marriage re-
ceiveS 5000 from the crown.
Queen Eliza beth stormed and raved at
Lady Anne of Rutland in similar c!rcum-
stances. and other queens here and there
have followed suit. Alexandra did not, yet
she urged the woman who had become so
valuable to her not to marry for while.
And when year and then two passed the
lover became impatient. Alexandra was
once more appealed to- From that inter-
view came Miss Knollys pledged to serve
her mistress alone, her dream Of love end
ed, martyr to duty.
Years later the man married. Recently
he died.
Charlotte Knollys' reward? Well, she has
been raised to the rank of a barons daugh-
ter. And yet by right of birth she is the
daughter of an earl That is one of the
strange romances of the kaollys family.
The family traces back some $50 years.
The most notable of Miss knolys ances-
tArs was Sir Robert, the valiant knight
who won his golden spurs the field OF
battle and VINO died exactly five hundred
years ago, in 14D1. The family has d ira
dition for personal service to the sovereign.
for Sir william knollys was treasurer of
the household of Queen Elizabeth. He was
also her confidential adviser in many i'm
portant matters He received many hoHors
from his mistress. She made him a knight
of the garter. then Baron knol.ys. the Nis-
count Nalllngford and finally Earl OF Ban
bury. His reputed son Edward was killed
in duel. and Il brother, Nicholas, inher-
tied the family honOrs. He also sat in the
convention parliament. The eighth Earl of
Banbury was the last of that title. He
Il general in the army commanded the
Scots Guards and was governor of Lin
erick. Just ninety-four years ago the house
OF lords passed a resolution that he had no
proper claim to the title, and he relin-
Quished it. His son bore the courtesy title
OF Niscount Wallingford until he was fif
teen when came the lords objection. He
then began TO carve out titles for hims If
He commanded. like his father, the Scots
Guards, rose to the rank of general and
wound up by being the Right Hon. Sir
William knollys. X. c. B., z. c. d. G. l..
He was the father of Charlotte knoilys and
of the present Lord knollys, the private
secretary and right-hand man of King Ed
ward
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The Good Providar.

lh"uSh Mrs. Mckinley" said a Canton
clergyman, Left an estate of about $50. 900
sHe was one "f the most charitable women
III ot!o' tfr experiences in charity work
were interesting used to like to hear her
talk of them
S"e once 'o!d me about a colored widow
whose children she had helped to ,duc.t.
The widow, rather late in life. married
few months after Eer marriage Mrs NJ
klnley asked her how she WAS getting on
I'sa a-gittin' on fine thank ve -,
bride answered.
And IS your husband a good provider9.
said Mrs. Mckinley.
Decd h. is good providah. ma'a.n
was the reply. He got me Ave new places
10 wash at ais las week."
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Do you think the book VIII SUIT you,
sir?
"I don t know said the old man. i
have only played half the tunes
And he resumed his subdued tootling."
The Cunning Actor.
DR.. Herbert Gresham James, the specials,
In dipsomania. was talking in New York
about the cunning with which dipsoman MACS
IN confinement will obtain liquor.
"A certain noted, but Incorporate actor -
said DR.. Gresham James. was once locked
up by his manager in order that he might
not spoil the evenings performance by
overdrinking. His confinement was close.
Windows, doors-everything was locked and
barred.
But the actor beckonod to a man In the
street. showed a greenback. and bawled to
him through the closed window TO go ana
buy a bottle of brandy and II clay pipe.
When the man returned with these Pur-
chases, the actor called:
Stick the pipe stem in through 'he Key
hole
Now said the actor, pour the whisky
carefully into the bowl
sucked IL up. and when his manager came
to release him that evening he lay in a
corner quite gloriousiy drunk
An Almost Pardonable Error.
Lawrence Mott, the Unknown young an
thor and automohilist, condemned scorching
at dinner IN New York.
II condemn" he said, the scorchlng and
the scorcher. but l don't condemn the
scorcher unheard. l don't condemn the ac-
cused man hastily. Hasty condemnation is
always a mistake.
Once, on a Canadian railway. It off
the train for a five-minute luncheon at a
railway eating bar
There was a man beside me gobbling
away. and when he finished | heard him
say bitterly, as he took out his purse:
- Call that ham sandwich? It's the
worst ham sandwich l ever ate. No more