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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-29
BONA FIDE CIRCULATION OF THE
EVENING AND SUNDAY sTAR,

Tho sworn statement below shows
that the circulation Of THE STAR
is what 1t IL claimed to be. Tho
circulation Of THE STAR for the
week. including and combining its
evening and Sunday morning is
sues. Is the largest, tho best and
the only sworn detailed circulation
OF each day, covering all issues, In
the District Of Columbia.
In both its evening and Sunday
morning issues 1t has a larger car
rier delivery circulation into the
homes of Washington than any
other two local papers combined.
THE SUNDAY STAR, viewed
separately. has the largest, the best
and the only sworn circulation In
the District of Columbia.
Fifteen thousand of THE STARS
regular subscribers take no other
Washington paper whatever in
their homes. depending upon THE
STAR alone for news and adver.
Using.
THE STAR, daily and Sunday.
thoroughly covers the local adver.
Using field. reaching all classes Of
Washington purchasers, rich and
poor alike, in their homes. on every
day in the week, at an hour when
they have the time and inclination
to read q newspaper.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-21
Orange Marmalade.

To every dozen oranges allow a half
dozen lemons. Scrub thoroughly to remove
every possible microbe. Slice very thin,
removing all Seeds but saving them in a
bowl for future use, as they furnish a gels-
tine that makes the syrup much richer.
Pour over the sliced fruit three quarts OF
water. and over the seeds one quart Soak
all for thlrty-siX hours Pour the water off
the seeds and add to the sliced fruit and
water. then cook for two hours with an
equal quantity of sugar. Do not let the
contents of the kettle boil fast Simply
simmer. stirring frequently to prevent It's
sticking. At the end of the time allowed
the liquid part should jell when taken up
on cold saucer, though the Jelly should
not be too stiff. as II hardens after stand
Ing. Put in Jars or glasses. This Is not
so bitter as the regular English or Scotch
marmalade. and 1t keeps indefinitely In
making marmalade it must not be allowed
to overlook or it will lose the clear golden
tint that is so desirable This is favor
lite Arizona recipe, and one of the best.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-21
A DRAMATIC SUICIDE
A FRENCH MARQUIS MYSTERI-
GUS DEATH REVEALED.

Special Cablegrsm to The Star.
PARIS, April 16.-It is not often that
French marquis still in the prime of life
commits suicide under such dramatic cir
cumstances together with the woman he
loves as did the Marquis de FEscaille.
whose death few days ago has been kept
shrouded in mystery. as far as possible. by
his friends. The marquis was thirty-eight
years of age. was the son of high officer
Of the French army. long since dead. and
was living with his mother in an apart
ment in the Boulevard Pereire. Although
they bore a proud title their worldly means
were very small, and consisted only OF the
mothers pension and what the son earned
as the agent Of an exchange broker. Four
teen years ago the marquis met a very
handsome brunette at Enghein. with whom
he fell passionately In love. She belonged
TO respectable family, and was living
with her parents. In time he persuaded
her to leave her home and furnished q fat
for her with a yearly rent of $500.
The marquis continued to live with his
mother and never preached a word of his
relations with the young woman. How
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-21
GREEN SUN OF EGYPT.
Reason for the Appearance of the
Color in Relics Relative to Death.
From the Chicago Tribune.

FROM the tnlcdSO Tribune.
Perhaps 1t is the sun and not the moon
that is made of green cheese. The appear
ance of a green light at sunset. like many
other phenomena supposed to have only
recently attracted attention. was noticed
and commented upon by the ancient Egyp-
tians. and more particularly so because in
the clear air of Egypt the tints of sunset
are peculiarly distinct.
AS the sun there descends nearer and
nearer to the horizon, and Is immensely
enlarged and flaming, 1t suddenly becomes
for an instant brilliantly green color and
Immediately series of green rays suffuses
the sky in many directions, well nigh to the
zenith. The same phenomenon appears at
sunrise but to a smaller extent. Sometimes.
Just as the last part of the suns disk van
ishes it's color changes from green TO blue,
and so also after 1t has disappeared the
sky near the horizon often is green. while
toward the zenith 1t is blue.
This was alluded to in Egyptian writings.
of death and the nocturnal sun, being
Identified with Osiris, thus rendered Osiris
king of the dead. The setting sun was
green, therefore Osiris. as the nocturnal
deity of the dead, was painted green. The
splendid collins of the high priests of Am
mon frequently depict the green sun and
the funeral deities are all colored green
There are innumerable instances in the
Egyptian relics of representations relative
to death being colored green. The practice
undoubtedly arose from the green tints of
sunrise and sunset. The green disk
Is referred to 5000 years ago in Egypt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-21

ever, he visited the young lady regularly
every day, and often dined with her. She
was very discreet and highly esteemed by
every in the neighborhood, and she
adored the marquis. After fourteen years
she loved him as much as she did when
first they met. She admired his abilities
and his success as a financier. Every now
and then, in fact, he told her Of the Won
derful speculations he had made. Some
months ago he astonished her still more
by keeping taximeter automobile~at his
service all day. He was making piles of
money. He not only astonished the young
he frequently gave lavish tips. and he was
equally lavish in his tips to other servants.
Agreed to Die Together.
The marquis. 1t is believed, must have be-
come affected by the "folies des grandeurs,"
for he had been scrupulously honest for
years. and 1t was only recently that he be-
gan to appropriate the funds of his ex-
change broker, who had placed full con-
fidence in him. Recently the marquis called
on his feminine friend He was very much
excited and his face was pale He told the
servants to retire. and after locking himself
up In the room with her he informed her
money he had been spending so freely for
some time past was not his own. 1t had
been taken from his employers. his thefts
would soon be discovered, and there was
nothing for him to do but kill himself. He
asked her II she was willing to die with
him. and she replied that she was.
They both sat down to write letters to
explain their motives. she TO her parents
asking their pardon for having left them,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-21
A Legacy That Led to
the Suicide of a Woman
Sreciai Correspondence Of The Star.

social Correspondence of The Star
LONDON, April 10. 1907.
I.eGacies have been having i'll effects in
London OF late. AS a sort of sequel to
the recent story of an artistocrauc young
Engljshman who was left a fortune of
$4,000 and exchanged 1t all for Eek
perience. there comes to light another
pathctically interesting case. IT is that OF
Mrs. Annie Hearn. a poor woman of South
London who. with her husband. had been
left the free use of small room and who
was SO worried by government demands
for an inheritance tax of SEQ that she
finally ended her life by taking ammonia.
The story was told by Michael Hearn.
the woman's husband, at the coroners in
quest, and the mans simple tale is severe
indictment against British offiCialdom for
its pcttness in pressing the poor and half
starved couple for the succession duty"
Michael Hearn himself was so weak and
III when he entered the witness box that
he could not stand He told the court that
he had been out of work for three months,
and all that lie and his wife had to live
on was two shllings and sixpence t62
cents, d week. This. he said, had been
given them by a Roman Catholic priest.
He said the owner of the house in which
they lived had died recently, leaving a
will by which he and his wife were to be
allowed to live in the small room they oc-
cupied rent free. While they were strug
Cling along on the verge of starvation. the
government tax collectors were pressing
them for the SEQ succession duty the
legacy. The wife was fearfully worried by
the government demands and feared lest
the officials should take away the one
little room they had To call their own and
Turn them into the street. To completely
hlaok.u their sky. the heir To the house
was also trying % obtain possession of the
room occupied by the starving couple.
THE other day. after weeks OF worrE and
approaching starvation. the woman set her
selE free from the bounding tax collector
BY drinking some Imminent containing am
mouja The jury returned verdict of
'S.,i'i'" during temporary insanity caused
BY srmi-sarvation accelerated greatly by
worry"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-21
Dundee Scotch Marmalade.

Wash thoroughly fourteen large oranges
Take half. selecting the largest, and with
a sharp knife peel thin. taking care not to
use any of the white. pithy membrane. Put
into deep preserving kettle. add two
quarts and half OF cold water and let
stand for thirty-sx hours changing the
water two or three times. The second
morning put the soaked peelings with the
last water over the fire to cook. Peel ths
other seven oranges. throwing away their
skins. Slice the fourteen oranges, add four
pounds graduated sugar and the juice of
two lemons. Turn into the preserving ket-
tie with the Feelings and simmer two hours
until clear and thick, stirring often to pre-
vent scorching. When partly cooled pour
into glass jars. but do not seal until cold
This will keep for years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-21

and he to his mother. The marquis had
come at O clock in the morning, and when
noon arrived and the '"rVantS Still found
the door shut they knocked and, getting
no answer, called the neighbors and broke
into the room. The marquis and the young
woman were both dead on the bed The
former still held in his hand the revolver
with which he had first shot the young
woman and then shot himself.
The casinos at French health resorts.
which were threatened with extinction oW-
gambling, have been legalized by special
bill which the chamber has just passed
The measure provides that one-sixth OF the
stakes shall be paid over to the govern
ment to be used for the public good.
To Stop Visits to Morgue.
Hitherto a visit to the morgue has been
one of the items In the tourists program
in Paris. NJ. Lepine. however. has decided
that this shall not be SO any longer.
He has discovered that many people go
to the morgue out Of morbid curiosity. This
has resulted In so much crowding that the
project Of police has decided that the
morgue shall be open only to those who
can show that there Is some chance of
their being able to recognize unidentified
bodies.
For the first time in perhaps a century
a British military band is visiting-France.
The fine band Of the Prince Of Wales Own,
or West Yorkshire. Regiment is visiting
Lille at the invitation of an influential local
committee which provides the poor children
Of the town with toys, clothing and enter
tainment
The farmer who converted his house near
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-21
WHAT'S A CUT?
An Explanation for British Persons
and the Unacademic.
From The Boston Transcript.

From, the Boston Transcript.
Overheard in a hotel lobby: Il say!
What's a cut? | know jolly we'll what Ok
ford calls cut, but-my word,-it says in
this paper that one of your Amerrycan
universities gives a man cut if he stops
away from gymnasium drill. and half Il cut
If lr comes in taTdyi"
That Rriton. | ina CINE. supposed our cut
ting system sort of corporal punis hment
and I'm sorry | didn't hear his question
answered ny the rcguish American who had
bin in tow. Indeed / regret that | hadn't
a chance to answer il myself. for | could
easily have lifted his hair without tib
hing by describing the cutting system in
vngu" in my day at a certain venerable
conjunction of academic shades. Prepare
to keep YOUR head level as | explain that
jumping marvel.
AT the beginning OF each term they pre-
seutrd YOU with twelve cuts, good for one
term only. Absence from recitation, a
lecture. or weekday chapel service used
up Our Of the twelve: absence from morn
ing service on Sunday used up five absence
from afternoon service two. If you con-
sumcd all your cuts before the term was
OUT YOU got a warning from the registrar;
81 you kept on cutting. You had cuts de-
Quoted from next terms allowance: If you
deyoured all that allowance before next
term arrived you were suspended-not
hanged, as the EnSlishman would fancy,
Naturally. the prodigal and ungodly
came speedily to the end of their supply,
and then was seen the most astonishing
PuuCtuaiity in the house of worship and
the varied temples of learning, since tardi-
ness counted the same absence. Never
while | live shall | forget the embarrass-
ment of darting up the aisle in a halfsit
ting posture and glazing supplication at the
orgdnist, whose first chord officially de-
ClsTei the service begun ! dream of it
sometimes even now.
Ru' the rare and finest beauty of the cut
ting system came in when il dealt with ILL
ness. How would an oxford man, / Won
der md sclemnity to believe that whereas,
IL YOU We're Ill less than week it cost you
a cat a day, II You We're Ill more than a
weei. il cost sou cut week. so that any
student laid w for two days simply stayed
in and played whist five more days and
thereby saved one cut? Or how. think you
would he receive the disclosure that this
marvellous system originated in the INTEL
lert OF our chief mathematician?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-21

Rouen into another Fort ChabroJ has been
captured. While the place was being
watched by NUMBER of gendarmes he
made lot of holes in the wall and roof
so as to be able to keep a better lookout
but finally he allowed his wife and daugh-
ter to approach and parley with him. While
SO engaged he was seized by the mayor
of the parish. a very strong man, who had
crept round to the rear and who held him
down on a window sill until the gendarmes
arrived. The poor fellow, who is quite
mad was then taken with a terrible fit.
and it was not until two hours had passed
by that it was found possible to convey
him to the lunatic asylum at Quatremare
Any number of weapons of various sorts
and sizes were discovered In the house,
together with a large stock of powder and
balls Crowds are still visiting the scene
of this queer siege.
Combating Drunkenness.
NJ. Clemenceau has issued a circular to
the projects Of the different departments
giving them formal instructions for COM
batting drunkenness, In the course of which
he says:
The abuse of spirtuous liquors. which
is attracting Increasing attention ON the
part of the public. cannot leave the gov
eminent Indifferent. In agreement with
the antt-alcoholic groups of the senate and
the chamber of deputies they hold that.
awaiting the voting of new measures. 1t
behooves them at least to prescribe the
rigorous application of existing laws which
place at their disposal certain means for
re. ressing drunkenness and for reducing the
number of drinking places.
There 10, OF course, no truth in the queer
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-21
HORSE COLLAR ATTACHMENT.
Collar Cannot Break Down After Be
coming Wet or Sweaty.

Horse collars of the type that open at
the top are generally constructed with the
upper edges formed of leather binding
pieces that are sewed across The
stitches soon become worn, and the seam
rips, the straw at the top of the collar
protrudng. A horse-collar attachment
designed 10 avoid these disadvantages, is
shown here. The horse collar may be of
any of the ordinary forms and open at
tie top. Metal clasps are secured along
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-21

1t was red-letter day in Banner street
when the duchess two sons were given
back to her. She announced the eventful
| news herself. Those who were with her that
day say she was almost a young girl again.
She sang and laughed and romped with her
juvenile proteges. She was as gay IS pre-
viously she had been sad and wistful.
Next day Banner street welcomed the lit
tie Marquis OF Blandford and Lord Ivor
Churchill. his younger brother The duchess
brought them in her motor car. The boys
| at first were much bored, but soon got in
terested. and worked for good hour
shoulder to shoulder with their mother and
enjoyed acting her aids and in fitting
shoes and boots to the feet Of the poor little
children. Before leaving the boys presented
each Of the children with a cake and a bag
of candy, and for this reason If no other
the visit Of these little Anglo-American
arstocrats will be remembered in dingy St
Luke's
The absence of the duchess In the Riviera
during Lent was greatly felt. Mrs Hold
der carried on the work, but there were
anxious inquiries daily for the duchess
Reports We're sent to her at her villa on
the sunny shore of the Mediterranean, and
instructions, with checks inulosed came
weekly from Her one KNOWS the women
and children by name, and her letters bore
many a personal message
In the midst of her absence there came
suddenly to Banner street, as her friendly
representative. no less parsonage than the
Princess of Wales. Her royal highess was
accompanied by the Countess of Airlie
Inc princess came late in the day. how
ever, and instead of the duchess hundred
or more women found but dozen. She
shook hands and talked with each of them
One bright-faced woman, a burglars wife
was asked how many children she had
Seven was her reply. Zone more than
l., said the princess with laugh.
lie women and children enjoyed the visit
OF Englands princess. but she was mot
quite a satisfactory substitute, after al,
for the American duchess
CHARLES BYNG-HALI.
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the families were drunk and fighting hard.
Ihese two loafers saw the duchess paying
money for her poor lone protege They
staggered over and demanded money for
themselves Fortunately the police saw
the situation In time and rescued the Ouch
ess. whom however, they did not recog
nize.
AS soon as the rent is paid and the little
home. however humble. saved to the moth
er, she is detailed for work in Banner
street. She sews-plain sewing of rough
mattress covers or sheets or coarse cloth
Ing. If she is a good seamstress or devel-
ops into one, finer sewing is given her. If
rags But at whatever task she Is put
she is giver her dinner and tea and full I'M
ion wages. Some Of the women earn as
much as IS in the week.
This rag-sortlng work promises to develop
into big industry. The duchess has ap-
pealed to all her friends and through them
waste paper and contents Of their rag bags
qualities for the paper mills and the rags
into cottons woods and silks for sale to rag
merchants.
At the Friday gatherings the children, one
by one, pass her chair. Some she takes on
her lap. Others stop in front Of her while
she talks to them and examines them and
their condition. She picks up each foot Of
each child to see for herself the condition
Of the boots and shoes. II they are in bad
condition an aid takes the child and rum
images in a cupboard filed with old foot
wear and fits the child best she can.
Because Of the duchess special care for
the feet of the little ones. Mrs. Holder has
named the cupboard the duchess cup
board" and 1t bears this name In neat
white letters.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-21
1REH7 qnA Dr En Docg55 q 1tNgoRQHF Ia;f cny7fo;

II is this little beginning which the Duchess
of Marlborough has taken over. TOdays
roll contains the names Of more than hun
bred families.
Consuelo would have been the Lady Boun
tiful indeed but for the staying hand of
her lieutenant. Mrs. Holder. Tie very
poor remain contentedy in the gutter
for all time If given abundant food and
clothing In return for-nothing. Slowly the
duchess learned the science Of real charity,
learned how to reclaim the lowest Of the
low. In a week she not the fine lady
but the superin tendent of the Prisoners
Families Aid Society. with Mrs. Holder as
her assistant superintendent. Daily she at
tended the Office and on Friday mornings
she held the weekly levee. On that day
all the mothers and their children the
roll have to attend and report. At the daily
session only new cases or emergencies are
looked after.
1t was after the first week that the
duchess astonished her lieutenant by out
lining her plans. She announced that the
society would continue in Banner street
only until she able to get new and
proper quarters. Firstly, she explained.
there should be a building devoted to chill
dren Here the little ones Should live until
their fathers sentence ended and the fam
lily could be united once more Here they
should be taught to work. to read and write
and to play.
The next item of the duchess plan was
maternity home properly and thoroughly
equipped a real home rather than cold,
whitewashed maternity hospital.
Lastly she declared she would have
woman's home. Here prisoners wives were
to be housed. at least those whose health
or condition needed something better than
the wretched accommodations of single
dingy room filthy howell And here there
should be an employment bureau and skilled
women to teach these prisoners wives sew
ing, domestic economy, ironing artificial
flower making and such like simple indus
tries.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-21
Luck Of the Vulgar.
he London Mail.


When one looks round at the jovial.
happy, healthy faces of vulgar men; when
one reads of the vast sums they leave at
their decease, one is astonished that the
art of vulgarity is not taught In schools
If one has not inherited certain pro-
ficiency from ones parents one has to pick
1t up ones self.
The solution of the great problems OF life
how to be healthy. how to procure the
privileges Of the wealthy and a reputation
for happiness and wisdom, is to be vulgar.