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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-22
The Manassas Industrial School.

In another part of todays issue Of The
Star IS printed an article descriptive Of the
work that IS being done by the Manassas
Industrial School for Co.ored Youth. 10
Gated al Manassas, Va. 1t is highly graft
fying to the friends of this valuable insti-
tuition. both In Washington and elsewhere.
10 ind that the school IS growing and Is
under highly satisfactory management.
Such a school is greatly needed in this
Ieigh5"rhood. 1t enjoys rich field OF op-
portunity and II has abundant material
upon which to draw to nil the ranks of the
pupils Its chief require ,nent at this stage
Of It's progress is money to maintain the
work already undertaken and to extend the
usefulness OF the institution in the lines
laid down so sagaciously in the past. Wash
ingtOn must necessarily benefit from the in
fuence OF well-coaductei Industrial
school for Colored youth. for il offers the
chief labor neld for those who may gradu-
ate from IL However, the influence of such
an establishment is not merely industrial
bat is marked in moral matters The goodly
effect OF the teachings at Manassas is
certain To be felt throughout a wide area.
The statement OF the purposes which the
school is designed TO forward and of the
aspirations of those who are Loyalty striv-
ing 10 maintain and develop II, embraced
IN the article printed today. should 20 far
toward making helpful friends for the in
slitUtion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-22
Mobbing Celebrities.

C,l-urit es of all grades and kinds are
harried these days. Some Of them pay
dearly for their whistles.
King Edward, who Is an old traveller in
Europe and almost a familiar figure at sew
eral of the leading spas. started for morn
ing walk at the one where he was a guest
several weeks ago. but had to retreat before
the crowd that gathered and pressed upon
him II must have been a well-dressed
crowd and probably was an educated one.
for the place calls for means. but If il had
been composed of yokels unable to read
their own names it could not nave behaved
with less regard for self-respect and the
proprietics. His majesty hurried back to
his quarters. and kept them for the rest of
the day
A fortnight ago a famous criminal,
prisoner in Georgia. got leave of the court
t. go % l'ttie watering place for the ben
eft OF his health. One should suppose that
such man would have no complaint about
too much company. But this man had. and
soon returned to Jail to escape the curious
who oi'owed him about In crowds. He
proved to be a magnet, and drew the guests
all one way
On Wednesday in London Conan Doyle,
the author. married. but was obliged to
keep the name of the church secret until
after the ceremony. Had the place been
announced in advance a crowd of id,e men
and women unknown to him or the bride
would have trooped in without invita- ton
and filed the edifice. The creator of Sher.
lock Holmes was then forced to be In hid
ing, a. it were. about the most interesting
episode OF his life.
1t is one of the most striking manifesto
tons Of the times. Toafies tEftnunters, the
curious of both sexes and all shades. were
never buster than now. AS for souvenir
searchers. they have pushed matters over
the lines and are dcfytng the -iaws-against
both grand and petit larceny. And the of
Tenders are not the ignorant or uncuItivat-
ed. but wear the best OF rament, move In
what IS called the best society, and would
be affronted If classed with other than the
pick OF the land.
Strange. too. that this spirit should show
and keep up when celebrities have grown
10 be as thick as blackberries in season. and
a.! occupations are constantly turning them
out But the world does not seem to tire
Of bowling before them or even of beating
the bushes TO get look.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-22

cedure. That is what the present probers
trying to accomplish, and their way is
by means an easy one, even with the
case so clear. For. in order to get the
clinChing fact. they may have to summon
some of. those who have been engaged d-
rectly in this process of eXtortion and mo-
nopoly. thereby putting them In the guise
of witnesses. immune from future prose-
cution. The experience Of the government
in the case of the Alton railroad and also
that of the beef packers of Chicago serves
now as guide to performances aimed at
the dissolution of the oil trust
The country. however, is not bloodthirsty
in this matter. 1t Is not rancorously seek
ing the criminal prosecution of the mag
mates much as it Is DESTROYS of release
from the trust menace. II a way can be
found to break up the great combinations.
10 prevent their re- forming. and thereby to
clear the field for competitors. the average
citizen will not bewail the fact that the
head offenders against the antitrust laws
have escaped serving terms In jail. The
greater good is to be sought, and that I'M
dOubtedly is the discovery of a method
which will permanently check the compe
ttion crushing tendency of the corpora
tons.
X mas been declared by defenders or
Standard Oil that If this giant monopoly is
broken up the United States will lose con-
troll of the worlds market in petroleum
products. The man In the street.. as the
English say. Is not likely to worry over
such a possibility so long as he has
chance to get his oil necessities at a fair
rate. Indeed. If less oil is shipped abroad
there will be more for the home market,
nd hat will
tive of the effect of restored competition.
This is, of course a highly individualistic
view. But it is the view of the majority Of
people. 1t is. TO be sure, fine thing for
the United States to command the worlds
market in any line. but II is bad thing to
dominate in the foreign field by reason OF
lower prices while holding home consumers
up to rates that net the corporation from
co to 20 per cent a year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-22
The FISHERMAN.

Once upon a midday dreary.
While l wrestled weak and weary,
With tenderloin whose framework not tender
moFsei bore.
Suddenly | heard a spelling.
As of some gently Keeling
on fishing yarn incredible that ! had heard be-
fore.
Only that and nothing more.
All, distinctly I remember
1t was in the sad September.
And each separate sunburned member
or the club was back In town.
Vainly had sought TO follow
With pretensions weak and hollow
Tales of fish faith could swallow;
But l couldn't gulp them down.
Much marveled this hypnotic
Guy should talk ldiotic
For he must have known his danger
From his listeners attacks.
But he thought they wouldn't leave him
Though they never would believe him,
Much as they might yearn 10 cleaye him
Where the chicken got the
But that liar. baking.
Still is talking. still is squawkDg
OF that mess Of fish he says he caught o.
MaAinkuckce's shore.
And his hearers softly humble,
Too polite to kick grumble
Until by they tumble
Faint and helpless on the floor.
indianapolis Star.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-22
Root.

Mr.. Root is back. in good health and
ready for his trip to Mexico. He starts this
week our southern ncishbors will meet a
A'sh-Class American. and one who sincerely
desires even better relations than the ex-
relleni relations that now exist between
Mexico and the Un,tcd States. He is truly
representative Of all sentiment that speaks
for the advancement OF al the people OF
t"Is hemisphere. We are all making strides
ahead America. % course. heads the pro-
ressIon. hut. from our southern line clear
down To tie cape. every country is showing
progress. and MEXICO most gratifying
amount Of it. And when the great canal Is
completed. and business has adjusted itself
10 the new route, the bigges; things ever
Will begin 10 move
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-22
Senate and Cabinet.
says a current-news item:

Senator William B. Allison of Iowa has
the distinction Of having refused cabinet
portfolios from more Presidents than any
other American statesman. His first invi-
tatiOn to enter the cabinet came from
President Garfield. President Arthur also
asked him to sit at his council table. as
did Presidents Harrison and Mckinley In
other words. every republican President
for more than quarter of a century with
the exception of President Roosevelt. has
sought to obtain the venerable Iowa states
man as member of his official family
And in nothing else has Mr.. Allison more
conspicuously shown his observation-disclosures.
Had he retired from the Senate to accept
any of these offers his career as senator
might-probably woud-have come to a
close permanently. And that would have
been loss both to him and to the country
As q senator his service has not only been
long but most eminent and valuable. He
has ranked with the leaders in a great leg
islative body and has impressed himself
forcibly upon the country's affairs. No
such opportunity would have come to him
IN any republican cabinet that has sat in
the White House In the past quarter Of a
century.
Mr.. Allison's services were always sought
for the Treasury Department; and for that
portfolio he possessed every qualification.
largely been humdrum. The great Ohio
hnancier came to it in time to restore specie
payments. and by that act to record his
| name high upon the roll of the country 8
| foremost public servants. After that had
been accomplished however. he was anxi-
| Gus for a change. and his return to the
Senate was altogether agreeable to his
tastes and ambitions. He liked the work
there better. and 1t would have been in
the interests of his fame if he had re-
manned in the Senate to the end. His trans
ference to the State Department was
iamentable and a make-shift affair all
around.
A step which his friends and admirers
have always much regretted was the leav-
ms of the Senate by Mr.. Carlisle for the
Treasury Department He had but barely
shaken down in his seat. but both because
House assured of distinguished ca
reer there. He was in high favor with his
constituents, who hailed him as the legiti-
mate successor of Mr. Beck. But he was
persuaded by Mr.. Cleveland to leave, and
member of the latters second cabinet
became entangled IN the general adminis-
trative failure that followed, and lost his
hold completely on the people Of Ken
lucky that he left the state at the close Of
his cabinet term and has ever since been
in private life-a loss undoubtedly to his
party and to the country
Mr.. Allison in sticking has acted wisely
and the country is glad to hear that he is
coming back for another term in the Sem
ate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-22
A New York Trio.

Will the combination which controlled the
democratic party in New York last year
control 1t again this year? And II again
this year. will it be in control again next
year?
Corners, Murphy and Hearst form re-
markable trio. The first named has risen
rapidly from the ranks of the longshoremen
at Buffalo, until now ne owns prosperous
newspaper and Is chairman of the demo-
cratic state committee. Without education
or training in matters of government, he
yet possesses much native shrewdness, and
makes money and plays politics with ease
and some skill. He likes the limelight, and
hopes to remain in 1t. His response to the
prediction that his scalp will soon be
dangling at the belt of his enemies is a
laugh.
Mr.. Murphy is another such man, only he
comes from the ranks Of the barkeepers-
He has prospered. and besides being the
leader Of Tammany Hall is q millionaire
several times over. He possesses the quail
ties essential to success in the rough and
tumble Of New York politics. He knows,
from the ground up. the organization over
which he presides. and. as the phrase Of his
kind is. gets out Of 1t all that Is in it, His
power. while probably not great as
y
uses it like a veteran,
Mr.. Hearst tops these men in the matter
of education and influence. He has fol-
lowing in half a dozen states, and Is con-
stantly spreading out" That he has pres
idential aspirations is we'll known, and that
he is laying the foundations for a campaign
next year is strongly suspected He needs
New York in his business and hence his
coquetting with Corners and Murphy. He
captured them last year. when the difficult
ties were great. His democracy is disputed,
though he claims the Jefferson brand. But
some of his policies have a queer ring and
sound decidedly populist.c and socialistic.
New York is truly the Empire state, and
necessary to democratic success in the pres
idential field In times past that party has
shown some superior men there. 1t Is not a
far cry to Tflden. and Hewitt. and DORIS
heimer and Slocum, and Francis Herman
and David B. Hill is still alive. But can the
democracy reasonably expect national sue
cess now that New York. upon which 1t
leans is In hands so unlike those Of other
days? Is not Mr. Bryan a conservative
when compared with Mr.. Hearst. and a
giant IN every way when compared with
young Mr.. Chanler? And will the country,
IN its senses. permit such men as Corners
and Murphy to become President makers?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-22
The Consumers View of Oil Profits.

Computations OF John l.. Rockeseuer's
personal income are interesting, but not es-
peciaily helpful means of getting at a
way to cure the trust evil. Indeed. IN this
examination into the affairs Of the Stand
ard OIL Company the chef purpose is 10
obtain the exact facts Of well-understcod
situation. Everybody has known for years
that M. Rockefeller. rs chief holder OF
Standard OH stock. was enormously rich
and that his income from that great com
binati0n was stupeEdous. Consequently
everybody with any degree of intelligence
has supposed that the corporation was
making money at a high rate OF interest on
the investment. As a final conclusion from
this chain or assumptions and known facts
1t has been accepted beyond cavil that
Standard oil was a monopoly and a foe to
competition.
But 1t is one thing To believe and another
thing to prove in terms OF judicial pro-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-22
The INTREPID HUNTSMAN.

There was a little man who had little gun.
And his bullets were made OF lead. lead. Lead
He went to Il brook and saw Il litrle duck,
And skiIlfully he shot it through the head, head.
head.
He found 1t where 1t lay then he threw the bird
away, 49,,
And waited where the waving reeds were thick
thick, thick;
Thus he skulked and thus he shot, leaving manGiei
birds 10 rot, "a
For they ceased TO interest him when they fell,
fell, fell.
His high purpose was to kill, and his pro"ess and
his skill
Caused the manly breast beneath bis vest 10
swell. swell. swell
When the man got home night. he exclaimed
with proud delight,
As he polished up his gun, gun. gun:
Man is great, and this Is shown In the fact that
he alone
Can shoot living things to pieces Just for fun,
fun, fun" Life.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-22
OKLAHOMA.

From the Newark Evening News
AS Mr.. Taft might say, Oklahoma is de-
termined to be dry, democratic and de-
fiant.
From the indianapolis News.
That vague rumble you heard off to-
ward the southwest today was doubtless
made by that weapon which executes the
freeman's will, combined with scattering
fire of Colts, in Oklahoma.
From the St Louis Republic.
The official report of its vote to enter
the Union Oklahoma will send to Wash
ington will not be sent from Asia or Span
ish America. This is the most important
geographical point likely to develop in the
history of the Roosevelt admini stration.
From the Chicago Evening Post.
Prohibition won in Oklahoma. The Ok
lahomans will have to go over the line into
Kansas for relief.
From the Toledo Blade.
OF course nobody sat up last night to
hear tho election returns from Oklahoma
The coming OF new sister into the union
OF states doesn't attract any more general
attention than the arrival of new baby
in the next block.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-22
POTPOURI.

There are no birds in last years nests adown the
Good Of years. ..
Maude Muller summers day lay dying in
Algiers. %
Man wants but little here below thy cold gray
rocks, o seal
IT'S sweet to hear the watch dogs bark across the
sands of Dee.
At midnight in bis guarded tent. when all but him
had He'd, i 20 "a ..''
Lifeless but beautiful he lay. the bivoIac OF the
dead
Past Fonrenoy, past Fontenoy. to Fastening ilfs
prey, ..-'@'. .r.. ..,.
Under a spreading chestnut tree my fondest hopes
decay.
She was a phantom of delight that man was made
The mill viii never grind again; only dive grains
of corn! -.
Oh come into the garden. Maude, and list unto
tell
OF how Hora1ius kept the bridge when kosciusko
fell!
Louisville Courier Journal
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-22
. THOSE COCKTAILS.
From the Troy Record.

From the Troy Record.
And now some one is endeavoring to place
the blame for that Fairbanks cocktail din
ner on President Roosevelt. Temperance
folk down near the Roosevelt summer home
are declaring that if the chief magistrate
ordered the drinks for the crowd they were
nothing more serious than oyster cocktails.
From the Milwaukee Journal.
who ordered the Fairbanks cocktail?''
seems likely to become as much Of a mys-
terry as How old Is ANN Why not in
Quire who drank it?
From the Providence Journal.
The grave question of who ordered the
cocktails still dominates all other claims
to the status of national issues
From the Milwaukee Evening Wisconsin.
The question OF the hour Is no longer
who struck Billy Patterson but who
ordered the cocktail?'
From the Buffalo Evening News
Talk about that cocktail business at the
Fairbanks luncheon is becoming childish.
Some grown men are making themselves
ridiculous about nothing.
From the Baltimore News
Those forty cocktails refuse to down. like
RanQuos ghost. they still rise up to trouble
the affrghted Fairbanks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-22

Say of my friend the worst you may,
Say that in folly's paradise
He lived hapless. gilded day.
Uninfluenced by good advice
Say that like some o'e-weening king
He sQuandered where he should have
spent well.
But say not that contemptuous thing.
He meant WE'LL"
Call him a rogue If you should think
That he deserves so harsh a name;
But do not bid him cringe and shrink.
Some empty plying phrase to claim.
Spare him since now misfortune rules
A fate where all. not long since. went
well,
That stock apology for fools,
He meant wel.'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-22
H. H. ROGERS.

From the Hartford Evening Post.
Will H. H. Rogers have to stick out his
tongue in court to prove he is ill?
From the indianapolis News.
For man physically Ill as Rogers
to run an automobile lends color to the
rumor that his head is also affected.
From the detroit Free Press.
H. H. Rogers is said to be suffering from
paralysis, and Arnalgamated Copper seems
to have caught the same disease.
From the Indianapolis Star.
Speaking of Rogers, a $4,000 600 fine is
enough to make any oil man light in his
head.
From the New Haven Register.
Is it as guest or as physician that Mark
Twain is with H. H. Rogers? Though 1t
wasn't an MD. that Oxford gave him last
summer. he is expertly skilled to induce
that merry heart that doeth good like a
medicine.
From the Buffalo Express.
If Henry H Rogers is we'll enough to
drive hts own automobile. he is we'll enough
to appear in court Certain witnesses have
been mistaken-to put it mildly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-22
A PRETTY VERSE.

A pretty clover blossom tred)
Bluomed, but was meek and humble,
In a field most fair and met her there
A bee of the kind called humble
Now, the hidden sweets Of the clover red.
But the humble bee can reach.
And this ture fact In a verse compact
Shall q moral lesson teach.
The humble bee wooed the clover red
All. he was a gay old bee!
And he said. said he, in manner free:
You are my af1nitee."
And he took from her her store OF sweets,
To make for himself some honey.
Which Ito shame) is all the same
As 10 a man Is money.
MORAL.
1t Is very clear that moral here
To the readers of this is due:
But we hesitate the thing TO state
We leave it, reader. to You.
st. Louis GlObe-Democrat.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-22
WISHES.

Some people sigh for love,
Some people long for health,
The world is full of men
Who daily wish for wealth;
The bald man wishes he
Had hair upon his pate:
The man who has bow legs
Goes wishing they were straight
The old mans wish is that
He might be young again;
The scho,ibOys fOolishly
Are wishing they were men.
'Twould please the silent man
II he were glib OF tongue,
The maid Of thirty eight
Is longing TO be young.
The beautiful brunette
Is wishing she were fair;
The man in overalls
Wants finer clothes 10 wear.
The things We may not claim
We always dearly prize
But do you know q fool
Who wishes he were wise?
s. +. Kiser in the Chicago Record Herhi"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-22
SHOOTING STARS.
Undisturbed.

''He says that he would love me even If
had not a penny in the world said the
he-ess
Yes" answered her father, but that re-
mark is the answer to an implied hypothet-
ical question and a hypothetical question
is valueless unless 1t has some analogous
quality bearing on the case"
But she didn't understand him and was
happy just the same.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-22
Have The Star Follow You.

Readers Of The Star may have The Even
Ing and Sunday editions mailed to them In
any part Of the country at the rate OF 6oc
per month, or The Evening Star only SOC
per month. The address may be changed
as frequently as desired
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-22
The VOID.

Dark were those depths. and scarce u ray Of light
Seemed there to penetrate
Twas much II portion Of the night
Were left unto Its fate.
He shuddered as he gazed with troubled eyes
Into the yawniDg hole.
81 wish" he muttered low, between bis signs,
That bin full o. COAL
indianapolis News.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-22
Space.

Il suppose you are deeply impressed by
the wonders of space?'
"Space"' echoed the writer of popular
science whose mind was far away, "Ah,
yes. There would. be much of it II the
advertisements were less large and nu-
nervous"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-22
Three Great Men.

Have you made up your mind what you
will call your youngest baby?'
No" answered M. Bliggins. 1T is an
important matter. 1 haven't decided
whether I shall name him after Napoleon
Bonaparte, George Washington o. myself"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-22
A Matter for Careful Thought.

why don't you make some effort to cut
down the length OF your speeches."
Couldn't think Of it." answered the
statesman. 1T might improve my work
for the Congressional Record. but 1t would
spoil my style for the regular season when
people want their moneys worth"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-22

Some time has elapsed without eliciting
any response from Gov. Hughes to the
sighting estimate of him voiced by SEN
ator Plat. Evidently the governor does
not care much.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-22

Enough warl.ke preparations are going
o. in various parts OF The gobe to insure
a, cur alton FOR peace congresses Tor gen
tgat.Ous 10 come.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-22

With all his lavish expenditures for art
treasures ]. P. Morgan always has some
spare change to invest in securities that
look right.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-22

The income enjoyed by Rockefeller is now
estimated at S19 minute. Curious that
for convenience in calculation, he should
not have rounded it up to an even twenty
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-22

1t is claimed that electricity Is an an
esthetiC. This may explain why telegraph
companies are able to endure so much
criticism hat would be painful to an ordi-
nary citizen.