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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-03
Children in English Saloons.
Special Cablearam to The Star.


LONDON, December "A return has
been issued by the home Office as to the
frequenting of public houses by women
and children. The information has been
obtained from the police of various cities,
and shows that London has the blacklist
aXerase-namely, Of 0 children per hour
per public house observed.
There were % public houses observed,
and the watching went on for four days,
during which time 10,746 children entered.
OF these 1.16I were in arms. The average
at Manchester is $50 children; Birming-
ham. 2.41; Sheffield. Ito: Liverpool, IL.
In London Sir + e. Henry, tae commits
s:e.t..'- 81 ponce, says mothers are at
trated by the warmth and glitter of the
public house. and cannot leave their chill
dren behind, because there Is nobody to
take care OF them. Last year S3S WON IN
were arrested In London for being drunk
while having the care OF children under
seven. In many cases women were seen
to give infants beer to drink as It made
them sleepy and quiet; and in others to
dip a nnger in the liquor and so give tn
child "a taste.''
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-03
=, Art Versus Nudity.
the Editor of Tie Star

To the Editor of The Star:
Allow me to indorse the remarks of E.
s. Blackie in The Star on November 80,
on the profusion of statues on the Munich
pal building, especially as regards their
lack of clothing. There seems to be, in the
United States, mistaken idea that nudity
is: art, and that art needs nudity. Yet If
you consider the few European specimens
of modern art under our very eyes, the
groups of Lafayette and Rochambeau are
all draped in the clothes. of their time;
no masquerading in Greek or Roman cos
TUNES; no anachronism as regards his
tory, and especially no disrobing. Com
pare the stately dignity of Liberty in the
port of New York with the chorus girl
variety trying to fly off away from Con-
gress, making our noble Capitol look like
huge wedding cake with a sugar doll
on top. The study of correct drapery on
the lay figure is as much attended to as
the study of the human body in foreign
art schools abroad. Would not George
Washington look all the better at the
front of the Capitol if he wore his cooked
hat, his military cloak artist.cally draped
round him and held on his lap by his
sheathed sword as sign of peace. rather
than make any one shiver at the sight of
the father of his country facing the east
wind without even wearing as little as a
chest protector. E. H. SHERMAN.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-03
Fined Forty Dollars.

John Kehl of 1900 AZ street southwest
was fined $40 by Judge Mullowny in the
District branch of the Police Court yes
terday, on the charge of habitual drunk
enness. The accused paid his fine, pro-
testing vehemently, and served notice
that he proposed to move for new trial.
Annie Baines, alias Mary Kehl. who was
arrested in company with the accused
man, on the same charge, was acquitted.
'I found Kehl and this woman said
Policeman w. H. Lester, lettering on NJ
street southwest in an intoxicated condi-
ton and acting in disrephtable manner.
l watched them closely. and finally saw
them go up an alley toward a stable
You're liar" Kehl shouted from the
prisoners chair. You and other police
men have been logging my footsteps and
cooking up charges against me-
1.-THE way the word liar slips from
your lips" Judge Muilowny, after the
momentary excitement quieted down, an
nounced, "convinces me that it is quite a
prominent one in your vocabulary, and is
used whenever. the notion strikes you, re-
CARELESS of facts, persons or place. You
are fined $40 or two months"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-03
FRANCE AND THE GU1LoT1NE.
Capital Punishment Likely to Be-
come More Common.
Special Cablegram to The Sta,

Special Cablegram to The Star.
PARIS, December 2.-What is to be
done with murderers is a question which
is still being discussed with considerable
warmth, and, despite marked discourage
ment from the minister of justice, jury
men, whose predecessors were SO tender
hearted and sentimental, are now volun-
teering any number of resolutions and
petitions in favor Of the retention of the
guillotine-an extremely significant symp-
tom, as they are thoroughly in touch with
and reflect public opinion.
Rather curious sidelight on this ques-
ton has been thrown by a female, half a
century old, who, about ten years ago,
was condemned to the scaffold for mur-
der, the sentenc, being naturally COM
muted to hard labor for life. Sh, had
spent nine years in prison at Rennes,
when, about twelvemonth ago. she wa
removed to Montpelier. Tha other day,
as this woman was proceeding. with other
fellow prisoners. to the workshops she
threw herself from a high terrace along
which they were passing into the court
yard below. She was picked up with a
broken leg and other injuries which
caused her intense agony, and was borne
TO the infirmary Of the Jail, where she lies
In very precarious state. When ques-
TONED as to her reason for trying to COM
NIT suicide, the woman explained that she
had cndeavored to put an end to he:.
days because she was weary of life which
had become a. burden to her She felt
anything but grateful for having been
spared the guillotine. and declared that
she would rather feel the knife descending
on her neck than live as she had been
living. This, however, is rather an ex-
ceptional case, as 50 may murdeYers are
transported to penal settlements, where,
after time. they manage to lead a
pleasant existence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-03
sPIKING THE CROPS.
Gentle Practice of Restless Irish
Peasantry.

Special Cablegram to The Star.
DUBLIN, December 2.-Judge -Ander-
son, sitting at Galway quarter sessions,
awarded the department of agriculture
and technical instruction in Ireland $3.50
for the malicious burning of house. their
property, at Athenry.
From the evidence 1t appeared that the
department has a quantity of land in the
vicinity. 1t had trouble with some of
its laborers when they declined to sur
render Newtown farm for distribution
among the smaller farmers. Then the
hay crop was spiked" with two hundred
weight Of iron spikes, and two months
later the oats crop was similarly treated,
SO that neither could be cut with a ma
chine Afterward the farm laborers went
on strike for an increase of pay, and the
house, in which no one resided, but which
was being fitted out at considerable ex-
pense, was burned.
At special courts held at Bellinasloe four
farmers and seven young men Of the farm
ing class charged with unlawful assembly
and cattle driving were bound over to
keep the peace for two months.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-03
PARIS JEWEL THEFT.
Mysterious Woman in the Hands Of
the Police.
,cial Cablegram to The Star.

Special Cablegram to The Star
PARIS. December "A lady. appar-
emily of German origin. with a real or an
assumed title, has just been arrested under
rather mysterious circumstances by Paris
detectives. on a charge of misappropria.
ton Of Jewels. She seems to have tray-
eled much, and is said to have just come
to Paris after a tour through India, China
and Japan, and to have been previously
all around the world.
The detectives had been following her
for some time, and she was known to
nave had in her possession several fna
jewels, each Of which is said to be worth
fortune. A fortnight ago a very re-
spectacle gentleman, with whom she had
been on friendly terms, invited her to
the theater one evening, and was watt
ing for her at the doors of the playhouse.
Sne left her hotel on foot, and was on her
way to the theater when two detectives
arrested her. The gentleman waited for
her In vain. and did not know what had
happened At the hotel they could not
tell him anything. either, and her sud-
den disappearance was a mystery for
days. AVA
1t is only now known that she has been
uhuer arrest ever since on the charge
above mentioned. but the police refuse 70
make any further statement Her friend
says That he cannot believe that the
cnarse against her is true, as he has
known her for some wears and always
thousht mat she had large fortune and
independent means of her own
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-03
TAINTED BY STANDARD TIME.
Horror Monger Collapsed Accord
ing to Schedule.


PARIS. December 2.-The pretty wife
OF an assistant stage manager has a hard
time of it to dress properly on her hus-
bands salary in these days of $500
matinee hats. But the ingenious mind
can always hit upon some schemes for
making money. Terror Is the mainspring
wherewith many contemporary drama lists
love to move their audiences. But terror
must be we'll driven home or the play
suffers an egregious failure. Small play
houses habitually retain doctor on the
premises. and the manager keeps an eye
ION the ladies. If one shows the least
symptom of fainting when the apache
gouges the old baron's eyes out on the
stage, or a man strung up bangles in the
last throes before the -footlights, the man.
ager is all enthusiasm. the doctor fuses,
and as much difficulty as is plausible Is
experienced in getting the lady to. The
assistant stage managers pretty wife saw
her opportunity. She hired herself out
to faint in theaters at the proper moment.
Spectators would go home saying the play
was so blood curdling that a lady was
overcome and had to be carried out. Such
an advertisement Is enough to I'LL a house
The professional swooner began her en-
gagement for nightly fee. but She ruined
her business prospects. She is neither
very intelligent nor a very impressionable
person. She went to a theater which
plays sandwich-bill of horrors and
farces. The first horror left her cold. but
the manager thought she was hiding her
time for the second. when the house
would be quite full. = >.t
The second slice of terror was swallow
ed. and still she, did not faint. "If she
does not hurry up she won't get her fee,"
thought the manager. Next was played
a farce. The lady had hardly heard the
third Joke before she swooned dead away.
The doctor was called in. and the lady
was doing the thing SO well that she had
to be borne out staGl and stiff to vesti
bule. where the manager was foamiIlg.
you tainted in the wrong placer he
roared. She came to at once. Il thought
1 had to faint at $40 she pleaded.
Never mind about the time he answer
ed in frenzy. You should have faint
ed during the horrors. of course. What
are you good for? You can't even tell a
slice of terror from a. bit Of fun on my
bill" Her engagement was thereupon
Cancelled. Meanwhile a wet blanket had
been cast. oyer the audience. which for
the rest of the evening glowered al. the
funny business. and roared at the horrors.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-03
BEAR EATS ITS MASTER.
Gruesome Tragedy Of Strolling
Players in Germany.

Special Cablegram to The Star
BERLIN, December "A gruesoma
tragedy Is reported from the neighbor-
hood of Heiligenstadt. in EichsfeId.
wandering company of Bosnians had
given performance with thirteen dancing
bears in the village of Guenterede. and
continued their journey!ngs in the direc.
ton of the above mentioned town. A nor.
ton. Of the, party went on in advance by
the main road, but a man named Stanko
with two women and a boy OF fourteen de-
layed their departure till O'Clock. in the
evening. and hoped to make UP the lost
time by taking path through the fields
Each of them led a. bear. They had NOT
De IN long under way when. StanAe's anh
NAL suddenly turned, flung Itself upon
him and threw him TO 1.-The ground A
dfspsrafa struggle ensiied,. in the course
OF which the bear managed to free itself
from It's mnzzle. whereupon 1t buried its
teeth In the mans .6eshH The women and
the boy mads frantic efforts to frighten
Stanko implorsd them to care for their
|own safety and leave him to his fate.
Recognizing that they could do moth.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-03
Maintenance of Order at Station.

According to the plans of the superin-
tendent of police for the regulation of
traffic and the comfort and convenience
of passe myers, at the new Union station,
the neighborhood is to be transformed
into one of the best regulated of the city
The police, according to the recommended
tions made by the superintendent to the
Commits ioners, will be instructed not to
permit the gathering of mendicants or
idlers who may anticipate the earning of
small change for carrying baggage for
passengers to and from the station to the
street cars.
The reason for these measures, it is
Stated, is the fact that there are sufficient
station attendants and porters to care. for
the wants of the public. In order to carry
out the recommendations, it is said, the
superintendent will have several de-
tectives, in addition to the regular police
men, detailed to the section about the
station.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-03
PROPOSED LABOR TEMPLE.
Preliminary Step Taken Yesterday
by Local Leaders.

The first formal movement toward the
erection of a temple of labor in this city
has been taken by the filing of articles of
Incorporation by the following: Sam
De Nedrey..; R. G. NJ. Ross. c. A. Pfau.
John G. Schmidt, W. H. Schaefer Herrell
and Newton A. James, 1t is stated
that the work of building the temple
may be commenced next spring. II
is proposed to. have meeting rooms
for all the, unions of organized labor
in the District also a large assem-
bly, or entertainment hall and rooms
for the offices of the business agents
and the officers and committees of the
Central Labor Union, the Building Trades
Council and their affiliated bodies.
A novel proposition made in connec-
ton with the building is that each car
penter, brick aver painter and Other union
mechanic doaaIe a certain number of
days of work on the temple or the cash
equivalent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-03

ing without firearms they ran back to
Guenterode with their dreadful news. A
message was at once sent by telephone
to the gendarmerie at Heiligenstadt, and
villagers sailed out to the spot armed
with pitchforks and axes. They were.
however. too late. as the man was dead
when they arrived. At about 10 O'Clock
a gendarme came up with the other men,
bers OF the troop. The bear was then ly-
ing quietly. over the mangled corpse Of
Stanko. The gendarme wished to shoot
the animal. but the other bear leaders
protested against the destruction of their
property. and were able to Sc
cure 1t without much difficulty. A con-
siderable portion of Stanko's body had
been eaten. and the flesh In other parts
had been torn away to the bone. AS the
corpse was being carried away on a
stretcher the other bears became excited
and made an attempt to get at it. They
were, however, kept under control. 1t is
said that the dead man had been beating
his bear shortly before 1t attacked him.
Up to this outbreak it had always borne
a very good character.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-03
France Has the Gold.
special Cablegram to The Star.

PARIS, December. 2.-While shortage
Of gold is source of care and anxiety to
other wealthy countries, France is won
derfully exempt from any trouble Of this
kind. According to statistics just pub
lished France, indeed, is the happy pos
SCISSOR of one-third of all the gold coinage
in circulation throughout the world. This
happens in various ways. In the first
place, the people are thrifty, save and in
vest money, and insist on the payment of
the interest in gold. Then, every year
crowds of foreigners come to France.
spend some time at hotels and make pur-
ehases, paying mostly in gold. Exports,
again. bring in large sums, so that France
literally scores all round. Here are some
eloquent figures about the reserve of gold
in the Bank of France. In 1860 it
amounted to. 1881, 100000 francs. Last
year it reached 2.7O6, DOC, 600 francs, while
at the end of August in this year it has
attained the figure of 2,s06, 100000 francs,
or about 1851 ,250,0 CO.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-03
March Of the Cholera.
pecial Cablegram to The Star.

Special CaDIelfam
PARIS. December 2.-Some time ago
Prof. Chantemasse, chief medical officer
of the French national sanitary service,
predicted the gradual but certain advance
of cholera epidemic to Europe. In view
of the recent occurrence in south Russia
Of. cholera outbreaks, Prof. Chantemasse
was asked whether ane saw any reason to
change his opinion. NO" he said; "far
from it. The danger is even more serious
than it was twelve months ago. Not
only is the disease advancing along the
line of route l forecasted, but 1t Is ad-
vancing even more rapidly than I caicu-
lated The disease Is now almost at our
very doors, and it behooves the sanitary
authorities of each country to take every
possible precaution.'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-03
Children Have Narrow Escape.

Ellen Nicolopolos, seventeen years of
age. and Zaccarih Nicolopolos, her brother,
fourteen years of age. were overcome by
gas yesterday morning while at their
home. sos 9Th street. The children, who
are Greeks. were asleep in a room on the
second floor of the building, and the odor
of the gas aroused the boy before he
had become wholly unconscious. He left
his bed and staggered from the room to
alarm the other occupants of the house.
Prompt aid was rendered, and by the
time the ambulance from the Emergency
Hospital reached the house the children
were out Of danger.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-03
Great Growth Of London.
Special Cablegram to The Star.

LONDON, December 2.-London does
not propose to allow New York to out
strip her in population. According to
estimates prepared by the experts
Of the water board 1.-The pooul ltion
of the metropolis will have reached
100000 by 1915 ard 1s.Ooo.OOo by
1860. This estimate is in general ac-
cord with the advance of London's popu-
lation during the nineteenth century.
Some years ago Mr.. Welton. a. well-known
statistician. showed that the increase in
that period had been roughly skiold
from 1000. 600 to G,.O0,O0O. Were this al
vance maintained at the same rate the
figure of 16.Oc0. QG0 might be, reached even
before 1850. A London of this size would
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-03
Co-Education q Success.
Special Cablegram to The Star.

PARIS, December 2.-The French edu-
cation authorities, with a view of bring
ing about a greater spirit of fraternity
between the sexes, have started the ex-
pertinent of mixed schools. Under the
existing system Of separating young boys
and girls the boy, it is said, soon begins
to display an unbecoming arrogance. The
effect of mixed" classes, according to the
headmaster of the Lycee Michelet, at
Vanves, where the experiment has been
tried, has been to soften the manners of
the boys without making tomboys of the
girls, and it is proposed to extend the eX-
pertinent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-03
Col" Gadke No More.
Special Cablegram to The Star


BERLIN. December 2.-After litigation
extending over three years, the military
authorities have at last got a judicial
oec'sion 1orbidding the well-known war
correspondent Gadke. whose name became
familiar to American readers during the
campaign in the far east, from describ-
ing himself as what he is, namely, col
onel, retired
Herr Gadke first got to cross-purnoses
with the war office by expressing sympa-
thy of mitigated character with the
Servian regicides and by writing the pref
ace to book by socialist. He had been
four times charged, and on each occasion
acquitted, and special cabinet order was
issued to deprive him of the con tested
ute. The prosecutor in the present In
stance asked for a sentence of four weeks
detention, but the court satisfied itself
with imposing fine of $3.50.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-03
Austrian Peasant Ministers,


special Cablegram to The Star.
VIENNA. December 2.-The recon-
structed ministry has received the sane
ton of the emperor. The most pictur-
esque figures in the ministry are the two
agrarians. the German. Herr Teschka,
and the Czech, Herr Traschek Both OF
them are genuine peasants who have
themselves handled the pillow. Their ap-
pointment is regarded as a signal tri-
umph for the new democracy. The two
Christian socialist ministers are Herr
Ebenhoch, who will preside over the de-
partment of agriculture, and Herr Cess
mann, the head of the newly created min
istry of labor, which will also deal with
public works. The reconstruction of the
electoral reform cabinet as an ausgleich
cabinet reflects the results OF the cleo
tons, which gave a preponderanca to the
Christian socialists and the agrarians.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-03
Hearing Postponed.

George T. Hamilton of counsel for Mrs.
Alma C. Arnold, charged with practicing
medicine without license, appeared be-
fore Judge Mullowny in the District
branch of the Police Court yesterday and
requested continuance of his clients
case until January. Mr., Hamilton stated
the desire for postponement was due to
the defense's inability. to have on hand a
number of witnesses for tomorrow, the
date originally agreed upon for the trial.
Judge Mullowny granted the request.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-03
Feast of Immaculate Conception.

Announcement has been: made that the
feast of the Immaculate Conception, which
will. be observed next Sunday. will be
celebrated in a special manner at the
Catholic University of America. 1t is the
patronaI feast day of the university. Mgr
d. ]. O'cpnnel. the rector of the uni
-Nersfty, will be the celebrant of a sol
emn high mass in the morning in the
chapel in Caldwell Hal. when the fac
ulty and student body will be iii attend
ance. Members of the faculty and all
students who are entitled to the privilege
will appear in academic gowns: The SER.
mon. will be preached by Rev. Walter Ell
sliott, C.S p, dean Of the Apostolic Mis-
sion House. ="
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-03
FRENCH HOSPITAL HORRORS.
Sights Seen by a Newspaper Man on
Duty There.

Special Cablegram to The Star
PARIS, December lawful doines are
reported in the Partisan hospitals A Jour.
nalist declares that he was taken at one
of them as nurse without any references.
and three days afterward he was intrusted
With the duty of admitting patients dur
ing the nocturnal hours. When he made
some observations to the acting director
for the benefit of those poor people he
received the curt reply:
what business is that of yours? Here
we have only to attend to one thing
namely. the regulation" One evening a
dying man was borne to the hospital He
had been run over by a cart, and blood
was pouring from his mouth For three
quarters of an hour they waited for the
mouse surgeon, who finally arrived, just
in time to, see the patient draw his last
breath, and when the writer demonstrated
Indignantly, he cried: :,
Let me give you piece of advice.
Keep your reflections to yourself After
SIX months at the hospital you will find
this quite natural"
Another time poor woman who was
very III had to be conveyed to three
hospitals. one after the other, before she
could obtain admission. and this only
made. --.. = =
The writer tells his readers to ask why,
instead of watching the idylls which 20
on between house surgeons and nurses
from benches In the gardens" at one hos
pital. the officials spend their. time in
rummaging cupboards in search Of dam
ties which have been hidden there in con-
-traventfon of the regulation. - :.
In conclusion; after grim ,allusion to
what he styles the Omnibus fharInoma-
ter" which is used to take the tempera-
lures of patients suffering from different
ha!adies, he tells story Of the director
OF hospital who ,aseertained by per-
plants made. against THE nurse. in charge
|of one of the wards. The worthy man.
having donned night attire, including the