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Lacroma Abbey, Near Ragusa.
From the London Standard.

The pope has consented to the sale of
the island of Lacroma near Ragusa, which
will shortly pass into the possession of
Princess Elizabeth. granddaughter of the
Emperor Francis Joseph The Crown Prince
Rudolf in his will left the island, which
then belonged to him, to his daughter, but
the emperor, as guardian Of the child and
executor of the will, decided otherwise, and
presented Lacroma, with it's old abbey, to
the Dominicans of Ragusa, giving the
princess 100000 as equivalent. The frars
took possession of the island, with it's
buildings and it's magnificent park, early in
the sos and cultivated the park. Princess
Elizabeth was kept in ignorance of her
fathers will till after her marriage, but
as soon as she learned it's disposition she
determined if possible to carry them out,
and her efforts have at last been crowned
with success.
Her mother, the Princess Stephanie now
Countess Lonyay, was always very fond of
the island, and wrote little book on its
history, beautifully illustrated by the land
scape painter Perko. Lacroma passed
from the Benedictines at the end of the
eighteenth century, when the senate Of
Ragusa, after the death of the last friar.
sold it to local residents, who planted out
the abbey grounds into VINEYARDS and olive
groves. At the time Of the French blockade
in the Adriatic the Archduke Ferdinand
Max, later Emperor of Mexico, whose flag
ship Triton was wrecked by an explosion,
ldnQeQ on LacrOmd, anu erected memorial
cross there to the memory of the sailors
who then lost their lives. Struck by the
beauty of the place, he shortly afterward
bought out the tenants, and partially re-
stored the abbey, without, however, touch
ing the beauty of the cloisters or the most
picturesque ruined church, which was
founded by Richard Occur de Lion in 1893
After his death a Lieut.. Dumivlch bought
it, and then it was taken by lawyer, who
attempted to establish sort of sanitarium
there, but failed.
1t was then that Prince Rudolf, in the
course of an excursion from AbbaZia, where
he was staying, first saw Lacroma, and
was so enchanted with it's wild charms
that as soon as it was in the market he
bought 1t forthwith. The crown prince
added some towers and bastions to the
abbey, but left interior modern adaptation
for later on. He was careful to leave in
their original state the cloistered courts
and the magnificent ruins of the Bene-
dictine church destroyed by earthquake in
1860. 1t is to be hoped that visitors may
be admitted to the park and to the cloister
walks, which used to be and probably still
are wilderness of pomegranates, clean
ders and climbing roses.
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CHOCOLATE AND COCOA.
Gaining on Coffee and Tea in Race for
National Favor.
From What to Eat.


Chocolate and cocoa are not likely to
GUST coffee and tea in the national affec-
tons, but they pushing hard. We are
spending million dollars a month for
cacao which is the raw product from which
both cocoa and chocolate are obtained.
During the last ten years our importa-
tons of cacao have increased 200 per cent
while those of coffee have increased only 80
per cent and those of tea have decreased Il
per cent. At the present time, cacao is
gaining on its rivals at a more rapid rate
than ever before.
Most of the cacao consumed in America
comes from Brazil the British West Indies
and the West Indian islands.
1t is during the last three years that the
increase in calico importations has been
most marked. Manufacturers have been
forced to make addition after addition to
the capacity of their plants, to increase
their working forces to enormous proper
tons, and still it has been almost impossible
for them to fill all orders on time.
Importers of raw products from the trop-
les doing the most rushing business of
their lives, and importers of prepared CO.
coas from Europe must get busy to keep
from being trampled under foot by Ameri
can enterprise in feeding the Chocolate
tooth Uncle Sam has cut.
The cocoa bean possesses more nitrogen
that wheat flour, and about twenty times
as much fatty matter as wheat flour.
One-half of the weight of cocoa is cocoa
butter and one-third starch.
In Central America cocoa constitutes the
principal ration employed by river expedi-
tons; in South America cocoa and maize
cakes, comprising large amount of nour-
ishment in very small bulk, used as
food for travellers on long overland trips;
a case is recorded Of man who attained
the age of hundred years who ate nothing
but chocolate and biscuit for thirty years.
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Family Anniversaries.
the Woman's Home Companion.

From the WOmanS Home companion.
Thanksgiving and Christmas, wedding
days and birthdays, are occasions that
should never be neglected in the life of the
family. Even though the married children
go far from the early home, living in
widely separated neghborhoods, they
should make an effort to get together at
stated intervals, and long their par
ents live, the old home. with its dear
memories should draw them like magnet
to its hearth. Little cousins ought to know
one another and be acquainted as brothers
and sisters are. When long trips across
the continent involve too great expense
for frequent visits. there is always the let
ter box the street corner the rural
free delivery, and the post may be trusted
to carry love messages safely from Maine
to California, around the circuit of the
globe. How the mother at home watches
for tidings from her married children, and
how she grieves when for weeks and
months she never receives a word and feels
that she has dropped out of the daily lives
of those for whom she toiled and saved
years ago.
do you owe your mother a letter or
a visit or a gift you who are far away
from her now? Do not let the sun go down
until you pay that debt of love. Do not
forget that although we may have many
friends, we can have but one mother, and
that no friend can be quite SO intimate as
She
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SELF-SATISFIED YANKEES.
Briton Declares We Think We Have a
Monopoly of Freedom.

FROM Blackwoods Magazine.
Liberty is a thing which no one in
America can escape. The old inhabtant
smiles with satisfaction as he murmurs the
familiar word. At every turn II is club
! bed into the unsuspecting visitor.
If an aspirant to the citizenship of tho
republic declined to be free he would
doubtless be thrown into a dungeon, fet-
tered and manacled, until he consented TO
accept the precious boon.
You cannot pick up newspaper with
out being reminded that liberty is the ex-
elusive possession of the United States.
The word, if not the quality is the COM
monplace of American history. 1t looks
out upon you-the word again. not the
quality-from every boarding. 1t is ut
tered in every discourse, but the truth is
that American liberty is the mere creature
of rhetoric.
Americas view of patriotism is distin-
guished by the same ingenious exaEgera-
ton as her view of liberty. She has as
little doubt of her grandeur as of her free
dom. She is, IN brief, Gods own country,
and IN her esteem Columbus was no mere
earthly explorer; he the authentic
dlscoVerer of the promised land
Neither argument nor experience VIII
ever shake the Americans confidence in
his noble destiny. On all other questions
uncertainty is possible. 1t is not possible
to discuss Americas supremacy. In arms
as in arts, the United States is unrivalled.
1t alone has been permitted to combine ma
terial with moral progress. 1t alone has
solved the intricate problems of life and
politics.
1t has the biggest houses, the best gov
eminent and the purest law that the world
has even known. Perfect freedom is its
exclusive privilege, as SkyScrapers and
elevated railways are its exclusive possess
sions Its universities surpass Oxford and
Cambridge, Paris and Leipzig in learning.
as its churches surpass the churches of tho
old world in the proper understanding OF
theology. In brief, to use its own phrase.
America is 1t" the sole home OF the
good and great.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-08

president Ray s. Gehr of First Congrega-
tonal Church: secretary. c. S. Miller of
Temple Baptist Church: assistant secretary,
Walter Gillian of Mount Tabor Methodist
Protestant Church: treasurer, A. Wilbur
Starratt of Vermont Avenue Christian
Church. In unanimously re-electing Mr..
Earring for second term the members
showed their appreciation of his good work
during the past year, which has been one
of the best years in the history of the
union.
The program comprised selections by Miss
Bessie Walker, contralto; Miss Ouida
heelock pianist; Joseph Matthew, tenor.
and ]. Reilly Stanton. violinist. Accom-
PAYMENTS 81 were played by Miss Lydia
fectIve and enjoyable reading of James
hltcomb Riley's Knee deep in June
refreshments were served by a committee
OF Endeavorers from the New York Avenue
Church
The persons who expect to take the trip
TO the Seattle convention early in JULY will
meet on the evening of June II at the Y
NJ e. A. to make plans and talk over the
IMP A number of new registrations have
recently been received for the trip arranged
by the District Union. Some of the apDIi-
cations are from other cities indicating
dhat the trip planned by the local En-
deaVorerS is more attractive than the ex-
curslons from other places.
The Endeavorers of the METROPOLITAN
Presbyterian Church held a picnic at Cabin
John on the afternoon of Decoration dav
at which over thirty members of TIE society
had a pleasant outing.
The membership contest which has been
IN progress for some weeks in the Christian
E.ndeavor Society of the Ninth Street Chris
tan Church eliminated most happily on
May 30 in a picnic given by the losing side
10 the winners at Pierce's Mill About sixty
persons enjoyed the days pleasures The
afternoon was spent in playing games and
me luncheon was served. bringing forth
from the Vlctors unanimous praise of the
CORDIAL treatment given them by the losers
me entire party returned to the church
fof prayer meeting in the evening
The Christian Endeavor Society of Trim
lty Baptist Church. Ivy City, was admitted
to membership in the District Christian
EndeaVor Union at the meeting Monday
night.
A special service was held Sunday night
by the Christian Endeavor Society of Lin
coin Temple Congregational Church, the
Endeavor meeting and the evening church
service being combined. There was sne-
ciai music, and the president of the District
union, Edward Tarring, was present and
spoke.
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CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR NOTES.

The moathly business meeting and annual
social of the District Christian Endeavor
Union brought out "a large attendance of
Endeavorers Monday night at the New
York Avenue Presbyterian Church. The
election of officers was the principal bust
ness. \ delightful program. arranged by
Miss Lydia Hughes. superintendent of the
music department of the union. added much
to the pleasure of the evening. An orches-
ira organized specially for the occasion ac-
companied the opening song service and
played a number of selections.
After devotional services. conducted by
Rev. John Lee Allison. II. D.. of Gunton
Temple Presbyterian Church. reports were
received from the officers. The report of the
nominating committee was then presented
by the chairman. James NJ PickenS. and
the following persons were elected OFF,
GERS of the union for one year. beginning
July !: President. Edward Earring of New
York Avenue Presbyterian Church; vice
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-08
BROTHERHOOD OF ST. ANDREW.

Preparations are under way for resuming
again this summer weekly services in the
months of July and August in the Union
Chapel at Colonial Beach. Va, under the
auspices of the Washington brotherhood
chapters. The services this year will be
under the direction of Dr. Francis ]. Wood
man of ST. Marks Chapter, who Is the
chairman of the special service committee
OF the local assembly.
The recently organized junior brotherhood
OF Trinity Church, Upper Marlboro. Nd,
has elected for the year ending November
80 the following officers: Cleveland Buck,
director: Julian Redmiller. vice director;
Norman Smith. secretary: Harold Suit,
treasurer.
A large part of the arrangements for the
International brotherhood convention, which
is TO meet in this city next September, Will
be under the charge of the hospitality com
mittee. which is under the craftsmanship of
Gen. Cecil Clay of St Andrews Chapter.
and has the following members: Edward
+. LOCKER Of St Johns Chapter, George
town; j. Holdsworth Gordon of Christ
Church. Georgetown; f. Z. Thompson.
Trinity Chapter; William Jessup, ST Paurs
Chapter; Luis Addison Dent, ST Margaret s
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-08

Any person may send any Biblical guess
ton to DR.. Gilbert, 1903 r street north-
80. What is the meaning of Matthew.
xxvii:52-3? If the saints came out of the
graves as there states how long did they
stay out?
Answer-It is generally believed that
after the resurrection of Christ the bodies
and that they appeared in Jerusalem but
no one has been able to say how long they
remained among the living.
260. What is the meaning of Matthew
xix:6? Why does not the Protestant Church
live up to this law of Christ?
AnSwer-lt was the unquestoned pur-
pose of Jesus to make marriage a life
long union of one man with one woman.
That is the Christian ideal of welded life.
1t was not realized under the Mosaic dis
pensation because of the hardness of the
peoples hearts, as Jesus stated Werse -.
A failure to realize it under this dspen-
sation is due to the same cause. Never
theless, the ideal remains, and all Profess
tants ought to strive after it. Unhappy
marriages ending in divorce are evils to be
removed only society becomes more
thoroughly imbued with the teachings OF
the Master. There have been deplora bio
scandals in high life which are opposed to
the gospel. Several denominations Of
Christians have enacted laws for the gov
eminent of the clergy on this subject, and
the enforcement of these must advance the
cause of domestic purity.
261. What is the meaning of the word
saint as used in the New Testament?
Answer-The word is an Authorization Of
sanctified. 1t denotes that the person to
whom 1t is applied is consecrated to God.
that he has attained high degree of piety
or excellence of character that he is there
by distinguished from the mass of Christ's
followers The title generally applied
by men to men who We're thus recognized,
sometimes by vote of an ecclesiastical body
just as now various titles are bestowed to
indicate the estimate of others.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-08

conducted by DR.. Kirkpatrick, a mission
airy from Burmah, and Miss Kate Hanson,
a missionary from Oklahoma. Short talks
were made by Rev. A. K. Wright. pastor of
the Centennial Baptist Church: DR.. Bruner,
pastor of the church, and Mr. R. A. Ford,
superintendent of the Sunday school. The
officers of the class are: Miss Ruby Tiller,
president: Miss blanche Sanford. vice presf-
dent; Miss Hazel Sanford, secretary; Miss
Augusta Behrend, treasurer. Miss Carrot
sang solo and the class sang the Phila-
thea national hymn.
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on Local Churches.

Chapter; George w Salter. st. Johns
Chapter; DR.. NJ. f. Miller, Epiphany Chap
ter: w. K. Bedell. Trinity Chapter: DR.
Charles Diedel Ascension Chapter: Charles
L. Hutchinson. Christ Church; ]. B. Burn
side. St. Matthew's Chapter, Hyattsville;
Thomas H. Armstrong. St. Stephens Chap
ter; H. s Neale. ST Michael and All An
gels Chapter: Augustus p. Crenshaw. st.
Thomas Chapter. and DR.. ]. E. Washing
ton 81 Iukes Cha nter
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Christian Endeavor Hour
Conducted by Grace Livingston Hill-I,utz.
For Sunday Inne q 10n-


For Sunday. June g. 1907
loplc: 'How to Help Those Younger Than We
Are Matthew, xviii :1-G
l. At the same time came the discin,as
unto Jesus, saying. Who is the greatest in
the kingdom of heaven?
= And Jesus called a little child unto Hin,
and set him in the midst of them.
3. And said, Verify l say unto Won Ex-
cept ye be converted, and become as Ht+le
children, ye Shall not enter into the king
dom of heaven.
4. WhosOever therefore shall humble him
self as this little child the same is greatest
in the kingdom of heaven
3. And whose Shall receive one such little
child in My name receiveth Me
6. But whose shall offend one of these lit
tie ones which believe In Me- ii We're better
for him that a milestone were hanged about
his neck, and that he were drowned in the
depth of the sea.
The Lesson.
1t begins when we are little children. this
desire to be greater than another The lit
tie girl refuses to take her small sister with
her. The boy declines the society of his
younger brother and calls him kid" Not
many weeks ago seven little girls of twelve
ana thirteen years OF age resigned from q
peasant little social club that one of the
mothers had organized, because the eight
year -o!Q sister OF one had been asked to
join. They wrote an elaborate resignation
from the baby club" as they chose to
call 1t. thereby bringing tears of mortified
pride to the eyes of the indignant babies )"
VINO had aspirations themselves We smile
at the children and humor them when we
can, but 1t is more serious fault than Il 10
generally considered, for 1t grows up into
something far more unpleasant as the wears
go by. The little girl who runs away from
her small sister to play with her own play
mates habitually, and is never willing 70
give little time 10 the childs amusement
will keep on in her selfish way always hay-
ing her amusements apart from her younger
sister, always swapping at any small re
quest, and refusing to go out of her way
TO please; and by and by there will, per-
hapS. come a time when the small sister
having found her own amusements with
those whom she could, will be a grief and
an anxiety to the older sister. Their ways
have gone apart so long that she can no
longer bring to bear any influence upon the
one whom God gave near and dear to her
life and meant she should influence more
than others. Young people of the Christian
Endeavor Society, did you ever stop to think
why God gave you younger brothers and
sisters? Did ii ever occur to you what a
tremendous admiration some of the younger
boys and girls in the school, in the church,
in the neigh borhood, have for you and how
you might influence them If you would ?
The very fact that you are older makes
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London's Poetry.


London is full of poetry, full of pictures,
full of rest, if people will only believe it.
The true painters and poets see none of the
sights and drawbacks of which complaint
is made by the prosaic, nor does the really
busy worker, the enthusiast hear the noise
which drives the idler away from town.
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Sunday School Class Meets.

meeting of the Philathea class of the
Fifth Baptist Sunday School was held last
night in the Sunday school ROOM The re-
port of the secretary showed a present en-
rollment of thirty-eight members and that
during the past month the class had been
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-08
And Yet He is Happy.

From LesIleTs Weekly.
Sometimes I think l have more troubles
than any other man on earth"
Nonsense! Look at Thompson. He's
got wife. an automobile and a sure sys-
TEN for beating the races
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-08
In 1920.
From the Bohemian.

From the Bohemian.
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
am wond'ring if you are
An astral body genuine
Or a light along the Airship Line.
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for SUNDAY Schools.
STAR LESSON FOR JUNE o,
By Rev. J. E. Gilbert, DID,,

SECRETARY OF AMERICAN SOCIETY EDUCATION
PASSOVER" Exodus xii Fl 30
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QUESTIONS ANSWERED

Any person may send any Biblical guess
ton to DR.. Gilbert, 1903 r street north-
west, and receive answer through The Star.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-08

Late to our town there came a maid,
A noble woman, true and pure.
Who in the little while she stayed
Wrought works that shall endure. .
For she to many spirits gave
A reverence for the true, the pure,
The perfect-that has power to save,
And make the doubling sure.
The time must come when she will look
Upon her pilgrimage below
And find II in Gods book
That as she trod her path Alright.
Power from her very garments stole;
For such is the mysterious might
God grants the upright soul.
A deed, a word, careless rest,
II He be present In the breast.
A simple thought, a common feeling,
Has from Him powers Of healing.
IF. Il. Perkins.
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-05-16
National and World N0bements

of the ultimate great good to come of
the application Of the principle laid
down. The lyncher-who, nine times
out Of ten, is an arrant coward at
heart-will desist from his crime just
as soon as he finds that his own worth
less neck is endangered. The grip of
the Federal courts, with their rights
and powers to change the place of
trial, especially in jurisdictions cover
ing sparsely settled sections, from the
immediate county Of the crime to some
point, perhaps hundred miles away,
would put the lyncher face to face
with condition of affairs that would
give him considerable pause.
'The decision seems founded on
good law and sound reasoning. 1t
will help wonderfully if it be sustain
ed."
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-05-16

Moreover, the White House has
called attention to the fact that George
Washington did not serve two full
terms, though he regarded his first
somewhat abbreviated service in the
Chief Magistracy as his first term.
The Father of His Country was first
inaugurated on April 80, instead of
March 4, and thus his first term was
nearly two months short of full Pres
ident Roosevelt's first term was only
little more than five months short of
Washington
Several Presidents have advocated
a one-term policy. Mr.. Cleveland did
this in his letter accepting the first
nomination. Mr.. Bryan did the same
thing. In his first inaugural address
President Hayes recommended the one
term principle, but would extend the
time from four to six years."
Watson's weekly Jeffersonian., 1907-05-16
FATE OF SOCIALISM IN JAPAN.

Greatness in nations-the power to
do things and preserve the regard of
the world-chiefy implies a respect
for law, obedience to authority, and
the maintenance Of public order. In
making the most of these attributes
Japan has been singularly fortunate.
Possibly alone among the nations of
the world, her advancement has chief
ly been brought about by concessions
made by those in power working
downward and not by revolutionary
movements from below. No Reign
of Terror" forced the Emperor to part
with his traditiOnally God-given leg
1slatlve powers, or coerced the mobiles
to surrender their patents of nobility.
What happens, therefore. when body
OF japanese inspired by the exalted
aims Of Occidental Socialism break
laws, defy authority, and turn to de-
stroy life and property in order to en-
force their ideas that wealth, labor.
and authority are inadequately di-
vided? The rebellion at the Ashio
Copper Mines, near Nikko, serves as
an eloquent answer.
These mines, the property of the
Furukawa family, were equipped with
the best modern machinery and gave
employment to about 10000 men. All
known modern appliances, physical
and mental, were employed to pre-
serve the health and lives of the op-
orators and to make them happy in
their work. Wages were regulated ac-
cording to profits. Grievances of all
sorts were adjusted by a committee
OF managers representing the prop
erty owners and of delegates elected
by the men. Justice and tranquility
seemed permanently established at