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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-18
A Home Thrust.

The Duke of the Abruzz dining in Phila-
delphia, discussed tolerantly the souvenir
craze that has Of late begun to make Amer
lean visitors rather formidable objects in
the eyes Of hotelkeepers sea captains, sex
tons and curators.
And here I am reminded" said the duke.
"of an incident that happened at the Savoy
in London during the season. 1t was rather
a home thrust.
You know the Savoy 1t Is the smartest
place in the world to go to for supper after
the theater. The lofty, spacious rooms.
with their red carpets and delicate white
walls. the hundreds of little tables the tall,
lean elegant men, the beautiful women in
their pale toilets. with Jewels flashing on
their white arms and shouders-ah. there
IL nothing like an after-theater supper at
the Savoy in the season!
We'll, our American supped there, and
the rush and hurry Of the supper displeased
him. for he did not know that every restau-
rant in London must close at 2:3O sharp.
And. being displeased. this American,
though rich and generous man, decided
not to tip his waiter.
When the waiter. at the supper's end.
saw the American gather up all the change
from the plate. leaving not so much as
little silver three-penny bit behind. he bent
down and said in sorrowful voice:
beg pardon. but haven't you forgotten
something, sir?
.rhe American sneered at that classic
I don't think so, he said coldly.
Are you sure, sir?' the waiter softly
persisted.
Yes said the American: quite sure
Then he frowned and asked angrily: Why,
what did you think had forgotten7
THE waiter. perceiving his case was
hopeless, said cuttingly:
Usually. l believe, sir. you take soup
ladle a silver coffee pot or a half dozen
fish knives with you sir. That's all. SIR .
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-18
Destroyers' Fast Time.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch 10 Inc star
NEWPORT, r. L., August 17.-As a part
of the torpedo boat maneuvers off Newport
this week, the second torpedo boat hotilla.
the destroyers Hopkins Whipple Worden.
Hull and Stewart, raced the third fiotilla,
the Stringham, DeLong. Shubrick, Stockton
and Thornton, over an eighty mile course
on Newport yesterday afternoon The thru
fotilla was the winner of the race, the
boats finishing in a bunch, about a mile
ahead of the other boats: The announce,
ment of the winner and the speed attained
by the boats was made public today. The
torpedo boats in the third f1otilla main
tained a speed of twenty-three knots an
hour, while the other boats averaged
little less than this figure.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-18
Held on Two Charges.

Herbert Wilson, thirtysix years Of age
so he told the police last night. bought a
supply Of liquid refreshments to take to his
home at Langdon. but he was arrested be-
fore making start homeward, and his trip
was delayed. Policeman Samson of the
first precinct met him near 18th and E
streets and took charge of him for the pur
pose of providing resting place for the
night, but his conduct after being placed
under arrest was such that two charges
were preferred against him. One of them
was that he had a razor in his pocket and
the other was throwing glass upon the
street
II had a quart and pint bottle for Sun
day." the defendant said land l threw
them away when l got arrested.
Wilson was short of funds when he
reached the station, and the police detained
him in custody.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-18
Meeting Of Roosevelt Auxiliary.

The Edith K. Roosevelt Auxiliary to the
United Spanish War Veterans held q
largely attended meeting last evening at
Pythian Temple In the absence Of the
president. Mrs. Harry F. Ashton. who Is
enjoying a vacation in Virginia, the chair
was occupied by Mrs Cora Campbell.
Plans for the national convention Of the
general auxiliary, to be held at Cedar Point,
near Sandusky, Ohio, beginning Septem-
Der 8. were discussed. and Miss Title Roth
was elected delegate to the convention,
with Mrs. William H. Mellach as alternate.
Tentative plans for social functions during
the approaching fall and winter were also
discussed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-18
SAN JUAN HARBOR.
Work on Limited Improvements
About to Be Begun.

SAN JUAN. P R. August 1.-THE report
of Mai Flagler of the United States En-
gineer Corps. who last year made an In
vestigation Of the needs of the ports Of
Porto Rico and the advisabilty of dredging
San Juan harbor. has been partly ignored
by the congressional committee, to which
it was submitted.
The recommendation that the transporta-
tion facilities be considerably increased was
not considered. Work on the harbor how
ever, is about to begin. The governor has
called a meeting to consider the matter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-18

Old arctic explorers who are
skeptical about the balloon as an
instrument of polar search are quite
convinced of the utility of the ice
automobile. Wellman and Shackle-
ton both have these with them, and
DR.. Cooke has built two, which he
will take on his next trip. The first
ice auto was built by man named
McDuff, who lived in Brooklyn.
He called it the "omnimobile."
Then a man named Clark built and
used one in the far west. 1t is said
that Shackleton's and Cookies are
built on Clark's model.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-18
Ouida and Animals.

II met Ouida in Florence two years
ago." said woman journalist "She was
very. very poor. 1 wanted to print some
thing then about her restitution. in the
hope that something might be done for
the famous author Of Under Two Flags
but Ouida refused to let me DO so. Now,
however, her future Is assured. thanks to
the pension Of $3.50 that the British gov
eminent has granted her.
"Ouida is a great lover OF animals. In
her palmy days she kept thirty or forty
dogs. Once, indeed. she gave dinner OF
bread and meat and milk to every dog In
Florence.
She hates cruelty to animals. She Is
a particularly fierce opponent Of those who
dock the tails of horses. And discussing
the absurd reasons that are given for this
tail-docking fashion, she told me little
Florentine story.
"A great cardinal went driving through
the city Of Florence with his horses tails
cut egregiously short A woman took the
cardinals coachman to task for this.
How, she said. can our gentle cardt-
nal favor fashion so abominable as this
one of tail-dockingT
Madam the coachman answered. 1t
He is a member of several societies for
the prevention of cruelty to animals, and
he docks his horses tails in order to pre-
vent them from annoying the poor little
flies"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-18
His Second Chance.

Oscar Hammerstein said of a theatrical
question recently In New York
Some Of our managers get heated over
theatriCa questions. We let personal
things-rage joy-infuenCe US. This Is
wrong To succeed IN this business one
must be as cool and calm and farseeing as
the young lady of Oshkosh.
Mr. Hnmmerstein laughed heartily.
This young lady" he resumed, had
thrus: upon her one night the dlsagreeable
duty of refusing young man. a poor young
man. a hopeless young man, an eight-dol-
Iar-a-week clerk in dry goods store.
The young man took his refusal hard.
You spurn me- he cried bitterly: but
you Will live to rue this day. l Will go out
into the great marts. l will strive, | will
win Ny name shall be known. my millions
envied-'
Then come and try me again.. the
young lady calmly interposed.'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-18
COST OF RAILRoADING.
Short Hauls Three Times More Ex-
pensive, Says Chicago Witness.

NEW YORK, August 17.-John M. Daley
Of Chicago. an accountant was witness
today before former Judge Montgomery.
who has been appointed by Gov Glenn OF
North Carolina to take testimony that Will
determine the constitutionality of the two
nd-one-fourth-cent passenger rate law OF
North Carolina.
Mr.. Daley gave various figures showing
the costs of running railroad he said 1t
cost three times as much for local hauling
as it does for hauling trains over direct
lOO-mile stretch or a longer distance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-18
American Yachts Coming Home.

KEEL, Germany. August 1.-THE Ameri-
can Sonderklasse yachts Spokane |, Marble
head and ChewInk VIII were sent to Ham
burg for shipment to Bilbao, Spain where
they will take part in the regatta IN the
first week of September under the auspices
of King Alfonso Most of the Americans
will remain here until the German hoa's
decide which of them is to have Emperor
Williams cup They will race again to-
morrow for that trophy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-18
Death of Norman MORN.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
HAGERSTOWN. Md. August 17-Nor-
man II. NORM, son of David II. NORM. a
prominent business man of Hagerstown
died from typhoid fever this evening at
the NORM home. a few miles out from
Hagerstown. He was twenty-three years
old and graduated last spring with high
honors from Purdue University.
few weeks ago Mr.. NORM went TO
Pittsburg to take a special course at the
Westinghouse works and contracted the
fever while in that city
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-18
DRY DOCKING A LINER
How They Put a Big Ship in the
''HospitaI."
ARE ENORMOUS STRUCTURE
Docks Thousand Feet in Length Look
Like Amphitheaters.
LAYING THE KEEL BLOCKS
Elaborate Plans First Prepared of
Vessels Bottom-Mathemat
Exactness Necessary.

Today over a hundred immense palace
ships link the old world with the new,
and keen competition. with an ever increas-
ing love of travel makes it necessary to
keep these flyers keyed to the highest pitch
OF perfection. After all, the giant is a deli
cate monster Take Il nne-deckCd floating
hotel. with accommodations for 5000 guests
and weighing a3ODO tons, and with the
strength of To.oou horses drive her through
Atlantic waves at railroad speed. keeping
schedule time at Liverpool and New \ DIRK.
for all the world precisely as though she
were a suburban local. and each passage
must necessarily involve great wear and
tear. Hence the ''hospitals'-the dry docks
for the great liners of today. says w. G.
Fitzgerald in the New York Tribune
Some of these wonderful dry docks are
nearly a thousand feet in length and ali
are built on the same principle, save that
some are closed by ordinary locked gates
and others by Caissons or floating dams
that may be raised or lowered at Will by
filling them with water or pumping 1t out
as the case requires. on each SIDE are
great rows Of steps slopng inward to the
bottom and giving the appearance OF a
theater gallery.
A delicate business is the maneuvering
of a mighty ship into hospital" An error
of only a few inches may mean a loss OF
tens of thousands of dollars. The mighty
patient is to be laid to rest on the bottom
OF the dock where is prepared a series or
massive oak or elm blocks. The aim Is 10
get the monster in such position that
when the water is exhausted she Will settle
down eventually along these blocks, OF
which there are about hundred, so thal
each may bear its proper proportion OF the
total strain which may be from 5000 to
% tons.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-18
SWEPT OUT TO SEA.
Colell, Huron's Involuntary Passen-
ger, Struck Off-Shore Current.

CHARLESTON. s. c.. August he. H.
Colell of Brooklyn. N Y. who was picked
up exhausted while bathing off Rockaway
Park, near his residence. Tuesday, and was
brought to Charleston by the Clyde steam
ship Huron, said today that he was car
rled out by current against which he
could make no Roadway.
He was picked up by a fishing smack
and transferred to the Huron.
He wore no clothes and clothing was
supplied him by the ships officers. The
Huron arrived last night
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-18
A Pardonable Fault.

DR. Edward Everett Hale. discussing
rather finicky attack that had been made
on certain recent statements. smiled and
said
But who or what is blameless? 1t is like
the case of the Scottish hen.
AN Old Scottish woman wished to sell
hen 10 a neghbor.
But tell me- the neighbor said. is she
a thegither guild bird? Has she got nae
faults faults at ALI?
'Aweel. Margot. the other old woman
admitted she has got one faut. She will
az on the Lords day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-18
HOLD WoMAN's MESSAGES.
Consul at Chefoo Can't Get Thosa
for Accused Mans Wife.

Special Cablegram to The Star.
CEEFOO. August T.-Agents Of the
Submarine Telegraph Company here refuse
to obey the order Of the court and deliver
to John Fowler, the United States consul
general, kilograms that it has addressed to
Hattie Adsetts, the wife OF the former
marine, under arrest for the murder of
Gertrude Dayton. The agents have been
granted time to consult headquarters in
London and Copenhagen.
1t is believed that Adsetts had accom-
plces at Manila and Hong Kong. well
as at Chefoo, and that Mrs. Adsetts. who
left here the other day. ostensibly for
Dalny. went to Newchwang, to receive
there the murdered womanS tewelry
mailed to her from Hong Kong.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-18
Violinist Ysaye Fined in Belgium.

Special Cablegrem to The Star.
BRUSSELS. August 17.-Judgment has
been given in the Antwerp courts in the
case of Eugene Ysaye. the Belgian VIOLIN
list, and his brother. Theo Ysaye, the COM
poser. who were charged with assaulting a
railway guard while travelling from Ant
uern to Brussels in March last The guard
alleged that when he asked to see their
tickets the defendants boxed his ears with
such violence that he has since become
deaf The Ysayes who denied the charge,
were each fined $40 and were ordered to
pay the guard $1,000 damages.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-18
How 1t is Done.

An elaborate docking plan is first OF all
prepared Carefully executed drawings OF
the great liner are consulted in order to
ascertain the exact shape and length of the
keel. the rudder. propcllers. and so on.
Then measurements OF the hospital 1t
self are submitted to the chief officer, VINO
drafts out plan mathemaucally correct
10 the smallest fraction of an inch.
1t is he who decides the precise position
of both bow and stern of tie vessel ana
marks out the arrangement of the Keel
blocks There are times during the actual
naneuyering Of the colossus when her move
mcnts are no faster than the hands or a
watch An inCautiOus touch when way IS
on may mean heavy expense, And When
at length she has been safely entrapred,
steam pumps OF prodigious power get 10
work and exhaust the water.
slowly slowly the enormous VesSel SINKS
watched with infinite care by her ofncerS,
who are RESPONSIBLE for her settling down
correctly When at length she is in posi-
lion supporting blocks are put IN all
round and long poles stretched from lne
sters at the side TO the great steel Hanks
of the liner.
airing tables as 1t We're and the doctors get
to work. But long before the water float
ing her is exhausted. crowds of eager men
i'm punts begin scraping and cleaning her
sides and hOrdes of painters are let loose
mon the vast hull. Sometimes an enor-
nous shed 100 feet high, built OF steel
Iatttjce work towers above the ship And
h'ph NJ in the roof of this structure are
electric cranes for manipulating the plates
a nd girlGrS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-18
Killed by an Automobile.

Special Dispatch 10 The Star.
PHILADELPHIA, August IT-Arthur
s. Klemm, son of George F. Klemm. and
one OF the best known young men in Phila-
delphia, was run down and killed by an
automobile this afternoon. The driver OF
the machine was DR.. VIM. q Hughes. one
of the most widely known physicians in
this city and an alienist Of great repute.
He was placed under arrest Immediately
after the accident.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-18
An Awkward Dodge.

Milton D. Purdy of the Department OF
Justice said in Washington of a rumor
brought to him for confirmation by re-
porter:
This rumor springs from ignorance,
Grass ignorance of the law. I am surprised
that you should have credited It,
The originator of that rumor Is as plain
by ignorant Of the law as a certain school
boy was of French.
This boys father said to him one night
at dinner:
well. how are you getting on with your
French my SOM
Very we'll, thank you. SIR the lad re-
Piled
'srhe father beamed with pleasure.
".Ask politely in French for some peas
he said
There was an awkward pause. Then
"'But, father said the boy, I don't want
any peas
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-18
Wreck on the Susquehanna.

PATERSON. n. j., August 1.-THE Mid
dletown express on the Susquehanna rail-
road crashed into the rear of a freight
train at Butler station here today. Sc
riously and perhaps fatally injuring Will
liam Gould. engineer of the express. and
Frederick Bryne. rear brakeman of the
freight. There is sharp curve just before
Butler station, and the engineer of the ex-
press did not Sc, the freight, which was
standing at the depot
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-18
A Good Trait.

Admiral Dewey praised at a dinner in
Richfield Springs a certain successful bust
ness man.
Part of his success" said Admiral
Dewey. comes from his neat way of get
ting people to do what he wants them to.
They say that when, as a young fellow
Of twenty-five. he first opened a little TRIM
ming store he showed this trait-this nice
governing. managing trait-very strongly.
Thus, If you went IN his tiny emporium
and asked him if he would change quarter
or a half-dollar for you, he would reply.
with d courteous smile:
"'Certanly, madam: and how will you
have it? Buttons. ribbon, lace or inser-
-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-18
Grooming Her Sides.

This spfder-like shed of steel beams also
,nsures projection froql the weather: ana
whether night or day the work OF getting
her ready for sea may go on. Wherever
necessary. temporary electric elevators are
built to convey artisans to one or other OF
the decks the topmost of which Is some
times over lo5 feet from the ground.
As with a human being. 1t Is only at
these times that one discovers curious little
secrets of the ships body. How many who
have Travelled on her, for instance. know
that the giant Carpathia carries enshrined
In her structure a big stone from forgot
ten Roman wall. built by the Emperor
Hadr!an in 800 AID? While this ship was
building. her engineers accidentally came
upon this wall when enlarging their prem
!ses and Of the stones was placed on
the Carpathia a kind of historical SOU
venir mascot.
Countless hammers of busy riveters are
soon heard from stem to stern Of the
stranded ship, but even where no struc-
tural repairs necessary there are al
ways scraping and cleaning to be done.
The removal of weeds. barnacles and other
marine encrustatiOns may actually mean
an increase of a couple Of knots in speed
and the lifting of the ship two or three
Inches out of the water.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-18
A Bay-Rum Drinker.

II. N. Randolph of Atlanta is great
MISREPRESENTATION Of Thomas Jefferson
and at a recent dinner in jamestown MI
Randolph. described some of the heirooms
in the possession Of his distinguished fam
lily.
Not least among his literary heirlooms
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-18
The Wrong Spirit.
These Theorists.

Senator Platt, seated on the porch Of his
hotel al Manhattan Beach. condemned GER
tain new trends in politics.
Theories, theories" he said. with a
wave of his hand. Theories and theorists
they are apt to err, very apt to err
Looking out at the white beach and the
sunlit blue sea, he shook his head and
chuckled.
Theorists go mad" he said, "over their
theories You know the theory that Bull
wrote God Save the Queen? William
Chappell and Joshua Maidwin were the
most ardent supporters of this theory, but
one day they found an inconvenient entry
in rare old Tudor manuscript that threw
the gravest doubt upon their claim.
I'm this case what did they do? They
dubbed together, bought the manuscript
and burned 1t with great secrecy, solemnly
calculating:
Thank goodness. we have now got rid of
Of that objection to nur theOrY.'"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-18
Internal Repairs.

But there are also important repairs and
renovations needed in the ships interior.
For the passengers OF today, even In the
Storage are most fastdious, and all the
upholstery, plate, glass, linen, silver and
thousand and one other requisites of these
enormous floating hotels must be over
hauled and got into perfect shape
The patients removal, too. is, like her ad-
mission, a delicate task. First of all the
Shores" as the long poles are called,
which are stretched between vessel and
dock are removed, and the monster kept
in position only by the mooring lines. Grad
ually the water is admitted into the dock,
and she lifts off the row of blocks. Some
of the water in the caisson that dams the
docks entrance is also pumped out in order
TO float II. Soon this great steel obstacle
swings slowly out OF the way. and With
Infinite care and slowness the costly racer
is hauled out.
1t is not too much to say that each great
line spends nearly million dollars year
in work of this kind. for competition Is so
keen and passengers are so fastidious in the
matter of appointments luxury and speed
that unless the racing liner has every as
sistance from industry and science in main
tanning her rank she must inevitably fall
behind in the race.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-18
as a letter from the English novelist

was a letter from the English novelist
Charles Reade.
Mr. Randelph's great-uncle once sent
Charles Reade some canvas-back duck and
case of bay rum In his letter OF ac-
acknowledgement the novelist wrote:
THE ducks liked very well, but the bay
rum must be an acquired taste 1t did not
go at all with the wild fowl. so I suosti-
tuted champagne. as l like the bay rum
better made into hot punch
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-18
Barber & Ross.
Water Coolers.

Drink plenty
+ of water. Doc
tors all agree
~ ); on that score.
Have a cool drink
at hand when you
want it. Provide a
Water Cooler and
do away with the
necessity of hack
ing at the refrlgger-
ator supply of ice
when thirsty. Cool
ers of the most
salts ia tory sorts
and sizes at the most
reasonable prices.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-18
ALI With Ham.

John Sharp Williams. at the end of his
recent debate with Gov Eardaman at Me-
ridiau. Miss. talked about pride.
There is decent and noble pride" said
Mr. Williams. ''and there is a pride that is
mean and ludcrous. An aged citizen of
Yazoo tells of old woman whose pride
was of the latter sort.
This old woman lived in Yorkshire.
There was a funeral one day in the next
village. She did not attend it, but neigh
Dor of hers was there. That night she
called on the neighbor and said:
Well. Nancy. l hear you wor at t fu-
neral
Yes, I wor.' Nancy replied.
What kind of a funeral wor it?'
Nancy shifted.
why. 1t wor a very mean affair, she
said. There wor nobbut few biscuit an
SIGH.
All said the other old woman, 'them's
the sort of ways l don't hold to. I've lost
five but thank 'evins, I've buried EN- all
with am -