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The San Francisco call., 1907-03-31
voting Ifof the Queer Of Queens


We were lucky enough TO be present
at the election. = procession in which
neure two or three hands and forty or
fifty buslers waDders about the halles
and finally enters the long pavilion
opposite the Rue de ls Lingerie The
six, candidates enter and ascend the
grandstand amid the burrahs OF the
multitude. Each one carries a stick. on
which q number is worked in white
nowers. For. You see. everybody has
the privilege OF voting and not every
body knows the names Of the candi-
dates. You pick out the preftiest girl
and vote for her number. The girls
know that they arc on exhibition and
each one tries 70 be more gracious than
her neiEhhor. And their friends know
something about the art of clectioneeT-
fng. Vote for No. s. woman SAYS
to VOC beseechineiy. she works aw
fully hard and supports her father and
mother. She sells hsh at the hsliee
from 8 10 ~ the morning and ther
She goes around the cita with basket
% fish on her arm. often at . az night
she isn't home yet. Another woman
breaks in: no. . works just a. harl
she sells butter herein the hsilos nii
day and at night she sewF- Each can
didatc has her supporter
The afternoon wears on. the crowd
has exhausted its lu9Es with cheers.
iokes and sones and begins 20 grow
impatient.
Hurry up with your baliots. they
cry orr 70 fiiC officials. DO you know
us cold hereg"
30 feels the cold. too. and shivers.
One OF the gray-besrded officials in
1.ik hats lakes of his coat aud throws
Il over her shoulders. The crowd
cheers.
saliots are being distributed and The
clectioneeTfne grows more determined.
We decided 70 vote for No. 6.
But, niessieurs." objects supporter
OF No. J. "She Is SO little @nd
not al ali pretty: This Is p very serious
electien. po YOU realize that the
Queen 81 Paris IL to represent Trance
Is Itsiye Yes for the Msrdi Gias oar
queen and her court sre going TO ital&
and Col fee Mi-CsTenc thc Queens OK
Turin 2nc Milan ere sominz 80 Paris
NoFy sec bow stately 5eanns CNo. 1913
is. SHE would BE- = credit 10 the
- tion. And we .0n't easf she Italian
..sf.,-4stS . 5e f,ofs neantifni tiian o4rs.-'
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the streets of Paris inaugurates the
festival week. Then follow balls aud
concerts and torchiight professions.
The Partisan Mi-Csreme is certainly
a worthy remnant OF its ancient Ro-
nah antecedent.
Early in the morning the racket be-
gins. Confetti sellers with push carts
piled high seek out suitable corners all
along the Boulevard st. Michel out to
the Porte ST. Martin and hack
aionss the Grand Boulevard TO the
Opera. The morning is fairly calm,
with only a few thousand people stir
ring. students wandering along in
groups of about fifty singing and
cheering. About moon everybody in
Paris comes out and all the important
streets are crowded so that not 50
much as a push cart can pass. Onni-
buses alter tlleif courses, tramways
stop running. Paris is certainly In the
hands of q crazy, happy mob. And the
confetti Everswaere men. women and
children are selling IL in bags of one.
two. i've and ten Kilograms, bags OF
paper and cloth and even gunnysacks.
who has not his kilo? WHO has
not his kiio2' Here are the big
sacks" .'Sixty centimes the kilo.'
You wonder where II all comes from
as. you see 4 sack under the arm OF
cvcry pflsserby- The air cloaded with
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one Of the side streets ieadins
20 the Grand Boulevards and
stops short. Tie ceschHsn takes
out his whip beats his horse. curses
long, blue streak and wells Cor police
man.
open way FOR me across that
street How DO you expect me 10 act
through that internal mobe" and he
snaps his whip savagely toward the
seething mass OF men, women and chill
dren moving and moving without
break al the length OF the boulevsrds
"Nou can't pass here says the po-
licemsn. Drive down TO The other end
or the Boulevard des capucines"
But that will take me a mile out
OF my way"
Can't help il. Tho mob owns the
boulepards on Mardi Gras" The po-
licemsn begins 70 turn the horse. In
the meantime = crowd OF merry cele-
orators has gathered. Get along. get
along" they cry, and help the police
man. The coschman protests and
strikes one OF bis tormentors. Then
the mob pounces on him. In a minute
coachman. carriage and horse are en-
Nel0peo in cloud OF confetti. An old
woman with a string OF pearls about
her neck sticks her head out Of the
carriage and screams for help. She
escape a torrent OF confetti. BY this
Time tho horse IL started in the direc-
tion from which he came. The coach
man curses and vainlF tries 20 dodge
the confetti, which comes ffom All d.
rections. The old woman inside cries
out something about q band OF ruff
nans 'Rufhsns. ehs NiVe Ia Mardi
Grss.' and hsif dozen fellows rusb
for the carriage which is being whiiled
sloue by fhe terrified horse. drag open
iho door and hui1 handful after hand
mi of confetti - the dignifed lady
within.
Runans hehs ?" and they ioin the
thousands who are fliinx the bouie-
Yards. everybody an sight end the air
Shove with h.'inf masses of many
colored paper
Great. ehgr YOU call TO your neigh
bor - he dodges ? handful Of confetti
thrown By the giii With the pink bow
81 hsr hair
Yes. hut wait tiI The Ni-Careme.
You wait snaiousiY Tor the Mi-Csremc
and wonder how anything can be moro
eNfitinG tnhn tiif Msrfii tffSf ~ Jaiie,
n is difhculf a. esF AZ just whst
epoch the Mi-CarcIae succeeded titc
Msrdi Grss - the greatest Dopui@r
fete or The Partisan year. Al ANY fate.
fhe deihronemcnt Or the latter IS COM
plete
As far back - fsbrusry Che first
~ the queens was elected, lac queen
- tie i.enair market. The other raar-
kefs follow. escL cEooeinE its most
chsrmine seller of butter. feh, poultry
or Veeetsbles For The first iiue in
ihs HISTORY OF Pasas the markets on
ilr leff side OF the Seine join hands
with those Oh the right and bury the
iiatchef iir Joyous preparation Ter ths
festivals Tile uncovered mariefs and
the 'lavoirs tprblic establishments
slonc tic river ana the carals Tor tho
benefit - Tire nss.ls. olncn9 also elect
t.i.tr l..l-te gt i1~ tee dies
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Mad Antics of the Crowd

Another time you rush forward 10
another corner where you are sure a
good big battle is going on and are
again disappointed; nothing but a
group of young fellows dressed as
clowns, who have Joined hands In 2
circle and are dancing AROUND two
girls who are crying and laughing at
the same time and pretending they
want to get ont.
ON and on you so, giving and receiv7
ing handful at every step. Early in
the afternoon you noticed quite num-
Der of people who had come out deter
mined TO act only as spectators. But
the fever of battle Is contagious and
there are no more spectators now.
Most Of the women are without hats
and their hair ioosens and begins to
fall. powdered with bits Of red and
blue and pink and rose confetti. A
crowd ia the fifth story of the house
above you scatters few sacks Of con-
fetti out OF the window. The wind
carries IL in every direction and you
are hurried for moment In a cloud OF
inuny-eolored snowaakes.
You grow more kAawlng as the aft
ernoon wears on. and instead OF sprink-
Ting q girls hair or tossing a handful
in Z fellows face. you watch for an
opening: wait till some one Is partie-
ularly amused at the discontinue OF
his neighbor, and, as he laughs his
loudest, chuck a handful or confetti
into his mouth when it is open the
widest; watch for some pompous
woman with a veil. lift her veil up as
she reaches for her confetti bag and
drop a handful inte her carefully ar
ranged hair, or wait til you see a fell
low leaning forward and strike be-
tween his neck and his>coliar. or nudge
q girl 10 make her turn aro0ad and
catch her square in the face. o. empty
half sack into the hood of 3 poliee-
mans cape. No one beconaos angry.
No one could ii he tried and II he did
everybody within range would do Ills
best to make him ansrier
II begins to rain. but the streets are
none the less crowded Confetti are
proof against rain Some people put
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Reines. the Queen OF Queens. was
elected late in February in one OF the
psviiions OF the -Halles Centraies
the enormous covered market OF Paris
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bits of paper Of every color in the
rainbow. the ground for miles and
miles covered several inches deep, But
YOU do not wonder long. There isn't
time to think. You are almost suaoth-
cred by the stream which comes from
the hands of three girls, who look upon
YOU as easy prey. Here, monsieur, de-
tend yourseifin cries one of the sellers,
and Grams a bag of confetti into your
hands. The battle grows fiercsF and
fercer, and YOU are getting far the
worst OF IL. You can hardly see and fire
at random. And then your companions
see your plight and come 10 your aid
Then everybody in sight pitches in and
you do not know who is your enemy,
who your friend. The first thing you
lSnow-you find yourself fighting on the
side OF the three girls who began the
battle by attacking you. II all ends
somehow or other and you pass on
with the thirst for battle burned deep
into you; you, who came out TO see
the other people celebrate, and are now
as ready TO fight as the next fellow.
On and on you go, driving handful after
handful into All the faces turned to-
ward you. At first sou hold the bag
loosely under your arm and wide open,
so that you can get = X easily. After
a few people have stuck their hands in
as you pass and coyered you with your
UWH tolttstll 9ou DScohic Wt5tI diu Hotu
your bag close, The crowd bunches
at certain corner and you hurry for
ward. thinking that fine battle Is go
ing on and not wanting 20 miss It.
disappointment: nothing but man be-
ing arrested for selling q bag of con-
fetti in which several colers are min
gled. TIe has picked It up in the streets
and the police have commanded that
each bag contain confetti ''unicoiore"
TO prevent this very thing. Confetti
picked up in the streets is likely TO
carry with it some rather dangerous
pebbles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-21
CHARLES M. SKINNER DEAD.
An Editorial Writer and the Author
of Many Books.

NEW YORK, December 2I-Charles NJ
Skinner, an editorial writer on the Brook
Ign Eagle and known as a lecturer and
writer of books and plays. died yesterday
at his home in Proctorsville, VT. For a
year past Mr.. Skinner had been Ill and
during most of the time remained at his
country home. Six weeks ago he came to
this city and was operated on for cancer
at the Jewish Hospital. Last Saturday,
learning that he could not live, some of
his friends in the Eagle Office made ar
rangements to have him taken home.
Charles NJ. Skinner was born in 1852 at
Victor N. Y. where his father was the
Universalist minister at that time. He
was educated at Tufts College and came
to Brooklyn about twenty-siX years ago as
a reporter on the Brooklyn Times. In
1854 he joined the Eagle staff and re-
manned there for the remainder If his
life. He was an editorial writer, but gave
up much of his time to dramatic and mu-
steal criticism. He also wrote stories of
travel. He represented the Eagle with
the army at Chickamauga in 1898 and on
the United States relief expedition to Mar
Unique and st. Vincent in 1902.
Mr.. Skinner was the author Of several
books and plays, among the latter "Villon
the Vagabond.' in which his brother, Otis
Skinper. appeared. Among his books are
Myths and Legends Of Our Land Ma
ture in City Yard with Feet to
Earth" DO Nothing Days" and Flow
ers in the Pave" Mr.. Skinner leaves a
widow and two sons. Clarence R., who is
a Universalist minister at Mount Vernon,
and Harold Otis, boy at school.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-21
ILLINOIS DIVORCE GOOD.
New York Court Declines to Recog-
nize Wife's Attack on It.

NEW YORK. December 21.-A decision
rendered yesterday by the appellate d.
vision of the supreme court upholds the
validity OF a divorce decree obtained in
Illinois by Leo Strauss. burlesque actor,
against Alice X. Strauss. On the strength
of this dec sion the court vacated an order
for Strauss arrest obtained by Mrs
Strauss in a suit for divorce she began
L n AUGUST. Mrs. Strauss urged that
under recent decisions OF the United
o,a Supreme Court the divorce obtain
ed by Strauss in Illinois in June last was
not binding in this state. Tn, facts dis
closed show that the pair lived together
from 1885, when they were married in
Hobokan. until 1908. when she left him.
He acquired a legal residence in Illinois
u hogan a suit for divorce on the
ground of desertion. She appeared In
-. Il suit and got an order for alimony at
the rate of SIS a week. which she subse-
quently compromised for $1,000 in full
settlement. Then he got his divorce, and
two months, later she sued for a divorce
here accusing him Of adultery and deny
ing the jurisdiction OF the Illinois courts
The appellate division says that where
a party to an acton has acknowledged thu
Jurisdiction of foreign court that person
is debarred from afterward questioning
the foreign courts jurisdiction in New
York state. and the courts must re cogniza
that the matrimonial relations between
the parties were terminated by the Illinois
decree.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-21
The Improvement of the Blue Nile.
AMBASSADOR REID RETURNS
On the Mauritania, Which Had q
= Rough Voyage.

NEW YORK. December 2l.-The big
gest ship in the world. the Mauritania.
of the Cunard line, in yesterday, found
one of the biggest seas in the world lying
In wait for her in midocean on Tuesday
and could not dodge it. The crest of 1t
leaned over the weather bow and lifted
three ifeboats from their chocks. slightly
damaging one. The gale that piled up
the waves was succeeded by another,
estimated to have had force OF more than
100 miles. that laid them low for while.
The barometer went down to 800 and
the speed of the ship headed against the
blast was reduced to less than half AT
times she made practically no headway.
Naturally. she didn't break any records,
although she averaged twenty-three knots
an hour She brought 3.0l7 sacks of
first-ciass mall. 149 sacks of parcels posi-
packages and S4.00o.00O In gold.
Among the Mauretania's passengers were
Mr. Whitelaw Reid. American ambassa--
dor to Great Britain. and his family;
Simon Lake. the submarine boat builder;
Mrs. A. j. DreXel. Ogden Bishop, j. Ser
geant Cram. Mr.. and Mrs. Noel Bardac,
Mrs. J. R.dgely Garter. Eustace Fennes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-21
WOMAN SANTA CLAUS BURNED.
First Victim of Christmas Festival
Celebrations Is Rescued.

CHICAGO. December 2l.-Miss Florence
Risley. :. member of the teaching staff of
the Girton Private School for Girls, at
Winnetka. was the first Santa Claus vic
tim of the holiday season. Miss Risley
is nursing some painful burns, caused
by the igniting of her Kris kringle Co.'S
tune, and is thanking the quick-witted
girls of her class whose prompt aid in
extinguishing the blaze saved her from
a horrible death.
The teacher had emerged from an i'm
provised chimney, when her costume took
fire from candle on the Christmas
tree. The false Santa Claus beard be-
came ignited, the flames instantly spread
ing to some of the furry decorations of
Santa Claus greatcoat. AS the first cry
of alarm fell from the lips of the fright
ened woman the girls screamed and a
rush began for the exits.
Some of the young women ran to the
assistance of Miss Risley and smothered
the flames, which in a fey seconds had
demolished part of her cotton attire.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-21
wA1F' TO INHERIT MILLION.
Banker to Adopt Boy Who Asked for
Food Six Years Ago.

ST. LOUIS, December 21.-Because he
has been tried and found not wanting.
Harry Christopher. who six years ago
asked for food at the country home of w.
E Borders. a banker and local coal
operator of Marissa, an Illinois suburban
town near st. Louis, will enc day fall
heir to an estate valued at nearly a mill
lion dollars.
A petition has been filed in the county
court at Belleville, ILL.,, by Banker Bor-
ders and his wife to adopt the wa!f whom
they made a member of the family six
years ago. The boys story-he was only
thirteen years old at the time-aroused
the interest of MIR. Borders. He said his
father and mother, who lived in Philadel-
p1ia. treated him SO badly that he was
forced to run away from home. Borders
took the lad into the house and gave him
a warm supper, after which he talkeU
freely with his benefactors.
Both Borders and wife took a fancy to
the boy, but they did not care to take
him into their home upon such short &C
quaintance. They concluded to put the
boy to work in one of the mines, and II
he proved worthy. they would legally
adopt him, as they had no children Of
their own. si5 ..... 49,
The boy proved all they expected. He
was sent to school and later to the Uni
versity of Illinois, where he now is.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-21

NJ P; F. C. Havemeyer. Lyman Melvin
Jones, Lady Duff Gordon. Capt. B. M.
Rhodes. Lieut.. Col Frederick II. Ward
and Mr. and Mrs. Frederick c. Whitney.
+ Ambassador Reid said he was here on
a sixty days leave of absence, dating
from January I: that he would go to AL
bany today to attend meeting of the
board of regents. OF which he is a men,
Der. and that he would call on the Presi-
dent in about week.
MI. LAKE said he was building four 800
ton submarine boats for Russia with a
speed on the surface of fftcen knots and a
speed below the surface OF eight knots
He said they were much all .ad Of the
ordinary submarines. being capable Of
firing at quick intervals six ~ their Twelve
torpedoes just like rap.d-fir- batteries OF
harleShips
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-21
,lADo. NEAR G0llD0KDp4
Copyright, 1907, by Frank C. Carpenter,

Copyright. 1907, by Frank G. Carpenter)
KHARTUM.
p WANT to tell you about some gigantic
projects which the English are con-
sidering as to the upper Nile. That
III mighty stream has now its whole
course through British territory 1t
rises in Lake Victoria in the British
province of Uganda, and flows through
that province into the Anglo-Egyptian
Sudan. 1t winds its way through the
Sudan, traversing the old land Of
Nubia and then goes on, down through
Egypt which is practically dependency
of Great Britain, to the Mediterranean
sea- From its source to its mouth
1t flows through about thirty degrees
of latitude, and it's course has length
of more than 1000 miles. The Brit
ish control not only the main stream. but
most Of it's tributaries, and they own the
great lakes of Victoria and Albert Nyanza,
as far as the Nile outlets are concerned.
The only other nation which has anything
to do with the stream is the ADJSslnlan,
In whose highlands the Blue Nile and At
bara have their sources. Inc control o!
these two rivers is. moreover. SO regulated
by treaties that they cannot De toucnso
except by British consent, so that the
Nile may be called an English river and
NAV be looked upon as in the hands OF
one of the richest, most able and most
successful of the developing nations of
the globe.
have already told you of the improve
ments that the British have made as to
the EGYPTIAN course of this great water
way. For a month and more have been
travelling along that part OF II nave
visited the great canals of the delta, ana
also the Barrages at Cairo and Assiout:
T have written you of the huge dam at
Assouan, which has been built at a cost
of $40 900 OG0, to give tie farms or Egypt
a steady water supply. This oam mas
made reservoir NO On nfss to oas a. ater
to feed the Nile when low. 1t Is now 70
be raised twenty feet higher, and II Will
then hold back almost as much more. ~
has already added millions to the wealth.
of the lower Nile valley. and 1t has made
the Eryptians one of the most prosperous
peoples on the globe.
Big Projects of the Upper Nile.
TIE projects which the. British are
now considering are more. important than
anything they have done in. the past, ana
they will rank as the most daring or
the engineering plans OF the century Ii
carried out they will cost as much as II
did to build the Suez canal. but they WIZ
assure the greater Egypt steady water
runnlv all the year round for all time
to come; and they will build up here. at
n distance of fifteen hundred or two
thousand miles south of the Mediterra-
mean sea. Several other Egypts twice or
thrice as rich as the lower Nile valley,
each supporting it's millions OF peope.
The projects embrace the regulation
of the great lakes on the highlands OF
central Africa. so that they may serve
as reservoirs for the Nile. They include
the enbankment of those tributaries OF
the White Me which flow through the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-21
ELEVEN ACRES FOR SALE.

Ry rrr"meut with the attorney of record for
all the heiss Itlaw and owners Of the real estate
OF Charlotte L. Drain. deceased will sell at pub
". - ti"r. tt the hlrhest b ddar, ON SATURDAY.
DECEMBER :fwENTX-EIGHT. 1907. AT 3
O'CLOCK PM. the premises. about two
squares west Of the Alexandria co-tnty courthouse
ELEVEN ACRES OF LAND about mile west
Of the Aqueduct Bridge and Just north of the mil
itary buildings at Fort Myer. and between the
county courthouse OF Alexandria county and Clar-
endon and the large new handsome dwelling of
County Clerk George H. Rucker. said e'even acres
being the western and most bea"tif VI part Of the
landed estate of Charlotte l.. Drain. deceased, and
is splendidly sitsted for subdivision into villa
sites and building lots. being only about Is min
nte' walk 10 and from Georgetown. The Wasting
ton Arlington and Falls Church electric ears run
through toe center of the property. Get M at
Spruce station. Houses sell and rent there IA I
sale: balance In 30 days. Call or write for FIJI
particulars. JAMES n CLEMENTS. Attorney for
Heirs. Once 1i06 q st. NV, Washington. D. C.
'Phcne. Main 1850. de2l-7t
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-21
Proposed German Aero Club.

BERLIN, December 2i.-As striking evil
dence of the growing interest In aerial
navigation a proposition has been ac-
cepted by an important gathering of
aeronauts to form under the patronage of
Emperor William Il great German aero
nauts' club. Ii is intended to take over
the drigible airship 'Parsevar' and con-
duct experiments with 1t and also with
all kinds of flying machines and heavier
than-air apparatus. trials with which
hitherto have been confined to flights Of
miniature models. Prince Ernst Sachsen-
Altenbdrg has been offered the presidency
of the new club.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-21
JOKE ON THE JOKER.
The Man Who Shot Him Dismissed
From Custody.

wILKESBARRE, Pa, December GA
practical joker who gets shot is receiving
what he deserves, according to the opin-
ion of Justice Johnson of Sayre. The
iustice Yesterday discharged Ray Brown
of W,ndham Summit. who shot and
wounded Harry Russell of Nichols in
the arm the other night. when Russell
as a Joke, tried to frighten brown and
his wife by pretending he was bur-
glar and trying to open the window of
their bedroom.
Mrs Brown was afraid OF burglars, as
Russo knew, but he did not know she
had placed a load I'D shotgun close to the
window. Her husband jumped from the
bed and fired at the supposed burglar
without seeing who he was.