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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-15
The Senate's Rival Actors.

too So we're censure could not be passed
on the effort to make trouble between
Mr.. Davis and Mr.. Tillman. Light
hearted persons inclined to leV1ty are
warning Mr. Tillman to look out for his
laurels. They pretend to see In the
Arkansas senator a rival dangerous to
the game of the South Carolina senator.
And SO they are calling out. Watch him.
Benz
II Ia an unne sessary alarm. Mr.. TILL
man is in no danger. The pitchfork Will
continue to do business. and to attract its
share Of attention. The Senate is big
enough for both men. Taste in enter
tainment is varied in that body, and no
good performer fails of appreciation. Mr..
Tillman has not been eclipsed. Another
man of bounce and industry has been
added to the chamber. That is all.
AS all the worlds a stage, and all the
men and women merely players, 1t is
easy to point the difference between the sc
two interesting Thespians. Mr.. Tillman.
let us say, is all for melodrama, of the
most 'rambunctious" kind. His scowl,
his strut, his unmitigated fury, his voice
go with the 'thrillers" of our politics.
The clock strikes nothing but twelve for
him, and mischief Is always afoot, and
Mr. Tillman is always on the heels of it.
Had he been born in New York of poor
but honest parents, instead of In South
Carolina of rich but honest parents. he
might have studied for the real stage and
made fortune on the Bowery. AS it
is. he is a star on the political stage,
and has made a fortune there.
Mr.. Davis is all for comedy-good old
fashioned, broad, low comedy, which you
can tell across the street on dark night
by the sound. He knows how to dress the
part, and to act it. His smile is almost
as good as Mr.. Bryan's. His girth lends
JUNCTION to what he says. He is "fat and
sassy" He talks with ease. His GEES
lures are on all tours with the points he
makes His power at home is easily ex-
planned. He must, indeed, have found IAN
easy thing" In a man of Mr.. Berry's slow
and uninspiring delivery. The crowd any
where as between the two would go over
whelmingly with the round rosy, conf
never abashed by the extravaganza of his
statements. Davis for the average man S
money, every time.
There may be a sort of rivalry, but
friends of broad entertainment need not
fear for the result Live and let live
should be the motto of both senators.
What a pity that at such time heavy
tragedian like Mr.. Vardaman could not
have been added to the company! Ham,
let, Falstaff, and Big Ike of the Plains
all under one roof, and the galleries free
TO the public!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-15
A Servitor's Sililoquy.


I waits upon de white folks, an sho
admires DER looks;
Dey's all dressed up like people dat you
sees in picture books.
Dey sits down to de table an mos all de
time dey feeds
pey's talkin' bout de country an its DIFF
ferent kinds O. needs.
I gets SO much excited dat 'specks to
wake mex day
To find de various troubles Of dis world
all sweep away.
But now Is Iearnin' better. When dem
white folks stahts to dine
Oar isn't muffin dom, but de CONVERSE
TONS fine!
It's jes' like hearin' music when you listen
to dat talk
I purity near stahts dancin'. cause feels
too good to walk.
Commencin' with de terrapin, as sweet as
any song.
It keeps on gettin' finer till de coffee
comes along.
De way dey smites de sinners an rewards
de good is grand
1t SCUM like we is livin' in de sho' huff
promise land.
OBJ course. de world will be de same mex
day, bout eight or nine.
Oar isn't muffin dom, but de converse
TONS fine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-15
GA Cold Proposition"

This is a current expression attributed
to a recent visitor to Washington:
"How Vice President Fairbanks ever
acquired the reputation for GOODNESS
can't understand. AS matter OF fact
there are few more cordial men on either
side Of the Capitol than the vice Presi-
dent. He Is never too busy to say
'howdy' to all who come into MS room.
the door OF which is always invitingly
omen when he Is there. To the strangers,
who introduce themselves, and have any
thing more to say than the perfunctory
creating he extends a hand, seats them
on the big leather couch in the room.
and hears their tale through with adj
mirable patience and apparent interest"
other public men have suffered in this
way, and with quite as little cause. Gen.
Harrison was another 1ndianian upon
whom silly gossipers exercised themselves.
He too was described as cold and un-
responsive, when. as matter of fact, he
was cordial, warm-hearted and thorough
ly sympathetic. AS listener he was al
together inspiring, and as talker one
of the best of his day. But let discus
sion turn upon him In hotel Hobbies or
barrooms, and six out Of eight of any
company would describe him as a very
chilly proposition"
In one OF Mr. Curtis Albany letters to
The Star mention is made Of a similar
charge against Gov. Hughes. The gang
are not enamored of him because of the
absence of hee-haw and gush from his
composition. He doesn't shake hands
with a flourish, or clap visitors on the
back, or run over a stock of yarns for
entertainments sake. For this reason
probably there are politicians who fear
he would not run well as q presidential
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-15
YULETIDE BOOKKEEPING.

It inks me what / threw away
1t pains me what spent or gave
When now through many a tight-wad day,
save.
Fer since December LIST to me
LIES ways have been scarce ft to print:
Instead of spending gay and free,
stint.
smoke. ticker, IL you please, ~
dinner more'n / can afford
Instead of pleasant things like theaA. II
! hoard.
| do not take the car downtowA-.
On Shanks' mare l sadly limp.
Cause why? you ask. And then frow1s
Il scrimp."
And yet despite my do-or-bust,
Despite the Joy I've missed in chunks,
Nv Christmas fund to date is just
Richmond Times Dispatch.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-15
STOESSEL.

Columbus Ohio State Journal.
While Viceroy Alexieff has run out of
town for a few days without leaving his
address. 1t is understood that he still feels
that Gen. Stoessel was guilty of inexcusa-
BILE cowardice.
indianapolis Star
In charging Stoessel with grating isn't
the Russian bureaucracy showing itself
deficient in the sense Of humor?
Detroit Free Press.
Gen. Stoessel has been called on to tell
why Port Arthur wasn't his tomb.
st. Paul Dispatch.
The Russo-Japanese war is getting fur
Their away in the past. but the danger Is
approaching in the near future that Gen.
Stoessel will become the Gen. Scapegoat.
Chicago News.
Gen. Stoessel insists that Port Arthur
got so hot he simply had to drop it.
Chicago Evening Post.
Don't push the defense to extremi-
ties" wired the car to Stoessel in Port
Arthur. We trust that the court-martiai
will follow this piece Of advice.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-15
ChauHeurS.

New York Is gasping with surprise over
the action Of motor-car chauffeur who.
having run over and injured boy In the
street, carried him to physicians office
and then rode around to the nearest police
station and reported himself for arrest.
This is an innovation truly to be well
coined The frequent spectacle of the
motormen speeding off after doing dam
age has created a distinctly disagreeable
impression in the public mind. Careful
chauffeurs. who are by no means in the
minority, have had to suffer the suspicion
of being reckless because of the danger
Gus pranks of others in their line of bust
ness. Unquestionably, too, much blame
has attached to them unjustly which
should be properly laid upon those they
hit Many pedestrians cause their own
troubles by lodging to and fro or by de-
liberately taking foolish chances in
crowded roadways.
Possibly the average chauffeur depends
too much upon his ability to check his
car quickly or to turn it delicately
through a tortuous channel. There is no
disputing the remarkable dirigible quail
ties of a well-handled car. But there are
places where it Is dangerous to rely
upon the steering gear or the brakes too
implicitly. Until the pedestrian is him
self thoroughly trained in the matter Of
minding his own business scrupulously.
never dancing jigs in front of advancing
cars or stepping off curbs without look
ing to see if the way Is reasonably clear
and giving fair degree of attention to the
sound of the warning horn or bell 1t Is
the business of the chauffeur to take upon
himself the full burden of the risk and to
act accordingly. with due caution and
care.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-15
Street Car Ventilation.

The Districts health officer calls atten-
ton pointedly to the need OF better ven
tilation In the street cars. This subject oc-
casionally arouses the interest of small
section of the public. but rarely does 1t
enlist the concern of the entire commu-
Giry. Most people seem to think that it is
a law oTnaxure that street cars should
be stuff As&en who Insist upon lowering
or raising y window at home or in the
Office an inah or two in order to secure
free cfcuIa4on of fresh air, will stand
With apssrent contentment in a street
CIR that is packed to suffocation. and
some of them will even call out indignant
ly n a carelses newcomer or outgoer
leaves the tfo6r open for a few seconds.
The atmosphere of street car on a
rainy day is so-aething only to be men
toned never to be described. Forty, fifty,
sixty o1even eighty people may be hud-
died together in the seats and aisles. with
wet garments, all responding faithfully
to the physical requirement to breathe
regularly and thus pouring forth vast
quant1ty of poisonous elements. The win
dows are tightly closed. the transoms are
damned shut. usually with the regulating
rods broken or removed. and the front
doors closed. How life is sustained in such
circumstances Is one of the mysteries of
this existence.
Many a man. after hard days work.
starts for home feeling jaded, rides in a
packed street car without ventilation, and
reaches his house in state verging upon
collapse. For perhaps half an hour he
sits-more probably stands-in a human
sardine box. breathing over and over
again the vitiated air that was originally
sufficient to keep perhaps five pairs OF
lungs in good order for that period 1t is
a wonder he gets home alive.
This sort of thing the health officer
proposes to prevent by requiring every
street car TO be ventilated lie would
have the process automatic, so that no
conductor may interfere with 1t at the
insistence OF some squeamish passen-
ger who has nervous chill every time
a single molecule of pure air is met
These ventilators should be so arranged
that the rain or snow cannot enter
They should be out of reach of the
inquisitive passenger or the oficious
one. They should be of capacity to re.
plenish the air of the car at least once
in five minutes. Then, perhaps, stree,
car riding will be less OF a menace to
the health than 1t is today, when the
open cars of the summer season have
been showed into the barn and the
tight boxes of suffocation have been
put into service.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-15

Park. That part of the way from the
city hall to Logan square. 1t is proposed.
should be especially wide, and the hope is
entertained by the Pathways friends that
many of the public institutions of the
city may be induced to locate there. An
other part of the plan is that the city
shall condemn a strip of land SO wide
that the city may own the building sites
on each side of the boulevard.
In commenting on the plan the Inquirer
says:
1.-THE Parkway west of Logan square
would offer on either side magnificent
sites for buildings. The character or
these buildings would be entirely under
the control of the city. With that point
in view, the Inquirer. which has been ad-
vocating and fighting for the PARKWAY
for some years. had drawn and had
passed by the legislature a Dill winch
enables the city to condemn ana purchase
property for two hundred feet on either
of it under such restrictions as 1t shall
see fit. This law is pronounced by the
Art Association to be of the utmost I'M
portance. for it makes certain that notn,
ing homogeneous can mar the beauty OF
the avenue. The Avenue des Champs
Elysees. in Paris, is lined with fine build
ings There Is every reason to believe
that the Parkway will be built up with
equally fine buildings, which mleh! take
the form of fine private residences. NOTES.
great apartment houses, even a theater or
two but all conforming to architectural
provisions which would embellish the
Parkway surroundings. No doubt the city
will be able to sell sites at considerable
profit. thus reducing the cost of construct
ing the Parkway
1t il pointed out that the London county
council in the matter of the widening OF
the Strand and the cutting Of the kings
way leases the sites along these improve
ments and regulates the architecture OF
the buildings.
The Philadelphia project also compre-
hends a grouping Of the municipal build
ings, a popular idea in cities having
beauty schemes. At the city hall ter
minus of the Parkway there Is to be
great plaza around which the public build
ings are to be grouped
1t is hoped that Philadelphia's amoi-
tious project may be carried to frultlon.
washington wants no monopoly on civic
beauty, and wishes we'll to all other cities
in the good cause of civic upllft
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-15
VARIOUS VERSES
ON TIMELY TOPICS
ARE YOU The NAN?

There's q scary sort Of Teller Soin' round the
country through
A-talkin' Of the future in a way TO make you
blue:
A-predietin. woes and pauics and all kinds q
dreadful Shocks
And a-blamin' folks In Wall street and con-
demnin' deals In stocks;
Sayin our financial system Is a structure full OF
faults.
And a-can In his money and alockin' Il In
vaults
And with wish to bring him forward and convert
him IL We can
We seekin' information
Say. are you the man7
Shucks! Don't LET little furry from the clouds
a-passin' by
Make you think the storm has covered all the
broad financial sky:
You would see the sun still shinin' II you'd Just
poke out your head;
Stop a-countin' up your losses; count your
blessin's up instead:
Trouble finds the man who falters sooner than
the man who fights;
Quit your talk Of comm panics; help at settin
things to rights.
Let little cheerful confidence, not grrsIt,in' b
your plan,
Now to the situation
Say. are you the mani
Springfield Union.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-15
SENATOR JEFF.

Springfield Republican.
Senator JEFF Davis maiden speech will
make the cottonwoods rustic in Arkansaw
He told his people he would make the
country sit UP. and "he done it,
Atlanta Journal.
Senator jeff Davis is paving the way
for an appointment to Senator La Fol-
lettes old position as chairman of the
committee on the disposition of useless
documents.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
1t is plain that Ben" Tillman will have
to "step lively" If he hopes to keep ahead
of JEFF Davis.
Toledo Times.
If Senator jeff Davis is going to be a
regular contributor to our esteemed con-
temporary. the Congressional Record.
that staid old family organ is liable to
experience a boom in circulation-in
Arkansas, anyhow.
Providence Journal.
The speech of Senator jeff Davis in
Congress yesterday is called his maiden"
effort. It sounds more like the seasoned
scream Of a matronly fishwife.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-15
The PRESENTS OF YESTERYEAR.

Again we try, as we tried before,
To give each person thing to prize;
Again we plan, as we planned Of yore.
For sweet remembrance of friendships ties.
Our purses then were of goOdly size.
We gave and took with q heart OF cheer;
But times have altered Who may surmfse
Where are the presents OF yesteryearF
That thingumbob that we never wore
Safe wrapped in the bureau drawer II lies.
II passed to Kate 1t will fix her score.
And Mabel's gift to Eliza flies;
Its use would certainly stump the wise.
But on Ii goes with never fear.
The list grows shorter. Who may surmtse
Where are the presents Of yesteryear?
Fresh as the day that it left the store
The Joneses' gift to the Browns applies;
We send the stun from the folks next door
To gladden. our aunt's far distant eyes.
The need of grace to the heavens cries,
less hlls the gap and our list Is clear.
May never they meet beneath the skfeSI
Where are the presents Of yesteryearf
Kris Kringle, ride in your merry guise !
To scatter our tokens far and near,
And do not blab should the question rise,
Where are presents OF yesteryeari
. -McLandburgh Wilson. In N. Y. Sun.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-15
The Fleet and It's Journey.

The fleet starts for the Pacific tomorrow.
1t is as fit as a fiddle, and differed by
picked men. Over all Is Admiral Evans,
an accomplished. an experienced, a brave,
and a popular sailor. The whole coun-
try wishes for safe voyage, and one that
in every way will justify itself. Our
strength afloat is a feature of our ma
tional pride. and all share in the feeling.
When this cruise was first announced
no little sharp criticism followed. Some
men and some newspapers entrely
friendly to the President questioned the
wisdom of the step. They could not a'
that time concede that any valuable pur-
pose could be served, and they reared the
effects of the Interpretation that sensa-
tionalists were certain to put out Inc
sensationalists got busy. Japan was
warned to be on her guard. Here was
what in Tammany circles Is called
def" and the President was hurrying
preparations both in the Philippines ana
at home to make 1t good.
Fortunately for all concerned. the noisy
fellows oyerplayed their parts. Ihey
made too much noise. Only little re-
Election was necessary to disarm appre-
hension; and this reflection was produced
by the extravaganza of the yellow press.
Too much was predicted of the. cruise.
japan became amused. Europe settled
hack In her chair again, and, with US,
preparations went on smoothly and Win
out furry.
The fleet therefore starts with public
interest unanimous at home, and good
will expressed abroad. So far from feel
ing any apprehension, Japan feels friend
Ship She would be glad to welcome the
ships in her own waters, and Admiral
Evans frankly says he would be glad to
take them there. AS for Europe there Is
suly a smile now at the yarn that the
kaiser will look out for us on the Atlantic
side while We are showing our
selves to our own people on the Pa
cific side and trailing the tail OF our
coat before Nippon's eyes.
If. as some persons believe, the cruise
will help the program for more SHIPS
the country will be well served IN that.
We need more ships. We must keep
m with the procession, both on sea
and land. 1t would be better, of course.
If war were a thing of the past But
u 10 not. The world is so far from
the millennium that none or the great
powers is at present taking that Tar
off. divine event" into its calculations.
Every well-governed nation Is keeping
its powder dry and it's pouch fuil' ana
putting it's faith largely in its guns and
ships and battalions.
Good luck, then, to the ships ana
their crews, and may they return as
they start, in fine fettle, and be the
better for their long journey.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-15
Philadelphia's Beauty Plan,

Philadelphia is in the throes of the city
beautiful idea. 1t really is a beautiful
idea. and when a community is set to
thinking on it. that community is not
only better, but is on the road to better
things. In all this booming of the booms,
clashing of factions and turmoil of politi-
cal war. it is peaceful to read of Phila-
delphias Parkway" plan. a project which
the greater city seems to be thinking
about more than even Mr.. Knox's can
didacy.
1t is one OF those great schemes that
call for the condemnation of a large
amount of private property. The Park
way" is to be a boulevard-somewhat
after the model of the Champs Elysees.
leading through the city to Paramount
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-15
new YORK'S LID.

Richmond Times Dispatch.
Since the digging UP and clamping down
of that deadly Sunday lid. old New York
ers are beginning to speak almost re-
specially of Brooklyn.
Detroit Journal.
New York is wailing over it's blue Sum
days" Any one who can discover a time
when New York has not been wailing
over something is entitled to an elegant
Morris chair. gold-fllled watch or some
other rich and use full prize.
Atlanta Constitution.
And now New York knows what 1t is
to be good for one day in the year.
Pittsburg Gazette Times.
1t doesn't console some confirmed New
Workers that the churches are open on
Sunday.
Cleveland Leader.
Gotham. after one days acquaintance
with the lid. has decided that it isn't a
novelty worth the distress of seeing every
Sunday.
Dayton Herald.
New York had dry Sunday, but things
were evened up by a well irrigated Mon
day. -.--...--.- a.. 4..-.
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"EASY PAYMENTS. "

1 bought my fine gold watch on time, g
Terms on an auto wrote for,
And purchased one. the same one Tn
Just due to pay note for:
I have acquired house and lot;
The house is furnace heated;
In twenty years 1 shall have got
My payments all completed.
I've books-some very handsome sets
That by degrees I'm buying.
One must incur some trifing debts,
While such small wants supplying.
I've furniture. The man just came,
And knew what that call meant.
He was collecting for the same,
And l paid one installment.
It's lovely, this installment plan,
For getting what you're needing,
II you are not u careful man,
And like q little bleeding.
I've even worked 1t in regard
To stylish, ready raiment,
But still ind 1t mighty hard
To meet the easy payment.
Chicago Newa
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-15
HIS LUMINOUS VIEWS.

The statesman leans back in his chair,
Looks out across the park
And. weighing every word with care,
Delivers this remark:
''The tariff is a meaty nut;
think it should be altered, BUT"
The statesman fumbles with his pen,
Debating means and ways.
Looks out across the park again
And sapiently says:
The ship OF state is not a skin:
The tariff will be altered. IF"
louisville Courier-Journa1
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-15
UNCLE SANS CHRISTMAS STOCKING.

When Uncle Sam his stocking sees
With Christmas jubilation,
The shape OF II will tell him all
without investigation.
II Il fs hanging very straight,
Symmetrically rounded
His hope that Hughes may be inside
Will be correctly founded
II Il inclines TO emhonpoint
Around about the middle,
The guess that Taft may fill Its girth
Will rightly solve the riddle.
And II II hops around the room,
Detached, amuck and kicking.
1t will not need good eyes to see
The third term In 1t sticking.
New York Times.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-15
An Indiscriminate Ear.

1T suppose the children will disturb you
with horns and drums as usual during the
holidays"
It suppose So" answered Mr.. Sirius
Barker, but try to be philosophic. My
daughters keep up their piano and vocal
practice the year round. When 1 hear
the horns and drums I feel that I am
lucky not to be paying for music lessons"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-15
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Personal Reasons.

$50 you have put mortgage on the
farm?'
Yes" answered Farmer Corntossel.
ct didn't know you needed money"
ct didn't. put that mortgage on SOS
to have the satisfaction of KNOWN the
farm was still good fur loan, 3es' the
same as I got my life insured fur the
comfort of having the doctor tell me I
was healthy enough to pass the examina-
ton
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-15
The Recess,

OF all the Christmas gifts they say
This is among the best
The statesman gets holiday,
The public gets a rest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-15

Every now and then some obscure
Japanese is found making drawings of
American ships and Notifications with an
industry which shows deplorable igno-
rance of the peace assurances that have
passed between the two great nations.