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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-29
KITTY'S. CHRISTMAS TREE.

Kitty had Christmas tree. and now. what do
you think?
Everything she hung on it was made to eat or
drink!
There was bottle full OF cream. a nice big
piece OF bread
A slice of cake all tied around with ribbons rosy
red:
dainty little chicken bone-it was a wish
bone. tool
And 1t was flung upon the tree with pretty lib
bon blue.
And on the very highest top. high Dolly's
house.
There was the incest thing of ALA little choco-
late mouse!
Now Fuzzy came and Billy came to see our
Christmas tree,
And tabby came, and Bunny, too, as gay as he
could be.
Bunny got the slice of cake. Tabby got the
cream,
Fuzzy got the chicken bone and Billy said
'twould seem
A very lovely thing to him to have the slice Of
bread.
So Kitty gave It to him at once, and Thank
you Billy said.
Now. somehow there was only left the best
thing In the house,
so Kitty gave IL TO herself-the little chocolate
mouse.
-Woman's Home Companion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-29

plain as any child. She has also learned
to call for water. AID If she gets thirsty
during the night she will stand under our
bedroom window and call out until we
come down and give her drink
Unfortunately, the bird is modest as we'll
as gifted. and thus far she has persistently
refused to SHOW off, before company.
While the black hen of Mother Goose S
rhyme had no computations whatever
about receiving callers and performing in
public. the Atlantic City hen assumes the
position of reluctance which may prove
eventually to be embarrassing to her own
er. 1t is a most disagreeabe experience
to own a talking hen and to have the
hen refuse to talk to anybody else
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-29
Twins Four Times.

The latest photograph of the Presi-
dent shows him with smile, of course
1t Is an ample smile, as might be
imagined. There is nothing stingy
about the Presidents smile When he
smiles he smiles right. You know that
he Is smiling, whether he means it or
not.
The Presidents latest photograph
shows a smile that begins at the west
ear and terminates at the east ear 1t
may have been inspired by reading the
following dispatch which appeared in
the public prints few days ago:
FOURTH TWINS; ONE THEODORE.
LITTLE FALLS, N. Y.-Their fourth
pair of twins in twelve years were born
today to Mr. and Mrs. Lyman Billings.
The couple have had twelve children.
Mr.. Billings is an ardent admirer Of
President Roosevelt. The latest twins
are boy and a girl, and together they
weigh twenty-five pounds. The boy
will be named Theodore. Mrs. billings
is orty-three years old and rarely has
had Il sick day
Here is citizenship that would have
tickled Caesar and exhausted Ierod!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-29
Ruse of Thieves.

1t is wise to exercise caution in admit
ting strange men to the home, whether it
be house or fiat. 1t is published in
the news of New York this morning that:
Ernest Archer, an electrician, twenty
six years old, was arrested yesterday
afternoon in the home at IL West sd
street of William w. Barbour, son of Col
Barbour, on a charge of stealing about
500 worth of jewelry. Archer went to the
house and represented himself as an
inspector for the elevator company and
said he had been sent to inspect the ele-
vator In the house. When the butler went
to the door Archer said he was in q
hurry to look over the elevator for the
company and showed a blue print of the
apparatus. He told the butler to go into
the cellar and watch the base of the ele-
the top. The butler went as directed and
then got suspicious of the man and went
up to the second floor and saw the WISH
tor in Mr.. Barbour's room picking up
stickpins, watches and other jewelry from
the bureau and stuffing them in his
pocket
Here is a slight variation of an old
trick. There have been fake inspectors
of plumbing water inspectors gas
inspectors. telephone inspectors" ETC.
AS rule, city governments and public
service corporations furnish their employees
with proper means of identification, and
in no case ought man to be let in ones
premises except by virtue of indubitable
credentials. To pose as an honest work.
man is a popular ruse with thieves.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-29
Mr.. Davis and Nepotism.

The Joke, for the moment. seems to be
on Senator Davis. At any rate, ribald
press is after him about matter which
is giving the public some amusement, and
which appears to call for an explanation
from him.
Is the Arkansas trust-buster the real
stuff? Is he a sworn enemy of the money
devil? These questions are asked. now
with smile, now with a sneer. Curiosity
is aroused, and curiosity must be salts
fed A question of this sort. like the
workingman. cannot be kept down, or lS-
pored. in this country. Later we should
hear from Mr.. Davis. He does not hide
his tongue-which is his highlander a
bushel, and when the holiday season is
over and his attention returns from pleas
ant to bitter things he may reply to his
enemies:
The cause of the racket is the appoint
rnent by the senator of two members of
his family to places under the organiZa-
tiop of the Senate. The salaries attached
are not large. and the duties of the places
not beyond the capacities of the APP
pointees. But the point is made. Should
the appointments have been made? DO
they consist or comport with the attitude
II
questions and the tendency of the times
in general? II so, the senator goes free'
If not, what may be the result on his in
fluence as a. champion of the simple life
and a hater of lucre?
The topic is fair. Mr.. Davis as a public
man lives under constant scrutiny. His
life. he has told us, is an open book. He
has no concealments. He is a member of
the Senate as the result of his taking the
people of Arkansas by the lapels of their
coats and into his confidence. And so. in
the Senate as at home. he is probably
prepared to explain and support the rec
ord. Let US hope so. The senator's front
is smiling and agreeable. On the back
track he might not appear so well.
The topic likewise is tempting. Why
should not Mr.. Davis go somewhat into
the general subject? 1t is most unlikely
that he is the only nepot on the beach,
and if he is not, why should he not give
the public a little discourse on the matter?
Not in a spirit of anger or banter, but
speaking as political and social philoso-
pher. who knows the ways of the world.
feels the everyday impulses or the world.
and wants his share while passing
through this vale of tears. Suppose we
all suspend judgment until Mr.. Davis has
had opportunity to reply to his critics.
The Senate, remember. is in recess.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-29
High License at Louisville.

The cause of temperance goes march,
ing on. At Louisville the saloon license
has been raised from $3.50 to $500, and
two hundred saloons. of the 'doggery"
order, will. 1t is estimated, be put out
of business. This is one of the fruits
of the republican victory of last month.
Under the ring, which was defeated
then, the saloons had been all bit run
ming the town. They and the brothels
were the headquarters for the toughs
and thieves, who. on election days,
were organized into gangs of repeaters
and used to help roll up the ring S
majorities. At last the character of
the town called a halt, and on the Sd
of November buried the ring at the
polls. The program that then carried
is now being executed. and that the
town will greatly benefit in every way
is a certainty.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-29
ACCOMPLISHED Hens.

Away back in the memory of most
adults runs a verse of Mother Goose
somewhat as follows:
"Higgledy-piggledy. my black hen,
She lays eggs for gentlemen.
Gentlemen come every day
To see the eggs my hen doth lay
Nothing very thrilling or startling about
it, but just one of those jolly little rhymes
that children love and that cannot be for
gotten. while more valuable literary ex-
pressions are passing completely out of
mind. 1t is revived now by dispatch
from Atlantic City which tells of a WON
derfuI talking hen owned by a woman of
that place. Here is what the hen can do.
In the language of her owner, as set forth
in the dispatch:
when we are alone she talks so plainly
that / know what she means. She calls
me .Mommie' and she can say that as
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-29
Ohio,

Senators Foraker and Dick have been
Intercepted on a proposition to submit
to the voters of Ohio an amendment to
the state constitution providing for the
adoption of the initiative and referendum
and both agree that vote should be
taken. This is Mr.. Foraker's reply:
answering your letter of this date
whenever any considerable number OF
voters request vote on a proposed
change in the organic law their request
should be granted. The demand which
the labor unions and the grange organ
izations of Ohio are making for the sub
mission of the initiative and referendum
amendment ought not to be denied.
II am most heartily in favor of giving
the people chance to vote on any amend
ment which is urged, by "a numerous and
important body of voters
Good doctrine. The people being the
source of all power should be heard about
all questions involving their welfare, and
needed after the sense of the majority has
been fairly taken
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-29
HOLIDAY THOUGHTS.
From the Buffalo EXPRESS.

From the Buffalo Express.
Put on the necktie, stick one of the
cigars in your face and strut about like
a man.
From tht Knoxville Sentinel.
Good will to all-mean it, too.
From the Chicago Inter Ocean,
1t is pretty difficult of course, to ex-
plain the Santa Claus chimney PROPOSE
ton to the child of the steam-heated,
gas-grated fiat. but it has to be done.
From the Scranton Tribune.
The balance of the week may be en-
ployed in drawing up good resolutions
for the new year.
From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
Here is hoping your Christmas was
merry and has left no bad taste in your
mouth!
From the Dayton Herald.
The two-cent-fare proposition has COM
PEELED several statesmen to partake of
Washington fare over the holidays.
From the Chicago Journal.
Got your ticket for the HOO wagon?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-29
An impending Japanese Invasion.

And now comes the mayor of Portland.
Ore, and joins the noble army of Hawk
shaws engaged in uncovering the capers
of Japanese spies in the United States.
This is a dispatch fro m Portland:
Mayor Harry K. L ne created sem
sation today in an address before the
6atSsnas Guard Association. when he de-
ciared I'M agents of the Japanese gov
the city oSSortland and maps and speci-
LEGATIONS OF livery roadway leading into
the city and various pipe lines from
~t'Accorcfng u Mayor Lane, the elaborate
SUPERIOR in every way to anything pos
sessed by the city officials.
The mayor dtd not discover the pres
ence of spies chtil their work was COM
pleted whereuPon he transmitted his In
formation 70 Washington, and was re-
auested 70 furnish all the details of the
operations of the alleged spies
While this industry was confined to I'M
official circles it did not so much matter.
Any bright newspaper reporter, without
doing much harm, could concoct his little
yarn and set it flying. Readers smiled,
and quietly observed to themselves. Did
you evert, But the line should be drawn
there. When the mayor of city swai-
lows the bait. and puts himself In COM
munication with the national government
on the subject. we are in danger of be-
coming absurd before the world
How does Mayor Lane know that the
plates and maps prepared by these spies
ARE superior to anything possessed by
the city officials?" To whom did the
spies show their work? And what sort
of business was that for spies? And
n ,rf,o ha pla
maps withhold their information until the
spies were out of reach of the authorities
These yarns grow out of the talk abou,
the japanese and Manchuria. 1t was said
that the Japanese alone knew that Chi
nese province when the war with Russia
began. The Chinese themselves had nc
maps worthy OF the name, and the Rus
SLAMS were wholly in the dark about the
country. But the Japanese. foreseeing
events. had mapped Manchuria to the
bride paths and the rivulets. and were
perfectly at home when they arrived In
force.
1t is all very different in this country
We have mapped ourselves down to the
finest points. Nor do we make any secre,
of matters. The visitor, foreign or do
mestic. finds his way around without
hinderance. and is even shown around by
local guides familiar with the situation
and proud to explain 1t. AS for our army
and navy, we photograph our skeleton
battalions. and discuss in print by the
column the shortcomings OF our ships
of war. What under heaven, is there
left for a spy to develop? What may q
cleaner hope to find in field picked sc
clean? In country where publicity Is
the watchword. and nothing is permitted
10 remain under cover. why attempt &c
raise goosenesh with talk about foreign
spies?
If the Japanese and all other intelligent
foreigners are not already familiar with
how the land lies in this country from
American publications they are not the
folk they are cracked up to be.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-29
MODESlY'S CINCH.

Modesty wins in the battle Of life
Once in a while.
Modesty captures the handsomest wife
Once in while.
But I'm the mixup and everyday crush
Modesty isn't ace high in the rush.
Takes 1t all
Or at least makes the haul
Twice In a while.
Modesty back on its dignity sits.
Sweet in its guile:
At the suggestion Of discord IL quits
That is its style.
Gall goes ahead for the prize, 1T Is said,
In where no angel would venture to tread
And
In its hand o..
The desirables land
Twice in while.
Modesty wants what is coming to II
Marked on the score.
And. though its portion is shortened bit,
1t doesn't roar:
Takes and is thankful for what II can get /;
Gall doesn't act in that way, you eau bet.
No;
1t will throw
Forty fits in row
Howling for more.
Nashville American.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-29
The ANGRY ANARCHIST.

Oh. he preached 1t from the housetops and be
whispered 1t by stealth:
He wrote whole miles of stun against the awful
of wealth;
He shouted for the poor man and he called the
rich man down:
He roasted every king and queen who dared to
wear a crown:
He clamored for rebellion, and he said he'd lead
a band
To exterminate the milonaires and sweep them
from the land:
He yelled against monopolists. their power he'd
defy,
And swore he'd be an anarchist and blow them
to the sky
He stormed. he fumed and ranted till he made
the rich man vince
But an uncle left him money and be hasn't
shouted since.
London Tit-BitS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-29
BOOM NOTES.

From the Portland Advertiser.
Senator Foraker's boom for the presi-
dency appears to have stuck at Browns
vile.
From the Minneapolis Journal
Charles E. Magoon. governor of Cuba,
denies that he is a candidate for Presi-
dent. This is the first any one has heard
anything about this.
From the Galveston News.
The country should become steady now.
We have more ballast aboard. Secretary
Taft has returned.
From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
John Johnson. governor Of Minnesota.
would make good presidential candi-
date. but Bryan won't let him.
From the New York World.
Some men have presidential booms,
some have the grip. 1t all goes with the
season.
From the Lewiston Journal
One boom of the favorite son is worth
the while-the Hughes presidential boom
in New York state-only a few of the
New York city leaders opposing. A good
thing to push along. 1t will be Taft or
HuShes-aud victory!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-29
On Reducing Salaries.

The policy of retrenchment lately entered
upon by some railroad and other corpor-
atoms either through expediency or neces
sity is now taking the form of salary re
duction. 1t may be admitted in the be
ginning that these concerns best know
their own business. still the right of criti
cism and suggestion ought not TO be ques
toned.
In nearly all the great corporations
where salary reductions have been de-
termined on the pruning knife is set 10
work on the small fry. Here is where
the pruning process gets in its sharpes'
and b,oodiest wotk, and here also 1t causes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-29
The LOVE FEAST.

Come. brother. lay aside your crouch,
Put on the smile. cut out the ouch!
There may he in the party pouch
Still something good that's left for you.
Up to the table pull your chair.
For you can swear that you've share
To which you're welcome there for fair
For what you later on may do.
Today we're all the best Of friends,
And quite forgot any twists and bends
With which we have achieved our ends
In red-hot contests OF the past.
Now we've naught but the cordial hand
For one another. and we'll stand
In serried ranks to beat the band
As long as ranks like those will last.
So let us all feast well and long,
And all join In the party song,
And keep the thing a-golng strong,
Nor take our happiness by dribs;
For cen when things are going well
And merry marriage bell,
How soon he'll get one cannot tell
The party knife between his ribs.
indianapolis News.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-29
VARIOUS VERSES
ON TIMELY TOPICS
The EPICURE.

Oh, gastronomist. at your Gates
Who lives TO eat. and says tits plain
That pleasures only found in plates
ignoring later middle pain.
You think that you're an epicurc
And feast upon the earth, its hest.
With gusto answer this: Why. sure,
And loose the buttons on your vest.
But there he those that better feast,
The statement you'll admit IL true,
When you perceive the hug and beast
That feast, oh. gentle sir. on you.
Consider now the Gladstone fea
(To name no hug the less polite,
Malodorous-well. then, let he
The hungry providers Of the night.
Consider now the flea. we say.
That liveth. as II jumpeth high.
Fen scorneth you-you're tongh-to play
At hide and seek. in heauty's eye;
Lucullus never Jared well,
A cold scrap. starving vsrlet, he
Compnred-but here we must not dwell.
But. oh, the happy, wicked hea!
st. Louis Globe Democrat.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-29
LET PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT IT.

II you have done a splendid thing,
Get on the roof and snout it,;
Don't fail to make the welkin ring,
Let people know about 1t;
Don't merely sit around and-wait
For other men to sound your praise:
They'll never know that you are great
Unless the hubbub which you raise
Convinces those who doubt ii.
II you have talent don't neglect
To draw attention to it:
Don't wait in silence and expect
That some one else will do Il:
Get out and boost; a few may say
That you are oersupplied with gall.
But don't forget that even they
VIII. talking Of you, after all,
Bring notice TO You through II,
Chicago Record Herald.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-29
NOW WE'LL GR0WL AGAIN.

For a while forgot our troubles
Peace came after pain;
Just one day for feelin' thankful
Now we'll growl again!
Sorter counted up our blessin's-
Sunshine in the rain;
Told the Lord that we were thankful
Now we'll growl again!
Now the hill will lack the sunlight
Darkness dim the plain;
Thorns will redden round the roses
Now well growl again!
What a world. When LIES still singin
''Sweeter joys remain!''
To the grief DIR hearts are clngin'-
Now we'll growl again.
Atlanta Constitution.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-29
Fertility.

The libraries hold many book
BY authors long since gone from sigh
You think, as DER the list you look,
There should be nothing left to write
So many men have sought to teach
A wandering world the proper way,
You think in all this maze of speech
There should be nothing left to say.
But as the leaves and blossoms die
Enriching soil wherein they grew,
So book and speech forgotten lie
And yet forever bloom anew.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-29
1908.

Now let us get busy for all that we're
worth
With glorious promise a new year doth
CLEAN;
OF course, we can't look for heaven on
earth,
But we needn't go quite to the other
extreme.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-29
CAUSEANDEffECT.

observation-disclosures,
ApieceortwoOfpie;
neutrality-suspicious.
Whileyoucanbaty oureye.
Then, later on, there comes to him
A very common question:
He wonders how 1t was that be
Contracted Indigestion.
Milwaukee Sentinel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-29
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON
A Calm Avowal

so" remarked the old-tme friend, so
ciety has at last welcomed you with open
arms?"
NO" answered Mr.. CumroX; L am
still endeavoring to welcome society with
omen pocketbOOk''
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-29
The objection.

Nearly everybody makes mistakes at
some time or another said the philo-
sophie person.
Yes" answered Miss Cayenne, you
can forgive anybody for making mistakes
If he isn't so egotistic as to insist on
you admring them
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-29
As Times Change,

Politics is getting to be wonderfully
interesting" said the observer.
Yes answered Senator Sorghum, 1T
is mighty interesting. But between you
and me it isn't near as much of an invest
ment as it used to be-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-29
ON The BEACH.

The ocean is 50 awful big and blue and kind Of
queer
I'm sure it's best for little children not to go
too near;
And then. besides. my papa says that sometimes
there are men
Who go in ships way out to sea and don't come
back again.
-Appleton's Magazine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-29
A Difficult Matter.

why don't you try to say something
original in your speeches?' asked the
friend
We'll. answered the rising statesman.
the material has been so thoroughly
thrashed over that when you say any
thing absolutely new the chances are that
II isn't So"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-29

1t may be assumed that any influence
the crowned heads of the world could
exert at the convention would be in favor
OF Mr.. Taft. But he is too practical a
politician to depend on that.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-29
SUGGESTIONS.

A sofa spring.
An old cigar:
A turkey wing
And there you are!
a bunch of brush.
Some cotton waste;
A walrus tusk-
How's that for taste?
A paving block.
A pretty spray
or new-mown dock
Quite nifty, hey?
could write reams,
I'll tell you that.
OF tasteful schemes
To trim a hat.
Houston Post.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-29

1t is one of the ironies of fate that so
many innocent packages should find
their way to the dead letter sale. while
get-rich-quick circulars can be stopped
only by eternal vigilance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-29

Frequent reports of train wrecks
ought to suggest some comfort to states
men who have been relieved Of much
temptation to travel by the abolition of
paSSeS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-29

The car, in undertaking to send all
the editors to Siberia, will find that he
has assumed an endless task. Nearly
everybody who knows how to read and
write yearns for a chance to edit.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-29

A good form of New Year resolution
would be an arrangement for putting
some of the national legislators who
are overburdened with artistic tempera-
mer under bond to keep the peace.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-29

statesmen who insist on vigorous out
door exercise have overlooked the roller
skating craze in Washington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-29

| 1t may be inferred that WI Tfng-fang
has by this time communicated all his
information to China and is coming back
after fresh supply.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-29

The prospect of Il little preliminary
fighting may make Secretary Taft more
ambitious for the presidential nomination
than he was in the first place.