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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-11
Evening Up Process.

"A stranger arriving in Europe for the
first time would surely be unable to dis
tnguish, among the crowds which throng
our streets on Sunday masters from serv-
ants, rulers from ruled. Diversity of cos
tune. which once served to indicate di-
versity of condition, and made it possible
TO distinguish at a glance, for example
the soldier from the lawyer, the peasant
from the bourgeois, is almost completely
eTaced. All classes of society are clothed
unfortunately in garments of one type,
and even in the remoter country districts,
where. until recently, the costumes of the
past still survived, the uniform dress of
the modern man has reduced originality
and diversity to the rank of souvenir,
The low price of manufactures has
brought 1T about that ''there is no essen
t1al difference between the furnishing of
an artisans DarlOr and that of a finan-
c1er AS amusementS once varied with
the classes who shared them, SO now
today there are no public entertainments
save those which are intended for the
world at large" So with education 1t
is universal. Cultivated men, those who,
whether they have made a special study
of one branch of knowledge are not
entirely ignorant of any. are becoming
extinct. Thus we are told:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-11
WHERE GRIEG WOOED MUSE
VISIT TO HOME OF THE GREAT
NORWEGIAN COMPOSER.
Room in Which He Wrote Music
Preserved as He Left It.
Poor Little Piano.
Correspondence Indianapolis News.

CORRESPONDENCE Indianapolis News.
While we were in Bergen we were In
yited out to luncheon with Mime. Grieg.
Their home lies out in the country, about
a half hours ride from Bergen and on
the banks of a big lake We were re-
ceived by Nine. Grieg at the station, and
after a walk of twenty minutes we came
to their charming villa.
AS we came to the big gate leading
through the garden we were shown big
tree where Grieg always had sign IN
four languages. reading. "Mr. Edward
Grieg Is not at home to any one before
pm" You know he was sick man. and
he was so bothered by tourists that he
found it necessary to protect himself that
way. Nine. Grieg received us in the big
living room. which loving friends had
fairly filed with blooming plants for her
first lonely Homecoming. the day before
Naturally she was very sad but as we
were all friends who had known and
loved Grieg it was her sad pleasure to
see US and to talk of him. She showed US
every little detail of the room.
The Masters Workshop.
After our coffee we all, with the excep-
ton Of Nine. Grieg, went to visit the little
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-11

house where Grieg did most of his COM
posing. We had to descend steps and
winding walks until at the end of the big
garden on the edge of the lake we came
to a plain little house consisting of one
room. the 'holy of holies." Opposite the
door was one large window. in front of
which stood plain deal table with a
small armchair and foOtstool. On the
table were his pens and pencils pot of
glue, blotter, paper weight-everything
air of being left only for a short while
and of waiting for his return. On each
side of the window was a place for a set
of shelves, where he kept his scores By
the door was another set of Shelves where
were all his manuscripts. I asked If 1T
were not dangerous to leave his original
works SO unprotected. l was told that
the Norwegian folk are so honest that no
one would think Of taking them.
AS an example of Grieg's humor we
were shown slip of paper on his desk on
which he had written the following: ITO
any one who may enter here: Please take
anything that may please your fancy, but
kindly leave me my manuscripts, which
are of interest to no one but myself" He
always left that slip there when he went
away. The rest Of the furniture of the
room consisted of a sofa, two chairs and
little old cracked upright piano that he
said was good enough to compose on"
The Musicians Grave.
From there we went across the garden,
past the house, where we saw Nine.
Griegs face smiling sadly at us out of
the window down to the other side of the
water. In the side of a cliff about fifty
feet high lying about twenty-five feet
from the ground we saw a stone slab ce-
mented soldly in the cliff with the in
scription Edward Grieg." There, look
ing out over the beautiful lake. in the
midst of pine trees. with only nature for
his companions. the rough rugged Nor
wegian nature that gave him his birth and
whose beauties he made known to the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-11

world in his music-there he wished to lie,
and there he lies.
Below us, on the edge of the water,
were two workmen shovelng broken
stone into the water by the landing place
We We're told that Grieg wished to be
alone there. and that was being done to
prevent boats from landing. The slab is
about five feet square. Beneath it we
hung the wreath with the American COL
ors which we took with us. After half
hour or more with Nine. Grieg we walked
to the station and took the train to town.
AS we@rolled out of the station we saw
that lonely little black figure waving a
farewell from the platform.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-11
Clipped from Evening Star, October 81
HERE'S GOOD NEWS
NJ. STEIN & CO., one of
Washington's favorite tai
loring firms, purchased a
large quantity Of fine tall
woolens at
60c ON THE DOLLAR.
A chance for dressy men to
indulge their taste for good
clothes at about half the
usual cost.
SOC ON THE DOLLAR.

Mr.. NJ. Stein Of SOS-s1O + St, who is known
to fame for the good clothes he makes has just
pulled off another shrewd business coup, which
will rebound to the advantage of his tailoring
clients.
1t seems there is always chance to save In
the purchase of fabrics for the man who is
Johnny on the spot" with real cash money.
So when a we'll known firm OF importers in New
York needed money they wired Mr.. Stein that
he could have their entire stock of fine woolens
in full bolts as well small ends, at 60c on
the dollar. The transaction involves about 200
yards of the finest and handsomest fall wOOlens
shown in the shops this season. The cases OF
cloth have Just arrived and Mr.. Stein is al
ready giving his patrons the benefit Of the bar
gain he secured by making the usual So suits
to order at $14.7j and the usual $40 and $50
suits to order at 1915.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-11
w oman's Courage.
From Fry's Magazine.

From Fry's Magazine.
have said that the courage of women
is often of an exalted order, and this is
true Once let the weaker sex face
crisis-I care not what the crisis may
be-once let a woman know the worst
and she will be at her best as a sort of
corollary Of circumstances.
And this courage extends even to the
vicious side of female life, for I do not
think women ever confess to crimes.
Men have done so quite often, tut l do
not remember to have known or heard
Of woman doing so.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-11
Sultan Likes Motor Cars.

From the Hartford Post.
Much establishment was caused by the
fact that when the pillage of the palace
of Abdel-el-Aziz, the Sultan of Morocco,
took place, the invaders found therein
twelve automobiles and a hundred BIZ
cycles. 1t seems that when the sultan
wished to obtain a motor car or a bicycle
he was informed that in Europe it
was customary to sell cars only by the
dozen and bicycles by the hundred.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-11
Education and Culture.

Education, having ceased to be a mark
of superiority, has ceased also to be a
weapon in the daily struggle for exist
ence. The state of not being ignorant,
or even that of possessing a moderate
endowment of general knowledge, is a
minor advantage in comparison with the
real culture of a man to whom. accord
ing to the saying of a Latin writer:
Nothing human is alien
ITO produce such men was the object
of the education of the past:
Speaking generally. it may therefore
be said that the cultivated man, as he
has been described, is disappearing In
proportion as the individual develops
along the path he has chosen as the
means to his end the level of general
knowledge descends through sheer want
be a luxury, even the intellectual toilers
no longer possess the leisure demanded
by culture which they sometimes de-
spise. Even the graduates Of universe
ject, are often deficient in intellectual
curiosity and the power of comprehen
sion."
More serious still is the moral decad-
ence which is spreading both among in
dividuals and nations. UtilitarianiSm has
become the gospel OF the world ms
writer remarks
ut is good, indeed. to love life and the
whole of life For the crowd the idea of
happiness never extends beyond limited
circle Of immediate and tangible satistac-
tons which can be bought with money.
Success under its most brutal form.
which is monetary success. has almost
become the exclusive object of universal
endeavor 1t is the first time in history
that utilitarianism has transformed itself
into a dogma and become dominant every
where. Unitarian interests rule even the
politics of nations"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-11
LAFAYETTE Medallion.
From the Hartford Post,

Mrs F. Luis Mora of Lynn is the pos
SCISSOR of a rare Observation-Disclosures
relic, in the shape OF a medallion. 1t is
one of six that Lafayette presented to his
officers just before he took leave of his
staff. The medallion is of cut glass and
Is bound by heavy rim of solid gold. Be-
tween the two pieces of glass is a beau
tiful modelled head of Washington, in
plaster, silvered.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-11
Ascent of the Masses.

Ascent of the Masses.
He sums of his contention in the fol-
lowing words:
rial respects the leveling of society is
especially evident in the slow ascent OF
the masses to better conditions In
moral and intellectual respects. on the
contrary, it is being realized by the lower
ing of the elite to uniform level with
all the rest.
The consequence of what has been de
scritcd is the possible disappearance,
after a relatively short interval. of every
kind of social superiority. Indeed. gov
erning class never aliases itself with i'm
punity; an aristocracy. whose sole su-
periority to the masses which it pro-
fesses to lead is that of money, is
doomed.
The remedy for the threatened collapse
of human civilization must lie in the
hands of the intellectual and moral e lite
Of the world. On this point Mr.. Gerard
spoke as follows:
1.-The aristocracy Of the intellect-artists,
women-such the social forces which
may combine for the defense of the men
aced culture OF mankind. The time has
not yet come to despair OF the future of
civilization. Art and beauty. which con-
stitute it's essence. have still too many
lovers to be regarded as the objects Of
a fatal threat. None the less We need to
be on our guard for the perils here indi-
Gated are very real. and they increase
from day to day.
civilizations are more apt. to perish by
slow decadence than by sudden catastro-
Plies. as the civilizations Of Arabia and
China bear witness. An analogous fate
is perhaps reserved for our own
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-11

After our coffee We all, with the excep-
ton Of Nine. Grieg, went to visit the little
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-11
The Monk Shook Hands.
From the Hartford. Post.

Truman Taylor of Vassalboro, Me-,
found large chimpanzee lying on the
stone tagging just outside his door recent
ly. Mr.. Taylor held out his hand and
the chimpanzee shook hands in a natural
manner. After feeding the hungry animal,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-11
UNITY OF THE WORLD
National and Class Distinc-
tons Disappearing.
EDUCATION IS UNIVERSAL
General Leveling Process Not I'm
mixed Blessing.
FEAR OF MORAL DECADENCE
Discussion of Theory That Civiliza-
ton Is Threatened by an In
terregnum Of Mediocrity.
FEAR OF MORAL DECADENCE
From the Literary Digest.

From the Literary Digest.
Some years ago Mr.. Goodwin Smith
wrote in the Atlantic Monthly a striking.
article on the Moral Interregnum
which was to supervene between the ex-
tinctiOn of faith and the adjustment of
society to the new conditions and new
standards which pure science was to
necessitate. The article was distinctly
pessimistic. and what this moral interreg-
mum, which involves also social and in
tellectual interregnum, turns out to be is
by a French writer of distinction, advo-
cate at the court Of appeal, Liege, who
maintains the age of inspiration, aspira
ton and idealism is rapidly vanishing
and we are threatened BY deluge of ban
atty and mediocrity fatal to the highest
civilization.
Mr.. Renee l.. Gerard begins by pointing
out that the profound transformations
which are at present being undergone by
civilized humanity are not without their
dangers. There is a striking process of
ievelins down going National dis
tinctions, physical aand intellectual, are
being abolished by intercourse and emf
grafton. The various social classes once
sharply differentiated by their mode of
life, their education, even their dress, are
now being blended through the influence
OF democratic pressure and material prog
ress. Human inequalities are gradually
disappearing with the disappearance also
of everything that made human civilian
ton real and lasting. This social leveling
material point of view. Mr.. Gerard re-
marks:
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-10-29
3-cENT FRANCHISE DEFEATED.
Cleveland Voters Express Disapprov'
al of Poor Service.

Cleveland, Ohio.-The franchise,
under which the Municipal Trac-
ton company is operating the
local street railway lines on a Scent
fare basis, was defeated by a majority
of S79 in the referendum vote here
Thursday. The total vote cast was
upward of $4,000.
The defeat of the franchise may
mean that the railway property will
revert to its original owners, and that
the old r~ate-of-fare strife, which last
ed seven years, will be renewed. The
only alternative will be for the city
council at once to grant a new fran
chise, which will save the property to
the Municipal Traction company.
1t is stated by unprecedented obser-
vers that the franchise was defeated,
not so much upon the issue involved,
but upon the general dissatisfaction
of the public toward the service given
by the operating company.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-10-29
STUDENTS INJURED
FOOTBALL PLAYERS IN GRAND
STAND WRECK.
ONE OF NUMBER CAN NOT LIVE
Had Taken Shelter From Storm
Which Blew Structure Down
Upon Them.

Savannah, Mo.-One football player
fatally injured and twenty-five
others hurt, some of them
seriously is the result of an accident
here at 5 o'clock Tuesday afternoon
when the grandstand at the ball park
in which the players had taken shell
ter was blown down during a tornado.
All of the boys are high school
students and yer at football practice.
All were precipitated to the ground,
the heavy timbers falling upon them,
Walter Warner suffered conclusion
of the brain and was internally hurt.
He failed to regain consciousness
during the night. There is little hope
for his recovery.
All of the others suffered injuries
about the body and severe sprains,
the most seriously hurt being:
Cleve Chronister. George Gore,
John Mcdonald and Virgil Kline.
All the doctors in town were called
to attend the injured and an emer-
gency hospital was made of a nearby
residence.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-10-29
ZEPPELIN SAILS NEW CRAFT.
Ascends With Ten Passengers and Re.
mains in Air over Three Hours.
Hours.

Friedrichshafen. - Count Zeppelin
made a trial ascension Friday
in his reconstructed dirigible
balloon. Ten passengers accom-.
panied the daring aeronaut, and the
airship went through a number of
e%volutions and showed great speed
and stability. The trip lasted three
and one-half hours, and the descent
was made without mishap. The bal.
loon travelled at an average speed OF
29.31 miles an hour at an altitude Of
800 feet.
Count Zeppelin tested both steering
gears, the movements of the big air.
ship being controlled first by both
motors and then with a single motor.
An ascent was made from the balloon
shed or Lake Constance. Then the
balloon vas pointed toward the north.
east and travelled well against a stir
breeze that was blowing at the time.
Then the course was changed and the
airship was seen to travel in the
direction of the palace grounds.
The King of Wurtemburg was there
to wave a greeting to Count Zeppelin
and his passengers. Queen Charlotte
watched the maneuvers from the deck
of the royal yacht. 1t was proved that
the new Zeppelin airship has much
more speed than the n destroyed at
Echterdingen.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-10-29

At a coming out ball in a metro
politan city a few years ago the debu-
tante and her grandmother both
danced in the cotillion, says Apple-
toms. They were both slender and
graceful, both beautiful dancers. To
the casual observer they differed in
these respects: The debutante had
auburn hair, the unlined face of the
"unideaed girl" and talked haltingly.
The grandmother had white hair. lines
in her face, and talked ~luently. That
they should both be dancing aroused
no particular comment.
To-day numerous American women
play tennis until 40-play golf and
quieter games until 60. Not long ago
a New York society woman who ia
close upon go was told by her physi-
clan that she must not hereafter walk
over 20 miles in a day. Plenty of Eng
fish sportswomen follow the hounds"
until past so years of g
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-10-29
11-YEAR OLD GIRL A SUICIDE.
Child Left Note to Mother and
Turned on Gas.

Chicago, Ill. - Elsie Lenhart, II
years old, committed suicide at her
home here Wednesday. The child left
a note and then turned on the gas in
her room, where later she was found
dead.
The child had b~arrlcaded herself in
with furniture. On a table was the
note, as follows:
Dear Mother:-I killed myself be-
cause everyone is mean to me. | no
longer want to live. l am sorry | done
what did. You will no longer have
any trouble with me, and | hope you
will forgive mt for what | have done.
Best wishes and good luck to you all
of your life. Thank God | will be with
my father"
Mrs. Lenhardt is a widow. A photo.
graph of the father was found clutch.
ed in the child's hand.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-10-29
THROAT CUT IN FIGHT.
Quarrel over Bankers Daughter Re.
suits in Tragedy in Postoffice.

Duquin, Illinois,-A jealous quarrel
between Robert Kirkpatrick and
Mack McCreery, son of a wealthy
hotel man, rivals for the hand of Miss
Cecil Moore, daughter OF a wealthy
banker, resulted in a fight at Benton,
ILL.,, in which McCreery was stabbed,
probably fatally.
The trouble occurred in the post
office at Benton. The young men had
been lifelong friends and Kirkpatrick
had been a chum and roommate of
McCreery's brother, Will, while at
tending school at Quincy.
The injured boy is a graduate of
the Western Military Academy of
Upper Alton. Kirkpatrick had been
going with Miss Moore, daughter of
Capt. Moore, president of the First
National Bank of Benton. She is a
society leader and well known all
through Southern Illinois.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-10-29
'KILLEDIN EXPLOSION
NiTRo-GLYcERIN PLANTS Ex-
PLoDE AT sHANNoPIN, PA.
DISASTER CAUSED BY FOREST FIRES
Citizens Flee for ssfety-Flylng Glass
From Wrecked Buildings
Injuries Many.

P%ittsburg, Pa.-Forest fires which
have been raging for two days
In the vicinity OF %Shannopin, near
here, communicated with two large
nitro-glycerin plants at that town
shortly before noon Thursday, caus-
ing two separate explosions which
wiped out every vestage of the build
ings, flying glass from which killed
a woman and injured several other
persons.
The plants were 500 feet apart.
After the first explosion citizens be-
gan to flee for safety. Some remained
behind in the hope of saving their be-
longings. The dead and injured were
among these.
The flames are now almost Within
striking distance of the main part of
the city.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-10-29
kNlZgy,4h1z1R7XM

ling take place on the birthday OF
the empress, who will be so years old
pm October %, elaborate preparations
are already well under way for the
ceremony and the attendant festive
Ties, although, of course, not so elab-
crate as those which were identified
with the marriages of Crown Prince
Frederick Wilhelm with Princess &c.
ella of Mecklenburg and Prince Eitel
Frederick with Princess Sophie of
~Oldenburg.
The princess, probably on her birth
day, will be escorted into Berlin with
all the traditional pomp employed
when new Hohenzollern brides have
been brought into the imperial circle.
Like his brothers, Prince August viii.
helm has followed the advice of his
father in choosing for his bride a
German princess of the Hohenzol,
lerns.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-10-29
SpirituaIists After "Fakers."

Indianapolis. - At the conven-
ton of the National Spiritualists
association Thursday afternoon steps
were taken to force out of business all
false mediums who practice their
profession on %pretenses of having com
munication with spirits. The action
taken by the Portland (Ore.) ~associa-
ton in this regard was endorsed.
Mediums, whose character and ability
to establish spirit communications is
beyond reproach, are to be exempted
from this order.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-10-29
STATE TROOPS
after RIDERS
TWO TENNESSEE COMPANIES
MARCH INTO HEART OF LAW
LESS DISTRICT.
GOVERNOR is THREATENED
He Continues Investigation, However
Hotel Keeper Is Under Arrest
On Information From
Suspects.

Memphis, Tenn. The Frazier
Light Guards and the Forrest Rifles,
comprising 100 men, under Maj. Nor.
ton, left at s o'clock Saturday morn
ing for Obion, and will march to SAM
burg, 10 miles. in the heart of the
night rider district.
Gov. Patterson's life has been
threatened, but he stays at Walnut
Log investigating. T. c. Ward, keep
er of the hotel where Capt. Quentin
Rankin and Judge 2. R. Taylor were
stopping, is unler arrest as a result
of information gained from 10 sus-
poets, who were released.
1t is reported that Ed Powell, who
was captured by night riders and
forced to accompany them to the
hotel, is wanted on orders of Gov. Pat.
t~erson, but he has disappeared.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-10-29
is ~sTRANGEsT WANT AD.
Man Sought to Demonstrate lnstru,
ment of Torture.

London.-The following strange an.
nouncement appeared in the local
Thunderer the other day:
WANTED.-MAN FOR DEMONSTRA-
ton purposes on old English rack, star
chamber pattern. Would nave to be
slightly stretched to show how rack
works. Man should be short, to start
with.
The announcement has to date gone
without answer, because apparently,
the Englishman is sufficiently con-
versant with the history of inquisi-
ton tortures to prefer to allow the
demonstration of old English racks to
be made entirely by legend. The rack
was an implement of torture in the
days of star chamber inquisitions.
From the term itself comes the mod
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-10-29
RIDES STORM So HOURS.
Steamer Oracabessa Reaches New Or
leans With News of Hurricane.

New Orleans, La. Struggling
ifty-two hours in a hurricane which
swept from Cape Gracias to Bluefields,
the steamer O%racabessa of the United
Fruit Company, arrived in port with
the first news Of a devastating storm
that swept over the Nicaraguan coast.
1t is probable that the Bahama
Islands also suffered loss of life and
property.
Just as tine O%racabessa was emerg-
ing from the full fury of the storm
she sighted the wreckage Of a life
boat and two trunks. From noon Sat
urday the vessel made less than
t~wenty-eight miles. In two days the
Oracabessa made only e~ighty-nine
miles. For hours the vessel drifted
at the mercy of the wind.