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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-29
Knights Of Columbus Entertainment

The members of Potomac Council. No.
433. knights of Columbus. are making
preparations for an entertainment and
euchre to be given at the Knights of
Columbus Temple on E street northwest
near 9th street. Wednesday evening, De-
cember .. \ list of valuable prizes has
been arranged, to be presented to the
fortunate ones. while the program Of en-
tertainment Is expected to be q novel
one. A knight skilled In the conduct Of
such affairs has been selected to preside
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-29
Concerning Woman's Beauty.
nm, Harner's Razar

Man in Africa likes his women large
and round. and fattens them In darkened
huts like Hamburg geese Man in Eng
land likes them strong and brave. Mar
n India likes them soft and submissive
Man in America likes them almost any
way. it would appear.
But his changeful standards of taste
have played hob with beauty. There are
few women who even know the right
proportions Of the human figure. or
would care to have them If they did
Feeble little feet futile little hands,
fragile little bodies he has demanded and
produced. "Woman's weakness is her
charm" says the arbiter in one of his
moods.
Women are growing stronger now but
man will find the charm is still there
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-29
Climbing Risks.
From the Ladies' Field.


Rock climbers. owing partly to healthy
dislike Of sensationalism. partly to a fear
OF the charge often most unjustly brought
against them of exaggerating the perils
Of their sport. show an increasing tend
ency to understate the difficulties Of
climbs IF men would be content to
serve an apprenticeship and to feel their
way gradually from easier climbs onward,
they would excite less apprehension n
the minds OF those who know what these
climbs are These words were written
fourteen years ago by one Of our great
est cragsmen. and they are even truer
today than they were then.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-29

four acts. with scenes which represent
the courtyard OF the Allen ranch at
Sweet water. the living room in Jack
Payson's ranch. the mountains and the
desert known as the bad lands OF Ari-
zona," and typical Arizona scene rep
resenting a cattle roundup.
Maclyn Arbuckle will play the role OF
"Sim' Hoover, the sheriff of Pinal coun-
ty, Ariz
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-29
"Throueh Death Valley"

Through Death Valley" comes to the
New Academy week of December T. 1t Is
a vivid and exciting exposit on of life in
the far west during the time Mormons
ruled the land between Utah and Cali
fornia The plot hinges on the villainy OF
a Latter Day Saint who attempts to
coerce a young girl to marry his rascally
son.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-29
Benefit Bazaar.

A bazaar will be given at the parish
hall Of the Church of the Good Shepherd,
9Th and / streets northeast, from Mon
day, November 80, to Saturday. Decent
Der ), for the benefit of the building fund.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-29
Musurgia Concert.

A concert will be given at the new Ma
sonic Auditorium Thursday evening, with
Edgar Priest as conductor. assisted by
the English contralto Gertrude Lonsdale.
This will be her Washington debut on her
first American tour. The Madrigal Quar-
tet will contribute to the program
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-29
PLAYHOUSE T aragraphs

new play by Della Clark. called 1.-THE
White Sauaw" is to have an early pro-
ducton In New York.
Chauncey Olcott. who will rest during
Lent has accepted an invitation to spend
that season in Florida
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-29

Mrs. Ivy Ashton Root has written an
other play, "A House Of Cards." which
will be produced by Miss Mary Manner
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-29

THE Gay White Way" company closed
down in Cincinnati last Saturday night
and the members OF the cast returned
TO New York. The White Way" failed
to please western audiences.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-29

Marguerite May, the youngest sister of
Edna May, is in THE Prfma Donna" in
which FRITZ Scheff Is starring. Jose
phine Bartlett Is also in the cast, the sis
ter OF the late Jessie Bartlett Davis.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-29

Maude Raymond, widow of the come
dian, Gus Rogers. is to return to her old
part of Ophelia with Eddie Foy in "Mr
Hamlet of Broadway"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-29

Bertha Galland will appear under the
management of the Shuberts this sea-
son. She will make her return to the
stage in Philadelphia Christmas week
in a play entitled 1.-The Return of Eve"
written by l.. w Dodd.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-29

E.. f. Sothern produced a new version
of Lawrence Irving's play OF Richard
Loyelace" In Louisville last week Tine
author has taken great pains and time to
Yewrite the play. and has given it a
happy ending. The new version was
we'll received.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-29

Henry Ludlowe. who has been playing
Shakespearean parts, Is to appear In
play on the life Of Edgar Allan Poe. by
George G. Hazelton. the author Of Mis-
rress Nell"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-29

Reese V. Prosser. one Of the popular
ballad singers with Lew Dookstaders
Mnstrels. lost his hearing at the open
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-29

Charles Frohman's next New York pro-
duction will be an adaptation Of Crois-
sets play 'Arsene Lupin." This is a
play Of regeneration, founded upon de-
tective story.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-29

A play said to be a strong one has
been produced In London called 1.-The
Builders but 1t has nothing to do with
the play produced under the same name
in this country.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-29

A second company is to be reorganized
to play THE Travelling Salesman" on
the road The company in New York
will probably remain there all season.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-29

Elsie Ferguson, leading woman with
Edgar Seiwyn. in Pierre Of the Plains"
will spend her summer vacation In Japan
as the guest Of the japanese actress
saba Yacco.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-29

Mr.. David Bispham and a specially
selected company will appear during the
adapted by Mr.. Bispham, from the Ger
man Of Hugo Mueller. adelaide. which
was first presented in this country some
years ago by Mr.. Bispham and Miss
Julie Opp, Is based on an episode in the
for the benefit of the House of Mercy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-29

Jean Havez. Baltimorean. and the
personal representative OF Lew Dock
stader. Is the author of Broke" Dock
stader's latest song hit. 1t was Havez
who wrote Everybody Works But
Eafherh
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-29

Dolly Reforming Herself" q comedy
bv Henry Arthur Jones. has just been
produced in London, and is reported
yery clever
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-29

Miss Lillian Albertson, who originated
the leading feminine role in Paid in
Full" will leave the cast when the play
takes its departure from New York and
will 60 to California for a rest. She
may take a trip around the world be-
fore she returns to the stage.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-29

Sydney Drew is TO produce a new act
in vaudeville. entitled Souvenir Spoons
by Ed Paulton, the author of The Naked
Truth.
Times-promoter., 1908-06-12
HINTS TO HELP.

Stop the danger Of runaway by get
ting new harnesses or having the old
ones nicely fixed up.
There are some people SO honest
that they never deviate from the truth,
except when the tax assessor calls.
Begin the season right by cutting off
the top of every weed that shows it.
self. At the same time, root out every
unkind word that comes to your lips.
1t costs rs cents to raise a bushel
of potatoes, and they seldom sell for
less than so cents. Doubling ones
money is considered pretty profitable
business.
When the mows are emptied, sweep
them thoroughly and let in all the air
and sunlight possible. We have seen
barns with ten-year-old Justified cob.
webs hanging from ridgepole and
cross-beam.
When things go wrong on the
farm, just think that 1t might be
worse. Hurry around and make the
wrong thing right, and lie down to
rest at night feeling that every day
is a good day, no matter what hap
pens In 1t.
Times-promoter., 1908-06-12
CONGESTION IN BIG CITY.
London's Increasing Traffic Hard
Problem to Deal With.

The problem of how to deal with
the ever increasing London traffic be-
comes more complex every year. The
principal railways have more than
doubled their facilities in the last 20
years and in many instances have
trebled the size of their principal
terminals, but still the traffic in
creases, bringing in its train perpet-
ual discomfort from overcrowding.
London travels by an immense and
complicated system OF communica-
tions. The ten railways which con
verge on London from different direc-
tions, have ATS miles of rail and 37S
stations in the London area alone,
and they employ signalmen, plate lay
ers. ETC., $4,000 men, whose wnges
average $4,000 weekly. To and
from the terminal of the ten com.
panies run daily 2,125 suburban and
444 other trains. In the working OF
these there are employed 5000 loco.
motive engineers, $1,000 coaches, 5000
drivers and stokers, and 5000 guards
Times-promoter., 1908-06-12
New Material for Walls.

Much complaint has always been
made by occupants of houses in Cal
cutta on account of damp walks. espe-
cially in the rainy season Of the year.
To remedy this 1t is proposed to use
new kind of damp-proof paper, made
Of raw copper" and varying in thick.
ness from 00012 of an inch to 0006.
1t is said to be capable of being
worked into all sorts of patterns. It
is claimed to be insect-proof and damp
proof, and can so six or seven years
without being cleaned. 1t Is used in
the same way ns wall paper.
Times-promoter., 1908-06-12
CORN is KING.
Successful Farmer Tells How Hs
Raises Hundred Bushels Per Acre.


have raised more than 100 bushels
Of corn per acre three times during
the last four years, and expect to have
more than 100 bushels per acre this
year. / did it in this way, explains
l. F. Andrews, in Farm Journal.
take my hay crop off and then let
the second crop grow unpastured until
1t is at its best, then ] plow 1t down
and sow. to rye; in the spring l ma
nure the rye and let it grow until al
most the first of May, when the rye
Is coming into head. ] plow rye and
manure down, put on 25 bushels OF
lime per acre, and sow it to corn, put
ting 125 pounds of rock fertilizer to
the hills per acre. / mark out the
corn rows three feet eight inches each
way. plant four grains to the hill, and
later pull out the smaller plants to two
to the hill. / cultivate the corn both
ways until you can see neither horse
nor man over the top Of the corn.
When the corn is ready to cut haul
1t off; and seed the field to wheat and
grass. l never leave the grass crop
more than one year, so / need only
three fields for my rotation.
! select the thickest, longest-grained
corn that l can find for seed-ears
that wsll shell about one quart OF
shelled corn per ear. Some critics
say that thick cobs are waste; but
grains one inch in length around a
thick cob will shell more than twice
the quantity that short grains around
thin cob will shell; and raise corn
for the corn, the cob going in the bar
gain. l always mix my seed corn,
that is, put one peck of the best corn
can buy to each bushel of my own
selected seed, and mix well.
When the corn comes into tassel'
take broom handle with knife at
the end, and pass through the corn,
clipping off the tassel of the weaker
one of the two stalks in each hill; and
If the difference in the stalks is not
too great, the clipped stalk will have
the larger ear. like a strong stalk to
furnish the pollen, and one tassel tc
each hill is amply sufficient to fer
tilize all the corn. can clip the tas
sells off two acres of corn in one day
If smut appears on the tassel or any
part of the corn stalk, clip off with
The knife, and those stalks make full
ears; while If the smut was left on
they would not produce any corn, or al
best only shriveled small ears. sci
dom have six hills missing per acre, as
l replant as soon as the blades peel
above ground And If birds or some
thing else destroy some hills when too
late to replant corn grains, I replant
with corn stalks, and raise full ears
on such replanted stalks. Thorough
ness pays.
Times-promoter., 1908-06-12
Hlah License In San Francisco.

San Francisco, which recently raised
the license fee from $S4 per year to
$500, is now putting forth an effort to
increase the city's share in the sa-
looms returns to $1,000 per year. The
argument in favor of 1t is the citys
urgent need Of money, specially for
police protection. 1t is notable fact
that when the saloons were closed
after the earthquake the need for po-
lice protection sank to almost nothing,
and that quiet and good order and
safety reigned everywhere. The evil
dences of police records everywhere
point conclusively to the saloon as e
fruitful source of crime and the cause
OF extra expenditure for police protec,
tion. San Francisco's previous expert
ence has amply demonstrated the fact
that the most effective method OF
safeguarding the public interest in re-
gard to the prevention Of crime lies
in the suppression Of the entire traffic,
Times-promoter., 1908-06-12
EGqs and the Weather.

Eggs of an abnormal size are being
laid in Devonshire, England, and an
agricultural expert has given it as his
opinion that this is due to changes in
the weather. AT Seaton duck has
laid an egg weighing half pound; at
Ottery st. Mary ducks egg was
found to contain three yolks; and at
South Leigh the largest goose's egg
ever recorded in the district has been
laid,
Times-promoter., 1908-06-12
Determination conquers.

TO man with will and a purpose
there is nothing impossible. Such a
man~can do anything; he can ac-
complish seeming, miracles. Once he
puts his shoulder to the wheel ne
never let's the spokes turn in bach.
ward direction, but always pushes
them onward and forward inch by inch
and revolution by revolution until he
rolls them to the TOP OF the hill.
Times-promoter., 1908-06-12

ror Of death, and this man Of God
who, Just on the borderland of eter-
nifty, gave no sign that he feared for
himself, but rather that he was not
only master of himself but of others.
There was that quiet serenity and con.
fidence which betokened a mysterious
source of power, and instead of the
king commiserating with dying sub
ject and speaking words Of comfort,
he rather felt, like child in the pres
ence Of its teacher receiving instruc-
tion., v4. -
To relieve the tenseness of that mo-
ment, he burst out with the cry:
20, my father, my father, the char
lot of Israel and the horsemen
thereof"
And throwing himself by the side
of the couch he gave way to weeping.
He wept, but not for, the prophet
as he had expected, but for himself.
There came to his heart sense OF
personal weakness and need which he
had never felt before, but which the
morally weak, stripped Of superficial
self-confidence, always feel in the
presence of goodness and moral
strength. He remembered afterwards
thinking that If the coming into the
presence of the prophet Of God could
affect him so, what would it be to
come into the very presence OF God?
But that it was not time for idle
tears was evident, for in commanding
voice the prophet bade him rise, and,
pointing to the corner of the chamber,
| said, sternly:
"Take the bow and arrows"
Submissive as a child obeying its
parent, the king reached forth and
took the bow and arrows in his hands,
and turned and looked at the prophet
with wondering eyes.
"Put thine hand upon the bow"
He did SO, and the prophet raising
himself upon his elbow, laid his griz-
zled old hand upon that Of the young.
er man, and then with sudden earn.
est intensity he exclaimed
"Open the window eastward and
shoot!"
In a mechanical sort oS way the
king shot, little sensing the signifi
canoe of the act until the prophet
cried, eagerly:
"The arrow Of the Lords deliver
ance, and the arrow of deliverance
from Syria; for thou shalt smite the
s,xians in Aphek till thou hast con
sumed them"
The prophet eyed him with a
searching look and seemed disappoint
ed that the king did not manifest an
enthusiastic spirit, for almost impa
tiently he exclaimed:
Take the arrows and smite upor
the ground" 4 Y
| Never did King Joash forget the
words of reproach and grief which the
prophet spoke when he had smitter
three times and stayed, and years
after when the third victory over the
king of Syria had been won he real
lied the significance Of the prophets
words: Thou shouldest have smit
ten five or six times; then hadst thor
smitten Syria till thou hadst con
sumed it; whereas now taou shalt
smite Syria but thrice
Times-promoter., 1908-06-12
The Reason Why.

"Old DR.. Goodman Is very fond OF
young people, and about the best
matchmaker l know" He ought to be,
considering that he is famous 40 a
heart specialist.
Times-promoter., 1908-06-12
Capital offenses IA Britain.

The are five capital offenses under
British law-murder, high treason,
piracy, arson in the port ot London
and attempts to destroy rnblic Ar.
senRiH.
Times-promoter., 1908-06-12

The passenger traffic Of the Great
Eastern railway amounts to 250,000
daily, the South Eastern, 100000, and
the London, Brighton and South Coast
100000 every day. The three roads
convey every year 41,00O,OO0 workmen
passengers.
Times-promoter., 1908-06-12
Removable Buggy Seat.

end of which is slipped under the seat
cushion. A stick is hinged to the un-
derside, explains the Prairie Farmer,
which serves as leg to the seat, and
when not in use this can be folded up
and the whole seat slipped under the
buggy seat out of the way.
Times-promoter., 1908-06-12
The American Hen.

There is nothing mean or narrow
about the American hen. She cackles
for all, and last year she supplied Cuba
with million dollars worth Of prime
eggs, to say nothing OF the enormous
quantities aent to England and otKes
countries.
Times-promoter., 1908-06-12
sERMoNETTE.

, Last days come to all, but to
none do they bring such COM
fort and sweetness as to the one
who has walked with God.
Last days are not necessar-
lily fruitIess days, for even from
a sick bed the servant of God
may prove tho mouthpiece Of
God speaking words of admonl-
ton and prophecy.
Physical pain and the ebbing
Of life's current cannot prevent
the true child Of God from
rounding out his mission In
life.
During the long years Of serv-
Ice az prophet in Israel Elisha
had seen a steady and sure de-
cline In the religious and moral
tone of the people, and ne knew
of the ultimate national calan.
, ity which was to come with the
scattering of the people through
, all the nations about, but not
withstanding all this he saw the
J final triumph Of God and his
Righteousness; he realized that
} though men failed, God would
not; he understood the eternal
} truth that mans wickedness
might delay, but could not
thWart the Divine will, thus was
he able during those dark days
Of spiritual decline to keep
cheerful and hopeful. And it Is
this realization on the part of
the servant of God of the ulti-
mate triumph of the Divine will
and purpose In the world which
makes of them optlmists instead
of pessimists.
Not many years ago a woman
who had been an earnest and
; faithful and efficient worker in
the slums of New York took her
! own life, owing to the depres-
sion which had come to her be-
cause the task of uplifting the
people seemed so utterly hope
less. How different IL would
have been had she seen with
Gods eye and realized that be-
yond the span of the human life,
I and above the plans of the hu-
man mind God rules and moves.
We all needwith Browning to "see
that God is In his heavens, and
that all is we'll with the world"
Not we'll In the sense that the
best has yet been realized, but
we'll In the sense that God is
slowly but surely working out
) his glorious purposes In the
world which are to find their
ultimate elimination In the com
Z ing Of the Christ again to the
I world to rule as the world has
never yet been ruled.
Deathbeds are piteous, in
deed, when the dying one real
I ICES that he has lived apart from
God and has played a losing
I game. He has not builded with
: God in this life and has no place
with God In the life to which the
soul Is soon to pass.
: But when ones heart and his
: purposes are linked with those
Z of the Divine, life Is made, full
Z with tho eternal mission which
death does not end, but only en-.
{ Iarges. 4
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Times-promoter., 1908-06-12
THE STORY.

" HE king had seen people die be-
/ fore, but never had he beheld such
deathbed as that. He had stood by
the couch Of his father. Jehoahaz, as
Times-promoter., 1908-06-12
REMOVABLE BUGGY SEAT.
Device by Which an Extra Person Can
Be Comfortably Provided For.

A convenient, removable third buggy
seat is made by tacking stuffed cush-
ion on one end of board, the other
Times-promoter., 1908-06-12
Looklnu RaclkWard.

He that Is continually watching for
trouble in the rear is likely to bump
! into danger ahead.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-09-10
/ RELIGIOUS TRUTHS |
From the Writings of Great
Preachers.
AN ANSWERED PRAYER.

~Oh, give me message Of quiet
l asked in my morning riayer;
For the turbulent trouble within me
Is more than my heat can bear.
Around there is strife and discord,
And the storms that do not cease,
And the whirl of the world Is on me-
Thou only can'st give me peace"
] opened the old, old Bible.
And looked at page of Psalms,
I'LL the wintry sea Of trouble
Was smoothed by its summer calms;
For the words that have helped so many,
And the pages. that they held dear,
Seemed new. in their power to comfort,
And they brought me my word Of cheer
Like music Of solemn singing
These words came down 10 me-
The Lord is slow to anger.
And of mercy great is He:
Each generation praiseth
His work of long renDwn.
The Lord upholdeth all that fall,
And raiseth the bowed down"
That gave me the strength / wantedl
knew that the Lord was nigh;
All that was making me sorry
Would be better by-andb by.
j had but to wait in patience
And keep at my Fathers side,
And nothing would really hurt me,
Whatever might betide
Marianne birmingham, in London Sun.
day-Sehool Times.