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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-19
Photos By D. ". Poole.

So it seems to have been favorite SYM
Dol. very ancient, and adopted by many
nations.
The Syrians used to speak of their an
cestors, the gods. as the progeny of eggs.
In the temple of Dioscuri. in Laconia.
there was suspended large hieroglyph-
ical egg. This egg was sometimes at
tributed to Leda and sometimes to Meme
sis.
The Orphic cosmogony. as preserved by
Athenagoras. states that water and mud
were the first principles of creation: from
their union proceeded O. being having the
body of a serpent. with the heads of a
bull and a lion, and a mans head in the
middle. This being was named Her
cules, or Chronas, and laid an egg. out
of which came forth the good Planes. OF
the two halves Of the shell were formed
heaven and earth.
Aristophanes. in his play of the Birds"
shows how at first black-winged night laid
a wind egg, whence lovely Eros. with
golden pin.ons. scared aloft ard gave
birth to all things.
The Hindus tell us that the world was
laid In embryo in the mind OF Brahm until
the creation. When he spoke light ap-
peared: from himself came the inert mat
ter to fill up space: water was condensed
from around, seeds appeared and vege-
tated.
Again Brahm spoke. and on the sur
rounding water foated a golden egg, In
which there were three emblems, wisdom,
power and destruction. or birth. increase
and death. In the forms Of the gods
Brahma, Vtshner and silva, the drst earth.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-19
EvEK1D oDY DoE5 1D Own 7inKtNrq

and some Of the larger boats are moored
at private wharves.
Possibly the largest and handsomest
yacht moored on the Potomac is the
Gretchen, belonging to John e. Reyburn.
formerly q member Of Congress and now
mayor Of Philadelphia. The Gretchen Is
a steam yacht and is manned by a regular
crew. It Is 100 feet in length and has
engines of a capacity to assure speed Of
fifteen knots an hour. Although the
Gretchen has practically made its head
quarters in Washington for more than
year. 1t is looked upon as Philadelphia
boat. as its owner is one Of the officials
Of the Philadelphia Yacht Club and is
resident Of Philadelphia.
Local Enthusiasts.
The fifty-foot steam yacht belonging to
Gen. Crozier and the forty-foot gasoline
yacht. named Rosamond, belonging to
DR.. William G. Schafhirt are the next
In size and quality of the many local
yachts on the Potomac. The latter craft
is an exceptionally we'll appointed one.
and the owner. who is possibly one of
the most ardent devotees Of the sport in
this section. has made a number of long
and interesting cruises on her. Last year
he went to jamestown and thence up the
James river This year he proposes to
go to New York by way Of the Delaware
and Chesapeake canal and the Raritan
canai.
Another prominent local boat 10 the
thirty-foot Gulvare. belonging to E. r.
Davidson. It Is operated by gasoline
and has commodious cabin and bunking
quarters. r. T. Rawlins' thirty-foot mo-
tor boat May Bells 10 looked upon as
one of the speediest OF the local craft.
Aside from its speed 1t has plenty OF
deck space and coy cabin arranged
to 'bunk'' four persons. Capt. Welcker's
gasoline yacht Fin Is another speedy
craft. In appearance and equipment it is
something after the fashion Of DR.. Schaf-
hirt's Rosamond. Capt. Welcker Is an
enthusiast on yachting. and makes many
a long cruise on the Fin during the sea-
son. Capt Frazee's Alma, a thirty-hve-
foot gasoline yacht. is another comforta-
BILE boat Although small and lacking in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-19
hieroglyphics the egg typified the prof.
Used Messiah.

hieroglyphics the egg typihed the prom
Used Messiah.
Southey tells US that Dona Olivia illus
trates the mundane system by compari-
son with q large ostrich's egg, with three
whites and eleven Shells our earth being
the yolk. The water, which according
to this theory surrounded the globe. she
likened to the first or innermost albumen:
the second and more extensive was the
air; the third and largest consisted OF
fire. The eleven shells were SO many
leaves, one inclosing the other, circle
within circle. like q nest Of bones. The
first of these was heaven, wherein the
moon had her appointed place: the sec
ond the planet Mercury. the third Venus;
Mars. Jupiter and Saturn occupied the
ffth. sixth and seventh: the eighth was
the starry sky. the ninth crystalline. the
tenth the primum mobile which imparts
motion to all. and the eleventh was the
immobile. surrounding all. and beyond
this there was no created thing.
The presence OF an egg at ancient mys-
teries was. without doubt. esteemed as
belonging to the new birth.
Symbol in Many Nations.
The Cyprus was associated with an egg,
as was the Babylonian Astarte. and fes-
rivals were at Easter or spring The
spring was also the festival Of eggs with
the Tarmanians. and Mr.. Oldfield has
given interesting particulars about this
festival on the Murchisan river of west
eru Austria, where It was called Cairo
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-19

- TRAIoHr as an arrow, its nose
buried deep In the water and the
white swirl churning up on either
~ side OF the bow, the motor boat
has again come into its own for
the summer season. Soon the broad
bosom Of the Potomac will be dotted with
these fast-hying. reckless-racing craft
Aarting htfher and thither, with the cur
rent or against 1t. regardless of wind or
tide. like the swift-rushing herring that
sWhiris across the strongest rapids. with
but IN occasional fash Of its silver sides
to reveal its lightning course.
Along the water front from the foot Of
7th street to the Three Sisters" Off the
Georgetown shore. the sound OF the ham
mer on the wood, the ''chug-chug" of the
small horsepower engine and the smell Of
tar and pitch for the caulking OF the
seams Is IN evidence.
Preparations for Launching.
Old dortes and stanch sailing canoes are
being fitted up with the compact gasoline
engines now purchasable. and soon they
viii be flying across the Potomac, but
still trailing In the wake Of the majestic
motor boat that shows its stern to every
other craft because Of It's powerful cleo
trio engines.
Though the majority of the local boats
are gasoline launches. many of Washing
tons water enthusiasts are the proud
possessors Of the motor boat, the king of
vacation craft. But, one and all. the
-Aoat colony IL busy in the afternoons.
end especially on Sundays. putting their
a craft In commission. The owners insist
on doing the getting ready" work them
selves and derive rare sport out OF tink-
& <rinS around the hulls withtheir hands
&meaYed with white paint.
3 number Of members Of the Capital
City Yacht Club and the Corinthian Club.
> both Of which are near the foot OF 7th
street. are busy now preparing for the
grand splurge when their motor boats
!'ltake the water"
- A Magar's Pride.
h. " Many yachts are banked" along the
wharf between 7th street and 9th street.
=, Others are In the vicinity OF the Analos-
tan Boat Club and q few in Georgetown.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-19
Big Tips for Little Favors.

From Leslies Weekly.
1T is surprising" said James Teamer
of Newark. N. j.. the veteran Pullman
porter and philosopher. how big tip
a porter sometimes gets for doing q
very little thing" He added: "A pas
senger once tipped me extra because he
said I did not leave his shoestrings
coiled w inside his shoes after I had
blacked them. He said nothing MADE
him madden than to slip on his shoes
in a hurry in a sleeper only to fnd that
he had to take them off again because
the shoestrings were inside. Ever since
that time I have been careful not 70
leave shoestrings inside of the shoes ]
black. and more than one passenger has
thanked me for being thoughtful. But
1t wasn't me that did the thinking. The
tip did that for me. and I never forgot
it."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-19

cabin facilities. the GoSoM. belonging to
c. W. Berger. IL another fast motor boat.
Types Of Motorboats.
Though the motor boat has been in
vogue but ten years. its development has
been rapid. and to the unprejudiced mind
there can be no doubt that It has come to
stay.
To the mind Of the average person the
word motor boat means but one thing
the racing type. In reality. this racing
type Is but one member Of the motor boat
family. There are not more than a score
of them in the country. and these get
but comparatively little racing during a
season. The popular and sensible motor
boat is the cruising type built for vaca-
ton cruising. where pleasure not speed.
is the desired end They are capable Of
going where many steam yachts would be
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-19
Gave q Mule to q College.

Charles Tanner Of this city has given 20
the Kansas Wesleyan University. located
in Salina, the best mule I'm his barn. wall
ued at probably 500. The animal will be
sold at public auction on the street here
January %, and as the bidding will be
spirited among friends Of the university
the mule IL expected to bring close -
$1,000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-19
QBIn5, Nyr De REARNyHE0

ted with a two-horsepower engine. will
make four miles an hour. boat OF this
character is especially adapted to the Po-
tomac and any inland stream. It - eco
nomical. too. consuming but gallon OF
gasoline in three hours at a cost Of from
IL to % cents.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-19
HE use OF eggs for various pur-
poses on Easter day Is older
than Christianity itself. The
custom can be traced back to

-: than Christianity itself. The
custom can be traced back to
the theology and philosophy Of
tie Egyptians. Persians. Gauls, Greeks
and Romans. BY all these nations the
sGg, as containing In itself the germs Of
life. was regarded as a symbol OF the uni
verse. the work OF the Supreme Divinity.
Quite naturally. therefore. the egg came
10 be regarded by the church a. symbol
Ical Of the resurrection and life hereafter.
and ito use AZ an Easter emblem followed.
From time immemorial II has been the
custom 70 color and decorate eggs. and
present them to friends Easter Sunday.
Almost every country In England. Scot
land. Ireland and Wales has its own Pc
cuitar custom or superstition relative to
the season. And In most Of them the egg.
&yptcal OF birth. has its place as q special
token and symbol Of Easter. Undoubted-
. " the coloring Of eggs and so-called egg
rolling originated In q most curious game
Of ecclesiastical ball played with eggs in
the churches of England In the middle
ages by the monks.
Base Ball With Eggs.
These eggs were colored red. in alluslon
- che blood shed Tor sinners. From the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-19
| helpless and possess the added advantage
Of being economical in their consumption
4 Of fuel.
Not So Costly.

Not So Costly.
The forms OF these cruiser boats are
varied. There is the hunting cabin
launch. the cabin cruiser. the dispatch
boat and the ferry boat. Though these
vary in speed, size and shape Of their
hulls. they are all practicable and sue
cessful.
The motor boat with a simple cabin
house. a small galley and a few berths
is not intended for long cruise. nor is
comfortable as such. but for a night or
so aboard or a weekend run il will be
found entirely adequate. For consistent
cruising. however. the hunting cabin boat.
which is built with a cabin forward and
a large cockpit In the stern. is more suit
able. Such a craft. fitted with a five-horse-
power engine. capable OF making eight
miles per hour. can be purchased for
about $50. Greater length and increased
horsepower. Of course. add to the cost.
which can be increased to $1,000.
A good motor boat can be bought for
$780, It is fifteen feet in length and. fit
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-19
Bass Ball with Eggs.

: These eggs were colored red. in allusion
% The blood shed TOR sinners. From the
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-09-10
A Handicap of the Sea.

A hale middle aged English sea
captain, commanding big sailing
vessel given to long voyages, drop
ped anchor in New York harbor re-
Gently and came ashore to look up
a friend or two. One of these, anx-
ious to do what he could for the Wis
itor, sought his company for an
evening in family circle uptown.
The captain declined.
'1'd like to 60 in way" said he,
"but I'll tell you how it is, my boy
Pm SO little ashore that upon my
word l don't know how to act when
I get into a family circle-at least
I feel that way. Pm uncomforta-
BILE all the time for fear of saying or
doing the wrong thing. You see, !
never carry passengers, and as |
have to maintain strict discipline
aboard ship Pm pretty much alone
for months at time" New York
Globe.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-09-10
ENGLISH Leaend of Tailed Men.

When a Hollander wants to show
his contempt for an Englishman
he refers to him as a "steert man"
in other words, 'the man with a
tail" The old legend says that
Thomas a Beckett cursed the Kent
ishmen who spitefully cut off his
horses tail and that the entire gen.
Grafton of Kent which followed
wore tails like horses. John Bale,
Edward Wis bishop of Ossory,
mentions the legend, but gives some
variations as to the cause of the
punishment. He says on the au-
thority of John Capgrave that ''for
castyne yshe tayles at st. Angus
tine Dorsetshyre men had tayles
ever after that" Polydorus, how
ever, applies the legend to the
Kentish men of Stroud ''forecutting
off Tomas Becket's horses tayle."
One account says that only those
living in Kent at the time the curse
was pronounced "were afflicted with
large dropping tayles like brutes,
their posterity beying not SO af-
fected"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-09-10
REAL SEAMANSHIP.
A Thrilling Story of Maritime Adven'
turc and Goodness.

A Thrilling Story of Maritime Adven'
turo and Goodness.
Mr.. Bankson was telling a story
of maritime adventure. AS he ad-
vanced in it, says a writer in the
New York Sun, his fellow club
members gathered around him and
ACQUIRED delicious thrills. A storm
was evidently about to break. He
had told how banks of cloud appear
ed in the west and massbd them.
selves there, and he went on:
'Tt was no time to be at sea. ]
knew that at high water there
would be trouble.
'"The light breeze failed. l had
all sail set, but could not keep
steerage way. l simply drifted with
the tide. The surface of the sea
was like glass.
"a white fringe of clouds rapidly
advanced and hid the dull leaden
bank below them. | knew what
that meant. / overhauled my
ground tackle, keeping an eye all
the time on the storm coming up
against the direction in which the
wind had blown before the calm
fell.
"Suddenly a ripple appeared on
the water beneath the cloud. The
sails of the vessels up to windward
dropped as if the halyards had been
cut. Men scurried about the decks.
"a yellow ruff1e appeared upon
the water and advanced like an ex-
press train. Beyond it was a solid
wall of rain, split by streaks Of
lightning, and there was peal afte'
peal of thunder.
"I tried to head the craft so that
she would take the gale head-on,
but it was no use. The ripple on
the water, following closely the yell
low foam, was upon me.
"What was I to do? / could let
sail go on the run, drop the an
Choir, pay out all my line and hang
on. But what if the gale should be
30 stiff that she wouldn't lie to it :?
Then would have to buoy my an
Choir and scud with bare poles until
it blew itself out. While / went
over this in my mind it came to the
instant when something had to be
done"
Bankson paused at this thrilling
moment.
"Well," demanded a listener,
'Ewhat did you do?"
T got out" said Bankson. ''With-
out another moments hesitation |
stepped overheard, took the canoe
under my arm and walked ashore
just in time to escape a wetting
above the knees"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-09-10
GROWING RHUBARB.
A Crop That Pays Well For Very Lit
tie Outlay and Work.

n Crop That rays well FOR very Liz
tie Outlay and Work.
The best crop, counting expense OF
growing and amount Of land used, is
pieplant Procure some roots Of the
Linnaeus variety that is early, tender
and, while growing very large, is less
acid than many other kinds.
Prepare the punches by putting five
or six stalks in a bunch, tying 1t Sc
curely at the butts of stalks and again
around the leaves just above the
stems; then with a sharp knife cut off
a portion of the leaves, leaving about
third of the green leaf on the stalk.
It will wilt less quickly with part OF
the leaf on than with the whole leaf
or where only the stalk has been left.
The rows should be six feet apart
and plants four feet In row. The only
work expended on it is to cultivate two
or three times early in the season and
hoe it once. In the fall the rows are
covered with a mulch of strawy ma
nure.
Pull it late in the day, tie and trim
the leaves, then pack it in sixty quart
berry crates. It does not wilt as much
If crowded in tightly.
Rhubarb may be made to yield about
$35 to $40 an acre per month.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-09-10
A PRONUNCIATION PUZZLE.
Test Yourself by Reading Aloud This
Little Story.


Little Story.
The following "episode" will
prove very clever puzzle as test
of the ability of people to pro-
nounce readily and correctly many
common words:
An interesting inquiry took place
in the court OF oyer and terminer
some time ago. lndisputable evil
dence was given toward proving
that heinous incident had taken
place during a public pageant. 1t
seems that pretty girl, rather
juvenile in appearance, having an
extraordinary head of hair, like an
Albino, represented Thalia and sat
ON a pedestal erected on one of the
floats. The procession was direct
ing it's course down the mall when
the attention of the onlookers was
drawn to the excited conduct of one
of the spectators who had fixed her
eyes upon the tiara, set with jewels
in the form of carat, which Thalia
wore upon her head as she sat in
what seemed to be her wonted atti-
tude of nonchalance and leisure.
This person was afterward shown
to be a maniacal laundress whose
squalor and detestation and hideous
grimaces were all unnoticed by the
mock goddess. What vagary babe
this reptile turn her servile eyes,
full of rapine, on the beautiful
maiden it is hard to say, but sud
denly, under pretense of seeing
something on the ground, she pro-
duced a hiatus in the crowd and
thus obtained precedence of all
simultaneously with her appear
ance the van drove past. She then
filled the air with gross raillery and
began to promulgate anarchism, So
ciety's lack of probity and the gen
eral prediction of politicians for
patronage.
Then she besought her audience
to hear her dilate on the glaciers of
the Alps, the ruins of Pompeii, the
female franchise, the Pleiades and
her patron saint. She was evidently
demented, and the flow of her voca-
bles appeared endless. Suddenly
she raised a pestle which had been
hidden under her shawl and threw
it directly at the visor on the girls
head. Thereupon a faccid lithog-
rapher who was cutting swath as
tribune on the following van
grasped seine and threw it over
the gaunt old bag, so that her eff
forts to escape were futile, and she
became as docile as a lamb. The
pathos of the affair lay in the way
the girl bore the ordeal. In court
the virago gave an alias instead of
her own name. Her defense was
that vaccine, whose presence was
shown by a scabious arm, together
with desuetude in the matter Of
personal freedom, had produced an
obsession which decreed the irrevo-
cable death of the girl. An in
ventory of her belongings was made,
and she was then sent to an asylum
as victim of acute homicidal
mania.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-09-10
Mioht Have Been Wor Sc.

In a foursorne competition at
Machrihamish one Scotchman of
the party, a man of optimistic tenn
permanent, always remarked, ut
might have been waur," whenever
he put the ball into peculiarly diff
fcult bunker.
His irritated partner determined
to rouse Macnab from his imper-
turbable serenity and said to him
when next they played, "Macnab, |
dreamed last night you were in
hades."
cit might have been waur," came
the reply, pat.
"How waur?" said the English
man.
cit might have been true" re-
piled Macnab. 81 might have been
there"
The Scotchman ended at least
Zone up."-London Globe.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-09-10
Quiet. Applied by Proxy.

Belhngham was long suffering
man and patient one. Never had
he tried to interrupt the continu-
Gus flow Of conversation which Mrs.
Bellingham provided. At last, how
ever, his nerves gave out, and the
doctor was called in.
'tHe must have sleep and rest
was the doctors verdict. He look
ed at Mrs. Bellingham thoughtfully.
MADAM, 1 will send up some sleep
ing powders which must be used ex-
actly as written on the box. Will
you promise to do this, or must ]
order him to the hospital ?"
81 promise" said Mrs. Belling.
ham readily enough, although won
dering why re made so odd a re-
quest. She learned when the box
came from the druggists, and she
read on the label:
"Sleeping powders, to be taken
night and morning-by Mrs. B."
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1908-09-10
BRUSSELS SPROUTS.
Easy to Raise and Profitable if Prop
erly Marketed.
John Walsh,
Attorney for plaintiff

Easy to Raise and Profitable if Prop
erly Marketed.
Brussels sprouts may be easily
grown in the ordinary home vegetable
garden. The plant is a close relative Of
the cabbage and caulifiower, but in
stead of producing single head forms
a number of small ones in the axis Of
the leaves, and these heads are called
sprouts and are the edible part of the
vegetable. The sprouts average one or
two inches in diameter.
The seed should be sown in the open
ground as early as the weather per-
mits. When the plants are three inches
high they should be transplanted or
thinned out into rows tWenty-fOur to
thirty inches apart and about two feet
apart in the row. The plants must be
we'll watered after they have been
moved.
AS the small sprouts begin to crowd
the leaves should be broken from the
stem to give the small heads more
room. A few leaves should be left at
the top Of the stem where the new
heads are formed.
In warm climates the plants may be
left in the open ground all winter, the
heads being removed as desired, but
in more northern ATTITUDES plants that
are we'll laden with heads are taken up
when frost comes and set close to-
gether in a pit or cellar or a "cold
frame" or bed covered with glass.
With a little soil packed about their
roots they may in this way be kept all
winter, being used when needed. When
boiled or stewed with cream they are
doIici011S