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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-16
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George Allan England.
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know-an' dumped in all the salt had.
The bullets began to rattle on the sides
an roof like hail.
Il didn't mind II more'n a hy's buzz
zin'. though. but set tight an laid out a
good bunch o. manganese dioXide handy,
snug ia the fateful water cooler. hadn't
much more'n done II, nuther. when I'm
vummed II the meskeet out back didn't
begin ia rustie-then come a pause. little
Scrapin' an jarrin'. word O command.
an the OF camp begun to creak. heave an
hist up at the back. like a great big rat
trap bein' turned over, with me fer the
rat.
How many more dunn kind animals
am | a-goin to be-? says / ia myself.
Swan. swapping turtle an rat-ain't that
greaserS make goat O me. too? guess
aot. Let science take her course, Let
mind wrassle with matter an throw her,
by Jimminy Cripes.'
4
with that dumps the manganese inta
the water cooler. slaps down the cover. an
sets on it good and solid. A little private
HI tears lose inside. an yallergreen
chlorine gas comes spoutin' along the pipe
line in a 'tarnal hurry. now I'm a-goin' ia
tell We. Did you ever smell any chlorine
Say. Birthstone matches is nothin' but
Florida water side of it, Even the leak
aga from my pipeline set me barkin
like all possessed. but outside! 1t surely
sounded like whoopin' cough In an orphan
'syium. In less'n a minute j cal-late the
hull gang had got enough: anyway L
heard retreatin' gasps. PATTERNS. lung
spittin' coughs and cusses interming!ed.
Then silence fell again. an Chapter Two
was over. with an American still on
top:
1>At, IT, thxa
shutter. All was clear round the camp.
but the pweblo looked similar to tarna-
ton hornets nest-ies swarmin'. that 3
all. an dun sight maddar'n any nest
I ever see. That thar consid ration mod
Grated my mirth few. an 1 laid down
on my cot ia think 1t all over.
Guess I must dozed off when
want noticin'. fer the next 1 knowed
twas dark's a VOLTS mouth. boca d"
loho. as they call 1t down thar. an 1
found I'd been poundin' my ear like all
possessed What woke me up. l cal'late.
was the rattle O. pebbles outside. an a
whisper whisper like snakes hissin. Then
I heard feet-bare feet on bare ground
and the door creaked a teeny little bit as
some one tried the knob
I'm a second l was wide awake. you
betcha. Still as mouse-work 1 leaned
offn my cot. located the induction coil
an threw the switch.
THE night split open with sudden yells.
"'Diabo. Mil infiernCs!! Madrie de
Dios 'Elp! 'Elp!. Oh. Madre de dos.
Ayudeme Bendito!! 'Elp. 'Elp"
1.-The coil was buzzin' like a bee hive.
dronin' out the dance music fer a lively
double-shuff1e on the sand outside. an
don't We doubt it! Suddenly they comes
fresh yells in another voice. an more O.
that eIoouent foreign cussin' It's rally
surprisin' the pull they is ia one O. them
high-voltage alternatin' currents. also
the painfulness. The chorus OUTSIDE
made me think a good bit Of two mad
bobcats tryin' ia see which can holler
loudest jes' before closin in. Lots o
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new world, where, under the peaceful doc
trines o. the Quaker faith. was to bs
founded hospice for the persecuted OF
the wo- Id.
the Welcome. which bore William Penn
to his new possession.
The conference OF the Quaker king"
with the Dutch. Swedes and English al
ready settled in his possession win give a
picture OF the peaceful auspices under
which life in the colony began.
The treaty with the Indians under tho
drop o: Quaker blood was eve shed by .
redskin. is scene not to be omitted.
Then will come a considerable jump. for
the history OF Pennsylvania for more
than half century from the coming OF
the Penns was placid. There were no In
dian wars and the settlers were too busy
caring for growing trade to seek trouble
with their neighbors.
But the first murmurs of discomfort
with the policy Of Britain were to bring
Philadelphia to the foreground as the
scene OF great events.
All OF these are to be depicted. TIE
gathering OF the first Continental Con-
sress. with all It's giants: the signing OF
the Declaration: the battle OF German
town. where Washington suffered defeat
in the only revolutionary battle actually
fought within the confines OF the city:
the occupancy OF the city by the British
soldiers: a ball in which the colonial
DANES entertain the British troops while
Washington and his men are freezing on
the snowclad hills o. Valley Forge: the
signing of the Constitution: the second
Inauguration of President Washington;
Gre Of he
All these stirring incidents viii be brought
back to life In a series OF wonderful
tableaux.
Such a celebration will do more than
glorify the City of Brotherly Love. II
will disseminate a knowledge OF the he
roic period OF the nations history which
the great mass never could gain from the
textbooks.
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M11lAm PENN.

the one of most interest to visitors. 1t is
a parade of a kind never before at
tempted. The passing procession will
set forth the history of a city. and to
assure the accuracy of the pageant the
foremost historians and artists of the
city and state will take charge.
The pictures OF the early life Of the
state will be carried back to a period
antedating by sixty years the coming
of Penn. One of the trading houses es-
tablished by the Dutch, at the suggestion
of Henry Hudson. who. on his famous
trip of 1909. touched the Delaware before
going further north to discover the bay
and river that bear his name. will be
shown.
The date of these first trading houses
is somewhat loosely fixed at between
1926 and 1927. In the name of the Dutch
government the trading company took
possession of a tract reaching from New
York to point south of the mouth OF
the Delaware, and including what is now
Philadelphia.
Eleven years later the Swedes came
to dispute the sovereignty of the Dutch
Their first expedition landed on the in
land curve of Cape Henlopen. and they
pushed up the river as far as Newcastle
which is some thirty miles below Phila-
delphia. Four miles above Newcastle they
built fort called Christiana, in honor Of
the young queen Of Sweden. name which
survives to this day.
The Swedes vigorously advanced and
the Dutch lacked the power to resist so
that in the next eight years they pene-
t. ated farther and farther up the river.
One colony settled on Tinicum Island. an
other built a mill on Cobbs creek and
finally they settled in the territory that
As now Philadelphia.
Later the Dutch under Peter Stuy-
vesant again took possession, only to be
ousted by the English in 1864.
Three or four tableaux will be devoted
to this period, much of whose history Is
in dispute. A jury made up of historians
on the committee will decide just which
pictures most closely approximate &C.
curacy.
The remainder of the scenes present no
very difficult problem, the record being
very clearly defined. Charles II and
William Penn will be shown in the his
toric incident of the grant Of the land In
consideration for the discharge of a debt
which Penn held against the crown.
Next will be shown the scene OF the
embarkation from England. which bore
the vanguard of the expedition to the
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OLD SMEDES CHURCH

economic parade.
Thursday will be childrens day. The
exercises will be held at Independence
Hall and the events that make 1t inn
mortal in the worlds history are to be
reproduced in tableauX.
The artists and historians are to take
care of Fridays parade, which will be
the big event of the week. Here will be
shown on floats every event Of Importance
in the city's history.
Saturday will wind up the week with
day devoted to public sports, including
regatta, base ball games and a track
and field day in Paramount Park
Naturally the parade of Friday will be
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X
~ il hv-an'-large, The Prld' s
all right: it's the foY in 1t
what makes ali t1 ca
touse,
Sessions slumped down still III
his cane-seat chair by the stove GILL
1900 ,,o .eoIat,,A with both stdSinged
feet. sure sign OF approae"' iiiei-
dacity.
"Lem.ne make one exception f'ue II
49,. (~.,,, ,rb.r the countrIan' the
folks Is both pizen-mean- 'i"'
morn a couple o weeks, but 'eeihs
-, -. .ioo q, Iar1.scad seen
III. ~ cocrina helalE fadin
down behind the horizon q" ~
away, Take m oath. Coo T. 80
island jes' as ugly's he coul"f ~ -,
CuSsed it with the dumdcst
varmints they is on this morts 80.
the little ones they can tara
de lance an centerpeeds. Whi'f ~ i"i
ones is greasers nigEcrs an mflIos.
Them was the 'arlv days tIe oIA
Caribbean Gable COmpany-Y Ie,heiIi
her that was les after the "df'h
bossin' a Job o line-work alie
land all alone. 'cep'n' fer II Iol INC -; =.
in charge of a gang OF taet "Loi 80.
varmints. 'Mongst a little floc o.Hr
difficulties l didn't sa5hE 1Ifh Si'"iI'St ,
talk, 'cep'n' cuss words. W4i b, az -
fust of all an l reckon l m4 ruoTeu
them fellers th' wrong wIo the Iui
most &C the time 'thout kn1lh nLa ny.
way. Man'n't the mos popf man II, -
racao by the time the u was uoie.
Course. it rifles a hidalgo way 10 NC
hossed by d simple Amer1n ia"s. an
when it's done profane. INF LOOK out ioi
a noreaster! A.
Well anyway. / rus4i EN- alole
lively. never payin' no y'ioh I'd 80
hereditary pride. an reg ma1iaseu I'd
run the line into Los Cert south siue-a
the :, island fore any4hg haPpeileu'
though trouble was a-piH the shei pun
~ nigh all the way ,,,o
When we struck Ce9s tnar 10y nv
C. c. Company tender fhes III .iie oaS,
an my portable steel pay std.ioiI Maa
all sot up on the beacE-Wdi'lh lei us.
BY cripes, but I was 81 Ia puliA uAuoi
cover agin, what wltYei, -
played-out an tired r ueitn 49,,
80. i,e.s-,riota 1ne in my ten-by
49,. or,,1 Nv forfnan, Ling. had or
ders ia go back onthe lehusi ID ~
Iillso - 80 49, a3erdos till the cable
ship come long tdFy the SoN'oi Noi'
nectin. with Brazilj
j.
"Aftar ia Maid o{the gang an told 'em
coat, sbasbavesup inta Cerdos ia have
=. look around ~ look was enough for
M As relic C7Ios was Al. but as
Twin town IL vaf much mOre'n petrl
fed echo RarnJs of a plaZzy with
I.rr, most an I stun fountain in the
middle Ieetle sites on three sides an
y-bitawasbod tod hall on th'other which
tbev called the 3alacio de lah Joosticia-
tbaf Vas ,boutf they was to it-that an
Att u-ba,, T J1ck town they want no
lamp on the lfp post ner no water In
the fountain n no jestice in the palace
'cepn' a lottd. cock fights an the per-
petuaI CONSUMPTION o brown paper ciga-
roots and raWhguardiente that tasted like
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-16

the city. and one of the oldest on the
American continent.
On Monday a general reception will be
held by the mayor at the city hall. and
on Monday night there will be a public
meeting at the Academy of Music, where
distinguished citizens win make historical
addresses
Tuesday will a popular parade, the
fire departments. police. volunteer fire
men. National Guard, United States ma
rines, sailors and state constabulary TAX
ing part In the evening an automobile
parade and general illumination makes
up the program.
Wednesday will see an. industrial and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-16

VENTS dear to the nation as tc
the city where they took place
are to be reproduced in the big
- celebration which will mark the
225 anniversary of the founding
of Philadelphia.
1.-The cradle of liberty" the capital of
the nation in the days when the founders
were paving the way for the birth of the
republic is preparing for an unprecedent-
ed series of pageants during the coming
fall.
Although the time is still far distant.
the work has already begun. for the kind
OF demonstration that is planned will call
for historical research In order to gather
the data TO bring to life again the men,
the manners and the happenings Of more
than two centuries ago.
In the churches where the heroes of the
revolution worshiped, in the very build
ings, and al the same desks where they
sat to produce the two greatest documents
in the history of the new world-the Dec
laration and the Constftution--their sue
cessors in public life will gather to recite
the achievements of the nations makers
Further back, indeed, than the revolu-
tionary period will go the exercises. Will
liam Penn once more will land and meet
in conclave the aboriginal owners of the
land and the famous treaty will be signed
again near the monument that marks the
site OF the old elm tree.
"Old Home Week" Is the official title of
the celebration. but the title is not en-
tirely a happy one. for the affair will be
far more than local in interest. 1t will
possess a historical Importance to those
whose studies of pre-revolutionary days
must frequently direct attention to the
city which in that period led the nation in
culture, in commerce. in population, in
wealth. in all that makes a true capital,
in fact.
The committee in charge Of the celebra-
ton includes in addition TO Mayor John B.
Reyburn. Thomas l.. Montgomery. state
librarian; DR.. Martin G. Brumbaugh. SUI
perintendent OF the. public schools: John
Ashhurst. assistant librarian of the Phila-
delphia Free Library: John w. Jordon,
librarian of the Historical Society Of
Pennsylvania: William j. Milligan, chief
clerk of select council, and George w. B.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-16
,om the Cambridge Grants

From the Cambridge Granta.
There is something IN the dull atmos-
phere OF our alma mater which sharpens
the wits Of her sons: they have to be
bright to compensate for the maternall
gloom. We have always produced wits
and poets: and even II neither product
is too obvious at present. there IL no
reason to fear that the stock will die out.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-02-16
Written for The Star.

80 VENTS dear to the nation as to
the city where they took place
are to be reproduced in the big
u celebration which will mark the
22l anniversary of the founding
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Hicks statistician to the mayor: DR.. Nor
ris Jastrow. librarian OF the University
Of Pennsylvania: George M. Abbott. IL
brarian of the Library Company OF Phila-
delphia; l. Minis Hayes librarian OF the
American Philosophic Society. and John
Thomson, Librarian of the Philadelphia
Free Library.
An entire week will be given up to the
exercises. which begin with a religious
service in Old Swedes Church. Gloria Del
This Is the oldest house of worship in
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-05

let him go with girl while he at home We
don't even intend to wait for your return. Uncle
Ben has to be in New Mexico next month and
Natalie turned the page There still another
sheet of her sisters rhapsodical confession.
81 think you will find Miss Bradford in the
paror," she heard the maid saying to someone
in the hall. Yes, Miss Bradford, the younger,
there, and avenue of escape; but it was not
Uncle Benjamin The girls face went white as
she arose to greet the only man in the world who
had ever succeeded in making her shed tears of
anger and remorse.
Natalie" Denman cried, almost leaping
the room to seize her hands. Il learned only this
morning that you here. It's been a hard
year for me, and when things began to come my
way they did month ago, | made up my mind
that it all had to come and | was going back west
to compel you to reconsider"
"I-Larry didn't suppose you'd want to come
back after-after the way | acted that last night.
81 didn't think then that | would either; but
it's different when you get away off by yourself
and have time to think things It'll take me
six months to finish up this business and then
the firms going to send me abroad for four i'm
mense contracts, in London, Paris Berlin, Vienna
think of it, Nataie Four of the greatest cities
in the world, and when | have finished I'll be
rated as of the best engineers in America.
so it wasn't so bad" The girl hung her head
and the crimson scrept up above the line of her
collar, then spread slowly over her mobile face
81 was your good angel after all, to drive you
away and compel you to make start in city
where there would be future for your talents.
my good angel, that's what you have always
been, although goodness knows child, you have
worn some awfuly discouraging DISCUSSES. Your
uncle tells that you are getting ready for the
concert stage. Guess I'll have something to say
about that"
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-05

Seven weeks ago | was in New York on visit
to my aunt" Miss Bradford returned her face
showing signs of enlightenment You have evil
IDENTIFY mistaken me for my younger sister. She is
in New York now, studying music. She hopes to
go the concert stage"
"That lovely that brilliant that charming that"
he had exhausted his supply of adjectves as they
reached the stone steps leading up to the big
house At Heenas urgent invitation to in
and have dinner he relaxed somewhat but even
while he and Henry Bradford were discussing
business he conscious of the loss of some
thing. The house seemed dismal and gloomy to
him without the sunshine that had illumined it
on the occasion of his previous visit. After a
time he ventured the remark
your girls look uncommon alike, don't they,
Hank?"
at never struck that they did" Bradford
returned, mystiied by the sudden color in his
daughters cheeks.
That night, when the old had returned to
have a little visit with his idolized nephew, Helena
flew to her room and wrote:
ITO think of getting two proposals in one week!
Me, mind you, your chronic old maid sister If
it had been you nobody would think anything
about it; but you were never proposed to by
an uncle and nephew within five days, so | have
at least one score to my credit. And dearie,
wonder how you felt when you were being pro-
posed to by proxy. Natalie, take the precious old
silly. He'd be devoted, give you such advan
tages such gorgeous gowns and besides, it would
be such fun to have my little sister for my aunt
Bob and | have made short work of it. We are
going to be married before he returns to the mines
| couldn't bear to let him go alone, and he declares
he won't go without me. It's to be the qu1eteSt
kind of little wedding and we don't intend to
say word about it to Uncle Ben till it's all over
Well trust to you to win his forgiveness. You
see he's frightfully jealous of Robert-never would
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-05

But it'll be such long time, all the time that
you are in Europe-Larry, l can't bear to think
of it. Oh, I'm silly the tell-tae tears filled
her eyes. you haven't been here ten minutes
and I'm beginning already to greve about letting
you go for such a long time
Go! Why kidde, I intend to take you with me.
I'll be there at least two years. Do you think
I'd let you miss such opportunity?'
1t early May, of those bamy, delicious
days when all the house open to admit the
radiance of spring. and Naetalie was up stairs in
the midst of a business session with the dress
maker. On every hand the evidence of
rapidly growing trousseau, for the wedding was
to take place in another week. Even Kitty, the
cook, and Sally, the housemad, had been detailed
for relief duty in the sewing room, the former to
pick out distinguishing had experience in that
line with the turkey and the baked fish, as the
bride-eect humorously remarked-and the latter
to yards and yards of lace and embroidery.
There was a ring at the front door, and Natalie
the only member of the household who was,
at that moment, free to answer it. Perhaps it
was Helena and Brother Bob, come home a few
days ahead of schedule time to take the family
by surprise. The girl flew down the stairway to-
ward the open front door checked herself abruptly
and would have beaten an ignomnious retreat,
her.
"At last, Miss Natalie, | have found you" The
old mans voice quivered with pent-up feeling 1t
was desperate moment.
I'm sorry, but sister Natalie is not in town."
the imp within prompted her to say won't you
come in and mother?"
NO. I'll go back and take that wilder, reckon"
he muttered. AS he shuf1ed down the steps, Ma
talie heard him say,
uncommon likeness among them Bradford
girls!"
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-05
Photographs from
Ernest l., Briggs.

Ahead of us lies the mountain, round and haloed
with light, and the market TO reach 1t.
There already the hustle and chatter OF the day
is beginning men are already stretching the white
awnings; women in blue and mauve shaws and
big hats gaze at us curiously from their black
fringed eyes.
Having reached the mountain, turn and
stand, silently drinking in the beauties of the
''aristocrat' of Italy To our right lies the Poute
Vecchis and we see it in the mystic glory of the
flmy sunrise. city of marble, of tower and
statue, of fountain and bridge; no city could be in
dreams beautiful more daintily elegant!
No beggar rests his filthy hand upon the shining
streets of Florence. There meet but prosperity
in every guise. Beyond the glittering fretwork of
stone lie the hills and silhoueted against the rosy
morning sky stand the towering palaces, grim
sentinels of an awakening city. But too soon the
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-05

sun is peepng the curtain, and smiling to see
her own gay face mirrored in the broad Aruo; so
carefully, but quickly retrace our steps and
laugh quietly to the lazy yawns of the critics
as they struggle down into the street room.
And the same evening the train bears us swiftly
across Italy into Venice. AS approach the
magic lights and gorgeous colors. Whose pen
could paint those marvellous tnts of Venetian
waters? Across the quivering waves the low
sun shakes it's magic wand, and the sea dissolves
in scintillating blue and green, with glints of
starry gold. 1t is another world; No clearcut
tones, bright gay light, but vast, incessant.
softened glow of dissolving, ethereal hues. We
gaze, with spell-bound eyes, and lo the sun grows
dark and all the waters blush from edge to edge,
in rosy LIGHTS, and crimson rays, with tiny chains
of silver ripping their surface.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-05

How tiresome grow the pre-arranged tours of
cities, drags along in the rear of the vol
uble guide. After two days in Florence, trailing
through crowded streets, after parrot-like Eng
lish-Italian, decided to move on into the main
land and to Venice.
AS we lay resting last evening in the city,
a wild desire crept over me to see Florence once,
just once, freed from the bewildering tongues
of critics. Accordingly, early in the morning, long
ere the Master hand had lighted the sunny foot
lights of the amphitheatrical city, crept softly
down the steps and into the sab-paved streets.
Silently hand in hand we slipped along past
the columned convent, the marble-clad church
with its arcades, and the open 'Loggia" on their
corinthian pillars. Above u.s. the morning sky is
softest bluest gray, and catch glimpses of the
misty morning sunrise through brown tile roofs.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-03-04
Lace Curtain Bargains

BY the way the ladies took advantage
of our lace curtain sale certainly proves
they had bright eyes--sharp eyes that
knew values at a glance.
For the belated buyer, we still have a
few pairs of those excellent Nottingham
curtains left. They won't wait long, of
that we're certain, 80 you better act at
once.
.65 curtains at 46c per pair.
100 75c 4" &c
15O Ito
We are still showing some Irish Point,
Brussels Net in white and ecru, Swiss
and Nottingh ham curtains at prices that
are extremely low. They are all remark
able values, and need only to be seen to
be appreciated.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-03-04
Spring Silks

We always carry an attractive line of
silks, so we are sure of pleasing every
body.
Suisine is the correct silk for spring
waists and suits. 4 beautiful, lustrous
fabric, IN all the leading shades, at only
45c the yard.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-03-04
Below We Mention Few Good Values that Await You
Stylish Spring Footwear

Spring we'll for We ready
stylish Walking Shoes Oxford and Pumps for
Spring "Seby,"
closely followed other we'll
Walking Leather Brown Tan, excellent
values, rom ST. rs 1925
leather Pumps with leather bow stylish; won't slip
heel$3
leather Oxords extension SOLE Military heel nobby
$3.50.
Pumps STYLE will be all Spring
and 1915.