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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-12

And nextly we knew, we was setting
appearance. only more gentle. Even the
engine seemed to clear its throat before
whistling cute loud. Slight shove by en-
gineer. and in less time than possible We
arrived in a station named London.
London is town where the American
language is spoke in very muddled
state. Nearly everything is pronounc-
ed wrong, and when you tell them how
to say it, they merely give you a ne
glectful look. ] am glad Hon. George
Washington saved America from such
conversation. Everywheres, on side
walks. by street posts, in hotels. we
could see the populus standing together
practicing the Language, which Is very
dangerous to do, and is less beautiful
than what is spoken in Indiana. Aver
age American can say more with his
nose than Average Englishman can ex-
press using both lungs and III his soul.
But me & Nogi was not anxious about
London We was merely there looking
for a King to put in all American news
papers Anything less was too minus to
notice. Hon. Westminster Abbey & Riv-
err Thames we observed slightly. That
Abbey place look like Chicago University,
but much less HISTORICAL and Standard
Oily That Thames creek. when seen
by US, was full of that same antique
mud which Sir Walt Raleigh pulled
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-12

ENENiEVE was a
charming woman.
She was, in fact. a
charming widow.
and that is very
important indeed.
James was as
nice a young man
as ever executed a
clean shave with a
safety razor or
fretted about the
way his trousers
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-12

In the west all vacation, and had lost
week of the opening. SO she was working
very hard, her teacher said SO Genevieve
just wrote and told her; and Jennie was
a little hurt and felt that mamma had
acted rather rashly without consulting
her, and wrote and told her So Jennie
was capable young woman.
James was very happy at the time.
Even when she took her hair down, Gene
We've was still charming and that is a
test which no woman past thirty likes to
meet, unless her husband is perfectly
we'll trained husband and used to her
anyway.
About Christmas Jennie came home for
the hoidays. Jennie was now seventeen:
and when she was introduced to her STEP
father, her new stepfather nearly had
fit She was tall as he, and looked
old enough to be married herself.
When this happens in stories, it is only
up to the point of the young man being
engaged to the mother Of the grownup
daughter. Then his father, who has
known the mother In his youth, always
comes along and rescues his boy at the
cost of an illusion or two. But James
was not in the rescuable stage. He was
married.
That Christmas a college friend of
Genevieve came to call on her; and he
was stout and bald and had tall son
with him who was in business wit his
father. OF course, father had married
very young
Then Genevieve had letter from girl
friend of her youth.
Dear Genevieve,' wrote Kate, 4 am
to be in your city soon and would SO love
to see you in your home
OF course, Kate was invited to see
Genevieve in her home. Kate was a bit
older than Genevieve, to begin with. and
she weighed two hundred. James, in his
anguish Of soul. groaned that she was a
hundred and weighed three. But one
must make allowances.
Kate was introduced to James, and she
looked down at him-hes was so ridiculous
~ young anyway-and then she said.
why, Genevieve, what nice boy he
is, Just about my Wilyums age
though. goodness knows. Wilyum was
five years younger. And then she said,
II am just going to give him kiss for
Wflyum's sake" And she did.
But James and Genevieve were married.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-12

dered about your Laws over there. You
have laws, l dare to say. and yet we
read very little over Here about them,
except when they are broken. Are not
the Laws still served up in Washing
TOM"
''They are served up there / oblige.
but they are cooked in Rhode Island
Hon. Togo. help yourself to chairs"
and O-Ffdo do so reverantly
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-12

Mrs. Queen Elizabeth out of with der
rick. Parliament Bldg was also there.
This place is like Congress, only in Eng
land Hon. Railway Presidents do not
send Representatives to Congress. They
go themselves.
do Hon. King Ed have an office n
near off.
He have an office here, but he seldom
comes down to work. compute Hon. Po-
lice, removing each H from his conversa-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-12
Full of That Antique Mud Which Sir
Raleigh Elizabeth With Derrick

gulch & tempt to swallow our ferryboat
into it's lungs. Every lunch aboard be-
gan TO give rebates.
Cheer up say to Nogi I'VE are not
going down.
SO sorry, report Nogi. looking to
yellow for a. Japanese.
Pretty soon our boat run BOOMPn
into some small, hard object
20. Hon Admiral" l yall 10 Captain,
what did we struck?
England" reply this tackyturn Con-
ductor. "All out"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-12

LASHIMURA Togo Dis
1 ! covers the Island of
England and Enjoys an
Affectionate Interview With
King Ed of London.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-12

What you say interests me wildly
he trot on. II am glad you came to
chatter with me this afternoon, because
I am all alarmed about England, which
is all covered with Budgets. Do Ameri-
cans ever have Budgets?' he sadly pine
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-12

Island of England
To Editor Sunday Star, who seldomly
notices Kings unless they arrive in
Pairs
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1909-10-29
SPORTING,

Scores of some of the football games
Saturday: Yale So, Colgate 0; Harvard II,
Brown o. Lafayette 6, Princeton 0; Dart
mouth ~, Amherst 0; Cornell 16, Vermont
0; Trinity 10, Norwich 8. Yale and
Dartmouth are the only two Eastern
teams which have not been scored upon
this season, and Dartmouth failed to win
it's game from Vermont, neither side
scoring. Cornell and Princeton have suf-
fered defeat and Pennsylvania has been
played to a standstil by Pennsylvania
state, each side scoring a field goal. Dart
mouths form against Amherst was very
ragged. Both sides fumbled frequently,
penalties were inflicted several times, all
attempts at forward passes and onside
kicks were failures and the passing of
the Dartmouth centre for kicks was very
erratic, the ball bounding along on the
ground two or three times and sailing
far over the Gicker's head on one ooc ca
sion. Princeton's defeat by Lafayette
was humiliating. In the last second of
play a second substitute halfback re-
covering the ball on a kick and running
80 yards for a touchdown. Dartmouth
does not appear to be strong enough to
cope with Harvard To all APP
pearances Yale and Harvard have the two
strongest teams of the year with the
chances favoring Yale for the champion
ship.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1909-10-29
NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTES.
Work on the state Roads.

The towns in Cheshire county that take
state aid In road construction are doing
much work this year, some Of which al
ready has been finished. A great deal of
work was left until fall and is now in
progress. On the west side trunk line
work is in progress in Winchester West
Swanzey through tho village, and Mar
low. The towns of Chesterfield, Dublin,
Harrisville, Richmond, Roxbury and Wal
pole Tin North Walpole) have completed
state aid roads on main lines of travel
which they are improving, and enough
has been done in all these towns to make
a decided advance in the good roads
work. There are now in process of con-
struction sections in East Westmoreland,
Walpole centre, Alstead, Sullivan Stod-
dard, Troy, Fftzwilliam and Marlboro.
Surry was to have begun before now on
an addition to the improved section of
the main highway through the town.
Keene's mileage of improvement on her
highways forming portions of the main
lines of travel through the country, al
though not done under the state aid
plan, is as extensive as her just proper
ton in such work requires and the roads
she has improved are well built. The
construction of her share Of the trunk
line will next be in order and will re-
quire large outlay. The city may sus-
pend other work until this is done or IL
may borrow money to tide over the en-
Urgency and continue needed improve
ments on other lines Of travel.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1909-10-29
THE MIDWAY.
tRutland Herald

A good deal has been written recently
about the midway at state, local and
county fairs the general color of the com
ment being that the shows were of no
educational value" but rather the
contrary. AS far as the Herald
were. The midway consists of two fac
tors, revenue and amusement. The
managers of the fairs find that the first
is desirable; the public appreciates and
patronizes on the other consideration.
Altogether, the Herald would say that the
midway is just as worthy its life as the
vaudeville before the grandstand or the
horse racing. There is small educational
value therein, but few fairs would live
two seasons without them.
What is wanted is not the adjustment
of the midway, but midway that gives
clean, decent, honest amusement, with
graft, bames of chance and vulgarity
eliminated
1t should be the business Of fair man
ayers, not to turn the midway over to
one official, with carte blanche to Sign"
anything that promises a few dollars
revenue and can get by the police, but
rather to insist that the shows, while not
perhaps highly improving, shall at least
be fit for women and children to see
and, most important, shall give some fair
value for the money. There are dozens
of these shows that are entirely harmless
and of some slight amusement Would II
not be better to pick and choose little
more, set a standard on the midway and
make the "fakirs" come up to it, rather
than abolish something with reasonable
possibilities in relaxation and a certain
income?
None of us wants his children and
women-folk affronted by the spectacle
of loud and vulgar oriental" and ''vaude-
Vile" shows, that are really frauds, Civ
ing no value and offending the proprieties
by advertising their alleged indecencies
but the best of us must confess a certain
entertainment in a busy midway with
its go-round, Ferris wheel, strength
tests, three for five" baseball throws,
popcorn, candy and peanut stands, and
all the mild diversions that have grown
up Herewith.
Don't amputate; medicate.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1909-10-29
Meetlnu Of AutomobIIe oIub.

Owing to bad weather there was a
comparatively small attendance at the
annual meeting of the Automobile Club
of Vermont at the Pavilion in Montpelier
Friday afternoon. The state was repre-
sented by Hon. Guy w. Bailey, secretary
of state. The list of officers was pre-
sented by a committee of six appointed
by the president and was adopted by
the club. The officers are: Pres, w.
w. Brown of Springfield first vice pres,
James M. Boutwell, of Montpelier; Sec
ond vice pres, DR.. ]. Holmes Jackson
of Burlington; sec. and treas, Smith s..
Ballard of Montpelier; director, G. H.
Morrill,. A committee consisting of ]. NJ.
Boutwell, of Montpelier, j. w. Gordon of
Barre and ]. G. Brown of Montpelier
was appointed to confer with Mr. Bailey
in regard to changes in the law. 1t
seemed to be the prevailing opinion of
the members that the registration fee of
81 for each horse power of a new car is
too high a price to pay and that it would
be just as reasonable for the state to
tax a horse owner according to the
strength of the animals in addition to
the local valuation tax imposed by his
town or city. The date of the meeting
was changed from the third Thursday in
TENDER, The club voted to begin a cam
paign for road signs throughout the
state, both danger signs and signs at
crossroads on which automobiles travel
so as to direct people to the towns they
are seeking. The club will furnish the
signs If the members will put them up
During the past year the state has re-
ceived from the automobiles $4,000 In
license fees, and this has been paid into
the hands of the state treasurer to bt
expended for the betterment of the Yer
mont roads.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1909-10-29
cornlee Fen, KILLING Foreman.

Overbalanced by a granite stone weigh
ing four tons, the entire cornice over the
west portico of the new west wing of the
state capitol at Madison, Wis, being
built by the Woodbury. Granite company
of Hardwick, fell to the ground Sunday
afternoon. Daniel Logan, foreman, lost
his life and Frank Bliss, a fellow work
man, narrowly escaped death. 1t is es-
timated that the loss will reach s25, 000
This loss must be borne by the Woodbury.
Granite company. Practically none of the
300 tons of stone that fell can be used
again 1t will be six months before the
Woodbury. company can send another
shipment from it's quarry, and conse-
quently serious delay in the completion
of the work will result
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1909-10-29
TRY 1T YOURSELF.
Anybody Can Ascertain Another's AGE by
This Method.

There was once wise king who was awfuliy
curious. He was possessed of a desire to
know everything, and was continually asking
questions. Indeed, his thirst for knowledge
carried him so far that he wanted to know the
age of every person he met. But, being
king he was exceedingly polite, and would
resort to strategy to gain his ends.
One day there came to the court a gray
haired professor, who amused the king greatly
He told the monarch a number of thigs that
he never knew before, and the king was de-
lighted. But finally it came to the point when
the ruler wanted to know the age of the pro-
fessor, so he thought of a mathematical prob
lem.
"Aheml" said the king. 81 have an inter-
esting sum for you it is a trial of mental
arithmetic. Think of the number of the month
Of your birth"
Now, the professor was 90 years old, and
had been born two days before Christmas; so
he thought of IL, December being the twelfth
month.
yes" said the professor.
Multiply it by twO," continued the king
add S."
yes" answered the professor, doing so.
Now multiply that by So"
add your age"
"Yes"
"Substract $685."
eyes"
add u.s."
"Yes"
"And now" said the king might ask
what the result is?'
Twelve hundred and sixty" replied the
professor, wonderingly.
Thank you" was the kings response. $50
you were born in December, sixty years ago,
chr"
'Why, how in the world do you knowl"
cried the professor
why" retorted the king. "from your
answer-l260. The month of your birth was
the twelfth and the last two figures give your
age"
"Ha, ha, hal" laughed the professor "Cap-
ital idea. I'll try it on the next person. It's
polite way of finding out peoples ages"
-[Los Angeles World.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1909-10-29
Great Feature of scribner's Magazine.

No magazine feature for years has
met with such immediate and enthusi-
astic appreciation as Theodore Roose-
Velt's account of his African adventures
in Scribner's Magazine. The demand
for the first article of the series in the
October number was so great that the
entire and very large first edition was
called for within three days after publ
cation. The second article, in the No
vember number, gives the authors i'm
pressions and experiences on an East
African ranch, which in many ways
remind him of early days on the
plains of the great West, and the account
of his first successful lion hunt on the
Kapiti plains. His preliminary COM
ments upon the big game of Africa,
especially his conclusions regarding those
considered most dangerous to the sports
man and the natives, will be read with
much interest. The story of the lion
hunt gives the reader a vivid idea of the
uncertainties, excitement and dangers of
following the great beasts into the jungle
and of the picturesque rejoicing among
the natives following a successful hunt.
The Illustrations are from photographs
by Kermit Roosevelt and other mem
bers of the expedition.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1909-10-29

George E. Berge, one of three assistant
customs weighers in the New York GUS
tom house who turned states evidence
in the trial of the Musica firm of cheese
importers, not only told of having under
weighed cheese importations for pay, but
had for a long time also done the same
thing for the sugar people and several
other concerns. All of the three state s
witnesses were promised immunity and
retention in the service,
Counsel for the Mutual Life Insurance
company announced when one of the
suits against former President McCurdy
and others came up in court that all of
the claims of the company which
amounted to $4,000, 900, had been settled
by the agreement of the McCurdy group
to pay down $75O,OOO in cash This set
tlement had been recommended by Jo-
seph H. Choate as better than fighting
the suits with endless delays and costs.
with the prospect of having some of the
claims barred by the statute of limita-
tions.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1909-10-29

new record has been established by
the great coast defense guns at Fort
Hancock, N. j., a report of which has
just reached the war department. With
1O-inch disappearing rifles the battery
there fired four shots minute at tar
get 80 feet high and go feet hong, which
was being lowed by tug, and every shot
told. Four shots in one minute all struck
within a space on the material target ex-
actly "a feet by SO feet. This record
never before has been approached by the
coast artillery. The distance at which
the record was made was more thar
1000 yards, or about four miles. The
Eighteenth company, coast artillery corps
is credited with this new mark in gun
merry
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1909-10-29
The Wreck Of the Julie PIante.

On wan dark night on Lac St. Pierre,
De win she blow, blow, blow,
An de crew of de wood scow Julie Plante
Got scarf an run below
For de win she blow lax hurricane
Bimeby she blow some more,
An de scow bus up Lac St. Pierre
Wan arpent from de shore.
De captainne walk on de fronte deck,
An walk de him deck too
He call de crew from up de hole
He call de cook also.
De cook she's name was Rosie,
She come from Montreal
Was chambre maid on lumber barge,
On de Grande Lachine canal.
De win she blow from nor eas'-wes'-
De sout' win she blow. too,
Wen Rosie cry, mon chere captinne
Mon cher, wat shall do"
Den de captinne t'row de big ankerre,
But still the scow she dreef
De crew he can't pass on de shore,
Becos' he los hees skeef
De night was dark lax wan black cat,
De wave run high an fas',
Wen de captinne TAX de Rosie girl
An tie her to de mas.
Den he also TAX de life preserve,
An jomp off on de lax,
An say, "Goodby, ma Rosie dear,
go drown for your SAX"
Mex morning very early
Bout ha'f-pas' two-t'ree-four-
De eaptinne -seow-an' de por Rosie
Was corpses on de shore,
For de- win she blow lax hurricane
Bimeby she blow some more
An de scow bus up on Lac ST. Pierre
Wan arpent from de shore.
MORAL.
Now all good wood scow sailor man
TAX warning by dat storm
An go an marry some nice French girl
An leeve on wan beeg farm.
De win can blow LAX hurricane
An s'pose she blow some more
You can't get drown on Lac ST. Pierre
So long you stay on shore
William Henry Drummond, M.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1909-10-29
IN our OWN STATE.
oonferenee Of state Teaehers.

About 1900 teachers attended the Goth
annual meeting of the Vermont State
Teachers association in Burlington, the
closing session Of which was held Satur-
day. These officers were elected: Pres,
e. G. Ham of Randolph; vice pres, r. B.
Smith of Brattleboro; treas, d. T. Page
of Bakersfield; Sec, A. II. Hartman Of
Middlebury; ex. COM, E. M. Roscoe of
Springfield, G.. S. Wright ,of st. Adams
and A. e. futile of Bellows Falls. Reso-
lutions were adopted favoring the enact
ment of laws providing for tenure of Office
in the teaching profession, minimum
wage and some system of pensions; pro-
viding also for the payment of some part
of the salaries of the elementary teachers
in towns expending so cents on each dol
lar of their grand lists for school pur-
poses, providing the teachers are grad
yates of a Vermont normal school or
some normal school approved by the board
of education; favoring medical inspection
in the schools; appreciating the interest
Of the Vermont federation of woman's
clubs in educational affairs; deploring the
apparent tendency of the home to rele-
gate to the school much of the training
in morals, manners and personal habits
for which the parents should feel re-
sponsible; approaching the hospitality of
Burlington.
The schoolmasters' club elected these
officers Pres, Prin. G. %. Spear of
Bradford; vice pres, Supt. e. F. Greene
of Richford; sec. and treas, Supt. c. d.
Howe of Essex Junction; ex. COM, Supt
3. l. Ingalls, of Hartford, Prin. Rufus b.
Barton of Windsor and Prin. A. E. Har-
rison of Middlebury.
officers of the Schoolmistress' club were
elected as follows Pres, Miss Amy B.
Drake of ST. Johnsbury; vice pres, Miss
Sarah Martin of Burlington; Sec, Miss
Reed of WnrppUnpgs trapg Miss Fife
Moore of Burlington; ex. com, Miss Caro-
line Woodruff of st. Johnsbury, Miss Luz
ella of Montpelier, Miss Campbell of Bel
lows Falls
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1909-10-29
interesting Experience with a Fox.

One of The Phoenix staff had an in
teresting experience with a fox Sunday
morning while walking to Ames hill, and
he found out how fast a fox could really
run when the situation demanded it,
The fox VIZ coming across pare pas
ture hillside. The man saw 1t first and
crouched behind a bush to see If
he could not get nearer view. The fox
came along to within about 10 rods and
then crouched behind a small bush.
1t evidently was stalking something down
the hillside which human eyes were not
sharp enough to locate Probably 1t was
a mouse in the dead grass. For fully 20
minutes the fox remained quiet, but
watched intently. Finally the man got
tired of the waiting game and proceeded
to stalk the fox, using a convenient small
pine as g shield He succeeded in get
ting within three rods of the fox
by keeping behind the pine tree, but
when he looked around the fox saw him
instantly and started off down the hill
at top speed. AS soon as the fox got
behind another small tree it slackened
it's speed somewhat. The Phoenix man
thinks he is somewhat of a Splinter, and
when the fox started he started too
While the fox was behind the tree he
kept up with it, but when the animal
emerged into view and looked back a
sudden change came over It, Evidently
it expected to see the man far UP the
hill and finding him so near the situation
appeared to be dangerous. The connec-
ton between eyes and legs quickly be-
came apparent With a spasmodic little
twitch, suggestive of an internal stee
spring suddenly let loose, the fox let out
every bit of speed in him. The remain
ing 20 rods into the woods were covered
in record time, the fox going about -four
times as fast as the man.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1909-10-29
Badly Wounded by playmate's Rifle.

Thomas Kelly, 10, son of Mrs. Hubert
Kelly of West Rutland, wanted to go
deer hunting, took out license and sent
away for rife, and as a result Gather
inc, the 6-year-old daughter Oh Patrick
r. Dwyer of the same town, Vas taken
to the hospital Sunday morning in a
serious condition with her lower jaw frac-
tured, several teeth missing and a bullet
in her neck. Young Kelly was so pleased
when the rifle arrived that he exhibited
the weapon to a lot of playmates in a
barn near his home A cartridge be-
came wedged in the breech of the rifle
and when Kelly tried to fix it the cart
ridge suddenly exploded, the bullet glanc-
ing off the barn door. The missile sped
across the street, striking the Dwyer girl,
who was standing in front of her home.