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Evening star., 1909-04-25

walk a row of shady trees Behind
the trees is stretch Of green sward on
each side as wide as the road itself and
behind this green, again, are the buildings.
These buildings. as rule are three
stories high and are built of red brick.
Each Is surrounded by a little garden
which In spring and summer is gay with
flowers The roads are spotlessly clean
and spfendidfy paved.
The British army authorities long ago
came to the decision that the immense
barracks housing whole regiments We're
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not the healthiest or pleasantest method
of housing the soldier So at Aidersnot
the company barracks system was adopt
ed. Each barrack houses about 10O men
and they sleep in comfortable cot beds
in large. airy dormitories. Near the
barracks but in a separate building. are
the kitchens and messing rooms and three
or four companies usually mess together.
1t has been found that by this arrange
ment greater economy can be effected and
the men can secure more luxurles by
pooling their messing allowance and buy
ing in large quantities. The government
allows a pound of meat either beef or
mutton, OF the best quality. for each man
day. and each man also receives IA
pound Of bread. In addition to this he
receives a money allowance of q cents a
day for food and this is put into COM
mon fund and administered in each unit
by "A kitchen committee which buys vege-
tables. jams and other fuNurleS In large
quantities. In some meSses the men con-
tribute cents a day more from their
pay for extra luxuries, but even without
his extra contribution they are enabled
to live in style which few mddle-class
Englishmen can approach The FOOD Is
eXcellently cooked and served, for the
army cook must pass strict examination
in his art. and he is subject to the con-
stant surveillance of officers who have
received a. special training in cookery in
order that they may be able to look after
the health and comfort Of their men.
x X
In the center of each block of buildings
occupied by regiment are the library and
club. or rather the libraries and clubs. for
there are three or four. The men have
one of their own. the junior non-commis-
stoned officers have one. the senior nom
commissioned officers and warrant officers
have one and generally there is an Off
GERS library as we'll. These differ only
in size The mems rooms are large and
airy ard are com 9ortably furnished There
is always billiard room with three or
four tables, accommoda ion for card play
ing, and well stocked general library.
The non-commissioned and warrant Off
GERS library usually contains an excellent
assortment of technical military books, So
that IL a man wishes to tit himself by
studv for a commission he has the means
to do so at hand.
The man who is married is even better
cared for than his bachelor comrades
prayided always that he is married on
the strength" That means the govern
ment provides him with quarters free OF
rent and with food for himself and his
family and an extra money allowance for
each child. Only 10 per cent of the prl-
yate soldiers and % per cent of the junior
non-commissioned officers can be married
ION the strength" but all the senior nom
commissioned officers and warrant oHl-
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INES have changed
since Poor Richard
sounded his warn
ing against loft
removing" a n d
moving" which
was then an excep-
tion, Is now almost
q rule. 1t Is the
season Of the grand
shuttle from city to
country, street TO
street, seacoast to
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favorable. but even that does not wholly
account for the life of comparative idle
ness which the doctors and nurses at the
splendid Cambridge Hospital lead Tne
doctors, naturally, are medical oncers IN
the army. but it may not be generally
known that the nurses are also officers
The ordinary nurse ranks as lieutenant
the SISTER" or nurse in charge OF
ward. is a captain. and the matron OF
hospital is a major. The matron-in-cnlet
at the war office ranks as a general Inc
duties of these lady warriors are much
military hospital all the drudgery is done
by male orderies, who are mempefs OF
the royal army medical corps, ana are
under the direction of the nurses.
Another reason for the excellent health
OF the men is probably the fact that
there is not a public liquor saloon III the
camp Each regiment has it's canteen,
of course. but very little spirits is sold
Beer is the article chiefly consumed, ano
the canteen keeper must keep a strict
watch on his customers. Any tendency
to excess is at once checked. for If any
disorder takes place i'm the canteen both
the keeper and the disturber are severely
dealt with. Attached to each canteen Is
a small vaudeville theater. where free
performances are given every night for
the men, There are about forty sucn
music halls in the camp, and the artists
who go from one to another are paio
from the profits of the canteen. Ihere
are artists who have been at Aldershot
for years and who do not expect 10 see
outside engagements for years to come.
Then there is q magnificent theater In
central position which is engaged regu-
larly by irst-class companies from Lon
DON and at which the prices are SO low
that every soldier can afford to go &SaA
take his family.
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But" one may say, lit is easy 10
keep soldiers in order when theS dio
under the eyes of their officers. That II
why Aldershot is such an ideal city. !
That used to be the idea of the military
authorities. but it was abandoned py
Gen. Smith -Dorrien when he took the
command at Aidershot. 1t had been the
custom to maintain large force OF tmih
tary pickets in Aldershot town TO assist
the civil police in keeping the soldiers
who were on leave in order. Pickets
were also sent every day to London TO
patrol I'm the neighborhOod of Waterloo
ST tation and look out for soldiers from
Aldershot who were misbehaving. Gen.
Smith Dorrien's first act almost upon
succeeding to the command was to abol-
the men that he depended on them not
to disgrace their uniform by disorderly
conduct He declared that he thought
the military police were quite strong
enough TO look out for any infractions
of the military regulations without help
men not to resist arrest by the civil
police In Aldershot town or London,
even il they thought it unjust and he
promised to stand by them in case any
injustice were attempted.
This plan of putting the soldiers on
their honor has been remarkable ssic,
cess. The police both in Aldershot and
London have had less to do. and the
evil authorities report that there is not
half the disorder caused by soldiers on
leave that there was I'm the days of the
pickets. If d soldier on leave does take
too much drink and falls into the hands
of the civil police tire magistrates turn
him over to Gen. Smith-Dorrien to be
dealt with.
Copyright 1909. By Curtis Brown.l
Evening star., 1909-04-25

7 never saw oft-tFansplanted tree,
Nor yet an oft-reinoved family.
That throse well as those that settled be-
Poor Richard.
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prevent man marrying ''off the
strength. If he SO desires. In that case,
however, his wife is not admitted to camp,
and he must maintain her out OF his pay,
or. as usually happens in such cases. she
must maintain herself. There are large
nurher of soldiers wives Of this class in
Aldershat town who make a living by
washing and charing for the officers IN
the camp. ~.
When vacancy occurs on lhe
Evening star., 1909-04-25

MAGINE a town
with a population
as large as Dallas,
Tex, or Lincoln,
Neb.. in which
there is no mayor
and no civil organ
iZation, no police,
no tax collectors
and no civil courts,
no street cleaning
department and no
department of pub
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A LDERSHOT, Chief Mill
"A tary Station of the Brit
ish Empire, Is as Large as
Dallas, Tex, or Lincoln,
Neb.-Has No Mayor, No
Police, No Tax Collectors,
No Street Cleaning Depart
ment, But Is Probably the
Best Organized and Best
Governed City in the World
Its 10000 Soldier Citizens
Are All Subject to the Abso-
lutte Will of One Man.
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CAMBRIDGE HOSPITAL, ALDERs Z.

strength" the soldier who is already mar
ried may apply for it, aid if he can sat
isfy his colonel that his wife is in no way
undesirable as member of the military
community he stands as good a chance
as the bachelor soldier who is contem-
plating marriage.
1t speaks we'll for the administrator OF
Aldershot that it. is the healthlest mil
tary station in the whole empire ~
course, the situation is exceptionally
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Copyright, 1909. by John Elfreth watkins.)
Evening star., 1909-04-25

Special Correspondence of The Star.
LONDON April II 1t
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.uoonooco1
Evening journal., 1909-01-11
Personal and Pertinent

About fifty Millions are recorded described
geographical dictionaries of the world and although IL
is possible that few them have been named in
commemoraton of local worthless IT be safely
sumed that most intended to perpetuae the
OF the great Engllshman whose tercentenary
have been keeping. Certainly the dozen Millions in
United may fairly be ascrbed the Puritan
emgrants founded British America and carried the
ideals and convictions of John Milton with them
the Atlantic. There more than score Of Millions
England three in Scotland three in Can
ada. in New South Wales and one in New Zealand.
London Chronicle.
Granitevie Mass. boasts of a Polish boy of unusual
attainmonts His is Stanisaw Bochenko. Although
only years old talk four languages with huency
lie converses Polish Italian French and English and
he talks each language though it were his native
tongue.
Granitevle is manufacturing town. There many
residents of foreign extraction and Il by coming In
with the different nationaes that little Sanis
law acquired his linguistic ability.
when foreign pedders TO town the little boy
serves as interpreter. known he is the young
est interpreter the State-Boston Globe
Spite Sargentich. commissioner OF health at Ia
coma, Wash. says that army of Amazons has been
trained 10 wage war on the Austrian Empire Monte
negro e has recently from Montenegro, says
drilling every day and practice with their
rifles and revolvers and when the war does they
will march side by side with 10000 men.
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as in an incorporated city they must be
registered before they are personal prop
erty. The police to-day will begin shooting
all unmuzzled dogs that are running at
large.
In st. Peters Church yesterday a collec-
tion was taken for the benefit OF the
earthquake sufferers in Italy Italian
members Of the congregation contributed
generously and st. Peters r. A. b. So
ciety gave s. to the fund.
Wesley Garrett, colored. died on satur-
day at the home of his parents on the
Hamburg farm from pneumonia. lie was
sixteen years old
Two weeks ago a brother died from
scarlet fever and now another brother
has the same disease.
Members OF Ivanhoe section Of the uni
formed rank x. of p. are working hard
to have the hazaar hall in readiness for
the opening Of the affair next week. A
new piano has been installed.
The young women who will preside al
The booths will arrange the fancy arti-
cleF during the coming week.
The Citizens Building and Loan Assoeia-
ton will meet this evening. The associa-
tion WIN not have anything 10 do wifi,
the apartment house at the Buttonwoods
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Sussex conviots.

Sussex Journal.
In our last weeks issue was published
an article purporting 10 be from an ex-
convict. deplorlng a possible attempt TO
abolish the whipping post, but in reality
advocating the repeal Of the law which
requires long term prisoners to he sent
10 the New Castle County Workhouse.
This letter is but veiled scheme Of
some persons who are opposed 10 the
sending OF prisoners from this county and
Kent TO the workhouse. but the scheme is
so thinly veiled that tho whole purpose
Of the writer is apparent.
At the time when the law in question
was enacted by the Legislature this paper
was one OF its warmest advocates, and
when an attempt was made to repeal the
law by the last Legislature we did what
we could 20 frustrate the repeal
There is only one possible objection that
can be raised against the law and that is
the price OF 40 cents per day charged for
board Of the prisoners from the two low
er counties. But. speaking for Sussex
county. II is absolutely necessary that we
send our prisoners TO the workhouse for
safe keeping as our county Jail is neither
large enough or strong enough to hold the
county had long ago become a by-word
and the crowded condition Of our iails WIS
such as 70 endsnger the health OF the
prisoners and to cause a pestiience at any
time. Here our prisoners were lying in
ldeleness and Nth. and there was no such
word as reformation 10 be attached 10 the
prisoner at the end Of his Jail term II
was simply up 10 Sussex county % either
build a larger jail or a worlShouse or TO
send them 10 the excellent reformatory in
stitution at Greenbank. And this was
done. To talk OF building a workhouse for
sussex county is simply nonsensical.
with the twenty 20 thirty prisoners that
are usually found in our Jail it would sim
ply be folly TO undertake 10 run a work.
house on paying basis. The cost Of Of
icering a workhouse in Sussex would be
more than the whole cost Of maintaining
them at Greenbank.
The cost OF feeding prisoners in this
county for several years was 30 cents per
day. The present cost at Greenbanx is 40
cents per day Thus there is only a
difference of 10 cents per day and that Is
cheap. The average number OF persons we
send TO Greenhank is about 90 This would
make the sang prisoners cost us about $50
more at Greenbank than at Georgetown.
This sum would not pay the interest on
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the cost Of a new workhouse in this coun-
~. 10 say nothing Of the cost Of superin-
tendents, overseers,. etc, for the new IN
stitution. From a financial standpoint 1t
is paying scheme for Sussex and Kent
10 send their prisoners TO New Castle
County Workhouse. And there these prs-
oners are taught useful trades, have bet
ter sanitary conditions, and are better
fitted from every standpoint to make a
living for themselves, when discharged at
the end OF their term.
Here from tho crowded condition OF our
jail. the sanitary condition was bound 10
be bad. and the mixing Of whites and
blacks. degrading.
The sending OF our long term prisoners
to Greenbank is the best disposition that
can be made and the present Legislators
will not heed abe wishes Of the people OF
the two lower counties n it repeals the
law.
Evening journal., 1909-01-11
Monday, January II, 1909
GOOD ROADS IN SUSSEX.

a CCORDlNG TO Sussex county newspapers
{ \ tho matter of Good Roads for Sussex
was thoroughly considered at the recent conven-
ton held in Georgetown and some instructive adj
dresses were delivered The best method of
building permanent roads was considered and
the value OF education on the road question was
shown.
One speaker urged that the county should be
bonded for half a million and the money spent
for improving the roads. This figure is considered
very high and is not likely to be seriously con-
sidered bv conservative Sussex countans who
point out that much can be done with a smaller
amount.
1t is we'll in any scheme of road Improvement
to proceed with care. The Sussex Journal says
that of the money appropriated for good road
purposes in the county only about 90 per cent
is actually devoted to road work, the remainder
going into the pockets OF men who supervise the
work-in other words to those who hold politi-
cal positions and who getting something
out of it, This expense of management is ridc-
ulously high
The first step for Sussex should be to change
such method and TO see. that much higher per-
centage of the money appears in tangible results.
Imagine bond JrnS4 sof $4,000 for road im-
provement and forty per cent Of that amount
going into the pockets of individuals, and these
individuals often incompetent to perform the
work expected Of them,
The first step it seems should be to abolish, as
was suggested at the Georgetown convention the
position OF road oversecr and to appoint county
superintendent OF roads with limited number Of
assistants who should have charge of the work
With the materials at hand fairly good gravel
roads could be built at a comparatively small eN-
pense. Judging by the experience of other re-
gions VIC think that Sussex should try the plan Of
gravel roads and see if they are satisfactory, be-
fore plunging into an elaborate and expensive
scheme of road improvement which might not
prove all that was desired. Macadam roads re-
quire constant attention and they would be en-
trey too expensive for districts such as Sus-
sex county.
Evening journal., 1909-01-11
With the Photographers

Congress has recognized the government IN Hayti
There may be time get the notification there before
another revoution.-New York World.
The situation in Congress is perfectly normal None
Of the members has much idea what is going to
be done.-Indianapos News
Messages 20 Congress bearing South African date
line would interesting and acceptable-Chares-
ton News and Courier.
John d. seems been right when he said it
would a long time before that $2900oO0O was paid
Philadelphia Inquirer.
Nobody would object a cold now. It is the
of next spring that will find itself dsliked-
Philadelphia Ledger.
strl the solid South hasn't fallen into the habit OF
referring him as William the Conqueror.--Louisvle
Courier Journal
Mr. Taft will please toto care of himself while
on his trip 10 Panama II would put the country in
embarrassing position n anything serious were TO hap
pen to him-Chicago Tribune.
expressed desire OF the President telect that he
possum while in the South is proof positive
that has the taste OF a patrican No pebean likes
possum.-Ch Charlestown News and Courier.
Evening journal., 1909-01-11
VALUE OF LECTURERS.

\ Il seems to THE JOURNAL this winter is
a good season for Wilmingtonians to hear
general addresses now and then by persons
prominent in diverse callings We hear few such
speeches in this city Recently, however the
Unitarian Church began series of addresses at
which Social Justice is discussed The large
meeting at ST. Andrews Church the other
night was an interesting occasion. Why should
we not have more gatherings of similar sort9
1t NAV be all right to read OF these matters in
magazines and in newspapers, but personal con
tact with intellectual men and hearing them at
first hand is far better
Throughout the West they have what are
called Chatauquas at which speakers of
tiona reputation discuss all sorts of live topics.
These meetings arc very largely attended and
their effect is far reaching. We have nothing of
this kind in Delaware Once in while lecture
of importance is heard here but such addresses
are infrequent Many people say that lectures
arc mot popular that people are so much bent
on pure pleasure se>-sng that they have no time
for things that are instructive But Judging by
the small attendance at the theatres this season
the people have not the money to spend for en-
tertainmcnt that is supplied by the stage. How
ever even in normal years there should be
number of lectures BY notable persons. There
are always a certain number of people in even
intellectually dull towns who like TO hear some
thing solid once in while And in Whining
ton, which is not dull. there must be desire on
the part of fair proportion of the people to hear
speakers worth while.
These addresses do more good than appears
on the surface They are broadening in every
way and they call to mind that there are many
points OF view and that the accepted ana conven-
tional, is not the only way in which subjects can
be regarded. Many persons in every community
conhne their reading practically to newspapers,
but such should not be their only mental diet
Many newspapers are owned by rich men, self
satisfied and conservative-sodden in materialism
land their readers get daily hash served 70
them Of conventional platitudes To read these
newspapers just one would fancy for ex-
ample, that large proportion OF the American
people had enlisted under the flag Of nnumerable
Jack Cades and were planning the destruction OF
the courts and Of property.
Therefore, it is well to hear in addresses opn-
ions OF men unshackled by this narrow conserva-
Evening journal., 1909-01-11
Chatty Stories Of the Day

did YOU ever notice." declared a driver who owns an
automobile which meets with numerous mishaps. how
many veterinarians with their unsolicited advice.
found gathered around a horse which has fallen sick in
the street? Well. the thing happens when my
machine suddenly comes a stop while am driving
about Last week when such accident occurred
discovered in that gathered about the
persons who thought themselves automo-
bile engineers suggested different remedy to
start the machine and all their suggestions were far
from being Of any use"New York sun.
worthy of further consideration. The sales
picked of the rejects and placed IL sep
box which prompted the buyer 10 ask If IL had
been placed with those he looking at by mistake.
"Oh, no" the response. but have orders when
six down a tie as they look a box
take it out and put it aside"
Then what becomes OF it?"
I'VE sell them TO who come in here buy ties
Tor men'-New York Sun.
A lawyer having Offices in a Philadelphia building
wherein there hundreds Of recently lost
a cuff link, Of pair that he greatly priced
Being absolutely certain that he had dropped link
somewhere in the building he caused notice post
ed in the following
Lost A gold cum link. The owner William Ward
viii deeply appreciate its immediate return"
That aftern0orOn opening the door
posted what the feeling Of the lawyer observe
that appended thereto these lines:
The finder OF the missing cuff link would deem 1t
great favor 70 the would kindly lose the link
-Harper's Weekly.
Evening journal., 1909-01-11
Editorial
Opinion
Politics and Good Roads,


Sussex Journal
Already charges Of politics, charges OF
graft changes OF underlying things are
being made against the Good Road move
ment. The promoters OF such an idea
must expect It. 1t is only the beginning.
However. we must say one word to the
farmers 10 the men who really are the
ones to be benefited or be, harmed. Lets
have the good roads. We need them. II
personal matters are intruded in the work,
deal then with It. IL graft springs up, deal
with IL then But don't sit back now and
see all the clouds In the sky and none
Of the sun light. Certainly It will be a
hard matter to get good roads here, GER
tainiy Il win take time, certainly there
will be some faults. but remember that
in the end We will have the roads and now
is no time 10 gross the bridges tin we get
TO them. Let's deal with tho problems as
they come up and not try 10 manufacture
some Boge Men to scare the children
with. Let's 30 after tho good roads and
then tackle the troubles singly and as
they come.
Evening journal., 1909-01-11
STRAY DOGS STIR
UP new CASTLE
Mayor Says He Will Not be
Responsible For Attacks
Made by CANNES
Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL
NEW CASTLE, Jan. n.--Mayor Boyd
does not intend to be responsible for at
tacks upon children by stray dogs. The
Mayor says that as long as City Council
refuses to enforce the ordinance OF pass
a new one regarding the registration Of
dogs there can be no telling how many
ownerless ours are at large. In all sec
tions Of the city dogs are running loose.
The MAYOR says no one here can be held
responsible for damage done By the dogs
Evening journal., 1909-01-11

Every time an effort is made TO regulate public
service utilities in thearger cities the owners OF
such utilities protest that that their property IS
being conhscated. and they appeal to the courts.
But they do not think, apparently, that when they
charge high rates and give inadequate service in
return that they conhscating-an uger word
might be used--the wealth of the public. In fact,
there arc always two sides to this conhscation
toll
Evening journal., 1909-01-11
Entertainment at RantIst chn..L

The third entertainment Of the Star
Course given under the auspices OF the
Mems League of the Second Baptist
Church. at the corner Of Ninth and
Franklin streets. will be held at s
o'clock this evening. Surrick Lincoln
with illustrated pictures win be the
attraction.