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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-14

Nos ATtIREEPEcE@STUE

wear. The yoke and lower sleeves are OF
cream white net showing a rose-cOlOred
velvet dot. and the high cape collar which
is inserted in the yoke Is OF Herre lace
Self-colored applique and a stomacher OF
Persian work supply the trimming The
decoration of the sem-fittng coat con-
sists of cord ornaments and frogs. The
hat is a cavalier shape of black velvet,
trimmed with half wreath of pink roses
and shaded pink ostrich plunes.
No. 4-The Cooked Hat.
THE cooked hat. such as Napoleon
wore-or rather fashionable ada pta-
ton of what Napoleon wore-is becoming
TO most women. but especially so to the
girlish face. II makes an excellent util-
ity hat TO wear with long coat or cape or
with the Russian blouse suit. The pic
tured model OF smooth green felt has
brim facing of brown fancy net. The left
side rolls slightly, being held by a pair of
mercury wings. from which rises a whisp
aigrette. The crown is encircled by a
plated green and gold ribbon, below
which is band OF sable The aigrette is
black and the wings green and brown.
No. 5-The Tea Gown.
MADE of pleated pale rose messaIina
AVA the pictured neglige garment seems
fitting wrapping for roselike bride
The square yoke is cut away inst suf-
hciently at the neck to reveal the pretty
throat of the wearer and the flowing
sleeves leave the dimpled arms bare to
the elbow. French point lace of delicate
pattern trims the garment, and the lower
edge is finished with wide hem founces OF
messaline. The skirt has decided
sweep. and although il hangs perfect,
loose from the yoke a fitted lining does
away with every suggestion OF clumsi-
ness. The odd arrangement of the lace at
the outer part OF the sleeve is q partic,I-
larry happy conceit.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-14

a close step. but the pelts which the
bride will wear with her general utility
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-14

For this excellent dish Philadelphia
holds the palm. and quantities Of 1t are
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-27
A CHAT WITH THE JUNIOR FAMILY

The the of reading
greatest
= we'll who
of
Rosela, triumphant
of
which things
in
till the The splendid,
beautiful gold coloring
told those been abroad and the accident which
the of Mary Bell will be enjoyed by the juniors who
little college
boldly made her nest behind trunk in college and laid an egg
Wilder
bud good article SEALS which will tell much about them even
and them day the week Mrs Spencer principal of the Emer
their work and their play and what fine and women she hopes they
big world; Richard
ohnne and Karl Neuman tell what fun is to experiment with wire
less telegraph
onzo is badly again but the clever juniors put him
siful
this will
old time
Call And wouldn't
of capitol
will make
while Washington.
subject of What
received
exciting interesting
will Please
that is closed Think the best
carefully and
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The San Francisco call., 1909-02-27
The Kid

a tear bedews my Delia's eye.
To think yon playful kid must die:
From crystal spring and fiowery mead
Must, in his prime of life, recede.
Erewhile in sportive circles round,
She saw him wheel and frisk and
bound;
From rock to rock pursue his way,
And on the fearful margin play.
Pleased on his various freaks to dwell,
She saw him climb my rustic cell;
Thence eye my lawns with verdure
bright.
And seem all ravished atthe sight.
She tells with what delight he stood
To trace his footsteps in the flood;
Then skipped aloof with quaint amaze,
And then drew near again TO gaze.
She tells me how with eager speed,
He flew to bear my vocal reed;
And how with critic face profound
And steadfast ear, devoured the sound.
His every frolic, light as air,
Deserves the gentle Delfa's care;
And tears bedew her tender eve
To think the playful kid must die.
William Shenstone.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-27

: II HE following books are excellent
T. for young children:
The Peter Rabbit books. by Beatrix
Potter. These are a series of nine
small volumes, each a complete story
in itself
:. eFlrelight Stories" by Carolyn S.
Bailey is q collection Of 3e old folk
tales OF various nations. edited to meet
the. requirements Of present day chill
oren..
For the Children's Hour edited by
Carolyn 8. Bailey and Clara n. Lewis, is
a. collection Of over 100 stories compiled
from various sources.
Mother Stories and More Mother
Stories" by Maud Lindsay, are two
volumes OF exceptional worth by
writer who has the rare ability to re-
late delightful tales in a bright, happy.
childlike manner.
Fairy Tales Every Child Should
Know" needs no other Endorsement than
the name OF its editor, Hamilton Wright
Mabie.
Myths Every Child Should Know"
edited by Mr. Mabie, is equally good for
older children
Rhymes for Little Hands" by Maud
Burnhar, is q series Of 50 finger plays
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-27
The GaekWar's Jewels

Indian princes are known to possess
gems of renarlcable brilliancy and Of
enormous value. but of all the princes
OF India. Hindu and Maiiometan not one
has gems that can compare with those
of the gaekwar of Baroda, who visited
Europe recently.
The most remarkable of the gaek-
wars jewel treasures is carpet said
to be about four yards square. COM
posed of ropes OF rubies, diamonds and
pearls woven into a pattern of ex-
qui site and dazzling beauty.
The gems in this carpet are of an
estimated value of 100000, and it IS
the product of three years work of
skilled artists and jewel settlers. This
carpet was intended to cover Mahomet's
coffin at Mecca. but for some reason
could not be sent there. Since then it
has been kept by the gaekwar as a
most valued possession, and was ex-
hibited by him in the art exhibition at
Delhi in 1903
Still more costly is one of the gaek-
wars diamond necklaces, which is said
to be worth we'll over two million
pounds, and which. one can easily i'm
agine. is the most magnificent In the
world
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-27
Persian Dates

A writer in an English newspaper
gives the following interesting inform
alton concerning Persian dates:
AS soon as the fruit ripens in Sep
tember it must be picked and mo time
is lost in the packing, but. If packed
in good condition and at the right time,
it will keep for years. Other kinds of
dates grow in different countries, with
crops to be reckoned in hundreds of
tons. but at Busreh the annual crop is
reckoned in many thousands. totaling
in some years over 100, 900 tons. Here
is a great harvest in the ingathering
of which the whole population for
many miles around. men and women.
young and old, take part. A wonderful
dispensation of providence is this pro-
vision of a palatable and highly nutri-
tious food in the greatest abundance,
for the Busreh, or so called Persian
date, contains all the elements required
for sustaining vigor and vitality, is
portable and preservable, and is in fact
the staple article Of diet of millions Of
the inhabitants of the earth.
For many miles in every direction
may be seen the graceful palms bear
ing as surely as the season comes round
their hanging clusters of luscious fruit,
each tree producing in its prime 100 to
200 pounds of fruit Then has arrived
the busy season of the year The in
.habitants awake from their long period
of lethargy and all is excitement and
hustle
From all the surrounding districts
natives flo * to the date gardens, where
employment is to be found in packing
the fruit in white wood cases sent from
Europe during the preceding summer.
NTo,&x - = orlra -
miles inland to reinforce the local peo-
pie, and packing goes on at high rate
of speed, day and night. about 10000
workers being employed. London i'm
ports and disposes of some 100000 cases
of dates annually. These are brought
over 5000 miles of sea, the journey
occupying five weeks. Each case con-
tains about 65 pounds of fruit, thus
constituting a total import of 10000
tons, most of which is consumed in
Great Britain, small portion only be-
ing exported to the continent and the
British colonies.
AS this fruit is always obtainable at
to cents per pound 1t is very useful
and economical as an article OF diet.
A convincing proof of the qualities Of
this product of the palm as an agent
in establishing health and longevity is
afforded by the fact that the natives in
countless thousands on the shores OF
the Persian gulf and in Asia Minor
exist from infancy to old age on dates
and unleavened barley bread and drink
nothing but water. Although meat is
cheap they eat practically none, and
during the winter no other vegetable
food is procurable throughout Turkish
Arabia. yet they are long lived race,
and there is very little illness among
them. In fact, the strength OF this race
is prodigious, and they are noted for
their perfect digestions as well as for
the beauty and perfection of their
teeth, which they do not lose even in
old age.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-27
The Cheshire Cat

(From AIice's Adventures in wonderland.)
6" LEASE. would you tell me-" said
Alice. little timidly. for she was
not quite sure whether it was good
manners for her to speak first. why
your cat grins like that?"
IT'S a Cheshire cat" said the Ouch
ess, "and that's why. Pig
She said the last word with such sud
den violence that Alice quite jumped;
but she saw in another moment that 1t
was addressed to the baby. and not to
her. so she took courage and went on
again:
Il didn't know that Cheshire cats al
ways grinned; IN fact, 1 didn't know
that cats could grim
They all can," said the Duchess,
"and most Of 'em do
Il don't know of any that do" Alice
said very politely. feeling quite pleased
to have got into conversation
You don't know much said the
Duchess. and that's a fact"
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-27
GOOD STORIES IN FEW WORDS AND BRIEF, POINTED
The SkylarIl
f the uilderness

Bird of the wilderness,
Blithesome and cumberless,
Sweet be thy matin Ger moorland and
lea,
Ernbiems of happiness.
BIest is thy dwelling place
Oh, to abide in the desert with thee!
Wild is thy lay and loud,
Far in the downy cloud
Love gives it energy, love gave 1t birth,
Where, on thy dewy wing,
Where art thou journeying?
Thy lay IS in heaven. thy love is on
earth.
Ger fell and fountain sheen,
Ger moor and mountain green,
Ger the red streamer that heralds the
day,
Over the cloudlet dim,
over the rainbow's rim,
Musical cherub, roar, singing, away!
Then, when the cleaning comes.
Low in the heather blooms
Sweet will thy welcome and bed of
love bel
Emblem of happiness,
Blest is thy dwelling place
oh, to abide In the desert with thee!
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-27
SEALS
ROSE WILDER


AVIATcHING the sleek black heads
W bobbing in the waves around
Seal rocks would never suggest
that young seal must learn to swim
ana doesn't like it bit at first. But a
Va py seal can no more swim than a
little child
He is all head and shoulders. a tiny
sort bundle of black fur. If he should
euln Die into the water his big head
would sink and his little hind fippers
ny up. Before he knew what was hap
pehlng a big wave would carry him out
TO sea, or the killer whale, who eats
paby seals, would catch him.
Away up north, on the hard, smooth
peaches of the Pribilof islands, near
Alaska, millions of little seals have Just
learned to use their flippers. They are
having glorious times frolicking in the
breakers apS clambering about on the
sllppery rocks in the spray Ever since
the middle of August they have been
learning to swim.
The Pribilof islands are the summer
homes of millions of seals. Early in
May the big bull" seals come from
the south to choose the place for their
nurseries. Then the beaches for miles
are mass of fighting seals Each one
mas TO defend his place on the crowded
sands-and far out to sea their bellows
drown the roar of the breakers. In
early June their small, gentle eyed
wives arrive and add their piping
whistles to the clamor
When the baby seal opens his male
blue eyes on this confusion the first
thing he does is to crawl inland Here
'on the hard, smooth sand he joins the
play of thousands of other tiny seals.
Behind him are the crowded nurseries,
Farther inland droves of young0 seals
from one to four years old, who have
not gone to house keeping, herd by
themselves. Undisturbed by these older
ones, the babies have their own grounds.
where they play together together like
kittens Here the little seal has hap
by time.
Miles out over the restless blue waves
his mother goes to feed, protected from
hunters by the United states boats The
government must see that she is not
killed while fishing. or the little one
would starve. Every few days the
mother comes back to the playground
She bleats for the baby seal just as a
sheep calls for her lamb, listening eag-
erly for the tiny answering ''baa-a"
Though fed only at intervals the little
one thrives and grows rapidly In
about six weeks he first ventures into
the shadows near the shore or braves
the edge Of the waves on the beach
Then how he sneezes and coughs and
sputters. What unexpected duckings
he gets and how much salt water he
swallows by >mistake! He splashes
about for weeks before he can manage
his fippers properly.
Early in October he begins to feel
that he really belongs to the sea. Then
his mother shows him how to fish and
how to sleep comfortably in the water.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-27
The Snndial

The sundial. which is the most an
cient of all devices for telling time, is
having such a popular revival that its
manufacture has become quite an in
dustry. The real cause for this re-
vival is, of course. it's adaptability as
an artistic ornament. but it is also
extremely useful. For people living
in the country, or other places where
opportunities for obtaining standard
time are infreqUent, the sundial affords
a means for setting clocks. II the
dial is carefully made and placed. time
can be determined with correctness
which will not err five minutes.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-27
a LITERARY CHAT WITH THE JUNIORS

with illustrations designed for small
children, The rhymes are intended for
the child to memorize. accompanied by
appropriate movements OF the hands.
The following books can also be rec
commended:
Descriptive Stories for All the Year"
by Maud Burnham.
@Cat Tails and other Tales" by Mary
H Howliston.
Stories
Child Christ Tales by Andrea Hofer
Proudfoot
~Child's Garden OF Verse" by Robert
Louis Stevenson.
The Story Hour by Kate Douglas
Wiggin and Nora Archibald Smith
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-27

with his fippers folded and just the tip
of his nose above the waves He learns
to dive deep after Goldfish. Soon he can
stay beneath the surface twenty min
utes at time.
Late in October the little seal and his
mother set off across the Pacific for the
shores of southern California. When he
returns to the northern islands the next
summer he has had months of deep sea
life. Wandering through thousands of
miles of ocean he has learned all the
secrets of the sea. He Is now more at
home in the water than on land.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-27
The Gagged Bird

Oh! who would keep little bird con-
fined
When cowslip bells are nodding In the
wind
When every hedge as with good NOR
row. rings;
And, heard from wood to wood. the
blackbird sings?
Oh. who would keep little bird con-
fined
In his cold, wiry prison?--Let him fly,
And hear him sing, How sweet Is
libert VIZ
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-27
Have You Seen a Bright Lily
GrOW? :?

Have you seen but bright lily grow
Before rude hands have touched 1t?
Have you marked but the fall OF the
snow,
Before the soil hath smutched 1t?
Have you felt the wool OF the beaver?
Or swans down ever2
or have sme1t o. the bud OF the brier2
Or the nard l. the fire?
Or have tasted the bag OF the bee?
Oh, so white. oh. so soft; Oh. so sweet,
Is she. Ben JOnson.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-27
After the Rain

Diamonds in the grasses,
Rubies in the trees, q
Sapphfres, emeralds, topazes.
Moved by every breeze.
Breezes from the forests.
Fresh washed by the rain.
Sweet with woodland essences
Blown from hill and plain.
Music from the tree tops.
Birch and spruce and pine.
Making wordless melodies
For your heart and mine.
Bertha Parker.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-27
A DisagreeabIe Color

Mr. Oyster went up to his taiIor's
To order an ev'ryday suit.
Just tell me the color said Scissors:
The price l can better compute
The customer sighed. and the tailor
In his measuring came to a halt.
i should like" Mr. Oyster said sadly.
Any color but pepper and saItr'
Margaret Ashmun.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-27
The Pig and the Pug

Said the Pig to the Pug, You are proud.
And you are not very clever or big"
Said the Pug to the Pig, You are right,
But I'm glad that I'm not a pig"
VIII you tell me the difference, pray
Said the Pig with bel-li- ge-rent cry;
And the Pug lost his grammar,
AS he hastened to stammer-
There's a difference between Z and II
Charles Irwin Junkin
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-27
Big Ears

A young mother had punished her
small child and put him TO bed. and
stealing quietly up later to zee IL he
had subsided. heard him murmuring,
"Al1 that I am and all that I hope to
be I owe to my angel mother" This
quotation of Lincoln had been discussed
with a guest short time previous
while the child was present.
The San Francisco call., 1909-02-27
A Good Business

What business is papa In, mamma?' ?''
why, he is a tea sampler; he samples
the different kinds of tea"
Mamma, do you know what I want
to be when I grow up2 A pie sampler"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-11-27
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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-05-01
WRIGHT TO SAIL NEXT WEEK
stops at 10 Msn OF HIS Way H9nae
-FlYinE Without Initial Aid. hil

Special Gable Despatch 10 THE SUM-.
PARIS, April sO.-Wilbur Wright will 60
TO lie Mans tomorrow as the guest Of the
Sarthe Aero Club. On Sunday he will go
to London, and he will sail for New York
on Wednesday on the steamer k%ronprin-,
zessin Cecilie.
He is particularly pleased with his re-
cent flight. when he started without the.
use OF the rail or derrick. He found
almost accidentally one day that his aero
plane travelled easily along the grass up q.
small incline and down the other side, 80
he determined to try a flight direct from
the ground. When asked il it were neoes-
sary that the ground be very smooth b
said: ~
mo. On this occasion L travelled up
hill about $50 yards and then rose. This
is only half the distance the aeroplane.
which is fitted with wheels. generally
runs before rising. ~ ;
THE weight Of the wheels. which are
strong enough not to break every time.
the aeroplane %descends. vas SO great that
Mr.. Wright considered them impracti-
cable. He finds he has no need OF wheels
now because only four times in hundreds
of flights taken in France and Italy has
he failed to land exactly where he wanted
to do 30. 20 at-- "a
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-05-01
PASSED HAT Nv COURT ROOM.
Money Raised for . Mother Whose Illus.
hand Had Net Support ed Her.

William Adams Of 562 Thirteenth street.
Newark. was summoned before Judge
Hahn in the First Criminal Court in thai
city yesterday to answer a charge Of non
support made by his wife. Mrs. Anna
Adams. The latter, with a six-month-
old baby in her arms n two other chill
dren. = and 4 years old respectively
standing at her side. told of the privation
and pain she and her children had endured
She said that she was to be evicted from
her home because she owed 81 rent.
Mrs. Adams said the infant in her arn
had received no nourishment since the
day before. when she purchased some
milk with Il few pennies she had loft.
The last money she received from her
husband. she said. was the week before
Easter, when he gave her a dollar. She
mad been working since then 10 get money
to buy GOD for her children.
Judge Hahn told Adams that he would
send him to Jail il it were not that his wife
and children would suffer for it, He
instructed the man TO come back in a
week and il the latter did not have work
by that time he would send hin To Jail,
A hat was passed in the court for
Mrs. Adams. The contributions amounted
m az IN
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-05-01
SAVES HOLLANDS FREEDOM.
In Default OF an Heir Little klndg ON
Would Have Some to q German Prince.

Queen Wilhelmina OF Holland, per-
haps the m os beloved Of all the monarchs
of Europe and since her accession to the
throne OF the little kingdom on Novem-
Der 20, 1890. a figure about whom the sym
pathetic interest OF the whole world has
centred, has known much suffering and
has even been close to death because OF
her hopes for an heir to the throne she
occupies. Twice since her marriage to
Henry Duke of Mecklenburg on Febru-
airy I. ~l9OI-about two years and a half
after she attained her majority at the
age of Acknowledgement was made that
Holland might expect an heir apparent.
and each time the hopes Of the people
and their Queen were disappointed.
The death of the Queen without an heir
was apprehended by the people Of Hol-
land az the gravest sort of a nat ional
calamity. for it might mean practically
the close OF Hollands independent career
in the family of nations. The crown by
nearest line Of descent would pass to the
Grand Duke William of Saxe-Weimar-
Eisenach, and only by setting aside the
Constitution and by violation OF rights
of primogeniture could the Dutch escape
a dynasty which would virtually make 1t
an annex to the German Empire.
Queen Wilhelmina passed through the
perils of premature childbirth first on
November 10. 1901. An attack OF typhoid
fever had preceded her ACCOMPLISHMENT.
On May 4. 1902, she was again prema-
turely. confined. On this occasion her life
was despaired of for t~wenty-four hours.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1909-05-01
LATE IN CANADA.
wheat nnt:saN Very had West OF the
Great LAX es showing There stiil.

Great LAX es showing There st,h.
WINSIpEo. April 3O.-Seldom II ever
were crop conditions less favorable at
this time OF the year than they are at the
present time in Western Canada. In
former years seeding has been practically
completed by May /. but this year it has
been barely commenced excepting in
scattered districts.
A few warm days early in April showed
signs OF an early spring, but then a cold
spell set in with occasional snowstorms.
For the last two days snowstorms have
been general in the country between the
Great Lakes and the Rocky Mountains.
and with the most favorable weather
seeding will not be general for at least u
week or ten days.
Seeding twenty acres a day Is good work
for a farmer, 10 il can be seer the whea
crop will not be planted until h end OF
May at the earliest according to the
acreage to be sown. Wheat takes from
40 to 100 days to ripen from the date
it is sown up here. 30 this will bring the
date Of maturing to the middle OF Sep
TENDER. when the crop will have suffered
considerable damage from the inevitable
frosts during the latter end of August.
Phenomenal weather only will result
in a fair crop with the total yield below
that Of last year. despite the increased
acreage, a large part OF which will be
sown with oats and barley ON account Of
the lateness OF the season.