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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-27
PRIVATE HYGIENE.
What It Means to the Individual and
to the Race.


Private hygiene is even more important.
and means a revolution in our habits OF
living. 1t means fresh air perpetually
flowing through our houses and more of
our lives spent outdoors. 1t means COM
mon sense i'm diet-the avoidance OF bolt
ing food. from which dyspepsia springs,
and the re-education of normal food in
stincts: the avoidance of gluttony on the
one side and body starvation on the
other. the avoidance of alcohol. the most
potent of the predisposing causes of tuber-
cuiosis, and the avoidance of dirty. in
fected milk and meat. 1t means the "sim-
pie life free from overexertion on the
one hand and Incidence on the other;
the habit of normal sleep and the eman-
Aipation from worry.
In giving this prescription Dr. Trudea u
once said to me: 1T is as simple as
bathing in the waters of Jordan, and that
is why people are SO slow to follow it,
But today people. are following. and
following rapidly. When they see a man.
who only few years ago was so i'll of
tuberculosis that he could scarcely drag
himself out upon a porch. now run twen-
ty-tive miles for pure love of exercise. or
when they see nine college men inside of
half year double their endurance
through rational diet alone. or when they
learn that ex-President Roosevelt de-
veloped from a weak and timid boy into
the personificatiOn of strength and
courage. and that Cornaro. about to die
at thirty-Seven abjured all unhygienic
habits and prolonged his life to one
hundred and three, they began to realize
the practical value of personal hygiene.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-27
FISH NESTS IN GULF WEEDS.
Breeding Place Of the Flying Fish
in the Sargasso Sea.


In the middle of the North Atlantic
there is an area Of comparatively still
water almost equal to continental Europe
in extent. and more or less covered with
floating seaweed. 1t was known as the
Mar de Sargaco to Columbus and the
early navigators. and is the Sargasso
sea of modern geographers.
The floating seaweed was formerly sup
posed to have grown near the Bahama
and Florida shores, and to have drifted
to its present position. 1t is now. how
ever. known to grow and propagate it
self where it is found In 1t are found
globular masses Of weed containing fish
eggs and known fsh nests.
Recent Investigations show that the
floating weed of the Sargasso sea is the
chosen breeding place OF species OF flying
fish. The eggs found In the nests were
attributed to certain species of fish found
resting on them but careful examination
of the eggs. as G. A. Boulenger points
out, shows that they really belong to
flying fish.
Apparently. however. the flying fish DO
not make the nests themselves. Each
end of the egg of these fish is furnished
with punches of very long Elementary
tendrils. and by means of these the finely
divided branches of the Sargassum weed
have been caught together in slobular
masses. The eggs may be said to have
made their own nest
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-27
Many Clothes and Little Brains.
From Success Magazine.

Some society women exhaust so much
OF their time and energy in catering
to their vanity that they have compare
lively little left for the things really
worth while. Mrs. Grundy has more
abject slaves in America than in any
other country on the globe. Multitudes
of her devotees neglect their children.
their homes and their mental improve
ment, and resort to all sorts of expedi-
ents and extravagancies to cater to
their vanity.
1t is not SO much the purpose OF
this paper to condemn the rich for
their wicked extravaganza as to point
out the demoralizing influence of their
vicious example upon those who cannot
AFFORD either luxurious dress or living
Not only much of the discomfort and
unhappiness. but also large part of
the immortality and crime in this coun-
try. Is due to the influence of the osten-
tatious Haunting of wealth in the faces
of those who are less favored. 1t is a
powerful undermining force In our civil
Iization
The mere possession of money does
not give one the right to debauch his
fellows. or to set an example which
will make them disconnected, unhappy
and tempt them to strain to keep up
an appearance of wealth, at the pos
| sibie sacrifice OF their integrity and vir-
tue.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-27

you may shoot pheasants without break
ing the law. But greatest and most preg-
nant of all Is November I, when fox hunt
ing commences its FIVE months reign. To
complete your social education you must
also know precisely when each season
closes. Grouse shooting. then, lasts from
August Il to December 10. partridge from
September l to February ], fox hunting
from November l to March 81 and pleas
ant shooting from October ! to February
l. With these dates at your finger ends
you are at least equipped to listen in
diligently to the dominating converse
tional topic of the country. Without them
you will be socially lost.
The 10Th has this further significance:
1t marks the official close OF the London
or three weeks before. For nearly a
month before the "l2rh' the park. which
is the best and about the only public
gauge of London's emptiness which
can alone tell you whether the half
million who count have fled and only
the seven millions who do not count
remain, is practically deserted. And
yet, while parliament is sitting and
the light burns in the clock tower at
Westminster the season is still officially
in being. You see here the advantage of
being governed by rich men.
suppose half the grouse moors in the
kingdom belong to members of either the
upper or the lower house. There Is, in
consequence. an immense pressure put
upon legislators to get through their work
and wind up the session before the '12th.''
Bills are rushed through or ruthlessly
dropped. importunate democratic members
who do not shoot are gagged and crushed
into silence. and the government greases
every wheel to bring the parliamentary
machine up to It's topmost speed. When
Englishmen finally settle down to work
they work quickly, and the machine some
how never fails to respond to the call.
With the smell of the heather already in
their nostrils and the pop Of the guns
clicking In their ears. honorable members
display the most unwonted activity.
A foreigner who did not know the mo-
tive might really mistake the British
house OF commons, during the momentous
days that precede the "12th," for q bust
ness-like assembly. There is such earnest
ness. such speed. such relentless refusal
to be led astray from the straight and
narrow path. 1t always meets with its
reward. The crisis is scarcely imaginable
that would persuade the house to sit be-
yond the 18th" h never fails to get
Nse,s prorogusd n Hns 70 pack uD and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-27

them. Girls who dress beyond their means
as a rule, fail to attract, permanently.
the wealthy men whom they would like
to marry. and often frighten away the
young men of small means who would be
drawn TO them by their good qualities
Of mind and heart. which their foolish
clothing and hollow pretense serve only
to conceal
Young men who are determined to make
something OF themselves will think a
great many times before they marry q
young woman with extravagant notions.
for they know that once a woman has
contracted a taste for luxuries and form
ed the habit OF living beyond her income,
she is rarely content with what a man
in moderate circumstances can afford to
give her.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-27
APPLIES FOR AN INJUNCTION
CLARK TRUSTEE SEEKS TO RE
STRAIN REALTY CO.
Asks for Accounting Of Sale Of Lots
in City View Heights, on
Bladensburg Road.

Henry H. Glfry. trustee for himself and
for former Senator William A. Clark OF
Butte. Mont, today applied to the Dis.
trict Supreme Court for an injunction to
prevent the District Realty Company. a
Virginia corporation OF which Maj. Erastus
l.. Hawks is president, from selling any
more lots in City View Heights, tract
OF forty-one acres on the Bladensburg
road. He also seeks to prevent the fur
Their collection by the company of de-
ferred payments on lots previously sold
by 1t under a contract as selling agent for
Gilfry and Clark, who claim to own the
property.
The court is also requested to abrogate
the contract and to require the realty
company to account for collections made.
Justice Wright signed a rule on the
company to appear August next and
show cause why the prayers of the petit
ton should not be granted.
Senator Clark and his trustees are rep
resented by Attorneys Aids B. Browne,
Alexander Britton. A. A. Hoehling, jr.,
and Evans Browne.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-27
Watering Streets in China,

From the Wide World Magazine.
The watering of the streets in China Is
still very primitive business. The water
is first drawn up in baskets from wells by
means of a rope and pulley. This sounds
somewhat ridiculous, but the baskets
are very closely woven. and. when wet.
form thoroughly serviceable vessels. pos
sessing the valuable quality of lightness.
The water is next carried In wooden tubs
and distributed by men armed with basket
ladies attached to long wooden handles.
with which they splash 'spoonfuls'' of
fluid over the dusty street. This crude
machinery is all the more astonishing
when one reflects that the Chinaman Is
extremely clever In a mechanical way.
He is, however. inherently conservative
and sticks to old methods on principle.
even though common sense tells him they
are absurd.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-27
Flashy Dressing a Drawback.
From Success Magazine.

One OF the curses of city life is the
unwillingness of young men to marry
and assume the responsibility or obliga-
tons of family. The consequent alb
sence of the refining. eevating influence
of home and family upon the character OF
both men and women is most disastrous.
They live unnatural and unhealthful lives
and often become abnormally selfish be-
cause they are completely absorbed in
getting the most they can for them
selves, and consequently think very little
about others.
Many girls seem to think that their
chances of marrying men who can sup
port them in luxury are much enhanced
by extravagant dressing. This Is great
delusion. for men usually See through
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-27
London ONCE Of The Star.

The London Office of The Star, at )
Regent street. is maintained for the con-
venience of Washington people travelling
in Europe. Any one before going to Eu-
rope should come to The Star Office In
Washington and make arrangements for
the full use of the London office 4
letter introducing the traveller will be
given, and full Instructions issued from
this office to the London office to take
care of his needs, forwarding mail, etc.
All friends Of The Star are cordially in
vited to avail themselves of these facili-
ties without cost.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-27
The Way He Did It.
From the London Tit Bits.

From the London Tit Bits.
Jenkins-WelI, sir. | gave it 10 that
man straight. / can tell you. He is twice
as big as l am. too. but | told him ex-
actly what I thought of his rascally con-
duct right to his face. and I called him
all the names in the dictionary. and lot
OF others as well.
Studds-And didn't he try to hit you,
Jenkins?
Jenkins-No. sir. he didn't And when
he tried to answer back I just hung up
the telephone receiver and walked away.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-27
The Difficulty.

From the Chicago News.
"Oh. dear" sighed her husbands wife.
Il can't find pin anywhere l wonder
where all the pins go to. anyway
That's a difficult question to answer
replied his wifes husband, because they
are always pointed in one direction and
headed another"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-27
DUPLICATES BRILLIANT SCORE.
Wood Completes Second ID Holes in
70 Strokes.

HOMEWOOD COUNTRY CLUB. FLOSS
MOOR. ILL.,, July 27.-Warren X. Wood OF
Homewood today duplicated his brilliant
performance of yesterday by completing
the second 1S holes of the S6-hole quail
flying round in IS. making his total for
the two days 146. which will probably
stand as the medal score. d. E. Sawyer
of Wheaton also duplicated his u OF yes
terday, giving him a total Of 154. which is
temporarily second to Woods score.
The following are the other low scores
among the early finishers:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-27
Not Risking a Quarrel.

From the Meggendorfer Blsetter.
Heiress-Tell me truly. Arthur, is it
your love or your reason prompts you to
marry me?
Arthur-Just as you like. dearest
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-27
Have The Star Follow You.

order for The Star to be mailed to Won
while you are out of town this summer.
The price for The Evening and Sunday
Star. postage prepaid, is 20 cents 4
nontA Cash with order.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-27
His Pick.

From the London Chronicle.
An aristocratic papa, on being requested
by rich and vulgar young fellow for
permission to marry lone OF his girls"
gave this rather crushing reply:
Certainly; which would you prefer. the
nursemaid or the cook?'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-27
THE ENGL1sHMAN AT PLAY.
Importance of the Opening Of the
Grouse-Shooting Season.
From Harper's Weekly.

| :
There are some dates one simply has to
know to hold ones own in England. Au-
gust /. is one Of then-the glorious
10Th when grouse shooting begins. Sep
TENDER is the second; 1t marks the OPEN
ing of the Notwithstanding season. Oc-
tober ! Is mare important stu for On 1t
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-27

catch the night express for Scotland and
the mOors. And with it's propagation the
London season that for weeks beforehand
has been spluttering is finally stamped
out.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-27
Thinks He Was Robbed.

Hugh Southland. residing at Occoquan,
Va. reported to the police shortly before
noon today that he either lost or had
stolen from him $50 this morning. South
ard says he missed the money when he
was getting ready to pay for a shoe shine
near King and Royal streets. Policeman
Roberts is investigating the case.
An important business meeting OF Fftz-
gerald Council No. 40 Knights OF CO.
lumbus. will be held at st. Mary's Hall
at O'Clock tomorrow night.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-27
SALE
NECKWEAR.

Silk Neck Scarfs, ~ yards long:
assorted colors: worth SOC, hM
75c and Csc each. Pre- lVC
Inventory Sale price.
Silk Chiffon Neck Rufus. in evening
shades: worth $1.OO and An
$3.50 each. Pre-Inventory AyC
Sale price.
Silk Chiffon Neck Rufus:
assorted colors; worth Csc ~
each. Parliamentary Sale ZSG
Silk Chiffon and Mesh veilings;
assorted colors and
; *: sss's s's s ':ie 12Hc
25c Dutch Collars, Rabots ~
and Ascot Ties. Pre-In- UC
ventory Sale price. EACH.
2Jc Silk Windsor Ties: as
sorted colors: full width 49,
and length. Parliamentary NC
Silk Chiffon Ruching: double and
triple rows; white. butter
and colors. Sold regularly nn
at 25c yard. Pre-Inventory hUC
Embroidered Linen Collars; all
sizes and heights: assorted pat
terms. Sold regularly at n
19c and 25c each. Pre-In- VIC
ventory Sale price. ..............
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-27
ENlOHI ~ LES-
Best soc and $50
Mattings, l9c yd.

% rolls of Extra Heavy Quality ,
Seamless China and Fine-grade 1SO
warp Japanese Mattings. the former
in stripes and check designs, the lat
ter in handsome carpet designs.
Close-woven. firm, even-edge grade,
strictly reversible.
These are sample rolls. and are in
one and two rolls of a pattern.
Tomorrow at 19c a yard, instead of
soc and 35c.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-27
House Garments.

Small lot of Women's Dressing
Sacques and Kimonos, of lawn and
batiste: odd sizes and
slightly mussed. Regular 80
price, SOC each. Pre-Inven- VWr
tory Sale price. ..........
, dozen Long kimonos, % good
quality lawn and batiste;
odd sizes. Regular price,
$1.O0. Pre-Inventory Sale SOr
dozen Long Crepe kimonos;
fancy patterns with Per-
sian borders. Sold regu- e~
larry at $LOO each. Pre- SVC
Inventory Sale price.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-27
Speed Test to Be Brief.

The endurance test will necessarily last
just little more than an hour. and the
cross-country fight for speed. which will
cover distance Of ten miles. will not
require much more than fifteen minutes
After both tests are completed the
Wright brothers must instruct two Signal
Corps officers in the use of the machine.
Just how long 1t will take their pupils
to graduate. barring accidents cannot
he told beforehand
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-27

Three trials will be allowed for speed
and three for endurance. but all the trials
must be made within period of thirty
days The wrights have only until to-
morrow to make their tests. unless they
ask for an extension of time
The speed called for is forty miles an
hour For every mile under that 10 per
cent will be deducted. down to So at
which the machine will be rejected. For
every mile more than forty, and up to
forty-four. 10 per cent will be added to
the amount called for in the contract.
Orville Wright has made about forty
seven miles an hour alone, and II is
thought that he will be able to earn the
maximum bonus by going forty-four miles
The Prescott daily news., 1909-12-03
The Tell-TaIe Hand.

A writer in an English weekly de clares that if we want to know what the other person is thinking we must look at his or her hands Even un- practiced lips can lie, as every one knows. Long practice in self-control will enable one to keep ones voice sweetly cordial when there is nothing but indifference or cold dislike behind it. The eye can Se made to shoot glances which are not at all a register for the emotions But the hands, it is asserted. are utterly beyond the con trol of those to whom they belong Even people who hardly gesticulate at all-and to keep the hands still is considered by the Anglo-Saxon a most essential part of good breeding even these people are, it seems. constantly revealing themselves in lit tie movements of the hands. The i'm mortal Mulvaney has put 1t on record that woihan's truth or untruth< can be discerned by the action of her hands. Of course, 1t takes a practiced reader to interpret what the hands are saying It Is not case of me who runs may read"
The Prescott daily news., 1909-12-03
Happiness and Luxury.

I believe that the popular idea of happiness Is to be able to live in lux ury. l have never tried it, but I feel somehow that it would be irksome There must be more zest in living the closer one gets to the rudiments of life. We hear women complain of dullness. and see them searching through the days and years for some thing of real interest to fill their hearts and atone for the things of which civilization has robbed them The gentle village women whom I knew in my childhood had no such anxieties. There was no time for ennui. and l believe there was fine ness and quality in their lives that Is woefully hacking in the lives of women to-day.-F'rom The Ideas of a Plain Country Woman"
The Prescott daily news., 1909-12-03
". C. Y. U.

The Women's Christian Union cannot bear not to seize the next best thing that it thinks will ad- vance the temperance cause, so we are going to offer to the peo- pie of Prescott another national lecturer on the 11th and 18th, who will be passing this way. Mrs. Lila Carlin Moore will be here on the above dates, and the w. C. T. U. stands ready for an invitation from some church wherefrom she can give us her temperance gospel on the subject Who Built the Haunted House." " She has been in many hot cam paigns, and is fully alive to the manouvres of the enemy.
The Prescott daily news., 1909-12-03
In the Log Cabin Country.

When we celebrate prosperity we seldom save anything for a rainy day. The man who works for the best gen. erally gets it while the other fellow is hoping for 1t. The man who can make pillow of his conscience need not envy the millionaires of the world When you lay up treasure in heaven the only way to be happy Is to forget that there is any interest coming on it.-Atlanta Constitution
The Prescott daily news., 1909-12-03
ST. LOUIS, IRON MOUNTAIN AND SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY
SPECIAL STOCKHOLDERS MEETING

NOTICE is hereby given that a special meeting of the stockholders of the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and South e-n Railway Company will be held at the principal office of the Company, in Room 709, Missouri Pacific Building, in the city of St. Lotus, in the State of Missouri, on the 18th day of January, 1910, at o'clock in the forenoon of that day, to consider and act upon the following propositions:
 (a) To purchase and acquire all or any part of the railroads and other property, assets and franchises of all or any of the following named railroad companies; Arkansas and Louisiana Railway Company, Arkansas Midland Railroad Company, Arkansas South western Railway Company, The Brink ley, Helena and Indian Bay Railroad Company, Coal Belt Railway Company, Eldorado and Bastrop Railroad Com pany, Farmerville and Southern Rail- road Company, Garland Western Com pany, Gurdon X Ft. Smith Railroad, Gurdon & Fort Smith Northern Rail way Company, Herrin Railway, Her rin and Johnston City Railway Con- pany, Kansas and Arkansas Valley Railway, Little Rock and Hot Springs Western Railroad Company, The Little Rock & Monroe Railway Company, Little Rock Junction Railway, Missis- sippi River, Hamburg and Western Railway Company, New Orleans and Northeastern Railroad Company, Pine Bluff and Western Railroad Company Nat hez & Western Railroad Company, Springfield Southwestern Railway
 Company, St. Louis, Watkins and Gulf Railway Company, and Wabash Southern Railway Company.
 (b) To increase the capital stock of this Company by the amount of S60,- 0O0, ,O0O, such increase of the capital stock to consist of 600, 900 shares of the par value of S100 each, so that the total authorized capital stock shall be $190, 000,000
 (c) To consent to, concur in, ap- prove and authorize and increase of the bonded indebtedness of St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Con- pany, by the amount of $25, GOO, 900 by the issue of Gold Bonds of the Con- pany, limited in the aggregate to the principal amount of S25, GOO, ,0O0 at any one time outstanding, and to be secur- ed by mortgage and deed of trust on and of the whole or part of the railroads and other property and Franchises of the Company, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, and to consent to, concur in and authorize the execution and delivery of such mortgage and deed of trust, and the sale of all or any of said Gold Bonds to The Missouri Pacific. Railway Company.
 . (d) To ratify the proceedings of the Board of Directors heretofore taken Tn and about the matters aforefaid, in cluding the authorization of said bonds and mortgage and deed of trust, and the use to be made of said bonds, and to consider and act upon such other business as may be properly trans ferred at the meeting.
 The stock transfer books of the Com
The Prescott daily news., 1909-12-03
The Red Mans Mental Status.

In mental equipment the Indians rank easily above the average ne groes. In their new estate they have produced every variety of active man. hood from statesmen, teachers, doe tors and preachers down to good-sor- nothings-even as the whites. We can accept their numerical in fuence as the physical evidence of q racial progress succeeding the old processcs of decay under abuse.-New York World
The Prescott daily news., 1909-12-03
SterlIizinr Eonks-

A successful mechanical process for the sterilization of books has been re. gently devised in France, and sug. gestion is being considered providing for the establishment of plants in diff. ferent parts of the city for the regular treatment Of the volumes used in the schools.