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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-12
A FACTOR FOR DECENCY.
The Royal Northwest Mounted Pc.
lice Force of Canada.
.gnes Deans Cameron in the Century.

agnes DednB cameron IN tue century.
The royal northwest mounted police
force of Canada is a combination Of all
sorts and conditions of men blown together
by the roundup Of the winds OF heaven.
In the ranks we find western bronco
buster. eastern log-birler, iumberjacks.
unaspired Cockneys, Cree-Scot half
breeds. time-expired men from every
branch of the imperial service, side by
side with the French-Canadian born tree
days below Kebek' Two years the roll
call Of one troop included In Its rank
and file son of colonial governor. a
grandson of a major general, a medical
student from Dublin, an oxford NJ. A..
two troopers of the imperial forces and
.ialf dozen ubiquitous Scots. For many
wears a son of Charles Dickens did honor
able service with this force, and there
served beside him a runaway circus clown
and the brother of a Yorkshire baronet.
Several Of the full privates have tucked
away in the bottom Of their mess-kit
Afghanistan, but the lost legion of
eentlemen-rankers predominates, and it
is Rugby and Cambridge out here on the
unbroken prairies that set the fashion in
mutt and mannersA
A compelling factor making for dignity
and decency in border country as big
as Europe Is this little band of relocated
riders. scarcely a thousand in number,
squirting singly across the plains with
sealed orders and turning up just when
rhe beat of the mounted policeman is
from Hudson bay to the Pacific and from
the forty ninth parallel to the frozen arc
tic and he does not taxa tips or sleep
on duty: you cannot blum him, you can
not buiidoze him. and It is not exactly
safe to try to square him. or this
man. as of Lord Esobs. we may say. e
don't advertiser it is the boast of the
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Mr. James Hicks has resigned his po-
s'tien as baritone soloist at st. Paufs
Episcopal Church, to accept similar po-
sition at the metropolitan Presbyterian.
Church. His successor at st. Paul's has
not been selected. Mr.. Fred Sillers. tenor.
who sang last season with the sanctuary
choir of st. Patrick's Church. has been
engaged as tenor soloist at st. Paurs
Church for the ensuing year. The pro-
gram to be given this morning will in
clude Communion Service Pyne). BE
Pillars of the Earth (Tours), "Magnificat
and Nunc Dimm'ttis'' (Baker). Wake,
Awake" (Nicholai), and Seek Ye the
Lord" CRoberts,. Mir. Edgar Priest will
officiate mt the organ.
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Shop Early.
From Collier


Christmas is no JOY to employees in a
department store. In the terrible pre-
ceding fortnight many a girl, desper
ate with, fatigue, wildly wishes the
strain of life were past. Not for her
the calm of the silent night, when
angels sang to shepherds and peace
and goodwill were the burden of the
song. After tired days come evenings
still filled with long standing and ac-
cumulatfng WEAKNESS As the day ap-
proaches longer and longer grow the
hours: and when the holidays at last
arrive perhaps the poor shop girl has
an opportunity to .recuperate in bed. or
perhaps her health is gone. and her
chance to earn her living honestly
never will return A young boy Of ,if-
packages until 2 o'clock at night.
Reaching the stable, too worn out to
travel home. he curled up in the wagon.
pulled a blanket hastily about him and
fell into sleep from which he never
woke In the Christmas eve of 1908. in
at least one big town. large delivery
wagons were seen loaded at II pm. and
about to start not, assuredly. to relieve
distress, but to add complexity to the
Christmas of those already overfed
tude OF gifts. Stop crowding your
wealthy friends with presents and
spend your money OH the poor. If that
step seems too sudden, at least shop
early eHOuEH W pIcFcHI lue Jay lTOHu
being the climax OF distress for SO
many families in shop, in factory and
in home. Follow these wise suggee-
tons of the Consumers League:
/. Buy early in the season and early
in the day.
.. Send packages two weeks ahead,
marked Not to be opened until Christ
mas
b. Minister to actual needs. Give
chiefly to children.
4. Choose presents having either use
fulness or beauty.
g. Demand articles which have been
made and sold under conditions fair
and wholesome to the worker.
6. Remember that Christmas is OF
noble memory, not an occasion for dis
play.
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R. Harris & Co., 9TH and D SITS. NV. !

branches of the work that call for deep
research.
The loblolIy pine. the red fir. the Doug
las fir. the yellow fir. the Oregon pine
etc, all these are investigated. The red
wood, the white oak and the hickories
are taken up.
| The forester must also go through a
course of experimental tree planting. He
is sent to examine the results OF tree
planting already done with the idea of
replenishing denuded section. He is also
sent to various sections where tree plant
I. ale in need of assistance.
The relation of streams to the forest;
| supply is also an important feature of
the work: in fact, this is one of the
most vital phases when the subject is
considered in It's biggest aspects. in its
relation to the welfare of the country.
There is no denying the fact that the
preservation of the forests is also
means of harboring the water supply.
In many sections artificial irr cation
would not now be necessary If the
forests had been protected. The tree
acts as a shield to the water supply,
it prevents the soil from being dry
and arid, and the vast interests affected
by this feature of the work made 1t come
in for big part of the attention of the
instructors.
The problem of forest fires also is i'm
portant.
In one of the text books which the
students are called OH to know no less
imam QUIZ cases VI IoFeSt toiiids otoiiS
are listed. What caused the fire, the ex-
| tent of damage 1t did, how long 1T ragged,
all is catalogued here.
The students must also know the meas
ures first, by which forest fires can be
prevented and secondly, how they can be
stopped with a minimum Of loss OF life
| and property, once they get under way.
There is cooperation from the states
and nations In the matter of forest pro-
lection, and the student must have a
| knowledge of the laws on the subject.
Many railroads now regard their tim
Der holdings as one Of their most valuable
| assets.
The opposition to a national policy to
protect the lL..lber supply VIII Oh was once
very keen Is now gradually vanishing,
for 1t is recognized that to stand I'm the
way of conservation OF the national re-
sources is finally to kill the goose that
lays the golden egg.
Conforming to what the government
through its chief forester. Clifford Pin
chot has decided to be good policy. most
of these railroads now have forester.
and the place is one that pays a big
income, for the possibilities of profit
through the work of this expert have
come to be understood.
Forestry has been science i'll Europe
longer than it has here. Many of the
lumber sections, which Americans have
been inclined to think go back for CEN
turtles. have really been of compar atively
recent origin For instance. scientific
forestry has constantly replenished the
wood supply Of Germany. especially In
the Black Forest.
There are not enough foresters In the
new world; that is why colleges find
no trouble to get full complement of
students for what Is one Of the most re-
Gently added branches of their course of
study.
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Corn King Of the World.
From Hapmton's Magazine.

Near Whiteland, in Johnson county,
Ind, lives g. farmer. His farm consists of
100 acres, and he gets up at five O'Clock
every morning and has holes In his over
alls, His name is Leonard b. Clore. He 10
the corn king Of the world. A dozen
years ago Mr.. Gore began to specialize in
corn. Today he sets the worlds pace In
this cereal.
The Clore family very nearly keeps
house with fathers corn prizes. In the
list is everything from manure-spread-
er to a piano. including watch. clock.
stove, mandolin, lawn swing an automp-
bile, quarter section of land in Texas
and thousand-dola lar cash prize. One OF
the ineidentals is silver loving cup
valued at $1.00O.
Mr. Clore decided few years ago that
instead of spending SO much time In inn
proving their land the corn growers
should give more thought to improving
their breed of corn All his efforts have
been In that direction. In a specially built
barn he terminates the corn in boxes of
earth kept at the right temperature 81
cary spring by gasoline stoves. Thus l.e
knows before planting what percentage of
the grains will terminate. Two years az
corn may look alike, but the vitality OF
one may be much higher than that Of
the other. Mr. .Ciore is also judge Of
what Ii takes to make a perfect ear; ses
Letting the best ears each fall and plaIft-
ing the hardest grains In the spring. he
has in a great way e minated chance In
corn growing. lie raises from eighty TO
a hundred bushels of corn per acre. The
average this year is ninety bushels. This
Is about twenty bushels more than be-
fore he began his experiments, but in adj
dition, the quality OF his corn has greatly
improved What he has done for Indiana.
where his methods are followed, may 20
seen by the fact that the average ytefS
for the past ten years is thirty-f1ve BUSH
els, while over the corn belt of the United
States for the same period II fs only
twenty-five. Experiment stations all over
his high bred seed corn. and are using
his methods OF breeding and planting
The czar has offered him position IN
the Russian department Of agriculture. =.
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Ink the Romans Used.
From the Scientific American.


The ancient Romans commonly wrote
with a metal point (stylus) on wooden
tablets covered with wax (tabuiae), Dut
permanent records were written on parch-
ment with a reed pen and liquid pigment,
or ink.
AT Haltem in Westphalia, near the site
OF the Aluso fortress erected by Drusus IN
the year IL B. c., was recently FOUND
bronze vessel containing a dried bl lick
mass, which Prof. Kassner has decided t.
be Roman ink. The mass was round to
consist chiefly of SCOT and tannate OF iron
1t also contained smaller guam tiles OF
ferric oxide, copper oxide, clay, magnesia.
gypsum, phosphorc acid. carvonic acid.
aikalies and sand. These ing -edients prob
ably represent chiefly accidental lmpuri-
Ties which have found their way into the
old ink stand, but some of them may be
due to the chemical action of the, ink
on the bronze vessel. The presence OF an
aromatic substance suggests that the ink
was imported from italy, where the use
OF perfumed ink was common.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-12


Robert Schumann and his works were
the topics of study at the second meeting
OF the Sharp Club when IT assembled
at the home of Miss Margery Snyder Sat
urday evening. The program opened with
paper by Frank ]. Allen. which dealt
with Germany and the great men OF the
time of Schumann. This was followed by
paper by Miss Margaret Paine, who
gave the story OF the life OF the composer.
John Allen read q paper on Schumann
works. after which a delightful musical
program was heard, during which the
members of the club noted the different
moods and expressions for which Schu-
mann's works are well known, point
WI ich had been well developed by Mr..
Allen In his essay. The musical numbers
included selections by Miss Marie Z.
Hansen of the Peabody Conservatory,
Miss Emma NJ. G. Bender and Mr.. Frank
j. Allen, pianists. and Miss Margery
Snyder, violinist. The club will meet at
the home of Miss Margaret Paine, In the
Denver, Saturday, when a number or new
members will be added to the club The
evening will be devoted to Shubert and
his works
Miss Burbage's Monday Evening Club.
formerly the Junior Stage Fright Club. Is
now reorganized and had its first meet
ing last week. The subjects of the even
ing's study We're primitive music. the
music of the ancient cultured nations
the Assyrians, Egyptians. Hebrews.
Greeks and Romans-and song in the
early Christian church. An example was
given of study on a song of the Omaha
tribe of Indians. as published by Miss
Alice Fletcher in her Indian Song and
story From North America" Owing to
the absence of material to illustrate the
evenings study, miscellaneous program
was given. including selections from
Moszkowski, MaeDowell and Liszt. played
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(GumperD. Frederick Thuee.; duet. joy.
ful Tidings' lFischer). Lillian and Earl
Mcgowan 6;o Rustic tic. +, Dance Ss. M 1asn3
Miss Edith stein: allegro Motto (Kol-
ling). Miss Lillian MCGOWAN; ITO My
Star (Bohm). Miss Mildred Benefits:
IN auat Ros2 Miss cara
OWaohsl, Misses Ruth Broadbent and
Helen Barclay: Thorn Rose (BendeD
Darwin Tyree: Alteration" (Borowski)
Mr.. Karl Rooster; Angels Serenade'' g.
from third concerto (ioltermann. Mr.
Paul Rooster; Pilgrims Chorus"
Nange), Miss Hester Munger; duet.
Spanish Dance" tMoszkowsk), MISS
Helen Cam and Mr.. r. Rooster.
Mr. Harry Click. violinist. was the Of
fertory so1oist last Sunday evening at
the Westminster Memorial Presbyterian
Church. giving very effective rendition
of Haendels Largo. Another recent
contribution to. the music at this church
which occasioned comment was the solo
20 Lord Be Nerciful' (Bartlett), by Mrs.
Sinclair Noske. The choir of this church,
composed of thirty members, is preparing
of Mrs. Frank Byram, for a special song
service next Sunday evening.
Mr. Raphael Rooster has accepted the
position as organist and choirmaster OF
Concordia Lutheran Church. and Is al
ready busy preparing an elaborate pro-
gram for Christmas.
The male choir of the Church of the
Holy Name, organized a year ago, and
which has done such successful work.
will sing Stems ''Vespers' at 7:8O this
evening. The principal soloists are
Messrs James Duncan. Frank Barres,
John Salb. Leo Walsh, Augustus Handibo,
John Orving and Bernard Carlin.
The Saturday afternoon class recital by
the pupils OF Miss Pearl Waugh took
place at the studio yesterday afternoon.
A study Of the history OF music was
taken and short outline of the early
Hindu, Egyptian and Greek music was
given by members Of the class. Several
piano solos were given by the pupils,
among them THE Harmonious Black
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smith" CHandeD, Romance i'm F.
GSchumann}. .Liebestraum." in LiszD;
Grieg), Love in a Post Chaise" Mac
DowelD, Hunting Song Heller), Scarf
Dance" (Chaminade) Memory" Camp
bell Tipton). Papillon fOle Olison)
The Washington Opera Club under the
dire ction of the SALESMAN de Ford School
of Acting, gave its first public perform
ance Of the season Monday evening, De-
cember g. in Soldiers Home Theater. The
opera given was Audran's 'Olivette." The
club Is in its fifteenth season and is the
pioneer club OF light opera in the Dis
trict. Since it's Inauguration 1t has Sieen
many successful product ons. The cast
includes such well known local perform
Morena. Ersie Catlett. Helen Warneke,
Mary Bently. Messrs. Lane Weber, j.
w. Painter, Charles A. Johnson, Warren
Fun gerson. Samuel Hess, H. B. Moss,
Chester Ogden, Harry Starr and Benja-
min Cox.
At the Washington Heights presby-
terrain Church today Mrs. Blanche Muir
service in Harry Rowe Shelley's 'Judg-
ment Day." and at the evening service in
I'm the Shadow Of the Evening Hour" "
by Barry.
The Won Unschuld University of Music
announces for next Wednesday after
moor at 4:3O o'clock at the Columbia
Theater the exercises to be held III con-
nection with the award of the diploma
of virtuosity and gold medal to Miss Mill
dred kolb, the artist graduate who was
unanimously judged by the jury at the
commencement day to be entitled to re-
ceive the hghest diploma of the univer-
sty. This distinction, 1t is explained, is
are considered able to become brilliant
cOncertists.
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LIVING FACES ON SCREEN.
Apparatus Reproduces Moving
Image of Head Thrust inside.

An interesting and sometimes startling
invention Is the apparatus designed by
New York man. by means of which lip-
ing images can be projected on screeIss
and all the movements of the subject,s
features can be reproduced as i'm movinw,
pictures. The apparatus consists of "a
camera-like arrangement much like
stereopticon. In the rear Is large
opening that will admit a persons head.
while in front is lens and inside is
means for illuminating the interior eff
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service in Canada that they seldom get
into print" Yet it is strikinpIy true tiat
on the margin of every page of the uI-
written history of this great, lone land
the figure OF this solitary horseman Is
vignetted. f 80
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1t pays to read the want columns or
The Star Hundreds of situations are filled
through them
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the chamber. The head Is thrust down.
ward into |. e apparatus and the image rs
inverted to normal position on the screen.
BY this continuance ii is possible to
have, the Image present all manner 80
facial contortions, as OH moving picture
screens, and the startling effect may be
greatly enhanced by having the subject
talk or sing. giving the appearance of
sound issuing from the reflection on tho
canvas. Other images besides those Of
the human face may also be reflected by
this machine.
Evening star., 1909-07-18
new YORK BANKS.

NEW YORK. July 1.-THE statemen,
of clearing house banks for the week
shows that the banks hold $34. .J69, oOC
more than the requirements of the q
per cent reserve dule. This is an in
crease of $2,566, 800 in the proportionate
cash reserve as compared with last week
NEW YORK, July 17.-Close-Prime
mercantile paper, 3A to per cent Ster-
ling exchange, strong. with actual bust
ness in bankers bills at 4S5SJa4. $3.50 fol
| sixty-day bills, and at 4.S735a4.s740 for
demand. Commercial bills, 4.S5Aa4. SJss
Bar silver. 5Osl. Mexican dollars, A
Government bonds, steady. Railroad
bonds, firm.
The statement follows:
Loans. s1.345, $50, 800: decrease, 1884,
Deposits. sl,42s. 472, 500: decrease, 81
S64 500.
Circulation. s4s,259, 200; increase. $780,
900.
Legal tenders. ssl.ls4, 100: increase. s..
Specie, $309. 2s2, 100: decrease. $62S. 200.
Reserve, $3.50, 437 400; increase. 81 $50. 100
Reserve required, 1856, ,S6S, 200; increase
s716.2OO.
Surplus, s34. .569. 200; increase, s.. 566. 300
increase. so,51O.15O.
The percentage of actual reserve or the
clearing house banks today was 27.41.
The statement Of banks and trust COM
panies of Greater New York not report
ing to the clearing house shows that
these institutions have aggregate deposits
Of 81 1888 .S37. 900. Total cash on hand
81 $40, $50. .O14, and loans amounting to ST.
III. .598.3OO.
Money on call. nominal. Time loans.
firmer; GO days. 2 per cent. and 30 days
2as per cent: six months, 3asa3h per cent.
The Financier will say:
1t was expected, from the large exports
of gold to Argentina last week. and also
from the Withdrawals of nine millions
public deposits from the banks, on their
own account and for their correspondents
that the bank statement would show a
large loss Of reserve. Contrary to such
expectations. however. there was an av-
erage cash gain of 81 $50 100: there was
though an actual gain in this item OF
2,OO5 500
The discrepancy between the estimated
and the disclosed changes in this item OF
cash may have been due to the fact that
Withdrawals of public deposits were not
there was an influx from the interior OF
about six millions as computed, which
tended partially to offset Withdrawals
of gold for export: the amount Of such
Withdrawals was actually much less thar
the sum reported, only comparatively
small amount of the gold engagements
having been exported during the week.
Loans were contracted. the average by
s.. 294, 100 and the actual by $4.654. 800
Average deposits decreased s.. S64. 800
actually they were reduced S,54S. 900. The
public funds in New York repositories
fell of by $4S5. 800. Actual reserve de-
creased $11S.J75 to $33. 3.811 .225; computed
81 $4,000 public funds. the surplus was
$3I 33335 ~.
Evening star., 1909-07-18
NEW ORLEANS COTTON.

NEW ORLEANS. July 17.-Cotton,
spot quiet, 1-16 down; nliddling, II 5-16.
Sales were 900 bales on the spot: none
to arrive.
Futures opened steady. with the July
option unchanged; other months, to
Is points up. Liverpool being much bet
ter than expected. Texas weather again
became more or less of a bullish factor.
although it was predicted yesterday that
the hot dry spell In the southwest section
of the belt would soon be over. Because
rains which were predicted for those Sec
tons which have been experiencing a
drought failed to materialize bear pressure
did not accomplish as much as it did yes
terday, and the absence on the weather
map of any indication Of rain over Sun
day also aided in reviving bullish ac-
tivity.
Consequently material gains were noted
during the first hour of trading, and the
announcement of decidedly bullisil
weekend figure also served to send
prices upto higher levels. At tire close,
which was steady, the market was IA to
10 points above the close yesterday. July.
1924; August. 1918; September, 1916;
October. 1909; November. 12.09; Decem-
ber, 10: January, 1910: March, 1920.
Evening star., 1909-07-18

work three hours every Monday and
Thursday mornings in the garden. Such
unusual interest has been shown by her
the past two years that she was en-
ployed during the winter in the Normal
School greenhouse after school and on
Saturdays. She is probably the young
est employe on the District payrolls
The buildings not mentioned are not
omitted because they have no gardens,
but because the janitors prefer to take
the full responsibility of the work. At
the Hayes School, the Woodburn, the
rant, Force, Ross, Gales, Seaton, Ed
love for flowers and prefer to spend their
idle time in summer among them.
Vegetable Gardens.
For the past five years the schools
have had the privilege of large area
on the grounds of the Department of
Agriculture, where approximately 400
children had garden plots Owing to
building operations the department was
obliged to withdraw this aid. Its inter-
est in the work continues. The office of
experiment stations and the bureau of
plant industries have .entered into an
agreement to cooperate with the schools
in any gardens of such nature estab-
lished in the city. There are three at
present, one at the Blow School, Miss
E. H. Carswell in charge, one on a
vacant lot. 319 10th street southeast,
land loaned by T. B. Huyck and worked
by boys from the Wallach School, and
one at the Cardozo School. supervised
by G. W. Overton. graduate OF Howard
University.
The executive committee of the Play
ground Association granted the use of a
quarter of an acre on the Rosedale play
ground for garden plots. Owing to the
delay In obtaining the land and the
great amount of rain in June this gar
den was not planted until the twenty
fifth OF that month. There are fifty
three boys and one girl who have taken
up land the playground. The girl
is lame and SO finds little at the play
ground that she can enjoy but the gar
newcomer is one OF the most noticeable
features of the garden Miss Edna
Dodge and Miss Florence Hillyard. in
charge Of the gardens, have procured a
good work, the flag floating for twenty