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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-27
AEROPLANE HATS.
New Fashion in Women's Headgear
Launched in Paris.
From the London Telegraph.

From the London Telegraph.
When the possible aeropIane fashion in
hats was mentioned some time ago 1t was
received with smile, but the reality has
now appeared in Paris. Most of the
midinettes, who celebrated st. Catherine s
day this year with more than usual en-
thusiasm, wore aeroplane hats. They
were quite a novel sight in the boule-
wards and the Rue de la Paix. where
were seen a number of them with fairly
good limitations of Bleriot and Antoinette
monoplanes. At the corner of the Place
girls from eighteen upward. the leader
of whom had nice little monoplane
fastened to the top of her hair. 1t was
poised little to one side, and as an Or
nament was quite as artistic as feathers
or wings would have been.
Other girls wore tolerably good copy
of a Wright machine on their heads. The
front lifting planes were not omitted,
and protruded gracefully from over the
forehead, while the tiny rudder at the
real "chic.'' however. is said to have been
the Voisin biplane, with it's partitions
and compartments, which afford ample
scope for ingenious decorations with rib
The bipiane, of whatever model it is
Farman, Wright or Voisin-may itself
constitute the hat. and the monoplane
may be adopted simply as fanciful trim
ment for the hair. The planes. Of course
may be of various colOrs and designs
and need not siavishly initiate the rigid
forms of real flying machines. The midi
nettes have. at any rate. succeeded in
launching" the new fashion, and some
to be seriously thinking of taking up the
idea. !
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CHINESE SECRET SOCIETIES.
Associations Still Active-But Littl,
Heard of Since Boxer Outbreak.
1don Pail Mall Gazette.

From the London Pail Mall Gazette.
The public has scarcely heard of Chi
nese secret societies since the collapse
of the Boxer revolt. Even those who
take interest in this curious subject have
seldom found an allusion to it in the
news from the far east. 1t might we'll
be supposed that in our colonies at least
these evil associations had been reduced
to impotence, If they cannot be suppress
ed. But the sharp title fight at Kuala
and defiant: indeed. recall no former
case where a gathering Of members has
resisted with firearms. Is this another
illustration Of the results of the Japanese
triumph?
kuala Lumpur is the port Of Perak. a
large and riourinshi ng town of its sort.
inhabited By Cinnamon, Malays and Ia
mis-peaceful emisrants from southern
India. who work the plantations in
the neigLborhOod Secret societies are
forbidden there. as everywhere e,se i'll
the Malay countries. but three or four
days ago the authorities ieaineu that
The Cinnamon did not wait to be at.
tacked-when the Pc ice came in sight
they opened fire, and. though defeated
with loss of twenty-five prisoners,
they wounded the European inspector
and Sikh constable severely. We hear
that the Cinnamon were dressed in red.
a significant novelty. But the whole in
cident is novel
Ii was the turbulence of the Hueys, as
these societies are called, which obliged
Settlement. to occupy Perak in 1888. at
the instance Of the rajah-Malay, of
course The mines there had attracted
not less than $4,000 Cinnamon. an army
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LORDS STARS UNLUCKY.
French Prophecies Predicts Disaster
for English Upper House.

Foreign Correspondence Of The Star.
LONDON, December Is. 1909.
With professional politicians hopelessly
at variance as regards the probable out
come of the struggle at the polls in Eng
land next month. 1t Is disappointing to
find that even the stars in their courses
are not unanimous in their prognostica-
tons. The Occult Review. which pretends
to have accurately foretold the unionist
disasters at the previous elections. is now
equally confident that sensational ue-
feat of the liberals is to be looked for
On the o-ner hand. Nine. de Theoes.
the famous French prophecies. in whose
second sight half Paris believes is equally
sure that the liberals will win. 1.-The
lords she says, ARE under the influence
Of un.ucky stars. The revolution is upon
England-our revolution without the
bloodshed. The remnants of the feudal
system will be swept from the country.
1t is very .ortunate for England to have
diplomatist like Edward ~ on the
throne. capable of exercising concili-
atory influence. But the new generation
now springtng up will not be SO attached
to the throne. 1t will be advanced liberal,
and even republican, in it's sympathies.''
Nine. de Thebes foresees catastrophes
of all sorts for England, mainly due so
she says. to the malignant influence of
the mummy case of the Egyptian priestess
Amen Ra in the British Museum. which
! Is said to have brought disaster to those
who have handled 1t, or have even looked
upon 1t with frivolous incredulity.
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SP AIN IN MOROCCO
DECLARATION AS TO FUTURE
MANAGEMENT OF NATION.
Integrity to Be Preserved, Although
Territory Has Been Occupied
Without Opposition of Powers.
Correspondence of The Star.

Foreign Correspondence of The Star.
MADRID, December Is, 1909.
The minister for foreign affairs las
made a declaration in regard to NJ -rocco
IF which the following are the CHIEF
points:
The governors sent by the sultan to the
riff will have as coadjutors Spanish OF
ficers. who will recruit and Inst. uct The
Moorish forces, and who will be Charged
with the task of establishing order IN
the territory.
The Spanish government will itself un-
dertake the payment OF these foes In
the expectation that by SO doing favor
able moral effect will be produced amon..
The riffs.
The conouests of the war Of 1889 were
annulled by the action of the powers, but
now the Spanish army has occupied ooV
kilometers of Moorish territory without.
opposition from the powers.
The amount of the war indemnity mas
not yet been fixed. but, in view OF the
state Of the sultan's finances. pressure
will not be applied to the mayhem:
Spain will support with all her lorces
the integrity Of Morocco. becau-e. should
erations of influence and of her geo
graphical position would. in any case
compel Spain to intervene.
Spanish influence in Morocco must now
be developed by means of pacific oenetra-
ton, by the erection of sch ols ana me :,
were pursued by France in A'g RIA.
Scientific missions must also be sent 70
establish ties between the natives anu
the Spaniards in order to advance Tn
material and moral influence OF SPAN IN
the country. The future OF Spain ae-
ends IN large extent, remarked the
ro;nister. IN the development of her inter
ests in Morocco.
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VITAL STATISTICS.
Analysis of Births, Deaths and Mar
riages in Britain.
On Correspondence Of The Star.

Foreign Correspondence Of The Star.
LONDON. December II, 1909
A blue book giving a detailed analysis OF
the births, deaths and marriages in 1908
has just been issued. The specially in
teresting part Of the book is that which
deals with the marriage registers OF
England and Wales.
Among the brides who found husbands
over seventy were one aged nineteen. one
aged twenty and two aged twenty-one.
Two old women over seventy-five married
men over eighty-fve. In all seventy
seven women over seventy were married.
Three of them found bridegrooms under
forty-five. twenty-siX found partners
under sixty-five and forty-eight married
men as old or older than themselves.
1t is pointed out that the number of
marriages unmade by the divorce court
is steadily growing each year, but at the
same time there is a large increase in
the number of divorced persons who re-
marry. Here are the figures:
Divorced persons remarked. ....... 676 7O3
There is still a tendency to increase
shown in the age at which men and
women marry. the average age now be-
ing 2s.7s years for the bridegrooms and
1851 for the brides. In London the
average age is even higher. reaching
1856 for the bridegrooms and 269S for
the brides.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-27
An Ancient Concrete Bridge.

rom cement Age
In the south of France is a concrete
arch bridge, known as the Point du Gard,
which was erected in the year 80 Is. c.
The concrete in this was not composed OF
crushed stone or other small aggregate
of the variety now employed in concrete
bridge work. but was Of the old style.
consisting Of alternate layers OF large
and small stones. gravel, etc, and Of
materials. yitruvius describes
the materials and methods in use before
the Christian era. and other writers. like
Alberti i'm 1915. and Polladio in 1870. ac-
curately describe the method which the
''ancients'' las they call them) employed.
''of using boards laid on edge and filling
the space between with cement and all
sorts of small and large stones mingled
together" 1t is very improbable that the
Point du Gard would have withstood the
rigors of climate of the northern United
States but its actual state of preserva-
ton as well as that of many other speci-
mems of ancient concrete work, proves
that if modern work is honestly executed
il will many times outlast any reasonable
bond period. so that a very small yearly
fund per cent is all that is re-
aured for properly designed and erected
work.
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Young at Ninety.One.
From the London Express.


The advocates of the too old at forty
principle have not had things all their
own way lately. In fact, old age has
developed an unexpected capacity for
self-defense. and that not by words-on
which youth is too apt to rely-but by
deeds. We have the case of Sir John
Bigham, now in his SEVENTEEN year. who
is showing his colleagues in the law
courts that the only way to reduce ar
rears is by working ON them. Lord Halls
bury. again, does marvellous things at
elghty-three; while, to crown all, Lord
WemySs yesterday celebrated his ninety
first birthday, after siXty-eight years of
more or less strenuous parliamentary
life. by taking a walk on Hampstead
Heath.
The three instances we have quoted are
all Of Woodworking men, whose energy,
although great has been concentrated.
They have not dissipated their time in
multitude Of interests. nor have their
energies been expended in violent exer-
else, whether physical or mental. Prob
ably they all feel as young today as
many under forties." AS matter OF
fact of course, a mere counting of years
is no guEe at all to mans real age.
What he will be like at, say, seventy,
depends entirely upon how he has spent
his life until then. The best sign posts
on the road are mOderation-not only in
drink, but in all things-a healthy mind
and a settled interest in life. Armed
with these and a good constitution. Their,
are few who might not be as young at
as is Lord Wemyss
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DEATH RATE FROM CANCER.
Feature Of Report Made for England
and Wales,
Foreign Correspondence of The Star.

Foreign Correspondence of The Star.
LONDON. December 10, 1909.
One of the features of the rep,r for
England and Wa.es is the evidence 1t
bears, to the increase in the death rate
from cancer. From O.55 per .OOJ of the
population in the quiquienniai peri d
1Ss1-S5. the rate rose to .U52 in the y,a
1908. the latter being the highest re-
corded.
An International table of twenty com
tres is given in the report, and on this
the registrar general :ays:
This country occupies an unenviable
position with respect 10 mortality from
cancer. the rate in Eng and and Wales
being exceeded in only two Eur pean
countries, viz: Switzerland and the
Netherlands. Scotland occupies lightly
better position (fourth), and Ireland. not
withstanding its abnormal age CO.. S itu-
ton, much better position Seventh,
with a rate of ORG. In all the counties
from which returns have been received
the proportionate mortality from cancer
has shown a general tendency to increase
in recent years.
One satisfactory feature in the report
is that there has been a cessation OF the
increase of those cases among women
under fifty-five.
On the other hand the death rate from
phthisis in 1908 was slightly below that
Of 1907
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BENEFIT OF CHILDREN.
Fund For School Pupils Who Are
Not Properly Fed.
reign Correspondence of The Star.

Foreign Correspondence OF The Star.
LONDON. December 10 1903
The London county council fund itself
compelled yesterday to approve an extra
expenditure Of S125OoO for providing free
two-cent and three-cent meals to nee s.
sitous school children whose parents are
unable to feed them. This supple nentary
vote will bring the money expended FOR
this purpose by the end of the fiancial wear
19O9-1O. March 81, up to owe. $11,0O ia
stead of $15O.OOO, which it was ma ed
at the beginning of the year should be
sufficient.
The increase in the number Of children
needing this assistance has been marked
Five years ago some 5000 were in his
position. four years ag0 500. a year ago
5000 and this year 1900 The number
of free meals supplied in 190S-09 was over
4,5OO.OOO. and this year it will be over
100000
All parents whose children are fed by
the county council are informed by liter
that the cost of the meals Is charged
against them and collected by law If they
are found In a position to pay. but only
some half dozen such prosecutions have
been found necessary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-27
TEDDY BEAR BUSTED.
Barbara, Who Halls From Polar Re-
pions, Favorite in England.
CORRESPONDENCE of The Star

Foreign Correspondence OF The Star.
LONDON, December 10, 1919
The Teddy bear has been ousted from
his important position in the affections
of juvenile England and the Barbara
bear has taken his place. without any
militant methods on her part. either.
The excitement at the London zoo re-
gardine the recent motherhood OK the
big polar bear Barbara and her great
grief at the death Of her two cubs few
DAYS ago has resulted in the latest
Christmas novelty-a white bear with one
or sometimes two cubs in her arms, held
In Just the way Barbara carried her pa
bies when she took them into the outer
cage for a bit of fresh air and perhaps
to exhibit them to the crowds or young
sters who were always surrounding her
apartments in the ZOO, hoping for a
glimpse Of her offspring
At first when her babies were round
dead Barbara was suspected Of murder,
but Investigation showed the injustice of
this, for the little bodies of the cubs
were quite unmarked. To the best of her
ability Barbara had tried to tend them.
They merely died of not being sufficient
Iy acclimatized. The idiosyncrasies of
an English winter were more than they
Gould bear, so Barbara. exonerated and
adored, will be in thousands of homes
Christmas morning
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TO KEEP MILK FRESH.
Process Discovered by Dairyman in
Western Australia.
Foreign Correspondence of The Star


MELBOURNE, December Is. 1879.
An important discovery is reported from
western Australia. w. D. Pasey, for
merly an architect at Perth. bat now en-
gagged in dairying. has secured the paten.
rights for a process by which 1t is
claimed milk can be kept absolutely
fresh for an indefinite period A bottle
of milk which had been treated and
was said to be about five months old
was handed to the government analyst
for examination. He reported that 1t had
apparently been heated. but that it was
free from any OF the ordinary preserva-
tives. and gave very good results. He
saw no reason to believe that it was in
any way de rimental to hea tn
DR.. F. Andrew. who was given a SAM
pie two months old for bacteria! ogical
examination. stated that it gave almost
the test Of nominal milk 1t differed
from any preserved milk he knew of in
that respect. He made twelve cultures
from the milk, which remained sterile
after four days in an incubator
ITO me-" added DR.. Andrew, 1.-The most
striking thing about the milk was the
way 1t remained fresh. After opening a
bottle of ordinary pasteurized milk ii
keeps for only a limited time. and for a
very short time when once exposed to
the air. / kept this milk exposed to the
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quite beyond the control of any Malay
government. The Rajah OF Perak did
not try to govern them; they were care
full to pay his dues. and he left them
alone. individually, doubtless, the Chi
namen were excellent fellows-industrious
and good-natured. content with a little
gamble and a little opium after the hard
days work But they all belonged to
are benefit societies and cooperative
stores, admirably managed, with the ex-
perfence of countless generations. Their
evil practices are an excrescence, kept
most scrupulously apart from the regular
business.
Riya' trade unions never lack grounds
of quarrel. But the Hueys in Perak-
something less than half dozen, 1 think
were offshoots of parent societies long
established at Penang, on British terri
tory. And these latter were divided into
two factions, savage.y hostile. From
the time Of its foundation almost the
great and wealthy city of Penang was
disturbed at no long intervals by series
OF murderous engagements between these
bodies in the streets. White residents
bore the infection as if it We're an I'M
avoidable calamity. to which man is sub
ject in the far east. Singapore, still
greater, and still more wealthy, suffered
worse on the whole, until the last intoler-
able outrage. But If the hostile Hueys
ventured to carry on like this under the
guns of the British fleet, with regiments
of British soldiers within call, we can
imagine their proceedings in Perak, wher
there was actually force to restrain
or punish them The various sections
up and down took to fighting as the
employment Of their -leisure-and fighting
meant xii ing. At holiday time thu
concentrated for real battles. Sir Hugh
Low officially credited the statement that
$1,000 men were engaged in an action
at Ti-pin 9, when 1000 persisted. Their
bones were turned up in laying out a
tennis ground fifteen years after.
These glorious victories and shameful
defeats found an echo. naturally, at
renang-the mothers demonstrating in
sympathy with their offspring Excite
ment grew from year to year, and trouble
with it, until in 1876 a tremendous riot
occurred. Then Chinam>n showed what
they could do in the way of courage
and determination. Though the troops
were called out at an ear y stage, they
did not cease fighting one another lor
more than week. A thousand at least
were killed in the streets-many houses
were burned.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-27
SALE OF OLD COINS.
Philipsen Collection With Pieces
Antedating Birth of Christ.

Foreign Correspondence Of The Star.
LONDON, December Is. 1909.
An interesting sale Of ancient coins has
just been concluded at Munich, Bavaria
1t was the Ph.lipsen collection of Copen-
hagen. which included many rare speci-
mems that came under the hammer. A
tetradrachm Of 334 3. c., bearing the
image of King Darius Ill CodOmanus,
OF which there are only two other speci-
mems extant-one in London and one in
Berln-went for S562.50. A Milesian
slater of 5OO-4OO B. c. fetched S325: a
drachm with the image of King Anti
machus of India. $3.50.
The highest price was maid for a per-
YectIy preserved Eubean tetradrachm of
$40 b. c., bearing the head OF Apollo on
the diverse and a swan with outstretcned
wings on the reverse. 1t was knocked
down for $1,s50. The total amount real
ized was $37, 500.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-27
Proprietary Medicine
Frauds Should Be
Exposed

There have been. plenty of them, no DOUBT.
and they have been vigorously condemned--so
vigorously that every sort OF medicine. the
formula of which is privately owned, is con-
demned and pronounced ''unethicar' by the
medical profession.
Eckman's Alternative deserves attention. not
because IL is proprietary bat because IL
really has cured many OF tuberculosis. II
it is a fraud 1t needs exposing badly. because a
number Of cured consumptives viii need TO ind
some other reason for being well.
Henry Clay said he would rather be right
than be President Is II not better for Eek
mans Alternative TO make than to re
ethical?
Weldon, ILL.,, Feb. 3, 1906.
In July, 1906 my physician sent TO Texas.
from there to Colorado. became worse and was
sent home to die. heard of Eckman's Alters-
tive began treatment and cured. ] earnest
ly recommend Eckman's wonderful cure for
consumption.
,Signed afhdavit.l ARTHUR WEBB.
Eckman's Alternative is good for all throat
and lung troubles and is sale at O. Donnell's
drug stores and other druggists, Ask for book
let of cured cases, or write to Eckman Mfg. c..
pk.,- .
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-27
Love of Playing.
From the Century.


The plan of using them (games) as an
invigorating influence on mind and body
has not been worked out Speaking
generally. the harmonious development
of all parts of the body alike has been
neglected by the school, and the college
has not power to correct the evil. Com
mercialism, vast expenses OF teams. null
tudeS of rules governing play and eli
gibility of players have well nigh ruined
some of best games, SO that the
masses cannot play them. The indi-
vidual prizes and the false adulaton OF
star athletes, the striving for records.
and lastly, the most serious abuse. the
strenuous rivalry with other schools.
have eliminated play from the life OF
most schools and have reduced athletics
to a cut-and-dried work for the few.
who are expected TO pose as champions
for their school and TO work as though
eternity depended upon their winning
We do not, as rule, play for the love
of playing.
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JUDGMENT OF ITO.
Made Quareling Husband and Wife
Wrestle for Supremacy.
reign Correspondence of The Star.
DADIC noooL

Foreign correspondence OF The Star.
PARIS, December Is, 1909
A correspondent of the Fga states
that when Nine Sada Macco, the famous
Japanese actress. received the news of
the assassination of Prince Ito at Mito
where she was Playing with her trouoo,
she burst into tears.
I'm my frequent quarrels with my gus
band said the actress, I'VE Sometimes
asked Prince Ito to judge be ween us
One day, when we had more than
usually violent di pute at Chisasaki, the
prince came in unexpectedly and 1 ask
ed him to decide on the question.
He declined, while pr p sing the fol-
lowing solution: Go down into the gar
den. both of you, and fight it out like
wrestlers.' The one that wins will natur-
ally be the one who is in the right
mo sooner said than done. In a trice
kawakani and / were in wres Ting trim
My husband was just recovering from
serious illness. and. being weak, | soon
threw him to the ground. This amused
the prince enormously"
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Eggs at $3.50 Apiece.
From Everybody's Magazine.

There are no prices current" for rare
birds. as for coins, or stamps. or orhids,
or diamonds; nor is there any great mart
with settled quotations. like that for fur
red animals. in Hamburg. Individual birds
frequently fetch surprising sums. Will
liam butcher Of New York sold to Walter
Rothschild Of England a Labrador duck
for $1,000. John Lewis Childs of Long
Island bought one in Liverpool for 81 900,
and afterward sold it to John f. Thayer
of Massachusetts for 5000, with some
other birds to boot. A living specimen of
this OF of the passenger pigeon would
Childs paid 500 each for three eggs of
the Carolina parrakeet. Eggs of the ex-
tinct great aux have cost Mr. Thayer
81 200 each, and as no more will ever be
laid. the future price will be whatever
owner and prospective buyer can agree
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Fire Engine Driver Killed.

AUGUSTA, Ga. December 27-Edward
A Springs. a driver in the Augusta fire
department, was thrown from his seat on
the engine Yesterday and both of the
wheels passed over his body. causing in
slant death. The horses baked, and
then lunged forward, one of them break
ing the collar. Springs had his hands
in the grips on the lines and was drag
ged from his seat and under the wheels.