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Evening star., 1909-05-19

cents family. Considering the amount
of money wasted every year In mere
ise-making explosives 1t seems almost
like asking the public to contribute Its
petty change to the common entertain
ment and safety.
Every parent in Washington should feel
a direct personal interest in the success
of this plan. To the extent that q com.
mon celebration of the day becomes
custom the barbaric, meaningless prac-
tees which have made the national anni-
versary an occasion of suffering and loss
will wane With the aid of the law 1t Is
hoped to eliminate entirely the firing OF
toy pistols, cannons, crackers and squibs.
as dangerous to life and property. The
amended regulations forbid night fire
works within the fire limits. Thus unless
the law is violated it will be necessary
for the people to unite their forces In a
single grand display in order to make
showing on the Fourth.
Surely the city of Washington wants
to stand before the country as a law
abiding, patriotic community. 1t cannot
fail to respond to the invitation to facili-
tate the movement for the rescue OF this
ceremonial from the abuses which dec
ades of thoughtless observance have de-
veloped. The people of the city have an
opportunity to provide a means of ex-
preston for their patriotic sentiment
which will save the children from injury
and perhaps from death and still pre-
serve the best traditions of the day.
Evening star., 1909-05-19
A Safe and Sane Fourth.

washington Is to have an Independence
day celebration this year not only safe
and sane" but patriotic as well an OBJ
servance of the day in keeping with its
traditions The naming of a joint COM
mittee representing the Board Of Trade
and Chamber Of Commerce, cooperating
with the Commissioners. insures a thor
ough organization of the forces which
contribute to the success of such an en-
terprise. In no other way is it possible
to put the matter upon a practical work.
ing basis. For in q movement of this
character cooperation is indispensa bic.
and the steps already taken give proof
that whatever is undertaken will be
thoroughly done.
To make the Fourth Of July celebration
appropriate and adequate. in keeping with
the position of the capital before the
country. a fund is needed, large enough
to insure the perfection Of every detail.
There is need of money for music. dec
orations. theater and fireworks The day
exercises. of the so-called "old-fashioned'
style, will be the least expensive feature
Of the program. The public will be chiefly
entertained by the fireworks display after
nightfall and it Is desirable that the fund
De SuLucleht 10 proSioS ndHuSoule eAHi.
bition. 1t is necessary to pass around
the hat and there should be no diff
Guilty in raising the requisite sum.
There are now approximately 100000
people living In the District Of Columbia.
At a very low estimate this means $4,000
families. If from each family came a
dime-as the circus barker says ''only 10
cents, one dime''-there would be a fund
of So. 900. But the committee estimates
that il will need only about $500. which
s.iu mean q contribution of less than :
Evening star., 1909-05-19
Putting Popocatepetl to Work.

The City of Mexico harbors q genius.
Panfillo Cara Garcia Is his name. His
spirit Is intrepid. his Imagination un-
limited, his proposition at present stu
pendous. Many a time and oft has he sat
beneath an awning slipping his aguardi-
ente and studying the smoke curling from
the crater Of Popocatepetl and dreaming
of schemes to harness the titanic power
latent within. At last he has solved the
problem, and now he is organizing COM
pany which is going to make the city Of
Mexico a center of industry with every
wheel turned by the fires of the earth.
His scheme is simplicity itself. 1t Is to
sink two wells into the side of the vol
cano until he reaches the boiling point
i'm the earth 1t is immaterial at present
to consider how he Is going to keep from
being boiled himself or by proxy. the
chief point of concern being that as soon
as he has reached this interesting stage
he will explode dynamite and join the
two bores. Then by running cold water
down one well he will transform it into
steam at the bottom and it will come
up the other tube ready to work. II one
pair of wells will develop fifty horse
power ten pairs will develop five hundred.
From the explosion onward 1t is simply
a matter of multiplication. Manufac-
turers throughout the world will anxious
Iy watch Panfillo Cara Garcia's enter
prise. and IL 1t succeeds. as Of course II
must, the volcano market will be immedi-
ately on the boom.
Evening star., 1909-05-19
Learn to Swim.
From the Baltimore Sun.


The accidental drowning Of five girls in
the Hackensack river, New Jersey, Fri
day, when gust of wind upset row.
boat in which they were crossing, and the
multitude of similar accidents every
summer call attention to the Importance
Of learning to swim. Girls can swim as
well as boys. and every girl ought to find
opportunity to learn how. In the Hack
ensack river case the three men escaped
because they could swim. but the young
women all went to the bottom. To
women who have not learned to swim the
old injunction, Don't go near the water,
is wise and infallible. But some time or
other every woman runs the risk of get
ting spilled into deep water, and for that
mishap she needs little knowledge and
practice in swimming. A very little of
this knowledge goes long way. 1t pre-
vents persons from getting terrorized and
enables them to keep afioat or get to a
boat, plank or oar. The best time to
learn is when a child and in the sum-
mer. Once learned the art is never for
gotten. The waters about Baltimore offer
abundant opportunities to parents who
wish to educate their girls and boys in a
matter more important than many ologies
of the schools.
Evening star., 1909-05-19
George Washington University.

Controversies over matters of internal
administration in George Washington
University-as. for instance, the selection
of q dean of the Medical School from sew
eral highly capable and popular candf-
dates. or the choice of professors whose
salaries must, with sincere regret, be re-
duced or eliminated in an absolutely es-
sential policy of Observation-Disclosures not
be permitted to work injury to the uni
versity itself, or to Washington's stand
ing as an educational center, or to the
cause of higher education at the capital.
George Washington University main
tains at the capital a non-denomination-
al institution of the true university
type and Of the highest standards. which
gives instruction to 1,527 students, Of
whom about one-third are Washingto-
mans. claiming residence nowhere else,
and about two-thirds claim residence.
real or nominal, in the various states Of
the Union. Amherst Bucknell. Brown.
Dartmouth. Johns Hopkins, Lehigh and
Princeton Excluding the Theological
Seminary have fewer students than
George Washington University. The
educational standards of the university
have been scrutinized and authoritative
ly commended. They meet all the ex-
acting requirements of the Carnegie In
stitute as prerequisite to the eligibility
of the university's professors to the
benefit of the Carnegie retirement fund.
The existence of such an institution in
Washington is the strongest possible
argument for the capital as an educa-
tional center, and its continued existence
on its present high standards is essen
tial to that development Of Washington
on educational lines which offers to the
future capital one of its most promising
prospects.
As a local business institution, increas-
ing considerably the city's population and
expending locally large sums of money.
the university Is to be maintained and
protected by the local business men.
Whatever without warrant tends to dis
credit it or to lower its standards or to
cut down the number of its students Is
an injury not merely to the university.
but also to business Washington. to
Washington as the nations educational
center and to the general cause of higher
education.
To maintain the university on its pres
ent high plane the institution needs and
should receive the interest. the sympathy
and the loyal and hearty support not only
of it's alumni, but of every clear-sighted
and public-spirited Washingtonian.
Evening star., 1909-05-19
Fourth Of July.
rom the Philadelphia Ledger

If the customary celebration of the
national birthday could be confined to
the use by the youngsters of the old
fashioned firecrackers and of such more
ambitious fireworks as could be brought
under competent control, the annual
protests against the usual Fourth of July
methods would lose much of their force.
Those who have not lost altogether the
spirit of youth cannot forget wholly the
joys attendant upon the one annual re-
Taxation from the canons of luietude
and decorum, and are loath to impose
too rigid restraint upon the youthful
generation of today. Yet common sense
teaches that the American celebration of
Independence day is neither sane nor
sensible. The annual sacrifice of thou
sand lives and the waste of hundreds of
thousands of dollars worth of property by
fires started by careless and Indifferent
celebrators cannot he defended as cal
culated to impress the spirit of patriotism
upon the rising citizenship of America.
Evening star., 1909-05-19
The British Army,

Lord Roberts, popularity known as
'Bobs," has told the British public some
wholesome truths from time to time of
late years regarding its cherished insti-
tuition, the army. and yesterday he capped
the climax by formally proclaiming In
the house of lords: "Our army is a sham;
we have no army" 1t is an indication Of
the seriousness of the situation that the
house responded to Lord Roberts re-
marks by adopting by the Overwhelming
vote of seventy-three to twenty-five
motion for an inquiry into the condition
of the reserves. Had such a motion been
carried through the house Of commons
the ministry would have been compelled
to resign. but votes in the upper cham
ber OF parliament are not regarded as in
structions for or against the government.
Lord Roberts knows his subject. He is
probably today the best posted man on
the English land armament, and he
speaks from no theoretical point of view.
but as a practical soldier, with the pres
tige of brilliantly successful campaign
bringing to a satisfactory issue a war in
which the British army had previously
been worsted. For some time England
has been concentrating attention upon
the need Of a larger navy. jealously
watching every move made in Germany
and risking a financial crisis by insisting
upon a program of enormous naval ex-
penditures. in an effort to preserve the
British margin over the kaiser's fleet.
Now to be told that, notwithstanding all
these efforts and sacrifices, the land
force OF England is inadequate: that a
German army once landed upon the
shores of England would be practically
unresisted, is to touch the Englishman
upon his most sensitive spot.
There was certainly nothing in the Boer
war to prove that the English army was
at that time up to the mark of modern
requirements. Certain reforms have been
instituted since then, and doubtless with
an improving effect. but evidently. judg-
ing from Lord Roberts statements. these
reforms have not been fundamental. The
veteran commander speaks particularly OF
the reserves, a subject of extreme ten
derness to the Englishman. who has al
ways prided himself upon the certainty of
reliance upon the men in the counties.
Humorists have satirized the English
militia in verse and story and in picture.
Even the stage has been invoked as
medium of ridicule. In a recently pro-
duced drama the weakness Of reliance
Evening star., 1909-05-19
Taft Will Be Heard From.

None need apprehend that the Presi-
dent will not speak or write his views
when he is convinced that his duty calls
on him to do SO. He will not be silent
or inactive then. He should not be pre-
judged before then. We do not believe
he will be misjudged then. And he
should not be judged at all until then.
The democrats and republicans in Con-
gress are making their contribution to a
discussion In their proper time. Mr.. Taft
will make his opinions and wishes known
after Congress shall have submitted it's
worksto him. Congress and the country
will then hear from him. Till then his
set purpose is to preserve "a mastery
inactivity" to revive phrase of John C..
Calhoun, and this mastery inactivity"
he is entitled to preserve until Congress
shall have created an occasion and a
duty for him to exchange it for action
and for utterance.
Evening star., 1909-05-19
Politics and the Judiciary.

The appointment by President Taft
of a North Carolina democrat to a
seat on the federal bench is leading to
many questions and to much comment.
Is the appointment q reflection on the
republicans Of the state? Is it a bid
for converts from the democratic to the
republican party? And will the bid be
successful?
The first question may be answered
in the affirmative. In the resentment
they are feeling. and in some cases ex-
pressing, the North Carolina republicans
seem justified. For years they have
had a strong party organization, led by
natives of high standing and ability.
Only a few years ago they carried the
state in a fusion to which they con-
tributed eight-tenths Of the votes. and
the governorship and one of the United
States senatorships fell into their hands.
The other senatorship fell to the lot
of a populist. who is now republican.
It seems strange to them. therefore, that
a party capable Of so much could not
produce a lawyer satisfactory to the
President for a district judgeship.
The other two questions may be an
swered in the negative. Whatever rea-
son Influenced the President, 1t is most
unlikely that he was playing politics.
As a lawyer and a former member Of
the federal bench, he is to be accred-
tied with high ideals as to the judiciary,
and above trafflcking in such places for
party gain. AS President and the leader
of his party it is natural for him to
try to strengthen the party wherever
possible, but only by political means and
policies.
Putting the matter upon an everyday
basis, it may be stated that there are no
votes in such an appointment as the
President has just made. Gen. Harrison
appointed Senator Jackson of Tennessee,
a democrat to the Supreme bench. but
the appointment had no effect on the
politics Of that state, which then was,
and is now, democratic. President Roose-
welt appointed ex-Gov Jones of Alabama.
democrat, to a place on the federal
bench, without making the slightest i'm
preston on the politics of that state. And
SO in this North Carolina case. The two
senator's, who seem to have advised the
President in the premises. are democrats.
are anti-Taft in the Senate, and will be
anti-Taft in the presidential election of
1912. And Judge Connor. the recipient
Of the Presidents favor, will remain As
much Of democrat as he has always
been.
Federal judgeships are not good bait
for political hooks. 1t is fortunate
thing indeed for those who accept such
appointments that their commissions run
for life. Mr.. Justice Jackson could never
have been elected to political office in
Tennessee after accepting recognition at
the hands of a republican President.
Judge Jones would be, for the same rea-
son, without influence today in the po-
litical arena in Alabama, while Judge
Connor, in accepting President Taft's
favor, is leaving all political hope behind
in North Carolina.
Evening star., 1909-05-19
Silver Plated Ware

Silver Plated Baking Dishes. Each. $500 $3.50
Silver Plated Tea Sets Each $12oo to $500
Silver Plated Soup Tureens Each. So to $1,000
Silver Plated Coffee Urns Each $500
Silver Plated Tea Kettles Each $12oo $500
Silver Plated Candelabra. Each $500 $25oo
Silver Plated Fern Dishes Each $500 $1,000
Silver Plated Trays Each $3.50 $1,000
Silver Plated Chafng Dishes. Each and $500
Silver Plated Lemon Dishes. Each. 75c and $25
Silver Plated Sandwich $500 $1,000
Silver Plated Bread Trays Each $500 $3.50
Silver Water Pitchers Each. $500 5000
Silver Plated Chocolate Pots Each $500 and $3.50
Silver Vegetable Dishes Each. ST. as 1880
Silver Plated Candlesticks Observation-Disclosures. $500 $500
Crumb .......... $2oo $3.50
Silver Plated Butter Dishes Each $500 $500
Silver Plated Srup Pitchers Each. $25o 5000
Silver Plated Cream Pitchers Each $500 5000
Silver Plated Sugars Each. $500 $500
Silver Plated Flat WaeKnives Forks Spoons Ladies' etc.
the patterns.
Evening star., 1909-05-19

unon the reserves was dramatically, even
rruesome,y. set forth Still. nothing has
been done until the adoption OF motioh
of inquiry in the house OF lords vester-
day, and it now remains to be seen no"
far the investigation will lead TO result.
Meanwhile it is easily to be imagined
that Lord Roberts speech is being read
with great satisfaction in Germany.
Evening star., 1909-05-19
China and Art Ware.

Dinner SetsAustrian china; pieces Each $284o
Dinner SetsFrench china; pieces Each $4,000
Dinner SetsHaviand china pieces Each. $2o5o up
French China Fish Sets. Each $4,000
French China Game Sets Each $s up
French China Sugar and Cream Sets Each
French China Cracker Jars Each up
French China Chop Dishes. Each
French China Cake Plates Each. $1.oo up
China Salad Bowls Each.
China Plates Comports-Handsomey decorated
Japanese WareVases and fancy Each
Imported Marble Pedestals. Each $500
Marble Heads and Figures Each $50 to $22soo
Figures Each $3.50 to $500
Coonne WarePen Trays Vases Stamp Boxes Bonbon Boxes
Each .$1.oo to $3.50
Hand painted Chna-Eacf piece signed by the artist.
ivory Vienna large assor
artistic figures and shapes. Each $2soo
Evening star., 1909-05-19

Interest manifested by Mr.. Thomas
+. Walsh in aviation is entirely appro-
pirate. While his practical experience
with flying machines may be limited he
is unquestionably competent to go as far
as he likes in the role of that most i'm
portant winged functionary. the "angel."
Evening star., 1909-05-19

A statesman who is called on to saeri-
flee the interests of his constituents In
tariff schedule feels something like the
comic opera lord high executioner VINO
was confronted with the task of cutting
off his own head.
Evening star., 1909-05-19

Ex-senator w. A. Clark says that pros
perity is sure to follow the completion Of
tariff legislation; which sounds like an
other invitation to Congress to make
hoS
Evening star., 1909-05-19
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Her Base Ball Erudition.

II see," said young Mrs. Torkins. that
the efforts of Paris for a strike haven't
amounted to much"
mot much" replied her husband.
II suspect" she continued, wisely. that
it's another of those cases where the UNI
pire won't give the home team a chance"
Evening star., 1909-05-19
Cut Glass.

Brilliant Cut Glass Vases Each .$I45 up
Brilliant Cut Glass Bowls Each $27s up
Brilliant Cut Glass Olive Dishes. Each. $1oo up
Brilliant Cut Glass Oil Crues Each up
Brilliant Cut Glass Mustard Jars. Each soc up
Brilliant Cut Glass Water Pitchers Each $275 up
Brilliant Cut Glass Compors Each. $175 up
Brilliant Cut Glass Handled Nappies. Each 100 Up
Brilliant Cut Glass Sugar and Cream Sets Each S27s up
Brilliant Cut Glass Tumolers Dozen .$275 up
Evening star., 1909-05-19

A Delaware man claims to have found
$500 diamond in a cigar. Possibly
some smuggler grew careless and gave
the wrong cigar to a friend.
Evening star., 1909-05-19
Sterling Silver.

Sterling Silver Berry Bowls Each $675 to $500
Sterling Silver Bread Trays Each $22oo and $225o
Sterling Silver Sugar Bowls. Each 5000 and $1,000
Sterling Silver Cream Pitchers Each 5000 and $1,000
Sterling Silver Bonbon Dishes. Each. $1275
silver deposit crystal glass practical and
novel stand for teapot candestck centepiece.
silver deposit crystal $1,000
Decanters-Sterlng silver deposit crystal glass
Each $14. to $1,000
Sterling Silver Tea Spoons Half Dozen $3.50 to $500
Sterling Silver Dessert Spoons Half $1,000 $125o
Sterling Silver Dessert Forks. Half Dozen $1,000 $I25o
Sterling Silver Table Spoons Half Dozen $12oo to $157s
Sterling Silver Table Forks Half Dozen $1,000 to $3.50
Sterling Silver Berry Forks Half Dozen 1915
Sterling Silver Berry Spoons Each .$375 to 5000
Sterling Silver Gravy Ladies. Each. $25o to $500
Sterling Silver Meat Forks. Each $325 to $675
Sterling Silver Lettuce Forks Each $3.50
Sterling Silver Tomato and Cucumber Servers Each $3.50
Sterling Silver Tea Bells Each $25o $500
Sterling Silver Tea Strainers Each $500 $3.50
Sterling Silver Candesticks. Each $3.50 $I2oo
Evening star., 1909-05-19

1t Is remarkable to note the amount
of horseback riding President Taft man
ages to accomplish without throwing the
public into a fever of excitement.
Evening star., 1909-05-19

1t is interesting to note the promptness
with which the press agents deserted
Tom L. johnson as soon as he announced
that he was broke.
Evening star., 1909-05-19

The rumor that Abdul Hamid has much
money deposited in various European
banks is sure to make a number of Turks
treat him with consideration.
Evening star., 1909-05-19
A Conclusive Retort.

''You know the proverb about Growing
hens invariably coming to some bad end"
said the man who disapproves OF suf-
fragettes.
II don't know about Growing hens" an
swered Miss Cayenne. But have posi-
tive information that In quiet-loving COM
munities a Growing rooster meets his I'm
ish inside of twenty-four hours"
Evening star., 1909-05-19

Research with reference to Mars has
an advantage over arctic investigation in
it's freedom from the necessity of fitting
out relief expeditions.
Evening star., 1909-05-19
TIE STAR has . regular ana per1ma-
nsut Family Circulation much more
than the combined circulation Of the
other Washington dailiss. A. News
and Advertising Medium It has no
competitor.

01n order to avoid delays on account
Of personal absence letters to THE
STAR should not bs addressed 20 any
individual connected with the ofloe, but
siuply 70 r11 STAB, or 70 the Editorial
or Business Department, according 70
tenor or purpose.
Evening star., 1909-05-19

Accidents resulting from the unauthor-
lied use Of motor cars should cause the
Joy ride to be rechristened.
Evening star., 1909-05-19

Senator Tillman's discovery of tea IN
South Carolina has not caused any
shrieks of apprehension from Sir Thomas
Lipton
Evening star., 1909-05-19
Keep Your Health.

From the Los Angeles Times.
The thing to do, at all hazards is to
keep well. Health and happiness are
sweethearts
Evening star., 1909-05-19

Atlantic City is again engaged in an ef-
fort to uplift the tone OF the Sunday ex-
cursion out of Philadelphia.
Evening star., 1909-05-19

Importance attached to ''jokers' IN legfs-
lation recalls the adage about many a
true word spoken in jest.
Evening star., 1909-05-19

Nobody can accuse the Washington
base ball club of discourteous effort to
make a pig of itself.
Evening star., 1909-05-19
Has Quit Talking.

From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
Germany Is beginning to feel that the
kaiser really meant it when he promised
to keep quiet.
Evening star., 1909-05-19
Longfellow /!

From the Boston Transcript
Longfellow in Washington. Longfellow
in Westminster Abbey; some day, Long
fellow in Cambridge.
Evening star., 1909-05-19
Toilet Goods.

Imported Perfumes Powders and Soaps- the popular
and from France. Germany and the Orient.
Perfumes Powders and SoapsA complete line of high
grade perfumes of American manufacture.
Partisan Ivory Brushes. Each $3.50 $500
Partisan Ivory Combs Each. .75c
Ebony Hair Brushes. Each. .$I25 to 5000
Ebony Military Brushes Pair to $500
We make speciality of marking Ceuod Toilet Articles colors
Evening star., 1909-05-19
JeWelry.

JVWCII y
Sterling Silver Bags Each Sis 100 $4s 50
French Pendant Necklaces Each $500 to $38oo
Pearl Dog Collars Each 500 $4,000
Real Pearl Brooches Each $1,000 to $4,000
Necklaces-single strand Each $aso $1,000
Sterling Silver Lorpnette Chains-set Jewels Each
$500 to $25.oo
spanged painted pearl ivory
dawood sticks. Each $500 to $500
Evening star., 1909-05-19

Candestks-In brass and glass; great of patterns
Sconces-Brass; three lights Each. 5000
Portabes-Gas Portable Lamps, in artistic designs
Zach $500 to $4,000
Portable Lamps decorated and loaded
glass shades Each Sc. to $500
Hanging decorated loaded glass shades for oil
gas electricity Each $40
Oil Lamps-In glass and nickel endless
riety
Candestcks-Brass, with large etched chmneys