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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-10

Mrs David ID. Porter. wife Of Maj. Por
ter, L. S. NJ. G.. entertained at Il very
pretty luncheon today in honor of Miss
Marguerite Barbour.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-10

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas n. Laughln,
guests at the White House, were enter
tained at dinner last night by Naval Con-
structor and Mrs. r. H. NJ. Robinson.
Their other guests were Col. and Mrs.
Cosby, the Austrian naval attache and
Baroness Preuschen Won und zu Lieben-
stein, Mr.. and Mrs. Ii. Fl. Ward, Miss
Jean Oliver and Lieut.. Commander Leigh
C.. Palmer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-10

at a musical last Tuesday evening in the
ballroom OF the Arlington, the affair being
one of the most interesting events of the
week and a matter of especial interest to
the music-loving members of the chapter
and their friends. The regent, Mrs. s. J. S.
Croissant, received the guests and later
announced the numbers of the program.
Mrs. c. S. Hyer contributed the first num-
Der. piano solo by Chopin, which was
we'll received and elected an encore. Miss
per and | Shall Hear" and for an encore
Little Boy Blue Mrs. Melville d.
Lindsey was heard to good advantage in
the soprano song waiting by Mil
lard. and later ION the Adrian Sea-,
by Temple. Miss Harriet Harding also
Have Wings" by Lehman. Piano rendi-
tons by a young performer. Miss l..
Clarine McCarty consisted of Chopin's
andante and polonaise and later Concert
Waltz by Scharwenka, both numbers
being generously applauded.
D. A. r., but many musical friends of the
chapter.
Mr.. D. C. Sewers of this city recently
arrived at the Waldorf Hotel, London.
Miss Lucinda Carpenter Pennebaker
will make her debut today at a large tea.
which her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Darwin Pennsbaker, will give from to
4 Assisting the hostess and her young
daughter will be Miss Evelyn Carpenter,
Miss Pennybaker's cousin; Miss Stella
Carusi Miss Alice Boutell, Miss Frances
Miller, Miss Marie Louise Howser, Miss
Van Arsdale, Miss Kobyn Young. Miss
Margery Stewart. Miss Margaret Daniels.
Miss Sue Courts. Miss Frances Ransom
of Baltimore and her house guests, Miss
Katherine Gum Of Richmond, Va; Miss
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-10

Mrs. GoIdsborough had lunchng with
her yesterday at her residence on X
street Mrs Spencer, Mrs. Alexander, Mrs
Savage. Mrs. Owen Churchill. Mrs Will
liam Barrett Ridgely, Mrs. Richard Har.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-11-12
Missionaries Of the Sudan.

Missionaries wherever they work
have many difficulties to encounter
and many hardships to contend with,
but doubt II there Is any part OF
the earth where the missionary has
a harder time than in the Sudan,
said DR.. A. G. Hudson Of Los Angeles,
who spent several months In that
country.
Despite the effort Of the Govern
ment to stamp them out, cannibalistic
practices are still prevalent in the
Sudan. The Government is adopting
strong measures to punish those re-
sponsible for such inhuman practices
THE worship Of their ancestors
witchcraft and the employment OF
witch doctors and fetch worship are
among the obstacles that confront the
missionary, but Notwithstanding these
and other difficulties the work oi
evangelization is producing encourag
ing results, and in Africa to-day there
are more than 3,500,0o0 Christians"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-11-12
Roman water,Norks still Used.

The town committee of Szamosvar,
Hungary, has decided to utilize the
remains of the thousand year old wa
ter mains and reservoirs which have
remained since the Roman occupa-
ton. The water mains we're discov-
cred by Professor Ornstein, an arch
aeologist, who states that the great
reservoir and the extensive canals
served as the water supply Of a large
late Roman military camp-Congri.
castrum. The great reservoir lies on
a high hill near the town. The dirt
which has collected in the basin and
mains during many centuries has
been removed, and now 1t is almost
incredible that they should be thou.
sand years old. The medical officer
Of the town has declared the water
basin and the mains to be At for use.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-11-12
SUGGESTS SUICIDE MACHINE.
But Preacher Explains He Is Quoting
Disciple of Ibsen.


Washington, D. C.-"Drop a penny
in the slot and get ticket to the 9TH
er world" might be the inscription on
machine that Il aLgSested 0y the
Rev. DR.. Donald Guthrie of Baltimore.
DR.. Guthrie was talking on Calvin
ism" at the closing session Of the
synod of Baltimore in the Metropoli-
tan Presbyterian Church. Coming at
the close Of plea for a wholesome,
enthusiastic interest in life was the
sentence: Life has become so mean
ingless and so useless to some that /
advocate the, setting up of a suicide
machine where one can deposit cent
and be killed easily and respectfully"
Baltimore. Md.-When the VIZ h
ington dispatch reporting the Rev. DR..
Donald Guthrie of this city as advo-
eating suicide machines in an addr ess
at the national capital was shown to
him he said he had been misunder-
stood.
"In attacking pessimism," said DR..
Guthrie, 81 referred to Ibsen and said
that Archer, his disciple, had seriously
suggested suicide machines. I was
showing how 'Calvanism' is the anti
dote for such pessimism as represent
ed by Ibsen and Archer ct al
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-11-12
RAILWAY sloNAL SCHOOLS.
Apprentices Take Three Year Course
In Block Slanals.


The Pennsylvania Railroad has es-
tablished signal schools on the di-
visions of its line east Of Pittsburg to
train men for the signal service Of
the system. This Is due, says the
Bookkeeper, to the rapid growth Of
block signaling which is in use along
these lines. There are some 12,40S
signals east of Pittsburg, covering
1885 miles of road.
The railroad has appointed six sig
nal apprentices who will be trained as
engineers to direct and plan signal
installations. Apprentices in these
schools will serve a three years
course. The first year will be given
to mechanical work with the repair
and construction gangs, the second
year will find them in the Office Of the
supervisor of signals, and the third
year will be devoted to outside work
on electric and electro-pneumatic ap-
pliances.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-11-12
American Stature Increasing.

Measurements by scientists bring
out the interesting fact that the Amer
ican college athlete Of to-day is a
much larger man than his father was,
and is constantly growing. The aver
age height Of the Yale athlete to-day
is an inch and a half more than it
was five years ago; he Is % pounds
heavier with three inches more chest
development and AZ cubic inches
more lung capacity; the aver
age height of the Yale athletes is now
feet 80 inches, and their weight ex.
actly 170.5 pounds. At an examina-
ton of Harvard athletes Prof. Sargent
found that they were an inch taller
and from four to five pounds heavier
than were the students of 30 years
ago.--Chicago News.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-11-12
"COME FLY WITH ME-"
Prof. Harrigan Talks Of the Aero
plane as a Vehicle of Elopement.

Prof. Harrigan Talks Of the Aero
plane as a Vehicle Of Elopement.
Orange, N. J.-Prof. James G. Har-
rigan of New York startled a gather
ing Of 100 officers and teachers of the
North Orange Baptist Church Sunday
school when he told them that the
advent of the flying machine has add
ed to the facilities for elopment.
The professor devoted most of the
evening to review of the history of
aviation, going back to the early days
of the balloon. Winding up his speech
with a cursory sketch of what the
present year had brought forth, he
said:
"And now we may look for real de-
velopments. To-day we see the lover
calling on his girl in an automobile.
That device helped elopements, but
how infinitely greater are the future
opportunities when few brief turns
of the propeller will carry the fugi-
tives out of sight in the night or the
clouds, leaving no trace behind"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-11-12
Living Expenses In India.

The increased cost of living in In.
dia generally and in Calcutta particu-
larly, writes our correspondent is Sc
verely felt not only by European but
also by Indians. House rent in re-
cent years has treb!ed and even quad
rupled. Ten years ago a family OF
half dozen persons could live in fair
comfort for G200 a year, excluding
extras. With nothing less than $500
can one live in the same way now.
This is recognized by the government
and the salaries of subordinate Off
cials have been revised. Domestic
servants wages have increased enor'
mously. A good cook cannot be had
for less than G40 year, whereas
half that sum was considered sufici'
ent ten years ago.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-11-12
FINDS HIS LOST BROTHER
"Mother Worrying for You Six
YearsI" Cries v, Q. offioial
Meeting Man In Bowery.

Moetin0 man IN 6oWeFy.
New York, N. Y.-so much like q
bit from an old-fashioned melodrama
was an incident in the Bowery that II
the scene had been put on a stage the
Grain heard about 1t in General Ses-
sions later in the day when Joseph
Miller and Abraham Wiener were ar
raigned, charged with burglary.
AS Miller and Wiener, handcuffed
to three detectives, were led into the
courtroom we'll dressed man walked
behind, looking sadly at Miller. When
the prisoners were committed to the
Tombs the stranger wept. He was
Miller's brother, a trusted official in
the service of the United States Gov
ernment. Years ago he and Joseph
were boys together on farm up
State. Angered at fancied insult,
Joseph ran away from home, and un-
til this meeting had not been seen or
heard Of by his relatives.
Detectives Duggan, Kinsler and
O'Farrell arrested Miller and Wiener
Just after midnight in a room at No.
405 East Eighth street. The two had
been indicted by the Grand Jury on
the charge that they had robbed the
loft Of cloakmaker, Herman Schloss,
at No. 81 East Twentieth street. De-
tectives and prisoners, on the way to
Police Headquarters, were at Fourth
street, and the Bowery when a stran-
ger, who had been eyeing Miller intent
ly, walked up to him and slapped him
on the back.
Hello, Joe," he shouted. where
have you been for six years? Father
and mother are sick from worrying
about you"
Miller, who had stopped with a
Jerk, turned away as If to ignore the
questioner. Detective O'Farrell ask
ed what the stranger wanted.
This is my brother" was the re-
ply. II want him to come home"
O'Farrell explained the situation.
The grief-stricken brother followed
the party to headquarters. There he
was informed that Miller and his com.
panion would be arraigned in General
Sessions and he went thither In ad-
vance. After the hearing the good
brother stepped up to the bad one and
asked: what can tell mother and
father?"
The prisoner turned and said in a
low voice:
Don't tell the folks you saw me.
That's ALL"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-11-12
Whetstones and Homes.

The particular classes of stone used
in sharpening edge tools. such as raz-
ors, knives, scythes, etc., are hard.
compact, and so very silicious that
they readily wear down the hardest
STEEL They are varieties of slate, de-
rived from agrillaceous schists of the
Paleozoic. These stones are found
in Turkey, Bohemia, Persia, and the
Hartz Mountains, in Syria, in the
United States, Spain, Peru and 81
IBERIA. One Of the best American
stones for homes comes from Arkan-
sas.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-11-12
Unfair Political ADVANTAGE.

"Gerrymandering," in United States
politics. is an arrangement Of politi.
cal divisions in disregard Of natural
boundaries, as indicated by geography
or position, so as to give one party an
unfair political advantage. It is done
sometimes by throwing the greatest
possible number of hostile voters into
a district which Is certain to be hos
tile, sometimes by adding to district
where parties are equally divided
some place in which the majority of
friendly votes is sufficient to turn the
scale.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-11-12

All flushed and breathless, the we'll
dressed young man picked up the hat
he had been chasing down the street,
and leaned against lamp-post to
rest.
Another, also breathing heavily,
came running up and took the hat out
of his hand.
"I'm much obliged" he said.
"For what?"
This Is my hat"
where's mine. theu?"
Hanging behind you at the end Of
the string"
Then for the first time the young
man remembered his hat-guard.-Suc-
cess Magazine.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-11-12
BerIna Sea Volcanic Islands.

The Bogoslofs are a group of three
small volcanic islands in the southern
part of Bering sea, and 81 miles north
west of the island OF Unalaska. One
of these islands, Castle Rock, has
been known since 1895; Fire Island
has been known since 1883. while the
third one, Perry island, rose from the
sea about the time of the San Fran
cisco earthquake, in 1906. According
to letter to Science, this island has
now sunk.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-11-12
Ono Of Those Foolish Questions.

A certain man, of rather a waggish
disposition. contends that his wife
has no Imagination. A writer in the
Philadelphia Public Ledger tells why
he thinks SO. At dinner one night he
chanced to mention tragic circum-
stance which he had read in the even
ing paper on the way home.
1t seemed that a passenger on a
transatlantic steamer had fallen over
board in mid-ocean, and had never
been seen again.
"Was he drowned?" asked his wife.
"Oh, no." answered the husband,
"but he sprained his ankle. believe" "
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-11-12
PAPER from the okra Stem.

From extended experiments that
have recently been made at Macon.
Ca, 1t has been found that a fine
grade Of paper can be made from
pulp prepared from the okra stem, and
plant for making paper from this
source is likely to be erected in that
city at an early date. Okra is easily
grown in the southern states, and
could be produced in large quantities
as a papermaking plant. The plant
is an herb belonging to the mallow
family, genus hibiscus. It's botanical
name is hibiscus esculentus.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-11-12
Limited Monarchy.

A limited monarchy is one in which
the power and prerogatives Of the
sovereign are limited by constitution
al provisions or by custom recognized
as law. The British empire is gov
erned by a limited monarchy. A linn
tied monarchy differs from an abso-
lutte monarchy in that in the latter
case the will of the monarch is abso-
lutte and the sovereign is limited by
no constitutional barriers or regula-
tions.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-11-12
CAT LIKES SNAKES.
Prefers Serpent Diet to Rodents, MIX
or Meat.

FToIeVs oStpeUt btet 10 nooeHtSp WIN
or Meat.
"St Patrick" monster maltese cat,
which hunts and eats snakes, is the
latest freak of nature in this vicinity.
He belongs to Francis H. McGovern.
roadmaster of Lower Oxford town
ship, and won his name because, like
the patron saint Of ireland, he has
driven reptiles out of the neighbor-
hood.
This cat lives almost exclusively on
serpents. Rats and mice are never
touched by this epicurean feline. Dur
ing the past week he Is known to have
caught eleven snakes of various sizes
and varieties, none of them poisonous.
He has even caught and killed four
foot blacksnake, and Snaky Spring,
which gained its name from the fact
that 1t was infested with watersnakes,
has been cleaned out--Oxford (Pa.)
Correspondence Chicago Inter-Ocean.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-11-12
CORSET WEARERS
SQUEEZED TIGHTER
Garment or Near.Garment or
Strait-jacket or Whatever 1t Is
VIII Not Have Laces Free
STOPPING CUSTOM CAUSES ROW
Women Argue That You Would not
Buy a Pair Of Shoes Without the
Laces and They are a Part Of the
Corset.

Philadelphia.-"Is a corset without
laces a complete garment" is a ques-
ton the solving of which has caused
bitter controversy between wholesale
and retail dry goods merchants and
the Corset Manufacturers Associa-
tion.
The manufacturers contend that it
Is.
The wholesalers and retailers say
that 1t is not.
Women customers declare that the
contention is absurd.
Their husbands wish that such we're.
the case.
And so the contention runs merrily
on. It originated with the stopping
of the supply of laces with corsets by
the manufacturer when the follow
ing resolution was adopted by the
Corset Manufacturers Association:
Resolved, That the use Of corset
lacings in the boxing of corsets be
discontinued by all members of the
association, and they be not furnish
cd gratis or sold below cost to any
merchant, except that in cases where
because of the peculiar construction
OF the corset lacing must Of necessity
be an integral part of the corset, such
lacings may be permitted"
When this was received by the cor
set distributors storm of protest
arose and the manufacturers were in
undated with letters voicing the indig-
nation of the retailers.
"You would not buy pair of shoes
without the laces. They are an inte-
gral part of the shoe. 1t is the same
with corsets. No woman will buy a
corset unless the lacings are furnish
ed," wrote one Of the retailers.
The manufacturers retorted in kind.
If a man bought shirt, they said, he
did not expect collar buttons, collar
and a necktie to 60 with it, although
the garment was not complete without
these accessories. Also, that when he
bought pipe he did not expect the
tobacconist to fill it with tobacco.
Women had got into the habit of
expecting too much, they contended,
the introduction of the new style cor.
set ten yards of lacing is required
whereas with the former models three
yards was sufficient to confine the
most corpulent figure. This increase
in the length of the lacing meant an
additional outlay of from $4,000 to S5,-
900 by each manufacturer.
At a meeting of the association
when the matter was discussed it was
decidedly to drop the lace altogether,
and incidentally saving of 100000 a
year was made by the corset manu-
facturers of this city.
eve used to furnish a cheap lace
costing fifty cents a gross" said
George G. Batcheller, "but with the
advent Of the new straight front cor
set it became necessary to supply a
linen lace 10 yards long. The cost OF
this would make profit impossible on
the cheaper grades of corsets. In the
end the women who buy get the bene
fit because they buy a good quality
lace and are not in constant fear Of
having their corset lacing break.
1--WE cannot afford to restore the
laces without increasing the price Of
the garment"
1t is upon the women that the re
tailers place their chief reliance tt
win the fight for the restoration of the
laCeS.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-11-12
kasn Record Of rrees.

There are S5.S4O trees in Paris and
each tree has its lot number. age. his
tory and condition recorded In the
books at the City Hall. The appro-
priation for this department 10 $90..
900 a year.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-11-12

An electric light trap to end the
caterpillar plague by destroying the
brown nun moths that lay the eggs
from which the caterpillars are hatch
ed has been devised and placed in sue
cessful operation at Littau. Germany.
The trap consists of two large and
powerful refiectors placed over deep
receptacle into which the moths are
drawn by exhaust fans. The first
night three tons Of moths were caught.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-11-12
coupls Greet 2sd Child.

Wilkesbarre, Pa.-Mrs. Kate Val.
lone. Of Pittston, presented to her
husband their twenty-third child. a
boy, who weighed sixteen pounds.
There have now been fifteen boys and
sight girls, and Of these ten boys and
three girls are now alive. Vallone ID
nfty-one pears old and his wife forty
seven.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-11-12
MaanIno Of TwIna.

The Standard Dictionary defines
twin ss "one of two young produced
at a birth; said of human beings and
Of beasts, and used mostly in the
plural" 1t will thus be seen that
twins" means a pair-that is two
and a pair OF twins" would mean
four
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-11-12
county FaIrs for Indians.

Washington. D. Cit is intended tt
hold q county fair annually on every
Indian reservation. Horse racing will
be q feature, but betting will be dis
pOurAsed.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-11-12
BACTERIA BUTTER NOW.
Old and Inferior Brands Are Made e
Equal the Fresh Product.

Equal the Frosh Product.
Middletown, Conn.-Bacteria that
will turn old and inferior brands OF
butter into a product which tastes like
the finest OF June butter is the discov'
cry Professor H. w. Conn, Of the bac
teriology department at Wesleyan
University, announces.
This will help dairymen, as the pro
duct will be healthful and extremely
desirable. When Professor Conn an
nounced several years ago that he had
discovered bacteria that would i'm
prove butter, farmers laughed at him
but now all are using the bacteria.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-11-12
The Worlds Coal Production.

The coal production Of the world
in 1907 was 10000 short tons, Of
which amount the United States fur
nished 4SO, 100000 tons. Great Britain
800,OOO,O00 tons and Germany 226..
100000 tons.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-11-12
LOVED WIFE; pIsLlKED HER.

Minister Makes This Explanation In
Trial of His Suit.
Boston.-The. Rev.. William. A.
Thurston gave some original com.
ments on the marital voyage he seeks
to end. He is the minister who be-
came a stock broker because he says
his wife's extravaganza was too great
for his salary. Charles Thurston. his
adopted brother, is named as core
spondent.
"You loved her then??" was asked.
"Well, yes, but didn't like her."
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-11-12
COERCION is HUBRYs RIGHT.
Therefore He's to Blame If Wife over
speeds Auto, Says Court.

speeds Auto, Says Court.
Boston.-Although his wife, Marie
Stanley, was driving, William j. STAN
ley of Boston and New York, who
was in her auto as 1t sped at thirty
five miles an hour, was fined $40 in
the Chelsea District Court by Judge
Bosson.
Mrs. Stanley, on the witness-stand
admitted the car was going fast, but
the Judge ordered her case dismissed.
1.-THE presence of the husband in
the car" he said, renders his wife
subject to his control and coercion,
so that accept the plea of Mrs. Stan
ley and impose the fine on Mr.. Stan
ley."
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-11-12
Ruo Industry Safe.

The great earthquake which de-
stroyed sixty villages and cities in
Persia, says q Kansas City paper. will
hardly AFFECT the Oriental rug indus
try OF New England.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-11-12

France Grows lie Own Wheat.
Within the last two decades there
have been only two years when the
wheat crop Of France did not cover
the home demand.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-11-12
One Worthless Without the Other.

Ono WoTtHIoob WIthout th0 Ot1oFs
Experience" said Uncle Eben,
may be a good teacher. but she's
liable to make folks spend a heap O.
valuable time stayin' after school,
learnin' the rudiments Of common
sense"