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there need be no such sentiment, and II
may be expected that when again such
an exhibition of motors is planned the
entry list will be overlooking.
The ease with which q great throng
Of spectators is assembled and handled
in this city Is a warrant for the belief
that Washington could organize .
carnival on q large scale, perhaps OF an
historical character. In other cities these
street pageants have proved not only
artistic but commercial successes. Few
other cities have the opportunity that is
accorded to Washington by reason of It's
wide spaces. its straight, broad streets
and its freedom from congesting traffic.
There Is not another Pennsylvania
avenue on this continent.
The parade of Independence day and
that of yesterday have taught valuable
lessons which will doubtless be carefully
studied by the business men OF the
capital in their consideration of plans
for the future. 1t may be taken for
granted that an effort will be made to
organize an annual institution on liberal
scale. not merely to afford entertainment
for the public, but to give an outlet
for the civic feeling that in every COM
munity requires some such vent and
means of expression. These exhibitions
are altogether wholesome and helpful.
and all who take part in them earn the
thanks of the District, not alone for the
pleasure Immediately bestowed, but for
the stimulus afforded to the community
spirit
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-01
The Floral Parade.

Yesterdays floral parade of automobiles
demonstrated that Washington can make
an occasion of display and enjoyment
without the aid OF the calendar Of holi-
days. The affair was in every respect
commendable, a credit to those who were
engaged in it's organization and to those
who participated in it. 1t gave pleasure
to a vast crowd of people without ex-
pense, and proved that the capital
possesses the spirit of relaxation which
is becoming more and more needful in
these rushing times of active business
enterprise
In detail the parade was creditable to
those who competed for the honors. The
ingenuity displayed by the merchants
and individual car owners was promising
of even better things in the future. when
Washington develops further along the
line of carnival organization. Doubtless
a feeling of modesty has hitherto held
many back from engagement in these
displays in public, but after yesterday
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-01

the amount actually available for ex-
penditure as s12.6OO.O00. of which amount
800 600 is chargeable to the District by
way of appropriations in other bills than
that relating directly to the District.
These are annual liabilities which must
now be included in the local budget as
part of the general program of local ex-
penditures. With this sum in mind as
theoretically all that can be spent on the
District, ignoring perforce the prospect OF
further federal advances, the Commission
ers must divide the total equitably. be-
tween the various necessities. II the schools
are in need of more than can be given to
them in strict proportion. SO are the po-
lice and fire departments and the health
inspection service and the street cleaning
department, and in fact, all the branches
of the District government. 1t Is I'M
possible to point to a single bureau OF the
municipal organization which Is properly
equipped and maintained, as result OF the
inequitable. cramping policy which Con-
gress has adopted Of forcing the District
to nav on a. semi-cash basis for its long
term works.
If the full estimates of the school board
are adopted without change 1t is by no
means certain that Congress Will accept
the figure as written. The appropriations
committees revise the estimates for all
the branches Of the District government
without conjunction. They do not con-
slider them as innmutable. They do not
consider even their own restrictions placed
upon the Commissioners. to keep within
the prospective revenues, as 1nvlolaple.
They are fully aware that if this limita-
ton is observed the District will be ham,
pered in every activity Of beneficent ad-
ministration They have forced the pres
ent dilemma upon the Commissioners ana
every subordinate and associated group
of officials and upon the entire citizenship
of the District, and 1t Is fair assump-
ton that when the budget Is presented,
with the available total fairly distributed
among all the local requirements. with
no department unduly favored, and with
large remainder of needs left over Tor
provision beyond the limit, the commit
tees will be moved to add to the already
existing federal loan and grant suf-
ficiency of additional funds to enable all
the parts of the local machine to be kept
running in good order.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-01
The Corruption Of Youth.

In the light of the raid conducted last
night in Georgetown upon a so-called
hotel, where fifty or more boys and girls
were found in the most degrading cir
cumstances. it may be asked whether
there are not other places of the same
kind In this District which call for the
attention Of the police. If report is cor
rect there are such other places vile dens
where youth is corrupted hourly, where
the laws are violated without subterfuge.
where decentralization rules with apparent
confidence Of immunity.
- 1t appears that this place in Georgetown
has been under the eye of the police
for some time. The police are to be
thanked for having worked to good effect
at last; but 1t may be asked, without
doing violence to the proprieties and
without unreasonably offending official
sentiment, why it took so long for the
policemen on this beat to notice that
young boys and girls were going into this
unspeakab1e place, the business of which
was plainly advertised.
The most important and significant
question, however, is addressed to the
parents of these young people How does
it happen that SO many young boys and
So many girls are given the freedom of
the streets at night? Any day after dark
girls of from ten to eighteen may be seen
parading Pennsylvania avenue and other
thoroughfares of Washington. in pairs
and in groups, flirting, wandering to and
fro. the objects of impudent looks and
vulgar comments. apparently unconcerned
or plainly pleased with such suggestive
attentions. There is no curfew law,
which is a great pity. The police cannot
arrest them, and if they admonish them
to go home they have only their trouble
for their pains.
While probably few more raids are
needed to clean the city of the Ubiquitous
dives where youth is daily imperiled, the
more urgent need is for the parents to
begin a campaign Of effective discipline.
to safeguard the hayward children and
to hold them within safe bounds. 1t Is
the highest duty of every parent to know
the whereabouts and the occupation and
the companions Of his child during the
years of dependence. 1t is incumbent
upon the parent to make the home a
place of entertainment and to offset the
temptations of the streets with whole
some influences. Neglect of these duties
may any day lead to the Police Court,
with It's shameful disclosures and its life
wrecking experiences.
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The Curbstone Washer.
From the Baltimore American.

From the Baltimore American.
The police department Of Wilmington,
Del, has begun a crusade, the purpose OF
which is the suppression of the male
charmers who are accustomed to linesup
along the shopping thoroughfares and
practice their Establishments upon the
young women who pass. Saturday even
ing Is always festive occasion for the
curbstone masher. and on last Saturday
evening the Wilmington police made sew
eral arrests for "ogling." There are va
rieties of ogling, and there Is abundant
demonstration in every city that there
is one variety at least that Is offensive
to a regard for the proprieties that should
be enforced in all public places. The curb
stone masher Is a nuisance that has for
long infested some Of the leading shop
ping localities of this city. He ought to
be suppressed, and II there is no city ordi-
nance under which the disgusting prac-
tice can be prevented, there ought to be
such a statute provided without delay.
1t is quite possible that the majority Of
the youths who array themselves In their
most gorgeous apparel and stand along
the pavements. ogling and Sinking at
the young girls who pass. have no worse
motive than the qualification OF small
vanity. When one of these youthful
Washers succeeds in winning a return
glance or the flicker OF a sympathetic
smile, his soul is doubtless thrilled with
the tribute thus paid to his personal
charms.
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Gavnor. McKane and Tammany.

If the shade of John Y. Mckane is per-
mitted to follow the doings on earth II
is enjoying a hearty little chuckle today,
for the nomination of Judge Gaynor py
Tammany Hall for mayor of New YORK Is
a belated triumph for the old ballot box
suffer whom the judge, years ago. put
out of business.
In those days Judge Gaynor performed
a valuable public service. McKane was
a lawless. shameless fellow, who treated
the ballot box as joke. When In control
of it he would make it perform wonder
full tricks for himself and his friends. or
course he justified himself to himself, as
all ballot box suffers do. by the conten-
ton that he had the public interests at
heart and was working 10 circumvent
scurvy crew.
At last he carried things with so high
hand the law stepped in. Judge Gaynor
was the most prominent of those who
drew rein on the rascal. He acted with
yigor and success, and as result NC
Kane was sent to prison. There was no
suggestion of partisanshp in the prose-
cution. The fact that Judge Gaynor was
a democrat and Mckane a republican
cut no figure whatever in the action tax
en-. It was simply a case of an election
thief brought to bay and properly pun
ished.
But what is the difference between NC
Kane and Tanmany Hall in the matter
of morals and elections? Only that be-
tween a penny huckster and wholesale
dealer. McKane was a willing soul, but
cramped. He lacked room in which to
spread himself. He did the best he could
with small means. Tammany has wide
field, and improves 1t In every lawless
way. 1t is an old and successful offender,
especially in the matter of elections. Its
system of repeaters and stufflng ballot
boxes has long commended the admira-
ton of all who applaud bold scoundrelism
McKane's winnings were small. Tam
many's have been large. have extended
over years and still continue. Its latest
feat was the robbery of the Independence
League In the preliminaries leading up to
Judge Gaynor's nomination.
And now the destroyer of the penny
huckster becomes the representative OF
the wholesale dealer. 1t is no answer
| to say that Judge Gaynor is personally
an honest man, and never has stuffed
and never would stuff, a ballot box. The
point is that he knows Tammany and it
elections history, as everybody else does
and that in accepting it's support fol
mayor he associates himself with the
worst influences operating in New York
And if he reaches the mayoralty he viii
| be under a constant and an aggressive
reminder Of his obligations to the source
| of his power.
And that is why the shade of John Y
Nick ane, If it knows what is going or
here beIow-or above-is entitled to 8
happy frame of mind today.
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Invitation to the Thief.
From the New York Sun.


The police complain daily that large
proportion Of dwellers in New York aid
and assist by their carelessness the sneak
thieves who compose a large majority Of
the plunderers In New York. Breaking
and entering at night is a crime relatively
infrequent even in the outskirts of the
town. but the footing OF fats. apart
ments and houses in broad daylight ts
common. Only few years ago q police
captain whose precinct included the
homes of many rich persons living in pri-
vate houses sent his detectives out on an
expedition in which they found doors un-
locked servants inattentive and every ia
cility offered for robbery In establish
ments where every precaution should
have been taken. Since that time the
heedlessness of householders and tene-
ment dwellers quitting their homes for
vacations or outings and leaving windows
open, doors unlocked and valuable aFtl-
cles temptingly displayed has been SER
rowfully commented on by more than one
police authority.
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"Punkin Time"

"Punkin Time"
Used to love the roses,
Blossomin' so fair:
Beauty on the bushes
An perfume in the air.
How our tastes keep changin'
June seemed all sublime.
Now we're jest as happy
Cause it's punkin time!
Every passin' season
Brings its share Of glee;
'Tain't no use o. pinin'
Fur what used to be.
Apples in the orchard,
Purple grapes that climb
Up to kiss the sunlight
This is punkin time!
Gold up in the maple
An gold upon the ground!
Nature leaves the nuggets
Jes' a-lyin' round!
An the world seems movin'
To a merry chime,
Happy an contented
Cause it's punkin time.
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Army Work In the Philippines.

The PRESIDENTS tribute at Seattle to the
American soldiers who have served In the
Philippines came, we may all be sure
from the heart. It has added value. too,
as coming from one competent to speak
from first-hand knowledge. He saw SOL
diers on duty there. He knows from per-
sonal observation much Of what they had
to endure And. speaking from this knowl-
edge, he praises the services and the men.
dead and alive, who rendered them.
For q long time the army In the Philip
pines was the object of all sortsaof abuse
and Misrepresentation here at home. The
anti-imperialists searched the language
for the strongest words Of denunciation.
1t was asserted that the soldiers were
not only the tools, but the willing tools,
of the politicians, who had bought the
islands to exploit them for gain. We had
paid two dollars q head for the inhab-
itants. and had quartered on them fol-
their complete subsection rough and
tough soldiery reveling in the opportunity
to kill and destroy.
The matter. for political effect, wa!
brought up in Congress. and charges were
made and letters read representing the ex
istence of "a. hell on earth" in the Philip
pines, under the protection of the Ameri
can flag and by the orders and contrivance
of American officials. both civil and mill
tary. Gen. Jacob Smith, an excellent sol
dier. was made a victim Of the clamori
and was advertised to the world as Hell
roarin' Jake''-a monster in uniform. Ant
among other tall yarns told was one de.
scribing frightfui and deliberate slaugh
ter of women and children in Filipino
fort, which might have been carried will
but small loss of life to even it's male de
tenders.
The campaign of SANDER failed becaus,
of its very absurdities and excuses.
was impossible to convince the American
people that men recruited for militar!
service from the citizenship of this coun
try, and who had served with honor a
home, had by change of base to tn.
Philippines become fiends and towards
unworthy Of their race and uniform. Ant
SO the unsuccessful ISLANDERS gradually dis
appeared.
There was. Of course, some rough and
tough work to be done. There always Il
where turbulent people, educated in op
preston and revolution, at last comes un
der the sway of a power competent to es
tablish order. Order was established ant
the disorderly dealt with according to tn,
necessities which they themselves hat
created. But that the army ever disgracet
itself in what it did, or earned any of TIN
abuse heaped upon it by the anti-impe
tialists, never found many believers, ant
the President now puts his foot on the lie
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School Supplies.

ala GU can secure here all the
iii ! necessary School Sup
liz plies in great variety.
q Painstaking care is aP-
piled to gathering the hosts of
States, Pencils, Pens, Erasers,
Crayons, Bags, Pads, Books,
Globes and those little necessi-
ties for the school room which
facilitate and make more pleasing
the work of the student.
Main floor. Eleventh st.
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Misses Coat Suits, tailored style, of
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Girls and Misses Regulation quits. of
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Girls Double-breasted Sweaters. in
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$3.75 and $500 each.
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women's Cotton Hose IN medium and heavy
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Women's Extra Size Cotton Hose, with hem
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Women,s Silh ,, Hose . in SI.OO to $3.Oo
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Boys Furnishings and Hats.

New "K. & E." and tx. & S."
Blouses-the best makes, and
more in demand than any othe.
brands. Plain white and fancy
effects; plain and plated fronts
with collars or plain neckbands
sizes 7 to 16.
$I.oo each.
Blanket Bath Robes, $3.50 to $500 each.
Bow Ties. 15c each; 25c quality
Outing Flannel Pajamas; sizes to Is,
$1.OO suit: $1.JO quality.
Madras Pajamas; sizes 4 to 16. SIC suit:
$1.25 quality.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-01

If Mr.. Bryan shares very common de-
sire to be remembered by posterity, tne
chances are that he may be credited WIFI
plucking victory from the jaws of defeat
His repeated brilliant but unsuccessful at
tempts constitute a record which history
cannot overlook.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-01

OF personal absence letters to THE
STAR should not be addressed to any
individual connected with the ONCE, but
simply to THE STAR, or to the Editorial
or Business Department, according to
tenor or purpose.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-01
The Worst Experience.

Eat what degree did you find your Jour
ney most diflcult?'
ut was all plain sailing" answered the
arctic explorer. until l got home and
struck the third degree.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-01

New Shirts for boys and
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Arrow Brand Collars, 10c each.
Four-in-hand Ties, 25c and Soc each.
Windsor Ties, Csc and Soc each.
Suspenders, Csc and SOC pair.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-01

OF course there will be rumors to the
effect that the real discoverer OF the pole
was some wandering Eskimo whose only
impression in the matter was that he was
q long way from home.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-01

England's starving suffragettes have
claimed SO much attention that the hus-
bands obliged to look after their own din
ners have been overlooked.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-01

Mr.. Roosevelt is expected by many citi-
zens to show some spectacular skill when
he returns in rounding up any policies
that have strayed from the corral
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-01

If Dr. Eliot had expressed his ideas of
religion in hazy blank verse and sent
them to a magazine he would have es-
caped a great deal of criticism.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-01

Ohio should not have started those
stories of black snakes that swallow
calves There is no use of providing the
Chicago beef people with any more argu-
ments in defense of high prices.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-01

The Bartholdi statue is now useful as a
steering point for airships. In the course
| of time aviators will probably be petition
| ing for it's removal as an obstruction to
traffic
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-01

In this 13,OOO-mile journey Mr.. Taft
must be impressed by the number of
available sites for golf links that are
going to waste.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-01

1t has been suggested In New York that
the Examinations Of the metropolis may
attract the notice of Mars. There Is ex-
aggerated ego in the Broadway air.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-01

The man who insists on calling melon
the fruit of cucurbitaceous plant is evil
IDENTIFY bent on making life harder for the
Georgia poets.
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