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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-26
New Position of Woman.
From IIarper's-


Woman had little to do directly with
the shaping of old civilizations: but We
cannot help thinking that our modern
sense of life and its more real and human
investment are largely and directly due
not only to spiritual qualities and dis
tinotively feminine, but to feminine in-
ititative.
In the clarified light of the soul woman
hood has been translated. The woman Is
still the mother. but maternity has for gu
modern vision significance which is not
merely physical. but spritual-in its full
est meaning it is the liberation Of human
ity for finer uses. She is nearer than
old. But our ultra-modern naturalfsm
and there is a clearer vision of truth. The
humanities and. We might also say. the
diviniities have been transformed. A de-
lusive network of sophistication has van
ished. The terms masculine" and
feminine" have no longer their old ele-
mental or conventional meanings. There
is, or. there is becoming new woman
and new man. and the distinction be-
tween them is not one of spheres" No
exaltation of life here or hereafter. could
be humanity interesting or at all human
in which woman did not have her oper
share and her peculiar distinction.
This share and this distinction woman
has had in the great modern renascence.
She first brought the creative Imagination
within homely bounds. But here we
touch upon a field TO which we must give
separate conside. alton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-26
Tribes of TERRA del Fuego.

Charles W. Furlong in Harper's
Upon the Onas have been saddled the
ignominy of habitual treachery, the
torturing of captives. the use of poisoned
arrows and cannibalism. To the agrees
sive white man of TERRA del Fuego the
sharp pain Of an arrow fired from am
bush. the sudden onslaught In the dark
Of the long winter nights, the driving
from his range of fiocks of sheep from
the land the white men have taken, and
the blood revenge are treachery. To
the Ona. fighting against his extinction,
it lis strategy.
Treachery there undoubtedly is among
them. Not so very long ago they sur
prised and killed the members Of a sur
veying party near Useless bay within
sight of their own vessel, and on the
east coast fell upon a party of adventur-
Gus miners. crushing their tent down up
on them in the night and stabbing them
to death. How many crews wrecked in
the vicinity Of the Strait OF lie Marie,
reaching the coast, have persisted at their
hands will never be known. Many OF
these episodes were in retaliation for the
white mems atrocities. Shooting the
"chunkies" on sight for a bounty as one
might clear the land of ground rats, was
the order of the day. Poisoning the
blubber of stranded whale and stealing
Ona women red-handed were not the
worst of deeds committed by the rangers
who crowded the Ona from the north
the miners who pitched their tents on
the shores of his few good harbors. and
those irresponsible nomads OF the sea
who happened along his coasts-the
whaler. sailor and adventurer. But the
innocent unfortunately often pay the
price for the guilty.
OF the hundreds OF beautifully fashion
ed arrows i have seen. not one was
poisoned. and / know of no authentic
record of such procedure. Had this been
their custom II certainly would have
been employed in the case OF two white
men of my acquaintance who were both
seriously wounded on the northern
frontier by the Ona Cauteanke, whom
also knew.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-26
Denver's "Play Castle"
From Van Norden Magazine.


Under a railroad viaduct in Denver on
a piece of waste land surrounded by tum-
ble-down shanties there used to stand
a half-finished but ruinous castle" which
some rich man from the east had started
to build in the early days and had aban-
doned when the railroad came his way
The neighborhood swarmed with chill
dren, but they played in the streets. Mrs
Sarah Plat Decker. afterward president
of the National Federation OF Womens
Clubs. then executive head OF the Denver
Women's Club. became interested. Some
body wrote to the owner for permission
to turn it into a children's recreation CEN
ter. The permission came. and the wom-
en- fell to. With their own money they
had the grounds cleared and the house
repaired, and. with their own hands they
cleaned out the stately If ruinous rooms.
and with furniture and decorations from
their own houses they furnished and
decorated it. Then they invited the chill
dren and taught them how to play.
That was ten years ago or more. To-
day the women of Denver do not have to
conduct recreation centers. They have
convinced the city of its responsibilities in
the matter and Fairgrounds are a part
of the park system
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-26
Seek Pardon for Bowman.

Pressure is being brought to bear upon
Gov Swanson, it is said. to grant a par
don to Kirby J. Bowman. a former promi-
nent Shenandoah county farmer, who is
now serving a term in the Woodstock
jail for cutting Robert j. Lantz during
a quarrel. while attending court in Wood
stock last winter. Bowman's health Is
failing rapidly, and he is confined TO a
bed in the Jail An effort was made sew
eral months ago to have him pardoned.
but the governor declined to set the jury's
verdict as de, there being no recommen-
dation to that effect from the local au-
thorities.
A divorce was granted in the circuit
court here this week to William j. Marble
from his wife. Mrs. Annabel MARBLE. The
latter il is said, transferred her affec-
tons from her husband TO her son-in-law,
Rufus Martin. and eloped with him. Mrs
Rufus Martin filed suit for a divorce, anu
d decree was also awarded TO her. She
then married Clarence 10y. Rufus Mar
tin announces he will marry again,
probably next week.
George ID. Gray Of Nokesville, Va, and
Miss Della NJ. Haymaker. daughter of
George w. Haymaker OF Armel. near
Winchester, were married recently i'm
Washington at the home OF relative of
the bride.
Rev. j. Stewart Hartman. pastor OF st.
Pauls Reformed Church of Woodstock,
Va, has resigned to accept the presi-
dency of the orphans home of the Po-
tomac synod. which is about to be es-
tab ished al Lift etown. Pa.
j. II. Marshall and III. Q. Barncord OF
Midland. Nd, have been granted a
twenty -five-year franchise at Moorefield.
Hardy county, w. Va, to furnish cleo
tricity in that place.
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Locomotives Eat Coal.
From Van Norien Magazine.


One-ffth of all the coal mined in the
United States in 1906 was burned in rail-
road locomotives at a cost to the roads
Of $17O5 600. according to a report sub
mitted to the geological survey.
The figures look large but their prin-
cipal significance lies in the argument
which their analysis makes for the con-
servation of natural resources. Prof w.
F. NJ. Goss. dean of the University of
Illinois, who conducted the experiments,
reports that OF the 10000 600 tons of coal
the railroads used in 1906. 10OSO. OO) tons
are lost though the heat in the gases dis
charged from the stacks of the locomo-
tives, S.6iO.OU tons through cinders and
sparks 5.O40OO0 tons through radiation.
leakage of steam and water, 1850. 900 tons
through unconsumed fuel in the ashes, and
20 900 tons through the incomplete COM
bustion of the gases. Moreover. 1900 900
tons are consumed in starting fires, IN
moving the locomotives to their trains. in
backing trains into or out of sidings and
in keeping locomotives hot while stand
ing.
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Unhealthy Factories.

And even the fluff removed by the fur
ptllers is useful. In spite of the fact
that il usually contains pretty high
percentage of foul matter. it is swept up
and sold for cheap bedding.
Every available inch OF space in the
factory from the cellar below to the
storage room above the roof is filled
k-ith rabbit skins. and the stencil which
pe-vades the building Is so pungent that
il ~-cu'h sicken the casual visitor.
But. after all, the smell is nothing COM
pat. . y. cLnslStr Gcy o. the air the
fdr-pUllers breathe. For the whole Of the
i,.terior Of the building is enveIoped in a
fog of fluff. thrown off in the piucking of
the hair. The workrooms echo and re-
echo with the sounds or constant cough
Ing: the oi6er hands suffer almost with
out exception from chronic bronchial ca
~ =, and the Young. unseaSoned workers
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-26

Luray recently. died there a few nights
ago from injuries sustained by the fall!
She was thirty-eight years old, and A
native of Pittsburg, Pa. Her husband and
one son survive.
Frank I. Strai'man. aged seventy-two
years, native of Frederick county, died
this week in Petersburg. Va where he
had been foreman of the Index-Appeal
newspaper office for many years. He
was present as guard when John Brown
was hanged at Charles Town in 1884, and
during the war he served in the Confed-
crate army. Three sons and three daugh-
uyx-iva
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-26
Her Handicap.

From the Philadelphia Ledger.
The militant sufrragette glanced criti-
cally at the pavement as soon as she
had arrived.
Il fear the materials for a typical cam.
paign are lacking here she said
Asked to explain further. she added
that she observed an embarrassing alb
sence of loose bricks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-26
Ice Harvest Commences.

With the advent of cold weather this
week the ice harvest has commenced and
large quantities are being hauled. The
Potomac and Shenandoah rivers are
frozen over In places, and many skating
parties are being given.
Ar angements have been made to hold
number of farmers Institutes In Jeffer.
it is expected experts from the Agricul
tura Department at Washington will be
among the principal speakers
Warren Hastings Riss,er and Miss Lula
A. Daley were married Wednesday at the
home of the brides parents. Mr.. and Mrs
John w. Daley. near Shepherdstown, by
Rev. D. A. Bee.y. After reception the
bride and groom left for Washington and
other eastern cities.
Surgeon W. B. Grove of the United
States Navy has just bought tract of
ninety-three acres of land along the
turnpike near Charles Town for $50 an
acre and will. it is stated. build home
there.
The announcement of the marriage of
Mrs. Annie McLane Bishop and Frank
Eugene Wilson in Martinsburg. W. Va, a
few days ago was surprise. The cere-
mony was performed by Rev. John S.
Douglass. rector of Trinity Episcopal
Church. Mr.. Wilson is cashier of a trust
company thee and his bride was the
widow Of Sprague Bishop. member of a
wealthy family.
A delegation representing the business
interests of Martinsburg. w. Va. had an
interview with General Manager Potter
of the Baltimore and Ohio rail Dad this
week relative to the erection of a new
passenger station In that city. Mr.. Pot
ter took the matter under advisement
Announcement is made of the marriage
Of Miss Nettie Hardy of WASHINGTON AMI
S. Newton Hedges. formerly of an old JEFF
fe son county (W Val family. which
| took place in Washington recently the
ceremony being performed by Rev H. s.
Miller. They will make their future
home in Washington.
Alleged Deserter Arrested.
Ernest Kieffer. who was arrested at
Martinsburg recently. charged with being
deserter from the 10th Coast Artillery
has been taken to Fort Myer, Va.
Mrs. Minerva Gaines Macdonald died
at her home in Winchester this week,
aged eighty-nine years. She had many
thrilling experiences during the civil war.
While she was living, near Ashby's Gap
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-26
Mrs. Vale Wins Divorce.

A decree of absolute divorce was grant
ed here this week to Mrs. Edith M Vale
from John A. Vale. who, she alleged. de-
serted her in Buffalo. n. Y, four years
ago, leaving her destitute. The couple
were married by Rev. Mr.. Yinsling Of
the Methodist Episcopal Church in Cum
berland. Md, in July. 1897. She is given
the privilege of resuming her maiden
name OF Wilson.
Former State Senator Thomas d. Gold
of Clarke county. who is member of the
Virginia statuary commission, says that
If Congress objects to the statue of ROD
ert f. Lee being erected in Statuary Hail
in Washington he will advocate the re-
moval of the Washington statue also.
Senator Gold declares that Lee was no
more a rebel than Washington, and he is
opposed to the matter of presentation
being postponed indefinitely.
Frank Wisman and Miss Pearl kupp,
members of prominent families of Shenan-
doah county, were married a few days
ago at Strasburg by Rev. DIR. L. l.. Smith
of the Lutheran Church. They left on
wedding trip to Washington and other
eastern cities.
After undergoing many hardships, the
like of which was never before expert
enced in that section. the remains of the
late Mrs. Armstrong, who died at the
home of her son, William H. Armstrong,
In Rockingham county, a few days ago,
were finally inferred in a mountain grave
yard. The funeral party left early in the
morning, but made slow progress on ac-
count of the severe weather and Icy
roads. 1t was necessary late in the day
to stop at farmhouse for the night,
and in the meantime a blacksmith was
summoned to place new shoes on the
horses feet. Ice picks and axes were also
pressed into service the following morn
ing. and after working all day the I'M
dertaker finally arrived at the graveyard
with the body
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-26
How Science Initiates Nature.

Henry A. Torrey. in Harper's.
During the last half century the prog
ress in a certain branch of science. known
as synthetic chemistry. has been SO great
that it may properly 10 termed reyolu-
tionary. The body Of knowledge that
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Little More Than Girls.

True. the foregoing figures apply only
to English skins, and there are the lur-
rin2rs," or Australian. skins TO be deait
with as well: but, though the pulling oil
these fetches "A higher price. namely. Is
Id or Is I'd per turn their apparent
advantage over English skins is non-ex-
istent For the ''furriners' are much more
troublesome ana take longer to pull IN
deed the only redeeming feature about the
Australian skins is that, having to be car
red across the world. they are properly
cleaned before they come 10 TINS couh-
trv The repulsive condition in which the
English skins are given ont To the iur-
pullers is almost unina glnable.
The workshops are situated principally
IN the lowest and the poorest districts
The treatment OF the skins starts IN
room upon the ground floor. Wnere the
smell is almost oVerpoWerlng. here. III
/. large metal tank, the skins are steam
cd and sottened. preparatory TO being
opened" and this task. like that OF the
actual pulling. Il performed by women,
many of them little more tlan sirls. IL
is considered, even by the fur-puliers, 10
t,a the lowest labor OF all. and only those
who are driven by the spur OF absolute
starvation Will take il up
The skins, when opeI,ed, are dried In
large racks. heated by stoves; after
which they are brushed by machinery on
tls. hairy side with a solution or nitric
acid. and are ready for the pulling pro-
cess.
After the long. coarse hairs have been
removed BY the puilers. the skins are
dried again. put through a hydrauhc
press. and packed in huge bales or 3,ooO
ready for d.spatChins To the great telt-
manufacturing centers OF stockport
Maccies.eid and America. TlAre tie SOL
fur is converted into felt. while the SKIN
itself is boiled down and made into me
glue and size
The skins which are unsuitable for felt
are sent off TO the fur-workers. who
make them up into cheap NUTS. Innings
for cloaks electric sealskin articles and
so-called chinchilla furs.
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Lumberman Crushed by Wagon.

Lindo Wilt. a lumberman of Broadway,
Rockingham county, lies in a precarious
condition at his home near that place as
the result of a heavy wagon loaded with
1000 feet Of green lumber passing over
his body. He slipped and fell while
drawing the brake on a HILL and a rear
wheel passed over his body diagonally.
side of his face. He was also internally
injured and it is feared he will not re-
cover.
Edgar H. Sibert. a we'll known travel
ing salesman. died this week at his home
near New Market, Shenandoah county.
aged fOrty-three years. He was a son of
the late Col. William NJ. Sibert, a men,
Der of the Virginia legislature. and is
survived by his widow and one sister.
Mrs. S. S. Rosenberger of Washington.
Charles Glover, who bruised his hand
in falling from a building near Weyer's
Cave recently, is now dangerously i'll
with blood poison. and 1t Is feared he will
not recover, All the children of his
brother, Alfred Glover, who live nearby,
are Ill with diphtheria.
Running into the house for drink of
water after playing with his companions
in the yard, Carl Taylor, young son of
Philip Taylor of Rockingham county, mis-
took a cupful of lye for drinking water
and swallowed the contents of the cup
The boy. although in critical condition,
Is expected to recover.
W. p. Helmick, who was just recover
ing from a long siege Of fnflammatory
rheumatism, was thrown from a wagon
near Broadway this week and injured.
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Saved From Fire.

Members Of the family of William
Pence were carried from the top floor of
their home at Shenandoah, Page county.
early the other morning when the house
was discovered af1re by passing livery
man. Every avenue of escape was closed
except several windows and firemen car
ried the women and children out in their
nightciothes. Nothing was saved. The
storeroOm of c. b. T1ntz was also de-
stroyed, causing a loss of about s., 1000.
Recent forest fires in the mountains
have driven many wild animals into open
territory, and a few days ago a bear
weighing over go pounds was run over
and killed near Balcony Falls. Rockbridge
county, by a Chesapeake and Ohio rail-
way freight train.
Two driving horses owned by L. NJ.
Driver of Timberville were killed the
other night by passenger train No 213
on the Southern railway from Washing
ton to Harrsonburg.
Rev. A. J. Van Ingelgem, a we'll known
mission priest of DanvIlle. Va, has taken
charge Of the Harrisonburg-Staun
Catholic parish during the absence of
Father w. A. Mckeefry. who has been
compelled to quit active work on account
of his hea tn.
The body of William c. Morgan.
prominent lawyer. who dropped dead
while walking along a street a few days
been living a number of years, was taken
to Berryville. Clarke county. Va. and
buried. He was seventy-four years old
and a native of Clarke county. During
the civil war he served in the Clarke
Cavalry, G.. S. A.
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health. He was thirty-nine years old
and unmarried. His funeral took place
on Thursday at Capon Bridge, where he
hor,- and reared.
Fred W. Walter, member OF an old
Winchester family, who has been en-
gagged in electrical engineering work in
Norfolk. Va. for some years past. and
Miss Clara NJ jerks of Warrington. w
Va. met by previous agreement in Wash
ington this week and were married by
Rev. r. w. Lowrie. The wedding is the
result of a little romance which began
some time since. Mr.. Walter and br
are now visiting at the home OF h s par
ents. Mr.. and Mrs. Frank G. Walter, in
Winchester
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Ire frequently stricken down with attacks
Of fever, contracted from the unclean

are frequently stricken down with attacks
of fever, contracted from the unclean
Skins
The manager and foremen of the fac
tory are careful to protect their clothes
by the use of linen overalls, but the
women, more often than not. are pro-
vded with nothing of this sort, and even
their outdoor garments are frequently
hung up in the pulling rooms, for want
ot better accommodation, with the in
evitable result that the nauseating smell
ard the lung-destroying fluff are carried
away into their squalid homes.
How Conditions Might Be Improved
Strictly speaking. the ventilation of the
workshops should be arranged so as to
carry the fluff away from the workers by
means of fans. and the wearing of over
alls and caps, in order to exclude the
dust. ought to be insisted upon. But in
Istead of these precautions being taken,
there are actually still in existence sew
eral dens Of disease where the women
cook and eat their food amid the nun
and stencil of the pulling rooms. even
while their companions are at work a
lew feet away.
The fur-puler, born to suffering and
misfortune, seems far too dispirited to
dream OF agitating for healthier c0ndi-
tons. She sits dejectedly upon low
stool before a wooden trough all day.
knife in one hand. rabbit skin in the
other, plucking away for dear life at the
long. upper hairs Of the skin till only the
fine, silky down is left.
She is acquainted only with the worst
and hardest side of life. Joy Is thing
she cannot understand. and comfort has
passed her by. For the sake of that
microscopic As Cd a week she renders up
her health and vitality to lead an exist
ence which seems scarcely worth while.
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WORK OF FUR-PU[lERS
LIFE OF ENGLAND'S WHITE
SLAVES OF FASHION.
Evil Conditions in Fur Factories,
Where Rabbit Skins Are Pre-
pared for the Trade.
rom Cassell's Journal.

rom CasselIs Journal.
Although furs are the delight of every
woman's heart. and felt-at all events In
the form of hats-is worn constantly oy
both sexes, fur-pulling is an Occupation
Of which the general public knows little
or nothing at all.
Yet fur-pullng Is intimately associated
with the making OF felt and cheap furs
Without the aid of the miserable. ill-fed,
ilI-clad creatures who labor hopelessiy
wear In and year out, in an atmosphere
which better conditioned human beings
would declare absolutely unbreathable,
the furriers would be unable to reap huge
profits from the sale of rabbit skins, mas
ouerading as chinchilla and electric seal
skin; and the felt manufacturing industry
would languish and die.
And so. unknown to the world at large,
these unfortunate females-for the fur
pulier is almost invariably Of the weaker
sex-eke out their pitiful existence on a
wage that barely sufflces TO keep BODY
and soul together
The work of the fur-puller consists
mainly of plucking the long, coarse hairs
froln rabbit skins In order to prepare them
for the manufacturers OF felt and 1ur.
Obviously II is a type of labor Whlcn de-
mands little III the way of skill or IN
telligence, but il exacts dread penaity
in the shape OF heaitn ana strength ~ -
a trade which carries both disease ana
death in its train. and IL Is not sur
prisng thing. therefore. TO ind that the
fur-pu Iers belong TO the most helpless,
hope. ess class ever created by our mod
ern industrial system.
Their work Is absolute slavery of the
worst type. What is their reward! A
paltry IS I'd a week # they work In
factory and possible IL o. Is I'd more
Ii they work at home
For every sixty rabbit skins reduced,
by infinite labor. TO soft ana downy
condition, they are paid eleyenpence. AT
the factory the limitation imposed upon
the hours of their toll by the factories
act sets a limit upon their earnings, but
at home, by dint of working far into the
night, it is possible for the unattacheo
fur-puller to earn a little more.