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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-10
THE GERM HOBGoBLIN.
A Complaint That Science Has Made
Life Terrible.

From Scrfbner's Magazine.
/ trust that no one will Understand
or will think that / cherish uncloanliuess
when confess that I deeply regret the
advance made by modern science in bac-
teriology. It Is not that I love disease.
or fail to share the enthus asm of those
who would Danish 1t. but the knowledge
tending 10 prolong life has made life In
many ways SO much less worth living
that some f Us would rather go back to
shorter and merrier days. I am all COM
passion for piteous childhood, brought
up no longer In the fear of the Lord, but
in the fear. Of the germ A young
friend of mine. not long nee. told me
of her little sister. aged Ave. who came
home daily from the park full Of enthu-
yer new ,cauain an, de
there little girl Of about her own size
The family, interested. pressed her with
ally asking her name. The youngs ,er
bore the questioning for some time, but
at last burst into ears w tn. Il dont
know her last name, but her first name Ii
Dorothy, and she hasn't a..y germs!
The story made me recall a tiny niece,
all too young for such horrid thoughts.
disciplining still younger sister on
railway train for hav ng PVT splinter
from the porter's whisk-brobm into her
mouth. The infants idea of what might
be on that whisk-broom appal ed me:
Worms. and wriggly. Gravity things that
will get inside you and eat you up" 1
remember, too, the four-year-o.d daugh.
ter of a friend who resolutely refused to
kiss her sick mother because. the little
monster averred. she was AFRAID Of get
ting sick herself. Are these bacteriolo-
gists in miniature to be endured? What
shall be done with a childhood. robbed
Of it's legitimate fear of boyle and hob
goblin. and left to construct from dis
torted facts such an unattractive my tn
ology of its own? Are not erlk.ng and
witch wife as true as many bacillus
legend and far more enticing?
If the minds of those on the very
threshold of life are thus overshadowed.
what Shall be said Of the mind of ell?
Uneasy age, waking to the imnort of re-
cent discoveries finds wretched ess in
the place Of long comfort Isolated facts
hit hard when used as missiles, and the
younger generations do not hesita to
hurl them as fast as they can pick them
up. Heaven help the unprotected old
gray headSi
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the hooks which have been purchased for
him by his parents. but Master trent
has taken up figuring, which is further
adding to the establishment of his friends
and neighbers.
Playing cards is one Of his f,vo-ite
pas,i;nes, and thIoug the game of ID
maid, which he p cked up fem seeing
cider pee pie play, he lear ed t. c. unit as
well as Id OF ten. He can tell the
characters Of al he clrds and will not
be focled while pla. irg.
The remarkable dfve o m mt of the
child has been attribut the new
methods Of teaching chi DIR n which Is
In vogue in the schools ( Massachusetts,
today. The childs mind is developed
thre ugh object lessons and chart work
generally.
Some time is put In by the teachers be-
fore the child en- are allowed to read
from their pr mers. ard the alphabe
must be thoro ughly mastered
There are many cares Of ru'cknees in
grasping the IDEAS of the chart, and many
scht lars viii develop in re ding yer soon
after they are allowed to us the Prime s.
but In The case Of younr p re Is
far ahead Of the best Of you school
children.
The work that he u-dert kes or his
own account and does CO re lily Is equal
to that OF child twice his age.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-10
New Departure in Australia.

A new development of an administra-
tive character is being promoted by the
commonwealth government of Australia,
which promises to have an important
bearing upon the export trade in manu-
featured goods to that country. AS eX-
planned to me by representative OF the
commonwealth here. this departure will
assume the form of an Australian inter-
state commission similar to that of the
United States, but with somewhat wider
scope. The commissioners will be three
in number,>who will devote their entire
time to the work. In respect of its stat
utory power and scope, the commission
will occupy a position in the common
wealth administration analogous to that
OF the board of trade in England. At
home 1t viii fulfill the functions Of a
Cancellation and wages board among the
Australian industries. and aim at abol-
ishing or checking the growth of unfair
competition in manufacturing and trad
ing on the part of one state In relation
to it's neighbor in the commonwealth.
The Industrial and commercial ideal
the commission will have before it will be
that of uniformity Of wages and prices
and chances Of markets. home and for
egn throughout the six federated
states. and the promotion. on those lines
of uniformity. of interstate commerce. 1t
will further be ntrusted with the duties
of federal labor bureau, and undertake.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-10
NOTED BR|TON DIES
W.P. Firth Caught the Popular
British Mind.
QUEEN VICTORIA A PATRON
Became Famous in London for Two
Pictures.
VIEWS ON GRECIAN TROUBLES
American Students Change Character
Of Latin Quarter in Paris-Lon-
don Landmarks Passing.
JEWS ON GRECIAN TROUBLES
Special Correspondence of The Star.
LONDON Noyemhar IN


LONDON. November 80, 1909
when interviewed a few years ago w.
+. Firth. whose death was announced
recently, said: II know very we'll that
| never was. nor under any circumstances
could ever have become. a great artist.
but am successful one" Late in life he
saw his Pope and Mary Montagu' drop
In price from 1850 to 400 guineas, but he
only remarked in his shrewd way that
many moderns would be glad to sell a
picture at 400 guineas. OF him it may be
said that no artist ever fitted his time
mo- exactly. and. like Tennyson, he had
his full reward. He began his work at a
time when the photograph was readjust-
ing the vision of time and sharpening peo-
pies interest In the cotemporary.
With his quick feeling for the popular
mood he was the first artist who freed the
mind of p OCCASIONAL ideas and sought to
present the big popular sights of his
time. and he painted them with q mi
nuteness of detail and r, ga for the fash
ions that rivaIed the camera itself. His
earlier work in historical genre and paint
lngs of Dickens chara tiers led him at
last to "Ramsgate Sands" with its holiday
c. ovid. "Ramsgate Sands" was bought by
Queen Victoria, and Mr. Frith's fortune
was made. His Derby Day" was the
second picture that the Royal Academy
was compelled to protect by rail from
the pressure of the enthusiastic public.
Engravings of these two pictures can be
seen In neatly all the country hotels in
England.
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Bank Acts as Pawnshop.
, the New York American.

From the New York American.
That a large banking firm in the finan-
cial district makes q practice of lending
money on jewels was discovered yester-
day through a writ OF replevin for &c.,
100 worth of diamonds in favor of the T.
Kirkpatrick Company of Fifth avenue.
The bank had loaned $500 on the pre-
cious stones to John B. Lyman. an art
dealer at 45th street and Fifth avenue.
who left the city several days ago.
The name OF the bank on which the
writ of repievin was served was with
held by the sheriff's Office and by the
jewelry company.
Art objects. including oil paintings and
marble statues to the value OF $l5.06S,
were replevined from Lyman's store.
where they had been placed ION sale"
by Edmund F. Bonaventure. One small
statuette was valued at $1,000.
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the distribution of employment id the
states according to the prevailing demand
in each. The value of the work devolv-
Ing upon the commission, from the point
of view of manufacturers for export, will
be that It will make Australia one. and
obviate the existing confusion and diff
Guilty arising from the difference between
the market for manufactures in western
Australia as compared with New South
Wales or in South Australia as compared
with Tasmania. Although vast in area,
ii is believed that by this means the COM
monwealth may become trading unit
Paris Latin Quarter Changing.
New times have come upon the Latin
quarter in Paris. 1t is quite unnecessary
to say that it is losing its Bohemian
character, because that has been stated
a hundred times, but It Is positively be-
coming commercial and prosperous. Hith-
erto it has been district apart, without
hotels of any Importance and with scarce
~ good restaurant.
But demand has arisen for better en-
terafnment, astronomical and otherwise.
One of the first results of this Is the
erection of monster hotel in the re-
Gently created Boulevard Raspail; IT Is
called the Hotel Lutetia, has any number
of bedrooms and all the modern con-
veniences.
You might suppose it bit of Broadway
stuck down in the land of Trilby. The
hand OF America, indeed. is in tf1fs trans
formation. America has descended upon
the quarter, sending cohorts Of Students
there every year to learn painting and
sculpture, architecture and music. And
they are model students, fresh Of mind
and working with an immense enthusi-
asm. They put to shame the rare Eng
fish student, who is to be found on the
left bank.
Part Of the change is no doubt due to
the circumstances that the municipal
fathers, after years Of waitin 2, have seen
houses and construct a magnificent thor
ouehfare right through the heart of the
Latin area
Three very remarkable houses in or
auction. One Is Old Park, Enfield. fine
country man sion Of the Queen Anne peri
cd, with large formal gardens adorned
by stone urns taken from some of Wren's
demolished city churches. The palisading
IS from the old South Sea House. and
from Theobald's old palace. There are
also ancient lead figures of large size.
The owner, Mr.. John Ford. is well
known antiquary. The second Is Kelm-
scott House. notable more for Its memo
RES than itself 1t must have been ten
anted by Mr.. Marillier, the art worker
ard writer.
The third house Is Mr.. Mortimer Menp-
es' little Japanese palace in Cadogan
Gardens. Externally it is stout stone
house OF ordinary gaod modern type. but
its interior. from its cherry blossom and
blackwood ceilings to its red lacauered
doors and the rugs on the floors, is as
Japanese as Mr.. Menpes and a hundred
Japanese craftsmen could max it. The
existence Of this exotic marvel inside
humdrum~ London walls suggests an
Arabian Nights entertainm MT
L. II. MOORE.
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old. widow Of G. w. Appleby and a men,
Der of prominent Maryland family. died
at her home in Martinsburg. w. Va. She
was Miss Dove of Montgom ary county,
and removed to Martinsburg from Balti-
more eighteen years ago. Death was due
to paralysis. Surviving are four children.
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
A FIVE-YEAR-OLD MARVEL OF
MATHEMATICS.
Three Weeks of Schooling Made
Him Master Of Primer-Has a
Phenomenal Memory,
From the Boston Post.

From the Boston Post.
Barely five years of age and a complete
master of his primer after only three
being hailed as the most remarkable
mental prodigy for his age in this state.
Master Gordon F. Parent, the tive-year-
old child Of Mr.. and Mrs. Gordon Pa
rent of Bondsville. bids fair to rival If
not surpass the record Of William Sidis
the eleven-year-old mental prodigy Of
Harvard College.
Master Parent for three weeks watched
the teacher in her demonstrating on the
charts which are made up for kinder
garten pupils in the schools of his town.
and while the charts portrayed little more
than the A B C's he has surprised his
parents and friends by reading without
mistake the first primer Of the school
from beginning to end
The most remarkable part Of the pre-
cocity of young Parent lies in the fact
that he has never received any prelimi-
nary training from his parents in his
home, and since his entr ance into the
schools he has branched far ahead of his
schoolmates, not only in reading, but in
fig urng.
He had never shown any more intelli-
gence than the average healthy child up
to the time he was five years of age. His
parents felt that the time was right for
him to enter the schools this term. and
he was placed in the Bondsville primary
school along with the other frst-year
children Of the town.
1t is said by older children who attend
the school that he was all attention from
the first day of his going to school, He
watched the teacher closely and hardly
word of hers escaped his ears.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-10
Many Questions.


ask his parents and older scholars ques-
tons and would point out words Of three
and four syllables. which they would re-
peat and spell out for him until he got
the full sense of them into his mind.
Once he was shown a word and he pro-
nounced 1t. he would never forget 1t, and
his memory began to show the capacity
of a much older person. After the first
week at school 1t is said that he began
to read words In advertising SIGNS on
the way nome from school, and ms
mother to humor him bought him a
reader.
The reader was the first primer which
Is used In the Bondsville schools. and he
Immediately began to read 1t. The first
night he got the reader he read three
pages in a few minutes before he was put
to bed. In the morning he was at it
again, and the whole book was read by
him in day or two.
Young Parent did not forget the in
stincts of his childhood and played as
hard at school as the other children of
his age. He took his recess along with
the other scholars, but when he was back
In his class he was all attention to the
teacher.
While his father. who is business man
OF Bondsville is a college graduate and
speaks several languages. and his mother
was educated In the grammar and high
schools of her home town, the fact of
the quick development Of young Parent
is not laid to hereditary instincts.
He appears to enjoy she wing his talents
mostly at night, when his father is at
home and will listen to him He will
pick out the hardest of words and run
over them like veteran reader
In read ng when he comes to a word
Of more than three syllab'es he d es not
stumble and try out two or three mes,
but he will apparently spell it Over In his
mind and will shout 1t out with jcy when
he has found that he has mastered II.
Master Parents, knowledga has de-el-
oped In SO short space OF time that he
became highly nervous and would talk
over his lessons n his sep. In order
that he might Re spared from any undue
strain he has been taken from &C oil.
upon the advice CT the family p ysician,
and has been confined to his room.
Is a Wizard at Figures.
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Enormous Prices for Pictures.

Thirteen elderly academicians then took
to their beds in fits Of envy, Mr.. Firth has
told us, and they never were in good
health afterward. The prices he received
for his pictures were enormous even for
those days when 1t was point Of honor
with the wealthiest buyers to buy only
modern pictures. Gambart, the dealer.
once signed articles to pay him G10 600
for three pictures. and he saw one of his
pictures sold for the la gest sum ever
paid until then for a work by a living
painter
Up till the present year Mr.. Firth could
often be seen by his admirers. He was al
most daily visitor to Paddington bowl
tng-green, and he sometimes drove in Re-
gents Park in a b ougham with STEADY
horse. He attended the academy elections
until he retired few years ago. One OF
the late adventures Of his life was visit
to the exhibition of the French impress
sionists at the Grafton Gallery. He criti-
cised them as severely as he had formerly
criticised Whistler. In appearance he
seemed to me somehow to suggest a
Yorkshire horse dealer His long thin
Tipped. clean-shaven face, In which his
shrewd eyes looked out with a watchtul
expression, the good out-nf-doors complex
ion that remained with him until recent
years and the tight, wiry old figure sin
gled him out in a room Of painters as a
man unma ked by his craft.
He belonged to a very old past. It was
curious to think that he linked us al
most with Reynolds, as he first exhibited
In the academy when Beechy was living.
Indeed. he has told how he once employed
a model who, when a boy, had sat to an
old deaf gentleman with big trumpet,
who must have been the great Sir Joshua
himself He arrived in London, like Mr..
Squeers. at the Saracens Head, Show
Hill, carrying a folio of drawings tied in
tarpauin. He went to the play and saw
Charles kemble Falcrnhr''~ re
Joined Sass Academy, and at Sass con-
versaZione ne uan,eu a .,u..4.. So.
Wilkie and dined with Constable. At his
first academy dinner Rogers, the banker
poet, was a guest.
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No Justice in Greece.


A long conversation with L. NJ. Messi-
nesi, a well known Greek merchant in the
city and a native of Patras. the second
town in Greece in point of size and the
first In trading Importance. just returned
from Greece, reveals that the whole pop
ulation is behind the nine officers who
have taken charge Of Greece for the time
THE officers are PATRIOTS he said
sincere In their work, and don't do it
from any motive OF self-interest The
movement meets with universal approval
Abroad they exaggerate things, making
too much especially of the risks with re-
gard to the dethroning OF the king. The
military will certainly not do that Peo-
pie felt that something must be done If
Greece was to rise to the level of other
nations In the matter of government adj
minstration, and they are pleased that
the officers had the courage to take the
bull by the horns. They have not only
the army behind them, but public opin
ion."
Mr.. Messinesi said the movement was
not military in the first place but begun
by the trade unions of Athens and the
Piraeus, who were indignant at the cor
ruption, bribery and intimidation which
characterized the administration of the
law. There was no justice to be obtained
anywhere in Greece. Thieves and murder
ers alike could secure practical immunity
lUelT HISutSuS IL Only Iley could get
the ear Of the right person. And the
same sort of mischief was acting as a
species of dry rot on both army and navy
What people blame King George for
according to Mr.. Messinesi, is that he did
not take the reins from the first into his
own hands, Hike King Charles of Rou-
! mania and Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria.
King George overdid the constitutional
role. His attitude always was: do as
you like. II you prefer to cut your
throats. by all means cut EN-"
He was either afraid Of revolutionary
trouble or was Indifferent to what was
done in his realm. He has not visited
the provinces and seen for himself how
things have gone on under his rule.
There has been no surveillance Of officials
and favoritism has ruled everywhere
Complaints have been made to the king
OF the failure of justice. but he made
no effort to remedy the evil 80" con-
tinued Mr.. Messinesi I'VE have lost all
our energy, things are at a standstill.
and the people are wasting their ener-
eieS at the law courts
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Is Wizard at Figures.
Not only does he continue to read IN
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you had lived in those mountains
that shield the mainland of our
country from the Atlantic coast
line, you might have met him. Per
haps ii would have been on some
dark night when the trails through
the wilderness were dim, and you,
terrified by the mystery of Nature
in her black cloak, had paused with
straining ear to catch an unusual
sound. n slow, stumbling noise