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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-30

'Br-r-r-r.' Tnen he wallOWed around
like a walrus for all Of four seconds,
a stranded dogfish.
MY, but that Potomac water is get
ting cold-l-ld!" Mrs. Jobson heard him
saying to himself as he hunted around
for hard towel. Then he kept up a
great muttering and ''br-r-r-r-ing:' while
he rubbed himself. nut he looked very
pinkie-winkie and gloatful when he came
down. dressed, for breakfast.
IT wouldn't give up my morning cold
tub for $4,000, co.," he said to Mrs job
son. IT'S fine thing. il only for char
acter building. It's a gorgeous thing for
a fellow to go right ahead and do the
thing that he--er-well, that he slightly
of it. to jump into blithering, freezing
water from a warm bed. And that's the
kind Of nerve human being that's worth
feeding ought to have.
Mrs. Jobson let it go at that again.
1t was still more raw and cherries. and
rainy besides, when Mrs. Jobson had to
prod Mr.. Jobson awake the following
morning. The first sound that greeted his
awakened ears was the sound of the run
ming cold water in the bathroom.
Your cold tub is nearly ready said
Mrs. Jobson.
Mr. Jobson pulled the bedclothes up
around his neck and blinked at Mrs. job
Son.
ooh it is hey?" he grouched at her.
NEARLY ready. is it? Well, why don't
you get into it, then?''
We'll" replied Mrs. Jobson. feeling 1t
coming. II don't take cold baths, you
know: but, you are so fond of them
NO I know blamed well you don't
take EN- cut in Mr.. Jobson. That
the reason why you are SO srinny and
chessy -catty of mornings-especially raw
mornings like this one is--when you come
shopping up here to tell me that my cold
tub is ready. WHAT'S your idea, any
how? To make me do penance for some
thing or Other?
you were SO very fond of your cold baths
that
ITS not a matter of what I'm fond Of.
madam" said Mr.. Jobson. Its a mat
Ter Of your sticking to your agreements.
We had an express stipulation between
ourselves that We should take cold baths
through the winter You've renigged.
You've crawfshed. You've laid down.
You haven't kept the pact. But, woman
OF the bargain. Well, not much NOT
MUCH. That's all. Mott, not, r1-u-c-h,
much not much. You can just turn the
hot water into that cold water, if YOU
please. A mans a bOnehead for making
q bargain with a woman and expecting
her to keep her end of it, that's all Eve
got to say
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submarine. etc. and patted themselves on
the back. And then the DuzZard was
lowed back to Washington and the South
Potomac squadron. after sending a real
telegram to the then Secretary of the
Navy, which was answered in appropriate
spirit by that dignitary. disbanded. sine
die. And Langley was refused any more
money by Congress and died And the
Wrights came along. and the rest is an
old story now.
PITY man has to die before people
begin to take him seriously. But, any
how. when the members of the old South
Potomac squadron meet nowadays and
have the time for the formalities they
sort. as it were. take the edge Of that
little feeling they have that perhaps. after
all, they gave Prof. Langley-who was
Just cranky and fusty old gentleman.
who didn't mean any harm-a pretty
rough deal. So they spill drop on the
ground as concession to the gods and
say, as they raise their glasses, We'll.
here's to old Langley; he sure did have
the right idea after all"
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by taking another glass of arrack. But
the arraCk seemed. somehow, only TO
intensity the powerful lingering taste of
the cabbage thing. 1t will be long time.
bage thing out of my mouth and mind.
And l like cabbage, too, please remember
-.orned beef and cabbage in its most
bourgeois form. But never again the
Syrian cabbage thing. take it from me!
Then the lid was raised from a large
vegetable dish, revealing a heaped-up me
Il was going to say mess but hope I'm
up bunch Of stuff that I couldn't make
anything of at all. 1t looked like a lot
of tiny cead chameleons
You like-let me see. what is the
American WORD? --oh, yes. I have it-you
like okra?' inquired my hostess.
"Okra! My. my, what long, long time
it had been since I'd had or seen or even
seen okra strung up to the rafters in
southern homes, haven't you? The stuff
they make soup Of? Well. this stuff in
the Syrian dish, that looked like pile of
deceased little lizards. was okra. 1t was
okra imported from Syria. very large
kind Of okra; each hunk about the size
of large cucumber.
Did l like okra? ! told my hostess
that now I knew what had been ailing
me. what had been on my mind, for years
and years. hadn't had any okra.
so she heaped my plate up with Syrian
okra. Ugh! Ugh! once more. If the cab
bage thing had been bad, this okra thing
was worse 1t was okra soaked, sub
merged. swimming, sailing. shooting-the-
chutes in oil-and. say, such oil! Cooked
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HE Was Pompous Doctor Man"
the way of giving it little right-side-up
twists every little while. 1t became a
habit with him..
Now, this was a habit calculated to ir-
ritate a nervous patient, wasn't it?
1t did irritate one of the doctors ner-
.vous patients, and that's the little story.
A month or go ago the doctor was
called to attend a wealthy old lady at
the hotel for which he is the official ply
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Special Correspondence Of The Star.
NEW YORK, October Z
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Then the dessert. 1t was an oriental
pastry-layer upon layer Of excessively
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actor" said Mr.. waiter, yet theio al
occasions when. l really believe, can
play a part quite middlng well. can
pretend for example. that l am ENJOY
ing dinner when am not enjoying II at
ALL There is more arr-or, perhaps
should say, artfulness--in successfully
making such a pretense than you'd imag-
inc at first thought. Unless YOU portray
your part very we'll. when you are trying
to make your host or hostess believe that
YOU are keenly relishins g. dinner that you
don't care for at all, you are quite liable
TO be suspected; a certain false ring IN
your terms Of praise will betray you;
certain frozenness on your features. when
you attempt to smile ecstatically over
the food, will reveal the hollowness, the
lack of genuineness, in your pretense.
But fatter myself that do very we'll in
such contingencies. l do indeed. The
proof Of the fact that do we'll on such
occasions Is that l am always invited to
come again and enjoy another of the din
ners that haven't enjoyed at all.
Recently I ate my first Syrian dinner,
1t was not at Syrian restaurant. 1t
was in a Syrian home, and a very charm
not eat dinners in foreign restaurants
any more. l have. happily. passed
through that phase. | had ii bad once.
but I've got over It. But l know a good
a while dine al their homes. l will say
frankly that l rarely enjoy the foreign
food. I enjoyed the Syrian food least Of
all.
THE Syrian who gave me the dinner at
her home is a highly cultivated woman.
even a brilliant woman. She was educated
i'm Washington. and she knows more
about the best IN modern art and litera-
tire than any woman Of my acquaintance.
She lives with her mother in an apartment
that is fascinating for it's bizarre tints.
its shadowy tapestried corners, its re-
strained ornateness, its oriental atmos-
phere, its subtle suggestion OF rankin
cense and myrrh. The pretty, fawn-eyed
Syrian lady had told me a good deal be-
fore / took dinner at her home about the
scrumptiousness, SO to speak, OF really
and-truly Syrian food. I know now that
/ was inwardly skeptical all the time. l
know now that when she asked me to
have a sure-enough Syrian dinner cooked
by her mother, at her apartment, on a
Sunday. l experienced carefully concealed
feelings OF mingled apprehension and
trepidatiou. l shall tell you about that
dinner. You may Judge for yourself.
ITO start with. instead Of so grossly
occidental an appetizer as a cocktail. we
had arrack. ! don't know whether or not
arrack Is Syrian. 1t seems to me that
II Is not ] seem to remember that the
young bloods and dandies Of the Bell g
Life period in London were great arrack
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THAT big room at the Navy Depart
j ment between the offices Of the Sec
rotary and the assistant secretary, which
for years has been reserved as sort of
museum, has been pre-empted by Score
tary Never This is as it should be.
The only things in the way Of relics in
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why these moans?''
Here's couple gets married after an
Of twenty-four hours
"Cheer up. Think how many couples
don't get married after an acquaintance
OF twentyfour hours."-Pittsburg Post.
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Next came the cabbage thing. That's
what must call 1.-THE cabbage thing.
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-03
WOMAN MADE HELPER
In BLACKSMITH SHOP
Contestant of Mrs. Morcei's
Will Produces Testimony

OAKLAND, Nov 2.-The task of hold
ing red hot iron in a Blacksmith shop
While her reputed husband, Joseph
Morcel, hammered it into shape was
performed by Mrs. Therese, Berthol
Moreel. according to witnesses In the
contest to her will before Judge ogden
today. The testimony was given by
Eugene Stoupe of San Francisco, Nor
cells godson. The shop was located
in Stockton place between Grant ave-
nue. and Stockton street, San Francisco,
and the alleged use of Mrs. Morcel as
helper in the shop occurred % years
ago.
In contesting her mothers will. Mrs.
Elsie Mousnier sought to prove that
her mother was entirely under the
domination of Morcel and that they
were never married, though living to.
gether 40 years.
Stoupe said that Mrs. Morcel. had told
him that she could not act in certain
way at one time because she was not
married to Morcel. Mrs. Rose Cohen
of Alameda substantiated the story of
the blacksmith shop. Supervisor A.
Comte of San Francisco, who drew Mrs.
Morcels will. which left an estate
worth $4,000 to Morcel said that
though Morcel accompanied her: when
the will was drawn there was no indi-
cation that he controlled her actions.
Mrs. E. Couturier of Alameda said
that Morcel told her that he did not
wish his putative wife. to meet her
daughter who was then in France.
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-03
GRAY R[CITfS Loss
OF PRIVATE PAPERS
Statements Rendered by De
Lancey as to Office Affairs
Disappear From Desk

OAKLAND. Nov Statements
rendered. by Attorney John S. de
Lancey 10 George Gray while public
administrator. brought from Gray's
home in Hayward and deposited in his
once desk. are missing, according to
= statement made by Gray on the wit
ness stand in Judge Browns court to-
dsy. In view Of the indictments re-
turned against De Lancey. for alleged
irregularities in his discharge of du-
ties. the statements are Of Importance.
according 10 the prosecution. in de-
termining whether De Lancey intended
to keep Gray in ignorance of the ac-
tual state OF affairs in the Office,
which practically Gray had turned over
TO him.
+. GRAY stated TO District Attorney
Donahtfe today that at least $4,000 In
fees which was due him could not be
accounted for. He stated that the
average income for the office was $4,000
q year and that having nearly com
Melted his second term of four wears he
Estimated that altogether he had earned
about $4,000 He said he had drawn
only $4,000 since taking Office for the
frst time. The balance. amounting to
about $4,000, could not be traced
GRAY KEPT ACCOUNT
whether the testimony to. be ad-
duced during the trial will impiicste
ne .L,ancey in the alleged Withholding &
of Gray's fees is not known. but Gray
made the statement to Donah0e as
the truth Donahae said, Whatever
the renissness of Gray in conducting
the affairs of his office may have
amounted TO. he kept accurate account
az fhe amount which he had secured in
fees. His figures show $4,000 drawn
and $4,000 To his credit yet.
The testimony regarding the missing
sta tements was given at noon today.
when Gray said that he had taken the
statements TO his office. locked them
Ia his desk. and on returning for them
two weeks later had been unable TO
find them. Gray said that he had
made a thorough search. Further eff
forts TO find the papers will be made,
as by compa ring them with the actual
records of the business De Lancey' s
relations with Gray can be proved.
A receipt for cash signed by Gray
October 15. when De Lancex made a
payment. conta ined the statement that
on September De Laneey was still
attorney for George Gray though the
fact was said TO be that he had re-
signed several days before,
CASH INFLUENCED GRAY
This was called 10 Gray's attention
and on cross. examination he was asked
why he signed fl.
T would have signed anything when
I saw that money" said Gray. but the
remark WAS stricken from the record.
The receipt purpOrted TO show that
De Lancey had claim for s4.s2e.l2 for
services and further released him from
all responsibility for further payments
except from undiscovered sources
Donahue said that he might be able
to prove that the s4.e26 belonged to
GRAY. but that he was persuaded to
sign 1t away by the clever wording of
the receipt The trial of De Lancey
Will be resumed tomorrow.
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-03
DOCTORS DISAGREE OVER
WEALTHY MANS ALL MENT
Physicians Clash During the.
Dikeman Will Contest

OAKLAND, Nov. doctors disa-
greed over Simon H. Dikeman's ailment
as revealed by: testimony given before
Judge Wells today in the contest over
DikemaRs win. Yesterday Dr. j. NJ.
Beukers said that he had diagnosed
Dikemans trouble as endoearditis, an
affection of the lining of the heart, and
that whisky was bad for him.
Today. DIR. Hubert N. Rowell testified
that Dikeman was AFFLICTED with arteriar
scelerosis, and that whisky which he
prescribed for him undoubtedly pro-
longed Dfkeman:s life.
Henry Waldo Dikeman, the disin-
herited son who contested the will; in
troduced letters today as evidence to
show that James Dikeman was preju-
diced strongly against him. and that
James Dikeman, who: became :practi ;
cally a residuary legatee under the
will owing to the insanity of another
brother and sister, exercised. an, un-
due influence over his father
During the day the contestant said
that his father once went upstairs in
a huff threa tening TO get a shotgun
and kill him, but that by chance be got
hold of an unloaded gun.
Walter Gompertz of Berkeley and
Attorneys T. w. Graber and George w
Reed were witnesses called to prove
that Dikeman was sane and competent
when he wrote his will and not under
undue influence.
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-03
ACCUSER OF POLICE
GUILTY OF BURGLARY
Jury Convicts Criminal Who
Conducts Own Defense

SEATTLE, Nov Peter Miller. the
learned man on trial for burglary and
who is acting as his own attorney. put
Chief Detective Tenant and Prosecut-
ing Attorney Vandeveer on the defen-
sive today. He first compelled the
prosecution to reduce the charge Of
burglary from first to second degree
Then he went on the witness stand and
told story of beatings by the police
that made every one who hea rd IL shud-
der. Today he spoke 80 minutes. With
uplffted arms. turning first to the crowd
and then to the jury, he passionately
cried:
II did not commit this crime and I
say TO you that this confession was
wrung from me by torture. / call now
in this presence upon God Almighty to
look down upon this police ridden town
and to God Almighty to put into the
hearts of this jury that I am not
guilty"
After being out three hours the Jury
brought in verdict of guilty of bur-
glary In the second degree, for which
the law provides a penalty OF from .
months to Is years imprisonment
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-03
flKS WILL GIVE
MUSICAL COMEDY
Play Is the Composition Of Two
Members of Alameda
Lodge

ALAMEDA, Nov. g.-''The Purple
Goat 1nn,'' an. original musical comedy
by Arthur Morganstern and Harold c,
Ward, will be presented by Alameda
lodge of Elks for four nights in the
Park theater, opening November Is.
The cast viii be chosen from members
of the lodge. which contains many tall
.ented singers and amateur actors.
: Morganstern is the. secretary of the
lodge and is widely known as a vocalist.
He will direct the presentation of the
musical comedy and is holding re-
hearsals and selecting his company.
Harold c.. Ward, who is Better known
as Buck Ward, is a comedian of con
siderable merit and has taken prom
inent parts in all of the shows put on
by Alameda Elks. ?. =.
William Hammond Jr., a past exalted
ruler of the local lodge, will appear
in the role of the keeper of THE
Purple Goat Inn He has beenfthe in
terlocutor in the Elks minstrel COM
pany. which for three years has given
performances for the benefit of the
Christmas charity fund of the Elks.
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-03
MRS. ETHEL Bent
IS FREE TO WE'D
Final Decree Can Be Entered for
Society Matron Whose Hus-
band Was Army Captain

OAKLAND, Nov. Mrs. Ethel Cohen
Bent, society woman, and once the wife
of Captain Charles Lyman Bent. for
merly of the United States army, is
free to marry again. her interlocutory
decree secured November ., 1908, be-
coming final today, the decree has not
yet been granted in the court records.
Rumor already has it that the dash
ing divorcee. who is a daughter of the
late A. A. Cohen of Alameda, and a
young officer widely known in army
and social circles in San Francisco are
to assume the matrimonial ties. Mrs.
Bent obtained her divorce on the
grounds of failure to provide.
1t was as Miss Ethel Cohen that the
Alameda girl became the bride OF
Charles Lyman Bent nearly II years
ago. The bridegroom was at that time
lieutenant in the regular army. The
couple had one daughter.
The divorce proceedings eff the Bents
were quietly slipped through the SUI
perior court in this county the identity
of the parties TO the suit being partly
concealed by the use of adopted .occu-
pations, The plaintiff appeared in the
action as Emile z. Bent. The once
gallant military man, Captain Charles
Lyman Bent, was entered in the records
as a car inspector. Bent resigned
from the army in 1907.
Mrs. Bent has lived with her mother
in Alameda since her divorce.
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-03
GIRLS STRIVE FOR
HONOR AS QUEEN
Three Days Festivities Planned
to Celebrate Dedication
of Macdonald Avenue

POINT RICHMOND. Nov. "A spirr
tied contest for the honor of presiding
as. queen of the festivities attending
the dedication of Macdonald avenue is
now on. Seven candidates have entered
the field, and their friends are busy
canvassing for them. Yesterday the
following young women of Point Rich
mond were nominated by the Women's
Improvement club of Richmond: Miss
Ella La fSelle. Miss Anna Smith, Miss
Hattie. Logan, Miss Effe Ryan, Miss
Dot Lindsay, Miss Parks and Miss Sell
by. The contest will close Novem-
Der Is.
1t has been decided to make the dedi-
cation of the avenue a three days cele-
bration instead of letting the festivi-
ties end with one days fun making.
The dates that have been fixed are
November 1S,. 10 and 20.
Macdonald avenue has been complet-
ed at cost of s150,000, exclusive of
heavy. expense to the Southern Pacific
company the East Shore and Sub
urban railway. and the. fact that this
asphalt thoroughfare is. now finished
has been seized as the basis for a
monster celebration -:
Ali the civic bodies of Richmond and
Point. Richmond will take part in a
parade :: There win be races of all
sorts and other athletic games. Dane
ing on the new street will be one of
the popular features. There is a mile
of new asphalt to dance. on: A grand
barbecue at midnight. will close the
Festivities,
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-03
EVENTS THE COUNTIES BORDERING ON OF SAN FRANCISCO
TROUBLE LEADS
TO RESERVATIONS
Officers OF Albany Mothers
Club Give Up Office After
Controversy

BERKELEY, Nov. The troubles OK
the Albany mothers club. which began
when a woman was displaced by man
as principal Of the Albany school Two
months ago, have been augmented oy
the acceptance of the designations OF
Mrs. Agatha s. Schlenker. president OF
the organization. and Mrs H. frees
secretary.
These women have been foremost IN
rhe fight against the board of eduea-
tion and have many followers Tne
action of the club In asking FOR their
designations has precipitated con-
troversy the end of which Is not IN
sight.
When the mothers club first took It's
stand against the school board pr de-
posing the woman principal or tns
school. Mrs Schlenker and Mrs Frees.
leaders in the movement, were heartily
supported shortly afterward. TO make
their opinions felt. the two women are
said TO have taken their children from
the Albany school.
This is said to have aroused the ire
of some of the members OF the club.
who did not consider 1t the proper
method OF procedure in the matter.
After several meetings the president
and secretary of the club were asked 10
submit their designations. which were
accepted Mrs. A p. Hanscom. vice
president OF the club, takes the chalr-
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-03
LABOR ORGANIZATIONS
. TO FIGHT FOR. BONDS
Will Aid Campaign for Munich
pal Improvements

OAKLAND, Nov. 2.-The two central
labor organizations of Oakland, the
building trades council. and the CEN
trail labor union. have taken up in
earnest the tight for the voting Of
bonds for the improvement of the
water front and the erection of new
municipal buildings. and also the fight
for the annexation to Oakland of out
lying districts.
Last night, the central labor .coun-
Gil passed resolutions indorsing the
issuance of bonds. Tonight. the build
Mayor Frank K. Mott on the bond
issue.
Mott outlined to the building trades
council the history of the Oakland
water front showing the final victory
of the city in regaining control of It,
and the steps that 1t is now proposed
to take to build wharves and docks
and prepare and make fit the water
front for commerce.
The civic bodies of Oakland have also
taken a strong part In the coming
bond and annexation elections. AT a
meeting of the progress and prosperity
committee of the chamber of commerce
today, number of speakers in favor
of the two projects were warmly re-
ceived.
Mayor Mott spoke twice tonight, ap-
pearing in Fruitvale to talk on an
nexation. Together with Councilman
Harold Everhart, he addressed an en-
thusiastic gathering of several hun
dred persons in Armory hall. With
facts and figures. the speakers of the
evening showed that the districts
would derive great advantages from
joining with Oakland and that their
taxes would be less than they are now.
At a meeting of the Brooklyn town
ship anti-annexation campaign COM
mittee last evening in Souza's hall,
Melrose, plans were made for holding
a series OF meetings throughout. the
territory it is planned to annex to
Oakland and for distributing 10000
circulars in those districts. CoHimenc-
ing Thursday night, meetings are to
be held nightly until the day of the
election, November Is,
The San Francisco call., 1909-11-03
MINORS DEFRAUDED BY
BANK, is CHARGE
Defunct Concern Wasted Patri-
mony, Asserts Attorney

OAKLAND, Nov. 2.-Fraud was al
legged by Attorney C. F. Hanlon in dis
elissing investments made by the de-
funct California safe deposit and trust
company of San. Francisco of funds
entrusted while the institution was
guardian of the estate of Chauncey.
Edith and Helen Hume, minors and
heirs of the late Joseph Hume, salmon
packer and lumber merchant.
The amount originally deposited in
their favor was about $4,000, but bad
investments caused the money to
dwindle until an overdraft was
charged by the receiver against one
of their accounts. Arguments were
made today to apply the small amount
remaining. against this overdraft caused
the outbreak on Hanlons part.
Those investments were fraudulent"
cried Hanlon. Money deposited in that
bank was invested in the Carnegie
brick company, and that company was
identical with the bank management.
When both failed there was no security
and money belonging to these children
was lost
Hanlon appeared as attorney for H.
w. Taylor, guardian of the minors.
Judge Ogden allowed the application of
the funds to the overdraft amounting
to S240.