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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-19
VARIOUS VERSES
ON TIMELY TOPICS
The DOG.

That brindle pup Jim gave to ne
Was simply downright ornery.
And yet didn't give him up
] said Hes nothing but q pup
And when he howied and whlned all night
l said. I'm train him soon. all right"
He watched the trout door every day.
And scared my wifes rich aunt away.
When burglars called he wagged his tail
And led them gladly to the nail
Where hung my trousers-and scared back
The sleepy cop that Sot their track!
He tore the curtains scratched the chairs
And smudged the davenport with hairs,
Upset the milk and played the dickens
With Smiths white cat and Thompscn's chick.
ems:
he bit the butcher boy. By jing,
He wasn't good for anything.
Worse than q mongreHjust q mutt
And yet kept him somehow. But
One morning while took my snoozc
He ate my brand-new pair Of shoes
They cost aix dollars! Then. dod-rot him.
I took him on somewhere and shot him.
Such a relief! No tax; no strife
Between that mongrel and my wife.
No good. Why, we could Ill afford
His keep. (Havs mercy on me, Lord!
Thou knowest, ~ ] know Il now,
Those darnod shoes hurt me, anyhow9
Cleveland Leader
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-19
TAfT'S TRIP.

Fem u. Newark Star.
President Taft's swing around 5000
mile circle isn't much to man who has
swung around the world and many thou
sands of miles besides, and done all kinds
Of travelling stunts.
From the Toledo Blade.
The map of the Taft itinerary looks al
most as tangled as that of the Harri-
man system.
From the Birmingham News.
The American people wish successful
trim for the President and hope he will be
benefited physically and by larger
knowledge and deeper appreciation or
their needs.
From the Detroit Journal -
It must have been quite q tragic scene
when President Taft boarded the autemo-
bile and Beverly, Mass, went on the map
for another nine months.
From the Rochester Post.
President Taft Is to be the guest Of
honor at thirty-two banquets on his west
ern trip. Civilization has its heroes as
well as the arctic region.
From the Columbia State.
1t is to be hoped. for the sake of the
Presidents health IL for no other, that
no indiscreet community will revive the
enort TO feed him upon food Of the pos
sum- alligator varietN
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-19
The COMET.

From the Springfield Union.
Halley's comet IL said to have a tail al
most as long as William Jennings Bryan's
string OF defeats.
From the Milwaukee Journal.
Somebody has found new comet This
doesn't count unless the Stars and Stripes
has been nailed to 1t.
From the Chicago Evening Post.
The observer who discovered Halley's
comet may as we'll be prepared to prove 1t.
From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
1t may be confidently asserted that lot
Of interesting things have happened on
this mundane sphere since Halley's comet
was around seventy years ago.
From the Chicago Tribune
Halley's comet will endeavor to postpone
its real arrival until this north pole souab-
BILE has been settled.
From the Dayton News.
It Is to be hoped that the Cook-Peary
controversy will be settled before Halley.s
comet gets down to business.
From the Columbus Ohio State Journal.
After all the cameras were set for Hal
leys comet, to think that it was first
sighted through a mere telescope Is dis
appointing. Certainly It wasn't expected
so soon
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-19
Soldiers and Statesmen.

dispatch from Milwaukee says tha
Sen. Arthur Macarthur is PROMINENT!
spoken Of as q possible candidate Tor the
United States Senate against Senator La
Toilette in the September primary OF nex'
rear.
Now Is the time for the general
friends to get busy, If their activity Is
necessary to keep him out OF danger
His record as a soldier is excellent. His
abilities are of a high order. The duties
If a senator would not tax his powers
But to leave the comforts of his honor
Lblc and honored retirement as a soidlel
md take up the burdens of political
eader in such a state as Wisconsin wouio
be something like exchanging paradise
ior hades.
There Is no commonwealth in the Union
more faction-torn politically than WIS
.onsin. Both parties are involved. but
The republican party, because of being
The majority party. is veritable bear
harden. Fighting goes on all the time
The La Folletteites and the anti-La Fol-
etteites hate each other with an intensity
,eyond description.
Imagine a truce resulting in the cleo
don of an old soldier, without experience
N politics, to the Senate. He would be
he party's new leader, and as such be
charged with keeping the peace made
between the factions and holding them
oeether. Could he do It? He could as
,asily fly to the moon. The old SQUAD
,ers, seasoned to the ring, would soon
,e at it, again. and the ablest poll
ician in America could not bring them
Arthur would find himself between two
lot fires and would wish himself IN Hall
AK.
Gen. Sherman was Informally appealed
o on one occasion to accept the national
leadership of the republican party. He
vas told his name was necessary to
ring the factions together. He declined
With emphasis. At a later day Gen.
Sheridan, by a nod, might have had
presidential nomination but shook his
lead instead. Admiral Dewey wisely
ave no encouragement to those who
sought upon his return from the Philip
zines to lure him into politics. He has
,een q far happier and more useful man
or having kept to the duties of sailor.
Some men have shown a capacity for
10th war and politics, but the list Is
hort In our affairs. Washington and
Jackson are recorded. William Henry
Harrison did well in both fields, and
Zachary Taylor had he been spared
night have added a political feature to
lis fame, Gen. Grants military career
vas capped by a two-term service al
President. John A. Logan and John B
Gordon were as successful in the one
d. he afh n
Benjamin Harrison may be cited. But
he failures are numerous OF men who
rave gone, or tried to 60. from one
,ervice to the other, and the most pro-
iounced are Of soldiers who let go of
heir swords to adopt the politician s
tandshake.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-19

IT'S said that Mrs. Sage win give
Five hundred thousand dollars
Decause the lady does not grieve
For queenfy diamond cOllars
To Methodists who love the task
And for the cash were limiting.
To spend 1t, all they dared to ask,
In Wholesale Bible printing.
No doubt It will be wisely used
But. oh, forgive my ditty,
By which no one Is badly bruised,
IT'S true, and it's a pity
The chief desideratum IL
Not Bibles, though they plead IT,
But dispositions that would please
To take the Book and read IT.
Yes, Mrs. Sage has done her best,
The world will be her debtor;
And 1t Is clearly manifest
No donor could do better;
A general dispOsition'e not
For sale where you can spy it;
And not q millionaire has got
Quite cash enough to buy It'll
-Brooklyn Esgl
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-19
The BARBER.

went into a barber shop
To have my whiskers shaved;
I came out from the place Of shears
And to the cabman raved;
Take me away somewhere" cried,
Where lunatics reside.
For I've been driven crazy By
That lunatlc inside!
'Take me away!" shrieked In pain,
ITO any cell or grave,
Where I will never see again
A place where people shaveV
The cabman stared at me In ff1Sht-
Terror was In his eyes
I read q horror In his grasp
A paralyzed surprise.
I'll tell you Why" said b him.
'.I'll tell you why I rave;
I only went into that place
To get q simple shave.
The barber said my hair was thin,
And needed something strong.
And then no said the fringe upon
Ny neck was growing long.
He said ought to have Q sinss
To keep from losing hair:
He got the tonic bottle down
To scrub me then and there:
And when wouldn't have the scrub,
He said: II were you
I'd take cooling sea foam q
A little egg shampoo
Tie said my beard was growing in.
Blackheads were in my face;
He said q vigorous massage
Would dx my nose In placed
He volunteered to put some oil
And stuff upon my brow
And when didn't want the on
He used 1t, anyhow
"A mauicurist asked me II
Some help from her I'd choose;
The bootblack said ought to have
Some work done on my shoes;
Professor Someone came and said:
To make this job complete,
You'd better let me take the corns
From your poor suffering feetr
s.And that's the reason" I remarked,
Awhile the cabman gazed,
II seem SO silly In my top
For I am nearly crazed!
I went into that little shop
To shave-that's where ] fell
So take mo quick, and lock me In
My little padded cell!'
st. Paul Dispatc
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-19
The OLD HOTEL.

The one hotel In Pimetown,
hostelry Of some renown,
Doth under many names appear
It was successfully last year
The Grand Union,
The Grand Central.
The Grand Junction.
The year before Il underwent
A frequent change Of management
Its signboard swinging In the breeze
Exhibited such names as these:
The Empire.
The Imperial,
The Royal Palace.
This year 1t has another name,
A title not unknown to fame.
Tho old hotel q sad past has
And maybe Will do better a
The
American
Eagle.
Louisville Courier.-ourni.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-19
The Aviation Meet of 1910.

Thus far gratifying. evidences have been
shown Of a vigorous determination to ex-
haust every possibility in the effort to Sc
cure tho international aviation meet for
Washington next year. This enterprise
will call for persistent efforts. So keen Is
the public interest in the navigation Of
the air and 50 great the expectations OF
material advances within the next year
or two that there will be many rival can
didates for selection as the scene Of the
next gathering Of aeroplanists. Washing
toms advantages are not necessarily supe-
rior to those that can be cited for other
cities. although 1t is in every respect suita-
BILE as the headquarters Of the tournament.
In this matter the final argument will be
a practical one. What can Washington
offer in addition to a suitable field for
the aerial races? What inducements can
be laid before the Aero Club Of America,
under whose auspices, it appears. the
American meet will be held, to convince
that organization that, apart from the
sentiment attaching to Washington IS the
capital OF the country. this is above all
others the best place for the gathering?
The answer to this question comes IN
terms Of dollars and cents. What are the
people Of Washington and others who
may be interested in its selection for the
1910 meet prepared to offer in the way
Of prizes and what expenses incidental
to the gathering of aviators can they
finance? It is probable that the 1910 meet
will be q far greater affair In point or
tho numbers Of contestants and the char
acter Of tho events. than that recently
held at Rheims BY another year there
will be many more machines and opera
tors in the field. The machines will be
more highly developed in all likelihood
and capable Of performances now only con-
sidered theoretically. The 1910 events
may be demonstrative Of the final deveI-
opments carrying aviation from the realm
of novelty and experimentation into that
Of practical application. The prepare
ton for 1t should be on a large scale with
an abundance Of funds to meet all posi-
BILE costs and. in thd form Of prizes, to
attract from all party Of the world the
men who are at work solving the prob
lem Of human flight.
OF course, Washington cannot compete,
in a matter Of raising funds. with cities
like New York, Philadelphia, Chicago or
Boston, where in projects that appeal to
the public Imagination contributions are
available in terms OF tens OF thousands.
where hundreds are forthcoming here.
But It should nevertheless be possible to
raise the necessary amount in the Dis
trict The superior advantages Of the
larger cities in this respect would operate
In their behalf only to make It easier
to meet the requirements of the aviation
tourney. It IL within the power Of WASH
ineton to nut I'D the necessary funds II
the business men and citizens generally
Of the District are determined to secure
the event for this locality.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-19

Gone are noise and riot
Out upon the street;
All within Ii quiet
Once more life is sweet.
Not q bit Of clamor
Breaks the silence here;
Sounds Of muddled grammar
Fall not on the ear.
Not q single youngster!
Not one loud ''By jingt"
Not one eager tonguester
Makes the welkin ring!
Through the long vacation
Tumult reigned SUPREME
Woe or wild elat!on
Letting or Its steam.
Little chance to Oiumbcr
All the season through;
Children without number
Made such great ado.
How the street resounded
With their constant call.
Loud their footsteps pounded
Up and down the hall.
This Deserted feeling
Makes Us sort o. blue.
Lonesomeness comes stealing
Over me and you.
Seems rs IL the season
Cherries 10 and bleak.
Well, you know the reason
School began this week.
Chicago Newn
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-19

Mrs. Ida HuSted Harper, leader III
the woman suffrage movement, and one
of its ablest writer's, said to New York
reporter:
1--WE hope you won't call US suffragettes
because that word applies only to those
who adopted the so-called militant meth.
DDS. Understand. now. we are not I'M
plying any criticism Of these methods. II
Is simply that they are not our methods
and we do not wish to be characterized
by a name that does not properly describe
US. We are trying to get the suffrage and
are therefore suffraglsts."
This is an important announcement, and
one that reflects credit on the women en-
listed In the cause. They know their
country and their countrymen. They re-
spect themselves. They well appraise the
situation in deciding against campaign
of nuisance. The better method, as they
see-in fact, the only one Offering the
slightest hope of success in America-is
an appeal to reason conducted with dig
nifty and earnestness.
Mrs. Harper refuses to criticise the SUI
fragettes. but it should be done. The Eng
lish women who have taken the war path
and painted themselves for the fray have
not only injured their cause, but astonish-
ed mankind. The word Disguised should
also be added. For such conduct had no.
where been associated with civilization
whose best fruits tho world at large
thought showed in the homemakers. The
first fierce capers Of the sufcraEettes,
therefore, came as shock; and their
repetition seems not to have hoped what
the performers have in view. Notoriety
for individuals has been achieved, but
nothing for the cause.
1t Is not necessary to indorse this move
occupies q position now far in advance
able women are in charge. They have for
some years-t might not be safe to say
how many-been close observers of poll
tics and how men play the game. They
are well advised. both as to what they
want and how to go about getting 1t. They
are tremendously in earnest. They have
the financial backing for q thorough cam-
paign. and are busy mapping 1t out.
Will they win? They are sanguine-aor
publication. That Is q trick they have
learned from the men. But they must
know that their row Is hard one to hoe.
The opposition IL not composed solely of
men. Many women-some Of them OF
great prominence-deplore the proposition
Of suffrage for their sex, and are organic
ing to combat 1t. The old tug OF war
came when Greek met Greek. A new
tussle record may be made when woman
meets woman in a contest over the bal
lot.
America, 1t may be mentioned, is q fine
field for the struggle. It is pre-eminently
the land OF argument and publicity and
progress, and those with q message Of in
terest to deliver never want for an audi
ence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-19

The opponents Of Tammany are finding
1t difficult to make fusion arrangements
for tho mayoralty contest. So much the
better. maybe, in the end. They will
be forced thus in their conferences to 80
over the situation the more thoroughly
and carefully, and out Of such labor
should come q good candidate and q good
platform. Tammany, even in it's present
condition. II no mean antagonist. It
rallies readily from endorsements. and.
when the stake is as rich as the present
one, fights with skill and determination.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-19

ommon understanding among statesmen
& the English-speaking countries cannot
hil to create interest. But they also call
sttention to the contentious Of some Brit
Bh philologists that we Americans do not
peak English.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-19
Guardianship.

0UAtu1auBQ1p.
SIeepyhead! How swift the day
Has passed for you!
A little while to laugh and play
And all Is through.
Save dreaming Of the wonderland,
Where you have led
A life with joys on every hand.
Sleepyhead
Sleepyhead, the tender bloom
That spring will wake
Is warmed and loved through winters
gloom
BY leaves that shake
And fade and fall beneath the tree
With youth all fed;
And SO we shield you lovingly,
Sleepyhend
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-19

II Mr.. Roosevelt knew Of conditions here
he might supplement- his request for bass
by a suggestion that the District send it,
superfluous poultry over to Africa.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-19

President Taft IL plainly convinced that
tariff revision Is not entitled to monopolize
that exceedingly valuable commodity the
time Of Congress.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-19

When the Eskimos are brought In as
witnesses some one will have to come for
ward with a guarantee that the inter-
ing In good faith.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-19

The summary execution Of Ell Roghi by
the Sultan Of Morocco will remind Raj
suli that it is much safer to be a bandit
than q simple pretender.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-19

A postal savings system should be well
coined by those metropolitan institutions
which refuse a mans account unless he
keeps a balance Of at least 5000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-19

The tongs in New York make It clear
that the Kentucky feud is another Of
those ideas In which China anticipated VI.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-19

M. 8. Quay could have had any number
Of statues Of himself scattered through
Pennsylvania II he had. only taken the
trouble to attend to it during his lifetime.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-19

DR.. Cook at least has proper credentials
from Mr.. Bryan to support tho claim that
he IL q democrat.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-19

President Tafts wholesome interest In
base ball is to be commended. although II
is impossible to get up much local en-
thusiasm over his efficiency as q mascot.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-19

It IL impossible without further inves.
tigation to answer Anxious 1nQuirer's
request for information as to whether the
essential article In an arctic explorer
outfit Is an ice pick or q muck rake.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-19

Frenchmen have invented pasttme
which consists Of mimic dueling with wax
bullets. Unless these Parisians quit fool
ing with firearms, sooner or later some
body 10 going to get hurt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-19

Possibility Of arrest adds to the excite
ment which betting people may now en-
Joy at New York race track.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-19

Conan Doyle is discussing conditions in
ne Kongo. King Leopold may at last
remble. with Sherlock Holmes on his
rail
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-19

This congress was impressed with the
Importance Of constituting a counterbal-
ance to the bloc which ex-
Slavic tends from the Baltic to the
r-. Adriatic. This counterbal-
ance signifies union among
the Slavs. Russia is now convinced that
1t is necessary to strengthen their occi-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-19
FIFTY YEARS AGO
IN The STAR

For some days previous to the opening
of the Washington Theater for the week
beginning September L.
American 1850, the advertising col
ro,,.;, umns of The Star were
emphasized by a wood
cut showing the profile OF a broadly grim
ming, administered Individual. proclaim
ing the presentation of Our American
Cousin This was one Of the first the
atrical illustrations used in Washington.
The Star 81 September ID says:
"One of the largest and most fash
ionable audiences that has ever visited
the interior OF the Washington Theater
assembled last night to witness the per-
Torrance OF the great international COM
edy of Our American Cousin. 1t was
truly gratifying to the friends Of the
Drama, as it must have been to the
company, to know that so many people
knew of the existence of the theater and
had actually found the way to that hos
pitable establishment Without having
the space to enter into any criticism OF
the play or it's performance we will SIM
ply say that 1t was most enthusiastically
received by very large and discriminate.
ing audience, and will no doubt continue
to draw overlooking houses as long as the
managers may see fit to keep it on the
Washington boards. The play is to be re-
peated tonight. followed By the farce Of
The Bton Boy MIR. Gohn To Raymond
as Dabiter.'
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SHOOTING STARS
BIZ PHrLANDER JOHNSON.
DiSapproval,

Disapproval.
What makes those two women turn
I'D their noses at each other so super
ciliously?"
Possibly" replied Miss Cayenne,
each got q glimpse Of the current novel
tho other was reading"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-19
The Tariff.

And now there comes one more surprise
From men inclined to the decision
That 'twould be wise to re-reviss
And then revise the re-revision.
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An ADVANTAGE.

An Advantages.
There's one great advantage about
living away out here In the country
said Mr.. Crosslots contentedly.
whats that" asked his visitor.
"A servant has to stay at least q
week In order to earn enough to pay
her fare back home"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-19
An Object Of Increased solicituds.

An Object Of Increased Solicituds.
There never was q time when the
farmer was SO highly considered az he
Is today" said the gentle jollier.
That's right" answered Mr.. Germ
tossel: they're maxim a heap O. fuss
over US agricultural folks. You see,
crops has been kind o. good lately. In
addition to votes we've got a little
spare change that's worth lookin' after. ~
when man OATS tryin' to trade
horses wifi me stahts braggin' bout
how honest he is in his dealin's.". said
Uncle Eben. Il can't help suspectin' dat
he's gettin' ready to make an exception
in my case"