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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-30
KANSANS GET TOGETHER.
Admission of State Into the Union
Celebrated

In celebration OF the forty-ninth ami
versary of the admission of the state Of
Kansas into the Union about 200 citizens
of Kansas who are residents of the Dis
trict of Columbia met last evening in the
lecture hall of George Washington Uni
versity and formed a state organization
to be known as the Kansas Association
of the District Of Columbia.
Representative William \. Calderhead
was the principal speaker of the evening,
and in his address recounted the early
history of the state and traced its prog
ress down TO the present day. He re-
lated many interesting ANECDOTES of life
in Kansas before and after the civil war,
and told of the large quota of troops fur
nished bv Kansas iii the struggle be
tween the north and south.
After the formation of a permanent or
ganiZation \. =. Myers, clerk of the
House committee ON elections No. >. was
elected president of the association; Carl
L. Cooper, secretary. George w. Reichard.
treasurer, Prof, Manning of George
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NOT TOO OLD AT FORTY.
English Business Men Agree That
Middle Age Is Best.

From the London Mail.
The question at what age a man Is best
fitted for close mental and physical work
has been raised by the wonderful endur-
ance of Commander Peary, who at the
age of fifty-three has discovered the
north pole. Some interesting opinions
business firms, medical men and others
on the subject.
Commander Pearys achievement has
exploded the too old at forty bubble"
the manager of a famous engineering
firm told a representative of the Daily
Mail.
"It has been my experience that me
chanical engineers. SO long as they keep
in good health, are much better and
more useful workers at fifty than are
young men of twenty-five
I'm our employ we have many eng1-
neers, doing hard, manual work, whose
ages are between sixty and seventy
They are thoroughly experienced work
men, who do not make mistakes, like
younger men.
"Of course. with consulting engineers
their value Increases as they get older,
provided of course, they retain their
health and mental powers"
The manager OF a big business said
that in his opinion a man was fitted for
mental work from the age of thirty to
forty-five. AT the. age Of forty-five he
should have acquired sufficient expert
ence to superintend his juniors and be a
valuable asset to his employers" he said.
clan said that the average man was the
iittest, mentally and physically. between
the ages of thirty-five and forty-hve.
by that age man should thoroughly
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-30
OUGHT TO SEEK BUSINESS
DON G. SEITZ CRITICISES POST
OFFICE METHODS.
Thinks Railroads "Underworked'
and Rural Carriers Should De-
liver Parcels Post Matter.

Don C. Seitz, publisher Of the New York
World and chairman of the postal com
mittee of the Newspaper Publishers As
ISOLATION, gave the House post Office COM
mittee his views yesterday afternoon
upon many features Of the postal service
at the hearing upon the proposition to
increase second-class rates.
Mr.. Seitz declared that the postal deficit
would be S40,OOO,OOO instead of $17, OOO. 900.
as at present, if the department, backed
by Congress, did not go out after business
like an up-to-date business house would
do He characterized the postal service
as great organization, but said that not
enough advantage was taken of oppor-
tunites.
The department must decide, he said,
whether it was to be run for benevo-
lent purpose or as a business institution.
1t was his opinion that the railroads were
not so much overpaid by the government
as they were underworked by the govern
ment.
He thought the government should es-
tablish a parcels post and give the rural
carriers more to carry than few letters,
and at the same time afford the govern
ment additional revenue.
AS an outgrowth of the present inquiry
Representative Cox of Indiana yesterday in
troduced measure requiring the railroad
companies to submit to the Postmaster
General monthly reports as to the num-
Der Of government postal employees car
ried free over their lines and the mile
age travelled by each, and also requiring
the postal employees themselves to sub
NIT similar reports.
Explaining the purpose of his BILL Mr..
Cox said
When the railroads are asked by us
for particulars as to the expense of car
rying the mails they say it costs them
many millions of dollars to carry the
government employees of the postal serv-
ice. / want to find out if this is So and
determine whether the railroads are tell
ing the truth or not.
and this is but the beginning 1 aim
to establish a similar check upon every
phase Of the mail-carrying business and
see If we can't determine exactly whether
the government Is being robbed by the
railroads, as is so genrally charged
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-30
The Art of Breathing.
r To the New York Sun

Letter to the New York sun.
With about the same perodicity and in
the same sort of newspapers appears the
query as to whether there is not an arti-
fetal man-made star called the Edison
star" and its twin insanity, the advice
to breathe way down into the bottom Of
Your lungs Most people, the article
says, breathe with the top of their lungs
only.
OF course, this isn't true at all. Quiet
breathing is done with the lower part Of
the lungs and the upper chest hardly
moves at all. 1t is only when We take an
extra big breath that we lift the chest
and fill up the top part of the lungs. It
is not the entire falsity of the statement,
though, that annoys so much as the con-
temptation of the mental habit that will
prompt people to go on saying what a
moments experimentation will show to
he false. 1t isn't as If they didn't have
the apparatus to experiment with. We've
all got lungs. I hope. But seemingly,
nine out of ten haven't got the mind
wherewith to observe the commonest OPP
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-30

investigation is now in progress to de-
termine whether this high mortality was
due to the kind of milk used or to other
causes.
Mrs Belva Lockwood spoke on the
part that the women of the country were
taking in the cause of improvement of
waterways. Mrs. Mary s. Lockwood, on
the committee on legislation, also de-
livered an address.
Before the meeting adjourned four
delegates and three alternates were elect
ed to represent the Federation of Wom-
ems Clubs of the District at the biennial
convention of the national federation,
which will meet next May in Cincinnati.
Mrs Charles NJ. Pepper, Mrs. Josephine
Rich, Mrs. Fannie NJ. Page and Mrs.
He,en r. Tindal We're chosen as dele
gates, and Mrs. Martha Williams, Mrs.
William T.. Andrews and Miss Susan P.
Pollock as alternateS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-30
METAL FOLDING BED.
No Danger of User Being Injured
By It's Sudden Folding LIN.

In view of the popularity of the metal
bed, it was only d question of time when
there should be metal folding beds. 1t
was an Indiana man who designed the
example of the latter shown in the cut
This bed consists of a base on which the
framework stands upright when not in
use for sleeping purpose. A curtain
hangs from the raised foot and not only
conceals the furniture, but provides a
sort of screen behind which clothing may
be hung on the wall, il space IS much
needed. The whole is held in an upright
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-30
Waiting to Find Out.

From the Chicago Daily News.
Cincinnati Tourist (who, for the first
time, has just entered a restaurant in
Paris)-Have you ordered?
st. Louis Tourist (who has reached the
table some minutes before and who looks
up from a French bill of fare)-Yes.
Cincinnati Tourist-What did you or
der
St. Louis Tourist Qmpatiently)-How do
know?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-30

Grafton of life. They so on accepting a
falsehood for gospel truth when their
experience would teach them the exact
contrary. This applies not only to breath
ing, but to everything else
1t just goes TO show that there's no
use appealing to the average intelli-
gence" There isn't such a thing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-30

position by clamps which engage the full
crum rod and the standards. BY loosen
ing these clamps the bed is released and
may be let down to the floor. cross-bar
at the foot keeping it the proper height
The bed is pivoted to the base at its
head and the base acts as a support for
this end. 1t will be readily noted that
one OF these metal folding beds has the
advantage of being easy to keep clean
and there Is no danger of a powerful
spring closing 1t as you lie sleeping.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-30
UNLIMITED Club Visitor.
From the lava Times.


When some of the coolies of the Bang
kok United Club opened door in small
room under the ladies' staircase the other
morning they found that a large python
had taken up its abode within. There was
a stampede Immediately. and some mem
bers of the club, hearing the noise, went
to investi gate the cause. BY this time the
snake was aroused and glided away down
a large ventilating shaft. The python
was between ten and twelve feet in
length.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-30

understand himself-not only his mind,
but his body he said. ''He knows, or
should know, how to diet himself, how
to keep an even level of good health and
well being. With a sound constitution
a man retain his vigor and mental
powers until he is sixty-five or seventy"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-30
The Latest in Simplified Spelling
From Judge

4 coal miner in southern Ohio. who
couldn't read or write. recently received
his pay envelope at the new mine. All
that was written on it was mo. 49,
The miner looked at the writing for a
long time, then exclaimed, That's a new
way to spell George Primrose. / reckon!"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-30
Danger Signals.

II these danger signals are unheeded more Sc
rfous RESULTS follow; Brights disease, which
is the worst form Of kidney trouble, may steal
upon you.
The mild and Immediate effect of SwampRoot
the great kidney. liver and bladder remedy, Is
soon realized. 1t stands the highest for its re-
markabe curative effect in the most distressing
cases. If you need medicine, you should have
the best.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-30
His Excellent Reason.

From the Cleveland Leader
why did you always make love to-
married women when you were a bach
elory'
For experience. / knew that I'd have
to live with one some day"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-30
Next to None.

From Illustrated Bits.
Hardup--There was a time when people
used to say that I had more money than
brains but they can't say that now.
Wife-Why not?
Hardup-Because I've come down to my
last shilling.
Wife-WeIl, you've still got a shilling.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-30
Address by DR.. Louise T. Jones.

Before the subject of the high cost Of
food was taken UP DR.. Louise Taylor
Jones gave an address on first aid to in
fants. She said that of the $50 babies I'M
der two years old who died in the Dis
trict during the last year SO per cent died
of intestinal troubles. She said that an
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-30
Lame Back.

Lame back is only one of many symptoms of
kidney trouble. Other symptoms showing that
you need swamp-Root are. being obliged TO pass
water often during the day and TO get up many
times during the night.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-30

Washington University and Col. A. w
Smith, vice presidents of the association
The meeting adjourned subject to the
call of the president, but the association
is to meet at least once every two months
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-30

Il see there is a correspondence school
of poetry Il suppose it charges by
the number of feet ''Or else by the
reading of the meter. "-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-30
Have You Rheumatism, Kidney, Liver or
Bladder Trouble
To Prove what Swamp Root the Great Kidney, Liver
and Bladder Remedy, will do for YOU. all our
Readers May Have Sample Bottle Sent Free by Mail

Pain or dull ache In the back Is evidence OF
kidney trouble. It is natures timely warning to
show YOU that the track of health Is not clear
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-30
Women Pledge Support.

BY unanimous vote the members of
the District Federation of Women's
Clubs last evening pledged their support
to the National Anti-food Trust League,
and agreed to do all in their power to
induce the members of their individual
clubs to affiliate with the league, which
has for it's object the lowering Of the
price of the necessaries of life.
1T does not matter where the trouble
is said Mrs. Charles NJ. Pepper presi-
dent of the federation. 1--WE know that
the price of food products has risen very
much and 1t is now up to us as a fed
Grafton to get our living down to where
we can pay our bills
Mrs. Peppers remarks were greeted with
applause and many members present
joined in the discussion of how the feder-
alton could best aid the cause of the
Anti-food Trust League.
Mrs. Randolph Keim, secretary of the
woman's auxiliary of the league, advised
those present to send in Their names for
membership at once and to induce the
members of their individual clubs to do
the same. DIR. Clara MacNaughton, in
discussing the prices Of food products, de-
clared that she knew from army officers
that the government could purchase good
beef for cents pound, while the
price in the market. even for soup meat.
was IL cents pound.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-30
| MIDWAY" INDOORS
Big New Amusement to Open
February ID.
COMFY ISLAND ROOTED IN
Novel Entertainment Idea Carried
Out in Mount Pleasant Car Barns
by Arcade Company.

The Midway" a departure in the
amusement field of this city, will open
February IA. 1t will occupy the large car
barns of the Capital Traction Company
at 14th street and Park road, which have
been acquired by the New Arcade Com
pany and converted into a great audto-
RUM According to the announcement of
the officials of the amusement company,
il will be q veritabe entertainment en-
polium. conducted on "a scale never before
attempted i'll this section of the United
States.
.'Have YOU ever seen one of those sum
mer parks Inside the limits of a big
city or in / freak amusement section of
Coney IslaI If You have you've seen
what the diwday' proposes to start in
Washington under a stormproof roof,
said one of the company's officers yester-
day afternoon during a tour of fnspec-
ton at the Arcade building. Washing
tonians will have everything and more
than they have found at the resorts in
and about Washington. 1t is supreme
effort to supply the demand for some
thing in the amusement line here between
the big theaters and the small moving
picture shows.
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Many New Amusements.

The floor space of the auditorium
amounts to little less than 1900 square
feet and is i'll the neighborhood of 80
feet in length and so feet in width. 1t
occupies the second floor of the building
and extends about two stories in height.
In this space are being erected about
twenty-five amusement devices, many of
which have never been seen before ex-
cept in the open-air amusement resorts.
Others, the officials announced, are
entirely new and have never been put
before the public.
Among the better known devices are the
Cave of the Winds" '''rhe House of
Trouble, THE Human Roulette Wheel
1.-THE Slide" 'Ifelter-Skelter," Down
and out" The Haunted Swing" The
Vanishing Lady, The Lion and the
Mouse" and The Japanese Maze.
The twenty-five or more contrvanCeS
viii just occupy enough of the floor space
without crowding and will give a va
riety not surpassed by any of the coun-
try's big amusement parks member
of the company explained I'VE aim to
make an hour with us unique and pleas
ant, and one which will not become mo-
nOtonOuS with repetition.
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Catarrh of the Bladder.
SAMPLE BOTTLE FRET

inability to hold urine. smarting In passing.
uric acid headache, dizziness. indigestion. s'eep
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-30

mel may
hayea sample u Tor both enb
The book received from men and
weIkn our to for sample
N ad In The
The gnuinecs Is offer is aneed
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Comfort of Patrons Considered.

The arrangement of the floor space on
either side of the entrances and exits has
been with an idea of providing for the
comfort of the companys patrons. \
series of dressing and waiting rooms have
been erected for women, children and
men. Beyond these will be located the
company's offices, which will also be the
Headquarters of number of attendants.
At the far end of the auditorium will be
two or three galleries about a dozen or
more feet above the floor for the accom-
mediation of spectators.
The auditorium will be lighted with
about twenty-one powerful arc lights
swung from the ceiling beams and innu-
merable incandescent lights along the
walls and about the amusement devices.
The general color scheme of the place is
to he gold and yellow, with an ivory
white background.
Although it has not yet been definitely
decided, it is PROBABLE the receipts of the
opening day, February IA, st. Valentines
day, will be devoted TO charity. The
Associated Charities may be the recipient
of the receipts of that day. The opening.
the officials say, will be d memorable
event, the program for which will be
announced later.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-30
Prevalency of Kidney Disease.

Most people do not realize the alarming in
crease and remarkable prevalency Of kidney dis
ease. While kidney disorders are the most COM
mon diseases that prevail, they are almost the
last recognized by patient and ply sicians WHO
USUALLY CONTENT THEMSELVES WITH
D0CTORING THE EFFECTS, while the ORIG
NAL DISEASE constantly undermines the sys-
tenn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-30
Local Men In Company.

The company is composed chiefly of
local men. 1t is capitalized at $4,000,
divided into 1900 shares at par value
of ten dollars. The officers for the first
year are: Edward A. Mulliken of Balti-
more, president; Charles J. Brown, vice
president; Thomas f. Edmunds, secre-
tary, and Sydney Harrison, treasurer
The officers, with one stakeholder yet to
be elected, will compose the board of
directors.
Mr.. Mulliken, the company's president,
is an experienced manager of amusement
concerns and has been actively engaged
in such work for number of years past
III the larger northern cities
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-30

lessness. nervousness, sometimes the heart aotA
badly, rheumatism, bloating, lack Of ambition,
maybe loss of flesh, sallow complexion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-30
A Trial Will Convince ANY One.

In taking Swamp Root you afford natural help
to Nature, for Swamp Root is a gentle healing
vegetable compounds PHYSICIANS prescriptions
for a specific disease.
If you are already convinced that Swamp-Root
is what you need. you purchase the regular
ffty-cent and one-dollar size bottles at all the
drug stores. Don't make any mistake. but re-
member the name, DIR. Kilmer's Swamp-ROot, and
the address, Binghaniton. n. Y. which you VIII
find every bottle.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1910-03-10

nonading stopped it commenced
again. We soon discovered they
were shelling the roads leading in.
to the town and were landing a
force OF sailors who marched up
town and set fire to the hotel.
Rev. Mr.. Price came running down
the street; he was bareheaded and
in his shirt sleeves, and asked one
of the sailors for their command
ing officer; when he was pointed
out to him he told him of the COM
munication the Confederates had
sent IN and why it had not been
delivered, and as they had com-
menced burning the town he
thought it best to inform him Of it.
The Federal officer said he had or
ders to only burn the MOTEL; that
the Confederates' threats would
not influence him to put the fire
out, but he would call his men off
and if the citizens could put the
fire out they might do so. As the
fire had hardly got started the citl-
zens did not find il difficult to stop
| it. The Federals returned TO the
boat and we were told they would
not disturb the town any more un-
til the matter had been reported to
the generalsin command at Match
ez. He, l suppose, decided not
to take any action, for we were not
molested again. The reason they
intended burning the hotel was on
account of the sailor who escaped
capture having run into the hotel
and asked for protection which
was refused him.
We afterwards heard that when
the captured captain was exchanged
he was courtmartialed and dis
missed from service for endapger-
ing himself and men to capture.
AS to the truthfulness of his court
martial, etc., l cannot vouch.
Sometime in the future ! will
write for publication in the
Chronicle an account of my cap
ture during the war, as you have
often requested me to do.
Remember me kindly to my JEFF
ferson county friends. and with
many good wishes for yourself, l
remain,
Your friend and comrade,
ELIJAH CONKLIN.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1910-03-10
w. c. T. U.
Alcohol is Enemy Of Race Says
the Report.

Washington, Nov. 7.-Alcohol
and alcoholism are two of the real
and substantial enemies of moral
artistic and commercial progress of
the human race, according to the
report of the United States dele
gates to the twelfth international
congress on alcoholism, made pub
lie by the state department. The
delegates were appointed by Secre-
tary Knox as one of his first Off
cial acts. The congress was held
last July in London, and twenty
FIVE governments were represented,
the delegates of each concurring
in the general finding that alcohol
not only was unnecessary to hu-
man life and comfort, but was m
imical to both,
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1910-03-10

tries, and resources of the nation
since the last census.
1t is emphatically declared by
the statement, that the information
sought from the people of the
United States is used soley for
general statistical purposes. 1t
will neither be published nor used
in any other way to disclose facts
regarding any individual or inter-
prise. The census, it goes on to
say, is not, never has been, and
can not be employed to obtain in
formation that can be used in any
way IN the assessment of property
for purposes. of taxation or the col
lection of taxes, either national,
state, or local; or for deportation
proceedings, extradition measures,
army or navy conscription, intern
al revenue investigations, compul-
sorry school attendance, child-labor
law prosecutions, quarantine regu-
lations, or in any way to affect the
life, liberty, or property of any
person.
1t points out that replies to the
enumerators are and must be held
by the Census Bureau in strick and
absolute confidence. All the bu-
reau officials, supervisors clerks,
enumerators, and interpreters, be-
fore entering upon their duties,
are obliged to take a solemn oath
not to disclose any information
they may obtain. except to the
Census Bureau, and a violation of
the United States law in regard
to this oath means a $1,000 fine
or Imprisonment for two years, or
both, in the discretion of the court.