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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-27
Last Here.

Prom Purk.
The Minister-In the next world. Tom
my. the last shall be first.
Tommy-Say. won't ! shine when the
minister comes to supper at our house
UP there!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-27
L0NC SLUMBERI
UNCONSCIOUS IN FRENCH HOS
PITAL SINCE JUNE IL LAST.
Hearing, Sight and Taste Are Sus
pended-Physician Deeply Inter-
ested in Case.

Foreign Correspondence Of The Star.
PARIS, August 20. 1910.
The Paris papers publish the story OF.
servant named Josephine. who has fallen
into cataleptic sluniber and cannot be
awakened. She is at present In the hos
pital at Alencon. where she has been
since January - of this year. Josephine,
who is thirty-two years OF age, has for
the last thirteen years been subject TO
nervous fits, which occurred every few
months. She was completely Frustrated
after these attacks and was incapable of
working for several days. Her cure was
extremely slow in the hospital. Her spir-
its were affected and she became con-
WINGED that she would never work again.
As her character became more somber
her nervousness increased.
Asleep Since June IL.
June IL last, after day in which she
exhibited unusual mental agitation, she
fell into a sleep from which she has not
yet recovered. The anesthes!a is gen.
eralized. Hearing, sight and taste are
suspended. Only the sense of smell re
mains in a certain measure. The eyelids
| frequently tremble convulsively. while at
intervals the patient gives utterance 10
inarticulate groans.
DIR. Paul PareZ, professor at the school
of psychology. is extremely interested in
this remarkable case, ana is using his
best efforts TO convert the pathological
sleep into hypnotic sleep, in which
state the patient would be more accessi-
bic to suggestions of therapeutic
efficacy. His labors in this direction have
been crowned with success.
Progress Toward Recovery.
When she fell into the catalepsy .Jo-
sephine was completely speechless; today
she articulates In loud voice-the effect
of suggestion. Responding to the same
influences, she sits up without assistance
In bed. nder the guidance of the doctor
her faculties return little by little But
her muscles have lost their most eie-
mentary notions of movement Her med
ical attendant is now working upon the
muscle memory" He believes that pres
emily the dreamer Will be called back by
scientific miracle from the limbo where
her mind wanders, and that she will be
restored TO active life.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-27
FIND AMAz0NS B0OES ASQU|TH TO VISIT KING
TWO WOMEN BURIED IN TOMBS
UNDER CHARI0TS.
Objects in Sepulchers in Italy Sug-
gest Date Is Early as
500 B. C. ---.
Foreign Correspondence of The star.

Foreign Correspondence OF The star. -
ROME, August 20, 1910.
Camilla, the amazon queen of the Vol
scians. has been purged of the suspicion
that she was merely a poetic Pigment Of
Virgils imagination by the discovery at
Belmonte by Prof. Dali Osso OF the
sepulchers Of two woman warriors. The
discovery was reported briefly by teie-
graph, but now further details are avail
able of the women who fought and died
eight centuries before the time OF Christ.
The district which is being excavated
is rich in relics of old Etruria, and the
existence of amazons there is proved by
the fact that the two women whose re-
mains have been discovered were buried
in their ponoply of war beneath their
Hchariots in exactly the same way the
fighting men whose skeletons have been
unearthed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-15
Good Roads.
From the Indianapolis News.

IOm Tue luUIdudpOlS 4NcWS.
To say that good roads are good thing
hardly covers the case. 1t should be add
ed that the best is none too good. The
good roads congress which is now assem-
bled in Indianapolis is made up Of and
represents a body Of able men whose OBJ
ject is of the highest material and moral
worth to the country. Too frequently the
roads Of the country in the settled por-
tons (where there were roads, have SUI
fered, as the rivers have suffered, by the
development of the railroads. The traffic
that steam thus afforded caused both the
roads and the rivers to be neglected. The
limitations Of steam traffic are causing q
revival Of the use Of rivers, and we are
having a great and In many directions q
foolish effort to rehabilitate river trafhc.
The coming of the automobile supplied
perhaps the most direct impulse to the
revival of the good roads idea. Or we
may say that we are simply coming to
ourselves" and realizing the enormous
loss and waste that bad roads cause.
Though this may fall heaviest on the one
most directly dependent on roads for a
market, in the general effect 1t falls alike
on the just and the unjust. 1t would be.
we suppose, charlottesville to show that
the cost Of making good roads all over
the country would be more than paid for
in increased facilities and the easy dis
tribution of goods.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-15
The Carnegie Peace Fund.

What can be accomplished toward the
abolition of war with an endowment of
100000 as an educational fund? This
is the question which Mr.. Carnegie puts
up to the trustees whom he names to ad-
minister the propa ganda, offering them
no direct suggestions Of ways and means,
leaving them free to choose their courses
and absolving them from responsibility
for their actions.
The elimination of war Is a large under
taking 1t affects the national sense of
the great groups Of people. 1t goes
counter to the racial instincts Of masses
and multitudes. and it calls for a high
concept of altruism for any measure of
success. Two general classes Of people
must be educated out Of their primal i'm.
pulses, the least enlightened and those
who are in control Of national affairs.
Unthinking fear and equally unthinkins
pride animate the former and political
ambitions the latter.
1t Is obvious that IL all nations agreed
10 reduce their ornaments to an equal
extent the danger OF war would be great.
ly lessened, in the degree Of the cur
tailment Of expenditures for ships and
guns. forts and armies. Ambition backed
by Q formidable force Of armed men
Is an ever present danger. element The
surest guarantee Of peace is disarmament
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-15
Santa Claus Letters.

At this season Of the year the little
folks are writing to Santa Claus. They
are dropping their letters into the mail
boxes, tucking them up chimneys and
trusting them to parents for delivery,
faithfully and confidently setting forth
their wishes. telling their hopes and ex-
pressing their preferences. In the fam
lilies of the well-to-do these letters serve
a good purpose. But there are other
homes where these letters are painfully
scrawled on scraps Of paper telling Of
desires that will never be satisfied. Many
of them find their way to The Star Of
fee. Here is one just received. with
amendments to make its meaning plain ;
81 am poor little girl eight years old.
have no father to give no money Santa
Claus. and my mother is sick and she
cannot help me. I will be thankful for
anything that Santa Claus will bring"
There are doubtless many people in
Washington who would like to play Santa
Claus at Christmas to just such children.
And there are many opportunities for the
distribution Of Christmas bounty In
homes that will otherwise be uncheered
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-15

but disarmament only upon the plane OF
perfect good faith and mutually.
The peace propaganda started by Mr..
Carnegie supplements the work Of inter-
national adjustment which centers at
The Hague. where this liberal man has
already established permanent token
Of his desire to bring the nations to the
basis. Of a businesslike settlement Of
their differences. There is theoretically
no longer the least excuse for hostilities.
In every international dispute an oppor-
tunity offers for adjustment. Only the
nation that wants war need precipitate 1t.
and there can be no guarantee in treaties
and In International tribunals that will
assure peace against the secret scheming
and the bad faith and the overwhelming
ambitions of political leaders, provided
they can sufficiently arouse the so-called
patriotism Of their people to support q
quarrel with another power.
The final appeal In this endeavor must
be made to the people themselves, the
great masses of middle-class citizens.
the men with the votes, the ultimate
power in every land where suffrage ex-
they have faith in the honorable purposes
gogues to rush them from their position.
A demand for disarmament, expressed
Enthusiastically by large majority at the
polls simultaneously in this country, Eng
land and Germany, would go far toward
bringing not merely those nations but
all others to a more rational basis of
military equipment.
The Carnegie fund may perhaps be
probably employed In carrying forward
the propaganda among the people, whose
support is in every country essential to
the political measures Of the administra-
tors. But the results will not come rap
idly. Mr.. Carnegie recognizes that he
has begun a work that will continue Ions
after he has passed away. 1t will be
measured by generations, instead of by
years. But that ultimately war will be
recognized as a wanton crime against
civilization is the view today Of even
those who argue for a sufficient arma-
ment to be prepared to meet the possible
attack Of another power. Whether this
release from the ever-growing burden Of
will come through the lead
ing example of one power or as a result
of a simultaneous agreement to reduce
all military equipments cannot be fore
told.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-15
The Ballinger Case.

Mr.. Clifford Pinchot is right in his con-
tention that Congress should vote on the
reports made in the case Of the Bailinger
investigation. 1t ordered the work done.
the order was carried out, and the reports
should be formally disposed of.
In some quarters 1t is suggested that
Congress has not time for the discussion.
and that. If it had, time should not be
wasted on a subject which has ceased to
interest the public. Who, it is asked,
cares anything about the matter now? 1t
has served it's purpose. 1t entered into
the recent campaign. had weight there.
and that should be the end. 4 vote by
Congress one way or the other would
accomplish nothing.
This is not persuasive. 1t may be true
that public interest in the subject is much
less now than 1t was a year or six months
ago. 1t probably is true that the general
public is but poorly advised of what the
investigating committee developed, and
that a debate in Congress would be fol-
lowed, If at all, with only languld atten-
ton.
Let it be supposed. too, that Congress
stands divided as does the committee;
that the great majority Of the republicans
lean to MIR. Balllnger, while the demo-
Gratis and a number of republican in
surgents censure him. Still, If this Is
true it should be made q matter Of recoru.
Mr.. Ballinger Is entitled to whatever COM
fort there may be in such an Enforcement.
The majority Of the committee having
exonerated him, Congress should express
itself as to that action.
1t was inevitable that politics should
affect the question. Here was . cabinet
officer accused by men of his own party.
and some of them his subordinates. A
congressional campaign was approaching.
and the democrats-at that time not ad-
vised Of the tide that was moving in their
behalf-were seizing every bit Of material
that looked promising. This bit looked
very promising. and they seized 1t with
avidity and used it to the limit. In Sc
lecting their members of the investigating
committee. and in advising them as to
their course. they had an eye to party
advantage.
No action Congress may take will
change opinion In this matter. SO far as
Mr. Balllnger is concerned. His friends
and supporters will continue to stand by
him, and his enemies and accusers con-
tinue to censure him. Nor Is his official
position at stake. The President preceded
the majority of the investigating COM
mittee in generating him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-15
Snow in the Streets.

At the present rate of snow removal by
natural processes Washington's streets
may be free and comfortably disable by
the LIST Of January, provided no more
snow falls. But If more snow falls before
the LIST of January there will be no re-
lief till spring, unless Congress comes to
the rescue with an adequate appropria-
uon. The Commissioners cannot be
blamed for not spending the last cent
of their meager appropriations. The
situation caused by the recent snowfalls
was disagreeable, but not desperate. The
melting and subsequent freezing Of the
first snow laid a solid foundation Of ice
in the cutters which would have called
for much more than the snow money re-
naming in hand to remove. 1t was not
absolutely necessary to clean the streets.
1t is never absolutely necessary. in fact,
until the streets are blocked beyond the
possibility of passage. Congress dribbles
out trihing sum annually for snow re-
moval. and virtually says to the Com
missioners: This is all you are going to
get We may give more. but 1t will be
with pain and disapproval Of your ex-
travagance. Make this last" OF course
1t does not last. 1t never does. Year
after year the Commissioners have gone
TO the Capitol and asked for more snow
money, humbling themselves. explaining
dollar by dollar what they have done with
the generous allowances carried by
the appropriation bills. Congress acts
like the grouchy brother in "A Pair Of
Spectacles." saying. II know that snow
pile; 1 know that small appropriation
Show them to me-" Then when MEM
bers of the House and Senate get their
feet wet In the slushy cutters and begin
10 sneeze they want to know why in the
name Of all that is warmer than snow
the streets Of Washington have not been
cleaned Let the blame for the present
conditions rest where it belongs. on the
elements and the guardians Of the local
purse strings on Capitol Hill
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-15

When the matter of departmental hours
fs brought before the cabinet meeting to-
morrow. according to the present pro-
gram. The single question should be
whetl- the proposed extension is neces-
sary. Are the departmental forces too
small to be effective? Is there more work
than the present numbers can do in the
present allotted time?
Coincidentally with the suggestion of
longer hours comes the recommendation
In the legislative appropriation bill that
the Treasury force be reduced by 266 in
dividuals. This means that In the judg-
ment of department chiefs the work can
be done by force that is much smaller.
Yet here Is the President saying that the
work cannot be done by the present force
without calling on the clerks for half an
hour longer each day. Which is right?
Maybe 10th are right. Perhaps the gov
eminent of the United States is starting
out on d course of so-called economy.
skimping and squeezing at the little end
of the expenditures. working it's forces a
few minutes more daily to get few bits
more work out of them for the same
money as before. and at the same time
cutting down the pay rolls in order to
economic still further. Meanwhile there
will continue extravaganza on the higher
planes of governmental activity.
If the extra half hour is needed to en-
able Uncle sam to cut down his forces
and save a few thousand dollars a year.
the case should be put on that basis
frankly. But there should be no claim
that the clerks do not now work hard
enough, or we'll enough, or zealously
enough They are diligent. intelligent and
faithful. They are working today under
the same pay scale that was adopted a
generation ago, while every other line Of
human occupation has been benefited by
wage increases. They are working long
err hours than ever, and are now con-
fronted with the possibility Of working
still longer, for the same pay. which
means, in terms of the actual cost Of
living. for less money.
Will the President and the cabinet
stand forth and let the great American
government proclaim itself as parsimo-
NOUS and niggardly, as q penny squeezer
and a slave driver? 1t Is to be hoped
that a broader spirit will prevail when
the question is decided.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-15
Endowing Peace.
From the Philadelphia Press.


For five years past Mr.. Andrew Car
negie has unostentatiously met the cost
Of the world crusade for peace. He paid
for, the great peace demonstration at the
world congress in New York. where Pres
ident Taft made his memorable speech.
Mr. Carnegie has provided for the Inter-
parliamentary Peace Union. peace
agitation divided in many lands. he has
united. supported and made aggressive.
With 100000 he has now endowed
peace. The forces for war are visible.
militant, Official. ancient and privileged.
The forces that make for peace are diff
fused, unseen and known neither to
courts nor to parliaments Mr.. Carnegie
endowment unites. supports, directs and
renders visible and effective these vast
forces for peace. Once set In order. or
ganized, led and provided with means for
agitation by this fund, and the strong
board now named, and peace with public
opinion will be more powerful than war
with armies and navies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-15
Careless.

Whenever anything goes wrong
The cause is quickly seen;
There isn't any graft so strong
Nor petty rogues so,keen
But we might spoil their little jokes
And stop each wicked caper
BY which they plumber honest folks
II all would read the paper.
The gold brick and the green goods game
The badger trick so old.
For many years have been the same,
AS often has been told.
When there is any crooked biz
That turns our hopes to vapor
The answer nearly always Is,
They didn't read the paper!"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-15
Where Pensions Are Deserved.
From the Now York Tribune

Mr.. Loeb, the collector of the port OF
New York. IL reported to have inscribed
asking for the granting Of pensions In
the life.saving service. There are those
who will envy him the privilege of stand.
ing first on that roll Of appreciation, and
therefore Of honor. and we shall expect
to hear that many other names have been
eagerly added to the list. But. however
many or few they may be. Congress
should not need special urging to incline
1t to do an act Of justice to men who
are not surpassed In the public service In
or in the devotion and success with which
that work 10 done.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-15

by the most trihing toy or CLINT Of any
thing suggestive Of the Yuletide. While
there are graver questions at issue than
the Qualification Of a child's natural long
ing for Christmas pleasure, the supply
ing Of food and clothing. the paying OF
rents and the buying Of fuel for families
that are utterly destitute, there Is un-
questionably sufiicient surplus to glad
den the hearts OF these children OF the
Door. The Santa Claus letters may De
valuable aids in such q work. -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-15
The British Elections.

Well. there is this comfort: The British
elections cannot go on forever. There Is
q closing time. and it is near. Then We
shall know just how matters stand
whether the appeal to the country was
worth while or not. 1t is good for US
that in our affairs suspense is only for
few hours. A long-drawn-out polling
battle would upset the American tenn
permanent, and set US all literally by the
ears. After the case is submitted we
want quick decision.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-15

From the Indianapolis News
When in doubt or trouble or distress
over present conditions. appoint q COM
mission That seems to be the rule Of
modern life.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-15

The idea of making warfare 50 deadly
that it veill be impossible Is an exploded
theory, like that which regarded the
horse as doomed when the automobile
became practical.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-15

II Americans are IS naturally eAtrAta
giant as they are accused OF oeins' the
fact that an upper Pullman berth COSTS
less will merely render 1t that much more
undesirable.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-15

Mr.. Carnegie has an advantage over
Congress in being able to put across any
kind of a big appropriation without an
argument.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-15

Some of the newly elected governors
are showing a fondness for travel quite
In accord with modern presidential Gus
TOM
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-15
The Enancier.

$50 your debts are bothering your
YES"
walking the floor because you can't
pay 'em?'
mo; because I can't make 'em any
larger"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-15

In order to prevent permanent enmity
between New Orleans and San Francisco,
it may be absolutely necessary to bring
the Panama canal exposition to Wash
ington, where 1T naturally belongs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-15
Chicago Record-Herald.

From tho Chicago Record-Herald.
War Is threatened between Peru and
Bolivia. probably just because neither
country has any other trouble Of q re-
rious nature on hand.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-15
Almost g. Proof.

do you believe in Santa CLAUSE" asked
one small boy.
him one night, only father captured him
and he turned out to be a burglar
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-15

Sir Walter Raleigh might have hesi-
tated about introducing tobacco II he had
known it would make him responsible
for the Christmas cigar joke.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-15

The discovery Of an attempt at the
badger game will doubtless confirm
Mayor Gaynor in his belief that WASH
ington is a pretty swift town.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-15

The poem Beautiful Snow has been
forgotten by most people. but parodies on
it keep coming along just the same.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-15

Grahame- White is said to have accumu-
lated 100000 by his exhibitions. In his
case the adage should read. Wings have
riches"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-15

It is hoped that no sportsman will
offer prizes to tempt aviators to see how
far a man can fall without hurting him.
self.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-15

Recent elections in England have not
discouraged the belief of suffragettes
that they could do the work much better.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-15

The small boy sees the broad display
OF snow and says "Hurrah!'
He gets a sled on Christmas day
And then there comes a thaw.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-15

The old motto I'm time Of peace prepare
for war; still has some very distinguished
advocates.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-15

There is still barely time to be num-
bered among the early holiday shoppers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-15

fhe snowdrift is almost as conspicuous
as the landslide.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-15

personal absence. letters to THE STAR should
not be addressed to any individual connected
with the ONCE. but simply to THE STAR. or to
the Editorial Business Department. according
10 tenor or purpose.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-15

Mr.. Hobson is evidently not to be a
of war peril talk.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-12-15
The Instinct to Protest.

II suppose you are pleased with the re-
cent election?'
II don't know" replied the man from
Missouri. 80 many people came along
that it takes all the distinction from be-
ing democrat