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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-10

walked down with my companion among
the rocks of the moraine and over the
sparse turf of these highest regions OF
life.
tians. the larger and darker. and the
smaller. bluest of all blue flowers. The
large plump yellow globe-fiowers tTroi-
lius), the sulphur-yellow anemone, the
glacial white and pink buttercup. the Al
pine dryad, the Alpine forget-me-nots
and pink primroses. the summer crocus'
delicate hare-bells, and many other now
ers of goodly size were abundant: Inc
grass of Parnassus and the edeiWeiss
were not yet I'm flower, but lower down
the slopes the Alpine rhododendron was
showing its crimson punches or blossom.
1t is a pity that the SWISS can TINS
plant "alpenrose, since there Is true
and exquisite Alpine rose (Which we OFTEN
fo,Ind) with deep red flowers. dark-colored
foliage and a rich, sweet-briar perfume
Lovely as these larger flowers OF the
higher Alps are, they are eNceheu IN
fascination by the blue flowers or the
SoldaneIlas. like little fringed foolscaps,
by the brilliant little red and purple Al
pine snap-dragon, and by the cusnioh-
forming growths of saxifrages and other
minute plants which incrust the rocks
and bear closely set in their compact
green yelvet-like foliage. tiny flowers as
brilliant as gems. A ruby-red one among
these is 1.-THE stalkless bladder-wort.
having no more resemblance at nrst
sight to the somewhat Tdihshdcnie pinn
der-wort of our fields than wood nymph
has to a fishwife. There are many others
of these misunderstanding diminutive
plants, with white. blue, yellow and PINK
fiorets.
Examined with a good pocket lens, they
reveal unexpected beauties of detaiEso
graceful and harmonious that one won
ders that no one has made carefully col
ored pictures of them of ten times the
size of nature and published them for
all the world to enjoy. Busily moving
within their charmed circles We see, with
our lens minute insects which. attracted
by their honey. are carrying the pollen
of one flower to another. and effecting
for these little flowers what bees ana
moths do for the larger species
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-10
PROFIT FROM WASTE.
Old Paper Sold and Garbage Made
Into Fertilizer.

From the New York Commercial.
In most inhabited areas from one end
of the American continent to the other
the litter of thrown-away paper Is in
glazing and offensive evidence almost
constantly and it stands for a vast
amount of extravaganza and waste. The
great bulk of 1t is destroyed without be-
ing put to any use whatever, while prac-
tfcally all of IL might be made over into
new paper or be put TO other commercial
uses. The municipality Of Buffalo in
this state is one of the very few in this
country that collects the waste paper
in public places and gets a revenue from
II; it burns ii for generating steam at its
incinerating plant, thus converting the
waste into power. Cleveland. Ohio, is
another city that utiliZes it's waste paper
litter-turns IL into cash. Twenty thou
sand bags are used regularly by employees
of the street department for the collec-
ton of thrown-away paper: every house
holder is provided with one. and once a
week collector calls and empties IT.;
the paper is hauled to central baling
station and is there made ready for ship
ment to deal who contract for it.
THE present administration" says a re-
cent Cleveland municipal report, has
caused the papers to be baled by the
workhouse prisoners and the cost of col
lecting and baling. according to the state
ment made by the director of public
works, Is s. ton. The papers are sold
on contract to the highest bidder. and
the last contract was made for $40 a
ton. The advantage of Clevelands sys-
tenn Is that the expense of sorting the
paper waste from the other refuse is
avoided, and the technical difficulty of
grading the waste papers is overcome
by selling them just as they come to
paperstock dealers"
Here in New York hundreds of thou
sands OF tons of thrown-away paper, per-
haps millions. must go to waste every
year, and the consequent loss in dollars
must reach very high figure. In fact.
comparatively few American cities have
learned the lesson of municipal thrift as
most of the larger cities in Germany and
France have learned it. There practical
Ily every pound of garbage and other
waste matter is utilized in some way. In
Berlin the sewage is converted into a
commercial fertilizer and is either sold
at a good profit or else is used on the
municipal truck farms that raise vege-
tables for use by the hospitals and other
municipal institutions. The vast volume
of New York sewage. garbage and mis-
cellaneous waste could be and ought 10
be turned into dollars and be made a
source of revenue and proft-but per-
haps some of our bigger problems ought
| to be solved first.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-10
HIGHLAND PARK PROGRESSING
New Northwest Suburb Offers At
tractive Home Sites.

Highland Park, new suburb lying just
beyond the northwest boundary of the
District is coming actively To the front
and is taking its place in the develop
ment of realty adjacent to the National
Capital Highland Park is located di-
rectly on the Washington and Rockville
turnpike and the Washington and Rock
vile electric railway. and il lies only
nine blocks northwest of Chevy Chase.
Md. The golf courses of the Chevy Chase
Club and of the New Columbia Golf Club
are even closer to the suburb, and all of
the property in the subdivision will reap
the reflex benefit incident to the improve
mentS projected by these organizations.
The clubhouse of the Columbia Golf Club
s nearly completed. and the contractors
are just beginning work on tine hand
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-10
A Test for Quality Folks. y

From Everybody's Magazine.
No observer of men is half SO shrewd
and accurate as the old-time negro. He
knows quality folks by sight searches
them out by a mysterious intuition, and
never goes wrong. An adventurer may
happen along and deceive the master. but
the cook ana the butler shake their heads
and humble TO themselves.
Dat sho' Is one fine gentmum, re-
marked Uncle March. smacking his lips in
pleasant retrospection; "he jes' handed
me de glass to hep myself; den he looked
outer de winder whilst | was pourin my
drink True; the gentleman knew that
Uncle March would dislike to appear
haggish and yet would hate to set down a
decanter of good whisky. So the kind
hearted giver turned his head and thus
relieved the old negros embarrassment
an act which was in itself the essence of
comprehension and the pink of courtesy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-10
CELEBRATE ANNIVERSARY.
Gardiner & Dent, Inc, One Year OLD
This Week.

One of the pleasant events of the cur
rent week i'm the local realty field was the
celebration by the firm of Gardiner 4
Dent, Inc. of its first anniversary. Or
ganized September .. 1909. this new firm
has had a fattering success, and its mem
bers plan a still more active campaign
for their second year. In formal an
nouncement published on the anniversary
date the members of the firm gave ex-
preston to their appreciation of the many
congratulations showered upon them by
their friends. THE success of our first
year has been far beyond our expecta-
tions," they said, land we believe IL has
been due to our painstaking efforts to
secure the right kind of property at the
right prices and to give our clients the
best and most advantageous invest
mentS'
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Teaching Children Self-Control.

from Harper's Bazaar.
II was a pleasure TO witness. not long
ago, in a neighbor's child. the WORKING
Out OF the theory of rewardins goodness
instead of Furnishing badness IN childreh.
Little Margaret. of ten, was a girl OF
,,nnural hriphtness. but her quick, sharp
tongue brought her many troubles.
Whippings she accepted a. her natural
birthright but they left ner no hearti
self-control. At last the mother was
taken III, and nurse of wide experience
came into the home. The care OF Mar
.aret was one OF her duties. ana as she
watched her day by day she felt pity
for the child.
So the nurse studied Margaret. and sht
found a point Of vantage. Margaret mac
y wonderful love of stories, and was
never so happy az when listening 70 the
recital Of one. Here was her chance y
story was promised Margaret every nlgh
at bedtime. provided she had not gfver
way 10 her temper during the day, ant
the rule was strictly adhered To. At hrst
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-10
IN SUNNY SWITZERLAND.
Well Known English Scientist De.
scribes Early Summer Visit.

Sir f.. Raw Lancaster. in London Telegraph.
I have but Just returned from a visit to
Switzerland. The latter part of June and
the beginning OF July is the best for a
stsv ir that splendid and happy land If
one is naturalist and cares for the
beauty of Alpine meadows and of the
flowers which grow among and upon the
rocks near the great glaciers. This year
the weather has, no doubt, been excep-
tionaIly cold and wet. and at no great
height C5,OOO feet we have had snow
storms even in July. But as compared
with that of Paris and London the
weather has been delightful. There has
been an abundance of magnificent sun
shine, and many days OF full summer
heat and cioudie4s sky.
The lake of Geneva. day after day,
spread out to us at Chillon it's limitless
surface of changing color. now blending
In one pearly expanse with the sky, SO
that : the distant felucca boats seemed
to float between heaven and earth, now
streaked with emerald and amethystilie
bands. The huge mountain masses rising
with a vast sweep from st. Jingo's shore
displayed range after range of bloomlike
grays and puppies, while far away and
above delicately glittered-like some in
credible vision of heavenly world be-
yond the sunlit sky itself-the apparition
OF the SHOWS and rocks of the great Dent
du Midi. All this have left behind me.
and have passed back again to dull gray
Paris to the stormy channel, and to the
winter of London's July
The Incompatible pleasure which the
lakes and valleys and mountains of
Switzerland are capable Of giving Is due
to the combination of many distinct
sources Of delight. each in itself of ex-
ceptional character A month ago in
bright sunshine / went by the little cleo
trio railway fmost blessed invention Of
our day) from the pine-shaded torrent
below to the great Eiger rock-mountain
and through its heart to the glacier be-
level. On the way back left the train
at the foot OF the Eiger glacier, and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-10
Places That Are Hallowed.

Miss Nightingale's seat on the hill
side. overlooking the village, is a group
of rocks where she used to go for rest
and thought. and beside It are the graves
of a few of her brave nurses. Every
house in which she slept, every place in
the vicinity that is associated with her
in any way is hallowed. The present
owners are as proud OF that distinction
as owners of English castles are OF the
rooms in which Queen Elizabeth slept.
Her principal hospital was at the
monastery of st. George, said to be the
oldest and one of the largest in Russia.
Most of the monks fled on the approach
Of the allies. and the British seized the
buildings for hospital purposes and placed
them under Miss Nightingale's charge.
The room she occupied is sacred and is
shown to all visitors with great salts
faction.
The monastery was built I'm the latter
part of the ninth century. somewhere
about the year $50. by certain Greek mer-
chants. who were miraculously saved
during a fearful storm by the interces-
sion of St. George. 1t occupies an extra
ordinary position at the top of cliff
several hundred feet above the sea. in
the midst of an amphitheater of black
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Retreat for Tired People.

Balaklava is also an unfa shionable sum-
mer resort, a retreat for tired people who
wish to escape society and are not fond OF
style. There are three or four UMPIRE
tentious hotels, two or three beautiful
villas. and every fisher-wife takes board
ers. There are bathing houses, a hydro
pathic sanatorium, and on the mountain
side among the vineyards a grape cure
establishment. which at the height of
the fad was largely patronized
There is only one street i'm the village
and houses on only one side of that.
Every citizen. therefore, has the benefit
of an exquisite view. There are a few
small shops and cafes and two pavilions
where visitors can sit and sip their tea
and look out over the waters. The view
Is fascinating and the effect is heightened
by the miniature character of the place
the bay is SO tiny. the village so small
and the cliffs which inclose them are SO
high and bold and rugged.
walk over the cliffs leads to the ruins
of a castle and fortress built by the
Genoese in the middle ages on the summit
the walls ramins. The castle, or citadel
was the apex Of a triangular fortification.
the base of which was parallel to the
port, and there was 4 strong tower at
each corner. The Genoese were in pos
session of this part of the coast for sew
eral centuries and made Balaklava a
stronghold. A graphic description Of the
place was written by Russian merchant
named Nikitin. who stopped here in 1472
on his return from a trip to India, but a
thousand years previous Balklava was de-
scribed by Strabo and other Greek writ
ers when ii was known as 1.-The calm
port of the signals
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Surrounded by Noted Quarries.

The village of Inkerman occupies the
head OF the bay which forms the har-
Dor of SebastopoI. and is surrounded by
the most noted uuarries in southern Rus
STA. They have been worked for ages and
vast chambers have been excavated in the
soft limestone which underlies the scanty
soil of a high, dry. bare plateau. These
chambers are entered through square
dooorways cut in the cliffs, and wooden
tramways and skids are laid along the
floors of the galleries, so that the plocks
of stone can be hauled out. 1t is as SOFT
as chalk when first cut, but grows hard
with exposure. Odessa, Sebastopol and
other cities i'm southern Russia are butt
almost entirely of this material. Al pres
ent the Quarrymen are engaged in cutting
out vast quantities of small docks vi
stone for new palace which the car is
building on his estate on the Crimean
coast near Yalta.
Both walls of the gorge in which 1nker-
man sits are honeycombed with artificial
caves, supposed to have been the dwell
ings of the troglodytes of mythology IN
prehistoric ages. and afterward the ref
uge of the early Christians during the
prosecutions of the Emperor Justinian.
Some of the caves were converted into
chapels and are used such still There
is a monastery of twelve or fifteen
monks, entirely underground. occupying
the cliff dwellings of the troglodytes. and
on the opposite side of the gorge is a
chapel that will accommodate a hundred
and fifty or two hundred people, where
service is held every Sabbath and mass
| is sung every morning. In the vestibule
are inches for collins, and clean skeletons
| are lying i'm three open graves which
were chiseled out of the stone. They
were uncovered only a few years ago,
and are supposed to be the remains of
| early bishops or priests.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-10
Conservation.

From the Minneapolis Journal
Colorado farmer has caught and
dried hundred bushels Of grasshop-
pers for winter feed for his hens. In
Japan a regular business is transacted
in the capture of firefies Those con-
servationists apparently don't realize
the inventiveness of the people whose
resources they are trying 10 save.
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Field Spiders of Maine.
m the Kennebec Journal.

Walking through the pastures of
Dresden the Gossiper found many
small deep holes i'm the earth which
he supposed were those of field mice.
Instead, however, he learned that they
were made by great spiders with
bodies beautifully marked in black and
gold and half as large as hens eggs.
A bite from one of these field spiders
would make q man remember.
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of course, there were many nights of nc
story telling. But with the help of the
wise nurse little Margaret guarded her
tongue more and more. until after a few
months she seldom missed a story, and
was herself proud of the victory.
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basaltic rock. which rises TO the height OF
q thousand feet on both sides and in the
rear. The amphitheater Is entered through
a tunnel cut in the rocks. no doubt by the
ancient troglodytes, whose remains are
found I'm the neighborhood. Tradition
says that this amphitheater was the site
OF q temple and altar to the goddess
Iphigenia, daughter OF Agamemnon, and
here were sacrificed all strangers and
castaways that the tauri found upon their
coast.
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Remains Found In Cliffs.

The most interesting remains OF the
troglcdytes. however. are found in cins
overhanging little stream at Inkerman,
where another fierce battle was fought
during the Crimean war. The Russians
have erected a monument in the held
where most of the fighting was done. and
a granite shaft marks the center OF the
English camp, which is inscribed:
In memory Of the English. French and Russian
soldiers who fell IN the battle Of
Inkerman. November = 1854.
Erected by the British army. 1873.
The battle OF Inkarma1 was surprise.
The Russians crept up ravine in the
night and before daylight struck the
sleeping Englishmen in their camp. IL
so happened that many of the officers
were absent, and in the beginning every
soldier fought independently for his life.
After the dawn. when there was light
enough for the Englishmen TO see what
was going on. the defense was Thoroughly
ORGANIZED and the Russians were driven
back with n heavy loss
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Abiding Place of Banished Women

But l forgot to tell you of another
interesting place nearby called Gas
pra.' where three women who had
been banished from the Russian court
at ST. Petersburg took refuge, and
not only repented Of their sins. but at
tempted the impossible task of con-
verting the Tartar population to Chris
tianity.
One of them was the Princess Gala
tizin, whose amours were more notori-
Gus than those of Catherine the Great
another was the Baroness de krud-
ener, who told Alexander / to his face.
in a crowded ballroom, that he was
an awful sinner: and the third was the
Countess de la Motbe. who was public
ly whipped and branded in Paris as an
accomplice in the theft of a diamond
necklace from Marie Antoinette.
Another beautiful estate in that
neighborhood, which belonged to Gen.
Leo Naryshkin, was laid out by
Joachim Tascher. said to have been a
natural half-brother of Josephine, the
first Empress of France. When Ma
poleon became emperor, Josephine Of
fered Tascher position suitable TO
his rank and relationship. but he de-
clined and begged to be allowed to
remain in obscurity, to follow his
favorite pursuit of gardening.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-10
Pope Clements Fate.

Pope Clement I was sentenced by the
Emperor Trajan of Rome to hard labor
in these quarries. and was brought here
in the year "a A. d. He was afterward
condemned to death for trying to convert
the natives to Christianity, and suffered
martyrdom by being thrown from the
cliffs into the sea in the year 100.
Until the ninth century, on each an
niversary of his death, the sea receded
from the shore for the space of seven
days. leaving his petrified body exposed
upon the sands. and multitudes of pill
grims came here on those occasions to
venerate him and to be relieved of de-
formities. disease and distress. Pope
Clement was subsequently canonized.
In front of the park at Sebastopol is a
monumental seagate called the Graf
skaya Pristan,' or Landing place OF the
nobility" stairway of white marble
fifty feet wide leads from the edge of
the water to the summit of the blum,
where Is a classic marble pavilion sup
ported by twelve Ionic columns. Here the
car and other distinguished visitors are
received with ceremony. Such a seagate
is proposed as a memorial for Robert
Fulton on the Hudson at Riverside Park
in the city of New York.
This pavilion was erected as a me-
mortal to Prince Mihail Simonovitch
Woronzof, who, next to Potemkin, was
the empire builder of southern Russia
Traces of his ability and evidences Of
his energy and enterprise are found
everywhere He was one of the earliest
governors Of Odessa, where he founded
numerous educational and charitable
institutions, and gave an impulse to
trade and commerce. He was equally a
benefactor to Sebastopol and the Graf
skaya Priston was a tribute of the peo-
pie to the permanent benefit he con-
ferred upon them. He built the magnif-
icent roads along the coast and over
the mountains to Yalta, and il was his
palace at Aloupka that l described the
other day.
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Organizes Volunteer Corps.

Miss Nightingale was born In 1920 She
took course in medicine and nursing in
a German hospital at Kaiserworth. and
had just returned to England when the
Crfmean war broke out. She at once or
ganized corps of volunteer nurses. and
with funds furnished by personal friends
led them to Balaklava, where she estab-
hshed group of hospitals and organized
a camp and field service of mercy that
was entirely unprecedented. but has since
been recognized as the standard for every
civilized nation to follow
Florence Nightingale is still living. and
recently celebrated her ninetieth birthday.
She lives at Chelsea one of the outlying
parishes of London. and although her
body shows the infirmities of age. her
mind is as bright and her sympathies as
active as they were when she won the
title or angel of the Crimea" in 1S5j-56
Balaklava. which was the scene of Miss
Nightingale's usefulness. is an ancient VIII
lage of Greek fishermen, whose ancestors
settled on the southern shores of the Cri-
mea at least three thousand years ago, to
catch the unusually large variety of fish in
which that section Of the Black sea
abounds. Balaklava is the source of a
large portion of the supply of the eggs of
the pilchard, the most popular of cayiares
among Russian epicures. The meme Bal
aklava is composition of Bella and
"Clava." which means ''fine-port," al
though the bay is no larger than a Nor
wegian ford, and is set like a sapphire
between two emerald mountains. The en-
trance is as crooked as the letter s and