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schools OF which the Washington semi
nary. Oh f street between 9th and lwh.
was the largest. This afterward became
GonZaga College.
in:fon Gazette and one or two othe~
papers were published. th" former ~
9Th and II streets. and the second an ne
Avenue east of az street. Z mere McI"
also the printing offices or Edward lpe
Kraft. northeast corner OF ,th street
and Louisiana avenue: Way ~ Gideon.
on the Avenue between 9th and l"tn
streets, and Davis g. Force. on the
avenue between 9Th and 'th streets.
The Bank OF Washington had not ieii
its building on New Jersey avenue tor
its present location at Louisiana avenue
and 18th street. The Bank OF the tinted
States had located at the corner OF 18th
and + streets; the Patriotic Bank on the
Avenue between 9th and 10th streets. and
the Bank OF the Metropolis at 10Th and
F streets. There were ten church build
ings, two Baptist, two Cathonc, one
Friends or Quaker. two Methodist, two
Presbyterian and one colored Methodist.
Other churches We're contemplated. one
each by the Catholics, Episcopalians and
Presbyterians. The Unitarians We're
meeting in 1.-The long room over the BATH
on c street had organized a congregation
and We're preparing to build Religious
services were often held In the capitol
and i'm the halls Of the Navy and Treas
ury Departments.
The Tiber, Sluice run and other streams.
with ponds. pumps and a few reservoirs.
furnished the water supply and were used
by The few fire companies These conf
panies had apparatus near the Capitol.
at the Treasury and Post Office and near
the markets.
Two hotels on the site of the Library.
Congress Hall or Bealis and Queens:
three on the Avenue, Davis or Browns,
StrOther's and Tennison's. and one.
O'Neale's, at 21st and / streets. were the
principal hostelries OF Washington. There
were other smaller hotels and many
boarding houses well filled with sojourn-
ers. Occasions were rare when there We're
more people here than could be cared for.
The facilities for travel were limited to
steamboat. stage, carriage and horse, and
not infrequently members Of Congress
made long Journeys TO the city on horse
back.
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1felIlS.l
for me will be counted?"
Surely" answered BRAND. 'votes
are always counted
Durand got a "preau" or candidates
stump assigned to her without difficulty
in the ninth ward. which is that of the
opera and the boulevard around it.
Immediately she began her meetings.
* x
Immediately there was new surprise
I'm Paris Nine. DevilIe-Lenoir, secretary
of the Solidarity of Women, declared
herself a candidate for the seventeenth
ward. Could they refuse her ''preau.
having given one to Marguerite Durand?
Evidently no: and second lady candi-
date declared her position with the pre-
lecture of police and the bureau of cleo
tiOns.
After this it was every day. Nine.
Kauffmann, president of the Feminine
League of Physical Culture. became a
candidate in the eighth ward. In the
tary of the Womans Suffrage Society:
in the fifteenth. Nine. Oddo-Deflou.
founder of the French Group Of Femi-
mist Studies: and SO on, to give merely
Louis. Nine. Bonardelle. Doctress Made
leine Peletier. Nine. Chemin, Nine.
Chapuis, Nine Helene Klatoff and Miles.
Marsil and Nelly Roussel, fourteen tran
the chambre of deputies falling on four
teen different warVes OF Paris like light
ming from clear sky.
AT the same time campaigns that might
have been mapped out by combina-
ton of American girls and old-style poll
ticians began in the sections.
Note that, apart from Marguerite Du-
rand, a belle OF yesterday, and Nelly
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with you.' said Pere Combes. 'Intellec-
tually. the enterprise seems admirable:
but there is also the commercial stand
point
My dear prime minister" she replied,
81 will form n stock company and put
in $4,000 of my own. / have it.
'Eh bien. do You want COUNSEL
concluded the willy old man. 1T is only
half past 3. You still have time. Run.
quick. with your 10000 to the savings
bank"
Instead, she sank it in her paper. This
was the famous Fronde, which, GU
rioUsly. was always bought and read
chiefly by men. 1t was splendid effort;
and with the acquired momentum which
survived il a new Fronde might con-
dujer a real place today, if properly re-
financed. What it accomplished, general
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-07
A Suggested Raise.
LARRY THURSTON PECK. the

LARRY THURSTON PECK, the bril-
! liant critic. was talking. at the Cen
fury Club In New York, about the value
of suggestion in literature.
Suggestion is often more effective" lie
said, than out-and-out statement This
is especially true regarding a hero's ex-
cellence. A hero's excellence, stated out
and out. may win him. you know, the
readers dislike.
Suggestion is more artistic, and this
is true no less in life than in literature
"A business man said one day. after
borrowing his Office boys knife:
How is ii. Tommy. that you, alone
OF my whole large Office staff, always
have your knife with you:
L guess. the boy answered. it's be
cause my wages are SO low i can't afford
more than one pair of pants"
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OLD WASHINGTON
By James Croggon.

the White House, and on 9Th and L
streets were the hotels, boarding and
business houses and even on these
streets walking was none Of the best
And. indeed, a writer in the public press
of that day. in calling attention to the
condition of the streets, urged that when
meetings of citizens We're called that they
be held in daylight. He said that those
walking through the mud arrived with
more anger than argument. ready to
vote for nothing but adjournment: catch
ing colds and headaches" Some meet
ingS were called in the afternoon, but the
favorite hour was ''early candle light. "
In the central part Of the city, however.
the entertainments, such as lectures.
were opened at or s o'clock. That
rural conditions had not disappeared may
be inferred from the fact that complaint
was made to the authorities of the raid
ing of a cabbage patch near Louisiana
avenue and 9Th street by boys. and a
sick COW had lain nearby for a week.
Three streams, crossing Pennsylvania
avenue at End street, near 9th street and
at 18th street, were spanned by simple
wooden bridges, and within few hum
dred yards of the Avenue were brick
yards.
live community, interested in questions
of the day, and affairs connected with
city life. political. religious. fraternal.
educational, etc. The admission of Maine
CAUSED DuC little puDllC ulSCuSSioii, olhCi
than congratulations on the growth of
the Union. but the admission of Mis-
souri,, involving the restriction of slave
territory, excited the public mind. The
duel fought March %. 1920, by which
Commodore Stephen Decatur received a
fatal wound at the hands of Commodore
Barron, created great public excitement,
and aroused much discussion OF this
mode of settling differences. Commodore
Decatur died the evening Of the same
day, and his body was placed two days
after in the vault at kalorama. The
highest honors were paid him. Escorted
by battalion of marines, the body was
followed to the place of interment by
President Monroe, members of his cab
met, and other government officers, as
well as a large number Of citizens.
The conduct of the Indian war in the
south by Gen. jackson was another sub
ject of discussion. for his name was being
mentioned for the presidency. but the
election Of Mr.. Monroe to the presidency
for the second term was not doubted, and
even before the nominations were talked
of the community was satisfied that he
would succeed himself. The reports Of
piracies and the executions therefor, the
militia system the lottery schemes some
of them to raise money for building
churches, and horse racing were among
the prominent subjects discussed. No
less than forty-four cases of piracy We're
reported the preceding year, and eXecu-
lions were frequent.
There yet lived here numbers who had
helped achieve the independence OF the
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chamber judge the first arriving elect
lady.
DO you really count on sitting in par
lament" some one asked Marguerite
Durand.
DO You See that iion?" responded the
respondent woman
She indicated 4 young lion who bounds
into the parlor, smashes furniture. tears
rugs and out again. to devastate the
flower beds and yawn with big red
mouth that has the neighbors scared to
4 run.
He is the lion "Tigre," Marguerite S
dear ret. the gift of NJ. Ne faud-Ponty.
French funCtionary in West Africa, and
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LalOe, the bureau of elections OF the
prefecture OF the Seine decided, on three
old judgments OF the council of state,
that 1t had no right to throw out votes
cast for an unmarried woman by the
register male voters of a ward. The
leading case is that of Leonie Rouzade.
in 1881. who. running for municipal coun-
cilor had not only her votes counted
as blank or defective bulletins are count
ed-but certified and sent up as part of
the wards effective vote. Now. as the
bureau Is the same for all elections, and
holds to its technical decisions, it will
doubtless count her votes and let the
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them see which way the wind of pub
lie opinion was blowing.
Then. suddenly, she sprung it on
BRAND:
My dear prime minister. the cleo
tionS are at hand' she said, Il esteem
that the progress realized by women
justifies their appearance in public re-
unionS''
Il suppose so.' said BRAND, re-
Signedly.
Even if the candidacy of a woman
remains practically useless it will per-
nit me to defend a program whose
sage moderation will delight and reas-
sure the voters of Paris"
''Jndoubtedly, sighed BRAND.
Il hope that word will be passed
down for me- she said, looking the
prime minister square i'm the eyes. Il
am not to be hampered? Votes cast
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Tie cause OF women must use. every
womaniy acknowledgement beauty
She began life as a lovely young actress
OF the Theater Francois. which means
place and influence in Paris. and at once
she became a power for Boulangism.
When Constans was asked, later, what
he thought OF that campaign he an
swered:
'Peuh. There are only two men in it:
Marguerite Laguerre and T..
She was already married to LaSuerre.
called THE choirboy of Boulangism'': and
having too tranquil a sense of equality
with men to claim superiority. she made
sensational entry into politics by the
side of her husband.
A natural-born fighter. always in the
breach. ready for all eventualitieS. Mar
GIerite Laguerre presided over the Club
of Political Women that threw itself so
suddenly into the constitutional revision
10 make Boulanger kind OF emperor.
She was in the most secret councils, and
knew the election map better than did
the minister of the interior
She was immensely the fashion. The
DuchesSe dues, grande dame and finan-
cial hacker of the movement. spoke
through her. Every one admired her
smiling grace. her insisting charm, her
ever alert wit. At the most brilliant
admirer offered $2,OC0 for the charities OF
her husbands ward for the simple priV1-
Iege of escorting her on his arm across
the Cafe de la PaiX.
At the end. her wit cut like a whip
Andrieux had just published his Me
moirs of a Project of Police" and Gen.
Boulanger had fled to Brussels, leaving
behind him a quantity of compromising
papers, on which the minister OF the in
terror naturally laid hands.
Andrieux seemed shocked THE idea
of leaving papers of that Importance be-
hind one" he kept repeating.
< <
oh you publish them, flung back
Marguerite, quick and bitter
She was only a girl. and with the fall
of Boulangism she had but to stay at
the Theater Francois 10 be sure of
life of artistic ease and elegance. In
stead. she evolved the great idea OF
daily paper written. edited. set up.
printed and published uniquely by
women.
sac went to the prime minister for
moral support.
My dear little friend, 7 am entirely
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extra attraction at all her eiectoneerins
meetings. Men flock TO see the Hon. al
though the police no longer allow INN
on the platform
That lion Will hNe 'iihoIls US ana
hsoo,p. accustomed to our manners
which are good" said Marguerite. lie
resnonds to my voice already. That D.
nothing. DO you see the lamb
1t was n white. woody thing with a
mink ribbon. snoozing on n pile of rugs
IN dark corner.
They lie down together, she SAL.
solemnly That is my answer
STERLING llElllG.
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MAlGU&QlIEDupAND e5aF 0ENCt10 UFFpAGEEylv[Y3

one.
some one asked her.
deputy" she answered simply: and no.
body doubts that she. at least, has the
nerve. tact, brilliancy, experience and
fighting force to make the lower house
look as ridiculous in refusing to receive
her as it might fear to appear in frankly
accepting her on trial.
The laws OF France are silent on the
subject.
Two years ago, in the case Of Mile.
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1T was about 1890 when the citizens
Of Washington began to show in
terest in upbuilding the city and
surrounding the government edifices
with a community that would be a
credit to the capital OF the nation. But
at that time it was a mere germ OF what
It has become, and, indeed, the people OF
that day would have been pronounced
insane had they predicted the present
Washington.
May IL. 1920, the charter OF the CITY
of Washington replaced former acts In
the lines Of the city was population
Of 1900. 10000 being white. while the
Districts population. including Alexan-
dria and Georgetown, aggregated 55.VV'
There had been an attempt to obtain a
territorial government with delegate In
Congress. Mr.. Kent Of the neighboring
district of Maryland being an earnest ad-
vocate thereof. This led to raising the
question Of retroceding that part of the
District west Of Rock creek to Maryland,
and it was much discussed in George
town. The proposition for the removal
of the capital. which was frequently
raised after the war Of 1872, was we'll
nigh forgotten; and with the work on
the public buildings and at the navy
yard and on private property. giving en-
ployment to hundreds, and business
houses multiplying Washingtonfans were
contented and bent their energies to the
advancement Of the interests OF the com
munity. The accommodations for the
four departments had been nearly dou-
bled, each having now it's own building.
Before there were the east and west eN-
ecutive buildings. and when the two COM
panion buildings were added estate.
Treasury, War and Navy they were
known as the northeast, southeast, north
west and southwest executive buildings
or offices, respectively.
Before this date neither the local or
general governments had done much to
improve the avenues or streets, and few
of them were more than mere passable
roads. The public grounds west of the
Capitol extended on the north side Of the
Avenue to 9th street and on the south
side to a. street, but the square adjOin-
ing the Capitol grounds between list and
I'd streets interviewed. Along the south
side Of the Avenue to midway between
Az and 9th streets ran the city canal.
The government had improved the Ave-
nue. from the Capitol grounds to the ex-
ecutive departments, and boarding house
keepers in the neighbOrhood of the Presi-
dents house were accustomed to notify
members of Congress and others in ad-
vertisements that their houses were lin
easy walking distance of the Capitol
Along the Avenue, near the Capitol and
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NR(iI ERITF. d.
RAND. the leader
OF the French SUI
fragettes. is u
wonderful woman.
Years ago, be-
fore the English
tried violence, she
re aliZe d tina [
F T @ ii C. N from
deuSeS must make
their way by
grace and bril-
lance.
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among the girl sympathizers in these
colleges" runs the cablegram now in
corporated in Paris suffragette litera-
ture. those of Nassar. Smith. Wellesley,
BTyn Mawr and Radcliffe have bound
themselves to forswear the marriage VOW
until each of them has gained to the
cause SEQ men voters.
NC fewer than $50 Of the collegians
have taken this OATH so that If their
VOW is carried out. assuming that there
are no weakened ones. no less than
10000 American voters will have to be
converted to womens rights
The story goes on to laud the chivalry
of American men. who will hasten to re-
iieve the girls Of a VOW which Mar
guerite Durand does not advise her young
French sisters to initiate.
Adapting this beautiful plan to the
climate of Paris" she says. leach one
of You might attempt the conversion of
campaign We must leave some for fu-
ture workers.
l understand her. If this small woman
ruied land Is to go suffragette, it will be
% the prior conversion of the ma jority of
the women. This is the explanation of
the postcard campaign, because it is
linmaginable that self-respecting young
middle-class girls should go sending
o"t Injurious VI post, CdrOS apiece. with
or without their portrait, to a lot of men,
either known or unknown.
1T is postcard campaign of sweet
reasonableness, addressed to the fam
liy, its connections and ones visiting
list. Every girl and married woman.
down to the very working classes, has
an alphabetical list of every acquaintance
ever made and kept up vaguely by the
great French system Of visiting cards by
mail at the New Year. To this list
mostly made nf of
the postcard propaganda.
Women make up more than half the
French population they write. land the
majority of them either pay taxes or
they not to be represented in the MAX
ing of laws that affect them?'
And so on. There is an amending Show
er OF these post cards over Paris. giving
attendance. urging women to influence
Their men and offering choice arguments
AS to the five male votes per suffragette,
they are to be won from fathers, brothers,
uncles, cousins. family friends, their
business associates and all men happen
ing to be working under them-the girls
processing no scruples against intimida-
ton or bribery. They will convert their
fellow-employes. combine to influence
local shopkeepers and their clerks, get at
individual wOrkinsmen by way of servant
girls and cliarwomen. and buy votes out
right when cheap.
Marguerite Durand, with the strong per-
sonal following of society girls whose
mothers knew her with the Duchesse
dues, stylish ShOpeirls mannequins and
workers Of the great dressmakers of the
opera district who worship her, and
boulevard and opera population, very So
cialistic, that has always known her, may
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THEY Run for Parlia-
i ment on Their Gentle
ness and Graces-Post-Card
Campaign of Sweet Reason
ableness-Leader Began Life
as Lovely Actress and Once
Owned a Daily Paper-The
Ballotage of May 8 Will
Show Their Progress.
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Roussel. a beauty of today. the candi-
dates are regularly women of gravity
spires equal reverence Nine. OddO-De-
flou makes ME think of Mckinley and
Mime. Jean Beibe resembles the late
Mark Hanna. They are sage leaders:
candidacy is naturally theirs: but it
would do you good to see their handsome.
earnest young lieutenants and their
blooming rank and file.
To make ward workers out of veritable
peaches Is supposed to be American: and
since a recent news ceblegram from New
York has been published in all the pa
pers there is no holding them. According
to 1t one of the most radical movements
ever started among suffragettes has just
been 1naugurated in eighteen American
WOmans colleges
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PARIS, April ~, 1919.
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Special Correspondence Of The star
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There yet lived here numbers who had
helped achieve the independence of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-07

1T was about 1920. when the citizens
Of Washington began to show in
terest in upbuilding the city and
surrounding the government edifices
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Daughters of Confederacy Entertain.

Members Of the Daughters, OF the
Confederacy gave a musical entertain
ment and dance for the benefit OF Con-
federate Memorial Home at 1892 Yer
mont avenue last evening. Those who
took part in the musical program in
cluded Roy Burch, Miss Susie Taggart.
Miss Harriet Harding, Miss Mary Nc
Carthy, Miss Eta Taggart, Mrs. Nc
Knight, Miss Estelle Murray and Mrs.
Estelle p. Crismond.
Many members and guests of the
Germania Maennerchor were present at
the concert, dramatic entertainment
and dance Of the organization at old
Masonic Temple last evening. Among
those who contributed to the entertain
rnent were Mrs. S. Lehnert, r. Heine,
Mrs. Helm j. Wondrack. Fred L. Aue.
Peter Mattern and Prof. Emil Foss
Christian, the musical director or the
society.
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A Cigar Box Camera.
From st. Nicholas.

From ST Nichofas.
A fair camera can be made from two
or three old cigar boxes by boys and girls
who are reasonably expert in carpentry.
The writer once saw one made in such a
way by a boy of fourteen for a total cost
Of SO cents.
It took excellent pictures and was fitted
with a tense consisting OF q pin prick
in a sheet of tin foil. j have even heard
of using silver foil paper. such as is often
wrapped around chocolates, instead Oh
using sheet tin or brass.
In exposing interior subjects such as
parlors, sitting rooms and playrooms
much longer exposure must be given to
the plate once took dark interior
with an exposure of three hours.
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Pure Foods
for
Thanksgiving.

~ VERIFYING for the
Nix Thanksgiving Table car
~ be found here in abund-
ance, and of the highest
quality obtainable.
Each and every item is thor
oughly inspected and must meas
ures up to Our high. standard or il
can have no place in Our stock.
Frequent trips to the eastern
markets enable us to secure the
very best of everything, and very
often to sell at the price Of infe-
rior grades.
Below We enumerate a few Of
the many good things:
Washington. Oregon and California Elk
ira Fancy Apples.
indian River Choice Grape Fruit.
Cape Cod Large Cemeteries.
Turkish Layer or Whole Figs.
Whole Figs in jars, plain or stuffed.
Plum Pudding from the best manufac-
turers.
Colonial Choice ,Mince Meat-contains
no preservatives.
Fancy Quality Pumpkin-for making
pies.
Homemade Jellies.
'.ColoniaP' Pure. Fruit and Sugar Jams.
New Fard or Large BLACK Dates-hnest
New Nuts-aI1 kinds; extra selected.
Pure Apple Cider.
Choice ingredients for the Fruit
Cake.
New Seeded Raisins.
New Cleaned Currants.
Imported Extra Fancy Citron.
CIace Lemon and Orange Peel.
New pack of Canned Goods ar
irving daily
Special attention given to the
packing and shipping OF out-of-
town orders.
An inspection of this depart
ment is invited.
Fifth floor. Tenth st.
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To Serve the Dinner.
Carving Sets, Separate.
Knives, Fowl Shears.

The best Imported and Ameri-
can Steel; plain and fancy fittings
selection of blade shapes. Atten-
ton is especially called to our own
direct importation of Joseph Rodg-
ers (Sheh6eld), England, cutlery.
guard and rest rest, each. .e... WIN up
Bird car,er., pair. ..:......:. SIPS UP
in sp ssts s esss American Steel Cary.
Separate Sharpening stesls. each Csc up
Imported English Fowl Shears, OF great as
sistance to carvers in seyering FONTS O. = !.
and small bones, pair. ................. sp<.<5
Knife sharpeners, that really sharpen, orc
and quickly, too, each. ~