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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-27
Powder and Paint.
rom the indianapolis Star

From the Indianapolis Star.
A Kansas City man lately appeared in
court to explain why he had sent his
wife home to her mother and taken her
child away from her. "She deceived me- =
he told the judge. in scandaized tones.
she uses powder on her face: yes, worse
than that, she paints!' He said he had
suspected that something was wrong.
something that he ought to know about,
but never knew the truth until he hap
pened upon his wife in drug store and
caught her in the act of buying cos
metics.
The judge asked the woman if she did
these things. and she said she did and
seemed to feel no sense of iniquity. The
judge said he saw no harm in what she
had done, and told the husband to take
his family home and behave himself. but
the man went away obviously uncon-
WINGED that his wife had not been guilty
of a shameful act. He has much to learn
one of the bits of needed information
being the primary law that it is woman S
duty to make herself look as well as she
can and that II is mans business not to
pry into the secrets of the toilet and ques-
ton how or why.
The trouble with most women who
bring art to the assistance of nature is
the results are less pleasing than nature
unsupplemented The crime lies not In
the use of such aids, but In too obvious
an application of them. In other words
the sin consists not precisely In being
found out. but in making the presence
of artificial aids to beauty patent to all
beholders.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-27
The Clubboy.
From Lippincott's.

-
During some years past the opinion has
evidently been gaining ground among
educators that the clubboy is not an alto
gether desirable product of educational
surroundings. Clubs and fraternities, it
has been anxiously pointed out. menace
the democracy of the colleges. The club
boy, so far as the PROFESSIONAL mind has
been able to examine him i'm his club.
Is not VIGOROUSLY scholastic. There is a
suspicion that his mental stimulus comes
from bottles rather than books: that pool
and billiards do not provide the rugged
kind of exercise best calculated to offset
the labors of the classroom, and that the
books and the periodicals in his club
library are not invariably those that his
professors of English would have Sc
lected.
The clubboy, in short. els father to the
ciubman, and therefore. by Implication,
at least. is the connotation that the
usages of the modern newspaper have
given to the title "clubman," and one
can hardly blame the educators for feel
ing more than little worried
But Fortunately for the world at large.
the clubman of the daily newspaper is an
exceptional being. For every one of him
there are thousands of other cIubmen of
quite admirable order so much like any
other pleasant. comfortable gentlemen
that they never get in the newspapers
at all. So, we fancy, 1t is with the club
boys. To be sure. they don't tend to
make the colleges any more democratic.
But even without them. the ambitious
determination of educators to have larger
and larger classes has already made our
democratic under any conditions what
ever
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-27
Guarding Kings Treasures.
From the London NJ. A. ]


Special precautions are being taken. to
safeguard the royal treasures during
their removal from Marlborough House to
Buckingham Palace. Four detectives
have been especially detailed to guard
them. under whose supervision their re.
moval from Marlborough House will take
place. These personal treasures consist
of gold and silver works of art (of which
his majesty has a valuable collection) and
some exquisite dresden china. a number
Of valuable pictures. and a large quantity
of very rare antique furniture. In addi-
ton to these valuables, there is, OF course,
his majesty's collection Of stamps and a
big library containing number of ex-
tremely rare editions.
Most of the works Of art will 60 to
Buckingham Palace. but the furniture in
the personal apartments at Marlborough
House and the greater part OF the library
will be transferred to Windsor Castle
There is only one attempt on record in
the last hundred years to burgle Bucking-
ham Palace. which is most carefully
watched night and day by the police de-
tectives both inside and out. The pri-
vate entrance used by members of the
royal family was one evening left ajar
by the prince consort, and almost i'm
mediately afterward 1t was entered by a
man who was permitted by the servant
at the entrance to pass. Subsequently
the man was stopped when attempting to
enter one of the private apartments and
was given in charge OF the police-a plan
of the palace was found on him.
1t may be remembered that three years
ago, when some of Queen Alexandra
collection of miniatures were sent to be
reframed, four of them were stolen. They
were. however, recovered very shortly
afterward. AS a rule, the royal treasures
are so carefully watched and guarded
that the most daring and ambitious bur-
glar never hopes to capture them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-27
The Lady Who Cooks.
ON the Chicago Evening Post

from the chicago Evening POST.
Schopenhauer's declaration that call
Asia laughs at the lady-grievance of
Europe was intended. by its appeal to
our fear of ridicule, to overcome In us
our deplorable instincts for chivalry In
the treatment of women. They have no
such nonsense about women in Asia, said
the philosopher. There that ''stunted.
narrow-shouldered. broad-hipped and
short-legged race is taught its place.
and nine-tenths of the energy Of man is
released for something else besides the
care and pampering Of 1.-The lady, that
monster of European civilization and
Christian-Teutonic stupidity
1t is all very savage. as the pessimism
of German philosopher is expected to
be, and not without its usefulness. II
provokes one to wonder, for example.
whether the western woman has made
any return in the shape Of the ''crea-
ture comforts" for the chivalry which she
has enjoyed far beyond her Asiatic Sis
tiers. This leaves out for the moment.
of course, the inestimable returns which
she has made in the way OF companion
ship and joint endeavor. It Is putting. 1t
on the physical basis alone, on the one
basis which might be expected to appeal
to the severely unromantic philosopher.
One contribution. at least, comes to
mind. The western woman has worked
out the art Of cooking to a point vastly
beyond that attained by the women OF
Asia AS fast as the western world has
found new kinds of grain, new sorts Of
fruit, new. sorts of fish. flesh and fowl
the lady has promptly put them In the
pot and learned how to make them edible.
plexity of her dishes she surpasses the
world. $3.50.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-27
FIRST TRAINS LEAVE
NEW YORK BY TUNNEL
Formal Opening of the Penn
syIvania Railroads New Sta
ton in the Metropolis.

NEW YORK, November 26.-For tho
first time in the history of transportation
on this continent passengers for WASH
ington and points to the south and west
beyond walked into a station on Man
haitian Island tonight, stretched out In
their berths and rode through without
change toward their destinations. The
NO.. Pennsyivania station was formally
declared open at one minute past mid
night and the first train-a local-rolled
under the Hudson river one minute later
The Southern express followed 1t at
1880, and the first incoming express
pulled in at 1880. Thereafter the full
tre :, echedule went into effect.
When the improvement is completeo
passengers from any point south ana
west of New York will ride under the
city and the East and North rivers that
hound It to Boston and other New
England points without change. but De-
fore that becomes possible 1t will DO
first necessary to build the New fofk
connecting line. from Long Island City
with the New York. New Haven and
Hartford system. Work on the APP
proaches is already well under way.
Thus The dream Of A. j. Cassatt. one
tim president OF the PennsyiVania RAIL-
road, becomes an actually.
He did not live to see the accomplished
fact or realize what it would cost. The
exact figures are not yet available. but
those In hand show expenditures of $780,
OO0. 900 and upwards. Work on the tun--
nels began June 10, 1903. and on the sta
ton May 1. 1904. Five hundred buildings
were RACED to make way for the station.
which. with the trainyard. has an area
of twenty-eight acres and is said to oc-
cupy more ground than any other build
in the world ever constructed at one 0p-
Grafton. It's average height above the
street is 60 feet. with maximum OF LOB
feet. Five hundred electric arcs and
20 900 incandescent bulbs illuminate II.
Ferryboat service from Jersey CITY Will
still continue for the many passengers
who wish to reach points on Manhattan
Island below the Pennsylvania station
and to accommodate the heavy express
and trucking traffic.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-27
THREE RULES FOR GOLF.
Important Practical Suggestions For
Amateurs.
Mater Camp. in Century.

Mater Camp. IN century
A prominent golfer once said that there
are three rules which, if followed will
make any man fairly average player,
and II the man be young and naturally
endowed will make him d scratch man.
These rules he enunciated as follows:
Keep your eye on the ball; don't press.
and the rather slangy but extremely eX-
pressive, BE stuck on yourself 1t Is
hardly necessary to expand upon the hrst
rule No follower OF any important
championship, but has seen topped or
stumbled shot of the simplest kind. caused
by the too early lifting of the head, cost
some man his chances OF coming through.
The second rule Is generally conceded,
hut IL is not fully reckoned with by our
amateur 1 once followed the team match
between English and Scotch professionals
at Hoylake. In following, l was par
ticularly impressed with the TACT that
while these men drove clean straight
balls. they seldom made the phenomenai
drives | had seen Blackwell. Scott or
some of the other amateurs achieve; and
vet upon several occasions, the profess
SIGNALS would make tremendous carries
on necessary brass1e SHOTS. talked II
over with two three. WHO seemed in
the mood To be confidential, and learned
that this was their principle:
"When you go up to the tee start the
hole right. You'll always find trouble
. hall down the middle "a couple of hun
dred wards; then you know what kind OF
a shot YOU have. Ii you get 30 yards
vou're nearer the hole than usual, and
Won don't know so much about tie shot
Resides. IL you press, your ba say run
ms, bit into the long. and twenty
or sthirty wards greater dist& is too
extensive But when you l. started
right. it's all clear sailing. to the
long second or third shots, yc- an take
a bigger chance. The trap. or .,unker. is
orIy I'VE or six yards. Now, If you're
200 Yards off. and it's going TO save
stroke TO carry ii. il may be worth while.
m Won get the ball just right. you'll clear
q. and II you don't get IL clean the
chances are that you'll not get far enough
TO be in 1t, and will be no worse Off
than IL you played short. anyway
The third rule simply means That spirit
of confidence which every golfer recog-
nizes particularly on the putting green.
There are DAYS when he feels no trepida-
ZION about the short puts, and the hole
looks large to him from any place upon
the green Those are the days when he
can run anything down. Then comes u
day when that round inanimate lump OF
rubber seems endowed with a deviiish
snirit of it's own. 1t will kick out of the
Tin IL he puts strong, will hang on the
lin IL he puts less force in his stroke, will
take n deliberate hurdle OF its own
straight over the cup without so much as
touching, and run with unexplained force
several feet across. Soon the player
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-27
Reformatory Gardens.
From the Philadelphia Ledge

From the Philadelphia Ledger
Boys sent to school reformatories in
Great Britain are now taught the sci
ence of gardening. Each boy is given
small plot of his own to cultivate,
where he raises plums, gooseberries,
rhubarb and other fruits and vegeta-
bles. The farming area of 100 acres is
divided among 100 boys, and in their
Jealous competition for the best results
they raise shelters of old clothes and
sticks and fragments, of glass above the
tender seedlings. and give the growing
plants their unremitting care. Eventual
iy at the expiration of their sentences
these boys go out into the world equipped
for u useful career and find their services
In demand. The result is that in 80 per
cent of all cases 1t is possible to record
success in finding and retaining a
steady occupation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-27
The Value Of the Mustache.

From the New Orleans States.
1t is gratifying to know that while ar
effort is being made to create prejudice
against the mustache there are authors.
ties ready to maintain it's value and prac.
teal utility. DR.. Paul Krager. a noted
physician Of Vienna, is an enthusiastic
advocate Of mustache culture. and he has
informed his ccuntrymen that the fash
ion of shaving the upper lip is responsible
for the growing number Of people suffer
ing from headaches and diseases of the
respiratory organs.
Among 500 cases Of SERIOUS headaches
and disease OF the nose and throat he
had counted 40 patients who had their
mustaches shaved OF. The mustache, he
contends, is natural protecti. n for the
nose against the invasion of cold air.
dust and microbes. In the case of women
he pointed out that they are not so often
in the street and their nostrils. which
are narrower than those Of men, are pro-
tected by wells.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-27
Farmers Fortunes in Cedar Rails.
From Leslie

. According to the news dispatches, sud-
den riches are flowing In upon the rail-
splitting farmers in the old Tennessee
cedar district. In Lincoln's time the
fences we're made of cedar and as the
worlds supply Is greatly reduced the
manufacturers of cedar lead pencils are
offering to the farmers of Tennessee for
their old cedar fences what their fore
fathers would have considered fabulous
sums" 1t is possible that these trust
busting, misunderstanding farmers, who
have been bitterly denouncing the owners
of tainted wealth. are willing to accept
these fabulous prices for WORKOUT
cedar fences? OF course, it is. Human
nature is the same the world over. The
farmers are entitled to all that they can
get for their cedar fences. The more they
can get from the pencil makers. the more
they will have to spend for the necessities
of life and the adornments of their home.
We are glad of 1t. Let us all be happy
together. But what will the muck-rack-
ers say?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-27
The Science of Worry.
rom the Columbus Journal.

From the Columbus Journal.
We cannot understand how the mind
and body are related: it is SO hard to
articulate matter and spirit: and yet 1T
Is q scientific fact that they sustain Q
most intimate relation. Take. for ex-
ample, the common experience of worry.
which IL a mental fact. the thought suffer-
ing for some disappointment or priva-
ton. Now. science clearly demonstrates
that worry Injuries. beyond repair. GER
tain cells of the brain. and that the i'm
pairment Of this center weakens other
organs, which are thus made susceptible
to various diseases. Scientific investga-
ton assures US OF this fact. Now, what
is the lesson? Avoid worry; but there is
the rub: The most manifest method to
suggest IL to get up and leave it-take
a -~alk, seek the woods, change your
tlonehts; forgive your enemies. wear q
flower, talk to the birds. make love to-
your wife or your husband. A hundred
ways there are, all depending upon the
resolution and the will of the sufferer.
and If he hasn't these he 10 q goner. A
man who is chained down to some little
and breaks Up his brain
cells on account of 1t has himself to
blame. He should go at something else.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-27

big collection of nice new paper bills.
Sing was out when Schmitt reached ms
shop, but he had left word to wat, as ne
| would not be gone long. Schmitt tuned
and stewed around until two Iorty-nVe'
when Sing reappeared.
Here's your money, shouted Sennni'l'
"Give me the papers.
Sing counted the bills deliberately. and
thrusting them into pocket somewhere
! in the depths of his blouse, he walked 20
the safe and turned the combination he
handed the papers to Schmitt, who exam
ined them hurriedly, saw that al! was
right, and tore from the room. The banks
closed at 3 o'clock, and there was no
time to be lost if he was to get his money
that day. Col. Vaselinovitch and Gen.
Robberoffsy were in the formers apart
ments when Schmitt entered.
"My dear Schmitt." they cried In unison
face with kisses, you have saved our
lives! 1t was so kind Of you to find those
papers! Sing brought them to us only
a few minutes ago, saying you had told
him they were ours Dear Scnmits' "hat
can we do for you? Name it,
But with these words they stopped and
exchanged glances.
II forgot said the colonel, apologeti-
cally. 1--WE must wait. You have. dear
schmitt. our undying gratitude and affec;
Sing demanded all we had on earth, and
we have paid
Schmitt gasped, drew his precious papers
from an inside pocket and looked at them
again. -
"Copies" exclaimed his companions, In
the same breath.
Schmitt covered his eyes with pudgy
hand, and sank into chair with deep
groan of misery. Through the window
could be seen the good ship Laimoon
moving majestically across the bay.
Hanging over the taffrail was q yellow
skinned celestial. gazing at the whirlpools
churned up by the propeller. Rosy rain
bow dreams Of mile-high stacks of rubies
we're fitting through his brain, while
DINNER and DINNER in the distance grew
Port Arthur.
Copyright, 1908. by Harper 4 Brothers. All
Rights ReservedD
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-27
Growing Genteel in Reno.
From the Chicago Post.

From the Chicago Post.
The legal profession in Reno seems to
have grown pretty sensitive of late. At
the meeting the other night in the pala-
tial quarters of the Bar Association a
committee of three was appointed to
make an effort to remove from the legal
profe ssion of Reno the Odium attached by
reason of certain lawyers advertising for
divorce business Among the practical
recommendations suggested to the COM
mittee were:
That the practice Of meeting trains con-
tanning Divorces be frowned upon.
That the use of automobiles for the
purpose of exhibiting divorces be abol-
ished.
That any lawyers adding dinners at the
restaurant and theater parties to the list
of inducements for the purpose OF getting
trade be penalized.
Legal ethics in Reno are still pretty
much q matter Of legal etiquette. That,
however, is doubtless the way they began
everywhere. First the gown and the
green bag and the wig, and then right
eousness. We have hopes that when the
Bar Association has determined the de-
pot, street and restaurant relationships
between the Reno lawyer and the would
be Divorce It will give some thought to
the relationship between the would-be and
the rest of us.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-27
Archery Ranges.
From the London Chronicle.

from the lJOuuou SuToulCie
Modern archery Is mostly carried on
at ranges not exceeding 100 yards, that
being considered the outside range of a
bow in the hands of an ordinary shot
aiming at a target. The Royal Company
of Archers, however. occasional y shoot.
tm.ce mat distance. Five years ago
Sir Ralph Payne Gallwey, shooting with
IN oid Turkish bow over the golf links
at lie Touquet, covered a distance of 1861
wards. This is apparently the record for
an Englishman shooting with a Turkish
row. but the old national weapon Of yew
appears to have carried farther. Meade
4 famous archer under Charles /, states
thu ordinary range of the bow was
from 800 to 400 yards. The longest shot
.ulnenlicaliy recorded in this country is
hat Of a secretary Of the Turkish EN-.
bassy. who In 1874 shot an arrow 48:
yards with the wind and AS asafnst 4
n the presence or members Of the Roya
Toxophilite Society, who measured the
distance and preserved the arrow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-27
The Hifalutin' Hyphen.
From Lippincott's.

FIUHI LfPpIutVFf =
Although the general tendency is to do
away with unnecessary marks of punctu-
alton, the hyphen is still uselessly retain
ed in to-day tonight and .to-mor-
row." That the retaining of the hyphen
In these words Is not only useless but
absolutely criminal is easily demonstrate
ed by bit of simple mathematics.
There are 17s.236592 English speaking
people. The words to-day Tonight
and Tomorrow" are together used forty
eight times daily by every person--fve of
these being written out I'm longhand. Thus
the daily output of hyphens In these
words totals sol, 1872, 46O. Taking the av-
erage of a written hyphen to be one
quarter of an inch, you have straight
line 1861 miles long. At the usual rate
Of writing II would take one man seven
ty-six years to insert the hyphens in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-27
WIFE IS SELF-SLA|N
Mrs. A. J. Johnson FuIfiIIs
Threat to End All.
PUT TO BED INTOXICATED
Police Helped Husband Carry Her to
Her Room.
SHE DRINKS CARBoL1C ACID
Husband Finds Her Unconscious
When He Starts to Put Chill
dren to Sleep.

| A. j. Johnson of 1908 4th street south
| east, went upstairs at his home about Z
| O'Clock last night to put his three small
| children to bed.
He detected the strong odor of carbolic
acid coming from the sleeping apartment
of their mother. Florence. Rushing into
the rooms, he discovered she had carried
out therats to lend ALL
Mr.. johnson had reached the home a
short time before. According to the hus-
bands story to the police. he found his
wife under the influence of liquor. He
sought the aid of the police to carry her
to her bedroom. DON the second floor.
Policemen Scott and Clark of the fifth
precinct carried out the request
Finds Wife Unconscious.
Shortly after the police had left the
house the husband saw the sand man
coming to close the eyes of the three
children. He grasped the little hands and
led the procession to the upper floor.
The odor Of carbolic acid startled him
as he neared the door leading to his
wife's ROOM Hurrying to her side, he
saw that something was wrong He ran
back the policemen. E
When the two bluecoats returned they
found Mrs. Johnson unconscious. A bot
tie which had contained a quantity of
the acid was lying near the bed. The
womans lips and one side of her face
were burned.
The ambulance Of the Casualty Hospital
was summoned A quick run was made
to the house.
The doctor in charge of the ambulance
made brief examination and pronounced
the woman dead. He declared that death
had preceded him fifteen minutes and
that probably Mrs Johnson was dead
even before the ambulance was called.
Jury Delays Verdict.
Coroner hewitt reached the house
about an hour later. Thinking that a
jury could hear the evidence and decide
within a few minutes whether or not the
acid had been taken by accident or with
suicidal intent, he called in six of Mr..
Johnson's neighbors to serve as Jurors.
After they had deliberated for an
hour Coroner hewitt found he had a
hung jury on his hands Two Of the
jurors wanted further investigation to be
made.
The coroner was determined to settle
the case as soon Is possible. Adjourn
ment was taken to the morgue, where
further discussion by the jurors was pos
sible.
For three more hours the jury con-
sdered. the case. About mldn gnt they
reached an agreement that the fatal dose
had been taken with an intent to end
life, and q certificate of death by suicide
was issued.