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The Washington herald., 1910-03-20

the house itself. and It is g never falling
source Of delight to the owner, II is a
pity that in America we pay so little
they serve a purpose the value Of which
cannot be overestimated. They beautify
the houses they surround and give an
air Of seclusion, refinement, and distinc-
ton &c the simplest home.
The Washington herald., 1910-03-20

London. March 1s.-Leonard King. as
sistant in the department OF Egyptian
and AssyrIan antiquities at the British
Museum. has been enabled by the evi-
dence of recent excavations to describe
connectedly the life of the Sumerians.
These prehistoric folk inhabited southern
Babyionia at a period approximately of
1850 B. c. Upon their beginnings of
civilized life was founded the after
greatness OF Babylon.
The Washington herald., 1910-03-20
confucius' Descendsnt to TraveI.

Berlin. March 1s.-The only living lineai
descendant of Confucius is expected to
attend this years centennial celebrations
Of the University OF Berlin. Gen. Yin
Chang. the Chinese minister in Berlin,
has suggested 10 his government that
China, as the land of the oldest cul-
ture and literature. should be worthiiy
represented among the intelligent galaxy
which the Berlin jubilee viii bring to-
gether from all parts of the world. The
present representative OF the Confucius
family holds. like his predecessors. the
rank OF a royal duke.
The Washington herald., 1910-03-20
Italian immigration growing

Rome. March 1s.-The italian bureau of
Emigration calculates that the number of
Italians residing in the United States at
the end of the first half Of the year 1908
amounted to about 1750.OOO. and that con-
sequentiy the population of italian par
entage since the census OF 1900 had in
creased by 1,007,s0a
The Washington herald., 1910-03-20
IN THE HOME

G0WANS PREPARATION Is absolute pss.
teotion sEainst pneumonia, colds. cr0up,
coughs. pains and soreness IN lungs and
throat Relieves at once BY destroying Cha
Inflammation and CONGESTION. Extsr1sI
and penetrating. si.00 50Cs zse. al
druggists
The Washington herald., 1910-03-20
LIrTLE MARGARET GOULD.

Tour-year-old daughter Of Frank ]. Could. Mr..
Gould's former wife who vas Helen Kelly says
she will take immediate steps TO get possession Of
little Margaret and her sister, Helen aged SIX
NearA
The Washington herald., 1910-03-20
SCIENCEOF MARRIAGE
Prof. Inge Talks on EugenicS
to College Girls.
DEGENERACY ENGLAND'S PEST

Draws Gloomy Picture of Brltain's
Future - Prosperity Measured by
Physical Condition of Population,
Not Accumulation OF WeaIth-Eu-
genicS Education Society Active.
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-18
You Can Now Go Through Your Husbands Pockets

to know about IT what did you do it
fot?" settles them at once so far as
argument goes 1t would Sc. a. mean
this one of her very few privileges
should be taken from devoted WIFE
and we are glad to note that the
learned gentleman from Philadelphia
recognizes the fact. 1t would be a
much meaner legal light who would
lend his aid to allowing similar pre-
negatives to men, who have far too
many rights as it is.
Any one with an open and unbiased
mind should be able to at once recog-
nize the necessity OF a wife's super
vision of her husbands act-not so
much for her own sake as for his
since every one knows that without the
watchful eye Of a wife, mother or
sister men are prone to all sorts OF
extrayagance But in the case of the
wife it is a different affair altogether
Very different. If she plays bridge
and loses a few dollars once in awhile
it is probably because she can not af-
ford to be odd, and quite likely her So
cial standing depends upon her doing
a the other 500 do. We all know how
much help a wife can be TO her hus-
band IL she is popular and in the right
set. She plays bridge more for his
sake than her own. since she much pre-
fers quiet, domestic life But YOU
know how 1t is. Anyway it is a small
expense at most and may be properly
entered among the household expendi-
lures. But there is certainly no ex-
cuse for married mans playing polxer
at the club-or anywhere else-vrban
he knows that his wife needs everv
cent he earns, and to do him justice
the average man tries hard 70 avoid the
necessity of making an excuse.
There are said to be women who bet
on the races If that is true you NAV
be very sure they have good reasons
for it. Probably they intend to nss
the money they win to buy an opera
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-18

ders, cold cream and an eyebrow pencil
in her near-seal initiated hand bag
without being called upon to explain
them all some time when she least ex-
poets it. things have indeed come to
a pretty pass. 1t would be the last
and crowning insult in a long series
OF outrages that defenseIess woman
has had to bear from tyrannical and
oyerbearing man.
But how different is her divinely ap-
pointed and judicially upheld preroga-
tive OF looking over the contents of
her husbands pockets whenever for
tuitous circumstances allow. 1t is
simply logical and reasonable to as
suine that a married man has no bust
ness to have anything In his pocket
nor his mind either. for that matter
that his wife may not see and confis-
cate If she so elects.
Thus it frequently happens that a
man who neglected to overhaul his
pockets before leaving his every day
suit at home to be repaired, finds him
self up against serious proposition
when he comes home. His story of a
directors meeting the night before
impresses him as lacking local color
when he is confronted with forgotten
telegram, signed Billy" and asking
him to be around to meet the bunch for
quiet little game at the usual place.
The pathetic account of sick friend
at the hospital with whom he spent
the afternoon appears to need
strengthening in several places when
his wife shows. him note, dated at
Emeryville. and advising him to come
over this afternoon-got a sure thing
at 10 to L. The $7.65 in silver that
she finds in his trousers pocket makes
his statement of the previous evening
that he hadn't a cent of change, when
she wanted to buy a perfectly elegant
feather boa for S3.99, sound somewhat t
mendacious.
All sorts of complications may arise.
but her reasonable query. "If I wasn't
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-18

Altogether it was as nice a spot for
the pursuit of happiness as could be
found
Then she went to the loneliness and
the dark and the centipedes and cried.
The winI whipped the banana palms
against the house. the rain slashed
down. she heard the lizards scudding
around and a big one outside. in a
mango tree called "tuck-coo" so that
she jumped up in fear and alarm,
waiting and wondering.
All through the night she lived the
horrors. The storm passed and there
followed the silences. weird, uncanny
of dripping water, Of moving things
underfoot. Ultimately she heard the
splashing of kindly American boots
and looking outside saw a wet speei-
men of Private Sammy. marching phil
osophically up and down on sentry go.
She called to him. half hysterical and
he answered her with cheering words
Reassured she waited for her husbands
appearance, wrapped in an army
blanket. chilled to the heart. Later
when her husband and daylight had
come she learned that she had been
sitting opposite a window with a
lighted candle by her, offering splen-
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-18

cloak or some other necessary article
that will save their husbands consid-
erable moneys But IL there be anv nos
sible. extenuation. for a man who de-
ceives his wife and deliberately ksks
the money she ought to have by blay-
ing the ponies while she fondIy be-
neves him to be visiting a sick friend
she would like to know what 1t Is.
1t is the same way with money. II
she can save q little out of the houSa
keeping money each month until there
Is enough to see her through a bargain
sale where you can buy perfectly love-
ly dress goods at s14S. marked down
from $3.50. isn't she justified in he-
eeonomy2 Most assuredly. And il ha-
husband to refuse to give her roo~s
money Just because she already ba.
some. when he has felOniousl,r ana -,
laWIUlly examined her purse 10 6nd
Due 0 now much she had? Not IL the
fnllacelphla court knows itself And
while we are on the subiecr r-tat
eartnly use can a man have for e. ss
extra when all he needs is carfare7
Inat Is what his wife tries to fInd o,,+
Aen nave strutted about as lords ~
,..',s.- .Iol quise long enough. and their
Mlses nave Deen compelled to conceal
their harmless expenditures ana 1soSs
SUES altogether too long. and II is 70
oe hoped that this decision. COMING
rom the City Of Brotherly Love, viii
n2ke that fact plain to all men not
only only IN regard to the contents Of their
sl-sss .-sss poekeInooks, but in their man
aSement or their houses ana t,,-.,s
and servants and children =, ,',5.,. ~,
We VINO mas sense enough to have attai ~
-s, al tnese appurtenanees certafnIv baS
sulnclent wisdom TO attend 10 then, a
woman with Judgment enough 10 Sc
1Jss ,siss q q "a husband has enough left to ad-
he is brought to realize tbis ssIS' ISel1SI s,'s.
. uent Iaet the sooner viii peace descend
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-18

with rain, sleeping in swamps. They
found them. One was fled alive over
red ant HILL after being slashed with
a bolo and the other had been knitted
and gagged with portion of his own
flesh. Presumably the supercilious cir
cumferential gentleman did not know
of such things and-thfs is what stings
there seem to be so many citizens of
~the country whose ideas of the work
of the army is equally limited. I'm
fortunately the men who do big things
can not talk about them.
1t follows that what the man OF the
army has to undergo. SO must the
woman of the army. The outside world
knows the army woman as she is not.
1t sees in her life a succession of So
ciety events and realizes not the hor-
rible other side. Here is an illustra-
tion:
Some years ago, in the days OF the
empire" a little army woman went as
q bride with her doctor husband to
Manila. They were ordered at once to
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-18
By Maude Heath Blank

IN PHILADELPHIA Judge recently
II handed down decision to the
effect that while it was perfectly
proper and permissible for a wife to
examine the contents of her husbands
pockets at any time an opportunity Of
fered, it is a misdemeanor for the hus-
band to look into his better halrs
pocketbook unless he first asks for
and receives permission.
Right here, we see why Philadelphia
lawyers have always enjoyed such a
reputation for erudition and wisdom.
Evidently this wise and good judge is
married man of experience. Other
wise, he would not have known that
women have no pockets and that no
mere maD-husband or bachelor-could
ever find it If there were any. Appar-
entity, he was fully aware Of both facts
and so worded his opinion as to dis
courage a mans innate and sinful de-
sire to investigate his wifes purse
when she forgets it dozen times a
day.
This decision is so eminentiy right
and just that it will at once commend
itself to the women of the country.
What we need is more men of like
judicial minds. Such straws tend to show
that the wind of public opinion is
blowing in the direction of equality
for men and women-which term being
freely translated. means women's free
dom to do exactly as they choose. and
the power to make their men folks do
the same.
Because a woman happens to have
more change in her purse than she
leads her husband to believe, is she to
be kept from obtaining more by his
decetfully posting himself on her
financial status when she is not look
ing? Not if this great and good Phil
adelphia judge can prevent it
And If she can't keep letters and
samples, recipes, addresses, face pow
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-18

road to Santa Ana with the moss COW
cred church as trysting place. I'm
sung yet are the songs of Private
Sammy; but Sammy knows. When it
is all done and finished there comes to
him the memory of these things which
he has seen and done, of his life as it
has been. And in moments of peace he
longs for it once again, with its color
and joyous riot; with the perfume of
the ihlang -ihlang blossom touching his
heartstrings and the fragrance Of the
amor de noche swinging him back
through his cycle of years to the days
when he went forth into places of
desolation and made them habitable
The world which praises and abuses
him knows him not. nor his life. The
point of view is entirely different. A
ponderous civilian at the window of
the paying teller of a local bank OBJ
served an officer in uniform standing
behind him.
> Well I guess the country Is safe"
observed the rotund one, gazing super
ciliously at the uniform.
Thank you, sir" said the officer, sa-
luting.
This officer was a boy lieutenant and
his sarcasm was natural. For within
his short space of years he had played
with the fangs of death and made
snooks .at the powers of darkness. A
short time previously, at Luzon he was
ordered to find the bodies of two SOL
diers that had been murdered. The or
ders were to find the bodies, SO of course
they went and did With seven troop
ers and a surgeon he pursued his way
through jungle scrub and cholera in
tested lands. without food, drenched
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-18
By Dorence Keene

y OCCASIONALLY something hap
pens, and ii usually happens
in some forsaken portion OF
our United States or terri
tories thereof, where civilization is not
and murder and sudden death are most
plentiful Accordingly when that some
thing happens somebody IN Washington
says things and somebody else does
things-and behold, there spring up
from somewhere sundry happily profane
Eoldiery who carry civilization in their
cartridges and progress at the point OF
the bayonet. Ter, IN moments OF stress,
the viewpoint Of the army is charm
ingly crude. Follows then e hysterical
Eplurge. Also. sometimes. a congress
EionaI investigation. or mayhap gar
lands and honors and whatnots. It de-
pends upon the circumstances-tnat Is.
the political circumstances.
TO the man OF the army the garlands
and frius are accepted with childish
delight. Some where in the bottom of
his wen drilled and cIeanly heart there
Is the consciousness OF having done a
big thing well. and being most intense
ly human he gives ear TO the praise Of
his fellow citizen. And then again. gar
lands are few while congressional COM
raittees are prolific. The army knows
shat 1t Is impossible to explain to the
gentlemen from Long Island or Pough-
keepsie, u. Y. that little brown
brother. hopping IN and out OF the
brush fanaticalIv desirous Of clawing
Up an American citizen with poisoned
bolo. has little regard for the federal
Etatutes at large And. Of course,
neither has sammy Jr, the uncom-
snercial gentleman who has enlisted for
reasons best known TO himself and
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-18

army and its women. gathered AFT
watch the walls of Manila fade from
their vision. The crowding thoughts
chase each other across their brains,
forming themselves into memories. hor-
rible and happy OF cholera and
poisoned bolo. OF. the perfume OF
the ihlang-ihlang and the love flourish
ing while the constabulary band played
songs OF home, around the Lunsta.
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-18

ploy him for this class OF work does
not realize that there are particular
horrors connected with it. Being OF
the army he does not speak OF them'
but his gorge rises within him when
fat gentlemen sneer at the Uniform
which he has made respected
But he remembers the pursuit OF
hapNness and the day comes when he
is ordered home. Then it is that the
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-18

whose duty It IS 70 catch the aforesaid
Moro, and generally clear the path for
those that follow after. Private Sammy
does his work and he does it according
20 circumstances, which are essentially
nonpolitical Therefore It happens on
occasi MS that the aforesaid Moro IL
sent yelping into eternity ana Sammy
j. regards himself with & pleased grin.
Also. circumstances force him to other
untoward steps. Once there was q
famous soldier. Mnlvaney by name, who
took the town OF Lungtungpen. ~naLid
as Vanus," and who, prior thereto,
helped the department OF information
Of the British empire. with the 5udicious
administration OF his cleaning rod
Which goes TO show that between PrI-
vate Sammy and Private Tommy there
Is q healthy Anglo-saxon understand
fng-partcularly as regards the treat
ment Of black and brown brothers.
All this is merely preamble. but
when the Moro has been carted away
and the congressional committee has
committed itself and the garlands are
forgotten Private sammy goes back to
his own life. which to him is a highly
important affair. Somewhere, some
how, there remains In his brain an I'm
preston that he is allowed the pursuit
OF hRppiness-and he pursues it. He
does II IN his own way and IN divers
places. The turbulent tides OF Juan
de Fuca which race by the gun crested
heights Of Fort Worden have heard
his raucous chorus; the watermelon
patches dotting the desolation OF Fort
Riley know his footprint On a Flori-
dan sandspit. IN the SHOWS OF Alaska,
IN the heat OF islands. he pursues it
and catches what little there is Of it
It Is g strange life. all hedged
around with queer things and queer
words and queer ways Of doing things.
Some day from among them there will
come q writer who win tell Of him and
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-18

did mark for the proving Filipino
sharpshoOters.
This was an experience and one
which the fat gentleman in the bank
had never imagined. To the army this
ignorance and narrowness is incom-
prehensible. The agony and bloody
sweat of hiding death had gripped him
SO often that PriFats Sam can not un-
derstand why the gentlemen who en-
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-18

his innermost thoughts as he was IN
the tropics with a warm surf smash
ing against coral reefs, of the wonder
of his simple soul as he gazed at the
phosphoresence dancing In the blue
black waters of tiny coves, surrounded
by fringe of waving palms. Then
Will there be told the tales of peculiar
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-18

happenings within the walled city by
moonlight; Of loves which woke with
reveille and blossomed and fourished
around the Luneta, while the constab-
ulary band hammered out old tunes
and the sun dropped inch by inch in
blaze of beauty behind the mountains
across the bay; OF drives along the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-11
REFEREE Is KNOCKED OUT.
Disastrous Ending to Midnight Prize
Fight on White Lot.

The story of a midnight prize fight, in
which the referee was the man knocked
out, was told today by Joseph Rosson. an
inmate of the Soldiers Home, in Police
Court. when he appeared against William
Mulholland, William Lockley and Ralph
Black. q Southeast Washington trio,
charged with robbery.
The defendants were held for the action
of the grand jury. In default of a one
thousand-doilar bond each went to jail.
About II o'clock Wednesday night the
quartet repaired to a quick lunch room
for something to eat, SO Rosson stated
Later two of them got into a discussion
and preliminaries for a prize fight were
arranged.
They selected me to act as referee.
consented and the four of us started for
the White Lot about midnight Rosson
said 1T was a great fight as long as it
lasted. When they got to the middle of
the second round. however, one of the
fighters fists landed between my eyes
and l dropped to the ground. The next
thing l knew the three of them had my
$50 and were beating 1t toward Penn
Sylvania avenue.
The three men were subsequently ar
rested. They admitted the truth of Ros-
sons story except the actual robbery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-11
The World of Finance and Trade.
Washington; New York; London.
LOCAL FINANCIAL NEWS.

The transactions at today's meeting of
the stock exchange were rather small and
scattered throughout the list. The volume
was not large enough to show any great
improvement in the state of the market.
A notice of the payment of the quar-
terly dividend of IL per cent to the stock
holders of the Washington Loan and
Trust Company was read. and the bid
price of the stock. ex dividend, was then
:O6 instead Of 2OS, as recorded yesterday.
NO change was made in the asking price
OF 21O. After call ten shares of the stock
were sold at the asking price. and as the
transfer will be made without the div
idene the price paid was really an ad-
vance to that extent over the asking price
of yesterday.
A notice from the Washington Gas
Company announced that the stock
transfer books of the company, at pres
meeting of the stockholders Friday, will
reopen at pm. on that day and will
close on the evening of the following
day for the purpose" as the notice
states. "Of paying a dividend upon the
capital stock of the company"
This is said to be regular dividend
of 80 cents per share. There was no
trading in the Washington company's
stock. but a couple of transactions were
made in the stock Of the Georgetown
company, which will not be affected di-
rectly- by the proposed plan to be acted
upon at the coming meeting of the stock
holders of the Washington concern.
Twenty-Five shares of Georgetown gas
stock sold for %. The bid advanced to
90. but was withdrawn and 50 substituted,
with 81 the asking price. After the call
five shares sold for 60.
Sixty shares of the Dime Savings Bank
were offered at 13, and the best bid for
the lot was 11A. The bid for quota
ton lot of ten shares was IL, but no such
block was offered for sale.
A new high record was made by the
Metropolitan Bank stock, when 2O0 was
paid for ten shares. The last sale was
at 200.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-11
Collections to Main Office.
COTTON MARKETS.
NEW YORK.

NEW YORK, October 1.-THE cotton
market opened steady at an advance of
five points on October. which was in
fiuenced by covering, but generally at a
decline of 2a7 points under liquidation
and disappointing cables. Selling was
rather aggressive at the start, for the
good weather in the south is leading to
some modification of the low estimates of
the crop heard two or three weeks ago.
but the offerings were we'll absorbed and
after showing net loss of about 12a15
points, the market rallied or points
on buying by trade interests. and cover
ing.
Liquidation became less active during
the middle of the morning and many
early sellers turned for cover, while there
was a continued demand from trade, SO
that prices rallied within 3 or points
from last nights close. Trading was less
active, but the market at midday was
steady and at practically the best figures
reached on the recovery.
Spot cotton quiet; middling upland,
14.65 nominal: middling gulf, 1870 nomi-
nal.
Estimated receipts of cotton at the
ports today, $1,000 bales. against S0,65d
last week and 1O2,O64 last year; for the
week. $4,000 bales, against ga, 100 last
week and 44O, sos last year. Today's re-
ceipts at New Orleans. $3.50 bales,
against 1854 last year. Todays re-
ceipts at Houston, 2S,07S bales, against
II ,3SS last year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-11
Quotations furnished by w. B. Hibbs e. Co.,
members New York STOCK Exchange.
MRS. LOCKHEAD'S FUNERAL.
Services Will Be Held Tomorrow at
St. Dominic's Church.

Funeral services for Mrs. Annie O'Neill
Lockhead, resident Of this city for
many years. who died yesterday morning
at her home, All Maryland avenue south
west, after an illness of several months,
will be held from st. Dominic's Church,
9th street between Z and f streets
southwest Thursday morning at 10
o'clock. High requiem mass will be sung
Rev. j. r. Meagher, pastor of the church,
officiating. Burial will be in Mount Olivet
Cemetery.
Mrs. Lockhead was the wife of James
Lockhead. She was born in Belfast, Ire
land, in 1913. She was married to MIR.
Lockhead when she was but fifteen years
of age, the couple coming to this coun-
try soon after the union. Her husband, a
daughter. Mrs. r. 0. Royal, and four
sons, Charles, Robert, Frank and James
Lockhead, jr., survive her.