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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-01
The Art Commission.

An advisory commission whose advice is
Systematically ignored is of but little use
to its creator ard to those in whose in
terest 1t Is supposed to serve. In some
circumstances such would be the fine
arts commission contemplated by the
pending bill IL the amendment advocated
by the Senate library committee were
written into the law. As the House bill
was passed the proposed commission
would have the authority to decide upon
the location of statues and monuments in
the District. without ratification by Con-
gress or any administrative officer The
Senate committee deems IL wise to limit
the jurisdiction of the commission to the
giving of advice upon the location of
statues and monuments, its power being
no greater in the matter of locating the
art works than Ia proposed by the House
bill In the matter OF the selection of mod
els for statues and monuments and of
artists for their execution. In short the
Senate committee would keep the ar,
commission strictly upon an advisory
basis, reserving TO Congress the right to
reject its suggestions in any respect
II II can be understood that in the main
the recommendations and the advice OF
the art commission as organized under
the terms Of the proposed Senate provi-
sion are 10 be respected and worked into
law, there would be little objection to the
creation OF such body with the contem.
plated restriction of power. The chief
advantage of an organization of this char
acter would be the maintenance Of a fixed
standard of taste on the part of the ad
visers Of Congress. Congress is eventu
ally. of course. the. responsible body. and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-01
Stories of Life.

In England yesterday died Mrs Allan
Macnaughton, known to a wide world of
magazine readers as "Myra Kelly" A
few years ago she was school teacher
in New York city. working down on the
east side, her pupils being chiefly the
children OF immigrants She often enter
tanned her parents and friends by the
recital Of little anecdotes of her charges,
with their peculiar idioms and dialects,
and at last. upon repeated urgings, she
was persuaded to write a short story
Having heard often Of the long series Of
reflections suffered by beginners in the
field of fiction, she took the somewhat
novel precaution, to save time, of send
ing her first story out to three publishers
simultaneously. 1t is related as a record
breaking fact that this first "Myra Kelly
story was accepted by all three Of the
editors to whom it had been sent, each
returning a check and a request for more
manuscripts The price of the first "Myra
Kelly story was $50. Within a year
the rate had risen to $500.
The immense popularity of these tales
of children of the poor was due to their
sincerity and fidelity. No one could read
them without feeling their truth The
struggle for expression on the part OF
the quaint little youngsters of German,
Italian. Jewish, Irish and American par
ents found vivid reflection in these simple
anecdotes. They were an epitome of the
budding Americanism of the younger
generation in that strange. semi foreign
world, that melting pot" of our COM
pick citizenship, New York's great east
side immigrant station The "Myra Kel-
ly" stories had indeed a value beyond
their literary merit. for they were So
| Geological documents. strongly appealing
to the student Of civic conditions.
Miss Kelly's success as a writer testi-
fies to the fact, which beginners in fictkta
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-01
Dragging Children.
ON the Philadelphia Press.


If the charges are made good against
the druggists who were arrested last
Tuesday for selling cocaine to chlidren
the utmost penalty permitted by the la"
should be instantly imposed upon-lf con
victed-men guilty of an unspeakably
atrocious crime. The doctor who makes
an invalid and suffering woman familiar
with morphine, cocaine or any seductive
opiate runs a very great risk. He mas
himself in his student days. witnessed
the ravages of choral or morphine In the
student body, and, If worthy practl-
toner, is ware of the habit The allie
Walton of pain becomes with certain sup
plant temperaments an excuse Tor aissi-
nation of time and dolce far niente. The
paIlid faces, the dropping eyelids of mum
berless men and women to be seen on the
streets tell a CHASTITY story. Those who
are responsible for the illegal sale of the
cause of this should be made TO suner
But above all, the man who aids ano
abets the drugging of a child Is scoun-
drel for whom no punishment known tc
the law can be too severe.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-01
Going Back to the Farm

From the Chicago News.
In this era of prosperity for the farm
ers. when jewellers in cities are being
advised by many more or less dlslntef-
ested persons to go back to the farm,
the advice is receiving the earnest atten-
ton of thousands who have no personal
knowledge of farming. In view OF both
the facts and the theories which bear
upon the subject, this state OF Things
is entirely natural. The salvation of
America moral, political and economic
we are told, lis the farm, and the efforts
of philanthropists and well-wishers of
their fellow men should all tend toward
encouraging agriculture To consld
cradle extent such advice is futile and at
variance with the spirit of the times.
1t is like signing for the return of the
day of the stage coach in transportation
and of hand labor in industry. 1t would
be we'll il practically all our population.
especially during the years of child
hood could spend much of their time
amid rural surroundings But in the ma
ture of things the city in the future IS
bound to be the chief abiding place of
even a larger proportion of Americans
than il is at present. There are reasons
for the massng of people in the cities, and
these reasons will continue to operate.
Improvement of transportation facilities.
tending to promote the development OF
suburban as distinguished from strictly
urban centers, is a wholesome counter
influence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-01
The President on Congress.

In his address last night to the Ohio
Society of Washington. the President re
ferred 70 the value Of experience in a
national legislator He advised the re-
tenton in office Of men who have made
good, and pointed to the course of the
eastern states as worthy OF imitation.
While not new. the subject is always in
teresting. and the Presidents advice IS
good. Legisating is something of a trade
and has to be learned. Legislators are
made not horn. and To apprentice man
and then cut him off just he begins 10
show ease and skill in the use of his tools
is to iniure both him and the state. Jobs
thus are TOO often given into the hands of
beginners when skilled workmen are neces-
sary.
There is a story Of a middle-aged IA
Yer who was seized with the congress
siona fever. Tired of the county court
house. and DESTROYS OF larger arena,
he offered for a seat in the House. Not
ali of his friends approved of his ambi-
ton, and one OF them said TO him: Jack
YOU are making mistake Congress is
not the place for YOU The law has taken
up all Your time Your know ledge of pol
itics is only the everyday knowledge.
Why break up here to spend a few years
In Washington dawdlng over things you
know nothing about and cannot in term
or two hope TO MASTER"
Il concede. said Jack, in reply, that
I'm making a late start and that | may
not tarry long But | shall not be at the
disadvantage you think. Turn in and
help me, and if elected III close my law
Office three months before Congress
meets, read up OH political questions and
be thoroughly ready for the work.
Jack was elected. retired from prac-
tic he had promised. read up. and
turned statesman, only to find that he
had miSconceived the task, unsurpassed
his own talents and made mess of
value either 10 himself or the country he
returned to the bar. little discredited
because of his failure in politics. and
obliged 10 hustle for business like
STRIPPING.
Il Is not every man capable of making
q speech and jollyng a crowd at the
crossroads who can impress himself on
Congress lawciver. And too many
such men try their hands. dispacing men
Of more substance but less show who
we're doing we'll al their posts, and should
have been permitted TO remain. Those
states pay heavily where Congress is
considered a parade ground for spouters
and rotation of spouters is the rule.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-01
New York and Ohio.

Gov. Hughes is to take the stump in
New York in support of the policies on
which he desires action by the legislature.
This argues two things: % An undimin-
ished interest on his part in those poll
cies notwithstanding his desire to retire
from public life. and e, his conviction
that much sentiment for them remains TO
be won
This mans success on the stump has
been extraordinary. He practices none
of what are known as the stump arts. He
Ia not story teller. You search his adj
dresses in vain for any specimen of the
highfalutin He sticks to his text. And
yet by a style devoid of tinsel or dis
play he awakens. and holds, an interest
such as few so-caled orators secure. In
the Taft campaign two years ago he
was second only to the candidate NM
self in drawing power.
1t is a safe assumption, therefore. that
this new stumping tour announced will
rouse the people of New York. They
believe in the governor. At first, before
his day of trial, they believed In his
sincerity. They accepted the appralse-
ment that he was not politician. Now
that he has had a trial-two of them
they believe not only in his sincerity, out
his ability They rate him as one OF the
best executives the state has ever had.
II is almost conceded by the opposition
that Gov. Hughes as candidate again
could not he defeated. His own party
would of course support hin1-although
local bosses here and there do not like
him-and the independents. almost to
man. would be found in his train. He is
an asset of very great value, and his
party al present has no superabundance
of that sort of thing. Why should 1t not
draft him for the third race when his
only reason for refusing the use of his
name again is desire to resume the law
practice?
Two states will stand out from all the
rest in the local campaigns of this year
New York and Ohio. If both go demo-
cratic the republican prospects for 1912
will receive a severe blow. If both go re-
publican, the Taft administration will feel
decidedly comfortable. The republican
need in each state is of a strong cand
date for governor. Such a man as Gov.
Hughes would solve the Ohio situation
perfectly. His party in the Buckeye state
would gobble him up swiftly. Why, then,
in the state where the man himself lives.
and where the party's need is as great as
into service?
OF course, Gov. Hughes will support
the nominee whoever he may be, and
that will help. Eut the governor himself
. is the man for the race
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-01
Sentiment for the Day.

Here's to the man who sees the sun
And thinks that summer is begun
And sets his plants out. one by one
April Fool.
And here's to him who throws away
The garb that suits a chilly day
And blossoms forth in light array
April Fool.
Here's to the man who thinks that he
The future clearly can foresee
And his opinions scatters free
April Fool.
A toast to those whose lives have lacke
The help of prophecy exact
Here is to all of US, in fact.
April Fool.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-01
Roosevelt and Pinchot.

Mr.. Pinchot declined to enlighten the
Danish newspaper reporters on the sub
ject of the report that he is in Europe
by Mr.. Roosevelt's invitation. OF course
he is not. The story to that effect was
well conceived for reading purposes. but
faded before little reflection Mr..
Pinchot will probably meet the former
President on the other side, and prob
ably relate his grievances, but as there
are two sides to the question it is not
likely that Mr. Roosevelt will put in his
oar until he has heard both, if then. The
other side happens to be the Taft side
and at last accounts Mr.. Roosevelt was
as fond of Mr.. Taft as of any of his
other friends
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-01
Crime.
From the Nashville Banner.

There was never time in the history
of the country when crime was more
rampant than now. The news of the day
is fraught with accounts of murders
suicides and other bloody crimes. rob
berries, forgeries, briberies and all the
preparations in the catalogue OF scanda
and crime. And the reports of these
criminal happenings that appear In the
newspapers compass but small fraction
of the whole number of the worst class
of crimes committed every day. Com
paratively few murders, for instance, are
considered of sufficient news value to be
transmitted by the Associated Press as
general news, yet the number reported day
BY day would be appalling If the publ,
had not become so familiar with the news
OF crime as to regard 1t among the com
monplace events.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-01

are prone to disbelieve. that true merit
wins recognition. The acceptance OF
manuscripts does not depend upon INIT
ence or prestige. A story that mas the
real quality, that breathes something OF
life, that states a truth, however old, IN
vivid, dramatic. humorous or conv1nc-
ing form, finds publishers and readers,
Never before was the field of fiction SO
wide and so fully open to the amateur.
But there is no place there for the mere
imitator, the wearer of borrowed plumes'
the hackneyed reciter of old themes
without originality or pathos or humor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-01

From the Leavenworth Times.

The subject of good country roads is
portant questions of state improvement
IL it is not already So The enormous
expansion of the automobile industry in
the west as we'll as in the denser east is
causing revolution in the matter of
private travel and in cross country COM
merce. Where a few years ago there was
growing local traffic on small roads
both in freight and in passenger chan
nels, there is now a standstill of railroad
Aasiness on the little branch lines while
~ increase in country road travel by
menns of the motor car is immense.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-01
Humanity's Terrors.

There's something wherever your notice
you shift
To weaken your courage so firm.
You are chased by a comet enormous ana
swift
Or an infinitesimal germ.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-01
SHOOTING STARS.
by PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Desperation

John" exclaimed the shocked woman,
You are eating with your KNIFE.
Il know it, I'm economizinG. When you
eat with your knife you have to learn 70
balance your food. You eat less and II
takes longer
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-01
No Notes.

Does your daughter sing by note?
: Certainly not replied Mr.. CumroX
I'VE pay spot cash for all her music les
sons
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-01
Speaking of Politics.

DO YOU think the democratic party has
a chance?' said one suffragette.
Il don't know" replied the other; IL
looks as If that rooster emblem ought TO
float into some popularity with the chan
ticleer craze
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-01

1t would be adding insult to injury for
DR. Cook to conduct successful lecture
tou- in the territory where Commander
Peary Cancelled his dates.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-01

Some of the Wall street people may find
cause to fight the food trusts that are
curtailing the funds which lambs might
invest in the New York stock market
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-01

Compar red TO the prices pork Will bring
as served to the ultimate consumer the
eleven dollar hog is only financial anna
teur
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-01

The statistician who announced that one
American in six has money in savings
bank compiled his figures before the Eas-
ter shopping bills came in.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-01

Some theatrical producers go on the
theory that one element of patronage can
not be pleased unless another is thorough
~ offended
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-01

The annoying feature about the Vene-
zuelan situation is the disposition to put
the door mat with Welcome" on il out
where Castro can see it,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-01

Ot course those Massachusetts voters
are not so unreasonable as, to expect Mr..
Foss TO get lower food prices right away
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-01
A Serenity of the Season.

Did you get that bill | sent you:
Yes" replied the CHEEKY cltlzeh. sol
a lot of bills. l put EN- all IN the waste
basket My friends can't fool me with
their April list jokes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-01

TIN order to avoid delays on account
Of personal absence letters to THE
STAR should not be addressed to any
Individual conn ected with the ONCE. but
simply to THE STAR. or to the Editorial
or Business Department. according to
tenor Or purpose.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-01

OF course Philadelphia. with a little
more practice may hope to be ranked up
among the possible base ball pennant
winners
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-01

Reception committees who do not want
current questions discussed will hereafter
be careful about calling on Theodore
Roosevelt for a speech.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-01

II history repeats itself the April snow
storm will have to be taken into the
amateur gardeners calculation
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-01

If Gaynor can hold Tammany down a
serious presidential boom for him would
be misfortune to New York
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-01

Eggs have become so cheap as 10 de-
velop fears that packers Viii carry
large stock over till next winter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-01

This time Menelik's demise is mclan-
choly fact and not First of April item
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-01-12

were also several shots fired and a num-
Der of the participants injured, al
though none of them seriously.
Says 1T Was Outrage.
Councilman Diminik Szymanski said
this morning that the streets had been
crowded with the rowdies fighting back
and forth and that the affair was dis
graceful in the extreme. He stated
that the way in which Johnson and his
gang were carrying on could not be
tolerated any longer. The respectable
element of the neighborhood is much
concerned over the element of rif-raff
tough negroes which Johnson has again
collected about him.
The police appeared on washington
street after the affai- was almost over
with and made one arrest. This was
the owner of the building, Dan Delich,
who is being tried this morning before
Mayor Knots.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-01-12
Elt5agS5d 6p h Near
Future.

j, Gary is in the midst of great build
in e and real estate boom, such as IL
has never known before in its history.
This is not idle talk but facts from the
local real estate dealers, contractors
and business men who are in a position
to know.
THE TIMES is in position to state
that within the next six weeks two
deals of Importance will have been con-
sumated and many other smaller ones
are now on the verge of being closed.
Many inquiries for loans are being
made and 1t is known that one South
Bend capitalist has made loans to the
amount of nearly $4,000 in the last
month Out side investors, chiefly
among the insurance companies are at
the present time making an investiga-
ton of conditions in Gary and several
deals are now pending. There is no
doubt in the next few months that
thousands of dollars will be circulated
in Gary to persons having proper Sec
urity.
Confidence has again been restored
again in the new steel city and the
general outlook shows a healthier tone
at the present time than 1t has ever
done before for the past eighteen
months.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-01-12
PRODUCE MARKET

Butter-Receipts. 4,272 tubs; cream
cry, extra, 35c price to retail dealers,
&c; prints, 3Sc; extra f1rsts, 33c; firsts
70 q soc; seconds, 26 @ 27c. diaries, ex-
dies. No l, 245ec; packing stock. 24c.
( Potatoes Receipts, As cars; choice to
fancy, 48@ soc; fair to good. 43045c.
Sweet potatoes-Illinois, $1.25Q225.
New potatoes-Bermuda, per brl, 1926
06.50.
laneous fine, cases included. "a q so1s c;
cases returned, 24@ 30c ordinary, sac;
hrsts, must be 20 per cent fresh, 35c;
prime firsts. packed in new hardwood
cases and must be So per cent fresh. 38c;
extras. especially packed FOR city trace
| dirties, 21c; checks. 171ac
Veal = Quotations for veal in good
order were as follows: SO to 60 lbs
weight, 8Q813c: 60 to 80 lbs. 81a @91ac
so to 40 lbs. log lie; fancy, 12c.
Dressed beef-Ribs. No. L, 1811 G; No. /
s1zc; No. / plate. SIC.
Live poultry-Turkeys. per lb, lie;
chickens. fowls. 15c; springs, Is
ROSTERS, Sc; geese, 13c, ducks, 14c.
Beans - Pea beans, hand, picked
choice. s21sg2;2o' f f. to good, $40
swedi Ffa SIS imas zsc en9Mn
per 100 lbs, s4.S0@4S5.
Fruit = Apples, $3.50 500 per brl;
pineapples, $500 2-50 per crate: lem
ons. sal g 90: oranges, $2.00Q2.75;
Berries - Cranberies, $4,000 $50;
straw berries. Florida, per ct. 35 q Soc
Green egetables-Beets, new, $175@
800 per brl, cabbage, $3.50 400 per bril-
carrots, new, s2.5o@3.o0 per brl; Gu
cumbers. 40c@$1.25 per doz; caulif1ow-
er 81 ron 90 rer- caIerv 40m25e
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-01-12
J. KIRBY
GUEST OF
7. f. KNOTS

James Kirby Risk who Is accredited
with having dictated the nomination of
Charles Murphy of Brookton for chair
man of the Tenth district at the recent
Hammond democratic convention, and
who is said to be candidate for the
democratic nomination for congress
man dfned with Mayor Knots yester
day noon at the Gary hotel.
With Mr.. Risk was his republican
business associate H. B. Overesch
whom Risk recently supported for
mayor of Lafayette and for which act
he was charged over the district with
the crime, common In Lake County
with being irregular. The three took
dinner at the Gary hotel
1t was rumored about the city today
that Risk was spending the past few
days in Lake County building up his
political fences. It is known that he
Is on very good terms with Mayors
Knots and Becker and that If he de-
sired he could probably get the Lake
County democratic support for the con-
gressional nomination. Mayor Knots
however. denied that Mr.. Risk came
here for political purposes but merely
on a business trip He did not know
whether he had been in Hammond to
confer with Mayor Becker or not.
.Of course Mr.. Risk and I talked
politics" said Mr. Knots. but 1T was
only in general way Nothing was
said to me concerning Mr. Risks re-
ported ambition to run for congress
against Congressman Edgar d. Crum-
packer