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trance fee On the free days the crowds
are enormous. Coming. as they do, from
oil parts OF the country, they form q
most interesting study.
The main entrance to the gallery ID III
charge of a doorkeeper. who sees 10 "
I at all umbrellas are checked, pre-
&c -t:on necessary, lest some TOO enthu-
siastic admirer might thoughtlessly point
at some picture or statue with the useiua
umbrella end. Then, too, the doorkeeper'
by means of unique little tabuiator'
registers every guest, the final record OF
which is put into the books In the office
of the gallery. The tabulator used. so
the writer was told, is one OF the most
accurate on the market. and mas been
adopted by theaters. steamship COM
pauies museums, etc.
Last month, owing to the fact that
Easter vacations enabled so many to
indulge in the spring fever that lures 50
many travellers to the Capital city. was
the banner month Of the year In point
of the number of visitors: 1a.O57 people
nassed in and out Of the big doors OF
the gallery during March The average
Sunday attendance. when the building
is open only for few hours In the AFTER
noon, was 1888. while Easter Sunday
alone, 1923 took advantage Of the sun
shine and their leisure to stroll down
Nth street way.
The connection of the Art School with
the gallery gives decided tinge OF DO
hemianism to the entire atmosphere that
- especially attractive. There 10 the por-
trait class, the drape life class and the
life class On pay days particularly the
students of these classes are much In EVIL
dence throughout the galleries. Artists
from the outside who have commissions
TO copy some favored picture plan to get
i'm their best work on the pay days also
slight. yellow-haired lassies and plump
dark-eyed girls, In interesting patnt-be-
dalrhed aprons Of pink and blue check
fit here and there among the quiet. life-
-, 80 -s'fr~ q touch - color tina.
II in itself artistic. Or. perhaps. some
~ IA ..e ire of amoi.ion ourns
brightly works steadily at his easel. re-
producing in crayon the wonderful mus
cIes Of some gladiator or some historic
group that has come down through the
hazy mists of the ages. Or, perhaps, the
casual passer-by sees some really famous
portrait or picture taking form and color
under the skiliful brush Of skfllful copy
ists
woman with tired eyes and earnest mien
who was carefully putting the finishing
touches on picture In which there was
confusing wealth Of detail.
What do you think OF it?' she asked
as with a little nervous movement shs
stopped to wipe her hands on q none-too
clean handkerchief.
What could / think. was the encour
aging answer, ''but that It Is an excellen
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II do-so,'' l report, land 1t sounds to
me distinctly like a beefsteak being
strangled In onions
While we was standing thusly with our
brains full of appetite. we seen Senator
Borah make pass-in to door with
bucket of mushrooms. Following close
I'D came Congressman Tawney with
y dog. tomatoes and a small package
which sounded muchly like garlic.
Our souls stood upright with investi-
gation-feelings.
"Why should such Waldorf-Astoria
smells be coming outward from Hon.
Agriculture Dept?' enquire Nogi with
nude.
"You can never tell what 10 going on
In the midst of Politics." I otter clamiy.
Therefore. we must make butt-up to
this place and observe what observation
we can behold
AS we open the interior door the smell
o. SOUP and pie became more overbear-
ing. At a normalous gas-stove of L. 8.
Government appearance stood Hon. Jas.
Wilson, Secretary Of Farming. disguised
as a Swedish chef. He was turning over
a flap-cake before Senate Committee
who was there to learn how to be careful
Of their salaries.
This fiap-cake." sag Hon. Wilson, lis
called the Norris Amendment" because
It is a quick riser and must be cooked
on a hot griddle.''
Several Senators sat around tasting
delicious stews with salaratus eye-wink
as If they expected this dish contained
q Joker of some kind. Senator Depew
mass back his plate with Oliver Twister
expression.
More, please he corrode, THAT stew
reminds me
..Chauncey. dib Hon. Sec. Wilson.
~can't you taste a free Govt Sample Of
broiled kidneys without wanting to make
q after-dinner speech?'
Me Nogi also got plates and ap-
preached up to counter where free lunch
was being served out.
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are so many free days. Why. it's the
price of matinee ticket
IT'S not that you love art the less,
but that you love the matinee the more -
laughed the one in brown, as they passed
into the gallery where Augustus Caesar
from his vantage point on the stairway
looked down on them sternly.
''Oh, Grace, notice the harmonious
blending Of coiors in that background"
The speaker was tai slender woman
In a gray silk dress: large black hat
and a silver purse added a touch of ele-
gance to her appearance, but, somehow,
the very tones of her voice betrayed the
fact that she was in the ''near-art" class.
Grace, the one addressed, with all the
airs OF connoisseur. stood of and view
ed the picture through a lorgnette Of gun
metal frame and. to be perfectly frank,
pain glass.
THE shading Is almost perfect she
commented: condexcend ng y, but don't
into the scene spOiss the effect?'
Il don't-yes. l dare say you are right. -
Then as they wandered on:
Come, Dorothy, Dove"-ths to a little
girl. whose tiny footsteps Jagged In the
rear.
Dorothy love- with a quick. skipping
movement common to children, Joined her
elders and chung affectionately to The lady
in the black hat. But what a poor lit e
Dorothy love" she Was-this grille with
the near-artistic aunt and mamma. Her
baby face was tired and drawn-evidentiy
this thing OF being dragged around sight
seeing did not appeal to her at all. At
ones esthetic sense Is not overdeve' OPP
ed anyway There was smudge of black
across her nose and her hair and hat
were both awry. Nevertheless, she truug-
ed bravely on--a pitiful wee martyr on
the altar of art-utterly unconscious as
her mother and aunt seemed also to be,
of the ineongruity Of her neglected little
figure.
Before portrait of young girl with
spirituelle face and clad in dlaphanous
blue the trio halted and the lorgnette
again came into play. The girl in the
portrait 'ooked very fair and young and
innocent.
They say that well known Divorce
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HE Corcoran Gal
lery of Art Is one
of the most strik-
ing points Of inter-
est In Washington.
1t Is the mecca CT
scholar and tourist
alike. Four days
out of the week
there Is no charge
for admission: on
the other three. p
cents il the en-
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knowing what tremendous money-getter
it was proving to be.
The wife was in poor health. ana she
remained In England for several months
after the beginning of the pieces i'm
mense success. The actor decided that
he'd have a sure-enougn human home
ready for her when she returned to him
In New. York.
So he began to prowl around for a
house. Finally he found a beauty, one
of the prettiest houses imaginable. with
acres and acres Of fine ground around it,
on City Island in Long Island sound,
near New York.
He put day-and-night force OF arti-
sans at work on the place to fix it over
according to his plans. Then. when they'd
finished their job. he gave a furnisher
carte blanche. When the place was fur
nished 1t equaled any home in the world
belonging to q theatrical person.
The actor Of course. met his wife at
the steamer. took her to the little hotel
where they'd always stayed In the old
.ears. and then, on the following day,
when she was rested up, got her up to
City Island on pretense that he wanted
her to make a call with him on some
folks he knew.
Then he walked her into the beautiful
grounds Of the new home. and then into
the beautiful house, the deed to which
was made out in her name, and told her
1t was all hers. You may imagine the
tableau! G. L. Z.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-17
CGTF JAPANESE Sct'ooAeoYm WASHINGTON
( @MMa3 eY HA5s4,n1URA TOGO WALLACE 1RsyN)
RAWLINGS COUSIN MRoaH)

fresh cow and split lengthwise to about
the size OF French fried potatoes. Whip
thoroughly in an ice cream freezer.
cook ten hours with red pepper and
cloves, garnish a la Mignonne (any
French cook will tell you how to do this)
and serve as rapidly as possible.
Note:-Although cows are expensive
in the spring; they are considerably
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-17
AN ACTORS
SUCCESS
OMEBODY or others maxim hath
1t that Life is a warfare"
Equally, though, life Is a gam
BILE.

AHU" an dcIOr WHO accepts
both of these maxims but he particularly
believes In the latter one, and there's a
reason.
IT'S bit Of story, with q Washing
ton end. that hasn't yet been printed.
This actor. a very heavy. thickset man.
Is q veteran In "the business" He Is one
OF the very best character actors in
America. But he never had much of
chance until something under two years
ago. He was born In England, but was
brought to this country by his people
when he was two years old. His people
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posed for this" explained the aunt with
the lorgnette.
Z
you don't say so! Are you sure?"
Positive! was in here alone one day.
I had heard that one Of her pictures was
on exhibition, so I went right W to one
of the attendants on this moor ana put
~ her straight She looked at me
askance. and with a lot Of put-on dignity
denied It. we have no portraio for which
she posed in the gallery she said with
undue emphasis on the she. But from ner
very manner l could guess that I rad
struck the nail on the head. Evidently
for reasons best known to hersen the at
tendant would not acknowledge that
was in the right. You see-l am sure
of it, -.
''Well. did you ever. exclaimed DO
rothy-love's" near-art mamma; but
have always understood that another New
York girl was the model In this case;
Hurry, Dorothy, we must be going-1
have an appointment at half-past and
there's no time to lose.'
Then little Dorothy smiled for the first
time. She didn't quite understand the
whispered conversation, but she did I'M
derstand that at last her release had
come She was going home!
Downstairs another mother was vain!y
attempting to teach her seven-year-old
the various figures that made up the col
lection in the halls devoted to statuary.
Even if the woman did have scraggy hair
and wore an impossible purple hat and
did have q tendency to chew her finger
nails, be it said to her credit she did
know her Bulfinch and know 1t thorough
iy, at that. Besides, she was dead in
earnest about instilling NEUROLOGICAL
knowledge into the child's mind
It did not seem to strike her that the
,,orx,atous Yaocoon might prove a hard
subject for a child to master and that
child might stand long time before We
nus de Milo without quite confprehending
what 1t all meant. As for the Winged
Victory, no wonder, after gazing at 1t
awhile. she propounded the question:
"It's all broken. mamma. Who did it?"
Two girls hearing the query laughed.
Reminds me- said one OF them, of
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wrapped in tinfoil with amusing notices
for your children to read
Horace Fletcher's Delight:-Collect 2ls
lbs ordinary shin-beef. Attempt to dis
acid. Do not feel surprised IL you find
this Is useless. Beat brutally with a
hatchet in hopes OF making it tender
Pass through clothes-wringer 10 or
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wife and then had stabbed himself with
the deadly dagger.
The mother was right there with the ex-
PLANTATION; the white substance that flowed
from the fresh wound in the mans breast
was blood-but the child, never having
seen white blood" looked incredulous.
This DEAR" said the mother a little
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-17

story I read once. It went something like
this: In a corridor Of a university
building there is large replica # the
Winged Victory. A waggishly inclined
student observed the headless, armless,
footless statue, and wrote underneath
"God pity Defeatr' {"
The woman with the little girl was
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Add more saltt' howell Hon. Sec Of
Ag as he turn away and begin making a
mince pie Of lima beans.
Senator Penrose, who can stop
street-car strike with all the bravery of
a Penn r r commuter. turned away
from that cookery with blank face. Sen
ators Dillingham;. Smoot and Elkins like
wise depart of chewing soda-mints and
swearing that the Beef Trust was bad,
but this was worse.
OF finally all had went, except me e.
Nogi & Sec Wilson, who stood wiping
the Hamburger steak of q griddle and
looking like he would stick by the Re-
publican Party, in spite Of everything
If convenient and natural. Mr. Sec,"
! begin for interview. Would you be
go careless as to tell me why-for Hon.
Agriculture Dept has been turned into
Kitchenette?'
Japanese Schoolboy,' dib Hon. Jas
sadly, 1.-The Agriculture Dept is like a
Drug Store: you are Supposed to find
'verything there which you can't find
anywheres else. When that recent ag-
srivation about High Cost OF Living
came up. what did Hon. Congress do?
Blame it all to the Agriculture Dept and
tell me to FIX it. Therefore 1 am con-
quoting this class in stingy Cooking in
hopes for to teach Hon. American Public
how to live on nothing a year and save
money by it,
Hon. Wilson wipe his eye-lash on his
apron.
xs-x
"All American families up to recently
he trot on, have been too porterhouse
In their tastes. This Is caused by ignor-
ance. They little know that every COW.
horse or pig who dies in Chicago is con-
ceallng about his person some piece OF
nourishment SO cheap and SO delicious
that even Upton Sinclair would not de-
tect It. The same is true Of other vege-
tables abrogate Hon. Wilson handing
me q Cook Book for which people to
apply to Agriculture Dept on applica-
ton. Following was some Of the scan
dals I found uncovered inside:
q. s. GOVT ASTRONOMICAL
SURVEY
Hon. Jas. Wilson, Chef
Qssued by General Order 41144-a. High
Cost Of Living commission)
Being q Report. entitled
HOW To Make FOOD OUT OF
THINGS THAT AMT
Turning nervously over these impor-
tant leaves. I found following respectful
recipes:
Potato-peeling Pie:-Take IL intelh-
gent potatoes Of Irish descent. separate
the yolks from the whites. Peel. Throw
away the potatoes. but save the Feelings.
Wash according to taste. After confus-
ing them with butter. put in a scalloped
dish and simmer IL hours over slow
steam radiator. Eat cautiously.
If you do not like the looks Of these
you can cover with whipped cream and
serve in q dark room.
Surprised Beef:-Take an average
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ESTERDAY while
we was promenad-
ing beside the Ag-
riculture Dept me
& Nogi stopped
suddenly with our
noses intelligently
raised.
Togo" snagger
Nogi, did you
hear that odor OF
cookery"
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If you would be so chivalrous, Hon.
Kindsir." we report, would you Thought
fully donate to us a slight dribble of
that pongee-colored roast on yonder
platter?'
4
Il X
Ne 4 Nogi taste 1t with critical forks.
How you like it?' require Hon. Will
son with pure food voice
lit taste wonderfully evasive." We ex-
plode.
II am encouraged! commute Hon.
Agriculture. This dish are called Mas
elbows disguised to look like venison
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S1.@ This salad gives a cheap taste
which will be remembered for years.
This little Book ollicute Hon. Will
son as he shook US goodbye. (which 1
have Just got out, is Supposed to make
wonderful changes I'm the poor IheN
will quit envying the porterhouses of
Fifth Avenue. and the desire for chuck
steak viii. become habitual like cocktails
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Spice, garlic & vegetables to kill
the flavor. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. DC
Gas to cook NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. &c
Flour to thicken 1t, so 1t will
look more nourishing than 1t is.... &c
Entire value Of all. .2Sc
Hon End Assistant Secretary Of Agri-
culture come running up waving Try
ing-pan full Of ecstacy.
please, Mr.. Jim" he abrupt, II have
been endeavoring by several attempts
to try and make Economy Soup from
. spoonfuls lard with ! ri-t MT water
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standing within hearing distance. Inc
story must surely have reached her ears ::
Yet she never smiled perhaps, even of att
She did have q keen appreciation OF art
she lacked that even more important quar-
ity, a saving sense Of hunor
'.Oh, mamma, what has that man done
to that poor LADY,"
There was real concern in the child's
voice. Her eyes were fastened on the
figure Of the Galatian who had killed his
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later, lis the statue of Apollo Belvedere.
one of the most perfect statues In the
world Look and remember that you have
seen this when you read all about Apollo
this evening He was the God Of the Sun
and the original of this statue is in the
Vatican Museum at Rome
However, the child was not impressed;
instead she giggled.
What funny hair he has-nobody has
hair like that now. And does he stand
here all the tima? -
But the mother deigned no answer.
Three or four schoolgirls, with books
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TOGO Reads Sec. VIII
i sons Cheap Cookery
Book With Excited Diges-
ton.

Wash. D. c.
To Editor Sunday Star, who makes the
world brighter with printers ink
Dear Sir
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posed for this" explained the aunt with
the lorgnette.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1910-10-20
TOM WOLFE WINNER
AT WALLoWA SHOOT

Tom Wolfe OF Wallowa won the
Oregon Idaho silver cup for the
highest score for amateurs at the
wallowa shoot. Monday, he break
ing loo out of POO clay pigeons.
Other amateurs scored as toi-
lows: Grassland 164, Converse 1884,
Matlock l6l. Barnes l57. AL Hug l5S'
Brady ISL, Horn l49. Ed TuttIe l46'
Masterson I45. Adams l45. Hill 1885,
Kellam 1876. Lee Tuttle 1872, oBrl-
en- 129. Schaefier 116, C. II. Tuttle
lO9.
Professionals: Reid III. Barclay
1876, Morris 153, Parker 152.
Matlock won the La Grande gold
medal, Grassland the Dupont trophy.
Masterson and Hug tied for the Ell
gin Recorder gold medal, Masterson
winning the shOot-off.
The match was shot under adverse
weather conditions, drizZling rain
during every contest but one. D
Il. Brady of En- ,erprise was official
scorer.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1910-10-20
Small Boy Gives
Officers the Slip
Lad From Caldwell, Idaho, Proves
siippe-y customer-keeps sher-
iff Marvin Busy.

Elmer Small. late of Caldwell, Ida,
mas been keeping the officers here
abouts quite busy lately. He is an
mdersized u yelr old boy, but active
IS a ferret when it comes to get
ing away. He has made three eS-
capes within a week and the ldaho
sheriff will he lucky TO get him
lack home, Thursday.
Elmer broke into laundry, TOOK
what change there was in the TIL
md smashed an adding machine un-
Ter the deluded notion it was cash
register. For all this he was sen
enc ed to the reform school. The
sheriff left him at his parents home
until he was ready to take him to
The school, but Elmer and his sister
elsie disappeared one night.
Word was sent to Sheriff Marvin
md the lad was found at Wallowa
going to school, while Elsie was
working in a hotel. The boy was
brought to Enterprise Saturday by n
D. Crofut. He was so little and afraid
hat Charlie Giovannoni, the court
house janitor, sept with him that
sniglIt in the jail. About 3:15 a. m.
Charlie awoke, found his bedmate
gone, and he locked in. The lad had
aiken the keys from Charles
clothes about quarter OF an hour
before, slipped out and locked the
loor. Charlie raised a big hula
0aloo, hollering and shooting off his
.evolver, and was finally released.
Sheriff Marvin went TO Wallowa
he next morning in an auto and
reached there just as Elmer, foot
sore and weary, turned up Main
street from the railroad track, down
which he had tramped from Enter
prise. Marvin s-arted with the lad
on the afternoon train Monday, but
he train was hardly out of Wallowa
Gefore Elmer made a pretense of
ynatilg a drink, then dashed out
he door and off the train. Marvin
vas right after him, and captured
aim after a chort chase. He walk
I'd him to Lostine and came in a
zig the rest of the way.
The Ada county sheriff will come
FOR Elmer today.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1910-10-20
To Voters.

Less than 300 voters In the dis
trict affected signed the Washing
ton-Multnomah county annexation Pc
tition; 500 in the district have sign
ed a remonstrance, practically all
outside the district are against an
nexauon, yet you are called upon to
vote the addition of practically one
fourth OF Washington, one OF the
smallest counties, to Multnomah, al
ready the. wea.thiest, most influ-
entail and powerful. Voters OF the
state outside of the counties affect
ed can know but little of these coun-
ty division measures. We OF Wash
ington know nothing of the merits
OF those no. affecting US, and be-
lieve such questions should be left
to th1 co&nties affected. Washington
county cannot afford to lose this ter
ritory and Multnomah does not need
It. We ask you to vote 339 X No.
w. d. Wood, Chairman Anti.Annexa-
ton Committee, Hillsboro. Oregon.
paid Advertising.)
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1910-10-20
Bunch of POrkerS
Stolen At Lyman
Nineteen Curoc JersdV Brood Sows
Worth $500, Disappear From Muir
dock Ranch.

Lyman, Oct. 16-One of the strang-
9st occurrences that has taken place
Il north Wallowa county is the dis
appearance from the Murdoch stock
arm of 19 valuable Duroc Jersey
brood sows that were last seen on
he morning of October while c.
lurd ock & Son were on their way
out to Wallowa with q drove OF
logs.
These young sows weigh around
40 pounds each, were marked with
lole in right ear and slit in left
EAR They we;e the cream of their
his years crop and the loss is a
considerable one as they valued them
1t more than 5000.
They are offering $50 reward for
my knowledge of the missing
stock. Up to this time they have
10 track or any suspicion as to how
hey could have disappeared from
he 400 acre hog tight pasture.
1t having rained often that week
made it hard to track them by the
,lme they were first missed.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1910-10-20
BURLE|GH DELIVERS
STRONG ADDRESS
REPLIES TO DAN MORGAN SMITH
AT UNION TEMPERANCE
MEETING.

The union temperance meeting
Sunday night was attended by an
ludtence that filled every seat IN
he Methodist church. and applaud
ID the many good points made by
he speakers. Rev. B. F. Mere
iith presided, and familiar hymns
we're sung, a large choir leading.
Rev. S. Harris in short address
'eplied TO Dan Morgan Smiths state
nent that preachers had no right
neddling in everyday business af-
fairs.
Rev. w. P. Samms made a short
md witty talk, in which he made
considerable fun of the anti-prohibi-
ion orator. B. F. Miller replied
o certain parts of Smiths speech.
The main address was made by
,layor ] A. Burleigh in his usual
nasterly style. MIR. Burleigh de
5oted the major part of his argu-
ment to proving by the testimony OF
state officers Of prohibition states,
hat statewide prohibition is a sue
,ess wherever given an honest and
air trial He answered the argu
nent that dives exist under prohL
1ition by proving they flourish even
more alongside the open saloon and
mder strict regulation. The per
;onal liberty plea, the so-called
home rule" amendment and the
Jogie OF the midnight search of pri
ate homes were shown TO be spec
Gus and false.
The address was argumentative IL
lature, logical in arrangement and
lear and forcible in delivery throus
] lIt