davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-15
One View of Washington.
q New Orleans Times Democrat.

The splendid growth of the nations
capital is suggestive in many ways.
Washington is built along lines prescribed
by a single architect who knew that the
wealth OF a continent would be lavished
upon the city by the Potomac through
all the coming years. But Washington
now has a charm which LEnfant could
not have had in mind when he drew the
plans. From the political and social
points of view. the whole future OF the
city was changed when Congress took
exclusive control of its affairs after the
collapse of the Shepherd regime From
that time forth, Washington was assured
of absolute freedom from the turmoil of
ward politics and its social life was to be
stimulated by the influx of millionaires
from all parts of the land. Ideals OF pub
lie and private architecture are not diff
cult TO approach in town which has no
trade to impose ugliness. Nor are the
problems of administration difficult to
solve in a town whose ignoramuses and
hoodlums cast no ballots. In theory,
Washington ought TO be what Athens
might have been without the voting hoi
polloi. what Rome might have been with
out the venial plebs. But even without
the intellectual glory Of Athens and
Rome, Washington will always be the
place where the rich and the well-to-do
may get the most comfort with the least
pains.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-15
Economic Annexation of Canada.

From the New York Sun.
When the British North America act
was passed in 1867 Canada was a country
with about ;5O0,OOo people with whom
we did a. business amounting TO about
$40 100000 a year. about equally divided
between imports and exports. In 1910,
with Canada's population little more
than double that of 1867, exports from
this country to the Dominion amounted to
Sa4o 900, 900 and imports from the Domin-
ion amounted to SlU3,UOO,OO. The closing
years of the nineteenth century We're in
Canada time of preparation for the
enormous development and rapid progress
of the opening years of the present CEN
fury In 1880 its commerce amounted to
less than $500 100000. of which the share
of the United States was about Sl23OsU.
COO The total is now about $IOoOOO. 600
and more than half of the trade crosses
the geographical boundary in spite of
tariff barriers. A more prosperous Can
ada will want more raw cotton, more cot
ton CLOTH more corn and more lard. more
leaf tobacco, cameras horses. fertilizers.
Irvine, furs and fur skins. electrical APP
paratus and machinery, pipes and flttings.
naval stores. furniture and hundreds of
other articles required by people whose
tastes, customs and habits differ little
from our own.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-15
The Senate and Reciprocity.

WI me senate vote on the Canadian
pact" VIII the impressive result in the
House influence the situation? Twin the
endorsement of the pact by commercial
bodies in all sections of tho country
count in the equation?
only about two weeks or the session
remain. Opponents of the pact say the
time is too short: that so important a
measure should not be hurrieJi: that SEN
ators should be allowed to Yook into the
arrangement thoroughly. both for what
V contains specifically and for what it
may prove stepping stonl
As matter of fact. is there a senator
on eithep side OF the chamber UMPIRE
nsred Ibday to vote 50 far as an ap-
praisf<ment of the pact T. concerned Do
not/all OF them understand it, Are not
All of them acquainted with home senti-
fnent on the subject.
Some of the opponents of the measure
would be glad to force 1t over until De-
cember in the hope of advantages from
general discussion at home and abroad
As to home, they are thinking of the
tariff question in its larger aspect: and
they would employ the time between
March and December in an effort to
eurated in this fashion with so promis-
ing neighbor as Canada would ulti-
mately wreck the whole policy of pro-
lection
From abroad they would expect help
from agitation of a political character
The line of it is already suggested Is
this the first step in movement to make
canada American territory? Is the Ameri-
can flag soon to be waving over that
country? And should Great Britain lose
Canada TO us by this sort of business
absorption. would not the British en-
pire lose prestige all over the world?
Public sentiment today is overwhelm-
ingly in favor of this reciprocity agree
ment. and it should be recorded. Any
thing resembling a filibuster in the Sem
ate would be against the public interests.
Delay is not demanded either with re-
spect to an understanding OF the meas
ure or to party considerations. The
measure is clear in its terms. and it
rises above party divisions. A republi-
can President has submitted 1t. almost
half of the republican membership of
the House supports it, while the demo-
Gratis line up almost solidly behind their
leader on the same side. Why should
not the Senate after a brief discussion
dispose of the matter al this session?
fiibuster in the Senate is always
easily executed. and at this time condi
tons are unusually favorable We should
know in few days whether they will be
improved to delay vote on a matter
the country has much to heart and on
which It is asking immediate action.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-15
Hat Pins in Hungary.

Why should not the Budapest method
OF enforcing hat pin ordinance be after
all the best? The whole point OF such
municipal rule. which has been proposed
for practically every city IN the United
States. though adopted in few. as meas
ure OF public protection against the mil
linery stiletto menace. is to prevent the
wounding of people. Whether the rule
requires the clogging Of the sharp end Of
a hat pin o. limits these headgear fasten-
ers TO a certain number Of inches in
length, the object OF the law is to lessen
the danger to the public. The imposition
of fines is only means TO the end of pre-
vention This involves arrests. trials. de-
iays, perhaps appeals. 1t is cumber-
some process. The Budapest police have
found IL so and have taken a common
sense short cut to results by proceeding
10 pluck from their places all unprotected
hat pins OF whatever length or style. The
pins thus conf1scated can do no harm and
the moral effect of their appropriation by
the law is certain TO be greater than occa-
sional prosecutions in court The average
woman would far prefer TO take chance
even of being arrested and hailed TO court
than 10 have her headgear stripped of its
spikes in public, with all the disa strous
consequences that may befall her. The
modern mode of buttressinc woman's
crowning glory with puffs and rats. and
eking il out with ringlets and pompa-
dours without personal attachment, Is
calculated to cause hat-pin-pulling cru
sade by the police TO become intensely
unpopular. The only surprising feature
Of the Budapest situation is that the
police have been able to collect 100 I'M
protected hat pins With a proper degree
II publicity about their work in this di-
rection they should have given force and
effect 10 the law before they had ex-
tracfed One-tenth Of thar numbar
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-15

stomachs can be attributed to the nat
ural process OF the decomposition of or
ganic matter The case will now be
dropped by the public prosecutor. This
experience should teach ali officers of the
law to go to the extreme possibilities of
chemical analysis in mysterious cases of
death. where no agency is palpably in
evidence to account for the direct cause.
Carbon monoxide poisoning is not I'M
common. and, as this case discloses. it
leaves its marks long after death has
resulted This instance should be re-
sarded as a. definite warning against as
sunlng that crime has been committed.
Wherever there is a stove carbon monox-
de may be present in sufficient quantities
TO take life. and no pains should be
spared in all instances to ascertain
whether it has played part in the
tragedy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-15

program, and are belaboring him with
many epithets and accusing themselves
OF much shortsightedness.
Idle al; the speculation is. what would
have happened if Mr.. Stimson had been
elected governor. and the republicans
had carried the legislature? His ability
and strength Of character were con-
coded oven by his opponents. and in Of
flee he would have become the head Of
his pflrty in the state. Mr.. Barnes
would! not have come back"-at any
rate flot at once. as he has done. The
party organization would have remained
in THE hands of the men who had taken
it OVER at Saratoga, and made obedient
TO tie wishes and purposes of the state
adm inistration.
Al for the sena torship. that might
have provoked warm a row in the
republican ranks as it has done in
THOSE OF the democrats Mr. Depew
Would probably not have succeeded
himself bat the question of his sue
cessor would have led inevitably to
fgrangling. The legislature would have
ibeen without instructions. So great
prize would have tempted a number of
men TO offer for it, and we should prob
ably have heard much complaint Of
the interests" as We are hearing now
in the case of Mr.. Sheehan Mr.. Root
being from the city. upstate would
have claimed the right to name the
man
But Mr. Siimson did not win. The
republicans did not carry the lesisla-
ture. Tammany won. hands down.
backed by the independents for all they
were worth and what might have been
foreseen is now in action. Tammany
wants all that it thinks is coming To
It. and with the object Of applying
whatever it may obtain at home this
year toward forwarding IFS ambition
to become controlling factor next year
in the national equation. OF course the
independents are unhappy. But man
was made to mourn
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-15
The Passenger and His Car Seat.

The passenger who Distracted traffic on
one OF the local lines Yesterday by stand
ing in the track after he had been elected
from car in which he had been riding
held an attitude that is fortunately not
common on the part of street railway
patrons. but one that is sometimes taken
by those who cannot accept conditions
without protest. The circumstances in this
case deprived the passenger of any par
ticular right in the premises. He had
been occupying a seat, and through gall
lantry had surrendered it to woman.
He thereupon demanded that the con-
ductor find him another seat. This not
being the business Of the conductor. and
being furthermore impossible without the
eiectment from his seat OF an innocent
passenger, the demand was ignored. Until
law IS framed to guarantee every pas
senger entering street car a seat, every
one who boards such vehicle does so at
his own risk, and has no righteous conn
plant to make at the conditions he finds.
1t is true that in some cities. in other
countries. the rule Of mo seat, no fare"
is in vogue. but in such places no pas
sengers are admitted to cars which gre
already filed, and which bear a warning
sign. There is no substantial demand. in
Washington for rule OF this character.
The street railway traffic is not only
heavy. but spasmodic. Washington is
peculiar in that the impulses Of travel
occur within comparatively limited hours.
Thus from until in the morning and
from 4:30 until 6 in the afternoon the
traction facilities are taxed to their ut
most. 1t would be possible TO give
everybody seat in those hours only by
the running of cars in almost unbroken
procession. which would be fer from a
rapid transit service, and wquld, more
over. entail a prohibitory expense upon
the operating companies, thus required
to maintain an immense rolling stock
useful during only short period of the
day, and to organize force of operatives
either paid starvation wages for the short
period of actual service, or maintained at
full wages for a minimum Of work a
great cost in excess Of the returns from
passengers. A certain degree of reason
ableness is to be expected from even an
impatient public, and every passenger
who boards a street car. however discom-
NODDED for the time, sh ould bear in mind
all the conditions, and SHOULD particularly
remember that the rule guaranteeing a
seat TO all passengers would operate TO
their personal disadvantage more often
than to their benefit. At the same time
the limit to increase the number of cars
operated and thus TO reduce to a mini
mum the overcrow<iing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-15
The Convenient Scapegoat.

oh. would that man plan could frame
Whereby some single cause
Could be compelled to bear the blame
For all these earthly flaws.
The climate and the trusts We scold,
We chide the tariff. too,
And different statesmen do We hold
Forth to unfriendly view.
And so suspicious multiply
At such a grievous rate
That oft we gaze upon the sky
And wish they'd concentrate.
Each evening are our thoughts inclined
Toward yonder starry track.
'Twould be real relief to find
The comet coming back.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-15
The Recall Election.
le Seattle Post Intelligence.

From the Seattle PostIntelllgencer
In the recall election the sovereignty
Of Seattle spoke. and it spoke in no I'M
certain teams: it was the voice OF peo-
Pile recalling from office a man who had
broken faith with them, outraged the
trust they had imposed in him. a man
who had msused and abused powers the
people in a moment OF confidence had
surrendered to him. Exercising right
which they have reserved, under a pro-
vision in the city charter and the SUI
preme authority of the state they wisely
have withdrawn from a faithless and in
efficient public official the trust they had
imposed in him. and have stripped him
Of the power with which they had clothed
him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-15
Misguided Investment.

shoes?'
Il done thought about dat inves'm ent
fob some time, an finally / switched
FUN a pair o shoes an put it into a
pair of aces
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-15
SHOOTING STARS,
BIZ PHILANDER JOHNSON.
An Effort to Explain

Why are We told not to look a gift
horse in the moutho'
Il suppose" replied the man who has
to pay feed bills, Its because looking
in horses mouth is calculated to
remind YOU of his appetite
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-15
Unsatisfactory.

What became of your ideas of sim
plfied spelling?"
II abandoned them replied the uni
versal reformer. THE result looked
too much like a dialect story with the
quotation marks left out"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-15

Every now and then some statesman
frankly reminds the citizens of the Dis
trio. of Columbia that they carry but
little direct influence on the vote in his
distr
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-15

Reports of movement of financiers
antagonlstic to the Gould railway inter
ests will doubtless be observed with close
attention by the ever hopeful Boni de
Castellane.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-15

An actor is not on the most desirable
terms with the public when his matr-
monial engagements attract more notice
than his theatrical engagements.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-15
A Family Trait.

II nm afraid your youngest son is in
clined to treat you with disrespect."
YES replied Mr., Meekton. absent
minHedly; Its remarkable how that
boy, takes after his mother
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-15

SO much business is presented TO Con-
gress each year that the extra session
NAV become the rule rather than the ex-
ception.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-15

The Car of Russia has taken charge of
a publication and 1t is regarded as certain
that he will have no trouble whatever
with the postal authorities.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-15

There is difficulty in deciding whether
the Arnold mystery is complicated by
people who do not tell all they know or
people who tell more than they know.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-15
Sad Story of a Motorist

How by ambition are we led
Unto disaster, In his zeal
He did his best to keep ahead
OF a policeman on a wheel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-15

Gov. Baldwin of Connecticut is so Wig
orous in his rhetorical style that he may
yet dash into a situation which will call
for apology from him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-15

CHAMP Clark may be tempted to regard
speakership prospect and presidential
boom, travelling side by side. as meta
phorical mule team capable of numerous
surprises
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-15

Some OF the CLUBS feel so confident Of
results that the betting on base ball
games will strike them as being out of
the question.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-15

Anybody who insists on borrowing trou-
BILE has merely to cross the Mexican Dor
der and take an interest in politics.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-15
Has Grown Up.

From the Augusta Herald.
What has become of the old fashioned
child that ate what was placed before
il without criticism or whimper?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-15

ty1n order 10 svold delays account t,r
PERSONAL absence letters to THE STAR shov id
not he addressed TO any individual connec5 ed
with the otbcs. but simply TO THE STAR, o. to
he Editorial Business Department accooJins
= tenor purpose.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-15

II is Impossible 10 stop the debate on a
tariff proposition by bringing it forward
under a new name
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-15

Some English statesmen cannot discuss
Canadian affairs without seeing L. s.
a. peril.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-15

The ground hog never takes the trouble
TO return and apologize for farebacks
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-15
The Robin Case
From the Buffalo News.

From the Buffalo News.
New York juries evidently have lost
what little respect they may have had
for the testimony Of alienists.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-15

Entered secoud-class mall matter at the post
once at Washington. D. &.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-15

PAYABLE in advance-hy mail postage prepaid:
Daily. Sunday included, month ca cents.
pafr. Sunday excepted. one month. 40 cents.
Saturday Star, 81 wear. Sunday Star, s.. 10 year
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-15

The Evening star with tho Sunday morning
edition. is delivered nv carriers within the city
A. cents per month daily only. % cents per
month: Sunday only. 20 cents per month. orders
may he sent BIZ mail. telephone Main 244o.
Collection is made by carrier At the end OF each
month.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-15

business ONCE. i1th 81. and Pennsylvania Avenue
New York ONCE: Tribune Building.
chicago once: First National Bank Building.
European once. Regent St, London, England.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-15

G r |. S : G II o o l.
Dresses. of fine galatea,
chambrays. ginghams and
linens: many styles: sizes
4 to ii years: sell al $50
and s..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-02-15

LONG AND s n o r t
Dresses for children 3
months to , years: fine
longcloth. with embroidery
edging and insertions.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-11-21
BYRON AT PREVESA.

The TurkoItalian war is likely to
provide the literary gossips with
plenty of "reminiscences" For in
stance, it is interesting to recall that
it was at Prevesa, in the Gulf of Arta,
where the first shot of the war was
fired, that Byron landed for his tour
through Albania, and there also he be-
gan the second canto of "Childe Har-
old" which he finished, by the way,
at Smyrna, another landmark in the
present war, for an Italian squadron
was reported in that quarter the other
day. Prevesa is in the vilayet of ia
nina, where, it is recorded in the Hon
Roden Noels biography of Byron, the
poet was supplied by order of the
pasha with house, horses and all
necessaries gratis. Ali himself being
absent besieging lbrahim in Illyria
Readers familiar with "Childe Har-
old" will remember the very graphic
description. of the Gulf of Arta given
by Hobhouse in note to the poem
1t is vivid account of night scene
round the camp fires, with a bacR
ground of rugged rocks and Albanian
soldiers dancing in the freight and
singing fierce bandit songs with the
refrain, Klephteis pote Parga! C'rob
hers all at PargaD On leaving Janina
Byron went to Missolonghi, thence t,
. Vostizza, where he caught his frs
/ glimpse of the heights of Parnassus
Pail Mall Gazette.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-11-21
sLURs ON "NoRLEMEN."

Lord Clonmel has lost his camera
and he announces the fact in an adj
vertisement. He took it with him on
the Rohilla, and as this gay little
steamer was specially reserved for
members of the House of Lords who
wished to see the naval review at the
coronation he felt that he might re-
lax the vigilance usually advisable
with regard to portable property. But
he was mistaken. His camera disap-
peared. He laid it down and turned
away for a moment, and when he
looked again it was gone. He should
have known better. He knew the
steamer was full of aristocrats, and
yet he allowed himself to be negli.
gent And now he inserts an adver,
tisement asking the "nobleman or
gentleman" who inadvertently an.
neXed his camera to return it. lie
does not say mo questions asked,
nor does he offer a reward. His best
plan will be to keep an eye on his
fellow-peers and he may see one OF
them with the goods on him. But il
is frail chance. Peers have so many
opportunities to dispose Of property
thus inadvertently acquired.
There was another aristocrat who
lost a costly umbrella at a fashion
able London club, and he posted I
notice to that effect, asking the
"nobleman" who had purloned it Il
have the goodness to make restitu
ton Fancy a nobleman returning
anything! The club secretary asked
why he addressed his appeal exclu
sively to noblemen. well" was the
reply, the club is composed eXou
sively of noblemen and gentlemen
and certainly no gentleman would
steal my umbrella" These are sac
incidents, and go far to explain :
hostility to the hereditary form o
government.-San Francisco Argo
maui.