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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-18
Test of Wireless Apparatus
and Balloon Destroyers.
INSPECTION BY OFFICIALS
Students of Illinois Military Acad-
envy in City With Equipment.
Arrive in Automobiles, Flying Amer
lean Flags and Carrying
Rapid-Fire Gun.

The students of the Northwestern Mill
tary Academy Of Highland Park ILL.,,
who are making an extended tour in four
automobiles. equipped with wireless APP
aratus and balloon destroyers, arrived in
this city last evening at shutdown, after
having covered more than 1.6OO miles
since July 6. the date of their departure
from the academy. The hattleship-gra
cars despatched with mud from the vari-
Gus states through which they have pass
ed. with American flags flying from each
car and the occupants bronzed from the
suns rays, finished in fine trim last even
ing.
The students are under the command
of Maj. r. P. Davidson of the academy,
Lieut.. F. L. Beals. United States Army,
who is detailed at the academy as mill
tary instructor. and Capt W. c. Groom
OF the Illinois National Guard. There are
sixteen in the party. the students being
selected from the class for their prof.
cheney last wear
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-18
Sues for S. 900 Damages.

Harry W. Dreamer today filed suit 70
recover 5000 damages from NJ. Ellen
Goldsmith, who is said to have operated
an automobile which collided with him at
10th and r streets May last. Creamer
was riding a bicycle down 10th street
when the auto hit his wheel. He says he
was seriously injured and his clothing
mayed Attorney Arthur Peter. for the
plaintiff. charges negligence against the
operator of the automobile.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-18
Killed in Automobile Wreck.

AUSTIN, Tex. July 1S.-Kenneth Dixon,
six years Of age. was instantly killed.
Thomas Richmond. thirty-flve, his uncle.
Is dying, and Wilton Dixon, aged eight
is badly hurt as the result Of an auto
mobile wreck. The machine leaped from
culvert, turned over and pinned the
occupants underneath. The accident is
attributed 10 defective steering gear.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-18
Daring Burglaries Traced to Girls.

NEW HAVEN. Conn. July 1S.-A
series Of daring burgiaries which have
baffied the police in this city and sur
rounding towns. have been cleared UP
by the arrest of three girls. Filimina
and Mary Ragazinno and Christina Car
SAIL all of this city and the Oldest six
teen years. The girls have confessed to
riaing twenty odd residences. Their ay-
craze haul was about $l00.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-18
Carries Rapid-Fire Gun.

Over the engine hood is mounted Colt
automatic rapid-fire gun, firing 4SO shots
per minute automatically. Alongside of
each one is mounted a powerful search
light, over the front of which is attached
photographic shutter for visual signal
ing. Each machine also carries an ak,
shovel ana a complete set of cooking
utensils, tents. blankets and three days
rations for the crew. The cars are driven
from thirty to forty miles apart, and
keep In touch with each other every noon
and every night in order to ascertain
the value Of the wireless equipment under
all kinds OF weather and road conditions.
The cars Will be run out to the army
aviation field at College Park. Md, and
the cadets given an opportunity to wit
ness flights and note the progress which
the government has made in the art of
flying machines. At the end of the week
the outfit will proceed over the road to
Annapolis. Nd. and there visit the Naval
Academy, where more demonstrations will
be given. Leaving there they Will motor to
Philadelphia, New York and up the Hud-
son river to West Point, where they will
remain few days. The return trip VIII be
via Albany. Buffalo, along the lake shore
back to Chicago. The entire distance to
be covered by the party will be about
1900 miles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-18
In Camp on Battlefield.

After motoring over the mountains of
West Virginia Sunday they spent the
night camping near the Dunkard Church
on the Antietam battlefield, near Sharps-
burg, Md
Breaking camp yesterday morning they
continued their journey to the National
Capital. passing through Frederick. Md.
en- route. On their arrival here they were
met by Joseph NJ. Stoddard of the Cook
e. Stoddard Co., who escorted the party
TO the Ebbitt House. where they will be
quartered during the balance of the week
While here the students and their equip
ment will undergo an inspection by the
War Department officials, who have a
keen interest in the maneuvers. Exhibit
tons will be given and the men put
through various drills in order to Demon
strate TO the officials the value of this
character Of equipment i'll time of war.
Two of the cars are of the 1910 type, and
made an excellent showing In the Glidden
tour last year. experiments being made
for the government during the long grind.
The other two cars are of this years
model. The last years cars are equipped
with balloon destroyers. while this year S
cars have been equipped with wireless
telegraphy outfits.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-18
Wirless Outfit in Good Order.

The wireless outfit was still in its ex-
perimental stage until the dele cation
reached Dayton, Ohio, where it was final
ly perfected. and is now in perfect work
ing order. During their stay in Dayton
the party visited the plant Of the Wright
brothers, the aeroplanists.
The electricity used for the wireless
biography is developed from the gener-
ator run off the engine, and with the aid
OF telescope mast, which runs sixty
five feet high. messages can be readily
sent from thirty-five to fifty miles. y
balloon, which Is part Of the equipment
of each machine. can then be inflated by
the making of hydrogen gas and with
this equipment the antennae wires can
and receiving power of the machines
greatly increased.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-15
'Se-G-eT D'FLooR.

things, with due allowance for necessary
exceptions
When bookcases are being purchased
IL should be seen that they are OF proper
dimensions to fit the wall space Intended
for them. Instead OF purchasing hook.
cases II is better 10 have them built in
and provided right in the plans. They
will then come with the rest Of the wood
work and be finished TO match the wood
work. and when finished will cost quite
a little less than the same article in a,
good material would cost II purchased
as movable piece OF. furniture from
some furniture store
Many women especially those Inclined
toward the picturesque, admire and cal
for little easement windows. Easement
windows are small windows with the all
high from the floor and hinged at one
side swinging either outward or inward
While they certainly look very nice. ~
appropriate places, this fact must be
borne in mind. that It is very difficult 70
curtain them with, good effect. In Eng
land. where they have no mosquitoes ard
few other winged insects, the easement
windows swing outward and there are
no screens In most parts OF this coimtry
II IL necessary TO swing them inward, SO
that screens can be provided on tie out
side. There are, of course, ways OF nan.
ding the windows II swung outward, by a
little lever below the sill. so that even
in this country they could swing outward
and have a screen on the inside but when
the window Is closed the screen on the
inside does not look well They look out
OF place. When the easement windows
swing inward II the curtains were fas-
tened upon them. they would be in the
way, and II they we're placed on the win.
dow sash, they would not look we'll and
when the windows we're standing open
the curtains would not look we'll on the
sash
II these and many other little things
we're borne in mind while the home Il
being planned, the house when finished
would be in perfect harmony throughout
and would always satisfy
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-15

Circassian walnut library table and
other furniture in exactly that color.
Under the direction of the writer, she
went to first class furniture store,
picked out the style of furniture she
wanted, in that kind of wood, and then
had it delivered to her home directly
from the factory, without any finish
on it. The painter who finished the
woodwork In that room was then en-
gagged to finish the furniture to match
that room, and he did so, to a nicely
The point being emphasized is that UNI
der most any circumstances, furniture
can be made to match the woodwork
or the woodwork can be made to match
the furniture
II the old furniture for the library has
dark green or dark maroon, or dark
brown leather upholstery. that color
should be used in either light or dark
shade throughout the decoration for the
room, in other words, IL it is Stickney
craftsman furniture with dark brown
leather upholstery, brown of some artistic
shade should be used for the wall ieoera.
ton, and brown should predominant in
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-15
Furnishing the Home
~ Arthur G. ouaussn

-T has not been customary to
look 10 the architect for suE-
IMk gestions on interior furnish
e@S.S ing and decoration. So few
I&0Rf people. however, engage the
- services OF an experienced
decorator and house furnisher. thinking
themselves fully competent to handle
tnlS part Of the work. that a few oh
!, ssgXations from the writer from a nrac.
g~Scal and artistic standpoint might be Of
ASSISTANCE 70 those who at this time of
NHe year are furnishing the new homo
which has been under construction d,,r-
1ns the summer
When none of the furniture Is bourb.
new for the new home, the old furni
ture being considered good enougb :.
rs then more difficult 70 have the fur
lniture in harmony with the homo fo,.
Iotd furniture, which has been accumu-
lated for years. is often of a miscollane.
Gus sort. There is the rocker in ma
hoGany that was given to father on
Christmas, and another rocker I'm oak
that was given to grandmother there
Is the dining room table of one kind
of wood purchased years ago. WITH
anore modern looking dining room chairs
4 fNiiih VI WOOus purchased
when the old chairs wore out, etc.
When the furniture is in sets, the
dining room set, for example, being all
quarter sawed light oak, the parlor or
living room furniture birch, stained ma
hogany, or real mahogany, the library
furniture in dark mission oak, with the
bedroom set in one room birds-eye
maple and in another room of white
en2mel, it is easier under such oircum-
eFnces to keep the furniture Of home
harmony with its surroundings, and
when having the house built, the wood
finish in each room should match the
furniture which it will contain, whether
az be the old furniture, which is in sets
or whether new furniture is to be pur-
chased
Sometimes, however, a certain effect
Is wanted in the woodwork which ap-
psrently can not be bought in furniture
For example: The writer had a client |
who wanted a certain shade Of brown |
Ion the circassian walnut wainscoting. |
amed ceiling and other woodwork of |
I'M library, but was unable to purchase |
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-15

r has not been customary to |
look TO the architect for sug- |
gestions on interior furnish !
ing and decoration. So few |
people. however, engage the |
services of an exnerinnrnh
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-15
Think 'Em over.

Experience may be the best teacher.
but only the already wise seem abe 10
learn from her
There are some women who are so
out OF them by gQueezing them.
Man may be the MODEST work Of God
Re we are told, but II must be remsni-
form was an admission and not an ae-
cuaation.
That II never rains but II pours may
be true IN some quarters, but II IL not
half 20 true as The reverse statement
thai II never pours but II rains
Many . man is swept off his feet by a
single glance at a maid who could not BE-
induced under any circumstanoSS 10 nan
die either broom or a vacuum cleaner
Judge.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-15
September Building Operations

iilding permits for new construction
WV during the month OF September in
bferty-two leading building centers
thfoughout the country, as reported to
! The American Contractor, Chicago, show
"a gain Of 10 per cent as compared with
september, 1910, whereas the first nine
/ months Of this year show a decline of
nearly per cent as compared with the
same months Of the last year. Leaving
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-15

which swelled last years total. the show.
ing is somewhat better than was ex.
pected Gains Of over 80 per cent were
made in: Buffalo, "a; Chattanooga, 6s:
Cincinnati. So; Dallas. %; Duluth. "a,
Grand Rapids, 81. indianapolis 81; Kan
sas City, 90; Little Rock "a: Los An
eeles, 70; Milwaukee, SO; New Haven, SO;
Paterson. lss Particulars win be found
in the following tables:
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-15

the rug upon the floor and in the curtains
at the windows, and also In the portieres,
IL there are any. This does not mean,
OF course, that should the rockers be old
Jumbo black leather furniture that the
wall decorations. curtains and CARPET
should also be black. Good taste and
discretion, OF course, must be used In all
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-15
Mr.. CLAUsEN'S BOOK

"Tho Art, Science and Sentiment
Of BODYBUILDING"
Thirty chapters, 900 illustrations,
~ covers a wide range OF subjects,
including the planning of bunRa,-
lows. suburban ana oity hornaa,
costing from $1,000 TO sac, 900, let
ing Contracts, choosing materials,
proper design OF entrance, win
dows, freplaoes, etc. New third
eation' Price, postpaid, sl.oo.
Address, Arthur Q. Clausen,
Architect, 1136-S7-38 Lumber Ex-
change, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
The Washington herald., 1911-06-11
CARNEGIE LEADS SINGING.

Enthusiastic mt Meeting of 5000
Girls of School Athletic League.
From the Philadelphia Public Ledger
II there is any other American citizen
who is in more sympathetic touch with
the popular festivities of his time or who
gets more real satisfaction out OF life
than Mr.. Andrew Carnegie, his identity
is not suggested in the printed records.
The great propagandist is doing all that
he knows how to promote the cause Of
universal peace. and during the while he
is awaiting the swinging in of the mil
Fenium, he is keeping his mind tuned up
to cheerfulness by accepting invitations
to social affairs at which he feels that
cheerfulness will be the dominant feature.
Last week he accepted an invitation to
be present at the fourth annual fete Of
the girls branch OF the New York Public
Schools Athletic League. The gathering
was held on the greensward in Central
Park, and there were just 5000 girls who
danced folk dances and sang popular airs
in grand chorus.
When the 5000 gathered around the
grand stand and started the Star Span
gled Banner" Mr.. Carnegie was so car
sprang to his feet. swung his hat as a
baton and led the singing up into the
high notes and down into the low ones,
while the appointed leader stood and
gazed on in wondering admiration. The
children were from Hester street, the
Bowery, HelTs Kitchen, and other IA
nous sections Of Manhattan Island, and
they were in immaculate white, except
when. in conformity to the color scheme
mi
Swedish, Irish, Scotch, Polish, Italian,
and other national dances, but whatever
the dance 1t was performed with rhyth-
mic energy that entranced the laird OF
Skibo. He didn't dance, but, considering
his enthusiastic temperament, he must
have been sorely tempted. particularly
when the 5000 girls, purely out of COM
pliment to him, danced the Highland
fling. though that dance was not on the
programme.
The Washington herald., 1911-06-11
Picture Shows and .Theaters.

According 10 Daniel Frohman, the
theatrical managers throughout the
United States will be compelled TO take
some radical action to protect them
selves from the competition of the pic
ture shows. The attendance upon the
theaters has fallen off, especially among
the gallery gods while even the bet
ter class of patrons are becoming en-
tirely too devoted to the vaudeville pro-
grammes.
Mr. Frohman's solution of the prob
lem is reduction of the price of ad-
mission. The experiment of cheaper
prices has already been inaugurated in
Chicago, with the result that the bal
comics and galleries, which had been al
most vacant. are experiencing a revival
Of patronage According to the thester
managers, much of the enthusiasm and
applause which stimulate the actors and
impart feeling OF satisfaction 10 the
audience comes from the occupants OF
the cheaper seats. No less an authority
than the late Sir Henry Irving used tc
say that if he could capture the gallery
gods he felt secure.
There is no doubt that very lare.
majority OF the people who are unabls
to afford the comparatively high price.
The Washington herald., 1911-06-11
The Babbling Brooks.

If it is true that the house of an
Englishman is his castle, it is still more
true that his club is even more, for
while his own domestic affairs may be
discussed and noised abroad, what oc-
ours in his club is sacred. He realizes
that club affairs do not affect or belong
to the outside world, and that should
candidate fail of election TO any or
ganization it is simply because, for rea-
sons best known to themselves, the
members do not desire the particular
Individual for companion, and he is
also fully aware, for the sake of both
parties, that any publicity ensuing is
the one thing to be avoided.
Such being the case, it seems to be
the sarcasm of malignant destiny that
the Brooks Club, of London, should
suddenly find itself in the limeiight of
notoriety. Now, Brooks is the most
conservative of English clubs 1t is not
only almost prehistoric in antiquity, but
it is one of those peculiarly British in
stitutions in which men may come and
men may go, but which, like the brook
of Tennyson, goes on forever.
All the trouble seems to have arisen
from the fact that their chef-one Soyer
had invented way of cool1ing viands
in paper bags, all of which became
prominent in the columns of the press.
and that the cook and his wife had
formed partnership under her maiden
name-Mme. Nora-which was sup
posed to have been indorsed by the club.
As their products became more
widely known. they were associated
more aud more with the name Of the
club. The storm broke when the West
Minister Gazette published cartoon Of
Lords Halsbury, Lapsdowne, and Lon
donderry as poultry objecting to being
roasted BY the new method. The recall
eitrani Chef Soyer was summoned the
The Washington herald., 1911-06-11
THE MAN TIGER.
Those with HOmicidaI Tendencies
should Not BE Allowed at Large.

Those with HOmicIdaI Tendencies
should Not BE Allowed at Large.
From the Philadelphia Press.
An ex-convict, who has just completed
sentence of fourteen years. reduced by
good conduct to nine, was asked in New
York to take a cigarette out of his mouth
while riding in an elevated railroad car.
He at once began a fight which ended in
his killing two men, a number being
wounded, while he was carried on half
dead by the police, with two bullets in
him.
If the record OF this man tiger were in
vestigated, 1t would doubtless be full OF
assaults, of attempted felonies, and of
other brute crimes. The murder for which
he was sentenced TO fourteen years i'm
prisOnment was a causeless homicide,
springing out of quarrel precisely like
that which has just cost two lives.
Why should a man tiger like this be
allowed to leave prison at all? II he is
three times convicted in this State, he
can, on the third sentence be incarcer-
ated for life; but this is certain to lead
to an attempt to have him pardoned in
the course of a few years. The average
life sentence n this and other States is
from fifteen to eighteen years. Yet prison
reformers go on urging parole, probation.
reduction in a sentence for good conduct,
and all the various ameliorations pro-
posed for prisoner, without making any
discrimination between the violent man,
whose nomicidal tendencies are likely to
| flame up al any street brawl, and the
man whom there is still some chance Of
saving
The Washington herald., 1911-06-11
The Autobiography of Queen Sylpa

emitting tinkling OF musical bells, when
from that rose veil came lovely bell
music in varying cadences.
The duchess wore a French gown of
sapphire blue tulle over cloth of gold, her
famous pearls in ropes and a low dia-
mond and sapphire tiara She sat outside
the ballroom all the evening. receiving the
guests. who had not finished arriving
until l o'clock, for after the music and a
long interval for supper the younger set
danced in the ballroom.
Among the leading Americans present
were the Countess of Essex adele
Grant) Her salmon pink gown could
broideries enriching It.
of silver with the addition since the night
OF the court ball of heavy black jet tas-
sells and black outlining the hem and hips
in straight, slim line.
The Duchess of Manchester CHelen
Zimmerman wore superb pearls reaching
to the knees and around her neck four
rows with n huge sun of diamonds and
three beautiful crescents OF diamonds In
her hair.
Mrs. William B. Leeds, who came under
the wing of Lady Arthur Paget looked
very pretty in a pale blue gown cut
very slim and tight about the feet, while
her pearls were superb and fell In gradu-
ated rows to the waist. Some were the
size of large marbles and perfectly
matched.
Lady Paget wore black and gold with
a coattee OF gold lace and some fine
emeraldS in the Corsage. FLANEUR
Copyright, '9ll. by Court Gossip syndicatsl
The Washington herald., 1911-06-11
Deep Mourning for Dogs.

From the Evening Wisconsin
Deep mourning for pet dogs is the lat
est feminine fad in London. Deep mourn
ing among human beings to a certain
extent has gone out of fashion. Deep
mourning for dogs is taking its place
A London woman tells how, having ad-
vertised the loss of her dog, she was sur
prised and shocked to receive the same
evening an envelope in mourning nearly
an inch deep. Inquiring of her veteri-
nary surgeon what this meant, she was
told that mourning for dogs by memo
rial cards, with deepest black edgfng,
and even by wearing black clothes, is
becoming a definite fashion.
In one instance" he said, "a clergy
man accompanied a dog to its burial.
Many smart woman owners now intimate
the death of a pet dog by means of
mourning cards.
"They use the deepest of borders
sometimes three-quarters of an inch deep
-on their envelopes, and have special
mourning cards. printed of the same pat
tern as those used when human beings
are concerned"
The Washington herald., 1911-06-11
AMERICANS NOT WELCOMED.
Mrs. AstOr's Reason for Giving Up
Residence I'm London.

Mrs. AstOr's Reason for Giving Up
Residence in London.
From the New York Tribune
Philadelphia, June 4-Mrs. Ava Will
ing Astor, the former wife OF Col. John
Jacob Astor. shortly will desert London
and take up her residence, for a time at
least. in this city.
This news became public yesterday,
when ]. r. Barton Willing, brother Of
Mrs. Astor, gave orders that the old
Willing homestead. in South Broad street.
be reopened, renovated. and prepared for
the arrival of Mrs. Astor.
While Mr.. Willing refuses to discuss
his sisters plans, women prominent IN
local society are talking about a letter
from Mrs. Astor. In which she makes a
request that her old home be reopened.
IT am sick and tired Of English soci-
ety." Mrs. Astor is quoted as writing.
THE women of the present English
court so dislike American women and
everything American that there Is abso-
Iutely no enjoyment there. Unfortunate
iy. many of us have had domestic trou-
bles, which, while through no act OF
our own, Immediately are grasped upon
with which to make capital and often to
humiliate US"
"Of course" Mrs. Astor is quoted as
continuing. Queen Mary Is the shining
light by which all English women trim
their lamps. If she looks with nom
seeing eyes or with lip uncurled, every
other English woman will do the same.
II long for my old Philadelphia home.
Please open the old place and let me
have a little Of the old life"