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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-07
FASHIONS AND FADS.
gerie blouses show frills.

Now lingerie blouses show frills.
Bags OF striped silk are used With
striped suits.
seaIlops on house gowns are very much
IN favor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-07
Potato Cakes.

We all know to our sorrow the potato
cakes that have q clammy. leftover
taste; but this way Of preparing does
not come under that head. Crate raw
. potatoes. season with a generous allow
| ancs Of melted butter and salt. add .
dttle sugar and puiverized cinnamon,
then bind together with bsatsn esq and
hour. Shape into nat cakes and fry.
browning both sides we'll. In making
potato cakes from leftover mashed po-
tatOes, II should be remembered that to
be Satisfactory they must DO reheated
before being shaped into cakes and then
be cooked Mt once.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-07

Potatoes and onions served together will
appeal to many. Boil the potatoes In
their skins. then peel and slice ~ soon
% taken from the IRE. Have ready sliced
onions cooked tender in bacon or ham fat
and arrange potatoes and onions in alter
nate layers in . serving dish. Pour
vinegar into the grease In which the
onions were cooked, let come to a boil.
season with salt, pepper and BIT Of 81.
gar, pour over the vegetables and serve
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-07

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-07

u II ORE than ever ~ a1S 20 nA*e
MI corsets Of elastic nokeslelA. Ike
AVA <rAeot. and made without stays.
The Washington bee., 1911-06-10
MORE MONEY RACE PROGRESS.

If eoored people groom dainty destroy pspra
ton odos shine from the face and
discoveries for improving the skin and dressing the ham k
will be better received in the business world make
money and advance faster
The Chemical Wonder Company of New York is the bes,
business friend coored people have improves bodies
as Dr. Booker Washington improves their minds That Com
panv manufacturers Chemical Wonders which Wild make
coored people attractive individual peculars viii
nit Colored men New who use these Wonders hold
situations banks clubs and business houses aEd
men have berer positions marry better get along better
(1D Complexion WonderCream will light up any es1ored
face (ac brown every time it used To prove s
trial. send demonstration sample for 10 cents &ogua
jar, 50 postpaid
Ial Magneto-Metalic Conn. called WOader Comb. Ca,
be heated before using, help straighten and dress the
Costs 90 cents and will last lifetime
Cd Wonder Uncurl When this pomade dressing In =
hair the uneurled and the hair becomes aex
When heated the scalp and throneh he 'ar ''i
Comb any stiff noty hair will dress we'll 50 0eats post
paid
(O Wonder Hair Grow fertizes the scalp and snakes
hair grow long just fertilizers in the soil make e0T"aks
grow. 50 postpaid
"a Odor Wonder Powder instantly destroys perspiratieu
odor People neglect such chemical cleansing
SO cents postpaid
(61 Odor Wonder Liquid This fine toilet water surroun
the body with delicate perfume. When used with used vi
Odor Wonder Powder the conditions of %
feet If you spare 50 cents order this luxury
cents postpaid.
% Wonder Powder keeps feet dainty 50 cen,
postpaid
(8 Wonder Wash A shampoo to clean from dandrn
and insure the health the hair po<pai
(q Shell Pink Creme will give light brown girls heaut''
pink cheeks adeup appearance Postpa'
We guarantee all these Wonders represented
We give advice free about hair skin and scalp
VIII send book attraeiveness free
We will prove true friends OF coored
plo-
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against loss Only 81 capital required
Always write to NJ Berger & Co. Rector Street Ne
We market ali the Chemies' Wonder Company
tons
The Washington bee., 1911-06-10
WORTH ADVERTISING ron

There 499 Negroes employed here in Washington D.
the Government alone and these Negroes draw saFs s
Tegatng SO44o4 These than three millions OF dei2F
right here in Washington scattered sf
hundreds of tradesmen Is this Of money eFh BID
ding for? It certainly is and the largest this
city would refuse get the big of did they bet reasE
how much money the Negroes really spending
Now The Bee is ths sally Negro pubhsaea ia tAis city,
stands without rival competitor and ts Asd IAs
few Of tae merchants THIS wa patrenle the
of The Bee presenting the bargains they ha'
ese Negroes these S499 Negroes wbe draw aABuay ro
three nea OF CoaTs wf asaHae Sat D.
renizng pubhatOa edited operated BY OF ts
and deserve their patronage And Suc hE"
seeive the mens Of dollars received
spent ~ the Negroes Of Washington,
What csging stores what Hfniuse what dry goods
anA what sshar VIII make ah eest Is 4veEt
themselves these ever millions If doas By WaS
Negroes By advertising in The Besf
Place yeur advertising The Bee and waeh these S4o9 a
tive Negrses spend their hrea millions ef dollars with
Now Is the time advertise III The Bee the HewsRaP thai gee
~ everv Nsgre home Washington RssenkeS nseFeaa4s
Washingos rs advertising not what eaSts
The Washington bee., 1911-06-10
MARK TWAIN'S CLOTHES.
The Great Humorist Always Had .
Relish For Personal Effect Un-
usual In Men Nowadays.

AT the time of our first meeting
Mark Twain was wearing a sealskin
coat, with the fur out. in the salts
faction of q caprice or the love OF
strong effect which he was apt TO in
dulge through life. Fields, the publish
er, was present
l do not know what drOll comment
was in Fields mind with respect to
this garment. but probably he felt
that here was an original who was
not to be brought to any BostOnian
book in the judgment Of his vivid
qualities, With his crest Of dense red
hair and the wide sweep Of his fam
ing mustache Clemens was not dis
cOrdantly clothed in that sealskin coat.
which afterward. in spite Of his own
warmth in it, sent the cold chills
through me when I once accompanied
it down Broadway. and share6 the
immense publicity it won him.
Clemens had always relish for per
sonal effect, which expressed itself in
the white suit of complete serge which
he wore In his last years and in the
Oxford gown which he put on for
every possible occasion and said he
would like to wear all the time. That
was not vanity in him, but a keen feel
ing for costume which the severity OF
our modern tailoring forbids men,
though it fiatters women to every ex-
cess in it.-W, D. Howells In Har-
per's Magazine.
The Washington bee., 1911-06-10
TIGHT HATS.
They Impede Circulation of the Blood
In the Scalp and invite
Badness.

Ingenious men are continually con-
irving new kinds Of shoes, new sus-
penders and hundreds Of different
kinds Of braces. but so far, says the
Therapeutic Gazette. no one has taken
up the idea Of making a hat which will
hold on the head and not blow off and
at the same time not bind the head all
around like constructing band.
Some men go without hats at times
with the idea that the hair is improved
by ventilation and sunshine UndOubt-
edly this does improve it, but the prime
secret is not in not wearing the hat at
all The ventilated hat will not pre-
vent badness if this same hat be worn
/ tightly around the head If a string
be tied ever so lightly around the fin
ger the effect upon the circulation
may be easily marked in the end Of
that finger. A tight hat will affect the
circulation of the scalp in the same
way.
Hats which are easily blown off
should never be worn. as they will not
stay on unless jammed so tightly upon
the head as TO impede circulation, All
stiff, rigid hats should be very light,
and one should select a size larger
than the head measurement and cor
rect the over size by inserting felt
strips under the sweat band. thus Civ
/ ing a cushion-like effect and prevent
ing the construction at that portion of
! the scalp,
The Washington bee., 1911-06-10
HIRED APPLAUSE.
A Great Actress Who Was Determined
to Make the CIaque Earn
Its Money.

Speaking Of applause In theaters, a
theatrical man relates the following
concerning the great actress Rachel:
''It seems that upon a certain open
| ing night Rachel received enthusiastic
applause, but on the second night it
was so noticeably slim that the actress
| felt deeply grieved and bitterly COM
planned that the claque was not doing
/ its duty. The leader Of the hired 'ap-
plause makers on hearing Of her dis
J pleasure wrote her letter in which he
endeavOred to excuse himself from any
} blame.
'Mademoiselle-I cannot remain IN
| der the oblOquy Of a Teproach from
such lips as yours be began. The
following is an authentic statement Of
what really took place: At the first
representation l led the attack in per-
son not less than thirty-three times.
| We had three acclamations, four hilar-
| tiles. two thrilling movements, four
renewals Of applause and two indef-
mite explosions. In fact, to such an
extent did we carry our applause that
the occupants Of the stalls were scan
dalized and cried out la porte!
my men were positively exhausted
with fatigue and even intimated to me
that they could not again go through
such an evening. Seeing such to be
the case, I applied for the manuscript,
and after having profoundly studied
the piece / was obliged to make up my
mind for the second representation to
certain curtailments in the service Of
my men,
THE writer thus goes on at some
length to assure the actress he will
| try to make future amends and re-
quests her to believe in his profound
admiration. n."-Exchange.
The Washington bee., 1911-06-10
ONLY ONE OF HIS KIND!
The Judge Had a Mighty Good ReasoF
For Not Hanging on to
the Horse.

During the second Cleveland cam
paign Colonel John P Irish. the golden
| tongued orator, and Judge Kinne OF
Waterloo, Ia. the man with lungs Of
brass, We're stumping Iowa in behalf OF
the Democratic candidate.
They were driving in a buggy on the
, road to Sidney, a young city in the
| southwestern part of the state, when
they came to a fork Of the road where
there was no sign board. Which turn
| 70 take was a question, as they had
barely time to make the town anyway.
There's a farmhouse over there q
bit. You sit still. and I'll go over and
ask questions" said Irish. and. climb
ing out, he started for the desired in
formation. He got it and on his re-
turn saw the horse. evidently fright
ened at something, tearing down the
road at runaway speed. Instead Of try
ing to stop the horse, Judge Kinne
dropped the reins, climbed over the
seat and dropped of the back of the
buggy into the road.
When Irish caught up to him the
Judge was busily busting himself of
| after his roll In the roadway, not in
the least dlsf1gured by his acrobatic
stunt
You're on the right fork Of the road.
all right. judge. but why didn't yod
| hang on to the horse?" asked Irish,
laughing heartily.
why didn't 1 hang on to himT
rumbled Kinne in his deep subceIlar
voice. 'Tu tell you why l didn't, my
| Christian friend. There's lots Of horses
| in this world. but there is but one
/ Judge Kinne-"-Dos Angeles Times.
The Washington bee., 1911-06-10
FIRST POST HOUSES.
Established by Cyrus, the Founder Of
the Persian Empire.

Established by Cyrus, the Founder Of
the Persian Empire.
The first posts are said TO have orig
mated in the regular couriers estab-
lished by Cyrus the Great about $50
B. c., who erected post houses through
out the kingdom of Persia. Augustus
was the first to introduce this institu-
tiOn among the Romans, 81 3. c., and
he was initiated by Charlemagne about
500 A d. Louis N. was the first
sovereign to establish post houses in
France. owing to his eagerness for
news, and they were also the first in
stitution of this nature in Europe
This was in 1870. or about 1900 years
after they were started in Persia.
In England in the reign Of Edward
". Q4SD riders on post horses went
stages o. the distance Of twenty miles
from each other iE order to procure
the king the earliest intelligence of the
events that passed in the course Of the
war that had arisen with the Scots. A
proclamation was issued by Charles |.
In 1881 that. whereas to this time
there hath been no certain Intercourse
between the kingdoms Of England and
Scotland. the king now commands his
postmaster Of England for foreign
parts to settle running post or two
between Edinburgh and London to go
thither and come back again In six
days"
The Washington bee., 1911-06-10
The Cow Decided,

A peasant living in the village Of
Predeal, near the Hungarian frontier,
lost his COW. About two months ago
he happened to be standing at the
railroad station watching a train load
Of cattle about to be sent across the
frontier. Suddenly he gave a shout.
That's my cOwT' be cried, running
toward one of the cars.
The trainmen only laughed at him.
and he went before the magistrate.
This good man listened to the peas
ants story patiently. Then he pro-
nOunced this judgment: The COW shall
be taken to the public square Of Pre-
deal and MIXED. Then if it goes of it's
own accord to the plaintiffs stable it
shall belong to him"
The order of the court was carried
out, and the COW. in spite of its ten
months absence, took without heSita-
ton the lane which led it Il few min
utes later into the peasants stable
Chicago News.
The Washington bee., 1911-06-10
Etinuet&e.

. The very high sounding word eti-
quette had a very humble origin. for
etiquette meant simply label. 1t de-
rived its present meaning from the
fact that a Scotch gardener who had
laid out the grounds at Versailles for
Louis XIV. was much annoyed at the
courtiers walking over his newly made
paths and at length had labels placed
to indicate where they might walk
At first these labels were ignored. but
a hint from high quarters that IN fu-
ture the walks Of the cOurtiers must
be within the "etiquettes' or labels
was promptly attended to. To keep
within the "etiquettes" came to mean
to do the correct thing.
The Washington bee., 1911-06-10
HIS BLACK EYE.
How He Got 1t and the Worst That
Was Yet TO Come.

How He Got 1t and the Worst That
Was Yet TO Come.
Gracious! That's a peach of a black
eye. Where did you get it?'
Got it on the left side Of my nose
Where did you think l got it-over the
ankle bOneY
Don't get heated. How did it all
happen?"
That's different. 1t was all u piece
Of my cOnfOunded luck. | was up on
the Blue Cliff road looking at a piece
Of real estate when along came a coat
less and baTeheaded fellow running
for dear life with a lot Of painting pur-
suers stretching in a long line behind
him. | Joined in the chase Being
fresh. / rapidly overhauled the fugi-
tive. / had nearly cOllared hin when
a big ruffian grabbed me and pIOfane-
Iy told me to clear out. | spoke rudely
to him and kept on running. and he
suddenly reached out a fist like a ham
and knocked me into a ditch And
what do you suppose it all was"
Give it up"
1T was a rehearsal for a moving pic
lure film. and now my portrait will go
all over the country and be seen in
thousands Of theaters as a bruised and
battered butter-in who got just what
was coming to himr'-Cleveland Plain
Dealer
The Washington bee., 1911-06-10
The Active Sloth Bear.

''The sloth bear appears 10 be the
most active of all the bears IN the zoo,
Whoever misnamed the animal ought
to bestow a more appropriate title"
said a woman visitor who sat on a
bench in front Of the bear dens.
"a more beftting designation would
be 'Ursus pugilisticus' or something
Ike that. for be is certainly the most
pugnaciOUs Of all the bruin specimens
here. And he gets away with it, too,
although be weighs only $50 pounds.
/ saw him knock out the hairy cared
bear in a fierce fight over a piece Of
meat. and be gets the better OF the
great YezO bear Of about 1000 pounds
in the adjoining inclosure. They fight
through the bars. You can hear the
swapping of the big bears jaws as he
fails to catch his opponent But the
nervous sloth bear is as quick as a
cat with his long claws and gets in a
dig on the other ones muZzle that
makes him snort with pain New
York Sun
The Washington bee., 1911-06-10
rhs eoxsrnor,s Quick Wit.

While talking to a former governor
of Illinois. who was noted for the
duickness of his wit, an English tour
list spoke with special fervor of a sight
he had seen In another state.
81 attended a Sunday service for
the inmates Of the state prison" he
said. "and | learned that of the 208
persons now confined there all but
twelve voluntarily attend religious
services held in the prison chapel twice
each Sunday"
Most extraordinary" said the gov
ernor musingly. Il am sorry to say it
is not so with US. But then" he add
ed soberly. lin Illinois, you see, most
Of the respectable people do not come
to prison. ."-LipDincOtt's.
The Washington bee., 1911-06-10
Tame EaqIes.

A man living near Tromso, in Nor
way. is a great lover OF wild birds
and has succeeded in tanning three
eagles. He took them on the noun
tain side while they were young and,
according to the London Field, kept
them a couple of years in captivity.
AS their craving for liberty. however.
grew stronger and stronger he at last
let them loose, but they have settled
down I'm the neighbOThOOd Of his home,
and when he aScends the height which
has become their favorite resort with
fish or a newly shot seaguu they
quickly discover him from afar and
come majestically sailing through the
air. settling down beside him Their
meal over. they willingly allow him to
pet and stroke them bG1Ore they again
make for the rocky islets. but they
will not allow a stranger to approach
them.
The Washington bee., 1911-06-10
TEMPTING TABBY.
Ruse That Won a Satisfactory Posi-
For the Camera.

Ruse That Won a Satisfactory Posi-
For the Camera.
The repairs on the house were COM
pleted and the shayings swept out; also
new coat OF paint added dresslness
to the outside. What next but a pho
tograph Of its new angles? That be-
ing considered, the question Of mo
ment was how to pose Katusha.
Rolled into a bali every cat looks
like every other cat; hence it was Ka-
tusha in action that must grace the
foreground. Being ab0minably cod
died and fat, action was the last thing
that appealed to Ratusha. Coaxing
and likewise prodding made no effect.
She had been known upon occasions
to be stirred by a mOTsel OF delectable
food. But fancy an aristocratic feline
pictured in the attitude of tearing at a
chicken bone! Impossible for Katu-
sha.
There arose an emergency and with
it the mistress, who disappeared into
the house and brought forth a branch
Of Japanese paper cherry blossoms. A
wave Of them before Katusha's eyes
was like making some hypnotic pass.
She got up, stretched her body, while
her nose just reached the pinkish iow-
ers. That was it! They appealed tS
her aestheticism. !
Snap went the camera 1t was per
feet
How began the man OF the
house.
Just the alluring fragrance OF a
silver Of chicken secreted in the
bough," said herself as Katusha rolled
back into a ball.-Kansas City Star.
The Washington bee., 1911-06-10
Elephants' Love Fer Finery

Strange as it may seem. the elephant
is passionately fond of finery and de
lights to see himself deckeG out with
gorgeous trappings. The native princes
Of India are very particular in choos-
ing their state elephants and will give
fabulous sums for an animal that ex-
actly meets the somewhat fanciful
standards they have erected. For
these they have made cloths Of silk so
heavily embroidered with gold that
two men are hardly able to lift them.
-Pearson's Weekly.
The Washington bee., 1911-06-10
A Tribute of Affection.

Something of the sympathetic kindli-
ness of nature Of the late Frederick
Greenwood came out in a little speech
made by J. NJ. Barrie on the occasion
Of Mr. GreenwOOd's seventy-fifth birth
day. when the men who had worked
under him on the st. James and the
In the course Of his remarks Mr.. Bar
rie confessed that he had bought his
first silk hat ITO impress" the veteran
editor. Then he added impulsively:
"Oh. Greenwood. 1t is for your kind
ness to us boys in our first silk hats
that we love your
The Washington bee., 1911-06-10
TALKING IN FIGURES.
Significance of Certain Numbers In tho
TeIegraPhers' Code.


TeIegraPhers' Code.
''In the telegTaphers' code numbers
have special significance Of which the
general public Is not aware" remarked
a veteran key night the other day.
Most everybody knows that 30
story, but few outside the profession
know that 81 is also a code sign. Rail
road operators, however, know that
this call IS a signal to the operator at
the other end to come back and repeat
train signals to the sending operator.
1t also has another meaning, Train
order to be signed by conductor and
engine driver Nineteen. on the other
hand, means that the train order is not
to be signed by conductor or engine
driver. Twenty four has also the lat
ter significance on some roads.
Give is simply an Interrogation
point and in the vernacular could be
translated Anything doing? Thirteen
signifies DO you understand? Twen-
ty-fve means busy but nobody seems
to know how 1t came to have that sig
nificance unless perhaps it means that
the operator is still in the midst OF his
work. being some distance away from
80.
Seventy three means best regards
and newspaper men and operators en-
ploy this expression constantly. OF
course % has come to mean in this
numerical language just what it does
in ordinary paTlance, 'skiddoo,' va
moose or butt out or any of the thou
sand and one other equivalents. New
York Herald.
The Washington bee., 1911-06-10
Sion Lanuuaue,

Brown and Jones were having their
usual stroll and had just had Il few
minutes conversation with Robinson,
who was accompanied by his wife.
After they had gone on some little dis
tance Brown said to Jones:
Did you notice that Mrs. Robinson
never said a word?'
"Oh, yes" said Jones. You see, she's
deaf and dumb"
Lucky chap is Robinson. But l sup
pose she can talk with her fingers p
asked Brown.
Il think So" replied Jones, for Rob
inson hasn't a dozen hairs left on his
head"
The Washington bee., 1911-06-10
Salt and the Romans.

current among Us. 1t is derived from
the ancient Romans. who used salt in
their sacrifices and regarded it as
sacred to Penates. To spill it careless
Iy was to incur the displeasure of
these household divinities. After ac-
cidentally spilling salt the ancient Ro-
man was wont to throw some over the
left shoulder-the shoulder Of i'll omen
thereby hoping TO cali away from his
neighbor the wrath Of the Deity and
urn it upon himself.
The Washington bee., 1911-06-10
Chance of Front,

The GroOm-Great heavens. who is
this coming up? The Bride-Why,
that is Aunt Marial The Groom
Well. have I got to embrace that old
fairy? The Bride-Sh. II was she
that sent us the handsome silver sery-
ice. She's worth thousands. The
Groom Ckissing her rapturOusly)-My
darling auntL-Loudon Answers.
The Washington bee., 1911-06-10
Logical.

Mother" asked little Ethel. NOW
that you're in mourning for Cousin
Adelaide. will you wear black night
dresses too:'
What an absurd question. child"
"Oh. | only thought YOU might be as
sorry at night as you were during the
day" ventured Ethel-HaTper's Ba-
The Washington bee., 1911-06-10
pr.otin. and Prsachinn.

For the love Of heaven. Amanda"
said the Rev Dr. FOuTthly. calling TO
his wife in tones Of thunder, ''come
and take this squalling baby out Of
the room before she drives me crazy
Pm writing a sermon Oh Bearing One
Anothpr's Burdens - London Tit
Bits
The Washington bee., 1911-06-10
A. II IIsrd to Be.

Mrldmay is a philosopher in his way.
The other evening Mrs. NJ. gave him
a scolding that would have made al
most any other man crazy. But Mild
may said never a word IN reply. He
only murmured to himself:
and that is the woman | used to
hold on my knee and call my little
tootsy wootsyv'
The Washington bee., 1911-06-10
His Ninh+ Work.

Cynical Friend-If the baby is the
boss Of the establishment and his
mother is the superintendent pray
what position do you occupy? Young
Father (wearily)-Oh, I'm the floor
waIker.-BaltimoFe American
The Washington bee., 1911-06-10
The Great TroubIe

"Tt is every woman's duty to keep
young as long as possible" she said.
YES" be admitted. but the great
trouble is that SO many young women
insist on keeping young after it is i'm
possible "-Chicago Record Herald.
The Washington bee., 1911-06-10
Cheese Itl

what do boys mean when they say
cheese itY"
'Tt means that something mischiev-
GUS has a curd and they want to get
q whey"