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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-16

Especially if you joggled the bucket a
little came the iconoclastic shaft from
Aunt Martha, much to the delectation Of
Policeman Hawkins. who had paused to
overhear Bess little lecture
And l can tell ye OF Heaster Gus
tom that'll delight the ladies'" interpos-
ed that particular one of the finest, with
whom pleasing the tender sex was ever a
studied purpose. In Durham, where 1
come from, the women are allowed to
whip their husbands every Hea ster Mon
day, nor can the men turn a air of the
'eads Of their women in defendin' them
selves that day
Pity It's not the custom here" OBJ
served Aunt Martha, swayed from her
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-16

place In the country where they nave
'children's day OF an Easter Monday.
And think OF being invited by the Presi-
dent himself to roll eggs in his own
yard
Molly was deeply impressed. although
during the several previous days she had
been repeatedly reminded OF the honor
that was now in store for her.
us he Ike old Sanity she asked,
when she had partly recovered her
breath. "And will he dive us take and
tandy and toys and fings?"
For de Lawd," exclaimed fat Mandy,
who waddled alongside with the lunch
basket. why, honey. he's Jest real
were. and like yo' own daddy and yo
uncle. And chile alvin whatcher think
he'd have left for keepin' de wolf from
de do eff he gave things to all them
in they aiss? Why. he'd be as poor as
Cullud folks? That he would"
There's the peanut man." cried Jack.
And the banana man. yelled Billy.
And the bloom man added Kitty.
But despite the fact that Aunt Martha
shouted savagely, they all scampered of
taking Molly along with them to invest
their pennies in the tempting wares dis
played by a row of vendors carts pushed
up. side by side, to the edge of the curb.
Take you in fer dime, lady, Want
10 be taken in?" solicited a red-haired
urchin at the gate. whose sharp eyes
had noted the present childless status of
the two women.
I'D be taken in sure enough. il I
went along with YOU snapped Aunt
Martha, whereupon the enterprising
waits companions saluted him with
derisive chorus Of:
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BY JOHN ELFRETH WATKINS.

NJ glad 1 tum to
Wash'ton for Eas-
ter said Cousin
Molly, as she tod
died toward the
White House, tug
ging her little
ba sket OF FIRE SHY
dyed eggs.
And it's we'll
YOU might be- re-
Piled Aunt Martha.
for it's the only
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-16

A PERENNIAL Event
IA Viewed From a New
Angle-What a Party of
Tots Saw on Easter Mon
day While Guests at the
Presidents Annual Picnic
They Learn How Their Eas-
ter Customs and Pastimes
Originated and Incidentally
Absorb Some American His
tory-Some Amusing Expert
ences-But Cousin Molly Is
Disappointed Because the
President Does Not Wear
Brass Buttons.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-16

THIN the last six
months some nine
ty-tWo persons have
been killed outright
on the Western
State railway of
France. and no
one knows how
many have been
injured or manned
for life. Practical
" every catas-
trophe has been
due 10 the had state
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-16

Of the roadbed or the rolling stock and.
therefore, was preventable accident.
and. as the French public is beginning TO
realize this, the scandal has become in
tolerable. All that Is necessary to bring
the tragedy home to the English and
American public is the piling up of the
boat express from CherbourG or the
''Rapide" from Dieppe to Paris.
Following the outburst OF indignation in
the French press the whole question Of
this sta;e-owned railroad has been aired
in parliament and IN public. rpholders
OF the theory OF private enterprise attack
the state for meddlins with railroads. and
socialists blame the capitalists for prac-
ticary wrecking the railway system be
fore the state took control. In the clash
between two parties of uncompromising
theorists many facts have been obscured
and much nonsense has been written
The truth is that the Western State rail-
way at present is in a depiorable state.
Not long ago a famous American railway
expert said he could not agine how il
could be worse.
The state took control of the Western
railway January !. i.aJ Since then. ac
cording TO VI. Puech. minister Of public
works under NJ. BRAND. there have been
thirty-eisht serious accidents twelve de-
raiinlents and twenty-six collisions The
writer has tried to get the official number
OF deaths. but was told that the govern
ment records were incomplete there be-
ing on the records at the ministry of
public works only sixty-eight deaths, and
the officials themselves admit that the
fatalities were many more. The state
railway officials positively refuse to give
any information. Without being contra
dicted. however, NJ. Fernand Engerand
deputy from Calyados. stated recently
In the chamber of deputies that the
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terial have not been made for which
S4.WO,o0O must be set aside Two hun
ored and twenty-seven stations are either
too small Or else are so badly installed
as to be dangerous; 162 OF these have in
sumclent employees. Material for conStruc-
ton Or repairs about the stations la wing
fallen to nothing at all, 81, 400 600 will be
necessary"
The total program, according to VI. Bes-
nard, amounts to Si0a,OO0OOO. which is
divided into $4,000 600 for tracks and
buildings and S36 100000 for rolling stock
Experts state. as the writer has before
indicated. that 5000, O0o, 900 are needed, but
as the budget commission wish the
S109 100000 voted Immediately il is prob
ably wiser for. them to break the news
gently.
In commenting on this outlay, the HUI
mantle, NJ. Jaures' newspaper, says:
Total. Sl03. o0o.W0 to pay on account of
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PARIS. April ., 1911.
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Copyright In the Omitted States by Curtis Brown
All British rights reserved
Omaha daily bee., 1911-08-19

that the shape Of his body or the trend of
her mind dicates But the reason that the
faults OF women are OF 90 much more vital
Importance II because she stands more
definitely for the idea land the inspiratiohal
than do men. Her faults affect the race
more than do the faults Of men. l believe
positively that the power OF woman Is
greater than the power OF men, because she
works more delicate tools and csrVes more
directly upon the living flesh OF humanity
My dear girl. II I had no other purpose in
these talks Of mine than knocking my
sex, should be ashamed Of myself.
And listen again; II you think the men
would take one glance at themselves and
run away and stay. I simply could not
hold IL Up 60 their faults. Tou girls have
been courageous and remained close to
me, taking the medicine have admins
tered with splendid nerve. IL you do truly
think the men are too cowardly to do Il,
am fearful that I have done wrong, for
have held the glass up to them.
don't want them to run away and leave
us, for, after all, we were made TO stand
or fall together, and nothing that sepa-
rates the sexes is in harmony with the big
scheme OF God and nature
Miss Quarrelsome, the strutting of those
''only pebble mem is firing them a good deal
more than Il II you. They will some day
wear out with their senseess exercise and
settle down to a more becoming ana COM
Portable department.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-08-19
Men Who Helped to Make America

Il IL an old regret, frequently expressed
that the name of Christopher Columbus
has not been honored in the title Of the
new continent he discovered ana named
New spain.
That distinction fell, however, to Amerigo
vespuoci--of, in It's Latin form, Americas
Vespucius-a Florence explorer, who was
born on March ., 1881.
His father was an Italian merchant and
Amerigo Vespuoci was trained for mer-
camille life. In the pursuit OF It he trav-
eled In Spain and other European coun-
tries. He became interested in the dis
ooveries which his fellow countryman,
Columbus, had made.
In 1889. AlonEo de Ojeda, who had &C
eompanIed Columbus on his second voy-
age. fitted out an expedition Of his own
to explore the New world. When his four
ships sailed for the West Iidlss on May
20 OF that year, Vespueci accompanied him.
a voyage OF twenty-siK days brought
them TO South America. They sailed along
the coast until they reached the site Of the
present city OF MarAoaibo. which they
called Ysniss, and from which the name
OF veneauela was evolved.
In 1901, vsspuoei published book In
which he described this and his three sub
sequent voyages. II was the first publics-
ton on the subject. and In It he claimed
20 be the first European who had landed
on the western continent Consequently
the new country was called America
Omaha daily bee., 1911-08-19
8 The Bees H0me Magazine page x
Told by the Troubled Tourist

4 took a tour down 20 one Of the beaches
the other day" remarked the Troubled
Tourist. and rye hardly been able TO ~
Up and take my meals regularly since
why Il IL We never know when were
comfortable or well Oft ! can't make out.
but Il seems 20 be- a chronic affliction
around here. Here was. comfortable and
cool. and not desiring anything specially,
except another long cold drink. when m
friend Binks drifts In and insists that II
IL very hot DAY. that the water Is near
by and that there Is only one way to keep
cool on a hot day. and that Is 20 go IN
bathing IN the surf
Il didn't want 20 go IN bathing in the
surf ! hardly felt equal to making the
effort 60 go in bathing IN a bath tub
but Binks was inslstent and before could
frame up a rehl good excuse he had me
half way TO the train that was 90 take
US down. The train Of course was
crowded. Trains always are. so We stood
up for en- hour or So
The further ! sot from my comfort.
able hotel the more wished hadn't come
But Binks wos determined to give me
treat so he walked the three quarters Of
a mile in the blazing hot sun 10 the baths
ing beach after we got eff the train. and
we finally arrived at The bath house. iooK-
ing like we had done hard days work
Binks secured bath houses AMI bathing
suits for us He got = perfect 1T ot
course In the suit line. something nifty IN
the athletic club style, and / got a suit
built for a man three times my size.
In fact. there waA 20 much OF that suit
Just hanging around doing nothing at all.
Il ought to have been run IN for lettering
I looked like a TURK IN reduced circum-
stances
But Blnks, who was simply an Apollo
in his outfit, insisted that my suit was
nice and roofhy and I could swim in b
without being hampered IL was roomy
enough. could turn around In II twice
without crowdlnR Il any.
I'VE entered the breakers. 1 think I
got q cheer from the beach. know
Omaha daily bee., 1911-08-19

SO you are one Of the quarreisome eirlsl
IL It your plan to fuss with your sweet
heart for the run Of making up? I
have observed that Is a fad Of the quar-
Fessme maid
But you cannot quarrel with me. l am
no lover. and 1 will not let you make me
miserable just to delight yourself | am
Just another woman. you know, And / am
going TO put your whole letter into the
paper though IT Is long
Dear Loretta" you needn't feel that
you must be pleasant TO me In the be-
ginning just to make your quarrel more
exciting In the end. May l give you
a taste of your own pudding? But first.
let me thank you for your timely critl-
eism OF the window gaser. l had
acquired the habit and am now trying
to break myself" Cwlse little girl you'd
have had to pay damages IL you had
broken the glassD do you realize that /
mean to hold your hand and tell you how
brave You are while pull large mental
tooth Tor your q knew something bad
was coming the way you begahD Il saw
plainly from your irnpolits and unladylike
letter to Eugenia that you were not brave
enough to have IT out alone Has Il oe-
Omaha daily bee., 1911-08-19

Cured to you that az many men as women
read your seetion1" tThaak you my dear,
It had not bat I am certainly glad to be
told OF the eleVatinE literary taste OF the
male seKD know many who do. ana
every time you hit one Of your sex, they
gloat over Il and are % glad that some
woman knows that her sex has many more
failings than theirs. Nice picture, isn't
IT? Mind, do not mean that women have
no faults, but why not just relieve the
monotony? Do a. Eusenia asked and d.
rect some Of your sarcasm at the men, at
least, once q month, They are as vain as
women, and II makes me tired to see them
strutting around thinking they are the
only pebbles on the beach. AS TO their
breaking your glass. 1 don't think they
could. They would see such appalling
pictures there that they would get as far
away as they oould-and stayi dearly
love 10 quarrel, as you have probably seen.
and II this Is too long to print, I should
like your opinion by letter II you have
time and inclination. Yours sincerely,
MARGUERITE"
Listen to me, quarrelsome girl. The
faults Of humanity are common TO men and
women. Each manifests them in the way
Omaha daily bee., 1911-08-19
CN LaYsss SSssg@ssa aaIssssA5gysMseA Fand2


breaks upon the ear a voice. every note
Of which Is surcharged with the overtohes
of the great oversoul How quickly the
doors ny open and souls long sleeping
bound forth to meet this thrill Of light from
the overworld
Wonderful and awe-inspiring as are tho
effects when the soul thus comes into
human speech. stlll mole wonderful are the
effects when the voice OF the great over
soul speaks into the silence Of the soul;
when gone but the soul Itself can hear
IL was this voice which came to David
through the whisperinEs of the mulberry
trees and changed his whole life and plans
Friend is your soul weary Of the chatter
OF the commonplace and Of the tweedledee
and tweedledum OF society," Then come
away into a quiet pisee where God can
discover to YOU your own soul and send YOU
back into life with n new note in your
voice because you have m the hours OF
communion with God In the vastness OF his
solitude for the first time discovered the
capacity power and value Of the soul.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-08-19

did later on when ! was knocked flat by
the first roller that came my way.
When I got up my suit was so filled
up with water looked ike balloon
Then Binks came and dragged me out 20
where he said the water was better. II
wasn't any better. II was only deeper
and had more cans and lunch baskets float
Ing IN A. After had swallowed a quart
or 20 OF this highly seasoned water, Banks
said we'd go out ard lie on the nice. white
sand to get warm. We dld, We lay right
In the nice hot sun. and although 1 had
clothes enough on for three bathers, I
wasn't satisfied with a regular half pot-
ton sunburn 1 was psrboiled and when
I got back al last to my comfortable hotel
| had to go to bed for two days Binks
came up 60 see me. slapped me on my best
done shoulder and said there was nothing
ike sea baths for real GOODNESS
The only GOODNESS I got cut Of II is the
one entertain toward Bihks.
copyright. 1911. BY the n. 7. Herald Coz
Omaha daily bee., 1911-08-19
Autumn Fashion Hints

for holding 1t up At once becoming and
sensible.
The little fall coats are medium length
in half-fitted effects that make all wear
ers look cute" High wa4stline and big
snowy reVers, cuffs and patch-pookets
are still In vogue with marked loyalty TO
the sailor collar Sometimes belt ef-
feet or girdls on empire lines IL seen on
the new Jackets.
Fringe is yhe latest craze in Paris and
we have weleo4ned Il here as a lost art
Wherever Il is possible to use a trimming
fringe is used In all depths and weights
and in chenille. silk and marabout
Fringe IL unquestionably the newest and
smartest innovation.
In the choice OF q two-pice freek for
afternoon nothing could be prettier than
the one shown In the illustration. 1t was
fashioned Of white and-black foulArd, with
the upper part OF waist and trimming band
OF white messaiine.
overblouses and overskirts are stil
fashionable, the latest cuts being In one
garment or tunic, While the waist part
appears TO be extremely loose and the
ovsrdress cut straight and gathered
slightly all around the high waist. even
aoesntuating the idea of looseness, be
NeTl SURE IL lOu aNhVhiPN "
such gowns, TO have your undermining or
clip most carefully cut and perfectly
fitted. both waist and skirt, and leave the
loose classic folds to be effected by the
diaphanous wolfe marquisette or messaiine.
Luckily there are many fine patterns
accessible to the novice. and the gowns
Of today are truly very easy to make The
moet useful Of the tunie costumes are
black chiffon. net or wolfe over some lovely
color in soft satin, crepe de Chine OF hand.
some brocsde.
The fall waists ell show the most freak.
ish one-sided effects, with one-sided jabot
1 There are no shoulder seams. The bell
sleeve in-one with the waist set off with
a Charlotte Cordy fehu Ii very fetching
especially IL the wearer's head is envoloped
In A dainty mob-cap. Though the elbow
sleeve has rad a long run Il ls still In
| high favor, because II is cunning Though
loosely hung the sleeve also has its tight
hitting lining which serves as foundation
for lace undersleeves or fussy little lace
frills showing beneath huge severe EN-
pire cuff
The richest costumes show touches of
Persian or Egyptian decoration supple
msnted with rare fringe
As TO color. csrse and white has COM
pletely supplanted the biaek-and-w white
craze While in London coronation rsd
IL much In evidence. independents are
partial 20 empire green and royal blue.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-08-19
Silhouettes of the Sidewalk

Through sightless eyes he seems to peer
Across the surges OF Broadway
He sees naught yet his listening ear
Takes more impressions in q day
Than many a man with eyesight keen
Who walks distracted DER the stones
And cannot tell what he has seen
With half the power the blind man owns.
Across his listening face there flies
A gentle, evanescent smile,
As though his dim, unsesing eyes
Looked inward for little while
And saw a light We may not see
And understood as we may not
The great eternal mystery
That underlies our human lot.
For him the pageant Of the hours
Moves forward with It's changing scenes
He marks this striving life OF ours
And msditates on what II means.
His limitations seem to fade
And wide horizons stretch for him.
A glory seems 10 pierce the shade;
He finds a light where all was dim.
These thoughts are for his graver mood
And moments when he waits alone,
But sometimes, when old friends and good
Pause for a chat his face has shone
With kindness as he essayed
a little passing pleasantly,
And, to some casual statement made,
Omaha daily bee., 1911-08-19
;=;illiEl CT;

In his, Republic, Plato says, BY the
educated sense of harmony we learn 20 dis
Germ between the good ana the base. the
ugly and the beautiful In all things. Rus
kin goes a step further and says. All
great music is Of the human voice.
Again he says, with the Greeks, the God
OF music was also the God Of righteous.
mesa"
What Plato was trying to say, may be
put sharply in this way: We can discover
a mans mood Of soul by the quality Of
his voice. The dramatic reader ana the
opera singer can do marveis with the voice
but al times the voice has a quality which
Is not akin to art, and depends for its
value and quality on the depths TO which
the soul behind the voice is stirred
Mans voice Is like the other parts OF his
nature and for the most part IL employed
in doing the minds hack work. It retals
the news of the day, discusses the questions
Of interest, etc. without once unlocking lie
secret doors and revealing a hidden power
OF marvellous interest and beauty. But Al
certain times these doors do open and A
breath from within something mysterious
and far-reaching, passes into the tone.
one who is Accustomed 70 speak in public
knows full well that at times his words
come in measures like the pumping Of
water. and every word seems to require
a stroke Of the handle; again. he may be
uttering about the same words, but now
they seem to flow like a swift moving cur
rent and are thrilling with vibrations from
an unseen source. Each word seems to
have an overtone which is sweeter and
vastly more potent than the word itself.
There seems to be sort of spirit echo of
all that is said. But why this changef
There can be but one explanation, and that
is, that in the last instance the mans soul
is stirred by the great oversoul which 10
mightier than he.
These suggestions but teach us that the
full value of the voice cannot be utilized
till the full capa bilities of the soul have
first been found
1t is interesting to note, as we study his
tory, the ebb and flow, as it were, of the
voice. Sometimes everything seems to be
reduced to the commonplace and human
speech everywhere reduced to a ehAtter.
Then in the midst Of this dizziness there
Omaha daily bee., 1911-08-19
voices from the Mulberry Trees


And let 70 be when thou nearest the
sound Of marehinG IN the tops OF the mul.
berry trees that thou shalt bestir thy
self"-9 sam s:A
when we contemplate &C. how wonderful
10 a voice and It's influence upon the life
within. All life speaks through a voice.
All animals have their signal codes LIONS
In Africa hunt in concert. and signal 90
each other as they tighten the Gordon
about their game. Birds WOO each other
10 mating. with soft tender voices ana
scream with alarm when an enemy ap-
proaches.
But vastly above these is the human
voice Is Il true that It has come 10 its
present form OF partial perfection during
the long cycles Of time because Of a grow
ing consciousness within for the need Of
better medium Of communications In the
process OF its development we cannot say
how far the struggling soul shaped it's
organs Of expression, or II tho perfection
OF the organ gave new capacity TO the
soul. Spencer says
"of soul the body form doth take
For soul is form and doth the body
make"
tf these striking words be true. what
a vast field for reflection they furnish.
How wonderful Il " to think, that at any
moment our intellect our emotions, Our
will. ean establish themselves AZ our vocal
chords and without the slightest hesitation
strike the exact combination they want,
and set them vibrating 20 precisely the
needed pitch, and thus bring the complex
OF our Utmost soul into the soul Of an
other. When we mediate on this wonder
ful fact. is Il any wonder that harmony
OF sound, or music the eoui's most perfect
mode Of expression. has played such an
| important part in human life.
Even as far back - the days Of Plato
the philosophers recognised how nightly
harmony. with which the human voice has
ever been closely associated, influenced the
| soul life for good or H.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-08-19

Has answered, smilingly. Yes. 1 see!,'
But they who stop 20 talk awhile
With the Blind Newsman will confess
In spite OF his alluring smile,
He has two little weaknesses.
He's proud that, though his eyes are blind.
No customer can he forget,
And though he gives folks ohange-now
mind-
He has not made one error yeti
Copyright, 1911, by the N Y. Herald Coz
Omaha daily bee., 1911-08-19

NEW YORK. Aug is -straws which
show the way the winds OF fashion blow.
The excessively narrow skirt is doomed
II was tried on the American public ana
was found TO be- a misflt Fortunately, we
can always count on the good sense and
good taste OF the American woman to rise
superior to temporary whimsical and ex-