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this country and worked for awhile in
the botanical gardens at Philadelphia
But ! wanted to be in Washington and,
through the aid of Capt. Wilkes of the
exploring expedition which went arounG
the world, | obtained this position and
have been here ever since. The plants
brought back by him formed the nucleus
for the present garden.
Wasn't that quite. a long time ago.?
the caller asked frankly.
Yes, | have been here Tor more tnan
fifty years"
He sat ma big. deep-seated leather
chair and gazed lovingly over his col
lection of bookcases which crowded the
rooms, and over the walls, literally COW
cred with portraits and photographs OF
Burns or of we'll known men and women
who have loved him and endeavored to
keep his fame alive.
MY few books of poems and one OF
two pictures looked rather forlorn then
But now" with a despairing gesture. AS
| told Mr.. Carnegie when he visited me
about fifteen years ago, my books give
me as much trouble as your money gives
you
Certainly the rooms represent a
museum of patience and knowledge OF
expenditure and loving remembrance that
only full lifetime of endeavor could ever
have achieved Browsing about them
one sees such a mutitudinous assortment
of things to interest that the only way to
mention them is in the desultory man
ner in which they are placed-any prac-
teal cataloguing being Impossible and
contrary TO the general informal scheme.
In drawer of a very old, -paned
bookcase are the small volumes of first
editions One which Mr.. Smith bought
for $40 as many years ago Is now valued
at $50 There is a volume brought over
in 1902 Of the poems and an edition pub
lished in Alexandria in 1873 while the
war was on between England and Amer
lea This is especially rare and highly
priced The Stanley edition. so called be-
cause that famous explorer carried one OF
them all through his arduous exploration
in Africa, is also to be found. Naturally,
this is of convenient pocket size.
On the fly leaves of many of the books
are written the names of many Washing
ton men most prominent socially and
financially in their day. Washington Nay
Ior is represented by volume Of Burns
poems with splendid Photographic illus
trations. Mr.. William Pitt Fessenden.
senator from Maine. who took Chase
place in the cabinet has contribution
to the memorial. Amos Cummings and
Senator Joe Blackburn. the late Crosby
S. Noyes and Senator Beck of Kentucky.
who was Scotchman. are represented
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TYPE Or BALLOON To De USED As TARGET
Tor NEW AERIAL GUN
handing some fortyodd thousand Off
GERS and men.

handing some forty-odd thousand off,
GERS and men.
When this gigantic squadron assem-
bleS at Hampton roads. the most preten
tious as we'll as interesting tests will be
gin. AS the preliminary tests. squads of
ten men will fire at kites sent out from
their own respective ships. Then squads
on other ships will fire at targets car
ried by a different vessel. Tests Will
also be made of automatic guns by dis
charging them at the targets.
And then comes the final and most ter
rife attack ever yet made against an
e!eroplane Three-fnch guns that fire
fourteen-inch projectiles will be directed
against the aerial invaders from four
ships commanded by Admiral Osterhaus.
who will signal instructions from the
Connecticut. These ships will be sta
toned 400 yards apart. and from each OF
them ten Of these guns will cut loose in
order with a broadside direct at the kite.
This means that forty guns will be dis
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of smoke in its wake. Thus the men be-
hind the guns will be able to ascertain
just how near to the target their shot
goes and to resight and aim properly.
These traCers will be used only in con-
nection with the three-inch guns.
The cost of these naval experiments, il
is estimated. will be but little more than
$1,000. That modest sum represents the
of coal consumed would be the same
wherever the fleet might be The prin-
cipal reason why the cost is so small is
that the projectileS to be fired are small
err than those used in any other maneu-
vers. Even in the case Of the torpedo de-
StrOyers the cost is comparatively small,
for. instead of using powder. the cap will
be filled with water, which will do no
more damage than to take the paint OFF
the side of the vessel 1t strikes but which
nevertheless will be sufficient for test pur.
poses
1t is to Lieut.. Commander Leigh Car
lyle Palmer, chief OF the division Of tar
get practice and naval aid to the Presi-
dent. that the greater part Of the work OF
planning this test falls. 1t is in his d.
vision that the sealed orders are prepared
and the general arrangements executed
Commander Palmer is enthusiastic re-
garding his work. and is especially in
terested in the sailor and his efficiency.
"One hears good deal regarding the
position which sailors occupy in the
navy he said. ITO a great ma jority OF
the people they are the drudges of this
branch of the service That is far from
being true. for most of the positions. held
by these men are extremely responsible
ones. 1t will be the sailors, for instance
who will have charge of the telescopes
during the aeroplane tests. That certain
ly IS responsible position, as through
negligence on his part the ships safety
might be jeopardized, in actual warfare
Nor is the relation of the sailor and
his officer as bad as some suppose. Disci-
pine must be maintained, of course but
the officer of today takes considerable OF
his time in seeing that his men are well
trained and able to do their share of the
responsible work during an engagement
And this endeavor rarely goes unappre-
ciated, for the sailors who make up our
feet are an unusually we'll educated Sc,
of men. They know. in almost every in
stance. the various branches of knowl
edge which touch on their profession
Outside the navy they could secure much
more remunerative places, as wireless
operators, for instance. But very few
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up in espair-ordained that the little
Smith boy should come to the teach
er's rescue, bravely finish the remain
ing stanzas and be given two shillings
as reward. Any average American
boy would promptly have treated the
whole school or bought himself a
base ball or choice assortment of
marbles. Mr.. Smith used the money to
purchase long-coveted copy of Burns
poems. Burns was his idol, and at last
he could read at will instead of listen
ing to others read them to him.
In it he read of the glory of liberty
and determined to come to America.
His father had already been over here,
having died here when Mr.. Smith was
about seven years old This was an
been struggled into Scotland, which
fact gave it additional value in the
romantic eyes of boyhood.
Burns brought me to America" Mr.
Smith declared. and l am going to
show my appreciation by monument
that shall be unique. | believe that
he has done as much as any man to
increase the democratic idea and that
his influence will do even more to per-
petuate it,"
He told Of how nearly every Scotch
boy Of his time was STEPPED in the teach
ingS OF Burns, or how their environment
was conducive to bringing out the love
for nature and that equality Of man so
dear to the one who claimed the rank
is but the guinea stamp"
My native village is very ancient" Mr.
Smith reIninisced. 1t is known as Athi-
stonford and is about fifteen miles east
Of Edinburgh. Nine hundred years ago
a battle was fought there between the
Danes and Scotch. The people are all
about of the same class and wealth-or
rather. poverty. And in everything there
is stimulus to romance. desire for wild
freedom and appreciation Of outdoors.
From the very first 1 felt an intense love
for flowers. They are the salvage of the
soul.
Yet, at first" with a twinkle of hu-
NOR in his deep-set eyes. Il thought I
wanted to be a blacksmith. That wish
passed, however. and 1 was apprenticed
to the gardener of Lord Elcho. at Had
dingtonshire, and stayed there until
was twenty-four years old. 1t was a
hard and thorough school. We learned
not only how to plant and water flowers.
but how to create new varieties and to
give to a garden the artistic yet natural
appearance of landscape that had
grown beautiful Of it's own accord
And always they called me the Amer
lean or the 'Burnsite.' so thoroughly was
my mind and conversation saturated with
these two subjects. AT last I reached
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charged almost simu1Dnoo0aE at one
aeroplane, and, further, &Aae' every two
and one-half seconds ano0r volley can
be fired.
An aeroplane is more easily seen and
therefore more quickly open to attack
than the ordinary battleship: objects at
sea become visible according to the dis
lance they rise above the horizon. In
sighting battleship the first thing seen
is the smoke. But an aeroplane. being at
much higher elevation than that to which
smoke rises, will be easily discernihle,
even when a long way Off so there does
not seem to be much chance for the aero
plane That. however is precisely what
the naval authorities wish to determine.
One might object at this point and claim
that aeroplane. being easily handled
by an expert, might change its position
so often and rapidly to make it difficult
to hit from the deck Of rolling battle
ship. That is very true, and that is like
wise just what Uncle Sam will try to ap-
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sweetheart. A cabinet given to Burns
mementos contains an excellent photo
graph Of this grave, of Burns monument
in Scotland and of his home. On it are
also pictures of Burns wife, who was
censured early in her life, but lived
down the tragedy so nobiy that among
the Smith library are several books of ap-
probation on her written by able women
of letters.
plaster cast of the poets skull is also
there The head is nobly formed: the
wonderful forehead curves outward with
the subtle distinction of outline separat-
ing genius and abnormality, and even in
it is an impression of that anna biIity
Burns. unlike so many gifted folk, always
retained in life.
There are pictures of Burns on leather
on satin, on velvet. Stained glass pic
lures of Burns, pen sketches, crayons,
water colors. oils and dry point etchings.
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pToximate. To do so the ship carrying
the kite during the attack will he under
sealed orders, which fix the speed at
which the ship is to proceed, varying
from the fastest possible speed to the
most snaillike crawl More than that the
kite is to be kept. And so. with the snip
making various speeds and the kites po-
sition being constantly changed-to say
nothing OF the fashion in which a kite
naturally dips and darts in a stiff ocean
breeze-it will he by no means child S
play to aim and successfully hit it.
In another direction, too. Uncle Sam
has seen that his ships shall be properly
equipped for the aerial invader. Every
ship will carry sixteen huge telescopes
with which to search the heavens for the
FLYING De; tn The ship itself will be
cally making a similar division of the
heavens. and to each division will be al
lotted man with one Of these tele-
scopes. To him will fail the task of be-
ing responsible for that portion of the
heavens taken in by his instrument.
When firing at another ship it is easy
to follow the course of the projectile, as
it either hits the mark or splashes in the
water. But nothing can be seen of an or
binary projectle hurled at an aeroplane
Whether not the aim is successful can
not be ascertained. unless the kite is pull
ed down and examined, or in the case
of real aeroplane, some visible damage
noted. But here too, proper equipment
has been made. In the case of the four
teen-pound proiectle there will be at
tached to it what Is termed daylight
tracer" This consists of a small amount
of powder so packed that when the pro-
jectie is fired it ignites and leaves line
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-08-06

one side is written ITO Mr. William r.
Smith, the foremost apostle of the fore
most poet, Robert Burns" ard on the
other side is the quotation It's coming
yet for a that" which Mr.. Smith fond
ly hopes is subtle allusion to the me-
mortal
Also from the household of Carnegie
came one of the rarest books in thee col
lection This slender volume, Letters to
Clarinda," has had quite history. Ac-
cording to a clipping from an old copy of
the Glasgow Evening Times. which Mrs.
Carnegie pasted on the fly leaf. "A
home of the Carnegies) recently 'bagged'
at a wayside cottage the very rare sup
pressed 1smo 4S-uage edition of the
Clarinda Letters published by T. Stewart
at Glasgow in 1902"
This booklet, which was issued without
covers and contained % Letters to Cla-
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The Blue Rose.

From the New York Sun.
The blue rose" which it was said had
been grown in Oregon. the modern land
OF the rose. seems to be disappoint.
ment. This adds another to a long list
Of failures. for the production of a rose
OF that color is a task which fioricul.
turists set themselves years ago, At the
London flower show last winter it was
announced that a south of England
grower had been successful and soon
afterward it was asserted that a Japan.
csc gardener had also produced a perfect
blue rose" In both these cases. how
ever, the flowers were small, according
to the reports Of investigators. and at
only one stage in their bloom purplish in
color. They were far from the rose
growers ideal OF a large. brilliant bloom
with a permanency of color, This aps
pears to be likewise true OF the Oregoa
flower.
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NEW Gun for Aerial In
l Y vaders to Be Tried Out
kites to Represent Aero
planes and Be Shot at From
Decks of Moving Battle
ships-Combined Attack of
Air Craft, Torpedo Destroy
ers and Submarines to Be
Made on Fleet-War Bal
looms as Targets for Army
Fire-Foreign Nations Keen
ly Interested in Tests, Re
suits of Which Will Be Held
State Secret.
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q a : c G r [ a ! n the
most efficient meth
cd of annihila ting
craft of the air that
might swoop down
upon the country
in time of war.
Uncle Sam will soon
mobilize his bat
tleship fleet and a
portion of his army
and set them to
work on the prob
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Vacation Advice.

D ISHoP sPALDING. on hot summer
- morning gave one Of the congrega-
tons Of Portland, Ore, timely piece OF
advice.
Don't he said. when YOU 90 off on
your vacation, leave all your religion be-
hind and take all your collection away
with you"
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devotlng of over half a century to the
Contem plation of one theme. But Mr..
Smiths sole regret Is that fifteen Ameri-
can editions of the poet still are lacking
in the two little rooms wherein he has
collected. read. studied and gloried in
the gifted Scotch son of Hberty-that and
the fear he may have 10 go out of life
with his collection still uncared for But
this latter anxiety is likely TO he re-
moved since Andrew Carnegie also a
faithful worshiper of Burns has taken
a keen interest in the collection and in
diCated that he may make the collectors
dream come true in a single-storied
Burns home. With bust of the poet
over the doorway and a statue Just
within. Mr.. Smiths wish is to have such
a monument always open 10 the public
There must be no restrictions toward
the masses If IL is TO be Burns HIM
self would have liked it," he said Most
libraries and art galleries close just at
the time when the working public could
visit them. ! want this combination OF
both TO welcome the Saturday-night con-
tingent especially; wish school children
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to become familiar with it and the poets
TO find in il fresh inspiration
Slowly, book by book, picture after
picture, souvenir from one source
bit of history anent Burns life from
another the collection has grown until
il fairly crowds the two rooms OF the
little dolls house" in which Mr.. Smith
lives-without a Nora-in the gardens.
Today they contain 5.0o1 volumes, ali IL
Illustrated and each having q direct or
indirect reference to Burns poetry. to
Scotch history or TO the history Of the
Scotch people whom Burns so greatly
loved.
Six hundred editions of Burns poems
are found among these volumes. includ-
ing the first Scottish edition. which is
said to be the only one in America, the
first American and all the various rare
editions in between. One hundred and
fifty have been published in this coun-
try and Of them Mr. Smith has all but
fifteen. Yet with him the lacking ones
represent the biblical piece of silver that
was lost Zeaiously he hunts for them
that his library may be complete.
There are books of the poems so un-
wieldy that table or desk is neces-
sary for the reading of them and lit
tie copies so tiny that only by means
of the circular magnifying glass set in
the cover can one decipher the print.
Poems m Scottish plaids of the well
known clans, in vellum on imitation
parchment. poems old and yellow with
age, ard poems practically just from
the press are found.
Last week. while Mr. Smith was be-
ing interviewed. he told with en-
thusiasm of fresh copy" that was
on the way from Philadelphia. That
will represent the latest of the collec-
ton. But precisely the same intense
interest was bestowed on the very first
volume which formed the corner stone
for this remarkable devotion to the
memory of one man. II was a very
age-worn little book in a plain. brown
leather binding. Because Of II. how
ever, Mr. Smith gathered all the rest
and because of its creator he came to
America
He was just little boy about nine
years old, Scotch boy of poor parents
and the chara cteristic grown-up canny
mind. One day at school he heard the
examiner was coming around to quiz
the class. The teacher decided that
"Gray's Elegy" should be recited, a
verse to a pupil Mr.. Smith was first.
then followed others in turn until
about four had creditably ratified off
the melancholy poem. Destiny per-
haps ordained that the next little boy
should stammer and hesitate and give
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I seems fitting that
the most complete
collection of Rob
ert Burns books,
pictures and me
mentos in I h ! 5
country should be
located in I h g
midst of the " ash
ington B OF a n j c
Gardens. Poets
have ever e o n q
among the f1owe s
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Fitting. too, because flowers and lib
erty have ever been synonymous. Burns
sang of both so ardcntly that there is a
rare consistency in this library, with its
varied reminders of the Scotch genius,
being in the capital of democracy and
with a setting OF nature in her most
artistic perfection.
The man who has for more than fifty
years given all his leisure time and most
OF his money toward the completion of
such monument for Burns is William
r. Smith. curator of the gardens, him
self a ScOtChman. and lifelong devotee
OF the author of The Cotters Saturday
Night"
Most people who fit nervously from
fad IN fad would regard with horror the
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for inspiration. and poetry lovers find here
a memorial to one of such vivid indvid-
uality that even those to whom verse is
as incornprehensible as the y ray pro-
claim him a great man.
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Special Correspondence of The Star.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1911-12-01
SlLH0UE I I IS.

Drained endeavor enter into the de-
signing and making of the corset Of
to-day as in the building of a steel
bridge OF skyscraper. Structural
strength, structural elasticity, struct-
ural fitness, lasting qualities, beauty
of design, correctness of shape,
proper adaptability to the varying
figures of women-all of these things
have to be considered and studied
with mathematical exactitude in or
der to meet the requirements now
demanded. These things have been
wrought out largely through the con-
sciontious study OF one man. He is
Daniel Hops, OF Hops Brothers, max
ers of the world-famous Memo
models, so we'll known to all women.
Mr.. Hops began in a little west side
shop sixteen years ago. He at once
saw the possibilities of the corset, and
began to exploit the field. His ideas
began to evolve, and he made innova-
tons that were considered daring at
the time but which other makers soon
began to initiate. AS fast as he wonld
advance, competition would follow,
until finally Daniel Hops became the
one great original corset mind of the
world"
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Rapid Growth of the Business.

and mind you, with the evolution
of corset ideals, the business of cor
set making has grown faster, almost,
than any other line of manufacture
within recent years Mr.. Hops chung
to his original faith in newspaper
publicity, and it has won him fame
and fortune. Here we see a business
just given birth sixteen years ago.
Last year the Memo corsets had d
sale Of 100000 The business has
outgrown itself, The present factory
site at Twelfth street and Fourth
avenue has outgrown itself, and we
find the anomalous condition existing
of an enormous corset factory at Six
teenth street and Irving place, where
they will have a capacity of one thou
sand dozen four dollar corsets per
day, worth about $15,00O.000 a year.
"The germ to this whole corset
story lies in the fact that in the very
core, the business centre, of New
York it is possible to run a corset
factory capable Of turning out fifteen
million dollars worth of corsets in a
year, and land worth its weight in
gold. And these triumphs without
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1911-12-01
Big Fortunes Made.

Not alone have the storekeepers
prohted by using the daily press, but
large manufacturers as well. The
great popularity OF Douglas and Re
gal shoes, of Ivory soap, and hum
dreds Of other useful articles of every
day use, was all obtained by persis-
tent use Of newspapers. There is no
end to the story and the list of sue
cessful advertisers could be built al
most sllv high Of men who have made
independent fortunes through persis-
tent publicity.
/ am led into these desultory re-
marks, which are common facts
known to everybody, through some
information that recently came to
me about the manufacture and sale OF
corsets, an article of constant use to
every woman. Fifteen years ago the
corset was made by only few of
the old-time factories that turned out
all the grades and styles on the mar
ket. A woman. unless she had her
corsets made to order by the high
priced corset tailor, had to take what
she was offered, with none of the
present-day Improvements that tend
to mould the figure into any desired
shape. In the old days fashion de-
creed the gown, and anything to fit
marked the corset's wider range. The
story is different to-day. Let fashion
outline the style in shapes, the corset
does the rest So thoroughly has
this situation been surrounded by the
art of the corset maker that no dress
reform movement could take place,
no fashion center like New YorK or
Paris or London set up the model
for the forthcoming seasons style in
dresses without first considering the
aid Of the corset.
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Value of Newspapers.

The value Of the daily newspaper
in exploiting the modern business
house has been proven so many times
that the matter Of citing fortunes
that have been made by advertising
has grown almost commonplace. The
Wanamakers, the Gimbels, the Mar
shall Fields, the Jordan Marshes, the
Macys, the Strawbridges, the Siegels
and many others are but few of
long string of successful men who
have achieved big things through
newspaper publicity
There seems to be no longer any
doubt but that the newspaper Is the
one great reliable medium through
which to gain the ultimate result-the
one desired-through publicity. In
stances could be multiplied into thou
sands who have reaped heavy benefits
from newspaper space and what it will
do for the persistent advertiser.