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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-04
POLES AT BANQUET.
Celebrate Anniversary of Adoption
of Polish Constitution

Nlree Polish members of Congress were
numbered among those present last night
AZ the celebration Of the 129h ami
versary Of the adoption OF the constitu-
on OF Poland by the liberty loving Poles
OF this city, their families and invited
guests. at a banquet at 1215 10Th street
northwest.
John karasinski. as tOaStmaste-. called
on Representative John a Thayer of
Worcester. Mass: Representative Asher
&. Kinds OF Portland, Ne: Representative
Paul Rowland OF Cleveland Ohio: DR. H.
T.. kalusovs SKI. dean of the college of
pharmacy Of George Washington Uni
versity, and John karasiewicz of the
census bureau to respond 10 toasts
The deSP0t!sns of Europe which sur
rounded Poland were aScribed by Repre-
sentative Thayer responsible for the
allure of the constitution, fl comparing
tle United States with Poland The
speakers Were all heartily appIa uded
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-04
Design of the Medal.

one side of the medal carries portrait
of Mr.. Carnegie and the words "Bene-
factor of Humanity, the othcr mas the
wording, The American Republics to
Andrew Carnegie, 1olI with the names
of the twenty-one republics around the
border and in the center q figure of a
woman representing all America pointing
to the Pan American building a. evil
denCe of Mir. tarneeie'S interest in The
development of peace, commerce ana
friendship among the Ameri an republics
As far as can he learned this is the
nations has honored any one indiyi.iuat
by the presentation OF medal of This
chara cter. and for that reason, il Is poIut-
ed out, the ceremonies tomorrow " III
have an unusual significance and make
the addresses of the President the See
retarv OF State, the Mexican amba >Sa.iol.
and Mr.. Carnegie especially important
The program Of the exercises 81 pre-
seutation will be: Introductory remarks
bv Director General John Barrett. irva-
cation by Rt. Rev Mgr. William T Rus
sell D. D.: address by Philauder { Knox.
Secretary OF state and chairman eX-
otiicio Of the governing board 81 the Pan
American Union: address Of presentation
of the medal by Ills EVcell.ncy Senior
Don Manuel de Zamacoua . inciau am
ba ssador OF Mexico: response and accept
ance of the medal by Mr.. Carnegie: adj
dress by President Taft; benediction by
Rev Roland Cotton Smith. -. ID.
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Should Rival TOXIC.

There is no reason why Washington,
not rival Tokia-" declared the speaker
ALREADY visitors are attracted to this
city in the sprlngtime by its open squares,
triangies and circles, with their ma jestiC
by the displays of chrysanthemums, as
oak and maple in the surrounding coun-
try.
Calling attention TO the association
known as the x'eople'S Gardens of Wash
ington, Mr.. Stafford told his hearers that
its object is to make all the lots avail
able as gardens for those WHO have no
plots of their own. to build, wherever
possible, recreation gardens. and to en-
courage, through its members, the beau
tifying OF back yards and front parks.
as well as to stimulate general interest
In landscape gardening in the city and
its surroundings.
Arthur Smith, a Landscape gardener
of experience In this country and abroad >
he said. has heen employed by the as
ISOLATION as garden manager, and he
may he reached by telephone. He Will
gladly offer advice and suggestions TO
those who want to make their gardens
beautiful.
ITO become 4 member of the aSsocia-
ton 1t is necessary to pay only 81 a
year, children under sixteen Years of
age paying - cents. Sustaining members
pay s. year, while $50 pays d life
bership. President Taft and Secre-
tary of Agriculture Wilson are honorary
members
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TRIBUTES TO PROF. JAMES.
Memorial Papers Read in Lecture
Room at Public Library.

Papers concentrating the memory of
Prof William James of Harvard were
read ia the lecture room Of the Public.
Library late yesterday afternoon. There
was large attendance and Rev. DR..
James Mac Bride Sterrctt presided
Papers were presented follows:
Prof. James PragmatiSm' by Hyland
{. Kirk; "Epistamology, by Rev Ed
ward :. Steel of the National Museum
Prof. James as a Philosopher by Or.
William ". Goldman: "Religious Expert
euces, by Rev. Dr Frank Sewan: prof
James as Psychologist by DR.. Thoma ;
W iiliamS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-04

ably the foremost OF living French
historians; that OF English history.
by Prof. \. +. Pollard OF the Univer-
sity OF London: that of Greek history
fourteen columns-by the Rev. l..
NJ Walker. one OF the most success
full OF Oxford tutors; and that OF Ro-
man history. by Mr.. Stuart ones OF
tie Of the late Prof Pelham mas
much as the
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e G163.ooo (SSI5,ooo) has been the
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z BIOGRAPHIES OF LIVING
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Explosion of Gas Stove.

gas stove exploded in the home of
William Norris. 26I list street Southwest
shortly after . o'clock this morning. No
Is engine company went To the house and
extinguished the flames, after about Slo
damage had resulted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-04
History of City Gardens.

Mr. Stafford prefaced his remarks with
a brief history of city gardens and told
of the work that is being done by the
City Gardens Association. He pictured
the hanging gardens OF Babylon and
traced the advances made from then
until the Roman era. Attention was
called to the ancient gardens of Mexico.
which. he stated, were scarcely less
wonderful than were the hanging gar
dens of Bahylon, and TO the wonderful
gardens of China and Japan.
OF beautiful gardens created i'll the
desert by means OF irrigation and of the
quantities OF wild flowers that are To he
found on the deserts and In the woods
DR.. Stafford spoke. And lie uufoided the
possibility of water gardens in this sec
ton with the lotus and iris, similar TO
gardens in Japan
Mr.. Stafford told of the influence OF
flowers and gardens on the art of Japan,
as shown in their bronzeS, porcclains
and prints; OF the intense love of the
Japanese for gardens, citing an instance
in which great numbers of japanese as
sembled before da ybreak on stone
benches to witness the opening of the
morning glories, like worshipers at early
mass awaiting the arrival of the priest
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Englishmen. b. Frenchmen for
Frencilmen. and by Germans for Ger
mans. But in the case of the new
Encyclopaedia Britannica. leading
authorities. who were considered the
most capable OF imparting their
knowledge, were chosen without re-
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VIEW characterized the efforts Of
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that scholarship today knows no ma
tionaity; thus
rMANY AMERICAN SCHOLARS
AND EXPERTS (besides French,
German and Italian) were held TO
have supplanted all others in certain
branches. "Feudalism. for example,
has been dealt with by Prof. q. Is.
ADAMS OF Yale; "Climatology, by
Prof r. de c. Ward OF Harvard; the
History OF Ancient China" by Prof
Hirth OF Columbia; Mohanmcdan
Law and Institutions by Prof, d. b.
Macdonald OF the Hartford Theologi
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The Majestic Theater COMPANY of Fair
mont. W Va. has been organized there
with "A capitalization of S5O.nlu. The
company has purchased the Crane home
stead on jefferson street and will build
Il vaudeville theater.
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PRESS, the new Enovclo-
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4 German Evangelical Church has been
organized in Cambridge, Md, With RcV
". e. Hauf As pastor.
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shorty enacts the role Of stern parent
Srn shorty on the Night Shift in our
next Sunday Magazine
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

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NAY l.. 1911
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Office Of htc
LANSTON MONOTYPE MACHINE COMPANY.
1881 Callovhil st.

FTIIIAIlFIPHIA. AnrlI II 4EII
The annual meeting Of the stockholders OF
thc Lanston Monotype Machine Company Will
tc held at the Elks' Home, corner Prince and
Royal sts.. Alexandria. Va, at IL clock noon
Thursday, the 4th dav 81 May. 1911. for
n" purpose Of electing a board OF directors 10
for the ensuing year and transacting such
ether business rs nav properly come before 1t. |
Transfer books will h. closed on April - ~
: O'Clock 2. III. and Will I've reopened Oh May
at 10 clock am.
Rv o-iH of he Qf
The evening world., 1911-12-05
Why NOT A RETURN CALL

This State will welcome the Governors and other officials Of
ten Western States who are working their way East in a
Governors special" train loaded with the products Of their
States and preaching another go West, young man." crusade. 1t
u these States, "There are more cows in Wyoming and lees milk,
more rivers and less water, and you can look further and see less
man in any State in the country"
New York is polite, and gets under way slowly. When it is
quite ready to make a return call 1t will doubtless send Gov. Dix
md Mayor Gaynor West on a special train loaded with farm products
and other data relating thereto. Mr.. Gaynor can inform the Gov.
srnor Of Wyoming that although the city Is not exactly a farming
community the value Of its farms Is nearly half that Of all the
farms In Wyoming. Mr.. Dix can inform the Western Governors
generally that the Empire State leads all Others in vegetables, dairy
products, hay, nursery products, potatoes, apples, beans, hops, buck
~hcat, farm forest products, small fruits and onions.
These Governors follow a good precedent in coming East. The
farmers Of their States have started East ahead of them, not to ad-
veitise Western agriculture, but to take part in Eastern agriculture.
According to our State Department Of Agriculture, farmers from
the West and from Canada, together with immigrants and city
sseners, have spent about $4,000, 900 in the last six years In buying
Up New York farms. The return wave from the West has started
IN, and will not be small.
Why should New Workers 60 wests Why should not Western
es come EaN' When the Empire State Farmers Special gets
started It will carry the answer. New York 10 spending sos, 900, 900
ON . great barge canal, which will help its farmers to dispose Of
their crops. 1t is spending s~6o,oOo,o0O in building the best roads
In the country, and every dollar spent will add several dollars to
the value of New York farms. In the metropolis and the other
teANdtAs Of the East, New York offers it's farmers the most &C.
sessible markets in the country. For advantage in shipping their
products to the seaboard they have freight rates not half as high as
those from the West.
Something else is too high in the west-land prices. That is
shy American farmers are selling out there and entering Canada.
The average acre value of farm land in this State, according to the
census of 1910, was $5347. In Illinois the average acre value was
El0S.13, in Iowa about $e. Yet the average acre value of the five
staple crops during the last ten years was $19.4e in New York.
$3.50 in Illinois and 1896 in Iowa. The Western Governors
would do well to pick up a little good farming land here cheap and
remove to It when their terms are up.
The evening world., 1911-12-05
STRAICHT-sHOOTINC CUARDsMEN.

T is well that the National Guardsmen of this State can shoot
straight. Figures show that out of 1880 officers and men
1882 have qualified as marksmen and 3S1 as DISTINGUISHED
experts" This means that two out of three are more likely To hit
than miss II mansize object within range, and that each COMPANY
has at least two sharpshooters whose aim is deadly. A force of
such efficiency should be more than match for twice its number
q such unframed militia a Ohio and Indiana turned out to stop
the raider Morgan, or such raw levcs as were widely used in tbe
war of 1912.
ANY development of "militarism' that sweIs the size of arma.
ments and the burden of taxation is to be deplored. even though
10 necessity is allowed But anything that makes for the efficiency
d the soldier is to be welcomed. Wars will be shorter mora doc;
sfve and more merciful in the toll Of taxation and of lives in nro
portion as soldiers are able to shoot. 1t is sickness. not bullets
that swells the mortality lists, and the more incapable the ran,
ana ne' the larger the number of fighting men must be used and
tho longer they will be exposed to disease in the field.
Superior craftsmanship is really a cure for mlitarism and
preventive of CONSUMPTION. The example of Switzerland proves tbi,
There the State gives every man a gun and requires him 10 serv,
under the colors only il his annual target-scores are below Grade
The Swiss shoot straight, and therefore have never had verv mmo,
shooting TO do.
The evening world., 1911-12-05
Letters from the PEOPLE

And what are the separate weight. a,
'He s'ohes' ADoLPH FISHER.
IN The World Almanac.
TO inc Editor Of The Evening World;
Where an find what kind OF an eau-
cation one must have 10 10 10 Wes,
Polntf Also how old one must be. etc?
NJ. A. La
Word Building.
tn the Editor Of The Evening World
Here Is an Interesting puzzle for read
ers to work over. What is the largest
possb'e English word that can be
formed from the following letters. using
them only once eaeh7 y. C. d. g, Z, n, 4.
j. l. n. o. p. r. $, t, u. A. r.
"Onr American Cousin"
To the Editor u The Evening World:
what play was being acted at Ford,
Theatre IN Washington when wilkes
Booth shot President L,ncoln4
W. ".
Laura Keene's Company was playing
there in Our American Cousin"
To the Editor u The Lyening World:
met with an accident about thre
years ago and was a cripple for M
teen months before I could walk with
out the aid Of a crutch. ! received
damage verdict about two years age
but somehow or other my lawyer say
he can't collect the damages. wher
can I apply for Information and I'D
ucst A. G, h