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Clothes and the Nan.

Col. James Hamilton Lewis recently OBJ
,.c.ed to the word dude as applied to
himself. It did not describe him at ALI
he asserted, and had never done so. he
particularly repudiated picture that had
been drawn Of him when he presented
himself to take the oath of ONCE as
member of the House. He confessed to
neat appearance on that occasion, but
would not allow that he was a gorgeous
vision, and held the chamber, upstairs
and down. spellbound.
What wonder there was may have
crown out of the fact that he had come
out of the west. At that day ''the wiIo
and woolly" west was still phrase In pop
ular use, and many persons had western
men associated with wild and woolly raj
ment. But such as saw Col. Lewis then,
and wondered, did not know. or reflect,
that. really, he had come out of the south
nv way of the west. He had carried to
his new home the tastes Of the old, and
was entitled to his sartorial splendor.
About that same time visitors to the
Senate galleries used to have their atten-
ton called to a comparison between the
west and the east in the matter Of raj
nent on the floor The best-dressed SEN
n,
Wolcott. from the new state of Colorado,
while the senator who seemed most COM
Portable in an "easy-Soing' suit, and
looked as unconventional as an old-time
college professor, was Mr.. Hoar. from the
modish old commonwealth Of Massachu-
setts. And in that case 1t was the east
coming out of the west, for Mr.. Wolcott
had been born in Massachusetts. and had
carried his thoughts in collars and
cuffs" and other things. west when he
moved.
But, whatever the west once was, she
is no longer wild and woolly. but very
much up-to-date. and decidedly good
dresser Whether her sons. native or
adopted. are trying to Danish forever that
old description of frontier garb and car
riaee. or are simply obeying their natural
tastes. certain It Is that they are In the
picture In this town In good form, and
asking no odds from their northern, east
ern or southern brethren.
There Is an opening in Congress today
for Q dude Of the first class-the real
thjn4. ana It would be curious to note
the reception, either In Senate or House.
OF q member attired SO as to lay stress
on his toggery. II he had nothing to
support his clothes he Of course would
fail. Is q man in that field could not
travel on clothes alone. But II he adopted
such means to advertise himself-as
young DIsraeh did years ago in the
house Of commons-and had brains to
support the front" he might capitalize
his shape at 2 handsome dguSe. Such
caper by a man Of genius might go far
even In a democracy.
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Fruits of Old Washington.

With the revival Of interest in apple
culture due to authentic reports Of large
Dividends on apple trees, various states
and sections are more or less vehemently
claiming to produce the best apple
Washington's neighbor, Virginia. enters
the lists for the honor Of bearing an
apple finer than that which tempted Eve.
or that which Paris gave as beauty
prize to Venus. But, more than this,
various sections Of Virginia are in dis
pute as to their apple-bearing qualities.
The Piedmont region, especially Abe
marie county. declares that its Albemarle
pippin is moro renowned than the apple
which exposed the law Of gravity, and
that it is sometimes called the royal pip
pin, or the Queens apple, because 1t was
the favorite apple Of Queen Victoria. AL
bemarle says this apple comes to its
highest lusciousness in that part of Vir-
ginia where Porters loan and dtsinte-
grated calico rock enter into the soil.
In the limestone region OF the Shenan-
doah valley. Grimes Golden. York Inn
perial and the wooden Ben Davis -four
ish, but Albemarle claims that these ap-
pies are to the Albemarle pippin as the
blush blossom Of the jimson weed Is to
the purple lilac, the wild rose or the
violet.
Let these contestants clash as to their
apples and their other fruits. Old WASH
ingtonians know that no better apples
have been grown since Pomona was
girl than those that used to blush in
Washington's gardens and the highland
farms around the city. It is hard to re-
member all their names. but they were
Just as good as the Baldwin, Carriers
Blue, Nansemond. Northern Spy. Primate
or Red Gillifower. So it was with the
peach. Everybody who knew the older
Washington remembers that these gar
den peaches, the Heath Cling. George Nv,
Tillotson, Columbia and Old Nixon Cling.
were the finest in the world and remained
so till tall buildings shut them out of the
sun and made their rosy cheeks turn
pale and their glossy leaves curl UP.
Never were better pears than those OF
the old gardens-the Brandywine. Flem-
ish Beauty, Mount Vernon, Kieffer and
the Sickle.
Even now in the environs of Washing
ton Is sweet and mellow soil that bears
some of the dearest and best gustatory
dainties. Where do better Strawberries
and tomatoes and green peas come from
than the sandy loan of the alluvial lands
along the Potomac? Nowhere. What
section can surpass the sweet potatoes
and the watermelons and the green corn
Of this region? None.
To some old Washingtonians these
things are not as good as when they were
boys with strong teeth and robust APP
petites, but to the youngsters of today
they are just as sweet and juicy.
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Chau1feurs Who Drink.

The chauffeur should be sober. A man
charged with driving an engine of inn
mense power and high speed through
crowded streets and over crowded
crossings should have no liquor in him.
His brain should be clear, his vision nor
mai and his hand steady. One may fire.
quently see the driver of a high-power
car leaving his machine for the purpose
of getting drink, or, having gotten his
drink or drinks. emerging from saloon
and re-entering his car. Whisky and
gasoline do not make a happy combina-
ton. a drunken or a befuddled chauffeur
Is menace to everybody who uses the
streets. No doubt large percentage of
auto accidents are caused, IL not by
drunken drivers, by drivers who have
absorbed enough stimulant to make them
feel reckless and to enthuse them to
the point of taking risks. When they
take risks they put them upon every
body in their way.
1t was wise judge in Chicago who a
day or two ago fined a chauffeur and an
nounced this opinion:
II consider 1t one of the worst ofYenses
that can be committed to drink when you
have to drive an automobile We have
wholesale killing of people and we have
decided to begin here. / am going to put
a heavy fine on every chauffeur who
comes into this court on any charge il /
find he was intoxicated while driving or
had been drinking intoxicants.'
Most railroad companies, street and
steam, and the number is increasing, will
not permit an employe to drink while on
duty, and as one means OF enforcing this
rule will not allow an employee in uniform
to enter a place where intoxicants are
sold. This rule is born not of ethical pro-
hibition sentiment. but of cold business
principle.
In connection with the comment Of the
Chicago judge 1t is pertinent to note that
the legislature of Illinois is considering
| the need for additional motor car legisla-
ton, the movement to this end being pro-
| NOTED by motorists themselves. who suf-
fer from the odium Of reckless or un-
skillful drivers. In Illinois chauffeurs, II
appears. are licensed without examinat ton
as to their knowledge OF the car or their
| ability to run one. Illinois autoists want
this plain defect In the law rect.fied.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-26
Ancient piscataway.

Another Oldest town in the United
States Is being written about This time
it Is Acoma. an Indian village. 1.-THE most
wonderful aboriginal city on earth, cliff
built. cloud swept. matchless." in valen-
cha county. south from the town OF La
guna. n. M. An article on the an
tiauity of Acoma appears in the Red
Man. IAN illustrated magazine by Indi-
ans" published at the United States In
dian School, Carlisle. 1t Is set forth that
while st. Augustine. the first permanent
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An Intruder.

When merry days Of spring begin
To wake our mirth SO hearty,
The germs always butting in
To spoil a pleasant party.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-26
The One Who Got Hurt.

WAS your husband one of the con-
testants at BRIDGE
''Oh. no." replied Mrs. Flimgilt "All
he did was to draw a check for my losses
His attitude was merely that of the limo
cent bystander.''
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-26
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDEE JOHNSON
Getting Forward.

THAT pianist is becoming famous
said one musician.
II should say So replied the other.
Already his name is displayed almost as
conspicuously as that of the piano he
uses
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-26

ploye. whatever his industry or efficiency,
never thinks of asking for salary ap-
proximating that Of star base ball
player.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-26

John d. Rockefeller's declaration that
he feels like q boy will not tempt any
financier to approach him with the idea
Of taking advantage OF youth and mex
perience.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-26

Perhaps Mr.. Champ Clark is right. He
VIII have trouble enough on his hands
without fooling with an automobile.
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A Reversed Rumor.

More rumors:' exclaimed the citizen
of an asitated foreign nation.
what now"
'It Is reported that one of the members
of the cabinet is not going to resign"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-26

de clothes don't make de man. said
Uncle Eben, but jes' de same police
mans uniform do carry a heap of in
huence in an argument
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-26

1t is part Of military experts proper
business to foresee every possibility Of
conflict, however remote
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-26

In the search for a name for tele-
phone message, the suggestion. arising
from the customary call. that the word
'hello-gram' be adopted was promptly
declared out Of order.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-26

Nor is the deserved promotion Of Capt.
Butt to the rank OF major necessarily to
be construed as an active preparation for
war.
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1t is feared that q juncture has been
reached where Mr.. Cannon IL liable to
lose some of his traditional respect for
the will OF the majority.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-26

When j. P. Morgan travels in Europe,
he does not find II necessary to trouble
ambassadors much in arranging inter-
views with the most exclusive royalty.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-26

One Of the greatest objections to a war
scare Is the state Of nervousness it in
variably creates among the Japanese.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-26

The letters received by Mrs. Hetty
Green's son in an off year may justify
him in going into hiding when leap year
arrives.
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The MEXICAN SITUATION.
From the Baltimore American.
Mexico needs q new DiaZ.

From the Baltimore american.
Mexico needs a new Diaz.
From the Los Angeles Times.
Some day the insurrectos will get the
fact that this fuss must stop through
their MeXicocoanuts.
From the Syracuse Herald.
Nothing but sunfragette crusade is
needed now to make Mexico's cup OF
trouble full to overfowing.
From the ST. Joseph Gazette.
President Diaz is one of those who are
opposed to the recall.
From the Cleveland Leader.
Isn't it about time for another battle
of Juarez?
From the Anaconda Standard.
Pipes and typewriters are the ordnance
most in requisition at the storm centers
of the war.
From the New Bedford STANDARD.
One Of the disturbing things about this
Mexican fuss Is the prospect Of Q new
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-26

D'az has seen so many cabinets come
and 80 that he has no difficulty in re-
naming calm In a crisis
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-26

Like the directoire gown. the harem
skirt is likely to be more written about
than worn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-26

The chamber of commerce has recently
issued an ingenious advertisement In the
form of a map with a
Dallas circle drawn on a ra-
$780, dius of 100 miles, with
as q Center. Dallas as the center.
and in laconic phrases tells what Is being
done and seen within that area. 1t incloses
AZ of the PIG counties and per cent OF
the area of Texas; 1,257 cities. towns and
Village; 42.4 per cent of the population,
,.umbering 1.641. TO; 33.4 per cent Of the as
sessed valuation of property in the state.
S770, 363, o34; 30.3 per cent of the business
houses of the state; 1913 per cent Of the
railroad mileage. and 11,0l3.c.i acres Of
cultivated land. producing $c37. $4,000 in
agricultural staples last year.
There is no doubt that this is the most
populous and prosperous section OF Texas,
where no crop has ever failed. Within
this circle one-fifth Of the cotton crop of
the United states is grown. and that OF
itself Is sufficient to insure the prosperity
of several times the population.
Dallas stands second to Kansas City
of all the cities In the United States in
the sales Of agricultural implements. The
wholesale district is q solid mass OF sky
scrapers belonging to the great nipple
ment companies, which sold about $35,
600 600 worth of farming tools and ma
chinery last year. The jobbing trade In
dry goods and clothing was $1S.OoO.0OO;
groceries and liquors, $14.OOt, 900; provi-
sions, $7,500,OOo, and 1t is claimed that
Dallas makes and sells more saddlery
and harness than any other city in the
world. more than New York or Chicago
or even London. One Of the Ave firms
In that business is said to be the largest
in the world.
Dallas is the largest seed market in the
south Also The retail business is equally
prosperous The purcha sing power of the
people Is said to be greater than that OF
any other town in the south. and one can
form a fair idea of the character Of the
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Reasons Against
German War.

they should come to an understanding
and they will do SO.
What have you done with the milliards
which constitute our debt. OF which our
children must pay indefinitely the inter
est? the people will ask. Governments
will point in vain to their armadas of
Dreadnoughts. which I'LL their military
ports, likewise their tori odoes. submarines
and aeroplanes; governments will lie
obliged to finish where they were asked
to commence: their error Will have cost
over 80 miliiards In twenty-five years for
Europe alone! One hundred and fifty mil
Lads. which would have sufficed to trans
form the world. Africa. Asia.
The scr-.or declared that wishing to
warn governments of the danger of this
armed peace his voice had been drowned
by the noise of the anvil on which was
being forged still thicker plates. which
We're always pierced by still heavier guns.
Thus governments prepared antagonisms
which were destined to be turned against
them. antagonisms between governments
which were antagonisms between peoples.
Governments might choose between
reconciliation or ruin.
And the senator concluded: 1T is hu-
initiating for our human dignity that in
face of that alternative governments
should hesitate. that two great countries
cannot choose between glory or failure"
After the diplomatic surprise OF
Russo-German entente at Potsdam q
reconciliation between France and Ger
marck may have had this possibility In
mind when he said: in annexing
Alsace- Lorraine it was not to obtain
reparation for a violated right, II was
simply as a rampant at the open from
tier"
Simply a rampant? II such is the mean
ing of the emperor's insistence in main.
tanning until now the supreme control
over .Alsace- Lorraine may he not well
come the proposition to autonomize and
at the same time neutralize this unhappy
reichsland? Naturalization would consti-
tute Alsace-Lorraine more effective
rampant than the annexation which Bis
marck's better judgment opposed. The
reconciliation of France and Germany is
not among the things impossible.
CHI. CHAILLE-LONG.
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Anglo-American
Peace Talk.

10th instant:
German opinion on the .Angio-Ameri-
can peace talk has been very scant!ly eX-
pressed In newspapers. Generally speak
ing German opinion is such that an agree
ment is impracticable and not likely to be
realized. Germany regards arbitration as
a principle of international politics with
suspicion. The Teutonic view is that II
is the business of armies and navies and
not gowned arbitrator sitting in some
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FRANCO GERMAN RECONCILIATION

foreign court to settle the serious dis
putes of nations
Nevertheless, the Emperor OF German.
maintains that he Is a partisan Of peace.
nelles the emperor himself favored "Eu-
ropean union sealed by reconciliation Do.
tween France and Germany.
*
Twice within ten years a general and
universal peace congress had brought to-
gether the repre-.
The Universal sentatives OF all
Peace Congress. e soe s.a,ss, aecor% .
ing to the auguries. would fail. On
tie contrary, 1t succeeded. 1t estab-
lished successful agreements: 1t created
The Hague court: this court accomplished
more good for great states than for the
small: 1t permitted England. Russia, the
United States. Mexico. Japan, France
and Germany to regulate judicially and
pacifically their grave conflicts. II Is
shown today that great military nations
may avoid war II they wish. The arbi-
tration Of the Casabanca affair had not
been the cause of a single protestation on
one side or the other, while war would
have created in It's wake ruin. hatred and
new burdens. All that should count as
a successful march toward the object In
view, the peace OF the world.
The day when the French mind and
the German mind were associated for the
purpose OF seeking together the solution
OF this vexed question OF Alsace-Lor-
ratne it will count for little that
1t had been declared insoluble 1t
was necessary that it should be made
the order of the day, not Of the official
preoccupations of the two countries in
M "a Sf<v,-
of the people. This fact alone would con-
stitute a great progress.
Once the discussion begun, conscience
to conscience, il not from government to
government at least between the people
Of the two countries, the baron foresaw
clearly the perils. But the perils gave
him less alarm than the equivocation Of
silence.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-26
Strikes in
Europe.

iduuoWHeTS, ana the Two otneFS aspire 10
be, and this condition is certain guar
antee Of order.
At Berlin Barren d'Estournelles said all
this and more. He said that between
France and Germany revenge was no
more to be desired than forgetfulncsa
Revenge was not a solution, and forget
fulness was not possible.
But Of this situation was there no issue?
Was there nothing to hope for nothing to
do? He could imagine each one saying
to. himself: What O misfortune that we
cannot agree! What a loss for the two
countries and for civilization" 1t was a
progress. the commencement of mutual
examination of conscience a prelude to a
final accord. This accord was. perhaps.
more necessary to Germany than to
France. which had given to the world
proof OF her pacificism. Germany on the
contrary was considered as the cradle of
militarism, militarism which Is ruin and
perpetual danger. France defeated
would be an attack upon the peace and
general security of Europe.
Baron d'Estournelles assumed that II
the German government should obstinate
ly refuse to recognize this de1re for
peace and security Germany would be
acting against her own interests and for
the benefit OF socialism and anarchy.
test today. was one Of the indirect con-
sequences of militarism. Governments,
indeed. prescribed war for their people
very much as physician a purge for a
patient.
Baron d Estournelles reverted to the
question of Alsace-Lorraine, which all
recognized as the pierre de touch" or
tombstone which lies as a permanent
barrier between France and Germany.
The baron confessed that in order to
effect reconciliation there will be exac-
tons and intolerance on one side and tho
other. and he does not pretend to define
the mutual and honorable acceptable con-
cessions which 1t will be necessary to
make in order to arrive at the desired
object. But it is time, he added, for the
two countries. as well as for Alsace-Lor-
raine herself to put I'm action all their
resources of patriotism and reason to con-
clude an arrangement reasonably and
equitably, and thus to discredit the con-
viction of certain politicians that this
remedy could only be brought about BY
the leVeling aims of socialism
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-26

And with reference to the Anglo-Ameri
can peace talk, the Anglo-American ar
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From the New Bedford STANDARD.


Mexican fuss Is the prospect Of Q new
crop Of Rough Riders
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trade by looking into the shop Windows
The tax lists show that Dallas is tn
wealthiest city in Texas. 1t mas the high
est assessment, and pays 10 per cent NOR
taxes than any other,
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Army Officers
Resigning.

Fort Smith. Arkansas:
1.-THE overland mail from New Mexi-
co arrived this evening with DR.. J..
NJ. Hayden, assistant surgeon. United
States Army. and Lieut.. r. c. Hill. 5th
Infantry. as passengers. both OF these
officers having resigned. Lieut.. H. B.
Kelly, 10th Infantry, and Lieuts. II. c.
Mcneil and J. Whieter, jr., OF the
Mounted Rifles have also resigned and
are en- route. Several other officers Of
high rank had rendered their resigna
tons and would soon leave for the
east. The troops at Forts Bliss. Quit
man. Davis and Chadbourne lin Texas)
have ceased TO do duty and are await
ing transportation to leave. The quar-
termaster's department in New Mexico
was without funds and credit and the
pay department without money. The
troops will soon be without supplies
Of every description and will have
to provide for themselves"
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FIFTY YEARS ago
IN THE STAR

AS usual after the Inauguration OF
President, the Senate was called in ex-
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A child may comprehend that II the
Germans and the French do not wish to
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AS the situation grew more tense,
anxiety regarding the condition of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-26

The spirit of secession was rife a
this time fifty years ago, and mani.
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The church architecture Of Dallas is
unique All of the recently erected houses