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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-02
ENGLISH HIRING FAIR.
Decorations Used by Farm Hands to
Distinguish Their Callings.
From the London Post.

FROM the London Post.
One Of the oldest Michaelmas hiring
fairs in England was held in the ancient
market place at High Wycombe. Buck
inghamshire, yesterday. From a wide
radius. including parts of the three coun-
ties OF Bucks. Berks and Oxen. farmers
and agricultural employees in all depart
ments focked into the town early in
the morning.
Harvesting having been finished, the
attendance was much larger than usual.
and there was a general disposition to
change hands, though the average
terms of remuneration showed very little
alteration.
Several Old-time customs still prevail,
both at the hiring and in regard to the
conditions upon which farm hands are
engaged for the twelve months. For In
stance, plOwmen decorate their button
holes with strings of whipcord to denote
their distinctive calling; shepherds dis
play tufts Of wool In their caps and their
forelocks, and other farm hands utilize
horsehair and fancy ribbons and rOsettes
for their personal adornment.
good deal of time was occupied in
making the best terms and in accord.
ance with precedent of many years
standing the engagements We're conoi-
tional on the supplying of BEER or
harvesting allowance" as it Is called.
The old-fashiOned custom of hiring serv-
ants in this way enlisted a good deal of
gated from the streets to spacious in
closure In the town, attracted thousands,
and it will be continued as usual for
three days.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-02

portant and valuable of the forecast dis
tributions are the warnings displayed at
nearly 300 points along the Atlantic.
Pacific and gulf coasts and the shores OF
the great lakes for the benefit of marine
interests. The prediction Of a storm
across the intended course OF vessei
will often influence a merchant to hold
his cargo in port until q more favorable
weather forecast is made.
The prediction of a heavy storm along
the Florida coast last yearscaused a rail-
road company TO remove its men and
material from an extension being built
along the coast. Just such a storm had
been predicted the previous year, and.
suffered a loss in men and material. In
comparison with this destruction the few
days enforced idleness OF the past year
was a small consideration.
Rain forecasts In the raisin-growing
districts of California are of great value.
While drying, the raisin crop Is extreme
ly susceptible to injury by rain, and the
warnings of cloudy weather thus enable
the producers to protect the crops by
stacking and covering the trays.
Various methods are employed Tor the
protection of property that would be
necessarily damaged by q heavy storm.
Rice planters in advance Of q predicted
storm food their crops to prevent tho
Fishermen make arrangements for the
protection of their boats and nets. The
warnings Of heavy SHOWS on the great
western prairies and ranches have
proved Of great value, for by hurrytng
the stock into shelter before the blizzard
arrives. the owner runs little danger Of q
decrease in his cattle.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-02
At Balzac's Tomb.
Paris Cor. London Evening Standard.


The chapel tomb of Honore de Balzac
at Pere la Chaise was visited recently
by a group of admirers who make
q yearly pilgrimage to the spot on August
49, These friends of Balzac'' keep the
novelist's memory green In an essentially
Partisan manner, leaving cards and bead
wreaths on the tomb and delivering
speeches and eulogies that are listened to
reverently by q fair audience.
During August innumerable American
tourists visit the different cemeteries of
the city. and many happened to be at
Pere la Chaise recently at the time
of the little ceremony. The French them
selves have a veritable cult for ancestors
that must be second only to that of the
Japanese, and on every fete day ami
versary or holiday they '.precipitate
themselves Ito use their own expressive
world TO the cemeteries, leaving always
some mark Of their presence In the shape
of bouquet, large or small. The tombs.
of public men and women are yearly the
object of special demonstrations.
Heine's tomb is perhaps one of the
most favored by foreigners. but that of
the original Dumas Dame aux Came
las is the best cared for, as every day
in the year 1t is visited and carefully
busted by half-crazy woman with dyed
yellow hair and thread gloves, who en-
tiers freely into conversation with all
visitors and loves to relate the history OF
this Marguerite"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-02
NOT SALTS, OIL OR
PILLS, BUT CASCARETS
No odds how sick your Stomach
how hard your head aches or
how Bilious-Cascarets
make you feel great.

You men and women who somehow
can't get feeling right-who have an
almost daily headache, coated tongue,
foul taste and foul breath, dizziness.
can't sleep, are bilious, nervous and
upset, bothered with sick, gassy.
disordered stomach, or have backache
and feel all worn out.
Are you keeping clean inside with
Cascarets, or merely forcing pas
sageway every few days with salts,
cathartic pills or castor oil? This Is
important.
Cascarets work while you sleep;
cleanse and regulate the stomach. re-
move the sour. undigested and fer
menting food aud foul gases; take the
excess bile from the liver and carry
out of the system all the decomposed
waste matter and poison in the intes-
tines and bowels.
A Cascaret tonight will straighten
you out by morning. Io-cent box
from any drug store will keep your
entire family feeling good for months.
Don't forget the children. They love
Cascarets because they taste good
do good-never grippe or sicken.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-02
The Symbolism Of Blankets.
he Christian Herald

fTvui the CHRISTIAN Herald
The Navajo blanket owes nothing what
ever to the standards of taste that pre-
vAn in civilized communities 1t is "some-
thing different" The squaw weaves "out
of her own head with no pattern to
guide her. Even when traders induce the
weavers to attempt to copy blankets of
patterns. the copies are never exact in
details. The owner of a Navajo ban-
ket. therefore. may feel reasonably
certain that there is not another Just
like IL in the world Much unadulterated
nonsense has been written concerning the
symbolism Of these blankets, and the roe
try. legend. tradition and history woven
by the squaw into its fabric. 1t is true
that some designs have a symbolic mean
inE. but Hopi. Zuni and Apache symbols
are used quite as freely as those peculiar
TO the Navajos. The Navajo squaw is
one Of the least imaginative and least
poeticAl of human beings, and il is quite
safe to say that even when symbolic de-
signs are employed in blanket weaving
II is without the remotest reference to
their true Significance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-02
Women's Hats in Public Places.
From the Philadelphia Inquirer.

Iton tue IhIIdueipnid inquirer.
An ordinance of Atlanta, which re-
quires women to remove their hats in
places of public amusement and makes it
the duty of the management to see that
they do, has just been upheld by the
Georgia court of appeals. No one will be
surprised to hear that. The surprising
thing is that it should have been thought
worth while to contest the validity of the
regulation and to carry the case to the
court of last resort for determination.
Similar ordinances have been enforced
elsewhere without objection. They are
recognized as reasonable and right.
People who have paid for q seat are en-
titled to see the show. They cannot see
1t. however. II sitting in front of them is
woman wearing on her head one of
those monstrous creations which it has
been reserved for the modern milliner to
produce. Even If II is only of moderate
dimensions compared with some 1t will be
big enough to oblterate the stage and
few things are more exasperating and
unsatisfactory than to be obliged to keep
peeping round the corner to catch a fleet
ing and intermittent view of what is GO
ing on. =
1t must be said in justice to the ladies
that the great majority Of them are in
clined to be reasonable in the matter Of
their headgear and that the woman who
refuses 10 IciHoSc Her merry WtOOW when
requested is distinct exception to the
rule. In the absence. however, of any
rule upon the subject she does so as, q
matter Of courtesy, which some dihldent
persons OF the male persuasion are not
always willing to request. The man be-
hind. and the woman. too, should have
an uninterrupted field Of vision Of right
and not merely of grace.
That 1t Is not easy and may not be
convenient to remove some of the enor-
nous and elaborate structures with which
our women folk adorn (D their craniums
may be imagined. but mere man has
nothing to do with that. It Is his proud
privilege to pay for the fool things. but
there his responsibility ceases and when
they are interposed between him and
what he has paid to witness he cannot
be blamed for feeling aggrieved
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-02
DIABETES.
.slMPIE HERB nIls ouIckLY CURES 7

\ SIMPLE HERB QUICKLY CURES THIS
DREAD DISEASE, TO STAY CURED
piahetes has heretofore been considered in
durable, and the only hope held out TO the
anifcted has been to proong their years by strict
dieting.
plant recently discovered In Mexico called
Dfabetot Herb. has been found to be specific
in the treatment of diabetes. quickly reducing
the specific gravity and sugar. restoring vigor
and building up the system.
This harmless vegetable remedy will relieve
the patient Of his worst symptoms. in the most
aggravated cases. within week, and 10 prove
II We will mail the first soc package for 25e,
with free booklet Of special value TO the dia-
bctic, containing latest diet list and exclusive
table OF food values. giving percentage Of starch
and sugar (carbohydratesp in go different foods.
Tell your afflicted friends Of this offer and
send &c today for full sized 50c package:
AMES CHEMICAL CO., Box log B. Whitney
Point. n. Y.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-02
Tax on Hats.

From the London Chronicle.
Hat taxes were always more effective
with regard to mems headgear than with
women's. Queen Elizabeth. as We have
seen, taxed the blocked beaver out Of ex-
istence, and Pitts hat tax of 1854 brought
a substantial revenue. Stamps were dxed
Is, according to its price, while the pen
alties for selling unstamped hats ranged
from 91O to f20. and the punishment for
counterfeiting hat stamp was death.
But an attempt to tax women's French
straw hats of the Vatican style signally
failed. They were struggled over In
large quantities, and before this could
be COPIED with Vatican hats went out Of
fashion, and the tax was a dead letter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-02
Asks for Two Battleships.

Mr.. Meyer submits estimates for two
battleships and two Golfers. In addition,
however, the Secretary says the navy
should have one of the new type Of bat
tleship cruisers such as Great Britain.
Germany and japan are building.
He points to great deficiency in cruis-
ers, scouts, destroyers and other auxili-
and South American use. Appropriations
for all of these, he says. could be stretch
ed over number of years.
The Secretary declares that ships
twenty years old are worthless. His list
shows the famous old Oregon, the Indi-
ana, Massachusetts and Iowa have
reached the fatal period. He names
twelve battleships that can no longer be
regarded as available for the first line
of battle, and which should be replaced
by 1920.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-02

Mice are used by a woman scientist in
Chicago I'm the investigation of cancer.
Probably she has q man assistant who
securely chains and handouts them
Cleveland Leader.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-02
Feminine AIM HIGH
Girls Seek Admission to
French Military College.
MALE STUDENTS WORRIED
Look Forward to Entire Change in
School Rules.
DEMAND FOR ARTISTIC FURS
Woman's World Of Paris Exhibit
Taste for Outer Garments
of Unique Designs.
DEMAND FOR ARTISTIC FURS

Special Cablegram to The Star.
PARIS, December 1.-Two girls at the
Lycee Button are preparing for the en-
trance examination to the famous school,
the Polytechnique, which is the 'alma
mater" of the leading civil and military
engineers II they are admitted it will
be one triumph the more for feminism
and a considerable source of embarrass-
ment to the school itself.
Obviously the easier way would be to
refuse the ladies on some technical pre-
text. This, however. would not be what
is termed IAN elegant solution" It
would smack of masculine prejudice and
egotis,n. The founders OF the school
which played its part in revolutionary
times, and was always fiattered by Napo-
Icon, who was little afraid Of its from
deur'' and Independent spirit-never con-
templated the admission Of the bread
and-butter miss to its courtyards and
classrooms.
This is obvious from the gay military
uniform worn by the students and from
the circumstance that military discipline
rules in the school itself. The young men
turn out Of bed to roll Of drums; a
bugle summons them to meals or precedes
an important announcement by the. gen.
eral In command.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-02

did you get any deer"
Yes, I got q couple, but they both
turned out to be guides. st. Louis POST
Dispatch.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-02

troller of the Treasury. That ofilcer. in
answer to a request from this depart
ment, rendered a decision defining the
scope of the law so that all builders are
quired Of them in regard to the matter.
What the effect will be on the bidding for
the battleship provided for by the act
is rrOblematical.
THE submarine boats authorized by
the act of 1911 and covered by the pro-
visions thereof relating to the eight
hour day were submitted to competition,
and acceptable proposals for their con-
struction were received from the Electric
Boat Company and the Lake Torpedo
Boat Company 1t Is not possible to
say whether other builders or designers
Of submarine boats were prevented by
the eight-hour-day provision from sub
hitting proposals or to determine the
extent to which the cost of these latest
boats is to exceed previous prices as
q result of said provision
Central Planning Office Urged.
Navy yard methods abroad and at
home are considered at length. Mr.
Myer reports upon his personal observa-
tons, as follows:
LAS Secretary of the Navy. during a
part of August and September. visited
England primarily for re purpose or
examining into the sySte. or organlza-
ton and the methods employed In the
English naval dockyards and in leading
shipbuilding establishments in Great
Britain. Observation on this visit and con-
sultation with officials of government and
private yards convinced me beyond doubt
that the two-division organization now
employed in our yards-namely. hull and
machinery divisions, each presided over
by an expert in that branch-is logical
and entirely correct. l do not propose
to make any change in this regard
1.-The experience developed under the
present organization in our yards and
study of the best examples of modern
management in this country convince me
that still greater coordination Of di
visions is desirable, and that 1t is adj
visable to establish, under the Navy De-
partment in Washington. central plan
ming Office for all of the navy yards. and
in each navy yard some system Of GEN.
trail planning which will better co-ordi-
nate the two divisions"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-02
View Of the Cynics.

Today almost every engineer of mark
comes from this school, and the excess
sively theoretical character of its teach
ing is reproached for many brilliant
failures. Cynics declare that the Liberte
explosion and other disasters Of the sort
are due to the impracticable formulate
adopted by the .Polytechnicians. AS to
the difficulty raised by this new question
of feninism, 1t Is rather weakly treated
by the Paris press. which hopes that It
will resolve itself by marriage-by
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-02
Will Cause Change in Rules.

II the young ladies succeed In becoming
"Poletechniciennes" something like rev.
olution in the habits and customs Of this
center will result The school songs,
which are not always intended for deli
cate ears. and have blum and martial
tone, will have to be suppressed and
others. innocuous in character. put in
their place. Again. the female applicants
cannot obviously be called upon to per-
form military SERVICE and, In conse-
quence, the regulations must be changed
to meet the case.
Just as the admission of women to the
Prix de Rome caused perturbation
among the students In the Eternal city,
so this. proposal to give the highest tech
meal training to woman mathematician
is accompanied by tear for old traditions
and Of complications with the particular
ly masculine environment of the school.
One does not forget. in this connection,
that students from the Polytechnique
fought in the trenches in the siege of
Paris. and when officers were shot down
they led the citizens in resistance.
Yet their history has had the demo-
cratic touch that renders the institution
particularly popular with the Partisan
crowd For, notwithstanding the roll of
drums and other Napoleonic signs of
militarism, the school heart has beaten
with the people rather than with their
governors. and. In the various changes
Of regime during the past hundred years,
II has shown q tendency toward street
adventure and the barricade.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-02

Thus it is that scarcely any part Of the
United States is out of touch with these
weather predictions. and their value to
farmers, stock raisers, merchants, and,
In fact. to nearly all men in the various
Industries that require some portion Of
the work to be carried on out of doors.
has been proved In many ways during the
past several years. Among the most Inn
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-02

Discussing the eight-hour law in its APP
plication to construction Of warships in
private yards, and as affecting the bid
ding for naval shipbuilding contracts.
Secretary Meyer says:
1T was feared that the application by
the act OF June n. 1910, of the provisions
of the eight-hour law Of August 1, 1892.
to the construction of naval vessels might
deter bidders and prevent the placing OF
contracts for such vessels, but an ac-
ceptable proposal for building battleship
No. 3. was received In answer TO the
departments advertisement Likewise
the two. Golfers. No. and No. 10, for
which no satisfactory proposals were re-
ceived when advertised for in 1910. have
since been contracted for after readver-
tsement.
THE act of March 4. 1911. goes some
what further in the application Of the
e.ght-hour day for persons employed in
the construction Of naval vessels. for
bidding payment to contractors unle ss
they establish and maintain the eight
hour day for their employees. and leaving
questions of compliance with the law to
the determination. ultimately. OF the con-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-02
Searching Out the Weather
in All Parts of the Land

the principal stations in the United States
from sufficient number of other stations
to represent the general weather condi-
tons over q considerable portion Of the
country. In addition to these Geographic
messages. wireless reports are sent from
vessels that find it possible to cOmmuni-
cate with the coast stations of the wealth
er bureau. These, in most cases daily
communications are then telegraphed to
the central office
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-10-05
How Divers Fish.

When diving lessons are going on at
the Newport Training Station there
is always fish for supper. The thick
black mud at the bottom of the bay
is dotted with founders, big fellows
that the divers easily capture by hand
and bring up without any trouble. 1t
is hard to walk on the sea foor with
out stepping on them, where they lie
half buried in the ooze. AL the man
under water has to do is to stoop and
PICK them up. Being sluggish fish,
they make very little resistance and
are hauled up to the surface by the
tail or fms without any fuss. Big cells,
too, are plentiful, fat, green fellows
thick as a mans arm. 1t would take
stout net to hold them and no diver
dares to tackle one, no matter how
much his mouth waters for cells stew
ed in milk. The muscular contortions
OF such cells as inhabit Newport har-
Dor would be pretty sure to foul the
lifeline or airhose and would prob
ably result in the divers death, so
the men in the diving suits confine
themselves to the complaisant
founder.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-10-05
NOT ALL ARE LIKE THIS
Example of the Cod-BIooded New
York LandIady Probably
an Exception.

"Ever since coming to New York
have heard about the cold-blooded
metropolitan landlady," remarked the
woman ho-hails-from-the-we but 1t
was not until my colored laundress
lost her son that I rubbed elbows
with the genuine calloused article.
The boy was drowned while bathing
in the Hudson, and a policeman
brought home his few garments and
dilapidated old shoes, with the word
that the body would hardly be re-
covered.
''The woman's first thought was
that she wanted her husband to know
of their loss and come to her comfort.
He is employed as kitchen helper in
a boarding house run by woman in
the north end of Manhattan. I tele-
phoned to his employer, and she calm
ly replied that the man could not
come to the telephone, no servants
were permitted to do SO; nor would
she give the message to him. He is
particularly busy today, and I cannot
spare him. was her harsh reply.
Rather holly I informed her that /
would Immediately telegraph him,
and she replied that the message
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-10-05
Foundations for McComber'
Whyte Plant to Be Com
pleted in Another Week
some OF MATERIAL HERE

Work on the building of the new
manufacturing plant for the McCom-
Der, Whyte Wire Rope Company is now
well under way and it is declared that
by the end of the next week the fcun-
dations for the plant will be COM
pleted and the work Of raising the
walls started. After much delay and
trouble the Northwestern Railway Com
pany has completed the switches for
the use of the company and material
for the plant and lis equipment is now
being rushed to Kenosha. Sheds have
been erected and fifteen carloads of
material and equipment has been un-
loaded and is being put into position.
Conditions are now more favorable
for the completion of the plant on
scheduled time. President Whyte of
the company, who has been abroad
studying methods employed in some Of
the great plants of Europe and purchas-
ing improved machinery for the new
plant, arrived i'll New York on Monday
and he will come directly to Kenosha
to superintendent the work on the
plant and the installation of the ma
chinery. The plans of the company
provide for the largest plant of the
kind in the country and it is expected
that within few years it will be one
of the largest, if not the largest, wire
rope making plants in the world. Col
lections are coming in well on con-
tracts for lots secured to make the re-
moval Of the plant to Kenosha posi-
BILE, but at that twenty per cent of
the people who signed the contracts
have not as yet made the initial pay
ments.
The officers of the industrial asso-
citation are hopeful that these con-
tracts will be paid in part at least at
the earliest possible moment so that
the association will be enabled to meet
all of it's promises to the new com
pany as they may fall due.