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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-09

doliC, Dul tIleN lldNt Dttll ldhlliS
away the originals of the paintings
here and leaving you copies. That
Vandyke up there, for instance,
doesn't even look like Nandvke to
me, and | don't know much about
art. An examination will probably
reveal the fact that all of the most
valuable of the pictures have al
ready been taken. He paused
a moment. 1T just SO happens
that | came in here a moment ago
and found the Duke at work. He
shot at me-and the result was as
you see.
The skies had fallen. Our Duke.
the bright particular star of our
summer, whom everybody had
angled for, thief, and in chains
well not chains exactly, but
handouts, and they were worse.
His Grace was silent; not a word
had he spoken since we entered
the room. He didn't speak now;
he just sat there chewing his
mustache violently. There was
glitter of defiance in his eyes. 1t
was that, perhaps, that made me
recall where and when | had first
seen him-an impression ] had had
from the beginning. Count Felix
Won Drummer had pointed him out
to 10 and me at the spring exhi-
bition. He had called the Duke a
scoundrel, instead of the Due de
Trouville and that's why the name
was not familiar to me.
THERE was a rush of footsteps
= in the hall, and Adams, the
other detective, appeared in the
doorway.
"Mr. Adams, Thomas directed,
@please be good enough to see that
Mrs. Cutler doesn't leave the
house. You understands Adams
merely nodded, and ran out.
"And Natalie's jewels" Mrs.
Crowninshield went on, after a
moment.
ITO state it briefly" Thomas
said, at is possible to trace all the
thefts and robberies along the
North Shore during this whole
summer to the Duke here, and Mrs.
Cutler, and the Due d'Aubigny,
who has already served a sentence
of several years in a French prison.
1t was a big conspiracy, and we
don't know yet the extent of its
ramifications. We do know, how
ever, that, while the Duke came
here as your guest to steal these
pictures by substitution, as | have
explained, he has been working
hand in hand with d'Aubigny in
\Irs. Cutler has been the actual in
If the thefts. | have known these
4 long time; but it was necessary to
now believe | have at last secured
stake, please correct me. For in
Il
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-12-24
Is it Lin Service f.?

The other day in congress a men,
Der arose and began his.speech thus:
have no prepared or set speech, and ]
shall therefore ask your kind indulgence
to permit me to express TO you whatever
thoughts the inspiration Of the moment
may give me for utterunce and in what
ever language. good or bad, that may
come 20 my lips for expression.
A speech comprising more than
two pages of the Congressional
Record followed. This suggests the
old idea that there is much more
talking in congress than is really
essential to the country's needs.
This member thought--he said So
that his constituents would expect
him to speak on the pending meas
ure and, while he did not seem to
have anything urgent to say, he yet
felt that his duty to them called for
a speech.
No wonder that in the Sixty-first
congress more than 10000 bills were
introduced. No wonder the late ex-
ira session was so unduly prolonged.
No wonder the Congressional Record
is considered dull reading, most of
it. 1t is exceedingly doubtful II
many members represent constitu-
ents who expect unnecessary lip
service of them. Some of the most
effective and influential men who
ever sat in the halls of congress were
seldom on their feet to speak.
AS a rule, the speech that is made
up of whatever thoughts the inspi-
ration OF the moment may give for
utterance" is not imperatively
needed to shape national legislation.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-12-24
Schools as Social Centers.

Chicago has decided to use its pub
lie school buildings as centers of
social life and, It is said. the d.
rectors will try to attract children
off the streets" TO these places of en-
tertainment and amusement where
evil influences will not be encoun-
tered. Without eriticlsiDg the wis
dom of this movement, which is
being agitated a good deal the coun-
try over, one must be struck with
the general principle involved, that
of introducing one more outside
method OF reaching the children.
Our people are constantly devlsing
some public scheme for the improve
ment of child life, It at once sug-
gests a serious situation In the
home. The home is the unit of
society, yet II takes all sorts OF
artificial stimuli to revive, or keep
alive, that unity and get Il to per-
form it's natural function. Every such
movement is an implication OF weak
ness, OF the breaking down. of this
integer. However laudable and
commendable any or all of these
outside influences may prove to be,
they cannot possibly hide the fact
that something is radically wrong
within the unit OF society or all
this effort from without would not
be necessary. II may all denote a
fine tone OF public spirit and civic
pride and a feeling OF mutual re-
sponslbility and all that. but Il
surely shows that the home is fail.
ing in its grayest function.
Sometimes Il appears that there
are too many OF these artificial
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-12-24
BLASTS FROM RAMS HORN.

This world Is too small 10 show just
how big a good man ls.
God shows what he thinks OF mothers
by the way he trusts them.
The man who picks out his own cross
never bears the ripht one.
II angels had TO live with some men
there would be more fallen ones.
What the young man does csrelessly
the old man will do habitually.
You cant tell much about the size of
man by the size Of his gravestone.
The man who goes out TO meet trouble
will not have to take a long walk.
Woman has suffered more and com
plained less than anybody else in the
world
Angels probably never tire of watching
the man who is doing the best he can.
The preacher who never makes anybody
saulrm is using a lot OF blank ammuni-
ton.
There is never place so dark but that
the right kind OF prayer will I'LL it with
light.
You can never tell by the length OF a
mans face just what he will do in a
horse trade
A woman can jump at conclusion and
hit It with both feet, while a man is
bringing his wits around the corner.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-12-24
Official Examples.

Proceeding, perhaps, on the theory
that IL is not seemly that the blind
should lead the blind because of the
danger that both may fall into the
ditch. executive officers in various
parts of the country are exhibiting
remarkable activity in an effort to
acquire practical experience that
their people may be benefited. We
find one going into the market place
to dispose of potatoes, poultry and
other provender, that the hucksters
and merchants about them may ac-
aulre the habit of dealing Justly and
leniently with those who purchase
from them for their home consump-
ton. Another executive immures
himself in a prison cell over night
that he may be able on the morrow
to state from his own personal ex-
perience that the way of the trans
gressor is hard, and, supported by
this first-hand knowledge, make sug-
gestlons for such remedial steps as
will soften the couch and brighten
the path of those who, because Of
some moral obliquity, are Temporal
rily sequesrated and cut off from free
ntercommunication with their fellow
men.
other high-browed, warm-hearted
phllanthropists. elevated TO positions
of authority. have INDUCED in vari-
GUS stunts for the purpose of better
ing the conditions of life--to what
good purpose We may not at this time
know The great Haroun ell Raschid
achieved much for the oppressed of
Bagdad by slipping around in dis
gulse. and Hiawatha lived, and
toiled and suffered that the tribes of
man may prosper" So who will say
that Governor Hooper's night in a
prison cell shall not be fraught with
much OF brightness for future oocu-
pants of the Tennessee penitentiary?
And is there not reason to hope that
the green grocers and butchers OF In
dianapolis may yet follow the pre-
cepts and practice of Mayor Shank?
And, this being admitted. why shah
we not hope that the beneficient re-
suits may spread, so that through the
length and breadth of the land we
may all, every one, without distinc-
ton as to race, sex or creed, share in
the triumph OF good following on
these executive examples of devotion
to duty?
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-12-24

fertile field for planting the seeds
Of their cult in American society.
They we're petted and feted by some
OF this society. and. as a magazine
writer recently described It. they
found II much more comfortable to
sit on downy divans in elegant Amer
lean homes chan on the hare
ground in eastern tents. They liked
the pettlng, SO they stayed, many
OF them. Today they have mosques
and temples in different cities and
are making a paying thing out of
their visit
What asks an American
woman in the orient. has pasanism
that the western woman wants?"
The eastern woman who has been
lifted out Of It probably would ask
the same question. Here is one of
the dangers Of being a faddlst.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-12-24
wOman's Advance.

Woman is now excluded from
few desirable fields of occupation. in
this country. She has equal chances
with man when her tastes and
wishes are taken into consideration.
She is doing as we'll in a business
way as she is socially, and she has
been making some gains in her &C
QUESTION of political rights of late.
Religiously. of course, her opportu-
mites match those of man. So that
altogether, woman In America en-
Joys in substantially limitless meas
ure the blessings OF liberty and prog
ress. Women OF all western coun-
tries enjoy about as many such
blessings as they desire or need.
One OF the distinguishing features
of western civilization has always
been the place II gave woman. In
eontradistinction, the woman of the
east has been denied the sim
plest rights OF culture. Paganlsm
holds the woman in the bonds of
ignorance and vicious custom. And
where paganism has relented at all
and admitted woman to the enjoy
ment OF larger liberties with man,
is where the power OF western civ
ilization has forced IL TO- The prog
ress OF the oldest empires in the
orient today is largely gagged by
what is being done for woman.
II is uncomfortable. therefore, that
any western woman should ever think
of adopting any OF the social cults,
or systems. or religious fanaticisms
OF the far east. which for so many
centuries did nothing for the ORR
entail woman but hold her In cruel
subsection. Yet in the United states
many of these pagan cults have
gained a footing and are increasing
In numbers, obtaining their recruits
chiefly from women Il is said this
craze sprung from the Congress OF
Religions at the Chicago Worlds
fair in 1898, which brought together
priests and princes of all the vari-
Gus systems OF benighted paganism,
and these agents OF Mohammedan-
ism and other "isms." of the sun
worshipers and the like. found a
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-12-24

forces at work to save the child, that
their multiplicity and activity tend
to impress the home with q depre-
ciated sense Of it's responsibility. or
TO confuse II and the child. Millions
! Of homes need no such gratuitOus
aid. but Il Is only too true that mil
lions OF others do, so that II would
seem to be the highest function our
philanthropists could perform to
raise the standard of efficiency of
the home. In no other way, we
venture. will the standard OF the
child be satisfactorily raised. Get
all parents to see clearly enough the
weight OF their duty TO their children
and to society in general and we
shall not need so much OF this mont
tor work by public organizations.
There is too much OF the feeling
among some folks that the way to
bring up children is to throw the
check rein over their heads and turn
them loose upon the neighbors. This
Is what some regard as taking life
easy" but IL leads up to- hard life
for the child, or the parent, or the
neighbor, or all some day, In very
many cases.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-12-24
People Talked About

In order TO keep the game fair and
square Judge lands In Chicago sent a
man to prison for three years for selling
marked cards, loaded dice and other
utensils OF the crook.
Marcus Aurelius Smith will soon shine
in the high roll OF the family in Wash
! ington. Marcus halls from Arizona, is so
years OF age, and is about to be re-
warded with a senatorship for statehood
zeal.
| Dr. George L. Kunz, the gem expert of
New York, has been informed that the
emperor OF Japan had conferred on him
the decoration OF the Order OF the Rising
Sun, officers class. for work in mineral
ogy, jade and assistance to the Japanese
mining industry
Mrs. Sophronla Smith Of New Castle,
Cal. who was 81 years old the other day,
celebrated the occasion by cooking dinner
for her children, grandchildren and great
grandchildren. She has been an active
worker all the eighty-three years since
her mother died.
The New York sun has changed own
ership and contemplates moving the pub
licatlon office from the dingy quarters
OIi ram INoM W q hiOHt dilaNNidNiN NNlEH-
borhood. The change will leave the T'rig
bune and the World the only survivors OF
the vanishing greatness Of Newspaper
Row.
a st. Louis hotel keeper ran to the
city hall with a roar about his water bill
and let loose a volume of vocal brim-
stone in the presence OF a policeman.
When the authorities got through with
him the bill had been marked up from S31
TO 500. And he paid It, too, being mighty
glad to escape with his clothes.
It's a me-honored military custom for
the band to play lively music going home
from funeral, but it seems that in Butte,
Mont, this custom has been improved
upon by having races on the five miles Of
level road leading from the cemetery back
to town. These tests OF speed 1t is said
have invariably attended every funeral"
heavy wagers sometimes being laid on the
results, The socialist administration of
the city is trying to break up the custom
by imposing heavy fines for fast driving
and new residents OF the city are aiding
In. creating the necessary public opinion.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-12-24
Christmas Eve.

Next 20 Christmas. itself. the hap
piest time OF youth Is on Christmas
eve. All OF today the home will be
a-fiutter with palpitatiug expectancy.
accentuated as night draws on. This
will be the one night in the year
when 1t will not be hard to get the
little folks to bed. however difficult
Il may be to get them to sleep. The
same gnawing anxiety that will put
them to bed will keep them awake
until they have been warned a mum
Der OF times that unless they close
their eyes and get quiet old Santa
will not come.
The home that has known none OF
this has missed Just enough OF llts's
sweetness TO make It lack something
essential. And pragmatists, who
would disillusion childhood OF the
beautiful Santa Claus fancy, would
be put TO It for defense on Christmas
eve in a home full OF children. Bring
on your fir tree and your tinsel. your
toys and your goodies, your colored
candles and your images OF the good
Saint Nick, himself. and lay the glor-
ious plot for tho rapture OF young
hearts in the morning
The home on Christmas eve Is, in
deed, happy home where such as
this goes on. And the father and
the mother, big sister and brother,
get Just as much Joy out of 1t all as
does the little sleeping victim Of he
sweet conspiracy up there in his
trundle bed. No. no, don't tell him
there is no Santa Claus. He would
hate you II you did, until he got old
enough to know for himself, and
then he would pity you for your pitt
less lack OF poetry in your soul. Life
is barren enough now OF such inn
agery; It cannot spare this peerless
Illusion.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-12-24
The Gates at Castle Garden.


A noted Nebraska orator used to
indulge in an oratorical flourish to
the effect that the gates OF Castle
Garden never swing outward" lie
sought to convey the impression that
here tho prospect was so inviting that
once a native of a foreign country
had set his foot on these blessed
shores no temptation could ever lure
him back across the ocean. A change
has come over the spirit OF the
dream, however. and we find that the
gates OF Castle Garden have swung
outward. Not only this. but a con-
siderable stream Of humanity has
flowed through that portal outward
bound. The records kept at Ellis
island show that for the year Just
closing the departures are more than
half the total arrivals, and that the
incoming stream was scanty.
The change in. condition may be
accounted for in many ways. The in
crease in arrivals is doubtless due to
the fact that the labor market for the
last year has been such as did not
call for the importation of very many
workers. The departures may be
similarly accounted for. on the
ground that many laborers from Eu-
rope have found themselves tenn
porarily out Of employment. and be-
lieve that It is cheaper to return to
their European homes, there to await
the call of the employer rather than
to spend their period OF idleness in
this country, where living costs more,
even at their low standard. The de-
velopment of transportation has
made II an easy matter for these mi
gratory laborers to cross and recross
the ocean as the demand for their
services rises or falls.
Nothing In the condition affecting
immigration figures, based on third
class passengers only. which are dealt
with in the report. need be taken
seriously as illustrating the loss OF
attraction in America for the thrifty
and industrious OF the old world.
While the United States can no
longer offer the inducement OF free
farms, and other similar bounty.
there is still such opportunity watt
lag for all that It will be long time
before the gates at Castle Garden are
permanently opened outward.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-12-24
What is Success z

Too many persons consider money
and the ability TO get It the essential
and sole measure of success. They
could scarcely be more mistaken. If
that were true, this would be a sor-
did existence we are Willing away
IL that were true, success would be
futile chase, indeed. Where would
II begin, with what degree of wealth?
Andrew Carnegie and John d. Rock
efeller may fairly be considered
wealthy men by any rule of reckon
ing. yet both testify that what happi-
Eess they enjoy was not gained as a
result of their wealth, and that, in
fact, genuine happiness is not to be
had with such sums OF money as they
possess.
Fortunately. the money test is not
society's rule for computing success.
no more today than during Abraham
Lincoln's day. The old world will
roll on in its eager pursuit for the
dollar, OF course, and 1t must for eco
nomic, II no other reasons, but II can
never shut out of the gallery of fame
the man who has contributed useful
service through lifetime to the sum
of humanity's benefactions, whether
he had wealth or not. With no dis
paragement of wealth, It should be
borne in every mind ever so often
that the most impecunious may be
the most successful, and that success
does not necessarily have to be iden-
tilted with some notable service. The
most humble may be the most valua-
BILE.
Doing the task in hand the best
ones powers permit, with justice to
ones fellow man and an eye single
to the nobility OF toll, is success. ir-
respective OF the wage or emolument.
and that is not to say that every man
has not the right to acquire all the
money legitimately that he can. Only
he should be careful to make money
his servant and not his master. A
happy, useful, upright life that re-
spects duty of self and obligations of
others is as successful a life as one
needs. Often too little stress is laid
ON the potency of helpful influence.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-12-24
CHRISTMAS pONT's.

Don't give scent cigars to a two-for-o-
quarter man.
Don't give red cravats to a man with
hair OF the same shade.
Don't give white shoes TO black maid
and then expect her to stay in at nights.
Don't expect TO receive as much as you
give. as the odds are on the disappoint-
ment.
Don't give silk hose to your washer
woman. 1t might tempt her to lead q gay
and frivolous life
Don't give cheap scarfpins TO servants.
often the servants are more discriminat-
Ing than they look.
Don't acquire your yuletide before the
fun Of Christmas actually begins. No
Christmas is fulfilled when the celebrant
is filled full
Don't be the first to tell child there
is no Santa Claus. II you have to lie
about It. lie, and lie at attractively as
your education will permit
Don't think that Christmas Is not your
holiday because your religious beliefs
don't run that way. It's your holiday, IL
is it's smallest element
Don't fail TO spend all the money you
have and all you can borrow in order TO
make It festive occasion. To do any
thing else would be decidedly bad forms
besides being distinctively unusual.
Don't let your Christmas go by without
giving some sort Of a present TO a child.
The excuse that you know no children
will not suffice. You can know plenty of
them between now and the day OF days.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-12-24
Ten Years Ago

A fire at the Boston store did some
damage to goods and the building. but
caused more excitement than anything
else. II broke out at time in the night
when the Christmas eve crowd was dens-
est and people fairly piled out Of the
building. They were given every assls-
ford and got out safely without any in
juries. The great 7thrQng was well hand.
led in this respect.
The Bemis Bag company dropped plans
for new building and factory at Elev.
erth and Jackson streets into the stock
ing of Omaha for a Christmas gift
Frank Murphy and Guy c. Barton re-
turned from New York denying the re-
ports they had gone there In the inter
ests Of a consolidation OF the electric
companies.
officer w r. Wilson caught a burglar
red-handed at w. C. Clark's sporting
goods store on Harvey street about l:90
In the morning. Mr.. Clark was with the
officer when the burglar was nabbed.
Gurdon w. Wattles returned from st.
Louis, where i'm company with Governor
Savage, he attended the ceremony of the
breaking OF ground for the Louisiana
Purchase exposition.
Judge and Mrs. Andrew j. Ellison were
the guests of their daughter, Mrs. Dun
can Vinsonhaler.
nd Howell, g. l.. West and j. A. Nc
Shane met County Commissioners Ho-
feldt, Hector and Connolly to discuss the
terms on which they desired franchises
to build electric lines throughout the
county.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-12-24

Harvard university sent two broth
ers across the continent afoot, one on
a vegetable and the other on a meat
diet, and because the vegetarian
gained eight pounds and the other
three, vegetables are pronounced
more strengthening than meat. But.
reverting to a broader test, we find
that the strongest races. physically
and mentally. have been those that
ate much meat. Local conditions
might vitality influence any personal
experiments.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-12-24

John Bigelow died during the
week at the age of 95. He remained
big man TO the last. He began his
public career during the days of Mar
tin Van Buren,, and in politics, diplo-
macy and letters grew to the stature
Of greatness i'm a period of great
men. The tenaeity with which he
chung TO his work and to the interest
in the common things OF life marked
him always as a man of the people.
and yet in his powers OF excellence
he went above the average rank.
John Bigelows are by ne means nu-
merous enough.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-12-24

Are We getting back TO the early
ideal OF the "ofice seeking the man"
in Nebraska? Here is Br'er Met
ealfe forced TO run fer governor by
the demand of lot OF admirers. and
shaIlenberger. OF whom none would
have suspected II, importuned by the
voK populi 70 shy his senatorial cas-
tor into the ring. and Chris Gruenther
kicked BY the boot Of fate into the
governorshiD contest. oh. those Jim
ocrats are a shrewd lot OF politicians.