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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-19

SO with Bellcw who. always self
contained man, as befitted u cosmopolitan
and scholar nevertheless would rage
in his heart when the matinee idol phrase
was arrowed at him.
The thing is ] once heard him say,
there seems to be way of living
such wretched. messy phrase down. 1t
sticks like chigger or q cocklebur. Time
doesn't effacc it, That reputation may
subside. but it has everlasting resurrec-
tons. You think you getting away
from it, that Your venerableness, If moth
ing else was only year ago that
he said ths-''is beginning to protect you
from the hideous phrase. Then out it
pops again, and your gray hairs are
swathed in modification burnoosed in
abasement. Matinee idol? I'd rather be
called Bill Sykes. stealer of sheep, a
T.yromaniac. or anything else predatory
or murderous.''
He spoke whimscalIy. but the anger
was there.
Its bad enough for a man to have
10 bedaub his face" he said at another
time, without having TO stand for the
bedhubing of his reputation by that mat
inee Idol smear
He knew that there We're matinee idols
a-pienty, and he so despised the breed
that on several occasions he publicly and
pointedly affronted several of the species
at the Lambs and Players clubs by
quietly but resolutcy turning his back
upon them when they were brought to
him for presentation. One of these af-
fronted ones. Il large. lumoxy blusterer
about twice Bellows size. figured that he
could and therefore would run a bluff
upon the man who thus had indicated
that he didn't care To know him SO he
began TO exude fighting phrases out of his
facial orifice. Bellew, a small man trim
med this person like cooper trimming
"a barrel A small man. YES: but he
hadn't been sailoriZing and kicking around
the Australian bush for many years with
. out developing muscles of steel, and he
kept himself in athletic trim right I'D to
the time Of his death
* I
Once, quite few years ago, / visited
Kyrie Bellew in his dressing room In a
New York theater. 1t was at the time
he was with Mrs. James Brown Potter
He was playing Romeo to her Juliet, per-
haps the most perfect Romeo ever seen
ON any stage: and Antony to her Cleo
patra.
He was making up for the Antony part
when | fell I'm upon him, a little while
before the beginning of a matinee. l was
in the dressing room for, perhaps, three
quarters of an hour. During that time
the call boy raped at Bellows door no
less than Seventeen times and each time
brought to the actor note in feminine
handwriting Be1lew's disgust grew with
each repetition OF this sort of thing. 1t
was not imitation or counterfeit disgust
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-19

TOHN SHERIDAN NELIGH, the direc-
tor of Neighborhood House Indus
tries of Washington, spent his sum-
mer vacation in Europe, and took advan-
tage of the opportunity to learn by per-
sonal observation continental methods of
charity and settlement work.
Il spent several weeks in Sweden, Nor
way and Denmark during the first part of
my trip" said Mr. Neigh. "and was for
chilly impressed by the practical character
of their industrial work. Less is made of
the social side, although it is not alto
gether neglected. Their main object,
however, is the manual training of their
people to produce articles for domestic
use for sale to housekeepers direct. Their
salesrOOms are a complete housefurnish-
ing establishment, containing almost
everything from beds to brooms that
would be found necessary or convenient
in their thrifty homes. Almost nothing
was displayed that savored of fancy work
or souvenirs such as might appeal to
tourists from other countries
:. x
Charitable industrial work is not con-
fined to the settlement houses, which. by
~
from those In our own country, and offer
no special contrasts. There are many in
dustrial organizations, however, quite
apart from settlement houses, maintained
by government subsidies. Primarily they
are begun by private individuals of the
well-to- do class, who form local societies
and by personal solicitation encourage the
poor to become members. Their quarters
consist of ShowroomS on the ground i1oor
and training and work rooms above. AS
far as possible they are made Self-sup-
porting, and the state supplies the short
age if there be any. 1T is found that
very small payments are required Ey the
government, as most of the work OF or
'Hani2atiDfi and directing is voluntary. AS
I observed 1t. the greatest ingenuity was
shown in the weaving and production OF
various fabrics, such as table linens, nap
kins, curtains, coverings for furniture,
and the like.
Their method of making furniture
seemed to me worthy of imitation. None
of it receives its final finish when II Is
placed on sale. 1t goes on their shelves
complete SO far as the toolwork fitting.
setting up. planning and smoothing Is con-
cerned, but no polishing or staining and
uphoIstering is done. That is left to be
determined by the buyer. who is then able
to order what he wishes in the way OF
color scheme for the final touches. L
noticed that this was followed also in the
commercial furniture stores to large
extent"
>. X
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mote ports Of the world in both hemi-
spheres.
Once / was a passenger on Pacific
steamer with this singularly masculine
actor man who fought so unavailingly for
go many years against the matinee ldoi
reputation. One of the assistant engi-
neers of the great Pacific liner fell i'll.
1t was to be a long voyage. and the III
ness of the assistant put lot of irksome
extra watch duty on the other engineers.
Bcllew, noting this volunteered to stand
the sick engineers watch. The CHIEF
engineer. a grzzled Scot. was glad to
avail himself of the services thus decently
proffered by the good-looking passenger.
whom he didn't know, but he had the
cautiousness of the Scot. and he first took
Bellew below and put him through his
PAGES as an engineer on watch Bellew
went through the ordeal with gonfalon
flying. Standing engineers watch was
just about his home address. and he stood
his four hours on and four hours Off. i'll
dungarees mind you, for nearly the en-
tire voyage, until the i'll engineer was able
to get back to duty. He not only stood
the watches. but he enjoyed the work
with a sort OF boylSh enthusiasm that
never left.h him
The last time / saw kyrle Bellew was
in Atlantic City early last winter. Ia
been attending highly interesting blow
out of a famous fraternal organization
the symbol of which is the antlers. 1t
was 9 o'clock in the morning before
found it possible agreeable to forsake
that flow of soul and thinss-there were
many bright notables from the cities at
the affair. Shortly after 8, however, l
huddled up in the greatcoat and struck
out into the dark.
Entering great gray church Oh Pacific
avenue swaddled up to the ears in fur
overcoat. was figure 1 knew, even as
discerned in the dimness. 1t was the fig
ure of Kyrle Bellew. l knew that.
though his father had been an Epis-
copal clergyman Bellew himself had be-
come q devout Roman Catholic many
years before. So here he was plodding
through the bone-chilling dawn of win
ter's morning, his way to the ear
lest mass. An odd thing for matinee
idol neighbors. We stopped and chat
ted. I mentioned a very well known ac-
tress who had recently died. and with
whom Bellew had acted for years. He
shuddered at the mention of the word
death" Then l forebore. l remembered
a bit too late, that throughout his life
Kyrle Bellew had resolute!y refused to
speak OF death, or to have death spoken
of in his presence. 1t was the taboo
topic with him. l cannot believe he was
afraid to die. He was too brave man
for that, had taken too many chances In
many years of adventurine In many quar-
tiers of the world. But death was the
subject that he would not talk about nor
would he stand by while others spoke of
it, 1t was just one kink of "a man who
in every way was as wholesome and nne
ka.. uexfr, md rhs.
was no more like the universal conception
of the matinee idol than sound metal is
like plaster of paris.
CLARENCE L. CULLEN.
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a n d
West Point. [ h e
A T m Y a n d I h G
Navy schools, are
on the eve Of the
greatest foot ball
battle in the his
tory of those insti-
buttons. Next Sat
urday tfle FIJI
ture commanders of
Uncle Sans mill
tary forces by land
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-19

THE One Sporting
1 Event in Which the
Government Officially Par
ticipates Is the Foot Ball
Game Held Each Year at
Franklin Field, Philadelphia
There Embryonic Gener-
ais and Admirals Fight for
Gridiron Trophies IT h cir
Seniors in Both Services
and Official Society From
Far and Near Look on and
Applaud-Some Great Bat
ties Have Been Fought in the
Past, But the Coming Con-
test Is the Most Dramatic of
Them ALI, for the Teams Are
Stronger Than Ever Before
and the Score Is Even Be-
tween the Institutions.
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dents Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Aus
tria. Germany and England all declare by
law that the poor must be cared for.
Russia has no national poor laws. or
ganized relief being private for the most
part. Austria claims to have the most
humane poor relief system In Europe, a
claim that is recognized by being copied
in part in the Scandinavian countries
and Germany.
The foundation law was written $50
Years ago by Emperor Joseph III.
the brother of Marie Antoinette Of
France. He divided the destitute poor
distinction still holds. The aged and chill
dren for whom the state provides are
regarded as pensioners with no disgrace
attached to their dependency. The same
thing is true of those who are temporar
lily out OF work. ill or otherwise unable
to make their living. These are the non
pauperS.
The paupers are the ne'er-do-weels Of
the community. beggars. Migrants, worth
less lazy folks anxious only to live with
out working, though not Of the recog-
nized criminal class A man out of work
in need of help first applies to the guard
ian OF the poor in his district for out
relief at his home. II after two or three
weeks he Is still out of work the 'out
relief is taken away from him, and he
must go to the asylum, OF relief sta
ton. in his district, which he may use A
a hotel. including dinner, bed and break
fast, for seven nights while continuing
his search for employment. At the end
of n week If still unsuccessful he must 60
to the workhOuse, where he Is set to work
and receives q slight compensation. Here
he is given one day a week fire" to seek
work elsewhere. Even to the wOrh house
there is no stigma to pride attached. as ii
is for the benefit of the respectable I'M
employed If, however. at the end Of
three months in the workhouse he Is still
unemployed he must join the pauper
class, and, disgraced. be consigned to
the paupers at the penal workhouse.
Among the poor in Austria a term in the
yenal workhouse is regarded as worse
than going TO prison. and, by the way. is
said to be much less comfortable.
4 similar classification is found in the
workings of the poor laws in Denmark,
where every possible effort is made to
save the pride of the poor and make them
self-supporting. Old-age pensions are pro-
vided for They are available only TO
persons who make satisfactory proof that
their poverty stricken condition is not due
TO any vicious habits. but merely to mis-
fortune. The largest home of the old
age pensioners in Denmark. which Mr.
Neigh visited. is at Copenhagen.
1t is in a better part of the city, de
lightfully situated. and the inmates are
encouraged in every way to feel no loss
of pride because of their circumstances.
They have separate rooms, are given a
small money allowance TO make them
feel independent are permitted to visit
their relatives freely, are given free adj
mission to certain places Of amusement,
and have more freedom than Is usually
given in homes for the poor in America
In fact, they seemed on about the same
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-19

one game played tie. So is the result
Of the twenty-one-year contest between
these two schools still liable to indicate
the superiority of either team. SO is a
dramatic interest given the coming game
that is beyond that of any of the games
that have gone before.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-19
CADEr HXATr CAPTAIN
AND QUARTERBACK <
ARMH &

that official received like signal from
the lower end of the field to the effect
that gust of wind was coming. The
pigskin went high into the air just as the
gust of wind struck it and was borne
between the goal posts thus scoring the
points that decided the contest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-19

Mr.. Neigh found the administration of
the poor laws on the continent an inter-
esting study. The underlying principle
in most of them is that the poor are en-
titled TO relief, which must be given by
the government of which they are resi-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-19

Throughout all this series of games
there have been occasions when most
Arizona republican., 1911-07-10
HONEST MEDICINES VERSUS
TAKERS.

President Tafts recent message sug-
costing an amendment to the Pure
Food and Drugs law in its relation
TO Prepared Medicines, does not re-
fer to such standard medicines as Fo-
ley's Honey and Tar Compound and
Foley Kidney Pills, both of which are
true medicines carefully compounded
Of ingredients whose medicinal quail
tiles are recognized by the medical
profession itself as the best known
remedial agents for the diseases they
are intended To counterfeit. For over
three decades FOley's Honey and Tar
Compound has been a standard rem
edy for coughs. colds and affections
of the throat, chest and lungs for
children and for grown persons, and
it retains today it's pre-eminence
above all other preparations of its
kind. Foley Kidney Pills are equally
effective and meritorious. Elvey &
Hulett.
Arizona republican., 1911-07-10

Thousands of men and women who
work every day have lame, weak. ach-
ing backs.
They do not know that bad backs
are caused by sick kidneys.
Doan's Kidney Pills have given
strong. sound backs and well kidneys
to a multitude of suffering men and
women.
Backache is usually kidney-ache.
The kidneys are in the small OF the
back, and when they get congested.
lnflamed and swollen Ga cold. fever.
strain or hurt will often start the
troubled there is a dull, heavy. draggy
pain right in the small of the back,
that changes at times to sharp. shoot
ing pangs, or stabilize twinges when
STOPPING or lifting.
1t is torture to bend or straighten,
hard to sit down or get up, or even to
turn over in bed. You rise in the
morning tired, sore and lame.
And when the urine is dark colored.
cloudy. or contains sediment like
grains of sand; when passages are
too frequent or scanty, or scalding
hot, you have. double proof that your
kidneys need attention. Neglect may
Arizona republican., 1911-07-10
SEARCH FOR PERFECTION.

The classic spirit is the disinter-
ested search for perfection; it is the
love of clearness and reasOnableness
and self-control: it is above all the
love Of permanence and of continuity.
Ii asks Of a work of art not that it
shall be novel or effective. but that il
shall be fine and noble. II seeks not
merely to express individuality or
emotion but to express disciplined
emotion and individuality restrained
by law. II strives for the essential
rather the accidental, the eternal
rather than the momentary-lovesi i'm
personality more than personality, and
feels more power in the orderly sue
cession of the hours and the seasons
than in violence. And il loves to
steep itself in tradition. II would have
each new work connect itself in the
mind of him who sees IL with all
the noble and lovely works of the
past, bringing them to his memory
and making their beauty and charm
a part of the beauty and charm Of
the work before him.-Kenyon Cox in
Scribncrs.
Arizona republican., 1911-07-10
TEMPE
A KANSAS TOWNS
FINE ILLUSTRATION
The Former Homes of Many Tempe
Residents

The following, taken from the last
issue of Golfers Weekly will be Of
general interest as an example Of
what a small town can accomplish by
( corporation. 1t will be of special in
| terest TO many readers by reason of
the fact that the town mentioned in
| the article was the former Kansas
home of many present Tempe resi-
dents
A certain country town has 25e9
population, is not the county seat, is
more than forty miles from the near
est city, and depends almost entirely
upon the neighboring farms for its
prosperity. sn appearance this town
differs little from a thousand others
Of its class, except that the three ga
RACES are q surprise, and the lawns
and houses might be remembered as
neater and more trim than ordinary.
Ask a question and it leads you far.
You notice, perhaps, that the press Of
the country newspaper is run by an
electric motor The power and light
plant is the property Of the town and
pays a revenue Of $500 month into
the public treasury. The heating
plant for downtown stores also is
owned by the people. 1t utilities the
waste steam from the power plant
and cuts the merchants fuel bills in
half. A country physicians general
practice has credit for the suggestion
that the steam be connected with the
water system. so that if the water
pipes ever become infected they may
be .steriliZed with live steam. To this
plant is attached a private ice factory,
which sells pure ice made from steril-
lied water at a. cents n hundred
pounds. \ wholesale ice cream fac
tory-buying real country cream, To
sell again for so cents a gallon-uses
the cold salt water from the ice plant.
Helpful cooperation is found in other
fields. Uncle John Mowder. a farmer
now comfortably rich with spare time
TO improve his form in horseshoe !
quoits. uses his little fortune as "a pri- |
vate remedial loan fund for towns 1
people who long To own a home. and |
the woman who makes quilts for the !
the boy who runs the !
peanut stand, a clerk in a general 4
store and a timers helper are re-
spected property owners. The town
boasts that every laborer who has !
lived in the place five years owns a
home, and that Uncle John never has
lost a dollar on many risky securi
Arizona republican., 1911-07-10
CHINESE LANTERNS

China is a deep-souled country, with
the outward insouciance and simple
ity of 4 child. China without its Ian
terms swinging from pagoda and
temple. from stall and curving bridge.
would be an Egypt without its Sphinx.
Light Pebin with arc lamps and il is
Pekin no longer. Dispatch a Chinese
voyager over miles of iris fields.
across miniature bridges innumerable,
with an unimaginative oil lamp. and
he is robbed Of half his charm. a
large part Of the wonder Of the east
is expressed by Chinese lanterns. Lu-
minous-like waving blOts of shifting
color-they sway gracefully, rocked by
the merest whisper of a breeze. The
light itself, in such covering. be-
comes a matter of conjecture. Inside
that crinkled shape some flame must
burn, and yet it is not truly visible
nor wholly invisible. Dim blue. then
misty green, then vivid yellow, il
changes like a fairy kaleidoscope. A
mirage, it draws the OnlOOker with the
sheer mystery of its being But in
civilized Europe we have outgrown
the fatal fascination Of such imagi-
native folly.
must have been a genius in the art
that cOnceals art Out of painted pa
per. stretched upon bamboo rings. he
evolved something which has with
stood the test Of numerous ages. A
triumphant vindication of his skill. the
lantern of the Chinese not only serves
To illuminate their crooked streets, but
stands for their national character.
The true Oriental, like his lantern.
undoubtedly possesses some center of
illumination in his strange person. But
il is ever shifting, under multifari-
Gus guises and garments. until the
seeker is half persuaded Of its total
absence. \ Chinese lantern is made
OF crinkled colored paper. artistically
arranged in collapsible folds, like the
side Of a bellows or accordion. These
lanterns are either globular or cylin-
drical in shape, and are generally
decorated with flowers or other de
signs The paper on those lanterns.
intended for use and not mere orna-
ment. is always thoroughly oiled and
the globe attached to a short stick or
staff, for the purpose of carrying.
As the strets in China and Japan
are practically unlighted it is impera-
tive for persons moving abroad after
dark To carry lanterns. While oxford
street and Picadilly cast a red glow
on the sky, far away in the scented
dusk of an eastern night squat quaint
figures with bobbing lanterns, and
pattering steps are hurrying home
ward along the streets of benevolence
and righteoUsness.-LOnd Globe.
Arizona republican., 1911-07-10
WITHOUT APPLES.

A guest at an old-fashioned home
dinner was eulogiZing apple pie when
another guest, who had been a CAL
ifornia pioneer, recalled the apple
pie given the children of 1852 to ap-
pease their cravings when apples We're
81 a pound II was made by break
ing four soda crackers into an earth
en- bowl and pouring over them a
pint of cold water rendered very tart
by citric acid. When soft the crack
ers were laid on pie plate on the
undercrust. over them was sifted two
tablespoonful Of light brown sugar
and a little allspice and cinnamon. A
pretty perforated top crust was add
ed. and in a few minutes this imi-
tation apple pie was taken from the
even to delight young and old.-New
York Sun.
Arizona republican., 1911-07-10
ESCAPED WITH HIS LIFE.

'Twenty-One years ago l faced an
awful DEATH" writes II. b. Martin,
Port Harrelson, s. c. Doctors said
l had consumption and the dreadful
cough / had looked like II. sure
enough. 1 tried everything. l could
hear of. for my cough, and was under
the treatment Of the best doctor in
Georgetown, s. C. for a year. but
could get no relief. a friend advised
me to try DIR. Kings New Discovery.
l did so. and was completely cured
l feel that l owe my life to this
great throat and lung cure" It's
positively guaranteed for coughs.
colds. and all bronchial affections soc
and s1.00. Trial bottle free at all
druggists
Arizona republican., 1911-07-10
s o SOUTH SIDE NEWS

ties. Womens club meetings have
time for Keats and Browning. and the
servant problem never needs to be
discussed. In the neighborhoOd there
are a number of the Amish sect,
whose daughters, as a matter of re-
ligious principle. will do the house
work and mind the baby for 10 cents
an hour or SO a week or less-never
more, and though their parents may
own a $4,000 farm. these servants
treat you as an equal. (Our own joke,
uncOpyrightedD At one end OF the
town is a public playground. which in
winter is flooded for a skating rink
For a city man who remembers the
country town as il used to be, visit
10 such a community as this is stimu-
Iating education. The place. by the
way. is Sabetha. Kansas.
Arizona republican., 1911-07-10
PHOENIX TESTIMONY.

]. w. Smith, 1913 Grand Ave, Phoe-
nix. Ariz., says: Experience has
taught me the value of Doan's Kidney
Pills and l do not hesitate to recon-
mend them as a reliable remedy For
some time l was annoyed by a dull
pain in the small of my back accom-
panied by headaches and other symp-
toms of disordered kidneys. l tried
various remedies. but did not find
relief until 1 used Doan's Kidney
Pills procured at the Adams Phar-
macy. They proved satisfactory in
every way"
Arizona republican., 1911-07-10
TEMPE ODD FELLOWS
INSTALL OFFICERS
Phoenix and Mesa Members of the
Order Were Present.

There was an unusually large gath
ering Of odd Fellows at the l. o. o. f.
hall. Saturday evening. the occasions
being the installation Of officers. \
number were present from both Phoe-
nix and Mesa, and after the ceremony
of installation was completed light re-
freshments were served
The following officers were in
stalled: y. c.. W. a. Moeur: V. G.,
Price Wickliffe: Secretary. Geo. NJ.
Frizzell; r S n. c.. J. II. Cummings;
L. S y. G., Mahlon Brown; Chaplain.
V. Stewart; Conductor. Henry San
doz; r. s. S. Pete Lassen; L. s. s.
George Fiant; r. S. V. G.. John Jen-
sen; L. S. V. G.. Chris Jacobsen;
o c.. Lars Erickson; / c.. Clarence