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little patch Of light between the stars e
and D, figure /, and about one-third of
the way from E. Here, it is usually said,
there are no less than 1900 stars packed
of the wonderful cluster is nothing but a
uniform blaze Of light. But on the re-
markable photographs recently taken with
the sixty Inch mirror Of the Mount Will
son observatory there have been counted,
not 5000, but 6O,OOO stars.
Readers who have access to a telescope
SO large as three inches aperture will find
other most interesting clusters at each Of
the points marked x, in figure /. The one
of these lying in the group Serpens - re-
markable because almost sixty of its
stars are continually varying in bright
ness. while Of the stars In the cluster
above Arcturus no less than One-tenth of
the whole number are variable. Among
hardly one in 100 at most which varies in
brightness. What 1t is that is Indicated
by this remarkable variability Of clus-
tered stars we do not know.
Readers who wish to observe the dark
ening or eclipse, Of the interesting De-
tunity during this month. The dark COM
panion, which passes between us and the
bright star every two days twenty-one
hours, will cut off five-sixths Of the light
at this time it will be found very faint.
but as 1t requires three hours to regain
its full brightness 1t will have set before
the eclipse is entirely over. The star will
be found at F, figure l.
of this same kind is the star at II. figure
1, a very short distance to the right Of
the green star at B. This is usually of
the fifth magnitude, and is just visible to
the naked eye. but every two days eight
of 1t in such a way as to cut on half OF
its light. 1t will be faintest May at I
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Good COOKING,

John HAYS HAMMOND. apropos Of
J the coming coronation ceremonies.
said recently in his New York office:
London has improved from the Gull
mary standpoint since mid-victorian
days. A good London restaurant IL now
precisely like a good Paris restaurant,
In English private houses, too, GOOD
French cooking prevails.
In fact" said Mr.. Hammond, GONE
twentieth century Englishmen lee sheir
love Of good cooking run away with
them. On the death Of Z young epi-
cuFean peer the other day Q Wit Satdi
His Exit 10 the result Of too many
.enk1eost"
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age Of six years. when they are trfned

age of six years. when they are tufned
over to regiments for duty.
The farms are located in the most suit
able regions and cover vast EXPENSES of
territory. The personnel employed on
them Is civilian. thus doing away with
the details Of officers and men. Most Of
the forage used Is produced on the farm
lands. Under no circumstances does the
horse leave the farm until he has
reached six years of age.
In France they have a much more COM
plicated and costly system. There 1t is
out Of the question for the government
to buy and operate farms on such q scale
as is done in Germany, owing to the
much higher value of land and the cost
OF agricultural enterprises. The country
is therefore divided for administrative
purposes into two remount districts
Caen and Tarbes. Each of these in turn
comprises six or seven depots and their
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countries, as we'll as from all parts OF the
United States. It Is likely New York
will be required soon to pass over the
honor Of being Americas leading city, in
It's love for the horse to Washington, the
capital Of the nation.
Many prominent men in Washington.
New York, Chicago and San Francisco
are backing the plan to make Washington
the annual center for all breeders. fam
cders and lovers Of the horse throughout
the country A permanent organization
Known as the National Capital Horse
Show has been effected. The officers and
directors Of the organization are made
I'D of high government officials ana men
Of international reputation.
Under the patronage Of the President OF
he United States, and with the approval
and Endorsement Of the government. the
horse show to be held In washington
May 4, and 8 Is to be different from
dents desire to develop in the United
States more efficient horses for Uncle
cams soldiers than are used by any
other country in the world, and he be-
mediums through which this can be ac-
complished.
It has often been said since the inven-
tion of the automobile that the day Of
the horse is past that he will now be
consigned to the junk heap and the bone
nile. This has not only been proven a
false pfophesy, but exactly the reverse
has happened. The demand for the horse
A greater now than ever before. Some
ten years ago when the automobile was
A its infancy many breeders of horses
al over the country became alarmed.
Many OF them went out OF business alto.
gether Others cut down their output Of
horses, while still others combined the
raising of horses with some other occu-
patton, the breeding OF horses being car
S1od on merely as q side issue
what - the result todayf u the query.
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more than a year ago, and were much
encouraged with assurances received from
abroad. They were advised that a thor
oughly organized event in Washington
would be literally supported by horse
men across the water, who would not
enter their stock in local American en-
terprises. The various foreign govern
ments also signified their intentions to
take part in a national event.
Correspondence with the International
Horse Show Of London and other great
European equestrian shows has been SO
satisfactory that the executive committee
Of the National Capital Horse Show be-
lieve by next year at the latest Wash
ington will be the seat Of one of the
greatest international equestrian exhibi-
lions Of the world.
Work on the grandstands in Washing
ton, just south Of the Bureau Of Ameri-
can Republics building. is progressing.
The seating capacity of the stands is
$500 people. and the ring is one Of the
best in the country. 1t is somewhat
larger than Madison Square Garden in
New York. It Is about the same width,
but longer. Fifty stables have been COM
pleted for the accommodation Of out-of-
town exhibitors. The plans include the
erection of ring, with grandstand. pa
wilton. promenade and stables exactly
like the Olympia Horse Show buildings
in London. These are said to be the
finest in the world. The exact length of
the ring is 40 feet by 30 feet wide.
There will be forty-seven classes In the
show: each class will have three prizes
and four ribbons. The classes include
single and double harness horses, road
sters, ladies' harness horses, teams and
four-in-hand teams.
The prizes run from 500 to $500. making
a total of $4,000. including plates. This
is the largest sum ever offered in prizes
in Washington or outside Of New York,
for horse show.
Some of the most famous horses in the
country will be entered in the show this
year by the United States government.
Among them will be the famous stations
recently made a present to the govern
ment by August Belmont. These horses
type in the country. Henry T. oxnard's
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Nasturtiums.

NYAsrURTIUMS may be grown noa
~ only for their bright, snowy flowers.
but for their peppery leaves, which may
be used like cress for salads and sand
wiches.
Tho pods and seeds arc good for pie-
king and the tubers Of many species
are edible. Both the tall and dwarf va
retiss should be grown In wavm. sunny
places. They also require . moist situa-
ton.
Tho seed may be sesrted indoors. but
for ordinary purposes they are sown d.
common varieties may be olassed In two
gfoupethe dwarf or bedding varieties,
which form small compact bushes. and
the tall or climbing varieties, which make
luxurious climbers for trelllses ana We.
randas. The latter are very useful for
covering unsightiy fences. banks and
walls. or to trail over rough ground.
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FOR THE GARDENER.
Cruelty to Trees.

IN many cities and villages progressive
organizations are endeavorfng to pro-
tect trees from mistreatment, which has
been deplorably common in the past.
Horses have been allowed to gnaw at tho
bark and at the new shoots: telephone
and telegraph companies have out
branches Unfortunately. ana when sx-
cavations have been made roots have
been hacked away without regard to the
mutilation OF a fine specimen tree. which
it would be beyond the power Of the
vandals to replace. In small cities and
villages It Is OF even more Importance
than in large cities that the trees be pro-
tected.
A species of cruelty which IL not a. no
ticeable as those cited is improper prun-
ing. Not only is q tree injured by cutting
or large branches, but when It is done %
that ragged stumps are left the injury u
incalculable.
Indiscriminate cutting out Of branches
cannot be called pruning. A skillfl pruner
will take out only branches here and
there. and when he is through the re-
moval will hardly be noticed, except In
the improved appearance.
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FIGURE 3THE FIRST MOON OF
JUPITER AS TT APPEARED WHEN
SEEN IN TRANSIT IN FRONT OF A
BRIGHT BAND SEPTEMBER g. 1890,
THE MOON AT THIS TIME CAUSES
A DOUBLE SHADOW, AS SHOWN ON
THE LEFT.
and at this time the fainter, greenish
world may be found by first pointing the
telescope on the brighter planet and then
declining it exactly degrees farther
south. The narrow crescent moon passes
south OF Venus May 80: the two objects
will form at this time striking figure
in the western sky.
But the object Of most absorbing inter-
est Is undoubtedly the great planet Jupi-
ter. which. with its beautifully colored
bands and four bright moons. forms a
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next
month - May s.
Washington will
hold it's first ma
tional horse show.
Every year there
after an annual in
transitional horse
show will be held,
with exhibits from
Russia. FIR a n c 9 ,
Germany. England
and other foreign
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Soon, however. It will again begin to
brighten, and toward the end Of June will
be visible to the naked eye.
Venus will move from Taurus almost
entirely across Gemini during this month
1t is most brilliant and beautiful object
in the telescope. appearing in shape like
the moon when a little moro than half
full. May 20. at 10 pm, 1t passes the
planet Neptune in its eastward course,
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HORSE BUILDING

famous stallion will be shown, as will
also those owned by Mitchell Harrison.
The hunt teams class will he one OF the
most picturesque Of the show.
bred horses recently presented to the
army, with a view to their use by the
United States cavalrymen who will rep
resent this country at the International
horse show to be held at Olympia, near
London. England, in June next The cost
of these animals was something like
S1O,tOO. Three of the six cost $1,000 each,
while $1,000 was paid for each Of the
other three. All Of these horses have
taken prizes In various parts Of the coun-
try.
Experts claim there is no question about
the ability Of the American horse to equal
Europe In point Of merit as regards speed.
for the American horse holds his own In
any company on the turf. Kentucky and
California are not surpassed In the prod
uet of their stock farms. But what is
needed, they say, Is not race horse.
but a horse suitable for the army and
other purposes Of like character.
AS rule our horses do not suffer by
comparison with those Of European coun-
tries until 1t comes to matching horse
flesh. Then 1t Is at once evident that a
vail in a clash with our horsemen.
through sheer advantage Of weight and
speed Of their mounts.
The American horse 10 tough and w1ry.
but is lacking in other qualities essential
to military services. Great Britain testi-
fled to the superiority of the American
mule as motive power in field operations
and fairly taxed Missouris resources dur
ing the Boer war, but showed a strong
preference for horses bred on the con-
tinent as cavalry equipment. All Of the
European governments of first rank
maintain breeding stations and encourage
the rearing of thoroughbreds as q source
Of supply In time of emergency.
Foreign countries have adopted various
systems Of remounting their armies In
Germany young horses are purchased in
the open market by a limited number of
committees of four officers each. This
committee selects the horses and they
where they are kept until they reach the
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diameter. It turns completely around in
less than ten hours.
And from only a few minutes watching
also moving rapidly about the planet. To
watch these as they pass behind the
bright ball, or into its shadows. or as
they transit across the planets face Is a
never-ending source Of interest. While
a moon is In transit we see its round disc
moving across one marking of the planet
after another, sometimes looking darker
and sometimes brighter than the chang
ing background behind 1t. And following
It in its Journey: we see the little round
shadow which 1t casts on the ball. and
which Is always intensely black Some
times a moon has been seen to cast a
double shadow, the two falling on differ
ent layers Of the great, hot, gaseous at
mosphere that surrounds the planet.
~
May the inner moon will begin to pass
in front of Jupiter at 1924 pm. eastern
standard time); its shadow will first fall
on the disc at S:33: the moon will pass off
the ball at 1926. and the shadow at 1915.
Exactly the same phenomena may be
seen May 8. but each will occur five hours
and thirty-four minutes later than the
evening Of May 7.
May 8. at about $780, tho observer will
see but three moons near the planet. At
S:48 the last moon will suddenly appear
from an eclipse. At 9:28 the second moon
will begin to transit. its shadow falling
fifteen minutes later. At II Ii the first
moon Will disappear behind the planet, SO
that at this time only two moons will be
easily visible. At II midnight the Sec
ond moon will pass off the disc, and at
1:3O am. the first moon will reappear.
and all four moons can again be seen.
May Ii, ~. % and 81 q similarly large
number Of interesting events may be
seen.
A faint comet which was discovered by
Wolf In 1893. and which was found to be
moving In a small closed path about the
sun In seven years. is again drawing near
the earth. During the summer It will
move along the path XII. figure /. and
will be searched for with large telescopes
Another comet Is due to return after an
absence OF sixty years, but as this will
move only In the southern heavens,
across the consultations OF the Indian
and the Peacock. it will be invisible to
northern observers.
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respective annexes Three other depots,
namely, Paris, Macon and Cuperly, are
independent OF the above named districts.
The administration Of these remount
stations Is equally complicated. At it's
head is an inspector general of remounts,
with the rank Of major general, and his
assistant, a brigadier general or colonel,
both OF these having offices in the war
department and making annual tours Of
inspection.
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Pruf. Eric Doolittle Of the q
versity Of Pennsylvania.

By Pruf. Eric Doolittle Of the Uni
versity Of Pennsylvania.
~VHD two brightest planets Of all
are now shining out In the
evening sky. For a long time
we have seen the beautiful Sat-
urn slowly leaving US. until by
ths caose Of last month 1t had drawn SO
near the sun that It could be observed no
longsr. Meanwhile. those who take an In
tsreGt In studying the face Of the heavens
have been watching the slow appearance
Of the brilliant Venus, a. 1t steadily
climbed higher and higher up from the
bright rays Of the sun In tho west. and
they have seen. too. how the most inter-
aGtin9 planet. Jupiter. has been slowly
entering tho evening sky in tho east, but
for many weeks there has not been q
single planet shining conspicuously among
tie stars Of the early evening. This
month for the first time We can say that
these two most interesting planets have
fairly entered the evening sky.
M one can have failed to notice how
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see why they should suffer for the va
carries OF the Whitehall officials.
And there the matter rests. The joke
from the joker's point or vfeW-has been
most successful. Some hundreds of of
ficers will have to pay for sashes that
they don't want and under the new Or
der can't use. More hundreds of work
ing people have been disappointed In the
hope of a couple OF months of we'll paid
work and several army tailors have been
landed with a lot Of expensive material
that is no use to them or anybody else.
So far tho only party to the joke who
hasn't had to pay is the British tax
payer. but there Is some talk OF asking
the government to bear a share of the
loss incurred by the officers and tailors-
the working people. being mostly women
who have no votes. don't count. If that
comes of surely the joke will go down
to history as one Of tho most elaborate
and complete ever perpetrated.
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MELVIN P. HAzEN
iNEliDER EXECUTIVE CosHIlgTfh

prizes at the horse shows for the best
horse suitable for cavalry service. A cav
airy officer of either the regular army or
the militia or some retired cavalry officer
might act In the capacity Of judge on
these occasions.
A high official in Washington says:
THE question Of the horse affects the
efficiency of the nation In the time OF
war, and is therefore vital factor not
to be neglected, aside from the profits
ment will save by paying the breeders
more for a good horse that will last twice
as long as cheap one that will not DO
able to stand the work required OF him.
Officers of the National Capital Horse
Show recently elected are: Maj. Henry
T. Allen. president: Edward B. Mclean.
vice president: ]. William Henry. treas
urer; Samuel Walter Taylor. editor Rider
and Driver. managing director; Charaos
Mulliken. secretary.
Directors-J. NJ. Dickinson, Secretary Of
War: George Won l. Meyer. Secretary OF
chief of stan, U. s. A.. Beekman Win
throp. assistant secretary OF the navy:
Senator Clarence w. Watson, Senator
George Peabody Wetmore, P. v. de Graw,
Robert NJ. Thompson. U. S. A: Gen.
James A. Buchanan. U. s. A.: Henry
Fairfax Of Aide, Va; N T. Depauw,
Larz Anderson. Edison Bradley, William
Hit, George Howard, Hugh s. Legare.
Joseph Letter. Arthur Moses.
The judges of the coming show are to
be William H. Moore Of New York city.
Mai. Ernstine G.. Gulich, Garden City.
L. l.: Charles Hurkamp Of Frederieks-
burg. Louis Hafght of New York. city.
Louis 9,, Waring Rev. G. Clausen. William
Henry. Gen. Leonard Wood Thomas II.
Hitchcock Of Westbury, L. L, and VIII
liam A. Hazard Of New York city.
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Each district, depot and annex has its
personnel Of officers either belonging to
the remount corps or temporarily de-
tailed from their regiments. Five COM
panies of enlisted men Of the remount
corps (about 5000 men) are divided
among the several establishments to care
for and break in the young horses.
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pm, May 8 at 8 am. and May q at q
am. This star is best observed with a.
small telescope or field glass.
It may be of interest to state that thei
wonderful variable Mira, which became
so very bright last August. is now almost
magnitude, and is still growing fainter.
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while to the right is the delicate BLUSH
Spica, or Ear Of Wheat, held in the left
hand of the Virgin. This was called by
the Arabs the Defenseless One. because
no other bright star is near it. It Is q
100000 Of miles across about a fainter
sun in the wonderfully short time of only
four days. 1t, therefore, r,lshes along in
its course faster than flfty-six miles q
second.
nowwell up In the northeast, the yellow Ca.
pella Is at almost exactly the same height
In the northwest. and the beautiful blu
ish-white Regulus, the last Of the spring
just west OF the meridian The bright
winter groups Of Taurus and Orion have
disappeared, and only Gemini and the
Lesser Dog Star remain with us. Of ali
the long train Of bright, southern, winter
consultations.
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FIGURE 1.-THE PLANET JUPITER
As SEEN IN A LARGE TELESCOPE.

our sister world has become our most
brilliant evening star. Almost as soon as
the sun has set. and while the whole
western sky Is still flooded with light, we
can detect it shining brightly In the west.
and when the twilight glow disappears
and the many stars come out we can cas-
lily see that 1t IL now by far the brightest
object In the whole heavens. 1t will re-
Every evening II may be seen to have
drawn still farther away from the sun
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until, July Z, 1t will have attained its
greatest distance. For more than a month
in brightness, and by August 10 1t will be
nearly three times as bright as at pres
ent. It may then be seen in full day
light.
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British War Offices
April Fool Joke

Special Correspondents Of The Star
LONDON. April 70.
If any one suggested that the British
war Office was run by humor1sts the SOL
ernn individuals who sit in extensively
furnished rooms IN the new white palace
in Whitehall would be highly indignant.
but there is strong evidence that some
body In authority there has q perverted
sense Of humor and has been exercising
1t by playing q particularly silly April
fool joke on army officers. army tailors.
some hundreds Of work people and the
British public in general.
If there is one thing these solemn
and perhaps unconscious humor1sts de-
light in. 1t IL playing with the dress OF
the British soldier. Hardly q month
passes that some little change is not
made in his uniform or equipment. Now
1t is q new cap again Q new form OF
regimental badge or q new cut Of trous-
ers. Sometimes they issue minute or
ders showing how many inches below
the collar line medals and decorations
are to be worn and in week or two
they change them again just for the fun
of seeing how many wearers Will be
caught in ignorance OF the new order.
=.
But the prize Joke Of All II the latest.
About April 1 an order was issued that
every officer In King Georges army must
provide himself with q new sash In time
for the coronation. This sash. as pre-
scribed by the war ONCE. was to be an
elaborate affair Of scarlet and gold lace.
costing SIS, and as there are about 9.0OO
officers who were affected by the order
this meant q nice little sum Of $225.O0O
for the army tailors, who reJoioed ac-
cordingly. The officers didn't rejoice.
however. by q long way. for they are
far from overpaid-a second lieutenant
of infantry receives $1.26 a day and q
major only 1928 a day-ard they raised
q storm Of protest. Some unkind NJ. P.'s
made q fuss In parliament and pointed
buy new sashes and that as these adorn-
ments are only worn half q dozen times
a year, they could hardly be worn out.
Then the Official humorist withdrew his
order and the officers came to the con-
clusion that he had only been having
his April fool joke, but the army tailors
were still to be heard from. There are
two or three big firms who do all the
work Of this kind and they made loud
complaint that the war ONCE had told
them to 90 ahead making the seshes. as
the officers would want them In hurry.
Accordingly they bought material ana
engaged workers-one arm hired - many
az 800 wemen-and went eheod. Now
tho workers are discharged and ths ma
terial IL left on the tAilors' hands. But
that isn't all tho joke Some hundHeds
Of officers took the war once humorist
seriously and ordered their saahes from
the tailo1A who now announce that they
wfll hold them to their bargains. They
Az sorry for the onioers. but they don't