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Advice to Writers.

<<IN writing, be clear as the noon
day"
The speaker. David Belasco. was giving
a New York journalist advice on tho
construction of plays.
Always. in writing, bear In mind" he
said, that you must make yourself per-
fectly Ineligible to Mary Jane
Mary Jane?" said the Journalist.
Mary Jane" Mr.. Belasco smiled. who
returned unduly early from a Christmas
week matinee.
Why, Mary Jane cried her mis-
tress. you didn't stay till the end, did
you?
Nom said Mary Jane. The pro-
gram said acts three and four Were the
same act one and / didn't care about
seem that all over again"
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Managing an Empire
on $4,000 a Year

Special Correspondence of The Star.
LONDON, December I 1911.
IT now costs just little more than half
a million dollars a year to make the
British cabinet mare GO To be exact,
the yearly salaries drawn by the twenty
members of the present government reach
under the latest arrangement a total of
SOP 900, and although that is far in eX-
cess of the yearly pay sheet of the Ameri-
can cabinet. John Bull can congratu
himself on having a bargain lot of high
class administrators.
Top dog in the British salary list Is
Lord Aberdeen, lord lieutenant of Ire
land who draws 100000 a year. But he
lives in regal state and it costs him much
more than that TO MAINTAIN his position.
A better bargain. from the recipient S
point of view, is the $4,000 received
yearly by Lord Loreburn, the lord chan
cellor. whose main duties are presiding
over the house of lords and appointing
magistrates for the English counties.
Even less work is done by Samuel
Walker lord chancellor of ireland, who
draws $4,000 a year from the British
treasury.
Much has been made in the English
papers Of the supposed "Irishman's rise"
which has been given to Winston Church
i'll. The position of home secretary which
he held carries with it salary of $1,000
a year, whereas that of secretary to the
admiralty, which he recently assumed,
pays but Sd, 40. Therefore, say the
English papers, Winston ieses the diff
ference. They overlook the fact tat
when a year ago the salary of the home
secretary was raised from $4,000 to
So, 900 a year Winston expressly agreed
that the raise was not to apply SO long IS
he held the office. Thus he steps f>om a
$4,000 job to one paying $221,> a nice
little reward for work well zone.
Heads of the educatio~ Office and the
board of agriculture each draw $4,000
year. The postmaster general has to
struggle along on $1,000 a year, while
the chief secretary for ireland receives
81, 125 year for his none-too-easy task.
With a few other exceptions the rest of
the cabinet draw a round $4,000 a year
each There is no salary attached to the
post of prime minister, but Asquith makes
both ends meet by collecting his $4,000
a year as first lord of the treasury.
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Rufus Hardy Wife the Member Congress From the Sixth District Texas

CHE Is a Conspicuous
- Hostess of the Present
Season - Representative and
Mrs. Hardy Reside in a Pleas
ant Home on Massachusetts,
Avenue and Have a Young
Daughter, Miss Helen Hardy,
Who Will Make Her Debut
This Winter-Mrs. Hardy Is
a Native of Texas, and Was
Before Her Marriage Miss
Felicia Peck, Daughter of
William M. Peck, Formerly
of Tennessee, But Later of
Fairfield, Tex.
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Hardy is just entering her seventh year
as a resident of Washington, and she X
a keen observer of things present and
of their significance in time to come.
Il must enroll myself" said Mrs
Hardy, as a firm adherent of clubs for
women. Of fads for women. of every
thing which will help them to be happy
and prevent them from becoming corG-
Inonplace | believe in clubs because ev-
cry woman needs some mental stimulant
II she is to be a factor in the useful
career of her husband and children She
can perform her whole duty in the home
and still have abundant time in which
TO cultivate her mind. i say this advis-
edly. meaning women with limited means
as well as those above the stress OF
poverty. The manner OF living has
changed SO radically in the past twenty
years that women must adjust themselves
to the new conditions Even the poorest
woman no longer sews for her family.
since she can buy garments. IL not bet
ter. at least so much cheaper All the
old-fashioned occupations of women have
vanished before the magic touch of ma
chinery, and even the most conservative
VIII hardly sigh that this is true. So.
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and all of them were talking a language
that did not understand, but. by their
tones. evidently blaming some one for
the disgrace and disaster that had befal
len their corps. They appeared to share
the prevailing confusion on that part of
the field where the front and the rear
seemed reversed. Yet, misery loves
company. | cast my lot with them and
continued my flight.
doubt If any OF us knew where we
were going, further that that we were
fleeing before the pursuing lines of the
enemy. one of my own company, who
told me that in leaping an abattis he was
lifted from his saddle by vine and re-
manned suspended until made a prisoner,
In the very height of the fight, we
came upon Gen. Howard, who seemed
to be the only man in his own command
that was not running at that moment.
He was in the middle of the road and
mounted, his MANNED arm embracing a
stand of coors that some regiment had
deserted while with his sound arm he
was gesticulating to the men to make a
stand by their flag. With barred head he
was pleading with his soldiers, literally
weeping as he entreated the unheeding
horde,
Under different circumstances I should
have considered it my duty to follow and
find my command, and report for duty
with it, But I could not go past the gen
eral. Manned in his person and SUBJ
lime in his patriotism, he seemed worthy
to stand by, and out of pure compliment
to his appearance I hooked up my saber
and fell into the little line that gathered
about him.
AS the front became clear We fired a
few shots at the advance line of the Con-
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comes out very glaringly in club life. and
soon relieves the possessor of it of all
responsibility and honor. 1t is the busy
woman who accOmplishes useful results.
There is another phase of present day
life which often causes me anxiety. That
is regarding the generation of boys and
girls now growing up. They all seem
pampered darlngs of fortune, with every
wish gratified Take the way the aver
age girl is dressed. In my young days
new gown was an event, something which
futtered the household. Now it is such
prosaic thing that even ones intimate
TRENDS no longer comment. | frequently
wonder whether this race of boys and
girls used to every luxury, INDUCED just
as far as the fathers purse will permit
and often beyond it, will he strong and
dependable as the present men and Wom-
en- Of the nation. We can only hope so,
and by cultivating the intellectual
strength and the moral sense do away
with the enervating influence of luxury"
Representative and Mrs. Hardy have
recently leased d spacious residence on
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Scared Off.

MISS MARY GARDEN was talking In
1vA New York about the winters fash
ions in evening gowns.
Some of these black and white gowns"
she said. ARE lovely. but others are too
decollete
"A bishop at a reception the other night
rose and took leave rather suddenly
Why, bishop said his hostess in q
hurt tone. When it's still so earyr
I can't help it. dear lady, said the
bishop with grim smile. You gave me
warm welcome. but your guests are CIV
ing me altogether too much cold Shout
DER"
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The Ignorant Lady.

FRANK MILES DAY, an architect de-
sired to illustrate, at the T-Square
Club in Philadelphia. a piece OF architec-
tural ignorance.
Why" he said. lit was as bad the
woman who listened to lecture on CO.
loene Cathedral, and, at the end. shook
the lecturers hand and said:
".Oh, thank you, sir. for your illumi-
mating remarks. i often wondered where
our colonial architecture came from. Now.
of course, l see that il comes from Co.
logne.'
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having so much leisure now compared to
the woman of a generation past. or, still
more, of two generations past there must
be something TO fill the void.
II favor clubs and fads. Clubs be-
cause those of an intellectual trend re-
quire mental exertiOn the part of the
members, and thus bring back studious
habits which may have been neglected
while attending TO young children and the
duties o. d home. l have belonged for
years to a club which deserves well of
every woman in our communicated is.
those TO whom intellectual pleasures
appeal We meet once week, We pre-
pare our own papers, and follow with
rigid fidelity the regulations laid down by
the National Federation of Clubs. Apart
from the study and research necessary to
prepare a paper which is read before your
close friends and associates, and there
fore subject to microscopic criticism,
think clubs afford women a fine oppor-
tunity TO know each other. The trouble
with women is that they do not, a
rule, know or understand each other as
men do. For ages past men have en-
joyed their clubs, nave possessed OppOr-
tunities from friendships in business
way, and thus their lives have been en-
livened and perfected. Women, in the re-
fined strata of society. have been more
reserved. They have called on each other.
chatted in passing, but never, except in
chance To really get acquainted. Clubs
give them this opportunity.
X
Now, | have pondered deeply on all
sides of this question, whether a woman
who frequents club really neglects any
of the higher obligations of life l have
read all those Indictments against the
selhshness of the American women, and
| have vainly endeavored to solve the
problem. Every one who thinks at all on
the subject will acknowledge that the
American man is the hardest worked NOR
tai in the world. He works from choice,
"a q "oTNs from Necessary, Tor. .e ne
millionaire or small clerk. the reprOach
OF being an idler is one which no self
respecting man can endure. The man
laoors increasingly in order that his wom
anklnd may enjoy the good things of life
proportlonate to his earnings. My ex-
perence is that the head of the family
provides everything for every member but
himself. His womanklnd must. of neces-
Slty, become in a measure responsible for
his happiness and comfort at home. Get
ting away from the humdrum of life, Gull
tvatng the mind, exchanging views with
women with problems like your own, or
perhaps even more complicated ones, all
these keep the wife fresh and interesting,
and help 10 Tighten the burden for her
husband. All this talk about the club
woman neglecting home affairs Is nom
sense The woman without stamina to do
her duty at home is never an acquisition
10 club. The habit of neglecting things
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Massachusetts, avenue near 18th street
and they will take an active part in the
amenities of the winter They have al
ways entertained in quiet way the
Texas congressional people and such Off
Gals as they had learned to know and
admire. This winter their hospitality CEN
tiers about their third daughter, Miss
Helen Hardy, who has just completed her
education at a college at Roanoke. Va
Miss Fay Hardy, the eldest daughter
spent the autumn in Texas with her
father, and arrived in Washington only a
few days ago. The second daughter. Mil
dred. is the wife OF X. n. Holloway of
Corsicana, Tex. a son, Rufus Hardy, jr.,
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ed into spray, and the ship sails on as be
fore.
Maj. Peter Keenan,, who led his bat
talon in the charge. the captain in com
mand of the leading squadron, the adju
tant. and few score of their followers
went down at this shock together. The
detail sent over to recover their bodies
after the battle said that the ma jor had
thirteen bullets in his body, the adjutant
nine. and others fewer. 1t was reported
by some who rode close upon the major
that in falling he shouted. TO the right
seeing that the impenetrabie masses on
his left could not be forced, and that
there was no way out but over the thin
ner lines on the right.
When turning at full speed. my horse
was killed and ] was pitched over his
company with the regiment. When l
jumped to my feet j had time to take
only one glance at my surroundings. My
sole thought was to escape capture or
death. On one side were the heavy lines
of Confederate infantry, doubled and bent
by the charge, their officers trying to re-
cover their alignment; on the other side
the survivors of the leading squadrons
were galloping in the plank road, the
others breaking over the Confederate
skirmish lines as far back as / could see
into the woods.
BY instinct / turned toward the woods
oi the right u the plank ROAD as the
best way out. and made a dash at the
Confederate lines, which had just recov-
cred from their surprise that a cavalry
regiment should have ridden over them
and were firing after it, They were load
ing when / ran out between them, and
when they began to fire 1 dropped down
behind some trees that had been cut to
make an abattis, or had been shot down
by the cannon; when the voley was over
l jumped up and ran as fast as before.
The plank road and the woods that
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bordered it presented a scene of terror
and confusion such as | had never seen
before. Men and animals were dashng
against one another in wild dismay be-
fore the line of fire that came cracking
and crashing after them. The constantly
approaching rattle of musketry, the
crash of the shells through the trees.
seemed to come from three sides upon
the broken fragments of the Eleventh
Corps that crowded each other on the
road. The horses of tine men of my regi-
ment who had been shot, mingled with
the pack mules that carried the ammuni-
ton of the Eleventh Corps, tore like wild
beasts through the woods I tried in vain
to catch one.
This employment of the mules for am
munition service a device of Gen.
Rockers. and this was the only field
where they played their part. Each mule
carried four or five boxes of spare am
munition, and being tied In couples. they
seemed easier to catch than horse. AS
a pair OF them made for opposite sides
OF a tree, | ran toward them to get one,
but before | could succeed a shell struck
the tree, exploded the ammunition and
slaughtered the mules.
I now gave up hope of mount, and
seeing the Confederate lines coming near
me, tried to save myself on foot. Once,
when throwing myself down to escape
the fury Of the fire, I saw a member of
my own regiment. whose horse also had
been shot. hiding in pine top that had
been cut down by a shell. He had thrown
his arms away that he might run the
faster and he begged me to do the same
This | refused to do, and I got in safely
with my arms. while he was never seen
again.
] turned into the plank road to join
he Il
in by that route. More than half of the
runaWayS had thrown their arms away
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and Mrs. Holloway. during the course
of the winter, and with them the most
important member Of the family,
dainty little granddaughter just one
year old and called Felicia hardy
Holloway.
My name means happiness and l
am grateful for it in this sense" OBJ
served Mrs. Hardy. II was called for
that revered poetess, Felicia Hemans.
and am devoted TO her poems and
frequently read them"
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in nature studies and in the cultivation
of ferns. In the home Of Representative
Hardy at Corsicana a large wing has re
Gently been built to accommodate the
ferns and palms Mrs. Hardy has now
collected hundreds of specimens and she
keeps adding to her treasures. she mas
brought some of the strongest plants 10
Washington and they form part OF ner
cares She watches over them
with tender solicitation. and II they sno"
any signs of dropping or turning yellow
they Will be FASTENED back to the palm
house and to their normal habits
81 think that Of all fads woman can
cultivate said Mrs. Hardy, the most
repaying is the love of plants or growing
things generally and of the world OF living
things in the air and about our homes vi
course, it may be difficult for the city
bred woman to get interested In SUD-
ject as alien. but for the great number OF
women in small towns and in the country
it is a subject to consider. II Tor any
tragic reason one has lost interest IN n1e'
the reckoning forward attached to plant
ing seeds or to raising flowers even IN
vases is Irresistible. l would not eA-
change the joy OF my paimhouse LOT tue
crown Of a queen. At the risk OF BRING
ing down on my unhappy head the de-
of being a nature raker, can
not resist telling of a little occurrence OF
some years past. Leaving my doors open
one sunny afternoon in early spring Two
lovely red birds flew into the palmhouse
and made themselves at home
We kept the birds prisoners Tor ABOUT
two weeks, but they were Wiling PRISON
ers each having the beloved anu ABUNDANT
good things to eat. Then my conscience
reproached me and | opened the doors.
They flew out joyously, but at evening
they returned and soon | saw that they
had begun their nest. Then began our
efforts to make them comfortable. and
we scattered about straw, hair and other
necessities for the building of a bird
home. All went well until about the sec
ond week. when the female was sitting
on the eggs a favorite and much-pam
pered cat stole in and ended her career.
IT never felt more grief stricken
than when the male began his mourn
ing notes for the lost mate. But to my
surprise the next day he flew out and
returned with new wife, and she
settled down comfortably on the eggs
and Matched them. The real tragedy
was when the young birds were about
q month old One fell out of the nest,
got impaled on a cactus plant just
beneath the nest and was. of course,
killed. The old birds kept up a mourn
full wailing, and l opened the door,
hoping they would go out and be COM
forted They did go out and took every
one of the remaining birds with them
They thought that I had betrayed their
confidence and killed their little one
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The gathering darkness was favorahl, 20
the Confederates, FOR they could get uea-
the guns before being seen But % a >
added TO the terror OF TIA, hatt.rI.s
winch were discharged douhi hutt,d ~
The assailants, and Hehted up tie hea,r ils
with fire that seemed Supernatural T1.
dusky lines fell back into the woods IN
disorganized masses as often as they aa-
Vanced, and the cheers OF our troops ran.,
out at each retreat
From the holiness and the frequency
of the Confederate charges n was found
necessary TO move the infantry IN front
of the guns. lest the enemy should seize
them before being discovered The slope
was so steep that a line Of battle could
be formed in front OF the guns and A
double skirmish line in front OF that
Our regiment now moved up 10 IN.
guns. enabling US TO see better the slopes
and the woods when lit Up by the flashes
Sometimes darkness and stiffness would
reign for few minutes. and we would
think the long DAYS fighting was over
but II would presently break out again
The stealthy rush from the woods could
be heard first. then the sharp crack az
the skirmishers' rife a yell and a louder
rushing of their lines met hy the loud
roll OF the hattle's fire As the cheer or
our men announced that the enemy's
line was again in retreat. the blaze of
forty or fifty cannons from the right tn
the left would light up the scene and
carry death over the heads of our men
into the woods beyond.
At last JaCksou's men paused, for they
had heen marching and lighting since
morning. and human nature could endure
no more. But they We're not allowed to
hold the ground they had won: an sd-
vance was now ordered on our side and
il was made with a vigor that avenged
the discontinue Of our comrades Though
IL was now midnight the woods were lit
up with a flame Of the musketry as tho
combatants came face to face among the
trees and the battle began anew. The
artillerists pushed on their guns by hand
hundred yards behind the infantry line.
and shook the woods in their depths,
they had the hills to their foundations.
AT last at o'clock in the morning, we
were told TO sleep on our arms. But who
could sleep while counting the dead OF
our commands? Comrades were gone
file leaders and file closers were gone
officers of every grade had persisted ;
Stonewall Jackson himself had gone
down in his greatest charge, and his men
never again fought on that day. nor
came down on our flank with such fury
Copyright 1911. hv the Century Company
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days with us since a variety Of blooms
on trees and shrubs come before and
after the roses.
Mrs. Hardy has announced Janu-
airy 10 as the date OF Miss Helen
Hady's debut Miss Hardy is among
the attractive young girls of the
opening season. and Will no doubt be
leader among the southern girls who
form little social set of their own.
Mrs Hardy expects to entertain her
married daughter and son-in-law, Dr.
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federates. but fresh mass of fuctt,ves
In blue soon filed the road. and We had
TO stop fring. The general now ordered
us To cover the whole line OF retreat so
as to let none pass and the officers in
spired by his devotion. ran in front or
their men, drew their swords and at
TEMPTED to stop them As the number
constantly increased. the pressure be-
came greater upon the line that blocked
the way. but this line was constantly
reinforced by officers and others and
offered some resistance to the pressure.
AT last the seething. surging sea of
humanity broke over the feeble barrier
and Gen. Howard and his officers were
carried away by main force with the
tide. Pharaoh and his chariots could
have held back the walls of the Red sea
this retreat. / started again on nv race
for life. this time alone. and toward the
slopes OF the Characteristic plateau
where 1t seemed to me probable that my
regiment would reform after the charge.
MY course was right oblique from the
road. and l had not gone far before 1
saw lines that l knew were not retreat
ing. Their flags We're flying. and my
heart took a bound as I beheld battery
after battery galloping into position and
regiment after regiment wheeling into
line nehind them. A line of battle show
ed itself at last. The Sd Corps had come
up to stop the successful charge. and
Jacksons men would find a difference
between attacking the Sd Corps in front
and the 18th in the rear
Seeing the guns unlimber and load, |
made my greatest effort at speed but.
not caring for a few fugitives the guns
belched forth their fire before | could get
in. However. I came safely through, and
at last paused for a long breath While
congratuating myself upon my escape
I looked behind the line of battle and
there saw my own regiment drawn up
for a charge, the line not so long as half
an hour before by one-third, but still as
shapely and resolute as ever. The horses
were blown and nervous. and the men
We're no doubt little depressed by the
rough usage they had met with. A horse
that had followed the company riderless
from the charge was given to me- and
my confidence and self-respect came
back as / mounted him. for / was no
longer fugitive but a soldier.
The fighting now began in earnest. The
splendid divisions of Birney. Berry and
Whipple had to be met and vanquished
before farther advance could be made.
and before Jackson could attain the
great object of his march to our rear.
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A N Eyewitness Descrip-
"A ton of the Rout of the
Union Regiments, of the
Terrific Cannon Fire That
Finally Checked Jackson's
Charge, and of the Intrepid
Assaults of the Confederates
in the Very Face of the Ar
tillery.