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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-14
No Binford Theatricals.

There is reason for congratulation in
the unanimity with which the theatrical
managers have refused to give engage
ments, since the verdict in the Beattie
trial, to the woman in the case" The
haste with which she went to New York
upon her release from Jail in Richmond
augured III for public decency. and II was
gratifying, though it must he confessed
somewhat surprising, when promptly
upon the conviction of the WIFE murderer
announcements came from various cities
where tentative engagements had been
made that they had been Cancelled. Later
ii was announced that the motion pic
lures for which this girl had posed, sup
posedly telling the story of her life and
incidentally setting forth the tragedy
lately enacted. had been banned by the
national board of censors and would not
be shown with authority. New York had
already gone to the extent OF officially
forbidding their display, as was promised
i'm Washington when the matter was
brought to notice here a few weeks ago.
This is a decidedly wholesome token OF
consideration for public decency. At the
same time it is in order to suggest that
1t savors somewhat of hypocrisy for the
atr1cal promoters to cut out this Binford
woman as unfit for the stage and at the
same time produce plays that offend all
the canons Of good taste and public
morals. II the standard set in the mat
| ter of this woman were followed CON-
| sistently several score OF dramatic at
| fractions" now being presented would be
| withdrawn forthwith. for they make their
appeal solely to the morbid minded or
the prurient through their suggestiveness
and unnecessarily frank treatment of
questions that are better left unpro-
pounded on the public boards.
/ In practically every sensational murder
case involving a woman the suggestion
/ is promptly made that a career on the
/ stage awaits her if she is freed to en-
| gage in it. This is in itself a reflection
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-14
The Unpensioned Clerks.

Postmaster General Hitchcock an
nounceS himself as an advocate Of some
sort Of provision by the government for
It's superannuated employees He makes
tf'is declaration the strength Of the
dismissal in New York Of two veteran
postal workers who have reached the
point If official usetcssness and whom the
postmaster has turned ont Of service
without 4 means Of any kind for their
support Dependent through several
decades upou their small salaries they
have been unable To save enough to
keen them in their old age. and now,
after serving the government faithfully
and returning probably overlooking meas
ure Of value tor their pay. they arr at
tho close Of their working life cast aside.
There is no law To- permit their retention
in any. capacity unless they can he of
service The exfgencies of the postal
work require the employment OF able
bodied, L." per cent men, and the post
master III New York would be negligent
in his duty if he did not replace these
employees with such.
This ease is characteristic of many
similar instances that have been noted
here in Washington. 1t is no new thing
government machine. worn poor and in
capable of making new connection
Washington has seen some bitter TRACE
dies of this nature. Occasionally it has
witnessed actual sacrifices in the death
of men through lack of means of susie
nance after they have been ground fine
in the public service mill
There is no excuse for the government
in the assertion that the department s
workers should have saved something
from their salaries during the years of
their employment. Why should not the
member of the Judiciary, drawing many
times the compensation of the humble
department clerk. be put in the same
way upon his own resources to provide
him a comfortable income after his re-
tirement? Why should not the officers
OF the army and navy. we'll paid as they
are. with many perquisites and allow
ances. be similarly treated? The civilian
clerk is just as necessary and bears as
heavy a burden of responsibility, and he
Is the poorest paid of all the govern
ment'S servitorS.
1t would not be so hard a case if the
government had kept the pay of the de-
partment clerks up to the scale of mod
ern conditions. The truth is that for
fifty years there has been no increase in
the clerks pay, and meanwhile every
other class has enjoyed repeated ad-
vances to correspond with the increased
cost of living. While the carpenters and
engineers and the commercial employees,
and even the unskilled laborers, have
been from time to time promoted in ac-
cordance with their needs, the govern
ment clerks continue to draw the meager
salaries that were established half cen
fury ago, when everything was on a low
er scale.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-14
Crime and Punishment.

Speaking in New York the other day
on the subject OF the vote buying and
selling exposed in Adams county Ohio.
Gov. Harmon said: After all the re-
proach to a community is not in having
a crime happen. but in not going after
the perpetrators after it has happened. "
An excellent sentiment, If some ha,
awkwardly expressed. Trafficking In
votes may happen anywhere. 1t has
happened in many places. Elections are
warmly contested. and some of the prizes
are rich. Candidates are assessed fol-
campaign purposes. Their friends also
are called upon for money aid. The
aim Is to get the largest possible action
on the investments.
But in some communities the offenst
is treated lightly. Party managers anc
their gangsters operate with almost q
free hand. The longest purse emptied
with the most skill carries fhe day. The
forbidden thing has become the usua
) thing, and the reproach OF those COM
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-14
The Next Step in Morocco.
From the New York Sun.

FROM tnc view 10TH Sun
The Moroccan situation now seems to
have become more critical than at any
time since the British and French gov
ernments decided to refrain from sending
warships to Agadir on the German as
surance that no permanent occupation
of Moroccan territory was contemplated
in Berlin. The rejection by France OF
practically all the demands of Germany
for special economic advantages in Moroc-
co brings the conversations between
France and Germany close to the point
where the futility OF talk alone must be
demonstrated. II the Conversations are
terminated either abruptly or after brief
delay, several different courses lie open
to both contending nations. What the
French will do Is fairly we'll understood.
They will invite the nations which signed
the Algeciras convention to reassemble
and at new conference take up the
Moroccan question and reaffirm the equal
lily Of opportunity. that is. the open
door in Morocco for all the nations Of
the world, an equality Of opportunity now
existing in the Egyptian market despite
British military and political supremacy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-14
The Spoils idea Unashamed
chicago Record Herald

From the Chicago Recofd-Heraiu.t
Pennsylvania is great and rich COM
monwealth. but its politics has 1ong
been a reproach to It's better element
OF citizenship. Philadelphia. the state $
greatest city and the third city in point OF
numbers in the United States, now ex-
empIifies machine politics In the worst
sense Mayor Reyburn has announced
that he will remove every man under
him who does not support his candidate
for the republican nomination for mayor.
In furtherance of this policy Mayor
Reyburn has asked the designations OF
the director of the department of pub
lie works and several Of that official S
assistants. Philadelphia apparently IS
complacent: it boasts the most Ameri-
can" population Of all our great cities.
Yet 1t condones the prostitution of the
administration of its municipal affairs
to the exigencies of the ofiice-getting
and office-holding, stripe OF politicians
Noble .'Americanism"!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-14

| munities Is In not going after those who
have set the law at defiance.
Take lynching. The record shows that
1t may happen anywhere. In old states
| as In new states men have been hanged.
shot to death. burned at the stake, in
the presence OF hundreds OF people. male
| and female. Mobs rally as promptly.
and when in action are as fiendish. in
one section of the country as another
The reproach is in the indifference that
follows. Mob leaders are often known,
but seldom punished. When arrested
they communicate with friends. and a
successful defense is speedily framed up.
If the officials are eager the public is
listless. If the public is eager the Of
ficials are listless- 1t is only occasion
ally that both officials and public show
the same spirit, and vindicate the out
ragged law.
No conspicuous mob leader has ever
been hanged in this country. 1t is 10 he
doubted if at. this day one could he.
Against the mob spirit thousands of pro-
tests, from pulpit and press and plat
form. have been lodged. But so little
has como of them that mobs gather and
murder without regard to them.
No conspicuous vote buyer has ever
been sent to jail in this country. Many
miserable little vote sellers have been
sent to prison for short terms, and taken
their punishment with the philosophy of
seasoned buns and scoundrels, but the
men higher up" who bought them and
protited by their pcrfidy have escaped.
The probe has never been pushed far
enough TO reach them
In time. however the chief Offenders
the lynch leaders and the real corrupters
Of the suffrage-will get theirs" and
when they do their hdeous Industries
will decline.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-14
Blease of South Carolina.

The people of South Carolina have a
problem on hand more troublesome than
the tariff. Interested as they are In pro-
lection for their rice and their cotton
spinning, they are yet Just now more
interested in another matter.
That matter is Blease. if YOU please
The governor of the state is in class by
| himself. He is at war with many Of his
constituents. and they with him. For the
local press he entertains great contempt
and expresses it. And the local press
returns the compliment. The exchanges
have been as lively any the state has
known since Mr.. Tillman set aside the
fine conventions of discussion of the
Hampton Butler school and introduced
those of his own.
There IS talk of impeaching the gov
ernor. His opponents think they can
make a case against him. and Dust him
from office. To this the governor re-
plies: Very well. Try your hand at
that. If YOU succeed. I'll run for the
United States Senate and be elected
Will this give the opposition pause
Will they decide it better to bear the ills
they have with Blease at home. than fly
to those they know not of with BIease in
the Senate"
The questions of pride and business are
involved. The chair at Columbia is con-
spicuous. but chair in the Senate is
more conspicuous. Would those South
Carolinans who feel mortified by the
presence of Blease in the highest office
at home be relieved by seeing him on
ma ional view here in Washington?
AS to business. the office of governor is
closer to a people than that of senator.
The chief executive of a commonwealth
has good deal of power. though it is
complained at present that he should
have more. He can influence legislation,
and he controls patronage.
A senator has to do with state interests
in their national connections. He sits
high. but at a distance He is not as
intimately in touch with the local situa-
ton in all of the local bearings as the
official whose duty it is to attend to that
situation. execute the laws on the books,
and make recommendations as to new
ones.
If removed from the Office Of governor
by impeachment proceedings. could
Blease be elected to the Senate? He
reached the governorship after an appeal
to the voters which developed all Of his
qualities The Blease OF today does not
differ from the Blease the people of South
Carolina called to their highest Office. If
he should offer for the Senate and be
chosen. his election, following hard upon
that Of Vardaman of Mississippi, would
cause a good deal of comment through
out the country.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-14
The Plots of Nations.
rom the Chicago Tribune.

From the Chicago IrlDune.
national peace newspaper. II 1t were to
contain merely homilies on the evils of
war and the glories Of peace 1t would
not have many subscribers. and con-
tributors and proofreaders would be al
most the only ones to peruse It.
R,t # IL to be the worlds great detec-
tive Journal. and hence will have countless
readers. IT is to ferret out the half
Matched plots of cabinets or schemes OF
statesmen which, IL allowed to mature.
would lead to war. suppose BRUSH
nremier German chancellor. an Amer
lean President were to have in the back
of his mind some aggressive project
which might stir to war the people OF
another country. The peace paper would
turn on the electric light and publicity
and public opinion would crush the ser
pent war in the egg.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-14
Grade Crossings Going.
From the New York Times.

In Great Britain no persons are struck
and killed by railway trains at highway
crossings The train crossings are all
either above or below the highways. In
this country upward Of thousand per-
sons are killed and upward Of two thou
sand are injured at the railway crossing
at grade. We published July p a blood
stained record Of grade-crossing accidents
in this state. New Jersey and Connecticut
for the seven months from January 1.
within which time forty-six men. nine
children and thirteen women were killed
outright, sixty-seven persons were seri-
ously wounded and sixty-six horse
drawn vehicles and automobiles were
demolished. The cost OF eliminating the
crossings may be high, the cost In flesh
and blood Is higher.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-14

upon American morals and snouia DC
recognized as a severe indictment OF '"e
dramatic profession The stage mas wv
functions, to amuse and to instruct anu
It fails completely Of both wheh
to vicious tendencies and stimulates es"
ideas. and makes of an honored insttu-
ton vehicle for degrading anu ae-
moralizing forms of diversion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-14
The Preliminary.

Oysters waitin' foh dc pan.
Reedbirds on dc way.
Sinner, do de hes you can.
VIII thanks fun day to day.
Boost dat kitchen fire once mo
Till de chinbly cracks,
Woodpile's waitin' at de do.
Son-pick up dat ak.
Dishere Twin ain no joke
Git dat blade Well ground
Got to have a Study stroke
An roll dem logs around.
Fob YOU takes yoh place to eat
You mus pay yoh tax
WIFI yoh brains or hands or feet
Son-pick up dat ak.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-14

DIn order TO avoid DELAYS account OF
eersonaI absence letters TO THE STAR should
cot BE- addressed TO any individual connected
With the Office. but simply TO THE STAR. or to
the Editorial or Business Department. accordin:
tenor or purpose
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-14
Persistence.

Mosquitoes soon will say ''adieu.
The houseHy will so hence.
But the tariff bug will buzz anew
With industry immense.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-14
The Theorist.

"Bliggins was telling what he would
do in case of fire.
"And did he have any good IDEAS
Il don't know. 4 fire broke out in
the middle of his remarks and he kept
OH talking till the firemen rescued him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-14

1t looks as IL Collector Loeb would
have his hands full in placating indig
nant social leaders who have been mis-
taken for smugglers without under
taking any more diplomatic negotia-
tons for prominent statesmen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-14
The Melodious Autocrat.

What is that opera singers salary
II don't know" replied the worried
manager.
But you told me Yesterday.
Yes. But she has probably raised it
since then
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-14
Irving to Please.

You call this cake angel food said
the harsh husband.
Eyes, dear said the timid wife, but
il the diet doesn't seem exactly what YOU
want here are some devilcd crabs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-14
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
A Ciorif;non% 0hcnrvo finu

Truth said the orator who quotes.
lis at the bottom of a WELL
Yes replied Farmer Corntossel: IAN
amt it discouragin how the wells hey
been runnin' dry this summer"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-14

Unless the ex-king of Portugal is a
very patient man, he is by this time
rather tired. of the manner in which
Gaby des Lys has used him for an adj
vertisement.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-14

There are enough democratic presi-
Dental possibilities to make strong
mutual protective association il they
care to organize.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-14

Mr.. Mellen. the New England railway
man. is another person who enjoys seeing
the resignation rumors come his way and
bounce off.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-14

II must seem to an old-time Maine
citizen that things have come to pretty
pass when most of the prohibition states
are away down south.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-14

Inventor Edison is being lionized
abroad to an extent that may tempt
him to undertake a political career
when he gets home
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-14

a man who forgets to take off his
hat and say please to the baggage
official at the depot has only himself
to blame if his journey is delayed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-14

II Maine is still to be regarded as
political index, things do not look very
bright for next years presidential
nominee on the prohibition ticket
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-14

President of the United States
must expect to get an enormous
amount Of advice that is not altogether
disinterested
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-14
Cucumbers Classified.

From the Boston Transcript.
A New York magistrate has ruled that
cucumbers are fruit and may be sold on
Sunday like green apples. They frequently
have a similar effect.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-14

1t looks as IL the day we're past when
all that was required to make certain
style of actress was unpleasant notoriety
and neryy manager.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-14

1t is understood at the outset that
there are some questions which neither
France nor Germany would submit to
arbitration
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-14

The September schoolboy should
cheer up and be glad that none Of his
problems is as difficult as that of sched-
ule *.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-14
Ingratitude.

From the Chicago Tribune
The hobos at their national convention
ungratefully denounced the masters OF
capital on whose railways they have rid
den thousands Of miles free.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-14

Moving pictures may not be art. but
they at least try to be moral
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-14

The State Department is one place
where the resignation rumors go
through on schedule
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-14

entered as second-class mail matter at the post
once at Washington. D. @.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-14

Waists 4 IJndcrlnuSlinS
Accumulation of 500. $50 and
700 Waists in lawn, null and mar
aulsette: high and Dutch neck styles;
beautifully trimmed with
embroidery. lace and col
Q ore ID Bulgarian patterns. sue
Lot of 800 Net Waists, en-
broidered throughout with heavy
dots. One has vertical panel, an
other has cross panel,
forming kimono sleeves. 10 no
Cray. blue and black. 5 i w
Cleanup lot of Slightly Mussed
Brassieres made of batiste and va
riously trimmed with lace NM
and embroidery. 75c val ,xWC
ueS. G. r. P..-...............
Odds and ends of best S1.O0 Cor
sets, comprising stylish models in
Warmers. Thomson's and rs
Memo corsets. Reduced to. OWC
q. I. P.....- ........-..........
Small lot Of Mussed Cambria Pet
ticoats, cut full and trimmed with
three rows of torchon in km
sertion and edge. $500 OWC
values G. T. P...........
Table of Slightly soiled Corset
Covers that sold for s1.OO and $3.50.
Immense selection Of lace =n
and embroidery trimmed SVDC
styles G. L. P.................
Cut-price sale Of $1.O0 Percale
House Dresses, in sizes "a and 30
only; neat checked patterns; made
with open back and Glib /M
son pleat over shoulder. G. mVC
L. P.....................
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-14
For Those Who Shave.

500 SELF HONlNG RAZOR STKOPS. 3Sc
RAZOR TROUBLES SOON ENDED
WITH ONE OF THESE STROPS.
o5c SHAVING SOAP STICKS" 10c
Ioc SHAVING SOAP CAKES. ... SC
COO BAY RUM. FULL PINT. ...........39 Soc
DC WITCH HAZEL. FULL PINT. 800. Use
loc STYPTIC PENCILS. Observation-Disclosures. &c
&c COLD CREAM. FOR MASSAGE. ]. lac
pc TALCCM NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. .l5c
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1911-07-11
VIRGINIA CAMPMEETlNGS

The Northern Neck campmeeting
season Is approaching. Farmers, bus
mess and professional men, women
and children OF every walk In life
lay aside their respective duties and
frequent these religious resorts for
10 days.
The next annual meeting at Mar
vim Grove Methodist Camp will be-
gin Friday. August 4, to continue lo
days. Rev. Robert NJ. Maxey, OF
Danville, Va, will conduct the meet
ing and the singing will be lead by
Mr.. Charles Wright, OF this city.
Kirkland Grove Baptist Camp
near Heathsyille. will begin Friday
before the third Sunday In August,
to last 10 days. Rev. j. j. Wicker,
formerly OF Baltimore, now of Dan
Vile, Va, will have charge OF the
meeting.
Wharton Grove Baptist Camp, Lam
caster county, will begin July 2Sth
DR. II. NJ. Wharton. assisted by DR..
&C.. l.. Jackson, of Philadelphia, and
Rev. A. d. Watts. OF Richmond, will
conduct the meeting.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1911-07-11
STATEMENTS CONFLICT

George F. Meakin, the Philadelphia
promoter who was mysterlously shot
in Richmond Wednesday. reluctantly
admitted that Mrs. NJ. j. Lawler was
present when the pistol was discharged.
II had the revolver in my hands,
said Meakin." There were several
persons around. and was fooling
with the pistol Mrs Lawler re-
monstrated with me about playing
with the weapon. and just as she
tried to grab 1t out of my hands II
went off
This statement is entirely at va
rance with the account of the shoot
ing given the police by Mrs. Lawler
who maintained that she was down
stairs when she heard the shot.
Convinced that important details
regarding the manner In which
Meakin was shot are being purposely
withheld. the police are still contin-
uing their investigation and arrests
will probably follow.
will probably follow.