Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-02

I | as no doubt read
ers of The Star
81 know She is re-
spected by all. She
was a great friend
of Queen Victoria
and is now Of Queen Alexandra and of
Queen Mary.
BY the way, it was DR.. Evans. the IA
nous American dentist (ennobled by Ma
poleon III as the Marquis d'Oyly) who
rescued the empress from the Fuileries'
palace, Paris, at the time of the debacle
when the palace was sacked.
Tribute to DR.. Evans.
I have seen in DR.. Evans garden 'at
Meudon some of the statuary which used
to stand in the Tuileries gardens. In his
home were many famous pictures, one
priceless Corot. and there he extended
generous hospitality, especially to artists
literary men and so-called eccentrics like
myself who lead their lives, regardless
of convention. Poor DR.. Evans died re-
Gently, believe before the famous
Evans fortune case" which rivaied
that of "Jarndyce VS.. Jarndyce, or
Dickens fame. was decided in MS FAVOR
This would have given him the fortune ne
richly deserved, and which he would have
friends.
Praise Due to Eliason.
Owing to lack of space an appreciation
of the service of Mr.. Eliason of the west
small parks. in bringing about the fusion
of the different factions and interests
to enable the sports of the three services,
police, fire and postal, to be held con-
jointly. was omitted, and 1t would be a
sorry thing for this we'll known athlete
services not to be recognized, and the
thanks of all three departments are Que
to Mr. Eliason for his tact in bringing the
entente about. and his valuable athletic
services in making the competition such a
success.
Small Parks Like Fairyland.
These small parks are so health giving,
so fairylike that, If 1 may say so.
they must be a perfect joy to the children
of Chic ago, and also a source of compla-
cence to their mothers. who know their
children are daily growing in physical
strength under the highest moral inf1u-
ence of clean sport. One pauses to think
and ask, are these small parks available
to all? I asked Mr.. Campbell. my vice
rome of the other day. this question, and
his answer was full of great possibilities.
1t was. Eyes. every one can come and be
stance. the south side small parks are
just as open to residents of the north side
as our own residents on the south SIDE
but many of the children in the tongested
districts live so far away from these pay
grounds they are unable to come because
their parents cannot afford the transport
Ten cents day is big amount for poor
people to pay each day Tor each child.
hence many of the children whom We
most want to benefit are out of our
reach"
Now. what a chance this gives>us. Will
not some charitable person or corpora
ton, or why not even the city itself,
provide free trolley rides to all children
to and from the nearest parks from their
home? Could not special cars run at
stated hours from each of the cOngested
districts. conveying the children to the
parks and bringing them back at stated
dren's cars and only allow child pas
sengers.
l suggested this to Mr.. Campbell, and
he thought the idea good, but that the
difficulty was that there ought to be
grownup with each car to keep order and
prevent the children getting into mis-
chief or getting hurt Now is your
chance, some of You gilded youths and
maidenS who don't have to work. Come
along and volunteer once a week or once
month to conduct one of these parties.
It will do you lot of good and the real
innocent gratitude and love of the chill
dren teill amply repay you. 1t is the
most priceless thing on earth, the love
of a child.
Aid for the "Kfddies."
If the millianaires or the city cor
poration don't find the money L wonder
if we could not do it by public subscrip-
ton under a properly organized commit
tee. which could likewise arrange and If
necessary. pay authorized guides to cap
tain the children out and home. The
benefit to the poorer kiddies would be
enormous. and 1 cent per head paid by
each of the Chicago population would be
ample to carry all the kids in the city.
1t is good investment, and if it meets
with approval the writer would be quite
willing to start the campaign.
/ was most interested to hear that curl
ing was among the parks curriculum OF
sports, as being a Scot l love the game.
men up to eighty or over ii is an ideal
game and many an old Sassenach has
prolonged his days on earth by this most
invigorating and exciting of games. The
rivalry in Scotland over the various curl
ing teams is inspiring, and at such
meet as that held at LOchmaben. in
Dumfriesshire, l have seen as many as
5000 people on the ice watching the vari-.
Gus fOursomes from all over the county.
One old curler from Ruthnell was
So Keen was he that We boys in the sum-
mer used to go to his good sized cottage
in the village and play him carpet bowls
in his little dining room for ''bawbee"
a time just to keep our hands in for the
winter and Mary Janet Elizabeth and
Daisy Muriel Gertrude and Alexander
William Henry, the five-year-old grand
sons and daughters. used to stand on the
chairs and kid us on to further powers
by appla uding any clever roll of the small
china balls.
Whisky and Cake in Order.
The old green carpet was quite worn in
the center, and the exercise and excite
ment was so great that it was not long
before the whisky and cake were brought
around, and there is no such thing
No in Scotch house or cottage, and
down it had to go. Then the old man
would start talking and recount the Won
drous foursomes he had taken part in.
and his EXPLANATIONS. such as Eth. mon,
but that were grand shot," and Sup.
Sup. Sup, We redheaded fu'e, can you no
see another skip would haze brought the
stone right to the tee The old gentle
man always used to wear a bell topper
brushed the wrong way. with funeral
band around it. and frock coat. He re-
moved the coat when playing. but he al
WAYS stuck to the beaver hat Poor old