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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-28
VOCABULARY OF A CHILD.
A Three-Year-Old Who Knows 1900
Words Not Extraordinary.
American Magazine.

q. NJ. Whipple, in American Magazine
IT believe that most parents greatly
underestimate the number of words that
are used by their children. The only
way to get child's speaking vocabulary
is to go after it with pencil and paper
and religiously to set down his words. one
by one, not for a day or for several days.
but for several weeks.
when during the course of a dinner
table conversation / asked how many
words an ordinary everyday three-year-
old boy could use. the first of my friends
guessed $50 words; his estimate was
greeted with derision by the other, who
declared:
'Oh, pshaw. Fifty words would cover
the vocabulary of the brightest three
year-old you ever knew
Needless to add that my assertion that
my own youngster at that age actually
used. by count, LII different words was
the occasion of polite incredulity and jo-
. cose commiseration of the fond but de-
luded parent.
However, this vocabulary is on record
In detail Pedagogical Seminary and the
inQuisitive reader may learn there that
1t Is by no means the largest vocabulary
that has been reported. though to be sure
probably above the average performance.
I'm the twenty-odd published vocabu-
to nineteen months are using from sixty
to 49, words. that two-year- children
are using from 115 to 1.227 words and
that the vocabulary increases rapidly
from that time on. 1t is perfectly safe
to assert that the average three-year-
old child makes use of 1000 words.
The present vocabulary was assembled
in the following manner: We first pre-
pared twenty-six blank sheets. one for
each letter, and for ten days prior to his
third birthday recorded words as fast as
we heard them used. We next added
those words which we knew had been
used previously, but which had not
CHANGED to appear during this record. In
each instance we framed UP converse
ton that would involve the use of r. OF
. the word in question in order to make
sure that the word was still known and
. could be properly used.
Finally we turned to the several pub
) lished vocabularies of children and
found a large number of words that had
not been recorded by either of the first
two methods. These were similarly test
ed before they were included.
Even after all these devices had been
exhausted. we doubtless missed a num-
Der of words. as several terms appeared
during the next few weeks which were
thought to be third-year terms. so that
the LII words which are recorded rep
resent a minimal vocabulary. and the
actual number of words known and used
By r prior to his third birthday Is prob
ably In the neighborhood of 1.SOO"
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40 days. He located claim in Placer
county near Auburn and Newcastle.
Within year he had snatched from the
river bottoms fortune. Then the call
Of the south for volunteers reached him.
He buried the gold beneath the adobe
blocks of a tavern in the vicinity of his
claim. strapped all the precious substance
he could carry about his body and hur-
ried to join the Confederate army.
Anderson says that his father was
struck in an engagement with the Union
troops by a bullet which tore open his
scalp and robbed him Of his memory for
fifty years. During that time, the SON
says. the parent was like a child. with
all knowledge OF the hiding place of the
gold gone. Before he died. a year ago,
his memory Of the gold rush returned to
him and he was living again In the past
that preceded his part in the conflict.
1t was during these last moments THAI
the old man told his son and the mother
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-28
MONTE CASINO.
A Visit to the Cradle Of the Benedic.
tine Order.

From the Tablet.
1t was my privilege to spend three days
among Monte Casinos community. and
the charm of those three days will never
fade from memory. Up there above the
clouds one is aloof indeed fnom the work.
aday world. aloof from all It's pettiness.
yet surrounded with its nobler toll, and
with its history epitomized around one.
The monastery looks down upon the
Campagna Felice and It's back is to the
mountains. From the balcony of the
guest chambers your gaze stoops dizzily
down to the sealike plain. Over against
you are snowy ranges and clear-cut
peaks. at whose bases rocky def1les show
the way to Naples and sometimes give
blue glimpses of the Gulf of Gaeta. The
winding poplar planted Rapido brings
life to the teeming plain, and across the
gradually focused stretches of that wide
champagne goes the white ribbon Of the
Appian Way.
The present church was built as late as
1927. and Luca Giordano's frescoes tell
the story OF the saints miracles, while
other pictures commemorate some of the
hardest trials through which his follow
ers passed. One of these depicts the ir-
ruption Of band of fierce barbarians a
wave of the tides of destruction with
which the Cloths deluged Italy. The mis-
creants have penetrated to the high altar,
where the aged abbot is celebrating mass.
One Of them has seized the chalice in his
left hand and with uplifted sword is in
the act Of striking him dead. as. thinking
only of saving the sacred host, the old
man stOops to recover ii from the steps
Of the altar. There is a whimsical touch
in one of Giordano's frescoes above the
doorway-one with a particular appeal to
animal lovers The scene is the interior
of church, with group Of ecclesiastics
and mobiles on either side Of the chancel
A miraculous apparition is just occurring
overhead. which we see. but which has
not yet dawned upon the crowd. Only a
little spaniel. his instinct causing him
to tumble to it, at once. Is looking up
ward with an expression that promises a
bark of.rapturous excitement.
There is noble court leading to the
main entrance. of the church.. adorned
with statues Of ST. Benedict and his sis
ter, st. Scholastica. From the loggia Is
obtained a magnificent view of plains
and mountains. and as the eye travels
down the slope of the hill on which the
monastery Is built 1t marks how, wher-
ever there is a foothold and sufficient
shelter from the wind. cultivation, as IL
for very life, is in progress 1 went for
a ramble. with some Of the brethren down
bit of the hillside and up again to
spur upon which in ancient days there
stood q temple to Venus and which, 1t Is
intended. shall one day be crowned with
Ia chapel to Our Lady.
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Actual Starvation
FACTS ABOUT INDIGESTION AND IT'S RE
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tune OF. If dinna tell We how the queer

tune OF. If dinna tell We how the queer
things ON the paper maun help We.
''Ye see that big fellow wi round open
face (pointing TO a semibreve) between
two lines Of bar? He moves slowly from
that line to this. while We beat ane WI
your fist an gle long blast.
IF he put leg to him We max twa o
him, an he'll move twice as fast
IF, now, We black his face, he'll run
four times faster than the fellow wi the
white face: and IL. after blacking his face,
yell bend his knee or tie his leg he'll
hop eight times faster than the white
faced chap showed We first.
Now" concluded the piper sententious-
ly, "whene'er We blaw your pipes. Dom
aid remember this-that the tighter those
fellows legs are tied the faster they'll
run and the quicker they're sure to
dance"
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The neutrality-suspicious. Game.

There is less to choose between Cornell
and Pennsylvania this year than for
good many seasons It will be a game be-
tween two defeated teams. Pennsylvania
having lost four times and Cornell twice.
In the matter Of weight and experience
the two teams are evenly matched.
On the basis of comparative scores Cor
nell certainly has the better Of the ar
gument. The two teams have played two
common opponents. Pennsylvania State
College and Michigan. State College won
from Cornell by the score Of 80, but
fairly overwhelmed Pennsylvania, by the
score of 90 Cornelrs record is further
enhanced by the fact that the Ithacans
beat Michigan. 60. whereas the Wolver
ians defeated Pennsylvania. 11-9.
But the fact Of the matter is that very
few persons pay much attention to the
value of comparative scores when consid-
ering the outcome OF this annual Thanks
giving day game. This Is due to the fact
that there have been SO many Cornell
elevens heralded as world heaters which
have subsequently made pftiable show
ing on Franklin Field that even Cornell
men are inclined to hold back. On. the
contrary, 1t has always been that no mat
ter how poorly Pennsylvania may have
played in the early or middle part of the
season the Quakers always are able to
rally to defeat Cornell. Only once since
1893. when the first game was played. has
Cornell defeated Pennsylvania. That was
In 1901. when the Ithacans won first by
the score of "a to g. This. however. was
about the poorest team that Pennsylvania
ever sent on the gridiron. and marked
the overthrow of Woodruff as q coach.
Cornells next nearest enort to victory
was in 1905 when the score was 90.
But even this was a moral victory for
Pennsylvania because. after the Ithacans
had rushed the ball inside Of Pennsylva-
Mas 5-yard line In the last two minutes
OF the game. the Quakers put up such a
tremendous defense that they held Cornell
at bay seven times.
There have been q good many years in
which Cornell came down to Franklin
Field with what looked to be a better
team than Pennsylvania possessed, but
either overconfidence or an almost super
human rally on the part Of Pennsylvania,
sent II back defeated. For that rea-
son not many Cornell men are now WILL
ing to wager their money en- the ability
Of their team TO defeat the Quakers until
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CALIFORNIA TREASURE STORY.
Bullet Made Old Soldier Forget
Where He Buried His Gold.

From the Los Angeles Herald.
The story Of a wound received in the
civil war which sealed the hiding place
Of fortune for more than half century
and Of a strange trick of fate which
cleared the hider's memory in the even
ing of life was brought to Los Angeles
by the hider's son, J. r. Anderson of
New Orleans, who is at the Van Mugs en-
route to the old placer mining fields Of
California.
Anderson.s father joined in the gold
rush and was one of the miners of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-28
A Scotch Music Lesson.
From Blackwood's Magazine.

A Highland piper who had pupil 10
teach originated a method by which ne
succeeded In reducing the difficulties OF
the task to a minimum and at the same
time fixed his lesson in the pupils mino.
Here, Donald" said he. TAX yer pipes,
lad, an gle us blast.
$50! Vera weel blawn indeed: put
what's sound, Donald, wfout sense!
You may blaw forever wiout making
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-28

NEW YORK, November 2S.-The will Of
BENJAMIN r. Mailer, a wealthy real
estate man. who died September 16. cuts
off his wife and family and leaves his
entire estate to his attorney, Frederick
ST. John. 1t is explained that his wife
had been separated from him for several
years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-28
Luck.

From the Detroit Free Press.
What sort of luck did you have on
your hunting trip
Great. ! missed two guides that
shot at by mistake"
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engaged by the government for some time
in work on the Panama canal. but has
left his employment to search for the
treasure which he maintains his father
has hidden in the old placer mining fields
of California.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-28
To Prevent Brain-Skid.

From the Oil City Blizzard.
II men could put chains on the wheels
In their heads as they do on their auto.
mobiles 1t might save them lot Of skid
ding
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-07
FIGHT IN PHILADELPHIA.
Hot Contest on Between Republican
and Reform Candidates for Mayor.

PHILADELPHIA, November 7.-Elec-
ton day in Philadelphia opened clear
and warm, and the indca atoms during the
morning hours were that an unprecedent-
ed vote would be polled for the mayoralty
candidates The contest for mayor lies
between George ii. Earle jr.,. who has the
support of United States Senator Boies
Penrose and the republican organization
and Rudolph Blankenburg. u fighter in
the ranks OF reformers for many years,
who heads a fusion ticket made up of
Keystone and democratic party candi-
dates Mr.. Blankenburg is an independ
ent republican.
The contest for mayor has been lively,
and interest was added to the campaign
because of the conspicuous part taken in
il by Senator Penrose, who took the plat
form i'm Mr.. Earles behalf. and advo-
Gated reform within the party.
Because of amendments made to the
constitution changing the election laws
so. that all county and local officers shall
be elected in odd numbered yea. and al.
state. officers in the even numbered years,
the electors were called upon today to
vote for the longest list of county and
local officers since the adoption of the
constitution In 1874.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-07
CLOSE RACE IN KENTUCKY.
Both Parties Fighting Hard to Elect
Candidates for Governor.

LOUISVILLE. KY. November =
Voters of Kentucky today are going to
the polls better canvassed than for
years. Ralloting today comes after
weeks of earnest campaigning ON the
part of both candidates for governor
Judge Edward c. O'Rear. member OF
the state court of appeals. for the re-
publicans. and James Il. McCreary. for
mer United states senator and once
governor heretoforc for the democrats.
In spite of the usual confident pre-elee-
tioR claims. postgraduate Kentucky
politicians look for very close race.
state issues. including county unit
local option and the redemption of the
state from an alleged domination of
democratic gang rule. constitute the
republican claims for election. while
the democrats. meeting the republicans
more or less squarely as to platform
planks. have relied largely on the plea
that the national democratic campaign
of next year needs a democratic victory
in Kentucky this year. -asF
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-07
FOR A
SICK, SOUR STOMACH
Gently but thoroughly cleanse
and regulate your Stomach,
Liver and Bowels while
you sleep.

That awful sourness, belching of
acid and foul gases: that pain in the
pit of the stomach. the heartburn,
nervousness. nausea. bloating after
eating, feeling of fullness. dizziness
and sick headache. means indigestion:
a disordered stomach. which cannot
be regulated until you remove the
cause. 1t isn't your stomach's fault.
Your stomach is as good as any.
Try Cascarets; they cure indigcs-
ton, because they Immediately cleanse
and regulate the stomach, remove the
sour, undigested and fermenting food
and foul gases; take the excess bile
from the liver and carry off the de-
composed waste matter and poison
from the intestines and bowels. Then
your stomach trouble is ended for
ever. A Cascaret tonight will straight
en- you out by morning. Io-cent box
from any drug store will keep your
entire family feeling good for months.
Don't forget the children-their little
insides need good, gentle cleansing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-07
Heavy Socialist Vote Expected.
ON TOUR OF WORLD.
President Emeritus Eliot OF Harvard
Sails From New York.

NEW YORK. November THE most
prominent name on the passenger list of
Il 60 Liner n onpr.nZ iihel ii this
morning was that of DIR. Charles W.
Eliot, president emeritus of Harvard, who,
az fe starting on ,our
around the world,
DIR. Eliot goes as a representative of the
Carnegie Endowment for International
Peace. in the interests, of the work of the
endowment. He will explain the organi-
Eat on and aims of the endowment i'm
Asiatic countries. and study the public
opinion of the countries visited. especially
as relates 10 matters OF international con
Germ. DR. FL of expects to be back in
Boston July IL, 1872.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-07
HEAVY PRINCE GEORGES VOTE
MANY Democratic Electors Are Cut.
ting German.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
HYATTSVILLE, Nd, November An
unusually large vote Is being poiled
Prince Georges county today,
and the Indications are that more than
90 per cent of the vote will be cast.
In Hyattsville district. the largest in the
county. more than 100 out Of Cos had been
cast an hour after the polls opened. The
fear of the German people that he would
be cut by the organization wing of the
democratic party appears to be well
founded, as not only rGorman, but the
legislative ticket is being cut.
Many democrats in this section are
voting for Archie b. Mcfarland. repub-
Iican candidate for sheriff, while num-
her of republicans are voting for Richard
J. Swami, democratic candidate for treas
urer. owing to the length and completely
of the ballot. the count VIII be late and
the final result will not be known until
tomorrow
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-07
TRIED TO OUTRUN TRAIN.
Track Inspectors Muscles Not Su'
perior to Locomotives Power.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, November -
Edward Downey, track inspector for the
Grand Rapids and Indiana railroad, tried
his muscles against freight engine and
lost his life yesterday.
Downey boarded a handcar at Rockford
and started down the track on his way
to work. He was going at a good rate Of
speed and he rounded curve. He looked
back and saw freight train making
forty-five miles an hour coming up behind
rim .oin too fast 20 Jump from he
handcar. he tried to keep going until the
engineer could slacken up his train Put
ting every ounce of his strength to the
handle he started on the race for life
The engineer saw him and put on the
brakes. but not in time to prevent the
tram crashing into the handcar.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-07
IN ALEXANDRIA COUNTY.
Virginia Voters Cast Ballots Early
- =. in Exciting Contest.

Nearly half of the entire vote IN Alex
andria county. Va. had been cast by l1:2O
o clock this morning, and the voting places
are surrounded by partisans of either side
of the exciting. struggle going on there be-
tween Mess1s. Mackey and Moncure, can
didates for commemorative attorney for
the county.
With a total voting strength of LIS
the county had deposited GA at l1:3O
o'clock. In spite of the withdrawal OF
Clements the third candidate for the Of
flee people in the county are still voting
for him, as the ticket was printed before
his withdrawal.
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STEPS TO PREVENT FRAUD.
Chicago Polling Places Closely
Guarded by Police.

CHICAGO, November 7.-Extraordinary
pains were taken today to prevent fraud
ulent voting at the judiciary election In
Chicago and Cook county. The polls were
triply guarded. Besides the regular de-
tails OF pc ice County Judge Owens and
Assistant States Attorney Marshall were
given command over details of detectives
to guard all polling places.
Ten superior court judges and one CIR
cult court judge are being chosen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-07

The window glass workers at Clarks-
burg w. Va. have received notice from
their national headquarters that after
conferences between the Window Class
Manufacturers Association and repre-
sentatlves of the glass workers an agree
:nent has been reached and that q Ie-
duction of Is per cent i'm wages will go
into effect at cnce, to continue until May
4, 1912.
- Miss Sallie Role. -sixty-nine years old.
died at her home in Church Neck. ne ar
st. Michaes, Md.
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Fun and Facts.

Adding TO the value of our next Sunday
Magazine are another batch OF National
Topliners," by James Hay. jr, and an ex-
ceedingly interesting article on Estates
That Rank First BY Arthur !. Street
Mr.. Street, who is an investigator or cur
rent history and analyst of wide fame.
shows some astonishing things about the
productiveness of various parts OF TINS
country. and his article is bound to make
a strong impression.
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Wheel Their Babies in Parade.

GRAND JUNCTION, Col. November .
Twenty women wheeling their babies in
perambulators headed the dry parade
here yesterday, i'll which more than a
thousand men, women and children par
ticipated and which closed the wet and
dry campaign The perambulators were
decorated with red, white and blue and
each bore a sign urging the voters to
Danish liquor from the city.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-07
Fair Weather in Virginia.

RICHMOND, Va, November Clear.
warm weather prevailed today for Vir-
ginia's general election. at which 40
state senators 100 members Of the
house of delegates and numerous
county and city officers will be elected.
Virginia being almost solidly demo-
cratic, primary nominations being prac-
-tically equivalent to election, today's
voting was merely perfunctory. Little
change in the. party strength was an
ticipated.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-07

employees. In about 40 per cent OF the
conditions under which pensions are paid
to policemen and f1remen the sole re-
auisite is permanent disability incurred in
the performance of duty.
About Is per cent of the forty-eight
teachers funds receive the entire
amounts for the payments of the PEN
sions from the municipality or state.
two-thirds are supported In part by the
municipality and contributions from the
teachers, while IL per cent are mutual
benefit associations entirely financed by
the teachers
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-07
FUNDS FOR McNAMARAS.
Moving Picture Show in Washington
to Aid the Defense.

To raise funds for the defense OF the
Mcnamara brothers. charged with de-
stroying the Los Angeles Times bEiidin;
with dynamite, the Central Labor Union
of Washington last night voted to ar
range for the production of moving pic
lures portraying the life and deeds OF
the Mcnamara brothers.
The universal transfer bill which the
Federation of Citizens Associations has
drafted to be presented for passage at
the coming session of Congress was
adopted by the union.