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AIMED At EGRETS
Case in New York Nav Kill
Trade in Feathers.
MILLINERS ARE STIRRED
Question Over Nativity Of the Bird
Is Now the Issue.
EXPERTS HERE INTERESTED
Biological Survey Officials Have
Long Been Waging War on
Poachers of the Pacific.
EXPERTS HERE INTERESTED

Egrets the not to be fashionable this
fall If the Department Of Agriculture
wins a couple of cases that are coming
up in New York circuit court September
% they will be less fashionable than ever.
The cases do not really belong to the
Department of Agriculture. 1t is the
state Of New York trying to enforce its
own game laws. But the biological sur
vey of the Department of Agriculture is
watching the cases closely, and some OF
the bird experts probably will be called
in to testify whether or not the New York
feather law really says what 1t means to
say.
The biological survey has birds OF all
sorts under its general protection, and 1t
has been waging a war with the feather
poachers of the Pacific, where. If they
get chance. the poachers Kill the plum
age birds by the hundreds of thousands.
Now the war has come nearer home. and
the state Of New York in trying to
protect the native plumage birds has run
afoul Of the milliners.
Purpose Of New York Law.
The law that has been passed in New
York prohibits the sale of the plumage
VI any DlTO l1dL Is d native Oh new OTh
or member of the same bird family.
That is where the trouble arises over the
egret. The egret, as all women and some
mere men know, is the filmy, smoke-like
plume of the big and little white heron.
The slaughter of these birds for hat
trimmings has been cruel and wasteful.
There is but a paltry little bunch of the
desired plumes on each bird. and all the
rest Of the bird is thrown away and the
young left to starve in the nest as they
always do when the parents are killed
by the feather hunters.
The question now arises whether the
egret heron is a native New York bird.
1t Is found now in New York. but Is quite
rare. 1t used to be plentiful. The birds
have been killed off by the feather hunt
ers. and now the milliners are making
the point that the bird is not native of
New York because it is seldom found
there now.
1t so happens that the egret Is one of
the few things in the feather line that
cannot be successfully initiated. Every
thing has been tried from stripped rooster
feathers to celluloid. butt while there is
one firm in New York making what 1t
terms near egret,' the decision of the
court, if 1t goes to protect the birds, will
about kill the trade. Ii the trade Is
killed in New York. the egret will go out
Of fashion as q trimming all over the
country. because that is the center from
which the mass Of millinery supplies
comes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-23

to regain perfect hearing without costly ap-
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who desires to obtain one of these books can do
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In Memoriam.


COUNTEE. In sad but loving remembrance Of
COGNTEE, who left thirteen years ago
today, September -. 1898.
The month of September is here.
To lis the saddest of the year,
Because IL took from away
Our darling wife and mother, thirteen years
ago today
By HER DEVOTED HUSBAND AND CiiIL
DREN. MARY, MATTE. BEApIE, FRANK,
WILLIE AND M.PHDNSo. -
DAVIS In loving and sad remembrance Of my
dear husband. SAMUE Fl. GRANVILLE DAVIS
who left this life year ago today. Sep
TENDER %. 1870
The way is still dark and drear Gran,
Since last you said good bye.
I'm cropping in the gloom. Gran.
Perhaps will till die.
To meet the sunshine Of your face
To hear your loving voice,
Would bring brightness 10 my life
Would make my heart rejoice.
Alas. Ii cannot he. Gran.
For God does what is hest,
So l will wait with patience
Till we meet in the land Of rest.
Sleep on. beloved.
HIS DEVOTED WIFE. HELEN A. DAVIS.
PERRY. In sad remembrance of our dear
daughter and mother, CELESTENA FERRY.
who died year ago yesterday, Scptem-
Der %. 1911.
Always tenderly remembered.
BY HER MOTHER. SUSAN NEAL, AND
DAUGHTER. PAULINE PERRY.
WALKER In loving remembrance of my broth
er, HENRY WALKER. who entered his eter-
nal rest ten years ago today. September %.
1901. A\NETTA WALKER RISSIER
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Mrs. Henry Wells Is at the Grafton unit
| her house is made ready for occupancy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-23

Mrs. John 4. Shenks. native of Page
county, died Thursday in Augusta county,
Va
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-23
IN THE WORLD Of SOCIETY
WASHMGTONIANS TURNING
THEIR FACES HOMEWARD.
With a Day or Two in New York
En- Route
Notes.

Mrs. Richardson Glover of this city
is at the Plaza. New York. with her
daughter. Miss Beatrice Glover. They have
been at Bar Harbor. They will be Joined
soon by Rear Admiral Glover and Miss
Glover.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-23

Mrs. NJ A. Prince announces the en-
gagement of her daughter. Marie Leona
and Mr.. T. Avery Taylor. The wedding
will take place the latter part of October
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court would entertain such an indict-
ment. II must be submerged In words
and phrases. All court proceedings are
%strangled with language.
Take the Schefte!s case now on trial
In the United States Court. Witnesses
are here from all owe the country.
waiting to be heard. The benefcent
Government allows them $3.50 a day for
their expenses. Each Of them has the
same story to tell. Certainly the testi-
mony OF a few would seem to be sum-
Client. But the Government officers
choose to clutter the record with the
tiresoms reiterations Of come-ons. In
some one of these stories the defense
will doubtless be able to And a dis
crepancy upon which to base an appeal.
Mayor Gaynor and a couple Of other
lawyers who can write clear. clean. In
cisive English should be employed at
a salary Of about q million dollars
apiece a a to rewrite and condense
the criminal code. outing out all the
mold and dust and accumulated verbiage
Of ages. They could give us a set OF
laws that could be interpreted only one
way. Matters have reached such a
stage where ever lawyers do not know
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lawyers enough he can make the law
look foolish. And II has been done 50
often of late that there IL little wonder
the people are taking UP the initiative.
referendum and recall. They would
take up almost anything that carried
some promise Of relief.
LAW made by one Get Of lawyers are
interpreted by another set of lawyers.
There IL q growing public suspicion that
many laws. passed by Legislatures. ma
tional or state. under pressure OF pub
lie opinion are purposcly left open to
attack. At any rate there have been
few laws passed that a lawyer cannot
find a hole in.
I'm literature. history and the drama
we have been striving for ear toward
direct and simple statements. In law
we have been treading paths that are
knee deep In tradition and supersti-
tion.
1T would seem that In drawing an
Indictment for murder II would be SUI
fcient to charge. plainly and directly
that on a certain date at a certain time
or place John Jones killed John Doe
with a revolver or knife or a stuffed
club. as the vase might be. But no
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Give Thanks.
By Cora M. w. Greenleaf.

.es
TVIHAT! Can't you see why to be
w s~rateful'
W You don't think you've reason
TO be?
And the thought Of It all 10 distasteful?
Here-listen a moment to me.
Thankful? or course you are thankful
For Just the bare thought that you
live
That you feel and can know all Lfe's
pleasure and woe
Can love. hate. relent and forgive.
Reason for thanks. who can doubt II?
IL there's aught that you hold in
u clutch
That would leave life more wretched
without II
You're bound to give thanks for so
much.
BE glad time can soften our SORROWS
Glad the sun shines after storm,
Be glad for fresh starts. and to-mor.
rows.
Let gladness take tangible form.
Be giad of distractions ~surmounted.
For mistakes that have helped you
to rise.
Thankful for blessings uncounted,
And for errors that opened your eyes.
Thankful for strength. grit and courage
That bids you strive when hopes gone;
For the golden success. that has blessed
or will bless
The persistence that { you on.
You are thankful you cannot change
places
(Or are not compelled to. we'll say
With one OF the hundreds OF faces
You meet on Tho street every day.
Your identity's yours past the losing
ITO have and to hold" while you live.
Prove YOU gratitude now by the
choosing
OF what you ARE willing to give.
To the weak. i%neficent and needy,
The useless. the vile. the forlorn.
Let our kindness make speed to
diminish their need
Let your thanks Ike a tangible form
Give thanks for whatsoever has saved you
From treading the paths these have
' trod.
And give from your store to the hope
less and Door.
That they may givs thanks TO God.
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street. near Amsterdam avenue. there I
a mountain OF garbage and refuse
dumped INTO the open street. This u
right alongside the grounds OF Columbid
University. The sidewalks in that 6oc{
ton are half filed with overiowtng
a n and barrels OF ashes and decaytng
matter.
Another thing that IL peeving che
people Of the Morningside district p a
glaring example OF boneheadedness IN
city government now or view along
Amsterdam avenue. Only a few months
ago the stcne pavement was torn UP
and an asphalt block pavement was
laid. The street was open for weeks
and there was a shining opportunity 10
prepare for the futr-, by laying neces-
sary conduits for electric wires and
anything else.
Now they are tearing up the new
pavement at crossings to put electric
light wires from the Y st side OF the
a, enue to Its east side. In connection
with a new system OF electric lighting.
The pavements are being replaced in
tho usual slovenly way and Amsterdam
avenue Is beginning to resemble a cor
duroy road"
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DESmtqv

"Yes. mamma" replied Master JarI
and he bowed to the ladies and with
drew.
How he's g~rowlng!" said Mrs.
Rangle. Hes quite a big boy now!'
Yes. drat them! How they do grow
up!' cried Mrs. Mudridge-Smith iras-
chilly. There 10 hat little fellow.
shooting up like q weed. He'll be 60
Ing to high school before long and
telling young men Of his own dye. who
may DO paying ne attention. too. that
I was his godmother; and show them
the silver mug l gave him when he
was chrstened. BY the way, where IL
that mugf"
Before Mrs. Jarr could reply the
little Jar giri came to the door and
said timidly:
please mamma, tan I tone in?"
mot until you have combed your
hair and washed your hands," said
Mrs. Jarr.
II did tomb my hair. and I did wash
my hands, said the little girl. And
she entered the room. And, coming
over to where her mother sat. she
ciasped and kissed her. and then kissed
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A L AT THE SCHOOLS.

~ HE Board Of Aldermen put it's foot into it again this week. 1t
used its power of disappearing budget items to cut BY
$4,000 the appropriation for education, and thereby halted
the inquiry ordered last June into the question, "What is the matter
with the schools?" On it's answer Prof. Paul II. Hanus Of Harvard
and a corps Of experts have been at work.
1t is to the interest Of every parent and child that the inquiry
shall 90 on to the end. Our school system is complex, has grown
rapidly with an expanding population, and taken form in the presence,
rather than through the directing efforts Of the Board Of Education.
The board itself and the public need the information sought.
Are superintendent really exercising educational leadership?
DO principals show initiative? Are teachers competent? Are courses
Of study adequate in scope, or overloaded, or over-rigid? Is truancy
properly handled? Is part-time an evil, and if so, how to be rem
edcd? Why do $4,000 pupils regularly fail Of promotion? Where
can money be saved? Those questions Prof. Hanus and his experts
are asking and they should have answer.
The Mayor will do well to override the chuckle-headed Economy"
ofthe Aldermen.
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Mrs. Rangie and Mrs. Mudridge-
Smith.
my. How fine We look in our clean
apron and nice fresh hair ribbon!'
cried Mrs. Rangle admiringly. did
Gertrude dress you up because We were
here -
IBIS Is my school dwess I put on
yesterday" replied the angel child.
land did Is de hair wibbon mamma dot
me q long time ago"
MY! And look how nice her hands
are!" said Mrs. Rangle. why. she
looks like a little doll!'
well. she was a very untidy little
girl until recently" said Mrs. Jarr.
Ink on her pinafore. her hair un-
kempt, her shoelaces united. her dress
torn and s~tained-and she'd run of to
school looking like a gypsy child that
way. despite everything l could dol"
Now run out and play In the dining
ROOM" said Mrs. Mudridse-Smith.
Little pitchers have large ears!"
"Dood-by. pretty lady," said the
child demurely. and she kissed them all
and withdrew '1ike,' as Mrs. Rangle
observed. "a little dear"
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HE little Jarr boy paused ct the
parlor door and wiped his feet
on the mat.
Mrs. Jarr was entertaining Mrs.
Rangle and Mrs. Smith. It be-
the frst day that Mrs. Mudridge-
Smiths hyphen had been brought out"
You see. / couldn't sink the idsn-
tty OF our family (for the Mud|dges
came over IN the Mayhower) In the
commonplace name Of smith," the
young married lady was explaining.
Mrs. Rangle ran her finger ovsr the
hyphen on Mrs. Mudridge -smith's en-
graved card. Yes. the hyphen could
not only be seen. but It could be felt!
It's debut was q success.
please. mamma, may I 90 with fssy
Slavinsky to the moving picture show
after school7" asked Master Jarr.
waiting Till there was a pause in the
conversation Of his elders and taking
on his hat before he spoke. "Ixzy
Slavlnsky went downtown TO get some
picture films for the man. cause some
burnt up. And 30 tho man IL going to
let him In for nothing. m all Izxy's
brothers and sisters. too. and 90 Emma
and me can get in"
How can you and Emma get in?'
asked Mrs. Jarr.
I'VE are going to say We are Izzy's
brother n sister. too. ! give him all
my cigarette pictures. n so did
Gussie Beppler and Little Tony Pas
quale and Mickey Rafferty,, 80 we're all
going in As lays brothers and sisters.
Anybody can be Izzy's brothers and
sisters to-day at the moving pictures
for cigarette pictures or a cent"
You can't 10 to-day" said Mrs,
Jsrr. "your grandmother IL coming
over from Brooklyn to take you back
with her to hear = temperance lecture
In her church."
The little boy turned pale and then
flushed. but courtesy M good breed
ing came TO the surface In the face
Of tho great disappointment. He
bowed and said:
Very well. mamma"
did the football suit come for me,
mammay" he then asked, quietly. you
know. you said you'd order one for me
from downtown and I could have Il e
play football In. after school this week
OF snyder's acant lot"
II forgot all about H." said Mrs
Jarr, shortly. Resides, a football sui
costa a lot OF money. Now DO rur
away! Don't you see mamma has com
panyf"
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Fables of
Everyday Folks
By Sophie Irene Loeb

fishing Co. CThe New York World.
John to come home from the stock
holders meeting.
And the days were not 20 much varied
By wen a bunch of violets.
She grew tired and listless Ind wan
and remained In a certain rut. She be-
came a little gray woman
At the close of one day, his partners
wife came into the office on a Joyous
errand bent with her husband. Her
eyes sparkled with ANTICIPATION.
He saw a woman BEAUTIFUL She
was LIVING!
He stopped being busy for a minute.
He began to think.
That evening when he came home he
said to his wife:
why are you gray and not like my
partners wife? He makes no more
than l do"
She merely said:
You are NO busy. John. Look In the
mirror. I'm but a REFLECTION Of
YOURSELF
Then he wondered why he was 90
busy. What was It all about? What
was II getting him?
He had zone on the old theory Of n.y.
Ing nothing n saving wood. And IN
the vague recesses of his brain the
pleasure time was put Off until TO-
MORROW.
Perhaps he stopped to reason IN
TIME-I do not know.
However. the nan who Says nothing
and saws wood" may get q wood ollie
all right. but sometimes ne does not
live IN saa tho tim hara RJvDN
Besides. there is the other half in me
case.
MORAL: A LITTLE PLEASURE
NOW AND THEN Is RELISHDD DY
THE BEST OF WIVES.
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he thought II would be no bad business
to take unto himself a wife.
II Is a way busy men haNe-some-
times. He got busy on that; and, to
make a long story short. SUCCEEDED
Now. the m In the case knew he
was a busy man and accepted him &C.
cordlngly. But there wvre n or two
things she had NOT rcckoned with.
She was continually making ALLOW
ANCES. She had heard much pro and
con about 'Yiow to keep q husband"
For was HI not keeping her?
II any feeling Of rebellion arose In
her woman's heart h tried to quiet II
with the everlasting, He Is such a
busy man. ! should have no COM
PLANT"
Many times she would lonsingly rec
Mrs. Neighbor across the street 60 on
with her husband for q bit OF fun. while
SHE eat by the fireside WAITING for
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will take 8 hours for the first man %
catch up TO the second. and In 3 hours
travelling at the rate Of 20 miles an
hour, the train will be @ miles away.
MAX HELLINGER.
Chances In the south.
To the Editor Of The Evening World:
To your correspondent who seeks
opportunities In the South. I would saw
as. perhaps, Horace Greeley would have
said to-day: Young man, go south!'
The Southland to-day is the real land
Of opportunities to Young America. Tho
cotton planters OF Mississippi, the peach
" OF Georgia and the orange
growers In the land OF flowers are pray
for an Influx OF Industrious. serious
mindd young white men TO help gather
the wealth OF the South. STRONG.
healthy and eighteen your CORES
pendent styles himself. He should
hardly have TO look very far for his
opportunity. once In the Southland. II,
however, agriculture IL not to his liking,
the various small towns scattered
throughout the South ofYer good CON-
mercisl opportunities In almost any line,
Here. too. will he learn that tho
Southern method Of living is really a
revelation In Its wholesomeness: that
here there II really a Joy In living,
apart from the prosa!c accumulation OF
dollars, A prerequisite for success IN
the South. as elsewhere. Is that n man
sssimilate himself to his o surround.
ings and do naught to sntagonize iI.
new ~neighbors by telling them just how
to take caro- Of their various speciai
problems.
OSCAR wiNKLER. Bayonns, N. J..
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OF anA Gray Hair.

To the Editor a The Evening World;
saw In The World an article on
"our Cieanest Age" from the London
Times. 1t IL true. people are cleaner
now than Of old. But I am sorry
hair oil 10 not used without perfumes.
The oil keeps the hair from growing
gray SO soon. ! have heard. and one
OF my sisters used hair oil and We are
not gray yet and we are over sixty.
Ny youngest sister never used oil. Now
her hair IL white. We used the best
olive oil and no perfumery. I thought !
would tell readers this TO let them see
the use OF oil Is not altogether WRONG.
MARY . II.
In America.
n ths Editor Of The Evening worid
Where were potatoes Arst grown In
America or in Ireland: " II.
Apply IN Supreme Court
10 the Editor Of The Evening World;
What Is the legal process for chang
ing Q person's name? +. ".
The Men and the Train
70 the Editor o; The Evening World;
IN snswer to the perplexing and In
eenious train problem OF N. o'Brien
] offer the following solution. leaving
out details In computation: 10 SO yard,
hrst man travels in 10 seconds. IS yards
length OF train: l07 SO yards In 10 sec,
ends. or - miles per hour train ira wells
sd.s yards train travels In . seconds
. yards length OF train: SIS yards sec,
ond nan travels In . seconds or 2 mile,
pr hour; i2.sos - yards train travels
In % minutes. 2.3as Pa yards frst mar
tsNveis In % minutes; 1910 yards dis.
lance 1Sa' msn are apart. Hence !
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" the Strike Is over, }
Why?--
0~~~

SSO PEAKfNG OF Mayor 0aynor."
remarked the head poliehe-.
reminds me that he Is handing
ont some hot discipline to those drivers
in the Street Cleaning Department who
are trying to get pack"
what most OF the people ana TO
know" said the laundry man. 'as Why
they don't tar away the garbage anS
ashes. II the strike IL broken. u
around my part OF town there wei
more garbage and ashes in evidence op
Friday than when the strike was 81 ~
height.
I'm One Hundred and Four<seatd
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Things Worth Knowing

cedar planks and fence rails now ind
q readv sale.
The Panama Canal is to be ornamental
ms well as useful. The Government sent
down an expert botanist with hundreds
OF Ions of seed In order to plant the
sloping sides OF the great ditch In vari-
Gus grasses. The strong turf will serve
to hold the banks In place and prevent
their tendency to slide, but the Govern
ment had an eye to beauty as well.
1t Ia worth knowing how to relieve
the pain of a burn when accidents Of
this sort occur In the kitchen. Make an
application OF common soda moistsnsd
with water. Spread It over, the burned
surface and to pain will disappsaS O.
Qncs.
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MEN AND NURSES.

He romance Of the employer and the milgirl has been ex-
plotted in fiction. The romance of the tired business man
and the stenographer is exploited in musical shows. The
romance Of the governess and the young man of the household is
exploited in "PassersBy." Why has not the romance of the invalid
and the trained nurse had exploitation in poetry, drama and fiction?
Other things being equal, sick men fall in love with the young
women who nurse them back to health. Sagacious youths have been
known to draw up a document in advance STIMULATING that no sick
bed proposal is 20 be valid without later ratification.
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After the visitors had departed and
Mr.. Jar came home. Mrs. Jar re-
marked.
Il don't know what's getting into the
children. They are 20 good! Little
Emma set the table for me. a. It's
Gertrude's day out. and she and Willie
haven't had a spat for a week"
And look how I'm eating my SCUM
and how clean my lace Isl" said the
little girl.
And I've been promoted at school,"
remarked Master Jarr. II got Q num-
dred for department. too. Say, Paw,
how long Is It till Christmas!"
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-HE receiver of a wireless messag
by the use OF double antenna,

-HE receiver OF a wireless message
by the use OF double antennae
L or "feelers" can readily determine
from which direction the message comes.
Thousands of men In England make a
good living by walking on tall stills
while they work. They are employed in
the hop fields OF Kent and other dis
tricts, where they have taken the place
of high ~stepladders formerly In use.
The annual output Of lead pencils In
this country Is more than leo. zoo. 200.
The cedar which Is used in making them
weighs about 100000 tons, and nearly
three-fourths of a cents worth OF wood
is required for each pencil. No other
wood v 80 good for h purpose. and
the timber 10 becoming scsres. Old
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mates are TO pc
brought to trial
at last
After m a n y
years. said the
la dry m a n.
And v e yet the
fo1y lawyers may
find some way to
stave on the trial
until after all the
men under indict-
. are dead. II
q man has money
enough to employ
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nc IbcNci oou8hs
any pleasures or
r~ecreat!ons. He
had mo time
h any one
asked him TO
STOP a little and
Join In with a bit
of merry making
Il was always the
same old cry.
I'm too busy
1t became a dis
ease.
o C Q. In the
cn,irao Of