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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-24
FIVE ALASKAN GUIDES
BRANDED AS EDWARDS
Miss Dora Keen, Mountain
Climber, With One Com
panion, Risks Death.

SEATTLE, Wash. August A.-Miss
Dora Keen. the Philadelphia girl noun
tain climber. upon her arrival here re-
lated the desertion of her party by hve
cowardly Alaskan guides who left her
and one other man to face death amid
the laundering avalanches on the side OF
Mount Blackburn.
Miss Keen triumphed not only over
Mount Blackburn, but also over Skeiai-
bass, being the first woman to negotiate
It. She then proceeded down the Wnlte
and Yukon rivers.
After arriving at the mountain from
eight to twelve feet of snow fell each day.
The party was without tents and was
compelled to live in snow caves Iney
didn't have a cooked meal for five days.
On the fourth day three men asked per-
mission Of Miss Keen to leave the party
and return to Kennecott Their request
was granted and they took the dogs with
them. On the tenth day two more men
made the same request and lett with the
remaining six dogs. They never came
back.
Extols Handy's Bravery.
Only one man, G. w. Handy Of Cor
dova, went to the summit with MISS
Keen. Miss Keen speaks in glowing
terms Of Handy's bravery:
Handy is a true mountain climber and
afraid of nothing, and it Is to him that
/ wish to give full credit for the success
Of the expedition" she says. In speaking
Of the climb up the mountain MISS Keen
said:
1.-THE base Of the mountain is $500 feet
above sea level. The timber line Is at
. 500 feet, and after that 1t was neces-
sary for US to carry our 1uei with US.
Government maps give the height OF
Mount Blackburn as 1910 feet. but pc
lieve them to be wrong and estimate the
height as II 500 feet.
AS she neared the summit OF Mount
Blackburn she observed an enormous
peak on the Canadian side OF the line
.'It was very far away and very high,
said Miss Keen, but we could not find II
on the map, nor could we see 1t when we
were below the 12.OOO-feet altitude
mo person seemed to know anything
$50 miles due east and appeared to De as
high as Mount Mckinley.
Dangerous and Difficult.
1.-THE trip over the pass is extremely
dangerous" said Miss Keen. 1.-THE route
is used little and is long and lonesome.
We met some members of the boundary
survey on the second day, and on the
fifth day we passed lone man, who had
not seen a soul for fifteen days. The
hardest part Of the trip is crossing Rus
sell glacier, which took a day.
IT am the only woman who has ever
made this trip. I was told that another
woman had tried 1t and was lost. The
government should build railroad over
this route, as there are rich copper de-
posts in the White river district. After
a tramp of 125 miles we stopped for six
weeks at Canyon City. an eight-loghouse
village, where I helped to build boat
which brought US down the White river
1S3 miles to the Yukon. which We fol-
lowed to Dawson. On our trip down the
White river we did not see single per-
son."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-24
UNITED PRESBYTERIAN.

UNITED PRESBYTERIAN.
THE FIRST UNITED PRESBYTERIAN
Church, Rock Greek Church road and New
Hampshire ave-. 1.-The Church on the Point.
Rev. ]. Alvin Campbell, pastor.-Services. II
am. and S pm: Sabbath school, $50 am.
G. F. at Z O'Clock
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-24

EcCLESIA. NAVAL LODGE
Hall, go Pa. ave. s.s.-Sunday. ll:30 an.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-09-16
APPLICABLE

Needed: Six ounces of flour,
three ounces of butter, one egg,
half teaspoonful of baking pow
der, and two or three apples.
Method: Stew the apples with
two tablespoonfuls of sugar until
tender, rub the butter into the
flour, and baking powder, drop in
the egg, and mix to stiff paste.
Turn out on Toured board and
divide into two parts. Roll out
the same size as shallow bak-
ing-tin Ga sandwich tin will do
very WELD, butter the tin, line it
with paste, fill it with apples, then
put on with the other round of
pastry. Sprinkle over with castor
sugar and bake in a moderate
oven for fifteen minutes.
o-o-
Lawyer Ito witness Did you
say that an incompetent man
could keep a hotel just as well as
anybody? Witness-No; l said
an inexperienced man could. ,
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-09-16

of our quarrel was the reconcilia-
ton"
Its always been my pet aspir-
alton to see you two married"
said Drusilla.
"Well, your wish will soon
come true"
Beatrice" asked Drusilla,
won't it be dreadful after you
are married if Charles should say
loving things to you and look at
another woman?"
Il won't mind that ever again"
declared Beatrice vehemently.
because Charles says all other
women look alike to him except
me. So there!'
Copyright, by w. G. Chapman
The Washington herald., 1912-08-05
Squeezing China and Others.

From the Boston Transcript.
Much of Manchuria is undeveloped. and
the promotion of its development would
necessitate freedom of trade with all ma
tions. Furthermore. and this is a point
that Japanese writers impress upon their
readers Russia is doing something in
Mongolia which points to more or less
thinly disguised conquest. Other powers
are suspected of seeking to pick up val
liable pieces of broken China. Great Bri-
tain is accused of preparing to absorb
Tibet. Such being the case, or thought
to be the case. many Japanese besides
DIR. Tomizu must be inclined to insist
that IL Japan is not permitted to make
the most of the opportunity now offered
other nations will not hesitate to avail
themselves of the chance Japan lets pass
by. All this discussion may foreshsdow
a quiet pairing down of the Celestial re-
public. which has so many problems on
its hands that II is not likely to find
time or resources to antagonize acquisi-
tions by Russia and Japan. in territories
over which Russia and Japan in effect
are exercising actual supreme authority,
The Washington herald., 1912-08-05
PICNICS
By GEORGE FITCH,
Author of "At Good old Siwash."

A picnic is a charity affair gotten up
for the entertainment Of certain varie-
ties Of bugs 1t consists of a basket din
ner. a hammock, and a ra!nstorm. The
dinner is shared between the owner and
seven kinds OF ants The hammock Is
shared by the owner and several mos
quitoes The thunderstorm is used as
terminal facilities for the picnic and by
the unwilling victims of said picnic as
an excuse to get home as soon as the
last piece OF pie has been consumed or
has been scraped of OF some small boy.
A picnic is composed OF people and
lunch in equal parts. Il is usually sew
sral days in incubating and coming TO
a head. II takes three days to prepare
the lunch for a picnic of the first grade.
three hours to find a satisfactory spot
on which TO lay IL out and thirty min
utes to make 1t look Hike the contents
of a pie wagon that has been struck by
an automobile. As in the bringing up OF
children, women do most of the work
at a picnic. They prepare the lunch, pack
the baskets and persuade the men to
come. There is also one woman in each
picnic who clears up the remains and
washes the dishes. She Is indispensa-
BILE and the picnic cannot exist without
her. Some towns have gone picnicless
for years because their last willing pic
mic worker has retired.
The men also work at picnics. They
carry the lunch baskets and put up
the hammocks in such a manner as TO
cause as much excitement as possible.
The groans of the men who are per-
forming these duties can usually be
heard at a great distance.
Picnics begin to appear sporadically
in June and reach their greatest severi-
ty IN August. When the epidemic is at
its height a healthy person may have
The Washington herald., 1912-08-05
Chinese sfgnboards.

From the London Glcbe.
W. Simpson. in Meeting the Sum-"
writes: Il saw in Pekin a list Of sign
boards and a few samples of them will
illustrate their general character. Shop
of Heaven-sent Luck. The Shop of
Celestial Principles The Nine Felici-
ties Prolonged Mutton Shop of Morning
Twilight The Ten Virtues All Com
plete,' Flowers Rise to the Milky Way
In these signs We can see that the
Chinese can combine the soul of a poet
with the pocket of a shopman. Contrast
such efforts with The Noted Eel Pie
House OF the London streets. and one
must feel that We are outer barbarians.
Carlyle quotes a Chinese signboard. No
Cheating Here but could not find any
thing like 1t In the list. Good and just
according to heaven ought TO satisfy the
ideal notions of the author OF 'Sartor Re-
sartus. "
The Honest Pen Shop of L. implies
that other pen shops are not honest
The Steel Shop of the Pockmarked
Wang suggests that any popularity of
shopman may be used to impress the
memory of customers. Snub noses. squInt
eyes. lame legs. or hump backs might all
be used in this way.
A charcoal shop calls itself the "Foun-
tain of Beauty" and a place for the sale
OF coal INDUCES in the title of Heaven
ly Embroidery" An oil and wine estab-
lishment is the 'Neighborhood of Chief
Beauty" description the realization OF
which II is hard to conceive anywhere in
Pekin. The Thrice Righteous" one
would scarcely expect from an opium
shop.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-05
KILLING HUMMING BIRDS.
Demands of Fashion Bid Fair to
Exterminnte Little Creatures.
Fnm Ave Maria.


Our continent has a monopoly Of hum
ming birds. the gems of the feathered
creation or these there are said to
be as many as 100 species. most Of which
confine themselves to the tropical regions
Only eighteen varieties live farther
north than Mexico. 1t is generally
thought that humming birds live upon
honey. This, however. is mistake.
They do secure and devour some honey.
it is true. but most of their food consists
OF the small insects which inhabit GER
tain flowers.
The little bird is therefore useful as
well as beautiful and has been called a
flower to which God has granted wings.
Humming birds are so small that when
they are captured for commercial pur-
poses 1t is impossible to use even the
smallest shot for fear of injuring their
skins. They are therefore stunned with
drop OF water from a blowgun or
syringe and fall into a net. when they
are quickly poisoned.
Humming birds vary in size from those
half as large as sparrow 10 those about
the size Of a bee. Their flight is so
swift that they can be we'll seen only
when poised above a flower. The lit
tie creatures bid fair to he eNterminated
on account of the senselesS and cruel
fashion of using them as trimming for
women's hats.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-05
WOMEN AND STREET CLEANING,
VIII Demonstrate Superiority In
Municipal Work.

From the New York World
The suggestion OF q prominent social
worker that women prove their politi-
cal efficiency by cleaning the streets
of the city should not be permitted to
pass like a summers cloud. II body
OF women by any combinat ton,
either as suffragettes or sociologists,
or as ordinary citizens. can and will
clean the streets, they will demonstrate
a superiority in municipal work over
all male officials and politicians that
can be disputed by nobody.
We have had all kinds Of street.
sweepers. street contractors. Street
Commissioners. Aldermen, Borough
Presidents, and Mayors. but we have
never yet in this generation had clean
streets. We have tried many expert
ments. sought out many Inventions:
we have expended much energy and
much money: we have studied street
problems in other cities and in other
lands: we have had agitations, we have
had mass meetings and associations
and committees: we have had reports
and we have had sermons; We have ex-
horted, we have petitioned, we have
stormed, and prayed and sworn, but we
have never had clean streets.
The issue is now fairly up to the
women IL they wish to face 1t. Let
them clean the streets and there can
be no further cavil as to their fitness
for government.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-05
KANSAS GREAT FISHERY.
state Means Its People Shall Not
BE FishIess.
Prrrllar Mcrhanic, a. June.

Popular Mechanics for June
The largest and most elaborate fish
in the world IS now in process
at Pratt, Kans. This prof.
ect was authorized and provided for by
the Kansas Legislature last year II will
cost $4,000 None OF the fish hatcheries
ever built by the government has eX-
ceeded the cost of $50
The Kansas hatchery will be one mile
in length and a quarter OF mile IN
width. II will contain 100 ponds. averag-
ing an acre in size and six feet deep.
When compared with other hatcheries
already in existence this project seems
a stupendous undertaking. since most
Of the largest hatcheries Of the country
cover only a dozen or more acres OF
water.
The building OF this great Kansas fish
hatchery includes the construction of
concrete dam. 500 feet long. across the
Ninnescah River, which will furnish
supply lake of ten acres. Water from
this lake will be carried to the hatchery.
nearly three miles distant. through
twenty one-fnch pipes. which connect
separately with each individual pond.
The system also includes 1870 sluice gates,
81 concrete structures, 300 galvanized
wire-mesh screens. and various other
structures and appurtenances for hand
ling and controlling the water supply
The Washington herald., 1912-08-05
Interesting Gossip on the Wonderful
Transformation Of Japan and Its People

graphy and history. trait that has re-
niadned with him, and has resulted In
his being exceptionally well informed as
to the ways and the workings Of the
outside world especially He never has
been away from Japan. One of the tra-
ditions Of Nippon is that the reigning
sovereign shall never visit a foreign land
or accompany his army or navy upon any
foreign expedition whatsoever. Despite
his early seclusion. so rigidly maintained
by ancient custom, gusts Of news now
and then came to the young prince from
afar. and awakened in the future ruler
a mental hunger that IL has become
his ruling passion to appease.
His name-Mutsuhito-int liter
ally, means gentleman. Yet his youth was
not passed amid entirely gentle surround
ings. for when he was ten years old the
smouldering political volcano that had
long threatened the country gave a pre-
lude to such eruptions as were to end
only by burying Old Japan. Shortly after
ward two warning factions. representing
the forces of progress and conservatism,
rent Kioto in twain and even invaded
the peace of the ancient palace. On Aug
ust 20. 1864. an assault was made by some
1000 Japanese soldiers on the nine gated
palace. and the future sovereign smelIed
powder for the first time. Scores were
slain and most OF the city was reduced
to ashes. Three years later Mutsuhito.
on the death of his father, ascended the
throne.
The Emperor has always lived a life OF
comparative seclusion and has rarely ap-
peared in the conduct OF affairs Of State.
He has worked through his ministers and
advisers. The war with Russia and its
successful outcome was one Of the not
able events of his reign. An attempt
against his life was reported in 1911 II
was charged that the plotters were So
cialists, but later II was pointed out
that they were anarchists. Twelve of
the convicted conspirators were executed
and a number of others were sentenced
TO Imprisonment.
The present heir apparent TO the throne
of Japan is Yoshihito, the third son of
Mutsuhito. who was proclaimed crown
prince in 1858. Young Yoshihito has served
in the army and navy of his country,
and in 1903 was appointed a lieutenant
general and vice admiral. In 1900 he
married Princess Sabako. the fourth
daughter of Prince Kujo Michitaka. Three
sons are the issue OF this union.
FLANEUR.
Copyright. 1912 by Court Gossip syndicate.l
The Washington herald., 1912-08-05
PURE DRUGS EASY TO FIND.

Frum the PHILADELPHIA Record.
Pennsylvania pharmacists enthusiastic
ally showed their appreciation at the sec
ond days session of the annual meeting
Of the Pennsylvania Pharmaceutical As
sOciation. when II was declared that 1t
was easier than ever before for the pub
lie to secure unadulterated drugs. This
was the keynote OF the address by
Charles F. Vanderkleed. chairman of the
committee on drug market
''Of course the public must be willing
TO pay for them" declared Prof. VAN
derkleed. Drugs are being most care
fully examined by the manufacturers.
wholesale dealers. and pharmacists, aid
ed by the very effective work being done
by national, State. and local govern
ments The existing laws are being
most rigidly enforced. All OF which is
tending as never before to eliminate not
only the adulterated drugs. but those OF
inferior quality. and the public is the
beneficiary"
F. NJ Siggins of MeadsvIlle sounded a
note OF warning when he told OF the evils
of using headache powders and other
remedies containing coal tar products.
William f. Lee. Of Philadelphia. strongly
denounced the practice OF the druggist
clarfng that 1t was on par with allow
ing the physician a commission on the
he sent to the druggist.
Louis Emanuel. OF Pittsburg. president
of the Pennsylvania Pharmaceutical Ex
amining Board. stirred UP the old ques
tion Of the dispensing physician by giving
a record of the sales of a physicians
supply house in Pittsburg. which showed
that IL was selling to physicians all over
the country large quantities OF tablets
containing cocaine and other dangerous
narcotic drugs. Joseph P. Remington of
Philadelphia, chairman Of the commit
tee on revision OF the ninth edition of
the United States Pharmacopoeia, the
text book of the drug trade, both profess
sionally and commercially. In discussing
the preparation OF the coming revision.
declared that the tendency Of the drug
all over the country was
in favor of raising standards for drugs
and medicinal ingredients. Out OF hun
dreds of letters tnat he has received on
the subject from hundreds of manufac-
rurers. not one requested that the stand
ard OF drug be lowered.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-05
The Police and Crime.

According to statements issued from
New YorksPolice Headquarters, the in
timacy of that force with crime is
nothing but fiction If this were the
case--of course it is not-how was il
possible that when the entire detective
force was supposed to be searching far
and near for a man wanted in connec-
ton with the murder of Rosenthal that
nobody apparently could locate the sus-
pect though Police Lieut.. Becker was
able to send a lawyer clandestinely to
the very man in order to consult with
him?
We do not mean to say that the at
torney knew the man was wanted BY
the District Attorney. But we do mean
to say that Becker knew. Had the en-
tire police department been alive to the
seriousness of the situation within its
ranks it could not have been possible
for one of its lieutenants to hold such
communications with one of the fugi-
tives without police headquarters dis
covering what that officer knew and what
he was about
The policeman who communicated
with one of the men whom the police
The Washington herald., 1912-08-05

as many as six picnics a week and yet
survive them. A man who has been af-
fiicted with picnics can be distinguished
by the way one shoulder droops from
carrying the ice cream freezer and also
by his habit of looking nervously about
him before sitting down. No man who
has ever heard the terrible words:
Henry, get right up of that cake"
can help doing this ever after.
Picnics are complicated by baseball.
swimming. apple stealing. moonlight
chaperons. and children. of which the
latter are by far the more serious. For
children are as much as an ordinary
picnic can have without exploding be-
fore oclock.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-05
REVIEW OF THE WEEK.

From the New York Pres.
'Tis harvest time for those who take
In boariers by the Sea and lake.
On mountains, too OF in the dell;
Their pocketbooks begin to swell.
We hear folk say they'd like TO be
Out in the country. gay and free
There's nothing free for city man;
He even pays for c,sts Of tan.
Closed Is Titanic inquiry.
The iceberg Was to blame, We see.
For being in the steamers course
And causing such q tragic los
Ted IL the Bull Moose. as we know.
But Perkins seems TO be the dough.
Now comes the big progressive show.
But Price Of seats has fallen low.
Ten dollars was the rate to be.
But Il has fallen down to three.
And maybe in course OF events.
The price will drop to thirty cents.
Old Standard Oil keeps booming up
And OVERLOOKING John DIS cup.
II wouldn't cause the good man rain
To see his trust Dissolved again.
The colored man went to the bat
And sought to learn where he is at.
He's pat the question up TO Ted,
Who said the same he did not dread,
And so he answered. wrong or right,
But, anyhow. in black and white.
The army of the broom and brush
Are cleaning New York with a rush;
But many things beside the street
Here need cleaning up complete.
Attorney Whitman. ere he's through.
May sweep the system through and through,
And maybe by the end OF fall
VIII sterilize departments all
Prom town you cannot set awayf
Well, things are here to make you gay.
Green corn h now abundant here;
Be happy with q buttered car.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-05
The Test To-day
Lifeboat Question Again.

From the New York Herald.
Happily. neither the collision of the
steamer Commonwealth and the battle
ship New Hampshire nor OF the Massa-
chutts and Bunker Hill In the eastern
end of Long Island Sound recently caused
any loss of life.
The Commonwealth. with 800 passengers
and a crew OF no inconsiderable size
aboard, was more seriously damaged
than any Of the other vessels concerned
in the mlshaps, Her bow In coming in
contact with the heavy steel man OF war
crushed like a shell, and her forward
compartment was flooded. Only the
holding of bulkheads kept her afoat.
But suppose the blow had been hard
enough to send her to the bottom? The
boats OF the Commonwealth were not
OF sufficient number and size to carry
all her passengers and crew. and this
Is due to the United States steamboat in
spection not requiring such boats on
sound steamers.
A stitch in time saves nine. Are the
legal requirements for life preservers
sufficient?
The Washington herald., 1912-08-05
Measuring Nature.

John Burroughs in Century.
Nature 10 not benevolent: nature is
just. gives pound for pound. measure
for measure. makes no exceptions, never
tempeTs her DEGREES with mercy or wiuks
at any infringement of her laws. And
in the end is not this best? Could the
universe be run as a charity or benev-
olent institution. or as poorhouse OF
the most approved pattern? Without this
merciless justice, this inrefrag gable law.
where would we have brought up long
ago? 1t is a hard gospel; hut rocks are
hard. too. yet they form the foundations
of the hills.
Man introduces benevolenCe. mercy. al
truism. into the world. and he pays the
price in his added burdens: and he
reaps his reward in the vast social and
civic organizations that were impossible
without these things.
The Washington herald., 1912-08-05

was unable to reach; the policeman who
was under strong suspicion Of having
been involved in some way with the
gamblers was not watched by his s,,-
periors-at least not sufficiently to re-
veal that he was sending his lawyer
to Rose. He was defended, he was al
lowed to keep his uniform, left on duty,
that is in the best possible position to
hinder the uncovering of the crime and
the scandal and to thwart the efforts
of the District Attorney.
Is here any excuse for such stupid
ity? Is it possible under the circum-
stances that the polioe-graft charge is
myth?