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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-14
VIENNA.
Correspondence Of The Star.


VIENNA, Va, April Is. 1912.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick F. Detweiler
left Monday to spend a fortnight with
Mr.. and Mrs. A. M. Schneider in Cleve-
land, Ohio. Mr.. and Mrs. Webster Sill
are occupying their new home with Mrs.
L. M. Kenyon. on Park street. Messrs
Donald and Stephens Rippey were the
Sunday guests of Mrs. w. A. Mckinney
in Washington. Mrs. Joel Barbin was
the guest Of Mrs. A. G. Coumbe last
week. Mrs. ]. Frederick Oertel spent
Saturday in the city Mrs. Thomas Chap
man of Oakton was a Washington visitor
Saturday. DR.. Percy Williams Of Ithaca,
N. Y. spent the week end with Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert A. Clshman. leaving Sunday
night for Baltimore. Mrs. James M.
Nourse was recent visitor to her daugh-
ter. Mrs. A. D. Brockett, at Alexandria.
Mrs. Nourse was hostess for the regular
April meeting Of the Fairfax County
Chapter of the D. A. r.. Saturday. Mrs.
0. F. Jones spent Thursday with her
sister. Mrs. James Jones. Miss Cameron
Fitzhugh of Baltimore and Miss Abigail
Fitzhugh OF Culpeper spent the Easter
holidays with Vienna friends. Dr. Will
liam D. Fftzhugh Of Washington spent
the week end with friends in Vienna.
&sAA. LOVE ShSC AoAo"I vi lcutcyIOWn was
the guest of Vienna friends Easter Sum
day. Mr.. and Mrs. James Hunter Cam
eron were dinner guests Sunday of Mr..
and Mrs. e. Coles Row Of Falls Church.
Miss Dorothy Jones was the guest OF
Miss Dorothy Freeman over Easter. Mrs,
James Hunter is visiting her daughter.
Mrs. Thornton Terrett. The Current
Events Club met with Mrs. A. d. Hine
Wednesday, with q good attendance The
next meeting will be held April "a with
Mrs. George E. King. The Ladies' Aid
of the Presbyterian Church held an all
day meeting Thursday with Mrs. j. c. L.
Wilson.
Mrs. Julia MCGOWAN spent Saturday
in Washington. Misses Elisabeth and
Mary Sherman were given q surprise
party at their home near Vienna Tues
day evening. the guests being Miss
Helen Dansboe, Miss Cleo Scandling,
Miss Dorothy Freeman, Miss Louise
Hoge, Miss Dorothy Jones, Miss Marion
Freeman. Miss Mildred Wathen, Messrs
Sherwood and Deming Sheer. John Nc
Carthy. Galen and H. Sturgis. l. Gray
son and A. Sherman. Misses Helen
Dansboe and Dorothy Sherman were
luncheon guests of Miss Carlotta Corey
Of Washington Wednesday and after
ward joined a large matinee party un-
der the chaperonage Of Mrs. Corey.
Mr.. Charles Bayne of Baltimore visit
ed Mr. Michael Sulli1an Sunday. Mr..
and Mrs. Edwin S. Bethel and son John
spent Easter with Mr.. Alexander Bukey
in Washington. Miss Mary Bannister,
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The Censor.

<SIDINED with q certain well known
American playwright in London last
month" said an equally well known man
ager, the other day. He talked q lot
about the English censor.
He gave me a good Illustration Of the
grandmotherly way the censor treats q
play. He said a playwright had this pas
sage in q love scene:
Then. dearest Mabel. We will meet
tonight at ten in the old lane. by the
ruined mill. There should be lovely moon
light
1.-THE censor ran his blue pencil through
this paragraph. and requested in the mar
gin that 1t be changed to:
Then. Miss Mabel, We will meet In the
garden this afternoon ct 4-provfdod, Of
course. your mother can be present. The
weather promises to be cloudless.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-14

From the Detroit Free Press.
Il see they have self-starting automo-
biles now"
vent q self-cranling phonograph next"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-14
1ncongruous.
From Satire.


Little Alick-What is an incongruity?
Uncle William-An incongruity, child.
is 4 divorces lawyer humming wedding
march.
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Councilman-rve come to see, sir, II
you will subscribe anything to the town
cemetery.
Old resident-Good gracious! I've al
ready subscribed three wives.-Tit-Bits
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''Why Is a Flat WheeI?"
Asks the Urban Resident

WHY is Hat wheel?
w Thousands Of urban dwellers have
asked themselves this question at various
times, and with various emotions usually
with disgust, as the creaking, throbbing.
roaring noise-making adjunct to the mod
ern street car thunders by.
Those who have homes, "only a block
from the car line"-and nearer-havey been
awakened in the fresh young dawn BY the
ever-present 'iat" wheel on the passing
car, and wondered why it all was. The
question Is not asked from a scientific
point of view in the majority of cases
The feeling in the questioner is about the
same as the feeling that prompts the
householder to shy bootjacks and skillets
at the serenading cats on his back fence.
There is a real scientific reason for the
fiat wheel, however. as well as a reason
for the noise. which Is produced by the
same means that noise may be made by
shaping two boards together.
why is a fiat wheel?" repeated the
superintendent Of transportation Of one
Of Washington's street railway systems,
when asked what fiat wheel is and why
it Is such a prolific noisemaker
"A fiat wheel is usually caused by
brake-shoe biting into the hard face OF
a wheel on a street car. Or a sudden stop
or start may cause the same thing by
friction with a new rail-. The 'brake-shoe'
is the fiat piece Of metal that is brought
against the wheel when the brakes are
thrown.
when the metal bites into the surface
of the wheel face 1t takes a small piece
out OF 1t. leaving what might be called a
hole Now, when the car is In rapid
motion this is brought many times against
a slap on the fiat surface. OF course, the
more rapidly the car is going the louder
the noise grows.
There is but one cure for a fiat wheel.
II the piece of metal torn from the face is
small, say the size Of q ten-cent piece, 1t
sending the wheel to the shops. where
the steel all about the hole is carefully
cut AWAY thus reducing as we say, the
size Of the offending surface, although as
a matter OF fact the hole Is made SO large
that it really forms part Of the contour Of
the wheel.
l.
Usually. though, a genuine case of fiat
wheel cannot be remedied without grind
ing the entire surface Of the wheel down
until 1t takes up the depth Of the hole
The hole rarely is as deep as q sixteenth
of an inch, so that the process OF grind
ing is not as extended as might first
seem. The wheel is slowly revolved, and a
broad, coarse, swiftly flying emery wheel
forced upon IT.
Most Of the fat wheels are caused by
the small piece Of metal being torn from
the surface. although not q few result
from broken hanges. However the broken
fanges are quickly detected. and repaired
Immediately. as they have tendency to
throw the car from the track.
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Maids Wait on Table.

All the districts in France must have
opportunities of delivering their food
stuffs to the centers of consumption with
rapidity. security and economy. Briefly
put. the program Of the league Is the
diminution of prices by the suppression
of the octroi. the improvement of trans
ports, the reorganization Of the markets
and abattoirs and the modification OF san
itary laws.
At luncheon given to some prominent
political men the hostess was compli-
mented on her tact. For the occasion
she had ordered a menu that required
less than an hour and was served by
women.
Those who are not in the habit Of re-
ceiving cabinet ministers in France might
have made the mistake of hiring men
servants to walt on table. But this in
telligent little Parisienne knew better.
Her two maid servants attended, and the
luncheon was a brilliant success.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-14
Girl Seventeen Manageable.

curious case came before the magis.
trates OF the first chamber Of the civil
tribunal the other day. The point they
had to decide was whether a girl Of sew.
enteen was too young to get married.
Her parents had been divorced since 1903.
The girl had been confided to the mother
She became engaged to a young man who
is In good position and the mother
Favored the match, but the father op-
posed 1t, arguing that the daughter was
too young to marry.
II the divorce had been granted in the
mothers favor only her consent to the
marriage would have been necessary
But the separation was pronounced at
the request OF both parties. and in a case
OF this sort when father withholds his
consent the mother has to appeal to the
courts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-14
Railway Porters Deficient.

While they are at ii. the government
at least In SO far as the state railroads
are concerned-might give a few lessons
In pronunciation TO their country en-
pioyes. Any one who has travelled at
night on French railroad knows how
impossible 1t is to discover ones where
abouts by simply listening to the passing
porter. 1t is seldom that one catches
more than something absolutely unintel-
hgible In guy" or lille or court
One day traveller, annoyed at the
slovenly fashion the porter was drawing
out the name of the station. put his head
out of the window and remarked in q
critical tone:
Mon ami. you might pronounce the
name or the station a little more clearly"
The employe stopped, turned round, and
replied In whitening accents:
Maybe you'd like LIE Bargy u
famous master Of elocution) for 500 q
year."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-14
National War on High Prices.

1922
The Journal is promoting a national
league, with the object OF bringing down
the prices Of foodstuffs. Thousands OF
people are interesting themselves in the
project. The consumers, dealers and
producers complain of the octroi duties,
which they declare are responsible for
the high cost of living. The aim is to
bring about the suppression OF the &C.
troll, which Is regarded as a relic OF the
salt tax and the inQuisition.
Another aim the league has in view 10
to improve the transport facilities. 1t is
pointed out that in the twentieth CEN
fury the same method which obtained
sixty years ago cannot be maintained.
There must be q swifter dispatch OF the
foodstuffs to market: the tariffs must be
unified and Frenchmen must be placed
on an equality with foreigners. who re-
ceive the produce OF the French soil on
better terms than are given to the people
at home.
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School of Pronunciation for
French Phone Operators.
ACCENT CAUSES MISTAKES
Railway Porters Also Are Held to
Be in Need Of Tuition,
MAY MARRY AT SEVENTEEN
Magistrates Make Ruling in Case
Where Father Objected Because
Of Daughters Youth.

Special Cablesram to The Star
PARIS. April H.-The latest departures
on the part of the paternal French ad-
ministration is a school of pronunciation.
1t Is intended for the benefit OF telephone
girls whose elocution has been neglected
or whose provincial accent stands in need
OF correction.
This Is a step in the right direction,
for q large number of ices demoiselles''
come from regions in France where the
dialect has much to answer for. and to
hear them rolling OF the 80 and final
syllables on the telephone Is sometimes
amusing and at other times exasperating.
Perhaps one could more readily forgive
their accent IL the exchange girls would
take more pains to listen to the numbers
asked for by subscribers.
1t is rarely that day passes when one
is not called to the telephone needlessly
because some one has asked for a num-
Der that resembles his. Mines are quite
often mistaken for fours, thirty-two and
twenty-five are COMPOUNDED. and many
other numerical combinations give rise to
mistakes on the part of the telephone
miss. OF course IL Is not always her
fault She has all sorts OF ''abonnes" to
deal with. and sometimes the subscriber
accent Is as bad as her own.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-14
Given Certificate to We'd.

The court considered that there was
no obstacle to the marriage since the re.
ports concerning the future husband were
excellent. Still the magistrates found it
necessary to see the girl. She was
brought into the courtroom and closely
scrutinized. The magistrates talked to
her and finally decided that she was mar
riageable. They gave the girl what
amounted to a certificate emitting her to
marry.
The court has been able to testify by
having the girl brought before II that
she has the appearance OF possessing ro-
mind and a physical development wholly
exceptional for her age" So ran the
judgment and the fathers objection that
his daughter was too young to enter the
married state at seventeen was over
ruled.
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and has been secretary of the branch OF
the international peace bureau in the
United States since 1892
The Little John Boyden Chapter.
D. A. r., was launched under most
favorable auspices Saturday, April
8. at the residence Of Mrs. Fred
erick William Clemens. at the Able
marle. with Mrs. Clemens as regent
Among those present extending felici-
tations were Mrs. Mary s. Lockwood, Dis
trictregent: Mrs. Howard l.. Hodgkins. re-
cording secretary general: Miss Grace
John Boyden. whose name is thus COM
memorated. was of diminutive stature
four feet four inches. and extremely
youthful when he enlisted and rendered
war. especially In the vicinity Of West
Point 1t was said he shouted all night
once to give the British the impression Of
proximity Of large American forces at
one end Of the great chain stretched
across the Hudson river at the narrowest
point. from Fort Putnam to Constitution
Island. The links OF this chain are said
to be the largest ever forged. and a
museum at West Point After the con-
clusion Of business. the evening ended
pleasantly in a social way.
District branch Of the International
Sunshine Society was organized Wed
nesday evening at Wesley NJ E. Church
with flfty-three members. The program
of the evening included invocation and
addresses by Mrs Ellen Spencer Mussey.
Miss Mary I. Wood Of New York. Mrs.
Mary 8. Lockwood. District regent
ID. A. R.: Miss Eva Jackson and Mrs.
by Mrs. Clayton e. Emig. Miss Wild,
Miss Jackson. Miss Alletta Harmon and
Miss Katherine O'Brien.
The officers Of the District branch are
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-14

During the week beginning tomorrow
headquarters Of the League Of American
Pen Women will be at the Rochambeau
apartment 600. open from 8 am. to 8
p m. to local and visiting members of
the league. Reports Of officers and state
representatives will be read at the meet
ing Wednesday night.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-07-18
STATE NORMAL CLOSES
MOST SUCCESSFUL YEAR

Madison, S. D., July 15.-After clos
ing one Of the most successful years
in its history the State Normal
school, with the termination Of the
summer school of six weeks, notes
several changes in the faculty for
next years work.
Miss Ramsey resigned to continue
her studies in the east and her place
as teacher of history is filled by DR..
f. a. Beuchel, Of Madison, Wis. DR..
Beuchel is a graduate Of Mankato
State normal n of the University Of
Wisconsin. He has had five years
successful teaching.
Miss Myrtle Blackwell takes the place
made vacant by the resignation of Miss
Eldred Lawrence. who quits teaching
this year.
Miss Davis, for several years teach
er of Latin, resigned to take a years
rest. Her place was filed by the cleo
ton of Miss Edna p. Murphy.
A feature of this summers session
of great value to teachers was the
model teaching done in the training
department. Madison normal has the
leading methods teacher of the north
west in charge. Mrs. Edith Beaumont.
Mrs. Beaumont was assisted by a
carefully selected corps of teachers,
Miss Madge Tuttle, kindergarten, and
Miss Snyder. primary, were two other
efficient teachers.
The attendance was over $50.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-07-18
SUBJECT OF DISPUTE
PAYS FOR BOARD and
KEEP BY HARD LABOR
While Officers Quarrel Prisoner
Spends Time Beautifying
His Bastile.

Rapid City, July 16.-While a bite.
dispute is being waged between Sheriff
Tom Hewitt and Chief of Police Willis
Lippincott over the custody of George
Morton, the latter is proving a valuable
asset for the city.
Morton was formerly the city's dog
catcher and ran away with a circus and
$50 of municipal funds collected from
the sale of dog tax tags. He was
caught by Lippincott in Parker and
brought back to this city. After plead
Ing guilty to the charge of embezzle-
mont Judge Muntener committed Nor
ton to h county Jail for 40 days and
fined him 500. Sheriff Hewitt declined
to receive the boy at the county jail n
threw the mittimus in the street..
Lippincott brought the matter to a
head by preferring charges against
Hewitt and locked Morton up in the
city calahoose. In the meantime
awaiting the arrival of Hewitt from
Spokane, Morton has cleaned the city
hall, shoveled the mud from the July
4 deluge off the crosswalks and is now
laying cement. conduits.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-07-18
THREE NEW MEMBERS OF
FACULTY OF UNIVERSITY

Vermillion, S. D., July 15.-After
new members of the South Dakota uni
versity faculty have been chosen by
h board of regents. DR.. Frederick
William Roman, recently instructor In
Smith college, has been appointed to
the chair Of economics; DR.. Roman
holds a masters degree from Yale, a
doctors degree from the University OF
Berlin and has studied at the Univer-
sity of Paris.
DR.. G. r. Albertson, OF the Univer-
sity of Iowa, Is the new professor OF
anatomy in the college Of medicine. H
O. Lusky, Of the University of Chi
cago will have the department Of phys
iology in the college of arts and science
as we'll as in the college Of medicine.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-07-18
ACCIDENTALLY KILLED
WITH MUSHROOM BULLET

Garretson, S. D., July 15.-Yesterday
afternoon Henry Lee was shot and fat
ally wounded by his brother, Albert.
The two YOU men, who live with
their father, Gilbert E. Lee, a wealthy
farmer living five miles northeast Of
Garretson. We're blowing. They had
taken a 20 automatic rifle with them,
to shoot %gophers, using mushroom bull
lets. Albert had the gun and acciden-
tally shot his brother. the bullet enter
ing the left side. penetrating the bowels
n lodging in the right hip. The
young men are between 25 and 80 years
OF age, and are both single. Henry
died a few hours after the shooting.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-07-18
PosToFFIcE ROBBERS
ENTER PLEA OF GUILTY.

Office robbers. Frank Williams and c..
Anderson. were brought to Mitchell
n appeared before F. C. Drake, UNI
ted States commissioner, on the charge
of breaking into the postoffice at Yale
on the night of July Z, from which they
pleaded guilty and are held in bonds of
$4,000 to the federal court. Both men
are known to the officers, and one Of
them. Williams. is wanted in Iowa for
robbing a bank, but cannot be taken
back on account of the governments
charge against him.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-07-18
VETERAN INDIAN FIGHTER
JOINS SILENT MAJORITY

Veblen, S.. D., July 15.-With the
death, at the age of 70 years, Of Fred
erick LaCroix, Of Veblen, another link
connecting the northwest of the present
with the northwest of the SOS. is sew
cred. Mr.. LaCroix was an indian
scout in his younger days, and took a
conspicuous part in the rescue Of white
women and children in the Minnesota
massacre of 1852. He was a member
of the Eleventh Minnesota during the
civil war. A widow and several chill
dren survive him. His death was due
to Bright's disease and complications
due to Did age.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-07-18
KNIGHT AN INDEPENDENT
FOR ATTORNEYS OEEIcE

Vermillion, S. D., July 15.-WilI o.
knight, Of Wakonda, has
that he will enter the ace as an in
dependent candidate for states attor-
ney. II. G. Tilton is the regular re-
publican nominee for that office. Ow-
Ing to a misunderstanding as to the
age qualification Walter Nee, nomin-
ated by the democrats, cannot make the
run, and the democrats will probably
not fill the Yacancy
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-07-18
SUPPLY OF WATER TO BE
PUMPED FROM MISSoIIRI

Chamberlain, S. D., July 15.-An s1s.-
600 bond issue was placed by Cham
berlain for the installation Of a new
Waterworks system, the bonds being
bought by eastern parties at a good
figure. The issue was held up by an
for some time until another
election was held to make the ISSUANCE
of h bonds valid. The water for he
city will hereafter be pumped from the
Missouri river, which will always in
sure an inexhaustible supply for fire
and domestic purposes.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-07-18

Having learned the important date
when the United States mint was es-
tablished and the cotton gin invented.
q grammar school pupil in Kentucky,
answering the question, What were
two important institutions established
In Washington's Administrations
wrote: Mint and GIN"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-07-18

Americans are the most liberal con-
tributors to religion in the world. In
for the redemption of the heather of
other lands, they give to the churches
the muniflcent sun Of $127, 600, 900 q
year for their support and mainte-
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-07-18

During his boyhsod Goethe shrank
from the boys who were his school fell
lows, as he found most Of them very
rough. One day q few of the boys cut
twigs from a room and beat his pare
calves. AS his father had strictly fer
he bore 1t stoically until the hour
struck and then he fell on the boys
with terrific rage."-Goethe, by Joseph
McCabe.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-07-18

A marked increase in h number of
road accidents is noted in the United
Kingdom. The total rose from %, O23
In 1909 to 35,210 in 1911. Of which motor
vehicles caused 20, 1926. Statistics for
the London metropolitan area show
that every 100 motor cabs killed five
times as many persons and injured
three times as many as every 100 horse
drawn cabs.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-07-18

Extensive tracts of land in Siberia
are threatened by the en~croachment of
tho great Cobb desert, and a plan has
now been drawn up for q series Of
forest ramparts to hold back the salt
sand drift. The only effective defense,
according to the report Of ~agronomists
sent to surve the region, Is in tree
belts at least two miles broad. It is
proposed to plant enc Of these from
Samara to the Caspian Sea, while
Others ire recommended extending in
intervals of about forty miles right
up to h Chinese frontier.-Springf1eld
Republican.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-07-18

When Samuel S. Colber was preach
ing in an old log school house in John
son county. Missouri. In 1852. his con-
day all were sitting at the desks for
ward near the puncheon floor. h SER
mon was monotonous and the old log
seats had no backs. Observing the
sleepy. downcast look Of the congrega-
ton, h minister woke them up by
shouting, AROUSE. heaven is not under
the door!"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-07-18

Miss Mary Curtis Glezen, teacher of
cooking at the Ruggles Street Neigh
borhood house. Boston, includes boys
as well as girls in her classes. Her
classes Of boys have six to the class
and they range In age from II to 16
years. Miss GIezen finds the boys are
no more awkward than the girls and
equally eager to learn. After they have
progressed far enough each class is al
lowed to do its own marketing.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-07-18

Actively engaged in the work OF sal
vaging souls In the United States are
186 distinct denominations. This does
not include the followers OF C%onfucius,
Buddha, Mahommed, Shintoism and
other sects in the field long before
Christianity got a foothold In this
world,