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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-21
BUTCHERS PROTEST TAX
ON HORSEFLESH IN PARIS
:" Beefsteak" in Restaurants Com
handing Ruinous Prices.
May Close Shops.

Special Csblesrsm TO The Star.
PARIS. July 2O.-Horsefiesh is popular
human food In Paris. and many a So
called "beefsteak' at restaurants here IL
really of equine origin.
vOwing to The Increased cost OF living.
the corn famine, the dearth Of provisions
of all kinds resulting from last years
drought and the maneuvers OF monopolis-
tic SPECTATORS. even horsefiesh is at ruin
Gus prices today. In the hundreds OF
horse butchers shops IS cents a pond +
now charged for a prime cu,. and even at
this price the butchers cannot make bota
ends meet
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-21
Short Cuts for the Housekeeper

wish to keep warm On ironing days put
1t over the fiat irons to keep them hot.
To keep copper kettle clean, rub with
cut lemon dipped in powdered bath
brick. When all the stains have disap-
peared, the kettle should be washed with
warm. Soapy water, and finally pol
ished with a soft cloth and powdered bath
brick.
Put rollers under your kitchen table if
you want to save yourself steps and time.
You can then roll the table near the sink
when you are washing dishes. into the
pantry when you are mixing bread and
want to be near the flour supply. or In
front of the china closet when you are
giving it the weekly cleaning and want
place for the contents of the shelves,
while you clean them. A roller table is
and all that is necessary is to put rollers
on the table you already have. To save
the work of scrubbing the top of the table
have a piece of zinc tackled smoothly on
it, leaving no sharp edges to do mischief.
It will save hours of hard work. and hot
Kettles and cooking utensils leave no
marks.
\ stepladder is an absolute necessity in
every house. Many women climb on ia
bles, on top of the sink. or on boxes, be-
ing put to a great disadvantage In per-
forming the tasks which could be- done
with no unnecessary strain II the kitchen
was provided with steps. 4 wobbly step
ladder no longer useful may be made into
a very convenient article in the cellar
The steps could be broadened and braced
and set to one side 10 hold fruit. Why
not cover one and Use for shelves in a
linen room.
Tiled bathroom floors may be quickly
cleaned If to each pail of water Il tea
spoonful of kerosene Is added Always use
WOODEN cloths to wipe thing because they
absorb the moisture. leaving the floor al
most dry. The same process Is excellent
60, al Rn0ieum
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-21
Protest Against Import Tax.

They have just held a congress 20 pro-
test against the scarcity Of edible horse
flesh and to protest against the import
tax on horses intended for human food.
The crisis IL 50 acute that they threaten
to close their shops unless the TAX 10
removed or decreased. at least tempo
rarily. Similar protests have come from
Marseille, Bordeaux, Lyons, Troyes.
Lille, Boubaix. Nanss and other cities.
and although the national morse breeders
supply 10000 animals annually, there Ia
no doubt that the demand IL greater than
the supply.
The horses used in France for food are
generally more than FIVE years OF age.
and the import tax on such horses IL no
less than $50 per head.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-21

lingerie hats, like lingerie frocks,
have undergone a complete meta
morphosis since they were origi-
mated. and the term has been expanded
until IL includes all models in which
fabric of any kind figures. Too much can
hardly be said In praise of them. With
ont being whit less dainty and youthful
than heretofore, they are invested with
certain dignity and appearance of sub
.tantiaity that has much more of charm
In il than the flmsy. pershable effects
once considered so desirable character
tsiic.
They arc conservative yet distinctive.
these midsummer examples of headgear.
for neither what is conspicuous nor any
thing that hints ever slightly of the
commonplace is really modish this year
however accurately IL otherwise conforms
to fashions dictates.
Sc interesting has tho fad for intro
ducing various fabrics with the different
straws become that the all-strtw hat
might almost be regarded as the eXcep-
ton that goes to prove Al rule. Taffeta.
satin, velvet, chiffon. marquisette, tulle,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-21
HARMONY Of NATIONS
THEME OF PILGRIMS
Distinguished Americans and
Eng|iShmen Meet at Noted
Society's Dinner.
Special Cshlrgram 10 Tho star.

Special Csbi"sram 10 Tho star
LONDON. July 2o.-The Pilgrims tho
society that brings into association some
OF the best brains Of Britain and America.
marked its first decade of existence ,oy
dinner at the Savoy Hotel, London.
There is no club quite like tho Pill
grims. that calls politician to sit cheek hv
jowl with churchman. novelist, with sol
der. with nnancier. with diplomatist;
and this in the dinner-table spirit of con-
VITALITY and good humor
Lord Roberts. fresh-faced alert and
active, was in the chair and men OF
every sort of eminence crowded the room.
There were witty speeches by the Amer
lean consul general. by Dr. w. r. Man
ming on behalf Of the thirty American
Pilgrims who had crossed the ocean to
celebrate the anniversary; by Harry
Britain. the secretary and one of the
founders of the club, and by Sir Arthur
Conan Doyle, who sounded the note that
marks every meeting of every club when
he spoke of the harmony of the two
great nations of Britain and America as
guarantee of the peace of the world.
For Sir Arthur the evening had a per-
sonal jest. when DIR. Manning. who is an
American clergyman. told how. in one OF
the leading cities of the United States, he
was introduced ''the Rev. Canon
Doyle" and requested to say grace,
Refers to Canada.
Mr.. Samuel, the postmaster general I'm
proposing the toast Of the club. said the
striking growth of Canada had contrib
uted to the good feeling between Britain
and the United States. Canada was now
recognized in the United states as being
powerful and prosperous. and was re-
spected He remembered hearing. years
ago. of Chicago woman who was asked
how many children she had. She replied
that she had two living and one in Can
ada.
telegram was sent to the king on be-
half of the $50 members present express
ing the hope that he would live TO see the
ties between British and american cti-
zens drawn even closer than they are
now A telegram of thanks was received
from his majesty.
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Renewed Jabe's Courage

From the Kansas City Star.
''Jabe Mathis said General Long
street, "of the 18th Georgia, was a good
soldier, but one day, when the Canfed-
crates We're retreating from the cory
field of Gettysburg Jabe threw his
musket on the ground. seated himself
by the roadside and exclaimed with
vehemence: I'll be doggoned II ] walk
another step, I'm broke down. ! can't
do IT. And Jabe was the picture OF
despair.
" Get up. man., exclaimed the cap
tain, don't you know the Yankees are
following us? They'll get you sure
Cant help it, said Jabe: I'm done
for; I'll not march another step'
The Confederates passed along over
the crest OF a hill and lost sight or
poor, detected Jabe In a moment there
was a fresh rattle Of musSetry and a
renewed crash of shells. Suddenly Jabe
appeared on the crest of the hill, NOV
ing with hurricane swiftness and fol-
lowed by cloud of dust As he dashed
by his captain that officer said:
T" Hello, Jabe, thought you wasn't
going to march any more7'
"Thunderi replied Jabe, as he hit the
dust with renewed vigor you don't call
this marching, do your?
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the reception by the members of the club.
The house warming was success.
There were present rs guests, and each
went away feeling as though the PiquilS
club had especially endeavored to make
for them pleasant evening. The orches-
ira furnished excellent music and the
hours fed all too swiftly with dancing.
card games and enjoyable tete-a-tetes. A
punch bowl on the inclosed veranda con-
tanning a real. genuine and delightful
punch, was daintily presided over by lit
tie Miss Margaret Nall of Woodlawn, and
the refreshments were highly appreciated
by all.
Every guest left brimming with happi-
ness, and certainly with hearty wishes
for the success of the new enterprise OF
the Piquikers. The citizens of Woodlawn
are glad now, that the Piquik club is
among them, for they look to 1t as a
place where their sons and the young
men of the town may go and have good
time In manly and a clean way.
After a battle of two years against
prejudice, scorn and obstacles the
Piquikers are triumphant and have for
ever planted themselves in the hearts Of
those who know them.
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Buying the Wife a Hat

From the Millinary Trade Review.
Great stress is laid upon the fact, by
the newspaper press, that his imperial
majesty, the Emperor of Germany.
buys his consort's hats. This is as the
milliners would like it. no doubt. az
it generally follows that when man
accompanies his wife on a shopping
tour he pays more for her wearing APP
parel than she would do were she to
shop alone. He buys, what he thinks
is becoming to his wife, what will make
her look pretty and never counts the
cost, while the wife, as general rules
will consume time and the patience OF
the shopkeeper in the effort to obtain
something just as good for less money.
Men may joke as much as they please
about paying millinery bills, but let a
wife return home after a shopping ex-
petition with dowdy looking hat on
her head and hubby will Immediately
go back on his ideas of economy and
urge a change for something Better.
Let the American kings select the mil
linery for their American queens, and
mi1liners will be all the happier. The
jokes may be made after the price IL
paid
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young fellows had grit and they had de-
termination. They went at 1t right Bus
mess men were asked for advice as to
what would be the best way to get about
$3.50 worth of furniture, when they only
had $50. The business men furnished that
advice, and the members furnished all
the rest that was needed. And SO they
started, 10 young fellows in one little
room, and they called themselves the
Piouik club.
The people in Woodlawn laughed and
said that the club would be short lived
But instead It grew; they took In more
members; they bought more furniture
and had better times. Yet still they had
no goal before them, and because of that
the older folk In Woodlawn said that they
we're wasting their time. that their club
room was only a place to breed bad
habits. And slowly the members of the
Piquik club began TO realize themselves
that there was something missing from
their plans and from the club.
New Rules Made
At the next weekly meeting of the off,
GERS new rules were laid down and new
resolutions adopted. One was that no
game of any kind must be played in the
club room on Sunday, under penalty of
fine Another that a night be given up
solely to the study of the Bible, and that
the members try to fit themselves to hold
a place of leadership among their fellows.
new fund was gathered and an addi
ton to the club was made. The room
next to the one they then occupied was
rented and the partition between them
taken out. More furnishings were
bought and the young men settled down
to enjoy themselves on a larger scale.
They gave receptions, card parties, and
invited others to share their good times.
The Piqul1 club was growing.
Some one has said that in the spring a
young mans fancy lightly turns to
thoughts of love, that is to the gentler
sex About that time It happened to be
spring. And so the thoughts turned and
kept turning until they hit upon a plan.
1t was an admirable one, and the wonder
of 1t is that the members of the PiquiS
club had never thought of 1t before. They
decided that they ought to have some
honorary members, some young ladies to
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Society

Continued From Page T'wenty-Six)
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guests, and the Birmingham coterie in
Guided Mrs. Hubert Scruggs. Mrs. James
Weatherly. Miss Marjorie Neatherly, Mr..
and Mrs. Borden Burr. Mrs John w.
Tomiinson and Miss Bland Tomlinson.
Mr.. Frances Weatherford and Miss
Beecher Newman of Danville, KY, who
will be members of Miss Murray Adams
house party, viii arrive in the city this
afternoon.
Mrs John W. Tomlinson and Miss Bland
Tomlinson, who have been at Westmins-
ter. Canada, this summer, are now at
Tate Spring.
Miss Mabel Marler is expected homo to-
morrow at noon from Salisbury, n. c..
after visit to friends.
Mrs. ]. e. Marler and her two daugh-
ters. Miss Mabel Mar1er and Miss Doris
Marler, win leave Friday for Nashville
and other points in Tennessee to be abb
sent a month.
Miss Jean williams and Miss Libbie
Williams have returned from New York,
Cincinnati and points in Ohio.
'C-s
Berry Baugh. Jr., returned this week
from Borden Wheeler Springs.
Mr.. and Mrs. Borden Burr and Mrs.
Hubert Scruggs have returned from Tate
Spring after a stay of two weeks.
Mrs. William Greet has returned from
Blount Springs where she has been the
guest of Mrs w. X. Brown for a short
while.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fl. D. Lowd and the lat
ter's mother, Mrs. A. c. Carraway, VIII
leave this morning for Washington. At
lantc city and Philadelphia to be abb
sent two weeks.
Miss Hattie May Banks left this week
for New York, Buffalo and points in
Canada.
Miss Gladys VOORHEES, of Pulaski. Tenn,
is the guest of Miss Maybelle Coleman
and Miss Ethel Coleman.
Mrs. A. e. Meadow and her party have
sent back cards from Lake Louise, AL
berta. Canada, picturesque and beauti-
full place. They were at Lake Louise
Chalet directly opposite the lake. A card
bore the message that the party is hav-
ing good though very cold time. icicles
draping the caves of the hotel that morn
ing. The stop. after Lake Louise, was
Banff
Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Joy and Mr.. and
Mrs Victor Hanson, who are touring in
the formers car, have reached New York
city. They went from Savannah by boat,
having shipped the car to that city.
Mrs Adolph J. Jacobs and Miss Juliet
Jacobs of Opelousas. La. are visiting Mrs
Richard II. Fries.
Monday evening Miss Nora Alverson
entertained at a forty-two party in
honor of Miss Sara Law of Living
ston The hostess was assisted in re-
ceiving by Mrs F. A. Harris Punch
was served in the hall by Miss Camp
bell aud after the games delightful re-
freshments were served. In the hall
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Gravestone Advertising

from TIT Bits.
There are some people who try to make
money out of anything. as the inscrip-
tons of some tombstones bear witness.
Although tombstone epitaphs are fire.
ouentiy censored by the authorities a
good many have been passed that are
more in the nature of puffs for the liv-
ing than tributes to the dead. The Wild
ow of man who died some years ago
arranged for the following inscription to
re placed over the grave of her hus-
band Here lies -, dear departed
husband of --- who now carries on HIS
business of general outfitter. and always
gives good value. Terms cash.
That is tombstone advertising with q
vengeance, and it is not an isolated case.
1t has been recorded of q certain shop
keeper that he had his grave dug and
the tombstone placed above 1t some
Years before his death. The tombstone
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| up with a good, strong argument. They
needed more space, for they were rapidly
| increasing and why couldn't they. rent a.
residence, and later buy it for club
house,
| The house that the president saw that
afternoon is no longer vacant, and the
Piqulk club now has a brand new home,
one whole house all TO itself. And now
when the older folks walk down First
avenue they see an electric sign in front
of the dwelling house; Piqulk Club, sos
First avenue. And so they guess that the
Piquilkers have certainly come to stay.
Interior Remodeled
The interior of the house has been re-
modelled, and revarnished throughout
Furnished in true club fashion, with win
dow seats, cosy corners and tastefully
decorated, the new club house is the
pride OF every members heart, and has
elected expressions of admiration from
those who have visited 1t. neatly kept
lawn, with one round bed of budding au-
tumn flowers first attracts the attention
of the passerby, and wide porch, facing
south, covered by a screen of vines. car
peted with veranda rugs and furnished
with comfortable porch chairs and a
swing, is most enticing. On entering from
the front the visitor steps into a pretty
little reception hall. A staircase on one
Inc floor, and the arches formed beneath,
trellised by beautiful handwork, seem, at
first sight. blooming with canopied
flowers
To the left one steps from the recep-
tion hall into the pink reception room.
The effect, pink throughout, is striking.
Back of this room, there is the library
of the club. Both of these rooms are
shown above In the cuts The library
opens out from the left into a hall, gen
orally given over to an orchestra. Here,
too, one finds telephone booth Back
of the library is the buffers pantry.
room where the refreshments served are
prepared. To the left of this is an en-
closed veranda. from which staircase
leads upward to the second floor
On the second floor at the back and to
the east, is the secretary's office. Oppo
site this, on the western side of the
building is the pool room, large and
fitted up in the most modern style. Open
ing into the pool room. at the front of the
house, are two card rooms. The plan of
furnishing. as carried out in each room,
can not be surpassed, considering the
moderate means of the club and its COM
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PIQUIK CLUB OF WOODLAND;
WHAT IT rs AND WHAT IT DOES
By w. J. zBINnnN

become a club of merits, and that hence
forth they must reckon with It.
On the frst of July 1913 club of young
fellows that had been formed on the first
of the year disbanded and the Piquik
bought the lease on their rooms and took
over their furniture They had lifted the
old debt that they had contracted when
they first bought the furnishings to start
the little one-room club, and had gained
the confidence of the business men OF
Woodlawn Then the members began to
realize that three rooms over grocery
store were not exactly what they wanted,
nor had It any of the appearances that
club rooms are wont to show.
One day not long ago, while the Piquik
president was walking down First ave-
enue, sorely troubled over the new prob
lem that confronted them, his eye fell on
new, two story residence, at that time
vacant, and slowly an idea began to ma
ture In his mind. The longer he looked
and the more he thought. the better 1t
seemed to him. and at the next meeting
of the officers. the president put that
idea into words, and backed his words
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DEVELOP YOUR BUST IN IS DAYS
A Full Firm, Bust is
Worth More to a
Woman than Beauty

/ don't care how thin you are.
how old you are. how fallen and
rlaccid are the lines of your figure
or how flat your chest is. can
give you a FULL firm. youthful
bust quickly. that will be the
envy Of your fellow women and
will give you the allurements of
a perfect womanhood that will
be Irresistible. They say there is
nothing new under the sun but
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With a new home, Il new members, new
resolutions and thoroughly reorganized,
the Piquik club of woodlawn Is starting
out to pass away the third year of It's
existence. The members are all young
men, their hearts are young and they
have set before them as their highest
goal. success. The kind of success that
is honored by the world They are sure
to gain that goal.
Two years ago last Monday August 8,
the Piquik club was organized by 10 young
men of Woodlawn. not for anything that
might have been called an ambition, but
solely because those 10 young men wanted
company on winter nights; they wanted
place where they might go and pass
the long evenings and have oongenial
company A small room on the second
floor of the Couch building at Woodlawn
was rented. It was hard work getting up
enough money to furnish that room like
they wanted to furnish 1t, but these
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was nothing less than an advertisement
OF his business, for the inscription ran:
Here lies John Emerson, the best hat
ter in the state of Ohio This tomb
stone, after raising some discussion. was
eventually passed by the authorities. A
Canadian firm wen. one better even than
this. The head of the firm in question
died, and over his grave was inscribed
on the tombstone: Here lies Abraham
Stokes, founder of the firm of Stokes &
Co., who for many years have manu-
featured pickles and bottled fruits. Best
of ALL and without rival" The tombstone
o<nsors sometimes refuse permission for
epitaphs of this description to be placed
over the graves of the dead. The widow
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paratfve youngness The assets of the
Piquik club are now valued at $500 and
are heavily insured.
New Officers Elected
At the business meeting of the club last
Monday the constitution was rewritten
and new officers elected The following
young men have been chosen by the mem
bers to head their organization for the
next six months: President. G. I. Nc
Donald; vice president. w E. Ivey; sec
rotary. r. Fl, Wood, treasurer. S. A. Ber-
ry. Three trustees were elected 10 handle
the liabilities incurred by the taking over
of the new club house-W, f. Ivey, o. E.
Chaddock and D., " Edmundson. As
teachers of the Piquik Bible Study Glass.
Hudson Hopson and DIR. A. w. Bell. both
deacons in the Fiftysixth Street Baptist
church. were elected by reclamation.
Much important business was trans
acted at last Mondays meeting. and after
the urgent matters had been attended to
a motion was voted TO hold a reception or
house warming in honor of their new
home and invite all of the clubs friends.
The motion was passed and Friday was
set for the event. The following COM
mittee on entertainment was elected: AS
chairman. @. l. Mcdonald. as committee
men, l.. C. Dunnum, Earnest fHagood,
Stinson Clapp and Edward Montgomery
The work of the committee was deserv-
ing of the highest praise. One hundred
invitations were sent out on Tuesday
afternoon. and then came the work of
decoration. arranging for the refresh
ments, and many other miner de-
tails. Two wagon loads of ported plants
were rented and the rooms decorated
tastefuily and a six-niece orchestra en-
gagged to furnish music for the occasion.
The committees plans and work. were
highly complimented Friday night after
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of we'll known patent medicine manu-.
facturer, who wished to erect tomb
stone bearing a detailed ACCOUNT of her
late husbands discovery of the patent
medicine in question. found that the au-
thorities were obdurate in not allowing
the inscription to appear. Finally she
abandoned the idea of advertising the
business, and erected a more suitable
memorial in which no II milton was made
of the commercial life of the dear de-
parted
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WHERE DOCTORS :
FAILED TO HELP
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta-
bic Compound Restored
Mrs. Green's Health
Her Own Statement.
Covington, Mo. -"Your medicine has
done me more good than all the doc

tor S medicines. AT
everymonthly period
l had to stay in bed
four days because of
hemorrhages, an d
my back was SO weak
| could hardly walk.
| have been taking
Lydia E. Pinkham's
V g a bic Com
pound and now | can
stay up and do my
work. | think it is