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and expect to take the trip leisurely. The
route was to Baltimore. Lancaster and
York the first day. From York they win
continue the trip to Hagerstown. and then
sweep down the Shenandoah valley. re-
turning via Leesburg. Va
Mr.. and Mrs. C. H. Cross Of this CITY
left at daybreak this morning In their
Warren ''3O' touring car on an extended
motor trip through the eastern states
Edward F. Halter Of Frederick. Md. They
plan to take the short route to Will
mington and then to Penn Grove. n. j.,
via ferry at Wilmington. The party will
then motor to Atlantic City and then up
the coast to New York The return trip
will be made in about fifteen days.
Mr. and Mrs. John c. Mclaughlin have
planned a motor tour through the middle
and New England states They expect
to leave Washington Tuesday morning
in their Hudson car and motor to Balti-
mington Del. There they will ferry to
Penns Grove. N. j.. and take a new route
to Atlantic City via the following towns:
Miles.
Sharptown to Woodstown. .................. 2
Woodstown to Pole Tavern. 9
Monroeville to Franklinville. ......-....... 28
E MaIaka ~ A,i g Ms'cfr as
Total INSTRUMENTATION. e.
At Franklinvflle the Malaga pike will
be taken to Atlantic City. passing through
Buena Vista. Richland and thence to
Mays Landing. They will. then continue
their journey up the coast to New York,
taking the Boston post road up through
the New England states. The return trip
will probably be via central Pennsylvania
to Oakland. Md.
The Essenkay Sales Company has open
ed Offices at 614 18th street northwest,
where demonstrations are being made to
the public and motorists OF Essenkay.
which. It 10 claimed, ends all tire trouble.
th ssea sams rssiIiencv =. ~, nrsumatsc or
air-infated tire, but under no conditions
will It become softer or harder than when
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AUTOMOBILE


District automobile licenses have been
issued since Tho Stars last report as
follows:
14132Charles J. Cassidy, Southern
building, Everitt-
l4133-E A. and c. F. Hayden. 10 ID
street southeast. White Steamer.
14134-Carrou Beale, Woodward build
ing. Apperson.
14135-Terminal Taxicab Company. 1921
10Th street northwest. Speedwell-
14136-W W. Griffith, LIST and N streets
northeast, Witt-Win
l4l37-E w Davis. 1912 9Th street
northwest Franklin.
1413s-P c. Schafer. 139 b street south
east. Mitchell.
l4l39-J H Ridgeway. 1878 9th street
southwest. Pope Hartford.
1414N-J L. McDonald-1OcS Sth street
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J. G. Benton has purchased q G-M-C
gasoline truck Of three and one-half tons
capacity. delivery being made yesterday
+
James J. Flynn, manager OF the Wash-
ington branch Of the LocomObile Com
pany e America, accompanied by Bob"
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Knew Her Powers.
. Boston Transcript

From the Boston Transcript.
Mother-Now. do be careful how you
act about that young man. or people
will think you are running after him.
DaughterI don't have to do that.
mother: I can win In Q walk
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JOHNSTON TO LEAVE
THE BUICK COMPANY
Action a Surprise in Local
Motor CircIes-T0 Join
New Concern.

One of the surprises Of the past week
In local motoring circles was the an
nouncemsnt yesterday that Ted" 8.
Johnston, manager Of the local branch
Of the Buick Motor Company. had tend
cred his resignation. to take effect
August in Nj. Johnston will Join the
new Republic Motor Company. which
was recently incorporated. with capital
OF S65,0oo,0oo.
The new company IL headed By w. c.
Durant He 10 stockholder In the
General Motors Company. which Is
capitalized At Seo.00o.0oo. He also or
ganized the Buick Motor Company. At
Flint. Mich. and was head Of that con-
ern for many years. During that
eriod Mr.. Johnston was engaged In
establishing branches throughout the
country for the Buick Motor Car Com
pany. and was 30 successful that May
/. 1910. he was appointed manager Of
the local branch
Mr.. Johnston will make his headQuar-
ters In Philadelphia, where branch
will be established, Of which he will be
in charge. He will have tho southern
territory for the company. which will
manufacture the Little and Chevrolet
cara The former IL named after Will
liam Little. who for many years was
manager OF the Buick plant at Flint.
and Louis Chevrolet the race driver.
Both Of these men worked under Mr..
Durant and they likewise ara In tho
new company.
Has Wide Acquaintance.
Mr. Johnston II Woe president Of the
Automobile Club Of Washington and a
member of the Commercial and Coun-
Try clubs He has been one Of the
NEST active motorists In Washingte
sfDoS his arrival here Two years ago
he established q record IN the Hill
climb under the auspices Of the Auto
mebtle Club. at the same time defeat
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at Detroit and conferred with Mr.
Durant From there he went to Flint.
Mich. and rendered his resignation as
branch manager. The company de-
clined to accept IT and urged him to
return to Washington and think 1t
over. His formal resignation was sent
In on his arrival home.
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Company and Robert Johnston left yes
terday on q hfteen-day trip 70 Buffalo.
Toronto. Alexandria Bay and Thousand
Islands. They win return via Troy.
N. Y.
Theodore BarneA jr.. local agent for
the Pullman automobile. and Norris Nc
Lean enjoyed . motor trip to the factory
at York. Pa. last week. going and re-
turning via Ridgevile and Westmin-
The latest purchasers Of 4-'-l0r' Pullman
touring cars include Gustav Hartig and
Ernest 8. Johnston OF this city.
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knows yer. rs er-gwine ter make yo'
nanny 81 We de worses' whippin'
yer eber got an Is gwine ter take
dis here William right ober ter Miss
Minerva. Amt y'all shame er yer
selves? Err tamperin' wild de ha'r
what de good Lord put on er ,colored
pusson's head an er-tryin' fer ter
scarify my feelin's like yer done. An
yer hear me, Is gwine see dat some.
body got ter scarify yer hides"
IF that amt just like you, Billy"
said Jimmy, you all time got to per.
pose to make niger heads yelIer and
you all time getting little boys In trou-
BILE. You bout the smart Alexist jack
rabbit they is."
You perposed this here hair bust.
ness yo'self, Jimmy" retorted his fell
low-conspirator. "You's always blam:
in yo' meanness on somebody else
ever sence you's born"
"Hit don't matter who perposed
hit" said Sarah Jane firmly; mean
ness has been did, an y gotter be
structifed on de place pervided by
natur' fer ter let my chile erlone."
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We and William Tell amt IN the

Eve and William Tell amt in the
Bible. They're our first parents"
Now, Billy, you tell a tale and then
1t will be my time" said Lima with a
Observation-Disclosures air.
"Once they was a OIL WITCH" said
Billy, what got outer her skin ev'y
night an lef' 1t on the berth an
turnt herself to a great, big, black cat
an go up the chim'ly an go roun' an
ride folks fer horses, an set on ev'y-
body's CHS an suck they breath an
kill EN- an then come back to bed.
An can't nobody ketch her tell one
night her husban' watch her an he
see her jump outer her skin an drop
it on the berth an turn to enormous
black cat an go up the chim1y. An
he got outer the bed an put some salt
an pepper an vinegar on the skin an
she come back an turnt to a oman
an try to git back in her skin an
she can't cause the salt an pepper
an vinegar mos burn her up, an she
keep on a-tryin' an she can't never
snuggle inter her skin cause 1t keep
on a burnin' worser n ever, an there
she is a oman. 'thout no skin on. So
she try to turn back to a cat an she
can't cause it's pas twelve erclock.
an she Jest swivvle an swivvle tell
finely she jest swivvle all up. An
that was the las Of the ole witch an
her husban' live happy ever after
Amen"
"Once upon d time" said Lima,
there was a beautiful maiden and she
was In love, but her wicked old pa
rent wants her to marry a rich old
man threescore and ten years old,
which Is most all the old you can
get unless you are going to die; and
the lovely princess, said, No. father.
you may cut me in the twain but
will never marry any but my true
love- So the wicked parent shut up
the lovely maiden in a high tower
many miles from the ground, and
made her live on turnips and she had
nothing else to eat; so n day when
she was crying a little fairy few in
at the window and asked, Why do you
weep, fair one? And she said, a.
wicked parent hath shut me up and
l can't ever see my lover any more
So the fairy touched her head with
her wand and told her to hang her
hair out of the window, and she did
and 1t reached the ground, and her
lover, holding a rope ladder in n
hand and playing the guitar and sing.
ing with the other, climbed up by her
hair and took her down on the ladder
and his big black horse was standing
near, all booted and spurred. and they
rode away and lived happy e
after" . ...
How he goin' to clam up, Lima"
asked Billy, with a rope ladder In one
hand and his guitar In the other?"
81 don't know" was the dignifed
answer. THAT Is the way it Is told
in my fairy-tale book"
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was a Yankee man came long las
fall a-sellin' some stuff in a bottle
what he call 'No-To-Kink' what he say
would take the kink outer any mig
gers head. An Aunt Cindy bought a
bottle fer to take the kink outer her
hair an me an Wilkes Booth Lincoln
put some on us heads an it jes' make
mine curlier'n what 1t was already. rs
shame to go roun' folks with my cap
off, a-lookin' like a fr1zzly chicken.
Miss Cecilia say she like it though,
an we's engaged. Yves goin' to git
married soon's ! puts on long pants"
How long you been here, Billy"
asked the other boy.
We'll, 1 don't know perxactly, but
I been to Sunday-School four times.
l got engaged to Miss Cecilia that
very frs Sunday, but he did n know
it tell I went over to her house the
mex day an toll her bout it. She
say she think my hair is so pretty"
pretty nothin'," sneered his rival
"She JUS stuffin' you fuller'n a tick
with hot air. 1t just makes you look
like a girl. There's a young lady come
to spend a week with my mama not
long ago and she put somepin' on her
head to make 1t right yeller. She left
the bottle to u house and l know
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: "

to know more'n me and Miss Cecilia
One time they's a man name William
Tell and he had a little boy what's
the cutest kid they Is and the devil
come long and. temp him. Then the
Lord say, William Tell. you and Adam
and Eve can taste everything they
Is In the garden 'cepting this n ap-
pie tree; you can get all the pears
and bunnanas and peaches and grapes
and oranges and plums and persim-
mons and scalybarks and fig leaves
and bout a million other kinds Of
fruit if you want to, but don't you
tech a single apple And the devil
temp him and say he going to put
his cap on a pole and everybody got
to bow down to it for a idol and If
William Tell don't bow down to 1t he
got to shoot a apple for good or evil
off'm his little boys head. That's all
the little boy William Tell and Adam
and Eve got, but he amt going to fall
down and worship no gravy image on
top a pole, so he put a tomahawk in
his bosom and he token his bow and
arruh and shot the apple plumb th'oo
the middle and " swinge a hair
of his head. And Eve nibble off the
apple and give Adam the core, and
Lima all time 'sputirg bout Adam and
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where t is. Maybe II you'd put some
O. that on your head 'twould take the
curl out"
"'Tain't nothin' a-goin' to do 1t no
good" gloomily replied Billy. "'Twould
jest make it yeller'n what It's now.
Won't I be a pretty sight when 1 puts
on long pants with these here yaller
curls stuck on topper my head? I'd
'nuther sight ruther be bal'-headed."
Bonnie Dicks got bout the kinki-
est head they is"
Bonnie Dick was the two-year-old
baby Of Mrs. Gamers cook, Sarah
Jane.
ut sho' u.s." replied Billy 'WouldA't
he look funny If he had yaller Lair,
cause his face Ia so black?"
II know where the bottle is," cried
Jimmy, snatching eagerly at the sug-
gestion. Let's go get it and put some
on Bennie Dicks head and e II it'll
turn 1t yeller."
Aunt Minerva dom want me to go
over to yo' house." objected Billy.
you all time talking bout Miss
Minerva won't let you go nowheres;
she sure Is imperdunt to you. You
bout the 'fraidest boy they Is. . -.
Come on. Billy" pleaded Jimmy.
The little boy hesitated.
IT don't want to git Aunt Minerva's
dander up any more'n I jest natchelly
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d MSS MINERVA m
80 and XNA
WWlLLIAM GREEN f1lIU
ByFRANCES BOYD CALHOUN
Copyright. by Reilly & Britton G.

when he come down some bad little
children say, Go long back, bald
head!' and they make pock-mocks on
him. Seems like everybody treat him
bad, 81 he cuss 'em, so / never see
anybody with a bald head 'thout l run,
cause I don't want to get cussed. SO
two Teddy bears come out Of the
woods and ate up forty-two hunderd
of EN-"
why. Frances" reproved Lima,
you always get things wrong. l don't
believe they ate up that many chill
dren."
Yes, they did too" championed
Jimmy, "'cause It's in the Bible and
Miss Cecilia 'splained all bout 1t to
me, and she's our Sunday school
teacher and bout the bullyest 'splain-
er they Is. Them Teddy bears ate up
bout a million chillens, which is all
the little boys and girls two Teddy
bears can hold at a time"
II knows a man what amt got no
hair t all on his head" remarked
Billy; hes q conjure-man an me
an Wilkes Booth Lincoln been talkin'
to him ever sence we's born an he
amt never GUS us, an l amt never
got eat up by no Teddy bears neither.
Huccome him to be bald? He's out
in the fel' one day a'pickin' cotton
when he ices a turkey buzzard an he
talk m her like this.
81 say turkey buzzard, l say,
Who shall l see unexpected to-
l.. day?'
IF she flop her wings three times
you goin' to see yo' sweetheart, but
this-here buzzard amt flop no wings t
all; she jes' lean owe an th'ow up
on his head an he been bald ever
sence; ev'y single hair come out"
"Did you-all hear bout that Italian
Dago that works on the section gang
eating a buzzard?" asked Frances.
Nav" said Billy. did it make
him sick?"
That 1t did," she answered; "he
sent for Doctor Sanford and tells him,
Me killa de big bird, me eat-a de big
bird, de big bird make-a me seek"
Them Dagoes bout the funniest
talking folks they u.s." said Jimmy,
but they got to talk that way cause
it's in the Bible. They. 'sputed on the
tower Of Babel and the Lord say Con-
found you'll" Miss Cecilia 'splained it
all to me and she's bout the dandiest
'splainer they is"
you may tell your tale now.
Jimmy" said Lima. t.
I'm going to tell bout William Tell
cause he's in the Bible" said Jim.
my. "Once they's a man name"
William Tell isn't in the Bible"
declared Lima.
Eyes, he is too" contended the lit
tie boy, Miss Cecilia '~splained it to
You all time setting yourself up
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CHAPTER VIII.
TeIlers OF Tales.

The days flew rapidly by. Miss
Minerva usually attempted to train
Billy all the morning, and by the mid
day dinner hour she was so exhausted
that she was glad to let him play in
the front yard during the afternoon.
Here he was often joined by the
three children whose acquaintance he
had made the day after his arrival,
and the quartet became staunch
friends and chums. Z.
All four we're sitting in the swing
one warm spring day, under the sur
veillance of Billy's aunt, sewing on
the veranda.
Lets tell tales" suggested Jimmy.
"All right" agreed Frances. "Ill
tell the first. Once there's"
Nav, you amt neither" interrupt
ed the little boy. you all time talk
ing bout you going to tell the first
tale. I'm going to tell the first tale
myself. One time they s."
mo, you are not either" said
Lima positively. Frances Is a girl
and she ought to be the first II she
wants to. Don't you think so, Billy?'
"Yas, l does" championed he; go
on, Frances"
That little girl. thus encouraged.
proceeded to tell the first tale:
"Once there 8 a man named Mr..
Elisha. and he had a friend named
Mr.. Elijah, so his mantelpiece fell on
top of his head and make him per.
fectly bald; he hasn't got a single
hair and he hasn't got any money,
cause mama read me bout he rented
his garments, which Is clo'es, cause
he didn't have none at all what be.
long to him. l spec he just rented
him a shirt and pair O. breeches
and wore 'em next to his hide 'thout
no undershirt at all. He was dreadful
poor and had a miser'ble time and
mean Mr.. Per'dventure took him up
on a high mountain and left him, SC
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sense In Mr.. Wards arraignment of

sense In MI. Wards arraignment OF
manifestations person who ecstatically
pays rs cents for food and rs cents
additional for a French name to go
with it. The person of that tempera-
ment Is evidently convinced that grub
by a more genteel name would taste
as sweet, and is determined to eat it
by the other name, cost what it may.
Why eat 'vittles" when. by merely
paying a quadruple price. one may
have nourriture? Why. indeed! lr
French names for Yankee dishes serve
best to keep in circulation the money
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Steel Tuberculosis.

"Redmanite" is a yellow substance.
like sulphur, and named after its dis
coverer, which, it is said, may prove
a preventive of steel tuberculosis"
Steel tuberculosis" it seems, is the
name of the chemical process which
affects the frames of skyscrapers, and
will cause the tallest and mightiest
of them to crumble and totter within
so years, t. cheerful scientific prophets
are to be believed. "Redmanite" may
not do all that Is claimed for 1t, but
at present there are high hopes In
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Paw for the French Names

as persons who turn up their noses
at eggs with grated cheese, rs cents.
but go into ecstasies over oeufs a la
refine, S1-exactly the same dish" To
descend a little in the scale, says Mr..
Ward. beef and" establishments are
highly profitable; a fact which, as he
points out, goes to show that II these
can coin money at five and ten cents
a throw" the others can do better.
There Is undeniably a deal or sound
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CHAPTER TX.
cb,pdino the Ethiopi;

Changing the Ethiopian.
Billy and Jimmy were sitting In the
swing.
what makes your hair curl just
Ike a girl's?" asked the latter. tits
bout the curliest hair they Is" ..
Eyes, it do" was Billy's mournful
response. ut done worry me mos
to death. Ever sence me an Wilkes
Booth Lincoln's born we done try
ev'thing fer to get the curl out. They
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a visit when the gate opened, and
Lima and Frances, their beloved dolls
in their arms, came skipping in. :
Jimmy, who had had a difference
with Billy and was in the sulks on
his own side Of the fence, Immediately
climbed over and joined the others
In the swing. He was lonesome and
the prospect Of companionship was
too alluring for him to nurse his an
ger longer. ,....
Aunt Minerals gone to the Aid
Society,"" remarked the host. Don't
y all wish 1t met ev'y day Std 'er
jes' meetin' ev'y Monday"
Eyes l do" agreed Frances, you
can have 80 much fun when our ma.
mas &c to the Aid. My mama's gone
too, so she left me. with Brother and
he's whiting a love letter to Ruth
Shelton, so I slipped off,"
Mother has gone to the Aid, too"
said Lima. ~.
my mama too" chimed In Jimmy,
"she goes to the Aid every Monday
and to card parties nearly. all the
time. She telled Sarah Jane to tend
to me and Sarah James asleep. I hear
her snoring. Amt we glad there amt
no grown folks to NEEDLE? Can't we
have fun?" .r
"What1l we play?" asked Frances,
who had deliberately stepped in a
mud puddle On the way, and splashed
mud all v herself, Tets make mud
pies" .(
Nav, we amt a-going to make no
mud pies" objected Jimmy. I'VE can
make mud pies all time when grown
folks r looking at you"
Let's play sumpin' what we amt
never play, sense we's born" put in
Billy. .
II hope grandmother won't miss
me-" said Lima, she's reading a very
interesting book"
Lets plan Injun!" yelled Jimmy;
1--WE amt never play Injun."
This suggestion was received with
bowls Of delight.
my mama's got a box Of red stuff
!! that she puts on her face when she
goes to card parties. She never puts
none on when she just goes to the
Aid. I can run home and get the box
to make us red like Injuns," said
Frances.
my mother has a box of paint
too"
81 amt never see Aunt Minerva put
no red stuff on her face" remarked
Billy, disappointedly.
Miss Minerva, she don't never let
the Major come to see her, nor go to
no card parties. is the reason" ex-
planned the younger boy, "she just
goes to the Aid where they amt no
men, and you don't halter put no red
on your face at the Aid. Well let
you have some Of our paint, Billy.
My mama's got bout a million dif'ent
kinds"
1--WE got to have pipes," was Fran
cess next suggestion.
my papa's got bout a million
pipes" boosted Jimmy, 'but he got
EN- to the Office, / spec"
Father has a meerschaum."
Aunt Minerva amt got no pipe"
Miss Minerva's bout the %curlousest
woman they is," said Jimmy; "she
amt got nothing a tall; she amt got
no paint and she amt got no pipe"
Ladies don't use pipes, and we
can do without them anyway" said
Lima, but we must have feathers; all
Indians wear feathers
"IIl get my mama's duster," said
Jimmy.
ME, too," chimed in Frances.
Here Billy with flying colors came
to the fore and redeemed. Miss Miner
vas waning reputation.
Aunt Minerva's got a great, big
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Kansas, where its discoverer, young
Mr.. Redman, dwells.
BREAKING a Wisdom Monopoly.

I'm afraid the country suffered q
great loss when they failed to send
u eloquent and able friend back to
congress-" mot at ALL" replied Sena-
tor Sorghum. The n Of the plain
people again prevailed. Why should
the lecture platforms be robbed that
the brainy men may be assembled to
listen to one another, where instruo-
ton Is su%perfuous?"
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Pretty Dirty.

Once a year the newsboys OF Lon.
don are given an outing some place
on the Thames river where they can
swim to their hearts content AS n
little boy was getting into the water
his little friend said:
johnnie, you're pretty dirty!"
Yes" replied Johnnie, II missed the
train last year."-Success Magazine.