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Evening star., 1912-01-06

Detective Stringfellow OF the third pre-
rinct has gone to Charlotte, y. C., TO
take charge Of Louis Stenerson, twenty
two years old, who is wanted here to
answer u charge of taking am automobile
from the garage of the Packard Automo-
bile Company without authority, several
weeks ago. The automobile was taken
10 New York and brought back as far
as Baltimore. where il was abandoned.
Stenerson. who is a chauffeur was ar
rested In Charlotte yesterday.
Evening star., 1912-01-06
The Coming Christ and New Era.

THE Coming Christ and the New Era"
will form the subject of a lecture an
nounced to be given by Mrs. Janet B.
McGovern of California. at Metzerott
Hall, over Columbia Theater, tomorrow
evening. Stereopticon views Of persons
and places In various parts of the world
will be shown. Admission will be free.
Evening star., 1912-01-06
Wife Asks Absolute Divorce.

Alleging that her husband, Henry J.
Hazel. secured his release from Occoquan
by promising Judge De Lacy to support
her and the children and Immediately left
washington without even visiting her
home. Elizabeth A.. Hazel has brought
suit for an absolute divorce. She names
Q correspondent.
Evening star., 1912-01-06
Boys Leg Fractured.

John kidwell of T13 III street northwest
was treated at the Emergency Hospital
yesterday afternoon for fracture of his
right leg. While alighting from an auto
mobile in front of 1139 Connecticut ave-
nue. the boy caught his leg between the
running board and a wheel
Evening star., 1912-01-06
Chauffeur's Spine Injured.

John A. Peterson, chauffeur for e. s.
SWEET. was severely injured last night by
an automobile. He cranked the car while
near Thomas Circle. and the vehicle made
SO sudden a start that he was knocked
down. injuring his spine. He was taken
to the Emergency Hospital
Evening star., 1912-01-06
Visiting Her Sister.

&I.25 to Baltimore and Return.
Saturdays and Sundays. via Pennsylvania
railroad. Tickets good to return until
Sunday night; all regular trains except
the congressional Limited. ."-Advt.
Evening star., 1912-01-06
Costumes Are Described.

The sacred shirt, given to a child Of
either sex at a ceremony almost equiva-
lent TO baptism and confirmation, and
worn even to death, was shown and de-
scribed by the lecturers wife.
The wonderful one-piece dress, wound
about the form, and suitable to wom-
an of any size or figure, also was de-
scribed by Mrs. Rustomjee. She exhibit
ed a costume of this character that had
been in her family for seventy years,
worn by several generations. and likely
10 be handed down to her own de-
scendants. i. was of silk and embroid-
cred.
Mrs Rustomjee herself Wore a costume
of this character, more ornate than the
heirloom she showed. Mr. Rustomjee
wore the distinctive hat, a glazed cyli.i-
drical headpiece, and the long white
dress coat of the Parsee masculine cos
tune.
Mr.. bryce. speaking after the lecturers
referred to Parsees a curious instance
of religious faith keeping a people Intact
while dwelling in the midst OF another
community. The Hebrews and the Ar
menians were instances Of the same per-
sstence of a people of one faith to main
tain themselves despite persecution.
Evening star., 1912-01-06
Plumbing Repaired and RemOdcled.
). s. Shedd * Bro. Co., 49, 9th n W.
DIR. Cook seeks Impartial Verdict.

DIR. Cook seeks Impartial Verdict.
pr Frederick A. Cook, who lectu es to-
morrow night at the Columbia 1heater,
appeared before the Belgium Royal Geo.
graphical Society November and pre-
sentcd his case. Prof. Georges Lecointe,
director. of the Royal Observatory. alter
ward announced: IN MY OPINION DIR.
COOK REACHED THE POLE. After
considering DR. Cooks narrative Admiral
Schley. Gen. Greely,' Capt. Baldwin. Prof.
Nordensk jold Capt. Amundsen and many
other world-famous explorers have given
a similar verdict. This is the spirit OF
fair play and all that DR.. Cook is asking
of the American public. in whom he as
the utmost confidence, is 10 hear his story
and then decide.
Material for making flowers. Gould's, 9th.
Self-Lyte Mantles, Lindsay Lights, Gas
Appliances S. s. Shedd & Bro. Co, 49, 9th.
Phone Your Want Ad to The Star,
Main 2440.
Evening star., 1912-01-06

Best Service to CALIFORNIA;,
Standard or tourist. Latter personally
conducted five times weekly without
change Berth, 50. Washington Sunset
Route, A. J. Poston. 905 F st., 7O5 18th st.
-Advt
Evening star., 1912-01-06

Builders Are Invited to Test
our facilities for turning out Millwork.
Dur own machines. Eisinger Bros, 21O9 7th.
Evening star., 1912-01-06
Fools OF Society.

VIM. Cann0n's Famous Purisslma Rye.
A whisky Of ideal quality that is al ed
highly for medicinal purposes. 1926 7th.
Evening star., 1912-01-06

2Sc. Try Our Famous Stews. 2Sc
Phila. Oyster & Chop House. 513 11th n W.
Evening star., 1912-01-06

Purity and Age Are Qualities
for which HEURICH'S BEERS are ia
nous. You drink for health as vel as at
isfaction when your choice is Maerzen or
Senate. 2 doz., $1.75; 2 doz. Lager, also.
Bottle rebate, soc. Postal or tel. w. 1900
Evening star., 1912-01-06

Phone Your Want Ad to The Star,
Main 244O
Evening star., 1912-01-06
Absolute Security for Savings

is offered by the Savings Bank Dept. of
Union Trust Co., 18th & H SITS. Interest on
all accounts; per cent compound interest
on savings. Capital and surplus. ST. 300, 900.
-Advt.
Evening star., 1912-01-06

II you want work read the want col
umns Of The Star. ...--
Evening star., 1912-01-06

For Sale-New Houses.
over 100 on our list. Stone & Fairfax,
I342 New York aye.-Advt.
Evening star., 1912-01-06
CITY ITEMS.
In Arnold,s Ale You Get

not only the flavor and pungency of fine
malt and hops, but also their health w.
ing elements. Pure-unflltered. Grocers
or phone Arlington Bottling Co., West "a.
Evening star., 1912-01-06
S1.25 Baltimore and Return.

BaILllQOFe anu OIIIU,
turn until am. train Monday. All
trains, both ways. including the Royal
Limited.-Advt.
Evening star., 1912-01-06

Money TO loan at and go on real estate
ttonk 4. Rawling Co.. 1425 N. Y. ave-
Evening star., 1912-01-06
Ideal Home Life.

Describing their customs, Mr.. Rustom-
jee said that the home life of the Par
sees is almost perfect, and that in twen-
ty-five years he knows of only one di-
vorce case among them. All the genera
tions of the family live in one house
hold, in greatest amity and mutual af-
fection
Whereas in the manner of eating their
meals in other times they had adopted
the Hindoo custom-squatting on the
floor, the men eating first and the wOm-
en- taking the leavings-now there were
dining rooms, tables. chairs. knives,
for ks. and men and women ate together
in European fashion. The initiative char
acteristic of the Parsees explained much
of their history. he said
Marriage is now prohibited for youth
or maiden under sixteen, although child
marriage existed in the past. The man
chooses his own wife, and there are no
brokers or go-betweens. The marriage
ceremony was described.
Death and the customs attending 1t
among the Parsees formed an interesting
part of the lecture. Corpses are un-
clean, and not even the nearest and
dearest are allowed to touch a body after
it has been washed and laid out. Then
the body handlers, a class apart and de-
spised, take charge of it, carrying it to a
tomb of silence, where vultures pick
clean the bones.
Evening star., 1912-01-06
Investigating Decrease.

"A thoroughgoing investigation is now
being made into the causes of the de-
crease in the elementary schools" said
Mr.. Bruce today. when the compulsory
education act became operative on the
1st Of July. 1905. the parents Of school
children were impressed with the general
idea that the new law required children
Of school age to go to school. Gradually
parents In all sections Of the city. have
learned that the law does not apply to
children below eight years and above
fourteen years. Many have taken advan-
tage of this fact
THE decrease in the enrolment OF
colored pupils is large. but the colored
population, far from diminishing. has. ac-
cording to the United States census of
1910. been steadily increasing. The de-
creased enrolment is consequently abb
normal
Evening star., 1912-01-06
Old aCr.terionn Rye Il. the Right

sort Of stimulant for you. Keep a bottle
on hand-a nip In time will save you
from colds and grip. 81 full quart John
T. Crowley. S31 18th NV. Tel. M. 3644
Evening star., 1912-01-06
Funeral of Joseph w. Kirkley.

Funeral services for Joseph w. Kirkley,
veteran Of the civil war, who died at his
home, 3406 p street, Wednesday, were
held at Dumbarton Avenue NJ. Z. Church
this afternoon.
Evening star., 1912-01-06
ATTENDANCE DROPSO
At COLORED SCHOOLS
Decrease Due, Says Roscoe C.
Bruce, to Lack of Sufficient
Attendance Officers.

The failure of Congress to al point
sufficient number Of attendance officers
is responsible for the decrease in the at
tendance of the colored public schools.
according to Roscoe c. Bruce assistant
superintendent of colored schools. in
report just made to Supt Davidson.
"The colored schools are scattered all
over the District Of Columbia" states the
report. How can one attendance officer
cover such territory?"
The net decrease Of pupils in the colored
public schools. according to Mr.. Bruce,
for October, 1911, as compared with Oc-
tober, 1910, was 424. In the grades, he
says. the decrease was 434: in the kinder
garten, So: or a total decrease = 497
pupils In the colored elementary schools
This decrease, states the assistant SUPER
intendent, was Offset some by the growth
of the NJ Street High School and the busf-
ness department of the Armstrong Manual
Training School.
Evening star., 1912-01-06
TELLS Of PARSEE LIFE
AND CUSTOMS OF RACE
Lecturer Says They Have Been
Great Aid in Civilization
of India.

That unrest In India is grossly exag
gerated and negligible; that Great Brit
aims rule has been benefcient. and that
the entire revenues Of the Indian empire
are spent upon the development Of India,
were declarations made in a lecture given
before the National Geographic Society
last night in new Masonic Temple by
Rustom Rustomjee, distinguished Par
see scholar of India.
Mr. Rustomjee discussed the Parsees
of India. their customs, costumes and
ceremonies. His wife explained the cos
tunes of the past and present worn by
ParseeS in India The British ambas-
sador, Mr.. Bryce, made a brief address,
commenting upon notable features of the
lecture.
Descended From Persians.
Discussing the Parsees. Mr. Rustomjee
explained their origin as descendants of
the ancient Persians. who came to their
greatest glory under Cyrus and Xerxes.
During the Mahommedan conquest the
Parsees found refuge in India, agreeing
to conform in costume to the customs of
the people with whom they found shelter,
10 adopt the language, not to bear arms.
and TO hold their religious ceremonies in
The Parsees, followers of Zoroaster, he
declared, are not sun nor fire worship
ers, but believers in one God, heaven,
purgatory, and the creed good thoughts,
good words. good deeds" The Hebrews.
in the opinion of the scholars, he said,
received their religious ideals from that
source.
The Parsees are now the foremost race
in India, he asserted. They are the
priests, physicians, educators, barristers,
pleaders, merchants and clerks of the
empire, but are never found doing the
menial work of a people. Mr.. Roosevelt,
said the lecturer, found fault with them
because they were never soldiers. This
he explained as the result of the poor
pay given to the native troops.
The Parsees are all things to all men,
he said, without class distinctions or
religious prejudices. They became Mo-
hammedans with the Mohammedans and
Hindoos with the Hindoos, and thus are
enabled to give great aid to Great Brit
ain as means of communication between
the various peoples who make up the In
dian empire. In this way they had be-
come a great wedding force.
Evening star., 1912-01-06

Phone Your Want Ad to The Star,
Main 2440.
Evening star., 1912-01-06

Self-Lyte Mantles, Lindsay Lights, Gas
Appliances. S. s. Shedd & Bro. Co, 49, 9th.
Evening star., 1912-01-06

Material for making flowers. Gould's. 9th.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-07-19
NKaTZaS LIZZ

they say there's no prettier bit of
scenery in Missouri. l like to hang
out the window here and watch the
bubbles and the shadows, and listen
to the water and the wheels, well
| just couldn't live without them"
The old man with the -four busted
clothing and beard has q distinguished
ancestry, and in the family Bible are
the documents to prove It.
His grandfather, Samuel Watts, was
a volunteer soldier In the army OF Gen.
eral Lafayette which came from
France and fought with Washington
in the Revolutionary War. The rec.
ords show that he was wounded seven
times, that he was captured by the
British In Charleston and that after
the war he settled In Shelby County,
Kentucky, and that he was a member
of the Lewis and Clark expedition that
went up the Missouri River to the
mouth of the Yellowston. He married
sallie Dodson. a Observation-Disclosures
of Daniel Boone. and settled In st.
Charles County, Missouri.
In 1850 Anthony B. Watts, lis son,
came to Indian Greek and bought the
water mill. He brought his family
with him. Stubbins was one OF the
children.
To look at the old man, stopping at
his bins and gathering deposit Of
white flour as a bee gathers pollen
from the flowers tntn which a dina
one would not imagine he had been q
lighting man, but. as he says:
The gurgle of the water through so
many years sort of lulls you to sleep
There is no modern machinery in
this mill except the turbine wheel.
Years ago the old wooden wheel was
taken out and the turbine put In. All
else is as 1t was eighty-two years ago
even to the wooden pegs In the floor
ing, the wooden hinges on the doors
and the wooden cogs In the wheels.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-07-19
Mission Weddings.

Within two minutes after the cab
stopped at the mission door the report
spread up and down the street that
wedding was taking place inside.
Within another two minutes the room
was packed to the very doors. That
sudden rush of the crowd to the sane
tuary pleased the mission superin-
tendent.
'1f / had money to spare" he said.
II would pay bonus to young couples
for getting married in a mission The
moral effect of one wedding is worth
a dozen sermons. To get the best eff
feet the ceremony ought to be per-
formed in the middle Of the service.
No innovation that have ever intro
duced has had such SOLDERING effect
on the congregation. The example OF
a man once as far down maybe In the
social scale as themselves having be-
come sufficiently regenerated to as.
sumo the responsibilities OF life stirs
every bit OF manhood there is in them.
1.-THE trouble is. can persuade very
few couples to be married in a, mis-
sion. The bridegrooms do not mind,
but the brides want something more
exclusive"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-07-19
DRUG HABIT GAINS IN PARIS
Wholesale Degencracy Threatens City,
a Prominent Physician
Asserts.

Investigations following a recent
succession of fatalities in the Quarter
Latin have revealed that the drug
habit has gained on Parisians. In
one store alone dope fiends buy no
less than one hundred plnts of cocaine
and morphine every week.
So prevalent is the dope habit that
prominent physician declares he de-
tects its victims by the score every
time he takes a round of the cafes.
Ether is no longer fashionable, but
especially in the artist quarters NOR
phine is used recklessly Evsz the
uninitiated can detect those addicted
to 1t In an evenings stroll.
Paris, In the opinion OF this physi-
clan. is the most drug-cured city In
the world, for while rich women Of
other capitals secretly indulge In va
rious dangerous ways of stimulating
their faded forces. the dope habit in
Paris has spread through every class
until wholesale degeneracy is threat
Brooklyn Eagle.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-07-19

nowadays with a CRATE or fireplace of
some kind in the front part OF the
house where it may be used when
wanted
When the country was new and peo-
pie were obliged to heat their houses
with fireplaces, or freeze, they got
very tired of them so that when stoves
were invented fireplaces were consid-
cred back number; but the human
race has been accustomed to an open
IRE from the time when fire was first
brought down from the clouds. In all
these centuries the comfort Of an open
nre has been bred into the marrow Of
our existence until it has become
second nature to enjoy it.
We would not like to go back to
fireplace as the only means of heating
the house, but as an auxiliary heater
II never has had nor never will have
an equal. 1t adds more to the comfort,
cneerfulness and sociability of the
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-07-19

go HI road dips down steep hill
just before you reach Indian
Greek and shuts from sight the
big stone house that cost S4,-
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-07-19
BATS TO FIGHT MOSQUITOES
Texas Man Believes He Has Found
Way to at Least Reduce the Plague
of the Insects.

There is a man in Texas who has
quito. His name is DR.. Charles r..
Campbell He is official bacteriologist
of the city of San Antonio. His idea,
says a writer in the Technical World
Magazine, is to employ bats as mos
quito fighters. The neighborhood of
San Antonio is especially plagued by
mosquitoes-malaria is more or less
rife in that yicinity-and for long
time past the inhabitants of the mu-
nicipality and it's suburbs have eager
ly sought to find a solution of the
problem. Much benefit has been OBJ
tanned by keeping minnows in cisterns
and ponds-these small fishes being
greedy devourers of mosquito larvae
but such measures have not alto
gether met requirements.
Bats, as is well known, are insect
eaters, and are particularly fond OF
mosquitoes. In the twilight, where
they rove around, they devour i'm
mense numbers of the pestiferous in.
sects-their manner being to dash
back ard forth through a swarm and
gobble the victims up by wholesale.
In view of which fact, it occurred to
DR.. Campbell that it might be good
idea to establish in and about San
Antonio a number of "bat roosts," as
he calls them-that is TO say. struc-
lures so contrived as to invite bats
for sleeping purposes. He has already
put up two of them. and proposes to
erect others, those already in opera
ton having proved highly successful
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-07-19

CRATE fire waiting for the coffee to
boil.
The one Illustrated here is a six.
room house with a good clothes closet
for each bedroom, and a splendid bath
room directly over the kitchen, just
where it ought to be so that plumbing
for both the bath room and kitchen
sink may be arranged together to save
first cost and after expenses.
The stairway arranged like this one
is to be recommended for a small
house because it does not cut up the
front part of the house either up or
down. 1t comes just right for the eel,
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-07-19
Getting There First.

Ladd-There's your old friend De
Broke coming across the street.
Dadd-Eh! That's right. Oh. yes,
he sees me. I'll run ahead and meet
him / want to borrow a dollar. Back
In a moment.
He hurries forward and greets the
coming man. Presently he returns.
Ladd-Why should you ask De
Broke for a dollar?
Dadd-Because I knew he was go
ing to ask me for ten.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-07-19

lar and it gives a short hall upstairs
and takes scarcely any space from
the first floor
A very nice arrangement is the
kitchen, pantry and the entrance to
the cellar Talk about having things
in a nutshell; it would be difficult to
get any nearer putting the working
end of a house into a nutshell than
this
In the pantry you have shelf room
enough to accommodate all the dishes
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-07-19

front room than any other, or all
o'ner articles of furniture. You can
se' close to CRATE fire and get warm
, 7, you can go back in the far end Of
Tue room and get cool, but its glow
WA sparkle will follow you with their
attentions.
a CRATE fire is better company than
s sue people, but its influence will
u up dull persons. 1t adds a
-u'rLn to music and wit to CONVERSE
.-ou and you enjoy your dinner better
after sitting q few minutes before a
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-07-19
Business is Business.

There goes a man who contir ual-
ly boasts of his ability to please
women"
well, Welt That's very bad
form"
''In fact, he uses a great deal Of
printers ink to set forth his claims"
'The idea of such thing"
ooh, his conduct isn't so surprising
He sells millinery"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-07-19

vvi1iayn A. Radford will answer
-t;ons and give advice FREE OF
SSNCrr an all subjects pertaining TO the
.NJ'{aet ~ building, for the readers of this
1sr on account of his wide experience
"a PEaitor, Author and Manufacturer, he
a. without doubt, the highest authority
al these subjects. Address all inquiries
on ur;l1ian A. Radford, No. IT'S West
Io.,,son boulevard. Chicago. ILL., and only
close two-cent stamp for reply.
A small, convenient house that may
be built for $4,000 is just what good
many young people are looking for.
The perspective and floor plans here
shown go to make up just such a
house,
You can't have everything in little
bouse the same as in large house,
Int you can leave out good many
things that are not necessary; and
that gives an opportunity to retain
the important features. A big living
room for instance is one of the great
Injuries of modern houses.
Not so many years ago everybody
seemed to have craze for double
narlors. An architect was obliged to
design double parlors if he had to cut
them down to ten feet square each
# is a curious comment on human
nature that such foolish fad would
have to run itself completely out be
fore people were ready to abandon il
for something better. But small
houses are no longer built with double
parlors and the owners Of old ones
are having the partition taken out
wherever it is possible, and they are
in that way making the two rooms
into one good, big, comfortable. airy
sensible living room.
We are learning something all the
time We have learned better than Il
cut the front part Of a house up into
small rooms. Another thing we have
learned is to put in windows enough
TO light the rooms and to put then
opposite or on different sides of the
room wherever possible, and another
thing we are relearning is the use oil
an open fire. Good houses are all built
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-07-19

necessary for a good-sized family and
there is a splendid chance for num-
Der of narrow shelves on both sides of
the cellar stair to hold jars of fruit,
iellies, marmalade, etc.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-11-15

roasted fowl-cost me about 30 shil-
lings-and a tart, and then fruit and
cheese"
About 10 O'Clock at night he sends
his guests away "after a good sack
possett and cold meat" The whole
will cost him, he observes, about 60
say f20 of present day English money.
These are what the diarist calls
"feasts.' On ordinary occasions the
fare is, of course. much more modest
for instance:
"Dined at home wit my wife. 1t
being washing day, we had a good pie
baked of a leg of mutton"
No doubt the poor man was thankful
enough to get that, for one gathers
from the DIARY that he generally
had cold meat IN washing days. In
those days, look you, washing day was
washing day. Mrs. Pepys and her
"~people"-two or three maids and
a cook maid-did 1t themselves-no
washerwomen, and the good lady AMI
her helpers were generally up at 4
o'clock in the morning in summer.