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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-14

art Mr. Blashfield said that undoubtedly
both the public and the architects needed
to be educated, but that it was firmly his
conviction that both merely require OPP
portunity. He gave an instance OF man
who had strongly declared in favor OF
plainness and economy In building, nav.
ing become an enthusiastic advocate OF
beauty in design and decoration. He re-
ferred to the natural confusion OF the
public occasioned by not only the dis
agreement of critics, but the variance
in value of a work of art according to
whether it was properly or improperly ac-
credited. We buy a work by great mas
ter, he said. and place it on our family
altar: it is proved to be by some unknown
artist and we Danish 1t stra1ghtway to
our attic. Mr.. Blashfield's plea was for
sincerity as well as for cooperation, pa
tience and faith.
Mr.. Walker dealt with works produced
and their relative merit as mural decora-
tons Two requirements he emphasized,
might become a part of the wall on
which it was placed. He demonstrated
by example the necessity of holding
composition intended as a mural decora-
ton in one tone and of avoiding the sue
cessive use of planes. He also depre-
Gated the opposition to story telling In
mural painting and pointed out the
charm OF decorated spaces. Unless q
decoration had some significance he said,
the space might full as well be filled with
|
paper was exceedingly instructive as well
as interesting.
X X
MONDAY evening the Corcoran Gal
AVA lery's fourth biennial exhibition of
contemporary American paintings will be
opened with private view and recep-
ton. From Tuesday until the last Of
January it will be open to the public
under the usual restrictions and condi-
lions. This is one Of the events Of the
winter in the art world, the Corcoran
Gallery's exhibition having taken its
place with the foremost held in this
country. The fact that this exhibition Is
held at the National Capital initiates
toward it's Importance and success as we'll
as the fact that uncommonly large prizes
are given through the generosity of
former Senator W. A. Clark.
The prize awards have already been
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-14

SONNICA. BY Vincente Blasco Ibanez.
Translated from the Spanish by
Frances Douglas. New York: Duff
field & Co.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-14

WnDNSansssDAx afternoon "sn,n among the he
Blashfield. the painter member OF the
federal art commission, and c. Howard
Walker, the well known Boston architect
Both spoke on the subject of mural paint
ing, Mr.. BlaShne1d treating Of the ethical
side, the relation Of painter to architect
and to the public. and Mr.. Walker dealing
with tho fundamental principles OF the
The record., 1912-10-10
POOR ROADS ARE EXPENSIVE
Only Fer Cent O. 100000 MiIes Of
Public Thoroushfares in This
Country Are Improved.

There are 2,100 0G0 miles of public
roads in this country. Only 10000
miles. or per cent. are improved.
al the rest can be fairly described as
bad roads. The waste of our natural
resources. reckless as it is. is moth
Ing compared to the money waste
brought about by this condition of our
highways
d, costs the French peasant an av-
or.Ea of L. cents mile per ton To
lggl his produce 10 market. II costs
the American farmer an average OF
. cents mile per ton, or l00 per
cent more than the Frenchman. Dur
iny the year l9o5-l906 hauling OF farm
prciuce 10 shipping points amounted
10 between forty and foriy-iivc million
tons weight The average haul was
81 miles. Ii the farmers could have
done their hauling over French roads.
in stead of their own inferior ones.
they would have netted s5S,9oO0oO
more on their crops.
But all the hauling to shipping
points is not done Ivy farmers by any
means. The interstate commerce
commission tells us that in all some
thing like 250. 100000 tons are hauled
for shipment every year. The willing
ness TO move this immense volume of
freight over poor roads. as against
good roads such as France enjoys,
costs the country a cool unnecessary
S305, 600 600 a year.
These figures and facts come from
the Office of Logan Waller Page. the
United States director of public works.
The record., 1912-10-10
GIANTS OF THE FOREST

, Australia lays claim to growing the
TALES trees in the world. whilst Cali
fornia trees are noted for their girth
and diameter. The tallest Californian
forest giant discovered was found
by actual measurement to be $40 feet
high. But Australia's record gum tree
beats this by 140 feet. Baron Mueller.
who was formerly government botan-
ist in Victoria. said that the Austral-
ian gum trees attained height Of
500 feet, but the tallest that the baron
ever measured was PROSTATE one
on the Black Spur, ten miles from
Healesville. which was 4S0 feet high.
This tree was 81 feet In girth near its
root. In 1889 civil engineer, jour
neying from Gippsland to Mount Bore,
measured a tree All feet In height.
though the same tree had previously
been estimated at not less than 500
feet
The record., 1912-10-10
Good Roads
GEHf.mNO1eS

Weeds multiply from year to year.
Weeds are easily killed il attacked
when quite small.
Reading good farm papers will in
terest people in better farm condi-
tions.
One of the worst pests with which
the grower OF onions has to contend is
the onion maggot.
Fall plowing Of field areas will often
be of service in controlling cut worms
that are affecting field crops.
Rotation allows or assists Nature to
repair her waste places and incident
ally facilitates the war with weeds.
Different crops for different years
on the same soil will produce the vari-
ety of elements which insure fertility.
The grain grower should have the
COWS freshen in the fall, in order to
provide an income while the fields are
idle.
A border of nasturtiums or some of
the late foliage plants all around the
vegetable garden produces q fine ef-
feet.
Do not be afraid to apply air-slaked
lime to the csbbages with blow gun.
II will destroy the worms on the head
of the cabbage.
A garden cultivator does much bet
ter work than a hoe. 1t is easier,
quicker and keeps the soil in much
better conditions.
We cannot bring rain when it is
needed, but we can keep the cultivat-
ors going during the worst drought
that ever happened.
The record., 1912-10-10
WORLDS GREATEST CANDLE

A giant candle, made In Harlem. n.
Y, and destined for st. Peters. at
Rome, was blessed before the altar
of st. Biaglo by the Pope and VIII
burn without drip for six long years
Standing over IL feet high. weighing
over 200 pounds, and costing nearly
81 900, the candle is made of sweet
smelling beeswax, dipped with 200 dip
pings about a marvellous wick. From
within foot of the top to foot OF
the bottom II Is embossed in gold
The centerpiece. of cunningly wrought
gold and delicately carved wax, shows
lilies of the valley and n lovely sacred
picture. The manufacturer will not
tell the name of the person who or.
dered the candle, saying:
when one has prayed long and
ceaselessly to the saints for health he
does not parade his generous attitude.
He lays what he has upon the altar
and goes silently on his way"
st. Biagio Is the patron saint OF
those who suffer from disease of the
throat. II is the tradition that he
miraculously cured a little girl of
throat disease while on his way to
martyrdom In the early days of the
church.
The record., 1912-10-10
FEW LESSONS WITH TURKEYS
Breeder Of twenty-five Years Expo
= rienee Finds Business More Profit
able Each Year.

I have raised turkeys for sale %
years, and find II more profitable
business each year, says a writer in
the Farm and Fireside.
| have had to learn many lessons
by quite an expensive route. One
year | failed entirely by too close In
breeding. Another year | let my tur-
keys wander at their own will and
rOost whero they pleased. Again
allowed some TO go up in the trees
hard storm blew them out and
drowned 2f beauties. Since these les
sons | have worked differently.
l change. either breeding hens or
a thoroughbred bronze from some un-
related flock. | keep old hens for
breeders. and find their poults more
healthy. One early turkey Is more
profit able than three late ones, so
use the first eggs and sell the later
ones. Chicken hens are set on the
first laying and the poultry given to
the first turkey hen that becomes
broOdy. Large, airy pens or coops
with rainproof roofs are built quite
distance from the house
The hens are kept up two weeks.
and then turned out every morning.
unless the weather becomes rainy
They have learned to come when call
ed, and will answer me from ever SO
far when | call Pee turk! Come on"
/ am never too busy or too tired to
get them up at the approach of a
hard storm. and at four o'clock in the
evening. They soon learn to come
home. After they are five or six
weeks old l never feed at noon.
feed no sloppy feed but have good
luck with wheat or corn bread, crack
ed corn, cooked soft, wheat, mashed
potatoes, etc.
The first two weeks are the most
particular. l give each pouit a grain
of black pepper when 1t is 81 hours
old, and a stroke of lard or vaseline
from bill to top of head.
Then feed Of hard-boiled egg. shell
and all, crushed fine, mixed with
bread soaked soft and squeezed dry.
Fresh water. sand, lime and ground
charcoal are kept handy. They eat
OF all; l never feed too much.
never feed over four times q day,
and that often only a week. More
turkeys die from overfeeding than un.
derfeeding. / use fiat board to
sprinkle their feed on, and keep II
clean. 1t pays to be cleanly with tur.
keys.
The record., 1912-10-10
USEFUL AS GRASS CATCHER
Device Fastened TO Back of Mower
Makes Use of Rake Unnecessary
How Ii Is Made.

A rake will be unnecessary 10 the
man who mows grass with the device
shown here attached 10 the back of
The mower. This is the invention of
Minnesota genius, and II is said TO
leave a clean sward in the wake of
the lawn mower catching the loose
grass that flies up in the rear before
il has a chance TO fall again. The ap-
paratus is made with a galvanized
steel bottom and heavy duck sides
and is easily detached and empiied
when il becomes full. Two hooks are
fastened at the ends of the roller of
the mower and circular wire pieces fit
The record., 1912-10-10
|DOUITW NOTF(|
Es-salz1E!lz II
IkkSSASssASsSSSSS SSAsSAU|

Keep your stock healthy, clean and
comfortable.
Not all the failures of poultry life
are due to the hens.
The first duck eggs OF the season
are hardly ever fertile.
Don't gorge the growing chicks one
day and starve them the next.
Any fowl is liable at times to pro-
duce an egg containing blood spots.
Well grown ducklings very often
will begin laying at five months Of
age
Chicks like heat, and it is good for
them; but there is a difference in
heat.
Don't let chicks squeeze through
slated coops until their bodies are de-
formed.
Poultry breeding as a pursuit is en-
phatically labor Of love, but 1t Is,
nevertheless, a labor.
The record., 1912-10-10

simple. This idea of extreme sim
plicity is carried out in the veranda Of
red corrugated iron supported on plain
, 10y 4 sludding.
If the building. the main building.
lacks beauty. the old coal house Il
much worse. II looks as il after years
of wear and tear the neiglIborS had
felt sorry for il and had had some
thing of a donation party. This. Of
course. is merely Il surmiSe, hut il Is
the only possible solution to the gen
erai makeup of the building. Evi-
Gcntly one ncishbor had donated
some old red roofing tin. Another
ncishbor. seeing the need of il door.
had sent over one that had been cut
kinder whopper jawed' and would
The record., 1912-10-10
MOVED THE LECTURER.
Church Too Good For Him, but School
house Was Just the Place.

Church 90 1ooo or MIN, put Scnooi-
house Was Just the Place.
The man who was to give an illus
trated lecture at Deer Creek sat Oh the
steps of the Deer Creek church with
his grips and gas drums about him.
Seven-thirty came and went: the early
summer twilight deepened while fam
ily of screech owls discussed their af-
fairs under their breath: 3 o'clock came
and still no audience. \ buggy ratified
on the road below, and Il voice called
shrilly:
Hello, Anybody up there
"Yes, and want to get in to put my
lantern In place" answered the lee
turer.
Didn't you hear that we had
changed the placer queried the voice.
mo"
We'll. we did. You better get your
things in your wagon and come down
to the schoohouse. half mile down
the road. for the folks is there waiting
for you.''
How did you happen to change the
place OF the lecture at the last mo
ment;'
1T was this way: You see. we knew
YOU had to have big light in your
lantern-oil or sumthin' er other
and We knew. too, that you had to
have il sheet or sumthin' big and white
to throw the pictures on to and il
would have to he tackled on 10 the wall.
We have just had put down brand
new carpet Oh the church and papere,i
the walls, SO we were afraid you would
spill oil on the carpet or punch holes In
the new wall paper lacking up your
sheet You see, we were afraid YOU
hurt the church some way. so we NOV
ed YOU down here because yCu couldn't
hurt the schOolhouse at al
The record., 1912-10-10
CHINESE WOMEN DOCTORS

Forty young Chinese women are
qualifying for the medical profession
in American universities through the
influence of DIR. Yamel Kin. the first
woman doctor in China. DR.. Kin. as
the head of the hospital for women in
Tientsin, has also for the last ten years
been training Chinese women for the
nursing profession.
The record., 1912-10-10
Handy Grass Catcher.

over these AZ each end of the catcher.
A third piece of wire hooks over the
handle of the mower to keep the
scoop in position. Another wire con-
trivance comes with this device by
means of which the catcher can be
made wider CT narrower or in some
other way adapted TO the size of the
mower
The record., 1912-10-10
LONG AND SHORT NAMES

Elkhart, Ind, has within its borders
two men who probably bear the dis
tinction of having the longest and
shortest names, respectively. in the
United States. The frst Is the pro-
prietor of Greek candy kitchen.
When time permits. his surname ap-
pears thus: Pappatheodorokoko
mountaourgeotopolos. In hurry
he signs his name Speros Michaels.
The man with the short name is Ed
Fix.
The record., 1912-10-10
Manure and SiIaoe Corn.

Twenty tons Of corn silage an acre
were harvested last fall by George
i. Hyslop OF Ohio. lie uses it for fat
tening cattling and hogs. The most
interesting thing about this yield is
that it is the result of proper utiliza-
tion of barnyard manure. The ma
nure shed has an important place on
the farm.
The record., 1912-10-10

EGGS than a Cochin. but 1t is a fact,
say a writer In an exchange The
Cochin's wings are short and stubby,
while the Leghorn's wings are long
and she will spread them over a big
nestful. Last summer a Leghorn in
cubated 20 eggs for me and Matched
10 Of them. 1t was, however, in the
month of July. and her nest was care
fully arranged in basket; but I new
er give them less than Is. They take
excellent care of their young; being
light weight. they seldom hurt a
chicks by stepping on it, and they
will fight intruders fiercely.
The record., 1912-10-10
FISH FROM THE NORTH SEA

The North sea is Great Britain's
most profitable fishing ground. Last
year the value of the fish landed on
the ortheast coast was s3.740,61i.
over a third of the total value of the
fish landed In the whole Of England
and Wales, and Gi00,O00 worth more
than was landed In the whole Of Ccot-
land and Ireland combined during the
same year. The increase over 1910
was e17s,5S4, and, compared with 1891
the total value of fish landed in 1911
showed an increase of nearly 92,000.-
900.
The record., 1912-10-10
LEGH0RN HENS AS MOTHERS
Although Called Nonsitters Occasion
ally One 10 Found and VIII
Cover Many Eggs.

Although the Leghorns are called
nonsitters, they do sit occasionally,
and | like them very much as moth
ers. 1t would hardly seem possible
that a Leghorn hen would cover more
The record., 1912-10-10
JEFFERSON COUNTY SCHOOL.
Kentucky Out Of Step With the March
Of Education.

II You had not driven twelve miles
from hig. throbbing. pulsing Louis
willie along perfect roadwayS sprinklrd
with oil You would think You were ia:
ont in some rural community when
You gaze AT Rocky liill school. IL
seems impossible for such n sciool-
house Ia he tolerated in a county aS
rich and prosperous as Jefferson.
Its style of architecture is severely
The record., 1912-10-10

not fit anywhere-then, having no
hinges. il had been tackled on anyway
and left standing wide open for the
weeds To grow about it,
Jefferson county, with its trolley
lines. its splendid roads, its wealth,
should he an object lesson To the rest
of the state in schools and school
equipment, but she is just where the
others are.
The whole state is out of step with
the march of education.
The record., 1912-10-10
The Boy Understood.

One of the educational committee in
Louisville had pinned on his button
per. While the boy WAS counting out
the pennies in change he caught sight
The record., 1912-10-10

of the white and blue button. He
smiled and got onto his tipioes ana
read slowly:
my S for Improvement Kentucky
schools"
Again he smiled and. reaching out
grimy paw. exclaimed:
Put it there and shake. I'm With
You fellers, all right
The record., 1912-10-10
KANSAS LEADS IN STUDENTS

Kansas boasts Of having more col
lege students per capita than any
other state. Her next door neighbor,
Missouri, has the fewest-only one in
3sl inhabitants. and next to the foot
comes Pennsylvania with one for ev-
cry 30S. The states at the head are
all western, the first seven and the
number of people for each college
student being: Kansas. 112; Utah.
12l; Nebraska. 1876: Oregon. $50: In
diana, 1862; Iowa. 1S4;- Illinois. 1919.
The eighth is Massachusetts. with one
student for every 209 people.
The record., 1912-10-10

MuhlenberS County
= is rich in coal, iron, timber, potter's clay,s
setc, and the most inviting field in Ken.
sstucky forinvestment ofcapital and pluck.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-04-30
PITCHED BATTLE
NEAR PARIS
Bandit B0nnot and Anarchist Dubols.
Killed After Desperate Fight
With Police.

Paris, April 30.-Bonnot. the leader
Of an organized gang of automobile
bandits who have been terrorizing
Paris and the surrounding district for
months past, and Dubois, an anarchist,
We're shot to death yesterday in the
most thrilling encounter in the annals
of French crime.
\ garage Al Choisy- I-e- Roi six miles
south OF Paris, in which the bandits
had taken refuge. was blown up by
dynamite after these two men had kept
1T bay for hours a large part of the
police force of Paris, a contingent of
gendarmeS. two companies of Repub-
lican Guards and a company of engin-
eers- Ten thousand spectators viewed
the battle from points of vantage.
The engagement equailed in dramatic
circumstances the encounter in Janu-
airy, 1911. described as "the battle of
London, when desperadoes suspected
of being the murders of police in
Hounds Ditch were trapped in a house
in the Whi1echapel district and went
to their death battling against hun
dreds of London police and soldiers
Bonnet and Dubois, after wounding
two policemen, took refuge in the
garage. They were trapped in the
building, which was at once surround
ed. Reinforcements were dispatched
to aid the police, composed of gen
darmes, Republican Guards and engin-
eers. A battery of artillery was on
the way from Versailles when a small
detachment of soldiers succeeded in
placing dynamite against the structure
and blowing out the front wall
Bonnet was captured alive. He was
riddled with bullets and died on the
way TO a hospital The great crowd
that had gathered. with cries OF Death
to Bonnot," almost tore the bandit
from the soldiers, several of whom
were injured.
Parisians, particularly automobilists,
have been in a state of terror because
of the reckless crimes of the automo-
bile bandits. which reached a climax
in the murder of Assistant Superin-
tendent Jouin of the detective depart
ment and the wounding of VChief In
spector Colmar by Bonnot on the NOR
ming, of April "a. The government then
ordered all the available police to hunt
the assassins day and night.
At o'clock yesterday, NJ Gui-
chard. superintendent of detectives,
at Choisy-Le- AS Guichard and
his men approached a bandit who
proved to be Dubois was preparing TO
mount motor cycle. He answered the
summons to surrender by opening fire,
while he retreated to the garage. At
the same moment there was a hail of
bullets from a window and two de-
tectives fell, one with two bullets in
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-04-30
FISHERMEN WERE FRIGHTENED
When They Found They Had Blown
the Bottom Out of the Santa Fe
River

Two men came near losing their
lives in the Santa Fe river two or three
days since.
They placed charge of dynamite
in the river at a point about six miles
from where the Atlantic Coast Line
crosses the stream near WorthingtOn,
their intention being to stun the fish
and make a big catch" in a brief peri
Od of time.
Almost instantly after the charge
exploded many fish were observed on
the surface of the stream, and the
"fishermen' We're busily engaged pick
ing them us when they were Mortified
to hear a gurgling sound Then they
noted that the water seemed to be go
ing down beneath them.
The men were in a boat at the time,
and barely had time to catch the
branches of a tree on the rivers edge
ere the water began pouring into a
large hole in the river bottom where
the dynamite had exploded. Not only
did the water disappear in the new
made sink. but a huge tree toppled
into the opening and was lost to view.
-Gainesville Sun
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-04-30

his abdomen. 1t was Bonnet shooting
from the first floor
The detectives retired and a general
and all classes of citizens came quick
ly- They were armed with muskets
and revolvers and directed hundreds
Of bullets al the garage, from which
came steady rain of lead in reply
NJ Lepine. prefect of Paris was i'm
Ifnediately notified and he telephoned
instructions TO the police TO do moth
ing until he arrived.
We will blow them up with dyna-
mite" he said
Meanwhile the Republican Guards
and engineer corps arrived, while
thousands of people flocked TO the
scene They became SO numerous that
the soldiers were forced to drive them
back, as they We're interfering with
the progress of the siege
VI. Lepine. NJ Guichard and the COM
mander Of the Republican Guards held
a council of war and decided to use
dynamite. Hundreds of gendarmes,
armed with carbines. then begun to
encircle the building to prevent the es-
ca pc of the bandits. \ cart was rig
ged up with thick mattresses as bar
ricade, and the attacking party backed
1T slowly toward the garage.
When the cart reached the wall.
Lieut.. Forteau emerged and coolly
placed two huge sticks of dynamite
against the building and ignited the
fuse. But no explosion followed. This
operation was repeated twice. Then
came a terrific report, and column Of
smoke and debris shot skyward.
All the while the bandits were vol
leying steadily but no one was hit. AS
the front wall collapsed with a crash,
the police and Republican Guards
rushed up. On the ground floor they
found Dubois dead. They mounted a
narrow stairway and observed a man
streaming with blood. his left arm in a
sling. crouched behind a mattress.
Blood was pouring from wounds in his
head and chest.
Curse you. Curse you. she cried as
he pulled the trigger of his empty re-
volver.
before he could take it he was over
powered and placed in an automobile.
1t was then that the crowd changed
into a wild mob, bowling for the death
of the bandit. The soldiers protected
him with butts of their carbines, but
automobile started off, literally crush
ing down a score of people in clearing
a pathway and speeded to Paris.