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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-23

Mirth at high pressure 10 on tap ut the
Cosmos this week. starting with the head
liner, "Rehearsing William Tell q
sketch which deals with histrionic vicis-
,situdes in the course Of q rehearsal of
the opera written about the Swiss hero.
1t Is we'll presented by Raymond, Leigh
ton and Morse and seems the pure. un-
alleged extract Of humor.
The four Baldwins have. college act
full Of dash and melody that made a hit
yesterday. Their instrumental eccen-
tricitfes were especially effective. Gold
ing and Heating, q new song and dance
team from Australia, presented several
terpsichorean novelties which won ap-
plause, and Miss Sarah Goody, more than
lived up to her name with her vocalism.
John c. Clarke, the Irish senator" is
very droll with his whimsical monologuc.
and Montgomery and Moore are good IN
new song novelties and patter work.
Pathe's weekly review of current events
heads the list Of film features.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-23

Of real ability: Blanche Martin and
Blanche Curtis, who are very good, with
George W. Scott and William 1nman as
comedians.
Two Of the biggest hits were scored Sy
May Holden. who sang "Ephriam's Band
and The News" in . manner that
brought down the house. A big feature
followed when Andy Lewis made the girls
OF the chorus do song and dance.
Catherine Crawford, Vera George,
Beatrice Morton and Lucille Manion bore
the brunt of the chorus work and did 1t
with q dash seldom seen at the Gayety.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-23

Of Going to SCHOOL," He talked on tRt
value of true sportsmanship, good cen.
duct and national thrift. :
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-23

Pauline Hall-the same Pauline Hall of
the old days Of "Erminie'' and other
tuneful light operas-appears at the
Casino this week. prior to her departure
for New York, where she goes to begin
rehearsals for the big Arthur-de Koven
revival of Robin Hood that will open
for an all-summer engagement at the
Amsterdam Theater May 6. Last night,
with her old charm of personality un-
abated and seemingly in as good voice as
ever, she sung three songs, giving as a
final encore the lullaby from "Ermfne. .
The audieDce wanted more and was re-
luctant to let her go, but had to be salts
fed.
Robert Leonard and Company, in my
Wife's Family have an amusing skit
even though trifle amateurish in spots
The good looks Of 1.-The girl seemed to
make up for any possible shortcomings
with last nights audience. James r.
Waters. late comedian with 1.-THE Beauty
Doctor" sang q series of Yiddish dialect
songs to the manifest delight Of his hear
ers. 1.-The New Chef" comedy aero
batic sketch by Spissell Brothers and
Mack, is the sort Of 'fall-about STUFF
that seems to send the younger element
into Mysteries. 10 We and Wilbur
gymnasts and equilibrists, are far above
the ordinary, and the motion pictures are
new and interesting.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-23
Pupils Hear Milton FAirchild.

400 school ci,iidren yseterdark aftsrnoou Il
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-23

ment Of the American Civic Fedora
ton that it is difficult for a man at the
head OF the institution to look after
the medical side of the hospital as
well as the administrative side, and
that it Is unfair to expect 1t. i
Miss De COursey was asked whether
conditions had not improved under DIR.
Tewksbury. She said they had She
any thing wrong under the former re-
gime. and her answer was In the
"Did you make any recommendations
to any one. or inform any ono of the
conditions" s,se~~..' -
Miss De Cpursey said she knew Sec
rotary Wilson Of the board OF chari-
ties and also DR.. George NJ. Kober of
the same board. and that they visited
Walters Demand Clips"
Testimony last nieht showed that the
walters at the Institution receive SIS a
month and that some OF them refuse to
do anything for a patient without a
tip" The old charge that SKINNED
milk had been used and that patients
were allowe' to dip out what they
wanted from q common receptacle with
a common dipper was reiterated.
Women representing the welfare de-
partment testified that their investiga-
lions led them to believe that what is
most needed at the HOSPITAL Is better ad-
ministration. and that; DIR. Tewksbury
has too much OF n burden imposed
upon him. They recommend special
administrative officer.
Among the prominent women pres
ent were Mrs. Robert 8. Chew, Mrs.
Archibald Hopkins. MRS.. Nota Nc
Gill. Mrs. Fort. Mrs. stott and Mrs.
Katherine Cameron.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-23
ADJUSTMENTS

who have little to do, does her share
with much credit to herself.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1912-05-28
SHIP CARVING.
An AT That Went Out With the Old
Wooden Warships.

Wooden Warshipo.
An almost forgotten profession u
that Of ship carving. For many GEN.
turies, down to the beginning OF the
nineteenth, the ornamentation Of YES.
sells. especially men Of war. was pro-
fuse. intricate and 6orid. The carving
on the United States line Of battle
ship America. launched In 1852 and
presented to France. VIII give some
idea of the extent to which this was
carried.
The 6gurebead was q female dSurs
crowned with laurel representing
America. The right arm was raised,
pointing to heaven. On the left arm
was q buckler with blue ground car
rying thirteen stars On the stern Of
the ship under the cabin windows ap.
peared two large figures in bas-relief
representing Tyranny" and "Oppres-
sion" bound and bleeding on the
ground. On the back Of the starboard
quarter was a large figure Of "Mara"
On the highest part of the stern ap-
peared Wisdom" and above her head
an owl.
Philadelphia furnished not only the
greatest ship designer In the United
States. but also the best ship carver In
the world. William Rush. In this 6eld
he was without q rival. and to won
derful technical skill he added an ar.
tistic sense of beauty and genius for
composition
he was the 6rst carver to give an
idea Of life and motion tn ships 6g.
urehead. Each Of his dgureheads was
either the nfelike representation Of q
person or some symbolic conception
expressed in exquisite carving His
most noted productions were Mature"
for the Constellation. the Genius Of
the United States for the frigate Of
that name and THE River God for
the East india ship Ganges. These 6g-
ureheads were nine feet high and
could be removed for repair or In ac-
tion.-Harper's Weekly.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1912-05-28
aSAelsa AZ StaVonson.

Robert Louis Stevenson delighted IN
ed clothes, which made people take
him, much to his own Joy, for q sort OF
yassbond. Ono night, dressed with Q
special visw to quaintness. the novelist
wandered through south London Try
ins to come upon q policeman who
would arrest him on sight BE came
upon various hobbies" but not one OF
them would apprehend him, and he
was vastly disappointed
Another time, when In France, ON
cials Of a bank on which he had q
draft from his father In Edinburgh
warned him away. saying that he was
an evident fraud and that II he did not
20 they would send for the police. Ste
yenson noticed in the bank the pigeon
holes which intuition told him con-
tanned foreign drafts. He plunged at
those pigeonholes and, as luck would
have 1t, pulled out the duplicate OF bis
Scottish draft. Waving 1t triumphant
ly, he demanded his money and got II
with whole ofllceful Of apologies.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1912-05-28

"Niver!" protested Freckles- II was
Just little done up for the prisint a
minute ago. I'm all right now. Rid
Ing boots are away too low The
days hot and the walk good seven
miles. sir. Niver!"
AS he reached for the outfit he pitch.
ed forward and his eyes closed. Nc
Lean stretched him on the moss and
applied restoratives. When Freckles
returned to consciousness Mclean ran
to the cabin to tell Mrs. Duncan to get
hot bath ready and to bring Nellie.
That worthy woman promptly hhed
the wash boiler and set roaring ire
under 1t. She pushed the horse trough
off its base and rolled 1t up to the
kitchen.
By the time Mclean came again,
leading Nellie and holding Freckles on
her back. Mrs. Duncan was ready for
business. She and the boss laid Freck-
les in trough and poured on hot wa
ter until he squirmed. They soaked,
rubbed and secured him. Then they
let the hot water off and closed bis
pores with cold. Lastly they stretched
him on the floor and chafed. rubbed
and kneaded him until he cried out
for mercy. AS they rolled him Into
bed his eyes dropped shut. but little
later they flared open.
"Mr. Mclean" he cried. "the tree!
oh. do be looking after the tree"
Mclean bent over him. (which tree
FrecklesY
81 don't know exact, sir. but it's on
the east line. and the wire is fastened
to it. He Dragged that you nailed 1t
Yourself, sir. You'll know 1t BY the
bark having been laid open to the
grain somewhere low down. and 1t was
$500 lie offered me-to be-selling you
out-sir!"
Freckles' head rolled over and his
eyes dropped shut. McLean's mind
Travelled back to the night almost a
wear before when he had engaged
Freckles. stranger
McLedU Uent eiiuS 'pS bu'e ~'->
with one. hand and laying the other
with caress on the boys forehead.
Freckles stirred at his touch and twit-
tered as softly as the swallows under
the caves.
"If you're coming this way-tomor'
row-be pleased to step overland well
repate the-chorus softly"
"Bless the gritty devil" growled Nc
Lean.
Then he went out and told Mrs. Dun
can to keep close watch on Freckles
and send Duncan to him at the swamp
the minute he came home. Following
the trail down to the line and back to
the scene Of the fight, the boss entered
Freckles' study softly, as If his spirit
sleeping there might be reused. and
gazed about with astonished eyes.
How had the boy conceived it2 What
a picture he had wrought in living col.
ors! He had the heart Of painter;
he had the soul of poet. The boss
stepped carefully over the velvet car
net and touched the walls Of crisp yer.
dure with gentle fingers. He stood
long beside the flower bed and gazed
at the banked wall of bright flowers as
If he could never leave OF.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1912-05-28
Making an Old Orchard Profitable.

address delivered by Prof. E. F. Hitchings,
Farmers Week. March ~
In order to discuss this topic intelli-
gently, we must take glance at the fol-
lowing:
First. The orchard conditions of the
past to note methods and causes that
have rendered the old orchard unprofit,
able.
Second. A typical orchard of the
present to ascertain If such reclama-
ton is possible.
Third. The ideal orchard of the fu.
ture to see if there is possibility fol
profit in the right management of this
evolution from the old TO the new. Hav'
ing decided these last two in the affirma-
tive We will proceed to formulate a plan
of procedure that If carried into effect
must meet with a measure of success
commensurate with the actual effort put
forth.
But success depends: First-Upon
the individual effort of every advocate oil
better fruit. Secoud-Upon the coopera-
ton in local centers of wide awake or
chsrdists, who have the courage of their
convictions, backbone enough to put
them into action, and faith in their asso-
ciates TO combine for better results. II
must be campaign of education along
modern lines of practical demonstration
work, not theory. Extension work must
be carried to the orchard. The first step
in the actual process of making the old
orchard profitable will be that of tree
renovation, which will bring about the
renewal of vigorous activity by right
methods of pruning, scraping and spray
ing. This will tend to produce healthy
condition as foundation principle. We
will follow this by the right management
of the evil conditions of tilth, fertility
and humus content, in order that there
may be such an increment of vigor as to
ward off, to a great degree the attack oi
fungous and insect troubles. In most
cases a large number of varieties must
be sacrificed in order to render the or
chard profitable from commercial stand
point. This will mean wise selection
of varieties adapted to the location and
the topworking Of trees to conform to
that plan. The rotation and manage
ment of cover crops will be thoroughly
gone over with necessary rest periods
for the retention of latent energy so vi
tai to successful cropping. Last but not
least the proper handling of the frui,
question from the time of the "June
drop" until il reaches the hands of the
CO onsumer, will be fully considered to-
gether with the profits involved.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1912-05-28
A sART0RIAL TRAGEDY.
The Lady Accepted . Flower and Lost
Her Beautiful Figure.

The Lady Accepted . Flower and Lost
Her Beautiful Figure.
In London Truth of March 8. 1877.
Henry Labouchere told this story Of a
toilet calamity due to the feminine
fashion of those days:
At dinner party given lately In
Paris one lady was remarked above all
others for the elegance Of her figure
and the perfection Of her toilet Dur.
ing the mauvais quart d'heure before
dinner she was surrounded by host
Of admirers. and one less bashful than
the rest ventured to offer her the
flower from bis buttonhole. II was
accepted, but as the princess robe"
worn by the graceful creature was
laced behind II was necessary to fas.
ten the flower to the front OF her
dress with a pin. The operation was
successfully performed, and the fair
lady was led IN to dinner by the donor
Of the flower. They were hardly seat.
ed when be heard curious sound like
the gentle signing OF the wind. and on
turning toward hIs partner he saw
with horror that the lovely figure was
getting "small by degrees and beauh-
fully less" The rounded form had dis
appeared before the soup was over.
and long before the first entree the
once creaseless garment hung In great
folds about a scraggy framework II
seems that the newest dresses for
slight" ladies are made with air tight
Innings and inflated until the required
degree of embonpOint Is attained. The
unfortunate lady mentioned above had
forgotten this detail when she fastened
the fatal flower to her bosom with q
Din: hence the collapse.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1912-05-28
FRECkLES
BY
Gene SaraGa@m7
Porter
COPYRIGHT. 1904. BY DOUBLEDAY. PAGE
CHAPTER vi.
wEssNER GETS A THRAsHrNG.

WESSNER GETS A THRAbHINN.
|kHE boss crouched among the
bushes like tiger ready to
IL spring. but as Freckles' voice
u reached him he held himself
with the effort of his life to see wAat
mettle was in the boy.
Don't you be wasting Of me good
time in the numbering Of me hands" "
howled Freckles. .rhe stringth Of me
cause will make up for the weakness
Of me Numbers. and the size of a cow
ardly thief don't count. You'll think
all the wildcats of the Limberlost Is
turned loose on you whin come
aginst you. and. as for me cause.
slept with you. Wessner, the night |
come down the corduroy like a dirty.
friendless tramp. and the boss was for
taking me up. washing. clothing and
feeding me and giving me home full
Of love and tinderness. and master
to look to, and good. well earned mon
ey in the bank. He's trusting me his
heartful. and here comes you. you
spotted toad of the big road. and In
suits me, as Is an honest Irish gintle-
min, by limiting that you concaive Id
be willing to shut me eyes and hold
fast while you rob him Of the thing
was set and paid to guard and then
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1912-05-28

the middle of the afternoon. He
would have long hours to work on his
flower bed, improve his study and
learn about his chickens.
The heat became more insistent.
Noon came, and Freckles ate his din
ner and settled for IN hour or two on
bench with book.
Perhaps there was breath OF
sound, Fr0'kles could never afterward
remember, but for some reason he
lifted his head just as the bushes
parted and the face Of an angel look
ed through. Saints, nymphs and fair
les had ioated down his cathedral
aisle for him many times. with forms
and voices OF exquisite beauty.
Parting the wild roses by the en-
trance was beauty Of which Freckles
had never dreamed. Was 1t real OF
would It vanish as the other dreams
had done2 He took step nearer,
gazing intently. This was real fesh
and blood. And It was In every way
kin Of the Limberlost, for no bird OF
its branches swung with easier grace
than this dainty young thing rocked
on the bit of morass on which she
stood. A sapling beside her was not
straighter nor rounder than her slender
form. Her soft, waving hair clune
about her face with the heat, and
curled over her shoulders. 1t was Oh
Of one piece with the gold Of the sur
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1912-05-28
Some Large Poultry Figures.
WHAT THE CENSUS BUREAU SHOWS OF A
YEARS BIRDS AND EGGS.

A preliminary statement of the gen.
eral results of the thirteenth census rel
ative to the number of farms reporting
the raising Of poultry and production OF
eggs, together with the number OF fowls
and dozens Of eggs produced, and the
value thereof, in 1909, has been issued
by Director z. Dana Durand, OF the bu-
reau of the Census, Department of Com
merce and Labor. 1t was prepared un-
der the direction of LIE Grand Powers,
chief statistician, and John Lee Coulter,
expert special agent for agriculture.
Further analysis of the returns may re-
suit in slight notifications of the totals
presented before final publication but it
is not expected that they will affect ma
terially the figures given. A statement
showing the number and value of fowls
on farms at the time the census was
taken april 10, 1910 has already been
issued. Special attention is called to the
fact that the present summary relates
only to poultry and eggs produced on
farms, as no enumeration was provided
by law for cities, towns or villages.
Tne total number of farms reporting
fowls raised in 1909 was 5,655, ,754, or
$50 per cent of all farms in the United
States; and the number of such fowls
was ASS, ,46S, ,S54, or an average of S6.4
fowls per farm. No report was pub
lished in 1900 showing the number of
farms reporting on the number of fowls
raised in 1899, but the total value
was given as S1S6, $50, l52, as against
value in 1909 of s202, ,506, ,272. 1t will
thus be seen that the value of poul-
try produced in one year shows an in
crease during the decade of over $685.
SOC, 900, or As per cent.
The last census shows that in 1909
there were produced in the United States
,59l, ,3ll 81 dozen eggs, valued at $685.
6SS, $3.50. The production in 1899 was
l ,293, ,662, ,4S3 dozen eggs, and the value
sl44, ,240,54l. While the production Of
eggs during the ten years increased only
% per cent, the value more than doub-
led, the exact amount of gain being Sl62,-
44S, ,4l9, or 1I2 per cent.
In Maine 49,64l farms reported, show
ing 2,60l, 1888 fowls raised of total value
of 81 ,454, SIS, and 14,935,95 dozens of
eggs produced, of value of SS, 10, ,S35.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1912-05-28

little white baby! Duncan. can you
see me little white chicken?"
Duncan could easily see It. and SO
could every one else. Freckies' ten
derly carried the kissing. blinking lit.
tie thing out to the light in leaf lined
hat. The men found 1t sufficiently
wonderful to satisfy even Freckles
who had forgotten he was ever sore
or stiff, and coddled over 1t with ev'
cry blarneying term Of endearment he
knew.
Duncan gathered up his tools
Deals of. boys" he said cheerfully
''The log mauna be touched until
Freckles' chaukies have finished with
1t. We might US weel gang. Better
put It back. Freckles. It's just out
and 1t may chill. Ye will probably
hae twa the morn"
Freckles deposited the baby beside
the egg. When he came back he said
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1912-05-28
fro BIZ CONTINUED
A Tsrror 10 Orators.

A speaker In the house Of commons
has to address "the most chilling,
nerve destroying audience In the
world" Even such cool headed, sea-
soned orator as John Bright once said,
toward the end of his career. too. u
suppose ought to be ashamed OF my
self, but the fact is that I never rise
In the house without trembling at
the knees and q secret wish that some
body else would catch the speakers
eye and enable me to sit down again.
And Disraeli. who boosted that he had
no nerves. declared: "The blare OF
trumpets. n thousand lOokers-on. have
induced men to lead forlorn hope.
Ambition and ones constituents have
induced men to do far more desper'
ate thlng-speak in the house OF com
mons."-London Mall.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1912-05-28
a.ad Only Woman Authors.

Misandry occasionally has its uses.
A Russian lady. Nine. Kalssavoh, who
died In 1901 In st. Petersburg. would
not allow any hook written by q man
to enter her house She was. however.
q voracious reader and wealthy enough
to satisfy her cravings In this direc-
ton On her death her library was
found to contain nearly $4,000 volumes.
all written by women THIS was SAID
at the tune to he the ui"sts extensive
collection Of this kind ever formed.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1912-05-28
Feeding Poultry for Vitality.

One of the greatest difficulties that the
poultryman has to contend with is that
of Matching and rearing chickens to re-
new his flock. 1t is safe to say that more
commercial plants go bankrupt over this
difficulty in Matching and rearing than
from any other one cause. For some
years past the Maine Agricultural Exper-
iment Station has been devoting atten-
ton to this subject and has been endeav-
oring to find out whether it was not pos
sible TO overcome most of the common
troubles of this sort by breeding into q
flock of poultry such a high degree OF
constitutional vigor and vitality that the
eggs would hatch and the chickens live
and grow under any reasonable condi-
tions of management. What success has
been obtained in this direction upon the
experiment station poultry plant is indi-
Gated by the fact that in the hatchiDg
season of 1911, which by common report
of poultrymen all over the country was
an unusually bad season for Matching
and rearing, it took, on the average, 2 0
eggs in the incubator to produce one
chicken. That is, IL one counts in all the
iufertile eggs, and all the embryos which
died in the shell, and all the chicks
which died within three weeks afteE
they were hatched, which period covers
on the Station plant at least practically
the whole Of the chick mortality, 1t still
took less than three eggs In the incubator
to produce one chicken, and rear the
chicks up to an age whore they were
practically past all danger of dying from
ordinary chicken diseases. A sample
record of the hatching of the eggs of out
single high-lsying bird Is illuminating al
showing the possibilities of breeding
hatchability Of eggs and INABILITY ol
chickens into strain of poultry. From
this bird, there were incubated In th'
spring of 1911, so eggs. Only two o
these eggs were infertile, and Of the 81
eggs left, 10 embryos lied in the shell
and As Matched into good, strong, healthy
chickens. OF these As chickens batched
only six died before reaching maturity
All of these died within three weeks afte
they were hatched. This left total o
AZ adult chickens from 90 eggs put int
the incubator, after all loss from infer
tility, dying in the shell and chick NOR
tality has been deducted. :.
When the condition of the stock II
respect to vitality and constitutiona
yipor il such as to make IL possible q
hatch and rear chickens In this way
there is no reason why there should no
be profit in the chicken business.
Chas. D. Woods, Director, Orono, Nc