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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-06-07
Legacies Against Public Policies

The number of wills wherein rich hus-
bands have left large sums to their wives
on condition that they do not marry again
has started the question whether such
wills are not against public policy. 1t is a
question with strong arguments on both
sides. On the husband side are consid-
erations touching the welfare OF children
and the right of the wife to her claims
under the common law. On the wife's
side is her right to the provision of the
will to be used in accordance with her
judgment, to the exercise of which right
the welfare of the children may be Justly
conided.
But if wife's rights to legacy are to
be conditioned upon her not marrying
again, why should not the husband be re-
stricted in the disposition Of his property
If the rights Of the children are to be re-
duced by the mother remarrying, the le-
marriage of the husband will have the
same results. 1t ought to be as fair for
the goose as for the gander Ohio State
! Journal.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-06-07
TILE CHRISTIAN MOTHER.

Now, suppose that Christ should come
into your house First, the wife and
mother would feel His presence. Re
ligion almost always begins there. 1t is
easier for women to become Christians.
than it is tor men. They do not fight SO
against God IF women originally
tempted man away from holiness, now
she tempts him back. She may not
make any fuss about it, but then some
how, everybody in the house knows that
there is a great change in the wife and
mother. She chides the children more
gently. Her face lights up with an I'M
earthly glow some times. She goes into
some unoccupied room for little while,
and her husband does not go after her
nor asks her while she was there. He
knows without asking that she has been
praying The husband notices that her
face is brighter than on the days when
years ago they stood at the marriage
altar and he knows that Jesus has been
putting upon her brow wreath Sweeter
than the orange blossoms. She puts the
children to bed, and not satisfied with
the formal PRAYER that they once offered,
but she fingers now and tells them of
Jesus who blessed little children and of
the good place that they all hope to be
at last And then she kisses them good
night with something that the child feels
to be benediction-a some thing that
should hold on to the boy after he gets
to be man 40 or so years of age, for
there is something in a good, loving,
Christian mothers kiss that so years can
not wipe off o; his cheek.
When one is inclined to worry, the
remark of an old lady should be recalled:
Eyes. dearies, I've had an awful heap of
trouble in my time, and the most of it
never happened"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-06-07
Maccabees Meet.

The State Convention Of the Order of
Maccabees, of the World met in this city,
on Thursday, June 9th More than two
hundred delegates from all sections OF
the State were present. AT the close of
business the local lodge gave the visiting
members a trip to Braddock Heights.
A class Of 90 were initiated on Thursday
evening, forty from Hagerstown and
twenty flom this city, after which lunch.
con was served. The local lodge has {
membership of s..
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-06-07
Frederick Driving Club Makes
Plans.

D. Princeton Buckley has been chosen
president of the Frederick Driving Club
to succeed DR.. r. v Smith, who resign
ed. AT meeting of the club plans were
further perfected for holding the matinee
of the club to be held here on July q.
From the present outlook this event will
he the greatest in the history Of the asso-
citation, which in the past has given some
very credltable matinees. This year
motorcycle races and a horse show are
expected to prove most attractive features|
in addition to the races by number Of
horses from this and adjoining counties.
While all the plans for the day have
not been perfected, yet the club has put
out its advertising matter, and handsome
Autographs have been posted throughout
the county, and in other sections along
the railroads.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-06-07
PROMPT PEOPLE.

Don't live single hour without doing
exactly what is to be done in it, and then
go straight through it from beginning to
end. Work. play, or study. whatever it
is. take hold at once and finish it up
squarely; then to the next thing, without
letting any moments drop between. 1t
is wonderful to see how MANY hours
these prompt people contrive to make of
a day; it is as if they picked up the mo-
ments that the dawdlers lost And if you
find yourself where YOU have so many
things pressing upon you that you
hardly know how to begin, let us tell you
a secret. Take hold of the very first one
that comes to hand, and you will find
that the rest will all fall into line, and
follow after, like a company of well
I drilled soldiers; and though the work
NAV be hard enough to meet when il
charges in a squad, it is easily van
pushed if you can bring it into line.
What is needed most of all in bringing
up children is example. What they SCI
and hear and take in by absorption IL
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-06-07

The Elite Club held delightful lawn
party to their members and friends on the
lawn of Mr. George VIM. Smith, West
Patrick street The lawn was beautifully
and artistically decorated with Japanese
lanterns and presented very inviting APP
pearance. The evening was very pleas
antly whiled away in amusements, after
which refreshments were served, and the
event was most enjoyable one.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-06-07

their young years, will, in most cases,
become the ruling traits OF their lives
Parents rarely fully realize to what ex.
tent they stand as models to their chill
dren.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-06-07

We had a very heavy rain on Sunday
evening. June and. The rain was &C.
companied by high wind, which did
considerable damage in the upper end o
the county.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-06-07

Women have exercised a remarkable
judgment in regard to great issues. They
have prevented the casting aside of plans
that have led to very great discoveries
and inventions. When Columbus laid a
plan to discover the new world. he could
not get hearing until he applied to a
woman for help. Woman equips man
for the voyage Of life. She is very sell
dom a leader i'll any project. but meets
her peculiar and best attitudes as a
helper Though man executes a project,
she fits him for it beginning in his child.
hood. A man discovered America, but
a woman equipped the voyage; so every
where, man executes the performance,
but woman trains the man.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-15
DICKENS EXHIBIT ATTRACTS.
Centenary Exposition at Victoria
and Albert Museum Continued.
espOrdence OF The Star.

Foreign Correspondence Of The Star.
LONDON, November o. 1912.
The Dickens centenary exhibition at the
Victoria and Albert Museum has proved
so attractive a feature that it is being re-
tanned beyond the date originally fixed
for its conclusion. It consists Of books,
manuscripts. autographs, illustrations,
portraits and photographs. together with
other objects bearing upon the life and
work of the great novelist, most of
which come from the Forster beQuest,
and have. therefore, the very best pos
sible authority.
An interesting and but little known city
organization is the City Pickwick Club
which meets at frequent intervals to sus-
tain the memory Of Dickens famous char
acter. When the members foregather. as
they did the other evening at the Old
George and Vulture. in the heart Of the
city. they sit down to no fancy dishes
at late hour, bu' meet at the good old
English dinner hour OF $50 O'Clock, en-
joying the time-honored chops and pota-
toes baked in their jackets, and rise and
toast each other in the same manner as
Mr.. Snodgrass raised his glass to Mr..
Wrinkle.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-15
Pay Appalling Price.

The appalling price of victories won has
sobered Sofia and Belgrade, and people
are asking themselves whether any VIC
tory will be able to atone for the heavy
losses among those whose knowledge and
industry did most to build up the Balkan
states.
If the truth had been told from the
start the disappointment would not have
been so great; but 1t was the policy Of
King Ferdinand to deceive not only Eu-
rope, but his own people, and now that
the veil has been lifted. if only in part,
the disappointment and distress are dam
gerous to those who are indirectly or
directly responsible for them.
Peace should be the upshot OF 1t all
and on terms for less disasterous to Tur-
key than were anticipated at the begin
ming of the month. when King Ferdinand
haped to make a state entry into the
mosque Of St. Sofia.
The Turk has. In all probability. saved
a corner Of Europe for himself for some
years to come. and now that Servia has
climbed down the Balkan League will be
able to adjust those minor differences
which stand between It and ultimate
peace.
One danger in the reckoning will come
from Montenegro. whose king has DOW
erful friends and whose soldiers have
distinguished themselves by doing moth
ing of any importance in the most gal.
liant fashion imaginable before sympa-
thetic correspondents.
L. H. MOORE.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-15
POLICE GRAFT INQUIRY ON.
New York Women Of Underworld
Say They Paid for Protection.

NEW YORK, December 14.-Charges of
police blackmail levied upon 35 600 women
Of the New York underworld were made
the subject Of twofold investigation to-
day.
District Attorney Whitman. who turned
Mary Goode over to the aldermanic in
vestigating committee to testify last We'd
nesday, set his force Of detectives to work
to confirm or discredit her story that
keepers of resorts were paying thousands
of dollars weekly for police protection
Police Commissioner Waldo has under
taken an investigation Of his department,
pending the outcome Of which two de-
tectives have been suspended.
Three other women who kept resorts in
the Tenderloin have come to the district
attorney. 1t was announced. to complain
of police persecution. These women told
the district attorney that they did not OBJ
ject to raging the police reasonably
for protection. The burden Of their COM
plant was that the police had been UNI
necessarily severe in harassing them
after accepting protection money:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-15
REASSURE GERMAN INVESTORS.
Told to Have No Fear Regarding
Outcome of Turkish War.
,spondence Of The Star.

Foreign Correspondence Of The Star.
BERLIN. November %, 1912
Many tens Of millions Of German money
are invested in the Turkish empire, Euro
pean and Asiatc, and there has been
much trepidation as to how the fortunes
OF war are going to affect them. The
Deutsche Bank. the engineer general of
Teutonic enterprise in the Turkeys, comes
out with the comforting statement that
German investors have no ground for
alarm.
Railway undertakings. the German
specially in Turkey, are said to be in
extraordinarily f1ourishing condition
and there Is no fear that the war, how
ever it ends. will seriously arrest their
progress. Judged by the results of the
Russo Turkish war. railway and economic
developments in the Ottoman empire, it is
said. will be enhanced, not retarded, by
events to come.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-15
NATIVES BUYING FARMS.
Sales of Property in South Africa
Are on the Increase.
.spondence OF The Star.

Foreign Correspondence Of The Star.
JOHANNESBURG, November Z. 1912.
The sale of farms to natives in South
Africa Is on the increase. The sellers in
most cases are sons Of the soll; but In
one instance lately three farms were
thus disposed of by a foreign banking
institution. This property changed hands
at $4,000. its extent being little more
than 10000 acres.
The movement to acquire farms is due
In part to fears Of hostile legislation
against squatting and IN part to the .act
that European landowners are tax ng
more interest In their farms than they
formerly did. even in remote districts.
and natives are no lonaer allowed to
overrun them to anything Hike the ex-
tent that they used to do, without any ef-
fective let or hindrance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-15
FRENCH MAYOR ARRESTED.
Taken Into Custody on Charge Of
Riotous Conduct.
,ign Correspondence Of The Star.

Foreign Correspondence Of The Star.
PARIS, November 20, 1912.
NJ. Mason, the recently elected revolu.
tionary socialist mayor of Brest, was ar
rested last Saturday night for riotous
conduct. There had been an anti-war
meeting at Brest. and at it's conclusion a
procession was formed and revolutionary
songs were sung. The local police rushed
up to dispense the procession. but when
they saw it was headed by the mayor
they saluted him and allowed the process
sion to proceed.
Outside the prefecture the manifest
ants hOOted and shouted Down with
war; Down with the army These
cries were repeated outside the principal
cafes. The police commissary connected
with the ministery Of the interior uIti-
mately interviewed. and drew up sum-
mOnSes against the mayor and several
municipal councillors for disorderly con-
duct and for brt ach Of the mayors own
ordinance forbidding dotous assemblies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-15
INvENTS GUN TARGET.
British Army Officer Believes It Will
Perfect Shooting by Troops.
're!gn Correspondence Of The Star.

FOre3gn correspondence OF The Star.
LONDON. December 1. 1912.
lieutenant in the 10Th Hussars has
invented a new form of target knwn as
the Butt practice target which it is
claimed. will make the shooting Of the
British soldier more efficient in a much
shorter time than is now taken, and will
also effect a great saving in ammuni-
ton. The apparatus. which is des. gned
Tor use IN drill hall or barrack room, is a
kfelike repre- sentation Of q rifle range,
the targets being change able and drawn
to scale. SO that by the use of dummy
cartridges men can be practiced in firing
at exactly the same targets as ON the
actual range.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-15
LUCK IN WILD DOGS.
Constantinople's Experience Would
Seem to Bear Out Superstition.

Foreign Correspondence Of The Star.
LONDON, November %, 1912.
Herbert Vivian In a recent lecture al
luded to an extraordinary superstition
connected with the famous wild dogs Of
Constantinople. These dogs were sup
posed by many to bring good luck to
the city. and though a dog is deemed I'M
clean by all good Moslems. they were
well treated by thhe populace. But the
powers-that-be one day removed the dogs
to an island where they were allowed to
die in awful torture by starvation. and
with their disappearance has departed
the good luck of Constantinople.
Certainly. the Turks have fallen upon
evil times, but whether the wild dogs
have anything to do with the fact is quite
another matter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-15
and the husband of one Of them sat by

and the husband of one Of them sat by
the chauffeur.
He noticed that the chauffeur had re-
manned perfectly still and without steer
ing for some minutes. AS the road was
straight and there was little or no traffic
he was not alarmed till a turning was
reached.
Then he grabbed the wheel. managed
to turn with safety and shook the chauf-
feur angrily. The man was dead.
His fingers We're stiffening on the steer
ing wheel. and CHASTITY accident would
have occurred if the passenger beside
him had shouted first and endeavored to
turn the corner afterward.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-15
AID FOR CAPT. SCOTT.
Relief Vessel Sails in Search of
Antarctic Explorer.

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand. De-
cember 1.-THE Antarctic steamer
Terra Nova sailed from here today to
the relief of Capt Robert F. SCOTS
antarctic expedition.
The Terra Nova will proceed to Nc
Murdo sound. and it is expected she
will arrive at Capt. SCOTS base at Cape
Evans the middle of January.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-15

with the count last summer. She told
about his conversation:
why he would tell these terr.fically
long anecdotes about Hungarians and
Austrians. and all of them had fearful
names. and / could never tell when he
had finished a name and was going on
with the story.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-15

Mrs. Whymper-Why don't you read me
something else except about the high cost
OF living? Something different, that wom-
en- are interested In?
Whymper-What. for instance?
Mrs. Whymper-Well, something about
new fashions in hats and gowns.-Chicaso
News.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-15
WARRANTS ARE ISSUED
FOR TOBACCO DEALERS
Several Charged With Permit
ting Gambling in Their
Stores.

Warrants have been issued, it was
stated yesterday, for the arrest Of several
tobacco dealers and store managers who
will be charged with permitting gambling
on the several premises occupied by them.
Detectives recently called the attention
Of Assistant United States Attorney Ralph
Given. prosecuting attorney at the Po-
lice Court. to alleged lottery devices being
the city. with the object of increasing the
sale Of various brands Of tobacco.
The alleged lottery devices, several Of
which Mr.. Given now has in his posses
sion. consist of cards advertising the
brand Of tobacco. with the words win
a pound at the top. followed by a
blank space in which the name of the
brand is written. Down each side are
small squares Of paper pasted on so as
to hide q number. or letter, and the
of an amount of money, run
ming from cent to 10. One card bears
paper, and the observer of the card is
urged to test his faith in the potency of
his best girls name" by pulling the little
piece of paper from the card and paying
the sum Of money indicated underneath 1t.
Possible to Win Tobacco.
Near the top of the card Is another
small slip Of paper pasted over the win
ming number or letter or name. which is
after all of the chances are
taken. 1t is possible. 1t is said. to win
the pound of tobacco for nothing, some
of the cards being arranged in this way.
Mr.. Gwen said he would charge dealers
with permitting gambling on their prem
ises and prosecute the cases personally.
but that he also was trying to find out
who distributed the cards. If the dis
tributer is found. Mr.. Given said, he will
be arrested on a charge Of setting up a
gaming device.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-15
CHAUFFEUR DIES AT WHEEL.
Discovered by Auto Party Only
When Corner in Road Il Reached.
spondencc Of The Star.

MADRID. November e. 1912.
An extraordinary adventure with three
passengers In q motor car occurred at
Bilbao the other day. They were on the
way to Algeria. driving at full speed
along a perfectly straight road. There
were two women in the back ot the car,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-15

county. Nd, awarded to Martin G. Kemp
a contract for a new public school build.
ing In Frederick at a bid Of $50. 1877. The
new school 10 to be completed In 10
days.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-15

Fire broke out on South Mountain at
WevertOn. Nd, Tuesday. and since then
has spread over a wide area, destroying
considerable valuable timber.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-15

Where will this irnmi-
grant go? He has come
to America to be free
from hunger. Will he go
the easy path into the
overcrowded factory and
make barely enough to
keep soul and body to-
gether? Or will he find
his way to the wide,
open country to become
a farmer and help pro-
duce food for the mill
lions? This is one of the
great questions bound up
in the immigration prob
lem. Read all about il
in the series of letters
by Frederic ]. Haskin
Daily in this Newspa
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-15
King Ferdinand's Belief.

1t is confidently stated that King Ferdi-
hands early knowledge of the chaotic
condition Of the Turkish higher command
led him to believe that resistance could
not be prolonged in any direction. 1t is
on this account that a season was chosen
when the climatic conditions make war
In the Balkans more than ever difficult.
The plans have gone without a hitch
in Macedonia. but NaZim Pasha and
Mahmud Mukhtar Pasha have contrived
to keep together q large section OF the
Turkish forces, and the position of the
Bulgarians-so far removed from their
base of supply. and compelled to obtain
Adrianople-is one Of such extreme diff
Guilty that, failing peace. a supreme effort
must be made to capture the Tchatalja
line at any cost before the seventies of
the winter still further delay the passage
of supplies through a country that is
practically desolate, and rendered still
more dangerous by the presence of thou
sands OF dead bodies
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-15
SOFIA IN MOURNING
Flower of the City Has Been
Lost in Battle.
MURKERlNGS AGAINST KING
Government Has Not Dared to Pub.
lish Lists of Dead Owing
to Situation.
pecia. Corresnondence Of The Star

specia, Corresnondence Of The Star.
LONDON. November 80 1912.
An American diplomat who should have
isen superior to the temptation of slang.
embarked the other afternoon that, al
:hough King Ferd nand of Bulgaria had
been extremely successful in pulling the
WOOL over the eyes OF western Europe, 1t
Vas TO be feared that he had not been
.qrally successful at home. Information
hat has reached this city from Sofia con-
irms the shrewd comment. and tells far
more than the correspondents in the
Bulgarian capital have been allowed to
.elegraph-more. perhaps. than In view
Of foreigners position there. they have
cared to write.
Sofa is mourning. A great part of the
women and chi dren to be seen in the
streets are dressed In black. The ma
government has not dared to publish
lists of the dead. and nothing more Is
known than that the flower of the pro-
eessional and mercantile classes has paid
an extraordinary high toll-conservative
opinion setting it as high as 10 per cent
Of those who set out for war. There are
nurmuringS against Ferdinand anxious
resentment that is intensified by the dis
sovery that the dramatic reports given to
the world by Lieut.. Wagner have been
wildly exaggerated.
Resistance Not Expected.
The situation was further complicated
by reports from Adrianople that the allied
forces were making no progress. and
that the Turkish army had sufficient food
and munitions of war to carry resistance
into the new year No such resistance
was anticipated. and it placed the Bull
garian forces in line before Tchatalja
n the most difficult position. The
Reichspost bluff deceived a large num-
Der of soldiers. but had II deceived .he
Gurk? NaZim Pasha called Gen SAVIOR 8
hand at a moment when some OF his best
cards are on the other side of AdrianopIe
Great sympathy is expressed here for
the Buigarians, who have fought with ex-
traordinary gallantry. and have not sui
lied their victories by outrages on de-
fnseless men and harmless women and
children. after the fashion of the Serv-
sans and Greeks in Albania, but il is
feared that the Bulcaran forces must
be very much exhausted. and that peace
Is well nigh as much to them as to their
dSorganized opponent who is now fight