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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-29
TYRANNY of the HAT
I'm the House of Commons

the speaker was not putting question
in the way it should go, and there
fore, after the division had been called.
he raised his point He did SO seated.
as per rule, but in the excitement Of
the moment even he. versed to the limit
in parliamentary procedure, forgot that
he ought to be hated. AT once the
inevitable shouts of order. order" rang
out. and Gladstone looked around, first
angrily. and then with a smile to see
what it all meant.
HAT, hat" bawled the sticklers for
precedent, and as the prime minister
Herschell. then solicitor general, who
was sitting beside him, handed over his
own tile. which barely covered the top
most portion of Gladstone's broad head.
and thus, looking more like Chirgwin.
the white-eyed Kaffir than anything
else, the premier of England made his
remonstrance. while the rest of the
house went into fits of laughter.
Being on their feet good share OF
the time, the occupants of the minis
terial and opposition front benches
generally sit bareheaded, and thus it
was that the rather ludicrous hat cpl
sode of a few nights back came to hap
pen. In the midst of the home rule
debate, both Sir Edward Carson of
Elster Covenant fame and Austen
Chamberlain. the ot-over-brilliant
son of a famous father, had questions
to put to the chair when the division
was called. Both however. had left
their toppers in the members cloak
room, and SO. after highly embarrass-
ing minute or two, Sir John Lonsdale.
the Irish unionist whip, handed over
his silk hat, which was donned first
by Sir Edward and then by the Right
Honorable Austen (neither of whom it
fitted), as. sitting tight on the green
cushions, each in turn solemnly ad-
dressed the chair.
There really is no end to this farce
of the hat in the house Of commons.
member is supposed to raise his hat
whenever he is referred to by another
member in the course of a speech, or
whenever he speaks to any one either
on the bench above or below him. If
he wishes to propose motion. he sig
nifieS the fact by raising his hat. and
any minister who is about to introduce
a bill sees to 1T that he has hat near
at hand, SO that he may have it to raise
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| ERCER than the
pro verbal fierce
.Iig hit that beats
upon II throne is
that which glareS
upon the office into
w HE II Woodrow
Wilson will be in
Quoted March !.
No crowned ruler
upon earth is so
much the victim OF
tho iDuiIiSitlye mob
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Il. Consider the authors name and rep.
utation, as well as that of the publisher
20. If the book is of an informative
character, make sure that the subject will
sure that I is interestingly handled.
j. II the book is one of a publishers
series, judge it largely by the other men,
bers in the same series.
a If 1t Is one of an authors series, re-
member not to buy more than about a
third. or even a fourth Of the total num-
Der. for 1T is not reasonable to expect an
author to continue the adventures Of a
just before he himself rises to intro
duce the measure. Hats are used, too,
travellers reserve places in trains by
leaving their bags on the seats, and
for this reason most NJ. P.'s have a
spare tile in their locker at the house
of commons.
* x
Rarely, very rarely. the entire house
''uncovers," and when it does so it APP
pears like another assembly altogether.
Hats are supposed to come off when a
from the sovereign is read, and
the house occasionally uncovers. too, to
show respect to the memory Of a MEM
Der who has died. How "finicking' most
of this that procedure" is is well H.
Illustrated by an episode which. though
it actually happened soon after Queen
Victoria came to the throne, is quite
easy to imagine happening today. Soon
after the accession of the young queen.
Lord John Russell came to the bar of
the house with a gracious message"
from her. There was a cry immedi-
ately of hats off," and every hat came
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the White House parlors smoking a
cigar, was reminded by liveried lackey
that smoking was not allowed in the
apartment. This was true, save for the
and that there were no liveried White
House lackeys.
Like all his predecessors Wilson
must expect a generous share of insult
and abuse A New York representative
who abused Mr.. Roosevelt in the House,
repeated a cruel calumny, which had it
that he had angrily struck the horse of
a schoolgirl who had crowded him on the
road while he was riding. The House eX-
plunged this speech from the Record and
the mother of the girl wrote a denial of
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lnS, rev lnOeeu OF them real
iZe the fact that only the
aristocracy of bookdom is introduced to
their attention. And if there be an occa-
sional reader who does understand in a
general way the care with which the Ii
brary officials nave weeded out me trash
seldom or never does he know the prin-
cipies upon which they base their process
of selection
The other day. when the library of the
District of Columbia was bruited through
out the press of the country as having
removed certain books from its shelves,
the story afforded much amusement to
the officials of the institution by reason
OF the circumstance that those same
books had never had a place in the libra
rvs collection.
I'VE have never yet excluded any I'M
deserving book as such" declared George
+. Bowerman, the librarian, Yesterday
Instead, we simply prefer one book
over another because one Is more
meritorious than another No one who
is not a member of the book trade or
the librarians profession can realize the
flood of reading matter that the presses
of the world run off every wear The out
put is almost unlimited. but there are
very definite LIMITATIONS on our purchas-
ing fund. and, under these circumstances
we have TO set up some standards with
which books offered us for sale must
conform. For public library, using pub
lie funds. To provide reading matter 10 all
the public Of all ages, what better gen
eral standard can be applied therefore.
than the standard OF superior merit?
And. of course. this standard Is relative
If every book issued We're a good book
still We could not buy all of them We
could consider only books of superior
merit.
Our first standard of selection is that
book should not be subversive of good
moralS--Surely reasonable enough de-
mand in an institution devoted TO the
uses OF every one. Yet even here we
make exceptions There are books which
great literary classics in spite of the
low moral plane on which they are writ
ten. Such works are relegated to what
VIC call our Inferno" and are issued
only to scholars and others who we are
sure will make no improper use of them
and who viii likewise study them in the
proper spirit
But we do not refuse 10 purchase
books simply because they deal with sex
matters. The library contains a very
complete collection of works on sex n.y.
giene, which are reserved on special
shelves Works for women are kept in
the reference room, where all the at
PENDANTS are women. while those for men
are in charge of men attendants in the
industrial department. Ii is not the Gus
tom to loan boys and girls books of this
type unless their request Is backed w
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Library

small group OF children successfully into
the eighth or tenth volume
%. Be wary of 'up-to-date' books II is
wiser to be sure that they are provided
with the best of the standard authors,
such as Miss Alcott, Mrs. Wiggin. Kip
ling and Bennett. Supply them literally
also with the Greek and Morse myth
stories, the hero tales of King Arthur.
Roland. Robin Rood and so on Give
them books that will tell them something
OF life In other countries, of history. of
nature and that will help them to use
their hands,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-29

EN- the booklovers of the
District go to their Public Lii
brary TO pick out their read
ing, few indeed of them real
iZe the fact that only the
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OF HIe IN other countries, of history, OF
nature and that will help them to use
their hands,"
off with the exception of that of a
crusted old tory in the person of Sir
James Graham. His action i'm remaining
covered until the opening words of the
message were uttered, resulted in his
being severely roasted" i'm the news
papers next day, and the following
one he explained pompously that he
was following the order. and. he
hat on until the word Regina was pro-
nounced, which he maintained was 81.
more signal mark of respect to the
queen" And the speaker OF the time
complimented Sir James highly on his
loyal hair splitting.
The elaborate hat procedure" of the
house bothers a new member more than
any other of the thousand and one
traditions he has to keep i'm mind. such.
for example, as that he may speak with
one foot off a certain rug, but not with
both feet Off and stand so far forward
on a certain piece Of cocoanut mating.
but no further. and occasionally a new
conner, after fiery and impa SSH ned
maiden speech considerably damage
the effect of ii by sitting down on his
tile Such disaster, though of fairly
frequent occurrence, never fails to get
a laugh from 1.-The most dignified legis-
lative assembly in the world
enough, deep enough and holds a mat
tress comfortably and is very portable.
In fitting up bassinette swinging cot
pillow, sheets. pair of blankets and
bedspread are required, the pillow being
of down. China silk makes nice bed
spreads. crib has its advantages, for
it needs no stand. and can be raised or
lowered as required. and is easily folded
for packing and quickly moved about.
Babies baskets should match the cot i'm
their adornments. and should contain
sponge, hairbrush and comb, DOW
der puff. pins, soap. absorbent cotton,
wool. sharp scissors and very soft towel.
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EY IouN E.rHETu WATKINS,
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-03-23
New Hotel Leased,

The directors Of the Donaldsonville
Hotel Company, at a meeting helo
last Sunday forenoon, accepted the
proposition submitted by j. ]. La
fargue, representing. a stock COM
pany composed Of five Of the largest
shareholders of the hotel corpo-
ration. to lease the hotel building
for a term of three years, at a rent
al Of $3.50 per month the first year,
$2T5 per month the second year,
and $500 per month the third yssan
The lessees bind themselves to FUR
nish the establishment throughout
in a manner satisfactory to the no
tel company, The latter will install
a single-phase dynamo for the oper=
alton OF the electric elevator, this
type of machine being suited to the
present equipment of the town cleo
tric light plant. The hotel building
is nearing completion, and is ex-
neeted to be ready for occupancy
about April Is.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-03-23
TOWN COUNCIL MEETING.
Regular Monthly Session of Munich
pal Lawnakers--Routine Bust
ness Transacted.

| Donaldsonville, La, March 81. 1912
The council met this day in regu
lar session, at the powerhouse am
was called to order at o'clock D
M, with Mayor Charles Maurin II
the chair and the following aldermen
present: w. J. Leblanc and Frank
Mllano, first ward; D. OhImeyer AND
a. J. Schroeder, second ward: w
U. Park and e. C. Wathen. third
ward. Absent-none.
The reading of the minutes Of the
| last preceding meeting was dispensed
with.
The following communication was
read and received;
Donaldsonvff1e, La, Mar. 90, 1912.
10 the Honorable Mayor and Town
Council, Donaldsonvi1le, La.
Gentlemen:--We, the undersigned
have been appointed by the fire board
OF the Donaldsonville fire department
committee to take up with your
honorable body the matter of the i'm
provement OF the fire alarm system
ana flushing of the fire plugs, but
since that meeting the fire alarm
mas been repaired and a special test
made On the 10Th inst showed the
system to work satisfactorily there
tore, we respectfully ask that the
plugs be flushed once a month an.
that you designate the 2Stb = oa ~
done. 'ien ILLS w
Te also ask that the council pur-
chase an indicator and a gong and
nave same Installed in the hall Of
protective Hose Company No. 4, as
under the present conditions that.
company IS handicapped in answer
ing. alarms.
Respectfully asking your early at
eehtlon to this matter, we are,
JOHN H. sCHAFF,
Chief and Ex-Officio Chairman:
MIKE CAPONE,
Foreman Phoenix Co. No. i.
Y, A, RODRIGUEZ,
Foreman Hook. and Ladder Co,
HENRY OUBRE.
Foreman Volunteer Hose Co.
ID MORRIS SCHNEIDER.
- Foreman Vigilant Hose CO.
PAUL WILLHEIT,
Foreman Protective Hose Co.
On motion, duly seconded and
adopted, the fire plugs were ordered
flushed on the 28th of each month.
On motion, duly seconded and
adopted, the city electrician was in
structed to obtain prices on an cleo
trio fire. alarm Indicator for Protect
i've Hose Go. No. 4, and to report at
the next meeting of the council.
GLEN. MOLLERE,
Arafi
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NEW IRE CHIEF
Departments Head Actively Engaged
in Increasing Efficiency of Fire
Fighting Organization = Electric
Alarm System Overhauled.

| John Schaff, who was recent,
elected chief of the Donaldsonyille
fire department to succeed Vic
Camel, resigned, has taken hold OF
the duties of that position with a
vim and degree OF determination that
promises excellent results and seems
to Indicate that Mr.. Schaff will make
one of the very best chiefs the fire
department has ever had. He has
for years been regarded as one of
the towns ablest fire-fighters. and
on numerous occasions has demon
strated his unusual ability in this
regard and rendered yeoman SER
vice in safeguarding the community
from possible disastrous outbreaks of
fire. Mr.. Schaff was formerly a
member of Phoenix Fire Company.
but at this time is identified with
Volunteer Hose Company, Of which
organization he is one of the found
ers and charter members. He has
always taken a keen interest in the
affairs of the fire department. and is
particularly well qualified to hold the
responsible position to which he has
recently been elected.
The past week Chief Schaff. with
the assistance of e. A. Thibodeaux.
city electrician and superintendent
of the municipal electric light and
power plant, made a thorough test
of the municipal fire alarm system,
with a view to ascertaining what de-
fects may exist in the system and
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Choir Boys' Picnic.

i The annual picnic Of the choir anc
sanctuary boys OF st. Joseph's Com
merc1al Institute took place last Tues
day, and, las is usual with these
| events, proved most interesting ane
ENJOYABLE affair and afforded much
Wholesome amusement and pleasure
20 all who participated. j. P. Koek
OF Belle Alliance plantation, who has
soft spot in his heart for the S. j.
| Y. L. boys, rendered the use of his
| grounds, automobiles, wagons, ETC.,
| Tor theEz#occasion, and was present
throughout the day Ito see that the
plcnlckers had all they could want.
Mrs. kock also gave her personal
service, and, aided by Mrs. T.. B.
Mattlngly, Of Donaldsonville took en-
tire charge of the dinner and lunch
arrangements. r4:ss @
The boys were under the care of
their Jealous leader, Brother Theo-
dosius, who spared neither trouble
nor energy to make the outing "a
success and to see that everybody
had a good time. g*EEst!ssFt Ut
in the different games and contests
mat took place during the day, the
following were lucky prize winners:
Baseball-First team: L. Brun, C.
Charlet, A. Constantin, l.. Werner,
&. Oschwald, A. Messina. E. Crochet,
l. Mollere, P. Thibodaux. Second
team: G. Blum, J. Lavigne, M. Ram
lrez, L. Fontana, G.. Guinchard, J.
blanchard. P. Melancon, E. Leblanc,
S. Selser.
1oO-yard dash-E. eros, first; L.
Werner, A. Messina, second.
lOO-yard dash (smal1er boys)-V.
Maurin, first; L. Goldberg, second.
3O0-yard dash-R. Blumenthal. first:.
H. Leblanc, second.
Other races-I Mollere, E. eros,
M. Ramirez, L. Fontana, D. Falcon,
l.. Brun, L. Picou.
Tug of war-Winning team: F.
Fortier, W.. Rodriguez, A. Falcon, A.
Michel, P. Thibodaux, A. Constantin,
e. Chariot. R. Blumenthal, A. Lee
Blanc, R. Delatte, r. Landry, G. /
oschWald, N. DeRussy, E. Leblanc,
Il. Clre, l.. Fortier, L. Goldberg, J.
Kock, H. Braud.
Tug of war (sma1ler boys)-Win-
ming team: R. Ramirez, F. Hebert, E.
Dugas, G. Blum, L. Fontana, L. Mat |
tingly, E. Leblanc, A. Maher, V. Maui
rim.
Basketball-Winning team: w. Ro-
H. Leblanc, A. Leblanc, j. |
Cire, R. BIumenthal
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deVlsing a remedy for them at once.
Alarms were sent in from every box,
and men We're stationed at the halls
OF the various fire companies to OBJ
serve whether the signals sounded
by the indicators therein stationed
conceded with the number OF the
box from which the alarm was de
spatched. The general alarm bell in
the main signal tower was also given
attention. and alterations Were made
IN the interior construction Of the
tower which, by protecting the bell
and its mechanism from damage by
dust, rain or exposure to the wealth
el, will render it reasonably certain
that this Important adjunct Of the
fire alarm system will operate salts
factorily and accurately in the future.
A red band has been painted
around the telephone poles to which
are attached fire alarm boxes, SO
that the location Of these signal
stations may readily be determined
The number of each box will be
painted on this background in large
white letters, thus greatly facilitatiag
citizens in identifying tha location Of
a fire as sooA as the alarm is
sounded.
These and other improvements to
the fire=fighting equipment of the
town which Mr.. sehaff has already
made or has ia contemplation, are
sufficient to show that he is keenly
alive to the duties and responsible
ties of his important position, and Ii
IS predicted that under Ais capable
administration the ftEe department
03dl reach q high standard of eff
efency. - e
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HOMESTEAD NOTICE.
DEpAgrnRrr OF rHn TErzaroa,,

UERAnTMHNT OF TE1ls INTNATDKt
q. 9. LAND oFFroR an Baron Ruuea, Ia,
FebruAFy 90. 1872. y
NOTICE is hereby given Chat Joseph Taller.
~ OF Burnaida, La, who on Oct. ~. 1910, made
40 township 10 q. range e, ST. Helena me.
ridian, has hled notice 81 intention TO make
final Communication proof. 10 estabfiah claim tD
Register OF Land Office, ct Eaton Rouge, La, ON
the 10th day OF April 1917.
Il Claimant names 90 witnesses: w. b. Alien,
Vincent Hebsrt. Frank HebegE, Ernest Qnefary.
all OF Burnside r. o., La.
JOHN +. mutual, Register.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-03-23

In accordance with an annual GUS
tom, which has been observed fol
the past six years, a coterie OF Don
aldsonville's leading citizens Of Irish
descent assembled last Sunday eve.
ming to do honor to the patron saint
Of Ireland on the occasion Of St. Pat
rick's day This years celebration
was held at the hospitable home OF
Mr.. and Mrs. L. B. Mattingly, and
there were present Messrs. Mating
ly. w. d. Park, Patrick Stakelum
and John P. Forcha, constituting the
Irish celebrants, and, as invited
guests, Rev. J. NJ. T. Massardler,
Rev. Jos, Y. Monteiltard, DR.. Paul ~
T. Thibodaux, Paul Braud, Joseph
Blanchard and Brothers Hbert, Theo-
dosius, Joseph and Hubert, of the
faculty Of st, Joseph's Commercial
Institute. A sumptuous dinner was
enjoyed, and numerous toasts to ST.
Patrick and the emerald isle We're
quaffed.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-03-23
EsTRAy NOTICE.
State of Louisiana Parish of Ascen.
sion-ToWn of Donal

TAKEN UP, on the streets Of Don
i aldsonTiIle. On Saturday, March
16, a SMALL BLACK PIG, about four
months old.
The owner Is hereby notified to
come forward within ten days from
date, establish title to property and
liquidate all costs, in default of
which the animal will be sold accord
ing to law 81. SCHAFF, ST.,
Chief of Police.
Dona1dsonYilIa, La, March 90, 1912.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-03-23

4 postponed bi-monthly meeting of
the p.lice jury was scheduled to be
held mst Wednesday. but owing to
the absence OF a quorum the session
went BY default.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-03-23
timely Topic Debated.

Some Of the students of the sew
enth grade of the DonaldsanvtIle
high school held a spirited debate
Monday forenoon on subject much
discussed at the present time, and
one that is liable to be talked of
extensively in the future, to-wit::
Resolved, that capital punishment
should be abolished The affirm
alive was very cralieabIy presented
by Abhie Allen, AIethea Betz. Mil
dred Buquoi Lucille Richard and
Leonard EoIse, while the negative
was ably argued BY blanche Landry.
Ruth Million, Roy Sasse, Lennie R1an-
ehard and John Hnnley, The first
named speakers on both sides de-
serve special mention, as they show
ed "a knowledge of their subject
which could only have been derived
after much careful work and study.
All the debaters manifested a, great
deal OF interest in the discussion,
The judges were President E. ".
Pugh of the parish school board,
Supt. ]. L. Rusca and Miss Pujos,
and their decision was unanimously
in favor of the affirmative. After
the debate, Mr. Pugh made an in
teresting talk to the entire seventh
grade on the subject of tha law,
and his instructive adslress was
greatly arnEeeiated and enjoyed by
the pupils and their teacher, Miss
Sanders
The lease of. the Bayou Lafourche
toll bridge at the head of Nichols
avenue, in this city, was offered for
sale at public auction this forenoon
by Parish Treasurer C. e. Weber and
Town Treasurer JOS N Gise1ard, and.
after spirited bidding was adjudi-
Gated to Thos. q. Chapman, the pres
ent lessee, for s3375 Last year Mr..
Chapman paid 1855 for the license.
The sale was. conducted at4the front
door of the courthouse, and the bid
ding was lively.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-03-23

n. A. Terrio. of New Orleans,
spent several days here on business
during the week, coming up Wednes-
day and returning today.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-03-23

George Poche, of Belle Rose. was
IN town Wednesday on business and
COMMUNICATED The Chief with visit
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-03-23

Hon H. c. Braud, of Burnside.
was In town Tuesday on business
and dropped in to exchange greet
ugs with The Chiefs editor.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-03-23

Mr. and Mrs. Clerville Himel. of
Minnie plantation, st. James parish,
are rejoicing over the birth of their
first child, fine little son. who ar.
rived at their home last week.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-03-23

The buy at home" argument ap-
plies to all branches of Industry in
q community, without exception. Give
Us a chance to figure on your print
Ing before sending away for it.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-03-23

Miss Ruth Blomquist. Of Hammond.
i here on a visit to her brother-in-
law and sister, Mr.. and Mrs. Glen.
Mollere, with whom she will spend
several weeks.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-03-23

A meeting Of the New River branch
Of the parish teachers association
will be held at Gonzales today. The
program includes addresses by Prof.
e. e. Henson, of New Orleans, and
3 Mrs Anna Bullion Babin, of Baton
Rouge.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-03-23

sheriff e. G. Hanson went to
New Orleans Tuesday morning On
witness. returning Wednesday.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-03-23

Robert Dalferes. former Donald
souYiliian who for some months past
has been located in New Orleans,
spent last Sunday here as the guest
Of relatives and friends.