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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-06
BROKERS ANNOUNCE
SEVERAL TRANSACTIONS
Gardner & Dent, Inc, Give
Summary of Recent Sales.
Residences Lead List.

Gardiner & Dent. Ipc., real estate brok-
ers, report the sale of the following prop
critics:
To Martin McHugh. premises 2412 18th
street. a three-story brick building with
two stores on first floor and two apart
ments above. 1t produces an annual
rental of about 1920. and the value of
the property in the transaction is said
to have been $4,000.
For DR.. d. Z. Buckingham. premises
No. 1904 18th street a three-stOry brown
stone dwelling. occupying a lot % feet
front by depth of Is feet. 1t contains
ten rooms. bath, cellar and is heated by
hot water. The purchaser, J. Klein. will
remodel the building for business uses.
The consideration was 5000
To Morris l.. and Annie Wolpe, the
store and apartment located at 311J 14th
street. 1t is a two-stOry brick building
and it produces an annual rental of $3.50.
1t was taken at valuation of $500.
For Morris l.. and Annie Wolpe, to
an Out-Of-town investor, the property at
No 634 F. street northeast, a three-story
apartment house occupying a lot II feet
front by depth of 100 feet to a 2O-foot
paved alley. The building is rented at
$500 year. and was said to have sold
for $500.
For ]. c. Klein. the dwelling at 1879
Church street northwest twO-story
brick house containing six rooms and
bath. The consideration was $500.
To NJ e. Johnson, a two-story brick
residence at No. 1929 Oregon avenue
northwest, containing six rooms. recep-
ton hall and bath. The price was $500.
To j. NJ. Webb, premises No. 1918 Mon
roe street northwest, one of a row of
two-stOry and attic brick dwellings. 1t
contains seven rooms and bath. The
consideration was S. 80.
For Francis NJ. Carmody, premises No
9O6 G street northeast, a two-story. six
room house. The purchase price was
So, $50.
The house at 1113 Euclid street north
west was sold for Swartzell, Rheem &
Hensey. 1t Is a three-story brick dwell
ing. containing ten rooms and bath. The
consideration was about $3.50.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-06
tea urn putting in the corner, and his
subject was micrO-organisms.
Want Legion of Honor.

French mothers want a Legion of Honor
for themselves. A petition to that effect
has been laid before the senate and NJ
Reynald was commissioned to report on
il. He now declares he finds the petition
very interesting. French mothers demand
a pension for each child they bring up.
When a mother has eight children she is
to receive medal corresponding to the
medaille militaire granted in recognition
of valor. and equivalent to the V. C..
The French mothers who bring up eight
children ask for the badge of courage,
and NJ. Reynald, the senator, approves
them. but he cannot hit upon a name for
the new legion. The senate is to be left
10 choose the title.
The pension claimed for brave mothers
is not eXOrbitant. 1t is to be only "a a
year per child. I'VE commend their mod
eratiOn.' adds Senator Reynald. and as
spokesman of the committee he proposes
the scheme to the ministry Of the interior
with a strong Recommendation for ap-
prevail
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-06
MULTITUDE OF FREAKS.
Children With Enormous Hands and
Double Allotment of Fingers.

Special Cablegram to The Star
BILBAO, April "a woman recently
called at the hospital here. bringing her
son, who has enormous hands and twelve
fingers on each. The most curious part
of the case is that all her sons possess
similar hands. One has twenty lone fin
gers, another twenty-three. and the other
five children twentyfour fingers each. All
are living and enjoying good health.
Many doctors are studying these cases.
At Zaratano. a town In this province.
case has occurred which is probably
unique OF its kind. A child has just been
born. while his father. grandfather great
grandfather and great-great- grandfather
are living. His name is Urriucoechea.
and the family are Basque farm laborers.
The great-grandfather and great-great-
grandfather have acted as gOdfathers to
the latest arrival. The united family con-
stitutes nearly a whole village.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-06
C|Ty'S TREES SHOW
FIRST SPRING GROWTH
Buds Appear and Leaves Soon
Will F0II0W-An Ideal
Season in Capital.

The changing aspects of nature Incl
son can be followed by the city resident
just as we'll as by the rural dweller, pro-
viding always the city resident lives in
Washington. Unlike the jewellers in the
average city, the citizens of the Capital
city live in the midst of the unfolding
beauties Of the foliage of the trees. This
city stands in forest not only of great
beauty and profuseness. but also of
marked vigor and strength. The proc
esses of nature as the tracery of the bare
limbs of the trees are gradually filled in
and the graceful masses of the leaves
evolved can be followed day by day.
Observations of this kind require no
trip to the country or planning to be
away from the daily routine of business.
The pages of the book of nature are open
SO that all who run may read. There
are no choice locations in this city where
nature performs her marvels of the
others. The trees that line the streets
and cost, and even where the frame howell
of other days still survives. are dressed
out in the same glory of foliage as
those in the finest residence sections.
Wherever there are streets, there also
are trees. 1t is a condition unknown
in any other city in the world. Washing
ton now surpaSses Paris in the number of
its trees. and in their general distribution
throughout the entire municipal area 1t
has long stood in a class alone. The
benefits of the trees are enjoyed by all.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-06
The Cars Daily Life.

From the London Globe.
y dispatch from st. Petersburg pub.
lished in a Paris newspaper processes to
give an account of the daily movements
of the car of all the Russians. His
majesty rises at $50. He breakfasts
heartily and then works uninterruptediy
until l o'clock, running through the newse
papers an1otated by his ministers. At 1
o'clock lunch is taken with the family,
after which the car takes a walk with
his son. From to q o'clock his majesty
is again in his study.
At u pm. the car dimes, the meal oc-
cupying about two hours. The car 1t is
stated. eats well. and the table is always
abundantly supplied. At ~ o'clock We
again find the czar in his study. 1t is
then that the chief of police has his au-
dience with his majesty, who retires to
rest at midnight. His nervousness is
somewhat abated, but still, says the
writer of the dispatch, the car sleeps
badly. At the time when the terrorists
were asserting themselves his master had
to resort to ''sopOroiques.' The dispatch
adds that the cars rest is less peaceful
than that of his humbIest subject.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-06
ON EQUAL FOOTING
Society Women Meet With
Sewing Girls in Paris.
MOTHERS ASK PENSIONS
Petition Laid Before Senate Re-
quests Formation of Sort
of Legion of Honor.
MOTHERS ASK PENSIONS
Foreign Correspondence Of The Star.

Foreign Correspondence Of The Star.
PARIS. March %. 1912.
Some symbolism must have been sug-
gested to any person with imagination
by the grand annual meeting of the
Needle Society in the huge ballroom
of the Trocadero. In the chair was the
grave historian, NJ. Thureau-Dangin,
perpetual secretary of the French
Academy. and by his side was Count AL
bert de Nun. leading spokesman of the
royal Catholic party in parliament. and
one of the best speakers in France.
Around them or below them i'm the hall
were women of fashion in wonderful
dresses. side by side with the girls who
had made the dresses
L'Aiguille is society for bringing
together capital and labor in the dress
making trade. and employers and en-
ploved alike belong to il. This was the
coming of age of the society, being its
twenty-frst annual meeting After the
report was read savings bank books were
distributed among deserving sew ng girls.
Then the grave historian. NJ. Thureau-
Dansin. got up and spoke in praise of the
midinette a learned and severe, per-
haps rather a dry-as-duSt scholar, de-
livering an academic eulogy of the girls
who make Paris fashions, was perhaps
one, vi the most Frenchy things one
could be present at or listen TO- l. was a
sort of epitome of France from the Acad-
ernie Franchise TO the Rue de la PaiX,
the one represented by its perpetual sec
rotary, tho other by the girls who eat
their lunch from street barrOvS in the
| and l o'clock and thus earn the charming
Of pli1netteS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-06
English Court Humor.
rom the Gentlewoman.

From the Gentlewonan.
Prince Arthur of Connaught tells a lit
tie story of one of the most perfect
bulls he ever heard To make the
story read properly it should have been
an Irish lady who was responsible for it.
Unfortunately, however, it was one of
the best known ornaments of the English
peerage. She had been i'll for some time
and Prince Arthur congratulated her
upon her presence and expressed the
hope that she had completely recovered.
We'll, no, as a matter of fact, | have
not she was careful to explain. In
deed, l should not have been here now if
had not come" AS his royal highness
remarks, This seems pretty obvious
There is a case upon record in which a
young lady once suffered SO severely
from stage fright''-a very common
complaint at a court by the way-that
when the late Queen Victoria extended
her hand for the customary kiss she
warmly shook it and asked, How she
was
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-06
THANKS KING IN PERSON.
Crippled Lad Received in Royal
Apartments by Appointment.

SpcciaI CabIcgram 10 The Star
LONDON, April "a crippled lad
named Idris Thomas Of Morriston, Swan
sea, who was taken to buckingham Pal
ace to thank the king for gift to en-
able him to get artificial feet. was much
disappointed at not seeing his majesty
personally. The king, on hearing Of this,
very kindly consented to receive the boy.
Thomas was thereupon carried into the
palace by two friends. and into the king s
apartments. Here he was graciously re-
ceived by his majesty, who entered into
conversation with the lad. making many
kind inquiries as to the cause of his
misfortune. The unfortunate child had
suffered from consumption of the feet
and had undergone no fewer than eleven
operations.
His majesty gave Thomas scarfpin as
a iHemento of the occasion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-06
Getting Very Serious.

The world is becoming dreadfully serious
Last wear poetical - oclocks'' We're the
vogue. You invited your worst enemy in
10 sflionable circles 10 hear you recite
verse. II had to be homemade. but its
feet were not OF great Importance. Most
~ this tes-time poetry hohblcd miser-
~bly. but the company revenSed itself
>n the hostess tea table.
This year We have gone step farther.
~. is hoDeIessiy old-fashoned to rccite
oetrY We Row muTmur science over
kes and pastry Aviation, sociology,
anatomy, chemistry, astronomy. dentition,
hygiene and cheerful subjects OF that
soFt discussed lay the knights and
danes % Partisan society. The other
day a certain well known physician lee
turcd 10 room full of fashion, with Il
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-06
Tobacco Substitutes.
ON the London Chronicle

From The london Chronicle.
There would seem to he no end to the
things that can be smoked, though many
OF them can hardly be commended as
substitutes for tobacco. Reports from
the commissioner of inland revenues show
that tobacco can be adulterated with
things as far apart as molasses and lamp
hack. Iicorice and gum apparently
smoke we'll, and so do such leaves as
rhubarb, cabbage and cllcory Then there
are honey, moss and treacle. to say moth
ing Of sea weed and powdered wood
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-06
Signs of Spring Everywhere.

But at the present time it is possible for
even the careless eye to follow the vari-
GUS stages of, absorbing interest in the
gradual clothing of the framework of the
branches with the soft, fresh verdure of
the season. 1t is a process that can be
seen in all its stages owing to the variety
in the species of the trees. Long be-
fore the elms and the oaks entirely lose
their winter aspect, the naples and lin
denS have budded and bossomed and
even begun to leaf. One street where
the softer woods are found is brought in
contrast with an intersecting street where
there are trees of the harder varieties.
With earlier varieties the budding pc
riod now is over. The delicate tracery of
the limbs is vanishing as the leaves fill
the openings, as it We're, between the
threads of the branches and tWigs. AS
the process goes on, and as the buds
open, the dull brown will change to
delicate green, giving a haZy effect, AS
if light vapor of greenish hue had
settled about the tree tops. The more
pronounced green of the leaves marks
the next stage, and then begins the evolu-
ton of the graceful masses of greenery
SO grateful to the eye, and which for the
next five months will constitute the chief
charm of the city. exceeding in beauty
and interest anything which man with
his millions has been able to achieve.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-06
KAISER IN SQUAbBLE.
At Odds With Berlin Over New
Opera House.
SEEKS ONE-SIDED BARGAIN
Democratized Council, However, Op-
poses Prussian Proposals.
BY CARL WALDEMAR.
reign Correspondence OF The Star.

Foreign Correspondence OF The Star
BERLIN, March Is, 1912
There is merry squabble between the
Prussian government, which means the
kaiser in this case. and the municipality
of Berlin over the new Royal Opera
House, which is to be built in the Konigs
PlatZ at a cost of $2.75OOOO. Prussia
wants Berlin to buy the present ram
shackle structure in Inter den Linden,
which is to be abandoned. but on con-
dition that the crown shall still have a
measure of control over the premises
Prussia also is willing that the mu-
nicipality shall contribute to the cost of
the new opera house. on condition that
there will be no attempt to interfere
with the crowns management. 1t is
manifest that the Prussian government
has a keen eye to business but g. Woe
fully dull sense of humor, for the mu-
nicipality's democratzed council. with
whom the decision rests, does not dream
of entering into one-sided bargains of the
sort proposed
The city, if it buys the old opera house.
intends to convert it into a large hall for
said, does not contemplate with eouanim-
ity the prospect of functions for the
masses on premises hallowed by such eX-
elusive memories, and seeks to place it
self in the position of being able to de-
eide the purposes for which it may be
desired to place the building from time to
time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-06
Strauss in Berlin.

Richard Strauss has been in conference
in Berlin this week with his librettist,
Herr Hugo Hofmannsthal. and Prof Max
Reinhardt regarding the composers new
est opera, "Adriadne auf Makes" which
it to be produced at Stuttgart in October.
1912.
Dr.. Emil Paur has been appointed to
succeed DR.. Karl Muck as chief conductor
at the Berlin Royal Opera when the lat
ter leaves for Boston the coming au-
tumn. DIR Paur himself conducted the
Boston Symphony Orchestra for sea-
son.
IT now turns out that besides the go 900
cartridges which We're landed at Dun
kirk. France, for transshpment to Oran,
in Algeria, the steamer Lstrac was car
rying 100 Mannlicher rifles and the same
number of bayOnets. These were discov-
cred the other afternoon on board the
ship by the official who was verifying
the cargo. The arms We're cleverly packed
In wooden frames which contained a
quantity of straw, and were represented
as holding mirrors. They have all been
confiscated by the French customs au-
thorities. who have sent them to local
fort, whittier they had been preceded only
few hours before by the ammunition.
The 1iStrac is a French vessel, and had
taken the cargo in at Hamburg. 1t is
thought that the arms We're intended for
the Spaniards or the Moors.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-06
The Discovery.

From Lippincott's.
Snobby-Aw, what did you find out
regarding-aw-my. family tree?
Genealogist-That the crop was a
failure.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-06
Fortune Is Missing.

Frau Johanna Brand. widow of a Der,
lin joiner, has been adjudged entitled to
u fortune now amounting to So, 500, 600
left by two brothers of the same name,
who died in Holland about century ago.
There is. however, some doubt as to
where the money is now located. On the
death of the second of the two testators
the papers connected with the estate
were sent to their native place, Halber-
stadt. but no living relations could be
found Subsequently 1T was discovered
that the family had moved to Aschers-
ieben, and the papers We're dispatched
thither. There the search for the lega-
tees was equally unavailing.
The kaiser is DESTROYS OF arranging a
arriage between the hereditary Prince of
Hohenzollern-S igmaringen and the Grand
Duchess of Luxembourg, in order that L
German prince who is directly related to
him may rule the grand duchy.
The grand duchess, who succeeded her
father, will attain her majority in June,
while the Prince Of Hohenbolern- sigma
ringen is twenty-one.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-06
Sympathy.

From PeIc MeIe.
Wifc-My dear. you are seriously i'll,
and think you had better write down
my last wishes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-06
"Zweck-Verband" Formed.

The long discussed Greater Berlin
"Zwecll-Verband" County council is the
only Ineligible translation available)
came formally into being with the cleo
ton of Herr Steiniger, city chamberlain
of Berlin, as "verbandsdirektor." His
functions will be practically those of the
president of the New York board of alder
men, for the 'Verband' is a league of
the cities, towns, villages and boroughs
which comprise Greater Berlin" and is
intended to create a metropolitan area
of couple of hundred square miles, with
a gross population of 4. 80, 600 over which
there is to be central administrative
authority.
Clever Hans" the German calculating
horse of 1900. and DON the talking
dog of 1911, have two promising success
sors in Elberfeld. Central Prussia, in
the form of a pair Of thinking horses"
Arabian by birth, and named Zarif and
Muhamed. They are the property and
pupils" of a teacher named Karl Krall
Certain German journalists who have ex-
amined Zarif and Muhamed declare that
the animals can read and understand
both German and French. when spoken
or written. and can perform prodigious
featS in arithmetic
The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1912-10-24
University Girls Monday
Evening.

On next Monday evening, at eight
o'clock will appear the first number Of
the entertainment and concert course
held under the auspices of the Oakes
Choral Club, when the "University
Girls" will give their first concert and
entertainment in this part of the state.
The University Girls" is without a
doubt, the finest musical organization
that has ever appeared in Oakes and
should be greeted by crowded house.
The evenings program will consist of
solos, quartets and choruses, together
with other novelty features and COL
lege songs that will be not only enter
tanning but educative as we'll. In ad-
dition, the group is unexcelled as an
orchestra, and by their superb instru-
mental effects, the entertainment will
contain many pleasant features and
surprises. Miss Linda Norman, the
head of the organization, is an artist of
the first order, having formerly been
conductor of the Nayassar Ladies'
Band, first violinist to the Ocean Grove
Chautauqua Orchestra and concert
meister Of the Metropolitan Orchestra
of Chicago.
The Choral Club is to be congratu-
lated on its efforts to bring to the city
an organization of this kind and the
course of concerts arranged for The
club has assumed heavy financial re-
sponsibility in backing such a course
and it is doing it solely for the inter-
ests of the people If Oakes and surely
deserves the support of everyone in
this undertaking. Season tickets for
the entire course OF four concerts are
sold at the nominal charge of So. 90 and
you cannot afford to miss it. Tickets
may be purchased of any member of
the club, and seats may be reserved for
the "University Girls" at Armstrong s
store at any time Monday.
The Oakes times. [volume] (Oakes, N.D.) 1906-current, 1912-10-24
WOMEN PLAN WORK
NORTH DAKOTA DEPARTMENTS
TO COOPERATE IN lMPRov-
ING RURAL LIFE.
PROBLEM OF THE YEAR
Appeal Emphasized by Miss Minnie
Nelson in Her Speech of
Acceptance Before
Convention.

Grand Forks.-The development oi
rural life In schools and homes is the
specific work proposed for the coming
year by the women of the North D;r
kota Federation clubs. This appeal
was embodied in the resolutions adopt
ed at the close of the annual conycn,
tlon in this city and was further em
phasized by the new president, Miss
Minnie j. Nelson, when she delivered
her speech of acceptance.
The plan of this work is co.opera,
tion with county superintendents Of
schools in spreading knowledge Of
school and household sanitation,
creating an interest in the organiZa,
ton OF rural clubs, and developing tile
use of rural school buildings for so,
clal and educational betterment and
the intermingling of rural and urban
classes
The same resolution pledges North
Dakota club women, in an indirect
way, to help stamp out the rural prac,
tice of buying from catalog houses,
and urges support OF the pure food
movement in the state. This is to
be done by making known the dangers
from impure foods, such as are shipped
directly to consumers from eastern
firms. These are not under the jlris,
diction Of the North Dakota pure food
departments and the ubolishment Of
the practice which has held sway
would raise the standard of public
health and help the state pure food
department.
This new work involves the co.
operation of three of the federation
departments, the educational, extern
sion and public health. Mrs. R. A.
,Sprague of Grand Forks, chairman of
the health department, is presenting
the work to the county supcrintend-
ent of schools and means to have a
program outlined by the first of Janu-
airy, when the new superintendent goes
into office, which will embrace sani.
tation and school hygiene and the
Importance of individual drinking cups,
pure water, ventilation and the simple
rules of health.
The extension department, of which
chairman, has taken steps to have a
leaffet printed which will contain in.
formation OF all branches of work
recommended by the federation and
offering special programs for the WON.
en- of rural communities. This com.
mittee will further endeavor to have
womens clubs where possible, go di.
rectly into rural communities and dem.
onstrate the value of the programs.
The educational department, Of
which Miss Matte M. Davis of Fargo
is chairman, will outline its part OF
the campaign soon and will work
through county supertntendents, scheol
directors and teachers. 1t plans ia
have the teachers take the lead in SO.
ciGl center work. but will assist in
providing lecturers.