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Evening star., 1912-11-24
SHOP WRECKED BY ELEPHANT.
Animal Swallows Several Pounds Of
Snuff and 200 Cigars.
spondence Of The Star.

Foreign Correspondence Of The Star.
PARIS, November T. 1872.
An elephant paid visit to a tobacco
shop near the Care de Lyon at 3 o'clock
in the morning recently. swallowed sew
eral pounds of snuff and 200 or 800 ci-
gars and wrecked the shop.
NJ. and Nine. Vaux were sleeping in
their bedroom, on the ground floor just
behind the shop, which also is a restau-
rant. when Nine. Vaux awoke her hus-
and and said she heard burglars. NJ.
Vaux got out of bed and picked up a
revolver.
Just then the trunk and head of an
elephant appeared through the wall. most
Of which fell on Nine. Vaux, and husband
and wife, in their night attire, climbed
out of window at the back and disap-
peared
The elephant. which had escaped from
a circus proprietor. had been frightened
by a dog and lost his temper with a
carrot hung outside the tobacco SHOP as
a sign because it was painted tin and
was not good to eat. In less than a quar-
ter of an hour he succeeded in leaving
nothing starding except the walls. and
only the outer four of those. He then
followed his keeper quietly enough to
the circus, where he performed in the
night.
Evening star., 1912-11-24
AFTER CENTURY'S LAPSE.
Henry VII Chapel in Westminster
Abbey to Be Used Again.

Special Cablegram to The Star.
LONDON, November 16.-The king has
been graciously pleased to approve tina,
Henry Wis chapel in Westminster
Abbey. which in former times was de.
voted to ceremonies in connection with
the most honorable Order of the Bath
but which has not been SO used since
1912, shall again be brought into use
for the purpose of the order, and. as
far as space will allow. that the ban
ners showing the heraldic achievements
of living Knights Grand Cross &c. c.
B's) in order of seniority shall be
placed in the chapel and stalls assigned
to their owners. A committee has been
formed to carry out his majesty S
wishes.
A ceremony in Westminster Abbey,
at which the sovereign and the grand
master of the order will be present
will inaugurate this revival some time
next year, and all members of the vari-
Gus grades of the order will be invited
to attend.
Evening star., 1912-11-24
RACE REGENERATION SOUGHT.
Prominent Frenchmen Form "The
College of Athletes
Foreign Correspondence Of The Star.

roieisu correspondence OI lne SURF
PARIS, November g. 1912.
In March. 1913, an International Con-
gress of Physical Education will be held
at the faculty Of medicine in Paris. An
exhibition also will be held in connection
with this meeting. AS a result of the
extraordinary interest now taken by the
French in physical education and race
regenration, several prominent Partisan
medical men and other prominent people
have founded an institution they quantity
name, The College OF Athletes"
The purpose of this institution, will be
to train the young Frenchman to take
care of his body and educate him in the
use of his muscles as well as to provide
athletic trainers for clubs and societies.
The avowed purpose of the college is Ito
combat the ravages made by tuberculo-
sis and alcoholism among the youth of
France"
The first committee has been chosen as
follows: Messieurs Auguste Rodin, the
sculptor; Jean Richepin of the Academic
Franchise: DR.. Weiss. DIR. Boucard. Mall
rice Colrat. Gabriel Bonvalot, the ex-
plorer, and the Marquis de Polignac,
who is an ardent supporter of athletics
and lends out his magnificent park to
local clubs who are hard put to find suit
able grounds.
Evening star., 1912-11-24
NEARLY CAUSE A RIOT.
Sighting Remarks Enrage Woman
Escort in Public Hall.

Foreign Correspondence Of The Star.
CAIRO, November ., 1912.
An accident strangely reminiscent OF a
cinematograph scene, is reported to have
taken place recently at the American
Cosmograph in Alexandra. One of the
European ladies in the audience was the
unfortunate possessor of superfuity of
down on her upper lip. The natives sit
ting near began making rude remarks
about her ''mustache." Her male COM
panion, not unnaturally, expostualted
with them, and, other neighbors interven-
ing, the whole hall became involved in
the alteration.
The doors were burst open and the
audience pressed out into the street in
such an excited state that a riot was
feared, and the police had to intervene
most energetically.
The two natives whose behavior caused
the disturbance were arrested. but subse-
quently released after quiet had been re-
stored.
Evening star., 1912-11-24
COLLAPSE OF HOUSE FATAL.
Five Killed and Ten Injured When
Roof Gives In.
ign Correspondence Of The Star.

Foreign Correspondence Of The Star.
MILAN, November 4, 1912.
Five persons were killed and ten others
frightfully injured by the collapse of
Countess Vialardi's new country house
In the suburbs of Verceli.
The villa, which was constructed of ar
mored cement. has only just been COM
pleted, and the countess had invited a
number of guests to a musical party in
celebration of the event.
Several tons OF bricks had been heaped
on the top floor to test the resistance of
the building. Suddenly. while the orches-
ira was playing, ominous cracking
sounds were heard and there was a wild
rush for the doors. but before many Of
the guests had time to escape to the
garden the whole building came down
like q house Of cards.
The countess herself was the first of
the buried victims to be eXtricated alive.
An hour later the rescuers began to
reach the first Of the corpses.
Among the dead was the mother of the
contractor. The latter had in the mean
time fed, but he has just been arrested
at the countess town residence at Yer
celli.
Evening star., 1912-11-24
FIND REFUGE IN SWITZERLAND
Mormons Establish There Their Eu-
ropean Continental Center.
spondence Of The Star.

roTciSn Correspondence OF lne StaF
GENEVA, November /, 1912.
Expelled from nearly every European
country. the Mormons have recently made
Switzerland, with headquarters at Zurich
their working center on the continent
and continue to exploit Swiss and other
girls without fear of legal interference
The Mormons who were condemned te
prison won a test case some years age
before the federal tribunal at Lausanne
on the grounds that they were allowed
the same privileges as other religious
bodies in Switzerland, and that they
could be expelled only for moral reasons
as, for instance, If they preached polyg-
amy. a subject which they are careful to
avoid in public.
A hundred Swiss girls and thousand
European girls of all nationalities, under
golden promises, are sent across the At
lantic to Utah every year. England and
Switzerland are the only European coun.
tries in which the Mormons are toler.
ated. es'
Evening star., 1912-11-24
VELVET.
Fabric Was Made in the Legendary
Days of Indo-China.

From Harper's Weekly.
The art of velvet-making was prac-
ticed in the legendary days of Indo- China.
1t is one of the oldest arts because il was
the first imitation of mans first garment
fur Even after spinning and weaving
had become known, the ocellated pelt Of
the great felines killed i'm hunting was
the dress for important occasions. and
the most beautiful of ancient fabrics
shows that the ambition of the weaver
was to surpass his model and copy the
fur of the animal in something by far
finer. The discovery of silk substituted
soft threads for hair. and the threads
took the dyes as no fur could take them.
Asia kept the art of matchmaking
secret for centuries. No one wore velvet
but the monarch. and it was seen
only in the professions of the ratahs.
Even in this day the Chinese and Japa
nese velvet-makers rasp their threads
with knife to give the tissue the aspect
of real fur. Asian art mimics nature:
and whether Chinese or japanese. the
woven tissues recall winding rivers where
tigers drink, transparent hedges of rust
ling bamboo, and, for a background. the
snowy miter of some ancient mountain
India velvet ripping with pearls as large
as birds eggs, diamond dewdrops. and
cloudy. red corundum was seen In the
professions of the durbar. The Arabs
were the first to exhibit velvet to the
lands bordering on the Mediterranean.
The first caliphs We're simple, pious and
savage people. they were not tempted by
Asiatic luxury. But the Islam that came
after the caliphs drove its roots to the
heart Of the ancient world and invaded
The Aryan lands of the Indus and the
Ganges. The Arabs boasted of their COM
mercial zeal Their caravans of camels
crossed the desert and wound through the
mountain passes of Iran. carrying rare
tissues. jewels and perfumes. and now
and then a carefully protected piece OF
velvet lay under the folds of a praying
rug. The splendid court of the Abbasside
caliphs loved the silken pile of India.
Bagdad was a city of silk and velvet, and
the conquerors of Africa and Spain con-
trasted strangely with the IRON -zoned war;
riors of the Cross. In all the a ges. vel
vet was held sacred by the Mussulmans.
At Medina, in Damascus, and in STEAMBOAT
they used it to drape the tombs of their
caliphs and their saints: and when their
warriors set out to die upon the fields o.
battle that part of their trappings that
did not CLEAN was covered with velvet.
In the middle ages Venice and Genoa
learned the art of matchmaking from the
Arabs. Toward the year 1916 Lyon in
herited the business. Europe, notably
France. followed the lead of the cour-
tiers of Francis l., Louis XIV and La
The world of the courts wore
silk. satin and velvet stiff with gold and
silver embroidery. Velvet was used by
the rich for hangings and for furniture
covering In Lyon. in 1900, $1,000 looms
were weaving velvet.
Evening star., 1912-11-24
WOULD TAX THE VISITORS.
Fifty Mayors of French Seaside Re
sorts Vote in Favor of Plan.
respondence Of The Star.

Foreign Correspondence or The Star
PARIS November 6, 1917
Fifty mayors of seaside places on the
Atlantic coast of France = including
Sables d'Olonne. BiarritZ. Arcachon.
Royan and other popular resorts-met at
the town hall of La Rochelle and passed
unanimously a motion in favor of taxing
all visitors.
The tax will be imposed in the same
way as the "Kur-taxe'' in many towns
in Germany. On arrival every visitor
will be asked to sign declaration as to
the probable length of his stay. and will
be handed a ticket. for which he will be
charged in his hotel bill
The Paris newspapers are raising an
outcry against the proposed impost, which
they criticise as tax on fresh air and
sea water.
1t is not improbable that the scheme
will fall through
Evening star., 1912-11-24
WOMEN FOR ARMY SERVICE.
Dusseldorf Professor Would Enforce
Employment in Feminine Work.
reign Correspondence Of The Star.

Foreign Correspondence OF The Star.
BERLIN, November 6, 1912.
Compulsory military service for Ger
man women is the remedy suggested by
Prof. Witzel of Dusseldorf in order to
safeguard the health Of the army when
engaged In active service. Every woman
should. in his opinion. undergo thor
ough course of training in Red Cross
work, needlework and field cookery. Then
in the event Of war the feminine forces
could be quickly mObilized and dispatch
ed to the scene of operation with the
regular army The womens forces would
be officered by members of their own sex
and while on active service would re-
ceive wages in accordance with the du-
ties performed.
Evening star., 1912-11-24
THE CATCHING "COLD.n


combined. The plan for such cam
paign has already been formulated thus:
Cd Isolate all patients with simple"
coryza until the nasal discharge will
nave ceased or culture is negative.
90 Isolate bad colds" ia grippe =
distemper' and running at the nose"
t0 Disnfect all handkerchefs cloths
and nasal discharge or sputum, as would
be done in dphtheria-
% Give the patient air.
Evening star., 1912-11-24
Maryland, Delaware and
VIRGINIA Railway Co.

Steamers leave 7th ST. wharf for Baltimore
and river points Monday. Wednesday and Satur
day, pm: arrive Baltimore second morning
out. Leave Baltimore, pier g. Light St, Mon
day, Wednesday and Saturday. PM; arrive
Washington second morning out. River freight
prepaid. Passenger service frst-cass. Freight
received until 3:45 pm. sailing days.
JOS. r. STEPHENSON. Agent,
Telephone Main 745 eth st. whsrf.
Evening star., 1912-11-24
The Crux.

rom JUugP
She-Do you believe a man knows
when he Is in love?
He-Yes; and he doesn't know any
thing else.
Evening star., 1912-11-24
DENY CORSETS IMPROVE
FIGURES OF WOMEN
Artists in England Take Issue
With Statement Made by
DR.. Alfred SChofieId.

Special Cablegram to The Star.
LONDON, November 23.-Dr. Alfred
Schofield's statement in praise of the
modern style of corset, because it is
nodded to the natural figure instead of
cramping it. does not meet with the ap-
proval of artists who deny that a cor
seted figure is, or ever can be, a per-
feet figure.
THE perfect figure said the Hon. John
Collier yesterday, "is the Venus of Milo.
Nothing better, more robust healthier
has ever been reproduced by an artist,
and the farther away you get from that
ideal the less perfect is your figure.
THE great difference between the ideal
perfect figure and that of the ultra
modern woman is that the former is nat
ural and the latter unnatural. A compari-
son between the statues of males and fe-
males left US by the Greeks showed that
in reality there is a great similarity be-
tween the perfect forms OF both. The mod
ern woman attempts to accentuate what
differences there are. She wants a small
waist, and as consequence her hips pro-
trude 1t is quite unnatural and cannot
be beautiful from an artistic point of
view.
Wasp-Like Waist Hideous.
Marcus Stone, r. A., was even more
outspoken. "A thin, wasp-like waist he
said, 'is one of the most hideous things,
and the effect of corsets on our modern
women has been to destroy their natural
beauty Of form. The shoulders have been
raised. the neck is tending to disappear,
the head is thrust forward, the arms no
| longer fall gracefully, and when seated
| she sits higher and sitter than men be-
cause she is held in the grip of a tube.
1.-The perfect figure-such as the Venus
| of Milo-must be founded on a woman OF
perfect health, whose every action is free
| and unchecked. and whose whole body
| has undergone a perfect even develop
/ ment, admitting Of neither the neglect OF
one portion of the figure nor the accentua.
| ton of another Apart from all hygienic
considerations, which in themselves are
strong enough to condemn the use OF
stays, the modern corset is fatal to a
| good figure
Evening star., 1912-11-24
Her Picture.

From Fliegende Biaetter.
This photograph makes me look years
older" she said. To which the photog-
rapher replied We'll. then, you won't
need to be taken again for some time"
Evening star., 1912-11-24
BY FRANKLIN MACvEAGH.
Secretary Of the Treasury.


No reform of our banking and currency
system can be adequate which does not
take the United States Treasury out Of
the banking business. We have become
so accustomed to the banking operations
of the Treasury that we have not realized
how it has developed into powerful CEN
trail bank. The Treasury has greater
power and greater assets than the Bank
of England which for years has been the
institution at the foundation of interna-
tionai credit. The Treasury is the
strongest bank in the world as regards
metallic reserves. Its enormous store
of the yellow metal is not approached by
that of any of the great central banks Oh
Europe. At one time the Treasury was
the greatest note-issuing bank, ana IL
| might become SO again
The Bank of England. regarded
throughout the world the strongest OF
all banking institutions supports the
great structure of English credit on
gold reserve of less than S2oO.oOo.uH'. Our
Treasury in addition to S1.otDOOo,oo VI
gold held in trust against gold certlh-
Gates, carries a net gold surplus varying
from S2OO,OOO0 600 to S3OOOO0,oOO. our
Treasurys hoard of idle gold, In other
words would support greater bank than
the Bank Of England.
Origin of System.
When the Independent Treasury sys-
tenn was established the idea was that
all the funds of the government should be
stored in the Treasury vaults in the form
of money, just as the medieval war lords
kept their treasures in strong boxes. Ihe
independent Treasury system was estap-
lished in troublesome financial days, When
the state banks We're not the safest places
for the deposit of money The people de-
Evening star., 1912-11-24

If you want work read the want col
umns OF The Star.
Evening star., 1912-11-24
FAMOUS WOMEN OF HISTORY.
MRS. SIDDONS.
"THE TRAGIC MUSE"-1755-183l.

Copyright. 1912. by Willis J. AbsotA
Evening star., 1912-11-24
FALL RESORTS.

ATLANTIC CITY, n. ).
Evening star., 1912-11-24
The Weiphtman Apartments

1901 -3-5-7.9 Chestnut st, Philadelphia. Pa
COMPLETE HOUSEKEEPING APARTMENTS;
ALL MODERN EQUIPMENTS for the comfort
and safety Of the tenants: perfect heating
system, filtered water. Fire Towers, etc. Ten
minutes from City Hall.
CHARLES DUFFY, Superintendent.
Evening star., 1912-11-24
HOTELS.

The Royal Apartments
Broad St and Girard ave-, Philadelphia. Pa
A QUIET, HIGH CLASS APARTMENT HO-
TEL, furnished unfurnished suites, of two
or FOUR exceptionally large outside rooms, with
private bath between each two rooms. Beauti-
full Garden on the roof. Unsurpassed Table.
CHARLES DUFFY. Manager.
TIC dix 1loeCi of the City.
WILLIAMSPORT, PA.
American Plan. $3.50 to $3.50 per day Con-
yenieptly located. All outside rooms Beauti-
full Surroundings. c. G. MISH, Manager
Evening star., 1912-11-24
HOTELS.
The Rittenhouse Hotel

Chestnut and 22nd sts.. Philadelphia, Pa.
A refined. Home-like Hotel catering to Dis
eliminating Transient and Permanent Guests.
The Rittenhouse offers every home comfort
without the work and worry. There are still
few very desirable rooms. single or en- suite
with bath available at reasonable rates.
r. VAN GLIDER, Manager.
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BASS HARBOR.

Miss Bernice Dix has employment at
Manset.
Byerly Stanley, who has been working
in Portland all winter, is home.
Mrs. Ina Eaton was here few days re-
Gently, called by the illness and death of
Mrs. New bury.
Richard Jackson's friends gave him a
surprise party Thursday evening. 1t was
a very enjoyable affair.
slSchooner John B. Norris, Capt. Lewis
Holmes, was here with freight last week
for her first trip this spring.
a.Mrs. Frances Newbury died April Z, at
the home of Mrs. J. A. Sawyer. Mrs.
Newbury was the oldest woman in the
place, being about ninety years OF age.
Her husband died many years ago. Since
his death she had lived alone until her last
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serters to heed the call OF the West, none
has been so free from internal wrangiings,
cbicane and fraud. No farmer has
broader acres than he who spreads his
sails over unnumbered leagues OF the sea.
No miner plumbers the bowels OF the
earth for treasure with more risk OF life
than he whose nets sweep deep into the
waters OF the Atlantic for the harvest of
the sea. No woodsman tolls longer in the
forest nor drives his logs at greater risk
than he who stands eternal watch against
death and drives his craft on wings OF the
wind. No soldier who charges on San
Juan's heights acts with more bravery
than these whose achievements make the
yearly record of the Rough Riders of the
none is truer to friend than his, who
follows the apostles own calling.
The Victoria Cross is bestowed only for
conspicuous deeds of bravery; the bronze
button of the veteran can be worn only
by those who saw service in the Civil war;
the master mariner must have won his
own station in life; he must be master of
himself, OF his crew, oil his snip, ana OF
the elemental nature OF sea LIE. 1t is a
source Of satisfaction to have contributed
somewhat to the history OF the fisheries
1t is high honor to sit with you at the
annual celebration of the association; and
it is matter of the greatest pride, as it
always was Of profit and pleasure, that in
/ my younger days in the Yosemite and
in the Victor 1 had service with mas
! ter mariner OF Gloucester.
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Mrs. Mira Brown went to Boston Mon
day.
Capt. f. A. Haskell sailed this week in
the schooner Susan N. Pickering for New
York.
Morris Powers, Franklin Hardy and AL
ton Torrey, who have been on cruise to
France in the steam yacht Wakiva, are
home.
Capt Ralph Gray is having new house
built. Harry Joyce is doing the work. II
will be great Improvement in this
neighborhood.
April To- IL.
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Advertising tends to make lower prices and bet
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CO A reputation to maintain insures high
quality Advertising makes that reputation. and ~
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(3) Small profits are good if the turnover is
quick 1t is the turnover that counts.
Advertised goods quickly disposed of
(D steady demand is better than an occa-
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Good advertising creates a steady demand
1t costs something to sell any article Which
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vote to that can its slight proportion of general
advertising campaign, say one-twenteth of one
cent-or to give from two to ten minutes OF a
saesman's time trying to sell it to one who wants
something else?
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ToMsoN.
Schools opened to-day.

Schools opened to-day.
George w. Stevens is quite ill at the
home of his father, Capt. William Stevens.
Capt. George A. Stevens, who has been
steanlboating on Long Island sound the
past winter, is home.
Tuesday, April 8, o. L. Tapley and wife
delightfully."- entertained some friends at
dinner in honor OF the eighty-fifth birth
day of their aunt, Mrs. Nancy L. WATSON
Mills. Mrs. Mills is the last survivor OF
the ten children of the late David WATSON
April 10. Johnson.
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illness. She had no children OF her own,
but in her younger days cared for many
orphans and received into her home, for
varying lengths Of time, no less than ten
homeless children. The funeral was held
Wednesday afternoon at the Congrega-
tional church.
April is. x. Y. u.
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