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Evening star., 1912-11-03
Not the Real Thinu.

CLARENCE ALCoTT. the Yale coacn.
- comforted a slightly injured halfback
on the side lines at New Haven with q
foot bali story.
Once upon IA time said Mr.. Aicott.
patting the brawny shoulder of the suf-
ferer. there was wonderful Thanks
giving day game between two great var
sites.
This game was played almost fault
lessly. The interest was maintained to
the very end. Star play succeeded star
play with the precision of clockwork.
But
Not a man was disabled.
Not a single doctor was called out.
Not a nose was broken. not a tooth
loosened, not drop of blood dyed the
ground.
The spectators, at the end of this phe-
nomenal game, shook their heads and
sighed:
1T was magnificent they said, but
it was not foot ball."
Evening star., 1912-11-03

and To improve The passing hours CON-
bred in the various clubs OF Washing
ton. There is such embarrassment o:
riches that | am somewhat uncertain
which good thing to accept and which TO
reject Then | am delighted to find such
large element Of Tennessee in the So
cial and official set here and so many
II makes me feel that | shall not be
stranger and aside from the intellectual
treats | see in store the social side OF
Washington offers many alluIing pleas
ures.'
DIR. and Mrs. ClaXton reside just next
door TO the British embassy on connec-
ticut avenue. Or the other side Of them
is the Swedish legation and directly op-
posite is the embassy of Austria Hun
gary. But the environment Mrs Clax-
ton declares will not affect her patriot
ism even incidentally.
Evening star., 1912-11-03
On Election Day.

THE proposal 10 strengthen the Sc
/ c.ecy of the ballot by voting by mail
reminded Senator Williams of an eec-
tion day story.
Voting by mail he said. is a radi-
cal proposition that I'd hesitate to advo-
cate without further study but | do
most heartily favor inviolab!e secrecy
as regards the ballot.
Even a harmless curiosity about the
ballot is contemplate. A Salina grocer
said to little girl one election day:
Who is your father going to vote for
this morning, my dear?
. 1 don't know, the little girl answer
ed.
VIII he vote the republican ticket
: i don't know.
=. i wonder if he'll vote democrat?
Il don't know.
He wouldn't vote prohibition, sure
ly?''
:. i don't know.
The grocer. as he tied up the little
gir s package, sneered:
:: We'll, you don't know much, and
that's a fact
You know less the little girl am
swered. or you wouldn't be askin' so
many questions
Evening star., 1912-11-03

the winter with her daughter, Mrs. ClaN-
ton, and there are in the household two at
commissioner of education. The elder,
Miss Claire ClaXton, has already been
presented to society. bat Miss Helen
tlaxton will continue her studies a a
local school. There are two boys. Porter
and Robert Edward, and a small girl.
Eliza beth Being entirely accustomed to
training children, Mrs. ClaxtOn assumed
these duties in regard TO her stepcSiidren
with the enthusiasm and JOY which Is
her dominant characteristic.
Il am glad that my life will be 50
filled with obligations that | shall not
miss my beloved library she said Il
am profoundly interested in my hus-
bands work in the department Of educa-
cation, though | am only getting a
glimpse of all that it means. There seems
abundant opportunity 10 enjoy ones self
Evening star., 1912-11-03

Even of w Girls

northeast divides her affections between
two pets. One is a small snow-white blily
goat. For general tionS past humorists
have jested of the penchant of goats IN
general to eat anything and everything
under the sun, from tablecloths to empty
tin cans, but their jests do not apply to
Miss Cowan's pet. 1t has been raised
with almost as much care as if it were a
baby, and as regards food it is a veritable
epicure 1t Is called Tony and is prob
ably known to half the residents of Eek
ngton, for Tony follows Miss Cowan
about like dog. And the District au-
thorities force its owner to license 1T with
a collar and tag, just as if it really were
a dog.
The other pet of Miss Cowan is less
widely known by her neighbors, for OBJ
vious reasons-for it is a full-grown fe-
male eagle. Like the goat. Miss Cowan
has raised the eagle from babyhood. She
brought it back to Washington following
a trip to the far west 1t is not par
ticularly affectionate looking pet and
with strangers it's disposition is far from
gentle With its owner. however, it is as
gentle as canary. 1t perches on her
shoulder. on her finger. her head her
lap. and arches its neck to have its head
scratched like a tame parrot. Its ugly
Cowan. but let stranger come near. and
the eyes grow vicious. the head darts back
and forth, and the bill is ready to strike
hard and deep
Jane wouldn't hurt me for the world.
would YOU Jane said Miss Cowan rs
she ruffied the big eagles feathers. She
did though once-although she didn' t
mean to. You see, she wanted to light on
my arm. and she didn't get good hold,
and in trying to steady herself she dug
her talons into my flesh. 1t hurt pretty
badly, for her talons We're pretty sharp
| had all that remedied, however, by hav-
ing the talons clipped I keep them cut
off short now
And just as Tony the goat is particular
Jane spurns any kind of food except fish.
She takes her food from her owner S
hands meekly enough, but once she gets
it the latent cruelty in her becomes ap-
parent. Then the wicked bill darts back
and forth and rips the fish into strips
tearing. first of all. the head from the
body. To see the eagle eating makes one
wonder that Miss Cowan is not afraid
to handle it, and ruffie it's feathers as
she does but barring the ore instance re-
ferred to. it has never hurt its owner, and
she is certain it never WILL
There are many Washington girls who
have monkeys for pets. Monkeys abound
in the Philippines. and many of them
have been sent or brought back to Wash
ington by army officers and others who
Lave visited Uncle Sans eastern possess
sons. These monkeys, however, are for
the most part rather common breeds
Miss Mary Brewington of 1874 Vermont
Evening star., 1912-11-03

dent AS wife of the commissioner OF
educ alton Mrs. Claxton at once assumes
a position of much Importance in the
official and social world. She comes to
her new home with a reputation for
deeds and even in the center of prog
ress and culture, which the capital is
acknowledged tn be. she will undoubt-
edly find many subjects to study and per-
haps to improve.
Mrs. Claxton is counted among the pub
lic-splrlted women who have made the
new south She is descended from two
OF the oldest and most revered families
OF the state. the Johnsons. who came
from Vermont after the war of the in
dependence. and the Paynes. who went
still farther south the cid Dominion
became unduly crowded with settlers at
the beginning of the nineteenth century
Always progressive, Mrs. CIaxton as Miss
Mary Hannah johnson then became i'm
Evening star., 1912-11-03

Though the Tennessee legislature gives
each year $3.50 to sustain its travelling
libraries the work has been placed under
the Federation of Women's Clubs. This
Is only proper since these feminine clubs
gave the firmeSt support to the entire
scheme of free state libraries and many
etflcient and unseifish assistance for years
before til" legislature took up the cause.
:: -
From libraries naturally come study
clubs, theme in which | take a deep in
terest. We have libraries loaned under
certain conditions to study clubs, and
Evening star., 1912-11-03

KITTENS Are No. Longer
IL Selected as Pets-Clalm
That They Are Too Old
Fashioned-Freak Pets From
All Over the World-Mon-
keys Among the Favorites,
While Even Pigs and Snakes
Find Place-A Pet Fox
Resembles a Dog-An Owl
That Can Only See It's Owner
at Night-A Toucan From
South America-Pet Crow
Talks Like a Parrot, and a
Whole Family of Raccoons
Eat Candy.
Evening star., 1912-11-03

Then it merely stands perfectly still and
trembles Evidently it knows the touch
of it's owners hand from all others.
Il love my owl" said Miss Denmark
faith in the old adage about an owl being
wise. Mine certainly looks wise enough.
but although I've tried hard / haven't
been able to teach it single trick It's
just sweet and gentle-and that's ALL"
OF all known animals probably none
is more vicious. when cornered. than the
raccoon. Coon hunts are common enough
in various sections of the country, par
tcularly the south. In such a hunt a
pack of dogs is taken along. and usually
before the hunt terminates several of
these dogs are killed by their quarry
Nevertheless. Mrs. Elizabeth Parker of
Ill PENNSYLVANIA avenue northwest has
a family of pet raccoons, and they are all
as gentle "a kittens. So thoroughly has
she tanned them too. that they are gentle
not only with her, but with every one
Mrs. Parker bought the mother coon
from Virginia farmer, who had trapped
il and was preparing to kill it for its
skin. She brought it back to Washing
ton and fitted UP big cage for it. Long
before the wound in its foot caused by
the trap which caught ii. had healed, she
says. the coon was tame. She named it
Queen. and few weeks later took the
door off the cage for all time and allowed
it the full run of the house. \ few more
weeks passed and Queen became the
mother of litter of four tiny balls of
gray and black fuff-baby raccoons
The puppies are now almost fully
grown. and. having been born in captivity
they are naturally the quintessence of
gentleneSs. If approached correctly they
will make friends with any one instantly
and the only secret of the correct ap-
proach is to offer them piece of candy
Every one of them. the mother included
has sweet tooth" pronounced as
that of young girl.
X !:
Aren't these better pets than a dog or
a cat?' asked Mrs. Parker, as she stroked
the head of the mother raccoon. No dog
could possibly be more gentle and loving
and not many could have nearly as much
sense Then there's a pleasure too in
having a pet that was once wild and that
is capable of inflicting all sorts of dam
age. but which won't just because it loves
YOU She looked down al the big rae
coon she was holding. Show your teeth
Queen" she said. and as she spoke she
calmly pried open the animals jaws. Two
glistening rows of long pointed teeth
We're disclosed-teeth that could tear a
dog or man to ribbons.
Rather wicked looking. aren't they?"
asked Mrs. Parker, smilingly. But Queen
isn't ever going to use them for anything
but eating candy and vegetables are YOU
Queen9 You see, l never give anv of
them any meat. l don't want to stir up
their wild strain"
1t is a far cry from a coon to pet
crow, but Miss Leah Randolph of Ken
sinston road has one of the latter for IA
Evening star., 1912-11-03


fierce hunting animals. The lap dog was
almost unknown. Hence i'll most cases
grandmother voted dogs too dangerous
and hugged her beribboned kitten the
closer. Yet not too close for fear that
even il might scratch.
But The old order changeth" Kittens
lave almost gone out of fashion. They
are regarded as too tame and their
place has been taken by raceoons owls.
goats. young eagles. monkeys and even
snakes. All sorts and varieties of strange
animals have become converted into pets
u Washington girls, and there are some
.cGng women who maintain miniature
renageries, containing a number of ami
saals any one of which might easily be
seized with the blood lust of his jungle
se-efathers and either Kill its owner or
aim her for life Evidently, however.
ne girls % the National Capital are
Silful trainers, for there IS not single
or rec -rd here where the owner of
n pet has been hurt seriously by il.
Many of Washingtons freak pets come
.om the far-of Philippine Islands. 9th
- come from South America, and still
athers from various European countries.
lost of them. however. are from the
mountainous sections of the United
>tateS-and there are men in Washington
Who make u regular business of supply
nag them. These men stand ready 10 ac-
cept any sort OF an order. They VIII
agree To deliver. alive and in good condi-
lion, anything from a BABY fox TO a
1ans bear Only last week one OF them
1T il he known that ne had news Of the
capture of "A bear cub in North Carolina
Evening star., 1912-11-03

turn and started back to its cave-but
too late. The men and women who had
been in the hunt formed a circle about
1t. The baby fox was pitifuly young. 1t
was captured and given to the countess
who took it home and raised it.
1t is now large animal and follows
its mistress about for all the world like
a dog Indeed. but for a certain mar
rowness of the head, and certain craft
mess in the expression Of the eyes. which
all these years of tanning have failed to
eradicate wholly, ii looks very much like
a small collie. 1t has the full liberty OF
the countess home, at 1t0S Monroe
street. and frequently she takes it down
town with her, leading it by a chain, as
though it We're a harmless poodle. In
deed. the countess ard her fox are ia
miliar figures on Washington's main
boulevards.
Miss Millcent Coward of 1911 I'd street
Evening star., 1912-11-03

ALE a century ago
most of our grand
mothers boas sted
the possession of a
pet kitten. Occa-
sionally there may
have been one with
a dog, but women
We're tinid back in
the early fifties and
sixties. and the
dogs in those days
were usually big,
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pet Her crow has its tongue split and
can talk fully as well a parrot. 1t is
much smarter than parrot too. and nat
urally, being less heavy and less aw lward
with monkeys, however, Miss Randolph
says. her crow is continually getting into
mischief-so much so that she invariably
keeps long chain attached to one of its
legs. The chain gives the crow plenty of
space in which to move about without
allowing him to reach anything with
which he can wreak mischief.
Sometimes freak pets are turned to
Evening star., 1912-11-03

commercial advantage. Such is the case
with the wife OF a barber in the down
town section Of the city who owns A pet
goose The goose is an enormous bird.
standing at least three and one-half feet
high and il has been trained that
all through the day IL paradeH solemnlv
back and forth in front of her husbands
shop. Passersby may and frequently do.
offer il food. and If the food pleases II Is
accepted. But. no matter how tempting t.
morsel the goose cannot he persuaded to
walk away from that shop. although II
is not restrained In any way. Many per-
sons have tried To lead it off. merely -
see If il could be done, but none has
ever succeeded. On the other hand. the
goose will follow its owner her hus-
hand anywhere A., a living advertise
ment the husband of the owner OF the
goose declares II worth hundreds of dol
lars.
Miss May Phelps of the Navy Yard
has pet which is common enough "a
an animal. but rarely seen in residence
Her pet is a pig. The pig which boasts
the euphoniouS name of Jake Is the first
pet Miss Phelps has ever owned and she
has had it for six Years. She declares
il loves her dcyotedly." and certainly il
should for she saved its life.
The pig was never intended for a pet
Just before Thanks giving SIX years ago
when ii the tinieSt OF shoats. Ii was
sent to Miss Phelps father to grace the
dinner table. 1t came from a friend living
in North Carolina. who. in order 10 make
sure that ii would he fresh when served
sent il alive. Miss, Phelps father fully
intended to have the pig duly slaughtered.
according 10 program. but his daughter
would not hear of il.
:. !
THE poor little baby looked so pitifui
and cute | just couldn't bear to think OF
its being killed, said Miss Phelps Mann
ma. too wouldn't near of having IL
killed ] couldn't have eaten bit of IL
To save my life. So finally papa consent
ed to let me keep it, and I've had 1t ever
since
Today Miss Phelps pet. considerably
grown and rather stout. although not
too much so is "A very aristocratic pig.
indeed. Ii has never known the feel OF
friendly mud puddle. Isstead, its hide
is spotless,y clean as a result of thrice
weekly baths, and its neck is usually
decorated with a gay-colored ribbon IL
sleeps on a mattress made especially for
il. and its meals are carefully looked
after by its owrer. Naturally being oni
a pig after all. il is always ready Ia ca
but Miss Pheps sees that its meal tim,
are carefully resu ated. ard it Is never
allowed TO eat 800 much. You see" ex-
planned Miss Phelps. L can't have Jaae'
getting too fat. He must keep fashion,
able
And so. throughout the city in every
section, there are sir.s who spurn the
pets OF our grandmothers days as bein.
hope lessly old fashioned. II has bee.l
said that nothing can he truly enjoyable
unless it is attended by certain spice o.
danger. Perhaps that accounts for the
seemingly ever-increasing desire OF
Washington girls for wild animals At
any rate. the desire exists, and Is daily
becoming more and more prevalent.
Evening star., 1912-11-03

and already the bear has been sold to
Miss Jane Callahan, 712 18th street
Probably the strangest of all the strange
pets of Washington girls, however, are
those of Miss Tina Schmid of 112 18th
street Miss Schmid has had some un-
usual pets. She has owned many mon
Keys, and once trained a young coyote
These, however seem almost insipid COM
pared to her present pets. for Miss
Schmid now lavishes her affections on
two full-groWn snakes
She calls her snakes Pete and Jennie
She says they know their names-and
they really seem to. Both are of the nom
poisonous variety, and have had their
fangs drawn additional precaution
against their biting. For all that, though,
they are long, and vicious looking
that the average person would think sew
eral times before touching them.
But not so Miss Schmid. She picks them
up, strokes them. let's them twine them
selves about her arms or her neck at will.
And they have become SO used to being
handled by human beings that Miss
Schmid says any one may pick them up
without their makinug single hostile
move
Yes, they are rather unusual pets.
said Miss Schmid But who wants a
pet just like that of everybody else? Be-
sides, they're not bit dangerous now,
and think they are really fond of me-
They answer any number of seryicea BILE
purposes. too. For one thing. the girl
who owns a pet snake needn't be afraid
of mice-the mice will keep away And
while / don't know never having had
the experience, ] ina gine they'd be as
good protection as watchmen in case of
burglars.
IF burglar should come in my room.
fnr
on the ffoor-of course they'd be awake
they're rather light sleepers you know
| fancy he'd get out just about as quickly
as If revolver We're pointed at him |
have made little grass bed for my
snakes at the foot of my own bed They
seem to find it quite comfortable. feed
them on flies and insects, and then of
course, they catch great many more
themselves.
Another unusual pet is owned by the
countess Helene O'Drovonz a young
Polish noblewoman. who has made
W ashington her adopted home for
many years. The countess has a pet
1ox. which she has raised from a cub.
and despite the world-old reputation of
the tribe of Reynard for slyness. trick
cry and general unreliablity, she de-
clares her anima! is more faithful and
loving than any dog could possibly be-
There is quite a history attached to the
countess fox. Six years ago, when she
was on 81 visit iE the south. she par
ticipated in a fox hunt A female fox
was jumped shortly before noon and
there followed merry chase lasting sew
eral hours. The quarry doubled time
and again, striving in it's efforts to
reach certain great rocky wall in
which it had its cave. But to reach this
cave 1t had to cross a large open space,
and the task was too much for it, just
as il reached the mouth of its cave, the
dogs were upon it. Another moment and
1t was dead.
The riders were not far behind the dogs
and they had dismounted and were dis
cussing the chase when tiny red brown
figure crept out of the cave and. seem
ingiy unmindful of the hounds. trotted up
to the dead body of its mother and
shifted at IT. Then il made a darting
Evening star., 1912-11-03
RY MARGARET n. DOWNING.

+ the language Used
by the board of
directors Of the
Carnegie Library
of Nashs lille, Tenn. .
Is suggestive of
the members in
diVidual sentiments
w aShir ston is To
be con graduated
on securing such a
charming ana ca
Die woman as a
permanent resi-
Evening star., 1912-11-03

CHE Is a Recent Arrival in
- the Capital and a Bride of
Last Spring-Was Miss Mary
Hannah Johnson of Nash
ville-Comes of Illustrious
Lineage and Through Her
Mother Is Direct Descend
ant of Josiah Payne, Father
of Dolly Payne Madison.
RY MARGARET n. DOWNING.
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The riders We're not far behind the dogs
and they had dismounted and were dis
cussing the chase when a tiny red brown
figure crept out of the cave and, SEEM
insiy unmindful of the hounds trotted up
TO the dead body of its mother and
shifted at II. Then il made a darting
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1912-03-14
FILED PETITION FOR
the CREATION Of
A PEST DISTRICT

Geo. II. Sale on the part OF .he
signatories on Thursday filed a pc
titlon with the board of county COM
missioners asking it to create under
the provisions of House Bill No. 80.
passed by the last legislature. pest
district to enable the fruit growers
to more systematically fight the va
rious insects that pray on the orch
ards of this section of the state. The
legislature made provision for the
organization OF such districts in the
pest and insect bill and set aside an
ample sum of money from the public
revenues to make them effective.
They are to be under the control and
supervision of the state entomologist.
who is empowered to appoint such
deputies as he may require to assist
him in carrying on the work which
the oiSdhi1dtloH VI SuNh uiStii,eS
may entail.
The petition filed by Mr.. Salie asks
the board of commissioners TO form
and establish Pest and Inspection
District No. /. for the purpose OF en-
abling Its slgners to protect their
trees and fruit crops against the raw
ages of insects. weeds and plant dis
eases. and. especially, to combat the
leaf roller. woolly aphis, coddllng
moth, Howard scale and San Jose
scale all of which, except the San
Jose scale. have invaded this terri
tory and are committing great injury
to the fruit industry of this county.
There are three hundred and twenty
five signatures to the petition and
6.5O7 acres OF fruit trees is embraced
within the boundaries OF the proposed
district Under the law governing the
organization OF these districts every
fruit grower will be compelled %
spray his trees whether he is fu-
clined to do so or not. 1t is expected
that a pest district will be formed in
lthe Penrose district in the course Of