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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-17
The Motive.

John D. CRIMMINS was talking at
Palm Beach, apropos Of a political
squabble, about motives.
Motives are strange things." he said.
Never Judge an action without first un-
Outstanding its motive. Then you won't
go wrong.
'Apropos Of queer motives" Mr. Grim
minis continued TIL tell you about q
duke. This duke went to . musical
comedy one evening. admired the leading
lady very much, and sent her, by his
valet, bouquet.
About a month later, as the duke was
lunching. a lady was announced. The
duke rose and entered an ante-room and
found, to his surprise, the beautiful
young actress OF the musical comedy Of
the month before.
"'Oh, your grace she said. blushing.
I have come to thank you for all your
beautiful bouquets.
But, madam said the duke. I think
you are mistaken. I only sent you one
bouquet-and that was long time ago.
but your valet-every evening, she
stammered, has brought me bouquet
from your
THE duke sent for his valet. and the
valet admitted that what the actress said
was true.
Now. do you think" said Mr.. Grim
minis, that 1t was love which was tho
motive OF the Wallets strange conduct?
oh, no; 1t was not love- The valet con-
fessed 1t was a sentiment less noble than
love. The nightly bouquet 1t seems.
only cost the valet 30 cents, and the
fiattered actress gave him every evening
a two-dollar tip"
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On the Job.

u EPRESENTATIvE HAMILTON of
N West Virginia evidently does not lack
courage. for in thine" which was al
lowed him by Mr.. Underwood. avowed
opponent Of Mr.. Bryan. the West vir-
ginia man devoted most Of his remarks
to praise of the peerless leader" He
declared that this country had produced
three men-Henry Clay. James g. Blaine
and William Jennings Bryan-who were
not the result Of chance, but something
higher"
He also paid tribute to Republican
Leader Mann that is gem in its way.
1.-THE gentleman from Illinois," said
Mr.. Hamilton, "only eats on Sundays and
never sleeps at all. II he had been a
marshal under Napoleon at Waterloo the
battle might have resulted differently.
because he would have discovered the
absence OF Grouchy at the proper time
and suggested the absence OF quorum:
And, II necessary, he would have halted
the hosts of Wellington by a Well inter-
posed demand for the yeas and nays"
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AN up we come, H1nnissy, with tn big banner ="

An so We go by an 1 gather up tn
childher an take thin home to put
out TIL slippers in front iv tn stove an
make tn poultice rr We.
Well. 1 didn't intind to get excited
over this Pathrick's day, but somehow
or other ivry time 1t comes ar-round
l feel like goin' up on tn roof an
singin' 'O'Donnell Aboo' SO all may
hear I don't know why"
Maybe" said Mr.. Hennessy. "'tis
because ye're Irish"
II hadn't thought of that" said Mr..
Dooley. "P'raps ye're right. It's some
thing 1 niver have been able to get
over. Be this time it's become an in
curble habit. Anyhow. tits a good
thing to be an Irishman. because people
think that all an Irishman does IL to
laugh without a reason an fight with
out an objict. But We an I. Hinnissy.
know these things ARE on'y our diver
sions. It's a good thing to have peo-
pie size We up wrong. Whin they've
got ye'er measure ye're in danger"
Sometimes 1 think we boast too
much" said Mr.. Hennessy.
Well" said Mr.. Dooley. IT'S on'y on
Pathrick's day we can hire others to
blow our horns fr U.S.
Copyright, 1912, BY Finley Peter Dunle.)
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Of workingmen are treated this way
they are closed up
"Is the student movement in favor of
equal suffrage?'
Eyes. The student movement believes
that all should have equal rights. Wom-
en- are just as much citizens of a country
as are men. But the first question of all
is to get the full voting power for the
men. Full voting power in Russia is con-
fined to certain classes, such as those
who have attended universities and prop
erty owners. They employ complicated
system; in the first place they choose one
out of every ten of their number. These
electives vote again for other electives.
though in greater proportion. These lat
ter are finally allowed to vote for dele
gates to the duna. 1t is for the fran
chise that the student movement fights
most eagerly Most Of its fighting is in
secret, though it occasionally dares to
issue pamphlets"
What do you believe will be the next
political move taken by Russia" the re-
porter asked.
IT think that soon she will either turn
republic or adopt the form of limited
monarchy which prevails in England"
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Il can't see tn clock FIR lookin' at tn pipe.

below an see dignified lookin' gin
tleman standin' in a group iv ladies an
childher, with two Hinnissies on his
shoulders an another on his head,
that'Il be me- I've promised to take
yeer family to see TIL OF fellow battlin'
with tn ilimints.
9TH sthreets ARE lined with people.
but there is no disturbance. They have
no throuble keepin' tn polls in ordher.
Did we liver see polisman get rough
with a Pathrick's day crowd? There
was wan wanst. ! know because 1
helped bury him. This is wan day
when tn constablry has got to have
manners It's no longer Get back
there but Won't ye PLACE stand back
out Nv tn wayT Come an put me
back Won't " kindly step back"
I will not But tn lady behind We
can't see.' Why didn't We say SO at
first? Excuse me, madam. Step right
up. Bring up tn childher. Terence,
get out iv tn way. Oh1cer, take on
ye'er hat an keep movin'. Dye think
ye're made Nv glass because / cud say
a wurrud an break yer
Its a long wait, but nobody minds.
It's nachral. It takes time f'r to start
a Pathrick's day parade. because ivry-
body looks as though they ought to
be in front There ARE NANNY false
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Auto-Irrigation.

UTHER BURBANK, the plant wizard.
l. dismissed with a jest. ut . spring
luncheon In Los Angeles. O. somewhat
overwhelming compliment.
Really" he said, st hardly deserve
such a compliment as that. Even IL I
could do what the comic actor proposed.
I'd hardly deserve such . compliment az
that!
about the spring planting that was under
way in his suburban home.
81 propose he said, to plant onions
with my potatoes. the idea being that
work on the potatoes eyes, and thus
cause the plants to irrigate themselves"
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at tn crowd Nv thin! Is anybody left
behind in Cork's own city? That's
Tipprary. Hurrah FIR tn Tips. An
Kilkenny! Nv all tn towns in Ireland,
Kilkenny f'r me- See tn dark Mayo
men! BE tn blessed sun tits royalty
I'll sing thy praise, Mayo An WEEK
ford! Play TIL Boys iv Wexford We
Dutchmen! What's that noise up tn
sthreet? Here they come. Here ARE
tn fellows firm tn best county in Ire
land See thin. will We, with their
martial thread an their chins in tn
air. They make all tn rest Nv tn
parade look like pigmies. Roscom-
mon. Roscommon f'river! Lave go iv
me. tell We. I will march with thin.
o, me poor feet. me threacherous. in
former feet.
AN who's that out in front? Look.
childher, look, tell We. There he is
There's dada. An up We come, Hin
Missy. with tn big banner bellyin' in
tn wind above ye'er head an tn staff
stuck so deep into We that maybe twill
take Dock O'Leary to get 1t out Ye
can't look ayether to tn right or left.
Ye can't see where ye're goin'. Ye'er
eyes ARE straight ahead. But IL that
banner goes ye're goin' with it. Hang
on, me frind. Tack tack Throw her
over. Bring her around. That's it
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The Modern Version.

~ ton, was condemning the perilous
monoplane that Is built only for speed.
Contemplating these frail 200-horse-
power monoplanes," he said, lone under
stands an anecdote that is circulating in
aerial circles.
"'You are putting the cart before the
horse one aviator said impatiently to
another.
Oh the other answered, be modern.
be up to date. Don't say I'm putting the
cart before the horse-sS I'm putting
the fall before the flight
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Her Proposal.

MISS ETHEL BARRYMORE. apropos
AvA Of leap year, told story ut the
Colony Club, in New York.
"A GIRL" she said, looked calmly ct
q caller one evening and remarked:
George, as 1t Is leap year
1.-THE caller turned rather pale.
AS it Is leap year, she continued.
and you have been calling regularly
now four nights a week for q long. long
time, George. I propose
I'm not In q position to marry on
my salary George broke In. hurriedly.
'|T know that well, George the girl
pursued. and SO, as It Is leap year. I
thought I'd propose that yQu lay OF and
give some Of the more eligible boys
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on I was looked upon as a valuable
speaker for the movement.
There followed narrowing days. The
police knew about our movement. The
shadow Of death or Of Siberia hung over
the heads of these young students con-
tnually. but still they went bravely about
their work. arousing the people to de-
mand freedom Of speech and the other
things Of which we were dreaming. About
80 per cent Of all the students in Russia
are in the movement.
Dozens Of times was present at meet
ings upon which the police and soldiers
swooped down, carrying off my comrades
to death or to the mines Of Siberia.
Sometimes they would simply shoot the
students in their rooms. | do not know
now of single other member Of our
body at Goldingen who has survived A
few, like myself. escaped, but l have
never heard of them again.
Gradually l gained a higher place in
the organization. Then came the famous
airy. 1908. Many of our organization were
shot down in the streets, both in the
capital and elsewhere. 1t was time of
great sorrow and fear for those of US
who were left.
Months passed-and then came the ia
nous! manifesto, in which all our de-
mands were granted. We were delirious
with JOY. How short-fved that joy was!
Within few days the police resumed
their old tactics Of breaking up our meet
ings and sending our comrades to ST.
IBERIA, and we knew instinctively that the
manifesto was not worth the paper 1t
was written on.
Gin January, 1905, a year from the IA
mous-the infamous-'Red Sunday the
word came to me through friends that
the police wanted me. / had been too &C.
tive for the cause. It was bitter cold
winters night, I remember, and as ]
Siberian mines were before my eyes. A
comrade drove to my lodgings with a
sleigh, and we went through the snow to
Riga, hundred miles away. There
was met by other friends. The question
was how to get me out OF the country
without passport.
1.-THE next night we walked down to
the wharves. We saw a number of bar
rels being loaded onto a steamer in the
harbor. We rolled one of them into the
shadow and took off its lid. The con-
tents we hid; then we made airholes in
the sides of the barrel. 1 placed in it my
small supply of food and water, and after
a final handshake with my good friends,
got inside. My friends fastened down the
lid, and then / could hear their footsteps
die away up the wharf"
Sanerib paused and gaZed out the win
dow at the quiet college campus. Then
he lighted a cigarette, shrugged his
shoulders and continued:
Those were close quarters, ! can tell
you. my friendS 1 stayed there all night
and part of the next day, on the wharf.
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alarums an cries Nv Here they come
firm tn childher. Fin'lly fellow
that's been up on a lamp post since 8
o'clock gives a shout. an befure We can
think, it's begun. Out in front on horse
back is tn chief marshal. Niver did
a horse cut up tn way that horse does.
1t waltzes first, thin it does a Jig, thin
it polkies over lords tn crowd till tn
ladies scream. Ye'd think it'd been
loaned be an inimy an is thryin' to
throw tn marshal off But is that hero
scared? Ye bet he amt. He sets as
aisy on tn deck Nv that animal as If
he was in a rockin' chair at home.
There's a supeeryor smile on his face.
He waves his baton at tn cheerin'
popylace. Be hivins, tn man cud ride
a ibex.
"Afther him comes his aids. A fine
body Nv horsemen, all but Clancy. Whin
he stops in front iv me he says: How
do I 1ook?' 'Ye look fne,' says I. But
pride goeth befure a fall says I. Go
on with ye' says he. This charger
cudden't throw me in hundherd years.
he says Well says I. I've r-read in
tn good book that tn proud will be
humbled an thin that ride on Pathrick' s
day will walk tn r-rest Nv tn week,
says,
Thin comes tn dhrum major with a
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sponsibility. This is tn day ye have
to carry tn big banner in the front iv
tn Roscommon men, an it's no siny-
cure. It takes a thoughtful man an
sthrong an sure footed man. an ye're
all that f'r little man. Dye mind tn
windy day in sivinty-four whin We
were blown acrost tn sthreet an down
into Clancy's cellar? Ye were the
comical sight. Ivry time I think iv 1t
l have to laugh But We weren't as bad
as Lonergan. They do tell me he was
carrid three blocks of tn line iv march
an SUSPENDED firm a sicond story
stoop.
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body is an Irishman on Pathrick's day
Schwartzmeister comes up wearin' a
green cravat an yard long green
badge an says. .Faugh- a-ballagh. Herr
Dooley.' which he thinks is Irish FIR
good mornin'.' But We niver can teach
him anything. He's been in this
country forty years an don't know tn
language.
Me good frind Ikey Cohen jines us.
an obsarve he's left tn glassware at
home an is wearin' emeralds in tn
front Nv his shirt Like as not along
will come little Hip Lung firm down
tn sthreet with a package Nv shirts
undher his arm an a green ribbon
in his cue.
"Over at ye'er house there hasn't been
SO much excitement since Chris mas
mornin'. Tn. childher ARE up befure
tn first milk wagon goes by an ye're
up an ar-round not long afther. FIR we
can't shleep With thinkin' Nv yeer re-
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flags with yellow harps on thin In ivry
window EXCEPT OLeary's, an he puts
out what he call tn pagan sunburst iv
that we followed befure we were con-
varied. He's tn tur-rble haythen, but
Father Kelly says: 'Niver mind him.
He's tn on'y citizen in TIL ward, EXCEPT
tn foreigners, that I have to thry to
convart,' he says. But FIR him. he
says, I'd frget all me argymints, may
be become soft an lose me punch.
Don't bother him. He keeps me in
intelechoo1 exercise he says. An he's
good man BESIDES he says. But ivry-
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an dauntless man can stick 1t out
But. dear me. tn Sixteenth Nv March
is long day. It's tn longest day In
tn year Haythen astronomers say
it Amt, but l know betther. An be
tn same token tn Sivinteenth Is tn
shortest. It's like a dhream. 1t don't
last more thin a minyit, but millyon
things can happen in it. Anyhow. 1t
comes ar-round at last. Nanny Nv me
frinds goes out to meet it. Not me.
mind We. But We can bet I'm standin'
on tn durestep waitin' rr it with me
pipe in me hand.
I'm woke up be a detachment Nv tn
A-Oh-Aitches firm Brighton Park
marchin' by with a la'ad BLOWN Garry
Owen on a ffe-a chune that's made
war a pleasure In ivry part Nv tn
wur-ruld. They've took no chances Nv
bein' left out Nv tn parade. but start
ed befure daybreak. All tn r-road is
kl-1.' y reeA There ARE green
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tits thrue, an he dhrove out tn snakes.
an a good job he made Nv both. but
he niver showed his sanity charackter
betther thin whin he fixed on tn Swim
teenth iv March FIR his birthday.
mo wan knows whin he was bor-rn
He wudden't tell, an no more wud L
But he was thoughtful an janyal
man, Hinnissy an says he to himsilf:
Nv coorse afther I've gone firm this
pleasant island to return no more tn
good people that come afther me will
want to cillybrate me birth. I've got
to fix a date FIR thin whin it won't be
a hardship. 1t must be a big day that
ivry wan1I look for'ard to with hope
an look back on with regret that it's
past So, bein' an injanyous man as
we'll as holy an well read in tn cal
endar, he named a day that was sure
to fall somewheres in tn middle Nv
Lent. An now about this time Nv tn
year I'm beginnin' to get tired Nv Lent.
It's a fine thing in its way an tits
betther an cheaper. thin that place
where ye'er boss gees whin he's had
too much to ate and dhrink-Carls-
bad. that's it-besides bein' good fr' tn
sowl as well as tn body.
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~ EVERYBODY has met the man
who proclaims that III my life
story was written up 1t would
make the greatest novel ever
printed" He is numerous. that
man. Frequently, he is woman. oh
most particularly do women feel that
their personal past is surcharged Win
material that would send Laura Jean
scurrying for her pen and paper
Not wishing to start anything-the gen.
tleman mentioned above Is usually wrong.
So is the lady. Their pasts are in no way
remarkable. The butcher, the dressmak-
er, the grocer's boy, have passed through
an existence much the same.
Here and there, however, a man walks
who has really experienced few SIX
best seller thrills in his day. He seldom
talks about them. He bats his dining
room for no popular authors. He yearns
for no Howard Chandler Christylization
of his personality on glazed paper
All of which is intended to bear the
earmarks of graceful lead to the story
of Jacob Sanerib, who now sits in a bare
little room on the hillside that supports
Tufts College at Medford, Mass, and be-
tween periods Of preparation for the NOR
rows courses occasionally looks BACK
on the cold winter night when he left
chairman, with the police only few laps
behind.
Romance? Adventure? Jacob Sanerib' $
youth was full of these glittering things.
The romance of fighting for liberty and
knowing that the police were coming for
you in the dark. The adventure of their
actually coming, of a weird trip across
seas, of a landing in strange countries.
All this part of youth-and much more
still to come, If you can trust the look
in Sanerib's eye when you ask when he
is going back.
In the dusk Of that plain little room
in peaceful Medford, with the lights of
other dormitories shining through the
snow, and with lovely so-eds and care
less undergraduates marking paths
across the campus below, Sanerib told
the story of his romantic flight from
Russia He went back to the beginning
where he was born, the son of laborer
on the place.
From the first" he said, II dreamed
OF scholars life. The hard work of
the farm. its drudgery. appalled, me. I
labored and / saved, until the wonderful
day when I had enough money to go up
to the school at Goldingen. 1t was my
ambition then to become teacher in the
elementary schools
"At Goldingen I first heard of the
student movement-the movement for
greater liberty in Russia. / was only
sixteen, but this revolt. which was
scarcely more than a whispered one,
moved me deeply. / became an active
worker for the cause, and as time went
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But about tn end Nv tn first month
/ began to feel that I'm too healthy an
far betther thin amy man ought to be
in this sinful wurruld. Sthrange things
happens to me- I find that I can lose
me temper an still keep enough f'r
quart with me best frinds. TIL sight
iv a fish hook makes me turin pale.
Eggs has lost their freshness. I re-
fuse credit to all me customers but tn
Jew an tn herytic, as q matther of
principle. When 60 to wind tn clock
] can't see if r'r lookin' at tn pipe
that 1 put on tn shelf back on Shrove
Choosdah. 1 wondher whether / can
last. / begin readin' up religious books
to see whether tn rewards is akel to
me heroic sacrifice. An I'm almost
ready to thrade in a couple Nv millyon
years fr wan pipe full iv kinnikinnick
whin tn corner iv me eye catches tn
date on tn top Nv q pa-aper.
IT'S on'y two day to Pathrick's day,
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SANERIB, THE RUSSIAN REVOLUT1ONIST.

Then the barrel that held me was swung
high into the air, and down into the hold
of the vessel. How long 1 stayed in my
cramped prison, munching my little sup
ply Of food, 1 had no idea at the time.
Later. I was told 1t was two days.
Il had learned before starting that the
ship was bound for Hamburg and other
Belgian ports. Time crept by-ah, well
I know who 1t is for whom time creeps
withal.' Then came a day when by the
sounds l judged We had reached an
other port. 1 forced my way out of the
barrel with the aid Of small saw l had
with me. But / saw that it was daylight,
and returned to my hiding place.
When night fell l came forth again.
l crept on deck. There was no moon,
and only few stars were showing in the
sky. To the starboard lay the lights of
the city: about one hundred yards away
l saw the dark outlines of a wharf, 1
crossed the deck without mishap, plunged
into the water. and swan ashore.
Il found myself in Hamburg. I could
not speak a word Of any foreign Ian
guage at that time, and for while led
a Wretched existence. I picked up odd
jobs on the docks. however, and eventual
ly found work at which I was able to
save money. With American as my goal
l saved, saved.
Eventually, had enough to make the
long journey. | came first to New York
and then to Boston. There set to work.
learning English and saving money in
order that could again take up my stud
les. 1t has been long struggle. For
five years I have saved. Now at last I
find myself at school again. but not in
the midst of such a struggle as knew in
my own country Russia is field of
war: every minute of the day the peo-
pie and the car fight. Here I am al
lowed to pursue my studies in Quteter
world. I am taking the engineering
course"
But some day." the reporter suggest
ed. you will go back to Russia"
II WILL" said Sanerib, his eyes flashing.
IT will go back disguised, il necessary.
love my country, and to assist in its
emancipation is my dream. For that I
would brave many dangers"
Then you would again take part in the
student movement"
Internationally. The platform Of the
student party is fair and just. It asks
shorter hours and higher wages: freedom
Of speech and Of association, and other
liberties so common in this country you
never think about them. There is little
freedom of association in Russia. II a
labor union becomes powerful 1t is or
dered to disband. Failure to do SO means
the arrest of the leaders and their ban
ishment to Siberia
Organizations are allowed to form, but
the moment they become important they
are suppressed. Insurance organizations
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'Th' first thing We ask whin We get
up is: What kind Nv fine mornin' is 1t ?
An tn good woman says: It's rainin'
pitchforks.' What's a little dampness
on such day. says y. Afther we've
had ye'er breakfast it's time to get out
tn hat. It's In a closet In a band box
an tn good wife has had tn dent
ir'ned out Nv 1t that little Packy kick
ed in it whin We put 1t on tn fiure Nv
tn pew on Christmas day. Ye thry it
on an ivry wan says It's most becom-
in an as good as new. Thin We hoist
on tn regalia. an out We go lookin'
like a whole pro-cissyon all be yeersilf
an with tn family noses flattened
agin tn window to see We start.
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bearskin cap on his head. an he'throws
tn stick to tn top iv Finucane's hall
an catches it on tn end iv his little
finger. Is that pah-pah?' says ye'er
youngest 1T is not says l. That
man is paid, an there amt money
enough in tn wurruld to pay ye'er
father FIR what he's goin' to do says L.
Hooray! There goes tn band. It's a
German band, Nv coorse. TIL pa-apers
laugh at us FIR that. but, faith, don't
see tn joke. " coorse, we've got to
hire Germans. What Irishman cud We
get to blow a little pickaloo on a day
like this? TIL on'y time I liver saw
an Irishman MUSICIAN in a Pathricks
day band he'd volunteered to play tn
bass dhrum. An want to tell we that
dhrum knew who was tn masther be-
fure tn day was over.