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Unexpscted detrimental.

Little Bilderson prided himself
upon his good appetite and his capac-
ity for amusing. He was dining with
a friend few nights ago. and did his
best 10 keep his host and hostess with
their six-year-old daughter amused,
and at the same time managed to dc
ample justice to the good things pro
vided. -Oh. dear. Mr.. Bilderson.- 10
marked the little one. after the guests
wittiest sally. Il wish you'd come herr
TO dinner every day" Bilderson pos
lively beamed satisfaction. DO you
dear?" he smiled ''Whyf" Cause
came the reply. as the observans
maiden glanced round the. tabl.A
cause there wouldn't be anything
cold to est tho next day
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colffure Modes.

Fringes both straight and curled
still persist, but only few strands
of hair are cut upon the forehead.
Puffs and curls are arranged from
back to front instead of following the
line Of the brow, and the dressing is
done very softly and with strong
bias in favor Of the side parting.
There are no longer any coils show
ing on the top of the head. but the
back is covered with puffs SO soft and
fat that they look like waves.
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Dress Notes.

Ribbons with the picot edge are
new, and it is usually very much cas-
Ter to twist crush belt out of them
than to make one out of piece ma.
terial.
Then gold and silver tissue stock
ings worn with strapped shoes rich.
ly jeweled ~ the toe and along the
strap are feature OF the evening
dress outfit Bright colors, principally
emerald. cerise, blue and a rich tone
Of rose. are much In evidence
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CHAPTER XIII.
Through 2 Tunnel.

Mrs. Jimmie Wellington. who had
travelled much abroad and learned in
England the habit of smoking in the
corridors of expensive hotels, had ac-
quired also the habit. as travellers do.
OF calling England freer than, Amer
lea She determined to do her share
toward the education. Of her Motive
country. and chose. for her topicA to-
bacco as feminine accomplishment.
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CHAPTER xxIl-(contInued).

He felt that he was the greatest sim
ner on earth, but worst Of all was the
fact that when he had fallen, the for
hidden brew was not sweet He was
inexperienced enough to sip 1t and 1t
was like foaming quinine on his pal
ate. But he kept at 1t from sheer
shame, and his luxurious transgres-
sion was its own punishment.
The doleful Mallory was on his way
to join the CLUB" Crossing the yes
thule he had met the conductor, and
had ventured to quiz him along the
old lines:
Excuse he, haven't you taken any
clergymen on board this train yeti"
Devil one
Don't you ever carry any preachers
on this road?"
Usually we get one or two. Last
trip we carried a whole Methodist
convention"
"A whole convention last trip! Just
my luck!"
The unenlightened conductor turned
to call back: Say. up in the forward
car we got couple of undertakers.
They be of any use to your"
mot yet
Then Mallory dawdled on into the
smoking room, where he found his
own porter, who explained that he
had been promoted to the bottlery."
Do we come to a station stop
soon?" Mallory asked.
well, not for a considerable inter-
val. Do you want to get out and walk
up and DOWN."
Il don't" said Mallory. taking from
under his coat Snoozleums, whom he
had struggled past the new conductor.
Meanwhile, Porter, could you give
him something to eat to distract
him?"
The porter grinned, and picking up
bill Of fare held it out II got a
meenuel. 1t amt written in dog, but
you can explain it to him. What would
20 canine desiah, sahf"
Snoozleums put out paw and NAL
Tory read what it indicated: He says
he'd like a filet Chateaubriand, but II
you have any old bones, he'll take
those" The porter gathered Snoozle-
ums in and disappeared with him into
the buffet. Mallory calling after him !:
Don't let the conductor see him"
DR.. Temple advanced on the dis.
consulate youth with an effort al
cheer: How is our bridegroom this
beautiful afternoon?"
horo,-xy DIanoaA - ~.
feel like rainbow gone wrong. Just
my luck to have to borrow from
everybody. Look at me! This collar
of Mr.. Welington's makes me feel like
peanut in rubber tire" He turned
to Fosdick.
Il say, Mr.. Fosdick, what size col
lar do you wear?"
fourteen and half" said Fosdick
Fourteen and a half!-why dom
you get a neck? You haven't got ,
plain white shirt, have you? Gu
English friend lent me this, but I'll
purple, and Mr.. Ashton's socks ar
maroon, and this peacock blue tie Il
very unhappy"
II think can fit you out" said Eos
dick.
"And If you had an extra pair O
socks" Mallory pleaded-"just on
pair of Unconditional socks
"I1l show you my repertoire"
"All right, I'll see you later" Thel
he went up to Wellington, with mucl
hesitance of manner by the way
Mr.. Wellington. do you suppose Mrs
Wellington could lend Miss-Mrs.-
could lend Marjorie, some-some-"
Wellington waved him aside witt
magnificent scorn: Il am no longe
in Mrs. Wellington's confidence"
ooh, excuse me-" said Mallory. HI
had noted that the Wellingtons occu
pied separate compartments, but 70
all he knew their reason was las re
mantle as his own.
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The writer only few years ago knew this cultivated
cOnheld but it is little city with paved
ganothc sidewalks system works. cleo
trio lights and all the other which go make
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-18
MRS. HOKE SMITH, WIFE OF THE
JUNIOR SENATOR FROM GEORGIA

right to the door of people advantages
they had to journey cityward to get. 1t
keeps the country boys and girls in their
own environment instead of bringing
them away from home and its traditions
and into temptations to which their youth
and ineXperience make them ready vic
TINS
Mrs. Smith has always been the COM
panion and helpmate Of her husband. and
she is keenly concerned in every ques-
ton which relates to the state of Georgia.
She says that every native of the state
who is descended from the original set
tiers should cultivate this spirit. for
Georgia was founded in a benevolent and
philanthropic spirit for the poor OF Lon
don and for the prosecuted religious
sects of the continent of Europe. She
is fond Of studying it's history, especially
that which relates to noted religious
movements. John and Charles Wesley
and George Whitfield visited Georgia
during their American tour and founded
an orphanage at Bethesda, near Savan-
nah. Mrs Smith comes from people who
were among the early colonists and who
responded to the call TO arms after the
Continental Congress had declared its
independence July 1, 1I16. Georgia in
dependence at the Congress, something
of which her people are very proud, and
she had three signerS, Lyman Hall,
George Walton and Button Gwinnett.
Senator and Mrs. Hoke Smith are re-
siding this winter ut the Cochran, where
several Georgians are already residing.
among them Judge and Mrs. Charles
Bartlett. Next winter they intend to
take house. as Mrs. Smith is hospitable
and delights in the kindly informal en-
PERTAINING for which the southern woman
is noted. Mrs. Smith is seeing only her
personal friends, but these seem a legion.
while Miss Lucy performs all the duties
of receiving the public and making the
senatorial calls. She is engaging the as
sistance of her sister debutantes in the
senatorial set. and all seem to be enjoy
ing the experience. Mrs. Smith expects
a long visit from her eldest daughter,
Mrs. Ransom, next month. Mrs. Ran
som, then Mary Brent Smith was one OF
the popular little girls In the cabinet
circle and often the playmate of Mrs.
Cleveland's eldest daughter, now dead.
and OF the little daughters Of Mrs. Har-
mon and OF Mrs. Lamont. Nearly all
the cabinet families In her day had
young children, says Mrs. Smith, and
they had very good times together. 1t
is the exception now. Only Mrs Nagel
and Mrs. Fisher In the present coteris
may claim that distinction.
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bould. fghtin' speeches. Says tn
Marques Nv Monaghan: Me ancestors
shed their blood. or anyhow rented land
an sold groceries fr this country, an
no man IS second to me in lilety to tn
British crown. but I say this. that II
tn governmint Nv Great Britain passes
a bill that will mako 1t more difflcuIt
f'r me to come over here FIR tn shootin'
I mesilf will lead an ARMY " five
millyon armed Ulster men that will
disolate this island. cross tn Irish sea,
march on London. an set fire to Buck
in'ham palace I am no bigot,' he says,
AN I will not appeal to ye'er prejudices
This is a purely pollytickal question,
an I wudden't inthrjooce relijon into
1t. So I merely say, Here's to King
Willum, Nv gloryous mim'ry! Confusion
to tn Pope an down with brass money
an wooden shoes Says tn Jock il
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parlymint he had for him an how
nanny he had again him, an says he
to himself: BE Jove' he says, If tn
Irish don't vote with us we'll all lose
our jobs he says. So he sinds FIR Jawn
Redmond an says he: Jawn,' he says.
I intind to share tn fruits iv our glory
GUS victhry with ye.' he says. Our
gloryous victhry.' says Jawn Redmond.
Go on he says. Yes says tn prime
ministher. TIL Lib'ral party is dis
posed to be gin'rous with it's loyal
allies he says. I've prepared program
that I think will suit We. Listen to
this: A larger navy. restoration iv tn
statue Nv Oliver Cromwell, repairs on
Canterbury cathedral. army increase, and
f1n'lly free passes fr all Irish members
to tn British museem' 'Ye're curiosity
overpowers me- says Jawn Redmond.
But, We see, mesilf an me frinds ARE
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how big a measure it'll be. Jawn has
lived so long in London that he may
not know how much freedom tn Irish
can stand. We've got pretty good heads
FIR this here form iv intoxicant, an
hope We'll get at least quart. Freedom
is like dhrink, Hinnissy. If We take
amy at all We might as we'll take
enough to make We happy f'r awhile.
We'll. thin tn news got to tn boys
that dig with tn wrong fut there was
tn divvle an all to pay. Ivry Orange
man in tn shipyard dhropped his tools
on top Nv his fellow workman Nv tn
thrue faith an whit out to start TIL
revolution. Thereve been gran ructions
ivrywhere. an I'll say this FIR thin
that made th1m-f'r they're fellow
counthrymen iv ours, though nayther
1v US wud condesind to admit it FIR
wan minyit-I say this they were gran.
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His Real Motive.

zen. F. D. GRANT. at a Washing
~ toms birthday dinner in New York
some years ago. told a story about a
young Boston tory.
This tory" he said. fought during
the revolution neither on one side nor
on the other He took a pleasure trip
on the continent. and he didn't come
back home again until the war was
over.
"He was treated very coldly by socie.
ty on his return. and this grieved his
good old mother to the heart
The dear old lady tried to explain
the matter one afternoon to a Boston
belle.
Naturally, as the head Of the fami-
ly.' she said. my son could not take
part In the war. To him fell the duty.
perhaps the more arduous duty. of
protecting his mother and sisters and
looking after the interests OF the
estate
oh, madam said the belle. with an
icy smile, you need not explain. I as
sure you I'd have done exactly as your
son did--Tm such coward. ="
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lie go quietly? I'll help We. Come, me
good fellow. Ye won't? Thin. Sander
son. take that. an that. an also these,'
1T makes me a young man again to
think iv It.
TIL way tn greatest joke that liver
happened in tn wurruld come about was
this way. I needn't be tellin' ye how
long we've been sthrugglin' to get home
rule. We thried ivry kind Nv persuasion
frim talkin' gently to tn English gov
ernmint to putin a charge Of 5oynt
powdher undher their chairs. TIL last
argymint was tn best but Englishmen
ARE awful unapproachable II thy've
got something ye want. so It wasn't
often aisy to get near enough to thry
10 convince thin this way. But wan
day afther an uiction tn British prime
Ininisther took out pencil an pa-aper
81 figured out how many votes n
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they're good songs an we sing thin
with jovyality. But tits different with
tn Orangeman. He has a rale feelin'
again us. Not always, mind We. Ye
well know that we live on tn best Nv
terms with thin most Nv tn year IT'S
ony whin their disagreeable nature
crops out that there's throuble. 1 well
reminder whin come first to tn
Ar-rchy road there was an Orangeman
kept tn grocery store on tn next corner.
man be tn name Nv Foster. an as
good little fellow as iver ye see. He
was q great frind Nv mine, but twas
twinty to wan that If I whit by his
store on Pathrick's day singin' The
Wearin' Nv tn Green nachrally, dye
mind, lords him, he'd throw something
at me out fv a window; and not wanst
but dozen times he's been SO insultin'
an imitatin' on tn Twelfth il July that
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MRS. SMITH Is in Mourn
AvA ing and Her Health Is
Somewhat Fragile-She Is
Placing Her Social Duties in
the Hands of Her Debutante
Daughter, Miss Lucy Hoke
Smith-She Is Receiving a
Cordial Welcome From Hun
dreds of Personal Friends
Made During Her Former
Residence.
BY MARGARET b. DOWNING.
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Ballyho: It's thirty-fve years since I've
been in Ireland. but whin I heerd Nv
this odjous measure I FASTENED firm
Monty Carlo to be prisint at this meet
ing. I think tn noble lord undheres-
Inmates tn ARMY we will raise. It
will be at Taste swim millyon five
hundherd thousan'. But we must
sthrike at wanst There must be no
delay. I have an engagement in tn
south Nv France FIR tn first Nv March,.
TIL meetin' thin sang Croppies Lie
Down. 'Boyne Wather.' an other
naytional anthems an adjourned.
"'Tis sthrange thing, Hinnissy, how
tn Orangemen keep their prejudices an
ARE still singin' thin foolish old songs
about things that happened hundherds
iv years ago. Thrue, we sing 'ODonnell
Aboo' an TIL Sham Van Voight,' but
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strangers over here an have no in
sular prejudices about what party we
belong to. Bein able to pick an choose,
we've decided that tn Tory party looks
tn most tasty he says. 'Ah.' says tn
prime ministher. there's another thing
/ frgot- How wud We like home ruler
says he Well. says Jawn. now that
ye mintion 1t tn subjeck has crossed
me mind. But whinr he says. How
wud nineteen hundherd an sixty sthrike
We" says tn prime ministher. Per
fectly, says Jawn Redmond But ys
must excuse me. have an engagement
at Tory headquarters at two, an it's
now wan-forty-five.' he says. IF that's
tn case says tn prime minister. let's
shed our coats now an get down to
business What dye want? he says
so we're goin' to have what they call
measure is home rule. l doat know
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en- and inviting my daughter to their
parties 1t is hopeful sign that so
many OF the small playmates Of my chill
dren recall those days and renew the
friendship at the first opportunity. OF
course. they have all outgrown any re-
membrance of each other, but they like
TO cling to the old ties.
This reminds me Of one of the pleas
ATTEST experiences in my life while here
before. My husbands mother was nam
ed Mary Brent Hoke, in compliance with
promise made between her father,
Henry Hoke, and his college chum, Will
liam Brent of Maryland. These two
agreed that their first daughter should
be called Mary Brent and Mary Hoke,
with the last name Hoke and Brent.
Remembering the compact, l named my
first little girl after her grandmother,
Mary Brent Smith. 1 was given a re-
former residence here, and in the after
noon there arrived the most beautiful
cluster of Parma violets 1 had ever
seen. They We're sent by the grand
knowing the family friendship and that
each family had kept the given name of
the other during all these years, desired
to make my acquaintance. L nave met
many other Brents since then, all re-
lated to the William Brent who was the
most cherished friend of my husband
grandfather
Mrs. Smith delights In all the old as
sociations, especially those relating to
her children or her knspeople. She
has carefully looked up all the
small children about her former
home and has been disappointed
when she discovered any moved away or
in some cases long dead. Between Miss
Lucy Hoke Smith and Miss Amy Rich
ardson, daughter of DR.. and Mrs. Charles
w. Richardson. there exists the warmest
friendship, and it began through the
doctor, who when attending Miss Lucy
during a serious illness brought his own
little girl to keep the invalid company.
The young children formed a deep at
tachment for each other and have cor
responded faithfully during all these In
tervening years, though they have rarely
met The first amenity which Mrs. Hoke
Smith accepted for her daughter was the
breakfast and musical given by Miss
Amy Richardson soon after the Smiths
arrived in Washington for the winter.
Mrs Smith is the daughter Of Gen.
Thomas Reed Root Cobb Of Jefferson
county who was killed at the battle OF
Fredericksburg. Va. December ID, 1852.
tinguished jurists Of Georgia and wrote
the digest of the statute laws Of that
commonwealth. together with number
of other books of supreme legal and po-
litical Importance such as The History
of Slavery From the Earliest Periods
and Inquiry Into the Law Of Negro
Slavery in the United States.' In the
Confederate Congress he was chairman
on military affairs, but resigned his seat
in the legislative body to become an Of
iicer on the field. His military career
was as brilliant as his political record
and his Yntimely end was considered
staggering blow to the southern cause.
Mrs Smiths uncle was Howell Cobb,
who served eight years as member of the
lower house from his home city, Athens,
and was Speaker of the House for one
term. He was elected Governor of
Georgia in 1851, and from 1857 was Sec
rotary OF the Treasury under President
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tellin' about our rivoluchions fr
cinchry. Sir Ed Carson TIL INTREPID
lawyer who is at tn head iv tn blood
thirsty movement, will say: We had
ten millyon Ulsthermen ARMED to tn
teeth ready to use at a signal An
why didn't they?' They were pinched
be tn constablry.' FIR ye can put this
in ye'er little book that no rivoluchion
iver succeeded that didn't have tn polls
with It,"
AN so,' said Mr.. Hennessy, we've
got thin with us at last. We aren't
goin' to get anything out ~ 1t afther
all these years Nv oppression"
WELL said Mr.. Dooley. II think We
ought to stop all Orange procissyons on
tn twelfth iv July in tn INTERESTS Nv
peace an ordher."
''That'd be grand said Mr.. Hennessy.
Copyright, 1912, by Finley Peter DunneD
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I've had to chase him blocks down tn
sthreet.
"Rellijon is a quare thing. Be itsilf
it's all right. But sprinkle a little
pollyticks into it an dimynite is bran
flour compared with it. Alone it pre-
pares a man f'r bether life. Combined
with pollyticks it hurries him to 1t.
Dye suppose tn old la-ads who started
all these things goin' cinchries ago had
amy rellijon? Divvle tn bit tn like
iv thin liver had thin or now. They
wanted to get a piece Nv land or
bunch Nv money an they knew they
cudden't get anybody to lave home an
fight just be sayin' want land and
money That wudden't make much in
battle cry. So they made a rellijous
issue out Nv it. They said to tn likes
iv you an me: That fellow over there
thinks we ARE goin' to hell whin you
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liver he is Nv Roscommon off tn potato
patch that his father chased ye'er
father off fifty years ago. That's why
he is singin' 'Lilibulero' an tearin' up
tn pavemint.
But I'm afraid nawthin' will come
Nv it but more wurruk FIR tn sthreet
department Nv Belfast an Londonderry.
I'll sleep with me pike alongside me
bed an be ready to go over at minyit's
notice. But I'll not be needed. There's
hardly a chanst that there'll be amy
fun. Our angry little frinds frim over
beyant will have to go back to wurruk
whin tn whistle blows an save their
rellijon fr SUNDAYS an their pollyticks
FIR holidays. TIL jocks an tn earls will
go home to England, an in a few years
yen hear tn same tired joke about
this rivoluchion that tn boys who tell
tn old, old vans at dinner have been
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die. Ye take his life an I'll take his
land an his money
Il don't blame tn jocks an tn mar
quesses an tn earls f'r bein' cross
about home rule. Business in their line
has been bad fr some time an nanny
iv tn Irish peers has had to go to
wurruk sellin' wine or marryin' Amer
lean heiresses. But yed wondher why
a hero that's calkin' seams or forgin'
bolts in a Belfast shipyard wud care
who ruled Ireland. But he's got an idea
in his head that If tn fellows that lead
US took holt they'd do tn same to him
that his leaders did to US whin they
were on top. He can see himsilf goin'
to whativer kind Nv haythen sarvice
TIL Prisbyteryans have in barn an
little Presbyterian boys larnin' their
a-b-abs behind a hedge, an you, Hin
Missy, chasin' TIL Jock or Earl or what
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GNATOR II o X u
SMITH has among
other distinctions
the honor Of being
a former member
Of a cabinet now
serving in the up
per house. Time
was when the Sen
ate seemed the
logical promotion
for one who had
sat at the preT-
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Yell need wan ye'ersilf befure long,"
said Mr.. Dooley. IF we're goin' by tn
clan rooms on ye'er way home plays
dhrop in an look in tn closet an see
If there amt few old vans left TIL
pay FIR sharpenin' an Frightening thin
up. What'll we do with thin, says We?
Ye'd betther be readin' tn pa-apers.
Why. befure Pathricks day it's a sure
thing yell get a writin' firm Jawn
Redmond himsilf orderin' We to report
fr jooty in Dublin to PROTECT tn au-
thority " tn crown again the seditious
uprisin' in tn north. Ye wudden't go
f'r amy such purpose. says We? Well.
thin, I'll put it more to yeer likin'
He'll be calm on We to report fr jooty
to knock the heads off iv lot Nv
Orangemen that ARE thryin' to prevint
Ireland frim gettin' home rule Aha.
/ knew thatd get We. Now will We go
fetch TIL pixies? / was sure We wud.
4 X
How he'd inTye IT, He'd be over there
now dhrillin' tn boys. He always said
he got more good out Nv fightin' an
Orangeman thin wan Nv tn right sort,
because he niver felt sorry rr 1t tn
day afther. TIL only regret he'd have
about tn prisint ruction is that he'd
have tn polls on his side. He wudden't
like that much. an 1T might make him
lukewarm. But 1 don't mind 1t at all
FIR five hundred years, more or less, ye
an me- Hinnissy, have had tn mercinary
polls an sojers takin' hand again us
in our neighborly rows. an now thin
splindid bodies Nv men ARE goin' to
be with us. Think Nv 1t, me boy!. We
won't rely on thin intirely. dye mind
We're goin' to have some fun out Nv
this triumph afther nve cinchries Nv
OPPRESSION. Twill be with us as 1t was
with thin whin they had tn right
First throw tn rock an thin say:
Officer. in tn name iv tn king-it may
choke me, but I'll say 1t II it's only
FIR tn pleasantry-'off1cer. in the name
~ tn king, arrest that man! His father
dhropped a monkey wrench on me
uncie's head in tn year forty-two. Won't
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Mrs. Smith resided all her unmarried
life in the home Of her ancestors in
Athens. 1t was during visit to an elder
sister, married and living in Atlanta,
that she met young Hoke Smith, strug-
CLING lawyer of that rising southern
town. It seemed case of love at first
Sight. but lawyers in the south were not
finding gold nuggets at every corner,