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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-12
The Age of the Speculative.

From the New York Times.
Ours is the age of the superlative. The
world seems to be bent on breaking rec
ords in every field of human endeavor.
The biggest ships. the fastest ships the
largest guns. the greatest speed in flight
and travel are striven for. A french
aviator has reached an altitude of Is.
feet, more than three and third miles,
but every body knows that he will not
hold the record long Chicago is paying
81 per hundredweight for beef on the
hoof. but the price will be 80 before
Christmas. The new building on the site
Of the Equitable Assurance Society's
burned structure Is to be the biggest In
the world, and as large as the three
biggest buildings in New York put to-
gether.
There is a sort of qualification in the
contemplation of big things, even big
prices, and there is not much significance
n the reflection that bigness is not every
thing OF course, it is not. But the les
son in the legend of the Tower of Babel
will never be Needed. We are going to
have bigger ships. bigger guns. higher
flights. faster railroad travel. still larger
buildings. before our craze for the super
latiye is cured We will spend the larg-
est sums of money ever expended since
the world began to get glory OF this KIND
before we are content. We know well
that there are better kinds of glory. but
the age of the superlative must take It's
course There Is no novel text Tor
sermon in this.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-12
Neglected Children.
lone Progress Magazine.


Wholesome neglect is about tie best
Aind of care child can receive she
said. And my children have all had
plenty of it,
The other mother was 30 impressed by
the words of the mother of the seven
healthy children that she actually began
to practice "a little bit of wholesome
neglect with her own eWe-lamb. One day
the little girl came running to her with
cut finger. Formerly that mother
would have called in a physician to bind
up the cut. But having decided to make
use of wholesome neglect she merely
took cut her handkerchief. wrapped il
around the child finger. dried her tears
and told her To run bac9 TO her play.
The mother of the seven children hap
pened to BE- present. When the little girl
~. THAT is a very dangerous way TO
treat cut. Do YOU usually follow that
pTactice2
No" replied the other mother; Il
usually send for the doctor But / am
following your example, anj using whole
some neglect"
The other mother meditated a moment !;
and then she said. 1T is not necessary I
think. TO call in a doctor when a child
cuts her finger: but to bind il UP with a
handkerchief that has been carried even
Tor a few hours. exposed to dust. and
not 10 cleanse the finger thoroughly be-
fore b!nding il up al all seems 10 me. if
| may 50, 10 he not wholesome but 'uu-
wholesome neglect. So many persons"
size vent on. confuse wholesome with
'i!nN holes ONE gttCt. ! don't blame
them II all: il il hard always to know
ti.e one from the other"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-12
Stage Realism.
Ie Cincinnati Times-Stsr.

From the Cincinnati TimesStar.
The stage realism that invariably
proves most popular is the kind that re-
produces. as truthfully stage art will
permit, the most familiar scenes.
The success Of a recent play in New
York seems to have been founded very
largely upon one scene. The plot Is not
strikingly original nor is the acting much
above the ordinary, according to the crit
les. Nevertheless, the frst-night audi
ence, as well succeeding audiences, en-
Enthusiastically approved the offering be-
cause of its final scene, showing the in
terror of a restaurant.
OF course. the stage restaurant Is moth
ing new. The Broadway palace and the
Partisan cafe have furnished material
many times for the producer and scene
painter. But this restaurant was dif-
ferent 1t was a restaurant that every
one knew. one-any one-of a chain or
famous moderate-price eating houses, al
most as familiar to comparative stlan-
gers in the city as TO New Workers them
selves. Therefore. every one applauded
vigorously. Notwithstanding that he or
she. by walking not more than two blocks
and investing a sum not exceeding one
tenth the price of a theater ticket, could
readily have seen the real thing, with
light lunch thrown i'm.
After all, Zangwilrs servant girl. who
when she went to the theater always
wanted to See a PAPER mache imita lion
of locomotive, or something quite as
commonplace, was not freak. Most
theatergoers are very much like her IN
their tastes. They prefer reproductions
of what they know to reproductions or
what they don't know. even though the
latter may be far more artistic and
should be more appealing to the eye liz
is the familiar things that grip the
strongest when il comes to stage realism.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-12
Why the Germans Lead.
From Harper's Weekly.

From Harpers weekly
An American manufacturer who had
wondered at the success of his German
competitors was struck by certain big,
flaming official-looking posters on the
billboards and around public buildings
i'm Berlin. He might have seen similar
Dosters i'm every town and city in Ger
many Twice year these omclal posters
summon the youth of the land to oblig-
atory attendance at the trade and COM
merciaI schools Indirectly. they tell
why the American or English manufac-
turer finds in the German such danger
Gus competitor. They reveal the secret
of Germany's wonderful commercial and
industrial prosperity and of her COM
manding position as world power. 10
the philosophically inclined they suggest
interesting reflections on the transforma-
ton of Germany from. nation OF ideal
lists and dreamers into a nation OF ma
terialists and doors
There is scarcely anything In all Ger
many so new and modern as the contln-
uation of schools. This whole movement
and in it's present form the continuation
school is child Of yesterday. These in
situations receive from the nation more
care and solicitude than is bestowed upon
the children of the imperial family. They
are still In a rapid process of change
and development Their very success has
encouraged further changes and more
stringent legislation in their behalf. 1t
Is only rev years ago tHat an HHpeiioi
industrial law was passed giving cOmmu-
mites authority to establish and main
tain obligatory continuation schools for
youths, thus making good the failure of
certain German state governments to
provide for such schools by state law.
One of the last acts Of the old reichstag
last December was to amend this law
so as to make 1t apply to all girls en-
ployed in offices. stores and factories. as
we'll as to boys. The whole subject is
still SD new and fresh that every day
the German press has some interesting
item of continuation school news-the
opening of more domestic science schools
for girls. the establishment of training
colleges for continuation school teachers.
the publication of new laws and minis
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-12
Teaching Irish Tongue.

During the week the competitions were
carried through NTH rotunda, and it
was interesting the watch the motley
gathering. There were old men from the
south or west who perhaps had never be-
fore ventured twenty miles beyond their
homes. There were troops of children
from the Dublin schools. and girls and
lads from country Gaelic classes. There
were whole families of Irish speakers
transported IN one body from the Gaed
healacht 10 win prize in their native
idiOm.
Many of the competitions were inter-
spersed with jokes and apt remarks. for
the Gael has not Yet lost his quick wit
and mental subtlety. In an upper room
of the rotunda the Ard Theis discussed
the question of Irish in the Gaedheaiacht,
of the adequate teaching of Irish In the
schools throughout the country, of the
necessity of having Irish speaking Of
fic:als and other questions of policy. and
a firm decision was arrived at that at all
costs the language must be saved in
those districts where it is still spoken.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-12
The Old and the New.
John Burroughs. in the Atlantic.

John Burroughs. in the Atlantic
The beauty and joy Of life in the old
world is a reflection from the past or
pre-scientific age. to a degree Of which
we have little conception. In spite Of
our wealth of practical knowledge. and
our unparalleled advantages (perhaps by
reason of these things, since humility OF
spirit is a flower that does not flourish
among such rank growths). life in this
country is undoubtedly the ugliest and
most materialistic that any country or
age has ever seen. Our civilization is
the noisiest and most disquieting, and the
pressure Of the business and industrial
spirit the most maddening and killing,
that the race has Yet experienced
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-12
GAMBLERS DEATH
BYBECKER'S ORDER
Continued From First Page)
WALTON and Pitt. They came in ma
chine.
Gathering of Murder Crew.

valIon and Pitt. They came in a ma
chine
Gathering of Murder Crew.
Pitt has been described as Becker's
press agent.
Rose testified that Vallon Schepps and
himself went to nth street and I'd ave-
nue. and got an automobile. Then they
went to "Dago Franks" house.
II asked Frank where the rest Of the
crowd was Rose continued. He said
he had received a message to come down
town to 'Bridgie' Webber's place. We
went there and saw Bridge 'Gyp the
Blood, Lefty Louie, and Whitley Lewis
on the sidewalk. We all went up into
Bridges place and had drinks Bridge
said: Herman Rosenthal Is at the Metro
pole. Everybody got up then and went
out
who went out?"
Lefty 'Gyp' Whitley 'Dago Frank
and 'Bridgie.' l stayed behind and was
waiting when word came in that Rosen-
thai had been shot"
Reported Murder to Becker.
Rose said he went then to the Lafayette
baths and telephoned to Becker.
Did you hear the news?' 1 asked him
Yes Becker said. L congratulate
YOU
| asked Becker.
II got it from newspaper man., he
said
Are you coming down town. l asked
him.
I'll be right down. he replied
That was about 2::,0 o'clock, Rose said.
Becker came down "about dawn and
met Rose on the sidewalk with BRIDGE
Webber near 'Bridgie's'' gambling place.
- am glad it's done, Becker said.
Becker said he was late in coming
down. Rose added. because he had
senthaTs body.
Would Have Cut Tongue Out.
If it wasn't for District Attorney
Whitman being there I'd have reached
around and cut his tongue out Becker
liberately Don't worry, Jack, Becker
told me. The only thing to do now is
to lay low till it blows over
Rose said he hid at Harry Pollocks
home with Sam Schepps. Rose tele-
phoned Becker and was told not to worry
but to stay where he was. Becker told
him, Rose continued, that he should sign
an affidavit saying that he (Rose) had
advanced the 81 800, which Becker loaned
Rosenthal
Il told Becker it was a poor thing to
do. now that the man was murdered"
Rose said, hut he insisted. At mid
night he sent his lawyer, John w. Hart,
with the affidavit l signed it,
At this point recess was taken.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-12
THE COURTS.


proceedings after The Stars report
closed yesterdayD
No. 2400. Chicago Film Exchange agt
Motion Picture Patent Company: argu
ment concluded by Mr.. William j. Wal
lace for appellant
No, 24O1. Fowler agt. Cotton State
Lumber Company; argument commenced
by Mr.. W. c. Balderston for appellant
continued by Mr.. v. II. Wallace for ap-
pellee. and concluded By Mr.. W. c. Bal
derston for appellant
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-12
The Revised Menu.
N the Cleveland Plain Dealer.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Here, waiter. whats the matter with
your bill of fare? 1 can't find any beef
steak on it,
Yes, sah. That's right sab. Beef
steak comes under the general head OF
an 'eXtra'-three dollars extra. Yes, sah."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-12
WEATHER..
Showers Tonight and Colder; Sun
day Fair and Colder.

For the District Of Columbia, showers
this afternoon or tonight. colder; Sum
day fair, colder: moderate southwest
to west winds. =
The West Indian disturbance men,
toned Friday night is apparently CEN
trail south of western Cuba and north
west Of Jamaica. AS yet nothing def
mite as to it's character is known
me southwestern storm has moved
rapidly to the nOrtheastward of Lake
Superior. with steadily increasing in
the central valleys and from the lake
region eastward. with high winds in
the upper lake and western lower lake
region. In the west and south the
weather was generally fair.
High temperatures continue in the
lower lake region and the Atlantic and
gulf states, while in the Mississippi and
Missouri valleys and the central and
southern plains states it is considerably
colder. In the extreme west tempera-
lures are nearly normal.
There will be rain tonight in the
lower lake region. the middle Atlantic
states and New England. followed by
fair weather Sunday. except in north
ern New England. Elsewhere east of
the Mississippi river the weather will
be fair tonight and Sunday, except in
Florida, where there will be showers.
1t will be colder tonight and Sunday
from the lake region southwark into
the interior of the southern states. and
Storm warnings are displayed on the
great lakes, except western Superior.
The winds along the New England
coast will be brisk to moderately high
south to southwest; on the middle At
lantic coast brisk southwest to west;
on the south Atlantic coast light to
moderate. mostly northeast; on the east
gulf coast light to moderate north to
northeast.
Records for Twenty-Four Hours.
The following were the readings OF
the thermometer and barometer at the
weather bureau for the tWenty-four
hours beginning at pm. yesterday:
Thermometer-Yesterday. pm, "a;
am, Sc; 8 am. 6S; IL noon. 81; 2 pm.
81. Maximum, So, at 2 pm. yesterday;
minimum IS. at am. today.
Temperature same date last year
Maximum. 81; minimum, So.
Barometer Yesterday; pm. 5000;
8 pm. 3O.07: IL midnight. 1905; today
am 1902: 8 am, 3O.O3; IL noon,
Condition of tbs Water.
Temperature and condition of water
at am: Great Falls-Temperature
sc; condition, Z. Dalecarlia reservoir
Temperature. 68; condition at north
connection, Z; condition at south con-
nection, 10.
Tide Tables.
Today-Low tide, 1916 am. and 3.27
p.m; high tide. $40 am. and 1924 pm.
Tomorrow-Low tide, 4:02 am. and
4:12 pm; high tide, 1858 am. and 1910
pm
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rose. 6:07 am; sun sets,
5:26 pm.
Tomorrow-Sun rises, sos am.
Moon sets $50 pm. today.
The City Lights.
Public electric arc and electric mean
descent lamps are lighted fifteen min
utes after sunset and extinguished
forty-five minutes before sunrise; pub
lie gas lamps lighted twenty minutes
after sunset and entinguished forty
minutes before sunrise. Naphtha light
ing service has been discontinued.
Up-River Waters.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
HARPERS FERRY. w. Va. october
12.-Potomac and Shenandoah rivers
both clear this morning.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-12
Slightly Unconventional.

From the Clevelsnd Plain Dealer.
Extract from an electrocution story in
a western newspaper: I'm few
moments all was in readiness. and as
the chaplain was closing an invocation
1000 volts of electricity was sent through
his body"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-12
The Explanation.

From the Boston Transcript.
Autoist-I haven't paid a cent for re-
pairs on my machine i'm all the ten
months I've had ii.
Friend-So the man who did the re-
pairs told me. s,zs ...-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-12
sion. Atlantic feet, has been transferred
from the New Jersey to the Virginia.


movements Oh N6Vdl vcSSelS.
The New Hampshire. Alabama. Pet
rel and Biddle left the navy yard. New
York. for North river. New York.
The New Hampshire. Alabama. Petrol.
Biddle, Ajax, Vixen, South Carolina.
Reid. Flusser. Lamson, Preston. Smith.
Paulding. Drayton. Roe, Terry. Perkins.
Sterett, Wake. Patterson. Ammen. Bur.
rows, Monaghan. Trippe. Jenkins. Jouett
and Tanning arrived at North river.
The Arethusa left Key West for Port
Arthur. The Iroquois left Mare Island for
Port Jacksonville. The Rocket arrived at
Washington. The Maryland arrived at
Bremerton. The Supply and F-3 left
Seattle for San Francisco. The Beale left
Philadelphia for New York. The Monte
rey. Pompey, Alexander. Barry. Chauncey
and Dale left Olongapo for Manila. The
Monterey Pompey, Alexander, Barry,
Chauncey and Dale arrived at Manila.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-12
The Auto Hobo.

From the Pittsburgh Post
What's the trouble?''
There's tramp at the door with a
rickety automobile. Wants to know If
we can give him an old set;of tires
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-12

Partisan women, We are told. include
the Spartan rule Don't gossip among
their ads to beauty. Some women find
no sacrifice too great in their efforts to
attain beauty.-Denver Times.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-12

Bar S1IFtr truf. sHIiH pet OUNCE.
NoHcy- Faa2 !cr cent.
The rate of discount In the open market for
hdrt Hills IL 4eii. per cent
tn rate " discount Ina the opPu market for
hHee menih hills * Az per cent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-12
Carried the Cree1s.

In former times. before the collection
and distribution of fish at central mar
kets had become the extensive and
hourishing business which, aided by
railways. il as today it was customary
for the fshermen's wives and daugh-
tiers to do large part of the selling
eltner by trudg1ng many miles to the
nearest market town with "creels'
wicker baskets) full of fish on their
lacks. or by perambulating the neigh
toring district and cadging the fish
10 house doors.
n very picturesque sight, indeed, was
Il "hsherwife" as thus seen in market
or street or. country road. arrayed in
Voluminous skirts of thick cloth and
wearing spotless white mulch or
cap. 8. The pleasing figure may yet be
encountered occasionally in rural dis
tTicts. but it has we'll nigh disappear
ed from the towns. vanishing before
the adoption of quicker methods of sale
and delivery. Modern developments of
the fishing industry, however. SO far
II ON curtailing the employment of
women, have extended it.
Very large numbers of women are
now employed by the wholesale fish
merchants and tish curers in the big
towns in the various processes of
cleaning. packing and curing. In Aber
deem, for example, that city having be-
come very important fishing center.
over Zoo women are so engaged. the
detailed report of the last census
enumerating among them III married
women and 129 widows.
Expert Woman Workers.
Not all the women thus employed be-
long to the fisher class, of course
the business has swollen to such dimen-
sions that workers have to be drawn
from other sections of the community.
But fisher iasses still form a large
proportion of the women employed in
ing herrings. Immediate despatch is
'the keynote of the herring trade. and
accordingly. the herrings have to be pre-
pared with great rapidity. Expert oper-
ators are required. and the fisher girls
who have learned the art can find ready
employment al the leading stations of
the industry.
Cutting herrings can hardly he de-
scribed pictureSque-it is certainly
not Overcleanly: but there is a faScina
lion in the dizziness with which il Is
done and the rapidity with which bar
rels are filed, the girls ali the while
singing merriiy chattering gayly with
Zach other. Despite their changes of en-
dividuaiity. They live very much by
themselves and among themselves and
are often to be seen. after a days heavy
work. industriously knitting stockings
and on the termination of the herring
fishing season they return TO their
humble homes. little affected by the at
fractions or temptations of the bigger
,Iaces in which they have Temporarily
JOurned.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-12

LaSSieS Who Were Famous in
North of Scotland.
SHARED IN ROUGH WORK
Picturesque Figures That Have Al
most Disappeared-New Methods
in Fishing Industry.
From the London Graphic.

From the London Graphic.
In the north of Scotland, as is the case
elsewhere, fishermen form a distinct
class one of the noticeable features of
this exclusive clasS-so exclusive, indeed
as almost to he reckoned a caste-is the
participation of the women in the indus
try i'm which their men folk are engaged
They have not as Yet invaded the spe-
cIal domain of the men-the handling of
the boats and the catching of fish 1t is
in the prosecution of the ordinary Zine
fishing that the women render the great
est aid
In some of the smaller villages the fish
ing Is very much family affair. all the
Srown-up members of the family CO.
operating in some way or other. The
women collect the bait and then fix it
To the lines. Neither of these tasks is
so light as il looks, while the two COM
hined make serious inroads on the time
that otherwise would be devoted to
household duties
With the return of the boats another
branch of the womens work begins
They assist in the cleaning and packing
of the fish To be dispatched to the mar
kets as fresh. and they also help in
the splitting, quitting, sailing and gem
eral preparation of the fish destined to
he cured.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-12
FESTIVALS IN DUBLIN
Irish Recall Memories of
Things Long Vanished.
kits WORN, GAEL SPOKEN
Once Year "the. Allen Culture" of
Seven Centuries Is Laid Aside.
The Ard Theis.

Dublin Correspondence of America.
There is time every year when Dublin
returns TO her old traditions. For one
short space the Irish capital is given
over to Irish Ireland. and the alien cul-
ture of some 100 years seems to have
vanished. In the streets the tongue of
the Gael is heard continuously, the Irish
kilt is worn by many Gaelic men and a
yearly increasing number OF Gaelic wom-
en- clothe themselves in the beautiful cos
tune evolved from that once worn by the
Ban na-h-Eireann' and so much praised
long ago by foreign writer's.
This transformation of the Anglo-Irsh
city is a very tangible object lesson.
showing the result achieved by nearly
two decades of strenuous effort. The
chief part of this annual gathering is un-
dOubtedly the ard theis, or Gaelic par
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS of the Gaelic League
branches from all corners of the country,
from England and Scotland and wherever
branch exists, are summoned together
TO discuss the questions that have been
brought forward.
The decisions of one ard theis bind
the Gaelic League until the meeting of
in Irish, and this part is very forcible
answer to those VINO believe that Irish
is out of date and inadequate for the re-
auirements of modern life. NeXt to the
ard theis in Importance come to com
petitions. Prizes are given for Irish dane
ing, foH traditional singing, for piping and
fiddling.