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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-05
Art and Nature on the Stage.

from the New York World.
To make up chorus for a comic opera
stock company several hundred young
women from all walks Of life have been
presenting themselves for selection, and
1t is remarked as cause for surprise that
the choice Of experienced managers has
passed over those of obvious stage expe-
rience, over the powdered frequenters Of
lobster palaces. over the blase daughters
of extreme fashion, and fallen upon sing
ers from church choirs and girls from
the country whom art has missed and
nature has been freely allowed to shape
and adorn.
But there is nothing new in this. moth
ing to provoke remark of change in the
ideas or idcals of stage direction 1t is
ever true that freshness and innocence in
the chorus most appeal to patrons OF the
theater, and are most in quest by stage
managers. Is It equally true that stage
art Is not up to the task of creating
semblance of these priceless qualities an
the stage life wears them away?
This is a question for the stage to an
swer II is a question for young women
who enter upon a stage career to pom
der. Where is the art which can compare
With innocence of heart and freshness of
spirit and healthfulness of body to color
and adorn the woman behind the foot
lights?
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q, all eartblv transactions. that one

or all earthly transactions, that one
which most detest is buying hat
1 don't mind getting a new suit OF
clothes. Nowadays 1T is real diversion
Not going to tailor. of course, who tells
you what you ought to wear. makes you
take what you don't want. and charges
you double: but going to the clothing
store where acres Of counters are COW
cred with cords OF ready-to-wsar suits,
and trying them on
Trying on new suits is a genuine pleas
ure. 1t enables you to consider yourself
in different colors, styles and effects You
realize the many sdedness of your per-
sonality
enjoy purchasing a new outfit as much
as a snake enjoys moulting. / enter into
the spirit of the man who was accosted
one morning by an enterprising clothier
and asked If he wouldn't like to come in
and try on few OF the new spring goods
He said. after looking at his watch, that
he didn't care if he did; he wasn't due at
the Office for an hour. The delighted
merchant took him in and arrayed him
in some thirty consecutive arrays. more
or less. At length the man said. consult
going. but that any morning the merchant
would like few suits tried on he would
be glad TO accommodate him.
Shoes are not so difficult to buy and
gloves. and even false teeth. and / enjoy
buying neckties as much as / enjoy a bad
habit but hats
You get attached to your old hat. To
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EFFECTS OF PRUNING.
In Winter Increases Vigor of Plant
in Summer Retcrds It.

rom Inc aFHor Dag AuLt9l
Pruning = almost prehistoric in origin
and Is popularity supposed to be the kin
dergarten operation In fruit growing. yet
as often practiced it is a hit and miss
cutting, saving, chipping and shearing
out of shoots. twigs branches and limbs
designated by such expressive terms as
cutting back. heading in dehorn-
Ing and thinning out the wood.
There mus: always be a difference in
the details of pruning, bu. there are a
few general facts and principles which
,eveey one who prunes should have we'll
by heart. These. briefly stated, are as
follows: Cd winter pruning increases the
vigor of the plant: ~ summer pruning
decreass the vigor 81 the plant; 80 prune
weak growing varieties heavily in winter:
ing induces the growth of suckers or
waters pouts: 90 heavy pruning young
trees delays fruiting; 80 all pruning must
take iSto account the habit of growing
OF the tree. "a some fruits bear on this
years wood, othegs on that of last year
and still others on older growth. pruning
must take the age O. bearing wood into
account.
a man can care for trees better if he
makes sharp distinction between prun-
ing and training trees. The operations
ton OF the vigor and fruitfulness of the
plants. but training. properly speaking,
aims 10 keep the trees IN anageable
SHAPE. Training as to whether high head
ed or low headed, open centered or close
conferred one stored or two stored de-
pen Is largely upon the convenience or
the prejudices Of the owner
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-05
Epping Forest Coyote.

From the London Chronicle
Epping Forest, as some complain. cam
not boast OF nuts. but this remnant of
the primeyal woods that formerly COW
cred South Britain has within living
memory prOduced-wolves. About twen-
ty-five years ago a cage at the zoo bore
the startling information that the in
mate was a Wolf caught in Epping
Forest" It had been purchased for a
fox cub by a resident Of Leytonstone
from a hay carter, who said he had
caught it with two others in the forest
near Loughton. but grew up into an
undoubted coyote, or American prairie
wolf. Luckily Mr.. Buxton and the other
leading authorities declined to admit
CAMS latrans' among the fauna OF Ep-
ping Forest. Otherwise there would be
plenty Of ideal lurking places from
which wolf with a taste for succulent
Sunday school children could pounce
upon the Little Red Riding Hoods of
Bethnalgreen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-05
VINCENT SruTH.
WINNER Or TUB RACE
GETTING A JOB.
A Hint to the Graduates of Techni-
cal Schools.

From the Engineering Record.
Getting jobs is now the most inn
portant work OF several thousand
young men who have until quite re-
Gently taken little thought for the
morrow. 1t is an important thing to
them, of course. but it is rather sad
to notice that they regard it quite
important for others. The awakening
will be hard. Two young men OF the
class of 1912 in one of our leading
technical colleges have even gone so
far as to publish in their college paper
an outline of a very elaborate organi-
zation by which employment can be
provided for new graduates through
the cooperation of the four national
engineering societies. employment bu-
reaus at each school, central en-
ployment bureau and the alumni OF
all the schools. 1t may be questioned
whether all this help would be wise.
Anybody who can use an inexperienced
graduate knows enough to write to
his pet technical school or schools for
such men; he has no trouble whatever
in obtaining them. On the other hand,
the earlier in his career the young
graduate learns something about the
business conditions governing his
chosen field the better it will be for
HlHl, LOT unlll ne KNOWS now TO seek
out new work he viii lack independence
and self-reliance In order to secure
employment In the desired line of
work the young man must remember
that he is inexperienced. and that
what he must do first is to gain ex-
perience: the people through whom he
can acquire that experience know this.
and it is unwise for him to assume
that they do not. II the application
for employment is made frankly as
one by an inexperienced graduate for
a chance to demonstrate his ability to
do work conscientiously up to the
limits Of his knowledge it will receive
more attention than IL 1T is otherwise
phrased. 1t should never be forgotten
by young graduates that people do
not engage in business for the purpose
of giving them opportunities to &C
qufre knowledge. and that they will be
employed to work. not to acquire
knowledge at the expense OF their en-
ployers. The lack OF any business
training in technical schools as rule,
and the incorrect estimate Of the value
of technical undergraduate education
which is inevitable in such institutions,
lead many Of the most capable young
men to apply for work in ways which,
through their ignorance Of such work,
lead to their immediate rejection.
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On Buying a Hat
By DR.. Frank Crane.

cast ii away is like casting away your old
wife for a new one. just because you
happen to have money. 1t seems spirit
ually uncIean.
And the new one. when you finally shut
your eyes. breathe silent '.All Is we'll
all Is good-no pain-no evil" and take
the blooming thing. and put IL on your
new one then seems as conspicuous as a
flag. You are sure everybody is looking
at it.
Your friends meet you gaze at your
top. and insultingly turn their gaze QUICK
ly away.
When you go home the children laugh
at you. What do they laugh for?
Your wife criticises your selection
Whatever you bought. you shouldn't have
bought II. That style doesn't suit YOU.
Even the dog eyes you sadly.
Why do people wear hats. anyway
Come to think of it, ii is ridiculous
custom. We could all get used to doing
without them.
They produce badness. They blow on
They get lost.
We take them off always in the pres
ence of ladies And no gentleman should
do things he wouldn't do when ladies are
present
They get lost I said Nothing can get
so lost hat l am never able 10 find
mine when l go out And can YOU con-
ceive of any more tormented feeling than
not to be able to find what YOU don't
want. but have to have?
Hats are the most unpoetical OF things
Hats rhyme with nothing but rats, cats,
bats. stats. and such low things.
/ don't care for the sockless statesman
from Kansas, but | would like to vote
for a President who stands on the plat.
form of prohibition-of hats.
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Drinking Water at Meals.

From the Ohio State Journal
There are always two sides to the sim
plest little facts of life. There is this
matter of drinking water at ones meals.
II has been regarded as a miserable habit
The school text books teach 1t that way
and they give very impressive reasons
for it. 1t used to be taught-drink at
your meals. If you feel like it: drink all
YOU want: it is good for you; helps diges-
ton. Then came the opposite doctrine
never drink at your meals, and not for
an hour afterward. and that idea has
prevailed and Is a part of our wise school
knowledge these days.
Now comes Prof. Hawk Of the I-niyer-
sity of Illinois, who has been studying
the subject for seven years. and his con-
clusion is that water drinking at meals
helps digestion. principally by utilizing
the protein food. which is regarded as
the most important function of digestion
Then, fluids help digest the fats and
throttle the bacteria that range along
the alimentary canal and keep stirring up
all sorts of tumults. SO the latest in
formation is not to let anybody scare you
about drinking water at your meals.
Just drink what you want and forget
about il.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-05
The Whipping Post.

From the Chicago Journal.
At intervals almost as regular but hardly
as frequent as the changes Of the moon.
there comes from some section OF the
Union a demand for the revival Of the
whipping post. Sometimes the advocates
of fogging wish to limit their pet correc-
tive to special sins, wife beating. for ex-
ample. Sometimes they want the cat O.
nine tails applied to every criminal whose
offense is not great enough to warrant his
being hanged or imprisoned for q long
term. But always the champions of the
whipping post assure us that their IA
vorite remedy will diminish crime by ter
roriZing the criminal
1t is useless to reason with such cham
pions of brutality on pathological grounds.
They affect a fine superiority to theory. :"
But what has history to say to their
claim? Why. that the ages and countries
in which the gospel of terrorizing the
criminal was carried farthest were the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-05
Learn How to Swim
at the Bathing Beach

NEoR the education Of each of its
citizens the government pays an
approximate figure of at least
$4,000, sad DIR. w. b. Hudson superin-
tendent OF the bathing beach Yet every
day in the casualty column one reads Of
the death of some yourg man who, hav-
ing finished or nearly finished his educa-
tional course. Is cut off when he is ready
to take UP the duties of citizenship, and
is necessarily a direct loss to his govern
ment. And how very many of these cas-
ualties occur by drowning either through
care,essness or ignorance:
Each day 1t is becoming more gen.
orally realized throughout the country
that as a necessary guard on human life
every man should lea>p, as part of his
educa tiona; career. the ways and means
Ct saving himself in the water Three Of
the large universities OF the country re-
Quire that a man be able to swim before
receiving his diploma. To swim five min
utes continuously is the test that each
upper classman Of the Naval Academy
must undergo before graduating. and
failure to pass this test has been con-
sidered important enough to hold a man
back.
"A boy goes swimming as naturally as
a duck takes to water, and for the boys
OF Washinston this means in many cases
a trip to the Potomac. The rise and fall
Of the tide makes this river dangerous for
the boy who is not familiar with it, and
who is not a very successful swimmer.
For this reason the bathing beach be-
comes a great advantage to Washington
boys. Parents are sure of the protection
of their children and the boys themselves,
under instruction and coaching from their
fri nd
ficient swimmers"
The season has witnessed the formation
of plan by which the swimmers are
tested DIR. Hudson has prepared diplomas
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-05
Princes Under Tutelage.
From the Boston Transcript.

rom the boston transcript.
Parents and guardians Of princes ought
TO be much interested in the discussion
now going on in England Of the educa-
uonai methods employed in training the
mind of tie late Edward Viii what time
he was a boy even as other boys. Sir
Sidney Lee, in his recent sketch of the
late king. says that he was from the time
he was six months old the subject Of
memorandum after memorandum, tutor
succeeded tutor as he grew up and a
thorough course OF making him a model
was laid down by his father. The prince
consort. vino fed him a s<-eam OF moral
commonplaoes. 1t was the aim OF this
scheme OF education TO be Spartan, but
when the subject boy reached years Of
maturity he went way that the Spar
tans did not recommend.
Such a training as Sir Sidney Lee has
outlined Is likely to render promising
prince prig. IL human nature does not
revolt against j: and make him a man
Yet the parents Of the late king were not
sinners above all others. for they simply
followed the precepts long in practice for
the education Of heirs TO the throne Let
the student of morbid education study the
extant records of the training of princes
and he will be impressed with the truth
that il some of those who were put
came wise rulers II was because they
had the power of intellectual resistance
developed to a wonderful degree
Princes must be accomplished men,
They mus. hIow many languages; they
must have a. least smattering OF
science; they must be able to hold their
own az men of the world and be capa bic
OF entertaining distinguished foreigners
with pertinently polite references TO the
latters country, language and literature
Il IL has any. The late Napopeon Ills
education course has been carefully re-
corded and the records are preserved His
tutor frequently reports OF him that he
is dreamy hoy who lacks application =
and when we consider that history, an
cienf ana modern, languages, mathe-
mates and philosophy we're all served
out in daily slices to a lad of fourteen or
hfeen whose time was portioned off as
II re were In the cotton mill We are not
surprised that the future emperor of the
French seemed to those about him a
dreamy boy without industry
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signed with his name and those OF the
three Commissioners. as reward for the
boys and the girls. too. who pass the test
Each Saturday afternoon these tests are
given and an opportunity will be found
for the girls and women during their
regular assigned hours at the beach to
take them. TO swim continuously for
ten minutes is test that requires
great deal of practice to pass success
fully. The swimmer must be able to tow
a person of his own weight 100 feet. As
a test of speed he must swim 100 yards in
two minutes. With his hands out he
must tread water for one minute. To
complete the test he must be able to
dive. though floating is not required; in
DR.. Hudson's estimation 1t is an art that
some people find practically impossible
to learn.
July l was great day at the beach.
for nearly 1.OO0 boys attended its open
ing. Many Of them were accompanied. by
parents. who wished to make sure OF the
safety of their boys before a daily trip
to the bathing beach became q habit.
And daily trip is possible. for with the
exception of Wednesday afternoons the
pools are open from 10 to IL and from 2
to 4. From 10 to II and from to q
O'Clock Sundays and from 30 to pm.
daily. excepting Wednesday afternoons.
are the hours put by for the men. The
hours for women will be from I until ~
o'clock Monday. Wednesday and Friday
mornings and from until o. clock Wed
nesday afternoons.
In charge of the pools are four life
guards, who are ready and willing to
give instructions to the beginners at
the pools DIR. Hudson requires that
these men be college men and has plan
ned test that each must pass. To
swim 100 yards in one and half min
utes is the required speed. Each life
guard must be able to swim continuously
for half an hour and be able to tow
al Lon on OIL
of the largest pool. Only man who
can do all these things would have any
influence over the boys, for In the YER
nacular, he has Ito show them"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-05
PAYING THE CONVICT.
Not So Much to Help Him as to Help
Family.
From Case and Comment.

Z rom Ease And Comment
Some states allow their convicts. If
good. a penny a day; others a plug Of
tobacco: others pay for overwork. All
states allow the convict's innocent
family to suffer imprisonment of the
bread winner generally leaves those
dependent upon him destitute and COM
pels them either to endure bitter want
or to become a public charge
Recently a prisoner detained in a
county jail in Indiana on a charge of
petty larceny was detected passing a
bundle to his wife, who was a daily
visitor. The jailer examined the pack
age and found that 1t contained the
prisoners food allowance. which he
was turning over to his wife to keep
her from starving. When the incident
became known the prisoners release
was secured and work was obtained
Starting on the theory that it is the
dependents of those confined in prisons
who do the real suffering, penologists
have for some time been endeavoring
to work out q correction of this situa-
ton.
Many gubernatorial messages have
called legisla tive attention to the Ques-
acted discloses spirit Of greater liber-
ality on the part OF the states toward
convicts and their families.
The prisoner received compensation
for labor in six states-Florida, Kan
sas Michigan. Nevada. Rhode Island
and Wyoming. His dependent family
was given assistance in fve-Colorado.
Maine. Massachusetts. Missouri and
New Jersey.
In the latter state prisoners fami-
lies dependent on charity are relieved
by the commissio ner of charities at the
rate of so cents for every day the
prisoner works, but this relief fund is
all goods produced.
Kansas City is making an interesting
experiment in the problem of support
ing the families of convicts. The judge
of the juvenile court of Kansas City
has power to give pensions for the aid
of such families. to wives or widows of
convicts residing in his county For
one child under fourteen years of age
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-05
Japanese Millionaires,

From Harpers Weekly.
Japanese periodical has completed a
list of all the subjects OF the mikado
who may be reckoned among the wealthy
and II shows that only LOIS Japanese
possess a capital of S250OO0 or more.
Nevertheless, IL the japanese are gen
orally speaking, poor. II would seem that
they are rapidly becoming rich, for less
than ten years ago there seem TO have
been only AL who possessed capital of
quarter OF million dollars. In this
space OF time TIE number OF the wealthy
has augmented In q ratio altogether out
OF proportion TO anything known In the
past, having more than doubled itself:
and Japanese statesmen are pointing out
with alarm that they are not initiating
the French in keeping wea*h distributed
largely among the people. sim. they
gather some comfort from the reflection
that the population of Japan dnciud'n g
Formosa) Is now 51.oo0,0 600, an enormous
increase over what the race numbered
fifteen years ago and more than half that
OF the United States. The richest man
Ia Japan Is Baron Mitsui, who Is worth
so, 600 900.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-05
More Men Than Women in World.

FROM the chicago Tribune.
OF recent years the custom OF making
a systematic census of the population has
become we'll established throughout all
civilized countries, and 1t is now possible
to gain a fairly accurate idea of condi-
tons all the world over.
Some Of the figures now cited in regard
to this matter are interesting. The worlds
total population is estimated at LOO. OOO,-
GOO. out Of which the proportion Of the
sexes is known for .O3S. OOOOOO. the ratio
being 1000 males to 900 females The
ratio varies considerably in different
places. In Europe there We're for every
600 men, 1927 women; Africa, 1,O45;
America. 964: Asia, 961; Australia. 937
The maximum proportion Of women Is
found in Uganda, 1.467; the minimum in
the Alaska gold fields and the Malay
states, with S91 and $780, respectively.
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and many times each year that penalty
was eXacted. And she had several times
as many crimes in proportion to her
population then she has today. The
constant lading out OF brutal penalties
brutalizes a people. and a brutalized peo-
pie will break into crime in spite Of any
terrorism.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-05

$40 month Is granted; for each addi-
tional child S. month. The pensions
mother is enabled to remain at home
with her children instead of going out
to work. leaving the children uncared
for and in danger of becoming delin-
Ouent.
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ages and countries in which crime was
the most rampant. Time was when Eng
land had the whipping post. She had
likewise the stocks and the pllory. She
had the cropping knife. wherewlth the
ears Of thieves were cut off that all might
know them. She had at the same time
22S offenses whose penalty was death;
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-05
Trouble Brewing.

From Judge.
The witches were making the broth.
Il suppose one cook is going. one stay
ing and one coming" cried Macbeth.
Three at once were beyond his COM
prehension.
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Close Tomorrow PM.
Saturday Half Holiday

All the ready work heartily during the morning
oubecase Of the afternoon holiday Be prompt
and polite attention. Will you be willing do shop
ping early: Shouldn't be: If able call will
phone orderou number is Main 1870 Wagons leave
here Saturday and pm.
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nEr for Stocks. Jabots, Collars.
Fichus, Yokes. etc. not one
made to retail at less than soc
1Ec for the 75c and 81 Rabats.
Jabots and Collars, trimmed
with good laces.
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Morny Verveine Bath Soap. Csc
an Turkish Bath Soap 6 for 25c
Oriental Sandalwood Soap. 3 for. Csc