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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-10
Why Red Letter Boxes?

Nobody knows CT any reason for paint
ing letter boxes red. except those my ste
rious persons i'm the Post Office Depart
ment who nave produced an order TO that
effect. Why the boxes should not he OF
the fire department color is plain 70
everybody. The objection to red paint on
anything that can be mistaken Tor a fire
alarm box is not based merely on theory
Red letter boxes have been used i'm the
past. and the manager of a fire alarm
telegraph system. a man OF experience.
writes to Insurance Engineering:
I'm nay experience in connection with
the installation and use of fire alarm tel
egraph equipment | have become con-
WINGED that il is important that all fire
alarm boxes should be painted bright
red color. as it is an undeniable fact
that the average person looks for a red
box when there Is occasion to send an
alarm of fire.
quite number of years ago post Of
flee boxes were painted red. although
far different shade than fire alarm boxes.
and il was no uncommon occurrence for
persons to rush TO a letter box and fran
tically try to get the box open. with
view of sending an alarm of flre.
lon the other hand. numerous false
alarms of fire were sounded from fre
alarm boxes by persons having occasion
to post letters.
The judgment of this authority is sup
ported by such men the chief engineer
of the National Board OF Fire Underwrii-
ers. the officers Of the National Fire Pro-
tective Association. the National Asso-
citation of Credit Men and fire depart
ment officers i'm all parts Of the country,
whose expert opinions should be con-
elusive. The order by which the pest Of
flee is to invade the streets in the Suise
of a fire department bears date OF Feb
ruary -. and its revocation should be
accomplished as soon as may be.
But why on earth does the post ONCE
want red letter boxes. anyhow?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-10
Doctors Might Enforce Peace.

From The ST. Louis Post Dispatch.
French medical men. organized under
the title of the Association Medicaie In
ternationale Contre La Guerre." have
started a movement to unite the medical
fraternity OF all nations in the interest
of universal peace. This will be good
news to the delegates to the fourth Amer
lean Peace Congress. American medical
bodies should hasten 10 join the move
ment, for if any body can enforce peace
among the nations. the doctors can dc il.
We have heard that International labor
organizations will try to prevent war Dy
refusing to work if governments try to
bring on unjust wars. There is some
doubt as to their ability to carry out this
nroeram in view of the confident mien
of the statesmen and army officials who
appear TO De planning to disrupt the
peace of Europe. But the doctors can
checkmate them by the simple threat to
stop work unless they behave. A war
without doctors is unthinkable. The doc
tors have the power. though they have
never realized 1T heretofore. They can do
what might be impossible to bankers.
business men, farmers or labor leaders.
Soldiers must be bandaged and phys
licked. especially # they are to fill them
selves with wounds, malaria and all the
other bodily ills that war inflicts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-10
Crime and Newspaper Headlines.

From the New York World
Joseph III. Choate at the meeting Of the
Civic Forum. urged the newspapers TO
abolish headlines on reports of crime, "
on the ground that nothing does more to
encourage the growth OF crime than the
spreading of information about it,
Would Mr.. choate have us believe that
crime came in with the art of printing
The most widely exploited crime in the
history of the world, the murder of Abel
bv Cain, had no headline over It, No
newspaper had filed Brutus' head with
vice and crime when he assassinated
caesar. nor did Hamlet kill Polonius be-
hind the arras or Othello strange Des-
deInona because of anything they had
''read in the papers.
The curious theory obtains in some
quarters that publicity. while admittedly
the best remedy for all other evils. is in
the case of crime not only not deterrent
but an actual provocative. The attitude
Is singularly inconsistent with the present
frank discussion on the platform and in
drawing rooms of vice topics once ia
boo in general conversation but now the
subject of legislative committee reports.
club conferences and representation on
the stage. II the theory of those who
would check the spread Of Information"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-10
Substitute for Algebra.

From the Boston Globe.
The merry war Of the educators. each
with different theory as to the best
way to train children for the work of
life still goes on. At conference of in
structors in the south demand is made
BY DIR Wh!tefeid of Mississippi for the
complete abandonment of ''effetc CLASH
calism' and the ruthless substitution of
vocational training from the kindergarten
up. The most original suggestion, how
ever is made by DIR. Burks in Philadel-
phia. who proposes that checkers shall
replace higher mathematics in the cur
ricuium.
.rhe best of algebra's value to the
YOUTH says he. lies in what it con-
tributes to social responsiveness and in
telIectual capacity Algebra has a value
to some who intend to become engineers
or craftsmen but that ii should be forced
on ninety mine in order to satisfy one
is not justifia BILE" Trying to corner the
teachers king would certainly stimula te
more interest IN some pupils than does
the attempt to raise XtY-Z to tho Nth
power.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-10
Forget It." Says DR.. Osler.

From the Philadelphia Inquirer
DIR. Osler. who gained notOriety. II not
fame, by the declaration that a man
should consider himself down and out
after he had reached the age of sixty, is
at it again. This time he says that the
proper rule of life is to forget it. In
the course of his outline of the rules for
practical daily life he says that the inn
pOrtant thing is to forget the past and
the future He adds that when the load
of yesterday is added to the load of to-
morrow it is almost more than a man can
bear There is a great deal TO this. but
much depends on the sort of load 10
which the doctor refers.
He goes on to remark that one of the
grave faults of our everyday life is its
hurry and he concludes that Europeans
accomplish just as much as We do with
out that everlasting rush. The remedy
for this is deliberation. The control of
the mind as a working machine, the doc
tor says is the end of all education.
We do not dispute it for a moment
The philosophy of forgetting sounds
mighty attractive. There lots of
things that most of us would give great
deal to be able to forget Many cynical
persons will be likely to say that the doe
tor does not go far enough. They would
forget not only the past and the future
but the present as Well. Then there
wouldn't be anything to bother about.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-10
Lincoln's Alma Mater.
From Harpcr's Magazine.


\ scarcity of schoolbooks in central
Illinois in the early thirties has been as
sumed from the circumstance of Lin
coins having walked six miles to get a
copy of Kirkhams Grammar from Ger
man farmer. 1t proves only his poverty.
Any text in use could have been bought
at the store of William Manning in
Springfield. In December 1881, this mer-
chant advertised in one of the earliest
numbers of the Sangamon Journal "A
large assortment of the most approved
schOOlbOOkS. among which are the fol-
lowing. Four spoilers were listed by title,
two readers and a speaker, Murray
Grammar. Walkers Dictionary. five geog-
raphies and an atlas, United States his
tory, and compendium of ancient and
modern history. an arithmetic, an alge-
bra. a work on penmanship. Latin
grammar and Halls Lectures on School
Keeping"
Newspapers and periodicals of that day
were deadly serious, often dull and POM
pOus. never amusing. joke in one of
them was as rare as blue moon. Lin
coins quick sense of the comic does not
appear to have been characteristic of his
day and place.
AS one goes through a file of one Of
these papers the large interests of the
time emerge and fix the attention. Educa-
ton. transportation and the development
and marketing of resources engaged the
energies of the nation. The very early
and intelligent attention paid to foreign
news is surprising. and may well account
for Iincoln's grasp of international COM
plicat!ons in the civil war period. The
pioneer mind was as eager and wistful
as Lincoln's owr. Incredible sacrifices
were made in the clearings to educate
the children. and the nation has reaped
the harvest of these countless, unnOted
sowings ever since.
Reports of serious disorders that grew
out of slavery were printed in every issue
of every paper in the west thirty years
before the war. but seldom We're they
commented upon. Few, apparently. felt
the alarm that Lincoln felt or, feeling it,
had the courage to sound a note of warn
ing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-10

enfs do not utter a philosophical 'oh.
Wei, she'll get along somehow and
may learn wisdom from hardship They
KNOW her dangers. they get excited.
anu they rush To tho police for help.
Then comes what must he painful noto-
riefN TO the runaway, but better that
than near worse. and the fear Of il
must have A wholesomely deterrent e.
feet
Come to think of IT, the odd girl
did sometimes run away. hut IL was al
ways to escape compulsion into a dis
tasteful marriage. not TO seek fame or
fortune. At present. to force girl IN
wed against her will has become almost
as nearly impossible as To stop her from
following her own inclinations-which
was never easy-and the orthodox ex-
cuse is lacking. Whether or not those
replacing IL are better time will doubt
less tell. but only constitutional pessi-
msts will consult their arterio-sclerosis
for an answer to that question.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-10
SKULL CRUSHED IN RUNAWAY
Albert 7. Scanlon in Emergency Hos
pital in Critical Condition.

Albert 7. Scanlon, employed in a 18th
street cafe. was taken TO Emergency
Hospital from New York avenue and 9th
street northwest yesterday afternoon
about 3 o'clock, suffering from a frac-
ture Of his skull. He sustained the in
jury in runaway accident
II is said that the horse became fright
ened when one of the hind wheels Of the
vehicle came off. Scanon was thrown
from the wagon just after the frightened
animal started running and was uncon-
scious when taken to the hospital.
The condition of the injured man was
so serious that surgeons at the hospital
performed an operation last night to re-
move the pressure on the brain. 1t was
feared he would not survive the night
but Ntoday his condition was no worse
than il was last night. although but lit
tie hope for his recovery is entertained.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-10
Feminine Habits Changing.
From tho ,.ew York Times

From tho Eew York Times
In other days ii seems TO have been
rather common for boys of spirit to weary
Of home restrictions and to depart be-
tween two days in search of fortune
and adventure-especially adventure. They
all found the one and not a few the 9TH
er. as the biography of many an eminent
person proves and 1t is no. recorded that
any of them suffered keenly from
compunctious pangs because of these
evasions.
Those were sterner times. however. and
times when the sea allured and did not
leave entirely unrewarded the ambitious
and romantic. IL any boys run away
NOWADAYS it is not to sea, or. If a few
do their freroom experiences do not
lead to fame or wealth. But several re-
cent episodes hint that there is new
girl" as well as new woman. and
that she is inclined to give A belated
Imitation OF the 'old boy" now van
ished or vanishing.
This product of the age manifcsts the
restlessness once monopoliZed by boys
she wants to be independent and self
supporting-she is tired of protection and
advice So she runs away.
AS yet, apparently. she does not often
run far or stay long. In her case par
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-10
SHORT TRIAL.
Tried and Sentenced to Transporta.
ton in Two and Half Minutes.

From London Tt-Rits.
In these days of criminal trials long
drawn out, it may not be unintcresting
to glance back at time when, in Eng
land at least. complaint ran in the OPP
pOsite direction. Such were the earlier
years Of Queen Victoria. when the old
criminal code still survived in much of it's
archaic barbarity. and the picturesque
ness of legal procedure inadequately COM
pensated for its cruelty
The late Lord Brampton. better known
as Sir Henry Hawkins. refers in his
"reminiscences to the scandal of what he
calls the after dinner trials of that
period. 1t was then the custom for the
court to adjourn for dinner at ) o'clock.
at which meal there was no lack of con-
VITALITY; SO that when bench and bar
returned to their duties they were in no
mood for prOtracted toll.
In Lord Rrampton's own words. Judges
and counsel were eXhilarated and bust
ness was prOportionately accelerated" In
confirmation of this he notes that these
'after-dinner'' trials did not occupy. on
an average. more than four minutes
apiece. and. in illustration, cited an actual
trasted with the enormity of the punish
ment involved, throws a lurid light on
the inhumanity of the times.
The case was that Of a pickpOcket, in
which the prisoner had, incOnsiderately.
pleaded Not guilty." and therefore had
right to be heard. We may quote Lord
Brampton's account, beginning with the
examination of the witness for the prose-
cution by the prosecuting counsel.
II think you were walking up Ludsate
hill on Thursday. the 18th. about 2:3O in
the afternoon. and suddenly felt tug at
your pocket. and missed your handker-
chief, which the constable now produces?'
Yes. sir
~ suppose you have nothing to ask
him. says the Judge. Next Witness
Constable stands up.
Were you following the prosecutor on
the occasion when he was robbed on Lud-
gate hill, and did you see the prisoner
put his hand into the prosecutors pocket
and take this handkerchief out of it,"
Yes. sir.
Judge Ito prisoner: Nothing to say,
SUPPOSE Then to the jury: Gentlemen
/ suppose YOU have no doubt? l have
none
Jury: Guilty my lord
Judge Ito prisoner: Jones We have
met before: We shall not meet again for
some time. Seven years transportation.
Next case
Time: Two minutes fifty-three seconds.
AS this seems to be a record it is only
fair to add that the judges name was
Muirhouse.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-10
The Burning Mirrors.
the Providence Journal

From the Providence Journal
Will the time come when some Of
the great inventions of our times are
SO forgotten that no real PROOF %
them can be found? That quesuoi:
may be asked as one reads OF the
discovery of the burning mirrors Oh
Archimedes. which have been drawn va
out of the depths Of the narDo d., =,
Syracuse. They are two bronze discs
three feet in diameter. which tradl,
ton has said were revolved and USED e,
to set fire to the Roman Meet wnacn
Marcellus sent into the roadstead our
ing the great siege. PoiyDius' Ivy
md other writer's made no mention
Of the contrivance and SO accurate
historians have treated ii as fabulous.
4 few wars. some destructive slese r
and possibly centuries may burE MI.
Ea;.nn,s inventions. Then deIVlnS
and improving generation may pick up
a telephone transmitter
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-10
PLANS FLIGHT ON ATLANTIC.
James v. Martin Will Try to Win
Northcliff Prize Of $4,000.

SAN FRANCISCO. May 1O.-James "
Martin. who holds pilots license for the
air and masters license for the seas.
announces that he will attempt to cross
the Atlantic from Newfoundland to Ire
land next August i'm competition for Lord
Northclin's prize of sJOVO for the first
aviator to make the passage inside OF
seventy hours. With him will be his wife,
formerly Miss Lillian Irvine. who says
she was the first Englishwoman to fly
The air line he will attempt to follow is
$50 miles long. and he expects to make
a nonstop flight, in a specially built
French biplane.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-10
HOPES TO KEEP ALIVE
TREATY WITH BRITAIN
Expires by Limitation June 4, But
Secretary Bryan Thinks It Will
Be Extended.

Answering inquiry as to whether he had
requested the British government to eX-
tend the existing special arbitration
treaty between America and Great Brit
ain. which expires by limitation June 4.
Secretary Bryan said today that although
the report was premature, doubtless the
treaty would be renewed in ample time
to keep il alive.
II was under the provisions OF this
treaty that Sir Edward Grey proposed TO
arDitrate the differences between America
and Great Britain arising from the ex-
"mptjon of american shipping from tolls
N the Panama canal This proposition
was not disposed of by Secretary Knox.
on the ground that il was too early 10
discuss arbitration, the resources U.
diplomacy not having been exhausted
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-10
Sieges of Crete.

From the London Chronicle.
Crete deserves mention in our list OF
memorable sieges. for in Cretan history
we find the longest siege on record. be-
sides which Troy's ten years seem bur
skirmish. In 164s the Turks. attempting
to conquer the island. laid siege 10 the
capital city OF Gambia. which, however.
did not surrender until September, 1879
after IwentA-one years. Again in ls.l.
when the Cretans revolted, the defeated
Turks were able to hold the fortified
cities against all attacks. and many OF
them We're still uncaptured when the
powers interviewed nine years later.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-10

an,n,oyed by the government bureau OF
mines. His figures are stupendous. Al
though the average yearly consumption a
or coal has been +OO.OOo.O0 tons. there
are, he declares. still under srounu ~,
the United states taking no account OF
t tae .nnr,nons reserve supply in Alaska)
not less than 2.30O.CO',OCo.WO tons;
What is more we have hardly scratched
the visible supply since We have oeen
mining coal. for consumption mas SO u.
used up only four-tenths OF per ceh' y
the total supply. e,,oe,
These are indeed reassuring ngures:
and should set at rest in the MINDS oi
the most timid all misgivings as TO coai
famines, so far as nature Is concerneu
Ont of her enormous abundance nature
stands ready to give US all that we Will
take. while the task Of cornering a mar M. :
ket OF the size described by MT. Grimm IN
may well appal the most ambitious cap
tain Of industry of ages YET to come
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-10
ONLY "CASCARETS"
IF CONST|PATED
Salts, Calomel and Cathar-
tic Pills act on bowels as
pepper acts in nostrils.

Take a Cascaret tonight and
thoroughly cleanse your Liver.
stomach and Bowels. and you
,yill surely feel great by morn
ing. You men and women who
have headache, coated tongue,
can't sleep. are bilious. nervous
and upset. bothered with sick.
9assy. disordered stomach, or
have backache and feel all worn
out.
Are YOU keeping your bowels
clean with Cascarets-or merely
forcing a passageway every few
DAYS with salts. cathartic pills or
castor oil: This is important.
Cascarets immediately cleanse
and regulate the stomach, re-
move the sour. undigested and
fermenting food and foul gases;
take the excess bile from the
liver and carry off the consti-
pated waste matter and poison
from the intestslcs and bowels.
Remember. Cascaret tonight
will straighten you out by morn
ing. a Io-cent box from your
dru. ist means healthy bowel
action: a clear head and cheer
iulness for months Don't for
get the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-10
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-Yesterd pm, 80: S
pm. 81: II midnight. 80: today. am.
81: ) am. As: 10 noon. %: pm. 81.
Maximum. 76, at } pm. yesterday; mini
mum. A. at : an today.
Temperature same date last year-MaX-
imum. -: minimum, 81
Barometer-Yesterday. pm, COOS: s
pm, 3o.10; Il midnight. 1910: today. 4
a m, :.o.la; am. 3D.3l; II noon. 800: .
pm, 3O.11
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-10
Coal for 5000 Years.
rom the Philadelphia Press

From the PhIiadeIphIa Press.
New interest is added to the dispute
concerning control OF the coal fields in
Alaska by the testimony given in Chi
cago recently that there were in thai
vast territory of ours no less than 800.
.Oc. COO 900 tons of the precious fuel bur-
led under an area of 800 square miles,
What is moro interesting still. and com
forting as well. is the expert testimony
that there is coal enough in the United
States proper to last for 5000 years to
come
This testimony was given in suit
in which fraud against the government
in the Alaskan coal fields was charged
The comforting witness was William
Griffith. mining engineer and geologist
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-10

about crimes of violence is sound. the
Thaw case, the most widely discussed
crime of recent times. ought to have pro-
duced a crop of similar killings. The
amount of gambling graft and of money
extorted for vice protection ought to have
doubled since the Rosenthal murder and
the conviction of Becker.
An underworld referendum would un-
questionably give a large majority vote
in favor of Mr.. Choate's proposal to abol-
ish crime headlines in the newspapers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-10
rom the London Chronicle.

From the London Chronicle.
Keep step. have had many letters COR
recting that phrase about the sedan
chairs What you must do is 10 break
step and the stretcher bearers who fol-
low the wounded are taught IL. liz YOU
carry a stretcher. two OF YOU. and walk
in step. you will find II swinging and
throwing out the patient III you walk
in step with a regiment across a bridge
YOU may break il down with the swing.
That is why the band always ceases when
the regiment crosses the bridge
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-10

segregation of the races in the govern
ment departments was discussed at a
meeting of the District branch of the
Women's National Democratic League in
the Riggs building, last night. Ernest u.
Martin, president of the National Fair
Play Association: Mrs. c. ID. White,
president of the branch. and DR. Mary
Walker were the principal speakers on
the subject.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-10
Reflections.

From the Detroit Journal.
Even luck may be handicapped BY lazi-
ness.
Life is full of paradoxes. Many a dark
secret comes to light.
Don't cast slurs unless you are pre-
pared to reap a boomerang.
There is nothing like a small brother
to take the conce;t out OF a girl.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-10
Senator Poindexter's Home.

The residence 100 street north
west. belonging TO Emily b. Pendleton,
has been purchased by Miles Poindexter.
senator from the state of Washington. A
deed transferring the property was placed
on record yesterday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-10
Society to Meet Tuesday.

The general court of the National So
ciety of Daughters of Founders and
Patriots of America is scheduled to be
held Tuesday morning at IL O'Clock at
the New Willard. This date will be the
So6th anniversary OF the settlement at
jamestown. Va. All members of the so
ciety are invited to attend.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-10
Grocery Store Is Robbed.

Burglars last night visited the grocery
store and dwelling of Louis GIassman.
T3l 4th street northwest, gained access
to the premises by opening side win
dow and robbed the cash register of ST.
They took pair of opera glasses from
the dining room table.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-10
Exposition Exhibits Duty Free.

\ bill providing for the admission to
the United States free of duty of
articles to be used as exhibits at the
Panama Pacific exposition. to be held
at San Diego. Cal, in 1915. was passed
by the House today.