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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-19

dcities of mlady's boudoir
Perhaps no Washington collection of
Buddhas will ever rival. or even approach,
the one belonging to Miss Garrett daugh-
ter of Harrison Garrett of Baltimore.
She has spent many Years and much
money in gathering under her roof a
collection of no less than eighty of these.
figures. Her group includes examples of
every known form of Buddha and il
they were destroyed could never be re-
placed
But in Washington there are to be
found some specimens highly creditable
from the standpoint of antiquity i'm the
homes which stand on 18th street and
on Thomas, Sheridan and Dupont circles,
which reservations have in late years be-
come known the wheels of fortune"
Edward II. Wales, brother-in-laW of
Senator EIhu Root. has remarkable
collection in his home near 18th and I
streets. Besides owning several fine wood
and bronze figures, he possesses two i'm
monsc fiat wood carvings, wonderfully
lacquered. showing Buddha and his at
tendant priests. These two pieces came
from an ancient temple and are ex-
tremely valuable.
Tie country home of Mrs l. p Evans
of this city, near Warrenton, Va, holds
Mrs. Horace II. Westcott. Mrs. w A
Slater, who was Miss Helen Hav: Mrs.
William Murray Crane. wife of Senator
Crane of Massachusetts: Mrs George
Howard. Mrs. Clarence Moore and Mrs
Franklin Ellis, all OF whom possess fine
Buddhds
There are, among the men who have
taken up this fad. 7. Gregory Dodge
Charles V. Wheeler, DIR, Emery Resin
ger, Frederick May, Rush Marshall. Larz
Anderson and Anton Heitmuler.
Dr. Reisinser has one of the finest
collections in the city. His home on I6th
street near Thomas Circle is graced win
seventeen idols of Buddha. They are of
unquestionable antiquity, and were col
lected half a century ago in Japan by
his father. the late Admiral Reisinger
who also brought hack with him one. of
the finest general collections of japanese
antiques III this city. -Four of DR. Reising
res RuddhaS are large figures standing
more than two -eet in height \ fifth
is remarkable specimen in a gold
lacquer case
Anton Heitmuller has not confined him
self To Buddhas. He has large female
Buddha. i'm wood. heavily overlaid with
gold lacquer, but in addition 10 this he is
the professor of ten Hndoo deties and
their incarnations, including Barma and
gods, and Rama krishna Matsaya Han
unan, the monkey god, and may others.
These Hindoo pieces are In a@abaster, or
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restful countenance than that of a Bud
dha in meditation. with eyes lowered
and features stamped with the ineffable
calm of intrOspection.
In the cruder examples of Buddhist
figures. however. the ancient artisan
often failed to obtain this calm express
sion which is part and parcel of the
Buddhist makeup. Such a statue may
be thousands of years old and covered
with the black crust of he ages, which
is an undisputed warrant of its
tiquity, and still not be "a desirable figure.
The faddists in Washington declare that
a Buddha with an unpleasant counte-
nance is an influence of discord.
4 veteran collector in Washington in
speaking of the fad for Buddhas, said
"Buddhas are a distinct church adjunct
in the orient. When they find their Way
TO the United States. they become an
other example of that well known truth
that many things are brought to this
country without the shadow of moral
right. Where in civilized countries me-
mortal windows are placed in churches,
in China. Japan and India Buddhas are
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built, according to archeologists, al OF
=. 900 years ago.
A bronze casket seven inches high and
five inches in diameter was in the center
of the chamber. The casket was round.
lidded and fashioned To represent full
blown lotus flower. upon which a sma
bronze Buddha sat. The box was Won
derfully carved with scenes depicting the
life Of Buddha- a lump of rock crystal
was found within the casket. One end
had been followed out and sealed. but
the seal had fallen away with the ravages
of time. Inside the cavity We're a patch
of white ashes and two bits OF charrod
bone. The relics are considered genuine
beyond all peradventure by the British
authorities
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According to the accounts which have
come from India, the discovery was the
work of a Frenchman named Foucher,
who came into India to study Buddhism.
He found manuscripts. which told of the
burial of Buddha's ashes L.lder a huge
pagcda in the mountain Businesses of
Peshawur
Although the scientist Foucher under
took to locate the tower and did SO, the
British authorities We're called to his aid.
The ruins of the tower We're located sew
eral years ago. and indicate from their
size that the editice which stood there
was larger than any known Buddhist pa
CODA. For nearly a year and a half ex-
cavations We're made fore the relic
chamber was found. twenty feet below
the stone floor of the pagoda. The room
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0beyed Orders.

A CERTAIN hotel manager in the city
is one of these nervous men who
constantly warn their employees against
Keeping them in ignorance of any hap
penlng around the place lie hired a
new bell boy recently. and gave him
the usual warning:
Remember he warned. IF anything
happens around here I'm 10 be the FIRST
person to know about it,.
Soon after that he was showing three
naughty Daughters OF the Confederacy
one of the best rooms in the place. when
the new bell boy rushed in with his
hair on end:
Something happened he yelled
The three Daughters of the Com
federacy turned coldly, and the manager.
anxious to get rid of the boy, demanded
to know the trouble.
THAT old cat down stairs said the
boy, has just had kittens, What shall
We do?"
The managers suggestion was rough.
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placed in the temple as memorials to the
illustrious dead. Most often. with the
connivance of a priest. these little i'm
ages We're taken from their inches and
sold. Really good examples of Buddhas
are now becoming scarce.
washington society women are per-
haps not quite such extreme faddists as
their neighbors. but within the last year
the desire for Buddhas and for jade anu
lets has been remarkable
The movement toward the revival OF
Buddhism is fairly afoot in China and ia
pan. The impetus was given by the dis
covery near Peshawur. in Afghanistan. or
the ashes of the great leader. The rellcs.
which have been declared authentic.
We're presented to those of Buddhist faith
by the British authorities in India.
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alism. and he lends decorative charm
to many drawing rooms and salons here
And so the great teacher of India. who
was later adopted as "A deity in Japan.
China, Ceyion and Burma. and in whose
worship thousands of brown men and
women have bent the knee. is in great
demand in the nations capital. In fact,
the fad for Biddlas here bids fair to be-
come as extreme any that has ever
Sripped the lovers of the bizarre and un-
usual in this city.
THO fad for tn cnIl..flnm II EiIal.llIas
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A Torchy Subject.

A Lively a. ADEE, assistant secretary
\ of state, is probably the most IA.
nous bicycle rider in the District OF CO.
lumbia. Each summer he makes a long
trip through France on a bicycle, keeping
in touch with the office here until his va
cation period has expired, when he re-
turns to America.
During the Santo Domingo outburst
the American gunboats Yankton and
Wheeling were ordered to the city OF
Puerto Plata The day after they left
a crowd Of anxious newspaper men were
questioning the assistant secretary
do YOU think. asked one, that the
Dominican rebels will dare to attack
the Wheeling?"
Il sincerely hope not" replied Secre-
tary Adee. I'm dreadfully fond OF
wheeling"
After which four correspondents ex-
ploded with a loud bang.
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A SUDDEN Popularity of
4 \ the Oriental Images
Laid at the Door of Society's
Love for the Strange and
Unusual-Highly Creditable
Specimens of Buddhas From
the Standpoint of Antiquity
Found in Washington Homes
The Many Different Kinds
of Buddhas and What They
Are Supposed to Represent.
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of a native. there is no certainty that it
is not of European instead of oriental
origin, for the great East India Company,
in the early eighteen hundreds. caused
many of these gods to be manufactured
in Birmingham. Eng, for distribution
among the natives. So that every coll
lector in Washington may be "stung'
once or twice before he learns to tell the
real from the spurious antique.
The Buddhas shown in Washington col
lections take many forms. There are
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A MONG the many prominent women
~ who have embraced the cause or
woman suffrage is Miss Violet AS
uuith, daughter of the prime minister OF
England Miss ASauith recently made
her first trip to America and snt some
DAYS in Washington at the home of AM
bassador Bryce.
1t seems strange that Premier Asquith.
the man at whom the bitterest attacks
of the suffragettes have been aimed, the
man whose residence has been assalled
and whose windows have been broken by
suffragettes should have a daughter who
is a suffragette. Yet Miss Violet is an
ardent advocate of votes for women. She
is not a suffragette OF the w!ndow-break-
ing type but is a very level-headed young
woman, who believes in making of her
life something more than Il butterfly eX-
istence. She is fond of society and pretty
clothes and is among the most popular
of English girls. But society is with her
a pleasure, recreation and not HE
aim.
* X
When asked to tell something about her
self and her aims, Miss Asquith said:
Mr.. Asauith. the prime minister of Eng
land. That fact, however, has no rela-
ton to what I am myself.
II like books and read a great deal. l
like society. but l do not think that So
ciety is the principal thing in life be-
lieve in having a good time wholesomely.
in enjoying myself. but l do not believe
that enjoyment is the chief aim of life.
Life is a more important thing than just
to shine in court circles. | would dislike
very much think that all my aim in life
is to reflect fashions plate. Though / like
pretty clothes and pleasant companions,
| realize that we all made for some
thing more important than just to be but
terflies. | want to be of some service to
the world, and to wOnanhoOd in par
ticular. | desire in my own way to as
sst my fellow woman. am suffragist.
but not of the militant kind. l certainly
do not approve of throwing stones at my
father, for instance. l have never thrown
one single stone at him.
Notwithstanding the fact that they are
on opposite sides of the woman suffrage
question. the premier and his daughter
are very fond of each other. Each re-
spects and admires the other. With Miss
A suuith the vote is merely a means and
NOT the important thing. Her purpose
is the uplift of wonlankind. A great deal
of her time is taken up with working
womans club in the Soho district of
London. She is president of the club and
is Intensely interested in it's wellbeing.
She has great faith in the work and be-
leves that great things can be accom-
plished along the lines she is following.
She said:
Il believe that all such work should
be along the lines of making the women
of ajn tir.r tlAy,
and showing, both by precept and ex-
annie. how they should live. Do not
make the mistake TO believe that all the
women we meet in our clubs want to be
or need to be patronized. You mistake
nv idea of social betterment if YOU think
so. We may be of advantage TO them in
showing them some things. but l assure
you that the advantage is mutual. They
can also tell us many things about life
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scribe heartily to the teachings of Yogi.
But no bona fide Buddhist has yet been
discovered here among the socially elect.
The farthest any of them willing to
so, in assembling the popularity of Buddna
To anything more than mere fad, is to
declare that the figure of a placid Bud
dha- in meditation exercises q quoting
influence upon nerves overweight by
social excuses. Therefore many of the
Washington Buddhas are the patron
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UDDHA, the placid
apostle OF abnega-
ton, has been
caught on the high
tide of faddism.
His is a place Of
honor among the
expensive art OBJ
jects lin Washing
ton homes OF
wealth and culture.
About him hangs
an aura of orient
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las taken such Il hold on Washington So
Cicty that some al the collectors are not
contining themselves 10 perfecting cOlieC-
tons OF BUd9haS alone. but are eager for
anything which SaVoTS OF temple worship
in the orient. Therefore among the lares
and penates OF exclusive households are
To be found some choice examples OF
Hindu delties and one well known club
man and society man. vino is just com
plettng magnificent residence, is even
now negotiating for a huge Chinese joss
which he intends installing i'm an espe-
cially built alcOve in his new home
The sudden popularity of images of
Buddha and other oriental gods may be
laid at the door of society's love for the
strange and unusual. This same charac-
teristic OF society folks has, i'm times
past been responsible for the popularity
of Pomeranian poodles, chow dogs and
the like. in the tickle fancy of the fad
dists. No religious significance whatever
is 10 be attached to it
OF course, there are many residents of
Washington who da bbie To a greater or
less extent in occult ScctS. These are
Bahists, Vedentists and folk who sub
Evening journal., 1913-02-08
WAY OF MARKETING APPLES
New Scheme Tried by New England
Growers With Apparent Success
How Plan Is Worked.

The objections to marketing apples
in the old way through commission
men has always given rise to much
complaint. A new scheme has recent
ly been tried by New England apple
growers.
Under this plan the farmer sells his
apples outright to the commission
agent for an amount less than their
full value. The agency then disposes
OF the product for as high a price as
he can get. At the end of the year
he settles with the grower The
amount formerly paid the farmer, as
well as storage and transportation
costs, are deducted from the gross sell
ing price. The remainder is divided
between farmer and commission agent.
The plan, wherever tried, has work
ed well for both parties. The indif-
ference OF the agent to everything but
his commission is done away with, for
his profits increase with each increase
In the selling price of the apples. The
new plan has not been very widely
adopted as yet, but It is thought that
when its advantages are fully known
II will largely supplant the old slip
shod method.
Evening journal., 1913-02-08
ROOT CROPS FOR DAIRY cow
Make Valuable Addition TO Winter Rs-
tlons Because They Add to Va
ricty Of Feed.

No matter what some people tell
you. turnips and other roots mako
fine milk producing feed .Turnips
will net affect tho flavor Of milk II fed
at the right time
If turnips are fed IN large quanti-
ties and two or three hours before
milking. they are likely TO sive the
milk an unpleasant taste. but If fed
directly after milking no favor what
ever VIII be noticed.
a peck OF turnips 20 each animal
Pr dag Is sufficient In most cases. A
good plan Is TO seed directly after hay
in the early morning. and once a day
Is often enough
A little salt scattered over tho
turnlpe which should be chopped IN
quarters or smaller add TO their
palatabiiity.
Roots make very valuable addition
70 the winter ration because they add
70 the variety Of the feed and no ami
NAL on the farm appreciates variety
& more than the dairy COW.
In Wisconsin. Iowa and other vest
ern dairy states tne root crop is be-
coming & very important part Of the
crop OF the farm
Evening journal., 1913-02-08
WHERE GOOD ROADS BENEFIT
Case Cited Where Il Cost Farmer
Much Time and Money to Deliver
Small Load Of Apples.

Recently my man went 10 the coun-
ty seat to deliver 25 bushels of apples.
The mud was so deep that the team
was repeatedly stopped to wind on
level stretches and on many hills a
brake was not necessary, writes d. II.
Watts in the New England Homestead.
The time required to make the round
trip Of 30 miles was 13 hours, not
counting the time used feeding the
team and in unloading. Much less
time and scarcely any wear and tear
OF team. wagon and harness would
have delivered 70 bushels on a mac
adam or a brick road bed.
II man and team are worth 81
day, and they are, then we lost IS
earning capacity that day and worked
very hard 10 hours (more than a day
and half, by elght-hour day system)
to earn a days wages. The gigantic
question is not. do good roads cost
too much, but how much more do
bad roads cost US? Let every farmer
be a committee of one to figure on
road profits and losses. The postof-
flee department and many others might
well participate. The consumer OF
farm products is a sufferer also as
because OF these ill-kept roads his sup
ply comes inadeQpately at times, and
again so as to demoralize the market.
It is true that difficult transportation
invariably means higher prices at the
consumers door.
Evening journal., 1913-02-08
LEAF MOLD OF MUCH VALUE
Nothing Better Suited for Improving
Flower Beds or Adding to All
Kinds Of Soils.
cBv w. R. GILRERTl

This term is applied to leaves when
they are so thoroughly decayed as to
readily separate into small particles.
Leaf molds Is a valuable manure in
many instances, especially on heavy
soils, and one OF the most important
ingredients for the soil used in the
successful cultivation Of the majority
of plants.
It may be used freely particularly
with the tender seedlings and cuttings
of soft wooded subjects, provided IL
be of good quality and free from in
furious fungous growths.
The production Of roots IN young
plants Of this description is induced
and accelerated with more certainty
by planting in this material than by
the use of any other.
The quality of leaf mold depends
very materially upon the sort Of leaves
composing it and in the manner of
preparation adopted
It is found from experience that
the best leaves are those collected
from a wood or other place where the
pilHNlpdi trees dIt DttIu ana Odks ana
where their leaves fall over a large
surface each year, and naturally decay
slowly, until those beneath the sur
face become changed into a light
mold.
Leaf mold Of good quality may be
used to the extent of about one-third
in composts for azaleas, greenhouse
rhododendrons. and many fne-rooted,
hard-wooded plants of this descrip-
tion.
It may also with advantage be IN
corporated along with peat in the
preparation of beds for nearly all
plants Of the heath family which are
grown out Of doors.
Further. nothing is better suited for
improving fiower-beds, or for adding
to soil of any description. for placing
round trees. shrubs or plants whose
roots It is desired to. encourage.
Evening journal., 1913-02-08
LEAF MOULD OF VALUE
STACKING APPLE BARRELS
AUTOMATIC GRAIN WEIGHER
NARROW ROADS ARE FAVORED
Agitation to Cut Width to Thirty Feet
Has Been Taken Up In Kansas
Easier to Care For.

The agitation which was begun in
Iowa two years ago to cut down the
width Of country roads, allowing the
unused strips Of land along each side
Of the highway to revert to the ad-
jacent property owner. has now been
taken up in Kansas, where the state
highway engineer is advocating a plan
similar to that advocated in Iowa byi
Governor Carroll, says the Iowa Home
stead. The argument both in Iowa
and In Kansas is that by mar
rowing the highways to thirty feet,
and maintaining the entire width
as a highway and drainage sys-
tenn, the wall Of weeds upon each side
OF the roadway would be dispensed
with and great waste of land would
be mlnimized. The Kansas highway
engineer has figured that a sixty-foot
roadway takes 1856 acres from two
sides of each section OF land, or twen-
ty-nine acres from each section II
there iB a road on all four sides. BY
abandoning thirty feet of each road
that Is now sixty feet wide, three and
bWO-luiNub dNlt0 WOulu ltNtlL " lhd
owner of each quarter section, thus
materially adding to the farm income.
The situation in Kansas is consider
ably akin to that in Iowa, only a
portion (from one-third to one-half) OF
the land allotted to a highway being
used as an actual roadway. Those who
are back Of the movement In both Of
the states believe that better results
will be obtained by narrowing the road
and keeping the narrower channel in
better repair. while at the same time
adding thousands Of acres of rich farm
land to the states aggregate. Wheth-
er the agitation bears fruit or not IL
can hardly fail to be of value in fur
thering the cause of good roads by in
creasing public interest in the subject
Evening journal., 1913-02-08

Herman L. Darling of Delta, Colo. It
comprises the installation in the tree
of small electric motor having a
trembling rotary motion and connect
ed by transmitting wires to an cleo
trio current.
During the months Of April and
May when the orchard is subjected
TO sudden freezes, by means Of this
system a vibratory trembling motion
is impaired to all limbs of the tree,
transmitted to twigs and buds and
this motion starts the sap to circulat-
ing, invigorates the buds and strength
ems them against the killing effects
OF the frost
Evening journal., 1913-02-08
BREEDING STOCK FOR DAIRY
In Selecting Cattle Real Test Must Be
Scales and Babooek Test-con-
formation Of Cow.

Professor w. ]. Kennedy OF the
Iowa station recommends the follow
ing in reference TO the selection OF
breeding stock for the dairy:
In selecting dairy cattle the real test
must be the scales and the Babcock
tester. The COW is a machine to con
vert food into milk, thus she must
have a large middle and a strong con-
stitution TO insure the best results.
She must also have large udder,
large milk wells. large crooked milk
veins and good sized teats. Her head
should be clean and angular in ap-
pearance, with the eyes standing out
prominently. The neck should be
rather long and lean IN appearance.
Tho shoulders pointed. and the back
bone rather prominent The skin
should be loose and soft to the touch.
In selecting herd bulls, either mature
animals which have already demon
strated their worth as sires, or
younger animals from high testing
dams and sires only should be used.
The best and surest results will
always follow the use OF a mature
sire which has sired heifers with good
records A good dairy bull should be
kept until he is ~ or IS years old in
fact as long as he is a sure sire Real
good sires are so rare that when we
do iind one. he should die only OF old
age. All breeders OF dairy cattle
should secure yearly tests on each and
every COW in the herd. Shorter tests
do not really mean very much. Il is
the COW that stays by her Job that is
really valuable.