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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-14
Dick Swiveller and the Marchioness.
From the London Chronicle.

From The London ChrOEicle. .
Mr.. Richard Swiveller. perpetual grand
master of the Order of Apollos, and some
time clerk to Sampson Brass, esq.,. attor-
ney. Of Bevis Marke. was learned in purl.
His sorrow that grown men should not
know it could surpass only his surprise
that the marchioness should have tasted
beer only in sips. For ii was a fagon
of Dreaming purl that Mr.. Swiveller in
PRODUCED into the cellar kitchen on that
memorial BILE night he discovered the little
slavy cooling her eye at the keyhole"
and eager for company set himself to
teach her cribbage. 1t must rank as one
of the greatest nights not only in Mr.
Swiveller's life, but in all fiction. Purl
was then hot ale, well spiced with nut
meg and laced with measure Of gin.
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traits. So, If the traits lacking in both
parents are socially important, the chill
dren all lack socially important traits,
!. e.. are feeble-minded. If. on the other
cially significant traits SO that each pa
rent brings into the combination the
traits that the other lacks. all of the
children may be without serious lack and
all pass for normal
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-14
Thinking of the Mexican Mess.

From tine Boston Transcript.
Let's see. the English motto is 'Diel
ct mon droit, isn't it?''
Il believe so"
We'll, what is the motto of America 2
''Dieu ct Monroe"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-14
An Egotist.

From, Lippincotts
Hokus-Flubdub seems to have a
wonderful opinion Of his knowledge.
Pokus--I should say he has. Why, I
have actually heard him attempt to
argue with his son, who is in his
freshman year at college.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-14
Made Him Short Tempered.

From the Boston Transcript.
'Botherng ne again about that bill.
Say, didn't / tell you three weeks ago
that ! was short?'
Yes. but YOU are short too confound-
ed long,
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SECRET OF doors.
Stencil Agreeable to the Nos
tr;IS of Some Persons.
SCENTS AND RECOLLECTION
Foul Smells Amid Which Euro.
pean Royalty Lived in the 18th
and 18th Centuries.
From Current Opinion.

From Current Opinion.
Most people imagine that smells can
be classified as sweet or vile in an alb
soiute sense. The smell of flower is
assumed to be sweet and the odor Of
putrefaction is deemed vile. The truth
is according to the Paris Cosmos that
haot. the association of ideas and in
olVlduai temperament determine the real
ltE OF these impressions. There are il.
Paris municipal employees who so love
the door OF the sewers in which they
toll that they feel indisposed after their
retirement upon 4 pension. They drop
back into the old associations now and
then Ter a Whit Of the stencil. This is
not morbid. The smell of the rose sickens
not few persons. Nor are they to be
deemed morbid. II is we. with Our SEN
sitFebess to perfumes, who are the
morbid. We are over-perfumed by the
barber the hardresser and even by the
doctor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-14

DANCELAND. S,h AND G SITS. Sc.
Opens wednesday eve.. Sept. 3, 1913.
Dancing. Mon. Wed. aud Sat. eyes,. $3.50 to
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Whiffs From Bad Plumbing.

lime was when men lived in magnifi-
cence amid the worst conceivable stenches.
! They loved those stenches Just as today
We all love particular doors of dis
agreeable kind. The smell of a newly
printed book delights the biploplile al
though ]: makes some people sick at the
stomach. The odor of the newly manu-
factured glove in large quantities IS over
po0cfilg to certain sensibilities- vet it is
not stencil. For stencil in the true
meaning OF the word we must consider
the noses of our seventeenth and eigh-
teenth century ancestors. Marie An
toinette lived amid doors SO vile that
ruStlcs fresh from the fields tainted from
the first Whit, but the queen did not
nind> them. One or two Of her ladies'
were delighted with these consequences
of bad plumbing. for that was the cause
of the stencil they loved. The British
more surprising:
teenth and eighteenth centuries are full
of disgusting details of the insanitary
state of Paris including the Louvre Itself
The palace of the French kings was
open to the public more freely than the
White House at Washington is to the
citizens OF the great republic Of the
west. Taking into account the fact that
the customs of the French people as of
most other nations in the good old days,
were tlth.er in some respects than those
or primitive nan. the state of the dwell
ing OF the sovereign may easily be imag
med The mere reading about
these things almost makes modern
reader sick.
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DANCING.

MISS CHAPPELEAR, 1914 Q ST. NV. PHONE
! North GS4a The Fish walk. Ast0r Whirl and
all the latest dances taught. Private lessons
any hour Hall for rent.
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Miss Mildred Rider has returned from
Boston. where she spent her vacation in
taking a course In the Fletcher Music
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Odors of Versailles.

But probably among those to the man.
ner born it caused no Inconvenience. and
the recollection Of the stenches of the
Louvre and Versailles in later days was
even associated in loyal breasts with ten
der feeling of regret for the past. The
famous architect V.ollet-le-Duc says that
even in the unsavory details that have
been referred to the old tradition was re-
vived at the restoration. He remembered
the stenches which pervaded the corri-
doris of Saint Cloud in the days of Louis
XVIII. One day when mere boy h.
visited the palace at Versailles in the
company of an elderly lady who had
been an ornament of the court of Louis
Nv. In going about they found their way
into passage where their nostrils We're
assailed by the foulest doors. The old
lady inhaled them with the deepest pleas
ure, exclaiming rapturously. .Ah, that
reminds me of the beautiful past" 1t is
we'll known that the olfactory nerve often
retains impressions more wildly than any
of the other senses; hence the smell Of a
flower will call up in an old man the
memory OF q scene of youthful love or
awaken forgotten associations. 1t Is nat
ural enough therefore. that once ia
miiiar stencil should bring back a van
ished past. But an old court beauty
finding food for fine settlement in a
stink is what Carlyle would call a com
ico-pathetic figure
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-14

ASSEMBLY DANCES NOW OPEN. THURS.
and Sat eyes, Natl Rides Armory, DAvI-
SONS, Prof. and Mrs.. Studio. 719 9Th NV.
All late dances. Boston. Tango. Trot. Fish
Walk. One-step. Taught any hour with mu-
sic Class & dance. Tues. eyes. Phi. NJ. 1884.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-14

Mrs. Helen Donohue De Yo soprano
soIoist of st. Margaret's Episcopal
Church and Charles Towbridge Tittmann,
bass soloist of Old st. Johns Church.
Lafayette square, assisted by Lawrence
Lee, tenor. and Miss Janney, pianist,
will give a concert in Leesburg, Va,
shortly. for the benefit of the music fund
of St James Episcopal Church in the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-14

Virginia town. Mr.. Tittmann has been
acting as choir director at st. James
Church during his summer vacation.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. G. Klein. director and
Organist of Waugh Methodist episcopal
Church. have returned to the city after
an outing at Ocean Grove and visits to
relatives in New Jersey and Pennsylvania
The choir of Waugh Church will not sing
until the first Sunday in OCTOBER.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-14

Miss Katharine McNeal. one OF the
most interchangeable of the younger pianists
of the city, returned early in the week
from a three-week rest with friends at
Trout lake in the Adirondacks and will
sail next Saturday on the Imperator for
another period of study abroad. She will
go direct to Berlin, where she will con-
tinuc her musical work under Oliver Dem
ton and Paul Goldschild. Miss McNeai
will be at home to her friends informally
this afternoon from . to in her apart
ment at the Parkwood.
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Edwin Callow. baritone formerly d.
rector of music at the Eastern Presby-
terrain Church. will assist John G. Klein
in giving the program this evening at the
tent service of the Church of the Cove
nant. Mr.. Callow will be heard in Even
ing and Morning. by Max Seeker. and
II Heard the Voice of Jesus Say" b.
Schneider
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-14

Miss Edna Dyer of the Rubinstein ana
Music Study Club has returned from a
six-week outing with friends at Cnaries
Town and Martinsburg, W. Va. ana d.
Buena Vista Springs. At each or these
places Miss DYER was in much demand
for informal and other musical AFFAIRS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-14

Newton ". Preston has been engaged
as soloist and choir director at Ingram
Memorial Congregational Church and
has already assumed charge OF the music
at the services. Mr.. Preston is private
secretary Of Representative Stevens OF
Nebraska, and when he came here three
years .go had the unusual record of hav-
ing held me position OF choir director in
one church OF mis- home state for nine
teen wears Mr.. Preston is "A man of
versatile talents, and during his stay III
the choir of the First congregational
Church and teacher Of the Business
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-16
Burgling to Feed the Children.

Once in a while a human interest
story is told that turns upon the theme of
the good-natured burglar, tending to
show that the man behind the mask is
not a bad fellow at heart. but is in the
business Of lifting other peoples property
as his only means Of maintaining his de-
serving family. The latest contribution
to this line of sentimental literature
comes from Los Angeles. where a frantic
mother, rushing from home in the middle
Of the night to summon a physician for
her croupy infant, ran upon burglar at
the front door and on explaining the sit
uation found the intending thief her best
friend In time of need. The burglar
turned doctor and after an hours hard
work saved the child. Then ensued the
following affecting colloquy:
''You must have a baby yourself?" re-
marked the mother.
II have Ave." replied the man. That's
why 1 came. here tonight"
The dispatch unfortunately fails to
state whether the kind-hearted burglar.
turned thief to feed his starving little
ones, left his card so that he could be
afterward identified and given an oppor-
tunity to earn an honest living by ap-
pointment to job at good salary. That
is the usual story style of rounding off
an incident of this kind. One hates to
think Of this sympathetic man. father of
five children, continuing to practice his
dangerous and uncertain profession.
There Is always a risk to run. One may
get pinched, and then again one may get
plated ware. Burglary is a big gamble.
and perhaps that is why it Is pursued as
an occupation rather than some honest
form Of labor.
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quantities. The dealers can, Of course.
flx the prices as they wish. There Is no
Law 70 prohibit their charging $18 q ton
for coal II they think their customers
will stand for the extortion. They can
charge such prices for coal by the pound
that the rate will run to so ton. II
they choose. That is their right. But 1t
IL not their right to pretend to charge
tho normal rate for coal and then. by
division into deceptively styled packages.
to run the price far beyond the market
point
II has been urged In behalf Of this prac-
tee Of charging more for small-lot coal
than for ton sales that the dealer IS put
to more trouble by It. and deserves a
larger return. There II little justification
on this ground. Tho small-lot sale is
delivered directly to the purchaser in the
yard. There is no need Of wagon and
driver. In the case Of the large delivery,
by wagon. in many cases the dealer can
move the coal from the freight yard to
the consumers house and thus save the
discharge at the yard and the reloading
there But the small trade gives him no
less advantage. He makes one haul, to
his own yard. and there doles out. the coal
to the customers. There is nothing what
ever in the conditions Of the trade to
warrant any increase Of the price to the
small consumer, and certainly no justifi-
cation for imposition. and 1t is to be
hoped that Mr.. Haskell will be able to
check this practice that is causing dis
tress among hundreds Of people with
small incomes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-16
WEST VIRGINIA.

From the Brooklyn Times.
More legislators, this time in West
Virginia. have been caught In the dicta-
graph trap. Hereafter an essential part
in the education of any public official
should be thorough schooling in the
deaf and dumb alphabet.
From the Toledo Blade.
West Virginia must be trying to crowd
Mexico out of the news columns.
From the Portland Press.
What with bribery in the legislature
and a coal miners strike that mas
brought on conditions resembling civil
war, West Virginia is in bad way.
From the Pittsburgh Post.
1t appears that the money used TO
| "bribe" West Virginia legislators had
string to it. Used as test or wiling
ness to be bribed, as 1t were.
From the St Louis Post Dspatch.
There will be little sympathy at the
other state capitals of the country for the
five West Virginia legislators who let
themselves be caught by the ancient and
crude device Of marked bride money.
From the Philadelphia Evening Telegraph.
News from West Virginia shows that if
the 1neY rot is left uncovered the
"bears vi legislation "ili still go after it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-16
An Old Friend Cutting Up Again.

The attention Of the Postmaster Cen
eral is respectfully called to the alleged
timepiece that ornaments the tower Of
the building in which his department is
housed. 1t is interesting as a puzzle. but
II is very little help to the public as
guide to the flight of the hours Ever since
its installation 1t has been a source OF
amusement to the people Of Washington.
when 1t was not actually misleading and
provoking. 1t has performed consistent
ly in that it's periods of lassitude and
prevarication have come at irregular in
tervals. so that one could never be really
certain Of the time by looking at one
of its four faces. And there have even
been times when 1t has had It's joke on
the city by telling four different kinds
of time at once. So in every department
of it's chief function-that Of misguid-
ance-it has been thoroughgoing. But as
a joke it has somewhat lost its point to
the permanent residents of the city and
II has grown a bit tiresome. Just now
II Is In one Of its spells of desuetude.
not altogether innocuous. Burdened as
he Is by the details Of the postal savings
banks and the parcel post. not to men
ton the ordinary carrying Of the mails,
the Postmaster General Is respectfully
importuned to refer the matter Of this
clock to some branch Of the service that
will give its sad case adequate attention.
II the experts of the department can
not find a cure for its Affections 1t would
be better to have the four dials covered,
especially during Inauguration time. so
that the public may not be deceived.
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High Coal Prices for the Poor.

meaner fraud cannot be conceived
than that of selling to poor people fuel in
midwinter in short weights. Yet this
fraud Is alleged against some Washington
coal dealers, the superintendent of
weights and measures having discovered
that In some cases dealers are. by the use
OF blind measures. charging as much
as 1850 ton for stock that should re-
tail at less than half that price. He
proposes to prosecute those who may be
found to be guilty OF actual deception in
the matter of the measures.
Part Of the trouble In this case lies
with the purchasers. who are Indifferent
in the matter OF the amount they buy.
They call for certain styled quantity, a
can" or a bag or bucket" OF coal,
thinking perhaps that 1t represents a
bushel or a half bushel or a peck. but not
actually specifying the measure they
want. They are given what without be-
ing so marked or styled purports to be a
bushel or a half bushel or a peck. but Is
really much less In quantity. Thus. In
such instances. there Is no technical
fraud. though the purchaser Is actually
deceived.
1t is the hope Of the superintendent OF
weights and meas ures to warn the small
buyers OF coal. who can i'll afford to pay
double prices for their fuel. to demand
full weight when they call for minor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-16
Progress of Agriculture.

Agriculture is a progressive science and
It Is interesting to note the changes ol
opinion and the reversals OF judgment
that have come to pass within the mem
DRY of living men. The rotation Of crops
was q theory which In the Potomac val
ley a generation ago was apprehended
only by a few Of the most advanced and
enlightened agriculturists. 1t was an
idea beyond the grasp Of the plain farm
err It was In Europe a century ago
that the discovery was made that the
acreage yield Of cereals would be dou-
bled by rotating them with hoed root
crops. Before that discovery a number
Of European governments were assisting
immigration In order to lessen the strain
and drain on their food production re-
sources.
This character Of crop rotation. 1t
would seem, has not been well learned in
the United States. for in a recent Senate
document the fact is set forth that dur
ing the past thirty years the combined
average yield per acre Of wheat, rye. bar
ley and oats In the United States has in
creased by six and six-tenths per cent.
while the average yield Of the same crops
In Germany has increased eighty per cent
during the same period" Some of this
remarkable increase in the productivity
of the soil has been attributed to closer
and more intense tillage. to soil analysis
and the more general and generous appli-
cation of fertilizers. but high authorities
attribute this increase Of wealth largely
to the cereal-root crop rotation, and the
root crop generally used to bring about
this result, and crop of considerable val
ue in itself, is the sugar beet. The United
States, with it's empire Of fresh lands,
falls far behind every country of north
ern Europe with centuries Of tillage. In
the Potomac valley is a large area of
land on which a man cannot make liv-
ing because the soil. fertile at the begin
ming, is exhausted"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-16
The SUffRACISTS.

From the Norfolk Ledger Dispatch.
The suffragettes are always starting
something. even il ii is only a walk
From the Columbus Ohio State Journal
The pictures of Gen. Resale G. Jones
| make her out SO good-looking that We
shouldn't wonder IL she'd end up by dis
regarding all distinctions of rank and
marrying private.
From the Pittsburgh Gazette Times.
When the suffragette army of sixteen
which is hiking from New York to Wash
ington for votes for women reaches the
National Capital 1t may be surprised TO
learn that they ran out OF votes In the
District Of Columbia years ago, even for
the use of men.
From the Jacksonville Times Union.
The suffragettes say that at least forty
senators and representatives will be IN
their procession. but they don't undertake
to say how foolish they will feel.
From the Bridgeport Evening Post.
According to the suffragists' press agent
they will be the main attraction at the
Inauguration.
From the Boston Globe.
Will the President-elect DE induced to
review the suffragette parade. under the
command of Gen. Rosalie Jones, when IL
gets 10 Prince tom
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-16
The UNITED STATES and MEXICO.

and puts arms in the hands of its former
inmates. he must expect to be judged
by his acts. not his words.
From the Columbus Dispatch.
There is still doubt in Mexico whether
it is Felix or Francisco who is going to
prove his ability to come back.
From the Baltimore Evening Sun.
Just what constitutes IAN intolerable
condition in Mexico" depends on how
far one lives from the firing line.
From the New York Evening Sun.
1t looks as If the spoiled child to the
south is to be given a taste Of the rod.
From the st. Louis Post Dispatch.
II the United States must intervene to
protect foreigners and restore order in
Mexico. let 1t be limited to protecting
foreigners and restoring order.
From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
If 1900 United States troops go out to
participate in the Mexican festivities
there will be a material increase in the
ratio of casualties to the amount of am
munition used.
'st'l no Syracuse Post-Standard.
e Uncle Sam is busy his big boy.
Te~as. would be glad to take care of
.a.ex4eo for him.
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From the st. Paul Dispatch.

From the st. Paul Dispatch.
The aspiring Gen. DiaZ wires Washlng-
ton that he is firmly convinced that
there is no necessity for outside ald:
Naturally this ambitious son of the OLD
dictator desires to be left alone.
From the Syracuse Herald.
1t would be embarrassing II the gov
eminent should find it necessary TO IN
tervene in Mexico just day or so be-
fore inauguration.
From the Birmingham Ledger.
Mexico has gone wild and 1t remains
to be seen If the civilized nations will
stand by and see those creatures de-
stroy the houses and estates ana even
the villages in wanton robbery or In the
lust for destruction.
From the Milwaukee Journal
For a revolution wholly quelled, the
Mexico movement has done pretty well In
taking the capital city. Life seems to
demand a considerable amount OF spice
in the republic south Of us.
From the New York World.
When Felix Diaz asks for the moral
support of Americans on the ground thu
he is fighting to bring peace and save
the nationa ity of Mexico and then
thic.s o. - tae 1878 OF Belen pr.svA
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-16
A Busy People.

Where are all the sleuths SO cunning
Who would take a slender clue
And would catch a culprit running
In. at most, a day or two;
Who would utter q prediction
And their victim straightway cage?
They are busy writing fiction
Or rehearsing for the stage.
Where shall we obtain our players
At the noble game of ball?
What will small towns do for mayors
When for craftsmanship they call?
Who will formulate a thesis?
Who will run motor car?
Every one is writing pieces
Or IS booking dates to star,