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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-17

ger cookies of our great. great grand
DANES. The Constitution licked the
Guerriere on Yankee ginger cake; and
now they want to discard both Old
Ironsides' and the ginger-cake jar. too
Time was when company came that the
housewife would hustle around and bring
up huge mountains of good things from
the cellar or the pantry-but do they do
II now? Probably not. Probably she
PUSHES out and whispers to a maid:
Run up to the Italians and get 10
cents worth Of Sugaritos and quart Of
Ossiiied Prune Juice"
Oh. degenerate day! The fine old hams
which any gentleman would be proud to
carve are but a memory. along with Law
ender and old lace and grandmother
ginger cakes. In it's place is a measy
half pound Of sliced stun from the Ital-
ian's. The old homemade pickles give
way to a soft and soggy lot from dirty
jar in the same place. The jam Is no
longer mothers. 1t comes from fac
tory.
We are undone. The darkness OF the
delicatessen is upon US.
i y x y
Well, this column has one reader. any
how. Anent the Society for the Asphyxi-
alton OF the Most Dispensable Express
sious, comes q letter signed by S. D. r.
Ha 10 etectsd . member OF the society.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-17
The Hard Look as a Weapon.
from the Chicago Pos

rom the Chicago PoSt
Two OF the woman peace guardians
have given suggestions to members of
their sex for dealing with the street
f1irt Women are assured that the aver
age maSher can be overwhelmed either
by d sudden and fierce look or by
slow and comprehensive gaze which
shall take an inventory of all the
wretched creatures deficiencies. With
out desire to impair worthy counsel. but
rather with the hope of abetting 1t, we
offer the idea that looking a certain
type of man over from head to foot
is to assail him where he is best train
ed Could man easily upset by scorn
wear a snub-nosed shoe-one of the
virulently chrome hue with large and
hideous buttons? We think not. A
glance at his feet would confirm him
in his distorted fancy. He would be
equally proud, too, of the odious hat
that came under ral1ing fire.
The men whom the policeWomen say
can be put to rout by severe looks are
the tyros of the streets. Unfortunately,
the real nuisances seem to thrive on
reverses and to get amusement out OF
seeing a woman angered. The look of
scorn does not go through their armor-
plate. This is not to be taken as dis
coura ging the practice of hard looks,
either secretly in rehearsal or In actual
employment. If the MASKING beginner
is killed off. something will have been
accomplished and the veterans can be
dealt with otherwise.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-17
Be Kind to the Animals.

From the Hartford Times.
This IS the time of year when domestic
animals need most considerate treatment
from human beings. The hot weather
takes the life out of many horse that
could go on working comfortably for
years in a moderate temperature. To the
dogs extreme heat Is as exhausting as it
is to their masters. The cats are not SO
much affected by the heat. but this Is the
time of year when the majority OF cat
owners seem to feel free to go out OF
town and leave their household pets TO
the tender rercies of their neighbors. So
every city church yard and school yard
and every spot which can occur GOODNESS
and safety in the heart of city has its
population OF neglected eats to whom II Is
a mercy to minister I'm July and August.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-17
Four-Mile Waves.

From the New York Evening Post.
According to Prof. j. A. Fleming. sew
eral of the most powerful wireless sta
tons are now generating ether waves
having a length from crest to crest OF
about four miles, and these disturbances
can be detected at distances up to
5000 miles from their source-that is,
four such stations would suffice to 'gir-
die the earth. obviously, however, the
ability to detect the signals over this
vast distance presumably under favor
able weather conditions, is a very differ
ent thing from the power TO maintain
commercial communication along the
route. AS yet the wireless service avail
able to the public covers but third or
at most half, this distance.
There is as yet no means of deter
mining the practical limit of wireless
communication. Improvements in appa-
ratuS perhaps even some new discovery
as to methods of stirring up the ether,
may revolutioniZe the art and upset all
present standards. But at present even
the most successful systems get into
serious difficulties when called upon to
maintain constant communication over a
line 300 miles in length A recent Brie-
ish wireless commission was able to Sc
cure but one demonstration on a line
1000 miles long. although several COM
panies declared their ability much to ex-
coed this distance in a commercial in
Stallation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-17

Here's the very letter:
And say! While dispensing with
those old-timers, you can proiong my
life indefinitely if you can break our
profesh of the habit of using the word
good in describing a man who made MS
escape. The majority Of the yaps seem
to believe that they must say made good
his escape"
taken this expression to the laboratory
and tested it. The report is in FAVOR OF
complete humiliation. One cannot make
good his escape any more than he can
make bad his escape
Representative Edward Taylor of Colo
RADIO is death on versification. He col
iects a large quantity of floating JlngleS
each year and sets them to use by quot
ing them in his law practice or his leeis-
lative work His latest effort Is a de-
lineation of what he believes the Roose-
velt-Pinchot style of conservation OF nat
ural resources would lead to. This is 1t:
Origination: Determination elimination.
Forestration: Confiagraton abomina-
ton.
Convocation: Determination instigation.
Administration: Formulation legisla-
ton.
Regulation: Reservation confiscation-
Notification: Adjudication federation.
Operation: Ranger station multiplied
ton.
a
Realization: Civilization retardation.
Population: Irritation aggrayauOn.
EXpostulation: Indignation disputation.
Publication: Allegation imputation.
Emigration: determination cultivation.
Indication: Inequation in the nation.
Contamination: No taxation, much
stagnation.
Conservation: Exclamation. "Oh, dam
nation!''
Z: :
They are reviving an old story around
Washington these warm days. The story
goes back as far as the once famed
Roosevelt regime. They say that when
Prince Henry came to Washington the
Roosevelts fixed up very fine little Ger
man supper party as one of the features
Of the princes entertainment, and the
schnitzels and wieners and Oomphgabels
were served out on one of the chicken
runs at either end of the White House.
Now it happened that the White House
was short of stems, so they borrowed a
lot from a downtown beer palace. The
beer was fine and much to the liking of
the prince, but he nearly choked to death
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-17
Poles and Wires.
II the Dayton News.

From the Dayton News
\ short time ago a telephone linenan
in a neiGhboring city. sent to correct
crossed lines IN a residence district,
made the discovery that shade trees had
grown 10 such height that they In
terfered with the wires. He irlme
diately sought the owner of the Offend
ing trees. whose phone Was out Of
order. and asked for permission to trim
the trees. Not on your tintype,"
shouted the citizen. The lineman asked
him if he did not want to have telephone
service. Not II ] have to sacrifice my
trees To get it,. was the reply. Take
your Internal wires to the alley or put
them under ground. where they belong.
III you can't give me service without cut
ting the trees take your phone out o.
tn. house" That is the proper spirit.
,HIe gIories in the spunk of a man In
such a mood. If more people were Will
ing 10 undergo a little temporary In
convenience there wouldn't be one
tenth OF the complaint there is about
poles and wires disfiguring the streets.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-17
Votaries of Church Bells.
ON the London Chronicle.

From the London Chronicle
The church bell has its votaries. Tenny-
son sang of the mellow lin-lan-lone of
evening bells And do you remember
that experience Of Henry Ryecroft :"
II once passed night in a little market
town where had arrived tired. and went
to bed early. / slept forthwith. but was
presently awakened by know not what !.
in the darkness there sounded sort OF
music and, as my brain cleared. | was
aware of the soft Ginning of church bells
Why, what hour could 1t be? l struck
a digit and looked at my watch. Mid
night. Then glow came over me- We
have heard the chimes at midnight.
Master Shallow, Never till then had l
heard them. And the town in which l
slept was Evesham but few miles from
Stratford- on-Avon. What IL those mld-
night bells had been to me but as any
other. and / had reviled them for break
ing my Sleep?
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swordsman carve of eighty perfectly
good Burmese heads. That sort of thing
is what started England's wrath. and
when England gets wrathy toward a rich
province-why. the province is scolded and
annexed for the benefit of the royal
treasury.
When Burma had been spanked to
finish, Gen. Sir Harry went to the royal
palace in Mandalay and knocked at the
outer portals. He had with him few
English officers, in white linen. pith he'll
NETS, blond hair and the nonchalance
which has startled the world. He had
also an interpreter.
King Theebaw was sitting there with
several ministers, some OF his wives. in
GLIDING Head Missus and the Queen
Mother Now this is what Gen. Sir
Harry says Of the situation himself:
There was no trace OF fear or anger
In his demeanor. He was perfectly cool
and polite.
Il informed him that 1t would be nee
essary for him to embark for India He
suggested delay of three months. which
| was refused: then three weeks and finally
three days.
Eat length I took out my watch and
said. L can give you ten minutes.
| The king got out
| Before he went he begged the gen
eraI not to take away from him his
favorite wife and his famous ruby ring
| worth many millions. Gen. Sir Harry
| looked quizzically at Theebaw, and then
the king said:
ring
And then they shipped them all to
India and the steamship company gave
the general paper on which was
written:
prime minister and twenty maids Of
| honor -.
And one Of those queens was named
| Supi-yaw-lat
| Don't you remember:
| 'Er petticoat was yaller an 'er little cap was
An 'er name was supi-yaw-ist-jes' the same as
Theebaw's queen
An 'wastin' Christian kisses on an 'eathen
/ idols foot.
| You don't see a ham or string or
hams hung up in the old smokehouse
any more. You don't see buxom moth
| err with her arms dyed In the gore OF q
| bushel Of blackberries, with her bingham
| apron about her. and the little boys
hanging around bright-eyed and bare
footed, waiting for chance to get one
lick st the spoon. You don't see the cellar
stored full of big firkins of butter. nor do
| you see ginger cookies made by the thou
sand and placed in cool jar. where lit
tie boys can go running and climbing on
| tiptoe to take one out whenever the fancy
seizes.
No. sir, You see brown-faced person
from southern Italy sitting .. outside iaeon a
gru!ty. When the little fellow. who by
rights should be allowed to taste the
ginger cookies Of his grandmother $
proud making, wants a cake, they SEND
him to the Italians on the corner to buy
a nickels worth OF machine-made crack
ers. What will the rising generation do
for memories Of ginger cookies: This
nation came to it's manhood on the gin
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-17
MASONIC.
LODGES.


Aug 1S-Potomac No. 3. +. 4.
Il. Il. French. No. Is. NJ. ~
Anacostiu. No. 81, T. A.
Pentalpha. No %, E. A.
Mount Pleasant. No. 80, +. Z.
Aug. 19-National. No. II. +. c.
Arminius No. %.
NJ. NJ. Parker No. -. +. 4.
King David. No. %. +. Z.
Aug Washington Centennial. No. IA.
Osiris. No. 26.
East Gate. No. "a. NJ. NJ.
Aug 21-Naval. No. 4. +. G..
Hiram. No. 10. called of.
Lafayette No. 10. +. c.
William r. Singleton. No 80.
Aug. :22--St. Johns. No II.
Hope. No. 20. i. e..
ROYAL ARCH CHAPTERS
Aug 19-I.afayette, No. ). called OF.
Washington Naval. No. G.
called OF.
Aug. 20-Colnmhia. No. l, called of.
Brightwond. No. ..
Aug. 2l-Capital. No. II. mark.
Aug. Eureka. No. 4. mark.
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR COMMANDMENTS.
Aug. 1S-Orient No. =.
Aug. aO-Potomac. No. =.
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nAMQNGTnE /
In FRATfRNlTlESl|
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAs.
Aug 1s-Eaual Lodge. No. II. rank o.

Aug. ls-Eaual Lodge. No. II. rank OF
knight.
Amaranth Lodge. No rs
Century lodge No. 30
Aug. l9-Webster Lodge, No. =.
Excelsior Lodge. No. Il rank of
knight.
Capital Lodge. No ~. called OF.
Myrtle Lodge. No -.
Aug. a0-Mount Ven On Lodge. No
rank OF esquire
Union Lodge. No 49,
Aug. 2l-Franklin Lodge. No. =. rehearsal.
Aug 2--Syracusians Lodge, No. To-
Rathtone Superior Lodge. No.
- rank of esquire.
PYTHIAN SISTERS
Aug. 2o-Friendship Temple No. .. degree
work.
Aug 2-Rathhone Temple. No. 5. degree
work
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Woman's Place.
From the Baltimore Sun.

Prom lie BALTIMORE sun
Woman's place may be. the home. but
judging from recent statistics. she seems
To have deliberately ignored that fact,
for there are: 239077 stenographers. 327,-
635 teachers and professors, 4S1.159 in
VARIOUS trades. 77O.O55 engaged in agri-
cultural pursuits, 1885 physicians and
surgeons. 1885 clergy men. 2.1S6
Journalists. 1851 designers. draughts-
men and architects; 1910 lawyers and
~ z97 women in various professional
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-17
ODD FELLOWS.
SUBORDINATE LODGES.

SUBORDINATE LODGES.
Aug. lS-Union. No. II; Covenant, No. 13:
Langdon, No. 2t, and Beacon,
No. II, degree.
Aug. Washington, No &. and Golden
Rule, No. u. degree. Amity. No.
-.
Aug. cO-Eastern, No. !: Federal City,
No. 20: Harmony, No. 8; Friend
ship, No. II.
Aug 2l--Excelsior. No. Il: Columbia. No.
10: Salem No. %
Aug 2o-Central. No. l, and Metropolis,
No. Ii. degree. Phoenix, No. %.
ENCAMPMESTS.
Aug. 2O-Mount Nebo, No. 6.
REBEKAH LODGES.
Aug 1S-Naomi, No. 1, and Ruth, No. 2.
social.
Aug 22-Dorcas No. 4.
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BUTT Of SACK
POET'SST|PEND
Court Verse Makers Paid in
Wine From the Royal
Cellars.

From London Tit Bits.
II is in many quarters considered
likely that with the death OF Alfred Aus
tin the post OF poet laureate will be al
lowed 10 become obsolete. the maintain
ing OF the ONCE having rested SO far only
upon ancient use and precedent.
The origin Of the past of poet laureate
is buried i'm oblivion. but there is no
doubt that il existed In England in early
Plantagenet times. The king I'm those
days had his verse-maker I'm the same
way as lie had his jester or paid humor
list, poet laureate being hired TO write
poems to order in praise OF his royal
master.
Part Of the emolument of q poet lau-
reate in former times consisted OF free
grant OF a butt OF canary or sack from
the royal cellar. This grant was highly
appreciated by the royal verse-makers.
The payment of the early poets lau-
reate was apt to be a very irregular bust
ness. varying in regard to quantity and
kind. Some We're granted pensions.
others had to be content with glory as
their need,
The first salaried poet laureate Was
Ben Jonson, who was appointed by lot
tiers patent February 3. 1915 After this
the laureateship became a recognized in
stitution of court life, the laureate being
expected to wear a court uniform and
write odes. not only to the king but
upon all occasions of great national re-
joicing or sorrow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-17

of Usage Tribe. No q. Society Temple.
9TH and G streets northwest.
The mother of Past Sachem A. b.
Webb. o. Seneca Tribe. No. IL. died last
Saturday. The members of the order
unite in sending him sympathy.
Osceola Tribe. No. ~ met Tuesday
evening.
Seneca Tribe. No. IL. met last Friday
evening. A meeting OF the Past Sachem
Association followed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-17

Little of interest is tranSpiring in the
subordinate lodges this week, due to the
absence from the city of many Of the
members Washington Lodge, No. g..
will confer the third degree Tuesday
evening, and Golden Rule Lodge, No. II.
will confer the first and second degrees.
Visiting members from other Jurisdictions
now in the city are extended an invita-
ton TO attend lodge sessions.
The question Of extending an invita-
ton to the Sovereign Grand Lodge. I. O..
0. F., to hold it's 1914 session in Wash
ington has not been decided, waiting the
receipt of answers to letters sent out. 1t
is expected that conclusion will be
reached the coming week.
Esther Rebekah Lodge. No. D. met Mon
day evening in Odd Fellows Hall with
Noble Grand Anna Emily Metler presid-
ing. Business was transacted. after
which Essther's degree team conferred the
Rebekah degree upon one candidate the
degree and drill that followed were high
ly complimented by visitors present from
the jurisdictions of Oklahoma ard Oregon.
Announcement was made by the enter
tainment committee that the next meet
ing would be the social evening, prepara-
tons for which are under way.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-17
Cash for Wine.

During the lifetime of Jonson the royal
butt or sack found its way regularly TO
the poets cellar Davenant and then
Dryder succeeded to the bays; but Dry
den seems to have been born under an
unlucky star, for during his laureateship
James III abolished the grant of a butt
of sack. and SO the poet had perforce to
do without.
William III revived the grant Of wine.
but one of the laureates. Henry James
Pye. who evidently had a sound bust
ness instinct, elected to accept a yearly
sum of E27 in place of the wine. and
this amount is now paid to the poet
laureate by the lord stewards depart
ment for butt of sack" In addition to
the CIT. the balance of the laureates
fee amounted i'm recent times to no more
than ETC a year.
Though the first laureates were only
humble verse-makers, many famous
names are OH the roll of the laure dteship.
not the least among them being Words
worth and his great successor. TenEyson.
Lord Tennyson may be said to have been
a born poet laureate. some of his best
poems having been written in celebration
of great public events
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-17
Red Mems Notes.

Usage Tribe. No. 6. held a meeting
Monday. August H. when talks were
made by Jacques Heidenheimer of Sioux
Tribe, No. IL. and by members of the
tribe and visitors
The Great Council will not meet tomor-
row, but Monday, August %, at the hall
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-17
Tribe of Ben-Hur.

Washington Court. No l. held a meet
ing Saturday, August =. at Pythian Tenn
pie The meeting was called to order
by Chief Sister Mrs. L. A. Gavin. All
officers were present. Following the reg
Mar business speeches were made, H.
G. Crouch speaking on organization
work Lewis NJ. Bernstein and others
also made speeches
State Manager II. c. Crouch expects
to organize a new court in the George
town section He is being assisted by
the active members of Washington Court,
No. L. At the next regular meeting of
the court committees on ways and means
and entertainment will make reports
Several members of Washington Court
are spending their vacations at Atlantic
City. They are expected to return be-
fore the next meeting. Visitors from
Baltimore are expected.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-17

Mount Vernon Lodge, No. ). had the
rank of esquire scheduled for last We'd
nesday evening, but 1t was deferred out
of respect to the memory of Grand Chan
celor Sroufe who passed away that aft
ernoon The lodge will confer the rank
next Wednesday, evening.
The Detroit times., 1913-05-17
The Great Lakes Traffic

The vast traffic OF the Great Lakes
which pours in steady food through
the Sault Ste Marie canal Is but little
known even 10 Americans; TO for
eigners II Is almost unbelievable.
The natural strait, which has been i'm
proved by art, carries year In and
year out more shipping than the Suez
canal DR. Charles Casoretty, a
French engineer, who Is To build here,
the largest drydock on the Great
lakes. declares that so few people
either here or abroad realize this fact
that he sometimes hazards his rep
utation FOR sincerity in making the
statement. II is growing faster than
navigation traffic anywhere in the
world. II surprises the entire ship
ping that enters and departs from the
harbor OF New York. The giant Takers
that pass there In many instances are
4 larger than the largest steamship
/ that piled between Europe and the
/ United States quarter OF century
since
No more pregnant fact than this can
Illustrate the tremendous growth or
the United States in its internal com.
merce, for the unsalted seas hay e
played big part In II The ship
ping for the last twelve months was
over 1900, 900 tons, while through the
The Detroit times., 1913-05-17

placed when the sun refuses TO shine
according to prediction. or rain fails
70 appear when the flower gardens
and back lawn require to be refreshed
with . gentle pitter-patter
In Everywhere" Miss Conger will
dance as sole number the lovely
Ivalse from Faust" This dance is ex-
tremely graceful and 10 said to be
quite a. beautiful as anything Paw.
Iowa, isadore Duncan or the clever
Gertrude HOFFMAN, have delighted au-
diences with all over the country.
Miss Conger will dance also the sole
part In the 'GondOlier" number.
which will be one Of the prettiest
dances staged In the pageant. She Is
Ha tall, slight young girl. svelte and
.graceftil and her ability as dancer
- not only the result OF natural en-
fGowment, but Of studious work In
nallet, classic, interpretative and folk
'fDancing with famous teachers OF dane
t1Mg In New York and Chicago. When
= member of the classics OF May Wood
u3lnman, the well-known Chicago
$0nncing teacher, Miss Conger was
(oonGidered the most accomplished and
xaooful girl In the class.
The Detroit times., 1913-05-17
MILITANTS WANT
men, NOT VOTES
At Least That's the Way Mayor
GaynOr, of New York,
Sees Ii

| NEW YORK. May l6.--"As soon al
vote, they will get IT, but as soon as
every woman has man the women
get 10 be very peaceful, said Mayor
| Gaynor today. I'm an interview discuss
ing the question OF votes for women.
! Personally. the mayor said. he zen
Jolly and bully" about IL, and express
ed the belief that the reason for the
militancy in England was that there
were about a million and half women
there without husbands and they were
desperate.
II do not think the women III this
country will ever resort u Violenice
like the English suffragists, said the
mayor. here is deep reason for
that. Over in Great Britain there are
about a million and half women
who have no man We have no sucn
condition over here. AS soon as
every woman has man the women
get TO be very peaceful But just
think OF a million and a half OF women
without a man | do not blame them
for getting mad. They ought 10 tear
down all England. The men got up
and went of TO Australia and Canada,
and Van Dieman's land, and the Lord
knows where else. and left the women
there. And now we are having the
result The women are going to burn
the whole place down unless they are
allowed to vote. But will II do them
any good II they are allowed TO voter
Voting Will not get them husbands.
They will be as bad of In that re-
spect as ever. Over here there 10
no such numerical disparity between
men and women. suppose most OF
our women sufrragists are married"