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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-11-16

earlier career All the same, he was not
ready TO play Monk or Talleyrand TO
Philippe of Orleans at Neully!''
Mysterious event, On Christmas eve
Of 1910 sudden rumor that the royalist
pretender had arrived with his crown in
trunk spread inexplicably-for Paris
in which plotting kings are supposed TO
be no more than b0y-babieS playing doll.
You will remember how the police Were
surprised how the mansions and apart
mentS of ar'stocratS were watched; how
troops OF soldiers dashed through the
Streets
The magistrates. summoned the Comte
de Lur-Saluces.
II am ready for your questions be
gan the Count. with knightly sweep OF
his high silk hat. Chilled as by the view
OF basilisk, the magistrates waved him
TO make room for the Due de Luynes,
who began: 'Messieurs. / give nay knight
~ word while tactfully placing on the
floor in front OF him. out of the judges
sight-his high silk hat.
As their questions grew distracted there
We're filters in the public: each of the
tree magistrates was peering To see that
high hat at his feet Such is the hyp
nothing power of vague suspicion mixed
with ridicule ihat Andre Buffet and
Bernard de Nesins-toth in high silk
hats-got off equally with a few polite
and perfunctory questions.
Rochefort jeered at the republics ter
rors. DO you not see that advertising
your alarm is to play into the hands
OF your adversaries" he said The gov
eminent has admitted fear 1t propagates
the idea that the Duke of ORLEANS could
be within its walls. The Petit Mar
seiliaise quoted a high official saying:
Paris had feeling during two nights
that sensational events were preparing.
The project of police stayed up forty
eight hours and returned to his own
house only when il became certain that
the Duke of Orleans lad not penetrated
Paris"
The Duke OF Orleans was not in
Paris, said my Bonapartist sbut he
was in Neuilly, where he stayed a day.
Spies charged with watching him in
Brussels telegraphed that he had left
tos Paris How did they lose his uaok2
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one-~of those DAYS when Paris goes
wild" he said ''Presiden Loubet. en-
tering after his election was Kissed
through the streets. and the pubic power
seemed to be at the mercy of any one
daring enough to take ii. The police
themselves laughed. Ca marche. eN-
pecting a revolution Tie very troops,
lined up for miles. chuclSled over the
good joke. the novelty, the interest and
excitement of some big change. Alas.
we were not organized Prince Victor
had not married There was no heir. no
campaign fund.-
There's no heir now. | said
There's baby girl and sls0oo.oOo
cash" he said. ~ girl today, a boy to-
morrow. The essential is we've broken
ground. Seventeen million dollars more,
when the heir arrives"
CASH l asked.
Gosh" he answered And SO with
the people. When the presidents car
rage was before the Madeleine IL was
stopped by a wave of tile crowd. A
woman pushed her way through the cor
don OF police pat her foot on the car
rage step and eFnptied her apron full Of
horse manure on LoubetS lap. Not
person IN the crowd touched her. she was
not arrested And size prophesled. When
falls the fourth high hat she cried, be
hold crown,
a crown.
a crown Aad now YOU know why
IN all bagarres. disturbances or labor
troubles. any reference or clue 10 high
silk hats throws magistrates and high
police OF the republic into superstitious
panic. which they make great efforts TO
conceal.
Have there been suchg'' | asked.
Il should SAY So. Otherwise, why saolld
Il scare ths republic2 Why that prophecy
j. fulfilled t. the third hat such coin
cidenees I'LL me- tul of awe Condolences
We know better. That Old p9thoness Of
the masses did not know what she was
saying, Size spoke from the d M subcon-
seriousness of the people, betrayed by re-
publican TniraseS. All We have 10 do Is
TO work an6 wait
Three hats have faliene" / unused
President Loubet's was the first i
baron smashed Ii 0ser his eyes on the
Auteuil race track, enumerated the
Bonapartist President Fall.vres was
the second: near the Arc de Triomphe on
his morning walk, a journeyman barber
knocked II of 10 make a socialistic dem
onstration. The third hat was Prime
Minister BRAND 5, knocked of and
trampled by a king canIelot at the un-
yelling of the Ferry statue
but does Brands hat count?'
That's the question. Ny man says il
does. though BRAND was hut cabinet
minister. and some say he is coming over
- us
BRAND, IS 4 somber genius. affirmed
my Ronapartist and his nightmare is OF
kne socIaflStlc devils he unclaimed IN his
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HI prophecy OF
the fourth high
hat is equivocal'
because IL says
crown simply
which may be i'm
perial or royal.
/ have 1t all
straight from the
Bonapartist with
the wide pants at
the Grand Cafe.
1T happened on
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- Z = 90 Is s:
The Mount;
The Mountains of Fear higher than the Hin,aayas-
impossible barbados which off attainment
bis inherent possibilities
When imagination the Titan and
the path of human 10 the struggles
the brooding SUBMITS.
Without confidence all things difficult Blind men must
follow roads.
A mind without hope a brain without eyes,
Physical difficulties fixed definite facts
material conditions upon which generations concentrate their
attention.
The combined endeavo Of many workers. contributing
suggestion to those of his felos will eventually result
plan for the solution of actual problem.
Imaginary obstacles insurnounable until attacked by
Their existence purely fcoa therefore
their handling is an individual obligation.
Effort and useless until they directed
ineAigently.
You till the desert until eternity without result Indus
try is sterile without intelligence.
possie in the last analysis tenperan,enal rather
than real
feel sure that there is uay-even you do not dis
Your conception be greater than your ability execute
and complete.
The human brain shop which will finally produce tool
for purpose
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-11-16

Special Correspondence OF The Star,
PARIS. November 6, 1918.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-11-16
By Herbert Kaufman


and sgnazed by the accomplishment of at least
tremendous feat which the past considered beyond the range
Of human ingenuity
The best is attained the last word spoken
subject the ultimate improvement reached
The woh does stand STILL The instant the earth pauses
it will pass out of existence
Our course onard therefore standards for efficiency
raised daily.
This does that you called upon do than
yesterday, but merely much Your opportunities have been
increased and ideas proporonatey bigger and
your results correpondg greater you keeping
with feoDs. This literally YOU: Whether
you clerk a mechanic engineer salesman
merchant manufacturer scientist physician, there's
need of Improvement your field of endeauor An
SYSTEM incompetent tool still euaDe question, time
1oasting method exists under your uery eyes,
you'll look hard enough you'll findit
But if you're sighted with tinidty your vision is
blocked by picture of possible faurea failure that may entail
personal you'll not be the behold the
opportunity by which another will profit
Everything that anybody did, somebody else had
chance to do.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-28
INTERESTING GOSSIP OF BIRMINGHAM AUTOMOBLISTS

Every second baby you meet is cutting
its teenth on a Ford tire
Naturally, the last sentence chal-
lenged our attention. even while it
stimulated our pride. While pleasantly
conscious of the varied and manifold
uses to which the Ford is put in $780,
600 American homes. we felt the hon
ors thrust upon us by Mr.. Clifford and
Harper's Weekly scarcely earned. And
the Ford Motor company has too many
distinctions fully earned to accept one
however alluring-of a questionable
title.
consequently, every second baby
you meet is cutting its teeth on Ford
tire. was referred to our bureau of su-
perfluous and erroneous statistics and
the report thereon Is herewith sub
mitted
"'This bureau has microscopically ex-
amined 14S.762 Ford tires for infantile
teeth marks. 1t is manifestly difficult
with our present equipment to differen-
tiate with scientific accuracy between
nail marks. spike marks, tack marks
and infantile teeth marks. 1t is quite
possible that Ford tires so teeth
marked may have developed sentt-
mental value and are now retained
in the nursery instead of being re-
turned to the Ford dealer for rebate
or bonus.
"'However, a tabulation of the Ford
tires so examined gives grand total
of 1857 tires teeth marked beyond all
peraventure and hope of repair or
these. 9261 can safely be said to show
the well defined indentations of wisdom
teeth.
Consequently the bureau feels justi-
fed in declaring Mr.. Clifford's and Har-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-28
The Simple Truth

one of the most fascinating of the many
books of biography that have appeared
during the present publishing season is
the one dealing with the life of Henry
Labouchere 1t is crammed with goe..
stories told by or about this remark
able man, most of them relating to his ca
reer in the diplomatic service says Pear
sons Weekly.
While he was in Washington he planned
little holiday excursion, and he was
Just about to start when he received let
ter addressed in the we'll known handwi.ft-
ing of his chief.
Suspecting that the instructions ii con-
tanned would render his holiday inpos-
tail pocket of his coat and proceeded to
carry out, with great satisfaction to him.
SELF the holiday he had planned.
Then, when he was quite ready to return
he opened the letter, which he had carried
the whole time In his tall pocket and
found that his suspicious of its contents
had been very we'll founded.
He sat down. therefore, and wrote nice
letter of apology to his chief beginning:
Your letter has followed me here
Which, after all, was nothing but the
simple TRUTH
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-28
Greatest Waterway in World

THE Amazon river in South America
is undoubtedly the greatest waterway
in the world" said Capt. J. F. Ellison
of Para, Brazil, general manager of the
Amazon River Steam Navigation COM
pany, at the New Willard, says the
Washington Post. Captain Ellison, who
was formerly secretary of the rivers
and harbors congress, has been in Bra
zil for two years, and is in this country
on a holiday.
1.-THE Amazon" continued Captain Ell
lison, "is navigable for 1000 miles. The
company with which I am associated
controls 16 subvention lines, and in the
last year the total mileage of the ves-
sells was more than $500 Tie enor-
nous tonnage of the Amazon may be
estimated roughly from these figures.
ut is a fact added Captain Ellison,
that the cost of living in the Amazon
river valley is higher perhaps than in
any other section of the world. In
many places eggs are worth 10 cents
apiece. and other articles of food are
proportionately high.
business in Brazil has not been at
high tide, owing to the continued fall
in the price of rubber. This has pro-
duced a condition that has caused the
general government of Brazil and the
local governments, as we'll as mer-
chants. to cooperate in an effort to bet
ter conditions. 1t is believed that i'm
proved methods of cultivating and col
lecting rubber will improve the situ-
alton and enable the producers to com
pete with the far east. There is no
doubt that the Amazon valley rubber
is the best in the world"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-28

TSHE year 1918 in spite of many
predictions to the contrary an-
i pears to have been an excellent
one for the automobile business after
digesting the glowing reports of the
leading manufacturers. That is as
it should be, for large sales of auto
mobiles mean large wealth in circula-
tion and that embodies the American
idea-currency and tariff bills not
withstanding.
There are, of course, according to
some pessimists, some portions of the
country where lack of confidence or
some such element not justified by ba-
sic conditions has produced a notice
able timidity in business circles, but
on the whole the motor car industry
did not feel these variations of the com
inereial barometer. There is nothing
in the evening of the present year ard
on the dawn of 1914 in the financial
situation of the country that does not
justify satisfaction with the past and
present and optimism as to the fu-
ture
In Birmingham the motor car busi-
ness is brisk. 1t must be so as new
agencies are opening offices frequently
of late. And as the other we'll estab-
lished agencies are not flirting with
the referee in bankruptcy according to
the opulent managers and large and
handsome new salesrooms are being
erected by the newcomers, there ap-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-28
What Our FOrefathers Ate

A German paper publishes an article
on the lost dishes of the Middle Ages.
1t seems that the art of cooking has
declined. and that is in part due to the
changing fashions in food. says the
New York Sun.
For instance, in Germany, in the
Middle Ages. many vegetables We're
eaten which have long since disap-
peared from the table, such as violet
leaves mixd with young nettles thistles
and green wheat, and boiled hemp
seeds.
Salads We're made of mallow leaves.
velery roots and purslane mixed with
sale and pepper, for oil was almost un-
known. Olive oil was considered to
smack of effeminacy and Italian lux
ury. Horse radish sauce was used in
stead.
The origin of sauer kraut Is lost in
antiquity. But it was certainly invented
by the German hausfrau long before
caullowers or artiehokes or potatoes
were known.
The potato revolutionized the fare of
the poor, who had formerly to rely on
the roots of wild plants. The variety
of meats was larger, including beavers.
and in the case of Berne, bears were
kept for food. Spices and aromatics
Were much sought after and far more
used for cooking.
Ginger and nutmeg were used to
flavor many dishes that have now van
shed from our tables. And fortunately
in this country and Germany the dishes
Of small birds of all kinds that were
an essential feature of dinner have
also gone out of fashion. We no longer
bake blackbirds and finches in pies.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-28

II there are true and interesting rea-
sons why the public should buy some-
thing from certain manufacturer.
then this manufacturer should be glad
of the chance to say so over and over
again. through the medium of reliable
newspapers.
Many instances can be cited where
present manufacturers gained a world
wide reputation, and their product be-
came known throughout the entire uni
verse, simply through their aggressive
ness in pushing their goods through the
aid of these various high class me-
diums"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-28

pears to be no doubt but that selling
automobiles in Birmin CHAM is a lucra =
tive eeupation-especially as they sell
'em by carloads.
And here Is hoping that Messrs. II.
B. Hodge of the Marmon, Charles Dene-
gre of the Packard, Thomas E. Norris,
Jr, of the Haynes. Hubert l. Drennen
of the Cadillac, b. NJ. Braziel of the
Buick, r. Gentry Elston of Pierce-Ar-
row. Judge Dan 4. Greene of the Max
we'll, Walter Melville Drennen of the
Overland, and Bradley c. Saunders of
the Hudson. keep up the good work in
1914
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-28

row my muslin apron, madam re-
piled the girl. "I can arrange 1t quite
nicely to fill up the opening. One OF
the maids has already done 1t for an
other lady tonight and 1t was quite
pretty" This, accordingly, was done
with great success.
Many women never wear their best
, Jewels going to court. They have splen-
did limitations made, over which peo-
pie gush wildly next morning. rms Is
because If the real ones were lost their
owners would not dare to advertise as
it is not etiquette ever to mention that
you have lost anything in a royal pal
ace.
Tango on the Wane
81 can't be bothered learning that
wretched tango any longer" all the
girls are saying. Lady Diana Manners
who may be said to be the leader OF
the younger set in London society, and
was the finest exponent of the new
dance, has given it up completely, and
its popularity in other quarters is on
the wane Some of the American and
continental teachers of it have, and
still are, making a pile, for the un-
initiated are yet under the impression
that society favors it. An American
who taught it to Mrs. Cecil bingham
(who was Mrs. Chauncey before hel
second marriage) told me the other
day that she had made about Slo,UVe
i'm giving lessons. The joke is that she
hardly knew anything of it herself
until she came to Europe. She has
been making a guinea every 20 min
utes of the day for months.
Some of the worst outsiders have had
extraordinary success Is teachers.
know one man who is called the kins
of the tango and who is teaching a
real live duchess and any number of
other titled women of the most eXclu-
sive circles. Yet four years ago he was
an entertainer in Chicago all-night
cafe and more recently still was play
ing a banjo in one of the worst resorts
in London.
Pining for Something New
There is a great opening for an Amer
lean hostess in London who can intro
duce something new. Society is jadet
at present and is pining for a novelty
The picture ball is done to death as was
evident to all who were present at th'
great one the other night at the Albert
hall. Talk of our having no frost this
winter! That was frost enough and a
fiasco to boot, though none of the paper
had the courage to say so. Even thi
genial presence of Alfonso and his Queer
did not succeed in thawing the atmos-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-28
ADVERTISING THE LOGICAL
METHOD OF EXPLOITING

Mr.. Gafford holds to the opinion that
If you want to put anything over-ad-
vertise. 1t seems quite logical accord
ing to Mr.. Gafford and there must be
something to it as advertising is now
considered one of the factors in the
high cost of living. However, Mr.. CAT
ford ruminates thus:
1T was not so many years ago tha'
advertising was considered unethical
from a business standpoint.
MANY of the finest old houses held
aloof, saying that they did not have
to advertise. Even today there ars
some business and professional mer
so bound by custom and tradition thai
they have not yet availed themselves
of the advantages of advertising. By
so much as these customs hold out, by
just so much is the public deprived
of knowing all about these profes.
lsions and businesses.
1.-THE most successful and the only
honest way to deal with the public, IL
Ito play the game out in the open.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-28
A BUREAU OF SUPERFLUOUS
AND ERRONEOUS STATISTICS

Sometimes the press agents of the
auto manufacturers will put somethin E
over that is really good and deserving
place in the clumns of this page in
stead of the ever handy waste basket
The following is from the publicity
mill of the Ford Motor Car company
and in the opinion of the writer, it is
an excellent bit of coneeit:
"A humorist of the Ford Motor com
pany comes through with this:
Mr.. e. J.. Clifford, eve don't know
the gentleman, in an article entitled
Newspapers, Morals and Women, IN
Harper's Weekly of December 6, rumi-
mates thus cynically:
These are days of luxury. Compared
with homes of our youth, we live In
palaces. We live much longer in a
shorter space of time. We skip across
the country with. an automobile in an
hour or two; 1t used to take our faith
ers all day to make the trip by team
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-28

eWhile this idea prevails the Cadil-
lac's designers have so constructed
their car that the occupants of the
front seat can enter at or leave from
either side. To facilitate entrance and
exit at the right side. the steering
wheel is hinged swinging down so that
there is plenty of room and no squeez-
ing is necessary.
THE advantage of this is that neither
the driver nor his companion in the
front seat ever has to step out into q
muddy street and go around the car
to get to the sidewalk. An entrance
- tho car in 1iSo fr't1ner. - directly
from the curb where the car rests.%
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-28
CADILLACS HAVE
RIGHT HAND DRIVE

"Red7 Smith of the Cadillac Motor
Car company comes TO bat this week,
with the fact that all Cadillac models
are equipped with right handed drives.
According to Mr.. Smith the right sidc
is the natural place for a steering gear
as it gives the best viewpoint for clear
ance.
"All Cadillac models are of the right
hand drive type said Mr. Smith, "as
the designers recognize that this is
the natural side from which to drive.
! steer and control a vehicle, and tina t
las gives the driver at all times the
best viewpoint for clearance, particu-
| larly in country driving. There is
also an advantage in approaching the
curb where a stop is to be made. AS
the right side is the natural side from
| which most people operate, the control
Ilevers are also on that side
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-28

included with the serving of a salad
course by the hostess. The invited guests
were: Miss nellie Leatherwood of Jasper,
Miss Lille Suggs, Miss Leona Davis, Miss
Ruth Davis, Miss l.owery Davis, Miss
Marie Williams. Mr.. Horace Letson, Mr.
7. S. Sellers, Mr.. Wallace Wilson. Mr.
George Maddox, and Mr.. and Mrs George
Bennett
Mr.. and Mrs. G. b. Craig entertained
at a six-course dinner last evening at
their home on Ensley Highlands Those
present were: Mr.. and Mrs. J. A. Burgin,
DR.. and Mrs. j. T. Kent Mr.. and Mrs.
w. |. Phillips and Miss Lula Phillips.
Miss Sarah Robb entertained number
of friends at her home in this city Friday
evening. The evening was spent in play
ing various games after which refresh
ments We're served. Those present were:
Miss Marie Hickman, Miss Edith Dalbey,
Miss Wilmoth Hickman, Miss Mary Gum,
Miss Pauline Phillips. Miss Marie Hunt,
Miss Matte Lee Rhoaden, Miss Mabel
Dowling, Miss Ruth Welch Miss Sarah
Robb. Mrs. Garrett, Mr.. Frank Reed, Mr..
Guy Freeman, Mr.. Claud Bigger, Mr..
Joe kohn, Mr.. Charles Dunn. Mr. Frank
Southerland, Mr.. Dick Wells, Mr.. Hugh
Battle, Mr. Hersche! Walker and Mr..
Rudy Gingery.
Late Friday night the Ensley fire de-
partment was called to the residence of
A. Rosenfie1d, 2219 Avenue Il, which
was on fire. The fire originated from
unknown causes and had gained much
headway before it was discovered. Mr..
Rosenfield and his family were away
from home at the time of the fire About
$500 damages was done to the building
and furniture.
The Ensley Highland Forty-two club
will be entertained Wednesday after
noon at the residence of Mrs j. r
Kent on Ensley Highlands at $3.50
o'clock All members are invited to be
present.
Mrs J.. NJ. Bradley will entertain the
ladies of the Hunter Street Baptist
church at her home at Compton station,
Fairyiew, tomorrow afternoon at ;
o'clock at their regular social meeting
The marriage of Miss Ramella Holli-
day to Mr.. Earl William Bently will be
solemnized at the home of the brides
parents. DR.. and Mrs. w. IL. Holiday,
2121 Avenue +, at 2 o'clock this after
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-28
HARRY WHITNEY
MAY BUY FAMOUS
WEST DEAN PARK
Was One of FavOrite Visit
ing Places of the Late
King Edward
MRS. WILLIE JAMES &.
WANTS TO RENT IT
Queen Mary Bars Slashed Skirts and
Petticoatless Costumes-Society
Sighs for New
Diversion
by LADY MARY

London, Deoecber 27-(Special) )--There
IL a runor that Harry Payne Whitney
mas been making Inquiries about West
Dean park with a view of leasing it.
Like several of the great places in Eng
land 1t has never vet been let, Mrs Will
lie James, now the wife of Major Brinton
who is d. S. o. ana gentleman usher
TO the King, has not finished paying up
the enormous death duties on her late
husbands estate and ,he wants to econ
omize by letting the place and it's 5000
acres of shooting to a rich tenant.
In King Edwards time q good MANY
smart Yankees used to assemble there
Willie James being himself an American
ahe the flrst OF his eou1trynen to marry
a British aristocrat. Once, wien King