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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-29
SIiuhtIy AduIterated.

M ANDRE DE F'OCQClEhsS' the
Iva. Partisan cotillon leader, talked 10
a group Of reporters. before his depar-
ture for France, about the American
woman.
1T is a mistake to suppose that the
question of money plays an important
part in American marriages. said M
de Fouquieres. THE love match Is not
rare. Indeed it is much more common
here than with u.s." Smiling, the French
man added:
II believe there are few American girls
who would answer as the candid New
York debutante did when asked TX she
was marryingSfor pure love.
"'Pure love" said this debutante, with
a roguish smile. We'll, not altogether.
Pure love, adulterated with little
money!"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-29
The Rebuked PeSSimist.

HELEN KELLER, blind and deaf. Is q
. great optimist. and her optimism
finds vent in many poetical phrases.
Miss Keller. at tea In Boston, took
to task novelist who had become pes-
simistic because his last book had fallen
fiat.
You say we have outgrown our Il
lusions.' she remarked. but IL not that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-29
No Wonder.

DR LYMAN ABBOTT. at a luncheon
- at the Colony Club in New York.
was good-humoredly arguing the suf-
fra8e question with a prominent SUI
frgaette.
''Now, DOCTOR" said the suffragette.
there's one thing you must admit. A
woman doesn't grow warped and hide
bound 90 quickly as q man. Her mind
keeps younger, fresher."
well. no wonder" DR.. Abbott retorted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-29

A PEOPLE of Many
"A Races and Fifty one
Different Languages - The
Aztecs in 1e13-Among the
Zapotecas. From Whom
Juarez Sprung-The Giddy
Girls of Tehuante pec.
Strange Indians of Northern
Mexico Who Lived in Caves.
The Origin of the Apartment
House The Huicholes of
Topic, Who Look Like the
Chinese. and the Coras, Who
Resemble the Koreans-The
Tarascans and Their Idols.
The Indian Story of the
Deluge-Queer Customs of
Marriage.
Copyrighted. 1913. ~ Frank &. Carpenter,
special Correspondence Of The Star,
MEyICn ,,TTy
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-29
Anecdotes Concerning
Well Km0wm People
The Lucky Architect.

G ECRETARY BRYAN was listening
with an inscrutable smile to the
praises Of a financial magnate that a
senator was singing at dinner.
Hes the architect of his own fortune.
too." said the senator: entirely the ar
chitect of his own fortune"
Well" said Secretary Bryan, its a
lLcky thing for him that the building In
spector didn't come round while the OPP
GRAFTON was going on"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-29

HE red man is a
more serious prob
lem in Mexico than
the black man is in
the United States.
This country has
over 15,oOO,OO0 peo-
pie. and of these
less than 5000, 600
are whites. There
are about 6,000.Ub0
pure Indians and
100000 more who
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-29
The Difficulty.

AWE are sowing our tariff wild oats.
w I'm afraid said James Farrell.
president Of the United States Steel Cor
poration, apropos of the removal Of the
tariff bars.
He smiled and shook his head
And the difficulty about sowing wild
OATS" he added, lis that the same hand
that does the sowing has got to do the
reaping."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-29

in the views of a goodly number, 1 will
select for the edification of the reader
those which show the greatest contrasts
This question OF the best means of re-
operating from the seasons strain is
now vexing Mr.. and Mrs. Public more
than any other to which they are devot-
ing grave thought
One public man splashing eften into
printers ink these days confessed that
his recipe for the vacation best calculated
TO Danish brain flag would be imprint
able" And here We have a benighted
gentleman who very evidently shares the
philosophy OF Master Samuel Butler. who.
nearly three centuries back, inquired in
verse:
Why should conscience have vacation
As well as other courts o tn nation:
OF much more serious mind were
group OF politicians of that class which
exists in state of chronic goosefiesh -ex-
cited by dread of the exacting and hyper
critical constituent. These personages
either affect contempt for vacations OF
any variety. because they interfere with
duty TO the dear pee-puli. or they con-
fide their fear that II may be bad politics
to confess in print that they ever indulge
In such frivolity as a holiday not shared
by the public. But be il said. with emo
tons of gratitude to Providence, that
such moral towards constituted a small
minority OF the gentlemen approached.
DO something that few others have
thought Of Is the epitome of the ad-
vice given by the Secretary Of the Navy,
Josephus Daniels.
He added that the vacationist should
seek as diversion something that he
has not attempted before.
"Of course" he explained. my own
best vacation would hardly stand az q
fair example. because every one couldn't
make the trip without subject!ng the
United States Navy to an undue strain
But 1t furnishes the idea. all right 1t
In the notion in the right direction / am
In favor OF doing something new when
want recreation. Recreation is diversion
and diversion is the pursuit OF novelty
within sane limits
THE greatest single day of the great
est vacation of my life." continued the
Secretary. occurred on the Sd of April
this year.
1T occurred during my trip to Hamp-
ton roads to watch the battleshp fleet in
oPzcfice had uayer bean much IF
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-29
CABINET I


TN Personal Interviews They
i Recommend Diversions
Best Calculated to Enliven the
Tagged Business Man-Pre-
scribe a Variety of Pleasures
and Incidentally Drop Some
Anecdotes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-29

RAT is your pre-
scription for the
V a C ation most
needed by the fag-
ged American ?"
During the week
I have been ask
ing this question
of our tired and
toiling cabinet Of
ficers and senators.
AS there has been
a deal OF sameness
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-29

are red men, more or less crossed Win
the whites.
The pure Indians are practically unedu-
Gated and this is largely so of the mixed
breeds. The greater part OF them were
for years in little more than debt slavery.
and today some millions of them are mere
hewers of wood and drawers of water on
the estates of the rich haciendados. Some
work in the towns and others live in vii
lagos. maintaining many of the customs
Of centuries ago
X
Within the past few years Air. Freder-
lex Starr has been making studies of the
Mexican Indians. He has travelled from
here across the country down to Guate-
mala City. visiting the various tribes and
taking measurements of their heads,
busts and of other parts of their figures.
He has photographed thousands of them
and has made plaster casts of many. A
part of his travels was through the
mountains of southern Mexico, where he
found many Indian villages, each vii
lage being a little republic He found
many new tribes and also many descend
ants of the ancient peoples who inhabited
Mexico during the days of Montezuma.
IT is through his researches and those of
other ethnologists that the authorities
here are now studying the great political
problems which confront them
They nov. =. ow that there are scores of
diferer< tid - tribes in Mexico and that
each has its peculiarities. In 1864 one Of
the chic. scientists of the republic, Don
Manuel Orozco y Barra found that there
were ffty-one different Indian languages,
and. in addition. about sixty-nine dialects.
He divided these Languages into eleven
different families. and 1t was later shown
that nearly all of these Indians had used
ideographs and employed them in COM
municating thought.
One of the best known of the Indian
races Is the Aztecs. 1t was the ruling
race at the time Cortez came and there
are millions of Ii on the plateau today
The Aztec civilization has been SO pic
tured by Prescott that many think that
1t is about the only race OF Indians in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-29

1T occurred during my trip to Hamp-
ton roads to watch the battleship fleet in
practice. I had never been much Of q
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-12-26
Primitive Eishhooks.

What sort of hooks did our ancestors,
our really remote ancestors, use when
wild in wood the noble savage ranT
| am inclined to agree with the Ameri-
eau view that the earliest type of
hook. If hook it can be called, was a
straight bit of flint buried in the bait.
When the fish had swallowed the bit
of meat. or whatever the bait was, the
tightening of the line pulled the flint
across its throat, and as it stuck there.
the fish could be hauled ashore with
out more ado. Perhaps some bright
innovator Of that misty past one day
tried bit OF flint which had double
curve like 4 pair of buffalo horns and
found it effective. and perhaps out of
that developed the genuine double
hook. V hich seems to have been a very
early form. And perhaps the single
hook came into being because it was
realized that one bend was as efficient
as two for most purposes. London
Telegraph
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-12-26
Crooked Genius.

Once upon a time the city of Lon
1on had to pay county rate. but this
was legally abolished many years ago.
A certain attorney, who had at one
time been connected with local taxa
ton, bit upon the brilliant idea Of re-
levying this obsolete rate and turning
the proceeds to his own use. He got
the proper demand notes printed. dis
tributed them in the usual fashion and
the recipients paid up like lambs. The
swindler had regular Office, collec-
tor and all the usual accompaniments.
1t is said that he made over $4,000
year, and no one ever thought Of
questioning the legality of the rate.
II the crooked genius had been salts
fed with couple Of years profit and
then quietly discontinued the collec-
ton of the rate the chances are that
no one would ever have been any the
wiser. But he was greedy and kept
on year after year, until by chance a
demand note fell into the hands Of some
one who knew.-Pearson's Weekly.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-12-26
Frances Foreion Leoion.

The French Foreign legion. which
is always the cause of so much bad
blood In Germany. is the only regiment
of its kind in existence. 1t dates from
1881, when France undertook the con-
quest of Algeria 1t consists of two
regiments, each four battalions strong,
drawn from all the adventurers OF
Europe. 1t is popular not only because
no questions are asked, but because
promotion Is open to all within limits.
and certain number of the officers
have risen from the ranks. All classes
are TO be found among its members
and all nationalities. but the many
Germans do not describe themselves
as such they are all Alsatians. The
reason for its continued existence is
that France cannot spare its men nor
find enough who would leave the COM
forts of civilization for the wastes of
Africa or the swamps of Tonkin. Man
chester Guardian.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-12-26
Historic London Street.

Friday street is one of the most in
teresting and ancient of the thorough
fares of London. AS long ago as 1905
a reference to ii appears III the city
records, and even then it was probably
old. Close ny it stood the Nag's Head
tavern. which is famous in history as
the pretended" scene Of the consecra-
ton of Matthew Parker archbishop
Of Canterbury, in the reign OF Queen
Elizabeth
The name of Friday street is derived
from the fact that in medieval times
many fishmongers resided there and
held their Friday market in the vi
cinity. BY strange contrariety OF
nomenclature the Wednesday club met
at hostelry in the street. and there,
in l695, under the direction of Will
liam Paterson. discussed at great
length the proposals which eventuated
In the establishment of the Bank of
England Pail Mall Gazette.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-12-26
After Chamber OF Commerce

Wilmington, Del, Dec. 26. =
Owing to the laying off of large
number of men in this city the
Central Labor Union has addressed
a communication to the Chamber
of Commerce, which, in part, says:
AT present, owing to the extent
TO which work has been suspended
and the number of men employed
reduced, those of us who are thus
dependant and affected are liable to
hardship and even privation. We,
therefore, appeal to you as being
in charge and for more familiar
with the internal affairs of these in
dustrial and mercantile institutions
than we are, TO tell us what is the
matter and what can be done. +"
There was included list of quest
ions which the Chamber of Com
merce was asked to reply. 1t is
understood that as a result of this
letter a conference will soon be
held between representative of the
Chamber of Commerce and the
Central Body
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-12-26
A DARING Escape.

General de Negrie; was one OF the
French officers who succeeded in essap-
ing from German custody in 1870 He
was In Metz aud in hospital-at the
time of the capitulation. but instead
of constituting himself prisoner he
put on his uniform mounted his horse
and rode off MS an independent gentle
man. Before long he was stopped by
sentinel who demanded his papers,
and, as he had no papers. be handed
up his ticket of admission TO the hos
pital While the German was slowly
spelling it out Neglier shot him
through the head and galoped off.
crossing the Belgian frontier, and re-
crossing it. after rest, to take part
In the operations Of Faidherhe's army
of the north. 1t is not surprising that
so resourceful Il soldier got quick
promotion and was successiyely the
youngest colonel, the youngest general
OF brigade and the Youngest general
of division in the French army West
minister Gazette.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-12-26
Citizens Alliance Busy.

Calumet, Mich, Dec. 6.-The
Citizens Alliance, recently formed
in this district for the purpose of
driving the striking copper min
ers back into the Mines" is active
iy engaged in an effort TO foment
trouble. While objection has been
offered against the miners parading
the streets, the Citizens Alliance,
with cavalcade of strike breakers
marched through The towns in the
district exhibiting firearms and
otherwise indicating that sit is
spelling for fight. The demon
stration of force did not draw the
strikers into controversy, and the
law of order" display was not
productive of the results the
Alliance had hoped for. The mine
operators have made herculean ef-
forts to have martial law declared
in the Keweeraw County copper
district, but the governor has put
his stamp of disapproval on this
plan. The strike continues effec
tive.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-12-26
Tho Vegetable Caterpillar.

New Zealand's vegetable caterpillar
Is not vegetable at ALL 1t is a grub
about the length OF the finger which
has its habitat In friable mold at the
roots OF the rata vine. IN many In
stances this grub, known to New Zea-
lander coloniNls by Its Maori name,
aweto, is infected by the spores of a
fungus. Cordyceps (Sphoeria) robertsii.
While the mycelium of this fungus Is
invading the tissues of the aweto 1t
sends up a spore bearing stalk to the
height of from four to eight inches
just between the head and the first
ring of the body OF the grub. BY the
time the spores are ready to discharge
the animal dies. and the whole body Is
found filed with yegetal material.
The same spot OF ground is the theater
Of second drama OF vegetable feroc-
ity. While the fungus is destroying
the insect at its roots the rata vine
grows upward by twining about some
tree of less rapid growth and In the
end strangles its support and main
tains thereafter a tree existence of its
own
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-12-26
WORLD OF LABOR

Plans for concluding the Senate
lobby investigation are to be con-
sidered at meeting of the lobby
committee to be held soon. 1t is
expected the committe will resume
hearings later and representatives
of the American Federation of La
Dor, who have requested an oppor-
tunity to explain the legislative
activities of the Federation, will
appear, A number OF witnesses
have also asked for hearings.
The United States District Court
Judges Morrow, Van Fleet and
Dooling sitting at San Francisco,
has upheld the constitutionalty of
the State law passed by the last
California Legislature providing
that pupil nurses shall not work
more than eight hours day in
California hospitals. The law was
attacked by the Merritt Hospital
of Oakland, which sought an 10
junction TO restrain the State Labor
Bureau from enforcing it on the
ground it was discriminatory
against the women of California
because it would tend to make the
hospitals employ men, not subject
to its provisions, in place of women.
The pension proposition sub
mitted 10 the membership of the
Bricklayers and Masons' Interna-
;ional Union has been carried by a
substantial majority. The pension
fund will be maintained by week
ly assessment of % cents on each
member of the organization. After
fund has been created pensions
will be allowed any member who
has reached the age of sixty years
and who has been in good standing
in the union for twenty years, if he
is unable to obtain sustaining en-
ploy ment. Any member who has
been in good Standing for ten years
and has become incapacitated for
work by accident or i'll health will
also receive pension. The amount
of the pension will be s. per week,
with payments made monthly.
President Wilson is being urged
by the United States Senators from
Colorado, as well as representative
Keating, OF that State, to institute
an investigation of the strike of the
coal miners now in progress in
Southern Colorado. The contt st
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-12-26
Law Resulting In Much Good.

Harrisburg, Pa, Dec. 26. The
complaints of hardships that come
TO the state Commissioner of labor
with the enforcement of the new
wome1's labor law are inconse-
quental compared to the gratihca-
ton expressed and the good done
by limiting the working hours of
women. So far the law has not
been enforced with regard 20 ac-
tresses, but the commission is of
the opinion that the law does apply
but there has been considerable
controversy over this point and as
a result an opinion has been asked
from the attorney general upon
this phase OF the question. 1t is
said that the telephone companies
have already complied with the law
but the railroads maintain that
their women employees who act as
station agents come under a federal
act passed by congress in March,
1907, which allows women to work
in railway stations for nine hours
continuously day and night. The
limiting of the hours of women has
already made q vast difference in
the lives of thousands OF women
workers. The commissioned of la
Dor has announced that labor Jaws
will be strictly enforced, and has
requested all labor organizations to
report all violations coming under
their observation.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-12-26
Last For a EialdoLsaa.

Inquiry has 1t that the absolute and
infalibe test OF glass by the pur-
chaser is to see what size letters can
be read across the street from the opti-
clans shop.
1t isn't The real test is a climb up
long and brushy bill until the breath
comes a hundred to the minute then
snatch for the glass, reposing in
shirt pocket, to see whether the buck
is the one you want before you fire.
II 1t won't go in your shirt pocket 1t
is not the glass you want; others are
made that will. II ii shakes in your
agitated hands 1t is not the glass you
want; you cannot see enough more
with a high power glass to pay for the
times when 1t is unusabe because you
cannot hold it steady.-Outing.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-12-26
One Man AnnIsuded.

Camille Saint-Saens was present
when verdi's Hymn Of All Nations"
was rendered for the first time at the
opening ceremonies of the worlds fair
in London. and he gave this reason for
the failure" Of the composition: THE
hymn was arranged to introduce the
national anthem of the various coun-
tries, and. not knowing that the Mar
seil)aise' was at that time in bad re-
pute, 1t was used as representative Of
France The Emperor Napoleon when
he heard the strains turned pale. and
the knowing ones in the audience were
so greatly embarrassed that no one In
the great throng dared applaud. Yes,
one man did applaud, and that was l.
Napoleon arose in his box and directed
his opera glass toward me. and |
looked at him through my glass. After
few moments the emperor hurriedly
departed"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-12-26
For Sunday School Teachers.

A teacher In mission Sunday school
In Scottish town has some inter
esting stories TO tell, in the Missionary
Record Of the United Free church, OF
the answers which have come from
infant lips TO her Bible questions.
Sometimes one gets perfectly natural
but wholly unexpected reply. Asked
what Naaman did after washing In
the Jordan before be returned to his
native land. one mite gave the OBJ
vious answer, DRY hisself." The class
was told the story OF the little Shuna-
mite, his sunstroke and his restoration
By the prophet. and wishing to In
culcate gratitude the teacher asked
what the mother would do when she
got him back. "Pit q bannet on his
held" shouted Immediately a practical
youth.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-12-26
Mapcled Names.

/ remember one London critic telling
me. writes f. ~ in the Birmingham
Post, how he had wired to Glasgow
paper the news that the great Nikisch
had just arrived aud would conduct
the London Symphony orchestra on
such and such date The telegraph op-
orator, as usual spelled the unfa milar
name along the line of least resistance.
The Glasgow subeditor. not being a
musical man. had never heard OF
Nikisch, but. as the adjective great"
was preflxed to the name. he naturally
assumed that he must be a Scotchman.
so the Glasgow public was Informed
the next day that the great McKtsh
had arrived In London.
remember also a London colleague
reduced to a state of collapse by dis
covering that he had been made TO say
that Andrew Black had sung "Ninepin
Andrew" instead OF Non piu andrai."
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-12-26
Care of the Sickroom.

In taking care of an invalid 1t is a
good idea to change the furniture
around little az one becomes SO tired
of the same furnishings in the same
places. Be sure to coax all the sun
shine In the room and allow fresh air
to pass through often Keep pa
tents room tidy. Change your cos.
tune often just 10 make little va
riety Do not let bottles. half filed
glasses, spoons. stand around: they
may seem trifies TO you who can get
about, but are sometimes enormities
to one who is nervous. Not Of small
Importance IL the tray. Always have
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1913-12-26
Oriqin Of the Drama.

The drama. in the only sense In
which 1t is worth talking about. had
It's origin in Greece Immediately fol-
lowing the defeat of Darius and Xer-
xes. about b. c. 460 Its birthplace
was Athens. and Its fathers were Aes-
chylus and Aristophanes-Aeschylus OF
tragedy and Aristophanes Of comedy.
When the Greek and Roman civiliza-
ton went into eclipse under the black
cloud OF northern barbarianlsm the
theater. as with nearly everything else,
became extinct. but during the middle
ages acting was In a measure resumed
In the form OF the "Moralities." or
moral plays OF the ecclesiastics. and 1t
was from such plays that the modern
drama was slowly eyolved.-St Louis
Times.