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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-28
PROF. WARDS LIBRARY
FOR BROWN UNIVERSITY
Bequest of Former National Mu.
scum Curator a Simple But
Valuable Memorial.

News has been received in Washing
ton that the family of Prof Ward
formerly curator of the National Mu-
scum. who left Washington seven years
ago to- take the chair of sociology at
Brown University. and who died re-
Gently, has presented his private Ii
brary to Brown University.
The collection numbers about LOCO
volumes. and includes Prof. Wards
own books with their translations into
various languages, the works of the
authors most read and consulted by
him in his own researches. other
sociological, scientific or philosophical
works, and all the notes and other un-
published matter left by him, together
with letters received by him from dis
tinguished scholars during the last
forty years.
1T is fitting that Brown University
which recognized DR.. Wards attain
ments by giving him a chair of socio-
logy." says the Brown Alumni Month
ly should be intrusted with the keep
ing of this simple but valuable memo
rial of one of the greatest thinkers
that America has produced
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-28
COL. BAKER TO BE RETIRED.
One of Senior Officers of Ordnance
Department Reaches Age Limit.

Col. Frank Baker. one of the senior
officers of the ordnance department of
the army, will be placed on the retired
list of the army tomorrow on account of
age.
Col. Baker is from Massachusetts and
was graduated from the United States
Military Academy in June. 1872 After
seven years service in the 18th Infantry
he was transferred to the ordnance corps
and has remained with it to date He
reached the grade of colonel in March.
1908. and for some time past has been
In command of the big government es-
Enlistment at South Bethlehem. Pa.
His retirement will result in the pro-
motion of Lieut.. Col. John T. Thompson,
on duty at the War Department as chief
assistant to the chief of ordnance, to be
colonel, and Maj. ia. E. Hoffer. at the
Sandy Hook proving grounds, to be lieu
tenant colonel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-28
THEEvEN|NC STORY.
His Girl.
Downright 1918. Iy W. werner.)

Copyright 1913. by W. werner)
Laura tossed nougat, chocolate-coated
maraschino cherries. cream-hearted elab-
orations and candied pineapple slices into
a square red-ribboned box. On the other
side of the counter a tall fellow. with
quite the ugliest face that she had ever
seen, watched her interestedy. 1.-THE best
candy you've got he ordered with a
smile. There's nothing too good for this
girl of mine
Laura wondered curiously what kind OF
girl she might be. She was not bothered
much with donors of candy and such
trivialities. having a face too white and
thin for beauty and lacking all of the
arts of coquetry. He was lean fellow.
His face was lank and Drowned. His
eyes. a shrewd, sharp gray. had u dis
concerning intentness. Laura didn't like
gray eyes. anyway. and she didn't like
the long. high bridged nose nor the
coarse reddish brown hair that could be
seen under the unbecoming visored cap
Such a man needed to give plenty OF
candy. she decided. No girl would take
him for himself alone Not even she
she thought. with a grimace of disgust
that included her own lack of attraction
and his obtrusive ugliness
When he sprinted down the aisle he
seemed in tremendous hurry. She
looked after him with idle curiosity
There was such an absence of grace
i'm his long lankiness. Then she for
got him till he came in week later
and repeated his order Two other sales
girls were standing idle in the big candy
shop, but he waited till Laura who was
Iadling out peanut brittle for a brace OF
gigeling schoolgirls. had time to wait on
him. "Guess you struck her taste in
sweet stuff" he laughed Give me the
same thing, only in a blue-ribboned
box.
He thrummed with long. brown fingers
upon the glass case while she put up
the order. The two idle girls whom he
had passed by in favor of her watched
her laughingly. When a man. young
and alert-eyed. waited for special girl
it meant
Nothing at all" laughed Laura idly
when he was hurrying away. Hes got
a girl ALPHABETICALLY, Esther. isn't
he the ugliest man you ever saw"
Esther considered. Yes: but he
looks clever. His gray eyes
His green-asgrass eyes," Laura in
terrupted, scornfully.
Then a creased trousered youth. who
wanted the best they had in candied vio-
lets, took her attention. Laura forgot
the man with green-as-grass eyes until
the following week, when he came in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-28
TWO DAYS FOR CONTEMPT.
Witness Appears in Court Under In
fuence of Liquor.

What he called a hangover" but bore
resemblance 10 recently acquired
drunk" cost John Canes. colored. about
fifty years old. two days imp risonfnent
In the District jail for contempt of court.
Canes was called by the government az
IA witness to testify today i'm case of
housebreaking. Hesitancy in his speech
attracted the attention of Chi ustice
Clabaugh, presiding in Criminal Court
No. !, and the justice inquired IL the
witness had not been drinking.
mo, SIR said Canes. Il amt had moth
ing to drink today, but l had few last
night
Inquiry by the court of Assistant United
States Attorney Wampler ELECTED the in
formation that when the prosecutor
talked with the witness earlier I'm the
morning Canes was perfectly sober. The
chief justice then reprimanded the wit
ness for daring to come into court I'm a
drunken condition and sent him to jail
for two days.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-28


been disparaging hers.
Then she lifted her chin resentfully.
What business of his was 1t. anyway?
She guessed she could look like a walk
ing corpse if she chose! The next time
he came she was busy arranging stock
too busy to stop to pack two-pound
box of candy for him or any one. Esther
took the order instead. Something that
he said sent Esther into a throaty rip
pie of giggling. Laura's white cheeks.
bent over the big trays of caramels,
turned red. Very likely he was saying
that walking corpse
'Hello!'' he said over the counter. with
the box tucked under one arm. Hot
day. isn't it?''
Very" said Laura, primly and coldly.
She did not look up.
Say bending toward her and drop
ping his voice to a low murmur of ag-
grievement. that little girl can't pack
box like you can. just know this
won't suit
Take it back and tell Esther So =
snapped Laura. She didn't care. not a
speck. whether that other girl liked the
candy or not. She did not care whether
he ever came back to buy another box.
oh" he objected. Il don't want to
hurt her feelings She's nice little
kid" He paused and looked keenly at
Laura. Say, I'll be doggoned If you
don't look peakeder than you did the
last time 1 was in. If were you"
You're not" said Laura, crisply. And
1 fail to see how my looks interest you"
Very deliberately he set the white pa
per wrapped box on the glass case. fold
ed his arms, and looked straight at her.
"Tney do he said. calmly. They in
terest me considerably. Ever since l first
came in here l said-Oh, WELL l guess
l don't know You well enough to tell you
yet. But say. some night"
The idea" said Laura coldly THE
girl whom you buy all that candy
for
THAT girl. he laughed. why, say,
didn't 1 tell you 1 bought that for my
mother? She's got the sweetest tooth
ever saw.
Your MOTHER said Laura, family.
"Why"-speech failed her.
week later Esther said, carelesSly
Say, that ugly fellow comes in here
pretty often. Did you ever find out what
he does?"
yes" said Laura. He owns gar
age That's why he's never spick and
span If you run business successful
ly'-Laura's small lips seemed to be re-
peating words another had spoken
you've got to see to it yourself. wheth-
er it's clean work or not But" she add
ed, coldly, 81 don't see how any one can
call him ugly.
oh said Esther. Understandings.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-28
again and repeated his order. Then for


three months he was there every week.
She did not know just when she for
got that he was ugly and realized only
that he was clever looking. with a GER
tain vibrant appearance of great vitality.
She began to speculate as to his business.
He didn't seem poor. but he didn't, on
the other hand. seem prosperous. His
clothes We're not neat. They hung bag
gily and needed pressing. Yet for all
that. they were not shabby. He got in
the habit of exchanging few words with
her-usually gay words. but never inn
pertinent. except that one day he ejacu-
lated: Good Lord. why don't you get
out of this hole in the wall where you
can get some color in that CHASTITY face
of yours? Upon my soul, if you weren't
standing I'd have to touch YOU to be
sure you We're alive and not corpse
Laura's CHASTITY. face for two angry
minutes was most. uncorpselike. The
idea! What business was it his how
she looked! With palpable dis. sure
she silently handed him his wrapped box
of candy and walked to the end of the
counter before he could speak. And
pray how did he think a girl could get
out Of "a hole in the wall?' From re-
sentiment she passed to momentary self
pity, something she rarely INDUCED IN.
And almost Immediately she shook it off.
She really had nothing to gloom over.
The aunt with whom she lived charged
her a ridiculously low amount for board
and room. and in addition was generous
with gifts of trinkets and dress Access
series. She had nothing at all to whim-
per about. Now. Esther needed pity. Es-
Their was that loneSomest of cityiteS, a
girl without relatives, extra intelligence
or ability, who lived in hall bedroom,
washed her handkerchiefs in the bath
room and dried them on the mirror. ate
the most nutritious dishes at cafetieres
and wistfully passed up the tasteful. and
found rent. food. and clothes out of
seven small dollars She ought to be
very thankful that she was not Esther.
But-Laura's mouth still dropped. Back
in the bookkeepers booth Frank Peirson
added figures for the firm and divided his
salary mentally between rent and gro
ceres. AS soon as he got a raise he
thought the division would be satisfac-
tory. Esther's eyes always sparkled
when the closing hour came and Frank
loitered out in front until she had fluffed
her hair and adjusted her hat. Laura,
watching wistfully. thought sometimes
that Esther after all had the best life.
She herself spent her evenings reading or
talking to her aunt and uncle. Sedately
pleasant evenings they were. But antici-
patton did not bring the exhilaration that
danced in Esther's eyes.
Many times she had wondered if her
life always would be so drearily sedate
But she didn't know how to enfiven it.
She hadn't the gift of light talk or easy
laughter that other girls had. So she set
tied with more or less resignation. ae-
cording to her mood. into the monotony
that there seemed no way of breaking
out of The criticism of the man with
the green-as-grass eyes stayed with her.
saw with dismay that at twenty-five lit
tie verticle wrinkles were forming be-
tween her eyes. She laughed with self
mockery. How funny. While she had
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-28
ARMY-NAVY.
Army Orders.

Capt. William NJ GoOdale. 10Th
Infantry. having been found by an army
retiring board incapacitated for active
thereto, and such finding having been APP
proved by the President. the retirement
of Capt Goodale from active service is
announced.
Leave of absence for one month and
fifteen days is granted Capt. Albert N.
Mcclure, cavalry.
First Lieut.. George Grnnert. nth
Cavalry. is detailed as professor of mill
tary science and tactics at Shattuck
School, Faribault. Mimi.
The leave of absence granted Capt.
Thomas H. Emerson. Corps of Engineers.
is extended one month.
BY direction of the President and upon
the application of Squadron Sergt. Maj.
Otto Kuntke, Fifteenth Cavalry. that
soldier will be placed upon the retired
list.
granted First Lieut.. Charles S. Hamilton.
18th Infantry.
Private Harry o. Ewing, Battery E..
Sd Field Artillery ort Myer. Va. Is
transferred to the Field ARTILLERY School
of Fire Detachment at Fort Sill. Okla.
surgeons certificate of disability is grant
ed First Lieut. Edmund A. Buchanan.
I'd Cavalry.
By direction of the President. and upon
the application Of Q. NJ Sergt. James
Hallahan. that soldier will be placed
upon the retired list
First-class Sergt. Christian Wahl. Sig
nal Corps, Philippine Islands. will he sent
to Washington. d. c.. for temporary duty
in the Signal Corps laboratory. this city.
Naval Orders.
Capt. Thomas Snowden, from command
South Carolina to Naval War College.
Capt. r. l.. Russell, from judge advo-
cate general, Navy Department, to COM
mand South Carolina.
Lieut. B. Y. Rhodes, from New Jersey
to Virginia.
Ensign G. c. Hitchcock. from Georgia
to Constellation.
Ensign W. H osgood, from Constella-
ton to Eagle.
Past Assistant Surgeon L. w. Mcclure.
to Louisiana.
Gunner A. S. Rollins, from Atlantic re-
serve fleet to New Jersey.
Assistant Surgeons c. W. Carr and J.
F. Riordan, NJ r. c.. to Naval Medical
School, Washington, d. c., for instruc-
ton.
Boatswain Norman McIntire has been
placed on the retired list OF the navy
from October -, 1913.
Machinst ]. A. Crimmins. from navy
yard Charleston, 5. c., to treatment
Naval Hospital. Washington, ID. c.
Naval Movements.
-. ..~;u>S nioruono
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-28

the Cassin at Boston, the Lebanon at
Norfolk, the South Dakota at Mare Is
land, the Standish at Anna :>.lis and the
Flusser at New York.
The Annapolis has sailed from Topolo-
bampO for Santa Rosario. Mex; the Bru-
tus from Sewall point for Boston and the
Paul Jones Perry and Whipple from
San Francisco for San Diego.
The Idaho has been detached from the
Atlantic fleet and assigned to the At
lantic reserve fleet.
The flag of the commander-in-chief OF
the Atlantic reserve fleet has been trans
ferred from the Wisconsin to tire Tennes
see.
The Craven Stockton and Wilkes have
been ordered out of commission at
Charleston, S. c.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-28
Missionary Study Glass Organized.

Formal organization OF the missionary
study class of Washington District Ep-
worth League was effected last night. s..
D. Boss was elected president. Mss
GUIDE vice president and Miss Viola
Goodrich treasurer. Immediately follow
ing the organization the class entered
upon the study of its book. Immigrant
Forces" The next meeting will be held
at Rust Hall November 3.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-28
AS RESIDUARY LEGATEE.
Will of Mathew C. McNamara
Names Church Pastor.

The pastor of st. Aloysius Catholic
Church is named as residuary legatee OF
the estate of Mathew c. Mcnamara, dat
ed May 8, 1900. and filed for probate.
Before the estate goes to the church
the will provides that 500 be paid to
Providence Hospital and that Catherine
Cullinan. Bessie Sheehy and Mary Sheehy
be given 800 each.
The will had named Ann Mcnamara.
wife of the testator, as sole 1egatee, had
SIZE outlived her husband.
Joseph c. Sheehy, named as executor.
filed a statement of Mrs McNamara's
death.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-28
Cadets Roster Completed

FL. r. Ide of Eastern High School has
been appointed adjutant of the batal-
lion formed by the companies of East
ern, Western and Business High
Schools. This practically completes the
roster of the cadets.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-28
PAY DAY ON THE CANAL
QUITE A NOTABLE SIGHT
Full Description of PICTURESQUE
Scenes Obtainable From The Star
in Haskins Book.

When the work of digging the Panama
canal was at full blast pay day was a
sight to see. 1t lasted for three DAYS
ana l,6oo pounds of gold and "a tons of
silver We're required to meet the monthly
pay roll. The common laborers, except
the Spaniards and Italians. were paid in
Panaman silver. The United States
agreed with the Panama government to
maintain parity of Panaman silver at
two to one, and therefore, paid off the
negro labor in it. 1t was wrapped I'D in
paper in the same way that a bank
wraps small silver, some of the rolls
containing twenty silver dollars. some
ten. and so on. A months wages in sill
yer. with two dollars required to make
one, made no mean bulk and it was a
sight to see the negro get down out OF
the pay car with hatful of coin.
Showed Metal Checks.
The pay train consisted of an engine
and tender and the pay car. 1t had a
regulation platform at either end, but
this was for the use of the force and
the American workmen. The Spaniards
and negroes had to climb up a set of
steps on the one side. show their metal
number check and their pay check to
the policeman at the door, pass on to
the pay clerk, who would make each
man put his hat on the counter to be fill
ed with silver. Then he was hustled out
at the opposite door, where he could
count his pay at his leisure. If he found
a shortage note was made of the fact,
and If the cash account was out of bal
ance at night he was reimbursed
A full description of pay day on the
lsthmus is to be found in that remarka-
BILE book THE Panama Canal by Fred
eric j. Haskin, of which The Star has
copy for you at cost. Save the cou-
pons.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-28
Sidelights on History.

Another evidence of Mr.. VOLTS con-
tinued activity is seen in a series of
articles he is writing for a magazine. In
its last issue he wrote on 1.-THE Seven
1mmortals of American Political His
tory, telling of personal experiences
during the impeachment trial OF Andrew
Johnson, President of the United States
In this article he throws many interesting
sidelights on the men of that day, and
writes clearly of the issues of the great
case.
During the coming year Mr.. Wolf plans
to write other articles for the same
magazine. and is to tell Of his expert
ences while in Turkey and while taxing
part in notable events of the country's
history.
Mr.. Wolf said that several days ago
while rummaging through some old
papers in his Office he found diary
kept by him in the days Immediately
following the civil war. and spoke of
it as being very interesting at this late
That diary is as interesting as the
Fifty ears-A go-in- The-Star column,
said Mr.. Wolf who said his daughter
has taken it with her to New York, but
that he will get it back later.
Passing to what he thinks of America
as it is today. Mr.. Wolf said that he is
fan optimist. and that he believes great
progress still remains stretched out be-
fore the United States. He declared.
however. that he thought one bad sign
of the times was the decreasing lack
of respect shown by the young for the
old.
1T is really distressing to notice how
little the young people today think OF
their elders he continued. There seems
to be little respect for age or experi-
ence There should be Some way of in
stiiling courtesy and manners into the
brains of the young men and women of
today. Many of them seem to be sadly
lacking in these qualities.
Il really think this is a serious ques-
ton because it goes hand in hand with
a tendency OF the young not to concen-
trate on one particular thing, but to
scatter their thoughts and energies In
| many different directions. The nation
needs more earnest concentration for
her welfare.
Mr.. Wolf was born in Bavaria, Octo-
Der %. 1896. and came TO the United
States with his parents, when he was
| only twelve years old. He went first to
Cleveland. but later came to Washing
ton and has made his home here ever
since with the exception OF the years in
Egypt. representing the United States.
He was recorder of deeds here at one
| time.
I'm sevcnty-seven now: come to see
me year hence" said Mr., Wolf. Til
] be just one year younger"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-28

II you want work. read the want col
umns Of The Star.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-28
Affects the United States.

THE people of the United States should
be deeply interested in this prosecution
of the Jews in Russia and in other coun-
tries. because it has direct bearing on
immigration in this nation. For the last
twenty years an average of between co.
600 and 10000 Jews have immigrated into
the United States. and many of them
come because Of persecution abroad.
People who come from land of oppres-
sion naturally take time to feel the full
force of the uplifting influences of the
United States. Their children become
Americanarized, but there is a tendency
among these immigrants to keep to them
selves"
Mr. Wolf is member of the executive
committee of the Authorization
League and is taking great interest in it's
work of preventing. further caricaturing
and defaming of Jews on the stage and in
moving picture shows. This league is
appealing for support both to Jews and
non-JewS who believe in fair play.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-28

Simon Wolf, lawyer. author, diplomat
and one of the nations leading Jews, who
for many years has been active in the
business and civic life of Washington, is
today quietly celebrating his seventy
seventh birthday anniversary at his home
here. Mr.. Wolf continues to take an af-
firmative part in the affairs of the world.
AS an evidence of his continued ac-
tivity, friends of Mr.. Wolf point out that
only a few weeks ago he was instru-
mental in preventing the insertion into
the North Carolina state constitution of
provision forcing the reading of the
Bible in the public schools.
II realize the greatness of the Bible
as much as any other man, said Mr..
Wolf, yesterday, in explaining his po-
sition on this question THE Bible is
good book to be read by every one. But
the danger of forcing it to be read in the
public schools is that the teachers will
read their own interpretations of the
Book. not the Book ITSELF
His Relations With the Presidents.
In his position as an officer of the order
of B'nai Birth and numerous other Jew
sh organizations. Mr.. Wolf has come into
close association with every President of
the United States since James Buchanan
and with other prominent officials of the
government. and has therefore been in
intimate touch with public affairs.
In obtaining justice for Jews both in
this country and abroad MIR. Wolf ha 5
made himself power for many years
Whenever a case of discrimination against
the Jews has come to his attention he
has begun vigorous fight and practi-
cally always he has proved successful.
Just now Mr.. Wolf is particularly in
terested in the ritual murder trial in
Russia. and in the Anti-Defamation
League recently founded in this country
He expresses the opinion that the prose-
cution of Jews in Russia will not cease
without a revolution aimed at the con-
troll of the Greek Church of governmental
affairs in Russia. Under present condi-
tons, he believes. whatever verdict may
be given i'm the ritual murder trial will
be fraught with grave possibilities.
Should the car take a hand and par
don Bells he will Immediately throw him
self open to the wrath of those who OPP
rose such action continued Mr.. Wolf.
ANY way you look at the problem it is
serious because of the control of the
Greek Church I'm the affairs of Russia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-28
Autumn
Winter
IN
. THE Land
The Sky"

FOR beauty of scenery
and charm of climate, this
famous plateau has no
equal as an autumn or
winter pleasure ground.
Three thousand feet above
the sea level, far from the
cold, fogs and rains of the
north. Here the warm
sunlight and Intoxicating
mountain air give supreme
zest to outdoor sport and
provide just the tonic
needed by tired brains.
Come to "The Land of
the Sky" by
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The Cincinnati has arrived at olongapo.