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were made thirty or fort! years ago
feel cold sweat breaking out on my
forehead. Look through any old album
and you will see pictures Of unfortunate
men whose heads are twisted into all
sorts of shapes and angles. They look as
though they had been hanged and had
just been taken down from the gallows
"AlI that sort of thing is done away
with The modern photographer doesn
torture his patients. He puts you where
he wants you and tells you to look at his
left ear. and then he presses bulb and
the agony is over. It's all easy and COM
Portable but the pictures aren't much
better than they used to be. for people
never look natural in them Or course,
actresses and statesmen and people who
write testimonials for patent medicines
always get good pictures. for they patron
ize the photographer SO much that they
lose their self-consciousness But the
average citizen cant FORGE that he is
having his picture taken.
There is something about the atmos-
phere Of a photograph gallery that puts
the ordinary mans nerves on edge and
destroys his confidence. He stands for
ten minutes before mirror arranging his
tresses just as he wants them, and brush
ing his whiskers and fussing with his
necktie. and pulling his collar up so his
Adams apple won't look like a doorknob,
and when he goes into the operating room
he feelS just as thOuSn ne were AT IHc
dentists. about to have his off hind
molar extracted. Then WHEN he takes his
seat on the magnificent oriental divan
provided for the purpose. the photograph
er fuses around him. smoothing the
wrinkles out OF his coat. and brushing
the dandruff off his shoulders. and tell
ing him to raise his chin a little and wear
a sweet. angelic expression So he feels
like the bearded lady in side show. and
when his picture is finished he gives one
glance at it and swoons away. He knows
that he never looked like the man IN the
picture in his life and never will as long
as he lives.
"One time l told the photographer 20
make a picture Of me without any prep
arations. l wanted him to do his deadly
work before ] had time to get nervous.
made no preparations myself l just
blew into the gallery in my everyday
clothes, determined to have one picture
that really represented me. The artist
shook his head sadly, as though he feared
the worst but he obeyed instructions.
~ ordered a dozen pictures and he sent
them to the house when they were I'm
shed My wife opened the package. She
uttered one wild scream and then put the
pictures into the stove. SO l can't tell you
what thew were like"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-13
At the End Of the Rainbow.
THE ART OF PHOTOGRAPHY.
by Walt Mason.
by Walt Mason.

az saw YOU coming out of the photo
eranh Joint Yesterday remarked the
druggist. IF you have been sitting 1"r
some pictures l want one OF them
"Eyerybody in town seems to know that
was operated upon by the photoela
pher," said the village patriarch anu
abou. a hundred people have asked me Tor
copies Of the picture when II IL oone'
This anxiety to have my PORTRAY In the
homes of the village is highly gratifying
and IL the picture turns out 10 De any
good I'll gladly distribute copies among
nv friends. but / know 1t won't feel
u,ite sure that I'll look as though l had
been shot with box OF tacks. mat
the way / always look in photograph.
Il didn't want to have picture taken
but my wife has been Insisting upon II
for two or three years. she says am
an old man and may wake up any morn
ing to find myself corpse. ana "heh
am dead and gone my friends VIII want
to have my picture hung up on the sitting
room wall Just under the clock. she
seems to think it a mans duty to leave
a few cabinet-siZed photographs behind
when he goes to sleep with his fathers.
.It took lot Of persuasion to get me
started, for / never did have any luck al
the photographer 5. ha'e peen - -.
a nv life to get good picture. one that
could show my friends without feeling It
necessary to offer lot of apologies and
Explanations, but l never had any luck.
photography has made a "ondertui
advance since l was young. bu, the OPP
orators still have good deal to learn.
The old-fa sh,oned Photographic kept a
regular torture chamber He always
placed his patient in back-brea king
chair and then damned his head INTO a
nronpefi instrument of iron and twisted
him around into various impossible shapes
until the sufferer felt like circus con-
tortionist with the rheumatism. Then the
artist numbered his old camera and the
victim had TO sit immovable for two or
three hours 1t was a terrific ordeal. and
mhenever look al photographs which
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-13
POSTAL RECEIPTS INCREASE.
Postmaster Merritt Gives Figures for
Month of December.

An increase is shown in the receipts
OF the Washington post Office of 3.92 per
cent for the month OF December as conn
pared with the same month a year ago.
according to the official statement just
issued by Postmaster Merritt
The receipts for December this year
amounted to $50, Al, and were de-
rived from the following sources:
Sale of stamped paper. $1I2.925.26: Sec
ond-class postage, $6.2f3.40: thfrd-ciass
postage paid in money. $76s.s7; box rent.
$67. a.: sale OF waste material, 50:
Surplus derived from sale of stamped
paper In fractional lots. $3s 49,.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-13

Peter Rabbit had never in all his life
before felt quite SO foolish as he did
when, after tumbling down the snowy
bank. he fould himself sitting on the
middle Of the Smiling Pool instead of
in it. He didn't know just what to
make OF it. He rubbed his head where
he had bumped it and he rubbed his
nose where he had bumped that. and
then. very carefully. so as not to get
another bump. he turned around two
or three times to make sure that he
really was where he seemed to be.
There could be no doubt about it.
There was the Laughing Brook. and
there was the Big Rock. and over yon-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-13

rat u.s." thought Peter. And then. just
because he was feeling good. he
thumped with his hind feet as only
Peter can Peter thumped a second
time and then he saw something queer.
Something was moving down In the
Smiling Pool moving away from Jerry
Muskrat's house. Peter leaned over
and looked until it seemed as IL his
big eyes would pop out Of his head.
He was looking right down through
the ice. and what he saw was Jerry
Muskrat swimming underneath the Ice
as fast as he could go.
- believe I scared Jerry What
a Joke cried Peter. and began to
laugh.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-13
STEWART REPEATS TALE
OF PURLO|NED LETTERS
Tells C|app Committee oil
WinkfieId's Confession-AI-
legged kidnapping.

A story of how copies Of letters from
John u. Archbold to former Senator
Forak er and other public men were
taken from the Standard Oil Company's
office at 26 Broadway, New York. by
w. w. WINFIELD and Charles Stump.
colored messengers employed by the
company. was told to the Senate cam
paign fund investigating committee to-
day by Gilchrist Stewart, colOred law
clerk. Stewart said he was employed
by Mr.. Foraker to investigate whether
certain alleged Photographic copies of
letters published were forgeries. Wink
field was found in Chicago, Stewart
said, and told him story of how he
and Stump took copies of letters from
the Standard Oil files and disposed of
them to a representative of the New
York American.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-13
You Should Appreciate
the Pure Food Crusade

You aid the by protecting yourself. Insist
upon products that known and to be doubted
Manufacturers who advertise in THE STAR have moth,
ing hide they make foods that up the Pure
Food Standard they consider the good health of the nation
above gain and among Americas Greatest Adver
tisers.
They have ustfiabe confidence i'll the quality on their
goods and spend huge advertising They protect
you against impure foods by making their brand marks
and products familiar you.
Help yourself and help the nation by patronizng the
manufacturers who advertise in THE STAR. Read THE
STARS advertisements closely and constantly every day
This habit will keep posted on the most reliable prod
ucts and direct the reliable merchants ash
lngton.
t.pyrish by r.
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Declares He Was Kidnapped.

While in Chicago December 21, Stewart
declared. he was kidnapped by gang
sters." taken to the office of the Chicago
Examiner and robbed of number of
letters and papers, including two letters
to him from former Senator Foraker.
The witness gave circumstantial &C
count OF his efforts to escape from the
..yangsters," who had searched tine
house in which he was stopping and a
hotel. and of the alleged scene in the
Examiner office. The men who kid
naped him, he said told him they were
policemen, exhibited what purported to
be warrants and attempted to make
him believe the Examiner Office was a
notice station.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-13
ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS
Interest Already Being Shown
in Next Election.
LEWIS HOOFF TO BE TRIED
Indicted in Connection With Loan
Association Failure-Insurance
Suit Begins.
LEWIS HOOFF TO BE TRIED
Special Correspondence Of The Star.

Special Correspondence of The Star.
! ALEXANDRIA. Va. January IS. 1919.
| The next political contest to be waged
! here will be over the election of state
| and city officials. Already interest is be-
! ing shown. The election proper will not
| take place until November. but It is GUS
| tomary to hold primary the latter part
| of June.
| So far as can be learned up to the pres
| ent time none of the present incumbents
will have opposition.
| Among those who will come up for
| election are: City Treasurer Thomas W..
| Robinson. Clerk Of Gas ]. B. Waller. Col
| lector of Taxes p. F. German, Commits
sioner of Revenue Charles II. Callahan.
Clerk of Court y. s. Greenaway. City
Sergt. r. II. Cox, Commemorative At
| torney S. G. Brent. Measurer of Wood
| and Bark Charles S. Swain.
| The January term of the corporation
court. Judge l.. G.. Barley presiding. con-
vened this morning when the docket was
called and cases fixed for trial.
Hoof Trial Tomorrow.
The second trial of Lewis Hoon, former
secretary and general manager Of the de-
funct Mercantile Railway Building and
Loan Association. is scheduled to begin
at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. There
arc number of indictments pending
a gainst Hoof in connection with the COL
lapse Of the concern.
The suit of the BoardArmstrong Com
pany Incorporated. of this city. against
the Mutual Life Insurance Company of
New York. the object of which is to recover
$1,000. representing the amount of life
insurance policy carried by that company
on the life Of the late r. F. Board. was
begun this morning in the circuit court
for this city. Judge J. B T. Thornton
presiding. Mr.. Board was killed as a re-
suit of fall from water tower al Wake
Forest No. c.. March is.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-13
Cipher Telegram Translated.

Chairman Clapp read into the record
a translation furnished by John ID.
Archbold of cipher telegram, put
into evidence recently with a number
of the "Archbold letters The trans
lation given out by the committee fol-
lows:
re Broadway New York.
september 20. 1900.
Hon j. b. Sibley. Franklin. Pa.
Have returned here and will be glad
TO see you at any time have com
municated with A. j. Cassatt and he
will see us in Philadelphia, Pa. If we
so desire. either Thursday or Friday
viii Charles Miller be here this Week!
j. d. ARCHBOLD.
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Claim in the Case.

The Will of Conda Wilson of Cumber-
land. Nd. who died suddenly i'm his
garage about four weeks ago. leaves his
entire estate, which is a large one. to the
widow
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-13
RICH OIL LAND AT STAKE
Ownership of Valuable Tracts
in California Is Being
Contested.

An empire of oil lands worth probably
more than half a billion dollars was the
prize which brought groups of opposing
lawyers today before the Supreme Court.
The occasion was the argument of what
reply the court should make to re-
quest for instruction from the United
States circuit court of appeals for the
ninth circuit. which was unable to de-
eide whether tho Southern Pacific Rail-
road Company or Edmund Burke and
other separate entrymen were entitled to
valuable tracts of land. now said to be
gushing forth oil in California.
The railroad company has received
patents to the land. The government
recently brought proceedings to have the
PATENTS cancelled, but that question is not
before the court. The patents contained
provision excepting all mineral lands
from the grant. 1t is this provision
which furnishes the principal contention
Claim in the Case.
Burke and those III similar position
claim that the exception prevented the
and passing TO the railroad and that
they are entitled to the land under proper
entry The railroad contends that the
exception is void, and anyway that evil
dence cannot now be produced to show
the lands are mineral or oil lands. the
government having issued a patent for
them and no fraud having been prac.
ticed upon it,
Primarily. the Southern Pacific railroad
alone is concerned i'm the present con-
iroversy. but the same exceptions are
contained In patents to practically every
land grant railroad traversng the west
and SO all will be affected by the deci-
sion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-13

Maurice Fairall. until recently resi-
dent of Oakland, Md. is in Jail there in
default of $1,000 bail on a charge OF rob-
bling the saloon of his uncle, r.. s. Jami-
son. The saloon had been robbed fne-
quently during the past few wpnths.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-13
Hooff Trial Tomorrow.
Explosion Burns House.

The explosion of kerosene lamp at Il
o'clock Yesterday morning caused the de-
struction by fire of the residence OF
George Peverill. jr. in Fairfax county.
four miles south of this city. together
with most of its contents.
Burglars and footpads were busy late
Saturday night in Fairfax county. just
west of this city, according to reports
made to the police
For the second time in a few weeks
the store of c. NJ Gorham. at the old
tollgate. Fairfax county. was entered.
Samuel Wade frightened the burglar.
who fled before carrying away his loot.
Three men tried to trip Robert Grimes
with a wire across the sidewalk while
he was returning home Saturday night.
Robbery is believed to have been their
motive.
A large Marion touring car, valued at
81. 400, belonging to DIR. Walter A. War;
field, was completely wrecked late Satur-
day night at Hooff's run. near the union
passenger railway station. when the ma
chine ran into a telegraph pole. skiddins
and partially going over the embankment
at that point. The driver Of the ma
chine, W E.McCoy. and w. E. Wood.
who were the occupants, were thrown
out. but escaped injury.
\ charter has been granted by the state
corporate ton commission to Suter &
Slaymaker. Incorporated, this city, with
a capital stock of from 5000 to $4,000
Cases disposed of today in the police
court follow: George Slater and j. p.
Brady. begging on the street, fined IS
each: T. F. Brumbell. W. II. Brumbell
and c. Compton, drunk and disorderly.
the first two named FORGETTING $40 collat-
eral each. Compton forfeited So collat-
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Mrs. Jane Bulmer Dead.

Mrs. Jane A. Bulmer. eighty-five years
old. died yesterday at her home at
Snowden's. Fairfax county. two miles
south of this city. She was a native of
Norfolk. England. Funeral services will
be held tomorrow morning. after which
the body will be shipped to New York for
burial.
Yesterday afternoon from Demaine's un-
dertaking chapel. Services were conduct
ed by Rev. l.. F. Kelly of st. Mary s
Catholic Church. and burial was in st.
Mary's cemetery.
Marion V. Petit six months old.
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry o. Pet
tit. died yesterday morning at the home
of her parents, 1903 Oronoco street. The
funeral will be held this afternoon.
The San Francisco call., 1913-11-21

CRATE man. sir. though the shape OF
yure he'd wud not indicate greatness,
but you can lern sumthing, eeven
from a frendless tramp like me. II
you will lend hand, & will give me
sumthing to eat wen / git through, /
nits.
All rite. sed Pa, but you will have
to show me-
All rite, sed the tramp Then he
jerked the big rug or the wire &
spred it out fiat on the grass out in
the yard Now. he sed to Pa, you sit
hold of one corner & / will talk the
next corner & we will drag the rug
along on the grass. the length OF the
yard, three times. So thay dragged
the rug along. & the dust flew out
from behind the rug like dust bee
hind a street sweeper. Then the
tramp told Pa TO help him turn the
rug over & they dragged it up q
down the yard on sum fresh grass
three times, & all the dust was out of
the rug & it smelled nice & sweet,
jest like grass. 1t took fifteen min
nits & thare wasent any dust at all
left in the rug.
That is splendid skeem. sed Pa ]
thought ! knew all thare was to
know about cleaning house, but il
seems l was wrong. am always
glad 10 lern. sed Pa. This is worth
sumthing. so here is dollar for you.
Eat till you can't hold any moar, sed
Pa. When a man can teeeh me any
thing he is worth tipping handsome,
Pa sed.
You are a gentleman, sed the tramp
after he had the dollar in his hand,
but thare is a lot of things / cud
teech you at dollar a throw If l
liked work well enuff. 1 must be on
my way now. but 1 hoap you will al
ways remember that in this wurld
the gratest can lern from the small
est Goodby. old sox. sed the tramp.
The San Francisco call., 1913-11-21

The dip in this movement is a
difficult one. because il comes on
side movement instead of the
more ordinary dip backward like
the California dip of the third
movement 1t will be difficult,
too, to dip in this fashion and
The San Francisco call., 1913-11-21
The Pirouette.

As to position, the turkey trot
pose is resumed, and the move
ment starts with the man and girl
simultaneously pointing forward
with the left foot, and then across
the right with the left. This is
done twice, the dip coming when
the left foot crosses the right the
second time. SO the movement is
left point forward, left across
right and dip Hum good tur-
key trot while you are reading
this over to help you get into the
swing of 1t. This part of the
movement takes four of the eight
counts of the measure. The other
four counts constitute the piro-
ette. The dip should be done rap
idly. so as to get back quickly
into the turkey trot position. and
Immediately on the fifth count the
man and girl turn completely
around back to back in a pirou-
ette. At the completion of the
turn the regular turkey .trot posi-
tion is again assumed for the be-
ginning of the sixth movement.
The San Francisco call., 1913-11-21
By LILLIAN LAUFERTY

MAIDEN NEGOTIATIONS.
A farce is funny when you look at
II, but it is generally pretty sad
when you are living it.
If you live in dreams. be prepared
for them TO come true.
Cynicism is like cold plunge in
the morning. You shiver at it. but
it sets your blood a-tingling.
In dealing with woman. ask and
II shall be denied you; take. and it
can't be denied; you've got it.
Blessed is the man who doesn't
prove to US by speaking that he has
nothing to say"
If you can't forgive you are laying
up lot of material about which you
do an unforgivable amount of worry
ing.
II you are always looking for the
good fortune of finding something
very valuable. hunt up a goal-an
object in life-that is the best for
tune that can be found
The San Francisco call., 1913-11-21
3 Little Bobbie $ Pa 8
Bv WILLIAM F. KIRK

d. was helping Ma & me to clean
house yesterday & all the time
he was helping he KEEP telling
about how he was a expert house
cleener. 1 never worked at it as a
professhun. sed Pa, but I am man
who always keeps his eyes & eers
oapen, & l know how to observe &
remember. / mite say. sed Pa, that
thare is nothing about cleening house
that l do not know
You mite say & have often sed that
thare is nothing about anything that
you do not know. sed Ma. Now stop
talking & talk that big rug out in the
yard & beat the dust out of it, Then
Pa took tfss hig rug & hung it oaver
& wire in the yard & him & me started
10 beet the dust out Of it,
Thare is a knack in everything,
Bobbie. sed Pa. You will notis the
graceful way that / weeld this buggy
whip. Every time l hit the rug a
cloud of dust flies out of it, vile you,
wen you hit it the way you do, do not
pIilS any aust out OF II at all, TO
speek of. Eeven that poor tramp
thare has stopped & is watching me
eileen the rug. He is speechless with
admirashun at my deftness, sed Pa.
The old tramp jest stood & looked
at Pa & let him beet the rug for quite
a while. 1t dident seem as if the rug
was getting any cleener. beekaus the
moar we whipped it the dirtier it
seemed TO git.
My friend, sed the tramp. you are
not using good head work at all on
that job you are doing Ii will talk
you a week TO whip the dust out of
that big rug. 1 could show you a way
TO get all the dust out of it in half a
hour. yes. in 20 minnits. sed the tramp.
Did you get that Bobbie? sed Pa.
Fancy a man of my intelligence lern-
Ing anything from a tramp.
l know | am a tramp, sed the man,
but there is nobody in this wurld so
wise that he can not be learning sum-
thing all the time. You may be
The San Francisco call., 1913-11-21
WORTH TRYING

Paul Poiret. the Paris milliner, ere
ator of the minaret and hobble skirts.
said in New York the other days:
4 like the Americans. The women
are very chic. The men are very cap
able. But your breakfast foods!
"Why do you eat 50 many queer
breakfast foods? Aren't you afraid
they'll have a deleterious effect upon
your temperament?
"A Brooklyn lady told me yester-
day that she had said that morning to
her parlor maid:
don't know what's coming over
The San Francisco call., 1913-11-21

This movement of the Futurist
Twirl. although complicated, Is
really the most effective If prop
erly executed And people who
expect to learn things must be
willing to come up against a hard
problem once in a while.
IL every one knew what every
The San Francisco call., 1913-11-21
/ THE PERILS OF PRETENSE

Only last week that infatuated pre-
tender, Augustus Perky. on entering
ballroom said to the footman in a
loud. peremptory tone of voice:
Please tell my coachman to bring
the brougham back in three hours"
The footman went, and two minutes
later. as Perky was standing up to
dance with Miss Blond. he returned
to say. in a voice audible throughout
the room:
Your coachman says he can't come
back in three hours, sir. because he's
got another fare for then. sir
The San Francisco call., 1913-11-21
S n o S h o t S


Can you make love without falling
in love. too?
DREAMS BY ROBERT LOvEMAN
Dreams. like children. hand in hand
Wander thru the shadow land;
At the night they softly creep
Down the corridors of sleep.
weep
In the mystic house of sleep.
Then hand in hand they run away,
Frightened by the noisy day.
\
God bless the Present, 1t is ALL;
II has been Future. and 1t shall be
Past
Awake and livel Thy strength recall.
And in one truth unite them fast
JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL.
The San Francisco call., 1913-11-21
THE UPPER CRUST

Mrs. French Vanderbilt, at lunch
con at Harbourview, her beautiful
Newport villa, said of the nouveaux
riches of Gotham:
Those people form. undoubtedly. a
very splendid and ornate society-but
it is social upper crust based exclu-
sively, as it were, on the financial
dough beneath
The San Francisco call., 1913-11-21
By DONALD BRIAN,
star of "The Marriage Market

Copyright 1913. International News Service
'T HE most difficult part of the
fifth movement lies in the
fact that there are a great
many steps for. the eight, counts
And Furthermore, the steps have
no apparent connection--that is,
one doesn't follow easily from the
other. as was evident in the more
simple measures.
The fifth movement may be said
to be divided into two distinct
parts-the new dip. which is
really difficult and the pirouette,
which requires Individual move
ment on the part of each dancer