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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-14

ment and tell Mr.. Wilson ell they know
that he wants to know Let them I'LL
him up with information bearing on the
good of the order Let them feel fiat
tered by his silence and attention.
Mr. Wilson'S opportunity will come
later. When he shakes down i'll the
White House it will be his time to talk;
and there is reason to believe he Will i'm
prove it, After he has asked senator's
and representatives for legislation. and it
is delayed or denied. he will want to
know why, and they will be invited to
the White House to explain
Then. like as not-so strange are men
we shall hear a complaint that Mr.. WI
son talks too much; that he does not give
his visitors q chance; that the Presi-
dents office has been converted into
classroom where legislators are mar
shaded and leetured. and denied the priv
ilege of full disclosure.
MIR. Wilson's ears are well employed
now. His tongue may be later. At any
rate he will know more to talk about
after he has had a brief experience In
this town.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-14
The Early Fly.

The District health department in a
report quoted in The Star recently rep
resented that bee ause of the unseasonably
high temperature flies are coming forth
from their alternating places.
These flies are enterprising and pro-
eressive. but their Judgment is at fault.
Enemies of the fly, and nowadays he has
no friends. are encouraged that the fly
has been deceived by balmv January
days into leaving his winter quarters and
perhaps removing his winter tiannels.
These flies are inviting disaster to them
selves. and no doubt the invitation will
be accepted. Disaster when invited.
usually comes.
One of the surprising features of the
discovery made by the health department
is that flies presumably bred and Matched
in Washington should have no better
understanding of the local climate or no
more discretion than to leave their lodg-
ings and begin to buzz around town in
January. But perhaps these flies have
reasoned that it is safer to come out in
January than in summer. while the swat
the-fiy campaign is on.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-14
Raise Vegetables.

1t is we'll that people encourage the
vegetarian habit. for ominous stories and
threatening statistics of cattle shortage
are current. If these things are true con-
firmed meat eaters will have to reform,
increase their earning power. or go hum
CRY. They will probably increase the
grain fruit and vegetable components of
their rations. 1t will do no HARM be-
cause big meat diet is not indispensa
BILE. There appears verify in the figures.
since 1900 the population of the United
States has Increased over % per cent,
while the supply of beef cattle has de-
clined more than 90 per cent and the
slaughter of calves has increased GOO per
cent
Argentina. one of the great beef-pro-
ducing regions, reports diminishing
supply of cattle. Three years of drought
were suffered there and the dreaded foot
and mouth disease ravaged herds. Cows
and heifers We're also slaughtered too
heavily in order to supply the beef de-
mand of Europe. All this appears to be
true, because legislation is pending in
Argentina which seeks to limit the num-
Der of cattle slaughtered to the probable
yearly increase. and it is sought to pro-
hibit the slaughter of cows under seven
years old and Of calves entirely.
Australian cattle breeding has been him
dered by seasons of drought, the cattle
industry of Mexico has been crippled by
revolution, and England Will probably eat
all the beef that Canada can raise. AL
together it is good thing to keep ones
appetite keen for bread, potatoes, beans,
rice and the like.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-14
Mr.. Wilson's Listening Mood.

III. as alleged. those senators and rep
resentatives invited to Trenton return
somewhat disappointed at Mr.. Wilson 5
non communica tiveness, the matter is to
be regretted. But what would they?
Should Mr. Wilson do all the talking on
such occasions? Should We not hear loud
complaint if he did? Would he not be crit
icised for transferring the form of a
pedagogue TO the field of politics? Would
there not be a loud renewal of the COM
plant about the "schoolmaster"
Let us all be reasonable. Mr. Wilson
is a new and inexperienced man. He has
been viewing politicians as through a
glass. darkly. He now wants to meet
them face to face. Many OF them are
strangers to- him. And even those he
has met once or twice have taken on a
new relation to him since election day.
He is now their titular leader, and wants
to become the real thing.
And another point. Mr.. Wilson has
only general notion about Congress.
such az comes from reading He has
never had days experience i'm any
grade of legislative body. Congress,
therefore. is now an object of much in
terest to him. He is to have intimate
relations with it during the next four
years. and should know well as pos
sible the value of all it's processes-the
meaning of this. that. and the other
thing, as the wheels so round.
Senators and representatives. therefore
should be glad of a summons to Trenton
and of an opportunity to be inspected and
to talk ~ them rejoice in the compli'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-14
Panama Canal Arbitration. y

Perhaps everybody might reasonably
agree 10 arbitration" of the Panama
canal question by a tribunal composed OF
Britons and Americans in equal parts.
from which the outside world is excluded.
The issue is one to he settled by the
United States and Great Britain alone.
No thrd power represented at The
Hague would be or could he an impair
tial, disinterested interpreter of the Hay
Pauncefote treaty.
If direct negotiations can he most con-
veniently conducted through the device
of an arbitration tribunal. which lacks
an outside final arbiter. let us have such
arbitration.
In the last analysis it is undesirable
from Great Britain's viewpoint as a
world power that the Panama canal shall
be a world canal instead of an American
canal in time of war. The chances are
ten to one that in the worlds naval
struggles of the future in both Pacific
and Atlantic the Enelish-speaking peoples
will re fighting side by side Australia
and New Zealand. integral parts of the
British empire. foresee that in the pros
pective struggle in the Pacific safety and
success lie in IN American controlled
Isthmian canal and not in canal to be
used by Asiatic battleships on equal
terms.
1t is poor policy on Great Britains part
to Construe the Hay-Pauncefote treaty in
a technical and unfriendly way. to de-
mand its pound of flesh under this hos
tile construction. to reflect upon the
honor of the United States in a difference
of opinion over treaty interpretations and
to threaten the United States as an in
The Hague.
The pressure applied by British stock
holders in American and Canadian trans
continental railroads, whose petty selfish
interests are affected. should not control
the craftsmanship of the British empire
and cause it to blunder in its world pol
lev
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-14
Parcel Post and Country Life.

One feature of the parcel post on which
t seems emphasis has not been laid is
that Ii is another step toward blotting
out rural isolation. 1t is one more means
of bringing the countryman into closer
contact with the city man and with city
ways. A tendency has been very strongly
this way for quarter of a century, and
its results have been so obvious that the
countryman with wisp of hay in his
hair and straw in his mouth is rarely
seen outside old homestead plays and
comic supplements
the steam railroad penetrated into
country districts and the electric car
has brought vast farm area into touch
with the city. A few minutes ride brings
man from pastoral to metropolitan
scenes. and from quiet rural lanes into
busy. throbbing streets. 1t also takes
city man quickly from the great areas of
asphalt. artificial stone and brick to green
turf. yellow clay and sandy stretches.
The .evening-up process goes an at both
ends
The telephone brings city and country
within speaking distance of each other.
and telephone wires strung along roads.
through woods and over fields and mead
ows have done much to take from the
country that dull isolation which was
such a frequent complaint against coun-
try life. Operating to this end with the
telephone has been rural free delivery.
Here is an agency that has carried the
daily newspaper into farmhOuses and
whetted and encouraged the reading habit,
prompting people already back on the
land to keep step in the procession of
the times.
In connection with all these agencies of
rural Improvement have come automobiles
and the demand for better roads. and
finally an awakening of everybody in
city and country to the manifold and
mutual advantages of good roads.
And now the parcel post furnishes an
other connecting link between town and
country.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-14
Death Rate Lower.

The death rate for 1912-the lowest death
rate recorded in the District according
To the statement and the figures of the
District health officers in itself en-
couraging. but the chief point for public
qualification should be that sanitary edu-
cation. sanitary practices and "a wider
knowledge and observance of the laws of
hygienc living are beginning to produce
the results expected of them. Such be-
Ing the case. the hope is reasonable that
with constant and increasing attention
TO sanitation the death rate will con-
tinue tn decline until death from pre-
ventable diseases will become exceeding
~ rare
There are many factors contributing to
the diminishing death rate. A knowl-
edge of health laws is much more gem
eral than formerly. Newspapers are
potent in promoting the propaganda of
health Various civic societies are also
agents for the dissemination of ideas on
better and longer living.
Another factor. doubt. is the prog
ress of medicine and surgery-especially
the progress of preventive medicine
. and a tendency toward raising the stand
ard of medical practice and professional
nursing in the District of Columbia
Civil authorities have become more
and more jealous in the matter of safe
sewage disposal the cleanliness of the
water supply. and in guarding the popu-
l2tion from unwhoesome food. The peo-
pie on their part have become better in
formed and are more careful and exact
ins along these lines.
Popular ideas have within recent years
undergone revision or reversal i'm the
matter of free air versus close rooms,
and this makes toward better health.
With the fresh ar idea has developed the
athletic idea-the thought that incInes
more men and women to out of-door en-
ercise. The interest allowed girls in
physical development is also working to
reduce the sum of ailments. The cam
paisns against flies. mosquitoes and fleas
have aided in reducing mortal statistics
While long list of causes contributing
to the better health of the Districts citi-
gems may be- mentioned. there is one
tendency leading away from rational liv-
ing. That is the tendency to live too
fast-to crowd too much work, too much
recreation. too much excitement and too
much experience into the day and night.
No doubt it Is because Of this condition
crcaSng.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-14
The Overhanging Sign.
From the Chicago Journal.

From the Chicago JOHlnaI
If the owner of a fine estate allowed
neiphbors to string flaring signs across
his walks and drives to advertise their
own private business. people would think
him crazy But that is what the city of
Chicago does every day i'm the year The
streets and walks belong to the city, to
the people But across these walks an
electrical monopoly has flung garish signs
of every description. advertising every
thing from bunny hug vaudeville to fusei
oil cocktails. These special license"
monstrosities offend the view everywhere.
They do more to deface the city than Il
hundred parks and boulevards can do to
adorn it. The overhanSing sign is "A
nuisance. 1t is also the visible mark of
grating special license to violate
building ordinances. II profits no one but
the electrical monopoly. Get rid of the
overhanging sign
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-14

the tariff question Mr.. BRYAN denied the
title of progressive to Mr.. Underwood.
He regarded the chairman OF ways and
airy, and from things he said Senators
Martin and Simmons seemed likely to go
on his black list too.
AS to Mr. Underwood. Mr.. Wilson has
dissented from this judgment. He has
summoned the chairman OF Ways and
means to Trenton. conferred with him
about the tariff and other issues, eN-
pressed approval of his views and adj
miration of the man. and signified an in
tention of working with him when the
time comes for legislation.
AS to Messrs. Martin and Simmons
while neither has as yet visited Trenton
it would not be safe to say that neither
would be welcome. There is time for a
visit Both may go Who knows? At
any rate both are solid at home. Each
has just been Endorsed for another term
in the Senate. So that if they are not
orthodox, neither is the democracy be-
hind them. If they go on the black list
so also do the states of Virginia and
North Carolina: and the latter state is ex-
pecting to be honored with place at the
cabinet table.
Mr.. Wilson sees a united party. and
redemption of the promises which secured
his election. Union does not exist today.
if one may believe even a small portion
of the gossip circulating in this town.
1t should not be Impossible to produce it.
But the task is not easy. and Mr. Wilson
must lend a mans hand toward it's &C
compliS hment And with carving knife in
hand-with pie and not persons the OBJ
ject-he should be able to give a good
account of himself.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-14
Good Old Days.

oh. the good old days that we read about
Were days that were passing fair
The ladies were beautiful. no doubt,
And the men showed fastidious care
We never hint that those men would bet
And tipple and be prOfane
Or that ladies appeared in the swifter set
Flirtatiously bold and vain.
Oh. these present days which we oft dcride
When they've drifted into the PAST,
VIII be talked about with romantic pride
And the glamour around them cast
VIII make posterity show respect
To customs which now amaze:
They will seem remarkable and correct
When these are the good old days.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-14
Progressives and Progress.

Mr. Wilson is "A progressive. and will
call only presTcssiyes To his side in his eff
forts TO carry out the Baltimore plat
form. He himself has said it,
Yesterdays declaration at Trenton is
IKE tina; made at Chicago Saturday night.
in that il lacks specifications There Is
no definition of progressiveness from Mr.
Wilson's point of view. He does not by
name or clear suggestion separate the
Sheep from the goats lie does not Iay n
course. or fix the extent of the journey
he wants progressive democrats To make
under his leadership
There is curiosity this point re-
cause OF stand Nj Bryan has taken.
He also is a progre ssive, but in some Of
his deliverances has named names, and
in others spoken broadly. to illustrate his
ideas of progress
When he present House first took W
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-14
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-14
Adrianople.
From the Springfield Republican.

The key to the situation in the Balkan
peninsula is now Adrianople, and, Gu
riously little news has come from that
be,eaguered fortress Up to a certain
point the advantage i'm procrastination is
on the side of the Turks: every days
DELAY makes it more difficult for the al
lies to assume the responsibility of re-
newing hostilites. If Adrianople could
hold out Indefinitely. Bulgaria might be
ready To reduce materially it's claims In
Thrace rather than undertake a fresh at
tack on the Tchatalja lines. But can it
hold out indefinitely? AS to this the Sc
cret has been We'll kept
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-14
Oil and Gas Heaters
Desirable for Present Use

Desirable for Use cold mornings
and nights, especially in ones
private room: they impart very
necessary comfort and cheerful
ness. Their ineNpensiveness, both
i'll cost and in usage. are factors
that appeal forcibly to those that
have such needs. Oil and Gas
Heaters range i'll price from $I.s5
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Particularly worthy of mention is an
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absolutely smokeless an CT en-
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Fifth floor, Eleventh st.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-14
New Bed Comfortables
Specially Priced at ST 90.

AT this low price women can be
assured of securing greater saw
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The variety is great. and the num-
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3oo-gives promise OF being slif-
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and covered with silkolinc; size
7ox78 inches. :
Special price, $I-resularly SIPS.
Second floor Eleventh at. e :
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-14

When he becomes Prof. Taft the class
will hope that the lectures on the law
will bc interrupted now and then for
few chatty and highly interesting reminis-
CcnccS based on personal experience.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-14

IT relieves everything that grandmothers
mustard plaster releved-Sore Throat
Bronchitis, Tonsilitis Group. Stiff Neck Asth-
ma, Neuralgia, Headache, Congestion, Pleurisy
LumbagO Pains and Aches Of the Back or
Joints, Sprains, Sore Muscles, Bruises Chill
blains, Frosted Feet, Colds of the Chest dit
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-14
A Queer Race.

You remember the race of the hare
and the tortose?'
Yes" replied the sincere sports. 'bu,
nothing like that could happen nowadays
without somebody's being fined and sus-
pended
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-14
St. Louis Weathers.

From The St Louis Republic.
American weather is versatile. Three
yisitations Of sleet in rapid succession are
a sufficient hint that IL balmy introduce
ton to winter il no sign that the sea-
sons are changing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-14
In Bunches.

1T is an old saying said the man
with discouraging tendencies, that riches
have wings.
ooh, that's all right replied Mr.. Dustin
Stax That's what email les me to keep
them coming my way in f1ocks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-14
Open=stock English Porcelain Dimnerware
A Clearance Sale of Two Patterns.

g alre flour low
dupont the merits e
O Opens Porcelain IEn
Irregular ~II -pon
all up that
thu
at aspeiap price
tsinan to all tax
OF in decorating and IN
ea s. =
ronlya few
We note few o
Saucers .S1S0
DINNER Pilates, .S1.75
Soup Plates .sl.5O Gravy Tureens
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-14

However thorough the secrecy of pri-
waite conferences may be, a man of pub
IL responsibility is pretty sure to drop
something significant and interesting in
his impromptu speeches.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-14
Out.

."The last member of the family that
occupied this old CASTLE said the guide.
How unfortunate" said Mrs. CumroX,
that they should be deprived of the sat
isfaction of knowing that we called!'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-14

E~In order to avoid DELAYS on account of
personal absence letters Ia THE STAR should
not loo addressed 10 any individual connected
with the Office but simply to THE STAR. or 20
The Editorial Business Department. ACCORDING
TO tenor or purpose
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-14
Muster ---cIean, White
Mustard Ointment

Takes the place of the old time Mustard
Plaster Brings the same quick and delicious
relief AND DOES NOT RAISE A SINGLE
BLISTER.
You get this clean white oinment out OF a
clean. white glass lar You simply rub it
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-14

and the pain is gone
No mess. You don't
have TO make a plas-
ter, or bother with a
cloth.
Wherever people try
MIjSTEROLE once,
they insist On IL al
ways. Eyerywhcre
MI-STEROLF. II n s
iaau introduced the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-14

If Washington We're as unScrupulonsly
enterprising as some towns, 1t would con-
spire to have a census taken during in
auguraton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-14

prevents Pneumonia).
At your druggists
in 2Jc and 50e jars
and A SPECIAL.
LARGE HOSPITAL
SIZE FOR s.. 30.
Accept no substi-
tutc. IL your druggist
cannot supply you,
send Zoe or .,0c to the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-14
Proof.

II cannot sing the old songs.
We tried to be polite
And urged her till she tried, and then
We found that she was right.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-14

MUSTEROLE Company, Cleveland, Ohio. and
we will send you a. jar. postage prepaid.
Better for: Its than anything else !
have ever seen."-Mlss M. Speers, Graduate
Nurse, ST. Petersburg, Florida. (29
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-14

Paris has revived the Dreyfus discus
sion. And Paris used to he considered the
source Of true originality
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-14

Sometimes the suggestion of investiga-
ton subpoenas will give the desired wit
ness a nervous attack sufficient to pro-
vide him with doctors certificate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-14

The conviction of Judge Archibald is an
other reminder that governmental ma
chinery provides for emergencies for
which it was proposed to introduce the
recall
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-14

Big business is frequently represented
as thick-skinned, overbearing bully,
when as a matter of fact it's manner OF
receiving mild criticism shows that 1t is
exceedingly sensitive.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-14

A London newspaper refers to the min
istry as "snobbery, jObbery and rob-
berry" This is what comes of letting
poets get into politics.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-14
Brick by Parcel Post.

From the Detroit Free Press.
Mailing a brick to friend by parcel
post is a good joke. all right. but you
can't blame the innocent postman for
complaining that it's all at his expense.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-14

col. Roosevelt has not applied for per-
mission IL introduce an Ananias club as
a feature of the inaugural parade.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-14

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