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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-24
Little Outdoor Exercise.

Only half an hour daily of out-of-door
exercise was allowed to the inmates of
the dirty, dark, verminous rooms. which
were so overcrowded that the men could
not even stretch their limbs on the cold
floor. Eruptive typhus had infected all
the prisoners. Several had become tuber-
culous since entering.
The sO-called hospital was only a stor-
age barn, without any kind Of bed linen.
towels or garments for the sick. There
was not even hay or straw in the mat
tresses; onl;- dust, rags and vermin.
The prisoners berths were laid out in
tiers. the lowest eighteen inches from the
floor and ranging right up to the roof.
NJ. karaouloff member of the duma
for the district, has entered an interpret
lation to the government on prison con-
ditions based on this report
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-24
WEATHER.
Fair and Warm Tonight; Friday I'm
settled and Cooler.

For the District Of Columbia and Nary-
land, fair and continued. warm tonight.
Friday increasing cloudiness. probabl
Followed by showers and somewhat lower
temperature; light variable winds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-24
Condition of the Water.

Public electric arc and electric incan-
descent lamps are lighted fifteen minutes
after sunset and extinguished forty-five
minutes before sunrise: public gas lamps
lighted twenty minutes after sunset and
extinSuished forty minutes before sun
rise. Naphtha lighting service has been
discontinued
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-24
Opposed to Removals.

we believe that the maintenance of a
proper standard in the public service re-
quires that no removals should be made
from offices having a fixed tenure prior
10 the expiration of the term thereof ex-
cept for cause.
We also believe that removals from
Offices of indeterminate tenure should
only be made for cause. and that this
particularly applies to those in which
special or technical qualifications are re-
qured.
We regard the action of the demo-
cratic party in the last session of the
SlNty-Second Congress i'll refusing for DO
ii'ical reasons to confirm appointments
Of the President made regularly and in
due course to be without justification and
against sound public policy
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-24
SHOCKING CONDITIONS
DISCOVERED IN PRISON
Russians HuddIed Into Dirty,
Dark and vermin0uS
Rooms.
Foreign Correspondence of The Star

ST. PETERSBURG, April 8. 1918.
A medical report on conditions in the
prison at Piatigorsk. the chief penal es-
Establishment in the Caucasus. discloses a
shocking condition of life. The COM
mission of inquiry was presided over by
DIR. Pisniatchevsky. inspector of the Cau-
casian mineral springs. and it contained
a number of army doctors. They visited
the prison in consequence of complaints
from the local health committee that
disease was spread from it in the sur
rounding country.
The commissioners found that in one
chamber of the prison marked to &C.
commodate nineteen men there were
forty-five occupants; in another marked
for sixteen men there were forty-one oc-
cupants; in yet another. which was an
underground cellar seven feet high, there
were thirty-nne human beings huddled
together much as in the Black Hole OF
Calcutta. The place had once been the
oven of military bakery and was not
meant for human habitation. There had
been cases of death from suffocation
through sheer impossibiity to breathe
aiy-
The Washington herald., 1913-04-04
Another Term.

From Judge.
Helter-Do you know anything about
your sons course at Yale?
Skelter-No; but he writes me about
every fine.
The Washington herald., 1913-04-04
Soap a Di.infcctant.

from the Paris Herald.
That cleanliness is the beginning of an
tisepsis has been often repeated, and
the disinfecting power of soap. which
was for a time passed over i'm silence is
now again brought to the front Quite
recently DR.. Pillod demonstrated tina,
soap is naturally antiseptic. His re-
searches were directed to its action upon
the habitual agents of suppuration:
Staphylococci, st-eptococci and pyocyanic
bacilli, and in his experiments he en-
nloyed only white Marseilles soap.
In order to prove that white soap is
naturally sterile. DIR. Pillod took frag-
ments from soap which had been In
operating rooms and laboratories. These
fragments were placed in tubes Of bouil-
Ion and submitted for eight days to at
tempts at culture in closed vessels. The
tubes were afterward left for fifteen days
in the atmosphere Of the laboratory. Not
one of eighteen samples gave any cul-
ture.
soap is sterile in itself, and this property
is easily explained by its chemical COM
position and the process of its manu-
facture. Soaps are real salts. oleates
and paImitates, obtained by the saponi-
fication Of fatty matters by powerful
bases, soda being used for white soap.
The manufacture of soap requires high
temperatures QG0 degrees Cent. for five
hours for solidification). and the action
Of concentrated lyes, which are strongly
antiseptic. Soap is rich in fatty SUBJ
stances 60 per cent?. holds on an aver
age As per cent of free alkali. and con-
tains no principle that is nutritive for
bacteria.
The Washington herald., 1913-04-04

Black Michael has led Antoinette de Mauban who
is recklessy in love with him. to believe that he returns
her affection; and an auxiliary factor in his selfish
purpose he determines to dispose of her in order
to be free to marry the Princess Flavia and strengthen
his prospective possession of the throne Antonettes
ardent love and intense jealousy figure largely in these
scenes and form the motive for her reporting to the
King all of Michaers intrigues and maneuvers.
Col Sapt, Fritz and Rassendyll reach the executive
chambers just the critical time when Duke Michael,
triumphant the absence of the king. is taking advan
tage of the frank dispeasure of the people and en-
deavorng promulgate further dssension. He is sud-
denly confronted and confused by the presence of Ru
do Rassendy whose resemblance to the king deceives
his ambassadors and minister's and who is readily
cepted the Royal Rudolf. Michael's thoughts
tangled in hopeless his emotions desperately
fused. He suspects Hentzau of treachery He knows
the king is drugged and helpless. and is mys6ed and
provoked by the sudden defeat of his plans
In the meantime Rudolf Rassendyl meets the
Princess Flavia. who Immediately observes subtle
ras in the sturdy wholesome. attractive qualities of
Rassendyl from the selfish and selfindulgent procvi
ties of the king. She forces herself to realize that the
The Washington herald., 1913-04-04
James K Hackett in The Prisoner of Zenda
Brilliant Dramatic Success of the Season
Picture Play Anthony Hopes Famous Novel of Love and Adven
ture Be Seen All Next Week the Casino
Theater. He Appears in the Dual Role in the Daniel
Frohman Masterpiece, Considered the Last
Word inP Pictorial Romantic Drama.

knows that the last moment disclose Rassendy iden
tty has come and will be gone another. lmpulsivey
he starts forward resolved to proclaim Rudolf usurpe
when he the cold puposefu CLINT in the eloquent
eyes of Sapt of Fritz and of Rudolf. and realizes in
the bitterness of defeat and despair that he cannot in
terrupt the ceremony without revealing his pe6dy
and thus acknowledge his own guilt. So while his
tainted soul cries in vanqushed anguish. he is COM
PEELED to maintain silence.
Rudolf returns from the ceremony and in the silence
and privacy of his regal chambers struggles with
but powerful yearning. Driven to the verge of madness
by his intense love for the princess. he is tempted to
defy Sapt and Fritz and usurp. and maintain the throne
The battle between duty and desire desperate
but his better nature ITSELF honor umphs, and
he pledges himself make mighty effort to carry out
the obligation he had undertaken. to return to Zenda
and to restore the rightful king to his throne.
So Sapt. Fritz. and Rudolf depart. From this
ment series of thrilling plots and counerplots follow
each other rapid and stirring sequence The attempt
of Michael and his to kill the king. the entrance of
Rudolf Rasendy with the guidance and assistance of
Anonette de Mauban into the dungeon at Zenda where
he finds the Royal Rudolf in state of mental agony
The Washington herald., 1913-04-04

brilliant than ever. The dancers had been
made to practice for weeks ahead under
the tutelage OF the master of ceremonies
and far famed expert Italian danseuse.
Not enough with these preparatory exer-
cises, to make sure that there should be
no sIip-up on the part of some aristocratic
country lass, there was q final wedding
out" at two grand rehearsals at the palace
under the eye of the empress personal
chamberlain and grand master of cere-
monies, where, it was whispered In the
Wilhelms Strasse, quite number were
relieved" from further participation, be-
cause they failed IN some tribe of step or
of carriage. But the great ball was a
huge success. and that is after all what
1t was given for. FLANEUR.
The Washington herald., 1913-04-04

Dancing at the "Koenigliche Schloss" at
Berlin at state balls is an art which can
be practiced only according to the dictates
is imposing, but also figures which are
amusing to the select who are entitled to
admittance to these ultra-aristocratic
functions by virtue of their rank or birth.
1t is all, so TO say, in the tap Of the
cane in the hands of the master of cere-
monies. His imperative tap tells the
left during the "grande polonaise' Geo.
tillion), another tap commands the
dancers to make room for an especially
privileged or favored pair. One certain
tap means to follow the leading pair to
the right Two taps signify for all
dancers to get off the floor in order to
make room for a prince or princess, and
so on.
The great event, of course, at these
balls is the polonaise. On a given signal
by the master of ceremonies several hun
dred pairs emerge from rooms adjoining
and enter the "Weisse Saal' to the tune
Of the cotillion music. When all are as
sembled the command EN- avant, mad
ames ct messieurs," and the dancers
promenade through the evolutions of the
polonaise, until arrived at the throne, all
make their obeissance to the Emperor and
his Empress. This is followed later by
the master of ceremonies stentorian
"Cherchez les DANES" or again by his
"Cherchez les gents" until all partici-
pants thus have returned to their starting
place.
The court ball this season was more
The Washington herald., 1913-04-04
HERED1TY AND THE EYES.
Blue or Gray Eyed Parents Cannot
Have brown Eyed Chfldren.

From the independent.
Since blue and probably gray eyed
parents have no brown pigment in the
outer surface Of tie iris they cannot
transmit brown to that portion Of their
children's eyes. This absent character
ist!c may be one that has besn lost or
it may never have been acquired, 1t
is known in heredity language as re-
cessive. Hence, to repeat. two recess
sives produce In their offspring only
their recessive condition.
! The hereditary behavior OF brown eye
color. however. Is very different In
brown eyes actual pigment occurs in
the iris. Here there Is something ac-
cumulated to hand on down to subse-
quent generations The amount that can
be transmitted, however depends on
ones own hereditary history as we'll as
that OF ones consort. II both OF Smiths
parents belong to brown eyed strains,
then Smith can have only brown eyes.
And since Smith has been given, as it
were. a double dose Of brown his eyes
will be dark brown.
Smith will have, in his turn. only
brown eyed children, whatever may be
the color of his wife's eyes. In the Ian
guage of hereditary. Smiths brown eye
color dominates over blue or gray. When
Smiths brown eye color has been de-
rived from one parent only. then his
own eyes will tend to be lighter in color
and only half of his germ-cells will have
the potentiality for making brown eyes.
Hence, IL he marries blue or gray eyed
wife. only half of his children will have
brown eyes. and light brown. too. be-
cause of two generations of dilution. In
case Smiths wife also has brown eyes
derived from one Of her parents only.
then three out of four Of their children
will have brown eyes. but only one Of
the three Will get a double dose OF
brown: hence Smiths brown eyed chill
dren will not all transmit brown In the
same degree.
Thus 1t is possible for a brown eyed
parent to have one-half or one-quarter
OF his children blue or gray eyed. But
1t is never possible for two blue or gray
eyed parents to have brown eyed chill
dren.
The Washington herald., 1913-04-04

Nothing more surprising has ever &C.
CURED, not even in Ireland, than the
agitation to build an extensive art gall
lery at Dublin, just at an official time
when the country is on the eve of be-
ing granted home rule, a measure, the
Importance of which to the Irish people
1t Is impossible to exaggerate.
The Dublin Corporation has been asked
TO contribute largely and to make the
taxpayers do the same, i'm order to sue
cessfully carry out the scheme. In fact
the Dubliners are being hustled into do
ing SO through fear of losing, through
defective housing, paintings of probe
NAUTICAL value
They never have allowed themselves
to be hustled into providing a good
housing plan for their poor, though
ceaselessly urged to do so, to save the
lives of human beings. And yet the
pictures are not nearly as necessary for
the country as the human beings. Home
rule Ireland could do far better with
out the former than without the latter
To spend money on such a thing at
critical time, when the nation needs il
soreiy for necessaries. is a strange ex-
ample of the potency of hustling.
Mr. Stronge. the British Minister in
Mexico, is the brother of Sir James
lily residence IN Armagh. On his moth
er's side Mr.. Stronge is descended from
the patriotic Lord Charlemont, of Irish
Volunteer renown in history, Lady Mar
garet Stronge having been the sister of
the last Earl of Charlemont, of whom
the present Lord Charlemont, as a kins-
man and not in the direct line, only in
herted the viscounty in the family.
Mr.. Stronge. shortly before being pro-
The Washington herald., 1913-04-04

real king has undergone vast meamorphosis in the
last few days She recognizes spirit In Rassendyll
and concludes that the strange strength of character
and force of will suddenly manifested had been dor
man traits in the personality of the king awakened by
the consciousness of his royal position. Gradually she
learns to love him-and Rudolf falls instantly in love
with the gentle Flavia.
Rudolf is dressed in the royal robes of the
ton. has been successfully introduced to the various
ministers. to the total discomfort of Black Michael and
proceeds to the coronation which held in the cathedral
amid the JOY and jubation of the grah6ed popuace.
By this time Black Michael knows of Rassendy s imper
sonaton of the unconscious king. who. following the
death of Josef by Michaes henchmen, prisoner
in the dungeon of Michaels castle at Zenda. During
the ceremony the efforts of Sapt and Fritz to see that
the will of the people prevails, and the determination of
Black Michael to pervert it to his unworthy ends
reach their climax when Fritz, preparatory to placing
the Rudolfs head in accordance with the ira
dtion of their country reads the proclamation and hurs
the gauntlet of defiance at the kings silent enemies
Turning to the tense assemblage. he soemnly asks
whether any present advance reason why the king
should not be crowned. Michael knows that the king
is prisoner Zenda that Rassendyll is an impostor
The Washington herald., 1913-04-04

| The Same, Yet different.
| From Judge.
First Amateur Photographer-Did that
| expert show you how it was doney,
Second Amateur Photographer-Yes; but
he didn't show me how to do II.
The Washington herald., 1913-04-04
At Night.

Prom Judge.
"A woman's growing glory is her hair
Has oft been said.
At night you'll find it lying everywhere
but on her head.
The Washington herald., 1913-04-04

and physical collapse. the woundng of Rassendyll
through the treachery of Rupert of Hentzau. the killing
of Black Michael by his friend Rupert. the combat be-
Rudolf Rassendy and Rupert of Henzau, told
in series of lucid and effective tabeau.
The final scene between Rudolf and the Princess
Flavia is dominated by gentle touch of sentiment and
tenderness. mingled with the sorrow of pathetic hope
lessness when Rudolf tells her he is not the king 1t is
here that Favia realizes the greatness of his sacrifice
been offered him. She confesses Rudolf that she loves
him-him only-and not the king. that IF love were
the only thing" she would yield and so would he; that
she must sacrifice her love because the welfare of
the demands her to rule in Rurtania and willingly
she places upon her head the crown of thorn..
The final scene in this absorbing story of love and
sacrifice to the clubhouse London in the same
corner of the smokng-room where Rudolf RassendylN
first He is sitting In the attitude. smok
ing pensive, contemplatve mood. His thoughts are
revealed photovision of the king restored to his
rightfu throne. and the woman he loved made happy
through realization of the stern truth that greater even
than love duty! He presses his lips the rose given
him by the Princess the vision fades and his thoughts
merge with the great silence.
Ill be given of the magnificent
dual role of to he
feature of the regular vaudeville show.
he assurance is offered production
r his direction.
Il Zenda" puzzle. In Herald Apru ..
not sent o Puzzle Editor,
The prizes are several hundred of
The Washington herald., 1913-04-04
Oh, Those Women:

From Judge.
Marie-I wonder how old you are?
Julia-I just told you my age.
Marie-Yes; that's what set me to won
dcring.
The Washington herald., 1913-04-04
Capital $3,O00,O0OO0 Surplus $1,000 Loo
1t is the duty Of every
man and woman to make a will
Capital $3,OO0,OOO.OO
Surplus $2,OOO,OOO.OO

You should consider the ultimate disposition of your
property and make provisions that will the
rying out of your wishes in regard to it.
In doing so the appointment of executor trus-
tee for your estate is of the utmost Importance.
The part of wisdom points to the selection of a
sound and competent trust company for such Junction.
because of its peranence and because organized and
conducted principally for the management of estates with
trained officers and clerks who give such business their
sole attention
The American Security and Trust Company will
keep, free of charge, all wills naming the Company as
executor.
The capital and surplus of the Company is sufficient
guarantee of its faithful execution of any trust.
Imperial Valley press., 1913-11-28
Mutt and Jeff to
Come to ElCentro

The latest "Mutt and Jeff" series
entitled "Mutt and Jeff in Panama"
will be the next attraction at the OPP
era house, Tuesday, December 2. In
the new piece the favorite newspaper
cartoon creations of Bud Fisher ap-
pear under various captions and guis-
es. They are ne'er-do-wells, sailors,
walters, pseudo secret service agents
and pose as other characters with most
encouraging results, at least to the
audience. There is lots of fun, plenty
of exciting adventures, catchy songs,
pretty girls and features that are only
exclusively harbored in show Of
this kind. Manager Gus Hill has left
nothing undone to make the offering
one to conjure with. He has selected
a large and competent cast Of fifty
people who help to provide an enter
tainment calculated to find immediate
approval anywhere.
Imperial Valley press., 1913-11-28
Haskin Letters
Success Of the Parcel Post
(Bv Frederic ]. Haskinl

No new service for the people ever
instituted by the government has
proved a happier surprise in the sue
cess that has attended its operation
than the parcel post system. It's Gre
alton as a nation wide service, start
ing only a little more than four
months after the law creating it was
passed, was somewhat contrary to the
Judgment of postal authorities. They
thought it ought to be started in a
limited way and in limited territory
first, so that. it could be tried out on
small scale and brought to an op-
erative basis in a small territory be-
fore extending it to the whole coun-
try.
But congress thought otherwise. 1t
believed the best course would be to
make the scope of the service narrow
and its extent wide, and so they Gre
ated a parcel post embodying only
those features deemed certain of sue
cess, vesting in the postmaster-gen-
eral power TO extend these features
as experience should demonstrate
their wisdom. Acting on the princi-
pie that it would be much easier to
give something more in the way of
service to the people than to take
something away from them, it was
decided TO institute the service with
out any of the features that might
handicap it, and then to let the future
point out desirable additions, permit
ting the postmaster-gene to exer-
else a sort of legislative power, with
the interstate commerce commission
as the approving or vetoing authority
The first six months of the opera
ton of the system showed the wisdom
of it's creation. During that time the
law required special stamps for parcel
post packages, and it was found that
the people patronized the service dur
ing that period to the extent of prac-
tically $14,000,000. This indicates that
the first years business of the parcel
post system will aggregate 600,00O,-
900 packages. The number of fourth
class packages handled the previous
year amounted to 239,000,0O0, so that
it may be assumed that at least $780,
000,0 parcels will be sent forward
by parcel post that would not have
been handled by the mails under the
old system.
The average parcel post package
handled during the first six months of
the operation of the system weighed
only seven and half ounces, so that
the government in the end got rath-
er liberal rate for handling the par
Imperial Valley press., 1913-11-28
WOMAN'S COLUMN

They both have elaborately draped
skirts, slit up the front, and the low
corsages are outlined with skunk and
filled in with white tulle. Skunk
also bands the long sleeves.
Even more heavenly fabric is the
new supple silk plush. 1t is wonder
full in all the brilliant new hues, but
as its cheapest price is $40 it does
not make for as general consumption
as the chiffon velour.
The footgear for the ultra smart
lass has now stepped forward in the
shape of high button shoe of patent
kid whose tops of gray or tan cloth
are made to simulate spats. In this
way you can still keep from quarrel
ing with fashion and look like you
were having spats without actually
having them.
The up-to-the-minute wrist watch is
now invariably made in the shape of
long oval instead of the conven.
tional round watch shape. 1t is much
more becoming to the arm and makes
the watch bracelet thing of beauty
as well as of utility.
Patching is becoming more and
more popular-not counterpanes, but
countenances. Fair femininity is even
going in for the patches cut into
fancy shapes like the sixteenth CEN
tury coquettes affected, and nowadays
milady chooses a patch to express
some personal fad or characteristic.
For instance, a bridge fiend wears
clubs or spades, coquette heart,
thespian a star, and baseball fan a
diamond.
There is quite craze for canoes.
Set in rings, bracelets, earrings or
used as brooches and lockets, they
are quantity old fashioned and artis-
tic. A stunning antique pair of ear
rings of long pear shaped ebony pend
ants, with clear white cameo rising
in the center, is most effective, and
wedgewood canoes with their brilliant
blue backgrounds are most stunning
in setting of pearls.
The delicate pale pink coral canoes
makes an attractive. setting for even
ing mounted in filigree gold, and
brooches of the old brown and white
canoes set in plain golden band
are charming in the buckle of the
new ubiquitous velvet neckbands.
Even high back combs for the hair
are set with canoes and with Gre
clan evening gown one esthetic dancer
wore fillet of them confning her
Titan tresses.s