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tired"
Then we might as well go home"
said Fred. Il have some extra work
in my pocket, anyway.
You can't figure there" said Milly.
That Miss Agnew who has the next
room practices scales And what do
you Think Indignantly. Just because
sewed on the machine last night tlll
after L she complained of the whirrinS
to the landlady. Said that she couldn't
Sleep
But it was a quarter to Il that YOU
sewed. Milly," Fred told her.
What if it was?' GROSSLY. II have
TO sew at night when / wart TO wear
the waist the next night! She 3houldn
live in boarding house If she is so
finicky."
Guess if YOU don't want to take in
a show I'll go over to the reference
room of the public library" said Fred.
ITS quiet there. and | couldn't get
the stuff correct with a wailing song
stress separated from me by a thin
pine door" He laughed as he spoke.
All right" said Mlly slowly
Only" She broke off and hurried
to a car across the street.
Four hours later when FRED came
into their room he found he sitting
IN rocker. her chin in her palms.
her eyes red and her attitude an elo-
quent expression of melancholy
What's the natter" he dema nded.
There's roast pork Tor dlhnrt.
sighed Milly. Il smell it.
as that anything 70 cry about
Fred demanded in amusement
Il hate roast pork. said MillS And
hate working / want 10 go hene
and cook what I want and not havs
TO get up early IN the morning and
nut on a stiff waist and run for
st, eet car. I'd rather not have 30
much money.
SO would l." said Fred. lie drew
a long hard breath. Il tried 70 stand
it. But one room is cramped. isn't it
And Milly. / get 4 raiSe-thlrtN-
Maybe we can get a girl for the rough
work
Fred" said Milly. solemnly, ia like
to 81 aid an ice box again.
tTHE ENID
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est tree in the world He will doubt
less be challenged-in print-by some 9TH
er body who lives out Mariposa way,
where CALIFORNIA; redwoods grow. Both
will be mistaken: The age record goes
to the genealogical tree, whose roots are
planted in Genesis, and whose ever
growing branches will reach out to the
end of time. Then there's the Christmas
tree.
To come back to town: When you MAKE
your short cut through, say, the Capt.
toI grounds, on your way to ONCE, the
that give beauty and shade. But they
take on individuality when you stroll
among them in the evening 8 cool. Some
of them living PAGES out or a book
that can never die: The Christ thorn
with its long, keen needles. makes real
for you an agony which the most pious
imagination could never picture, and un-
der the Judas tree, nearby, the ousky
shadows take on a sinister shape. me
sycamores recall that first sycamore
climbed by Zaccheus, that he might bet
ter see Jesus of Nazareth, who was pass
ing by, and a splendid ash makes You
wish it had guarded that first gate
so that the serpent would never have
would have been safe. And, also the
ash reminds you of those fighting
Greeks, especially Achilles. out OF whose
"ashen spear" Homer got such Whoop-
ing story. linen tnere Is lidl DTuio oth
Goods First Temples"
People who scorn church-goins have
chronic bad habit Of telling people
who do that 1.-The groves We're Gods
first temples" This is beautiful fact
but you may have noticed that the man
who advocates exclusive worship in ma
lures cathedrals never goes to the woods
except when the weather is just right
for picnics If he is what friend AIDE calls
Classy" he will clinch his argument by
telling you to look at the Druids. Ana,
as most of us are too brain-full or every
day goings on to keep tab on those way
back pagans in white robes and lear
crowns who used to ring-around -arosy,
under mighty oaks, and kowtow to fires
they had built on rustic affairs, we let
it go at that-forgetting that to look
at the Druids when their rites included
the sacrifices of human beings was not
what one might call a real good sight TO
see.
Nature must have meant more than
cordWood and lumber when she gave US
those first temples, and as we are as
sured that nothing that has Hved can
ever die, it may bet may be-that Wnen
we have fought the battle we call life,
and our leaf-green streets become for us
things that were and are not. we may
be able to say with that other dying
warrior:
Let us cross over the river and rest under the
shade OF the trees.
MAMIE LANCASTER.
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FIND DYNAMITE IN TIME.
Attempt to Destroy New Zealand
Church Barracks Alarms Officials.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand, July L.
A large quantity of dynamite, with a
burning fuse attached, was discovered
Thursday under Christ Church barracks
just in time TO prevent the destruction of
the building.
The attempt is ascribed to some fanatic
connected with the anti-militarist faction
All boys between fourteen and twenty
one are required to attend periodical
drills at the barracks and fear Is enter
tained that another attempt to destroy
the building may be made during drill
time.
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Charles f Matthews, superintendent or
the division of accounts in the postal
savings system, was sworn in this morn
ing as superintendent of the division OF
money orders in the Post Office Depart
ment at a salary of 81. 800 per annum.
He has had rapid rise in the Post
Office Department Entering the service
as a clerk in the office of the auditor for
the Post Office Department in August
1895, he served there until February,
1911. when he was transferred to the
Post Office Department as a one-thou-
sand-six-hundred-d dollar clerk in the pos
tai savings system. Soon after entering
that office he was promoted to 81 500. and
later placed in charge of the division OF
accounts in the same office at salary
of s., 800 per annum.
When Postmaster General Burleson a
short time ago appointed committee to
investigate and reOrganiZe the postal saw
ings system Mr.. Matthews was named as
one of its members. and because of his
unusual display of ability in this connec-
ton, it is said, he was recommended by
Third Assistant Postmaster General
Dockery for the position which he now
assumes.
Native of Kansas.
Mr.. Matthews is a native of Havens-
vile, Kan. where he was born October
8, 1874, but for several years he has
claimed FL Reno. Okla, as his legal resi-
dence. After obtaining an education in
the public schools and a business college
he served for time as school teacher.
Coming to Washington in 1895. he took
up the study of law in George Washing
ton University, and holds the degrees of
Ii. B., LII. NJ and d. C. L. from that in
stitution.
AS the head of the money order divi-
sion, Mr.. Matthews will have supervision
over transactions which involve more
than eighteen billion dollars annually.
Last year 1,O79 742. 10 domestic and in
ternational money orders were issued in
this country for an amount aggregating
about nine billion dollars.
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SCHOONER Is SEIZED.
American Ship Charged by Canadian
Officials With Infraction.

LIVERPOOL. y. s. July 12-The
schooner Rex OF Gloucester. Mass. Capt
Baker, has been seized in this harbor by
the Canadian fishery cruiser Petrol for an
alleged nfraction of the Canadian Gus
toms laws at Canso, y. S.
The Rex is charged with landing men
at the latter port on June 10 last.
guard from the Petrol has been placed on
the schooner pending instructions from
Ottawa
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THIEVES AT WORK.
Wearing Apparel, Table Linen, Bl
cycles and Watches Stolen.

Forcing a screen from rear window
burglars yesterday entered the house OF
Mrs. Maud Warner, 1895 4th street south
east, and stole articles Of wearing apparel
and table linen.
The police last night were told OF two
thefts committed at 7O4 l. street nortn-
west. Joseph Beresly reported havlns
been robbed of two cheap watches, Wniie
Robert r. Neale said he lost suit Oh
clothes valued at $50.
H. P. Emerson. zoos Sd street northwest
and William Gilmore. COG street north-
east. each reported the loss OF a bicycle.
The former said his wheel was taken
from 11O5 Pennsylvania avenue north
west, and the other was taken from
shed in rear of Gilmore's home.
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ATING CLOSE OF CIVIL WAR.

clare, if it wasn't for the baby VIII and
l would board. Then life would be worth
living. But a baby in a boarding house
is impossible
Mrs. Andrews went on Milly's eyes.
grave and intent, followed her absently
She did not care greatly for Mrs.
Andrews, a frivolous little thing. who
took life and work very langufdly and
gave her baby cookies whenever 1T
cried. But the careless speech had
started something in Milly's discomfort
ed mind. Why hadn't she thought OF 1t
before? Why need she bother with
this horrid work? What was there to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-12
Enrolling the Members.

The committee formed to canvass this
city to obtain names and residences OF
officers and enlisted men of the regl-
ment residing in Washington mas re-
corded about 200 addresses. The ad-
dresses of about 200 more remain TO
he ascertained. Members have been
requested to communicate with other
members whose addresses are known 10
them, but which have not peen ior ihaias
ranorted To the secretary of the as
ISOLATION, and urge their presence at
the reunion.
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MAKE PLACE FOR SELVES
IN THE BUSINESS WORLD
League to Promote Commercial De-
velopment Among Colored Peo-
pie of the Country.

Business League Sunday" Is 10 he
celebrated I'm more than lrD colored
churches in the District tomorrow. At
one of the services in each Of the church.
es the pastor will deliver sermon en-
phasizinG the Importance Of commercial
development among the colored people
and urge them II make = place for them
selves in the business world
The services iii the colored churches are
preliminary 10 general meeting OF the
local Negro Business League, 10 lie held
Monday evening ar O'Clock in the par
Tors of the 18th street branch OF the y.
NJ c. A, 1916 18th street northwest.
which will be addressed b. number OF
well known business men of this CITY and
by Attorney 4. r.. Patterson Of Musko-
gee, Okla.
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Carolina Hardware Men Elect.

RICHMOND, Va, July 12-Raleigh.
N c.. will be the next place OF meeting
of the Hardware Association of the
Caroiinas. The following officers were
elected yesterday for the ensuing year:
President, Otis Green. Asheville, n c.:
first vice president, w. ii. Keith, Tim
monsville, S. c.: second vice president,
Ii. ii. Reid. Lincoln, N. c.: third vice
president, A. r. Craig, Marion. S. c.;
secretary-treasurer. r. w. Dixon, Char
lotte, N. c. The convention adjourned.
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POSSE AFTER MURDERER.
Hotel Waterman at Manitou, Col,
Killed by Masked Man.

COLORADO SPRINGS. Col. July r.
masked man attempted to hold up the
night clerk at II fashionable hotel at
Manitou early today. shot and killed the
night watchmaIS and escaped to the hills.
A posse is in pursuit.
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A. P. King Hurt by Fall.

Alonzo T.. King, fortS-two Years Old
fell into a manhole At the filtration plant
Yesterday afternoon and his face and
body were bruised. King. who Is a paint
err was at work when the accident hap
pened He was taken IL Freedmen )
Hospital.
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Census of Work Animals.

burg. Va, has been elected vice president
Of the Booker Tobacco Company and
director of the Tobacco Products Corpor-
ation He leaves there this week t04make
his headquarters in New York city.
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10 Choose National Delegates.

Delegates will be elected - The annual
session of the National Negro Business
League which assemblies IN Philadelphia
August 20, II and -. and VIII be pre-
sided over by DR. Booker I. Washington.
Daniel Freeman is president of the local
business league and DIR. Julia l.. IL. Cole
man is secretary. Auxiliary leagues have
been established in Anacostia, George
town and Southwest Washington, all rep
restning a membership OF upward or
600 coIored men and women la business.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-12
SEEKING PLACES
|N'.'''AR|NE CORPS
Eiuht Candidates for Second
Lieutenancies Are From
National Capital.

Six;v-uine civilian candidates for ap-
pointrnent as second lieutenants in the
United States Marine Corps have been
designated TO appear before examining
boards in this city and in San Francisco
Monday for examination as to their quail
dcations. There are sixteen vacancies.
Eight of these candidates are residents of
this city. they being Perry l.. BALDWIN
Edmund NJ Emmerich, Samuel l.. How
ard. Egbert T. Lloyd, Hunter Mcclure
William H. Rupertus, ". w D. smith
and Ethelbert Talbot. ID. They VIII all
he examined at the marine barracks In
this city.
Other Candidates.
The other candidates to be examined
by the board in this city are: George
Marion Austin, st. Luke's School,
WAYNE Pa. Chester Wilson Barber.
port Richmond. " Y: Cecil Alexander
Borden Los Angeles. Cal; Louis Mil
TON Bourne. ir.. Asheville- y. c.; Alfred
Henry Breckbi1l. Bridgeport, Conn
charles Clarence Clymer. Denver. ool.'
Daniel Warwick Colhoun, LynchpuFs'
Va Alexander Jenkins Converse, Ma
nj. p /: George Lansing Davis. New
ark y Y: Alpironse ED Carrie 81. LOUIS
No: Roy Richard Downs, FayetteV1iie'
srk. Thomas aln-Morgan Draper IT.
SAN Diego Cal: w. E Duvendeck'
neJauare Ohio; j. a. Doherty. ProVi-
dence. r.. T.; II. B. Elgin. kentucky ;
Louis EsteIl Pagan. jr, Gerlla I1-
philadelphia Pa; John Clinton roster
chief yeoman- L. s. ~, L . Nav ,,;a hu
ward Ross Granger. Ann Arbor Mich:
Nicholas John Halpine. New YORK Guy
George Wallis Hamilton. Grovelano. n.
Y: Henry Clay Hamilton, DaS toii s 10
Norris Clinton Handwerk Meyersoaie'
ri
Nm Robert Alva Johnson, Patterson. y
V Charles Cramer Julian. ThonaSFiIe'
Y C. Malcolm Pierson Junkih. rhliaI IH
mia pa. Matthew Henry klnsman, Des
Moines. Iowa: Arthur hnsstoi' Dan,.er
Y. Henry Louis Larsen DehNei,
Cd. charles B. Lee. Boston, Mass :
Nj, Iovnachan, Manchester. n h; LIE
row I.utes. Cairo. H.; Ralph L. MCCARTHY
Fayetteville, Ark: phuodeInbia
% Tbomas Ralph Manning. Mlddletown'
Dc Luther Wiley Meredith, Springnelo'
nj David Hargis Miller, MerchantVliie,
j.: Lyle Holcomb Miller Lexlngton, NO % ,
Edward Semple Moale. Raleigh; y. a Ia
Edward ogden Morrison, Fairfield
Wash: Bryan Cameron Murcnison'
'barles,on. s. c.: Earl Harrison PARK
Tam Orange Mass; Murtha Pnlip
Quinn. Pittsburgh. Pa; Henry EhWin
REYNOLDS, Lexington. Ky; Frank Ilen lm
ter Ringland, Albuquerque y. M: h oa
or limerick Rocky, PnliadeIpnlar q !.
John Mitchell Rose aea pnnia a. NeWbnry,
rar, Mass. Artisan Smith, Newark, Del !;
sidney Kimban Smith. BROOKLYN. y. y
Frederick William Staples, Lexlnston'
Ky: Paul Nutwell Star lnSs' AinaPol a
Nj: cary Stewart. Clcseiand. ONO; Leon
~ Hirst Teal. Cape May. y. j.; Allen
Hal Turnage. Farmville, n e; Adolph
ringer Tiffin. Ohio: John Bole Weir
Johnstown. Pa; Louis William Wnaies'
Sbarleston. S. c.: Robert Fulton White
s.La,-iIIe \ G.: Karl John Werner,
Brookiyn, n Y; John Thomas Wright
Sherman, Tex.
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HORSE NOT BANISHED
BY THE MOTOR VEHICLES
District Government Uses More
Work Animals Than Ever, Not
withstanding Innovation.

Persons who have watched the STEADY
increase in the horseless vehicles used In
the service of the District government
expressed surprise when told that the
number of horses in the same service also
steadily increases. The idea that auto
mobiles have decreased the number OF
horses used by the government Is not
borne out by the figures.
Records at the District building show
that there are now about 80 horses In
service Twenty-Five years ago the num-
Der totaed 10 There are 20 horses
used by the fire department and about 40
i'm the street cleaning service. At the
prison at Occoquan there are 10 horses
and various numbers are apportioned
the several other branches of the District
government.
Displaces Twenty Only.
The installation of motor vehicles in the
police department the first OF the nscai
wear meant the surrender of about twenty
horses. The animals were not discarded,
however, as other departments were
ciamoring for them.
Years ago two horses were provided
for each piece Of fire apparatus. with no
extra animal for emergency work NOW
each vehicle Is drawn Dy three MOI SEQ
and an extra horse is kept on hand 10
be used in emergencies. 1t is believed
that the average value Of the horses
belonging to the District Is about $3.50.
Notwithstanding the large number
Of horseless vehicles that are in use
throughout the country" said an Off.
cial to a Star reporter. the number OF
horses has greatly increased during
the past ten years. and there has also
been an increase in their valuation.
what is the explanation? 1t is diff
ficult question to answer"
Census of Work Animals.
Census reports show that in 1900
there were 21.203,901 horses and 3.43S,-
SEA mules in the United States. while
in 1910 the horses numbered 23.813,S5O
and the mules. 4.463.943. These figures
show an increase Of 1.609.349 horses
ana 1,0i5.420 mules. The estimated
value OF the horses, mules and colts
I'm 1910 was $2.598, 693,90S.
The increase in the value of horses
during the ten years is given as 1872
per cent, while mules and colts show
an increase of 166 per cent.
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Eleven candidates will be examined py
i. hoard convened at San Francisco as 1oi-
lows Harold 5. Anderson. Salt Lake
CITY Utah: Cecil Sell Baker. Oakland
cal: William Newton Best, Jr-. Los An
reles. Cal; Roy Elmer Boyer, Hoqulahl'
wash: Joseph Frederic Burns; hisDee,
ariz Leroy Philip Hunt, Berkeley, Cal;
E,dpar Holmes Lion. Alameda, Cal,
Claude Eugene McGuinness. Helena
Mont: John Franklin Swift Morris. Ber-
keley. Cal: John Porter Pryor, Z. racine
CIroye- cal. and James Latham Under
hill San Francisco. CAL
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Worlds oldest Tree.

Somebody has been Dragging. in print.
about tree in Mexico THAI is 1.-THE old
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over the keys were unsightly Milly
always had been particular with her
hands, but pairing potatoes, washing
dishes. securing silverware and scalding
an ice box are not in harmony with
polished nails and soft, white skin.
Unpleasant work. isn't it?' said young
Mrs. Andrews, who lived in the fat
above, as she came downstairs on her
way to the basement laundry. 81 dc.
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DECIDED NAVAL CHANGE
AFFECTS REAR ADMIRALS
Secretary Daniels Aims to Make
Examination for Promotions Less
Perfunctory.

In accordance with the declared policy
Of Secretary Daniels to make the ex-
animation for promotion to the grade OF
rear admiral less perfunctory than it
has been during the past few years. he
has lust made a decided change in the
orders for the examining board for rear
sdmirals.
Under the new rules the examining
boards of candidates for the grade or
rear admiral will be required to spe-
cifcalIy incorporate in their finding what
mas been established or not established
10 their satisfaction. and to give reasons
for their findings and recommendations,
in order that the Secretary of the Navy
may more intelligently act upon the
boards findings and recommendations.
Hereafter these boards will be re-
uuired to give the length and character
Of both the sea service and shore duty
in the grade from which the candidate
il about to be promoted, and 10 state
from the records of the department to
what degree the candidate has main
tanned discipline. contentment and in
terest i'm their duty among his subordi-
mates both afioat and ashore.
Willingness of Candidate.
They will be required TO report upon
the Willingness Of the candidate TO take
responsibility. his initiative. Judgment
thoroughness and resourcefulness, as we'll
as upon his professional ability in gem
eral, and the efficiency of his commands
a. regards both personnel and material
The board will also be required TO in
corporate liz its report the personal opin-
ION Of It's members as TO the ability of
the candidate to successfully command a
division or fleet. and To state whether
such opinion is based on knowledge de-
rived from actual records or from the
personal knowledge OF the candidate and
his general reputation in the service.
In the event the board has not before
II sufficient data from the files OF the de
paTtment 10 conform to the requirements
OF the Secretary in making its report, II
VIII be authorized TO call upon any off,
Ger in the navy for testimony concerning
the duty performed and the manner OF
its performance by the candidate In the
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TREES TELL TALES
OF THEPAST AGES
Mementoes of the LONG AGO in
the District Reservations.
ONE LEFT AS Monument
BY THE FIRST PRESIDENT
Product of an Acorn From the Grave
of Confucius Grows in Botanic
Garden.

America S greatest monument 10 tree
IL was planted in this city bv America, e
greatest man
AFTER President Washington had har.
vested his immortality and subsided into
citizen with an eye to real estate he
punt one of those high-perched houses
racing the CapitoIs north front. and
planted several elms He must have
impaired to one sapling a germ of his
own deathlessness. for the tree has fri.
umphed over century of time and
stands today "a living shaft reared by
nature. to keep his memory green.
The Districts oldest inhabitants are
the trees
Some of them We're big and green and
breezy when our present most venerable
citizen was wearing a white slip and
trying to say dada. They have grown
bigger and greener and breezier in the
fifty years that changed a hot-blooded
young army into a few old gentlemen
with canes, and birds will be nesting in
their branches when the babies of his
century are sans everything, in the next,
unless
Unless Progress comes along with an
AK.
Many storytelling trees of the District
nave been felled by this splendid yandal
that has already devoured our landmarks
sucked our pumps dry. steam-rolled our
most halloWed associations and torn up
the bricks once trod by those who walk
with us no more. But In one thankful
instance even Progress had to back-step
when it tried to put a bronze man in
the place that belongs to that LAFAYETTE
elm.
Fashion Generally Followed.
The tree planting fashion set by
washington has been generally fol-
lowed by his successors, with Cleve-
land as the exception that proved the
rule. He had his own notion about
the nonsense of planting a tree for the
name of the thing" though his wife,
when a bride, added a blood-leaf Jap
anese maple to the historic collection in
the White House grounds.
NOT FAR from the washington elm
stand the barbecue" trees that bark
back to the Jackson administration
They are the political relics of two
circular grooves intended for barbecue
celebra tions-one for democrats and the
other for whigs-and were planted by
James Maher, a jovial Irishman, who
owed his appointment as superintend-
ent of the Capitol grounds to the Presi-
dents personal friendship. The story
cues lidI lHe superintendent nad a
little failing which Jackson decided
not to stand for, so he sent for Maher,
and this is how the interview turned
out:
Jimmy" says the President, "you
know how l like you but you will have
to co.
'And what's wrong with ye now,
general, dear?" says Jimmy.
I'm told you are drinking again"
'.And is that all that's troubling we?
Sure, and if everybody believed all the
bad stories told about you, where
would yourself be, general, DEAR"
And Jimmy stayed on his job.