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Motbers' Zap 5erhife.

~ HE young men and young women
I'LL. of the city who are away from
home will be specially interested
in the general observance Of Mothers
day. Sometimes those who are enjoy
ing the advantages of their homes do
not appreciate what their mothers mean
to them until either they have left home
or the loving parent has passed away
George Herbert has said. "One good
mother is worth a hundred schoolmasters
In the home she is the lodestone to all
hearts and the lodestar to all eyes"
In observance of Mothers day the Y.
NJ C. A. and the Y. w. c. A. will hold
a joint meeting in the assembly hall of
the former at 1876 G street this after
noon at 4 o'clock. Mr. H. b. F. Macfar-
land, chairman of the religious work
committee of the Y. NJ. c. A., will pre-
side The speakers will be Mrs. P. P.
Claxton. wife of the United States COM
missioner of education, member of the
national board Of the Mothers Congress,
and Representative Frank b. Willis of
Ohio. formerly professor at Ohio North
ern University. Mrs. Claxtons subject
will be THE Mothers and the Social In
rest" while Representative Willis will
talk on "A Sons Duty to His Mother"
y X X x
Cardinal Gibbons will assist at the IL
o'clock mass in Ct. Patrick's Church to-
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" THE KIDNAPPED Chill ID WAS LOCATED

My heart bleeds for the baby she
said. Il love the infants so dearly
Again the woman behind the screen
with an effort she held back.
After ALL she thought, "a bigger
falsehood might be told
That afternoon the Swallowed girl went
shopping. Returning home. she walked
into the room where the woman still hid,
overturned a chair in great anger, threw
an AngOra cat downstairs and pounded
sofa pillow vigorously.
Her foster mother, rushing into the
room, inquired
MY dear. what is the trouble?'
"A miserable, hollow Drained clerk
at the Slapdash store overcharged me
IS cents on three yards of Irish lace.
she screamed. kicking the floor with
her heels and making great marks on
the nicely manicured surface.
Calm yourself. my love-" went on
the foster-mother. You must not take
the loss OF the money so to heart"
Il don't mind the loss; it is the prin-
ciple of the thing that Anglers me.
the young woman sobbed.
AS she uttered the words the screen
was brushed aside and the woman who
so long had sought her missing child
grasped the young woman in her arms
and wept.
MY baby. have found you at
last" she screamed, Historically.
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with whom the woman lived said she
had been left in their dooryard by gypses
twenty-one years previously. She never
told them her name and always main
tanned she came from "a far-off town.
Only on rare occasions, it was said, did
she tell the truth.
The mother called on the young woman
In an attempt to identify her. but the in
terview came to naught 1t was true
she resembled the missing girl greatly,
but the Identification was incomplete.
Then the great detectives secreted the
mother behind screens in the girls home.
hoping that some word would fall from
her lips which would reveal her identity.
x x
young man called. Soon he fell upon
his knees and declared his undying love
for the young woman.
Tell me that you love me- he pleaded.
Indeed, l do she replied. Il never
have loved another
At these words the woman behind the
screen felt a motherly thrill, but she re-
manned silent, for it did not seem to her
that her missing child would indulge in
such a small and commonplace false
hood
A neiShbor woman, carrying her young
est child. dropped in after the young man
had taken his departure. The baby cried
terribly, and the young woman had
deep-rooted desire to call the police. But
instead she smiled sweetly, took the
child in her arms. and cooed 10 it.
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tiny lad, from his grandmother. who at
the time was a cook in the household
of Lord Lonsberry. His grandmother. a
very exacting old soul. was most insist
ant that he master every detail of the
task in hand before he undertake greater
endeavors. and twas years after she had
started him a-paring potatoes a box
that he was permitted to undertake even
the simplest dishes.
Leaving the house of Lonsberry. he
served in several of the great houses in
England, and finally went to large no.
tel, the Criterion. at Leeds. where he be-
came assistant to an excitable French
man. a famed master craftsman. Ger
main Abbott. From Abbott he learned
the evolvement of many of the dishes
that have delighted and puzzled more
than one smart hostess who has been
privileged to dine with the Speaker and
Mrs. Clark.
After a few years with Abbott. having
decided that he was as good chef as the
masters by whom he had been tutored.
he came to the United States and for a
time was valet to a wealthy New York
err, with whom he travelled widely. In
that capacity he visited the Pacific coast
and, returning east, he reached Washing
ton. where ne entered the service OF
the master and chatelaine OF the castle
And all he time Ie was cooking he
was perfecting himself as entertainer.
for his hopes of leaving the range for
the stage were high, but as to why TINS
ambition has not been realized depo-
nent saith not Another OF his ambitions
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- nee upon a time the beautiful
young daughter of a wealthy
woman was kidnapped.
For years the distracted
mother searched in vain for her
child. Great detectives, who did not wear
false whiskers nor carry electric flash
lamps. were baffied by the mystery.
And, having failed, they turned on the
mother and accused her of Withholding
valuable information from them. At first
she protested her innocence. maintaining
that she had given them the best descrip-
ton possible. every photograph OF the
missing child she possessed, and had told
them all she knew of the habits and play
mates of her loved one. But the famous
sIeuths were not satisfied with her story.
There is some great secret in your
daughters life that you persist in hiding
from u.s. they said. land unless you re-
veal all we will drop the case
With these words they rose, Tipped back
their cuffs, and became as independent as
an ice man in July.
The good woman swooned.
When she regained consciousness she
confessed all
My daughter" she said, was. without
doubt, the biggest liar that ever lived.
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Asvs 6v<>sRav~sx
MISS ANNA JARVIS.
Originator of Mothers day.

the shut-ins. Mothers day is one of SYM
pathy and kindness in keeping with the
spirit of motherhood. and special efforts
viii be made to spread happiness, par
ticularly among those who are unfortu-
nate.
Special exercises will be conducted by
all Sunday schools, with addresses ex-
toiling the name OF mother and with reci-
tations by the children. Mothers will be
given places of honor at these services
In many churches fathers will be remem-
bered, as there are some ministers who
believe that the head of the house also
deserves great credit for the cultivation
Of high ideals In family life.
The churches OF this city will lead in
the Mothers day observance. just as they
lead in nearly all things that make for
the religious life Of the nation. Miss
Anna Jarvis. the founder OF Mothers
day, Is resident of Philadelphia, and
she will deliver addresses at several of
the celebrations there. In the morning
Miss Jarvis will speak in Bethany Pres
byterian Church. as has been her custom
for several years. The Mothers day cele-
bration in Bethany is always a notable
occasion.
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$1,000 poung People.
This Number Now Takes Va
cations to Places Where
Noted Speakers Are Sched-
uled to Deliver Addresses.

NoUNG men and women in Ameri-
10 ca to the number Of $1,000 now
~ take their vacations at places
where there are provided religious
meetings with famous speakers. and
in most cases where there are classes
for the study Of the Bible or lines OF
Christian work that puts the Bible into
action.
These thousands are by no means
ministers. Indeed, comparatively few
ministers SO give UP their summers
en-. a few young and nearly all unmar-
ried women In comfortable financial
circumstances. Others are college stu
dents, with a small sprinkling Of lay
men from the churches. The number
OF these laymen Is, however. increas-
ing slowly as more work is found in
the churches for them.
The Christian associations, the chau-
tauquas. the missionary societies and
the brotherhoods plan most Of these
summer meetings. There attend them
many visitors, Of course. but the edu-
cational work at all Of them is the
feature that is growing. and the Oh
for which the summer meetings are
really held.
More and more are the decisions in
regard 10 Bible work, missions. social
service and the great plans Of re-
ligious bodies made at these lake re-
sorts. Half Of the questions coming
into Christian legislative bodies meet1
ing this May in large numbers have
been taken up, threshed over and de-
cisions reached at some summer con-
ference. Bodies most active in promot-
ing the summer assemblies are the
Presbyterian. Congregational. Methodist
and Baptist. and Of more recent years
the Roman Catholic on Lake Champlain
and the Episcopal at Cambridge.
This year the last named project one
new meeting. Promoters of summer
meetings look for a big increase in
numbers attending this season. The
year 1912 was an exceedingly poor ooe
In this respect, 30 nearly all reported.
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Special Correspondence of The Star.
LONDON, May .. 1918.
THERE was an American "detecto-
phone" working for few min
utes in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 8
study at Windlesham, his home near
Crowborough, in Sussex, last week
end" and one wishes that 1t had been
kept going straight on from Saturday
afternoon till Monday morning, as
popular ditty says, and that the record
thus made was available for publlca-
ton, for one of Sir Arthur's two week
end guests was William j. Burns, the
American detective. and the other M.
Stefansson, the arctic explorer who
now has left for the United States, en-
route for Canada.
No detectophone or other record or
the great talk that must have been eX-
changed between these three celebrities
existing, however, the writer did the
next best thing by catching W.. J.
Burns within a couple of hours after
his return from Windlesham to the
hotel where he is making his head
quarters while here. and garner1ng all
that he would say about his visit to
the creator of Sherlock Holmes"
which, it seems, the fulhllment of
a desire of long standing on the Amer
lean sleuths part
Il always have been one of the keen
est admirers of the Sherlock Holmes
stories" said Burns, land / was anx-
ious to meet Sir Arthur when / first
came over here, two years ago, but he
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From Prison to Palace.

~ HE sequence of events in the life Of
Ill. Joseph are so well ordered in this
narrative Of his life in the last
thirteen chapters Of the book of Genesis
as to present all the elements Of a mas
terpiece of tragic literature. Truth is
more wonderful than fiction. Hugh Miller
has said: NO dramatist. whatever he
may attempt, can draw taller than him.
SELF This short biography is too fully
crowded with the age-lOng attestations of
greatness as to admit Of a doubt of its
genuine historic truth. Lofty designs
must close in like effects" The real sig
nificance of the whole story is that char
acter rightly builded overcomes the acct
dental circumstances of life. The path to
the palace is here rough and rugged
one but the glory is rather in the path
than the palace.
From a boy Joseph was a dreamer. In
early life he came by way of dreams to
a discovery Of himself. He found him.
self the center of a great sphere. The sun
and moon made obeisance to him. We
may be sure that he never lost his sense
Of soul. The promise to Abram was: Il
will make thy name great
1t is a sad day in the life of any man
when the heaven that shines about him
in his infancy fades away into the light
of common day. From the first stage of
self-discovery Joseph passed on to the
second stage OF seif-mastery. The sig
niflcance Of the wonderful combination
of temptation that came to him was that
they furnished the opportunity for the
mastery of self. The weak and miserable
end of impotency is the legitimate result
of sowing wild oats. To this sort of young
man the great reserve forces of life are
thrown away before the time of final
achievement.
the third stage-that Of self-revelation.
Self-revelation is the supreme end of life
This is the essential attribute of person
atty. God is personal, and therefore it is
said of Him, I'm the beginning was the
word"
The mission of Our Lord was to reveal
Himself He said: He that hath seen
me hath seen the Father" 1t is so in
every life The self-revelation of a mas
ter spirit is his highest benefit to the
world.
For this great object we find Joseph
in a far-reaching sphere Of influence. He
is the highest officer in this great king
dom. His elevation to this position Is due
to his ability to interpret the dream of a
king.
With this our lesson begins.
And Joseph said unto Pharaoh, the
dream of Pharaoh is one; what God is
about to do He hath declared unto Pha-
raoh" The method of divine revelation
indicated here is twofold. The prepara-
ton Of the mind Of the king through his
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dream the Interpretation Of ii by the
prophet Gods method of communica-
ton with men IS by means Of human in
Strumentality.
The dream method vas the scientific
method of the day. According to DR..
Sayce in Egypt dreams. We're regarded
as a means of personal intercourse with
the Deity" 1t was the commonly ac
cepted process by which men sought to
understand the dealing of God with men.
The scientific method of thought is not
modern discovery. God has always. used
this process, but this does not signify
that the notions of science are therefore
tnfailfbie in any century. The astroiogy
of the wise men led to the manger,
significance OF the considerations is in the
light OF modern science altogether
absurd. Modern science Is then method
of divine communication. though We may
be quite sure that We have not yet reach
ed the ultimate principle OF truth.
Evolution may not be the last word Of
science And yet guided by this WON
derful theory in our quest for truth we
have built up great systems of thought
and life that have brought us nearer the
final goal BY 1t We have, as Kepler,
been thinking the thoughts of God over
again. But always there Is the other in
strumenaality or divine communication
the prophet.
the. throne. Why should it not always
be SO? Divine messages come not only
through the pulpit, but out of the halls
Of Congress, and the legislation. and
from the judge on the bench. III we ad-
init that God has a message for men out
of the divine institution OF the state.
what manner Of men ought our leaders to
be who hold In their hand the destiny OF
a great nation!
Can they read the signs of the times?
;c nupStiOn These are
living truths before the American naticn
today. If there is one consideration
above another that ought to MI US WIN
hope. 1t Is that our public men are pc
coming more and more alive To the great
ethical and spiritual questions or the
day. So, 90
moral earnestness in our present Con-
Joseph in Egypt Note the passage
of the Webb bill by more than TWO
thirds majority. II 10 mistake To
suppose that this great vote In the IN
suit of outside pressure OF public opin-
ion upon representatives and senators.
There are some among them, nay many.
who are wisely reading the movements
Of God in the twentieth century. and
are faithfully seeking to conserve not
only the resources Of the country. but
the manhood and womanhood as well.
1t is my conviction that the chaplain
of the Senate or House OF Representa-
tives does not face q body Of scoffers
at the hour of morning prayer, but
men who for the most part are seek
ing to interpret the ways of God with
us q nation.
1t must be remembered that law cam
not be the pioneer of reform ifs a de-
mocracy. or. indeed, in any form of
government. Public opinion must first
make law possible and public character
IL Its supreme executive. The reIg-
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Full of Inuend0.

A PROPOS of the incorporation OF the
New York Stock Exchange. Theo-
dore L. Shonts said the other day
Doubtless the Incorporation of the ex-
change will be good thing. ] deprecate.
though. the idea that there IS :, low
standard of honor among stock brokers.
Why. to hear some people talk. you'd
think there were many crooks on the
stock exchange that every sentence con-
tanned an inuendo-like the San Quentin
prison tale. you know.
There We're two convicts at San Quen-
tin. one in for stealing a watch. the Other
for stealing a COW They disliked one
another, and their conversation was fGll
OF inuendo.
Thus the man who had stolen the COW
Jim. what time is it,
Jim. with a nasty laugh. replied:
Milking time, Joe.
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ious character of nation is the hnas
sanction OF law.
| The wisdom of this new young ruler
! OF Egypt is shown in his ability T.
| forecast the cause of events lie saw
the danger that lay back OF the seven
years of plenty. So today the problem
| of our nation is in the coming results
Of years Of marvellous prosperity. Sinc;.
| the early days OF the republic, with the
exception OF section OF the country
| during the civil war, We have MOI
known the meaning OF want. our
resources seemed to be inexhaustfble
But at last there il an awakening 70
the fact that Providence does not 60
hand in hand forever with prodigality-
The nations hand is a stern hand when
she calls a halt What of the future
Shall we build ships of war for de
Tense. Shall We extend the limits Of
| the republic TO the islands of the east?
Shall we allow rich corporations to
exploit Alaska or gain control of the
Waterways These are questions for
the Joseph of modern politics. We may
not settle any OF them in the Sunday
school class. but we may use them 10
impress the citizenship of our coun
try that IT is a religious obligation 4"
take an intelligent and active interest
in them. Our need is 20 know what is
The practical method OF Joseph TO meet
| the coming lean years was to impose a.
land tax. Let Pharaoh do this. and lei
MIN appoint OterSeerS over the lana,
take up the fifth part of the land o.
Egypt in the seven plenteous years" II
might, perhaps. be better described as an
income tax. Five per cent of the annual
yield was to be gathered into the gran
aries of the state. Since the English
have ruled Egypt a better plan has been
adopted. 1t is the conservation plan. A
great dam has been built near the head
waters of the Nile, and in lake 14n
miles long and about a mile wide and
during the dry seasons the water is con-
veyed by system OF canals for irriga-
ton purposes. The method OF meeting
the changing conditions of the times may
vary. But there are two funda mental
principles In the system of Joseph that
do not change. These are economy and
charity.
WastefuIness will always make some
one suffer. There is enough in the world
for all, and for all the time The ruin
Of every nation of the past was in the
abandon of luxurious wealth Divine
goodness "openeth His hand and sup
plieth the need OF every living thing"
Human greed corners the market while
men and women and little children cry
for bread. And the other abiding prin-
ciple which abides forever. In its most
practical form IL means each man and
woman and little child has right TO a
chance.
The point here is that state charities
are not to be a miserable makeshift 10
get out OF sight the less favored class
and the dependent class, but that FIRST IN
the care and in the expense account, anu
highest I'm the interest of the ruiing
class, is the provision that is TO be MADE
for those who for any reason cannon care
for themselves. OF course, We are not 10
make paupers, but the wards OF the ma
ton are its most sacred trust
land the thing was good IN The eyes
of Pharaoh, and in the eyes OF all his
servants"
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was then in Germany on a visit to
Prince Henry of Prussia, the kaiser
brother. This time. however on hear
ing that / was here, Sir Arthur called
on me. and we had a fine talk, lasting
a couple of hours, at the end of when
he invited me to spend the week end
with him, which, of course, / was de-
lighted to do
Il hardly know which impressed me
the more about Sir Arthur, the detec.
tive went on, his astonishing store or
information upon every possible sub
who had created character like Sher-
lock Holmes. whom l consider the
greatest detective in fiction, would pc
so swelled up that you couldn't mana
them a peach on the end Of fish pole,
but there isn't the slightest indication
in Sir Arthur's manner that he realizes
that he is big man. Nevertheless.
Without knowing who or what he was,
could have picked him out in any
surroundings whatever for exactly the
man he is. and in Lady Doyle he has
a charming wife who makes "a delight
full hostess. Windlesham is fine house.
cram full of interesting things. and
standing in the midst of the most
beautiful country I ever saw. 1t is
several miles from the railway sta
ton at Crowborough, and Sir Arthur
drove M. Stefansson, another remark
able man. and myself both ways in his
big automobile. He is only a few
miles, by the way from Burwash, the
home of Rudyard Kipling. whom I met
on my former visit over here.
y
Il often have been asked Burns went
on. IF the principles outlined by Conan
Doyle in the Sherlock Holmes stories
could be applied in real detective work,
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genius OF an English chef who is butler
housekeeper and sometimes valet and
seamstress as well. Then to cap the eli
max he frequently entertains his masters
guests with Irish folk songs. impersona-
tions and original poetry-he is poet also
after having cooked and served the most
delightful dinner to be had In the capital.
The wheels of the Clark household turn
so smoothly that the rotation is almost
unmarked even by the family. Mrs. Clark
knows little and cares less TO how
tbs all accomplished wrapped as she is in
the delightfully."- secure confidence in the
factotum of her households; and Mrs.
Clark is mistress of most amazingly
perfect piece of domestic machinery.
The Speakers family are among the
many who have listened to- the lure of
apartment life and for more than two
years they have been domicied in an ex-
tensive apartment on the Avenue of the
Presidents, formerly 10th street.
When the time came for occupying the