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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-31
Summer and the Session.

According to the calendar, this is the
last day of summer. Autumn begins
tomorrow.
Early calculations were that the spe-
cial session of Congress would last
three months. The middle Of July, it
was predicted. would see new tariff
law on the books. and our national
legislators en- route home. little IA
tigued from their 1abors but able to
travel and take nourishment.
Congress is still in session. The
tariff is still under discussion. No day
is fixed now in speculation about ad-
journment. Rather is the opinion
growing that the special will merge
into the regular session.
Well. is the country loser by the
heightened debateso Would the tariff
bill as prepared and passed by the
House have been a better bill for enact
ment into law than the bill as amend
ed by the Senate? Has the time de-
voted to amending the bill and debat-
ing it in the Senate been wasted?
Consider. then. the Mexican matter.
Is it not fortunate that Congress is
now in session? Is not the country
the better assured by the fact? The
situation is grave. and may take turn
for the worse any day. If it should
the President can refer developments to
Congress without days delay. and
Congress can act as promptly. In such
cases prompt action Is sometimes in
valuable.
Let us all be thankfu then, that
Congress is still sitting and ready for
all emergencies. If we need the body
in our business at any time at rush
hour we can command 1T.
The members have not been ex-
hausted by their labors. Fortune has
favored them in the way Of weather.
Many nights have been cool enough
for blankets and many days for the
hardest work. Physically considered.
the statesmen are still very fit.
And they have been able to keep cool
even intellectually. Neither the tariff,
which has exasperating phases. nor the
currency, which few Of them under
heat in debate The democratic House
caucus has had a thrill or two on the
currency problem, but supplied by
members who had nothing to contrib
ute to the discussion but strong Ian
1uase, and felt that they must con-
tribute something.
The long session. then. has been JUS
titled, and If it should. as some think
1T may, continue until December. fur
Their justification may come. The erup-
ton in Mexico needs watching.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-31
Mr.. Roosevelt and Maine.

Speaking Of the election to be held
September in the third Maine district
for q representative In Congress:
There are three candidates: A repub-
ucan. q democrat and bull mooser. Tho
campaign 10 warm Speakers Of national
distinction from outside tho state will
appear, and are assured Of large crowds.
The tariff il the paramount issue.
Voters arc being asked to record them
selves on the subject of the Underwood
bill Is 1t a fair expression Of the prom
Use made at Baltimore, and will 1t work
good for the country?
The democratic speakers will say yes
and the republican and the bull moose
speakers no. Then why are the repub-
licans and the bull moosers divided Z
Why are they not pulling together
against the bill. and in favor Of re-
vision on lines so long Endorsed by Blaine
and Dingley and Reed and Frye and
Hale? democratic victory will be ac-
cepted throughout the country as a slap
at protection from an old protection
stronghold
Mr. Roosevelt Is not among the
scheduled speakers. but should be. The
time Is excellent for him to explain his
tariff record. or lack Of one. Why dur
ing his seven and a half years in the
White House did he make no move for
tariff revision? Why did he ignore in
that particular his promise made when he
took office about carrying out the Nc
Kinley policies?
A revision Of the tariff on protection
lines was the last policy President Nc
Kinley proclaimed: and there was neces-
sity for it's prompt adoption by his sue
cessor. The country expected action. and
the business world began to adjust its
affairs accordingly. Revision might have
been accomplished within the next six
months. The republicans were in con-
troll OF Congress, and a tariff message
from Mr.. McKinley's successor would
have produced revision without fail
But the message did not come It
did not come then. or at any time while
Mr.. Roosevelt held ONCE. Tariff revision,
seven years delayed, fell to the lot of
Mir. Taft. ana by him, with It's many
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Thaw's LAWYERS.

The frailty of human memory Is DEM
onstrated by the difficulty that is expert
enced now by the average person in re-
Numbering the names OF the men who
have from time to time represented
Harry Thaw IN his various efforts to
free himself from the consequences OF
his shooting of Stanford White eight
years ago. So long is the list of ''coun-
sci for Thaw' that they might now with
propriety form an association. Why not
THE Society OF Thaw Lawyers? 1t
would include some distin guished legal
names. Some enterprising publisher might
issue an annual volume Of Who's Who
in the Thaw Case" It would need to be
occasionally re-edited and reissued to in
Guide the latest phase Of the perennial
Litigation started by this irrepressible
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The Return.

I wandered to the dear old place
Where as boy / played.
1 longed once more the paths to trace
Where carelessly l strayed.
The hands Of Hurry and Unrest
Had changed that rustic spot
1 know 1 should have been depressed.
Yet somehow / was not
An office building occupied
The once neglected square;
The old town pump no more supplied
The thirsty traveller there.
They've covered with an arch Of brick
The stream that danced with glee.
Where weeds and briars tangled thick
Fine boulevards we see.
1t gave my soul joyous thrill
To view that building great
Where the mosquitoes fierce and shrill
OF yore would congregate.
Tho modern comforts now appear
Where germs their raids would plot
No doubt I'm due to shed a tear;
But somehow | cannot
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-31
America and War.

comment on our unpreparedness for
war shows all of the old stock excuses
for conditions.
Why an army of any great size?
Where lies our danger ashoreo A
friendly English-speaking power dwells
to the north. To the south, Mexico,
while turbulent and uncertain, offers us
no peril She is too small and too
loosely organized for that.
The Atlantic rolls between US and
Europe. and the Pacific between US and
Asia. How could an army of powerful
size from either quarter land. or how
long maintain itself SO far from base II
:, landing We're effected?
Forget it," answer the millennialists.
We need no more regulars than are
now under arms West Point Is turning
out enough officers every year.
standing army of size even suggest
ing a European establishment Of that
kind would provoke a storm of disap-
prevail. A party authorizing 1t would
be repudiated at the first election
Turning then to the navy the millen-
uialsts say: We have ships enough.
Why undertake to keep pace with
Great Britain and Germany, who in
their craze for sea power are headed
for bankruptcy We are not situated
as they are. Those who would profit
most by an ambitious naval program
arc contractors with ship plants or
armor plants. Beware Of all sugges-
lions from either quarter"
AS matter of fact. nobody is pro-
posing standing army of size even
approximating that of Germany, or
France. or Russia. or Italy. This coun-
try does not need, nor would it support,
SO large a lighting machine. All asked
is that the skeleton we have be filled
ont to reasonable proportions.
Nor is anybody asking that We rival
Great Britain or Germany on the sea.
That We're a contract. not beyond our
purse but beyond our purposes. But
that we need more ships, and should
keep a goodly number in both the At
lantic and the Pacific our authorities
on the subject all urge. Economy, or
moonshine sentiment. in that matter
would he the most appa1lingly expen-
sive thing we could indulge in.
It was in Arkansas in the early days
that rustic philosopher and humorist
excused the broken roof of his cabin.
When the rain was falling he could not
work on II. and when the sun was
shining there was no need OF repairs
Vt is not recorded that the gentleman
was elected to Congress. but men of his
grade have served in that body.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-31
MEXICAN MATTERS.

From the Syracuse Herald
good many things develop from day
TO day in regard to the Mexican SITUATION
but none that seems to BRING any rea
pleasure to Huerta.
From the Atlanta Constitution.
Great mining country is Mexico. put
frequent explosions there seem to lnol-
cate that powder mines predominant.
From the Toledo Blade.
Anyway, Huerta was not anxious to De
dealt with in President Wilson's choice
literary style
From the Houston Chronicle.
The anxious seat of Mexico City
must be getting uncomfortable by this
time. for that distressed community has
occupied 1t during a considerable period.
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FUSION IN new YORK.

From the Rochester Herald.
It is Willie HOSTS year to run for
mayor. anyway.
From the Birmingham News.
New York poll icians began TO do ot
District Attorney Whitmans equipment
for waging a successful campaign in
Gotham when he said, Il propose to keep
my word
From the Pittsburgh Dispatch.
We thought so. Mr.. Hearst is reported
to be a candidate for mayor of New York.
No New York campaign would be COM
plete without him.
From the Buffalo Commercial.
And now 1t is said that the republicans
of New York city may nominate Gaynor
for mayor. Politics In Gotham is about
as muddled as in Buffalo.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-31
7. R. AGAIN DISCUSSED.

From the Omaha World Herald
1t Is supposed tnat out among Liie
Hopis Mr.. Roosevelt saw all the SNAKES
that man Of his reputation ioi
sobriety is allowed to see.
From the Columbus Ohio State Journal
After noting that Col. Rooseife en-
neither caught that huge mountain ., ~
with his bare hands nor ate him f asj
we were not greatly surprised to 1 far
that his pendulum has swung 50 q
back toward conservatism that nc 49,
fuses to discuss the Mexican situ,a .o1n
on the mere ground that he doesn Aiio"
anything about 1t.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-31

The fact that Secretary Daniels wore q
white suit to the Capitol on the occasion
of President Wilson's address to Congress
has been commented ON. Any sailor
knows that white suit 10 an entirely dig
nified costume. unless rendered otherwise
by the behavior OF its wearer Now II the
Secretary had undertaken to dance a
hornpipe It would be something to talk
about
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Toadstool
From the Troy Record.

From the Troy Record.
Special Ambassador Lind having.
failed in Mexico, why not invite Col.
Roosevelt to stop there on his way to
South America and Ak things up as
they should be fixed?
From the Atchison Globe.
Wouldn't Teddy Roosevelt make
crackerjack successor to Buffalo Bill
in the wild west show business?
From the Birmingham Age-Herald.
Col. Roosevelt Is back. Had there
been any danger Of war with Mexico the
colonel would have never left the border,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-31
An Alert Mind Reader.

$50 you object to these extreme
fashions In gownsT' she said, gently.
mo, I don't" replied Mr. Growcher.
II know what you're going to say.
You're going to tell me that you'll
compromise when cold weather sets
in by covering them with nice fur
coat"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-31
Justifable Panic,

You turned pale and trembled when
you heard that loud report" said the
fair girl. CONTEMPORARY. Are you
afraid of firearms?"
Firearms? No! l realized the awful
truth 1 guess l can tell a blowout
in one of my automobile tires from a
little thing like a pistol shot"
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difficulties caused by the delay. was
taken up.
Why did not Mr.. Roosevelt ask tariff
revision Of Congress? Why should he
not at this interesting time in Maine tell
the story on the stump there? What
speech Of the campaign would attract 10
much attention?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-31

tains. The advantage OF this organiza-
ton il apparent, provided. OF course, that
1t is effected with due regard for the prtn-
ciple that there can be but ono boss.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-31

tack on the unclad in art was an adver-
tisement calculated to tempt the strug-
Cling artist to initiate rather than to
avoid 1t.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-31

There were men who proclaimed the
opinion that as an official W. J. Bryan
would set theories at large and transform
the government into a pandemonium.
And now the worst they can say Of Mr..
Bryan is that he likes to lecture once in
a while
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-31

Canada In distributing cheers and bou-
quets was willing to overlook the fact
that Harry Thaw is closely associated
with the plutocracy which 1t regarded
with 50 much dread.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-31
Conflicting PROSPECTS.

CT specks I'll be 'roun' to church
Sunday after next said. Mr. Erastus
Pinkley.
why don't you-all come mex Sun
day?" inquired Miss Miami Brown.
"Well. rs got to trade of q mule an
kind O. promised de folks at home a
chicken dinner. 1 'specks mebbe I
better put off gittin' religion
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-31

IL those western governors still have
some spare time when they are through
making roads. they might endear them
selves to farmers by helping to get in the
crops.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-31

GyIn order TO avoid DELAYS on acrount OF
personal absence. letters TO THE STAR should
not be addressed to any Individual connected
with the Office. but simply 70 THE STAR. or to
the Editorial Business Department. according
TO tenor purpose.
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Hard to Believe.

She seemed from mankind to be
standing apart,
As her song sent a cheer through the
gallery;
And yet what we called her devotion
to art
Was largely determined by salary.
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moose stampede is naturally inclined to
regard the proceedings Of Congress as
more or less in the nature Of dillydally-
ing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-31

There Is certain encouragement In the
fact that Jack johnson has found other
portions OF the globe than the North
American continent 30 Hospitality congo
NAL.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-31

Kansas has a great deal Of money in
bank, but it complains of drought just
as bitterly as In the old days when 1t made
the hard luck story it's leading speciality.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-31

A number of writer's have referred to
the American form of government as
highly complex. New York's experiences
bear out the assertion.
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AS matter of precaution the man who
delivers milk at Matteawan has doubtless
been admonished to close the gate In the
| future.
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The bird-lovers in Congress are expected
to see that the dove Of peace gets its full
share Of protection.
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Inquiries are being made as to whether
non-capsizable aeroplane is machine
or title.
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ra-abie IN advnnce-bS mail. pdFtaCe prepaid:
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SHOOTING STARS.
By PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Safety in Sneech.

Your speech contains a great many
quotations from the classics"
Yes" replied Senator Sorghum; 81
always feel safe in using Latin and
Greek. Not. being understood at ALL
they are sure not to be misunder-
stood"
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grsnexs Office nth ST. and Pennsylvania Avenue.
New ynrs ofire: TribIne Building.
Chicago Office: First National Bank Building.
European Office: 3 Regent St. London. England.
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One thing remains to be said for DIR.
Cook. He never tried to secure revenue
or immunity by confessing.
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The Fven'n~ Star. With the Sunday morning
~ditian Is delivered nv carriers within the city
81 4s cents ner month: daily Only. % cents ner
month: Sunday only, ~ cents per month. Orders
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Entered as second.class mail matte at the post
ONCE at Washington. d. c.
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Confederate
Finances.

Confederacy, to the Georgia constitution
alists printed in The Star of August %,
1863, is Of interest.
Can l say more 10 expose the bound
less folly of our present financial system?
The history of the currency of our enc
mics, since the beginning of this war, is
humiliating to us. Both had powerful
and established state governments to
back them. We were united in favor of
the war They We're divided. They have
kept twice the number of men in the field
that We have. upon half the money. and
paid Their soldiers better than We have.
Their Treasury notes sell at a discount OF
less than 20 per cent; ours are more than
1000. The reason is solely that their
government has better understood and
more firmly adhered to the true princi
pies OF currency than ours. In all else
we had the advantage. We must
act. and that quickly. The public in
terest and public safety will no longer
allow delay Our present system Is ut
terly insupportable. 1t is upsetting the
very foundations of private rights, daily
weakening public confidence in our cause
at home and abroad; sowing among the
people dangerous discontents. which are
daily deepening and widening. Patriot
Ism demands that all good 1>an should
unite to correct this evil
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The Evening star Newspaper Company.
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Sea Access
for Servia.

accord to Servia free access to the Aegean
and thus Servia in her own interest as
we'll as that of her allies will become
wholly independent OF Austria
Bulgaria's pretentions to seize the non
share of the spoiis o. war was oasen
upon the argument that l-er armies had
sustained the greater part OF the shoek
of the Turkish army. and that II she had
not overthrow the Turks IN 1Aface
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-31

King Constantine of Greece has issued
a procamat ton to his army and navy. 1t
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Animated by desire in the interest OF
order to conclude definite treaty OF
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With the currency problem under sharp
discussion at the present time, the fol-
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Sentimental interest in the north with
reference to the siege of Charleston
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In the beginning of the negotiations at
Bucharest, Servia and Greece il was
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-24
NEW PROFESSION FOUND
IN ADVISER TO AUTHORS
Some Know So Little About Female
Attire That Advice Is
Necessary.
Foreign Correspondence of The Star.

Foreign Correspondence of The Star.
PARIS, March 10. 1913
The increasing attention given by
authors and playwrights to women, their
habits. dress and occupations. has led to
the birth of a new professionalism Of
feminine adviser on all things feminine.
Her business is to prevent the author
from falling into the numerous pitfalls
that await him when he describes the
dress and couture of his heroine.
A bright Parisienne, one of the pioneers
of the new profession, says that many
literary men live In the provinces or live
tunity of seeing feminine fashions. That
is why their description of women's dress
are SO often ludicrous.
Novels are read mostly by women, and
nothing jars more on a woman than an
inaccurate dress description; 1t spOilS the
most cleverly written story.
A novelist, for instance, finds it very
difficult to give an exact description of
the teagown worn by the heroine in the
love scene or the tailormade costume
worn in the Bots de Boulgone.
What the modern novelist needs to
learn is the correct use of a few technical
terms He should know that the. cash
mere shawl of his grandmOther'S time Is
now used to line nantes, that evening
gowns are called kimonOs and are made
of crepe de chine, that hats are made of
Tagel and English straw, and finally that
mustard colored ribbons are all the rage.
The feminine expert nearly always re-
mains anonymous, but, of course, she
claims a share in the royalties earned by
the work which her advice has helped to
mold.
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TELLS OF EXISTENCE
IN THE FROZEN NORTH
Missionary on Shores of Hudson
Bay Stirs British With
His Stories.
Foreign Correspondence of The Star.

FOre1sn Correspondence OF Inc star.
LONDON. March II, 1913
A great work is being done far up
on the northeast shores Of Hudson
bay in converting the wandering In
dians and Eskimos who inhabit that
desolate region to Christianity. de-
voted little band Of three or four
Christian pioneers is stationed there
and a member of that arctic mission
who is in England for short leave
gave some of his experiences of the
country and it's people.
II am stationed at a tiny settlement
on Great Whale river" said the Rev.
w G. Walton, and the town con-
sists of two houses and a store 1
live at one of the houses with Hud-
son bay trader. We get two mails a
year out there, but the newspapers
only visit us once. SO that you can
lima CINE our expectation when news
paper day comes round. At the end of
August every year ship calls, and we
have to be. very careful to remember
to order everything we want. because
If we forgot anything we should have
to wait another year.
The Eskimos never wash them
selves. l have often seen am Eskimo
woman washing her young children
like a cat does a kitten-by licking
them all over. Their only means Of
livelihood lies in catching seals. They
are always on the lookout for seal
holes in the ice. They eat the blub-
Der, that is, the fat of the seal, and
clothe themselves at any rate
make their trousers out of sealskin.
1t is very cold-forty-five degrees be-
low zero as rule-and we Europeans
have to keep roaring fires going in
every room of our house.
The people don't live in villages. but
separately in families, as to have
as wide a field for hunting as possible.
They are very revengeful people. A
short while ago an Eskimo was out
hunting and saw black dot in the
distance on the ice. On approaching
he made certain that it was a seal just
protruding from a seal hole. He fired
and hit it. but when he got up to it
he found that he had accidentally shot
a man. He called on the widow said
how sorry he was, and, promising to
help the woman. asked for forgive
ness. The son of the dead man enter
ed and when he heard the story he
rushed off and killed all the hunters
family in revenge. In retaliation the
hunter killed all the dead mans
family. aud so the feud began. When
we were informed Of this and came to
investigate we found that there was
only one man surviving out of two
families of about seventeen persons