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ed. Many of them seem to be bent with
age, or It may be that they were manned
with a bolt Of lightning. Many of them
are decrepit and many more seem just to
be rusting out from neglect, as though
people in this iconoclastic age have lost
faith in lightning rods as charms against
Jove's bolt just as they have lost faith
in many other things.
Then again some of the lightning rods
seem to have been disguised as the verti-
cal staff of weather vanes. as though the
builder OF that house had~net the cour-
age to say to people in the street: Look
up at my lightning rod" and yet did not
dare to leave his house unprotected
by it.
One may see many of the rods pointing
up from chimneys of houses along Fl
street and along F and G streets, west of
the State, War and Navy building. On
II street the big double house directly
west of the excavation where the Sum-
ner house stood has three lightning rods
on its four chmneys: The two eastern
chimneys are protected and the south
west chimney is guarded. but the north
west chimney stands defiantly sans peur
and sans lightning rod The w. = w.
Corcoran house is protected by lightning
rods, and so, too. is the house across
the way, the house. at the northwest
corner Of Connecticut avenue and H
street.
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house and has all the accessories that
went with well-conducted city houses
nearly a century ago-a knocker on the
front door, lamps on both sides of the
front entrance, a garden wall and light
ming rods The house No. - jackson
place wears lightning rods. and the old
house 1921 III street. which has been mod
ernized, retains its old-fashioned rods. The
house at the southeast corner Of 18th and
l streets. is guarded against lightning by
the sharp-pointed rods. So is the old
brick house with a white colonial door
way, No. 1872 II street.
On the tall square tower of the West
. ern Presbyterian Church on I'll street be-
tween 10th and 10th streets four lightning
rods point sharply. House No 1905 II
street has a lightning rod on the chin
ney. The house at the northwest corner
of 10Th and T. streets keeps its lightning
protectors. and the rods may be seer
on the chiInneys OF the Fuller house and
the ancient Writ house and at the north
west and southwest corners Of 18th and
F streets
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! Scufptured Emgies.

MANY men have noticed. though few
~'A have stopped to reason or to argue
about it, that at many public fountains
streams of water flow from the mouths of
cast or sculptured animals. The Rambler
recalls having read that among the an
cient Egyptians the rising of the waters
or the river Nile was the most important
event of the year, meaning life and pros
perity to the whole people, and that as
the rising of the waters always took place
when the sun was in the constellation
Leo. or the lion. they adopted the shape
of the lion as the symbol for the life-giv-
ing waters and on all their fountains they
carved a lions head. The Greeks and the
Romans adopted the device without per-
haps inquiring into it's origin. 1t came
quite natural as an artistic thought that
some fountains should be decorated with
the stone or bronze images of water ami
mails. monsters and NEUROLOGICAL forms
associated with the rivers and the sea.
The fountain on the knoll near the
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northwest corner of the Smithsonian
building. is drinking fountain that
purrs air summer, but which is silent
now. In the body of the iron work are
the heads of two creatures, probably sea
serpents, and from the mouths of these
the water flows. 1t is one of the usual
old-style park drinking fountains and
combination lamp posts, and at night this
fountain stands as a beacon at cross
roads in the Smithsonian grounds 1t is
noted here that the heads may be those
of sea serpents. They may also be the
heads of big cells or water moccasins, but
they probably are not. The fountain ar
chitects must have had a wide knowledge
of the fauna of mythology.
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vast international pageant at the White
House New Year day, and again at the
reception and the banquet which the
President and Mrs. Taft gave the diplo-
matte corps. Her landau, with the two
little ones and nurse i'm the graceful.
flowing robes of the east, have become
familiar sights along the boulevards dur
ing these sunny afternoons.
The prince and princess plan no special
entertainments, except in a conserva-
tive way, and that of returning some of
the many courtesies which they have re-
ceived during the short interval since tho
princess arrived i'm Washington.
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A Matter of Pronunciation.

W7'HAT was misunderstanding which
did not necessarily indicate igno-
rance" said Albert de Roode the new
head council Of New York's examining
board of plumbers. at was just such a
misunderstanding as befell the young
German girl.
"A rosy, blue-eyed. yellow haired Ger
man girl called at the general delivery
window and asked IL there was a letter
there for Lena Muller
IS There's one for Lena ii. Muller said
the clerk. interrogatively.
% Yah, dots me- said the girl. smiling
and blushing.
You forgot the Ii. Ell? said the
clerk, as he handed her the letter.
ZACH, so l did, she answered. IL.
twenty-five next Chuly.'" =
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Washington's Lightning Rods.

PERHAPS no one has ever made a CEN:
! sus or an inventory of the lightning
rods in Washington. 1t would be a trou7
blesome job. because there are many Of
them, and they are scattered. They. are
quite numerous, as naturally they would
be, in the old sections of the city, or at
least in the old sections of the city where
old dwellings, survive, for there are many
old sections in Washington that are new
built.
Then, one difficulty in counting the
lightning rods is that not all of them are
willing to stand up straight and be count
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southeast corner Of Mcmillan Park is of
granite and in the circular stem of the
fountain are four mems heads carved in
granite. The mouths of these men are
lined with metal piping and out of each
mouth pours a thick stream of water,
each stream tumbling into a, granite ba-
sin and the overflow from these four ba-
sins falling into a large octagonaI gram
fountain. Whether these sculptured eff
figies are supposed to be tritons, or some
marine deities or monsters. there is on
the fountain no inscription to set one
right.
The Hinton Perry fountain under the
granite wall of the west terrace. of the
Library of Congress Is described by
writer's on the Library as 1.-THE most Law
ishly ornamented of any in the country
1t represents the Court of Neptune There
is Neptune seated on a bank of rocks.
and on each side of him Is a colossal
Triton calling the water deities to the
throne of the seas sovereign by blowing
on cOnch shells. Two beautiful and raw
fishing sea nymphs are riding fractions
sea horses. Streams Of water are being
thrown from the mouths of four large
turtles, two giant frogs and sea serpent.
Fountains seem to have a hard time in
getting along without sea serpent.
In the northeast angle of Pennsyl-
vania avenue and 9TH street is the IA
miliar fountain Inscribed: Presented by
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Welt gave him a banquet. one of the
most brilliant in his administration. and
the future king of the Land of the White
Elephant received every mark of respect.
His headquarters We're at the now de-
mohshed Arlington Hotel, and the gor-
geous scarlet flag with the white elephant
in bold relief flew for the three days of
his visit, and a great amese flag
hung over the great door leading from
the main corridor to the state dining
room during his stay at the White House.
OF this white elephant those who wish
to learn real facts from the present cour-
teous and very intellectual envoy can lind
that outsiders entertain many decisions.
In Bangkok the white elephant is ever
present on flags, the national one. which
is bright red, and on the mercantile,
which is deep blue; on official buildings,
either as marble or plaster reproductions,
or in the windows of shops as pictures.
but it is now an emblem of good luck and
of Difference to the past, rather vital
part of present conditions. 1t seems that
there never has been a really white ele-
phant found The so-called white ele-
plants are merely a shade lighter than
others. what is called washbrick color.
with just few white hairs along its
back. Some of these are still kept in the
royal Enclosure, and a certain number OF
elephants are always in readiness for the
personal use of the King of Siam. as they
are for every other eastern potentate in
the world.
King Chowfa is regarded as the head
of the Buddhist religion and is the most
important. of the Independent oriental
monarchs who follow the creed of the
yellow robe.
X X
The yellow robe, adopted in humility by
Buddha, the official garb of the begsar,
is still seen on the streets of Bangkok
and is honored from the palace to the
hut. The Buddhist priests are a part of
the official scheme of the kingdom, have
charge of many of the schools and col
leges and are honored by the native
population as they were I'm the bygone
centuries. In Bangkok, with their wood
en- bowls for aims, they make a pictur
esque spot of color in the streets, going
about collecting their food and aims for
the poor and for the temples.
Prince and Princess Traidos Prabandh
have adopted the European style of dress
which holds in their modern and exceed
ingly up-to-date capital. The princess is
as dainty as a Dresden figure, and Is
gowned in the best which Paris fashion
offers. She wears the usual evening
gown, with numbers of beautiful jewels
and she seems partial to natural flowers
She was Q much-admired figure in the
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Wonderful Repartee.
A I stuaio tea in Washington Square
painter said:

"a a painter said:
mo man can be always witty. People
pretend that Whistler was always witty.
Here is a story about Whistler that
have even heard cited as an example OF
his unfailing wit. -
whistler, you know. had a tiny
white lock outstanding in his black hair
Well, at dinner once the hostess got
some one to detain Whistler in the min =
room, and i'm his absence she distributed
tiny white feathers among the men, and
each man put his feather in his hair
Then Whistler was summoned. and,
entering the drawing room, he beheld ?
half dozen black-haired men standing In
line. each man with white lock eXactIy
like his own. 80
Whistler, whose wit was said never to
desert him, turned as red as, turkey
cock. he shook all over. then he roared:
Very pretty, very pretty, but ri.
never speak to single blank dash one
of you again."
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HERE are more
objects of rever-
ent interest In
Arlington nation
al cemetery than
the casual visitor
S e e s. A m o n 8
these are the
graves of George
Washington Parke
Gusts and his
wife, born Mary
Lee Fitz n u & n :.
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- LANDING at the southeast corner
of the campus of Howard Uni
versity or at the northwest cor
~ ner of College and 4th streets
city streets that resemble subur-
ban roads-is a square, red brick tower
with false windows, but with heavy
wooden iron-bound door with rusty
staple and lock. The Intel of the door
way is heavy sandstone slab inscribed
with deep cut letters. washington Aque-
duct, 1854" In the depths of the letters
fingers a trace of gliding showing tha'
a good many years ago these letters were
bright. A square in the north OF thls
tower by ascending the 4th street graoe
one comes to a point OVERLOOKING the
reservoir. The dingy brick tower cal
ries ones mind back to an exciting perieo
in local history, the LydecKer tuiiie'
case
If was February o. 1879 that the com
n;ssioners of the District or Coiuhioio
wrote to the House committee on the
District urging the adoption OF plan
for increasing the water supply OF WASH
inston and submitting the plan which
had been prepared by Capt. r. L. Hoxie'
Engineer Commissioner of the District'
The Commissioners in their annual report
for that year-the report OF 1St3-urgeo
approval Of the plan. There had peen a
great deal of local discussion of the need
of an increase in the water supply or
Washington before the recommendation
of the Commissioners was sent to Con-
gress, and there was great deai Oh
local discussion of this important matter
between the time Of official contemplation
and congressional action.
BY direction of the Secretary of War
the charge of the Washington aaueduct
was, August II, 1882. transferred to Maj.
G. j. Lydecker. Corps of Engineers. U. s.
A. Engineer Commissioner of the District
of Columbia, his immediate predecessor,
Col. Thomas Lincoln Casey, Corps of En-
gineers, having been relieved at his own
request. The extension of the Washing
ton aqueduct was authorized by act OF
Congress, July 10. 1882. Maj. Lydeckers
report for the fiscal year ended June 30
1888 contained a chapter on "lncreas-
ing the water supply OF washington lie
wrote that operations during the year
had been confined to making such exami-
nations, surveys and maps as were re-
quired for the preparation of detailed
project and to. comply with the require
ments of the law in the matter OF land
condemnation. In the course OF these
examinations trial shaft was sunk In
the grounds of Howard University. in or
der to obtain precise information as to
the depth of bed rock and the varying
character of the OVERLAPPING strata.
The project for increasing the water
supply of Washington provided, first, for
raising the dams at Great Falls to a
height of 14S feet above tide and extend
ing it at that height to the Virginia
shore; second. for extending the aque-
duct by a tunnel from the distributing
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HE Land of the
White Elephant or
the Kingdom of
the Yellow Robe
has sent several
ENJOYS to this capt.
tai since II opened
diplomatic rela-
tions with one of
its best commercial
customers. Il u I
none before the
pre- Sc mt h a d
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~ , =
An Art Mystery.

A n art mystery stands in. the east cor
= ridor of the Senate gallery. 1t is a
marble bust of Zachary Taylor. 1t
stands at the east end of the corridor
facing west toward the glass doors over
which is a line of gold lettering spelling
Senators Gallery Around this cor
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CHE Is One of the Pic
~ turesque Figures in the
Social Sells the Highest
Type of the Modern Noble
woman of Her Interesting
Country and Was Carefully
Educated at Home-Has the
Advantage of Knowing the
Language of This Capital.
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gress in 1929 and on the day Of the fu-
neral. as shown by the report of the
proceedings of the House of Represent
atives, he was active in the debates of
that body. 1t would seem. therefore.
that the lady was not closely related to
him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-26

The Decatur house is provided with
lightning rods. This is a conservative
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BY MARGARET B. DOWNING.
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LANDING at the southeast corner
of the campus of Howard Uni
versity. or at the northwest cor
ner of College and 4th streets
oif,r rfroofc that resemble GIhur-
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1t is in the report of the engineer in
charge for 1889 that one reads this cola,
bald official statement:
I'm September. 1888. charges were made
that improper work was being done under
the contract. Investigations were COM
Evening journal., 1913-11-17
Eminent Speakers TO be Heard
at Newark LyceUm Festival

antors: Samuel J. Wright, Theodore
F. Armstrong, Robert 5 Csllahcr,
Morris n. Wright. DR.. H. G. NJ. Kol-
lock, Harvey Hoffecker, Professor
Arthur Z. Grantham. Charles p. Ev-
ans, H. Warner McNeal, Professor E.
" Vaughn, Joseph II, Hossinger, Dan
iel Thompson. David C. Rose. Profess
sor II. +. Tiffany. w. p. Wollaston,
Edward l.. Richards, Wilbur Twill
son, Eben b. Frazer, Or. r. C. Reed.
Bowen & Brother. Ernest Frazer,
Rev. l.. e. Poole Edward w. Vinsing-
er, John Nivin, Mary II. McKeon. Pro-
fessor Harry Hayward II. l.. Bon
ham. f. B. Wright, Alfred A. Curtis
j. wilkins Cooch. DR.. Charles II.
Blake Or. George A. Harter, Everett
G. Johnson. Samuel NJ. Donnell. Pro
fessor Thomas +. Manns. Reuben r.
Friedel. Professor Charles A. McCue,
Rev. Joel s. Gilfillan. DR.. Walter II
Steele. DR.. Herbert J.. Watson. John
F. Richards, III. H. Shank. Professor
elisha Conover, Rev. Hamilton b.
Phelps, James A. McKelvey, George
w. Rhodes, Frank A. Cooch. New
Century Club. Firman Thompson and
Warren A. Singles.
Evening journal., 1913-11-17
NINE COUPLES no MARRY.

Saturday night was marriage Ii
censc" night at the Office of Magis-
trate Robertson, when he issued nine
marriage licenses, as follows:
Agortino Cantera and Miss Bonna
Rickut, both of Wilmington
Jodef Kolbinsld and Miss Meri
Lodif. both Of Wilmington.
Enoch Young. aged 81 years. No
606 East Eighth street and isabella
Cox. aged 50 years, No. S41 Kirkwood
street. this city.
Frank Chapman. No. Sli Anchorage
street, and Miss Eva Tolkofska, same
address.
Richard A. Neal, No. S52 Wilson
street and Miss Sarah l.. Burris, No.
419 Rodney street
John r. Kranelich. No. 702 West
street and Miss Helen G. Shockley, OF
Milford, Del
John J. Gallagher, Of No. 1000
Shallcross avenue. aud Miss Letitia
p. Dunlap. same address.
George A. Baylor. Of No. 9O1 Jeffer-
son street. and Miss Amanda Travers,
No. % Kentmere Road.
Harry w. Tindall. of Farnhurst.
and Miss Florence Berry, also Of
Farnhurst.
Evening journal., 1913-11-17
RUB RHEUMATISM
PAIN AWAY WITH
ST. JACOBS OIL
Count fifty, Pain gone.

Count fifty, Pain gone
Rheumatism is pain only" Not
one case in fifty requires internal
treatment. Stop drugging' Run
soothing. penetrating "St. Jacobs oil"
directly upon the tender spot.r and
relief comes instantly. "St. Jacobs
Oil" is a harmless rheumatism cure
which never disappoints and can not
burn or discolor the skin.
Timber up Quit complaining, Get
a small trial bottle of st Jacobs OIL
from any drug store, and i'm just a mo
ment youll be free from rheumatic
pain. soreness. stiffness and swelling.
Don't suffer Relief and cure awaits
YOU "St. Jacobs Oil" has cured mil
lions OF rheumatism sufferers i'm the
last half century, aud Is just as good
for sciatica. neuralgia lumbago, back
ache. sprains
Evening journal., 1913-11-17
WOMEN SAY
BALLOT MAKES
THEM BETTER

"Why the Church Should BE In
tercsted in Equal Suffrage" was the
subject OF an address by Mrs. Lulu
Loveland Shepard. of Utah, in the
parlors of the Unitarian Church on
Saturday evening. Mrs. Winfield 5.
Quigley, president Of the Wilmington
Equal Suffrage Association, presided.
II was the usual monthly meeting of
the association and prior to the ad-
dress Of Mrs. Shepard. Mrs. Martha
$. CranstOn. State president, extend
cd an invitation to the members to
attend tea at her home in Newport
on Wednesday afternoon at three
o'clock. Mrs. Shepard will be a
guest.
Mrs. Shepard spoke OF her visie
TO the Worlds w. c. 4. L. Convention
at Brooklyn, where they had one of
the greatest demonstrations for wo-
mems suffrage that she had ever
seen. She also had charge of the
suffrage demonstration at the Nation
al w. G. r. 4. Convention at Asbury
Park. n. j. There were over 500
women in the demonstration, she
said and enthusiasm ran high. Con-
tiANlnh nv liuiat Atl' HHtdh'l
said: christian women are awak-
cning everywhere to this suffrage
movement. The ballot has made me
a better woman" said Mrs. Shepard.
''and ! am more alive to my RESPONSE
bilitics as a citizen of this land II
was pointed out that women always
stand for the man who represents
the highest standard Of morality. and
that he invariably receives the high
est number Of votes. In Utah and
other States where women vote the
women take up ten questions. which
pertain to the attitude of the nominee
on certain matters of reform, and
submit the questions to the nominee
for answer. Naturally the candidates
answering the questions most satis-
factorily receive the support of the
womcns votes. She pointed out most
cmphatically that the women arc a
power to be reckoned with.
Mrs. Shepard said that in Utah
both the Mormon and the gentle wo-
men vote. but as the gentle women
outnumber the Mormons. they are
able to WELD a stronger ballot which
tells i'm the election returns.
Evening journal., 1913-11-17
IMPORTANT SPECIAL ELrCTIoNs.

T N BrandyWine hundred mex. Saturday special cleo
tions OF highly important nature will bo held
in the Claymont tha Mt Pleasant aud the shcupot
school districts. Those elections will DECIDE whether
the three districts shall consolidate and follow con
solidaton with better educational syatcm.
Il perhaps is needless TO say that it the duiy OF
all those who have right 10 vote thoc elections to
do 90 and record themselves in favor of progrcs-
sive and efficient educational policy continuance Of
existing conditions would be injustice many boys
and girls in the districts In reality they alrea " have
been compelled submit too long TO Injustice grow
ing out of inadequate educational opportunities
There doubtless persons in the districts who viii
oppose consolidation and the things tra' will 20 with
Il because they object to Increased taxes for school
purposes. II surface indie ,tions for anything
such opponents will be outyoted by those Who recog-
nize lat the education Of the boys and girls in the
district is important that pecuniary sacrifice must
be made TO place the school system upon an up-to-
date footing.
Evening journal., 1913-11-17

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
NEWARK. Nov 17.-All plans have
been completed for the Lyceum
Festival to be held in Newark Opera
House. December 1. ? and 8, under the
auspices OF the Chautauqua Associa-
ton Of Swarthmore. Pa, and the pro-
gram announced. The program fol-
lows:
Monday. December 800 D. M,
series lecture. DR.. Jesse II. Holmes,
on international Arbitration; 80
D. m. concert. the Conservatory play
ers. comic and grand opera, III cos
tunes, with many Instruments. num-
bers; 500 D. m. box supper. All pa
irons arc invited to bring their sup
pers and make this neighborhood
meeting; 7.30 p. M. concert, the Con
servatory players; SIS p. m, lecture.
DIT. H. W. Sears, more Tatiy and
Less Epitaphy;" $50 p. m, two reels
of-motion pictures.
Tuesday. December 800 p. m,
lecture: recital. Paul NJ. Pearson,
"The Joy of Living;" 3.45 p. m, con-
cert, Chautauqua Musical Trio. with
Mrs A. r. Turner. sopranos $50 p.
m concert. Chsutauqua Musical TRIO;
S15 D. m.. lecture. Jesse NJ. Holmes,
Luxury and Leisure $50 p. M, mo-
ton pictures.
Wednesday. December $500 y
m. series lecture. Or. Jesse H.
Holmes. Work and Wages ass p,
m. concert. Lyric Male Quartet; 7.Sd
D. m. Lyric Male Quartet; sis p. m.
Pamahasika's Performing Pets; 9.SC
p. M. motion pictures.
The following fifty persons arc
backing the Lyceum Festival as guar