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Evening star., 1913-12-07
ROCKEFELLER GIVES $25, 600.
Breaks Rule of Board of Benevo-
lence to Aid Cleveland Hospital.

CLEVELAND. December 6.-John ID.
Rockefeller today contributed S25,0OO to
the fund of $3.50, 900 being raised for St
Vincent's Hospital, a Catholic institution,
which is more generally known as a
charity hospital.
The Rockefeller gift came as a surprise
to the executive committee of the hos
pital fund. +. II. Golf, banker, and Vir-
gil p. Kline, attorney, We're recently in
formed by the Rockefeller board of be-
nevolence that the boards rules would
not permit a donation to such fund.
Goff received telegram from the chair
man of the board today saying that the
rules would be broken, as Rockefeller had
wired from Cleveland directing the in
f. action.
The subscription is conditioned on the
entire expected fund being raised, but
less than 10000 remains to be obtained.
Evening star., 1913-12-07
SENATE THANKED FOR GIFT.
Senator Clarke Presents Letter From
Mrs. a. B. Savre.

letter from Mrs. Francis 3. Sayre.
daughteS of the President. thanking the
Senate for it's wedding gift, handsome
silver service. was presented to the Sen
ate last night by Senator Clarke, presi-
dent pro tempore. The letter, which was
written from the White House before Mr..
and Mrs. Sayre were married, was as
follows:
My dear Senator Clarke:
May I not express to you, and through
YOU to the members of the Senate, my
most grateful appreciation Of the SEN
ates gift. 1t is as beautiful as it is
useful.
Again and again. as ! use it, will the
pleasure be renewed of being SO gener-
ously and so thOughtfully remembered
1t viii seem as if you had presented to
me a store of delightful recollections--
recollections of friendship ideally mani
Tested. With deepest thanks from both
Mr. Sayre and myself, / am,
Cordially and sincerely yours.
JESSIE WOODROW WILSON"
Evening star., 1913-12-07

mcnt After using the sample ! purchased
some Cuticura Soap and a box of Cuticura
Ointment After using Cuticur1 Soap and
Ointment three days l was able to remove
all the crust and in one week he was en-
ti-ely cured. Cuticura soap and Ointment
also cured my baby OF an liberated sore
behind her ear and now we think we cannot
keep house withou: them lSignedl Mrs.
Charles Poss. Nov. 5. 1912
The regular use of Cuticura Soap for toilet
and bath not only tends to preserve purify
and beautify the skin. scalp. hair and hands,
but assists in preventing inflammation. irri-
tation and clogging of tho pores the common
cause Of pimples. blackheads, redness and
roughness. yellow oily. mothy and other
unwholssome conditions of the skin Cuti-
cura Soap (2Jc.) and Cuticura Ointment
t5Oc9 are sold 10y druggists and dealers
throughout the world. Liberal sample OF
each mailed free. with sep. Skin Book Ad-
dress postcard Cuticura. Dept It. Boston"
SS-Men who shave and shampoo with GU
tcurs Soap win find IL best for skin and scalp.
Evening star., 1913-12-07
! The Searchli8ft /
Freezing Water Pines.

Now that winter is approa ching house
holders viii begin to dread the tragic
possibilities OF freezing and bursting
water pipes Bursted pipes are expen-
siNe and more than annoying to the indi-
vidual householder but perhaps the
greatest sufferer is tile municipality that
must replace the bursted water meters
The latest device to reduce this dam
age to minimum is a water meter with
breakable bottom This bottom while
fragile. Is sufficiently strong to carry the
water and. should the meter freeze. il will
always be the first thing TO break. One
OF these bottoms can be replaced at n
cost OF less than half a dollar. whereas
III the whole meter Jursts the expense in
voived would be ten times as great.
Evening star., 1913-12-07
Out of the Mouths of Babes.

Little Jack-I wish our schoolroom was
round
Manlma-Why. dear?
Little Jack-Then teacher couldn't
make me stand in the corner
leacher-Do You know what a distant
relative is?
Little Elsie-Yes, ma'am. My brother
George is one.
Ieacher-iow can your brother be a
distant relative?
Little Elsie-He lives in California.
NY papa is mounted policeman,
sald small Erie TO a visitor
Is that better than being a walking
pohceman? asked the visitor
course it is. replied Eric. IF there
Is trouble ne can get away quicker
Bobby faged five. looking at new noon
round
Mamma-So il is, dear-round like your
new rubber ball
BobDy-We1, ! guess somebody must
nave knocked the stlIfiing out of it, then.
Evening star., 1913-12-07
More Than Half Native Stock.

Taking as 100 per cent the total white
population of the United States in 1910,
numbering 81, 131 ,96, the so-called ma
tive stock constitutes 6U.5 per cent and
the three great linguistic families of
foreign stock from northwestern Europe
constitute 27.1 per cent, making a total
of T.6 per cent. The clements from
southern and eastern Europe constitute,
therefore, less than Is per cent of the
total. Of this the two principal Latin
mother tongues-the French and the
Italian-contribute less than per cent,
and the two principal Slavic mother
tongues-the Polish and the Bohemian
and the Hebrew, taken together, con-
tribute also less than ) per cent, leaving
to all the remaining mother tongues an
other ) per cent or less of the total.
Evening star., 1913-12-07
Wants Holiday for Carriers.

legal holiday for rural mail carriers
ON Christmas day of each year was pro
posed in bill introduced yesterday il,
Representative Young of Texas. Represe,
tative Small of North Caro- ina introduce
a bill 10 grant mail carriers on sta,
routes the same holidays as now are OBJ
served By rural mail carriers.
Evening star., 1913-12-07
ARMY NAVY
Army Orders.

Capt. Rex Van Den Corput, Coast Ar
tiIlery Corps, will proceed to Fort Bar
rancas. Fla, for duty with the 163d
Company.
Capt Charles f. y. Howard, Coast Ar
tillery Corps, will proceed to Fort Mott,
N. j., for assignment to the command
of the Both Company.
Leave of absence for two months is
granted Capt. William L. De ,Sombre,
Coast Artillery Corps.
First Lieut.. Frank p. Lahm, 7th Cav
airy, at his own request is relieved from
aviation duty.
Acting Dental Surgeon Warren G. Tor
renee. United States Army. recently ap-
pointed, will proceed to Texas City, Tex.
for duty.
First Lieut.. Benjamin d. Foulois, 7th
Infantry, is detailed for aviation duty
with the Signal Corps at San Diego. Cal.
Capt. Frederick w. Fuger, infantry,
having been examined for promotion by
a board OF officers and found physically
disqualified for the duties of major of
infantry by reason of disa ability incident
to the service. his retirement, by the
President, from active service as major
is announced.
The resignation by First Lieut.. William
S. Barriger. 9TH Cavalry, was accepted
by the President to take effect December
), 1915.
Marine Corps Orders.
First Lieut.. W. r. Hoadley. from ma
rine barracks, Norfolk, to marine bar
racks, Portsmouth.
First Lieut.. Arthur Stokes, from ma
rine barracks, Annapolis, to marine bar
racks, Norfolk.
Evening star., 1913-12-07

Grand knight Frank L.. HeWltt oA
Potomac Council has announced lne
Iappointment of the following chairnen
of committees for the current couHe
and re ief, P. l.. O'Brien, funeral, =; W.
Auehinbaugh: membership. w. l. ram
degree, j. b. Fitzpatrick; Assembly. ~
III. Columbus: delegates to the cnap- map
patrick. and chaplain. Rev. G. o. Rosen-
steek The first degree Will De eAehi-
plified tomorrow evening
Keane Council at it's last meeting eA-
empIified the second degree. under the
direction of District Deputy w. +. Nor-
moyle assisted by Grand Knisnl
Charles w Darr, j. I. Burns and state
ments were in charge of State warden
Redmond DeVaney, assisted by tne
council officers. A social session fol-
lowed conducted by the lecturer, John
~. keenan,. who had prepared an at
tractive program.
The regular meeting and the annual
inspection of the Washington assembly
| evening with DR.. w. L. Pairo pre-
siding. The inspection was conducted
| by {. r. Edwards.
Carroll Council met Tuesday evening
and conferred the first degree upon a
large class of candidates The meeting
and degree work were conducted by
Grand Knight William j. McGee, as
sisted by the officers of the council.
Washington Chapter met Friday
evening to reorganize for the current
year. n program of general interest
to all the councils in the jurisdiction
has been prepared by the delegates.
The first degree was exemplifed at
| the meeting of Spalding Council
| Thursday evening by Grand Knight
| Francis j. p. Cleary and the officers
| of the council.
The Spalding Dramatic Club met
1 Friday evening for reorganization and
the broadening of the scope of work.
The club was organized last year by a
| number of the members of Spalding
Council and it's initial performance at
Gonzaga Hall is said to have been sue
| cessful both from an artistic and a
financial standpoint The active CO.
| operation of the membership of the en-
| tire order in this Jurisdiction now is
to be sought regardless of council af-
1 filiation.
/ Since active work in the order was
/ resumed last September. it is said a
large number of applications for mem
/ bershlp have been received in all the
| councils, and the officers and members
OF the various committees have been
DUSTY engaged. Numerous exemplifi-
cations of degrees have taken place
ana It Is said the major degree will be
| sAempiIhed in the near future.
Evening star., 1913-12-07
ENGLISH LEADS HERE
AMONG FOREIGN WHITES
Mother Tongue by Far the
Most Largely Spoken, Says
Census Bulletin.

The English mother tongue is by far
the one most largely represented in the
foreign white stock of the United States,
according to statistics on native Ian
guages of the foreign white stock in
this country in 1910 just made public by
the census bureau.
One OF the most interesting facts dis
closed in the report, says the census
bureau, is the great numerical prepon-
derance which is still held by the
mother tongues of northwestern Europe
as whole, Notwithstanding the high
rank numerically which has been gained
by few individual mother tongues from
eastern and southern Europe-especially
the Italian. Polish and Yiddish. These
three stand third. fourth and fifth in
rank. respectively. according to the
figures.
The English mother tongue is by all
odds the one most largely represented
in the foreign white stock of the United
States.
Evening star., 1913-12-07
Making One Job of It.

From the Boston Transcript
Hey, stop. You are exceeding the
speed limit. You must accompany me to
the judge and pay your fine
What is the fine?''
Five dollars
Here's ten. I intend to come back
just as fast as I'm going
Evening star., 1913-12-07
With a Proviso.

From the Boston Transcript
He-Could you be contented with love
| in cottage?
She-Yes. dear. if what we saved on
the size of the house we could put into
an automobile.
Evening star., 1913-12-07
German Tongue Ranks Second.

The number, 1OO37, ,4oO is considerably
greater than that of German mother
tongue, which latter contributes more
than one-fourth G73 per cent? of the
total foreign white stock of the United
States, as reported in 1910. Italian,
Polish and Yiddish come next i'm rank
but none of them numbers as much as
one-fourth of the German.
To these three mother tongues, inter
mediate in rank but considerable in num-
bers, may be added the Swedish, French
and Norwegian. all belonging to north
western Europe, except portion of the
French. No other mother tongue than
the eight thus far enumerated furnishes
as much as per cent of the total of the
foreign white stock of the United States,
OF numbers as much / OGO,UO0.
The eight major mother-tongue stocks
already named account for S7.5 per cent
of the total foreign white stock enume-
rated.
How small a factor the new inn
migration from southern and eastern
Europe really is up to the present time
may be better shown by comparing it
with the total white population of the
United States.
Evening star., 1913-12-07
Bad for Dentists.

From the Boston Transcript.
How are those two young men who
went into partnership as dentists getting
on?''
Rather badly. Somehow they don't
seem to pull together.
Evening star., 1913-12-07
Those Girls of Ours.

From the Boston Transcript.
Here comes Polly Perkins. Let's
make it hot for her.
How"
why, lets be cool to her.
Evening star., 1913-12-07

discharge of bloody corrup-
tion which was So offensive
that | could hardly hold him.
He was very cross. Some
called il milk crust, another
running letter and another
eczema.
After trying several
patent medicines l decided TO
try Cuticura SoaD and Oint-
Evening star., 1913-12-07
None Needed.

From the Boston Transcript
Wife-The doctor said right away that
1 needed a stimulant. Then he asked to
see my tongue.
Hub-Heavens. l hope he didn't give
you a stimulant for that.
Evening star., 1913-12-07
BUSINESS CENTERS
LONDON MYSTERIES
Shifting of Doctors Quarters
to Quiet Street Suggests
Comment.
vAGARIES OF TRADES
OF HISTORIC INTEREST
Proposed Demolition of Supposed
Ben Franklin House Leads to
Confessed Blunder.
s.e,al corrcs.,op,,encc of The Star.

Special torrIS'f1nIchct OF iu' Sta'-
LONDON. November -. 1913.
More than any other place, perhaps In
the world, London gathers professions
and trades together in streets or districts
where practically every shop or house is
occupied by people in the same hhe OF
business The topic arises at present
through a suggestion that Harley street,
where London doctors congregate, is about
to be abandoned by medical men on ac-
count of the increasingly noisy traff1c
through it, For many years Harley street.
locally known as the valley of the shad-
ow of death" has been famous all over
the world as the street of doctors. just as
Fleet street is known everywhere as the
street of newspapers and Lombard street
as the street of banks.
But with the coming of taXis, with their
hooting at all hours OF the day ana
night, and the general increase IN traIhc
of all kinds, good many doctors are be-
ginning to find Harley street rather Try
ing for their nerves. IL Is not unlikely
that they will all fit from Harley street
just as years ago they all LETT the
neighborhood of FinSbury Square when
IL was invaded by noise and commerce
And when they leave Harley street they
will not scatter. but viii all settle IN
some other street and MAKE that famous
in its turn. From Wimpole street, that
great city of the sick, il is said the nurs-
ing homes may gradually retreat.
The natural law that birds OF feather
flock together could not he better illus
trated anywhere than in London. The
latest industry is the aeropaEe industry,
and on.. finds that il has already almost
rnonopolized one building in Piccadily.
There is the Aero g ub. there the office
OF the Aeroplane and there the head
quarters of the best known people In avi-
alton. Another new development IS the
cinema industry. This is monopoiiZing
Charing Cross road and the immediate
neghborhood
Tottenham Court road is still the great
furniture thoroughfare. No one knows
now what it was that first made that
great thoroughfare the haven of the
about to marry, the newly married, the
removing and the just removed.
Evening star., 1913-12-07

The Office of Worthington w. McCauley,
lumber dealer. Hagerstown. Md, was en-
tered by burglars Thursday night, a desk
smashed and $2OO carried off.
Evening star., 1913-12-07
There Is No Turning Back.

eve have gone so far that there is no
turning back. Let us renew our faltn
in democracy. in popular education, IN
freedom of discussion, in opportunity for
able children of the many to join the
ranks of the capable few. Let us be-
lieve that in the lives Of millions sound
feeling about what is fair and right and
just can be counted upon TO seiect tne
ideas and PROPOSALS of the few who
more and more~will come to look upon
their own powers not as personal means
for exploiting their fellows, but as aplli.
ties held in trust for the service or all
Evening star., 1913-12-07

Boyd Hupp, thirty-four yearO old. a
farmer, committed suicide Wednesday
in the suburbs of Strasburg, Va, BY
shooting himself.
Evening star., 1913-12-07
Trade Segregation Curious.

There are many other mysteries of the
same sort in London. Why should the
Blackfriars road district he the chief
center in London of the making of top
hats, and why should niest OF the laun-
dries insist on living either ut Acton or
Willesden" The liking of the typewriter
firms for Queen Victoria street is natu-
raj. The street is i'll the heart of office
land But why all Blackfriars road should
be especially suitable for the manufac-
turc of top hats and. why Willesden. By
means salubrous spot. should be
the favorite place for Iaundries must re-
main mysteries.
II is reasonable that the crack tailors
should iuhabt the little streets just off
Piccadilly. and that the government of
fees should be near the houses of pariia-
ment; but why should the rather mean
Hatton Garden be the home of precious
stones. and why on earth should music
hall artists insist on living at Br;xton?
These are questions none can answer
Holborn Eiaduct has practically been
monopolized by bicycle firms. though
there does not seem to be anything in the
air OF that strenuous thoroughfare to
stimulate man to buy 2 machine. Most
of the builders are in Wandsworth. the
bootmakers and cabinet makers in Beth
nal Green, the tanners in BermondSey,
the potters in Lambeth and the brewers
and printers in Southwark. In most
cases II Is ulIlcDlt 10 ma reason
their having settled in particular spot.
Good Reason for Tanners.
IN the case of tanners. however. there
is a good reason for their being in Ber-
mondsey. in the old days. when the first
tanner put up his works in London. he
was promptly told that ne could not be
allowed to cause so Objectionable a smell
on the north side OF the river lie was
told that il he must tan leather he could
only be allowed 10 do i'll the isolation
of Bermondsey-then nothing but mead
ows and marshes.
But why most of the Jam should be
made in BerInondsey admits of no expls-
nation-unless the handiness of the rail-
way line from the fruit centers Of the
south mas anything TO do with it, The lik-
ing Of brewers for Southwark may possi-
bly, be accounted for by its nearness TO
the line from Kent, where hops are the
chief crops. But one knows why
Wandsworth should be the home of build
ers. and Bethnal Green OF bootmakers and
cabinet makers.
II is natural that motor ears should
InonopolZe Long Acre. They simply
turned out the traps and carriages. But
there seems 10 be no reason why chairs
should be made in Hoxton rather than
Evening star., 1913-12-07
HARD THICK CRUST
COVERED BOYS HEAD
Cracked with Least Pressure, Caus-
ing Discharge. Used Cuticura
Soap and Ointment. In One
Week Entirely Cured.

Bolton. Ga. -- My little boys head was
covered with hard thick crust which
cracked With the least pressure causing
Evening star., 1913-12-07
Society Penitent Over Mistake.

There has been much discussion lately
on the approaching demolition of the
house in Craven street, Strand, supposed
to have been occupied by our Ben
Franklin, but now the Royal Society or
Arts has had to confess to curious blum
der in the identification of this famous
London house For the best part OF loIt!
years a memorial tablet erected 6y the
Straat strand was the residence of Ben
iamin Franklin during his visits to Lon
don between 1871 and 17I5. Recent lnVes-
tipation by Sir Lawrence CONNIE the
learned clerk of London county council
leads to the definite conclusion that nonor
has not gone where honor was uus:
In F'ranklin's time there was dlIereHI
system of numbering Craven street ana
the house of Mrs. Stephenson, ms lahu
lady. was in reality the present NO. 3D. on
the other side of the street Inc socie.y
is very penitent about its mistake, mis- ,,+ ana M
lovers Of antiquity are begging it to be
very sure this time.
Evening star., 1913-12-07
Democratic Theory.

''To this the democrats reply that all
history disproves the identity of class
and of general welfare and that the
only hope lies not in the few, but in the
many whose decisions alone can be trust
ed. This clash of fundamental philos-
ophers lies just beneath the surface of
contemporary struggles.
"Agitation for and against direct
primaries. initiative, referendum and re-
call. woman suffrage, supervision and
control of industry and commerce re-
veals at every turn the conflict between
the trust the few and the trust the
many theories.
Evening star., 1913-12-07
Knights of Columbus.

In Washington Council Tuesday even
ing Grand Knight Leo A. Rover, with
the officers of the council. assisted by
state Deputy L. p. Harrington, Will
conduct the exemplihcation OF tue
ond degree, with over thirty candidates.
Tho roster of membership now IN
oourse of nreparation, it Is said, will be
ready for distribution 10 the iheiioo
ship about December 10.
Evening star., 1913-12-07
URGES ALL TO RENEW
FAITH IN DEMOCRACY
DR.. George Vincent Advocates
Equal Opportunity for the
Masses.

DETROIT, December 6.-"Let us renew
our faith in democracy, in popular educa-
ton, in freedom of discussion, in oppor-
tunity for lable children of the many to
join the ranks of the capable few" said
Dr. George T.. Vincent, president of the
University of Minnesota, in an address at
the annual banquet of the Bankers Club
of Detroit tonight. DR.. Vincent was dis
cussing "democracy-cynicism or faith
I'm these days there are men and wom-
en- who have grown cynical about democ-
racy," he said "ThA> strong, successful
few really believe in the artistocratic
theory of society. namely, that the quail
tiles of leadership and administrative
pacity are q monopoly of small num-
ber, that these persons will assume con-
troll any way and that therefore it is
best to leave them unhampered.
Evening star., 1913-12-07
Battersea for Railway Works.

Battersea is the borough of railway
works. Sorners Town the city of the rail-
way worker, Knightsbridge is the place
to buy a horse, and Hampstead, Camp
den Hill and st. Johns Wood are the
homes of artists.
If YOU want to see a watch MADE you
must so to Clerkenwell: If you want 10
see an American you must go to Blooms
bury, and if you want sign to put out
side your shop you must go to Gray
Inn road. But perhaps the greatest mys-
terry of all is why Victoria street Snouid
be so popular among civil engineers
1t is unlikely that the present distribu-
ton of trades will last many more years.
Probably there will be general hisra-
ton further west. In any case. IL seems
likely that precious stones Will move from
the obscurity of Hatton Garden 10 the
brilliance of Piccadilly, motor cars VIII
abandon the meanness of Long Acre Tor
some less-hidden street, the bicycle firms
will follow the cars to the west ana
doctors will flee from the noises OF Har-
lev
Evening star., 1913-12-07

in Houndsditch. or why cabinets sn0uio
be made in Shoreditch rather the3 ~
Clerkenwell road-the great center oh ~
cream merchants makers of street or
gans and mosaic floor workers The DOCK
lover can no longer stroll down BOOK
sellers Row''-swept away by the ALL
wych improvements--but he is certain OF
finding what he wants in Charing cross
road. where the scattered firms settled.