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family sat in the private parlor OF their
luxurious Paris suite and watched the
rain disconsolately. They had just Deen
snubbed by a great lady in their MOTEL
and their hearts were too heavy to dresS
for dinner.
In blows Marlin. breezy. agog. and
takes in the situation at glance
Where do YOU have Christmas dinner?
Not here? No, it's dead here. Let's go
to the Christmas dinner at the Majestic
There will be crowd you are acqualnt-
ed with. the Jenknses of Houston, the
Howes of Reno and those delightful Will
kinseS of Philadelphia.
Gladly they jumped into their clothes
and We're off in an hour. The Nllk1nses
were sympathetic, the Howes paid them
honor. In three days they had moved,
bag and baggage. into the Majestic and
were happy as gigs The same week
family from Cleveland being snubbed
by naughty compatriots at me Majestic,
moved in haste to the AstOria-and they,
too. are as happy as gigs.
Their shifting hotels is type OF the
greater movement from America to Paris.
Paris was never so full Of rich Ameri-
cans in winter.
1t is a phenomenon.
We must be rich indeed to send all
these go!d-scatterers abroad now all the
year round, and not feel their loss. They
are not tourists. They are pilgrims of
an ideal. And, as no price is too dear to
pay for ideals-the land remains rich and
young that has them-these pictures
which might shock your patriotic sent-
ments will not shock them AT all when l
disclose their inward Interpretation.
1t is simply beautiful. America. even
i'm her little weaknesses, comes out ahead,
What are these palatal new hotels in
Paris? What these others still building?
Interiorly each is more luxurious than
. the other. more adapted to social enter
tanning In their long suites you have
all the advantages OF private house
and elastic, extensible into grandiose pri-
vate dining rooms, parlors and reception
halls. will. Who occupies them?
AMERICANS. all Americans.
They are in Paris for society.
This is the picture that might shock
you. But do not be shocked. Try to I'M
derstand. Try to feel for them The
phenomenon is perfectly natural.
I'VE are all Americans with money"
said one to me lately. I'VE might love
to go i'm for high social distractions, but
they must come to us-we cannot run
after them.
He means at home, in America.
They cannot curry favor in their ma
tive city.
THAT is why so many of are in
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the two wild republics. They crowded
their way through jungles. swan rivers.
were repeatedly lost and fought insect
pests. When they returned they brought
with them strange animals never before
seen in the United States They We're
known as solenodons. Three were pre-
scented to the New York Geological Gar
den and two were given to the National
Zoo here in Washington. The visit to
Haiti and Santo Domingo completed the
exploration by her of every Spanish
American country.
There is controversy, which may
never be ended to the satisfaction of
both. between Mrs Fanny Bullock Work
man, F. r. G, s., and Miss Annie Peck.
Each claims to have assembled higher on
mountain than anybody else In the
world. Miss Peck reached the top OF
Mt Huaskaran in the Andes after one
of her Swiss guides had been forced to
go back on account of mountain sickness
and another had his hands so badly
frozen that he later had to have one of
them amputated Owing to the intense
cold and the high wind. Miss Peck was
unable to use her instruments to find the
altitude of the peak. This fact made 1T
impossible for her to establish a claim
for high climbing honors with Mrs
Workman. The latter had Miss Pecks
peak measured by triansulation and cal
culated it to be 2l,S12 feet. Miss Peck
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pital nurses and writer's. CuriOuSly
enough, the next largest class, composed
of those who gained any degree OF dis
tinction in their work, are the ones who
have devoted themselves to scientific re-
search. 1t is interesting to note the
large number of women who are bOtan-
lists. biologists. mycologsts and ethnol-
ogists. The doctors outnumber the law
yers almost two to one
Back in 1910 Miss Martineau. on
visit to the United States, wrote that
there were only seven occupations in
this country open to women. Sewing
was the principal one of these Then
what would Miss Martineau say if she
could see the women of today entering
almost every field? Could she voice the
surprise at her own sex undertaking
such hazardous feats awaiting. noun
tain climbing. exploring of countries
where white women had never before
been seen. driving racing automobiles,
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to see if there is any one he really
knows.
If not, he will soon be chatting with
an elegant eighbor-anyway. Every
one saw Marlin bow. He must know
lots of the best people. The Pitts
burgh millionaire says to his lady:
NO. the bow was not for us-it must
have been for Donahue, the Colorado
mine man. and his daughter And the
Colorado daughter says to papa: NO,
the bow was not for us, but doubtless
for chat lovely St. Louis woman there,
Just behind shd ss to then the
They're very rich and exclusive at
home. you know-Blanks. the big
chemical works" Says the father:
You're mistaken; they're optical
manufa cturerS.
Now. see, if Marlin gets in converse
ton with them, will they not be gra-
cious to him? l trow.
do you know the Smiths of Denver"
our great friends, the Browns of
Tacoma. Quite so. the Meurice.
I've often said so, one OF the most IN
teresting couples in Paris society.
Yes. from Los Angeles" Il thought
they were Kansas City people?
Papa. do you hear. Mr.. Marlin knows
the Greens of Portland!'
The conversation is sure to run like
this Marlin has heard and done so
much of it that he really knows a lot
and knows a lot more-of the incest
Americans.
Then why bow to empty tables?
It's habit. Also-alas, this society.
though brilliant. elegant and kindly, is
also shifting in its nature-and very big.
1t is a phenomenon of the hour Any
correct American with money can get
into nice society via Paris.
They are nice.
They are also rich. half-lonely, idle.
open minded. open hearted. at a kind OF
social crisis in their lives. They see hap
piness before them, a new heaven and d
new earth.
VIII they not suspect Marlin?
Bless YOU. Marlin is no bunk. He is a
gentleman. His aspirations are all pure:
his life is idly blameless. He has money
enough to get on with. and-note we'll
without the Martins much of this society
would fall apart
Marlin is the glue.
Marlin is the unmarried American who
loves his Paris clings to Paris. yet gets
lonely, a social buccaneer who does no
harm. He was not much in society at
home-the taste came on him here.
Last Christmas afternoon a Cincinnati
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Genius and Pains.

ENRICO CARUSO has a great horror
- of amateur musicians. The practic-
ing of amateurs. indeed. has often caused
him to change his hotel.
His last change was due to this cause.
and. discussing it in New York. he said:
Musical genius. it appears to me. is
often infinite capacity for giving
pain
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time buying architectural photographs at
Nass'
Yesterday met Walton. who was Il
capable mining engineer. He had a biz
pasteboard box under his arm carrying
il like eggs. oDon't jogGle me- he said.
they're fragile" And. shameless he
confessed that he had gone i'm for ceram-
les, and was taking some cups and saul
GERS of his own decoration To the firing.
said: when can ] see YOU, some aft
ernoon?" He answered: AT the Nolnv
tea next Thursday, = pm. You'll meet
Mike Old and his daughter. Ia. ia.
1 went. There sat the former western
bad man drinking raspberry strip and
eating jelly cake. He. too. is i'm society.
y giant. with ranch written all over
him. was saving sweet nothings to a
rich-looling widow Walton had brought
retired Pennsylvania stove manufac-
turer with his daughter and girl friend,
and the middle-aged inventor of an Amer
lean shirt braid WAS giving them social
pointers on :he Riviera.
They chatted of receptions, dinner par
ties. if they We're half of life The
other half was to be found I'm art. thea
ter. race track. automobile touring and
watering place resorts
Rancher and stove man were dressed
with equal quiet elegance, and had the
assured ways of society men They go on
horseback together TO the BolS OF morn
ings.
II always wanted to ride said the
stove man. hut it would have looked
ridiculous in my situation at home | was
not i'm riding 50:
II always wanted to dress fer dinner"
said the ranchman, hut I was not in a
dress suit set.
To come to Paris to dress for dinner
may seem strong. But. wait.
You don't find il duh in Paris?" L
said.
The eX-stove manufacturer answered.
We are enjoying the time of our lives.
he said. we have made our pile. What
do we want? Not To be lonely We desire
to meet folks Ike ourselves. with money
and leisure to cultivate the agreeable
things of life"
"Eurcpeaus? | said. 'titles?''
Nonsense" he laughed. Americans
are good enough: but | might have sat
down in Philadelphia or Pittsburgh five
years and not met as many of the right
kind as / know in Paris after six
months"
Meanwhile you're spending Your
money abroad" | said.
Don't YOU think Americans can stand
it," he said When these things which
admire are second nature to us, well
go back home
so have patience
STERLING HELLO.
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w d
1t Won Him Over.

A actor said at the Lambs Club in
New York:
Charles FrOhman's geniality is as
proverbial as his big black cigar.
"F'rohman. i'm my younger days, once
offered me very little part at very
little salary. Out of work | was, l
hesitated to accept the proposition; but
Frohman. clapping me jocularly on the
back. won me over with the remark:
Come, come. now, don't be a fool.
You know well enough that a small
role is better than a whole loaf"
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What Poverty Does for Us.

MI AYOR ROCKWELL of Akron was
IVA condemning the claim, often put
forward by the rich. that poverty is good
for the character
Poverty is good for nobody" he said
1T embitters the mind. hardens the heart,
causes unhappiness and fear and suffer-
ing
There's nothing like adversely. a mill
Honaire once said to me-theres nothing
like adversely to bring man out.
Yes l replied. out at the elbows.
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Anecdotes Concerning
Well KNOWN People
Votes.

Mrs: NORA BLArcH De-. DE FOREST r. ST.
Woman's Political Union, said in New
York the other day:
There can be no justice for woman till
she gets the vote. Man. having the vote
himself and refusing it to woman, is I'M
just. You know the story about the just
and the unjust? It's a story very APP
plicable here.
The rain falls alike on the just and
the unjust, clergyman once said
g Not bit of it, parishioner retort-
ed The unjust have all the closed
motor cars and umbrellas.
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The Politician.

MI AYCR SHANK of Indianapolis was
Iva talking about a tricky but success
full politician
He has had Success said Mayor
Shank. If you choose to call it so. He.
YOU know. datbles in very isnoble sort
of politics-that sort of politics whereof
1t was once well declared:
No man can succeed in politics il he
says what he thinks or thinks what he
says"
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MAJORITY of Profess
Iva sional Women Are
Teachers, But Next Largest
Class Is Composed of Scien-
tists-Woman Botanists.
biologists, Mycologists and
Ethnologists-At One Time
There Were Only Seven Oc-
equations Open to Women in
This Country-Each Year
More Daring Women Win
Fame - Mountain Climbers,
Auto Drivers and Aviators-
Foreign Women Who Have
Made Names for Themselves
in the Field of Scientific Re-
search.
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The January or Judas Kiss.
2 ENATOR HEPBURN. discussing ;

g ENATOR HEPBURN discussing
~ political betrayal, said:
The thing was as bad as the Judas
kiss, or. rather. the January kiss, as it's
more timely to say now
The January kiss?' stammered the
puzzled reporter.
Why. yes. the January kiss" said
Senator Hepburn. It's the kiss a wife
gives her husband in January, you know
to see whether he's broken his New Year
resolution yet"
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January 8. 1913.
+ course. it is not
the old style
American colony,
C o m p o s e d o f
twenty Stiff-neck-
ed families from
New York, Phila-
delphia, Boston
and the south. 1t
kept TO itself.
married with the
French. and did
it's best to keep
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OF so many Years
ago almost the
only professional
field which seemed
open to women
was I G a C h i n 6
school: even train
ed nurses were not
numerous. 1t is a
fact that today a
majority of pro-
feSsional " o IN en-
are. teachers. hos
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sociate with the best. Therefore. they
come over TO Paris. The best Americans
flock to Paris, from all our cities. 1t
gives our wives and daughters bigger
field for operations. Families of similar
tastes and situations drawn to-
gether."
He was. or had been. a captain OF in
dustry, and, personally, he was passa bly,
bored in Paris-homesick for his old
work. Frequently such men are, he
says. but what can they do? Go into
society at home? He has answered that
already.
We have come to Paris with our
families" he says either because
thought the time was propitious and sold
cut to the trusts, or we inherited our
money and got tired of playing at bust
ness because it was MANAGED by other
people. and which we peally never did
manage. Our families wanted to come
abroad. and we had no pretext to re-
fuse
Such vigorous Americans are often vic
TINS of their women in Paris, ! admit,
but what about the others?
We who have lived long abroad per-
ceive a vast procession of other Ameri-
can men. victorious but wounded. We
lift our hats to them. We pity them
We rejoice with them.
They have been at a killing grind for
years. Some Of them seem almost stun
ned. some scarcely realize that they
rich and free-they are like released
prisoners whose eyes are blinded in the
light. Their woman folks are torn be-
tween JOY and anxiety. Going to
Europe" is to realize a life's dream. 1t
stands for final success peace, rest, lux
ury, novelty.
They come to Paris for peace-anG they
fall into society, as into feather bed
1t is different from home. They find
a brilliant public social life, decorative.
colored. perfumed, musical, where cul-
tuIre and frivolity are rolled together. 1t
is a noble stage setting, full of bright,
rich and amusing people. amusing them
selves-and they are all Americans.
The newcomers are swiftly welcomed.
Heart calls to Eeart.
Families from Texas fraternize with
families from Maine. Pennsy lvanians
learn that OregonianS are elegant. Cali
fornians and New Workers hobnoo to-
gether. Kentucky and Michigan swap
dressmakers. Colorado and Rhode Island
discuss children's boarding schools.
"EXpatriateS? eNclaimS my friend
Dave. Paris is more American than
New York city.
4 very special Paris
Take these American elements. Mix
thoroughly. There are no lunps-the
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DARIS a Sort of Clearing

DARIS Sort of Clearing
1 House for Society in the
Making-The American Col
ony-Bowing to an Empty
Table for a Start-Entertain-
ing in Partisan Hotels-Amer-
leans Who Go to Paris Just
for the Society - Families
From All Over the United
States.
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go Sos 8 S SO 8 - !.

Balkans. is ministerns to the wounded
and dying. Nine. Tamboraski is a rich
Servian woman who has given her pala-
tial home and all her money To the
Red Gross. She is now on the frontier at
PogeriZvotz. where she will organize a
hospital. The war is not wanting in
heroineS
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unsuccessful, the hard-up are left he
hind There are no poor relations. none
who knew your first beginnings. They
are all home in America. Sweeten with
old-world romance. Spice with Partisan
taste and chic Let il simmer i'm that
leisure which is in itself a benediction.
And when the pie is open. all the birds
begin to sing,
went with the Wilkinses and the
HoWcS to a box party at the Vaudeville.
1t WAS THE Taking of Berg op- Zoom.
a farce OF illusions, slang. jarSon. dou-
bic entendre. all frothy wit and fancy.
of which they certainly did not catch .
per cent. But what of that? They were
happy to be in "A social center, where
folks bowed to them from boxes. Marlin
pointed ont celebrities in the audience.
We visited the JOneses and Smiths he
tween the acts. hobnobbed with the
Jenkses. the Browns and Hopgoods in the
promonoir-and all rolled off To supper
together when it was over.
Could my Pennsylvania stove manu-
facturer move to Philadelphia or Pitts
burgh and do it? The wealthy natives
would freeze him and his.
| asked Mrs Blank; she is not frivolous
she goes TO Sorbonne lectures
The great Paris dressmaking esta!-
lshments." she said. ARE like wom-
ems clubs of fashion and excitement.
counteSSeS. We know them by sight,
and hear stories about them. So, also.
the New York four hundred. They are
swamped among us. The tearooms of
the Ritz Carlton. Chatham. Elysee Pal
ace. Majestic. Astoria. Meurice Regina.
Columbus and Rumpeimeyer's are a gilt
tering social razZle The races-yes.
horse races-are a center of beautiful
dressing. splendid equipages i'm a lovely
landscape. where mix with titled
Europeans and the hest Americans.
I asked her husband Now, as a big
business man at home. here he seems IA
placid tomcat. purring in tie sun.
Actresses and countesses. are equally
entertaininc," he chuckled. I'VE watch
how they dress. who is with them. what
STYLES and amusements they are adopting
and whether they VIII take. Give me
peace" he added. Paris is the center.
Our women can have immediateIy-and
see being Worn-the newest things in
gowns, wraps and gimcracks. and COM
ment on how they look. and now they
should be worn. If this be society, L
don't mind it
For change they go hallonning and
ACCOMPANYING | know middlc-agei Amer
lean men in Paris who SUM OF mornings
in painters studios. pretend 10 like art.
spend hours in junkshops over bric-a-
brac and old arms. and sit until iuncn
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Miss Bernetta Miller has gained some
fame as an aviator She was acquainted
with the lamented Harriet QuimbY. who
met such a tragic death in Boston har-
Dor last summer. There has been no
more thrilling accomplishment in the his
tory of daring women than Miss Quinn
bys feat of crossing the English channel
alone. in one of the most powerful racing
monoplanes which We're ever built The
particular machine which she used that
morning was one she had never had an
opportunity In test out. Her own account
OF the journey Was as absorbing chap
ter as has been written in many a day:
1T was 90 am. when my machine got
OF the ground, she wrote .-Prelimi-
naries We're brief. Hearty handshakes
were quickly givep, the motor began to
make its i,20 revolutions minute
and put up my hand to give the signal
OF release Then was off. The noise of
the motor drowned the shouts and cheers
OF my friends below. In a moment | was
in the air. climbing steadily in long
circle L waSzap 1.JCo feet within thirty
seconds Frd this high vantage point
my eyes lit at once on Dover Castle. Ii
was half hidden in fog bank.
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Il felt that trouble was coming but |
made directly for the Flagstaff of the
castle. | had promised the waiting
photogTa pliers and newspaper men
should do In an instant | was beyond
the cliffs and over the channel Far be-
meath me | saw the newspaper tug with
its stream of black smoke 1t was trying
to keep ahead OF me. but | passed it in
jiffy. Then the thickeninG fog obscured
my view. Calais was out of sight.
could not see ahead of me nor could
the water below. There was only one
thing for me to do and that was to fix
my eyes the compass.
Il was travelling over a mile a minute.
The distance straight across from Dover
to Calais is only twenty-three miles and
/ knew that land must he in sight if l
could get below the fog and see it. So
/ dropped from an altitude of 2.9D feet
to about half that height. The sunlight
struck upon my face and my eyes lit
upon the white and sandy shores of
France. l felt happy. but | could not
find Calais. Being unfamiliar with the
coast line, / could not locate my self. 4
determined to reconnoiter and come down
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Paris he said. Living in any one place
in America-in Pittsburgh, Cleveland,
Memphis, Kansas City, st. Louis. Den
yer or Portland-when we have made our
money, we are disappointed with our en-
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yironment, do not achieve socially what
we desire. 1t is not the case with my
family, .as it happens. but | speak of the
class. They do not know exactly what
they want, but certainly they want to as
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PARIS

,ecial Correspondence of The Star.
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Take these American clements. Mix
thoroughly. There are no lunps-the
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1913-11-24
A CLEARING HOUSE FOR YOUR
TOWNS NEWS.

The classified column BE- at once the
most misunderstood and most appre-
ciatcd part Of the paper.
There is no section Of the paper that
comes home closer 20 the people, no
matter how much more important the
oretically the other news may be.
Here al the personal. human inter
cgt news OF the town passes IN review.
The fact that some neighbor' house is
for sale may disclose q story Of hard
ship. trouble. failure, or, on the other
hand. it may mean better times. a bush
ness success o. O chance TO start anew
in some other town
IL ia misunderstood bs those who Sc
only the big things n life, forgetting
that there couIdn be any big things
IL there weren't little ones
Every class reads the CLASSIFIED COLI
umn. The housewife is curious TO
know who is selling Il sewing machine
OF stove, working people aro on the
lookout for positions and the real es-
tate owners are anxious 10 md pros
pective purchasers,
Il is astonishing the number of an
awcrs received from q simple insertion
Ia the ITO Rent. For Sale" or
Want columns. lnything one does
by personal inquiry Ia multiplied hun
dred by the press
Some people will put in hours OF days
running around and making haphazard
queries when they want 10 rent. sell or
buy Meanwhile few njckels and
i've minutes time would have placed
an ad. in The local paper and would
have brought answers from sources
that might never have occurred 20
them.
This kind OF advertising permits the
buyer 20 ge' the best price. because he
learns whether there is 10 be any com,
petition. and il gives the seller the
most advantageous trade, because he
nnds whether there is really q demand.
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THANKSGIVING

There is none so poor or wrctehod
bat that he has cause for thankfulness.
We are thankful So are you. We he
liove everybody IS thankful when they
take The trouble 10 think about H.. Hero
we are at the close of the harvest season
allthe bowed time Of the ancients, the
period Of greatest prosperity IN modern
years, and we have all that can be ex-
pccted. There may be individual ex.
captions. and if there are. the thankful
oues. who have something real 70 be
grateful for, should not forget their
less fortunate noiRhbors.
Every hody should Ievel in pumpkin
Pie, roast turkey aud popcorn and call
IN the poor from the highways and by
ways, ana as God doesn't need material
thanks for His blessings, we believe
lie is better pleased when He sees one
poor sinner giving a nickel's worth 70
another. than with many Of the loQua-
cious thauksgiviugs OF the tongue