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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-04
REVIVAL OF THE CAMEO.
Gem Carving in Relief-Some Fa'
nous Sets.

From the London Chronicle.
The overcoming revolutions Of fash
ions wheel have brought into wear once
again that curiously Victorian ornament
the cameo-Victorian at least as regards
its modern presentment, though what
connoisseurs know and regard as a cameo
dates from the beginning Of the regal
period in the fourth century B. C., when
the introduction of more splendid ma
terials from the east was turned to good
account by the development of the cameo
i.e., of the gem carving in relief. Inc
cameo is the converse of the intaglio
which is a sunk or incised engraving.
The Victorian cameo can hardly be re-
cut in large quantities to be USED as
studs. rings. etc. and an extensive trace
is done in Rome and Paris in the cutting
|of shell canoes. which are sent TO Eng
ca rings. etc, by the Birmingham jewel
ers Both West Indian and East Indian
shells are used for this purpose, ana
though fashion may to certain extent
more probable that the genuine an
tioues', of the Victorian era will be
sought for.
A complete parure of canoes was made
by Hancocks the jewelers.. ABOUT looo'
1.-THE set was worn by the Countess Gran
vile, wife of the British minister to the
court of Russia, and she wore them at
the coronation of the Car Alexander IL:
In the diadem is a fine cameo portrait or
Queen Elizabeth set in it's origna golo
enameled locket form. At the back are
two miniatures. one of the queen, the
other Of the Earl Of Leicester, ooth ny
Hiliiard. the royal miniature painter
while the cameo is ascribed to Coidore:
who is known to have made portraits OF
Elizabeth for Henry W.
Among famous patrons or the cameo
were Lorenzo de Medici. the greatest
patron of arts that ever lived: Catherine
de Medici, who brought a fine collection
of gems and canoes with her to france,
Nine. de Pompadour. herself gem
cutter: Marie Antoinette. Napoleon ana
Queen Victoria-a cameo was cut by
Pistrucci chief engraver to the royal
mint, showing young head OF Prlncess
Victoria on one side and another OF the
same lady as queen on the other"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-04
ADAM A. wESCHLER. AUCTIoNEER
Trustees Sale of Valuable Real
Estate, Improved by Premises
1917 NJ Street Northwest

Ey virtue Of a certain deed OF trust duly re-
corded in Iiher 2@Ss. at folio 800 ct seq.
Of the land records of the District OF Columbia,
ana al the request of the party secured thereby.
tinn. in front Of the premises. on WEDNESDAY
the EIGHTH DAY OF JANUARY. 1913. at
HALF-PAST FOIR O'CLOCK PM, the fol-
lowing described land and premises. situate in
the city Of Washington. District Of Columbia:
Part Of lot thirteen (ial. In Eben C.. Ingersoifs
nine 139l. said subdivision is recorded in
thu Office of the surveyor of the District Of
Columbia, in Book J. II. X. page 179. said
part Of Tot being contained within the following
mctes and bounds. viz: Beginning for the same
the line OF VI street. az the southeast corner
81 said lot and running thence west along said
street - feet. thence north 81 feet. thence east
20 feet thence south CT feet. 10 the line Of said
street ard place Of beginning. with the full I'M
INSTRUCTED right Of ingress and egress through
and fourteen li. in said subdivision, as are
Included Within the following metes and bounds:
beginning the line OF 18th street 81 feet
Forth OF VI street. thence running north feet.
thence east ~ feet. thence south feet and
thence west ~ feet To the beginning. being i'm
proved by three-story and basement brick DWELL
Ing numbered 1897 NJ street northwest.
Terms of sale: One-third cash. balance in
equal instailments at and two years. with
interest at six per centum per annunl. pay able
by deed Of trust the property sold. or all
cash at the option of the purchaser. deposit
of 500 will he required NJ the time OF sale.
All conyeyancng and recording will he at the
purchasers cost. Terms TO be complied with
within ten days. otherwise the trustees reserve
defautins purchaser.
LOUIS EARLE.
de26d&ds. eSu&ja1 Trustees
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-04
SAFETY IN AVIATION.
Lessons to Be Learned From the In.
sect World.
rom the London Standard.

rom tne LOnOOn StdnuaTu.
DIR. Jousset de Bellesme. the we'll known
French entomologist, declares that the So
luton Of the stability problem in regard
to aeroplanes will be achieved when
aviators learn to fly like fly, not like
bird
DIR. de Bellesme explains that the two
winged flying insects have a balancing ar
rangement which is similar to that which
all inventors seem to be seeking with SO
little success. Stability is what is needed"
says DIR. Bellesme, land If we exemine
flying creatures we shall not find a single
one that ever upsets. This is food for
reflection and makes us think that there
may be some defect in the present con-
struction of aeroplanes This defect is the
lack of good aerial equilibrium, which all
flying animals possess.
cit would seem that the aviators from
Icarus down have all been hypnotised by
bird-fiight, and have endeavored to repro
duce it. BY. reason of the peculiar con-
ditions and the anatomical complexity of
these creatures, this is the worst model
that could have been chosen, and the most
unrealizable.
There are other flying creatures. such
as insects, whose flight resembles closely
that of an aeroplane Flies and the like
are classified as diptera because they have
only two wings, but to make up for this
they are furnished with { device
called by naturalists the balancer, con-
sisting of two small rigid rods ending in
a sort of button
THE numerous experiments that 1 have
made with this organ have shown me that
diptera deprived of their balancers do not
lose their ability to fly. but that they lose
only the power of directing their flight,
which becomes fatally inclined downward.
why this result? The insect may be
regarded as suspended on a line passing
through the centers of action of it's two
wings. 1t may oscillate about this as
about an axis, and its center of gravity
must always be directly below if there is
to be a good balance. The hymenoptera,
such as bees and wasps. are able to shift
this center of infection of the abdomen
and legs, but the diptera cannot do this;
they therefore require the balancer, by
whose use they are able to lessen the
wing stroke as with a brake, and thus
shift the axis Of SustentiOn. bringing
about the same result in different way.
THE writer has been able by adding
weights to the bodies of insects deprived
of their balancers to shift the center of
gravity and thus restore their powers of
steady flight. Aviators should study these
facts, and constructors. instead of striv-
ing for fantastic speeds, would better oc-
cupy themselves with the aviators safety
Work along these lines will undoubtedly
do more for the safety of aviators and
the advancement of aviation than any
thing else just at present as it is sta
bility-safety-above all things that is
needed in aviation"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-04
How Old Is q Relic?
From the New York Tribune.

From the New York Tribune.
How old must a relic be to possess his
torical Importance? The discussion of the
fate of the old assay office suggests the
question. Mr.. E. H. Hall of the Scenic
and Historic Preservation Society, who
as professional saver of relics may per-
haps qualify as an expert, says that the
assay Office SIS not even hundred years
old. and l think a building should be at
least that old to have much historic val
ue." Obviously. however. the strict APP
plication Of this rule to determine the
claims Of any building to preservation
would mean. in a rapidly changing and
developing community. the destruction OF
practically everything of present moder-
ate and future great historic interest.
Conservation of potential relies is neces-
sary II We are to have real ones. If a
thing must endure it's full century before
it begins to be regarded as venerable.
there is very little chance in this country
Of its ever becoming venerable at all. The
rule would send 1t to the dump heap at
ninety without remorse. even II Its charac-
ter were such that. had the march of
business been ten years slower, it would
have come to be treasured in the relic
class.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-04

and Bill Sikeses OF real life. The boy
gangs" infest the street corners which
the saloon most affects likewise. and the
combination is not a good one for the
boys or the community.
In spite Of the work of the schools, OF
the provision Of public Fairgrounds ana
of the efforts of social. religious and chart
table bodies. these boy gangs show no
apparent signs of a decrease in numbers
or activity. Perhaps the situation could
be met by a more thorough system of CO.
operation among all the official and I'M
official guardians of the city's morals. A
special bureau Of the department of pup
lie safety, with competent head, might
afford an effective rallying point In
campaign to turn the natural exuberance
of youth into harmless channels and 10
utilize the gang spirit in the prosecu-
ton of useful ends in the social economy
Parental vigilance and control must be
encouraged and developed or some equally
effective substitute must be found to COM
bat the growing evil which threatens the
social welfare of our cities.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-04
LOW TONE IN COLLEGE.
system of Naturalization Lets in Too
Manv Indifferent Students.

From the Review or reviews.
College men and others have described
with abundant exaggeraton the short
comings Of the colleges. and it is now
clear that for the most part, these can
be treated as effects of one dominant
cause (for which the college is not alone
to blame)-a failure to select with proper
care the men and women who shall pur-
sue the college courses. This fact &C
counts for the low tone of scholarship
prevailing in SO many places, the loaihs
and FOSTERING charged mainly against the
very large institutions. the lack OF gen.
eral spontaneous interest in literary mat
ters or even in questions of the day, the
craze for athletics, the over-emphaslzlng
of the social and political phases OF student
life 1t accounts, also, in large measure
for the undue splitting up, slreddlng and
yocationalizing of college studies; for the
allied evil of snap courses; and for the
endless machinery designed to keep I'M
interested, hopeless or indolent students
at work after some fashion.
There should be no surprise at these
results of a matriculation system which.
although justifiable in days when few but
picked men attended the high schools,
is now quite without validity, since the
high schools, in some sections. receive a
majority of the Pupil>-:ompleSng the com
mon school course and graduate most
Of those who enter their classes In this
they are following the right policy, full
filling their community function; but the
college is losing sight OF Its chief func-
ton when it crowds the lecture rooms
with men of Indifferent or weak men,
tally.
Where abstruse principles of science.
mathematics, philosophy or history, the
beauties of literary style or the subtle
connections of logic have to be SO ham
died as to win kind of response from
minds fitted best to deal with concrete
things. college teaching is bound to want
that virility upon which the best growth
of the best minds depends. The time and
energy of the conscientious instructor will
be expended mainly on the weak men of
his classes. while strong men who can
master the subject matter, as presented,
with little effort, suffer neglect. The class
work affords insufficient stimulus for such
minds, and some of them at leaSt-those
whose moral purpose is not yet out of the
gristle-are likely to form the habit OF
underexertion SO fatal to success in life.
The rest, influenced by professors, libra
ries and laboratories. will keep them
selves at work and go out finally to be-
come leaders in the intellectual pursuits;
the other classes mentioned Will nave to
achieve their success. II at all, on very
different planes of activity.
These choice men are the standing JUS
LITIGATION of the college, even when 1t
falls below it's opportunity. On the other
hand. the bane of the American college
of today is the average m.nd-not the
mind of the common man, so-called, but
the mind only meagerly endowed which
Il SO common among all classes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-04
CURES FOR INSOMNIA,
Methods Of Getting Sleep That Have
Been Found Effective.

From 10 Temps.
A sufferer from insomnia retails a num-
Der Of counsels he has received, Of which
the first comes from the poet M Leconte,
who says:
open your window wide. Lie with
your head as low as possible and you will
sleep like a. post
Another very well known man writes:
Accustom yourself to take an hour or
two's rest in a deck chair after every
meal. Take down from your shelves some
old-fashioned novel Of which you have an
affectionate remembrance as one of the
joys Of your youth and read it while you
are on your deck chair. The more you
are wearied by it the better you will
sleep. The secret of a good night is not
to idle away the time, to get comfortably
bored until the time comes for going to
bed. The more your brain is dulled the
better night you will have.
AN important point. though a difficult
one, is to avoid any dread of insomnia.
Personally derive benefit. though it may
have just the opposite effect on another
person, from calculating the multiples OF
2 or as far as 1 can go; thus 2--S-16
80, etc. Or else l count elephants; one
plants, two elephants and one elephant
make three elephants: three elephants
and one elephant, etc.
Finally. knock off your black coffee.
even your morning cup on rising. and
take no meat in the evening. For lunch
eat nothing but fruit. stewed for prefer
ence. and for dinner vegetable soup.
vermicelli, mashed potatoes and one or
two biscuits.
IF this does not do the trick. as a last
heroic remedy put a damp napkin round
your head at night covered with piece
Of oilskin and tied on with a bandage.
Sleep should come in ten minutes. But
1 look upon this device as calculated in
the long run to impede the natural action
of the organs of the body"
Another of my fellow-sufferers recon-
mends magnetism. which he says has
cured him after ten applications. Another
writes: No drug should be used except
in the case of very obstinate insomnia,
when it is necessary, at all COSTS to get
three good nights No other person should
be in the room. The sound of their sleep
ing is irritating. Smoke very little in the
evening and abstain from all stimulant,
tea, coffee, grog, etc. Don't read In bed.
If sleep refuses to come get up for a few
minutes and occupy yourself with some
trifing duties. such as arranging papers,
folding up your clothes, washing your
hands. Don't let business come into your
head. Don't mind slight feeling of
chill and get into bed again at the end
of ten or twelve minutes.
If in spite of all this sleep refuses to
come try reading. But don't read any
thing lively or interesting. In my own
case it is very rare that insomnia does
not succumb to two or three pages of
PlatOs ''Phaedo."'
IAN eminent doctor of Lyons says much
the same thing. Another suggests: Count
slowly from 1 upward. 1t is very rare
one gets up to 200 without going off to
sleep. 1t is on record. however. that one
victim got up to 16,9S7, and then it was
time for him to get up.'''
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-04
Output of British Mint.
From the London Standard.


The deputy master of the mint, in his
ifty-second annual report, states that the
coinage during the year 1911 amounted to
over 146.O0O,OOO pieces, of a currency
value of nearly ESQ, 100000. The issue of
gold coin amounted to over esq, 100000, an
increase of nealy 9S.OOo.OGI over 1910. and
more than two and a half times the aver
age of the previous ten years.
Gold bullion, upward of 100000 ounces,
of value of over 211e millions sterling.
was imported into the mint for coinage
during the year, and the light gold coin
received for recoinage of weight of
just over half a million ounces, had a
value of slightly over two and third
millions sterling. The sOvereigns coined
during the year numbered upward of
10000, 900. and the half sovereigns coined
totaled upward of 6.O0O.O00. At the end
of the year banks in the United King
dom held gold coinage of value of "a
millions sterling.
Silver coinage of a currency value of
two and half millions sterling was is
sued during the year, the numbers of the
various coins issued in round numbers
being: Half crowns. two and a half mil
lions; forms, six and three-quarter mil
lions: shilings. twenty millions; sixpences,
ten millions: threepenny pieces. four and
three-quarter millions. For coinage six
and a third million ounces of silver bull
lion were purchased at cost OF 465OOUO,
the issue value being 81. 100000.
The issue of bronze coin had a value of
E14OOOO. the various pieces coined being
Pennies, 25,S6O,OoO. weighing 24O1s tons;
half pennies, 12S42.OO0 weighing II 3D.
tons: farthings, 5.56S,O0O, weighing 15h
tons.
An account is included in the report of
the expenditure upon and revenue from
the sale of the coronation and investiture
medals and specimen coins. showing a
gross profit of e6364 upon a revenue of
f42,5
A summary return of the coinages of
the world shows that the value of the
British coinage was 4SA millions sterling,
out of a world value of 95A millions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-04
The Average Man.
From the Philadelphia Press.

In recently published lecture the late
Prof. James tells how he himself redis-
covered the world of romance by watch
ing an artisan at work upon the scaffold
of building. He goes on to suggest
that there are depths Of worth" in or
binary pursuits a real joy for those who
live average lives: and that they who
can cherish a homespun ideal through the
humdrum day have source of satfsfac-
ton far superior to any finely woried
recipe such as philosophers are supposed
to bestow. There is sound sense in all this.
We talk plentifully of culture, enterprise
and attainment: and most of our advice
is condensed into the adage-"eat hard
crusts and grow big" Our heroes must
be laureated or come not into the legion
of honor We think we are, like poor
Dogberry. writ down an ass unless we
can flourish diploma. The ideal is lifted
afar from the common crowd wherein
laundering and fallible mortals stand. and
we conceive that nought is done unless
it is done with distinction. We are apt
to Judge our worth, not by being brought
into fellowship with our kind: rather by
being relegated to some niche Of fame,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-04
rHos. ]. OWEN. AUCTIoNEER.

TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE IMPROVED
REAL EST ATE. BEING \ VERY DESIRA-
BI-E RESIDENCE PROPERTY. NO. 211S .
STREET NORTHWEST. WASHINGTON, ID. c.
I;v virtue of certain deed of trust. duly re-
corded In Lber No $500 at folio 121 sed..
me Of the land records for the District of Co
HiInba. and at the request of the party secured
-lcrety tire undersigned trustees will sell at
public auction in front of the premises. WE'D
NF.SDAY. JANUARY FIFTEENTH. 1913. AT
TOCR O'CLOCK PM. the following described
laud and premises. situate in the District Of CO.
Iuuhia known and distinguished as all Of lot
numbered one hundred and forty-hve in William
l. ETamhall and others subdivision of lots in
square numbered sixty-nine. as per plat recorded
in Book Is page d In the Office OF the sur
NcyOr for the District of, Columbia.
Terms Of sale: One-half of the purchase money
10 DO paid In cash. balance in two equal pay
mCnts payable in and two years. with in
tcrest at > per cent per annum payable semi
annually from date of sale secured by deed of
trust property sold. all cash. at the
option OF the purchaser. Trustees In said deed Of
70 be named by the holder OF the present
Indebtedness. \ deposit OF five hundred dollars
VIII be required mt the time Of sale All con-
veyancing, recording. etc. at the cost OF the
purchaser. Terms OF sale to be complied with
within fifteen days from the day Of sale. other
wise the trustees reserve the right TO resell the
property at the risk and cost Of the defaulting
purchaser after five DAYS advertisement OF such
resale in some newspaper published in Washing.
ton. D. &. LOUIS T. SHOEMAKER
30 Southern bldg.
Isle $. LIPSCOMB.
ie2-dNds eSu 612 14th st. NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-04
Cape Smoke.
From the Westminster Gazette.

From the westminster GaZette.
The chiefs of Basutoland and Bechu-
ana,and demand prohib tion, and take
care that it is secured to their people.
But nevertheless, the brandy party of the
Cape Colony leaves no stone unturned to
promote the sale Of cape smoke and
wine sufficiently strengthened to suit the
native taste. Nothing can be more falla-
cious or hypocritical than to speak of the
native being supplied with light wines"
The native wants som thing with d
bite in ii, and is not satisfied with any
intoXicant which does not proceed down
his throat like a torchli"ht procession
Within the last three months there were
at one time no fewer that so Pc rsons in
the johannesburg jails charged with
illicit selling of intoX' cants. The crime Is
that of giving veritable poison to natives
at a price frequently of ten shilings
bottle. The pun shment for TINS lucrative
and murderous traffic is. Mr.. Wilmot con-
tends absolutely preposterous, and
after some months of easy prison life the
brazen trafficker returns to his easy
method of making money
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-04
cool and statuesque as white marble UNI

cool and statuesque as white marble I'M
perturbed.
But IL Is the average man who makeS
society what IL is. Government wakes
or goes to sleep with him. Our institu-
tons brighten or darken by the sign he
gives. A republic that guarantees him
his rights cannot by any legislation guar
antee him the wealth and fruition OF his
careful living we must look for that
grand and total effect arising from OBJ
scure and incalculable particulars He
does not SO much trail after public
movements" as that public movements
follow his trail. In actual affairs city Is
a derivative from citizen: and the citizen
himself far from being diminutive OF
the populace. is sceneshifter and super
numerary in the play. Why count him.
self out because he cannot personally
speak the Chorus before the foot
lights? How much nobler to realize his
place. privilege, power and responsibility
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-04
. Greek Stratagem.
ON the Engineering Magazine.

FTom Tue L<LSiueeTlLs MdSdZlue.
After the decline OF Rome the center Of
the worlds military progress was, for
seven or eight centuries, transferred to
the Greek empire. Constantinople ruled
elements of a much less homogeneous ma
ture than Rome. in her prime. had de-
pended upon. There was less loyalty to
the central rule there, and far less lib
erty under it,
The decisive military fact of the east
was. however. that Byzantium had to
contend against overwhelming numerical
superiority in It's enemies. South of it.
from the Indies to the Atlantic, was the
Saracen empire, burning with the zeal of
a new religion. To the east were the
Seljuk Turks. while to the north were the
Bugarians, and the Slavonian and Hunic
tribes
Against such odds it was useless simply
to match man for man. The military
leaders of the. empire We're full of mill
tary spirit and took keen delg ht in war
as a game; but they We're the descend
ants of Ulysses. and they made of war
a game of fineSse, of cleverness, in short
a war of wits. By their spying and
brides, by stirring up treason in the enc
my's camp, by surprises, simulated re-
treats. and ambush, they illustrated the
saying of Bacon that stratagem is a
weaker kind of policy. used by those who
are not strong enough to win by fairer
methods.