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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-01
first package to be sent by parcei post

first package to be sent by parcel post
from Philadelphia.
An elaborate reception. attended by
prominent state and city officials, preced-
ed the dispatching of the package. MI.
Wanamaker, who advocated the creation
of a parcel post in 1889 in his first an
nual report as Postmaster General to
President Harrison, in an address spoke
of his gratitude for the opportunity VI
participating in the opening of the sys-
tenn. He declared that under Postmas-
ter General Hitchcock's proclamation
100. OOO, 600 of the people of the United
States are emancipated from the pohdase
of the express companies
1.-The next administration can possibly
double the benefits of the post Office serv-
ice. Two things it surely can give us
to the business and social world, postal
telegraph service farther reaching. quick
er and cheaper" said Mr.. Wanamaker.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-01
GIFT TO PRESIDENT TAFT.
Fifty Eight Souvenir Spoons by Par
eel Post From Philadelphia.

PHILADELPHIA. January Fifty
eight souvenir spoons. engraved to repre-
sent the forty-eight states of the Union
and the insular possessions. a gift from
former Postmaster General Wanamake,
to President Taft, were contained in the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-01

Sam Wright, negro employed in an
oyster packing house on Carriers creek.
Va. Shot and killed Sill Ballard, another
negro, at lryington, Va, Sunday night.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-01
COLDS CAUSE HEHpAcuEAND GRIP

LAXATIVE BEOMO Quiniue removes the cause.
There is only one ''BROMO QUININE." Look
for signature Of T.. W. GROVE. 23c.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-01
Countess of Aberdeen and Vic.
let Asquith Arrive Tomorrow.
WIDE INTEREST is SHOWN
Many Plans Made for Entertainment
of Distinguished Visitors.
WIFE OF vICEROY VERY BUSY
Trip to America Is Practically a Va
cation From Arduous
Duties at Home.

Vide interest is being manifested il
the approaching visit to Washington OF
The Countess of Aberdeen. wife of the
Nieerory of Ireland. and Miss Violet As
Guhh. daughter of the British prime min
ister and first lord of the treasury. They
will arrive here tomorrow. it was stated
at the British embassy today. for visit
to Ambassador and Mrs. Bryce, that be-
ing the principal object of their visit to
america.
Many plans are being made for the
entertainment OF the distinguished visit
orS. In common with all other English
women of rank they take deep interest
In public affairs, and their visit to the
United States is being widely commented
upon and described in the foreign news
papers The Aberdeen journal just be-
fore their departure from Queenstown
published the following dispatch from its
Dublin correspondent:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-01
Rates of Postage.

There will be two rates of postage on
parcel post matter mailed in Washington,
namely, what is known as the local
rate" and what is known as the general
or zone rate. The local rate of postage
is : cents for the first pound. or fraction
of pound, and l cent for each additional
pound or fraction of pound. The local
rate is chargeable upon all parcel post
matter mailed at the city post Office or
it's stations and addressed for delivery
anywhere within the District of Column
bia, or anywhere any rural route
which starts from Washington, or mail
ed at any point on such route for delivery
at another point on the same route.
This will include parcel post matter ad-
dressed for delivery at Anacostia, Ben
ming. Boulevard Heights Brightwood
Brookland, Chevy Chase, Congress
Heights. Cleveland Park, Dupont Heights.
East Washington Heights, Good Hope,
Kenilworth, LangdOn, Randie High
lands. Takoma Park and Tenleytown, in
the District of Columbia: Blue Plains,
Bradbury Heights. Dustins Corner. New
GlatZ. Oakmont. Oxon Hill, Rosecroft
Seat Pleasant Heights and Sutland, in
the state of Maryland, and Cherrydale
Dominion Heights, Halls Hill, Lyonhurst
haywood. Park Lane and Walkers Chapel
in the state of Virginia. 1t will also in
clude matter addressed to any point with
in the District of Columbia. which is
practically covered by the carrier deiv-
cry service of the Washington post office
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-01
Determined by Zone Limit.

On all other parcel post matter the rate
of postage must be determined by the zone
in which the office of delivery is located,
viz: Five cents for the first pound and
:; cents for each additional POUND, or
fraction, if to be delivered within the
first zone; cents for the first pound and
cents for each additional pound if to
be delivered within the second zone, and
tofore published. Fractions of a pound in
weight, on parcel-post matter. must be
counted as full pounds in reckoning the
postage.
Another thing to be remembered is
that ordinary postage stamps will not
be accepted in payment of postage on
parcel post matter. The special stamps
provided for that purpose must in
variably be used.
Parcels of merchandise that weigh
be sent at the old fourth-class matter
or merchandise rate of ] cent an ounce
or fraction thereof to all parts of the
country regardless of zone location,
but the postage on them must also
be prepaid with the distinctive parcel
post stamps.
| The Post Office Department has on
sale official parcel post maps and par
eel post guides whereby the units
| in which any given office may be as
| il is located. a knowledge of both be-
| ing necessary in reckoning the postage
to be paid on parcel post matter mailed.
Used by Department Stores.
The proprietors of the department
stores in many cities have notified the
postmasters that they propose to use the
parcel post for local deliveries, instead OF
the local express or delivery services and
| private services.
| Every one of the approximately 60,OOt
post offices in the country is now a sta
ton for the receipt and delivery of par
| eel post matter, but such matter must be
! presented at the post office, or at a des-
| ignated postal station, for mailing. II
may not be deposited In the parcel mai
boxes on the street corners.
| From all over the country reports are
being received about the Inauguration OF
the new system, each locality furnishing
more or less Of a story about the first
parcel mailed or delivered.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-01
Engagements Increase.

The fact is that Lady Aberdeens en-
gagements seem inevitably to increase
During the past fortnight they have been
particularly arduous. and also particu-
larly interesting. This remark applies to
the annual conference of the Womens
National Health Association. at which
very encouraging reports and proofs of
the. useful activity of the organization
were forthcoming from all parts of Ire
land.
Following upon this was another Occa-
son of exceptional interest-also a direct
outcome of the Health Association
namely, a conference of the represent
atives of Irish municipalities on the sub
iect of housing and town planning. An
association for the promotion of this inn
portant movement. with the Countess of
aberdeen as president, has recently been
formed. and a special feature of the con-
ference was an address delivered by her
eXcellency. by special request, on the
second day of the conference. Lady
Aberdeen went fully into the scope and
objects of the movement, dealing also
with the results of the operations under
the town planning act in England, quot
ing also figures which showed large
increase in the. applica tons made to the
local government board by local authori-
ties under the act.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-01
Crown Jewel Case.

one of the periodical flickers of sem
sational attention which the subject
seems TO evoke has been awakened re-
sirding the Dublin crown jewels. \
rImor that the jewels had been restored
was quoted by newspapers, and i'm
mediately numerous inquiries were ad-
dressed to officials in Dublin as to
whether the story was true 1t was
promptly stated. in reply, that nothing
had been heard of the jewels. Never
theless. there seems 10 be d fixed i'm
preston in some quarters that peculiar
mystery is attached to the affair, and
this apparently encourages the circula-
ton of stories which every experienced
person here is aware without
foundation.
IF these rumorS continue to he re-
ViVed il would seem almost worth while
that some form of public investigation
should be instituted If only for the
purpose of removing any possible i'm
preston that the authorities have any
thing to hide. The simple fact, of
course is that the crime was of a SEN
sational character. and that the police
have as yet failed to discover the rob-
bers-a remark which, unfortunately
applies to "a great many other cases OF
crime.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-01
Address Well Received.

The address was extremely we'll re-
ceived, and the mayor of Limerick, who
followed with motion that the provi-
sions of the town planning act of Eng
land, with certain notifications, should
be extended to Ireland, remarked that
he wondered how. with all her multitude
nous duties, her eXcellency had time to
make herself so thoroughly acquainted
with the subject as she had shown her
self to be.
THE latest occasion of this kind which
should be mentioned was the handing
over to the lord mayor of Dublin and
the corporation of the Collier Memorial
DispeDsary for Consumptive Cases. This
institution. which is a model of its kind,
was erected by the Health Association
by fund intrusted to Lady Aberdeen by
Mr.. Collier in memory of his father. The
ceremony of handing over the dispensary
to the municipality took place yesterday.
There was large gathering, and the
affair was most successful. In making
the formal presentation to the lord
mayor, Lady Aberdeen evoked merriment
by the quaint pleasantly with which she
declared the Women's Health Associa-
ton. representing the mothers of Dublin,
presented this promising infant to the
CITY fat
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-01
Interest Aroused.

Interest has been evoked by the an
nolmcement that the Countess of Aber-
deem, who will be accompanied by Miss
Violet Asquith, is about to make a short
visit to America. The central feature of
the trip will be visit to the British am
bassador and Mrs. Bryce at Washington;
and the party will also be the guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Phipps who for
some time occupied Beaufort Castle, In
vernesshire, and who represent one of
the best known and most esteemed fami-
lies in New York. 1t is understood that
Lord Aberdeen had hoped to share in the
trip. but doubtless. after consultation with
high authorities, it has evidently not been
thought eXpedient or appropriate that the
viceroy should be SO far away even for a
short time.
Lady Aberdeen's friends will be very
pleased to think of her having what will,
at least to some extent, provide holiday
something which, so far as can be esti-
mated, she has not INDUCED in, except
i'm the most fieeting manner, for years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-01
Black Rubber Nipples,
8 for Ioc.

25c Chest Protectors. Ice
3Jc Germol, the best disinfectant
for the sick room. .19c
25c QUEEN ANNE LOTION,
makes hands of velvet i'm
single night; in shaker-top
bottles .19c
&c Knit Wash Rags, + for. .......l 13c
&c Boracic Acid, lib. CARTON. .19c
DC Johnson's Foot Soap. 19c
35c Theatrical Cold Cream, la-lb.
can l0c
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Wash l1aCes SC
All Guaranteed.

This 1913 White Sale o
who understand laces-who Ca
pull and tear and the reliable til
these real bargains.
Ec yard for Torchon and Cluny
wv Laces. up to inches wide and
worth to 15c yard.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-01

Safety Matches. 3 dozen n 2~
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w hat 1 &c Bmvs.

Reg. Value. Sale Price.
4Oc Cascara Tablets Chocolate Coat
ed. 100 in a bottle. .19c
4Oc Fluid Cascara Aromatic. 4 OF. 19c
4Oc Fluid Cascara Bitters, o.. .19c
Kaska-LaX Tablets, a tiny tonic
tablet containing Cascara, that
positively relieves constipation.
bad breath and torpid liver 2oc
size, for. .19c
Charcoal Tablets, for dyspepsia and
gas on the stomach. 3 1O-cent
boxes for. I9c
Harlem Oil, genuine imported; 8
III NC
2jc Bells Pine Tar Honey. . 13c
2Jc Pisos Cough Cure. .19c
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-01

3GNc yard for 22-inch Allover and
w 1S-inch Flouncing Embroid
,rieS. in many exquisite patterns.
Worth to S9c per yard.
DSc yard for 27-inch Swiss Flounc-
@~S ing, 1S-inch Corset Cover En-
oroidery and 12-inch Petticoat
Flouncing. All soc values.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-01

IT, yard for 45-inch- wide F'1ounc-
wv lngs of embroidered wolfe.
Note how heavily embroidered
good value at $1.5O yard.
E6N<- yard for 27-inch Swiss En-
WV broidery Flouncing eyelet
and Irish crochet effects-worth 81
yard.
The Washington herald., 1913-02-02
Literary Review of Latest Publications

OF the circus tent and the prize ring the
novelist infuses romance ana beauty
that compel our admiration for their
truth to life.
The years unroll rapidly. twenty ana
more pass between the first page and the
last. We have gIimpses OF goodness and
meanness of the human character, an
emphasizing Of the glories Of friendship.
and especially Of the cOmradeship of
boyhood and youth, piCturing the charm
of English country scenes. ana ending
in catastrophe. Little PercivaI Is
reither too good 10 he human nor too
human TO be good. lie is a manly boy
and youth who loves his fellows and who
compels all to love HIM. He is born TO
command. revealing the blood that Is
his and the rank that fate. aided by the
caprlCiOus plans Of tho maiden aunt who
mothers him. Is denying him.
Perhaps because Mr.. Hutchinson again
and again suggests the manner OF Dick
ems and Thackeray, or Of Locke and
Farnol. We may believe the more in mis-
own creative powers. His romance and
his humor are all his own. Japhra. Ima
Mr.. Hannaford, the horse trader who
permitted no woman to enter his estab-
Ushment, and who was served at dinner
by a one-armed man Of fierce appearance
but mild disposition, and Stingo, all are
so very real. Rollo may seem 100 mild
but who can deny that he is a real boy
even though he is not OF the stun where
of heroes are made7
The Washington herald., 1913-02-02

THE CRIME OF Isl2 AND ITS RETRIBU TIoN.
Translated from Lieut.. Col. II RsIme's "lIela-
'Ion CircunstanCiec de IA CamIajSnc dc Russo Cn
lsI2:'' BY T. Dudas IillaIs. with an iutrrtuc-
tiUn by ". T. Stead. New IOCE-McBE1de. Mast
4 Co I'rioc 215.
Upon reading this detailed description
of Napoleons rush into the snow and
iceclad fields of Russia. from the pen
of a participant. nothing so much i'm
presses itself upon the mind of the reader
as Fieldings epigram that greatness
consists in bringing all manner OF mis-
chief to mankind" or COwper's war is
n game" which were their subjects wise
kings would not play at.
The translator of the book asks. how
II is that the evil genius known as Ma
pOleon. who kept Europe in turmoil for
twenty years; who hled France almost to
death, whose armies passed like blight
Ing pestilence from Lisbon to Moscow,
whom no treaties could bind; to whom
the strongest ties OF human affection and
gratitude were as Eossamer. when they
stood in the way of his insatiate am
bition-that this modern Attila has be-
came for so many the embodiment of
human greatness and that in our Chris
tian era can be found people to worship
the memory of the murderer of the Due
dEnEhien and the wholesale violator OF
the law of morals.
The answer, as given correctly by Mr.
Pillans, is that the man was cunning
and his dupes were credulous. After hav-
ing demonstrated that he was history's
greatest throttler OF liberty and enslaver
of men, he devoted his exile in St Helena
in trying to prove that in reality he had
heen IAN apostle of peace" The as
tOnishing effrOntery of that claim as
sured the success of the bluff for men
will believe that which is asserted with
emphasis, even if unsupported by proof.
Napoleon has TO account for many
crimes and blunders-more crimes than
blunders-but none of them. exceeds in
tIrpitude the Russian campaign of 1872,
which was altogether unprovoked. The
most striking features of the book, the
second edition of which is being issued
apropos of the centenary of the battle
of Borodino and the burning of Moscow.
are the chapters which describe the
CHASTITY catastrophe OF the homeward
rush of the "Grande Armee' across the
territory which Napoleon had desolated.
Crippled. bleeding almost at every pore,
the once invincible grenadiers staggered
blindly. madly through snow and ice, in
tent only upon escape, until at last.
half frozen, starving, 4 shadow OF the
former self of the army. they reach safe
ty in Prussia, the land which Napoleon
also had so wantonly ruined.
La bauIne, tne autnor, as q frencn
lieutenant colonel, went through the
Russian campaign from first to last. He
records whit he saw, heard, and suf-
fered with the simplicity OF a soldier.
He lived through events which from
history and tradition Verestshagin so
artistically put on canvas and which
Tolstoy treated in mis- prose epic of War
and Peace"
Those who worship at the shrine Jr
that idol of miIitarism to which have
been sacrificed millions OF the human
race will find La Baume's description,
almost equally as interesting as the
The Washington herald., 1913-02-02
LITERARY NOTES.

The midsummer-night's dream Of
modern felton," is the description Of a
reviewer of James Stephens new novel,
THE Crock OF Gold" If YOU could
have given Sterne a soul and made him
a poet he might have produced it," Is
the way another writer refers TO the
volume. CMacMillan)
The latest edition TO MacMillans series
OF popular priced reprints is The Life
of David Livingstone" by c. Sylvester
Horne, VI. p. The publication of this
book Just now is a fitting tribute to the
missionary for on March 18th will be
of his birth. The author of the present
volume has aimed not so much at telling
the story OF Livingstone as allowing that
story to tell itself-consequently the work
is a simple narrative OF the facts of the
life of a great man whose fame in
creases as time goes on.
John Kendrick Bangs. whose latest
volume. "A Little Book of Christmas"
Usittle, Brown & Coz. has goae into
fifth printing. will sail for Australia in
the spring for his postponed lecture
tour.
English counties are gradually being
by novelists. Thomas Hardy
has made Wessex his territory; Eden
Phillpotts has staked on the Dartmoor
District Of Devonshire for himself. and
now Jeffery Farnol has proved his right
to the county OF Kent "the garden of
England As is to accentuate his claim.
the author Of THE Broad Highway" has
The Washington herald., 1913-02-02

There is strong opposition to the sug-
gesti0n. however. Some look upon II
with suspicion. especially producers. The
opposition say TO increase the purchasing
power OF gold by any other method than
that governed by the law OF supply and
demand, the natural method, would be
TO give II an artificial fiat value. They
contend that 1t would be better to ad-
vocate an increase in production as a
means Of arriving at a more equitable
value for the currency. Enemies OF the
compensated or stable" dollar insist
that the seignIorage system would be
arbitrary and unecOnomic.
why should We have a stable dollar
any more than We should have a stable
bushel OF wheat?' is the query OF one
opposed to the plan. And another makes
the following point: III the great supply
OF gold has diminished the dollars pur-
chasing power, and the law OF supply
and demand has nothing TO do with IL,
The Washington herald., 1913-02-02

How can the purchasing power OF
money be made any greater without
cutting down the price of products? II
it were made greater. what would be-
come of the prosperity OF the country
These questions were asked by a sub
scriber recently.
If the writer OF these queries will write
to Prof. Irving Fisher, professor OF po-
litical economy at Yale College. New
Haven. Conn, that gentleman will send
him a pamphlet which explains the
compensated dollar idea in detail.
Prof. Fisher proposes a scheme where
by the purchasing power of the gold dol
lar may be Increased by a system of
seigniorage. John Hays Hammond.
President-elect Wilson. and many econo-
mists. bankers and business men have
declared Prof. Fishers plan Is feasible.
The Washington herald., 1913-02-02
The Concerns Advertising on This Page Give Votes in The Hs $4,000 Con
THE COMPENSATED DOLLAR"

why was It when wheat was scarce a
gold dollar was on q parity with a
bushel Of wheat. and later, when the big
crop OF 1872 arrived. that same dollars
purchasing power WAS increased nearly 90
per cent7'
Those opposed TO the Fisher plan say
that the increase in the gold supply has
Il great deal TO do with the diminishing
value OF our currency and the high cost
OF living but hold that there are other
and greater contributing causes. They
claim any manipulation of the dollars
value would result in class Hesitation.
which would be beneficial to the con-
sumer at the expense Of the producer.
Many political economists OF Germany
France. England. and Japan however
join Prof. Fisher in his theory, and ad-
rnit that the abundance OF the gold
supply is the main contributing cause
Of the depreciation OF currency and con-
sequent high cost of living.
The Washington herald., 1913-02-02

After having been put over from last
fall on account of the difficulties in re-
vision. Doubleday, Page & Co. announce
that they will publish in January The
Music Lovers Cyclopedia." by Rupert
Hughes. In d cheap edition at Sl.50. The
book originally was published under the
title of THE Musical Guide" and was
listed at Sc. The new edition is one Of
the many important books which Double
day, Page q Co. are bringing out in less
expensive form