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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-14

came to the arbutus comparison. No
matter how rich the soil. no matter
what care given it, the arbutus would
take no nourishment from an alien soil.
1t stuck to its principles and died first.
Aside from being an extraordinarily
pretty flower with perfume like the
dawn. the arbutus for generations had
afforded school teachers a valid excuse
. to close up school Friday at noon in
the springtime and chase to the woods
with her flock of bowling, gleeful
youngsters to pick arbutus. School
teachers and their charges annually
ravaged every bed of arbutus for miles
around the cities. but the arbutus went
right on arbuting. It was trampled into
the ground. but 1t always came back
and raised a new crop every year. as
long as 1t was left in the woods. But
no cultivation-that was the arbutus'
ultimatum.
Old ladies and innocent little girls were
grieved and shocked when they tried to
cultivate arhutus for the first time. 1t
was such a shy-appearing. coy-looking
little woodland flower that 1t seemed to
gave that "take-me- home impression
that folks found so hard to resist. until
they got 1t home. Then they learned the
true ingratitude of the Wild or trailing
arbutus
The kind old ladies and the little girls
would write to the Department of Agri
culture a classic query: How can l
grow arbutus at homer? The botanists
always looked for that question In the
springtme, just as they looked for rob-
ms and keep-off-the-gras signs. They
accepted 1t just as they would accept
the question about last winters snow.
Arbutus couldn't be made to grow, for
they had tried, and that's all there was
to it.
Thus We come to Botanist Coville. the
wellington of the botanists and the story
of the arbutus and its Waterloo.
1t has always puzzled the botanist why
the plant was so stubborn. Given a
shady. treeful back yard. plenty of
moisture, rich earth and care. and the
arbutus would have no real excuse for
not growing. Thus he reasoned. Some
botanists at the department are credited
with the habit of walking with one foot
in the gutter and munching graham
crackers but not Coville. He wasn't the
least bit absent-minded. but he was wor-
ried over the insurgency of the arbutus.
Think of the hundreds of florists denied
many golden dollars but for the wild.
lawless habits Of the plant. Think of
the baffied botanists who had camped
weary days and nights on the trail of
the woodland outlaw. Think of the an
noyance and the monetary loss. 1t was
annoying.
Botanist Covine decided to have a try
at the pesky plant, SO he put en- his coat
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-14

Ut of arid south
ern Nevada, fresh
from the greatest
silver mining camp
In the world" has
come a big, up
standing gray man
TO be Uncle Sam $
new real estate
agent.
Oh. yes. Uncle
Sam has a real es-
tate agent com
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-14

red velvet canopy To see neither he Is
there or not for they know that he VIII
advance like a clockwork figure at the
given signal. and that his steps are so
nicely calculated that all the most pre-
else requirements of etiquette are filled,
the sovereign in the incoming train get
ting just that degree of Difference due
to his rank and estate in the world o1
course the emperor has had long prac-
tice at the difficult task OF reigning over
this large empire, and of presiding as
the chief of the most punctilious court
in Europe.
There is much Spanish blood in the
Austrian imperial family. and many OF
the customs OF the court are taken direct
from Spain. which holds the palm as
the strictest of all courts where the
etiquette is so exact that 1t requires
genera ton of service even to understand
it. and where, as in Vienna. the service
is performed by persons who have been
born and bred to the task for genera
lions An intruder would make but sad
work of the many complications and
ceremonies The service of the court is
not easy.
At the palace of Schonbrunn, for ex-
ample, where the emperor now lives al
most exclusively, lackey is employed
to open the door which leads to the
broad marble strcase. and after he has
opened this door and closed it after
the monarch, 1t is his duty to make his
way down the back stairs and open the
door at the bottom of the flight Owing
to the emperor's command that only the
old men who waited upon him in his
youth should now serve him. the lackey
has grown TO be an aged man. Unlike
the monarch. he has not become more
1.-THE and active with the passing of the
years. and ii is said in the palace that
he daily fears that the emperor will reach
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-14
AGED MONARCH At SPORT.
Franz josef Driving to shoot near I.chl.

the bottom of the stairs first. and find
the door closed, What would happen did
such a contretemps occur no one knows
The emperor Is veXed when he even
thinks that he may have to wait
IN spite of. or perhaps because of, a
certain roughneSS the emperor Is the
most popular man in the empire. Wheth-
he goes to Hungary or to Bohemia,
he is sure of ovations all along the line
of route He visited Bosnia three years
ago. The detectives who were called
upon to accompany the monarch. did
not relish their task. They knew by
experience that their work would be very
difficult. The monarch who is so So
lictous for the safety Of his guests cares
nothing for his own safety. There was
considerable risk of some disaffected
Serb, or fanatic Mahommedan. making an
attempt upon the life of the emperor.
This he knew as we'll as any of his
retinue. but nonplussed them all by dis
mounting from his carriage in the streets
of Sarajewo and minglng with the
crowd. just as If he had been in Vienna
or Buda Pesth.
The emperor can rely on his popularity,
and the same spirit which moves him
to refuse the kind ministrations of the
secret police in Ischl kept him from feel
ing any mistrust of the population of
Bosnia. 1t is indeed certain that this
confidence is the best means of avoiding
danger as instead of strictly limited
number of guards the whole population
Of the city is watching for anarchists,
and ready to stop any act against the
monarch.
The old soldier. who is so careless of
his own life, takes the greatest precau-
tons for his royal visitors. Every item
on the bill of fare set before strange
monarchs is prepared in the emperors
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-14

Special Correspondence of The star.
VIENNA, September >. 1913.
Much has been written about the En-
pCror Franz Josef OF Austria, who has
Just attained his eghty-third year. and
Is the doyen OF all the monarchs of Eu-
rope. but IT is doubtful whether any but
a small circle of councillors and attend
ants. which shrinks every year. their
total sum of winters increases. really
knows anything of the actual personality
al the monarch
His enemies call him the most perfect
official In Europe" and ii is very GER
tain that the emperor is a most success
full business man. master of method
and detail. and that every one who
comes into contact with him must be alb
solutely Correct in every way. Even as
a small child the emperor could not en-
dure anything like disorder. His toys
We're arranged with marvellous neatness,
he never soiled his clothes like other
children. and in word may he said to
have known nothing of the sins of child
hood. This nice exactneSs has increased
With the years. until the emperor today
may be said to be the most punctilious
man in Europe.
X
The representatives of big newspapers.
whose business II is to attend the steps
OF royalty. when visiting this country,
all agree that whereas there is hardly
monarch who is absolutely to time. the
Emperor of Austria forms a striking ex-
ception. Kaiser Wilhelm. on arriving at
the small wayside station of PenZing,
near the palace of Schonbrunn, in
Vienna, naturally hastens TO reach the
door Of the railway carriage to antici-
pate his aged host. 1t is frequently a
struggle to get there I'm time. On the
platform stands the emperor, slim and
upright. military figure par excel
lence.
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missioner OF the general land ONCE they
call him-and his office is one of the old
est in the government. Last year it cele-
brated it's centennial. Still, for all its
age, il is one of the most human. one of
those offices that touch the people most
intimately, in all the public service.
II is Uncle Sans home making office.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-11-14
Laws of Eugenics Are Often Put
Out of Joint.
The Divine Spark Sometimes Springs
From Seemingly Rulnous condi-
tions, Says Secretary Of Colo
RADIO State Board Of Health.

Denver, Golf such a law as that
recently passed in Wisconsin, forbid
ding the marriage of diseased persons
and compelling the sterilization of de-
fectives. had always been enforced
three-fourths of the worlds greatest
geniuses would never have been bornl
This was the opinion expressed by
DR.. Paul S. Hunter. secretary Of the
Colorado state board of health, as an
answer to the statement of Surgeon
General Blue in which the surgeon de-
clared this country must stem the
propagation of detectives and that the
Wisconsin law is the correct answer.
Doctor Hunter declares that love will
laugh at laws just as he has laughed
at locksmiths Following is Doctor
Hunters statement:
Theoretically, / am heartily in
favor of prohibiting the marriage of
all men and women who cannot show
a clean bill of health, but it does
not work out in practice. The, strong-
est parents bring forth puny children:
the most moral produce immoral on
spring. The old joke about the minis
ter's son is founded on history.
"On the other hand, many of the
weakest fathers and mothers, while
transferring their weaknesses, such as
drunkenness, insanity, perversion and
all the traits Surgeon General Blue
says would be eliminated by law, also
pass on the divine spark that has
lighted the path of progress since
time began.
In fact genius, nine times out of
ten, is very closely allied with Ill
health. criminality, insanity or drunk
enness. There are very few of our
greatest poets. musician, painters,
authors and other artists who were
not afflicted with some weakness
which was inherited from parents.
Wagner, Dean Swift and Charles
Lamb we're insane; Keats and Robert
Louise Stevenson died of inherited tu-
berculosis; Coleridge and De Quincy
were opium fiends; Pope was dwarf,
and Herbert Spencer was an invalid;
Edgar Allen Poe was mentally unbaL
anced and an inveterate user of drugs
and drink; Goldsmith was called the
inspiring idiot; Rousseau and Oscar
Wilde were mentally and physically
unsound; Shakespeare was highly i'm
moral also. 1t is hardly necessary to
refer to Byroh and Robert Burns, for
their immortality is too well known.
1T is true that all these ills come
down through heredity. but along with
them comes that thing which has com
PEELED every advancement in the
world of literature, art. science and
invention. The question of why greai
talent seldom accompanies physical
health has never been answered.
The present agitation over eugenics
is not new. 1t began in Sparta before
the time Of Christ, when, in order tc
attain physical perfection as a race
all imperfect babies were exposed or
the mountain tops to die or receive
strength from the gods. None but the
strongest were allowed to marry. Thii
system produced the greatest physica
giants Of history, the most perfect ami
mails OF all time, but mentally the race
became dwarfed; their brains went Il
seed. They produced no really grea
men. and distinguished themselves
only in war and feats Of strength.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-11-14
WEAR YOUR CLOTHES EASILY
Getting This Effect Is More 70 II.
Purpose Than Simply the Wear
ing Of Rich Clothing.

A little while ago a Frenchmsn
said that English women were ge5
ting so that they wore their cloths
more easily than they used to. He
rejoiced at the fact Women should
wear their clothes easily. A beaul
full gown worn stiffiy Is no better
than an ugly gown worn gracIous|y
In fact, the beautiful gown in tnls
case is not so good rs the other.
Was there ever any sight more dc
tressing than that of simple woman
dressed in all her Sunday besti Her
clothes were well enough. They Eers
well made and of good material b.
she looked afraid of them and wore
them stiffiy. How much better ste
looked in gingham house dress. viii
apron and sunbonnet, perhaps 70
match.
And then there is the economical
young girl who wears her best
clothes always as II she had their
value in mind and was trying to taks
care OF them. She smootheh tneu
out and holds them well away IRON
furniture and neighbors, that they-
the clothes-may not be contaminaie<
by touching anything. A young giFl
always looks better in a simple frock
comfortably and therefore gracefully
worn, than in a really elaborate froek
which she wears stiffiy.
Lovely clothes should be worn joy-
ously, even indifferently. Il Il rpt
hard to do this now, for clothes are
soft and clinging and graceful. and =
fuse to let their wearers look Filn
and careful" So now, while fashion
is with you. cultivate the art Of wear
ing your clothes as If they were GLAD
you had them, as II they were ai'o',
not a burden, to you.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-11-14
SAYS BOOK OF JOHN WORLDS BEST WORK

The greatest book in the Bible.
and in the world. is the gospel OF
John." declared Sir William Mitchell
Ramsay. Great Britain's foremost au-
thority on sacred history, the other
night at the Moody church in Chicago.
"The gospel Of John far surpasses
the gospel Of Paul. The latter only
finds the heights Of greatest spiritual
fms ion at odd intervals. He is
continually dropping from his high
level and suddenly soaring again.
Besides the writings Of Paul. the
only book of the Bible fit to be COM
pared with the gospel of John In
point OF excellence is Johns own book
OF Revelation. This, however, has a
defect because OF the animus against
the Roman empire which seems to
prevade It.
When II is considered that at the
time this was written John was under
sentence of hard labor at the Island
OF Patmos, a sentence which was
equivalent to one of death. 1t can be
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-11-14
GENIUS is DEFIANT

IF the plans Of the eugenics enthu-
siasts were carried out in the one mat
ter of prohibiting marriage of persons
who drink. 90 per cent of the Ameri-
can people would be old maids and
bachelors. It is evident from this
how long 1t will be before such law
becomes general.
And II the nation does not get law
compelling every man and woman to
produce a physicians certificate. 1t
will not accomplish the desired result.
for doctors certificates are cheap
these days. Any couple intent upon
getting married could get SO certifi-
Gates in a day. despite their state OF
health. IL they had the price"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-11-14
TO ORNAMENT THE TABLE
With the Time Of Thanksgiving, Those
Suggestions VIII Be Found to
Be Appropriate.

Pumpkin or squash may be cut to
resemble basket and filed with fruit.
Autumn leaves and strings of cram
berries are very effective and appro-
pirate.
Ears OF corn may be arranged In a
pyyemid for a table centerpiece.
Corn husks may be put around the
candlesticks.
Ears Of corn may be dressed in lit
tie paper skirts and caps for place
cards.
A large cabbage head may be scoop
ed out and filled with fruit and nuts.
This makes a unique centerpiece.
Wheat may be bound into a sheaf
and tied with ribbon. This sheaf sur
rounded with autumn leaves, nuts and
fruit makes a very attractive table
center.-woman's World.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-11-14
SAYS DIPLOMATS NEED NOT LIE

DR.. Henry Van Dyke. recently ap-
pointed minister to the Netherlands.
Just before his departure for Europe,
said:
There was time when the popu-
lar idea of diplomacy might have
been described as a game of skill
between accomplished liars
Perhaps there was as much JUS
LITIGATION for that ancient idea as
there was for the old notion that
business was device for getting the
best of your neighbor without break
in the law
AT all events, both of these no
tons are worn out now. A man can't
stay in business unless he delivers
his goods up to sample A diplomat
can't hold his place unless he speakA
the ruth.
"But he must speak II politely
Consequently, he must learn to
listen as well as to talk. And he
must not say more than he means,
as most people are inclined to do
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-11-14
NEW TAILORED SUITS
HAVE MARKED DIsTINcTNEss IN
CUT AND FINISH.
Departure From the Mannlsh Feature
10 Noted-Tendency to DraPery
on Both Skirts and Coats
Much Fur Will BE Used.

Fall tailored suits will be character
tied by various eccentricities of cut
and finish. Occasionally a mannish
model is to be noted among the new
consignments, but for the most part
they are more on the costume order,
and, although plain and exceedingly
well tailored, nevertheless have a
more formal appearance than the coat
and skirt of other seasons.
Much fur will be used. and there
is a decided tendency to drape not
only the skirts but the coats, or at
least to have them hint of drapery.
Skirts are still narrow at the foot, but
usually have some fullness, variously
arranged, at the top-that is, there
may be a few gathers distributed
along the sides only or across the back
and front or strung informally around
the top, and there is usually break
in the folds at the knee line or ankles,
caused by raising or lowering the ma
terial where it is attached to the waist
band. Generally this marks the ex-
tent of attempts at draping.
Today's sketch shows suit that
is typical Of falls fashion. 1t is de-
veloped in the wedgwood blue velours
de laine, and has for trimming band
cuffs and a rolling collar of gray fox
fur.
The cutaway jacket is extremely
smart, fitting smoothly in front and
blousing a little in back. A sash Of
black MORE is run through an eye
let on either side of the front at the
bust line, and from there is carried
downward and tied in bow below the
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-11-14
A BAD MANS LAST WORDS
After Being Shot Dying Mexican Ban
dit Curses His Maker and
American People.

Los Angeles, CaL-Antonio Muriet-
ia, said by the police to be one of the
most notorious burglars and hold-up
men in Sonora. Mex, and Arizona, was
shot and fatally wounded here by L. d.
Mccartney, pawnbroker.
According to McCarney's story of
the shooting, Murietta went into his
establishment and. while ostensibly
trying to pawn one watch. attempted
to steal another. Mccartney sent a
clerk for an officer and tried to hold
Murietta himself. Murietta struck the
pawnbroker twice and dashed for the
door. Then Mccartney shot him.
In a dying statement Murietta
cursed God and the American people.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-11-14
EASY TO WIND THE sKEn
Little contrivanee Does Away WI.
tina Necessity OF lmpresslns =
Small Boy or Girl,

1t is unnecessary to dwell upon -.
dif1culty Of winding a skein Of ~,
into ball without the aid Of aeco,s
pair OF hands. but with the simuia 4,
tie contrivance shown in our ske,.r
this may be done with ease, and ~
holder can be made In few momen,.
1t merely consists Of piece !,
board in which number Of holes h.,
been made and into which pegs fora
nary clothes pegs will answer the en-,
pose) can be firmly inserted.
Two picture rings can be screus.
into the upper edges Of the WOOD ana
the holder can be hung upon the wan
and in that case, the pegs should ~
fastened in the holes at an angle poin,.
ing upwards or the board with ~.
skein placed round the pegs can 4.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-11-14
FAREWELL NOTE OF SUICIDE
No Pleasure In Life When Love 10
Idle Youth Says Act
Cowardly.

New York.-A well-dressed. uniden-
titled man about twenty-three years
old, committed suicide by shooting
himself through the heart with a re-
volver on the Central Drive in Central
Park. Patrolman Henderson heard
the shot and found the body. There
was nothing in the clothing that might
lead to Identification except a photo
graph of young woman and the fol-
lowing letter:
To the Police-This cowardly act Of
which l and no one else is respons-
ible is all my fault. There is pleas
ure in life. but none when your love
is idle. Do not try to find out any
thing about me, for 1t is of no use. "
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-11-14
KING FINDS LOST RED EAGLE
Decoration Of Coveted Order Re-
turns to Charles Of Roumanla
After Many Years.

Berlin.-In tearing down house
on Jacobstrasse some laborers found
decoration of the coveted Order Of
the Red Eagle, advertised the fact in
the newspapers and King Charles Of
Roumania claimed it When he was
a student in Berlin many years ago
the order was awarded to him by
King William of Prussia. but he mis-
laid 1t that very evening. All these
years ii lay wedged between the wall
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-11-14
ANTHONY COMSTOCK, FOE TO VICE

Like the good fairy who appears in
the nick of time, waves her wand
and confutes the powers of evil. An
thony Comstock has again issued
forth and squelched another infraction
of the code OF decency. 1t is almost
staggering how wicked New York
would have become had there been
no godfather to civic morality In the
person Of the resourceful and untir-
ing Mr.. Comstock. But there he is
still on the job. virulent, active. de-
spite his seventy years, a constant
foe to vice for almost half century.
Storms OF abuse. calumny. hatred and
revenge have broken over him In the
years OF his labor and left him as
the mighty oak. a tower OF strength
to the righteous and a living warning
to those of unclean minds and morals.
Anthony Comstock began life as q
poor Connecticut boy on the firing
line In the great struggle between
north and south. taking the place Of
a brother who was killed at Gettys-
I to New York to seek his fortune. he
asa than "a I'm his pockets. searching
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-11-14

waist in back. with two not very long
sash ends.
The fronts are left open for a space
of five or six inches. disclosing a
crossed vest OF white wool ratine. with
a row of tiny steel buttons in the
center.
The material is used diagonally
throughout, and in the skirt there are
just two seams, directly in front and
In back The lower part of the front
of the skirt Us lifted up In draped
folds that are held in place under a
narrow perpendicular band Of self
material, and there is a small curved
opening above the feet.
At the raised waist line In back a
row of gathers is covered by another
narrow band of self-material, finished
at either end with steel button
Washington Star.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-11-14

the front with large bell shaped pu.
tons in satin or ivory, and either ss's
apparent buttonholes or else tn.e
satin loops. A little embroidered poct
ct breaks the simplicity Of the corsas'
on one side. and the little six manu-.
kerchief placed there gives q pfs'V
touch OF color. :,
Lace and embroidery blouses ~
be always pretty. Fine allover Va'eF
ciennes lace. which does not cfusn
and which gives such flmy enee...
makes exquisite blouses, mingled WIN
Irish lace, dotted net, etc. A nafl'.
satin collar makes a pretty finish :
delightful chemisette Of India Arn
was seen in one OF the big hnssI.,
houses. It was embroidered with o0's
in high relief, after the fashion
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-11-14

aunt. Mrs. Mary Cailhopper, who is
still a resident OF Keyport. Although
Mr.. Winterton has been Ill occasion
ally. his illness has never been seri-
GUS enough to compel him to stay
away from Sunday school.
This half century record means that
he has attended 2.652 sessions of Sun
day school He is now a member Of
George Days class His brother,
Harry C. winterton Of Keyport. who
until he took up work which forced
him TO work Sundays had an unbro-
ken attendance at Sunday school.