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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-30
BASE BALL AS FACTOR
IN ARITHMETIC STUDY
Young America Given incentive
to Studiousness by New
School Program.

Base ball as means of teaching arith-
! metic is the latest innovation in the pub
lie schools of the District. This is not due,
however. as some might suspect. to the
fact that many of the officials and teach
ers are fans-although fans are by no
means rarity among Washington edu-
cators-but rather to the fact that the
teachers realize that by taking up sub
Jects from a point of view that interests
the pupils is much more effective than the
old method of dealing more in abstract
quantities
SO now when boy or girl uhe girls
are said to enjoy the game almost as
much as do the boys, comes to study
percentages he learns 1t through prob
lens OF the following nature:
IF Chick Gandil is at the bat forty
times and makes twelve hits, what is
his average?'
If the Nationals win eleven games out
# fifteen. what per cent do they lose"'
Or il the lesson be linear measure
or square measure it is taught by means
of a bese ball diamond, while examples
in addition and subtraction are often
taught by means of the number of men
playing the game or the number Of runs
made
Home Teams High Privilege.
But woe to the teacher who i'm pre-
senting problem thoughtlessly gives to
the rival team named a greater number
OF runs than is given to the National
But. of course, this happens only seldom
for the teachers know that regardless
of who does get the most runs the home;
team ought to get the greatest number.
Many of the newest arithmetics contain
pictures of base ball diamonds and prac-.
tically all of them are full of base ball
problems. One of the latest arithmetics
was written by one OF the highest officials
in the school circles. and the fact that it
has an untold number of base ball prob
lens in il emphasizes the fact that he
is a fan"
In the room of the grade 3 B at the
Franklin School the sand board-one of
the teaching devices-has been converted
INTO base ball diamond on which
paper Walter Johnson strikes out the
batters of opposing teams, while paper
catcher and paper f1elders give ample sup
port and never allow the clay base ball
to go beyond the sand board lover the
fenceD.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-30

Isaac Wheeler. aged sixty-seven Years.
a retired farmer. died at his home at
Hampstead. Va, Sunday morning Of q
complication Of diseases.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-30
Discovers Powerful Explosive.

PARIS. April 30-Prof. Arsene d Arson
val of the College OF France has discov-
cred a new explosive, said to be ten times
more powerful than dynamite. The ex-
plosive is composed of a combination of
lampblack and liquefied gas. Expert
ments in quarries near Paris have given
remarkable results.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-30
T@llAMD AMERICA LONE.
PARIS-IONDON-RO TTERnAN

Twin-Screw Sailings Tues. 10 AN
New Amsterdam. May 81 sRyIdam Nav y
-Nooidah May III fRotterdam May -.
Via Bouogne IP.ymouth 4 Rouloene
Ohce. 20 B'way. \. Y. or local agents
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-30

The Fredericksburg. Va. Chapter
has elected officers for the ensuing year
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-30

M MAY 10 TO EUROPE 1OI
CLsFa ,ss,. superior n Many Other Sss si
uWUSS M +. Z. Clark. Times bldg y Y.
MOSS $: $: AGENCY. 81 18th ST
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-30
EUROPEAN TOUR.

Miss :. ". Kelly. experienced and reliable con-
ductor who has Travelled extensively with parties
in Europe again sails in June with limited
number OF ladies'. As party il small IL is sd
visabie TO apply early to 200 the W0odley.' Co
lumbia road.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-30
TOURS.

! It'd WE1 Delightful tours through En-
MN GN~o rope. Accommoda ions strict
1 ly frst-class Rates. s2i3 TO $50 MISS l.. X.
HOFFMAN,. ZOO 18th st. NV. Til. Col. 1885
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-30

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modern convenience: DELIGHTFULLY."- located in the
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shore park with tennis courts. fine beach and
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-30
GALEN HALL

HOTEL. AND SANATORIUM.
ATLANTIC CITY. NEW JERSEY
An ideal place for a long short stay. Stove,
brick and steel building Rooms suite with hot
and cold water in private baths Tonic aed
Curative Baths and Treatments with trained Al.
tendants
r L. YorJNC Cent M.c.~n-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-30

1t matters little what IL is that you
want-whether situation or a servant
a want ad in The Star will reach The
person who will I'LL your need.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1913-01-30

One of the economic triumphs of the
age is the utilization of waste materi-
al. and the use of weeds as food
staples is a phase of this triumph.
The most interesting Of these new
weed foods is ~milkweed, the com
mon, wild variety, that grows in every
rocky pasture, In meadows, and by
roadsides in abundance. Its large,
thick, smooth leaves are familiar to
all, and its deep, dull pink tuft OF
flowers, and later its seed pods, filled
with delicate floss and fiat brown
seeds. When it is broken OF, a thick,
white, milky juice exudes. This Is
rich in nutrition. This common and
luxuriant weed is now being Guilt
waited in gardens Is a valuable food
staple, and makes one Of the most de-
licious of vegetables. 1t tastes almost
exactly like asparagus, and is cooked
In much the same way as spinach. 1t
has been found to be rich in natural
salts and nutrition, and Is easily cul
tivated.-Mrs. NJ. P. Haskell in Les
Hes. !.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1913-01-30
Ancient EaYptian.

The question, 'Of what race were
the ancient Egyptians?v has never
been satisfactorily disposed Of. but
we may be sure that they were not
negroes. They were not black. o
was their hair 'kinky"-therefore.
they belonged to some other than the
negro race. They certainly were not
C~aucasians. nor were they of the Mon
golian or yellow breed of a The
builders of the pyramids were prob
ably of Arabic stock or stock in which
Arabic predominated. Although, as has
been intimated, it is by no means set
tied as yet as to just where the old
Egyptians are to be placed in the hui
man scale.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1913-01-30

beside her bed the RUDE brought a
magnificent bunch Of roses and a
large box Of bonbons tied with wide
pink ribbon. These had been sent
from Chicago.
He laid them in her lap; then tax
ing her frail, little hand in his big,
brown one he stroked the back of it
with the tips of his fingers and in a
faltering voice hesitated and stumbled
through a proposal of marriage.
Maybe I'm a RUDE, little girl; but
/ kin take keel of you. Come home
with me, home to the farm, and rest
all you want to. l don't ask you to
love me, yet; but just come 'en let
me keer for you like l would my own
little sister, il | had one"
Nell buried her face in the roses;
their perfume filed the room. With
a rush of feeling she knew she loved
this man; this "Rube" that all her as
~sociates had ridiculed and joked
about. But could she marry him?
Il can't marry you, Theo-I-oh.
I'm not good enough to be your wife.
You are too good-too honest for a
girl like me. L"
But she got no further. He held
her face between his palms, looked
straight into her big, brown eyes
eyes that did not aver as they re-
turned his gaze.
Little Nell" he said, Il amt mar
ryin' the girl you have been. ! want
the girl you are; the gentle, honest,
sweet girl that l know is your real
self. You must forgit everything that
happened to you before today. Don't
talk about it; don't think about it.
Begin to live today, now, the life you
want to live; the pure, clean, sweet
life of the open country. Marry me
and we'll go back home. Will you.
Nell?"
81 needn't tell you about my life;
that other life on the stage?"
mot a word. You begin to live to-
day a new life as my wife, Mrs. The
ophilus Sykes"
Her body swayed forward and she
buried her face on his shoulder A
little ray of sunlight falling through
the window made her fair hair appear
like a halo above her pretty head
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1913-01-30
"RUBE" AND THE GIRL
BY L. z. BURTON.

How much longer can i stand 1t?
How much longer-how long-how
long-how long?"
The words drummed higher ears at
every beat of the music; every note
made the pain in her head more acute,
as Nellie Day (whose name on the
program was Mile. Eleanor Diem) pl-
rouetted and ~coquetted in the maze
of her dance.
Mile. Diem was the premiere dan
seuse of a small company playing
"eThe Circus Lady," a ~melodrama OF
the most mellow order, doing one
night stands in the middle west.
Although Nell was the pet OF the
show, she had incurred the d~isapprov-
al of Henry Sweeny, the big, rough
manager, because lately she had
fallen of" in her high kicking ana
whirling act.
Sweeney had glared at her n NUT
tered an oath at the end OF the nrst
act, and now she knew a sharp scolo-
ing would greet her when she re-
turned to the dingy dressing
MdhlQS u6I ldbI DOn, ohO
right into the eyes of the "RuDe
that had followed the show from place
to place for over a week, who every
night had occupied a front seat, who
had paid scant attention to the other
players, but who always led the ap-
plause when Mile. Diem appeared.
The other members of the company
z--zl Mn - -aa1 - furpd WaV
about the mash" she had made on
the "Rube."
Lii and Kid Clay (the Clay s%isters)
told her she was a fool net to go out
to supper with him after the show.
IF you are 30 tired of this life,
why don't you lay off a while and
get him to put up for you? He's got
the coini"
You girls don't understand. He
amt the kind we've been used to- He's
good. He never asked me to go TO
supper after the show, blu he TOOK me
ridin' In the country once.
He asked me to call him Theo. His
names Theophilus Sykes. Amt that
a name for you?"
AS the CuTLdlu ue5CcuuCu Will
last blare of a horn, Nell sank IN a
little heap on the stage-a heap OF
crumpled pink tulle, spangles and
cheap satin. Sweeny growled out a
word or two about incompetent n
'sick folks" but had her carried to
the building that bore the anne OF
hotel.
Then she was put to bed and dosed
with bad whisky and water, which
failed to revive her.
Next day the company was forced
to continue its tour, leaving Nell be-
hind in care of the slatternly wife OF
the hotel manager. Theophilus, hear
ing of her illness, also remained. He
1t was who saw that her room was
made bright with flowers, wild flow
ers that he gathered in the country
lanes early in the morning. when the
dew was fresh upon them. He 1t was
who fetched the doctor from a neigh
boring town, and who paid for such
delicacies as could be obtained at he
general store on Main street.
The day she was able to sit up In
the big. old-fashioned rocking chair
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1913-01-30

|. NJ. P. Cunius = Robinson Crusoe
should never have called his man FRI
day.
Wanta Noe-what should he have
called him?
L. NJ. P Cunuis-Saturday. and then
he would have had a payday every
day In the week.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1913-01-30

We were meant to be kings-to lead
noble. royal lives, governing them and
refusing, even for a moment, to let
them govern us.-Blanchs Mizabeth
Wade.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1913-01-30

When a mar can take time to learn
to veal q m~onocle, you can put It
down that his other interests amt
pressing.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1913-01-30

Worris6.---To sew a button on your
trousers, take the button firmly in the
eft Ssnd and hold it on the spot
where you wish TO fasten it. Now,
Vith the other hand thread the needle.
Aolding the thread in the other hand
and the needle between the fingers OF
the other. Having done this, hold the
trousers in the other hand and lake
the button in the other hand and place
1t where you wish to sew it; then
take the needle In the other hand an<
poke it through the button and It's
goods, and repeat this until o have
Used all the thread; then tie a knot In
the thread with the other hand and
then take your scissors in the other
hand and cut the thread off at the
needle.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1913-01-30
ANSWERS FOR THE ANXIOUS.

J. H. B.-Combing the hair forEa-f
ove the bald spot is merely a na7 M
less i~dosyncrasy. You deceive 10 one
except yourself. Furthermore. seer
from the rear. a man with his hair
combed up and over the bare area OF
his scalp is apt TO be taken for a lady
and arrested for masquerading.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1913-01-30

Helpless.-If your wife will not per
NIT you to go out OF the house of eve
nings, why dc yci write to us? Take
your case 20 The United States Su-
preme court.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-05-16
PRESIDENT BUSH 8 ADDRESS.

One of the most practical and
straightforward addresses that we have
seen on railroad questions is that deliv-
cred by President B, f. Bush Of the
Denver and Rio Grande before the
Economic Club of New York City. Pres.
ident Bush treated Of the railroad ques-
tion historically and practically, demon
strating that to the railroads more than
to apv other one cause is due the ire
mendous development and rapid growth
of this country in population and
wealth, He discussed the question of
railroad building, of extensions, of con-
troll. of earnings gross and net, and in
fact no part of the railroad problem was
left untouched in his very able and
comprehensive address.
Referring to the subject, but not spc-
cifcally to the measure, which has been
dealt with by Congress, calling for the
physical valuation Of the railroads,
President Bush said; "It is a mistaken
conception, though one generally preva-
lent, that the railroads are over-cap-
italized and seeking to obtain exorbi~
tant rates from the public to pay inter
est on the excessive capital No doubt
that is the fact. and no doubt that is
the main spring OF the active influence
which induced Congress TO pass the
law for the physical valuation Of rail
roads. We believe with Mr. Bush. as
with other good authorities On that
question, that railroads. generally speak
ing, have caught up with their capital
| ization. That is, railroads could not
now be replaced without the expendi-
ture of as much money as is represented
in their capitalization. But it is to be
observed as TO this point that the over.
capitalization in most cases occurred
good many years ago, and at a time
when it was indeed overeapitalization
It is the growth of the country in pop
ulation, wealth, and demand for trans
portation that has brought the real val.
uation up TO the fictitious valuation af.
fixed generation or more ago.
1t is true that railroad transportation
rates have on the average very much
decreased in the last twenty years. The
NOo' VI hioN'hS AltlEuI per IVH per Nlllc
has reached a low point in this country,
never before known in the matter OF
land transportation, and not known
anywhere else in the world than IN the
United States. And yet there is dissat.
isfaction because of general belief
that even better could be done If the
railroads would yield something more
TO public demands and public needs.
Tho tone of President Bush 5 addres:
throughout was calm and consistent
II was not Fighting address, but
quite the contrary. In common with
other railroad men OF large comprehen
sion and Of tolerant views, he ad
mittcd that the railroad side was not
all that there is TO the question, anG
that for a railroad to be really ut II.
best it was necessary to have tho sup
port of public opinion as we'll as its full
share of the public business. This i'm
plies, Of course, that such Welding a.
IS possible 10 public demands. (not :
merely cHmorous demand. but rca
7 business demaDd.l should be made by
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-05-16
THE SIIAFROTH APPEAL.

We confess ourselves 70 be in com.
plete sympathy with the position taken
by Senator Shafroth Of Colorado with
regard TO the diversion by the Govern
ment OF waters flowing from Colorado
to the Rio Grande. It appears that the
Government desires to appropriate
these waters in spite of the needs Of
tho people of Colorado; this for the
purpose Of filling the Eagle dam for
the irrigation OF 10000 acres in Mexico
and 10000 acres in Texas and New
Mexico. Senator Shafroth pleaded
with Secretary Lane TO bring a suit
against the people Of Colorado TO es.
tablish the Governments claim to this
water. If the Government in fact
thinks that it. has any legal claim.
Since the Colorado people cannot sue
the Government, the Government ought
to sue to establish its right
This seems to be no more than fair.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-05-16
EXPLAINING ABOUT LEMONS.

It must be confessed that Mr., I'm.
derwood is very capable floor leader
in the House of Representatives, prob
ably the most capable that has ap,
peared there for a good many years
He is ready. resourceful, and instant
in answering objections made against
his proposed revision of the tariff. An
example of his readiness and Of the
taking way in which he puts his case
is found in his reply to criticisms on
the cut which he proposes in the duty
on lemons. The San Francisco Call
criticised the lemon duty as proposed,
which takes two-thirds off from the
present schedule, and stated that while
Secretary Bryan was on the coast he
would do we'll to explain away the in
jury inflicted upon California by the
reduction in the lemon duty. Mr. I'm
derwood took notice Immediately of the
suggestion, and relieved Mr., Bryan of
the need of making any explanation
TO California. by making an explana-
tion of his own, as follows:
The lemon industry OF California. un-
der "a tax OF one cent a pound on lemons
was able To pay the freight rates east
ward and practically control the Amcri-
con market up 10 the Allegheny noun
tains. They saw that other people bad
prohlbItiNc tariff rates, so they de-
manded Of you, and you gave IL 10 them
an increase OF taxation on lemons from
one cent "A pound To II cents a pound
In order 20 force the American people
10 buy their lemons from California and
pay the inland freight rate so that they
might drive out OF the American marke ct
the lemons grown across the water In
Sicily. You did that for them. That Is
the way you wrote this tariff and fixed
the difference in cost az home and
abroad. With what result? You raised
the price OF lemons in every hospital in
the United States; YOU raised the price
TO the poor and TO the dying in their beds
10 satisfy the greedy nav OF the Cali
fornia fruit producers.
That explanation will not. of course,
be satisfactory to California, but it
was received with hearty applause in
the House of Representatives aud viii
be convincing TO large majority of
the people of the United States, es-
peciallly those living on the Atlantic
slope ard in the Mississippi valley.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-05-16

| Besides this, il is extremely difficult
to see why tho Government should take
| up the reclamation of land in Texas.
where there is no public domain save
that owned by the State itself, When
Texas came into the Union it retained
the ownership of the land within its
borders, Just as the original colonies
did when they formed the Federal
Union. And since the Government has
no land to reclaim in Texas it is not
easy to see why it should undertake
any reclamation projects there at all.
This position is emphasized by the at
tempt 10 take water from Colorado for
the use of people in Mexico who have
no return to make to the United States,
and in Texas where the State owns
the land and the Government owns
nothing. IN this connection will be re-
membered the contention made by the
Government as to the waters of the
Egeria canyon in Colorado, the Gov
ernment insisting that those waters
must not be intcrfered with, as they
were wanted for the Federal projects
in the lower Colorado, far-fetched
claim
IL would appear that the only Prac'
tical way to bring this question to an
actual test will be for tho people Of
Colorado to make active resistance to
the Government s claim, appropriate
the water for themselves, and let the
Government bring the suit if it thinks
it has n right TO the water This new
doctrine which would give the Gov
ernment the right to the non-navigable
waters within the boundaries of tho
different States, is something entirely
unsupported by law or by judicial de-
cisions 1t is doctrine repudiated by
! tho U. S. Senate in the Connecticut
river case. 1t Is doctrine that has
no ground whatever TO stand upon
and we trust that the people of Colo
RADIO will resist the Government Is claim
to take water for the purpose of sup
plying the needs Of people not only
outside of Colorado. but outside Of the
United States, and beyond the proprie-
| tary rights Of the United States III the
public domain.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-05-16
GOV. JOHNSON TRIUMPHANT.

We regard the statement wired by
announcing his determination TO sign
the anti-alien land bill passed by tho
California Legislature, as not only a
aightforward, logical summary Of
the whole question, but one unassail
able legally, morally, or economically.
As shown by Governor Johnson, the
Legislature of California took especial
pains to meet squarely the treaty OBJ
legations by making the terms Of the
treaty part of the law itself. As TO
that part of it. which mentions the non
eligibility Of aliens not subject TO nat
uraliZation in the United States, Gov
ernor johnson points out that that is
the precise line upon which Congress
itself passed the immigration bill which
President Taft vetoed, not on account
of any point involved in this California
contention, but on the point of exclud-
ing illiterate immigrants; otherwise
there was no objection to the bill, al
though the precise limitations of Cali
fornia Is legislation were carried in it.
Other States than California, as Gov
ernor johnson points out, have passed
similar laws, and there has been no
protest against them from any source,
nor has there been any protest from
any nation against the line drawn by
the United States itself on this ques-
tion.
Governor johnson, after a recital of
all the facts, pertinently deals with the
question of taking offense. stating
that the real question is not whether
any nation or people have taken of.
fense, but whether there is any real
cause OF offense to any; and he very
conclusively shows that there is no
such cause. Accordingly, he will sigu
the bill; and that is exactly what has
been forcshadowed all the time, and
exactly what he ought to do.