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Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1913-12-11
sacrificed Isaac?'

sacrificed Isaac?'
Eigler replied in the affirmative.
The trial was halted till tomorrow
morning to permit the prosecution to
confer with its alienists prior to plac.
ing them on the stand.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1913-12-11
HETCH HETcHY BILL
REFERRED TO LANE.

Washington, D. c., Dec. 1.-THE
Hetch Hetchy bill, passed by both
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-11
PROTECTION OF BIRD LIFE
Result in Porto Rico Reflected
in the Great Increase in
Number on Island. |

The strict prohibition of bird hunting
in Porto Rico already has resulted in a
notable increase i'm birds of all kinds seen
throughout the island. Reports to the
insular bureau of the War Department
show that more than 100 distinct species
of bird life have been discovered and
listed. Suitable rules for the protection
of bird life have been formulated, and
their strict enforcement is reflected by
the increase in the number of birds
In the very recent past comparatively
few birds We're seen in Porto Rico. They
were the prey of the mongoose. and both
the birds and their eggs We're greatly
sought after by the people for food ard
for so-called sport" In the introduction
Of beneficial birds and parasites work thus
far has been confined to investigation
and search for such species as can be i'm
troduced as destructive enemies of local
pests. That involves thorough study OF
requirements and then extensive search
in other countries for the birds and para
sites to meet those requirements. The
board of commissioners of agriculture of
the island has carried on extensive in
vestigations both in Porto Rico and else
where.
The entomoogists employed by the
board have been engaged in experimental
and research work along various lines in
the classification of the several Porto
Rican plant parasites and diseases and
the search for the enemies with which to
eliminate them. In that work they take
full advantage of the knowledge acquired
in similar experiments by the United
States Department of Agriculture. y
special effort is being made to impress
upon Porto Rican school children the
value OF bird life to agriculture.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-11
FAMOUS WOMEN OF HISTORY.
BARBARA, DUCHESS OF CLEVELAND.
A TYPE OF THE VAMPIRE, 164O-17O9.
Copyright. 1912. by Willis J. Abbot. !,

When stout and God-fearing Cromwell
ruled Britain one Charles Stuart. son OF
the Charles I whose head had been
chopped off at Whitehall. was in exile in
Holland. To him came an ardent loyal
list, Roger Palmer. bringing large sum
of money to aid in his restoration. This
patriotic devotion was rewarded by
Charles, who was, in fact, restored to his
throne shortly thereafter, and cele-
brated his first night in London by rob-
bling the loyal Palmer of his nineteen
year-Old wife.
the king, VITO was destined to become
the most profligate of all English mon
archs, was by birth Barbara Villiers, of
good family. Her father, a viscount, fell
in battle fighting for the father of the
restored king. Barbara at sixteen fell
desperately in love with the second Lord
Chesterfield, that Philip StanhOpe to
whom the first Lord Chesterfield wrote
the famous letters that equipped his
hopeful son with the manners of a cour-
tier and the morals of courtesan.
Marriage Fails to Change Her.
In the midst of her infatuation for
Chesterfield the girl was married to
Palmer. Matrimony did not change her
greater inclination. Il am ready and
willing to go all over the world with
you," she wrote passionately to her old
lover. But the addresses of the king
blotted out recollection Of husband and
lover alike. It does not seem that her
ready surrender was due to any affection
for the person of Charles, or even to the
hysterical weakness that might be par
doned at a moment when the capital in
delirious joy was welcoming the king
for whose father her own father had
died. Her lifes record shows that with
calm calculation she had thrown herself
in the way of Charles, and for years
thereafter made hin-that is to say, the
British people-pay heavily for his pleas
ure.
Palmer, we'll aware of the welcome eX-
tended to the newly arrived king. sulked
for awhile, but was placated by being
created Earl Of Castlemaine. Later he
was made Duke Of Cleveland, that his
wife might fiaunt the coronet and the
title of duchess at court. Suitable reve-
nues accompanied these titles and ne
philosophically withdrew to his own
manner of life. leaving his duchess to
play the part she had choSen-which, in
deed. she would have done in any event.
being a lady Of dominant temper and a
somewhat abnormal liking for the male
sex.
The plumber she eXtOrted from tho
king almost battles computation. Among
her perquisites were an annual grant of
S23 200 from the post Office, a money gift
OF $4,000, 5000 year as compenSa ton
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-11
PHYSICAL Fitness for Business Men
FOR THE CHESTY-NOTHlNG!
By Frank A. Gotch, Worlds Wrestling Champion

lrishman named Casey. Come to think
OF 1t. Casey runs over here every year
Anyhow. men Casey had words And
what does l do, kid. but goes into train
ing? Feel them arms. Great Gave, DO,
them is arms.
We'll, l prospers in me athletics and
in me business. and the time men Casey
has our set-to / lands in heavy on the
big sewer contrac' and pulls down a hun
ner thousan' bones clean graft.
''One day i meets up wild Casey and
biff. l gloms him bechune the lamps.
Oh, il was so dirty, it were pretty-it
were. Casey goes out fer the count of
ighty-seven-slow countin' too. l tell
you. kid, it's great to have money and to
be there wild de punch. l kin"
The other man arose YEARLY and step
ped to the next room. He motioned to
some one. The other emerged from the
room. 1t was Casey.
Gee, kid" the chesty one shouted,
'if it amt me old frien', Casey. Say.
Casey. dye mind the time y'u slammed
your hooks into ME and put me in tn
clear? Gee, Casey, you are some scrap
pin kid
Chestiness is always in danger even
in strange chimes. Physical fitness is not
intended as an unjust builder of pride.
but as a means of doing better and car
ing more for success and less for brutal
lily.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-11

There is no such thing as best in
physical affairs. Whatever is physical Is
Of the changing order. The top today is
the slope tomorrow and the gulch the
day after.
The physical life is one OF daily
Observation-Disclosures. The fit of in
digestion, coming from great castro.
nomic ambitions or undue dietary haste.
will reflect its deterioration in the bod
lily cells. Nature works in detail. and
these details alter SO rapidly that to-
days care is not going to insure 100 per
cent fitness tomorrow.
The chesty fellow. who feels the SWELL
ing power in his biceps. gets nowhere.
He has the wrong idea.
He is like the fellow who journeyed to
Europe and staggered into chance ac-
quaintances.
I'm great guy in me own country"
he said airily to a man he met at a club.
ION de level, kid. wherever | goes they
ups and says, scared-like. That's him.
Y'see. it's dis way: Wunst I was nobody
jest a miserable piker But me ambi-
ton runs strong. kid, and i decides as
low i might be a great, swell guy.
- our precinct they was red-nutted
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-11
From the New York Times.

the New 1ork lines.
The employment of young women as
ushers at the horse show is not dubi-
Gus experiment. Women ushers. we be-
lieve, were first employed in this city by
Oscar Hammerstein at the Manhattan
Opera House. They performed their simple
duties SO well. with grace and tact and
self-control. that they greatly increased
the comfort Of ticket holders and helped
to make the house popular Mr.. Ham
merstein's example has been followed by
many Of the theater managers here and
elsewhere. The custom comes from Eng
land, of course, where women We're cin-
ployed as box openers I'm the old days
when the pit and balcony had no re-
served seats. But English women are
employed in various capacities i'm which
there is a wholesome American prejudice
against their employment. We do not
favor female cigar-shop clerks and bar
maids here.
AS theater ushers. however. women have
proved their fitness. The woman ushor5
are always of neat appearance and near
ly always alert and obliSing. The few
men employed work the better for their
influence. No doubt women will eventu-
ally crowd all the men out of this kind
of work. They have the good sense not
To appear above their business; they are
rarely pert. and they manage to correct
the few inevitable errors TO the num-
bers Of seats with the least possible con-
fusion. The man usher Is frequently
something else I'm the daytime. pursuing
an occupation which has nothing to do
with direct service to the public. Too
many young men I'm these days. also,
have no clear conception of service. The
women at the telephone, with few excep-
lions, and those serving as ushers In the
theater seem really to comprehend
The constant service of the antique world.
and to have the tact and will To perform
1t discreetly. AS the public pays for this
service and it expects II, the woman
ployment at the horse show will doubtless
Increase their popularity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-11
Genius in War.
From the Chicago Record Herald.

From the Chicago Record Herald
War. the destroyer. is also the great
leveler; it respects neither rank nor
genius. Austria, preparing for a possible
war, spares none Of her sons. From Lon
don she calls to the colors Philip A.
LasZlo, a painter of international note
The distinguished violinist Fritz Kreis-
Ter. must take his chances with the rest.
No flesh that Austria has bred is thought
too precious to stop an enemy's bullet.
Perhaps neither of these talented men
would wish to evade duty on the field,
for gifted men are VIGOROUSLY high spir-
tied and jealous of their personal honor.
So much SO that many of them would
doubtless resent being assigned to duty
with the commissariat or in the hospitals
while their brothers were facing death
in the trenches.
Genius, it seems. must take its chances
with mediocrity, and in doing so it often
breaches its finest insight. This is the sole
compensation the world has for being
obliged to risk it's gifted ones. If they
survive they revenge themselves on war
by painting it in the terrible colors Of
Tolstoi or plead with us to abolish it
in the touching and homely words of a
Whitman. And if they die on the field
their death proves the fine democracy of
the modern world. which holds that all
men have an equal right to life and the
means of happiness.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-11
MOST BUILDING GOING ON
IN THE NORTHEAST SECTION
Improvements Coming Together Along
Pennsylvania Avenue, East Cap
itol and II Streets.

plying the attractive little structure which
was erected for it's use at the southwest
corner of 9TH and II streets when it was
established in that locality. Then the
building appeared TO be ample for the
business. but now it is found entirely too
small. 1t is going to be abandoned and
the much larger structure is being pro-
vided
Across the street from the present home
of the Home Savings Bank and adjoining
the northwest corner of 9TH and H streets
new building has recently been COM
pleted by the II. r. Howenstein Company,
where a realty office has been opened for
the accommodation of its clients in that
part of the city who wish to buy homes.
1t is branch of the f street office.
but since it has been in use it has proved
to be the convenience that it was thought
1t would be.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-11

don had been instructed to Sc
cure the influence of the Duchess or
Cleveland with the king and to pay her
any price she might exact for her serv
ices. But the shrewd French diplomat
reported to his royal master that the
woman was so much a creature of whims
and fancies that she would forget any
such agreement however well she might
be paid. in the zest of her pursuit of
new affinity. or the qualification OF any
passing fancy.
Hence the keroualle WAS sent oyer. and
with her innocent, baby face and APP
pealing eyes at once captured the fancy
of Charles. She was wise in her day and
generation. however. and kept him at
her complasance WAS paid to her king
Soon after entering upon these new re-
lations Charles died. and dying. the name
of Nell Gwynn of all his fayorites alone
passed his lips.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-11
Became Vulgar and Degraded.

The Duchess Of Cleveland now fell on
parious times and met them as would
merely vulgar and degraded woman. She
took up, one after the other. with new
lovers, each less reputable than his pred
ecessor. One. an actor named Goodman.
tried to poison two of her sons that his
share in her wealth might he greater.
Succeeding him came Beau Fielding.
whom she married. 1t was not "A fortu-
nate experiment, for he treated her brlI-
tally and she hailed with delight the dis
covery that he had another wife living,
which nullifed her marriage.
In October, 1903 she died wretchedlv
of dropsy. Two dukes and two earls
were her pallbearers. three dukes. her lille
Ultimate sons. followed her to the grave.
One turns with sadness from the record
of her life to think of her brave and no.
BILE father giving his fortune and his life
for the prepetuation of the Stuart dy-
nasty, which brought his beautiful and
at one time innocent daughter down SO
low.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-11
rom FIiegende Blaetter.

From Fllegende Blaetter.
She-Of course I'm much honored by
your proposal, but l must have few
days to think it over
He-Well, when may / come for my an
swer?
She-Let's see. Monday there's tho
washing. Tuesday / must put up clean
curtains and Wednesday ] must make
some jam. Come on Thursday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-11

Tor some shadowy claims on Phoenix
Park. $4,000 year from the customs
Even more illegitimate gains were hers
The lord lieutenant of Ireland, needing
her influence, paid her $4,000 for a
br1be. AS for the king, he was contin-
ually heaping gifts of money and Jewels
upon her, to still her cantankerous
tongue or win momentary smile. 1t is
recorded that she so berated him with
billinSSgate for hesitating to acknowl-
edge the paternity of her third child
a matter concerning which he may well
have cherished doubt-that he gave her
1000 ounces of plate to purchase peace
Well indeed may Evelyn have called her
1.-The Curse of England"
Was a Passionate Gambler.
For the life she led she needed money.
lie cost in the palaces of Whitehall and
Hampton Court She appeared often
wearing jewels valued at $20oO0O-though
the wives Of some of our modern pluto
Gratis Guido her in this She was a pas
sionate gambler. not hesitating to lose
$12J, 900 in night and stalking from
$3.50 to $1,000 on a single throw. But
more costly than jewels or dice were her
lovers, of whom she maintained horde
distributing among them with lavish
hand the treasure she wrung from
house of Marlborough was laid with
S25OG0 she thus tossed to John Churchill
afterward the first duke. All this was
known to Charles. and observed by him
with cynical philosophy
Contemplate indeed was the persecu-
ton which Barbara employed against the
wife OF Charles Portuguese princess
whom he had been obliged to marry for
reasons of state. The wife was small,
brown, unprepossessing: Barbara stately,
as white of skin as black of heart, as
fair OF feature as foul of morals In
every way she thrust herself into the
company of the queen that all might note
the contrast. When Charles, with singu-
lar blackguardism, introduced her to the
queen at a public levee. the latter did
not at first catch the ladys name and
greeted her with kindly warmth. In
moment lady-in-waiting whispered to
her the truth. For a moment she strove
to subdue her feelings. but the effort at
repression was too much for her and she
was carried from the room in a fit.
OF the five children Of the Duchess OF
Cleveland whom Charles acknowledged
as his-one he repudiated-the two daugh-
tiers married earls, and the sons were
granted coats-of-arms, given titles and
enrolled among the elect of the land. The
blood of this woman flows in the veins
OF many an English aristocrat OF today.
In time her influence over Charles
waned. The French government, in pur-
suance OF the devious diplomacy of the
day, sent over a famous beauty, Louise
de keroualle, to fascinate Charles and to
wheedle him into French alliance. Be
fore this enterprise was undertak
the French ambassador at Lon
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-11

reerS or the members and eX-memberS or
al 1.-The congresses.
In their research work they have APP
pealed to the postmasters of the country
to the families
Records Drawn From of ceas d
Variety of Sources. hrariars an a
historical associations everywhere. to
historians large and small. Indeed, they
have exhausted the literature of congress
sional biography and resorted to every
original source available in their ef-
forts to record accurately and completely
the salient features OF the lives Of the
10000 lawmakers who have come TO the
American congresses.
During the past half century down
to-the-mnute biography of the Con-
crosses has been brought out about every
ten years. The first of these a sort
of vest-pocket affair. but it has grown
and grown until now it is a rival of an
unabridged dictionary for ponderosity. No
effort was made to prepare history of
Congress a directory of it's members
prior to 1920 In that year appeared a
small, vest-pocket pamphlet, of forty
eight pages. privately printed, and bear
ing the imprint of Daniel Rapine,
| agent" 1t is presumed that his revenue
| from It was derived from the boarding
house keepers whose establishments We're
| prominently played up. Several other pri-
vate directories We're issued from time to
| time, and it was not until 1863 that Con-
gress itself undertook the work of keep
| ing a directory of it's membership. Near
/ the beginning of the second session of the
Thrty-eighth Congress joint resolution
was unanimously agreed TO ordering the
compilation and publication of such a di-
rectory. under the direction of the joint
committee on public printing. The COM
mittee held several sessions, obtained and
examined like publications of the legis-
| lative bodies of other nations, and decided
to model the American congressional di-
| rectory after the directory of the British
house of commons. Ben: Perley Poore
was practically its compiler and editor.
| and the directory was about the size of a
/ school primer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-11
THE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
NEW FICTION AND JUVENILE
BOOKS.

The following list shows some of the
new titles Of fiction recently added to
the Public Library, and also gives Sc
lection of the books recently placed in
the children'S room:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-11

1t was not until 1869 that the con-
gressional directory first contained bio
graphical sketches
Urlgln OF of the members of
A. D:1 Con gre s, after
more than eighty
years had passed. However in 1859,
Charles Lanman undertook to gather the
biographies of all those who had served
in the Senate or House from the begin
ming of the government-including the
continental congresses. Considering the
ground he had to cover, the lack of per-
SOnal data in those days, and the few
sources to which he could resort, Lam
mans work was a notable effort.
Since that time the big permanent di-
rectories that have come out about once
decade have done little more than add
the biogra phical sketches of the men who
had come to Congress since the previous
edition was published. And usually the
later compilers contented themselves with
the information they found in the auto
biographical sketches contained in the
seasonal congressional directories There
was, of course, a great deal in these
sketches that was irrelevant and useless.
One member cited that he was married
and lived with his wife. Another de-
clared himself the leader of the legal
profession in his state. Some proclaimed
the unanimity Of their political prefer
ment, others their proves as orators.
telling of all the honors they had won
from childhood. Some told of the amount
of their benefactions and the size of their
fortunes.
In the forthcoming permanent bogra-
ply the sketches will be shorn of these
evidences of the per-
Personal vanity sonal vanity of men
n:4 who have been in
Congress. We will
not read it of the man who pronounced
himself the universally regarded leader
of the bar and the most eloquent advo-
cate of his state; neither will we find
that another gentleman was. as he styled
himself. the savior of Coney Island"
, Even the inimitable Chauncey Depew
no longer will be permitted to tell pos
| terity how many times he has been the
principal speaker of the OCCASION" or to
| list the notables who have sat under the
sound of his voice The new directory
will content itself with giving salient
facts. The vain member of Congress
hereafter will have to depend on the an
nual directories to proclaim his greatness
to a waiting world
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-11

1t was not until 1869 that the con-
gressional directory first contained bio
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-11

Farmer, F. V. Boy and Girl Heroes. jE-
9F23b.
Grierson f. W. Life of ST. Paul. jCBT Gs73
Hancock, NJ. $. Children of History. 1909.
jE-9II193ch.
Kuehler The0dor. General ('Chinese') Gordon
jE-G63k
Plelln VI. c. Emin Pasha. jE -Em436p.
Plieninger, Gustav. David Livingstone. 5E-
L763p.
Roth. Richard. Stanley's Journey Through the
Dark Continent jE-St266r.
Rowbotham. +. !. StoryI.fves OF Great Au-
thOrs. 1904. jE-9RIS2.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-11

Some of these things appear in the bis
directory that is forthcoming, but many
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-11
THE CONGRESSIONAL DIRECTORY.
By Frederic J. Haskin.

reers of the members and ex-members c
al 1.-The congresses
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-11

In their research work they have ap
pealed to the postmasters of the country
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-09-14
YOUR WANT AD sfa d sRH ae hH ] %
WANTED

wanted, to Trade $3.50 Worth of stock
in q Virginia corporation just organ
lied for a horse and phaeton or sur
rey. Address STOCK, care Virginian.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-09-14
SOUTHSIDE
ALBERT D. SHOTW[lL
TO Be BURIED TO-DAY
FUNERAL SERVICES OVER PRONE
INENT sOUTHSIDER WILL BE
HELD IN HOME.

The body OF Albert d. ShOtwA11t
Ssty-seven years old. who died Frisl
DAY at his summer outage in Ocean
View, arrived here yesterday After
noon and was taken to his resideuca2
500 Cowardin avenue. The nfnerA4
will be held this afternoon at osc1oCl4
at the home. Rev, Henry G. PfeineSf
pastor OF Central Methodist chufc1
officiating.
Mr. Shotweil was formerly paemaS
Der of the board Of stewards AZ
Central Methodist church, and oAe 81
the most prominent business men ~
South Richmond, He was engaged In
business on the Southside for fOrty3
years. and until recent years NnN
senior partner of A. ID. ShotWeu -
Co, leather manufacturers He H4lt
later president OF the American LAcM
company. Il
He was veteran of this War 4oNt
tween the Staes. and following thE
war moved to old Manchester. E0S&
some years he took an active tnt0feq4
in civic and political affairs. am
served several Germs in The old Mani
chester city council. He was al914
chairman OF the Manchester school
board for some years.
He leaves his widow and five chile
dren. John H. Shctwell. Mrs. Clare
ence Walden Mrs William J. TaFr4n1%
and Mlsses Judith S. and Matte Shot
we'll.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-09-14

PAINE h CORLISG. 1918 Bank
street. Real estate and leans.
Phone Madison 1313.