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a scare over the Yankee peril. But
such efforts are not representative of
the feelings of the entire people.
Nv are waking up in this country to
the desrability, nay, the necessity, of a
better acquaintance with our Latin
American neighbors. As more and more
of our people journey there their vision
broadens You see, for example, in the
changed attitude of Col. Roosevelt. He
has been overwhelmed by what he has
seen in South America and is coming to
a better understanding of the South
American, as indicated by his utterances.
than he ever possessed before. Secretary
Root came back from his famous trip
there similarly enlightened. SO did Sec
rotary Bryan after his South American
trip as d private citizen.
This bureau is a great bureau of in
formation for all Americans who desire
to learn about their fellows and their
countries. The promotion of commerce
is but one phase of our work; the pro-
motion of peace and prosperity is the
great object. and that can come only
with knowledge and acquaintance. We
have travelled far on the road and can
see our !ahors bearing fruit.
:
For example when | took charge OF
the bureau seven years ago il was ane-
mic and dying. The governing board
called me rather as a doctor with the
oxygen bottle TO try TO save the patient
AT that time the bureaus income was
only $4,000 year, and many OF the
contributing countries were in arrears in
their payments. We now have an in
come of S150.OO0. and practically every
country is paid up to date.
Then our library contained less than
10000 volumes; now it contains more
than 3o.oGe volumes. Then We had less
than 800 photographs; now we have
more than $4,000. Then we had only
fifteen experts on the staff; now we have
fifty.
Then We We're sending out less than
100 pieces of mail matter day; now
we are sending out more than 1000
Then the issue of pamphlets and reports
per annum was less than 100000; this
year we are sending out more than
100000. Seven years ago there was
practically no demand for our monthly
bulletin. now we have difficulty in sup
plying the demand This bulletin, an
illustrated magazine, is issued in four
editions. namely. English, French, Span
ish and Portuguese.
Seven years ago our Department of
State was paying little attention to
Latin American trade, and the Depart
ment of Commerce and Labor was but
just starting in that field. The volume
of trade between the United States and
the Latin American countries was less
than $500 000, 900 year. 1t now exceeds
$500, 900 900.
You would be astonished at the mag
nitude of the correspondence We handle.
1t keeps the entire staff working at the
highest possible speed to handle IL.
Manufacturers write for information as
to possible opportunities for trade; Eu-
ropean and American farmers and home
seekers write for information as to lands,
products and markets.
'Or writer who is preparing book
calls on us for Information and pictures;
a newspaper man wants to know about
that great Argentine newspaper, La
Prensa; college professor who is max
ing a study of export and import trade
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table of the best for her in DARK
corner. When things go wrong III a fam
lily they send first for Annie. Annie is
suspected of having cast a SPELL
Yet it seems her moral effect on the
community is good. People are gentle,
being afraid to offend each other, lest
Annie be called in to cast a spell. Only
in cases of great injustice would a
Breton go to her for the great SPELL
against his neighbor. But what could the
Parisians want of Annie?
Several parties Of Parisians came al
most every week i'll automobile. with a
show of mystery. Always Annie was
seen busy on the wicked rock. 1t was a
particularly accurSed menhir, in whose
shadow two demonstrations and a dozen
bloody quarrels had taken place in the
past forty years. When | saw the old
witch on it one evening after the reve-
lations of the schoolmaSter. she fairly
made me shiver. Silhouetted against the
sky her cloak spread like bats wings,
Writhing, bending. rising, squatting, ours
ing the while till she was black in the
face, | wondered what Partisan paid her
to do it, and why and against whom?
II recognized the man in the fur coat, :
said Florence; The is a Partisan rich, til
such a man desire to east a spell or be-
lieve it possible To do so?''
1t was a sinister glimpse of that arts
tocratic Partisan sinking in the dusk 10
the bad witch. Had he desired a love
philter he had applied himself to the
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The Spectators.

MISS HELEN HUNT NOTION, the
IVA fiancee of Vincent Aston. is little
seen in public. Tail. blonde and very
pretty, Miss Huntington is an unfa-
miliar figure in the park, on 9th ave-
nue.. or in the fashionable restaurants
OF New York.
Talking about the seclusion Of her
life, she said at tea the other day.
In New York one is apt 70 get in
rather mixed crowds. 4 friend Of mine.
after the theater last New Year eve,
supped with her father in a well known
restau rant.
New Year eve in well known res
taurant, My friend expected to Sc.
wonderful elegance and gayety. Bur
she saw at every table the most un-
couth, queer. grim, impossible persons.
Waiter said her father, who are
all these awful guys, any way
They're spectators, sir the waiter
answered. Spectators who couldn't
sell their tables and had to come them
selves"
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-AA-ctb|i 1Nt+E
II is the interior o. country school
house. the famous big bad boy OF
the country schools predoniinates among
JAe pupils. on the teachers platform sits
the same. tall youth Of the hotel
Ever since he. the new teacher took
charge troubl, has been brewing.
Through the length of that New England
country SIDE this school is famous For
several Yeas past the bad boys have run
i. Teacher after teacher has been put
10 fight by them IN desperation the dt-
rectors have hired this athletic college
student from Dartmouth. who needs the
money, to do that which older and bigger
men had failed 10 accomplish.
impressive he sits, bat restessness pre-
walls in the benches. Teacher has an
nounccd that when the school lets out.
at l o'clock, he is It. thrash John Henry
the biggest and toughest Oh the bad boys.
John henry Is a year older than tea CHI
err and ten pounds heavier. ON the. out
come OF the proposed thrashing depends
the future Of the school for that winter
1T least
No use 10 describe the event John
Henry. lusttul for combat. certain in ms
own mind that he could do up" the
''collsge boy teacher went awkwardly
but menacingIy To the fray. The battle
was an epic John Henry got his thrash
ing. As II would hc described today.
though that was many years ago, he
got II good.
And on subsequent day three others
OF the ringIeaders in the troubles which
had afflicted that school got theirs.
The Dartmouth College lad had demon
strated that he was master. school rau
peacefully through the winter. Next year
the directors wanted To- hire the teacher
back again at double his former Salary,
bat he would not come. He had enough
money for his immediate needs in col
lege and "A newly made connection with
"A dealer in athletic goods offered greater
financial possibilities
Selling sweaters and foot balls To fel-
low-Students was more remunerativs
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Marriage.

"THERE are TOO many divorces.
riages of the Duluth variety.
jerome 8. McNade. the millionaire
sociologist. was addressing the Duluth
Y. NJ. c. A. on divorce. He continued:
a very pretty girl from Duluth Sot
married five years ago. She is a stout,
round-shouldered matron today, with =
complexion like old leather. And this T.
the little protest. entitled Marriage that
she wrote the other night while her hus-
band was attending banquet at the
lodge:
Il never dreamed Of such fate
when La girl-was courted wife. moth
err, nurse, seamStress. cook. housekeeper
chambermaid. laundress. pants-presser
and foor-scrubber. generally doing the
work of dozel-for the sake of being
supported"
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Making and Breaking.

q ENAToR HITCHCOCK Was talking
- about New Year resolutions
Resolutions are a good thing 70 make.
a bad thing to break. he said.
Too many men seem 70 make resoiu-
tons only to break them afterward. They
are like Smythe.
when Srnythe came home very late
on January ?. cigar IN his mouth ana
An odor of alcohol about him, mis- wife
said. bitterly:
Only yesterday you swore off late
hours. whisky and tobacco. and now
look at you now. Youve broken al three
Of your resolutions.
Well, dearie-hic-wh Of it, said
Smythe, in hurt voice. L can-hic-
make Others. c-can't Il
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-28
A Mistaken Sheer.

SsTT is cheaper. not dearer, TO consult
specialist" said DR.. Simon FleX-
ner, head of the Rockefeller Institute.
at medical dinner.
1t is very stupid and erroneous 10 hold
the opinions of Blanc. to whom friend
said:
Was the doctor who examined your
lungs a specialist?
No. / don't think So Blanc sneered.
He couldn't find anything the matter
with EN-
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was a tai. ROBUST Youth hehlnd nc
ceunter-a youth who's dignity ana poise
might have better fitted behind hotel
desk on Broadway
And he : SOME clerk, Went on the
proprietor. enthusiastically, the best
and the hardest working 1 ever had-a
college boy from Dartmouth earning his
way through college. Everybody likes
MIN.
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moved into it's own white marble palace
on 18th street at the entrance to Potomac
Park and facing the Presidents park,
better known as the White Lot.
The building and the five acres COW
cred by its grounds represent an invest
ment of 100000. of which the Aneri-
can republics contributed s250.00U and
Andrew Carnegie $4,000. Credit is gen
orally given to Mr.. Barrett for bringing
about the contribution of these sums.
There Is no more chastey beautiful
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of waste in expenditure Of money and
effort that characterized its operations
Enter the palace through the monumen-
tai doors Of bronze and glass. f1anked by
groups of statuary representing North
and South Arnerica-the one by Gutzon
Borglum and the other by Isidore konti-
and you find yourself in tropical patio
or court. All about are luxuriant tropical
plants. and fountain plays in the center
You pass up stately staircase to the
second floor and are ushered into a 81 Eat
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Tells of His Work
The Republics to the
South of Us-His Rise
From Hotel Clerk to
L. S. Diplomat.

RONT., \ reso-
nant voice. opulent
Of tone. rang
through the corri-
doris of the New
England summer
hotel.
our new clerk,
explained the pro-
prietor IL an in
curing guest indi-
eating the source
Of the voice. which
E.1tb beftiud 1be
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sends IN his detailed Inquiries. and so
il goes.
1t is our business 10 supply the in
formation. and we do, not only through
the bulletin and special reports and pub
locations, but also in carefully prepared
detailed answers to individual inquirers.
And the work Is growing fast"
ASHMUN BROWN.
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reception room and thence into the d.
rector's office. 1t is an apartment fully
in keeping with the dignity Of the whole
place. Facing the south it commands a
sweeping view of the Potomac and of Po-
tomac Park. Here Mr. Barrett works
Sitting at his desk not long ago he
talked to the writer about the work of the
organization he heads.
In many respects said he, nations,
are like individuals One gets a WRONG.
impression Of a man he has never met,
but merely heard OF, and forms a preju-
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builaing in Washington than this palace,
the architecture of which represents an
appropriate combination of the classical
with Spanish renaissance. Though dedl-
Gated TO a particularly noble idea, lovely
in line and form. spacious, dignifed and
fitted with wonderful taste and artistry
of express. on, il is building in which an
immense amount of hard, matter-of-fact
work is done. Last year the government
commission on economy and efficiency
awarded it the palm over other public
institutions in Washington Tor the lack
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'tts W. Af'f
HERE ARE women
alive today " no
are believed TO ride
their broonsticks
on New Year eve.
They are certain
witches of Brit
tauy. T. d VI G a ted
Parisians believe in
them. Their por-
traits have been
painted and their
photographs circu-
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than pounding knowledge into the heads
of loutish youths. more congenial than
walking two miles every morning to the
country school, making the fires and
sweeping out the rustic temple of educa-
ton.
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what you might think. Their object is
not to cure toothache, but to give II.
'tToothache, headache, rheumatism,
neuralgia. nephritis mumps and stomach
ache" said the schoo!master. There is
a lot of 1t in this damp climate"
The schoolmaster, Observation-Disclosures,
felt called on to name the phenomena
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Moving picture scenes. these. from
the life story of John Barrett. director
of the Pan-American Union.
old as chapters in fiction stories of
college boy life. so old that no editor
would buy a manuscript that contain
ed them. they are fresh as part Of the
biography of an American public man.
Born on a farm; attended the little
red schoolhouse; worked his way
through college and law school by
teaching country school: elected to the
legislature: elected prosecuting attor-
ney; elected to Congress-that is the
stereotyped biography of the Amerl-
can statesman.
IL has remained for john Barrett to
introduce variations. lie IS OF the
younger generation. Tie has hfted the
college boy summer hotel cmployc out
Of tile pages of fiction and made hun
I. potential statesman. No one ever dld
that before.
Furthermore. Mir Barrett has demon
srrated that TO attain success IN pubic
life il is not absolutely necessary TO
work ones way through law school as
well as a college of letters ana TO
serve terms 40 state legislator prose
cutting attorney and member or CON
s,ress OF course, Theodore Roosevelt
demonstrated this first but he was an
execution Mr. Barrett seems on the
way to establishing the new rule.
'rhfs energetic Nermonter rose to
fame not through the law hut through
Journalism. Five years from the date
Of his eInergence from the cubhood
stage of newspaper reporting ne car
ried tie Presidents commission as
RATED States minister To the court of
a foreign poteRtate. Four years from
"A reporters salary 81 $40 week he
was conserving with kings and en-
perors and the great Of the earth on
terms of equality, and pocketing Uncle
Sans salary Of $4,000 "A year for SO
doing.
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An envoy extraordinary and minister
pieuipotentiary before he was twenty
six he had been United States minister
10 four different countries before he
was forty
There are those who have affected to
look on Mr. Barrett as creature of
luck, the product of political good for
tune not unmixed with political in
duence \ study of his career shows
the failaCy Of this. Few men in pub
lie life started their careers with less
equipment Of this sort. lie made him
self hy grabbing opportunity and by
working hard. for he Is an intensely
hard worker.
Consider that on his being graduated
from Dartmouth College in 1889 he elect
ed to journey 300 miles from home and
friends to set his start in what ne deemed
his iife'S work. Ii was on the l6th day
Of august. lS>9, that he landed at the
10Th street station in Oakland. Cal. car
rying with him in his trousers pocket
his entire fortune, which was exactly SIG.
His trSt job was teaching school in
the Hopkins academy in that city. but
presently he got what he was after u
position as a reporter on a San Francisco
newspaper. That big, masterful nose of
his had a natural instinct to smell out
OpportunitY-speIled with q capital O.
and il led him to the business where OPP
portunity disports itself freely. Since
then no feeting opportunity has escaped
him.
Now, starting a public career as news
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late The ignorant local population Is in
fuil superstition
Last New Year eve, two German
witches few la Morbihan,' says Jehan
In, baker Wow do / know? l heard
them talking German
poubtIess. h. heard some one talking
German iu the twilight. What is certain
= that i've Parisians came in automobiles.
The most Favorable periods are supposed
10 he those preceding New Year. May
2 fNaIpurgisl. and september L pagan
autumn feast. The Parisians We're os-
tenslbly tourists. but the whispering.
mystery Carnac population
Well knew that the five parties went 10
Matt Legal, Annie Cloaree, or the Sor-
cerer of kervern.
II vas always n land Of witchcraft
outside Carnac are the menhirs and dol
mems of Meuac, kermario and kerlescan.
gigantic rocks, placed end-up to form
avenues. by who knows what mechanics
of prehistoric man?
The witches use them. Annie Cloarec
lives in dolmen OF five slabs. so enor-
NOUS that modern quarry men might de-
SPAR of transporting them the hundreds
Of miles they must nave come. To set
four on edge for walls and roofing them
with the fifth.
The schoolmaster IL soothing Partisan.
disbeIieves in witchcraft and believes in
science. but he did not scoff the big
woman III her red cloak. walking with a
crooked oak staff lie cringed to her.
y curious coincidence he told us at
the cafe. Il few months ago / went
with 4 party to that woman. She ranks
as a bad witch. for casting spells. break
ing attachments. hurrying off the aged.
general maletice. quot. Perhaps she did
not like our sayety. She walked away
from rs. and the ladies were disappoint.
ID. So | proclaimed myse the serious
client, seeking spells against a rival and
before knew ii had given her hand
$erchief OF my own as the property of my
'sctitious enemy.
y began running down physically and
morally within TWO weeks concluded the
>choolmaster. Il lost appetite. grew mel
ancholy. restless. fun of catarrh and neu-
ralgia. weakened. sleepless. and finally
got so out of hand that actually went
10 Annie confessed the silly sto.y gave
.fer 70 francs and a new silk handker-
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Parisians Who Be
lieve IN Breton SOrcerv
Portraits and Photo
graphs of Alleged
Witches Are Circulated
"A Superstitious Local
Population - Sterling
Heilig Makes an In
vestigation-What He
Discovered.
Special Correspondence Of The star
NORBIIINN. Brittany.
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Special Correspondence Of The star
MORBIHNN. Brittany.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-04-04
ARE ALL IN FAVOR
Of POL|CEWOMEN
woMEN'S CLUBS AND CHARITABLE
ORGANIZATIONS FAVOR THE
PROJECT.

NEW YORK. April S.--Views of
women. who asked the assembly cities
committee to report favorably the
Lewis bill providing for the appoint
ment of twenty or more women TO
the New York city police force. have
led many more women TO express opin-
ions urging passage Of the bill.
Almost without exception the wo-
mems clubs favor the bill while suf-
frage organizations, charitable and re-
formatory societies are of one voice in
urging it's adoption. The champions OF
the bill have come from both suf-
frage and non-suffrage ranks.
Sister Gertrude. superintendent of
the House of Mercy at Inwood-on-
Hudson, said
There are certain things women can
do better than men. They can get
better results from women under their
supervision than men can. We are in
favor of having women. vested with
police authority, at moving picture
shows, and dance halls, 10 protect
girls.
They will be able" she said. more
readily to get in touch with girls who
are in need of help, but who would not
dream of going to n policeman with
their trouble. 1t is a great mistake TO
suppose that men can deal with way
that New Yorks policemen cannot do
it. I need only mention the@fact that
many young girls at our home have
told us 1t was the plainclothes men of
the New York force who figured in
their fall"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-04-04
WEST END PEOPLE
WANT To CONE IN
SOME ENTHUSIASTIC RESOLU-
TONS ADOPTED AT A MEET
ING HELD LAST NIGHT.

Enthusiastic resolutions favoring
annexation and urging immediate &C
ton by the city council were adopted
at a meeting Of the West End Citi-
zens' association last night, and a
committee appointed to personally APP
pear before the council and advocate
the movement.
The adoption of the resolutions fol-
lowed a spirited address by Business
Manager w. T. Dabney, of the chant
Der of commerce, in which he out
lined the chambers plans Mr., Dab
ney presented the subject from every
possible standpoint. and sought to
draw from the citizens present any
possible objections, but none was
forthcoming, 1t being plainly evident
that the West End jewellers are ready
and anxious to come in.
The meeting was held in the park
building at the reservoir, and was at
tended by several hundred members
of the association. The action taken
by the association was unanimous.
The resolutions. copy of which
will be presented Immediately to every
member of the council. follows:
Whereas. Richmond has made rapid
growth In the past seven years. so
much so that with the exception of
comparatively little scattered area has
developed nearly all territory annexed
in 1907. and
Whereas, all indications point to
continued rapid growth, and
Whereas, there is apparent need
for building OF homes. particularly to
supply our citizens earning from $50
to $50 per month. and
Whereas, we believe liberal area
will provide sites for homes Of the
character most needed at present. at
sufficiently low prices to encourage
such development. and
Whereas we feel the health of our
citizens. as well as those residing in
the thickly settled suburbs. would be
best conserved by the sanitary regu-
lations being under the control Of our
health board. and
Whereas, the city's best interest de-
mands that our municipality control
the opening and grading of streets
OF the outlying territory. particularly
in the many directions of the tendency
of settlement; therefore. be IL
Resolved, That we, the West End
Citizens association. petition the
council of Richmond, through it's com
nittee on annexation. to favorabiy
consider a liberal policy of annexa-
ton at this time, embracing the SUI
hurban developments north. east,
south and west, thereby encouraging
a circle or grouped city development,
as far as consistent