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DR. ]. w. RUSSELL
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last Labor day when Doolittle came into
his own.
On that day Doolittle. who is demo-
crat, and Fred 8. Jackson. his republic
can opponent for Congress. were to
speak from the same platform at Lebo.
Kan. Jackson. by choice. was to talk
last.
It was a dreadfully hot and sultry day,
hut no worse than the whole state had
experienced for many weeks Half the
farmers In the audience had given up
their corn crops as lost on account of
the drought The sky was clear and the
sun burned like a big coal of fire.
Dudley started to speak at exactly 2
o,cIock He looked at his watch and
said:
II promise you that within an hour we
shau have rain. Therefore, / shall talk
CIV forty-fiye minutes SO that Mr.. Jack
SON NAV have a chance to say a few
II i, rains, we'll vote for you!" shout
al ynany persons in the crowd.
Doolittle spoke forty minutes and then
turned tc sit down. Before he reached
his chair a torrent of rain began to fall.
Not only was Jackson unable to speak
thar afternoon, but so great was the
rainfall that his night meeting in the
onera house was Cancelled, too.
And inasmuch as Doolittle kept his
promise of rain, the crowd Kept Its
promise Of votes.
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sary to keep two, and oftentimes three,
men steadily at work mixing drinks.
washing plates and glasses and clearing
off the counter. A first-class soda
'jerker' must learn to put every motion
that he makes to some good use. Both
hands must be going steadily. While he
is drawing the carbonated water for one
drink he must be rounding up glass
and rinsing it for the next. or swabbing
the counter. or passing the straws. or
doing any of the hundred and one little
tasks that are so plentiful about soda
fountain. The soda boy who cannot train
himself into the best method for saving
every motion possible need not hope TO
hold down a good job very long.
The boys who work the soda FOUNTAINS
about Washington have the best chance
in the world to study the curious little
traits of character peculiar to the peo-
pie who deal with them. Many SODA
fiend. if he could see himself as the boy
at his favorite fountain sees him, Wouio
turn over a new leaf and mend MS ways.
Not long ago a woman entered a Gig
PENNSYLVANIA avenue establishment ana
demanded a certain flavor of Ice cream
soda. The boy behind the counter hasten-
ed To mix the desired drink, ana, In MS
hurry, managed to splash little pain
"a rhonated water on her silk skirt. The
liquid was harmless, but the woman
much incensed at the dispensers careless
ness. vowed that her dress was completely
ruined The offending soda boy pleaded
in vain that no harm could result from
the mtshap. but she left the counter IN
high dudgeon and swept haughtily forth.
All this happened at an hour perllousiy
near midnight. Apparently the gooo iaoy
snent the remainder of that night enoeaV-
oring to wash away the imaginary STAN
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opposition to a candidate who had al
ready served a term in Congress and
was running for reelection as a progress
i've The other incidental stunt that
helps to qualify Johnson as an immor-
tai is his famous hobo compositor
story.
II seems that in the course OF John
sons long newspaper experience he was
once publisher OF e paper that was issued
in large measure by the labor OF tramp
printers" = wandering journeymen who
would Low into town. work along
sticking type till they had a stake. and
then blow out.
One evening one of these printers pre-
scented Johnson. who publisher had
general supervision Of the mechanical
department, with galley proof and a
long tale of woe.
The hobo compositor had been setting
an editorial which referred to a citizen
OF the community Judas Iscariot,
without mentioning him more specifical-
ly; and. through some trick of the type
writer. the writer had hammered out the
name as Judas L Scarlet"
The compositor put period after the
Il" converting the letter into a middle
initial. and the foreman made him reset
the line without compensation. instead
of making the allowance usually given
for corrections when the printers error
Is due to mistakes in spelling or gram
mar that are chargeable to the author
rather than TO the typesetter.
The hobo went through all this song
ambulance TO Johnson, taking about ten
times as many words to give the facts
and express his emotions. Johnson
listened patiently and carefully till the
language cloudburst was over. Then he
asked:
well, what about it7'
What about it?" yelled the printer
What about 1t? Have ! got to pay for
the mistakes a mutton-headed editorial
allowance for making that correction"
Why, there wasn't any real error"
Johnson objected The typewriter slip
ped, that's all. You ought to have set
hat line properly In the first place.
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States made a similar promise regard
ed the South American countries. At the
time OF DR.. Wright's departu-, every
government concerned except Peru had
signified a willingness to sign the con-
vention, and 1t Is thought that Peru will
yet join In time.
Such, then, is the task which the pres
ent opium conference is undertaking.
and which hopeful delegates have
named the last opium conference. II
the signatures Of the remaining thirty
four countries. through their delegates.
can be affixed to the treaty, then will
opium traffic be doomed, then will the
United States have terminated ten
year was against one of the most
crying evils Of the present day-and
come off victorious.
According to general opinion" said
DIR. Wright, 1.-The opium problem is a
matter of recent growth, one that has de-
veloped in the first half of the last CEN
fury. From late researches. however. of
Edkins. Dane. Brinkley and others, Ii is
now quite clear that the origin Of the
opium problem can be traced to a period
before British contact with China and
India, which began late in the fifteenth
century.
Homer. virgil ana other writers nave
mentioned the poppy. Homer, for in
stance. tells of an arrow which. meant
for Tector, missed him and struck his
brother. and that just as a poppy in a
garden hangs on one side it's head laden
with fruit and the dew of spring, so he
bent on one side his head made heavy by
his helmet. Virgil associated the poppy
with fables Of the world of the dead. and
with the worship of the Goddess Ceres.
Ceres. when presented. holds a poppy in
h hand. That is for the reason that the
seeds Of the poppy are edible. and that
the flowers grow wild among the wheat.
Peoples We're originally cultivated as
ornaments. Their food value was soon
discovered. however. as we'll as the fact
that the seeds also give an oil good for
lighting purposes In Persia and Turkey
peoples are grown today as much for
these two qualities as for the opium
which they produce. France. Also has
large areas covered with the plants,
grown for their seed and oil. This coun-
try, though it grows practically none. Is
We. heavy importer of the seed. These
are bought almost entirely by the He
brews and south European immigrants,
who use them in cakes and other delica-
cies. The peoples which are raised chief
ly for their opium are those grown In
India and China.
Opium was first mentioned in the
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argue O case before the SupFeho 49,
He looked up one Of the few men no
knew in the Capitol before he TOOK .ho
train back to Paterson and remarked q
bit wistfully that he thought he "ouio
like to come back again, not as law.
yer, but as the representative from Inc
sixth New Jersey district. a.
Billy Hughes was then defending the
right Of the striking silk mill workers 20
maintain pickets. Some of the p1ckets
were under indictment at the time put
before the Supreme Court handed down
its decision the issue was forgotten one
among the mill owners, and their clamor
for Jail sentences had died away 10
mere whisper.
The pickets counsel is now one or the
leading legal lights of New Jersey ana q
United States senator, and ne came 70
the House three times from an over,
whelmingly republican district. Inc mlA
workers were republicans. too. put no
republican had a chance when ne was
on the opposing ticket Hughes, by the
way. Is the only senator who holds
union ticket
few years ago. when potn senator's
from New Jersey were republicans. Bill
Hughes strolled into the Senate chamber.
In inches either side of the Vice Presi-
dents platform. are small. brown boxes
filled with SNUFF. 1t was shock to the
live wire from Paterson when ne DIS
covered their purpose. and ne Whispered
to a colleague:
lin, let's get out of this old woman's
home. This is no place Tor young
man."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-03
Anecdotes Concerning
Well Mm@wm People
Summer Girls.

THE Due de Richelieu. seated on an
Atlantic City pier. waved his hand
with a gesture Of admiration toward
the glittering beach.
What a beautiful sight, he cried.
But it would not be half so beautiful
save for your summer girl. Your
brown, slim summer GIRL in her crisp
white gown or in her blue bathing
dress Is superb.
How fascinating she is! How fire.
sistible! / heard q tale about her last
night that / can well believe.
ION a seaward- fronting terrace. be.
tween dances, a young man said to .
lovely summer girl:
Now tell me the truth, weren't you
engaged to Truxton King last month";
1.-The summer girl knitted her beau
tiful brow in thought. Then. with o
little yawn. she said:
"'Oh, what's he like? I'm no good
at remembering Names"
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PHOTO SHOWING OPIUM POPPY,
WITH Cross Sections OE INF

the evils associated with the production
and use of opium and morphine. and
bring such abuses to an end.
That commission, however, was merely
empowered to study the question and
not take any action. and the United
States delegates to the commission, par
ticularly. realized that If any results
were to be forthcoming other steps
would have to be taken. To secure these
results required a conference of the
world powers, at which delegates of the
interested governments should agree to
international rules under which opium
should be produced solely for medicinal
purposes. and should have the power to
act accordingly.
Consequently. in the autumn of 1908,
the United States again took the first
step by issuing a proposal to the other
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mixture of rocks and cement and water
used for the base OF certain kinds OF
streets and concrete sidewalks. And. as
Stout mixed much grout in Billings.
Mont. some ten years ago. for "a-dol-
lar-sixAbits' a day. he knows whereof
he speaks
Stout went to Billings with a high am
bition and low purse. In fact. he had
just Sl.4O. His ambition was to practice
law. The job he got was shoveling
grout. And that lasted only q few days
However, Stout maintains he was one
dandy little shoveler while the work
held out.
Being out Of a job, he convinced an
editor that he was a reporter. A friendly
police magistrate, who had '.staked'
Stout to bed and board, gave him some
pointers on reporting and much news:
and in a few weeks the future represent
alive really developed news instincts and
was able to hold down the job for a
couple OF years.
From Billings he went to Lewistown and
became the editor and owner OF the Fer
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the most marvelC

tue IIiOSt iHdTSelOuS hHOWu u
the national legislature.
He can remember the name, date, page
and line of every speech ever made in
Congress-so his friends say. This may
be an exaggeration. of course. but Philip
Campbell, the stalwart standpat repub-
lican from Kansas. has reason to re-
greet "F1tz's' memory.
A few weeks ago the question Of ten
ure of office for government clerks"
arose in the House. The democrats had
proposition to make government
clerks employment proceed in terms of
six years.
Representative Campbell made a most
vigorous and fiery speech against IT, He
called II iniquitous: he called it tyran-
meal: he called 1t unfeeling, unsympa-
thetic and smelling of graft and corrun-
ton, and made great applause for him
self on the republican side.
While he was talking. Representa- five
Fitzgerald called MarcelIus Shields as.
sistant clerk to the House appropriations
committee.
"Get me the Record OF about xpril
IL. 1906" he said.
Shields brought the volume and Fitz.
gerald turned to April H. There was
the speech Of Campbell OF Kansas IN
favor of a tenure OF office-exactly IN
favor Of the thing he was now denounc-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-03
A Miracle of System.

IOHN PURROY MITCHELL. the new
customs collector for New York.
praised system at q dinner.
There's nothing like system" he
said. System will accomplish the i'm.
possible.
1.-The director OF recent art show
was a fine chap for system. One day
he arrived at the show without his
pass and the gateman. a stranger. held
him UP.
"T have no pass nor ticket said the
system exponent. but I am the director
of the show
you'll have to produce your ticket.
sir
But / tell you I'm the director
high mucky- muck-boss.'
"I can't help II, sir; I'm forbidden
to let
Ives. / know said the director i'm
patiently, but. my good fellow, as the
director. l give you permission to let
me pass
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governments. which had previously been
presented at the Shanghai commission.
that a conference be held to which all
delegates be given full powers to act.
in order that definite result might be
reached from the conclusions of the COM
mission.
Upon the issuance of this proposal the
Netherlands government came forward
and promptly requested that the meeting
be held at The Hague. And SO. at the
invitation of the Queen of the Neither
lands, December I, 1911, the first Hague
conference went into session. Thirteen
governments were represented January
%, 1912. a convention having been agreed
upon, it was signed by twelve delega-
tons 1t contained strict stipulations as
to the production. and international and
national traffic in opium, morphine and
cocaine.
The countries signing the treaty were
the United States. China, France. Ger
many, Great Britain. Italy, Japan. the
Netherlands, Portugal. Russia, Siam and
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with the fight made against its use In
the Philippines. the fight which was the
beginning of the end.
1t was in 1894 that the British royal
commission undertook to make STUDY
Of the opium evil as 1t affected India,
China and other parts of the Tar east.
Prior to that time considerable had been
done to stop the traffic in opium, and
the leaders of this movement felt con-
fident that the findings of the commission
would greatly aid in their fight. But
CONSERVATION reigned when the commits
sion made rs report which contained the
statement that it was in favor OF the
India monopoly, which is represented by
the East India Company And it Is that
company which represents the largest
opium output in the world.
Such a report naturally had the effect
of temporarily paralyZing the efforts OF
the same time gave an added impetus TO
the monopoly
This was the state of affairs as re-
Earded opium when the United States
took over the Philippines and discovered
much to her sorrow, that the evil had
strong foothold there. The question was
Immediately taken up, and in 1902 pre-
liminary discussion ensued. Ihe real
movement, however, began the following
wear. when the Philippine government
decided to investigate and named a COM
mittee. known as the Philippine opium
commission. That studied the problem.
not ONLY as it touched the Islands, but
also in connection with Japan. China,
French Indo-China Formosa, Java.
Straits Settlements and Burma.
AS the English had watched for the re-
port of the British royal commission, so
Americans watched for the report of the
Philippine commission When 1t came
it proved to be "a most comprehensive
Illuminating and influential report.
which most strongly urged the abolition
of all traffic in the article as used for
smoking purposes" according to DR..
Wright.
That report game just ten years after
that of the English commission, and had
just the opposite effect. Copies were
sent all ovef the world, and the Philip
pine government soon afterward enact
ed restricting measures. Then, March 3.
1905, Congress gave the finishing blow.
This was the enactment of law which
provided that after March /, 1905 no
opium, as used for smoking, should be
either imported or exported from the
islands.
During this time DR.. Wright had been
working hard, and, once the question as
1t affected this country vas settled. he
Immediately set out to bring about q
similar state OF affairs the world over.
AS DR.. Wright hinl<elf says, 1.-THE opium
traffic has become SO closely allied with
the diplomatic and economic relations
of all the powers that the subject is
gigantic" So big Is it in fact that but
few men in this country are thoroughly
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It Pleased Her.

A DMIRAL PEARf. fresh rom Nc
"A European triumph, was taking
about the conquest of Mount Mchih-
ley. ,,. .. .,
DOC Cook will be pleased ABOUT H.
said Brooklynite 10,
yes" said the admiral tss asd WIN who Se
aoou' a .ne seashore hotel piazza:
..To this group of pretty summer
girls answered in chorus; .ve,
oh; don't say Save had had proposals
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-03
No Wonder!

When Miss Esther Cleveland. who is
now a very popular society young woman.
was little girl. President Cleveland
called up the White House by long dis
lance telephone from middle western
state.
Long-distance telephones in those days
were very much of a novelty. Mrs. Cleve-
land lifted the tiny girl to the phone and
to her surprise Esther began to cry.
as she heard her fathers voice:
Goodness. mamma" she walled, how
are they ever going to get papa out OF
that little hole?'
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SODA CLERKS JOB NOT AN EASY ONE

on her skirt, and during the process must
have convinced herself that it was actually
there. for before the clock over the post
office had registered the following
morning a messenger appeared at the
scene of the late disaster with an indig-
nant note from the much-wronged GUS
toner and a bill for $3.50 damages Ito
defray the expense of cleansing" The
manager Of the fountain, rather than en-
gage in an alteration, acceded to her
demand and ruefully paid up.
Upon another recent occasion. at this
same counter customer found fault
with the strength of his drink, saying.
it was nothing but sweetened water.
The soda boy, knowing that he had in
jected the proper amount of favoring
into the drink, decided that his Gus
toner was only throwing a bluff" Ac-
cordingly he proceeded to experiment.
Taking the rejected mixture. he placed
counter and began the mixing of a sec
ond drink. this time adding twice s
much favoring as was usual, his Gus
toner watching him narrowly mean
while. When the second mixture was
ready to be served he held il for mo-
ment behind the counter on pretense of
stirring 1t, and in that moment he
deity exchanged it for the original
drink which he handed to the unsus-
pecting fault finder. The soda boys
suspicious proved to be well founded
the disconnected customer drained hts
glass
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A Long Memory.

No one in the
House of Repre-
sentatives dares to
trifie with Repre-
sentative John ].
Fitzgerald Of Brook
lyn. n. Y. chairman
Of the great COM
mittee on appro-
priations, until the
would-be trifer is
sure OF his facts.
The reason Is that
"Fitz," as they
call him. Is pos
sessed OF one Of
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From Shovel to Congress.

There are folks.
no doubt, who
would say that
grout 10 q filler
boarding h o u 9 e
keepers use In
vegetable CUP:
but Tom Stout,
re p resentative at
large from Mon
tana, is not one OF
them. No. the
name Is not used
Familiarity: 1t IL
just plain Tom.
Grout really Is a
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Everybody knows who Judas Iscariot
is"
"Oh, they do, do they?" sneered the
printer. Everybody knows who Judas
Iscariot is, Ell? Huh! That's rube Jour-
nalism for you, all right. You mutt desk
men think the whole United States
knows every three-for-a nickel short
guy In your own burg. Well, / want to
tell you right now that Judas Iscariot
never will get heard of any farther than
shouting distance from this office. Good
night"
And with a great show Of dignity the
tramp printer got his time"
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They Persevere.

r/ARL HUTTER. the mililonaire IN
n ventor OF the porcelain peer stopper
whose unfortunate death, due TO meian-
cholia, was recently reported In New
York, could bring his perennial humor 10
bear even upon his own malady.
Thus. at the New York Athletic cub
discussing the difficulty of escaping from
m elancho1v and low spirits, Mr.. Hutter
said one evening:
Troubles are like misdeeds. and you
know how it is with misdeeds, Ell?
You may rest assured ga, Ia, n your in,s
deeds find you out, tney win eai aeah.
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ing. Fitzgerald waited his chance and
then read Campbelrs six-year-old speech
and Campbell nearly died Of embar-
rassment.
John" he said to Fitzgerald In the
cloakroom afterward, "how in the name
Why, / forgot that 1 ever made it,
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Raining Votes.

In the good old
days before Dud-
ley Doolittle, rep
resentative Of the
fourth Kansas dis
trict, b e c a m e
famed as a weather
prophet, his neigh
bors depended on
the f1uttering OF
the birds, the turn
ing of leaves and
barometers to tell
them when 1t was
going to rain. But
that was before
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Going Down.

THE REV. CHRISTIAN F. REIsNER
l Of New York. who blames the appaii-
,,o railroad wrecks of modern times upon
,he moral responsibility Of the million
s;ra stockbo,der. said the other day In
New York:
"It isn't, after all. an unmixed blessing
% no rich Wealth has tendency to
make us vain and hard.
With a smile he added: .p .
Money makes the mare 60 ~ GU ,',.;,..ts
destination
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Indeed, No!

Ihey called him
BILLY" in the
House Of Repre-
sentatives, fro m
the Speaker down
to the latest land
8 l d e statesman,
and it's a battle
ship to q canoe
that BILLY" he
will be to the Sem
ate b e fore the
tariff bill Is many
weeks older. Billy
Hughes first came
to Washington 10
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gus County Democrat. His paper pros
pered, and he became known throughout
the state as a real editor. Last fall he
was elected to Congress. He still owns
the paper, and writes a weekly letter
Tor 1t. proving that he still knows how
to write. And he still knows how TO
shovel grout. too. but he never prac-
tees.