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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-08
AIR BUS MEETS TRAINS.
Curtiss Has Novel Method of Wei.
coming Guests to Hammondsport.

Glenn H. GhrtisS, the aviator, who re-
ceived the Langley medal at the Smith
sonian Institution Tuesday, left Washing
ton this afternoon for Annapolis prior
to going back to his home at Hammonds-
port n " Mr.. Curtiss was accompanied
by Lieut.. Towers of the navy. He went
to Annapolis to inspect the fsing camp
of the Navy Department there. He will
leave for Hammondsport tonight.
Mr.. Curtiss has made a novel arrange
ment for aeroplane hospitality at Ham
mondsport Friends who are going to
visit him there will be met by one of his
flying boats at the railroad station at
the upper end of Lake keuka and driven
down to Hammondsport. twenty-five miles
through the air. This will make Il run
of little less than half an hour. con-
sidefably quicker than the train would
make the trip.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-08
LEAVE TO STUDY DISEASE.
Harvard Men Will Investigate Mys
FERROUS Malady in Peru.

Nerruga, a mysterious disease peculiar
to the high valleys of Peru, is to be
studied by Harvard University. 1t was
learned here today that DIR. Richard T..
Strong of the department of tropical
medicine in the Harvard Medical School
and two assistants have started for the
South American country. DR.. Strong
has gained eminence by his study in the
Philippines of the causes of beri-beri
and his discovery of its cure and for his
work with cholera and other diseases.
After his return from Peru DR. Strong
is planning to go to Brazil to study beri-
beri in the MADEIRA Mamore regions.
The disease there is different from that
of the east and does not yield to the
same treatment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-08

up an education which, if thing of
shreds and patches, was at least not of
the Dryasdust sort.
Withal Miss Frances kept up her
habit of scribbling and, having been
provided by her intellectual father with
stepmother, she soon found it brought
trouble upon her. For that lady was
day that it was most immodest and
unladylike for a woman to write for
publication. A female novelist was
not unlike a bearded woman" all right
in her own side-show, but not quite the
person you wanted at your tea table.
Accordingly, the stepmother by indirec-
ton and innuendo so worked upon the
feelings of the child that she gathered
up her literary belongings and in the
presence of her sister-both being moved
to the flames. But it is easier to make
of the products of a mind, however
youthful and crude, burnt Offering to
propriety than it is to check the work
ings of that mind. For q time Fanny
wrote no more, but she thought. Among
her inundated papers was a story with
la somewhat lachrymose ending involving
a dead mother and newly born infant.
The future of this child of her brain en-
gagged much of Miss Burney's thoughts.
Mentally she brought her to woman
hood a real Cinderella. and, mentally,
too, found for her a Prince Charming,
who .espoused her and elevated her to
high estate.
Employed Both His Daughters.
This was all very well, but the child
could not go on forever carrying her
story unwritten in her mind. She was
now of an age to help her father, and
that energetic gentleman employed both
of his daughters as amanuenses on his
Jirsn % N,r-i
Blind Milton debating Paradise Lost
to his daughters has passed into history
and art as type of paternal reliance
upon filial aid. DR.. Burney was not less
exacting than this poet. AS result it
was long before the girl had a chance to
put pen to paper on her own book. She
was twenty-six years old before, by
patching together odd moments, and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-08
UNCLE JOE'S' NATAL DAY.
Former Speaker Forgot He Was Sew
enty-Seven Years of Age.

DANNILLE. ILL.,. Nav s.-"Uncle joe
Cannon. former Speaker of the House OF
Representatives. forgot he had a birth
day yesterday until late i'm the after
noon. when he returned home and found
numerous messages congratulating him
upon his seventy seventh anniversary.
The ex-Speaker during the day took a
long drive and attended the dedication OF
two churches At dinner a monster
birthday cake made by his two daugh-
tiers shared the honors with huge vase
containing seventy-seven American beau
ties. In the evening twenty prominent
citizens gave him a surprise party.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-08
Frank o. Briggs Dying.

TRENTON, n. j., May S.-Former
United States Senator Frank o. Briggs,
who has been i'll for some months. is in
a dying condition today at his home in
this city. Mr.. Briggs, besides serving
term in the United States Senate, was
former state treasurer and at one time
was mayor of the city of Trenton. He
was graduated from West Point Military
Academy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-08

Thereafter her life was of little interest
to the public of her day. for her brain
seemed TO have lost its creative power
and her later books had hut little vogue
But. diving in 1870 she left the world a
legacy worth more even than .Evelina =
Her diary tells OF the eloquence of
Burke she heard it. and the scarcely
less rhetorical conversation of DIR. John
son. In !; Talleyrand Mime. de Stae
Napoleon and the Mad George Ill all
live as depicted by one who knew them
1t is the history OF a brilliant age re
duced 10 personal narrative by a brilliant
writer The laurels which "Evelina'
won for Fanny Burney may have been
perishable hut the brilliant diary will
for long time to come bedeck with bays
the figure OF Nine. d Arblay.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-08
PLANS TRAFFIC PRoBE.
Attorney General to Look Into New
England Situation.

ATTORNEY General McReynolds will soon
begin broad investigation of the New
England railroad and steamship situation.
with particular reference to the New
York. New Haven and Hartford system
Within a few days he expects to an
nounce the appointment of special as
sistant to take immediate charge OF the
inquiry, which will deal with conditions
from the viewpoint of the Sherman anti
trust law.
The testimony now being taken by the
Interstate commerce commission regard
ing the situation and the results of the
investigation by the grand jury winch
indicted Melen. Chamberlain and Smith
ers will be studied by the department IN
connection with the new inquiry
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-08
MACKAY TO AID STEFANSSON.
Doctor Who Was With Shackleton
Also to Go to Far North.

MONTREAL. May S.-Dr. A. Forbes
Mackay. who was one of the medical men
attached to the expedition to the south
polar regions which won Sir Ernest Shac-
kleton his knighthood, has arrived here
en- route to Esquimalt to join the Swedish
explorer. Vilhjalmur Stefansson. in his
expedition to the far north.
DR. Mackay will see to the victualing
and other details connected with the voy-
age of Stefansson.'s ship. the Karluk. Dr..
Mackay is accompanied by w. l.. Mckin-
lay, who is also to be member of the
Stefansson expedition.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-08
GUIDES CONDEMN HOBBIES.
Narrow Skirts Don't Belong in Adj.
rondacks, They Declare.

SARANAC LAKE. \. V. May S.-The
''hobble'' and all other varieties of the
narrow skirts which women wear have
received the official condemnation of the
guides in the Adirondacks.
A recent accident. in which woman
was precipitated into the water while
landing from boat and was nearly
drowned, is only one Of several mishaps
charged against the skirts. which prompt
ed the guides to meet in formal con-
yentiOn at Rainbow lake yesterday to
act upon the situation.
A resolution was passed that narrow
skirts on women don't beong in the Adj
rOndacks, and we condemn them"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-08
Jack Johnson Is Kissed

CHICAGO, May S.-The effect of
Federal Judge Carpenters censorship
of attendance at the trial of the negro
prize fighter. Jack" Johnson. on a
white slavery charge was apparent in
the empty benches at todays session
of court. A few colored friends of the
defendant and a half dozen white men
constituted the audience At the Union
depot, where Johnson went to meet a
friend before court opened. he was
Kissed by the crowd.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-08

Du Maurier at his best once depicted
in Punch noble author replying to
one who asked his opinion of certain
book, Jaw. aw, | don't read books, ye
know. | write them
At the age of eight Fanny Burney
did not know her letters. At fourteen,
though she could read. she was seldom
observed doing so. but she assiduously
scrubbed away at every sort of literary
composition i'm prose and in verse.
Such early education as she had was of
the most unsystematic sort. made up
largely of fragments OF verse caught
by overhearing her mother reading aloud
to her elder sister. However, amends
to some extent for the slenderness of
her systematic education We're made to
the child by the scholarly environment in
which her youth was passed. when
Frances was eight years old the family
moved to London. While the tather mas
ONLY the shallowest niche in the temples
of fame, he must have been somewhat
of figure in the intellectual lie OF the
day, for his house was freGuented by the
great Dr. Johnson, his affinity thonl soft
oui NAL y pense), Mrs. Thrale; Garrick
and some others. The names OF this
galaxy are OF most unStdrilke SOFT
today Their radiance has faded. But
the child records finding stimulus in their
conversation, and it was no doubt OF
better things than bridge or golf. though
scandal, which has been universal ever
since Adam told on Eve, doubtless had
it's place.
Browsed in Fathers Library.
About her fifteenth year the little
girl began to feel the promptings OF
genius She took to browsing in her
fathers library, and not content with
reading its most important volumes, she
summarized many and wrote her COM
ments upon them. Her mother being
dead she was much alone, and gathered
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-08
silt Skirts" Under Ban.

Los ANGELES. Cal. May s.-"Slit
skirts" cannot be worn in Los Angeles
schools by students. The order caused
the absence from Polytechnic High
School today of two sisters. who were
told to go home and change their
raiment when they entered their class
room with ankles twinkling through
vents in their skirts
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-08

writing in secret. she was able 10 offer
the Ms. of '.Evelina' to a publisher
Even then the darkest secrecy was main
tanned Her letters We're signed Graf
ton The answers were directed 10 q
coffee house whence her younger brother
fetched them to her. Finally publisher
was found who approved the manuscript,
and she sold ii for G2D.
One morning at breakfast Mrs. Burney
read aloud from the newspaper the ad-
vertisement of a new book. The name OF
the author was concealed, but Fanny. IN
much trepidation, recognized the title
and fled blushing. Soon everybody was
applauding "Evelina" and wondering who
was the author but still the secret was
kept. One day Mrs. Thrale remarked in
the Burney family circle that She had
lent it to DR.. Johnson. who had returned
it with the remark: why. madam, what
charming book you lent met This
was too much for Fanny. who hastily
retired, and was presently discovered by
her fathers friend, Mr.. Crisp, dancing
in ecstasy around a mulberry bush in
the yard. In response to anxious in
quiries of friends who thought her mad.
she confessed all. There was great JOY
in the Burney household.
Even Royalty Took Notice
Outside the family circle the great
secret baffied the world of readers Sir
Joshua Reynolds said he would give $50
authorship was attributed to various
literary lights. among whom was Horace
Walpole- whereby Fanny should have felt
complimented-and Anstey of the Bath
Guide" not so complimentary a selec-
ton.
OF course. the secret was soon out.
Fanny became a literary lion at once.
The literary pool then was not large, and
a very small pebble stirred its waters
hugely, while .Evelina' was no small
pebble. Her second book, Cecilia" was
awaited with eagerness and bought with
avidity. Longer than "Evelina," it was
likewise duller. but her literary reputa-
ton put ii over" as we would say to-
day.
Royalty itself took notice of her. She
was appointed by Queen Charlotte mis-
tress of the robes. on much the same
principle that We made Hawthorne and
Bret Harte consuls. The appointment
ticularly advantageous TO the robes. Her
health breaking down under the work.
she sought to resign. but her curious
father valued the connection with the
court and the stolid German Queen Char
lotte seemed to find a certain dignity in
compelling famous novelist TO hand
her her clothes at Z o'clock in the morn
ing and disrobe her at midnight. Ac-
cordngiy for E1D0 year and doubtful
honor, Miss Burney for five years dis
charged the duties of a ladies' maid. and
exchanged her literary society COR that OF
the stup deSt court in Europe.
In 1898 she married Cen. Alexandra
dArblay a Frenchman whom the revo-
luton had driven from his nGt.vc land.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-08
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Evening star., 1913-03-02

WILLIAM CORCORAN EUSTIS, chair
w man of the Washington inaugural
committee, said the other day OF a pro-
posed inaugural economy:
NO, that would look odd. 1t would
look too much like Scrooge.
"Scrooge, at a board meeting. cut his
finger and asked for a piece of sticking
plaster. Nobody had any plaster. but a
merchant handed Scrooge two-cent
stamp.
Put that on he said. 1T will stop
the flow of blood.
".Oh thank YOU said Scrooge; and.
drawing forth his wallet. he deposited
the two-cent stamp therein, taking out a
one-cent stamp of his own. which he pro-
ceeded to affiX upon his hurt
Evening star., 1913-03-02

wild and fanCifui dreams which haunt our
brains when our spirit escapes, for mo-
ment. from its earthly prison. and scars
into the region of the great unknown. lie
sings as only poet can sing. The
dience, which but minute before was
boisterOuSly applauding the mordant buff
foonery of satirical singer. falls under
the spell of the rich, melodious voice,
which fingers over every word. They es-
cape for brief space from the obsession
of daily toll. or the still more weary pur-
suit of pleasure, and are gently borne
away to the land of dreams. There IS no
applause between the verses. everybody
listens in reverent silence as the last
words strike plantively on the ear.
The song is ended; the prince OF
"chansonniers' is on his feet, bowling
his acknowledgment of the grateful ap
plause which is the need of the true
artistic who loves his work.
The average Frenchman does not ap-
preciate poetry. but he has some knowl-
edge of the works Of Edmond Rostand,
Jean Richepin and Henri Bataile. When
he heard that the poets of France had
decided to elect a prince" he shrugged
his shoulders good-humoredly, and in
stinctivey thought of the author of
"Chantecler'' and Cyrano de Bergerac."
When requested to swear allegiance to
the elected prince" Paul Fort. he
annoyed; afterward when he had read
some of the masters poems, he laughed.
Paul Fort, who was born in Rheims in
1870. has a head of hair as black as the
piumage of the legendary jackdaw of
the same town. This and his disdain
of rhymes or rhythm constitute his chief
claims to glory. The following is a speci-
men of his art:
\ young girl is sitting at the window
She is Shelling peas;
She shells them into her lap;
Some fall into the street;
The street Is deserted.
The stones count the falling peas
Will nobody come down the street:
The French excel in the art of short
story writing. Every daily newspaper
contains one two short stories, and the
weeklies have three or four Such men
as J. IL. Rosny, &. III. Hirsch, II. Duver-
1lois and a. Hermant are known and ap-
preciated wherever the French language
is spoken When an evening paper ask
cd its readers to vote for a prince of
short-story writer's 1t Was generally sup
posed that the palm would fall to one
of these men. three of whom have re-
ceived the cross of the Legion of
Honor The result of the voting again
showed the public that they knew Moth
ing about literary excellence. To the
Evening star., 1913-03-02

1t is the elegants who are the bad ones.
The toughs in appearance, the Belonie,
Rodriguez, CroZat de Fleury fy-et he Is a
nobleman are the fences and accom-
plices.
Are these the bandits who terrorized
France. a price put on their heads. whom
the police hunted for months? Are these
the deSperadoeS who revolver in hand.
dashed through the land in stolen auto
mobiles. killing to obtain them. the pals
Of terrible Bonnot and GARNER? Most OF
them are quite small. weakly, gentle
looking. coduet, almost effeminate, smart
clean stylish
Here are the tragic bandits. They would
seem to look more at home a a pink tea
Paris had expected to find them re-
doubtablc. ferocious. IeVolted. violent
terrible and CRYING their hatred of go
ciety and Boosting their hot appetities
And here they are correct. docile neat
and modest. kibaltchiche. X how soft
spoken and courteous he showed at the
trial. The Duke of Coislin OF proverbia
memory, was not politer. His replies
were as susary as an academic compli-
mcnt. II am full of regrets to note AN
inexactitude." 'I do not share, permit.
that way of thinking 1T desolases me
to be forced to point out All error
He is a sentimental. lie admits that
he is sentimental GARNER and RAY
mend" he said, belong to philosophi-
cal school which inspires itself from a
so-cal1ed biological REORGANIZATION or
necessity ,determnismel III which l can
not believe. They arrive at the negation
of the affective sentiments. ] esteem that
the individual ought TO count largely
with sentiment
Do you want the explanation? They
showed. at the trial. in their after-tak-
ing" get-up. This is their ideal as they
would appear-when not working"
They are really scientific. They read
and half understand books which / can't
understand at allie Dantec (whom
helped to translate). Darwin and Haeckel.
Bakounine and Malato. Why, these
boys are the triumph of science! They
are the flower OF anti-religtous public
sentiment. Their ideals are elegantly
laid. They need only money. Why not
seek it with an automatic pistol II one
does not dread the Sav.or's frown or seek
His smile?
STERLING HELLO.
Evening star., 1913-03-02
France Has Host of @Primc@s" Who Carry ON @0

general surprise. Hans Ryner came in an
easy winner. the well known writer's
mentioned above being relegated to the
also ram class.
The advent OF the new prince left the
public cold. as the French say. They had
been bitten once, and refused to take the
new master seriously. He is not, how
ever. such nonentity as the prince of
Poets" Hans Ryner was born forty light
years ago, and his literary output is con-
siderable. There are some reviews of real
merit published in the Latin quarter, and
Hans Rynef's work is well known to their
readers. But these publications, like the
Vicar of Waketied's S pamphlets. are only
known TO the favored few The conse-
quence Is that they cannot afford to pay
their contributors.
Any one who takes seat I'm French
publisher waiting room will get pain
fIIl insight into the life of the struggling
author. Any OF them, publishers 8
reader told the writer OF this article.
would be glad To sell tho manuscript of
his book for u hundred dollars" Al
though, he ls the author OF twenty books.
some OF considerable merit and innumer-
able articles, Hans Ryncr would never
have emerged from the hungry crowd OF
unknown writers If he had not banged til.
big drum on HIS own behalf. This. cou-
pied with the strenuous efforts Of tho
young school OF the boulevard ST
Michel, has procured him grudging ad-
mission to the magazines and newspapers.
In appearance he IL Il fighter. His long
beard, flowing locks and high cheek bones
proclaim his descenda nee from those wan
dedns tribes that left their mark on Eu-
rope
The latest ''illustrious unknown who
has been promoted to royal rank is Jean
Pierre Brisset, the new prince of think
ers.' When the votes were counted it
was found that lie had poiied %. Berg
son, 80: Anatoie France. 16 Maurice
Earres. io. Rodin, the sculptor, and Ca
mile Flamrlarion, the famous astronomer
got five votes each
Although the envious ones are saying
that it is pity that Rodn didn't know
Brs&et before he began to work on his
statue Of lie Penseur," which stands in
front of the Pantheon" it is only fair
Evening star., 1913-03-02
THEY Are Mostly illus

THEY Are Mostly illus
l trious Nobodies," But
Fresh Attention Has Been
Drawn to Them-The Gen
fuses of the Left, the Home
of Literature, Who Find 1t
Difficult to Get Their Epoch
making Works Before the
Public, Complain of a Con-
spiracy of Jealousy and
Silence on the Part of the
Right. the Home of Prosper
Gus Journalism-"Prince of
Thinkers" Says Men Are
Descended From Frogs, Not
Monkeys, Because Former
Can Speak Our Language
and Smoke Cigarettes
Evening star., 1913-03-02

the lapel of his frock coat the red ribbon
of tho Legion of Honor stands out In bril-
liant relief, The noise of conversation
and the clink u glasses suddenly stop,
The prince of ''chanSonniers sits down
at the piano His soft white hands hover
for a second or Two over the keys and
then the opening notes of his famous
song, Les Chimeres." float through the
smoke-iaden atmosphere Of the low-ceil,
inged room. He sings Of chimeras, those
Evening star., 1913-03-02
VI. COT Bt.

Journalism and the latter of literature.
'rhc first is the land. of afiiuence and easy
access to the ear OF the multitude, the
second "a land of poverty. of long years
Of ~sTuggle with adversely of Intellectual
attempts 10 gain the applause of a skep-
;ical public.
The two sides of the Seine have always
been at daggeTs drawn. but actual con-
flict. in which the weapons are ink and
Peu and printing presses. broke out since
the election of Paul Fort as prince OF
poets BN right of his newly acquired
rONaI position he is leader of the left;
similar position on the right bank is
held by Ernest La Jeunncsse, famous
"boule Warbler" and the contest is car
ricd on through the publications ON both
slides Of the river.
Although the TWO camps will never come
Evening star., 1913-03-02
Scientific Management.

THE Cinnaminson Scimitar says:
I'VE hear without surprise in these
days of waste utilization that soap is
made from garbage. perfumery and medi-
cine from coal tar. and sealskin from ia {
fur Yet we must take off our hat to
the Cinnaminson Gas Company, which for
year has been making light OF our
wifes complaints.