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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-20

climate is repellingly raw practically
the whole year through, the common
people do not know what it Is to main
tain fire simply for heating purposes.
THIS is more readily understood when
it is stated that coal has to be import
ed from abroad and carried up the
thousands of feet of mountains from
i, the coast; when it arrives tit has ac-
cumulated a cost of about $50 u ton.
In the daytime there is nothing to do
but to seek warmth in exercise and at
night the people keep warm simply by
going to bed. The Choio women, or
mixed white anq Indian, probably do
not find the coldiso penetrating, as they
customarily wear twelve or fifteen
skirts with an effect rese..,bling the
fashion plates in the United States in
the fifties. The only two sections of
the continent where good coal has been
found in extensive quantities are Chile
and Peru. and it is only in the former
that it has become of commercial i'm
pOrtance.
One popularity of the mines in Chile
is that they are largely under the sea.
the shaft being driven down near the
coast and the mine tunnels extending
sometimes a mile under the ocean bed.
This is made possible by the geologic
formation. which has provided a strong
layer of rock for the ocean bed
through which no water penetrates.
The coal mined is softer than that inn
ported, and large quantities are
brought from England in the vessels
that take back nitrate
In Peru there are all four grades of
coal, the brown Ignite, peat, soft coal
and anthracite: but transportation IA
cilities have been so little advanced
that it is cheaper to bring the coal
from England or Australia than to
mine it and carry it out of the noun
tains. The only use to which it is put,
ther efore, is to run the shelters and
mine machinery in the mountains.
To show the enormous demand for
coal from abroad in South American
countries it is only necessary to cite
the figures of import of coal in 1912:
For Argentina the imports were valued
at over $25,O00,OOO: for Brazil the to-
tai was $1s,ooo.Ooo; for Chile the i'm
ports of coal were over $11,000,0o0;
Peru imported coal and "stone, earth.
glass and chinaware" Coal formed by
far the greater part Of the classical
tion) to the extent of almost $4,000
900; Uruguay in 1911. the latest year
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not communicate with their offices. These
men have been up against the clever
est censors in the world. and each tried
every ruse to get even three words to ms
morning paper in London. Nothing went
as far as BelfaSt-that was seen to by
the intelligence department-and three
men who tried to work what would have
been the biggest scoop" in recent years
had to Kick their heels against thousands
ard thousands of rifles until they hated
even the sixth sense that had blurred
them into being present at the Illicit land
ing. -
This intelligence department OF the u
stcr volunteers reduced espionage Gown
TO a fire point. They are past masters
in to-: art, and they watched the press
rleu closest of all One London man,
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DOCKS At BuExos AIRES, ARGENTINA.

for which statistics are available, took
81, 100000 worth, and the other coun-
tries smaller amounts.
There is, therefore, an annual sale of
coal to the countries of South Ameri-
ca, of which Great Britain sent be-
tween IS and So per cent. The United
States shares in this trade rather spas
medically. For instance, In 1912, when
the dock strike in England held up
shipments from the usual source, coal
was purchased from the United States
by Brazil to the extent of over S2,OO0,-
900, whereas the year before the eX-
ports from this country amounted to
less than 100000. The Panama canal
should also make Il tremendous differ
ence in the coal trade between the
United States and the west coast of
South America, and the United States
should soon have the lions share in
supplying fuel to that section.
* ::
The honk of The automobile ana the
smell of gasoline are becoming as IA
miliar 10 the inha bitants of the larger
cities of South America as to our own,
though the citizens of the rural dis
tricts, with the exception of the large
ranch and plantation owners, have yet
to become familiar with them.
some peculiar features found in no
other part of the world. Although vari-
Gus countries put forth from time to
time ambitious plans for improving the
highways, the fact remains that good
roads in the country districts are rare
in the whole continent Uruguay has
some fair highways, except in the rainy
season, and is building more; Argen-
tina has great stretches of level land.
over which good roads could be built
without excessive expenditure, and
Chile has paid considerable attention
to the matter of internal communica-
ton
| But outside of these countries a road
can usually be identified with a mule
track over the mountains. and even in
the three places named it will be many
years before the land will be known
as a motorists paradise. The result
is that the use of motor cars is con-
fined pretty largely to the cities, and
they are, as rule, bought by the
weather. residents as 4 matter of os-
tentation.
This is particularly true of Buenos
Aires, where large majority of the
10000 automobiles SO far imported into
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SPIES OF ULSTER.
Glimpse Into the Workings of a
Mysterious Intelligence Department.

From Cassell's Saturday Journal.
In Ulster at the present time the vol
unteers are entirely independent of the
government postal, Geographic and tele-
phone service. In each town of any size
is postmaster. who may be Il parscn
or may be publican. During the war
like preparations there came to him by
dashlight or by dispatch riders all the
messages that We're necessary for the eff
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tcally all American goods sent to South
America have gone in British, German or
Dutch bottoms
The authorities are already keenly
alive to the need for more ships and in
view of this fact and the probability that
the service furnished by the English and
Dutch lines and by three South Ameri-
can lines will be partially mainta ned. it
seems likely that the shipping problem
will not be Impossible of solution.
TO the average business man. even
if he happens to be an exporter, as
well as to the American public gem
orally, South America is an unknown
land. Readers of newspapers in the
last few years have been especially
impressed with the fact that there is no
geography teacher in the world that
can equal war in effectively edu-
eating the public concerning some for
eign section of the world. Mexico, the
balkans. and now the section that
comprises Belgium, Holland, Denmark.
southern Germany and northern France
are becoming rather Intimately known.
But there has been no war of conse-
quence in South America since the
Peru-Chile war of 1S1S-19, and probably
on this account the continent is little
known to the public of the United
States.
A great many people know that Bra
zil is somewhere on the map because
the nuts come from there. 4 consid-
Grady Smaller lutnbeT hloN THAT inc
United States also buys practically all
of it's coffee there. including the high
grade "Mochas' and "Javas." And a
few may know that until late years
it was also the source OF most Of the
rubber from which their automobile
tires and rubber bands We're made.
But not many know thar it is as
large as the United States and that 1t
has almost half the people of South
America. In spite of its twenty mil
- SOFT ln1 NSSt lJ
along the coast and some hundreds of
miles back, while vast stretches of
plain, forest and swamp are not only
not settled, but are absolutely I'M
known to white men. Its people do
not speak or understand Spanish any
more than an American or English
man who has never studied it, for the
Portuguese tongue, which is that of
the country generally, is entirely diff
ferent from. Spanish.
E,cu- ,lrn lynpy- that rha
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malian population of Europe of a large
feline animal, contemporary of the mann
moth, of the tichorrlline rhinoceros and
of the gigantic cave bear and hyene and
the slayer of the oxen, deer and equine
uuadrupeds that We're abundant during
the same epoch.
Or. Smith Woodward and DIR. Andrews
refuse to assign any date to the remains.
They belong to the PleiStocene period
that is certain-but when that period
began and when it ended is a matter
of speculation.
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Safety First.

FroIn the Philadelphia Bulletin.
Detective @ am. Hey. yous: Voucher
hanging round this ERE front door fer?
Supposed Burgiar-Tm waiting for
TIL lady inside to git asleep. We're mar
ried.
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HE great Euro
pean war coming,
as it did, like
the fire bells in
the night" has
caused swift and
tremendous re-
adjustments in
many fields. but
in none perhaps
more than that of
the foreign COM
merce of South
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Few also know that Argentina, the
promising country to the south. is in
many respects a duplicate of our own
Mississippi valley of fifty or sixty years
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Demands are coming from various
Latin American countries for supplies
and American manufacturers are seek
ing eagerly fof informa ton concerning
the best markets for their particular
lines The only difficulty that stands in
the way of this trade is the lack of
shipping facilities. as heretofore prac-
The Washington herald., 1914-04-09
ATTRACTIVE HAT BOXES.

Very attractive hat boxes can be made
bv covering plain pasteboard boxes with
wall paper. The cretonne and chintz
covered boxes are always nice, but the
naper ones are less expensive and more
easily made.
Bedroom papers lend themselves IN
decorate box coverings and left over rem
rants. If of a good design can be utilized
in this way. \ paper having cream
background and an all-over pattern sus-
cestiye of chintz is good. or the design
with baskets or bouquets tied with rib
Ion. The satin striped paper having the
satin and colored stripes alternating
would be very charming. especially II
the colored stripe was lavender or yellow.
Carefully measure and paste the paper
over the box, allowing it to extend inside
to the depth of three inches On. the lid
turn back to the depth Of one inch.
After the paper is thoroughly dried, paste
in the center of the lid and on one side
of the box. a picture of Colonial lady,
cut from the poster of a magazine or an
Illustration, A silhouette of girls head
could also be used.
As every woman loves dainty recepta-
cles in which to keep her belongings, an
appropriate Easter gift Is here sug-
gested.
The Washington herald., 1914-04-09
LAURA jean LBBEYS
41lAILY LALKS0N TEARTS.A
Szesa TOPICS 8A6
Half-aearted wooinE.

| When love once pleads animation to our hearts.
In spite Of all the virtues We can boast
The woman that deiiberates Is lost
| It's one thing to fall In love with a girl
and to bend every effort to secure an in
production and quite another to have
ones best friend say. the incest little
girl you ever saw is visiting our house.
i want you to!meet herr
The young man knows beforehand that
he must appear pleased with the girl,
whether he fancies her or not. Arrange
ments are made for him to dine at the
house. He is seated next to the girl at
table. The same thing happens at the
theater and sleighing. until quite before
he realizes 1t his friends begin to look
upon him as the young lady's beau.
IL Is then that he finds himself In a
rather embarrassing position. He cannot
well decline his friends invitations IL
| he Is his business associate The affair
becomes more complicated when he OBJ
| serves that he has made a deep impress
sion upon the young girl.
He knows she must be of the opinion
that he has fallen deeply in love with
her. judging from his being so constant
ly by her side.
When his friends begin to Joke him
about the matter. he is in a quandary as
10 what TO do or say, When his own
folks rejoice over the state OF affairs, he
| accepts the situation. He calls regularly
Upon her and endeavors to learn to care
| Tor the girl He had always had his
| notion OF just what kind of a girl he
| would propose to-first a cabaret dancer.
then pretty little queen Of the movies
a lively stage beauty or jolly girl of the
golf links.
The girl he found himself paying at
| tention to had none of these characteris-
tics. She was quiet and demure. In an
enthusiastic moment he proposed to her
her folks gave her permission to accept
| him. An uneventfuT courtship followed.
When a young man has no inclination
to make love to his fiancee, even the most
unsophistjcated of maidens will realize
that his is a half-hearted wooing IL
lacked the ardOr. the eager intensity, OF
love which she had thought about in
her day dreams. Like him, she accepted
the situation, supposing him to be an
undemonstrative lover. BY the time they
have gone round together six months
or more each seems to find the tie a
bit iFksome. 1t Is not until the girl
summons up courage to ask to be re-
leased that this man who has been a
the knowledge that she Is dearer to him
than he knew and begs for another
chance to make good. No man should
enter into a love affair unless his whole
heart is in il. Half-hearted wooers are
not wanted.
Miss Libbey's Replies to Your Let
tiers.
Correct names and addresses must be
given to insure attention.)
ARE ALL THE GOOD MEN MARRIED?
Dear Miss Libbey: Every time / am
introduced TO a very attractive man
invariably hear that he is married Are
there no good single men left? And why
do the married men get themselves up so
much smarter than the fellows who are
supposed to be in the matrimonial mar
ket? Ed.
1t probably ''tust happened that you
| have not ben brought in contact with
The Washington herald., 1914-04-09
Kerosene.

Will remove fiyspecks from brass. Ap-
ply with a flannel rag.
Will remove fresh ink and paint stains.
Added to cold soap suds will remove
blood stains.
!, 4 spoonful added to boiled starch pre-
vents its sticking.
soft cloth moistened with kerosene
cleans the porcelain bathtub like magic.
Rub a mop moistened with kerosene
over the hardwood or painted floors.
Takes up all the dust and leaves a
pleasant looking polish.
Will take out grease or tar spots IL
in cold water, using no soap.
A little kerosene added to water in
which windows are to be washed makes
them clear and easy to polish.
Washing doors and window screens with
kerosense improves their looks.
The odor OF kerosene keeps away flies.
mosquitoes and moths.
Applied frequently to wooden beds will
keep away possible bugs
Applied about sink and waste pipes
will keep away cockroaches and other
bugs.
A cupfulI of kerosene added to the
clothes while boiling loosens the dirt.
Removes rust from stove.
Throwing kerosene on stagnant pools
near the house will kill on the mosquitoes.
Kerosene removes vaseline stains.
To remove stain of kerosene. cover with
oatmeal or cornmeal. Leave it alone
for two days. Brush well.
The Washington herald., 1914-04-09
Attractive Easter Party Is
4 "'Spri1g Opening"

are placed in one basket. the silver in
another: after the girls have drawn the
gilt and the men the silver there is a
general opening" the pair whose en-
blems or tiny favors match being part
ners Among the many things which can
be selected OF a size to pack into egg
shells arc wee flags. tiny whistles, paper
flowers. raw cotton chicks or brides. pea
nut owls and candy eggs.
Another Opening.
Where it is not desirable to arrange
the affair as dance another plan equally
appropriate can be found. First of all
have a search for eggshclls which have
been hidden all round the room. These
| can be gilded and silvered as described
for the dance. and may be used as a
plan to find partners by matching the
contents, or each may contain a ques-
tion about eggs which go to make up
series forming an interesting contest.
Whatever the contents of the eggs 1t is
pretty to have them arranged in nests
made of baskets filled with straw.
In the contest each recipient on OPEN
ing his eggshell may find not only a
question about eggs written on a slip
of tissue paper, but also a funny en-
blem which will give him when matched
up a partner to assist in working out
the big puzzle. Give all the company
cards and pencils decorated with de-
signs of chicks breaking out of egg
shells Cthat is, give each couple such
2 card between them, with pencil at
tachod: and pass the question slips from
hand to hand. The pair who work out
mos, answers correctly may win as prizes
cardboard eggs filed with candy
| give YOU some egg puzzles to help
in building up the question game:
har afo Mt 10 t.rl
Arabian myth, laid the biggest egg? The
Roc.
What eggs are the most expensive
now in existence? Those of the AUX.
bird now extinct.
Name an eggs-pIetive applied to a ne'er-
dc-wen? Bad egg.
Quote q proveTb relating TO eggs?
Don't put all your eggs in one basket.
What fact did Columbus demonstrate
with his now immortal egg? The fact
that something apparently impossible
is easily accomplished if yIu know how.
Name a remarkable capitalist who is
the most foolish on record? The owner
of the goose that laid the golden eggs.
OF what season is the egg a symbol
OF Eastertide.
Why is it so chosen? 1t is an emblem
of immortality.
What pretty scene is witnessed An
nualIy at the White House at this time
OF the year which has no parallel else
| where? The Easter egg rolling.
An Opening Contest.
4 potted tulip plant with buds ready
to open makes an attractive prize i'm
this contest Or a large (exagcerated
size) crepe paper lily or tulip bud may
be presented, which. when opened. is
found 20 contain a stickpin or a little
bottle of perfume.
II you like literary contests. let each
guest open some book and write down
tho word which begins the upper right
hand page in a tiny blank book Fro
vided for the purpose. Beginning with
this word, he or she must then write a
verse, a story. an anecdote. or other CON-
position relating to spring. The hostess
NAV say what class the compositions
must come under, or this may be left to
the competitor himself, all classes being
! available. Reading aloud the different
The Washington herald., 1914-04-09

simple ard Aeffectiye little dress for
girls between the ages of four and four
teen. 1t is suitable to development in
marquisette, linen, silk. wolfe, or crepe
de chine. 1t is trimmed with a collar
of plain silk, but the belt is Of the same
material. Ruff1es Of lace edge the collar
ana sleeves. No. s5Ia Sizes. 4. g, IS, TO-
u. and IA ysars.-Pictorial Review Pat
tern.
The Washington herald., 1914-04-09
Some More Suggestions
For the Easter Menus

diluting). and a lump Of butter. Boil
until thick. Cool. then thin with olive
oil, cream. or milk as preferred.
Cheese Soufnc.
Pick out the inside OF a large loaf Of
stale bread. Put into double boiler
with a cup of milk. half a pound of
grated cheese. two tablespoonfuls of
butter, one-haf a teaspoonful of salt
one-quarter of a teaspoonful OF mustard.
one-quarter of a teaspoonful of white
pepper. Boil till smooth. then add the
wel-beaten yolks of two eggs. Pour
into a buttered baking dish and add the
whites of the eggs, beaten to a stiff
froth. Bake in a hot oven fifteen minutes.
Must be served Immediately. Bake while
serving the rest of the dinner.
Mint sherbet.
Bruise in a saucepan two large punches
of mint. add two cupfuls of sugar and
one pint of water. Boil until IL be-
comes a syrup. Strain through a cloth
while hot. then cool Add the Juice OF
one Grange. one lemon, one pound OF
sugar. and one pint of water, Turn
mixture is pretty hard. Then remove
dasher. beat white Of egg to a stiff froth,
add one tablespoonful of powdered sugar
beat till i: will stand alone. stir this
into the sherbet. beat well, cover and
stand away to ripen.
II the egg is omitted you will have a
mint lace instead of a sherbet But there
Is difference IN the freezing. which
must be done more gradually. Turn
the crank very slowly for a few minutes
then rest for five minutes. turn slowly
again and rest until the water ice Is
fro zen pretty hard Water ice takes
longer TO freeze than ice cream. When
you can turn no longer, take out the
dasher. scrape down the sides of the
can and give th. mixture a thorough
beating with the paddle. Then repack
cover and set away two or three hours
tc Tipen. This will serve six or eight
and is delicious.
The Washington herald., 1914-04-09
Minaret Footwear.

The slippers which &C with the rather
extreme costumes of the Persian order
are a tremendous success with tea gowns
and negligees. They are being offered in
a variety of aIluring shades of kid. elab-
orateIy embroidered with gold or silver
threads.
The toe of the minaret slipper curls
half over and upwards, and its heel,
scarcely an inch high, is shaped some
what like the Louis, but with more base.
The top of the minaret matches the tone
of the gown with which 1t is to be worn.
but the heel always matches the en-
broidery. and is made of wood painted
with gold or silver or covered with me-
tallic tissue.
The Washington herald., 1914-04-09

Easter menus must suggest spring and
be composed of the glad. new fruits of
the earth as far as possible. Here is one
that may prove interesting:
BREAKFAST.
Strawberries.
Cream of Wheat.
Olive and Pmento Omclette.
French Fried Potatoes.
Rice Wafhcs. French Coffee.
DINNER.
Cocktail of Fruits. Crackers
Olives. Cuam Of Asparagus soup.
Roast Spring Lamb. Mint Saucc
New Peas. Cheese SoIIfhc.
Mint Shcrbet.
Cream Cake. Cake Noir
SUPPER.
Perfection salad Garnshed with Hard boiled Eggs.
Cold Chicken. Tongue Lamb
Baking Powder Biscuits.