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Evening star., 1914-02-08

e'-- sne could not endure ii She went
back To Shandelee. TO the woods and the
loneliness and her teaching
Elzabeth wrote TO her regularly Oc-
easionaIiy now she mentioned her brother
Late that fall she said he had gone to
south America, TOR TWO Years prob
abi% There's no fear OF his marrying
Madeline before that time. We feel
we've got rwo years respite. To tell
the truth, he wanted her to go with him.
.Jut shs would not
II was . year later that Jennie had
Aer hg~. chance TO marry. He W2s a
~'do~cr N3tEoat children, :. farmer of
Slsand5 lee Elizabeth had written that
John aua Madeline were 70 be married as
soon As - returned In thinking about
that and other things, 1t seemed TO Jenn e
mat she could not do better than marry
saul Brent She expected no happiness
some one -lse happy Saul was good
man. and Nd had had 4 hard life. His
lIEst vii" had been an Invalid and a
cripple His duty to her had made him
deserving i'll The sight of his neigiboTs.
Jennie decided To marry him. II Was
something 10 be worth q little to some
body even IN th~ way OF self-sacrifice
She was married very quietly and then
she wrote telling Elizabeth what sh.
hS.I done. t.iizsbetus answer was full
OF disgust What made You do it,
You have thrown yourself away sne
wrote After that she did not write
WAS very angry.
Saul brought ETza5eths $ next letter 10
Jennie, who was working over butter in
the milk house Yes, | was angry with
You FOR marrying your farmer. but sup
pose you loved him" Elizabeth wrote
Though | think if YOU had waited YOU
might have had John He had broken
his engagement and is go ng back to
South America on q big job. He and
Madeline had a tremendous quarre and
TINS time there was no making up. With
in twepty-four hours she betrotned her.
self to her cousin who has always want
cd her She is great fool. o. which
think she IS aware now But il is Toe
late John will never change"
Jennie stood holding the letter ant
staring at II II came 10 her that sht
would have been willing to have had hin
marry Madeline Tor the sak. of his stay
~ where there was some roSsib biiity ol
-ef seeing him again Now there wa:
no Sach possibility SodtA America was
very Ter away irom his home town
1arthest of all from Shandelee. In thai
moment cam. her real ren1aoiaHon ot
Evening star., 1914-02-08
Father of Children's Books.
nm Inc Ln,ldnn c.nronicle.

rom Ine london 'NGonele.
John New bury was really the pioneer of
the cEildren's books which he advertised
so heeniously, and the 2ooth anniversary
OF MS birth this Christmas season is
worthy OF remembrance. His Juvenile
Library commenced about 1850, was the
irst attempt to provide the children with
readable books. and it was III this series
that ''tioody Two-Shoes,' Giles Ginger
bread and Tommy Trip first made
their appearance in print. Goldsmith.
who wrote a good many of these chill
dren > classics for Newbury. termed him
the "honestest man in creation and i'm
inorta ized him by a pleasing portrait in
THE Vicar of W wakefield.
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/ vine inf'nt2-an' the three kings
an ST Joseph and the shcph' 'ds an
the an'Inals?-an' all" Read it over
ag In
ASK your sunday school teacher
says, grandma
The old brown woman. iScnsrant Of
her letters. but wise with q knowledge
that books cannot teach. raised her
work and age bent shoulders into
erectncss and for that one instant be-
came true prophet as ever came
out OF the Bible;
"Stor3? Don't you believe I'm,
child. That aint no story. It's Gawd's
own trufe'
y man ami 4 woman Here picking
their Way over a torn-up street, where
iaborers We're doing things to the asphalt
with pickaXes. The man held the wom-
ans arm with an assurance of full owner
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.cbieftains' and keep disordc,!y COM
rades under sharp control. orerzealoGs
gendarnles. who fcli that lapor ne conl-
,,,,,nitx without 4 poilccIuan in Immediate
control was an impossibility and started
rounds OF inspection n the barracks. ~ r..
warned OFF hs the president of he e. IA
commission.
long Passenger steamers are allowed -
proceed AT i2i. miles an hoIg throGe a
the canal. freights are held 10 Z si"w"r
pace so that tn" passage - th'' ca q
takes from iixe to thirteen hours ~
sbortens rha 7rip from Ealdc sea har-
bors to Hamburg Is ." miles aud 20
London by asl miles.
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into the brown face under the foreign
looking panama hat. she turned white
john she gasped.
"Ah, You know me,'' He took hold of
her hand. smiling down al her. was
afraid you wou .dn't know me. How are
you, Jennie? I've had a great time find
ing YOU. AT the farm they told me you
We're at your boarding place and at youl
boarding place they told me you We're
here. I'v. walked ali over the township.
| believe. but what matter? Here you are
at last And ] can see from your face
You are glad to see me"
II am very glad 10 see YOU Jennie
said She felt as if her senses We're
snothered. Il was just picking up things,
getting ready TO go home II you'll wa
till l get my hdt-
He waited. sitting upon the door stone
and Whisthng softly. She came out
locked the dooE behind hey and They
Wa ked away along the bright edged
autunn road
You know l came down here to see
you. he said II only got home las
week, but | couldn't wait any longer
We got something very curious To tell
YOU IL was you. not Madeline, who va:
with me all the time I was down in
Argentina Madeline had gone out of
my life as much as il she had never been
PernapS she never was in one sense
Her beauty dazzled me. But I'm not so
Young now and I've got my eyes wide
80 ~ 'Hat sulhach. Jennie? II
nretty TO look at. but who wants :
more intimate use of it? But this littl,
Wild blue aster''-he stounAes and picked
one. held it an instant -enderly and fast.
ened II in his coat-''vou see? There, $
Just that difference between the surnach
and the aster. but l can't exp'ain it.
There ALWAYS was that difference between
YOU and Madeline. II took nv ewes n
good while TO tire of her Ev that tim.
my soul had found YOU But 1 mustn't
talk III this way TO you now Its toe
soon must make you like me first.
Quien sahe?-
He looked down into hey face. H. v-as
trying to see iier eyes. but happy Jennie
dare not show them
CTHE END
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DISTANCE TO BE MEASURED.
German and American Scientists
Seek Possible Variation.
nEKIIN- .I.nmarN ea. le,

German and American SCIENTISTS are 70
cooperate to discover whether the DIS
tance between thair countries IS arv
greater Or less lh.m il WaS Gtty years
ago. Although il is presumed i VA
accurately determined scientists ag."e
that the earth is rot = ririd ming ard
IFS expansion or cnntractin.i might cause
variations in a stance.
Uncertainty On this point has led -
an agreement between thr German Geo
detic Institute III pofsdam and the cos +
and geodetic survey ~ Washington 10
determine anew the exact number of do
greeS. minutes and 5 eonds b.l weetl tho
two cities. The American scientists Viii
ascertain the q stance II IIorta in the
Azores aud the Germans wll eStahii- n
that between lIorta AMI potsdanl.
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him forever. The rosy hue of hope had
vanished utterly.
Jennie had been married to Saul Brent
fouT years when he was killed by light
ming. For time s.&c tried to run the
farm. but, finding that she getting
poorer eIcA day. she gave up farming
and returned TO teaching. She had writ
ten to Elizabeth after Saurs death and
Elizabeth had answered. and then silence
had fallen between them. which Jennie
did not seek to break.
On. fall afternoon just after she had
dismissed school Jennie heard 4 knock
man standing there. She thought he
was the trustee. who had come to see
her about something. and. rising. went
to receive him. But when she looked
Evening star., 1914-02-08

copy ON every fence in every neighbor-
hood is as safe as its original on a
gallery wall. Which says u whole lot
for the Vaudal
One of these pictures covers plank
fence by the Capitol, where the cars
curve around. aud yesterday afternoon
two people stood before it One of
them was schoolgirl. ill neat frock,
and n face as golden yellow as Il pump
kin blossom. The other was an d
woman as brown as one OF those gourds
we country people used to drink from
down home III Maryland. God bless her.
Ask your Sunday school teacher to
tell YOU the story
The child read the !etterod sentence,
but it failed 10 satisfy the woman.
"Ain't there the blest mother an the
Evening star., 1914-02-08

The existing canal was opened in
1895. the cruiser Brooklyn. commanded
by Capt. Bob Evans. representing the
United States in the International naval
pageant on that occasion. 1t runs from
kie on the Baltic to Brunsbuttel on the
Eibe estuary. a short distance from the
sea, and cuts off the long and rather
hazardous passage through the Catte-
gat and around the northern end OF
Denmark 1t jumped into Importance
Immediately as a maritime highway
and was used by about 10000 vessels
during its first year. The traffic stcadl-
ly grew, the canal being traversed in
1872 by 1896 ships of 9.?24.23. total
net tons, a traffic larger than that Of the
Suez canal. To the German navy il was
of est:lnable advantage. eiiab Ing a
commander To throw the entire feet from
one sea to the other in few hours and
to menace. for example. an opposing
British feet from points several hundred
miles apart With the advent Of dread
noughts however. this advantage was
lost. as the old locks. $50 feet long. 81
feet wide and 30 feet deep. were too small
to accommodate the naval monsters. and
it was determined TO provide larger locks
and double the width Of the canal.
The new locks, which lack the impos-
ing height OF those at Panama, but are
bigger in every other respect. are 1.oS2
feet long panama, 1900 feetD, f4.la feet
wide banana. 1io feet. and haze
mean depth Of forty-fivc feet of water
fforty-one feet) over the sills The new
Panama canal is 400 feet wide at the sur
face, 80 feet wide at the bottom of the
excavation and has heen provided with
eleven '-sidines" at which vessels may
pass. New harbors have been built al each
end. several sharp curves have been eiimi-
mated. two new railway bridges 1O feet
above the canal have been provided and
other details have brought the cost OF the
Improvement up to s5a.sDf."o. whereas
the original canal cost was only S3a,21S,-
coo. The enlargement involved the ex-
cavation of no million cubic yards of
earth: the original canal. 112 million cubic
yards. The work. which has occupied
five years. has been carried on without
locks, one at each end OF the canal. hay
ing been built beside the old ones.
Does Not Run to Sea.
To protect the locks OF the Panama
by d hostile feet they were placed sew
eral miles inland from the ends Of the
,, canals. In the Kaiser Wilhelm canal
the same result has been obtained 10y
ha wing the canal terminate at one end
the Baltic. and at the other in the Elhe
river, some fifteen miles from its mouth.
Both river and ford are heavily fortified.
About 5000 workmen Of various nation
aiities have been employed on the work.
They have been housed IN government
barracks and have been fed and lodged
! at a cost to them of from 20 to - cents
per day Remarkable for such police
ruled state as Germany is the fact that
the maintenance OF order has been left
entirely in the hands of the workmen.
who have their own barracks and room
Evening star., 1914-02-08

ering stalks of annunciaton lilies. wrap
ped them in tissue and handed them to
the man, who paid for them.
The kitehcn-Sarden man shook his head
over the change he got for a five-dollar
bill and the hothouse woman shrugged
at the meanness OF him.
It's 4 good thing / was along to do
my duty by John.'
1t didn't seem in the least TO occur to
her that there was such u thing as her
duty by Jim. but
Wives are that way-sometimes.
Evening star., 1914-02-08

A blue night. with a single star shin
ing in its azure-and three men who
have followed the star--a woman with
an infant in her arms. and both of
them in /, stable with wide open door.
You see the picture on every fence in
town. The bill posters did it to sho.
what kind OF art they personally pre-
fer. And no vandal has torn or cha kcd
or scurrilcd words across it. Every
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under his Jacket. but his memory must
have stretched back to at least one sea
son of buds and birds ard spring open
inSs Tor he walled out from 7th to 9th
tfcet:
"Mommuh. Nhens circus comm :?
Mommuh, When's circus
Perhaps monmuh didn't know. OBJ
viously she didn't care. still
Circus is u sign of spring.
Evening star., 1914-02-08
In the City Hotel.
! rom Tit-Bit<

fEom Tit-Bits.
Wife tas the sugar is p;.ssedl-Use the
toncs, William.
Bill urom the country)-'Iaint OF, Is it !?
Evening star., 1914-02-08

First sign of spring:
An atom of boy was whnperine
along Market space with d mother who
jerked him by the hand. He was such a
small boy that he wore baby knickers
Evening star., 1914-02-08

ship, and hey matter-of-coursc acceptance
of his care showed that the walk was
merely a little incident in their journey
through life.
The only thing about either OF them
to attract attention was that both the
man and the woman had their eyes
closed And this double atffictiou caught
the sympathy of tWo women who we're
crossing the torn-up place from an OPP
posite direction.
Isn't it wonderful how blind people can
get along without help? Poor things
Awful sad. isn't it? I'd rather be any
thing than blind poor souls!''
But it was merely 50 much sympathy
gone to waste. for the man and woman
! opened their eyes Being sensible people
they had lowered their lids to protect
themselves from the bits OF asphalt that
/ fly up with every stroke OF the pick.
| Which shows what circumstantial evi
dence counts for.
A spinstery woman. who apparently had
no objection to airing her innermost
| thinks to the public was talking to an
other woman at table in cafe. The
other woman had small girl that I'M
Piled matrimouY:
/ L have never what YOU might call
/ yearned to marry just for the sake of
/ getting married. An: fool woman can
do that. but--well. III tell you. if / could
buy a pattern of a husband like you do
rag dolls, stuff him with good intentions
and the will power to carry them out,
and galvanize him into earning a salary,
| and talking sense when he came home
! evenings. \ self-nade partner of that
sort would be worth having, and you bet
! I'd give him the best going
| Which shows how childishly some old
maids can talk
Evening star., 1914-02-08
Canal Opened in 1895.

velopments of commercial navigatio
as we'll
Evening star., 1914-04-21
Casino.

AL the latest society dance fads, in
cluding the tango, the grizzly bear. the
one-step, the hesitation and the turkey
trot, are included in the exhibition Of
Rays Tango Dancing Horses. a quartet
of beautiful, highly-trained animals,
which also furnish elaborate posing
tableaux, at the Casino Theater this
week. The act has been sensation else
where and seems likely to maintain it's
reputation here. 1t is its first appearance
in Washington. Another unique feature
of the bill. the Three English Madcaps,
is an importation from the London dance
halls, in a novel exhibition of acrobatic
dancing. with a comedy setting that
catches the fancy of the audience Ma
belle Janot sings new and taking songs
including one about 1.-The hesitation;' -
Westford and Book win laughter with
their funny playlet, THE Wrong Room -
which is well played, and Wilson and
Rich. in blackface colloquy. recall the
activities of laughable insurance cru
sade. Last night the surprise party was
a real hit, and tonight aad tomorrow
night the country store will take its
place, with new added night features
later in the week. A good program Of
Evening star., 1914-04-21
Polls.

The Poll players gave their initial
performance of Romeo and Juliet"
last evening to an audience that was
enthusiastically appreciative. and in
the judgment of that audience, at least,
the performance was creditable in a
high degree.
So great indeed, was the enthusiasm
manifested that it was necessary at
times for the actors to halt between
their lines until the applause subsidized.
Miss Izetta Jewel. returning after her
long vacation. was greeted with a
veritable thunderstorm of applause and
was finally forced to step before the
curtain and tell how glad she was
to be in Washington again. She also
received numerous floral testimonials
from her friends.
The tale Of Romeo and Juliet is
one Of fireside familiarity. in the
| ard Buhler the roles of the two lovers
were well interpreted. and the short
tragic road Of their love was unfoldec
| In a realistic manner.
Dudley Hawley as Mercutio, a frienC
| Of Romeo. was delightful. imparting tc
! the role marked excellence. Miss Heller
Tracy as Juliet's nurse was good an6
Stanley James as Peter. the servant
adequately met the comedy require
ments of his role.
AS a whole the performance re
fected much credit upon the company
| which is notable for it's excellen'
work. Edwin II. Curtis. the stage
manager merits commentator for the
staging of the play.
Evening star., 1914-04-21
Columbia.

The artistic temperament, personified in
a childishly innocent girl who prefers
paint-and a painter-to a prudent mar
riage arranged for her by two spinster
aunts, is the dominant note In The
Runaway" the French comedy which
served to introduce Miss Violet Heming
as the leading woman of the summer
company at the Columbia Theater last
night Miss Heming, herself radiantly
Young and vibrant with ambition made
of CoIette the gay-hearted and captirat-
ngly willfu1 young person the COMEDY
demands. To these qualities OF girlish
charm was united a very genuine dfa-
matte ability. together with the added
inspiration of an idea leading man and
assisting cast: the theater's hne orches-
ira. and typical Columbia audience
large as to size and Spontaneous IN the
matter of applause-each contributing to
the galalike whole a share of that somei
thing which psychics call atmosphere,
but which for less exalted mortals
spells the equally satisfactory word, sue
cess.
Colette is a school girl who lives in a
Breton village with two spinster aunts.
A middle-aged artist, who has been
boarding with them, teaches ''the child
to paint, and upon his return to Paris
the aunts discover that their Colette has
had the audacity to paint bare-legSed
children at play-bare-legged children
on canvas, Consider the enorInity. The
spinsters and the cure decide that the
offender must be married at once to the
notarys soma sapless youth with
a model reputation. which he cuddles as
if it were pet lap dog. But Colette.
aided by an adoring maid. and blithely
unaware of her wickedness, runs away
to Paris and joins the artist. For the
next three acts of studio life Trilby-like
reminiscence is offered by the comradish
devotion of a lovably cynical sculptor.
an art-addicted member of the police and
a student who calls the artist master
and, who like everybody else, is naturally
in love with the girl.
The sapless youth brings his carefully
cultured reputation to the studio in search
of the girl and is directed to the Moulin
Rouge as a proper place" for young
man to go when alone in Paris. The ex-
pected consequence. which changes the
..sanctimonious muir into a Paris chap
pie. is made the most OF Everett Butter
f,eld. who scored a laug'; with every line.
Earle Brown. the artist; George w. Bar
bier, the sculptor: Willard Robertson, the
student, and John NJ. Kline the magis-
trate, made of the studio a bouyantly de-
lightful place; its one shadowy sugges-
ton being the fancy Waller Of Jessie
Glendenning, who looked attractive In
dazzling gowns and played the plano
with skill; Julia Blanc was realistically
convincing as the Older spinster. and
with a mother-..eart under her straight
laced surface, and Carrie Thatcher was
equally good as the timid and less ice
crusted younger sister. Marie Drofnall,
is Leone Grace Peters. May Wilkes
David Chase and George Darrell rounded
out the really splendid cast Last nights
performance was for the dement, OF George
Washington University.
Evening star., 1914-04-21
Life Insurance, to Be Topic.

Charles F. Nesbit. superintendent o!
insurance for the District, is to speak
at Business High School Thursday
morning on General Principles and
Effect of Life Insurance" This is tc
be the first of series of lectures to
be given under the auspices of the
National Underwriters Association.
Other lectures to be given are:
April 30-"Life Insurance as a Profess
sion" by DR.. Lee X. Frankel. vice pres
ident Metropolitan Life Insurance Com
pany: May :, History and Evolution
OF Life Insurance" by Frederick l..
Hoffman, statistician, Prudential Life
Insurance Company. and, May IA, "Spe-
cific Services of Life Insurance with
Various Policy Forms" by j. H. JEFF
fries of the home Office of the Penn
Mutual Insurance Company of Phila-
delphia.
Evening star., 1914-04-21
Crandall's.

The Essanay feature drama. 1.-The Full
fillment," presenting Richard Travers and
Irene Warfield, was the main attraction
at Crandalrs yesterday. The other pic.
lures were THE Navajo Blanket" a Ka-
lem Indian drama in two parts; "At the
Hour of Dawn a Gaumont specatcu.
lar feature in three parts; Universal Ike
Makes a Monkey of Himself" a Uni
versal comedy. 1.-THE Fulfllment,' viii
be the principal picture play today, anG
Wednesday the feature will be Saved by
Radium.'
Evening star., 1914-04-21
Cosmos.

With all the charm Of an elaborate
scenic offering. the lively melodies OF
a musical comedy and the clever work
and dancing of a chorus of genuine sing
ing girls, The Up-to-date Missionary
presented by Tom Linton and The Jun
gle Girls assisted by Grace Lindquist
and Frank Austin, is by long odds one
of the best attractions of its kind ever
presented at the Cosmos Theater. 1t il
like a replica of choice portions of a
Wintergarden show and Just as well pre-
sented Davy's Pony, the opening num-
ber, amuses both the children and the
grown folks with his clever and intelli-
gent exhibition, and Little Miss Jean. an
eight-year-old character singing come
Evening star., 1914-04-21
B. F. Keith's.

A splendid vaudeville bill, with Anna
Held as the headliner. la being PRESENTED
at Keith's this week. A capacity audi
Evening star., 1914-04-21

dienne. with several effective costume
changes. makes big hit with her char
acter songs. The child is an artist, with
all the technique of grown-up profess
sional. The Musical Brahams. with
piano. harp and violin, present some very
pleasing musical selections. and Howard
and White. laughable comedy playlet
entitled "Billy's Awakening which
shows how Bill was cured of wishing
aloud that he had married one of his
other girl friends. The Pathe motion
pictures of world events of Importance
and the photo comedies are material
addition to the entertainment. The score
board was quiet yesterday, owing to the
postponement of the game between the
New Yorks and the Nationals. 1t will
be in evidence today. T they play
Evening star., 1914-04-21
q\EIlg91!x TENTS
.nce greeted Miss Held last night and

ence greeted Miss Held last night. and
she sang and danced until she captivated
the house. Her gowns. which are many,
are gorgeous specimens Of the latest
Partisan creations.
The Gliding OMearas offer series of
modern dances. Leipsig, by the pro-
gram The King of Cards. is clever,
and some of his tricks are new. Her
mine Shone and company are good in a
comedy sketch entitled, THE Last of the
Quahers." Flanagan and Edwards have
something new in a three-scene act. "Of
and On" Buckley's trained animals per-
form some interesting feats; Adelaide
Boothby. THE Girl From Maine" offers
a pleasing musical and whistling act, and
Asaki. Japanese juggler and trick
bill