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New National.

Those who go to the New National
Theater this week expecting to be en-
terfained with comic opera of the
old school, will be disappointed. for
adele" is not of the robin Hood"
type, nor does it belong to the genus
of musical shows labeled comic
opera which each season come reru-
larly as the season itself. adele" Is
musical comedy, with leanines toward
comic opera. But if the leaning is
very slight, it is in the right direction.
at least.
The music. not the play, is the thing
IN adele. The average auditor. it is
safe to venture. would not mind in the
least if the vehicle" which carries the
music were to deftly roll itself clear
off the stage and let the orchestra and
singers have complete possession Such
an amazing action on the part of the
vehicle" would, 1t Is true, relieve the
audience of the joy of turning from
the musical program to the list Of char
what; of bothering about a perfectly
nice standard mixed "love and COM
edy" plot. in which two rival manufac-
turers of canned goods get funny in the
regular regular way ,o ny calling each other
ers change the objects of their affec-
tions as tennis balls from racket to
racket. All this would be lost. to-
gether with laugh caused by the
Ia sa,,er an;n OF ,h the 1--we two funny characters
a silk hat. But it would leave the
audience free to enjoy the music and
Miss Carolyn Thomson. who plays the
title role. '''e
Miss Thomson is "the whole show"
from the mintue she enters until Anal
curtain. With a dainty face, and a
charming grace. and a voice like a
silver bell, she sings and she walks.
an and she she laughs and she talks as sweet
which preceded Its vehicle here by
months, IS waltz movement Of
surprising sweetness and of true
light opera caliber Miss Thom-
son son, WITH 'her hower-like face. and a
bunch of violets at her waist, sings
the song with one of the sweetest So
pranos heard in this city for a good
while. What her voice lacks in power
is made up for In purity. Indeed. she
and is at her best in those numbers
whose themes best fit her looks Of
innocent, unsophisticated child"
notably "Close Your Eyes," sung with
John Park as Baron Charles, and
dainty morsel. in the last act, also q
duet with Mr.. Park.
The vehicle" rolls through all three
acts, and has a great deal to do with
the business antipathies of Parma
ceau, Eugene Arnold and Friebur,
Stephen Stott. and the scheme by
which Adele, the formers daughter,
who is in love with the latters son,
Robert, gets Baron Charles to marry
her SO she may escape the workings of
the "code," which prevents her marry
ing until she is twenty-five years old.
The baron is to marry her merely. then
walk off and desert her. when she,
adele! Adele! Adele.' Gas ser song
has it) will get a divorce and marry
Robert.
But how queer thing is love-in an
operetta! After a few real kisses from
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In Memoriam.

BOOKER. In sad but loving remembrance Of
our dear husband and father, WILLIAM B.
BOOKER, who departed this life six years
ago today. December %. 1908.
May he rest in peace.
WIFE AND son
CoNNELL In memory of our dear father. VIII
LIAM 7. C0NNE1L v;o depart d this life
two years ago today. December =. 1872.
Oh for a touch of his vanished hand,
A look at his sweet face;
His memory is as dear today
As the hour he passed away
By HIS LOVING DAUGHTERS. PAULINE AND
IRENE
CREW in loving remembrance of devoted
and loving mother, ELIZABETH CREW. who
passed away nine years ago today, Decen-
BY HER DEVOTED DAUGHTER EMMA.
HANLEY. In loving and constant memory of
departed this life suddenly seven years ago,
December ~. 1907. Anniversary mass at St.
Paul's Church and st. Marys Church, Bel
By HER DAUGHTER MARGARET.
MARY E. HAWKINS. who passed away
'hssf By HER HER DauGHTER. DfG eass EMMA FARLEY.
dear mother. M MARY j. SCOTT. wlo depart
ed this life twenty-one years ago today, De-
cember 20. 1888.
Loved in IIfe remembered in death.
By HER DAUGHTER MAMIE
SMITH. In sad but loving remembrance Of my
darling daughter LILLIAN PAULINE
SMITH. who departed this life i've years
ago today. December -. 1903
whenevcE / speak your name
My eyfs with tears are wet;
Oh. Lillian, how l love you,
And love cannot forget,
Sleep on, my darling Lillian
On. how sweet to breathe thy name.
In life 1 loved you dearly.
In death / do the same.
BY her DEVOTED MOTHER, MABEL.
vOIGT. In sad but loving remembrance of my
dear father. who died nine years ago today,
December 3, 1905.
Loved in life, remembered in death
BY HIS LOVING DAUGHTER. JEANETTE
MARIE V0lGT-
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qI[Ellll9llFl FllElllEIgS llEll US

the oaron. who kisses very convincingly,
Acre discovers she loves him, OF course.
N0I nearly SO convincing Is the ease with
wnicn the baron's losing sweetheart, Ny
elanne; enm Played by Mae Phelps, suddenly
Ia,s IN love with Adele's losing beau.
Rooert That is where the vehicle
neaIiy breaks down. But the story Is not
20 pc compared with the music. Even
several clever scenes. as the finale Of act
their success mostly to the manner I'm in
Mnich M the composer. Jean Briquet, car
nes tne story, such as it is, with his
music. in true comic opera style. Like
1Wasiow W,t,, w.. Flying" and "Honeymooning
dered by Miss Phelps. It is wortbv' nS Of
noae. no.. peins somewhat unusual, that the
quartet OF lovers sing, practically every
tbes tbef.Iis n the ne score between them. that
cnoros appears but seldom and Tet ;s
not seriously missed anu yet is
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Presidential Nominations.

The President sent the following
nominations to the Senate today:
Charles E. Bunnell OF Valdez, Alaska,
to be Judge of the district court of the
district of Alaska, division No. 4.
Martin F. FAIRY of Wilmington. Del,
to be United States marshal for the
district of Delaware.
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Blue Sky Law in Supreme Court.

The first case to reach the Supreme
Court of the United States in which
the validity of blue sky" legislation
was at issue was docketed in that
tribunal today. 1t was an appeal By the
officials of Iowa from the decision of
the federal courts in that state holding
the Iowa blue sky" law of 1913 un-
innal
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Cosmos.

The Ntsko Japs open this weeks
bill at the Cosmos Theater with some
head balancing. one Of the troupe. a
girl, juggling a closed umbrella and
opening 1t while lying outstretched on
the wire, and one Of the men Jumping
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Mr.. Shoemaker's Views.

He said, in part:
"The disadvantages and conditions
with which we are surrounded calcu-
late to retard, if not actually prevent,
the development and improvement OF
Washington as the Capital city OF our
nation. The most important PROPOSE
tion now before US is the continuance
Of the relationship which has so long
existed between the taxpayers Of the
District and the United States govern
ment. Unfortunately, there are few
who sail to recognize Washington as a
national city, and seem to desire to
retard it's development and injure 1t
in every possible way.
Washington must be either fed
eral city or Il local city, and it's i'm
provement must be either national or
local in character. 1t can never be
anything other than the National Cap
ital under our Constitution. and peo-
pie of this country desire its develop
ment as such. The improvement of
the District of Columbia. If local in its
character. would never correspond
federal lines, as 1t has been thus far,
it must be done in the future as in the
past at the expense to a great extent
of the nation, otherwise 1t will be-
come a hardship and a burden beyond
endurance to local taxpayers.
Congress has exclusive jurisdiction
over the District of Columbia, ire
Spective of the wishes of our people.
1t has the power to deal with our
unwisely and injudiciously, and it is
impossible for us to secure redress. al
though we may attempt it in a persua-
sive manner.
Evening star., 1914-12-29

Piles Cured In 9 to IA Days.
Druggists refund money II PAZO OINTMENT
fails to cure Itching Blind. Bleeding or Protrud-
ing Piles. First application gives relief 50c.
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Gayety.


The 1914 edition of the star and Gar
ter Show" in a musical extravaganza
entitled 'The Mystic Jewel" Is the at
traction at the Gayety Theater this
week.
Jack Conway, an Irish comedian of
unusual ability. is the lea ling feature,
with Miss Billie Hill close second,
and it is a toss-up as to which gets the
biggest hand, Conway's antics and fun
ny sayings. or Miss Hills singing,
which is but one of her many good
points. She wears a varied assortment
of gowns that attract especial atten-
tion.
Mabel Clark is a clever soubrette
who scores with her singing and dane
ing. Harriet Herbert sings several
Irish melodies that please. Johnny Eek
art is a good German comedian who
does not overplay his part. Mark
Thompson, Thomas Welch, Herman
Sherman and Ed. M Griffin sing quar-
tet selections that win much applause,
and the Star and Garter chorus is in
keeping with the rest of the show. The
stage settings are unusually elaborate.
Announcement was made that the
country store will be held Wednesday
night instead of Friday night this week.
Casino.
The Casino Theater this week is pre-
sentinR as its headliner a thirty min
ute Offering by "The Gloom Killers"
entitled "a Full Dress Rehearsal"
which Is filled with sprightly songs
and dances, some good comedy and
genuinely enjoyable entertainment
Teddy Osborne's Pets. an act with a
special appeal to the children. present
a dog comedy in a dog village, with
all the characters of the play per-
formed by dogs. Lady Sen Mel. an
a plaintive song in her native Ian
guaEe, and then follows with songs
we'll sung in English, while Darcy and
Hill have a rathskeller act of song.
comedy and jokes. Last night the
added attraction was the country
store, and 1t will be repeated every
night this week except Friday night.
A series of selected photoplays supple
ments the vaudeville entertainment.
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citizens in this jurisdiction or else
where of all right to participate in
their affairs, and consequently to be
taxed without any sort of repr senta-
tion. and refuse to pay an equitable
share Of the expense incurred by Con-
gress for the capital Of the nation, is
an un-American. unwise and tnjudi-
cious proposition.
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quadrup1ed at the second and kept on
Increasing until a regular business was
established. The product sold for a
dollar a pound and was regarded as
one of the greatest successes of the
commissary problem for more than
half of the duration of the siege.
Horse flesh then and perhaps since
has had many an edition de luxe, when
real dainties were needed and there
was real money in evidence to follow
the order at a noted restaurant where
"venison" was on the bill of fare. The
happy folks hidden to the feast asked
no questions and never enjoyed game
course more thoroughly.
The horse basis for the delicacy had
not been either a young or a partlcu-
larly frisky beast, but to turn the flesh
into game these qualities were pre-
sumed in an Imaginative and creative
mind.
For the experimental process great
steaks Of the flesh were boiled in white
wine, following high precept in French
cooking, which converts ham cooked
in champagne or cider into dish fit FOR
either gods or goddesses. OF course. wine
was not cheap those days. and, for the
matter of that, neither was horse meat,
and the combination for those who were
able and willing to pay for 1t was not
considered excessively costly at 20 or 90
a portion. Only very few restaurants
were able to get 1t at all.
Tales of the family cat and pussy's
assistance in keeping the pot boiling were
not uncommon occurrences during the
1870 siege, but that told Of one nice tenn
pered nouser recalls the history OF reg
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ular banquet every time a cat Of the Same
color is seen. On this occasion supplies
were getting so low that the larder Of
fered no hopes at all after few mere
visits. Everybody hated to, but finally
some one did, kill the cat. After skim
ming, pussys carcass was hung out In the
cold. The necessity of eating the prize
did not arrive for a week, and by that
time the hungry folks expecting the meal
could hardly walt for the long thawlng
out. Then the grand cooking commenced
precisely as if a Belgian hare was in
the pct. Somebody discovered can OF
mushrooms in a dark corner OF closer
shelf in the pantry, and the homely stew
was transformed into a regular banquet,
minus the grand names it would haXec
had in a cafe.
Dogs, too-the family pets sometimes.
or at least somebody's pets, or JUST
any old or young canine wanderer-
had a big part in domestic and business
Cooking machinery those days. but6
they were served under more attractc
i've names. Small portions under sucp.
sign aS soonS p'e' sI..
AS for bread the last half OF the
siege found everything in the way Of
grain. straw, potatoes and other vege-
tables cooked, sold and eaten under
that title. These subterfuges were so
dreadful to many that they We're siui"''
ply impossible. and the smallest por0on
tion of the ingredients. excepting the
sustaining life. The flour supply IN"
Paris has been conserved from the
very outset of the present war ana
there is neither cake noG pastry 70 pe ec
found at the bakeries. The same II"
probably true OF Berlin and Vienna Aa"
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dukes of Poland. It was restored in
1908. Eastward of the town is a prot
estant church of the seventeenth CEN
tury, originally a Dominican monas-
terry.
1t was after the capture of two Cali
clan towns that one of the Russian
armies moved southwark from Radon,
driving the second Austrian army be-
fore 1t. Situated on a branch of the
vistula. the capital Of this govern
ment. with a population of 49,200,
Radon may be mentioned for it's tan
neries, tels and a church belonging
to the L6therans.
Kielce, also within the war zone. is
a provincial capital containing popu-
lation OF 32,400 Inhabitants, and lies
ninety-six miles southwest of War
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than the reason of desiring to save the
Pay VI nireo girl. She may urge that
the quarters are SO restricted that
mere Is no room for a maid of all
WORK: Inc kitchens in many flats are
called kftchenettes, and that is a big
word for SO small a room. The house,
wire can get along very comforta bly,
py having hired woman come in once
a week TO wash the windows, mop up
tne noors, sweep the carpets or beat
the rugs. The washing and ironing,
which generally upsets a household for
two days in the week, Is sent out. or
the apartment house has a laundry
attachment in which the clothes NAV
be washed and dried and ironed. The
cooking and dishwashing are big per-
plexities. but ingenious and inventive
women devise numerous short cuts in
this work.
lem, so far as the boarders are con-
cerned. Is solved. The hotel has no
trouble in maintaining an effective
force of servants. and especially girl
servants. the problem which the aver
age housekeeper finds very hard to
deal with. The girls may work in
hotels for less money than they would
ordinarily command in a private fam
lily, but it is to be supposed that the
girls know their own business best.
Their reason for preferring the semi
public to private service is that their
hours. even though they may be long.
are fixed. They know when they are
to be free for social enjoyment and re-
Taxation, and they can make engage
ments and look forward to them. They
do not have to ask for a certain time
Off as though they were asking a
favor which might be granted or re-
fused.
In their semi public service they are
generally subject to rules of discipline
which experience has shown to be just,
necessary and effective. These rules
are known to the girls. They do not
have to adjust themselves to the hours
and peculiarities Of home every time
they shift their service place. In their
semi-public employment they are less
subject to the whims of a woman who
may at times be very nervous and who
may have "off days." or spells OF tenn
per or the blues.
These are the main reasons why so
many girls are willing to work as ser
wants in hotels rather than enter pri-
vate domestic service.
Evening star., 1914-10-04
War Waste Cannot Be Expressed in Figures

ffTHE waste Of war is phrase no"
heard in many mouths" said an
economist and statistician, and 1t de-
scribes the situation of the world TO-DAY.
All efforts to write this waste down In
figures must be vain. Figures cannot
state the case. They make sorry spe;-
tacle and on their face would make war
losses seem trifling, whereas they are
colossal.
"Germany's total wealth, computed and
assessed, Is about sixty-one ana ohe-noiA
billions of dollars. and the cost OF ner
military operations Is set down IN ns-
ures as approximately two million dollars
a day, so that the war could pc iousnt
on this basis for 1856 days and the year
cost would not equal l per cent OF the
appraised national wealth OF the empire;
"But the very act of war not only SUD
tracts from the accumulated Weaith WIN
out making any addition to 1t. but ike
wise causes a tremendous snrinkase ~
the accumulated sum, when peiore tne
war was expressed in terms computed on
a peace basis-on a basis where property
values were believed to be safe from vio-
lent disturbance.
''As that 100000 is expended the
shrinkage Of values of accumulated prop
erty goes on more probably in geometri-
cal than in arithmetical progression. and
the shrinkage going on at an accelaratlng
rate is not long in coming to the point
where it cannot provide the $2OOO.OO0
day, Then the government. having con-
sumed the accumulated store representing
the surplus of many years of peaceful
production of industrious millions. begins
to lay a tax on the future by means OF
war bonds.
"stored up capital will probably disin-
tegrate rapidly when the storing up proc
ess is suspended, and the military men
whose work was supporting themselves
and adding to the stored up national
wealth are diverted. many to the actual
work of killing men and destroying prop
erty. and being themselves killed and
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having their property destroyed, and oth-
er millions OF men and women are pro-
ducing not wealth to be added to the ma
tional surplus, but wealth in food, ammnT-e
milton, guns, horses and wagons to keep.
the active destroyers of lie and properly
at the maximum Of their destructive efns
cheney.
-
'-r
Now, take the matter of life losses
and figures are again feeble and mislead-i
ing Say that the average number Of
deaths in Germany is a million a yeapt
which is probably somewhat near the ac,
tual figure. The killing Of a million sol.
diers would only double the death rate
for one year, and that loss spread over a
generation would represent small ins'
crease In the annual death rate. But that
is only a short and one-sided view Of the.
situation. cr
The normal death rate of a million foS,
the war year Represents the passing out'
largely OF those whose life work has.
been done. or of incapables who. il they
had lived. would have taxed rather than p
have added to the national accumulated.
resources. Most of those who died Were
old and feeble, young and feeble. or dis.
eased
Those killed by the war were the pick
of the physical manhood. They were the
strongest of the men and the most activee
and vir1le OF the men. Iney were cut on
at the beginning, instead of at the end Of
their life work. They did little worko
themselves in upbuilding the nationafe
wealth and did nothing toward the prop.
agation of the race Of future workers.
Here is a loss that cannot be expressed
in figures. The loss also cuts another :
way. The strongest being slain befores
propagating their kind. that propagation
has depended upon the weaker and lese-
virile 20 that the productive capacity OF.
the workers in the next generation 10 DIM
minished from this cause" -
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saw. 1t has a beautiful situation on
the Sielnica river. and contains a num-
Of a Roman Catholic bishop, 1t has sew
eral churches. a monastery. Episcopal
seminary and palace. In the lest
named may be found portraits of the
bishops from the year 1898. The sup
pressed Bernadine convent Is within
easy and pleasant walking distance.
The town also contains a Lutheran
church. gymnasium and mining
school. Iron, copper. lead and coal
mines are to be found on the outskirts.
At Sandomir, on the Vistula. fifty
one miles from Lublin, the Russians
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catholic churches and a cathedral dat
ing to 1860. There is a maenif1cent
Greek = cathedral built in 1912, and the
all OF the public buildings. the most
impressive is the Royal Palace. built
by Sigismund III, where the senate and
the diet used to meet and where the
ixes hn;1dinss are Kept. Other notable
the Grand Theater, mint, post offices
and Municipal Picture Gallery. con-
ta,ning tam sso. $50 paintings by the old mas
iers;. iers; Inere are numerous educational
institutions. laboratories. an obserya-
tory and botanic garden. Among the
manufactures may be mentioned cloth
carpets. carriages. pianos, wagons and
Lodz is the most important manuf.c.
turing town of Russian Poland. and.
because of this fact, contains the lare,
est population next to Warsaw. It lies
seventy-hve miles southwest of the
capital capital, and on account of it's rapid
growth In manufactures is called the
Polish Manchester" Its yearly prod
ucts are valued at about $50, 900. 900
rubles. 1t was on this town that the
Germans made a raid August 2S. but
were driven back by the Russians. by
whom 1t was occupied.
Dispatches received from Petrograd,
from time to time, tell of desperate
hghtfng in and around Lublin, a city
OF commercial Importance on the Bis
trzyca, a tributary of the Wieprz,
ninety-four miles southeast of War
saw. The Russians surrounded the
austrian forces and defeated them,
taxing 1000 prisoners. Another report
tens mat the first Austrian army re-
ceived the thanks of Gen. Dankl for
brilliant victories here. The CITY was
known in the tenth century and divid-
ed into the old and new towns. the
ancient gates of the former being still
in existence. From an early period its
markets were famous, the merchants
handling all the trade of Podelia, Vol
hynia and Red Russia. Becoming the
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NECDOTE,S CONCERNING
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE
A Legal Reflection.

A PROPOS of a peculiarly fragrant
~ legal scandal, Senator John H.
Bankhead said in Jasper:
This scandal gives point to a story
1 have just heard.
"a lawyer advertised for a boy. A
boy duly presented himself, and the
lawyer said to him:
well, my lad, what qualifications
have you for a place in a lawyers Of
flee?
"I can-er-I can lie. SIR the boy
answered"
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His Place..

ga NEW YORK detective said of
n recent case:
a crime Is luminous, and he interprets
it as easily as you yourself, from
Smiths remark, can interpret Smiths
position in the home.
.Smith's remark, made to Mrs Smith
at the breakfast table, was this:
"'A letter for me. dear. Shall 1 open
to-"
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A PROPOS of the black and silent pa
"A rade of New York women In protest
against the European war, Mrs. o. H.
p. Belmont said at her suffrage head
quarters:
when woman gets the vote war will
cease And women would have had
the vote long ago-war would nave
ceased long ago-if SO many women
didn't still believe that their only mis-
sion is submission"
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At a Disadvantage.

eeTHE conduct of too much modern
f1nanciering reminds me-" said w.
Bourke Cochran. 'of Reginald Manning
"Reginald Manning, a clubman of good
birth. had marvellous success at bridge
and poker; but. whenever he tried his
hand at the races he was suret to lose.
Reggie man said to him one day.
how the deuce is it that you always
win with the cards and lose with the
horses?
well. you see said Reginald, biting
his liz, L don't shuttle the horses
Evening star., 1914-10-04
William the Modest.

<<THE German Emperor" said Kurt
1 Ziegler, German consul to Denver.
"is not at all the conceited, vain
glorious character his enemies make him
out to be. He is, on the contrary, as
modest as he is Intelligent.
"The keynote of his character was
given in 1912 in a speech that he made
to his beloved Brandenburg regiment.
No general he said. in this speech,
is a hero to his valet. nor to himself,
either. unless he is a fool"