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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-04
THE EVENING STORY.
THE MILLINER.
Copyright. 1914, BY ". wsrnerJ

Copyright 1914. BY ". Wsrner)
Agatha Verne was late to dinner. It
was long way from Miss Young's mil
linery store. where she worked. to Mira
Woods. where she boarded. When she
entered the house she hung up her coat
and hat and went to the dining room
Her place waited for her at the table
and she slipped into It quietly. Nobody
spoke to her.
On the other side Of tho table Miss
White. the pretty teacher. and Miss
More, the plain one, were having q merry
time together. At the end Of the table
Miss Tyler the third teacher. elderly and
dignihed. was devoting herself to roast
lamb. These three women worked for
their living, even as Agatha worked for
hers but they felt above her. More than
that, they were suspicious of her.
Agatha understood this perfectly. She
herself as small and unobtrusive as pos
sible. But her dinner did not taste very
good to her. This studied ignoring OF ner
presence made a bitter taste In her
mouth. She was twenty-four. and for six
years she had been making hats: Her
known, had started her at the business
Her first work had been lining hats She
had earned s. week. She had lined
hats SO well that they set her to COW
ering them and then she earned g.
After Ave years she was put on the I'm
ished list. She could take q bit OF RIB
bon. handful of straw and flowers, and
construct chapeau that would sell for
$50. Sometimes it sold for more. but
that was only when It held French
label.
During those I'VE years all she knew
was her work. She lived with her aunt.
who was a strict guardian. Her aunt
took most of her WAGES to pay rent and
buy food and fuel. She was herself long
past earning. Sometimes there were
expense Of funeral Aunt Josephine
died. Agatha was alone.
1t was then she got her first position
as an Independent trimmer. country
milliner had come to town looking for an
assistant. The girl who had been en-
gagged to go fell Ill and Agatha was hired
In her stead.
This was her second season in the
country and her first in Westmore. She
had only been there three weeks. and yet
she had already made Miss Young's hats
the rage. Miss Young paid her $1S q
week and insisted that she sign a con-
tract for the next season. Miss Young
was selling twice as many hats as be-
fore and Agatha was kept working day
and night.
as pretty Miss White across the table
and she had some good looks that Miss
White had not. She had sweeter eyes
and clearer skin. and she dressed in
what was known In Westmore as "city
style" But she had not the little
White had. She was very quiet and re-
served almost sad. When she was not
working she stayed in her room reading.
She was lonely at her work and at
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-04
German Conception Of War.

From the London Chronicle, August Is.
The character Of the operations which
are now beginning in the main theater Of
war in Belgium and the approaches to
the Mouse valley ID best understood by
references to the military wisdom Of
Moltke. as recently set forth by the
great general stan in Berlin. Whatever
the Germans may have learned-and they
do not seem to have learned the lesson Of
South Africa-thsy have forgotten moth
ing. They remember that the war Of 1899
was the swtftest war on record and that
In 1910 the French were complste over
thrown within seven months. In the
first four weeks Of that war eight bat
ties were fought CWorth. spicheren. Co.
Gravelotte, st. Prtvat Beaumont, Sedan
and Noisseville), and then came the long
roll Of twelve other battles which ended
with the investment Of Paris. The war
was prosecuted With the utmost inten-
sity. and 6,247 omcsrs and l2s. 4b3 mer
were last. In August. 1870. a million men
were under arms, including Landweh
fortress and other troops. though only
t00. 900 Germans were actually In con-
tact with 81, 900 French. -
mark of modern war the restless lnten-
sity with which Il IL pressed forward to a
decision. The demand for men. the huge
strength Of armies. the difficulty Of feed
tainins armies in tho deId. the destruc-
ton Of commerce and industries-these
and other considerations he urges a.
vital reasons for carrying on hostilitiss
without respite Or pause. SO does the
Ing. And In Moltke's time tho Russian
danger had not arisen. and there was
little fear Of war on two fronts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-04

who It was who had been crying. Help!
Help!'' In Q faint funny little voice. OF
course, II was young Master Suckytoes.
And he knew now why those cries had
SO suddenly stopped. They had stopped
because young Master suckytoes was on
his way down the throat Of little MI.
Gartersnake. and he was going down
head first. With his head in Mr.. Garter
snakes mouth. Of course, he couldn
make Q sound.
very much alive. That was easy to see.
by the way he was kicking his legs.
which were sticking out OF little Mr.
were begging for help. There was no
doubt about that OF course. little Mr..
Gartersnake saw Farmer Browns boy
and into his two little eyes. which never
wink and never blink because, you know.
they have no lids. crept look Of fear
and anger combined. Right away little
Mr.. Gartersnake tried to wiggle out of
sight among the bushes. But wiggling
wasn't easy. Oh. my no! In fact 1t was
rather hard work. because-why because
he had to carry young Master Sttckytoes
with him. He had got Master Stickytoes
10 far down his throat that he couldn't
get him out again. That Is what comes
Of boiling your food without chewing 1t.
and from trying TO Swallow II WHOLE LII
tie Mr. Gartersnake isn't to be blamed
for such seeming greediness: You see he
to swallow his food whole He just has
to- But sometimes he has to pay pen
atty Just the same as you or | would.
The first thing Farmer Browns boy did
was to look for a stick with which to
kill little Mr.. Gartersnake And then a
little blush of shame crept over his
freckled face. THE ideal" said he right
out loud 1.-THE idea Of great big me
hurting a little fellow like Mr. Carter
snake, who never in all his life has done
me any harm and couldn't. II he would.
Fact is he is a friend. only he doesn't
know 1t, and 1 owe him lot for the good
work he and his relatives do every day
by killing harmful insects. Master
9tickytoes should have known enough to
keep out of his way"
with that he stopped suddenly and
picked up little Mr.. Gartersnake Just
back of his head and with the other hand
caught the kicking legs OF young Master
stickytoes and pulled. Out came Master
stickytoes gasping for breath and with
his eyes popping right out his head
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-04

the bell again. I must go back: But
Agatha promised. and sat down with
the hat. It was Just Q o'clock: The hat
enough for the work.
She sat looking at the hat. Trimmed.
Miss White would pay $12 for 1t. She
earned so a week and she could pay S12
maline. straw and roses. With the hat
she meant further to captivate Richard
Gordon.
Suppose the hat was not finished at
10. or 1920? Suppose it was not finished
at all? Agatha could use any one of a
half dozen excuses. Miss Young would
no more than scold her. Grace White
would have to go OF to the city wearing
her old hat. But would that make any
difference with Richard? It was Grace's
with. Only Grace would be disturbed
angry. She was very vain. and though
she had left this hat until the last
moment she had doubtless set her heart
a measure be spoiled II she could not
have her new hat to wear.
It seemed to Agatha that 1t was not
in her power to levy tax OF retribution
for all the times she had sat opposite
spoken to: on all the evenings when
merry little companies had gathered in
the parlor and she had not been asked
down: on all the a1ronts and SnubS that
she had received at other times; on the
fact that Richard Gordon had chosen
the teacher while She
She buried her face in her hands
There was something primitive In Agatha
Verne: something basic and wild that
had not been trained out of her by work
and loneliness. 1t came up now and
fought face to face with all that was
gentlest and best in her. She had the
power to do a mean act. and che felt
justified in wanting to do 1t. But In a
moment more she lifted her head. She
quered herself.
The hat was finished at 10 o'clock
Grace White called for 1t and Miss
Young took it out to her. She came back
smiling "She was perfectly delighted
I told her that had LEFT the trimming
to you and she said: Tell Miss Verne
she's a dandy" For teacher" remars-
ed Miss Young, "she seems quite slansv
But she is cute and pretty and I never
saw any one more excited. wonder
what's up?''
Agatha looked YEARLY out OF The win
dow Its her birthday and she's going
to q matinee In the city" she said.
She took up another hat and began
work on It. 1t was an ugly black hat
for an old lady. hut she did not see
it. Her hands moved mechanically
When she had finished It she took Oft
her work apron. It was IL o'clock
She dragged herself home to eat the
left-overs Of the earlier served luncheon
When she entered the dining room she
easped and started back. for Richard
Gordon flung away the magazine he had
been reading and sprang up to meet
her.
.'How do you do, Miss Werner he
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-04
Peril Of Cosmetics.
, the Columbus Jourual.

From the Columbus Journal
There IL another war disaster. but one
We can readily endure. and that u the
loss Of the drug and cosmetic imports.
Many Of the most important drugs come
from Europe. and the supply of these
will be cut down materially. while cos
metic imports will almost disappear from
the market. There are two things that
we can well spare. We use too much
drugs. and as for the cosmetics the
women are beautiful enough without
them. It would doubtless. be matter
Of public policy II the women were pro-
hibited from making themselves any
more beautiful than they are. II cos
metics helped them to this. Of which
there Is serious doubt. II would be we'll
II the tariff were made so high as to
be prohibitory.. But there will be no
need Of this since cosmetics, as a rule.
make women less attractive and conse-
auentiy less harmful to men. Beauty
ought TO be a moral influence. but that
7epends on the kind Of person he or
she Il
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-04
Hohenzollern Luck Ring.
the London Chronicle

From the London Chronicle.
Does the kaiser take with him to the
front the famous Hohenzollern luck?
Frederick the Great on his accession.
found among his fathers belongings .
small box containing a ring set with
peculiar black stone and a note 10y
Frederick l stating that the ring had
been given him by his father on his
deathbed, with the injunction that SO
long as it remained in the family the for
tune Of the HohenZollerns would pros
per. The ring was stolen from Frederick
william II by his mistress. the Countess
Litchtenau. and hence, say some. The
Prussian disasters of the Napo4.o'lic
wars 1t was restored in 1913, the year
OF Prussian liberation. and Schn..de,
the biographer OF Wthafn l. dec are
:hat he saw 1t on thatmorarch's land
during the great war Of 1870.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-04
A Monument in Aitkirch.

From the London Chronicle
One of the public monuments in
Altkirch commentaries the deliv-
erance Of the town from an attempt
to capture 1t made in 1873 by troop
of English freebooters. Their leader
was a son-in-law Of Edward Ill.
Enguerrand de Coucy, who was then
waging a fierce but futile war
fare against the holy Roman empire
and had pillaged a number OF towns
in Alsace, and on reaching Altkircl,
penetrated into the town in the small
hours of the morning. when-so the
legend runs-an apparition appeared
in the sky to warn the inhabitants.
who promptly sprang from their beds
and routed the invaders. Every year.
February 2. Altkirch holds a fete to
celebrate its escape from de coucy and
his English me- cenaries
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-04

cried, gayly. AUNT EN- thought you
might ind It lonely eating lunch alone
today, so she invited me. But I'll 80
right away If you say So"
"oh. no. nor Agatha managed to
say Her face was aglow with color.
Mrs. Wood came in from the kitchen
bearing rosy shortcake: Come. sit
right down. young folks" she urged
Then she looked significantly at her
nephew. Say. Rick; are you going to
give them to her before or after?"
"Now!" he cried. He handed q nor-
lists box to Agatha. She stared at 1t
and her eyes filed with tears. They
ran down her cheeks when Rick pulled
OF the cover.
"Rosesr' she said. "oh. never had
any flowers given to me before. How
did you know7 And it's my birthday.
too"
The kitchen door had closed upon Mrs
Woods hasty exit. She was alone with
Richard. For all her tears she could
see that he was gazing at her as q girl
likes to be gnxed at by the man she
loves.
THE ENID
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-04
Songs of British Soldiers.
From the London Chronicle.

Our French allies have been struck
by the grave airs" which our soldiers
sing on march. Many OF our regiments
take a pride in their route singing and
stick to certain songs-not all of them,
however, grave" The Manchester
Regiment have a fine musical reputa-
ZION, their favorites being "-.illaloe"
and "Brian Boru." The Yorkshires
march to Dan Tucker" which consists
of little more than a series of diaboli-
cal shouts The Somersets cherish
country songs, particularly ITO Be a
Farmers Boy: the Rifle Brigade sing
the famous '95 ballad beginning Col.
Coote Manningham is Q very good
man." while the Grenadiers' favorite
10 'Coon Drum Major" and the fusi-
ljers their own particular and heart
stirring Fighting With the 7th Royal
FusiIier1"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-04

Il you want work. rad the want col,
unnnH Of The Star.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-04
Mobiizing the Germany Army.

From the Engineering Masazlpe.
Did you ever see an American circus
mobilize, break camp, move and set up
again? 1t is one Of the most wonderful
examples OF efficiency we have produced.
The great tent city is in full swing at
10 pm The next day at 10 am. 1t Ia
parading the streets of q town q hun
dred miles away. The German army
mobilizes and moves like an American
circus in the height OF the season
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-04

MONEY TO LOAN on d. q REAL ESTATB--
lowest rates Of interest; most advantaSeous
terms. Large loans Q speciality.
r. b. SMITH COMPANY. 1&06 y. Z. ave.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-04
Mr.. Gartersnake Loses q
Breakfast.

When Farmer Browns boy came
around a turn in the old cow-path In the
Old Pasture and saw right in front OF
him little Mr.. Gartersnake trying to
swallow one OF the children of Sticky
toes. the Tree Toad. he knew right away
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-04
Foresight.

From the London Chronicle.
A very good story of Intelligent antio-
ipation'' il quoted by the Westminster
Gazette. At his last interview with the
Russian military authorities before the
war Prince Hohenlohe. the Austrian mill
tary attache, expressed surprise that tho
Russians should be requisitioning SO
many automobiles. Your roads are too
bad" he remarked. But yours are
good" was the response.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-09-20

before any fight took place Not that he was
physically afraid; no; he wanted to dig his
hands deep into those doubloons and piecesof-
eight.
So the four days down passed otherwise an
eventually, amid paint pots and iron rust and
three meals day of pork, onion soup. pota-
toes, and strong, bitter coffee. The winds b.
came light and balmy and the sea blue and
gentle. The men went about in their under
shirts and dungarecs, barefooted. OF course
the coming fight was the main topic of CONVEX
sation. 1t promised to be rafting good
scrap, for both men were evenly matched, and
both had kick in either hand. Even the
captain took mild interest in the affair He
was an old sailor. He knew that there was no
such word as arbitration in sailors vocab-
ufary: his disputes could be settled only In
one manner, by his calioused fSts-
When the cid mudhook land some day Steve
was going to buy it and hang it over the en-
trance of the Gibson houss) slithered down
into the smiling waters OF the bay, Steve con-
Guided that discretion was the better part Of
vslor He would steai ashore on the ausran-
tine tug which lay alongside. He was willing
to eight under ordinary circumstances, but be
must get his treasure in safety hrst They
could call him = welcher If they wanted to
devil bit did he care. So he pried back the
boards Of his bunk wall, took out the box.
eyed 1t fondiy, and noted for the first time
the lettering on it.:
STANLEY HARGREAvn.
He wrinkled his brow in the effort 10 recall
Z pirate by this name, but was unsuccessful.
No matter. He huggsd the box under his cost
and made for the gangway. and inadvertently
ran Into his enemy.
Dunkers caught bit Of the box peeping
out from under the coat.
.What "a yuh got therel" he demanded
truculently.
None o your damn business! You femme
4 BY: hear mel"
= Amt none o. my business, huh1 Whsre'd
yuh git box like that? Steal i'll By sipeA
I'm goin' I have a look at tha1 baxs nv
hearty. Il don't smell like honest onionAs
You lemme by!" breathed 6tssat NTH
murder IN hin heart.
y Guddenly the two men cloasd, surSsd badk
and forth, one determined to taks and tbs
stAsr u hold this mysterious box. DnnAsrs
4 3xied u uphold ~ word; not tAat ~
4 ~ Na8Aed ~ bon ~ = nsose tt ~
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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-09-20

The name on the box flashed and disappeared.
1t was a kind Of shock to him. He and Bios
som went batterins against the rail. Dunk
ers' grip slipped and SO did Blossoms The
result was that the box was eatapulted into
the sea. With an agonizing cry, Blossom
leaned far over. He saw the box osciiiate for
I moment, then sink gracefully In a xigzag
course down through the blue waters. Fainter
and fainter It grew, and at last vanished
TIM sorry, Steve; but yuh wouldn't let
me look at it, said Dunkers contritely.
Damn you; I'm goin' t kin y for that.
1t became real fight this time, fist ard
foot. tooth and nail; one mad with the lust
to kill and the other desperately intent liv
ing. 1t was one of those contests in which
honor and fair play have DO part But Tor
the timely arrival Of the captain and some Of
the crew Dunkers would have been badly in
jrred, perhaps fatally. They hauled back
Blossom, roaring out his oaths at the top Of
his lungs. 1t took half an hours arguing to
calm him down. Then the captain demanded
10 know what it was an about. And blubber-
ing. Steve told him
Six hundred feet Of water, IL I've got my
reckoning right The anchor lies in sixty feet,
but the starboard side drops sheer six hum
dred. You swab! Why didn't you bring the
box to me? A man has a right to what he
hnds. I'd have taken care OF it for you till
We got back to port. I know; you were
greedy; you thought might want to stick my
fist into your treasure. And you'll never and
It in GOO feet Of water and tangled, porous
coral That's what ron get for being blamed
hog. As for you,r and the captain turned to
Dunkers, get your dunnasc and your pay
and hunt for another boat back. won't have
no murder On board Captain Manners And
the sooner Jan 60. the better"
IN 60. Gr," said Dunkers, readily enough.
! Had the misfortnne happened to him and had
Blossom been 9hs agsressor, be would want
his life. He un1erstood. Like the valet In
Olivetta dfxRs the time for disappearing.
An keep oue1 mr. way. I'll git y yet"
srowled HossuM
Keep yom n1sth> shut" said the mate,
on IN have Jon put In irons, you pig /"
An right, Or. I've said All IsM2soh' Z
nay tday =; and Blossom strsdso -
h What was d. box uksa = ssakedEs1ecar
4 hin * Dunkera
Il ~ C1lpess cpatssps ss1lss llslnss
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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-09-20
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