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Evening star., 1914-04-17
THE EVENING STORY.
A Superior Family.
Copyright. 1911. l,y W. wernerl


The moment she entered the house
Jessie Marshall knew that she had been
seen talking to Mrs Bland across the
fence For her Aunt .Nngeiine and het
sister. Adele. were all djsapproval from
the tips Of their neatly hlacked shoes q
the topmost of their heods. Adele vas
reading aloud and Aunt Auseliue Was
ripping up an old dress skirt which look
ed as if it had come from the rag bag.
lit seems 10 me-" said Aunt Anseiine.
looking down her nose. that You 90 ~
hang out a shirt waist, nay dear with ut
being intrigued INTO CONVEX fsatiqn l.. that
JESSE leaned ON "a cnarback and
laughed. ''Why. aHutic, there Was B"th-
ing like an jutrssue. good uurn:nGed
her and She good morHiuged me. AND
then ! asked her if she wouldn't Iikt !
handful OF Scotch daisies. you know |
planted them and old Mrs. Ballard
brought the, seed IN her pocket WHEN she
rame hack from bonnie Auld Iseekie,
as She called Edinburgh"
Jessie" said Aunt Nngeiiue, Ignoring
this and shipping coldly. ~ have lived a
great MANY years next eoor = the
BANDS ON one side and to old Mrs. Bal
lard on the other. aud have never d4re
more than bow 10 either If them, Meth
er has Adele.
SO have L. auntie." Jessie replied.
gently, but some tim" since made M
my mind that it was Ne-y Uuch stan
like thing to do. besides making me
awfully lonely. / Ike Mrs EdIatd aud
Mrs. Bland very much. And J like the
Fishers across the street and little lame
Mrs. Brice around the corner and all the
kiddies that so by every day To sthoo
! like anyoody that's clean and decent
and some that aren't, when they re lan-
fortunate. And if | can get their to like
I'm proud and glad. thert now.
She walked out Of tho room for the
first time in her life in open rebellion to
her aunts wishes. Adele ran after her
~ / caught her at the head OF tn stairs.
You've wounded Aunt .Nngelire And
aI ihe people in the world aren't worth
lhal.' she painted.
Adele" said JESSIE. come in here
Sh4 pulled her older sister iuta her bed
tooiu. Sit down in that chair. Now.
listen to me Adele. you are thirty-one
and / am twenty-eisht, and wev, lived
here in Aries since We We're ooIn, and
Evening star., 1914-04-17
Pointed Paragraphs.

~ , manner of speaking, sober
man can do a full mans work.
OPTIMISM is u good thing when not
oNerNorkcd.
I.ut a note never falls due at the
proper time
A cynic is a person who laughs while
pretending to shed tears
The more relatives man has the
more he appreciates his friends.
A man isn't necessarily even a near
genius because he wears his hair long.
She is wise fat woman who does
all her bathing stunts in bathtub.
The ideal husband exists chiefly in
the minds of women who never mar
ried.
Rich relatives are used by poor men
as objects at which they can point
with pride and expectancy.
Before Il wise girl attempts to man
age a husband she first acquires the
art of managing a kitchen.
When a female lecturer gets off that
old saw about an honest man being
the noblest work of God, every man
in the audience imagines that he is
blushinS.
Breaking promises is the best thing
weak man does.
However poverty may keep man from
making a fool of himself
You are wrong, Cordeia. Earthquakes
assuredly We're not invented by Quakers.
Many woman would like to be known
by the company she can't keep.
1t keeps the idle rich busy supplying
copy for the sensational journals.
The more you talk to man about him
self the more intelligent he thinks you
are
Isn't it queer how giggling girl man
ages to hook up with an otherwise SEN
sible man?
a young mother imaSincs the only
thing in the house that a burglar would
want is the baby.
Once i'll a long time married man
| makes a specially of doing things because
his wife says he mustn't.
Woman can drive man to drink more
easily than In the opposite direction.
Evening star., 1914-04-17
Luminous Road Beds.

At "a recent conference of European
specialists upon road paving it was sug
gestcd that one of the most material
problems to be solved by those in charge
Of the developing modern thoroughfares
was the devising of more certain means
for the avoidance of street collisions at
night between vehicles and between We
hicles and pedestrians. The question was
raised as to how the road beds might be
made more luminous or their surfaces
best prepared for the greatest possible
reflection of light, SO that approaching
Objects might be distinctly visible at con-
siderable distances The increase in
swift. silent automobile traffic. it was
suggested. made the study of this phase
of road building an urgent matter.
Dark road surfaces reflect but little of
the light which falls upon them. |On such
rpadways the horse and wagon. and the
pedestrian first become visible to the
motor driver, tearing along in his ma
| chine many miles the hour, when he
! comes fairly upon them i'll his path.
| Where the surface of the roadway IS
| light. the dark objects upon 1t loom up
| plainly while yet long distances away.
| The surfaces of many of the driveways
| laid out in this country reflect as low as
| 10 per cent of the light falling on them,
| or less, and their effectual conceaiment OF
| dark colored objects largely promotes
| chances for collisions
| Proposal made at the conference was
that attempt be made to discover by eX-
pertinent some durable inexpensive COM
| position for the rendering of street sur
faces luminous at night.
Evening star., 1914-04-17

against Jumper the Hare. If Jumper
hadn't run after him no one would have
laughed at him, for nearly every one had
been just as much afraid of Buster as
he Therefore, it was all the fault of
Jumper. The more he was teased the
greater grew his hate of Jumper. until
at last he made up his mind that he
would catch Jumper
Now, of course. the other little people
didn't know this. They thought that
they were making life very miserable for
inst Reddy Fox alone Not one Of them
ever stopped to think that wherN trouble
is made for one it almost always hurts
some one else. They thought they We're
making Reddy Fox very misera Bile, as m
deed they were, but it never entered their
heads that they were also making life
very miserable for Jumper the Hare. But
they were Yes, sir, they We're. IL they
had let Reddy alone he would have let
Jumper alone. But as it was. he Just grew
more and more determined that he would
catch Jumper So he spent all his spare
time trying to think of some plan where
by he could catch Peter Rabbits big
cousin. And Jumper, who always was
very, very timid, grew more timid than
ever and wished and wished with all his
heart that he had not played that Joke
on Reddy Fox, which had made Reddy
the laughing stock of the Green Meadows
and the Green Forest.
Evening star., 1914-04-17

shall probably live here till We die. for
there are no Prince CharrninSs coming
To snatch us away. we'd had the
least bit OF talent ambition we
wouldn't be here today, and you know it,
But we are here and we've got 10 stay,
and We might as well stay pleasantly.
Aunt Angeline has some illusion about
our being superior to the people here
abouts just because We had a big bug
for a grandfather and are related to the
New York and Newport MarshallS But
because Of them ard our dead and gone
grandfather We're living here IN this big
house on bread and cheese and tea. nd
pretending we're idle because were rich.
J. for one am sick of it know YOU
are sick of it, too, and I'll bet my best
made-over dress that Aunt An=eline's
sick of it. too. only she won't give in.
why. Jessie gasped Adele. Her
big eyes stared Her small weak chm
The sight of her ton he'd Jessie and.
kneeling down. she pulled Adele into her
arms. Don't you see. Gariins:f she
whispered
Adele stiffened unexpectedly. Her
chin might quirer. but her pride was as
steady as ever. Yes. l do see Adele
said, passionately. Il see that you're in
love with Tommy Bland and he's Moth
ing but mechanic. even il he has got
genuine Grecian features,
Jessie was pale. She got up and went
TO the window. From thar window She
house where Tom Bland and h 5 mother
lived. one OF Toms working ruckies
hung on the line. The sleeves swung
and tapped as if they were gesticulating
Not ten feet away, with only the fence
. between, Jessie's wh'.e shirt waist fap-
ped and waved back. The sight made
her laugh. Certainly. Toms personality
was visible in that blue denim rucKy
Just as her own personality was visible
in the shirt waist Yet each was pinned
securely to its line. And the fence was
hetWeen.
I'm trying to tear down that fcnre. -
she thought Tom can't. TIl have
to The laugh slipped into d long sigh
aS she turned and came baciS from The
window. Yes, ! do love Tom Bland. -
she said. and III hav- him the minute
he asks me. Bot he'll neVer ask me.
Ndei", 50 long as you aud At;rt Anseiirl..
treat his mother in this wa. Torn /;
got some pride CT his own, and IFS Il
letter pride ttan ours, too. Oh Adele :
Jessie pieaded. won't sou he reasonable
md sensible and come over to IN sIdt.,
% that / can he happy even II Won
Hon't care for that kind Of happiness for
ourself1
Adele rose slowly. II am going ID
INT Angeiine. she SAID. coIdly, and
eft the room.
Zen minutes Later Jessie saw HOY e0Iue
toward Boo Bailards general store
When Adele returned with her parcels
Jessie went down and helped her with
he lunch. In silence they feasted on
the thin bread. the plate of cheese ne
pot of weak tea and the butter Jessie
Evening star., 1914-04-17

was to forget him: that while the Hay
ward she had known before the exposure
was permissible the man now was i'm
possible and that for her own sake and
that of her family she should forget him.
The response was instant From the
parents, Prof and Mrs Perdew, from
the girls sister. also in New York; from
an uncle in Chicago and from her brother
came telegrams and letters assuring Hay
ward that ne was all wrong in his sur
mise. Everything had been wiped out by
his seven years straight work in Cum
berland.
we do not have to care what people
say" the girl wrote. People do not make
our happness-we make our own. We
have waited too long now. Let US accept
now that which is before US and what we
both wish"
Hayward and his wife will return TO
Cumberland in about week. II is an
ticipated that the welcome that will be
extended to Hayward's wife will even
surpass that which was given by a whole
townspeople at Cumberland to Hayward
himself when he returned
Evening star., 1914-04-17
Arguing on Famous Debt Case.

The long-fouSht Virginia West Virginia
state debt case was presented to the
United States Supreme Court again yes
terday in oral arguments. The point is
what share of the Virginia state debt
existing at the time of the formation of
West Virginia should be paid by West
Virginia Several years ago the supreme
Court held that West Virginia was liable
for some $7,0OO.0OO TO Virginia. bnt West
Virginia now claims that this should be
reduced to about S2,Ooo,0n by reason Of
assets in the hands of Virginia in which
it should be allowed to share.
Evening star., 1914-04-17
How Trouble Was Made for Jumper
the Hare.

No one had erioved the joke Reddy
Fox more than had Jumper the Hare 1t
had tickled Jumper almost to pieces to
think that he who was accounted the
most timid of all the little people in the
Green Forest, should have been able to
frighten Reddy Fox. OF course. it was
Buster Bear who had given Reddy his
first fright and made him put his tail
between his legs and start for home as
fast as he could run, but it was Jumper
who had started after Reddy right at his
heels and had made Reddy think that he
was Buster Bear and so frightened him
still more, so that he didn't dare stop
long enough to turn and see who it was
behind him. OF course, to all who saw
them it looked just as If Reddy was run
ming away from Jumper the Hare, and
every one pretended to believe that he
was. Then they tormented Reddy, and
made life miserable for him by calling
him a coward, afraid of Jumper the
Hare, and things like that
Reddy had fallen into 4 terrible rage
at first and had tried his very best to
catch his tOrmentorS. But after a while
he saw that the ansrier he grew the
better pleased We're his tormentors. 1t
was just what they wanted-to make him
angry. Only Jumper Hare took care not
TO nave anything TO 90 with EeddE. lie
kept out of Reddy's way. He had no
mind to make Reddy any angrier than
he already was. You see. Jumper never
goes looking for trouble. No. indeed He
tries his very hardest to keep out of
trouble. And so he kept away from Reddy
Fox.
Now, Reddy Fox is, as YOU all know very,
very sly and smart. After a little while
he began to realize how foolish it was
for him to get angry. or anyway to
show that he was SO angry, every time
his neighbors plagued him about running
away from Jumper the Hare So, no mat
ter how anger might till his heart. he
would pretend not to nina in the least
and would try to laugh at the jokes, but
all the time would be Just boiling inside.
| Now, at first his anger had been ali
against those who called him names and
made fun of him, but as he thought it
over little by little his anger turned
Evening star., 1914-04-17
BRIG. GEN. H. L. SCOTT HERE.
Assumes Duties of Assistant Chief Of
Staff of Army Wednesday.

Brig. Gen. Hugh L. Scott. recently re
iieved of command Of the Cd cavadry
Brigade at Fort Bliss, Fl Paso, Tex.
has arrived here and reported 10
Maj. Gen. Wood. chief of STAFF. for ts-
signment TO duty. pending his assuAp-
ton of the duties of the office Of ASST
ant chief of stan next "Wednesday 5Ie
was accompanied to this city by his s1n
First Lieut. David II. Scott. who is his
aid de camp.
Gen. Scott declined 10 make any COM
ment on the Mexican situation. but int
mated broadly that the United Staie~
troops near the border We're IN ce.nnd tt
readiness for any service they MAY she
called upon TO perform in the pre4ni
crisis.
Evening star., 1914-04-17
HAYWARD WINS BRIDE
DESPITE PRISON RECORD
Cumberland, Md, Will Welcome
Girl Who Joins Lot With
Editorial Writer.

NEW YORK. April IA romance that
commenced three years ago in Cumher-
land, Md, has eliminated here in the
marriage of H. S. Hank Hayward Of
the Cumberland Daily News. editorial
staff and Miss Ruth Perdew. the youngest
daughter of Prof. and Mrs. George NJ.
Perdew of Cumberland. Prof. Perdew is
assistant superintendent of schools for
Allegany county. Md.
The ceremony took place in the pres
ence of Miss Mary Perdew, a sister OF
the bride. and a few friends of Hayward.
The officiating minister was the Rev.
Charles c. Albertson, pastor of Lafayette
Avenue Presbyterian Church.
Hayward left Cumberland Monday night
Evening star., 1914-04-17
Bride Social Favorite.

The bride is a social favorite in cum
berland. She has spent most OF the last
two years in New York. but made fire.
quent visits home. when she and Hay
ward We're constantly together. and the
friends of both looked for a marriage
II is now known that HAYWARD, because
Of his prison record. which his enemies
threatened To reveal and which drove
him away for a time would not ask
Miss Perdew TO marry him.
When Hayward left Cumberland two
months ago under threats Of exposure
Miss Perdew knew nothing Of his where
abouts for time Then HaywarG's pa
per. the Cumberland Daily News, printed
the letter Hayward had left and offered a
reward for news Of the writer. At the
same time inserting advertisements in the
papers in several large cities asking
Hank" to return. These and the strong
evidence of friendship shown by the peo-
pie of Cumberland induced Hayward to
return a few weeks ago.
While away he wrote Miss Perdew. who
was in New York, telling her he was go
ing back to Cumberland that week and
pointing out to her that her only course
Evening star., 1914-04-17
Glass Files for Virginia Primary.

ROANOKE Va. April 17.-Representa-
tive Carter Glass has filed his application
for denomination to Congress from the
sixth Virginia district. by the democratic
primary. tentatively set for May 70 En-
tries close April p. In event there is
no other application filed. Mr.. Glass will
he declared the nominee and a primary
will be dispensed with.
Evening star., 1914-04-17
MeNalley Again Rejected.

The Senate yesterday afternoon fpr
second time rejected the nomination
{. McNalley. as consul At Eur.mhers.
yaria. The vote came on a motto
reconsider the vote bv which he was
merly rejected. The Senate refused :
consider the vote by - To =
Evening star., 1914-04-17

anew Adele had not paid Tor her ptlr-
chases. She wondered If Adele felt as
uneasy about that store bill as She did
Aunt Anseline rustlrd forth To lunch.
That's right" she said. "A light noon
day meal Is healthy.
But three light meals a day are not
healthy" Jessie thought However. She
said nothing. hut accepted her cup OF
weak tea gracefully.
Aunt Angelne and Adele made a show
~ conversation during the meal Neither
ASeHs To Jessie until just as they Wt!e
Evening star., 1914-04-17

to meet Miss Perdew in New York Prof
and Mrs. Perdew. at whose house III
Cumberland Hayward had been a fire.
quent visitor for years. had given their
consent to the marriage ana when in
formed that the wedding was to he held
soon assented ana sent congratulations
to their daughter in New York
Evening star., 1914-04-17

his coat. 4 dare you to say that to
Aunt Angeline. she said. mischievously.
y Will said Tom, earnestly. III go
in this minute and Ill make it all right
With her. too. See il l don't"
And he did.
fTHE ENID
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-10-20
Is Building to Connect With Rail-
way Lines to Cairo, TlIebes
and Metropolis.
WAS STOPPED in POPE
COUNTY BY RIVAL LINE
Supreme Court of Illinois Has Just
Rendered Decision in Its
Favor

The Supreme Court Of Illinois has
a irm=d the decision of the lower
court in the case of the Gulf Lines
Railroad Company. The company
is Ronstrucrtng low grade line
along the eastern boundary CT Illi-
nois, affording short liut to the
Southern Illinois gatewa"s, Metrop-
oils, Cairo and Thebes, for gulf
traffic It's line, in Pope County.
occupies for several miles a narrow
gap or pass along the Ohio river.
It's construction in this pass was
stopped by n local railroad company
which several months ago brought
an injunction suit, afterard trying
0 occupy the same pass with it's
own rails. Judge Duncan of the
Circuit court held that the Gulf
Lines Company held title to the pass
in fee simple, and the local company
was stopped from further constitute
ton in the pass. R N. Greenlaw Of
st. Louis is president of The Gulf
Lines Company. He is connected
with the Mississippi Valley Trust
company,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-10-20
4 BIDS OPENED
ON IMPROVEMENT
DISTRICT No. |
Two Bidders Make Price for Whole
Work and Two for Parts
Of The District.

Bids for the Improvement Of the
streets in District No. l were opened
yesterday by the Board of Local I'm
prov ements at the council chamber.
These bids, four in number, are for
the sraveling, ourbs and cutters
and in some streets, ,sewerlng, where
necessary of all the streets west Of
Washington avenue, between Twen-
ty-first and Twenty eighth streets.
The bids were as follows,
Prosser and Halliday. entire dis
trict as whole, s51, ,470.36.
Roy L. Williams, entire district
As whole s53,S71.35.
w T. Bland and Frank Fitzger-
old bids on the following strets
Twenty fifth and West Twenty
fifth, $4,74S,23; West Twenty-sixth,
&2772,71; West Twenty-seventh
$23t6.27.
G, NJ Hanes also bid on each
street separately as follows: Twen-
ty-seCond and West Twenty-second
s11,032.13; Twerty-third and West
Twenty-third, $G597.21a Twenty
fourth and West TWenty-fourth
S1532.62; Twenty-fffth ami Yves
Twenty-ffth, s53O3.47; West Twen-
ty-sixth, $3263.5I3.
The bids were referred to Com
missioner Kelly, who will make
report at meeting Of the board on
Wednesday afternoon Mt 4.30
o'clock, when the contract will prob
ably be awarded.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-10-20
fRENCHNFN WHO
ARE PRISONERS
TRICK GERMANS
Germans Stack Arms in Dense Fog
Surrounding Prisoners Who
Get Guns.

Paris, Oct, 19..--During a dense
ioE, which oyerhung the battle line,
hindering operations on both sides.
section of French infantry, under
tovor of the fog, recently made q
cash on the Germans OH the Somme
river, surprised the men in the
trenches, and annihilated their first
line with the bayonet.
The Frenchmen pursued their ad-
vantage. but fell into the hands of
reserve battalion of German in
fantry. who captured all Of them.
The fog thickehed and prevented
the Germans from moving and they
formed hollow square around til.
prisoners and stacked their arms To
await the clearing of the atmos
phere. The Germans then bivouack
cd and absolute silence reigned fol
some time
Then voice called from amons 3
The prisoners, "To the guns. com.
rades." Every Frenchman rose and
rushed to the stacks of guns, the
butts of which could be seen be-
meath the fog. The German COM
mander and a dozen men, who were
standing guard. tried to resist the
French hut fell under their own
bayonets and the entire German bat
talon, dazed by the onslaught, sur
rendered. The French took them
back to tho French lines, after the
fog lifted,
On another part Of the line, where
500 Germans were we'll burrowed in
Guarries, the French General called
for 800 Turco volunteers. During
the night the Alserians, discarding
their rifles, crept in with bayoneu
between their teeth and surprised
the Germans, of whom only eight
escaped.
The number Of spies in the war
zone seems undiminished and there
are frequent executions OF them.
particularly in the east. Recently
German Colonel and a Captain
appeared in a French camp dressed
in uniforms of French privates.
They said they had been separated
from their regiments and requested
to be permitted to serve at the
front in another company. They re-
piled to all questions put to them
and their identity as revealed only
when they claimed to know the
commander of the regiment to
which they had applied for service.
They said they had sen the COM
mander at a certain place. but, the
commander not having been there,
the spies were forced to admit they
were German officers. They were
6shot. -
* "
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1914-10-20
MR.. AND MRS. T. w. CANNON
AND MISS SUSANNA MOTOR
ST. LOUIS TO FLORIDA

Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas w. Cannon
and Miss Kate Susanak of Boston,
Mass, formerly of Cairo, who have
been visiting in st. Louis left last
night for Little Rock, Ark. They
visit at Little Rock for short while
and will then tour through the
south into Florida in the;r motor
car Mr. and Mrs. Cannon and Miss
Susanka were III guests in st. Louis
Of their relatives Mr.. and Mrs. Will
Fam Susanna and family. Mrs. j.
J. Lane and other relatives went up
from Cairo to visit the party on
their way south. They will prob
ably motor through Cairo next
spring on their way to Boston, All
were in the best Of health.