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Evening star., 1914-09-27

dition of the German press as does
the emperor. "He has been trained to
seek knowledge rather than news"
says well known writer Of affairs in
Prussia. Then they have not the
means at their command to buy much
cable or telegraphic news. and lacking
a press tariff for kilograms they are
additionally ,hampered.
Political society is not centered In
Berlin, as such society is In London.
Paris or Washington, and there Is no
training ground for the man-of-the-
world journalist. 1t seems rather that
he is somewhat of an outcast, on the
average, and has about the same stand
ing that a physician used to have In
Great Britain-rather a necessary per-
son. but not one to know when you
have on a dinner coat. for then con-
versation and discussion are ones own
to exchange, and are not a matter to
be bought or sold.
1.-The scholarship, learning and ac-
curacy of the German press, by all
accounts, seem noteworthy, while their
political powerlessness, social ignor-
ance and newspaper incompetency are
an even balance" concludes this par
ticular authority, who has delved deep
into the history of the confederated
German states and spends much time
within their borders.
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Seeing the danger that confronted the
young man. the Observer spoke.
Alfred" said the Observer, waving
his arms. you must not live in the
house with this furnace. 1 know its
family history. 1t will corrupt you as
sure as coal is coal From a mild-tem-
pered. rather fat-headed young man.
you will become sour-spoken. irri-
table brute. You will take to drinking.
You will beat your wife. You will play
thunder with things generally. You
will
The young man looked rather alarm
ed and urged the Observer not to be an
ass.
81 have shoveled coal In furnaces like
that" said the Observer. "All the evil
with furnaces like that"
"Oh. go away" said Alfred. nnallys
you are interfering with u.s."
So the Observer turned away, de-
jectedly. OF what use is experience:
The fire is never hot until 1t burns us.
Around the corner a friend OF the
Observer appeared. The Observer
greeted him in a detached sort of
way They talked of different thingH
dealing with the arrival of autumn.
things such as reed bird hunting and
the end of vacations.
YES" said the Observer dreamilys
summers wondrous clothes. the green
leaves, are falling-falling@
Well" snapped the friend. they
haven't got a thing on me-"
Surprised at this outburst, the Oh.
server glanced at him. -.
"I don't get you," said the Observer.
ct fell," replied the friend. II fell
for a house like ton of brick
Bought it"
:What was the trouble" asked the
Observer.
"Oh, nothing much,'' replied the friend.
bitterly when L moved in 1 found
there weren't any lights installed. That
was last night. This morning my wife
asked me if 1 thought she was a fish.
was taking my bath upstairs when q
pipe busted and flooded the kitchen
where she was cooking. She came up
stairs and argued for ten minutes to
prove that you couldn't have a swine
ming pool in kitchen. As il il wac
my fault"
4 moment later the man added:
1.-The housemaid has given notice. A
quarter of a ton of plaster fell from
the parlor ceiling while she was clean
ing UP. 1t just missed her."
Another interval of silence.
"Also-" began the man. The OBJ
server had heard enough. He turned
and ran.
Late that evening the Observer came
to conclusion. 1t was that autumn
migration is fine thing when some-
body else is migrating.
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TN Germany there are some four thou
sand daily and three thousand
q weekly and monthly publications.
but it is commonly said that these pa
pers do not exert the influence that
the press Of America does. There are
in America about $4,000 publications.
either daily, weekly or monthly, and
upon the reading table of every family
in the land it is calculated there is a
representative of one of these.
That a correspondent or editorial
writer of a newspaper should find his
way into cabinet circles, that the own
er of great newspaper should become
an ambassador, as has been the case in
the United States. is impossible in Ger
many" says a student of things Ger
man. The journalistic soil is sterilized
by the atmosphere of censordom which
the kaiser exerts. Until 1890 Bismack
kept a strict eye upon the press of his
country, and it is only of late that live
cartoons, thinking editorials and de-
bate upon public questions have been
permitted.
Macmillan Harden. friend of Bis
marck, is credited with starting the
way to freedom for the German press,
He dared to write that THE kaiser has
ali the gifts except one, that of poll
ties and many an old thinker in Ger
many fairly held mis- breath until it
was discovered that Herr Harden, in
stead of stopping or being stopped, was
proceeding Harden was not only not
rebuked, but accomplished his purpose
of having parasites banished from
court. He pleased his countrymen and
evidently his emperor, and thus, &C.
cordtng to the man writing of the mat
ter. helped the German press to es-
cape from its leading strings"
1t Is declared there are not as many
as three editors in Germany who are
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German Publications Are
Hamp@r@d by the C@nsors

receiving as much as $4,000 year in
salary, and that the larger number are
getting only from $1,000 to $4,000. an
other fact not calculated to inspire
steadfast opinions. And this is in the
country where printing was born and
bred, as far back as 1885, and by no
less a German than Gutenberg. Twenty
years later. in 1906. the little city of
Augsburg, started newspaper, queer
old thing, no doubt, could a modern
see and express his views upon it, now
400 years afterward.
A fact that is said to influence the
circulation of German newspapers is
the custom of dining away from home.
Coffee in the cafe at most any time of
day means picking up paper with
one hanG and eating a roll from the
other. A great many people in the
course of an afternoon read the same
sheet The Germans great reputation
for economy does not fail him even
here. and half a dozen families sub
scribe to maybe half a dozen monthly
or weekly periodicals., and have them
distributed on various days. not being
In haste to devour the passing show"
The German mind isn't SO mad about
news. and unless he be a student or
has travelled abroad and interested
himself in foreign countries he Is
usually not interested in their particu-
iar politics or social life. That Ger
many's colonies are not comparatively
important may have something to do
with this mental lassitude concerning
things beyond the bounds of the en-
pire proper. Where an American fever
ishly reads the startling headlines of
his morning while he is almost as
feverishly putting sugar into his boil
ing hot coffee, his Teutonic cousin is
probably seated in some eating house
in a quiet little street, forgetting that
coffee is supposed to be consumed in q
warm state, and meanwhile discussing
with some skull-capped old man across
from him a new translation of Epic
tetus.
So the Germanic temperament seems
to have as much to do with the con-
Evening star., 1914-09-27
Gris-Gris, the War Cat.

WHEN the French government was
w transferred to Bordeaux, and the
start of President Po:ncare and his
cabinet was to be made in automobiles
Gris-Gris. the pres dents favorise cat,
was right on the spot and waiting to
go, though there was great deal of
luggage and weighty affairs of war to
be thought of. She was irresistible, and,
her qualities as Il traveller being we'll
known, she formed a part of the dis
tinguished party.
Grfs-Gris is a magnifcent-lo looking
Siamese cat, vino understands French
and knows her France we'll, as she has
often made Journeys with her master.
During the past winter she made the
journey with him by train to Nice. and
when the train stopped at Cannes the
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stick out. Something ripped with a
prolonged. snarling whine. his face
turned first red, then purple. then a
sort Of liverish green.
'U-u-u-u-ug!" said he to the window.
The window refused to be coerced by
any such Establishments. It was anx-
ious to see the Observer win. Besides
It was comfortable where 1t was.
five seconds before his eyes fell out.
the Observer. sympathetically.
'Oh-oh. get out" gurgled the real
noying me. Go awayr
He 10 a good deal OF trial a
times" said the young man.
Trial." snorted the real estate man,
, rubbing his back. why. the mans
"1 am not retorted the Observer. IN
dfgnantly. Furthermore, I want my
SO cents"
The real estate man paid. the Observer
will say that for him. But a great
hush fell over the assemblage. Rub
bling earnestly and steadily at his back.
the real estate man led the way down.
/ stairs to the cellar.
You will find the furnace in need of
s.,,in little repair1 he explained xs to the he
! that up all right. all right"
Back, back, into a darkened corner: g
gloomy place fit for murders and fol-
| solemn. waiIing ghosts. In the corner
| a shape 1oOmed large. The real estate
dealer lit a candle-and the Observer
| uttered a Mortified yelp.
There before him was the most ut
| terly depraved looking furnace that the
Observer had ever seen. He had long
believed. generally, in the innate de-
! pravity of inanimate things. But that
furnace was far and away beyond any
thing he had dreamed of. One glance
exposed 1t. At the top was section
Of limp. twisted pipe, which was tilted
in inebriated fashion to one side. Be.
low were two holes that leered like
vicious, senile eyes. Most Of its teeth
| were gone. Its complexion was sallow
and blotched in spots.
The Observer was not to be deceived
He knew that kind of q furnace. II
was one of the type that goes out a,
nights and drinks too much and car.
ries on firtations with other furnaces
and gets in fights. Then, early of cold
winter morning, when you particularly
wish not to freeze in the short interval
between getting out of bed and putting
on your clothes. it goes sound to sleep
and no prodding and smashing will dc
it particle Of good. 1t Is one of the
type that smokes tremendously. more
than is good for any furnace. It Is q
good feeder, too. 1t can eat a couple
of tons of coal day and think nothing
| Of it.
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Eggs and Sunday.

From the London Chronicle
Mr. Chaplin's profession of fear that
it may soon be made an offense for
hens to lay eggs on Sundays was sug-
gested by Mr.. Handel Booths remark
that the bill before the house prohib-
tied the Sunday purchase of new-laid
eggs. 1t would have been appropriate
to recall Dean Ramsay's story of Lady
Macnei's henwife and her Dorking
fowls. Asked If they were laying many
eggs, she replied, Indeed, my Teddy,
they lay every day, no. excepting the
blessed Sabbath"
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the country was in turmoil. People
stormed the banks to get their Savings.
1.-THE newspapers were full of reassuring
articles. In the first place statistics were
brought forward to show that Bern had
provisions enough to last three months in
the event of Siege. 1t was also shown that
the withdrawal Of large sums Of money
from the banks would be dangerous to
the nation. The people were urged to be
calm.
Then came St. Jacobs day, ordinarily
a day Of festival. This day was day Of
moving wagons and troops and railway
trains Every one was humming the
Swiss national hymn, which today seemed
TO have an especial significance:
:. 'Callst thou my FatIieriand,
See us with heart and hand
All pledged to thee!
Hail! oh. Helvetia!
Are thy brave sons In war
Like those st Jacob saw
Jog full in strife?''
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alley cat. She was sitting on a vacant
doorstep and contemplating suicide.
The Observer did not blame her.
Come right in. come right In said
the real estate man. cheerfully. The
trio entered a sad building of brick and
stone. a pathetic sort of place that
blame me. I'm doing my best" The floor
had little something on the real estate
| office when 1t came to uncleanl;ness. A
mouse ran across it. glancing back with
To the Observers profound astonish-
ment the young man seemed to be
pleased.
'I think we can fix this up.. he told
estate man. enthusiastically. "A few
| little improvements here and there and
this u.s. house use will be as new as ever"
outside go with the house?" INQUIRED
! the Observer. The real estate man
glanced at him coId1y and said nothing,
sarvse s.s seemed med, disr'eased thoneh the OBJ
was trying to show his friend what q
bargain he was getting.
look at the rooms upstairs. -
man naan the the, young 1;., man The real estate
they marched awav while the Observer
! taPeed. along behind.
Now this room" began the rea,
es,afe man, and he and the young man
- nv" a etHy conference to the
,mnrovements necessary. Meanwhile the
I,oserver strnIled around. examining DIFF
'erent objects. He put his arm upon the
mante!Dte"e ana it c-aokod o-.,niously
20 he decided that it wasn't safe.
X *
Next the Observer attempted to omen
the window. He might Just as wei,
nave attempted to lift the house.
"Burglar-proof." muttered the Oh.
server to himself as he strained yio-
lently. He forsook the window and
investigated the chandelier. He
| touched 1t and it swayed back and
forth like a slender sapling in an au-
tumn breeze.
DO these windows open"' the OBJ
server asked the real estate man when
that individual had paused a moment
for breath. The real estate man eyed
the Observer with active hostility.
"Of course, they do he growled i'll.
temperedly.
Il am sporting man." said the OBJ
server. Therefore I will bet you 50
cents that they do not-that is. NOT
without the aid of a derrick"
No real estate man should ever lose
his temper. With it goes his potse
and geniality. and these are as the
breath of life to a real estate man.
B-a-rh, said the real estate man.
and strode to the window He erfpped
it. He hauled. His eyes began to
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moving was well under way already
An excited bald-headed man, rather
stout. was trotting backward and for
ward as if he was exercising. Occa'
sionally he uttered a shout. This wal
to attract the attention of three ol
four negroes who were giving muscu-
lar and mental limitations of Vir.
ginia mule.
couragingly, up with it-altogether!
The boys heaved away. powerfully
They were lifting an ancient, much
cracked piece Of furniture which
groaned pitifully as it was hoistet
Careful said the stout man, appre.
hensively.
'For the love Of Mike!' shrieked the
stout man, you've smashed q leg
Don't think that he was talking
about the moving mems legs. He was
not. For all he cared, they might have
smashed their entire eight legs. One
of the men In front had knocked the
antique against the side of the can.
An acid-looking woman. wearing eye.
glasses. which gave her something OF
the much-pictured appearance of q
New England school teacher. came tc
the door and called. shrilly:
"Horatio." she admonished, you
must be more careful!'
Not my fault. my DEAR" replied Ho-
ratio. humbly. "One of these men,
Sorry, boss" said the front man, in
a voice of unholy happiness.
BE careful" snapped the stout man.
II can't have you playing foot ball all
over the street with my furniture!'
The wife came out. She looked ex-
ceedingly grim. Thereafter the NOV
ers developed more speed. There was
something compelling about the stout
mans wife. Back and forth the work
ers sped. The furniture filled the van
rapidly. Boredom attacked the OBJ
server. Apparently everything was
going to end peacefully.
Suddenly there was a piercing cry.
'The boxes! The boxes" cried the
sharp-featured woman, shrilly.
The moving men gazed at her
dumbly. The stout man appeared to
be confused.
Yes, my DEAR" he mumbled. Just
as you say-the boxes-yes@
The woman adjusted her glasses and
wrAng her hands. Clearly she was
distracted.
s'The boxes!" he repeated.
"Band, packing or plain wooden.
lady?" asked one of the moving men.
All this time a dawning light of intel
ligence had been Illuminating the stout
mans countenance.
He turned to the moving men.
IT understand now." he said sternly.
How dare you do thing like that?'
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stand SO lavishIy?' inquired the city
friend.
who, mer' returned old Dad Bing,
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Ing and becoming unruly. 1t Is winter
because the coal man insists posltiveis
that he will not deliver another ounce
of coal until something is paid on last
years bill. The gently falling leaves
the long, drowsy afternoons. the chill
smoky mornings are harbingers Of au-
tumn only in that fairyland where
there is mo asphalt.
The Observer had forgotten all about
its being autumn True. couple OF
his friends recently put their hoofs
through the straw hat he had conf
IDENTIFY intended for two or three years
more, but there was an explanation
They had never liked that straw hat
and had said so frequently. The OBJ
server was merely thankful that they
didn't take his watch and money as
well.
Meditating upon the loss of his straw
haiti was really very fair straw
hat-the Observer was walking
through the residential district of
Washington the other morning, when
he beheld something that sent a
strange thrill through him. His
thoughts began to move in iambic hex
ameters. long, sOnorous measures that
tolled the death of the summer flowers
and the myriad little wild things of
forest and meadow. Autumn was here.
The Observer had seen a moving van
in action,
So the great cemi-annual migration
was on once more. From the country
people were coming back into the city.
From apartments they were going into
houses and from houses into apart
ments for the simple reason that they
were city residents and there was no
peace in them. The Observer stared at
the moving van as though he had wit
messed it's sudden appearance and dis
appearance and reappearance.
whittier are we going?" the OBJ
server asked himself as he loafed owe,
to the curb. And he added, IT must
look into these exercises. Possibly l
may be able to give some helpful sug-
gestions."
He leaned against a treebox. The
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their prototypes among the humpiest
citizens of these United States.
The Observer was still renecelng
along these lines when he came across
was recently married. This young man
Is the pride and delight of every stor-
age and moving company IN Washins-
ton. He has a mania for these two
things-storing and moving. o"nine
three times as much furniture as ne
can ever use, he is constantly sendlng
a new piece to a safety deposit vault.
He thinks that II be has a sofa or cnair
once deposited. 1t will draw interest
like money.
where you goingT' asked the OBJ
server.
I'm I'm going to (. look for a house."
You bet" said the young man.
"Why so?'
Cheaper to move than pay rent"
| chirped the young man. The young
man is strikingly original. He still
says: Its a bear"
MAY I go along?" asked the OBJ
server.
The two walked away together. Clti-
mately they landed in front Of 5ad-
ed. bilious-looking building with an
unswept first floor and grimy windows:
that it was a real estate office. This
was to keep people from mistaking 1t
for a morgue. z
The young man went inside and soon
returned with sprightly. bald-headed
salesman, who was to show him the
house he desired to rent. Like the
house. the salesman was bi1l1ous-iook-
ing. But his biliousness didn't exteno
to his voice. He is, the Observer knows.
the readiest little catch-as-catch, free
and aesy. short or long distance con-
versationalist in the city. And that IN
cludes all of the members OF Congress-
too.
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The Observer addressed the stout
man.
1T seems to me-" said the Observer,
that under certain circumstances NOV
ing can be made to take on the attri-
butes of perpetual motion"
you're dead right" said the stout
man heartily. Perpetual motion
hasn't got a thing on this job. Here /
I've bought. October is fine month
In the country. you know.
Il take a day off. I hire this drad-
oiatted outfit and get up at o'clock
SO as to have an early start. Now.
look! Gotta do it all over again"
The woman Joined in.
furniture companies-- sbe. hee,n
Undoubtedly she had some fnformat rim,
to impart that would have been or
value to the Observer But she never
impaired it. Her husband interrunted
Here, he yelled. we can't have a
morse Iy1ng around In the street like
stand for itr'
Lhe complaint was well grounded
fhe near horse. a dun-eolored animal
with W.T.. philosophic eye. had decided to
whole thing out. This moving would
take hours and hours WIN stand
while these funny little human beings
Were moillng and toiling? Why not
as one can on hard asphalt? He had
started to sit down at first, but had
found the position uncomfortable. So
he had lain down and tucked his front
feet under him after the manner of a
cow.
A pleased expression crossed the ne
gro drivers face. He had been helping
to move things and his nerves were
violently frayed. He had wished that
he could bully the stout man hut this
was impossible. 1t was a real relief to
be able to bully the horse. He stepped
quickly around to the front of the
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The Inseparables.
From Harper's Monthly.

FfUM HARPER Monthly.
Young Arthur had the study of anat-
omy at school, and had shown interest
in the course. One afternoon, as he was
hungrfly eating generous-sized piece
Of bread and molasses he asked his
mother, in grave perplexity: Mother,
know where my liver is. but where is
my bacon?''
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mayor. on entering the salon to greet
the president, was much astonished to
And him caressing the purr1ng cat, who
had Just finished her breakfast of m Tx
out Of President Poincare's own saucer.
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the cattle king of Rampage. Okla. who
is in town for a few days. why, Lord.
man. look at this hat she gimme ia
place Of my old one"
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During the automobile ride which took
the trio to the new house the observer
was regaled by the real estate man with
such helpful conversational bits as
these:
Great location-near car 1ine-run-
ming hot and cold water" (you would
have supposed that in all other houses
the water either walked or trotted),
perfect lighting and heating system
ridiculously low rental-owner COM
PEELED to move" (The Observer Won
dered why)
They reached the house. 1t was in .
quiet neighborhood all right. A ceme-
terry on a rainy Sunday afternoon. COM
pared to this neighborhood. would be a
place of cheerful rioting. Windows were
down. Doors were shut. The only AMI
mated creature in sight was an ailing
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1t pays to read the want columns OF
The Star. Hundreds of situations are
filled through them.
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The Observer was not asked to go
inside. Neither were the horses, for
that matter. But the Observer does
not like to be classed with horses. He
decided to leave this job in the lurch
and go on to some other part of the
city.
Though the Observer retired from the
scene he could not Immediately forget
1t. 1t had inspired him. Hercules
wrestled with a young lion. What
would Hercules have done if he had
been called upon to wrestle with an
old horse and three tons Of furniture? :?
Evidently those ancient heroes find
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DO what, boss?" asked one of the
moving men feebly.
you have in that-that wagon" said
the stout man. pointing majestically at
the van, "all OF the boxes which we
had intended to send by express."'
The moving men looked worried.
They have got to come out" contin-
ued the stout man.
Jaw. boss!" pleaded the moving men
in concert
out they come." said the stout man,
stubbornly.
And. sure enough. they came out The
moving men. with care and foresight,
had put them in the extreme front of
the van. SO that all the furniture had
to be removed before they could be
It fairly wept when they lifted it out.
but the moving men had no pity left
in them.
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Appreciates Her Open -Handedness.
From the Kansas City Star
why did you tip the girl at the, hat
Evening star., 1914-09-27

ITY seasons move
far differently
from the manner
nature intended.
1t Is spring be-
cause the urban
resident has a
frightful cold in
his head and Is
dousing himself
with hot lemon
ade, upon which
the cold is thrtv-