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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-04
A Good Layer.

A NTHONY COMSTOCK, at a luncheon
\ in New York said of certain tabooed
books and plays:
The motive of these works was per-
haps all right, but the expression. the
form, was bad. And that spoiled the
motive completely.
Expression. form. you know, is every
thing Consider how the lack of it spoiled
the mason's speech.
"A mason at a memorial service said
of b, icklayer who had been accidentally
killed:
Yes, gents. ! looked out once on the
beauties of nature. and all was ca m.
Our friend deceased here was layin' a
brick. / looked out again, and still all
was ca m, but our friend deceased was
no more. He was layin' Q corpse"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-04
The MilIer's Turkeys.

CONDEMNING political grafters. John
~ A. Hennessy said in New York:
When / look at these sleek million
aires who never did a days work in
their lives. / think Of the miller.
THE miller. on the way home from
church one Christmas morning. met the
village idiot and said, thinking to have
a little sport:
Sam, I'm glad to see you. Now.
Sam. look here; some folks say you know
lot. and some say you know nothing.
Tell me. Sammy. my lad what do you
know?'
- 1 know said the idiot, with crafty
smile. that the miller's turkeys are fat
'Ha. ha. good. said the miller, for
the compliment pleased him. And now.
Sammy, lad, tell me what you don't
know
Sam smiled more craftily still.
II don't know whose meal fattens
en- said he"
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les Scott at Paris Story of Pearl Doct0rimg

pearls. but while their present owners
live it will be practically impossible to
purchase them and place them on the
market
Mr.. N.ssen was asked about reports
published every few years regarding the
discovery of diamond drifts in the west.
They have never amounted TO any
thing" he replied. although l wish to
add that of the few stones found in
Arkansas some have been Of very good
quality. But the supply Of the western
diamonds thus far found Is SO small as
to be almost negligible.
Considerable amusement was caused
among dealers. by the way. during the
recent tariff discussion, when one en-
thusiastic congressman declared that il
there should be duty of ID or ~ per
cent on diamonds the state of Arkansas
in two or three years would be supply
ing the diamonds of the world. Evident
ly Congress didn't believe the gentle
man. Mr.. Nissen concluded. And as a
matter of fact. am decidedly of the be-
lief that Arkansas hasn't enough dia-
monds to make it pay to mine them"
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to the collections formed by themselves
and their ancestors for generations anu
will not dispose Of them
AT the coronation of King George
for example, | was introduced to
raiah in military dress, who had decorat-
ed himself with at least five million dol
lars worth of pearls. His magnificent
head dress was adorned by ropes and
groups OF pearls of almost incalculable
value and he wore maSSed strings of
othe! pearls in place of gold braid on
his coat and cloak. For some reason
this rajah did not seem to be especially
mindful of the fact that he was carry
ing five million dollars worth OF pearls
around with him in plain sight, for l
met and talked with him in one of the
large london hotels and he apparently
had no guards.
las | have said. there are a few high
personages in India. Ike this raJah. VINO
still possess enormous quantities OF
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pearls. the same principle that where
YOU pick a peach blossom you cannot
later on pick peach; you destroy the
fruit that might develop from it.
*
Although men by accident nowadays
do occasionally come upon big oyster
having within it's shell Il largely devel-
oped pearl. yet it is almost rarity at
present to find a large, virgin pearl. Few
people outside of the trade have any idea
of the widespread interest that is aroused
when really fine pearl weighing twenty
or twenty-five grains comes into the
market 1t is noised about and it Gre
ates almost as much of a sensation in the
pearl market as the discovery of new
Rembrandt would create in the world OF
art.
LAS to the scarcity of pearls and the
relation of supply and demand. statistics
show that from all the fisheries of the
world combined there have been gathered
during the last five years an average of
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ten millions of dollars worth of pearls per
annum The quantity. by the way, keeps
growing less every year, but prices have
consistently gone higher, SO the total
amount Of money realized on decreasing
production remains about stationary.
Now. taking into account the fact that
New York alone sells more than Slu.'th,
oGo in pearls every Year, it is evident
that the new supply is not equal to the
demand. and that of necessity prices
must continue to go up. Years ago when
the fisheries commenced to fail IN pro-
ducng fine pearls in sufficient quantity.
the world Of commerce began to look for
its supply in Il new quarter-to the great
aggreeations OF pearls boarded by orr
entails Some of those eastern princes
had huge quantities of pearls; possessed
them literally in bushels.
las soon as it was seen that this new
supply was available. agents were sent
to the interior of India, and the more
alert of them in comparatively Few
years purchased all the fine stones that
the oriental owners We're willing to part
with. y few vi the princes still hold on
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Some Scope.
HR. CHARLES b. COLMOKE, the new
- bishop of Porto Rico, said. of divorce

DR. CHARLES b. CoLMoKE, the new
- bishop of Porto Rico, sale. of divorce
ia. America:
..Oh, ours is not the only country with
a rampant divorce spirit. l was talking
one day to a Roumanian priest and he
said that the Greek Church allowed only
three divorces
Only, mind you-those Were his very
words! Only.
.He said he married a couple once. and,
the bride having already been divorced
twice. he said to her in whisper at the
altar:
You'd better lie careful this time.
Remember, by the law of the church. this
is your last chance This time it's for
keeps.
.'Oh, no. said the bride, with a toss of
the head oh, no. My first husband
was my cousin, SO that marriage was il
legal, and consequently 1 have still some
scope.
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a GREAT deal of eye troub occurs in
the winter. The necessity Of spending
stormy hours in the house and the
temptation to beguile them with reading.
the working for long hours over line
needlework and the long evenings. when
many women read or write or stitch IN
inadequate lights. make eye strain a real
danger of the cold, dark months. So. II
the eyes feel tired take warning and find
ou1 what is the matter with them.
II YOU have been straning your eyes.
probably little rest and sane treatment
of them will right matters. # the strain
is more serious tine oculist must be
immediately consulted. Frequently the
wearing of eyeglasses for Il few Il onths
during the time when you are readnG or
sewing, or doing other work which tries
the eyes. will put your eyes in shape
again. Perhaps the complete rest of the
eyes and the application of some simple
remedies recommended by the oculist
are what your eyes need. Al az events,
if your eyes trouble you, or if YOU suffer
from unusual headaches, don't put off
seeing an oculiSt. The sooner You see
manent restoration of health TO your
eyes.
When your eyes become tired. stop
working, If possible; battle them. An eye
cup is almost a necessity for this. 1t
should be scalded before and after using
each time. PUT a little boracic acid or
witch hazel in it, fill it with water. and
battle the eyes thoroughly. Hot water
is far more restful to some eyes than
cold. and vice versa. Use whichever sort
soothes your eyes most quickly.
great deal of attention should he
paid to the light, natural or artificial. of
all rooms where reading or sewing are
carried on. The light should fail over
the left shoulder for writing or sewing.
because the right arm is constantly NOV
Ing. and SO casts q shadow on the work
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cling Forsyth Park. in the center of the
city This section of sidewalk was set
aside for this purpose on this day, and
was guarded by city patrolmen. 1t wa
the grand prize automobile race in NINA
ture.
iuslimoblc racing j. y sport indigenous
To Savannah. So far as is known such
contests have never been attempted at
any other place. The pushmobile was
the invention OF Savannah youngsters. and
grew out of their admiration for automo-
bile racing. a sport in which Savannah
ians take Keen delight, as witness the
staging at several different times on the
famous Chatham county course of the,
grand prize and Vanderbilt cup races
premier automobile events.
The pusnmobne sprans into existence
almost overnight. following the running
OF the first grand prize automobile race.
Now every boy in Savannah with any
constructive genius has built one for him
self Pushmobile racing in the fall has
become an annual event. The entire city
takes Il half holiday to watch the sport
y handsome silver cup has been offered
as an annua troPh.- The contests are
always exciting. and occasionally there
are some ugly spills and bruises as Il
suit of ambitious drivers trying to take
their corners two wheels.
The races this year were the best ever
held both in point of the number of cars
entered and speed attained. The race was
won by Bill Mordeca. driving home
made car. with "fve-cylinder engine
composed of Clyde Redman. Harry Adams.
Arthur Evans Edwin Wilson and John
De Loach. "Bill will lie the proud
possessor of the silver trophy until next
fail. when hc will have to compete again
for his tito and for further possession
OF the cup which every youngster in
Savannah longs to possess. Heretofore
the cup has never been held for longer
than one year by any one boy.
The pushmobiie race Is one sport ana
pa slime entirely local and exclusive to
Savannah 1t is withal. removed from
any excessive danger to those participant
ing. and has the happy faculty of being
as absorbing to grown-ups as to the
children. The races are always adNer-
tised far in advance, and never fail to
draw large crowds of spectators The
Youngsters are as earnest in their efforts
to win as are their elders in their more
elaborate and swifter cars when compet-
ing fo:- the wor DIS record in the grand
lpriy.
The race this year was of more in
of the grand prize and Vanderbilt
cup automobile races. which had been
scheduled for Thanksgiving week AS
soon as the Savannah Automobile Club
Diet ermined that it would not meet the
of the manufacturers in the mat
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alcohol would Immediately unpuzzle the
experts
american pearls are rarely Of any
great value as compared with Indian
pearls. because they lack the desired
luster, and for another important rea
son. Pearls are used today principally
i'll necklaces. For these round pearls are
required, and America produces very few
OF them. Such pearls as America does
produce are found in Tennessee, Wis
consin and other middle western states,
north and SOUTH
The demand for pearls is said to have
Grown enormously during recent years,
both in Europe and America, and the
reasons for this have been debated many
times. Mr.. Nissen thinks that it is based
on simple trait of human nature, seen
IN many directions.
Mankind usually wants that which is
hardest to get" he said. philosophically.
That. in my opinion. accounts for the
increasing demand for pearls that really
good.
You must remember that pearls are
growing scarcer all the time, and as far
as l can see the demand will continue
to exceed the supply, unless a new and
valuable fishery is Unexpectedly dis
covered. And men who have been long
in the trade do not look forward to any
such discovery-there hasn't been one, by
the way. for fifty years
THE best fisheries continue to be in
the Indian ocean, with some near Aus
tralia, others on the coasts of Vene-
zrela, Korea and lower California. But
the Indian ocean continues to be the
principal source of supply for new pearls.
Formerly divers used to go down in
the water as far as necessary stay long
enough to select large, well developed
face with care OF course this was slow
work, but it resulted in bringing up
many good pearls of large size and a few
small ones.
Since pearls have become so fash
ionable however, the individual diver has
been superseded by graphing hooks, al
most identical with dredging machines.
They are lowered into the beds, and
scrape up everything they come in con-
tact with. bringing up all sorts of
oysters large and small and the men
engaged in the fisheries open every one
of them, no matter how tiny, hoping
to find therein at least small pearl
usually called seed pearls.
Now that wholesale sort of fishing
for pearls has several results. In the
first place it creates market for seed
pearls. because when hundred persons
are wearing pearls a thousand or ten
thousand other persons also want some
to wear. This perfectly natural desire
for seed pearls among persons who can
not afford larger ones undoubtedly in
creases the price and thereby encourages
the fisheries to Keep on dredging small
oysters and opening every one of them.
But it also has another. and perhaps a
more important, result 1t insures con-
stantIy increasing scarcity of large pearls.
You know, of course, that a pearl is an
eXcrescence, the symptom of disease in
an oyster: and the longer that eXcres-
cence is left alone the larger it becomes.
No other form of animal life. | may add,
has the particular disease that results in
the formation of the pearl. Well, it is
easily seen that the gathering of seed
pearls means the prevention of develop
ment that would otherwise result In large
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New York Experts in Precious Stones Scott

Report That Hindu
Has Method of Re-
constructing American
Pearls Into Indian
Gems Causes Conster-
nation in Dealers Asso-
citation of France
Detecting Bogus Pearls
at a Glance-The Per-
manent Luster.
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I'VE thousand PEG
pie Witnessed the
grand prize push
mobile race in
S a ' a n II a h this
fall. Twentyyoung-
sters, with five
helpers each, drove
their cars to vic
tory or defeat. The
course was a mile
track Of asphalt
5 i d c W ak encir-
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ONE of the leading
American experts
in precious stones
regard with min
gled surprise and
amusement the re-
port cabled from
Paris the other day
[ n at I h c Pearl
Dealers ASsocia-
ton of France is
tire m Q II d o u s ly
wrought UP because
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A BAD SPILL

of the owner. forms the seat for the pilot.
Two pieces Of wood firmly fixed to the
body of the ear just behind the front
wheels support the feet of the driver.
These are sometimes so arranged that
they can be manipulated as brakes. The
puShers, five in number on the Savanna h
course are stationed at fixed intervals
along the track and act as relays, reliev-
ing each other. so that fresh pusher is
continual giving new impetus to the rae
ing machine.
> The greater the ingenuity of the boy.
the more proficient his car. On some If
the more elaborate ears some very In
oeninuS mechanical devices have been ar
ranged 1t is seldom that lad has any
assistance. in building his car. He is re-
uIired to work out his own salvation.
which is a further help to the boy IN
teaching him to depend on his own re-
sources The puSherS must be Keen ana
quick and able To relieve each other WIFI
ont loss of time while travelling at hlgh
speed. 1t takes a hard running and husky
boy 10 make Il good pusher. ne pusl ,
are in reality the engine which supplies
the power to the machine. The outcome
of the race depends equally as much upon
INC nrshcrs as upon the steering ability oil
the pilot.
IN thc race last fall a maximum "t
snred WAS obtained. quick intelii-
,ence a cool head, d strong nerve anu
capabie hands are required OF the pos
who would aspire to pilot car In
,,.n,ier race. To overturn his machine
nuts him out of the race. To run OH
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Furthermore. he usually does discover it.
las matter of fact, the whole thing
is done so bunglingly and has so little
lasting effect that single drop of al
cohol will eat off the solution and re-
veal the pearl in its natural state. AL
cohol, moreover, does not injure real
pearl.
kx
THE moral I wish to point out is that
people who buy pears should purchase
them only from the recognized dealers
who handle them and who are experts
to such an extent that they seldom can
be fooled. And if they are fooled the
purchaser will always have his easy re-
dress with a house of responsibility
when it has sold an article that is not
what it and the dealer through whom 1t
passed think it is.
THE trouble with many people is that
they go shopping around, and have ire
sponsibe agents or dealers bringing in
goods to be examined. Such a dealer
often is able to impress a possible pur-
chaser with a plausible story that be-
cause he is satisfied with small profits
he can sell much lower than the well
known houses which carry large stocks
of precious stones. 1t is only in pur-
chasing pearls through some such ire
sponsible dealer that the purchaser runs
any risk whatever.
''As to the interesting reports cabled
over from Paris about doctored pearls,
you may remember that a few years
ago what We're termed reconstructed
rubies were put on the market, and at
first were sold at the rate of about 500
per carat. Furthermore. a great many
purchasers were fooled into buying
them at real ruby prices. very much in
Of nod
They thought they We're getting bar
gains. but they We're not, for today
fine ruby may bring from two thousand
to five thousand dollars per carat. The
reconstructed ruby looked like a real
stone, but the humbug was driven so
far that today you can buy reconstructed
rubies at 30 cents carat. They are the
cheapest of limitations and do not disturb
the trade in real rubles.
Are diamonds still doctored extern
sivelyg'
Il haven't heard of a case in ten
years. And in view of what happened
to artifcially colored diamonds and re-
constructed rubies, think it highly prob
able, If not, indeed, certain, that the doc
toring of pearls will pass into history as
a clumsy attempt at a raw swindle.'
How about the cabled statement that
an old Hindu living in a suburb of
Paris has altered inexpensive American
pearls and afterward has seen them sold
as high as $4,000 each?"
Mr.. Nissen laughed.
THAT cabled story is simply ridicu
lous" he said. II never knew of
single pearl bringing $4,000 in all my
life. For single pearl $4,000 would
be quite an extraordinary price. / may
add that when the alleged Hindu says
his methods permit the doctoring of an
American pearl into an Indian pearl that
puzzles the experts it can be for only
few minutes, because q single drop OF
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its president has decided to have legal
proceedings brought against Paris pearl
broker who is said to have sold for -S5,,.-
600 a pearl that is alleged to have been
doctored.
Further details of the charges read like
the theme of a mystery story into which
enter secrets of treating pearls by learned
and none too scrupulous old Hindus, the
use of ultraviolet rays to give the pearl
a superb oriental luster and the palminS
off of the product on an unsuspecting Gus
toner.
According to further information Paris
expects the scandal to assume tremendous
proportions. And no wonder. for chapter
two of the romance flashing under the At
lantic brings into the action of the story
a so-called diamond syndicate, whose
members have been dismayed because of
the fantastic prices paid for pearls in the
past few years Their dismay did not
prevent them from adopting the very
practical step of employing detectives.
curate some OF the sleuths went out on
the trail of sO-called pearl syndicate.
= 4
Follows then tableau: Triumphant de-
tectives returning to dismayed diamond
syndicate with proof that many pearls
represented to coniiding patrons as hav-
ing been bought or swiped from the
headdress of some proud old Indian
aiah were nothing more than common
prod,1cts of transformations mussels which
had been dredged out of the Wabash or
the Mississippi. then sent from New Yor (
to a suburb of Paris and there doctored
by a Hindu expert who maintains
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The pushmobile is a boAlike structure.
mostly of wood. but sometimes of the
frame of toy wagon, surmounting four
small and light wheels. The lighter the
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SAVANNAH, Ga. January - 1g,i
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Savannah Claims to
Be Home of the Push
mobile The Annual
Race. With a Silver
Cup as the Prize-Boys
Make Their Own Ma
chimes, and Races Are
Witnessed by Thou
sands of Spectators
What Savannah Does
for the Children.
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Special Correspondence of The Star.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1914-11-18
ORDERS Many SALOONS CLOSED
Special Agent of the Indian Depart
ment at Washington Busy in
Northern Minnesota.

Acting for Cato Sells, federal com.
missioner of Indian affairs, Special
Agent Henry A. Larson of the Indian
department at Washington has issued
an order at Bemidji that all saloons
included in the territory affected
by the Chippewa treaty of 1856
must close their doors by Nov. 80.
About 200 saloons in fifty-nine towns
are affected. Drug stores which sell
liquor also come under the order.
Action of the government, following
the recent decision by the United
States supreme court that the pro-
visions prohibiting the sale of liquor
under the treaty of 1855 are valid,
first became known when Special
Agent Larson and his deputies arrived
here from trip through the affected
district.
By personal notification they told
the saloonists that they must close
their doors by the end of the month.
While liquor interests at Bemidji and
elsewhere in the affected district have
held out hope that the government
would not actually close the saloons.
but would keep strict watch for law
violations in regard to liquor sales to
Indians, they anticipated the closing
order after conference of officials
and Special Agent Larson when he ar
rived at Bemidji from Washington.
Seals Fate Of Liquor District.
When the government agent re-
fused to state the nature of his trip
to Northern Minnesota the impression
prevailed that the fate of the liquor
district had been sealed. The towns
affected by the order are:
Barrow. Bemidji, Big Falls, Big
Fork. Bovey, Brainerd, Bull, Galloway,
Calumet, Cass Lake, Chisholm, Co.
hasset, Coleraine, Crosby. Guyana.
Deer River, Deerwood, Dent, Detroit.
Federal Dam, Floodwood, Frazee,
Funkley, Gemmel1, Georgetown, Grand
Rapids, Hibbing, Holman, Iron Hub,
Irontown, Jenkins, Keewatin, Kelleher,
Kelly Falls, Lude, Marble, Mizpah,
Nashwauk, New York Mills, Northome,
Nymore, Ogema, Oreiand, Otter Tail,
Park Rapids, Perham, Pillager, Sc
beca, Shevlin, Solway, Stevenson,
Ten Strike, Turtle River. Verna, Walk.
er, Warba and Wilton. s;s:s.
The order comes as the close of long
arguments, hearings and speculation
concerning the treaty of 1855, which
is one of six dealing with Indian
problems.
Bemidji, one of the largest towns to
be affected, has twenty-one saloons,
with two at Nymore, suburb Hib-
bling is the largest town in the ter
ritory.