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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-24
Fun With Political Humbugs.

From the Chicago Record Herald.
Life Is often stranger than fiction. but
that hoax should be pulled off in Gull
tured and brilliant Paris that surpasses
the ingenious fancy of the clerical play
wright who wrote the delightful Anglo
Irish farce. General John Regan"-a
joker, a monument is erected in an iso-
lated Irish town to a military and polit-
ical hero who never exiSted-is a matter
for some surprise. A French newspaper
that had doubtless heard Of the Irish
farce tried the idea on members of the
present parliament. 1t sent letter to
senators and deputies in the name of a
COMMITTEE and invited their participa-
ton in the grand celebration Of the CEN
tenary Of the famous author. Hegesippe
Simon" specimen Of whose profound
and winged phrases was given on the
note paper. The striking thought was,
When the sun rises. darkness vanishes.
The COMMITTEE offered to furnish ma
ter1al for appropriate addresses in the
memory of the great man. This was
enough-more than enough.
Fifteen senators and nine deputies
among them ex-cabinet ministers-swal-
lowed the bait They were SO flattered
by the invitation that they promptly ac-
cepted, emitting to look into works of
reference. Some added tributes to the
great thinker and regretted contemporary
neglect Of him. The paper promptly gave
away the hoax, and France is laughing
at the Inundated politicians, The moral
of the affair Is too plain to need pointing
out. 1t is safe to say that politicians who
hear of the incident will add some bio
graphical literature to their libraries or
use more care in the selection Of secre-
taries.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-24
Cones of Many Pines.

TItu CT. NlcnoIdS.
The great redwoods of California, first
cousins Of the big trees" bear the small
est cone of all. 1t looks like a mere dot
compared with the big sugar pine cones
which are sometimes two feet long. The
cone Of the big trees is almost as small
Few pine cones range SO tiny as these
The sugar pine is the most splendid of
the pines in size and shape and beauty
and Its enormous cones are approached
in size only by those of the Coulter pine
which often weigh several pounds. 1t is
one of the cones with sharp hooks, such
as are seen in the common pitch pines
OF the north of the United States The
Digger pine cone is another large one
with hooks, but it is rour d instead of tn,
usual cone shape. This was named from
the Digger Indians, who roast the cone
till the nuts inside of it come out
There are over seventy species of pines,
each with a cone different from all the
rest. Some of the other pines that have
interesting cones are: Lodgepole pine, or
ramarack: Doug as spruce, Monterey cy-
press. pinon pines. one-leafed and four
leafed: mountain hemlock, yellow pine.
western white pine. timber pine, Torrey
pine, white birch. knob-cone pine, prickIe-
cone pine. Monterey pine, Sitka spruce
and Jeffrey pine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-24
Voices From the Smiling Pool.

Would you be sure that Spring is here?
Then seek the Smiling Pool my dear.
If there the Hylas pipe their lay
You'll know that Spring has come to sray.
Everybody who lives on the Green
Meadows knows that You see, 1t some
times happens that Mistress Spring ar
rives and then has to go back for few
days. Usually 1t Is because she has been
in such a hurry to reach the Green For
est and the Green Meadows that she has
trodden on the heels of grim hard. fierce
tempered Master Winter. Now. no one
likes to have his heels trodden on-least
of all Master Winter-and when this
happens he promptly sends rough Brother
North Wind and sometimes Jack Frost to
show that he is not so far away but that
he can make things very uncomfortable
for everybody.
so when this happens gentle Mistress
Spring just has to run away. There is
nothing else for her to do. OF course,
she knows when she Is in danger or
treading on the heels Of Master Winter,
and so she is careful to "aken
only those who she knows can stand
the pinching of Jack Frost if he returns
The others she doesn't waken until she is
sure that she will not have TO go oacK
even for few days. And among these
are the Hylas, who spend the winter In
the mud at the bottom of the Smiling
Pool The Hylas, you know, are the
children and grandchildren Of Stickytoes
the Tree Toad.
So it is that the little people of the
Green Meadows listen almost as eagerly
for the voice of the first Hyla as they
do for the first whistle of Winsome Blue
bird Winsome tells them that Mistress
Spring will soon arrive. Little Friend the
Song Sparrow tells them that she has ar
rived. The Hyla tells them she is going
to stay. So it was that as Peter Rabbit
hurried about greeting all his old friends
who had just come up from the faraway
south and those other friends who had
just Weakened from a long, long sleep. he
was forever stopping to listen for voices
from the Smiling Pool. Peter was very
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-24

happy. 1t was so good to know that Mis-
tress Spring had really arrived. and IT
was such fun to visit his old friends and
tell them all the news. Everywhere on
the Green Meadows and in the Green For
est he heard voices, happy voices, which
were good to hear. But as yet he had
heard no voices from the Smiling Pool.
and so he was afraid, just little bit
afraid, that Mistress Spring had not come
to stay.
He was thinking of this one evening as
he sat just at the edge of the dear Old
Briar Patch, looking over to the Purple
Hills behind which jolly, round, red Mr..
Sun had just gone to bed. 1t was very
still. for Winsome Bluebrd and Cheerful
Robin and Little Friend the Song Spar
row, who always go to bed when jolly,
round red Mr. Sun does, had tucked their
heads under their wings and their sweet
voices were silent. Suddenly a clear pip
ing voice sounded. Pretty soon another
joined it and then another and another.
They seemed to come from the Smiling
Pool.
Peter jumped straight up in the air
and kicked his heels together
"Hurrah!" he shouted. Then. looking
this way and looking that way to be sure
that the path was clear and that Granny
and Reddy Fox and Old Man Coyote
were nowhere about, he started for the
Smiling Pool as fast as he could go, lip.
erty-lipperty-lip! The nearer he got tC
the Smiling Pool the louder sounded the
piping voices. When he reached the Smil-
ing Pool and peered over the bank there
was no one to be seen but Jerry Muskrat
jerry was sitting on top of his house
listening and smiling, and from all around
right out of the water came those clear
piping voices. 1t seemed as if the SmiI.
ing Pool itself was singing. Jerry looked
over at Peter and his eyes twinkled as he
cried:
Mistress Spring has come to stay;
This is what the Hylas say
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-24
Acquired Riches and Bad English.
From the Chicago Record-Herald.

From the Chicago Record-Herald.
A report OF the busy employment bu-
reau Of the University of Chicago in
cidentally let's US into certain secret and
curious transactions. Among the means
of earning money while studying is quiet
ly mentioned the teaching of correct
speech and grammar by eo-eds to wom-
en- of newly acquired wealth and sudden
translation to high social position. In
some cases such women feel the need
of an upward revision of their vocabu-
laries and their syntaX. Who so discreet
and useful as the young and nice coed
from another state who is working her
way through college?
In one of Maughams delightful farce
comedies one of the newly rich women,
when reminded of her grave linguistic
slips and lapses. says grandly that she
can afford to violate grammar. In actual
life, apparently. few now feel that any
amount of wealth justifies defiance of
grammar and correct usage. Indeed, the
greater the wealth acquired. the greater
the obligation to rise to a cultural level
worthy of it. Noblesse oblige; likewise
riches and power. And very likely the
feeling of obligation is strengthened by
the fear OF ridicule.
What with evening schools for the poor
and coed instruction for the newly rich,
the cause Of universal education and Gull
ture Is assured of rapid advance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-24
Tango Fad Wearying Diplomats.

The afternoon tango fad is becoming
Wearisorne to the young unmarried diplo-
mats. The dowagers of society were re-
luctant to take up the new dance, but
the craze has now become general among
the old women who do not intend to fore
90 quickly the new lease which 1t has
gwen them on youth. Hence the woe of
the young diplomats, for the dowagers
are giving countless afternoon dances. to
which they all are invited
II would be fatal TO the social careers
OF the young men to disregard them The
diplomats are the selected victims not
only because they are the natural dane
ing men, but because their afternoons are
free.
The dances have increased SO that
many OF the diplomats attend one daily.
One young diplomat complains that
neither age nor weight can keep the en-
thusiastic dowagers off the floor. and he
declared If he, in tangoing with a Ouch
ess weighing 200 pounds and who in Years
had reached almost the allotted span. is
not earning his salary he would like to
know why
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Trimmings

and Ribbons.
Rhinestone trimmings, ~ bril-
liant stones to the yard; on
black or white silk tape; 5oc BOO
Minaret Flounces, jet and crys-
tai. or black or white net; z to. II
inches wide; yard, $3.50 $3.50
colored Silk Embroidered Band
ings, 1 to 214 inches wide. PIC
Yard .................
Trimming Buttons. porcelain,
crystal, jet and ivory; val 1Mc
ues to 35c doz. ..............
Tapestry vestings. all color COM
binations on light and
dark grounds; 20 inches So .m
wide; $3.50 value. .........
Silk Tassels. in all the new col
ors: with or without cup top, SOc
$3.50 Bayadere Ribbons. S1s in.
wide: in all the new Roman COM
binations. for girdles and ST. 30
sashes. Yard. ............
s1.oo Novelty Striped Ribbons,
az and 7 inches wide; for Soc
girdles and millinery. Yard
osc Roman Plaids and Dresden
Ribbons, inches wide. in all col
or combinations. for chill RE
dren's hair ribbons. Yard.
s5c Brocade Sash and Hair Rib
bons, inches wide: pink. PIC
!: blue and white Yard. -.....
25c Satin Taffeta, Plain Tafseta,
Dresden, Checks and MORE
Ribbon, AZ inches wide. hNr
Yard ............. ......
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Theater Prices Long Ago.

Talk Of reducing theater prices recalls
the charges made in former times. In
Shakespeare's day the ordinary prices
were: Boxes one shilling, pit sixpence
gallery twopence, which, making allow
ance for the difference in money values
means that boxes were cheaper, but that
FOR other parts of the house the charges
We're about the same as they are today
Sunday afternoons, when new plays
were usually presented, all prices were
doubled.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-24

spect stables, building yards and other
places where horses are used.
With new regulations governing the
treatment of horses, the project hopes
to make the now frequent complaints OF
cruelty among the rarest OF entries on the
police books.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-24
BENTON SITUATION
HAS A PRECEDENT
Unimportant Compared With
0utrages in Mexico Dur
ing 1882.
AFTERNOON TANGO FAD
WEARYING DIPLOMATS
Unionist Party Gains Continue.
Baronet Reported Lost-Prince
John Shocks Queen.
'orei-n Correspondence OF The Star.

Foreign Correspondence OF The Star.
LONDON, March IA, 1914.
The situation which Great Britain is
facing as a result of the shooting of VII
liam S Benton In Mexico not only Is not
novel. but even almost uninportant COM
pared to the events of 1S59-6c. A list OF
outrages committed during those three
years. before the British government
Joined France and Spain In the interven-
ton which led to the seating Of Maxi
milan of Austria upon the Mexican
throne, has been brought forward in part
as follows:
Dr. Duval. a British subject, who was
arrested In April. 1859. by the clerical
Gen. Marquee, while attending to wound
ed juarists after their defeat at Tacu-
baya, was shot without trial.
A British subject named ]. L. lines was
hunted through the mountains about
Oaxaca with a price on his head.
British Vice Consul Bodmer was shot
dead on his own balcony while trying to
save a Mexican.
Mr. Beale was shot by bandits on his
farm near Mexico City.
There were several other murders of
British subjects of humber positions.
y Mr.. Burnands factory was twice
plundered, and he was severely wounded
by the robbers, SO that he lost an arm;
his wife went mad from the shock.
Suffered Financially, Too.
Financially. too British subjects suf-
fered greatly through these three years.
Claims submitted by British subjects to
their legation UP to April 2s, 1861.
amounted to $4,000, 600 for such outrages
as forced supplies, "stoppage of fac
tory plunder, death and mutilation,"
Imprisonment and sentence of DEATH"
and simple plumber.
In November. 1860, the clerical Gen.
Miramon seized $3.50, 600 in silver which
had been deposited at the British legation
as the property of bondholders. and a few
months later a juarist general seized a
convoy OF some hundreds of thousands of
dollars worth of silver bullion belonging
10 British subjects and on its way to
the coast. The juarist government also
suspended payment of the interest on Its
foreign loan, which was then mainly held
in England.
In the face of all these outrages Earl
russell and Lord Palmerston refrained
from intervention, despite the <act that
would nave been a comparatively easy
thing, since the Juarists held the ports
Ihey were, moreover, not faced with the
necessity of policing the country after
the intervention, since both France and
Spain were ready to take up the work
and France had definitely decided to OBJ
tam a permanent hold on Mexico When
france determined to move Great Britain
left the Held to Napoleon III.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-24

for his use Of slang, and particularly for
his use OF the word kids as applied
to children. At that he thought the thing
was overdone, and pointed out that all
boys talked about kids and what else
would a fellow call them" The queen
gave 1t up.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-24

aree OF the seats lost by the liberals
Reading. Midlothian and Bethnal Green-
We're lost because of the presence of a
third candidate, and the unionist mem
oers Tor these places represent a minority
OF the voters. 1t is argued by the lib
erals that only seven constituencies have
really gone against the government in
three years, and that this is not a bad
record Tor an administration that has in
sroduced reforms that must adversely af-
feet some classes of people In other
elections that has been no great falling
on IN the government majority and in
one-South OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES liberal
member actually improved his POSITION
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Prince John Shocks Queen.

Prince John. the nine-year-old son of
King George, jumped on a bench in St
James Park the other day and shouted
at the top of his voice Votes for wom-
en- A crowd Immediately gathered and
it took an embarrassed nurse some time
10 get her charge back to Buckingham
Palace
Prince John seems to enjoy life much
as do other boys of his age. He has
gathered. doubtless from his eldest broth
ers. who bring II from the public
schools university and navy, a lot of
slang, and has Mortified his mother by
lis very apt use of it. Recently while
motoring with the queen he was rebuked
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Baronet Reported Lost.

England has lost baronet Sir Henry
Burnaby. descendant of one of England
Oldest families, in entered as missing in
the new roll of baronets just prepared
Every other man who has the right to
the ancient title was known to be alive.
but no trace could be found of Sir Henry
Burnaby of Broughton Hall, Oxfordshire.
The registrar of the roll of baronets
appends note to his entry of Sir Henry
IN which he says: No information can
be obtained as to Sir Henry Burnaby
IL Is not known whether he is alive
Sir Henry Is eighty-five years of age
II still alive. He was formerly in the
navy, and the last heard of him was
in 1858. when he went to Spain and mar
ried. He never claimed the taronetcv.
which dates back TO 1867.
Other baronets are missing" said the
registrar, but l know they are alive
somewhere. Some of them get to remote
corners of the world. such as New Yea
land and California, and the tracing of
them involves much labor"
The compilation of the new roll of baro-
nets has been rendered necessary by the
fact that number OF persons have
assumed titles. either wrongfully or on
a doubtful basis
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1914-12-02

full than | had been. he had got from
the records the names Of persons who
were connected with the asylum when
| was sent there and had advertised for
several of them. An elderly woman
living In the country not far from Har-
risburg answered the advertisement.
Mr.. Sawyer learned from her that she
was at the asylum from 1862 to 1864;
that during that time girl baby was
brought in by a Union soldier. That
was all she could remember, for she
had left the institution soon after the
child was received.
| think Mr. Sawyer took more inter
est in the matter than |. Perhaps 1t
was a detective instinct in him that
led him to busy himself about it. At
any rate. his curiosity was aroused.
and he kept thinking about 1t much of
the time.
You're a war baby, Bet" he would
saw to me. II have an idea that you
got lost somehow during the war.
Maybe your father was soldier ana
got killed and comrade took his ut
tie girl and not being in a position to
care for her left her at the asylum.
This theory is supported by the fact
that about the time you were taken
there General Lee invaded Pennsyl-
vania, and every citizen who could car
ry a gun turned out to oppose him. We
will establish your identity and don't
you forget it."
When the war ended, everybody, both
north and south. had had enough or 1t.
About fifteen years after its close
those who were interested In it began
TO talk about it and write about 1t and
discuss who should have the credit or
this and who was to blame for that,
and all the prominent Union and Con-
federate officers who were living found
an opportunity to explain their rec
ords. AS to those who had died in the
struggle. they had nothing to say and
were lucky If they didn't have to bear
the brunt of blunders committed by
those who had lived to tell their stories.
II was about this time, believe, that
people began to take an interest In the
battlefelds which now are made ma
tional parks. When I was nineteen
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1914-12-02
WEST BRooKsviLLE.

Mrs. Maggie Biodgett is spending the
winter with Mrs. o. l.. Tapley.
Miss Laura II. Jones Is in Belfast for
week.
Fred D. Jones, OF Belfast, spent Thanks
giving with his sisters at the "Home-
stead.
Edwin Leach and wife, of North Blue
hill were guests of L. L. Cummings and
wife Thanksgiving.
Edward X. Tapley and wife, of Brook
lin. we're in town Sunday to attend the
funeral of Mr.. Tapley's aunt, Mrs. Emily
5. Tapley.
Maurice l.. Tapley and wife, OF Read
field, Capt. James II. Tapley, OF Brook
yn, n. Y, and John $. Tapley, OF
Charleston, arrived here Saturday, called
BY the death OF their mot her, Mrs. Emily
S. rapley.
The funeral OF Mrs. Emily s. Tapley,
who died suddenly at her home Thursday,
Nov. 36, was held Sunday afternoon, Rev.
Charles Field Atkins officiating. The pall-
bearers were her four sons-Maurice L.,
John :, James II. and Ralph w. Burial at
Mount Rest in the family lot. Mrs. Tapley
is survived by the four sons named
and five daughters-Mrs. Fred Halves,
OF Bradford, N. H.; Mrs. Isaac Slower,
Mrs. Fred J. Perkins and Misses Emily
and Ruth, all OF this town. Mrs. Tapley
was the daughter OF the late Samuel and
Clarissa Blodgett WATSON. She was
bride at twenty-five and a widow at sixty
six. She was married to Capt John Paine
Tapley Oct. 8, 1854. Boarding the bark
lronsides, which lay at Bangor, loaded
and all ready for sea, they sailed on their
bridal trip to Montevideo, thence to
Ceylon, thence to Point DeGale and
Tenany, India, thence home to Phila-
delpha, touching on their way at Cape
Good Hope and st. Helena.
Nov. 80. Johnson.
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Found on the
Battlefield
Why a Soldier Didn't Like to
Talk About His Deed
By F. A. mitchell

was born at the time of the war
between the states, but what year I
nave never known till recently. Ny
earliest remembrance is being In a
rounding institution In Harrisburg.
Ia. How came to be there / could
never find out for 1t was, judging from
my age. toward the close of the war
and when everybody and everything
was In a state of commotion. left
the asylum when | must have been
about sixteen years old. AT any rate.
the inmates were not kept there after
sixteen, and since there was record
on the books In 1863 of "a female baby
apparently about year old that was
called Betty or Hetty or something like
that-the first letter was blurred-and
was called Betty 1t was ASSUMED that
the record pertained to me-
At leaving. being old enough to I'M
derstand the Importance of learning as
much as possible about my anteced-
ents. made every inquiry concerning
them. but all | could learn was the
above. The clothes in which | was
brought to the institution had been
preserved. but the only thing on them
for identification was the letters III.
c." which were carefully embroidered.
4 On leaving the asylum | went to
serve as nursemaid with lady In
Philadelphia. She and her husband
were refined persons and on hearing
my story took an interest in me, ok
pressing themselves ready to help me
TO find my parents.
One day Mr.. Sawyer. husband Of the
lady by whom was employed. return
ed after an absence.
He told me that he had been In Har-
risburg and while there. being inter
ested In my case, had gone to the asy-
lum where | had been brought up to
make inquiries concerning me. Being
man OF affairs, he was more success
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1914-12-02
THIS WOMAN WAS
VERY UNHAPPY
Physically and Mentally Worn
0ut--TeIls How Nervous
and Crying Spells Were
Ended by Vinol.

Monmouth, Ill.:-'1 was weak. worm
ont and nervous. / had no appetite and
was getting so thin and discouraged.
one day just broke down and cried
wher a friend came in and asked me
what was the matter. / told of INV
condition and how nothing took seemed
10 DO me any good. Vinolw was suggested.
/ got bottle and before it was half
gone ] could eat and sleep well. I
Continued its use and now my friends
saw look ten years younger, and am
well, healthy and strong. / wish /
could induce every tired-out, WORKOUT,
nervous woman to take Vino" Mrs,
HARRIET GALE, Monmouth, III.
There are many over-worked, tired
out careworn, nervous women In this
vicinity who need the Strengthening.
tissue building, and vitalizing effects Of
Viuol, our delicious cod liver and iron
tonic, and so sure are we that it will
build them up and make them strong
that we offer TO return their money
II it fails to benefit
Vinol is a delicious preparation of the
extract of cod liver oil and peptonate of
iron and contains no oil.
G. A. Parcher. druggist, Ellsworth. Me
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1914-12-02
CRANBERRY ISLES.

Everett Squirting moved his family to
Islesford recently.
Gilbert Stanley went to Bangor last
week on business.
Mrs. Fred Bracy, who has been ill some
time, will go to Castine for treatment as
soon as she is able.
Sympathy is extended friends and rela-
tives of Charles Gilley, OF Bakers island,
who died last week.
Miss Marjory Mann, who is teaching
the primary school, had an attack Of ap-
pendicitis Sunday.
Mrs. Wilbert Rice is ill at the home of
her daughter, Mrs. Willard Squirting, who
also has been ill the past two weeks.
Rev. Albert D. Knight accepted the call
to be pastor of the church here and at
Islesford for the coming year, and began
his services last Sunday.
Nov. 80. ROONEY.