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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-06-21
The Mammoth MicrObe.

S<THE microbe craze is a good
thing" said DR.. Edbert r. Hewitt
son. the histologist. at a dinner at At
lantic City.
Yes, the microbe craze is a good
thing. II has cleaned up the world It
has put lot of diseases on the run.
But. at the same time it has its hu
morous side
have nothing to do with dogs or cats
because they are full of microbes.
This morning. however, / came upon
him on the beach playing with a stray
mongrel. But just as l came up he
quilted the mongrel hurriedly.
Papa he said, it's true about dogs
having microbes. A big black microbe
just jumped out of that dogs coat
and lighted on my hand
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lays fifty or hundred rouble credit
note tS25 or 500 on a plate. and sends
IT to the performer Vialtseva was once
presented with $1,000 on a single night.
So while the Indifferent Russian singer
spends everything and often ends as a
hanger-on of charity, the successful
gypsy performer owns big apartment
houses, landed estates and mills and one
famous gypsy girl of forty years back,
after her retirement from the stage, es-
tablished the biggest brandy distillery in
east Russia.
This gypsy trait is the cause of attacks
in the press. Also the orthodox clergy
makes fierce attacks upon the alleged
demoralzng influence of the gypsies
Experts say that the gypsies are the
most moral women in the empire.
Scores of them marry rich men. a thing
which the Russian theater or variety
artist seldom does.
The gypsy cult plays considerable
role in Russian army affairs. All mill
tary entertainments require the at
tendance of '.Tsigansk khor." and the
friendships of some of Russias generals
with gypsy girls have made history. In
the provinces every garrison town has
its gypsies; in the smaller towns gypsies
are the only public entertainers. The
gypsies get to know all that goes on and
the result is espionage. which is made
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.KHOR SHISHKINA,-

Petersburg to Livadio, in the Crimea, to
give a single entertainment.
The soloist 'Tsiganki' make millions
and live like princesses. The beautiful
and accomplished gypsy Vialtseva, who
died last year, had special train con-
sisting of two cars de luxe. She had
enormous influence During the Japanese
war Vialtseva was allowed to take her
private train across the Siberian railway
IN ORDER that she might nurse a wound
ed officer Vialtseva afterward married
this officer. Her successors are the two
gypsies katiuska Sorokina and Nina
Dulkievtsch. Both command far higher
salaries in Russia than any of the Rus
sian ballet stars who have become ia
nous in Europe and America.
There is perpetual discussion in the
Russian press about the character and
temperament of the "Tssanki.' They
are supposed to be avaricious to ex-
tremes. unscrupIous and cunning, and
to exploit the easy, improvident side of
the Russian. which comes uppermost
when the Rnuss is-as he always Is when
amusing himself-drunk.
The bast fortunes accumulated by the
more successful gypsies do not come
from their salaries. but from the gener-
osity of admirers. When the rich Russ
hears a song sung or guitar played in
way which pleases him he commonly
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and Down on Mother, Mother Volga, -
Pastukoff dismissed all but four. At I
am, hopelessly drunken. Pastukoff said
something which offended the gypsy Trina
Malorin. Trina boxed his ears. Pastukof
drew a revolver. thrust the muZzle to-
ward the gypsy, and fired. Being used to
the sound of revolver shots, the walters
outside paid no attention. Later, when
they entered. they found the dead 'Tsi-
ganki'' lying across the table and all the
rest of the company so drunk that no
one knew what had happened That kind
of amusement tragedy Is common. In
1913 there were nearly hundred cases of
killing or shooting in restaurants in
European Russia, and in nearly all cases
entertainments with gypsies were the &C.
casion.
'.Tsiganki are one of the puzzles and
paradoxes of holy Russia. Their musical
talent is mostly inferior to that of Rus
slams. but they entirely monopolize the
entertainment business among Russians
with money. No first-class entertainment
goes off without a gypsy 'khor," a
chorus which usually has a large major
ity of women. There are about fifty such
choral companies. The most famous is
the ..Khor Shishkina,' which sings be-
fore Nicholas II, and was last year
brought by him all the way from st.
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with prophets. 'messiahs and holy
women Most things interesting and
dramatic. whether adventure or crime
begin or end with them. Newspapers are
full of them.
When NJ. Rosatin. treasurer of Moghi-
leff province, eloped with $1,000 govern
ment money, he eioped also with gypsy
When the retired colonel, Manassieff
Numbered into Moscow amusement
restaurant and shot the prettiest woman
there. the victim was a gypsy. And the
daughter of one of the richest of the Tver
marshals of the nobility ran away with a
male gypsy, the baritone, Bielsky. From
the daily records of passion and crime.
YOU would conclude that gypsies are Rus
sis's only bold, effective and romantic
people and that intsead Of numbering
$1,000, as the last census says, they num-
her at least 6oO00, coo.
The .Tsiganki' are Russia's great
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Getting Back.

HX7U TING-FANG. our former Chi
F" nese ambassador, said George
l. Curtiss, the tea importer. at Denver
banquet. has written a book about US.
In his sparkling way he has poked a
lot of fun at US for our barbarous man.
nerS.
to. Take, for example, his wife. A
Chinaman. you know. never refers to
his wife as my WIFE or my bette
half; but she's always my thorn in
the side my lifes error or my
toothache.'
And once, at a banquet given by Mr..
WI in Picking during my residence
there, I heard him refer to his lady a.
the mean one of the inner room.
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live frogs, and on one occasion. having
affixed lively young "bloodney'' to his
hook and cast it. he waited patiently for
the expected strike.
The moments passed, while the longed-
for dart failed to materialize. Puzzled
for he had seldom been forced to wait so
long before in those waters-the President
pulled in his line. The hook was empty,
and glancing idly around, Mr.. Cleveland
espied. sitting beneath him upon bit Of
rock. looking bit ragged from his ex-
perience with the hook-Mr. Frog.
Above Pennyfield's comes Violet's place
at Seneca, off which Selden's and Dams
islands afford good sport. Then, still
going upstream, is Knott's place at Ed
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wards Ferry: then Whites ferry, within
easy access from Leesburg Va
1t is up in the Leesburg region that
you come upon Goose creek, where Jake
Lint is the especial patron saint of an
Cling; and over from this stream back in
the country there is a little rill-no one
who has ever fished it will unselfishly
identify it-where brook trout are Jump
ing crazy for the fly This is the only
stream where these fish may be obtained,
with the exception of Difficult run and
At the mouth Of the Monocacy, "Oid
Cap. Walters and Dickinsons estab-
Ishments are waiting for the anxious
fisherman. At that point good fishing is
almost always to be had, for it is there
that the muddy Monocacy and the Poto-
mac Join. and at that juncture of the
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htes-or perhaps only a hand line and
can of lowly worms-the average man
these summer days is happy
Maybe, on the very instant that the
bait sails out to kiss the rifle and sinks.
there will come the lightning strike of
the gamy small-mouth. The gossamer
line auivers it cleaves the water in
short. quick dashes. The slender rod
bends TO the last of its supple endurance.
The reel sings a whirring song of tr
umph. The battle to the finny death is
The bass sounds the deepest depths of
his pool. He turks cunningly beneath an
overhangng root. outstanding his
strength. Forth to battle again he darts
Straight to the surface he flashes. an in
slant CLEAN of black and silver whetting
the sportsmans keen joy for the fight.
AT last he Yields slowly. sullenly. grudg
ingly. giving up the battle. Then has
the Complete Anglers paradise been
gained.
But, as in all things. the joy of fishing
is comparative, that while some folks
are content only with the thrill of con-
test from willy. gany fin, others find
their summer half-holiday or weekend
joy in lolling idly on river bank, wait
ing for the greedy gobble of mudcat or
yellow perch.
Rut be you the one or the other, a
hand-liner or devotee of the costly
fly book. the waters around Washington
can be made to yield the sort of fishing
YOU desire. Follow any of the four
winds from the city. and somewhere
beyond within easy distance lie fishing
grounds to delight the heart of the
most captious.
No less than eighty-one species of fish
fnhabit the waters which flow in a
twenty-nile radius about Washington.
OF these there are more than five diff
ferent species Of bass, sunfish. shad,
teen varieties belonging to the carp
family
This area incloses the Potomac river
from OccoQuan. Va. to a point about
five miles above Great Falls, with its
tributaries both in Maryland and the
District of Columbia. including Malta
woman. Accokeek, Piscataway, Swan
and Broad creeks: the Eastern branch
with it's tributaries. the Eastern. Sligo,
Northwest, Paint, Little Paint and Beav-
er Dam branches: Rock creek. Piney
Branch: Foundry run and Cabin John
rum. and in Virginia. Pohick, Accotick,
Dogue. Little Hunting and Hunting
creeks. as well as Cameron. Four-Mile,
Gravelly and. Difficult runs.
Then there is the Pautuxent river
from Nottingham post Office northward.
Beyond this area, at the ends of jour-
neys>raneing from an hours trolley ride
TO night on the boat, over the reaches
OF Chesapeake bay, the Severn river, the
Shenandoah and a dozen other smaller
streams there await the sporty salt
water taylors, sea trout, white perch,
spot, croakers, hogfish plymouth bass
and. whisper an occasional representa-
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recollection of almost all fishermen who
have whipped the Potomac in the last
ten or a dozen years the memory of
Uncle George" Pennyfield is still green.
And when speaking of bass fishing near
Washington, you can't overlook Uncle
George" any more than you can over
look Grover Cleveland when speaking Of
Uncle George All three subjects,
Potomac bass fishing. Grover Cleveland
and the veteran fisherman, are insepa-
rable
Uncle George had many stories con-
corning the fisherman President" to re-
late, which he needed nothing but an
audience. and there was one which al
ways found its way to the public when
ever President Cleveland's name was
mentioned in the narrators presence.
Grover Cleveland frequently baited with
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Where the Gossamer
Line Quivers as 1t
Clcaves the Water.
Local Waltonites Pre-
pairing to Take Ad-
vantage of Splendid
Opportunities for Fish
ing-Just Where to
Go for Certain Fish.
Favorite Fishing
Grounds of Washing
tonians.
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PREPAR1Nc Tor TIE SrARr Az L AXE S111T9L

his fishing trip around or near Wash
ington, the amateur fisherman will find
little difficulty in obtaining boats meals
and what equipment in the way of lines,
sipkers and flies he may find himself in
need of.
But bait? That is another matter
Sometimes he may find a plentiful sup
ply of excellent bait where he least ex-
poets it. Then again-well. if you've
ever started out in high hopes of a good
days sport and found it ruined just be-
cause you couldn't get that sort of bait
which, contrary to popular impression,
due largely to comic supplements, does
not come in bottles. then you will know
what warning that again" is meant to
imply.
As far as Washington Is concerned, the
black bass or little mouth is easily and
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by far the most-sought-after prize. And
he is no exceptional catch. True. there
are not many of them caught below
Great Falls in comparison to the number
bagged above that cataract. Yet. begin
ming at the Black Rifles and stretching
in a long chain through the tortuous
upon scores of fishing grounds where the
little-mouth is plentiful
Any of the places near Great Falls may
be reached easily by the Old Dominion
line on the Virginia side or by the Brad
ley Hills line the Maryland side.
There are plenty of boats to be had
there, too. flat-bottomed comfortable
batteau, 1.-THE st. Lawrence skiffs or row.
boats of lesser distinction.
Six miles above Great Falls, on the
Maryland side, is Pennyfields. In the
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.AnopNlNGs 9ATcH
Or Rock IISH
AT CHAIN BRIDGE

tive of that kingly tribe of hns-the
brook trout.
A mornings fishing, with pretty good
chances of a fair creelful. may be
had without leaving the city limits.
There is the tidal BASIN where a. couple
of hours there along the sea wall will
perhaps be rewarded by a stable
string of yellow perch, catfish. gudgeon
or big mouth bass. And there is the
Georgetown channel and the Eastern
branch of the Potomac both in the
neighborhood of Benning and Ana
costa. to say nothing of the Chesa
peake and Ohio canal, from whose
sluggish water persistent fishermen
have been known to draw small mouth
bass. The black bass is not Indigenous
to this locality. and it was from the
canal, into which they were introduced
from Ohio streams in 1854. that they
found their way into the other waters
on the point of Potomac Park ten
days ago two enthusiastic fishermen
took a string of eighty yellow perch
in one day, and this is not an unusual
catch for those who know that To-
The Potomac river around Chain
bridge is almost near enough to the
city to fall under the strictly local
classification There rockfish abound,
pounds. which is good catch on a
light rod and line, as any fisherman
will tell you Not two weeks ago
twenty-one rock were taken with
hook and line near the bridge, some
weighing five pounds, others eight and
another fifteen pounds. few DAYS
later string of eleven We're taken
There. near the bridge at spots such
as The Parlor," Fades mill. Bush Stand
cove. Turkey Foot-a favorite. among
the local anglers-and the Hen and
Chickens fishermen who do not care
to take the time to journey farther
afield frequently ply their piscatorial
pastime. And there's fair fishing off
Minnie Island, above Cabin John, near
the point where the canal feeder
comes in.
No matter what spot he selects for
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1SHING and fish
stories are again
the accepted order
of weekend things.
Given a silent. ed
dying pool. beneath
i n I erl oc k n g
branches. or a long
sun-swept, somno-
lent stretch Of
placid river: given
reels and rods and
books of gaudy
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-06-21
GRAND DUKE GEORGE MICHAILO-
WITCH,
Cousin of Nicholas IL, who thirty years
ago had q famous love romance with
Lalya Varatxina, a gypsy singer.

mixture. Only the men wear genuine
gypsy costume. The women mostly wear
European clothes but dress their hair in
gypsy fashion and adorn themselves with
gorgeous gypsy shawis and gypsy orna-
ments. According to the Bishop of Bes-
sarabia, half Of the gypsy singers are
heather despite their Christian profess
sions, and are given to magic: hence
their glamour" says the bishop, for or
thodox Muscovites
Grand Duke George Michailovitch is an
expert and enthusiast on gypsy lore. The
grand duke is a cousin of Nicholas II,
and a brother Of Grand Duke Michael,
the morganatic husband of Countess
Torby. He is married to Greek princess.
Thirty years back Grand Duke George
had a famous romance with the eau
casus gypsy singer, Lalya Varatzina.
Lalya Varatzina was a Turkish gypsy
who had a good voice and considerable
talents. She taught her grand ducal friend
the gypsy dialect and initiated him into
the secret rites of the Turkish gypsies
Varatbna married a rich German of
Moscow, Albrecht Nodken, and later fell
in love with a young officer. Nolken
killed the officer. Varatzina killed her
self. Grand Duke George Michailovitch
has kept up his interest in the gypsies
and he is as great an expert in the lore
as was George Borrow.
Another notable student Of the gypsy
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Beach, the amateur angler has his choice
of several points. And already a good
many fishing clubs have sprung up along
the Patuxent river. There is the Glebe
Club, of which Jake Moffitt, Tony Schroth
and Billy Hettinger are leading lights.
and the Jackson Landing Club, where
Pop Wagner is a familiar figure.
Drum point, at the mouth of the Pa
tuxent, where the government seri-
station as well as Point Patience and
Solomon's Island. are well thought OF
by Washington fishermen.
In addition to the Glebe and the
Jackson clubs there are many other
rendezvous for fishermen near Wash.
Club, the oldest organization of ite
kind in this part of the country, and
the Sycamore Island Club. Most Of the
yacht and canoe and boat clubs. too.
have their contingent of Waltonites.
The distribution of fish in the locality
average of most communities. which
led the United States fish commission
a few years ago to survey the streams
and tabulate the species of fish to be
found therein. One peculiar fact was
discovered Many fish ordinarily found
been taken from the Potomac as high
up as Gunston's wharf which Is APP
proximately twenty miles from the
city, and sometimes as near as Fort
Washington. Among these fish appear
requiem sharks sea robins. kinghoh.
sturgeon and lamprey eel The shark
captured at Gunston measured more
than five feet in length and was later
exhibited in Center Market
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ECENT events have
shown that an en-
ormous influence
on Russian life is
exerted by gypsy
girls. Gypsy solo,
lists. gypsy guitar
lists and gypsy dane
ers are one of the
queer Illicit govern
ing influences Of
society. Gypsies
constantly compete
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the easier because no Russian officer,
when tipsy, can keep his mouth shut.
Several times lately gypsy espionage af-
fairs have made stir.
The Austrian government some years
ago had in its pay two girls of the
now extinct Gritchen choral company.
who made use of their relations with
officers in order to worm out military
secrets. One Of these girls stole papers
from an artillery officer. and the officer
committed suicide. The girl got away.
Her colleague was arrested, but she es-
capped from Lubin jail, owing. probably.
to official collision. She tried to get
across the Austrian frontier. but was
caught by members Of the frontier guard.
While detained in a sentry box she swal-
lowed poison.
Il +
Russia's enthnologists say that the gyp-
sizes who supply the empire with so much
romance are a race puzzle How far they
are genuine gypsies no one knows. They
speak mostly Russian. Little Russian or
Roumanian. and are. probably. only about
a quarter Of European blood. Most come
from Bessarabia. The Bessarabian gyp-
sizes used to live as nomads, but the gov
eminent has forced them to settle down
in villages. The gypsy entertainer caste
is Christian by religion, but some Of
the more prominent. especially katiusha
Sorokina and the pretty singer, Rtistcheva,
have distinctly Indian type. Their way
of life indicates that the gypsies are q
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Enormous Influence
Exerted by These
Strange People Who
Nj 0 nopolize the
Amusement World of
Russia - Nialtseva.
the Beautiful Gypsy
Singer, Who Went to
the Front at the Time
of the Russo Jap
= anese War to Nurse an
/. Officer Gypsy Sing
ers Who Command
Higher Salaries Than
: Do the Far Famed
Russian Dancers.
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Special Correspondence Of The Star.
ST. PETERSBURG. June
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currents is as good a place as any within
many miles to drop hook. On up the
Potomac lie Tuscarora, Point OF Rocks,
Weverton and Knoxville. At the last
three points hotel accommodation may
be obtained. and Wevertcn is the favor
lite of many. 1t is there that members of
a club Of prominent Washingtonians have
established themselves under the tutelaRe
of George Leopold, a boatman. who they
declare. has no peer.
But not even Yet have the fishing spots
on the Potomac been exhausted. There
still wait Catoctn. Harpers Ferry and
Williamsport, Md, which is in the heart
OF the mad tom country: as well as
scores of other points clear to Cunber-
land. hundred and fifty miles from
here
The Shenandoah river fills many local
creels. Millville is well known point.
as is overall, Rileyville. Riverton and
astlemans Ferry.
To combine fishing trip and auto
run-a vacation plan which IS steadily
growing in favor here-is no difficult mat
ter. Half dozen points good state
roads invite the seeker after fany spoil
There is Rock point, Nd. ifty-one
miles from Washington. via Brandywine
La Plata and Lothian. All the way there
runs a turnpike. which is in excellent
repair. and at the end OF the run there
are salt water trout, rock. white perch
and taylor in abundance
Chapel Point Md. is another spot cas-
lily accessible by automobile and launches
are available at all times to take fishing
parties to Matthias point light
The trip to Annapolis. Nd. where both
the Severn river and Chesapeake bay
lure anglers, may be made either in q
motor or by trolley
OF the sand pits which jut out into the
bay may be taken at this season taylors.
trout and perch. while in The harbor
of Annapolis are found those fish whose
name has been variously corrupted into
'crocus." .'croakers" or grumblers.
Peeler crab. which with shrimp IL the
principal bait used in that locality. are
plentiful there. But fishing is done
mostly by hand line. and II rods are used
the fisherman is warned to be sure his
pole is able to stand considerable strain.
House Landing. Quantico and AQUA
creek and by boat to Colonial Beach.
Piney Point, Cornfield harbor-the camp
ing ground for many years Of St Marks
choir boys-pretty well cover the fishing
possibilities near Washington down the
Potomac with the exception Of Old Point
Comfort
Colonial Beach is the central point for
many fishing districts, and in these
waters the spot is most plentiful, though
an occasional sheephead is hooked there
when the proper salt water mussel bait
is used.
But Norfolk gets a large percentage OF
the saltwater fishing crowd from here.
Lake Smith. which lies between Cape
Henry and Norfolk. Is one of the chosen
spots. The lake is never muddy-it 10 the
water supply for the city-and there are
always plenty of -mouthed bass to be
caught Ocean View. near there, also
affords good fishing. with plenty OF hog
fish. spot, croakers and sea trout. Ana
any of these places may be visited with
out loss of more than a days time from
Washington.
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play, my dear? Why, it's al
Three months are supposed tt
between the first and second
and the heroine's still \got the
hat on!