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Evening star., 1914-12-13
German Women as Soldiers.

A HUNDRED years ago Prussia rose
against Napoleon, who was already
weakened by the retreat from Moscow.
and with the help of the Austrians and
also of a very large body of Russians
managed to drive the French army over
the frontier after defeating 1t in the
tremendous two-day struggle at Leipzig
1t appears that certain women play
ed a prominent part in this fighting.
Seventeen daughters of Prussia were
at the front during this momentous
conflict. They were most capable as
soldiers, able to command and able
to obey, as well as being capable of
withstanding the hardships of cam
paigning. To cite some instances,
Maria Werder a woman of Silesia, was
allowed to serve as hussar in the
same regiment as her husband, who
was a wealthy landowner. She was
wounded in several engagements and
saw her husband fall dead by her side
at Leipzig
Elenora Prochaska is one of the bet
ter known of these heroines. She en-
gagged, under the name of Carl REM"
in the Light Horse when only eighteen,
and several poets have sung of her
courage and of her death just before
the battle Of Leipzig. "A monument to
her memory stands. in the cemetery
at Potsdam.
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armory of the battery, on 1st street
northwest just below Indiana avenue.
Much of Thursday was spent by the Of
ficers and men of the organization in
getting the armory in shape and in
placing the material, SO that a start
of the New Year can be made with a
clean bill.
Three floors of the new armory have
been assigned to the battery, which
has considerably more room than it
had in the Missouri avenue establish
ment.
Under the new conditions. it is de-
clared. better results will be obtained
in the drilling of the, men with the
guns. Instead of great assembly Of
wagons, gun carriages and 1imbers in
the gunroom, as formerly, there will
be nothing in the new gunroom other
than the firing battery which is used
for instruction purposes. Other rooms
have been provided for the wagons
and limbers.
After the drill Thursday night, it is
stated. drills of the battery will be
suspended until the first Thursday in
the new year.
The battery has organized a basket
ball team and is anxious to meet other
teams In the National Guard, as well
as outside teams.
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in material condition for war, and in
addition a trained reserve of officers
and men sufficient to complete the COM
plements and fully man every service
able vessel of their navies, and furnish
a reserve for casualties. Thus, every
nation with which conflict is possible is
prepared to mobilize it's entire navy, by
order. with officers and men trained for
the service. We alone of the naval
powers provide no such reserves, and
an active personnel too scant, and trust
to the filing of the compliments of our
ships by unframed men recruited after
war is imminent or declared. To
quickly man all of the ships of the
ships which are now in reserve or
ordinary. with trained crews is inn
possible owing to the absence of
trained reserve.
That Immediately steps be taken to
form a national naval reserve of train
ed officers and men, and that this work
be pushed until this reserve in con-
nection with the naval militia has
ached the point where, combined with
the active list, 1t will be possible to
fully man the entire fleet with war
compliments and furnish 10 per cent
additional for casualties"
Impressed with the tactics followed
by the Naval Battalion in building up
the organization and increasing the in
terest of the people of the city in its
work as evidenced by the numbers
which turned out at the inspection last
Thursday night. Lieut., Col. Almon l.
Parmerter, U. S. A, adjutant general,
District of Columbia militia. declared
, the following day that he would try to
get the guard to follow in the footsteps
of the naval militia.
Nearly 200 of the enlisted personnel
turned out to participate in the in
spection ceremonies, and with it Col
Parmerter. who has seen the battalion
rise and fall since he has been adJutant
general, was much pleased He spoke
of the great growth in the organiza-
tion. both in numerical strength and
efficiency, particularly during the last
eight months, and attributed 1t to the
interest of the enlisted men, for he
mel the officer would be helpless. 1t
vas the enlisted men who made the
battalion.
When Col. Parmerter arrived he was
given all the naval honors due his
rank.
The Naval Battalion basket ball
team. for the second time within a
week. was victorious in a tussle with
the land forces. 1t played the 1st Bat
terry, Field Artillery, ~. G. D. c., Friday
night at the Center Market Arnaory'
and the result was oI-1O.
Those who participated were I'll.
Miller. fourth division; d. Miller fourth
division; Nolte. third division; Hoi-
lidee, third division: Ryan, fourth divi-
is credited with five goals. D. Miller
with three goals and Hollidge two
goals.
talion's basket ball team announced
last night that the battalion team
would meet Company NJ, 1st Infantry,
at the National Guard Armory next
Wednesday night.
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by his side. 1t was often gold-headed.
and when not gold-headed IL was sii-
ver-headed- Some men may argue that
the walking stick is a survival of the
pilgrims staff, but men did not take DIP
that kind of a walking stick until years.
pressed on them and age weighted their
feet or made their joints ache.
The majority of men today who carry
canes are lame. The cane is carried
a corrective of a limp. Still, the cane
continues to be an appurtenance Of ap-
parel or an adornment with some men
who are smart dressers. But its vogue
has waned. 1t is no longer an elastic
rod topped with gold which a man
swings gayly or twirls joyousiy as he
takes his promenade. but II is a stln,
stout stick with a crooked handle, SO
that a man may hang 1t on his arm and
thus keep IL out OF his way, or keep out
of it's way. Besides. he carries II SOL
emnly as though IL were a RESPONSE
bility instead of n trifie.
-
One may recall that something like
two dozen centuries ago an Athenian
citizen would be arrested as disrepu-
table character IL seen abroad without
his walking stick A quarter of a CEN
tury ago the English university under
graduate would not appear in public
in ordinary costume without a walking
Stith. puA tHe NctSiNN fiau tehhN
walks without a cane. However. news
comes from England that there is a
| Troublesome of the walking stick be-
cause King Edward some time before
the war appeared In public with a gold
topped ebony walking stick in his hand.
It was the cue for fashionable London.
There are some curious features
about canes, There are racks full OF
them in many stores. yet a man does
not often buy one for himself. He
nearly always buys one for n friend.
and yet the presentation of cane is
seldom heard of. mans friends. IL ha
| is going long trip or has resigned
| his position, or has done something else
| to stir their enthusiasm or called forth
| their goodwill, may present him with
| pipe, smoking jacket. loving cup.
with walking stick.
| One of the famous canes was that OF
Balzac. 1t gave him, according to one
| of his observant cotemporaries. "a rsIAr
! ture of self-satisfied vanity" II was
| big as a drum majors staff, and blazed
| with rubies. diamonds, emeralds and
| sapphires. On 1t was huge gold knob
| containing lock of an unknown LADY
admirer. BalZac never appeared in
| public without this stick. All the jew
els he bought or received as presents
| were plastered on 1T.
On Lord Mayors day in London
| large number of men were installed in
| the position of chief citizen of their
| respective towns and boroughs through
| out England. and 1t was curious to
note that in some of the English cities
old-world ceremonies were observed.
4 The mayor of Lincoln was inducted by
placing upon his finger an ancient ring.
worn by his predecessors for many
| centuries. At Grantham the new chief
| citizen was tapped on the head with
| the town clerks hammer. At Dun
| stable the time-honored custom OF
| humping was observed; at Bourne
| mouth the new mayor received n sol
| emn kiss from his predecessor, and at
| Chiltenham the mayor was presented
| with a gold-headed malacca cane.
Evening star., 1914-12-13
Not Up to His Job.

xvyILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS, at
w dinner in Boston, said of modern
American letters:
1.-The average popular novel shows
on the novelist's part. an ignorance OF
his trade which reminds me OF New
England clerk.
.In New England village ] entered
the Main street department store one
aftarnoon and said to the clerk at the
book counter:
"Let me have. please. the Letters
Of Charles Lamb"
Post office right across the street.
Mr. Lamb said the clerk. with poilte'
brisk smile
Evening star., 1914-12-13
Primed for Joshers.
\ PROMINENT railroad official

A PROMINENT railroad official said
"A to New York reporter, apropos of
his campaign for higher freight rates
with affairs injured as they are by
the war. the man who opposes higher
rates has to bring forward facts and
arguments as absurd as those of the
grocer's apprentice.
"A grocer's apprentice from the
country, a very sensitive lad. was de-
termined not to be. 'joshed'-as he
termed it-by the smart city folk His
first day In the grocery a dear old lady
entered and said:
Let me have nice eggplant.
please
" No. ye don't. old girl said the ap-
prentice. warmly. 'Ye can't josh me.
Ye lay eSgs-ye don't plant EN-"
Evening star., 1914-12-13
Reflections ON the Game.

usual now to hear of a man being pre-
sented with a gold-headed cane as with
silver or tortoise-shell snuffbox. A
man did not carry a cane because of
lameness or rheumatism; he carried it
as toilet article or appendage.
The cane-carrying habit was probably
a survival of the sword-carrying habit.
A few centuries ago every gentleman
must needs carry his hanger. his rapier,
his claymore or other. blade. He car
ried it into the politest and the most
peaceful society When the sword drop
ped from the thigh of all but profess
sional soldiers, the civilian took tc
carrying a stick, and every young
blade and old blade kept his trusty
cane. usually of malacca or bamboo,
Evening star., 1914-12-13

RIOT as much timber is turned into
IN walking sticks now as in the
= olden times. Once, and that was
not more than two generations gone, a
gentleman could no more be dressed
without his stick than. his stock. He
would as soon go out without his coat
and hat as without his cane. He did
not to any extent actually walk with
his walking stick. He used it to swing.
to twirl and to toy with. Instead of
the stick helping to carry him, he car
ried it. 1t was used more as an aid to
grace and ease of manner than as an
aid to locomotion. 1t is almost as un-
Evening star., 1914-12-13
Cut off,.

nROF. ALBERT B. MERRILL OF
Northwestern University, praising
the chemical preponderance of Ger
many, broke off to tell an anecdote.
"A German American" he began.
said to me, with a quiet laugh, the
other day:
"Do you know, my friend. that since
this war began many Frenchman
whiskers have turned white in single
night?'
".Ahaw said I. Trouble. 1 suppose
Anguish of heart over Reims Cathe-
dral sorrow. horror, chr
"No, my friend said the German
American No, nothing Of the kind
The reason is that the vaterland has
cut Off Frances supply of hair dye.
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now getting itself settled in its new
armory. on 1st street northwest just
below Indiana avenue.
The members of the organization are
working hard to get the building in
shape for the reception the night of
December %, at which officials of the
War Department and officers from the
Signal Corps of the army, including
Brig. Gen. George P. Scriven, chief sig
nal officer; Maj. Edgar Russell, at
tached to Gen. Scriven's Office, and
Capt. W. M Fassett, signal officer at
tached to the militia division of the
War Department
In connection with the improvements
of the new armory. a committee of the
during the week examining furniture.
The furniture is to be used in fitting
out the clubrooms. Already approx
mately 500 has been spent in this i'm
provement, and it is declared that the
members are hoping to extend the club
feature by the purchase of a pool table.
A feature of the celebration the night
of the 29th will be a number of Ian
tern slides depicting activities of the
Signal Corps in the field A lecture
slides, which are to be shown by Sergt.
Gordon, L. s. A.
For the benefit of enlisted men inter-
ested in radio-telegraphy. Capt. Terry
has made arrangements whereby those
desiring to construct radio outfits for
home use may have the use of the Sig
nal Corps machine shop. Amateur
wireless operators who are not in the
Signal Corps also are to be allowed
this privilege, according to Capt Ter
ry. and for this purpose the new arm
ory will be open every night, ex-
cept Saturday, until IL o'clock An
operators table large enough to ac-
commodate six operators will be in
stalled for practice in code and ciphers
Master Signal Electrician F. DeGroot
and First Glass Sergt. w. r. Lansford,
who are chiefs of the third and fourth
sections, respectively, are thoroughly
versed in radio-telegraphy as applied
to Signal Corps work in the armory
and will give all assistance possible
to recruits to study the wireless teleg-
raphy.
Capt. Terry plans to conduct the in
structions in map drawing this win
ter. The first subject will cover two
roads between Washington and Get
tysburg, one leaving Tenleytown
and leading to the National cemetery,
and the other will be via Baltimore to
Two Taverns. Each man in the COM
pany will be required to construct a
section of the roads drawn to scale
and by placing each piece in it's proper
place they will constitute a complete
military map of these routes.
Evening star., 1914-12-13
80 POUNDS OF BUTTER FLIES.
Two Colored Men Arrested on Charge
of Theft.

After making a delivery in the Belle
vue Hotel. George Brooks, driver for
a Louisiana produce dealer. returned to
his wagon yesterday afternoon, to dis
cover that thirty pounds of butter had
been taken. The stolen product was
valued at $1,000.
Later in the afternoon Detective Ray
mond Kleindienst of the fourth pre-
cinct arrested Clifton Herbert and
Lewis Thomas. colored residents of
South Washington, and charged them
with the theft. Part of the butter, the
police say, was recovered
Evening star., 1914-12-13
Extinct?
GOV. WHITMAN of New York, at

recent congratulatory luncheon,
said:
"A splendid sign for our future is the
regeneration of the business conscience.
The business conscience Is today like
your conscience or mine. Millionaires
Of Bloccus Stoc's type have disap-
peared.
"Bloccus Stoc was proposing certain
rebate deals to a railroad president
over sumptuous luncheon, when the
latter said:
But the Constitution- =
My dear boy said Bloccus Stoc.
what's tho Constitution between
friends"
Evening star., 1914-12-13
Moral Cosmetics.

TN an eloquent diatribe against Co.'S
metics DIR. Parkhurst said, a a tea
in Brooklyn:
The girl who powders her face viii
be apt, later on, to powder her con-
science
Evening star., 1914-12-13
Christmas Hint.

= long distance. paper wrapping is
often torn in the rough rush Of mail.
The best way is to make a muslin
bag the size OF the package. put in the
package and sew up the end with one
cast stitch. 1t will go around the
world in such a wrapping.
Evening star., 1914-12-13

To Cure q Cold I'm One Day Take Lax
ltivc Bromo Quinine Tablets. Druggists refund
money il II fails to i. W. Groves sigma
ture uD each Lox. 20
Evening star., 1914-12-13
FIRST RafgJEpSSY RE!g!p!S

LII the property of the 1st Bat
terry, Field Artillery, N. G. D.
c., has been moved from the
Missouri avenue armory and
Is now located in the new
Evening star., 1914-12-13

EGg4R&g 5l

TT YHILE the time for the next
encampment of the Ma
AAk tional Guard of the Dis
wv trict of Columbia is many
,,,onfhs distant and the
Evening star., 1914-12-13

Lieut.. Francis c. Martin. recent,v
placed in command of Company X. I'd
Infantry. n. G. d. c.. in the temporary
absence of Capt. Lucien b. Ernest, has
had an interesting military career. He
is native of Mississippi, received his
early education there, and came 10 this
city in time to enter the local high
schools, where he received his first taste
of the military He served through the
various grades in the high school cadet
Evening star., 1914-12-13

The ever-present cider jug is then
Evening star., 1914-12-13

Sergt Walcott H Simmons, u. S. A..
sergea ant-instructor, also assigned to the
District guard, plans to take a number
or the non-commissioned officers of the
guard out this morning for instruction
IN military map making and reading.
United labor bulletin., 1914-07-04
GRAFT IS RAMPANT
in MILITARY BILLS
kenehan Claims 100000 Is
UnaCC0unted For
State Auditor Introduces Resolutions
Demanding that Military Board Give
Proof Of Receipts and Expenses

| At meeting of the board which is
auditing the military bills held in the
Capitol building, Wednesday afternoon,
State Auditor Roady Kenehan charged
that gross Irregularities and graft have
been disclosed in accounts submitted. A
special session of the board has been
called to consider the charges. Among
other claims made by Kenehan was that
fifty or more horses used for army pur-
poses had been sold, which ought to mean
a return to the state treasury of $4,000,
but there is no record of any such re-
turn. Several thousand dollars were col
lected for railroad fares on chartered
trains. etc. from those not identified
with the militia, but so far only 81 500
of this money has been accounted for.
Legitimate bills for property OF strik
ers and merchants for property confis-
Gated or stolen by the militia. have been
presented, but not allowed by the mill
tary board.
Kenehan asserts that at least 100000
of the claims submitted are irregular and
represent nothing short of pure graft.
The resolutions introduced in making
these charges by Kenehan We're as fol-
lows:
THAT the State Military Department
be required to furnish the State Auditing
Board with \ statement showing the
number of horses sold, a description of
each horse. and the price obtained for
each horse.
THAT the State Military Department
be required to deposit all money received
by them. from the sale of horses. with
the State Treasurer. in what is known
as The Military Department Special
FUND.-
That the State Military Department
be required to furnish to the State Aud
iting Board, the name of each individual
receiving transportation from the State
Military Department.
THAT the State Military Department
be required TO furnish the State Auditing
Board with mn temized statement OF the
total amount of money collected for
transportation furnished, with the names
OF those from whom it was collected.
That the State Military Department
be required to furnish the State Audit
ing Board with n statement showing the
total amount of money uncollected from
individuals who have received trauspor-
tation.
That the State Military Department:
be required to furnish statement show
ing where the money is at the present
time
"That the State Military Department
be required to turn over to the C. & s..
Ry. Co., the b. & NJ. Ry. Co.. the Z. p
Ry. Co., the A. T. & S. r. Ry. Co. the
C. r. ]. & p. Ry. Co., the d. s. r. G. Ry.
Co., the c. & W. Ry. Co.. the c. NJ. Ry.
Co. the NJ p. Ry. Co.. the d. & s. l..
Ry. Co., the F. & &C. Ry. Co., the d. &
l. Ry. Co. the NJ. T. Ry. Co., and the
Pullman Co., all money collected by the
State Military Department for transpor.
tation furnished by the above com
panies."
United labor bulletin., 1914-07-04
HEADQUARTERS AT PUEBLO MEET
Convention Selects Congress Hotel for
Place of Meeting.

The convention committee of the
Pueblo Trades and Labor Assembly,
making arrangements for entertaining
the annual convention of the Colorado
State Federation of Labor. which meets
in that city August II. has selected the
Congress hotel for headquarters of dele
gates and visitors. business sessions OF
the Federation will be held in the com
modious convention hall of the hotel A
very liberal rate has been secured and
accommodations may be had here for
800 delegates. 1t is understood the vari-
GUS departments OF the Congress are con
Quoted under union conditions and every
effort will be made for the comfort
and convenience of visitors. The holcl
is located on Santa fc avenue, occupy
ing the entire block from Seventh 20
Enghth streets.
Those desiring to make advance re-er-
vations should address John T. Brooks
secretary of the committee.
United labor bulletin., 1914-07-04
At the Theaters
ELIrcH's GARDENS.

George Bernard Shaw's brilliant com
edy, You Never Can Tell" will he pre-.
sented by the Elitch- Long stock COM
pany at the Gardens all during the week
that starts Sunday evening, july D
There will be, the usual matinees oil
Wednesday and Saturday. The down.
town Fitch ticket office is at the Tabor
Grand.
You Never Can Tell" is probably the
brightest and most popular of all the
Shaw plays. 1t has been presented in al
most every language of the present time
in theaters all over the world. Despite
this fact, the comedy has never been
given in Denver. It is difficult piece
to stage, because its clever dialogue re-
guires uncommonly fine actors for its in
depreciation. The stock company at tho
Gardens-with its acknowledged New
York stars-is amply equipped to do the
Shaw play, and to give it a splendid pro-
duction.
In the cast will be such established
favorites as Bruce McRae, Miss That's
Magrane. Charles Miller, Charles Dow
Clark, Nina Gleason and Albert Perry.
The big new scenic spectacle, The
Sinking of the Titanic" is increasing in
popularity every week. 1t is the biggest
show of its kind ever put ON in Denver
There are frequent afternoon and evening
performances OF this piece.
United labor bulletin., 1914-07-04
THE DENHAM.

For the week beginning with the mat
inee Sunday, July 5. the management OF
the Denham players has selected Pierre
of the Plains an attraction indorsed by
the nape of Sir Gilbert Parker. the au-
thor of THE Right of Way" and many
other successes. Following. as it does the
war time drama, THE Littlest Rebel"
this American melodrama of the North
west should prove itself an acceptable
novelty.
Pierre OF the Plains will be beauti-
fully and wonderfully mounted and es-
pecially the third act, which is the i'm
portant act in the forest Of the great
Northwest. Mr.. Anthony will have the
part of Pierre and the rest of the splen.
did Denham company will be well east.
The play will run for the entire week,
commencing Sunday. with the usual
matinees Wednesday and Saturday.
United labor bulletin., 1914-07-04
Business Continues
At the Old Stand
JosLIN DRY GOODS CO. GOING
RIGHT ALONG WITH ITS
BUSINESS.

Denver business circles were some-
what agitated the. past week by the
appointment of receiver for the great
dry goods firm of Clafflin & Co. of New
York. which was brought about by the
dullness prevalent throughout the en-
tire country. The reason for the stir
in Denver was that the Joslin Dry
Goods Company of this city was in a
slight manner connected with the New
York firm, which had similar alliances
in many OF the principal cities of the
country.
General Manager ii. NJ Stoll of the
Joslin Dry Goods Company applied to
Judge George NJ. Allen OF the District
Court for the appointment of Walter
y. Coleman, credit manager of his
company, as temporary receiver ia
serve until the legal end OF the situation
can be Strengthened out. The firm il
in no wise affected by the New York
| end, and the affairs having been adjust
ed the appointment was made.
The Joslin Dry Goods Company is one
Of the oldest and most reliable of Den.
| yer's firms and has a reputation in Den.
yer and Colorado and throughout the
West for square dealing and mp-to- date.
ness that is proverbial Its thousands
of patrons look upon it as an old friend
and Will continue to give the firm the
patronage it deserves and will rejoice
that it will not suffer in any way
through the Eastern entanglemcnt.
Organized labor people have a kindly
feeling for the Joslin Company. as all
its work, wherever possible, has been
given to trades unionists. and it has
ever been ready to grant improved con
ditions to it semployes without the
necessity of man-made laws.
Mr., ii. NJ. Stoll will continue to man
age the affairs OF the company and we
hope for it a continuance Of business
prosperity.