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Evening star., 1914-12-29
Political Bedfellovs.

Politics makes strange bedfellows
How often has that old aphorism been
quoted! How often has its truth been
illustrated Take the latest instance:
A Missouri appointment Objectionable
to both senators from that state is
that of Ewing Bland to United States
marshalship. He is a son of the late
famous champion of free silver coin
age, who in his day was the most pop
ular man in political life from the
Missouri commonwealth. SILVER Dick''
Bland commanded as hearty home sup
port in the democratic national con-
vention for the presidential nomina-
tion In 1896 as Champ Clark did at
Baltimore in 1919. Missouri shouted
for him, as for Mr.. Clark sixteen years
later. and was shouting mad at his
defeat
Presumably the son was with his
father on the silver issue. and certainly
the two men now in the Senate from
Missouri were. At that time silver was
the only wear In democratic circles In
that part Of the country.
But at that time Mr.. Wilson was q
member Of the other faction OF the
democracy. He was not actively In
politics. but a. 4 student Of history
and OF current events took q Aeen In
terest IN thu game. He stood With
Evening star., 1914-12-29
The Kitchen Stove,

Oar ism any sunlight, SO comfortin' an
bright.
Like what was shinin' eh'oo Do sum-
mer hours.
Oar ism any music FUN do INSECTS In
deir fight
AS dey goes beggin' sweetness rum
de flowers.
I sho' did like dem lazy days dat seemed
to drift along
AS softly as de breezes in dc grovo.
AS sits a-thinkin' bout 'em, suddenly
hears dis song:
Whats de matter wifi de good old
kitchen stove?"
Use swingin' in de rockin' chair. clus
by de oven door,
An dat dinner makes a mighty sweet
perfume.
An de singin' Of de kittle mingled Wit
de chimbly roar, F-r-
Is melody dat drives away de gloom.
De snow keeps pilin' thicker an hear
de sleighbells chime.
An de breezes dey gifts icy, a. dey
rove
But de laziness 10 jes' as good as twas
in summer time
As long as I sticks BY dat kitchen
stove. |.'
Evening star., 1914-12-29
The Gun in Careless Hands.
From the Pittsburgh Post.

On reading that from thirty to forty
hunters have been killed and hundreds
of others injured. some Of them seri-
ously. in Pennsylvania this season, the
first casual reflection is that the hunt
ers' license law has failed to solve its
problems. At the start it must be
stated that the law In question, as
suming that the hunter may reason
ably be expected to have a care for
himself and other human beings. di-
rects itself rather to protecting
and increasing the supply Of game.
Toward that end 1t has been eminently
successful, and a careful examination
Of the facts will show that 1t also may
be credited with having kept down the
number of mishaps to hunters. With
game increasing steadily. hunting was
never better in this state than now.
and more hunters are attracted to the
woods. In the end 1t may be found,
as usual, that the cause of these trag-
edies Is beyond law: that every one Of
them was due to a carelessness which
ignored all precautions and which
could be controlled only by deprivins
certain individuals Of their constitu-
tional rights of liberty. But suppose
every hunter applying for a license
had to undergo a physical and mental
examination, and II he showed dis
position to nervousness or absent
mindedness the permit was withheld?
Evening star., 1914-12-29
Mollycoddle Government.
From the philad.lpbi. Evening Ledger.

Mollycoddle government means nc
government at all, but disaffection. re-
bellion and eventual chaos. This Is
as true In. democracy as In other
forms of government. Republication
does not mean timidity In the enforce
ment Of the law, but rather full liberty
in the people to determine what the
law shall be- We are not Inclined ia
take too seriously reports OF disturb
ances and conspiracies In the Philip.
pines. but 1t Is apparent that the
and taken seriously In the islands
have already had the effect that every
student of conditions there predicted
months ago. Some Of our politicians
pinos that our rule is q tyrannous
thing, which no noble people would
endure. and they have preached the
doctrine of naturalization until they
have actually succeeded in intoxicating 6
in that semi-barbarous population the
seed Of rebellion.
Evening star., 1914-12-29
A New Type Of Lobbyist.
From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.

There Is call for a new kind OF
lobbying. The old kind has lost favor
in many states it has been definitely
outlawed. The old-tirne lobbyist is
scorned, even IL he isn't arrested. And
for legitimate lobbying there IL still
a demand. People want to know what
is going on in their legislature; they
want to exert influence for and
against important measures as they
arise. Manifestiy, they cannot go per-
sonaily to Interview their representa-.
tives. They need agents, go-betweens
who have time to attend sessions, tc
talk to members and urge the claims
of their constituents. And such an
is a place and q demand for Legitimate
lobbying. But It must be conducted
along new lines.
Evening star., 1914-12-29

to do SO when the Lincoln memorial
was placed on the river bank, directly
opposite Arlington. In this situation
there would seem to be little choice but
to replace the AQueduct bridge at the
most convenient nearby site, which Is
34th street, and await for the Memorial
bridge to give the straightaway access
to Arlington that is now urged as one
of the considerations for the H street
site. The recommendations Of the Sec
retary of War on this subject will
doubtless be based upon q full consid-
Grafton Of all the equities, Including
the interests that have become virtu-
ally vested in a west Georgetown
bridge emplacement.
Evening star., 1914-12-29
The Bridge Problem.

A bridge Is a public necessity and a
public convenience. In selecting a site
for such a structure the authorities
should consider all the conditions, not
merely those affecting the cost, but
those that affect the bridge users and
those that have bearing upon the ex
listing circumstances of business. Thus
in the case Of the proposed replace
ment OF the Aqueduct bridge. SO ur-
gently needed for the public service
and security. there is more to be borne
in mind than the actual expense of con-
struction. 1t is urged by some that a
bridge at H street would cost much
less than one at 34th street. For this
reason a recommendation is on file at
the War Department that this site be
chosen. and 1t is opposed by repre-
sentations Of the citizens Of George
town that SO radical a change from the
present site would greatly inconven-
ience local traffic and dlsarrange local
business. Perhaps, when the bridges
were put across the river in the be-
ginning. the H street site would have
been much preferable to that occupied
by the Aqueduct. but in the years that
have passed since the structure was
completed to carry the canal over the
Potomac on its way to Alexandria
business has adjusted to it, and to re-
move 1t to SO far distant q site as n
street would involve heavy losses.
AS The Star has suggested heretofore,
, there might well be two bridges across
the Potomac, one at H street and one
replacing the Aqueduct at nearby
site. But IL the Memorial bridge Il
constructed there will be no occasion
for the n street bridge. provided the
Aqueduct is replaced at 34th street. II
must be assumed that the government
intends eventually to build Memo.
rial hrid1a In afEact II nladxad itsal1
Evening star., 1914-12-29
Hobson and Bryan.

Mr.. Hobson retires from Congress on
the 4th of March. but not from political
activity. His interest In prohibition as
a national issue will continue, and he
will give a good deal of attention to
the cause.
In an interview he says, respecting
the early future of the cause:
After we have carried five to eight
additional states. as We expect to do in
1915, We will be in position to go to
every candidate for the presidency and
demand that he and his party declare
themselves on this great issue. If the
replies of the candidates of the old
parties are not satisfactory the pro-
htbittonistS have their recourse, but
do not care to talk Of prohibitionist
candidates at this time"
On March 4, 1895. Mr. Bryan, after
service Of two terms in the House, re-
tired voluntarily from that body, but
not from politics. He became, indeed,
more active than ever in the political
field. speaking or lecturing on political
topics wherever an opportunity offered
or could be made. Under the convic-
tion that free silver would be the para
mount issue in the next presidential
campaign, he addressed himself to that,
taking the silver side, and making
friends with the silver men every
where. As all know, he improved the
time so well he became the silver can
didate for President on a platform
which committed the democratic party
absolutely to the free coinage of silver.
And yet when Mr.. Bryan retired from
Congress silver had just met a defeat
in that body. Mr.. Cleveland had forced
through legislation knocking the last
prop from under the white metal. That
the democracy in less than two years
would in national convention condemn
that action seemed most unlikely, If
not impossible. But that happened,
and largely through Mr.. Bryan's infiu-
ence. Between the time of his retire.
ment from Congress and his appearance
at the Chicago convention in 1896 he
had succeeded in fixing a great deal Of
attention on silver and on himself.
Is history, in q way and to degree,
on the eve of repeating itself? Is Mr..
Hobson, between March 4 next and the
time for holding the next national con-
ventions. to do for prohibition what
Mr.. Bryan nineteen years ago did for
silver? Will he succeed in making 1t
the paramount issue of the day? And
| If he does, and yet fails to induce the
democracy to take 1t up In the form
desired by himself and his friends. will
/ he sever his democratic connections
and accept a prohibition nomination for
President?
Mr.. Hobson's activity during the next
eighteen months will be watched with
much interest, and with considerable anx-
iety by some democrats. For an In
stance. there is Henry Watterson. who
lays down with emphasis the PROPOSE
ton that no democrat can be a prohi-
| bitionist. Mr.. Hobson takes the other
side. and even goes to the length of
predicting that in a few years prohibit
| ton will be written into the national
law. If that prediction Is fulfilled, a
good many democrats will have gone
over to the prohibition cause.
Evening star., 1914-12-29

Without displaying any Mexican SYM
pathies, Gov. Colquitt manages to come
pretty near indorsing some Of Huerta's
views concerning the democratic party
as at present organized.
Evening star., 1914-12-29

oh1cial effort will be made to keen
American Indians from being ethno-
logically classified as "Mongolians. -
The American Indians and the Mon
solians are. so far as can be learned.
indifferent to the matter
Evening star., 1914-12-29
Important Function.

THAT man doesn't seems to do much
but stand around and look important" !"
said the manager.
YES" replied the proprietor. He's
naturally gifted that way. All tho rest
Of US are hustling in such q hurly- -burly
fashion that I think 1t well to keep
him around to give a touch Of ease and
dignity to the scene"
when you wishes q po' man Happy
New Year." said Uncle Eben, SIS you
serious enough to perduce two bits to
help make yoh wish come true?'
Evening star., 1914-12-29
Entered as eecond-class mail matter at the POI
office at Washington D. O.

DIn order to avoid delays on - aceount q
NOT be addressed to any Individual connected
with the Office, but simply to THE STAR. or to
the Editorial or Business Department according
I purpose.
Evening star., 1914-12-29

Chinese officials want Theodore Roose-
Welt to write about their country. This
is probably the biggest and most
brilliant press-agent proposition yet
evolved.
Evening star., 1914-12-29
Usefulness,

Did your wife give you a useful
Christmas PRESENT.
'Yes. A box of cigars. I'm saving
them up for summer. and I'll bet no
mosquito will dare como within a hum
dred feet Of where Tn smoking them"
Evening star., 1914-12-29

In order to make its allurements as
a place of residence complete Washing
ton has provided as fine a sleighing sea-
son as could be desired.
Evening star., 1914-12-29

The final adjustment of Walter john
sons salary has taken a great deal of
the excitement out of winter base ball.
Evening star., 1914-12-29

A few of the Filipinos insist on ceie-
brating the holidays in manner Which
permits native customs to overwhelm
the peaceful spirit of the time.
Evening star., 1914-12-29

A few Mexican generals. II is feared.
regard possession of the combination
to the treasury safe as the one reward
worthy OF the true patriot.
Evening star., 1914-12-29

Instead Of sending Happy New Year"
cards Europeans are delivering bombs
by special messengers.
Evening star., 1914-12-29
A New Year Wish.
From tho Chieaso Herald

From tho ChIca00 HefS6s
In distributing wishes for New Year
happiness we must take into consid.
Grafton the comfort of the great ma.
jority. even II Q minority b somewhat
inconvenienced. We therefore wish
be stricken dumb.
Evening star., 1914-12-29

Some of the old-time American states-
men had trouble with their personal
debts. But the modern lecture plat
form has changed all that
Evening star., 1914-12-29

Battleships are expensive but SO is
the warfare that battleships are sup
posed to prevent.
Evening star., 1914-12-29
Success.

We always envy. more or less,
The thing that people call success.
And that is why. 1t may be stated,
1t always gets investigated.
Evening star., 1914-12-29

Every statesman favors economy. but
has his own ideas about the lines op
which retrenchment ought to proceed.
Evening star., 1914-12-29
SHOOTING STARS,
BY PHnANDER JOHNSON.
Greatness.

What is your idea Of a great authorr'
"A great author" replied Miss Cay
enne, "is one whose works you have to
pretend you have read, whether they
bore you or not"
Evening star., 1914-12-29

To the horrors of war is added the
grim monotony of the censors' reports.
Evening star., 1914-12-29
Tho Evening star Newspaper Company.

Business Office. 11th st. and Pennsylvania Avenne.
New York Office: tribune Building.
Chicago ONCE: First National Bank Building.
European Office: Regent St.. London, England.
Evening star., 1914-12-29
Utility Box,
Sl.49

Covered with jap rice mat
ting, has ball feet and wood
handles. 1t is IA inches wide, ~
inches deep and 25 inches long
inside. Bound with bamboo.
Evening star., 1914-12-29

TIE Evening Star. with the Sunday morning
edition. is delivered by carriers within the city
st 45 cent. per month daily only. Is cents per
month: sunday only 20 cents per month. Orders
NAV be sent by mail. or telephone Main 2440.
Collection is made by carrier at the end Of each
mouth
Evening star., 1914-12-29

rayable in advance-by mail. postage prepaid:
DafIy, Sunday included. one month. 60 cents.
naily. Sunday excepted. one month. 20 cents.
Saturday Star. 81 year: Sunday Star $2 10 year.
Gilpin observer., 1914-12-03

the communion to dying farmer
Disregarding orders the sentries, good
Catholics. allow the priest to pass. He
disappears on the other side of the
bridge. Suddenly one of the sentries
sees flicker of light along the ground
80 yards away. A rush to the spot
and the good priest is discovered
STOPPING at the base of one of the
bridge arches. The stick of dyna-
mite on the ground and blackened
fuse in his hand leave no doubt as to
his intentions. The sentries did not
wait for court-martial, but executed
the priest" on the spot. Papers found
on him proved him 10 be captain IN
Hessian Hussars regiment.
In a trench near the Belgian border,
a few days ago. A iovial old chap.
farmer, comes along with basketful
OF pears. The shooting has stopped
for an hour OF SO, both sides needing
rest after IL hours of uninterrupted
fighting. A number of farmers in the
region having refused to abandon their
homes, no one questions the farmers
presence among the troops. and his
basket is soon emptied. AS they are
given away the farmer is thanked all
around and is just leaving when he is
grabbed by the throat suddenly by
one OF the troopers, who half chokes
his victim before shouting. He's
German. He was my boss in Paris"
And so it was. For IL years Joseph
! Habig had been chief accountant in
n Do uric 10
was German, every one knew it, but
he was a good accountant. Under
him worked half a dozen young
| Frenchmen. Two days before the dec
laration of war his consul had warned
! him to leave Paris-and he had His
| knowledge Of French had been used
| BY his officers when he joined the Ger
man army, and he returned This
time he stayed.
| The last III ths best In Paris last
month. at the wAr department Offices.
officers hurry, in and out. orderiies
pass like the wind, generals and their
STATS discuss the campaign in the
Railways, young artillery officer, heu-
| tenant Of the general staff, according
to the insignia on his collar. walks up
and down idly smoking. A captain
passes by, asks for a light for his
cigar, and remarks, Nice weather.
lieutenant" No answer. The cap
tain. surprised, repeats his remark.
The lieutenant turns away. Angered
the superior officer goes after him.
The other runs toward door.
It's all over in q tiffy. Friend Lieu
tenant brought iD.o private office
answers questions with an over-the
Rhine accent, which is a trade mark
lie is lieutenant all right. but In
the Eleventh Ravarian regiment. Hs
has made the French war Office his
headquarters for over a week. Some
OF the Paris papers got hold OF the
story, which was, o! course. cut ou
by the censor.
Gilpin observer., 1914-12-03
HOW TREES PROCURE FOOD
Belief 10 That Sustenancs 10 Disested
In Advance Of Its Con-
sumption.

Every gardener knows that a tree
can be fed and made to grow with in
creased vigor. II proper nourishment
in the form OF humus, nitrogen, phos-
phate. etc, be placed about its roots
the tree will absorb this food and
grow rapidly and strongly.
But how the tree feeds is somewhat
more difficult to explain. In all prob
ability the tree digests its food first
and consumes it afterward Certain
1t is that the average tree has no
means of consuming food as a whole.
as members OF the animal kingdom alb
sorb It. 1t is well known that the
larvae of certain insects digest their
food first and consume II afterward
Observation would indicate that this
is exactly what the tree does. The
tiny rootlets act on the substances in
the earth. dissolving and breaking
them up SO they can be absorbed
through the root pores. In order so
to be taken up the chemicals must be
In liquid form and devoid of all waste.
The end of each root is armed with
n horny substance with which It can
burrow through the hard soil in search
of food
Gilpin observer., 1914-12-03
ONE OF NATURES WONDERS
Heart Development in the Child Has
Always Interested Students Of
Biology.

What the editor of the :, edical Rec
ord regards as one of the wonders OF
biology is the manner of the develop
ment of the heart of the child. He
writes as follows regarding an inves-
tigation by a continental physician:
"One of the happiest adaptations Of
nature is found in the functional Pc
culiarities of the infantile heart. From
the embryological viewpoint alone, the
evolution of this organ, from a simple
pulsating tube to complicated four
chambered pump, is one of the won
ders of biology. An interesting phil
osophical inquiry into the special man
ner in which the heart of the child is
Gilpin observer., 1914-12-03

organism is presented by Armbrust>
in the Zentralblatt fur Kinderheil.
kunde, August 1. 1914.
"He notes that the increased rate
of the heart beat in early life dimin-
ishes the burden of the heart in the
following manner: the amount o.,
blood pumped at each impulse is cor
respondingly smaller. the aspiratins
force Of the right heart is increased,
and the rapidly developing heart mus
Gle is more effectively nourished. The
author attributes the relative immuni-
ty of very young children to infectious
diseases to the rapidity with which the
blood flows through the arteries, which
rapidity makes it difficult for micro
organisms to gain foothold in the
blood stream"
Gilpin observer., 1914-12-03
GOATS AS SPY SIGNAL
His Flock Sentenced to Death
for Treason.

Chalons-S r-Marne.-A Frenchman.
Alfred Durot by name, has been sen.
fenced to death by courtmartial for
treason.
During the battle which ragged
around Reims the French artillery op
Grating near the village of Puiseuls
was subjected TO terrific lombard
ment by the Germans. no matter how
often they changed their position. A
careful watch was kept. and II was
discovered that a mile in front OF the
French batteries a shepherd was feed.
ing his flock, among which were Eve
snow-white goats.
The shepherd was arrested, and in
quiries showed that during the Ger.
man occupation OF Puiseulx he was the
only inhabitant who had not been mo-
Tested, and that he had been given the
white goats whose presence was to
signal the position of the French
guns
Durot, at his trial. admitted his
guilt
Gilpin observer., 1914-12-03

one of her old laces has been torn by
accident or, through the carelessness
OF a servant That lace has been the
Joy Of her life, the pride of all her
possessions. II Miss Hadley cannot
mend 1t, what Is she to do? Miss Had
ley does mend it. 1t may take months,
sometimes it takes a year il the dam
age is particularly bad, but she can
mend anything that a needle is capa-
BILE of mending. 1t does not signify
IL it is point applique, or rose point,
OF BRUCE, or venetian. or carrickma-
cross, or burano; once she sees the
stitch and the design. the rest is mere
ly a matter of patience-a patience
most trying in some instances.
To assist her in her work. the lace
expert has had to train quite a large
number of women. Some OF these are
going to take up the line of teaching
later on. The work they are now do
ing is delicate in the extreme; it is so
fine that they cannot work at 1t more
than two or three hours a day. On
some Of the pieces made by lace
makers the needleworker is employed
two or three years. The number Of
stitches they take is in the millions.
They make things as small as a but
terfiy and they make others things as
large as a great tablecloth that would
cover a board of the most generous
proportions. No painter ever gave
more attention to detail than do these
remarkable needleworkers in carrying
out the designs in these fabrics. They
have to know art and they have to
know history. They stitch out Egypt's
most famous queen just as easily as
they do the plainest Of mosaic work.
Rich Women Her Pupils.
Probably no woman in the world
has had more rich women for her pu-
pills than has this needleworker from
Canada. One Of the first women she
taught when she came to New York
was Mrs. William Astor. Her second
or third was Mrs. Coils T. Hunting
ton. To give the whole list would be
like repeating the Blue Book
Mrs. Huntington has come to be
one of the greatest collectors in Amer
lea. Her laces are of fabulous value.
She has given more earnest study to
the history of lace than any other of
the rich women that have shown ex-
pertness in needlework. She Is al
most qualified to be lace expert her.
self. II she lost all her money to-
morrow. she could earn n good living
from her knowledge of laces.
TO Miss Hadley's mind no business
open to women today offers greater
opportunities than lace making. 1t is
broad in its scope. 1t takes in the
poor girl and the girl who is gently
bred. Its rewards are large to those
who master 1t. 1t practically is in its