Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-08-30
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.


the litany Of the saints. and the end is
not yet.
Trional and veronal and acetanylid.
examethylasalycylica and host
Of second ana third cousins, medically
speaking. are made practically under a
monopoly by the German manufacturers.
And then there's inks and dyes. The ami
line dye is a German discovery and the
manufacture Of the best class of dyes has
remained in the vaterland Everything
that's dyed. from an empress gown to an
Easter egg. has to pay tribute to the
German thrift. And children's paints.
the little ones pretty hard. with its cut
ting of the supplies OF dolls, toys. paints
and dyes.
And it hits the druggist pretty hard.
Deprived of these important German
drugs, they will have to be content with
American products.
Even grandma, sitting cozily knitting
in her corner, will feel the claws OF the
war beast. Her German yarn. so dearly
beloved by old ladies who knit socks for
daily detested by those who have to
wear them-will no longer solace her
placid hours. She will have to fall back
on the New England yarns. More, the
that in addition to its legitimate uses
performs every known domestic func-
ton, will no longer be hanging at her
belt, SO handy for borrowing to the rest
Of the family. OF course there viii be
scissors, even though Germany be block
AIDED. The keen-cutting. sharp-pointed,
ever-handy and unbendable scissors that
are imported from Germany bear no re-
semblance to the scissors made in the
United States.
Yet in all this sudden shutting out of
German goods there is one note Of solace,
one rift through the clouds Of depriva-
ton. The statistics of the Chamber OF
Commerce show that of musical instru-
NJ
sends US about IS per cent; of those by
far the greatest number are those instru-
ments of torture invented by a German,
one SAKE, commonly known as the from
bone and the bass horn. Had these been
known to Torquemada, his collection of
fiendish iniuuities would have been per-
feet.
The average American has steeled
himself to stand them because he gener-
ally hears them, at least in flocks, at
which he has paid 81 for gallery seat,
and hence must enjoy every note to get
his moneys worth. If pulling an eye
tooth was a part Of the program the
average American would stand it-yes,
and smile, too.-
i
But the Saxe-horn, to be properly
hated, must be heard in its accus-
toned haunt, the third floor back.
1t has now passed, owing to the
blockade Of the German ports. Care
full government statistics show that
one man practicing two hours on a
Saxe-horn on a Sunday afternoon can
destroy more peace on earth than any
other known method. Moreover, the
Saxe-horn begets hate peculiar to IT.
self; 1t Is last, venomous hate 10
Czr thA- To- M M q
feature. it is utterly, wholly depraved.
There isn't wholesome note about 1t,
from it's bumblebee buzz in the bass
to the wild ass bray in the treble. Now.
for time at least, we will be free from
it's terrors, thanks to Great Britains
fleet, but one shudders to think Of
what would happen to the ears of Eu-
rope IL all the Saxe-horns that will &C
cumulate there in the months of war
should suddenly go of in one untver-
Also there is another respite from
suffering that can be obtained on &C
count of the war. The skill OF the
German artisan has SO improved upon
the making Of certain leather used In
piano keys that all piano makers are
compelled to use 1t. Last year we i'm
ported from Germany nearly 100000
worth of this leather, about 30 per cent
of that used. it is said. Now that
trade is cut off.
effect of the sudden cutting of of the
importations Of German hops. 1t is
stated by brewers that, though the
American hops are mainly used in the
brewing of beer. yet it is essential to
a good brew that there should be a
certain modicum of the European hops
introduced. Now, of the European i'm
portation Of hops, Germany imports to
us SO per cent, amounting to $4,000. 900
worth annually.
Nor will the poor alone be subjected
to suffering and Inconvenience by the
stoppage Of German products. People
are too prone to shed tears over the
poor man, never realizing that the rich
man has his trials too. In this case
there's many a poor rich woman who,
by reason Of the blockade, will be de-
prived Of her winters furs and COM
PEELED either to SILVER in the cold
blasts of the coming winter or wear
something else besides sealskin and
mink. Most costly furs come from