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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-20
Old Charon Must Explain.
rom the Buffalo Express.

From the Buffalo EXPRESS
His boat made fast after the last trip
of the night, Charon, homeward bound.
encountered a stranger in one of the
ill-Iighted streets along the water
front.
whats the idea?" asked the old
sailor.
Summons" the stranger replied. pro-
ducing the papers. '"The interstate
commerce commission wants to know
how you killed off all competition. You
lpublic-service corporations are in for
hard winter"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-20
twenty gallons of distilled water every
twenty-four hours.

tWenty.1Ouf nOuf8.
The still was simplicity itself. For
cooking food the Chinese use large
fiat saucer-like pans. made Of iron.
With one Of these above and another
below, the coolie made q drum Of
galvanized iron with hole in the side
for trough. Into the lower pan hot
water for boiling was poured. Under
meath hot FIRE sent up q constant
steam vapor. The upper kettle was
kept cool by frequent changings Of
cold water. The vapor from the lower
kettle. condensed on the lower surface
of the cool upper kettle. dripped on
into the trough. and filled bottle after
bottle with distilled water.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-20

our own difficulties are nothing compared
with those of our German friends. There
is hardly household that has not q
and each day brings the news Of many
killed and wounded-you may imagine
the rest"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-20

messed the mobilization of the British
army for war and the frantic efforts of
stranded Americans to obtain passage
on early steamers for the United
States.
ton. his wife and three children are
expected to reach New York today
on the Red Star liner iceland.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-20
Nothing to Fear.

From the Boston Transcript.
Ethel-Oh, Jack. be careful tonight.
Fapa's brought home a bulldog.
Jack-That's all right The dog used
to belong to me and l got the dealer
to sell him to your father.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-20
THE CHAPEAU CHIC.

For sporting wear colored hats are
lovely. One was in pale raspberry
pink felt. and the ribbon around the
crown was in exactly the same shade
Then there was a large buckle in dull
blue horn. Such a hat as this seems
to call for a floating veil in white
washing lace.
The Parisiennes. at last accounts.
were quite enthusiastic over the small
err sailor shapes in white. pale blue
or pale pink felt.
More About Sailors
These smart shapes At down on the
head after the manner of a mans hat,
and they can be trimmed with a band
Of wide ribbon or with a single rose
placed fiat on the brim. near the front
Some milliners. and very many of
our Photographic beauties, have ex-
aggerated the bergere outline. We
have had models which were raised at
the back over dozens of roses or VOL
luminous loops of ribbon. These hats
made the head look grotesque and ex-
aggerated. and SO they came to be re-
garded with suspicion.
A Fascinating Model.
influential milliners in the Rue de La
Paix was an enthusiastic admirer of
the Louis XVI period, and she has
created some notable bergere hats
which were received with rapture by
the more exclusive Parisiennes.
One OF these models is Of black vel
vet, with satin ribbons, In sapphire
blue, combined with duh red roses
This gives excellent results, or 1t
might show black velvet ribbon with
a single pastel-pink rose. These hats
demand that the hair should De
dressed high and rather loose at the
sides.
Several smart hats are distinctly
lamp-shade in design.
The Velvet Crown.
These hats have domed crowns COW
cred with velvet or satin, and trans
parent brims made of tulle, chiffon or
shadow lace. One model chosen had a
dainty little wreath of dull gold roses.
framed in silk leaves, circling the
crown. and the wide brim turned back
very slightly from the face.
In the same atelier a similar shape was
carried out in midnight-blue chiffon
velvet and shot gauze, which showed
rs of deep blue. silver and very
;, purple. The crown of the hat
was ciroled by a narrow band of
skunk. and at one side there was
large black satin iris which had its
petals lined with silver gauze.
The Velvet Sailor.
The charm and popularity of fiat
brimmed sailor hats covered with
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-26

saloon keeper told the. every man has
his price. The only way to escape con-
tamination Is to do as the high official
in the Lincoln Administration did-get
out before your figure 10 reached"
Expressions OF this nature have been
common from the remote past. and as
Il rule their substance has naturally
been highly colored by environment or
the peculiar profession to which a man
belongs. Day and night for years upon
years Mr.. Moss has been bounding
grafters and has held Investigations
into the various dark branches Of their
nefarious lives. And 30 the suspicion
Of graft has perforce become more or
less second nature to him. Just as a
physician Is apt to see a world OF dis
ease. an alienist n race Of degenerates
and insane folk.
But is 1t true that every man has
his price? why. Mr.. Moss could take
train at any station in this city and
ride continuously for Ave, six or seven
days and by various routes reach any
city on the Pacific coast. II every man
had his price Mr.. Moss could not do
that. Every brakeman, every signal
man In the towers, every clerk between
here and San Francisco Is on his trust,
on his honor to do his duty like
most Of the rest Of mankind in this
workaday age, and one cannot do hon
est duty and be a CRATER, for the two
principles Of conduct are negation
OF each other.
The world couldn't run day X a
tenth or twentieth Of men were graft.
ers. Holdup men aud road agents
could rob and wreck every train In
operation at this minute II brakemen
had their price,
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DEAF SMITH.
The son Of GhiIiab smith and Great.
Grandson or prrScr, cd Smith

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuS-Sir: Hav-
ing been interested in the letters re-
Gently published in your columns con-
corning Deaf Smith, otherwise Erastus
Smith, the Texan, permit me to state that
the whereabouts and date of his birth are
not mysteries, as claimed by one OF your
correspondents According to manuscript
letters quoted in Yoakum's History Of
Texas he was born in New York Apri,
~. 1857, the son OF Chliab and Mary
Smith, and emigrated with them to Mis-
sissippi Territory, settling near Natchez
when he was l. years OF age. He went
10 Texas first in 1917, returning home,
and going there again In 1921 finally
lie died IN Fort Bend In 1897.
his parents one was "A probable de-
sccndant In direct line from the old
Puritan divine the Rev Henry Smith ~
Wethersileld. who came from England in
1896 or 1887, and settled in Connecticut
Chiliab Smith, son of Preserved Smith.
and probably the father of Deaf Smiths
father. became a Baptist minister In his
old age; hut most of Reverend Henry's
descendants have been Presbyterians, Con-
grcgationalists or tnltarlans. and have
been prominent in church and state
throughout the North and South, indo-
pendent and courageous as thinkers, edu-
Gators, rulers and fighters,
ONE OF THE KIN.
NEW YORK. January %
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Nr. Moss on Graft.

Assistant District Attorney FRANK
Moss will retire on February TO de-
vote his time to his private practice
Mr.. Moss has been n notable investl-
gator and vigorous prosecutor. but we
are sorry to see him leave his office
with gloomy views upon society In
general. In nm address delivered on
saturday night in the Twenty fourth
Street Methodist Church Mr.. Moss ex-
pressed the belief that graft Is very
widespread and that II has permea ted
society in every direction.
\ news report quotes Mr.. Moss thus /:
II am not defending the known grafters.
but am trying to impress upon you that
none of MS can look the other man in the
face and point a finger at him and say
that he alone Is the only CRATER.
MANY a man who has started out to
expose graft In official circles has lost
all interest in such an exposure when
some police officer or other official has
whispered quietly In his ear. Even min
listers OF the Gospel have been known
to have been so affected.
ut IL pretty nearly true that. as a
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ARISTOCRAT AND TRAMP.
Some Queer Traits Of the lndOmcst !.
Gated DOmcSt icatpd Cat.

To THE EDITOR or THE SUS--Sir: The
letter In THE SUN about the "Furred Devil
of the Goals" interests me and other cat
fanciers, including most poets
l am not prepared to admit that the
cat Is "A devil" though 7 never saw an
angelic cat. IL II the part devil or tiger
In cats that makes them worth study.
You are never sure OF cat. For all his
Cor her) "domestication'' the cri,ter is
fierce. wild and untaned at heart.
The cat is an aristocrat loves to he
Immaculate and magnificent loafs is or
was they tell m. cats have given up
housing and YOU have to depend on "A
trap n hunter certainly is an amorist
musician and a fighter Why does this
splendid. clean being condesCend To dirt.
run to the coal bin
7 have n big gray cat with a glorious
long arching tail. a blooded cat. with
eyes of yellow green and the Lord knows
how many other colors eyes that in the
dusk look bigger than the illuminated dial
Of the City Hall clock Velvet cushions
are hardly good enough FOR him. He
than an antique rug. Yet at times this
fellow, Robin Gray Is his hamc. will
disappear for days, He comes back be-
dragged. smeared with ashes. stained.
whole tufts Of his beautiful fur missing.
a dirty and disconsolate puss. He knows
IT, He IL particularly affectionate and
purrful till we have washed him and he
has washed himself many "A time and oft.
In time he becomes naughty. luxurious
and Indifferent again.
Why do the Cleanest cats joyfully ex-
pose themselves to dirt? FErIs SEpEr.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass, January "a
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Cold storage Fish.

The preservation Of food for pro.
longed periods has become an impera-
tive necessity In modern life; the food
supply OF enormous populations is pos
sible only through the ingenious preser-
walton Of surplus food for future use.
The old methods Of deslccation and salt
ing changed the flavor and digestibllity
of foods to such n degree that the
palate Of the average modern man
and woman protested. Preservation by
means Of ice WAS unsatisfactory for
prolonged storage.
The discovery Of the ammonia proc
ess for the production Of low tempera-
lures has changed the entire aspect Of
cold storage. Exact information upon
the chemical changes in meats. eggs,
butter. &C.. under prolonged refrigera.
ton has been furnished by the Bureau
Of Chemistry. Fish has been an excep-
ton. however. and we hail with salts
faction the information published re
Gently by the biochemical laboratory of
the College Of Physicians and Surgeons.
Columbia University. on the effect Of
refrigeration upon founders. These
data are applicable TO all cold storage
fish and they demonstrate conclusively
that after storage Of two years there is
no change in nutritive value or other
desirable qualities II the fresh fish are
frozen. then dipped in water and again
frozen TO maintain the moisture within
the flesh.
The prejudice against cold storage
fish IL unfounded. 1t arises from care
less handling by the retailer who ex-
poses the fish TO higher temperatures
dust and needless lingering. The Board
OF Health may find fruitful field for
Improvement In this regard.
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4 Strange BIRD OF the Desert.

Does the road runner or chaparral
fence Of chollo spikes around him
and then despatch the reptile at leisure;
The story. received with scepticism.
has often been told about this bird of
the Southwest. Mr. JOHN FEENEY Of
Elmira recently went TO Arizona 10
learn the truth lie armed from some
of the pioneers that they were ready To
make affidavits that they had witnessed
the capture and death Of rnttlesnakes
In the aforesaid fashion. Mr.. SIDNEY
DE LONG of Bisbee affirmed that he had
seen pair Of road runners, evidently
mates, do the trick. Cattlemen were
prolific in experiences Of the kind. but
the Arizona Historical Society had no
data.
The road runner Is such strange
bird that anything told about it is be-
licved. DIR. WILLIAM T. lIoRNADAY In
his american Natural History" Is
credulous himself. The bird. he says,
sis remarkably odd In form and also in
its habits" lie thus Describes 1t:
ut Is about the size OF a small crow.
with a tail as long as Its entire body and
head. and legs that are 30 long and strong
they seem like those OF grouse. save
that the toes are longer. The body Is
slender, but the neck and head are large
and the head has conspicuous crest.
The beak is large. Although the bird has
wings II seldom uses them and they must
constantly be growing smaller through
disuse."
Mice. lizards, snakes and Nentipedes
and insects are provender. The doctor
testihes that II Is the most nervous Of
birds, abnormally suspicious and phe.
nomcnally quick In Its movements II
flies little, but leaps far and high with
closed wings. lie estimates that II the
road runner ".oes on 10000 years in Its
present habits II will cease to fly at oil
and will he able to leap twenty feet In
the air. This remarkable description
Of the uneasy and elusive bird Of the
Arizona desert prepares one for 1.-THE
many strange yarns" that have been
told about II, including the story Of
how It traps the somnolent RATHER
In the interests of veracious natural
history Mr.. FRANK NJ. CHAPMAN should
visit Arizona and write a monograph
about GeococcyX californanus.
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Postal Notes,

To THE EDITOR OF THE SrN--ST: In
the annual report Of the Honorable the
Postmaster-General II is STATED that the
Department is conducted not for proft but
for "the convenience Of the people
If the way seems clear would II not
prove n convenience to have the Depart
ment put On sale books of say four or
eight postal notes of the denomination
Of % cents. similar To the popular books
Of stamps, the notes having blanks for
the names Of sender and payce. which
would prevent appropriation in the mails .
This arrangement would facilitate sub
scriptlon to newspapers and magazines
and the purchase Of advertised articles,
which are not at present purchased for
the reason that the liability to loss is
too great. Incidentally this plan might
prove of much profit to the parcel post
through business originating through
these proposed notes, The department
stores will doubtless see the point,
l'HIIlP $, NORTH.
AUGUSTA, Ga, January 23
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FASHIONABLE WORDS.
some That Were We'll born Have lSc'
come Cur tOusIy Taboo.


To THE EDITOR OF THE SuS-ST: II
seems that Poet Laureate Bridges,
Sir walter Raleigh and Thomas Hardy
have headed movement for the speak
Ing and writing or pure English. An
eHort Will be made TO make polte speech
CONSIST or terse. vigorous Engiish words,
instead OF deliberately derived synonyms
They likewise pledge themselves to make
war upon the incorporation or foreign
words.
This enort IS 10 Dc commenced. II not
taken 100 seriously. III foreign WORD
u more expressive OF more easiiy hanu'eu
than its Eng'ish synonyms, let US snow
our common sense by adopting IL regard
less or lts origin When We plead Tor n
more universal use or the good old words
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COnEres.wGrky.

Twas clarkig and the ashurst cores
Did kahn and hefin In the press;
All smootish were the hohson roars
And the payne bills were less
Beware the 'onsresswock, my SON
The laws alright passed In u batch;
Beware the Netobird and shun
The igoe borahpatch.
Ifc took his sisson sword In hand.
Long time the lafollette he sought
So rested he by the Ecrcss tree
And stood In wash near thought
And, as In rootish thought he stood
The congresswock, with eyes of flame,
Came oscrng through The underwood
And jaw nsharped AS II came
one. two. and jayhamlewised through
The worksish blade went snickersnackl
Twas slaydened dead, and with its head
He went lenrooting back.
And hast thou slain the Congressw ock
Come to my arms, poindeXtrous hoy;
Ogorman day, - james hoorayr'
lie keatinged In his JOY.
Twas clarkig, and the ashurst cores
Did kahn and helm In the press,
All smootlsh were the hohson roars
And the payne bills were less.
ARTHuR CHAPMAN.
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Out Of the Mouths Of Babes.

The latest disclosures about the
morals of New York city are supported
and confirmed by the testimony of 800
girls and 100 boys, none over eighteen.
whose reports on motion picture thea
tres and dance halls expose evil con-
dtions which exceed anything older
agents of law and morality have been
able TO reveal" Surely these accom-
pished inluisitors and observers are
entitled to the warmest congratulations
on their success.
To discover things worse than our
adult adopts in vice turn up in their
quests for delectable morsels argues a
talent for the nasty in youth such as
would not he expected by the ordinary
man: yet II Is notorious that Grabbed
age refuses credit to childhood for half
It's capacities and capabilities. Look at
the full grown policeman and the ex-
perienced magistrate: how frequently
they harshly brush aside the most
heartrendlng tales of boys and girls.
coarsely pretending that their authors
may have rOmanced and cynically
doubtng the most interesting details Of
the stories that are related to them.
True social progress gets Its index
and direction from these 600 crusaders
against vice. Votes for children That
will he the battle cry Of those far VI
stoned rcformers who recognize the real
means of regenprating the earth.
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The Wilson.Caminctti Army Test
for Aliens.

When one considers that the United
States has very small army and that
Americans are not military people
the proposal of Commissioner General
of immigration CAMINETT1 to exclude
from the United States all aliens (pre.
sumably OF both sexes) who are not
able "to pass the physical tests re-
aulred of recruits for the United States
army" must be rated as audacious. Sec
rotary WILLIAM BAUCHoP WILSON Of
the Department of Labor, without con.
sutng President WILSON. has made
Mr.. CAMrNrrTI's written proposal his
own by signing 1t. In fact the docu-
ment may be recognized as a collabora-
ton, the product of two original intel
lects wrestling with the Aslatic prob
lem. The following paragraph is illu-
minating:
This method would aid In solving the
problem of Asiatic immigration, as well
as immigration generally of laboring ele-
ments, without violating the most IA
vored nation or other similar clauses
contained In existing treaties. for the
subjects and citizens of all countries
would under such law be treated as to
physical requirements In exactly the same
manner"
Recruits for the army must be ut
least five feet four inches In height
and weigh not less than 1913 pounds.
very great many Japanese, who
make the most mobile infantry In the
world, are neither so tall nor so heavy.
The Japanese now have an equal right
with Europeans to enter the United
States and stay here as long as they
please, but If the Wilson. Camlnetti
amendment to the immigration law
were enacted only Japanese at least
five feet four inches in height and tip
ping the scales at no less than lbs
pounds would be eligible to enter our
gates. Some Of the most famous Gen
erals who fought in the war with
Russia would be excluded. unless they
could qualify as professional men and
tourists. We are not sure about the
inches of the Mikado. but he too might
be prescribed.
Singularly. Secretary WILSON has
overlooked the fact that the conditions
would not bar many lIindus a race Of
Asiatics that he would keep out Of the
United States at all hazards. Hindus
are frequently more than five feet four
In height. Ii Is urged for the Wilson,
Caminetti amendment that as all aliens
are to be treated alike, whether coming
from the East or West, the North or
South, the Japanese could not charge
discrimination and threaten reprisals.
Theoretically this is true. but there
would obviously be a difficulty In well
coming Asatlcs like the Hindus Of suf-
ficent stature and waving away Jap
anese who lacked 1t. The amendment
will have 10 he amended to get around
this point.
As the exclusion OF all competing
aliens. Europeans as well as Asiatics,
seems 10 he desired by those whom Mr..
WILSON and Mr.. CAMTNErTI are trying
to serve, to the army physical require
nents might be added the condition
that strangers nj our gates should have
! auburn hair and blue eyes.
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In the common phrase Of the notable
mel COCKTAILS believes that the power
to "hire and fire" is essential for sue
cessful administration Of the police
force Of this town. Since the day on
which Colonel MICHAEL G. MURPHY sue
ceetied to the authority up to that time
exercised by bipartisan board. and
named WILLIAM s. DEvERY as his first
deputy, the occupants Of the office have
longed for the change In the statutes
which the canal builder makes sine
qua non of his acceptance.
AS patrolman. roundsman. sergeant.
captain, inspector and chief. DEvERY
had contributed regularly to the pension
fund. but the Legislature put him out of
Office and out Of the force. FORGETTING
his rights without sympathy, and its
action was upheld by the courts. fact
Of significance today. During the Gay
nor administration bill for the relief
Of DEvERY was passed by the l.egisla-
ture, but the Mayor vetoed II. princi-
pally because DEvERY did not need the
money. The Devery precedent pretty
thoroughly establishes the right of the
State to do as ii wishes with the force
regardless of pension contributions.
"vested rights and the like.
Protection To the men in. the force
was established and maintained to pre-
vent the evils Of persecution for polit-
ical purposes. With the appointing
and removing power unrestricted ii was
obvious that patrolmen and their SUI
periors would hold their jobs only at
the will of the administrative head
Permanent tenure Of office. with the
Commissioner removals subject to
judicial review. handicaps the execu-
tive. He is a temporary officer trying
TO boss men pretty secure In their
posts, who have history to confirm
their belief that his period in office
will be brief.
The single headed police commission
was established in 1901. and Colonel
MICHAEL &. MURPHY was named for its
head by Mayor VAN WICK on February
~. lie was succeeded by Colonel JOIN
y. PARTRIDGE, who gave way to General
FRANCIS Y. GREENE. whose place was
taken by WILLIAM MCADoo. who I'm turn
was supplanted by General THEODORE
A. BINGHAM, whom WILLIAM +. BAKER
succeeded; the shoes Of BAKER were
Tiled by JAMES c. CRoPsEY, who was
followed by RHINELANDER WALDO, the
immediate predecessor of DOUGLAS l.
MCKAY. OF these nine mmissiOners
the aggregate Of whose terms Of office
is to date less than twelve years,
five had military experience. Mayor
Mitchell wants to have his appointee
IA permanent office holder, as is the ca Sc
with the head Of the London police.
1t will he seen that the policy Of New
York has been to hire and Hire its Police
Commissioners with great frequency
Meanwhile the subordlnates have been
retained In place without much change
the notable exception to this being Com
missioner RINGHAM's successful fight tt
have the inspectors made detailed not
permanent, officers. The rights the men
now enjoy they are not likely to rein
quish without "A struggle, and the prog
ress of the Mayors reforms should give
a pretty complete measure of the
strength of the system of interior or
CARNATIONS which expresses itself in
nominaIlv benevolent and protective as
sOciatiouS.