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Evening star., 1915-02-03

| refugees. In the raw moonlight the IN
| fants walled dolorously.
| Then Uncle Zeke had suggested the
singing. hoping some rescuer nigh,
hear. Young Amasa Follett and Homer
! Brownlee, out in their boat. hunting uE
D., flood caught folk. had reached AiieL
| Braddock's plantation house SURROUNDED
by water indeed. but on high rise OIL
ground SO that the yard ana the prem
ises were a dry island.
I'VE are safe.' sobbed little Mrs
Braddock, 'and all the negroes in tbe
rent houses close to the mouse. put
Romulus' and Remus families down on
the river, ! know. are drowned:
Now, dey amt mistiss.' Old Uncle
Patch Chinny came hobbl1ng eNcitediy
up to her. his battered hat in his hand:
Jim Bob CLIPPERS m 1is fGoxs HeaT enc. heereo
Thank God for that cried the young
planter. ."They're all in that big syca-
more.
a little later young Folletts boat
can't take but two of you off at a time
-boatll swamp if I take more" he eX-
planned. Help two of the women in,
boys"
Aunt Droon and Aunt Molly. who was
we'll nigh in a fainting condition. were
helped in.
kin you come back pooty quick.
boss" Remus asked. anNiously. DE
babies is a chillin' powerful. and de ole
Put the infants in. The boat'll hold
that much more weight, sure answered
Eollett
Half way to the plantation house a
great floating log headed straight into
the light boat 1t shook and keeled
over There was flash of something
white, and when the boat righted itself
and the moon came out of the shadow
again there was only one infant on the
boat.
The rescuers made three more trips
between the plantation house and the
tree. Last of all to be taken off were
Romulus and Delphi. The latter had
refused to leave until her man could
go with her.
AS she sat nursing her sleeping child
on the Braddock back porch, a strange
look on her comely face. Remus looked
inquiringly about. 'Wha my Ill Sal?' he
asked.
Aun, Droon fell into bitter weeping.
Remus' yellow face hlanched. ''Wha
my i'll Roweny?" he repeated
''Da want nobody to blame. Reme.
implored Unkle Zeke. when the pitiful
tale was told him
Il hain't blamin' nobody" cried
Remus, in frantic misery. But what
I gWine tell Adefine when she axe fun
huh babyo"
After five days the river went back
to it's bed. and Adeline. undiscovered
creature with face followed by woe.
managed to get out to the Braddock
house.
When she reached the house Delphi.
who had in the five days become a
shadow of herself, was out in the
garden helping the Braddock cook to
Evening star., 1915-02-03
PROVIDES NEW BUREAUS
Administration Health Service
Measure Now Before the Seno+e

The administration bill ror ,h. os.,b
lishment of two new buresus i, ~.
public health service is now heror. III.
'eha'e' ana mas been referred to the
Interstate ana foreign commerce COM
h'i''ee OF that body. The bill has
PASSED the House. and has been urged
ioi enactment by Secretary McAdoo OF
.he treasury Department. in which
JURISDICTION the public health service
lies. The two bureaus sought tn he
created are for the study of rural
hygiene.
The bureau of rural sanitation would
disseminate information Of use in the
country districts for the prevention of
communicable diseases, while the bu-
reau Of mental hygiene would stud,
mental disorders and issue bulletin:
describing its findings on that subject
Evening star., 1915-02-03

SHE WAS HOLDING ADELINE's
HEAD IN HER LAP.
gather lettuce. radishes and greer
onions. Her infant was asleep on tht
| kitchen floor.
with a joyful scream Adeline fel
upon the child. Oats my baby! Ho"
came you alls tell me she wal
| CONSERVATION reigned among the
| negroes. Delphi came In from the
garden. DE child is mine she de,
clared calmly. de chH Is mine. !
Before Adeline realized what she In
tended Delphi had quietly taken the
child from her arms Nor would she
relinquish hold of her again. but sat
stoldly holding her even into the
night.
Remus in the five days of his fran
tic grief had not looked at the child.
but now he declared she was "ezzact-
ly like" his '1il Roweny.'
Romulus only shook his head: De
nanny. she ought to know, De
nanny. Rene. she ought to know!
Delphi says hits her baby
walls. "oh. Remus. make huh glib de
little un to me-. o Mis- Roweny. you
made de little clothes she had on.
You knows she's my little Roweny"
The clothes We're exactly alike
.1s groaned. "oh. Allen, why did I not
| trim them differently"
At midnight Adeline approached
Delphi again. "Fuh de love O God
Delphi. gimme my baby foh / goes
look at mammy.'
The little one, nursing. smiled vi
in Adeline's face, but returned con-
tentedly to her meal.
"Yous already stracted, poah theng.
Delphi said to Adeline. I'D let yol
take huh and hold huh again yoal
l poor, achin' haht, only Is feerd yo,
mout make off wild huh some way"
In her despair Adeline threw hersel
on the floor and lay there duly moan
ing. In the early dawn she arose ant
slipped into the room where MIR. an
Mrs. Braddock ftfully slept. Wher
look upon her face she bent owe,
Delphi, still sitting clutching the in
fant.
dis one last time, Delphi?" she asked.
Delphi shook her head
Adeline dropped her arms stiffly
.Alius be good to my little un. Del
de Lawds in hebben. I gwine com,
back and ha'nt you eff you don't.
She turned and went swiftly dowr
. the high steps and out of the yard
Five minutes later Delphi heard ;
gunshot in the direction of the oil;
graveyard. few hundred yards from
the house. She threw the child lik,
a rab doll on the bed and ran from
the house. When the other negroes
awakened by the report, reached her
she was sitting under the ancen,
i've oak tree in the old graveyard
holding Adelines head in her Ian
De pistol shot she lowed Kill
nuhsef wid. mussed huh" she said
she Jest tremblin'. dat's all. l jes
de livin' baby wuz hern and Il,
drowned one was mine, but de 'stract
ed haht IN me told me to meek hu;
grieve like wuz grievin-Iet hui
Gwine rise out'n my sin now and ,.a
Joice in my sistuh's happiness in hu,
chile. and de I.awd send me nn,no"
Amen echoed the listening negroes
tTHE ENID ''''
Evening star., 1915-02-03
Little Storle,
10 Bedtime
BY THORNTON W. BURGESS.
iCopyrig 1915. by J. q. LoydD
Nanny Meadow Mouse Might
Have Laughed.

1t wasn't nice. not a bit nice, of
Danny Meadow Mouse to laugh at
Nanny Meadow Mouse when what she
had thought was a heap of snow sud
denly came to life and frightened her
almost out of her wits. Danny had
known all the time that it was Jumper
the Hare, and he had laughed until
his sides ached to see Nanny dive head
first into one of their little round door
ways 1t had seemed to Danny great
joke. but it was some tirle before
Nanny could see il that way.
You might have told me- she kept
saying over and over II think it was
just mean of you not to. I never had
seen Jumper in his winter coat before,
Evening star., 1915-02-03

POOH" REPLIED DANNY. DON'T
BE A FRAIDY."
so how was I to know? | don't think
it was bit funny, SO there.'
Danny looked little ashamed, and
said as many nice things as he could
think of and promised that he never.
never would let Nanny be fooled that
way again.
You won't have the chance" de-
clared Nanny. Thereafter I am going
to keep away from any strange white
heaps. They may be nothing but snow.
but I'm not going to take any chances.
You can't fool me twice, Danny Meadow
Mouse"
POOH replied Danny. Don't be a
fraidy. There isn't any one around
here with a white coat but Jumper the
Hare, and he wouldn't hurt flea.
Shadow the Weasel wears white, but
you can always tell him by his black
tail. Besides he almost never comes
way out here on the meadow.
'1 don't care" retorted Nanny. I've
been fooled once and that's enough.
And if you'll take my advice. Danny
Evening star., 1915-02-03

on his neck. and only one of infinite
wisdom could have told the infants
apart.
1t had rained for days there on the
Colorado-mild, warm November rains
Usually when the river got near the tor
of its banks the negroes fled to higher
ground, but before Adeline could re-
turn from town the floods swept over
the fields and the occupants of the two
cabins, visiting and feasting. were
caught unawares. and scarcely had time
to Climb into the great sycamore,
AS the hours passed the water stead
lily climbed inch by inch. Uproote ed
pecan trees fioated by. Piteous. drenched
rabbits and an occasional wildcat
squatted in the brush of the trees
boats ripped from their fastenings and
borne away by the flood passed the
Evening star., 1915-02-03
Bills Provide Additional Judges

new circuit judge for the hfth cir
cunt. including Texas and Louisiana.
and an additional United States judE"
in South Carolina would he authorized
under bills favorably reported by tn.
House Judiciary committee.
An additional United States district
judge in New Jersey also would be
authorized under a bill agreed to yes
terdsy by the committee.
Evening star., 1915-02-03

movement are from the ranks Of those
who have been working for years to
secure the political enfranchisement OF
women. Most of them believe with Mrs
Schreiner that giving women the rul-
ing influence would in itself promote
peace. The party platform contains a
plank to that effect Mrs. Carrie Chap
man Gait, president of the Interna-
tional Woman Suffrage Association
DR.. Anna Howard Shaw and Mrs Henry
among those most prominent in organ
izing the woman's peace party. and
most of the active workers are firm be-
levers in political equality.
Much of the peace sentiment of the
world is due to women. Baroness Won
Suttners book.
Women Express Lay Down
Peace Sentiments. ns,un y ouf nan ar'ns' !,
Nobel prize. has been translated into
several languages. 1t is generally re-
garded as one of the strongest argu-
ments for international peace ever pro-
duced. Mrs. Belva Lockwood of Wash
ington. d. c.. was one of the first ad-
Nocates of peace organization for
this country. She attended the earlier
conferences at The Hague and has lee
tured and written extensively upon in
ternationaI peace. In the calm serenity
of her eighty-four years Mrs. Lock :
wood sees in the new organization a
fruition of her earlier dreams Peace
will come to the world ultimately
she said recently. But it can come
only through women's efforts"
number of efforts toward securing
peace sentiment in the public schools
have been ip operation in different
parts of the country. Mrs. Andrews of
Boston originated the idea OF school
peace leagues, which have been ex-
tensively organized. especially in New
American Peace Association has
awarded prizes for a number of essays
upon peace written by public school
children. Programs for peace day ex-
provided. \The womans peace party
viii soon be in position to supply ali
kinds of literature bearing upon
peace and the measures to be taken t1
avoid war 1t will supply peace pro-
grams suitable for schools, churches
clubs and other organizations
In their effort to remove the eco
ncmic causes of war, women will give
attention to all industrial conditions
winch are now threatening to destroy
peace in certain localities. Great pos
slpii.ties exist for the service of wom-
between labor and capital. This fact
has lately been recognized by the
United States government. which has
included women upon it's advisory COM
mission. Women's efforts will tend to
avert hostilitias chiefly because of the
suffering they entail upon other wom-
en-. The woman's peace movement is
most altruistic in that it AIMS always
to consider the viewpoint of even the
woman upon the opposing side.
Evening star., 1915-02-03
Seeks Marriage Annulment.

Annulment of marriage is sought il
petition filed today by Henry w
Lockett against Mary T. Lockett. They
were married August IL, 1913, and have
no children. Attorneys a. B. Webb and
d. c. Whitaker appear for the hus-
band.
Evening star., 1915-02-03
The WOMEN'S PEACE
MOVEMENT.
By Frederic ]. Haskin.

| did not raise my son be soldier
! do not want to my darling boy
March of to war. gun upon his sitouider,
With which to wreck some other mothers JOY.
The influence of this crude little
music hall ballad has been keenly felt
by those who have to secure the en-
listment of young men in the army OF
Great Britain. 1t was first sung few
weeks after the opening of the war;
and the spirit of it is sweeping over
all Europe as well as England. 1t has
crossed the Atlantic ocean and is AID
ing in the development of the womens s
peace movement in America. A sense OF
the cruelty and injustice of war is
being aroused in the minds and hearts
of all womankind.
Because America is now the oniN
great world power unaffected by war
it was felt that an international peace
effort could be best developed by the
women here Aided by Nine. Rosika
Schwimmer of Austria and Mrs. Pethick
Lawrence of England. the foundation
of worldwide peace campaign LOT
women was laid in Washington iaSt
month at a great mass meeting attend
ed by many prominent women repre-
senting every part of the United States.
The name of the new organization is
"the woman's peace party. It's presl-
dent is Miss
Miss Jane Addams Jane Addams.
Heads Organization. quarters for
the present are at Hull House, Chi
cago. The purpose of the organization
is to enlist the efforts of all American
women in arousing the nations of the
world to respect the sacredness of hu-
man life and to abolish war. The plat
form includes eleven planks. the first
favoring the calling of a convention OF
neutral nations in the interests or an
early peace in Europe. just how this IS
to be brought about is not yet dennlte-
ly decided. but the women are planning
to work valiantly for it.
Other planks include the limitation
of ornaments and the decentralization
of their manufacture, the education of
youth in their deals of peace, the or
ganized opposition to militarsm in this
country, concert of nations instead
of a balance Of power" and the re-
moval of the economic causes of war.
One of the first efforts will be made
to secure the appointment, by the gov
ernment of the United States. of a COM
mission of men and women with ade-
quate appropriation and authority to
take definite steps toward promoting
Congress for this purpose is now under
way. Its signatures will represent the
great mass of American womanhood.
The woman's peace party is abso-
lutely opposed to any warlike prepara-
tion in this country. 1t is already cir
culating the following resolution: RE
solved that we denounce, with all the
Of which We are capable,
the concerted efforts now being made
to force this nation into a still further
for war. We desire to
make a solemn appeal to the higher
attributes of humanity to- help us un-
mask this menace to our civilization"
The ministers of many churches have
already Endorsed this resolution, which
is also to be presented to the mem
bers of Congress with many signatures
attached.
The peace party is rapidly organizing
branches in all parts Of this country
and affiliating,
D1ooac BRO n ohao nv coyresDopd-
Evening star., 1915-02-03
Potomac River Landings


Steamers leave 7th 81. wharf fo- Baltimore and
yivcr points Monday, Wednesday and Saturday, {
pm arrive Baltimore second morning out. Leave
hsltmore. Pier 3, Light st. Monday Wednesday
sod Saturday. 8 ? NJ: arrive Washington second
morning out. Ri=cr freight prepaid Psssenge,
service nrs,.c Freight received until S:lS
q. sailing days.
JOS y. STEPHENSON Agent
Maryland. ID Ia ware and Virginia Rwy. Co..
b Telephone Main 745 eth Wharf.
Evening star., 1915-02-03

Riches may have wings, but poverty
never flies very high.
Evening star., 1915-02-03

II you want work. read the want COL
unns of The Star
Evening star., 1915-02-03
Sample Each Free by Mail

With arp. Skin Book request. Address post
card "CU'rICURA. DEPT. T. BOSTON," Sold
throughout the world.
Evening star., 1915-02-03
Places Branches
All Over the U. S

All Over the U. S. womsn.s vnvu W." n.sas sne
orga nizations Of other countries. The
General Federation of Women's Clubs
| is cooperating in every way. State
presidents and secretaries are supply
ing the names of the different local or
ganizations to which literature and
membership blanks will be sent Tho
peace work is not new in the clubs.
Hundreds of them have had peace COM
mittees for years. The new peace party
will endeavor to unite all peace efforts
in one great crusade which will ulti-
mately cover the world.
Every woman in the country is eligi-
BILE to membership in the peace party.
Sustaining members will pay 81 a year
into the national treasury. Local
groups wherever organized, will pay
S. to the same purpose, in addition to
the money used for their local work
The funds secured by dues and, dona-
tionS, which are already coming in lib
orally, will be used to propagate peace
supplying literature, public lectures
and other means The money con-
tributed will all go directly to this pur-
pose, since the officers are giving their
services gratuitously.
The underlying principle is the WON
ems peace movement is dominated by
ma ternalism, which represents the
broadcast humanitarian efforts of the
world. Years ago, while a prisoner
in Boer hut, guarded day and night
by six kaffir soldiers. Olive Schreiner
rewrote from memory her great book,
"W omen and Labor. The first manu-
scripts had been destroyed by the SOL
diers who wrecked her home and scat
tered her library to the four winds.
Out of the fullness of her own expert
ence and observation Mrs. Schreiner
wrote: ''The worlds wars would soon
be ended if women had the controlling
influence, because woman sets a higher
value upon human life and flesh than
man. Having born it by her own
agony she will not have it ruthlessiy
sacrificed
Millions of women have read this
book and unconsciously indorsed its
sentiment T h e
| Would Train Sons highest patriot
| =. ism to them no
Ia al 70 VI AS~' longer repre-
| sents sacrificing their sons to fight for
| their country, but rather in training
| them in the arts of peace. in order that
| they may work to increase their coun-
| try's wealth and prosperity. Women
are now rebelling against risking their
own lives to produce what may de-
velop into mere cannon fodder" nor
! do they desire their sons to be engaged
in destroying the lives of other moth
Evening star., 1915-02-03

did not raise my son TO be a soldier.
do not want to see my darling boy
March off to war. a gun upon his shoulder
With vVhicb tn wreck some other mother
Evening journal., 1915-03-26
Lawn Tennis in Popular Favor
(From the New York Tribune.)

The astonishing popularity of lawn
tennis is impressing those who like 10
survey in prospect the nations annual
sports crop. Mr.. Wrenn, the presi-
ident of the United States Lawn Ten
mis- Association, has announced 167
fixtures for the coming season, the
greatest number in history. 1t has
needed only half an eye TO note the
rapidly growing interest in the game
manifested in the city parks, in the
increase of rentable courts wherever
a vacant block makes their construc-
ton profitable in the growth of ten
mis- clubs, and i'm the greater empha-
sis the game has acquired among col
legians Since from every point of
view lawn tennis is one of the best
and most beneficial of games, its
mounting favor must be hailed as a
sign Of health in the community. its
popularity. if permanent, as an added
bulwark Of democracy.
The present tennis wave Is in the
nature of revival. extending over
half decade Following its inven-
tion or adaptation from the ancient
court tennis in England in 1874. lawn
tennis enjoyed i'm this country a
vogue which reached its crest IN the
early nineiies. Later it lost ground
before the invasion of golf, probably
for the reason that il had not yet OBJ
tanned hold on American youth. ever
conservative in its attitude toward
sport, but had appealed mostly to
those TO whom golf appealed even
more, namely to men and wom-
en- in their thirties and early
forties. For a decade or more popu-
lar interest in lawn tennis declined
steadily, until Newport, the home OF
the national tournament, seemed al
most its last stand
Then out of the West, like a Lochin.
var wooing international honors. ap-
peared Mclaughlin, the theatrical,
brilliant youngster. His dash, hi:
triumphs. fired the imagination o
youth. The reaction in the games
favor comedies roughly with his ad
vent And it is reaction which ha'
every Indication Of permanence, sine
Evening journal., 1915-03-26
snRMARrNEs AND FALsE ALARMS.

f Charles NJ schwab gave positive assurance to the
Federal administration that no submarines or
parts Of such craft for the any of the European
begerents would be manufactured in any of the Amer
ican plants controlled by him, he should keep that
promise. Il should not be forgotten however, that
rumors such current relative to violations
of such agreement for tho benefit OF Great Britain
investigated several weeks ago and found to be
groundess As the new rumors which now are to be
investigated ciroumstantia they, too.
may he found to be groundess
Those responsible for them should be careful Too
much of that sort of crying wolff" when there is
no wolf may lead tho Federal authorities TO become
exceedingly careless along submarine and other lines.
There may time when the situation demands
real action and when because OF former false alarms
it will not be forthcoming Tho right or the wrong Of
presentday doings of Mr.. Schwab and his companies
depends entirely upon the terms of the promises he
made.
Evening journal., 1915-03-26
Mr.. Root to Business Men
CFrom The New York SUM

The address which ex-senator Root
made TO the Union League Of Phila-
dclphia on Tuesday night will be an
inspiration to thoughtful Americans
Into whose hands the full text falls.
For the truths II told. for the lofty
non-partisan spirit that peryaded il
and for its invocation TO the business
men of America to take the field in
order TO save the country from the
vicious tendencies threatening the
Democratic form Of government, this
great speech of Mr.. Root should have
the widest circulation.
No country where the business men
are no longer consulted OF listened to
by the government can prosper, and
it must degenerate and decay. This
was Mr.. Roots theme As he said,
knowledge Of the business affairs of
the country has actually disquali-
fed men from taking any part in the
control Of the government over busi-
ness" The cause OF this he pointed
out was a new sectiOnalism: "The
great industrial communities of the
North and East are becoming subject
TO the control of people in other sec
tions OF the country who know moth
ing Of the North and East. or its busi-
ness, or its ideals" What intelligent
man, whether he be Republican, Dem
ocrat or Progressive, but knows that
Mr.. Root states the simple truth
Does not the radical, arbitrary and
oppressive legislation Of the last two
Congresses eloquently prove it--legis-
lation based upon the principle that
business, great or small, has no rights
that the national Legislature is bound
to respect? Business may be able TO
stand it for a season. but in the long
run the country cannot stand it, for
to quote Mr., Root:
IF we permit bureaucracy to es-
tablish itself over our daily lives con-
ditiOns will go from bad to worse
Power will be abused. Confidence will
be utterly shattered. l grieve to see
Evening journal., 1915-03-26
BECKER STILL IN FIGHTING NOON.

CHARLES BECKER the former police lieutenant Of
~ New York, who is under sentence of death fer
alleged completely in the murder Of Herman Rosenhal
gambler and nformer, by hired gunmen who already
have paid the penalty for their crime is making an
other fight for life His counsel has asked the Court
Of Appeals in New York State the conviction
resulting from the second trial and to give him new
chance to show his innocence.
He contends that James Marshall, negro witness
for the prosecution lied and that Charles B. Pitt Jr,
who formerly Beckers "press agent" a 'luna-
tic and perjurer, If be both" No one
need doubt for instant that any effort will be spared
to save the life of the former popular and powerful
member Of the police force who seemingly experiences
difficulty in obtaining funds in furtherance Of his
long and persistent fight for life