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Evening star., 1915-11-20

gomery county. Md. on q cunning e1-
pedition.
"He found rabbits SO plentiful" said
a friend, that he tired of shooting
them"
Buckingham returned with bag
containing forty rabbits and two dozen
quail.
]. T. Kennedy. said to be one of the
largest men on the police force, took
his family to Kinsale, on the lower
Potomac, for an outing. The family
enjoyed visit to relatives, while Ken
nedy enjoyed himself following the trails
picked up by his rab bbit and bird dogs.
The sportsman had splendid luck.
He killed q number of both rabbits
and birds.
William Wagner and William Maske
were guests of Lud Chiseldine on the
latter's farm in Maryland one day
the past week. They did their huntins g
in Prince Georges county and managed
to kill rabbits enough for themselves
mad few friends. They got only four
birds.
R. c. Ault and F. G. Stang enjoyed a
trip to Mattawoman creek aboard the
formers launch one day last week
Fishing was not especially good, they
reported. but the managed to get a
string of six bass and two pike.
guest of Austin Savage last Sunday
Savage was the guest of Rollins on a
cunning trip two weeks ago.
Evening star., 1915-11-20
THE EVENING STORY.
LOST LETTER.
tcouyr,eh,. 1915. by W. werner1

(Copyright, 1915 by W. Werrer)
The day had come. For years Eva
leen Goodwin had been expecting 1t.
She had had ample time in which to
become prepared. and she had felt that
she was prepared util she actually
began to take things down from the
walls and move them out of their ac-
customed places. Then her heart hao'
broken twenty times a day. She had
wept until tears would no longer come.
And now she sat in pitifu1 resignation
with her tired hands folded, waiting.
Waiting for what? Why, for Tyne
son, the moving man, who was coming
to take her things away. Part or them
was going to the auction rooms to be
sold; the other part was going to the
two small rooms which was all she
would know of home henceforth until
the day she died.
The placid afternoon sunlight came
tn through the tall windows and lay
upon the bare floor at Evaleen's feet
She looked down at it wistfuHy. she
loved this western room. In 1t she mac
lived her happiest times. In it had
been enacted the chief scenes OF her
life. She had been christened here:
her coming-out party had been held
here; here her first lover had couted
her. And now she sat here Tor the
last time with her sad thoughts ana
sadder memories.
Over and about her the old house was
very still How empty it seemed! Ana
yet none of it's contents had been re-
moved. They were only disturbed from
their places-prepared for going, and
waiting like herself
1t was a very old house which, had
once been wonderfully fine. Evaleen
grandfather had built it and lived in it
He had been rich and gay and thexe
had been great doings in the house un-
til the day he died. Evaleen's father
had been not unlike him. She was his
only child. and he gratified every wish
of her heart No girl ever had hap
pier girlhood- than Evaleen Goodwin;
no girl was ever more petted and ad-
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GIRLISH NOTE THAT WOULD
TOUCH ANY MANS HEART.

mired. She had had half dozen lovers.
but nobody thought it remarkable that
she should choose Jerome Culver Je-
rome was her exact opposite-tall. dark
looked down upon the Culvers be-
cause they were poor and plodding,
but nobody could look down upon Je-
rome. He was the finest young man OF
should love Evaleen and that she
should love him. When he went west
to pursue his profession as an architect
in hustling new city everybody knew
possibly could and marry Evaleen
Goodwin She herself knew it. although
he had not asked her before he went
But few weeks later came letter TO
her from Jerome, in which he asked
her to be his wife. She was the happi-
est girl living that day. She danced
and sang through the house. That
night, when the house was still, sne
wrote her reply to Jerome's letter.
little, humble. girlish note. such AS
must have touched any mans heart.
He had said that If she accepted him
he would come to her at once; his pres
ence should answer her letter. Sne
knew that he would come. She waited
first for days. then for weeks, then ior
months He never came.
In all the years that had passed since
then she had never heard one Woro
concerning him: she had never known
had changed his mind. Despair followed
grief And so she had endured. Her
father died and left her only remnant
of the estate. She herself was a poor
manager. Every year she grew poorer
until at last a mortgage covered all.
And now the mortgage had been fore
closed. With the few hundreds that re-
mained to her she was creeping away
to do what she could with the life that
remained TO her. She was a gentle
woman. unskilled in labors ways.
friendless and alone She thought she
could sew: she would try to sew. She
would also try to be brave and bear
her portion becomingly-
The room was SO chill that she
shivered. Rising. she began to walk
about. drifting here and there in her
black gown like shadow. She went
from room to room. and everywhere
she seemed 10 see faces. hear beloved
voices. At last she mounted the stairs
and looked into all the cham bers, bid
ding each farewell. They were empty
now, for the furniture had been sold
long ago. With all her resources she
had fought that mortgage until the
last She came down by way of the
back stairs and went through the din
ing room to the great west room. 1t
was no longer empty. A man stood
there staring at the sunlight on the
floor.
He was a tall man just trifie
stopped at the shoulders, with nearly
Evening star., 1915-11-20
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

The more company a dollar has the
smaller it looks.
And the sillier some men are the
louder they talk.
II silence is golden. grarrulity repre-
sents a played-out lead mine.
II there is anything an egotist likes
in others 1t is modesty-
The shadow of a trouble Is usually
blacker than the trouble itself
The number of poor authors Is as
great as the number Of authors who
are poor.
Winding ones own business is said
to be a good method Of developing the
brain.
some people imagine that they have
a peck of trouble when In reality 1t
wouldn't fill pint cup.
Most of the born leaders of men are
women.
A train of thought is the real thing
in rapid transit.
An ounce of performance Is better
than a pound OF promise.
Laziness is one thing that knocks
the conceit out of pride.
The individual who thinks he knows
1t all has the most to learn.
Its easy to ind reasons why others
don't do the foolish things we do.
| It's absurd to worry about things
you can help or the things you can't.
| You can nearly always Judge a mans
charity by the things he laughs at.
l
husband the more suspicious she Ia OF
his actions.
Some people are so busy crIticisins
creeds that they have no time LETT for
practical religion.
A man who thinks he can make sue
cess Of anything he undertakes is apt
to be an unsuccessful thinker.
| II young man 10 unable to win 2
girls affections any other way he
should bribe her mother to oppose the
match.
| While there are numerous woman In
ventors. not one of them has been able
to devise a bride that will success
fully curb the gossiping tongue.
Better a bare-faced lie than a two
faced woman. g.
] See that your pattern is perfect be.
Tore cutting your goods.
A man who Is continually harpins
on his virtue has at least one vice.
The more hckle a woman 10 the more
1t always hurts her when told of It,.
The child Is wiser In It's simplicity
than the philosopher in his wisdom.
And many . man has lost money
pockets.
Evening star., 1915-11-20
VISIO n.
By DR.. FRANK CRANE.
Copyright. 1851

What we need most of all is to see,
with the minds eye, with the souls
eye, as well as with the two eyes in
our head.
Thousands are struggling In the ruck
of things who would gain confidence
and poise If they would only have a
clear view of the eternal verities that
determine all conflicts.
We grope down in the fog filled val
ley; we should get up on the mesa.
We but half understand the play of
life, because we cannot distinguish
clearly the players; we need some sort
of spiritual opera glasses.
We sail blunderingly the sea OF
events. because we lack telescopes for
the mind by which better to discern
the headlands and the shore lights of
truth. y
If you could see you wouldn't let
yourself stew and fume in family
quarrel; you would not remain con-
fused and desperate in a forest of
hates and grudges; you would not be
smothered in the atmosphere of con-
slant misunderstanding.
Blind! and fool" says many wom-
an after she has wrecked her married
happiness by her temper. her intoler-
ance or her folly; says the husband
after he has sacrificed the richest con-
tentment of life on the altar of selfish
ness. .--..9 49,,
IF had only seen, only understood"
cries the child when the mother is gone
forever.
Alas, that it should take calamity.
tragedy, even death to unseal our eyes!
There are several requisites to intel
ligent sight.
First Of all is love- If you do not
of nature, q man, woman or a child,
you cannot hope to see.~ Aversion, con-
tempt and Indifference are all blind as
bats. Never judge person or a thing
you don't like.
You cannot see the great laws that
control life and destiny if your point Of
view is selfish or unclean. Blessed
are the pure in heart. for they shall
see"
If you are blue, pessimistic, worried.
you are cloud bound: you cannot hope
to see. You can accomplish many
things without being noble: you can
get rich. you can crafty your low de-
sires, you can be famous-but you can
not see the beauty of this world; you
cannot see the necessity of the next.
You must not yield to the weak
credulity that clings to pleasing fan
cies and calls them beliefs, but you
must have a faith that supplements,
harmonizes with and fits the facts you
know.
Give me rot scenes more charming: give me eyes
To see, the beauty that around me lies:
To read the trail of souls, angels shy
Among the faces of the passersby.
do not ask for sweeter music than
The common, daily Symphony of Man,
Could but grasp its counterpoint and see
How each discord melts toward harmony.
I do not ask for more to seek and love me,
1 do not ask for brighter eyes to move me,
But sharper sense, to miss no haing sign
OF fellowship in spirit seeking mine.
No golden shore / seek but heart that sings
The exquisite delight of common things.
The Kingdom of Heaven Is not There, but Here
o for the seeing eye and hearing earl
Evening star., 1915-11-20
Naples.

The tarantella is the personification
of Naples. 1t Is the dance of the peo-
pie. the spirit of the town. Wherever
a group of Neapolitans gets together
there is sure to be a musician who
bursts spontaneously into this native
folk dance. 1t is full of graceful bows,
the INTERVIEWING of 1.-THE dancing fig
ures and the swing of brilliant scarfs.
Naples Is the most joyful spot on
earth. One sees it first from the bay,
revealing itself in a far-reaching cres-
cent which. rises. terrace upon ter
race, from the waters edge. Back of
it are rolling hills covered with vine
yards and olive groves, and beyond the
mighty Vesuvius. it's crest shrouded In
an eternal veil OF smoke.
The streets of Naples are always q
blaze of color. Scarlet sashes, flaming
bandana handkerchiefs, costumes that
are riots of brilliant shades The whole
population lives in the streets The
Eeapolitan child comes into being in
the open, spends his childhood there
without the knowledge of clothing,
takes up the rollicking. carefree life
of his kind. lives for half a century in
the noisy din Of the busy streets, and
passes away to the rattle Of stringed
Instruments. played that his sons and
daughters may dance the tarantella.
Evening star., 1915-11-20
Little Storie,j
10 Bedtime
BY THORNTON w. BURGESS.
Copyright. 1915, by J. G. LIoyd.p
What the TWinkIing Little
Stars Saw.

High up in the darkened sky the ht-
tie stars twinkled and twinkled as they
looked down on the Green Meadows
and the Green Forest, on the Old Pas
ture, the Old Orchard and the Smiling
Pool. No sign was there of the little
people who sleep at night. for they
were hidden away in their secret places.
trusting to their stiffness and the
Black Shadows to keep them safe from
those who were hunting for them. But
Of the little people who see by night
many were abroad. Over the Green
Meadows and the Green Forest on
noiseless wings, coming and going
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stone In one hand.
get luncheon ready. Step into this car
and I'll drive you home"
Auntie pondered for moment before
replying:
"Ah nevah road in one dose contrap-
tions.''
I'll take care of you. Hurry up now"
So auntie gathered her voluminous
skirts. and with many evident misgiv-
ings took her seat in a racing road
car that could touch ninety miles an
hour and never feel the strain. She
clung to the seat tightly as the car
started of. and hung on for dear life
"Mistah john by the arm in her fright
and begged him to let her out as they
threaded neatly through the crowded
Richmond thoroughfares
She was in utter and abject misery
from fear and the tears rolled down
her cheeks
But Mistah John took to the straight
road soon and set forth for the subur bs.
The way was clear and he let out a
few links in the engine and the en-
gine hummed like a bee and sailed
down the path like a bird. Auntie
began to feel like she was flying, and
her fear gave way to sensation Of
had gone ten miles she was singing
softly to herself and settled back on
the seat like an old-tme racer.
"Ratch-atch-atch atch' went the
raucous horn Notice they don't say
'shonk, honk" any more).
asked auntie.
7 wanted to warn that colored boy
to get out of the way"
And then auntie replied:
"Shucks. Mistah John, jes' yo' run
ovah dat fool niggah. What right he
Evening star., 1915-11-20

as silently as one of the Black Shadows
| themselves was Hooty the Owl looking
| for dinner. Just beyond the edge OF
| the dear Old Brier Patch little Mrs.
Peter Rabbit hunted for some clover
| leaves still green and sweet. ready to
| run back to the safety of the friendly
| brambles at the least sound.
Up the Crooked Little Path walked
Jimmy Skunk. The little stars winked
and tWinkled more than ever. They
| headed straight for Farmer Browns
henhouse. Down the Lone Little Path
through the Green Forest came Unc'
Billy Possum. Unc' Billy was very fat.
On the edge of the Laughing Brook sat
Bobby Coon very still and gazing very
hard into little pool. Bobby was fish,
ing. In the Smiling Pool was Jerry
Muskrat SO busy putting the nnal
touches on his house for the winter
that he could hardly take the time for
a hasty lunch. You know Jerry is a
great worker.
But the most interesting place on
which the little stars looked down was
the pond of Paddy the Beaver deep in
the Green Forest. All around the edges
the Black Shadows lay. but out in the
middle the pond was silvery in the
starlight. Just where the Black Shad-
ows and the silvery part met fioated;
twelve queer looking things. The Ut
tie stars twinkled harder than ever, for
never before had they seen anything
like these in the pond of Paddy the
Beaver They were Honker the Goose
and his followers sleeping peacefully
after their long, long journey from the
Far North.
And the little stars saw more. They
saw Paddy the Beaver as busy as Jerry
Muskrat his cousin of the Smiling Pool.
He also was laying in supplies for the
winter At the same time Paddy was
doing more. He was keeping watch for
danger, not only for himself, but for
his visitors. for Paddy felt responsible
for their safety. That is. he felt that he
should prevent any harm coming TO
them. So he was very wide awake
His ears and his nose were busy every
minute on guard for sounds and odors
which might mean that enemies were
coming The little stars winked and
twinkled as they watched. and pres
emily they saw three forms creeping
stealthily among the trees toward the
pond of Paddy the Beaver. One came
from the direction of the Old Pasture.
1t was Old Man Coyote. The other two
were together coming from the direc-
tion of the Green Meadows. They were
Reddy and old Granny Fox.
The little stars have looked down on
many. exciting things that have hap
pened in the night, just as jolly. round.
bright Mr.. Sun has looked down on
many exciting things that have hap
pened in the day time. This promised
they had seen for long time, for It
was very clear that Old Man Coyote
and Granny and Reddy Fox were after
a goose for dinner, and you know there
are no hunters more clever than these
three. AS long as those sleeping geese
were safe, quite safe, but the watch
ing stars saw that several of them were
drifting little by little toward the
shore. Would they wake up in timer
Evening star., 1915-11-20
HEARD AND SEEN HERE AND THERE.
By Earl Goodwin.

got in de way nohow?"
Which goes to show. as Winfield Lar
ner, says, that practically everything
depends on the point of view.
X ):
. Down Pennsylvania avenue came boy
and dog, with all the raggedy and COM
Portable atmosphere that goes with that
unequaled combination of unwashed small
human and shaggy canine. 1t was very
small boy. and very active middle-sized
dog. One was attached to the other by a
chain. This bond was of no disadvan-
tage to the dog at all, but it turned out
to be- great impediment to the boy.
In the lads arms was very large paper
bag. holding about a bushel of some
thing or other that the boy seemed very
Evening star., 1915-11-20

The boy went crying down the street.
anxious to keep away from the dog.
However, the dog was running rings
about the boy. and by the time they
passed The Star building one of
the boys legs was entwined with sec
ton of dog chain. making navigation ex-
tremely difficult for the boy
From this point Of vantage, with the
connecting link somewhat impaired, the
dog began to leap upward and bite at
the bag. This made the boy cry. He had
both arms around the paper bag, one leg
in dog chain, and no friends at all
The dog was having the time of his life.
Finally the situation grew too much
for the boy, and the bag fell from his
arms; at the same time the chain slipped
from the fiimsy grasp, and the dog dived
at the prize. The boy went crying down
the street. and Pennsylvania avenue was
regaled with the sight of one happy dog
just stufing himself with the contents
of that paper bag-which was dog biscuit
X X
AS Charlie opened his mail bill fell
from an envelope. Turning to me he
said:.
'They have been sending me that bill
Evening star., 1915-11-20

white hair. and a grave face, full of
lines. AS Evaleen paused at the door
way he looked UP and their giances
met in great astonishment. Then came
recognition to both.
Yes, after all the years she knew
him. and she realized that he knew
her. 1t was as though one of her
precious ghosts had come to life in the
TO the decreasing to keep herself from
falling, az for an instant everything
swung in black confusion about her.
Then she recovered. Her shawl had
slipped from her shoulders to the floor
and he came to her and lifted it and
put II about her again.
TT 10 cod here" he said, quietly
Yes" EvaIeen did not know wheth.
Evening star., 1915-11-20
Lieut.. Koch Seized BY British.

LONDON. November 2o.-Lieut. Henri
Koch, one of the officers of the in
termed German auxiliary cruiser Prinz
Eitel Friedrich, who violated his pa
role and left Norfolk in the middle of
October. has been taken Off a Danish
steamer In the North sea by the British
naval authorities. Lieut.. Koch, who
was sailing as seaman. Joined the
steamer at Baltimore, giving his ma
tionality as Dutch.
Evening star., 1915-11-20
TRAVELETTE
BY NIKsAH.
Nassau.


Have you ever heard of the sen
going pigs Of Nassau? If Won have
not, then you have never been to Mas
sau.
10 get line on the raising of sea-
going pigs one has but to go to any
wharf In the Bahamas. At all these
wharves there will be found the ever
present sponge boat, and upon the
sponge boats the pigs.
BEFORE sponge boat goes for a
cruise among the coral reefs 1t must
take aboard crew of twenty men and
a cook. In addition 1t always takes
aboard one or two or three pigs.
These pigs are placed on the deck in
pens that are SO small they can hardly
turn about in them. The theory is that
pig, taking exercise, reduces its cor
pulence, and it is desirable t&at it
should grow inordinately fat. So they
are prevented from taking exercise.
The deck of a ship is about tho
cleanest place in the world that was
ever set aside as the home of a pig. So
these sailor shoats OF Nassau are in a
class all by themselves.
From the table Of twenty fishermen
ana COOK there are many scraps
which. in communities of less wisdom,
are thrown overheard
But the sponge gatherers treasure
every morsel for their pigs. A cruise
occupies two months. The pigs that
sign the ships papers at the beginning
OF such a voyage are thin and enact
ated. But before the boat comes to the
home wharf Transformation has
taken place. A prime porker has taken
the place of the raZorback, and there
Is profit to the extent Of the difference
in the value OF these two.
In Nassau this profit, gained in each
two months of the operation of each
sponge boat, is multiplied by the great
number of craft that ply those waters
Thus the novel idea of raising sea-
going pigs has grown into quite an in
dustry.
Evening star., 1915-11-20

The birthplace and former home of
ton, L. L, where he absorbed the in
spiration for Leaves of Grass" and
other famous poems, was sold at auc-
ton for 5000 under foreclosure pro-
ceedings to satisfy . note given by the
owner farmer. "-'
Evening star., 1915-11-20

Fire destroyed the glass making
plant of the Bausch & Lomb Optical
Company. at Rochester, N. Y, erected
several months ago. when the Euro
pean war cut off the company's supply
from Europe. The loss is estimated at
$25,o00
Evening star., 1915-11-20

team of mules. Apparently in revenge
he Joined the San Diegans.
How many men are operating under
the leadership Of De Ia Rosa and Pi-
sano is difficult to estimate. The fact
that they move in detached bands. fight
always in the brush and never hold a
position against a force which comes
anywhere equaling their own, makes
estimates difficult. but single detach-
ments numbering seventy five or a
hundred men have repeatedly engaged
in sharp skirmishes with American
troopers. Their favoritc method of
warfare is a quick descent on an iso-
lated ranch or lonely outpost of SOL
dfers. whom they try to overwhelm in
the first rush. On the arrival of REIN
forcements they scatter and disappear
Rio Grande and cross to the Mexican
side. where American pursuit must
halt.
The connection of these guerrillas
with the organization of San Diego is
shown by the
Guerrillas Conform fact that they
to Certain Discipline. certorm cor,stn sa 10
discipline. advance and retreat to the
call of a bugle and the beat of a drum,
and bear banners with the various de-
vices of the revolutionists. The only
distinguishing mark or uniform OF
many Mexican troops. even in Old Mex
ico. is a ribbon or band on the hat
Mexicans killed in the skirmish with
American troops at Ojo del Aqua, Tex.
had on their hat bands the words, Viva
la Ihdependencia de Texas" Flags
captured in the battle at Norias, Tex.
were marked with the same words,
while at Mercedes. in Hidalgo county.
flags taken in skirmish bore the mot
to. Army for the Liberation of Mex
leans in Texas"
The plan of San Diego Is 80 called be-
cause the meeting at which it was for
mally adopted. was held in the little
hamlet of San Diego. Although the
plan provides for the capture of q
dozen states and the setting up of sew
eral republics. 1t is probable that its
immediate object is to gain possession
of the strip of land between the Rio
Grande and the Nueces. This region
has been a center of bad feeling ever
since the days OF the republic of Texas.
The Mexicans have never acknowledged
that 1t rightfully belongs to the United
States. 1t Is little more than twice
the size of Vermont, and has a popu-
lation of 146,500 people, of whom about
20 per cent are Mexicans. These are
doubtless the Texas Mexicans who are
to be liberated"
Such is the story, at once absurd and
tragic, of the most vaulting dream Of
empire since the days of Aaron Burr.