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Evening star., 1915-01-30
KINDNESS VERSUS
CANNON.
Copyright. 1915, by Or. Frank Crane,

The United States Of America has in
Europe the reputation of being sordid-
ly addicted to the almighty dollar,
lacking in idealism and altogether new,
provincial-minded and Grass.
Nevertheless, when occa sion presents
itself to capture the South American
trade while the hands Of other nations
are war-tied. it Is found difficult to
stir the Yankees up to any great en-
thusiasm. On the other hand, when
Belgium was stricken, when 100000
people were threatened with starva-
ton, when both Germans and allies
dared not feed them for fear Of aid
ing the enemy, and a whole nation
was like to be eXtinguished, sacrificed
to military necessity, these same
Yankees within a few months organ
lied fleet of thirty-one ships for the
transport of food to the perishing VIC
Tins.
history; regularly operating fleet en-
gagged by the citizens of one country
to save the citizens of another.
Corporations have WED with private
persons in cooperating in this Splen-
did work of succor. Millionaires, rail-
roads, express companies. the post
Office itself, have seconded the benev-
olence of thousands of individuals.
" HeH tile war Is OSeI, ILLS
golden deed will
Lie like of beams aIhwart tie ssn "
The struggles OF captains, the cam
paigns of slaughter waged by the
driven millions, shall sink to the
brutal level of all former wars; but
this mighty act of a neutral people
shall remain lustrous forever.
Alfred NerineX, burgomaster of Lou
vain. speaking of Americas swift aid
to his people. said:
I'VE cannot buy food. even if we
have the money, when the doors are
closed on imports. Feed US now, and
we will pay you back in industry when
the war is over. We are paying back
now in gratitude for the lives America
has saved, gratitude which will endure
as proof that human affection is
stronrer than any treaty alliance. The
most powerful army in the world can
not TeutoniZe Belgium, but America,
armed with bread. is Americanizing
Belgium
In such actions as this lies our true
defense. To guard against war the
common sense course is to remove
those passions and customs of time
honored evil that cause war; and not
to excite the envy and fear OF the ma
tions by arming against them.
No sum of money is too great to
spend in making Japan. Mexico and all
other countries feel that this vast
democracy of free people is friendly
and not suspicious; that we are gen.
erous and unafraid
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one must at least try to behave as If

one must at least try to behave as If
one liked it.
Presently. however. that course came
to an end The waiter withdrew and
they were alone. Mr.. Everard leaned
toward her past the roses. You like
all this. don't you?" he inquired softly.
And Shannon, with the aromatic tang
made them murmur, Yes
''It is yours forever il you say the
word,' said Mr.. Everard. He added gen.
tly: Il mean. You know, if you'll say
the word that will make YOU my wife,
She put her hand to her bosom-and
something rustled there-Dan's letter.
which she kept there for safe hiding. 1t
seemed to have q voice and to cry out
in Dams own voice, Shannon, DON'T"
Her flesh crept. She seemed to hear
Dan and to see him-big. brown, young.
"Tll get the hang of this game they call
business. shannon he had promised.
I've got the brains and I've got the
strength. and if had you--'' The let
Ter cried out again. And her hand fell.
Her glance went over Mr.. ENerard's del
icately erayine head to the gay scene
in the background. Lamb with mint
sauce. which she hated. and Mr. Everard,
or beefstew. which she had grown ac-
customed to. and Dan! Her head
whirled. but her glance came back to
the waiting. confident smiling face of
the man before her In that instant her
destiny leaped huge before her.
II can't" she whispered, there's some
body else--''
Her hand went to her heart again
to lan's letter. But this time the let
ter's voice cried cut to her as for joy
(THE END.)
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There were thousands of ducks on
the Wfcomico river in the vicinity of
Rock Point last week. said ". p.
Bowie, one of the most prominent
sportsmen in this city, when he re-
turned from an outing to the resort
that attracts anglers and gunners.
Accompanied by ]. r. Wilson of Riv-
erdale and Robert Wilson, his ten
year-old son. Bowie motored to Rock
Point shortly after the heavy rain last
week. The going was hard, he said,
because of work that was being done
on the state road. but the trio finally
reached Rock Point and made prepara-
tfons for an early morning shoot.
It was late when the gunners got
started. When they left the hotel in
the morning and saw the thousands of
ducks on the river the sportsmen an
ticipated great sport. My hat was
shot from my head, however" said
Bowie. land I lost interest in the
birds"
The gunners left the blinds after they
had killed several ducks, boarded a
launch and made a run almost to Low
er Cedar Point, returning early in the
afternoon with several black mallards
and redheads.
"A man learns by experience" re-
marked Bowie, land the next time 1 go
on a ducking expedition I'll stick to
the blinds"
Notice of an intention on the part of
the federal government to rigidly en-
force the game law on the Potomac
river came as a surprise to scores of
duck hunters who had planned out
ings for the coming week. Under the
provisions of the law the ducking sea-
son closes at sundown today.
James p. Curley, state game warden
embodying the Maryland game laws,
says that the state and most of the
county duclling laws are in conflict
with the federal laws and are repealed
by the last mentioned law.
1T is desired to impress this fact
upon gunners," he said, and the diff
ference in state and county seasons on
other migratory game should be care
fully noted"
Penalty for violation of the provisions
and costs or imprisonment not exceed
ing two months. The law also pro-
vides for the confiscation Of boats, guns
and other paraphernalia.
AL Warner and William White. who
have been successful fishermen on the
river this month. tried their luck Tues
day. They left Will Reynolds boat
house and went as far as the outlet
lock.
"The river was still muddy said
Will Reynolds, "and the boys thought
they'd make killing. but the water
was lower than it had been during the
past two weeks.
The two anglers returned with a
fourteen pound Mississippi catfish. the
only fish they managed to get above
the surface of the water.
A report received from Weverton
Thursday morning. informed John W.
Hurley that the river was almost clear.
THAT means that bass will start in
the near future" said Hurley, 'if the
blizzard doesn't overtake u.s.
The veteran sportsman. who has had
much trouble with bait, says he thinks
anglers might find new bait for all
kinds of fish in the Potomac if they
will only make the effort.
He told a story of big bass he had
in his tank more than a year ago. The
fish weighed six and three-fourths
pounds when caught, and it was SO at
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tractive that the angler brought it
home alive.
THAT fish ate almost everything that
was put into the tank" said Hurley.
"It was fed meats of all kinds, bread
and vegetables and the only thing it
ever refused was piece of Washing
ton pie
Hurley declared that the big fish ac-
tually reached from the water ant got
a frog that was on 4 landing in the
tank.
Good night" said Patrick Riordan.
companied Mack Sparrough on river
trip Sunday, could not postpone his go
ing for an entire week, he said. anG
Tuesday afternoon he went to the vi
cinity of Fletcher's and tried his lueE-
I'm glad I didn't go Su~d Day re
said, when he reached shore. Tt
might have spoiled my sporl lor to-
day"
The angler had only three fish. but
the smallest weighed four and the
largest seven pounds.
Al Warner watched the continual
change in the condition of the water
until Thursday morning. when lie
thought it was clear enough for yellow
perch fishing.
Filling his bait bucket with bull min
nows, Warner entered a boat and
rowed across to the Virginia side of
on Little river and remained there long
enough to lose several bait.
He was driven homeward on ac-
count of the snow. AL says he is glad
he made the effort, for the taking Of
the minnows convinced him that yellow
perch were there.
Ward Savage has received q number
of interesting specimens Of fish from
Four Mile Run. The fish We're caught
in nets inside the headlands above
Dangerfields cove and were kept alive
without much trouble.
One of them, it is stated. is the 1arg-
e.t gold fish that was ever seen in the
Potomac river. It's body is red and
there is a black marking on it's back.
Anglers believe it kin to the carp
family.
Detective L. w. Boyle has scheme
that will furnish him fishing place
in the near future il his plans ma
terialize. He is going to get we'll
watered piece of land not many miles
from this city, establish big pond
and have it stocked with choice fish.
1T will be great thing to be able
to go to the pond at any season of
the year and get string of fresh
fish," he remarked. land in addition
to furnishing sport there is no reason
why the pond should not net a good
sum of money each year"
Owners of small boats on the river
are being advised that it would be well
to have them securely fastened The
spring fishing season is almost her.
said an angler who owns boat, and
there are plenty of fellows who think
it fair to make a borrow.
Il know from experience" said the
angler. my boat was taken several
years ago. and when / found the craft
1T had been repainted and changed to
such an extent that / was scarcely
able to identify it,
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TRAVELETTE
by NIKSAH.
Atlantic City,

The Boardwalk at Atlantic City is one
Of the greatest strongholds Of democ-
racy in the world. Every one who goes
to Atlantic City Of whatever wealth or
station strolls upon the Boardwalk, and
most of them upon one particular quar-
ter mile Of it; but neither prestige nor
money will buy you more than room to
move. Here the fashionable occupants
Of the city's best hotels touch elbows
with the vacationing clerks from the
ten-dollar-a-week lodging houses on
the side streets, and no one is more
than a unit of the crowd.
The crowd is what you will always
remember about Atlantic City. You
will carry away primarily an impress
sion of a vast, happy moving stream of
and piers. pouring into and out of
theaters. fiocking into the sea at cer
tain hours. but always one, and always
full of movement and laughter.
Other summer resorts are frequented
chiefly by certain classes, but Atlantic
City is frequented more or less by all
classes and there are accommodations
and amusements for them all. For
board and lodging you may pay any
where from IS week up to more than
that many dollars day. In days
amusement you can get rid of almost
any amount of money you choose, and
you can also spend little or no money.
and still he quite busy and thoroughly
In the swim. For there are always band
concerts and the free acts and the
county. fair. and the dragnets, and
numbers of other things that are open
for all.
The piers of Atlantic City are almost
las remarkable as the Boardwalk.
Mighty structures of wood and steel
they are. reaching across the sands
and into the sea. strong enough to
hold concerts and theaters and thou
sands of people upon their backs. AT
the ends of them there are little nooks
containing benches, where the few who
choose to pause may sit and look out
over the sparkling moving sea, which
the crowd seems to have forgotten
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LOCAL GAME LAWS.
A Misconception Regarding Them
Corrected.

To the Elitor of The Star:
l desire to correct erroneous state
ments which appeared In the Rod and
Stream column of The Star Saturday
last as to the open season for duck
and other wild fowl shooting in the
District of Columbia and Maryland. T.
do this SO that sportsmen and others
may have correct information as to tho
law, and be prevented from getting
into trouble and suffering severe PEN
altieS for violation thereof. The ma
tional game law which became ef-
fective by President Wilson's procls-
nation October i, 1913 (37 Stat. S47).
provides that "all wild geese, wild
swans. brant, wild ducks. snipe, plover.
woodcock, rail and other migratory
game and insectiverous birds. which in
their northern and southern migra-
tions pass through and do not remain
permanently the entire year within the
borders OF any state or territory, shall
hereafter be within the custody and
protection Of the United States. and
shall not be destroyed or taken con-
trary to regulations hereinafter pro-
vided, and any person who shall vio-
late any of the provisions or regula-
tions of this law for the protection OF
migratory birds by shooting or CAP
turing. by any device, any of said
birus, shall be guilty of 4 misdemeanor
and shall be fined 500 for each viola
ton. and be imprisoned not more than
ninety days. or both. in the discretion
of the court The closed season oil
water fowl, including all OF said game
birds. in the District Of Columbia.
shall be between December 16 and
1.
I'm Maryland and Virginia the closed
season shall be between February l
and November 1 Of each year" (The
closed season in other states is here
omitted.)
This federal law abolishes spring
and takes precedence over all
state and county game laws. repeating
all laws in conflict with 1t. United
States marshals and wardens. state and
county game wardens, police officers,
sheriffs, constables and their deputies.
are charged with the enforcement or
this law, and an amount deemed suf-
ficient has been appropriated by Con-
gress for that purpose.
CHARLES B. WISE.
Evening star., 1915-01-30
THE EVENING STORY.
Lamb With Mint Sauce.
Copyright. 1915. by ". Werner,

Copyright. 1915. by ". WeEner.p
She had achieved the pinnacle of her
ambition. And for shannon Lee that
was saying a great deal. She was very
ambitious-how ambitious she had not
fully realized until now, az she gazed
about her at the lights, the simmer
ing crowds and the faultlessly ar
ranged table with roses specially or
dered in it's midst. She, too, shimmered
with the rest. Her gown was new
and fine and of n color that became
her. In the great panel mirror she
saw herself, young, rosy, smiling and
as pretty as any-a little prettier. per-
haps. At least, Mr.. Everard seemed to
think so. She looked across at him,
and met his eyes curiously studying
her.
You were born for this" he said.
She laughed. 1t was delicious to hear
a man like Gilbert Everard telling one
that she was born for the things that
are considered privileges only of the
rich and extremely cultured. The color
rose higher in her cheeks, her heart
beat very fast. She was having the
happiest time of her whole life. To be
sitting here in this fashionable cafe
having dinner with Gilbert Everard
was her supreme triumph. The grand
climax of all her dreams ana eHortS
and ambitions.
II seemed like one Of her own dreams,
and yet she knew so well how It had
come about Had she not planned for
it from the beginning? To be sure.
Aunt Evangeline had acted as COM
1rander-in-chief. Aunt Evangeline had
married off Shannon's sister. Ardith,
successfully. and had promised to do
The same thing for Shannon. 1t had
been very expensive getting Mr. Tiff
ST1'f
much money left for another cam
paign, but all there was had been spent
recklessly in order to push Shannon.
She had been rugged out with new
clothes, which had meant something In
that little town. and sent to the city to
visit Connie Bates. Now Connie Bates
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than dollars and cents. If ever you
get to figuring on going back to town,
you can figure on going alone. Mar
gerry and the boys and 1 are going to
brea the"
1t will be two months or more before
the season Of plowing and planting. but
1 went right out and began to over
haul my garden tools. AS I entered
the barn the COW greeted me with gen.
tie mooing, and when 1 went into his
stall the horse began muzzling for j
lump of sugar.
Some mighty commonplace things,
after all, enter into~making up the sum
of human happiness. E. S. NJ
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Melon With Two "Ls." "

From tie Kansas City Star.
The Sabetha Herald points with pride
to a grocer in that town who is not,
only good grocer, but an able
speller. In his advertising copy such
words as mangoes, macaroni, spaghetti
and Hawaiian are always spelled cor
rectly. Kansas City grocers almost in
variably spell melon with two 'ls."
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about 25 per cent of the flock capacity
but we weren't able to figure out any
better program. We are going to pin
our hope for the future on sending
away and getting couple of settings
of eggs from some breeder who can
show that he is getting eggs from his
White Rocks. The cockerels from these
imported eggs will be saved for mex,
years breeders. and in this way we
may improve the productiveness Of our
strain
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took more mineral water and gaZed Ciu-
b!ousiy at Nr. tverard. who was en-
jptiug his Iortfcn immensely.
Training preserved her. She was heroic,
100. Mr.. E"erard must not suspect how
-Teen she was to accept city ways-his
ways. Why. he would never ask her 1.
lie suspected. And as for Dan. II would
De 50 much easier 10 answer his letter
liter it had happened She could say
something like this: Your letter came
100 latc. ] had already accepted some-
Jody else. I am sorry that the brief
acquaintance We had while I was visit
ing my sister should have led You to
supposc--
Oh. the liar she would be to write
that She choked into her glass. The
room swan in q blur. She felt that
Mr.. Everard was observing her, and she
laughingiy swallowed 4 forkful of the
meat. Jfene is to have spring lamb and
mint saI as ones diet all ones life
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Unquestionably.

From tus Boston Transcript.
(which would you rather be, a
chauffeur or an aviator%'
Well, the latter Is the higher posi-
ton"
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To Keep Incubator Going.

Ii our hens get into good laying by
May, so that we have more eggs than
necessary to supply the customers we
already have made arrangements with.
We plan to put the surplus eggs into
the incubator and keep it going we'll
into the summer. These late hatched
chickens We either will sell as broilers
and fryers or keep them until next
winter and market them as soft roast
ers. There isn't anything better in he
poultry line than a well fattened pull
let which has just about reached the
laying age. We had one roasted not
long ago, and 1t was about the tender
est and fastest chicken I ever put
in my mouth. We think we ought to
build UP fancy trade on these puilet-
roasters at prices that would show a
good margin Of profit.
A trade on this kind of poultry. we
figure. would enable US to weed the
non-layers out of our main flock with
out serious. if any, financial loss. It
costs about 81 for feed alone to raise
a pullet to the egg-laying age. The
fall of the year, when the cuiline out
or the non-producers has to take place,
is the time when old hens are being
sent to market in great numbers, and
the season of the lowest price for
them. Pullets shipped alive to the
wholesale butchers would bring little
II any more than the old hens, some-
thing like SO to 75 cents EACH To sell
pullet that has cost 81 to raise for so
or 10 cents is a strenuous and a pretty
expensive proceeding. and calls for
strong faith in the theory that a flock
to be profitable must be weeded right
down to the actual layers. But If we
had way of marketing these non-
producing pullets at something nearer
their real worth as table fowls It
wouldn't seem 50 much like throwing
money literally at the birds.
Hard to Pick the Layers.
Even then. we would be confronted
with the difficulty Of telling the layers
from the non-layers. We have been
trying it this fall and have guessed
right probably half the time. Two or
three pullets we killed as non-layers
we found to contain fully developed
eggs. But their heads were off then
and it was too late to rectify the error
The only certain way is to trap-nest
the entire flock. That hasn't been
| practical for us the past year, but we
are strongly disposed to try it next
fall. It's a certain as anything can
be that II we are to make a profit from
/ the chicken business we have got to
procure or build up strain that lays
eggs. and lays a reasonable number
of them at the time Of year when eggs
| are bringing high prices.
After all other considerations had
been carefully weighed. the point that
decided us in favor Of the White Rocks
was their desirabiiity for producing
| that will lay eggs in suhicient quanti-
| ties to make egg farming profitable, We
| are going to give the broiler trade q
=. try. II we fail also to make that prof.
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The Reason.

From the Boston Transcript.
Alice talks with a decided English
accent"
"Yes, her teeth were imported from
London"
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have outweighed ten times the discom-
forts you pictured, leaving the balance
heavily in favor of the country
Naturally, l expressed some curiosity
as to the identity of that argument OF
such overwhelming potency.
Margery, come here, Jane called.
Margery came, plump and rosy-cheek-
ed. fairly bubbling over with life and
health.
There" said Jane, 'is my answer to
any one who asks me if it has paid US
to move to the country.
1 had to admit, of course, that the
answer was whole and complete in Its
sufficiency. \ year ago Margery was
pale and thin and her health was so
delicate that fear for her was the fac
tor that finally determined US to take
the plunge into country life.
Doctor Social Caller Only.
I had grown SO accustomed to Mar
gery's restored health that it hadn't oc-
CURED to PIC before that never since
coming to the country had she been i'll
enough to require the attendance of q
physician. In fact, since the day We
moved there hasn't been a doctor inside
our house except to make a social call.
l reckon We're not looked upon by the
practitioners hereabouts as a specially
valuable acquisition to the community.
1T may also have escaped your no
tice," Jane went on, that l have had
only about three sick headaches
since the weather got warm enough
last spring for me to get out of doors.
There We're times in town when l had
them as often as three times in sin
gle month. Freedom from the head
aches is alone sufficient to compensate
me for all the discomforts and incon-
veniences / have had to suffer.
"And then, YOU seem to have over
looked Jim and Ned entirely in sum-
ming up the advantages of country
life. Don't you remember how whiny
and fussy they used to be and how
they used to think they were being
overworked if I asked them to go half
Il dozen blocks on an errand for me :.
Do you suppose they would ever have
had the healthy interest in life, and
the get up and go they now have, if
we had stayed in town?
nEo,a no1lo,.c
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ances. Since coming to the country she
appears to have developed liking for
meeting new people. and 1 think she
gets a good deal of satisfaction from
the measure of leadership to which she
has attained among the women of the
nei horhn01
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Loudly Heard Just Now.
From the Boston Transcript.

The most unpleasant thing about the
march of civilization is the rattle Of
artillery Mat accompanies 1t.
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More Vital Than Dollars.

81 don't know whether we are going
to make this thing pay in dollars and
cents or not, but 1 know it has paid big
in things that count for lot more
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Knoll will be limited to producing eggs
and table poultry for the use Of our
own family