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Evening star., 1915-04-14
The Opening of the Season.

1t cannot be denied that the OPEN
ing day Of the professional base ball
season is an important occasion in
the United States. So popular is the
sport, so keen is the public interest
in it, so sharp the rivalries Of cities
for championship honors, that the
official call PLAY BALI" is signal for
an annual suspension of most of the
ordinary activities of life. Hun
dreds Of thousands of people attend
the first games in the aggregate.
Not even the quarrels of leagues or
the faithlessness of players to their
contracts can diminish the public in
terest. and when the season has been
formally opened the crowds continue
to stream into the stands in greater
or less volume as the playing per-
formances of the teams warrant sup
port.
Washington's prospects are this
year regarded as brighter than ever.
For three years past the local team
has won high rank in the American
League race, having each season a
good chance for the supreme honors,
which have never yet been enjoyed
by the capital This season the Ma
tionals are no less strong than before
in any department or position, and
are rated as stronger in the aggre-
gate owing to the development of
better pitching talent and the acqui-
sition of superior reserve players,
The champions of last season, the
redoubtable Athletics. are weakened
by changes and losses, and this fact
alone gives encouragement for high
er hopes than ever for the represent
atives of this city, which has so 10y
ally supported the game during many
years of adversity and defeat.
Washington wishes that the pub
lic-spirited promoters of the sport in
this league division will enjoy pros
porous season, and that when the
bell rings at the close pennant will
at last fly from the stand at National
Park, to entitle the home team to
participate in the great classic oi
base ball. the post-season world
championship games.
Evening star., 1915-04-14
No Speed Fsyoritism.

Commissioner Brownlow, in his
speech before the Chamber Of Com
merce last night. gave assurance that
heneeforth there will be no remission
in the prosecution of violators of the
speed regulations. and that deter
mined effort will be made by the Dis
trict government to make the high
ways safe. Favoritism is not to rule
in the enforcement of the law. Every
offender who is caught will be sent
to court without interference or pro-
lection. That is as it should be, and
to the extent that the new determi-
nation is carried out the Dis
triet's highways will be made safe
from the reekiessness of motorists,
maay ct xham have hsSstofose a..
Evening star., 1915-04-14
Now Ready =
Complete Lines of
Women's Summer Undergarments.

In endeavo supply patrons with the lines they wish
and to include stocks the best garments both the quail
materials used making comfort and good
have assembled large and complete
The products from manufacturers incudedmar,
acure who have by Of satisfaction the desab
qualities of the garments oered-Kayser Swami brand Zinmer
Hanro Hosiery Carter Munsing Harvard Mills Rcee6
and Sterling.
For general cotton and Isle especially de-
their good and comfort and silk
elaborate beautifully made
finished complete range of Sizes well regular
SUITS plain lace
white and pink. sc to 500 each.
in with necka
low with low
plain embroidered styles white and pink s4ss
EACH.
DRAWERS plain Silk bloom light white
.French and 25c SEQ pair
We offering Black Jersey Ribbed Combination Suits
sleeves and knee drawers desirable
for bathing Priced at 75c each.
Chdrens suits and draw
range of styles sizes from months
to $500 garment.
Main hor G
Evening star., 1915-04-14
Local and National Issues.

The recent election results in Chi
eago and St. Louis continue to oc-
eupy attention and to produce inter-
esting comments. They are thought
to have both a local and a national
bearing. and politicians are search
ing them for their full meaning.
In Chicago democratic factionism
played prominent part. Last year
Roger Sullivan was candidate for
the Senate, and the democratic fac
tion opposed to him cut him to the
bone. Enraged by his defeat, he
turned upon his enemies. and defeat
ed them in the contest for the demo-
cratic nomination Tor the mayosalty
Evening star., 1915-04-14
Mr.. Wilson and Next Year.

Speaking at the Jefferson birthday
dinner eaten in New York city last
night. Senator Lewis OF Illinois said !:
Il now make SO bold to say that
President Wilson has never had in
his mind the selfish object OF taking
a reward for the execution of his
promises to the people by seeking
denomination as a compensation, or
asking for reelection as a return for
the discharge OF his obligation to
his party and his duty to his coun-
try Speaking of my own sentiments,
] dare say thai ii the President can
have all the poncies to which he IS
pledged .o the Jcople executed into
laws, and could be then left to his
free will. he not only would not be
a candidate for reelection. but in
justice to the sacred grief which has
afflicted him and the sweet and ten
der obligations which still rest upon
him, would abandon public Office for
the private refuge of home. family
and friends
The question cf the Presidents re-
nomination is aot socketed in his
personal wishes, whatever they may
be, but in his relations to his party
and his party's relations to him. He
is the raitys leader, and more re
sponsible fer its PC sition than has
been any of its leaders since Jack
son Fe should be, aid is, his party's
to command. A denomination is his
due and its due. y II cannot elect
him next year. it ca not elect any
body. If it can elect him, 1t is not
only its privilege but its duty TO
do So
The Presidents policies are in
peculiar state. Some have been en-
acted into laws. but in circumstances
making early revision or amendment
of some kind necessary. and, there
fore, highly probable. Had the war
been foreseen. neither the tariff law,
the currency law. nor the new trust
laws would have taken the shape i'm
posed. They were prepared for con-
ditions which have since passed
away, and, therefore, are operating
on conditions which they do not fl.
For new times new laws.
Those policies which Congress has
not yet had time to deal with may
not have been disposed Of by nomi-
nation time next year-may not be
disposed of at the coming session at
all They may figure as unfulhlled
pledges in the next presidential cam
paign, and with this result: If the
President is reelected he will have
the strength to put them through; If
he is defeated they will fall with
him.
But may not Mr.. Lewis be mis-
taken about the Presidents personal
feelings in this matter? Mr.. Wilson
has shown that he likes both politics
and leadership. AS man thorough
ly read in our affairs, he knew per-
fectly we'll what he was taking on"
when he entered the White House.
He could not have expected, and
probably did not desire, an easy time.
Battle awaited him, and for battle
he Immediately prepared. For sea-
son the republicans and bull moosers
were his only foes. Now there are
members of his own party who differ
with him.
But thus far there has been no
faltering by him. A little dishgured
by the November elections, he is still
in the ring, and will be found with
his hackers, smiling if not confident,
in the democratic corner next year.
Evening star., 1915-04-14
Comparative Values.

"Of course" remarked Farmer
Corntossel, Il don't pretend to un-
derstand the ways Of finance. But
there's one thing that I think ought
to be explained to me SOS I can see
through it."
What is thatl"
why an egg is liable to be more
valuable after it has been in cold
storage than when it is fresh laid"
Evening star., 1915-04-14

Reindeer meat is being tried out on
some of the dining cars. But what
the tipless waiter would like to see
is an inexpensive wheat product that
will remove the crouch OF the man
who now has to pay 10 cents for
bread.
Evening star., 1915-04-14
The Survivor.

1t is the merry springtime and the
buds are on the trees,
And the little birds are singing as
they futter through the breeze
The lambkins love to gambol
Where the merry chipmunks ram
BILE,
And the sun goes on a-smiling as he
travels at his ease.
It is the merry springtime, 50 the
poet gay afirms.
Expressing his opinion in enthusiast
tic terms.
But, alas, his feet are freezing
And he has a spell Of sneezinR,
And he has to turn the proposition
ever - the geSmaI :.
Evening star., 1915-04-14

When he left this hemisphere
Huerta expressed himself as opposed
to the democratic party. But there
is no evidence of intention on his
part to prepare Tor any personal ac-
tIvity III the 1910 campaign.
Evening star., 1915-04-14

One of the pleasures Of being neu-
trail is the privilege of discussing pos
sible arrangements for peace with
out receiving the slightest attention
from the belligerents.
Evening star., 1915-04-14

Commuters are no longer envied
as men who have nothing to do dur
ing considerable portions of the day
except play cards.
Evening star., 1915-04-14

Rumors of reconciliation between
Taft and Roosevelt suggest peace
possibilities beyond anything that
Secretary Bryan ever dreamed OF.
Evening star., 1915-04-14
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHnANDER JOHNSON.
Unsatisfed Curiosity.

UNSdtlbUeU OU1 1US1Iy.
Father" said the small boy. what
is the fourth dimension?"
Il can't be bothered about that
just now, my SON."
why? Is that foolish ques-
tion?"
Il guess the question is all right
But l must say / never heard an
answer to it that struck me as very
sensible"
Evening star., 1915-04-14

The first thing Jack Johnson
knows he will be SO obscure that
some one will offer him 10 cents to
carry a suit case.
Evening star., 1915-04-14

An exemplihcation of the law Of
compensation is found in the way the
shad looms up as the oyster fades
away.
Evening star., 1915-04-14

There is no objection to the way
steel stock is soaring if those in con-
troll do not get overconhdent and at
tempt the perpendicular drop.
Evening star., 1915-04-14
Overconfdence.

rs that man wire puller?"
"Yes." replied Senator Sorghum.
But he's showing so much caution
lately that l fancy he must have
grabbed a piece Of barbed wire by
mistake"
Evening star., 1915-04-14

The crew of the Prinz Eitel is no
longer engaged in hoping for little
spell of bad weather.
Evening star., 1915-04-14

Regular fishermen must be discour-
aged by the efforts to limit activities
to catching submarines in nets.
Evening star., 1915-04-14

The present controller of the cur
rency cannot be accused of trying to
reduce his position to sinecure.
Evening star., 1915-04-14
New Organization.

you used to belong to a Don't
Worry club"
Eyes. But this idea of not worry
ing can be overdone. am now or
ganizins 'Sit-Up-and-T Take-Notice'
club"
Evening star., 1915-04-14

Each side in the European war is
sure the other is growing discour-
aged.
Evening star., 1915-04-14

As a once-promising specimen Of
neutrality Italy must be considered
failure.
Evening star., 1915-04-14

The New Mourning Millinery
Will Interest Women.
The range of modish styles in mourning milli-
merry is just great in proportion to the variety
permitted as in any other type of hats we show.
New Mourning Bonnets,
New Small-shape Mourning Hats,
New Broad and Narrow Brim Sailors.
All black and black with white facing; the lat
ter being particularly effective type of mourning
millinery that is new and original, yet losing
of the dignity and reserve of the black
A new and complete display is now ready.
IN TOQUES AND BONNETS for middle
aged and elderly women there are very pretty
shapes with the soft elegant effect admirable in
hats of this character. They in black, black
and-white and black with colored flowers in var-
GUS artistic and becoming shapes and trimmings;
all new. close-ftting shapes.
Third door street.
Evening star., 1915-04-14
Tuneful Hilarity.

Now prohibition has its fling.
The old towns going dry.
And lots of men who used to sing
Won't have the nerve to try.
Evening star., 1915-04-14
We Invite Attention to the ApproprIatene:
Modart Corsets

For Obtaining the Stylish Figure.
The Modart is superior front-lacing Corset,
which has rapidly grown in the favor of women
who have tried it and who appreciate the peculiar
advantages of the front-lace style.
Carefully selected materials, water
proofed boning, will not rust.
Styles are and correct; the lines
are accurate and beautiful. Easy of ad-
justment and comfortable and dependable
in wear and service.
In coutils or brooches, in white or pink, and
in models to suit practically every figure require
ment.
This season shows the tendency to higher bust
lines and more pronounced boning.
Priced from $3.50 to $l050 pair.
Evening star., 1915-04-14
Cut Glass Salt
and Pepper Shakers,
Unusual at Csc each.

We have secured special lot Of
Salt and Pepper Shakers, 10 dozen
in all, in new design and extra heavy
quality. These are in the popular
new small size, and we have marked
them at the unusually low price OF
7sc each. A very superior value
nm 1soA q sssssA
Evening star., 1915-04-14
Special:
Reed Fiber Chairs and Rockers,
$3.50 each.

This is one of the
most desirable values
we are offering in our
display of Willow and
Reed Furniture. The
picture shows the at
tractive design and
shape of the Rocker;
the chair matches it
perfectly. Fitted with
tapestry seat cushion
and back pad.
At $1,000 we have
Large Reed Fiber
Rockers, with high
Evening star., 1915-04-14

back and wide arms with magazine pocket.
In Willow and Reed Fiber Chairs and Rockers
most unusual values to be found at S2.oo, $500
and $500 each
From the most inexpensive and commonplace
single piece Beautiful Suites and Fancy Designs
shown. of Willow and Reed Furniture is com
plete, and very moderate in price
Ass. Q
Evening star., 1915-04-14
The Evening Star Newspaper Company

PAYABLE In advance-hy mail. postage prepaid:
n1ilr. Surdav incide-l. month. 90 crnts.
Daily. Sunday e1reptrd. month. 80 CENTS
Saturday Star 81 year. Sunday Star. =. 10 year
Evening star., 1915-04-14

Entero1 as second class mail matter at
the post office at Washington. D. c.
Evening star., 1915-04-14

Metal Beds That Are
Artistic and Durable.
White Enameied Beds much used in the sum-
for their clean, cool appearance and they quite
inexpensive In #, Fl. in. it. and it. in sizes.
They in many good designs square and round posts
plain or ornamented, S37S to 5000.
special White Enamsied Bungalow Bed, made of
best twonch square steel tubing and unusual value
at $1,000.
Brass Beds; square posts, continuous posts and
four-poster effects In all sizes. Bright satin and vel
vet finishes Strong sturdy we'll designed beds, from
$sJs to SSo.oo.
Mattresses made in shop and filled with
pure white cotton felt and covered in beautiful
tckngs large assortment to select from. SIT. size
S0o0 36-ft size, $1,000; Aft size, S10o; 46-ft size
$1z5e
Felt Mattresses, made in our shops and covered
with plain ticking priced at $780, Sso 500 and e10oo
Bed Springs to fit any bed; metal or wood; several
different makes and grades 0o, 500 and $50 each.
Box Springs more desired now than at any
times we make them to fit either metal or wood beds
of any size; the prices are moderate
Hair and Felt Mattresses renovated and remade in
our shop at very moderate charges.
Evening star., 1915-04-14

Heavy Galvanized
Steel Ash Cans.
Special prices, $l.z5 and $1.35
each.
These cans are warranted
durable and lasting; re-
inforced top and bottom.
Fifth 6oor, r sessse. ..."
Connecticut western news., 1915-03-11
Chinese Locks.

The earliest locks known to man were of Chinese make Although it fS impossible to tell the exact date of those still extant. they are wonderful Ty well made and as strong as any manufactured in Europe to the middle of the eighteenth century. The Chi nese Tocksmith of today uses exactly the same kind of tools that his fore fathers had. for they are very simple and primitive. He carries sll his i'm pedimenta in two cabinets, sitting on one and working at the other. When he has finished all the work available in one neighborhood he fastens the two cabinets to bamboo rod and slings it over his shoulder. He tramps through the towns burdened in this way and stops when he is called, much as a scissors grinder or umbrella mender does in our country-Wide World Magazine.
Connecticut western news., 1915-03-11
Listen to Your Conscience.

Almost daily ill every breast there is some tragedy enacted. A plot and q cOunterplot, a hero and d victim, a climax and catastrophe, remOrse and reStitutiOn-all these cOnfusedly inter-
 mingled with scenes of our inner con sciousness. And he who selects out Of it all as the type of his dominating thought the morbid and the hateful thus starves and shrivelS up his own highest nature and poisOns the lives of others. But he who in the midst of these chaotic scenes can listen atten- lively to the whisperings of the still, small voice thereby nOurishes his soul to degree of bigness and strength that make him power for righteous ness in any community. But the real secret of materializing our highest thoughts in the form of deeds is to act readily and willingly upon the prompt ings of the inner spirit. To procrasti- nate, however, is in time to render this inner voice forever silent.-SymphOn Calendar.
Connecticut western news., 1915-03-11
Battles In the Snow.

One of the most severe winters ever experienced was that of 1872. the year of Napoleon'S great Russian cam paign. On June 24 of that year he in- yadCd Russia with an army of G00,O00 men. Moscow was reached on Sept. II, and Il month later. after the Rus sians had burned that town to the ground, Napoleon commenced his re- treat. The army of G0O,OOJ was almost wiped out Men froZe to death by hundreds as they camped, and when at last the Russian frontier was reached only 130,00J men were left alive.
 In the Crimcan war England lost al- together 2O.G5G men. Actual fighting. however, was only responsible for 12 per cent of these deaths. Cold and dis ease were the causes of the other SS per cent of deaths.
 During the FrancO-Gcrman campaign OI 1870 another severe winter was eX- perienced. To the thousands of Ger nlsnS investing Paris the cold meant little. They had the whole country to draw on, but to the besiegeu and Starv- ing French it meant terrible suffering. The city surrendered in January after four months siege-Pearson'S.
Connecticut western news., 1915-03-11
Ordinary Ventilation.

Authorities compute that eaef5 adult person in room requires aE least thirty cubic feet of fresh air peg min ute to- maintain q fair standard of purity; hence the air changes required per hour primarily depend upon the number of workmen in the shop. to- gether witfir its cubical contents If the rooms are large and the woEkmen few the necessary air changes per hour are lessened, so that thisS figure depends for its determination upon local conditions. J. Byers HoT5rook allows One change of air per hour for the average type of city building" Increasing: tfiis allowance for rcOrzidors and first fioers- Other engineers desig- nate variouslE from fraction Gd one change to as high as three changes per hour for different sets of condifSOns.- D: NJ. Myers in Engineering Magazine.
Connecticut western news., 1915-03-11
DROP LILLIAN COOK CASE.
Former Employer of Girl Who Was
 Found Dead In New Haven, t~. Conn, is Exonerated.

{ The investigation into the circum- stances surrounding the suicide in New Haven, Conn.,, of Lillian Cook of Brooklyn has been dropped so far as the state attorney or the coroner's of flee is concerned. Coroner Eli Mix de nied that Vfrginius Mayo, for whom the girl worked, would be called as a witness, as had been previously an- aounced. Her remains were taken to Brooklyn for burial
 The body of Miss Cook, who has been missing for week from her tenn porary home in New, Haven, was found on West rock, high prOmontory at .Westvfile, five miles out of New Ha- ven The body was lying face down. and the poison tablet lay on the ground beside it.
 Mayo. head of the Mayo Radiator company of New Haven, where the girt worked as stenOgrapher, admit ted that he for years had led a dual life. He lived with his wife near his business, and maintained residehce in Brooklyn with Mrs. Lois Dudley. formerly, his stenographer. Mayo him. self gave Lillian job, and he denies that etpure little Lillian Cook ever knew anything about the Dudley affair.
Connecticut western news., 1915-03-11
Story of a Seeress.

Grant Dufr in his diary tells a curi- sus story of ''seeress." Mile. Lenor- mand was consulted by Robespierre and Napoleon l. Grant Duff's father fad strange experience wiEh Mile. LenOrmand. He and q friendl went to consult hery and after she had told him what he wanted to know sne tried with the ftiend, but became confused, said her heart failed her and begged him to leave the house. He persuad- ed her to. try again, andi again the same resuir followed. ThanL declaring that this, had never happeMed to her before. sIia lost all patience and i'm plored him to leave instanGiy. He did so and as he passed ouh of her door was knocked down and killed by a heavy wagon.
Connecticut western news., 1915-03-11
TOURAINE ARRIVES AT
 HAVRE; FIRE PUT OUT
Passengers on Liner Landed.
 Rotterdam Resumes Trip.

The blaze which threatened to de- stroy the French liner La TOuraine eastbound with a cargo of ammunition and many passengers, according to a wireless message received in London via Paris, arrived at Havre under es- cOrt of two French cruisers. Her pas sengers were landed. The Holland America liner Rotterdam, which was escOrting La TOuraine, resumed her voyage
 The La Touraine caught fire TOO miles west of the French port of Brest Five steamers responded quickly to the appeal for aid and began racing fer the scene of the threatened dis aster-the Rotterdam of the Holland America line. the Arabic of the White Star, and the Cornishman. Swanmore and Stamford, freighters.
 On the La Touraine passenger list comprising eighty-fOur persons, were five American physicians and ten American nurses. bound for the French battlefields.
 Tn New York maritime circles three theories were advanced-that either La TOuraine was tOrpedOed. came in con- tact with a floating mine or that an attempt to destroy the ship was made by a stowaway spy.
Connecticut western news., 1915-03-11
Arabs and Girl Babies.

It is d sad day in an Arab home when girl is born. The musicians who have come to the house with their drums, their shepherds pipes and all their strange musical instruments burst into wild wailing if the door is seen to open slowly and head shake silently and sadly and then withdraw behind the closed door All the rare food which has been prepared in the hopes that the new arrival is Il boy is put away and the wailing guests turn ed from the house. For why, they say, should one feast and have music when another superluous woman has been brought into the world? Though hu- man nature Is what it is, the little girl is not wholly unloved. She is given some pretty name, such as, trans lated. would be star" or ''dawn,' or pretty" or pleasant" When q boy is born the rejoicing, on the contrary, is hilarious ill the extreme. Welcomes are chanted by stringed Instruments. the praises of the family are sung. and a forecast of the great deeds to be done by the son are recited.-EXchange.
Connecticut western news., 1915-03-11
WILSON WARNS CARRANzA.
Warships Of to Vera Cruz Following Demand For Relief Tn Mex
 ico City.

New and urgent representation amounting practically to warning has been sent by the United States to General CarranZa demanding an i'm provement of conditions in Mexico City. Diplomatists familiar with con- tents of the note which American Con- sul SilIiman has been instructed to present to General Carranza interpret it as an entire change of policy on the part of the Washington government toward the Mexican situation.
 The communication to CarranZa which was drafted after conferences between President Wilson. Secretary Bryan and Counselor Lansing, was guarded with secrecy pending some word from CarranZa as to his attitude.
 The cruiser Tacoma is now returning from Mobile to Mexican waters. The battleship Delaware is at Vera Cruz, the gunboat Sacramento at TampieO, and the cruiser Des MOines is on her way from ProgresO to Vera Cruz as part of her regular movement from place to place on observation trips.