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Evening star., 1915-05-15
To Save Our Bird Life.
From the Detroit Journal.

6TOm tne OetfOll Jouxu1l
The Dominion government has issued a
notice to the Canadian farmers to pro-
tect birds by all means in their power.
by preventing hunters from crossing their
fields, by leaving copses and hedges for
the birds to nest in and by Systematically
destroying the enemies of birds, the do
mestic cat above all The farmers are
warned that the birds are their best
friends, and that without them the coun-
try would be laid waste in a few years by
insect pests. There Is no other way of
keeping insects in check. and without
the aid Of the birds all the poisons we
could use and all the other methods we
adopt to destroy insect pests would be
useless.
The United States government has said
the same thing and very much more. yet
we see gangs Of boys and men with shot
guns on their shoulders making their way
out to the country every fine day in the
spring time. and II we follow them we
find them shooting at every living thing
in sight It is mere thoughtlessness and
love Of destruction on their part, but
why the farmers allow It is a mystery.
II these so-called sports were to shoot a
few chickens or COW they would be do
ing far less harm to the farmer than by
killing off the birds which make farming
possible
Evening star., 1915-05-15
ALFRED c. FLATHER, Attorney.

SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF CO.
iumbia. Holding Probate Contribute Of
Lavina NJ. Park, Deceased.-No. 2l5f6. Admins
tra,ion Docket 81 Application having been
made herein for letters Of administration on
said estate, by Stanley f. Mcneil, II is ordered
this 2sth day OF April, AID. 1915. that Leola
Pennington and All others concerned appear in
AID 1918, at 10 O'Clock am, to show cause
why such application should NOT be granted.
Let notice hereof be published in the Washing
ton Law Reporter and Evening Star once In
each Of three successive weeks before the re-
turn day herein mentioned-the nrst publication
turn day. r. l. SIDDONS. Justice. Gseal.) At
test: JAMES TANNER, Register OF Wills for
Court. myl,s.16
Evening star., 1915-05-15
Big Sister Movement.
from the Pittsburgh Press.


The Big Sister movement appeals
powerfully to human sympathy. The
big sister is simply any woman.
young or old, who undertakes to look
after and take care. to whatever ex-
tent she is able. of any less fortunate
member of her sex. who thus becomes
her little sister.
There are thousands of little sisters
in q great community such as this who
are in dire need of some Big Sister to
put her sheltering arms around them.
This every woman knows, but hun
dreds Of women who are willing to
help lack a knowledge of the best way
of going about it. They want to be
told how. The Big Sister movement is
going to tell them. What a new inter-
est in life, what a veritable blessing.
would come to many women in easy
circumstances if they Joined this Big
Sister movement. There are good
women who are unhappy and yet un-
able to tell why who would discover
what was wrong once they began to
be somebody's big sister in real, ear
nest For the wisest of all ages have
agreed that only in trying to make
somebody else happy can any Of us
and true happiness. How do we know
that the big sisters will not receive
more joy than they give?
Evening star., 1915-05-15
Downing the Dandelion.
From the Omaha Bee


The dandelion has some uses. public
opinion to the contrary Notwithstanding.
Its tender leaves often adorn the table as
edible greens: its tap root, running down
10 the center Of the earth at times.
sometimes serves as a substitute for chic
ory, which in itself is substitute for
coffee, and under the name OF taraxacurn
the active principle Of the plant appears
in the pharmacopia as a cholagogue. But
nobody ever heard of the dandelion being
listed among the ornamental towering
shrubs OF plants designed for lawn decor
alton.
The persistence of the yellow pests is
eoualed in nature by only one thing, the
English sparrow, which is even more use
less. The fecundity of the Nebraska soil
makes the task of eradicating the dande
lion one of stupendous proportions. The
eternal application OF all known remedies
by everybody is the only available solll-
tion The problem is complicated by the
careless man. who is willing to lei his
lawn go to waste. and who allows the
weed to bloom and ripen and scatter its
seed over his neighbor's plot. thereby
nullifying all the effort the careful mai
has put forth.
Evening star., 1915-05-15
EFFECT ON LONDON SOCIETY.
Dinners and Dances No Longer il
Evidence,

From the Manchester Guardian.
Society in the old sense Of the word has
ceased to exist-it has simply disappeared.
The units which composed society. at any
rate rs to the women. no doubt still exist
in London. but as a corporate whole. with
meeting places and common conventions,
It has melted into the ordinary world. It
survived the outbreak Of the war for a
time, and there were attempts at keeping
II together by occasional dinners and
small informal dances. but even this is
now all changed. There are very few
Iuncheons, no dinners and private dances
are not even mentioned" fashionable
leader declared day or two ago. "As for
a season-well. there won't be a trace Of
one" A few women gather occasionally
for dinner and a game of bridge, but that
is about ALL One Of the most marked Of
the signs Of the times Is the decline Of
evening dress. Nearly all young men
wear Khaki, and women are more and
more dispensing with low-cut evening at
tire.
Evening star., 1915-05-15
.FEIE HELD FOR BENEFIT
Of WORKING BOYS HOME
Annual Under the Trees" Affair at
Connecticut Avenue and Abe
marie Street Today.

The annual fete under the trees
for the benefit of the Working Boys
Home is being held this afternoon and
evening at Connecticut avenue and
Albemarle street, the proceeds of the
affair to be used in defraying the ex-
penses Of the summer camp for boys
conducted under the auspices of the
home board managers.
Music for the fete is furnished by the
Marine Band and the band from Fort
Myer, both of which volunteered their
services. Candy booths, ice cream
and cake booths. in charge of young
women, under the direction of Mrs.
George Ode1l; a tin type studio. where
pictures are to be made while you
wait" and a number Of ponies. to be
ridden by the younger visitors at the
fete, are features. Miss Flora Wilson
Is in charge of a fortune telling booth.
where she is assisted in palm reading
by several young woman palmists.
At o'clock this evening supper is to
be served at small tables. this feature
being in charge of Mrs. Francis Rug
giles.
The Working Boys Home is located
at 230 c street northwest. where 1t
occupies a large and comfortable
house which once was a fashionable
dwelling. The house was given for a
newsboys' home more than twenty five
years ago, but the management soon
found that there were few newsboys of
the city who did not have homes of
their own, while for boys from the
country, willing to do any kind Of hon
est work, as well as for other classes
of boys earning their own living in the
city, there was no place except the
cheaper lodging houses, where in many
cases the environment was undesirable.
Limited to Working Boys.
An annex to the main building was
erected. this being a good sized brick
wing, with gymnasium and workshop
on the first floor. classrooms and recre-
alton rooms on the second floor and
single bedrooms for the older boys on
the top floor. For a time children were
admitted to the home. the name of
which was changed to the Working
citation. After several years this plan
was abandoned and 1t was decided
that only working boys should be cared
for at the home.
between thirty and forty working
boys, the home being in charge of Mrs.
Tyson, superintendent. Visitors to the
home are welcome at any time and the
superintendent Is glad to show callers
over the place and explain it's plan of
management and operation and the
plan whereby the boys who earn their
own living are given comfortable quar-
ters and good, wholesome board on the
payment of a nominal weekly amount.
The annual camp is held on the site
of the boys summer camp, near Con-
necticut avenue and Albemarle street,
though this was omitted last summer
because of lack of funds.
Evening star., 1915-05-15
BENEFIT FOR WIDOWS
Of VICTIMS Of "a
Lecture and Band Concert to Be
Given Tomorrow Night at
Polls Theater.

The largest gathering Of army and
navy folk seen in Washington for
months is expected at the Poll Theater
tomorrow evening to attend the ben
ent to be given for the widows OF the
men who lost their lives by the sinking
OF submarine F-4 at Honolulu recently.
1t VIII be a lecture on submarine
warfare generally, by Lieut.. Clarence
H. Hinkamp. U. S. N, an expert on the
subject
The patronesses include Mrs Daniels.
Mrs. Garrison. Mrs. Roosevelt, Mrs
Breckinridge. Mrs. Dewey. Mrs. Scott
Mrs. Victor Blue. Mrs Barnett Mrs.
Bliss. Mrs. Aleshire. Mrs. Crozier. Mrs.
Gorsas. Mrs. Bensen. Mrs Eberle. Mrs
Braisted and Mrs. Nash 1t is stated
that even before public announcement
been sold, the box holders being Mrs.
Daniels, Mrs Roosevelt, Mrs Dewey.
Mrs. Nash, Mrs. Bliss. Mrs. Crozier.
Mrs. Eberle. Mrs. Duncan c. Phillips
and Mrs Ord Preston. Paymaster GEN
eral Samuel g. MCGOWAN U. S. N. is
special aid and head usher. his CO.
worker as head usher being Capt Rid
ley Mclean, Z. S. N.
The following will also serve:
Box office attendants. Naval Con-
Adolph Stator: doorkeepers, Lieut.
Stephen Rowan and Lieut. John E.
1seman: ushers. Lieut.. Commanders j.
M. Enochs. ]. B. Gilmer. John P. Jack
son. G. W. Steels. jr.: T. Jewett, Lam
non and Winston. and Lieuts. Ezra Al
len. Paul Bastado, E. J. Fay. S. b. Nc
Kinney, Lee Noyes, Owen Bartlett,
Green, See and Todd. and Maj Low and
Capt Breckinrfdge, L. s. NJ. c.
Concert by Marine Band.
The Marine Band will play a concert
program during the evening. There
will be promenade concert before the
lecture which begins at $40 o'clock, a
brief concert between the lecture and
the motion pictures and a concert after
the motion pictures. The theater will
be especially decorated by blueJack-
cts from the navy yard.
The committee in charge of the ben :
eft consists of Mrs. James Lee Ack-
erson, Mrs. John Washington Davidge,
Miss A1ys Downing, the Misses Fitch,
Mrs. Margaret Niche, Miss Carolyn
Nash and Mrs. Ord Preston.
The proceeds of the lecture and con-
cert are to be turned over to Admiral
Dewey and through the agencies of the
navy relief fund. which he administers
| will be sent to the beneficiaries.
Evening star., 1915-05-15
The Proudes Moment.
From the Detroit Times.


Oh. no! A fellows proudest moment
was not the time he came out on top in
his first scrap with "the kid next door,
Nor was it the first time he saw
Mary Jane home from the party. Nor.
again, was it when she named the
day"
It wasn't when he made his biggest
business deal; got his largest raise; be-
came a partner in the concern and was
paying an income tax.
And while this, too. was a proud mo-
ment. the proudest Of all was not when
the first-born came. nor was it when
the youngster first 1isped dada"
All those were big moments. mo
long and happily. but the real proudest
moment was the time when-
He wore his first pair of long pants.
Evening star., 1915-05-15
BANKRUPTCY NOTICES.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT
of Columbia.-Bankruptcy No. lo42.-To the
creditors Of Charles A. scheuch. jr.. bankrupt
Notice is hereby given that the srd day of
May. 1915: the said Charles A. Scheuch, r..
was adjud1cated bankrupt and that the hrst
meeting OF his creditors will be held ut my
once. 4l6 9th ST. NV. Washington. d. c.. on
the 26th day Of May. 1918, at II o'clock q. In. :,
at which time the said creditors may attend.
prove their claims. appoint trustee. examine
the bankrupt and transact snch other business
as may properly come before said meeting. z.
$. MccALMoNT. Referee in Bsnkr1ptc!.
Evening star., 1915-05-15

Man has strug-
gled for power
since the begin
ming Of time, and
how indnitesimal
and Insignificant
the power of any
one in divi dual
seems when one
tries to conceive
Of Gods power!
In these days OF
h a I'd materialfsrn
men think them
selves wise to dis
credit Gods pow
Evening star., 1915-05-15
Locations Alter Cases.
Boston Transcript

From the Boston Transcript.
He-But you didn't object to my hold
ing your hand at the summer resort
last week.
She-That's different. We are alone
now and there isn't another girl in
sight to be Jealous of me.
Evening star., 1915-05-15
Divot Cutters.

From the Boston Transcript.
II see that over in England they are
going to plow up the golf courses for
crops"
.aThey might save some Of the expense
by sending a lot of buffers around a
few times"
Evening star., 1915-05-15
LEGAL NOTICES.
FREDk. A. FENNING and SPENCER
GORDON, Attorneys.

SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF co.
Iumbia. Holding Probate Court.-Estate of
Patrick Mungavin. Deceased.-No. 21125, Ad.
mfnistration Docket 5l--Application having
been made herein for letters of administration
on said estate by Joseph Gawler to issue unto
Frederick A. Fenning, it is ordered, this 18th
day of May, AID. 1915 that the unknown
heirs at law and neIt Of kin and all others
e9ncesneo aPR na n ,a,s =, 9n On y: nJnasy: .he
to show cause why such application should no,
be granted Let notice hereof he published In
the Washington Law Reporter and The
Evening Star once In each of three successive
weeks before the return day herein mentioned
the nrst publication TO be not less than thirty
days before said return day. f. l.. SIDDONS.
Justice tSeal.l Attest: W G.. TAYLOR
Deputy Register OF Wills for the District Ci
Columbia Clerk Of the Probate Court.
pnnyIS
Evening star., 1915-05-15
Going Several Better.

From Judge.
She (proudly)-My ancestors came to
this country on the Mayflower.
Her rival (triumphantly)-P
always thought you came from a lot of
cheap skates. My ancestors came over
first ca bin in a Cunard liner.
Evening star., 1915-05-15
EpWORTH LEAGUE DISCUSSION.
HUMAN POWER RAISED TO HIGHER POWER
Joe, 22s-2o; Acts 2:2-4; 2:3o; 1o2)
By Robert D. Burbank.

Human power is measured by the
power Of the individual members OF
the race. while the power OF God is be-
yond the reach of mans Imagination.
Evening star., 1915-05-15
I1x.s., Finest snd Fsstest vsss,s 10
sGE1H : s1s1 AFRICA BY
WNl0M CASTLE l0G!lE:
sxNDEHSON { son. Gen. Pass AStas
rs Broadway, n. Z.
Or Any SteAmship Ticket Agent.
FOREIGN HOTELS.
LONDON, ENGLAND.

iONDON-PALACE HOTEL. BLOOMSBURY.
Just opened; central for all parts; 800 rooms;
ave. rooms from 81; en- pension. 32.5O. Write
for booklet So6 5th ave-. New York.
Evening star., 1915-05-15

er and to repudiate its effect upon
their souls. They profess to disbelieve
what they cannot understand. and de-
clare they will. take nothing on faith:
yet they see and accept things all
about them that they do not under
stand.
Life is full of things they cannot ex-
plain. if they but realized it: for in
stance. gravity functions, chemical
combinations and reactions occur, cleo
tricity performs in certain ways. but
who can explain the secret of any of
these? These are but forms of God 8
power in the physical world, and in the
spiritual world it's forms are just rs
cret is just as impossible to explain.
In the electrical powerhouses are in
struments called transformers, which
lower or raise the force of an electrical
current, and in our spiritual life the
Holy Spirit raises and transforms our
energy from a low to a high voltage.
We cannot explain this process, but we
know that the spirit has come to US in
fulfllment of Gods promise. and we
feel and see the effects. We cannot
explain the secret of the indwelling of
the Holy Spirit, but we can experience
it, and this is what makes our lives as
Christians worthy.
william Arthur said that If Chris
tianity was to conquer the world it
would have to do 1t either by enlisting
men of extraordinary gifts or by en-.
dowing ordinary men with extraor-
dinary power. and plainly Gods meth
cd is to transform ordinary men. He
has chosen kings, prophets, apostles
evangelists. ministers, missionaries and
from all walks and stations in life.
Evening star., 1915-05-15
The New Grocer.

From the Philadelphia Ledger.
She-Have you any good farmers eggs ?
Wouldn't hens eggs do, ma am ?
Evening star., 1915-05-15
Wouldn't It!

From the PhiIadelphla LAdser
Wouldn't II be an awful thing II British
ayiators were to fly over Berlin and drop
their his on the defenseless population.
Evening star., 1915-05-15
Ask Art Education Inquiry.

The federation adopted a resolution
setting forth that Of the million stu
dents in the colleges and universities
of the country. only Is per cent are re-
ceiying even a partial art education,
and calling upon the Carnegie Founda-
tion to undertake an investigation Of
the whole matter of art education in
the United States.
Evening star., 1915-05-15
Potomac River Landings

POtOmaC RfVef L&n0lnX3
AND RALTIMORE.
seeansrs sss,e tn g. .h.sf Tor 81 Sila@css as. az
-. arrive Bsitimoee second morning out. Law
Baltimore. pier 3. Hsht st.. nSnday WsdossSs2
nornins ont River freight prepaid. Peeesngef
.eS,ics arst-class Freight received ubtn S;AS
p'm' % 1oa s1 sFEPHENsoN. Agent.
Naryland. Deiawars and virstnia RwZ: o..
Teiepbone Main 746 IT'D @. Wnafk
Evening star., 1915-05-15
A Prophets Vision.

Joel did not have a pleasant prophecy
to utter, for his message was of the
woes and misfortunes that were to be-
fall Israel; but he had one glimpse be-
yond the captivity to the coming Of
the Evangel, and prophesied the COM
ing of the Holy Spirit. This Is the
prophecy whose fulfillment Peter rec
ognized as beginning on the day Of
Pentecost. And it's fulfillment has
been continuing ever since, and will
continue through time and eternity.
One of the church fathers calls Pen
tecost fthe birthday of the Holy Spir-
It," OF course that Is true only in the
sense that it was the time of His spe-
cial manifestation. Henceforth the
spirit was to be the gift of all. not
simply of the prophet or miracle
worker.
In the nineteenth chapter Of the Acts,
Paul, addressing some of the disciples
of John the Baptist at Ephesus. said:
Did We receive the Holy Ghost when
We beiieved" And they said unto him:
Nay, we did not SO much as hear
whether the Holy Ghost was given"'
Then Paul explained Johns relation to
Christ. and baptized them in the name
Evening star., 1915-05-15
VIRGINIA.
SHEFFIELD

AL Hu<u~N A1~N
Open May %. 1915. Boating. bathing. fishing ten
MIS- dancing. Spacious lawns-old colonial man
sion. bungalows, all screened. Fruit, vegetables.
milk from own farm. Reached via P & c. steam
ers to Potomac Beach. Penn. R. r. via Pope's
creek to Colonial Beach: steamer st. John to
Colonial Beach g. automobile via Fredericksburg.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-28
A WOMAN'S CAMPAIGN
BY HAROLD CARTER.

Public opinion was not enthusiast
tically in favor of Raphael when he
came to live in East Kemp. Raphael
was an Armenian, and his color was
that of the lining of a ham sandwich.
OF course his nationality was not SO
much against him as the fact that he
had foreign ways.
He had peddled cheap jewelry in the
district for several years when he sur
prised everybody by buying the Drew
cottage and establishing himself there
with his wife and son. a lanky, ham,
colored lad of thirteen. Apparently
he had amassed all the money he
needed in the peddling line, for he set
to work to raise poultry and vege-
tables. which he sold to Hiram Smith,
the grocer.
Something has got to be done
about those people," said Mrs. Daunce.
the leader of the social set in East
Kemp. We've got to draw the line
somewhere. or we'll all be black and
tan before we know where we are"
Everybody followed her lead obedi-
emily 1t was not malice-just stu.
pidity, and sense that the Raphaels
were rather out Of their proper ele-
ment. Mrs. Daunce forbade her son
Harry to go to the Raphaels' house
Harry and young Raphael-his father
had changed his oriental name to
Washington-had played together q
good deal, Harry felt badly about 1t
But the word had gone forth that the
Raphaels were to be ostracized.
I can see Raphael now, In Hiram
Smiths store, always with a smile or
his pleasant face, and a CHEEKY word
| He was the kindest-hearted fellow, an(
most of the men had a good word fol-
Raphael. It was prominently a WON
ems crusade. inspired by the desire
to keep the aliens across the river.
Raphael joined the volunteer fir,
brigade among his other activities
The sight of the fat. bearded man run
ming like boy to every blaze was ,
ludicrous one. When they served on
brass helmets-donated by Horace
Daunce-Raphael was the proudest o
the proud.
Harry Daunce had been i'll wit
scarlet fever for three weeks when tn
great fire destroyed the Daunce home
There was no need to sound the fire
bell. The flames lit up all East KemI
and within five minutes the engine
were out and the horses gallopin
wildly toward the scene
In the front of the crew, his fac
wild with excitement, was Raphae
in his big brass helmet. He wa
shouting to the beasts as they ga
loped up the steep hill toward tn
furious flames that leaped skywar
out of the burning roof.
The servants had got away. but Nj
and Mrs. Daunce and the boy wer
trapped in the burning. wing: Horac
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-28

Hamburg
$6000O0O
possible
banking would
will
goods credit
rent created wealth
wealth Of the world should
vestmen develop
the advantages Mr. Howe brings the the
and then concludes:
THE important
by bringing great goods for
which hold goods for without the
tariff
the demands the whole world upbud
shift America
international exchange.
Finally America
Its
materials
only be paid o. wealth"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-28
THE LAST MAN

More than fifty years have passed
since the war between the North and
South. One by one the men who
fought on blue and gray are being
gathered in the great bivouac be-
yond. Fires of passion have burned
out. The survivors of that unfor-
tunate strife realize the approach
ing end and recognize the metal and
the merit of the men who fought
during the years of that unequal
struggle.
Soon day will come when the
surviving armies will me small in
number and later will come way
when these noble sons of the North
and South will exist alone in mem
ory.
Who will be the last man? 1t is a
question that no one can tell, but
some day there will be a last man,
and then thecurtain will fall on the
historic tragedy. The actors will
nave van lSueu. ue SldSe Will NC
cleared
There is in ST. Paul club known
as THE Last Man Club" 1t is made
up of the survivors of Company B,
First Minnesota Volunteers of the
Civil War. Once each year members
of theclub meet. They sit about a
cheerful table and exchange war
"reminiscences. 1t is supposed to be
a gala occasion, but it is banquet
fraught with sadness for as the years
so by and members drop from the
roll call, a draped chair about the
board represents the missing men,
Der. The surviving members talk in
, cool contentment, but in subdued
tones, for each empty chair is signi-
ficant For the time being is seems
as If the absent members were really
present and no doubt they are in a