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Evening star., 1915-12-12
AGRICULTURAL DEPT.

Mrs. c. 3. Fincknel of the bureau of
crop estimates is on annual leave of
absence extending through Decem-
ber 21
George r. Ferguson of the bureau
of crop estimates was on leave of alb
sence the latter part of the week.
Miss Sara Skinner of the bureau of
crop estimates was on leave the latter
part of the week.
Lewis A. Pinner of the bureau of
crop estimates is on leave of absence
until December 90.
Mrs. Maria l.. Wood of the bureau
of crop estimates has been on the
sick list since November 10.
Cecil st. Clair Wilson of the bureau
of crop estimates has been i'll since
the first of the month
Mrs. Gertrude Fisher of the bureau
of crop estimates has been i'll since
the first of the month.
DR.. Robert Stein of the bureau of
crop estimates was on the sick list
recently.
Charles l., Erwin of the bureau of
crop estimates was on the sick list
during the week.
The bureau of crop estimates will
issue Wednesday a cotton report, to
be followed December Is by a general
report on all crops. Outside men to
week will be F.. n. Gray of Texas and
W. l.. Pryot of Mississippi. Next
week j. p. killibrew, tobacco expert
of the department, from Tennessee,
will be at the department.
j. Thode of the division of publi-
cations spent few days in New York
recently.
Miss X. Westphal of the division of
publications is on the sick list, as is
Miss Emily Laud.
Mrs. Nina Bull of the division of pub
LEGATIONS returned to her desk recently
from an extended leave of absence in
New England.
Miss Lucie Carraway of the division
of publications is spending annual
leave of absence at Annapolis. Md.
Miss Jennie Hoey of the division of
publications is on leave of absence
for the rest of December. Other EN-
ployes of the division of publications
who will be away for the remainder
of the month include Mrs. Lucy Fair
fax, Miss Virginia Sutton and Hiram
Weaver.
John Wilson of the division of pub
LEGATIONS was on leave of absence dur
ing the week.
Evening star., 1915-12-12
NAVY DEPARTMENT.

Assistant Secretary Roosevelt has re-
turned from a seasons duck hunting
on the coast of South Carolina.
Rear Admiral Charles z. Pond, re-
Gently relieved as commander in chic f
of the Pacific reserve fleet and ordered
to duty as commandant of the Ports
mouth yard, has been detailed as COM
mander of the auxiliary division of the
Atlantic fleet. The vessels of that unit
consist of the repair ship Vestal, fuel
ships Arethusa, Cyclops, Jupiter and
Orion, supply ships Celtic and Culgoa,
ammunition ship Lebanon and hospital
ship Solace.
Lieut. lunior grade) George F. Ja-
cobs. who has been on duty with the
Atlan.ic reserve feet. has resigned
from the navy. He WAS appointed to
the Naval Academy from Pennsylvania
in 1907. and was made lieutenant GU
nior Grade) this year.
Secretary Daniels shortly VIII appoint
a new chief of the bureau of yards and
docks to succeed Civil Engineer Homer
r. Sanford. whose four-year term will
expire January IA next. 1t is under
stood that Civil Engineer Harry IL
Rousseau could have the place if he
wanted it, but that he prefers to re-
main in the Panama Canal Zone. The
officers to be considered by the Secre-
tary are: civil Engineer Leonard NJ.
Cox, public works officer at the New
York yard: Civil Engineer Frederic r.
Harris. public works officer at Phila-
deIphia yard. and Civil Engineer
Charles w. Parks. public works officer
at the Hawaiian naval station.
Paymaster William B. Rogers, U. S.
n, retired, has taken an apartment at
1900 l street for the season.
Commander c. J. Lang, just detached
from the gunboat Wheeling. is spend
ing a short leave of absence al the
Marlborough in this city.
DR.. James A. Randall, formerly at
tached to the L. S. S. Wilmington, is
at the Willard with Mrs. Randall.
Among the naval officers who report
ed at the Navy department last week
were Commander l.. NJ. Mutton, Naval
Academy: Commander J. +. Palmer. re-
tired; Lieut.. Commander Walter n.
Vernuo L. S. S. Beale: Lieut.. William
Toaz. e. S. S. Florida: Lieut.. E. S. Gun
ther. L. S. S. Texas. and Lieut.. Julius
c. Townsend, U. S. S. Oklahoma.
Evening star., 1915-12-12
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.

Dr. Mary Walker was a visitor to the
Treasury building to look again at the
portrait of cousin, Robert J. Wal
ker. who was Secretary of the Treasury
from 1S45 to 1S49. famous as the au-
thor of the Walker tariff bill of 1876,
recognized to this day as one of the
most scientifically prepared tariff
measures The portrait of Secretary
Walker hangs in the office of Assistant
Secretary Malburn, who chatted with
DR. Walker about her kinsman and his
part in national affairs.
Wales c. Brewster has been added to
the rolls of the office of the controller
of the currency. Mr.. Brewster was
transferred from the law division of
the internal revenue bureau to his new
post.
Joseph D. De Souza has been trans
ferred from the division of special
agents to the desk vacated by Mr..
Brewster in the law division OF the in
ternal revenue bureau.
Evening star., 1915-12-12

after three weeks vacation, spent In
New York
oscar w. Wyatt has completed his as
signment in Los Angeles. and is now on
leave of absence.
August w. Stuhrman, who resigned
from the census bureau year ago, has
recently been reinstated and assigned
to duty in the division of manufactures
of manufactures is spending her vaca-
ton in Skowhegan. Me.
Clyde D. Williams of the division of
vital statistics is on leave of absence
for few days.
Clifton c. Jermane. who has been
engaged on field work for the division
of vital statistics. is spending a few
days with friends in Missouri.
Evening star., 1915-12-12
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

Often the excuse is worse than the
offense.
Responsibility that carries no weight
is not responsible.
The future is what We hoped the
past might have been but wasn't
How easy it is to acquire something
YOU don't want
The youth who has to scratch for
a living sows but few wild oats.
The first settler in a new country
may be the last to settle his bills.
A mans club membership is some
times ii club in the hands of his wife.
It's easier to get people to take your
advice than to make them use it.
Too great command of language
sometimes lessons a woman's natri-
monal chances.
AS a rule the more a man has to
say about women the more he doesn't
really know about them.
A woman's smile may wreck a mans
heart but it is usually another kind of
smile that wrecks his constitution.
IL hOrSeS cOulu ldIk, no toupl iiieiT
voices would be heard through the
land calling for an improved breed of
hostlers.
An old bachelor says there is but
one thing sweeter than loves young
dream, and that is to wake up and
find yourself still single.
Some small minds have great
thoughts.
The younger a man is the more he
has to unlearn.
Silent watches of the night are those
we forget to wind.
Every dog has his day, but, like men.
they always want more
An ignorant man is usually ignorant
of the fact that he is ignorant
Nothing jolts a smart man so hard
as being beaten at his own game.
Youth is going to do things tomor-
row that old age didn't do yesterday.
When a woman loves a man she
loves to make him believe that she
doesn't.
man seldom realizes the worth
lessness of his earthly possessions
until he tries to pawn them.
1t is decidedly rough on the leading
lady of a theatrical aggregation when
she is compelled to step off the track
TO let train go by.
Through an operation at the Pres
oyterian Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital.
Baltimore, Miss Julia Vincent. sixteen
years old, who ran a hatpin in her eye.
her to become partially blind,
aas regained her sight.
Evening star., 1915-12-12

Through an operation at the Pres
byterian Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital.
Baltimore, Miss Julia Vincent, sixteen
years old, who ran a hatpin in her eye.
causing her to become partially blind,
has regained her sight.
Williams news., 1915-12-16

Singapore and the Andaman islands What haven't I been in these ten years?" with shrug. Gan you fancy me a deck-steward on a F. & O. boat, tucking old ladies in their chairs, stag gering about with a tray of broth bowls, helping the unsteady to their staterooms, and touching my cap at the end of the voyage for a few shill- ings in tips?"
 Tell me more"
 He looked into her beautiful face, animated by genuine interest, and wondered if all men were willing to obey her.
 Tt always interests me to hear from the mans own lips how he overcame obstacles"
 Sometimes I didn't overcome them. ran away. After all. the strike in oil was a fluke"
 q don't think so. But go on," she prompted
 Well, l have been manager of a cOcnarut- -nlapta4 ion in Penang. Pvo
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helped lay tracks in Upper India; had hand in some bridges; sold patent medicines; worked in a ruby mine; been a haberdasher in the Wbiteaway, Laidlaw shop in Bombay; cut wood in the teak forests; helped exterminate the plague at Chitor and Udaipur; and never saved penny. I never had an adventure in ali my life"
 Why. your wanderings were ad- ventures" she insisted. Think of the things you could tell"
 And never will," smile breaking over his face.
 How like Arthur's that smile was! thought the girl Romantic persons never have any adventures. It is to the prosaic these things fall. Because of their nearness you lose their values"
 There is some difference between romance and adventure. Romance is what you look forward to; adventure is something you look back upon. But l always supposed adventure was the finding of treasures, on land and on sea; of f1libustering; of fighting with sabers and pistols, and all that rigma. role. I can't quite lift my imagination up to the height of calling my six months shovel-engineering on the Galle an adventure. It was brutal hard work; and many times l wanted to jump over. The Lascars often got out of trouble that way"
 Tt all depends upon how we look at n ho 70 with her foot. and Rajah hissed. What would you say if told you that I was unconventional enough to ask the pur- ser to introduce you?" The amazement in his face was an swer enough.
 Don't you suppose" she went on, the picture you presented, standing on that ledge, the red light of the torch on your face, the bird cage in your hand-don't you suppose you reused my sense of the romantic to the highest pitch? Parrot & Col" with wave of her hands.
 She was laughing at him. It could not be otherwise. It made him at once sad and angry. Romance! hate the word. again affirm that young women should not travel alone. They think every bit of tinsel is gold, every bit of colored glass, ruby. Ro- nance, adventure! Bah! So much twaddle has been written about the East that cads and scoundrels are mis- taken for Galahads and D'Artagnans. Few men remain in this country who can with honor leave it. Who knows what manner of man I am?" He picked up the parrot cage and strode away.
 "Jah, jah!" began the bird. Not all the diplomacy which worldly wise men have at their disposal could have drawn this girls interest more surely than the abrupt, rude manner of his departure
Williams news., 1915-12-16
WHITE MAKES GOOD MANAGER
Former White Sox Pitcher Proves Him. self Capable Leader-Is Praised
 By President Maier.

No one ever will be able to take the place Hap Hogan held in the hearts of Coast league fans. Hogan had peculiar part to play that none can equal. But Doc White, who succeed ed to the leadership of the Venice team upon the death of Hogan, seems likely to win a place all his own, as peculiar to himself as was that Ho- gan held. With the Venice players grief-stricken and disorganized follow ing Hogan's death, White took hold, got them to hold their heads up again, and is making them play winning ball. Docs days as pitcher may be over. but he has found his forte, as mana ger, and is proving a most capable leader and one withal who is as popu- lar as he is talented.
 That White will manage the Venice club next year and is really fixture as leader of the Tigers, has been an
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The Place % f1oneynOOnS, etc.
e0a6J7zE7o9lIL OQn4HY

stories like that, but I'd rather hear them told first-hand." Elsa was not romantic in the sense that she saw heroes where there were | only ordinary men; it was the ob- scure and unknown hero who appealed to her: such one as this man might be.
 "Oh, there was nothing splendid about the thing. I simply hung on" Then thought struck him. You are travelling alone?"
 With companion" A peculiar question, she thought
 Tt is not wise," he commented.
 My father was a soldier" she re- piled
 "It isn't a question of bravery" he explained, bit of color charging un- der his skin. This world is not like your world. Women over here. :. Oh, I've lost the art of saying things clearly" He pulled at his beard en- barrassedly.
 Are you warning me against your self?"
 Why not? Twenty thousand pounds do not change man; they merely change the public's opinion of him. For all you know, I may be the great est rascal unhanged."
 "But you are not"
 He recognized that it was not a query; and pleasurabIe thrill ran over him. Had there been the least touch of condescension in her manner he would have gone deep into his shell.
 No; there are worse men in this world than I. But we are getting away from the point, of women travelling alone in the East. Oh, know you can protect yourself to a certain ex- tent. But everywhere, on boats, in the hotels, on the streets, are men who have discarded all the laws of convention, of the social contract: And they have the keen eye of the kite and the vulture.'
 To Elsa this interest in her welfare was very diverting "In other words. they can quickly discover the young woman who goes about unprotected? Don't you think that the trend of the conversation has taken rather a re- markable turn. not as impersonal as it should be?"
 T beg your pardon! Shall I go?" "No. I want you to tell me some stories" She laughed. Don't worry about me, MT. Warrington. l have gone my way alone since I was six. teen. I have travelled all over this wicked world with nobody but the woman who was once my nurse. Now, tell me something of your adventures Ten years in this land must mean something. l am always hunting for Harun-al-Raschid, or Sindbad, or some one who has done something out of the ordinary" He inclined against the rail and stared down at the muddy water "Ad- venture?" He frowned a little. I'm afraid mine wouldn't read like adven- lures. There's no glory in being a stevedore on the docks at Hongkong, a stoker on tramp steamer between
Williams news., 1915-12-16

The present baseball season has fur nished many surprises and disappoint- ments in the work of the pitchers.
 Many of last seasons stars have failed to display the form that car ried them and their teams to the front last year. There have been two nota- ble cases of stars of years ago com ing to their own again. Jack Coombs, formerly of the Athletics and now pitching winning ball for Brooklyn, and Joe Wood of the Boston Ameri- cans, who is pitching with the same effectiveness he did in 1912, after hay ing experienced two poor seasons.
 Further than this, more youngsters have made good this season than in almost any two previous seasons com bined.
 With the race in the National league so close that not a single team can
Williams news., 1915-12-16

be considered entirely out of the race even at this late date, the final stand ing will, in all probability, be decided CT the merits of the various pitching staffs. In this respect Brooklyn has the edge on the other clubs.
 With the exception of Fucker, Rob- inson has rebuilt his entire staff, and he has shown rare judgment in pick ing moundsmen. Last year he devel- oped Pfeffer, while this year he has brought out Smith, Dell and Appleton.
 If manager develops one first-class hurler during a season he is usually satisfied. Robinson not only has de- veloped three good men, but he also secured Coombs from Connie Mack at the waiver price, thereby proving to his followers that he is one of the best judges of pitchers in the game.
Williams news., 1915-12-16

He bit hard upon the stem of his pipe. What was all this to him? Why should he bother his head about a woman he had known but few hours? An, why lie to himself? He knew what Elsa, usually quick and receptive, did not know. that he was not afraid of her, but terribly afraid of himself. For things ripen quickly in the East, men and women, souls and deeds. And he was something like the pariah dog; spoken kindly to, it attached itself inn mediately and enduringly He struck the cutty against his boot heel. Why not? It would be only for two days. At Rangoon their paths would separate; he would never see her again. He got up. He would go to her at once and apologize. And thus he surrendered to the very devil he had but moment gone so vigor- ously discountenanced.
 He found her asleep in her chair. The devil which had brought him tc her side was thrust back Why, she was nothing more than a beautiful child! great yearning to brother
 
 disturb her, but waited until five, that grave and sober hour, when kings and | clerks stop work for no logical reason | whatever-tea. She opened her eyes and saw him watching her. He rose | quickly.
 q was very rude a little while ago. Will you accept my apologies?" "On condition that you will never take your playthings and go home."
 He laughed engagingly. You've hit 1 it squarely. It was the act of a petu- lant child"
 Tt did not sound exactly like a man who had stoked six months from Singapore to the Andaman islands. But there is one thing I must under stand before this acquaintance contin-
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CHAPTER w.
Two Days of Paradise.

TWO Days Of Paradise.
 At first Elsa did not know whether she was annoyed or amused. The mans action was absurd, or would have been in any other man. His ad- vice to her to go home was downright impudence; and yet the sight of the 1t impossible for her to take lasting nffense. Once upon a time there had been little boy who played in her garden. When he was cross he would take his playthings and go home. The boy might easily have been this man Warrington, grown up.
 Of course he would come and apolo- gize to her for his rudeness. Perhaps he had resented her curiosity; perhaps her questions had been pressed too hard; and perhaps he had suddenly doubted her genuine interest. At any rate it was a novel experience And that bewildering likeness!
 She returned to her chair and opened the book again. And as she read her wonder grew. , The diction was ex- quisite; there was style; but now as she read there was lacking the one thing that stood for life-blood It did not pulsate in the veins of these people. Until now she had not recog- nized this fact, and she was halfway through the book What had happened to her since yesterday? To what cause might be assigned this opposite angle of vision, so clearly defined?
 The book fell upon her knees and dreamily she watched the perspective open and divaricate. The low banks with their golden haze of dust, the cloudless sky. the sad and lonely white pagodas, charmed her; and the lan- guor of the East crept stealthily into her northern blood. She was not con- scious of the subtle change; she cnly knew that the world of yesterday was unlike that of today.
 Warrington, after depositing Rajah in the stateroom, sought the bench on the stern deck. He filled his cutty with purser-loaned tobacco and roundly damned himself as a blockhead He had forgotten all the niceties of civi- : lization; he no longer knew how to be- have The first young woman in all these years who had treated him as an equal, and he had straightway proceed ed to lecture her upon the evils of travelling alone in the Orient!
 And yet he had told her the truth. It was not right that young and at tractive woman should wander about in the East unattended save by a middle-aged companion. It would pro- yoke the devil in men who were not wholly bad. Women had the fallible idea that they could read human na- ture, and never found out their mis- take until after they were married He knew her kind. If she wanted to walk through the bazaars in the eve ming she would do so. If a man fol- lowed her she would ignore the fact. If he caught up with her and spoke she would continue on as if she had not heard. If a man touched her she would rely upon the fire of her eyes. She would never call! out for help. Some women were just that silly
Williams news., 1915-12-16
BASEBALL
 STORIES

Still, even in baseball, it is a long slump that has no ending.
 x*
 Some are fine managers, but Roger Bresnahan is a fining manager.
 Dutch Zwilling is one of the most popular players on the Whale staff.
 Jimmy Lavender is pitching ball now like he used to in his best days.
 J. Franklin Baker is leading the Delaware County league in home runs
 President Lannin of the Red Sox is enthusiastic over the showing of his team.
 There is nothing quite as encour- aging for a ball team as to have the rooters root.
 This young fellow Shore of the Bos- ton Americans seems to have his op- ponents at sea.
 Pat Moran bars pennant talk. His players are not permitted to do any thing except win games.
 The Washington club has secured an option on Ed Charity, the star catcher of the Minneapolis club.
 Artie Butler is Dan Griner's hoodoo. Three times this season the former Pirate has thrown games away for Dan.
 Clark Griffith announces that he will year. He wants to secure some hard hitterS.
 So far none of the American league players visiting the capital have been able to bunt ball over Washington monument.
 The baseball season goes into the home stretch with every manager in the country at the head of pen nant-winning team.
 The Cincinnati Reds may be an- chored in last place, but they can give the leaders more trouble than any other team in the league.
 Howard of the Tip Tops, who is used as utility player both in the outfield and infield, played third base on the Cornell university team few season ago.
 Cottrell, the college pitcher recently released by the New Yorks, has been fin the big leagues and out again whole lot of times, and yet has never done anything
 The congestion around the top of the list iii the old league is getting rather embarrassing for the crowd. Any afternoon may tip the entire bunch upside down.
 Hugh Jennings is an ardent golfer. Hughey, however, says the game is barred so far as his players are cen cerned during the season. He believes the swing is detrimental to good bat ting.