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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-28
Causes Speculation Here.


Ambassador Gerard's recent confer
ence with Emperor William Is caus-
ing much speculation in official quar-
tors here. Secretary Lansing stated to-
day that the ambassador had not been
directed to visit the emperor, and that
no report Of the conference had been
received. It Is generally presumed that
on the return of the emperor to Pots.
dam the ambassador made an informal
| visit in the interest of German-Ameri-
can relations. The satisfactory settle
ment of the Arabic case gives ground
for the belief that the ambassador
| on several diplomatic questions which
have been held in allegiance, owing to
the submarine controversy.
May Have Talked Peace.
The possibility that Emperor Will
liam might have taken advantage of
the opportunity to express to Ambas-
| sador Gerard Germany's views on peace
! was generally talked of here today,
particularly as a consequence of pub
lished reports that Germany intended
| soon to make known the basis on which
she would make peace. Reports that
Prince Won Buelow, former German
chancellor and ambassador to Italy,
| was to visit King Alfonso OF Spain and
later the United States have attracted
much attention here because of the be-
| lief that he might be intrusted with
the task of explaining Germany's view
point
q. s. to Delay Initiative.
| President Wilson has made clear that
until one of the belligerents indicated
plainly a desire to accept mediation
there would be no initiative on the part
of the American government. The TACT
that King Alfonso of Spain is men
toned as one of the mediators is re-
garded here as significant, because FOR
| some time it has been indicated that the
King of Spain was DESTROYS of acting in
harmony with President Wilson when
the time for making peace arrives.
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prominent. and her hair. short and
curly and comSed straight back. re-
veals q broad white forehead. She
has no tricks of speech. no aftecta-
tons. and her low voice is a gusran-
tee of frankness itself.
Don't you think that something
like that Is better than any sport
which depends upon a tickle climate
for Its eNistence?" she queried. when
she had told how crazy New York
was over the ukulele,
Then, nervousiy clasptng and un-
clasping her fingers in her lap. she
talked of the performance of Mon
day night. Il felt a little strange
she volunteered: You see. that was
without Vernon. and l was not used
to 1t. ] never knew how greatly
] depended upon him for my own
work. 1t is almost like dancing
with ones own selr to dance with
him. He helped me so: And ! missed
had played about the lips at rirst
disappeared, and the clasping ana
unclasping OF the fingers became
slower and more tense. y
People say such horrid things, that.
are SO silly about having vernon
that since he has been talking or
nothing else since the war began
they would believe US. But they
don't. And l can't show them all
of my letters and let them listen 10
the phone conversations every
day" She bit her lips ever so
lightly, and stopped for a moment.
The self-control which had helped
her to bring the subject up almost
slipped.
His mind 10 DO set on going" she
continued. And II isn't as bad as II
he were going to Join the army.
There's chance for an aviator
that man in the ranks doesn't
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Enlisting the Women.

Director Ziegler's appointment of
an advisory council of competent
women to assist the Philadelphia
General Hospital and the Hospital
for Contagious Diseases cannot fail
TO improve the usefulness of those
institutions.
Despite its long record of service
to the public. Blockley is much in
need of those administrative ele-
ments which women selected by Di-
rector Ziegler will add to its equip
ment. They are women intimately
familiar with relief work in Phil
adelphia, and Jealous with an i'm
pulse to extend the city's solicitude
for the sick and destitute.
Much harsh criticism has from
time TO time been aimed at Block
ley. and few persons will. contend
that the institution has been or is
all that it might be. 1t is the con-
sensus of well informed opinion.
however. that most OF the faults
complained of are the outgrowth
of physical limitations OF the West
Philadelphia institution. aggra-
waited in some particulars by insvf-
fieieakappropriations by city coun-
ellis.
1t becomes the important duty OF
tbs woman's advisory council 10
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Suffrage News Pertinent
And Inpertinent

the same character sixteen have wom-
private pr % institutions Tor ~ the feeble
minded. twenty are supervised by
women.
Fourteen out Of eighty-six directors of
industrial schools are women, and forty
eight of the 200 schools OF art are In
charge of women. Out of 1900 public
and society libraries. women supervise
1915
OF the thirty-three bureau officials in
the Bureau of EDUCATION itself, eleven
are women.
An inquiry sent cut to election Of
hcials Of all the suffrage States py Mrs
Mary Sumner Boyd, head of tho data
department. of the National American
Woman Suffrage Association, shows
that the additional exrense, when wom-
en- voted was insi2niIcant. And this
insignificant increase is an increase on
en- item that is itself one OF the most
insignificant in the State budget Sore
of the figures recaived were as follows
The clerk of Cook county, Illinois, es-
tin ated that the vote of women had In
ci eI sed election expenses about q third
In Chicago. for tn" throe years preced-
iLg The woman suffrage law, per capita
1912, 80 cents. and 1913, is cents. In 1911.
tho first year women voted, the cost
was 4 cents. In 1915 the c,st went
down to 81 cents.
1911 Omen voting). a per capita cost Of
81 cents; the women's first vote in 1912
reised the cost only to 81 cents: &c cents
H. 1913 and down again to &c IN 1914.
Some of the elections whose cost is
given above. cost very little more than
elections in which men only voted. In
others the extra expense Is amply ac-
counted Cor ty other causes than the
increase Of voters. INDEED in some
cases elections where women have vot-
ed have cost less than others where
men only have teen voters. notably the
last elections i'm Denver (both seyes and
Alhanv "(rnen alone). The FORMER CITY
spent Sl2.9b rer l-0M for its election ex-
perses. the latter S24.Go per loo.
The estimate Of an AVERAGE increa Sc
in cost due 70 w"men's voting Of one
third is probably a liberal one.
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We Are All to Learn to Play on the Ukulele
This Winter According to Mrs. Vernon Castle
Hawaiian Instrument Which Looks Like Sub-Norma
Guitar to Be Fad for the Idle Ones This Year But
Her Husbands Departure for the War Is
Much More Vital to the Interest F
of Mrs. Castle 49,.
BY FLORENCE E. YODER.

BY FLORENCE E. YODER.
n II RS. VERNON CASTLE an
|" nounces that she Is go
IVA ing to take lessons on the
ukulele, and that New
York Is crazy about playing the
ukulele, and that the new fad
which she has picked out for
Washington. which will not inter-
fere as per guarantee of last week.
with either the social scheme Of
this city or the weather Is PLAY
ING ON THE UKULELE. pro
nounced you-ka-lay-ly by the
masses.)
Last week in long distance
phone conversation Mrs. Castle
promised that when she came down
to Washington this week. she
would have up her sleeve one per-
fectly good amusement for this
city. which would be up-to date, all
the rage in other places, and fas-
cinating. but which would depend
for it's existence neither upon the
weather or upon Congress.
Yesterday in a face to face con-
versation she said IL was playing
on the ukulele. The conversation
didn't revolvc entirely around the
ukulele. because a ukulele Is too
small for one thing and because
for another. Mrs. Castle wished
to talk about that which Is near
er and dearer to her than fads.
her husband.
Since there has been q rumor that
all Is not we'll In the Castle house
hold. perhaps the short conversa-
ton which was had with Mrs.
Castle will be enligbtening. In
deed the writer trusts that there
will be no cause on the part Of
the readers Of this little story for
the embarrassment which was sur :.
fered when Mrs. Castle broached
the subject voluntarily.
For when a certain species OF curl
osity was thoroughly satisfied the
only feeling was one of shame at
having intruded upon the quite nor
NAL, altogether human. and toucn-
ing little tragedy OF very young
wife, whose husband Is away from
her for the first time.
Going back to the ukulele and to
the beginning OF the conversation
in the little dressing room at the
National Theatcr, q definition OF lne
uEulele Is offered. In last week 9
article lneTe WuS mention HluOe OF lnt
fact that the promised fad might
be playing on this Hawaiian instru-
ment but besides spelling the name
wrong, ukalili, the writer quite un-
Intentionally described the instru
ment as being IKE colonial bed
warmer. That was all a mistake.
The ukuleie Is a small. undersized
sort OF a guitar, which looks as II
It might have been grown under u
bureau. One might make the equa-
ton something like this:
Ukulele is to guitar as gourd is
to pumpkin. or as pin-money Is 20
dill pickle. There are four strinsp
to the ukulele, and 1t Is played by
brushing the fingers back and forth
on the strings carelessly. The Iert
hand touches the strings. sliding up
and down them most OF the time.
This motion Is called slurring.
This instrument Is easy TO learn
to play upon. moderate as to cost.
and has to be taught By a native
Hawaiian.
Whether or not they-the instru-
ments-can be made at hom out Of
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have" She has worked 1t all out,
and even hopes that he will not
see any active service.
But It's rather lonesome for me:
I thought II would be easier. l
will almost be glad when he leaves
New York, because then l cannot
think of talking to him every day
the real departure will almost
help. This talk of separation
she smiled and then said with tho
Krentest effort OF all-"why Ver-
non and ] have never been AZ near
as close-things have never been
quite as they are new" The brave
blue eyes tried to wink back the
tears, and the hands writhed in an
effort to regain the lost poise.
There wasn't the slightest doubt
about the fact that little Mrs. Ver-
non Castle II in love with her hus-
band and that. knowing how
greatly no loves her, she hates to
have him go away. ... - .-
You see, he's Just crazy about
on the other side are crazy that
way, too. = People get that way
sometimes about things. They
want TO indulge in them 30 badly
that 1t 10 4 mania" ....-
Just the way they were all
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Examination Time, With
Its Hedrtdches, Comes
With Melancholy Days
Be Patient With Little Son and Little Daughter as Cog
ge-eyed Bogie With Clutching Hands Over
/" shadows Chldhood's Joys
By WINIFRED BLACK.

yer Feature Service. Inc.)
other day. They're splendid to tell you
Just how nervous a child Is, and that's
all;
THE cleverest children and the best
too, often pass the worst tests, I've
noticed that time and again. or course
Ing or we'd never get ahead at all. but
! wish somebody would invent some-
thing to take the place of tests"
So do i, dear teacher, so do l.
long enough to know just few things
about 1t, but I'd hate to have any one
put me through test as to heads.
bank heads, cut lines and the rest OF it.
How about you. Brother Business
You seem to get on rather well in the
business world. How do YOU suppose
you'd pass a test on accounts and debts
and credits. at an hours notice?
Your record holds you where you are.
Why should you go through an exam
ination every once in so often?~
don't know thing about It and
don't pretend to. but l should think a
teacher could tell by every day recita-
tions how much child knows and what
grade she belongs In. Why not?
Be Very Patient.
The melancholy DAYS have come. the
test time for promotion.
Be gentle with Little Daughter.
mother, when she comes home fearful
Be patient with Little Son when he Is
sullen and doesn't answer the moment
he's spoken to.
He isn't sulking. He's adding on his
fingers. under the table, ,.N.
When Daughter stars and fushes at
your voice she isn't guilty OF some
heinous crime. she's Just trying to re-
member what to do when a greatest
common denominator doesn't act the
way the greatest common divisor thinks
best.
It's a matter Of something almost like
life and death to the Little Girl to know
whether her paper Is marked rs or S2is,
and you can't expect her to pay much
attention to little things like food and
sleep and light-hearted laughter.
She's all alone In the dark. Door little
thing. and there's a boyle after her. a
great goggle-eyed bogie. with biz teeth
and clutching hands. Pit-pat. she hears
his feet behind her in the room. and his
name is THE Test" / do hope she gets
away from him alivel
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The Immortal.

1t sleeps in the bud and the leaf,
II hides in the rustling sheaf.
1t anickens the hushed. cool flow
ers.
1t auickens amid the showers.
It laughs on the sun-drenched hill,
1t sinss in the sllvern rill.
il nestles beneath the snow.
1t stirs when the March winds blow.
Where the braided nidges dance.
Where the, wheeling swallows
glance
1t Is there. and it builds its nest
Even in sorrows breast.
From the dullness of clodlike things
1t wakens and finds its wings;
Though the womb of the dark give 1t
birth,
1t leans and thrills through the
earth.
When beaten and wounded sore,
II ariseth. o'er and Ger,
For IL never can perish quite
The spirit OF pure delight
James B. Kenyon.
The Washington times., 1915-12-08
Copyright. 1915. Nby Newsps
-HE tests are coming again.

-HE tests are coming again.
can tell 1t by the color Of the
Little Girls cheeks, or rather by
the lack of color, and by the
hunted look in the Little Boys eyes.
We used to call them examinations
in my day, and how we did hate them!
No quaking miscreant ever trembled
at the gallows foot more miserably than
! shook at the door Of the classroom on
the morning of examination day.
hated arithmetic, and knew 1
wouldn't pass" in that, so 1 didn't
worry about II.
The worst is always bearable when
you know it is the worst and make up
your mind to it. H
But history I liked, and language and
spelling and literature and geography,
but what bodied that? Not thing in
the world, not thing.
I could rattle off the Presidents OF
the United States as glibly as the mar
ket man rattles off the names of the
vegetables on his stand. but let there be
come question in the examination about
who came from where. and ! was
almost sure to put Lincoln before WASH
ington and John Adams down some-
where with Rutherford Is. Hayes.
Could You Pass.
The capital Of the Argentine Republic?
I knew It as I knew my own name.
but let the chief inquisitor in the cham
Der Of tortures ask me to tell 1t and
I was just as apt to say Valparaiso,
Indiana, as anything else.
And we'll do I remember spelling Nice,
niece-just like .hat-at an examination,
and getting we'll scolded for 1t, too.
What a farce it all Is, the test and
the passing business.
You know the streets In your own
city, don't you? Stand up In row
with lot OF other people tho want to
to get ahead of YOU. and let some one
ask you suddenly which street comes
first, and see what your answer will he
Missed. failed-to the foot of the class
for you!
And yet the Ounce who answered right
knows Just about half as much of your
city, really, as you do.
'"Tests are nothing but nerve wrack-
ers," said a very tlne teacher to me the
The Washington times., 1915-12-08
THE TIMES DAILY MAGAZINE PAG
AnS7UerS
To Health
Questions

A. L. S.-I am thirty-nine years OF
age. work indoors. have been in the
habit of using alcoholic atmulants to
a great extent In the evenings. have
hight hight sweats. @ ~ viii VIII You o please @ advise e
me what to do for thenn
This is sometimes blamed on indoor
life, poor ventilation, lack of bathing.
constipation. too much bedding, and
some infection present; they also occur
ton from other infectious microbes.
which good food, fresh air sunlight and
sleeping in well ventilated room will
remedy.
J. B. Ham constantly losing weight,
am fifty-seven years of age. walk
three and one-half and four and one
half miles a day at times. What will
put flesh on my body?
1t would be better II you would not
walk SO far. since It is apt to cause
one to loee. rather than gain weight.
Eat lots Of nourishing foods. vegetables,
meats. broths soups. and few sweets
after meals. Sleep in q we'll ventilated
room or better still, on porch, be-
tween ten and twelve hours in the TWEEN
daily. but do not overexert yourself
". R-will you kindly tell me what
TO do for nervousness? have no con-
troll over my nerves Whatsoever.
II you would think less of yourself
and keep your mind on things other
around all right without any other as
sistance. Take long walks each day.
but do not overexert yourself; study lit
erature, and keep your mind well occu-
pied with such works. Go to bed early
and arise early, sleep in well venu-
is ted room. and avoid all excitement I'M
til you are well.
The Washington times., 1915-12-08

Flynn from speaking in that city.
may have to revise his tactics. rho
principle of freedom Of speech is
more important than the Views of
this woman or OF anybody else. New
Jerseys law makes II possible to
have jury from another county try
accused persons when local senti-
ment is against them. and the Flynn
acouittal was secured from jurors
drawn from Hudson county. Patter-
son feeling may still sustain the
riKorouspess of the police methods
of the past.
Most conservative citizens regret
that anv woman should give herself
up to the exciting of social and in
dustrial unrest. They may wish that
Miss Flynn would mend her ways.
without desiring to have her locked
up in prison as an alternative
Brooklyn Daily Eagle.
The Washington times., 1915-12-08
What They Say About Us
Pertinent Interests of Women AS Viewed ...:
BY Editorial Writers of the Newspapers

assist in procuring those vital re-
forms which include the removal of
the insane and the INDECENT to
other and suitable locations. and
the development of Blockley into
public hospital equal in all respect
to the most efficient private insti-
tutions.
Without question the women
named can accomplish these
changes. Their selection supplies
mat influential link between
Blockley and the public at large
which Is needed to produce results.
ress this branch of the municipal
ltE has ever shown.-Philadelp
Evening Telegraph.
The Washington times., 1915-12-08
Those Lawyers Again.

An EngRshmsn. while passing along
the main street IN a small town in
Maine. stepped in a hole in the side
walk and. falling. broke his leg He
Brought suit against the city for $1,000
damages and engaged Hannibal Hamlin
for counsel. After settling up the claim,
Hamlin sent for his client and handed
him 81.
Whats this!" asked the English
man.
That's your damages. after taking
out my fee, the cost of appeal and sew
eral other expenses" said Hamlin.
= The EnKiishmAn looked at the dollar.
Whats the matter with this?" he ask
ed; "is 1t bad?"-Exchange.
The Washington times., 1915-12-08

Do YOU know that over half a million
men in New York State voted for sur
:frage; five times as many. that is to
say. as make up the whole United
States Army? (Alice Duer Miller iE the
New York Tribune)
The women of France who have been
called upon to harvest the crops this
year have made a creditable showing
as compared with that made by the men
in former years. The ministry of agri
culture reports a good general condi-
ton. The acreage in wheat has been
only IL per cent less than last year.
The acreage of rye Is about the same
as last year, and the , oats are little
! pests have, caused the vineyards to fall
, off little. But potatoes and fodder
/ for horses and cattle have been ex-
ceptionally good crops this year.
The official figures on the vote for
the woman, suffrage amendment in
: Pennsylvania are SS5,34S in favor and
4i,o34 against; Thirty-three counties
were carried by good ma ajorities and
among these were four of the largest in
the State.
Women hold many executive educa-
tional positions in the United States,
according to the Bureau OF Educators
directory for tsl5-16 just issued. It
shows that of the 1900 conspicuous po-
sitions, largely of an administrative
are college presidents. State and county
superlntendents OF education, directors
OF industrial schools. heads OF depart
ments in colleges and universities. di-
rectors of schools for afflicted. and IL
brians
Twenty-four out of 622 colleges and
universities are presided over by wom-
en-. or the nearly 5000 county superin-
tendants, sos are women. OF the sew
enty institutions for the blind, hfteen
are directed by women. or the seventy
five State schools for the deaf ten are
under the leadership of women. and of
the twenty-five private institutions Of
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An AgitatOr's Fair Trial.

Even the associates OF Miss Eliza
oeth Gurley Flynn in the I. w. w.
agitation ought to be ashamed of
themselves for what they have said
OF American courts. in view of the
fair trial and acauittal of Miss Flynn.
on the charge of incitinR riot in the
Paterson silk strike OF 1913. The
Woman herself regards the verdict
rs a 'vindicaticn." Only in a quail
fed sense can that terra be used.
The Jury did not approve or disap-
prove of what Miss Flynn had done.
They simply decided that she had
kept within the law.
The chief of police of Paterson.
who has recently prevented Miss
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crazy about dancing" And as she
laughed at the suggestion the ten
sion was broken and the uncom-
Portable part of the interview
came to an end
Just the way they are all going
to be crazy about playing the
uSulele?' she concluded
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empty derby hat boxes is not known.
The chances are fifty TO one that
some one tries II. tf.'>.s
The very first thing Mrs. Castle did
When she came into the dressing
room was to take Off her shoes and
saw Gractousp' Just walt until I
get into. some comfortable shoes be-
iore ! can say a word or course
MY rect hurt sometimes lust like
those OF anyone else. I can scarcely
walt sometimes to get into my easy
She slipped or her round little
tonue which came down to her oyc-
broWs,. slfpped OF her coat. and folded
II neatly. shooed her bulldog. named
either Mamie or Annie or Famine.
into G. corner. and sat dawn to put
on her comfortable slippers. They
were dancing shoes with ribbon slip
ports and heels shockingly high
The she folded her hands In her lap,
hitched her heels up on round of
the chair. and said Now. let's be-
gin" = .'.r ..
Then followed the news about the
ukulele. Her eyes, dark blue and
sincere. look out from under eye
br0ws which curve In q fine line the
whole length of the eye Her mouth
Is small and her teeth just a little
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Question Box

Times Question Box-Can you
inform me when Mel. Gen. w.
H. Carter retired from duty in
the United States Army. Has
ne returned to town yet?
M. A. r..
Major General Carter was retired
on November 10 of this year. He
has not returned to town yet. as Tar
A knoWA
Weekly journal-miner., 1915-06-30
OUR FALLING MEAT SUPPLY

campaign of education increasing supply
 the country has been decided by the American Feed Man lecturers Association. The seriousness of the indicated by G. Chapman president of the saying that within the past fifteen the number of beeves raised for market has declined about 90 The figures. he cited them show that 9OO 66 beeves 100 population and 1914 the to each 1OO his opinion that unless the farmers be brought raising cattle for the table the United will depend foreign countries for its supplies of beef within twenty-five 
 The danger not has menaced the country years, and the prices has correctly Teen attributed to it. The settlers who displaced the West Southwest and Northwest to be sold outright and for feeding purposes
 there began educational campaign toward showing the profits in stock raising and there late some ev dences ot its effectiveness although Mr. Chapmans figures show that the process Of education has been planters said to be turning their the raising ot stock than heretofore and the West the growing pop ularity of alfalfa may lead lower prices the beef will have standing object of the ultimate beef consumers wrath