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The body will be placed temporarily in
the receiving vault at Forest Lawn cem-
etery and will be taken to Syracuse. N.
Y. for final interment.
Mrs. Burbank and the little son will
accompany the body east within few
weeks and will remain there to live.
Evening star., 1915-12-19

gave it to them, much to the disgust
of the man who gave it to me.
Another man in Trafalgar Square
told me he was married. / asked him
how many children had the wife.
None. said he.
SEEING ! said. that you're a fail
ure in recruiting for future armies. and
seeing that your wife's father kept her
before you got her and would likely do
so again, don't you think you ought to
be a recruit yourself?' The argument
struck him forcibly and afterward he
enlisted.
"In one of the parks here a man said
he could not join because he was en-
gagged in government work. | asked
him what, and he said he was barber.
/ told him that the only place l knew
of where his majesty employed BARRIERS
was in the prisons. His excuse was
broken down and he. too, Joined.
Sometimes we are interrupted. In
Glasgow a religious fanatic and also
socialist interrupted what ] was say
ing about the situation.
LET us know something We don't
know he cried. We all know that
"I'll tell you something you don't
know / said. in a few words. You
are so ignorant of your own ignorance
that you don't know you are ignorant
at ALL
''The audience whooped with laughter
and my man slipped quietly away"
Copyright. 1915. by Curtis Brown.l =
Evening star., 1915-12-19

paign to unseat the present govern
ment, particularly Premier. Asquith.
The agitation, however. went on and
the advpcates won a notable victory
in bringing the government to the
point of adopting a definite scheme
which would give the voluntary system
one more and final trial. Mr.. Asquith
hasn't said conscription is the alterna-
tive-that would be too much of sur
render-but that is what he means and
his henchmen have so let 1t be known
Some months ago national reg
lister" was taken. On it was placed the
name of every man of the nation,
whether eligible for the army or not.
On this register the present campaign
to muster to the colors every available
man is being based. Under the d.
rection of a committee headed by the
Earl of Derby a great organization
has been formed. The nation has been
divided into sections and -subsections.
Canvassers have been appointed in all
parts The canvassers call on the men
whose names are on the national reg
lister. Not one escapes. If he is mot
in the canvasser goes again and
again. No man in this whole country
but is being asked If he will Join"
or made to give his reasons why he
refuses to do so. Reasons why he
should join are strongly put to him.
His reasons for refusing must be good
before the canvasser will finish with
him. r.
Evening star., 1915-12-19
Condition of the Indians
And Al@uts of Alaska

~uE- Indians of Alaska and the
A1euts are children of nature and
q dependents of the nation In
w,v and their condition gives concern
to the government, authorities whose
duty it is to protect them and to aid
them in the ways of progress The
home of the Thlinget Indians Is in
southern Alaska. from Yakutat to
Ketchikan, and. while their ancestors
were like the Aleuts. they are To-Day
vastly different in looks, language and
habit. The Aleuts live on the Islands in
southwestern Alaska, along the coast
of the Alaska peninsula. and as far
north as the Pribilof Islands and Bris-
tol bay. E. Lester James. then deputy
commissioner of fisheries, in report
of Alaska Investigations. said that
nothing in Alaska interested him more
or appealed to him more than the In
dians and the Aleuts. from the fact
that their lives, surrounded by, condi-
tions new and distastefu1 to them. are
being made more unfortunate each day.
The white man. he said. has come into
ing on their prior and just rights. The
saloon, he said. prevails in whatever
lands the white man settles. and has
had, it is charged. more to do with
the undoinE and ruination of the Indian
and the Aleut than all other causes
nut together, and where saloons, are
not to be found liquor reaches them In
the Ruise of pay and bribes.
The Indians and the Alsuts were at
Evening star., 1915-12-19
Special Correspondence


NEW YORK, December Il, 1915.
-HE Christmas Red Bag Lady OF
the Land is Mrs. Austin Palmer,
x ment in uptown New York. Mrs.
Palmer is handsome cordially man
nered woman, who for some time has
been allowing herself not a moment s
let-up from her task of providing 5000
Christmas red bags for 5000 children
who would otherwise go Christmasless.
Mrs. Palmer was literally immersed In
red bags when her caller was an
nounced-reaI Christmasy, holly red
the bags are, with long red tapes. by
which to close and carry them-and the
guest. from her chair in the Louis XIV
drawing room. saw red bags on chairs
and tables In the library on one side
and in the dining room on the other.
She knew. too, that they overfiowed
the lady's own study and she saw
them falling down out of a large hall
closet when Mrs. Palmer went to show
some of the beautiful gifts which had
been made and sent her by her friends
to put in the red bags for the poor.
She was pleased to tell of the work
which has kept her busy for the past
two months. and has kept her fully
employed for a year, that through her
efforts the Christmasless children shall
be lessened by 5000.
The idea came to US just year ago,
Evening star., 1915-12-19

one time physically and mentally
strong, but the influences that have
surrounded them for the past fifty
years have lowered their standard. un-
til in many cases and in many locali-
ties they are on very low plane Be-
cause of the easy living which these
people made for unnumbered genera
tions before the coming of, strangers
among them, it is said that they have
lazy and unreliable. The white man. il
is charged, has done little to encourage
their uplift, and is largely to blame for
the demoralized condition of mind and
body of the native.
Last season there were about 1000
Indians and Aleuts employed in the
canning and fishing industry of Alaska.
That is about one-third of the total
number of natives living on the coast
of Alaska, or about one-eighth of the
entire number in the whole territory,
but with those natives who at times
are willing to work there are many
labor troubles.
On the Pribilof Islands, which are the
breeding ground of the largest rook-
cries of fur seals in the world. the ma
tives were until recently allowed to
make their native beer-"quass." or
"sour dough"-and this, according to
government report. proved a serious
menace to the morals and welfare of
the community. In addition to this they
received liquor from some of those I'm
whose safe-keeping and protection
they were supposed to be placed. The
government has now absolutely for
hidden the making of "quass" on the
islands. and also has forbidden the
giving of intoxicants to- the natives.
Evening star., 1915-12-19
AARS AUSTIN PALMER Founder of the Christmas Red Bag
Il Society," Plans Give Red Christmas Bags Thousands
of Tots Who Would Otherwise Go Chistmasess-Conens OF
Each Bag Cost One DolaA Novel Charity Which Is Enjoyed
by the Boys and Gi-Cubs Civic Organizations and Schools
Interested in the Project.

ing of a hundred bags to be given to
ba bies These will contain infant gar
ments and every order of useful thing
for the young childs wear and COM
fort
'.The school children are collecting
clothing and toys to fill bags: wom-
ems clubs have taken them by the hum
dred to fill. and generous individuals
are sending me innumerable contribu-
tions Even the Little Mothers of the
East Side have done their part In help
ing their less fortunate sisters and
brothers by making 500 bags.
"A generous man handed me check
for 800 yesterday, and this morning
this came through the mail" and Mrs.
Palmer held up a note with new
dollar bill pinned to ii. "A prominent
New York business man sent me the
larger half of barrel of pecan nuts
TO 20 into the bags. Thanksgiving day
/ was greatly pleased and amused to
be summoned to the service elevator
to receive two little boy neighbors.
who had chosen to arrive in this way
in lieu of the regulation chimney ap-
proach of Santa Claus. Each. carried
over his shoulder a red bag filled with
things to bring Joy to the heart of
small boy.
"A little girl asked me to give her
the name Of girl two years younger
than herself Il will then know ex-
actly what she would like to have was
her reason for the request. She may
continue the interest in that child. for
we keep a record OF every child to
whom the bags are to go, as we wish
to give only to those who are too poor
Evening star., 1915-12-19

himself at a meeting. He is hustled
of to the recruiting station nearby,
passed by the doctor. fitted with uni
form and is back at the meeting again.
to be heartily cheered by the crowd,
within half an hour.
<
Amusing things happen" Pastor
Boal said '4The other day in Trafal-
gar Square there was young man
Just beneath me. ] asked him to join
and he refused, but, he said, to my
amazement, he would give me a drink,
and thereupon he pulled a quart bottle
of whisky from his pocket. 1 said 1
thought l ought to have a taste. and he
passed the bottle up to me. 1 held it
in my hand before the audience, and
then / asked him that so long as he
wouldn't join the army would it not be
only fair for me to give the whisky to
the soldiers who had Joined to carry
on a fight that would make it possible
for him to buy whisky at all. He said
he did not think SO. and started to
climb up to recover his bottle. Come
up here and I'll enlist you,' said 1 and
he climbed back. Then I left it to the
crowd-should the Tommies standing
there with me have the bottle? The
crowd roared that they should, and l
Evening star., 1915-12-19

don't believe in telling them lies, or
half truths. or painting melancholy
picture of things. British Tommies are
bright and cheerful and the prospec-
tive recruit should be shown that other
men who have Joined are happy and
content. I have visited thousands of
wounded and never have I heard a
single regret expressed over having
Joined the army. No tongue can tell
nor pen describe the heroism of those
men and their sufferinss. Their atti-
tude is equaled only by the mothers
of our country who are bearing the
brunt of this war with great patience
and long suffering.
'It Is. I tell my auditors, the duty
of every eligible man between nineteen
and forty. whether married or single,
to join No excuse is good enough.
They will be well taken care of.
Il have been engaged In recruiting
since the beginning of the war and
have done my best to instill a spirit
of upholding the empire. I do not be-
lieve in conscription. This great en-
pire was built on the voluntary sys-
tenn, and the glorious thing of handing
down to future generations that it was
preserved by that system must be ac-
complished. The response of the crowds
which have addressed is wonderful.
There is nothing the matter with the
British spirit There is no feeling
you can tell it-of surrender, nothing
but the strongest determination"
Pastor Boal starts right to work
when he appears at meeting. He
has one most effective method of. so
the goats. finding out which men are
over military age and which are not.
"All men over military age hold up
their right hands," and up they go. He
looks them over and tells them to take
their hands down.
Now. all men between nineteen and
forty hold up your right hands,
Again a number of hands go up, and
Pastor Boal spots the owners in the
crowd. Down these hands come, and
then:
"All men over age who would join
the forces If they could hold up your
hands," and the hands of the elderly
are put up.
Now, then," continues Pastor Boal,
"all men between nineteen and forty
who would join if they could hold up
your hands,
The response is smaller. If a hand
appears recruiting soldier flies to the
spot and has conversation, which
often results in a young man being
conducted, among cheers, to Pastor
Boars side. The effective thing about
this little plan is that Pastor Boal has
spotted" considerable number of
men of military age in the crowd.
More particularly to them he addresses
his appeal, and later he descends into
the crowd, seeking out eligible men
and making to them a personal appeal,
listening to their excuses, explaining
away their reasons for not having
donned the Khaki.
If man Is fit it doesn't take him
long to become a soldier. He presents
Evening star., 1915-12-19

to have any other form of Christmas
treat.
every bag is prepared for an espe
cial child, SO that its contents are suit
able to SEX age and condition. To the
man who mailed me this dollar ! sent
the name and address OF, the child to
whom his bag was to be given, and
suggested that he might wish to follow
the case up and do more for the child
in the future. 1 am in hopes that the
work will do far-reaching good in the
direction of bringing the needs of the
very poor to the attention of those who
, can and will help.
my object is to fill each bag with
collection of articles which, carefully
purchased at wholesale. can be pro-
cured for 81. You would be surprised
at the bag I can furnish for this sum-
The articles are for use and for pleas
ure, and consist of several pieces of
We are instructing those who are fll-
ing bags to try and place in each two
or three pieces of warm clothing, toys,
pencils books, hair ribbons or brushes
and combs; purse with bright new
penny in it. or several bright new
pennies, some sweet crackers, nuts and
raisins.
"If the bag is for girl I beg that a
doll and string OF oeads never De
age be wrapped in tissue paper and
tied with red ribbon, for we must re-
member that this is the only taste OF
christmas IOT the "hoii liiC
bags are designed.
THAT there may be no mistake in
the giving, every case whose name has
come to us as suitable to receive
Christmas red bag has been investigat-
ed. Each bag is named. in many cases
with pretty Christmas cards. How will
they be distributed? Many of them are
given through the schools of the East
Side. You know there are schools for
the very. very poor who may not. send
their Children to the ordinary public
schools for want of the ordinary neces-
stiles of life. Many of these children
will have bags.
1--WE expect to send 400 red bags to
Blackwells Island, for there are a lot
of poor little kiddies there; and to
Ellis Island we will send number to
help cheer a few of the unwanted for
eign waits. The workers in the settle
ments are sending us hundreds of
names of most needy ones in homes
where our Christmas red bags will be
Evening star., 1915-12-19
pecial Correspondence of The Star.

Special Correspondence of The Star.
LONDON. December 9, 1913.
7T will soon be decided whether Eng
land will have conscription. The
final effort is being made to the
= Unsuitable demand of the trenches
on the honored and hitherto effective
voluntary system. There is intense
feeling against conscription; if it is
found necessary to fetch" the men
who would not come of their own vo-
lition it will be humiliating to Eng
lishmen, for it has ever been a matter
of pride in this kingdom that freemen
fight the battles of freemen freely.
and England has been proud that of the
great powers of Europe she alone has
found it unnecessary to compel his
majesty's subjects to bear arms, in
peace or in war.
But since the beginning of this war.
which calls for more man-power than
any war ever has. changes have been
wrought. At the outset no Englishman
believed in CONSUMPTION. nor would any
Evening star., 1915-12-19
CAMPAGN-THE
ENGLAND-KING GEORGE


tolerate the suggestion that it would
ever be needed in this country.
AS time passed it was seen that Eng
land would need in this great conflict
every man she could produce Pre-war
conceptions that Russia and France
would look after the war on land while
''the fleet took care of the seas have
fallen by the wayside. England must
produce a land force to the maximum
of her strength.
Three million men came forward vol
UNFAIRLY, and then recruiting fell off. A
belief grew up in certain quarters that
conscription was necessary. 1t was
found that the three million were the
cream of the nations manhood, out
fighting and dying, while the less
worthy ones stayed at home. So there
came an agitation for conscription.
more pleasantly called at first ma
tional service" The propaganda gained
great headway, although good deal Of
force was lost through widespread
conviction that a game of politics was
being played, that the battle cry of
"conscription" was a part of cam
Evening star., 1915-12-19
THE BOYS SHOWN

stress. and yielding only to the famous
Sorosis. oldest of women's clubs, in
point of years.
A woman of wealth and fond of
social life, especially in connection with
her clubs. she takes pleasure in open
ing her beautiful home several times
a year for an annual reception to the
members of every club with which she
is affiliated.
She loves humanity. II learned long
ago. she said, that efficiency does not
amount to much unless one loves
humanity. and is wrapped up in the
work in which she is engaged
Evening star., 1915-12-19

the only bit of Christmas cheer the
season brings"
Mrs. Palmer is a prominent club
woman of New York city. A native of
Iowa, she is vice president of the So
ciety known as the Iowa New York
ers" She serves on the board of the
Minerva Club as we'll as on that of the
Woman's Forum. Taking an active
interest in purity in politics. she has
long been connected with and is now
president of the Society for Political
Study, the second Oldest womans
club in New York. having lived through
thirty years of political storm and
Evening star., 1915-12-19

Mrs. Palmer explained. u had been
helping a Brooklyn friend, Mrs James
Waterman. pack stockings for the poor.
You know, perhaps. that Mrs. Water
man was the founder Of the society
which last year filled and distributed
10000 Christmas stockings. 1t seemed
then to me that / could put more In
a bag: so Immediately after Christmas
! founded the Christmas Red Bag So
ciety, and Mrs. Waterman was one OF
the women who gave me suggestions
for establishing it,
Il am a clubw oman and ] believe in
organized effort. So got together
number of capable and willing wom-
en-, who took different divisions of the
work. and all have labored SO faith
fully, and efficiently that there Is but
little doubt of the 5000 bags going
out to the poor of New York and its
environs.
"First, we purchased 5000 yards of
cambric of just the proper shade OF
Christmas red, and this one Of the club
sections cut in yard lengths. The
lengths are folded once. scanned up,
hemmed at top, scarlet tape run
through. and this pretty bag is the re-
suit" and Mrs. Palmer held up the
bright receptacle for Christmas cheer.
I'VE have Interested great many
clubs. civic organisations, schools and
individuals in this city and beyond in
the project OF filing the bags; and the
result has been surprising. One club
with members throughout the country
has made itself responsible for the fili-
Evening star., 1915-12-19

ingly close to being compulsory. So
far as everything except actual fetch
ing is concerned, it Is. No man can
escape being urged to join. 1t is no
longer matter for the exercise of his
own free will, when he shall decide
for himself. without advice or urging.
to go to the nearest recruiting Office.
Now man has his duty put to him
straight.
That is Lord Derby's scheme. He says
it is the duty of every man to offer
his services, and that of the state to
send him where he belongs, to the
army, to munition work. or to his
own business If he be indispensable
to it. He hopes by the operation Of
this system to ascertain each mans
position and induce him voluntarily to
accept it.
Lord Derby's arrangements provide
for enIistments which do not require
a man at once to join. He promises to
do SO. holding himself ready when
needed. A table has been made up
dividing the manhood of the nation
into forty-six classes, twenty-three of
married and twenty-three of single
men. Single men come first. The first
group is for those between nineteen
and twenty years. the second between
twenty and twenty-one, and so on up
forty and forty-one years of age. The
pledge is given that the youngest shall
come first, and now 1t is officially prom
ised that the single men shall precede
the married. And in order to prevent
shirking on this score this conces-
sion is not extended to men who have
married since August Is of this year.
The result is that married men who
have been holding back are flocking in.
The closest touch to description Is
the scheme adopted for identifying
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Miss Lulu Reese left Wednesday for
Chicago, to be gone the rest of the
year.
Miss Grace Brown, who has been
suffering from a nervous breakdown,
is getting better slowly.
Mrs. Emma Collart and Miss Mamie
Wilder came down from Granger last
week to pack berries for w. H. Witt.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. E. Stuart and child
rem left last Thursday for Pilot Rock,
Ore, where Mr.. Stuart has purchased
a farm.
Rev. and Mrs. Rarey and little
daughter, and Miss Grace Clark, a
returned missionary from Africa, were
guests at the Herbert w. Brown home
Monday evening.
Misses Myrtle Elliott, Ruth and
Grace Brown and Guy Davis and Rus
sell Elliott took dinner at the Schus-
ter home Sunday.
Misses Esther and Ruth Bachman
returned home from Seattle Friday.
Miss Esther will return to Seattle af-
ter a visit of two weeks, while Ruth
will remain at home the balance of
the summer.
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Mrs. E. Y. Hawley and Mrs. ]. H
Wood were Walla Walla visitors this
week.
The Finley baseball team will cross
bats Sunday with the Richland boys
at Richland.
The Needle Work club will meet
Friday afternoon May 81, at the home
of Mrs. Fannie johnson.
Mrs. ]. I. Hill went to Sunnyside
Monday as delegate to the Christian
Sunday school convention.
The Kennewick Fruit Exchange this
week purchased a Ford touring car
from the Kennewick Auto company.
The ladies Of the Rebekah lodge
will hold cooked-food sale at the H.
E. Munday paint store, Saturday, May
Is.
Miss Lura Shanafelt is teaching to-
day and tomorrow for Miss Margaret
Hamilton, while she.attends the teach
ers' examinations at Prosser.
The Ladies' Aid of the Zion Luther
an church were very pleasantly enter
tanned at the home of Mrs. ]. G. KEEL
ley last Thursday afternoon.
Mrs. T. H. Botkin, the national
secretary of the Woman's Home Mis-
sionary society, has been entertained
at the home of Rev. and Mrs. H. O.
Perry this week.
The subject of Rev. Osgood's dis
course Sunday evening will be on
"The Loss of the Lusitania." On Sum
day morning he will speak on The
Joy of Believing"
Dobbin & Dougherty, Of Hedges,
have traded their 2O-acre ranch to
C. H. Schmadeka for 24O acres Of
farm land near Lebanon, Ore. Pos
session of the two places will be given
Immediately, the deal including the
crops-as well as the land.
A large crowd attended the benefit
dance given by the ladies of the Py-
THAN Sisters and Rebekah lodges. All
those attending report very enjoy
able evening and the ladies were re-
warded for their efforts in the sum
of about $75.
A team composed mainly of some Of
the younger business men went to
Finley Sunday and were beaten by
the Live Wire team by q score of 4
to 8. 1t was agreed to play seven in
nings, but at the end of the seventh
the score was tied. Kennewick had
two men on bases in their half Of the
eighth, but failed to score. After
two were out, Finley got a man to
second in their half Of the eighth and
he crossed the plate on terrific swat
over the left fielder's head, by "Pinch-
hitter" Ed. Angel.
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ming the dark side of the picture will
be given. Mrs. r. H. Holcombe will
speak on 'India-the Country and Its
People; Mr.. Hart on 'The Religions
of India" and Mrs. L. E. Danes on
Conditions of Womanhood in India
On the following Sunday night the
brighter side will be painted, showing
what missions have accomplished and
what are the signs of promise for the
future. There will be special music
at these services.