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Evening star., 1915-04-13
JOSEPH v. FOLK LAUDS
DISTRICT GOVERNMENT
Speaks in Praise Of Present Commls-
sioners at Calvary Baptist
Church Banquet.

joseph w Folk chief counsel of the
interstate commerce commission. de-
livered an address Ia st night at the an
nual spring banquet of Calvary Bap-
tist Church in which he discussed good
government as applied TO the District
of Columbia. declaring that it would be
hard to improve upon the Commission
ers who are now operating municipal
affairs. More than 100 men of the
church and their guests were pres
ent at the dinner which was held in
the Sunday school house. and at which
the toastmaster was DR.. Mitchell Car
roll. president of the Calvary Baptist
Church Brotherhood
Speeches also were made by Rev A.
r. Anderson. assistant to the pastor.
and by Robert IL. Mcneil. secretary Of
the brotherhood
Needs of Capital City.
There should not be any place in
where the people are subjects rather
than citizens.
Above all. the Capital city itself
should ROT he denied the privileges OF
American citizenship and be kept in
IL OF -AEref1tSn iGeSIS. the
knowledge Of which can come only
through the exercise Of the ballot &C
cor<ins to Il freemans Will. Confer
rig citizenship upon the residents OF
the District would not make the gov
ernment of the city any better. per-
haps. In fact. it would be hard to i'm
prove upon the Commissioners who
now are operating the municipal af-
fairs: but We want not only good gov
ernment--we desire good government
that comes through self-government
Advocates Self-Government.
AS between good government with
out self-government. and bad govern
ment with f-sovernment, I would
choose the latter, for with self-govern.
ment. if the people make mistakes they
have the power to correct their own
mistakes. and without self-government
they are powerless to remedy the mis-
takes of others.
Evening star., 1915-04-13
Poll s..

1t Is seldom a play that has the state
or Maine for it's setting has failed to
please the theatergoer, and "Rebecca
or Sunnybrook Farm is "a state %
Maine play This charming and fa
miliar rural comedy is the vehicle used
to exploit the histrionic abilities of the
Poll Players this week, and a capacity
audience at both performances yester-
day was lavish in its applause.
Maude Gilbert was a charming Re
becca. even though 1T times Il tritie too
mature for the roilickin2, country girl,
but as the play ran on her attractive
ness seemed to grow until il reached a
nttlnS climax in the last act
Albert Roscoe. the new leading man,
As Rebecca's Mr., Aladdin. seemed TO
mt Well the role and to be a real ac-
QUESTION to the company. As the big
hearted jeremiah Cobb. Gavin Harris
lent homely touch to the action With
his excellent characterize tion of the
familiar old coach driver
Helen Tracy and Louise Hill. true TO
life as the maiden aunts of Rebecca.
rigid in their religious scruplcs and
one of them given TO harshnesS. were
audience. Lavin.a Shannon played the
tslkative Mrs. Perkins to the delight
Of everybody. aud Louis HaiHcs and
Robert Lowe handled acceptably the
two comedy roles intrustcd to their
care.
Lorraine Frost. NaHon Welch. Rose
Macdonald and Leila Frost. as the vii
laEe children, lent u genuine freshness
to the play.
The scenery and electrical effects
were lavish.
The class of 1917. Washington college
of Law. will give a benefit for the en-
dowment fund of the college at Poll s
this evening. This benefit is an annual
affair, and is a popular reunion of the
faculty. students, alumni and friends
of the college.
Evening star., 1915-04-13

and Jack Standing in Rated at Ten
Million Saturday. Norma Talmadge
and Donald Hall. in "Elsa's Brother"
sunday, Francis y. Bushman in The
Return of Richard Neal"
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after the meaning OF the word. 6ha
had heard of wrecks. Larry had told
her something about them. And there
was Mrs Bree in the same block. whose
husband had been killed in the last
awful wreck on this same road Larry
suppose Larry was hurt or dead. She
must find out from the dispatcher. She
put her lips to the transmitter and
tried to speak. Then the receiver 5erked
out of her hand and she fell nat upon
the floor
Presently she thought she began to
hear things She thought she heard
Larry's big. hasty step pounding up the
stairs. accompanied by his whtstling.
always OFF the tune. With that thought
came another. horrible. singing. Why.
Larry was hurt-or worse. There mao
been wreck. She got up diZzily ana
turned toward the telephone. She must
ind out from the dispatcher.
The door opened and Larry entered.
He looked al her with smile Hello,
kid he Sa id.
She gave cry and held ont her arms
oh. Larry. darling" she sobbed. You
are alive-alive-alive,'
| He held her close. You bot. We're
: all alive. But il was a close shave"
! An hour later she sat on his knee at
! the table while he drank his third cup
! of tea. Her arms We're around his
| neck. her cheek to his.
: oh. Larry. life's beautiful. isn't II -
she sighed contritely.. and added
| thoughtfully. even IL YOU always are
! outside the shop window.
! Larry laughed hoyishly. II guess 4
| wouldn't be any more beautiful " you
| were inside the shop window he said.
! with just as much wisdom as If he
| understood
| ,THE END,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-05-08
J. A. FALCONER SUED
FOR $4,000 DAMAGES
T. ]. Hurst, Street Car Conductor
Alleges Congressman Assaulted
Him-Other Suits.

Thomas ]. Hurst. conductor in the
employ of the Capital Traction Com
pany, has filed suit to recover $4,000
damages for alleged assault against j.
Allen ander Falconer. representative
from Washington. Through Attorney
NJ. E. O'Brien. the conductor says 1.,r.
t'alcoror attacked him May 9. 1914,
and inflicted severe injuries to his
face and head. The alteration, ac
cording to Attorney O'Brien, occurred
on a car. when the conductor declined
to accept a transfer rendered by Mr..
Falconer. which the conductor claimed
had expired.
Frederick D. Riley has brought suit
against William A. Simpson to re-
cover $4,000 damages for alleged per-
sonal injury. The plaintiff declares
that July 6 last, while he was riding a
motor cycle on the Gaithersburg and
GAINESVILLE road in Maryland, motor
truck of the defendant collided with
him. He sustained serious internal
and external injuries, he asserts. At
torneys ]. Dawson Williams and Julian
W. Whiting appear for the plaintiff.
| Gloria BoaZ has filed suit to recover
| $500 from George d. Horning. The
amount is said to be the value of a dia-
mond ring which the plaintiff declares
she lost, and which she asserts has
since come into the possession of the
defendant. The plaintiff is represented
by Attorneys Fred B. Rhodes and Chap
man w. Maupin.
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AT THE OPERA IN PARIS.
An Incident That Aroused the Audi
ence.

From Paris Letter to The New York sun.
The cheerfulness of the wounded and
manned is one of the remarkable fea
lures OF the war. No matter if the men
have empty sleeves or disf1sured faces
with an eye missing or are minus a leg.
they can be seen going about with the
most cheerful view Of the future.
A remarkable scene during a per-
Torrance of La Nivandere" a few
nights ago is the telk of the city. The
opera is pa rticularly appropriate for
the present time and the great Hymn
to Liberty" the climax of an act, al
ways receives an ovation. All the au-
dience arose and applauded at this song
the other night except two men In the
uniform of officers
Ihere were murmurS until II was seen
that the right sleeve of one and the left
sleeve of the other were empty. AT
last one man held out his right hand
and the other brought his left hand
upon 1t to applaud. That ended the IN
terest of the audience in the opera. A
great cheer arose. The orchestra quick
ly turned to the "Marseillaise" and the
two men received a reception.
Had we known our action would
have caused so much commotlon we
would have remained quiet" said one
of the men afterWard, but we did want
to show our appreciation for the great
music"
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Prodigal Sons of Rome.

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
AS money-burners the scions of GER
tain families of ancient Rome appear
to have been able to teach a few tricks
to the jeunesse doree of our own age.
Prof. Cobern, lately a co-worker with
DR.. Petrie in Egypt. informs a Phila-
delphia audience that one plutocrat of
the Augustan age or the consularship
of Plancus ran through s90.O0O,0O0 a
year, and another spent s12,000,000
decorating his mansion. And Nero, for
ever held up to obloquy in the pages of
Suetonius. had one redeeming trait-he
was not, in today's common parlance,
a "tightwad." He once invested Sl75,-
600 in roses brought from Egypt to
adorn his banquet table. His DEATH at
the age of thirty, deprived the world of
a superSpendthrift.
Cato complained in the senate that a
jar of preserved fish, imported from the
Black sea, cost more than yoke of
oxen A jar of Falernian wine cost $50
No wonder the feasts Of Lucullus were
expensive. There might well be NUT
terings in the army when the Roman
soldiers brought back costly loot of
foreign lands, enriched his masters
with silver plate and golden images
and got 10 cents a day for his pains
In the palmy days of Rome the graft
er fiourished unrebuked. The pluto
Gratis were not compelled to account for
their gains. 1t was the timorous leth-
argy and the reorganization of public
opinion that made the enormities of
Nero. Caligula and Domirian possible,
and that have since their time fastened
the evils of ring rule on cities and ma :
tons.
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Quilting Time.

From the Evansville Indy Courier.
Probably we don't have much Of 1t in
the cities any more, perhaps there
never was much of 1t done in the cities
but out in the country and in the
hamlets and villages and towns quilt
ing time used to be an occasion of mer-
riment com bined with utility; it was
in the early home what the log-rollinR
was outside: 1t had its place and pres
tige along with the sugar-making. with
the husking bees and the apple cut
tings, the comfort knittings and a lot
of other happy functions of an earlier
day.
Today we buy our comforts and our
quilts and our sugar and practically
everything we use; we have our corn
husked In the fields either by hired
hands or machinery; we live in a hur-
ryinS, labor saving age, and maybe we
have sacrificed much of quality for
quantity. value for something esteemed
more pleasing to our esthetic senses.
But the ldfashioned quilt, which
would Withstand the kicking of lusty
young savages in the attic bedroom
for at least year. some quilt.
Mother and aunts, sisters and nieces,
neighbors and friends came in to help
make it. the home became social CEN
ter, where quilts were made and per-
haps where some little gossip at the
expense of absent ladies was INDUCED
In
Usually. at such times. there was
something good to cat, rather better
than the ordinary bill Of fare, prepared
and that's where the kids came in
for a good time, though often they had
to wait. like Lazarus. at the gate. or
door, until their superiors had Toasted,
when they fell TO and left not even
crumbs.
Quilting time was always a fine time :;
perhaps the snowfiakes were flying, bat
usually the work was done along about
the time the bees were buZzing and the
flowers were in bloom, with the sun
beams flashing from the flying needles.
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TAKING A FAMILY
BACK TO THB SOIL
Being the Experiences of Gov
eminent Clerk Who Sets Out
to Lower the High Cost of
Living.

Sunny Knoll Is to consist Of eighteen
acres, instead of eight. We have closed
a deal for the purchase of the ten acres
adjoining, doubt as to the wisdom of
buying which has caused us so many
anxious days and sleepless nights.
We are not. I think. any better con-
WINGED than we were in the beginning
of the wisdom of the transaction. but
we decided to take the plunge and let
time determine whether we were wise
or foolish. The one point upon which
we satisfied ourselves was that we ha:l
to buy now or lose the opportunitt
The owner of the land was about 70
begin clearing and improving it, with a
view to adding 1t to his own farm. Once
he had done that, it would not have
been for sale. When the owner of tie
land first advanced this proposition We
thought he was bluffing, and were not
inclined to take him seriously, but
talks with neighbors disabused our
minds of this notion. He is not, they
told us. the kind of a man who says one
thing and means another. and when he
put two men at work cutting off the
timber and getting out posts to fence
in the tract we decided it was time to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-05-08
BIG TEXAS CATTLE MAN.
The Amazing Figures of His Posses
Sions.

From the Kansas City Star.
j. NJ Shelton, a native Texan. sixty
two years old. and owner of the largest
herd of Angus cattle in the world. say S
that Texas is in better shape new than
it ever was before. Our state he
says. has plenty of moisture, good
grass. good calf crop. wheat. corn
and oats in excellent condition, and
We know that under almost any con-
dtions We can produce large crops of
kaffir and maize"
Mr.. Shelton knows Texas and he
knows how to tell of that states
greatness. He was born in Fort Worth
siXtytwo years ago, and for the last
thirty-nine years has been in the cat
tie business. Last week he sold 1000
yearling heifers for $4,000. and has
between $4,000 and 10000 cattle on his
various ranches amounting to about
100000 acres.
A few years ago Mr.. Shelton bought
the NIT ranch of 100000 acres in Dali
lam and Hartman counties, Tex. Up to
that time Angus, Shorthorn and Here
ford cattle were bred. but he turned
it into Angus blood. He now has a herd
of 5000 breeding cows and 11,000
steers and heifers. all Angus, on the
NIT property. The brand has been
changed to Y on the right hip with
the birth brand, the number indicating
the year of the birth. the right
the largest in the world. They are so
uniform in color and markings, he
says. that the cows he uses for milk
ing purposes are branded with a bar
on the back to distinguish them from
the herd cows.
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PENNSYLVANIA IS CROWDED.
Liner Sails for Liverpool. Many Hav.
ing to Be Left Behind.

NEW YORK. May s.-The British
steamer Pennsylvania of the Anchor
line sailed late yesterday for Liver
pool, a few hours after news of tho
Lusitania's sinking had been received.
The TRANSFORMERS cabins were crowd
ed, her agents said. There were $40
passengers aboard. and others who
wanted to go. according to the line.
could not be accommodated for lack
of room.
Capt John Black. who was recently
transferred to the Pennsylvania from
the British auxiliary cruiser Columbia,
commanded the ship.
Il have been hunting for submarine
ever since this war began" was his
comment on the Lusitania. Il only
hope i see one on this trip. and that
she comes close enough for me to ram
her"
DO you expect to fly the American
flag when you reach the war zone?" he
was asked.
mo, sir. I'll take my ship to port
with tho flag of England flying. or not
at ALL" he replied.
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not my fault that l am what ! am.
had to take what was handed out to
me But. as for being satisfied with it
| shan't be unless l choose.
After all, she cooked her potatoes and
her steak, and set the table precisely
Then she took up a book and sat down
to forget herself in reading until Larry
should appear. The book was engag-
ing. In it was girl who reminded
Milbry of herself. The girls problem
was so like her own that she was car
ried away completely 4 sudden sound
startled her. and she glanced at the
clock 1t was near O'Clock. Larry
should have been home more than an
hour before.
A moment later she was calling the
dispatcher over the telephone: What
is the matter with No. 50"
A single word came in reply:
Wrecked"
Wrecked For an instant she groped
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-05-08
Tung Oil.
n the Engineering Magazine

From the Engineering Magazine.
Among the oils which may be added
to. or used as substitutes for lnseed, in
paints. perhaps tung or China wood oil
is the most important. When properly
boiled and treated 1t yields film
which is hard and elastic. with heavy
body and high gloss. One great ad-
vantage of this oil Is that it forms
paints which will dry in damp atmos-
pheres. 1t has long been used by the
Chinese and Japanese, and is finding
wide use for marine and waterproof
paints, and there Is no apparent rea-
son why II should not be used more
extensively for protective paints for
iron and steel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-05-08
What Is a Telemeter?

From Pearson's Weekly.
War has been brought to a fine art
nowadays. Years ago gunners had to
guess the distance Of the object they
were firing at. but now the range is
found to within a yard or two by an
ingenious instrument called a teleme-
ter. or range-hnder.
At each end OF the horizontal tube Is
o mirror which reflects the objec1
which Is being observed to the center
of the tube.
OF course, the soldier getting the
range sees two pictures of the things
he is looking at. One of the mirrors
10 movable, however. and by turning a
screw the two pictures are made to
coincide and look like one.
Tho turning of the screw moves a
little pointer along a graduated scale
When the two pictures seen through
the telemeter coincide. Its pointer
shows the exact distance of the object
h yards. or in kflometerA
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by inheritance, didn't need it particu-
larly, he said. but could make it earn
interest on $3.50 by adding it to his al
ready rather extensive farm.
When l offered him $50 an acre he
laughed at me, but finally said he
would take the offer under considera-
ton. His consideration and mine
mine and Janes-fnally resulted In a
splitting of the difference. We are to
pay $3.50 an acre, or s625 for the ten
acre piece.
We know, without any one taking
the trouble to tell us, that we are get
ting 'stung" on the price. But we
know that we want the land. and we
believe that as the years go by we will
be satisfied that we have acted wisely.
AS an agricultural business PROPOSE
ton, now or in the immediate future,
there is no basis upon which payment
of $3.50 an acre for this land could be
justified. But, as an addition to the
home where we expect to spend the
rest of our lives, there are a lot of
things which enter into the reckoning
besides the amount of interest we can
earn this year or next year on the in
yeStment,
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Aldrich Estate Goes to Family

WARWICK, R. l., May s.-The entire
estate of the late Nelson w. Aldrich,
for thirty years United States senator
from Rhode Island, is left to the family
by his will, which has been filed for
probate. The value of the property is
not given. The will requests that his
Warwick Neck estate be retained by
the family always.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-05-08

would not the prince have come? Alas.
lie would never find her now if he did
come.
A warning SILVER told her that she
had been standing too long i'll the cold
and she hurried away. At least she
would find warmth in the little fat. and
she needed it, She walked all the rest
of the way very fast and she was in
glow by the time she unlocked the
door.
An open window had aired the fiat
during her absence and it smelled fresh
and clean. She closed the window and
lighted the gas and the heater. Larry's
alarm clock was ticking husily. Glanc-
ing at it. she saw that she had just
time to get supper before Larry should
be in after his days run.
She tied on an apron. There was
patch on the apron Looking down at
it, she thought of the coral pink dress
and her eyes filed with tears She felt
misera BILE, defeated. What was there
so very much worth while in her life?
What was the use of living. anyway?
Il hate life" she cried out. Its all
wrong. It's cruel. It's unjust. It's
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-05-08
Yields Must Be Increased.

The increased supply has got to come
through increasing the yield of the
land already under cultivation, and 1t
is to this end that science and money
and devoted enthusiasts are bending
every energy. Not only is 1t true that
the farmer never before had so much
done for him. but 1t is true that never
before in the history of the world did
government and far-seeing capital ever
combine in such a gigantic effort to
put money in the pockets of any class
of workers. The farmer who doesn't
better mis- condition year by year is too
ignorant or too lazy or too contrary
to profit by all that is being done for
him.
A lot Of people Judge the work of the
Department of Agriculture by the an
nual farce of free seed distribution.
These people uniformed and I'M
fortunate. The Department OF Agricul-
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ga ged In study Of the soil and its
possibilities. Never before did the
American farmer have SO certain and
so profitable a market the tremen-
dous increase in population is assur-
ing him. Not only does each passing
year see millions added to the popula
ton, but each year a larger and larger
percentage of the population is to be
found in cities-consumers, but not
producers of farm products. This in
creasing population has got to be fed
and there is no more virgin land worth
mentioning to which 1t may look for
food
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Makes Price Concession.

Even at that, we found he was not as
be. He had offered to sell for SIS an
acre, declared he would not take less.
and expressed entire Indifference wheth-
er any one was found willing to pay the
price. He had come into the property