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few for special reasons. began moving
toward the door accompanied by one
of the ladies'
He was a grand sight,
At the door of the blue room an
army officer in great coils of dress uni
form placed his arm across the open
door and asked with frigid air:
Have you entree here
And then John Oliver La Gorce seem
ed to be translated to a great height
and looking down upon that young
lieutenant he replied with scorn that
licked up that officer as a prairie fire
licks up the dry grass in early autumn.
He drew back trifie, and, with the
Roman emperor to use when an APP
plan Way traffic cop stopped his
chariot said:
Certainly
The army officers arm dropped as if
a lightning bolt had withered it. and
he mumbled something. The La Gorce
procession swept in.
And then came along Mr. Ridsdale,
who saw his buddy John Oliver boom
ing onward into the quiet of the blue
room He: too. approached the army
officer, who had recovered his stony
countenance in time to ask again:
Have you entree here?"
Ridsdale paused a moment and then
made a gesture toward John Oliver
Il am one of his excellency's suite. 3"
he said.
And again the lieutenant withered
and the arm came down.
x i i
When it comes to preparedness the
greatest big navy shouter on earth
isn't in il with Admiral Samuel Nc
Gowan. the paymaster general of the
navy. And it isn't big guns and heavy
ships that figure in his preparedness.
either. He believes in the sort of pre-
paredness that keeps you from having
fourth ace from making its appearance
on the wrong side of the game. Be
ing from South Carolina. he has chos-
en- the southern manner of being pre-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-29

Anderson appeared on the scene There
was no sign of a fish about the bank
where the two anglers had tried their
luck for several hours, and Kane
s'hlied as lie turned away and started
III the direction of other sportsmeu
Hold on there came a voice from
the river bank. and Porter pulled out
II seven and hree-quarter-poun fish.
kane's fishing kit fairly flew open.
one OF the sportsmen declared and the
enthusiastic angler lost no time get
ting his bait overheard. Porter caught
a second hsh that weighed a little short
of five pounds. while Dean was un-
able to score. and Kane and Anderson
had their trouble without I, show OF
fish.
But" said Kane, the season is
hardly open. Watch me-"
Patrick Riordan expects to make a
Killing as soon as the smalI-mouth
bass start running, and he thinks he
may be able to put one over in the
matter of bait early iii the season
1T is not always possible to get mad
toms early in the season., said John
W. Hurley. but ! know d place where
! can get them. They are not under
lock and key and the owner has no
Waterman on guard.
and the worst of it is he added
the owner positively refuses to sell
any of them, but he may be induced
to give a disappointed angler a few.
The bait are in big tub in Patrick
| Riordan's cellar" said Hurley, conf
dentially. He stocked his tub last
fall and has fed the madtoms all win
ter"
1t is Riordan's intention to feed a
few of the madtoms to the bass be-
fore the opening of the closed season
in the spring. He does not expect to
do much during the early season, how
ever, although, he says, one never can
tell He did not expect he would land
six bass in sixty minutes while on
late fall outing at Catoctin, but such
is his record.
| And said his friend "he NAV he
| lucky enough to duplicate that catch
this spring.
| on the river one afternoon late in the
| week. They motored to Fletcher's,
| dropped down as far as Walkers point
| and anchored. 1t was so late when they
| reached the fishing grounds that they
| had but little time for the sport
And when night came on" said one
| Of them, 1--WE had a count OF six Missis-
| sippi's'
The largest of the six fish weighed only
a bout two pounds.
/ Charlie Fletcher and a companion were
on the river Thursday afternoon. They
| were there several hours. they stated
and had fine lot of shad bait. Their
catch aggregated sixteen Mississippi cat
| fish. three of them Weighing four pounds
apiece and the others ranging from one
| to three pounds.
John souder is still enjoying sport on
Little river. Yellow perch are ~still in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-29
Title Assumed Recently.

Every administration since that OF
WASHINGTON has had its social secre-
tary; some of them have had. In the
four years, or eight years IN the event
of reelection of a President. two or
three during the Presidents tenure OF
office But only within the last few
wears has the occupant of the post been
designated as social secretary. IN
til less than ten years ago the WON
an-for the holders of the position
have all been women. of Course-Was
known as Mrs. Harrlson's secretary,
or Mrs ClevelandS secretary; she
was simply the secretary to the mis-
tress of the White House. In recent
years. however. the designation of So
cial secretary has been given the wom-
an occupying the trying and delicate,
if exalted, position. the new title: con
ferred by the newspapers, more clearly
describing the duties of the position.
Officially, however, the woman VINO
serves in the capacity of social secre-
tary at the White House is simply a
rolls of White House employees, and as
such she draws her salary on the LIST
and 18th of each month.
Incidentally it might be said that the
President himself has no social secre
tary; that is an Office appertaining to
ton Whoever occupies the position of
mistress of the White House. whether
she be wife, daughter or sister of the
President is provided with a secre-
tary, to which important parsonage has
been given, by common consent and by
the men and women who write under
Washington date lines for the newspa-
pers and periodicals, the extra-legal
title social secretary of the White
House"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-29
WAR BRINGS BOOM
TO C|NC|NNAT|ANS
End of Conflict Immaterial,
People of Ohio City
Believe.
EXPECT SOUTH TO HAVE
WAVE OF PROSPERITY
Say Sudden Peace Could Not Affect
the Increased Demand for
Their Merchandise.
Cincinnati's 1916 Outlook.

The year 1916 promises TO be
the greatest year in our ms
tory.
The south has not yet reached
par. but il is getting nearer par
every day.
As one of the great gates to
southern trade Cincinnati sees
prosperity there.
Loading machine tool city of
the country, has had tremen-
dously busy year.
Railroads. banks. business
houses. newspapers and tele-
sraph offices tell of increasing
business.
practically every line of busi--
ness in the city is above normal
and getting better"
Cincinnati bankers want rlSht
TO extend their operations safely
to foreign countries.
Manufacturers so busy at home
they are no longer greatly inter-
ested in war orders.
War orders responsible for lift
out Of the depression. but the
country is now running on its
own momentum.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-29

war orders. He handled what he could
and subcontracted the rest and lived
up to his neck in high pressure money.
He increased the wages of his men. but
they struck anyhow. He put his cards on
the table Pending decision by the men
they went back to work. One day the
factory whistle blew ten minutes before
the hour. That had been the signal for
the strike. A delegation stood at his
elbow.
will you come into the factory" the
man asked.
He went into the factory. tired. dis
couraged and alarmed. He felt he could
they would strickland whether they
struck or whether he paid he would go
in the financial hole. He hardly looked
up as he stumped out on the floor lhen
the men cheered him.
You needn't worry said the sPokes-
man. srinning. 1t isn't strike. 1t
loving cup
Another story seems worth telling. II
has nothing to do with money. nut II
illustrates the Candor which now ana
then. at least, Eliminates the relations
of Cincinnatis employers with their men.
one of the rules of these big plants is
that when Jim gets something in his eye
no one shall touch that eye except the
company doctor. In the old days Jim
would call on his bench mate. and the
mate would stick the rolled-up end OF
handke chief in JimS eye. Sometimes
he got the cnder. Sometimes Jim got
disease with a fancy name. When jim
nowadays the shop boss leads him
bandaged as 10 the eyes-through the
plant.
II Just want to show YOU" is the way
a de-peppered version OF the boss words
would run. our latest style of dang fool.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-29
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
Many man stumbles over magInar
things in his path.

Many man stumbles over imaginary
things in his path.
The dancing master is always taking
steps to raise money.
One should learn to talk well-also
when 1t is we'll not to talk.
Matrimonial bonds are not always a
safe and profitable investment.
With the exception of discolored
eye everything hand painted is fash
ionable.
The girl who chooses husband be-
cause he has the rocks may have a
marble heart.
And the smaller the girl the larger
the doll necessary to satisfy her in
cipient maternal instinct.
large portion of what the world
calls good luck is composed of ninety
nine parts of ambition and one part of
talent.
When man is discharged from bank
ruptcy his earthly debts are settled
but we are not SO sure about those on
the books of the recording angel
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-29
Gets Official Lists.

She is supplied, of course. with the
official lists of those to whom entree to
the various White House functions is
extended. These lists. made up, US
ually, at the beginning of a new adj
ministration. contain the names Of all
members of both houses of Congress,
with their wives, daughters and other
woman members of their Washington
households; the names-compiled by
the State Department, of diplomats ac
credited by foreign government to the
government at Washington. with the
names of woman members of their
families: names of army and navy Of
ficers, and the women of their imme-
date families, and q general list which
includes the names of persons of social
standing or of some distinction.
These lists usually stand without
change for a year. when they are re-
vised, corrected and brought up to
date. But occa sons may, and often do
arise when additions are to be made to
one or another of the lists, at least for
some one special occasion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-29
On Pay Rolls as Clerk.

Carried on the pay rolls of the execu-
tive department simply as clerk. with
nothing to distinguish her, so far as
the printed list of White House en-
ployes is concerned, from any clerk,
the social secretary of the White
House is charged with duties in the
face of which the average woman clerk
in the government service-even the
highly paid ones-would turn pale and
resign.
First of these duties is the handling
of the correspondence of the mistress
of the White House. AS the Presi-
dents own personal secretary attends
to practically all of the President $
mail, so the social secretary receives.
opens. reads makes a digest of and
usually replies to letters. kilograms
and messages directed to the mistress
of the White House.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-29
Called on to Explain.

Two days later the then President
was called on to explain to the new
Congressman why his wife's request
had been SO coldly turned down. and
the social secretary then learned that
the letter which she had supposed was
from the social Climber was written
by the wife of member of Congress to
whose work and influence was due no
small share of the credit for placing
the then President in the White
House. The names of the two women
were identical. even to the middle
initial The matter was adjusted. the
congressman as we'll as his wife being
possessed of good hard common sense
and a sense of humor. and the coveted
invitation was dispatched post haste.
by special White House messenger. But
the episode and one or two othefs
somewhat similar have been horrible
examples to social secretaries at the
White House ever since
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-29
Send Barges to Brazil.

1t is the old story-"we want a mer-
chant marine of our own and not one
owned by the government; we want a
lock-anddam service on the river so
that Cincinnati barses can be foated
all the way to Brazil. perhaps; we want
laws which will aid our merchants and
not hamper them"
W believe the federal reserve boa I'd
IS IN sympathy with our desire 20
amend the law said this banker. AT
present banks may establish branches
In foreign countries. But not all banks
want TO do that. Ny bank does not.
our whole capital might thus be at
the mercy of a man we hardly know
ana can hardly control. That man
would be too far away from us
We want the right to take stock in
such bank, or in a holding company
That would relieve US from the dan
s ,E involved IN the present plan. Fur
ther. the banks of a dozen cities
here in the Ohio and Mississippi val
ieEs. for example-might unite to es-
tab!lsh a chain of branch banks in a
south American country. Each parent
bank could immeasurably aid the trade
of it's city. The branch banks would
get business for US. as we know they
can IL would permit us to enlist local
support in South America An ideal
business would be created. which
IL is certainly significant that the
BANKERS and manufacturers and whole
salers OF ten of the most important
oarometricai cities in the country are
talking along these lines They see
some of them for the first time-what
are the possibilities of an export trade
They hope TO hold a reasonable share
of trade which has been tossed into our
national lap. Practically without ex-
ceptlon they speak for mercha mt
marine and oppose government
; owned heet. They think our govern
ment should do what the governments
of Great Britain and France and Ger
many have so conspicuously done in
/ the past and that is. aid our mer-
chants and manufacturers instead OF
penalizing them in their efforts TO get
trade. They see ahead of us not merely
I year of big trade but decade in
which we should establish ourselves
in a leading world position.
IF we just play common sense and
no. politics" they say
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-29

raj McGowan's rabbit foot must bear
the mystic power of the burying
ground or he won't carry it.
He was on his way from Philadelphia
off here to see his brother. the afore-
said F. n. MCGOWAN. They strolled
around Washington awhile and went
down to the Union station together
when il was time for the admiral
train to leave again. a few minutes
before departing he discovered that the
rabbits foot had slipped out of his
pocket and it worried him. He went
through his clothes carefully and
seemed reluctant to continue his jour
ney without it.
However. he did not give up his trip.
He boarded the train and went south
ward The next day =. II. MCGOWAN
got this telegram from his brother;
Don't worry. Got a colored boy to
shoot a ra bbit for me in graveyard
here for So
Speaking of T. n. McGowan-the man
whom John Kirby calls the most po-
lite man in the corps of correspond
ents at Washington-let me tell you
what happened to him.
He wanted to talk to Representative
Sears of Florida. so he went to tele-
phone booth in the Capitol and lifted
the receEer.
will YOU get me Representative
Sears" he asked, in mild tones.
And then came back the sweet voice
of the telephone operator:
isn't he the one who lives in Kis-
simmee. Florida p"
YES, kissimmee."
There was a little sigh.
"Ah, what a wonderful place it must
be-
But Pat MCGOWAN never learned the
name of the operator.
i + x
Frank Woodfield rushed up to me the
other day and said:
Hey, here's a line you may use in
your Heard and Seen column some
day l was riding in a 9th street car
and a man jumped up suddenly and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-29
Siefried Ramak Dies Suddenly

CHICAGO, January 29.-Sigfried Ra-
max, seventy. connected at different
times with the management of German
theaters in Philadelphia. st. Louis and
Chicago. dropped dead her yesterday.
Heart disease Is given as the cause Of
death Recently Ramak had been en-
ployed by German paper here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-29
HEARD AND SEEN HERE AND THERE.
By Earl Goodwin.

pared against these and other dire ca
lamities. and it is said of him by no
less an authority than P. H. MCGOWAN.
the admirals brother, that the admiral
never goes anywhere unless he is arm
ed with abbt's foot.
And it is the left hind foot of rab-
bit shot in a graveyard at that. None
of your ordinary bbits foot. Admi-
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began to work his arms up and down
like a windmill He didn't make any
explanation at the time, but it turned
out that bee had flown in the car and
stung the gink."
Furthermore, it may be added that
when Mr.. Woodfeld was high school
student he took prizes in English.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-29

julius J. Rupert. convicted of as
saulting to kill Miss Ida L. Robins with
a hammer April 26 last. was sentenced
to eight years in the penitentiary at
Baltimore.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-29
See National Prosperity.


cincinnati mas d '''o'e 'i"''
wideawake chamber OF commerce
Every now and then the secretary sends
- ~. ,.,;oh -, ,,ep,-
ou' d i's' vi i"e'''o'a
| bers answer The replies are printed III
| such a way that the identity of the au-
,bors &c ,,o,,o.o,oa u,ris o,,astio,naire
! she,,7s ,bat +ic.iI,, eyery trade
~ I;t;a,.' -, H. ,orr,.1 Nor. than
! tbat Thsy 90 rett;na hetter This
iexnerianc. is CO nearIy universal that
1orsJ Nv narsona1 reasons nroha hIy ac-
co,,n+ for tba axcantions
! "As long as the var lasts the Euro
mean demand for nra ctically eyerythins
, ,ba I-r;,al &C., ,,,,I-as or collie will
! continue to he abnormal" is the iude-
ment here There is no evidence that
the war is anywhere near the end, in
| spite of the professional optimists.
| When the war ends the demand for our
products will be greater than ever for
| a time. The recent visit of the agents
| of France proves that They indicat ed
the certainty of heavy postwar pur-
cha SEES
| This certainty for the future comes
on a sound foundation. The hard times
lasted just long enough for the pay
ment of overdue bills and not long
enough to put workman or merchant
IN fresh debt. Just as reported IN the
other cities ] have visited for the pur-
! pose OF appraiSlnS this movement to-
ward great prosperity. shelves Were
empty mere. bad accounts fairly well
cieaned up. old clothes We're worn out.
ana when the fresh money came peo-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-29
ATLANTIC CITY. n. J.
HOTEL MORTON

Virginia ave. near Beach. Atlantic City. y. J.
Open all the year. Fine table. Suites with
private bath Handsomely furnished. Perfect
santar- arrangements. Elevator 10 all hooss.
Snecial Early season rates. Capacity. $50.
Mrs s. Il HAT\ES Owner and Proprie ,or.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-29

II you want work, read the want COL
umns of The Star.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-29
South Getting Ready for Prosperity.


IT is different today" said the bank
err and a railroad man and shoe
manufacturer and statistician. I'm
1915 the south cut down its cotton
acreage II saved every penny that
could be saved. For the first time
real effort was made to diversity its
crops. The reward came in a pretty
good price for cotton and very good
prices for everything else. Every bust
ness man in the United States VIII feel
the indirect effect
THE south has not reached the high
notes on its scale as yet. It Is Just
creeping up. But the travelling men
who 20 out from Cincinnati every year
in half :. dozen important lines say
that the merchants are buying there
as they have not in years. one man
started out for brief and formal trip
Of two months. lie did not expect TO
sell many goods. He only wanted to
keep in touch with his customers. He
came home at the end Of four months
because he was TOO exhausted to stay
out longer The last qnarter of his
route he covered by mail
Hurry In with your orders he ad-
vised his old friends along the line.
so ] can get the goods for you. If
Sou delay YOU may be too late"
cincinnati could hardl! have d bad
year if the south keeps on buying
tnat scale. But there are other reasons
the war began many machine tool fac
torres here were shut down. or were
running or half time with half their
forces. There are more machine tool
factories her" than in any other city
IN the coEntr!. Machine tool makers
sre quickly hit bl hard times. The
world must buy flour. no matter how
hard UP the world may be. But IT can
get along without machine tools. The
year 1915 opened 10 funeral march
tune. The stock exchange was shut
down. and building was practically at
standStill
Then the machine tool factories began
10 flush the financial arteries of the city
with gOi! money. They we're running
Al the absolute limit OF their capacity
Plants roared twenty-four hours a day
for six days IN the week Some of them
roared upon the seventh. The manu-
facturers had obtained war prices for
their product in order to get men TO
make good their contracts they can
Nassed the nearby cities. That necess-
srily meant increase of wages
skilled men have never been paid better
wages or had more hours of work than
thew have had in Cincinnati lately
They have saved their money too -
said man who is In a position to know
The workmen were fresh from bad
times, you see. They could still remen
her 1914 The savings bank deposits
have been fairly leaping. Local mer-
chants say that bills have been paid
which had months ago been written of
bad Job.
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BY HERBERT COREY.

CINCINNATI. January 2s.-Cincin
natl has no Illusions as to what made
the wheels of industry start buzzins-
TIE war did it. Cincinnati makes
machine tools-aud lots of other
thsngs-for the fighting nations of
Europe and for other Americans who
furnish weapons to the allies. Before
this demand began business in this
section was in the dumps. Now it is
running at such high velocity that it
will keep on running for d time, war
or no war.
The prospects are that 1916 will be
the greatest year in our national his
tory said one of Cincinnati's leading
bankers That instinct for caution
which moves in the financial fraternity
made him qualify his prediction. Tn :
less something happens" said he.
Then optimism broke through.
Il don't see what can happen said
year in our history"
Putting war possibilities as
the moment. he brought forwar2s proof
for this faith. Cincinnati is one of the
great trading gates for the south
Years ago the city built 40o-miie
railroad to the south for the especiai
purpose of facilitating that trade IL
was one of the first and most proftable
examples of municipal ownership IN
this country. Nowadays it trades all
over the map. but it maintains close
relations with its old friends
In 1914 the south was in bad way
With the resources of half a dozen
empires in its hands it had chosen to
rely TOO exclusively upon cotton. The
British blockade ran cotton prices as
n
planter could not pay his banker. The
banker could not extend the credit thai
was needed by the merchant. Wa
had thrown a monkey wrench into the
motor. Every man in the south ami
every man who traded with the south
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-29
Pessimists Fear Labor Trouble.

There are pessimists here, Of course.
They sec in this labor situation a fruit
full certainty of future trouble. Smith
has a war contract and will pay men SO
a day to work for him. II Jones wants
TO hold his men he must pay SO a day
but Jones has no war contract. 1t
means financial trouble for Jones unless
he can manage to raise the price of his
product. The day will come when Smith
cannot pay his men So day. and the
process of convincing them OF that fact
may be a painful one. Again. II may not
The relations of employer and employee
here are. as rule. friendly. Here is q
story to prove II:
One man had a little factory, and all
Of a sudden was beset by a storm of