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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-21
ROYAL Neighbors of America.

A reception in honor Of the supreme
oracle of the Royal Neighbors of America.
Mrs. Myra B. Enright of Kansas City.
KAN was held in Perpetual Building Hall
last evening Mrs. Enright delivered an
address touching upon woman suffrage
and kindred topics. The reception was
given by the following camps: Myra 3.
Enright, Fidelis. Dolly Madison and Ma
pie. Mrs. Ida J. Swiggett, state deputy
for the society. presided.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-21
Knights Of Pythias.
LODGES.

LODGES.
Monday-Decatur, No. 8, and Calanthe.
No. IL. business.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., No. IA, page rank:
Webster. No. Z; Capital. No. "a. and
Myrtle. No. %, business.
Wednesday-Mt. Vernon. No. .; Hermit
one No. IL: Union. No. %, and Co
lumbia. No. %. business.
Thursday No. 81, grand visi
e.. tation.
Friday-Syracusians. No 10, and
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., No. 20, bust
ness.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-21
Rebekah Lodges.

Monday-Esther. No. s. business.
Wednesday-Assembly Home Circle. lawn
fete. home building.
Friday-Martha Washington. No. 3. de-
gree. Dorcas. No. 4. business. Re
bekah Assembly, installs ton of ap-
pointiye officers
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-21

Federal Lodge, No. I. will have the
r G. degree Tuesday evening, with
Junior Warden William s. Quinter
heading the official line
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-21

Mount Vernon Royal Arch Chapter
hs the mark degree scheduled for to-
morrow evening at I:30 O'Clock
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-21

Pentalpha Lodge, No. 23, will have
special communication tomorrow even
ing for the NJ. II. degree.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-21

The south Gate Club will have its
annual election and installations of Of
ncers by the Advisory Board of Ma
some Clubs at its meeting Thursday
evening
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-21

The home board of St Johns Lodge
CHAPTER, No IS, will meet at the home
Of Mrs Georgia Milans, Washington
Grove June I.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-21

The council of Grand Lodge officers
met at Pythian Temple Wednesday
night to arrange for the memorial
services to be held Tuesday night,
June IL. in the auditorium of Pythian
Temple. Webster Lodge will be in spe-
cial convention for these services and
the stations will be occupied by the
Grand Lodge officers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-21

81. Johns Lodge, No. IL. has the + A
degree scheduled for Friday evening
and the NJ VI. degree at a special at
O'Clock Saturday evening.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-21

The announcement is made that Adah
Chapter, No. %. of Mount Rainier, Md.
will confer the degrees on three candl-
dates Wednesday evening. and extends
Ia general invitation to the fraternity
in the District to be present. Adah
Chapter celebrated its first anniversary
in April. having then among its guests
Past Grand Matron Hattie r. Hutchin-
son of Washington and Past Grand
Matron Julia F.. Griest of Maryland.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-21

Naomi Chapter No. g. Wednesday
evening. after regular business. will have
a program of entertainment. in charge of
Past Grand Matron Fannie Taylor and
her committee. The members Of the
chapter are planning trip to the Ma
sonic and Eastern Star Home the early
part Of June. Mrs. Elizabeth Garvin OF
the Woodwork, 10th and NJ streets
northwest. is making the arrangements
for the trip.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-18
"BARNABY RUDGE"

I Beginning with the private houses SO
occupied, they broke open the doors and
windows, and while they destroyed tha
furniture and left but the bare walls,
made a sharp search for tools and en-
gines of destruction, scc7 as MANNERS,
axes saws. and such like instruments.
Many of the rioters made belts of cord.
Ct handkercliefs or any material they
found at hand and wore these weapons
as openly as pioneers upon a field day.
There was not the least disguise or con-
ceaIment--indeed, on this night, very
little excitement or hurry. From the
chapels they tore down and took away
the very affairs benches. pulpits, pews
and floorings, from the dwelling houses,
the very wainscoting and stairs. This
| Sunday evenings recreation they pur-
sued like mere workri1en who had GER
tain task to DO, and did it. Fifty reso-
Lutte men might have turned them at any
moment; single company of soldiers
could have scattered them like dust; but
no man interposed, no authority re-
strained them, and, except by the terri
| fled persons who fled from their APP
proach they were as little needed as II
they were pursuing their lawful occupa-
| tons with the utmost sobriety and good
conduct.
| In the same manner they marched to
| the place of rendezvous agreed upon,
made great fires in the fields and re-
serving the most valuable of their spols,
burnt the rest Pdestly garments, inn
ages of saints, rich stuffs and orna-
nents,. altar furniture and household
goods were cast into the falmes and
shed a glare on the whole country round,
but they danced and howled and roared
about these fires till they were tired and
were never for an instant checked"
But there were later times when blood
was she'd ior instance when Gabriel Var
den struggled as a prisoner in the riot
ers' hands before the gates of. Newgate
Jail:
Give me my daughter cried the lock-
smith, vino was now as fierce as those
gathered about him: Give me my daugh-
teri
He was down again and up, and down
again once more and buffeting with a
score of them, who banded him from
from a slaughter house, whose dress and
great high boots smoked hot with grease
and blood, raised a poleax, and swearing
a horrible cath, aimed it at the old man s
uncovered head.
Gabriel Warden escaped. but others
were not so fortunate
SO if you happen to pick up the book
again. one Of these days, and intending
to dip into it for only moment, to get
a sidelight of the mob in action, but in
stead read it from the first word to the
last, as you will if you pick it up at all,
you will lay it down with better idea
of how a mob swells and RACES like the
sea. and very positive opinion that Poe
was altogether wrong about "Barnaby
Ridge"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-18
A CANDIDATES GRIEVANCES

From the New York World.
According to the Tribune Mr.. Hughes
is aggrieved by the dispatches printed by
the eastern newspapers during his west
ern tour, and describes these reports as
contemplate. despicable and deplor-
able"
We fear that Mr.. Hughes as a 100 per
cent candidate does not understand the
New York newspapers. which, with two
or three unimportant exceptions, make q
practice of reporting the news as it hap
pens. uncolored by the editorial policies
Of the paper.
We followed all the reports of Mr..
Hughes western tour which were printed
in the principal New York newspapers.
They seem very fair, very unprecedented
The reports in the newspapers that sup
port Mr.. Hughes did not differ mate
rally from the reports in the newspapers
that support Mr.. Wilson. 1t was appa-
rent that each correspondent was trying
to present the situation as he saw it,
without regard to partisanship.
That may seem contemplate, despi-
cable and deplorable' to Mr.. Hughes
but we regard it as greatlAto the credit
of New York journalism. Mr.. Hughes
could hardly expect trained correspon-
dent who has campaigned with many
candidates and with many Presidents to
see western politics through the Hughes
eyes or the Wilcox eyes. These cores
pondents have had too much experience
to believe that a candidate has carried
a state whenever somebody in the au-
dience gives three cheers.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-18
MEMORIES

BY Crabbe.
Then come his sister and his village
friend
And he will now the sweetest moments
spend.
He goes through shrubby walks these
friends among
Love in their looks and honors on their
tongue;
Nay, theirs charm beyond what nature
shows,
The bloom is softer and more sweetly
CLOVIS;
Pierced by no crime and urged by no
desire
For more than true and honest hearts
require.
They feel the calm delight and thus
proceed
Through the green lane-then linger in
the mead
Stray Ger the heath in all its purple
bloom
And pluck the blossom where the wild
bees hum;
Then through the broomy bound with
ease they pass
And press the sandy sheep walks tender
grass,
Where dwarfish flowers among the
grass are spread
And the lam browses by the linnets
bed;
Then cross the bounding brook they
make their way
Ger it's rough. bridge-.and there behold
the bay!
The ocean smiling to the fervid sun
The waves that family fall and slowly
The ships at distance and the boats al
hand;
And now they walk upon the seaside
sand,
Counting the number. and what kind
they be,
Ships softly sinking in the sleepy sea.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-18
NO LONGER THE SOUTHLAND.
4 the Chicago Evening Post.

From the Chicago Evening Post
We note with pride that the Columbia
State. newspaper of pride and under
standing, announces that it is published
not in the Southland but in the
South 1t declares. too. that the south
land exists only in valedictory speeches
of young ladies' boarding schools and
that it should be barred there. We re-
greet to report that it flourishes else
where. 1t is a rank growth in the
'northland' In Congress you can find
it almost any day in the boring leave
to-print section. On the chautauqua
circuit it runs strong. 1t goes SO trip
pingly with sunny that only the most
conscientious lyceumite will omit it. But
we agree with our South Carolina con-
temporary that 1t ought to be rooted out
and destroyed. The south will have to do
the job. If 1t has the grit to stand
pat. it may kill southland" as dead
as Canada has killed "Our Lady of the
Shows"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-18
From the Kansas City Tlmes.

From the Kansas City Times
IN DGAR ALLAN POE once found
~. fault with "Barnaby Rudge." He
g declared that Dickens evidently
conceived the denouement and then wrote
a story to fit it, Poes contention was
that the plot was full of flaws. But
when you read it, as g. boy or girl, yot
never bothered your brain about it;
mechanism. You read 1t for the stirring
narrative. Your heart went out to poor
Barnaby the half witted boy whose con
slant companion, Grip, the raven, made
you laugh. You were wrapped up in the
pretty love story of Joe Willet and Dolly
Warden, and in the romance of Edward
Chester and Miss Haredale. You hated
Sir John Chester and your sympathies
were with that stern. somber, but rug
gedly honest gentleman, Godfrey Hare
dale. You frankly liked jovial Gabriel
Warden, the locksmith, and your scorn
for Simon Tappertit and the Prentice
Knights grew as you read on.
But if in after years you reread Bar
naby Rudge," you appreciated the fact
that the story moves off with a swing
which few popular novels of today ex-
coed, and that the mystery of the MUIR
der III the Warren is one cleverly sus-
tanned to the climax with the arrest OF
Barnai y's father You will fall out with
Poe over his criticism and agree with the
multitudes of Dickens admirers that
the authors score, which year after year
hold favor with the English reading
public.
- 1t is, of course, as an intimate record
OF the misguided Lord George Gordons
No Porery'' riots of 1880 that 'Barnaby
Ridge possesses a peculiar interest. The
story of Earnaby might have other eff
fective settings, but it gains in dramatic
power from this And probably there is
nowhere else better picture of a mob
at work, nor a keener analysis of mob
spirit, than "Barnaby Ridge presents.
Here is Dickens impression:
"a mob is usually a creature of very
mysterious existence particularly in a
large city. Where it comes from or
whittier 1t goes, few men can tell. AS
sonbling ana dispensing with equal sud
deneSs. it is as difficult to follow to it's
does the parallel stop here, for the ocean
Is not more tickle and uncertain, more
terrible when reused, more unreasonable
or more cruel"
The followers of Lord George Gordon
were led by Dennis, the hangman, by
Hugh. who turned out in the end to be
the son of Sir John Chester by a Gypsy
mother. by Simon Tappertit and by poor
Barnaby Ridge. The narrative follows
these few to give you a comprehension
of the mob's procedure but here and
there is a description of the workings of
the unrestrained mass. This is vivid
picture of the mob in action:
The largest body and that which aug
mented with the greatest rapidity was
the one to which Hugh and Barnaby be-
longed. This took it's way towards Moor
fields, where there was a rich chapel and
in which neighborhood several Catholic
families were known to reside.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-18

When | landed in your human sar-
dine box I spoke to everybody I met.
had been on terms of greatest cor
diality with all the Neutrality-suspicious.
Gratis and darkies-in my home town.
Port Gibson, and I hoped to form q
speaking acquaintance, at least with
everybody, big, little, old and~ young,
in your burg. Who wants to live in y
town with straners? The few of your
Inhabitants who noticed by CHEEKY
Good morning" or Good evening" did
tit with who-left- the -bughouse- door
unguarded expression
Come to my town, walk down Main
street, speaking to everybody you meet,
SO per cent will return your salutatiou.
You will find it a good idea first to
train for speed, or they will speak first,
and their greetings will be the CHEEKY.
spontaneous southern kind, not the
frigid, stereotyped courtesy that some
other sections dig out of cold storage
Tor favored beings and occasions and
never exercise enough to thaw
! This is sportsman's paradise. Deer,
panthers, wildcats, foxes, squirrels and
possums are abundant. Quail, ducks and
geese with other birds abound in great
numbers during the open season. Our
waters are teeming with fish. But don't
use worms. They like minnows. Their
appetites are almost invariably bad
when 1 go angling.
| | have been enjoying some rare free
concerts lately. wished I could let
every overworked man and woman with
every under-nourished child of your
sweat box participate in the pleasure
The concert hall is plenty large to ac-
commodate them ALL The seats are the
great bluffs, on a part of which my
town stands; they are the Palisades of
the Mississippi and one of the beauty
| spots of the world. where the great
river approaches to within a mile OF
the city, then. leaving abruptly, makes|
a loop Of about 20 miles and returnsI
| to within mile of where he started
the loop. all because the Father of
Waters" could not pass such a lovely
spot without returning for second
look. Opposite us. across the river, are
the fertile lowlands. Our stage is bound
ed only by the curtain we call sky; it isl
lcarpeted in various tints of green. I'll
would be fine if your town could get al
day off and stretch itself on that car
pet.
! 1t is chameleon-like scenery, for nal
ture, the greatest of scene artists, keeps|
her brushes busy dipping into the sun
rise for a. little more color, or daubing|
on few clouds for shadows; sometimesI
she susppends entire rainbows in shift
of scenery. again she fiirts the colors|
off the brushes with which she painted
the bow. and these pigments bloom al
wild flowers. Our concert is best bel
tween and in the morning. while the
day is young. The music is untutored|
but perfect, and when those mocking|
birds uncork their optimism and let III
effervesce in melody Paderewski coulG-
Int beat EN-.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-18
HOTEL LOBBIES
As Told by Sol

Sol Caheen is noted as a story teller.
Nothing gives him more pleasure than
to listen to really clever story well
told, next to listening to one he had
rather be listened to while he tells a
better one. Did you ever hear about the
duel that was about to be fought be-
tween an Irishman and jew" asked
Sol. No one had and he continued:
Both of the parties to this duel vert
very much afraid Of being injured, so il
was mutually agreed that the duel would
be fought in a dark room. The question
of which one was to fire the first shot
came up, both of them being smaft
enough to know the fellow that fired the
second shot would have the advantage
on account of being able to tell the
location Of his adversary by the flash
of his pistol
The two combatants drew straws to
see which one would be forced to fire
first AS usual the Israeite won. They
were placed in a dark room by their
friends and told to go to it. The Jew
through he would be willy and fire up
the chimney, so as not to give his oppo-
nent the advantage of knowing what
part of the room he was in. He did So
and a dead Irishman fell on the floor"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-18
Education Great Asset

THE school tax amendment, which
comes up for the people to vote on in
November will certainly carry" said G.
B. Glenn, assistant superintendent of
schools. State Superintendent Of Edu-
cation Feagin has compiled some data
and written a pamphlet on this subject
which is being given a broad circulation.
The argument in favor of the amend
ment is in the form of dialogue be-
tween Mr.. Honest Voter and Squire Plain
Truth.
Few Alabamians realize how far be-
hind we are in education as compared to
the average of all the other states in
the union. For instance: Alabama has
101 illiterate children out of each 1000
The average of all the other states per
1000 is 81 The per capita investment for
teaching and maintenance in Alabama is
s574 as against $20.3S. the average of all
the other states. Nearly everyone agrees
that education is the greatest asset any
man, woman or child can have The
person without an education in this mod
ern day and time is handicapped Sc
riously in the daily battle for existence.
We hope, and I firmly believe, every
county in the state will poll a big ma
jority in favor of the educational, OF
school tax amendment in November"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-18
LUKE NI'LUKE SAYS

We don't know much But we do
know that a man isn't going to make
many friends by arguing religion or
politics.
The outcome of a lot of marriages de-
Ponds a whole lot on the income.
The old-fashioned boy who used to get
a nickel once a year to see magic
lantern show and who laughed himself
sick when the rats ran up the side of
the Chinaman's bed and into the China
mans mouth now has a son who gets
and who is deeply interested in fillums
like: Damaged Goods" and Where Are
My Children"
The self-made man likes to show off
his knowledge. But the self-made woman
likes to show off her shape.
A whole lot of married men believe
that their wives and their consciences
do too much talking.
We could write a 40O-page book on
! How to Succeed" But what's the use
when you can get it all into these few
words: Have more confidence in your
self and less in others.
When a married man is on his way
downtown in the morning and meets a
girl and is all smiles and dimples and
peaches and cream to the girl. it is hard
to realize that only few minutes be-
fore he was slamming the door and cuss-
| ing and growing at friend wife.
| If man would keep his mouth shut
twhen he Is asleep he wouldn't make Sc
much noise And the same rule applies
| to woman when she is awake.
When a slim princess goes out in a
transparent gown on a sunny day the
| neighbors all get a look at the family
! skeleton.
| If we had to get back to nature and
| live like Adam and Eve it is a safe BET
that the women would sew their fs
| leaves into envelope combinations ant
string baby ribbons through the necks
of the garments.
If you want to see what black looks
mean just get the expression on wom-
ans face when she glares at mar
who has nine children walking and one
in his wife's arms.
And maybe you have noticed that boys
do not use their sleeves as handkerchief
as much as they used to.
They mean the same thing. But it is
safer to say that a mans head is level
than to say that 1t is flat.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-18
VENICE UNDER BOMBS OF kuLrUR

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
The execration of all those who love
the beautiful and have ever had a gen.
erous emotion for place that has stood
the supreme test for hundreds of years
will go out when it is learned that the
great architectural monuments of Ven
ice, secular and religious, are being con-
tnuously subjected to the bombardment
of the Austrian aeroplanes. This is SC
wanton an act that, if it arouses sense
of impotent rage at the barbarism and
vandalism that plan such a futile demon
stration of what kultur stripped of all
DISCUSSES really means, it Is accompanied
by the hope that in some way those re-
sponsible will be surely and inexorably
punished The act of the Austrian avia-
tors is a crime against civilization, as
was the German bombardment of the
glorious cathedral, the abbey churches
and the hospitals of Rheims. And that
the attacks on Venice still continue. the
famous pantheon Of the city of the
lagoons, the church of st. John and st.
having suffered from bombs only yester-
day, shows that there is notnlng tnat
the central powers in their desperation
will not do. 4r
Perhaps it is fortunate, therefore, that
Newark felt that one of the supreme
ways adequately to commemorate it's re-
cent two hundred and fiftieth anniver-
sary was to put up a copy Of the famous
equestrian statue of Colleoni, the original
of which stands. or did before the war,
in the piazza of st. John and st. Paul,
Venice, for If this great work of art is
not in safe place it may soon become
a mere mass of broken metal. For it is
to be remembered that the total of great
edifices already hit by bombs in Venice
is very large, and includes most tof those
that are famous in the art annals of all
time, such as the Santa Maria della
Salute, Santa Maria Formosa st. Mark S
itself, San Lorenzo, San Gregorio. the
noble inlaid marble Palazzo Dario, the
Doges' Palace and the Academy of Fine
Arts, threatened in an apparently mad
effort to carry 'frightfulness" into the
realm of art and destroy for the sheer
pleasure of destroying.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-18
wIsHBoNE NOR NEEEzS
From the Wisconsin State Journal.

ETOm the w lSCOuSlu 6ldt6 1ouI44dAs
They were dining on fowl in restau
rant. you see" he explained. as h
showed her the wishbone, you take hol'
here. Then we must both make wisl
and pull. and when it breaks the on
who has the biggest part Of it will hav.
his or her wish granted
but / don't know what to wish for.
she protested.
"oh. you can think of something" h
said.
mo, I can't" she replied; Il can
think of anything l want very much"
well. I'll wish for you." he exclaimed
"Will you. really?' she asked
Yes
.well. then. there's no use fooling will
the old wishbone.' she interrupted witt
glad smile. you can have me-