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Tom Grant Is DeIuged by Offers Of Old Rags

W ASNGToNSeay Tom Grant of the Washington chamber OF com
in all sections Oh W
Each mail brings letters from farmers
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1916-05-19
WANTED-AoENTs


A., TO $50 WEEKLY in business OF
your own. Don't be an Agent. Start
in the Gold, silver Nickel. etc. Plat
Ing Business. Prof. Gray's OUTFITS are
praetieal and complete. Work easy
profIt enormous. Every family res
tanrant. shop has tableware, iewelfy'
metal goods Of all kinds 70 be re-
plated Every other business over
crowded-no plating shops a grand
onenlhg ia your section VIII you
grasp it? Address today. Gray & Co.
plating Works. $50 Gray Bldg cln'
lcinnati, O.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1916-05-19
rnE DAILY LEADER


In the event OF delivery boinm lW
perfect. or paper beins rolled t@is'el
W mutilated. subscribers are ulsea .
nake immediate complaint to the
business office In person. by teic'
phone or mail.
Mail subscribers should eNan'us p,.
Tho address on the label q lneli
raner il shows when subscrlp1lonis
sxnlre when you remit the label = /.
ehanpea if not, notify this office II
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,innea write the office, otherwise 'Ae
naner viii be continued In ehal's-
mo addresses give both old and new
addresses.
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wAnTEu-ro EXCHANGE


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part OF Guthrie. for team or auto
4 n stevens. Waynoka. Okla B 2al
"A. M. ADAMS
Attorney and Notary.
Chattels and Farm Loans.
Real Estate and Insurance.
Houses for Rent.
office over W. W Bishop grocery
phone III Res Phone ill9
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MONEY TO LOAN.

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ala low rate o. interest long time.
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TOWEL SUPPLY

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inv Leader Want 40
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-30
ROBINSON CRUsOE's ISLAND


our island lay. and this land which
perceived 10 the west and northwest
was the great island OF Trinidad on the
north point Of the mouth of the river.
The island OF Juan Fernandez became
associated with the story Of Robinson
Crusoe from the fact that on that island
Alexander Selkirk was put ashore at his
own request after a quarrel with the
ca ptain of the ship Cirque Ports. Of
which he was sailing master SelHirk
lived on the island for four years. and
in l1I2 there appeared a book entitled
Cruising Voyage Round the World
which was written by Capt Wordes
Rogers, who had rescued Selkirk from
the island. Part of the adventures of Sci
kirk were told in that story. and 1t Is
supposed that it was this hint which
stirred Defoe's Imagination and led to
the yffting of Robinson Crusoe
capt Rogers book. in which the ad-
ventures of Selkirll were told was also
The inspiration Or rather the text. OF
Cowper's poem. which is generally called
solitude. but which the poet. in what
WAS the FASH on in the eighteenth century.
called Verses Supposed to be Written
by Alexander Selkirk during his Solitary
Abode i'll the Island OF Juan Fernandez"
A literary man who took up the con-
nection between Selkirks adventure and
Defoes story of Robinson Crusoe has
written this:
There was more than enough of a
nudge for Defoe. for Cowper. for scores
Robinson Crusoe, round the Horn or
} into the Pacific at all. he started him
from England. shipwrecked him in At
RIGA, sent him as planter to the BraZils'
as he always pluraliZes the name
| and finally blew him north. shipwrecked
again on an island which Defoe carefully
labeled on the title page of the first edi-
! ton as being at the mouth of the
mighty Orinoco. a continent and parts of
two oceans removed from Juan Fer
nandeZ.
| The Island of Tabago IN the Caribbean
archipelago was mentioned by one writer
as the island of Crusoe, but Tabago.
| north of Trinidad. is too far from the
| Crusoe says Of the location of his island.
Louis Rhead. in preface to one edi-
| ton of Robinson Crusoe. wrote: "A map
has been prepared to show the real loca-
| ton, which is at the mouth of the
Orinoco, thirty miles northwest of Trini-
dad. an island lying just in the Carib-
bean archipelago. The island is now
known Tobago."
A good many distinguished writer's
| have mistaken the Island of Juan Fer
nandeZ for the island of Robinson Crusoe
and among them was r. II. Dana, jr
who, in his Two Years Before the Mast"
| Fernandez rising like deep blue cloud
out of the sea- when his brig. the Pill
| grim. was seventy miles away After the
briggs stop at the island Mr.. Dana wrote:
, Il gave II parting look and bid fare
well to the most romantic spot OF earth
\ my eyes had ever seen because of the
associations which every one has con-
| nected with 1t in their childhood from
reading Robinson Crusoe."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-30

in every season and mood admits that
1.-THE great mountain ranges have not
ceased to be source of mystery. They
are not paintable, they are not habit
able, they are not wholly understand
able. but. perhaps. for that very rea-
scan a work which. frankly. is above
academic review. is to learn that the
mountains of today are new -comerS on
the globe THE everlasting hills is
awe-inspiring and poetic. but 1t is NOT
true. A millennium is as DAY 10
nature No sooner does she make
mountain than elements-water. wind,
snow. frost-begin TO tear IT down
Nature builds up and tears~down: she
brings to life and she brings to DEATH
but always for a use and for pur-
pose. And always with beauty as a
result of her work. Each mlshtN
height which sentinels the ear1h Is
visioned with a clearness That con-
yeys sense of its plant and animal lie.
it's pulsing colors that whiten at the
cloud line: its leprosy of volcanic ashes'
its solitudes and its SHOWS. Ana nav
ing told every splendid secret which
nature is willing to trust to the ad-
venturers into her mysteries. the an-
thor laws aside his geology ana recalls
for the reader who. from the rrst chap
ter, has become his disciple. that IT
was from mountain tops that Buddha
and Christ assembled into heaven; from
them Moses received the tables of the
law-that almost every one OF the
older countries had its sacred noun
tain from which gods came and Went.
and that our own Sioux believed that
the Great Spirit rested upon the sum-
mits of the Rockies and that all the
lesser peaks were peopled by eNli
spirits who were seeking to destroy
the Great Father.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-30

the robin. or the American robin, or
the bird which in the United States is
called robin. is not robin. He is not
robin in the European sense and is
not member of the same family IS the
robin red breast of Europe. The birds
are somewhat alike and their praise has
been sung by many poets. The robin of
Europe is smaller than the American
robin. and is close kin to the various
members of the warbler family. The
American robin Is closer kin to the Eu-
ropean blue ba cked thrush and the Eng
lish blackbird than he is to the Eu-
ropean robin.
The American robin is very closely
related TO the thrush. You will note that
all the thruSheS to be found around
Washington have spotted or spa2gled
breasts This is especially noticeable in
the Wood-thrusnes. numerous in the
swamp thickets and the moist wood
lands of Rock creek, Piney branch.
Broad branch and in the en"ironS OF
Washington. Everybody has heard the
wood thrush.
He is noted as one of the best of the
song birds his tones are remarkable.
rich and fiutelike. and he likes best
to sing at dusk and even at nlghtfall.
He is reddish brown above, but below
he is white, heavily spotted with black.
The breast of the hermit thrush is also
quite heavily spotted with black. me
breasts of the Wilson thrush or very,
the Sray-cheeked thrush ana tHe ohNt-
backed thrush are also marked with
dark spangles.
In his youth the robin is much more
like a thrush than after he has grown
up. An ornitholosist writes of the
robin: Male. with a black head and
bright, reddish-brown breast: female.
with gray head and much paler
breast; young, intermediate between
the two with reddish-brown breast
spotted with black" Another scien-
tific writer on the robin says: There
is one time in his life when the robin
shows his true family-that is. when
he is young. You've noticed the spot
ted breasts of the young birds and
how difficult it is sometimes to dis
tinguish young robins from young
thrushes. The spots are an ancestral
mark, a reminder of the day when all
the thruShes were spotted"
The American robin came to be called
a robin because of all the native birds
coming to the notice of the early
British colonists to the new world this
bird seemed most like the familiar
robin red-breast Of the home land
Therefore they called him robin" with
out inquiring whether or not he was
related TO the European robin. A num-
Der of other American birds were
named in the same way by the early
coloniStS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-30
AMERICAN ROBIN CLAIMED TO
BE OF THE THRUSH FAMIL Y

q GREAT many affectionate thoughts
IN are going out from the men and
q - the women Of Washington to the
birds. and one might be justified in be
lieving that the greater number OF these
good thoughts go out toward the robins,
though the bluebirds. wrens, goldfnches
and orioles seem also to be held in espe-
cial esteem by those persons who have
a friendly interest in birds though a
non scientific knowledge of them.
one reason for the popularity OF the
robin is that he is companionable
bird and when treated with considera-
ton is not shy of man. And this is
the strong point of the bluebird. 1t
might be said that the bluebird is not
only "A friendly and sociable chap. but
that he actually courts the companion
ship of man and likes to maintain his
home close to mems habitations. He
will take UP his quarters in holes in
trees and d hole in a fruit tree in the
orchard close to the dwelling house
strikes his fancy as particularly hap
Nv and eligible situation. He will en-
sconce himself with his family in hooks
Of the house. and if a man will erect a
birdhouse especially adapted to the
tastes and requirements of bluebirds
they will quickly take possession of it
and live on terms of amity bordering
upon intimacy with man.
Rut the robin is a bird which gets
along on very good terms with man.
He is of kindly disposition toward man.
kind when he believes that he is safe
from HARM and there is a sauciness,
independence, industry and merry good
fellowship about him that makes a
strong appeal to men.
1t is worth noting that the efficacious
operation of the bird protection laws of
the United States and of the various
states is manfesting itself and not in
many years have robins been SO numer-
Gus in and around Washington as they
be raised in this neighborhood will swell
the robin population of the land. Like
the bluebird. the robin VIII build in any
odd place about human dwellings: that
is. any odd place which appeals to the
quick and discerning eye of the robin as
affording an eligible and comfortable
home site. AS a rule. he will build his
coarse, but substantial structure Of mud
and grass on the horizontal boughs or
in the forks of trees.
1t will be a surprise to many of the
friends, of the robin. though the fact is
well known to all psychologists, that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-30
PASSING OF THE ssORATION''


! of discussion, long will public speak
| ing have its place.
In some schools preceptors are stIll
engaged in trying to teach the art OF
| oratory" one of the teachers has
written: There are three requirements
essential to effectiveness i'll pubic
speech: art. truth and personality BY
art we mean the ideal expression of the
| thought sentiment or purpose to be
! conveyed to Others the employment OF
| such elements of expression as VIII
| perfectly reveal the thought and pur-
| pose of the speaker. The making OF
| words, tones and gestures the proper
vehicle of thought is the essence OF
| art in speaking. one man may possess
the same burning thoughts as another'
! but if we have not the ability 10 EN-
ploy the proper vehicle to convey those
, thoughts to others he will be power
/ less to convince and persuade
A definition of ''oratory' is difficult:
but in the public mind that form OF
either amusing or offensive 1t is sug-
gestive of the mounting and ranting
| Of some old time tragedian who roared
| and beloved on the stage.
The public of today VIII stand Tor elo-
quence which bears the mark of sin,
certify. but the old form OF Grafton
/ with gestures of practiced grace. IRE
quent allusion to Greek and Roman MS
| cory and plentiful quotations from the
poets no longer stirs men to great
depths or heights.
A school authority on oratory says:
"The requirement of this art Is by no
means an easy matter. The speaker
must be able to employ just the right
word to express the exact shade OF
meaning. He must have the proper
temperament, a pleasing voice that can
adapt itself to every emotion, and alb
solute control of the muscles of the
body and face. All this comes only as
the result of hard and persistent work:
In much of the effective publlc
speaking rhetoric and elocution have
been put at a discount unless very
well and artfully concealed
Americans usually give the palm or
oratory to Daniel Webster. There were
combined perfection of sonorous deliv-
cry with a literary excellence OF dc
ton. His speeches read like literature
Henry Clay had his followers. and there
was a ma gnetic force in his speaking
that carried men off their feet. There
was a dramatic fire in the manner of
James G. Blaine that greatly enthused
men. Mr.. Bryan's earlier system of
swayirg men was an artful combina-
ton of Marc Antony and Claude Mel
notte in that old romantic love play.
he has cultivated more a preacher or
pulpit style of address. Col. Roose-
welt affects to throw the oratorical arts
into the scrap heap. President Will
sons speeches are clearly addresses.
and he pays strict attention to his die
ton, though he avoids any style of de-
livery which might SAVIOR OF the the
atrical There are many forms of eff
fective public speaking. but the best
of the public speakers are shy OF the
words "oratory" and "oration."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-30

velop a believable story of the girls
| life in this werdly novel environ
ment." And this is just what the writ
er does do. Having chosen a girl young
enough and ignorant enough. and will
full enough to take the first hazardous
step. he Immediately transports the
two to the east. where. in surroundings
that are Incredibly revolving to every
tradition ot the west. he depicts the
girl as the center OF hatred and SuS-
picion the part of the natives. and
of contempt that Of the English
officials stationed at that point. The
deepest and widest anita goniSmS of the
world lie Implicit in this pair And
these the writer brings to the surface
through the daily demands of their
mutual life. The story grows in the
alien colorS of the east. a picturesque
medium. With restraint in a situation
that invites the free hand, this writer
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-30

~ RATORY was once called an art,
'W and is now often referred to as
" one of the lost arts. The deliv-
: cry of addresses in dramatic form is
not as much affected as in the younger
days of the republic, because it does
not make so strong an appeal to audi
tors as in the simpler age, but il is
probably true that public speaking is
pra cticed by a larger percentage of the
population of the United States than
ever before. But the word "oratory"
seems to have lost good deal of it's
force Men appear to be afraid of the
word "oration. and prefer the wore
speech" In fact, they seem to incline
in favor of the word REMARKS" but if
inclined to do especial honor to
speaker, they will refer to his RE
marks" as an address Except in
academic or collegiate circles, the
words "oration' and "oratory'' seem to
have very nearly passed out of mems
everyday vocabulary.
The tendency of men who indulge
much in public speech is to get away
from that form of utteraDce which was
once commonly called "oratory, and
which carried with it the suggestion of
careful preparation. Their experience.
If not their affectation, leads them now
in the direction of studied carelesSneSS
because it carries with it the sugges-
ton of eXtemporaneousnesS, and. the
am bition of most speakers is that they
should be thought of ready speak
erS, "offhand speakers, witty speak
ers," or even plain speakers" rather
than as practitioners of .oratory.''
The spoken word has lost it's range
and effectiveness unless it may be sup
ed word The printed word in these
times carries infinitely further than the
vocal word. A writer on this theme
recently expressed the obvious opinion
in this way:
In these days of modern progress
when the printing press scatters the
thoughts of statesmen to millions of
people where they once could only be
delivered to few thousand the i'm
portance of the spoken word is natur-
ally lessened But with all of this, the
art of political speaking is not alto
gether a lost art
In the catalogue or bulletin of one
of the colleges of the south finds
and manner can the speaker breathe,
as it were, his own soul into the souls
of his hearers. The Importance of such
ability cannot be overeStimated The
iage of oratory has not passed. as we so
frequently hear. nor will it ever pass.
1T is still the province of public speak
ers to convince men and move them
to action. AS long as the rights of men
bare to be defended, long as there
are great problems to be solved, as long
as the welfare of nations is a matter
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-30

1NHEpE have teen recent references
to the Island of juan Fernandez
q in tine south Pacific ocean, 3oV
miles off the coast of south America
Juan Fernandez lies under about the
,hirtv-sev.nth parallel Of south lau-
.t,a- and is little south Of west from
\-.,fuaraiSo, chile. from which 1t Is ms
IAN, about 500 miles Close upon the
Island OF Juan Fernandez is the much
smaller island Of Santa Clara. and
-om-thiug more than 100 miles 1artnef
out to sea. wost bv trihe south is "A
hone island OF the name of Masaiuera'
',u..r are no islands between Juan
L-.ru.uG.z and IN. mainland. and II
lies IA Il particularly lonesome part
~ ;o. vast ocean The eIghtjeth par
lIleI OF longitude passes nearly nun,
dr.d miles west of Juan Fernandez, ana
h., t,ar-Ici ,iasses bet~ cen two sua ii
Stands. st Felix and st. Ambrose.
nearly 900 miles north OF Juan re'-
nandez. Saufa Clara and Masafuera
Not only have there been recent rel
.renc.4 TO Juan Fernandez Island. but
freutcut references to il may be READ
IN M public prints. and nearly always
is il referred TO as Robinson crusoe
Island. Yet the reference is ineXact
and many thousands of miles out or
,he way. However. il is probable that
;ne geographical or literary error mas
n.en gwen too much Roadway ever to
n. overtalleu and corrected. and no
doubt IL viii be perpetuated
There are few places III the worio
which have given SO much interest ana
entertainment TO boys as the ioheiy
island on which Robinson Crusoe ana
! MS man Friday had their adventures
I There is no telling just where Defo"
thought Robinson Crusoes lsland was
hut 4; most certainly was NOT IN that
: cart Of the world where the lsiahd OF
. Juan Fernandez lies. IT anywhere II
vas on the Atlantic side Of the great
I continent of South America. OF the
: eastern coast OF Venezuela or the north
coast q British Guiana. somewhere
! about the mouth of the Orinoco river
/ iu, then there are several mouths u
| that vast river and, though 'nere are
| islands there no evidence OF occupancy
/ by Robinson Crusoe has been founo
and none OF the footprints OF rriday
have been discovered.
| The only clue to the island Is founo
! in Defoes magnificent story Itself
/ where Robinson crusoe speaks as foi-
lows:
! Il asked him how far il was from
| our island TO the shore and whether
] tn. canoes were not often lost; he
| told me there was no danger. no canoes
were ever lost, but that after little
| way out to sea there was a current and
! the other way in the afternoon. This
1 understood to be no more than the
| sets of the tide as going out and
| coming in; but / afterwards under
| stood that IL was occasioned by the
\ great draft and refiuX of the might
! River Oroonooko. in the mouth or gull
OF which river, as l found afterward
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-30

loaned Isabella or the Pot of Basil;
the Metropolitan Museum, the portrait
of Walt Whitman, the Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts. Girl Read
ing. From Mr. A1eXander'S estate
have come the beautiful portrait of Mrs.
Alexander. we'll known b. reproduce
ton. and the portrait of the painter
whimsically called The Tenth Muse:
the portrait of Mrs. Wheaton has been
loaned by Wheaton College. and the
portrait of the Little Girl and Doll
by a private collector In edition there
are fun length portrait of Joseph
jefferson in character and of Booth
Harrington. besides many other paint
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-30

a MEMORIAL exhibition of paintings
~ by the late John W. Alexander
will be opened in the special exhibition
gallery of the Corcoran Gallery of Art
next Saturday. This exhibition is
being held under the auspices of the
American Federation of Arts, with
which Mr.. Alexander was closely asso
ciated as a vice president and member
of the board Of directors.
The collection will comprise about
forty five paintings. almost all of which
have been loaned by the owners. The
Boston Museum of Fine Arts has
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-30

telling the wife Of Gen Pickett in frank
and casual manner how she came to
write her great battle hymn. Among
those who follow her. each in some
frank turn of her own personality. are
Louisa Alcott. Margaret Sangster. Celia
tori. Adelaide Nelson. Charlotte Cush-
man, Fanny Kemble. Laura keene.
Mary Livermore. Kate Field and Clara
Barton. Alert to the advantage of the
story over mere description as means
of vivid appeal. Mrs Pickett has for
the most part. drawn upon her mem
DRY for some anecdote or group of in
cidents that is calculated to present
the essential characteristics of the one
upon whom, for the moment. her mind
is focused. Back of these figures one
catches glmpses of the social life at
the capital during the interesting pc
Rod covered by these sketches. The
of pictures whose originals have a pro-
found significance both to the general
reader and to those who take a special
interest in the various lines of &C
complishment by successful and dis
tinguished women.
THE MOUNTAIN. Renewed Studies in
Impressions and Appearances. BY
John e. Van Dyke, author of The
Desert" etc. New York Charles
Scrihner's Sons. Washington: Wood =
ward & Lothrop.
The average tourist who has had his
round-trip glimpse of the Alps or
Canadian rockies. or both. Will be as
tonished in reading this book to find
how little he knows about mounta ms.
This is not necessarily a humiliating
discovery. for even the author. who has
studied the worlds peaks, and ranges