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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-13
GERMANY'S SUPPLY OF MILK

supply of Germany has been reduced
even Is per cent. Shipments of food
stuffs from the United States Tor Ger,
many and which were formerly lanoeu
at German ports may now be enter
ing Germany after being landed at the
ports of neutral countries having ran
or Baltic sea connection with Germany
This claim is made by the English ad-
vocates of a tighter blockade OF Ger
many, and authorities say that the
claim is borne out by United States
It is said that for the fiscal year
1914-15 our exports direct to Germany
decreased S316,O0O,000. The exports to
contiguous countries increased cor
respondingly. American exports to
Denmark increased $64,200.000, or more
than fourfold the total of the preceding
year. The exports to Sweden increased
nearly $64, 100000, or more than four
fold the total of the previous year
The exports to Norway increased saV,
OOO, 900, compared with a previous total
of So, 900, 900. With the similar increase
to the Netherlands there is accounted
for two-thirds of the decrease to Ger
many, and other scattering increases.
it is said, leave no doubt that Germany
is better supplied than the ofnciai
British statements allow Englishmen
to believe.
Coming to the consideration of a
shortage of milk for babies. 1t should
be remembered that Germany is an
a AGRICULTURAL country. that Hungary is
agricultural and that Austria is also
a Agricultural Switzerland, Denmark,
Bulgaria, Holland, Norway and Sweden
are the great dairy countries of the
world. and thus Germany has access to
all the supplies of milk that were avail
a BILE to her in time of peace. Holland.
Sweden, Norway and Denmark have been
remarkably productive exporters of milk
nroducts in the form of cheese and but
ter. and these Industries are capable
of expansion and probably have been
expanded If there is an increase in the
German demand for milk.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-13
The Emperor and the Pencil.

Ut would appear from an incident 70.
u ported from Vienna that an emperor
is not to be trusted with a pencil. Some
time ago. while holding court in the
royal palace, overlooking the Danube.
Francis Joseph received a Hungarian
blacksmith, who desired to thank his
majesty for the decoration conferred
upon him in recognition of his having
invented an agricultural machine.
During the audience the blacksmith
drew from his pocket a photograph OF
the emperor. and handing it to his
majesty, said:
MAY I ask your majesty for your
autograph?
Il cannot give you my autograph at
the present moment" said Francis Jo-
seph, with a smile. for 1 have neither
pen nor pencil within reach"
II have brought a pencil with me-"
said the smith, handing 1t to the en-
peror.
Francis Joseph thereupon attached
his signature to the photograph and
dismissed the smith with a smile and
his customary inclination of the head.
To the emperor's surprise. the smith did
not retire.
"Is there anything else / can do for
you?" asked Francis Joseph.
Yes, your majesty, 1 am waiting for
my pencil"
The Emperor of Austria Hungary had
mechanically pocketed 1t. and he re-
turned it with a. hearty laugh.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-13
Whist!ing Jugs of Peru.

THE potters of ancient Peru used to
u manufacture an ingenious musical
instrument which may very properly
be called a whistling jug. In collec-
tons of antiquities 1t is called a sill
vador or silvio. Specimens are OBJ
tanned from the ancient burial places
of Peru. One of these consists of two
cases whose bodies are joined one to
the other, with a hole or opening be-
tween them. The neck of one of these
vases is closed, with the exception of
small opening, in which clay pipe
is inserted leading to- the body of the
whistle. The closed neck of this double
vase fs modelled into representation
of birds head.
When a liquid is poured into the
open-necked vase the air is compressed
in the other. and in escaping through
the narrow opening is forced into the
whistle. the vibration producing the
Many of these sounds represent the
notes of birds: one in the collection at
the British Museum initiates the notes
of the robin or some other member Of
the thrush tribe peculiar to Peru.
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rl8nt 1910. " 1iiouue'
Continued from last Sundays star.)
ut was the evening of the third
III day. Eating and listening to parlor
recitations were the sole benefits
= had thus far derived from Eng
lish society. American girls with So
600 to invest could buy a good many
chocolates and attend a number of
high-class vaudeville entertainments
for that Still. I could see that we
were insidiously attacking society
much more seriously than from the
standpoint of food and song. The deep
gray eyes of the countess were heavy
with sleep after Jher big supper. yet
something happened to glue her to her
post Lady Alice suddenly filled the
doorway through which we were about
to depart She had on coronet that
looked like a chatting dish standard
turned upside down. One of the legs
curved out high above her nose. and
from the bottom of its foot flashed a
huge diamond.
Lady BalmoraI engaged her in con-
versation, in the course of which they
moved toward the lantern-lit garden.
where the countess beckoned me- The
two seated themselves beside a table
under tree. and l came up just as
Lady Alice said that her son was go
ing to Canada. Lady Balmoral made
her customary introduction of You re-
member Miss Brush?' l asked at once
Nhy all of the young men of England
went to Canada rs it for pleasure?"
Lady Alice vouchsafed a reply:
We'll. you know what we all need
Nowadays
Certainly l did! They all needed
money with which to maintain their
diamond headdresses and an ancient
dead glory. i said l could not under
stand why more of the young men did
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that he introduced men. His presence
was what made my chaperon regard
the occasion as important. His title
dated back several hundred years. The
privilege of entertaining, at good
many dollars a plate. French noble
man, whose title is discounted in Eng
land: Lady Something or Other, her
brother, who achieved no title. and my
self.
For $4,000. and another sum, several
times as great, for incidentals, l could
work myself up to the position where /
might sit with a broken-down peer on
either side of me. But being as yet
only the girl with presumably that
much to spend. 1 could merely sit by
Mister and the youthful son of the
Earl of Balmoral by his music hall
wife The Mister had an impeachment
in his speech and the lords four front
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-13
MANY ACRES OF COTTON
GROW NEAR WASHINGTON

n T is very likely a fact that the aver
age Washingtonian thinks of cot
ton, if not as a subtropical plant,
certainly as one associated with the
sunny SOUTH" 1t seems not to be gen.
orally known that cotton is grown on a
considerable commercial scale in wash
ington's .neighbor state of Virginia and
that Maryland, the parent state of the
District of Columbia, was at one time
cotton growing state. The Information
is contained in a census report on cot
ton production and distribution that In
1889 cotton was grown in Delaware.
Maryland, Indiana and Illinois. the last
named state alone producing more than
5000 bales
Under the stimulus of the high prices
following the civil war, cotton was
grown to a limited extent in West Nir-
ginia, Nevada. California. Illinois and
Utah, in all of which states its cult1Va-
ton subsequently ceased. New Mexico,
which produced more than 1000 pounds
of cotton in 1859, and afterward aban-
doned its culture, has again established
the industry, while California has also
resumed the cultivation of cotton.
The production OF cotton IN virginia
has not increased regularly year by
year, but this would be shown also to
be the case in every other state if the
figures covering long succession OF
years should be examined, but cotton
growing in Virginia has had moder-
ately steady upward course. There are
fluctuations due to poor and full crops,
and the varying price of cotton. which
has exercised its influence on the
acreage planted. Some years OF Iairiy
large acreage have been years of small
production and in years of small acre
age there has been large production
y =
In 1914 the number of acres planted
to cotton in Virginia was $4,000 and
the Weld in bales was 25,277 This is
a very small acreage and yield COM
pared with the great cotton state OF
4.4OO,O 900 bales-but the yield per acre
was considerably larger. In fact, the
Virginia yield of cotton to the acre
was larger than the yield in Alabama,
Arkansas, Florida, Georgia. Louisiana.
Mississippi and North Carolina. The
average yield per acre in Virginia was
about the same as the average yieid
of Oklahoma and South Carolina.
This relation of acres to bales has
been maintained during a long series
of years. In 1913 Virginia planted A.
900 acres and raised 1865 bales; IN
1912. on the same acreage. 25,499 bales
in 1911, on $4,000 acres. 31.099 bales.
and in 1910, on $4,000 acres. 1906
bales. In 1894. bad cotton year in
Virginia and a number of other states.
only $4,000 bales were obtained from
61,l2S acres, the largest acreage in Vir-
GINA of which there is any record.
Eighteen hundred and sixty nine seems
to have been the most disastrous cot
ton year in Virginia. for in that year.
according government statistics.
only 1873 bales were raised. while in
1859 the record was 1927 bales; 1919.
3,947 bales, and 1889, 9.124 bales.
Statistics as to cotton production in
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Virginia do not appear to extend fur
there back than 1889, and the census
statisticians have reported that sta
tistics of acreage prior to 1879 are
not available.
The cotton area of Virginia extends
over number of the southeastern coun-
ties of the state and westward from
the coast along somewhat more than
one-third the south boundary line of
the state.
The cotton counties" of Virginia are
Brunswick, Greensville. Mecklenbere.
Nansemond, Norfolk, Southampton and
Sussex. Here and there one may see.
of course, during the cotton growing
season, fields of white blooming cotton
in the other southeastern and southern
counties of Princess Anne, Isle of
Wight, Surry. Prince George, Dinwid-
die, Nuremberg, Halifax and Charlotte.
The number of active ginneries in Vir-
ginia in 1914 was 1873. and of these 81
were in Brunswick county, Is In
Greensville and "a in Southampton.
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and the countess whispered converse

and the countess whispered converse
with her lord.
A tightly laced. red-faced woman
greeted US, and the countess thanked
her in innuendos for something that l
took to be the invitation which she had
requested for me. The hostess looked
around in a businesslike way for some
fell on a man from North Carolina. He
talked to me in a pronounced southern
accent. to which I did not listen. The
English were arriving and they COM
day was Swallowed mine was illumi-
mating. / had not as vet seen her so
cial circle informally and in the try
out of an eight-hour association.
A newcomer said, How do you do?"
as if it were pumped up from some
where in the depths of her. 1t was fol-
lowed by a long pause among the
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for all of lfe's little ills. such as the
absence of love and money. Still. she
did not have such a bad bargain
some. for her husband was fond of his
family, bore very honorable title. was
music hall favorite-and therefore held
excellent standing with the king and
the queen. AS for him. if she did not
run him into a public scandal with her
perfectly matter-of-fact business meth
DDS I could not see that he had lost in
his selection of wife. I always saw
her faculties in play in the manage
ment of a tearoom. She had the order
illness, discretion, PERSISTENCE and econ
omy that mark the type of efhc1ency
for such a minor success.
Added to these, she had the supreme
gift of devotion to an idea She would
do all of the upstairs work with ardor,
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hawt'" Did you motor up?" quite
So" Other guests appeared and went
through the same exercises.
1nformality marked the progress of
events Lady Bromley proclaimed with
solemn determination: "Now Etons
going to win. At least. if it doesn't I'll
take header into the river!'
tions: Lady Bromley taking a header
into the river Did Lady Bromley
say. that Very amusing" 'Extr'-
ordinary" Fancy Lady Bromley TAX
ing header into the Thames! Little
echoes of these comments flew between
the groups for an hour. and all day.
like refrain in the conversation. one
heard: "Motored up?" Sorry we didn't
motor up Dusty motoring up To
morrow Wen motor up If it doesn't
rain" quite So
Lady Balmoral looked so distraught
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group at which it had been projected
save for an answering salute from one
woman. Nobody introduced any one. A
girl who had in some unspecified way
come to know the late arrival APP
preached and demanded: Lady Swans
down, did you motor up?"
Yes" said Lady Swansdown. I'VE
motored up"
"Dreadfully haWt"
20, dreadfully hawt! I think it will
rain"
quite So"
With this the new arrival moved to
another group, where the performance
was repeated "Hawt" 'Dreadfully
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waiting for US. Il say, Baby" He
began to pour out story.
Don't tell mother we paid shillings
for this" the countess interrupted.
The count did not hear. He was be-
side himself with mirth. when the
race ended they stuck up the wrong
number down there at the goal. and
we thought England had won. A man
started in a punt down the river to
congratulate them After he got out
where he couldn't see the stand they
changed the number, and l said: What
an extraordinary joke"
Lady Balmoral did not sympathize
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from the Earl of Balmoral. My spon-
sor was pleased, but advised me not
to be too enthusiastic about my coun-
try.
During that same evening we had an
other piece of luck. Along came a man
SO old that he trembled a little People
shouted their remarks to him because
he did not hear we'll He whistled when
he talked because his front teeth were
missing. My sponsor grabbed him for
an introduction to me- Hes a big
CATCH" she whispered. IAN old title
and very rich. You know, the two
things seldom go together" The beau
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that the hostess, who took more in
terest in her guests than English good
taste dictates, asked if she would like
to go in punt. She said that she
would, and a party was swiftly ar
ranged in one that put out into the
river. which was already thick with
gay assemblages shooting along in
low. fiat boats. We punted to a place
near the goal, and on our return ran
into a bridesmaids barge that was
filled with brightly colored toy birds
and other mascots. A few of them fell
into the river from. the force of the
impact, but as our punt bore the mark
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IL: Z!Ra3z%! Mwh@oE g! &c"e ;4

ings of coronet the tradesman apol-
ogized. His fagpole was winged with
a wooden sign advertisineo"Swimm
lady. Very amusing" She was a small,
rubber lady. attached to a long tube
topped with a bulb. When you threw
her into the water and squeezed the
stem she swan. Lady Balmoral said
she wanted one for her small nephew.
said ii was : shllings every one
exclaimed: "Ruinous,'' Don't think
of it, Give. him sixpence. The
countess had the rubber lady when she
pa sSed over this sum. Our punters
started swiftly down the river, pursued
by the tradesman. who collected his
full shiilings only after long pursuit
and stirring argument.
When we put in Lord Balmoral was
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and with the money saved pay three
men to stand in livery at the front
door, She would live on pickles in
definitely for the sake of entertaining
Lady Alice once at dinner. She would
stand like soldier before fire and
take snubbing from an older title.
Such qualities in combination are rare,
now that democracy is sweeping the
world, and so / say. since the earl sets
store by his toy of title he is fortu-
nate in his wife. Without her he might
be living in rundown lodgings or be
engaged in trade. In looking on the
structure of their glory ] was reminded
of statement we sometimes see now
in the papers: THE scientist kept one
of the cells alive long after the sub
ject had ceased to breathe"
In spite of my chaperon's diligence I
felt that, we had as yet viewed her so
cial group merely in its large. imper-
sonal aspect. On the fourth day we
tackled it more intimately. We went
to a luncheon at the Ritz. 1t was a
significant occasion for me. because the
hostess had been launched by my pa
troness If were an American heiress
l might one day entertain in the same
way Lord and Lady Balmoral were
both there, as well as Lord DIFFERING
and a young girl whom the countess
had been chaperoning all season. The
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The Container.
Nd 1sHoP COLLINS DENNY said At .

Nd ISHOP COLLINS DENNY said At Q
ID banquet in Richmond:
Some of these modern theologians
embark on the vainest and most futile
researches. Their questions remind me
of the little boy.
PA said this little boy, do canni.
balls go to heaven?
".No, my son. certainly not was the
reply.
par
".Assuredly, my son. assuredly.'
".But then, pa pursued the boy. but
then, how about whom q cannibal eats
q missionary"
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not go to the United States. where the
chances were three to one against
those of Canada. Lady Alice bright
ened Did / know something about
business? Could tell her how her son.
some money? l offered few sugges-
tions and gave some addresses in the
United States, which Lady Alice de-
lightedly wrote down with a pencil
on the nap of q used envelope. secured
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accorded me one swift, heeting glance
and word.
But I shouldn't think we would pc
very interesting to talk TO-. 3D.
jected.
"Oh. yes" she rejoined But you'd
soon get used to that"
She had acted on her principle ana
was not disappointed. Her pleasure IN
her coronet and the roll OF the WORD
lady on servants lips compensated her
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countess had changed her dress from
the white cotton one of the ave Prev,
Gus days to a steel blue charmeuse !
always seemed to have seen her ciotnes
in department store wfndoW ana
marked at $40. If this were the origi,
nal price 1 am sure that she managed
by some ruse to get them cheaper.
The hostess had the privilege OF sit
ting between two earls one OF whom
was Lord Balmoral. The other. learn.
ed, was of the same profession. except
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teeth were missing The former had
little to say. except about the outrage
Gus fact that we had American
waiter. He observed Indignantly when
the hors d'oeuvres were served: This
man says, What will you have? An
English waiter would stand at your ell.
bow all day without uttering sound
The lord was so disguised with me for
my ambitions that he would not say
'They are awfully particular here
about class" observed the Mister
You see, that Frenchmans duke. but
there he is at the end of the table be-
low even you. And these are merely
earIs beside the hostess Then he
swelled up with pride. But they are
"And. therefore, only to be secured
by purchaser" I added.
He looked so furious that l fastened
Dear me, no, i've taken in the most
awful looking things because they were
point of view of those young women
whom | had counted on the walls of
Lady BalmoraL If they succeeded in
buying themselves a guest list of
broken down peers they would have to
be bored by them throughout the en-
charming men they might have in
duced to come.
But I am giving false impression. l
am letting it be understood that we
progressed in a serenity undisturbed
by the mention of money. AS matter
of fact, this was the first and the last
subject of discussion at every meeting.
The controversy rose in a crescendo
with the passing of the days, and end
ed with the week in a Wagnerian crash.
fta
first deposit the countess said: Listen!
Even IL you don't hear from America
by tomorrow. couldn't you bring me
little just to help out? / could tele-
phone through for your invitation to
Carleton Terrace, but it's real favor
and think ought to have something"
! took her f10 and resolved that she
should have no more. At the luncheon
just mentioned she asked me to bring
her some on the following morning.
when we were to go to Henley. l said
that we would see, and then appeared
without any. The countess thought OF
nothing else al! day.
We went up by train and motored
from the station in a taxa very dirty
one inside and out. A red faced, court
1y servant of the hosts was at the
porte cochere. He saluted and said
our lordship' when the men got out.
Lord DIFFERING had on straw sailor
that was too small for him, which ne
pouSH III Meulclne HAT i ne SERVANT
bowed and said: will yoNgo this way.
your lordship? What time will your
lordship have the motor? Very good,
your lordship." He touched his hand to
his head again and again.
For once the countess derived no sat
isfaction from this tribute. Her mind
was voyaging through strange seas of
thought alone. The house was sweetly
dignified and historic. It's brick front
bore tablet stating that Herr Will
helm Ill rested here on his way to Lon
don. 1888. He received the declaration
Of the peers after the withdrawal of
James H." We were just passing this
impressive announcement on our way
into the cool depths of the wide hall.
lf you gave me check" said the
countess, you could come to our house
and stay fortnight. That would be all
right. You know I always have my
money In advance. But I thought you
had such nice face" She implied that
she did not like 1t so we'll as on the
days before.
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"Oh. thank you.'' answered. We went
into the spacious mansion in silence.
Silently and not very graciously the
countess powdered her nose. The party
took place on the banks of the Thames
a mile from the house. We walked by
twos through the hard, winding path
between the rich green and the rose
gardens. was with Lord DIFFERING.