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Evening star., 1916-09-04
Parking Autos.
From the oolumbus Ohio state journal.

From the Columbus Ohio State Journal.
Where to park autos is to become a
serious question. for all the main
streets arc now lined. both sides, with
the vehicles: and 1t often happens that
only a slight passageway is left for
going vehicles. Some day this will
have to be remedied. But there is an
other abuse that needs attention. 1t
often happens that when person goes
shopping, he has to run a block or
two beyond the place where he wishes
to deal, before he can find room for his
auto. This Inconvenience Is caused
largely by people parking their autos
at the street side and letting them stay
there for hours, as II they owned the
space. The rule. first come first serv-
ed, doesn't apply to parking autos In
business streets. 1t Is selfish to do SO.
If the auto is to remain for more than
twenty or thirty minutes. 1t should be
parked in some out-of-the-way or less
crowded place. The stores are inter-
ested in having it so, but they cannot
complain, but for the benefit of the
general public the council should In
terfere with an ordinance regulating
this parking.
Evening star., 1916-09-04
THE DAILY STORY.
THE SYSTEM.
Copyright, 1915, by W. wernerJ

It was the breakfast hour at the Ash
fords'. With her customary pressed-for-
time expression Mrs. Ashford fitted be-
tween dining room and kitchen, at
tending to the wants of her much PAM
pered family.
She was a woman In the early thirties.
and If it had not been that for ten
years she had been consumed with the
belief that the prime thing in life was
working from morning to night. keeping
her house painfully Immaculate and
spelling her family outrageousiy. she
might have been something of a beauty.
AS it was. charms which had been hers
had been obliterated by a workaday
existence which knew no variation.
AS she fused about she listened in
curiously to her adored husband con-
verSing With her cousin Marcia, a
fashionable young woman from the
city They were discussing social func-
tionS that did not interest Mrs. Ashford
in the least as she had long since got
in the habit of letting Billy attend such
trivialities by himself. However. she
was glad he was noticing Marcia, as
Marcia was a dear. if she did show a
lamentable lack of domesticity. She
smiled in pleased fashion. glancing at
him approvingly. Then she sat down
very suddenly.
oh, yes. Billy was noticing Marcia.
And with light of admiration in his
eyes which widened Mrs. Ashford's
queerly and put a rasp In her voice as
she told little Helen she could not have
another wheat cake. She began looking
at Marcia in new appraisement. She
was lovely. She looked charming in a
simple morning dress. her splendid hair
waving into becoming coil at the nape
of her slender, graceful neck.
MTS oh
forgot to insist upon a fourth helping
of cakes for dear Billy, and listened
avidly to the conversation. 1t had
turned upon Mrs Mefford. their new
neighbor, who, it appeared. was great
acquisition to the towns social life.
"She is really a delightful woman"
affirmed Ashford. up to the minute,
Evening star., 1916-09-04
WHOLESALE MARKET REPORT.

Quotations given below are for large
lots. Jobbers' prices are higher.
BUTTER-Elgin. print, 351a Ib: Elgin,
tub, "a lb.; process, 30a31; store pack
ed, 22a23.
EGGs-Nearby. ssas4; southern, 32ass.
CHEEsE-New York state factory,
new, 19a2o.
POULTRY-Live hens. per lb.. 1sa1s:
roosters per ib.. 13: turkeys. per lb., 22:
spring chickens, per h.. 21a22 ducks.
per 1b., 12a16: geese, h.. 10a12.
DRESSED PoULTRY-Hens. choice.
per h.. 2s; chickens. per lb.. 2la22; tur-
keys. per lb., 22a25; ducks, per h., lsa
(, 20; roosters. per h.. Is; geese, Sa10 per
| lb
GREEN FRUITS = Apples. new, per
| bbl., 1.5oa3.5o; per box, 5oa1.25; Cali
fornia oranges. 4.o0a5.o0: lemons. per
| 2.ooa2.25 cantaloupes. California. crate.
2.75a3.75: Maryland and Virginia. crate,
50a2.00; watermelons. 2oa5o each !:
p1ums. per crate. 1.25a2.00; peaches, 1.25
a2.50; pears, box. 1.50a2.25; grapes.
crate, 50a1.75.
! VEGETABLES-New potatoes, per bbl-.
s.ooa35o: sweet potatoes. 2.ooa2:75; to-
sri9' string beans. per basket. 75aso; per per
bbi., 2.ooae. so; peppers. per crate. 4oa5o:
carrots. per bunch 2a3: okra. per crate,
| 75a1.25: radishes, per 100. LOCAL SO;
box. 1.15a1.25: eggplant. 5oa7s crate; new
/ cabbage, 1.25a1.75 per bbl.: beets, per
bunch. 2a3; celery. per doz.. 35a75;
| romaine lettuce, 75a1.50 per basket; New
/ York lettuce. 1-50a2.25 per basket; cauli-
| flower, 50a75 per crate; peas. per basket,
| 150a2.OO: lima beans, per OF, 1oa122;
corn, per doz., 20a25
rryE croCK-cb.an nav III s,e.
| lambs. spring, IL per lb.: calves. per lb..
| 13; medium, per lb., 12a12R: common,
sas.
SEEDS-Red clover. 10. 75a11.0 90 per bu.:
alsike clover, s.50a10.5G per bu; crimson
clover, s.ooas.25 per bu.; timothy, 245a
| 400 per bu.; red top. 12a1s per lb.; blue
grass. 140a1.65 per bu.; orchard grass.
2. .00a2 25 per bu.: white clover, 40 per h.;
, alfalfa clover, 2Oa22 per ID.
GRAIN-wheat milling. per bu.. rs
! a13o; ordinary. per bu., Local 10; corn,
yellow, per bu., 92a93; white, per bu, GOA
go; oats, white, per bu.. 52a54; mixed, per
bu., 51a52.
HAY-No. 1 timothy, old, per ton, is so
90: new, 15.50a1600; No. 2 timothy
old, per ton. 1s:5oa17.0o; new. 135oa14.oo;
No. l mixed, old, per ton, IA. 50a15 90; new,
] 8. Ooa1s5O; No. 2 mixed. old. per ton. ~ 50
a IL. 90: new, 11-o0a115o.
STRAw-Long rye. per ton. 14.5oa15 90:
tangled rye, per ton. 9.00a9.50.
LONDON. September Bar silver,
I32Ad per ounce. Money, An per cent.
Discount rates-Short bills, 5ha5m;
three months. 5Aa5t per cent.
NEW YORK. September 2.-Today's
clearings at the New York clearing
house totaled s105s,s26.600. surpass-
Ing all previous records. The Increase
is attributed to payment in full on Fri
day of the s250,000,oe0 British loan and
first of the month requirements. The
former high record was $S6s, liz, sos on
November / last.
Evening star., 1916-09-04
Cotton.

From the Columbus Ohio State Journs.
In the old days OF slavery cotton
was called king. But after while he
was dethroned. and hay. pig iron and
corn wore the crown. There have been
several other claimants. eggs for in
stance, and beef. But Il seems cotton
fe trying ID resume his royalty again
not so much on account OF his size as
OF his spirit and value to mankind. Cot :
ton not only furnishes mankind with
clothing and home conveniences. pro-
vides oil for cooking and lubrica tin <
many Of the veaations of life; and now
II claims another triumph. IL is going
TO be used for the manufacture of pa
per So IT will minister to three needs
clothing. cooking and reading This
wonderful aid to mankind VIII sure y
entitle cotton to his ancient kingship
He may not figure so large in the sta
tistics, but In the comfort progress
and happiness of mankind he has
achieved the honor due to q king.
Evening star., 1916-09-04
Gypsy Smith Begins Evangelist
Meetings in Big Tent, With
5000 in Audience.
WARNING TO CHURCHMEN
Will Hear From Hin If They Hold
Social Parties During His Stay.
Miss Eareheart With Father.
Special Correspondence Of The s.ar.

Special Correspondence OF The Star.
ALEXANDRIA. Va. September A.
.Foliow Me- was the theme Of the SER
mon delivered by Gypsy Smith, jr.,
evangelist, of Haddon Heights \. T..
opening his evangeljstic services last
night in tent in the rear Of the Second
Baptist Church on King street.
The speaker said that unless Alexan-
dria is different from any other city
there are hundreds here who are not
Christians. The world today. he de-
clared. was hungry for the "Christlike
spirit" He warned his audience that
after inviting him 70 Alexandra they
must stand by him, and added:
IF you are a church member. don't
hold a social party during the progress
of my meetings, If you do you will
hear from me. II I am a gypsy know
what good breeding is"
Any fool, the speaker said, could crit
icise. God. he declared. don't want
wreckIng crews. but wants workers.
Congregation of 5000.
A congregation Of $500 Gued the big
tent An overflow OF 800 gathered
around the sides Of the tent,
The musical program was provided
by choir of 400 voices, under the di-
rection of Prof Forest Cole. musical
director of the evangelist, with Miss
Laura Hoagland as pianist.
-. William H. MeIchoir presided Rev.
DR.. j. w Duffey. pastor of the NJ. E.
Church South. introduced the speaker.
The benediction was given by Rev. ". J.
Morton. rector of Christ p. e. Church.
John H. Trimyer explained that a
collection would be taken each night
until a sufficient sum had been raised
to meet all of the obligations
Collections are then to be discontinued
except the last night, when voluntary
Offering would he asked for the evan
gelist. Mr.. Smith, he said, had come
to Alexandria without cost.
Persons too infirm to walk to the
meetings. said Mr. Trimyer. will be
brought In automobiles II their names
are given to the committee. Automo-
bilists attending will have their ma
chimes looked after by Boy Scouts.
All Protestant churches affiliated with
the movement discontinued services
last night Practically all ministers of
those churches attended the opening
services.
Services will be held every night ex-
cept Monday nights, ending October /.
.u Miss Eareheart With Father.
s Miss Marguerite Eareheart, sixteen
years lod, missing from her home, 1105
. Duke street, since the afternoon of Au-
gust 81, has been located at the home
OF her father. ]. W. Eareheart, 33T
Elizabeth street. Hagerstown, Nd. ac-
cording to telegram received by Chief
of Police c. T. Goods, from George
w FridHnger. chief Of police of Ha-
gerstown, Nd
" Miss Eareheart was last seen when
she went for a ride on motor cycle
in company with a Baltimorean. Her
mother, Mrs. Harry l.. Litchford, asked
2the police to institute search
The work of issuing permits to chill
dren to attend public schools will start
at 9 o'clock tomorrow at Armory Han.
on Friday colored children will Obtain
permits Saturday children living west
of Hoofs run will receive attention.
The public schools reopen next Mon
day.
Evening star., 1916-09-04
Once a Favorite Resort.

During the golden age of Rome
TArentum was favorite resort. a
Roman colony tcolonia Neptunia) hav-
ing been established here previously.
From the days of Justinian 1t belonged
to the Byzantine empire. 1t was almost
completely destroyed by the Saracens
in the tenth century, and 100 years
later was seized by that picturesque
Norman adventurer. Robert Guiscard.
THE relics of the ancient city are few.
The most important are the ruins Of a
Doric temple possibly dating back to
the sixth century B. c., and a Roman
viaduct about nine miles long. known
as II Triglio.
1.-THE chief source of wealth of the
modern city is the oyster industry. the
crustaceans being cultivated In great
numbers in the oyster beds Of tho Mare
Piccolo. These waters also TEEN with
flsh. more than ninety varieties being
found here They enter with the tide
recede.
"It is from Taranto that We derive the
name Of a large family of poisonous
spiders of great size, The genuine
tarantula, found in the laramie district,
Is not nearly SO venomous as the insect
to which the name Is applied In the
western hemisphere. The natives Of
southern Italy once hold to the belief
that tho best cure for the bite of q
tarantula was the perspiration induced
by q violent dance which received the
name Of the tarantella- A tarantella
1ancing mania swept over this part OF
the peninsula during the fifteenth. SIX
teenth and ssvsnte conturtss.S
Evening star., 1916-09-04
Visits Entire Front.

Under the caro- of the commandant,
Jean de PuIligny, of the ministry Of
munitions and recently chief of the
French engineering commission to the
United States. in an automobile placed
at her disposition by the French gov
ernment, Miss Burke visited practical
ly the entire front paying particular
attention to the work of the hospitals.
Although she knew II in a vague
way. Miss Burke says that she did not
realize the great danger she was In at
Verdun, as she stood out near the top
of the citadel and watched the battle.
Men were falling within a few hundred
yards OF her. 1T was a bit thrilling"
she said, Especially to see the big
shells rough words from Krupps. as
the officers referred to them. falling on
various sides. I do not retain impress
sions' of any of them individually. but
one burst some 200 yards away from
where we stood. 1t was big one. We
did indeed feel much safer when we
were in the comfortable and protected
vaults under the citadel. l think 1t
must have been the perfect ease and
lack of the slightest trace of anxiety
among the officers that set me SO much
at my own ease during the terrific can
nonade of the big guns"
Evening star., 1916-09-04
Honest Advertising.

For the protection of its
readers, The Star carefully
censors all advertising sub
mitted for publication, and, so
far as is possible, bars all false
and fraudulent statements.
Readers are requested to as
sist The Star in protecting the
public and all legitimate adver-
tisers by bringing to the at
tention of the paper any state
ment that they might find to be
fraudulent.
Evening star., 1916-09-04

brought her. which she had put sacred
ly away for some special occasion.
An hour later she stood before the
long mirror in tho spare room. and
stared wondertngly at a lovely. stylish
young person. 'Td like Billy to see
me-" she thought. II believe I'm almost
as good-looking as when we were mar
ried ! wonder-no. I don't wonder
know. l must sandwich in social duties
with housekeeping and keep just AZ
young as Billy II I'm to have him. Mar
Ola showed me that at breakfastis
With this dAossaon she 1eoAlloA q
Evening star., 1916-09-04
The Power Of the Story.
By Frederic J. Haskin.

"If the truth were known, the Pied
Piper probably did not pipe at ALL" de-
clared a visitor to a social settlement
center recently. Instead he told a
story
Her glance swept circle of nearly a
hundred children gathered around a
young woman who was relating the ad-
ventures of the noble Cordelia, daugh-
ter of King Lear. Among her listeners
were youngsters of almost every ma
tionaltty and description: small bare
footed Poles. ragged -frocked little
italian girls, several decidedly soiled
Syrians and nun erous American chill
dreu, easily distinguishable by their pat
roniztng manner, due to a. superior ac-
quaintance with the English language.
Every other day in the week these chill
dren come to a specified spot in this
etticment-sometimes a street corner,
sometimes a churchyard-to be told
stories, which they devour with all the
starved imaginative appetite of the
tenement
The visitor on this occasion, who was
q young society girl, had watched the
children assemble In twos and threes
wearing the same look of expectant
elee to be seen on the faces of her
younger sisters when attending birth
day parties. she had noted their abso-
lutte and conteuted absorption in the
story, and she was much impressed by
the ability of the young woman who
told it in words of few sylla bles, some
times pausing in the course of the
story to explain the meaning OF a new
term to her audience. The society girl
went home recording a few mental re-
hectious on the general inadequacy of
a career made up of receptions and din
ner parties, and the next day she went
to q local university and inquired into
it's course in storytelling. Now, al
though she has not quite completed this
course. she has already told several
ST ories to the children of the settle
ment, where she Is demonstrating her
theory concerning the real lure of the
Pied Piper.
Evening star., 1916-09-04

a different part of the city and shown
! the Indian exhibits. Almost every city
has few samples of Indian pottery
and one or two plaster statues After
/ this. they return to the schoolroom and
| build an Indian village, such as is pic
| tured in Hiawatha, in the sand, in
! cluding the trees and tents and ami
| mails. In this way they have had
lesson in history. primitive architecture
| in pottery, basketry, and. although
! they may not realize 1t themselves. they
know by sight every tree mentioned in
the poem and the habits of every ami
nal.
In one school In an eastern city the
children were told story about a lit
tie girl who helped her mother make
bread. Then the children went to
large bakery near the school where a
factory guide took them through, ex
planning each process of breadma king
to them. All the time the teacher kept
pointing out the difference between the
way the machinery made bread and the
way Mary Jane the little girl in the
book. did it The next day she brought
all the equipment for making bread to
school and showed the children the
homemade methods According to the
teachers in this school not one of these
children has forgotten a single fact
brought out in the trip through the
bakery. and many Of them have given
their mothers pointers in the scientific
principles of brea dmaking.
The use of the story however is not
confined entirely to teaching facts to
the child. The summer storytelling
classes, for example. do not aim to
teach any one thing. but merely to en-
tertain and stimulate the irlaginations
of the audience. The best children's
stories and books are selected by the
storytellers. who memorize the impor-
tant features of the plot and then tell
them In the best way for children.
Hundreds of very good children's
stories have been written. and quite re-
Gently, under the stimulus Of the story
telling movement there is a great de-
mand for them at the publishing house.
Lists of the best childrens literature
will be furnished gladly by the public
libraries of the cities at the requests
of parents desirous of obtaining books
for their children
Evening star., 1916-09-04
Happy Days.

From the Louisville Courier-Journal.
.Tf gasoline keeps going up, alcohol
will come in"
Let 1t come. podner. Then we kin
sit by the road and git jagged in sniffs."
Evening star., 1916-09-04
TARANTO WAS FOUNDED
IN EIGHTH CENTURY, Be.
Has Past of Fascinating Interest and
Present of Great Commercial
Importance.
Oyster Industry Chief Source of
Wealth of Great Naval Base
of Southern Italy.

Taranto. the great naval base of
one of that nations battleships recently,
causing the loss of 900 seamen. Is the
subject of the following war geography
bulletin. issued today by the National
Geographic Society from its Washing
ton headquarters:
with a history dating back to the
eighth century before the Christian
era-the same century which tradition
says marked the founding of Rome by
Romulus-Taranto (the ancient Taren-
tum), has a past of fascinating interest
and a present of great commercial i'm
portance. This city of $4,000 inhab-
itants, many of whom still retain
Greek accent inherited from the an
cient Spartan colonists, clings to a
rocky acropolis which sticks in the
heel OF the Italian boot at the point
where it joins the fnstep.' In ancient
times the rock, which rises from the
sea to a height OF more than fifty feet
was a peninsula, but Ferdinand I of
Aragon dug a canal across the isthmus,
making an iSlet of the town site. On
one side is the Gulf of Taranto and
on the other the Mare Piccolo Iittle
seal. The entrance to the magnificent
harbor, one of the finest in all Italy, is
commanded by two well fortified is
lands. San Pietro and San Paolo. The
Little sea anchorage has depth of
thirty-six feet and an area of more
than 5000 acres, affording unlimited
accommodat for Italy's Mediter-
ranean fleet. and here the government
has installed splendidly equipped dry
docks The arsenal extends for a mile
and half along the shores Of this
inner sea.
Evening star., 1916-09-04
Captured 100 Germans.

A little later the duke returned to the
front, where he is credited with one OF
the notable daredevil undertakings Of
the war. While out accommodating as a
cavalry lieutenant he arrived. along
with his orderly. at an inn whore a hun
dred Prussian soldiers had taken pos
session and were having drunken
orgie Warned by peasant, the duke
would not turn back. Entering the
place brusQuely and speaking in Ger
man. in Imperative tones he command
ed the party to surrender, as the house
was surrounded on all sides.
Surprised by tho sudden apparttion,
interrogated by a Arm voice of com
mand, and hearing the orderly with his
horses outside, the revelers resigned
themselves, gave up their arms and
submitted as prisoners. until French
cavalry patrol, warned of what had oc-
Cured, arrived to escort the hundred
prisoners of a single hero.
This is the story. as told of the young
Duke of Rohan, and passing current as
one Of the realities of the war. That 1t
ia authentic Is evident from the fact
that 1t won him the legion of honor
and placed the stamp of government
recognition on the audacious achieve
ment
Evening star., 1916-09-04
Story Glasses

Story Glasses social seetiemen. /.
centers taken it
Popular IN Cities. up as means of
educating as well as entertaining the
children, but the public libraries are
employing professionals to tell stories
several afternoons a week to the chill
dren who patronize their bookshelVes.
The storytelling movement Is attain
ing tremendous proportions Most OF
the colleges are advertising the course
as a part of their curriculum: 1t Is
the most taiked-about feature Of the
normal classes, and even the high
schools in many cities have added a
beIated storytelling cout SIT 10 neAt
years work. But the movement has
not stopped with the children and the
education of those who are TO ten
stories to children. In all the larger
leagues which are combined under the
head of one big national league. Ihese
usually comprise membership OF from
twenty-five to fifty members who ar
week and tell stories-either stories
they have read or stories of their own
creation. OF course, so lar as theSe
are concerned, their benefit Is merely
one of amusement, being something IN
the nature of a fad. but in the case
of the children the story ana the STORY
teller are here to stay.
The influence OF the story on the
child has been generally recognized
tbrougbout the ages, and varied and
numerous have been the clever inven-
tions of parents for the, purpose of
discipline. For a long time. In the
opinion Of modern psychologists. the
American child not only was not spoiled
but was neglected. He was regarded
as a matter of course as pernieious
little animal with very little inteIii-
nd mo
Seard" and whose naturally wicked
Instincts must be repressed and crush
ed. Therefore, when parents indulged
in creative flights of the imagination
IL was almost always to the point. Inc
stories dealt with bad little boys who
disobeyed their parents. and thereby
got struck by lightning or drowned or
eaten by bear.
Evening star., 1916-09-04
Donate Premises
for Child Meetings

SAAAAo meetings or
children and their mothers and at times
rooms for that purpose have been set
aside several afternoons week by
hotels and department stores. An elab-
crate storytelling matinee was given
not long ago in large New York hotel,
at which Miss Georgine Faulkner,
famous professional storyteller, enter
tained an audience of 100 children.
Dressed as Mother Goose this young
woman recited Mother Goose rhymes
and told Mother Goose stories. assisted
by a number of singers, who sang the
ballads. Miss Faulkner started in to
get acquainted with her audience at the
beginning by reciting her own version
of Jack and JILL" which ran:
'Jack and Jill went up the hill,
Like dutfn! and daughter
Now Jack is sick and Jill is i'll.
They did not boil the water"
The children did not object to the
change. but they Immediately let her
know that 1t wasn't correct
When Mother Goose ran out of mate
rial, Miss Faulkner donned Ge man
costume and told the stories of Hans
and Gretel." "The Gingerbread Man"
and ''The Wee Bunnock." which were
applauded enthusiastically by the chill
dren, especially at the end, when each
child was presented with ginger
bread man. as a souvenir of the event
The mere telling of a story seems
small matter. but it has it's technique
the same as any other profession. Tn
fortunately. however, the nation is still
full of a great number of amateurs in
the form of parents who tell their chill
dren all sorts and varieties of stories
without any thought as to their effect
upon them. The story Is one of the
greatest influences in the life of the
child today. and 1t is the purpose of the
storytelling movement to make every
parent and educator realize this fact