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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-11-30
SERVICE HELD AMID
SCENE OF SPLEND0R
Eighth Annual Pan-AmeriCan
Mass Conducted at st.
PatriCk'S Church.
HIGH OFFICIALS PRESENT

Amid scene of splendsr produced
by the dress uniforms OF the Latin
american diplomats. the flags of the
Latin American countries and the
palms on the altar Interviewed with
numerous small electric lights the
eighth ANIMAL pau-amer:can Thanks
giving celebration was conducted at
st. Patricks Roman Catholic Church.
10th and streets northwest. today.
Secretary Lansing and other mem
bers of the Presidents official family
and other officers of the government.
including Army Navy and Marine
Corps officers. We're in attendance at
the mass. admission to which was by
card. Seated in the sanctuary were
Cardinal Gibbons. Ri Rev. o. b. Cor
rigan, auxiliary bishop of Baltimore;
Very Rev. George y. Dougherty. vice
rector of the Catholic University of
America; Very Rev E.. A. Pace. Very
Rev. John F. Fenlon. Rev. William j.
Keroy. Very Rev. VI. F. Dinneen. 5. s.;
rev. ]. c. Mallon, Rev. Paul Grlfhth,
Rt Rev Mgr. William T. Russell, rec
tor of ST. Patricks Church, and his as
sistants. Rev. Thomas r. Mc5uisan'
James A. Smyth, John NJ. Mcnamara
and Martin p. Egan.
Preceding the mass there was a pro-
cession of the clergy from the rectory
. TO the church. participated in by the
cardinal, the bishops and clergy in at
tendance and the altar and choir boys.
all in the robes of the church.
The celebrant of the mass was IT
Rev Mgr. VI. F. Foley. rector OF St
PauI's Church, Baltimore, assisted by
Rev James F. Nolan. as deacon, and
Rev Thomas J. Kenny, as subdeacon
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-02-08

one angrily behind him, and he sat
down
He would go to her after the act
was over. He wanted her as he had
never wanted her before. For her
sake he would lay aside the last
vestige of his pride. for her sake he
would confess his folly; and for his
own sake he would beg for the glory
of her love-
He could not see her face through
the misty curtain that foated before
his own. He put his hand to his eyes
and was surprised to find it wet. He
looked again. He could not see her
now.
The curtain fell; the lights went up.
But Lillian was not there.
Was she dream only, born of his
imagination and his desires? No,
there was the empty seat, and there.
even, was a little glove, dropped from
her lap. He could not but know Lii
lian's glove. He picked it up and
pressed it to his lips reverently; then
suddenly he found that people were
staring at him. He glanced round
him wildly-and all at once became
aware that all eyes were turned upon
the stage and that storm of applause
had broken loose all over the theater.
He looked up. Lillian was standing
before the curtain, and her bow was
to the crowd; but her eyes were on
his.
Then suddenly Langdon understood.
She was the author; she had sue
ceeded where he had failed. and she
had put all the sorrow and suffering
Of both of them into the story. And
even as he watched her she was gone,
and he stood still in the aisle among
the moving crowds.
The second seat was empty. Lang
don slipped into it, and presently he
saw her coming down the aisle toward
him. Her head was very high, her
cheeks aflame with happiness. And
she sat down at his side.
"Lillian," he whispered, hardly dar
ing to look into her eyes. 1T was
you!"
| les ne uedTu HeT du6NSI ioiuliy
Lillian have sought you all this
time Why didn't you let me know
Why couldn't you forgiven"
But have forgiven long ago." she
said
Then you"
Il thought you knew where l was
living. l thought-hush, I'll tell yor
afterward. See, the lights are goins
out for the last act"
THE last act" he muttered. ILL
liam, how is it going to end? vii
! it,"
1T ends as our romance will end,
she whispered you will see soon
Have patience. Haven't we been pa
tient for three years? It's only hal
hour longer now"
And with this Langdon felt strange
ly content
Copyright. 1912. by W. G. Chapman)
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-02-08
GREATEST POWER IN NATURE
Force Of Waves Of the Ocean Is Some
thing That 10 Almost Beyond
Common Belief.

The average inland American who
has never seen the ocean has no idea
of the force of its waves. He reads
about the storm, of boats being car
ried away and bulwarks stove. But
he does not realize the steam ham,
water.
A recent storm on the British coast
received the official designation of a
storm of extreme force" A picture
taken in Hastings harbor shows the
conclusions with which the waves
apparently higher than the buildings
along the street. Blocks of concrete
and iron railing were torn from the
new parade extension at Caroline
place and tossed back into the road
way as IL they had been bits of plank.
Timber work that had withstood the
stress of years was torn apart and
carried away. Easements were flood
ed along all the seward face of the
town.
Such a storm when it sweeps over
a ship will sometimes carry away
everything on deck. Deck houses are
often smashed and the life boats are
often stove in and ruined
Various attempts have been made to
devise motors to develop power from
the force of the waves. The amount
of energy wasted through their lack of
success is beyond estimate. If the
power of the sea could be used 1t
would drive machinery for an unlim.
tied number of plants.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-02-08

the second act was half over that he
half leaped out of his seat and then
subsidized, very white. very determined,
and sick with the sudden upwelling of
memory. For this was his play, and
in it he had told the story of his own
tragedy.
1t was common enough story
that OF the separation of two lovers.
1t had happened to him three years
before, when his fiancee, Lillian Wal
tiers, and he had had their quarrel.
But both were proud and both were
young; and so the little quarrel had
become big one. and finally he had
left her in anger, to find when he
was ready to ask forgiveness that she
had gone away He had found no
trace of her since that day, though
he had sought far and wide. Once she
had had literary aspirations, too; he
had hoped to hear Of her In some OF
the magazine offices. but she had dis.
appeared completely from the knowl.
edge Of all who had known her.
He watched the development of the
drama. the tragedy that set forth
word by word, line by line, an in
delible picture that revived each sin
gle memory and scared him to the
heart 1t was his! 1t was he who
had written this and offered it to q
manager the year before, hoping that
in the final stage reconciliation Lillian
would read his own hopes and
dreams; that she would see it and re
member their love and come back tc
him. And the play, rejected every
where, had yet been held long enough
TO enable some manager to make 6
copy of it and steal it and have Il
produced.
There was no mistaking that. Skill
fully as it had been changed and re
written, though every word had beer
put through the crucible of the man
ayers mind, yet the play had emerged
the same 1t was his play, 1t wa
his play! And he would have jus
tice.
Suddenly. at the height of the sec
ond act, when the most tense still
ness brooded over the darkened thea
ter, Langdon was impelled to glanc
across the aisle. A woman sat there
watching him, upon her mouth tn
faintest vestige of a smile. But Their
might have been tears in her eyes
in Lillian's eyes.
It was Lillian. He knew her in
mediately. She had changed but Iii
tie, though lines of suffering had com
about her mouth and her face wa
more earnest. more mature. but nc
less beautiful. Langdon rose in hi
seat.
"Sit down! Silencei" called som
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-02-08
IOld Jim S
BY II. M. EGBERT

~
Copyright. 1916 by w. G. ChapmanJ
well, seeing as we've got your IA
Their now we can't exactly turn him
out into the desert" said little Mrs.
Ross, pursuing her lips. There was a
stubborn set to her features which Ed
win Ross knew from of old.
But we had to take the old man.
Bessie" argued her husband. I'VE
couldn't let the old man go to the
poorhouse."
He'd have been a sight better on
there than incoming round the shack
at eighty" answered his wife.
Ross sighed. He knew his wife was
not naturally hard, and yet of late her
antipathy toward his father had been
growing more pronounced. She had,
as a matter of fact, warmly seconded
his proposal that when they pulled up
stakes the old man should accompany
them.
At twenty-five Edwin Ross, year
married, had suggested to Bessie that
they should quit their life of hardship
in the western city and try their for.
tune in the newly-irrigated lands OF
Nevada They had been lured by an
! INSCRIPTIONS land agent. Fabulous
crops, he told them, could be raised
there. They moved. with their little
capital of five hundred dollars. And
their establishment began as soon as
they got out of the train and stared
about them at the barren land
Irrigated it was, after sort, but
the agent had said nothing of the
heartbreaking spade work that was
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-02-08
Senate Of Samoa.

The Second Chamber of Samos must
be about the smallest in the world.
Four persons, representing the four
districts of the island, constitute the
Samian senate. They are chosen by
the prince from list of eight annual
ly submitted by the National assem-
bly,, and their qualifications are 80
years of age and ability to read and
write.
A debate in the Samian senate can
not be a very tremendous affair. But
we recall that it was to Samians over
1000 years ago that the Spartans gave
a lesson against verbosity. Having
heard the eloquent tale of the Samian
exiles, they said: I'VE have forgot.
ten the first part of your speech, and
do not understand the rest" Then
the Samians brought an empty wallet
and said, Our wallet has no meal in
It." Your wallet is superfiuous," said
the Spartans, meaning that either the
actual wallet or the word was unnec
essary.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-02-08

needed to bring the dam water
through the conduits and into the
desert soil The labor, to town dwell
ers. was terrific. And during the six
months that had passed Bessie had
been changing.
The old man, Jim Ross, incoming
about the camp, had little by little
become unbearable to her. Himself
an old gold prospector. he had found
nothing in all his life except 4 few
worthless pockets; yet he had never
ceased to dream of the day when he
would make his fortune by some lucky
strike.
There had once been rumors OF
gold in those hills, but nobody had
ever found any. Day by day the old
fellow would set out hopefully with
his assaying pan. and every evening
he would return with his hopeful
stories, which so Jared his daughter
in-law's shattered nerves.
It was a day later that the storm
broke. Old Jim Ross had come back
late for supper, with the usual story
Il think I'll try our luck over at
Bald Mans Hill tomorrow" he said
in his weak, senile voice. Il never
seen a territory that looked so prom
Using. There might be million dol
lars worth of gold in that bend OF
the gulch."
Bessie stood up and faced him, a
regular virago. her shattered nerves
tense and quivering.
1--we heard those stories before,
she cried. For the Lords sake &c
and get your gold. you useless ole
fool. Go and find it and don't come
back till you've got it."
The old man looked at her, aghast
at the sudden outburst.
Why, Bessie" he faltered. 81 didn'
know as you was sot against my find
ing gold. l tell you," he went on en-
Enthusiastically. there's gold in then
hills. Yes, SIR he continued, there
certainly ought to be a mint of golt
there, if We could only get at it."
But Bessie had burst out of tn,
room. crying, and the old man, shak
ing his head in perplexity. went slow
ly to the clubhouse where he slept.
Edwin" said Bessie later, the oil
man will have to go. That's all Their,
is to it. He's terrible! Talking abou
his gold when heaven only knows hoy
we're going to live the next year. An,
all our money sunk in this place.
She pressed her lips together win
dictively. Il won't stand for his tall
Of gold," she cried. He'll have L
go to the poorhouse.
Edwin said nothing. and that eve
ming Bessie, all tears and penitence
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-02-08
AFTER THE LAST ACT
Story of Suffering and Sorrow
of Two Lovers in Play.
By RICHARD BENNETT.

Arthur Langdon had gone into the
theater quite accidentally; he had
been dining with friend who was
suddenly called away, and, passing
homeward to his lodgings on Forty
third street, he had stopped and found
himself gazing with passing interest
at the poster representing Miriam
Grey in The Looking Glass" Under
meath the picture was pasted slip
bearing the words Opening night"
Langdon looked at the picture with
increasing anger and disdain. He i'm
agined the morrow's criticisms-out-
f1owings of eulogy upon "a great heart
drama" or "a triumph of art" by some
new dramatist-Paul Smith, this au-
thor called himself-who imagined
that he had penetrated into the
arcana of the universe and shared In
every human experience!
Then he bought a ticket and went
in, in bitter mood, in order to sneer.
So the curtain went up and the per
Torrance began, and Langdon, sitting
in his seat, prepared to satiate his
chagrin and contempt.
He had devoted FIVE years Of his
life to play writing, and every effort
had come back to him with the barest
formality OF a reply. So he had
abandoned that field to reap a fair
success as a story writer But the
failure of his earlier efforts had en-
Uttered him against those whose
struggles had been rewarded.
Yet when Miriam Grey came on and
captivated the attention Of the au
dience: when the plain, simple story
gradually began to make its way into
the hearts of the audience; when sobs
punctuated the silence, Langdon found
himself gripped, enthralled, by the
writer's power, but it was not unit
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-02-08
Wanted His Orders Direct,

A rather quaint yarn concerns Q
certain general officer who was so
misguided as to take his son with
him as aid. The well-meaning young
man, delivering an order to an artil-
lery brigadier, who was feeling a bit
hverish that morning. unwisely said:
II you please. my father wants you
to move your guns to SO and So"
Very well, my boy replied the bri.
gadier. Now run along and see what
your mother wants done!"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-02-08
To Remain Unsettled.

Engineers say that among thu
.nings that will never be settled are
the following: Whether a long screw.
driver is better than a short one of
the same family; whether water
wheels run faster at night than they
90 in the daytime: the best way to
harden steel; which side of the beI,
should run next the pulley, and the
right way to lace belts.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-02-08
Satisfied With Little.

The Australian bushmen wis
shelter from the rain, and il t
md a cave or overhanging II
will shelter them they will
house. II there is no such
shelter they select a place
small trees or bushes grow
and weave the branches toge'
cover them with grass. This
roof to keep of the rain.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-02-08
TELLING Fresh Zoos.

To ascertain the freshness of an
egg without breaking. hold it before
q strong light and look directly
through the shell. II the yolk ap.
pears round. and the white surround.
ing it clear. the chances are that the
egg is fresh. Or drop it into water;
the egg sinks quickly and remains
1t the bottom it is in all probability
resi-. but if it stands on end it II
'oubtful, and quite bad If it floats.
The she'll Of a fresh egg looks dull,
while that Of stale one is glossy.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-02-08
Hair Slnaed by Iiahtninn

A remarkable escape was expert.
enced recently by a young man In
Stirlingshire, Scotland. He CHANGED
TO be out on a moor in the Killearn
district during a thunderstorm. He
was oareheaded, and during the heavy
rainfall his hair got soaked. While
crossing the moor his hair was badly
sinsed by fash of lightning, but 9th.
erwise he escaped injury.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-02-08
Bipness Of Soul.

It Ii easy 20 respond to love and
Kindness. but what is our response to
unlovely things when sudden occasion
arises to test the quality Of our tenn.
per! The manner OF our response.
when we have no time to take a sec
ond thought, is sure indication of
the character OF the individual
Unity.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-02-08
Ink Eradicator

A very good way to remove ink
STAINS from cloth is to wash them
with boiled rec. Rub the rice on the
STAINS, as you may soap. and wash
Win clear water. II the first applica.
tion does not complete the cure repeat
tne process 1t usually works like
magic ever U stains are perfectly
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-02-08
unutterabIx Shocked.

Paula-Is the new play really 30 Inn
moral?
Stella-Simply scandalous! / was
filed with indignation to think that
the manager dared to offer such a
thing to a respectable public-really
you must see it at once.-F1iegende
Blaetter.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-02-08
The Camel.

When man first saw the camel. he
was SO frightened at his vast size that
ne ned away. After a time. perceiy.
ing the meekness and gentleness Of
MS temper, he summoned courage
enough to approach him. Soon after
wards, observing that he was an an.
imal altogether deficient in spirit. he
assumed such boldress as to put a
bride il his mouth. 7ad to set a child
70 1riTe him Use serves to overcoms
~ From Aesop's Fables.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-02-08
Showing His Ignorance.

WHAT on earth are you doing?" de-
manded the indignant dining-car con-
ductor OF the novice waiter; serving
soup on a straight track? Why don't
you wait till we strike curve? You
don't know the first principles Of rail-
i0aSi--r Puck
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-02-08
l.. w. Yarn
LIGHT AND HEAVI
HAULING
HOUSEHOLD MovINl
SPECIALITY
Good Dry Oak Fire v
Orders handled promp:
Phones:
Office 1oo; Res. Sigh
Let U9 AWAY.

"Oh, these vast, calm, meas
mountain days, melting at o
work and rest! Days in who;
everything seems equally DIVINE
Ing a thousand windows to 81
God. Nevermore, however
should one faint by the va
gains the blessings of one mi
day; whatever his fate, long In
life, stormy or calm, he is ri
ever.-John Muir.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-02-08
Enough on Hand.

Mamma" said fous-yearN
gle. who had been assigned th
rocking the cradle containing
brother. IF the angels have a
Kids to give away. don't you Il
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-02-08
Capital Onenses.

You are opposed to capia
ishment?" Yes; even in It's
form. I don't even appTa'
writers and speakers who beg.
other sentence with a capital
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-02-08
Great Brjtajn's Forests

OF the total area of Irelan
about 1.5 per cent is wooded, vi
ests cover 5.3 per cent of E
As per cent of Scotland and
cent of Wales.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-02-08
Try This. pauahters

Papa-"Why. hang it. girl
low only earns nine dollars 8
Pleading Daughter-"Yes; b.
dear. a week passes so auics
you're fond of one s-sJrs%
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-02-08
Always somethina 70 |

Always Something 10 Lea
Minds are improved BY
with wiser minds; and the wis
are the more people you vi
that in some points know NOR
you do.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-02-08

A man is pretty lucky whe-
30 easily amused that his ide
good time is to go into the c
put on a funny hat and have
ture taken.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-02-08
Little to Worry About.

Investigation by the geological sur
vey of the erosion Of drainage basis
proves that the surface OF the coun-
try IL icing worn away at the rate Of
teout "A inch il 40 years
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-02-08
Heart Bear, lndividuaIIs.lo.

An English teientist believes there
Is an individuality in heart beats affect.
ing the handwriting to such a degree
nat 1t can be identified when the
writing is msk-ifed.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-02-08
Wise Saying.

There Is more tr--t,g Ian humor
tie saving of 3ildad that the hest va.
70 keep your word is not tC ~ T.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-02-08
Poor Kind Of Sympathy.

Sympathy that begins and ends II
lip service is of little help to any Q
As.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-02-08

Alike In One Respect.
War and friendship admit OF no Ell
fuses.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-02-08
Optimistic Thouch.,

Things are not TO be estimated by
cir number but by their Importance.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-02-08

q. D. & n. D. MENDENHALL
CIVIL ENGINEERS
Suite 2l2-215 Drane Building
LAKELAND, FLA.
e%osphate Land Examinations and
Plant Designs, Earthwork Special
lists, Surveys.
Residence Phone 27S Black.
once Phone 27S Blue.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-02-08
The Professions

CHIROPRACT0R
DIR. J. z. SCARBOROUGH,
Lady in Attendance
In Dyches Building, Between Park
and Auditorium
OFFICE HOURS
A. to 1890 a. n. 1880 to 5 .. N.
1900 to $3.50 p. m.
oasultation and Examination Free.
Residence Phone 240 Black
The Cordova daily times., 1916-09-19

son recently to offer his services to some branch of the British navy or navigation department in connection with the war.
 Joseph Chilberg, a Nome merchant, is displaying specimens of jade from the jade mine of Walter Kohn, in the Kobuk country The specimens are of the green variety so much prized by the chinese.
 Information has been received at Nome that the Corwin coal mine peo- pie are making preparations to mine ia the Lisburne fields, and will pro bably work on an extensive scale next summer.
 The Nome Nugget says that the presence of a large number of expert mining men in that section is conclu- siye evidence that the outside mining interests are turning their eyes in that direction.
 The trading schooner Challenge left Nome recently with large quantity of trading goods, and will attempt to reach Banks Land. where. if success ful, the vessel will spend the winter trading
 A meteor is reported to have passed oyer Long recently about midday, and to have fallen somewhere between there and the Yukon, as a report like thunder followed quickly upon the pas sage of the meteor from sight
 Seizure by Captain E. D. Hickman of two suitcases filled with bottled liquor aboard the Admiral Watson or her last trip precipitated a mutiny in which it is alleged a waiter at tempted to assault the master The surf washer is much in eyi dence at Nome, according to the Mug get of that city. A paystreak has concentrated on the beach owing t, the unusually high surf couple O lmen are also working on sands takeI from the excavation under the Ill , 1harmacy building.
 A 31-foot launch. equipped with . G-cylinder engine, and said to have speed of 25 miles an hour Is on in
 way to the Panama The first commercial shipment o , gold ore from the Nome district 1 reported to have been sent out recent ly from the property of the Dakotl , Alaska company, and consisted c
 about 500 sacks.