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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-09
WAR HURTS GREATLY
WORLD BUTTER MARKET
Turned Topsy-Turvy by European
Conflict, National Geographic
Society Bulletin Says.
England and Germany, Two Great
est Purchasers, Locked in
Death Struggle.

The worlds butter market. one of
the youngest of the great international
markets, has been turned topsy-turvy
by the European conflict" begins a bull
letin just issued by the National Geo
p Society, which sketches one of
the interesting phases of economic
chaos brought about by the new war
geography. 1T remained to most re-
cent times to bring butter. and other
goods. into channels of in
ternational trade. The DEVELOPMENT of
modern technique, especially that of re-
frigeration. and the industrialization of
cities, regions n of whole countries
are the causes that have operated to
make butter one of the important COM
modities of world merc Before
the war. Europe's butter dishes were
filled with the products of Sibe, ia,
Argentina. Australia and New Zealand.
1t is estimated hat more than 60O,-
pounds of butter were sold in
international trade every year.
To-day, however, all channels of the
butter trade have been disorganized.
1t is reported that one of the. most
serious shortages in the central powers
is that of fats and oils. America, 81
IBERIA and western Russia supplied the
with butter in normal times,
dried up by the war. Germany, itself,
produced considerable of it's home sup
ply, and, since the outbreak of hostiii-
ties. has endeavored to increase it's
production: In the past year it pro-
duced S6o. 900. 900 pounds OF but
ter. and imported about 10000, 900
pounds. 1t. consumes, normally. 1.07O,-
000, 600 pounds a year.
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At the Gunton-Temple Memorial
Presbyterian church at IL am. today
Mrs. Frank A. Moses, a daughter of DR..
Allison, a former pastor of the church,
will sing.
Tomorrow night at s o'clock a stereop-
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The Presbytery' of Washington City
is to hold a meeting in New York Ave-
nue. Presbyterian Church tomorrow morn
ing at 10 o'clock, when several i'm
portant matters are expected to come
up for discussion.
Whether the Presbyterians should
adopt the parish idea in this city will
be discussed, as will also the suggested
appointment of a of 1aymell
on church extension.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-09
Suggests Collective Citizenship.

THE new organic act should grant
to the people of Porto Rico collective
citizenship in the United States" said
Gov. wager before sailing. 81. know
of no simple gift that would go SO far
toward removing dissatisfaction and
difficulty in Porto Rico as his grant
of citizenship. and none that would be
attended with so little cost and risk.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-09
A Real Reason for Grief.

From the KANSAS Git! Star.
Poor Jeanette is still grieving over
her husbands death"
Yes; one would almost think he had
taken his money to heaven with him"
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Australia Banks Third.

The third greatest butter dealer in
tralfa, the country with the greatest
butter per capita consumption. Aus
tralia ole "a, 900. 900 pounds of butter
yearly. most of which was disposed of
in the London market. Holland dealt
strongly in butter, selling yearly some
IS 600 900 pounds. and more than half
OF this into Germany. Sweden
and Finland were other important but
ter sellers. while France. though it
sold very little butter, true to its ma
ture, sold that little as q rich luxury to
the discriminating palaces of London's
and the United States com
pIeted the list of exporting countries.
England led all purchasers of butter,
taking sue enormous quantities as to
consume two-thirdS of all the product
brought into international trade. Dur
ing recent years England has pur-
regularly more than 400, 000, 600
pounds of butter per annum. Denmark.
Siberia. Sweden. Australia, New Zea-
France and North and South
America have all contributed the but
day. is selling heavily of its buffers to
The Siberian source has been
by the war. and the sales OF
of the northern countries and of
made more difficult.
Germany follows England as a pur-
chaser of butter. 1t, toe, has lost some
of its most important sources of sup
ply. Thus. the worlds youngest mar
ket finds itself utterly disrupted and
the two greatest butter purchasing ma
in a death struggle"
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Denmark Leads in Export.

Little Denmark possesses the great
this distinction to the powerful COM
petition Of American grains in the
seventies, which forced the Danes to
turn from bread production and to
concentrate their efforts upon the pro-
duction of butter for the bread. Den
mark exports more than $50, 600. 900
pounds Of butter yearly. and its fancy
buffers are the finest made. 1t also
acts as middleman for great quantities
of Finnish and Russian butter. The
small northern kingdom has sold in
creasing quantities of butter. cream
and milk in the German market since
the outbreak of the war.
las an immediate result of the 81
berian railway, Russia o an as
founding stride in the production Of
butter, Siberia's production of this
commodity becoming in a short
time more important han its produce
ton of furs and gold. Russia became
one of the first butter-selling countries
in the world. Special butter trains be-
came a significant feature of Russian
r~aiI-oading, AND Windau, Petrograd
and Riga became butter ports of in
t~ernational renown. At the time of
the wars outbreak, Russia was SELL
ing $780, 0e, 900 pounds of butter in the
worlds market, of which Germany was
taking $4,000, 600 pounds. The Russian
production has since, according to re-
ports, been turned almost entirely into
the army kitchens.
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THE SUNDAY STAR WASHINGTON D. C., MARCH

special touch of personality, some spe-
cial gift of insight in this or that di-
rection. Never in the world can the
public get too many of these first-hand
reports of the war. Whether they bear
the vivid realism of this one or not,
perience or sympathy as this one does,
they are all of inestimable value both
in the present and for the future.
THE REAL STORY OF THE WHALER,
Whaling Past and Present. By A.
Hyatt Nerrill. author of isles of
Spice and Palm" etc. illustrated.
New York: D. Appleton & Co.
A true story that rivals in interest any
invention of the fiction makers. This is
the story of the whaling trade which, a
hundred years ago. made the chief fame
of New England. and stands. in reality,
as the foundation of American COM
merce. The purpose of this story is to
give a true account of the whalemans
life. in its hardshipS and in its dangers
of the peculiar craft and other equipment
for this strenuous business. of the far
parts of the world to which the whale
man was called. 1t has to do. also, with
the whale and his ways, with how they
are caught, and with the uses to which
they are put in the various industries
The writer tells many true story Of
whaling, stories that are full of excite
ment and peril He tells how the whale
men pass their leisure hours and re-sings
for us some of the old chanteys of the
whalemen. The exciting story closes
with an account of the rise and fall of
whaling and the passing of the whale.
The whole is an animated and thrilling
story of the sea and the true history.
besides. of an important industry that
has practically passed out of existence.
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tells just what the Army and Navy would
have to do in war: why they would have
to do this. and what they must have in
order to secure a successful accomplish
ment of their plans. The book is con-
spicuously concise and practical. Avoid
ing any maze Of theory or any indirection
of purpose. the writer confines himself to
the actual necessities of trained men as
the first step in any plan of defense. He
discusses the fleet as the first line of de-
fensive preparation, describing the powers
and limitations of battleships. of subma-
rines. Of destroyers. and SO on. with their
relations to one another. The writer is
without respect or mercy for the Congress
of the United States for what he. in effect,
tiers that should be regulated by the
highly specialized knowledge that is al
ready in existence and that should have
authority to make proper and efficient use
Dor defenses, showing how they behave in
action under their special form of attack.
He examines into the army post system.
He shows why the army division is an
effective fighting formation. He takes a
turn at the citizen soldiery and questions
as to what is wrong with the National
Guard. The discussion closes with an ex-
position of what the army experts want
and what the present army needs The
whole is a fearless statement Of the short
conings of our national defense system.
if system it may be called, and clear
argument in support of reorganiZed out
curity.
THE CENTURY OF THE RENAIS-
SANCE. BY Louis Batiffol author of
THE Duchesse de Chevreuse" Trans
lated from the French by Elsie
Finnimore Buckley. New York: G.
p. Putnams Sons.
This is the second in a series of six
volumes. chosen by the editors for
in order that English read
ers may have from French sources the
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necessary for food, therefore, holds lit
tie weight. On the other hand, their
economic value is great and it has been
pointed out that if these birds were
put permanently upon the songbird
list a decided benefit would accrue to
aRriculturists all over the country.
The habits of the quail are already
well known. 1t has been definitely de-
termined that they destroy only such
insects and seeds of weeds as initiate
against mans interests. They can be
beneficial to the agriculturists in
way that even few in his profession
realize. The enormous number of nox-
ious insects and the seeds of weeds
annually consumed by quail is astound-
ing. recent computation has dem
onstrated that one adult bob-white
eats no fewer than six million seeds
year. and during the same period takes
in on the side as many as Seventy-five
thousand insects of one kind or an
other which are known to be harmful
to the crops of the agriculturist and
fruit grower.
Not a great while ago the crop and
the stomach of a quail that had been
killed in a Kansas wheat field were
found to contain the partly digested
remains of two thousand Hessian flies,
which 1t had eaten probably during the
twenty-four hours prior to it's death. as
the digestion of this species of bird is
very rapid. 1t has been shown that
tho Hessian fly inf1icts a loss upon the
wheat growers of the country amount
ing to twenty million dollars annually
Such records might be sufficient to-
arouse the attention of the countrys
wheat growers, but a grain raiser may
not know that the Hessian fly destroys
his wheat or that the quail is its COM
mon enemy.
This is but one illustration of the
economic value of the quail. and aside
from this point it has sentimental
claim upon our interest. 1t has been
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comradeship. and it is no wonder that
the sympathy and feeling are strong
And France has for many years fos-
tered and cherished art for the world,
giving freely, cherishing wisely that
all mankind might be enriched Her
treasures have been our own to en-
joy and to profit by.
Last year the artists of America
gave to fund for the benefit of the
families of the impoverished artists and
gave so generously that large sum
was raised. In recognition of this gift
the older French artists got together
in Paris and assembled a collection of
their original drawings. which, in token
of appreciation, they gave to the peo
pie of America. These drawings of
extra ordinary charm and inestimat ia BILE
value. are to be seen now in the Ma
tional Museum at 10th and Z streets.
One of the ways that have been en-
ployed to lessen the suffering in Paris
is the esta adjustment and maintenance
meals are served at a nominal sum
have been opened in large studios.
These are under the charge of an or
ganization known as the "Appui aux
Artistes." It is for the benefit of this
organization that an illustrated lecture
is to be given here next Thursday even
ing at the New willard by James
Barnes on Central Africa. under the
auspices of the Washington Society of
the Fine Arts and special committee.
IN England a vigorous effort has been
made to continue usual customs in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-26

sumab1y upon sufficient authority, that
| the German people as a whole We're by
nature averse to the peculiar methods
of the German army in Belgium. that
as matter of fact they were kept in
ignorance of the atrocities perpetrated
in that region and elsewhere, that they
were bitterly opposed to war in the
first place, that they were coerced into
war by an autocratic and deSpotic lead
ership This belief and these asser-
lions have done much to soften judg
ment toward the German people, and
to center reproach upon the powers of
that country. And here there comes to
hand a book written by an English
man who. for a dozen years. taught in
a German university and associated
with the German people. Making use
of this advantage. DIR. Smith gives
complete contradiction to our theory of
the pacific and harmless intent of the
average German. Quoting lavishly
from the German press of every party
and shade Of public policy, gathering
evidence from innumerable first hand
sources of information. evidence which
he quotes directly from its original
wording, opening again the official rec
ords of diplomacy that have already
appeared in part-colored papers, he
sums these researches to what looks
like full body of testimony that this
war is war of the German people
and not the war of a single tyrant.
Original in method, interesting in mat
ter and startling in effect. this book is
certainly anything but a negligible
contribution to the literature of the
war.
THE Abe OF NATIONAL DEFENSE.
BY J. w. Muller. author of The In
vasion of America" New York: L.
F. Dutton & Co.
This is timely text book on national
defense, a simple, elementary statement
of the essentials of defense. The writer
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-26
IN THE SEWING ROOM.

n SIMPLE and easy way to mark the
~ places for buttons and buttonholes
or for hooks and eyes is to pin a tape
measure on the oNcrlapped closing
edges of the goods where the buttons
and buttonholes or hooks and eyes are
to be placed and. with a needle and
coarse double thread, make tailor's
! tacks equal distances apart through
both pieces. going by marks on the tape
measure. and then clip the thread be-
tween the tacks. Now lift the top
piece slightly and clip again. and you
can see just where to place each hook
and each eye button or buttonhole so
that they will meet exactly right without
any further trouble.
When working buttonholes in very
dark materials after the holes are cut
rub over with chalk or starch 1t can
then easily be seen where to take the
stitches. The thread for all button
holes should be coarser by twenty than
that used on the rest of the garment.
When making buttonholes in crepe and
other materials that fray easily IT is
hard to make the work look even decent
ly neat This trouble can be overcome
by marking the place and size of the
buttonhole and then working it before
cutting, afterwards overcastng the
edges. If the material is not heavy
enough a piece of firm white muslin may
be placed under the material
The buttons on children's coats receive
such hard usage that it is difficult to
keep them in place. no matter how heavy
the thread used in sewing them on. AL
ways use heavy linen thread. and after
sewing on firmly wind the thread round
and round the button on the right side.
Before covering wooden button moIds
with wash material boil the molds
This will prevent the colorinS in them
from coming through and will save the
trouble of recovering every time the
dress is washed. Cheap bone or COM
a better choice for foundations on wash
goods. Turn them over, using the bot
tom or convex side for the top of the
finished button. which allows the gath
cred material to be hidden away in the
hollow underneath. so that they lie
quite fiat when sewed in place.
To cover plain white button with
four holes. first cover with the chosen
use thread or silk the color of the
trimming or embroidery on the dress
The button should be sewed on through
the four holes with stitches crossing
SO as to look like a cross-stitch.
Take two bone buttons, one large
enough to hold the other on it's con-
caved upper side. The larger button
should match your material in color,
the Smaller button may be an ordinary
white bone set. Cut small circles of
the material and cover the small but
ton. Now sew the smaller button on
top of the large one. This will give
a cloth-covered button with a bone
rim.
The following is handy button box.
Procure nine sliding boxes. about 2x3
inches. at drug store. They are in
expensive and come in different colors
Place them in rows of three. tie all
nine together with wide ribbon, leav-
ing a pretty bow on top for an orna-
ment. Sew button on the front side
to indicate the kind in each box.
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Edition with Introduction. Susges
tons for Study and Pronouncing Vo-
cabulary of Proper Names. Edited
by Sarah E. Smons, head of depart
ment of English. Central High
School, Washington, D. C. Boston:
Houghton Miffiin Company.
COMMERCIAL EDUCATION SERIES
TEXTILES; Prepared in the Exten-
sion Division Of the University of
Wisconsin. By Paul II. Nystrom,
PHI. D., assistant professor of politi-
cal economy in the University of
Wisconsin. Illustrated New York:
d. Appleton & Co.
THE BLACKLIST PAGE OF MODERN
HISTORY; Events In Armenia in
1918. The Facts and the RespOnsi-
bilfties. BY Herbert Adams Glib
bons. Phi. D.. author of The Foun-
dalton of the Ottoman Empire" etc.
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons.
AMERICAN GOVERNMENT AND MA
JORITY RULE: A Study In Ameri-
can Political Development. BY Ed
ward Elliott. PHI. p. Princeton:
Princeton University Press.
THE MAN AGAINST THE SKY: A Book
Of Poems. By Edwin Arlington Rob-
inson. New York: The Macmillan
Company.
COMMERCIAL MORTMAIN; A Study of
the Trust Problem. BY John r.
Dos Passos of the New York bar.
author of The American Lawyer"
etc. New York: The Bench and
Bar Company.
THE BEDTIME STORY BOOkS-THE
ADVENTURES OF BUSTER BEAR.
BY Thornton W. Burgess. author of
The Adventures of Reddy Fox"
etc. With illustrations by Harrison
Cady. Boston: Little, Brown & Co.
THE BEDTIME STORY BOOks-THE
ADVENTURES OF OLD MR.. TOAD.
BY Thornton w. Burgess. Illustra-
tons by Harrison Cady. Boston:
Little. Brown & Co
CUBAN CANE SUGAR: A sketch Of the
Industry. from Soil to Sack, To-
gether with Survey Of the CIR
cumstances Which Combine to Make
Cuba the Sugar Bowl of the World.
BY Robert Wiles. illustrated by
six photographs Indianapolis:
Bobbs-Merrill Company.
THE AMERICAN CITY; An Outline of
Its Development and Functions. BY
Henry c. Wright. first deputy COM
missioner department of public
charities, New York city, etc. Chi
cago: A. c. McClurg & Co.
FOSTERS AUCTION BRIDGE FOR
ALL. By r. F. Foster. author of
Fosters Complete Hoyle." etc. In
GLIDING the official laws of auction
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-26

spite of the war. but without great
success. The motto. Business as usu-
al" has proved a doleful failure in the
art world at least. The younger men
have gone to the front. the older men
have in many instances become drill
masters or war Office clerks The great
galleries have been closed. Some of the
regular annual exhibitions have been
held. but they have not attracted much
attention and the sales have been few
Two novel methods We're employed dur
ing the past year to keep interest alive
and raise money. Some of the fore
most portrait painters We're induced to
sign blank canvases promising to
paint thereon the portrait of the pur-
chaser. or whatsoever the purchaser
might desire, and these canvases were
then auctioned off to the highest bid
ders. Not a few brought high prices.
The canvas signed by Augustus John
was bought by Sir James Murray, who
got Lloyd George to consent to sit for
his portrait 1t is finished now and
Sir James has presented it to the Aber-
deem Art Gallery.
The other method was to have an
no prices given but bids made for the
selves. and at the end have the works
so satisfactory way it would seem,
but one which aroused interest and in
duced purchases.
TT HERE are two very interesting col
u lections of foreign paintings trav-
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bridge as adopted by the Whist Club
1916. New York: Frederick A.
Stokes Company.
THE CHILD's BOOK OF ENGLISH
BIOGRAPHY. BY Mary Stoyell
Simpson. author 20: The Child =
Book of American Biography" etc
illustrated by Frank T. Merrill
Boston: Little. Brown & Co.
THE STORY OF THE MAP OF
Europe; Its Making and Its
Changing. BY l.. p. Benezet. super
intendent Of schools, La Crosse. Wis
Chicago: Scott. Foresman & Co.
MAN-GOD'S MASTERPIECES. BY
Frank Crowell, author of How to
Forecast Business and Commercial
Conditions" New York: r. F. Fenno
& Co. Washington: Woodward &
Lothrop.
THE GREAT MAZE; A Poem. and THE
HEART OF YOUTH; Play. BY
Hermann Hagedorn. New York:
The Macmillan Company.
MASTER WILL OF STAFFORD; A
Midwinter Nights Dream in Three
Acts. With n Prologue and an Epi-
IORue. BY Louise Ayres Garrett,
New York: The Macmillan Company.
ENGLISH GRAMMAR SIMPLIFIED;
Its Study Made Easy. BY James c.
Fernald. l.. II. D.. author of "A
Working Grammar of the English
Language" etc. New York: Funk
& Wagnalls Company.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-26
The Raw Recruit.

G ECRETARY OF THE TREASURY
~ McADOO. discussing preparedness
at a reception, said:
Opposition can only come from ig-
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS as abysmal as the
young recruits.
"A young recruit was on guard for
the first time, and late in the night the
officer of the day passed him on his
rounds.
Halt. Who goes there? shouted the
recruit.
"'Officer of the day. was the reply.
The recruit. thinking he had made
haul, grabbed the officer by the arm and
said:
"'Officer of the day. hey? Then what
the dickens do you mean by sinking
around here this time of night?"