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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-28
MAINTAIN ELABORATE CLUB.
Russian Officers Finely Housed in
Building in Petrograd.

aSofHetpondenee OF me ASSOCIATED ffce9.
PETROGRAD. February 1.-The Of
hcers' Club OF Petrograd IL probably
the most deliberately housed organiza-
ton of IT'S kind in the world. It occu-
pies a largo palace in one of the prin-
.cipal streets of the city. built around
three sides of a spacious quadrangle
The enormous building IL maintained
largely at the expense of the state
and during the period Of the war it is
open, practically without charge, to
Russian officers quartered elsewhere
than in Petrograd, and to their wives
and families.
The huge reception rooms are deco
rated with oil paintings and fine en-
cravings presented by various regi-
ments, and many of them by the en-
peror himself. On the floors above are
$50 bedrooms, ranging in price from
30 cents to $3.50 day. For the lowest
price one is provided with a capital
bedroom. electric light and hot and
an officer or his family can have a
sittingroom. double bedroom and bath
room.
four course table d'hote costs 40
cents. which is remarkably cheap con-
eidering the high prices which at pres
ent rule in Petrograd. The club has
been so popular that there are at least
twelve applicants for each vacant
apartment.
The club also operates the immense
"army and navy stores" where Rus
sian officers and men can buy all neces-
saries and luxuries at practically cost
price.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-28
FRANCE USES MOVIES
IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Also Re-Educates Disabled Soldiers
and Finds Them Valuable in
Impressing> Points Sought.

I - ~, IT,,
eoiesponuenee VI Tie Hss'eia'eu iess'
| PARIS, February 1.-THE motion
picture as a factor in public education
b,s been tho subiec+ ~ ino,,ry bv I.
'"' " 'ie euo'e~. % Wy ="
parliamentary coihhlssloh' whicn mas
just published a report recommending
the official adoption of picture instruc-
.,.,.,.1
ZION ny an soNefhiheh. schoois anu coi-
leges.
Military HOSPITALS have been using
.;, civ, e. ~. ,,,.;o,1 oa,,o.-
MOVING ii''s iof 'he piis sieah
ton OF disabled war victims, and one
primary school in Paris has introduced
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, ,roi.o.;o, :, ito our
"p'
rlcuium. In poth cases the results
have been most encouraging.
The renort explains the applicatiou of
f1lm education in its general outlines
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-28
ATTACKS CLASS LINES
IN ENGLISH SCHOOLS
Alexander Devine Makes Plea for
Abolition of Aristocratic Distinc-
lions of public School" Men.

Correspondence Of the Associated Press
LONDON. February 11.-While other
educational reformers are striving to
displace Latin, Greek and the old non
investigating methods of study with
science and modern languages, Alex
ander Devine, headmaster of Clayes-
more School, Winchester, has come out
with an attack on class distinction in
school life.
The English elementary and preparA-
tory boarding schools, known here as
public schools. are the main prop of
the aristocratic system. It Is necessary
that the students Of these institutions
belong to the gentry, while the free
schools are left for the sons of trades
men and laborers. But 1t is the public
schools that give the Englishmen of
the better class the manner that Is
his special distinction. To come from
public school almost settles the
young Englishman's status in society
Positions in Official life and the diRni-
Ned branches of commercial life above
the mental are largely limited to pub
lie school men. In the present war a
ganized, so as to gather together those
of a good class socially. The name
counts much as membership in a col
legs fraternity does in the United
St0es. with the exception that it car
,.es weight among all classes Of people
in England.
Prof. Devine said he viewed with
deep concern the widening Of the gulf
between class and class. which was be-
coming peculiar to England above all
the nations of the world. and showed
itself strongest in the matter Of edu-
cation.
The upper or so-called governing
classes" he declared. hold strongly
to their own institution of preparatory
and public school. and aristocracy
shields itself under an attitude of SUI
pertority of blood. breeding and tradi-
ton.
Now men and women Of all classes
are working together with one sym
pathy and one aim-the dead lying side
by side. cooks son and dukes son
treading the Valley Of the Shadow to-
gether. Never again will mon and
women be quite as they have been in
the past. We shall be q lost nation In
deed II after this We are not . very
different nation"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-28
Table Center Decorations.

Anticipating the large demands for Table Dccora-
tons. have secured of the novelties;
dishes in both glass and pottery; coored glass dishes
plain crystal and cut crystal dishes.
New designs constantly being added
lines, and the accessories and small articles are also
here The Blue Bird and the Blacktpped Canary 55c
very popular other birds up Soc. Hand painted
Butterflies in various colors and designs make
effective showing and are PRICED at Csc; the Natural
looking Pond Water Lilies in assorted coors
with foliage, at &c. and the Large Double Pond
Lilies at Soc. These are but few of the beautiful
novelties for the floral Identification of the table
doc
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-28
New Toilet Sets.

Many new decorations have
come with the arrival of new
stocks. And there are fancy
shapes and treatments that
are entirely different from
other Showings.
A Special 12-piece Set at IS.
Other Sets From 1895
to $1:.SO.
Fifth floor, q street.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-28
"Pyrex" Glass Baking
Dishes

On Display in Our China Dept, Fifth Floor.
The newest and best baking dishes on the
market Mrs. Rorer uses them; all of her baking
for her lectures last week was done in Pyrex
glass. She is Americas foremost expert on cook
ing wholesome foods and kitchen efficiency in gen.
eral No stronger recommendation could be given
Pyrex than Mrs. Rorer's of them.
Baking Dishes in four sizes, Bread Pans Pie
Plates, Cake Dishes, Shirred Egg Dishes, An
Gratin Dishes, Individual Baking Dishes, Custard
Cups and Ramekins.
noorG street..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-28
No Time for Ponderine,

IF the machinist makes a mistake
with his tool he simply destroys the
material on which he is working; if
the sculptor makes an unfortunate
stroke with his chisel he only spoils
the statue: if the statistician makes an
error i'll his figures he has time to cor
rect the error; but when railroad man
d1sreSards signal, when he misreads
train order or when he throws a
switch wrong. it is often too late to
correct his mistake. The damage has
been done. and all too frequently it is
1rreparable, and it is not with pride,
but with a deep sense of gratitude.
that we point to a record of three
years immunity from fatal injury to
passengers in train accidents on the
Pennsylvania railroad"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-28
Call Chimes.

New selections also; wood
bracket with brass trim
mings. The call consists of
a brass cap with four or five
long brass tubes and ham
mer suspended. The tones
are very soft and musical,
giving chime effect.
Priced mt $1.25 and $1.15.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-28
PHILIPPINE PROBLEMS
W.-Taming the Wild
Mon

By Frederic ]. Haskin.

Advocates of Philippine independence
hold that the non-Christian tribes are
no more of a problem than are the In
dams in the United States. Their op-
ponents say that the parallel would be
more accurate if there were fourteen
million Indians in this country, if they
had recently come off the warpath
truth lies somewhere between these eX-
tremes of opinion, but at best the nom
Christian tribes are a problem, and at
worst they can be a serious menace.
Nobody knows exactly how many of
the non-Christian people there are. 1t
is certain that there are enough of
them to form an important element in
the total population. Some Filipinos
have set their number as low as half d
million. Other estimates, including
that of the census. put them nearer the
three-quarter million mark Dean c.
Worcester. for thirteen years menu
Der of the Philippine commission and
secretary of the interior for the islands,
reckons them in great detail, island by
island. to a total we'll over million.
Mr.. Worcester is probably better ac-
dualnted with this particular question
than any other American
The total population of the archipel-
ago is about eight millions. Thus sew
en- million Filipinos will have from
half million to a million non-Chrs-
tians whose territory embraces about
half the land area of the islands to po-
lice, educate. sanitate, administer and
govern.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-28
YUAN SHI-KAI is FOND
OF THE "MOVIE" SHOWS
China's Ruler, With Members of His
Family, Frequently Witnesses
Film Exhibitions.

Correspondence Of the Associated Press.
PICKING. January 31.-Yuan Shi-kai
is very fond of moving pictures, and he
and all the members of his family at
tend a performance in the theater in
the Forbidden City every week, when
the films brought to the leading pic
ture theater in Picking are shown for
the entertainment of the Yuan house
hold.
Recently Yuan Shi-kai, together with
thousands of other interested cinema
patrons in Picking, has suffered a great
disappointment. A mystery film to run
for twelve weeks completed six INSTALL
ments of the story. but the seventh in
stallment got lost somewhere in Sweden
on it's way over from London, and Pc
king Is anxiOusly awaiting the unravel-
ing of the plot. The young heroine of
the film drama was seized by bandits
when Picking last saw her, and resi-
dents of both the Forbidden City and
the outer city are anxious to know
more of her fate.
Few Diversions in Forbidden City.
Life in the Forbidden City affords few
diversions. especially since there have
been some evidences of disloyalty
among trusted employees. Consequent
ly. Yuan Shi-kai and his family enjoy
little liberty
The president takes his exercise
chiefly in drilling a section of the mod
ern army in the Forbidden City, while
several of his sons play foot ball and
skate on the frozen lakes within the
great walls inclosing the palace
grounds.
Skating is also affordinR recreation
for legation STATS and legation guards
in Picking, which has been more or less
isolated as a result of the bitter feeling
growin9 out of the European war
Practically all of the legations have
their own temporary skating Kinks
built in their compounds These Kinks
are covered with bamboo mating to
protect the ice from the sun and dust
The American legation rink is prac-
tically the only rink in Peking where
visitors of all European powers are en-
tertained. However, the legation Off
GERS have set apart certain days for the
entertainment of visitors belonging to
the entente powers. and different DAYS
for German and Austrian guests
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-28

Piles Cured In Q to II Days.
Druggists refund money II PAZO OINTMENT
fails TO Itching. Blind. Bleeding or Protrud-
ing Piles. First application gives relief. boc.-
AdveYtisement.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-28

1t pays to read the want columns o
The Star. Hundreds of situations ar
filed through them
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-28

One man eating leopard Of India was
known to have killed more than twenty
men before IL was dispatched.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-28

Nebraska has as7, 522 school children
and 1895 school teachers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-28
Dainty & Inexpensive Curtains

Dainty Il Inexpensive Curtains
and Furnishings Of Highly Attractive
Character.
NEW MUSLIN CURTAINS
Flat rufsd STYLES plain and designs; slse to szzs
NEW WOLFE CURTAINS.
soft and Wolfe Curtain with rue
and effective white and N5e pair
LACE-EDGED WOLFE CURTAINS.
quality wolfe with
valance: $l50 pair
HEMSTITCHED WOLFE CURTAINS
Soft sheer and particularly quality $10o
Other styles Wolfe $500
NEW STENCILED CRASH FURNISHINGS.
New designs, combinations of colors; washable
Table Covers 40 inches 7sc.
Table Covers 40 inches round; $l00.
Table Covers IS inches round; $I15
Pillow Covers,
Table Scarfs, sec each.
Couch Covers, $3z each.
Curtains for door window S375
These may be matched up in if desired
JAPANESE TOWELING FURNISHINGS.
Just
brought this
Luncheon Sets S1.25 to $780,
Toweing $l.oe to $l5o.
Table Covers $780,
Scarf
Napkins SIO0
G
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-28
Handsome Linens From
BELGIUM and From Ireland.
The Arrival of Linens From These Countries Now is
Event Worth knowing About.

The Arrival of Linens From These Countries Now Is
Event Worth Knowing About
Two direct shipments of Linens have recently to
from Belgium and the other from 1reandeach from
a. prominent manufacturer is in either country.
From makers and for such qualities insist
highest grade assured The variety large many Of
the designs entirely and prices much less than
vailng market prices.
TABLE CLOTHS AND NAPKINS
HEMSTITCHED DAMASK TEA NAPKINS
SHEETING AND PILLOWCASE LINENS
FINE DRESS LINENS
ROUND THREAD LINENS
BEAUTIFUL TOILET TOWELS
SHEER HANDKERCHIEF LINEN
On both white and colors,
fashionable at presently
HEMST1TCHED PLAIN LINEN SCARFS
AND TEA CLOTHS
with great pleasure that Linen Store makes this
nouncement you cordially invited the display.
eyenhB street.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-28
Select Your Furniture Tomorrow
Last Day of the February Sale.

We illustrate a
few designs in
Chairs and Rockers,
and shall let them
stand as suggestive
of the values which
may be secured here
on the last day of
the February sale.
There is Furniture
here to meet your
every need and at
F { b airy ale
prices.
Especially impor-
tant about the Din
ing Chairs illustrat-
ed is their construc-
tion-the frames
are securely NOR
tised, the stretchers
beneath the seats
are of the square
type, and the seats
are of genuine
leather. Durable and
lasting chairs. and
cry exceptional
values.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-28

Windsor Rockers and Chairs
CHAIRS, mahogany finish;
$3.50 each.
Fumed oak finish, $3.50 each.
ROCKERS. mahogany finish;
S3.75 each.
Fumed oak finish, S3.75 each.
This design is imbued with
the simplicity of Puritan days.
and is famous for its comfort
and refinement.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-28
New Haviland China
DINTE.RWARE.
Recently From the Steamer.

The arrival of several casks of Haviland China
which has been delayed abroad for many months
is now announced We particularly glad to
get this china, as it furnishes us with a stock of
two patterns which were badly needed on account
OF their popularity, and which patrons wanted for
additions and requirements.
One pattern is q dainty spray, priced at
SIS 100 pieces; the other is apple blossom and
spray combination priced At $780, 100 pieces
An entirely new pattern also received
we consider it of the best reproductions
from the dnnerware of onion nielsen pat.
term
This importation rather large, but we advise
immediate selection, as the demand indicated in
advance has been considerable and there is no posi-
tive assurance when the next shipment will be re-
ceived.
noor,G stree
If You Are Interested in Better Cooking, More
Clearly Cooking and Reduction of Labor
and Expense in Cooking and Serving
You Should Call and Inspect
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-28
QM000w@r0 & 40tbr0{p
New NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
IN.THE AUDITORIUM
Tuesday, February %,
Wednesday, March l.

Each day at II AN. and $50 PM
The Story of the telephone from the day Alexander Ora
ham Bell heard feeble the transmission of
conversations the broad Atlantic the subject OF lee
which will be delivered by Mr.. ]. A. Martin.
This will be illustrated by and motion
pictures, and believe will prove extremely interesting.
There will be charge-an cordially invited
sire t the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-28
A Noteworthy
Incident.

A Noteworthy dealt with it. is fur
Incident. tha. hsn.oans ~ ene
of the smaller islands. A young gov
ernor set out with two native con-
stables to compel a band of outlaws to
disarm. They found the whole tribe
in arms. and showing an ugly mood. 1t
was apparent that they were working
themselves up to the point of attack,
and as the tribe numbered over a hun
ers were in a ticklish situation. So the
American forced the issue. Selling on a
pretext for a quarrel with the chief he
ordered his constables to hold the man
while he gave him a cut with a stick.
The natives were aShast at such
temerity; it convinced them that the
governor had a hidden force in reserve.
They meekly gave up their weapons.
Once the new government was estab-
lished, friendly relations between the
officers Of administration and their dis
tricts grew rapidly. The wild tribes
are quick to appreciate courage and a
square deal. They obeyed the law. and
regarded the local lawmaker as a sort
of demi-god: for the ruling of such
people is largely personal matter;
they cannot grasp principles of govern
ment Give them a man who deals
fairly with them, Furnishes them when
necessary, without malice, but without
favor, respects their customs as far as
possible, and works for the general
good, and they will admire that man
and the government he stands for.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-28


by the fact that these wild tribes are in
some ways not exactly
Savage. But wild. They are savage
NJ. 1ry:,, and in the very recent
past waged savage war
fare, but they are intelligent and quick
to progress. There is tribe in the in
terror of Mindanao that lived in the
treetops five years ago. Today that
tribe lives in a village, uses late-model
disc plows and trims the public plaza
with lawn mower
Such tribes have been won to law and
order by the American civil and mill
tary officers who had charge of them.
The task called for utter fearleSSneSs,
infinite patience and a man who could
set for each crime an adequate punish
ment and see that it was carried out
These American officers risked their
lives dozen times a day. They trav-
eled unarmed through remote and hos
tile regions where every man boa sted
a lance and strong desire to increase
his head score. They decorated their
quarters with the spears thrown at
them. They arbitrated feuds between
villages when only the presence of the
other tribe prevented each warning
party from gathering in the arbiter
The American in charge of some hid
den inland district represented the
"Hoie machinery OF administration in
his one quinine-filled person. He was
the legislative. the judicial and the
executive branches of government COM
bined. He was the health department
and the bureau of public works. Be
tween tribes he was a Hague tribunal,
and between individuals a court of last
appeal At the head of a few red cap
ped native constables he ranged
through the jungle in the name of the
new law.
The hill people regarded war as
part OF life. yet in some ways they
proved likabIe race to deal with.
They recognized the justice of punish
ment. and bore no malice after it was
over. On their side they expected that
punishment should wipe the slate
clean, that the offender who had paid
his penalty should get back his old
status in every way. They were not a
race to appreciate mildness, but they
admired courage in an enemy with
ready generosity. By courage the
Americans ruled them, occasionally
falling back on the national resource
of bluff.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-28

Priscilla Rockers and Chairs
Blue enamel finish, $3.50 each.
Gray enamel finish, $3.50 each.
Old ivory enamel finish, S6.so
each.
This refined old Puritan de-
sign is ever sought by those
of good taste. The horseshoe
shaped back with spindle up
rights has just. the proper
curvature for comfort. Very
SPLENDID values.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-28
Head Hunting
Stamped Out.

tieth century: some Of them happened
Ave and six years ago. Today head
hunting practically has been stamped
out; the wild tribes are beginning to
90 to school; they are cheerfully work.
ing ten days a year ON the roads. and
are proud OF the wonderful system of
trails they have built. Century-old
feuds between hostile tribes have been
adjusted, men have come down from
tina tree tops to live in model villages,
agriculture has been stimulated among
the hill people. the guileless savage is
getting a fair price for his produce
and buying what he needs reasonably
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-28
HUMAN element BIG
IN RAILROAD SAFETY
Elaborate Rules Devised, But One
Careless Man May Set Them
at Naught.

Problems involved in maintaining
safety on railroads were explained by
Thomas II. Carrow. safety inspector.
insurance department, Pennsylvania
Railroad Company. to the Interstate
Association. composed of employees or
the interstate commerce commission,
at a meeting here Friday night.
Safety in railway transportation. he
said. consists primarily in the efficient
mana cement and coordination of three
separate and distinct departments.
The first is the maintenance of way de-
pa rtment, which is responsible for the
construction and maintenance of road
way and appurtenances. The second is
the motive power department, which
provides the rolling stock, and the
third is the transportation department.
which arranges for and supervises the
movement of trains.
Train Rules Elaborate.
Trains are operated" Mr.. Carrow
said, by an elaborate set of rules.
These rules have grown out of the en-
perience of many practical minds and
the careful observance of the rules
really constitutes the great bulwark of
safe transportation. For this reason
employees are selected with view to
special fitness and trained to under
stand not only the questions that arise
normally in the conduct of business,
but they also must be qualified to meet
emergencies they arise.
'On the PENNSYLVANIA railroad there
are more than $4,000 train service en-
ployes. and the possible danger lurking
in the failure of any one of these men
to perform his duty properly suggests
for consideration the greatest OF all
problems the railroad official is called
upon to solve, and that is the selecting,
the training and the supervising of en-
ployeS engaged in all departments, and
particularly those who have to do with
the movement of trains; for the com
mission has pointed out that the vast
ma jority of all train accidents are at
tributable to the failure of the human
element.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-28

at government stores-in fact, every
thing goes as smoothly as could be
asked. Yet. in considering what prob
lem the non-Christian tribes present
for the future it Is we'll to remember
their record in the past and the rec
ord of the men who reclaimed them, as
well as the recent date of that recla-
nation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-28

All these phases of the American re
gime mustbe spoken of in the past tense
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-28

This Sheraton Dining Chair
can be had with leather backs
instead of wooden uprights as
shown here. In quartered oak
and mahogany finish.
Wooden back. $500 each.
Leather back, $3.50 each. Leath-
err back Armchairs to match.
$1,000 each.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-28

good example Of what the pioneers
of our administration had to deal with,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-07-14

Miss Fannie Quaife, mathematics in
structor in The high school. is prcpar
ing to leave. probably on Saturday. for
an eastern vacation trip. She will 90
from here to Cincinnati. and from
there to Washington and Norfolk and
thence to jamestown and Charlottes-
vile and other Virginia points From
Norfolk Miss Quaife will go by boat
to New York City, and from there may
take a boat trip to Cuba. Returning
to Boston, she will visit there and at
Amherst Mass visiting { brother at
the latter point.