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Japan has also a pearl-oyster farm.
In the Bay of Ago there has been es-
tablished a plantation. from which
rich harvest Is obtained.
In May or June stones Weighing
from six to eight pounds are sunk in
shallow water. and in August the tiny
shells begin to appear on them. The
stones remain for two months. but.
since the young oysters cannot endure
cold. in November all rocks in less
than five feet of water are moved far
Their out. where the temperature is
more even. At the end of three years.
when the shells are about two inches
across, they are taken from the water.
nuclei for pearls inserted in them and
replaced in the water. thirty of them
to every six square feet of bottom.
There they are left for four years.
Then. being seven and half years
old, they are removed and searched for
pearls.
The harvest of artificial or culture"
pearls is very large: but. unfortunately.
these are only little more than half
pearls. for although large. lustrous and
fine of quality. they are nat on one side
This farm has an additional source
Of income in the natural pearls that its
oysters produce. for there is not lack
ing in them the usual proportion OF
perfect gems to be found among oysters
of this variety.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-23
AGREE ON PHILIPPINE BILL.
Senate and House Conferees Make
Time Indefinite.

The conferees of the Senate and
House on the Philippines bill reached
an agreement yesterday afternoon, and
will report to their respective houses
as soon as possible. The Clark
amendment. which would have given
the islands independence in not less
than two years and not more than four,
was stricken from the bill. and the
Jones preabIes, declaring it the inten-
ton of the United States to give the
islands independence when 1t had been
demonstrated that they could main
tain a stable government. was adopted
by the conferees.
This action on the preamble of the
bill was not approved by the republi-
can members of the conference COM
mittee. who also were opposed to the
Clark amendment, but the democrats
agreed upon it,
Many of the Senate amendments
were adopted. relating to administra-
tive features of the bill.
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ARABS NF[|CT DEFEAT .
UPON TURKISH FORCES
Serious Engagements Fought Be
tween Rebels and Ottoman :,
Troops Near Medina.

LONDON. July 22.-Authentic news has
been received in Cairo. Egypt. says
Reuters correspondent there. that seri-
GUS engagements took place recently near
Medina. Arabia, between Arab revolu-
tionists and the Turkish garrison. The
garrison made a sortie against the Arabs
who were besieging the town from the
southern side.
In the fighting that followed the Turks
are said to have lost $500 men, while
the losses of the Arab forces under COM
mand of the grand shereef of Mecca, lead
er Of the rebels. lost 5o0 The Arabs
captured a large quantity Of arms.
Shereef Abdullah now is bombarding
the barracks at Taft. where the Turks
are still holding out.
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ALEXANDRIA AFFAIRS
NONRESIDENT Hunters Must
Pay $40 License in Virginia.
CITY TAX BILLS DELAYED
State Questions for Assessments
Hold Back 0ficial-May Be
Ready in September.

Special Correspondence Of The Star
ALEXANDRIA. Va, July 22.-Under
the new game laws of the state Of Viz
ginia nonresident hunters will have to
pay a license of $40. Resident hunters
will have to pay a license of 81 to hunt
in the county in which they reside and So
for state license.
A. j. Payne. game warden of Fairfax
county. who is also a justice of the peace
directs attention to the new laws
The county license gives its holder per-
mission to hunt in that county for a
Period Of one year from July 1, and the
State license to hunt in the state for the
same period.
The law reads: All owners and land
lords and members Of their families and
tenants and renters residing thereon, with
tho consent Of the landowners. may hunt
upon their own or adjoining lands without
licenses" ~ -
The licenses are not tyansfera bic. and
those who fail to take out Mcense under
Tie prov4saons' Of the law, can b pun.
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MRS. PANKHURST SAILS.
English Suffrage Leader Concludes
Tour in Behalf of Serbians.

NEW YORK. July 22.-Mrs. Emme-
line Pankhurst. the English suffrage
leader. who, since January Is, has been
touring this country In the interest Of
destitute Serbians, left late today on
the steamship Saxonia for Liverpool.
She was accompanied by Miss Joan
Wickham, who came to America with
her
When she arrived here early this
year Mrs. Pankhurst was detained at
Ellis Island by the immigration author
tiles. After an appeal to Washington,
however, she was permitted to enter
the United States.
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Anacostia Children Hosts.

The children of the Ketcham play
ground. Anacostia. D. c., gave a lawn
fete on the playground Friday evening.
The affair was under the direction of
the playground supervisor. Miss Vir-
ginia Littleton. and was given for the
purpose of raising funds to supply
more apparatus. From the amount of
money received the children will be
able to add extensively to their equip
ment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-23

IL a familiar fact that many Of the
things that grow and which are Of
manifold uses to men can also be
changed into harmful things by the
perverse genius of man. AS an exam
pie, there is the century plant, or the
agave. which furnishes both Mexican
peon and landlord with host of the
necessities and comforts of life and
which. as well as being a profitable
investment, is likewise responsible for
pulque and mescal. alcoholic drinks. the
latter of which is often characterized
as liquid hell fire, SO vicious and violent
are the effects it works on the human
system. There are a number of species
OF this remarkable plant which thrive
in Mexico in the arid and semi-arid re-
gfons and 1t has been suggested by the
Department of Agriculture that on tens
Of thousands of square miles of land in
western Texas and other southwestern
states. of little value for anything else
this plant would thrive and produce an
which those interested in the subject
would introduce in the arid sections of
the United States is that which pro-
duces the ixtle fiber and which 10
over large part of Texas.
Agave fiber Is we'll known in the
United States as material out Of
which binder Irvine and various quail
ties OF cord and rope are made, and It is
Of record that the peninsula of Yucatan
in southern Mexico now exports an
nually some $4,000 worth of hemp
from the agave sisal. 1t Is figured that
as these sisal plantations are very
profitable the industry would be an i'm
portant one in this country and would
make valuable great areas of land that
are now without use.
One of the names of the agave is the
century plant" because 1t is slow in
it's growth and slow in coming into
flower. but a man familiar with the
plant says it is really not a century
plant and that it is doubtful if any
species requires more than fifteen or
twenty years to reach maturity. There
are about $50 varieties, of all sizes, and
their habitat ranges from the low
coastal plains to 10000 feet above sea
level.
OF this plant Humboldt the great
naturalist, said that the agave, next
to Indian corn and potatoes, was the
most useful of the natural products Of
tropical America. 1t would require the
writing Of a long article to recount all
the uses to which the numerous spe-
cies Of the agave can be put. One spe-
cies furnishes a soap highly priced by
native women in that it makes the hair
soft and glossy and removes stains
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Brief Decisions.

Some men don't think anything of
spending ten dollars worth Of time try
ing to borrow fve.
There may be plenty Of room at the
top. but that Is no reason why people
sho Id swell up when they get there
Some people wait until the wings of
the morning are pretty well clipped be-
fore they get out of bed.
The truth Is that few men have their
price. but a lot of them are trying to
get II. ~
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Left-Handed Revenge.

From the Philadelphia Bulletin.
Oflcer-Your honor. this chauffeur
ran his car into tn show windy av q
millinery store.
Judge-What millinery store?
Oficer-Madame De Stickum's.
Judge-Discharged. That's where my
wife buys her hats.
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The Alienists' Trial.

From the Dallas News.
did that alienist prove that you
were crazy?"
NO" replied the defendant, but he
admitted that he was nearly so before
the lawyer got through with him."
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and he left mo AZ fas, rs his clumsy,
untr!ed wings would carry him. | had
little difficulty in catching him, but it
Mas some time IN tho quiet and scclu-
sion Of the house before he forgot the
danger cry and would cat from my
hand as usual.
"Bv that time he could ny, and | de-
ciicd that It was my duty as n law
abiding citizen to let HIM 60 was
morally certain that with his lack
Of knowledge of how 10 hunt for food.
ignorance Of cats and general limo
cence | was sending him to inevitable
destruction. hut didn't know what
some o~verHealous game warden might
do In case he found him in my posses
sion. So | fed him well, took him out
Il the orchard, put him on "A low limb
and went away.
Fer a few minutes he appeared he
wildered. Then he heard the danger
cry Of an adult robin. 1t was again
the call of the wild. and he again
ohcyed it. ] tried to approach him,
but he flew from me az from an enemy.
The next day ! heard n cry that
imagined was his. But I never saw
him again. ! have often wondered
whether. so far as he was concerned.
il would not have been better II
had left him 10 dic when ! found him.
For myself, ! am perfectly willing 10
let parent birds feed their wi young
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dropped into his capacious mouth from
a pair of tweezers, Then most Of my
spare time was occupied in hunting
ms family and apparently its greatest
eater.
IAN the meal worms In the neigh
boring granaries aud barns were CON
hscated. Every white grub in my gar
den that could find was dug up and
dropped into the Unsuitable gullct.
Earthworms were pulled into pieces
and sent after the others. Berries were
taken as readily as worms, ard were
more easily obtained. ] would give
him all he apparently wanted. aud in
Ave minutes he would he crying for
more. The maximum number Of worms
fed to him in n day was some more
than n hundred. and that was prob
ably fewer than his parents would
have given him.
Before ! finished with him the mat
ter began to get a little monotonuus.
Parent birds have nothing to do hut
hunt for worms. ! had something else
to do. or course the little fellow felt
no fear Of humanity.
zone day we were upon the piazza and
he was enjoying a meal when the
alarm note OF an adult robin wa heard
in the distance. Immediately his mouth
was Theoretically closed. a Wild look
appeared for the nrst time In his eyes.
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had begun serving the cause al the
headquarters OF the New York state
Woman Suffrage party. 800 Fifth ave
nue.. Geraldine heard her mamma,
pretty little Mrs. Minerva Mondclli,
say that the s~uffraS,sts were very
busy making paper hats for the sales
women to wcar when they hold their
votes for women flower market next
Saturday all along Fifth venue.
Three hundred hats they must have
and hat makers were badly needed.
Mrs. Mondelli said II il wasn't for
Geraldine and her scvcnteen-months-
old sister Isabella she would go down
and help, but of curse they couldn't
be left alone.
Geraldine flung her d!mpled arms
up at her mamma. "G~oo-Goo," she
remarked. "Goo-goo-Eo-o-goo, GOO,
Goo And Mrs, Minerva Mondelli.
being wise. as her name denotes. knew
instantly that Geraldine meant. Mann
ma. let's go right down and help"
There was never any question about
lsabella's being ready ito go. for she
street, who AT the age Of three weeks
showed her sentiments some months
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the institution which the salvation
Army proposes 10 erect with that half
million.
Mrs. William Grant Brown. presi-
cent of the New York City Federation
Of Womcn's Clubs and president also
of the Women AuxNia,, 10 the Res
cue Department OF the Salvation
Army, ~ largely responsible. accord
ing To- Miss Booth, for the good work
done a, the East Fifteenth street
home. Associated with her in the
work are such women as Mrs. Richard
A,drich. Mrs. Robbins lau and Miss
Josephine Mcmahon.
Another celebration Is to be held
shortly at the home and that will he
n meeting OF the out of Love League.
This is an organization OF young
women, domestic servants. s%tenogra-
ried mothers who have becn graduated
from the institution and who like To
come back once a year to exchange
condolences and express their graft
tudC.
The league Was formed moro than
five years ago, and through il the
salvation Army is able to keep in touch
with every girl who oes through the
home.
I'VE formed the out of Love
League" says Miss Booth. so that
We could I'LL the void in the hearts Of
rirlS who are temporarily excluded
from society. They have thus cstah-
lIshcd n society "f their own. and it
~suffircs for their social needs
one more reason which the COM
mandcr gives for the success attendant
upon the work of the home IL that
when a "%Graduate' leaves to take n
position IN the outside world she IL told
that if her lot liz found to he too hard
she must come home again. When she
does return she ZONES as Q guest, not
AS a patient, and the guests are housed
in a different part OF the home, are
kept separate from the patienta
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THE W TO GROW.

7 + thought and care are given TO II
n small garden may he made a.
lovely In It's "A as a large one.
To get the most enjoyment OF Q
small plot Of ground try planting your
garden TO match you house tn = yea
Make a careful survey of each room
and another of M vases. flower
bowls. SC; then with these IN Your mind
sit down and 80 through 'he catalogue.
II your guest room IS pink and white
any guest would feel herself welcome
IL she were greeted 10y that lovely pink
bowl YOU got last christmas set on tho
bureau and filled with long sprays OF
pink snapdracous.
Your own bedroom may he yellow.
the living room may he old gold with
dining room may he old blue and just
need a touch Of yellow tn make It
perfect. II So be sure and have Il bed
of cornnowcrs and calliopsis; the conf
blnation Is wonderful The squatty
brown ing full of stiff, tawny mari
COLDS will look well ON the easement
window sill and the same flowers In tho
low black bowl on the dining room
table will he beautiful.
And you must surely have a patch ~
nasturtiums, They look SO cool and
crisp in a glass bowl on a hot dAy,
especially II the bowl is filed with q
c%arbonatcd water.
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7 Is not often that one |

- NV 'i''h wa tfle mas n NIltil'e
TO play nurse to an orphaned
robin, but that chance came to
william II. Huse. a member OF the
American Game Protective Associa-
ton. Mr.. Huse, who Is a lover OF birds,
told some OF the conservation officials
at their recent meeting in New York
how II happened.
Once upon a time | violated the
laws Of my State" he said, land it was
all on account OF "A bird. Now, don't
smile. She wore feathers. ! mean
all over. am blaming her, and yet
she was really not tn blame, II was
a case like that Of the blind horse that
was guaranteed to he without fault. 1t
wasn't her fault; II was her misfortune
81 have been saying she She
might have been "a he. am not GER
tain, Well, he, she or it was nearly
dead when ] found him on the sat
uratcd ground after q to%rrcntial shower.
He was so nearly unconscious that he
apparently did not know that n mon
ster was picking him up. Neither par
ent was near to sound an alarm. and II
IL doubtful II he could have heard an
alarm.
II carried him home. placed him In
a warm place and went hunting for
worms. When returned to the house
the gentle warmth had revived him so
that he eagerly took the tidbits that l
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BE THO OR BE ITCOL JIMMIE FURS ARE II
Bv ELEANOR HoYT BRAINERD.

~ CMMt.R furs arc foolish enough
as they are often worn. The
woman who goes out on a torrid
day with a white fox or crinihe
scarf. or. worse still. an imitation
white fox or crmine scarf. draped costly
around her shoulders attains a degree
Of inappropriatcucss rare even among
fashion faidists. but last year there
were midsummer Gays even in New
York when a fur scarf was a very
comfortable accessory 10 a thin suit or
Trock; and at tho cooler summer re-
sorts hummer futs were a blessing as
wei as a fashion.
In other words. conditions that have
made the wearing of furs in summer
an accepted thing for many seasons
past in England and France suddenly
crossed the Atlantic. and not only the
American women who are willing 10
suffer and to appear ridiculous IN FASH
Ions cause hut the sensible II well
dressed American women a. well found
neck scarfs and collars of fur desirable
now and then. even in the dog days.
Apparently the fufriers and NOR
chants and designers are counting
upon another cool summer or assum-
Ing that summer furs have become n
habit hcrc and Will be worn, whatever
-.f.let LftsnrNE
shop that deals In fur or fancy neck
wear Is showing quantities Of new
ncckpicccs I'm FUR or in fur combired
with chiffon or silk.
The latter are particularly attrac-
tive. though not SO beautiful perhaps
as the models entirely of fur, pro-
vided, OF course. the fur Is of hand
some quality. but Offering much
variety and. by virtue OF the fliny
sheerness " the chiffon or the iustrous
supplencss OF the silk, seeming more
in place among ummer tinery than
the all fur scarfs and collars.
Practically all of the famous mil
linery houses have sent out fur or fur
-. trimmed neckpicccs. and tho famous
dressmakinc houses and fur houses
have done the came.
Ermine. usually Of the pure white
sort without the black tails; moleskin.
chinchilla. krlinski and white fox arc
chief favoritc5; but many other furs
are used, The short hair pelts being
chosen. as n rule. Exceptions to this
rule occur ia connection with scarfs
and collars OF chiffon fur edged. the
longer haired furs being sometime
used for the Thinning of these models.
TIE Hat deep collar. much like the
Puritan collar of organdy in shape.
tying with ribbons or scaris under tho
chin and leaving tho neck quite free,
II n popular all Eur model in or,nire
ana mole. \ deeper shoulder cape.
somewhat like a very wide shawl col
lar. Is another shape much liked IN
ermine. This does not rise above the
base OF the neck in the back. while in
front II opens at A point low down
The straight broad scarf Of supple fur
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al l'Aillil'r pIN
one didn't have To search
~ far, say guests Who, be-
sicsed in the Hotel Sher-
bourne, Dublin, watched from it's
shattered windows the Snn Fem re-
bellion surGlng through the streets be-
low to see the woman in that affair.
Att!red in a mans uniform, wearing a
brace of reyolVers which she didn't
hesitate To us" even on hcr own fol-
lowers If they ~disobeyed her orders. the
frenzied Countess Msrklovica. fearless
as the widest male rcuc,. vas seen APP
parentiy leading the mob, For six
days. says Dr, Cecil G.. Mc.\dlm of
Melbourne, Australia, who spent those
six days in the Hotel Shsrbuurne and
after his scape sailed Immediately for
steamship Philadelphia. this Countess
warrior was right in the midst Of the
rioting. frantically leading the lost
cause.
And now this modern Boadicca is in
prison. with a life sentence before her
"A lifetime In n cell, nursing her
dreams of Irish independence.
And now, query: Anti-suffraglsts
have long said hat woman wasn't ut
70 vote because 'she couldn't hght."
Have the Countess Markievicz's deeds
at all moved Premier Asquith from his
we'll known stand against votes for
women?
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sat down beside her. He was so fat
ana his flesh looked such a burden that
three women who came in a station
later and had to stand didn't resent his
not getting up one bit. His eye fell
on he book the fat lady read. and he
too began to read. He read with even
moro than the interest a passenger
usually takes in tho book OF the adj
Joining passenger. And a happy look
appeared and d%eepened on his face.
Presently the Fat woman got up and
closed her book. and the title became
visible to persons in the opposite seats.
II was. Eat and Grow Thin. BY,
a Woman Who Did H." The fat
man, bereft OF the gospel which was
letting in such light upon his soul. sat
pondering till the next station, and
then he too departed from the train.
and later was seen eating a huge
meal in a Broadway restaurant. Two
women, she who wrote and she who
read. had pointed the path for him.
S~ufragists believe IN breaking their
workers In early. The latest recruit
is Geraldine Mondelli OF PIG Fast l0sth
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T00Ay's BEAUTY NEIP

you can keep your hair at its very
best by washing II with this simnIe
inexpensive shampoo, which cleans.
the hair and scalp thoroughly ~ nil
the dandr''n and dirt and leaves !,
clean wholesome feeling; Just use a
teaspo1siful of canthroX dissolved IN a
cup or hot water, afterwards rinsinr
thoroughly with clean water. One finds
that the hair dries quickly and evenly,
IL unstreaked. bright. soft and huffy,
so huny in fact that it looks more
abundant than 1t is. and so soft that
arranging it becomes a pleasure. All
scalp irritation will disappear and the
hsir will be brighter than ever before.
ADV.
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X OF have been convicted seven |
times, arrested twenty
sinaa ana h.v. h~en ,,nlo,

thtNS u navy pCCu uIISi
surveillance by the police
for I don't know how long. I sentence
you I the island for q period OF
two"-
Wait a minute, your Honor. please.
Let me have hat poor woman: don't
send her to a place from which h
viii only emerge a completely lost
,reature."
\ Magistrate in New York's Night
Court was the first speaker; the one
who interrupted him was Major Jes-
SIC McEwan of the Salvation Army.
The prisoner was a poor emaciated
woman about 81 years Did. She looked
older az she covered there in her
scantr, ragged clothing.
The Magistrate frowned and hesi-
tdtcd.
so you want this woman ?" he sa id
IN evident doubt. knowing her rec
ord and that she Is one of the most
notorious women in the city, you are
willing to take her under your pro-
lection? ,"
II know all about her. have In
vcstiga ted her record and It Ia ever
worse than YOU picture it. Still | am
willing to take her, give her a home,
food and a sisters love. ] believe that
we can effect a cure returned the
Major sm!llngly,
The Magistrate drummed on the
desk with his fingers, looked az the
, prisoner and then at Major McEwan
Then
Sentence suspended he announced
briefly.
That scene occurred Just one year
ago, This month the object Of the
Majors solicitudc celebrated the frs
anniversary OF her rescue. She celt-
hrated it at the Rescue Home Of the
salvation Army. 316 East Fifteenth
street. Her cheeks were round and
rosy, her eyes clear. her step steady
and her clothes neat and sufficient