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Evening star., 1917-05-27

Old Bill Bradley, who is high pri-
vate in the rear rank in the Home
Guards of the little town, doesn't see
mo sense at all in 'this yer intensive
training them fellers over at Fort Myer
are doin'.' No. Stree. Besides. Bill
went over there on Sunday and re-
ports that he doesn't see why they call
it intensive. because there weren't any
tents in sight.
Bills one of those old boys who have
reached the point where they don't
care how long they wear derby hat
In summer, nor how much of their sus-
penders show at any time. Oh. he's a
regular old-time gentleman. 1893 style,
and he has Spanish war record. too.
Didn't he belong to the Hawkeye Blues
that volunteered to a man and wore
thick blue pants all one summer? Well.
guess.
So when Bill turned out to drill with
the Home Guards he let the younger
He Just stuck around because he was
a veteran and had had experience and
wanted to let the boys know he was
there on the job doing his bit.
Bill doesn't think very much Of the
drillmaster. either. The Hawkeye Blues
had a drillmaster Of their own who
had also been a member of the JIM
dandy Mecca Zouaves. You remember
drilled in red breeches. with nickel
plated rifles while the captain stood
in the middle of human wheels and
things and drilled the boys by whistle.
Furthermore. Bill was on team that
went to Frostburg once. and drilled
everybody else Off the lot and almost
had fight before they returned home.
That's why Bill doesn't like this new
way of drilling The dr.llmast simply
can't get Bill to obey the command
about face" The regulations now
%hA
toe Of one foot assisted by the bali of
the other. But not for Bill. He faced
about" before these present drillmas-
ters were out of kits. Bill just digs
his heel into the ground 1,sl and r,si Whiris Is
the way the Hawkeyes did it, and that's
good enough for him..
There were two women, dressed gau-
dily and expensively. and they walked
down Vermont avenue as il they were
Roman matrons who owned property
on both sides OF the Appian way. or.
better still, Chicago people who owned
4 large lot of lake front or whatever
it is that's valuable out that way.
And there was also upon Vermont
avenue a saucy little cullud maid, who
was all dressed up in maids clothes
starchy white things with q big apron
and a big bow and a lot Of white and
starchy bows about the headpiece She
certainly was starchy little cullud
maid.
Now the maid was strutting down the
avenue with her head aloft and was
giving an airing to one of these fancy
little Pekinese spahiels costing thou
sands Of dollars and sold BY Troy
weight.
"Oh! Ohw exclaimed one Of the loudly
dressed women. Took at that pretty
dog, Isn't he dear"
The starchy little cullud maid tipped
her nose a point higher and with self
possession born Of long service in tho
very best of families. uttered no sound,
81 never saw such q sweet little dog
Evening star., 1917-05-27
HEARD AND SEEN.

said the lady: 'swhat kind of a dog y.
he?" -
The starchy little cuilud maid smiled
and said:
What kind did you say?"
"A Speakin Ease dog"
The lady made another try at IL:
Did you say 1t is a-a speaking ease
"Yes. man; and he speak. too"
.oh. please make him speak," pleade3<
To which the cullud maid replied.
"Iie only speak fer de madam"
They were dancing merrily. this
young man and the young woman. and
we're talking Of nothing at all. when
suddenly the girl asked:
'Have you enlisted?"
NO." answered the youth.
Haven't you Joined the officers re-
mo. not yet. I haven't thought much
about that sort of thing"
Haven't you done anything about
the war;
NO" the youth replied
Whereupon the girl stopped dancing.
II wish you would take me to seat.
don't think want to dance with you"
:: =
When the soldiers are relieved from
duty in the siege OF town do tho
seneschals of the watch tower come
down to a little postern gate and open
wicket and take in the leaguering
ones that they may store their weapons
within the walls of their enemy city?
Such thoughts as these ran through
my head only a few nights past at some
thing that took place in the House of
Representatives office building.
You know there are always a pair OF
suffrage sentinels standing guard at
the corner Of New Jersey avenue and
B street-opposite the front door OF the
House Office building. They stand there
with their banners day after day, day
after day. I doubt if any member Of
Congress or any one of the thousands
OF men who pass those banners by could
repeat properly the words upon the
purple and gold cloth. but, Of course.
every one knows the women arc EMU
lating soldiers standing guard on q bat
tie line; that they are besiesfng Con-
Congress capitulates and pays a ran
som in the shape of universal suffrage.
Well, it was night or two ago that
! saw skirt switching into a store
as passed the switching skirt looked
further and beheld an old employe OF
the building and the two suffrage sen
tineis. The employe had just opened
the door with his key and the suffrage
sentinels were in the act Of leaning
their banners against the wall, TO be
stored there for the night.
Which Is to laugh! The soldiers stand
about the walls all day. besieging Con-
gross: and then when night comes
down fall the besiegers' banners and
one Of those within the walls opens tho
postern gate and takes into the bosom
OF the city the very ones who are be-
sieging 1t, that their weapons and ban
ners may be safe against the morrow.
But look out. Congress. It was by a
trick Of opening the walls that let in
the Trojan horse. EARL GOODWIN.
Evening star., 1917-05-27
IRISH CONVENTION PLAN.
From the Boston Globe.

From the Boston Globe.
The story Of the attainment OF South
African unity is full of hope for those
who would like to see ireland at rest.
From the Chicago Herald.
The solution Of the Irish problem. the
Irish convention will ind, lies in the
word "compromise."
From the New York World.
In fact, the question in ireland, once
approached reasonably by all classes,
should be easier of adjustment than
that which once confronted the people
Of Canada
From the Cincinnati Times|shr.
Three cheers for auld Ireland" 1t 10
now up to the green isle to realize for
herself what she has been demanding
these many years-self-Governme
Evening star., 1917-05-27
'rom the Philadelphia Press.

From the Philadelphia Press.
II success is to attend the delibeya-
tions Of the Irish constitutional conven.
tion the delegates must enter It pre-
pared to give and take.
From the Brooklyn Eagle.
That It IL the best of politics for the
British ministry to play cannot be de-
MED. On Ireland 10 thrown the full re-
sponsibility for her own disa agreements
From the New York Herald.
Home rule efforts in the past have
failed because they did not begin at the
right end. Instead of permitting the
Irish people to formulate Q sohemA OF
government satisfactory to themselves,
Great Britain has attempted to Do This
for them.
Evening star., 1917-05-27
A HORRIBLE EXAMPLE.


he Man Who Hasn't Bought = LIB
eRty bond"
There 10 q man In our town
Who hasn't bought q bond.
Who hasn't got ths common sense
To sse his n0ee bsyond.
He has the situation
Sized up to Guit himself.
And cannot zee bit Of need
To punsis up his pelf.
He figures that the government
VIII somehow put 1t through,
And It 10 not MP to him
To do his utmost, too.
He thinks he's patriotic:
He wears q button dag-
Now, when his country asks for aid,
How does he dase to lag?
Some one must wake this sleeper up.
Hs must be made to SO
That every dollar 0f this loan
Strikes blew for liberty.
Don't lst yourself be Ike this MAN
Send your subscription now.
If yeu can't take tAsuSand,
TaAo Afty anyhow.
Buffalo News.
Evening star., 1917-05-27
The Bouquet.

Where once the violet was due
For some poetic spasm,
The rustic scenery we view
Without enthusiasm.
Now everybody everywhere
LII civilized creation
The soil is hastening to prepare
For useful vegetation.
So never mind the blossoming bower,
With perfumes soft and f1eeting,
But bring along q caulihower
To make Nay day greeting.d
Evening star., 1917-05-27

The safety of a republic depends
largely on keeping an army out of
politics; and no less on keeping politics
out Of an army.
Evening star., 1917-05-27

The thrifty Tenton will smile at the
waste Of crockery now in the possession
of the allies when it is resolved to
smash everything with the "made in
Germany" mark. The economical way
would be to use what is on hand and
wait for it to meet its inevitable doom
at the hands Of the kitchen domestic.
Evening star., 1917-05-27

Berlin's invitation to Russia to accept
separate peace and retire from all
prospects of future national greatness is
not even good specimen Of a scrap of
paper.
Evening star., 1917-05-27

Europe continues to wonder why
divine right could be construed as Civ
ing the German crown prince natural
authority to control the world both ways
from the Mediterranean sea.
Evening star., 1917-05-27
NIisleadinr Influence.

"Do you think a sensational reformer
does any harms"
"No," replied Senator Sorghum. "But
he is. liable to cause number of indi-
viduals disappointment by making them
think it doesn't require any special gifts
to stand up and charm crowd"
Evening star., 1917-05-27

Uncle Sam is enduring with fortitude
the reminders that this nation may have
to bear the brunt of this greatest of
wars physically as we'll as financially.
Evening star., 1917-05-27

Posterity will reap tho benefit Of sac
riiees made to insure victory and pos
terity will not complain Of the duty of
bearing a share Of the pecuniary bur-
den.
Evening star., 1917-05-27
PhiIosophic ResiRnation,

'Do you believe a pessimist can be
a complete success in lifep
"No," replied Mr.. Growcher. "You
can't hope to displease everybody"
Evening star., 1917-05-27
Suspicion.

When earnest energy awakes,
Some faults must make the critic sob
The man who never makes mistakes
Is, maybe, loafng on the job.
Evening star., 1917-05-27

Some persuasion may be necessary
with the dealer in foodstuffs who thinks
he is economizing when he gives the
consumer less for the money.
Evening star., 1917-05-27
A Combination.

care you going to fight or raise food~
"Little o. both, suh;" replied Mr.. Eras-
tus Pinkley. "I's gineter git my chicken
coop well populated an den rs gineter
hang right over it wiz shotgun"
Evening star., 1917-05-27
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Scarcity.

Scarcity.
care dancing men scarce this seasoni"
II haven't observed" replied Miss
Cayenne. "But with all this demand for
soldiers and farmers, fancy they'd
better make themselves So"
Evening star., 1917-05-27

Woman workers are striking in Paris.
Feminine industrial responsibility was
expected to set better example.
Evening star., 1917-05-27

The date for the appearance of the
straw hat remains strangely uncertain
this year.
Evening star., 1917-05-27

The thermometer stays at a low level
that prices refuse to accept as model.
Evening star., 1917-05-27
AROUND THE CITY.

Once there were 4 Julia and q Mary
ana . brass button man. Julia wanted
him, as pass key that would let her
in tho navy set, but the other girl
loved him-like the merry, merry maiden
loved the tar Same way with
him. Then the spider in Julfa's dis
position weaved a web Of deceit that
nearly meshed the sailor man. but
Mary got him all right. and after the
marriage she sent word to Julia that
she would pay her back for her mean
ness II It took lifetime Of years.
Then. naturally. she forgot all about
1t. She knew, of course, when Julia
married and went to Baltimore to live
and when her husband deserted her
and the baby and she had to go to
misfortunes Not II you are tho right
sort of woman yourself. So the years
skipped along, and while they were
about It Mrs. Mary lived in nice
home. Georgetown way. and when her
sailor man came homo from foreign
ports he brought her bolts OF crepe and
silks. and trinkets and ecarfs and
everything!
Then, one day, he went voyaging on
the waters OF eternal life, and the nice
home became a gloomy house. and Mrs.
Mary, turned morbid. got to remember
dreadful things she would like to dc
to her for SO nearly wrecking the
happy years that were gone. She even
prayed to her good angel to help her
pay Julia back-and you know, your
self. that was downright sin.
Then the years limped by instead OF
skipping. until not 50 long ago one Of
them brought an old friend from Balti-
more, who knew all about Julia's paraly-
sis and of how her daughter had a chance
care Of both Of them, only she Simply
wouldn't.
And I don't blame her. No girl wants
to be . shabby bride for rich in-laws to
poor child is ever going to have a cent
left for clothes with sick mother on her
hands and l., only enough salary to swear
And it wasn't until after the express.
man had gohe with a trunk packed and
1ammed with bolts Of crepe and silks, and
trinkets, and scarfs and-everything.
realize that she hadn't at all intended to
pay Julia's meanness back like that.
So it may be-just may be, under
stand-that her good angel took the
matter in hand and
You never can tell. you know.
::
:: x
ANY luck?"
The woman who asked was standing
outside of a big department store. The
woman who answered had just come
out of the store. She was huge wom-
an with worry lines between her eyes
but the eyes were smirking.
"Middlin'. didn't get the job,
but
why. the idear. I'd like to know
where they expect to get anybody fat
tern you! I thought you'd make the
finest sort of model Of what figger
oughtn't to be, didn't your
well. We were both mistaken" and
the braggadocio in the huge ones voice
routed both the worry and the smirk.
"Tne lady that's doin' the demonstratin'
says I've got too gooder form"
''She didn't have the face to tell you
that?"
well. she did. then! What they
want is a squashy, shapeless bag OF a
Evening star., 1917-05-27

In connection with the great shortage
Of tin cans in the United States and the
idea which has been ad-
Tin Can vanced by the government
shorta.. that Gamers OF the coun-
o"oA'ase. try will have to give up
the canning Of beans and soups. it is in
teresting to note that the Department of
Commerce has been cooperating very
closely with the Department Of Agricul-
ture. both Of whom have been striving to
increase the output of tin cans for food
containers. To this end the Department
Of Commerce officials have endeavored
to increase the supply of tin, to secure
the continuous movement Of the materials
entering into the tin cans from the place
of production to the place OF use. and to
facilitate the supply and movement of
machinery for producing cans. In its
work the department Is doing all that it
the tin can industry Of this country.
There is no possible doubt. say experts
Of the department who have been study
ing this situation. Of the steady and
growing demand for its products.
According to those who have been
looking into the subject. tin plate is 80
per cent nt steel and Per cent tin IN. Steel
bone OF war. and the mills have not been
able to keep all their customers fully sup
piled at all times. Moreover. abnormal
freight demands have made prompt de-
liveries uncertain. There have also been
decreased imports Of pig TIM due to de-
ping facilities. It 10 not surprising, there
fore. say the officials. that the tin plate
makers cannot provide the can manu-
facturers with sufficient plate to enable
Evening star., 1917-05-27

iarable in adyance-by mail. postage prepaid:
Daily, Sunday included, one month, SO cents.
Daily, Sunday excepted. one month. 90 cents.
Saturday star. 81 year: Sunday Star, $40 year.
Evening star., 1917-05-27

IN; ;ered as sscond-elass mail matter 1t the pos
o@i,. at Warrington. D. c.
Evening star., 1917-05-27

On the 12th OF April. 1867. a gas ex-
pIosion occurred in the basement OF
The daily Alaskan., 1917-04-07
From Emorio to America.

The transformation that take place in a name as it passes through differ ens languages can only be accounted for by carelessnesS in tsapsmission. One would scarcely expect the name of Emeric, the name of plous Hun garlan prince of the eleventh century, who was made a saint to take the form of Amerigo in Italian and of Amory and Emery in English. The name in German, but little changsd from the original is Emmerich. This obscure Hungarian saint has been a person of consequence in this world, for from his Tsme has come that Of this great comment. In the fifteenth century. in the Italian form of Ameri- 20, it was bestowed upon an Italian navigator surnamcd Nespucci, and this continent. by still further mutiladon of the name, came to be known as America. When King Stephen of Hun gary was choosing q name for his son he could scarcely have imagined that the name chosen was to be the parent of the word America and that poor old Christopher Columbus was thereby to be despoiled of recognition that Is far from being compensated for by the term Columbia.-lndianapOhs News.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-04-07
HE GERMAN REPUBLIC?

switzerland, Portugal, China! Russia? Why not the German re- public? r..
 Time improbable, the incredible, t.a seemingly impossible, happened iuCE1na after a few weeks of revo- luti9r. The more improbable and mere incredible has seemingly hap a-ard in Russia after a few days of revolution. In Germany democrat I. feeling has been widespread and deep seated for 9 long time. It was ID combat it, 10 vindicate the mon .-chial system, to make secure the t.a- cl the House or Hohenzollern ugon the German throne that Will helm IT. and his fellow consp-ators .r.ueL 9 war. finally pIuuging the world into it.
 \ German republic would have seemed three years ago infinitely more probable than a Chinese or Russian republic. The Germans are much ahead of the Russians and 5.e Chinese in the distribution of .ducation among the masses, and .aughtenment is the most powerful ..L impIacable enemy of autOcracy. The Germans of the humber class a-a better educated than the Eng fish. the Scotch, the Irish.
 The sentiment for popular educa- ton in Germany - a chain with broken Iinks-dates back to Charle- mague, whose somewhat fantastic academy in his palace at Aix-la- ClapeIe did not divert his interest from the needs of the number and prevent him from instituting schools at which sons of the plain people as well as sDriEs Of nobility, might procure the rudiments of education.
 Fro.n tlc period of the brother hood schools ot the Fourteenth cen trry 10 that of the "Hahere Mad cheuschuleu" and the Realgymna- zium" for girls, established at the beginning of the Twentieth cen tury, the history Of education in Germany has been one of steady advancement. Melanchthon, Martin Luther, Bergenhagen, Johannes, Brenz, Wolf, Friedland, stWm, Dr. studt are names known as land marks along the road of enlighten- mert. The German universities are seats of learning sought by students from every country of both hemi- spheres.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-04-07
Bath We-e Envious.

It was in Cleveland, and the day was hot. The MaStodonS had Just fin ished their parade, and Charles Froh man, pcrspiring and wearing the ab horred silk hat, entered the box office of the opera house on Cleveland ave nue. Sitting in the treasurers seat ne saw a sturdy lad lingering a pile oi silver dollars. He slipped them in and out with amazing dcXterity. Hearing q noise. he looked up and beheld young Frohman with the tile tilted back or his head. The boys eyes met. Into each came wistfuI look.
 q wish had that silk hat of yours, said the boy at the window.
 q wish l could do what you are do ing with that money was the re sponse of the puviCd one.
 Such was the meeting of two mel who aftcrward became dominant fig ures in the theatrical world. The boy with the dollars was A. l.. Erlanger -"Charles Frohmau, Manager ant Man"
The daily Alaskan., 1917-04-07

HobOken is New York port, skagway is an Alaskan port. But there was a great similarity be- tween the two great ports this morning, that is in point of shlp tonnage, for there were no less than five ships in this hArbor when the bright sun took a slant at the White Pass dock.
 The Redondo, the Prince John the Princess Sophia, the City 0i Seattle and the gas launch BIdar ,were all laying alongside the dock, and all were busily engaged in dischargins their freight.
 The steamer Jefferson is due to arrive this afternoon at three o'clock.
 The Prince John got away for tba south at 10 o'clock. The Princess Sophia will sail to- night at : o'clock and the City ot Seattle sailed at 1O:5O o'clock this morning.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-04-07
NiIkm1ids In London.

At one time it was q common thing Co see miIkmaldS in Fleet street. Lon don milknaidS of past days were usually strongly built Irish or Welsh girls. mostly Welsh. but how long ago it is since one yuGrlcd in Fleet street 1t is difficult to say. Yet only a few years ago a milimaid actually rrac, ticed her calling in the open in central London. Two cows were attached to the Milk fair" in St. James park, near Spring gardens. anl q tumblerfuI of milk fresh from the cow was a popular beverage. The fair" which was held by a family descended from the original holders of ,sn cd privilege granted by royalty, was abolishe9 by order of the office of workS.-LOndon Chronicle.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-04-07
FREE SEEDS
 COME EARLY

The Daily Alaskan is in receipt of a pouch containing a number of seeds, flower and vegetable, from the Alaska Experimental sta ticn, the shipment coming from Hon.. James Wickersham. While there was no note accompanying the shipment of seeds, it is presumed that they are for free distribution, SC those wishing the seeds may each have one package by calling at this office between the hours Of .12 o'clock noon and one o'clock on Monday and each day thereafter un- til the supply is exhausted. Not mere than one package to each person.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-04-07

It Is not remarkable that R Ger man emporer in theT@entieth eene tury has feared the logical argu- meuts of advocates of democracy, and has taken activa and desperate measures to preserve the privileges of divine right" 1t is not i'm probable that the fall of the Ro- manoffs so haunts the dreams of the Rohenzollerns monarch - posss' bly the last of his line - that the fall of Verdun would handy calm the royal nerves. Macbeth, who murdered one man that he might become a king, did not sleep less serenely perhaps than Wilhelm Ill., whose ambition to remain an em- porer, and to secure the throne with it's emoluments and immunities for his son and his sons son, has cost IO,OOO,OOO lives.
 A German republic would be a glorious result of the war. The German people, governing them selves, would be hailed as bro thers by Americans. The great est single step that could be talk eu toward & lasting peace between the great European nations would be the establishment of republi- can government as the supplanter of Prussian autocracy.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-04-07
WANT CABINS
 ON ALL TRAILS

Juneau, April 7-The Territorial House of Representatives devoted the entire day yesterday discussing the question of building cabins along the trails of the territory for the protection of travellers who are .urneying from one place to an- other in the winter season. lnstanc- es were cited where lives were lost and untold hardship undergone for want of place to stop over night or take refuge in against indictment weather " persons on the trails.
 The Territorial Senate spent yesterday morning in discussing the new pension laws for indigents and others deuendent on the Territory Ditto in the afternoon.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-04-07
MEDAL CONTEST
 COMING UP

Miss Lois Butt is planning on a Silver Medal contest at the Pres bvterian Church on Thursday next, and while it is understood that the little contestants are all prepared with their readings, the program entire has net as yet been arrang- ed, and the full announcement will appear in the paper early in the coming week
The daily Alaskan., 1917-04-07
Not Drastic.

Of the unconscious humor of wit nesses the following iS not bad eI- ample:
 NlaCiStrate-I understand, then, that after hccLling the candidate the de fendaut became very violent and abu- slve?
 CUmstable-lcS. sir
 And SC" continued the magistrate, "you used drastic measures to remove him."
 COnStable-No, sir: used my club.