Evening star., 1918-03-17

pedo The explosion, however. could
not be avoided, and the ship began to
| sink eight minutes after being struck.
| Although in weakened condition.
Lieut. Kalk swan from one raft to
| another among the men afloat in a
turbulent sea. trying to equalize the
weight of each raft. He finally sue
cumbed to exposure.
Lieut.. Kalk was born in Alabama,
October IA, 1894. He was appointed to
| the Naval Academy from Nebraska in
| ing from June. 1916. Previous to serv-
ing on the Jacob Jones he was attached
| to the United States ship Florida.
I Historic occasions succeed one an
| other rapidly in Washington nova
days, says the
When Wilson Pitts u rgh
Addresses Congress. Times. Nome
of them causes a greater stir in all
circles than one of President Wilson's
addresses to Congress.
Often the announcement that the
President will address the Congress
| on some problem of world Importance
comes with little previous warning
people who must be present. Repre-
! sentatives in automobiles stretch the
speed limit; correspondents. overcoat-
less. in the chill spring air, arrive
| atorial offices are besieged with re-
quests for passes to the visitors gall
| lery. stream of cars and pedestrians
presses and swirls about the steps 'of
the Capitol.
The joint sessions are held in the
chamber of the House of Representa-
tives, block of seats being set aside
for the senators. The great. dim room
with its confusing cross-lights is filled
to the last row of benches, in striking
contrast to the halfempty. restless ap-
pearance of routine session. The
faces of cabinet members look down
from their gallery; the diplomatic
Mr.. Wilson enters briskly, with an
air of making direct for the point He
shakes the Speakers hand, and a mo-
ment later his incisive voice penetrates
to every corner of the great, listening
cha m ber. He speaks in clear, level
tones. and marks his emphasis by the
use of concentrated earnestness of
enunciation. He never shouts: his de-
livery is never impassioned or oratori-
cal He makes the intellectual and not
the emotional appeal; he seeks, not to
move his hearers, but reasoned concIu-
sion Never were issues heavy for mil
lions with the chances of hope and de-
81 II,
treated with a more unimpassioned and
impersonal rationalism.
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A few years ago. says the Virginia
Pilot and Norfolk Landmark, the
woman who carried a fan
Milady's usually did so because she
really craved its cooling
it because everybody else does. That is
to say, fans are in vogue again, and
debutantes and dowagers ply them
gracefully-or awkwardly as the case
may beat dance and opera, reception
and after dinner in the drawing room.
Incidentally. Mrs Wilson has a great
liking for ostrich feather fans, and has
set the style for Washington official
society.
Perhaps fans and coal shortage
don't seem to go together. But if you
have noticed you have probably OBJ
served that the FAM is often used as
protection against the cold draught.
With a scarf across the shoulders and
large ostrich feather fan spread
open the woman in low decolletage is
really protected from vagrant breezes
OF course, the ostrich fan is the pet
of the moment. The plumes are not
tightly curled and sometimes. indeed,
they are unhurled. Usually they are
loosely curled and so set that there
is no appearance of crowding. Some
of the fans are made of five huge
feathers, with curled tops, the central
one long and the other ones several
inches shorter. Opened. this fan gives
the appearance of a crest.
The vogue for fans has extended to
the smaller ones, and painted gauze
fans. spangled parchment fans. lace
spread on ivory sticks and painted
ivory fans are all occasionally carried
Indeed. rare fans of the heirloom type
are occasionally carried by their own
ers nowadays.
One does not see a great deal of
Mrs. Longworth these days, writes
Washington cor
Mrs. Longworth in respondent in the
War Work. ans - u,A sun'
does see her one notices that she has
changed almost past recognition. She
is a thoroughly capable. businesslike-
looking person. The sleepy. heavy
Iidded eyes are wide open, the sug-
gestion of subtlety is gone. Like
every one else. and as her fathers
daughter would be of necessity. she