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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-06-09
Makers Of Seliishness.
BY H. ARLINGTON BRUCE.
Copyright, 1881

/ You appreciate the havoc worked by
selfishness You know that it is one
Of the surest sources Of misery. sor-
row and suffering. You are sincerely
anxious so to rear your little girl that
she shall grow into a kind. unselnsh
woman.
/ sympathize with your desire. TO
help YOU realize it let me offer rev
suggestions.
No one can question your love Tor
your daughter. But it is. to say the
least. unfortunate that you are so
fond Of her that you are continually
making needless sacrifices for her.
Yesterday afternoon. when YOU
wished to attend the meeting OF your
mothers' club, she begged. you to
stay home and read to her. She was
on the verge of tears when you hesi,
tated. She could very well have read
to herself. Or she could haze amused
herself in some other way.
R,1t YOU could not bear to th1nk OF
causinr her pain. She wanted you to
remain with her-therefore you re-
manned.
done time and again. Sometimes, 10
be sure, it is right for you 10 40 II.
But not all the time.
when YOU yield so frequently to
your childs entreaties you are as
suredly, roofing in her mind ideas
which are almost certain TO blossom
You are giving her false notions OF
her importance. You are helping to
develop exaggerated views OF her
rights" -,
The same unfortunate result is All
too likely to follow from your hapit
% 60 hor things which she
ought to be doing for herself.
She is old enough to button ner
shoes. brush her hair and otherwise
attend to her attire. But every morn
ing. before she goes to schooi, you
fuss over her as though she were selii
Is This not likely to prevent in her
the growth of initiative and self
reliance? Is it not likely to foster the
growth of selfshness?
And why do you discourage your
daughter from joining actively In the
games of the school playground ana
mingling with other little girls when
away from school?
You are afraid. you say. that their
rude ways may wound her sensitive
nature She has already complained
that other girls do not treat her as
they should.
Decidedly they have not always
given in to her as you do at home.
some yielding in her turn.
Which may wound her sensitive
Had l not better say self-important?
nature. But which will also have
the desirable effect of quickeninE in
her the sense of social responsibility.
Let her have the discipline of the
playground. She needs it. She needs
it all the more because your over
affection for her has been leading
you into what are real errors Of up
bringing.
You need never hope to make your
child unselfsh by making yourself a
slave to her. Moderate your love with
common sense.
Do not veer to the opposite extreme
OF GOODNESS and severity. That also is
maker of selfishness.
But let your daughter see plainly
that sacrifices are expected of her as
well as of you. her father and her
schoolmates. Help her to share the
joy you yourself experience in unset
fish conduct.
If you do not begin soon it will be
too late. Life trends are formed early.
And the shaping of them is chiefly
in the mothers hands.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-06-09
Silence of the Doors.

From the Atlantic.
Friends who had been and seen and
who had come home again had gone off
blitheiy and unselfshly- 80 drive ambu-
lances. to nurse the wounded, to know
the storm center for themselves: and
they had come back sobered, which was
Ineligible. and silent. which was un-
Ineligible. That they should speak
modestly of their deeds was natural, but
that they should be so strangely reticent
in speaking of the grim total fact and of
their inner reactions was unnatural.
They had been willing to communicate
a few items from their adventure. but
of their total experience they would
not speak. The cleverest raconteur
broke down. The most discerning phi
losopher found himself beyond his depth.
A touch of the ineffable seemed to have
entered into the lives of all such who
had seen and shared. however briefly
and humbly, in the strain and stress of
the storm center.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-06-09
HEAVY FREIGHT COSTS
DUE LONG WAITS
Spend More Time in Terminals
Than on Road to
Destination.

"a staggering proportion of the cost
per mile of hauling a ton of railroad
freight is due to operations which
comprise but small part of the ac-
tual cost. Again, a car of, freight
spends an unconscionsable time in
and about terminals compared with
it's time en- route"
So says Francis S. Carmody, presi-
dent of the Henderson Motor Com
pany. local agents for the Saxon car.
THE long. heavy train and the high
powered locomotive will reduce costs
when the miles are flying under the
wheels at forty to the hour, but the
shifting, shunting and COMPOSITIONS in
crowded terminals are costly alike to
the carrier and the consignee.
Railroads must, of course, main
tain vast terminals in the hearts of
great cities; networks of tracks in
cumber expensive land. to be used
largely for storage purposes by hard
pressed house aisles.
This terminal congestion plays a
bold part in food riots, the cost of
living and the earnings of railroads;
1t affects ocean commerce and domes-
tic production; it strangles the rail-
road. Its cure is the motor truck.
by tn general use of motor trucks
1t will be possible to make every
siding within miles Of the city into
a bit OF terminal, where rush and
nerishable freight may be unloaded
into the waiting trucks and brought
to the owner in an hours time.
Business concerns may thus stretch
their delivery radius until it is no
longer profitable to pay demurrage
rather than take delivery.
I'm time of prosperity and rising
prices there is small incentive to cut
down working stocks at mill and fac
tory. and with the bugbear of short
haul transportation shifted into ca
pable thews of the motor truck the
whole problem is simplified.
THE quartermaster department of
the United States Army recently sub
stituted three-ton trucks for the finest
equipment of four-mile wagons that
money could buy, and in supplying a
camp two miles distant from the rail-
head each truck was declared equiva-
lent to seventeen wagons.
And the increase in motor truck
transportation will drive goods over
the loading platforms of the great
terminals in stream whose volume
is SO tremendous as to be beyond es-
innate"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-06-09
camphor Plantation.

From Popular science Monthly.
The first and only bearing cainphor
plantation Of any size in this country In
located atsatsuma. Fla 1t contains over
two thousand acres Of camphor trees.
which last year yielded over ten thou
sand pounds OF crude campher. This
year it is expected that the yield will be
many times this amount Florida has
several other plantations which will soon
come into bearing Many more trees are
being planted and camphor may soon be-
come profitable
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-06-09
Famous Highwayman.

From the London Chronicle.
Duval Of the Bonnet Rouge. now
awaiting execution. bears a name known
In our own annals by the criminal
achievements Of Claude Duval. the
French page turned highwsyman In Res
toration times. He was the terror OF all
on the roads save pretty women. After
he had been captured and sentenced
many women Of high degree petitioned
in his favor. But they hanged him at
Tyburn and buried him In Covent Gar
den Church with the epitaph:
Here lies Dn Vail: Reader. II male thou art,
Look to thy purse: IL female. - thy heart.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-06-09
THE EXPERTS SAY.

One reason for side slipping may be
found in the fact that some drivers
take corners at fast rate OF speed.
Allowing that the pavement is Slip
pery, the motorist should round turns
slowly, and with caution. The Gluten
should be released If there is ten
dency for the car to slip, out the
brake should be applied gently. but
not sufficiently long to stall the mo-
tor. When this takes place very ire
,uently the rear tires will lose their
lateral grip on the road surface. MO-
florists should never steer machihe
sharply from a curb when the sur
face Is wet.
When mesh of fine screening Is
used in the lubricating system to sep
arate foreign matter from the oil
these screens should be frequently in
spected.
Weakening of the springs which
close the valves is a common cause OF
faulty engine operation. whenever
the valves are taken out the springs
should be examined to see That they
are all of the same length.
In battery ignition systems there is
usually employed notched rotator
against which presses the latch or
trigger. with short springs attached.
When this latch becomes worn the en-
tire system will fail to operate prop
erly and it is a wise precaution to
carry a spare latch in the tool box.
1t is not difficult to remove and re-
place this latch. which fits in but one
way, so there is no danger of placing
1t wrong.
Unless caro- is taken to have the
surface absolutely clean. considerable
difficulty is encountered in attempting
to paint over polished brass. To in
sure a satisfactory job, the brass
should first be secured with mixture
of salt and vinegar to remove all
grease, after which the surface should
be washed with hot soapsuds and
wiped dry with clean rag. There
after the paint may be applied with
out risk of its running while wet or
chipping off after it has dried.
The car owner who would rather
produce all his own ingredients" st
home may be glad to know that an
excellent body polish may be made
from the following: One pint of tur-
pentine. one pint of wood alcohol,
one quart of distilled water and one
quart Of paraf1n oil. The alcohol
and turpentine should be mixed, after
which the water and paraffin oil
should be added. The best way OF
mixing the latter two is to place them
in a bottle and shake them briskly
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-06-09
A Donion.

From tho London Chronicle.
The puzzling reference to the Dun
geon" at Lincoln's Inn may have
arisen from a mistaken idea that the
gateaouse, one of the three remain
ing buildings of this character in
London. was medieval ''donjon."
from which we derive dungeon" But
the donjon was always an interior
building. a great tower in the castle
keep, to which the besieged resorted
when the outer gate was carried by
the enemy. Peaceful Lincoln's Inn. of
course. never had or required such
protection for It's studious occupants.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-06-09
USED TO BEST ADVANTAGE.
0ceupational Qualifications Consid-
cred in Assigning Soldiers.

The plan of placing soldiers where
their occupational qualifications can
be used to the best advantage to the
military establishment has been
worked out to such a degree that 24o.-
900 transfers of men from one unit to
another have taken place in home
camps.
In order that the system may be
worked overseas, general order just
issued requires every enlisted man
leaving this county to make out an
occupational card
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-06-09
Francis Visits Petroerad.

The presence in Petrograd of AM
bassador Francis was reported to the
State Department yesterday. The am
bassador went to the former Russian
capital on June for a short stay.
Other dispatches to the department
safd conditions in Petrograd were bad,
Especially as to food supplies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-06-09
The solution should be applied with
the soft side of a canton flannel cloth
and polished with a dry cloth.


and polished with a dry cloth.
An excellent way to locate suspect
ed leaks in the carburet0r float is to
immense the part in hot water. In
this way any gasoline in the inte-
rior willsb vaporized and will force
its way out Of the hole. which may
be located by watching for the bub.
bles to rise. The float should. OF
course, be removed from the water
the instant the bubbles cease arising.
The car owner who intends to do
any repainting work will do well to
see that all exposed oil holes are
stuffed with felt or waste to prevent
their being painted over and so
choked. This latter condition will re-
suit in failure of oil to reach the
bearings when the car is again being
run.
In many engines using a pressure
feed oiling system the regulator uses
a ball check valve in a housing. To
remove this ball often Is difficult, es-
pecially so IL the ball lacks .iphericify
and is stuck. To remove such ball
geean L-shaped tube or rod of di-
ameter slightly smaller than the ball.
place a little grease over one end
and introduce the creased end into
the opening. Usually the ball sticks
to the end of the tube and then with
drawal is easy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-06-09
Mans Superiority.

From Parsons.
Papa-See the spider. my boy. spin
ming his web. Is it not wonderful?
Do you reflect that. try as he may. no
man could spin that web?
Johnny-What of it? See me spin
this top? Do you reflect that, try as
he may. no spider could spin this top?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-06-09

When a mesh of fine screening is
used in the lubricating system to sep,
arate foreign matter from the OIL
these screens should be frequently IN
spected.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-06-09

Gen. Sir William Willcocks, COVER
nor of Bermuda. was awarded the
honorary degree of doctor of laws by
Amherst College at the ninety-sev-
enth commencement Wednesday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-06-09
HOLDS SOCIALISTS
ARE NOW FOR WAR
Julian Pierce Wants a Re-
! statement of the Party's
j Platform.

Confident of reelection as secretary
Of the Washington socialist party,
JAlian Pierce today announced the
plans which he will strive to carry
sn.dur:ng the ensuing year. The most
Important of these is 1Se proposal to
help secure a restatement Of the So
cia1,st party's attitude toward the
war.
The ina jori.y report" adopted by
the national emergency convention at
st. Louis during the first week of
April. 1917. disapproved tire entrance
Of the United States into the war as
well as the causes of the European
war, claiming that it was war of
capitalists and not one for democracy.
However, Mr.. Pierce believes that
International conditions have changed
with almost revolutionary scope since
the convention and that the socialists
are not indifferent as to the outcome
Of. the war.
Now in Favor of War
A number of members of the Wash
1nston socialist party expressed the
helief that majority of the socialists
are behind Mr.. Pierce in his stand
fdE restatement of the party's atti-
ttfde toward the war. although there
age a few who are still inclined to
thfnk that the United States should
never have entered the war or are neu-
trail as to the outcome of the conflict.
One of the supporters of Mr.. Pierce
Is a 18th street business man and a
leading member of the Washington
socialist party. He said the socialists
In general were now in favor of the
war, although no referendum had
been taken to prove this. However,
he said that he had heard few men,
bers of the local party express dis
favor of this country's entrance into
the war. 1t is his belief that if a
snecial convention of executives is
called they will unanimously adopt an
International program, such as that
adopted by the allied socialist con-
ference at London in February. This
afffed program necessitates restate-
1uent of the socialists position on the
war and in favor of a lasting peace
for the world.
Mr.. Pierce stated that the attitude
of the Washington socialists would be
Interpreted with the outcome of the
vote in his favor because of the stand
he has taken in his campaign for re-
election.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-04-25
..HoWI,st .Thisa

u We otter One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case Of Catarrh that cannot be
cured by Halls Catarrh Medicine.
Halls Catarrh Medicine has been taken
by catarrh sufferers for the past thirty
five years. and has become known as tho
most reliable remedy for Catarrh. Halls
Caterrh Medicine acts thru the Blood on
the Mucous surfaces. expelling the Poi-
son from the Blood and healing the oils.
.cased portions. Ri g, N Y.
After you have taken Halls Catarrh
Medicine for-a short time you will see g
great Improvement in your general
health. Start taking Halls Catarrh Medi-
cine at once and get rid Of catarrh. Send
for testimonials, free. SS8 4 1s554s
2. ]. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo. Ohio.
= Sold by all Druggists. 75c. II
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-04-25

4 Elowsred muslin froek that shows re.
turn to English garden fashions Il
-f: IL nt1ds of blue pink muslin.::
Surpliee body ties at back, and neck
III iIne 70 finished with upstandln0
muslin ruehe. n s;.4 s
for, these frocks. which bore close kim
ship ito d softer epoch than the one
Am which we take our part today.
q It is of psychologist al interest this
{ lntrOdacti on into wemen's apparel Of
kind Of costumery that suggests
everything. we are not at this hour.
There may be no reason than that aOf
tradition for Us to associate Powered
smuslins, big taffeta sashes with bows
at the back, immense English garden
!. mats tied under The chin, and lace-cov-
cred parasols, with that part Of won1-
ans nature that deals in coquetry, the
eternal appeal to masculine admira-
ton, helplcssness, and all the accen-
-tuated tricks Of femininitys which the
world thought 1T had wiped out to a
certain measure. II :. =, si ts
: - IGC@We 10 tCOuueCl 'lueSe ClOluSS duO
these traits. The world always looks
upon a woman who is frocked in "a
figured muslin, her eyes shaded with
"a huge hat, her arms half bare and a.
rose at her belt, as one who is out for
admiration. u i fsy4s, s3 .s..., d z. u Is
y The Leopard and His Spots. s
s There cannot arise a critic SO fool
ash in these days as to suggest that
the militant woman is not capable Of
looking like a Vatican shepherdess il
she takes 1t into her mind to do so.
Therefore, our surprise is not that! the,
women Of the moment should appear.
well in the English garden type ofI
clothes, with which one always assoc
ciates strawberries and cream, low
voices, waving hair. parted in the mid-tt
die, and SHY, almost gauche manners:
but That they should elect this howery
and futile fashion at this hour. q
h Yet they are doing 1t. Both France
and America are heaping figured fab
Tics upon its womankind. Lace is in-
stalled again. Immense bows Of taft
feta ribbon, .sashes Of every kind:
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. .FI|IpVVEl:Rl / I CLOTHES
IN WORLD At 4 | VAR
Gay Apparel Seems Futile at
Most Tragic Moment Of
Savage Conflict.
REVIVAL OF FL NvERED FR0CK
Slight BustIe, coIored Taffeta sashes,
Flowing Elbow Sleeves, and Inn
nnense Garden Hats, Among N
Favored Fashions. s

New York The attempt to Dolly
Vardenize our clothes began in Palm
Beach in January. As soon as the
French openings began in February,
we, over here, learned that they, over
there. had begun the same trick in
costumery, asserts prominent fash
ion writer.
Organizes, printed voiles and flow-
cred chiffons were the materials used
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sA1VNAAS, .SiVOM 9lCCtCS II SsuA PAASS gAS1SAAkS
with wide hand kerchiefs Of colored
fabrics, are shown and, Worn by women
who hive pf obably pehtl the morning
at IA class finin nursing at q hospital and
will spend the ening alta eanteen.
Isn't this a cur oIs psye holog deal
thing? Here We have pfeaehed for.
two years the stirngt hening tendency
of jtToacn to dress more and more like
men liz the day, and either very sim
ply or in an Amazonian fashion in the
evening. 55I5 s55tl
we have tried to standardize Clothes
foolishly, but earnestly, through all
8channels Of dress. We know that one
Of the most important leagues of
young women in America IS scirculat-s
ing petition, signed by its members,
to the effect that they are to buy only
three gowns d season, one for each
division 0ff the day, the price to be
$50 apiece, and the uniforms to be
of standard pattern. And yet these
very girls, right on top Of such an.
endeaYor as this to conserve and
economic, fling themselves into flow
cred voiles with pink and violet taft
feta sashes tied with deep hustle bows
at the back, and huge hats Of Milan
straw heaped with flowers
# It may be that the leopard cannot
change his spots, but women can GER
tainly change her type at will. She
seems to shrink and grow thin, to
curve out and grow full, to stand
higher or lower In her boots. and to
assume at will the militant or the
coQuettish air. In this spring Of 1918
It looks as though she were going to
do all Of these things at various times
Of the day.
Chinese Influence Preferred.
There is not much feeling Of salts
faction in the adoption Of Japanese
clothes. Once upon a time whatever
came from the Little Kingdom was
eagerly seized as having artistic merit
Of the highest order, but times and
thoughts have changed. Japanese art
has been so eheaply commercialized
throughout America, and its little
shops outline the boardwalks Of the
pleasure resorts in such a prolific
manner, that I'VE prefer to gosto China
the vast spaces around the Great
Walt for suggestions.
The greater designers in Paris have
preferred China to- Japan for half a
dozen years, and we In America have
made the ;kimonoi too much part Of
our earlylmorning life, at 81 per gar
ment, that We may not see in this
effort Of tie house of Cheruit an open
path to beauty. t.. ):
Entire Gowns OF Jet
The house of Callot has thrown its
influence into many channels, and the
gowns Of it's making, which arrived in
this country later than all the others.
increase the respect we must pay to
Jet. The woman who has cherished
a frock Of. jet and wondered IL the
style would ever return in order that
she might revive 1t into something
modern, may 60 to, the work with en-.
thusiasm. .:.s: Il IF, ii. sts
Cabot is not the only designer who,
whirls Jet around the wheel Of fash
Ion into the top place, but she is the
one designer who introduces entire
gowns of 1t. These are coat-of-mail
creations, that cling to the figure like
a glittering cuirass and Written In
brilliant way the skin Of the neck and
arms, which are leftsq1eoyened. These.
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gowns have trains 0f fIlle or lace, and
they are costly Oh very. very cOstlyl
To the average mind they may seem
a bit heavy for an American spring,
and 1t is safe to say that the woman
who buys costly evening gown in
April Of this year 1918 will expect It
toF duty through the summer sea
son. Even our gilt terlng birds OF para
disc, who, hefet fore foated through
ri forest OF riches showing their plum
age and thinking nothing Of the cares
Of life. have been changed heart and
soul BY the war and Its terrors into
creatures of self-sa critlce and much
higher ideas. ssissf
Choosing Green for Suits.
Another thing that the house Of Gal
lot has done to: get us away from 2
convent fashion is the exploita-
ton Of green for the street. It may
be roughly said that there are a thou
sand navy blue gowns to q hundred
of any other color, and, admirable as
dark blue Is, the world grows q bit.
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- ~ & ! a.. r.
organdie redinoote Of corn color,
tucked and trimmed with Val lace
and worn over q narrow corn satln
: slip. Belt Of Natter blue 5ta6eta.
Straw hat, with crown Of or0andls.
.9S4,s - Is t.i 49, gesS p
weary Of the monotonous procession
Of gowns in this color which moves to
and fro from France to Alaska. We
cry aloud for something else. We are
like the heroine Of the novel, who pas
sionatelys wished for just Q. thread OF
scarlet In her costume to make her be-
lieve that there was happiness and
gayety in the world. 81: y....%
# Cabot gives us green to quiet our
nerves. She gives us chance to get
away from navy blueFan still remain
demurely and soberly frocked.
(Cooyrirht. 1918, b. the Mcclure Newspapes
ssssss:st .-as syndicstel