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Evening star., 1919-11-14
Brokers Urge Caution.

Wall street brokers urge caution
The banking element turned the
tide, said one broker. but the ad-
vance was too rapid and the banks
will not overlook the opportunity to
iiquidate. as the money situation is
still tight and 1 look for stiff rates
until the end of the year. Gold is
pourin- out of the country and is sure
TO afIe- : credit in all lines and re-
strict speculation"
Another broker said:
This is no time to start bulling the
market. The federal reserve bank
has been only partially rehabilitated
In its reserves, the reaction, at a ter
rible speed while it lasted, has not
gone Tar enough. and the calling of
margins will cause much unloading
on every rally, Credit must be ex-
panded elsewhere, because the nations
that would buy from US and make
our prosperity have not the cash to
make payments, and the stock market
will suffer"
Evening star., 1919-11-14
| viii Sell

p Capital Traction at ol.
100 Wash. Rwy. and Elec. com. NJ n.
- Wash. Rwy. 4 Elee. pfd. at 3.
500 Washington Utilities at 3.
= Wash. Gas 1t 81 ex.
10 MerEenthaler.
3 Lnnston Mt ~.
% Franklin Nat. Bank ut 12S.
10 Commercial National Bank at 10.
25 Munsey Trust Co.
20 Continental Trust Co. NJ 115.
100 Exchange Bank of wash. at IL
2O0 Wash. Base Hall Club at 15A.
30 Crandnll Amusement Co.
10 Bachelor Realty Corps, Mt I50.
10 Hcurich's Brewing Co. Mt los.
10 Wash. Steel & Ordnance.
800 Miller Trnin Control.
1909 Columbia PlanOgraph ibid wtd.)
Evening star., 1919-11-14
FINANCIAL.

Other Financial News on Page "a
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-18
Jewelry Reveal. History.

Increasing demand for all-American
jewelry, designed from ancient models
fashioned by the Aztecs and TOltecs of
Mexico, has brought to light striking
similarity between them and those of
the contemporaneous Roman empire.
The characteristic features of Ro-
man jewelry were its broad surfaces,
massive construction, use of large
stones and open-work ornament. The
same features are equally true of the
aboriginal American jewelry, and of
that Of the restoration now in vogue.
Betokening strength and luxury,
they both differed radically from the
jewelry of the Greeks and Etruscans,
especially in that the latter was chief
ly distinguished by its delicate beauty
and infinitely cunning workmanship.
Comparatively, it is the difference be-
tween the imposing canvas and the
miniature. Montezuma and the Aztec
nobles-and their Toltec predecessors
wore this magnificent, colorful jew
elry, and so did the emperors and no.
bles of Rome, while both great en-
pires were f1ourishing at the same pc
Rod.
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In the DAYS Of Seventeen. !,

whats the matter, your girl turn
you DOWN." asked sympathetic friend
Of John, whose long face indicated
such trouble.
''She told me that she and her folks
were going to the country one Sunday
to see some relatives" replied John,
without answering the direct question.
Il didn't know what to do myself, so
went to Broad Ripple swimming. was
standing near the pool and heard
loud smack, as girl made high dive
and instead Of going into the water
head first hit too fiat. 1t knocked all
the breath out Of her. A guard picked
her up and got her to the bank, and
as was the nearest person. I helped
her out. She looked at me and looked
at her. Then she said, Hello, John =
and I said, Hello, Mary!'1 and she
hadn't gone to the country at all. Then
walked away"
"Well. how you and Mary making it
now?" asked the friend few days
later. "Oh, go out to her house bout
every night, said John with a smile.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-18
QUAINT OLD FINNISH TOWN
Everything in 5orga Seems TO Go
Back to About the Earliest
Period Of History.

The first glimpse of Borga from the
water is cluster of old wooden build
ings carelessly assembled along the
skyline. You gather that the town is
red owing to the bulky. crimson-pafnt-
ed packhouses in the foreground, but
upon climbing up the steep, cobble-
stoned street to the town. you change
your mind. and decide that 1t is going
to be yellow. For all the funny, old
fashioned houses are painted that
color. A little farther on. however. 1t
comes upon you suddenly that BOrga
possesses color scheme-that all the
red and yellow is just background
for the splendid, solemn grayness Of
its ancient cathedral, which complete
~ dominates the town from the depths
Of walled courtyard of the type that
was popular In the early fifteenth cen
fury.
Borga began about thirteen hundred
and something, and must have reached
Its height about the seventeenth CEN
fury, for 1t contains very little of
later date than that. The cathedral
contains nothing more modern than an
organ, for example. Its white and
gold pulpit was carved in the sixteenth
century, and Its wall sconces and won
derful crystal chandeliers are cen
turtles old. Other Finnish towns have
replaced their marvellous chandeliers
with less beautiful but more practical
fixtures of the current century, but
Borga proudly upholds the past. The
Borga cathedral still measures time by
means Of quaint old hourglass filed
with sand.
It was in this cathedral that the en-
peror Of Russia, Alexander I, received
the oaths of allegiance of the newly
conquered Firms, few days after he
had signed the constitution which gave
them their freedom. The house In
which the constitution was signed-a
modest, little, frame structure with
old-fashioned, blue-painted blinds-is
also pointed out with reverence to the
traveller. and If you are duly sympa-
thetic, the Borgans will then lead you
up to the site of an old fortress re-
ported to date back to an obscure
period, even before the cathedral,
when the Firms were heathens. 1t
must be admitted that this site is any
thing but impressive now. There are
some peculiar bitches, which, one Is
assured, are meats, and several barb
wire fences which are supposed to in
close the ancient and venerable en-
battlements. Nevertheless, the place
must have atmosphere, II you can only
find it, for it was here that Walter
Runeberg. the great Finnish poet. used
to find the inspiration for so many Of
his splendid songs.
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give shiIIinos and Upward"

Among the many slots" Of tremen-
dous interest disposed Of at the recent
much-discussed sale of the Medici
archives in London, none surely were
more interesting than the ledgers, &C
countbooks and memoranda Of various
members of the Medici family as bank
ers and merchants. which were dis
posed of en- bloc. What field for
some twentieth century Carlylean
transmuter. Of the dry-as-dust into
vivid story! All the tale of Florentine
trade, finance, rates Of wages, taxes,
prices Of land, live stock and produce
is there, to say nothing of the revela-
ton made Of what the Florentine paid
for his things Of gold and things Of
silver, his jewelry and ornaments.
Whether or not the sale was success
from the point Of view of it's promot-
ers does not transpire, but 1t is ter
rible thing, surely, to read Of any Of
the contents Of the Medici archives be-
Ing Knocked down." as they were, for
"5s. and upward"
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Einured out 4 Profit,

Colonel Kolb Is telling the tale of a
colored Spectator who was an incur
able optimist.
The anecdote was in answer to the
pessimism Of one Of his friends who
hoped that America would do as well
in these piping times OF peace as she
had done In war.
It seems the colored man, who was
farmer, had bought hog for which
he paid $40. Then he had to invest
SIS in corn to feed his porcine majesty.
When market day at last arrived
he received but S11.5O for the animal.
One Of his friends poked fun at him.
'sYou didn't pan out wild dat hawg,
did you. 'Rastus?"
Rastus grinned from ear to ear, as
IL he had made handsome profit.
s.Ah didn't do SO well on de corn,
man." he answered, .but on de hawg
pse done cleared q dollah an half y
philadelphia Ledger.
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Abyssinians Claim Recognition.


A delegation from Abyssinia bearing
rich gifts Of ivory and silks for the an
nounced purpose of congratulating
France on her recent victory, appeared
at the peace conference in Paris. This
is in strict accordance with the ancient
oriental procedure. The real purpose
Of visit is not disclosed until pre-
liminary ceremonies are concluded.
These native Authorizations rulers
claim descent from Solomon and the
queen of Sheba-wished to be in on
the carving up Of the world, for they
have interests which seem vital to
them, although little known to the rest
Of the world. Seated in that natural
bastion of Africa, the Abyssinians have
lived in greater or less security for
unknown centuries. They are not ne
groes, but a mixture Of Hamitic and
Semitic races, with a culture of their
own and processing the Christian re-
igion, being a branch Of the Coptic
church Of Egypt. Until recently they
have been unmolested save by native
tribes.
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EARLY HISTORY OF COFFEE
Traditions Differ, but the Beverage
Has Been Appreciated for Many
Hundreds Of Years.

There is a tradition to the effect
that coffee was found growing wild
in Arabia some 600 years ago by HadJi
Omar, a dervish. Hadji Omar was
dying of hunger in the desert, when
he found some small, round berries
and tried to eat them. They were,
however, too bitter. After roasting
them he finally stepped them in water
and found the decoction as refresh
ing as If he had partaken Of solid food.
Upon his return to Mohka, he brought
his discovery to the attention OF
"the wise man." who were so well
pleased Herewith that they pro-
claimed Hadji Omar saint.
In the Bibliotheque Rationale at
Paris there is q manuscript written
in Arabic by one Abdelcader, VINO
AYERS that coffee was drunk for the
first time in Arabia in the fifteenth
century. Other authorities have IT
that coffee was used In Persia as early
as the ninth century, but there is lit
tie evidence to bear out their conten-
ton.
Abdelcader's story Of the discovery
of coffee is as follows: A certain
Arab, Gemalledin, judge In Alden,
while travelling to Persia-or, as the
historians correct the manuscript, to
Observation-Disclosures people using COT
fee as medicine. Gemalledin so en-
ployed it, and was cured of an illness.
Later, on becoming monk, he taught
his brethren In Alden the use of the
berry.
No opposition to the use of coffee
appears to have been offered until the
middle Of the sixteenth century. when
the Egyptian sultan sent new gov
ernor, Chair Bey, to Mecca. The gov
ernor knew nothing Of the beverage
and became greatly enraged at the
sight Of the dervishes drinking conee
in the mosques. Upon consulting with
two Persian physicians he decided
that coffee was a substitute for wine,
which was prohibited by the Koran,
and that. therefore, coffee drinking
was a violation Of .Mohammed's law.
The result was a decree forhiddlng
the use of coffee. All berries that
could be found were gathered and
burned in the market place. When
Chair Bey reported his action to the
sultan, it is said that he received this
written reply:
"Your physicians are asses. Our
lawyers and physicians In Cairo are
better informed. They recommend
the use of coffee, and I declare that
no faithful will lose heaven because
he drinks coffee"
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Cold Electric Light.

Electric lights heat up, and an inven-
tor, William l.. Barnard, comes for
ward-that is to the patent Office
with scheme for making your cleo
trio lights cold. Heat is cumulative.
You turn your lights en-. They bright
en- Immediately, but it takes them a
few minutes to grow warm. This In
ventor purposes turning of the light
before 1t has had time to develop any
great heat. That is, he provides an In
candescent electric lamp with numer-
Gus filaments, instead of the usual sim
gle one. These filaments are connect
ed with a rotary switch which turns
each filament on and off at intervals.
but the periods of luminosity Of the
.filaments are so spaced that contin-
uous illumination results. In other
words, when one is switched of others
are switched on. so that there is no
discontinuity.
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Prehistoric Skull.

The bureau of American ethnolOgy
has made public the discovery of a
human skull 'in concrete" filed with
hard breccia, which was found on the
coast of Florida.
The skull, collected by Samuel L.
King Of Bristol, Tenn, from Demere
Key, off Fort Myers, is believed to be
of prehistoric origin, because, like
other human bones discovered by
scientists, it is so placed in a strata
Of earth and pebbles that the age of
the bones can be ascertained geolog-
ically.
Other bones mineralized by age
and believed to be from 10000 to
10000 years old have been discovered
in Florida, Peru and California, Civ
ing proof Of the existence of prehis-
toric man, as well as the prehistoric
huge beasts; but man, 1t would
seem, were not so much larger than
those of today.
Students Of these fossil remains be-
lieve that some Of them were men
who died during the glacial period,
and that since then the shifting Of
the earth buried them under from IS
to $50 feet Of gravel which water
partly eroded, which makes it posi-
BILE to estimate that at least thousands
Of years have elapsed since the man
died.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-18
TAG DAY. TAG DAY.

July 1919 will will be tag days all
over the state to raise funds to buy a
place at Iowa City that will be home
for the girls Of our race, VINO desire to
attend that college.
The history Of the school life of our
girls at Iowa City has been one of
struggles and humiliation. There are
but few of our people in Iowa City and
to get place to stay the girls have
gone into the homes Of the other race
to work-running to schol in the morn
ings without chance to glance in the
glass, hurrying back at noon to help
with the midday meal, then another
run TO school. When the evening work
was done, they were to tired to study.
There was no social life for these girls,
when sick they were homeless and
friendless.
Three years ago few girls who had
gone there to college decided to make
conditions better at Iowa City for
Negro girls. They took the money re-
ceived from their parents and rented a
house, the faculty Of the university
gave them furniture and they started
= home with Mrs. Helen Cameron
Beshears as matron. It has been a
success. They have gained prestige for
all Iowa and now have Delta Sigma
Theta Chapter. In 1918 they sent q
delegate TO iowa Federation and asked
for assistance, but little was done. Like
Bancho's ghost they would not down
and this year sent another delegate,
who said the people Of Iowa must make
a permanent place at Iowa City for
our girls. Last year the boys Of the
other race rented their home to our
girls; the boys will use it the coming
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-18
MICE and MISERS
Two Would Seem to Have Some
Sort of Affinity.
And Uncle Sam 10 Frequently Called
Upon to Make Good the Depreda-
tions Made in Hidden Hoards
by the Rodents.

Uncle Sam Is so broad-minded that
he goes out of his way to help the
miser. The treasury in Washington
often receives wads OF greenbackS or
banknotes that misers have buried or
otherwise hidden In places where they
rotted or were chewed up by mice,
AMI In such cases the money, II enough
is left Of 1t to be recognizable, Is re-
paid to the owner in crisp new bills.
It is curious fact about misers
that nearly always they do not hide
their money in one place. but scatter
it about in all sorts Of odd spots-the
idea doubtless being that in case OF
theft only minor fraction of the
hoard is likely to be discovered by the
robber.
Thus it has happened many time
that miser'S house, after his demise,
had to be literally torn to pieces In
order to recover his wealth. Indeed,
in such instances it is often found ex-
pedient to break up the furniture and
rip the seams of every article of cloth
ing and bedding.
The mfser is popularity supposed to
entertain marked preference for
gold. But gold is hard to get nova
days; and, anyway, misers in these
times would rather have paper money,
which is more easily and safely hid.
den.
Unfortunately, mice think highly OF
banknotes and greenbacks for nest
making purposes, tearing them into
tiny scraps, the putting together OF
which (for Identification and redemp-
ton at the treasury is task sur
passing In difficulty the most COM
plicated picture puzzles. Paper money,
by the way, cannot be so torn by hui
man hands as to initiate successfully
notes. chewed by mice. Their work
cannot be counterfeited-a fact that
has revealed number Of attempted
frauds on the government.
The really up-to-date miser, how
ever, does not hide his money at all,
but puts it away in savings banks,
where it cannot be stolen and draws
compound interest. He scatters 1t
among a number of such institutions,
the bank books doubtless furnishing
satisfactory material for those
"gloats" in which. the miser is sup.
posed privately to indulge.
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Once for Ierra Haute

Three-year-old Mary Ellen Mckee Of
Terre Haute believes that ..nice and
clean" are inseparable expressions, be-
cause they apply to objects to which
she Is most Observation-Disclosures
hands. dresses, toys. etc. ' The other
day she was taken to her first vaude-
vile. She was impressed by the per-
formance, and when she arrived home
tried to describe it for mothers bene-
tit. "Oh, 1t was the prettiest show
she began. and then enthusiastically,
1T was so nice and Clean"
Then she couldn't understand WHY
the family laughed. indianapolis
News.
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school year and our girls are looking
to the people Of Iowa to get a place
for them.
Will you helpi The drive is on.
You were tried in the various patriotic
movements Of the past two years and
not found wanting.
This cause Of the Negro girl is also
important.
IF you would better the condition of
our race, make it stronger intellectual.
~, morally and socially-then educate
the girl of today, the mother Of tomor-
row.
Everyone can help. July 1919 are
tag days. Buy a tag for 10 cents.
Everyone who gives one dollar will
have their card in the Friendship Chest
in the house. Five dollars your name
on the. Honor Roll in the home.
Ten dollars from Clubs, Lodges, etc.
and their names on Honor Roll.
One thousand donation or subscrip.
tion cards will be sent out.
Please fill out and return at once.
Every bit Of help that can be Civ
en- this movement is needed and should
be Forthcoming.
The list Of all donors of one dollar
and over will be published.
Send all donations to Committee.
Chairman Of Committees:
Scholarship CommitteeAfrs Helen
Downey, 236 Bashaw street, Ottumwa,
Ia.
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Just the Same.

do you act toward your wife as you
did before you married herr"
Exactly. / remember just how /
used to act when / first fell in love
with her. used to lean over the
fence In front Of her house and gaze
at her shadow on the curtain, afraid
to 60 In. And act just the same way
now when ! get home late. London
Tit-Bits.
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Union Congregational Church.
Tenth and Park SITS.
Rev. 81. E. King, pastor.
IL q. m.-Morning worship.
1915 p. m.-Sunday school.
Christian Endeavor ut 6:15 D. =.
Lieut.. M. 81. Thompson, president.
Evening services It 1880 p. m.
Mid-week prayer meeting Wednes.
day.
Everybody invited 1t all Of thess
services.
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st. John A. N. q. Zion Church

st. John A. N. p. Zion Church.
S. E. 10Th and Scott SITS.
Rev. E. S. Hardge, Pastor.
1000 a. M Sunday school.
1900 a m.-Preaching.
6:3O p. nv. G. E. Society.
$500 p. m.-Preaching.
$500 p. m. Friday-Prayer and class
meeting.
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Jap Industry Stimulates

The war has greatly stimulated the
Japanese to undertake the manufac.
ture Of leather, and several large fac
tories have been established in Tokyo
and other districts. Owing to the I'M
developed condition Of the live stock
industry IN Japan. practically all the
leather used In the manufacture Of
boots and shoes had heretofore been
imported. A Z 8
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Asbury n e. Church.

Services in Knights of Tabro Hall,
18th and Park SITS.
Rev. Spencer Ray, Pastor.
Phone Wal. 824l.
Sunday School, 10000 a. m.
Evening Service.
Preaching, 7:45 P. M.
Glass Meeting, Friday, 8 p. m.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-18
CHURCH OF GOD AND SAINTS OF

CHURCH OF GOD AND SAINTS Uf
CHRIST.
928 18th st.
Elder E. w. Pittman, Pastor
Preaching every 4th Sunday A. NJ
1880.
Preaching every Sunday evening"
1880.
Preaching every Wednesday evening,
1880.
Preaching every Friday evening, 7:ao.
Services all day Saturday.
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Please pay your subscription.

She Put Tho Toe IN Ptomains.
"A seven-year-old Columbus gn
came home from school and reporteo
one Of her classmates had hurt his ~
and was unable to be at school. IL
very serious" she said, "and they aN
afraid he is going to have ptomalns
poisoning" Indie uapolis News
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Proof Conclusive.

sNo bachelor can understand
woman, declared Mrs. StupkinA
''Huh, you don't say so!'' replied Stur
kins, with snort. ''What else IN "
world do you suppose makes . gan
bachelor ?''-Judge.
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WITH OUR CHURCHES
CHURCH DIRECTORY.
MAPLE ST. BAPTIST cnuRcu

AAPLE ST. BAPTIST CnuRcu
East Maple Street.
Rev. Samuel Bates, pastor.
11:0O .. m.-PreachinG.
1 p. m.-Sunday school.
8 p. nh. 7. p. u.
7:3O-Preaching.
Prayer meeting Wednesday eveninr
Cornithian Baptist CAareh
Fifteenth and Linden Sta
G. W. Robinson, Pastor.
= q. m.-Preaching.
I ,. m.-Sunday school.
$3.50 p. m.-B. Z. p. u.
8 p. m.-Evening worship and
preaching.
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Union Baptist Church

Union Baptist Church
Sixteenth and Mccormick.
Rev. N. Toomey, Pastor.
$3.50 .. m.-Sunday school.
IL q. m.-Preaching.
6 p. NIB. Y. p. u.
8 D. m.-Preacning.
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There's q Differences.
An epigrammatist says classicd
education IL for conversation and the
other kind for use.-Pittsburgh Dis
patch.
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st. Psufs "A. n. i. Church
18th and Croker SITS.
Rev. s. L. Brit, D. D., Pastor.
1915 .. m-Preaching.
1890 p. Class meeting.
I .. m.-Sunday school.
$50 p. Christian Endeavor.
$500 p. m.-Evening worship.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-18

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Bows Knickerbocker Pants,
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in an assortment of mixtures;
sizes 7 to II years. Values
worth $500, at $l.s9.
Boys Hats, of velvet, cordu-
roy and cloth; dark blue, black,
green and brown. All juvenile
shapes, suitable for boys from
2 to 8 years of age. Values
worth to $500, at Sl.9S.
Boys Skating Toques. worst
ed and wool knitted styles; all
shades, combinations and plain
white. Values worth $l.OO to
$l.5O; special at 79c.
Goldenbers's--Third Floor.
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With silk ribbon.
Ullman's Water Colors, for
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