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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-21

English staghound and a petite Pc
kinese by the name of Gogo consti-
tute Jane Cowrs slightly varied col
lection of CANNES.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-21

Lionel Barrymore made his last ap-
pearance IN "The Jest" last night in
New York and will Immediately pre-
pare for his appearance in Brieux's
The Red Robe" Alphonse Either
will succeed Barrymore in The lest"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-21

let" is announced for the week of
January IS, and Lionel Barrymore, in
Brieux's '.rhe Red Robe" the week
Of January 26.
Gilpin observer., 1919-06-05
Exploded Theory.

The married man concluded to try
out his new theory. Addressing his
spouse he said:
MY dear, l should like to go to
Jones' tonight for several hours. Mr..
Jones is not Ill and does not require
any sitting up with. If he did should
let his wife do it. Mr.. Jones is per-
fectly well, so far as l know, except
for certain itching for poker game.
He Is notoriously rotten poker
player. and very likely could be nicked
for several dollars in the course of
the evening. There might be some.
thing to drink-he did not specify con.
cerning that. He only said my pres
ence would be appreciated. l am sure
that since i have told you the truth
about this affair you will consent to
my going. Am l right?"
He was not.-Kansas City Star.
Gilpin observer., 1919-06-05
PARSLEY POINTED A MORAL
Yeunsster Quick to See the Point
Which His Father Was Endsav-
orine to Make.

In an Indiana town where crooked
ness in city affairs has been reigning
for years. lucrative position was Of
fered to lawyer. It was not because
the salary itself was so large, but the
possibilities the position offered were
many. But still string was attached
and the lawyer knew 1t. So he turned
down the job.
His high-school son was provoked be-
cause his father had not accepted. He
grumbled about 1t in subtle little ways
for several days and then one day his
father came to school after the boy to
accompany him to a friends farm.
Once there he showed the delighted
youngster all over the farm, last visit
ing the pen in which the hogs were be-
ing fed for the market.
The boy eyed them few minutes
and then asked, 'What is that they're
eating so ravenOusly?"
The farmer answered: "Why, that's
parsley. It's the best hog fattener l
know of. We just turn them into
patch of parsley and they do the rest
themselves. It's too good picking for
them to resist. When l decide that
pig is almost ready for the market l
just turn him into the parsley patch,
and soon he's just in the right condi-
tion to go to the slaughtering house."
Its too bad they don't know what's
coming to them so that they stay away
from the parsley patch" laughed the
boy. "Pm sure l would If i were to
turn hog"
His father merely looked at him for
minute and then he said: Parsley
always has looked like graft to me-
very inviting, easy to get, and plenty
end inevitably the slaughtering pen"
This time the boy understood.-Indi
annapolis News.
Gilpin observer., 1919-06-05
In Bad Shape.

Often at inspections 1t is customary
for officers to pass by the sergeants,
merely giving their equipment cas-
ual glance, assuming, no doubt, that
as they are more experienced soldiers
than the privates, their equipment is
in proper condition. AS result of
this 1t sometimes happens that the
sergeants allow their rifles to get in
rather poor shape. That some off,
GERS are alive to this is shown by a
young second lieutenant, who, after
examining a particularly dirty rifle.
handed 1t back to the luckless private.
remarking disgustedly: "Your rife
is dirty enough to be sergeant's."
Gilpin observer., 1919-06-05
"oIory" Of Old saiIino DAYS.

Looking forward to revival Of
American shipping under new condi-
tions, one can cheerfully enough accept
the opinion of veteran seaman, talk
ing to young reporter, that the
''glory" of the old sailing days is much
overrated. The billOwing canvas was
impressive; but the facts of the case,
cOnfides this mariner. are that the
sailors had to live in quarters that
were badly ventilated, if ventilated mt
all, badly lighted and cramped almost
beyond endurance. A steady diet OF
hardtack and salt horse" mitigated
the glory of the sea, while chanteys,
although they helped things along,
were often compulsory. and little JOY
to the sailor man who was singing to
order.-Christian Science Monitor.
Gilpin observer., 1919-06-05
Wise Doctor,

For weeks she had been ailing. At
last the poor husband willing to as
sumo the expense rather than suffer
the suspense summoned the eminent
physician.
The doctor viewed her tongue with
nlarm. He slandered the action of her
pulse. He asked all the questions in
the catechism of medical lore.
"Sir." said the eminent pillist, ''your
wife needs change" The poor man
bowed his head in his hands and al
lowed two large tear drops to race to
the tip of his nose and dive Off.
What sort of change, doctor?"
Her poor nerves have finally given
way under the strain of listening to
the same old talking machine records.
Buy her some new ones and Wen soon
have her on her feet" The man
nodded.
Then the great doctor left the un.
happy home, hurried to telephone
and calling up the phonograph place.
told them To be on the look out for n
smallish, brokish looking man with n
pale bald head who would be in in
about one hour and out about SIS.
Gilpin observer., 1919-06-05
ALL FROM ONE TURKEY EGG
Here's Example Of Taking Advantage
Of Opportunities Which Should
Teach Good Lesson.

An old farmer and his son were at
work in the field near the roadside
when his son discovered dead turkey.
which probably was discarded by an
other farmer who was on his way to
the market. Both were curious to learn
the cause of its death. They brought
the turkey to the barn, dissected the
fowls body and obtained an egg. The
boy set the egg and the result was
fine turkey gObbler that was sold the
next summer for So. With this money
the boy purchased a pig. The next
summer the young capitalist sold his
sow and eight pigs for $50. He then
bought two thoroughbred heifers.
The ensuing fall he had two milch
cows and calves which he sold for
$500. His final Investment was in two
one-year-old filly colts.
After lapse of five years the lad
was the custodian of two good mares
and $1,000 in gold which he procured
in the sale of their colts. And today
this farmers son is studying agricul-
ture and animal husbandry in a state
university as the result of one turkey
egg.-Thrift Magazine.
Gilpin observer., 1919-06-05
NEVER WAsTEFUL IN SPEECH
One Thing at Least In Which the
American People Are Econom-
icaI to a Degree.

The country as whole has lost the
hang" of speaking English. Some
people proudly state that America is
no longer British colony, that she is
creating language of her own, and.
to prove their independence they
make practice of Incorporating INTO
our speech sounds without definite
edges, sounds trailing clouds of NUT
tered murmurs, sounds Of such ele-
mental simplicity that they resemble
grunts, taken over from the speech of
persons who have come to us from all
notwithstanding countries of the
world. And, in their love of equality
and fraternity, these people refuse to
exceed the speech of those whose
simple needs are satisfied with fru-
gal vocabulary; in this way they have
succeeded in cutting down their own
vocabulistic rations to the famine
point. Lavish, generous, wasteful in
other matters, the country has learned
to economize in sentence and syllable,
till 1t has reached genuinely demo-
cratic simplicity of speech.-Henry
Dwight Sedgwick, in Yale Review.
Gilpin observer., 1919-06-05
To Make Statue. Of silver.

Charles E. SWEET has discovered n
preparation of silver which may be
made in a plastic form like wax or
clay, and also thinned down to the con-
sistency Of paint, according to the Lit
tie Journal, Cambridge, Mass. Copper,
copper alloys and bronzes may be
worked in the same manner. BY SIM
pie technology the preparation may be
reduced to the pure metal without any
change in its form or shape.
A sculptor may work 1t in the round
or in the relief, just as he does his
usual materials, or in dilution it may
be applied to metallic surface with
a brush. 1t greatly simplifies the prob
lem of artistic work of high order,
although. of course. 1t is more expen-
sive than stamped ware. Medallions
and figures may thus be presented in
the original without the need of cast
ing, and such articles as silver sets
may be made of which every member
is original and unique. 1t provides a
new medium for artists. The inven-
ton has been patented.
Gilpin observer., 1919-06-05
ALL HUNGRY FOR CHOCOLATE
War Children Of France Actually Had
Never Tasted That Delight
full Confection.

Children born in France since the
beginning of the war have Just made
glorious discovery. They have
tasted chocolate. In congested
quarter of Paris, writes an Associated
Press correspondent, n line stretching
for more than 100 yards waited a
chance to enter grocery store. Four
policemen were keeping order among
the crowd and women were actually
struggling for place in the line.
"What are they fighting for?" u po-
hceman was asked.
"The store is selling quarter Of
pound of chocolate to each one" re-
sponded the officer. That Is the rea-
son you see so many women bear
ing their children in arms; they are
allowed half pound then"
The correspondent asked one of the
women who had with her fine child
and was stubbornly holding her place
on the slippery. slushy sidewalk
whether she thought it was worth
while to risk pneumonia in order TO
get half pound of chocolate.
you see," she replied, this baby
has never yet tasted chocolate"
Gilpin observer., 1919-06-05
HAIL "PUNKIN," KING OF PIES
Who That Has Ever Tasted the Real
Article Can Forget the Thrill
of the First Mouthful?

You can't spell punkin pie with an
I'm" and "p." Pumpkin pie is the
kind one gets in restaurants, favored
with cloves and allspice. "Punkin' pie
has cinnamon and ginger in it, and
sometimes hint of an unmention-
able beady fluid about which one
would not dare ask mother. And of
all the smacking. ambrosial delicacies
catalogued under the genus pie" the
best is "punkin."
One grows hungry at the thought OF
''punkin" pie-the crisp, crinkly crust;
the thick, rich, pungent filling, with the
dust of cinnamon furnishing it's tawny
top; the creamy, dreamy, velvety, far
away taste as ones mouth closes on
its prize. Some appetlzins toys there
are, but none that exceeds capturing
piece of ''punkin" pie, getting it into
ones hands, contrary TO all social
usage, biting into it until one almost
mires up to ones nose, until one can
scarce see over the top of the upstand-
ing crust, and beginning the unequaled
delight of devouring the first mouth
fh. To taste it is to love 1t. Love
but it, and love forever.-Milwaukee
Herald.
Gilpin observer., 1919-06-05
BoLsHEvIK COURSE OF STUDY
Interesting to Speculate as to Just
What Would Be Appropriate Uni
versity Curriculum.

The former Danish minister to Pc
trograd is authority for the statement
that the bolsheviki have established
a special revolutionary school at Mos
COW under the direction of Professor
Radek, the revolutionary leader,
where agitators from all parts of the
world are receiving instruction and
fitting themselves for missionary
work.
1t would be interesting to receive a
prospectus of DIR. Radek's university
and an outline of its course Of study.
Presumably little attention will be
paid to bomb-throwing, the handling
of explosives, and the like. these being
purely elementary branches. One
would look rather for special en-
phasis to be laid upon the Theory
and Art Of Bolshevizing and APP
proved Methods of Dealing With the
Bourgeoisie and securing their pos
sessions without using physical force.
Advanced students might take up the
problems, how to collect taxes with
out taking money away from any,
body and the counter-revolution and
how to counter 1t.
Gilpin observer., 1919-06-05
Tho Wears Sljp,

An exceedingly amiable widow came
to live at Little Rudcomb. The vicar,
a bachelor, regarded her with fear and
trembling; she was so very obvious
ly after him. He cured her, though,
one day by making fortunate slip.
The dear lady met him in the village,
and stopped him.
She talked of this, that, and the 9TH
er, and at last worked up to the point
where she could talk about herself.
1T is very lonely for me nOw," she
said. II have always been used to
having a man about the house, and I
can't get used to the Quietness."
She turned and gazed away to the
distant hills, while her underllp trem-
bled piteously.
The vicar muttered the strongest
word in his vocabulary, and then said
hastily:
"Oh, don't worry, my dear lady
don't worry! You know the wind is
always tempered to the lorn sham."-
Answers, London.
Gilpin observer., 1919-06-05
IN BONDS OF coMRADEsHlP
Strong Unity Inevitable Among Those
Who eattied the Savage Hun
Side by Side.

Two men were hobbling along the
Strand, London, the other day. Both
depended upon stout ash sticks to help
them on their way. They were COM
ing from opposite directions. and when
they drew level. although neither had
seen the other before, they involun-
tarily nodded and grinned and ex-
changed "Cheerio."
You can witness similar Incidents on
any Of London's boulevards, writes
young SUBJ" The great unofficial
Brotherhood of the Hobble has no rule
beyond that of camaraderie; the only
qualification for membership is the
possession of hobble caused by mill
tary service.
II am convinced that everyone will
realize the vital Importance of con-
tinuing in peace that great comrade-
ship which has enabled us to win the
war;" says Sir Douglas Haig. There
are associations and clubs and fedora
tions of all sorts whose objects are to
bind together the men who have
served their country. But the biggest
of all is the one that has no organizing
secretary, no central offices and no
propaganda. 1t simply exists in the
hearts of the men who have suffered
in the fight for freedom and justice.
Gilpin observer., 1919-06-05
FISH WOULDN'T BE FOOLED
DenIxens Of the Deep Simply Refused
to Be Deeoyed Into Any Net
Made Of Cotton.

Even q fish knows that when an out
slider tries to monkey with American
business he makes trouble.
1t was decided at Washington by
the powers that you should be coaxed
into raging fish hunger. Pieces in
the papers were written to make your
mouth water for fish; posters showing
beautifully colored fish, lying in beds
of parsley, and cool. fresh vegetables
were stuck up in your town railroad
station and post office. BY all the ex-
pert calculations of the propagandists
you were soon shrieking for fish; you
were turned into man who would
perish If he couldn't have his fish
every day.
"RightO!" they said. "COtton isn't
ms strong as linen, but we'll make our
nets of cotton, with larger threads.
We've got folks hungry for fish and
now we must get the fish,"
So down into the clear waters of the
Great Lakes and into the cold depths
of the sea on the Pacific coast where
the salmon disport went the cotton
nets in place of the linen nets that
have been used through the centuries
by all fishermen.
1t was a secret in war time, as
have said but I can tell it now:
The fish struck. 1t was linen net
or nothing with them. Linen meshes
are almost invisible to fish in wa
ter, perhaps entirely so, Judging by the
number of fish caught in them every
year. But cotton meshes-
"Why a cotton net looks like a
white rail fence to fish," said an ex-
pert in Herbert Hoover's office in
Washington. "He turns around and
goes right away froLl it."-Exchange.
Gilpin observer., 1919-06-05
ENGLISH AS WORLD LANGUAGE
Writer Sees Strong indication Of its
Supremacy ~ One Result Of
the Great War.

All the Indications are that the uni.
versal language will be English. The
formal draft Of the treaty Of Versailles
will be cOuched in the traditional Ian
guage Of diplomacy, the language of
Foch and Clemenceau, but the discus
sions at Paris and Versailles were in
the tongue which President Wilson and
most Of our peace delegates have best
at their disposal. Perhaps 1t is no
compliment to us that the European
peacemakers should be in a position
to meet us more than half way in the
matter Of foreign tongues. but the fact
is there.
The French language will prosper
after the war. In more or less perfect
form it will be brought back to Amer
lea, to Australia, to Canada, to South
Africa by soldiers and auxiliary war
workers to the number of many tens
of thousands. But for every Anglo
Saxon whom the war has taught
French 1t is safe guess that there are
a hundred d-Europeans to whom as
a result of the war, emphasizing al
ready existing conditions, the English
tongue will be brought close to home.
Because the new Czecho- -SlOvakia must
be in intimate touch with a million
Czechs and Slovaks in the United
States, because there are several mil
lion Poles in this country, because
every one of the new nationalities in
central Europe looks in the first place
to these United STATES the American
language will be familiar among all
foreign languages to these people. For
that matter, the numerous commits
sions and propagandas of mid-EurOpe
which have been busy in the United
States will have brought back with
them the use, if not the idiom, of our
anguage.-EXchange.
Gilpin observer., 1919-06-05
Canadian Fisheries.

The total value of the produce of
Canadian fisheries during 1917 was
S5z,5i :, ,Ji4, cvrps.-i with 500, POS, 1878
in 1916 and $26,S6O, $50 in 1915. These
totals represent the marketed product
and have just been given out by the
Dominion fisheries department in Its
annual report.
Canada possesses the most extern
sive fisheries in the world" says the
report. "ThOse of Norway and the
British isles alone dispute Canada's
supremacy. The fertility of Canadian
waters is Indicated by the fact that
the entire catch of salmon, lobster.
herring, mackerel and sardines, nearly
all the hadiock, and much of the cod.
hake and pollack. are taken within 10
or u miles of shore"
Gilpin observer., 1919-06-05
HAD MADE ITS ACQUAINTANCE
Old Jed Knew Whereof He Spoke
when He Warned Converts Of
What Awaited Them.

He was one of the perpetual con-
verts to religion that are SO common
in some country districts. Whenever
a minister wished to hold revival
meeting in his church he was always
certain of obtaining one reliable con-
vert, old Jed, who'd "got religion" 50
often his friends had lost count Of the
times. His custom was to be convert
ed" at every convenient revival meeting
in proper season, and slide backward
every summer in order to have his sys-
TEN thoroughly prepared for the next
season Of revivals.
Not long ago the pastor Of coun-
try church near Jeds home was bap-
tlzing in the river a number Of con-
verts, among them Jed, who was the
first to be led into the water.
AS Jed was dragged bodily up from
the river after the ceremony he was
seen to be almost in state of collapse,
and was taken to the bank with some
difficulty, where he reclined Imply as
the minister prepared to lead the next
convert into the river. However,
great light dawned on the audience
gathered on shore as to what had hap
pened to Jed, when he raised up on one
elbow just as the minister reached the
waters edge with the second subject for
"Hey. parson. look out! There's a
h of big rock down there Pm
dianapOlis News.
Gilpin observer., 1919-06-05
Pe..ing Rivets Electrically.

With the employment of women In
many forms of work heretofore con.
Sidered too heavy for them. 1t has been
necessary To modify the equipment and
form of work In numerous instances.
Such case Is the heating of rlvcts by
electricity in charge of women. In.
stead of portable. sooty forges oper.
nted by turning heavy crank. there
has been introduced an electrically.
heated forge which is clean. simple tC
operate, and readily portable. It will
heat standard rivet In 30 seconds
Scientific American.
Gilpin observer., 1919-06-05
LIGHT DERIVED FROM STARS
illumination Far Greater Than Superb
eiaI Observation Would Lead
One to Believe.

Most Of the light in the sky, even
at station far removed from all
sources Of artificial Illumination, comes
from the multitude of telescopic stars.
too faint for the eye to see, but SO
numerous that. taken all together. they
send US far more light than those
which we can discern individually.
There is neutrality-suspicious. always
present in addition, some light origin
ating on the earth's atmosphere which,
from the presence in its spectrum of
the bright line characteristic of the au-
rora, betrays its place of origin.
"When we are out In the open on a
clear, starry night" explains Henry
Norris Russell, Phi. D., in Scientific
American, 1--WE hardly realize how
strong this illumination is-it is
quite enough to find ones way by
across open country. But when once
we get glimpse of the sky through
an opening between thick trees, we
see at once that, even on a brilliant,
moonless night, when the sky. as we
look sharp at it, seems like black vel
vet powdered over with sparkling
points, the background is really any
thing but dark.
"Now, there can be no doubt that
the light-one might almost say the
glare-of this general illumination of
the sky browns out the fainter stars.
ITO give an illustration from COM
mon experience, whenever we see n
star through little gap in the LEAKAGE
of tree, upon the dark background,
1t looks much brighter than ordinary
not because 1t has changed at all, but
on account Of the greater contrast
with the blackness surrounding 1t.
"That the human eye can actually
detect exceedingly faint illumination
is confirmed by experiments upon the
visibility of little disks of white card
board mounted on black background,
and observed in a dark room by the
light of a single star CASUALLY Sirius)
shining through small opening in
shutter"
Gilpin observer., 1919-06-05
CARRIED THEORIES INTO WAR
Famous French Commander Made
Good Use Of Strategic Maneuvers
He Had Taught.

Like President Wilson. General FOch
war. according to Howard Wheeler,
who tells us In Everybody's that "Foch
taught military strategy. to be sure.
but he was teacher. q theorist; and
when he became commander in
actual war he did not drop his the
ories. He practiced them. Many Of
the leaders under him had been his
students. He called upon them to do
in the field In the face of savage,
clever enemy, what he had asked them
TO recite in the academy. One of his
staff, Colonel Requin. told laughingly
one day how some of these other gen.
erals, practical men. were shocked at
orders he took to them from Foch.
at was common experience Of
mine he said, to take an order to a
division commander in the very crisis
of fight, directing him to perform at
once well-studied. typical maneuver.
The troubled, busy general would take
the order, read and reread the clean.
careful writing, and then turn to me
and eXclaim: impossible Why. that
would be hard enough to do in maneu
vers, but in battle Here? Now?
My God, it is impossible !"'
The general, of course, would per-
form the movement, ac,demically. un-
der fire. And" said Colonel Requin,
when he tried 1t, it worked out. And
il was those things that won the bat
tie that won the war;"
Gilpin observer., 1919-06-05
Lest You DON'T Know.

We have been informed on good au-
thority that dental parlor is also a
drawing room and sitting room. When
the people fill the room the dentist fills
their teeth. He fills their teeth with
gold and they fill his hand with sill
yer. They grind their teeth with fear
and anxiety. He grinds their teeth
with burr and an emery wheel. They
shrek for assistance and he calls for
assistants. He gives 'em gas and then
charges 'em for It. They ask him to
give them credit for the work he does
himself. He calls the teeth hollow
when It's the owner of them who does
the following. And so on, ad infinitum.
More may be said, but we shall save
it for another time.-Indianapolis Star.
Gilpin observer., 1919-06-05
siIverIte q New Metal.

A now development in the alloying
Of aluminium with other metals has
just been accomplished by the produc-
tion of "silverite." This metal Is some-
thing entirely new and Is composed Of
n mixture Of aluminium and copper.
zinc and steel in varying proportions.
according to requirements. The alloy
Ing Of steel with aluminium is some
what startling and Mt first thought
seems to be impossible. yet It ID sue.
oessful.