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beauty spots. II Is called "Cupid's
Courtin1 Plaat arr and beneath the en-.

beauty spots. !. Is called "Cupid's
Counting Plaster" and beneath the en-.
velope Is tho language OF the hearts
telling how It is to be worn. This
card Is original ana especially attrac-
tive. OF course, therA are all sorts OF
hits on ringing Of the BELLE and one
little vanity powder bow has an allu-
sion to the desire OF the masculine
sender TO- face the powder" an ap-
pr0priats wartime joke.
The censor comes into the valentine
card by endeartng words being crossed
out In the love poetry that the soldier
wishes to send his sweetheart.
Tho shops are full Of designs con-
valentine to fit any case II you will
look.
Home. MakIo Valentines
Homemade valentines have also
come into vogue especially where
children are concerned. For several
years people have considered Il proper
to give children play things Of which
thsy might isAEn some useful trade
or an. Do today one may purchase
= box containing lace paper. pictures.
printed verses and tube Of paste.
There are printed copies Of valenttnea
enclosed which . child may COPY.
These same bsxss 80 valsntine make
urs'' have bssA ssnt = some Of eur
wounded soldiers - anusA them q
trytAg ont their AT n this vAy tAe9
forset tAtnnseav9s ma e1s6nf3m4e 49,
= : rivalry betwoea 49, ~ ~ WlIo
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nrm foundation % ~ to bring about
the results for which he was elected.

arm foundation % ~ to bring about
the results for which he was elected.
His life 1t the White House Wa BY
NO means pleasant for his cabinet had
many disagrsements and his geusrais
In the army were mot always n &c
cord with each other. The Civfl War
wAs raging and brother many ttmes
fought against brother. .
The President cared little for wash
ingtcn social life and gave only the
State dinners each year, such ~ were
required of his oficial position He
was fond OF the theatre. especially
when Shakespeare's playa were given
and attended frequently. This was
seised by his enemies ~ political ma.
terial and he was much cyiticized for
attending these places when soldiers
were dying In the hospitals. Finally
his own son Willie. the pride Of his
heart, died and some OF the papers
were heartless enough to declare that
II was the Judgment Of God because
the President and Mrs. Lincoln In
duised IN worldly amusements durins
the war.
Troubaes AZ white House
ne h9o Nttlo nome uIO ana rev
amusemsn and one night after read,
Ing . scurrilous attack In one Of tina
papers he lifted his tired. wan face
from q paper and said to one Of his
sscretaries, II wish George washing-
ton or some other patriot were here
to take my place 10 that could have
q little rest" In vain his secretaries
tried to relieve him from seeing PEG.
pie. but he never excused himself from
seeing callers during the busiest period
Of the war. His greatest travail OF
soul was caused by parents OF desert
ers or boys. who had disobeysd or.
ders, for his sympathy was easily
aroused and he could scarcely with.
stand a mothers tears.
The end came from a half craxed
assassin's bullet, Just as he hoped fof
4 rest.
Such was his every day life and
Lincoln's originality. honesty, fearless
ness and .unerring perceptions OF right
and wrong will keep his memory fresh
as the years roll on-a Statesman With
out fear ana without repro3ch.
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can make the most artistic valeAttne,
Valentines from the numerous can.
comments will be sent out and the
canteens have had q great demand Aos
them. Many OF the boys have hA1
their pictures taken while they On
still wearing Uniform and Will oGxi{
than home IS q valentine. pAehapA
the most welcome Of any they car
send. ss4s III VI
To those senttmentally inciinsl ~.
Valentines Day Will always mean
much ana during the years ~ the
great war there were soidisfas Nv hns
kept up the custom Of rememhsriAg
the girl no left behind HIN swithaa
valentine from : foreign ianA As<
81. Valentines Day has ha4n aifuds
ed to by many authors. amoug thepa
Shakespeare, Chaucer and Tho pest
LuAgats. The day = referred u sess
sral times In ehakespsars's tiays
Genttmentalists Will alwayn exisss
hence the celebration Of *. vAlAntlr&
win continue for al time and year AIt.s
Or year the valentine win keep paeo
With the timAs IN IL beauty Ard -
;DrspTfatsasss.
AOpsn tAs Door o. my heAEt,
A. open ny ciaAmber dpoF,
1 Ara ~ kisses shaIl teach NJ
TO- 1sve ahal1 aAAs - - n 81
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had committed 10 memory the para
graph so preserved. he would shave
off the shingle With his knife and
write others. Some Of Lincolns
biographers declare that when plough
ing In the field he always carried a
book In his pocket and when he rest
ed from his labors ut the plough he
spent the time In reading.
Kindness or Justice Pitcher
The volume OF statutes from which
Lincoln drew his inspiration to study
law was replaced by such books as he
could borrow Justice John Pitcher.
of Rockport, whose kindly interest in
the lad grew out OF an admiration for
composition on the American Gov
eminent. which was written by
Lincoln and submitted to his judicial
criticism. The world couldn't beat
it," was the comment of the Justice.
and he gave the future statesman the
run OF the Office. At the same time
Lincoln attended the Circuit Court
at Roonyille and listened 10 every
word of the drama OF justice as 1t
unfolded itself. His dream was to
become a lawyer but he had no money
and went to New Salem to become a
business man. Later he enlisted In
the Black Hawk War and many anus
ing incidents are told OF his soldering.
After hts return from war he took 20
mercantile life again bat with III sue
cess.
Finally a man who was moving far
Their west came to the store and asked
him to buy barrel OF household STUFF
for which he had no room in his
wagon. Lincoln, paid him $i-0o for
the barrel and upon emptying II found
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across the top; below was a cupid
surrounded by wreath OF flowers.
with his hands full of darts.
Comic Valentine
Ar the same time the comic val
entlne came into use. These were car
ricatures on different trades and pro-
fessions, with obnoxious verses and
were usually sent out to hurt ones
feeling or in cases OF spite. Happily
these passed away and rather smart
little card has taken their place and
is used today. There are any number
OF this type OF cards on sale this year,
much to the Joy Of the children who
delight In sending them to their play
mates.
The celluioid card OF ten years ago.
which pictured boy and girl In q
boat drifting down the stream OF love.
floating over hearts entwined. was also
rather pretty both In coioring and
makeup. This came into fashion at
the same time the embossed valentine
post card was used. The latter has
outlasted the celluloid card and u still
used.
The present day valentine consists
of almost everything in the shape OF a
gift. Fresh flowers, which seem nj
most priceless since the war, serve a.
an ever welcome valentine Sometimes
ring or other piece Of Jewslry IL
enclosed which makes It doubly vel
come. Boxes OF candy are also used.
OF course. the candy must be saclosed
In heart shaped boxes trimmed with
white cupids and Allied often with
candy hearts.
"F1irty" Card
One Of the most attractive cards Of
today Is known a. the dirty card.
II ID white card with = rod back
ground 10 which y attaeAe1 lite1o
rsd snvsleps Alisa VIII Nv 49,
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Great Day In i847

sweetness.
Great Day In i8A7
During the nineteenth century St.Val-
entine's Day was especially kept In
England and a well-known historian
tells of the day in 1s47. To quote
him literally he writes. Monday being
the celebration of st. Valentines Day.
an extraordinary number OF letters
passed through the post office. Not
less than one hundred and fifty thou
sand letters OF all descriptions, be-
sides twenty thousand newspapers and
cards, were delivered at nine in the
morning by the general letter car
riers." At that time there was an old
English ballad telling lads and lassies
10 pray cross legged for Valentines
and 1t would seem that their prayers
were answered.
About twenty-five years ago fancy
Valentine OF embossed pictures and
made 10 stand on its own easel. strip
of pasteboard. came In fashion. 1t
was usually headed by pretty child
In the act OF catching a missive from
4 bird In the foreground was q bal
loon made Of flowers with q boy sit
ting In the basket ready to ny 10 the
girl At : moments ns&sce. Another
was large card Mn three pink
hearts On = backGroNna ~ white
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reached by thong In the hand Of the
man they preferred.

man they preferred.
People OF all classes are all victims
to this custom--even little children
delight In the day, Thousands of dol
lars are spent for postage, for many
are sent by mail and the mailcarriers
are frequently overloaded by the val
entine post card which has become so
popular. Just who sent the first val
entine and the exact period OF its
sending will. perhaps. never be known.
but Pepy's Diary, a curious record OF
domestic life kept by q man In 1867
tells OF his sending his wife valen-
tine. Fifty years later we md that
this custom was In great vogue among
the servants OF the household Of the
nobility when for years there was
great exchange OF love tokens--usual-
" missives written and carried from
house to house by hand.
Evolution or Valentine
Like ali feast days. St. Valentines
Day has been generally celebrated and
every year ~ md new typea Of val
sntinss. foF ths1s. Ike sverythihg ~,
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shown in the incident of the borrowed
book. Early in life Lincoln read the
best books he could find and one Of
these was The Life OF Washington"
which he borrowed from a neighbor
Josiah Crawford by name The book
was badly damaged by water in the
leakage of the Lincoln home during
transform. Carrying the damaged
book to its owner young Lincoln ac-
knowledged himself answerable for It's
condition. Crawford demanded seven
ty-five cents in payment for the dam
ages. Money was as scarce as iitera-
ture in that section but Lincoln de-
termined to pay the debt in full.
You see." he said. IN relating the in
cldent to a friend. II am tall and
!ong-armed and I went to work In
earnest AT the end of two DAYS there
was not q corn stalk left in the farm
er's field where I had hired myself
10 make the money TO pay for tho
book. j made a clean sweep and paid
my debt in full"
Wiling 10 work even when wages
were $nfa'i Lincoln accepted the Job
OF assisting Allen Gentry tn making a
voyage down the Mississippi on a
trading boat selling goods ut various
ports They went as far as New Or
leans. where 1t Is said that young
Lincoln became impressed by the i'll
treatment OF some OF the slaves and
formed an opinion that slavery was
wrout belief which he carried with
him 10 his death.
Anxious To Study Law
Lincoln Inherited his love OF learn
Ing from his mother. who could read
and write. rare plishment in
those pioneer days of struggle and
poverty.
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E-Z1AE1zI>2 m S6D
|cidenfs In the Life Of This
| Great American Which
| Show His Rugged Hon.
| esiY

liTrieht, 1919, The International indicate.
IN Il ALL our public men since the
carly colonial days and certainly
II since the formation of our ma
v 'lonai government. none has oc-
| faa SO unique a position as Abra-
r. Lincoln. In his intercourse with
ssilow man he showed a deeper
atsN. ,W.th their trials and tribula-
aNd better grasp OF the prob
noafronting them than any other
q cur history. This was due in
9pportQaity-foT in his early
2 hts mature manhood his
was with conditions on the
aone he pioneers of the
,ui then broader field
~pringhaid opened up o
other phases of personal
ea 9Nions which broad
r observation.
Te~s ID 31ese various aspects
- Ssuss o. justice and
,,4a.& 7fs~s conception OF the
po~~ v rig always led him TO
IL cosc. ;:siesfa With these natural
[wen# was easnWeoa a courage of
|fFicyl5a ana q desire ~ serve and
F. Wis fellow mar in trouble. which
eaghl him into The foreground and
Eae him the arbiter In many deli
Ee disputes. There was no con-.
E"srsy thar was ZOO trivial for the
|sllrr balm OF his diplomacy and
E-fcc; there were M problems. bust
81 or political. from which he tried
escarr. If he fet; II 10 be his duty
| lena his asd,
The Borrowed Book
libraries are flied With Biographies
! stories OF his life and he is held
IN axGallent exam Pile in many ways
the youth of the present day. His
FsSed honest v even In childhood rs
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blue that, therefore. the one to whom
the card was sent rescmbled sugar in
sweetness.
Evening star., 1919-04-02
BLOCKS ANY EFFORT
EVAOE JURY DUTY
Chief Justice Mccoy Point ~ 81.
rihCos in War in Fovestalling
Excuses

th!of Justice Mccoy of tue pIs'Tl'
Supreme Court today blocked any cl
fort to evade jury service on thr
part Of talesmen summoned to COM
plete the panel in Criminal Division =
for the ensuing two months. No man
offered an excuse who was qua lifted
under the law.
Before inquiring if any one oh
Jected to serving the chief Justice. ad-
dressing the talesmen. said:
Il notice the agitation in the papers
for securing the voting franchiS" Tor
Washington. The first duty of citizen
snip is to perform jury service. Yet
many men who are striving Tor a
franchise seek to evade service on
Jurlcs. Think Of the millions who
fought over there, they did dan
Eerous duty without objection for YOU
and me. Many millions are dead. many
others are crippled. but they per
formed their duty with a will.
i do not want to listen to any rx-
cuse tor mere personal Inconvenience
or merely personal loss by reason of
service on this jury"
Evening star., 1919-04-02
GLASS DECLINES TO ASK
CALL FOR EXTRA SESSION

Secretary Glass Of the Treasury De-
partment has declined to follow the
suggestion of Senator Calder of New
York that he urge the President to
call Congress in extra session i'm
mediately to enact additional legis-
lation in aid OF the victory loan and
the stabilizing of the liberty bond
market, declaring that he has full
confidence that such additional leg
islation is not needed and full con-
fidence in the financial condition Of
the country and its ability to hoat
the forthcoming loan.
ITO act in accordance with your
suggestion" Secretary Glass said in
his letter replying to Senator Calder,
land ask the President to call the
Congress in special session
would imply a distrust which I do
not feel Of the action already taken
by the Congress and approved by the
President, for there have been no ad-
verse developments since that action
was taken"
Mr. Glass declared that he was as
sured the Treasurys efforts to solve the
financial problems Of the country would
have the support of a united and VIC
torious people" Depreciation in bonds.
he said. has been the result Of artificial
not believe that all liberty bonds would
sell above par before maturity.
THE war is Won Our present na-
tional debt OF less than s25 5000, ,000. 900
and our ultimate national debt: after all
war bills are paid which ought not in
any event to exceed 10000. .0oo, 900,
against which we shall hold some $10,-
600, ,o00, 900 OF obligations of foreign gov
ernments, is the barest fraction OF our
national resources.
THE governments expenditures, which
shortly after" the armistice reached a
maximum in excess Of 81 ,00o. 600. 900 in a
month. should, after the war bills have
been paid. shrink quickly back to, say,
81 900. 900 900 a year, in addition to the
interest and sinking fund charges on
the public debt
Evening star., 1919-04-02
BALTIMORE CLUB
REPORT IS READ
O. B. Insists 1t Be Done, Pre-
venting FederaIs From
Closing Their Case.
STORY OF WCISSITUDES

| The insistence by organized base
| jury lengthy report made by Presi-
dent Rasn to the stockholders of the
Baltimore club shortly after the sign
ing of the peace pact" prevented the
closing of the plaintiffs case this
morning at the trial before Justice
Stafford and a jury Of the suit of the
Baltimore Feds against organized
ball to recover 100000 damages for
alleged monopoly" under the anti
trust laws.
The report was incorporated in the
deposition of Col. Stuart S Janney
and was about to be omitted by coun-
sci for the plaintiff is merely reiter-
ating statements that were already
in evidence. and in the interest Of
saving time. Attorney Pepper re
grctted that he could not Join in the
time saving suggestion, but thought
organized ball was entitled to have
the report read to the jury.
'lf YOU insist" said Justice Stafford.
II think you are entitled to have the
report since it is a part of the depo-
sition now being presented.
Reviews History Of Club.
President Rasin in his report re-
viewed the history of the efforts of
the Baltimore Club to keep afloat- He
told Of the bonuses paid to players
who, though highly advertised, had
not proved to be the best players,
and of other mistakes made by the
management. After telling of the
peace pact" and the withdrawal of
the other Fed" clubs from the
league. Mr. Rasin showed the futility
Of trying to continue playing ball. and
advised the sale of the Baltimore
grounds and the notification to the
players to seek other employment.
He also told of the institution of
the suit for damages by the Federal
League in Chicago under the trust
open to the Baltimore club was to
go to law" for their rights
Gather Up Loose Ends.
The morning session of the trial
was occupied with the gathering up
of the loose ends of the testimony
by the plaintiff club before resting"
it's case. Counsel read into the record
a stipulation which showed what
money was PAID oy organized pdii u
the Federal League clubs which
joined in the peace pact.
Testimony was also given to the
jury as to the money paid by the ma
jor leagues for the players taken over
from the Federal clubs after the peace
agreement. The total was shown to
be $129,500. Of this amount the
American League paid $40.590 and the
National League $3.50. it was testi-,
fed.
Counsel sought to learn from the at
torneys for the defense to whom this
large amount of money was paid.
Attorney Pepper said the informa-
ton might be obtainable by tele
to different parts of the
United States. but his understanding
Of the matter was that this money
was to be distributed among the clubs
of the Federal League. and organized
ball was not interested in the details
of distribution:
Attorney Douglas intimate6 that the
money was received by an individual
named among the defendants who
were formerly offiGials of the Federal
League. He offered to name the in
dividual. but at the suggestion Of Jus
tice Stafford refrained from mention
ing the name.
Evening star., 1919-04-02
REVISING STREET CAR RULES.
Public Utilities Commission Finds
Conditions Change Quickly.

Revision of. it's rules governing
street car service in the District was
begun today by the Public Utilities
Commission.
One of the first orders issued by the
commission after it's creation was or
der No 81, requiring the traction COM
panies to observe certain practices in
operating their lines. Since then the
local traction situation has been
changed so materially by the increase
in population that the commission
realized that the overhauling of this
order was necessary. 1t proposed GER
tain changes which were taken up in
public hearing today and discussed by
representatives of the Capital Trac-
ton, Washington Railway and Elec-
trio and Washington-Vfrgin COM
panies. The commission took under
advisement the suggestions OF the
traction officials.
Evening star., 1919-04-02
WILL DISCUSS MINIMUM PAY.
Conference in View in Interest of
Women EMPLOYED in y. c.

Plans are being made by tho min
irnum wage board to call a confer
ence this month to consider estab-
Iishment of a minimum wage for
women employed in the mercantile
industry in the District.
That substantial number OF wom-
en- in this industry are receiving less
than a minimum wage is said to have
been disclosed by an investigation just
made by the board
In arranging for the proposed con-
ference, the board will request the in
dustry and the employees to nominate
six representatives each. The board
will select three OF each group and
also will choose three representatives
of the public to serve on the confer
ence.
Evening star., 1919-04-02
MISS HARRy's POSTER WINS
First in Back TO School Drive
Competitor Mckinley School Pupil.

N- s'h. HNIft . rumN 90
h .t NDnl.' Tua... school rta
nrnn announced aa tlr w.uur, OF M,
E-. urlr. g.. ru tU" beet p"st,r .Gh-
.Ir"d Boo rho ,onu'lrou l.Ii .u con.
lection With Tho local "R..o so Scnool
Drive This Us ono or tho four main
a"tlNl'los on III" nationwide program
Of tn" "childr"n's Year
Donald Millar OF Central and Lloyd
E"rrall of W estern both were award
ed honorable mention. Miss Harry :
Evening star., 1919-04-02
WOMAN IN COURT FA!NTS
AFTER EXCITING EPISODE

Mary .i"UeS aud Anna Wright. dis
"int"& or the street missionaries. no
""r" arrested at .th street and Fem
SylVanta avenue northwest last night
charged with conducting II public re-
iigious meeting without the required
police permit. were brought into
court this morning before Judge Rob
ert Hardison, and created a scene
one OF the women while on the stand
went INTO disconnected sermon ON
the coming of Christ and other SINH
lar topics and worked herself UP to
high pitch of excitement before the
court officers could stop her She
tainted and had to be removed from
the court The women were fined S25
each and put on probation until they
could secure the necessary police per
init to hold their meetings.
Evening star., 1919-04-02

During the half century of it's OK
iStence the National American Woman
Suffrage Association has had but four
presidents
Evening star., 1919-04-02
REVOLT IN PETR0CRAD
IS CONFIRMED BY WIRE

LONDON. April Reports that
revolution against the soviet govern
mont has broken out in Petrosrad are
supported by an official Russian wire
less dispatch received here, which
says that there is Serious strike Of
railway men in the Petrograd region.
The strike. it is said, was prompted
by the mensheviki and the social rev.
olutionarieS.
Evening star., 1919-04-02
SHOWS WHILE SUN SHINES.
Thermometers Down to 24-"Fair
and Warmer Tomorrow"

Snowiakes and sunbeams mixed
today. Scattering fakes Of snow ap-
peared for a short time during the
morning. amply bearing out the
warning, Of the weather man that
"spring is not yet here"
Fair and warmer for tomorrow was
the prediction. although thermometers
are not expected to go much higher
early tomorrow morning than they
did this morning, when they showed
"a degrees.
Evening star., 1919-04-02
PARDON DEBs ONLY HOPE
Goes '0 Atlantis PRISON unls,s
Precedent Wilson ini-rv.nc'

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Evening star., 1919-04-02
FIRE AWAKENS SICK WOMAN.
Alice Brown Runs Through Flames
TO Safety in Hotel,

Alice Brown, a colored maid at the
Rochester Hotel, 80 f street, was
asleep when a fre broke out In her
room in the hotel today. The maid.
who was sick. depended on an oil
stove for heat The stove became
overheated and set fire to her effects.
When she was awakened by smoke
the fire was burning between the bed
and door and she had to run through
it to get ont
Firenen extinguished the dzA
Evening star., 1919-04-02
Mr.. Syme's Contention.

Mr.. Syme contends that it would be
unjust and not contemplated by law
to permit the company to claim this
difference as a value upon which to
charge the public a return. 1t would
be still more unjust, he urges, were
it used as a basis upon which to cal
culate in percentage the intangible
values of the compay which it claimed
amounted to over $6,oo0,o0o in addi-
fioO