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Evening star., 1923-11-25

TT Is said that, hidden away In the
= archives Of the Tennessee Histor-
ical Society At Nashville is the ac-
count Of tho first actual message
sent over a telegraph line. That dis
patch differs materially from the
solemn message that passed over the
wire between Washington and Balti-
moro in the year 1874. It illustrates
well. however, the lack OF serious
ness with which Morse's invention
was taken when he nrst offered It to
the world.
According to tho account preserved
at Nashville. Robert l. Caruthers OF
Lebanon. Tenn. was q member OF
Congress In 1S43, and a member OF
the committee to which was referred
Morse's application for an appropria-
tion to build . telegraph line from
Washington to Baltimore. Most OF
the members Of the committee looked
upon Morse ~ Q visionary and his
proposal a impr2cticable.
On the last day Of the session
Morse went to the committee room
and told them that he had stretched
q wire to tho top Of the Capitol
building. and had Z young man up
there. II they would write q mes
sage he would send It up: and the
young man would brfng them a copy
Of It. Nome OF them believed 1t could
Evening star., 1923-11-25

Dept Store where I could be kind to
| working girls because I are one OF
| such. should get there early-O SO
| prematurely! Maybe / should be first
one on the propity and find plenty
Shopgirls with nothing to do but Iool
| around e. tell me the biography Of
their lives.
Mr.. Editor, are It not pleasure to go
| 4th with an original I. D.. Answer
| is. Yes.
Therefore I go hunt UP the most
enlarged Dept Store there. was. I
stood ghast with my rs bill in my
! pocket. How could I spent it tpar-
tialiy) & give Yaletide pleasure to
great majority of Japanese friends:
| Inrushing toward door / could see
an enormalous number OF egger peo-
pie (female) going in that direction
| What was this7 I am at loss to
know. Several angry umburellas poke
me between my wrists and elbows
while or Ladies nearly six (6) fl.
across melted together right in front
! OF where / walked.
20 Dot, you here also7" hoila one
! "a feminine to other.
/ Yes, Kitten decry end Wide Lady.
| 81 are determined I shall do my Xmas
shopping early. 1t saves poor Shop
| girl strength"
Evening star., 1923-11-25

To Editor Tho Star. who realizes
how 1t must be moro expensive to
Give than to Receive.
IN EAREsr sIR:-An great cal
ammities should be prepared
in advance. should not? It
should. For examplus. OBJ
serve how Hon. VIM. G. Hohenzol-
lern. efficiency axpert of Germany.
work for forty (4e) yrs. getting ready
to make Europe missable- And that
were not long enough. It are very
high time, then. for all persons to
start Xmas so that they can get
over with it sooner. In time Of Peace
prepare for Xmas tquotation.)
About 2 weeks Of yore Mrs. G. w.
Quackmire, my owner. approach to
Ktchin with international express
sion peculiar to Hon. Chas. e. Hughes.
Togo" she assimilate. "Xmas are
the most important joliiday of all the
round year. Therefore we must be-
have like little Christians"
20 horrus!" 1 dictate. will it be
rough like that
Retain yourself" she dib when
speek thusly mean something else.
For instancely. When you go shop
to buy tablecloth or fingerbowel or
gin or tie (neck and oxford) with
which to donate happy Joy to chill
dren. clergy & others. why should you
not go early? tell you why. Xmas
are time Of kind sweetness, are not?
1t are. Hearts should explode open
to do good deeds. Money no objeck.
For instancely, I have been saving
my knickels long time to buy my
which have needed since last April
Foolish Day
How can you compel him to wear
it, I require baffably.
II shall wear IL for him." she OBJ
tain. For he would love to see 1t
around my elbow more than his. This
give him pleasure"
/ stand ghast for that phenomenal
'And so onwards," she diploma
Xmas Spirit teach US to be kind to
policemen & others weaker than our
selves. We should cansider the sore
back e. tired eyebrows Of those what
work to make US happy. Think of
poor shopgirls, entirely shopworn
with work, roshing thither & hither
all Xmas week. selling cigarette
holders for young ladies who already
got 81 just like it. Are 1t not pretty
babbarous, by golly. to drive poor
Shopgirl so goggishly that she lose
her mind and forget where she put
her gum?"
How can I stop this disgustedly
habit" I ask to know.
II * + R
NDo your Xmas Shopping Prema.
~ tureiy." corrode Mrs. C. w
Quackmire. go now and avoid the
rosh. Call at oncely at counter OF
dept store & observe happy Shcpgtrl
Evening star., 1923-11-25

to be exacted by this amazing leader.
Gurdjieff, I was told, had been born
and christened by his Greek parents
as George S. Gorgiades in the Trans
caucasian town of Alexandrople some
fifty years ago. AS a boy he had
wandered through Russia, had run
away to sea, had then travelled all
through the east, especially through
outer mongolia and Thibet, where he
had becope saturated in the mystic
religions and magic practices OF
Lamas. SUITS, Yogis and Persian der
wishes. He had fled to Constantinople
during the Russian revolution. and
had finally established this institute
for the study and practice Of oriental
philosophy, miracle-making and SUI
per-physical culture in this pictur-
esque and beautiful chateau in the
Fontainbleau forest
Evening star., 1923-11-25

win and further and more tho results
is on acct Of the western team hav-
ing 2 wks. more practice though per-
sonly it looked to mo like the Tiger
as call them could OF used moro
yrs. practice and made q tie game
out of it and that would OF satisfied
them as they don't want to win.
At this junction it should be stated
in justice to old Bill Roper. the
Princeton coach, that his printed
criticism OF the game was to the ef-
fect that Notre Dame had q pretty
fair foot ball nine and after they
had played hr. or SO they sent in q
substitute backfleld and the last
named was better than Team No. 1
and wished you could Of seen them,
to say nothing about the line.
On the way back to n. Y. city I
says to the little woman. how can
you beat the Irish when 1t comes to
foot ball. She had no reply ready.
Evening star., 1923-11-25

The best backfield Notre Dame SEEM
ed to have was Stuhldreher. Miller.
Bergman and Layden. The last
named may be a Greek.
Well we finely got homo and ]
says to the little gal what are we
going to do with the rest OF the
evening. as I am feeling very fresh.
So she says let the telephone take
care of itself and in about 4 of
a hr. a party called UP and said how
would you like to play cards.
y \ + X
60 my answer was obvious. namely
~ 7 would like to play without
cheating. But they wanted to play
stud poker.
So pretty soon we had a s hand
game running in full tilt and it
lasted till three o'clock in the morn
ing as the song hath 1t. and when
we como to settle up I had wan. II
cents ond the Mra had loose 8 cents
Evening star., 1923-11-25

ranged on either side. whence the spec
tators watched the proceedings. At the
farther end was a polished wooden
dancing floor. fitted out like a GYM
nasium with instruments of quaint
workmanship at the other stood cur
tanned pavilion, from which Gurdjieff.
still invisible, directed the proceedings
Between the two there was a rallied Off
inclosure, covered with Persian rugs, re-
served for the white gowned young men
and women the initiated disciples
Some forty Of them fled In and squatted
down, Buddha- fashion. the men on one
side. the women on the other.
r X
a s leaned back among the cushions,
lighting a cigarette and feeling
much like Haroun-al-Raschid, another
piano inside began again its discourse in
ancient intervals, and tho disciples once
Evening star., 1923-11-25

more entered into their angular, knetic
contortions.
The dance again ceased abruptly. the
sible poses. The curtains Of the pavil-
ion parted. and Gurdjieff stepped into
the full glare Of the lights. which had
been wavering htfully between bril-.
lance and darkness during the ballet.
He was rather tall. powerfully built
man, carelessly dressed In a gray lounge
suit, walking with a slouching gait
The hair OF his head was cropped short
displaying a large spherical skull
Slightly squiilting eyes, full, wide nos.
trils and q mouth hidden by a dropping
mustache betrayed little or no emotion
except, perhaps. q species Of cold amuse.
ment Perhaps, also. more than a faint
trace Of cruelty. a cigarette dropped
from one corner OF his mouth.
He advanced toward young mar
who was balancing himself precariously
on twisted legs, with arms stiffiy out
stretched. and roughly pushed him over
The white figure toppled to the floor
rolled over a few times, and ther
achieved equilibrium. still retaining his
difficult posture.
After more dances, including a dizzy
rout OF whirling dervishes, the master
announced that memory feats and
demonstrations OF thought-transferencs
would take place.
glanced at my watch as at last we
came out into the sweet night air.
1t was ESQ am. But no one else
showed the slightest sign Of weariness
White figures could still be seen every
where, smoothing out the paths, rear
ranging the benches and doing. other
chores.
They work Systematically to break
all their habits, both good and bad. thus
freeing their whole lives from the ordi-
nary mans usual slavery to habits. and
performing every act with all their at
tention. They live the communal life
just as the earliest Christian churches
did. but they do not regard theii
rhythmic exercises as rites or cere.
monies. They regard communal life AZ
necessary for producing in highly con-
centrated form all the friction, all the
reactions, pleasant and unpleasant. t1a,
are met with in ordinary life. Indif.
ference to these reactions is one OF theil
goals.
II is a curious and picturesque oasis
Of spiritual devotion and self-surrendeI
In the midst Of a buzzing, rather ma.
teriaiistic world.
Evening star., 1923-11-25
GARDINER SEES NOTRE DAME GAME
Sometimes the Teams Don t Want to VIM He Says

+" o the editor: Well great
many people has wrote in
lately with a personal appeal
to please not bore them to
death with articles in regards to
what has happened in my family al
fairs and what I been doing lately
and etc, but II has been my ambition
for a long vile to bore people aho
a. least the people in question VIII
half 70 admit that I have been sue
cessful along these lines but in or
ders to make insurance douoly sure
,t looks like I would half to write a
few more wds. on the lines or what
has been happening in our family al
fairs and which very few writer's
would have the nerve to touch but
am different.
Well about wks, ago 1 happened
to como down for breakfast one
morning and greatly to my surprise
1t turned out to be- a Saturday. so
the little woman says what was you
planning to do over the week end.
So I says we'll I was planning to run
down to a place called Princeton.
n. J., and sec a foot ball game.
So she says:
was you planning to 60 alone"
So I says:
NO II looks like they would be a
big crowd there as Princeton is VS..
Notre Dame who they say has got q
, pretty fair foot ball nine who II
might be worth my while seeing as
Notre Dame Is eight miles from my
home and If they happen to wan I
might not be so grouchy around the
| house"
| So she says how about me going
| with you and I says that was my in
tensions all the time so we went to
Princeton and seen the game and
seen Notre Dame win by the hair line
margin Of 25 to Q and afterwards we
come home and picked UP a couple
n. Y. papers in tho next few days and
they was storys In them by eastern
| foot ball coaches that the Eenses Of
| opinion was that the reason Notre
Dame had wan was on acct Of them
having wks. head start in their
practice and besides when 9. Eastern
team plays anybody but Harvard or
Yale, why they don't want to win.
THAT il q important fact for ex.
= perts to remember, namely that
| when q team like Notre Dame beats
one of tho big three. why 1t Is be-
cause the last named don't want to
Evening star., 1923-11-25

stood as IL petrified in unimaginably
bizarre attitudes
Rain began to fall, destroying the
spell of the thing, and the group Of
dancers liQuefied. percolating slowly
into a low wooden house.
We arose from our bench and fol-
lowed.
This house is the temple, or hall Of
studies. We entered through low
doorway, passed through a corridor.
and Strengthened up in a chamber
which transported one at once into
an eastern realm.
The walls were covered with brilliant,
fantastic tapestries, except where they
were pierced by colored windows. Tiers
of luxuriously cushioned divans were
Evening star., 1923-11-25

so I tried to settle with nine banker
for cents but he did not have
change for nickel. That Is life.
Well the next night the telephone
rung and it was Raymond Hitchcock
the comic and he says we are going
to have a spiritual meeting over to
our house and would like you to come
over. So says why. and he says
well I would just like you to come
over. So I says we'll do you want
me to talk with some dead people.
SO he says:
"Yes, want you to be on equal
terms for once"
That Is about all can tell you
In regards to Long Island society
this mo. RING W. LARDNER.
tCopyr right, 1823)
Evening star., 1923-11-25
NOW the pianist had modulated

NOW the pianist had modulated
into a rhythmic, pounding tune
In a minor key, the clangor of the
quasi-oriental chords echoing strange
ly through the dusk. AT another
shout from Gurdiieft the figures on
the lawn arranged themselves in sew
eral rows. stood perfectly rigid for
few minutes, and then began to
move their arms in unison-rapid,
jerky movement. their joints giving
the beautiful effect of working on
ball bearings. The music quickened
its pace, and so did the arms. Now
legs and bodies began to sway this
way and that, heads bobbed fran
tically from side to side. Arms. legs.
hands and heads acted in complete
Evening star., 1923-11-25
BY ERNEST BRENNECKE.

T was with the keenest anticipa-
ton of an exciting. perhaps even
dangerous. adventure that I
descended with my guide into
the lovely gardens of the Chateau du
Prieure as night began to fall. Here
I was, committed as it were for a
night at the Institut Gurdjieff. where,
according to rumors that had been
fitting along the Paris boulevards.
weird activities were indulged in and
magic from the east was practiced
by a strange group of people from
all over the world; aristocrats. mil
.lionaires, doctors OF philosophy. en-
gineers and students. Here, as cafe
gossip had it, bizarre chants dis
turbed the sleep of Fontainebleau
during the early hours of the morn
ing. Here persons Of noble birth were
forced to scrub floors or attend to
the pigs. Here was a luxurious
oriental chamber where wild. fam
tastic dances were performed all night
long.
In this hugo garden, where foun-
tains played. Illuminated by SUBJ
merged red and green electric lights,
some one was playing a piano under
meath the trees across the broad lawn.
White-robed figures began to appear
from nowhere and to filI UP the place.
\ high, impatient voice cried out
from the direction Of the chateau as
a group of about twenty disciples,
men and women. assembled in the
center of the garden, a large. smooth.
grassy stage, bordered by banks Of
flowers.
That voice is Gurdjieff," explained
my guide, Maj. Pinder, who had COM
Hlanded British forces in Siberia be-
fore becoming a follower Of this new
prophet.
The most rigid discipline seemed
Evening star., 1923-11-25
Chateau Of Mysteries
= Produces Picturesque Ceremonies


Of to Reaction
Evening star., 1923-11-25

At FontainebIeau, near Paris, there
's curious colony Of people who claim
to be on the road 70 learning the true
way to live. to be deIvIns with success
into the hidden secrets Of existence
and o. ultimate happiness, and to be
evolving powers which an outsider
would term miraculous.
They are presided over by a mysterI-
ous, powerful figure, an adept in cast.
ern "masic," to whom they submit
themselves in everything they do or
think.
The Institut Gurdjieff represents the
first organized effort to bring to the
western world those peculiar exercises
and practices developed In India and
Thibet.
This article represents the impres.
sions Of writer who recently visited
the institut.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1923-10-05
MANY BARGAINS.

We beg to call your attention to few
of our many bargains at this store. We
receive new goods every week and always
have full stock to select from. Our goods
must please.
One lot of 32-inch dress ginehams to
close at 19c.
Good line of figured and dotted voiles.
29c to Csc.
10-yard pieces of nainsook for $3.50.
Ladies new sleeveless sweaters, $3.50
to $3.50.
Ladies new wolfe dresses at S2.25
Ladies' new Bingham street dresses, 81
S2.50 and $3.75.
Jackson, College Girl and Memo corsets,
Bathing suits, soc to $3.50.
Natural color pongee. Sic, Use and $l.5O
per yard.
Collar and cuff sets at soc to $l.50.
Kayser short and long silk gloves.
Ladies and children's white pumps and
oxfords, $l.50 to $3.50.
Boys 3.piece suits, $3.50 up. Mems
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Ladies plated all-wool skirts at $5.98.
Simmons good grade bed and springs
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All size mattresses, SIS and up.
Crex rugs, 9x6, 8xl0. 9x12, $l0.50 up.
Matches, cheaper than wholesale prices
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Rabbits 1875 and Star Naptha wash
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Sopura shredded soap. made from pure
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Remember we deliver your bulky pack
ages-rugs, beds, mattresses, oil stoves
etc.-to out-of-town points.
W. HICKS,
july 27-tf Rockville. Md.
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Notice to Creditors.

NOTICE is hereby given that the sub
scrloer has obtained from the Orphans
Court OF MONTGOMERY county, Md, letters
OF administration on the personal estate Of
FRANK L. WILSON.
late OF said county, deceased All persons
having claims against the said deceased
are hereby warned to exhibit the same.
with vouchers thereof, to the subscriber on
or before the 25th day of January, 1924:
otherwise they may. by law. be excluded
from all benefit Of said estate. All persons
indebted to said estate are requested to
make Immediate payment Given under
my hand this 25th day Of July. 1923.
FRANK H. WILSON.
aug 3-6t Administrator,
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Gaithersburg Homes.

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Notice to Creditors.

NOTICE is hereby given that the sub
scriber has obtained from the Orphans
Court Of Montgomery county. Md, letters
testamentary on the personal estateof
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN THOMPSON.
late Of MONTGOMERY county, deceased. All
persons having claims against said de-
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same. with the vouchers thereof, to the
subscriber on or before the 18th day of Feb
ruary. 1924 otherwise they may, by law.
be excluded from all benefit Of said estate
All persons indebted to said estate are
requested TO make immediate payment.
Given under my hand this 18th day Of
August. 1928.
JOHN E. THOMPSON
aug East Executor.
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ransacts a General Banking and Trust Business

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Cash Registers

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.3.euiing Ion Ca hRegisterC o Inc.
Subsidiary Of the
>minctcaArms Company, Inc.
ILION. N. Y.
JITH its printed, interchangeable
" Records aud Totals, furnish
'"c.s Becc Thry to guide and COM
oi your business.
FeHt''rer not shown on any
her = ,'gter.
II viii pay you to see this
""Sire before you buy.
Hundreds Of Washington mar.
iarts nre using Remington Cash
a tiers.
Allowance made for other
i!Ces Of Registers taken In ex-
a1ge.
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"a saIes Agent
4Sl 18th St. NV. y
IAN 24ss WASHINGTON, D. c.I
Evening journal., 1923-02-01
IKIWANIANS FOR
NEW CITY CHARTER

Members OF the Kiwsnls Club,
following similar action taken by
the organization two years ago. went
strongly on record at its meeting
yesterday afternoon in favor of the
proposed new Charter for Whining
ton.
A resolution OF endorsement. not
only Of the committee behind the
movement but also OF the Charter,
was introduced by John w. Morris,
and passed by an almost unanimous
vote. It also was planned to have
a speaker present the question fully
az n meeting TO be held soon. Many
members of the club have signified
their intentions to attend the pub
lie meeting. arranged by the Gem
eral Citizens Charter Committee
tomorrow evening in the Council
Chamber.
tomorrow nights meeting in
Council Chamber will be open to
the public, and Leon Walker. chair
man Of the General Citizens Com
mittee. is desirous that all persons
interested should attend.