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4 nursemaid rushed into the pr
cnce OF her mistress and shrickcd ,
oh. my goodness ma am, the twin
have fallen down the we'll. Whai
shall l do
The mother announced calmly, 'Go
to the library and bring me the las
number Of Modern Motherhood
There's ar article on How TO briug
up children
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-10-19
Oldest Hens.

w L. SUTTON OF Jasper. AL
W. has two of the oldest hens a.
record in that section of the country
both being IS years old. They hay
missed laying only three times dur
ing the entire summer. The heH
were purchased by sutton from
neighbor in 1908, when they were
wears old
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-10-19

unique. 1t consisted of a few holes
of golf, alternated with long rests be-
meath the willows. The professor.
observing, said nothing. But he
smiled.
On Saturday. however. the en-
peror came to the clubhouse deter
mined to attain, If not the prize, at
least a high place in the scoring. He
was there for business. But Peggy
seemed unimpressed by the gravity of
the occasion. She burbled on the first
tee. She said she just couldn't re-
member how to lock her fingers. She
spoke words of encouragement to her
ball in baby talk.
They were playing with Cyrus Cur
tin. dignified banker. and his daugh-
ter Nell.
For Heavens sake. try to remem-
Der what I've told YOU" Gussie ex-
claimed after she made a mess of her
second shot. You came back miles
too far then"
Yes. sir. I'll try" Peggy answered
meekly, trotting along close to his
side.
But just now he didn't want her
close to his side. He was making up
his mind whether to use a mashie or
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-10-19

by table, we're startled by q strar
sound.
Bah" And again, Bah,
Copyright, 1921
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-10-19

~ All said Mrs. Augustus
SSD Penhallow. and again:
~ Bah" Prof. Augustus
Penhallow looked up from
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-10-19
MAINT AIMING THE OLD RIGHT OF WEIGH
D;e;ng George Worries AboutH Job

Darwin or some other great
fiction writer about animals
so truly says, there is more
than one weigh to a skinny
nor o.ror;aIIy n flor vou com-
Evening star., 1924-02-05
SAYS WILSON'S NAME
WAS NOT BORN TO DIE
Clarence J. Owens Sends Telegram
of Coincidence to Ex.Presi-
dents Widow.

"The name Of Woodrow Wilson was
not born to die He Is citizen of
the kingdom Of humanity. He now
belongs to the ages"
This eulogy Of the late ex-President
was expressed in a telegram Of con-
dolence sent to Mrs. Wilson by
Clarence ]. Owens, president Of the
Southern Commercial Congress. and
recipient of one OF the first commits
sions under President Wilson, having
been appointed member Of the
United States commission on rural
credits, March IA, 1913.
Mr.. Owens said: "The last time
Woodrow Wilson, Theodore Roose-
Welt and William Horward Taft
appeared on the same platform to-
gether was at the convention of the
Southern Commercial Congress at At
lanta. Ga, in 1911. Mr.. Taft spoke
on 'Today's National Affairs Mr.
Roosevelt on obligation in States
manship and Business Endeavor,' and
Mr.. Wilson on The Citizen and the
State"
"Mr Taft, then President. declared
that You. have heard from a former
President Of the United States Gre
ferring to Roosevelt), you will now
hear from the President of the United
States and 1t may be that you have
just heard from one who will yet be
President of the United States Gre
ferring to Wilson,"
Evening star., 1924-02-05
ITALIAN PRESS COOL
IN WILSON COMMENT
Only One Newspaper Has Eulogy.
Others Recall Opposition to
Rome's Wishes,
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ROME, February 5.-Scant euloey
appears in the newspapers today for
Woodrow Wilson. Must of the Jour-
nails recall the variance of his views
with those of the Italian. The fas-
cist organ. Impero ends a long editor
ial article as follows:
"On the tomb Of Wilson we shed
no tears nor place flower. One
can forgive. but.not forget"
The Epoca says the former Presi-
dent believed in abstract formulas
rather than in national realities land
died in solitude" II Monde alone
in its editorial gives a touch of
reverence for the dead statesman.
Today on his death bed" il savs
we wish to remember him as the
faithful Interpreter of the generous
sentiments of the- American peonie
He hastened the defeat of German
Imperialism and secured victory for
those principles Of humanity and
democracy for which all free men
suffer hardship and endure untold
danger"
Evening star., 1924-02-05
RADIO TO CARRY
RITES FOR WILSON
WCAP and WEAF to Join in
Broadcasting Funeral
Services.

The final funeral rites for former
President Woodrow Wilson tomor-
row afternoon at $3.50 O'Clock at
Bethlehem Chapel, Mount St. Alban,
will be broadcast by WCAP. the
Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone
Company's radio station. 1t will
be the first time in history that
funeral services for a departed for
mer Chief Executive of the nation
will be sent out on the ether waves
Arrangements also are being made
to have station WEAF in New York
broadcast the services jointly with
the Washington station. If this is
done, thousands of persons in the
eastern section OF the United States
will be able to hear the final tributes
that will be paid the former Chief
Executive before he is laid to rest
in the crypt of Bethlehem Chapel.
The telephone company will erect
loud speakers 'on Mount st. Alban so
that the immense throng that will
be unable to get into the chapel can
listen to the ceremonies The ampli-
flying horns will be SO scattered that
the services will be carried to the
most remote corner of Mount St.
Alban.
Little preparation will be neces-
sary for the broadcasting of the Will
son funeral rites. The telephone COM
pany already has its microphones
and other requisite apparatus in
Bethlehem Chapel. II has been used
for some time for broadcasting the
Sunday afternoon services conducted
by Rt. Rev. James E. Freeman.
Bishop of the Episcopal diocese of
Washington.
Evening star., 1924-02-05

with Thompson the impression that the
poem was his inspiration.
There is a cloud on the horizon that
! cannot explain" said Wilson. Il don't
feel the enthusiasm / should" 1t was
this phrase that Thompson says showed
that Wilson had premonition Of the
difficulties that afterward confronted
him in the war period.
Wilson was deeply interested in
the success of business men and the
more Interested in the normal honest
man. He was continually contesting
against monopoly, and had a hatred
products for monopoly a we'll as those
who were interested in internation-
al monopolies. In this respect he was
like George Washington He saw the
dangers of monopoly in national and
International business.
Woodrow Wilson's mind worked
keenly to the last moment. L had a
chance to view some fifteen European
to see Wilson's peace without vic
tory idea applied. l reported to him
and the difference in others.
I'm a letter Wilson explained that
peace without victory was included
by me as a warning. We must beat
them for the principle involved and
not for the sake Of humiliation
Weakness of Wilson.
Wilson's weakness was his shrink
ing from letting people know the acts
of mercy his right hand did that his
left hand knew not of. And i know
1t was the wish of Woodrow Wilson
that people might think him a human
being.
after Woodrow Wilson read me
KiplinG's great poem IT. he said: 4
feel my backbone stiffening up every
time l read it,
He certainly risked all on one
throw with his great big idea and
he has gone to his great reward
knowing he has fought the good
fight" concluded the speaker.
The dean of George Washington
University. DIR. Howard L. Hodgkins,
Dean William Allen Wilbur, which
was adopted by the student body, and
will be sent to Mrs Wilson.
The resolution follows:
THE sorrow of the nation in the
death Of Woodrow Wilson is the deep
and universal sorrow in the universi-
"He was voice Of the idealism of
the youth of America: he was a
Of America. He is inseparable from
the voice and from the vision. His
high service, his deep devotion, his
supreme sacrifice, will remain con-
tfnuing incentives for America and
for the world.
I'VE wish to express to Mrs. Will
son our tribute of sorrow and of
honor and our prayer that she may
have the sustaining strength and
comfort of God, whom the President
served and whom the people trust.
Adopted in the university assembly
Of George Washington University,
Monday, February 4, 1924"
Evening star., 1924-02-05
OFFER ARLINGTON
TOMB FOR WILSON
Ex-President's Widow Not
Likely to Approve Amphi-
theater Memorial Site.
Gy The Associated Press.

Iiy the Associated Press.
The government has offered to
place the body of Woodrow Wilson
In Arlington Memorial Amphitheater
where the unknown soldier sleeps
! but it appears unlikely that the pro-
posal will be acceptable to Mrs. Will
son.
With the approval of President
Coolidge. Secretary Weeks conveyed
the offer to the widow yesterday
through DIR. Grayson. 1t was suE-
gested that the amphitheater- be used
either as a temporary or permanent
resting Place for the war President.
as members of the family might elect
Mr.. Weeks said that although there
was no legal authority for the step
he had taken, he was certain that il
the offer is accepted Congress will
pass the necessary legislation
When the amphitheater was erect
ed and placed under supervision Of
the War Department 1t was provided
by law that distinsuis men could
be entombed there, but that none
should be given such an honor until
ten years after his death No body
ever has been placed there except
that of the unknown soldier
Mrs. Wilson's present intention is
that her husband shall be laid to
rest temporarily in the crypt of the
Episcopal Cathedral here until
permanent place of entombment has
been selected.
Evening star., 1924-02-05
WILSON GOES TO LAST SLEEP
IN PLACE OF MAJESTIC SUNSETS
Cathedral, High Over Capital, Fur.
"ishes Tomb of Quiet and Grandeur After
Storms of Life.
BY the Associated Press

ID! the Associated Press.
westward above Washington, where
barrier hills etch a high, broken sky
line OF billowing green in summer, Of
twisted. leafiess branches in winter,
the labour of an age in piled stones"
Is rearing the cathedral that for a
time will house what was mortal of
woodrow Wilson. The vast building
Is yet In the making. Only the great
eastern arch of the sanctuary is
bullt, but already the structure tow
ers In graceful line and star pointing
sothic pinnacles bathed at sunset in
glory OF coloring all its own.
from the city below. down the long
dral seems even now a completed.
iairy structure. The mighty propor-
tions OF its bulk are refined by dis
lance; its great buttresses seem but
lines OF delicate tracery against an
eVerchanging sky. There is no hint
about 1t to those looking up from
the wide avenues Of a thing unfin-
ished. no ugly, sprawling network of
staging to mar its symmetry of line
and arch.
View of City Below.
The building is growing on a bold
promontory that juts eastward from
the rim of the ridge. Standing at
wonderful, colorful panorama spreads
under the eye. The city itself be-
comes thing of beauty, with its
clustering red roofs and the gray
ing white bulk Of It's great buildings
softened by distance
Beyond roll the hills of Maryland
away to the far horizon. green and
yellow and gold in the scanty coy
ering the rude hand OF winter has
left them. A little to the south
sweeps the broad tide of the Poto-
mac. on it's twisting ninety-m flow
to Chesapeake bay. Bridges that
bind the north and south together
with healing bonds of commerce
seem fragile spans at that distance,
and water craft mere chips on the
quiet Eray-blue bosom of the river.
Far down the river, dim In the
distance, are the promontories near
Mount Vernon on the Virginia shore
where Washington rests, while south
ward, across the Potomac and its
crowding fringe of buildings, loom
the hills Of Arlington National ceme-
terry and Fort Meyer with the ter
raced front Of the Memorial Amphi
Theater and the pillard dignity of
the Lee Mansion standing out as twin
sentries above the glorious dead
around him.
Evening star., 1924-02-05

Swinging westward again the eye
glimpses the bold heights along the
the near bank of the wide chasm in
which the Potomac lies. while be-
yond roll the colorful hills of Mary
land. fold on fold.
To the northward, only from the
cathedral runs level land. the mar
row back of the ridge on which it
stands. Up and down that ridge along
the busy way of Wisconsin avenue
flows an endless traffic. for there lies
the western outlet of Washington,
the highway of motor traffic. the
route of Braddock's march to Ohio.
In such surroundings there Is grow
ing up a stately house OF God with the
impulse for its structure springing
from all that man has found best
through the years in the church build
ing artistry of the old world. And In
q deep marble vault beneath Will lie
among men and women who like him
Woodrow Wilson. war President Of
the United States.
Crypt Below Floor.
AS in the stately old cathedrals
abroad. the crypt chapel covering. the
vault for honored dead Is set below
the main floor Of the building. All
services are now held in its deep
recesses. dim in the half light OF high
windows that give only an upward
glimpse through carved stone walls
to the open air. There is an air Of
great peace and quiet about 1t. re-
mote even from the busy sound of
the building work above and all
around.
A low doorway opens into the cor
ridor that leads down into the chapel.
it's arched top below the level Of the
eyes as one turns to the steps that
lead down to it. And above that
door, through which Woodrow Wilson
will he carried tenderly tomorrow to
sleep in the place of beauty and quiet,
runs this legend, carved deep in the
graying stonework.
1.-THE way Of peace"
His surroundings will not be strange
to the war President as he sleeps be-
meath the chapel floor. He stood In
this place many times in life, al
though Of different faith, to pay
honor to great occasions. 1t was
there he went in 1918, less than a
week after the arrnistice that ended
hostilities of the great war was
signed. going as President to attend
a victory service of thanksgiving.
And now he will come again in the
democracy of death to sleep a while
among these fellow Christians of an
other faith who so gladly make him
welcome.
Evening star., 1924-02-05
MEMORIAL SERVICES
PLANNED IN new YORK
Woodrow Wilson Foundation Ex.
poets 10000 at Madison Square
Garden-Schools to Close.
By the Associated Presa.

By the Associated Press. Y
NEW YORK, February Sat the
hour funeral services for Woodrow
Wilson are held in Washington We'd
nesday afternoon memorial service
will start at Madison Square Garden
under the auspices of the Woodrow
Wilson Foundation. At least 10000
persons will attend
Acting Mayor Collins issued a proc
lamation closing the schools and all
municipal offices on Wednesday. or
dering flags at half-staff and re-
questing that private business be sus-
pended during the hour of the fu-
neral. Many courts closed today after
the justices and magistrates had de-
livered brief eulogies.
American steamship lines ordered
flags on their vessels throughout the
seven seas ut half-mast for thirty
days, and foreign lines ordered flags
at half-mast In American waters.
Many incoming ships will hold me-
mortal services Wednesday.
Evening star., 1924-02-05
RECALLS KINDNESS
SHOWN IN SICKNESS
Conduit Road Woman Tells of
Visit Paid by Wilson Last
November.

Through the beating rain of dis
agreeable morning. Mrs. William H.
Green of 5066 Conduit road came to
The Star office today to pay tribute to
the memory of Woodrow Wilson.
Last November. when Mrs. Green
lay in bed with the bones of her foot
broken, Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson stopped
their car in front Of the Conduit road
home and the latter brought in
bouquet of flowers. Mr.. Wilson. ow-
ing to his condition, had to content
himself with waving his hand to Mrs.
Green. she recalled today.
The friendship began four years
ago, when Mrs. Green presented a
knitted scarf to the then President of
the United States. In return he sent
her "a handsome pair of knitting
needles, which today constitute one
OF her greatest treasures.
Later gifts of candy and flowers
came to her. Today she recalled their
riendship with emotion. and spoke
of the late President as a fine, hon
orable. upright man" To Mrs. Will
son. too, she accorded the highest
praise. declaring that 'her equal can
not be found in the District of Co
1umbia."
Evening star., 1924-02-05
Death Mask of E1-President Taken
By Johns Hopkins Model Expert
Dr.. Fortunate, Formerly MOsc0,v Physician. Con.
sidered One of Greatest Plastic Artists
.- in WOrLd

Wilson, who agreed to intrust this
work to the Hopkins man.
Before the Russian revolution Df
Fortunate was a practicing physician
with the University Of Moscow. where
he developed the application Of plas-
tic art to medicine and surgery. He
is thirty-five years old.
Escaping from the communist re-
gime in Russia three years ago, he
came to America. He was met by DR..
Young, who had heard Of his work ut
the University of Moscow, and who
persuaded him to join the STAFF of the
Hopkins hospital. After a years
work he was transferred to the staff
of the Brady THEOLOGICAL Institute.
The first death mask Dr. Fortunate
made in this country was of the late
DR.. William S. Halsted, former chief
surgeon at the hospital.
Evening star., 1924-02-05
JAPANESE EXPRESS
SORROW W.FOR WILSON
Former President Regarded as True
Friend of Oriental
Nation.
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
TOXIC, February 5-Admiration
and esteem with which the late
Woodrow Wilson was regarded in
Japan Is testified to in scores of mes
sages pouring into the American
colony here from leading Japanese
citizens and statesmen and diplomats
from other nations.
Newspapers and other publications
are largely devoted to stories of his
death. his obituary and tributes to
him.
''The late President Wilson de-
served Japanese gratitude in many
ways" stated the Nichi Nichi, one of
the leading newspapers of Japan.
His friendship for Japan was elo-
quently expressed in his efforts to
mitigate the rigors of the California
antt-Japanese movement and obtain
recognition of Japan's Manchurian
position. His death deprives Japan of
one Of it's most esteemed benefactors
and the world Of it's most powerful
peacemaker."
Evening star., 1924-02-05
C. ". u. STUDENTS JOIN TRIBUTE
TO MEMORY OF PAST PRESIDENT
Huston Thompson Tells of Personal "Reminiscences
Resolutions of Sympathy
Adopted

George Washington University
students united yesterday in paying
homage to the late Woodrow Wilson,
in Lisner Hall chapel. The memorial
exercises were held to give tribute to
the man President William Mather
Lewis described as "the great Amer
ican who gave the world a great idea
and who held tenaciously to that idea
to his end" E"-
The Hon. Huston Thompson, chair
man Of the Federal Trade Commis-
sion, former student of Princeton
In Woodrow Wilson's classes and
later a close personal friend OF the
late former President. spoke of his
personal "reminiscences of Wilson.
This is a day of Joy and victory
in that a great spirit has gone to his
master knowing that he had fought
the fight and kept the faith" said
Thompson.
There was a charm and q delight
In the character of Woodrow Wilson
which Is borne out In the many kindly
and friendly acts. I have known of
these traits for thirty years. even be-
fore I attended Princeton, and while
was at Lawrenceville," said the
speaker.
Cheered by Students.
Mr.. Thompson related how 1t de-
volved upon Prof. Wilson to throw
three foot ball players of the team
for scholarship deficiencies on the eve
of the preparation for the Harvard
game and how his sense of duty was
rewarded in chapel exercises when
the students broke into prolonged
cheers on his appearance in the audi
ence.
'"rhe students admired his stand"
said Thompson. He was willing with
out thought of the consequences to
put his popularity to the test.
Woodrow Wilson was a most inter-
esting talker. His lectures at Prince
ton were orations and his classes fire.
Quently broke into applause. Even the
dumbest student found pleasure and
recreation in Wilson's classes. He made
them think.
Wilson loved his jokes and he would
frequently interrupt too long and loud
, applause in his classes"
Mr. Thompson referred to the speech
Col, at the tercentenary Of the signing
of the King James version Of the Bible,
as Wilson's greatest and best effort and
more brilliant than the Gettysburg
speech. Thompson was with Wilson
throughout the first western campaign
when he had been nominated.
Prem0Riti0h Of War.
1t appeared as though Wilson had a
premonition Of the war days and the
trouble to come. In a Denver hotel
Woodrow Wilson drew from his pocket
copy OF kipling's IF" and read it
with expression and an insight that left
Evening star., 1924-02-05
DIES AFTER ALL-NIGHT
BATTLE WITH POLICE
Cleveland Man Defends Self More
Than Twelve Hours Against
Several Squads.
BY the Associate ted Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CLEVELAND. Ohio, February g.
Frank Mule, who for more than
twelve hours successfully defended
himself against several squads of po-
lice, died late yesterday in a hospital
from a bullet wound in the temple
received when he took refuge in a
closet in a room where he had bar
ricaded himself. Police Sergt. Charles
Shearer was shot in the arm during
the siege, but was not seriously
wounded
Mule. armed with a revolver, hatch
ct. razor and butcher knife, standing
guard at the head Of a stairway on
the second floor of a rooming house,
had succeeded in standing off the
police all last night. Tear gas bombs.
opiates administered in coffee he call
ed for at intervals and attempts at
surprise attacks had failed to spoil
his command of the situation.
Finally Mule went into a bedroom.
In rushing his stronghold, the police
fired four times through the door be-
fore it was forced open. AS the off,
GERS entered, Mule took to a clothes
closet.
Evening star., 1924-02-05
LEAGUE DELEGATES
EUL0GIZE WILSON
Dramatic Scene Marks Session of
Commission on Arms
Reduction.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
GENEVA, February "a dramatic
scene marked the public tribute paid
yesterday at the session of the league
OF nations commission for the re-
duction of armaments to the memory
Of Woodrow Wilson. Men of eminence
representing the old and new worlds,
who have gathered in Geneva to
study how best to curb the great
world danger Of armaments, ad-
dressed a large gathering, which
stood reverentially. and declared that
Wilson's name would stand forth in
history. undimmed and imperishab bic,
as that of the great apostle of peace
and conciliation.
The American minister Of Switzer-
land. Joseph c. Grew, and Norman
H. Davis, undersecretary of state in
the Wilson administration, were pres
ent. This was the first time an Amer
lean minister had participated in the
leagues activities and the coming of
Mr.. Grew is interpreted here as a
favorable indication Of the attitude
of the United States.
The tenor Of all the addresses was
endt "oouroW wilson naQ won one
Of the great places In history. Signor
Schanzer, former Italian foreign
minister, said that the illustrious
founder of the league had translat ed
the idea OF the league into practice.
Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, who
has done more than anybody to carry
on Mr.. Wilson's work for the league,
and who himself will be replaced on
the council by Lord Parmoor, dwelt
on the former Presidents undaunted
courage.
In his response to the American
minister he said: Such tributes
showed that Woodrow Wilson be-
longed not to the United States alone,
but to the world.
NJ. Branting, president of the
counsel of the league, sent to Mrs.
Wilson g. message expressing the
deep-felt and respectful sympathy of
himself and his colleagues.