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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-05-17
Togo Grows Reminiscent
But AM NovT Iivein Luxury.
By WALLACE IRWIN.

10 Editor The Star who are collecting
Brass RaleS among American an
tiaues
~ EAREST SIR: Do you re
member sweet Alice Il. Bold?
II forgotten, kindly 30 scratch
~ your intelligence and bring
her up again. She were Sa-
loon Keepers daughter in those has
oeen days when beer could be drunken
without the ade of the Police. She
stand like a statue in my mind, re-
calling times which were a different
breed from nowadays. In that yore
Drunktng establishment were called
Saloon.
In our town, before date when Vol
sted Area began making vice dishon-
est, there resided many Saloons; and
when you counted them all you was
slprised to find several more. Many
Oh those Saloons could be told apart
by hooking at them. Some was paint
ed bright & goddy color of a taxicab.
and similar to taXicab you commence
spending money all time you were
riding In 1t. Then brilliouS color of
vice made DRINKERS even more so; for
when they observe angry complexion
OF that saloon they enrush inside SO
they could not see the outside. And
IN such situation who knows what?
Yet other Saloons was managed with
more fashionable arrangement. Plate
glass and completely wooden polish
was all over them to make deceptive
resemblance to First National Bank.
First National bankruptcy were oft
emily caused by that. Such saloon re-
CURED a paying teller to be barkepter,
and be pretty darnly quick about 1t.
Then palaces was incomplete If they
amt got over Hon. Bar a horribly arts
Llcsl oily-paint pink portrait of Mrs.
10 H. 49,
columbus dishcovered her. She had
q hanson goldy frame around her and
nothing else
She were regarded entirely depraved
III date before America learned how to
sin. Since that period Congress has
WRIT 18th Amendment, so we are not
shocked so easy as we was.
Way back there before Germany got
cultured and schoolteachers did not
even know how TO smoke cigarettes
America were very simple life in her
behavior. All Saloons had a funograf,
with exception Of Hotels, which had a
okestra. For Is persons could get
Sufficiently Intoxicated to go TO Jail
Tor life while listening to free music.
Q welly I remember one Janus Irish
barkepter name of Hon. Strunsky who
could make his funograf play, Il Am
Long About My Old Cantucky Home"
with every .06S glass Bullwiser beer.
Now days one % cannot get head
ache for less than Is.
In day Of youth, when I were very
immoral, obtain job of employment
from this Hon. Strunsky, Irish sa-
looner. Soonly afterwards I were not
there, but I learn how do so while
was.
In salooning profession whiskey-
drunk were applied for price .1os per
gobble
were not permitted to sell II TO
those thirsts because not Sufficiently
educated; but I could battle glassware
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-05-17
Trick Cures for Diseases ]
Become Common That TheyF Ito Attention

chance of success because most other
diseases amt nouheres near as fatal.
The undersigned has reed. from
these doctors a partial list OF the dis
eases disgust and the treatment pre-
scribed for same and I take pleasure
In printing same here for the benefit
Of sickly readers and their sickly
friends.
Scarlet fever, measles and etc. The
rash may be got rid Of in short order
by scraping 1t off of the body with
a sharp razor or carpenters plane.
The fire dept should be summoned
to constantly play or 4 streams of
water on patient to reduce fever.
Angina pectoris. pleurisy, pneu-
monia and etc. Bare patients chest.
sprinkle same with sand and ask Fred
Stone to dance on it. Admission may
be charged and the patient is libel TO
more than pay expenses.
Appendicitis. gastritis, peritonitfs
and etc. Take up bowling.
Bronchitis, laryngttis, tonsilitis and
etc Place a good stout moose around
patients neck and tighten it till the
germs rushes out into the open air
seeking water.
WenS, warts, Dolls, BdnSAon, car
buncles, growths of all kinds and etc.
These is best got rid of by means
Of a axe in the hands Of a modern
Woodman Of America.
Seasickness, vertigo and etc. Swing
the patient in u hammock or trapeze.
Water on the knee and etc. Apply
a sponge or bailing dipper. Hang the
afflicted knee on a clothes line in the
hot sun.
St Vitus dance and etc. Join
church that don't stand for dancing
or patronize restaurants that don't
have music.
Indigestion and etc. Eat pre-digest
ed food or not al all.
Anaemia and etc. Join the Marines
and see the world.
| Lock.iaW Consult DIR. Houdini.
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preston then upcome Hon. Prominent
Citizen with question: How did you
get that Way?'
But nowday. when Hon. Drunken
do similar Hon. Prom. Citizen ask to
know, Where did you Get it?"
My Cousin Nogi, who will join the
Navy & fight all Run RUNNING
Fleets. say-so that Prohibition are .
ct. Blessing in one % way.
1T have murdered the Saloon he
renig.
Where do they go when muir
dered?" l ask to know.
Some of them has become Beauty
Parlors,' he corrode.
Il notice that This from me.
And this are great improvement. are
not? II are. For what tonic are not
rubbed in hair can be slipped de-
lightly"
You are talking garbage" he dib.
How darest you stand upright & say
one % word of praise for that head
quarters of vice & philosophy (the Sa-
loom? Can you deny something
please? Can you deny that Home
have became brighter since Saloons
has evaporated?"
''1ndeedly could not" slug. Since
Hon. Saloon was buried Home Life
has became zee as attractive. It do
my pulse good to see how happy
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-05-17
BY RING LARDNER.

TO the editor: The state of New
Jersey is far from being one
Of the largest States In the
i union and yet they's more
happens there than any other
three or four states combined, and ~
it was not for New Jersey many is
the day when big city newspapers
would half to go to press without no
front page on acct. of not having
nothing to print on same.
They amt hardly a morning passes
but what you read where somebody
was walking through the woods near
Trenton or strolled into silo outside
Of South Elizabeth and stumbled over
a obstacle which turned out to be the
deceased body Of prominent paper
hanger and choir singer OF this or
that Jersey metropolis and for the
next month or all the constables and
girl scouts busys themself trying TO
find out who done the killing so as
the congratulations and reward won't
be given to the wrong party.
In fact murders has became SO ha-
bitual in what l once nicknamed the
skeeter state that some of our more
important dailies has quit mentioning
them unless they's something unusual
connected with the case like for inst.
the corpse deficit Is found standing on
their head or dressed for a Ben All
Haggin tableau.
To offset this, the Jerseyites has
been giving birth to items of news
designed to take the place Of murder
stories and insure continued fame for
the commonwealth and amongst these
items was one a little vile ago which
I don't know If you seen IT or not but
il certainly struck me as the cats
sleeping garments, namely the one
about the paralytic that amt para
lytfc no more.
1t is no trick to get paralyZed a
specially in New Jersey where the
news that congress passed 18th.
amendment amt yet seeped through.
but the kind of paralyzed referred to
in this story is the kind that comes
by the stroke not by the quart and
is n whole lot harder to get over it.
Well, this man had been paralyZed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-05-17
Living Costs in Some Preceding Generations

for shoeing a horse was $3.50. There
while crossing the plains in 1S43, in
which it is recorded that calico cost
81 yard, and liquor S32 a gallon.
He paid 80 cents a pound for salt,
and cents for beef. When he
reached Walla Walla he sold his
mules for Sl2 a head, and his horses
for $40 head. Arriving at Oregon
City November s, 1S43. Boardman
found labor in good demand-com-
mon laborers s1.25 a day, and car
penters $3.50 to So a day
The records of l.. NJ. Brown Of
Woodbury. County, Iowa, show that on
January 10, 1855, he paid doctor %
cents for professional services. spent
rs cents for a handkerchief, and S3.40
for an oyster supper. Then he had a
tooth pulled at a cost of % cents
S. A. Davis of Red Oak. Iowa, used
to carry eggs to Muncie, Ind, for .
cents dozen. and sold dressed hogs
for $3.50 per 100 pounds
His father" writes a relative of
Davis. bought the first lamp in that
part of the country, and was afraid
to light it for a year. He paid SO cents
a gallon for coal oil TO burn in it.
There was no market for chickens or
geese or turkeys, as the timber was
full Of wild turkey"
Hugh Nancy, a farmer near Lake
City, Mimi, wrote to William w.
Buttolph in January, 1860, that he had
sold hisswheat at T5 cents a bushel,
and corn 80 cents, and was perfectly
satisfied with the farm conditions and
fine, salubrious section of the coun-
try" and was advising two of his
sons-in-law to come to Wabash County
and invest.
You could act in 1S47 around Mob
erly, Mo-, n ir of everyday shoes or
boots made ID order for s1.25 pair.
and Sunday shoes for $3.50 a pair.
These shoes would last a long time
and when eventually they needed re-
pairing. you could have the job done
at cost OF 12h cents.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-05-17

owned 1000 acres of Virginia blue
grass land. Only the well-to-do folks
had stoves and weather-board houses.
and governors and Presidents only had
carriages or buggies. Some of the
best families came to church in two
horse wagons, provided the wagons
were new.
The young men and young ladies'
rode horSeback-the ladies rode side
wise and had long black riding skirts.
"One of my first sweethearts was a
gay young girl from New York and
she shocked the modesty Of all Giles
County with her blue riding skirt with
pants to match. But II was a modest
and decent outfit and she rode side
saddle.
Another young girl of mine said
she rode otherwise across the big
Walkers Creek for fear she'd fall off
otherwise was 'astride,' but she was
too modest to say the word 'astride'."
The accounts Of Michael Martin.
Lancaster, Pa, show items for 1915
such as 90 cents for making baskets.
"a cents for hiring a laborer to bind
oats, and % cents for half a day Of
hay1ng. A bottle of wine cost % cents,
and the charge for making a suit Of
clothes for his son was s2.25.
x !: u II
HE town of Hawley, Mass, in
1900, required the services of a
team and a laborer to work on the
local highways. A town meeting was
called at which 1t was voted to pay Is
cents a day for a man, and the same
for a team. Steers sold In Iowa In
1876 for cents pound, and wheat
brought SAX cents a busheI. L. J.
Coombs Of Red Oak, Iowa, paid SIS
for a buffalo overcoat In 1877, and
$685. for 1000 brick.
Joiners in Chicago in 1886 got SO a
day, and general housework was paid
50 to 81 week. Coal was Is cents a
bushel. potatoes the same price. but
onions cost 81 bushel. The charge
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-05-17

was nut got loose from the county
asylum and happened to drop into the
room where the paralytic was laying
and he give the paralytic a terrible
beating and when his keepers rushed
in and pulled him off his victim, the
last named wasn't paralyzed no more
but could use his hands and II. as
good as Tom Gibbons.
Now this one item besides what in
teresting reading it makes, why it has
also been of great value in tipping
doctors off on how to cure paralysis,
and a good many gaRgsters has
earned a honest dollar in the last few
days by hiring themselfs out TO ply
sicians 10 assault paralytics and re-
store same to health.
But the affair has had consequences
much more further reaching than
that. a coterie Of remarkable physi-
clans from all parts of the country
got together on the radio last Tues
day and decided that if that kind of
treatment was a remedy for paralysis,
why similar radical cures could be
prescribed for pretty near all kinds of
diseases and with a much greater
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-05-17
Galli-Curci, Unframed, Won Place
When Accidentally Heard by Expert

piano lessons to assist her family. She
could not afford teacher of voice.
1t was then that she revealed quail
tiles which certainly mark her as one
of the most remarkable women of all
time. She trained her own voice.
AS Mascagni had predicted, she
doubled It's volume. Its quality was
great from the start. Years of piano
study had perfected her musicianship.
BY observing other singers and by
reading and study she developed
technique.
In due time, as ordained apparently
by fate, she encountered Signor Col
uccL
Copyright. 1o25.l
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-05-17
By c. MORAN

y ECRETARY OF AGRICUL-
TURE JARDINE made it
known recently that he wanted
of things in olden times. Letters
yellowed with age, pages from musty
account books and diaries, recollectionS
Of days agone, are fiuttering in on the
new Secretary like Autumn leaves.
Eggs at 8 cents a dozen: beef. ~
cents a pound; old rye at % cents a
gallon; boots with red leather tops and
copper toes at 81 the pair; horses at
$40 a head; handkerchief at Is cents
apiece, and % cents for pulling a
tooth, are some of the items in these
ancient records.
There is the account of one John T..
Robey of Charles County, Md, who
owed a bill of goods purchased in 1S4S
Of one William ]. Berry Robey evi-
IDENTIFY was fond of his "old rye,
which appears by the gallons in the
list at 25 cents the gallon. He bought
all the accoutrements. too, in the way
of decanters. tumbers, tablecloths,
towels and bitters.
The rye purchases became more nu-
merouS toward the end of the list,
which possibly accounted for the fact
that Robey defaulted payment of the
bill, and it was necessary for Berry TO
appear with his clerk before the local
Justice of the Peace and swear out
an affidavit of the debt to be posted
on the county bulletin boards.
state Of Maryland, Charles County,
to wit, on this 25th day of August,
1851" the document reads, person
ally appeared William l.. Berry be-
fore me, the subscriber. a Justice of
the Peace, in and for the County and
State aforesaid, and made oath on the
Holy Evangeltry of Almighty God that
all the artickles of the within account
were sold and delivered, and that he
hath not nor hath any other person
for him either directly or indirectly
received any part, parcel or Satisfac'
ton for he same more than lie cred
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-05-17
A 5000 Year.Oid Flute.

NOTES of a musical instrument
that are believed TO have f1oated
in the warm air Of Egypt 5000 years
ago were reproduced at the University
of Pennsylvania by Prof. Jean B.
Beck. who restored a small flute found
in the tomb Of a noble of the time OF
the pharoahs. The air enters through
Sits in the sides of the reeds instead
of at the ends, as in modern instru-
ments. Each note and its octave are
sounded equally loud at the same
time, quite unlike any present-day in
Strument.
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y receiving our caro- the
E RsRss of one sr G5 sss R5'se'Ds
" our great surprise and pleas
ure. sent down most cor
dial message that he would be de-
lighted 10 see US at once. This
thrilled US.
Take US we said to the elevator
boy, Ito the apartments of the
prince" We We're pleased to see him
staseer and lean against his wheel TO
get his breath back.
In a few moments we found our
selves crossing the threshold of the
princes apartments. The prince, who
is a charming young man OF indie
terminate age, came across the floor
TO meet us with an extended hand
and a simple gesture of welcome. We
have seldom seen any one come across
the floor more simply.
The prince. who is travelling in
cognito as the Count Of Film Flam.
was wearing, when we saw him, the
plain morning dress OF a gentleman
of leisure. We learned that a little
earlier he had appeared at breakfast
in the costume Of Unitarian clergy
man, under the incognito of the
Bishop of Bongee; while later on he
appeared at lunch, as delicate COM
pliment to our city, in the costume
OF a Columbia professor of Sicilian.
The prince greeted us with the
greatest cordiality, seated himself.
without the slightest affectation, and
motioned to us, with indescribable
bonhomie, his permission TO remain
standing.
We'll" said the prince, what it
is?''
We need hardly say that the prince
who Is a consummate master of 10
languages. speaks English quite as
f1uently as he does Chinese. Indeed,
for a moment, we could scarcely tell
which he was talking.
What are your impressions of the
United States?" we asked as we took
out our notebook
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-05-17

it's given TO the best of his knowledge
and belief
There is given then the affidavit of
Berry's clerk, who was Walter H.
NARROW, and finally, to clinch the
deal by way of proving the authority
of j. II. Downing as justice of the
peace, there is the certification OF
Ammo Domini. 1851 that, II hereby
certify that John H. Downing, before
whom the above affidavit was made
and whose signature is thereunto af
fixed was at the time of so doing and
still is one of the state of Marylands
Justices of the Peace in and for
Charles County aforesaid, duly COM
missioned and qualified"
X x 4 X
PERHAPS they were the good old
days of rum and ruffies when
''horsewomen wore their skirts to the
knees of the horse instead of to their
own but were they when bricklayers
and carpenters took part of their pay
in produce at the rate of 7 cents
pound for ham, and farm labor, which
was virtually the only kind of work
available, was paid less than 81 day?
Some things were cheap, but so was
human labor, which made the pur-
chasing power of money small.
MY father was born In Craig
County, Va writes one correspond
ent, land was considered one of the
best and incest farmers in Virginia,
and fine Judge of everything. One
of his first land purchases was 81 500
for about $50 acres Of land and every
body thought him crazy to pay so
much. This was nearly rs years ago.
Some 20 years ago my uncle was Of
fered SO 900 for this farm. 1t is worth
SIS, 900 now.
Then he bought a three-year-o
steer for IS. He could have sold the
same steer during the recent war for
about $500. Men got 10 cents for cut
ting and hewinE cross-ties. Men from
Floyd County. Va. delivered tan bark
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-05-17
Rare Elements in Ash.

THE presence of some of the rarer
elements in petroleum ash has
been demonstrated in experiments
now being conducted by chemists in
the Department of the Interior. The
spectroscope has revealed a strong
lithium lime, indicating the presence
of a valua BILE element, whose presence
was not previously suspected. Nickel
is also plentiful. as is vanadium; it
is even thought possible that the
ashes of petroleum cokes may be
utilized as future sources of vanadium
and nickel
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-05-17

to Salem. Va, for $3.50 a cord-a 10
to % mile haul over bad roads.
Shoes were made by hand in those
days, the usual pay for making a pair
of shoes being SO cents. II the shoe
maker furnished the leather also, the
charge for finding the leather and
making the shoes was 81. You could
buy gallon of homemade brandy for
65 cents, but my father didn't make or
sell brandy. Large extra fine frying
size chickens brought 1912 and Is
cents each.
II sold the finest wheat 1 ever saw
during Cleveland's administration for
so and SO cents a bushel, and the
miller has not paid me yet. Seventy
five years ago farm hands got % and
80 cents day from daylight until
dark. My brother and ] shipped 80
bushels of the finest Irish potatoes,
White Elephant variety to a COM
mission house in Lynchburg, Va, that
Melted US clear of freight, drayage.
and commissions $50 for the 80
bushels.
HVTHEN 7 started to Roanoke Col
w lege the Fall of 1884 with my
brother, father paid 81 a yard for a
brown and gray check of wool goods
and mother and sister made every
thing We wore except our shoes and
hats, and we were about the two best
dressed boys in college. My sons pay
more for socks and ties than my whole
outfit cost from head to foot.
Matches cost 10 cents a box when
was kid, and a box would last for
years. We'd go to a neighbor and
borrow fire rather than waste a
match My mother made time
taIlow candles and we had the hand
some brass candlesticks and candle
snuffers to cut the wick off, after 1t
had burned awhile.
Mother wove our jeans for our
suits and the girls Lincy dresses.
There was some class to the old goods
in the days of sweet long ago. My
father was well-to-do farmer and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-05-17

And her honest old gent. to the poor
house was bent
AS fast as his feetsteps could
crunch.
Now the Old Saloon are exploded, &.
Bold,
And its owner have moved out of
To uncovered cot near hui va
cant lott
Where he splunges in welth & re
nown.
And Alice 3. Bold rides a twin 6 c.
Dan
While she got 9 fur coats of her
own.
She have just fairly sailed since the
Biziness failed
They are now taking orders by
Tone.
Hoping you are the same
Yours truly
HASHIMURA TOGO.
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sons was like you then Congress would
QUIT & go home"
II are willing" I throw off.
& this make Nogi so infiamed that
he depart away and forget to bora
my hat he came for.
Therefore I get time to think follow
ing Japanese sonnet for your Printer
TO write:
o don't YOU remember sweet Alice b.
Bold
Whose father retained a Saloon?
She served the beer warm, but her
heart KEEP quite cold
G. she seldom got up before noon.
She swepp out the floor & she kicked
out the DRINKS
And rained yrs. & yrs. like a bell,
But in spite of her loor she was honest
& poor
G. never got on very we'll.
In that Place of Crime they sold rum
for dime
Including a soc. lunch
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WITH A GESTURE OF ROYAL CONDESCENSON PUTTING
MONEY

Il am afraid" answered the prince,
with the delightful smile which is
characteristic of him, and which we
noticed again and again during the in
terview, that I must scarcely tell you
that"
We realized Immediately that we
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-05-17

voice of Mascagni was that of an
oracle. She had no idea of disregard
ing it.
Almost Immediately, however, she
was confronted by difficulties. Her
fathers business affairs went awry.
For the ensuing four years she gave
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-05-17

with practice you can double the
quantity"
Coming after she had just won the
gold medal, and on several occasions
had played the piano in concert, the
girl found difficulty in rearranging
her ideas as to her future. But the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-05-17

for years and couldn't use his hands
or fl. and they had him in some kind
of a county hospital and his case was
considered hopeless till one day they
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-05-17

= ECRETARY OF AGRICUL-
TURE JARDINE made 1t
\ known recently that he wanted
y lot of information about prices
of things in olden times. Letters
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-05-17

~ NE evening at social gather
ing in Milan, Italy, a. young
woman, Amelia CALI, sang
" the Caro- Nome" from
"Rigoletto" with such eX-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-05-17
BY STEPHEN LEACOCK.

y receiving our card the
prince Of one of the principal
European principalities. to
our great surprise and pleas
ure. sent down a most cor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-05-17

10 Editor The Star who are collecting
Brass Rales among American an
tiqueS