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Saxophone VS.. Bagpipes
International Incident

The saxophone, invented by a
Frenchman and AmericaniZed for jazz,
has come into international promi-
nence through it's invasion of Scotland
and threatened conquest over the age
old noise maker, the bagpipes. Amer
lean editors find the incident an anus
ing illustration of the fact that the
Scotch are a hardy race and ''glut-
tons for punishment"
Comes word from Glasgow" re-
marks the Canton News, that the
bagpipes' popularity is seriously
threatened by the mania for saXo-
phones which has gripped some of
the larger Scotch cities. Scotland was
happy with her bagpipes and kits.
At least as contented as any country
could be under such adverse condi-
tions. This invasion of the saXophone,
a perfectly harmless instrument when
not in use, may provoke a national
disaster. The instrument could not be
denied its day Of triumph, even in
Scotland. But let not Scotia despair
completely. Comes word that there
are not enough 'SaXes' to supply the
demand. The bagpipe supply is much
more voluminouS."
A complete overturn of the usu-
ally accepted national character
istics of Scotland is observed by
L.
DIR. Johnson's whitening blasts against
the barbarous melody of the pipes. "
says the Dispatch, ''and taking them
in connection with certain denun
Citations of the unmuSical qualities o.
the American Saxophone, perhaps the
Scotch have found an instrument
even more to their taste than the
pipes. At least the incident calls at
tention to the affinity that obtains be-
1c-+y nrltc oh lIy
the fact that those who idealize the
bagpipes become quickly enthused
over the moaning horn. The pipes
may be playing their last cronach, but
Scotland will miss them little if the
wailing saxophone fills the land with
its melancholy note"
X x x X
''Still it can't be worse than the
bagpipes,'' is the judgment of the
Binghamton Press, which says: "The
Scotch are a hardy race. Every
Scotchman will admit it. But, if
proof were needed, here it is, direct
from Glasgow. An American jazz
band invaded the town, according to
reliable dispatch, and when it left
for London the SaXophone was the
favorite musical instrument Gf you
call it a musical instrument) on the
banks of the Clyde. The bagpipes
were nowhere. Everybody in Glas-
gov, it is now reported, is playing
the saxophone or is listening to the
playing of somebody else. A hardy
folk. They're more than that.
They're gluttons for punishment"
A London writer having satirically
remarked that the mocking bird, the
saxophone and the cash register fur
nish the typical American music, the
Los Angeles Times learnedly dis,
cusses this scientific discovery. 1--WE
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acknowledge the moclling bird with
enthusiasm and thanks. It not only
soothes its mate in the midnight, but
also the dwellers in our humble home
and tangleS its obbligato among our
dreams. 1t is a meadow lark, robin,
a Kentucky cardinal, a whippoorwill
and a canary all combined in one;
but at times it surpasses them all.
Nor does it wait for the sun to come
up so it can see its score, like the
rooster. If the music of the mock
ing bird is Indigenous to America we
are willing to acknowledge it as our
own. The Saxophone is our chief in
strument of torture. Whisky makes
a man beat his family; the automobile
imperils the life of the pedestrian!
but the saXOphOne is a pestilenCe.
If it were played in a tender, sup
pressed manner we should be more
enthusiastic. If it were handled with
greater self-control and moderation
we might not object.
CAS- it is, we are compelled to con-
fess it with our other sins. But
what shall be said of the cash regis
ter? Is its music really discord to
European ears? Does the cash
register in the box office offend the
European prima donna on the stage?
Do European counts and dukes have
any special aversion to the cash
register when they come over to this
country to recoup their fortunes by
winning brides? Do they reject the
wedding marches as played on the
cash register? Has not the music Of
The American cash register been the
national anthem of many European
states since the war? We hold no
special brief for the cash register as
a musical instrument. 1t has a Grass
and metallic sound. However, just
when we were beginning to pick out
a few tunes on it's melodious finger
board, the dark hint that its music
is not mellifluous and classical as it
ought to be wounds us deeply"
X X
British attention to the musical in.
vasion inspires a prediction by the
Nashville Banner that "the world may
shortly witness the spectacle of jazz
jealousy debated in legislative halls
The Banner cites the fact that an
American saXophonist in England, in
order to meet certain objections, pro-
vided a British musician in the pit
for every number of his own band.
I'm other words" continues the
Nashville paper, there will be two
jazz bands where one might have been
expected. 1t is not just the kind Of
prospect many persons could con-
template with equanimity, but the
British are more or less stoical.'
The Memphis News-Scimitar notes
an increased use Of the saXophone at
the original home of the saxophone.
"Jazz bands" says the News Scimitar,
"have caused a demand for the pre-
viously neglected saXophone, the in
vention of Frenchman, NJ. Sax. 1t
is curious to recall how the inventor
suffered at the hands of his trade
rivals. BerlioZ wrote of him that
he endured persecution worthy of the
middle ages. Two unsuccessful at
tempts were made on his life His
son considers the saXophone debased
by-its use merely to make noisA,s
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Easter Monday festivities again
called attention to the fact that Amer
lean youth must have its pleasures re-
gardless Of cost. The older people will
not grudge the expense. An egg still
costs less than a golf ball and is not
so easily lost.
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Prominent Democrats hesitate to at
tend Jefferson dinner; so many little
matters having come up that Jeffer-
son did not touch upon with any ex-
plicit remarks.
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Naming a baby is a solemn enter
prise sometimes involving absurd CON
sequences. There is pathos in the
thought Of some doting parent who
called the momentarily notorious
Shepherd William Darling"
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1t has been so long since Col. Bryan
has expressed himself on the subject
of currency that Europe evidently can
entertain no hope Of demonstration
that "16 to 1" could assist in solving
financial perplexities.
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Every sensible motorist will do all
in his power to facilitate the work of
traffic regulation. The wild driver is
as great a menace to other vehicles
as he is to pedestrians.
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European f1nanciers look the U. S.
A. over and wonder what a nation en-
gagged in practicing prohibition can
possibly want with SO much money.
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Canada will permit orators to speak
when they are rejected by this coun-
try, but she will probably grow too
tired of them to guarantee large au-
diences.
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Won Hindenburg's political friends
regard him as a man who has had SO
much trouble that a little more would
not matter.
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Many economies are possible that
are now neglected by the American
people; among them an economy of
time in Congress.
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Uncle Sam Some Driver.

From the San Francisco Chronicle.
Europe muss not be vexed at US.
Driving from the back seat is just q
little habit Of ours
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WHAT L. p. A. SHOULD HAVE
WRITTEN

An earnest young man on The Eve
ming Star
Wants me to write Immortal Verse,
And beacon from where the Immor-
tails are.
Scale my Parnassus with a curse.
He wants me to write as Dickens
wrote,
Throttle the drama with The Cid.
AND solemnly rhyme on man, like
Pope.
Or handle the novel as Tolstoi did.
He wants me to be more serious than
A Social Worker for the cause;
More bent on justice than that man
VINO makes and bubbles at the laws
He says, "Forsooth, pass up your fun,
All, listen well, old top, to me;
for II you don't, your race is run
NO Detinitive Edition you shall see. -
To that I simply make reply
That l will be quite satisfied
hen that day comes, that l must die
TO have 1t known that l have died.
1 cannot write Immortal Verse.
l would not write it If I couId.
II would make me feel exactly like
Ihe famous woodchuck chucking
wood.
Now, the only thing that remains
Tor me is to write a reply, so here
goes:
Dear F. P. A, it pains me much
To see you wasting of your talent.
A-writing verses in the Dutch
When you might make them, oh, so
gallant.
I'd like to see you take theme,
Say, Burning Garbage on the River -
And turn it into Loves Warm
Dream"
To make your subway readers culver.
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credits Mr.. Wilson with being man
in a world too big for him to swing
alone since he was not, really, the
archangel that his friends and advo-
Gates believed him to be-,
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Women take politics so seriously
that there is no longer much rivalry
about who is going to be queen of the
Nav
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SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON,
Harmony

Harmony.
Everybody is agreed
Harmony is what we need.
Everybody in his heart
Has a tune he wants to start,
Harmony is easy, quite,
If you go about it right,
But if each demands his say
With his own especial lay,
Only discord can prevail;
Harmony must surely fail.
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From Grave to GAY.

When a little boy walloped his par
ents about
It was once deemed no subject for
glory.
At present such episodes raise a glad
shout
In comic pictorial story.
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Discretion.

Discretion.
"You were once prepared to make a
speech at any time on any subject
THAT was in my younger days" an
swered Senator Sorghum. 'I've got
to be more careful now. People are
beginning to take me seriously"
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"Every Easter" said Uncle Eben,
to go right on th'oo life rollin' eggs
std O. gittin' ambitious to roll de
dice"
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THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

Again I am forced to read Franklin
p. Adams with mingled joy and sor-
row. In his New York World col
umn he quotes q paragraph from my
review of his recent book, in which
/ said he had chosen cleverness
rather than greatness, and says:
1--WE apologize to Mr.. Tracewell for
being recreant to our trust. In our
next book we shall have no. single
quatrain that will not remind Mr..
Tracewell of all the qualities of great.
ness he is so sorry we do not possess.
We, though we say 1t, are more
tolerant than Mr.. TraCewell. We
find nothing III his critique that re-
minds us of Saint Beuve, Quiller-
Couch, Grantland Rice, Charles w.
Eliot, the American Boys Handy
Book or a score of other great writer's.
But we don't care. Rather, say
we, first class Tracewell than a
ninth-rate Mencken or Sherman"
There is joy for that last sentence.
Personally, l would rather be a first
class Tracewell than even a first-class
Mencken. Thanks, +. =. A.
There is sorrow over the fact that
Mr.. Adams chose prose, rather than
verse, III which to reply. / had Sc
cretly hoped that the famous +. +. A.
would do his stuff" scintillating me
into starry fragments in a neat quat-
rain or two.
Since he has not, the only thing
left for me is to do it for him. [
hope there shall be no single quatrain
here that will not remind Mr.. Adams
of al the qualities of greatness he
is so sorry he does not possess.
Now, here is my idea of:
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The Evening Star Newspaper Company

The Evening star. with the Sunday morn
ing edition, is delivered 10y carriers within
the city at 60 cents per month: daily only,
40 cents per month: Sunday only, 20 cents
per month Orders may he sent by mail or
telephone Main 5000. Collection Is made by
carrier at the end of each month.
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Goodness!
The drama is misunderstood.
1t is a situation sad.
They say play cannot be good
Without some language very bad. Z
Jud Tunkins says you can't get
somethin' for nothin', but an expert
horse trader can come mighty near it.
Economy.
"The Easter clothes of your family
did not look as if you were economic
ing"
mo-" said Miss Cayenne, "but they
will give Father every possible reason
for doing So"
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@. To whom shall I write in regard
to curtaiIing the number Of Govern
ment employes?-V. r. 5.
A. The work of reducing Office en-
ployes in the Government comes IN
der the heads Of the various depart
ments. The report. however, Will be
submitted TO the President through
the office of the director Of the Budget
Bureau, Gen. II. NJ. Lord.
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What a difference there is between
conditions of empire in the days when
Poland was dying and the. conditions
of today! Poland had been "parti-
toned" some Is years, but there were
millions of Poles still ranking under
the pain of their countrys betrayal,
when two men met upon a raft in
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@. What did the first rural mail
receive2-J. r. G.
A The first rural free delivery OF
mail was established October /, 1896,
at Charleston, Uyilla
and HalItoWn, ". Va This was dur
ing the administration Of Grover
Cleveland. The salary Of the carriers
at that time was $500.
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tending the movement of the cattle
to the hills, the hay-cutting and the
the peasants also don gay ma
tioual costumes
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Q. Do the Swiss peasants wear a
national costume?-L. T. F..
A. Frank Fox, writing of this sub
ject, says: The use of national cos
tune dwindles in Switzerland, as it
does in every other part of the world.
The peasant women have, however,
still a characteristic headdress, the
maidens wearing black caps, the ma
irons white ones. For the festivals at
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.. " nat cities arc uOLnE the most
buiIding?-E. w.
"a. New York, Chicago. Detroit, Los
Angeles and Philadelphia were lead
ing last Fall, in the order given.
(Let The Star Information Bureau,
Frederic j. HaSkiR, director, TlCentg-
first and c streets, GnSlCer pour queS-
ton. The only charge for this SerUfce
is , cents in stamps for return post
GgeD
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@. Must one be an American citi-
zen TO practice medicine in the Dis
trict2-P. r
\. The laws governing the prac-
tice of medicine and surgery in the
District of Columbia do not require
that an applicant for license be an
American citizen.
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GENTLEMEN MANNEQUINS

the plain black coat and gray
striped trousers, the morning
coat and striped trousers and the
so-called smoking
"A dress by Harrison has white
reindeer skin waistcoat. Over
coats, except for evening wear. IA
vor the raglan coat. either single
tor double breasted House cos
tunes are perhaps the most inn
portant for the real French gem
tleman himself. The richest Lyons
silks have gone into the 1ounging
costumes, dressing-gowns. pajamas
and slippers. There are gorgeous
materials. in brilliant colors. with
large, broken patterns which de-
light the eye.
Shirts are in Wild shades Of
orange, blue, yellow and rose
tones. such as milady wears. For
the perfect dandy there are
handkerchiefs and socks to match.
A sport shirt shows a novel turn
over collar; with turned-up points
like little wings.
And in the meantime the jolly
fat president Of the republic goes
about in full evening dress from
morning to night. even in broiling
summer weather.
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BY ALICE LANGELIER
international News Service Staff
Correspondent

PARIS.
NIEIE appearance of gentlemen
mannequins in the dress sec
ton OF the Exposition of Decora-
tive Arts has caused considerable
stir in fashionable Paris. long con-
sidered "woman's town.
The whimsical houseg Of <Siegel
is showingN<that the French take
their mems fashions asS seriously
as they do the 'trilImphant {crea-
tions for the worlds great ladies.
Gentleman figures. in flesh and
blood, as well as the curious mod
ern mannequins. with beige and.
ecrue compilations, are wearing,
the very latest styles.
Sober colors, such as gray and
blue, predominant among the bust
ness suits. Trousers are slightly
wider and longer than are usually
seen upon the French gentleman's
person outside Of the Palais of
Fashion. In every. case the bot
tom is cuffed. There are all. va
rieties of less formal, semiforTnal
and more formal dress; including
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CHAPTER LXvI

On our way back to Boston,
after IL days in New York, Mil
<dred and I stopped off at Bridge
port and ran up to her home,
the next day. Her father looked
young to have two grown daugh-
ters-a rather handsome man
with dark hair and mustache,
who. played violin-or more
properly fiddle-and talked poll
ties He was lone Democrat in
a Republican community.
Mildred's mother, prematurely
aged and sweet, gazed straight
into my eyes after meeting me
for fully two minutes. My i'm
preston was that the scrutiny
satisfied her, for she was after
wards very affable.
Providence seemed to play a
definite program in our favor, for
when we returned to Boston after
a two weeks absence found sew
eraI definite and remunerative
lecture dates in my mail, as well
as several Inquiries that could be
easily. converted into definite en-
gagements.
My first speaking engagement
after the New Year was at Bates
College, in Maine, and when I ar
rived at the presidents house as
his invited guest and introduced
Mildred as my wife surprise
showed in the countenances of the
president and his wife.
i Twas green. had never been
married before. imagined a
mans wife was included and well
coined wherever he might be ex-
pected or invited. We were af-
fsbIy received, however, after the.
first involuntary exhibition Of
surprise; but I sensed an impro-
priety in showing up that waE-as
an invited guest and with an un-
invited and unexpected young
wife along.
I. determined that night to
write at once all the other places
where I had been invited to stop
I'm private families and inform
them that Mrs. Lowrie would be
with me; and did so as soon
as we returned to Boston.
The following Sunday had an
afternoon lecture at Hartford,
Conn, where Mildred's grand
mother lived and owned property.
We decided it would be an ex-
cellent, chance to visit and also
for Introducing me, and after. we
had talked it over I<agreed to let
her 30 on alone three days be.
forehand, I having lecture date
In Boston for Friday night It
was understood that I was to
come on to Hartford on Saturday
and stop with Mildred's grand
mother until Monday. going from
her house to the lecture hall on
Sunday afternoon.
Alas! Friday night, after fill
ing my New Bedford date, I got
intoxicated-so much so that I
couldn't get home5 but went to
bed in the Essex Hotel, near the
Union Station in Boston, quart
bottle of whiskey at nay bedside.
MIXED EMOTIONS
Next morning. terribly cha
grined and ashamed, 1 managed
to pull myself together and
caught an early train for Hart
ford. I was nervous, and took
q bottle of whisxey along.
AS the train approached Hart
ford I was hoping both ways
that Mildred would be at the
station to meet me, and that she
wouldn't. If she were there she
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New and Amazing Serial Describes Ont
Mans Long But Losing Battle
for Freedom

would surely detect that 1 was
more or less intoxicated and that
was terrible to think Of.
If Mildred were not at the sta
ton I would be free to go to
hotel and try to get sobered up
before the next day; where I'd
show up with some excuse about
having been delayed. 1 really
didn't know which would be the
best for her and for me. I
lacked confidence in my own
power to recuperate, yet shrank
from the ordeal of meeting her
as 1 was, even though seemed
to know such a meeting might
mean salvation.
Mildred wasn't at the station.
went to the nearest hotel, where
I continued to drink in my room,
persuading myself that a nights
sleep would set me up and I'd
be all right in the morning.
Mildred, however, was resource
full. When 1 failed to get into
Hartford before dark-so far as
she knew-she wired to our land
lady. Mrs. Lawson replied that
1 had been there that morning to
get some fresh clothes and had
stated that would take the 10
o'clock train for Hartford.
On getting the news Mildred at
once jumped to the conclusion
that I had slipped a cog-I had
explained to her in detail my
vagaries and unreliability when
drinking-and she went to the
nearest hotel, where she found
me registered.
I'm sure I don't know what
she could have told the clerk, but
he actually permitted Mildred to
come up to my room without
telephoning me. 1 was never moro
astounded, ashamed, Inundated
and provoked in my life than
was when my door was suddenly
flung wide open and in stalked
my wife. / use the word 'stalked''
advisedly, for that was exactly
what she did-like a stately, infu-
rated queen. I learned after
ward that she always walked that
way--with a long stride when
angry or excited or greatly wor-
ried.
1 was In the act of raising a.
glass seof whfskey to my lips
when the door opened, and j
dropped 1t like a hot coal. was
sitting. half dressed, on the edge
of the bed. \ the whiskey bottle
and glasses or, a small stand just
before me. The room was bril-
,liantly Lighted: there, was no
chance to- conceal anything.
Mildred walked straight to me,
moved the whiskey bottle to a
window ledge, and said evenly,
Come on, Don. Let's go out to
grandma's. She's expecting YOU"
The. door was still open. I
struggled to my feet and went
over and closed it. The unexpect-
edness of her words, the toler-
ance and magnanimity Of them,
the utter lack Of reproach in her
tone, all combined to disarm me,
No thought of rebellion at the
interference entered my head.
"Of course" I mumbled. II
drank too much on the train
fellows had couple of bottles-got
me started. I hated to meet your
grandmother when wasn't my
self. Was going to sleep 1t off
tonight-I'rc afraid she'll notice
even now" I added: why not
stay here with me until morning
you can telephone your grand
mother"
TO Be Continued Tomorrow
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A Great Family Laxative

1t may be difficult to decide just
what medicine to use out of the
many that are offered, but it would
not be if you knew the facts. There
arc laxatives, cathartics, purgatives
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WHEN DID IT
HAPPEN?

"HEN was the New York
w New Foundland telegraph
line opened?
2-When was a patent agree
ment between the United States
and Germany signed?
3-When was Francis Bacon,
English statesman impeached?
4-When was arithmetical no.
tation brought into Europe by
the Saracens?
5-When was the Order of the
Golden Fleece founded?
Answers to These Queries Will
Be Printed Tomorrow.