davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-20
SPANISH WAR VETERANS
Gen. Nelson 4. Miles Camp at it.

Gen. Nelson A. Miles Camp at it's
| last meeting elected to membership
| the following: John G.. Constable,
| Thomas G. Iglehart and Mrs. F. W.
Adams and Miss Melvina G. Back
hofen. the latter two serving as
| nurses during the. Spanish America n
| War. John G. Constable and James
| A. Dement, and Geo. A. Wardlaw, the
| latter two elected at previous meet
| ing. were mustered in. The camp de.
! cided not to hold an excursion this
| year, but to render assistance to the
| department excursion to be held on
, Santiago day, July II. IT was voted
F., to approve the formation of an
| auxiliary to bear the name of the
| camp and Comdr. Lorin G. Nelson APP
| pointed committee consisting of
| Past Comdr. p. f. Shomette: Past De.
| partment Comdr. Chas. w. Mccartney
and Junior Vice Comdr A. r. Jenkins
to complete arrangements for its or
] ganiZation. This committee met at
| the home of p. r.. Shomette with De
partment President Edna r. Summer
field and Department Secretary kath-
crime league and Comdr. Lorin G..
Nelson, at which time tentative plans
were made. Adjt. A. f. Pierce an
nounced there will be large class of
! new members at the next meeting,
among them being a number of Span
lsh-American War nurses who have
previously been elected to member
ship. Among visitors were: Junior
wee department COmdr. James G..
1aden, Past Department Comdr Lee
II. Harris. Charles F. Free of Higgins
Camp, No. 8, Department of Virginia.
jacob Orken, member of the national
, legislative committee and many others
from the various camps of the Dis,
. Nf ~
Gen. Henry W. Lawton Camp
mustered In new members at its last
| meeting. as follows: William G. Sands.
Orlin w. Jones' Robert G.. Dixon and
, Chas. A. Duncan. Department Comdr.
Edward J. Nolan, Past Department
Comdr Arthur II. League. Comdr.
Lorin G.. Nelson and Senior Vice
Condr J. w. McAleer of Miles Camp,
made addresses. Refreshments We're
| served.
Admiral George Dewey Naval Camp
| met February II at the Northeast Ma
sonic Temple and mustered into its
| ranks c. II. Foster. Alexander Fraser
j. r. Hoffman, II. NJ. II. Lovett and
d. r. Smith Comdr. Casper Orange
announced the appointment of Past
Comdr. w. j. O'Connell to serve as a
| member of the memorial committee
from the camp. Past Comdr. Ivan w.
Conklin, Urell Camp: Junior Vice
Comdr. II. A. Barstow, Lawton Camp
and Thomas A. ludlow, superintend-
snt of Soldiers and Sailors Tempo
| rary Home, addressed the meeting.
Col. James s. Petit Camp admitted
Augustus F. Eskimo to membership.
, Quartermaster Gen. James j. Murphy
made an address. The camp Is ar
ranging a dance and card party to be
held in the near future. The camp
voted to dispense with the meeting
schedule for February %. Past De-
partment Comdr. A. II. League spoke
on the memorial exercises to be held
at Arlington May 80, and urged the
membership to attend the services.
Department Inspector P. f. Shomette
and several members of Petit Camp
addressed the meeting.
Department Comdr. L. j. holland
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-20

ing the hostess will be Mrs. George
Filion. Mrs. c. F. Brown, Mrs. D. Fl
Edwards and Mrs. j. A. Boyd. Mrs
Ray Palmer Teele will speak on par
liamentary law.
The Bloomingdale Chapter will meet
at the home Of Mrs. Clarence McCon
nell. 1921 First street northeast to
| morrow at pm.
Young Business and Professional
Women.
There will be no meetings of the
Amicitia. Hitika. Premiere. Tip Top
or Wohelo Clubs on Tuesday OF this
week. On Wednesday evening the
Amicitia Club will gather al the Cos
pei Mission. where they Will hold
party for the children of the mission.
Thursday evening the Blue Triangle
Club will meet In It's clubroom AT
l104 NJ street. After supper the mem
Der will gather around the fire Tor
sing" under the leadership of Miss
imogene Ireland, director of music In
the association.
Sunday afternoon the international
Club will be the guests OF Miss Helene
Aldrich In her home at 3217 Connec'
ticut avenue.
The regular meeting of the Depart
ment Council will he held at GA e
street on February %.
Industrial Department.
This afternoon the German club Of
the industrial department will meet
at GA f street. There will be mu'
steal program, furnished by an in
strumental trio, followed by a sauer-
kraut supper.
The Greek Club will hold business
meeting on Thursday. at 2:30 pm, at
the headquarters building. when newly
elected officers will be announced.
Members of the Thursday Club will
attend the drill to be given at Fort
Myer tomorrow night. The group will
be chaperoned by Mrs. Walter MaxOn.
The midwinter industrial sectional
conference of the Y. w. {. A. will be
held at the Kensington branch of the
Philadelphia association on February
Is and 27 Washington will send a
delegation of three. representing the
industrial committee, the industrial
clubs and the staff.
Girl Reserves.
There will be a meeting of the Girl
Reserve committee on Wednesday at
the home of the chairman, Miss Elsa
Peterson, 2501 Massachusetts avenue,
at pm.
On Thursday afternoon chairmen of
the music committee Of the Senior
High School Girl Reserve Clubs will
meet at the Girl Reserve rooms, 100
Nj street. AT this time, also. choice
will be made for the leading parts for
the Girl Reserve operetta. "Maren-
ka,' to he given at the new building
April 20 and 80.
On Friday there will be a supper at
GA E street for the Junior High
School Girl Reserve Clubs, at which
the girls from Macfarland Club will
be hostesses.
On Saturday morning the club for
younger girls at the Columbia Junior
High School will go on hike through
Rock Creek Park, starting at 10
o'clock.
The girls from the Girl Reserve Club
at Langley Junior High School will
hold a fudge party at the Girl Re-
serve clubrooms, 100 NJ street, at 2
o'clock in the afternoon. Saturday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-20
AROUND THE CITY
BY MAMIE LANCASTER.

- HE is little woman with a
voice as fresh as Spring
breeze. and she had popped in
~ for small chat with another
woman who was doing things
at a desk The visit began with
Valentine gift of pair of gorgeous
china penguins. salt and pepper
twins. which was perfectly dear of
her--then a little whirl of talk. which
included this incident. which possibly
might interest you in small way
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-20
EDUCATOR TO SPEAK.
DR.. Alderman to Address Virginia
u. Alumni.

DR.. Edwin A. Alderman. president
OF the University of Virginia, will be
the principal speaker tomorrow night
at the annual banquet of the Wash.
inSton Chapter of the University OF
Virginia Alumni Association The
banquet will be held at the Racquet
Club and will begin at 1870 o'clock.
Plates will b. laid for about $50
alumni. The banquet committee com.
prises DR.. John Minor, DIR. Leroy w.
Hyde and DR.. James n. Greear, jr.
Richard f. Stands is secretary of the
chapter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-20

DID you near Oh
our great catas-
trophe that didn't
occur? I'm not
over the scare of
1t yet. You know
when the great
surgeons Of the
country held their
convention here at
t IA g Mayfiower
Hotel?''
The woman at
the desk might
have known all
about it. but all
she said was: Go
on.
And the fresh
voice rippled its
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-09
The Fire Prevention Report.

Although the report made yesterday
to the Commissioners indicates that
their special committee considers ade-
Quate fire protection for the city as
whole more important than a high
pressure system for the congested
business district alone, it emphasizes
the soundness Of the position main
tanned by those who have been advo-
eating high water pressure for the
last thirty years. The committee
found, in it's own words, That there
is a deplorable lack Of water supply
for f1re-fighting purposes in the high
value, congested section of the Dis
trict Of Columbia, due to inadequate
water mains and an insufficient num-
Der Of fire hydrants," but that these
conditions exist to an even greater
District OF Columbia, and that, par.
ticularly in certain northwest Sec
tons, where large apartment houses
abound, there is. in event Of a con.
Migration, a hazard to human life
that demands prompt attention" Ad-
uniting the efficacy of the high-pres.
sure system as the best known meth
cd Of insuring business district
against the dangers Of a great fire,
the report points out that its cost is
high. and that money required for
such system would be, in its opin.
ion, better spent in obtaining an ample
water supply for fire-fghting through.
out the District by improving the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-09
UNITED STATES
In WORLD WAR
Ten Years Ago Today

Regular Army reaches its war
strength of SOC, 900. First
appointments from officers training
camps are published. Some men be-
| ing appointed to Officers Reserve
Corps and others directly to the Ma
tional Army. Pershings
troops are anxious for action, and the
hope of soon getting into the trenches
spurs them on in their work Of prepa-
ration. Minute details for
mobilizing the new draft army are is
sued by the President through the
provost marshal generals office.
Drafted men will be subject to Army
law as soon as names are posted.
Crowder warns governors
that too many men are claiming de-
Tendencies and local boards must cut
down percentage Of exemptions grant
ed. Members of the Root
mission oppose suggestion that
United States troops be sent to Rus
STA. Such a step had been considered,
as we'll as proposal to send troops to
the Italian front. - Germany's
decision to concentrate her submarine
operations in the Atlantic and North
Sea thought to have been caused by
entrance Of United States into the
war. Change increases menace to
transport OF our troops overseas. .
Swiss observer says that Germany In
near collapse with her man power
exhausted, her transportation facili-
ties failing and her allies q burden
to her.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-09
Expensive Kindness.

Another motorist has paid the pen
atty for falling to heed the common.
sense warning issued recently by the
American Automobile Association rela.
tive to giving lifts" to strangers
along the road. This motorist Is not
the first, nor will he be the last, who
lots his kindness interfere with his
judgment. He did not pay the severe
penalty that the young couple in New
Jersey did who lost their lives after
an atrocious assault, nor the man and
his wife in Georgia who were found
dead along the road soon after they
had given a lift to some strangers.
But he was robbed, and his experience
should. but probably will not, prove a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-09
valuable lesson to the legion Of mt
florists.

valuable lesson to the legion Of mo-
florists.
Stopping at service station near
Baltimore for gas, the latest victim
of the roadside beggars was asked for
a ride to Washington by a. we'll dressed
man. The motorist assented and start
ed off. Near Laurel he espied a mo.
tor cycle parked along the road. The
self-invited guest" called his atten.
ton to this unusual occurrence and
also to the fact that the guest" now
had his host covered with a wicked.
looking pistol and was telling him in
no uncertain manner to pull up and
stop. Having deftfy gone through the
pockets Of the kind motorist. the erst.
while guest" jumped on the motor
cycle and was whisked away.
Now comes the question Of how
many more automobile owners are 60
ing to take their lives in their hands
to provide FREQ transportation to the
rapidly growing army Of roadside beg
gars, thieves and murderers? Is there
no lesson powerful enough to impress
upon these kind hearted and needless
souls that they will soon run the gamut
Of human horrors If they do not heed
wise counsel and refrain from the
practice? Young girls have been as
saulted and their escorts killed. men
and women have been MANNED for life,
and robbery of car or money is COM
men in these experiences with the
roadside beggar. 1t is time to wake
up. and every American motorist
should resolve to himself that from
this time on he will avoid as he would
a scourge the appraised hand or the
soft-spoken request Of the young beg.
gar or the old beggar along the roads
of this country.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-09
Bratiano Now Is Master in Saddle
In Affairs of Rumania, With ALI Power

The New Rumanians" as the lib.
Grated brethren of Pennsylvania and
Bukowina were called. vainly tried
to oppose their strength against the
dominant party of Bratiano. These
New Rumanians," who thought they
were going to play an important role
in the Rumanian Kingdom, soon found
that the old politicians of Bucharest
did not relish the intrusion of these
outsiders into their party councils.
Crown Prince Carol chose to put
himself at the head Of these discon-
tended elements. But for his love for
romantic adventure he might have sue
ceeded At that time. however. Nine.
Lupescu came into play. Bratiano
quick as a flash seized the occasion
to get rid of Carol.
Now that King Ferdinand Is dead,
and a regency is established. with
Bratiano in the saddle. things seem
to be pretty safe for those what at
present have all power in their hands.
How long is this peace to last? That
Is the question.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-09
THIS AND THAT


The estate Is encircled with them,
lordly pines. and others we forget, all
going to make up that Zine or border
of green growth" for which the
prophecies of the garden speaks SO
winningly.
Coming around a corner of the
house, the guest arrives at an en-
trance cupola. or whatever one calls
it, that leads nowhere!
Through the years, changes were
made, and the door was blocked up
but the entrance left where 1t was
The kitchen door Is just south OF 1t
flanked by a wide window. which let's
down into the wall allowing the house
| wife to look out at the terrace.
This terrace is Immediately adjoin
ing the house, and is made of marble
slabs laid on the grass. To the right
| Is an expanse of lawn, cut here and
there by beds of roses, phlox and
petunias.
A couple of bird baths are always
filled with splashing. fluttering song
STEERS, while to the west. hanging from
the skirting trees, dangle various
forms of feeding stations and nest
boxes.
There is even container full OF
horsehair, which Is used by the birds
for making their nests, and which has
been pulled and tugged at until fila
ments wave in the breeze as does
the beard of Agamemnon in the Greek
plays.
From the depth of a steamer chair
a terribly hard thing to get into and
out of, but exceedingly comfortable
the rest of the time, the guest views
nature adorned and unadorned.
The only other place we ever got
this sense of repose was in a great
estate of many acres, where the Vlr
gin forest growth had been cut away
around the house, so that the nome
was encircled as this one is. There
were square blocks of trees beyond the
clearing. it Is true, but the effect from
the house was no different than here
where but a single line of trees does
the work, securing exactly the same
effect.
Thus is established in the visitor's
mind, once and for all, the interesting
fact and knowledge that the right
garden atmosphere may be realized In
little as in large, and perhaps even
better, for 1t Is more necessary to use
intelligence in the former than in the
latter.
Atmosphere" perhaps best sums up
this really enchanting place. Here
one gets atmosphere plus. 1t radiates
from the house, which is unique in
possessing no particular front-every
side Is front, If one wants to look at
it so.
Every window in the house is some
what different from its neighbor, even
when grouped. One group of three
has a sliding window, easement
window that opens out, and another
that opens in. The loaded glass In
each is Of a different design.
The bedrooms open onto a gallery
that runs around the beamed living
room; and in the latter no nook or
corner escapes without some interest
ing built-in feature, a window seat, a
shelf of books, or a drawer. There Is
built-in grandfather clock on the
winding stairway. To the right of the
staircase, looking up. is a side door,
after the Dutch manner. with the
upper part swinging back. to allow
the cows to look over at the folks
only there aren't any cows. of course.
The creatures that look over 1t today
are the guests, who stand on the In
side, looking out, realizing that this
place is a home, not just house.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-09

whether we advocate formal or in
formal plans. one thing IS needed In
either case, and that is some line OF
border of green growth which shall
encircle the lot-shall make it into
that garth or Enclosed spot which
gives the word garden it's old first
meaning. The garden belongs. first OF
all, to him or her who owns 1t and
makes it,"
This dictum OF Mrs. Frances King
in her Little Garden" book, perhaps
has no better illustration in America
than in a certain Washington home
and garden which we had the pleas
ure of visiting recently.
The real garden Is an outdoor liv
ing room, a place where one may live
when the temperature Is right. sur
rounded by floral creations of beauty
yet screened from the prying gaze OF
what is vaguely known as vulgar
curiosity.
The garden, rightly situated and
made, is part of the house, so that the
word home" covers both extremes
the interior and the exterior. That
many gardens seem a thing apart
from the house is because OF condl
tons over which owners have no con
troll or because of failure to grasp
fundamental garden practices.
zone ought to be able to sit in his
garden in his shirt sleeves, or even
less than that had he mind to. Pri'
vacy Is the keynote of the garden, as
it is Of the living room within.
This Is a house on a hill, but one
cannot see 1t from the roadway. In
fact, many residents in the neighoor'
hood have never seen 1t. and some
even say it doesn't exist! Yet It Is
there, solidly enough, and has been
sitting proudly on its eminence for a
quarter Of a century. at least.
1t is that kind of a house. one
cannot imagine 1t wearing out. Built
of shingles and stucco. the shingles
seem as solid and thick as the day
they were laid, the stucco (Which Is
really pebble-dash) without cracks of
any kind, either assure or hair
crack.
The entrance to this domain Is
gained by either one of two roads, the
first a concrete alley leading directly
to the back of the house and the
other an improvised roadway coming
in on the east side of the manor
house.
Probably the use OF the term
manor house. is a bit strong. for
neither house nor lot is large enough
to justify it. yet the phrase does give
some sense Of the completeness of the
estate comprising an acre Of ground,
with the two-story house in the CEN
ter on its hill. with various outbulid'
ings hugging the rear, as If to escape
the cold blasts Of the north wind.
The favorite entrance is over the
easier road from the south. as the
alleyway Is unusually steep. The
car dips between hedges and trees into
the road. just wide enough for one We
hicle. We are now on the property
although newcomers do not know 1t.
To the left one sees late-planted
gladioli, growing like corn, only the
swordlike leaves above the earth at
this time. The top OF house and
the tip of a chimney are seen away
to the west, but they seem far away,
indeed.
With a swish the car lands one at
the rear of the home, practically moth
ing being seen Of it until one IL be-
side it.
X \ +
Once there, the outside world has
vanished.
Wherever one looks, he sees trees.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-09
PHILOSOPHERS
GLENN FRANK

For weeks we have had our atten'
ton centered upon the discussions OF
ornaments among the major powers.
The air has been filled with discus
sion of economy and of equality OF
power; we have talked of cruisers
and of tonnage; 1t Is well. think,
to refresh our minds on the realistic
facts about war that must underile
all this discussion.
We forget so easily.
During the World War our religious
and secular press was filled with ar
ticles prophesying the vast spiritual
uplift the war would bring to our
civilization. We were told that out
of the war would come a refining
fire that would burn the dross out OF
the lives of men and institutions, that
we would come back from the war
with a new and more spiritual con-
ception of the state and of public
dreams?
Where are those fine dreams now?
We were honest in our dreams, but
we are disillusioned in the waking. .
The few moral disciplines we had
built up before the war have In many
cases been scrapped without apology.
The depressed libertinism OF the
race was released by the war.
Not only the men who fought In
the trenches, but the men and women
behind the lines who were vicariously
vicious as they knit socks and sold
Liberty bonds. were, regardless OF the
loftiness. Of their aims, schooled by
war in a cruelty of temper that 1t had
been the business of generations to
humanize and to civilize.
Vast masses of men who before
the war were sensitive and shrink.
ing at the thought of brutality are
today bringing a firing squad mind
to the issues of peace.
For four and a quarter years men
lived by a philosophy Of getting what
they wanted by lighting. and they
have carried the philosophy over into
civil affairs.
Social revolutions. labor wars and
the madness of lynching bees for men
and opinions alike are the certificates
that show how we'll the race learned
it's lesson of conquest by cruelty.
The war brought transient dis
cipline to mankind, but it also bred
q revolt against discipline. Men will
submit to rigid discipline for time
II the adventure Is dramatic enough,
but peace, when 1t brings no chal-
lenge to spiritual adventure, seems
drab and purposeless after war.
And the peace that followed our
last war has bred a worldwide rebel.
lion against hard work, against
loyalty to homes that seem humdrum
after the lawless liaisons of war time,
against all the controls and tradi-
tions and disciplines and procedures
that had been slowly built up by
years Of civilized efforts.
These are things to remember when
we think Of war and the implements
tcopyriEht. ioa7.l 6Hnnnn
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-09

One Of the most famous anarchists
good many years ago was Herr
Most He was always regarded as
being on the verge Of doing some.
thing terrible. He began to grow
nervous and was finally pulled by the
feet from his hiding place under a
lady's bed. When he found himself
in the hands of the police instead of
former friends who had turned against
him he went along peacefully. and
even gratefully.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-09
present water system and installing
additional fire bydrants.


additional fire hydrants.
This position is logical, granting
that the committee has gone exhaus-
lively into the situation in Washing.
ton. Admitting. as does the commit.
tee, that high pressure for the down
town business area is needed, the need
is no more pressing than that felt by
the city as whole for a fire de-
partment and auxiliary equipment
brought to a standard commensurate
with the rapid growth Of the District
the new conduit from Great Falls as
sures a plentiful supply of water for
the city. Proper distribution of this
water in quantities sufficient to meet
the emergencies Of a hazardous con.
fagra:ion is the next step. And it is
to be hoped that the citys futile eff
forts of the last thirty years toward
obtaining high pressure for the down
town area will not be repeated in the
case Of the alternative recommenda
lions made by the Commissioners
committee. The owners of a build
ing who neglect their fire insurance
receive little sympathy from the pub
lie when the building burns down.
The community's fire insurance is
modern fire department and plenti-
full supply of water. The Commission
ers should give the committees rec
an important position
in their program Of legislation to be
recommended at the coming session
of Congress.