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people before and after that time have failed
to resist the sudden impulse to get rich quick,
and in consequence are later given abundance
of time to reflect and repent.
In this particular robbery which occurred on
June 2, 1875, the alleged principal participants
were Benjamin B. Halleck, clerk in the Treas
ury; W. H Gilman, saloonkeeper at 1908 Penn
sylvania avenue, and Theodore w. Brown.
A BRIEF outline of the facts, as reported by
the Treasurer of the United States at the
time and which many an old-timer will recall,
states:
"On the above-named day. June g. 1879
lat about 2:30 pm, while the packages of new
money RENTED to banks and others in return
for mutilated notes redeemed were being
checked off for delivery to the Adams Express
Co., it was discovered that there was missing a
package of 4709765 intended for the National
Park Bank of New York City. Immediate and
thorough search for the package being made
without success, notice was at once given to the
Acting Secretary Of the Treasury, who placed
the matter in the hands of the Secret Service
Division Of the Treasury Department for inveS-
tigation, which was Immediately commenced
and prosecuted it is believed, with commend
able activity.
THE package in question, it appeared had
been put up among the earliest of those in
tended for remittance on that day and after
having been sealed and addressed was placed
with other packages prepared for delivery and
was not missed until delivery was being made
to the express company as above stated, in the
room Immediately below the cash room of this
Office. This package consisted mainly of $500
legal tender notes, viz: "a of $500 each and
notes and currency of smaller denominations to
make up tn eamount of SAT 09765 The $500
notes, although clean and apparently such as
had not been used were in fact notes that had
been out and returned to the Office, but had not
been destroyed for the reason that they were
in good condition and were used because at that
time there was scarcity of new notes of the
large denominations. They did not, therefore
run in regular sequence of numbers as would
nave been the case had the package been made
up of notes from original packages
T was not believed by my predecessor in
this Office that any person not employed
IN the room where this money was put up
could have obtained access to the place where
these packages were kept during the day, and
therefore that the theft must have been COM
United by an employe in the room, and probably
by one Of several whose duties were in immedi-
ate connection with these packages, and possi-
bly, by one who knew the fact that the notes
in this package were not in regular order of
numbers, and therefore could not be so readily
traced But no clue as to the guilty party was
obtained by this Office until early in August
when notice was received from the superintend-
ent OF police Of the City of Washington that a
resident OF this city had been reported as being
in possession of and as having passed under
suspicious circumstances a number of $500 notes
at Saratoga, N. Y
The clue thus found was followed up, and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-21
BY JOHN CLACETT PROCTOR

-HE recent burning of Tempo Building
No 4, by which the Federal Trade
Commission and two Labor Depart
n men bureaus we're robbed of their
ru,artarc reminds the writer that so
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-20
Today in
Washington History
BY DONALD A. CRAIG.

February 20, 1857.-Several Virginia
gentlemen who came to Washington to-
day told of two very large bears that
were killed a few days ago about ga
miles from Marion, Smythe County.
One of the bears weighed nearly 400
pounds. The meat and skin of this
great beast yielded the handsome sum
of $50. The bears, while large, were not
so great in size, however, as those lately
seen by residents of Montgomery Coun-
ty, Md, near Colesville.
THAT mudhole at the corner of
Fifth and G. streets NORTH" says The
Evening Star today. els a disgrace to
the corporation. It is occasioned by the
sinking of soft earth with which sewer
excavation was inadequately filled 1t
is of sufficient depth nearly to bury any
horse unlucky enough to set foot in the
Itreacherous pit.
I'VE hear of numerous accidents hav-
ing occurred at this point and We'd
nesday night might before last) two
vehicles at least were ruined by being
caught in this trap. The least the
proper authorities can do is to place
lanterns, barbados or some surround
ingS to warn passengers of the danger"
Dan Rice, who appeared tonight at
the Washington Circus and Amphi-
theater, at the corner of PENNSYLVANIA
avenue and Seventh street, has taken
the city by storm. He has reduced the
"humors of the ring" to a science,
catering TO each taste, while he care
fully avoids any allusion at all excep-
tionable.
Mr.. Rice is not clown, he is a wit
an original philosopher, a man of
genius" says The Star today, who
gives us common sense and fun most
admirably interviewer, and at all times
acceptable. We like to hear him, and
those who would spend pleasant eve
ming should go to the Amphitheater to
see Dan Rice"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-20
Famous Cinderellas-GOOd and Bad
Actress Made One-Time Heir to British Throne Happv
for Fifty Years.
J. p.
BY J. p. GLASS.

One of the most noted of British
Cinderellas was Louisa Fairbrother, the
stage beauty who captured the heart OF
his royal highness, the Duke of Cam
bridge, then heir apparent to the throne
OF Great Britain and ireland.
This romance took place in early
victorian days. The duke married Miss
Fairbrother in 1910. They had a mar
r1ed Eee that continued happily for a
half century.
Queen Victoria had been on the
throne two years when the dukes love
affair developed. She was anxious for
him to make a political marriage with
some German princess, but after the
young man had met all Of them he
ruled them out. He had made up his
mind he would remain single when he
met the beautiful Louisa, a very humble
ornament of the London stage.
Travelling down to Windsor to tell
Queen Victoria of his intention to wed
Miss Fairbrother, the duke ran into a
storm of protest.
But give the girl an audience" he
pleaded. You'll change your mind in
five minutes"
The Queen declined this request
But, to the scandal of the court and
London society in general, the duke
made the actress his rnorganatic wife.
Louisa Fairbrother, or Mrs. Fftzgeorge
as she was now called, was really bril-
liant woman. She made the duke a
splendid wife, and 1t was due largely to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-20
Give Girls a Break.

The playground was full of boys.
Boys big and little. boys playing ball.
leaping, shouting, racing, brimful Of
the Joy of youth. And not girl in
sight. Yet surely the families that
produced these children did not run
wholly to boys. There were sisters
for these boys. Plenty of them, but
they were at home. Well, their mothers
might need them. And. anyway, girls
should not be out on the playground.
So rough for the girl. They get physi-
cal training in their gym.
So they do, poor things. After they
get through jerking their arms and
legs to the word of command they
need bit of free play in the open,
but they won't get it, They're girls.
When swimming pool is put in the
school the girls are not expected to
use it. If they fight for their rights
they get alternate days, and, unless they
watch out and make the count lap
over they will swim two days and the
boys three days a week And girls
need to swim just as much as boys do.
In equipping school everybody re-
members the shops for the boys, but
unless there is a woman on the board
who remembers that girls are highly
important members of society, the girls
will have to do with small room off
in corner for a kitchen. Girls need
to print in the shop, to make copper
jars, to build boats, to make hats,
dresses, cakes and jelly. They need to
learn about making garden, wiring
and plumbing house, painting furni-
ture and making it If occasion re-
quireS. II anybody goes short in a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-20
OUR CHILDREN
By ANGELO PATRI.

school 1t ought to be the boy, because
he has so many chances to acquire
experiences against the girls few.
When a drive is on for scouts you,
never need ask which scouts. It's the
boys The men start a drive to build
a house for them. buy uniforms for
them, pay leaders for them and make
the scout movement hum as it ought
to hum. But for boys, not girls. They
are always away off in the background.
know that there are good people work.
ing for them, too, but they aren't a
handful compared TO the host who
march in order for the boys cause. And
girls are such important people. ave
1t Is vitality important that boys be.
reared in health and trained intellte.
gently to high level of growth, hut
tell me, please. where is the fine boy
going If there is no fine girl to match
him? What good the healthy, intelli-
gent young man If his mate is a.
squidgy splinter Of bones draped In
chiffon? What good all his breadth of.
vision and his power If it Is to be
placed in the hands of weakling? =,
Make no mistake about this Girls
are the important people. We are
neglecting them. Every time see one
hobbling along on spiked-heel shoes, 2
her chiffon wisps trailing behind her.,
her face powdered and rouged like a
clowns, her nails stained as no girls
nails ever should be stained, I blame
myself and every teacher in the coun-
try for not getting up and crying aloud,
Girls are important people. Give them
a chance" b.
Copyright, 1900 - 81
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-20
Fashions of Today
Children's Clothes.
By MARIE sHALMAR.

II you consulted your children,s taste
in the matter, they would probably vote
against the fashion Of dressing two OF
them alike. 1t seems to be a sort of
negation of their individuality. Chill
dren like TO be considered different
especially different from other members
Of the same family. They don't like to
be called by each others names.
Doubtless you remember that YOUR
self. And you also probably remember
that you didn't like to have YOUR mother
fit you out in a frock, coat, hat and Ac-
cessories just like those of YOUR big
sister Mary. 1t was even more humiliat-
ing If you were the big sister Mary and
you we're being fitted out Just like sister
Jane-Jane mere infant compared TO
you.
But that apparently has nothing
whatever to do with the matter, from
the adult point OF view. The fact is
that 1t is fashionable to dress children
just alike. A smart woman who has
two older little girls and two Younger
little girls dresses them in pairs-that
is, the two older ones take their morn
ing promenade in brown corduroy VEL
vet coats trimmed with fur. while the
two younger ones wear white fur coats
and caps with white woolly CATERS.
Just why the effect is so pleasing
may not be easy for you to tell. Per-
haps we can reduce it to the artistic
principle Of symmetry or repetition
There is beauty to be derived from a
repetition of objects exactly alike-such
as the columns of a Greek temple, the
portals of Gothic cathedral, the nina
rets on a Turkish mosque. Two beauti-
full eyes are more beautiful than one
and so are two ears and two hands
The fact that they are alike adds to
their charm, for some reason or other
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-20
FOOD PROBLEMS
Sweets.
By sALLIE MONROE.


Usually We close our dinners with
something swcet-a sweet pudding, a
pie, ice cream and cake-then take a
small cup of coffee and call 1t a meal
Sometimes there are nuts and raisins-
especially around Thanksgiving and
Christmas-and sometimes cheese, but
not often.
The English have an amusing trick
OF taking some sort of sayory dish after
the pudding-the trifie. the charlotte
or other sweet connection. After this
saVory there is cheese and then "des-
sert'-which invariably in England sig
miles nuts and raisins.
These savories that follow the sweet
course are the sort of thing that we
might serve for a luncheon dish. an an
peti5er or possibly a little entree. A
cheese souffie, anchovy rolls, cheese
fritters, eggs Swedish style), cheese
Straws, cheese toast, SardineS on toast,
anchovy toast, mushrooms on toast.
devlled Sardines, baked spaghetti, stuff
FED mushrooms, caviar on toast, herring
roeS on toast, smoked haddock soufHe-
these are few of the dishes that the
Englishman likes to eat after his sweet
course at dinner. Perhaps it is a rea-
Sonable preference. Sweets are likely
W ledVe an unpleasant naV0r In the
mouth, or if one has dined lightly to
leave one with an unsatisfied feeling.
AT least, that is the argument of the
Englishman who likes his savory.
There seems to be an increasing dis
position on the part Of Americans to
lessen the role of sweets in the dinner
menu. When we add salads and savories
and other appetizing dishes we seem
to demand less of the sweet dishes: and
undoubtedly We are better of physically
for this change.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-20
Straight Talks to Women About Mon
BY MARY ELIZABETH ALLEN

rush in and tell you so and be right. As
the childs parent and legal guardian
you are responsible for any damage he
might cause.
Recently a woman went to plastic
surgeon and tried to remedy natures
oversights. The operation was not sue
cessful, and she sued for damages. In
this case this court ruled that after
having signed a release, she could not
hold the surgeon responsible for what
damage" had been done.
A frequent occurrence is that in which
clothing is lost in public restaurants
and places. If the restaurant or hall
has a place in which belongings may
be checked. it can rarely be held re-
sponSible for loss of unchecked things.
In some States there is a legal limit to
the proprietor's liability.
Personal responsibility Is often con-
fused with liability for damages. For
example, an engineer might wreck a
train and be personally responsible for
the damages resulting. but the railroad
would be liable 1t would be the rail-
road that would have to make good.
Who's responsible els a question that
Is always aked after a loss, theft, &C.
cident, or other mishap. BY the question
one means who will have to pay
Ordinarily the law is clear, but where il
is not consult with an attorney. A cor
rect answer to the question is vitality
necessary,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-20
Who's RESPONSIBLE.

When you leave your gloves with
the cleaner and they are lost, who's
responsible? Suppose the cleaner
reveals himself to be only the agent OF
an establishment, is he still responsible?
In cases such as this one must hold
agent responsible, because he accepts
the gloves and the risks also. While
he may collect from the real cleaning
establishment, your redress must come
from him.
Who's responsible, is always a mighty
important matter. For example, If ones
motor car ran some one down while
ones chauffeur was driving, most States
would hold the owner liable for civil
damages. Criminal carelessness would
be the guilt of the driver. However, al
property damage or personal injury re-
sulting from an accident is usually q
liability Of the owner.
If your child hurled or batted his
base ball through a neighbours window
would you be responsible for the damage
he wrought? An angry neighbor would
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-20

| her management that he began to take
a prominent part in public business.
Wlthln 10 years after her marriage,
she was the queen Of society, notwith-
standing that she lived in a compare
lively modest house in Queen street and
did not occupy the dukes stately official
residence in Pail Mall. Such celebrities
as Mr.. Gladstone were delighted to be
numbered among her intimate friends.
Everybody was sorry that the Queens
opposition had prevented her becoming
the Duchess of Cambridge.
In the end, Victoria herself capitu-
lated to the charms of Mrs. Fitzgeorge
But 1t was then too late to change her
position in society.
Neither Emperor william Of Germany.
who had wished to marry one of his
prtnceSSes to the duke, nor his family
ever recognized his union.
Five years before Mrs. Fitzgeorge died
in 1890, Prince William Of Prussia, later
to be the Kaiser, was in London. Meet
ing the Duke of Cambridge in Piccadilly
he asked about the health of his wife,
Mrs. FitZgeorge then being i'll.
IF 1t would crafty her" ne said, ST
can spare a little time to call on her"
The outspoken duke Redeemed with
anger.
I'm afraid my wife will not receive
you, Willie" he replied. she sees only
her intimate friends"
The duke survived Mrs. Fitzgeorge by
IA years. When he died in 1904, he
was buried, at his request, in her grave.
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mental to both the finish and durability
of any leather glove not of the washable
sort. The reverse is true of cloth ones
A pair of fabric gloves of pristine
freshness can be donned with the knowl-
edge that, however soiled they become
the dirt can be easily removed. And
more than that, no amount of moisture
will harm them. This is good to remem-
Der, since there is a tendency to wear
dingy apparel on days that do not prom
Use fair weather. In some cases this is
essential, but in the case of gloves it Is
not.
Bad weather is apt to put one at
less than ones best and for this reason
an effort should be made to overcome
this tendency by wearing not ones poor
clothes" as much as those which will not
be injured by dampneSS. Parading ones
worst clothes as means to sparing
ones best is to strike low average of
good appearance.
Without going to the extreme of plan
ming actual rainy day wardrobes with
special cost, hat, footwear, ETC., all
matching. one can do something better
than just get by by realizing that
there are some articles of the fair
weather wardrobe that suffer not at all
from contact with the elements.
(Copyrght, 1900
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-20
A Sermon for Today
BY REV. JOHN r. GUM.
Spontaneous Service.


There came woman bearing an
alabaster box of ointment of spiken-
ard very precious, and she brake the
box, and poured it on His head
Mark xiv.3.
Some complained that this was a
waste, to pour this precious ointment
on the Savior's head. Perhaps the
woman herself would have hesitated, If
she had stopped to deliberate and
count the COST
The very fact that she did not con-
slider the cost indicates that she acted
on an impulse. 1t was one of those
deeds that are done spontaneously when
one never stops to deliberate about the
cost. 1t came yelling forth from the
depths of her soul, born Of holy and
passionate impulse.
The deed touched the Savior'S heart
OF it He said: "Wheresoever this Cos
pei shall be preached throughout the
whole world, this also that she hath
done shall be spoken Of as memorial
of her"
What was it about this simple serv-
ice that so appealed to Him, and that
called forth this special commentator
and praise? What but the fact that
it was the spontaneous expression of
the deepest personal love toward Him
self?
No service IS so beautiful as the
spontaneous AS the fountain has a
glory beyond the pump, so the service
that springs from the heart spon-
taneously has a glory beyond that which
We may not excuse ourselves from
the sheer sense Of duty.
Me may not excuse ourselves from
doing good on the ground that We do
not feel moved to do it. We must do
good when 1t goes against the grain,
give when the coins are glued to our
fingers, sacrifice when self-interest
urges that we cannot afford it.
But spontaneous service, that which
springs enforced from the heart, is the
best and most beautiful.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-20
My Neighbor Says:

Two thicknesses of cotton bat
ting make a good thick pad for
an ironing board.
To prevent clothes slipping off
an enameled hanger place
large uninterrupted tack at each
end Of the hanger.
One teaspoon Of onion Juice or
half a sliced raw onion added to
mashed potatoes gives them a
different flavor.
To protect the burned surface
Of the skin from the air and thus
lessen pain apply earron oil,
olive oil, butter, cold cream or
even thick cream taken from
milk.
If you would reduce gas bills
see that all gas-burning ap-
pliAnces are kept perfectly clean.
Don't light a gas burner until
you are ready to use 1t.
Do not break caulifiower UP
too small when cooking it. Keep
each flower whole, If possible.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-20
Chicken Livers With Bacon.

The ivers of chickens are delicious
when served with bacon. They may be
strung with alternate pieces of bacon
cut about half an inch thick and one
and one-half inches square, on a meta.
skewer and the whole broiled until done
They may then be served on the skewel
or removed from the skewer and served
with small pieces Of toast.
Another method of preparation with
bacon is as follows: Wrap each liver In
a thin strip of bacon and fasten with
a toothpick. Bake in the oven, turning
frequently, until both are cooked. Serve
at once.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-20
Steamed Ginger Pudding.

Cream half a cupful Of shortening
and add half cupful OF sugar and two
cupfuls OF -four with four teaspoonfuls
of baking powder, one-fourth teaspoon
full Of salt and one teaspoonful Of
powdered ginger Add alternately with
one cupful of milk. Turn into but
tered mold and steam for about two
hours. Remove from the mold and
serve with sweetened whipped cream or
any desired sauce,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-20
Turnip Cups.

Small white turnips may be used to
contrast. ig color Peel the turnips and
cook them until tender In boiling sailed
water. With a teaspoon hollow out a
space from the center of the turnip
large enough to hold several tablespoon
fuls Of peas, diced string beans, carrots
or beets. Pour melted butter or q little
cream sauce over these. The turnip
cups make an attractive addition to the
dinner plate,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-20
One Mother Says
AND THEIR CHILDREN.

One Mother Says
A paStime which my small daughter
never tires Of Is making clothes for
her paper dolls. She uses figures
which she cuts from magazines, and
I have taught her to make all sorts
Of clothes for them by cutting diff
ferent bits Of apparel from white paper
She gets styles for these clothes from
the fashion books and her own ward.
robe and she gives them variety by
coloring them with her crayolas She
is very proud Of her dolls and their
clothes and have discovered in these
little figures a talent for drawing and
designing, which intend to encourage.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-20
Home in Good Taste
BIZ SARA HILAND.

You never hear any one complaining
about modern furniture being hard to
dust like that of the Victorian period,
which had ones index finger in con-
dition for splints and a sling after an
intensive rusting spell on any Saturday
morning. Getting into all of those lit
tie curlicues of the fruits, flowers and
spirals and digging out all the dirt was
not looked forward to by even the most
conscientious housewife.
There is, therefore, much to be said
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-20

in favor of modern furniture from the
standpoint of tightening labor. For ex-
ample, look at the chair in the illus
tration- to dust but the arms
and the vacuum sweeper takes care Of
the rest AS to the table, just a good
swish or two will take care of each
shelf, and there you are, all finished ir
a tenth of the time it would have taker
to do even one shelf Of the good ole
what-not and its curios. es'R
The chair is very luxurious, being
softly upholstered in seat and back, and
it is low enough to make complete re-
Taxation possible in a short time There
is no wood in the table, the shelves
being of glass and the supports Of metal
(Copyrieht, 1900