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- 1, r THE WASHINGTON HEEAID, THTTESDAY, APRIL 13, 1911. THE WASHINGTON HERALD PUBLICATION OFFICE: 1322 NEW YORK AVENUE N. W. Entered t U post-offlco t Wtshtejton. D. a. u Mcand-daw mall matter. PbLM Etctj Moto j in tlw Yen by THE WASHINGTON HERALD COMPANY, Ttkpkoic MtinSTOO- (Pnrmtc Bfioch Exdmt.) SUBSCRIPTION BATES BY CABRIEB: Daily nd Sunday M cents per mooth Duly and Scndar Per yer Duly, withoat Emidaj 5 cents per month. snBSCRipnoN bates by MAIL: IHily uid Sunday cents per month Duly Dd Sunday per n' Daily, withoat Sunday .3 omU per mooth Daily, withoat Sunday COO per year Sunday, without dally -C per year Wo attention will be paid to anonymous contribution, and no communication to the editor will be printed except over the name of the writer. Manuscripts offered for publication will be returned if unavailable, but stamps should be sent with the manuscript for that purpose. AH communications Mended for this newspaper, whether for the daily or the Sunday issue, should be addressed to THE WASHINGTOX HERALD. New Tcrk RepresratatiTe. J. C. WILBEBDING SPECIAL GENCV. Brunswick Building. Clucaso IUprwntaUT. BARNARD A BBAN IIA1I Bnyee Buildns. THURSDAY, APRIL. 13, 1911. Illuminating: Pennsylvania Avenue. It is sincerely to be hoped tint the project of the District Commissioners to illuminate Pennsvlvama avenue from the hue House to the Capitol will soon be carried into effect. Some two months ago The Washington Herald editorially commented upon the lack-luster appear ance of this thoroughfare and suggested that smaller municipalities like Norfolk had experienced the advantages of bril liantly lighting their principal streets. New York's Great White Wav is the best advertisement of that citv, and Wash ington's Pennsylvania avenue, when it is rcspicndcnt with a multitude of lamps, 'v, ' Ik j not attractive feature of the Natl inal Capital There will be some regret in manv minds that the illumination is to be se cured at the sacrifice of the broad and 'tMiittrnspted picture which the Avenue ii' pre cuts The splendid sweep of ' broken iphalt from curb to curb is t give wav to a series of lamp-posts, and even though these be of a decorative na ture, the will take away from the pres ent impressiveness of the wide street In addition to this, the isles of safety wl detrau from the value of the Avenue when parades are in progress Thev will aKo necessitate some rear rangement of inaugural processions, in asmuch as the thousands who participate in that event are only able to march over the route before dark bv spreading their ranks from curb to curb. However, an inauguration occurs only once in four vears, and the illumination is to be a nightlv affair The Commissioners, in their desire to make an impression upon the casual vis itor to the National Capital, should not forget the citizens who pay taxes here all the veir around. The minor streets and the main-traveled roads should not be left m darkness in order that a dis pla mav be made in one or two lo ca'uies A proper system of lighting will include both a brilliant showing on Pennsvlvann avenue and an adequate amount of light in less favored sections of the atv Go Wilson has been advised bv the attornev general of his State that, ac cording to the New Jersev law, he ha.s ihe right to use free railroad passes The governor is satisfied with the opinion Cabinet Officers on the Floor. The experiment of appointing the com mittees of the House through a com mittee rather than by the Speaker seems thus fir to have been successful It has ccrtamlv removed complaint concerning the autocratic power of the Speaker In stances have been numerous enough in the past when Speakers deliberately framed committees so as to coincide with their own personal views, regardless of public sentiment. This personal equa tion has been removed There is one other experiment which might well be undertaken In Great Britain the members of the cabinet have seats upon the floor of the House of Commons and are subject to questions at all times. Occasionally some of the most important messages of the govern ment to the people are communicated in this fashion, while, if the cabinet officer refrains from a categorical reply upon the ground that such answer would not be for the best interests of the country, his attitude is respected. The system has prevailed in Great Britain most suc cessfully, and there is no reason why it should not be tried in this democracy. As it is now. all inquiries to the heads of departments, are addressed in writ ing, and the subject matter is generally forgotten long before the reply is vouch safed. When appropriation bills are under consideration the presence of the Cabinet officer under whose direction the money is to be expended would be a valuable aid to intelligent action At present the information concerning the various items of the budgets are con vex ed to inquiring members through the medium of other members, who simply repeat what thev have been told. Very frequently the data is inaccuratel stated, and even more frequently the query is met by an acknowledgment of ignorance. If Cabinet officers were not only pro vided with seats upon the floor of the House, but were expected to be present when debates relating to their depart ments are in progress, the gain would be considerable. If it did nothing else, it would invest Cabinet officers with a deeper sense of their responsibility to .the public, and it would bring the-execu- trve branch of the government into more intimate relations with the repre sentatives o'f the people. A New York -woman suing- for divorce blames Broadway. She wins. Opening of the Baseball Season, Yesterday throughout the United States hundreds of thousands of men, women, and children forsook their or dinary avocations and spent the after noon watching the opposing baseball teams contest for victory. The demonstration was a great trib ute to a manly sport. Baseball has taken a firm hold upon the American people as the national game, and its popularity is due not alone to its in terest as a spectacle, but because it has been kept free from objectionable fea tures. It is to the credit of the man agers of the game that no serious scan dal has ever been connected with the struggle for the pennant, and the public accepts the efforts of the plavers as be ing an honest endeavor to win As long as baseball can thus be maintained upon a high plane it will continue to grow in popular esteem When jockeying or trades in the matter of winning or los ing games arc introduced, the doom of the game will be sealed j We are a busy people, taken all in all. with comparativelv few holidavs. and slaves to business to an extent unknown in any other country. It is worth while to have a game which will attract the merchant or the professional man into the open air for an afternoon's recreation All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. Long live baseball, the national game! The mints coined $l!.0''yw in sold dur ing March, and now there are some nlne tj million people tring to Ret at it Dr. Wiley and the Easter Egg. There is great apprehension among the children of Washington because Dr. Wilev, the pure food cpert of the Ag ricultural Department, has decided against the highly colored Easter egg Egg rolling on the White House lawn is an annual event to which vouthful Washington looks forward with joy. and no wonder that the little ones are fearful lest this time-honored custom be abolished There need be no fear on this score, if we understand aright Dr. Wilev's edict He is mcrelv urging a proper dis crimination He is not opposed to Easter eggs of all sorts and conditions. He warns children and their parents against colors produced by the use of poisonous coal-tar dves. and he urges the adoption of a law m this country, similar to the one operative in German-., preventing the use of anv but the most harmless colorings in making the Easter egg attractive to juvenile eves In this he is absolutely right, and sensible mothers will co-operate with him The use of eggs for the spring festi val is an ancient custom They were adopted as a svmbol of the resurrection by the early Christian church, just as sprtng is allegoncally a symbol of the reawakening of the earth after grim, death-dealing winter Egg rolling rep resents a picturesque custom, a venerable survival. It is one of the few survivals of a legendary past in this age of ma terialism Your true crank i never altogether satisfied unless the home team wins Will We Minimize Mine Horrors? It is estimated that on an average 2.000 persons arc killed and some 8,000 injured each vear in the coal mines of this country. It is also held that a v en large percentage of those casualties is due to imperfect equipment or to negli gence and indifference There is no lack of knowledge as to what ought to be done to avert accidents, and there is enough legislation What is needed is a thorough application of law and knowl edge and the strict enforcement of the tormer The lesson of the fatal mine conflagration near Scranton and of the still more aw ful disaster m Alabama will be wasted unless we realize the dis grace to our civilizafon of the repeti tion of these catastrophes, and unless it leads to the perfection of devices for the reduction ot risks taken by miners The Federal mine rescue corps did ex cellent work in both instances, although unfortunatclj its endeavors had to be con fined to the recovery of bodies of the victims This cannot be taken as being the fault of the Mine Rescue Bureau, for its efforts are directed to the pre vention of accidents and to the probing of causes, as well as to heroic rescue work. The occurrences of last week have demonstrated the value of these mobile rescue stations. Their multipli cation in each mining district is dictated by humanity, for the fact remains that the percentage of accidents m the mines of this country still is far greater than in those of Europe. Isn't It about time for another of those Hobson war scares? New York the Financial Center. We are told that the Department of Justice has discovered alleged combina tions which it is powerless to attack, because there is no law applicable to them, having in mind especially the so called money trust in New York. We also hear, in consequence, that Attorney General Wickersham is planning to sub mit to Congress some measure which is to give him the power to make such an attack. .. Exactly what is meant by a money trust is net quite clear. It must be that the Department of Justice is viewing with apprehension the concentration of bank ing capital in New York. It is argued that, where a year ago there was a clas sification of the great financial interests into three groups, now there exists but one group, and it is implied that it re lates to control of banking operations. We know that these operations are carried on upon a large scale, just like many other affairs. How Congress or the Attorney General can do something to stop them is not quite clear, as there is no violation of any law. Banking is an agency 'for carrying on all manner of enterprise in which credit is largely employed, requiring a transfer or ex change of values and settlement of ac counts. If it has become concentrated in New York, it is because railroads, mining, and industrial corporations, whose business extends over this coun try and even reaches to foreign countries, have their headquarters in that city. Hence, as long as the need for the use of bulking capital is centered there, the capital and the facilities for handling it will naturally concentrate there also. The fear that the control will get into too few hands is hardly well-founded, for there arc too many centers of greater or less financial power throughout the countrv There is nothing so difficult to monopolize as credit and the means of transferring it. Another negro segregation ordinance has been enacted in Raltlmore in place of the one that the courts declared void. It Is a nsht between the lawyers and the Constitution Onlv the United States Su preme Court can settle the Issue whether negroes are to bo barred from city blocks inhabited b white people. Why does not Emperor Wilhelm tell Chicago how he managed to electrify the Perlin railway terminals? The English prison commission which visited this countrj last fall has re ported that it does not like the manner of treatment of prisoners here from a physical, hygienic, mental, and moral standpoint. There is no doubt that there is plenty of room for improvement. According to an Ohio paper. Chancellor Div savs he knows less about woman than about an thing else. Wise man" St Louis Is so stirred over aerial navi gation that the president of the Aero Club there has just wagered $1,000 against odds that within two years an aeroplane will cross the Atlantic in eighteen hours. Involving a speed of about 1ST) miles an hour We bet a red apple that such speed will not be attained, even for an hour, in the next two years. Whv all this kicking about the con tinued cold spell' Just think of the ice Mil ou are saving A contcmporar is worrjing over the fact that the Insurgents In Congress are plaving golf Just be patient, there will be a change now that the baseball season has opened A LITTLE NONSENSE. WOMAN WD HER OUVvMEVTS. Jhe likes her ornaments ot f,o.d. but it she lacks the r'lce. She "-hops where Miter things arc sold and finds them rather nice If silver trinket cjme too high, she doesn't raise a din. But cuts a daoh as .-nc goes by with nickel-plate or tin In Southern sea; it comes to pass that ausky native belles Adorn themselves with beads of brass or even rtrings of shells Rut whether woman s earthly gains In brass or gold be sunk. We must admit the fact remains, she's got to "lave her junk How It Hnppened. "Congratulations, old man I see you have at last acquired an auto" "No. I haven't I got all dirtied up changing the ribbon en my typewriter maclnre " Before? and After. "Whaf Attained Ferdy in the vestibule! so long last night?" "He said he wanted to gfve me a bushel of Kisvs." "You did well to accept. After mar riage it will be a mere peck" A Po.srI1i1c Reniion. "What are you reading?" "A poem called the 'Deserted Village.' " "Wny was the village deserted?" "I haven't gotten that far et, but I presume the Inhabitants had gone to Washington after Jobs " The Mimlcnl Cnmeily. The milkmaid in a current play. You must allow. Would be enough to scare away The boldest cow. The Uncle of Honey. "That fellow is a perfect boor." "Go slow. He's worth a million or more " "Is that so? Well, as I was saving, he's a man of marked individuality." Talcing a Dejfree. "You made the responses in a very loud tone." commented the bride. "Do you know," said the groom, "for the moment I thought I was going through a lodge initiation." For Ranter. This is the time of year when a younc man considers the lilies, with a view to bulng one if not too high In price. Got Her Diploma at Elfrhty. From the VTiiutcn Salrm Uisitch. An interesting feature In connection with this j ear's commencement at Salem College will be the presentation of a diploma of graduation to Mrs. R. 1 McWhorter, of Georgia, who finished her course at this institution sixty-three j ears ago. No diplomas were given at that tlmeT" Mrs. McWhorter is one of the oldest. If not the oldest, of living Salem alum nae, and Is more than eighty years of age. Her son. Judge Hamilton McWhorter, of the Southern Railway, is arranging to bring Ills mother In a special car to attend the commencement. The Hen I Ileaxou. Flora the New Yuri. TeV-jmL. Complaint Is made that Uncle Sam's solalers and sailors are -barred from Bos ton theaters. Perhaps that's why amuse ment has been provided for them on the Texas border- , Whnt China Seeds. From tlie Octroi Free I'm. A Chicago mail order house has just shipped 10.000 alarm clocks to China. WhAt China really wants is something to eat. BEIT TTTX-WA-ff PASSING. Compelled Respect of Many Who Took Him to Be a Demajeoirne. From the New York Pre. Every Senator has his day, and some times It Is a very Insignificant "one. But this is not the case with Ben Tillman, of South Carolina. He bulged and belched forth In volcanic style. Insisting upon the center of the stage, and rarely does an agitator of his type show such a high order of ability. In great debates he figured brilliantly. If somewhat flamboy antly, and compelled tho sincere respect of myriads who at first pardonably looked upon him as an unscrupulous blatherskite. Indeed, the nation as a whole came to the conclusion that Ben was not so bad, and as he continued to exhibit rare mental resources and re deeming qualities it came to have a kindly feeling for him. But a more per sistent, pugnacious, and successful strug gler for the limelight never sat In the Senate. -While simply insuppressible, his manner of speech and arguments were of a striking nature, which compelled the dignified leaders of the Senate to take notice. He was a unique figure in that body, without any predecessor or contemporary like him and, to be per fectly frank, the country will make no mistake If It shall never produce his duplicate In that body. One specimen was Interesting, Immensely so, hut a second would pall on the taste. We say these things because Senator Tillman is un.ible to attend the extra session, and It Is doubtful if Washing ton will ever see him or his like again A j ear or two ago he was stricken with Illness, and since then this redoubtable gladiator of the arena has been steadily losing the splendid plenitude of mental and muscular vigor whl-h he illustrated with dramatic effect for so many years. Verllv, it Is not too much to say that the nation would rejolco to see Ben Till man himself again, and able to make more three-day speeches in the Senate with his traditional emphasis and elo quence, but there Is PI tie ground to hope for such a remarkable resuscita tion Be this as It may, Benjamin R. Till man's day was a towering one, and will form an amazing and memorable chapter in the history of our Sreatest legislative body PLAYING THE FIDDLE. Mjjr. Tnrnrr'n Simile n Told to .VfHupiippr Men. From the Fhiladriphi Kimin; Times. Manager James P Turner, chancellor of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia, has a trait in common with the late Archbishop Rvan. which enables him to decline to do something without leaving a sting Uke his late chief, he usually tells a storv and then escapes committing him self Since the balloting for a huccesor to Arehlhishop Ryan he has been Impor- tunpd cajoled, and otherwise held up fo- a word that would give an idea as to what was the result of the balloting s he is sworn to s-pcrecv he must keep quipt To a group of newspaper men he said "Once there was an assistant to a man who held a resonsib!e position This assistant took upon hnnself muih of the credit for his emplover's popularlt One da he complained bv saving 'I m tired of plaving second fiddle." "'The trouble with vou Is that you are Irving to plav first violin before ou hive learned hou to pla that second fiddle was his cmp!ocr's kindly but firm admonition " AS OTHERS SEE IT. From the OmTNTUnd Old ) Scwv It will soon bf time for the small boj to make plans to crawl under the circus tent From the PiUitxirz ,a?rttc Col Roosevelt has shown that one may visit Reno without returning with a neat l engraved certificate From the F rt Worth (T I Rwsyd Fame is fleeting How manj of us re member the name of the man who struck Booker T Washington " From the New York Ier If a woman got an invitation from the leader of societj to Jump off a ten-storj roof shed want to accept It From the IVtirer Republican. Probably the woman owner of the St. Iuis Nationals will have the score card? neatly tied with blue ribbon. From the Fredericksburg (Vs.) Str. When Oklahoma and Tammanv Hall vote tosether in the Senate Democratic harmony must be almost perfect. From the Omjha World Herald. If one doubts that the average man is a good writer of fiction he should inspect the assessor s returns of valuations of personal property. From the Chicago ewa. Roast dikdik. fried koodoo, and giraffe steaks are to be served at a banquet in New York. That shows one how great Is th suffering of New Yorkers because of the lobster famine From the Toledo Blade. Now that the wet and dry question is settled and out of the way railroads may begin to plan for their summer excur sions. They will know which way to run them. From the Boston Transcript. Down in Georgia they are rescuing from the scrap heap a locomotive that served honorably during the civil war. What Boston commuters can't understand is how so youthful a locomotive ever reach ed the scrap heap. From fcav apery the Firmer Bowl. From Harrer's Weekly. Civilized man did not Invent the fin ger bowl either In form or in use. It was used in the South Sea Islands some hundreds of years before Europeans and Americans found out that they were necessary to their own refinement. A bowl of water is handed around to every diner in a. South Sea house. This South Sea finsrer bowl Is half a cocoanut shell, ruvititiful. useful, practically unbreak able, jet not of sufficient worth to pre- vem lis ueing mrowu u. iu-mwuu and replied by a fresh one from the nearest palm. A CIniisle Aote. j Frem the Christian Irtellijrcrcvr. "Archimedes," read the pupil, "leaped from his bath, shouting. 'Eureka! Eureka!' " "One moment. James," the teacher says. "What Is the meaning of 'Eureka!' " " 'Eureka means 'I have found it." " "Very well. What had Archimedes foundTV James hesitates a moment, then ven tures hopefully: The soap, mum.' HELPING IRISH PEASANTS. At the forty-second sale of the Hoya: Irish Industries Association at Lans downe House. London, Hibernian peer esses assumed the role of shopkeepers, and were successful in disposing of im mense quantities of goods. Much of the work on sale has been done by Irish peasants, and some or it by dis tressed Irish ladies. Altogether, since the association was started, a sum of $327,150 has been realized by the va rious sales, and the great bulk of it has found its way into the pockets of some of the poorest among the Irish peasantry. The Duchess of Connaught and Princess Patricia were received by Lord Arthur Hill. Lady Lansdowne, and Lady Londonderry. There was no formal ceremonv, and the royal visitors pro ceeded at once to an inspection of the stalls, at which they made numerous purchases, some of which were Intended as presents for the duchess' grandchil dren, the sons of the Crown Princess of Sweden. Both the roval ladles wore long broadtail coats and large hats. The appearance In the ballroom of a remarkably handsome lady, "divinely tall " fair, and with rose leaf complexion, attracted general attention, but very few recognized the new arrival as Miss Gladys Deacon, the daughter of Mrs. Baldwin Miss Deacon's joungest sis ter was married last summer to Prince Albert Radziwill While the titled stall holders were pushing their naret. Irish muslf ms piMpd by a stringed band l.iily Londonderry booked some splendid orders for laces for the coronation, and also disposed of numerous veils, scarfs, and flounces from the vast stock she controlled as president of the associa tion stall Flounces of Carrickmacross and Limerick were much sought to cover the satin kirtles which everv peeress wears as an underdress beneath her robes on coronation dav Lady Uchester assisted her mother at her lace stall, and. like her, wore a hand some black robe, with sparkling gems at her neck, and long white plumes in her hat Ladv Castlereagh and I-idv Massereene also were selling lace. Laces, too, were sold at the County Longford stall, where Lidy Granurd proved an in valuable helper She was dressed In prunella velvet and sables, with a sable toque and black osprevs The Duchess of Devonshire helped her sister, Idv Waterford to sell the prod ucts of cottages around her Kerrv home, and Lady Kerry and Ijidy Hope also disposed of Curraghmore handicrafts. The Duche-ss of Roxburghe. who was a generous buyer, wore hlack, with dia mond neck ornaments and a folded straw hat lightened with a flat white satin bow The Duchess of Rutland was another good cti'trmer at the stalls, and Lady .Ma o was sell'ng attractlvelv bound and eirbroldered books at her Irish school of needlework stall Ladv Kllmorey and I.adv Arthur Hill did well with fleecy rugs and cloths spun in the northeast and Lidy Alexander Piget was another worker for Ulster. The Duchess of Wellington and the Duchess of Somerset, bith ladies attired In Mack were extensive buyers at various stalls L-idv Allendale wore a handsome dre.ss of deep violet with toque to match, and Miss Daisy Reaumont. a debutante o' this season, was assisting I.ady Mas serene. who wore a picturesque empire dresq of sea-green satin, bordered with opossum and a Charlotte Corday hat of lace and satin Thi re was a great demand for Irish Iac for coronation veils, and also for court wear on Mav S and 9 The beauti ful varietj chiv-en was generally con sidered a great Improvement upon tulle. I-ady Granard was selling County Long ford products Brisk sales were effected In point lace and Irish lawn blouses, frocks, and robes bv Ladv Bessborough. I-adv Oranmore. Ladv Ely. and Countess Hochberg Iadv Kilmorev and Lady Arthur-Butler sold Irish tweeds and rugs, and in the corridor Lid Hertford and I.adv Fingall were disposing of large quantities of the sprigging work which has become so popular Notable visitors were Lady Droghcda. in dirk velvet, with a leghorn hat. plumed with mauve feathers. Miss Gladvs Deacon, dressed in dark blue, much braided, and a large flat hat cov ered with b'ack osprey, Lidy Mao. Lady Erne. Iadj Waldegrave. Lady Fitzger ald. Lad Evelvn Baring. Georgfana I,ady Downshire, Lidy Ormonde. Lady Bectlve Cassandra. I.adv Rosse. Lady Henry Bentinck. Lady Do-een Long. Lady Ken mare and Mrs Robert Grosvenor. The association now is more than twen-tj-tive vears old It owes Its foundation to l.ad Aberdeen, who. when her hus band went to Ireland as lord lieutenant in lsSfi. established it as an organiza tion for developing the home indus tries of the country. Since then it has greatly enlarged its sphere of opera tions The London depot In Motcomb street. Belgrave square, was opened in Isil. and In the following ear the asso ciation was incorpo-ated In 1S95 the Lon don council was formed, with Lady Lon donderrv as its pres dent and Lord Ar thur Hill as chairman of the executive committee, and by this means all the Indies Interested in promoting Irish cot tage Industries were drawn together and a big combined sale In London took the place of the many small separate sales that were formerlv held for the benefit of each Individual Industry. The association itself deals with a varied list of products Irish lace is naturally one of the most Important and beautiful, and as the association only deals with the handmade article, those who arc not expert in the differences be tween handmade and machlncmade lace can buy at the sale in perfect confidence that they will receive the right article. The lace is made either by the peasant work ers in their own homes or by girls In the convent schools, or In workrooms pro vided by the organizers of the different Industries. The finest and most costly lace Is the Needlepoint and the Rosepolnt. or "Inishmacsaint" to give It its Irish name In which the work Is raised. No foundation of net Is used In these laces, but the whole design Is built up from a single thread. The oldest lace Industry In Ireland is hat for the making of the well-known Carrickmacross lace, of which there are two kinds, the guipure and the applique: wnlle next In Interest Is the Limerick lace, of which also there are two kinds, the tambour and the run. Then there is the popular crochet lace. Besides lace, the association also supplies nil kinds ot hand-embroidery and drawn-thread work, and arranges for the making of trous seaux and lingerie. One of the most In teresting orders Intrusted to the depot was for a baby robe presented by the Netherlands colony. In G-eat Britain, to Queen Wllhelmina for Princess Juliana. It was made of Carrickmacross guipure t lace mounted on fine Irish cambric, with j a silk slip, tucked and embroidered, and a lllt'e vest, after the Dutch fashion, of finelv tucked cambric and Carrickmacross lace Insertion. FLAN'EUrt. ICcprrlsht. Mil. liy JlcCIure Nmipatr Syndicate.) An A-iTtut Fall. Frrra the SL I'anl I!rctc:. tThe small American boy will mourn if Buffalo Bill descends from the region of romance to a scit in the Arizona senate. End the Dlacnaslon. From the rhlhdclpria Xorth .Vmrriear. Peary Is to receive the rank of rear ad miral. Cook is already as rank, as he can be made. A CIRCULAR LETTER. Started' 23 Yeara Abo and Kept Coins; Till One of Writer Died. From tho Boston Tramcript. The days of the circular letter corre spondence, which prevailed during our fathers' time, are probably over now, ex cept In a few Isolated cases. We have Just heard of a circular letter which started twentj -three years ago with ten members. Four of-them dropped out very soon, but six of them have continued ever since without a break, until a few days ago, when one of the number died. These six women have kept this letter going all this time without any real in terruption. The circuit of the letter took about two months, and It followed the members about from one post-office to another as they changed their addresses, following one at least to Europe, and has thus been a delightful source of com fort and Information. Each of these wo men has kept pretty well Informed about the personal affairs of the others. Yet. while living within a few hundred miles of each other they never met together. In fact, no three of them have ever got together, though two have got together, perhaps on an average of once In two ears. There has been no diminution in Interest, and the experiment has been a real success. Now the circle is broken for the first time, and, naturally, the remaining members feel as If they had lost a strong link In their chain of affec tion and Interest. VIOLETS CUBED ftUEEN. Alexandra' Kandnea for Certain Slinde .Not a Mere Whim. From the New V.ork Press. Fondness of Alexandra. Dowager Queen of England, for a certain shade of violet is not a mere whim, but really 1s based on her firm belief the color once cured her of a dangerous Illness. Several years ago she was HI for months and. for a time, physicians were worried greatly about her condition. One day a friend sent to the Queen a big bunch of dark spring violets The medical men noticed that the sick woman Immediately began to gain strength and spirits. As a result they surrounded her with as much of the violet color as possible. In the hangings of the room and In the flowers brought. When Queen Alexandra recovered, she explained, though she said she did not know why, the beauty of that first bunch of violets had quickened her interest and made her eager to regain her health and strength. Since then she always has showoi a great fondness for violets and for that color In her gowns and in the furnishings of her rooms. Gay Life in -St. Petersburg. Princess Ton tUamta I loved the nightly troika drives, with their mad speed through the snow, gleaming brightly in the darkness; the fabulous luxury at the end of them, when. In some splendid restaurant far away from the capital, a maginlficent repast with costiy wines would be serv ed to entrancing gypsy music, which made every one, especially non-Russians, forget all the fatigue of the drive. The wonderful attraction of all these things seemed drawn from some fairy king dom Then came the long white nights, so loved by the people of the North but which told terribly on my nerves when Russians expect that they and their friends are to regard sleep and fatigue as nonexistent, when activity is trans ferred from the troikas to the Neva, which is covered with small steamers, and whn there is a life and brightness on the river which only St. Petersburg knows Speaker1! Offlcinl China. From the CTucajn Itecnrd Herald. L'ncle Joe Cannon was as simple in his way of living as Speaker as he used to be as a simple Representative in Congress So during his reign over the House the china, furniture, glass, silver, and fine linen provided for the private dining-room of the presiding officer re posed neglected in the storeroom at the Capitol The forgotten articles hive been taken from the seclusion in which they have lain since the nation paid for them In the time of Mr Speaker Henderson, and will demonstrate to legislators when put in use the true Jeffersonian simplicity of the gentleman from Missouri. The china bears the thistle badge An excellent piece of svmbolism. considering the nature of the animal for which that noble plant is the most acceptable article of food. Ver Von n sr Glrln. From the New York Mail. The young person, particularly of what Artemus Ward called "the female sect." Is still regnant in American life, but her empire Is somew hat shaken. By de grees the Idea is getting abroad that ev en If she does rule the house, she shouldn't. Here and there it is suspected that her father and mother and her elder married sister are rather more interesting than herself, because thev have had time to learn something, likewise opportunity. Youth is an appealing and endear ing thing, usually; but when linked with arrogance and selfishness and willfulness; when expressing "the least agreeable form of Innocence ignor ance;" when embodied In a Dayscy May me who keeps her mother busy ironing shirt waists and never turns a hand to household work then it is not a pleasing spectacle. CURIOUS BITS OF HISTORY By A. W. MACY. CHARLES II AND HIS DOG. Charles II. King of England, was a great lover of dogs, and always kept several of them about him as pets. On one occa sion he was quite distracted by the disappearance of one of his favorites. An advertisement, pre pared by one of his servants, was posted, but It did not have the de sired effect. So Charles tried his hand, with this result: "Wo must call upon you again for a Black Dog between a Grey hound and a Spaniel, no white about him only a streak on his Brest and his Tayel a little bob bed. It Is His Majesties' own Dog, and doubtless was stoln. for the Dog was not born nor bred In England, and would never for sake hl3 Master. Whoever Pndes him may acquaint any at Whlte hal, for the Dog was better known at Court than those who stole him. Will they never leave robbing His Majesty? Must he not keep a Uog? This Dog's place, though better than some imagine, is the only piiee which nobody offer to beg." (Ccpjr!ht. 1ML br Jcrfpa B. Botc.l To-morrow 5hy' Rebellion. GOSSIP OF THE HOTEL LOBBIES Cook an Oyster f No, Never! "The true epicure," said "William Nicholas Leach, the proprietor of a West End oyster house in London, who was seen at the Raleigh last night, "would no more think of cooking an oyster than cooking a nectarine? The oyster is one cf the perfect things of life, and any attempt to improve upon It Is an Im pertinent and presumptuous offense. "You may take him on the flat shell or the deep. That Is the only real choice that is open to a respectable man in the presence of a good oyster. "But whether you eat it on the flat shell or the deep, you must eat it with the minimum of delay after it has been opened. The proper way to eat oysters it. to take them singly from the hand of the opener as with swift knife he forces their hermitage and cuts the bonds that hold them. There Is barely time even for the sprinkle of salt, the drop of lemon Juice, or the grain of pepper that some thinR serve to bring out the natural flavor. The true oyster cannot be cooked. "I know of one old tavern In London which Is celebrated for old-fashioned f,ood cooking. The proprietor believes in cooked oysters, and this is the way he does thm: Take a thick rump steak, .i dozen oysters, and a bottle of port. Grill the steak over a clear fire. The moment it Is done, lay the oysters upon it. serve quickly, and eat before the oys ters have time to toughen. They are sufficiently cooked irr the hot Juices of the steak." "And the other Ingredient the port?" he was asked. "You drink the port," he said, "and envy no man." Why Doctors Cost More. Dr. Charles Edmonds, of Leadville. Colo, who was seen at the New Wlllard last night, said that along with the other inrrMcpq In the post of living has COD16 'a sharp advance in all surgical supplies and appliances necessary to doctors. "Even skulls and bones of Europeans who passed on many moons ago have advanced In cost so materially that medi cal students have been forced to aban don the Idea of being the Individual own ers of the disarticulated forms. "Previous to the enactment of the new law, which Is said to be responsible for an advance of 25 per cent in all surgical articles, skulls could be had for about J3, and every up-to-date student had (one In his study. But since the advance to $12. clubs of Internes are formed to purchase the skulls, and Individual ownership has ceased. As a result of the advances along the line the demand for surgical supp'ies has decreased greatly and mer chants are complaining. "The older physicians are not affected by the advance in the price of skulls and bones, as they now fall back on their old supplies when called upon to do so. European manufacturers furnish prac tically the entire supply of surgical ap pliances to American doctors. Medical doctors prefer the European to American skulls and bones for purposes of demon stration, for the reason that they are more nerfectlv formed and whitened. This Is because of a secret process of preppratlon practically unknown except in Germany. "And rubber goods are available enly to the rich, as the cost of rubber has advanced fully 50 per cent. One of the principal reasons for this jump is the enormous demand by automobile tire makers." Praise Modern Press. The modern press was declared the greatest power for good or evil by Rev. J. A. Mllbum, of Chicago, who was seen at the Shoreham recently "The modern newspaper." said he, "can truthfully be called the autocrat of this day While its technical name Is the 'Fourth Estate. it can reasonably be con s'dered the very first estate, inasmuch as its power of controlling the public thoughts and morals Is practically un limited. To the press is given the pow er of a great moral force. It brings to bear on the minds of the young the Im portance of clean and wholesome athletics and sports. I am greatly In favor of the Sunday newspaper. To the many young people of to-day who do not and will not go to church the Sunday newspaper af fords means for them to occupy their time on the one day of idleness each week, and the great majority of the news papers produce In their Sunday editions material of value. In the shape of educa tional and amusing literature. "Also, the press Is almost directly re sponsible for the wonderful religious tol erance In existence to-day. A few jears ago the Protestants were unfriend ly to the Roman Catholics, and the Cath olics toward the Protestants, the Jew to ward the Gentile, and vice versa, and. thanks to the modern press, this feeling has almost entirely faded away." EnelUh Gaycty. S dncy William Geddes, of London, who is at the Arlington, in discussing English social life as compared with the Ameri can, said that "Americans are tame." "Society in England," said he, "lives to gamble, and part of it gambles to live. Late hours are generally the rule, and the evening Is often wound up at a dinner or reception with practical jokes and by a regular rough-and-tumble. "Sometimes an alarm is given in the middle of the night, and for the men of the party to rescue the ladles, each and all clad in the scantiest attire, is reck oned a charming diversion. Then occa sionally each guest's belongings are moved Into another room, and boxes are rifled and the contents of drawers are upset on the floor, and when bedtime comes the confusion is, of course, abso lute. "A cat and kittens have been put into a girl's bed, a toad into an old lady's, and a doll dressed as a baby Into the bed of a bachelor. Masks are put on faces which peer around screens, and even from under dressing tables. In fact, the word 'rowdy Is a mild one to apply to some of the best known country mansions of England. "Some of the daylight amusements are just as 'so-so.' At one smart house a gvmknna was held at which the women, blindfolded, were driven around the lawns In ribbon harness, the course being marked out by champagne bottles. In another, donkey rides were gotten up, the women riding astride, either In tights or breeches." No Love for Them. From the Omaha Bee. Thus far Col. Guffey. of Pennsylvania, hat, not donated any stained window glass to Champ Clak, Dr. Wilson, or Gov. Hs.nr.on. Another Tarnet. From the Chicaw Kecord-Herfld. The Secretary of the Navy announces that Congress will be -asked to'authorixa the building of a 30,000-toa batUftfthlp. I ' ' ( ' ( ' '.! s sa.sr :;