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Because I know that a course of stenography and typewriting at Strayer's Business College will open the door of opportunity for me. % , 4. 1 will entef on January 5 with a large class of other young men and women %vho will start with me in laying the foundation for a successful business career. ? <1 m J? I I 1 Strayer's Business College, OLD MASONIC TEMPLE, Call, Write or Phone ?:;th and F Sts. N.W. Main 34^0 for Catalogue. P. J. HARMAN, Prin. KlSSJIi RESOLVE! Y | To Start the Year Right by Taking | a Step Toward Progress * FIT YOURSELF FOR ?A LARGER INCOME? By becoming a proficient draftsman through studying AT NIGHT at the Columbia School of Drafting ROY C. CLAFLIN, President. Me Lac hie n Bldg., ioth and G Sts. N.W., City. t l i y i The following courses are taught: Drafting?Mechanical, Vrchitectural, Structural, Patent, Topographic and Lettering. Mathematics?Algebra. Arithmetic, Geometry, Trigonometry. Applied Mechanics. Also Machine Design, Architectural De >ign. 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YOUNG MEN TO LEARN BOXINO AND wrestling. Instructions prlrate or class. Spe cial rates to children. JOE TURNEK. 1320 O at. ti.w. Phone Main 8772. KATES BEDUCED ONE-HALF FOR NEXT CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATION. STANDARD SHORTHAND SCHOOL. 13th AND O. OUT OP WASHIXGTO*. MONTROSE. A SELECT PRIVAlE SCHOOL for girls and small hoys, in the country; loca tion delightful; most healthful part of Mary laud; terms moderate. Miss HARDY. High land. Md. FOE FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE. Symbolical Marble Statue Is Un veiled in Italian Church. Foreign Correspondence of The Star. MILAN, December 20, 1913. A beautiful memorial to Florence Nightingale has been unveiled In the Church of Santa Groce, Florence, the Westminster Abbey of Italy. The me morial takes the form of a symbolical marble statue of Watchfulness holding aloft a lamp. An Italian inscription underneath runs: "Florence Nightingale. 1820-1900. Hero ine of the Crimea, "The Lady of the I>anip.' " a* the soldiers called her whom she tended in hospital in the night watches with wondrous, anxious care and thenceforward by the force of her ex ample was the moving soul of that vol untary work of international piety known as the Red Cross. This tribute of vener ation and respect is raised to her mem ory In Florence, where she was born, and whose name she bore." The unveiling ceremony took place in the ancient cloisters in the presence of a large international Rathering. MOTOR CAR CORPS FOR ULSTER. Owners of Autos in Belfast Decide to Aid Civil War. Foreign Corn sporMlence of The Star. BELFAST, December 1013. At a meeting of the Belfast motor car owners it was decided to organize a mo tor car corp?, to be placed, if required, at the disposal of the Ulster provisional gov ernment. > Gen. Sir George Richardson, command ing the Ulster volunteer force, who pre sided, said cars would be required for conveying refugees from outlying parts of Ulster in case civil war broke out, and for carrying members of the Ulster volun teer force tp districts where there might be trouble with nationalists. 1 Capt. Spender, assistant quartermaster general of the volunteer force, intimated that a motor bus service would be estab lished for the transport of stores. THE PUZZLE SOLVED. Lecturer?Why is there not esoofb food for all?why? Voice?Too many farmers! Tftey 'our time* as much at meaia a*, city folks I - ??? REAL ESTATE DEAL IS TALK OF LONDON Some Think It Undignified for Rich Duke of Bedford to Make Sale. PROPERTY IN HIS FAMILY SINCE NORMAN CONQUEST Little Is Known of Mr. Mallaby Deeley, Purchaser of Val uable Lands. Special Corresi<ondence of The Star. LONDON, December 20. 1913. When the Duke of Bedford sold his Tavistock estates people ' were sur prised, and seemed to think it undig nified for a rich duke to carry out such a commercial deal. When, after the" budget of 1909, he divested himself of great Fenland estates, selling some of the land to tenant farmers, and get ting good prices generally, he gave a text for both tory and radical ora tion on land taxes, small holdings and the rest. But new, when he Bells the great Covent Garden property In the heart of London ? nineteen acres, twenty-one streets and the sites for four theaters, the opera house, Bow street police station, the National Sporting Club, Covent Garden markets and the market rights and charter, the ground rents of hundreds of proper ties, many with leases nearly "ripe," and such tit-bits as private boxes in every theater on the estate?.London is almost breathless at the news. The biggest land deal in the world, it is said to be, and though the papers pretend to know that the price was about 115,000,000, every man about town Is ready to swear it could not be under <30,000.000 and ought to be ?75.000.000. But there is more in the transaction besides its price to impress Ijonuoners. Even Bloomsbury (the American board ing house quarter), largely another Bedford estate, does not seem so closely associated with the ducal fam ily as Covent Garden. The first Bed i ford gained it in his share of the I <ands of Protector Somerset. Charles the Second gave them a charter for a fruit and vegetable market, in what was then really a garden, and since then the estate has been developed by them, and, as in the case of arimost all the Bedford properties, in a spa | cious way. with broad streets and a dignity modern town planners envy. I out fail to imitate. Wins Recognition as Financier. By this great coup of buying a Londoh quarter as a whole Mr. Mallaby-Deeley wins recognition as one of the greatest financiers of our times. His previous operations?his cool taking over of the great Piccadilly Hotel for 12,500.000 or more, when it was always derelict; his capitalization of goif as a pastime of the rich, his acquisition of "the finest hotel site in Europe" and the St. George's Hos pital, which stands on it?all this had shown him to. t>e a man with immense resources of wealth, courage and imagi nation. But he is hall marked by this as surely as Lord Cowdray by his great j Mexican venture. Today we recognize another world power in finance. After sitting In par liament as a unionist M. P. and studying Mr. George's character and plans, Mr. Mallaby-Deeley hasgot millions of money for investing in giound landlords' rights, the value of which depends largely on the future course of British legislation. He has backed his political opinions with the biggest stake any poiitic.an ever wagered, and if Lloyd George chooses to use the case of Covent Uarden as an argument in his land campaign it is be lieved that Mr. Mallaby-Deeley will be quite able to deal with it. The shrewd, plnk-complexioned financier, a man in spruce and active middle age, will per haps tell us all about the "deal.-* But at the moment he has vanished from town and prefers to say nothing. Mr. Mallaby-Deeley doesn't talk or boast; lie carries through schemes. j tturpi-isjnfciy llttie is known about Mr. Mallaby-Deeley, considering the extent to which he is figuring in the public eye. When he contested Harrow in 1?10 this fact was worked for all that it was worth by the radicals, who actually as serted that he was appearing under an assumed name, his real appellation being Cohen! The truth is simply that he is the second son of M. Clarke Deeley of Curzon Park, Chester, and a brother of the theatrical manager, Frank Curzon. Born in 1863, he was educated at Shrews I bury and Trinity College, Cambridge, taking law honors in 1885. At onu time he was Henry Chaplin's secretary. Out side finance and politics, his greatest pas sion is golf. There are few better ex ponents of the game at St. Stephen's, and he is chairman of two golf clubs?at Mitcham and Sandwich. Think Insurance Company in Deal. The member for Harrow Is a director of the powerful Norwich Union Life As surance Company, for which he has act ed on occasions in the past, so many people imagine the Union is in this latest deal. This, I am assured, is not the case. It would be surprising, indeed, if an in surance company were found investing millions in this way, considering the land legislation which is threatening. Mr. Mallaby-Deeley has been, I am told, asso ciated with the Oceana Consolidated Com pany, Ltd., which holds big land and min ing interests in South Africa, Egypt and elsewhere, and it is far more likeiy that a similar company, or syndicate, is co operating with him here. It may be found that a prominent South African magnate has a finger in the pie. When the Duke of Bedford began to sell his town and country estates a few years ago he owned altogether about !U,000 acrcs, which included 250 acres of some of the most valuable ground rents in London. The annual rent of the Lon don estates is about 111,230,000. Covent Garden alone, the slice of London bought by Mr. Mallaby-Deeley, was reputed to bring him in $250,000 a year. In addition, the duke's acres in Bedfordshire, North amptonshire and Devonshire brought him close on $400,000 a year, and he had land besides in Buckinghamshire and Hunts. ' Portions of this enormous Inheritance, notably the Tavistock estate, concerning the sale of which there has been eo much j political controversy, hns been In his grace's family since the Norman con quest. I^ater on. in the reign of the boy king. Edward VI, this lucky duke was i further enriched by royal grants of Lon don land in and about Covent Garden. ! His successors secured other crown es tates, and the colossal wealth of the Bed ford family was also increased by ad vantageous marriages. Private Fortune of $50,000,000. The present Duke of Bedford's private fortune before he started "selling oft" was estimated to be about $50,000,000. jThe duke is an ex-Grenadier Guardsman In his fifty-fifth year. His speeches on army matters in the house of lords have frequently attracted attention. It Js said that he loves to do generous things by stealth, and the greater part of his leisure is devoted to zoology and natural history. His friends have two nicknames for him? "Hatband" and "Itousseau." the former being a perversion of his Christian name of Herbrand. Tha bulk of these possessions came to the Russells (the Duke of Bedford's fam ily name) by royal grants of land for services rendered, or in exchange for "aids" of ready money. The founder of the family's fortunes was John Russell, the Dorsetshire squire, who knew foreign tongues and was called In to act as in terpreter and guide to the Archduke Philip of Austria, wrecked at Weymoutl in 1506. He proved himself sp useful in * diplomatic affairs that he became first Karl of Bedford, and the recipient of such gifts as Tavistock Abbey and the ex tensive lands attached, and the monastery of Woburn, with Its park, which is twelve miles in circumference. The fortunes of the family were put beyond all danger of reversal when they joined with the Cavendishes In the revolution of 1688, and became a great whig dynasty of hereditary politicians. Covent Garden is a corruption of "Con vent Garden," and its area was an in closure belonging to the abbots of West minster, who used it as a garden and as a burial ground, being at a convenient distance for "burying their dead out of sight." In Ralph Agger's map published in 1562 Convent Garden is marked by a brick wall along the north side parallel with the shady elms that then occupied a portion of what is now Long Acre. The southern side of Convent Garden ran clown to the small houses and incisures that abutted on the highway of the Strand. Pond in Middle of Garden., In the middle of the old garden there are marked some small buildings, proba bly the dwellings of gardeners, and there are so many trees marked on the map that it Is evident it was well wooded. There was a large pond in the middle of the area, fed by a spring, the overflow from which ran down through Ivybridge lane to the Thames. It is curious that even at this time this area should have helped to supply the vegetable needs of London, for it is stated that the monks of West minster cultivated It as a kitchen-garden and supplied not only their own wants, but the markets of Londoners. When John Russell, Earl of Bedford, ' got hold of it it was described as "Covent Garden, lying in the parish of St. Mar tin's-in-the-Fields, next Charing Cross, with seven acres called Long Acre, of the vear'v value of ?6-6-8" (131.66). It still remained a garden for nearly a century after the Russells acquired It, for in 1627 Peter Cunningham notes that only two persons were rated to the poor under the heading of "Covent Garden." The act of Elizabeth forbidding build ing outside the city walls had become a dead letter, and the Earl of Clare had be un to bui d in the five fields outside Lincoln's Inn, the streets of houses call ed Clare Market. The Strand had be come fringed with noblemen's houses, and the old abbey kitchen-garden had become ripe for development. The larg square, with the vegetable market in j its co ter. was laid out during 1630-31 by j Francis, lourth Earl of Bedford, from . designs by Inigo Jones. When persons I of distinction began to settle there they I regarded it as a pleasant surburb i.alf way between London and Westminster, and the Earl of Bedford proceeded to erect a church?St. Paul's, Covent Garden. Charges Toll on Everything. The story goes that the earl told Inigo Jones that the residents wanted a church, and that he was to erect a barn, where upon the great architect swore to erect the' handsomest barn In Christendom. Originally the market square seems to have been occupied by retailers, farmers and growers from the neighboring coun try; In our day it has become a whole sale market, and the Duke of Bedford charges toll on everything from a penny for a sack of potatoes to a shilling for a cartload of fruit or holly. It was not until 1671 that the market rights were formally guaranteed to the earls of Bed ford by the famous charter of Charles II. which has served to fasten forever on the neck of London a market utterly inadequate for its modern needs and manorial rights utterly Inconsistent with modern trade. Originally it had competitors in the stock market in the city opposite the present site of the Mansion House: but as street space began to get valuable in the city- this market was removed to the middle of Farringdon street and then to Farringdon market on Stonecutter street. As the city rivals declined Co vent Garden market, protected by the monopoly of its charter, which prevented any other market being held within its radius, brought increased wealth to its owners. The present market building was erected in 1830, but in recent years it h?ts been found utterly inadequate for its purpose, and a Floral Hall, a gigantic conservatory editice, was erected with an entrance on Wellington street. Even now there is not sufficient room for the needs of London's fruit, flower and vegetable market, and much of the business is conducted in open fronted shops on Tavistock street. Bow street and other thoroughfares round the market, all of which have to pay their dues to the Duke of Bedford, although they are no part of his market building. The Bedford exactions in Covent Garden have led to litigation, but hitherto the charter of Charles II has blocked all efforts at reform. For years Punch led a vigorous cam paign against "Mud-Salad market," with cartoons and poems denouncing the crowded and insanitary state of the market, with its vegetable debris that the Duke of Bedford declined to remove Little change was observable, except that the ratepayers of the Strand had to pay heavy rates for the cleansing of the pur lieus of the duke's golden market acres. L. H. MOORE. Announces Wireless Stations. A supplemental list of licensed wireless stations about the country today was published by the bureau of navigation. The list is for the insertion in the di rectory of wireless stations, which was recently published by the same bureau, and contains the stations which have been licensed since the publication of that book. One new station has been licensed in the District of Columbia. It Is that of Clarence M. Godfrey, 915 14th Btreet southeast. NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS BY DR. FEAICK CRAM& (Copyright. 1913. by fraak Ctbm.) The New Year is here. It is inventory time. Let us look over the stock of hab its, ideas and relationships we have ac cumulated tiie past twelve months and clean up. The New Year resolution is a good thing. Why drift along, the slave and plaything of our unmanaged desires and of our accidental circumstances? Why not be our own master and live one year like an intelligent human being? Examine your habits. Lop off the bad ones. Free yourself from any ways you have fallen into that make you lazy, unhealthy, miserable and disagreeable to other people. Determine this year to be master of self; that you will control your thoughts, regulate your passions and guide your own deeds; that you will not let events lead you by the nose. Resol\e to be happy. Remember Lin coln's saying that "folks are usually about as happy as they make up their minds to be." This year you shall not neglect your friends. They are too valuable, as life assets, to lose. You will adopt some system and stick to it, knowing that nine-tenths of our irritation comes from lack of system. Lay out a course of study. No one is too old to learn. "Resolve to give some time each day to reading some helpful book. Cut out the trash. Resolve to keep an account of all the money you get and of all you spend. You may have tried this many times and failed. Never mind; you are still alive and have the chance to try it again. Save. Put a certain fraction by of all you make. There's no friend like money in the bank. Don't spend any money till you get it. Don't go in debt. Beware of buying all those things you "must have," for you mustn't have anything until you can pay for it. No alcohol this year. L.et your body rest 365 days from this poison and see how you feel. Don't get into a moral fever over this. Don't "try" not to drink. Just don't drink. Resolve to take that dally exercise. Eliminate worry. This year make up your mind to fret over nothing. Adjust yourself to facts Instead of getting into a stew over them. If a matter can be helped, help it; if it cannot be helped, forget it. This year resolve to keep discord out of the house. Nobody can quarrel with you if you do not quarrel with him. Say to yourself that you will not once m 1914 speak crotuily to your children; that you will not say one unkind wort to your husband or wife, and that you will keep agreeable If it takes a leg. This may be the last year you will have. Make it a good one. You know how you ought to live. At loast, you think you do. And If you do a* well as your own Judgment tells you It will be an advance. This is old-fashioned advice. But hap piness is old-fashioned, and Ufe. There is no new-fangled way to be content. And learn this of wise Marcus Au relius: "To change thy mind and follow him that sets thee right is to be none the less the free agent that thou wast be fore." Also: "The happiness and unhapplness of the rational social animal depends not on what he feels, but on what he doo; just as virtue and vice consist not in feeling but in doing." KEW DUKE FOR GROSVENOR. Young Sutherland Takes House in Aristocratic London Square. Special Correspondenee of The Star. LONDON, December V.MC It is said that the young Duke of Suth erland. whose father, the I*te dul'.e, left $200,000 in his will for the purpose, has just taken a house in Grosvenor Square. This brings the number of dukes in the square where the American ambassadoi, Mr. Page, lives up to four, the other three being their graces of Portland. Manchester and Somerset, the latter liv ing in the very house where John Wilkes, who is buried close by. died. In this square, wnere there are onlv just over fifty houses, there reside also a marquis, two earls (but no viscount*, seven barons, three baronets, four mem t>ers of parliament, four representatives of foreign powers (the ambassadors ? the United States, Italy and Japan, as well as the rich Chilean m n s.erj. the only untitled residents being very wealthy financiers and ladies of Ameri can origin, among the latter being the Duchess of Vleen, whose husband is the eldest son of Doni Miguel, and, therefore a possible future Kin* of Portugal. Grosvenor Square, whieh was the l;ist London square to adopt lighting by gat Is, taken all round, still the most aristo cratic square in London. Lectures on Communicable Diseases. A series of lectures on communieab e diseases is to l>e given at the Y. M V and the Y. W. C. A. during the m-\i three months. All of the lecturers will be specialists, the list including Surgeon Gen. Stokes. Drs. J. Wesley Bovee, I S. Stone, W. P. Carr, E. F. King and Mer cer Sprigg. O O O O O JJ o -< ?*,!/-? <"A*??*A.'>r A*. <-???-?->?" ?">r ?-> <? a-??-a-? r iViifiViV <30@0? Mecht <& Company || Seventh Near F | Hecfat <& Company Seventh Near F. Most Important of Allj TheMen'sClothing ImprovementSale f t Bl H ie) # ERE'S the reason why: A big deal has just been closed whereby Hecht & Co. become sole Washington distributers of the world's highest grade ready-to-wear clothes, ibocietp Prant The first lot has just ar rived?Suits and Overcoats purchased at a de cided price concession because we assumed the agency for thi's line late in the season, when the factory had a surplus stock of winter gar ments on hand. As the new Men's Shop is to be located on the first floor after improvements are completed, this famous brand of clothing must be sold at greatly reduced prices along with the balance of our good clothes. ? Perhaps you're one who has always wanted to know how it feels to wear the best clothing made. Here's your chance for which you save considerable. The Suits feorietp JSranb and R. B. Fashion Suits. Regularly sold at ?md $27? ? ? ? &octetp JSrattb and R. B. Fashion Suits. Regularly sold at $30 and $35 Yes, air! All our clothing mIc*. ??? are rathmriutlr a boat tlinr clotha. The Overcoats $19.65 $24.65 &octet|> JBranb and R. B. Fashion Overcoats. Regu larly sold at $25 and $27.50. &orietp JSranb and R. B. Fashion Overcoats. Regu larly sold at $30 and $35.. $19.65 $24.65 J I $ | ? Other Good Makes in the Improvement Sale Go Like This.* $15 and $17.50 *8.65 $20 and $22.50$ 14 Suits Now . . O'coats $9.65 $20 and $22.50$ 1 A CC O'coats -1 "W Men's $5 Raincoats, $1.95 You Can "Charge It" Just the 3ame Even Though It Is a Sale Men's $3.50 i $5 A MostConvenient Thing- An Account at| (??, Fancy v*,, | Men's $75.00 Trousers, $2.95 Vibes Up to $3, 95c Far Lined OcmU< $54.75