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.GypsySmith Begins Evangelist
Meetings in Big Tent, With
3,000 in Audience.
WARNING TO CHURCHMEN
Will Hear From Hi'n if They Hold
Social Parties During His Stay.
Miss Eareheart With Father.
Special Correspondence of The star.
ALEXANDRIA, Vn., s'vp: ember ?
??Follow Me" was the theme of the ser
mon delivered by dyps.v Smith, jr.,
evangelist. of 1-i;??!<?.-ri 11- ; ?- .X. J.,
opening his evanuV ? scrvi<es last
night in a tent in the :? of tic Second
Baptist Church on Kins street.
The speaker said t'nat u?. Alexan
dria is different from any other city
there ?vre hundreds here who are not
Christians. The world today, he de
clared. was hungry for the "Christlike
spirit." He warned his audience that
after Inviting Irm to Alexandria they
must stand by him, and added:
"If you are a church :n<-;riber, don't
hold a social party dun; ~ the progress
of my meetings. If you do you will
hear from me. If I am a gypsy I know
what good breeding is."
Any fool, the speaker said, could crit
icise. God, he declared, don't want
wrecking crews, but wants, workers.
Congregation of 3.000.
A congregation of 2.?<'>0 Mded the big
tent. An overflow of 4*>0 gathered
around the sides of the tent.
The musical program was provided
by a choir of 400 voices, under the di
rection of Prof. Forest Cole, musical
?director of the evangelist, with Miss
l^&ura Hoagland as pianist.
William H Melchoii presided. Rev.
J5r. J. W Duffey. pastor of the M. E.
Church South, introduced the speaker.
The benediction was given by Rev. W. J.
Morton, rector of Christ P. E. Chur .
John H. Trimyer explained that a
collection would *>e t.- ken each night
until a sufficient sum had been raised
"to meet all of the obll| *
Collections are then to be discontinued
except the last night, when a voluntary
offering would be asked for the evan
gelist. Mr. Smith, he said, had come
to Alexandria without cost.
Persons too Infirm to walk to the
meetings, said Mr Trimyer. will be
brought In automobiles if their names
are given to the committee. Automo
trillsts attending will have their ma
chines looked after by Roy Scouts.
All Protestant churches affiliated with
the movement discontinued services
last night. Practically all ministers of
those churches attended the opening
services.
Services will be held every night ex
cept Monday nights, ending October 1.
Miss Eareheart With Father.
Miss Margurlte Eareheart, sixteen
years lod, missing from her home, 1105
T>nke street, since the afternoon of Au
gust 21, has been located at the home
of her father, J. W. Eareheart, 337
Elizabeth street, Hagerstown, Md? ac
cording to a telegram received by Chief
Of Police C. T. Goods, from George
W. Fridllnsrer, chief of police of Ha
gerstown, Md.
Miss Eareheart was last seen when
she went for a ride on a motor cycle
at company with a Ealfimorean. Her
Another, Mrs. Harry L. Litchford, asked
t?ie police to institute search.
The work of issuing permits to chil
dren to attend public schools will start
at 9 o'clock tomorrow at Armory Hall.
On Friday colored children will obtain
permits Saturday children living wist
of HoofTs run will receive attention.
The public schools reopen next Mon
day.
Growth of the Cigarette Habit.
frem the flprlnrffeld Union.
Twenty-five billion cigarettes smoked In
1>1S as compared to four and a half bil
lions In 1906! Such is the record that con
CfTonts the startled reformer. What is the
explanation of this truly phenomenal In
.crease? Probably a liberal advertising
-policy and the use rf premium certificates j
iw a large-sized factor. But however we f
analyze it the smoking population appears
have acquired a decided taste for cigar- ;
ettes and to be grrttifving its taste freely, j
Curiously enough The "little cigar" shows 1
?#xe smallest sales d ad< Some con- j
etimers, probably, have transferred their '
preference from the-e to cigarettes, but ?
presumably a greater number who smoked '
the "little cigar" for economy's sake have
treen led by prosperity to buy full-Hedged
cigars in their place.
In a general way, too, the tobacco busi
ness appears to flourish as a result of easy
money If. as tradition has it, a man
.smokes to drive away the blues, he
smokes even more, we, must Infer, when i
his conditions are conducive to comfort j
and satisfaction. We do r.ot know ho;v i
much basis there Is for the assertion that j
this Increased use of r.i' otsne is due to
the Sherman law, invoked for the dissolu- '
t!on of the tobacco trust, on the ground '
that competition ha-- resulted In big gales. !
But whether the combination is actually
dissolved or not, the companies have ap- ;
piled a vigorous publicity policy in ad- |
vanclng their -business, and this has i
brought returns that must impress every j
observer.
Theory and Practice in Chemistry.
Prof. F. G. Donnan, in tbo Times, London.
? It Is often argued that the university '
chemist Is too "theoretical" and does j
not understand "practical" matters. Lot
us Analyze this argument, for it Is of
great Importance. The unfver? ity chem
ist does understand "practice," t o it
is the practice of molecule juggling-?
that Is to say. the pra- *ice of the analy
sis and synthesis of chem-.'-al j
stances in the laboratory In this ?-x- '
tremely Important business he Is - < t
only a skilled theo.-i:,\ but a
practician. What he does not - -ua.iv
understand is another the ;ry ar-d a - i
other practice?namely, the theory and
the practice of design:?- .?*..?? . 1
glneerlng plants and < ndu- ting and:
controlling chemict-.' precedes :r a fac
tory. What is wanted in rhe country Is '
the production "f m; nv jr.- mp[! v.^f) i
have received a th-r- u ). preparatory I
training in this ?e! a.r.d eoca :' v im- '
portant theory and practice. Th*?V j? I
never any conflict ber-.veer "theorv" ,r j
' practice." The failure ??, realize th. i1
is one of our b^eettlng i.nten?-< ? ...j
and is based on an ?-r.tire enrfus-.p.-n <r
? nought. This mental fo* ha- Keen!
more or less dispersed in the profr- .
of engineering It is h:v ; time th t }t i
zn d'"!"r"" ln of a J,.
plied chemistry.
Cotton.
From th? Colnir.be* Ohio Ststr Jorirr.a*.
In the old days of slavery c*>tton
was oaJled king. But after while he
was dethroned, and hay. piK trrm and
com wore the crown There have been
several other claimants, eggs, for In
stance, and be-f But It ?*??>,;? cotton
trying to resume his royalty axaln
n?.16? much on account of ? , Kize. ,4
of his spirit and value to mankind Cot
, . only furnish* s mankind with
clothing and home oonvenlunr**;* pro
vides oil for cooking and lubricating
many of the vexations of life; and now
it claims another triumph. It is going
to be used for the manufacture of r>a
P*ri lt w111 mi*iist? r to three needs
?clothing, cooking and reading This
wonderful aid to mankind will surely
entitle cotton to hie ancient kingship
lie may not figure so large in the sta
tistic* but in the comfort, progress
and happiness of mankind he has
achieved the honor due to a king.
The Power ol the Story.
By Frederic J. Haskin.
I
"If the truth were known, the Pied
Piper probably did not pipe at all," de
clared a visitor to a social settlement
center recently. "Instead he told a
story!"
Her glance swept a circle of nearly a
hundred children gathered around a
youni: woman who was relating the ad
ventures of the noble Cordelia, daugh
ter of King Lear. Among her listeners
were youngsters of almost every na
tionality and description; small bare
foot Poles, ragged-frocked little
Italian girls, several decidedly soiled
;ms and numerous American chil
? irvn, easily distinguishable by their pat
ronizing manner, due to a superior ac
quaintance with the English language.
Cv ry other day in the week these chil
? ? r; t) come to a specified spot in this
settlement?sometimes a street corner,
s ?_> n. ?? limes a churchyard?to be told
stories, which they devour with all the
starved imaginative appetite of the
tenement.
The visitor on this occasion, who was
y.Ming ,society girl, had watched the
children assemble in twos and threes,
wearing the same look of expectant
K.It-e to be seen on the faces of her
younger sisters when attending birth
day parties; she had noted their abso
lute and contented absorption in the
story, and she was much impressed by
;he ability of the young woman who
told it in words of few syllables, some
ii.ii s pausing in the course of the
story to explain the meaning of a new
term to her audience. The society girl
went home recording a few mental re
iki tions on the general inadequacy of
.. care r made up of receptions and dln
parties, and the next day she went
to u local university and Inquired into
its course in story-telling. Now, al
though she has not quite completed this
course, she has already told several
stories to the children of the settle
ment, where she is demonstrating her
theory concerning the real lure of the
Pied Piper.
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Story-telling classes are now popular
in every large American city. Not
only have the
Story Classes soclal se?'ement
_ . centers taken it
Popular m Cities. up as a moana of
educating as well as entertaining the
children, but the public libraries are
employing professionals to tell stories
several afternoons a week to the chil
dren who patronize their bookshelves.
The story-telling movement is attain
ing tremendous proportions. Most of
the colleges are advertising the course
as a part of their curriculum; it is
the most talked-about feature of the
normal classes, and even the high
schools in many cities have added a
belated stoi y-telliny cou.ae 10 .... al
vear's work. But the movement has
not stopped with the children and the
education of those who are to tell
stories to children. In all the larger
cities there are now story-telling
leagues which are combined under the
head of one big national league. These
usually comprise a membership of from
twenty-flve to fifty members who ar
range" to meet on a certain night each
week and tell stories?either stories
they have read or stories of their own
creation. Of course, so far as these
.ire concerned, their benefit is merely
one of amusement, being something in
the nature of a fad, but in the case
of the children the story and the story
teller are here to stay.
The influence of the story on the
child has been generally recognized
throughout the ages, and varied and
numerous have been the clever inven
tions of parents for the purpose of
discipline. For a long time, in the
opinion of modern psychologists, the
American child not only was not spoiled
but was neglected. He was regarded
as a matter of course as a pernicious
little animal with very little intelli
gence who must be "seen and not
heard." and whose naturally wicked
instincts must be repressed and crush
ed. Therefore, when parents Indulged
in creative flights of the Imagination
it was almost always to the point. The
stories dealt with bad little boys who
disobeyed their parents, and thereby
got struck by lightning or drowned or
eaten by a bear.
m
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Then came the biologist and the psy
chologist, who discussed the ldlosyn
cracies of the
Destroy All chlld at *rfat
_ .... length, deatroy
Older Traditions. Pd al) the are.
fully built-up traditions of the proper
way to raise children and Insisted that
the chlld be "heard." Not only must he
be allowed to talk, but he must be
coaxed and wheedled to talk, since the
chief aim of existence was self-expres
sion. These reformers even went so far
p.* to criticise the public school system
and the use of text books. "You can't
expect children to master history by a
list of dates." they asserted, with a
complete disr'-pard for the past gener
; Tions Who had been learning theirs
thai way. "Tell it to them in stories,
they will never forget it." Par
ents who had been telling their chil
dren stories to scare them into dlscl
t.'.lne were the subject of scathing re
buke by thes*1 men, who pointed out
' : -<r a srreat many nervous diseases and
affections occurring in lat**r life were
<}\r> ctlv attributable to this cause. The
story was an admirable means of edu
cation both in teaching facts and self
expression, but its influence was en
tiretoo prreat to be used carelessly or
lnrtl ffer^ntlv.
Perhaps the first department of edu
cation to adopt the story !n its sys
tem was the kindergarten, and here to
day may be found the best example of
?' s use in the education of children.
Th<?re !s the story of the caterpillar, for
?-THmple, who turned into a butterfly,
and many of Aesop's Fables, which
teach the children natural history as
well as morals. Here, also, the dra
matic instinct so paramount in the
voung chlld is utilized and he Is made
to play the parts of the characters.
? m" child crawls along the floor in cor
rect imitation of the convulralve course
<-f the caterpillar, and another child
stands up and flaps his arms about in
. >irit Is supposed to be the natural mo
tion of the butterfly. The next day the
same child sees a butterfly and begins
to note the way he actually flies so that
he may the better imitate It. "A child
who tri*s to act a horse/" says one
child authority, *"w111 be much morei
apt to not tee all the different activi
ties and habits of the horse than ? '
child who observes passively."
?
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This dramatic instinct In the child
was recognized by Stevenson as a vital
factor in
Dramatic Instinct h 1 s e'lu*
_ . . ,, c a 11 O n |
Recognized by Writer. a n d
! bringing up. In writing his Impres
sions of his own childhood, he said:
I "When my cousin and I took our por
j rid^e of a morning we had a device to
j enliven the course of the meal. He ate
j his with su*ar and explained It to be a
country continually burled under snow.
1 took mine with milk and explained it
to be a country suffering gradual Inun
dation. The food was of altogether
secondary importance and might even
have been nauseous so long as we sea
soned it with dreams." Many mothers
today are grateful to this tip from
Stevenson and are making up stories of
the most desperate and adventurous
character about a plate pf shredded
wheat or mush for which the young
-.on or daughter of the family cherishes
a loud-voiced antipathy.
When the child leaves the kindergar
ten and enters the grades higher up
the story is still the sugar-coated lin
ing around the knowledge pilL In the
fourth grade, for example, the children
read HUwatha. After they finish read
ing it, they are takes to the museum la
a different part of the city and shown
the Indian exhibits. Almost every city
has a few samples of Indian pottery
and one or two plaster statues. After
this, they return to the schoolroom and
build an Indian village, such as is pic
tured in Hiawatha, in the sand, in
cluding- the trees and tents aTu^ ani
mals. In this way they have had a
lesson in history, primitive architecture,
in pottery, basketry, and. although
they may not realize it themselves, they
know by sight every tree mentioned in
the poem and the habits of every ani
mal. ..
In one school In an eastern city the
children were told a story about a lit
tle girl who helped her mother make
bread. Then the children went to a
large bakery near the school where a
factory guide took them through, ex
plaining each process of breadmaking
to them. All the time the teacher kept
pointing out the 'difference between the
wav the machinery made bread and the
way Mary Jane, the little girl in tHe
book, did it The next day she brought
all the equipment for making bread to
school and showed the children the
homemade methods. According to the
teachers in this school, not one of th<-se
children has forgotten a single fact
brought out in the trip through the
bakery, and many of them have given
their mothers pointers in the scientific
principles of breadmaking.
The use of the story, however, is not
confined entirely to teaching facts to
the child. The summer story-telling
classes, for example, do not aim to
teach any one thing, but merely to en
tertain r.'nd stimulate the imaginations
of the audience. The best children's
stories and l ooks are selected by the
storytellers, who memorize the impor
tant features of the plot anrl then tell
them in the best way for children.
Hundreds of very good children's
stories have been written, and quite re
cently. under the stimulus of the story
telling movement, there is a great de
mand for them at the publishing house.
L/Jsts of the best children s literature
will be furnished gladly by the public
libraries of the cities at the requests
of parents desirous of obtaining books
for their children.
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In many cities several philanthropic
women interested in th? story-telling
movement have
Donate Premises donated their
, ? ,. premUes to
fop-Child Meetings. meetine-s r o r
children and their mothers, and at times
rooms for that purpose have been set
aside several afternoons a week by
hotels and department stores. An elab
orate story-telling matinee was given
not long ago In a large New York hotel,
at which Mi?s Oeorginc Faulkner, a
famous professional storyteller, enter
tained an audience of 7?0 children.
Pressed ai Mother Goose this young
woman recited Mother Goose rhymes
snd told Mother Go se stories, assisted
by a number of singers, who sang the
ballads. Miss Faulkner started in to
get acquainted with her audience at the
beginning bv reciting her own version
of "Jack and Jill." which ran:
"Jark and .Till wilt up the hill.
I,Ik-, a dutiful son aryi daughter;
Now Ja^k in Kick nnd Jill I. ill.
Th*y did nut boil the water."
The children did not object to the
change, but they immediately let her
know that it wasn't correct.
When Mother Goose ran out of mate
rial, Miss Faulkner donned a Ge man
costume and told the stories of "Hans
and Gretel." "The Gingerbread Man"
and "The Wee Bunnock." which were
applauded enthusiastically by the chil
dren, especially at the end, when each
child was presented with a "ginger
bread man" as a souvenir of the event.
The mere telling of a story seems a
small matter, but it has its technique
the same as any other profession. I n
fortunately, however, the nation is still
full of a great number of amateurs in
the form of parents who tell their chil
dren all sorts and varieties of stories
without any thought as to their effect
upon them. The story i3 one of the
greatest influences in the life of the
child today, and It is the purpose of the
story-teliing movement to make every
parent and educator realize this fact.
ENGLISH GIRL WATCHES
BATTLE FROM THE FRONT
Kathleen Burke, Collector of Fnnds
for Hospitals. In Midst of Can
nonading at Verdun.
Out Kipomlpprc of the Associate! Press.
IvONDON,, August 25.?The first girl
who has been right up to the front of
the French army is Kathleen Burke,
the same English girl who on her tour
early this year In behalf of the Scot
tish Women's Hospitals in the eastern
states of Canada collected so much
money that on returning she was hail
ed In the newspapers as the "thousand
dollars-a-day glrl."
A mere slip of a girl of the type
that might be afraid of the report of
a rifle. Miss Burke stood calmly by the
side of the officers In Verdun, and while
big shells were dropping about watched
the direction of a counter attack that
repulsed the enemy.
As a special mark of apprecls.tton of
the splendid devotion of the body of
workers she represents and of her own
eeal In raising more than a million
francs In support of hospitals treating
wounded French soldiers, she was en
tertained by three great generals. Her
hosts were Gen. retain, the original
defender of Verdun; Gen. Nlvelle. now
In command of the army of Verdun,
and Gen. Dubois, in command In Verdun
itself. Miss Burke was also received
by Gen. Joffre. At a dinner in the
vaults of the citadel of Verdun toasts
to the success of the allies and to the
visitor's health were proposed to the
accompaniment of the boom of the big
guns.
Visits Entire Front.
Under the care of the commandant,
Jean de Pulllgny. of the ministry of
munitions and recently chief of the
French engineering commission to the
United States, in an automobile placed
at her disposition by the French gov
ernment, Miss Iiurke visited practical
ly the entire front, paying particular
attention to the work of the hospitals.
Although she knew it In a vague
way. Miss Burke says that she did not
realize the great danger she was in at
Verdun, as she stood out near the top
of the citadel and watched the battle.
Men were falling within a few hundred
yards of her. "It was a bit thrilling,
she said, "especially to see the big
shells 'rough words' from Krupps, as
the officers referred to them, falling on
various sides. I do not retain fmpres
sions' of any of them individually, but
one burst some 200 yards away from
where wo stood. It was a big one. We
did indeed fee) much safer when we
were In the comfortable and protected
vaults under the citadel. I think it
must have been the perfect ease and
la.-k of the slightest trace of amlety
among the officers that set me so much
at my own ease during the terrific can
nonade of the big guns.
Insects as Food.
I riWB the London Chronlclo.
The use of Cook chafer* for fodder
In Hungary reminds one that a ourtous
little book was published In England
dome thirty years ago under the title
"Why Not Eat Insect*?" We were told
that spiders, grasshoppers, white ants
and grubs were eaten by the bushmen;
that the Romans held caterpillars In
great esteem, and that the Panches of
N'orth Reyno de Grando still keep ants
In yards and breed them. Mlchelet. the
?dentist, was also quoted In favor of
Including insects In our bill of fare,
and as an Inducement to overcome our
Insular prejudices against them we
were told that caterpillars taste like
almonds, spiders like nuts, and M for
antt, a little butter and sugar will
make -them a sweetmeat tit to set be
fore tfle kio?
THE DAILY STORY.
THE SYSTEM.
(Copyright, 1016, by W. Werner.)
It was the breakfast hour at the Ash
fords'. With her customary pressed-for
tlme expression Mrs. Ashford flitted be
tween dining room and kitchen, at
tending to the wants of her much pam
pered family.
j She was a woman in the early thirties,
| and if it had not been that for ten
i years she had been consumed with the
j belief that the prime thing- in life was
; working from morning to night, keeping
! her house painfully immaculate and
I spoiling her family outrageously, she
| might have been something of a beauty,
j As it was, charms which had been hers
j had been obliterated by a workaday
existence which knew no variation.
As she fussed about she listened in
curiously to her adored husband con
versing with her cousin Marcia, a
fashionable *young woman from the
city. They were discussing social func
tions that did not interest Mrs. Ashford
in the least, as she had long since got
in the habit of letting Billy attend such
trivialities by himself. However, she
was glad he was noticing Marcia, as
Marcia was a dear, if she did show a
lamentable lack of domesticity. She
smiled in pleased fashion, glancing at
him approvingly. Then she sat down
very suddenly.
Oh, yes, Hilly was '?noticing" Marcia.
And with a light of admiration in his
eyes which widened Mrs. Ashford's
queerly and put a rasp In her voice as
she told little Helen she could not have
another wheat cake. She began looking
at Marcia in new appraisement. She
was lovely. She looked charming tn a
simple morning dress, her splendid hair
waving into a becoming coil at the nape
of her slender, graceful neck.
Mrs. Ashford's brows knitted. She
forgot to insist upon a fourth helping
of cakes for dear Billy, and listened
avidly to the conversation. It had
turnr-rl upon Mrs Mefford, their new
\ neighbor, who, it appeared, was a great
acquisition to the town's social life.!
"She is really a delightful woman,"'
j aflirmed Ashford. "Up to the minute,
FRANTICALLY SHE SEARCHED FOR
HAT PINS.
extremely interesting, and?um?good
looking. You are very like her, Mar
cia.''
Marcia smiled demurely. Mrs. Ashford
bounced into the conversation with
startling suddenness. "Mrs. Mefford,"
she exclaimed, "appears to ha-e oceans
of time to devote to the cultivation of
mind and the adornment of person. She
doesn't do a thing but gad. I know she
neglects household duties!"
' Von mean," corrected Ashford, "she
has ;t system whereby nothing is a bur
den. I'll venture to say when you really
know her you will find her a first-rate
housewise." He turned to Marcia again.
"Now what about golf this afternoon?
Will you come down to the office early
and have lunch with me?"
For a fleeting second Marcia looked
analytically at Mrs. Ashford. whose
cheeks were flushed queerly, then she
answered breezingly, "Thank you,
Billy, I shall be glad to lunch with
you."
Promptly at 12 o'clock she left her
cousin standing In the doorway look
ing after her wistfully. Marcia looked
stunning in golf costume! When she
disappeared up the street Mrs. Ashford,
with a new fear in her brown eyes,
turned listlessly to prepare the chil
dren*.s lunch.
She was glad when the noon hour end
ed She weut to her bedroom then, and
sat down to wrestle with a problem 1
other than how to cut Helen's dimity
dress out of three yards of material
when the pattern called for four. With
such problems she had struggled for1
ten yearn. She had sacrificed herself
that her family might have an abun
dance of correct clothing, the pantry be
sufficiently stocked to satisfy tastes she
herself had made epicurean and a sub
stantial amount added weekly to the
bank account. But now . What if
Billy looked at other women as she had
seen him look at Marcia?with warm
admiration? Something stirred In her
hitherto complacent, breast and sent
her to her dressing table to stare at her
reflection.
It did not please her at all. "I look
fifteen years older than Marcia," she
said aloud, "and I'm only two." Sud
denly she snatched the hairpins out of
the tight knob at the back of her head.
Tresses as lovely as Marcia's tumbled
about her shoulders. She fluffed them
into pretty soft waves above her ears
and about her brow, and colled them
loosely behind like Marcia's. Excite
ment had Hushed her cheeks and made
her dark eyes magnetic. "I look as I
did when Billy used to tell mo foolish
things," she murmured. "Yet I wonder
if it wouldn't be nice to hear once more,
'Mab, your eyes remind me of a big
brown pansy,' instead of, 'Say, old girl,
you sure did get a peach of a broil on
that steak tonight!' "
She turned swiftly as her glance fell
on her straight up-and-down figure,
made so by the cut of the 97-cent cotton
house dress she wore. She would dress
fresh right through, arid put on the
lovely yellow pongee Marcia had
ASHFORD TOOK A STEP ALSO.
brought her, which she had put sacred
ly away for some special occasion.
An hour later she stood before the
long mirror ,in the spare room, and
stared wonderlngly at a lovely, stylish
young person. "I'd like Billy to see
me," she thought. "I believe I'm almost
as good-looking as when we were mar
ried. I wonder?no, I don't wonder?I
know, 1 must sandwich in social duties
with housekeeping and keep just as
young as Billy if I'm to have him. Mar
cia showed me that at breakfast r
i With this deoisloa she recalled a
I pressing: invitation for that afternoon
j from the Fortnightly Club, given, she
J felt now with a new bitterness, out of
(courtesy to popular Billy Ashford.
I Well, she would go! She would help
; herself to one of Marcia's hats, since
I her own was of the vintage of two sea
, sons before, and she would see If she
could not put on with her new raiment
some of the brightness and "modern"
ways Billy was always dwelling upon.
And she suddenly felt, with a new. won
derful daring, that she did not care
when she got home. She would do as
she knew Mrs. Mefford did?stop at
Brown's delicatesser. on her way to the
club and have sen:: home for dinner
canned pork and beans, some cold slaw
and baker's apple pie. Would Billy like
the "system"?
It was Just 6 o'clock, the dinner hour,
when the "finest housekeeper in town,"
the prompt-on-the-minute Mrs. Ash
ford, returned from the club. Her hus
i band and Marcia had not arrived. From
j force of habit she began bustling the
! moment she entered the doorway. But.
j memory visualizing pork and beans and
baker's pie, she smiled grimly, slowed
down and leisurely began pulling off
long silk gloves?Marcia's.
At that moment a motor car pulled
into the curb. From it stepped her hus
band, Marcia and Mr. Brown, bachelor
president of the First National Bank.
Mrs. Ashford gasped. The trio ap
proached the house, led by Mr. Ashford.
For a second Mrs. Ash ford's heart
stood still. Then It raced on tumultu
ously, as, with every housewifely in
stinct aquiver. she wanted to tear off
her finery, rush Helen to market and
rush herself into the kitchen. Fran
tically she searched among the rose
leaves of the lovely flower turban for
hatpins that would not be found. And
as she stood thus, splendidly molded
arms raised, eyes gleaming as they had
gleamed when Billy wooed and won her,
lovely and youthful in her nervous,
flushed excitement, the party entered
the hall.
One quick, understanding look Marcia
gave the fashionable figure and her
lashes fell demurely over eves that
laughed wickedly.
And Mr. Ashford? He appeared petri
fied for a moment, then, with an in
articulate exclamation, he took a step
forward. "Mab," he began, "Mab!"
(THE END.)
ItaranTowasfoIoed
IN EIGHTH CENTURY, B. C.
Has Past of Fascinating Interest and
Present of Great Commercial
Importance.
Oyster Industry Chief Source of
Wealth of Great Naval Base
of Southern Italy.
Taranto. the great naval base of
southern Italy, where disaster overtook
one of that nation's battleships recently
causing the loss of 300 seamen. Is the'
subject of the following war geography
bulletin. Issued today by the National
Geographic Society from Its Washing
ton headquarters:
"With tt history dating back to the
eighth century before the Christian
era?the same century which tradition
says marked the founding of Rome by
Romulus?Taranto (Ihe ancient Taren
tum), has a past of fascinating interest
and a pr^serit of Kreat commercial im
Itants mn e Clt? ?f 50'000 inhab
itants, many of whom still retain a
accent Inherited from the an
ftPartar> colonists, clings to a
rocky acropolis which sticks In the
heel of the Italian 'boot' at the point
Mm " I 3?""\ thp ''"""-P-- In ancfeni
times the rock, which rises from the
S"a to a height of more than flftv feet
was a peninsula, but Ferdinand I of
Aragon dug a canal across the Isthmus
making an Islet of the town site On
^e.?ide.i8 the ?ulf of Taranto and
on the other the Mare Piccolo (Little
sea). The entrance to the magnificent
harbor, one of the finest in all Italy is
commanded by two well fortified 'is
lands. Han Pietro and San Paolo The
Little sea anchorage has a depth of
thirty-Six feet and an area of more
than 6,000 a.cres, affording unlimited
accommodations for Italy's Mediter
ranean fleet, and here the government
has installed splendidly equipped drv
docks The arsenal extends for a mile
and a half along the shores of this
Inner sea.
Settled by Parthenlans.
"Legend relates that Tarantum, or
Taras, was settled by the Parthenlans,
a class of Spartans who claimed the
rights of citizenship in the Lacedae
monian capital, but who had not re
ceived It. perhaps on account of a stain
on their birth. The town received the
name Taras from the son of Neptune
Almost from the foundation the colony
nourished, nor was this surprising for
the surrounding land was Immensely
fertile, soon becoming famous for its
olives, wblle the pastures sustained
wonderful flocks of sl^ep, whose wool
according to Horace, was so fine that it
behooved the Tarentlnes to make the
animals wear coverings to protect their
fleece.
"As a related Industry, the fishers of
the town found in the waters of the
inner sea a peculiar mussel, from
which the highly prized purple dve
was made. Thus weaving and dyeing
developed hand in hand, Increasing the
wealth and Importance of the colony to
such an extent that by the beginning
of the fourth century B. C. Tarentum
Was recogriilzed as the most opulent city
of Fagna Graecla, as the numerous
colonies of Eouthern Italy and Sicily
were known. The gold coins of this
period, considered the most beautiful
ever struck by a Grecian citv, are an
Index to the wealth and art of this re
spondent community. Prosperity soon
bred shameful wantonness among Its
mnh f!atSi: 5? that when a Tarentine
mob attacked a Hornan fleet at anchor
In its harbor and the latter citv de
clared war on the southern metropolis
i Li ens -%vere not Prepared for the
hardships of battle. Pyrrhus, King of
kplrus, was asked to send aid. He re
sponded, bringing his well trained sol
diers, and a score of terror inspirine
war elephants to win those costlv suc
cesses which were to become proverbial
as 'Pyrrhic victories ' Tarentum's fate
vias not deferred as long as her allv's
for Milo, one of the Greek generals'
enemy" * C'ty '"t0 th" han*> ?f the
"In the second Punic war Tar^ntnm
again made the mistake of opposing
# 8 Punishment for her esoousa^
?ft anj*oA*'8 caus9 Fabrius sacked the
city and 80,000 of the inhabitants were
sentenced to slavery. ere
Once a Favorite Resort.
*T>oring the golden age of Rome
Tarentum was a favorite resort, a
Roman colony (Coionia N'eptunla) hav
ing been established here prevlousiv
Fn'H" days Just'nlan it belonged
to the Hyzantine empire. It was almn.t
completely destroyed by the Saracens
n the tenth century, and 100 years
later was seized by that picturesque
"The" nfiVe'V"\r0r' Rohert Outscard.
Th? re,";'s "f the ancient city are few
The most Important are the ruins of a
the ? possJt^y dating back to
k .UI7 b- C? and a Roman
aallTrlgUo " m"eS lor,s' known
?~Jha cl?ief.source of wealth of the
modern city Is the oyster Industry, the
crustaceans being cultivated In great
Jokers In ^e oyster beds of the Mare
Piccolo. These waters also teem with
thS? n,no*y varieties being
ind i?er? ent9r ?'lth the tldi
recede aught ,n nets as the waters
n?n,l's.from,Trranto thllt m derive the
JnM?,. ? rKe fam'ly of poisonous
spiders of great size, The genuine
*ound in the Taranto district,
to 80 veno*n?u? as the Insect
10 which the name is applied in the
western hemisphere. The natives nf
that"the ltaI,y onc? h?>d tonthe b.ll2f
best .1ur? ,or the bite of a
^ w?s the perspiration Induced
by a violent dance which received the
laU^n thai tarantella. a tarantella
lancing mania swept over this Dart nf
AuZing *he fifteenth, six
teenth and seventeenth centuries."
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YOUNG DUKE OF ROHAN
HAS IMPOSING FUNERAL
Paris Pays Honor to Nobleman Who
Died in Defense of the
Republic.
Correspondence of the Anociated Press.
PARIS, August 24.?The Duke of
Rohan, killed in the battle of the
Somme, has had one of the most im
posing funerals seen in France during
the war It was not only a tribute to
the heroic young nobleman, but a pub
lic recognition that the sons of the old
nobility of Prance are fighting for the
republic with the same ardor that the
old nobility fought for the kings.
The Rohans are among the famous
old fighting families of France. They
fought at the siege of La Rochelle.
They were among the musketeers of
Louis XIV. One of them was known as
the "young hero" in the seven years'
war. Another became a bishop and
built the famous palace at Strassburg,
which is still an architectural wonder.
But, while aristocrats, they shared the
views of Lafayette and other French
noblemen, admiring republican institu
tions, and the present generation of the
family has been one of the most en
thusiastic supporters of the republic.
Elected to the Deputies.
The young Duke of Rohan first show
ed his republican sympathies by be
coming a member of the chamber of
deputies. But he was no sooner elected
than the war broke out, and he enter
ed the republican army as a second
lieutenant. One day, when home on
leave, he visited the corridors of the
chamber, and heard a deputy spouting
politics to a circle of listeners. The
duke murmured dissent to some of the
political statements, whereupon the
deputy angrily exclaimed:
"This war has brought a great many !
strangers to the surface. I do not know
this strange young man who dissents."
"I am sorry you do not know me."
said the duke. "Let me introduce my
self as one of your colleagues of the
chamber of deputies, member for
L'Aube. If you have not seen me there,
it is because I have been at the front
and have not set my foot In the cham
ber since the war began."
Captured 100 Germans.
A little later the duke returned to the
front, where he Is credited with one of
the notable dare-devil undertakings of
the war. While out reconnoiterlng as a
cavalry lieutenant he arrived, along
with his orderly, at an inn where a hun
dred Prussian soldiers had taken pos
session and were having a drunken
orgle. Warned by a peasant, the duke
would not turn back. Entering the
place brusquely and speaking in Ger
man, in imperative tones he command
ed the party to surrender, as the house
was surrounded on all sides.
Surprised by the sudden apparition,
Interrogated by a firm voice of com
mand, and hearing the orderly with his
horses outside, the revelers resigned
themselves, gave up their arms and
submitted as prisoners, until a French
cavalry patrol, warned of what had oc
curred, arrived to escort the hundred
prisoners of a single hero.
This is the story, as told of the young i
Duke of Rohan, and passing current as
one of the realities of the war. That it
is authentic is evident from the fact
that it won him the legion of honor
and placed the stamp of government
recognition on the audacious achieve
ment.
Getting Discipline.
Prom the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
Young men valiantly serving their
country on the border or learning the
rigorous simplicities of military life at
training camps have discovered that many
of the things they thought they needed
most of all were superfluities. They know
by this time that "uniform** applies to
custom as well as costume in the army.
They realize the transforming power of
the clothes, for they have seen that after
the change from mufti to khaki there is
not much to choose between the aristo
crat who was the arbiter of elegance and
the son of honest toll who kept his office
hours in his overalls.
It has been an awakening experience to
many to obey a command without gain
say or back talk, upon the Instant Their
camp life has been an education in the
value of promptness and In human Inter
dependence. A company or a regiment,
like a coral Island, Is made of a number
of inconspicuous but fundamental con
stltuenta Each must play his part and
the withdrawal or the inefficiency of one
weakens the mass. The whole tendency
of the training the recruits have received
is to diminish the bump of conceit There
may be some who, after only a month
of drill and discipline feel that they know
enough to be made non-commissioned offi
cer*. But the majority should be suf
ficiently sensible to realise that they are
nothing mors at present than promising
raw material from which officers may in
time be made. No man Is fitted to com
mand who oannot rule himself?his tem
SSbldLirt m5l hia nb0ll1oum ^
WHOLESALE MARKET REPORT.
Quotations given below are for large
lots. Jobbers' prices are higher.
BUTTER?Elgin, print. 35% lb.; Elgin,
tub, 34 lb.; process, 30a31; store pack
ed. 22a23.
EGGS?Nearby, 33a34; southern, 32a33.
CHEESE?New York state factory,
new, 19a20.
POULTRY?Live hens, per lb.. 18al9;
roosters, per lb.. 13; turkeys, per lb.. 22;
spring chickens, per lb.. 21a22 ducks,
per lb.. 12al6; geese, lb.. 10al2.
DRESSED POULTRY?Hens, choice,
per lb.. 23; chickens, per lb.. 21a22; tur
keys. per lb., 22a25; ducks, per lb., 18a
20; roosters, per lb., 15; geese, 8al0 per
lb.
GREEN FRUITS ?Apples, new. per
bbl., 1.50a3.50; per box. 60&1.25; Cali
fornia oranges, 4.00a5.no; lemons, per
box, 6.50a7.50; pineapples, per crate,
2.00a2.25; cantaloupes. California, crate,
2.75a3.75; Maryland and Virginia, crate,
50a2.00; watermelons, 20a50 each;
plums, per crate, 1.25a2.00; peaches, 1.25
a2.50; pears, box, 1.50a2.25; grapes,
crate, 50al.75.
VEGETABLES?New potatoes, per bbl.,
3.00a3.50; sweet potatoes, 2.00a2.75; to
matoes, nearby, per box, DOal.OO;
string beans, per basket. 75a90; per
bbl., 2.00a2.50; peppers, per crate. 40a50;
carrots, per bunch 2a3: okra, per crate,
75al.25; radishes, per 100, 1.00al.50;
cucumbers. 1.50a2.00 per box; onions, per
box, 1.15al.25: eggplant. 50a75 crate: new
cabbage, 1.25al.75 per bbl.; beets, per
bunch. 2a3; celery, per doz., 35a75;
romaine lettuce, 75al.50 per basket; New
York lettuce, 1.50a2.25 per basket; cauli
flower. 50a75 per crate; peas, per basket.
1.50a2.00; lima beans, per qt., 10al2^;
corn, per doz., 20a25.
LIVE STOCK?Sheep, per lb., 5a6;
lambs, spring, 12 per lb.; calves, per lb.,
13; medium, per lb., 12al2>?: common,
8a9.
SEEDS?Red clover. 10.75all.00 per bu.;
alsike clover. 9.50al0.50 per bu.; crimson
clover, 8.00aS.25 per bu.; timothy, 2.45a
| 3.00 per bu.; red top, 12al3 per lb.; blue
j grass, 1.40al.65 per bu.; orchard grass,
I 2.00a2.25 per bu.; white clover, 40 per lb.;
! alfalfa clover, 20a22 per lb.
j GRAIN?Wheat, milling, per bu., 1 25
al.30; ordinary, per bu., l.OOal.lO; corn,
yellow, per bu., 92a93; white, per bu., 90a
92; oats, white, per bu., 52a54; mixed, per
bu., 51a52.
HAY?No. 1 timothy, old, per ton, 18.50
al9.00; new, 15.50al6.00; No. 2 timothy,
old, per ton, 16.50al7.00; new, 13.50al4.00;
No. 1 mixed, old. per ton, 14.50al5.00; new.
13.00al3.50; No. 2 mixed, old, per ton, 12.50
al3.00; new, ll.00all.50.
STRAW?Long rye, per ton, 14.50allS.00;
tangled rye, per ton, 9.00a9.50.
LONDON, September 2.?Bar sliver,
32 %d per ounce. Money, 4H P^r cent.
Discount rates?Short bills, 5*?a5%;
three months, 6%a5% per cent.
NEW YORK, September 2.?Today's
clearings at the New York clearing
house totaled $1,058,926,600, surpass- |
Ing all previous records. The increase
is attributed to payment in full on Fri
jday of the $250,000,000 British loan and
first of the month requirements. The
former high record was $868,176,506 on
I November 1 last.
I Parking Autos.
[ From th? Oolumbua Ohio Btat* Journal.
I Where to park autos is to become a
serious question, for all the main
streets are now lined, both sides, with
the vehicles; and It often happens that
only a slight passageway Is left for
going vehicles. Some day this will
have to be remedied. But there Is an
other abuse that needs attention. It
often happens that when a person goes
shopping, he has to run a block or
two beyond the place where he wishes
to deal, before he can find room for his
auto. This Inconvenience is caused
largely by people parking their autos
at the street side and letting them stay
there for hours, as If they owned the
space. The rule, first come first serv
ed, doesn't apply to parking autos in
business streets. It is selfish to do so. j
If the auto is to remain for more than j
twenty or thirty minutes. It should be
parked in some out-of-the-way or less !
crowded place. The stores are inter- j
ested in having it so, but they cannot j
complain, but for the benefit of the j
general public the council should In- !
terfere with an ordinance regulating j
this parking.
Happy Days.
Prom the Louisville Courier-Joifrnal.
"If gasoline keeps going up, alcohol
will come in.**
"Let it come, podner. Then we kin
sit by the road and git Jagged in sniffs.**
Honest Advertising.
For the protection of it*
readers, The Star carefully
censors all advertising sub
mitted for publication, and, so
far as is possible, bars all false
and fraudulent statements.
Readers are requested to as
sist The Star in protecting the
public and all legitimate adver
tisers by bringing to the at
tention of the paper any state
ment that they might find to be
fraudulent.
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