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The herald., 1897-11-07

so over. To do it have one string little
longer than the other. Let the short
string rest in the center on the tongue
inside the shoe and with the long string
lace over and over those first five pairs
of holes, each time the string is carried
across, crossing under the idle string.
With the six pairs of holes take the two
strings and lace across, as is customary.
There is nothing a man considers so
sissyish (and what wouldn't woman
do not to be sissyishO as shoe laced
with the two strings crossing each other
from top to toe. The next time you are
in room or in a car with a number OF
men if you will notice their shoes you
will find that if they are well dressed
every shoe has the lace crossing over
and over at the first five holes. New
York Times.
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military drill without making a single
error, and they have done it since time
and gain. They seem to know by intui-
ton almost just what they should do and
in their drill their movements are almost
as if it were simply one person. l have
often been asked what difference found
between them and the regulation soldier
in point of drilling. think l can truth
fully say that the advantage lies all
with the girl soldier, after she has once
learned just exactly what she should do.
I found two great difficulties in drill
ing the company girls. One was making
them promptly and consistently obey
the command Attention." You see, wo-
men find it very natural to look around
when any one speaks, and at first when
/ would give a command they would all
look at me instead of straight ahead, as
they should have done. They did not
seem able to grasp the necessity of obey
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ways and means, and suggested that it
might be good idea to have a military
drill by girls. They thought the matter
over, and approved Of this plan, asking
me to carry it out.
This was the first step that led to the
organization Of what is now called Fos-
ter's Light infantry. 1t was several
weeks from the time the subject was
broached to the date Of the concert. l
gathered the girls into a company as
fast as 1 could, and when the necessary
number had been reached started in to
drill them. found it no easy task, and
for two weeks hardly seemed to make
any progress at all. Then the girls be-
gan to improve. and gained proficiency
in the manual of arms very rapidly. In
fact, am convinced that they are easier
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to drill in the long run than young men.
Just as soon as we had got fairly under
way, 1 arranged a temporary organiza-
ton like that Of regulation military
company, which. owing to the success of
the drill, was later on made permanent.
We drilled two weeks, as said, when
ever we could, and after that drilled
three times week until Sept Is. Then
we drilled two hours every day until Oc-
tober 7th. the date of our concert This
concert took place in the Grand opera
house here, and in the presence Of a very
critical audience, among those in at
tendance being every member of the
Fifth Regiment Georgia volunteers. The
officers, after the drill was over, declared
they had never sen such perfection in
drill, and did not believe that among all
the Georgia militia a company could be
found which would equal this.
These girls went through a regulation
The herald., 1897-11-07
WE GIRLS TOO
No Whit Behind Our
Brothers
"GREEK LETTER" SOCIETIES
ALPHABETICAL CIPHERs FOR
THE CO-EDS
"GREEK LETTER" SOCIETIES
Harmless Fun, Thoroughly Feminine
and Charming@They Take
Themselves Seriously

In most of the coeducational colleges
of America the secret society goat is
now equipped with a side-saddle.
Women-the young college woman
who never call each other anything ex-
cept "girls"-are going in for secret
fraternities quite as enthusiastically as
the sterner sex. And all the things that
are done in society way, they do. They
"rush" the freshmen, to get avail
able chapter material. They pledge"
candidates in the prep" or prepara-
tory schools. They hold frat" or fra
ternity banquets, and deliver large
lunged college yells out of midnight
windows.
Women's fraternities do not, as a
rule have chapters in such colleges as
Vassar and Smith, which are very con-
servatively managed; Barnard, which
is half way between co-education and
the exclusive women's colleges, has only
one chapter-that of Kappa Kappa
Gramma; and very beautiful rooms,
perhaps the finest in the country, have
been provided for 1t in the new build
ings of the Columbia group. Boston
University has three or four chapters.
It Is remembered with shudder that
when the girls college fraternities were
in the formative period, not more than
twenty years ago, "a serious effort was
made to call them Observation-Disclosures
hoods, rather than brotherhoods. But
in spite Of the cogent example Of Sorosis,
the attempt failed. Within these twen-
ty years, however-once this horror was
averted-more progress has been made
in the work of founding girls secret So
cieties than was done for the men in the
nifty years preceding.
There are now eight large fraternities,
besides any number Of smaller and still
struggling beginnings. These are
Alpha. Phi. Delta Gamma, Gamma Phi
Beta, KAPPA Alpha Theta, Kappa Kappa
Gamma, Delta Delta Delta, Pi Beta Phi,
and Alpha Chi Omega.
OF course the meaning of these gib-
bcrish phrases is q secret, carefully
guarded, but it is pretty safe guess
that Alpha" Is generally the first let
ter OF the Greek word meaning Sisters
Or "sistefhood." that "Phi" denotes
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$ J1Mt Photographs Of ;1hl1nas 3vl SoMhevy !

nlTLANTA. Ca. Nov. 2.-(Special Cor
respondence to The Herald.) We have
here in Atlanta, am sure. the only
military company in this part OF the
country which is formed entirely of
girls. I believe. too, that If necessity
prose they would know how to use the
weapons with which they have been
thoroughly drilled. I have been their
military instructor from the first, and
thus my opportunity to Judge has been
superior to that which has fallen to the
lot Of any one else.
The organization of the company was.
to certain extent, an accident. Some
of the ladies of Atlanta wished to give a
concert for the benefit of the Grady hos
pital. happened to be present at the
consultation they held one day as to
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be made after this suggestion, and the
goods. of figured or plain colorings, may
be pasted directly to the surface of the
smooth wood face of the frame.
On small frames the binding, or outer
wood strip, may be omitted, and in place
of it a gimp of silk tape glued fast to
serve the same purpose.
]. HARRY ADAMS.
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CHEAP AND PRETTY
Any Woman With Deft Fingers Can
Make This Picture Frame

There are many useful as we'll as or
namental objects that any woman can
make for the home; with the aid of
simple tools inexpensive material can
easily be fashioned into various arti-
cles that will present a unique and at
tractive appearance.
Mechanical skill and expert workman
ship are not always necessary to OBJ
tain good results, and some very crude
attempts are sometimes surprisingly
successful
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of nineteen, as she knit her unlined
brow pettishly. It's just terrible!
Competition between the 'frats' is so
hot nowadays. We have to coddle AMI
pet and fiatter the freshies so much to
get 'em to join that there is no living
with 'em after we get 'em in"
BELLE ARCHER.
1887, by Bachelor Syndicate.
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How It Struck Him

Everend Goodmon (sympathetically)
-Ah, Mr.. Heavyloss, we don't know
what blessing our wives are until they
are laid silent in the tomb.
Mr.. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Is great
blessing.-Judge.
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A Scientific Explanation

Teacher-Now, can any of you tell me
why the distance between the meridians
is greater at the equator than in the polar
regions? All! why Is 1t, Johnny?
Johnny-Please, mum, it's because heat
expands.-Puck.
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Lacing the Shoes Properly

Don't, above all things" says the
girl who knows all about it, "cross the
lacings of your shoes from the first holes
nearest the toe all the way up. In the
first five pairs of holes the lace should
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-03-22
knocked SenseIess.

Henry Bolster. a member of No )
Engine Company. came in contact
with a horse on Saturday morning
which put the 'biker'' into state Of
Inconsistencies. which lasted about
10 minutes. Bolster had been up to
the top of Emma street hill, in search
of the fire and. finding that this had
been extinguished. jumped on his
wheel and started on down Emma
street hill. \ Portuguese young man
vas riding up on horseback and Boil
ster was coasting down hill at break
neck pace. He saw the Portuguese
when il was too late. and went full
against the horses breast. with the
result that he was thrown TO the
ground. 1t was 10 minutes or more
before he saw the light of day again.
The Portuguese was arrested and held
for investigation, but il was proven
that his was not the fault, so he was
allowed Ito go.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-03-22
ANNIVERSARY CONCERT.
At Hawaiian Hotel in Memory OF
Emperor William.

The Germans of Honolulu will cele-
brate the one hundredth anniversary
OF the birth of the late Emperor Will
liam at the Hawaiian Hotel this even
ing. There will be banquet, to which
about 80 persons have been invited.
AS Professor Berger Will be a guest
at the banquet, the full Hawaiian
Band will be directed on this occasion
by David K. Naomi. Following is the
program for the concert:
March-German Empire 49,. Faust
Overture-Iubel ... Flotow
Fantasia-Emperor's Cornfiowers.
Thiele
ChOruS-TannhauSer ..-..... wagner
Medley-German Marches .Seidenglam
Gavotte-HohenZolle $50. Conradi
Fantasia-War Recollection. e. .Kappey
March-Emperor William 80. Berger
The Watch on the Rhine.
Hawaii Ponoi.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-10-10

held in Toronto very soon Miss Johanns-
dottir is now visiting Miss Ruth Shaft
ncr, teacher in tho Indian school mt Car
Isle, Pa
In her own home this Icclandic woman
is II person Of no little Importance, for her
uncle, iii whose family she has been reared
is speaker OF the lower house OF the ma
tional council and her aunt is prominent
in public movements of every kind. Miss
.Iohannstlottir has been well educated and
has Travelled extensively. When the order
of Good Tcmplnrs was established in Ice
land, some IL years ago, she was one of
the first women to become member and
all Iceland regarded her us IL very strange
young woman indeed.
Four years ago, while on visit to Nor
way, she became acquainted with tho
worlds w. G. Il. u. and went back homo
determined to organize such an nssocia-
ton i'll her native land She found on
her return, however, that the Icelantlic
Woman's association had been started in
Rcikiavik, tho capital of tho island. It's
aim was to emancipatc the women of leo
land and awaken their interest in wom-
ems rights. She became vico president of
this association and soon after formed tho
Icelandic Women's Temperance union
with so members.
Not long after this Miss Shaffncr, Miss
Jessie Ackcrmann and Miss Nina Pratt
visited Iceland to establish branch of tho
w. G. II. U. They co-operated with Miss
Johannsdottir and before they left had
swcllcd the membership of the union to
200 members.
"Since tho association was formed, {"
says Miss Johannsdottir, 81 have been its
president, longing to do my best for it,
though feeling that it needed moro than /
had to offer Last summer went to sew
cral places in the country, holding tenn
pcrancc meetings and forming branches
where I could. 1 travelled for many miles
on the backs of ponies, which furnish tho
only means of transportation in my native
land. About the middle Of May had to
walk over mountains where wo sunk to
the knee in snow and water, and In July l
rode for two days through valleys of sand
and lava with torrents Of glacier water
coming down from peaks covered with
eternal snow. At the present time we
have in Iceland about $50 mombers besides
the Juvenile association with 100 children
on its rolls. I came to America to become
acquainted with tho w. G. II. u work and
its leaders and to SEQ as much of America
and the Americans as could"
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-10-10

ono regiment, now known MS the Second
battaiion Gordon highlanders. In 1879
he was on the staff of Lord Ripon, vicoroy
Oh india, ut Calcutta, as military secretary.
no resigned his post when the second At
Rnnh war broke out and went to the front
with his regiment, winning distinction in
several iorco engagements.
In tho march from Knbul to Kandnhnr
ior the relief of General Primrose White
lea tho van with his highlanders, beat
pack the Paythans, captured their strong
hoids and cleared the way for tho rest of
tho brigade. For that dny's work no WINS
given tho brevet of lieutenant colonel. n
=. Is. and that decoration which tho Brit.
ISM soldier most prizes, the Victoria cross.
Alter that he served in Egypt and in Bur
ma, doing signal service in both cam
pnigns and winning more honors and long
delayed promotion. From 1889 to 1898 no
commanded the division at Quetta, that
great gnrrison Oh the Afghan frontier.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-10-10

ness ana daring. lie was IN command OF O
section of tho insurgcnt force which made
the brilliant attack on Havana not many
months ago.
1t was found, though, that no could be
made still moro useful in n semicivil Gu
pacity, and he was appointed governor Of
the provinces of Nlatanzas and Las Villas.
In this capacity he has done much to
strengthen and put into good shape the
laws of tho Cuban government, ard 1t is
probable that his good work in this field
gained him much influence with tho moro
conservative of the putriot voters who had
more faith in man of good executive
nbility for president than i'll tho generals
who have ocen doing such brilliant work
in tho field. His election over General
Masso was something of IL surprise to out
sidcrs who did not fully understand the
situation and shows that Cuba's civil gov
ernmcnt really does amount to something
as vol as her army, which has been very
much in evidence. Capotc succeeds Presi
dent Cisncros, who was not reelected on
account of his advanced age
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-10-10

an ardent desire to meet the fair young
American. This declaration the gossips
mado much of and repeated everyw whore,
so, of course, it reached Miss ThoIhpson's
cars Now, some girls would not bo averso
to having prince at their feet, even
though he wero fat and forty and with
none too clean a record, but Miss Thomp-
son Seems TO have had idcns of hor own on
tho subject. She hastened off TO the con-
tinent and was soon reported us holding
triumphnl sway ut Homburg, ono of Flu
rope most fashionable Watering places
Just about that time Albert Edward de-
cided to visit Homburg himself, and no
frankly announced that no was going OK
pressly to meet the famous ST. Louis boa,i-
ty. This set the tongues awag more furi-
ously than ever, but on the day that his
highness reached Homburg Miss Thomp-
son left hurriedly for Lucerne, leaving her
royal admirer much discomflted to say
the least. 1t Is expected that Miss Thomp-
son will return to st. Louis this winter,
after having been abroad for more than
two wears
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-10-10

BY VIRTUE OF a DECREE OF
the corporation court of the city of Roam
oke, Va, entered on the 1st day of July,
1897, i'll the chancery suit of Josiah
Friends administrators and ais. VS.. \.
p. Staples trustee, and ais, the under
signed as special commissioners appoint
ed by said decree will offer for sale i'm
front of the courthouse at public auction
to the highest bidder at IL O'Clock noon
on the 10TH DAY OF NOVEMBER,
1897. the following property situated in
the city of Roanoke Va, towit:
First. Beginning at a point on the
dolph streets, thence south . degrees IL
minutes west 100 feet to Il point. thence
north 81 degrees is minutes west 100 feet
to- point. thence north ? degrees 10 min
utes east 100 feet to a point, thence south
81 degrees 40 minutes east 10C feet to the
place of beginning.
Second. Beginning Mt point on tie
northwest corner of Campbell and Ran
dolph streets, thence with Campbell street
north IS degrees west 100 feet TO point,
thence north degrees east 100 feet to n
point. thence south SO degrees east 80
feet to Randolph street, thence with Kan
dolph street 5. degrees west 100 feet to
the place of beginning and known as lois
~ ~ ~ huu ITO III Waru %. according
to the map of the Roanoke Land and I'M
provement Company.
TERMS OF SALE cash.
l.. II. COOKE,
NJ. ]. COLEMAN,
Special Commissioners.
|, S. S. Brooke, clerk of the corporation
court of Roanoke city, Virginia, do hereby
certify that the bond required in above
case has been executed.
S. S. BROOKE, Clerk.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-10-10

:.en years ago no cnilsrcu as private ,n
tho ranks OF the Sixth regiment. Massa.
chusetts volunteer militia, and In that
time no has risen from tho ranks to be-
come major.
He has also been an active worker in the
Sons OF Veterans organization. He was
mustered In ut Fitchburg, 1887, joining
Clark ;. Simonds camp, No. IS. He has
served IN various subordinate offices, from
the captainoy of the camp up He has held
the ranks of adjutant, inspector, senior
vice and division commander of the Massa-
ohusetts division. Commander In Chief
Maccabe appointed Major Darling as his
adjutant general in 1898, and the next
year he was elected member of tho coun-
oil IN chief. He is also an active nom Der
of the Massachusetts Society of the Sons
of the American Revolution.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-10-10
LEGAL NOTICES.

Joseph Bell to the Iron Belt Building
ana Loan Association, of Roanoke, Vir-
ginia; and default having been made
therein. and being directed by said bene-
hciary SO to do, the undersigned trus-
tees will on MONDAY, NOVEM-
BER lST 1897, AT 12 o'clock NJ,
proceed to sell in front Of the courthouse
in Roanoke city, Virginia. at publ, auc-
tion, to the highest bidder. certain lot of
land, with a desirable dwelling house and
other improvements thereon, beginning
at point at the corner of lot of w. d.
Trent and the old Rocky Mount aud Fin
castle turnpike. and fronting on said
turnpike 40 feet. thence in n northerly
direction about $50 feet to Traynham's
liue, thence with Traynham's line 40 fee
TO point, thence in u southerly direc-
ton $50 feet to the place of beginning.
TERMS-CASH.
There is due on said bond SAL, as of
September Both, 1897.
Fl. S. TROUT,
c. a. McHUGH.
Trustees.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-10-10

BY VIRTUE OF a DEED OF
trust from Maurice and Geo. +. Mulcare
to the undersigned, dated the 18th day of
May, 1898, and recorded in the clerks
office of the city of Roanoke, in deed book
~. page 23, for the purpose of securing
certain payments to become due to the
Old Dominion Building and Loan Asso-
citation of Richmond, Va, default having
been made in the payment of said deed,
and having been required SO to do by the
beneficiary Hereunder, the undersigned
Will offer for sale 1T public auction on
the premises on the 30TH DAY OF OC-
TOBER, 1897, at 10 O'Clock M, the fol.
lowing described property situated in the
city of Roanoke, Va:
Beginning at II point on the west side
of Monroe street n. e. 30 l-2 feet south of
Patton street, thence south with Monroe
street two degrees Is minutes west 80 1.3
feet TO n point, thence north 81 degrees
54 minutes west rs feet, more or lesa, to
a pOint. thence in uor,herly direction
parallel with Monroe street 80 1.2 feet to
point, thence south 81 degrees 40 min
utes east 10 feet, more or less, to the place
of beginning, being part of lot 13i. in
Fourth ward, as shown on the map of
the Roanoke Land and Improvement
Company.
TERMS OF SALE: Cash.
J. +. WINGFIELD,
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-10-10
LAWYER AND EDUCATOR.
Charles X. Darling, Commander In Chief
of the Sons of Veterans.


Charles Kimball Darling, tho newly
elected commander in chief of the Sons of
Veterans. is a prominent Massachusetts
lawyer and u man who has been for some
time active in military circles He is 33
years old and native of Vermont. He
comes from good old New England stock
and can trace his ancestry back through
the sturdy patriots of Revolutionary DAYS
to tho time of the Puritans. His father,
Hon. j. G. Darling, is prominent mem
Der of tho Vermont bar and has served in
both branches of tho state legislature.
Commander In Chief Darling was ed IN
Gated at Barre academy and at Dartmouth
college, being graduated from the iattor
institution in 1885. For two years he was
cadet iii the United States Military acad-
cmy at West Point. Then no went to Bos-
ton, and for several years was engaged in
active newspaper work, which he dropped
to take course in the Boston University
Law school. He was admitted to tho har
before being graduated, and in 1896 was
selected by the faculty us instructor in
criminal law Mt the university which no
stion he still holds. Since 1894 no has
been editor of "The Early Laws of Massa-
chusetts, which aro in course of publica-
ton ut the office of the secretary of the
commonwealth.
But in spite of his hard work in legal
lines Mr. Darling has found leisure to de-
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-10-10

GUST Oscar III. She has gone to Sweden s
capital armed with bundles of documentary
evidence and backed by n formidable array
OF legal talent, and she is prepared to stay
thoro until she can persuade the Swedish
people to help her swap her bonnet for II
crown, her hotel room for palace
And, mind you, Miss Whites ambition
does not spring from an unsound mind.
Sho is n bright, intelligent American wo-
man, and actually has good grounds for
her claim. She alleges and is prepared to
prove, she says. that she is n lncnl deccnd-
ant of Swoden's most popular king, Gus
tavus Adolphus, whose direct descendant,
Gustnvus ~, was doposed in 1909 because
no embroiled tho nation in too many for
oign wars. Miss White thinks that she
could give better sample of ruling than
her unfortunate ancestor.
Every Swcdo knows that King Oscar is
descended from tho Bernndotte family,
which three or four generations back was
not even noble ono, but If Oscar is hand
ioapped in the limo of ancestry he has the
advantage of Miss White In other respects.
In tho first place, he has possession, and
would probably hold on to his throne as
long us possible. Then, he is very pop
ulnr monarch. and Miss White, while her
claim has been discussed to some extent in
the Swedish papers, is personally I'M
known. She cannot even speak the Swed-
ish language yet, but sho is rapidly mas
tering 1t. She is also studying Swedish
literature and social conditions and takes
great interest in tho peasants There is
party In Sweden today which looks for
the re-ostAblishment of the ancient success
sion, and If Miss White can secure its
members as her allies she may have a
chance.
For the last two generations ut least
Miss Whites family have resided in demo-
cratic Indian Territory. Her brothers are
piano manufacturers, and are wealthy.
Miss White is in her thirty second year, is
highly educated, refined, and, needless to
shy, ambitious.