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TWO ENGAGEMENTS ANNOUNCED:
NOTES AND PER SONAL MENTION.

day. Supper followed by music and games.
were the features of the evening. Those
who were present included:
Mesdames--
Fred Henner. Caroline Bircher.
Henry McByrde, Cowen.
Phil Tisch- George Schldroth.
macher.
Lena Bircher. Rowena Schildroth.
Amelia Bircher, Laura Nemmfch
Ora Tisch- of Poplar Bluff, N
macher.
INFORMAL MUSICALE.
Miss Marie Ffnnegan of Page boulevard
entertained friends on Tuesday evening in
a very enjoyable manner. Some music Sc
lections were rendered by the Misses Marie
Glennon. Katherine Ffnnegan and Mr.. Gro
yer Baker. Among those present were:
Misses
Margaret Dunn. Lottie Mooney.
Agnes Larkin, katherine Finnegan
Marie Glennon. Josephine Ffnnesan
Messieurs-
Robert Glapnon. Grover Baker
Jack O'Connor. Will Mooney,
Will Ferguson. Tom Ffnnegan.
Joe Kelly.
MISS GLOoE ENTERTAINs.
On Tuesday evening Miss Ethel Glooe en-
tertained friends in honor Of her birthday.
Those present were as follows:
Misses
Bertha Wolf. Adele Coffin.
Clara Wolf. Elenore Meyer
Kate Doerirg. Florence Claudy
Mamie kehoe, Jesse 'Claudy.
Emma Scnmert- Mrs F. Meyer.
mann.
SARATOGA CLUB DANCE.
Mr.. Robert Huss entertained the Sara
toga Club boys and their girl friends Mon
day evening with dance at his home, No.
2211 Newstead avenue. Some Of those who
enjoyed the evening were:
Misses
Estelle Belts. Minnie Gerkey.
Lu RAIDER, Maud GtlcriSt,
Mae Parker, Mae Kicker,
Laura Kicker, Dot Bahret.
Nell Weber, Mrs. Lewis Wassnus.
MeSSieurS-
Edward Niehaus. George Goodwin.
Allan Kleinschmidt. Walter Conaway,
Claude RAIDER, Andrew Chapman,
Gus Bahret, Lewis Wassnus.
ENTEETAINS AT CARDS.
Miss Sloan OF Lucky street entertained
with card party last evening. Among
those who enjoyed the pleasures of the
evening were:
Misses
Rose Sloan. Margaret Stone,
May Newman May Goldman,
Anna Caldwell. Tessie Palmore.
Messieurs-
Roy Dolman, Will Stone.
Jos. Foster, Charles Graves,
ThoS Halloran. Louis Palmore.
PERSONAL MENTION.
General Jacob Smith and Mrs. Smith,
Miss Virginia Thomson, Miss Holmes
Thomson. Mr.. L. W. Post, all of st. Louis.
were saloon passengers on the Dominion
Liner New England, which sailed from
Boston Saturday for the Mediterranean.
Mrs. H. ". Moffatt and son Of tine West
End Hotel departed last week Cor an ex-
tended trip through Florida.
Mrs. Fred Lowe of Girard. Ill. Is visiting
Mrs. J. ]. Gross. Jr.. Of the West End
Hotel.
Mrs. Max Haas Of the Usona Hotel is
entertaining her brother Morris Strouse, OF
Glasgow Mo-, this week.
Miss Gussie Thorn has returned home
after a pleasant visit to New York.
Miss Butterfield of Pennington, Mo-, is
the guest of Miss Josephine Clardy.
The r. r. Circle was entertained on
Wednesday by Miss Elsie Metzger at her
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SURPRISE EUCHRE PARTY.

A surprise euchre was given on Tuesday
evening to Mr.. p Grass. No. 1850 Lincoln
avenue, in honor Of his birthday. The
prizes were awarded to Miss Lulu Grass
Mrs. D. A. Lynn, Mrs. F. Peach. Mr.. Wes-
ley Kettler, Mr.. Paul Uskwich. and Mr..
William Kettler. A repast followed the
game.
The guests included:
Messieurs and Mesdames-
George Z. Predock, William Kettler,
d. A Lynn, H. n. Eckermann,
l. II. Eel, p. Grass.
h. Peach,
Misses
Lula Grass, Maude GraA
Kate Peach, Addie Grass,
Tillie Grass, Topsy Grass
Lucille Zeil.
Messieurs-
John Lynn, Raymond Grass,
Roland p. Ecker Milton d, Ecker.
mann, mann,
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CIRCULATION DURING FEBRUARY:

W. B. Carr. Business Manager Of The St Louis Re-
public being duly that the actual number Of
full and complete copies OF the Daily and Sunday Re-
public printed during the month of February, 1903, all in
regular editions, per schedule below:
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MISS KACFMANN'S PARTY

Miss Ella Kaufman OF No. 1914 South
Broadway entertained friends on her nine
teenth birthday Sunday. Games. recita-
tons and music We're the programme. One
OF the features was comedy scketch by
Louis Goldman and Jack Silvermann, and
vocal solo by Miss Nettie Shuartzberg
Later came a dainty repast and dancing
Among those present were:
Misses
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MISS KJyHs ENTERTAINs


Miss Adele Kuhs entertained friends on
Monday evening. Music and dancing were
followed by supper. The guests were:
Misses
Addie Foerstd, Julia Schaefer,
Mayme Seibel, Martha Boeck
Martha Selma Malinda Kumpf.
deback.
Masieurs-
George Fox. Phillip Seibel,
Conraq SeiDel. Charles Obert
Ajax Schnaedle- Oscar Boeck,
back. Walter KesSting.
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BIRTHDAY DEMONSTRATIONS

oIfe1ifDzHK
A surprise party was given last Saturday
evening to Miss Bertha Metz OF No. 2S31
South Eighteenth street, in honor of her
birthday. A very enjoyable evening was
spent by all present, among whom were:
Messieurs and Mesdames-
Herman Nahr, William Metz,
Misses
Clara Ernst, Dorothy Roemer,
Nora Ernst, Dora Knoche
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And said W. B. Carr further says that the number
OF copies returned and unsod during the month
of February sSs per cent
". B. CARR
Sworn and subscribed before this 18th day Of
February, 1905.
J. F. PARISH.
Notary Public. City Of Ct Louis Mo
My term expires April 25. 1905
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"one 10 OF lie poemA
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MISS GLooE ENTERTAINs.

On Tuesday evening Miss Ethel Glooe en-
tertained friends in honor Of her birthday.
Those present were as follows:
Misses
Bertha Wolf. Adele Coffin
Clara Wolf. Elenore Meyer,
Kate Doering. Florence Claudy.
Mamie KehoA Jesse Claudy.
Emma Scnmert- Mrs. F. Meyer.
mann.
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UDGE not; the workings Of his brain
And Of his heart thou canst not see;
What looks to thy dim eyes a stain,
In Gods pure light may only be
A scar brought from some well-won field
Where thou wouIdst only faint and yield.
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INFANT SONS ANNIvERsARY.

INFANT BUNS ANNIVERSARY.
pleasant surprise party was given to
Mr. and Mrs. John Bircher on Wednesday
evening. In honor Of their infant sons birth
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The r. r. Circle was entertained @
Wednesday by Miss Elsie Metzger at he
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SARATOGA CLUB DANCE.

Mr.. Robert Huss entertained the Sara
toga Club boys and their girl friends Mon
day evening with dance at his home, No.
3211 Newstead avenue. Some Of those who
enjoyed the evening were:
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INFORMAL MUSICALE.

Miss Marie Ffnnegan of Page boulevard
entertained friends on Tuesday evening in
very enjoyable manner. Some music Sc
lections were rendered by the Misses Marie
Glennon. Katherine Ffnnegan and Mr.. Gro
yer Baker. Among those present were:
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Fannie C1ibermaEn.
Flossy Spellmann.
Jessie Blumberg.
Clara Smith,
Rosa Shwartzmann,
Nettie Shuartzberg,
Lena Gladstone.
Nettie Kaufman,
Messieurs--
Louis Unger.
Bert Broude,
Sam Smith.
Joe Silvermann,
Ben Girshen.
Max Shuartzberg.
Richard Harviile.
Jack Silvermann.
Max Toben.
Messieurs and Mesdam'
Saul Greenberg.
Norris Silvermann,
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His Father a Traveller.

A bright little fellow OF seven years
old greatly amused his teacher at Sun
day school last Sunday. His father is
the travelling secretary of missionary
society. the headquarters of which has
been recently established in Washington.
The little fellow was full OF talk. and
told his teacher about a big fire that had
caused his fathers removal to Washing
ton. He had wanted 10 see the building
burn. but could not go out because he
had the whOoping cough. In talking
about his father. the little fellow said:
'Oh. he has been everywhere. He has
been to England. TO Germany. to France
to Italy. and Hawaii, and now he has
gone to the Virginia camp meeting. Papa
is great traveller" Just then the boy
looked W in wide-eyed wonder at the
unsuccessful effort OF his teacher to
keep from laughing. and realizing that
he had SAID something wrong. became
suddenly as silent as he had been Ioqua-
cious.
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upon returning from a fire in George
town, met in front OF the White House,
and a savage fight took place. On May
Day the companies stripped the hose
carriage of it's spool and went with It
into the woods early of a morning. A
load OF flowers was picked and the car
riage decked with them. Each man car
rying a wreath or bouquet, they would
return to Washington, drawing the car
riage after them. Companies We'd with
each other on the occasion of the fu-
neral OF one of their members. The
corpse would be laid on the hose car
riage and the machine draped IN black.
Often the leader Of the company, his
silver trumpet filled with flowers, would
march at the head OF the procession, his
men slowly pulling the hose carriage.
The Northern Liberties Company was
organized in 1910. and did duty until
1s4s, when, after year of political war
fare, II disbanded. This did not take
place until cannon had been brought
from the Navy Yard by one faction TO
a place near the Northern Liberties
Market. The mayor appealed to the
President. and the marines were or
dered out. The riot was quickly sup
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mum figures on the back of his machine
about five inches high. Any policeman
with good eyesight could have read the
figures half way up the Avenue. AS he
came steaming down the Avenue at the
rate OF speed allowed by the regula-
tions, with the lever to the limit. he
met another automobilist going in the
opposite direction. AS they were di-
rectly opposite one another the man
first referred TO turned his head and
looked at the rear end OF the automobile
passing TO see what the number was
In reality there was none, but the fellow
kept turning his head until he had
nearly twisted his neck off to discover
the figures, and presumably to see IL
they We're as large and snowy as his
own. Meanwhile he had not paid much
attention to steering, and barely es-
capped running plump into a garbage
wagon standing well out from the curb.
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was the Star, afterward known as the
Franklin and manned by the Alert Fire
Company.
Georgetown had a fire company much
earlier than Washington, her first asso-
citation being organized in 1879, while
Alexandria's company dated back to
1875 George Washington was a member
OF the Friendship Company of Alexan-
dria, and presented them with their first
machine.
AS early as 1913 Union and in 1895
Perseverance Fire Companies were Or
ganized. The former had Its headquar-
ters at Nineteenth and H Streets until
1852, when they removed to Twenty-hrst
Street and Pennsylvania Avenue. Per-
severance Company was established for
some years at Eighth Street and Penn
sylvania Avenue.
Several great fires at this time gave
the companies excellent opportunities
for service. December, 1886, the General
Postofflce, Patent Office and the Wash
ington Postoff1ce were destroyed by fire.
A messenger who slept In the building
was the first to discover the fire, and,
leaning out the window he sprung a
rattle to call the watchman. Upon the
arrival OF the fire department the whole
east wing was a mass of flames. and de-
spite the efforts of the fire laddies the
POstofflce was completely burned and
the Patent Office suffered heavily from
the flames and water. In 1843 some
powder in the Navy Yard exploded and
set fire to the powder houses about.
Men were afraid to approach the burn
| ing magazines, but John F. Ticker and
John Goss, members of the Anacostia
Fire Company, forced a hose into the
buildings and put out the fire. March
IS. 1S45. the National Theater was
burned TO the ground. together with the
entire block extending from the corner
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volunteers usually had the best OF It
though the Government boys gave them
considerable trouble. The matter was
finally settled by an agreement that
when a Government building was afre
the Government Fire Department should
have charge, but that IN case Il was a
private house or store, the volunteers
would be in charge.
First Chief Engineer.
On November 20, 1862. John J. Peabody
was elected by the fremen and appoint
ed by the mayor chief engineer OF the
Volunteer Fire Department, in which
position he served until July 1, 1854. The
first large fire in which he had COM
mand was that in which Ford's Theater
was destroyed on December 80. 1862 He
was also present at the destruction OF
Thompson & Company's store on Penn
sylvania Avenue, and at the horrible
accident of the Arsenal in which seven
teen young girls lost their lives.
May 19. 1864, the board OF aldermen
and the common council. organized by
act the paid fire department There
were eight volunteer fire companies at
the time, Union, Franklin, Vigilance
Perseverance, Columbia, Northern Lib
critics, Western Hose. and Anacostia,
besides two hook and ladder companies.
| the Metropolitan and American. The
paid fire department. as organized, con-
sisted of three engine companies and
one truck, which was known also as the
Metropolitan The companies were num-
| bered one, two, and three. Each com
pany consisted of three men, an engi-
neer, a fireman. and a hostler, who re-
mained in the engine house all the time,
besides six call men" who were to
answer the tap OF bell. Two regular
men. a tillerman and a hostler, be-
sides seven call men" made up the
truck company. The hand engines had
been replaced by steam engines of the
Amoskeag type, the first of which ar
rived in Washington. January 81, 1865.
Organized and Enlarged.
The department was enlarged in 1870
and the No. Company added. In the
following year the name of the depart
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itect OF the Capitol Building; Nicholas
Voss and Griffith Coombs were chosen
for this duty.
Organization Period.
The First ward company was organ
lied August II. 1904, at Western Market
Afterward its name was changed to
that Of the Union Fire Company. Later
in the month Hoban called a meeting at
Rhodes Hotel and in September the
Union Fire Company was organized
there. The roster was very large for
those early days. Good fortune did not
attend the company, however, member
after member fell away or associated
with other companies and the company
was very shortly in depleted condition.
Citizens of the Fourth fire ward, in a
meeting held at Stills Tavern, organized
the Columbia Fire Company of Capitol
Hill, the first company that began its
life with a distinctive name. It's head
quarters in those days were on the spot
occupied today by Greenough's famous
statue of Washington, facing the east
front of the Capitol. The English troops
destroyed the records of this company
when they fired the city in 1914. 1t seems
passing strange that the records of a
fire company should be destroyed by
fire. The company was not dishearten-
ed by its loss; in fact, 1t remained IN
existence until 1864, when the regular
fire department was organized
There is no record of the Third fire
ward company beyond the fact that IT
was organized between September q
and December 10. 1904. 1t Is certain,
however. that the company stored it's
apparatus on Virginia Avenue between
Sixth and Seventh Streets southeast,
and afterward at Ninth and L Streets
southeast, where it remained until 1864.
Life of the Companies.
One of the two engines purchased
after the destruction OF the two Treas
ury engines by the Englishmen in 1914
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Too Rigid a Test.

Several of the officers Of the District
National Guard were at quarters the
other evening, smoking and swapping
stories. when one Of them pulled from
his pocket a clipping from a paper and
read the account of an incident connect
ed with the recruiting service in France.
1t appeared from the story that re-
cruiting officer was confronted with an
uncouth specimen of the bourgeois who
wished 10 enlist. He had passed the
physical examination and seemed to
possess all the requirement of a reg
ular." He was. however, extremely ugly,
and the French officer, after looking at
him for a moment, rejected him on that
account. Colonel Bell sauntered in and
heard the last Of the reading. What do
you think of that?" said the reader. "All
I've got TO say" quietly remarked Colo
mel Bell, 'is that II that rule applied
here we should not have any National
Guard and no officers except the com
manding general and the colonel" At
ter the laugh had subsided the boys all
went down stairs and had a glass of
beer on the corporal who had intro
duced the customs of the French army
10 them.
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How to Avoid Cancer.

IF you wish to avoid tobacco cancer
do not smoke fast was the injunction
given by a Washington physician COM
ing up the river on an excursion steam
er the other evening. He said it had
been ascertained that the form of can
Ger which affiicts the mouths of smokers
Is caused by irritation from the heat of
the cigar or pipe stem. This physician
thought the nicotine had little or moth
ing to do with it, He said those who
have cancer as the result of smoking
are invariably those who smoke much.
and particularly those who smoke fast,
heating the tongue and the lips by the
pine stem or the stub OF the cigar In
fact he said IL was mostly the cigar and
cigarette smokers who are afflicted with
these malignant growths.
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to buy a piece OF the chocolate, as this
is not a free lunch counter"
Il don't know about that" said the
girl. willing to continue the converse
ton There are women around this
counter all day. and they never buy
anything either. AS two of them were
chatting together here yesterday over
heard one of them say:
Nonsense. my dear; don't be fool
ish. OF course. you needn't buy any
thing unless you want to. Why, I wan
der around this store and others when I
am down town, and sample whatever
they have. In that way l get a very
substantial lunch. and il don't cost me
a cent. Come on, let's go over there TO
that other counter and get some OF that
new cereal they are offering TO a hungry
public.
This was a new one on the young men.
1t was the first intimation they had
that women had caught on to the free
lunch habit.
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TALES OF THE TOWN GATHERED HERE AND THERE = =

A the close OF the last school year
n some amusing answers were
found in the examination papers
OF the school grades. and one Of the
teachers selected few Of them for her
scrap book. These questions were IN
geography and history. In reply 10 the
question. What is latitude and longi-
tude?" one bright girl answered that the
terms were used TO describe peculiar
spots on the sea. Another pupil said the
United States was bounded by England
and the Atlantic Ocean. One said a
volcano was a mountain which has a
vast amount Of lather, which is hot and
sometimes flows down and burns vii
lages. Another wrote: "A volcano is a
hill with smoke rising from the top"
The best of all was a paper written in a
rugged. smeared hand, scarcely Iegible.
as follows: "A volcano is Montin with
solper and a mess of Iron end led. Right
smart OF a time after. in a few years,
they gets hot and busts the Montin, doin
a lot Of damuge to to cuntry. They burns
whole vinurds and the pepul take TO the
woods tn get out OF the way" A little
girl said Cleveland was big city on the
Ohio River. and was noted for being the
home OF Senator Hanna. In the history
class in the same school developed two
good answers to questions. One of them
was: Describe the principal summer
feast OF the Indians" One answer was
that the savages met in summer for
their feast at the "ripening OF green
corn" Another in this class said the
battle Of Monterey was where General
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Bargains in Pipes.

These are the bargain days for pipes
in most Of the tobacco shops OF Wash
ington. The signs may be seen in the
windows. and some of them are offered
wonderfully cheap considering the quail
ity- A dealer who was asked to explain
why the dull season in dog days" was
the time 10 sell pipes. meditated a min
ute or so. and then said IT was probably
because the dealers wanted to clear out
the old stock and make room for new
goods and new styles for the fall trade.
He suggested that men going away on
their vacations usually take a supply
of pipes rather than cigars. There seems
to be a sort OF unwritten law that a
man in the woods or at the seashore
must smoke pipe. and the dealers have
found out that by Offering bargains they
can catch this class of trade in July.
AugusS and early September. The
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Odd Coupon on
Belgian Stamps

q ABBATH observance in Belgium is
optional. especially in regard to
the delivery Of letters. Postage
stamps have a tiny coupon at the bot
tom. on which is the legend, engraved
both in French and Dutch:
Not 10 be delivered on Sunday"
If the sender OF the letter is a person
of strong religious views. who believes
in observing the Sabbath in every form.
he permits the coupon TO remain at
tached 10 the stamp. and the letter
which might be delivered on Sunday does
not go out of the receiving office until
tho following day. IT, on the other hand
the sender OF the letter has no such
scruples, he tears of the coupon, and the
letter is delivered on Sunday. the same
as on any other day. A fine is imposed
on the carrier for violating the instruc-
tions OF the coupon.
This coupon s an innovation even in
Belgium. one OF the most progressive
countries in the Postal Union, and has
been I'm use less than two years, accord
ing 10 the foreign mail clerks in the city
pc5toflce. 1t was the direct result Of
Sabbath agitation in Belgium. The postal
authorities were about 10 yield TO the
outcry against the Sunday delivery Of
letters when the Socialist party made a
violent protest in the chamber Of depu-
ties.
So persistent were the Socialists IN
the outcry against what they considered
was the violation OF the principles OF in
dividual liberty that the postal authori-
ties decided to try the coupon plan as 4
compromise hoping that would appeasc
both sides. Il is satisfactory only in
measure. however.
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Washington by the Government Septem-
Der Is, 1852. II had been brought here
from Fortress Monroe, where 1t had been
loaned by the Hibernia Fire Company
OF Philadelphia. TO protect the Govern
ment at that point. when It was threat
ened by the gunboat Merrimac. This en-
gine with two others. the General Meigs
and the General Rucker, formed FIRE
department for the protection OF the
Government departments. They were
called the Government Fire Department.
and were under the control OF Quarter
Master General Meigs. with William
Dickson as chief engineer.
There was constant trouble between
the volunteers and the regulars. The