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La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1905-09-15
bURLA-bURLANDO
varias cosas sobre transfer
mismo, transformistas y
transformaciones
BROMAS Y vERAS
BROMAS Y vERAS
Los imitadores de La Presa.
Transformlstas politl-
COS. -Otro genero.

Dssde que esta La Presa en- San
Juan solo SO habla de trsnsformismo,
transformistss = trsnsformac.ones.
Como 90 este bsndito pals somos
dados & imitsr todas las cosas, NADIA
do extrafio tiene que La Presa sal
gan en Puerto Rico multitud de imi.
tadores entusiastas.
Sc de algunos que estao hacienda
estudios y ejercicios para dedicarse
exclusivamente a tan diticil srte.
Me consts de un modo muy posi-.
two que ALA en- el fondo de sus hoga-
res conssituysn la mas amena divsr-
sion para sus respectivas familias y
amigos fuumos, con sus eaprichosas
mutaciones.
Tan pronto SO despoiAn de los
srreos masculinos, comp se engala-
nan con los stavfos femeniles; ys Sc
ponen 10 chambra de 10 mama; ~ se
alderman con un delantal de Ia coci.
nera; ora 80 deifgarsn Ia cara con
postizos de crepe, 6 blen SO disfrazan
dc osbro suelto. En- fin, qua son teatro
dc continues sainetss aquellas pac1f.
cas- casas de fam .lis.
Entire elios no falta uno que olro
con 10 noble emul acion de ser mi tico
sdem&s do transform,sta-lo mlsmo
gus La Presa-y como quierea hAcsr
csrrera pronto, juzEando sl violin IN
instrumsnto muy didcil opt4n por
aprender 10 sinfonfs, el bonn bardino 8
el oontrabajo que son mucho ma fAcl-
les, con 10 cual adquieren nuevos co.
noeimisntos y atormentsn los vecinos
{ fusrxa do cont nuas desah aaclones
acdsticas.
Ahora b.en; con perd6n dc La
Press, 20 creo que hay aquf tran'for-
mtstas polisicos tan busnos. como e. iy
ouidsdo si meiores
Tienen unos c0upLets. Ia oanci6n
dol Nancy, que dicen con muchfsima
grscia, disfrsz ados de camaleones y
do apgailas
CsmbiAn de conviGciones CON rapi-
dsz portentoss: ah IRA son unionistas;
{ los cineo minutes, rspublicanos; a
los dies ssgundos, aocislistas; q los
tres segundos, ,independientes, y en- uns
csntesims de seq undo, gubernamenta.
les.
Ofrscsn 10 ventaia de traba ar On
cualquier escsnario, sin biomoos, nj
disfraces, nj pslusss, nj barbAs, con
10 cara bien limpia, por 10 que el pd-
blico les motsi . con sl lex ore,ivo nom.
bre de cArilimpios.
En- I'm, son unos admirAbles trans
formistas, y tan generoso', que NADIA
piden al pdblico porque asista q aus
sspect&culos.
Basta con que los subrencionsn con
I'M empleillo mas 9 menos iugoso.
Existsn asfmtsmo trsnsformistss
asabados entire 10 gents que llegs 4
sstas playss desde las costas de 10
America del Norte.
Cambian de profession con una Ii.
geresa fsnomenal.
En- el breve espasio de slgunas
horaa desempefian 80 los mas variados
ofcios y ocupaciones; son csrr,teros,
iueces, funAmbulos, pollcfas, iaspecto-
res dc ensefl ANA primaria, vendedores
de baratiias, paatores proteitantes y
empleados de admInistraci6n.
Digo ustedes que en- esto de
transformiamo, ,transformistss y trans.
formaciones, Puerto Rico es una YER
dadera especialidsd.
Pruebalo el prop'o pals.
Antes era una comarca hAbitable.
J de Ia noche & Ia man ana sc ha con
vert!do en- una ola de grillos.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1905-09-15

Hermano Eduardo F. S. C. Director.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1905-09-15
ECOS De PARIS
La gran capital francesa
convertida en- un famos0
sitio de bah0s.
i,AGUAS MEDICINALES?
La totografia considerable co.
mo arte bello por los trl-
bunales pdrlsienses.

iParis, lugar de temporada de
sguay medlcinales! Habfs estado es-
ts question durante largo tempo So
bre el tapete, y al fin hs yenido a ser
un hecho hsrA cosa Ga seis semsnas.
va la gente empieza q arribar para
tomar las aguas, como 10 han hscho
af1o tras aIio, dirigiendose & AK 6 q
Vlchy.
Pues es el case que de improviso,
han deacub.erto los <doctoress ma
nantiales curativos en- Chantllly y en-
Versailles, que Sc sgregan ahora los
dc Ens hien, conocidos vsntsjosamen
to de larga fecha, por sus magnffcas
virtudes termales.
Todss las mansnas llegan trenes
atestados de esgantes bebedores de
aguas medtcinales 6 de gente ansiosa
de disfrutsr aire fresco, que se dirigen
al psrque del <Gran Condo, 8 81 otro
debido q Luis XIV.
Ell ndmero de franceses que Iha
lido & Paris este afio para som sterse
& las virtudes curativas de esar aguas,
SO estima en- so, 600; y va hs quedado
establecids la moda entire las pefso-
nalidades mas p-ominentes de los
cfrculos parisienaes FL duqus y la
duquesa do Fezensac, salen de Paris
todas las maflanas para continuar su
ourac!en en- las aguas de Versailles;
el conde y la condssa Aymery dc Ia
Rochetocsuld, se b N instalado en-
Enghien, en- tanto que el vlzconde y
la vizcondssa d'Harcourt pasan Ia
tempora en Chanttlly y sus umbrosos
alrededores.
Por las nochss, las coustel aciones
que brillau on ess nuevo capricho dc
Ia mods, hacsn el <rsndezvous, On los
brillsntss salones dc mi iica.
Paris sera muy pronto ell primer
lugar de temporada de sglas medici-
males del mundo.
w.
En- los tribun sles parisienses Rca.
ba dc ser declarada la fotogrsfla I'm
arte bsllo y que por 10 tanto debe exis.
tir un privileglo contra las reproduc-
clones. Monsieur. .Nadar es el como.
edo fot6grafo de Paris que hsce to.
dos los retratos de las c,leoridades y
de las bellezas profesionsles. Un Pc
ri6dico frances reproduio de un rega-
two de Nadar, el retrato de una eele.
bridad musical, El director de dicho
peri6dico So negaba q a,csder q las
rsclamaciones del fotografo que le
exigfa le pagara por la publication
del mencionado retrato, pueito qua el
neg ativo era de 81 propiedad.
Llevada Ia question a los trIbuna-
les, sostenia el abogA ado del periods.
to, que Ia fotografia no podia ser
considerable como an arts bello y que
por tanto 9! autor de un negative no
podia alegar privilegio alguno, tanto
mAs cusnto que ell caso no estaba
previsto en- la Ley de Privilegios fran.
cesa de 1898, (cuando ain no sxissfa
10 f3tografis, nj lsmpoco en- la en-
mieLda introducida en- 1902.
FL Tribunal, no OBJ tante, decide
que en- ell caso de uu fot6gr.fo que ha.
ce el retrato de una celebrldad, hay
que poner d contribution cierta dosis
de talerto personal para realizac 81
tsabaio.
FL per'odista fu6 condsnado a una
multa por danos y periuiclos.
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lez, q quien del en- 81 buena opinion
y fama
6.-v. SALvADORA RAMIREZ.
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lay fewer eggs than In the east, due to tho
scarcity of vegetation and the foods that
birds thrive on. Young birds keep their
parents busy supplying them with food
The labor of feeding begins at sunrise and
continues until after sunset. The tireless
industry of the older bros is wonderful.
The meals of nestlings often average every
three minutes. and at first the nestlings
consume more than their weight of food
each day, making a daily gain in weight
of 20 to so per cent. They appear to con-
sist of little else than mouth and stomach
A young robin will eat sixty earth worms
in a day and hold his mouth open for more,
while a jaypiro will eat half million of
caterpillars in a single season
The White House grounds are so full Of
fancy trees of the close kind that birds are
naturally attracted there. Some of the
trees have been brought from various parts
of the world, and their design is to fur
nish luxurant foliage and dark shade. The
majority of the smaller trees have wide
spreading branches beginning at the bot
tom, near the ground and grow gradually
shorter as they ascend, tapering to appoint
at the top. The birds do not want better
homes than in these trees. Those that like
large trees find what they want also.
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days was George Mason. A most remark
able man was George Mason. His concep-
ton of the authority Of the citizens to
control the government and that the gov
eminent existed only by their will and
consent was thorough and complete. His
warning as to the exercise Of undelegated
powers by either Congress or the Presi-
dent was truly prophetic. He desired to
erect republic whose strength at the CEN
ter was only great enough to carry out the
object for which 1t was created while the
crea tor the states themselves, should be
left undisturbed in the exercise of all pow
ers not specified having been relin-
pushed. He had a full appreciation that
the safety of the states was indeed the
safety Of the Union. He was the cham
pion of the states and of the people His
signature as one of the delegates from
Virginia was not attached to the Constr
tuition as 1t came from the hands Of Its
trainers in 1887 only because in his opin-
ion that instrument did not completely
guard the safety of the states"
The first American Mason was George
Mason great-grandfather of George Mason
of Gunston Hall. He a commander of
a troop of horse at the battle of Worcester,
where he fought for the standard of the
house of Stuart. After that battle he es-
capped to America He was accompanied by
younger brother. William Mason, who
died near Norfolk. George Mason tlSt) SET
tied at Accokeek Va. The Mason family
were originally of Warwicksh hire and there
are Mason memorials in the Church of the
Holy Trinity at Stratford-on-Avon. But
Col. George Mason QsD was not a War
wickshire man, but a Staffordshre man.
There is a record of his father having been
interested in the London Company in 1909,
which company promoted the settlement of
Virginia One of Masons fellow-refugees
was another royaiist Col. Gerard Fowke a
son of Roger Fowke of Brewood Hall and
Gunston, a hamlet in Staffordshire. The
original Gunston Hall was standing when 1t
was visited by James M Mason in 1868. At
that time 1T was owned by the Clifford fam
iIy-the same Clifford family who We're roy
alsts with Mason and Fowke and who
owned Boscobel, near Gunston, where
Charles II lay in concealment after Wor-
cester.
Miss Rowland says: The first mention
of George Mason, founder of the Virginia
family, that occurs in the colonial records is
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in patent Of land obtained by him in
March, 1866, said land being due unto the
said Geo. Mason by and for the transporta-
ton of eighteen persons into this colony.
The names of these eighteen persons Called
head-rights) are not given, and 1t Is not
known, therefore, whether they included
any of Col. Mason's family. This tract of
800 acres, fifty acres for each person
brought over at Col. Masons expense, was
in Northumberland county that part of
Northumberland which became Westmore-
land county"
Old documents show that some of Col
Masons neighbors were Col. Gerard Fowke
John Leare Sir Thomas Lunsford Capt
Giles Brent and John Washington. Col
Mason Is mentioned in connection with
Giles Brent's charges of treason and MUIR
der against Wahanganoche, king of the
Potomac Indians. In 1875 Col. Mason was
associated with Lieut.. Col. John Washing
ton and Mai Isaac Allerton in the Indian
campaigns in that year in Maryland and
Virginia. He was burgess in the Virginia
assembly of 1876 (Bacon's assembly, dur
ing the incumbency of the royal Gov.
Berkeley.
Col Mason GsU died about 1886 His will
was long on file in Stafford court house
but was destroyed about 1862 1t is thought
by troops. George Mason (2d) did not live
at Accokeek, but on D0gue Neck, some
where near the present ruins of Belvoir the
home of the FairfaXes. That part of Vir-
ginia was then the northern frontier. Ma
son (2d) was Potomac ranger, and in 1889
became sheriff of Stafford county. In 1854
he sold the old house at Accokeek to Robert
Wright, but reserved the family burylng
ground This place came into possession
of Nathaniel Hedgeman in 1907, and re-
manned in that family for $50 years. In
1896 he bought of William Sherwood LOO
acres in Dogue Neck Cater the Fairfax
Belvoir property and 200 acres near Little
Hunting creek. that later became a part of
the Mount Vernon estate. In 1904 he bought
the land on which Occoquan village now
stands. In 1714, with James Hereford he
bought 2,244 acres about where Accotink
village now is.
Col. Mason was married to Mary Fowke,
daughter of Gerard Fowke f2d) of Charles
county, Md. At her death he was married
to Elizabeth Waugh, daughter of the Rev.
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nestles at the foot of a hill. The ROAD
which hitherto led close to the castle mas
been diverted, and now passes some nun
dred yards farther away. To make TINS
new road ii has been necessary TO bullo
two bridges over the river Eden, when
winds through the estate
Round the castle maSonS and carpenters
are building picturesque model Elilage,
toned to harmonic with the gray old walls
of the castle. A bridge built across the
moat joins the new buildings with the OLD.
But the most gigantic part OF the Work Is
the making of lake where formerly green
meadows stretc ned This lake will cover an
area of nearly fifty acres, and VIII be SIX
teen feet in depth.
In its present topsy-turvy state the es-
tate suggests Chaplain Junction for every
where run railway lines, and fussy little
engines sport up and down. Each day 100
truck loads of soil are carried away 10
make bed for the great lake. Round the
outer edge of the estate runs me deer
fence, and a pond is being dug. High up
on the hill model farm has been built.
with every modern and most perfect APP
pliance. Close behind the castle an ltal-
ian garden is being laid out. surrounded by
high walls, with many inches ana stoiie
brackets for statues.
The utmost rigour is observed to Keep the
public from entering the estate ana from
taking photographs of the building as II
rises. Workmen have been discharged at
a moments notice who have tried TO snap
shot the operations. Only Few days ago
a Well-known member of the peerage mo-
tored over for the purpose of taking snap
shot or two of the place. No allowance
was made for the distinguished visitor ne
had to depart empty handed
Mr.. Astor himself takes the keenest In
terest In his great project, and Is con-
stantly down at Hever watching the work
ing of the miracle. Hever Castle is OF
great antiquity, and was built by Sit VIII
liam Hevre in the reign of Edward III. III
was here that Henry VIII domiciled Anne
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BIRDS AND SQUIRRELS IN :.
THE WHITE HOUSE GROUNDS

turned around to walk away the squirrel
dashed upon his back and bit him num-
Der of times, hopping out of danger when
1t had wreaked its vengeance.
The rehabilitation of the White House
a great satisfaction to the sparrow
down there was no place around that insti-
tuition where the sparrow could find IDEAL
spots for making a home and bringing on
the young. OF course the trees and shrub
berry furnished the usual places but Mr.
and Mrs. Sparrow like to get in out-of-the-
way spots around house. With the tear
ing down of the conservatory and the cree
ton of a long terrace the east and
the west sides of the White House there
were planted ivy vines which have gradu-
ally covered the lower portions. On the
balconies of the terraces there are put out
each spring imported bay trees, setting in
large boxes The sparrows revel in the
dark ivy and in the closely punched foliage
OF the bay trees. In the latter they have
strong rivals in the robins. At intervals
White House employees take buckets of wa
ter and a small spraying machine and go
over the bay trees to clean them and pro-
tect them from insects. II is then that
they find the nests, sometimes with eggs
and again with young birds.
Within fifty feet of one of the north win
dows of the Presidents personal office and
cabinet room is a pretty little pine of the
spruce series. 1t is within five feet of the
visitors reach the executive offices each
day. The tree is eight feet tall and of the
thick foliage spruce variety. large at the
bottom and pointed at the top. In the top
limbs is the nest of a pair of robins, anc
they have already raised one brood. The
policemen in the grounds we'll as others,
have watched the old birds come and go.
They know the nest and have inspected 1T
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solid features. The White House robin
does not depart from his species elsewhere
in point Of nest building. He mixes some.
clay with sprigs and other material he
uses and the result is the most solid nest
of birdkind, able to withstand storms and
severe weather Most of the time the nests
are in the juncture of a goodsiZed limb
with the main body of small tree, thus
giving still further solidity and preventing
swaying and tossing with heavy winds.
Robins find an abundant food supply in
the splendid grounds of the American Pres
idents. The frequent sprnkling of the
grass encourages the earth worm to stay
near the top of the ground, and that is
just what the robin wants. If there is any
bird that can catch the disappearing end
of an earth worm and pull out the entire
body quicker than robin ornithoogists
have failed to find it. In the springtime,
before other worms and insects begin to
make their appearance, the earth worm is
favorite food with the robin. Later on
caterpilars, locusts, grasshoppers, crickets,
beetles, spiders and snails make up the
daily bill of fare. interspersed with rasp-
berries. blueberries, cherries and straw
berries which are also fed 20 the neStlingS.
The old birds like berries and fruits, and
in this way they DO damage to horticulture.
being on par with catblrds and wax
wings. The catbird is about the most de-
structive of all birds to horticulture. 1t
can put more cherries out of business in a
tree than any other known cause and can
. make Strawberries. raspberries and similar
fruit get off the bushes in hurry. The
White House grounds, though, are with
out horticultural settings and consequently
| the robin and catbird have nothing to fear
| as a result of depredations they might be
| guilty of under other circumstances
About the meanest of all the White Lot
| birds is the purple grackle or crow black
bird He Is quarrelsome chap walking
around with a chip on his shoulder at all
| times. His pompous, military walk and
| mean little eye show the type of fellow he
5, is. If he Is carefully watched at the foun-
I tains in the White House grounds or in
! Lafayette Square 1t will be seen that when
| he steps up to get drink of water from
| a small pool all other birds stand at re-
| spectful distance until he gets away, which
| he does only after he has taken his own
time II some other bird starts toward a
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The birds and squirrels of the White
House grounds have never been as numer-
Gus as this year. They have apparently
never been as happy. Robin red breast,
crow blackbird, flicker. red-headed wood
pccker sparrow, redbird, catbird, bluebird
and crow all mingle together in the shady
grounds. assuage their thirst and get their
baths in the same fountains Undisturbed
and unmolested except by Il stray cat or a
playful dog they grow so tame that the
robin red breasts sometimes hop along the
walks just a few feet in advance of states
men ana others who pass through the
grounds on their way to ana from the exec
utive offices. The robins build in the orna-
mental bay trees that adorn the terraces
on the east and west sides of the main
building and the sparrows quarrel and fight
within a few feet of the Presidents win
dows One hundred feet from the south
windows that afford such a pretty view
from the Presidents own office a pair of
fiickers are rearing a brood Of young ones
I'm the hollow of the dead limb OF an oak
tree
Squirrels are of comparatively recent date
in the White House grounds. They first
began making their homes there four or
five years ago. Across Pennsylvania ave-
nue. in Lafayette Park the squirrels have
become so tame that they Will get within
grasping distance. The same Is true of the
Capitol grounds. where the little animals
are often fed by visitors and where they
have learned to be angry il a visitor does
not present them with something that Is
appetizng. Only last summer visitor was
badly bitten on the neck, ears and face
by an angry gray squirrel in the Capitol
grounds. This visitor had leased the squir-
rel by pretending to have some food. and
had then tried to capture 1t. When he
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that the farmer makes serious mistake
in not making a friend of this class of
birds Because there are few highway
men and robbers in the world mankind gen
orally cannot be accused of being in this
line of business, and SO it is with the owls
and hawks. So long as the most of them
can get rats and mice in the fields and
around homes and barns they will not
bother chickens.
DR.. A. K. Fisher, assistant ornithologist
of the Department Of Agriculture, says that
owl will destroy more rats and mice
In house or barn than a dozen cats His
investiga tons have shown that the owl and
hawk live on little else. This is determined
by the pellets of indigestible matter dis
species that will not retain all they eat.
The composition of the pellets of large
number of barn owls that roost in the tow
er of the Smithsonian Institution show that
the food Is composed almost wholly of
MICE rats and insects. The feathers Of an
owl are so soft and his movements so easy
that he never makes noise when swoop-
ing down on his prey, and rats never escape
him.
There are several pairs Of fish crows in
the White House trees They are smaller
than the ordinary crow and build in the
larger parks of Washington Ihey are
big thieves like all their kindred, and orni-
biologists who have watched them have
found them early in the morning stealing
food out Of the garbage cans In the back
yards and back alleys. That Is really the
way most of them live, but they alight in
the executive mansion grounds and parks
and hunt for food in the usual way They
are often seen a short distance from the
offices of the President and only fly up into
the high trees when pedestrian a car
rage comes near them. There Is a nest
of these birds In the northeast corner of the
grounds, and one in the northwest corner,
and they are heard cawing from many di-
rections throughout the day. The White
House policemen say they can tell when 1t
will rain by the cawing Of these crows.
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PALACE OF MARvELS.
Astor Making en- English Fairyland at
a Colossal Cost.

From the London Mirror.
Amazing wonders are being wrought by
Mr.. William Waldorf Aston, the American
millionaire and naturalized British subject
upon the historic Hever estate in Kent
which he recently purchased. The artistic
owner is spending money with lavish
hand In beautifying the s:Npanse of 2,ooo
acres that spread around the old moated
castle Though the cost of the undertake
Ing is probably not definitely known to Mr..
Astor himself, the popular estimate is that
a million and quarter pounds will be ex-
pended upon the improvements during the
next two years.
There is no buster area in industrial Eng
land today About thousand men OF all
trades have taken up their residence In
the neighborhood. Yesterday the Daily
Mirror paid visit to the place, which
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Two Troubles.

From the Philadelphia Press
Now, old man." said the candid friend.
''the trouble with you is that you don't
know what's good for you. and
'.The trouble with you," interrupted tho
other lis that you re forever imagining
that your advice is good for me-.
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The birds in the Presidential grounds are
SO we'll cared for that they rear two to
three broods each year. and there are from
three to five birds In brood. Ornitholo-
gists know that the better the food that Is
gotten by birds the larger number of eggs
they lay. In the west and southwest birds