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The Washington times., 1906-08-10
NEWS NOTES AND GOSSIP
AMONG THE POLITICIANS

George S. Lotus. of Minnesota, prom
inaut through his fights with the rail
roe DIS against unfair rates and discrim-
nation, has announced himself as a can
didate for the first vacancy on the Inter
state Commission. Only a few days agJ
ne refused TO be a candidate Tor the
railroad and warehouse commission Cl
Minnesota.
Politicians were surprised when AIr.
LOTUS slguifed his intention o. becom-
ing a candidate for the Interstate Com
merce COMMISSION. It Is now learned
that his appointment is favored by Sena-
tor la Toilette, of Wisconsin; I. p.
Bacon, chairman Of the interstate com
mcrce law convention. and eX-Gov.
Samuel r. Van SAINT.
Mr.. LOTUS was a railroad man six
teen years and has spent seven in the
grain business.
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.FRENCHHAN HUNTING
AN AMERICAN HEIRESS

NEW YORK. Aug. 10-A modest
Freuchman has inserted a personal IN
a New York morning newspaper when
may suggest TO any young American
woman laborlng under surplus OF
unearnAd increment and a dearth OF
Imagination a way 10 dispose Of her
self and her dollars.
The personal. couchad in French, an
nounces that the writer viii marry a
Young American millionairess, beautiful,
bieblv educated and artistic. who VIII
pledge herself TO devote not Only her
fortune but her life 10 grea- work
will make for the glory of the two
republics and have a decisive hearing
on the future of civilization
ANY woman who feels inclined to
grasp this singular opportunity should
do so at once, as she is advised the ad-
vertisement will not be renewed. She
is requested to address herself to B. o.
L. D., post restante- bureau ", Paris.
and the fitness of the initials will be
proved without delay.
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Chance for All to We'd
Purpose of This Club
St Louis Organization Determined to Rid
Missouri City of All Its Bachelors and
Maid Will Give First Picnic.

ST. LOUIS. Aug. 10.-The Matrimonial
Club IS % give a picnic al Maple Grove
next Saturday Object: AIatrimOny.
The purpose OF the club IS best set
forth IN a public circular. which says,
IN part
MANY young men OF the West fnd,
having grown tired o. their single bless
edness, and resolved 10 better their con-
duon Il they can. have organized a
club. 10 be known as the Matrimonial
Club. whose object is 10 give a series
Of matrimonial picnics and balls, 70
bring the unmarried element Of st. Louis
together in d congenial ana friendly
gathering.
I'VE realize that there are thousands
OF good young ladies and gentlemen in
this city who would be only too glad 70
get married and settle down II they
could find suitable partners.
we feel that If this vast army Of
young people can be brought together
with the right spirit, IL VIII offer excel
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DESPERATE BATTLE
FOUGHT IN A STORM
Frank Ball, the Kentucky Desperate
Captured by Two Posses, Militia and
Assembled Mountaineers.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. Aug 10.-After
a desperate battle Lasting more than
an hour. Frank Ball, the Kentucky
desperate, hoisted the white flag from
his fort in Rose Hill. Va. and the two
posses of sherids, with one company
OF militia and a citizens posse Of more
than 100 ueE. closed in on the bandit
and made MIN a prisoner. Ball viii be
taken 10 the Kentucky penitentiary this
morning for safe keeping.
He is wanted for the murder of Jack
Bolen, a AIiddlesborough barber. whom
he shot down on the street several
months age
He was arrested and placed in jail
in Richmond. KY, but two months ago
he engineered a jail delivery
For more than an hour during q hard
storm the battle ragged. John Lee, one
of Balls men. was killed. and others
of his band badly wounded. None of
the attacking party was seriously hurt.
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was sworn in as Congressman. Mr..
Pollard drew salary not only from the
date of his actual qualification and
assumption OF the Office but also for a
period Of some months during which in
fact the district had no Congressman.
Senator BuTketJ, IL is explained. re-
signed the seat in the House some time
after he was elecJe5 Senator. but be-
fore Pollard was elected TO the House.
Thus there was an interval during
which nobody earned The salary Of Con-
gresham. bUt Mr.. Pollard. rather than
let this good money go to waste, is
charged with collecting It all when he
began drawing salary. II is stated the
amount was about $3.50. and the issue
has been exploited vigorously out in
Nebraska. The Democrats declare they
Will defeat Pollard with IT. The dis
tTiCt is the one formerly represented
By William Jennings Bryan.
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lent opportunities 10 relieve the city OF
its cougested condition Of unmarried
men and women.
The servant girl problem, the factory
girl. the dearth Of marriages. etc, are
questions that interest everybody. every
day we see sur sisters entering the
workshop and required 20 do work in
tended for men. instead OF being per-
United 20 remain al home 20 beautify the
household Tor tAe sJ.Unger sex and add
90 the sunshine and happiness Of our
Ives, for whichever hearts crave.
We believe that the best remedy for
all Of these H. is % place the girls IN
their Own homes. where they really be-
long. and we believe this result can be
accomplished better bv bringing them
together with definite object
"Our first attempt % get the willing
ones together Will ue August II, and We
want every unmarried person that hears
u il 90 Je there, wearing their best
smiles as well as their best clothes. We
want to see what - on the market; in
fact, we want To see and be seen"
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TIMES GLORY.

Times glory is 10 calm contendins
kings,
10 unmask falsehood. and bring truth
20 lisht:
To stamp the seal OF time in aged
things.
To wake the morn. and sentinel the
night,
To wrong the wronger tin he render
right:
To Tuinato proud buildings with the
hours,
And smear with dust their glittering
golden towers.
To III with worm holes stately monu-
mentS,
To feed Oblivion with decay OF things
To blot old books. and alter their con.
tents.
To pluck the quilts from ancient raw.
ems wings.
To dry the old oaks sap, and cherish
springs.
To spoil antiquities Of hammered steel.
And turn the giddy round Of fortunes
wheel.
To show the beldame daughters Of her
daughter.
To make the child a man. the man a
child,
To slay the tiger that doth live by
slaughter
To tame the unicorn and the lion wild.
To mock the subtle. in themselves be-
guiled;
To cheer the piowman with increased
crops,
To waste huge stones with little water
drops. William Shakespeare.
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elimination of Romance
Which Had It's ORR
gin in Siam.

Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander T. Hensey. OF
Columbia road. are spending the hfsl
two weeks &C August at Lake PLACID
with Mrs. A. p. Britton. Of this city
They will return here a few days before
the wedding Of their cousin, Miss Edith
Lawyer. daughter Of the late DR.. w T.
Lawyer. of this city. 10 Montgomery
Schuyler. consul general and secretary
Of the legation Of the United states al
Bucharest. RoUmania.
The wedding will take place on August
p !n the home Of the Henseys. Miss
Katherine Reed. cousin or the bride VIII
act as maid OF honor. and Robert Liv-
ingston Schuyler will be best man for
his brother. Bishop Cameron Mann, Of
North Dakota, cousin Of the bride
groom, will perform the ceremony. I'm
mediateIy after the wedding Mr.. Schuy-
Ter Will leave with his bride for his new
post Of duty. Mr.. Schuyler and Miss
Lawyer net in Siam a few years ago.
when she was travelling abroad and he
was acting as consul general and sec
rotary Of legation From Siam he was
transferred 10 Roumania
Accompanied by a party Of friends. H
Bernard Wharton. of Clifton Forge. Va,
and Miss Ellen CabeH Burgess. OF
Rideeway, Va, came 10 Washington
yesterday morning and at 1870 o'clock
were married ~ the Rev. DR. J. b. SIC
Laughlln, al tie Iatters Office in the
Columbia building. Soon after the cere-
mony the couple returned 10 Clifton
Forge.
Mr.. and Mrs. samuel A Gaskins have
as their guests Mr. and Mrs Eugene
Faith, OF Hancock. nd. who are spend
ing a part OF their honeymoon here.
Mrs. Robert Burns. OF St Paul. who
has been the guest Of the widow Of her
brother. Major Robert Fitzhugh Tai
man, In this city. has gone 20 Geneva,
y. Y, for the remainder OF this month.
Mrs Susanna Oldberg has cards out
for a morning musicale tomorrow at II
O'Clock, when Miss Grace Hazard. OF
the Babes ia Toyland" company. viii
give a program Of songs.
An interesting family reunion was
held al the residence Of Ms Cora j.
Brandt. z79 r street southwest, last
evening, IN honor Of her mother. Mrs-
Eliza J. lie Dane who is now her
guest There was a tasteful decoration
Of ferns and cut flowers throughout the
house Vocal and instrumental music
were features Of the evenings entertain
ment Miss Marguerite Berger giving
several piano solos. Dinner was served
at clock.
In the part 70 meet Mrs. lie Dane
were Mr.. and Mrs. William b Moore
and family OF Harpers Fer y; Mr.. and
Mrs william Riley and family. OF ROa-
uOke, Va; the Rev. j. Harold H0lliuger
and Mrs HolliLger, OF Brooklyn. y Y;
Mrs. H.. Samuel Swope and sons, of
Gettysburg, Pa; Mrs. Sara .. lie Dane,
of Baltimore Nd; Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
lie Dane Mr.. and Mrs j. W. lie
DaEe, Mrs. Cora J. Brandt and family
Mrs Margaret lie Dane. Mrs. Annie
Berger. AIrs Elizabeth Smith, Mrs.
Irene Baker. Miss Marguerite Berger,
Miss Agnes Berger, and Miss Mabel lie
Dane.
Mrs T. c. yelling and her daughter.
Miss Nellie yelling. are entertaining a
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The Case of Mr.. Littlefield.

Who is Charles E. Littlefeld of
Maine, that the powers of the Re-
publican party should be exerted TO
the uttermost to save him from the
vengeance of organized labor?
1t is the commonest knowledge in
Washington that he is an uncompro-
missing opponent of labor legisla-
ton. On the House Judiciary Com
mittee he has been against every
suggestion Of larger responsibility
for the employer, wider privilege or
expanded opportunity for the en-
ploye. He is a fine example of the
thorough-going Tory. He is for
things as they are. With all the
world worrying its head about how
TO better social and economic con-
ditions. he Is one OF the cheerful
few who, though given eyes, refuse
to see that anything is wrong. He
spoke and voted against the railroad
rate bill.
Mr.. Littlefeld is not an important
or useful man for any party rea-
sons; indeed, he has been in dis
tinctly bad odor with the party
managers until very recently.
But having been made the object
of the special opposition Of organ
lied labor, Mr.. LittlefeId suddenly
is discovered 10 be peculiarly impor
taut. Speaker Cannon and Secre-
tary Taft are TO be rushed into his
district to save him. The most spec
tacular and significant contest in
any single district in the country
has been made such because of the
determined purpose TO cheat labor
of its revenge against one who has
been its consistent enemy.
Speaker Cannon and Secretary
Taft are especially unfortunate In
their records on labor questions.
Than these twain it would be hard
10 find champions less calculated to
mollify labor, or more likely TO get
the party into the attitude of open
antagonism to the whole labor in
terest. Indeed, the campaign man
ayers are acting as though they
were willing to accept frankly the
championship of the David NJ. Parry
movement.
William LOrimer and James r.
Mann of Illinois, Joseph w. Babcock
Of Wisconsin, John Fletcher Lacey
of Iowa, and plenty of other Con-
gressmen who have far better
records Of party usefulness, are in
just as much danger Of defeat as is
Mr.. Littlefeld. 1t would be mighty
good politics 10 devote some atten-
ton to them. and not quite so much
to the special enemy of labor.
It would also be good business for
Chairman Sherman's committee to
study up on some recent history Of
the labor movement in English poll
ties; 90 figure out how many seats
of parliament Il won in the late cleo
tons; 10 calculate what would hap
pen to the Republican party in 1908
if the tremendous labor vote il poll
ed in 1896 and 1900 and 1904 should
go TO Mr.. Bryan.
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THOUGHT LIGHTNING BOLT
WAS TIE ROUND, FULL MOON

WINSTED, Conn. Aug. ia bolt of
lightning struck and made a hole in the
roof of George Grey's house IN Water
town. Right underneath. in her room.
was a servant girl. who had not been
very long IN the country.
She heard the crash and saw bolt
Of fire rolling along her room, which
caused her TO eXclaim:
'sVbat a country this is. where the
full moon comes in through the roof %
The girl was not alarmed and kept on
with her toilet as If nothing had hap
Dened.
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RAIN CHECKS FOR BUNS
AND ALL CAME BACK

Speaking Of the things 10 eat ard
drink at the National League games in
Philadelphia yesterday. Charley Dryden
says:
Cooler weather rendered the pastime
more ecstatic than usual. The departure
OF the overheated Cardinals, followed by
o. shower. put humidity on the blink.
Many of the spectators came in on rain
checks. and later RECALLED their vitals
with rain-eheck sandwiches trescoed
with homeless mustard. After the storm
Wednesday evening Mr. B. Knapp found
himself with a stock Of disappointed
buns. he gave each bun a rain check.
and they an came back 10 play a return
original. Mr. S Payne is also desery-
ing Of special mention. He combed the
Schuvlkill water in the cooler, and the
substance 81 80 not so tllch as usual.
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Fairfax Names Delegates.

Fairfax county, Va, Republicans, in
mass convention. named n delegation
TO the Congressional convention in Alex
andrIa Tuesday next. when candidate
VIII be nominated against Congressman
john + Rixey. The delegates are r.
S L. Bouton. J. c. De PUtron, J. J..
Sangster. Edward Walton. c. J. Mob
Ter. Edward Bradley, +. NJ Brooks. 4.
r. FarT, J. NJ ThorLe, i. l.. Howard.
2. j.. Jones. ard r r. Wilkinson. II
is expected that ]. B. Henderson will
be given the nomination for Congress.
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Misses Mills at Newport:
LonGWoTthS Are Expected

OF the British embassy stan are leav-
ing Lenox today for ten days visit
to Bristol. r. Z
NJ. Basil Won Kroupensky. chancellor
Of the Russian embassy. sailed from
Southampton Tuesday on his way 10
this country.
Miss Helen Cannon. daughter OF the
Speaker. who is now az the Mt. Wash
ington, Breton Woods. for an Indefinite
stay. always finds a host Of friends to
welcome her wherever she goes. and
in company with Mrs. Hobart, Mr.. and
Mrs. Garrett A. Hobart. jT., and Dr.
Blake White. of New York. is enjoying
automOblling 10 various points OF inter-
est IN those parts OF the White Noun
tains accessible from her hotel.
Mrs. z. II. Davis had as guests at her
tea yesterday afternoon at Bar Harbor.
Nine. Hauge, Miss Patten. Mrs. Frank
Ellis. Mrs. Harriet Blaine Beale and
others.
Major General Gillespie, L. s. A, re-
tired. and Mrs. Gillespie. who are now
In Bad-Homburg. recently gave
breakfast at the Hotel augusta in hon
or OF Bishop Satterlee. OF Washington.
and Mrs and Miss Satterlee. Those In
vited to meet the bishop were Mrs. Nc
Clellan. Miss Ware. Mrs. Ellzins. Mrs.
KnickerbOcker. Mr.. and Mrs. George
Wurts. Mr. and Mrs. Couch Stuart. Gen
eraI and Mrs Griffin. Mrs. Daniel Man,
ming Mrs. Beach, Grant. Mrs. Wyeth.
General and Mrs Warren. Mrs Stell-
Wag. Mrs W. NJ. Bliss Count and Count
SIS Won Zeppelin. Mrs. Hinckley. Mrs
Masou-CampbeI. Miss Thomas. Rev.
Mr. Seaton and Mrs Seatons Mrs. Horn
er. Mr.. AclSland, and Mr.. Birmingham.
Miss Maud Fair left Washington We'd
nesday for Los Angeles. Cal. where she
Will be the guest Of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
erick W. Carlyle, for seven or eight
months.
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A Channel for Trade.

A report submitted to the District
Commissioner yesterday by board
of subordinates reveals a very inter
esting chapter in the story of Wash
ington's undeyeloped trade oppor-
tunities. The subject-matter is the
wharf frontage of the District OF
Columbia. By the showing there
made the Government is owner in
fee of all the river bank now avail
able for shipping use, a considerable
frontage which might be available
is hdrawn because Of uncertainty
of title, and a survey is in progress
preliminary to the drawing of plans
for buildings. docks. and structures
TO serve as the water gate to the
Capital
It would seem as though the au-
thorities would give special atten-
ton to establishing the title to
ground as important as this. The
wharves yielded last year only S17,-
24e, and several leases were refused
because of the present uncertainty
as to ownership. We're that cloud
10 be removed and the extremely
valuable wharf rights along the
Anacostia river to become available,
it is beyond any question that the
returns 10 the District Golfers would
be many times greater than S17,246-
But direct revenue for the District
government is the least considera-
ton involved. Nnlers, woodwork
ers, lumber dealers, and boat build
ers are all kept away from the river
because they cannot obtain wharf
privileges at any price. This means
not only that those tradesmen lose
profits which might easily be theirs
and that their businesses are ham
pered in development, but that hun
dreds of worlmen are denied en-
ployment and the whole city depriv-
ed of the extra income represented
in their wages.
The situation is still less favor
able to local trade than that. As a
first step toward the elimination of
the malodorous and dangerous
James Greek canal a sewer is being
built along its east bank. When
that work is finished. a dyke must
be built along the river front and
the canal filed. All of which can
hardly be accomplished in less than
two years, and not likely then. But
in the meanwhile some Of the few
leases which the District has been
able TO make are Withdrawn, leav-
ing a great capital like Washington
about as well equipped for river
trade as the somewhat smaller and
less important community of Fred
ericksburg. Va.
If the Americans who have their
places of business in the District of
Columbia would like TO learn what
can be done with the Potomac river
for the extension of their own oper-
ations. let them study the recent
history of Birmingham, which built
a ship canal TO the heart of Eng
land; of Antwerp, which is spending
millions on wharves to keep its
present shipping and get more; of
Bremen. which draws an income
from thousands of tons of cargo
every day up a river so shallow that
when the tide is out large vessels
have the greatest difficulty 10 keep
clear OF the mud.
Work of the same sort, perhaps
of the same proportions, waits to be
done for Washington, with a prom
ise of large rewards. 1t is work
which the Board of Trade and Bust
ness Mems Association should have
undertaken years ago. Is it too
much to hope that it may now have
the attention of those bodies and
the new association of jobbers and
shippers?
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Pollard Renominated

Congressman +. Vt. Pollard Of the
First Nebraska district was renOminat-
ed at Lincoln yesterday, after q long
fight Mr. Pollard has served only one
.tern. He succeeded AIr. Burkett when
that gentleman was promoted from
House 20 Senate.
Il has been charged that after he
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LEGAL NOTICE GIVEN
FOR OIL CASE TRIAL

ST. LOUIS, Aug. lo.-Clay Pierce. aft
er lodging process servers IN the oil
hearings so often postponed here. has
finally been served with two summonses
70 give his deposition in suits pending
in the circuit court One OF the process
servers caught Pierce coming out OF his
back gate and served him. The second
process server overlook him with the
papers on street car
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MAFRIAGE LICENSES.

John II. Scribner and Margaret
Payne.
Willard Smith and Edith Wilson,
both OF BerWyn, Md.
Edward Shaw and Emma Hawley-
George T. West and Elizabeth
SDriggs. both Of Cherry Dale. Va.
William Finley and Catherine John
son.
Robert W. Bryan. stanton, Va. and
Ida Y. Nieley, Longdate, Va
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/ The guests are Miss Ethel l.. Carberrv.
OF Washington, ID. c.; Miss Ethel Es-
s. Brown, OF Baltimore, Nd Edv ard
! r ROby. OF Chicago. aud Charles II.
Nicodemus. Of Charleston. 5. C.
Alr. and Mrs. James 4. McHugh. OF
! Brookland. D. C.. had az their guests
/ the past week thu Misses Hanna and
! Ella Sullivan Of st. Louis, 40. They
J LEFT Washington Yesterday for Phila-
I delphia and New York 20 visit friends
there.
J. Calm OLaughlin, whose recent
( illness and confinement ar the George
Washington Hospital caused his friends
much anxiety. has left the city. ac-
cOmpanied by Mrs. O'LaughliB. and viii
spend q day OF two at Atlantic City.
From there be viii go 10 New York.
then Boston, and finally 10 some re-
/ sort on the coast Of Maine. The jour
ney viii be made by easy stages on
account or the weakened condition of
! Mr.. O.Laughlln.
DT. and Mrs. William II. AbercTOn1b bic
arrived IN Washington last evening from
Bar Harbor where they spent the early
part OF the season, and for a few days
viii make their home at StOneIeigh
Court, where they spent last winter
David " Ross. purchasing agent for
the Pan ANA canal, left Washington
last evening for Chicago. where be win
join Mrs r IS and their son. Their
home when. ia Washington is at Stone
I. leigh Court
General and Mrs Cragic. who spent
the early part OF the season at Bar Har-
boz and other resorts. are again in
Washington for a few weeks.
Mrs. J. Z. Burtt announces the mar
rage Of her daughter, NetIie. 20 Dr.
William T Sims. wednesday. August
S. Dr. ord Mrs. Sims win be at home
after the first week in September. at
ia , street southwest.
The Rev Henry Mason Baum has
gone 10 jamestown. +. l.. for short
visit.
= David A. Brodie and Miss Elizabeth
II. Potts, both OF this city, were mar
rled Wednesday morning AZ the on
taIio by the Rev. Joseph Dawson, OF
Calvary II. T. Church. only Il few in
innate friends were present AT. and
Mrs BrOdie viii spend September at
The seash7re and among friends and
relatives in Virginia Their future home
VIII be Ia Washington.
The Misses Chipley. Of so3 B street
northeast. are spending some time at
Hotel Edgswood, Pen Mar, Pa.
T
Airs. Jerome FFanc and son. Henry
franc have -etUrned 20 heir home IN
L-
and MS n Stern, OF Willard street
Nose Elseman left town this week 10
spend some time at Atlantic City
Mrs 3. DryfOos and Edna Drvfoos
are spending the summer at Atlantic
City.
Mrs. Sydney II. Reizenstein, Of the
Dupont. has joined her sister, AIRS.
IsidOr Saks. az the Homestead, Hot
Springs. Va.
Miss Miriam Ash who has been the
guest of Miss laura Behren1. of Rhode
Island avenue. has returned 10 her home
I'm Baltimore. No
Felix Well of New York city. who
snent some time ia this city, has re-
turned 20 his home.
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis E Stein are in
Atlantic City for a two weeks vaca-
uon.
Mrs Louis NeWmver has returned
from an enjoyable trip 10 Atlantic City.
Miss Rena Garner. Of Newport News.
IS visiting her grandmother. Mrs "
Peyser. OF L street.
Edgar Behrend. Of Rhode Island ave-
nue.. left this week for Atlantic City.
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Presidents Daughter Wis
tied Resort on Several
Occasions Before.

The arrival OF Miss Beatrice Mills and
Miss Gladys Mills. daughters of Mr.
and Mrs. Ogden Mills. at Newport last
evening strengthens the impression that
Representative and Mrs. Nicholas Long
worth intend 10 make a short visit at
that resort Before her marriage. Mrs
LongwOrth more than once visited the
Mills at Newport, and was always ex-
tensively entertained. These two girls
helped TO enliven things at the Newport
Casino yesterday evening. appearing IN
white lawn fr0cks trimmed with Val
enciennes Lace with which they wore
white sailor hats. Countess Gherardesca.
wife OF the one-time sttache Of the
Italian embassy here. wore a gown OF
white organdy Powered delicately IN
pink. and made up with lace. while her
hat Of white straw was covered with
roses.
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SChuUIeT-LaWDeT Wedding
To Take Place August Y

small house party at"Cllfton," their coun-
try residence IN Anne Arundel county.
The guests are Miss Ethel l.. Carberry.
OF Washington, ID. c., Miss Ethel Es-
telle Roby, OF POmfret MI; Clifton
s. Brown, Of Baltimore, Nd: Edward
r. ROby. OF Chicago. aud Charles II
Nicodemus. Of Charleston, 5. G.