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The Washington times., 1906-04-15

less perchance paragraph for the
society column But her marriage IS
the last suitable thing recorded OF
her. George Howard Elder mas the
son of Robert North Elder. OF Rob
inswood. in the Green Spring Valley
And to the homestead the newly
married couple retired. -RobinswOod
in the Green Spring Valley" Could
anything be more suggestive of
youth. and love. anG romance than
that? Could anything speak more
convincingly of a Darby and Joan
existence? Why one can fairly hear
the turtle doves cooling through that
name,
Unfortunately the doves did not
COO for long. For a while all went
merry as the traditional marriage
bell. They kept up their social posi-
ton. surrounded themselves with
friends, and entertained frequently.
RobinswoOd. in the Green Spring
Valley, became a rallying place for
the younger set. II was such a de-
lightful place TO visit. Invitations
TO young Mrs. Elders week ends"
came to be priced beyond most Sud-
denly like a bolt from a clear sky
came the news that the couple had
separated. Few knew the reason and
those few held their tongues. Con-
sequently people smiled and said
the one to the other, Lovers quar-
rel: 1t was too perfect too last: but
it'll all blow over soon: young
folks. you know" But when the
news came that George Elder had
actually instituted divorce proceed
ings, the smiles faded, and the mat
ter was a nire days wonder. There
was not a great deal OF gossip about
It. Nobody knew anything. or even
guessed anything. and gossip has to
have something-not much. but some
little thing-to build on A little
later Mr. Elder was quietly granted
his decree, on what proved to be his
death bed For a few days after
ward he slipped out of a world which
To him had been a world Of disillu-
sionment.
The Washington times., 1906-04-15
Made Substantial Marriage.

And Anita MacTavish enjoyed the
position 10 its uttermost for two
golden years. Then, very suitably.
she married il is eminently suit
able" for Baltimore girl to marry.
or at least announce her engage
ment. during her second season. 1t
shows nc undue and foolish haste,
The Washington times., 1906-04-15
An AriStocratic Beauty

Anita MacTavish is descended
from one of the oldest families OF
Baltimore. Her father was the late
Francis Osborne MaeTayish, a
descendant of the CAROLS of Car
rollton and the famous family of
Cations. OF whom the even more
famous Cation sisters married into
the English nobility at a time
when such an alliance was of more
moment than it is today. Miss
MacTavish was noted for her
beauty even in Baltimore, which
is famous for its beautiful women.
The Washington times., 1906-04-15

INETEEN years ago pamphlet
m entitled AN International
Language" by DR.. Esperanto,
was published in Europe The
name OF the author was assumed. the
pamphlet being written and published
BY DR.. Zamenhof, a young Russian
physician II marked. however. the
debut Of the most practicable iuterna-
tional language that has ever been
acknowledgements
Its success. at first, was small In
fact. ten years passed before the pos
sibTity OF its success began 20 be
reaIiz ID by it's inventor Then II at
Jracted attention In Russia France
England aud Germany took Il up In
,apid succession and row the Ian
ruage that was practically unknown
A dozen wears ago has following OF
more than FIVE hundred thousand. ana
fully half of these can converse In
Esperanto most duently. Its use In
Internal tional commerce is already
large.
The eass with which Esperanto may
he acquired is responsible FOR its sud
den leap into prominence Its entire
grammar can be learned in an hour.
when YOU couple with this the Tact
that the complete vocabulary OF E-s-
peranto conGtins only about tWo thou-
sand words. Il large part q Hhtch are
L,,nvn in advance 10 all educated pec-
uie Of all nationalitieS. the growth 81
The new language becomes less re
markable II seems almost thstt II
si.guid have more followers. anc. IN
deed il would have II the promoters
Cf Fsperanto had not had swo great
difiguItieS 10 overcome
The Washington times., 1906-04-15
BaItmore's Smart Set Is BusiIy Engaged in
Discussing the CASE Of Anita Mac Tav-
ish Whose Recent Marriage TO Edwin L.
OuarIes Has Thrown an Altogether New
Light on Her Marital Troubles With Her
First Two Husbands. % ~ "

n IT T is TO be hoped" said a
Baltimore woman to an
a other Baltimore woman
n the other day, that
Anita MacTavish will
stay married this time. She's got this
man now whom sne apparently
wanted all along, the man who is
credited with being at the bottom OF
her two divorces, and l hope she's
satisfied"
We'll. It's three times and out.
you know--or IL ought 10 be-" re-
piled the other Baltimore woman,
laughing.
Thus did two OF her fcrmer ac-
The Washington times., 1906-04-15

And everyone who wore these en-
blerts became friends immed-ate-F-
The ease with which strange con
versed was almost incredible Meetings
were held. plays We're given. addresses
were ieivered-aN IN Esperanto ne
new language was put 10 The most eN-
and copviucfngiy. The convention prov
ed hevoud doubt that Esperanto - not
only the easiest language IN the Whole
void. hut also the most p-acucaeie-
But now for a further description OF
this language which Is making sucn
giant strides.
II has been truly characterized as
the most flexible. simple. and fache IN
sJrumeut for the expression of human
though. and emotion yet invented. It's
whole g-ammar can be learned In an
hour.
can he acquired that has caused some
opposition toward IT.
A friend Of the EmPeror-hlng or Aus
tria said that he abhorred Esperanto
because "Scound eIly ana chists. with
grammar and a dictionary. could i'm half
n dozen lessons acquire sufficient or the
lacuage to be able 10 commuuicate with
each other all over the world.
This - me man, ufar- IS an am nsss-4fier
ana q great nbiIoloqfst calls Esperanto
n "thieves' ianguaSe. and SAYS =
should be supp esscd as n peril to the
maintenance OF Law and order IN Eu-
ro.e. He admits. however that me ease
2 new factor into the relations OF states
and nat.onslities-
Principles Of Esperanto.
A hrief description Of the haSic prin-
cirleS of Esperanto will explain 90 the
reader how IL j. possible 10 learn the
f,ng,'a9e So rapidly BY an iugenio's
hut easily comprehensive system 81 pre-
hxes and suffixes it's inventor has 50
sirnpltfcd K that an ordinarily well edI-
rItcd mar cen use 81 in spoken OF writ
len form quite fuently in q few weeks.
Its words are unchanEeabie- they %
not exist in different states of grammau-
cal tuficNiDa.
Dr Za-rerhef selected from the Greek.
latin. Gern'an. Russian and Enshsh
laucna yes the roots OF words. The Sh ff-
end ur0nuncia ton OF these root words
never vaTv. To them is edded such pre-
tiSes or afiNcs Ss are necessary 10 eN-
press the different shades Of meaning
The root words are. so Tor IS posi-
ble chosen 5v reason Of their existence
IN si1sil~- forp IN Ell the commercial
lansifaees in use Thus an educ7fefl
E,ngIishman knows several hundred
ESreranto root words without study II
also he Knows Latin. French SnaniSh-
or German. he knows many more.
A man can get along in any tongue
fairly w"U with 2 so or so word vocal hl-
larry. and the average mans voca btllary
Is not over 900 words. One thousand
Fs~erarto words is 4 task Of only 2
short tire There 80 onlv 2.pa0 root
wcrd~ IN the entire Esperanto scheme
T s-+sfepl is carried ~ such On *
tent - Z. OWN. to the highly =ynthet hie
efru ire ~ the Iangua %. Dr. Zancn-
ncrs r.orrHtiona5 vccabuIorv. with the
aid ~ which apvo7e can ro@f anvth'1e
in FSne-Nnt0. is a Tera leafiet- To can
10 cT-ried in n notebook or In the vest
pocket.
70 Exception to Rules.
In Fsreranto there aye few rules and
no rule has anv executions
There are twenty-eisht letters in rs
nerfuto. and each letter has its Own
sn1lrd- and no OF her E.A-nrr IInrd Is nro-
The Washington times., 1906-04-15
Lacked Money.

In the first place. they had no money
tn launch the idea. and secondly they
had % overcome the prejudice created
against the idea OF an srtii1cial language
nv he failure Of VolapUk. a predecessor
OF T. pcranto. in the field of Information
al Lang lages.
Notysithstanding these difficulties. Is
,aranta has grown and thrived. and ~
the Dresent revival Of interest IN the
new language continues il Will without
doubt be adopted as the real interna-
tional language of the lnternatlciiii AS
sociation of Academies at their next
meeting in 1905. The meaning of "Es-
peranto.' by the way. is hope
Books for the study Of Esperanto are
now prfnted i'm twenty-five different Ian
suages. and about twenty-five journals
are now published in the new medium
FsDerantist societies are found every
where. France has 1o6- England sixty,
Germany thirty-seven. and the United
States three. The societies IN TINS coun-
try. only recently started, are SroWlhs'
however and il will not be long be-
fore branches win be established IN all
the big cities At present. Boston. Phila-
deFphia ard New York are the only
cities boasting Esperanto societies
The greatest inpe0Gs Esperanto has
received took place last August at the
International convention OF Esperan-
sand delegates from twenty-five differ
e. edings We . car led tlsrCugh from
first to last without hitch The Fs-
perantiSt green nag and the EsDerantist
green star were every where in evidence.
The Washington times., 1906-04-15
Do ExceptiOn 70 Rules.

In ESPERANTO there are few rules and
no rule has anv executions
There are twentv-eisht letters in rs
Der-fnto. and each lef1cr has its own
The Washington times., 1906-04-15

all managed very quietly and decent
ly in his time. poor fellow"
Also poor KOfOed, That chance
meeting with Quarles at Hamburg
put an end TO his dream Of bliss
And now Mrs. Anita Carroll MacTav-
ish-E -Elder-Kofoed has become Mrs.
QuaTles. and added one more 70 the
list She was married during the
last week in March to Mr. Quarles,
the ceremony taking place in Lon
GOn- II is said that Mr. and Mrs
Quarles viii reside in Hamburg
where Mr.. Quarles represents the
Standard Oil Company. Perhaps II is
as well They would not be very
warmly welcomed in Baltimore or
Minneapolis By the time Mr.
Quarles' business arrangements bring
him home things will have been for
gotten a bit. Or perhaps by that time
Mrs. QuarIes viii be Mrs. Some
body Else" She seems to have de-
veloped a mania for collecting names
which Of course implies husbands.
Three in less than ten years is not
a bad record
Then again. perhaps Quarles real
" is her affinity, the one twin soul
in all the world. and all that sort ot
thing. and she will now be satisfied.
IF he WAS al the bottom Of both Cf
her divorces il rather looks that
way. And then again. as the Balti-
more woman said. It's three times
and out, you knew; or 1t ought to
be-
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-06-01
RMONT PHOENIX, BRATTLEBORO, FRIDAY, JUNE l. 1906

agriculture and dairying. A special teach
err will be engaged to give lessons in
basket making and other industrial arts.
Geraldine Ladabouche, s, daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Ladabouche OF Rut-
land, was drowned Friday in East creek
at that place. Her little playmate, Hen
rietta Miles, who had appeared on the
stage as child gymnast, was showing
Geraldine and the latter's little brother,
three years old, how to stand on their
hands. Geraldine. while attempting to
raise herself on her hands, lost her bal
ance and fell into about three feet Of
water. The current was swift and she
was carried down stream, soon disap-
pearing in deeper water The river was
dragged a long distance but the body
was not found until the following day,
when il was taken from a pool 100 rods
from where the girl fell into the water.
The nth annual meeting of the Con-
gregational convention of Vermont, to-
gether with the annual meeting of the
Vermont Domestic Missionary society will
be held with the Congregational church
of Woodstock Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday, June 10, 13 and IA. The pro-
gram contains many names prominent in
the denomination, among them being
President NJ. II. Buckham of the Univer-
sty of Vermont, Rev. Edward ID. Eaton.
d. D., of st. Johnsbury, until recently
president of Beloit college; Rev. Dr. c.
II. Merrill, secretary Of the Vermont
Domestic Missionary society. and Rev.
Dr. George w. Phillips Of Rutland.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-06-01
BRATTLEBORo LOCAL.
Work Of the Sunshine Society.

Branch One of the Brattleboro Sun
shine society held its annual meeting
last Friday, when the following officers
were elected: President, Mrs. John c.
Dewitt; vice president, Mrs. ]. E. Hail
secretary, Mrs A. S. Edwards; treasurer
Mrs. Albert w. Rockwell While the
branch has undertaken no large work
during the year. it has been very active
Forty-five people have been remembered
with gifts of flowers, and 10 with gifts Of
fruit. Two people have been presented
books of car tickets. A quantity of SOU
venir post cards was sent an invalid
collector in Gaysville, SIS has been sent
Mrs. Alden, the president-general of the
society, to aid in the work at the general
headquarters, New York city, besides
paying two weeks board for a blind
child at the Sunshine sanitarium at Ben
sonhurst-by- the-Sea, L. 1.
At Thanksgiving one needy family was
sent an entire dinner; another was given
a chicken, and another a half-barrel of
-four. At Christmas, beside other work
done by the branch, a blind member sent
knitted reins and balls and Christmas
cards to st Mary's." a school for noun
mates of the Brattleboro Memorial hos
pital were remembered with flowers at
Christmas. Five-dollar bank notes have
carried good cheer to four struggling
families and in February a box contain
ing clothing. reading matter groceries,
games, etc, was sent a Sunshine friend
in Beaver Dam, N. Y. Innumerable let
tiers of sympathy and coincidence have
been written, and many calls made upon
the sick and afflicted. Nearly $50 was
realized at the subscription whist party
recently given by the branch with which
ii will continue casting rays of sunshine
in darkened places.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-06-01
WILMINGTON.
Memorial Services.

On Sunday morning union services were
held at the Universalist church, Rev. A.
~ Blackboard preaching the memorial dis
course. His text was Judges 1921, And
they stood every man in his place round
about the camp; and all the host ran,
and cried and fled"
The central thought was loyalty-loyaI-
ty to country as shown by the soldiers
who enlisted in the service Of their coun-
try and battled for the right also loyalty
in the civil walks of life. Let us have
high ideals; let us endeavor 10 do some
thing for the betterment of the commun-
ity and for our country. The address
was listened to with the closest attention
and may well be classed as one of the best
sermons ever delivered on such an oc-
casion. Appropriate musical selections
were rendered by the choir Miss Faith
w. Kidder organist. Owing to the stormy
weather the attendance on the part of the
post and of the congregation was less
than II otherwise would have been.
on Tuesday afternoon patriotic ex-
ercises were held in the several schools
and were of a very interesting charac-
ter.
Wednesday the regular memorial SER
vices were carried out. The address at
Memorial hall by Rev. E. C. Slower, who
is the son Of a veteran, was spoken OF
in the highest terms. We were pleased
to note that he urged the proper observ-
ance of the day, that II should be a day
not given over to pastime and amuse-
ments He spoke of the grand uprising
of the people in 1861. their loyalty to the
old flag. their devotion to their country
The address was finely rendered and held
the closest attention of the large audi
ence from first to last.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-06-01
Mrs. Frederick LanaIIIe.

Mrs. Frederick Langille sc, died sud
o'clock Friday night at her home at "a
Highland street. She had been in i'll
health many years and for year she had
been seriously i'll with brights disease.
She was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia,
April IS, 1850. Her maiden name was
Agnes Annie Bishop and she was one of
IA children of John and Elizabeth CYates)
Bishop. She was married to Frederick
Langille in Nova Scotia July 81, 1871.
They came to Brattleboro IL years ago.
Mr.. Langille was a harness maker in
Nova Scotia, and he has continued in
that business in Brattleboro, being en-
ployed in H. r. Browns shop. The flu
neral was held at the house at o'clock
Monday, Rev. A. H. Webb. pastor of the
Methodist church. officiating. The burial
was in Prospect Hill cemetery. the bear
ers being Edmund Langille of Dummers-
ton Hill, Charles H. Langille of Hinsdale,
N. H., Arthur Hurwrey and w. H. Kin
son of Brattleboro. Besides her husband
Mrs. Langille leaves four children,
Charles, Arthur, Elizabeth and Bertha
Langille, all of Brattleboro two sisters,
Mrs. Henry Halter of Chelsea, Mass, and
Mrs. John Harris of East Boston, and
three brothers, Harry Bishop of Beverly,
Mass, George Bishop of Halifax, Nova
Scotia, and William Bishop of Amherst,
Nova Scotia. Mrs. Langille was a mem
Der of the Methodist church. She was
devoted to her home and family and bore
her Affections without complaint.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-06-01
NoRTHFIELD, MASS,

David Ball and family are moving from
the house on the corner of Main and
Maple streets to the Robert Field house
on Main street.
Rev. DR.. Scofeld, a former pastor of
the Congregational church, is expected
to speak here on Sunday morning at the
regular morning service.
Charles Preston sailed for Russia on
Tuesday, and his mother Mrs. Anna
Preston, left the following Friday for
Chicago, where she will spend the sum-
mer.
Albert Stratton, one of the oldest resi-
dents of the town, is quite i'll at his home
here. His son Ernest of Hinsdale re-
mains with him and he has a trained
nurse in attendance.
News has been received of the death
of Stillman Whitaker of Cambridge the
oldest grandchild of Rev. G. F. Piper
formerly of this town. The lad had
spent several summers here and had many
friends who will be panied to learn of
his death.
The Memorial exercises were carried
out according to the program of last
week In spite of the heavy rain of
Sunday a large congregation assembled
to listen to Rev. DIR. Pentecost, who was
at his best, and delivered one of the
most eloquent addresses on Patriotism
and Good Citizenship ever heard in
Mortified. On Wednesday the exercises
were held in the town hall and in addi-
ton to the orator of the day, Joseph
X. Green of Worcester, remarks were
made by Rev. Mr.. Wilson and e. r.
Howard of this town. The fine weather
brought many into the village.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-06-01
Mr.. Masseck's Address.
Lr. Masseck said in part

Mr.. Masseck said in part:
1 cannot refrain from expressing my
pleasure at the hearty and sympathetic
manner in which this community cele-
brates this occasion. Experience in
other communities and reports from
many places show that Brattleboro is eX-
ceptional, If not unique, in this respect
This is due in large measure to the
character of the men who went out from
this place to wear the blue very
large proportion of the able-bodied mem
bers of the town went forth. Some OF
these men have been among the most
prominent citizens during the past two
score wears In addition to these were
others equally patriotic, but not eligible
for enlistment. Others. like our most
honored townsman, Gov. Holbrook, whose
presence we miss upon this occasion, were
invaluable guides and councillors In all
civic matters, and served faithtuly ana
well in positions of great responsibility.
Nor may we forget the women, those
mothers and wives who sent forth thelr
husbands and sons, while they renamed
at home to bear trials and hardshlps,
anxieties and terrors. All these helpeu
create the strong spirit OF PATRIOTISM
which marks this community today
We are proud of the record made in the
war by the wearers of the blue, ana
proud of the spirit that animated them'
Mr. Masseck then contrasted this spirit
with those of other great military eA,
ploits, especially referring to Hannlpal
and Napoleon. We have no holiday to
commemorate the Mexican war, and IL
does not seem probable that we shan
have one to mark the acquisition OF the
Philippines. OF these records we are not
proud But far different are our feelings
concerning the war of 1S61-55. We gather
here to recognize and commemorate the
heroic services of our soldiers of that
period We would have perpetuated In
the hearts of the present and rising gem
erations the same spirit that moved the
boys of 1861 We would quicken the love
for the Union, which shall make all men
ready and willing to sacrifice all for lts
maintenance in future years
1t is far more worth preserving today
than ever before. Not to mention the
growth in merely material things, which
may or may not be worth consideration,
there has been a growth and development
IN Intellectual and spiritual qualities, that
has made the nation a power in the
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1906-06-01
NEWS IN BRIEF.

Gen. Castro announces that his re-
tirement as president OF Venezuela was
final
The United States Senate passed We'd
nesday the post Office appropriation bill
calling for 1892, 1856, 000
Lightning struck in a crowd of spec
tators at a ball game in Mobile, Ala,
Sunday killing five persons and injuring
rs others.
Guatemala has a full-hedged revolution,
which is said to be more widespread than
any in the history of that country. The
insurgents, after capturing the city of
Ocos, were compelled to retire before
superior force.
All records from Havre to New York
were broken Friday by the arrival of the
new French liner La Provence in six
days, hours and 80 minutes. This time
she broke by hours and 30 minutes, the
best previous record, which was also held
by La Provence, and was made on her
maiden voyage to New York.
The New York Tribune says the spec
ial grand jury which is investigating the
affairs OF the Mutual Life Insurance com
pany has obtained evidence that thous-
ands OF dollars were taken from the
treasury annually by means Of fake bills
purporting to be for printing and sup
plies. The entire amount involved is al
legged to have amounted to over 81 ,000-
600
While George w. Perkins may be liable
ciVilly to refund to the New York Life
Insurance company money used as con-
tributions to political campaign funds
he was not guilty of grand larceny in the
opinion Of the five judges OF the appellate
division Of the Supreme court. who hand
ed down decisions Friday The judges
agree that no criminal intent was shown
and that political contributions OF them
selves do not constitute a crime.
The Cars reply to the challenge OF
parliament is awaited calmly by the Rus
sian people. who are confident in their
strength. 1t is expected that the Gore
myiSin ministry will be dismissed. so that
the country may be saved from revolu-
| ton. The terrorists are overjoyed at the
crisis, and see in IL the stimulus neces-
/ sary to rouse the masses. Serious bomb
outrages in Sevastopol and Odessa indi-
cate the beginning of a campaign OF
anarchy.
John Delehunty. a lawyer, has brought
suit for $50 500 for legal services against
Riohard Garfield, the gambling house pro-
| prietor. of New York. When Delenunty
was on the witness stand he said Can
| field kept In his safe securities to the
value of $1,000. 900. that Garfield had told
| him his annual income was $500. 600 and
he believed the gambler to be worth S.
| 100000 Delehunty gave testimony regard
| ing three notes for 800 900 each which
were alleged to have been given by a young
man under 81, Of prominent New York
| family, who lost the money at play
| at Canfields Another statement was
| to the effect that the late f. o. Wocott
! of Denver, at one time a United States
| senator from Colorado. lost SOC 900 on
roulette at Canfields and that no settle
ment of the Indebtedness had ever been
| arranged.