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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-03-10
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Mr.. and Mrs. Milton Alexander. Of
Lancaster, Pa, are the guests OF Mr..
and Mrs. Clarence c. Leadbeatcr
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Miss Richards, OF Washington, gave
the last Of her series Of lectures We'd
nesday evening before the Cameron
Club.
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The sewing circle met at Miss Lila y.
Barretts- The members present were
Misses Marion Bryant. Mary Leadbeat-
er, Clarence SnOwden, ana Dorsey Ash
ton.
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Miss Emma r. Atkinson, Of Rlpon
Lodge. is the guest OF Miss Grigg, on
Columbus street
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Mrs. William d. Dobie left Thursday
Tor Lyrchburg, Va, where she is to
visit relatives
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Mrs. William n. Wise. Of Leesburg, Is
the guest Of Miss BERTHE DealIins on
Prince street
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Mark o. Shriver. jr., OF Baltimore.
was the guest Of John Marshall Jones
during the week.
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Miss Anne Lee Burson is on a visit
to her parents in this city.
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Miss Marion Grigg. OF Louisville. KY.
is visiting Miss Sallie Kemper on North
Washington stree.
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Louis s. Scott has returned from York,
Pa, where he visited Frederick R.
Smart.
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MI. and Mrs. W. A. Smoot. jr., are
the guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. James Cor
bett, in Suffolk, Va.
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Miss Ruth Ashton has returned from a
visit to her aunt. Mrs. Thomas Frank
lin. in Fredericksburg.
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Mrs. Kemp /. Lambert, who has been
visiting her sister, Mrs. l.. u. Ander-
son, in Charlottesville, returned TO her
home in this city yesterday.
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Miss Mary Douglas Dabney, of the
University Of Virginia. who has been
visiting Miss Mary Pattison in Balti-
more. IS now the guest of Miss Bessie
w. Jones on Prince street
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II. c. Ansley and his daughter. Miss
Annie Ansley, left for a trip through
the South.
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WASHINGTONIANS
At ATLANTIC CITY

ATLANTIC CITY. Y 7 March q
Gen, John A. Halderman. Ii, n col
uler ana statesman, Is at the shore r.,
spend his twelfth consecutive Tenten
season In the resort He is stoDnino ~
the Hotel BOscobel which. bv iha ~,
has always been his Headquarters Will
at the shore. He has been all over the
world In his travels. but the general do
clares he has found no place that viii
compare with Atlantic City for an an
round pleasure resort, either summer or
white. General Haldeman was at one
time the United States minister TO SiaD,
and later Consul TO Bangkok. He vas
at one time a member of Congress and
served his own State as senator in the
State Legislature. During the late m
pleasantness with Spain he was provost
acknowledgement of the Army of the
West.
Notes and Personals.
Mrs. Paul Morton. wife OF the former
Secretary Of the Navy and now presi
dent Of the Equitable life Insurance
Company, is spending some time at the
shore She is making her home at the
and has been
entertaining Mrs. Pauline X. Tyney. of
New York city, during this week
George Bergman, a Washington bust
ness man, has been passing this week
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Mrs William Uhler entertained the
Eight-hanG EUChre Club WcdnC sda ;
afternoon, Those present we're Mrs. X
kemper, Mrs. Isaac Gregg, Mrs. Rich
ard Acton. Misses Lula SmOot, Mamie
Agnew, Mary Glenn Uhler. Sallic Kemp
CT. Anita Robins. Mrs. Lawrence Perry.
Miss Marion Grigg. OF Louisville, Ky:
and Miss Waite, Of Culpeper. Va. The
prizes were won by Misses Anita Rob
ins, Mamie Agnew. and Sallie Kcmper.
The Friday Night Dancing Club gave
a soiree at Odd Fellows Hall, on North
Columbus street
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Miss Grace Douglas Anderson has re-
turned home after an extended trip TO
her cousin, Mrs. Claude Swanson. in
Richmond
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~ SOCIETY CHAT Il
CONTINUED from Fourth Page.)

Continued from Fourth Page.)
OF Miss Helen shriver. of Union Mills.
Md. Miss Shriver, with her family.
sailed on the 9Th for Europe.
Miss Richards, OF Washington, gave
the last OF her series Of lectures We'd
nesday evening before the Cameron
Club.
Mrs. William d. Dobie left Thursday
for Lyrchburg, Va, where she is to
visit relatives
Miss Emma r. Atkinson, Of Ripon
Lodge. is the guest OF Miss Grigg, on
Columbus street.
Miss Anne Lee Burson is on a visit
to her parents in this city.
Mrs. William n. Wise. Of Leesburg. is
the guest of Miss BERTHE DealIins on
Prince street.
Miss Marion Grigg. OF Louisville KY.
is visiting Miss Sallie Kemper on North
Washington stree.
Miss Mary Douglas Dabney, Of the
University of Virginia. who has been
visiting Miss Mary Pattison in Balti-
more. IS now the guest of Miss Bessie
w. Jones on Prince street.
Miss Grace Douglas Anderson has re-
turned home after an extended trip 10
her cousin, Mrs. Claude Swanson. in
Richmond.
Miss Phillipa Wattles has returned
from Bermuda. Her sister. Miss Ida
Wattles, will remain several weeks
longer
Edward Daingerheld. with his family.
Misses Mary and SalIie. and Frank
Daingerheld. sailed during the past
week for Bermuda.
Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore Cole. OF New
York city. are the guests Of Mr.. and
Mrs. A. d. Brickett, on North Wash
ington street
Mrs. Ware. OF Fredericksburg. Va.
is visiting Mrs. William b. DANGER
field.
Mary Curtis Lee Chapter, Of the L.
d. c., had meeting during the week
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Miss Phillipa Wattles has returned
from Bermuda. Her sister. Miss Ida
Wattles, will remain several weeks
longer.
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Edward Daingerfield. with his family.
Misses Mary and Sallie. and Frank
Daingerneld. sailed during the past
week for Bermuda.
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Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Cole, OF New
York city. are the guests Of Mr. and
Mrs. A. D Brickett, on North Wash
ington street.
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Mrs. Ware. OF Fredericksburg. Va.
Is visiting Mrs. William b. DANGER
field.
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Mary Curtis Lee Chapter, OF the L.
d. c., had a meeting during the week
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-24

the sun to hatch them; and when the young
ones ccme cut of the shell they are no bigger
than cent They are said to live to great
age: and some of them grow to be very large.
Not this kind, however, though / know of
-one being caught once as large as milk-pan
and strong enough to carry small boy on its
back"
''Do you think my turtle will ever be big
enough to carry me?" inquired Joe, eagerly.
than your turtle" said Aunt Sylvy. "Now
let's put him into the horsetrough."
"Can he swim-with that shell on him."
eyes, indeed, as well as a fish"
"See him kick! See him kick!" cried
Joe, in delight. ''There, he's buried himself
in the mud at the bottom!"
After a time Joe fished Turk as he called
him, out of the mud, and making little pen
of boards. put the turtle into it. meaning to
keep him "till he grew up" But one day,
not long after, as he was coming into the yard
from school, he saw Strut, the big bronze
turkey, all ruffed up, and gobbling enough
to split his throat out by the wood-pile.
Strut stopped his head, .queering and peering
at something behind beech log. The next
moment he gave shrill "yeep!" hopped into
with something dangling from the tender
knob on the ton of his head.
1t was Turk; and Joe raced on after Strut
around the barn, through the orchard, all the
time crying out:
'Drop him! Drop HIM"
AS if Strut wouldn't have been glad to do
so if he could! Turk had firm grip and
held on. At last Strut went out of sight into
the tall corn, and that was the last Joe saw
Of Turk. But Strut came back the next
morning, looking very sober.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-24

blocks, which are used for that purpose in
some Western cities. "Will you give me one
the foreman, good natmedly. '1ll give you
one. if you tell mo what you want it for." "To
cover it with carpet and make hassock." !"
What do you want with hassock Il can
trade the hassock to Mrs. Brown! for bird
cage. Her bird is dead ''But what can, you
want the cage, but I can trade the cage for
an oxidized picture Frame" "Well, of what
uso is the picture frame without any pic
ture% But Mr.. Oliver has picture Of Cen
eral Sheridan, and he said he would trade
me me hanging lamp for good exidized ez frame"
ticular use for the lamp, but l can trade a
good hanging lamp for Persian rug, and the
rug for Mexican parrot, and Tom Higbie
will give me his banjo for the parrot It's
the banjo l want"
An Albany (Ga.) man owns an odd pet in
the shape of a catamount. 1t was captured
while Young, and has been reduced to de-
gree of doclity which enables it's owner to
fondle and play with it-not without, how
ever, degree of consideration as to which
way he strokes the cats fur. The natural
righteousness of his nature is even after a
years imprisonment and training easily arous-
ed and the greenish glitter of his eyes at
such moments make him anything but an OBJ
ject of affectionate consideration from the
average citizen He is rapidly clearing his
quarters of rats.
A Chicago druggist also has pet cat. but
this is of the domestic variety. About wear
ago it had three kittens, and when they were
old enough to lap, the milk was poured into
an old mortar, and the heads of the three kit
tens took up all the space there was. Several
times the old cat tried to get her nose into
the mortar while her little ones were feed
ing but she found that she would have to push
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-24
STORIES THAT SPARKLE

insisted, and ordered boy to write on the
black board. "The burgomaster of R. says
the inspector is a donkey" Then he ordered
him to change the punctuation by placing a
comma after r. and Inspector, making the
sentence read, 'The burgomaster of r., says
the inspector, is donkey. Turning to the
burgomaster. he asked, 'Do you see, now,
the value of comma?" 1t was cruel lesson,
but it is reasonable to suppose that punctua-
ton rose in the estimation of the burgomaster
from that day.
Another school story comes from England,
about Professor Jowett, the eminent Oxford
scholar. His study windows overlook court
yard, and he is nearly always hard at work,
and gets furious when he is disturbed. A
party of American tourists were out sight
seeing, and this is the way the guide did the
honors; This. ladies and gentlemen, is Bal
lol College, one of the oldest in the uni
versity, and famous for the erudition OF its
scholars. The head of Balliol College is called
the master; the present master of Balliol is
the celebrated Professor Benjamin Jowett,
Regius Professor of Greek. Those are Pro-
there'-here the guide stopped, took up a
handful Of gravel and threw it against the
panes bringing the eminent scholar, liyid
with fury, to the window" there ladies and
gentlemen, is Professor Benjamin Jowett him.
self"
Some men are natural traders; they under
stand how to buy in the cheapest market
and sell in the dearest which is the secret
OF success, and above all, they know how to
barter goods they don't want for something
they do. This trait develops, as a rule, very
early in life, as many boys can testify from
personal experience. A capital Illustration Of
this trait is found in the st. Paul boy who
approached the foreman of gang of men
who were paving street with round cedar
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-24

one of the kittens aside if she did so. One
day, she very carefully and slowly pushed her
paw between two of the Kittens touched the
licked the milk off She kept this up for
some time, until the habit grew upon her,
and now that the kittens have become cats
and emigrated, she never laps the milk, al
ways dipping in her paw and licking it off.
We can easily believe that some parrots are
as good as policemen. Not long ago two
young men sold parrot to the wife of a
night watchman in New York. A few nights
afterward, one Of the young men visited the
house with. the intention to steal the parrot
pa, papaii" until it woke its. mistress and
frightened away the robber. A Chicago par
rot also scared burglar. He was irving to
gain an entrance into the house by the din
ing room window, when he was startled by
voice that asked him to Come off the
perch" Long silence ensued, and the bur
glar began work again: This time a sepulchral
voice cried, you'd better 90 awavlt The
rogue dropped his tools at once and fled. with
his hair fairly standing up on end.
A Connecticut lady lost ner pocketbook, con.
tanning considerable sum of money and was
naturally anxious to recover it. She had been
shopping and visiting during the day, and
had also been working about the garden. A
diigent inquiry and search failed to find the
missing article. and finally she gave up in de-
spair, and said to neighbor 'I think III
send :Fido to hunt my pocketbook" Fido, a
Scotch terrier, was standing by, and, after
quick glance at his mistress, ran out of the
house. He was noticed, soon afterward hunt
ing and smelling around the garden A half
hour passed, and then Fido scratched at the
door, and, when it was opened, he walked in,
bearing the pocketbook in his mouth. He had
undoubtedly understood what his mistress
said
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"Yes; only this is cream-colored. See the
red and white stripe running round the edge
of the upper she'll. 1t is bright as a bit Of
ribbon
I. 81 wish he would stick his head out" said
Joe.
while we're waiting, I'll tell you something
about this odd little creature"
"Do! Dol" cried little Joe.
"Well, to begin, instead of having it's bones
covered with flesh, like other creatures, it car
ries them on the outside of its body"
'Why, [ can't see any," replied Joe, stoop-
ing down and looking the turtle over, carefully.
81 suppose not; but this upper shell or
carapace-suppose you can remember that
word, Joe?-is only its backbone, hip-bone
and ribs all grown together making this solid
plate or shield. Indeed. it is sometimes cali
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-24

ed buckler. This lower shell is the plastron
or breast-bone. 1t is Joined to the. upper
plate, You see. only leaving little holes. for
.sWeii,' that's que queer" said Joe. "Ah, there
comes his head! Can he bite?"
"It hasn't any teeth but there are two rows
of little horny knobs around its jaws, which
could pinch your. finger hard enough to make
you cry Seize him by the tail"
@I don't want to!" cried joe hanging back.
"I will then" said Aunt Sylvy. aAh! how
he kicks See his claw, Joe!-black as jet,
and look almost as sharp as CATS"
"What does he need claws for? Does he
climb trees?" queried Joe.
mo; but it has to dig holes in the sand
in which to lay its eggs, which are round and
soft-shelled. They are laid in the sand for
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-24

N
expense, although others enjoy 1t
hugely. One of these iokers, who was also
an amateur ventriloquist, was recently pas
senger on a Sound steamer, and, having a
slight acquaintance with the engineer, was
allowed to enter the engine room. He took
a seat in the corner pulled his hat down
over his eyes, and appeared to be lost in
reverie. Presently certain part of the ma
cbinery began to squeak. The engineer oiled
it. and went about his usual duties. In the
course of a few minutes the squeaking was
heard again, and the engineer rushed out,
can in hand, to lubricate the same spindle.
Again he returned to his post; but 1T was
ony few minutes until the same old spindle
the thing!" he cried: "it is bewitchedl" More
oil was applied but the engineer began to
he suspicious as to it's cause. Soon the spindle
soueaked for the fourth time, and on this oc-
oason the engineer slipped up behind the
yenfriloouist and squirted half pint of
o;l down his back "There." said he, quietly,
"that spindle won't squeak any more" 1t
didn't.
comieal story comes from Prussia con-
tanning both instruction and amusement. A
school inspector visited the burgomaster of
little town. to ask his company on tour of
;nsnection through the schools. The burgo-
master. rather out of sorts, muttered. HAS
th;s donkey come again?" The inspector
heard hut said nothing and together the two
ns;ted the school, When the inspector was
Introduced to the teacher, he said he was
curions to see how well punctuation was
tal,eht, The burgomaster interposed. Never
m;nd that" said he 1--WE care nothing for
commas and such trifes.' But the inspector
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-24
Copyright by James Elverson.

1ITTLE JOE WATSON was out in
the lane, one morning, picking bur-
ubs2ltt ing boy at school, with thick, curly
~ hair, who, am sorry to say, would
have had trouble with Joe's burrs,
if something had not happened.
As he was busy about the low bush, hiss
came out from under the big leaves which
made Joe hop back and stare.
Eager to know what had made the noise,
he took a stick and carefully lifted the leaves,
Then, dropping the burrs he ran toward the
garden, where Aunt Sylvy was at work
AOh! Ohl" cried joe all out of breath
"Theres the queerest thing out under the bur
dock and he snapped his bill at me-and hiss
ed Do come and seei
Aunt Sylvy went out.
"Why, Joe, that's mud turtle!"
Joe had never seen turtle before.
"But he wants to get out from under that
thing on his back. Take it off, Aunt Sylvy."
IF should do that, Joe, should hurt the
poor little fellow. That's his shell-his coat.
Isn't it a nice one, too? See what a beautiful
color it is, all marked off with light brown
lines. Touch it."
cts as hard as a BRICK said joe
'Why-y-y, Aunt Sylvy, where's his head gone
to?"
Into his she'll" replied Aunt Sylvy "He
doesn't like you to touch him. Now turn him
over"
''Here's another she'll" cried Joe.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-24

IS an old saying that the person
who makes jokes should be pre-,
pared to take them; but we all
know that the practical joker is
very obtuse when the joke is at his
expense, although others enjoy it
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-06-20
= BASE BALL =

;Kennedy's men literally walked all
over Burlington yesterday and admin
istered humiliating defeat of 8 to 3
to Egan. The locals went after Han
son from the very start and kept peg
ging away at that youth until they had
him thrashed to finish, and hit all
over the grounds. Hitting Of the first
order is the open story of why the VIC
tory was so easy. When the hit was
needed it was delivered, and between
such times they hit to keep in practice.
A total of fourteen safe swats, in
GLIDING three two baggers and Kings
three base hit, is summary of the
punishment Hanson received during
the eight times the locals were up.
Slapnicka twirled for Kennedy, and
after he got past the opening inning
proved effective, altho Burlington did
accumulate two more scores in the sew
enth inning. Daley's two-bagger, how
ever, was the only hit registered in
that INNING.
In addition to being easy for the
home club, Hanson was inclined to be
wild, which of course helped the locals
out when mingled with so many hits.
Burlington started off with biting
Slapnicka merrily. Daley, Green and
Rose all landed singles in the first in
ming. Daley was speared at second
on Houses hit, but House registered
home on Roses single. After that Bur-
lington never got to third again until
the sixth, when Roses two-bagger
helped him two-thirds of the way
there Then he died for want of help.
Hanson was walked in the seventh and
advanced to third on Daley's two-bag-
ger He scored on a long fly to Disch.
Daley likewise scored on the same kind
of an out. That inning finished the
visitors score-making. The locals
scored in every inning except the sec
ond, sixth and eighth. 1t was all done
on hitting and bases on balls. King,
figured prominently at bat, with Burg,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-06-20
Fifty-three Of the Sixty Lots
Offered at Auction Bring Be
tween Sill 900 and $4,000
TOP PRICE RECEIVED $3.50
Several Sold for $500 and Better, and
Some of the Buyers Are Already
Planning to Build This Summer -
Land lies Between Sixth and Eighth
and State and Jerome Streets.

The auction sale of/lots in Sunny
side, land plated by Gillispie & How
ards addition, lying largely between
Sixth and Eighth and State and Jer-
ONE streets, proved success in every
particular Wednesday afternoon. Fiji
ty-three of the sixty lots offered
brought between $1,000 and $4,000
AS the owners, now non-residents,
were anxious to clean up their inter-
result, and the buyers could scarcely be
other than pleased, for they got some
bargains.
The top price for lot was $3.50, and
several were disposed of at $500 and
better. Several purchasers bought
three, four and some as high as six,
and some of the buyers are already
planning to erect houses this summer.
The plating of the ground and the
opening by sale of lots will undoubt-
edly mean several new houses this
season and many more next year. May
or Ingledue had the distinction of buy
ing the first lot. Among the other
buyers, who purchased more than one.
were George Whitton, ]. w. Oliver, the
Barker Buchanan Company, E. j..
Robb, A. e. Palmer, A. ]. Clark, E. w.
WINERY, Mrs. Eva Campbell, A. W..
Heald. Rev. ]. M. Plumb, and Charles
w. Hughes. w. II. Dunn of New
an out-of-town buyer,
purchased three lots.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-06-20

summer will be two tours of yell
lowstone National Park, one by Mr.. f.
r. Lay, wife and daughter, Mr.. !. @.
Kemble, wife and Mrs. Kemble's sister,
Miss Eda Haskell, from Oskaloosa,
and another little later by tMr. J. ].
WATSON, wife and daughter. The Lay
Kemble party will leave on July 2, go
Ing over the Canadian Pacific, via Win
nipeg, to Vancouver, Seattle and Ia
coma, returning by the park. where
they expect to take the camping tour
and visit Denver on their way home.
Mr.. Wasson's family will leave on
July 8. going direct to the park, taking
the five and a half day tour via the
hotels, and then will continue to spo-
kane and Eoise, Idaho, where they will
visit with Mrs. Wasson's sister. Mrs.
S. r. sMcLeran, and family, and return
via Salt Lake City and Denver.