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Evening star., 1907-10-13

Crawford of Washington: Miss Florenc
Hayes of st. Louis, with Mss Mary TIL
man Miss Mary Frazer. with Miss Rsba
Forbes of Brooklyn; Miss Emily Helm of
Louisville. with Miss Aexandrine Fitch
of Washington: Miss Marina Bell. with
Miss Annie Lee Worden OF Washington.
The bride was preceded by the maid o.
honor. Miss Isabel St;ckney Of Springfield
Mass, who entered alone.
The bride was a picture of girlish lowell
ness in her wedding gown OF satin and
duchess lace. She wore the regulat on
tulle veil and her ornaments were dia-
mond necklace and an exquisite diamond
sunburst She carried valley lilies and
ferns.
The bridesmaids gowns were made
princess of chiffon e!aborately inserted
with lace. They wore large white pic
ture hats trimmed with white ostricl!
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2SOCIETY@9

1922 4th street. northwest. Among the
many presents the young couple received
was a beautiful silver service presented
to them by his friends employed in the
offices of the record and surface divisions,
District building Mr.. Robertson being
clerk in the latter office.
MI j. D. Roman of New York has an
nounced the engagement of his sister.
Miss Louise Roman Baldwin. to Mr.. Will
liam B. Bristow of tbs city. Miss Bald
win is the daughter of the late Columbus
c. Baldwin who was collector OF the
port of New York under President Cleve-
land Mr. Bristow Is the son of the late
BENJAMIN H. Bristow, who was Seere-
tary of the Treasury under President
Grant He was graduated from Yale In
1884 and is a member of the Union, Metro
politan, University and othe leading clubs
Of this city. The wedding was very
Evening star., 1907-10-13
EAGLE HEAD

| spacious house was elaborately decorated
with chrysanthemums and autumn foil
age, and six members of the Boston
Symphony played the wedding music and
throughout the wedding breakfast. This
latter was a formal but also merry re-
past at which the newly welded couple
sat at the table with a party of eighteen.
The rest of the company sat about smaller
tables.
Mr.. Philip H. Mcmillan of Detroit,
Mich, escorted his sister to the wedding
bower, her only attendant being her
debutante niece, Miss Grace Mcmillan
Jarvis. Mr.. George Clerk. who Is at
tached to the foreign Office in London,
! was best man for the soldier and diplo-
/ mat bridegroom
| The bride looked extremely well in her
sweeping robe of white satin and rose
point lace. The waist was almost en-
| tirely formed of the lace. A border of
similar lace edged her enveloping tulle
veil. which was fastened under wreath
! of orange blossoms.
spray Of orange blossoms adorned
| her corsage. Her bouquet was of white
orchids.
The maid of honor had on a very smart
gown of white nuns yelling, the skirt bor-
dered with folds of white velvet. There
was white and gold lace on sleeves and
waist, and her white picture hat was
/ trimmed with yellow and white plumes.
| Her bouquet was of yellow and white
chrysanthemums.
| Sir John Harrington, who is son of a
well-known Dublin physician, entered the
Mddlesex Infantry as a private. and rose
| through the grades to lieutenancy before
| he was transferred to the Indian staff
| corps His rise in diplomatic life has
| been equally steady. He has been minis
| ter to Aoyssinia since 1903. and is the
! dean of the diplomatic circle al Mevelik' S
| court.
| The couple will sail very shortly for
England, and after a visit to the Irish
relatives of the bridegroom will proceed
to Abyssinia.
! Mrs Eugene r. Hend!ey welcomed a
| large company yesterday afternoon at her
| home on Adams Mills road to a tea given
| In honor OF Miss Ellen Barry. daughter
| of Gen. Thomas II. Barry. who is her
guest Assisting in the charming hospi-
/ tality which brought together so many
! delightful people at this popular home
were: Mrs. Langftt, Mrs. Morrow. Mrs
Surnmer,in, Mrs. O'Loughin. Mrs Robin
son, Mrs. Ridley. Mrs. Borden, Miss
Chase. Miss Langitt Miss Murray, Miss
Darlington, Miss MacMurray and Miss
| Rockwell.
The "Washingtonians" will give a
/ dance, the first for this season, at Ma
tional Rifles Armory, Thursday evening
next The committee on arrangements
Is composed of c. n. Phelps and R T.
| Bricker and will be assisted by the Misses
Harmon, Saxty, App!eby, Slater. Harding
and Wilett. The floor committee will be
composed Of Messrs. M Appleby. George
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Chase, w. Harvey, H Bowman and j. H.
Yates.
Judge and Mrs. Howry have reopened
their home in l street. On account of
the death in the early summer in Flor
ida of her mother Mrs Howry will not
be In the social life of the city the en-
suing season.
Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Grafton have just
returned home. after a ten weeks tour
through Canada, visiting the great Mus
koka lakes and also the Toronto expo
stion.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Henry Robertson, who
were married the second o. this month.
have just returned from their wedding
trip, and will be pleased to see their
friends after November ! at their home,
Evening star., 1907-10-13
New and Used
Upright Pianos
atLittle Prices.

We have offered many good
values in High grade Pianos.
but these bargains eclipse any
We have ever offered. Some Of
the pianos are entirely new.
and the used instruments have
been thoroughly repaired, and
are equal to new.
Evening star., 1907-10-13

another to the important International
matrimonial alliances of the year. and
incidentally robbed the Capital of one Of
Its most interesting young women. Mrs
Mcmillan. mother of the bride, whose
home. Eagle Head is one of the show
places at this millionaire resort. enter
tained large house party of relatives
lately who came on for the event, and
these, with dozen or two personal
friends. were witnesses Of the ceremony.
at which Rev. Father Gasson, s. j.. presi-
dent OF Boston College. of1iciated. The
Evening star., 1907-10-13
$3.50 to $3.50.

Liberal allowances on
old pianos taken in ex-
change.
Evening star., 1907-10-13

VIE marriage yesterday at Man
chester by the Sea OF Miss
Amy Mcmillan and Lieut.. Col.
Sir John Lane Harrington. Brit
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TIE SWAMPS.

-
AL gray ana green lie inc S""'"i'
between
Ana tho HYMN thov sing IS an olden
,h,,c
r,oirtiyo and .ru. and fond.
Come YOU away from the hills, they
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THE ONE WAN POWER PERIL.
From the Chlcago Rccord.uorn1a

Al
Congressman Mccall. evidently.
would rather he "indcpenlont" than
right. 1t is poor business Tor him 70
distort facts and resort to sheer mis-
representation in order to give a weak
case the appearance of some strength.
Mr. Mccall IS too well informed
not to know that the commerce COM
mission had for years earnestly plead
ed for additional power over rates.
and that other evils than rebates or
discriminatory individual rates were
and arc aimed at by the Hepburn act
In his anxiety to make points he al
lows his independence" to Degenerate.
into rcckucssncss.
The speech as a whole is lamen,
and warning Autocracy threatens
us Liberty ANA representative govern
ment are in danger, the tendency of
the times is toward one man power,
ar with his minds eye Mccall sees
Instructions, barbados and similar
incidents of another revolution for the
recovery of human rights-rights,
mark. that are mcnaccd by the au-
thority to prevent discrimination be
tween localities, to enforce corporate
publicity and to prevent plumber un-
der the guise Of high finance"
Mr. Mccall entreats us to stick to
representative government. lie forgets
In his excitement that if the rate act
Is valid legislation 1t is valid as a
delegation of power by Congress to a
commission to apply fixed standards
in concrete cases, What Congress dele
gates it can take away, modify or
curtail. Moreover, the autoCrat OF
frightful mein must wait, like the
meekest citizen, to find out from the
courts what acts are laws of the land
and what so much waste paper.
Tho "perils' that men like Mccall
discover on every side, to the amaze
ment of the whole sane and reason
ably alert population, would make the
inventor of Don QuiXoto green with
envy. Cervantes, as an imaginative
writer. is not in the same class with
our prophets of autocracy and Other
disasters dire
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EARNINGS IMPROVED CONDITION.

We occasionally hear the statement
In Vermont and elsewhere that farm
ers are always complaining. but this
IS probably due more to the fact that
the business world is constantly in
quiring about crop conditions realiz-
ing that the prosperity of the whole
nation depends directly on the pros
perity of the agriculturist other
people complain but we care little
about them. When the farmer bewai!s
any condition, however we immcdi-
Etely take notice and begin to inquire
whether the neccssarics Of life com
mon to us all are to be affected.
In spite of the complaints made by
our farmers as a class the fact re-
and more to be regarded as a profit
able as well as a desirable occupation.
Congressman Burton of Ohio, who oc-
casionally finds time to do something
else when he Is not employed in his
regular occupation of running for one
of more Offices at the same time. has
recently been telling the gransers
about the improved lot of the farmers
One Of the most noteworthy features
Df his diagnosis of the farm situation
was his conclusion that the improve
ment in conditions OF farm life will
tend to arrest If not reverse the ten
doncy Of people to flock from the coun-
try to the cities, It is significant in
ills connection that persons of wealth
arc more and more docking from the
city to the country, so that they spend
the greater part of their time amid
the attractive surroundings of their
country homes, stunning the pont-up
city life much as their business in
, tsrAsts will allow them to do So We
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ANOTHER NEW STATE Project.

Nevada was long regarded as a mis-
fit among the states of our Union. In
spite of the fact that she gave early
mise of bcconing populous as well
as wealthy. her fortune soon changed
ana when silver had become a drug in
wonder why she was ever constituted
a State. Some of the politicians who
flourished at the time of her birth
might tell, but they probably would
not If they. could.
While Nevada has begun to recover
her lost population in these latter
years and regain something of her
former prestige, she is still a black
sheep among the States Various
ference to the disposition to be made
OF her, but the latest has the merit
of the greatest novelty. According to
advices from Washington. it is now
suggested to the administration that
the embarrassment caused by the re-
fusal of Congress to endorse Presi-
dent Rooscvelt's. effort to have the
territories of Arizona and New Next
co taken into the Union as one state
might be Obviated so far as the former
Territory is concerned by joining the
same to Nevada, thus forming n state
that would have a population of more
than 10000.
We are accustomed to regard Yer
mont as small in population as we'll
as in size but we have more than
eight times as many people as has Ne
vada. According to the last census
the little silver state had population
or only 42.335, but since the later gold
discoveries In that State she has
claimed to have $1,000 people within
her borders and giving the little com
monwealth the benefit of all possible
doubt. it can readily be seen that
more use might be made of her than
to join her TO Arizona for the purpose
OF making a State of more decent size,
as regards population. Whether this
union Of States will take place will
probably depend. speaking bluntly, on
.1he politics of the problem, to say
United States senator's
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-09-12
A BUMPER WHEAT CROP.

Time was when the farmers of Yer
mont as well as of other New England
states were directly Interested in the
production of wheat. In those good
old days every enterprising tiller Of
the soil was supposed to raise enough
wheat at least to provide the family
-four the wheat being taken for grind
ing to the grist mill which was then
frequent landmark on various
streams affording good power. The
man who did not raise wheat enough
for the use of his family was set down
as shortsightcd or shftloss.
In these latter years all this is
changed, The development of the
great wheat fields of the West. which
are carried on at comparatively slight
cost per acre owing to the enormous
extent Of the area ana the ease of till
ing. served for a long time to make
this cereal SO low in price that the
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THE PUBLIC AND THE SCHOOLS.
From the Vermont Tribune)

From the Vermont Tribune)
The rcoponlng of the public schools
suggests again the ClOsoucss of the re-
lation between the school and the publioI
I'm whose general interest the school 81
conductcd-a closeness which sh>ald be|
exempihed by a moro frequent appear
ance of adult members Of the community
in the school room where the cNildreno
are being educated for future cittzcnshipl
Comparativcly few fathers and motif
crs in Ludlow. ir instance, maintain Al
close familiarity with the school life "A
their children: very few OF them know
much moro about il than the name n
the teacher and the fact that school
kecps five DAYS in a week. Some of them
attend "closing exercises" which empha /.
size special occasions but as to the rea
personality of the teacher. the method |
of the schoolroom and the actual progress
made by their own children they are, in
most cases rather poorly Informed,
Cooperation and lively interest or /
the part of parents would prove a source
of strength to the teacher and contri |
butte materially to the success of the
work for which the school is established |
and the pity of it is that to so consider
able a degree this source of strength IL
withheld and the lively interest is lack |
ing-that parents take so many school |
room facts for granted and neglect oil
forget to make themselves a vital part
of the educational scheme, II is true
that the devoted teacher can be trusted
to do her part in the development Of this
child. mentally and morally; but she
Is called on to divide her energies and
parcel out her abilities to cover the needs
of room full, and naturally appreciated
any help given her in individual cases
directly from the home. The effect o /
such aid on the individual pupil car
scarcely be measured.
The school, bell is ringing again, Visiq
the schools acquant yourself with wha 4
is being done there. Know the teacher
Know the methods Visit the schools /
not as duty but as privilege which
grows out of the close relation betweeu
the home and the school,
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I'll II was as large as the Australian
crane and if the wings of the insect
We're enlarged to maintain the proper
ton they now bear to It's body. they
would be about one hundred and fifty
times larger than the cranes.
It requires 362 square feet Of wing
area per pound to float the bank
swallow, but to sustain tn" taWnY
vulturc, mOnstrous bird in com
harrison. requires only .6S Of a square
foot of wing surface per pound Of
body. The alhatross. weighing oigh-
teen pounds. has spread of wing Of
eleven feet ana six inches. while the
trumpcter swan weighing twenty
coght pounds. has a spread Of wing Of
ONLY eight feet. The stork weighs
eight pounds, has a spread 90 wing of
in proportion has only half as much
wing surfaco.--"'rhe Mystery of Bird
Flight" in he August fEverYhodY's,
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see evidences Of this tendency in the
numerous fine summer places estab-
lshed by residents of large cities, dur
ing the past few years, and this ten
adjacent TO large ccnters of popula-
ton.
We agree with Congressman Burton
that Improvement in the condition of
the farmer during the past few years
has, indeed, been marked. Rural free
delivery now brings his mail to his
door every day. The trolley, passing
his front door, enables him in not n
few instances to get to town quickly,
frequently and inexpensively The
telephone makes it possible for him
to stay at home and keep in touch
with his neighbors and friends gen
orally. Improved highways render 1t
easy for him to haul his products to
market. He is brought into close
touch with city life, and he now has
many of the convcniences which are
enjoyed by dwcllers in populous CEN
ters.
Nowhere is life all roses and bloom.
Rural life will always lack something,
Just as city life will always lack some
thing. But the number of unattrac-
tive and repellent features of rural
life is steadily lessening and in the
alizc why so many people return to
country life at the earliest opportun
ity,
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RAISING THE BATTLE BLADE.

(From the HYdcn Thousandsticks)
We feel sorry to make such acquisitions
against what looks like aught to be our
brother republicans over in Bell county,
but from the way the political ring
around Mddlesboro has been dealing
with the citizens of this district, 1t looks
very much Ike it has come the time,
that the good citizens and voters, who
wants everybody to have their equal
rights and 'justice, should raise their
battle blade, "the stencil on the 5th OF
November and right the wrongs of the
unjust
Such dehauchery and concocked affairs
as was schemcd and carried out at the
convention at Harlan are detrimental to
the Republican party in general
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THE WEEKLY FREE PRESS.

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WETIRN or THE PASSENGER Pc
EO\.

For several years past Recreation has
been convinced that the passenger piseAn
(ECtopistes migratorusl is not extinct
twith.tanding the generally accrpt' Il
belief to the contrary. Reliable uhsrrVa-
tions of the occurrence of these birds
have come to this magazine from Mauto-
ba Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, II
lnois. Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky and New
York State at various times since lSlS.
In June last a communication from
John Burroughs the celebrated natur-
alist OF West park, y. y, told of his
having Just recently made a trip TO Sui
Ivan County, y. Y, 10 investigate a
rumor of wild pigeons having been seen
there. Mr. Burroughs said he had met
two persons who had soen tho uiGeons.
one an old farmer who knew the birds as
well as anyone could know them. The
pigeons, flock of several hundreds were
seen on the afternoon of May 2rd. few
miles north of Livingston Manor near
Hoavervle, n locality familiar to many
New York anglers and grouse huntors.
Mr. Burroughs declared he was fully con-
WINGED that the pigeons were seen. Fur
thermore. he stated that about the same
time he Ia received letter from Prns-
dent Roosevelt in which the President re-
ported having seen flock of wild p,Ee-
ons near Pine >Knot, VI. He said the
President had been the birds SEVERAL
times. that he had verified their identity
through a friend of his living near there
Mr. Burroughs was Of the oi--ion that
there could be no doubt at all about the
President having seen the genuine pas
scngcr pigeons September Recreation
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to compete with their western broth
rem, and they found it more profitable
as well as more convenient to devote
their attention to diversified farming
and buy their flour, which was almost
invariably a western product
The whirlisig of time has brought
about a condition of affairs which on
surcs a handsome price for wheat, AMI
we suspect that were eastern farmers
generally equipped for the production
of wheat in every way and provided
with facilities for grinding they might
be able to make the cultivation of
this crop profitable. BE this as 1T
may, wheat is no cheaper now than
IT was a quarter of century ago in
spite of the universal use of improved
machinery in it's production.
Higher wages and increased land
values have offset the gain made
through mechanical deviscs There
are probably few commodities whose
cost of production and selling price
have such vague connection with each
other The average price during the
last twenty-five years would seem to
run In the neighborhood of so cents a
bushel. In January of 1895 cash No
wheat sold In Chicago at 1873 cents
In May, 1898. speculation drove the
same grade TO sl.s5.
The price of wheat. like the price of
cotton, Is made in Wall Street rath-
cr than In the field. The grower
merely takes his chance on what the
street" will do to him. Sometimes he
profits by this speculative manipula-
ton, but as a rule he is a loser Tho
time will perhaps come possibly before
very many years have passed, when
this country will consume the entire
product of its wheat fields Yet it
does not of necessity follow that when
that time shall come the price of the
commodity will be materially changed.
According to the Washington cor
respondent or the New YORK sun wheat
production has nearly doubled during
the last thirty years. while the gain in
population is a long way from that
Responsible authorities estimate tho
worlds wheat crop for the present
year at not far from 5000, 900, 600
bushels. or about the same as the
crops of 1902 and 1904. and less than
the crops of 1903 1906 and 1906, For
the story of the development of the
500, 100000 bushol crop of 1875. Seven
years later, in 1882, the crop was O.
2o0,000,000 bushels. ana in no year
since that date has production fallen
below the two billion mark It was
twelve years more in reaching the
two and a half billion line. and in 1862
1t exceeded for the first time 5000,
100000 bushels The development Of
the industry from 1852 to 1898 was
slow and the records show fuct,,ation.
Regarded in the light of general aver
age of increase. 1t may be said that
the gam IN yearly production during
'ne twenty year period 1875 to 1895
was ""o"t 'oo'ooo'ooo bushels while
the gain for the next ten years was
ABOUT i'ooo'ooo'ooo bushels The lar
E'r Noiume OF inc last decade is due
NANNY 10 the huGe increase in the
cups u '"'S country canada and Ar
Eentina'
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T Our people note with PRIDE inc an
nouncement that the battleship named
for our state has passed the final
trials with splendid credit, every ap-
pliance on board, including the big
guns having been thoroughly tested.
We wonder if in action, it will ever
in front.