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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-29
New Science Building.

The need of the new library building
and library commensurate with it,
properly endowed for its successful con-
tinuance. is Indispensable. The alumni
at its annual meeting pledged itself to
raise SO, 600 for new science building
which is greatly needed. The burden of
these people is great, but they are cheer
fully bearing it onward to success. Their
appeal now comes with telling force and
will not be unheard by the people who
have always been generous in matters of
such great Importance to the colored
people and to the city itself as well as the
nation at large.
The board of trustees of the university
IN whose names the local appeal is made
is composed of Chief Justice Stanton J.
Peelle of the Court of Claims DIR. Booker
L. Washington and Justice Job Barnard
OF the Supreme Court Of the District of
Columbia.
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cember 9; Lawton Camp, December II:
Miles Camp. December ~; Harden Camp,
December %; Dewey Camp, January 3:
AStor Camp, January g.
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Our stock of Lace
Curtains, Portieres and
Draperies is equally
complete and attrac-
tive.
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ReDekan lOQSeS, un0er tne ulIeCtioA VI
Mrs Belle NJ. Carter, chairman Of the
luncheon committee. The supper room
will be open evenings.
The various Rebekah lodges will be
represented at the fair and bazaar with
booths we'll stocked with articles that
special features will be conducted by
the membership of the Rebekah lodges.
The ladies' will be assisted in the work
by the membership Of the subordinate
lodges.
Fraternal Organizations Invited.
The fraternal organizations Of the city
have responded to the invitations to at
tend in a manner exceedingly gratifying
to the Odd Fellows The official accept
ances already received by Col d. V. CHS
holm chairman of the committee, and the
personal assurances given by organiza-
tionS from which no official reply has
as yet been received, give assurance that
the fraterniteS of Washington will be
largely represented during the two weeks
the fair and bazaar is in progress. The
following organizations have been invited
to attend on the dates assigned:
Tuesday, December 1-Daughters OF
Junior Order United Workmen and Wood
men Of the World.
Wednesday, December 2-Sons of St.
George, knights of Honor and Royal
HlShlanQerS, olOeSL lnnaOltaIIS ana WI
unteer F'iremen.
Thursday, December 3-National Union,
Knights of Malta, Foresters and Royal
Arcanum
Friday, December Masonic fraternity.
Monday, December Modern Woodmen
of America.
Tuesday, December S-Knights OF Mac
cabees, Patrons of Husbandry, United
Order Golden Cross and Daughters of
Liberty.
Wednesday, December 9-Red Men.
Thursday, December 1O-ElkS, Fraternal
Order of Eagles, S. of II. and Improved
Order Heptasophs.'
Friday, December 11-knights of
PythiaS organizations.
The Officers in Charge.
The officers of the Odd Fellows Home
| Association, who were authorized by the
Grand Lodge, 1. 0. 0. F., at its annual
! session in January last to give a fair for
| the purpose Of raising funds to build the
home, are as follows: E. w. Bradford
| president; j. H. Crew, vice president; J.
| L. Allison, secretary, and j. T. Petty,
| treasurer.
The officers of the general fair commit
| tee are as follows: E. w. Bradford,
| chairman; ]. H. Crew, vice chairman
I Mrs. +. b. Russ, second vice chairman;
| j. II. Allison, secretary. and J. T. Petty,
| treasurer.
The executive committee Is composed
of the officers of the general committee
and f. II. Easterling, grand master
| chairman reception committee; j. d.
| Yoakley, chairman finance committee; d.
A. Dugan. chairman installation commit
! tee: DR.. Thomas ]. Gates, chairman vot-
ing committee; Thomas A. Bynum.
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affairs so completely absorb our
activities that we contemplate any
seeming departure from the sterner
pursuits of life to indulge the esthetlc
in our natures with the gravest appre-
hension. Should we? Failure is rare
ly traced to that source.
1t has been demonstrated that the
most significant achievements have
been those where the controlling in
nuence were the most exalted and up
lifting Contemplation of the beauti-
full in Nature is one of life's most en-
nobling influences.
The home beautiful appeals to all
that is best in our nature. The farm
beautiful, however, would seem some
what incongruous if not absurd. Sc
riously, with sober second thought,
why should it?
Beautiful grounds, attractive and
comfortable quarters for man and
beast ought not to be incompatible
with the highest measure of material
success on the farm.
The modern farm with it's improved
machinery, it's pedigreed stock, it's
1,000-pounds- ds-per-year COW, it's sanitary
appliances, it's bacterial and standard
of purity tests, it's intensive methods,
is the development of the present gen
Grafton. This is a period of remark
able transition in all industrial activ-
ity. The demand is for greater eff
cheney everywhere. Guess work no
longer dominates the farm. Farming
is becoming an exact science. You
may now ascertain with mathematical
exactness how much an acre will pro-
duce; for what the various soils are
best adapted; how much butter fat
there is in given quantity of milk;
by chemical test if the milk is free of
bacterial contamination; by the tuber
culin test if the dairy animal is afflict-
ed with tuberculosis. A generation
ago this was all visionary and theo-
retical. Today they are demonstrated
to be scientifically exact principles for
the subservience of economy and the
conservation of health-conditions that
admit of greater success in any pur-
suit. And it is when the farmer of
taste and refinement begins to prosper
that he gratifies the desire to beautify
the home grounds and make the farm
premises more attractive. 1t is a judi
cious investment, too. The farmer
usually traces better markets and
prices to improved methods in farming
and more hygienic and attractive farm
surroundings.
"The Farm Beautiful suggests
valuable object lesson and an admir-
able text for this article.
We have heard much of late of the
home beautiful. Intuitively we turn
to the country as affording the broad
est scope for the examplifcation of
the idea. What marvel of beauty
and perfection is found in Puget Sound
plant life. The odor of it's roses, so
fragrant, its varied plants, so delicate
ly fashioned, it's fowers-what pro-
fusion so exquisitely matured; it's
shrubbery so luxuriant, so shapely.
How gratifying, too, that at Willow
moore, the country home of Mr.. ]. w.
elise, of Seattle, all that is best, most
ennobling in nature has not been en-
tirely sacrificed to it's practical possi-
bilities. And Willowmoore has great
material possibilities.
WIIowmoore Farm.
Willowmoore farm comprises 400
acres of rich, deep, black loan. The
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lowmoore. The departments are: Ayr
shire cattle, Morgan horses, Berkshire
hogs, poultry and pigeons.
For the efficient and systematic
prosecution of these diversified inter
ests twenty departmental buildings
are utilized. In systematic convent
ence, economic details and modern in
terror appointments the arrangement
of these farm buildings is remarkable
for the high standard of efficiency at
stained. The various structures are
built IN a circle. The color scheme is
green roof and brown body and trim
mings-a pleasing combination.
The Ayrshire Herd.
The Ayrshire is a special purpose
dairy animal The Ayrshire originat-
ed in the County of Ayrshire, in the
southwest part of Scotland. The
breed is among the youngest of we'll
established types. Careful writer's
failed to mention the breed, and the
cattle of Ayrshire described in 1845
bear little resemblance to the present
stock of the country, and must have
been only foundation race" The
infusion of blood from the "cattle OF
England, Holland and the Channel
Islands within the nineteenth century
doubtless contributed to the develop
ment of the splendid Ayrshire of to-
day There are $3.50 pedigreed Ayr
shire cattle in the United States. The
first Ayrshires were brought to New
York in 1922, into New England in
1880, and into Canada in 1887.
Reared in region of moderate fer
tility, the Ayrshire has natural hardi-
hood of constitution, giving dairy
profit upon the coarsest forage.
Il he Ayrshire is of medium size, the
bulls weighing at maturity from 1,400
to 1900 pounds; the COWS from 900 to
1,250 pounds. The general form is OF
the wedae shape, which is typical of
COWS of dairy excellence. The face is
long and straight, but clean and fine.
The horns grow upright and bold, ris-
ing up in line with the crown of the
head, gently curving in. The charac-
teristic markings or colors are brown
and white, the latter predominating
The American bred carries more red
than the impoted Ayrshire. The nd
der, so descriptive to the unskilled, is
well-held-up to the body. But it has
remarkable elasticity for the storage
of milk-and in fact the filled udder of
the Ayrshire has come to be regarded
as a model in shape for all dairy
breeds. The Ayrshire is a large per-
sistent mixer, with yield of from
$500 pounds to 10000 per annum. The
milk of this breed is Every uniform
in it's physical character" and of
average richness, herd record showing
81 to per cent butter fat. The milk
of the Ayrshire is of exceptional ex-
cellence for the home, the hospital,
The invalid and the infant It's use is
recommended strongly by physicians.
The Willowmoore herd has fine in
Ayrshires. OF this number 10 were
imported. The balance being pedi-
greed American and Canadian grown.
This herd is headed by fine types
of the Ayrshire breed. The American
bred bull, Drummondine, comes from
a famous line of ancestry. The dam,
Iola Drummondine, was a noted cow
and the sire a prize bull from an ex-
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AN EMINENT TYPE OF THE FARM BEAUTIFUL

cellent line of dairy animals. Whole
House White King is an imported bull,
having been brought to Willowmoore
last March when he was 22 months
cid. He shows the characteristic
markings of brown on cheeks. He
comes from long line of famous an
cestry, and will doubtless weigh 1900
pounds at maturity. Willowmoore has
two imported Ayrshire heifers that
doubtless are prize-winners. They
possess characteristic markings of the
highest order. These are Monkland
Polly and Southwick Woodbine. Both
come of noted line of dairy an1mars.
The Willowmoore herd has fine in
dividual records-some yielding so To
55 pounds of milk in day. The herd
average is from $50 to 400 per cent
in butter fat.
Mr.. Gilbert Mcmillan, the bright,
well-infOrmed manager of the Willow
moore herd, is indeed an Ayrshire en-
thusiast. He earnestly believes that
the Ayrshire is we'll adapted to this
climate. The climatic conditions of
Scotland and the Sound are much the
same. The forage grasses of Scotland
are clover, timothy and Italian rye
grass; the characteristic nature of its
soil, clay loan subsoil. Mr.. Macmillan
is satisfied that with ordinary treat
ment the Ayrshire will yield from Is
to 18 pounds of butter fat week.
The Willowmoore food-ration is an
ideal One-redtOp, clover, timothy,
English vetch, oat hay and corn ensil-
age, and crushed oats, corn meal, bran
and barley as the grain composite.
With such ration the highest produc-
tive and physical efficiency of dairy
herd may be maintained
This brings us to the home of the
herd. The dairy stable is a modern
structure in size 40x120 feet. 1t has
concrete floors, each stall an individu-
al pail and feed box; the feed track is
in the center; systems of telephones
and electric lights are installed in the
barns and other departmental build
ings. Adjoining the dairy stable is
breeding barn, in size 40X120 feet.
1t contains 40 box stalls and 20 single
stalls cement floors and perfect water
and feeding systems. Each barn is
provided with manure sheds.
There are two silos, each 1S feet in
diameter and 80 feet high. Corn sill
dS0 10 uoCu. uS udy UdIu Is lUUAOU
feet and "a feet high
Finely Bred Morgan Horses.
AS gentle, sprightly, handsome
driving horse the Morgan has few
equals. Willowmoore has six finely
bred Morgans that are splendid repre-
sentatives of this noted breed. They
are shapely, cleancut and high spir-
tied. Four handsome Clydesdales are
used for the farm work. The horse
stable is fine structure, 60x60 feet,
with two lean-tos. The barn is con-
veniently arranged, has modern feed
ing compartments, a self-dumping
manure car operated by a cable, i'm
proved stalls, etc.
A Hygienic Pig Pen.
A hygienic pig pen would seem we'll
nigh impossible. But Willowmoore
has one. 1t contains IL apartments,
each having corral. The pen has
concrete floor; is connected with
water and is kept rigidly clean. The
thrifty Berkshire is bred here. 1t is
noted for the fine, firm texture of it's
meat, and the ease with which it fat
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nature OF its topography would Sug-
gest that centuries ago it was lake.
Here and there embedded cedars are
found which seem to confirm the
theory of geologists who tell us of the
glacial period of 1000 years ago. Some
say WillowmoOre is a beaver-marSh-
artificial soil the richest and best;
yet whatever process, natural or artl-
fetal, evolved Willowmores's soil, it is
SO deep. rich and enduring that untold
generations of constant intensive SER
vice without fertilizing would not ap-
preciably impair it's productivity.
WillowmOre is situated Az miles
southeast of Kirkland just off the Red
mond road 1t is reached through an
iron gate and over rustic bridge: You
admire the bridge,-of cedar with the
oark on; so natural it suggests the viz
gin landscape; cedars abound here,
giants of the forest of enormous pro-
portions. Over the bridge you are at
the managers cottage, low-built
house with a spacious open old-cOuntry
porch-buiit across the broad driveway.
From the center of the porch hangs a
large hospitable-toned dinner bell.
The manager, Mr.. E. w. Gragg, genial
and whole-souled understands his
business.
At the managers house you enter
Willowmoore; here you receive your
first impression; if an observer and
wideawake you imagine you are en-
tering park. The landscape gardner
did his part so efficiently that unwit-
tingly he deceives you. The broad
highway leads you to Mr.. Clise's coun-
try home, built on the crown of the
gentle plateau, that is the site of Will
lowmoore's departmental structures. 1t
could be called bungalow; it is low,
widespreading edifice, of harmonious
outlines, liberal in broad Outreaching
porches, possessing the hospitable far
reaching atmosphere characteristic OF
a typical Southern country home,
/, which breathes a genuine welcome
that thrills you and wins your admira
ton. You enter the house into spa
cious reception and reading room. You
are impressed with the large, CHEEKY
fireplace. Large beams support the
| ceiling. The walls are paneled. The
floors hardwood finish; the rooms are
wholesome, natural, hygienic; no
germ-breeding upholstry visible any
| where. Harmony in the furnishings
of all the rooms is observed. Out of
the house you approach through a
glass sun room passageway a group
| of three green hot houses.
In the hot houses you admire the ex-
ceeding taste and skill of the horticul-
turalist, Mr.. Blackloch. The profusion
of plant life-an admirable collection
of rare plants, flowers and shrubbery
"a beautiful combination, which finds
a pleasing contrast as you glance
through the glass sides of the adjoin-
ing greenhouse and tempting ripe to-
matoes, lettuce and cucumbers greet
you at the midwinter season. Every
where on Willowmoore's spacious
grounds choice plants, ornamental and
shade trees abound, enhancing the
natural beauty of it's landscape.
WiIlowmoore's Diversified Interests.
We have considered Willowmoore
from an esthetic point of view. We
will now take up it's material side. Di-
versified farming is the scheme at Will
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l5S9-De Soto landed in Florida in
search of gold.
1I2O-The plague made its appearance at
Marseilles, resulting in the death OF
$4,000 persons in a few months
1I55-Tench Coke, the father of the cot
ton industry in the United States,
born in Philadelphia.
1S02-MarthS Washington, wife Of
George Washington, died at Mount
Vernon.
1S05-tNapolaon crowned himself king of
Italy at Milan.
1S13-Marshal Duroc, one of Napoleon's
most celebrated officers. killed at
Reichenbach. -. Fort George taken
by Americans.
lS30-President Jackson vetoed the Mays.
vile road bill.
1S3S-Gov. Durham arrived at Quebec.
1S39-British merchants left Canton,
China, because of the opium riots.
1S45-Sir John Franklin sailed on his
last expedition to the Arctic region.
1S46-Louis Napoleon escaped from the
fortress of Ham.
1S4S-French government decreed the
perpetual Punishment of Louis Phil
ippe and his family.
1851 French squadron arrived at Cuba
under Admiral Duquesne. =. Build
ings in Boston draped on the return
of fugitive slave to the South.
1856-British envoy to the United States
ordered to quit Washington.
fS57-British troops under Gen. Arson
advanced on Delhi India.
1s64-Gen. Richard oglesby nominated
for Governor of Illinois.
1S61-Princess of Wales born. Queen
Victoria issued a proclamation for
uniting the provinces " Canada,
Nova Scotia and New Brunswick
into one dominion.
1871-Fall of the Paris Commune. -.
Bank Holiday act passed by the Brit.
ish Parliament.
1SI4-National civil rights bill passed by
the United States Senate.
1S77-Don Carlos, pretender to the Span
ish throne. expelled from France.
1S94-Illinois militia called out to sup
press riots of striking coal miners at
Minonk.
1870 Emperor Nicholas III. Of Russia
crowned at Moscow.
1S9S-Wil!iam e. Gladstone buried in
Westminster Abbey. Edward Bel
lamy, author of Looking Backward
died.
1S99-Rosa Bonheur, celebrated French
painter, died.
1860. G. Magoon inaugurated as gov.
ernor Of the Panama canal zone.
Baron Alphouse de Rorhschild died
-. Mary A. Livermore, American
author, lecturer and advocate of Wont
an suffrage, died
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ALL AROUND THE GLOBE

Ruth Bryan Leayitt, daughter of Will
liam Jennings Bryan, will go on the
stump for her father this fall, it is an
Lounced, at Omaha
Bessie johnson Mariani. daughter Of
Mayor Tom L. johnson of Cleveland. has
brought suit for divorce against her hus-
band, Frederic Mariana, Italian steel ex-
pert.
Members of the class of '9S of Yale
university will erect flagstaff near Wood
bridge Hall, New Haven, Conn, in honor
of Augustus c. Ledyard, one of the Yale
men who lost their. lives in the Philip
pines.
The first gymnasium to be opened by
the Y. NJ. c. A. in Russia has just been
started in st. Petersburg, at the expense
Of James Stokes Of New York City.
The Mexican government has announc-
ID that if the Yaqui Indians surrender
hey must do so Internationally, all of the
requests of the chiefs for leniency having
been refused.
Reports by the public service commits
sion of New York show 4,707 accidents
n April en- street railways, subways and
elevated roads. Preceding months show
ID: January, 1921; February, 1851;
March, 4,353.
Ernest P. Bicknell of Chicago was
elected president by the conference on
charities and corrections in session at
Richmond, Va.
Tamisuka Yokohama and Yasao Matsui,
Japanese architects from Toxic. have or
lived in New York for the purpose of
studying the construction of American
heaters and gathering data for the Toxic
Irtistic and imperial theater-
John Murray, the publisher. has OBJ
aimed a verdict Of 800 damages
Igainst the London Times because the
Times accused the publishing firm Of ex-
ortion in selling the letters Of the late
queen Tictogia al high price.
Frances Wynne, New York salesgirl,
ias obtained $1,000 from q patent-medi-
ine concern because. she says, it used
ter picture as an advertisement without
Ter permission.
The London Economist announces that
3elagoa bag, IN Portuguese East Africa.
srobably viii BE- leased &c the TransTaaI
s an outcome of 3 conference recently
leld at Pretoria
The Educational theater," or the chil-
lren's theatsr, as it IS popularity known
q New YORK, Is curing yocng people of
heir longing for the professional. OF
80 who have taken part not one has
zone into the theatrical fraternity, says
. director.
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RIeHaRD. SEELL
SMELL WILL is VOID.
Jury Finds Millionaire Insane When
He Made Testament.

The jury in the sensational Smell
will case, on trial at Clinton, Ill., re-
turned verdict setting aside the will
of Colonel Tom Smell, the eccentric
Old millionaire, on the ground that he
was insane at the time the will was
written.
The verdict awards $4,000 of Colo
mel SHELLS fortune to his only living
son, Richard. The children OF Thorn
ton Smell will also receive $750OOO.
The original will gave Richard Smell
9S cents a week; the breaking of it
makes him almost a millionaire. Mabel
Smell Mcnamara. the protege of the
dead man, who was by the will 10 re-
ceive $1,000 a year, gets nothing
The case attracted much attention
because of the number of women in
yolved. Many women, some of them
members of prominent Illinois faml-
lies, wrote love letters to the old colo
mel which brought them rich returns
in the way of gifts, usually of money,
from Smell. Among the persons in
volyed and whose letters were brought
out at the first trial were the wife and
daughter of Rev. L. A. Hamilton. But
those said to have come from Mabelle
Smell Mcnamara, whom Smell said was
his niece, but whose relationship was
denied by the contestants. She is al
legged to have gotten 100000 from the
colonel, before he made his will.
That the letters written Smell by
Mabelle Smell and other women wreck
ed his mind and character was the dec
laration made by Richard Lemon, coun-
sci for the contestant in the notorious
case, in his closing argument. Colonel
Smell was sane" he declared, until
these vampires got possession of him
and wrecked him in mind and character
and influenced him in giving up his
wealth."
Colonel Smell, whose will practically
disinherited his son Richard, became a
millionaire by shrewd deals in Illinois
land. He moved to Clinton in the early
SOS, and with small capital began his
business. Every dollar he could get
and saye-and he saved most of the
money that fell into his hands-he in
vested in land. Much land bought at
S1.25 an acre he sold at $500 an acre.
At the time OF his death he owned
1000 acres of fine farm land in the
vicinity of Clinton Previous to the
death of his wife in 1875 he was con-
sidered an exemplary husband. When
her body was buried he was prevented
from jumping into the open grave and
begged to be buried with her