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The Washington herald., 1908-05-17

ally-"this in New Orleans! It smells
and It's dusty, but it's New orleans"
In such wise did the spell Of the city-a
spell no one ever quite escapes and no
one forgets-fall upon Rhodora. She for
got utterly the drainage system and the
up-to-dateness. She forgot her cynical
remarks al the antique shapes.
Almost as much furniture as ever
came over in the Mayhower," she had
shifted. "and all of il just now reluctantly
parted with by old families who were re-
dueed by the war. What on earth have
they been living on these forty yearsg
Promptly and without any taking back
of anything the pTaliue boy had called
forth, she fell in love with New Orleans.
She took a snapshot Of the Jackson
statue in Jackson Square, and I've seen
her turn up her nose time and again at
its twin at home She snapshotted the
cabndo, and when she came out OF the
cathedral she crossed herself-Rhodora
was born a Presbyterian-and began to
speak with a French accent. Her eye
| gloated over the narrow flag paved streets,
the mellow rose of the faded stucco, the
/ ineffable softness of the green-battened
shutters. Even a rubbish heap seen down
/ the vista Of a passageway didn't discon-
| cert her.
! 1T makes the real palmy. fiowery. jas
miny courtyards you do see so much
| lovelier." she explained. But they might
paint the French Opera House. you know.
/ It's the amusement place OF the real
French aristocracy-the people who man
aged not to stay reduced by the war.
MAYBE they're going to tear 1t down
soon and build a new one, l suggested
Rhodora nearly tainted at the idea: but
| II wouldn't surprise me a bit If they did
with programues printed in English
they cant pretend much longer that the
mere sticking 90 the habit on the part oi
! the men Of standing UP In the orchestrs
The Washington herald., 1908-05-17
ODD SOUTH AMERICAN ANIMALS.

Many curious animals haunt the marshy parts OF
South America north of the Pampas. Frogs, big and
feroeious eeratophyrs) given 10 making vicious
snrings when closely approached the capybara eavy
"contented with the bulk of sheep; the huge coypu
rat and the swarthy piglike apr frequently seen
Along the forest margins troops OF peccaFles are
often met with occasionally iaguar; sometimes the
puma likewise toothegs curiosity, the great ant
bear long n long nOsed, and remarkably Ions
Ton gued Very plentiful too those little knights
In scaly armor, the quaint waddlng armadloes longs
toed jacanas pace about upon the floating leaves
familiar object is the great Jablru Stork win
for desoate lagoons where ii may often
be observed statuesque on one leg and wrapped in
prospectiOn.
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to 'lorgIlsr" the house can make them
safe frcm the fell and sanitary hand OF
progress. And with the three sheets Of
an English light opera on the front Of
the house. the French Opera House does
look shabby.
Rhodora had another moments pause
in the deserted old Hotel St Louis. She
had wanted to see the great doomed room
where Gen. Sheridan, in reconstruction
DAYS, drove out the legislature in ses-
sion at the point Of the bayOnet. Ut
saws so on the card the deaf caretaker
gives YOU. and I think that II the legis-
lature waited to be pricked it deserved
ali It got People ought to leave when
they're asked 10, especially with wives at
home who'll have TO sew up the slits.5
Tfeary Clay had a $4,000 banquet there,
too. and President Mckinley had another,
though one fancies 1t didn't cost as much
as Clay's The ceiling Of the dome
painted by Canova we heard another
stray tourist say the dome isn't so big
as the one in West Bader. Ind, which
is the largest IN the known worlds
stained by winter rains.
"They might fix the roof" Rhodors
complained. "They can't go on just being
ancient and interesting. They'll be ruins
after a bit. and then they'll wish they d
kept them fixed up"
But, as Rhodora says, the real essence
Of New Orleans is the old st. Louis ceme-
| terry. Dusty, shabby streets hem its three
divisions round. and here and there its
walls sag threateningly. but inside Is pre-
cisely that mixture OF new and old that
Is New Orleans. Here IS brand-new
tomb-"Famille Quelquechose, 'Famiile
de Rein. white and impressive, a minia-
ture temple. and there is an oven In the
The Washington herald., 1908-05-17
Membership in Washington S
Newest Club Depends on
Election of congressman.

ME new Congressmans wife, at $3.50 o'clock
of a wntry Tuesday afternoon, took up
the little wicker basket and hung it on the
knob of the door Of her apartments in Q street
northwest.
All through the building the sound of doors
opening and shutting gave notice. by dull thuds,
that the two dozen other Congressmen's wives who
lived there were doing the same thing.
"Oh, mammal pleaded the new Congress
mans daughter, attired in the very pretiest after
noon costume with which the East could bedeck
rosy youth from the Middle West won't you-
won't you pease-let me tie this little bit of violet
ribbon to it"
no. my dear" and her mother closed the
door with the emphasis of unwilling resignation.
We've just got to stick it out without risking a
single, solitary innovation until the Congressional
Club"
@And the Archonides-"
''Yes, OF course, dear-and the Archonides,
bring US some relief"
For two hours hospitable mother and pretty
daughter sat out the wearying misery Of their reg
ular afternoon at home" in Washington, while
at intervals, skirts swished along the corridor
cards hicked OF rustled family into the modest
basket and the skirts swished away again, the
calling duty conscientiously performed; and the
social, and presumptively sociable, Arachnes sal
beyond the door, with never a friendship added
to compensate for the dour privilege of the wicker
basket acquaintance.
But it was this year. not last; and now there
Is hope, instead Of blank despair. For, to vary
the metaphor and yet to keep it elegantly classic
have not couple of Perseuses, the Congressona
Club and the Archondes, made bold to rescue
these wretched Andromedas from the clutches o.
that awful modern Minotaur. Washington society
GIVES HER PosITIoN AT ONCE.
No woman who has not been Congressman's wf
or dauehtes or ociay ranking female relative
can comprehend find place in Wash
ingon society so there good many million womeI
who are in ignorance while in and Washington
there are still good many dozen who have tim
wished they'd been given chance to learn by tn
of those envious millions outside.
For everything said and done the fathers tn
sons the husbands whom the Constitution of tn
United States confers the ballot the ultimate
Of Washington society.
If papa elected you go Washington the daugh
ter a Representative the daughter of tina
The Washington herald., 1908-05-17
An Awful Mistake.

Prom the Glasgow Herald.
pathetic tale OF Eskimo love is told
by Lieut. Shaekleton, the leader Of an
arctic expedition. A young Eskimo had
loved an Eskimo lass, but as he had not
the necessary number Of sealskins to pro-
vide the marriage portion required BY
her father, he met with no encourage
ment from the stern parent. A yawning
chasm separated the respective dwellings
Of the ardent lover and his beloved.
which could be crossed only by q snow
bridge The youth conceived a plan. He
would cross the snow bridge in the night,
abduct the girl. ard after recrossing de-
stroy the bridge. and so prevent pursuit
He carried the plan into effect One mig. :
ne crossed the bridge. invaded the hut :
his idol. seized sleeping-bag, ana de-
parted, destroying the bridge after he had
crossed. Then he opened the sleeping
bag, and discovered that he had abduct-
ed-not the girl but the old man!
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A CLASSICAL TITLE

There were reports that the daughters going to
an opposition their mothers club and other non
which received speedy quetus when the
unanmy Of the daughters resulted permanent orgali
zation with Miss Lamb president, Miss Williams as
first vice president Miss Iona Tman of South Carolina
second vice president Miss Mabel Madden, of illinois,
third president Miss May Gregg OF Texas fourth vice
president Chapman recording secretary Miss Fos-
ter, corresponding seeretary Miss stephens
treasurer Miss Helen Cannon, honorary president
Every one was TO pay IS initiation fee and si2 yearly
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CIPsEs OF LIFE IN QUAINT BYAYs OF NEW ORLEANS

heroes from us. Let US keep Dominique
You. He makes Us forget the electric
lighted hotel the myriad motor cars. the
skyscrappers. and the new-paint New
Orleans He belongs to the quarter and
the days of the marrow streets, the pink
stucc0. the green cisterns. When did hs
die? Really to a man so eternally IA
nous the incident was tCo Unimportant
for him 10 set the date down. The sky
scraper has a date on its cornerstone
and by-and-bye It will be dingy and Old
Dominique You sleeps undated. Yester-
day and to-day and all the tO-morrows
are one to him. He is part Of the Old
New Orleans, the eternal New Orleans,
the New Orleans you can't possibly find
till you forget all of the city beyond
Canal street
The Washington herald., 1908-05-17

dues and to be dance at the Arlington as
soon as they could themselves which should ba
an extremely swell indeed-with orchestra Of SIX
pieces from the Marine Band less. at Sc a man
Well they consulted their fathers and all the other
men they knew the christening: and they had you
can't imagine how many urged upon them. Miss
Williams papa John Sharp Williams Of Mississippi who
is most learned man. couldn't think of anything better
than The Junior CongressiOnals. But Mss Tllman
knew professor Of Greek. in Georgetown University
who thought and deeply and finally evolved the posi-
lively lovely title The Archonides which the club has
tened to adopt Mr. Williams was 50 learned. and jea-
GUS when he heard the Archondes be the name.
that he translated it the spot, and grumbed;
Observation-Disclosures of the Archons.' the old
Grecan lawmakers. Huh! might the sons just as
well as the daughters
However little thing Ike that could not worry the
Acknowledgement on the second syllable pease-and they
went right aheaG had dance Washington
has enjoyed on any APRIL evening in any springume
SOME POSSIBILITIES
And next fall if the ArehOndes cannot ike their
methers afford TO build buy clubhouse they
ly going be able where they can have
home Of their very learn love another "a
their papas in Congress- sometimes don't
And perhaps when such old and tried friends as
Speaker Cannon and Democratic House Leader Williams
md themselves so filed with wrath over rules and
that neither speak the other and the hateful
back the intimate friendship OF Miss Julia Williams and
Miss Helen may suffice to bring about again that
peace between them which passeth understanding.
There cannot fail 0 effects upon Washington
nfe in the purely social evolution that going forward
now Of wealth are looking TO the capital
as place OF prolonged. permanent residence
/ It may be that the ladies first in the Con-
eressional Cluh-and Archonides-the OF mt-
eating the loneliness of the dscerned also
the possibilities Of factors which necessarily de-
terrine the Congressional circle dominant in
Washington society for all future time tire Fmpnat ;
sbordinaton all other classes. however wealthy and
however regnant their respective places OF origin
But that something which charter member, and.
least Of all Mrs Perkins president of the Congressional
Club will so much consent TO discuss
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now, with the Congressional CLUB and the
ides, organized fulfill Office Of being first aid
elected Congressmans wife and daughter
together his otherwise officially ranking female
ves behold themselves eligible the proper one Of the
clubs by right which his election to Congress
invests in them-and they gratefully
the thousands who, the polls virtually
them into their club and Washington society.
SUCCESS FROM THE START.
1t early in March that Mrs James Breck Perkins
wife Of the Representative from the Thrseeond district
Of New York. invited quite large number ladies to
meet at her home New Hampshire She had
something she wanted talk with them.
Now happened Mrs Perkins one Of those wives
of Congressman who has awful Of
Washington society And it happened-smpiy happened
of course-that almost every woman who received her
vitatIon was likewise blest.
Even they did live in hotels apartment houses,
they had overpassed the heartbreaing wicker
basket that friends called their at-home
and actually came in, and down and talked
It happened too that Mrs. Perkins guests was
Mrs. Sharp wiiams-one of the most experienced
women. socially, Washington-who seemed remarkably
quick appreciate the trend Of her friend
remarks
To Of the Others the proposal of Mrs Perkins
that they consider the advsabity of organizing
to be composed OF members Congress- for
the purpose OF ameliOratng painful
tons or capital society," came something OF SURPRISE
and the others as something that seemed
have been air OF Washington Congress
began fits current session
Indeed. there among twenty-five guests
whose memories ranging afar the prehistoric of the
Spanish diffoulty-washington ashamed nowadays to
call a war-recalled that organization OF kind
had long ago enthusiastically projected
Enthusiastically squelched.
! So while they felt convinced would good thing
they wondered whether could be successful
Mrs Perkins. who has not achieved her position in
Washington society by very noticeable paucity
refained commenting upon the previous
failure But she did point that the ladies'
there assembled the very who If they
agreed upon necessity for the organization had it in
their power make it reality
Besides if they should studious to attempt nothing
more than the formation OF club which would
enable the higher official life meet and tc
know one another socially the object surely be
innocuous could disapprove they had
need Of was to be unanimous.
Unanimous they became, even to the election of Mrs
WiiaUs as temporary chairman and Mrs. julius Kahn
of California as temporary secretary. Mrs James S
Sherman. of York. invited the members of the naseen
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-08-31
Reilly Greatest Boxer
Ever Appeared Here
Seen In Glorious Bout
l5--ROUNDS WITH MCFADDEN CALLED DRAW

the big wrestler, was introduced, and
the announcement of his coming APP
pearance at the Opera House was
made, amid much applause.
The first preliminary, around
20 between Tommy Lane of Australia
and Jockey Willis of New York. was
a fast bout, in which neither man did
much damage and which was called a
draw by Referee II. NJ. Ayres, a de-
cision which proved popular. Lane
was probably the more scientific of
the two, and Willis could not reach
him in the opening rounds, but Willis
had the speed, and took to jumping
straight at Lanes face during the
last two rounds, with his left shot
straight out. in way which fetched
Tommy up short every time it hap
pened. HOnors were certainly even.
Good. Fast s Rounds
Then Soldier Mccullough and Wa
hilani, the welters. mixed for eight
rounds The soldier pursued rushing
tactics at all stages of the game
where he made any progress, and had
Wahilani going during the second
round, when he iloored the native
with n hard right hook to the mouth,
which started the gore. But things
were evened in the fourth, up to
which time Wahilani had been duck
ing and falling to save himself. Nc
ICollouSh was going at IL hammer and
tongs with all thought of caution
gone, when Wahilani caught him
with stiff right to the liver. Nc
Collough almost fell as he went tc
his corner after stalling out the
round, and was in such agony there
that 1t was thought he would not sc,
| up at all when the bell sounded. But
he came back strong. and the rest o.
the go was pretty even proposition
The decision of Referee Twomey
who gave the bout to Wahilani, wa!
the occasion of some catcalls, from
Mccullough hackers. but was prob
ably about correct, as the soldier wal
somewhat wild.
! Would that the referee had called
this draw instead of the other!
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Mac Wild

a
Round II. Through the round.
Reilly takes 1t easy, 'ducking and jab-
hing, with Mac wild and evidently
ANGRY. Reilly nearly stops him for
good at the end of the round as he
shoots in right hook coming out of
a clinch.
Round 70. Both come out care
fully, and Reilly jabs. They clinch.
Reilly puts his left hard to the face.
They exchange, and fight at close
quarters, Reilly getting the best of
| it. Jack puts in a right to the jaw,
and an uppercut which was good,
though it lacked the necessary steam.
They are both, clinching and stalling
as the round closed. Honors even.
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GREAT BOUT AS It
WENT IN Detail

The first man in the ring Is Nc
Fadden, with j. Bettencourt, Young
Scott, Tommy Lane, Kid Heine, and
Young lieine for seconds. Reilly
comes into the ring, with Fred.
Smith, Bob Ross, and August Rel
necke as seconds.
The boys are introduced, McFad-
den as the feathcrwcight champion
OF Hawaii and Reilly as the feather
weight champion of the Coast.
Soldier Poole Is introduced issuing
an open challenge at 16S pounds.
Round /. The men advance and
shake hands. McFadden leads and
they fight to clinch. Reilly jabs
his left to the face, ducks a counter,
and jabs again. They clinch. Reilly
iabs his left to the point, and follows
with right straight to the face.
Reilly labs his left to the point. and
follows with right straight to the
face. Reilly fights to a clinch. jab-
bling McFadden four times in rapid
lsut'toaioh' ii' lbhSo hio lNil "
Mes nose as they square off, and they
exchange lefts. Mac goes to his knees
for rest. They clinch. McFadden
scores in the wind and Reilly keeps
to his jabbing tactics. They clinch
rs the gong sounds. Reilly's round.
McFadden Floored
Round 2. Reilly iabs his left to
the nose and follows with right and
lefts to the head. He floors his OPP
ponent with a hard right hook TO the
jaw. Reilly sends hard right hook
to the face. He keeps jabbing, and
scores with his right to the Jaw and
his left to the solar pleXus. They
clinch. Reilly jabbing again, Nc
Fadden puts his left to the ear. and
to the face. Reilly counters, and
puts in his right. They clinch.
Breaking away, they rally. Reilly's
round
McFadden Nearly Out
Round 3. Reilly still jabbing, they
mix and clinch. Reilly jabs his left
to the face. and sinks his right into
the liver He shoots over his left to
the head. and straight right hard
to the chin, flooring McFadden for
the count. The round closes with
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Credit to Fred. Smith

But all this does not obscure the
fact that for ring show this effort
of Fred. Smiths was the best which
has ever been put forward in this
city. It was we'll worth seeing. any
where. With two nice preliminaries,
followed by this greatest of local box
ing contests, well-lightcd, cool
house, good ushering, and not a hitch
anywhere, it was show worth
while.
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NO UNCERTAINTY AS TO WHAT
DIVIDENDS SHALL BE.

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with assets Of over $1aooo,oc0, and
surplus Of over $500 900, is now lssu.
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Agents.
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n rdSI lulSH
Round 10. Reilly ducks furious
Swing and they clinch. They fight at
once into another clinch, in which
Reilly finds trouble in holding Jacks
hands. Reilly jabs hard to the face,
and repeats. They exchange rights
to the face and clinch. They ex-
change lefts. McFadden is rushing
all the time, Reilly ducks and puts
right to the Jaw. jabs in his left, and
swings his left to the nose. They
clinch. Reilly puts his right hard to
, the jaw and McFadden misses sue
cession of wild leads. Reilly shoots
two lefts to the Jaw as the gong
sounds. All Reilly's round.
Referee Twomey calls it draw.
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Racing
Wrestling
Rowing

Reilly scrapping fast and McFadden
evidently almost out. Reilly's round.
Round 4. Both men look wary.
They clinch twice. McFadden leads.
but Reilly stops him with n jab. and
follows with left and right to the
face, and left to the ribs. McFad-
den put in an easy left and right
uppercut. at which Reilly laughs,
coming back with hard right to
the jaw, which shakes the water out
of Jacks hair. He staggers into n
olinch. Reilly keeps jabbing. Mac
overjudges a hard left swing as the
gong sounds. Still Reillys round.
Again Floored
Round 3. Both come out warily,
and Reilly fights to clinch. He jabs
In his implacable left, and losses
Macs head. They exchange lefts, and
Reilly follows with a brace of let's
to the face, and two more left
swings to the dial, which have Nc
Faddcn going. He is jabbing. jab-
bling all the time. McFadden clinch-
es. They do some fast infighting,
Reilly hooking terrific right to the
heart. He ducks wide swing and
iputs in his right, another terrific
right swing, left, and another
singing right to the point, flooring
McFadden. The gong sounds with
him still on the floor. All Reilly's
round.
Round G. The jabbing and clnch.
ing continue. McFadden is on the
retreat. McFadden got the best OF
an exchange of rights, but Reilly
comes back with a right swing to the
ear, straight left to the dial, an
other left to the face. and a steamS
left uppercut to the chin, firing al
his guns as the gong sounds. Reil
ly's yet.
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SpORTIVE SpLUR(ES

At Kapiolani Park there was a dou.
BILE header in the Kapiolani League.
The Reliance team defeated the Tidal
Waves II to 2, and the Highlands
bested the Twilights to 8. The
standing Of the leay1p is.
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Mac Stronger

Round Z. McFadden comes up
stronger, but wild. Reilly puts his
left to the face. and Jack misses Il
wide one. They clinch and Jack
misses another as they go away. Reil-
ly jabbing, McFadden puts in left
and Reilly counters. They clinch
Reilly puts his right to the liver, and
left to the midsection. They cx'
change rights. Honors even.
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Bryan gratifed at organization Of
Democratic club Of southerners in
New York City.
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Mac Takes the Count

Mac Taxes the Count
Round s. Reilly still jabbing. Mac
put his right to the jaw. but Reilly
comes back with right hook which
puts Jack on his knee for the count.
Through the round Reilly landed re-
peatedly with Jack covering and
Swinging wild. Reilly's round.
Round .. Reilly jabs, put left and
right to the head. and Mac misses a
big haymaker. Reilly swings his left
to the face, and puts his body behind
a jab which losses Macs head. Reilly
fights for the body. McFadden still
wild. Reilly has the best of 1t all
through.
Round 10. Through the round, it
| is matter of lab and clinch. with
Reilly fighting low and having all the
best of 1t.
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