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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-03-15
ODD CEREMONY
WHEN CAUCASUS
WOMEN ARE WE'D

The sound Of slow music is heard
long the valley. Here comes the bridal
recession itself. crowd on foot bear
~ IL company. To front walks a
lerryman holding out long wooden
kewer in either hand. on enc skewer
re slabs OF bread transnxed: on the
Their, fragments OF cooked meat, cool
ng in the autumn air At his side
rots a friend with dripping wiseskln
ader his arm-a bagpipe full OF mlrth
one foot of the skin is united, and
ally held together By finger and thr--ib.
TOR every passerby upon the road must
rink and each must take his bit OF
read ana meat from skewers, that,
laving enjoyed the kindly fruits OF tie
arth. he may wish the bride fertility
nd go upon his way in pleasant mood
Behind the hOspitable food and drink
ONES music. most lavish of the arts
curing itself out. as the birds sing. 10
III who are near enough 10 hear. Usu-
lily the musicians go on foot before
he brides carriage. but n they can
borrow an extra cart. It is certainly
,asier 70 keep time together when OF e
las not 10 watch the rocks upon the
Dad. or wade knee deep across the
liver beds.
Last comes the bride in bullock cart
,r two-horsed phaeton. shaken bun
slOTihed. Her head is dressed In Geor-
ian fashion. Round the top OF her
lead is a shining black ring. much the
sme IN effect as the ring that Zulu
'hiefs enweave IN their hair. On each
hde or the face long curls hang down,
Usually false. for they are frankly at
aehed TO the ring and form a large
.rticle OF commerce IN all Georgian
owns, over rings and curls and al
reil. trimmed with lace along the edge
or the happy. but shorH Of all beauty
or widows or for the mother whose
,aby is dead. SO the bride comes, and
u her side sits the next prettiesJ girl
f the village, 10 keep her In counter
nee and divide the gaze OF tncOnsider-
lte or too admiring males
While the ancient ceremony is cele-
rated inside the church the music con-
tnues. and boys keep up a dancing
orme5 the bridegroom mounts the cart
himself beside the bride. the simple
lOUse OF wood and stone is reached
md he carries her over the threshold
nto the scene of her new life. There
the will winnow and dry the maize
rang the tobacco leaves IN the loft
lelp With the vintage and the beasts.
work he wooden loom give her hus-
Jand food. and rear children 10 repeat
he way OF life with little change.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-03-15

VERY few persons understand the art
OF keeping flowers" says a south end
florist and yet. by little attention.
flowers may be Kept fresh 30 three or
Jour times as long as people expect
them u stay in good condition.
The matter is simple enough. II Is
merely a question of ten perature and
moisture Roses for example. are
grown AT a high temperature in the
gree nhuuSes. and are then generally
spoiled by III treatment after they have
been cut. Grown in a temperature %:
IS TO % degrees. they are placed in an
ice box. where The thermometer stands
at about 20 Then. when sold. they are
taken into a dining or ball room. where
the temperature is - or SO OF course
they wilt i'm a few hours sometimes iu
"a few moments Nothing else could De-
expected They could however be kent
m proper condition for Il week by
placing tsem i'm water and standing the
vase in the coolest part ar a living
room. Every day "a, half inch of the
stems should be cat eff in order 90 pre-
sent fresh suction surface 10 the wa
ter. ~ This precaution is neglected The
stem becomes clogged with 4 glmmous
natter something like the xnn that
xudes lrom peach and chVr1 trees.
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was received most favorably and
spread like wildfre.
Still another version is that given by
Mr.. Gustav KObbe IN his little book
entitled Famous American Songs"
where he gives a description OF the
hand bin Of the poem stating that
it was surrounded by an eliptical
border. outside OF which were the
words "Bombardment OF Fort Nc
Henry printed as a title, and within
the elpse Written by Francis Scott
Key. Of Georgetown. d. c." proceed
ing saying in reading over the poem
Judge Nicholson (Afr. Keys brother-in-
law. perceived that the tune OF the
old English drinking song "Anacreon
In Heavn." which had been used be-
fore IN this country. as setting for the
patriotic song Adams and Liberty"
was we'll ADAPTED to the meter Of the
Star-SPaBgled Banner" and he IN
dictated the tune on the hand bill"
These facts" continued Mr.. Kobbe.
'0f which / have been appraised
through the courtesy Of Mrs. Edward
Shipper. OF Baltimore. who Is
granddaughter Of Judge Nicholson
and a srandniece Of Key. and who owns
a copy OF he first hand bill, as well
as the original manuscript OF the
poem. disposes OF the claim that Fer
dinand Durang. an actor at the Holt
dUy street Theater. Baltimore, sug-
gested the tune Of 'Anacreon' for
Keys poem. although IL is not unlikely
that he was the first person 10 sing
il publicly from the stage OF that
theater."
A fourth claim as to the adaptation
OF the words 10 the tune. is one
based upon logical reasoning and
probability having no witnesses
Tor its support, as in the version given
by Mr. HendOn, but 10 the writer
after serious reflection and much con
sldaraJion OF the various ideas and
theories. the better and most probable.
10 IS that deduCed BY Lewis e.
bison IN his book the National Music
Of America" that Mr. Key being IA
miIiar, as most everybody al that time,
with the tune Of 'AnaCreon in
Ielv'r' because of the setting of
Adams and Liberty" thereto himself
I'D ir mind the air, when he wrote
The song, as otherwise a song OF sucll
irregular meter could hardly by ac-
cident have fitted the tune so aptly,
In fact. Mr.. Elson be9dly states that
never WIS a bOlder Dr more fantas-
teal claim set up in musical history.
than that Ferdinand Durang. BY &c
Cid=nt adapted the tune and words 20
each Othe-
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this is about as follows: After Mr..
Key had been released from his cap
tiyity I'm the British fleet. and had re-
turned 10 Baltimore. w~itten oct the
words of The song, and showed them
TO his brother-in-law. Judge Nicholson.
who had been one OF the defenders or
Fort McHenry. and Judge Nicholson
had taken the copy OF the song 20 the
Office OF the Baltimore American.
where he had il struck of in hand bill
form. and distributed promiscuously
around the streets OF Baltimore. a
copy of this hand bill being carried
into McCawley's tavern, next to the
Holiday Street Treater. where con
course OF people had gathered, among
them being two actors, Charles and
Eel iinaud Durang, someone suggested
thf. Ferdinand Durang sing the song
He aud bis brother thereupon looking
over the music. found that he words
were adapted 10 the old tune Of Ana
creou in Heav'n." upon whicl. discov-
cry Charles played it. and Ferdinand.
mounting "a chair. sang the words 10
those present. after which the song
was sung By them upon the stage OF
TIE Holiday Street Theater, where IL
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matter OF looks is mixed up with H.
Fhat IS. voting women haven't Il is
rank foolishness for a girl 10 wear
iow-quarter shoes in the winter time
and everybody knows it, Bet you
would be surprised to see how many
do e."
It's largely a matter or vanity.
There is no DENYING the fact that
womans foot. or a mans for that
matter. looks better. neater. more
trim. in low shoe than it does in a
nigh shoe. The women appreciate
this. And there are thousands Of
them IN Washington who wear low
shoes the whole year round
some of them viii get heavy-soled
shoes. shoes made out of strong. al
most heavy, material but they viii
not go as far as getting high shoes
OF course. a ma ority of these are
young girls who have their parents
sufficiently IN hand TO do anything
they please But there ere some who
are distinctly old enough 10 DO better
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very popular IN England. and il went
through many editions and was fol-
lowed by many plagiarisms and para
phrases On June I. 1883, the Massa-
chusetts Charitable Fire Society cele-
brated its annual banquet IN Boston.
and Robert Treat Paine wrote a song
for that occasion, which became so
very popular that he received $50 for
The copyright; this song was called
Adams and Liberty" and was a pa
triOtic political song OF the day, grow
ing out of the political dissentions Of
the times.
The tune Of ''Anacreou IN Heav'n''
was very widely known IN the United
States at the time that Francis Scott
Key wrote the -Spangled Ban
ner," and il is probable that he had
the tune IN mind when he wrote tho
words of our present national anthem.
Not so much, however, IS the tune
OF "Anacreon in Heav'n" as Adams
and Liberty its new American set
ting Howsoever this may be, there is
a version which gives credit TO adapt
ing the words 10 the tune OF the Star
Spangled Banner TO an actor named
Ferdinand Durang. One version Of
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and TO patent il in this country and
in every other country where patents
are Issued. Already he has TO his cred
il a patent on an improved sight for
long distance rifles. But this son of
the richest man IN Montana Is not
satisfied with past achievements.
When he gets his patent on the pump.
he will start 20 work on something
else. The pump patent. he believes.
will be worth hundreds OF thousands of
dollars. II not millions.
Harfeld Conrad is as different from
the ordinary rich mans son as pos
sible When he is I'm Montana. ~
wastes 10 time In the gilded pleas
ures and fri. 1lities that are sometimes
common among the idle rich" He
goes into the mountains for long trips,
carrying train Of pack horses. anu
he brings the pack horses home laden
with the game he has brought down
with his rifle. He wears a long string
OF gold medals, for this young man Is
Acknowledged 10 be the best shot in
the State of Montana.
tbs father. who is being prominently
mentioned for the vice presidency on
the Democratic ticket with William
Jennings Bryan says:
Il like 20 see Harheld hunt. It's
a.ucn better sport for young man
than shooting billiard balls around the
table
The pump model is nearly perfected
now and the next step VIII be for
Young Conrad 10 get the necessary
patents on IT That he viii get the
patent is undollbted.
Ia addition TO a palatial home in
Montana. his father owns Montana
fall" handsome country place near
MllIw5cd. in Clarke sounty. Va When
tHe father WAS Young man he went
- Montana without any resources but
his ability. Today he does the biggest
business of any man in the State
Har6eld is a chip of the old block.
lie is on the job al the time
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Il remember Young woman com
ing ia here in January ard ridicuing
e. physician who had ordered her 60
wear nigh shoes Tie doctor she
said. lad told her 10 quit wearing low
SHOES. and had been very serious
about e.. But she said she knew a
httIc hing like low shoes couldn't
burt her.
And, here he smiled enthusiastically.
las she had tbs price for any SHOES
] had. I could do nothing but sell
them TO her
Women. ne concluded SageIv.
viii do a lot for looks. L don't
blame them. Stockings are slcn
works OF art these days that il t.oeS
seem a pity To spoil them > fh high
shoes. Ana eVeTybodvs hca h is his
on her own concern
Thus IS another stone laid on The
high monument that has Been built
Dy mere man 70 the vanity oi woman
IL used 20 be thought that hats We're
women chief Nonities Now shoes
are elevated 10 distinguished mention
la the list
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MISS BATES JOKE
ON BURR NJ INT0SH
90 HE hardest thing IN the

1T HE hardest thing IN the
world. =" said Blanche Bates.
'fs to keep a straight face
when you are laughing in
ternally. They call me a child OF
nature and by this interesting term
suppose they mean hat I want TO
laugh when I feel like It ana also cry
when there is a lump in my throat.
1T took a long time for me 10 learn
TO control the muscles or my face,
but at last / considered that ] had
mastered the art. By the time 1 was
cast for Cigarette in Under Two
Flags ! was able 10 Withstand any
number OF tests which my associates
took pleasure ia improvising IN hoPSs
OF upsetting my stondily. Then. ons
evening. the funniest incident Of my
entire stage career occurred You
know actors never know from one
minute 10 another what is going 10
happen on the stage The slightest
thing causes the audience TO laugh,
while We wonder what II is all about.
Old actors are quite prepared for the
unexpected and IL Is seldom that they
betray their feelings I was beginning
TO feel like a veteran when I spoiled
my good record BY laughing
1T happened in the last act OF
Under TWO Flags After an entire
play of beautiful devotion. Cigarette
finishes It all by throwing herself in
front OF the bullets Intended FOR Berthe
Cecil. the man she loves but who. un-
fortunately. loves another woman-as
men sometimes VIII do. All this occurs
a4Hc 81 rrTr ga frly
succession were the usual way OF in
forming the audience that Cigarette
had been shot Immediately after,
BERTHE Cecil comes on the stage car
rying Cigarette in his arms, where
she dies.
Burr Mcintosh whose long service
In our profession caused him 20 DO
impervIous 70 Influences outside his
role. played Rockingham. the friend
OF BERTHE il was his duty 70 interest
the audience while Cigarette was max
ing herself a target for bullets on
stage No one could make Mr. Nc
lntOsh laugh On the occasion Of
which ] speak he held the center Of the
stage and waited for the two shots
There was a dead silence. The man
behind the gun didn't do his duty for
some unexplained reason Mr.. Nc
InroSh waited a moment. and then
said TO the audience Bang, bang BY
God. they've killed herr Needless TO
say, after having died such g noiseless
death, Cigarette could not very well
make her appearance. so the curtain
vas rung down without the expected
finale. The audience laughed mOre
heartily than it would have az a must
cal comedy, and IL was some moments
before could get my breath. To add
10 the fun Mr. Mcintosh was utterly
bewildeTed. and did not realiCe until Il
was over what he had said.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-03-15

the water in the vase. however pure.
cannot be drawn up, and the lea p and
flowers wither for lack Of moisture. In
cutting off the stems. a knife should
always he used. never a pair Of scissors.
The reason is plain enough. The knife
makes a slnOOtli cut. leaving the cells
of the VOID open and unobstructed. The
scissor blades, no matter how sharp
they are. always compress the woody
Ulcers of tine End Of tie stem. ana leave
them SO tightly pressed together shat
ii l. almost impossible for suficient
moisture 10 find its WAY through 20 sup
port the leaves and blossoms.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-03-15
GUARDING A FOREST.

Fifty telephone stations distributed
among the SIN Gabriel forest reserve
ia, California will be used the coming
summer Tor tile special purpose of Civ
ing timely warning la ease a fire breaks
out auN where in tins Moods. Twenty
FIVE rangers viii patro' the forest. and.
being armed with por able telephones
viii b, able IL an emergency. 10 cut
i'm oa the nearest wire without losing
the time needed to reach a station The
irrigation and electric power companies
that utilize the san Gabriel river have
pi gan zed this method of protecting
LL.-ir NalersLed = Exchange.
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Man in Gorgeous Uni
form.Said: "Man1e,
Please. - She Re
piled, Shook Hands
Within and Then
Rushed k1citedly
AUay.

hand and the big man who must GER
tainis be the President looked sur
prised ana shook IT.
Then she thought it was over. and
In her confusion failed TO see the
smaller man standing nearby and the
long line Of ladies. and she Just
passed them up" as it were
Il was so scared when the Presi-
dent asked me for my name. wasn't
YOU" she asked a little while later.
and that didn't look much Ike the
Presidents pictures. did it," she
continued.
-rhat WASN'T the President silly.
who asked you for your name That
was Lieutenant Colonel Cromwell. "
said the Wise Girl who'd been there
before. You didn't shake his hand.
Old your"
OH. said the Demure Maiden. as
IL slowly dawned upon her that she
missed the Ionged-for Presidential
grip. and began 10 feel really dis
eraced.
oh Mabel said the other girls in
an entirely different tone.
And ever since it's been "oh. Ma
bell. and Amt it awful, Mabel2"
and How is Colonel Bromweil. Ma
bel?" and everything else that re-
minds one Of unpleasant things and
might cause one to blush 1923 times
And she hasn't even written a word
srout II 10 the folks ar home.
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IETS who have
written S W z 2 t
illusions on the
beauties of a
Iady's foot OF
the CLINT rf ro-
nance in tn e
glimpse Of her
a n kIe b a Y e
started a move
ment that is a
menace 10 the
health of Amer
lean women.
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Us IS v haI is disclosed bN DC
record OF sales IN the store Of we'll
Sewn shoe firm in this city Accord
i"S 4" that record. OF the women who
nvusht shoes there this past winter,
on" in every seven purchased low
e.. sarteT shoes.
It's truel declared the proprietor
- tho STORE Women, as rule.
have n" regard for health when
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-03-15

moved nearer. the eaIclaI moment ap-
preached
Finally she lifted Eer eyes There
stood a great, big msn in uniform.
with a great big smile on MS face
and in what seemed 90 be great big
voice he was inquiriHg:
Your name. please.
And then the maiden managed 10
stammer out something that sounded
like Miss Blank, OF Mississippi, Mr..
President. and she stuck out her
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praukE upon the truth ana
historic fact. How the tune Of Ana
creon in Heav'n' became the air OF
the words The Star-Spangled Ban
Ier. our National Anthem, seems to
have suffered IN the passage Of time
from such a curious trick. until. a
close investigation of what one would
suppose to be readily and accurately
known, develops the fact that on the
contrary il is shTouded in much doubt
and mystery. The events leading up
10 the writing Of the song by Mr. Key
on the memorable morning OF Sep
tember a. 1914. after the bombardment
OF Fort Henry by the British feet, are
pretty accurately and veil known.
and IL would seem that the Ctrcum-
stances under which the words were
adapted TO this old tune "Anacreon in
Heavn, would be equally "a we'll
known, but such is not the fact. There
are many versions as 10 this, and
hardly any two authors agree on the
subject.
The tune to this old song became
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Heir of Montana Sill
yer King Working
on New Pump He
Has Invented, and
Has No Liking for
Gilded PaStimeS.

,IILLIONAIREs
son, clad in over
alIs and working
nine or ten hours
a day in a shop
is a rare thing
in this ciEy }.
When the mil
Hon aire 5 son
does It because
he likes Il. the
a II air becomes
all the more re-
markabls.
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For the last three years young Har-
field Conrad, son OF W. c. Conrad.
the silver king" OF Montana, has been
iaboring in a machine shop in Wash
ington. and HIS labor has been 70 per
feet a pump. While his parents and
sisters whiled away the hours at the
Willard Hotel. young Conrad devoted
every minute of his time 20 that pump.
He invented it. It is a kind OF pump
Which he expects TO cause a sensation
In those circles whore improved pumps
are eagerly sought after
He is doing the work here in order
to perfect a model OF the invention
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March IS, 1908
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ORIGIN OF THE "STARSPANGLED BANNER" TUNE

ORE often than otherwise the
cold hand OF destiny and the
passage OF time plays curious
pranks upon the truth and
The Cairo bulletin., 1908-11-15
At the Notion Counter.
DRAINAGE NOTICE.

State of Illinois, County OF Alexander
IS. In the County Court,
| In matter of Samuel Stats Taylor
and Edwin Parsons, Trustees Of the
Cairo Trust Property, Thomas W
Halliday, Richard Fitzgerald and
Iotliers.
Petition for formation OF Drain.
age District to be called Cairo Drain.
age District.
In re Petition of Commissioners
for Fifth Assessment.
To All Persons Interested:
Notice is hereby given that the
Commissioners OF said Drainage Dis
trict Oh the 2Sth day of October A. d.
1908, presented 10 said County Court
their petition showing want OF sum.
cient funds 10 maintain and operate
pumping plants, together with neces
sary repairs of drains, bitches and
levees aud for maintenance Of said
District and doing of certain work
mentioned in said Petition and pray
ing for a Fifth Assessment for the
maintaining aud operating pumping
plants, together with the necessary
repairs of drains. bitches and levees
and for maintenance Of said District
and doing of said work. aud thereup.
on by order of said Court said Peti-
ton was filed in said Court and the
time set for hearing of same was ami
is Saturday, the 2lst day OF Noyem.
er A. d. 1903. at the hour OF 10 o'clock
a. m, or as soon thereafter as the
Court can hear the same.
JESSE +. MILLER,
Clerk OF the County Court.
Gilbert & Gilbert, Attorneys.
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ART IN sRoILINe CHICKENS.
Too Hot Fire Usually Responsible for
Non-Suecess.

To broil chicken so that Il is cooked
through, yet not burnt. is an art few
cooks seem to possess. The reason
is usually that the fire is too hot and
the chicken LOO close TO II.
The perfection OF broiling requires
a clear bed OF Goals and the bro.ler
far enough away for its conteats TO
cook slowly. This latter requirement
is met by having several bricks. on
which the broiler can be set to raise
IL above the flame. instead OF allowing
IL to rest directly on the surface OF
the range. as is the usual way.
Should the fire be too hot. insert an
other layer OF bricks for a short time.
removing them later.
A medium sized pair OF chickens re-
quires rs minutes to be broiled in this
way. At the end put mao 3 baking
pan. covered with butter, pepper aud
salt, until a nice gravy is drawn.
In putting the chicken on the broll-
or. turn the inside toward the fire first
and later turn ose- GA he back.
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KEEP SPOONS FROM FRUIT.
Even Silver Injurious II Left from
One Meal to Another.

Many women leave silver spoons In
preserves rom enc meal TO another
feinafGlng lhat The articles are silver
aud ihs fruit acid win not ruin Them
Bat do they stop to think what the
silver will do 10 the fruit? II poisons
1t, even though the spoon is silver.
There Is q chemical process between
the irult acid aud metal which makes
the irult unfit for use This is even
more so where genuine silver IL not
used Lard will turn spoon green In
few days Ia boz weather. yet often
silver spoon viii be left in The lard
can Vinegar brought from the store
VIII be left for hours in the tin bucke,
Then poured into glass jar. Re.
menbef TO keep lard In tin or porce
laln acids In glass, sugar in porous
crock or glass jar, salt in wooden
box or glass receptacle and spices in
Tin that they will NOT absorb odors
or fayors from each other ii placed IN
paper Keep chocolate In closed dish
Or paper box. Bttef or sweet choco.
late or cocoa powder will absorb any
odor near by even the wood odor
81 cupboard.
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River Transportation
Lee Line Steamers

Yer Memphis s.s way LsnGass
Steamers cspxrtsrs
Peters lee wee car. Nov. 70. arr
georgia Lee FRIDAY. New. 20. 5 p-rn
stscEer Lee Saturday. sev. q, an
FER o. Lewis ara way Laneinss
psters Zee sUnosy. Nov. =. an
Stacker Lee Weo'5sy. Sos. e. an
Fer Freight ard Passage spplr %
sisInssy q PhIIIiss wh.rfssrt csirs.
RoBERT G. LA. c. soURsE
General Hsrse<r q =. A.. A.
General offics. . ssuts Frunf atrs<1
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