davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-11

bride. wore a beautiful gown Of black
satin trimmed with black lace. Among
the out-of-town guests were. Mrs. Robert
n. Pendleton. Mrs. Frank Chaplin, mother
and sister Of the groom: Mrs and Miss
Bell of Wytheville. Miss c. p. MacGill OF
Pulaski. Miss Willie Jones of Charlottes-
ville Miss Mary Custis Lee Of Fredericks-
burg. Capt Robert f. Lee of Ravens
worth. Mr.. Bankhead Lee of Whitewater.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Y. Worthington. Mr..
and Mrs. w. C. Worthington, Mr. George
Y. Worthington. jr.. Mr.. Thomas Buckley.
Miss Buckley. Mr.. Wilson Budd Strong.
Mrs. Frank Rowell. Miss Mary Rowell.
Mr.. Charles Rowell and MIR. Albert How
son and Roland Dawson Of Baltimore.
Among the entertainments given IN
honor OF the bride was a dove dinner OF
eight covers Monday evening by Mrs.
Carlyle Herbert-Smith. at which the
guests were Miss Dawson. Miss Lee. Miss
Bessie Herbert. Miss Anderson. Miss
Heath. Miss Worthington and Miss Hooff.
Tuesday evening DR.. and Mrs. 8. A. Wal
lis gave a reception at their home. follow
ing the rehearsal in the chapel Wednes-
day Rev. and Mrs Bergman Green gave
a luncheon to the bridal party. at which
the guests. were Miss Dawson. Miss
Worthington. Miss McClelland. Miss An
derson. Miss Hooff. Miss Heath. Miss Lee.
Dr. Warner; Rev: w; G. Pen Pendl Teton
son. Philip Dawson, De Van, Boice. Cook
and Gravatt.
The Mount Vernon Chapter. Daughters
of the American Revolution, held a bust
ness meeting last Friday afternoon at
the home Of Mrs. Eleanor S. Washington
Howard on North Washington street:
The members present were Mrs. Samuel
L. Monroe. Mrs. Heber Boswell. Mrs.
Thomas w Robinson Mrs William b.
Smoot Mrs ]. Stewart Jameson Mrs.
Hubert Snowden. Miss Elizabeth Moore
Janney, Miss Mamie Burwell Norton and
Miss Carrie Stribling. The following dele
gates were elected to go to the state con-
vention in Petersburg on the 18th: Mrs
Howard, regent, and Mrs. Robinson: al
ternates. Mrs. Robert C. Powell and Mrs
Jameson. -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-11

Mrs. Boyd and her two sons. Ralph and
Reginald, have returned to Washington
after spending the summer at Stonyman
Camp, Va.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-11

Mr. Stanley Barkesdale left last weel
for Meckinsburg county. Va. where hi
will spend several weeks on shooting
trip.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-11

Continued on Fourth Page)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-11

Mrs. Emma J. Spencer has returned
from a visit to her old home in Fairfax
county.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-11

Mrs. Herbert Crapster, who spent tht
summer in Atlantic City. has returned t.
Washington and is now at the Windsor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-11

Mrs. Theodore II. 'Tiller of Massachu
setts avenue is entertaining Miss Bessi
Crawford of cambridge, Ga.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-11

Mrs W. Edward Reynolds. wife OF
Capt. Reynolds, U. S. r. c. S., entertain
ed at a theater party OF ten last Sat
urday evening complimentary to Mrs.
James Wylie Galley of Baltimore.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-11

Mrs NJ. c. Stiles has returned to Wash
ington, after spending the past six
months in California. and is at her apart
ment at the Cairo.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-11
SOCIETY.
Continued from Second Page.)

home in Denver. Col. for the past three
months.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-11

Miss Ida Magruder, who has been
spending the summer out of town, has
returned to her home on q street.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-11

Mr.. and n IS A. McNiel. who have beer
visiting for several months at their for
mer home. Rockingham, near Halifax
Nova Scotia have returned.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-11

Mrs. James Wylie Galley of Baltimore
is the guest of Mrs. William Lodge Selby.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-11

dress. Miss Rosser is still among her
relatives in her old Kentucky home, but
will he here for the early season. She
has had the advantages of extended travel
in connection with her education and will
be an accomplished addition to the ranks
Of the younger resident set.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-11

Miss Rachel Killinger returned Wed
nesday after having spent the summer a,
her home, Marion, Va.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-11

Mrs Ann Davis, widow of ex-Gov G
Davis of Texas, who for several years
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-11

Mr. and Mrs. Raymond S. Jennings OF
the Ontario are registered at the Astoria
New York city.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-11

MRS Carrie Contella has returned from
visit to relatives in Baltimore
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-11

An informal dance was given last Fri
day evening at Chevy Chase Library.
About twenty couples enjoyed the affair,
which was under the direction of Mr.. ~.
r. Tompkins. Mr.. Peterson and Mr.. T. F.
EdmundS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-11

Mrs Brodhead and Miss Brodhead and
Mrs. V. p knight and Miss knight have
returned TO the city from their summer
vacation and are guests at the Rhode
Island House for the winter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-11

Miss Florence NJ. Gottshall, who has
been the guest of friends here for the
past few weeks. has returned to her
home in Blue Ridge Summit Pa
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-11

Miss Isabel Irwin arrived last Thursday
from South Carolina, where she has been
spending several weeks visiting relatives
Miss Irwin has recently returned from
abroad. where she has been spending the
past six months.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-11

Mrs Willett and her son-in-law and
daughter. Mr.. and Mrs. Graeham Hume.
and children. who have been spending the
summer at Mrs. Hume's country home,
The Glebe. Livingston Heights. Va. ex-
pect to return to Georgetown about No
vember l.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-11

Mr.. and Mrs. William F. Dennis, who
have pleasant apartment at Stoneleigh
Court. will entertain considerably the
coming season for the daughter of the
latter, Miss Wyndham Rosser, who will
be among the debutante group. Mrs. Den
mis- and her daughter are natives of CEN
trail kentucky and have the charm of
manner and grace of expression which
characterize the women of that section.
as wei as good looks and great taste in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-11

Mr. and Mrs. j. NJ. Winnemore are
visiting friends in the north
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-11

Miss Mary Gilbert has resumed her
studies at the Hannah Moore Academy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-11

DR. and Mrs. E. P Quain, VINO have
been spending several weeks in this
city. have returned to their home in Bis
marck n D.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-11

Miss Gilligan, who has been spending
several weeks in Washington, returned
last Wednesday to her home in Norris
town. Pa.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-11

Mr. F. NJ. Tyler Is visiting relatives in
lad.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-11

Mr.. and Mrs B. c. Althouse of 18th
street entertained a number Of friends
Tuesday evening in honor OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Bonnerwell of Minneapolis Mimi.
their guests, who have returned to their
home.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-11

Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene L. Norbeck lelt
recently for their home in Hampton, Va.
after spending about a month with the
formers sister, Mrs. Bertha c. Werner.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-11

Miss Anna *. Chapman has returned
to her home. 1906 street. from the west
where she spent the summer having been
one of a party of eight who took an en-
joyable touring trip through Wisconsin
Illinois. Michigan and Indiana. While
in Chicago she was the guest of Mrs
G. NJ O'Conel. Miss Chapman expects
to leave this week to visit Miss Frances
Smith at her country home. Saville, at
Long Island, n. Y.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-11

Mr. and Mrs. William Worthington and
their little daughter. Miss Mary Coleman
WorthingtOn. who have been the guests
of Mrs. Worthingtons parents in Ossin-
ing n Y. have returned.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-11

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles A. Baker have
closed their summer home at Cape May,
N j.. and. with their family. have re-
turned to Georgeto own.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-11

Miss Mabel Connolly OF Chicago yisite,
Miss Geneva Curley during the past week
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-11

Mrs. Smith Thompson and her little
daughter Miss Eta Dyer Thompson. who
have been spending several months at
Their old home on Both street, returned
last week to their home in New York
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1908-03-28
roRs,o HOUSES OF WOOL.
New York Authorities Extend Strict
Fire Regulations to Suburb.


New York.-A plan to stop building
Of wooden houses in the suburbs, the
only sections of Greater New York
where such building is now permitted.
has been approved by the building
code revision commission by Its &C.
ton in voting to extend the fire limiti
10 as practically to cover the entire
greater city.
The commissions recommendation
must be passed upon by the board Of
aldermen, and hard fight is prom.
ised when the board Is ready for &C.
tion, as builders and outlying land
owners say the move will stop rural
home building and drive thousands Of
persons from the city.
Fire Chief Croker is the author Of
the plan, and he Is backed up by the
board Of IRE underwriters. Croker i'm.
pressed upon the commission that they
were fixing IRE lines not only for the
present. but for at least ten years to
come, and that before the end Of that
time districts which are now sparsely
ssttled win be thickly built up. A nrs
IL one OF these districts, It was n
susd, might result In the destruction
q many millions worth Of property.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1908-03-28
To Add to Romance the Bride 10 an
Indian.

Denison. TEXAN elopement and
marriage ON horseback in the middle
of the Red river. directly followed by
q gunshot from ambush which wound.
ed the bridegroom. was the experience
Of Joseph Anss. = Texas ranger. and
Miss Annie Bunts, Choctaw Indian
girl. The bullet shattered Anse's left
arm. 80
Anse had courted the Indian maiden
for six months. Clandestine meetings
followed the. objection Of her father to
Anse. He did not want her to marry
outside her owA race.
Anse and the girl lied on horseback
in the moonlight. A minister. waiting
at the junction OF the Red and Nmitia
rivers. performed the ceremony in
midstrcam. The party wheeled their
horses to continue On their way. when
= ride shot rang out and : bullet bus.
ED past the ministers face and
pierced Anss's arm. The rise was
i,red from The woods % the river
bank Z.
M ~ ~
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1908-03-28
TO BUILD HOUSE IN DAY.
viii Rsvolutionixs Building.


New York.-In greeting the mem
bers Of the American Electro-C Chemical
society and showing them through his
laboratories and manufacturing plants
at Orange, N. j., Thomas A. Edison
showed his visitors big model Of
threestory house.
II have had New York architects
working on the plans Of that" he
said. land am ready to begin on 1t
myself. In fact. already have made
the models for the window castings.
Next summer l will build Just such =
house within IL hours At an expense
Of $1,000, and the man who labors
on 1t will know. that 1t was built on
his basis Of wage-$1.50 = day.
what I am going to inaugurate,"
he said. lis this: l am going to fash
ion cast iron models for the entire
house. This outfit will cost $4,000
for house of this design. All the
builders will have to do is to put It
up and pour in the concrete. Then
they will allow six days for settling
and drying and the family may move
in. The cast iron mold of that house
may be used on countless other build
ings.
1.-THE economic value of this rests,
for one instance. in that the house
win never be In need Of repair. The
roof and floors will be Of concrete:
the concrete will be made on the site;
there will be no fire insurance; as an
other instance Of Its saving value, the
man who owns the house can let his
children hack at 1t with hatchets and
axes and lose nothing. There will be
no wood in 1t save for strip upon
which carpets may be tackled"
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1908-03-28
Across Afrie. by Motor.

Lieut.. Graetz, the German officer
who, with two companions, started
from Oar es Salaam last week to cross
Africa in motor through British Cen.
trail Africa and Rhodesia to Swakop-
mund. German Southwest Africa, has
reached Mrogoro, which is about 100
miles from Oar es Salaam.
On arriving at Mrogoro he decided
that the car was much too heavy for
the rough country through which 1t
had to travel. He therefore discarded
the body Of the car, leaving only the
chassis, on which he rugged a seat.
r The only luggage he is taking with
him consists Of his sleeping sack, q
supply of petrol and box continuing
small stock Of provisions and medi.
cines.-Rhodesia Herald.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1908-03-28
AYERIS GUN DISASTER.
GRAVE OFFICER LosGs riMosa
BUT SAVES 0ArTLEsHip.
lIsutansnt cssnan esss Explosion Il
Imminent end Thrvses Hand Into
0rssch 81 Cannon 70 Pm
vent Accident.

New York.-The lives Of . score Of
men might have been sacrificed in .
second Georgia catastrophe and the
superb flagship. Connecticut, might
have been partially wrecked during
the recent target practice Oh Cape
Cod but for the bravery Of Lieut..
William Pigott Cronan. Al 1t was, the
lieutenant lost the index finger of the
right hand. loss that II more serious
to fighting man than one imagines.
Ono day when all the four eight
inch guns were in action, Lieut. Gro
nan was In command Of the star.
board after turret. A shot had just
been fired at the distant target and a
number Of powder bags had been
hoisted up through the floor from the
magazine. All but one Of the bags
constituting q full charge had been
placed. In rapid succession. in the
breech Of the eight-inch guns. Then
the remaining bag was showed on the
ammunition hoist into the breech and
the gunner. whose duty 1t was to
swing the heavy breech block to and
fasten it securely In place. by twisting
it upon threads in the breech. was
about to perform his part.
At that moment Lieut.. Cronan- mo-
ticed that the last bag of explosive
that had been put in play must have
been torn, for he saw many grains OF
the dangerous stuff glistening be-
tween the steel threads Of the breech-
lock. He realized at once that were
the breechlock to grind upon these
grains, the latter would become ig-
nited and explode the entire charge OF
powder in the gun. blow OF the
-breechlock, and ELL and main those
in the turret, as we'll as ruin both gun
and turret Oblivious of the fate that
threatened every one in the turret. as
the gunner was in the act Of swinging
the block Lieut.. Cronan rushed for
ward and plunged his right hand be-
tween the breechlock and the wall OF
the gun.
The breech closed, badly mangling
his hand and clearly cutting on the
first finger. which fell into the grooves
and caused the closing mechanism to
clog. The sailor at the breech Of the
gun tainted when he saw the act. Tho
calling together Of board Of inquiry
at the New York navy yard brought
the heroic action to light.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1908-03-28
s,Lvsa AND CRYSTAL WARE
tsw csnnblnatlen That Aassts lsao
Establishsd osnaa1.

70 combine silver and crysaal b
single pieces has long been the desafe
Of the woman who likes exquislts AID
costly. appointments for hsr table.
but tho idea has never before been
really practical ono for aAythins
except epersnes. This season. how.
ever. the combination has bsen s&sct.
ed and It IL possible now to supply
ones china and glass closet with
whole sets Of the most beautiful crys-
tai mounted on silver.
The champagne glasses ars par
ticularly dainty and attractive. They
have rock crystal bowl showing
some effective design Of flowers or
vines which can be adjusted into .
silver stem and base. This stem Is
wrought Of the metal and II 20 pat
termed that at the top; where It Joins
the crystal. there Is spring shaped
like half opened flower. into the
heart Of which the short crystal stem
slips. while the leaves Of the flower
like spring close up around the glass.
The glass stem is quite short. not
over half an inch or an inch. In the
smaller glasses 1t is Just long enough
to allow the silver clasp to slip up and
At close to the bowl of-the tumbler or
wine glass.
There is no dimculty whatever In
washing these glasses. All one has
to do is to loosen the crystal part and
clean that, and when the silver needs
rubbing up or polishing 1t Is separated
from the crystal. The silver stems
are hand work Of the most expensive
kind. They are daintily embossed.
carved or engraved. and usually they
have the fashionable gray tint that
30 much of the new table silver shows
Silver and crystal fare comes in all
the wine sizes. liqueurs, some with
short stems and others with very tall.
slender ones, in grape fruit and sher-
bert glasses. Separate dishes for COM
potes, jellies and nuts are treated
In the same way. combining silver and
cut crystal. There is also fad for
lemon dishes and sauce dishes Of crys-
tai and silver. These have the bowl
part made of glass and then there are
pierced silver rims that suggest the
style OF silver in vogue about = cen
fury ago. The rims are easily remov.
ed for cleaning purposes. They afford
certain protection to the edge Of the
dish and give 1t handsome finish.
The sauce dishes intended to hold
mayonnaise or creams are made on
the same pattern, only the crystal
part ia very much deeper. The re-
movable rim is also correspondingly
heavy. Pierced silver 10 very fashion
able at present. and among the novel
ties in this work are large and ex-
Quisitely wrought sandwich plates and
cake dishes. In solid silver. these are
costly. on account Of the dei3cacy Of
tue work on them.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1908-03-28
YEAR or COPYRIGHTS.

The discrepancy between the mum.
Der Of entries made and the number
OF articles deposited" is explained BY
the fact that two classes. photographs
Of works Of art and foreign books. re-
quire a deposit OF only. one object for
each entry, whereas in other classes
two deposits arc necessary.
It is q peculiar fact that the appli.
cations have their high and low tides.
For instance, January Is the big month
in the copyright once. For ten years.
which il the period covered by the
present reports. January IL the time
for an onslaught Of authors and COM
posers. January 2, 1907. was = record
breaker, with a total Of 3.536 titles
registered that day. December II next
to January In the amount Of business
- 0)llrtng- -tE1or 'nxuu, cUygld61f .
close to the extreme Of dulness. being
surpassed In that respect only BY July
and August. For instance, the low tide
Of the year 1906-07 came ON August 4.
when only 1874 titles were recorded.
May and June are good months.
Some years one leads. only to lose to
the other the following spring.
People who have fallen victims to
the fashionable foible of forgetting
what IL in the constitution may need
to DO reminded that the copyright
laws had their origin In Article l., Sec.
ton 8. Of that document. That article
states that congress shall have power
ITO promote the progress Of science
and useful arts by securing for limited
times to authors and inventors the a..
elusive right to their respective writ.
inss and discoveries"
At the second session Of the very
FIRST congress the original copyright
act was passed, and from that time to
this there have been rs acts relating
to copyright passed by congress. We
now have copyright relations with II
countries. counting Great Britain and
her possessions AZ one country. We
have relations with all the larger Eu.
ropean countries except Russia. Aus
tria and Sweden.
We have even concluded . treaty
dealing exclusively with copyright
matters. 1t Is with Japan, and IL the
first of it, kind concluded by this
country. An earlier treaty between
the United States and China contained
an article relating to copyright. but
did not deal exclusively with It.
In 1899 there was q diplomatic agree.
ment between the United States and
Germany relating to the protection of
literary property. but this was not q
full.dedged treaty ratified by the sen.
ate.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1908-03-28
A suit for Damages.

A Kansas farmer wanted big suit
for damages brought against n rail.
road company because his old lrindle
COW had been run over during the
night. On questioning him his lawyer
couldn't md single peg upon which
he could legitimately hang = cpse.
WELL" he said, Il kinder thought
70 could fetch II On the sign boin'
down. They want NO sign, Look ont
Tor the cars 70 I Thought mebbs re
could ct 'sm ON that"
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1908-03-28
Welded in Midstream.

Quick ~ nash the ranger whipped
his revolver from Its holster and fred
into the woods near the spot where
the fash was seen. Fearful lest the
would-be ASSASSIN might be one Of her
tribesmen. the bride tugged 1t her
husbands sleeve until he consented
to nee from the spot on the gallop.
The bridal party galloped into the
nearest village. where Anse received
surgical attention.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1908-03-28
Potatoes Lead TO Gold Find.

Ogden. Utah.-A rancher near
Craig. Col, dug his potatoes the day
after heavy rain and quantity Of
wet soil adhered to them. He sold
the potatoes 1t hotel and an en-
ploye at the hotel. An old placer miner,
In washing the potatoes saw some
particles Of gold In the bottom Of the
pan. Closer scrutiny revealed mum.
bss Of the hny particles In the dirt.
This led 70 an examination OF the
ground whore the potatoes were
grown, and It was found to b. rich In
placer gold md assays very high. Sew.
srl hundred aerss have bssn staksd
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1908-03-28

United States has
s LANG chsns L.ns ~" "" w.
h. sent .e " ro,'s" Affairs M W. .s Fans w
washnoen than ~: and nasrss services
b.s:esd Hs much liked BY Amseans ese.uss Of h. ability
Asr recalled from the United states n 1872 no became
junior vs President Of the foreign
department.