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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-07-13
ENGINEER BAND CONCERT IN
JUDICIARY SQUARE
THIS EVENING AT 1880 O'CLOCK
Julius Hamper, Chief Musician.
PROGRAM

March-sThe Observer" Barnard
Overture-"Raymond' Thomas
Cornet soIo-"Souvenir Waltz" -...
Heed
Principal Musician Wintermyer.
electiou-"Faust" ........ Gonoud
Waltz" Vienna Beauties. Strauss
Idyl-'The Mil in the Forest ....
Hilenberg
s'The Sunny South" (Southern
Melodies) ................. Lampe
Descriptive Fautasia-"A Day at
West Point .....-....... BendiX
"The star Spangled Banner
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John BlgeIow, the veteran pubhclst,
in a letter, indicates that he sees smaii
prosnect for real tariff reform without
war: for ne says the high tariff bene-
dciaries have ali the reasons to fight
for the maintenance OF their specid'
privileges. that the Shareholders had %
fight for theirs. Well. If they hght. the
consumer win get all the best OF IT, be-
cause you cant hurt myth with mere
bullets.
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A TASK BEFORE HIM.

were to swear to you tsat I would
go 20 the end of the earth -Or you
First OF all, interrupted the Boston
beauty. you would have to prove to
me that the earth really has ends. and
that, YOU know, is quite Impossible. -
Catholic Standard and Times.
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of petitions and denunciations, viii con
tinue TO do so; and no more certain
forecast can be made in regard to
fancies in this direction than as to the
changes of the weather
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morning for TWO weeks sta
lsntiC City.
Mr. and Mrs d. J. kaufn
family are spending the sur
Providence Farm, Silver Spring
=
The Rev Louis stern and fam
Iefr for a ten days stay at
Cily.
Il
NIr and Mrs samuel Cans. w
been the guests of relatives at a
Mills. Nd have returned home.
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Mr.. and Mrs. J. s Kann. an
Stewart. are visiting relatives in
more,
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ARRANGED FOR FUN RAJ

YORK, Pa. July 13--When
Wellman. an aged inmate o.
County AImshOuse. died suede
discovered that twelve years
had arranged for her funeral, 4
undertaken the price OF a dec
ment She had also pure
cemetery lot
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-07-13

Bolivia is threatening to make war
on Peru over the award Of the boun-
Diary umpires in favor of Peru AFTER
all the years that Peru. chile. BfaZl''
and Argentina have spent fling pieces
of Bolivia, it's not to be wondered that
the country named for the South Arnerl-
can Hberator should get its dander up
a hit
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Nordica was paid $500 TO sing at Am
bassador Reds party for the KING Ap-
plicants for the succession at ST James
please give references as to financial
gFo 74dfuo
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Hitchcock Is Not So Cold

hltcnCOck IS NOT 80 Cold.
Postmaster General Frank II Hitch
cock is not he cold-blooded person that
he is sometimes depicted to be. He has
some other pastimes in life than US ng
the steam roller to crush and main
and mangle helpless politicians. The
reputation Mr.. Hitchcock got at the Chi
cage convention for cruel and inbuman
treatment OF his rivals is not entirely
fair. Mr.. Hitchcock is a good deal of
a nature student and a lover Of nature,
and when he can get away from the
duties of a busy career he likes to go
10 the mountains and the woods and
study the birds. the fishes and the
animals. lie is fond Of outdoor life, I'D
mas ridden on horseback over a great
deal ~ the far West This is q side OF
the postmaster General that is litde
know Snd IS appreciated only by his
closest friends. MI. Hitchcock has am
bi;ions to give the Postoffice Depart
ment a good, business-Iike administra-
ton and to leave behind him a good
record when he goes out Of office.
=
President Taft is tackling a hard
proposition when he tackles Representa-
tive Joe. Fordney of Michigan on the
tar.m II is generally admitted about
the Capitol that If he President gets
Fordney TO incline toward downward
revision on account of several White
House breakfasts ne vii do well, to
say nothHS of one. FOrdney Is one Of
he members of the Ways and Means
Committee who is STEPPED in the doc
trIne of high tariff duties. He is in
the lumber business himself. has been
an his life nearly since he was Michi-
gan pine woods lumber Jack. and is
one of she mainstays OF the cause OF
the lumber tariff in Congress. II Ford
ney has any sympathy with reducing
duties on anything, he has not manifest
ed any of the symptoms. He is a fight
or. and some Of the revisiOnists think
ne Is fanatic in his devotion TO high
dufles. he IS one OF the hardest nuts
The president VIII have TO crack In his
effort to get some concessions in the
shape OF lower duties
=
Anyone suspecting that the Hon. VIII
liam SuiZeT Of New York likes the
Z tariff bill should ponder on this sentence
from his speech IN the House on the in
come tax amendment:
The passing Of the outrageous Aid
rich tariff bill. an oppressive tax meas
ure that viii fasten on the backs Of the
consumers Of the country for years to
come unspeaksble burdens beyond the
calculations of the finite mind is the
/ leglsiatlve-taX iniguity of the century %
Which, 10 viii be admitted, is paint
/ ing the picture reasonably black
/ Sims Of Tennessee had arisen TO speak
/ in support of the resolution for a con
stituuOnal amendment on income tax.
some thought he was about 20 talk
tariff and there were signs Of flight.
Mr. Speaker said Sims, I am not
/ going TO discuss the tariff question. so
{ nobody need leave the chambe-"
/ Whereupon everyone laughed and
/ stayed to listen
=
/ President Taft when he talks to a
/ public man, especially one Of the Old
! timers with whom he is well acquainted
/ has a way Of putting both hands on the
I shoulders of his visitor In the most
/ brOtherly and affectiOnatC fashion Ii
/ proves more effective than the use OF
/ the Big Stick
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It is reported that concessions are u
he made to President Taft in the way
of increased liberality in the tariff on
raw materials. Evidently there Is going
To be 2 good deal of the raw about the
1
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Return to Capital.

NCtUtH % - t--0'-
The Secretary of State. PhHander c.
Knox. returned to Washington yester-
day from his summer home at Valley
Forge. Pa. where he spent the week
end with Mrs. Knox and their family.
q
Mrs. Guy l.. Gardner of New Orleans,
La, is the guost OF relatives In Wash
ngtou for several days. en- route 10
Eew York, where she will visit her SON
in-law and daughter Mr.. and Mrs Oar
nell.
=
Mrs. Allyn *. Capron, assisted by a
number of prominent society women
who are still i'm the city viii entertain
at tea a. Pierce's Mill IN Rock Greek
Park. every afternoon from Il to
o clock beginning Saturday, July II. and
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II can only be said that it will be a
perfect shame II this story about the
Roosevelt expedition nearly starving TO
death turns out to be fake Thlnk
now well tie official story of 1t would
r.naaf
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Persons leaving the city for
long or short period during the
summer can have The Times mailed
to them at the rate of thirty
cents n month or seven cents s.
week. Addresses may be changed
as desired. All mail subscriptions
must be paid in advance.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-07-13

There are 100 young men IN SeeTeta'E
Nagers department who thihk IelOi III
is a good thing. They got promotions
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-07-13
Skating Party.

Mrs William f. Fullam was hostess
at a skating party followed by tea ar
the Naval Training station at New
port yesterday in compliment to ler
daughter. Miss Mariana Fullam. whose
engagement to Austin Ledyard Sands
was announced last week.
M. and Mrs. Edward Francis Dough-
erty the latter formerly Miss Clara
Anna Kubel, have returned to Wash
ington from their bridal trip. Tuesday
evening. July 20 they viii be hosts at
a large reception in their home, 20Oi
Fifteenth street northwest.
Mr.. and Mrs Wolcott Tuckerman have
taken for the season a cottage at
Hamilton, Mass. belonging to the Sec
rotary of the Navy, and near by the
Never country place, Rock Maple Farm,
where Mrs. Never and the Misses Meyer
are spending the summer
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Castro explains that his utmost desire
is ia be allowed to die at home. If
he'll Just amend nv striking out the last
two words, ne will find general acquies-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-07-13

Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Letter. who have
been spending q few weeks in Wash
ington with Mrs. Letters mother. Mrs.
John r Williams. at the Connecticut,
went over 10 New York last night and
sailed from there this morning on The
Kronprinzessin Cecilic, to spend the
late summer and fail in Europe.
Mrs. Williams. who went over TO bid
them bon voyage, viii spend few days
with Lieutenant Colonel Williams at
Fort Dupont, Delaware, before return
ing to Washington
=
Mr.. and Mrs. Preston Gibson, who are
spending the summer at Eaglehead. the
summer home of Mrs. GiDson's grand
mother. Mrs. James Mcmillan, at Man
chester-by-the-Sea, have gone for d
short stay at the Hotel AspinwaL
Lenox.
Capt. and Mrs. Tinsley L. Allen have
closed their residence. on Church street.
and have gone to Crockett Lithia
Springs, Va, for an extended sojoun.
Later they will go to their country
place. at Amherst, Va, returning 10
the city in the autumn.
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At SudbrOOk Park
Senator and Mrs. Isid0r Rayner are
occupying their cottage at Sudbrook
Park, Md, for the summer.
=
Count Ludwig r. af Ugslas, attache
Of the Swedish legation, has gone 20
Newport, where he will be domiciled al
the Berkeley for the season.
=
William Phillips, of the State Depart
ment, who has been guest of Joseph
| r. Choate, jr., ar LCnoX, has returned
I TO Washington.
Mrs. Edward everett. VINO mas been
visiting in LeuOX, mas returned 90
/ " Washington.
/ Mrs. G. Bowie Chapman, accompanied
/ by her young son. Norris Chapman, is
/ spending the summer at the Dennis,
/ Atlantic City
Miss sarita Clark. Of Washington,
/ who will sail for Europe later in the
/ season, Is the guest of Nr- and Mrs.
/ Daniel Chester French Al CheoUcrwOOd
/ StoCkbridse, Mass.
=
/ Countess MoItke, wife of the Danish
/ minister. who was formerly Miss Cor
/ nelia Van Rensselaer, ThayeT. Of Bos-
ton, has arrived at Newport, from Ian
/ caster. Mass, where she has been the
guest of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
/ Nathaniel Thayer. since early summer.
THE minister viii return TO this cOuntr
shortly from Europe. where ne went
/ to attend the celebration of the Fourth
/ of July in Denmark.
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Illinois woman who saw caller shoot
her husband 10 death, told the coroner $
iurv 1t was none of her affair; she let
them fight it out" Nothing like taking
a cheerful view OF our little tribulatioEs.
r'be anti-Tammsny campaign in New
yorI, needs a press agent VINO will sub
ordinate the statistics and inject more
human interest into his dope
one Of the agricultural experts ex-
plains shat high prices for farm prod
ucts don't mean increased proits for
the farmer. Now if he can convince us
that they don't mean increased expense
10 folks who eat, the demonstration viii
be entirely satisfactory.
Castro explains that his utmost desire
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-07-13

Mrs. L. j. Rutherford, OF Washington,
Is spending the summer season at Capo.
Springs. ". Va.
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ElmOre-Sherman.

Mr.. and Mrs. +. S. Shock and Mrs
George w. shock, jr-, of Washington
are spending several weeks at Wild
wood n. j., guests at the Sheldon
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-07-13

Mr. and Mrs. Albert Sigmund, of the
Ashley apartment, left town Saturday
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-07-13

Mrs. G. O. Howard and Alden Howard
of Washington. have arrived at
ocean City \. j. ard are guests at
the PiQua
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1909-01-07
A Palatial Pigsty.

The Pennsylvania Legislature at
the last session appropriated $4,000
for sanitary pigsty" at the Danville
State Hospital for the Insane. This
palace for pigs, which is now in pro-
cess of construction, will be heated by
steam, tighten by electricity, and the
occupants will be served with cooked
food" They will not be allowed to
wallow in the mire like common hogs,
because there will be no mire. Every
modern Improvement for cleansing,
ventilating and regulating the tenn
perature will be provided. 1t will be
two-story building, but the purpose
of the upper floor is not stated. Sleep,
ing apartments and bathroom would
be in keeping with the place. Roast
pig from the State sanitary pigsty"
will be a choice delicacy, but It may
be pcnsive.--Kansas City Journal.
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CHAPTER XVI.
An Interview.

The moon had bravely taken up
her nightly task of sweeping clear
the heavens. But there was some
huge clouds that promised to strain
her cleansing powers to the utmost.
VINEYARD Mistley sat on the stone
sill of his bedroom window, ten feet
from the ground, with his legs dang
ling in the darkness, and listened
absently.
The scene was so lovely, the thou
sand night odors so sweet, that the
time slipped rapidly away, while the
watcher almost forgot to note Its
passage. He had been sitting there
nearly half an hour, when at length
he heard the rustic as If some one
moving through the underwood upon
the slope down the stream. With a
last whisper of admonition to Adonis,
he placed his two hands on the win
dow-sill and threw himself far out
into the darkness. He lighted softly
on the messy turf and crossed the
lawn.
darkness, and he could recognize the
form of each stately tree, drawn in
sharp black filigree against the gray
sky. In the shadow, Of the wall at
the foot of the long flight Of steps he
soon discovered a tall figure leaning
against tree, with the leisurely pa
tience of one who knows that his
waiting is not IN vain.
For a moment 1t struck VINEYARD
that If this man had evil intentions,
nothing would be easier than to
shoot him as he descended the steps
with the moonlight shining full upon
his face; but the thought was only
fleeting, and untinged with any likeli-
hood of turning to fear.
AS the young Englishman ap-
preached, Ivan Meyer stepped for
ward, and, with an artists ever-pres-
ent love of harmless effect, raised
his hat and said:
Monsieur Mistley?"
VINEYARD was one of those unfortu-
nate people whose sense of humor is
irrepressible-unfo because
it invariably strikes at the wrong
moment, and because the possession
of it makes one see deeper pathos
in everyday life than those whose
smile is slower. The incongruity Of
the whole affair suddenly forced it.
self into Vineyards thoughts, and he
was thankful that his face was in the
shade IS he raised his hat slowly and
coldlv, with n truer knowledge of
dramatic effect than Ivan Meyer pos
sesseo.
~ am VINEYARD Mistley," he ex-
planned. 1T is is, perhaps, my elder
brother with whom monsieur wishes
to converse"
1t may have been that Meyer
thought he detected a slight shade of
irony in the formality of his reply,
for he instantly dropped the cere-
monious mode of address in the
third person.
mo, monsieur, 1t is yourself whom
I seek" he said with a nervous hesi-
tation which did not fail to raise him
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1909-01-07
WISE WORDS.

It's easier to fall in love than get
out of debt.
A suspicious woman raises large
crop of doubts.
How large dollar looks to a man
who has but three cents.
The better you behave the better
you'll get along. Now try 1t.
Reducing the waits between tho
acts will not tighten heavy play.
A woman who has nose for news
usually has chin for telling it.
Modesty is one of the things that
cannot be successfully counterfeited.
And many meek and loWly man
IS known only as his wife's husband.
Two-thirds of the words in the
average school girls letter are ad-
joctives.
1t takes a lot of filthy lucre to
make q tidy sum.
Might doesn't always make right,
but it puts up hard fight.
Because he forges ahead a man
isn't necessarily forger.
One trouble with the dead beat is
that he isn't really dead.
And Uncle Sam should see that we
get pure food for thought.
Lots of people live all their lives
without learning how to live.
A woman always means what she
meant to say If she doesn't say it.
Did YOU ever have occasion to
envy the disposition of a so-called
reformer?
A miser is man engaged in Gre
atine a demand for clearing house
checks.
About the best way to get along
with some people is to get along
without them.
The longer a man tries to prolong
IN argument the less he knows about
the subject.
Many I young man has acquired
that tired feeling and a rich father
in-law about the same time.
No man over worries half as much
about his inability TO pay his debts
&& iho men he owes do.
= ut thu size Of a mans hat in this
void may. have nothing to do with
the $40 Ct his crown in the next.
DID you over notice how meek
little woman begins TO assert herself
about tWcnty-four hours after mar
riage?
When a man is reading a ncwspa-
per account of a wedding he invari-
ably skips the description of the
brides gown. From Pointed Para
graphs" in the Chicago News.
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CHAPTER XIV.
Continued.

VINEYARD, who was a step behind
her, appeared almost to have fore
seen the mishap. for his arm was
round her before it was possible to
know whether she would have fallen
or not. 1t was doubtless owing to
the narrowness of the steps that he
found It necessary to throw his right
arm around her, instead of content
ing himself by supporting her with
his hand.
perhaps We ARE" he observed,
gravely, as she recovered herself
quickly and passed on.
perhaps we are what?" she
asked, keeping her face studiously
turned from him, and plucking little
tufts of lichen from the wall as she
passed.
"Foolishl"
II am. at any rate" said Lena,
with a little laugh. II never do re-
member that silly step. The way 1t
tilts forward when one stands on 1t
is most alarming. Now, am sure
you had forgotten It,"
Excuse me. l remembered 1t"
"And you did not warn me. Per-
haps you wished me to tumble down
to the bottom, and come to an un-
timely end in the depths of the
Broomwater.
VINEYARD did not answer at once;
he appeared to be pondering over
the words before he spoke them.
Perhaps" he said, in voice so
low that Lena could scarcely hear it,
perhaps l wished to have the pleas
ure of saving you from all that"
Then the ingenious youth changed
the conversation skilfully, knowing
that maidens are delicate in their
susceptibilities, and love little a joke
that is pressed too far. That loose
step, with its alarming weakness,
was never again overlooked by Lena;
and by some strange sinuosity of her
maiden mind, abetted by her imagin-
ative heart-an unfathomable shall
low, all criss-cross currents-she
came to loving it beyond its forty
seven messy fellows.
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THURMONT FREDERICK MD, THURSDAY JANUARY T.
THE FROSTED PARTY CAKE.

Sue and Mary sat on the steps be-
fore the white hall door with its big
brass knocker. There were two steps
with an iron rail to guard them, and
In front of the lower step was braid
ed rag rug. The posts of the, railing
were topped by shining brass knobs.
Sues and Mary's great-grandmother
had the brass knobs polished every
day.
The two children sat sewing, as
fast as their busy little fingers could
go. Sue was making dress for her
doll, and Mary was hemming sheet
for her baby sisters crib. ! am
afraid that her mother had to sew it
over again, but the wee little girl did
the best she could. They were talk
ing about a children's party that they
were going to in a few days; for they
had children's parties in this old Qua
ker town, with it's brick and succeed
houses and white doorways.
At 4 o'clock on the afternoon Of
the party day ten little girls, ten dear
little Quaker girls in white frocks,
went to Lydia's house on Penn street
Lydia's mother and Lydia's aunt met
Them at the white doorway, took Off
the ten little bonnets, and all the lit
lie girls went to the back porch to see
Ihe kittens. They drew strings on tho
floor and the kittens ran after and
tumbled over one another, and every
oI MI w Gif n,1rrnd
Then Lydias mother took the ten
little girls out into the garden and
showed them the flowers. Lydia was
to have square garden for her own
self, and her mother had two rose
bushes for 1t. Lydia's aunt played
games with the ten little girls, and
then the party supper was ready. All
the little girls sat at the big dining
table, and Lydia's mother and Lydja's S
aunt placed something nice on every
plate. How pretty the table looked
with the china and silver and the COL
pred jellies and the cakes! There
were little cakes and a great, tbis
cake, frosted. This was kept for tho
last. 1t was on big plate, and was
cut so that each little girl could pull
slice out. Lydia's aunt took the
plate and said to Mary:
"Will thee have a slice of cake?"
How good it was! Mary loved
frosting, but her little heart was SC
shy, and to pull out the first slice
while every one looked,
mo, thank thee" she replied.
"Will thee have a slice of cake?"
asked Lydia's aunt of the next little
girl.
NO, thank thee" she answered.
'Will thee have a slice?" Lydia's
aunt asked of the third girl.
''No, | thank thee"
Ten little girls wanted the cake
Ten little girls replied, mo. | thanh
thee" because no one wanted to be-
gin. Ten little girls were shy and sc
disappointed.
Lydia's mother knew.
"Oh," she exclaimed gently, "thee
will have a slice, Mary, won't thee?
She smiled as she slipped out the first
piece and laid it on Mary's plate.
THE next little girl will have o
slice, will she not?' Another smile
and another piece of cake was laid on
plate.
Sue will have piece"
Harriet will have piece?"
Every little girl had slice Of the
Iake. Every one liked Lydia moth.
er. She knew. The party went gaily
on. Every one had slice of the big
party cake, frosted.-Harriet Men.
lenhall, in st. Nicholas.
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CHAPTER XVII.
CraZGu.

The streets OF Walso were desert
ed when the two men entered the
little town. The mDon, now rapidly
clearing the heavens Of a few fleecy
clouds that still remained, shone
placidly down upon the gray stone
houses with their red tile roofs. No
window was lighted up, and the
clean white blinds gave back the soft
moonlight, and seemed to speak of
healthy, quiet slumber, the reward
of a hard days toll.
Meyer opened noiselessly the door
of Mrs. Armstrong; cottage.
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The En,sl.Sh&oH&2 Is making great
ho2dWay i'll tho m20icul profession.
The1l is no tenab!2 ground for bar
ring tho sNi!lci woman from any Of
The horpr5 or privileges; of the pro.
fcssion. It is better to give cordially
what she demands than to wait till
she tales what she deserves, and thus
readers the wIthE0ller ridicuous.--
Nation.
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(To be continued.)
Paris Nearer to Bordeaux.

New engines to be introduced by the
Paris Orleans Railway are expected to
reduce the journey from Paris to Bor-
deaux to five hours, or ut the rate OF
more than seventy-tllree miles an hour
The present time Is seven hours.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1909-01-07

A wonderful pearl bearing the
exact likeness of the late Queen Vic
toria of England was found in
fresh W; CT mussel In the Mississippi
River near Davenport, la.