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Evening star., 1909-08-30
FOR A SIMPLE
AUTUMNAL HOME WEDDING

To begin with, All the room with wild
flowers. Golden rod you Will md In
plenty for the gathering. And as the
wedding will be Informal, field flowers
will be suitable and as decorative as
those from a greenhouse.
Fill all the jars and vases with them.
IF Won have a china umbrella stand. fill
that with water and put long-stemmed
sprays OF so'den-rod in II. Place this
near where YOU are to stand Tor the
ceremony. Put similar flowers In the
dining room and have either a 10" or
a high center piece of them on the table,
placing ferns fiat over the cover
Ferns are pretty, too. in the room IN
which you arc TO be married. III there is
a manteI piece bank this with ferns. They
are charming il effect.
The chandelier may be solidly covered
with them. a better effect Will be gained
in the room II you have the blinds closed,
and candle instead of the sun light.
Put many flowers in the dining room.
Most sjmp'e refreshments will be suita-
BILE For instance. salad sandwiches OF
rla.u bread and butter, ice cream and
cakes. All these may be put on the table
at once Garnisll the dishes with flowers.
The guests may sit or not, according to
the number There is no obligation to
provide chairs, but IL there are only a
dozen persons il makes more informal
and genial atmosphere 10 have them seat
ed. The guests must hand the refresh
Evening star., 1909-08-30

ments II is not necessary to have we'd
ding cake, but nice and inexpensive
substitute is to have one leaf of fruit
cake. and let the bride cut II, each guest
taking away piece.
ed to drink. and lemonade. If one wishes
serviceable. A veil is also desira BILE, If
you wish. but wearing one is not obl.ga l.
tory. Should you prefer to do so, have 1t
pinned so a rosette effect will come at
either side of the front of the face. This
is fluffy and becoming. Pearl-headed pins
that cost 10 cents q dozen are correct for
this work. Put 3. spray of flowers across
the front, like q coronet TWO yards
would be enough II one end comes to the
bottom of the dress. Tulle Is better than
net and should be full enough to billow
softly If shorter than the dress the
effect is not pretty.
The bridesmaid need not wear hat
You should indeed send a carriage for
her. but ii is the place of the bridegroom
70 send for the clergyman. That is one Of
the few expenses your prospective hus-
band must meet at this time. Either the
bridegroom or the best man should meet
the clergyman and see that he Is made
comfortable and place provided for
putting on his vestments.
You may carry flowers, and the BRIDE
groom should send you yours and those
the bridesmaid carries.
Your going-away gown is charming
and | am sure you will have a pretty
wedding for an exceedingly small cost
ROSANNA SCHUYLER
Evening star., 1909-08-30

years he has served continuously as
grand secretary of the Grand Lodge OF
Delaware. l. O.. 0. F.. having been
elected in 1872. He was elected secre.
tary treasurer of the Odd Fellows Han
Company in 1883, and has served con-
tinuously In this capacity since then
He has been u member of the order
since May II. 1864. when he joined
Hope Lodge of Wilmington. He was
also an original member of the Patri-
archs Militant, the military branch Of
the Odd Fellows, and is identified with
the encampment
He has never held public Office. but
was twice candidate for city council
from the first ward on the republican
ticket He was unsuccessful. the ward
being strongly democratic He is an
active member of the Reformed Epis-
copal Church of the Redeemer.
In addition To being pioneer tele-
graph operator. although for many
years he has been a clerk at the local
Western Union office. Mr.. Hallam oper-
ated the first telephone that was IN
stalled in Wilmington.
He does not know what it Is to have
an ache or pain. His habits are me-
thodical in the extreme-a fact, he says.
to which he attributes his good health
and long service.
Evening star., 1909-08-30
ANACOSTIA AND VICINITY.

4 real estate sale has been made at
Congress Heights in which the old home
stead of Col Arthur r. Randle was
transferred to O. W. D'Alcorn of Nor
folk, Va. an extensive bulb grower ard
florist. The consideration is said to be
large 1t is understood Mr.. D'Alcorn
will conduct a branch of his Norfolk
esta blishment on the Randle place A
number of hot houses will be erected
and about 100 hands employed.
Part Of the Randle place is now occu-
pied as the Randle Home. where many
Fables. wards of the Florence Critten-
ton Mission. are enjoying an outing.
Brother Athanesius of St. Francis Col
lege of Brooklyn. \. v. has returned
TO that place. after spending two weeks
with friends in Anacostia.
Leo Fealy has returned from New
York. The latter part of September he
will resume studies in Baltimore.
The statement published that Mrs. T.
+. Reardon was rapidly recovering from
a recent attack Of typhoid fever was
inaccurate While Mrs. Reardon is not
regarded as dangerously ill, she is quite
sick and has been removed to hospital.
Miss Daisy King. who has been spend
ing the summer with Mrs. White, Good
Hope road. Anacostia. has retuned to
her home near Baltimore Md.
Gonzello A. Noell OF Porto Rico is Wis
ting William Downey, who resides on
L street AR. Noeil is studying for the
priesthood in this country at st. Mary 8
College I'm Baltimore and ST. Bernard g
Seminary at Rochester. \. Y. He will
resume his studies after he returns.
Evening star., 1909-08-30
FINE APPLES FOR TAFT.
They Ought to Be Nice Ones, fol
They Cost $25 a Bushel.

PORTLAND, Ore. August 30.-Twenty-
five dollars bushel. or about 7o cents
each. is the price paid an Oregon or
cllardist for two boxes of apples for
President Taft. The high price was
handed over by a keen admirer of the
big President.
The apples selected are of the winter
banana variety. big. golden-hued poems
with a blush of red on one side and a
flavor suggesting the tropical fruit from
which it gets its name.
The two boxes for the President are
to be selected from the entire crop of a
Hood River. Ore, grower by committee
of three. Each apple will be passed
upon as to color. size, texture, flavor
and probable keeping qualities.
They will be packed under the super
vision of the committee and expressed
to the White House. 1t is asserted they
will be the finest boxes of apples ever
gathered in this country.
The bushel boxes in which the fruit
will be packed will hold about thirty
six apples. SO the little present will stand
Mr. Taft's friend $50 for about seventy
two apples.
Evening star., 1909-08-30
CAUSE THE DEATH OF FIVE
GASES FROM THE HOLD OF GOV
ERNMENT COLLIER.
Bodies Stripped Naked by Fumes,
Vessels Bulkhead Stove In
by Typhoon.

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, August 30
Mysterious gases released from the hold
of the United States collier Nanshan
when the steel bulkheads of that vessel
were stove in by typhoon were re-
sponsible for the death of five members
of her crew. according TO the story OF
Third Assistant Engineer Elmer Hutchins.
who arrived here yesterday on board the
cruiser Buffalo.
The vessel was en- route from Cdvite
to Hongkong. Shortly after the ship ran
into terrific typhoon noise like the
explosion of gases was heard. and as
soon as the water began TO pour into the
paint locker. fumes began to rise from Ii
in great volume
Capt. Carver took five members of the
Filipino crew forward with him TO in
investigate. The failure of the men 10
return led Hutchins to make an investisa-
tion, and he was also overcome. but was
revived. When the men were finally
dragged back from the hold it was found
that by some ineXplica BILE freak the bodies
had been stripped naked by the fumes.
Capt. Carver revived. but Chief officer
Larkin. Second Officer Rapp and three
sailors died from inhaling the gases.
An investigat ton into the causes IS be-
ing held at Hongkong.
Evening star., 1909-08-30

and plain coat idea will last over into
the autumn.
much in the perpendicular treatment as
In the round and round effects.
There has been a notable increase in
the use of printed materials with the ad-
vance OF the new foulard rage.
The military coat will be prominent in
tailored suitings this fall. 1t will be
slightly bloused ana belted.
Old blue linen. with tucks and frills
of white null. is very attractive in any
Of the present-day models.
There is more and more talk about the
revival of tho sash. and it will proba bly,
be welcomed on its return.
The Psyche knot is not fashionable
only when II IS Of moderate size, without
o suggestion of extravaganza.
One of the new conceits is TO have one 8
jeweled hatpin of the same shade as the
Evening star., 1909-08-30
FADS AND FASHIONS.

The rose-pink, so much in vogue, is a
most delightful color. when yelled with
net or lace.
The newest dancing frocks for girls are
being made of puffed malines over satin
slips.
Irish crochet buttons and lace appear
as trimming upon some of the crepe-like
tissues.
Raffla para sois. edged with tiny balls
are "A pretty accompaniment; for pongee
and linen frocks.
The shirt waist one-piece morning
frock with collar of itself is coming
into its own again.
1t is prophesied that the striped skirt
Evening star., 1909-08-30
Not Like Others

great deal of milk sold in cans IS con-
densed milk, of which 20 per cent is sugar.
Sugar was formerly used to preserve milk
before the days Of sterilization. It is not
needed now, so you waste what you pay
for il.
Condensed milk, because of the sugar. is
untitled for cooking. 1t is unnatural, exnav-
agant and out-of-date milk.
There are also evaporated milks. unsweet-
ened, which are very unlike Van Camps
Ours is Holstein milk, from cows of the
finest breed. And the milk is reduced until
it is % per cent SOLIDS per cent butter fat.
Common milk, not so greatly reduced, may
be said to be as good as Van Camps But
a test will show that it isn't.
The superiority of Van Camps is SO gen.
orally known that people now use lo0. 900
cans annually.
Evening star., 1909-08-30
BETTER THAN OFFICE CLOCK
REGULARITY OF HABITS OF
ISAAC W. HALLAM.
"Grand Old Man" Of Telegraph
Corps to Celebrate 51st Ami
versary in Service.
Special Correspondence Of The Star.

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
WILMINGTON. Del. August %, 1909.
I. w. Hallam. "the grand old man OF
the telegraph service in the United States.
will next Wednesday complete the fifty
first year. of continuous employment at
the office of the Western Union Com
pany here. During all that time he has
not missed a day at his desk, with the
excention Of a furlough of one week that
he took at the time OF his marriage in
1884 For continuous service al a clerk.
especially i'm connection with telegraph
co,nnany. his record is unparalleled. For
manv wears he has reached the tele-
u,.nh office at $50 am. to the minute,
and he has been just as punctual in leav-
ing for his home at 4:15 pm. It is a
fact that clocks have been set upon the
daily appearance of this man at his Of
flee
Mr. Hallam is in his eightysecond year,
having been born at Mamaronck. West
chester county. n. y, May -. 1S2S. He
entered the service of the Western Union
Company. in Wilmington. September !,
1858 and. unlike any other attache in
this country. he has not been sick during
all those years
During the civil war. when Gen. Nc
Clellan was on the Chickahominy river.
Va, the only way III Whicfl tIie SoVcrTi-
ment could communicate with him by
wire was through the telegraph Office
here Mr.. Hallam. accordingly, was In
the military telegraph service. being in
charge of the Wilmington office. 1t was
his duty to receive messages from Wash
ington and then relay them by single
wire down the peninsula TO CherrystOne,
Va. whence they were sent. by cable to
Fort Monroe. Va This cable. incidental
IIy, was imported from England. Mr.. Hal
lam can narratc many stirring incidents
in connection with messages for Nc
Clellan.
Long Time Odd Fellow.
Evening star., 1909-08-30
FRANCIS n. LEGGETT DEAD.
Noted Wholesale Grocer Drops ~
Ferry Slip.

NEW YORK. August 3o.-Francis III.
Leggett. widely known business man
and head of the wholesale grocery con-
Germ of r. III. Leggctt d Co. died about
$50 last evening In an ambulance, while
being taken from the West Shore ferry
to the North Hudson Hospital at Union
Hill. y. j.
Mr.. Leggett had just aliShted from a
train and had reached the bridge of the
ferry slip when he staggered and fell
He was carried to the waiting room un-
conscious and an ambulance summoned
He was dead when the vehicle reached
the hospital
Evening star., 1909-08-30
Whole, Rich Milk

Van Camps gives to milk dishes rich
ness and favor which you never can get
from raw milk.
The reason is that milk1nans milk sep
arates-before and after you get IT, The
butter fat rises and the solids fall. The raw
milk used for cooking, usually, is hardly
more than haif-rnilk-
Van Camps has an the solids, all the fats
that belong to the richest milk When you
once compare it with raw milk IN cooking,
you will find the difference amazing.
Evening star., 1909-08-30
Van Camp Packing Co.
Indnnapo6. Ind

the aeropIane as a birthday present from
his father
Coitlandt F. Bishop, president of the
Aero Club of America, says that he in
tends to ask American cites to compete
for the honor of holding the meeting
where the international cup won by Cur
tiss will be defended He has cab,ed.the
Aero Club offering cash sum for sS':d
medal to be presented to Curtiss for
President Taft. Any challenge for the
cup must be made before March Il each
year.
If no challenge is made within Ave
by America it becomes the property OF
the Aero Club. Speaking OF the Ameri-
can victory Mr.. Bishop said:
Tine success of Curtiss was due TO his
genius and character. He has proved
himself a great American Never for an
instant. while flying watching the
compe titors. did he lose courage or self
control. He was always calm and self
possessed in the face of tine oyerWheirn-
ing odds of a competition with aviators
of far greater experience. He persevered
| in the path laid out. and In the hour of
victory rema ins as modest and unpretcnd-
| ing as he has always been
The other records made in the lap
speed contest were:
Tfssandier, sH 1-5: Sommer 1O.25: De
! Lambert. a.a3 20: Latham, No. -,
S.32 %; Deiagrange. 11.9 10: Feroer
a.56 -: Paulhan. 1870: Latham, No. ~.
| so 81: Farman, a.n6 -: cockburn,
| 1I.23 ;-5: Bnnau-Varilla, ,64o 3-a; Le-
| blanc, $50 -; Lefebvre. SIS -.
Lefebvre Passed.
| The Wright and Curtiss machines mea-
sured speed during Curtiss' second flight
! when he passed Lefebvre as If the latter
| were moored to the ground. Several times
| during the day collisions in mdair were
| avoided and whenever two machines
/ Oh.
like ships in sea In each others wash
| The wind from Delasranges propeller
while passing below Latham seemed to
| create a vacuum and Latnarns machine
| fell forward plunging down hundred
| feet. Just as it reached the ground, how
| ever. it righted and, amid burst OF ap-
plause, Latham rose again and sailed on
The only other accident of the day be
| sides that suffered by Bleriot was when
\ Breguet's machine turned turtle while
| trying to start, but Breguet was unin-
| jured.
| Curtss is being deluged with cable
| grams of congratulations from the
| United States on lis winning of the in
ternat!onal cup. many being from people
he never heard of With others are
messages from the Aero Club of America,
| the Triacax Aero Club Of Wfliamsport
and the officials in charge of aerostats OF
| the Hudson-Fulton celebration. One from
his wife, sending congratulations ana
| love tells him to come home.
Curtiss has received -f1attering offers
from England, Belgium Germany. Italy
| and Russia TO give exhibitions and the
| management of the coming tournament
at Brescia has agreed to reduce the dis
| tance of the speed race to fifty kiometers
/ If he will go there. but he has decided
TO return to the United States He will
/ 80 first to Paris for few days. where
| Ambassador White will give a dinner in
! his honor and he will sail for home prob
/ ably Saturday.
Evening star., 1909-08-30

Holstein cows cost more tEan mougrel
cows. But the difference fully shows in the
milk.
Thick milk, with two-tmrds the water
evaporated, is costlier to the maker than thin
milk.
And sugar costs less than evzporated milk
So condensed milk, which iS nearly halt
sugar, is what the maker likes to sell
If you will take inferior uilkz, and pay the
price OF Van Camps, there are plenty to sell
them to you.
But what thsn do we gain by spending so
much to give You the best that We can?
Evening star., 1909-08-30

of that vacuum, throws of the water in
steam.
Thus we remove two-thirds of the water
to reduce the bulk. The milk that results is
as thick as thick cream.
That is all we do. Nothing whatever is
added, and nothing but water subuacted-
Evening star., 1909-08-30
A Germless Milk

We have no tubeIcular cows, and no dis
eased rnilkmen- For COWS and men are fre-
quently Inspected
Our dai1ies are sanitary in the extreme
Our evaporating plants are built without
wood
Every can Of Van Camps is steriized after
the can is sealed So germ development is
utterly out of the question
So much of raw milk contains disease
germs that every authority warns people
against ii. In Van Camps, there are no
germs at all
The slight almond favor, apparent when
we drink Van Camps milk cold, is due to
the heat applied in sterilization.
Evening star., 1909-08-30
Our Holstein Cows

We milk 5000 cows di1y, and buy none
but the Holstein breed These robust, con-
tented cows possess tremendous vitality
which is conveyed to their milk
There is vast difecnce between mix
like this and milk from mnnzrel eovx
The fresh milk from the COW Is placed In
4 VACUUM And a modaztr he7t, berause
Evening star., 1909-08-30
Whoever Gets Your Milk Trade
Make Him Win 1t
somebody 'Ths good Van Camps
If YOU do what encouragement making milk good?

For the cost Of raw milk is doubled by the
cost Of daily delivery.
Then you have no waste-no milk left
over. You open a can when you want il, and
it keeps till you use it up. That means
considerable additional saving.
case of Van Camps lasts month or
more. Then you have rich milk or cream
little or much-ready whenever you want it
Evening star., 1909-08-30
Its~Immense Economy

You would think that such milk would cost
more than the coamnon- But the cost, on the
basis Of raw milk, Is about six cents per
quart
fu1 pint of Van Camps costs 10 cents
by the can, and less # you buy by the Case
That is enough TO make three pints Of rich
milk, if you wish 10 put back al the water
Van Camps is cheaper than raw milk
cheaper thzn the poorest miIkmzn's milk.
Evening star., 1909-08-30

Swift and Cos sales of fresh beef in
Washington for the week ending Satur-
day. Aug. IS. 1909, averaged cole per lib.
-AdYt
Evening star., 1909-08-30
Longtime Odd Fellow.

AS an Odd Fellow. Mr.. Hallam is es
pecially well known. For thirty seven
Evening star., 1909-08-30

The 16-oz. can of Van
Camps sells for 10 cents;
the 6-oz. can for S cents.
So you get one-thnd more
for yom money IN buying
the larger CANS Grncers
give discounts on Cases
The mix u produced At
our dainee, located N six
states.
Evening star., 1909-08-30

Whatever may be said against the styles OF the present
certainl, has quarrel with their aceulness
The long and loose wraps especially possess this
tribute their graceful sweep and length of line being beautiful
look upon. The evening wrap shown here made of
heavy liberty the lines of the Japanese kimono
with sleeves and garment i'm The sleeves and about
foot either side OF the edge and deep point in the
back covered with heavy lace The design of this
lace picked in gilt thread.
Evening star., 1909-08-30
CURT|SS WINS AGAIN
Captures the Prix de la Vi
tesse at Rheims.
LIONS SHARE FOR AMERICA
Highest Aviation Honors Won by
Her Sole Representative.
BLERIoT MEETS WITH MIsHAP
Frenchman's Machine Falls From
High Altitude, Putting Him
Out of the Race.
The Results.

Prix de la Vitesse. 1865 miles.
Time
The Washington herald., 1909-05-02
Odd Kinds Of Farming That Pay
Additional

ample quarters Additional ponds will then
have to be added. Five classes Of ponds will
the tadpoes the partly grown frogs, the one year,
two year and three-yearold frogs, respectively.
The time to market frog is when he is in his
third year
AS for food frogs will eat minnows, insects,
spawn OF their own breed, tadpoes and-each
other. The frog is an mveterate cannibal one
man who attempted the various phases OF trog cul-
ture all I'm one pond found presently that n most
desperate of determination, dictated by the
necessities of gastronOmic demands was being
carried After peace had been declared but
several vigorous old bulls were discovered TO sur
viVe. They had swallowed the whole tribe
An alligator farm.
Il ROM frogs TO aligators is not going so far. And
the alligator is well worth invesugating for
certainly for those who know how he Is money
maker. A halfgrown alligator will fetch more in
the market than the primest steer that was ever
shipped into the stock yards at Chicago Omaha or
ST. Joseph. His teeth alone are worth from two 20
four dollars a pound The legislature OF Florida
has recognized the gators commercial value by
giving him a closed against hunters.
The is the natural agent that fetches the
young from the shell. Man has substituted the in
cubator for the suns rays and has found the meth
cd most successful. Several alligator farms al
ready have been established in various parts of
this country Florida, Arkansas and California
have such farms within their boundaries. The
largest Of them is at Hot Springs Arkansas. III.
J. Campbell, the proprietor, owns 300 of the rep
tiles. He raises them just a ranCher raises
stock for the market The young and the eggs
find ready sale. one pair Of alligators will breed
200 or more young I'm years time.
In the quest for breeding still more satisfactory
draft animals the Bureau of Animal Industry To-
Gated near Washington has produced a curious
cross between the Mexican burro and an African
zebra, presented to Theodore Roosevelt during his
presidency by King Meneik of Abyssinia The de-
partment expects to develop ideal breed from
the combination Perhaps day, in the near
future, too, the farmer OF Missouri will raise his
"burrozebras" just as today he rears his mules,
The Washington herald., 1909-05-02

to combat, so small
is he and so insidi-
Gus i'm his mode OF
operation. This is
the lava Of the
water beetle. Lying
at the surface Of
the water, these
creatures seize the
tender young tad
poles In their man
dibles, as the sue
cuIent youngsters
frisk about, and lit
orally suck away all
the blood. These
water beetles multi
ply rapidly by the
thousand. In three
or four days after
they have once
made their start a
pond such as has
been described will
be depleted. Ponds
can be kept clear
OF these pests, how
ever, by the use OF
a net several times
a day.
BY May it will be
found that the
young frogs have
grown so fast and
so large that once
more they will have
to be given more