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The Washington times., 1909-04-16

centerpiece of spring blossoms and
ferns.
MI and Mrs. Homer Lind, of New
York. were the guests in whose honor
Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac Cans, of the Iowa,
entertained at dinner last evening.
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Mrs. Sherman Guest
Mrs. Sherman. wife Of the Vice Presi-
dent. was the chief guest of Mrs Fran
els Burton Harrison. wife of Represen-
tstive Harrison. at luncheon today in
her home on I street.
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Mrs. F. NJ Hatch, wife Of Judge
Hatch returned to Washington last
night from a short stay in New York.
Miss Blanca Cogswell. of Portsmouth.
n. H. niece of Mrs. Hatch. who is their
guest, will remain until June.
Tomorrow evening Miss Harriet
Hatch, one of the seasons debutantes,
will be among the Washington contin-
gent attending the hop at the Naval
Academy at Annapolis.
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Mr.. and Mrs. William F. Draper were
hosts at an informal dinner party last
evening for their schoolgirl daughter,
Miss Margaret Draper, who is spending
the Easter vacation with her parents.
Miss Marion Oliver left Washington
yesterday for Fort Monroe, where she
will spend several days.
Mrs. Smith, wife of Col. Tom Smith.
is the guest of Mrs. Anne PIatt Arm
stead Parker in her home, 1872 Thir-
teenth street. Mrs. Smith, who was for
merly Miss Elizabeth Gaines, or War
renton. Va, is well known In Wash
ington.
Mrs. Parker viii go to her warrenton
home, Idlewilde, early next week for
several weeks.
To Greet Miss Wilson.
Miss Flora Wilson. daughter Of the
Secretary of Agriculture. who is 10
make her first appearance in Washing
ton in public concert this afternoon at
4:30 o'clock, at the Columbia Theater,
viii be greeted by a large and repre-
sentative audience Of Washington So
ciety people. Mrs. Taft and Mrs. Sher-
man head the list of patronesses for
the occasion.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edison Bradley are clos
ing their handsome residence on Dupont
Circle for the summer, and will leave
washington In day or two for their
Tuxedo estate, where they will spend a
month of me spring season before sail
ing in June for Europe. They EXPECT
to travel en- the Continent until the fall,
accompanied by their son-in-Iaw and
laughter, the Rev. and Mrs. Herbert
Sh1pman, cf New York
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Miss Gutenberg To Return.
Miss Flora Gutenberg, of Brooklyn.
who has been the guest the past two
months OF the Misses Kronheim, Of 7
street. viii return TO her home Satm-
day
Mrs NJ Loeb and daughter left the
early part Of the week for Atlantic
City.
Mrs Henry Ullman, who was the
guest of Mrs. NJ. Rhine. Of West Wash
ington, returned to her home in Fred
ericksburg. Va, the early part Of the
week.
Mark Lanshurgh. Of the University OF
Pennsylvania, is visiting relatives IN
town.
Henry Rayner, of Newport News, and
BENJAMIN Hoffman, of Hampton, Va,
who have been spending the last week
IN town sightseeing, returned to their
homes.
Miss Jandorf has returned to town
after spending a week in Atlantic City.
The Washington times., 1909-04-16

r The croakers at least have the salts
faction Of assuring us that they told
us so; knew it would be a hOodoo TO
win the first game.
The Washington times., 1909-04-16

Ball team got stage fright when It
saw its name. at the top of the percent
age list on the morning after the open
ing game; that's all.
The Washington times., 1909-04-16

John w. Gates is going in for steel
again. and starting a new rival for the
United states Steel Corporation. Isn't
there any way of keeping that man
from persisting In the theory that tho
right OF competition still exists?
The Washington times., 1909-04-16

r. Marion Crawford is said by the
lawyers TO have left only $4,000. They
are mistaken. He left something which
will last longer than ten million dol
lars
The Washington times., 1909-04-16

In buying cotton, II is possible that
Patten is gathering in something soft to
light on later.
The Washington times., 1909-04-16

HOOPERSVILLE, Nd, April 16.-The
muskrat season. recently closed, has
been the most profitable one ever
known in the industry. Never before
were the little animals so plentiful, and
old trappers say the fur never was
finer, which means high prices.
On the Eastern Shore alone the in
dustry is worth not less than S25O,OoO
annually. and some say it will run close
to the S5O0,OOO mark this seasOn.
In Dorchester county alone trappers
have been paid 10000 for this sea-
sons pelts, 10 say nothing Of what they
received from the sale OF the meat,
this alone more than paying the rental
OF the marshes, the cost Of the traps,
and the expense Of looking after them
One fur buyer OF Hooper's Island, in
lower Dorchester. has paid out $4,000
for muskrat hides this season, while
others have bought almost as heavily.
The prices offered by BUYERS this sea
son ranged from 90 70 IS cents a hide;
the hide from the kitten" or young
rat which had heretofore been consid-
cred almost worthless. bringing the
former price, while the big, black rat
commanded the top OF the market al
yavs. the black fur being considered
the finest as we'll as the most durable.
TIE fur OF the brown rat is less val
uabIe because Of the color and coarse
ness of the hair. It generally brings
from Is cents TO % cents less than the
fur Of the black rat
Rat Flesh As Food
There are few sections in the United
States where the meat Of the musl1rat
IS used as a food as II is here on the
Eastern Shore Of Maryland. In many
sections Of the country the little rodent
is looked upon with disdain by those
who claim to know a good thing when
The Washington times., 1909-04-16

Melodies from Gounod's opera or
''Richelieu'' are utilized by Mr.. SOthen
as a musical setting for his product On
Of BulWer Lytton's drama.
The Washington times., 1909-04-16
Music At Reception.

At the regular Friday afternoon re-
ception at the Congressional Club to-
day there will be a musical program
under the direction of Mrs. Charles Q.
Tirrell, of Massachusetts. Those who
will participate In the program will
be Miss Scully, soprano; Miss Nettleton,
contralto, and Mrs. Paul Dixie. pianist
Assisting Mrs. Tirrell in receiving the
guests viii be Mrs. Robert L. Henry, of
Texas; Mrs. Thomas w. Hardwick, of
Georgia, and Miss Hill, of Connecticut
Mrs. William NJ. Howard, of Georgia
and Mrs d. s. Alexander, of New York,
will preside at the daintily appointed
tea table.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Barnard, of
Syracuse, n. Y, viii arrive in Wash
ington this afternoon to be the guests
OF Judge and Mrs. HOwry, for several
days.
Miss Ottley, of Atlanta, Ga, and
Miss Borden, of Raleigh, n. c., who
have been the guests of Miss Howry
for several days, have returned to
their homes.
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Lulu GIaser, in Mile. Mischief" the
new musical play Of VieRnese origin
which is proving to be the best sue
cess of her career, will be given for
the first time in this city at the BelascO
Theater, on May 3. Many Well-known
company.
The Washington times., 1909-04-16

A professional matinee will be given
on Monday afternoon at the Hippo
drome, New York. The boxes will be
occupied by stars playing in and near
New York.
The Washington times., 1909-04-16

Frank Cursor has applied for the
English rights to sham" the play IN
which Miss Henrietta CrCsman was seen
here recently.
The Washington times., 1909-04-16

They are telling a story of a young re-
porter who called at the office Of Jim
ME Forbes and asked for the rooster"
of the Rose Stahl company.
Il will have to refer you 70 the cacklo
department" answered the author.
The Washington times., 1909-04-16

FRIDAY EVENING. APRIL 1s. 1909.
The Washington times., 1909-04-16

Mr.. and Mrs. II. H Ward. of this city,
will probably spend the summer season
in Newport. where they expect to buy
cottage on Bellevue avenue.
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Taking ALI Precautions.

81 was at a little station In the
midst of one of the dreariest and
dryest stretches Of the Frisco road"
said the Oklahoma man, when the
through express pulled in. AS soon
as it had stopped a little seedy-look-
ing man with a covered basket on his
arm, hurried to the open windows of
the smoker and exhibited a quart bot
tie filled with rich, dark liquor.
Want to buy some cold tea?' I
heard him ask; :. - -ir- -r.
@The eyes of two thirsty-looking
cattlemen in the car visibly bright
ened and they each paid 81 for a
bottle. - {
Wait till you get out of the sta
ton before you take a drink the
little man cautioned, 'or you'll get
me into trouble
"He sold another bottle to a big
buck Indian with the, same words OF
warning, and found three other cus-
toners before the train started.
You seem to have a pretty good
thing here for a bootlegger,' I said to
him when the train had disappeared,
but I can't see that it would make
you run any more risk if these men
took a drink before the train left
"'Oh, yes, it would said the boot
logger. I'd probably be killed, if
they did. You see, what those bottles
had in 'em was real cold tea. '"-New
York Telegraph. .
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a bit of brightness and relief to tae
whole. For the garniture, either the
same Or contrasting material can be
embroidered, braided with soutache
or overlaid with applique, or the gar
niture could be cut from n Of the
beautiful jetted or beaded nets if
such suited the material Of the gown.
The new trimmings are marvelously
beautiful in color, and selecting some
thing suitable and effective is an ex-
ceedingly simple matter. For the
waist itself every %seasonable material
is appropriate.
The waist is made with a fitted lin
ing and itself consists of the front
and backs. The chemisette IS faced
onto the rining and the waist is laid
in pleats over the shoulders. There
are Innings for the sleeves, which are
faced to form the under-sleeves and
yer which the puffs and caps are ar
ranged. The closing is made invisibly
at the back.
The quantity of material required
for the medium size is two and three
fourth yards t~wenty-four, two and
one-fourth yards thirty-two, or II
and one-half yards forty-four inches
wide; three-fourth yard twenty-four
for puffs, one and three-eighth yards
of silk for garniture, seven-eighth
yard eighteen inches wide for chem
isette and under sleeves.
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Getting Rid Of a Jonah.

The little woman with the laundry
blue and gangrenous green flowers on
her hat all scrambled up into a Will
ton rug design, got on tbs. Euclid ave-
nue. car carrying a dog. 1t was one
of those aristocratic, foolish-looking
dogs that couldn't overtake a Welsh
rabbit. .,..,.
Got a permit for that dawg?"
asked the conductor, when he came
around for the woman's fare.
Haven't? Then you'll have to get
off the car"
The woman got up, dog under one
arm, as If to get off. Eut as she rose,
she snapped: "Ill not get off, so
there"
Still she walked to the rear plat
form, as if in contradiction of her own
assertion. The conductor was ready
to signal the motorman to stop.
But the woman had declared she
wasn't going to get off, and she in
tended to keep her word. She poised
the dog carefully in her palms, tossed
him off into the street, at the same
time bidding him go home!"
Then she came back into the car
and dropped languidly into her seat
with a bored tilt to her face.-Cleve-
land Plain Dealer.
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Nearly all cantilever bridges have
what is called an anchor or shore-arm
from each river pier and a cantilever
arm from each of these piers, pro-
jecting out over the river. and as
these cantilever arms are usually only
a little yer one-quarter the length
of the span between the two shore
pliers, we still have a space equal to
nearly half the span to be bridged,
which is usually accomplished by what
is called a suspension span, an indie
pendent bridge resting on the ends
of two cantilevers as if they were
piers. During erection the suspended
span is built as a continuation of the
can~tilevers, but after the erection is
completed it is partially disconnect-
ed so as to rest on the cantilever arms
as an independent bridge. The two
principal objects of the suspended
span system are economy and preven-
ton of the sudden change of strain
from one system to the other, accord
Ding to the position Of the load. Blu.
Blackwell's Island bridge is UNIQUE.
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MOBILES OFFER $4,000
FOR BLACK FOX Il
Maine Trappers, However, Who
Catch These Animals Are Few,
as the Species is Very Rare.

The trapper who gets one black
fox in a season can afford to loaf all
the rest Of the time, for If he knows
the right market he can exchange the
glossy, pelt for $1,000 or more, spot
cash, writes a Bangor (lfe.) CORE
spondent. But not so many trappers
have such luck as to get q black fox,
for that valuable freak, like other
good things, is rarely found.
A black fox skin was brought to
Maine recently and is now part of
the stock of a fur dealer who buys
and sells in all parts of the world.
The fox was killed in Alaska, where
q travelling furrier bought it from
the natives for $500: In New York
the purchaser was offered $500 for
his prize, but he knew it vas worth
more money, so he brought it to an
expert in Maine, who without a word
handed over $1,000 for the glossy bit
of fur. H :.
Common red foxes, such as are
plentiful as grasshoppers in many
parts of Maine, are selling for thirty
cents to $3.50 each, for those taken
out of season when the fur Is thin.
and SO to 81 for skins in prime on
dition. Cross breeds are, worth from
81 to SO each and pale silver grays
from $40 to $125. !
When a trapper obtains a,dark sill
yer gray he has struck q prize, for
the values run from 5000 to $500
each. These silver foxes are killed
for the most part in Labrador and
Cape Breton, seldom being e in
Maine now, although many years ago
they were frequently taken on the.
head waters Of the Penobscot and the
st. John.
The black fox Is a freak and an
aristocrat. He belongs to no well
defined species-that is, black foxes
are not recognized in natural history
as a separate class-but is supposed
to be a member Of the silver family,
whose coloring results from some
prenatal influence. The black fox is
always in great demand by the very
wealthy, and especially by the Rus
sian nobility, who send agents to the
great auction sales that take place
four times a year in London-in Jan
uary. March, June and October-to
bid on'what few skins of this species
may be offered. In 100000 pelts
there are generally not more than a
dozen or twenty black foxes, and the
prices are often as high as $500,
sometimes $4,000, for a particularly
fine skin.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-15
Da Virci Had the Idea First.

Now that the aviators are assem-
bled, it is opportune to remember that
the first man who got the theory OF
the flying machine right was no less
a person than the painter, Leonardo
da Vinci. He pictured it as heavier
than air, provided with wings, and
lifted, in spite of its weight, by the
rapid revolutions of a propeller. The
difficulty was to fnd a means of max
ing the propeller revolve with suf-
ficient rapidlty i'll an age in which
steam and electricity, to say nothing
of petrol, was still unknown. Leon
ardo had an idea Tat it might be
done by clockwork or by setting a
number of laboring men to turn a
handle, but in that respect he was
mistaken.-Pall Mall Gazette.
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Cat Exchange i'm Paris.

Paris has a cat exchange, a "bourse
aux chats" This establishment is
situated in a big chamber in the rear
of a wine shop, Here are legions of
cats of all sizes and colors, which are
to be seen jumping and heard
"miaulant."
=. 1t is said that the customers are by
no means tender-hearted old ladies,
but for the most part furriers, glove
makers apl cooks. a good sleek
"matou" realizes from two and one
half cents to twenty cents. The, skin
has a number of usages and the flesh,
according to the story, finds it's way
INTO the stewpans of certain res
taurants possessing more enterprise
than scruple.-Chicago Journal
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ENDOCARDITIS

BY this Is meant an Inflammation
of the endocardium or membrane lfu-
ing the cavities of the heart. 1t Is
caused by the presence Of poisonous
material, usually. Of living germs, in
the blood, and is1therefore most often
associated with, or a consequence of,
some general disease, such as rheu-
matism, typhoid fever, scarlet fever,
diphtheria or pneumonia.
There are the usual two forms
found in most diseases, acute and
chronic, the last following upon the
first; and there are also, the more i'm
portant divisions into simple and ma
lignant endocarditis.
In the. simple kind the lining mem
brane Of the heart; presents numerous
points Of infammatfon-little red
areas with a tuft or ball Of abrin, or
clotted blood, in the centre. These
infamed spots are not large, and the
clots attached to them are also small,
in the simple form; but in malignant
endocarditis the rea infiamed is
much more extensive and the clots
are larger-sometimes almost filing
the cavity of the heart. In some
cases Of malignant endocarditis, then
called Lucrative e~ndocarditis, the in.
..fammation is so acute as to cause
liberation Of the affected parts.
THE dangers of. e~ndCcarditis are
twofold, danger to the heart itself
and danger to the brain or lungs OF
one of the other organs of the body.
The danger to the heart is from in
jury to one Of the valves. This al.
most always happens except in the
mildest form of endocarditis, because
the Inflammation most often affects
the edges of the valves. Even when
the disease! subsidies without giving
any sign of valvular injury at first,
this often appears later through q
fbrous thickening or scar-like con.
traction of the part originally in:
famed. This interferes with the
complete closure'of the valve, and the
result Is a heart permanently Crlp'
pied by ~valvular disease.
When there is actual liberation Of
the valves, injury Is inevitable.
The danger to the brain, or other
organ is from detachment of the lit
tie blood clot from the inf1amed spot
and its carriage into the general cir
culation, where it plugs one of the
smaller arteries. II this happens II
the brain, it gives rise to symptom.
of apoplexy.
The first principle of treatment Il
absolute rest in bed, and this inactio1
must be insisted upon long after the
patient feels well and is well, AMI
for the rest of life anything that ma!
cause heartstrain must be carefully
avoided.-Youth's Companion.
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The Penny Citrate.

Many clergy guard against copper
in the collection bags, and, of course.
people who q afford to give silver
ought not to give pennies only; but
there is nothing to be said against
pence if there is plenty of it. In a
certain parish not long ago the vicar
announced thai an additional clergy
man or second curate was needed.
He said the cost of his maintenance
was to be provided by a penny fund.
to which every parishioner was want
ed to subscribe The fund was start
ed. and was so successful that the
income of the new curate was assured
thereby. The new assistant is to this
day called the penny curate."-
Church Family Newspaper.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-15
A LIVING SAINT.
What an Afflicted Woman Has Done
With Her Life. /,

A living saint is as much a better
saint than q dead saint as life is bet
ter than death.
Miss Sophie Wright, of New Or
leans, is a living saint-"St. Sophie"
they call her. Miss Wright was born
with a species Of hip disease that has
made her a cripple for life. Every
step she takes is torture, and al.
though she is a young women IN
years, her suferings have turned her
hair snow white. Her parents were
poor and barely able to support her
through high school. A lite cripple,
poor, without friends, how could she
earn a living sainthood? She began
teaching school. That was twenty
Eve years ago, when such a thing as
a night school was unknown in New
Orleans. One night a young man, a
stranded circus acrobat, came to her
and said he could get a job If only he
could read and write. Would she not
teach him? She did, and that was
the beginning Of her night school.
One by one the pupils came for free
instruction until she was crowded out
Of her little home into larger quar-
tiers.
To-day as the outcome of Sophie
Wright's self-sacrificing labors the
night schools of New Orleans instruct
two thousand pupils, and some Of the
leading citizens have been educated
in these schools. Miss Wright started
a private school for girls which is
very successful. She makes her liv-
ing by teaching in this school all
day and gives her evenings to her
boys in the night school. This Grip
pied woman has built a home for
crippled children. She is the main
support of the home for convalescents
and scores of other charities. Every
year the Picayune, a newspaper, gives
a loving cup to that citizen who has
done the greatest public good for the
city during the year. Several years
ago Miss Wright received the cup.
In it was a chek for $4,000, SUBJ
scribed by the people of New Orleans
to cancel a debt she had assumed in
making DON for her night schools.
Is it strange they should call her
st. Sophie Or that she is also known
to the people as "the best citizen of
New Orleans?" She has effectively
answered the age long query respect
ing woman, What a she do?" She
is of that noble company of women
who are coming into their own in this,
our day. Sophie Wright, leading
citizen of New Orleans" And there
are others-plenty of them.-Albany
Journal.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-15
MODERN PIRATES.
They Ply Their Trade On the Big Ocean
!. Steamships.

and requested the latter to change a
Russian bank note for q large
amount. This the purser agreed to
do. and the money was duly handed
over.
On presentation, however, the
steamship learned that the note was
an exceedingly clever forgery, but on
questioning the purser were unable to
elicit the identity of the passenger
to whom the change had been given.
as the former appeared to have for
gotten. Several days later the purser
signed off. Eventually a clue was OBJ
tanned, and it TRANSFERRED that the pur-
ser and passenger were confederates,
and well known to the police in that
part of the world as clever bank
swindlers.-London Tit-Bits.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-15
Question Of Accent,

The Chicago Daily News says that
on a Montana railroad the conductor
and brakeman differ as to the proper
pronunciation of the name Eurelia.
Passengers are often startled upon
arrival at this station to hear the con-
ductor yell: you're a liar! You're a
liar!" And then from the brakeman
at the other end of the car: you
really are! You really are!."
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-15
A Square Train.

A square train is now being used
on some evening gowns, and the court
shape comes as a relief from the
rounded edges of other styles. 1t
swings back from the side and rests
on the floor in straight lines. The
square effect is carried out in an over
drapery of gauze or net which drops
from the shoulders in a plain, sweep
ing line. The new shape is for even
ing gowns by way OF variety.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-15

shown in either view, the scarf ends
forming a cape or being brought
around to tie in the front. Chiffon
cloth is the material shown in the
illustration, but soft, thin silks,
crepes and all materials Of the sort
are appropriate. The rosettes can
be of the same or of ribbon, as liked.
The hood consists of n piece,
which is pleated and gathered to pro-
duce an effective result. There are
ties attached to the neck edge be-
meath the rosettes.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-12-15
Buttonholes in Strips.

The home d~ressmaker or the seam
stress who dislikes to work button
holes will find JOY in the fact that
they a be- bought. blythe yard and
in all kinds of fabrics. They come
on muslin or silk strips, and can be
easily attached to the edge of a blouse
which is to fasten. under a fly. ~