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The Washington herald., 1909-01-31

Of the George Washington Park, and
John Leadbeater has been appointed chief
marshal OF the industrial division
James ". wooIls. forty-four years old.
died last night at his home. 81 North St
Asaph street. His wife and one child sur
vive- His funeral viii take place from
ST Mays Catholic Church Monday
morning at $50 o'clock
The large brick plant situated on Little
Hunting Creek, near Riverside Park. was
seId at public auction to-day. It was
purchased by John Miller, OF Washing
ton, for Sl4,50o-
Judge William Hodges Mann viii at $50
O'Clock tomorrow afternoon address a
mems meeting which viii be held in the
Young Peoples Building Of the Methodist
Episcopal Church South He viii take
for his subject, Mans contract relations
with Cod 4 solo viii be given by Mrs
T. A. Hblfsh.
The clerk OF the Corporation Court dur
ing the month Of January recorded forty
nine deeds and Issued thirty-foUr mar
rage licenses, twenty-seven TO white and
seven to negroes.
The funeral OF Mrs. Margaret Robin
son. who died near the 8IahoneysviIle dis
tillery. took place this afternoon and the
burial was in q cemetery az Fairfax
Court House
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UEder the auspices Of the Friends Fei-
lowship Union at the Friepds Church,
Thirteenth and Irving streets. Columbia
Heights. DR.. George a. Barton gave an
interesting lecture last night on The de-
lights and discomforts Of travelling in
Palestine" Dr. Barton illustrated his
talk with a number OF handsome and well
selected lantern slides.
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LINCOLN HEAD ON COINS.
Director of Mint Confers with Presi-
dent About New Issue.

II legal authority can be found for the
action. the head Of Lincoln viii be placed
on several coins without delay, as com
memorating the I00th anniversary Of the
birtf Of the martyred President
Director Of the Mint Leech conferred
with the President yesterday on the sub
iect. and showed him a design Of the
head from Victor D. Bremen. the we'll
known New York sculptor.
The idea is 70 have Lincoln half dol
lar. and possibly q Lincoln cent It may
require an act OF Congress TO execute
the plan.
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NEW HIGHWAY PROPOSED.
Commissioners Recommend Street
Along Soldiers Home Grounds.


To open a highway along the west
side Of the Soldiers Home grounds. the
Commissioners have recommended 10
Chairman Smith OF the House District
Committee, the extension Of Park place
northwest Adverse action was taken
on the proposed extension OF. Harvard
street to Fifth street and for the ex-
zion Of Oak street northwest
The proposed extension viii provide
a highway forty feet wide on The
west side Of the Soldiers Home
grounds from the Rock Creek Church
road to the Washington city reservoir, -
say the Commissioners IN their letter.
1T viii be Of advantage to that 10
cality. as II viii prove a thOrOughfsre
upon which buildings may be erected
facing the Soldiers Home grounds"
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names and instances. YOU viii be as
founded to know what a difference such
combination makes.
Back Of these men are more than 200
people TO carry out the work as directed.
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Sidney Bieber has resigned as vice pres
ident and director Of the Consolidated
Sales Company Of the District OF Co
iumbia-
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NEWSOFALEXANDRIA
Council VIII Meet TO Con-
slider Mayors Veto.
JOHNSON GOES BACK TO JAIL
Nearly Completed for
Masonic Bazaar-James W. WOolls
Dead-Brick Plant sold at Auction.
Judge Mann TO Address Mems Meet
ing-Funeral Of Mrs. Robinson.

AlsxandriS News Agency. Sc King street. Alex
zndria. Va. authorized agents ard carTle-s foT
The Washington Herald The Herald VII Be de-
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6E King Street.
Alexandra, Va, Jan ga called meet
ing of the city council viii be held Mon
day night at 80 O'Clock to consider the
veto Of Mayer Pan OF. the resolution
passed Tuesday night, which gives the
chief engineer OF the fire department,
or the members Of the board Of FIRE
wardens, power 20 order the city's fire
apparatus beyond the city limits IN the
event OF FIRE
The resolution passed by council after
a lengthy wrangie. It is understood
that Mayor Paf believes that the matter
should have been presented in the shape
Of an ordinance.
4. the instance OF Commonwealth At
torney s. G. Brent, Frank johnson was
TODAY committed to jail for ten days
IN order that the authorities may have
an opportunity Of determining whether
or not johnson stole the horse and wagon
which he had in his possession when
taken in custody So far the vehicle or
hors., has not been identified.
The three Fairfax County farmers from
whose DldLSS cUAtA-stAA ot1AI tiAN AtA1l'N ILL
ether articles. came here this morning
and identified their property after which
If was turned over TO them
Arrangements are being rapidly COM
pleted for the Masonic bazaar, which viii
open Monday night at ArmOry Hall The
ladies' wiz Monday begin the work OF
decorating the booths During the pro-
gress Of the bazaar many organizations
from this city and Washington giI a.
tend. Thursday night the ladies Of the
Eastern Star chapters OF Washington VII
attend Potomac Commandery Of George
town viii be present Friday night, and
Saturday night the Almas Patrol. or
Washington. viii attend and give an ex-
hibiti0n drill.
Col Theodore H Ficklin. principal OF
the George Washington High School, has
been appointed chief marshal OF the
school division for the parade 70 be held
Aprfi 20 in connection with the dedication
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FEAST FOR MASONS
Royal Arch Chapter Holds
High ReyelS.
ANNUAL VISITATION HELD

Columbia Chapter Invites Friends
to an Enjoyable Entertainment
After Ceremonial OF the Order Is
Performed by the Grand Officers-
The skst, ..Lemonized," Presented.
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The forthcoming seng recital at the
Columbia Theater Tuesday afternoon.
February 8, at 40 o'clock. by Nine
Blanche Marches, the daughter and pupil
Of the instructor OF CalYes Eames. Melba.
and other celebrities, Is arousnIg an in
terest that gives promise Of one Of the
leading concerts n the season. Assisting
Nine. Narehesi VIII be Brahn Van den
Berg, pianist. Equally at bone il
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Col Theodore H Ficklin. principal Of
the George Washington High School. has
been appointed chief marshal OF the
school division for the parade 70 be held
April 90 in connection With the dedication
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Miss Faye r humphrey, eontraltq, has
been engaged as soloist for the McKin-
ley memorial services at the Meuopoli-
tan n E Church this evening.
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The monthly studio recital By Mr.. Os-
car Franklin Comstoek VIII be next
Tuesday, and VIII be in the nature OF
commemo-ation Of the 1o0th anniversary
Of Mendessohn's birth A fine and well
contrasted programme has been srEangsd
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Of the George Washington Park, and
John Leadbeater has been appointed cnleL
marshal OF the industrial division
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sleep, Dearest. Sleep .Randagggr
Mrs Mabel Owen Beard.
Cello obligzto, Miss Ethel Lee.
Piano
"Clown''..-..--.---..--.. -Ch2mInzde
Rondo Capp-iciOsSo-- .Me1delSsohn
Dir. Ernest Benin
SOnEs-
Z Hid Ny Love" 4 Know Lovely Garden"
H2rdeiOt
Mr.. Arthur Hollis TiTTelL
Songs
-Dzrns d HardeIot
TO Thee NJ Marjorie" Chase
Bergere Legere' -.-.-----..-.-....---.-Oi French
Mrs. Beard.
Piano
Prelude, Chopin
Miss LeonoTs Lacey.
Song
''Ksshmiri Song .Finasn
Sir. TiTTell.
Song
Alta Stella Confidants -Robzndi
Mn Beard ard Miss Lee.
Miss Marguerite 0TOole, accompanist-
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h;a ~, +no3r Stockings Pierre and Babette, if they
are very small indeed, believe that lie petit Jesus or e
netit Noe-"the little jesus or the little Christmas
have brought the gifts. But the average French child
is as sophisticated young America and fere mas TO
be very little boy indeed to believe IN e peut Jesus
No French or Italian child hears of Santa Claus till
he comes to America by which may be gathered that
that good saint was strictly German and when he emf
grated came America like all the rest OF the Ger
mans. $50 .
The growth of the typical American Christmas with its
universal Christmas and presengvirg, is curl
GUS phenomenon 1t has no roots IN American history.
The original of New England never observed It,
The Dutch of New Amsterdam scarcely noticed It, but
made New Years the great joyous popular festival.
Within the memory of old people still living Christmas
passed unobserved in New York. while all holiday
rymaking centered in New Years day. Modern America
has built up Christmas festival of its own. and has
rejected definitely the religious feast in favor of the
cia and domestic In way, however, the Ameri
can Christmas religious than and all the Lat
in church together One who has lived through
years changing round of saints days in Italy, in all Of
which no and the people take holiday will
observe the thought of the people out
those in need. The aboundng giving of an American
Christmas the uneasy uncomfortable feeling that
child at least must have if possible good dinner and
present Christmas day, is quite unknown in the Lat
in countries.
The feeling that poor old buns and hoboes, the
criminals their PRISONS the paupers in their aims
houses the beggars, the unworthy-al ought to have
something good to eat that day, and little Christ
fOrm-is of the American Christ
mas.
The that come to the melting pot of America
keep their home Christmas for only few years
they arrive. Then they drift off into less
Americanized Christmas.
For few years after they come, also, they try to
eat their traditional dishes at Christmas time The
garian housemother makes the Christmas cakes which
long of ancestral cooks made before her
They round balls of dough- covered with honey and
poppy seed and then baked. The Bohemans and Poles
also make poppy seed cakes, each in different style
The Sican housewife, too, has traditional Christmas
cake. is ring Of dough with hole in the middle
the Italian doughnut, in fact-which fried sprinled
with sugar and eaten hot.
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study of them order that their merits and dement's
may be determined In cases this means long and
continued study and is not at all unusual thing to
find committee chairman giving the joys OF the
home life Christmas DAY to consult precedents and to
formulate arguments to be used for against
posed legislation, and to find him doing this in the Sc
c1uson of stuffy office room Christmas day.
good many Washington people, especially those who
here from the SOUTH into Virginia to hunt
Christmas day In parts of the Old Dominion fox
hunting is still order of the winter day. and if the
fox not in evidence there always rabbits and quail
while the lower Potomac and in the marshes along
Chesapeake bay winters the ducks and the geese
fairly abundant The outdoor life appeals strongly
to the southerne1 and in the northerners
who have the Potomac country have formed the
hunting habit join the Christmas day outing parties
of their southern cousins
Christmas is the great holiday of Washington From
high low the people make the it. There is good
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AMERICAS CHRISTMAS
THE BEST OF ALL

An OCCASIONAL Jersey commuter familiar with the
ligous section of Barclay street, is commonly the only
sort of American in York who knows presepo by
sight Yet the presepo is the sign of the Latin Christ
mas the fir tree is of the northern. The manger of
the Barchy street windows shows only the
stable, with the figures and the cattle done in Italian
Gotta. But real presepio in it's native land may
show the whole countryside WE'LL and if the pilgrims
vending tler way the manger good Sician peas
ants bearing good Sicilian wine and cheese their
donkeys. they are only the more interesting.
St. Franis born in the quaint little town of Assist
among the Umbran hills in 1882. invented the
presepio to make Christmas story plain the simple
1lterate Common people During the 800 since it
has remained favorite devotion in Latin Europe The
Italian and Spanish call it the presepio the manger the
French the creche the cradle and the Hungarans and
Belgians, Btleim, or Bethlehem.
Only few years since not carpenter could be hired
in Rome or Naples for weeks before Christmas They
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cRRIJZ2z4S RQR7y a. 24N-
~ H1ER/[HN NOUIyC PEOPLE

were all busy erecting presepos in the homes OF the
own. AS the mainland grows sophisticated the
quaint old devotion is fading away but in conservative
Sicily people still make the presepio every they
dress Christmas trees in New York. All the island
families busy from December to Is putting their
old presepos in ORDER making and there is
much calling to and fro to results and admire
new and elaborate specimens of the art. The presepo
may be little thing a stand in may
occupy the whole side of ROOM
It may represent whole mountain side made OF the
rough flexible bark the cork tree Peaks, crags and
precpices abound with winding trails houses and castles
of coOred cardboard forests of twgs sometimes tiny
pipes furnish brooks and lakes In the center is the
grotto with the holy family within. A sky of blue pa
per stretched above with the Star of Bethlehem
spcuous, and the hills the shepherds bearing
the gifts to the babe.
Spain, like Sicily, has lost the presepio and in
Spanish and Scilian cities there booths for the
sale of miniature Shepherds magf and all the accessories
of the art France the creche is not made at home
southern countries but it used to be part of tho
Christmas decorations of French church. and is still
so in rural districts Many polished cosmopote OF
Paris can remember working busily for days before
Christmas in his childhood to help reshen up and reu
venate creche of his parish church in little viii
age of France the villages close by Paris today chill
dren who go about the streets singing Christmas carols
carry little creche in box upon their shoulders
The manger types the difference between the Latin
and the Teuton Christmas The Latin Christmas is
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their axes in the direction of the lines
OF 1olce; In other words, the growth
OF an individual takes place. In fact,
the similarity in aspect and behavior
between certain liquid crystals and
bacteria Is remarkable, and scarcely
can be- accidental.
Prof.\ Lehman suggests that in
life thedirectional force is that mys.
terious essence so much discussed,
and so title understood, the soul" In
support f this bold hypothesis" he
puts forward many arguments and
marshals an array Of facts. 1t II de.
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DAY time he spent in the fields armed onlv with an
, e' with which he studied the winter BIRDS always
species that was rare
PRESIDENT Taft loves nature, too in way, but he is
not much of tramper excepting where the walk leads
over the golf links which he spends his holiday
oos christmas included for in Washington because of
he comparative mildness Of the climate the game
so'l Is possible nearly every day in the year:
There are several hundred officers of the army ma
Wy stationed in Washington, most of them being detailed
Tor Office work in the departments for term four
years. The naval officers perhaps enjoy their holiday
making in the capital than do their brothers of
the army for the sailors have been compelled spend
many Chr1stmaSeS at away from their wives and
families, while here they gather their families about
them and not break any earegulaons in doing
army officer, whether he goes to the Philippines to
some distant frontier post ordinarily takes his family
with him and Christmas day does not to him neces.
sary bring with it the of loneliness and homesick
ness that it brings to the at
In the biological survey which is bureau of the
partment of agriculture there many scientists
work Most of these men have spent large part of
their lives in the wilds studying birds and mammals and
snes plants and fshes to say nothing of reptiles The
ONCE life is rksome to these scientists They belong
the free air. the barren plains and the pine forests So
it is that holdy that brings with it release
from Office cares, they take to the fields About the
hills in many places about Washington Christmas day
there to be the little camp fires of the scientists
who are cooking their midday Christmas dinners under
the open sky.
Some time ago all the bird students in the United
States asked if they could, make trip afeld
Christmas day and to make list OF birds they
found Thousands of bird lovers followed the suggestion
and still following It, Each of the
in report to central headquarters giving the Of
the birds that Christmas day fell under his
ton AS result of this practice the Washington sci
entsts have many valuable notes concerning of
son. birds For instance the report Washington
on Christmas or two ago, that the holiday four
mocing seen and positively identified in the
fields Boston, Mass Other birds were reported
from other northern localities birds that in the ordinary
course OF things ought to have been far south of the
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green and so are
the wild honey
suckle and the lau.
rel, trees. and
plants that are
abundant along the
Potomac.
President RoOse-
velt was, as every
one knows, a nat
ure lover. He took
every opportunity
that offered TO get
away from the
city. His daily
walks and rides
took him far into
the country, and on
Christmas day dur
ing the last four
years of his term
of Office he went
to Pine Knot, a
wooded, mountain
country place that
belonged to his
wife. Mr.. Roose-
velt stayed in
Washington until
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ship was closed and their head call
ing the would-be neophyte before the
assembled audience. showed him with
out word an urn SO filed with water
that not single drop could be added.
The neophyte, reading the message.
bowed silently, started to withdraw.
but hesitated and returned. Picking a
petal from flower. he dropped It on
the brimming bowl SO dexterouslv
Nhat it floated without dislodgin4 the
slightest particle Of the LIQUID. The
membership Of the academy of silence
became 1Ol
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tallization is the agency made use of
by living growth. A glass of jelly, or
any other noncrystalline substance,
doesn't grow. On cooling it passes
gradually from the melted to the solid
condition, and forms about large
number of nudei, just as happens in
the condemnation of vapor.
Capitalization is quite different.
The growth is rapid, and the nudei are
comparatively few. Prof. Lehman
noticed that liquid crystals, when un-
der the influence Of a magnetic nuid.
coalesce and range themselves With
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HELP SOLVE LIFE PROBLEMS

that Of the surrounding air, and thus
obtained access to an almost virgin
field.
That crystals, when placed in the
saturated mother liquor, grow and
Lave the power of healing fractures
have suggested to many that crystal
lized matter is a form of life. Prof.
Lehman ventures with some conf.
Gence to assert, not that crystals
themselves are living, but that crys-
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on line. So 1t
is that a
Washington Christ
mas day idea has
been made to serve
the ends of science.
It has been said
that in years past a
great many of the
senators and repre-
sentatives in congress
went home to spend
the holidays, but that
now the practice
largely has passed.
An exception should
be made for the past.
and the present, as
we'll, in the cases of
those senators and
members who have in
charge legisla t ion
which has been pro-
posed in bill form at
the opening Of the
session of congress.
When bills are intro
duced they are at
once referred to CON-
mittees and if the
measures are of i'm
portance the chair
men of the commit
tees to which they
have been sent, make
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ciared that he has made an important
contribution to the solution of the
great question confronting alike sci
ence and philosophy-what is life?
The Academy of Silence.

It is written that among the vari.
Gus schools of Grecian philosophy ex-
listed one known as "The Academy Of
Silence, composed of 100 men. each
member pledged to the purpose Of
the school, writes Hollis Godfrey in
the Atlantic. To them came one seek
ing admission. Their list Of member.
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German Scientist Has Made important
, Contribution to Solution OF
. Great Question.

Crystal wisdom comes from Prof.
Otto Lehman of Stuttgart, a student
Of flowing crystals for Sc years, ever
since he discovered novel form Of
microscope which permitted the op-
,tica, examination of substances at tenn
ueratares differing considerably from
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purely TeuS1OuS 1eSIlVal, as mucn so
as any other feast of the church. It
has no particularly domestic or So
cia] quality. Italian children never
get presents on Christmas day That
is done on All Souls day, in October,
when they believe-if they are very
small-that the spirits of their de-
parted relatives have come back in
the night and left presents for them;
undoubtedly very ancient relic OF
ancestor worship. 1t is the great
Teuton family of nations that give
presents to children on Christmas
day. And the Christmas tree came
out of the vast forests where dwelt
the heather German and Scandina-
Wan tribes. It is, in fact, pagan
relic, passed down from primitive
forest dwellers and worshippers.
Where Celt, Slav or Latin use it.
they have borrowed it.
France, half Latin and half Celt>
dashed with Gaul and Viking, is a
family by herself in this. as in every
thing. She builds the manger In the
churches, but at home, though she
seldom dresses Christmas tree. lit
tie Babette and Pierre set their
shoes by the fireplace instead Of
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The South American people make much of Christmas
II is the great feast day in all LanAmerican countries
and the ambassadors and attaches and their families do
not forget the customs of their native lands simply
for few they have been transplanted
new The "open house, the order of the day in
nearly official residence in Washington after the
family has had its intimate celebration of the hol
day Large families the rule rather than the excep
ton among the ambassadors and ministers from the
southern European and from the Central and South
lean countries The children have gala time of it
home and then the visiting begins The presents that
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Envy.

EnvY. -
II envy the good.natured man." said
the philosopher. -.
ker. ''His good nature indicates that
the desirable things of life are coming
his way"
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'OPYQAGHr 1909 DY va PATTERSON

ASH1NGTON not only has United States
Christmas celebration but it has the fes-
tivities that mark the Christmas season in
all the civilized nations of the world. At
the Russian embassy there is Christmas
fete after the manner of the people in the
land of the czar; there are French doings
at the great European republics official
residence, and there is the genuine old
English Christmas at the home of the Brit
ish ambassador, and so one may go on
through the entire list of foreign repre-
sentatives, not even barring the embassies
of China and Japan, where in honor Of
the day, as Christian nations view it, the
oriental officials have holiday dinnore
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the festivities of
the day were ov-
er and the chill.
dren had a chance
to take account
of their presents,
and then he left
for the log cabin
In Virginia where
he could sit in
front of a huge
open fire with a
g e n uine "old
Christmas" hacl
4os. On these
Christmas ont.
lngs Mr.. Roose-
welt did a little
RABBIT shooting
and tried to do
s o m e turkey
shooting, but the
major part of tho