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The Washington herald., 1910-12-22
Leaves Legacy to Actress.

Paris. Dec. 91.-It is stated that Lady
Maux, widow Of a rich brewer. who
died in England yesterday. bequeathed
an important legacy TO Miss Beach Yaw,
the actress. Lady Maux was herself an
actress before her marriage.
The Washington herald., 1910-12-22
NAB BIG FAKER.
Honey Grove Kid" Wanted for
Many Games.


Many Games.
New York. Dec. a.-Lueius Hindman.
who is known TO the police as the
Honey Grove Kid. and who halls from
Honey Grove. Tex. was arrested to-day
at the request of Pest-offiee inspectors
James and Jacobs. who say that Hind
man was indicted in Council Bluffs, Iowa,
about a year ago in connection with the
notorious fake horse race, fake prize
hght. and fake wrestling match swindles
The charge against him is the fraudulent
use of the mails
Hindman says that he is thirty-seven
years old and that his home IS at Paris,
Tex. According to the postal inspectors,
he is member of a crowd Of swindlers
whose head was f ]. Mabrey, already
convicted in Iowa. Altogether the in
spectors say there have been seventeen
arrests of members Of the gang in the
last year
The gang is credited with having
cleaned ub about half a million dollars.
The Washington herald., 1910-12-22
MAURITANIA ON TINE.
Big Liner VIII Probably Break
Round-frip Record.

London. Dec, 9L-rhe Mauretania,
which sailed from New York December
II, covered 57S miles from noon yesterday
TO noon to-day. Her average speed
throughout has been 2i.O5 knots. She re-
ports a following sea. big swell, and sun
shine to-day.
The Washington herald., 1910-12-22
TITLED HEIRESS
DIES IN EUROPE
Baroness Won ZedtWitz Vie
tim OF Heart Disease.
WAS LOUISVILLE GIRL
Gave Part Of Fortune to Cath
Ollie University.

Widow of DipIOmatist, Who as
Mary Elizabeth Caldwell Was
Prominent Socially in Washing
ton, Suecumbs at Frankfort, Ger
mRny--Founded Divinity school,
After Which She Renounced Faith.
The Washington herald., 1910-12-22
POTATOES FOR TAFT.
Idaho Town Thus Proceeds to Get
on the Map.

ST. Paul. Dee. I.-President Taft and
each of the governors of the different
States viii have the biggest potatoes
grown IN Idaho Tor their tables al Christ
mas dinner.
Gov, A. o. Eberhart, of Minnesota. to-
day received a bushel OF potatoes from
tho Commercial Club of Twin Falls,
Idaho. as a Christmas gift
With the consignment came d letter TO
the executive officer conveying the in
formation thft some fOrty-siX governors
and the President Of the United States
are TO be, figuratively speaking, guests OF
Twin Falls on Christmas morning.
The Washington herald., 1910-12-22

Gifts for Your Family should he
Practical gifts. Open accounts for your
wife and children with Union Trust Co.
18th and II sts. Interest on all accounts.
deposits subject to check. Govt. control.
The Washington herald., 1910-12-22
ROAD TIE-UP NEAR.
Strike of Locomotive Engineers Elk.
pected to Break Soon.

Chicago. Dec. 1-The threatened strike
of the locomotive engineers on all Of the
Western railroads Is about to break.
Late this afternoon Labor Commissioner
Nell concluded a final conference with
the engineers with no result The latter
declare they VIII strike if their demands
are not acceded 10.
Immediately after this meeting MIR.
NeiH met the railroad managers and en-
deavored to md basis on which the
threatened strike could be settled Up
TO tonight however, he was unsuc-
cs~sful.
Canadian Engineers May Go Out.
Winr peg. Manitoba, Dec. 21.-I4ocOmo-
tive engineers and railroad officials in
Winnipeg, discussing the threatened en-
gineers' strike on sixty-One roads in the
United States. said to-day that every en-
gineer in Western Canada would go out
with the Americans.
The Washington herald., 1910-12-22

If You Arc Late sleeper and
Have 10 so New York at night. take the
Baltimore x Ohio Pullman drawing-rooH
sleeper ready at Union Station 10 D. m
You can sleep until next morning.
The Washington herald., 1910-12-22
FINGER PRINTS FAIL.

London, Dec. H.-Finger- print identfi-
cation failed for. 1t is said. the first ume,
to-day when man was charged with
misdemeanor in the Highgate Police
Court. The police submitted finger prints
TO show that the prisoner had been sen
fenced for another offense some time ago.
1t was. however. indusputsbly proved that
the accused was then serving in the
army and be was released.
The Washington herald., 1910-12-22

HInrkiEtOnes Flowers for Xmas.
Choicest blooms shown. 18th & II NV.
The Washington herald., 1910-12-22

Nat. Henry Miller, IN sFhe Havoc
To-day 2;l5, Columbia TheateT. &c to &.
The Washington herald., 1910-12-22
$40 NAY Be DEAD
In MINE DISASTER
Fire Follows Explosion in
English COlliery.
FEW WORKERS ARE RESCUED

work of Life Saving Parties Ham
Dered by Havoc Wrought by Ex-
plOsi0n-Enfrancez Are All swept
by Raging Fire and Loss VIII Be
Heavy-FiVe Bodies Recovered.
The Washington herald., 1910-12-22

Reduced Christmas Holiday Fareu
Via Southern Railway.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-30

though, I saw quite good looking
one wheeling trunks on my floor. Tom
phoned about haif-past four and said
he'd take me for a run in his new
car.
He looked awfully foolish as I came
down the hall He actually had met
two men he knew, and | distinctly
heard him say. apologetically, he
had come to see an aunt who was
staying there. came along just
then and I hope looked the part.
One of them smiled in such an attrac-
tive way 1t was fun at dinner. They
allow men in the restaurant. All the
mattresses are quite middleaged and
sort OF hopeless looking; / guess they
don't make much on tips. Godfrey
called up after dinner. Here is where
the tragedy happened. I thought It
would be more tactful not to mention
to Tom that Intended seeing Godfrey
when / was In town, and l didn't
think Il any use to tell Godfrey l
was going to see Tom. 1t seemed
nicer and kinder to let each one
think they were the only one. But
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-30

SATURDAY. certainly have been
time. Mother told me she wanted me
to go to town and do little shopping
and spend the night with Aunt Har-
riet. who had come to the city for
two days and wanted me to take her
to my dressmaker. and few other
things like that. She was going to
stay at the Margaret wilmington, a no.
tel where they never allow any men.
The whole thing sounded very dull to
me. especially the hotel.
If aunt was very wealthy the way
she would have been in a book, and
was her heiress or something like
that. or she was in the habit of hand
ing me Paquin gowns she had only
worn once, like an aunt of Gertrude
Sompson's (and they're simply vast
ed on Gertrude). why. ! would joy
fully do anything In the companion
line for her. But she's just we'll
enough off never to hand out thing
but lectures. However. / travelled up
to town to meet her at the Wiling
ton. Tom and Godfrey happened to
both have engagements In the city
that week. so l told them to call me
up there. ! supposed they allowed
men to talk through the telephone.
I After I'd waited an hour for her l
got a message written on piece of
/ paper saying she couldn't stay in town
| that night and ! was to go back that
afternoon and she'd write and ex-
plain. I was delighted and decided
TO stay myself. OF course 1t was per-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-30

whenever I try to be kind 1t seems
to turn out wrong. A lovely bunch of
violets came that evening. and as Tom
always used TO send them TO me I
naturally thought he'd sent these.
It's a mean trick when a man
doesn't enclose a card.
When the telephone rang | would
have sworn 1t was Toms voice that
said hello, and / said: Tom. darling
tTom would have known that didn't
mean anything when / said ~, your
violets are perfectly lovely" I've got
some white hairs that ] know came
right away when ! heard Godfreys
voice say In q suppressed sort of
tone: I'm afraid you've made mis-
take" Well, IT was most annoying. I
talked an awful lot, in the best way
could. which was pretty convincing,
considering I had no time to think
up anything, He might have SYM
pathized with me. Bi dhe think I
wanted to display such lamentable
stupidity? But men are so utterly
selfish. The only really nice man I've
seen in town is the porter that wheels
the trunks along the upstairs halls OF
the Margaret w. He is so good look
ing. l should think all the old ladies
would be quite thrilled at the thought
of such an attractive looking man
being upstairs
I'm afraid it's going to take a long
time to become friends with Godfrey
again.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-30
Virglnian
EMPRESS 81 LING CHI
FIRST TO SPIN SILK
Native Chroncers Declare This Event Happened about 1850
Years Ago After Queen of Yellow Empire Had Seen Cocoon
Winding Thread.

II 10 related by Chinese chroniciers
that about 1850 years ago the En-
press 81 Ling Chi was once walking
In the palace grounds when her at
tention was attracted by small. ugly
green worm feeding upon the leaves
of q mulberry tree. Day after day
she returned to watch It as 1t grew
to maturity. when IL finally spun
silken shroud around Its shrivelling
body. At the suggestion of the en-
peror. Hoang I'll. she took the cocoon.
disentangled the f,lament and wove
therefrom the first silk fabric.
II the story be true that was the
beginning OF the worlds great silk
producing and manufacturing indus
tries. For more than three thous-
and years Chtna teaiousty guarded its
monopoly of the precious fabric, and
great caravans 1ourneyed from the
cities of the Celestial Empire to Sy-
ria and other parts of Asia laden with
woven silks and the raw filaments,
The Persians became the intermedi-
aries in this trade between China and
Europe. supplying the Greeks and Ro-
mans until the middle OF the sixth
century A. D.
How two HISTORIAN monks journyed
from China with a quantity Of silk
worm eggs concealed In their pill
grims' STATS il an Oft told tale. The
eggs were delivered to the Emperor
Justinian. who for q time monopolized
the silk industry Of the Occident, but
after hfs death, In 666 A. D., the
production and manufacture of silk
became widely disseminated.
The silkworm is known to ento-
moiogists a. the larva OF the Bombyx
mori The eggs are very small, about
one hundred Weighing one grain.
They are Matched by artificial means
and the caterpiliars reared in rooms
where they may have an abundance
of tight and air, with little variation
of temperance. They are voracious
feeders and are kept literally sup.
piled with freshly gathered leaves of
the mulberry tree. They grow rap
idly and as rule melt about the
sixth. tenth. eleventh and twenty third
days after Matching. In from thirty
FIVE to forty days, having increased
in weight about ten thousand times
and grown TO a length Of about three
inches. they climb upon twigs and
small branches that have been sup.
piled for them and begin spinning
their cocoons-
In this process the caterpillar elects
from convoluted glands along the
sides Of the body two lines OF semi
fluid flament. The two fiiaments are
laid side by side and are held to-
gether as one as they harden. In
from three to FIVE days the cocoon
is complete and the Industrious cater
pillar having lost fully half its weight
and shrunken to half its former size.
Is metamorphosed into a cnrysalis.
housed In an oviform lodge from an
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-30
Chamois Gloves, Half Size Too
Large Will Not BE Found
Heating.
Heating.

IL I were TO be asked the one sove-
reign way of keeping this hands white
iii warm weather l would say "by
wearing leather or kid gloves" and l
mean 1t. despite the fact of know
ing the average girl will say ''bother!''
But you cannot expose the skin to
warm winds and warmer sun without
paying for 1t either by burning or
ffeekiinB. and once the glove habit Is
contracted II viii cease to seem a
nuisance.
IL In a mistake to think that all
gloves are heating. II chamois gloves.
either white or yellow. a half size
too large. are worm enough air Will
penetrate 10 prevent the skin from
heating. and at the same time It will
he protected and even BIO growing
Amer.
In point Of fact. the more girl will
wear gloves the prettier her hands
will boz In all Homework. while gar
dening. and at night they soften and
refine the skin. When worn at night
they do not cause discomfort II large
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-30
To Steady Picturrs.

A housemaid with duster is ever
lastingly setting askew small pictures
and the average room. after busting,
looks sadly awry. All sorts OF picture
hooks have been invented which are
supposed to grip the picture, the
clamps being driven into the wall. but
everything of that sort has some OBJ
lection.
The simplest and most nearly infai-
lible way OF keeping q picture i'm
movable ia by making small gimiet
hole in the extreme lower point of
the frame where 1t touches the wall
and at this point driving small brad
into the wall. leaving about half an
inch protruding, says Woman.s Life.
The hole in the frame caps this brad
like a socket and the ordinary busting
of the picture does not move 1t in the
least.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-30
MT MAS. JANE FORD.

for stout the design
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-30
Something
On This
cspyyAxhe. 1909, The Z


CONTINUED from AestefoaN'
with a revolver, How interest
fnE--and unusual" / said dryly, and
slipped past him as he barred the
way. He was not pleased: l heard
him mutter something and come rap
idly after me, but had the voices as
guide, ana ] was not going 20 be
turned back like child. The men
had gathered around a low stone arch
in the furnace room. and were looking
down a short flight of steps into a sort
of vault, evidently under the pave
rent. A faint light came from small
grating above. and there was close,
musty smell In the air.
Il tell you II must haYa been last
night" Dallas was saying. Wilson
and / wer. mere before we went to
bed. and I'll swear that hole was not
there then.
1T vas not there this morning. sir"
ffHuriEan insisted. 1T has been made
during the das-"
And It could not have been done
this afternoon" Mr.. HARRISON said
quietly. II was fussing with the teie
phone wire drJwn here. / would have
heard the noise"
Something In HIS voice made me
look at him. and certainly his express
sion was unusual. He%was watching
us ali intentiy while Dallas pointed
out to me the cause of the excite
menf. From the main floor of the
furnace room. fight of stone steps
surmounted by an arch led into the
coal cellar. beneath the street The
coal cellar was of brick. with a ce-
ment floor, and In the left wall there
gaped an opening about three feet
by three, leading into cavernous
void, perfectly hiaek--evidentiy a sim
liar vault belonging to the next house.
The whole place was ghostly. full
of shadows, shivery with possibilities.
II was Mr. Harrison finally who took
Jim's candle and crawled through the
aperture. We waited In dead silence,
listening to his feet .crunching over
the coal beyond. watching the faint
yellow light that came through the
ragged opening in the wall. Then ne
came back and called through 10 us.
Place Is locked. over here" he
said. Heavy oak door at the head
of the steps. Whoever made that
opening has done a prodigious amount
OF labor for nothing"
The weapon "A crowbar lay on the
ground beside the bricks. and he pick
ed II up and balanced II on his hand.
Dallas fiorid face was almost comicai
In his bewilderment: as for Jimmy
he slammed piece of Stag at the
furnace ana walked away. AT the
door he turned around.
Why don't you accuse me of 81"
he asked bitterly. Maybe you could
find lump of coal In my pockets
IL you searched me-
He stalked up the stairs then and
left us. Dallas and / went up to-
gether, but we did not talk. There
seemed to be nothing to say. Not un-
IN had closed and locked the door
OF my room did venture to look at
Smething that carried IN the palm
of my hand. 1t was a watch, not rum
ning--a gentieman's fiat gold watch.
and IL had been hanging by its fob
to a nail In the bricks beside the
aperture.
In the back OF the watch We're
the initials T. II. II. and the picture
of girl, cut from q newspaper.
1t was my picture.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-30

fectly proper. and yet 1t seemed quite
deviiish to stay alone at a hotel.
felt like regular adventures in a
way. I engaged room. Such a nice
old man at the desk. he beamed on
me like father. l find they allow
men on the first floor. but never above
that. They let porters come upstairs,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-30
Wearing of Gloves Best Way to Keep the Hands White

vaseline or cold cream. filing the nails
as well as the arms. Over tho grease
10 rubbed powdered magnesia. 30 thick
as to make paste. then more grease
Is put on. ending with a busting of
powder. making a finish not unsightly.
This viii stand the action of salt
water for SEINE time. but will come
of easily IN warm, fresh water, with
soap,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-30

Marry q man fer his money and he
Will find II out shortly Many a wo-
man feigna to love o man who has
money whom che would positively
hate II he were poor. The love OF
money 10 q misery pretense of affec-
ton that leads to discomfort. distrust
disgust and divorce as soon as the vic
tim finds II out.
Many 4 rich mans wife has not
the privileges or the money or the
good times her servants have.
Men who carry load OF eare--how
can they carry any burden of love?
Better have a fortune In your hus-
band than one with your husband.
what Avaiis II how high a mans
family be II he 10 low himself? What
respect can q woman have for man
who h rich Ia money. but poor in all
those eiemsnts that make up q man?
ca sAcsstry or wealth cover up men
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-30
CHAPTER XVI.



Dinner waited that night while ev-
erybody went to the coal cellar and
stared at the hole in the wall. and
watched while Max took a tracing of
Il and OF some footprints in the coal
dust on the other side.
did not so. ! went into the IL
brary with the guilty watch in a
fold of my gown. and found Mr.. Har-
bison there. staring through the Feb
ruary gloom at the blank wall of the
next house. and quite unconscious OF
the reporter with a drawing pad Just
win you be good enough to turn
below him In the area-way. ] went
ever and closed the shutters before
his very eyes but even then he did
not move.
sround7" I demanded at last
OH" he said wheeling. Are you
here?"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-30
Matrimony as a Matter of Money
BY MADISON C. PETERS.

There are the days when match
making mammas are ousily engaged
In their seif-appoinsed task of ex-
plotting their daughters SO as to at
tract the attention Of rich men who
frequent the summer resorts at the
seaside or In the mountains
These are the mothers. perhaps.
with whom fine family and wealth.
are potentialities too strong to be re-
sisted when tho qualifications OF a
suitor are to be considered.
Nowadays. when IL is announced
that a young woman Is engaged to be
married. the first question asked Is.
Is she doing weIi?" or course. that
In equivalent to. Has he money ?"
And IL Is thus that happiness Is bar
tered away for worldly display and
the very citadel OF civilization and
virtue surrendered to it's foes and all
Its treasure laid waste.
''To make a mere business of mar
riage.
To call 1t living, vocation. career.
In but to peryert, degrade and dis
parage
4 contract OF all most sacred and
-AtaF.n-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-30

one-ouarter yards OF
goods twenty seven
inches wide or one
yard .thtrtyq-six In.
cheG
In order to have
waists and blousSS
set nicely II is neg
assary to have corset
covers that At we'll
and when one is in.
clined to be large 70
IL best to have them
made without full.
ness over the bust.
To obtain this the
newest models are
made with seams
that take the place
OF darts and ran
full length Of the
garment. both back
and front. Cut In
this way, the mate.
rial can be much bet.
ter shaped than with
the ordinary dart.
and also offers OPP
portunity to intro
duce trimming in .
novel way. For in-
stance, the corset
cover could be Of
nainsook. cambria or
battste, and the cen-
ter front and back.
between the seams,
OF all over embrotd-
cry. Made In this
way they are suit.
able for wear under
lingerie waists.
Many women who
DO not ind the brax-
zisr entirely satig-
factory have made,
to take their place,
corset covers Of this
design. Drilling %
. nne quality Ia the
material GeneroliY
. m p loyed and u
trfmed with q mar.
row edge Of thread
lace or Irish crochet.
When used Tor this
purpose tn epeplan
should be omitted
and the waist niEheH
with . narrow bind~
Ing. s-''-'' ''r' -''e-'''' - '.''' {
When making the
garment all seams
" the seams on the
of sewing. Turn the
row Of stitching on
as- yrhnu ara hpntd~
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-11
Wiling TO ARBTRATE
ACTION BY SETTLEMENT COM.
MITTEE OF STRIKERS.
Meanwhile Steps Are Being Taken
to Strengthen Cause Of Those
Not Working.

NEW YORK. July 1l--Action looking
to the arbitration Of the cloakmakers
strike, which is declared to have involved
upwsrd Of $1,000 man and woman work
ers In the worhen's garment industry here,
was taken today by the settlement COM
mittee OF the strikers. 1t wasannounced
that in reply to q communication by the
New York state department OF labor bu-
reau OF mediation and arbitration the
committee had formally signified the
willingness OF the strikers organization
to meet q committee OF the employers to
arrange arbitration OF the dif'icuity No
action by the employers had been an
nounced this forenoon.
Steps to spread the strike were being
taken meanwhile by the general strike
committee. The United Garment Makers
were asked to call out :, 900 men from the
shops where women's and mems coats are
made. 1t vas stated that 1900 REFER
makers were ordered out today and that
during the day the alteration hands, num-
bering about 8.OO0 In all the department
stores in New York and Brooklyn, would
be ordered to stop work.
A tour Of the strike district by Presi-
Samuel Gompers Of the American Fedora
ton Of Labor, who will address various
meetings, was planned for late this after
noon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-11
DUKE OF WESTMINSTER
JUST ESCAPES DROWNING
Capsizes in Hydroplane in Which He
and Others Were Sailing OF
Isle Of Wight.

LONDON, July 1.-THE Duke Of West.
minister narrowly escaped drowning yes
terday afternoon through the capsizin9
Of a hydroplane in which he and three
others were practicing of Cowes. Isle Of
Wight.
The hydroplane was built especially to
take part In the international races In
America in August. 1t was only com.
pleted Saturday. Tt is forty feet long and
Is capable Of making thirtS-five knots an
hour.
The accident occurred three-quarters Of
a mile from the shore In deep weter. The
duke was steering and attempted to turn
too sharply. The hydroplane heeled over.
taking water over her stern until she
capsized.
The duke sank twice. Then Mr.. Rob-
ms, his companion, grabbed him and
held him up until a motor boat arrived
and took them aboard. The two engi-
neers chung to the hydroplane until they
were rescued.
The duke says 1t was the closest call
he ever had or ever wanted. He was
nearly gone when the motor boat reached
him. He certainly would have been
drowned but for Mr.. Robins.
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TRIED TO BURN FAMILY.
Stonemason More Successful, in TAX.
ing His Own Life.

SANDCSKY. Ohio. July 11.-After
locking his wife and three daughters
into their rooms and setting fire to his
home, Andrew Federkiel sixty-nine
years old, a stonemason, threw himself
in front OF a Lake Shore train here
yesterday and was cut in two The
four women were rescued by neighbors.
but Mrs. Federkiel was so badly burned
that she may die.
Federkiel waited until his wife and
daughters had retired. He then locked
the doors leading to their rooms, fast
ened them further with copper wire,
and, having soaked the furniture in
gasoline. set fire to the house. He had
been regarded as eccentric since two
years ago, when he was shot and seri-
ously injured by his son during quar-
rel.