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The Washington times., 1911-02-09
Plan National AirShip
Exposition in This City

Plans are being perfected for WASH
ington's first national aeronautical ex-
position, which will be held in Exposi-
tion Hall, at NJ and North Capitol
streets, from March to u, inclusive.
In addition to the ten different models
of aeroplanes which will be shown in
the exhibition, there will also be a
number of appliances for the same, and
It is planned to have an auxiliary auto
mobile show held in the same building
at the same time.
The Washington times., 1911-02-09

A license to marry has been issued BY
the clerk of the circuit court here to
Harry Lee Wade and Miss Nellie C.
Ashley, both of Takoma Park.
Alfred j. Bohn and Miss Ethel Lease,
both OF Baltimore, tried to get license
here, but the young man was under age,
and had failed to bring with him the
written consent of his parents, as the
law requires in case of minors, and tn I:
license was refused.
The Washington times., 1911-02-09
MOTHERS ASK CASH
TO SAVE THE CHILD
National Congress Will Urge
Appropriation to Widen
cope of Education:

With the claim that conservation OF
the child is at least as important as
conservation of the forests and water
ways, the National Congress of Moth
ers with a membership of 10000, will
ask Congress to widen the scope of
the Bureau of Education so that 1t will
take in all things relative to the educa-
tion of children. At the present time
the work of the Bureau of Education,
so far as the child in concerned, is re-
stricted TO school work. The Mothers
Congress claims that everything relative
to the child until he reaches the age of
sixteen has to do with his education.
Should the effort to increase the scope
be successful, a much larger appropria-
ton for the bureau will be required.
Will Act in Convention.
Tho definite decision to appeal to
Congress will be reached at the annual
convention of the National Congress Of
Mothers, which is to be held in this
city April 25 to May 2. A statement
made by the president, Mrs. Frederick
Schon. of Philadelphia, who was in
Washington yesterday on her way home
after a tour through the Southern
IIe lHitIGSlS VI llS vi
ton which she heads, disclosed the
plan.
According to the predictions of Mrs.
Schon, the association will not take the
-hat Mrs. b. +. Carroll, wife of
the governor of Iowa and president of
that States association of mothers, has
taken with reference to the teaching of
sex problems in the school. She says
that Mrs. Carroll in advocating such
system is seeking to specialize while the
Congress of Mothers has for its purpose
the development Of all parts of the
child.
Plans Nearing Completion.
Plans for the international convention
in Washington are nearing completion
and within the next week the meeting
place will be selected. Among the
countries which already have selected
delegates to attend the congress are
Persia, Cuba, Bolivia, and Italy.
During Mrs. Schoff's trip through the
South she secured the cooperation of
the governors in the States of Tennes-
see, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, and
North Carolina. She made several ad-
dresses in each of these States and was
gone two weeks. Mrs. Schof expects an
attendance of several hundred delegates
at the Washington meeting.
The Washington times., 1911-02-09
BRADLEYS ESTATE
LEFT TO HIS WIFE
Will of Rockville Man Dis
poses of Property Valued
At $125,0OO.

ROCKVILLE, Nd, Feb. 9.-Under the
terms of the will of Henry Bradley
dated September IA, 1904, and confirmed
by codicil dated September Is, 1916
the entire estate, which is valued al
about $125,OO0 Is left to the widow, Mrs
Jane B. Bradley. who is-named as exc
cutrix without bond.
Mr.. Bradley died about two weeks
ago as q result of injuries received by
being struck by a Washington and
Rockville Electric car here the evening
of December TO- Mrs. Bradley is .
daughter of Mrs. Rebecca T. Veirs anC
the late William A. Veirs, of this town
Miss Nellie Virginia Musgrove, OF
Brunswick, Nd, and Raymond r. Wat
kins, Of Cedar Grove, this county
were married yesterday afternoon by
the Rev. William Hoffman, pastor OF
the Methodist Church at Laytonsville
the ceremony taking place at the par.
sonage.
The Washington times., 1911-02-09

The Modern Woodmen Of the vicinity
of CoIesville. this county. are preparing
to erect a temple at CoIesville. 1t will
be a frame structure. and will cost
about $1,000 1t is said work will be
started just as soon as the weather per-
nits.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1911-05-05
WHOLE NUMBER 2.64l
How Fish Express Emotions.

The ancients had many quaint
ideas about fishes, and legends illus
trating their habits are legion. Ac-
cording to them, they held converse
with man, and not infrequently aided
him in his daily occupations. thus
showing that they possessed nearly
all the attributes of human beings,
though in lesser degree. 1t has been
demonstrated that fishes and the
higher land animals are largely sway
ed by the same emotions, and give
rational expression to them.
Fishes erect their scales or fin rays
when under the influence of anger or
terror, exactly as feathers or haii S
are erected in birds and animals.
AS fishes have eyes without movable
eyelids and cheeks encased with bony
plates or covered with hard scales,
which are hardly suitable for smiling
one cannot expect to find facial ex-
pressions, as of joy. pain and aston
ishment, so well marked as in some
OF the higher animals. Recent dem
onstrations. however, have shown
change of color to be one of the best
indexes to the emotions.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1911-05-05
Chinese Opinion.

Here is the frank opinion enter
tanned and expressed by a China
man about US: You cannot civil
ize these Americans. They are be-
yond redemption. They will 90
weeks and months without touching
a mouthful of rice, but eat the flesh
of bullocks and sheep in enormous
quantities. Nor do they eat the
meat cooked in small pieces. 1t is
carried into the room in large chunks,
often half raw. and then they cut
and slash and tear it apart. They
eat with knives and prongs; it makes
a civilized being perfectly nervous.
One fancies himself in the presence
of sword swallowers. They have nc
sense Of dignity. for they may be
found walking with women; they
even sit down at the same table
with women and the latter are served
first. Yet the women are to be
pitied, too. On festive occasions,
which Americans call balls, they are
dragged around a room to the ac'
compartment of the most hellish
music.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1911-05-05

The common pin was invented and
brought in use about the beginning oil
the sixteenth century, though there
were pins made of metal in their
present form as early as 1543, and in
that year an English statue was
passed called an act for the true
making OF pynnes," which limited
their cost not to exceed six shillings
and eight pence a thousand.
Previous to this pins we're made OF
lockwood, bone and silver, but only
the rich could afford to buy these.
The poorer classes who had to use
pins made them of common wood,
like our skewers.
When pins first came into use they
were favorite New Years gift. Men
presented them to the girls of their
acquaintance much as they do flowers
in these days, or husbands gave their
wives an equivalent in money, which
was called "pin money!" an expes-
sion which later on grew to be known
as the amount of money which a
husband laid aside for his wife for
her private expenses.-Sdn Diego
Union.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1911-05-05

The cavern is at a point about one
mile northeast of Lime Spur Station, ON
the Northern Pacific main line, between
Logan and Butte. In a letter under
datc of March 2, 1911, the Secretary of
the Interior expresses deep appreciation
of the action of the Northern Pacific
Railway ''in thus enabling the Govern.
ment to preserve for the free enjoyment
of all the people the great cavern within
this tract"
1t is not vet known what steps the
| Government will take to make the inte-
rior of the cavern accessible to the pub
lie, hut it is expected that it will be
equipped with stairway as far rs it is
practicable fof visitors to descend, and
the various formations suitably pro.
tected.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1911-05-05

The Northern Pacific Railway has
conveyed to the United States Govern
ment l60 acres of land adjoining its
right of way in jefferson County, Mon
tana, to enable the government to per-
petuate the Lewis and Clark Cavern
National Monument. This cavern, well
known to the people of that vicinity,
but little known to the country at large,
is in a steep mountain side, bordering
on the Jefferson River east of Butte
This mountain is undoubtedly that
which Explorer Clark climbed, from
which to view the surrounding country,
as outlined in the chronicles of Lewis
and Clark.
The cavern is locally known as "Mor-
rison's Cave" and the story of it's dis
covery is an interesting one. Mr.. Geo.
Morrison, now dead, while out hunting
in 1905, came across the entrance of a
cave which, upon investigation, was
found to be q titanic cavern. The fol-
lowing day several men went up with
400 feet of rope and one of the men, an
old sailor, was let down into the cave
rs far as the rope would reach. He,
however, was unaDle 10 even make u
beginning in the exploration of the cav
ern. Still later other explorations were
made and tourist parties from Harvard
and other colleges have visited the cave
at various times in attempts to solve its
intricacies and explore its wonderful
features. Finally, series of stairways
were erected by which exploration was
made more practicable. The caverns
were found to consist of large number
of separate rooms and apartments, some
of them very large, and connected by
passages. Enormous stalactites and
stalagmites are found, and there are a
great many and varied formations, some
of them most unique. One of the i'm
mense cathedral-like chambers is COW
cred at one end, for more than one hun
dred feet, with stalactites of different
sizes and of crystal clearness. By draw
ing q small stick across these a sound
is emitted not unlike the tones of a
pipe organ, which fact gives name to
this particular spot.
Statues of all shapes and sizes, hav.
ing the appearance of having been
carved by sculptors of past ages, grace
the largest of the halls, which is known
as 1.-The Grand Cathedral" In this
magnificent grotto there is an altar at
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1911-05-05
Small Wrist Bafs in Favor.

Wrist bags, after growing steadily
bigger until men jeered at the
amount of baggage women carried
about them. now come quite small
again. Velvet and satin, which
had been completely superseded by
leather. have returned to favor for
these little bags. or large purses,
as you may choose 10 regard them.
They are also covered with material
to match the gown with which they
are carried. Cord handles, cord
trimmings, finished with knots or
tassels, give the bags their more
modish name of cordelieres.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1911-05-05
Tbs and Topics Of the Olympia National
Bank.

TIPS and Topics Of the Olympia National
Bank.
This bank is under Government inspection aud
supervision.
The chief junction of this bank 10 70 receive
deposits aud to loan money. These thihss We
are prepared TO do IN manner accep'ao'e W
our patrons
Every transaction between The bank ana ns
to be divulged by us.
With ample and experienced mansgsnen. n r ne !!
this bank must commend Nseli 10 al VINO nave
need of the services of u bank.
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The management of this bank has endeavored
TO pursue a progressive pOlicy, to be liberal 10
its treatment ans 20 uunere strictly 10 tne 'eRI
innate lines uI UEnklng.
In directing the affairs Of this bank. the ono
ers insist upon q strict compliance win every
rule having Tor i.s object me safety ana et,y
studying the causes that lead TO failures. We
have avoided the rocks upon which others nave
been wrecked.
We are not unmindfui Of our obllgation 10 tne
m any friends from whom We are oeriSios pst
ronage aud support. Having Oncc secured your
patronage IT will be our ainest endeavor 10 re-
iail it.
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Among the many patrons of this hank are
found the most careful and conservative people
in the community.
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Should anything ever go wrong with Your rela
tons with this bank we should esieem IL s'ci
# Won will frankly tell us where he trouble is
and thu. allow ue to remedy the di ficulty.
4
The question frequently arses: mere
shall | do nav banking business :" our reply II
this, " At the Olympia National Babx
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1911-05-05
First Press.

Mexico was the first city on the
continent to own a printing press
and to publish a book" writes HUI
bert Howe Brandcroft in his His
tory OF the Pacific States, "a claim
that adds not a little to the prestige
OF the Aztec capital. The printing
press came out with Viceroy Men
doza, who arrived in October. 1885,
and appears to have been in charge
Of Juan Pablos from LOmbardy, act
ing for Juan Cromberger, the owner
of printing house at Seville. Crom-
berger passed on in 1910, and Pablos,
after 1544, obtained royal permission
to carry on printing exclusively for
a term of years. The first book
printed was the Escala, 1886, which
no longer exists. The work had been
originally written in Greek by San
Juan Climacus, the hermit.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1911-05-05
Cromwell and the Teleseope

Calico invented telescopes and had
been dead six years before the Battle
of Dunbar, fought on September 3rd,
1850. Yet, for all that there seems
something suspicious about the fol-
lowing: They do say, your Excel
lency, that the Lord hath deliv cred
US into their hands. Cromwell
looked through his telescope, closed
it with a snap. and answered.: Then
they are wrong! The Lord hath de-
livered them into my hands!" The
telescope with that legend used to be
in Boston, Mass. Nelson's telescope
is at the Royal United States Service
Institution Museum. Wellington s
and Napoleon's glasses are authentic.
But Cromwell's seems doubtful.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1911-05-05
SHE WOULDN'T STRIP.
So Helen Couldn't Enlist 10 the Navy.

Had it not been for the inf1exible
rule Uncle Sam has laid down that
every applicant for enlistment in the
navy must submit to physical ex-
animation A" in the buff. says a re.
cent dispatch from Omaha, Miss
Helen Ackers. as she gave her name,
might now be on the high seas, or
scrubbing decks on some warship
along the Mexican coast. taking part
in the maneuvers.
An individual apparently a young
man of medium height and slight of
build, walked into the Office OF Lieu
tenant Downs and applied for en-
listment as Henry Akers.
Making half dozen turns up and
down the examination room, Henrys
wind was tried out and pronounced
excellent.
Now strip and we will finish
with you." commanded Lieutenant
Downs, as he recorded on the appli-
cation The observations he had made.
Here Henry" balked, remarking.
Lieutenant, just can't do it with
all these men sitting around"
Then 60 into that room," point
ing to side door, and thinking the
recruit was some country boy over
come by modesty.
Can't do that either piped
Henry" Il guess I don't want
to 60 to war;"
But you have enlisted and now
you have got to go; no getting out
of it. Strip quick so that can fin
ish the examination.
Here the applicant broke down
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1911-05-05

STATE RAILROAD TRAcK-AccOrd-
ing to report of Engineer Henry
L. Gray of the State Railroad Com
mission, there are G. 6.059.01 miles OF
steam and electric railroad lines in
the State of Washington. OF this
5 5,725.86 are steam line; 1888 miles
representing main track; 98.08 dou-
ble main track and 1894. 48 being
spurs and sidings. His report shows
that there are 333. Is miles of electric
line: 257.86 being main line and 81. .28
double main track, while 43.Ol is
spurs and sidings. The electric lines
include only interurban lines.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1911-05-05

THE government of British Co
lumbia has just announced a doubling
in price of all its public lands. Land
that has heretofore sold for 81 so per
acre is now s. per acre and s. per
acre land is now $40, and SO on.
While this action will result in great
gain to all who have recently bought
and (the government price being
the basis for all land deals), it is
likely to stop the rush across the
line for cheap lands. as better land
can now be bought in the Pacific
Northwest at as low or lower prices.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1911-05-05

the appearance of being robed in dia-
mond lace. Passages lead in all direc-
tions throughout the cavern, and there
are many miles of them. The cave has
not yet been entirely explored, and no
one knows its actual dimensions.
Appropriate names have been given to
many of the rooms and passages
among them is "The Gate of Paradise; +"
another is called. THE Fountain" The
Coral Chamber" "The Giants Tooth"
"The Witches Den," "The Bridal Cham
ber," "The Moosehead" are other char
acteristic names. At one point where a
spring of cool water breaks forth there
is large broken stalactite so peculiarly
shaped that it is called "The Pump"
Such geologists as have visited the
cavern think it was, at one time, an
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1911-05-05
THE COMMAND OF LANGUAGE BY
DAME FASHION.
By LCE +. VERNON.


| encountered two items of fashions
for summer wear. by the women of
our land, the other day. which have
quite taken my fancy. They tell OF
Two cOloIs which have just been
evolved, and they tell of them So
sed1ctively that really | confess
that the description fascinated me.
For instance, one of the geniuses
whv dashes off fashion "pars" in
odd moments POLITICALLY puts it thus
regarding a new blue, which, it
seems, is NAMED The Sphinx" 1t
is, she says-f assume it is q lady
u serene blue, full of mystery, with
a "reminiscences of Eastern night in
it, and is the latest contribution to
the long list of blues which fashion
has introduced this summer. 1t is
particularly becoming to girls with
cheStnut-brOwn hair and a colOrine
of ivory only family tinted with
pink. " Full of mystery is good
exceedingly good iV such a connec.
tion-and those Of you who are ivory
colOred with faint pink tints, where
they are most needed should Ger.
tainly invest in the "Sphinx" al
once
Then there is the Earth, ol
Egypt" which seems to be ever
more poetical and full OF mystery
than the other. Earth of Egypt
so far as l can make out, is wha,
commonplace folk like ourselves
would regard merely as brown, anC
let it 60 at that. Which only shows
how little we know in comparison
with the experts. Earth of Egypl
is something far more precious
In tone a warm sand-shade with &
touch of actual yellow in it, il re-
calls the desert, and is yet distinct
ly different from tan, inasmuch as
the burning sun seems to be sug
gested by its soft brilliance." There
you are, now. Fancy being able tt
suggest all that merely by the colol
of your clothes!
l wonder how combination o.
sphinx" and Earth of Egypt
would work out?
But the Earth" must be taker
cautiously, it seems. don't kno'
whether it will quite suit the ivory
colored one with the pink tints.
am a child in such matters, ant
dare not venture an opinion.
However, it is quite certain tina
bilious-hued folk had better give it
miss. ] read that the only typ,
of complexion that will not be en-
hanced in beauty by its near pres
ence is the sallow skin, for which i
is unsuitable. Otherwise, from tn,
rich damask to the coloring of lille.
and roses, every kind of complexion
is made still more pretty by its aid.
Whether lilies and roses are quit
the same thing as ivory and pink
l am not quite sure. So that per
haps the best thing for you to do
my dear young lady, is to persuade
your dearest friend to don th'
Earth of Egypt" observe the re
suit and act accordin'."
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1911-05-05

and confessed that "he" was a girl;
that she ran away from home in New
York four years ago, taking an as
sumed name, and had since passed
as q man, doirg nearly every kind OF
work that would be expected OF a
man, and that her latest ambition
was to become a marine. She said
that her parents are WE'LL -to-dO peo.
pie. but she had not heard from
them for more than three years.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1911-05-05
Thirty Birds.


+ When | was cabin boy" said
o sailor ~ often used to wonder
seeing birds thousands of miles out
to sea, what they did fer fresh water
when they were thirsty. One day
a squall answered that question for
me. 1t was hot and glittering day
in the tropics, and in the clear
sky overhead black rain-cloud ap-
peared all of sudden. Then out OF
an empty space over a hundredsea :
birds came darting from every direc-
ton. They got under the rain-cloud,
and waited there for about 10 min
uts, circling around and around, and
when the rain began to fall they
drank their fill. In the tropics,
where the great sea- birds sail thou
sands of miles away from shore, they
get their drinking water in that way.
They smell out a storm long way
off, they travel hundred miles may.
be to get under it, and they swallow
enough raindrops to keep them 60
ing"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1911-05-05

An Englishman has invented an
electric clock which projects mag
nified reproduction Of its face on the
ceiling of room when a button at
the end of cord is pressed, SO that
a person in bed can tell the time
without even turning over.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1911-05-05

one end, and on one of the sides there
is a balcony capable of holding thou
sands of people. In one of the cham
bers. where there are millions of beau
tiful stalactitos, there is statue not
unlike that of a Madonna. Upon the
front of this Madonna statue there are
myriads of stalactite crystals giving it
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1911-05-05
Varied Parasols.

There is more varieties than usual
in the parasol this season, says the
New York Sun.
A woman can buy her parasol in
square, eight pointed star, oblong,
bell. pagoda or Japanese or dome
shape. but the traditional parasol
shape is shown too in innumerable
lovely colorings and materials, and is
likely to hold its own in spite of the
appearance of many rivals.
The parasol in plain heavy silk or
modish colorirg, with handsome but
severe stick is always popular
and really nothing looks better for
ordinary summer purposes. This
spring it appears in all of the love-
liest new shades. and the taste for
vivid but beautiful color noticeable
throughout fashions province finds
expression in parasols too.