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The Washington herald., 1911-09-07
DIED.

at a. m, GEORGE RUSSELL, son
Of the late John FendalI and Ed
wardanna Hamilton Cain.
Funeral from Harvey's undertaking es-
tablishment Friday, September s, at
p. m. Interment private.
COwLING-Suddenly, Tuesday septem-
Der >, 1911, HENRIETTA L. COWL-
ING, widow of DR.. William W. Cowl-
ing.
Funeral from the residence of her
daughter, Mrs. John H Thomas. I4S9
Belmont street northwest, THURSDAY,
September Z, 1911, at m. Interment
Glenwood Cemetery
LOUGHRAN-On Wednesday, September
1911, at p m, at his residence,
10 Ninth street southeast JOSEPH
y LOCGHRAN, aged seventy-one.
Funeral notice hereafter
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Tide Table.

To-day-High tide. 70I a. m. and 80 p. m.
Low tide l:l2 a m and 80 p. n.
Tomnrrow-Hgh tide 7:i5 a. and s:l0 p. m.
Low tide, ia q. m. and 2:lS p. m.
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Condition of the water.

Special 10 The Washington Herald.
HarpCrs FrTy, W. Va, Sept. 6.-BOth rivers yer
muddy this evening.
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The
George Washington
University
The EIEETT-FlRST SESSION OPENS
SEPTEMBER %, 1911,

ARTS AND SCIENCES.
School of Graduate Studies, 1925 H
Street.
College OF Arts and Sciences, 1886 I
Street.
College OF Engineering and Mechanic
Arts, 1882 Street
College of Political Sciences, S19 18th
Street
Teachers College, 1884 I Street.
PROFESSIONAL DEPARTMENTS,
ing.
Department of Medicine, 1925 II Street.
Department of OfDentistry, 1925 II Street.
ASSOCIATE COLLEGES.
Street
College of Veterinary Medicine, 2113-
21l5 l4th Street.
Secretary's once, 1888 Street
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UAJL-NOYES SCHOOL.
sr. MARY,s AcApEMN

ALEXANDRIA, VA.
Boarding and Day School for Girls English.
Music and Business COirses
Terms Reasonable Catalogue on Request.
SISTERS OF THE HOLY CROSS.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-12-20

satisfy you or your complexion is poor
Now. dancing makes me feel happy /
don't know why, though doctors eN-
plain it by saying il is the stimulated
circulation, and all that kind Of thing
But you can do what YOU call physical
culture" and be bored to death, yet
physical culture was intended for the
express purpose of stimulating the
flow of blood in the veins.
1t is one of those things you can
explain. yet it is certain. If you are
made to do exercise Of gymnastics you
hate it, do, anyhOw-but if you are
allowed TO dance you love il. and only
hate il when the time comes to stop
Dancing viii do just what physical
culture viii do for you. only it viii do
it better. Tt viii clear the complexion,
brighten the eyes. build up the health
and make you feel happier. which is
one Of the main things we desire
I can't see any reason why you
shouldn't dance at any age
I know OF one elderly French woman
she must be past 6o-whO can do as
pretty a little dance as YOU would wish
TO see. She has a perfect figure and
attributes it TO her love Of dancing. She
does not consider herself too old to join
the fun with young people and no
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-12-20

UsBAND. deer. sed ia last mite
wen Pa calm home. am SO glad
\ \ that you have calm hoam SO nice
& clean. SO YOU can meet a SCIENTIST
which has Jest calm back from the
Him-alay mountains, Ma sed- i toad
him that I was almOast sure you wud
be hoam, & as sed beefoa, 1 am glad
that you calm hoam nice & cleen-
Vel sed Pa, Z doant know how nice
I calm hOam, but I certaingiy cain
home eileen. sed Pa I have Jest about
enuff left to git me package OF to-
baccO & pay my fare to the offs to-
morrow morning.
Jest then Mas friend calm in. lie was
short & fat & his wife was tall &
thin. Thare naim was Excelsior Mis-
ter & AIisSus Excelsior
I am very glad to meet you folks. sed
Pa What do you generally talk betoar
dinner? Pa sed to the man.
1 generally talk nap, he sed 20
Pa & then after dinner I talk another
nap. There is nothing so sweet in this
wurld as sleep, he sed to Pa DOant
you think 500
Well. sed Pa, speaking as one man to
another 1 RELY doant know. The fack
is sed Pa, I have had so little sleep
how butiful & sweet sleep is. What I
meant sed Pa wen I asked you what
YOU talk beefOar dinner was this
What kind Of a drink do YOU taiS2
Oh. sed Mister Excelsior, I newer
drink anything. You see. he sed TO Pa,
drink anything eNcep tea or coffee. A
traveller cud newer so vary FAR if he
drank any hard drinks. You see, sed
Mister Excelsior Why. he Sed, / have
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-12-20

one thinks OF her as being old. because
she is such a merry little body
Old, But n Great Dancer.
One of our greatest French dancing
teachers is quite an old woman-Ame-
Narequita-yet she puts on the great
ballets at the Opera COmique In Paris
and she can show a beginner even the
most difficult steps. She is very in
sistent on having good air in the dane
ing halls and on having the dancers
wrap themselves up well after they
have been exercising That is a thing
you must not neglect. Even between
dances, when I am resting, I put on
thin coat or wear a scarf TO keep my
self from catching cold That is about
the only danger there is 10 fear from
dancing, because I don't expect any OF
my readers viii 90 in for acrObatic
dancing
don't consider this form of dancing
art, and I'm sure it's not graceful
When all is said and done it is grace
most Of all which the pupil wants 20
acquire in dancing lessons and any
thing that borders on the acrobat1c or
eccentric dance cannot be called grace
ful or beautiful. though it may be
startling
II you learn to dance according to the
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-12-20
MARRIED LIFE THE SECOND YEAR
Helen Realizes Must ll RY WAPEL
WitFoni NJ WsT gS f HsF5sS HERBERT URNER
HERBERT URNER

7 a note back by Della or would she tele-
/ phone or would she ignore u alto
/ gether2
should She Have Writtens
And had her letter been too curt
Now that it was gone. Helen woman n
| like, began to wonder il she should
have sent il. She tried to remember
word for word what she had written
She wished now she had kept the note
I and thought about it a little more. On
why was she always doing things on
impulse and then regretting them2
What If Mrs. Barnett should ignore
the note and the boy stiu continue his
antics. What an embarrassing posi-
ton she would be in thenl She could
have ignored the boys miSd emeanOrs
before writing the note. but she GER
tainly could not ignore them now And
If they cOntlnued-What could she do >
Here Della came back
What did she say2" asked Helen
anxiously.
she didn't say nOthin'-"
Did she come TO the door herself2"
Della nodded. yes. and I think she
had company-somebody was playin'
the piano
Then she didn't open the note while
NO. she just took it and shut the
door"
Again Helen started out on her err
rands. But her mind was full Of the
Perhaps Mrs. Barrett would answer it
in her absence. She might phone or
even call. As soon as she could Helen
hurried back.
Anything while I was gone, Della?
Anyone call or any nOte?"
Della shook her head. 'NOthin at ALL
ma am
But hardly had Helen taken off her
hat when the door bell rang
It's Mrs. Barrett" whispered Della,
h
wouldn't come in-she's waitin' at the
door,
Helen. painfully conscious of her
flushed face, went into the hall Mrs.
Barrett. dressed for the street was
standing just outside the open door. In
her hand was Helen's note
4 believe you sent me this note, AIRS.
Curtis freezingly
Helen nodded.
The First Complaint.
@WeI, this is the first time anyone
has ever complained of George You are
very much mista ken about the bell-I'm
quite sure that George never did such
thing in his life And as for rolling up
behind YOU on the street.-the says he
didn't even know IL was YOU. The
streets are public property and my boy
has just as much right on them as any
one else"
For moment Helen was too discon-
certed to reply. Always easily confused,
she was now wholly at loss-she could
think of nothing 70 say. And before she
could collect herself, Mrs. Barrett had
swept over TO the elevator with a
naughty Good afternoon"
Helen closed the door and walked
blindly back into the sitting room Her
cheeks were ablaze. Oh, why had she
let that woman dominate the situation
while she stood there helpless and con-
fused as a school girl2 She could think
of g dozen things now that she should
have said Why could she think OF
nothing them2
what did she say ma'am ~ asked
Della. coming in eXpectantly.
"Oh. she simply denied it-said
George would never think Of ringing
our bell" bitterly "As though 1
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-12-20
NATIONS NOTABLES
TO BE CLUB GUESTS
President and Cabinet Mem
bers to Attend Auto
Clnh Bannnet
NIuD DNuuuCL

New York, 4. Y. Dec. 2O.-Presldent
Taft viii be the guest of honor to-
rIgnt at the banquet of the Automobile
club of America, at the WaldOrf-Ast0-
ria Tt is expected that over 1903
guests will be present among whom
viii be "a number of prominent speak
ers. including vice president Sherman,
the secretaries Of war. state, navy.
treasury. agriculture, commerce. labor
and interior together with the attorney
general and solicitor general In addi-
ton to this notable list Of guests the
entire diplomatic corps of Washington
has signtfied its acceptance Of the in
vitatiOu.
With such notable gathering on
hand il is probable that questions Of
rational Importance win be discussed.
and it is rumored about the corridors
Of the hosiery today that both the
president and the other members of his
cabinet Will give vent TO remarks that
will have a direct bearing upon the pol
icies Of the administration
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-12-20
TIL Their Many Tender Memories
l ulLlgS. for the Feminine Person
By FRANCES L. GARSIDE.

WW 2 HEN dictionaries reach that
NJ state of perfection when they
viii give the home definition
of a word, in addition to its derivation,
is SYNONYMS, and its meaning and usags
out in the world, there will appear this
explanation after the word Things;
"A word in its home usage meaning
old furniture, old clothes, old keepsakes,
rumma ge- something of no value to any
one but the owner
A woman is left alone in the world.
Her husband is dead and the children
are married and gone, and with mis-.
taken spirit of kindness they take her
to their home and surround her with
comforts and luEuries she never knew
before But she is restless and unhap-
by. She is homesick for her things
She wants 10 go back to the cupboard
with knobs off the door. perhaps, and
with drawers that always stick; she
wants her own broken china. she wants
her own old-fashiOned teapot and time
battered kettle; she wants them. not for
their mOneyed value. but because they
ore hers. and every association Of many
years Is connected with them. She wants
to go home and be with her own things;
old sun-faded pictures. WORKOUT carpet.
up her home; all her own, and bearing
to her the friendly look one sees in a
familiar face.
Familiar and Dear.
They have been with her in many
hours Of loneliness. and, though mani
mate. have filled a place in her heart
once filled by husband and children and
life They constitute her home. To be
with her own things is all that is left
TO make home for many a woman
and for a few men
When mother dies and father mar
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-12-20

old French and Italian methods you
viii soon find yourself carrying your
head and shoulders with elegance
Dancing is the best thing to give a
woman a stylish walk and to make a
growing girl get over the humiliating
sensation that she consists chiefly OF
hands and feet
Dancing VIII give YOU a dainty step
and anyone who walks TOO heavily
should learn to dance at once. think
that people who are inclined TO be too
staid. TOO rigid mentally and physically
those who are toe prim in the way
they carry themselves who mince along
the street holding their elbows tightly
10 their sides, with narrow chests and
high shoulders ali these ''crampedn per
sons should go in for the new Greek
dancing which gives, above all things.
physical freedom and unrestFained
grace
Those on the contrary, who are too
free in their motions. girls who stride
along swinging their arms as II they
were pump handles. who are SLOPPY
fin bearing, in fact should take up
dancing according 20 the more precise
and polished system OF France and
Italy.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-12-20

they were not being taught according to
some good old method Of dancing, but
after all, they got out Of their dancing
what I get out Of mine, health, elastic
ity and merriment
OF course I had to study dancing for
my work. but even if I never We're to
dance on the stage again 1 should keep
it up because it is the best form Of
exercise and the most joyous kind Of
recreation L know Of.
The drudgery of learning new. steps
isn't amusing, nor is it easy to timber
up after one is no longer quite young,
but as my friends OF the Greek dancing
did il one gets movement and plenty Of
freedom without much of the stupid
first exercise which French teachers
usually insist on. Some Of the women
learning to dance were past so years
Of age. a few were over 40. All Of
them said they had never felt so well
in their lives as since they had begun
this weekly dancing and that they
seemed so much gayer and less de-
pressed
Makes You Gay.
love anything that makes people
feel gay. for. as 1 have already told
you. TO be merry is to be half way
beautiful, even If your features don't
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-12-20

hadn't heard him scampering down the
"Didn't you tell her that ma'am?,
NO. II didn't have time TO tell her
For the rest Of the afternoon Helen
brooded over 1t all If only she hadn
sent the note. 1t had only resulted IN
humiliating her. And now having ais
covered that he could annoy her, George
would take even more glee IN dong So
She Tells Warren
If Warren would only speak to Mr.
Barrett-but she knew it would be use
less to ask him. Always she had to
fight her own battles. and she so snrank
from Adissension that she usually let
herself be imposed upon rather than 20
cause any disturbance
What's the matter with you to-
night?" asked Warren at dinner. What
makes YOU so glumE
why. dear. I'm not glum-
"Weu, you're not any too sprightly
What's on your mind? Out with it.!
You know you want to tell me and YOU
might as wen get 1t over"
And then she told him-of the
months of annoyance from the Barrett
boy, about which he already knew; OF
her fruitless complaints TO the lanltori
and finally Of the note she wrote TO-DAY
and of Mrs. Barretts insolent call
Warren only shrugged his shoulders
without comment
But, " warren. II ne does Keep II ub--
won't YOU speak to Mr.. Barrett about
it, That would have NOR effect Than
anything 1 could do-wont YOU
Not on your life
But why, dear. why couldn't you do
that much % yet knowing how useless
it was to persist
I'm not going to get miXed Up in
any woman's squabbles Fight IL out
for yourself. The next time he rings
your belI-go out and box his cars
ooh You know I cOuldn't 10 thst"
well, if he does Il when IN here
/ will"
when you're away
ooh, well" indifferenuy; Il suppose
there's nothing criminal about that
did it myself when [ was a younSs-er."
"Oh. Warren, YOU didn't
"Of course I did. All boys do. The
bell ringing period is as inevitable as
the measles
@We1, then, I'm glad Wirisre1 -
''Huh, So am T. You'd probably
make a mollycoddle out or a boy II
you had one"
at least I'd make him cOnsiderate OF
women" in an undertone
What's that sharply.
% Nothing" hurriedly, anxious to avoid
a uucrrel Don't YOU think it's get
ting cold in here2 Shall 1 turn on the
radiator
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-12-20

ries again. thu rebellion against a step
mother is based countless times on that
worthy woman's thOughtless use Of
Mothers things" which doesn't mean
mothers diamonds or pearls. but moth
er's flatirOnS, mothers bombazine pet
ticOat mothers teacup, mothers vacu-
UNI cleaner Mothers things have
been the cause Of many a daughter
going to war against her father; not
always because of the tender associa-
lions that attach to them. but because
OF the fierce resentment toward the
other woman.
Different with Father.
The new and perfect dictionary viii
classify Things" in the feminine gem
der, for If there is any tender assOcia-
ton clinging TO any old shoes or hair
brushes left by father that leads to a
quarrel over their possession when
mothers second husband uses them.
experience has failed to record jt. A
man may behave so well that he In
spires love and respect Pbut the love
he awakens has none of that tender
sentiment which would put pOstmOr-
TEN halo around an old hat or shoe.
Fathers personal possessions are sold
to an old clothes man. They do not be-
come things to cause tears and quar-
rels
Neither does il happen that when a
man is left alone in the old home that
his love for a familiar teakettle, a GER
tain seat by certain window, or the
pictures on the wall viii cause him TO
reject a more comfortable home with
a married daughter.
A Woman's sentiment often affects
her personal comfort: a mans neverl
In their present stage of develop
ment no dictionary gives the home and
feminine meaning Of hundreds Of
words, among which is things
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-12-20
rms. LYsANDER JOHN APPLE


= she went down town and
walked and walked. She also looked
and looked. and then went home and
thought and thought. Christmas was
near.
Then she went down town again and
bought everything she ever heard her
son hint that he wanted. and every
thing she had ever heard her daughter
say she must have
Then she thought and thought and
walked and walked and looked and
looked. and bought them what she
thought they would like to have, but
which they hadn't mentioned.
1T is time I was getting around to
Lysander John" she said. But ne is
SO Good he will be pleased with any
thing ] buy him.
$40. Then she remembered having heard
Daysey Mayme long for something last
June. and it dropped to s..
Then she thought and thought some
more. and walked and walked. and
looked She was divided between a pair
of military brushes for Lysander John
who has no hair, and a pale blue cush-
ion for the parlOr lounge.
Then she thought and thought some
more, and while thinking remembered
that she must buy her son a lot Of
college pennants.
81 really plust huy for my husband
now she said, finding when she had
taken out car fare that she had just
20 cents left
He doesn't need a diamond PIN she
reflected; then she thought an
thought, and walked and walked, and
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-12-20

"HE other day was invited to at
tend a dancing class Of women In
order to get an idea how New
.Korz girls and women learned to
dance.
must say it was quite different from
our methods Of teaching dancing, much
less difficult and much less thorough,
but before the class was over heartily
approved OF the easier and quicker
methods Of learning to dance.
OH but you Americans must be quick
Always everything in hurry and
nothing too difficult TO be learned IN a
minute, except what is going to make
money for you. and quite right you are:
too Why should one spend lot or
time learning fancy dancing steps
which are useless except during the
hour Of the dancing lesson
Well. the women Of this class We're
all attired in loose, Greek-looklng
funics and had bare feet. and after
they had learned a very few difficult
steps some nice airs were played on
the piano and the girls danced to the
music. each imprOvising her dance as
she went along. It was very pretty ana
easy. At first I thought it shame that
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-12-20

TT Ellen opened the dOOr-but there
was no one therei She stepped
out into the HALT was empty
But as she turned back there was q
sound OF snickering laughter and sour
rying feet from the hali below. She
closed the door with an indignant
flush
"Delia." hurrying back into the kitch-
en-. eft was that Barrett boyi That's
the third time he's rung our bell this
week"
Did you see him, ma'am2
"No. but heard him-he had just run
down the steps"
Wen, ma'am, you've put, up with
that boys meanness ever since they y e
moved here. I'd gone straight to his
mother long ago
Yes. I know, but do so hate to
make a fuss.
Della shrugged her shoulders and
gave the celery she was washing an
angry shake in the water.
That afternoon when Helen went out
on some errands just as she turned the
corner there was startling craShlng
noise behind her. George Barrett dashed
by on roller skates. so close that It
was a deliberate intent to frighten her
As she gave a nervous start, he laughed
a hooking, insOlent laugh and dashed
Helen was furious There was nothing
that made her quite so angry as to be
startled. And whenever he saw her
this boy seemed to take. a fiendish glee
IN dashing up behind her with all the
Gathering terrifying, noise that roller
skates can make.
Helen IS Resolved.
And now Helen turned hack deter
2
at once. She had tolerated just about
enough from that boy.
Did you forget something, ma'am 2
asked Della
boy. He dashed Up behind me down
there just to see me start. He's always
doing that. And YOU know what
racket those roller skates make. I'm
going to write a note to his mother
and you're going to take 1t to her right
now"
sure I will" said Della with con-
viction. She had long wanted to get
even with that Barrett @limb."
Helen was already at her desk, writ
ing rapidly.
Ny Dear Mrs. Barrett:
VIII you kindly see that your boy
does not again ring my doorbell and
run away, as he has done repeatedly
IN me last few weeks2 And also that
he does not dash up behind me on rol-
Ter skates for the deliberate purpose
OF making me start?- Also the. noise
he makes skating up and down the
halls is most annoying.
Very respectfully,
Helen F. Curtis
Helen read It over hurriedly There
were too many ''also's'' but she would
not stop TO rewrite 1T. for fear her
courage would fail and she would not
send It at all.
Now. Della" blotting and sealing
It rapidly, take this Up to Mrs. Bar
rett's apartment
Must I wait for an answer?'
NO. not unless she asks you to-"
Hardly had the door closed on De-
liza when Helen began walking ner-
vOusly up and down the room. What
wound Ms. Barrett do2 Would size send
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-12-20

been on sum of the highest peeks OF
the Himalays. & all that we had to
drink for weeks at a time was tea. tea.
tea It KEEP us up wonderful he sed TO
Pa Travellers can go q wonderful pace
of they doant drink anything in-toxi-
eating.
Well. sed Pa. I suppoas that is purely
a matter Of opinion. I suppOas that
YOU are rite from yure stanpoint. but
as for me- sed Pa, I have known sum
travellers that cud go a long way a.
travel mitey swift after drinking the
regular drinks. Look at me. for in
stance. Pa sed, I was newer fin the
Himalays. but I have climbed sum hills
in my day & 7 have always found that
wen a man wants TO climb hin it is
a good idee for TO have plenty of gasO-
line aboard. BY the way, sed Pa. what
is thare in the Himalays to talk q brite
man like you tharee
Oh. sed Mister Excelsior thare are
a lot Of strange sights. he sed to Pa
a hermit with long whiskers. He was
a poet, too. He luvs the mountains &
he wuddent cum back TO city for a
milyun dollars. This is one of the
poems he rOte.
Oh the Himalayau mountains
They are taller far than fountains
* look at them eech morning & each
mite,