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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-05-19
PuzzIinQ,

Millions-Do you think you will
learn TO like your titled son-in-law
1illlous-I don't know. ! can't tell
where to place him in my expense &C
count. He is neither a recreation nor
en- investment,
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q Child Wonder.

What wonderful memory your
CHILD has for names and faces!"
Yes" replied the proud mother.
she never fails TO recognize any OF
her former stepfathers. Judge.
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Corcsratiyely Essy.

1T Is hard to lose the savings Of a
lifetime"
"Oh. not so hard. I know Of a dozs1
men with schemes that you could &c
iLtoH-Loui3-ilie C2urier-Journal.
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Patriotism,

it is the duty Of every nan who de-
sires tc carry on his business In peace
end safety TO take his share IL the
defense or tbs couut-y.-Sir Walter
ppSnuf
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True glory consists in SO living as
to make the world happier and betreI
for cur living.-Pliny.
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Subscribers to the Gazette who do
hot receive their papers regularly will
please report promptly to this Office.
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FOR SALE OR RENT,

TOR RENT.-Houge al0 Cameron
l. street: rooms and path: ali modern
improvements. Rent 81 per month.
Apply 10 j. ". SCHOfIELD. sie
Cameron street. nyl5 CT
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For this section fair tonight. Satur
Hay increasing cioudiness; con'ihueu
warm; light variable winds
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MGSET TTE3iN

have $500 as . waoie or II small
sums 70 lend on CIT property.
,RGRI. ELLIOTT,
Gaai Estate Agent
t. soctn HoTai street.
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Commissioner OF S:

/. Nevelie s. Greera"a-, CLERK OF the
Circuit Court OF toe city Of -Aie1au dr;a,
Virginia. do cert:f; Inat Gardner u.
Ronihe aud Judge ]. IL. Il. Norton, tee
lbo~- commissioners Of safe, na-e ei-eE
the pond as REG di-si - tre decree OF tho
sale.
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a full line Of BEDDING PLANTS, OF
every description. ut moderate prices.
Orders Of ans size promptly supplied.
Toe hRAMER FLORAL CO.. So King
street,
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AIexan1ria Gazette.
FRIDAY, MAY 10.
LOCAL MATTERS.
Sun and Tide Table.
Weather Probabilities.

High tide 2il a. m. and l2:5l p; III
Bun rises tomorrow Ia and SETS al Ius.
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CRAB Salad and Dev;ied Crabs al
Spicks Cafe.
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Summer Dresses for Women and Misses
One hundred linen plain The
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Cnoce, Regularly
following:
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ILL S. GREENAWAT. Clerk.
py-oai5 y, Qa@ey, =. 6,
The Washington herald., 1911-07-02
Changing Tastes Of Americans.

While our dressmakers, modistes
milliners, dealers in art goods, and even
the automobile manufacturers are con.
stantly striving for something novel and
original to present to their patrons, the
same thing is evident in toys for the
children. Unless they are novel they
have no fascination.
This constant change in taste in the
child is particularly brought out in q
consular report from Dresden, where
Consul General T. St. John Gaffney
who is we'll known in Washington, has
made study of doll manufacture. The
toys for the American children. he
says, must be made on new and progres-
sive principles. The American demand
for Noah's arks. farmyard sets, and
pigs-in-the-clover puzzles has practically
ceased, and novelties are wanted. On
account of the extremely low cost oi
labor in Germany, that country holds
a practical monopoly IN toy manutac-
ture, and its output is produced upon
basis with which American makers
cannot compete. Hence, our importa-
tions from Germany reach into the
millions annually.
One remarkable feature in the toy in
dustry is that Easter. until few years
ago utterly neglected, has now taker
such rank that it almost rivals Christ
mas in the amount of business done
The toy season is now divided into two
periods-Christmas and Easter-and the
demand of the American child for
something novel at each recurring sea
son taxes to the utmost the genius OF
the German inventor and the German
workman.
The Washington herald., 1911-07-02
The Good Roads Train.

During this month a special train
over the Southern Railway will make
tour of North Carolina, spending a
month in the State. It is officially
known. as the road improvement train
and is operated in conjunction with the
United States public roads officials. Its
purpose is to give impetus to the good
roads movement and also to give prac-
tical information to county officials and
to farmers as to the best and most
economical methods of constructing
good roads and keeping them in repair
with the materials to be found in the
various communities. The train is to be
equipped with exhibits, pictures, and
working models
The Washington Herald has upon
more than one occasion taken the op-
portunity to commend the broad and
far-sighted policy which characterizes
the management of the Southern Rail
way. When railroad corporation vol
unfairly goes to the expense and trouble
of sending special train upon Jour-
ney of several hundred miles with the
unselfsh purpose of educating the peo-
pie in the matter of improving their
roads, it is a matter which deserves
more than perfunctory mention. 1t is
an evidence of the new order of things
when the corporations, instead of being
callous TO public interests, seek to be
helpful and useful, even though the ac-
ton involves considerable expense.
Much has already been done in North
Carolina and Virginia in the matter
of road improvement, and the entire
South, in fact, is awakening to the inn
portance and necessity of better thor
oughfares. Tennessee is working upon
a great highway from Memphis to
Bristol, while in Alabama a model road
is contemplated from Decatur to Bir-
mingham, then to Montgomery and on
to Mobile, by way of Selma When far
reaching corporation like the Southern
Railway lends its practical and effec-
tive aid to the movement, the battle for
good roads is won.
The Washington herald., 1911-07-02
Sleeping Outdoors.

From the hansas City Star.
Statistics aren't available as to the ex-
act difference In temperature between
the stufry chamber and the sleeping
porch-or the front porch. or the tent
on the lawn for that matter. But the
difference in comfort may be put at q
moderate estimate at 70 per cent. 1t is
possible to stand pretty torid tempera-
lures during the day II only one can
get a good nights sleep. But just there
is the trouble II the sleeping is to be
done in the house, especially If the cham
Der doesn't happen to be IN the way Of
q breeze.
is like an oven. The victim wonders
sweatily as he stretches out on the
scorching sheet whether he won't be done
to a delicate brown like a Thanksgiving
turkey by morning. There is no getting
to sleep in the early hours Of the night.
One tumbIes and thrashes in q vain ef-
fort to find a cool spot Often 1t Is long
after midnight before oblivion-an un-
easy obIivion-comes. To abandon such
a chamber OF horrors for the blessed
GOODNESS and comfort of the open air
is one of the greatest luxuries this NOR
tai life affords. On the porch the stufa-
ness is gone. The breeze lazily fans the
whole body. One is submerged IN de-
Ilcious relaxation. Drowsiness descends
and then restful sleep.
The Washington herald., 1911-07-02

Of Fanny Brawne; or Burns. whose let
ters to ClarindA must ever stand as the
most typical expression Of passionate
feeling; or Shelley, whose love of Mary
Goodwin dominated his whole nature.
Very different in their tone are the let
ters of Robert Browning to Elizabeth
Barrett, and yet they are none the less
remarkable. Indeed, the whole field of
literature is SO thiclly sown with cor
respondence of human interest that it is
difficult to reap the entire harvest. One
cannot ignore the letters of Robert
Louis Stevenson to Sydney Colvin, even
though he would, persist in discussing
Samoan politics when he might have
been writing about himself; nor Poe's
letters to Mrs. Whitman, with all their
exaggerated melancholy. We can even
90 back with profit to the days when
Abelard and Heloise indited stately
epistles to each other.
Perhaps letters of this sort are being
written even to-day. 1t would seem,
however, as if the art of letter writing
for it is an art-hss disappeared. In
the olden days, when men and women
had leisure for the things that are now
regarded as trivial. they deemed the
time occupied in writing letters as not
ill-spent. The stenographer and the
typewriter were unknown. People did
not disguise their emotions nor hesi-
tate to record their innermost thoughts
upon the written page. One thing, how
ever. is to be remembered Correspond
ence of real literary value does not
generally appear in the period during
which it is written. Maybe, therefore,
the future has a store of epistolary
wealth of which the present generation
has no knowledge.
In the meantime, let US be thankful
that the supply of Thackeray's letters
is not exhausted They revive the
memory of one of the dearest old men
who ever lived.
The Washington herald., 1911-07-02
The Washington of the Future.

The panoramic view which The
Washington Herald prints this morning
of the city as it will appear when the
new government buildings are erected
between Pennsylvania avenue and the
Mall marks another epoch in the de-
velopment of the National Capital.
The time has passed when monumen-
tai structures are erected in haphazard
fashion, without regard tc architectural
symmetry or their relation to their sur
roundings. If the care which is now
exercised had been apparent many years
ago, we would not have the present
State, War, and Navy department build
ing, nor the Pension Bureau, while the
Post-office Department would not have
been planted close to the pavement in
the most congested section of the city.
The view which is-presented this morn
ing illustrates the Washington of the
future 1t shows a city wherein the
public buildings will be constructed with
the massive simplicity which still makes
the Pantheon delight to the eye, and
where the relation of one building to
another is marked by artistic harmony.
Other cities are learning the lesson
of civic beauty Cleveland is spending
millions of dollars in converting the un-
attractive lake front into a beautiful
park: Chicago is redeeming the lake
side property dishgured by steam rail-
roads; Memphis is adding parks and
boulevards to IFS municipal possessions !;
Kansas City has been converted into
a veritable paradise, and score of
other places have responded to the i'm
pulse for adornment What these cities
are now doing in belated fashion has
been in progress in Washington for a
third of a century, and even now, we
are only upon the threshold of beauti-
fcation. The time will come when
Washington, now standing unequaled
among American cities, will rival any
capital in the world. 1t will be, even
in a larger degree than at present, a
city which will not only arouse Ameri-
can pride and patriotism, but will COM
pei the admiration of every foreigner
within its gates.
The Washington herald., 1911-07-02
Letters and Letter Writing.

Thackeray must have been most in.
dustrious letter writer. Another install.
ment of his epistles has found its way
into one of the magazines. They are
as usual, an interesting contribution to
literature, for Thackeray always wrote
in delightful personal vein. He had
the rare faculty Of inclosing his spec,
tacles in his letters, so to speak, so thai
the recipient was able to view the world
as Thackeray saw it. And he was Sc
gentle, so kindly in his observation, and
so imbued with humor that it was
worth while to share in his point ot
view
The reader of books who fails to ado
to his library the correspondence of ia.
nous men aud women neglects a rare
opportunity for intellectual enjoyment
Biographies are frequently entertain-
ing, autobiographies are even more
readable, but the letters that are writer
without thought of publication reveal
the real spirit of the man or the woman
Occasionally, as when Emerson and
Carlyle wrote to each other and seemed
to see the public eye looking over their
shoulders, the result is not altogether
, satisfactory. 1t was different with
List and Wagner, who, apparently, had
no thought of publication in the con-
hdsnces which they exchanged Upon
the whole, however, the best letters are
those written by men to women, and
vice versa Chesterfeld's letters to his
son and Nine. Sevigne's letters to her
daughter are stilted and greatly over
rated The real human interest at
taches to such epistles as Prosper Meri-
mee's letters to an unknown, while Bal
zac's correspondence with Mime. Hans
ka is as interesting as his novels,
which is saying a great deal Even
Tkackeray wrote in happiest vein when
he was addressing Mrs. Brooieheld, and
when Napoleon wrote to Josephine he
revealed traits Of his character not
otherwise shown to the world.
Somehow or other, the poets have al
ways made the. most heart-thro5bine
contributions to epistolary literature
Take Byron. who poured out his soul
before a dozen affairs. but fingered
mosti tenderly before the one upon
which Countess Guiccioli was en-
shrined; or Keats. whose sensitive young
life was to have been linked with thai
The Washington herald., 1911-07-02
A Hospital for Babies.

Philadelphia proposes hospital for
babies. The death rate among infants
has reached point where the city
authorities believe that it should be
checked by municipal intervention. Not
hundreds, but thousands, of infants in
that city fall victims to intestinal
troubles incident to summer weather.
There is no institution to take care of
them, and the poor parents helplessly
offer their children as sacrifices to dis
ease.
1t is a curious fact that most cities
think of the little ones last of all.
There are hospitals for consumptives
and for inebriates and for other classes
of patients, but there is no refuge for
the baby. In Washington there is a
hospital for foundlings and Children's
Hospital, but neither of these supplies
the place in the community which the
Philadelphia institution is to assume. 1t
is easy to predict that the experiment in
Philadelphia will prove the necessity
for and the value of hospital which
will undertake to care for. the infants
of the worthy poor. A decided lower
ing of the death rate will unquestionably
be accomplished.
II would be wise for our own health
authorities to see what can be done here
toward saving the lives of the little
ones
The Washington herald., 1911-07-02
Make Tax Paying n Favor.

From ths Christian Science Monitor.
The average American loves to do
things by installment. 1t was on the
installment plan that he first went to
housekeeping. 1t was on the instaIlment
plan that he bought a lot and built his
own home. 1t was on the instaIlment
plan that he put better furniture in It
as the years went by, that he bought a
bookcase for it, that he came to own a
nice little library. 1t was on the INSTALL
ment plan that he saved money enough
and accumulated property enough to
become a taxpayer of consequence.
Why, then, should IT not be a real
pleasure to him to pay his taxes on
the installment plan. to make semi-an-
nual, monthly, weekly, or daily pay
ments as he might elect? Why should
not the paying of taxes through the
operation of the simple and character
istically American process of wiping
things out by the easy installment
method cease to be a burden and be-
come a 10y?
The Washington herald., 1911-07-02
Fighting Fire in the Clouds.

When blaze started the other night
on the twenty-fourth floor of the new
Municipal Building in New York City
the first intimation reached the Man.
haitian FIRE department through a tele-
phone message from Jersey City, The
department was notified from a distance
of several miles. owing to the fact that
the blaze could not-be seen from Rny
nearby point While the fire did little
damage, it has established a worlds
record. in that it made the fire laddies
climb practically all the way up on
stairways, since the elevator did not &c
to the top.
The building is under construction
and the fire started in piles of lumber
under the roof The distance from the
ground was $50 feet, which is only Ioc
feet less than the height of the Wash
ington Monument 1t takes venture
some spirit to climb stairway lead
ing to such heights
The problem of fighting fires in sky
scfapcrs is a serious one, despite the
excellent hreproo6ng material Of which
such structures are built 1t takes ar
enormously high water pressure to send
a stream 500, Goo, or 700 feet in the air
The Woclworth Building towers zsc
feet high. and the plans for William
Randolph Hearsfs new newspaper Of
fee call for building of nearly the
same elevation. These two, one under
construction and the other tentatively
decided upon, are the two highest ofic,
buildings in the world. They present
many interesting problems in architect.
tre as well as protection for the oc-
cupants from Ere and from being
marooned ii the top stories in case oi
failure Of the elevator service. Every
care IS taken. however, % ptovid.
The Washington herald., 1911-07-02
Warfare Against "wIIdcats."

rom views.
Insurance Superintendent Ingham is
displaying a cOmmendable activity in
seeking to enlarge the scope OF jurisdic-
tion of the District insurance Office.
Hence several bills are now pending in the
House and Senate, which, il passed, will
result in sweeping reforms and the en-
forcement OF drastic measures to stop
the Irregularities now practiced by a
number OF so-called beneficial and ac-
cident associations of this city.
In support of his contention that the
poorer residents of Washington are at
the mercy OF recklessly conducted con-
Germs. Superintendent Ingham cites from
his last annual report. in which three
companies are named which are doing a
total business of more than $4,000 on
assets only amounting to 1900. These
concerns, he declares, are simply gam
bling on mortality statistics, and that II
any unusual conditions arose which called
for more than a very nominal number of
payments, they would almost immedi-
ately be compelled to suspend.
The Washington herald., 1911-07-02
CoIored Men in office Here.

From the Bee.
The largest number Of colored men ever
serving in high office under President
here in Washington are serving under
President Taft. There are nine Of
them-nine, count them-an Assistant At
torney General, a Register Of the Treas
ury, a recorder of deeds, a collector of
customs, an Auditor for the Navy De-
partment, judge of the Municipal Court,
an Assistant Register Of the Treasury, a
special assistant district attorney, a
supervisor of Indian schools, and a
special agent in the Agricultural De-
partment And the credit is President
Taft's
The Washington herald., 1911-07-02
Some Boilers.

From the Dallas Times-Herald.
Col. William Jennings Bryan says the
men who bolted in 1895 and 1900 are
responsible for all the trouble in the
Democratic party. What about the Ne
braska leader who bolted in 1910 and
defeated the Democratic ticket in Ne
braska? What about the Nebraska
leader who turned migrate and drove
his knife to the hilt in the back of a
loyal friend and follower? II 1t was a
crime against Democracy to bolt In
1896 ana 1900. wasn't It a crime against
Democracy to bolt in 1910?
The Washington herald., 1911-07-02
CURIOUS BITS OF HISTORY
By A. w. MACY.
A PETTICoAT INsURREcTIoN.

A PETTICoAT INsURRECTIoN.
Mobile, Ala, was founded very
early in the eighteenth century.
At that time almost the whole
southern part OF what is now
the United States was under
French dominion. The colony
had many ups and downs. and
a full quota Of the experiences
incident to pioneer life. At one
time a ship brought over from the
mother country, along with q
supply of food and merchandise.
"twenty-three good and virtuous
maidens. under charge of two
gray nuns" II Is recorded that
all these maidens were well mar
ried to worthy gentlemen settlers
within a month after their ar
rival-all but one, who could not
find a man to suit her. Later on
the food became scarce, and these
wives rose in rebellion, and de-
manded that they should be given
something better to eat than
common Indian corn or meal
They must have pushed their de-
mands vigorously, for 1t Is said
the rebellion greatly taxed the
patience and ingenuity OF the
governor, Bienville. The episode
is known in local annals as the
Petticoat insurrection.
Copyright. 1911. by Joseph B. BowieS)
The Washington herald., 1911-07-02

against panics which would result in
loss Of life.
Washington is fortunate in that no
slyscraper of such towering height is
permitted.
The Washington herald., 1911-07-02
A Novelty I'm the chicken Line.

From the Montgomery Advertiser.
Mr. j. F. Ammons, agent OF the rail-
road ut Ariton, Ala. brought to the Ad-
vertiser office yesterday freak in the
form of a chicken, which he believes is
the only thing Of its kind 10 the world.
1t was hatched two weeks ago and has
two heads. three eyes. three bills. and
four feet. all well developed
Mr.. Ammons says 1t is OF no particular
breed, just "a plain. old-fashioned piney
woods biddys was its mother.
The Washington herald., 1911-07-02
HOME NEWS WHILE EAwAY

To keep IN touch with home
news wauhinstonian. leaving the
city should not fan TO have The
washington Herald mailed to
them. II WIN be sent promptly,
ard addresses may be changed as
often ns desired without inter-
ruption of servic-.
MAN order or 'phone Main $500,
giving the old ana new addresses.
The Washington herald., 1911-07-02
From the Hartford Times.

Col. Theodore Roosevelt visited q Con-
necticut tobacco plantation the other
day and spent the day there. He was
driven all over the place in an automo-
bile. was seen by hundreds Of men at
work. and was recognized by no one ex-
cept the two gentlemen who knew OF
his coming in advance. II is clear that
Connecticut offers opportunities for
quietude TO the illustrious that are not
afforded by some other States OF the
Union.
The Washington herald., 1911-07-02
A LITTLE NONSENSE.
THE FOURTH OF JULY.

THE FOURTH OF JULY.
One sort of jokesmith fingers
Der very grewsome jokes.
- He jests of shattered fingers
And damaged little folks.
I do not like such CORY
And grewsome tests as these.
1 care to tell no story
OF injured arms or knees.
hope that lads and lasses
Can celebrate the day,
Enjoy It as it passes
And not be blown away.
Ought to BE.
Say, pop"
What is 1t, SOM" a.
"Ain't there some kind Of patent food
on the market that would help my bat
ting eyer"
The Great Divide.
What do they mean by the Great
Divide? I believe it's In the West some
where"
Reno"
Report Was Exaggerated.
II understand you spent your vacation
away from civilization"
well, they did gossip some at the
hotel, but 1t wasn't as bad as all that" Z"
Might Be Useful.
On being safe and sane this Fourth
We all are bent.
But I'll lay in nickers worth
OF lintment.
All on.
I'VE, had to abandon our proposed
revolution"
Few volunteers7"
Plenty of volunteers. but no privates
Offering"
An impressive Moment.
: They stood at the Pyramids.
Forty centuries" said the head of the
party, '1ook down upon u.s."
Mercy met exclaimed fair young
thing. 'Td better put some fresh powder
on my nose.
Not the Real Thing.
"I don't believe I'm really in love this
time"
why notg'
Il don't hnd myself resolving to be a
noble, earnest man."
i
The Washington herald., 1911-07-02
Ought to BE.

Say, pop"
What is it, SOM" o.
"Ain't there some kind of patent food
on the market that would help my bat
ting eyer"
The Washington herald., 1911-07-02
The Great Divide.

What do they mean by the Great
Divide? I believe it's In the West some-
where"
Reno"