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Gilpin observer., 1911-11-23
Breaks Her Leo In Bed.

Allentown. Pa.-Mrs. Mary Salinsky,
S5 years old, met with peculiar acci'
dent when on visit to the home Of
friend In the country. She twisted .
leg In bed In such manner that she
broke the upper hone OF the leg clear
In two.
Gilpin observer., 1911-11-23
State Abbreviations.

SAdk0
The answers to these questions are
all abbreviations of the states in the
Union.
Which of the states would be the most
seaworthy?
Which of the states Is the best for tho
miners?
Which of the states is as good az a
mile?
Which Of the states do we fear the
most?
Which state does the invalid send for?
Which state is the head of the family !?
Which state is worth the least?
Which state represents a musical toner
Which state do we think the most Of?
Which state do the Cinnamon flock to-?
Which Is the religious?
Key-Ark.; Ore; Miss: H.; Md! Pa;
O.; La; Me-; Wash: Mass.
MADAME MERRI.
Gilpin observer., 1911-11-23
CoSTLIEST HAT IN THE W0eLD
Wonderful Creation Made In Lon
don for a Beutlfui and Wealthy
Roumanlan Princess.

London.-This wonderful creation
OF a London milliner's art. made at
OF Bucharest. beautiful Roumanian
woman. Is said to be the most expen-
sive hat in existence. 1t is OF huge
proportions and becomingly waved
Gilpin observer., 1911-11-23
White Crochet Buttons.

Small and large buttons made Of
white cotton thread coarsely crochet
sd are now in first fashion. They are
placed on blouses, on one-piece frocks,
on top wraps, in every size. They are
used on blouses instead Of pearl but
tons, and on white linen skirts.
Gilpin observer., 1911-11-23
1oAsrs FOR ALL OCCASIONS.

Here's to the joy Of lazy days.
Sun kissed and sweet with clover.
Visions Of youth-and roundelays
The goodness Of life all over.
Go breathe II in the ear.
Here's to the heart that's always true
To eyes Of black or eyes OF blue,
To friendship old or friendship new
To the one II loves. be II me or you.
Life as we've found II,
And frolicked around IT. ~
Life. with lis many-hued bliss.
Griefs-theyre soon over.
Love, blessed rover,
Turns them to joys with kiss!
OF all who doubt and fear.
And say to them BE Of good cheer.
-Longfellow.
Then come the wild weather.
Come sleet or come snow.
We will stick by each other,
However It blow.
-Longfellow-
To the housewife-May her coffee
and the slanders against her alike
ever be without grounds.
Gilpin observer., 1911-11-23

The lower part o; this waist Is Of
embroidery. bordered with band Of
the same. The upper part and the
sleeves are Of silk. the sleeves finish
ed with band OF embroidery.
The waist fastens prettily on one
side with gold buttons.
Most OF the costumes OF this season
have large revers SO as to show the
iaoot with side frills.
Gilpin observer., 1911-11-23
New Source Of Rubber.

A factory Is to. be started on the
Thames at Barking. for the extraction
OF rubber from the latex OF the Tiru-
cali trees which are SO prolific In
Natal.
Gilpin observer., 1911-11-23

plain with an Indian on one side and
a guide on the other. and directly be.
low will be the bow OF a canoe. The
monument will be dedicated in 1919.
Gilpin observer., 1911-11-23
Taffeta Jackets.

Little coats or jackets Of change.
able taffetas are worn with voile or
null lingerie frocks. They show the
high line and the plated frill on the
lower edge.
Gilpin observer., 1911-11-23

were given the privilege Of recording
such victories upon the most conspicu-
GUS place within the college grounds.
This tank was finally decided upon,
the figures being replaced every time
the tank receives fresh coat of paint.
The Washington herald., 1911-06-16
Work for the President.

The. New Jersey man who wanted
President Taft to marry him next Mon
day has the proper sense of humor.
He knows that Congress makes the
laws, and that the Presidents duties
are simply to sign the bills. OF course,
when the Cabinet meets the President
sits at the head of the table, and some
times he talks to politicians to learn
what is going on in some of the doubt
full States
Taking all this into consideration, it
seems reasonable that the President
should have plenty of time left for a
little deed of kindness like uniting two
loving hearts, especially as the day
selected is the silver wedding anniver-
sary at the White House The sug-
gestion was not made in the letter, but
it may have been in the mind of the
writer, that everybody would be dee
lighted to witness the ceremony, and the
attendance at the reception thus in
creased.
unfortunately, the laws of the District
of Columbia do not permit the President
to perform the marriage ceremony, so
all the possibilities of adding joy and
interest to the occasion seem lost.
The Washington herald., 1911-06-16
MR.. SHERMAN'S RECORD.
Has Decided More Tied Question:
Than Any Presiding officer.

Has Decided More Tied Questions
Than Any Presiding officer.
Sumner Curtis, in the Chicago Record Herald.
Vice President Sherman will go down
in history as the presiding officer Of the
Senate who has decided more tied ques-
tions than any Official in his line. He
broke the record last session, when on
three successive roll calls his vote was
the deciding factor, the principal mea-
sure being the mail subsidy bill. Students
of craftsmanship then racked their mem
ories to recall when a Vice President
previously had been called upon to ex-
ercise his particular vote-casting pre-
rogative on an important question.
1t was recalled that when the treaty
following the Spanish war was up for
ratification Vice President Hobart had
cast the vote which rejected the Bacon
amendment providing that the Philip
pines be taken by the United States with
the understanding that as soon as they
were able to exercise self-government
they should be made free and inde-
pendent
Millard Fillmore, the record shows, ex-
ercised his prcrogative in determining the
seating of a Senator from Ohio, which
was certainly not a matter of ordinary
legislation. And 1t is brought out to-day
that when FiIlmores action was chal-
lenged John c. Calhoun recited how he
when Vice President, back in 1882, had
cast the vote in executive session that
defeated the nomination of Martin Van
Buren to be Minister to England. The
historians say that Clay conceived the
scheme of defeating Van Buren by hav-
ing Calhoun break tie vote.
Regarding the Sherman Case the Demo-
cratic contention is that the trainers of
the Constitution intended that the Vice
President should have the right to vote
only in case the Senate stands evenly
divided on a question of legislation cali
ing for the executive approval
The Washington herald., 1911-06-16
The Preservation of the Mall.

1t is of the utmost importance that
the Mall shall not be converted into a
site for more public buildings. Already
its space has been encroached upon by
the new National Museum The propo-
sition to erect a monumental structure
under the very shadow of the Washing
ton Monument would be a grievous
mistake.
Senator Heyburn's efforts in behalf OF
the preservation of the Mall will re-
oeive the assistance of Senator Calm
ger, and there ought to be no doubt as
to the acquiescence of the entire Senate.
1t would be a policy of the most short
sighted character to fill up the breathing
places of the city with huge buildings.
The time will come, and it is not
far distant, when every square foot OF
ground now dedicated to park uses viii
be absolutely necessary to the health and
comfort of the population here. In Lon
don and Paris and other capitals, it
has been necessary to tear down costly
structures to make open places. The
parks in Washington should not be
destroyed by utilizing any portions o:
them as sites for public buildings.
The Washington herald., 1911-06-16

gineers win not permit the docks to be
extended farther into the river
The latest proposal is to have the
steamship companies purchase inland a
hundred feet or more and extend the
present slips in that manner. But this
will entail an enormous outlay of money.
Shipping interests are, therefore. turn
ing their attention to the plan to have
the western terminal for the big liners
at Montauk Point, at the eastern end
of Long Island. There land is cheap
the harbor is ample; the docks can be
built to accommodate ships 1000 to
1900 feet in length. This proposition
will do away with the wait for high
tide at the Ambrose Channel, and the
passengers could be landed and reach
New York by rail many hours sooner
than at present.
Bigger ships are sure to come. Larger
docks and other harbor conveniences
must follow In the congested condi-
ton of New York Harbor at present
the only solution seems to be the es-
tablishment of a new port. This is
really greater problem than the build
ing of ships.
The Washington herald., 1911-06-16
THE FASCINATION OF CAIRO.

whose turn lasts an hour. The costume
worn is gaudy and the dance is not
dancing from the European point of view.
But the audience-all men-like it, and
show their approval by shouts and rails
ing their walking-sticks in the air. Late
at night the streets still are filled with
people, the air is fresh, and 1t is with
regret that one goes back to the hotel to
get few hours of sleep. The city
never sleeps. Very early its life begins
afresh. The morning shows the baker
busy selling his curious bread, often made
at the street corners and baked into
rings in the sun. Oranges, lemons, vege-
tables, and all the daily foods are brought
in from the country. The little carriages,
as smart as ever, are ready for those who
need them.
Cairo is awake, alert to welcome its
visitors, the stranger, with a glorious
sunshine pervading ALL and making that
which is beautiful more beautiful still;
giving to those who live there health
and comfort and to those who pass
through the memory of an enhancing
dream. The sun loves that baked and
brown city. 1t even glorifies the dirt that
certainly is there, and lends sn atmos-
phere of beauty and romance that must
be seen to be realized; that, once seen,
never can be forgotten. FLANEUR
Copyright. 1911, by Court Gossip Syndic4te.)
The Washington herald., 1911-06-16
Watching Castro.

Secretary Knox set himself a hard
task when he undertook to trace Castro
and prevent him from landing on Vene-
zuelan soil. The stormy petreP of the
little republic is aboard an old Italian
war ship which he purchased and stocked
with arms and ammunition He is now
near Haiti, waiting an opportunity to
land and set up his standard where for
NEARLY ten years he ruled as absolute
dictator.
+ Castro believes himself a "man OF
destiny" and should he set foot in his
native land may cause trouble, not only
for President Gomez, but for this coun-
try as well. His exploitation of the
natural resources of Venezuela and his
sweeping aside of all obligations to for
eigners was a thorn in the side of our
State Department, and his return to
power, should this eventuate, will mean
repetition of the asphalt troubles.
Every effort is being made to turn
back this adventurer, as was done two
years ago. when he got as far as Mar
Unique, only to be denied landing, and
was forced to return to Europe South
America and Central America are caus-
ing enough trouble without allowing
Castro to inject himself into the tur-
moil of the unsettled political condi-
tons of the Latin-American republics.
The Washington herald., 1911-06-16
A sURE-ENoUGH D. A. R.

Pension Asked for Daughter of
Revolutionary Soldier.
For the second time this session ap-
plication for a pension was made yester-
day for real. hrst-generation daughter
OF the Revolution Representative Walter
Hensley, OF Missouri. introduced a bin
asking Congress to grant pension to
Mrs Sarah Springer. Of Elvins, No.,
whose father enlisted in the army q
George Washington and served with the
national hero throughout the Revolution:
airy War. Mrs. Springer Is now 81 years
old. Her father died in 1886 at the ags
of 50.
1t Is e coincidence that the first ap-
plication this session for pension FOR
a daughter OF the Revolution was for q
Missouri woman, Miss Evalfne Clifton.
Mrs Springer Is the daughter OF George
Andrew Smith. a vfrginIan. He was
with Gen. washington during the
famous Siege OF Falley Forge and suf-
fered the loss OF several toes and fingers
that winter through fFostbite He was
present at tbs surrender OF Gen. Corn
wallis at Yorktown.
The Washington herald., 1911-06-16
BUILDING ON MALL
DEBATED IN SENATE
Arts Commission Is Warned
Against Encroachment.

The Senate laid aside economics for
a brief time yesterda; and discussed
art and city planning. The incident dis
closed conflict of artistic judgment be-
tween Senator Hepburn and Senator
Gallinger, on the one hand, and Secre-
tary MacVeagh, Senator Root, and the
latter's pride. the fine arts COM
mission, on the other hand, as TO the
general plan for public buildings in
Washington.
The bone of contention is known as
the Mall. Senator Hepburn introduced a
resolution the other day calling on the
Secretary of the Treasury for informa-
tion as to the plans FOR the new build
ings to house the departments Of State
Justice, and Commerce and Labor. The
reply showed that the government build
ers contemplated using not only the land
selected cor the site. bordering on Fif-
teenth street, but also have planned to
extend the buildings into the Mall.
Senator Hepburn declared yesterday
that this was not only unauthorized, but
vandalism" for it destroyed the beauty
Of the Mall and the symmetry of the
plan for extending the Capital
There are already two public build
ings in the Mall. and they should never
have been placed there" said Mr.. Hey
burn They were not authorized by law,
but in the recess OF Congress they were
built. We found them there when we re-
turned"
The debate brought out the conflict OF
view Senator Root agreed that the law
authorizing the three buildings did not
contemplate their construction on the
Mall-in fact, forbade 1t. But the Sena-
tor declared that the fine arts COM
mission thought the buildings should pro-
ject into the Mall. and Secretary Mac
Veagh agreed, and Senator Root declared
he heartily approved He promised Mr..
Hepburn that no action would be taken
looking to further building in the Mall
until Congress acted authorizing it. But
Senator Root has a bill pending to au-
thorize it, and he promised to defend
his bill before the Senate later in the
session.
The Washington herald., 1911-06-16
CITY BEAUTIFUL
Other Cities Should Take Notice of Washingtons
Wonderful Development.

| take notice of Washington's growing
beauty and apply the moral to their own
equation. 1t costs little, comparative
iy. to make city plan and adhere to 1t
so that the municipality will be forever
saved the misfortune Of growing up in
the wrong way. It costs a great deal to
reclaim for public use, after buildings
have been erected upon it, ground that
might have been bought at low prices
had a city plan extended to IT in advance
Of the city's growth and indicated and
provided for its requirement.
Washington and Manila, we believe, are
the only cities under the American flag
unless Cleveland should be included
that are planned for a century ahead
along liberal lines so that the repetition
OF such mistakes as were made before
the plans were drawn will not be re-
peated Many other cities might find It
profitable in dollars and cents, as well
as in other ways, to consider seriously
the unwisdom of longer neglecting an OBJ
vious civic duty.
The Washington herald., 1911-06-16
New Queen of the Seas.

Coming across the ocean. bound for
New York, is the largest steamship
aAoat The leviathan Olympic will
maintain the supremacy only few
months, for already contracts have been
let for still larger vessels. 1t is idle to
attempt to predict the limit Of naval
architecture
Harbor facilities are the one barrier
which viii halt the growing size Of
ocean liners. The government must al
ways keep before It the drydocldng and
anchorage proposition in laying down
a keel Tor war vessel, and the builders
Of merchant marine must keep IN mind
the docking possibilities. East River al
ready Is crowded. and the harbof en-
The Washington herald., 1911-06-16
Washington,s Summer PopulatiOn

The idea that Washington is depopu-
lated in the summer time is i mis-
taken one.
On the contrary, there are in the Dis
trict of Columbia, even in midsummer,
atGeast 100000 people.
Ample evidence of the number of per-
sons who are in Washington when the
city is supposed to be empty is afforded
by the presence of many thousands at
the fireworks celebration on the night
of the Fourth of July. If there is an
automobile floral parade in the middle
of August, the crowd on Pennsylvania
avenue will rival an inaugural demon
stration. All during the summer the
street cars will be loaded each night
beyond their capacity by the stay-at-
home portion of the population.
In addition to this, the railroads bring
large numbers of excursionists to this
city in the summer time-people who
are on their way to the seashore, and
who are glad to avail themselves Of
the opportunity to see the National
Capital at the minimum amount of ex-
pense.
Washington merchants are too apt to
be hypnotized by the notion that sum-
mer dullness is inevitable because every
body is out of town. Everybody is
not out of town. Seventy-fve per cent
of the people remain here, and they
must eat and dress in August as well
as IN February It would be a good
idea for the Chamber of Commerce,
if that is to be the business organiza-
ton Of the city, to take up this mat
ter and demonstrate TO the merchants
that there is no necessity for yielding
to an erroneous idea. Washington is
a big city all the year around-and its
summer population constitutes a COM
munity too large to be ignored.
Everybody takes it for granted that
summer in Washington is dull. This
in itself creates dullness. The fact is
that the merchants can find the sum-
mer months profitable if they will shake
off the summer feeling and push their
business with half the energy which
characterizes them during the remainder
of the year.
The Washington herald., 1911-06-16
Mai. Sylvester in Rochester.

From the Rochester Union and Advertiser.
Hundreds of chiefs of police are gath
cred here for the opening of the eight
eenth annual convention of the Inter-
national Association of Chiefs of Police
at Convention Hall. The central figure
among the visitors is Maj. Richard Syl-
vester, of Washington, D. c., who for
many years has been the head of the
likely to be kept in that position not
only because of his natural fitness for
the work, but also because he is at the
Nations Capital. where he is at the head
of the National Identification Bureau.
Maj. Sylvester is known to every police
chief in the country, who are greatly
attached to him, and the nations crooks
also know and fear him.
The Washington herald., 1911-06-16
REVERENCE ON THE STAGE.
Comment on the Bill which New
York Has Enacted.


York Has Enacted.
From the New YorS Evening Post.
1t is easy enough to see that the bill
signed by Gov. Dix yesterday. prohibit
ing the presentation in any theatrical
performance 'of a living character rep
resenting the Divine Person." aims to
prevent injury to the religious suscepti-
bilities of a good many people But 1t
is also plain that II the bill Just enacted
had been in force five years ago it would
have prevented the staging of the most
worthily popular play of the decade.
The case of The Servant in the House.
and of its Imitator. THE Passing OF the
Third Floor Back" illustrates the diff
Guilty OF framing a censorship law that
shall not begin by stultifying itself and
end by proving ineffective 1t must
have been few people. indeed. who found
either of these two plays objectionable
in subject or treatment. And yet, IL the
discontented few were to have invoked
this new censorship law, it Is by no
means sure that the courts would have
been with them. What Is ''presenta-
tion?'' In neither of the plays in ques-
tian is the name Of the Divine Person
employed. The method is one of sugges-
tion, and once you enter on that vague
field. who, under the law, is to say
where suggestion ends and presentation
begins?
The Washington herald., 1911-06-16
WOULD MAKE NEWSPAPERS
PUBLISH NAMES OF OWNERS
Representative Barnhart Believes Spotlight on "Mold,
ers of Public Opinion" Now Necessary

Representative Barnhart, of Indiana,
who before he broke into the win column
politically. was a newspaper editor in
the northern part OF the Hoosier State.
record.
He introduced a bill in the House yes
terday providing that before newspapers
could be accepted as second-class mail
matter by the Post-office authorities.
each publication must contain the names
of owners. publishers, and managing
editors. These, according to the dictates
of Mr.. Barnhart's bill. must be registered
at the Post-office Department. A pen
atty of not less than 500 and not more
than 1900 is provided f9r each violation.
Mr.. Barnhart thinks the wicked trust
kings who pull the wool over the eyes of
The Washington herald., 1911-06-16
SEEK REDUCTION
OF SINGERS BONDS
Assailants of Millionaire to
Get Hearing.
spcrl.l to The washington Henld.

Special TO The Washington Herald.
New York, June 15.-W E. d. Stokes.
the wealthy proprietor of the Ansonia
Hotel, who was shot eight days ago by
Lillian Graham and Ethel Conrad when
he entered their apartment for the al
legged purpose of securing letters he had
written to Miss Graham, was removed
from Roosevelt Hospital to-day to his
summer home at Long Branch, N. ].
The tattending physicians asserted
Stokes to be entirely out of danger, and
his condition was so much improved
that the trip to the seashore was made
by automobile.
The young women will be again ar
ralgned tomorrow. The proceedings
will take place in District Attorney
whitman's office, and It is said an effort
will be made to get the bail reduced
from $4,000, to which 1t was lowered
from $4,000 at the last hearing.
Miss Graham made the following state
ment to-day:
"If Mr.. Stokes thinks we are here
weeping our eyes out he Is making one
big mistake. We are having fine time,
all things considered"
The Washington herald., 1911-06-16

From the Louisville Cos1ierJournal.
Ambassador Bryce Of England Is quoted
by The Washington Herald as saying
that Washington enjoys the unique dis
tinetion of being the most beautiful city
in the world, through its multitude Of
public buildings, its wide. shaded streets,
and its symmetry of plan. ''The most
beautiful capital of its kind the world
has ever SEEM is the language attributed
to Mr.. Bryce.
This praise of washington from cos
mopolite who knows existing capitals and
knows the history of former ones, is
material tribute to the wisdom and fore
sight Of George Washington and Pierre
L'Enfant, and to the sound discretion Of
those who have, in recent years, devoted
their energies to promoting and carrying
out the Washington-L Enfant plans.
Other American cities, and especially
rapidly growing American cities, where
real estate is stiIl available at reason
able prices for civic reservations, should
The Washington herald., 1911-06-16

FrOm the New YoTk American.
The old saying that 1t never pays to
hoot the ONCE. boy. because he may be
the boss tomorrow. can now be para
phrased to say It never pays to tell a
private of the militia to hold your horse
too often II YOU are in the regular army.
because he may come back as Secretary
OF War. Secretary stimson illustrates It.
AZ the maneuvers at Manassas few
years ago Mr.. Secretary was then q pri-
vate IN Squadron A, OF New York. oficers
of the Fifteenth Cavalry rubbed Il In
some on the New Yorkers when 1t came
to holding horses The Secretary visited
the Fifteenth at Fort Meyer The oflcers
were glad to meet him. He remarked
that the last time he met them he was
kept busy holding horses and stirrups for
them.