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The Washington times., 1911-12-21
Poets of Distinction
Lacking, Speaker Says

"There Is not a single present day
poet OF distinction in this country
said Justice Wendell p. Stafford in a
lecture on "The Gospel of Poetry"
delivered last night before the Wash
tngton Congregational Club, at First
congregational Church.
The entertainment was opened with
a dinner served by the ladies' Of the
church. after which vocal Duet wa.
given by Mrs. b. H. Smart and Ken
meth w. Ogden. accompanied by Will
liam Wall Widdit.
Among those present were the Rev.
r. j. Goodwin, president of the club.
and Mrs. Goodwin, b. A. Allen. Walter
Allen. Miss s. D. Baldwin, Marcus w.
Baldwin. II. w. Blanchard. DIR. Edwin
M. Bliss. A. S. Caywood, A. B. Chat
field. w. Fl. Fulton. DR.. r. c. DriskU,
s. y. Faunce, Mrs. w. H. Chany. Mrs.
M. Ross Fishburn. Mr.. and Mrs. J. r.
Hinton, Mr. and Mrs. Kirk Holmes.
M. and Mrs. NJ. b. Hundley. Mr.. and
Mrs. !. F.. Johnson, o. M. Mcpherson,
Dr. B. w. Pond, Prof A. N. Skinner
and Mrs. Skinner and son. the Rev. s.
r. Swift. DR.. 3. II. Woodrow. Alfred
Wood. Mrs, John ". Frizzell. DR.. p. c.
Claflin. DIR. Paul johnson, Mrs. Helen
sawyer, Prof. George Cummings. Sem
ator Dillingham; Of Vermont, Con-
gressnen Foster and Ilumley Of YER
mont; B, II. Smart. Kenneth W. Ogden,
and William w. Whiddit.
The Washington times., 1911-12-21
Honey Bread.

In Europe, where the food value of
honey seems to be much better under
stood than In the United States, enor-
nous quantities are used. OF late years
We seem to be waking to a realizat ton
OF the value Of honey as a wholesome
And delicious article OF food. and also
~ to its preservative qualities.
Cakes and 'sweetbreads made with
sugar soon become dry and crumbly,
and to get the good of them must be
eaten when fresh: but when they are
made up with. honey. they seem to re-
tain their moist freshness Indefinitely.
In France honey bread year or eight
zen months old is preferred to that just
made. They say: 1T has ripened." Ii
10 the preservative, or rather the I'M
changing, quality of honey that makes
II so popular with the best confec-
tioners.-The Christian Herald,
The Washington times., 1911-12-21
FOR LITTLE FOLK JUST BEFORE BEDTIME
The Sandman S Stories
SANTA CLAUS DILEMMA.

stYuY ELL" said Santa Claus,
"NH Il really do not know
" what to give her. She
has SO many beautiful
things now that cannot think of an
70 her Christmas happiness.
r santa Claus never forgets anybody.
that Re skips a little boy or girl now
and then, but It is not because he s.r-
gets them, because. you see, for a64 days
stch year he has nothing to do but
ana Prepare sr f sSs ss t that sok s
knovs that they want more than any
thing else on Christmas Day But when
i Sants be cams e al nSvotnys name IN hs
aides. he was quite. troubled, for the
report which he had in his hand showed
that she had been an especially good
siIi ever since last Christmas:
thing" unused Santa Claus, .'and there
isn't thing. In my pack that she hasn't
already had;. Her father got -ner a
esSstihfui doll house, her grandfather
gave her a set Of dishes. and-woll I'm
UP stump. that's all there Is to It, and
unlees some OF my fairies can help me
e CHI sh ssy eag Ssrs to dfys 0y her
Christmas Has"
II YOU little folks knew how It trou-
bled santa to have Q problem like this,
YOU would all pity him. for 1t Is just
~ II YOU wanted 10 buy q birthday Kift
TOT your mamma, and you thought and
Thought and everything you thought Of
SHE had. and at last you had to give 1t
t w os sS si,,n you couldn't find thing
santa, as perhaps YOU did not know,
has whole lot of fairies to HELM him
get ready FOR Christmas and among
those fairies every nationality Is repre-
scented. because he has letters in every
language. and he has to- have the diff
fcrent fairies read them for him. There
blue eyes: Japanese fairies with let
black hair done up in funny rolls and
puffs: English fairies with the reddest
~ rcd checks, American fairies, Dutch
fairies. Spanish fairies. French fairies,
and all the other nationalities you and
Calling them all before him, he ques-
toned them as to what he should get
for Dorothy. thinking that there might
be something in the lends from which
they came which would be sure not TO
! be among the things she had No one
Of them seemed to have any sugges-
ton to make until she asked the French
fairy. and she, in return, asked a uues-
ton Of Santa. for she wanted to know
how old Dorothy was Santa had to
look In his book to make cure. and OPP
represented her next birthday.
"Why, she's old enough to go to dane
ing school said the fairy. land be-
lievc that the problem would be solved
by getting. her a little dancing dress"
do they have dresses just for dane
mgr asked Santa, for while he is &C.
quainted with the most OF things con-
The Washington times., 1911-12-21

corning little girls and boys. be was
not very wei, well Nd In the matters OF FASH
"oh. yes, said the fairy. land in the
country where came from they make
the most wonderful dresses I ever saw.
OF course, you go through there in the
r. t sad y Santa a. M al sHe yos
are agreed that dancing dress Is what
Dorothy ought to have, why; that's
wsat we to viii tbsS SET little he
You had better start at once to this
place. you were telling me about, and
get. the prettiest one you can find"
The little fairy was delighted, and In
pretty anxious while she was gone.
and waited rather impatiently for her
to come back. No fairy that he had
long. and he could not understand It.
When at last she did appear, he asked
her rather sharply why she had been
II had to wait while they made some
rosebuds," said the fairy.
"Rosebudsy" said Santa. I II thought
,d. ddr said "a tr the I, da WITH snd the rose
well. I never heard Of anything like
that" said Santa. II didn't know that
those sort Of things were put on dresses;
Do thsy ever put tSs on dseas
49, iSLe 80 e
The fairy und!d a little package which
she had brought and took from the pa
\ per q box with names in French printed
on 1T, and when she had opened tho
box and unfolded ever so many thick
! ncsses OF tissue pager site took OUT a
little dress that would have driven YOU
| just wild IL you had seen It, 1t looked
as II 1t would float away, it was so
light ann gau2y. The under part of the
dress. tie slip. the fairy told Santa 1t
was called, was made Of tho daintiest
pink silk, with the uniest little stitches
where the hen. WINS turned at the bot
| tom ard whore the little short sleeves
were sewn in. And then the outside
was of tho finest net, almost like "a
| spiders web, and this was trimmed
! around the little low cut neck with sill
yer lace. But the most wonderful thing
was the trimming of Iosebuds. Santa
wondered how any body evef made such
them jest at the edge OF the little
sleeves, there was a bunch of them
Just where the little yoke Joined the
skirt, and there was row Of them
clear around the dress.
WELL" said Santa, II guess I Will
| forgive you for being gone 80 long, and
IL Dorothy has anything like that from
anybody else, why, I she'll have to give
1t UP altogether."
that" said the fairy, "be ;ause Nine
Jearne never makes two dancing
dresse alike"
Then Santa took the dress and put II
| back in the box and put It away, and IL
Dorothy Is q good girl from now until
! CEristu as, l expect she will find the
oan,ing dress Christmas morning.
The Washington times., 1911-12-21
ANSWERS TO QUERIES SENT BY READERS TO
The Times Question Box

currants and one pound Of suItanS
raisins. Cut into tiny bits three-quart-
ers Of pound Of citron. MIX these In
gradients. adding as you do 10 two
tablespoonfuls each cinnamon and
mace. . tablespoonful each of cloves
and alispice, q teaspoonfui Of ground
nutmeg, a tablespoonful OF salt, and
two and half pounds Of brown sugar.
When all IL well mixed stir in quart
OF sherry and a pint Of the best brandy.
MIX thoroughly and pack down in
stone crock.
Times Inquiry Department:
where I can ind a stamp collector Of old
stampsF BY 20 doing you will obiise
II you will send q stamped, self-ad-
dressed envelope I will gladly send you
the name and address OF a reliable
stamp collector.
Times Inquiry Department:
Kindly publish in the Inquiry Column
scmething that can make the eyebrows grow
this does not DO them any good. ,. L.
To make the eyebrows grow use the
following formula. LAnoiin, 1 ounce;
tincture of cantharides, Q drains; oil of
almonds, ounces: oil Of rosemary, Is
drops. Melt tho lanolin, add the rose
mary and almond oil and then the can
tharides. Apply every night With q soft
tooth brush and keep out Of the eyes.
Times Inquiry Department:
VIII you kindly tall mo through the In
suiry Column u there 10 = premium on a
the valuef Very truly yours A. p. A.
The average premium paid for gold
pieces is from to 30 per cent There
Is no special premium attached to the
s. dollar gold piece dated 1854.
Times Inquiry Department:
Please give me q good recipe for fruit
punch. I would rather have one in which
gallon Of water and a quart bottle of
grape Juice and sugar enough to suit the
taste. Add q quart Of chopped fruit,
consisting OF grapes. oranges, bananas.
maraschino cherries. etc. Serve when
ice cold. ...
Times Inquiry Department:
Please publish in your Inquiry Column the
nrst name of J. p Morgan. Of New York
John Pierpont Morgan is the maine Of
the man you refer to.
Times Inquiry Department:
am a little girl fourteen years old, and
would like to know the suitable length to
wear my dresses; also a suitable way to
| wear my hair. e. d.
You should wear your dresses almost
| to your shoetops. Your hair could be
| arranged In braid and tied with large
ribbon bows.
The Washington times., 1911-12-21
The Resemblance.

1arks-That Mrs. Gabbleigh is a per-
fect Amazon OF a woman.
Parks-She hardly suggests the Anna
IONS of old to me.
Marks-Oh, I mean the river. She has
large mouth and she runs on inces-
santiy.-Boston Transcript. -
The Washington times., 1911-12-21
Sudden Function.

whats the excitement at your
house?'
my wife helped at q church fair last
night and they gave her two gallons oil
leftover punch. So today she's giving
reception"
The Washington times., 1911-12-21
Gave Him Some Class.

She-When II was given out that
Cohen's cashier ran OFF with $4,000
Cohen didn't seem to mind at all.
Mose-is he so rich as not to miss II?
She--Well. he was fattered. He never
owned $4,000 In his llfc.-Flegende
Blaetter.'
The Washington times., 1911-12-21

Times Inquiry Department;
am q. girl eighteen years old and have
in the suburbs o. he city. In that time
have received several invitations to come out
ss nay 1 your o.: osn isa. iy'i sne
right to 30 or not. H. H.
II you are engaged to this young man
and receive an invitation from his
mother. sister or whoever IL Mt the
head of his household II would be per-
fectly proper to 20 out to his homo for
a week END visit. II you are not en-
gagged to him It would, OF course, be
extremely improper.
Times Inquiry Department:
Where can get inrowins toenails ex-
tracted? Thanking you, am, A. H. 8.
dressed envelope I will gladly send you
the name and address Of good chiropo-
dist.
Times inquiry Department:
Can you tell me IL Maude Adams is mar
ried? Yours truly. MAX.
No, Maude Adams Is not married.
Times Inquiry Department:
To what school has the great boy player,
Morris, OF Tech. gomez Also can tickets
be obtained for admission to boys basket.
Thankins you in advance. I am. -
Yours sincerely L n. c.
This boy has gone to staunton Acad-
erny. You can obtain tickets for the
basketball games at the Y. NJ. c. A.
building.
Times Inquiry Department:
Can you print the words to the song en-
titled oh. Where IL My Wandering Boy
II YOU will look through the index
sure you will find the words OF this
that It would take I'D too much space
In this column.
Times Inquiry Department:
Please publish in the Inquiry Column the
education wishing to study philosophy. po-
litical economy. social conditions. etc.
II you will 60 to the reference room
Of the Carnegie Library you can find
good and up-to-date books upon these
subjects. Or IL you can get a college
prospectus Of the academic department
of any large college you will find the
names Of the best books that are used
on these subjects. ..-
Times Inquiry Department:
Being a reader Of the Inquiry Column, will
you kindly give me recipe for mincemeat,
and obige. Mrs. e. g.
Boil two pounds Of lean beef, and
when cold chop fine. Mince pound
Of beef suet to a powder. Peel and
chop Ave pounds of apples. Seed and
half two pounds Of raisins. Wash and
pick over carefully two pounds Of clean
The Washington times., 1911-12-21
LOCAL MENTION
Want to Co in Vaudeville?

easy to make big money in vaudeville.
II you want experience, training, and
bookings write today to the undersign-
Give details OF abiiity-whether YOU
sing, dance. play, talk. or can entertain
In other ways. Address VAUDEVILLE,
Times Office
The Washington times., 1911-12-21
Men Who Are Extra Particular

J. Jay Gould, 4aI 9th.
Tree toys. stocking. gifts, tinsel.
The Washington times., 1911-12-21
Electric Tree LIGHTS

Electric Novelties and Toys.
SIPS Electric Flashlights. soc.
Electric Webster, TT 9Th.
The Washington times., 1911-12-21

About their personal linen find II salts
factory to patronage Conger's Laundry,
23d & N. Y. ave. Agencies all over town.
or phone West t27 for wagon to call. 1t
The Washington times., 1911-12-21
Miss Carrie Lee Chamber.
lain to Be Introduced at
Tea Today.

Miss Carrie Leo Chamberlain, daugh-
ter Of Senator and Mrs. Chamberlain Of
Oregon. will be presented to Washing
ton society at a tea this afternoon from
to o'clock at her home in @ street.
Palms. smilax, clusters of pink roses,
and the floral gifts to the debutante
will form the house decorations. The
tea table, which will have q centerpiece
Of Killarney roses and candles with pink
silk shades, will be presided over by
Mrs. Emil Thesis. wife of Commander
Thesis. U. g. N. and Mrs. Henry. wife
OF Congressman Henry. Mrs. c. w.
ltenner. an aunt Of Mies Chamberlain,
Of Mississippi. and Mrs. G. B. Shelton
will preside at the punch bowl.
! Others assisting IN receiving the
guests and dispensing the Inequalities
OF the afternoon will be Miss Emily
Beatty. Miss Dorothy Taylor, Miss Eliz-
abeth Crenshaw. Miss Amparo Martin
Iiivero. Miss Dorothy Gray Brooks. Miss
Ellen Fillehrown, Miss Celestine Finley.
Miss Edith Oracle, Miss Leila May
Henry. and Miss Anna Barron. Of Ore
gon.
Mrs. Chamberlain will receive her
guests in a ,yown Of black satin. draped
In tulle embroidered in Steel and the
debutente will wear pale blue crepe
meteor satin trimmed in swansdown and
silver lace. Her bouquet will be Of Kill
Iarney roses.
A buffet supper will be served after
the tea for those assisting.
The Washington times., 1911-12-21
Mr.. and Mrs. Smith
Entertain at Dinner.

Commander william Strother Smith,
u. 8. N, and Mrs. Smith entertained
at dinner last evening Senator and Mrs.
Fletcher Of Florida, Senator and Mrs.
Borah Of Idaho; Rear Admiral Richard
c. Hollyday. U. 8. N. and Mrs. Holly
day, Rear Admiral N. e. Mason. u. g..
N. and Mrs. Mason, Rear Admiral H.
I. Cone. u. 3. N, and Mrs. Cone,
Colonel Thompson, U. s. A.. and Mrs.
Thompson, Capt. A. b. Willis. U. 8. N,
ard Mrs. Willis, Capt. r. 8. Griffin. U.
s. N. and Mrs. Griffin. Judge and Mrs.
Martin, Judge and Mrs. devries. Mrs.
A. +. Fechteler, and Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
erick Efhnger.
Senator Hoke Smith will leave WASH
.ngton tomorrow for MS nome in
Georgia. to spend the Christmas holi-
days with his family. On his return,
January 2. he will be accompanied by
Mrs. Smith and the Misses Smith. who
Will spend the winter with him at the
Cochran.
January II Mrs. Charles W. Richard
son will entertain at luncheon in honor
OF Miss Lucy Hoke Smith.
The Washington times., 1911-12-21

Times Inquiry Department:
Please publish in your Inquiry Column the
nrst name Of ]. p. Morgan, Of New York
HANS w. J.
John Pierpont Morgan is the maine Of
the man you refer to.
The Washington times., 1911-12-21

Mrs. Warren. wife Of Senator Warren.
will not receive today, but will be ut
home Tuesdays after January ! at the
New Willard.
Miss Katherine Riggs has returned to
her home In Washington, after a visit
to Baltimore.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1911-08-17
FISH TRUST ATTACKS
THREE CHANGERS

| Taxes are High Because Tax Dod-
Officials, as to Prevent Fair Assess
ments.
Everyone grumbles at the steady in
crease of taxes, but very few know
that if all paid their fair share, taxes
would be a very slight burden. Ger
tain tax dodgers corporations seek
TO elect dishonest assessors and
boards of equalization. If honest
anG fearless officials are elected, these
tax dodgers misrepresent and calum-
Mate them as they do Judge Lindsay
inpenyer. as they did Tom Johnson in
Cleveland, and as they did LaFollette
in Wisconsin from 1896 to 1904. Here
in Whatcom county We are having
an experience that will be of interest
to all voters in the state.
\ fish trap location is approxim-
ately a quarter section of Puget
Sound, in water less than sixty-five
feet deep. On this quarter section the
t,ap men drive a string of piles,
to 16 feet apart, half mile Of less
in length; hang chicken wire netting
On the Files and at the end make a
pocket. When the fish strike the
fence of chicken, they drift along II
Until they get into the pocket from
which they cannot escape. A .'loc-
aticn' is valuable according TO the
number of fish that are caught.
Some locations are worth $4,000 and
even SlcD 600 The locations in What
com county are worth probably $4,000,
0o0 TO $3.000,000 yet such was the
power CT the Fish trust. that up 70
1906 this $2,000,000 to 100000 600 never
paid a cenl of taxes. In 1906 the
state tax commission directed the
assessor CT Whatcom county to assess
fish trap locations, and he placed
them at s312, 800: but the board Of
equalization cut this in two, placing
the s. 600 900 to S3,O00,00o on the rolls
at only Sl56.2o0. 1t soon iell to
$3.50. 900 and remained at S130,00O to
SEQ ,0sD until the present assessor, w
II. Kaufman raised the assessment to
$75S, ,oon. During the past fifteer
years the annual taxes on trap loc-
ations have aaveraged less than 81 900
year. Next year they will pay
So, ,00C.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1911-08-17
SECRETARY WILSON
HONORARY PRESIDENT
U. S. Department Of Agriculture
In Barley and Hop Exhibition.

The secretary of state. the Hon Phi.
lander Knox, has sent out to the diplo-
matte and consular Representatives of
the United States in foreign countries
circular letter informing them that
an international brewers congress will
be held in Chicago. Oct. l. to 30. 1911,
and instructing them to bring the mat
ter to the attention of the respective
governments to which they are accred.
tied, with the request that due pub
licity be given to the information and
that the respective parties in interest
be invited to participate in the con-
gress.
The circular further contains the in
formation that there will also be beld
at the same time and place an irterna-
tional prize exhibition for barley and
hops.
The secretary Of agriculture In the
United States, the Hon. James Wilson.
is the honorary president of the inter
national brewers congress.
The United States department Of ag-
riculture is preparing an exhibit by
which the United States government
will be represented at the international
prize exhibition for barley and hops.
The department will show what has
been done by several Of its experts
who have been for some years devot-
ing their time to the Improvement of
these crops.
The Importance of this exhibition for
the farmers who raise barley and hops
cannot be overrated. 1t is believed
that the first step is herewith taken to
bring about system of valuine these
important crops upon basis Of fact
rather than upon mere individual pref
erence and perhaps prejudice.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1911-08-17
LYNDEN AHEAD AGAIN

Westminster, the team which hand
ed it to iBlaine, with I to l score
blew into Lynden, Sunday afternoon
with the .itent:ons Of handing it to
Lynden. They failed. that's all there
vas to il. The local boys winning by
to o score.
The game stated rat like whir-
Wind affair, hu. us It grew older there
was nothing to it but Lynden. Dean
pitched his same old steady game,
striking out men, allowed hits,
hit ; and walked Lone.
The visiting tean seemed to he
off in their fielding, seven errors wele
charged against them. Hurley pitch ed
good ball until the 7th inning when
he retired in ta,ol of Goddard be-
cause of sored finger. Hurleys,
splitter" was working in fine form.
The Lynden team was weak with
the stick. but their perfect FIELDING
overcome their weakness at the bat.
A good crowd witnessed the game,
many attending from the neighboring
towns.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1911-08-17
UNDERTAKES MEET
Were Royalty Entertained in
All Cities on Trip.

Frank Knapp has probably had as
nice an outing as any of us al
though he was with a bunch of IN
dey takers which may not sound quite
as loud as lot of Editors would.
He went to Seattle and met the
delegation of Washington. Oregon and
Idaho Funeral Association, 165 de-
igates and about 75 ladies.
Al were well entertained by the
Funeral directors of Seattle with an
auto trip over the city, and six
O'Clock dinner at the Wash Hotel,
At 10 p. NJ the crowd boarded the
steamship, Umatilla, for Vancouver, b.
c, and on arriving there they found
the city Undertakers reception COM
mittee waiting with printed pro-
grams. The party was taken over the
eity and parks in tallyhos and hacks,
aud at 9 p. m. served with a six
course luncheon at the swellest hotel
in the city. 1t was white kid af-
fair with orchestra accompany
ment. and all that Knapp regrets is
that he did not have his silk hat on
the job. He says that they 1o
things right in the B. c. town and
keep one feeling good all the time.
After "a hours in Vancouver the
boat left for Bellingham, where they
were met by a committee with car
nations for the ladies and he didn't
say what for the men, but we do
know that his wife met him there
and Joined the party, and from what
we learned from her it is safe to say
that she got there just in time.
Cars We're chartered and the crowd
shown the city, including the Fish
cries and Served with fish dinner On
the boat at p m.. compliments ofthe
Bellingham Funeral DIRECTORS.
The city of Everett was passed in
the night, but the Undertakes were
there with the goods, for they had
sent can of ice cream out to the
boat to be served at midnight
At Tacoma the delegates We're again
met by a committee with carnations
for the ladies, and embalming fluid
for the men. Another street car trip
over the city and an evening enter
tainment at the stadium.
Business meetings were held at
Seattle. on the boat, and the final
meeting with election of officers at
Tacoma.
Knapp says, let lot of Undertakers
get togather on a trip of that klnd
and they will have as good time as
a bunch of Preachers.