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pinned on the head From another angle
It was not unlike the war bonnet Of an
American Indian. From its birthplace.
some two thousand miles out In the Pa.
c!fc ocean, this hat idea has spread
around the entire world and been adapt
ed and readapted until today 1t appears
In the latest guise on the head OF every
woman who cares ut oil for show on
Easter morning.
Indeed, IL Is no difHcult matter to
trace many Of our comparatively recent
creations back to their primitive sources.
The widely worn mushroom OF the past
few seasons was worn for many years
by Indian girls In Mexico before they
were lifted from obscurity and stamped
with the approval of Dame Fashion
plus a few friIls and furbelows that the
Indian maid never knew Of.
And the Merry Widowf Why, h-rest
its weary souli-nrst saw the light OF
day In Japan several centuries ago. 1t
is now the national hat for the farm
labor Of that country. And there 10
reason, too. Working all day In fheir
rice fields they found that hat OF this
sort affords Just the required protection
from the fierce sun. the driving rain
and the strong wind. To make 1t doubiy
secure they fasten it with strong thongs
beneath their chins.
There Is one country on the globe
where, In the matter Of Easter bats ct
least. the average American woman
would be utterly ana thoroughly misef-
able. And that country Is Korea For
there the men wear the hats for the
family a. we'll as the trousers the wo-
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has surmised. naturally enough. that such
matters are attended to BY White House
gardener or some other functionary on
the White House domestic stan. As
matter Of fact Uncle Sam does not bother
the President or his family with this re-
sponsibility at ALL. Everything pertain
ing to the upkeep Of the White House es-
tate IL In the hands of government ON
cial known as the of1cer In charge OF
public buildings and grounds post
which Is always occupied BY major or
colonel in the United States Army Corps
Of Engineers, and who. BY virtue OF bis
position as keeper of the White House.
serves as one Of the military aids to the
President.
OF course. the oficer IN charge OF pub
lie buildings and grounds has many
other duties than those at the White
House. For instance. he has charge OF
all the little parks and plazas and ci'cies
which render Washington distinctive ana
which are afame with flowers at Easter.
and be likewise has Jurisdiction over the
81 monuments which have given wash
ington the nickname Of the City OF
Statues. However. the care OF the Wnite
House grounds Is the most interesting
function of this ohicial Poo Bah. he
spends upward of $4,000 O year for up
keep and he has q numerous stan that
includes engineers. gardeners, earetakers'
park policemen. etc.
The custodian OF the Presidents landed
estate,-Col Spencer Cosby Il the present
occupant of this post.-does not look for
ward with unalloyed Joy to Easter Mon
day. 1t is a big Job to keep the thous-
ands of delirious. romping children from
unwittingly doing damage to flower beds
and shrubbery and ''the morning after
Is the busiest day of the year for the
gardeners and caretakers. When the tidal
wave Of children has swept back from the
mansion at even-tide on Easter Monday
the usually well-combed lawn looks as
though a cyclone had passed over It. Dis
carded baskets and lunch boxes. damaged
fans and toy balloons and the other IN
Vulnerable trophies of tickle childhood lit
ter the lawn, but worst Of all Is the
heritage from the egg carnage. Each
youthful participant IN the egg rolling has
come to the white House with anywhere
from one to two dozen eggs as smmuni-
ton and whereas these eggs are all sup
posed to be hard-boiled the supposition Is
not always borne out In fact. And any
way egg shells are fragile things what
ever be said of their contents. The net
aggregate result Of eight hours of egg
rolling and pitching and tossina.-with
inevitable mishaps and collisions - can
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The Presidents GI
- !IE President of the United States.
ittingly enough. has. perhaps. the
largest. and certainly the most at
~ tractive. back yard Of any resident
of this republic. Ordinarily this back
yard at the White House Is about as
quiet and deserted q place as one could
Imagine. II is only at rare intervals
that any member of the presidential
household flor whose use II Is reserved
is seen walking about the parklike ex-
pause. and inasmuch as Charlie Taft, the
only Juvenile member Of the family, Is
away at school most Of the time, it isn't
often that this stretch of lawn is made
to serve as n playground-that function
OF so many less conspicuous back yards"
up and down the land.
However. there is one day at this
smiling season of the year when the
Presidents big back yard is anything but
deserted. 1t is on a Monday. too-Easter
Monday. TO be exact. Now you know
Monday is wash day." and In the orji-
nary household it is the one day Of the
week when. IL the weather is nice. mother
needs the back yard. and Johnny and
Susie and all the rest are admonished
that for the time being they must find
some other place TO play. Not SO at the
White House. however. As a matter OF
fact. rhe family wash at the Executive
Mansion is hung to dry in a lattice
screened enclosure that occupies only the
smallest corner of the big back yard.
but even at that the colored ''Tnammies"
in the presidential laundry could scarcely
be induced TO do the washing on this
particular Monday. for Easter Monday
has been from time out of mind the
occasion of the great annual egg rolling
festival on the White House grounds, and
IS. In consequence. regarded as something
OF a holiday throughout the capital city.
On the day following Easter the Presi-
dents back yard not only assumes the
normal and rightfuI function of all back
yards as n playground for young people.
but II does It in no half-hearted fashion.
1t is the one occasion Of the year when
during an entire day these private
grounds are open to the public. and the
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democratic invitation 10 universal Any
child is free to come and 60 at VIII.
without any card Of admission. and they
do come in swarms that cover the green
sward. and have been variously estimated
at from 10000 to $4,000 in different years
dependent somewhat upon the state OF
the weather.
During the past few years an impor-
tant change has been made In the man
acement Of the Presidents back yard on
Easter Monday, with q view to reserv-
ing It for the children who are its ten
ants for seven or eight blissful hours.
Before this change was made It was
found that the crowds attracted BY this
annual spectacle were assuming such pro-
portions that they were not only difficult
to handle. but. worse yet, they seriously
hampered the youngsters in their egg.
rolling. In the old days everybody who
came. young or old, was admitted to the
egg-rolling- But the odd antics of the
little folks at their unique pastime proved
q magnet for sight-seers, who come NOT
merely from Washington. but from towns
far and wide. Particularly in the after
noon, when there Is a band concert on
the lawn. did the crowds become SO
dense that it was impossible for the
Juvenile visitors to romp freely, much
less roll eggs in the traditional fashion.
Accordingly there was put into force the
new rule, which reserves the big yard
primarily for children and stipulates that
no adults shall be admitted unless &C
companied by children. This allows the
attendance Of the little tots who require
the presence Of mother or nurse to look
after them.
While It Is the egg-rolling that focuses
attention upon the bit Of landscape south
Of the White House. the Presidents back
yard is well worthy of attention on its
own account. When q visitor to Wash
ington stands-as all visitors do-in the
historic East Room at the White House
and looks out through the south windows
to the distant Potomac River with the
Washington Monument in the middle dis
lance. 1t seems as though this whole ex-
panse between the mansion and the river
were one unbroken stretch of lawn. 1t
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to be less of the sweatshop In their lives
than In the lives Of their prototypes 10
America. All Of them are expert MILL
ners and seamstresses, and possess q rare
skill, taste and knowledge Of the styles.
Many Of them are allowed to embody
their own ideas in the hats they make,
under the censorship, Of course, of their
employers. In q fashionable Paris MILL
merry shop there are always q half dozen
or so OF these nlidinettes, who pose In
the hats for prospective customers. Every
year hundreds Of them are photographed
wearing the latest creations Of their
establishments. These photographs are
sent to American department stores a.
aids In selecting the styles ordered from
the Paris shops.
the department stores they are duplicated
many times. but as none Of these replicas
are ever sent back to Paris they inter
fere In no way with the sale Of them
there. Very often the iittle midinette,
especially II she be pretty. can sell the
negatives of her posed photographs CO
Paris postcard publishers for as much -
81 q piece as her personal rroft.
In Paris respectable Easter hat can
be bought for from s. up to $50. and
even higher. The average price has been
estimated to be about sil which ID CON
siderably more than In this country. But
the French woman Is especially suscsp-
tibIe to dainty millinery and almost piti-
able In the lengths 10 which she VIII 90
to keep up with the changing styles.
Wherever the Easter hat IL Q feminine
institution there are thousands Of women
who obtain one only By the direst kind Of
economy Nearly all OF them manage 10
purchase at least q plain straw. which
tour, for g or s.. They take Il homo.
steam and press bits Of their last sea-
sons trimmings. and not infrequentiy
with marvellous skili fashion q hat along
the lines Of an expensive one seen In .
fashionable millinery shop. When such -
the case. surely they have earned their
place In the Easter parade.
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into added prominence as the scene OF
the spring garden parties which Mrs.
Roosevelt and Mrs. Taft have added to
the list Of standard White House hos
pitalities.
Before referring again. to this beautiful
retreat as the Presidents back yard, per-
haps II Is only fair to explain that In
reality 1t isn't the back yard Mt all. but
the front yard. The architect who de-
signed the White House and George
Washington. Thomas jefferson and the
other eminent men who had a hand In
planning the Presidents House." as 1t
was called in those days. all intended 1t
that way. And they intended that the
carriage entrance ut the north Of the
mansion. which we are accustomed TO
refer to as the front door," should be of
secondary Importance. as 1t Is in all the
old Southern manor houses after which
the White House was copied. This early
intent will explain why the south or gar
den front of the White House is so grace
full INTELLECTUALLY and why the lawn
which spreads out before 1t offers q more
attractive panorama, II such a thing be
possible than the one which lies between
the porte cochere and Pennsylvania ave
nue. on the north.
There are at some Of the private es-
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be better imagined than described and 10
II no wonder that it requires hours Of
work on the part Of large force Of men
to get the big back yard into its normal
well-groomed condition.
The regular police force on guard at
the White House grounds has to have
Ordinarily q force Of only six policemen
ito the amazement Of foreign visitorsI II
all that IL required to guard the White
House grounds these bluecoats being on
duty on an eight hour watch" the three
shifts In the twenty-four hours requir-
Ing total force Of eighteen men under
the command Of q sergeant. On Easter
Monday. however. several dozen add
tfonal policemen are detailed to preserve
order In the White House grounds and on
the crowded thoroughfares leading to this
mecca unique adjunct Of the days
ponce arrangements Is the asylum for lost
children During the day dozens of chill
oren become lost from their parents.
Formerly these weeping waits were con-
Veyed to little wooden shelter on the
grounds to wait until called for, but
atterly the Office of the sergeant Of 20
nee IN the east terrace of the white
House Is made to serve as q haven OF
refuge. There may be a dozen or moro
lost children here at q time during the
egg rolling. but as q rule none Of them
remain long uncalled for. because II II
Wei known that all youngsters who be-
come separated from their parents will
he conveyed to this point BY the police
and consequently the seekers Of lost chill
dren 20 thtther once It Is determined that
a child has disappeared.
Not only the Presidents back yard but
also his side yard comes In for consider
able wear and tear at Easter time, for
aside from the Juvenile egg rollers there
Is an exceptional number Of caliers,-vis-
ftors that keep coming In a steady stream
all Easter week. The explanation n
found in the fact that the school teachers
and public school pupils throughout the
country seem to have by common consent
adopted Easter week as the ideal interval
for a sightseeing trip to the seat Of gov.
eminent. They have been coming By the
thousands each Easter these past few
years and they besiege the White House
Office building In throngs.-for the chief
aim and purpose Of this class of visitors
is to actually shake hands with the Pres
ident instead of merely inspecting his
house and gazing at his estate as do most
sightseers. And. moreover, the President
being good-natured and imbued with
something Of the Easter spirit. usually
grants the REQUESTS Of these Easter pill
grims who elamor for an audience.
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dresses. coats. etc. are placed on sale.
A CASTOR spring suit makes a fetching
little Easter frock. indeed. after It has
passed through the skilful hands Of
those In charge Of the sale. Thus. even
array herself in Easter splendor and fol-
low in the footsteps Of her fortunate SIS
tiers.
To realize Just how large q part the
hat plays in the celebration of Easter
consider its output IN any large city In
the country. Take, for instance, Wash
ington, D. c., the capital Of the nation,
where, in proportion to its size, the
Easter display is e1celled only by that Of
New York. The population OF Washing
ton Is something over 10000 people,
and a conservative canvas OK milhncrs
and department stores placed the Dum-
Der Of Easter hats sold in the SIX weeks
preceding Easter last year at f0,0O0
Estimating the cost Of each hat ut SI-a
modest hgure-they would cost about half
q million dollars-enough to pay the
salaries Of 20 United States senators for
q year or the salary Of the President
for an entire term and more than half
Of another one.
Should II be possible to bring all these
hats into the city on the sane train,
there would be an unbroken line Of
freight cars extending one and one-tenth
miles In length. On arrival, over 800
delivery wagons would be taxed to their
utmost capacity in conveying them to
their destination
No one who has seen fhe Capitol Of
the United States has failed to be Inn
pressed by the immensely of its rotuuda
Even those who have seen only pictures
Of 1t can gain some conception Of its
size. Yet, II these 10000 Caster hats
were racked within the dome, VITA 800
hats In their boxes to q tier. they would
form column reaching up from the
noor OF the rotunda to the pinnacle Of
tho dome's ceiling
The Washington Monument rises ma
5estically to q height CT 55S feet and
some odd incheA II these Easter hats
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~ROM feminine viewpoint. at
q least Easter without a new East
er hat might Just as well be the
Chinese Fourth Of July or the cor
onation of the King Of the FIJI
,e,o,ds. But with it-ab. with IT, my
.Istars-it Is the great day Of the year.
For then In all our war paint and feath-
ers we stroll forth to be admired by
men and envied by less fortunate women
In what a blaze Of beauty-foraL veg
.,ahIa and feathered-the Easter hat
bursts forth on Easter morn! For once
milady's browning glory" is. perforce,
relegated to second place. with the sun
light dancing on ribbon, bud and plume,
the Easter parade is q gorgeous process
sion of Vanity Fair. This display OF
Inster hats, b. wever, is by no means all
froth and foam. There Is another side
to It.
Down on the East Side Of New York,
for example, there are some 10000 10
80 900 women figuring on buying tnefr
Easter hats for % cents each. In every
big city. for that matter, their proto'
types en- b. found. for Easter auctions
are quite In vogue wherever the Saliva
ton Army and other organised charities
have working branches.
Secondhand Easter fnery-frocks and
hats-cleaned and secured and furb-
isbeL up until they look Almost new
are on sale. OF the best quality, their
purchasers are getting real bargains.
More than that. the sale saves many
hcartache. for the average price at which
an Easter hat can be purchased 10 Is
cents. 1t is not plain. unvarnished char
fly, for the recipients pay FOR what they
get bidding up the price Of each article
until the maximum is reached. What II
the hat sold at less than fifth its real
value-hasp't the purchaser bought III
And that Is the keynote to the success Of
these Easter auction sales.
The competition is keen. indeed. ard
the bids mount by pennies, q single one
often deciding which of two eager WON
en- shall he the owner of the millinery
dream. After the hats are disposed Of.
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progressive: the FIRST cells are enabled to
continue the process and break down
those next the ones originally infected.
Thus continuous process Of cell decay
sets In and Is given the name Of s'x-ray
ned form IL Of much value. according TO
scientists who have studied the matter
The Washington herald., 1911-04-16

r AREFUL Investigation of long
series Of experiments with the x-rays
ON animals has now proven that the
rays have double eject. or that they
can Be made t. produce either of two In
nuences on the cells Of animal tissue BY
being used n two distinck Ways The
nrst elect d deetructivs aba he second
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II has been estimated that nearly
100000 tailors and seans.resses stitch
and sew at topnotch speed for many
months before Easter In order to supply
the shops with enough hats and Easter
portion. women. young girls and children.
their needles flying like mad, are specially
engaged In making artificial wreaths and
flowers. knitting lace and fashionins
various other ornaments for Dame Fash.
ions Easter millinery display.
In some Of the shops as many as 500
girls are busy making repiioas Of Easter
hats fresh from Paris. Aost Of them are
seated on long wooden benches. They
bend over the sewing table with their
needles Tying to and fro with the no
wavering. tireless precisiou of machinery.
In another shop they are making artl-
ncial flowers. Here many young boys are
employed. for their fingers have been
trained to paste the cloth petals and
shape and color the flowers with as dell
cate a touch rs their sisters. In this
exacting work every worker Is pushed to
bis limit and beyond, for the entire fem!
nine world 10 waiting for its Easter
nnery.
The Easter parade not soiy demands q
hat. but flowers as well. To the femi-
nine mind the one naturally goes with
the other. When Milord aad Milady. re-
spiendent In their Easter attire. wend
their way to the widely opened church
doors Nilad1 wears q corsage bouquet
ranging from q simple custer Of mex
pensive bowers. that may have been
bought on the street corner. to an
elaborateiy and extravaganfiy betulled
aud Recorded bunch Of yiolets. with q
gnrdenia In the center or orchids at a
dollar each. Easter Is, perhaps. even
more Of q dry Of flowers than of hatA
Paris, Of course. IL the true home Of
the Easter hat. The stylcs are decreesi
By the shops In three u its streets-the
Rue de 10 Paix. the Rue Royaie and the
Avenue de rOpera. As Ia this country.
they are made By young girls There
they call them nidiuette<. There IL said
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DURATION OF WOOD.

- HE duration Of wood when kept dry
Is very great. as beams still exist
which are known to be nearly l.lo0
years old. Piles driven by the Romans
prior TO the Christian Era have been ex-
amined OF late aud found to be perfectly
years. The wood Of some tools viii last
longer than the metals. as IN spades.
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an oil barometer Is much more accurate
thnn one filed with any other liquid.
except mercury. and the long column
makes It more sentative
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Within NE past rear n has bsea
made possible 70 hsve eessl de- sngreyee
b. eIscrieity.
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hoes and plows. Hardwood stumps de-
cny In nve or six years; spruce stumps
stumps In eight to nine years; cedar,
eight to nine years: pine stumps. never.
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A large deposit Of hish-grade tunsstcn
ore has lately been discovered IN ne
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1911-09-20
BIG BROWN BACK
Husky Last Years PIebe in AI-Ameri-
can Class Returns to Academy

Big Brown. who as fourth class
man last year, made such fine guard
for the Naval Academy team. and
who was awarded All-America honors
by some of the critics, has returned
to Annapolis, looking stronger and
bigger than ever and ready for the
coming season. Brown should un-
doubtedly be classed among the best
guards in the country this season.
As the Academy coaches will have
to fill one position at guard and both
tackles this fall, any big men in the
new class are being watched carefully
and given every chance. Though the
new class is not likely to yield anv
on of the calibre of Brown, there are
several likely young fellows weigh
ing in the ghborhood of $50 pounds.
Perry seems to be the strongest and
most promising of the fourth class
men, while in De Roode, the coaches
have another strong fellow, who has
played some football at Cornell as
well as rowed. Richardson and How
ard are two others who are about of
the same weight and who have been
picked by the coaches for further at
tentions.
Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1911-09-20
ANNAPOLIS, MD, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 90 1911
ST. JOHNS OPENS
Halls of Old College Filled to Utmost
CapacitY-FoOtbaIl Team
Assembled

st. Johns College re-opened today.
The enrolment is very good, all the
rooms in the boarding halls being
filled to their utmost capacity.
The Faculty has re-assembled. and
is the same as last year, except that
Prof B. Vernon Cecil has been grant
ed three months leave of absence
on account of illness, and Prof. A.
w. Woodcock has been given year S
leave TO pursue a special course of
study at Harvard University.
Mr.. Harry F. Sturdy has been ap-
pointed as a substitute in Professor
Woodcock's place, and Professor
McGlone will be in charge of the
Chemical and Physical laboratories,
assisted by ether members of the
scientific faculty, and by Mr.. R. G.
Moss, who was selected by the
Board of Visitors for the position
of general assistant in the labor a.
tory.
The football team has assembled,
and, under the direction of Professor
Grove, gives promise of good work.
The manager of the team has ar
ranged with Rock Hill College for
the opening game on September 80.
The rest of the schedule is as follows: :
October 11-Navy.
October 14-University of Mary
land, at home.
October 2l-University of Vir-
giia, at Charlottesville.
October 28-Georgetown, at Wash
ington.
November 4--Maryland Agricultu-
raj College, at College Park.
November 11-Gallaudet, at home.
November Washington College,
at Baltimore.
November 30-Virginia Military
Institute. at Roenoke, Va.