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The Washington times., 1911-05-19

kept them warm until they had eaten
their fruit.
When breakfast was over her father
said 1t was as nice as he had ever
eaten and Ruth felt very proud
After her father had gone Ruth
thought, Mother should have cup
Of TEA. I wonder 1t can make lit
She filled the tea ball just as she had
seen her mother do, and when 1t looked
as strong as she thought II should she
put dolly on a tray and nice thin
piece Of toast and took II to her mother.
Her mother drank the tea and ate the
toast. II feel better already" she said,
"but who made the tea?
II did" replied Ruth, Just as you
do in the afternoon with the tea ball.
What a helpful little daughter ]
have" said her mother, kissing her. II
wish all mothers had such good lit
tie girl"
Ruth felt very pleased as she walked
along to school that morning. Her face
looked sunny and happy.
II am glad can help mother she
said, for / guess / was a great deal OF
trouble to her when was baby"
OF course, all the boys and girls msy
not have an opportunity TO do just what
Ruth did, but there are many other
ways to help mother, especially on Sat-
urdays. II you take the baby out for a
little while that helps, and II you dust
a room that helps, too. Then every day
when you come in from school II you
The Washington times., 1911-05-19
Third Garden Party Of the
Season to Be Given at
White House.

Miss Helen Taft will receive with the
President, taking her mothers place,
at the third garden party of the season.
at the White House this afternoon.
A feature of the reception this after
noon will be the concert by the Danish
Students Singing Society, now en- tour
of the United States under the pat
ronage of Crown Prince Christian.
This organization, which arrived in
New York Tuesday, and appeared in
concert last night at Carnegie Hall, Is
one of the oldest and most distinguished
male ci1oruses of Denmark. and has been
connected with the Royal University OF
Copenhagen since iSi9.
A number of prominent Danish COM
posers have been associated with the
society as conductors, and several Of
the national poets have furnished the
texts for their songs.
DIR. Viggo Christopherson is now the
president Of the society, as the personal
representative of the crown prince, and
the conductor Is H. Levysohn. of the
Royal Opera House of Copenhagen. The
soloists are Helgo Nissen, bass barry
tone, and Olaf Holboll, tenor.
The Washington times., 1911-05-19
Miss Taft Will Take Mothers Place
AS Hostess With President Today
Will Assist In Receiving
at Congressional
Club Today.

At the reception at the Congressional
Club this afternoon. at which Mrs. Mar
tha Gielow will be the guest of honor,
Mrs. Roberts. the president Of the club,
will be assisted in receiving by Mrs.
Henry Allen Cooper. Of Wisconsin, and
Mrs. Fred bennett, OF North Dakota
Mrs. Everis Hayes. OF California. and
Mrs. lockwood Hoar will preside at the
tea table. IL
Mrs Gielow, who Is the founder OF
the Southern Industrial Educational AS
sociation, will address the club at
o'clock on Stories of the Mountain Peo-
pie" Tea will be served at O'Clock.
There will be a musicale for the bene-
At of the Arts and Crafts School tomor-
row afternoon at O'Clock, at the resi-
dence of Mrs. King, 170S s street. There
will be an exhibition and sale OF the
work of the various departments OF the
school from to 8 o'clock, and tea Will
be served after the program.
Tickets can be obtained at the Arts
and Crafts Studio, Sl1 Vermont avenue,
at the school, 730 Seventeenth street,
and from the members OF the school.
The Washington times., 1911-05-19
Old Elm Gone,

Hadley, Mass, has lost its far-famed
elm, by tradition, the oldest in New
England, says the Hartford Courant. 1t
was twenty-nine feet in circumference
and had single branches which shaded
the ground for a distance Of 200 feet. It
had attained its growth at the time of
the Indian massacre In Hadley, more
than two centuries ago. and may have
been $50 years old. Having been struck
by lightning. it was dangerous to let
II stand.
The Washington times., 1911-05-19

put your hat and coat in the proper
and your muddy boots well wiped on
the hall mat will save her work as well.
Your books and toys put IN the cor
ner where they belong after you have
finished with them saves mother much
work
I hope the story Of Ruth will make
some little boy or girl more thoughtful
Of mother and that you Will try to help
her with the many things she has to do.
Tomorrow's story: Mister Fox and
the Brave Goose"
The Washington times., 1911-05-19
Miss Fletcher to Pay
Brief Visit to Florida

Miss Louise Fletcher, the younger
daughter of the Senator from Florida
and Mrs. Duncan U. Fletcher. is one of
the most attractive girls in Senatorial
circles. She is an accomplished musi-
clan and is possessed of a soprano
voice Of rare quality and sweetness.
At the close OF the present session Of
Congress. Miss Fletcher will accompany
her parents to their home in Florida for
brief stay, and later they will prob
ably go to one of the North shore re-
sorts.
The Washington times., 1911-05-19
Colonel and Mrs. Thompson.
Entertain at Dinner.

Col and Mrs. Robert NJ. Thompson
had as their guests at dinner last night
Mr.. Justice and Mrs. Holmes, Major
General and Mrs. Wood, Senator Wet
more, Miss Edith Wetmore, Senator
Root, Miss Patten, Senator Lippitt, Miss
Biddle, Judge Magoon, Miss Sykes, the
Military Attache of the French En-
bassy and Countess de Chambrun, Mr..
and Mrs. Stephen II. P. Pell and Mr..
and Mrs. Maurice, OF London.
The dinner was followed by a mu-
sicale, at 10 o'clock. at which the ar
lists were Nine. Rappold, of the Metro
politan Opera Company; n. Daddi. of
the Chicago Opera Company; Miss
Catherine Parlow, violinist, and Mr..
Warck, pianist
There were about 125 guests invited
9, 10 v7uGiS
The Washington times., 1911-05-19
President Taft Host
To Conference Members.

The President was host at dinner at
the White House last night, having
among his guests the members Of the
fur seal conference. At the table were:
The President. the Secretary of State,
the British ambassador. the Hon. Jo-
seph Pope. Ernest Poland. Alfred
Fraser. W. A. Found. James Macon.
George Young. the japanese ambassa-
dor, Hitoshi Dauke, Tasaku Kitahara,
Masanao Hanihara, the charge daft
faires of Russia. Pierre Botkine. Baron
Nolde, Mr.. Brajnikoff, Mr.. Nabokoff,
the Secretary of Commerce and Labor,
the governor of Michigan, the Secre-
tary TO the President, Chandler Ander-
son, Robert Lensing. Hugh NJ. Smith,
DIR, 3. W. Everman, Seth Low Pierre
pont, and Major Archibald W. Butt.
The Washington times., 1911-05-19
Dr.. Chatard and Wife
Sail for England in June.

DR.. and Mrs. Thomas T. Chatard will
close their Washington residence early
in June and 20 to New York, from
where they will sail on the 4th for
England TO spend the season.
Mrs. e. l.. Koon and Miss Koon have
closed their apartment in the Highlands,
and are In Atlantic City for the early
part Of the season.
Mrs. George 8. Covington has given
up her house. at I407 r street, and has
moved TO 1859 Otis place northwest.
The Washington times., 1911-05-19
Miss Wise Will Go On
Summer Canada Trip.

Miss Marion Wise will accompany her
cousin. Mrs. Charles H. r. Johnston, to
Murray Bay, Canada, for the summer.
They will leave Washington early In
June.
Mrs. ]. H. Magruder and Miss Ma
gruder will go to Annapolis tomorrow
for a fortnight.
Mrs. Irwin, wife Of Commander Will
liam Manning Irwin, L. S. N, left
Washington today for New York, where
she will meet her sister and daughter
Mrs. Mccartney and Miss Annie Irwin,
on their arrival from Europe, where
they have spent the winter and spring.
DR.. and Mrs. Wallace Neff and Miss
Nancy Neff. who have been stopping
with Mrs. William Belden Noble at her
residence on n street for a fortnight.
will leave Washington this evening for
New York, from where they will sail
tomorrow for Europe.
The Washington times., 1911-05-19
Fon LITTLE FOLK JUST BEFORE BEDTIME
The Sandman's Stories
THE LITTLE HELPER.

~ UTH was a little girl only eight.
- years old, but she was great
help to her mother.
I am telling this story to the
little boys as well as the girls, because
boys In these days often wash the
dishes or scrub the floor and steps, ana
do many things to help their mothers
en- Saturdays.
house was large, and her mother had a.
great deal to do.
In the morning Ruth would bob up
her hair and take her bath without any
The Washington times., 1911-05-19
Miss Locklin, Of Detroit,
Visiting CAPITAL Relatives.

Miss Edna Locklin, Of Detroit, Mich,
is visiting her uncle and aunt, Mr.. and
Mrs ". E. Locklin. 142 Adams street
northwest. After a short stay in WASH
ington. Miss Locklip will go to Atlantic
City. New York, and Buffalo, before
returning to her home.
=
Mrs. D. K. Sargent. of Deep River.
Iowa, Is spending few weeks in Wash
ington. the guest of Mrs. s. G. Butler,
at her residence. 1857 Irving street.
=
Mr.. and Mrs. William r. Merriam will
close their Washington residence June
10, and Will go to their country home,
at Liberty Furnace, Va. for the sum-
mer.
The Assistant Secretary of State and
Mrs Huntington Wilson will entertain
at dinner Wednesday evening May "A.
in honor OF the Mexican ambassador,
Senor Don Zamacona.
Miss Anne Squire, who Is now in New
York. will go to Governors Island next
week for a visit to Col and Mrs. Sam
uel Reber, q. s. A.
The Washington times., 1911-05-19
Mrs. Brown Entertains
Miss Caroline Shepard

Mrs Ward Brown was hostess at
luncheon today in honor of Miss Car
oline Shepard, who marriage to
John W. Faison. of New York, takes
place tomorrow. The guests were
Miss Helen Otis. of Chicago. who Is
to be maid of honor: Miss Julia Bar
clay, of st. Louis: Miss Barbara Van
degrift, of Wilmington. Del; Mrs, lie
Roy Lewis, of Stratford, Conn: Miss
Rose Greedy, and Miss Ovenshine.
The Washington times., 1911-05-19
Writings Depart Next
Week for New York.

Dr. and Mrs. Guy Fairfax Whiting and
the Misses Whiting will leave Wash
ington the latter part of next week for
New York, where they will spend sew
eral weeks before going to Bar Harbor
for the season.
+
Major w. J. Barden, L S. A., and
Mrs. Barden will entertain at dinner
this evening at the Barracks. in COM
pliment to Miss Dorothy Langfitt and
Lieutenant Wilby, U. S. A.. whose mar
riage takes place within few days.
Mrs. James A. Bayard and Miss Anne
Bayard will close their apartment in
the Wyoming about the first of July and
will go to Deer Park for a portion OF
the season.
Miss Ruth Wynne, daughter of the
former Consul General to London and
Mrs. Robert J. Wynne, will leave Wash
ington for New York within few days
to Join a party of friends and sail on
the 9th for England. She will be with
her brother-in-law and sister, Lieut..
Hugh Roland French, of the British
army, and Mrs. French. They will
spend the season in London and then
90 to the various resorts in France
Miss Wynne will be abroad six months.
The Washington times., 1911-05-19
Mrs. Nagel Entertains at
Chevy Chase for Daughter.

Mrs. Nagel. wife of the Secretary Of
Commerce and Labor entertained a
company of young people at dinner at
the Chevy Chase Club last evening, for
their daughter, Miss NageL
The BRUSH Ambassador and Mrs.
Bryce will entertain at dinner this even
ing at the embassy.
The Washington times., 1911-05-19
Miss Hoyle to Spend
Summer at West Point.

Miss Hoyle, daughter of Colonel Hoyle,
U. 8. A. and Mrs. Hoyle, of Fort Riley,
Kan, who has been the guest Of her
cousins, the Misses Murray, daughter of
Major Gen. Arthur Murray. U. s. A.,
and Mrs Murray, for the last few days,
left Washington yesterday for West
Point, n. Y, where she will spend the
summer with her sister, Mrs. Herr.
Mrs. Allan McLane, who has been
spending a few days with Mrs. Julian
James, will leave tomorrow to spend
a few days with Miss Tyler before GO
ing to Bryn Mawr and New York for a
visit. Mrs. McLane will open her sum-
mer place in Maine later in the season.
Mrs. Robert n. Harper is spending a
few days at her country place near
Leesburg. Va.
The Washington times., 1911-05-19
Miss Shepard Guest
At Theater Party.

Miss Caroline Shepard, daughter of
Justice Seth Shepard. whose marriage
to John W. Faison, of New York, takes
place tomorrow afternoon, was the guest
of honor at a theater party given by
Miss Ruth Bliss last night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gould Lincoln chaper-
oned the party which included in addi-
ton to the bride-elct, Miss Helen Otis,
of Chicago, maid of honor; Miss Julia
NarsSsil NsIaS Miss JnIia Heyi T Miss Rn1S
Jones' John W. Faison, Lieutenant
North, Lieutenant Wright, Lieutenant
Moose. Nelson Shepard. Findlay French,
Of Baltimore and DR.. Mcdowell.
After the play Mrs. Bliss, mother OF
the hostess, entertained the party at
supper at her residence on Bancroft
Place.
The Washington times., 1911-05-19

Mrs. Wickersham has gone to Cedar
hurst, L. l., to spend a week with her
daughter, Mrs. Albert Akin. The at
torney General will join here there to-
morrow for the week end.
The Washington times., 1911-05-19

DR.. Joseph Milton Heller Is attending
the trienriial convention of the Mill
tary Order OF Foreign Wars.
The Washington times., 1911-05-19

Mrs. Thomas w. Symons, wife Of
Colonel Symons, L. s. A. who spent a
few days in Buffalo, has returned to
Washington.
The Washington times., 1911-05-19

Continuation of This Story VIII Bs
Found I'm Tomorrow Issue
of The TimeS.l
The Meeker herald., 1911-09-23
Utilizing the Dry Lands

One of our state exchanges says:
Encouragement for the thought
that the time will come when every
acre Of the so-called arid plains will
be utilized by farmers comes from
Meeker, where farmer has just fin
ished threshing his crop of winter
wheat An average record OF thirty
bushels to the acre WAS made by the
Meeker man this season off tract OF
$50 acres 1t is one which in a dry
year many of the irrigated farms OF
the state were unable to equal, and
goes far toward the utility of the
dry lands.
What is being done in Cheyenne
county this autumn in the face of
rather discouraging season should
strike the keynote in the conquest OF
the plains. Indifferent to the results
Of the closing year, a syndicate own
ing q large tract in that county is
breaking 5000 acres of sod with mot
or plows and will seed the whole to
winter wheat. The leaders in this
enterprise are confident that taking
one year with another the lands of
Cheyenne will yield a higher average
OF wheat to the acre than will those
stst1s farther east. They estimate
the fainfsll is sufficient through any
given ten years to bring a sufficient
number Of good crops to more than
offset the loss In an occasional dry
one.
Whether it is winter wheat or some
other crop that is to prove the one to
which these lands are best adapted,
the belief is growing that the prob
lem they present is nearing solution.
The hunger of the world for land on
which to grow foodstuff demands
that some use be made Of these wide
stretches Of the western plains. More
attractive lands for the farmer scarce
ly could be found the world around.
There is no delay In putting them to
crop, they are coursed by numerous
lines of railroad available for the
transportation of products, and the
markets are eager for whatever can
be grown. Every law of growth de-
mands that the lands be put to use
for the benefit of society. The gain
made in their development in recent
years is really considerable, and there
is every encouragement for those who
are occupying them under homestead
rights and other holdings to perse-
we're In their efforts to find way to
make the lands support them.
The Meeker herald., 1911-09-23
Plenty of Deer(?)

Game Commissioner Shinn gave
the following interview to q Denver
paper last week:
''There are more deer In the hills
now than there have been for years, "
said Colonel Shinn. s'And from the
number of applicants for hunting IL
censes | think that there will be a
great time among the nimrods when
the season opens for deer on the first
of the month.
.Bear, both black and cinnamon,
are also sean in large numbers, and
there promises to be many hunters
out for this big game within few
! weeks. Mountain lions, gray wolves
and other marauders are also seen,
and the wardens are reporting many
kills from all sections of the state.
s.The mountain sheep are becoming
plentiful also, and we receive many
reports from different quarters that
they are being killed, but have been
unable to verify any of the tales 1
have heard"
Mr.. Shinn is too optimistic; or, to
put 1t in the vernacular, he is talking
through his hat. People who live
here in the chief game country Of
Colorado know that the big game is
decreasing very fast. They also know
that the few deer remaining in our
hills are given very little protection
by the state game department.
The Meeker herald., 1911-09-23
A New Order Of Things

Writing from Denver to the Pueblo
Chieftain, Alva A. Swain says:
when the various citizens of Col
orado, who have political bees buzz
ing in their bonnets, begin to prepare
for next years election they will find
an entirely new order of things. In
stead Of the old-time precinct caucus
es and primaries, followed by county
and state conventions, they will find
that in order to be elected they must
be chosen by their parties at gener-
al primary election, at which rs many
others as care can contest for the
same Office to which they aspire
The Meeker herald., 1911-09-23

The Yampa Leader appears to
think that Vic Wilson had a horrible
experience by going without water
tor four days while crossing Moffat
county desert. There is not MEM
Der of the Wilson family but who
could go without water for four weeks
during an exciting political campaign
and not be the worse for wear
Steamboat Sentinel.
The Meeker herald., 1911-09-23
Railroad Building Rumors

Last Wednesdays Denver Repub-
lican contained the following relative
to Moffat road dOings:
Stockholders Of the Denver, North
western & Pacific Railroad company
owning, operating and constructing
the road by that name, which is COM
monty known as the Moffat road
will be asked, at a meeting to be held
October 18th, to authorize an Issue OF
five per cent. bonds to the amount OF
forty million dollars, to authorize an
eight million dollar issue Of six per
cent. income bonds, and to increase
the capital stock Of the company to
forty million dollars, one-half prefer
ed and one-half fcommon-just double
the present capitalization.
SAT this meeting President William
q. Evans and Samuel M. Perry, Of
the directorate, will report regarding
their conferences with Eastern capi-
tnlists in regard to the re-financing
of the company.
ut is announced that portion Of
the new bond issue will be used to re-
tire an issue of $4,000, 600, of which
$40, $40, 900 is outstanding. AS the new
bonds will be issued at so, 1t is the
plan to make up the difference with
the six per cent. income bonds, which
will have a share in the profits Of the
road even before the preferred stock.
IS. M. Perry yesterday said:
"'The new stock and the new
bonds. II authorized and issued, will
not be placed upon the market all at
once, as to do so would flood the mar
ket. After disposing of the present
bonds and the floating debt, the por-
tion of the new issue remaining will
be disposed of from time to time as
| money Is needed for construction, or
for other purposes.
"'This means that money for the
construction of the line through to
Salt Lake City, the building of the
Crested to Dotsero cutoff, and the
building Of road into the anthra-
cite coal fields of Routt county will
be Forthcoming and that the vast em-
pire of northwestern Colorado will be
opened to development.
" This will not consume the entire
bond and stock issue by any means,
but the directorate thought 1t wise to
make one mortgage of the property
and make certain Of having sufficient
money in sight before again begin
ming actual construction work, rather
than be forced to re-finance the road
at some future time and before the
work is completed
tIf the Moffat road starts building
westward next season, as indicated,
it will either follow Yampa river to
Utah, as now projected, or drop over
onto White river-the best grade and
shortest route. In either event, the
outlook for Meeker getting railroad
connections next year is very prom
Using. To protect the big and grow
ing trade of Rio Blanco county and
the White River valley the Midland
or Rio Grande will be forced to build
to Meeker. At present these roads
do not have to build-they get the
trade anyway. With q railroad into
Meeker there will be ten bushels of
grain and farm products raised where
there is now one. But newspaper
talk of railroad building is largely a
matter of eventualities. The roads
will build when they get ready. How
ever, OF one thing we feel pretty GER
tain: Meeker will have railroad
within the next two years.-ED. HER
AID.
The Meeker herald., 1911-09-23
The Cattle Market

The Rickart Kansas City market
letter reports that the present prices
on all kinds OF beef are twenty-five
to Afty cents under year ago at this
time, and prospects point to fewer
cattle on the market between now
and the first of the year than during
the same period last year. The best
natives bring $500, shOrt-fed steers
$5.76 to 1925, native pasture cattle
$4.7h to $7.25, quarantine steers $3.50
to 45.25, and Colorado beef steers
a. 7b to $3.50.
The Meeker herald., 1911-09-23
AT DENVER

The following sales on the Denver
market are reported for last week:
III. p. Hulett-l42 10S8-pounders,
34.7O; 66 lOlO-pounders, $4.45; Al 97s-
Founders, $4.25.
keystone Cattle company-s7 1900
FOUNDERS, $4.95; rs l34O-ponnders,
~ 10; 83 1Os7-pounders, $4.65.
White Bear Land e. Cattle compa-
nv-2O7 97s-pounders, 1925; sc s82-
Founders, $500.
The Meeker herald., 1911-09-23

Colonel Roosevelt does not have to
give himself three guesses rs to his
! lfavorite presidential candidate.
The Meeker herald., 1911-09-23

President Taft will not stop at Wi
mona, Mimi, this year. Neither will
he thank any one who mentions the
place to him.
The Meeker herald., 1911-09-23
Maine is "Wet"

Latest returns show that Name is
wet by 28 votes. This is official.
The Meeker herald., 1911-09-23

President Taft has started on his
''fence repairing" expedition.
The Meeker herald., 1911-09-23

DR.. Taylor, dentist, Meeker.
The Holbrook news., 1911-12-22
FInancIno With Care.
ma'an." ["

It has been said that women are careless in money matters. The state ment Is slanderous, unfounded, and absurd. If you don't think so. Shoo- makers saloon. the place where sena- tors and diplomats forgather in Wash ington for drinks and conversation. can prove 1t to you. Among the many legends. notices. and clippings on the dusty walls, there is this. taken from a daily newspaper:
 "A Pittsburg woman today tele- proned this warning to her bank: Please stop payment on the check which wrote yesterday, and which accidentally burned up.' Popular Magazine.