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the prettiest midsummer weddings was
that Of Miss Kate de Villiers Of Paari.
South Africa. and Henry Baldwin Scnwao
Of New York city. recently. 1t was late
afternoon ceremony at the home OF Mrs.
G. Curtis Hussey Of Pittsburgh, the
mother Of Mrs. A. Lochner de Viliers:
Rev W. II. Anthony. acting rector OF
Trinity Church. officiated, at b:3O O'CLOCK,
in the music room. and the bride was
given away by her brother, A. Lochner de
Villers of Paarl. small bridal party
included Mrs. de Viliers. as matron OF
honor; Miss Maragret Cavitt, as brides
maid and Herman G.. Schwab, 5r., OF New
York. who served as his brothers best
man. Mrs. de Villiers was In ivory satin.
trimmed with heavy guipure lace She
wore a large pendant Of rubies. q g1ft
from Mr.. de vflIiers at her wedding. ana
a bracelet Of South African rubies which
matched 1t exactly. the latter gift from
the bride.
The bouquet carried was . shower Of
yellow sunset roses. tied with ribbons OF
the same shade. Miss cavitt was gown
ed in white satin: trimmed with jeweled
lace. and carried pink sunburst roses
showered with moss rosebuds. Both wore
large black hats adorned with white
ostrich plumes. The brides gown was
fashioned Of white ch ffon over silver
tissue. and trimmed with silver rosebuds.
Her veil OF real lace applique was caught
with lilies of the valley, the same flowers.
together with maidenhair ferns, shower
ing the bridal bouquet of roses. large
opal pendant. the gift of the bridegroom.
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ment was the guest Of friends at Annapo-
lis during the past week.
Mr. and Mrs. F. Warden Graham have
returned from Atlantic City and will
spend the early fall at their summer
home in Virginia.
Ensign and Mrs r. G. Payne have re-
turned from their wedding trip and will
visit their parents. Mr.. and Mrs. F. w
Graham. until October !. when Ensign
Payne will be stationed at Fort Monroe,
Va.
Mrs Otto Wolf ana son Melvin are
visiting relatives on Westminster street
Mrs E F. Mackall and Miss Nina c.
Macka1l have just returned from an
extended European trip. and are visit
ing Mrs Ward Evans before returning
to New York. where Miss Mackau will
resume her vocal studiea
Mr. and Mrs George W. White Of
this city, who have been spending the
summer In Europe, were recent arrivals
at the Hotel Schweizerhof. Lucerne.
Switzerland
Mrs c. Armat and Miss Armat of
Washington left Paris last week for
Brussels.
Rear Admiral and Mrs. Wainwright
and Col and Mrs. T. W. Symons, who
have been spending some time in Lon
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don, left last week for Paris, where
they are registered at the Hotel dc
France ct Choiseul
Mr.. and Mrs r. S. Reynolds Hit
have arrived at the Ritz Hotel, London.
Mrs. William Madden and daughter
Nellie Mae Madden. Of East Capitol
street, have gone to Atlantic City for
a twO-week stay.
A jolly party assembled at the home
Of Mrs. E. Kamm. 715 Euclid street
northwest Wednesday evening. Angus,
%, 1912. in honor Of Miss Helena Kamm's
eighteenth birthday. Latest song and
Barnard and Miss Blanche and Master
Hugh Ramsaur Games were played
during the evening and refreshments
were served at late hour to the follow
ing:
Miss II. Kamm. Miss A. werntz, Miss
L. Read. Miss NJ. Johnson. Miss M
Smithson. Miss Blanck. Miss L. Vein
berg. Miss N Weeks. Miss L. Martin,
Miss n. Barnard, Miss B. Ramsaur,
Miss G. snowden, Mrs. S. Ramsaur, Mrs
e. Kamm. Mr.. H. woodard. Mr.. E.
Nash. Mr.. H. Ohler. Mr.. w. AEendorf
Mr. E. Selby, Mr.. Springler. Mr.. Brown
Mr.. H. Statz, Mr.. J. Statz, Mr.. H. Ram
saur, Mr.. H. Kamm. Mr.. P. Alendorf,
| Mrs. w. r. Reichenbach. Mr.. and Mrs.
d. L. Barnard, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. c. Lud-
wig and Mr. L. Holdorf.
Mr.. and Mrs VIII H Chandlee an
nounce the engagement Of their daugh-
ter. Helen Corinne. to DR.. Samuel Jay
Turnbull, L. S. A.. the wedding to take
place in the early autumn. DIR. Turnbul'
is stationed at Fort Leavenworth. Kan.
Mrs. Victor II. Olmsted of Clarendon.
Va. and Mrs ]. S. Tomlinson of 1914
Vic ho Lot ar'c c
relatives at Louisburg. n. c. Their motor
trips the past week included all the
towns in that section and the city of
Raleigh, the sta te capital. They will go
to Southern Pines this week and will
spend some time with Mrs. Robert n.
Page, wife of Representative Page, at
Biscoe, N. c.. before returning to this
city.
Miss Evelyn Rees Norcross Of the Al
bemarle Is spending few days at At
lantic City as the guest of the Misses
Portner at their cottage at Ventnor
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles L. Staub and
there little niece, Virginia Reese Staub.
left Friday for a brief stay at Atlantic
City.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. W. Johansen of
Mrs. NJ. A. Johansen.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick Israel Of Rock
Creek Church road have returned to their
home after a sojourn Of several weeks at
Piney Point, Nd.
Mrs C. W. Montgomery and Mrs.
Arthur L. Reynolds returned home Sat
urday after a two-week visit to Ocean
City, Havre de Grace and Kent Island,
Md.
Mrs Sarah E. Dillow announces the
marriage of her daughter Annie Louise
and Mr.. Samuel Feland, Wednesday.
August %. No cards. Mr.. and Mrs.
Gland have taken a trip north. They
will be at home after October 10 at the
Ripley apartment.
One Of the most important as wei as
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| and brooch and strand of pearls. the
gifts of his mother, Mrs. Herman c.
ceptiop Mr.. and Mrs. Schwab left for
the east, and thence to Switzerland and
Germany, for their honeymoon. The
winter they will spend in South America
The bride. who has been much feted in
London, was presented at King Georges
May court last year. Mr.. and Mrs. de
Villiers, who have been spending a part
Of the summer with Mrs. c. Curtis Hu-
sey, both at her Northside home and in
the Adirondacks, will return to Africa in
September.
The engagement was announced Of Miss
Bethsheba Pauline Tracy to Lieut. Wal
ter Ellsworth Reno of the battleship Wis
consin. in Philadelphia last week Miss
Tracy is the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Willis Tracy of Apalachin, n Y, and
granddaughter of the late Benjamin F.
Tracy. ex-secretary of the Navy. Lieut.
Reno was graduated from Annapolis in
1905. He Is thirty years of age.
Mr.. Charles M. Ffoulke Of Wash
ington. D. c.. entertained a party Of
eight at dinner at the Casino at Colo
RADIO Springs. Covers were laid for
Gladys Mcmillan. Mr.. Charles K.
Moore. Mr.. Pastorious. and last week
Mr.. Dietz. who Is his house guest.
The Rev. Dr. and Mrs. Roland Cot
ton Smith Of Washington announced
Wednesday last the engagement of
their daughter. Margaret Sigourney. to
Guy Emerson, Harvard. '08, of Wash
ington. son of DR.. Nathaniel Emerson
Of No: 244 Newbury street. Boston.
rison Gray Otis. Herbert F. Otis and
Mrs. William G. Thayer Of Southboro.
Mass. Her father Is a brother of Mrs.
Joseph F. Woods of Boston. and also
% m.
Chalmers Wood and Mrs. George Post.
tr, all Of New York. Rev. DR.. and
Mrs. Roland Cotton Smith have been
at their place at Ipswich. Mass. dur
ing the past summer and the an
nouncement Of their daughters en-
gagement was made from there
Mrs Charles Kaufman has returned
after spending the summer at Atlantic
City.
Mrs. B. Cert of Pittsburgh is the
guest Of her daughter. Mrs. Clarence
Grosner.
Mrs. Benjamin Frank O. Baltimore is
the guest OF her mother. Mrs. Charles
Kaufman.
Miss Tillie Raff and Miss Hattye Well,
who spent two weeks at Braddock
Heights Md. left there for Baltimore
Monday, and were the guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Felix Cohn. and returned to their
home Thursday.
Mrs. Edgar Kaufman and daughter,
Miss Ida Kaufman, Mrs. Harold Levi and
son Harold. jr., who spent the summer
at Lake View Hotel, Lewistown. Nd,
have returned home
Mr. and Mrs. Morris Clark, Mr. and
HRS. Emanuel Blout and daughter, Miss
Mildred Blout of New Yorl., are the
guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. 1. L. Blout.
Mr. and Mrs. A. Kuhn are spending
two weeks at Ocean View, Va.
Rev. Dr. Stern and daughter. Miss Irma
Stern, who with their family are spend
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ing the summer at Mount Holly Inn, are
in town this week.
Rev Dr. and Mrs. Abram Simon and
family, who have been spending the sum-
mer in Atlantic City, returned home yes
terday.
Miss Hattie Stein, Miss Daisey Marks
and the Misses Bertha and Cecilia Low
enthal. who have been taking trip for
several weeks to the great lakes, have re-
turned to their homes.
Mrs. Lee Baumgarten and daughter
Dorothy, who have spent two months at
White Sulphur Springs. have returned.
Mr.. and Mrs. David L. Engel, who spent
two weeks at Braddock Heights, Md,
q week with her daughter, Mrs. Samuel J.
Sternberger, at Rockville, Nd.
Mrs. David Eiseman and daughter
Miss Jeanette Eiseman, returned last
week from Atlantic City.
Miss Gladys Isear of New York, who
has been visiting in Baltimore, is again
the guest Of her aunt, Mrs. Simon Kann
of Belmont road.
Miss Irene Ney OF Harrisburg, Pa,
who has been the guest of her sister,
Mrs. Charles Stein. left the city this
week to visit in New York
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Simon Of Monticello,
Fla, are the guests Of Mr.. and Mrs
L. Kann OF Park road.
Mr. S. N. Meyer. accompanied by
Mrs. Sol Meyer, who have been spend
ing the summer at their cottage in
Bethesda. Nd. left for Atlantic City
Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Eiseman and
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the weekend guest of friends at Rem
shaws. Rockville. Md.
Mr. and Mrs. ]. Kohner, Mr.. Maurice
Kohner and Miss Juliette Kohner. have
returned from Atlantic City. where they
spent three weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. ID. j. kaufman and Miss
Alma Kaufman are spending several
weeks at Hot Springs. Va.
The Misses Helen and Edith Stras-
Continued on Second Page.)
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Mr. A. Meyer Of Baltimore Is visiting
his daughter. Mrs. Ernest Gichner, at the
Schiffner cottage, near Rockville, Md.
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Open Until PM. Monday.
Open Until PM. Monday.
Great Bargain Event
Our Tenth Annual
September Piano
Plaver-Piano Sale!

Beginning tomorrow morning. and continulng
throughout the month of September, we will otter
to our customers every PIANO and PLAYE En-
PIANO in our establishment at special price,
Every year since we started this business we have
made the month of September the month to clean
our all new and traded-in Pianos, thus enabling
MS 70 start the fall business with an almost entirely
nem stock
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Mr.. A. Semler OF New York has been
spending a few days in town with
friends.
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daughters, Misses Erna and Wilma Else
man, have returned from two-month
trip abroad and are now at Atlantic CITY
before going to Atlanta, Ga, to reside.
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Mr.. S. N. Meyer, accompanied by
Mrs. Sol Meyer, who have been spend
ing the summer at their cottage in
Bethesda. Nd. left for Atlantic City
Wednesday.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Morris Clark, Mr.. and
HRS. Emanuel Blout and daughter, Miss
Mildred Blout of New Yorl., are the
guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. 1. L. Blout.
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don. left last week for Paris. where
they are registered at the Hotel de
France ct ChoiSeul
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Mr.. and Mrs. A. Simon Of Monticello,
| Fla, are the guests Of Mr.. and Mrs.
| L. Kann OF Park road.
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Mr. and Mrs. A. Kuhn are spending
two weeks at Ocean View, Va.
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Rev. Dr. Stern and daughter. Miss Irma
Stern, who with their family are spend
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Miss Irene Ney OF Harrisburg, Pa,
who has been the guest Of her sister,
Mrs. Charles Stein. left the city this
week to visit in New York
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Miss Gertie Stern OF the Warrington Is
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Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Eiseman and
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Mr.. and Mrs. r. S. Reynolds Hit
have arrived at the Ritz Hotel, London.
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Mrs. William Madden and daughter
Nellie Mae Madden, of East Capitol
street, have gone to Atlantic City for
a two-week stay.
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Mrs. Edgar Kaufman and daughter,
Miss Ida Kaufman. Mrs. Harold Levi and
son Harold, Jr.. who spent the summer
at Lake View Hotel, Lewistown, Nd,
have returned home.
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Miss Dorothy Putzki has returned to
washington after a two-month vacation
spent at Lake Suircol and Toronto, Can
ada.
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Mrs. Paul Putzki leaves Washington
Monday to spend the month of Septem-
Der with her sister, at Mount Desert,
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TEST CENTER-ENTRANCE CAR.
Presidents of Citizens Associations to
Travel Over All Lines.

A ride over all the lines Of the Wash
ington Railway and Electric Company in
the new center-entrance car will be
given the presidents of the various citi-
zens associations Of the District or their
representatives by the company tomor-
row. The car will leave 14th and East
Capitol streets for Somerset, Nd. at 10
O'Clock tomorrow morning. thence to Both
street and Prospect avenue, at II o'clock
for the District line on the Maryland
line. at 11:3O o'clock; for the steamboat
wharves. via 4th street, at 1925 pm.
for Takoma Park, via 9th street. at LIS
p.m.; for Congress Heights. via Union
station, at 2:15 pm; for 10th and H
streets northeast, via the Center market,
at $40 pm: for 18th and Monroe streets
northwest, at 4:45 pm; for nth and F
streets northwest, at $50 pm; for
Brookland, at $50 pm: for Mount
Pleasant. at $50 pm: for 14th and East
Capitol streets. at 1880. arriving at the
starting point at $50 pm.
The object Of this complimentary ex-
cursion is to show by actual experience
the merits Of the car which has lately
been on trial by the company
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SCHOONER GETS NEW SAILS.
The Virginia Dare Being Put in Con
dition for Service.

The schooner Virginia Dare, belong
ing to e. NJ. Hall and others of this
city. which Is employed In general
freight work on the river. is at the 10th
street wharf to be fitted with a new
jib and mainsail and for such minor
repairs as will put her in good condi-
ton for service. When ready for serv-
ice she will go to Stratford, Va, to
load lumber for this city.
The schooner J. A. Holland is at a
boat repair yard in Bretons bay for a
thorough overhauling that will put her
in good trim for service with the wood
and lumber carrying fleet on the Potomac
and Chesapeake bay. In addition to hull
repairs. the vessel will be calked and
painted. She VAL be ready for service
One of the large lighters belonging to
John Miller & Co. of this city is at
BENEFITS boatyard. to be hauled out on
the marine railway there to be rebuilt
All unsound timbers in the vessel will
be removed and replaced with new ma
terial and she will be made practically
new craft and will be used in the
transportation of brick and clay be-
tween this city and Little Hunting creek
Work is being pushed on the schooner
Edith Verrall at the Alexandra shipyard,
but 1t will be a week or two before she
Is ready for service.
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COLOR OF EYES CHANGES.
Man Claiming to Be G. A. Kimmel
Long Missing. Operated Upon.

CHICAGO. May 1.-THE eyes OF the
man who asserts he is the missing George
A. Kimmel OF Niles. Mich. have changed
to marked degree since the operation for
the removal Of bone pressure on the
brain a few days ago. DR.. Leron Wilder
declares this change has convinced him
of the success Of the operation.
Before the operation the pupils of the
patients eyes were noticeably small
said DR.. Wilder last night. Sometimes
one was larger than the other. The pupils
size. This is one thing which tells me
that the operation was a success. I can
not tell to what extent the man has re-
covered his memory
Kimmels eyes were brown. The claim
ants eyes are light blue. The physician
says that the patients eyes appear faded.
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STEAMERS ARE SHIFTED.
City of Milford Will Run Between
Capital and Colonial Beach.

The steamers Capital City and City Of
Milford. running on routes owned by
the Potomac and Chesapeake Steam
boat Company. have been shifted, and
the Capital City has returned to her
old route to Nomini and Lower Macho-
doc creek, while the Milford has taken
the route between this city. Colonial
Beach and Mattox creek.
The change, it is stated, is in the ma
ture of an experiment to ascertain
whether the Milford can be used in the
shoal creeks on the upper river route.
1t has been thought that her draft is
too deep for this service. She will be
kept on the route for week or two to
meet all tide conditions. and IL 1t is
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TO TEST VALUE OF SYSTEM.
Ideal Infantry Regiment to Go on
Extended March.

To test the value Of the new system OF
infantry organization the general star
Of the army is about to create an ideal
infantry regiment of full strength
1000 men-and send II on an extended
march through the western country under
regular service conditions. 1t will be
known as the provisional infantry regi-
ment. and the component parts OF the new
organization will be gathered from Forts
Smelling, Crook and Sheridan. under com
mand of Col. Robert N Getty, 27th in
fantry.
The concentration will begin at Du-
buque, Iowa. June 4. and the troops will
be marched to Sparta. Wis. with all sorts
of modern appliances in the way OF
motor cars and ambuiances, tele-
phone outfits and machine guns II In
expected that the march will afford q
severe test Of the new regulations and
OF the resources OF the commissary ana
quartermaster departments.
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THRONCS PAY TRIBUTE
TO Mr.. AND MRS. STRAUS
laudatory Speeches of Mayor
Gaynor and Others
Bring Tears.

NEW YORK. May 13.-A great multi
tude of men and women from all walks of
life gathered at Carnegie Hall yesterday
to honor the memory of Mr.. and Mrs.
Isfdor Straus. An extraordinary assem-
blage filled the great auditorium from
the stage to the topmost gallery.
Irrespective Of religion. vocation or pro-
fession, the wealthy philanthropist, the
public man. ministers of all denomina
tons. judges. lawyers. doctors, merchants.
representatives Of hundred sociological,
charitable or religious organizations and
employees OF half a dozen business en-
terprises were there to testify to grief at
the tragic end of the husband and wife.
There were many tears.
Mayor Gaynor spoke not only as pub
lie official attesting the public loss, but
as personal friend of many years stand
ing. The mayor said that the only
parallel to the words of Mrs Straus
when asked to get into a boat and leave
her husband was in the first chapter OF
Ruth, where Ruth tells Naomi: ''Entreat
me not to leave thee, or to return from
following after thee; for whittier thou
goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest,
| will lodge: thy people shall be my peo-
Pile, and thy God my God; where thou
diest. 1 will die, and there will l be bur-
led; the Lord do SO to me. and more also,
If aught but death part thee and me-"
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STAMP ERASURES COSTLY.
Postal Employees Will Be Dismissed
for Wrong Impressions.

Postmaster General Hitchcock has mod
flied section 566 of the postal regulations
SO as to provide that the willful impress
sion on any mail matter OF postmark
bearing any other date than that on
which the mail matter is dispatched, or
of back stamp bearing a date other
than that on which mail matter is re-
ceived. or the erasure Of any date or
post mark, whether for the purpose OF
fraud or deception or to conceal a delay
or detention Of such mail matter or any
other official error or delinquency, will
in all cases subject the offender to dis
missal from the service.
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sion of the Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows.
which opened in that city today. the
Alexandrians will return home Wednes-
day morning.
In observance of Mothers day the
white carnation was worn by many In
this city yesterday. Attention was called
to the day in many churches.
A large delegation of members Of Alva
Aerie, No. ST., Fraternal Order of Eagles.
last night attended special services at
Trinity NJ. e. Church, at which time a
sermon. entitled Gods Eagles. Built for
the Heights" was preached by Rev. G..
A. Luttrell, pastor.
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Former Insurance Official Dead.

FISHKILL LANDING, n. Y, May 3D.
George Ingraham, formerly vice president
of the Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance
Company. is dead at his home here from
a complication of diseases. He was sixty
two years old. Mr.. Ingraham was one of
the big life insurance officials who retired
during the Armstrong investigation. His
recreation was the pipe organ and he
acquired a considerable reputation as or
ganist and composer.
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v0LIvA TO USE FORCE.
Zion City Leader to Guard Signs
Denouncing Tobacco Users.

ZION CITY, Ill.,, May 13.-wilbur
Glenn Voliva, overseer and factionai
leader in Zion City, angered by the de-
struction Of several more OF his signs de-
nouncing the users of tobacco, threatened
last night to use an armed force, IL
necessary. to win his fight.
The signs heretofore have been burned.
The rain interfered with their destruction
by the opponents Of Voliva in this man
ner and they were chopped into kindling
wood yesterday.
will construct fifty steel signs" said
Voliya last night: neither time, nor IRE.
nor flood shall destroy them AS for
the skunks' who abuse me, l shall notify
them that my signs are to be guarded
and assailants may carry buckshot away
with them. 1t is what they deserve"