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JAPANESE CITIES AS MODELS
Lecturer Declares They Are Ahead of Other Nations In Municipal
 Government.

That western ideas of civilization have permeated Japan to such an ex- tent that 1t is rapidly forging ahead of some of the recognized leading na- tions of the world was the declara- ton made by Harvey N. Shepard of Boston, former attorney general of Massachusetts, in an address on Zap anese Municipal Governments" to the members of the Philadelphia City club. MT. Shepard also declared that the Japanese people were far ahead of Americans in solving municipal af- fairs.
 "In no other countries on the face of the earth" he said, fare the mu. nicipal governments closer to the will of the people than they are in the Flowery Kingdom, and graft and ex. travagances such as often charged against the officials of cities and towns in our own country are prac. tically unknown. While the munici. palities of Japan are of a more recent development than our own they are founded on a firmer basis to further the prosperity of the people. Patterned after the cities of France and Prussia their administration corresponds greatly to that of the municipalities oi those two European countries. Ali over Japan there is marked progress in municipal affairs. Public works are being forwarded and they are con. structing good roads and developing their hsrbors."
 MT. Shepard spent many years in Japan and studied closely the phases of life in that empire. "As skilled workmen," he said, the Japanese are rapidly becoming proficient and are equal to the skilled workmen of our own country. There is no child labor in the factories, and because of this wages have increased perceptibly. While modern and ancient civiliza' tions are contrasted sharply with each other in some parts of the Japanese islands, they are rather modern country with telegraphs, railroads and other conveniences such as We iu America enjoy"
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Free Shade Trees,

Free trees will be distributed to the householders of Denver by the city on municipal arbor day in April. The expense of purchasing the saplings will come from the streets and boule- yards fund, as provided Tn the mayors budget. It Is believed that about 15,- 900 trees, mostly naples and elms, will be given away.
 Last years distribution was great success. The trees were In excellent condition, and practically all were planted, according to the rules laid down by the city forester It is esti mated that SS per cent. of last years crop are thriving.-Denver Municipal Facts.
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DICKENS FITTED FOR STAGE
Kate Field, Excellent Judge of Char acter, Confident He Might Have
 Been Great Actor.

No one ever. paid much higher tribute to Dickens than did Kate Field. She had the soul of poet, discriminating taste in art and liter ature and wide knowledge of the world. In mentality she was fully as strong as either of her brilliant broth CTS, David, Dudley, Stephen J. or Cy- rus w., and she certainly was as good if not better judge of character.
 She once wrote an appreciation of Dickens in which she declared the world lost its greatest actor when Boz became a writer. She gave de- scription of one of Dickens readings that was masterly in its vividness of detail. Such versatility as she cred ited Dickens with displaying as he as stunned the character of first one and then another of his creations, the pa thos, the humor, the tragedy he put into a tone; the marvellous way in which he stirred the emotions of old and young in his audience, would ap' pear to be a bit extravagant were it not that now and then in later years some old man, looked upon as stern and international, told with faltering voice how he stood in line all one night to buy g ticket to one of Boz readings, and then went on to talk just about as Miss Field wrote. only before he got as far along in his story the tears were running down his wrinkled cheeks-his old heart strings still atune to the magic of The Master
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WHEN THEY WENT BACK HOME
Humorist Records Some Surprises That Attended the Occasion of
 Popular Celebration.

During recent Old Home Week in an upstate village the following mount-to-anythings" were in attendance:
 John Wilson Clarke, who was al- ways too lazy to do the chores, came up from New York in his big seven passenger car. On account of press ing work he could stay but a few hours.
 Ex-Gov. Silby Kirkwood, who was naturally thick-headed and half-baked in his youth, stopped over in his pri- vate car to see his old home.
 Dr. Willus G. Dyer, one of the best known surgeons in the country, called the town fool when boy, dropped in and left enough money for town library.
 Miss Caroline Jensen Atwood, too stupid to learn in the old red school house, now a popular authoress and playwright visited her relatives.
 Charlie Druke, the spendthrift, shut up his Wall street office long enough to attend.
 One of the most noticeable features of the whole celebration was the ab- sence of the men and women who gave much promise of originality and worth during their youth.
 Lack of memory in their old age ac- counts for the fact that not one of the old fogies present ever said anything but good of anybody. including the successful boys present.-Don. Cam eron Shafer in Judge.
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"Solid Gold"

Commercially speaking, the term "solid gold" is a misnomer, since such gold has not been used for many. many years. Some of the ancient Ro man jewelry and some of that of the Renaissance period was, indeed, made of pure gold, worked up by hand with the crudest of tools, but since the old days there has been a constantly in creasing employment of alloys, for the reason that jewellers found that the harder the gold was rendered by good alloys the greater it's wearing quail ties and the more secure, therefore was the setting of the gems it con tained. Nowadays jewelry is of IS IA or 10 carats, according to the de sign and character of the article, and it is much more frequently ten than eighteen carats.
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Youthful Musical Genius.

Rennes, sleepy Brittany town. which is known in contemporary his tory chiefly because the second Drey fus court-martial was held there, has recently discovered in its midst 8 musical prodigy. A local professor vouches for this discovery. Young Rene Guillou is aged seven. He is not only virtuoso On the piano; he is al so composer. He possesses ear to 8 remarkable degree, and distinguishes every note in symphonic music. Ac ccrdirg to the master, he hears music inwardly. He composes for voices and instruments without making use of any instrument whatever, writing down melody and accompaniment oD 10 the paper.
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Prosaic "Ghost.U

Thinking they had seen ghost" |" a number of Dundee (Scotland) townsfolk, while walking through the cemetery recently, took to their heels and summoned the nearest gatekeep- CT. The vision" which had aroused their alarm-that of figure in scanty attire standing behind a gravestone, had vanished when they returned with endorsements, and all there was to be seen was large piece of red fan, nel. It afterwards transpired that the owner being greatly irritated by the flannel, which was next the skin, had gone to the cemetery with the idea of getting rid of it, which he could not do without shedding his garments.
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Move In Rluht plrectIon.

Galveston, Texas, which is doing its best to improve every aspect of civic life, is not satisfied with the matched huts in which the poorer Mexican population lives. There Is feeling that no building should be uncomfort- able or unsightly, even if 1t is in the sections of the city which are inhabit, ed by the foreign element"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-07-07
ONANCOCK


Special 90 Tho 1Emes- Dispatch1
onancock va. July s=Siiss loan
hef keley of Richmond. arrived Mon
ua 10 spend three weeks with Mrs.
Mrs Yates McAlpine Wilson. OF
l.nF ttmoufh. ls the guest Of rev and
~ ie. .. g. 'otnlck AT the rectory.
MISS Nida vs. Kelley and MISS Hat
~" Iafkcs loft Tuesday u spand =.
n"nih with Jr Wlnfred s. Kelley al
Long Island.
airs Anel G. Kelley is visiting her
srand on. JDhn lie cato. az Baltimore.
Nr and Mrs. OHIO Lee PARKER ao-
coin ian!ed py hon. g. Walter Mapp
re wiic. won't 60 SNOW Han. Md, sat
.fday IN Mn parkcr's machine. Mra
ifarker remained IN snow nan for a
~ Weeks visit The others return
ed sunday
M.ss Helen c Ioynes. Of Baltimore.
ttudent q. -. Joynts
br Matthews. OF Tenporancev!lle.
Was 10 town Monday
Miss Elizabeth F. Powell returned
~ pndny from q visit 10 her aunts. Mrs.
["arles vs.. Cullen and Mrs Joseph
W.. leafe monday to spend July in ST.
Maty county Maryland
Sti ~ - Ilsnall lf home from rail-
where she went TO consult a
Aiss Erncs, Mock and two chi.dren
We're passenRcrs on the steamer POGO
"ekc i9r Baltimore "Wednesday.
W Us sue Ayres % Pungoteague. IS
az the home OF Mics {. A r.orgsdale
~ keveley. q former pr!rctusl 81
ne ynancock High School has beon
eWarpea a $500 fellowship at the
.phns HOPKINS University. Baltimore.
fie u spend!ng the vacation at Bland.
Columbus Jus,!s has not been so
Wei COR tho past week
Erred Kelley, accompanied by M-s
heiitN anu Misses Mary Kelley Cath
crime GUSTS and Muriel Nelson. left
Dnancook 10 his auto early last Fri
Gay morning for & two days trim
inIoD2h tho county.
Mrs W r. Belote ard children LETT
steamer Wednesdays morning Tor
+ocomoke, where they will visit Mrs
h"iotc's mother, Mrs. Merrill
Miss Cropper who has been spend
Ing severa. weeks IN town. has re-
turned 20 her home in Chincoteague
accompanied by Mrs. Ohio L Eimore.
AIRS Maud " White is back from
the mountains Of Virginia. She has as
her guest MISS Pauline Martin. OF
Washington
Florence T. Sibhald of Canada. IL
visiting Miss Minnie Mills
Miss May Gayle. who taught in
Portsmouth the past session. IS spend
Ing the vacation with her parents.
Rev and Mrs r. Finley Gayle
Andrew Lewis, wife and children. NJ
HOPKINS
81 Tripic,t vanPel, Of Richmond
Is with MIS- mother for a few DAYS
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WHITE SULPHER SPRINGS

White sulphur Springs W. Va. July
with the exception OF the arrival
of an unusually large number OF
guests on the Fourth this day At the
new "old White" was not especially
different from any other of the pleas
ure-nled ones. But the usual din and
uproar which Accompanies this holiday
IL all the large cities and at most OF
the resorts was principally noticeable
by its absence, which all the guests
agreed was decided relief to nerves
faded by the long social season from
which may have come TO the springs
thus early to enjoy the delightful out
door life in the mountains There
we're a number OF informal luncheoms.
dances ana swimming pool parties IN
the new pool. which many have declar-
cd TO be the most mAgnlncent IN
America. Its length from eiM to end
is 100 feet. and ITS width iorty feet.
Ii Is almost impossible TO convey TO
one who has not seen 10 at night tho
brliiance OF inc crec. OF forty even
arc lights. each one OF 500 voltage.
which are reflected in the water like
So many silver moons. casting their
llght upon the parties of beautifully
gcwned women and their attendants
who gather In Jolly parties in the
atrium overlooking the pool 10 watch
the bathers enjoy their evening SWIM.
George W. stevens. PRESIDENT OF the
Chesapeake and Onto Railroad. whose
genial personality has sndsnrcd him to
hundreds OF people at White sulphur.
came down FOR brief visit Wednes-
day, motoring over from Cov!ngton
with II party OF young people who took
luncheon at thu hotel. Those in the
party were Miss Elizabeth Hotchkiss.
Miss Louise Seldom. Miss Helen
Stevens. NJ j. Capler and George W.
stevens.
Already the fame OF the automobile
roads abount the mountains in every
direction has spread and many tour
ms parties have come down from
Washington. Baltimore and philadel
pha. Stewart and John Bar came
down last week in their car from
Washington, and reported tho roads in
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-07-07
THE RICHMOND VA SUNDAY, gu1Y7 1912

ana ,hon Lakewood PARK. where ,oe-essAm
wnH served.
. m5s = h a9a I, q ,Ps s@ys2,s; Pc
hunters father j. y Christian.
Pot " H. pegram. Of the ehemistr,
Yoss. where h, Visited his son. George Pc
gram, wi,h his sons family ne TOOK an
extended "trip through the Adirondack
region o. the Eastern state.
Miss Nciiie Pipor has gone to Wilmington
TO visit friends she VII spend part OF the
time az Wrlghtsviie Bench.
Misses May and Lolo DALEY. OF BurilnE-
ION; who have been tho guests o, Mrs. j.
Moore. have returned homo.
Miss Ethel BYRD Z, In Norfolk on yisi,
10 her sister In that city
Mrs John Moore ~ Farmvi.ie who has
been the guest Of Mr.. f y. Moore. has re-
turned home.
Mrs John G Anriernnd ana hsr son.
John. arc in Petersburg. Va. the guests OF
MIS- F. p Leybura and two daughters
M.sssa Marsaret and Ellen. have gone
cities before they return to this city.
Miss Henrietta Heron has gone to Nor
folk, where she VIII remain several days
forcefui speech 10 the Baracas and Phua-
theas OF this city Monday evening
Mrs r Hibhard has returned from a vlsi,
90 friends in the eastern part % the state.
shae Thompson. tho star outheidor Q, the
Trinity baseball team. IT, In Tho city. ana
VIII remain here low days.
Mrs. - v Cunningham and little son
ha 20 gone 20 Richmond 20 spend while
Win relatives and friends.
Mr and Mrs J " Elliott. Of Petersburg.
who hnNe been no guests % Mrs J A.
have returned home.
Sergeant J r pendorgra7h. NJ the Dur
HON poiice force s on ou,y ana on his am
1nnl vacation No went from here 20 Nor
tnik md from there he WIFI 20 IN Baiti-
more ana washington
from 1880 20 !. o'ciocb tuesday morning
nsaltin porch marty was given ~ MISS
Matte Move adams 20 hr- sgesfz Nisse.
Novclia and Jessie Noyo The porch aas a
hover % forms md house flowers. and p
VERY attractive -tfie canary made the
rrrstH foci ae n fhev wore In n forest
effer several games ~ different kinds re-
rreshneuts were served d. NO oou-..t
.trn riafe wa. made nrau'iruf hy n,tlc
pa i1u"' % e~oetDcHs which tho guests
wore away nH soGtenirs
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excellent condition. They were guests
OF Mr. and Mrs. Thornton Lewis. of
Cincinnati. at their beautiful home,
THE Meadows On Sunday Miss
Alice Lewis entertained informally at
afternoon tea at her home. after which
stewart Barr took her guests. Miss
Florence Mathews and Mr.. Mathews.
back to their home in l%wisburg
Aithoush Lewisburs is nine miles
from White sulphur Springs. II was a
riatter or but few minutes to rush
over there in MIR Bars car saturday
night after the ball at the hotel here.
tho young people stopping in that vii
l"ge long enough to get sodas and
candy. In the party were Mrs Thorn
ton Lewis. Miss Alice Lewis, Lawrence
Lewis and John ana Stewart Barr. or
Washington
Even thus early in the season there
is jolly large crowd of youns girls
and boys here. and fer them Mrs.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-07-07
MALVERN HILL


l'7ptc!d- 10 i nc lilcs -DiSpa ten
Malvern Hill. Va. July s-Misses
Attala Waiker OF The Glenns.' and
Elia Nance. OF Charles CITY Court
mouse. left on Saturday last for Fred
ericksburg, where they VIII attend
tne summer normal school.
Mrs Alice Carter Branstord and Mrs
james ~ oliver. Of "Shirley-on-the
James. left Friday for Warncrsville
Pa. where they VIII spend tine months
OF July and August.
Miss Frances sparrow. of Richmond
Is the guest Of her cousin, Mrs A. H.
prewry. at "Edgewood"
john Harrison. Of Richmond. and
Washington. - G.. have returned 10
thelr rcspectlve homes from visit
TO relatives in this neighborhood.
Nj and Mrs william C. Willcox OF
Bel Air. Mrs u william Hewitt. OF
North Bend Mir and Mrs Thomas
w Wilcox, OF "Bcl Air" are all in
Noriolk. Va. whore they went to at
tend Tao wedding ~ tho latters grand
daughter. Miss Mary Amber Wilcox.
q Ensign Garter. OF the United States
Miss ammo RUM. OF weyanoke. is
in Norfolk. where she went to attend
the " ulCoN-Carter wedding Mss
Ruftin was one or the bridesmaids.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-07-07
AMHERST
Special to the Times-Dispatch.l

Special 10 Ihe Iimes-D ispatch.l
Amherst. Va, July s.-Rcv Mr.
accepted a call to the Amherst Bap-
tist churches and others in this Iii
Vision. arrived In Amherst Tuesday.
accompanied by his family They arc
spending few days with Mrs. j G.
r. eariott while tho parsonage is being
repaired.
Mrs. Annie Penueton. of Lynchburg.
Is the guest OF her daughter. Mrs r.
7. Harrison.
Miss Mary +. sandidge and Pauline
Drummond this week went TO Farm
vile TO the summer normal.
Nh and Mrs. Richard 3. Wood. of
West Virginia. are visiting relatives
Mrs Robert Blankenship. of Apo
InattoX. Is the guest OF Mrs. r. T.
Seay
Mrs c. W. cooley and children. of
Shhtnam are visiting Mrs. Cooley
mother. Mrs. r. II. McCraw.
Mrs. Mary W. Newton. Of stanton.
natlona! lecturer and organizer OF the
W. {. I. u. Is spending some time
In the county in the interest OF this
organization.
Mrs. Eliza Brumiey has been called
20 Concord y. c, BY the illness OF
Mr.. and Mrs. a L. Berry. OF near
stanton. were in Amherst wednes-
Irs. c y. Ashby has returned from
a WISH 10 relatives Ia Richmond and
Newport News.
Mrs. w. II. Kent ana Miss Mamie
Harding were In Lynchburg this week
10 attend the marriage OF their cousin,
j.. r gonney ana family have gone
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Mrs. r. B Hughes OF the west end

Mrs. r. b Hughes. Of the west end
Of Arvonia
Miss Frances Miller, Of Howardsville,
VINO last winter was assistant prin-
oipal OF the pillwyn High School.
spent several days here last week
While here she attended the produc-
ton OF the delightful play. The Face
at the Window" which was given in
the Masonic Hall opera house by local
talent
Mrs Charles W. Keel who has been
spending d few days in Richmond re-
Gently. returned to her home here
Mss Phoebe Potts OF near Newport
News Is here as the guest OF her sis
ter and brother-in-law. Mr.. and Mrs
John w. Pierce She Will remain mere
Tor several weeks.
Hon. Albert j. Terrell and Thomas
r. Jeffrey. ". T Norman. ii. a. and
a. J. Ransom We're given the ROYAL
Arch degree in the local chapter here
on July I. several sessions being held
and some brilliant floor work being
accomplis \ delightful supper
was served to the visitors at the Ar
vonia Inn at 2. NJ Three new ap-
plicat!ons for the degrees were re-
ceived
Miss Leila Jackson who for some
time has been the guest of her sister
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-07-07
CHRlSTIANSBURG


lSpecial 10 The Times Dispatch
CHRISTIANS burg. Va July s-St
fanls N +. Church was filled to Us
Sapacity on sunday when Chiidren's
lhy was observed with an attractive
program OF songs reoitations and
readings The cradle roll was repre-
sented ~ the infant son OF Mr.. and
AIRS George Christman
MI and Mrs. r. p Spindle had a
FAMILY reunion this week
Blchner Spindle. Of Norfolk. Daniel
~ SPINDLE. q Birmingham. Ala. Henry
spindle OF Waco Tex Mrs Ran VIII
son and ilttle daughter. OF Waco.
IeN- ana Miss Katherine spindle. who
attended school at Chatham Female
institutc. are all at home
MI and Mrs g. Otis M.ade and
Master Lynn Meade left Monday Tor
yisit to George Jennings OF Rich-
Mr. and Mrs. Bane Hisginbothem
Misses Ruth and Patio Higglnbothnm
ma ma hane. u. arrived Wednesday, from
pe Land. Florida In their touring car.
giria.
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NATURAL BRIDGE
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Especial 70 Inc Tines Dispatch.l
Natural Bridge Va. July s-The
sumner season AT tho Bridge mas come
IN most ausplciously. ana promises to
be very tull and delightful. Very for
tunatc are those who can spend the
season on these heights and enjoy the
pleasures that eech day brings. The
summer colony is growing day By day
ana many of its members were guests
OF other seasons Very pleasant in
turn ana take tnclr accustomed places
The cottages arc being opened anu
add Charming element The or
; chest9a Is now in place. and very en-
chanting are its sweet strains 10th
-or those who care to indulge in the
may wh!rl % the ball room ana also
tor those who are content only to
watch It's brilliant panorama. \ nun
per OF people spent the Fourth OF July
mere, and found the means OF making
that day sane and happy one.
All motor roads seem TO lead 20 the
Bridge. SO NUMEROUS are the motor
cars that come In. Many finger tor
days and weeks finding here haven
Of rest \ more direct automobile
road from Lynchburg to this point Is
In process OF construction, and Is soon
TO be completed. This Will enable the
inhabitants OF the HIN City to reach
the Bridge IN two hours. and VII be
- SN--Ss-' 80 u many weekend DaIttE
on Thursday the children Of tho
Miller Orphan Asylum OF Lynchburg
under tho chaperonage OF +. G. Ham
aer' came TO the Bridge for their an
nual outing and had charraiu, p!cnic
lr the glen. They returned 10 the
city late I'm the afternoon q tired bu,
happy band.
Mr. and Mrs Lewis Il. Bosher. Of
kscnmond have apartments III the JET
ierson Cottage for the summer.
Mrs. a W. Graves and Mrs. L r
Holmes. OF Newport News. are among
the early summer colonists
NJ and Mrs. d. L Turner and Miss
Roweil. OF WASHINGTON. u. c. are so.
journing here while on a motor trim
through Virginia.
come the return OF Mrs. ]. r. Houston.
OF Cincinnati, and Nj and Mrs. Grant
Oliver Of Washington, Pa. who have
taken one OF the cottages.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dan Moses. of lynch
burg nave taken apartments for the
summer
Misses Esther Byrnes. Dorothy
Wake and Maria Tucker. Mr. and Mrs
ruius Parks, Z. Dew. Bradford ana {.
w 5randY il, were an attract!v.
touring party that made the Bridge
one OF Their stopping places
MT and Mrs. c. II. Nowlin and Marty
OF Lynchourg. stopped here while on
motor trip to Atlantic City.
MT and Mrs. II. d. Baker and Mas
ter Baker. OF Attlcboro. Mass. are
among the summer coionists
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WINCHESTER
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Especial 10 Tho Times Dispatch.I
W'nchester Va July 6.-Nr and
Mrs Joseph blanchard Amos. Of Bos-
Ton Mass. VINO arc spending the SUM
lner here with the latters mother. Mrs.
Donaldson. have announced tho en-
gascinont Of their daughter. MISS
Catherine Parke Aues. to George La
fayette Washington. a son OF AIr. ana
.4rs Richard Blackburn Washington.
o. ChAricstOwn, W. Va. and Wood
bury. y. J.
MISS Virginia wade. formerly of this
city, but who mas been living at Los
Angeles. Cal. for number Of years,
is the guest OF 4lr and Mrs 4. ID.
Lcun nE dt thcir home on North Brad
dock Street
Airs. Juliet Atkinson Mccaw. who
has been on an cXtended visit to her
son and Observation-Disclosures. Air. and Mrs.
Thomas DEG McCAw, ia Washington.
returned 70 Winchester this week
Mrs. Harry X. Kern has returned
from visit to her brother ana sister
snlaw. Nr. and Mrs. Loring a cover.
~ thei. country home lu the Green
Spring valley, near Baltimore.
Sir ard Mrs. Fred. > Hunt came
this week from Louisy'io. Ky. on ac-
count or tho death 81 the latter's
father. Edward III Barr.
MI and Mrs James J. Robinson and
Mrs. PAfi ~. cold Tort several days ago
OF an extended trip through the west.
inciud.us the Xellowstono turk
Mrs George Z. Norton aud her
B daughters. Misses MurEuefite and
Esther Notion. have gone On an ex-
tended vslt 20 the formers brother
ano Aister-in-law, Dr. and Mrs WI
Ham H. Green. IN Mount Vernon. q Y
Mr and Mrs. j. Howard Thatcnar