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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-06-23

says, is to familiarize the clergymen
with the danger to the public on the
streets from automobiles. Later the
official expects them to repeat from
their pulpits words of warning and adj
vice to motor vehicle drivers and to
pedestrians.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-06-23
erEclAL JURY WILL BE
COMPOSED OF CLERGYMEN

Philadelphia. June 22.-The coroner
81 Philadelphia announced that on
Friday Of next week, he viii have
special fury Of six prominent clergy
man. representing all denominations.
70 hear and act upon cases Of auto
mobile fatalities.
His object in this novel move, he
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-06-23
.ures closed nrn
william K Vanderbilt

William K Vanderbilt, Jr., Henry
nent mentsrs Of the AutonaobiIe Club
Of America. will visit Milwaukee be-
fore the first of July. where they will
look over the course and conditions
for the Vanderbilt cup and grand prize
races, scheduled TO be run out there in
September. Mr.. Vanderbilt is chair
man Of the Automobile Club Of Amer
lea Nr. Sanderson was for two years
president of the club.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-06-23
COTTON MARKET
CLOSES FIRM

New York. June 22-Cotton opened
steady at a decline Of TO points on
easier Liverpool cables, favorable
weather reports and realizing for over
sunday Toward the end Of the first
hour reports that a prominent cotton
seed OIL concern estimated a reduction IN
acreage Of only one per cent were fol
lowed by rather more general selling and
points.
Cation ftff,yres nIoss1 &c..
The Washington herald., 1912-02-29
HOME OF THEE. F. BROOKS CO., INC.

ment has been remodeled so that the
double front now presents an ornate,
harmonious, and unified appearance. 1t
is vast improvement over the former
exterior. and the recessed entrance
which lends variety to the design is
more effective than it was before. On
the north is the vivacious facade of the
Cafe Republique and on the south the
more sedate and solid business houses
of the Corcoran BUILDING.
The presence of business house of
the character of E. F. Brooks Company
in Fifteenth street, so near to Pennsyl-
vania avenue, presages new CONNER
cial development in that section. it is
said. Hitherto the retail business houses
in Fifteenth street have been small.
CASUAL and sporadic. The presence of
the E. F. Brooks Company lends sta
bility and character to the commercial
life of the street, and the example is
ertain TO be followed by other progress
sive houses.
Attractive as the exterior of the new
store is, it is easily eclipsed by the nan
ifold allurements that await the. visitor
within. The north section is devoted to
the more commercial elements of the
establishment, but the south section is
The Washington herald., 1912-02-29

the stem of a flower-four graceful and
colorful rooms, which possess all the
coziness and intimacy of alooyes with
out sacrificing spaciousness.
The art secret of this quartet OF
rooms is found in a clever conception
by which fixtures are classified. The
visitor may be ushered into the first
room, and there find himself surrounded
by wonderful and delightful variety
of lighting fixtures, and all dominated
by unity and homogeneity of design.
The idea is the same as that evolved in
the modern picture gallery, where one
entire room is devoted to the Bar
bizon school of painters, another to the
modern French impressionists, and
still another to the Hudson River land
scape school.
In one room the expectant visitor
finds the French type of fixture design
dominant. In second he finds the CO.
lonial, in third the carved wood, and
in the fourth, the Adams.
The French designs are charming
Nodded by the art of the twentieth
century craftsman, who is so eclectic
that he can absorb the best of any for
mer school and yet preserve a modern
touch to his art the work is thoroughly
The Washington herald., 1912-02-29

by the E. F. Brooks Company, it was
only "a question of very brief time
when new quarters would have been OBJ
tanned by the concern to accommodate
its large and growing business.
What was required, OF course, was
the right blend of commercial and the
artistic elements in the new salesrooms,
a blend which would rightly emphasize
both the art and the practically of the
fixtures which were placed op display.
When the opportunity presented itself
to acquire the Fischer galleries, it was
eagerly seized, because they were ex-
actly what the E. F. Brooks Company
had been looking for.
The exterior of the new establish
The Washington herald., 1912-02-29

is art to be considered a thing apart,
which cannot be reached for the prac-
teal purposes of everyday life. AS a
matter of fact, in the hands of the
highly-skilled modern craftsman, art
in the smallest article or utensil OF
common use can be found, and this is
particularly true of the modern light
ing fixture, either gas or electric, for
a new generation of artists, designers.
and craftsmen have arisen in this field
who have in short period revolution
lied the esthetic side of the entire in
'dustry. s
1t is not necessary to bark back to
the crude and gripping and inartistic
work done half century ago, when the
The Washington herald., 1912-02-29

not have obtained better quarters for
our purposes. They represent the ideal
We have had in mind for long time"
In fact, the Z. F. Brooks Company
makes the claim that it has now the
most admirably, equipped saIesrooms
for gas and electric fixtures south Of
New York. The claim is not an idle
one. There is nothing in other cities
in the East, with the possible exception
of the metropolis, to compare with them.
One may seek in vain in Baltimore,
Philadelphia, Boston. or any other cities
of the seaboard to find their equal.
While it was in one sense accidental
that famous art gallery was secured
The Washington herald., 1912-02-29

great gap, and, therefore, the former
Fischer galleries are admirable in every
way for the purposes for which they
are now put.
I'VE are proud of the fact that We
have secured the former Fischer gal
leries," said member of the E F.
Brooks Company recently. we could
The Washington herald., 1912-02-29

artistic and inspiring. The designs are
not confined to any one period OF
French art, but range from the medieval
period to the modern designs of the
Jos and 'So's. The rococo designs,
with their vivacious circular inyolutions,
their spontaneity and Aexibility of form,
are particularly pleasing. Side by side
The Washington herald., 1912-02-29

a glittering array of all that is most
modern and artistic in the art of light
ing. The front room is large, spacious.
extremely well lighted; chandeliers and
lights of all types are pendent. in bril-
liant profusion, ranging over many col
ors, all arranged with an eye to effec-
tiyeness which, in the world of the
theater, would be called Belascan. The
ceiling of the room, massive and i'm
pressiye, is broken in artistic design by
the hanging of the various chandeliers
and suspended lights. Floor lamps,
reading lamps, portable lamps are to be
seen in great variety. From the walls
many clever and unique designs in the
most modern fixtures are to be seen.
Fixtures Cleverly Classified.
The charming feature of the display
of fixtures. however, is to be found
when the visitor penetrates to the inner
reeesses of the exhibit, which are to be
found on a slightly lowered floor in
which Mr.. Fischer, in former days, was
wont to display his etchings and rare
artistic treasures which he kept for his
After descending a few steps,
the visitor finds himself in a circular
vestibule, from which ieads-almost
after the way in which petals flow from
The Washington herald., 1912-02-29

with the rococo, we find the Louis
Quatre and the Versailles and the
Louis XIV schools, all preserving a
certain differentiation in design which
achieves the wonderful variety to be
found in the room.
Wonderful Development.
The imaginative fecundity, as well as
the artistic integrity, of the most recent
and the most artistic products of the
fixture manufacturers, simply empha-
sizes the fact that the modern arts and
crafts movement, so ably championed
by William Morris generation ago,
has now come into its own. No longer
The Washington herald., 1912-02-29
Established in 1860.

A few years later, however, he re-
turned to the Capital and established
his business, in 1850, in the then new
ly completed 'Corcoran Building, where
it has remained, with alterations and
additions, even since He was the head
of the large and expanding business
from that day until his death, which
occurred in Pasadena, Cal, January ~
1902 His-body was brought here from
the West and was inferred IN Rock
Creek Cemetery May IS of the same
year.
Since the period of his death the es-
tablishment has been in charge of his
sons. who have ably developed it along
the lines laid out by the founder.
The new establishment of the COM
pany marks the realization of long
cherished idealkS on the part of its man.
ayers. In the FIRST place, the store was
formerly occupied by the art rooms of
Victor G. Fischer, which, in their day..
not only won an enviable reputation in
Washington for their artistic atmos-
phere, but throughout the entire coun-
try. When Mr.. Fischer recently decid-
ed to retire from the Washington field
and confne his activities exclusively to
New York, the E. F. Brooks Company
Immediately stepped into the breach
and acquired the quarters for their busi-
ness. 1t was discovered that the art
galleries were excellently adapted to the
purpose of displaying the magnificent
fixtures which are being placed upon
the market by the highest type of manu-
facturers Between galleries for the
display of paintings and other works of
art and galleries where the modern type
Of art fixtures can be exhibited to the ]
Prospective customer, there is not
The Washington herald., 1912-02-29

More than half a century of pros
perity has been passed by the E. F.
Brooks Company. In that period a
multitude of changes have been brought
about-the change from small and hum
bic beginnings to great things, the
change from the h5st faint glimmer-
ings of the art ideaJi in gas and electric
fixtures to the splendid achievements Of
to-day.
1t is, indeed, the fifty-second anniver-
sary of its foundation that the E. F.
Brooks Company is celebrating. How
is the anniversary to be celebrated? By
the Inauguration of a splendid new es-
tablishment at 52o-3I Fifteenth street
and by the organization of new store
which is not only credit to Washing
ton, but is by far the most notable OF
its kind to be seen, south of New York.
Therefore, the ffty-second birthday
of this concern easily promises to be the
largest and most significant in its his
tory. 1t marks the milestone whereby
the company enters upon All entirely
new era of development. 1t advances
the artistic establishment of all types
of structures by means of electric and
gas fixtures many notches higher up
The E. F. Brooks Company may well
be proud of the anniversary which it IS
celebrating to-day and for which IT has
distributed the following invitation:
Inspection Invited.
THE Z. F BROOKS COMPANY
Qncorporated)
Announce the formal opening of their
New Store
Thursday, February 2o. until Saturday,
March ?, inclusive,
Nineteen Hundred and Twelve,
From 8 a. m until Io-p. n. ,
Your personal inspection is earnestly
requested.
5eo-3I Fifteenth street
The lighting fixtures in the estab-
lishment will receive the most atten-
ton from the visitor
From the crude designs of half CEN
tury ago to the wonderfully artistic
work of the present age is step which
this firm has made in its career. II
traces its wonderful progress to the
fact that it has been "a leader in devel-
oping the artistic touch in the light
ing of residences and modern struc-
lures. Without this, it would have been
impossible to have interested the public
so largely in electric and gas lighting
fixtures as is the case at present.
The company was founded by E. F.
Brooks, and is now conducted by four
of his sons-Leo c. Brooks, manager
w. F. Brooks, c. Z Brooks, and T. R.
Brooks-and A. L. Shaffer The hon.
orable traditions of the founder have
been maintained by those to whom the
business has been intrusted, and of this
fact its present prosperity is sufficient
attestation.
The career of the founder of the firm |
is of great interest and typifes the COM
mercisl growth of Washington in the
past half century. E. F. Brooks was
born in this city June p, 1896, being
the nephew of Channcey E. Brooks,
former president of the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad Believing that Bslti-
more presented better business oppor-
tunities than Washington, he opened
small store in gas fixtures in the Mary
I
Evening star., 1912-11-04

terian churches. with the exception that
the Rev. DR.. Donald Mcleod and the Rev.
DR.. Charles Wood did not exchange with
any other pastors, the sacrament being
administered at their churches. The as
signments yesterday were:
The Rev. DR.. Wallace Radcliffe. Metro
politan; the Rev. DR.. Paul H. Hickock,
New York Avenue: the Rev. DR.. George
Robinson, Western; the Rev. DR.. Joseph
T. Kelly, Chevy Chase: the Rev. Bernard
u Braskamp, Hyattsville: the Rev. w. n.
Bates, Riverdale: the Rev. T. B. Thomp-
son, Vienna; the Rev. George o. Little,
Warner Memorial: lne Rev. George M.
Cummings Eastern; the Rev. 0. IL. Gill
ingham. lexington; the Rev. c. 3.
Thompson. Fifteenth Street: the Rev. e.
Fairmont Heights; the Rev. III. r. Angus.
Garden Memorial: the Rev. ]. K. Argo,
Gurley Memorial; the Rev. T. d: Richard,
Northminster; the Rev. R. A. Davidson,
Sherwood; the Rev. Henry Runner, Sixth:
the Rev. Robert Robinson. Westminster
Memorial; the Rev. T. G. Clark, WASH
ington Heights: the Rev. 7. E. Davis,
Arlington, the Rev. A. w. Spooner. Ball
ston; the Rev. James Nourse, Clifton;
Boyds: the Rev. II. E. Brundage. Falls
Church: the Rev. s. A. Bower, Herman;
the Rev. I. w. Wightman, Kenilworth:
the Rev. w. H. Edwards. Lewinsville:
the Rev. d. A. Reed, Peck Memorial: the
Rev. D. w. Skellenger, Bethany Chapel,
and the Rev. George 8. Duncan, Gunton-
Temple Memorial Church.
The Fourth Presbyterian Church audi
(toziu1ns At 18th and Fairnaont streets,
Evening star., 1912-11-04
AWARD PRIZES FOR FAIR
Many School Children Sue
cessfuI at Loudoun County
Event.
Special Correspondence of The Star.

Special Correspondence of The Star
LEESBURG. Va, November 4, 1912.
The Loudoun county school fair was
attended by a record breaking crowd,
the town hall. where the addresses of
Gov. Mann and State Supt J. D.
Eggleston were delivered. not being
large enough to accommodate half the
crowd. The exhibitions were the best
ever seen at a county fair in Virginia,
it is said.
The prize winners were: Custis
Hoge. Unison; John Gal1eher. Lees
burg: Alfred di Zerega, Aldie; Ernest
Hutchinson, North Fork; James King
Gray. North Fork; Russell Cochran,
Round Hill; Nra O'Roark, Sterling:
Paxson Hickman. Lovettsville; Robert
Little, Arcola: Marion Davis, Lincoln;
Joseph Webb. Leesburg: Jennings
gust irene Bareh
Clara Kuhlman. Lincoln; Edith Gregg.
Lincoln; Constance Welsh, Lincoln;
Marguerite Manning, Leesburg; Will
liam Norris, Leesburg; Ruby Frye,
Mary Peasants, Leesburg; Margaret
Vansickler. Lincoln: Thomas Carruth-
ers, Purcellville; Alpheus Tavenner,
Hamilton; Arthur Fulton, Leesburg;
Leaman Snider. Sterling; Hubert Frye,
Arnold Davis, Lincoln; John Darnes.
Ashburn; Rensler Darnes, Ashburn:
Earl Cook, Lovettsville; Randolph Ed
wards, Leesburg; Seweu Dawson, Mid
dleburg; Peerce Hersperger. Round
Hill: Laura E. Hawthorn. Waterford; !;
Gertrude Rusk. Woodburn; Ruth Nc
Cabe, Leesburg; Kathryn Eamich. Low
ettsville; Lizzie c. O'Bannon, Middle
burg; Marjorie Bolts, Leesburg; Eliza
beth Smith. Middleburg; Lucy Mason,
Lovettsville; Mary Shry, Oak Hill;
Jane Brown, Lincoln: Virginia Rust,
Lincoln; Adelene Johnson, Leesburg;
Harriette Mason Smith. Middleburg:
Ida Lee Hempstone. Leesburg; Ella
May Crawford. Leesburg; Jessie Ar
nett, Lincoln; Helen Althea Cooper,
Lovettsville: Gladys Gulick, Aldie;
Elizabeth Gregg, Lincoln; Francis Lay
cock. Leesburg: Lloyd Slack. Leesburg;
Lawrence p Wilson. Lincoln; Murray
Helm, Leesburg; Virginia Moore,
Round Hill; Guy Furr. Lincoln; Flor
ence Tracy. Round Hill: Goldie Bell,
Leesburg; Lottie Hickman, Lovetts-
Vile; Helen shumate, Lincoln; Charlie
Bodmer. Aldie; Mildred Orison. Mill
town. and Forrest Hickman Tanker
Vile.
Evening star., 1912-11-04

was crowded last evening with an audi
ence assembled to extend greetings and
welcome to Rev. Howard I. Bell and Mrs.
Bell. Addresses were delivered by Colin
H. Livingston. president Of the board OF
trustees, and by Messrs. E. F.. Colladay,
David P. Wolhaupter. J. A.. MacElWee'
Thomas p. johnson, Mrs. Emily T. Stock
bridge. Mrs. J. a. MacElwee, Miss Anna
Gregory and Miss Agnes Still in behalf OF
the Sabbath school and other organiza-
tions. An address Of welcome was MADE
by the pastor. Rev. DR.. Joseph T. Kelly.
and a response by Mr.. Bell, who has been
selected by the Fourth Church as an as
sistant to the pastor and to have charge
Of the Sabbath school and special work
among the young people of the church.
The exercises were interspersed with Sc
lections Of music rendered by chorus OF
young women and q duet by woodland
r. Gates and Earl Carbaugh-
Friday evening q reception will be ten
tered Rev. Mr.. and Mrs. Bell by the peo-
pie Of the church.
Evening star., 1912-11-04
WOMAN STUDENT KILLED.
Shot in School Grounds, She Dies
Later.

KANSAS CITY, November 4.-Shot by
a youth on the steps Of the Scarritt Bible
and Training School here Saturday night.
Miss Elma Perrine. thirty-seven, of
Hume, Mo-. a student, died two hours
later. Her assailant escaped.
Miss Perrine was preparing for work
in the foreign mission field. She walked
into the grounds Of the school just as
the dinner bell rang. As she ran up
the steps Of terrace a young white
man seized her by the arm and took
her handbag. containing a pocketbook.
She attempted to run, but he drew
revolver, thrust the muzZle close to her
stomach and fired. She fell. but re-
gained her feet and ran up the steps into
the building, where she became uncon-
scious.
The police have no clue to the muir
derer.
Evening star., 1912-11-04
Apathy in Civic Life Hurtful.

mo man should be a drone in the social
beehive. No man should be an Indifferent
spectator Of the political and economical
questions which confront him. Indiffer-
ence and apathy in civic and political life
are as hurtful to the state as indifference
In religion is hurtful TO the Christian
commonw ealth.
And If all citizens are bound to take
an interest in public affairs that duty
especially devolves on those who are
endowed with superior intelligence and
education. and who ought to be the lead
ers and exemplars of the people, guiding
them in the path of political rectitude.
May God so enlighten the mind and
quicken the conscience of the American
people 10 sense of their civic duties as
TO arouse in them an earnest and practi-
cal interest in the coming election, and
may He so guide their hearts that they
Will select a chief magistrate whose ad-
ministration will rebound to the material
prosperity and moral welfare of our be-
loved republic
Evening star., 1912-11-04
Composition of the Duma.
Foreign Correspondence of The Star.


ST. PETERSBURG. October %, 1912.
The election returns impair any linger-
ing hopes of an equitable distribution of
parties in the duma. The proportion of
rights" approximates 60 per cent. Octo-
brist and nationalist organs warn the
government that such a Justification of
pubic sentiment Is calculated to revive
the unrest OF 1905. and possibly bring on
another revolution.
Evening star., 1912-11-04

the congress, the first having been held
in Chicago in 1910 and the second IN
Philadelphia last year. The president OF
the congress is DR.. Edward Martin OF
Chicago.
Surgical clinics will be held in the hos
pitfalls in different parts of the city. and
all the visitors will have an opportunity
to see masters of their specialties at
work. The program contains list OF S95
clinics which are to be held in public and
private hospitals throughout the city. In
addition there will be a large number
of laboratory demonstrations.
Evening star., 1912-11-04
Take Postal Examinations.

Three hundred Washington residents
are among the 10000 people throughout
the nation who are taking civil service
examinations for posts as letter carriers
and post office clerks. Successful candi
dates names will be put upon an eligible
list
The first day Of the examinations was
Saturday. Further examinations win be
bsld ThW1day ana Friday.
Evening star., 1912-11-04
Rose-Hamill Marriage.
Special Dispatch to The star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
OAKLAND, Nd, November 4-Stuart
+. Hamin. attorney. son OF Gifmor 8
Hamill of the Oakland bar. and Miss
Gladys r. Rose will be married at Johns
town, Pa, November G. November 8
Mr.. and Mrs. Hamill win sail for the
Bermudas and the Bahamas. Upon their
return they will take up their residence
in Oakland.
Evening star., 1912-11-04
STATISTICS OF DISTRICT
Rev. Arthur w. Spooner Discusses
the Balkan War.
DIR. C. E. SMITHS ANNIVERSARY
Variety Of Topics by Washington
Clergymen and Others-Ex-
change Of Pulpits.

An increase in the suicide rate in the
District of Columbia in the past few years
was commented upon last night by Rev.
Dr. Samuel H. Woodrow at the First Con-
gregational Church in sermon on "The
Ethics of Self-Destruction," during which
he deprecated the teaching in some quar-
ters that there is no hereafter. This doc
trine, he said. was largely responsible for
efforts at self-destruction. DR.. Woodrow
suggested methods for prevention OF sui
eide, declaring that if the publication of
articles describing suicides in the news
papers We're stopped there would be less
self destruction, as persons sometimes
kill themselves in the hope that their
troubles will be described after they die.
This, he said, is especially true of NOR
bid and vain people. He also suggested
that people return to a simpler mode OF
life
According to DR.. Woodrow's figures, the
percentage of whites in the District VINO
kill themselves far exceeds that of col
ored persons, and the figures showing an
increase have steadily grown. He said
that in 1907 fifty-nine whites and three
colored persons had killed themselves per
100, 900; in 1903, whites, 5S; colOred, 3; In
1909. whites, so; colored, IA; in 1910,
whites, 70; colored, s; in 1911. whites. Is;
colored, II, and in ten months of l9l2,
whites rs; colored, 13. DR.. Woodrow held
that the present fast pace of living IS
largely responsible for suicide, and he
said that self-destruction occurs mostly
on bright days, June being the month
showing the greatest figures He added
that people never kill themselves In time
of war or of danger to their country.
Evening star., 1912-11-04
CLINICAL CONGRESS NEAR.
Five Thousand Physicians and Sur
peons Expected in New York.

NEW YORK, November 4.-The Clinical
Congress of Surgeons of North America
will meet in New York city November
II for ax-day session. It is expected
that 5000 physicians and surgeons from
all parts Of the continent will attsad.
This WIN b the third annual session Of
Evening star., 1912-11-04
FIRST IN WHOLESALE TRADE.
C. James Orrick, Formerly Of Cum
berland, Dies in California.
special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CUMBERLAND, Nd, November A.
The funeral of C. James Orrick. president
OF the J. G. Orrick & Son Co., who es-
tahlished the arst exclusive Wholesale
Evening star., 1912-11-04
THE ARABIEN AT SAN DIEGO.
First Steamer Of Danish Fleet Was
50 Days From Copenhagen. !

SAN DIEGO, Cal, November 4.-Eighty-
two days from Copenhagen, the Danish
steamer Arabien entered port today.
The vessel is the first arrival OF the
fleet with which the East Asiatic Steam
ship Company Of Copenhagen intends TO
engage in Pacific coast, South American
and European trade. She touched ak.
Antwerp. London. Coronel and Calita
Juni Chile. and came from tho latter port
directly here