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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-10-24
WEALTHY CHlCAGOAN WEDS
ABROAD.

Specia, to The Tribune
PARIS, Oct. 24.--The wedding took
place in Paris today of Miss Marie
Madeleine du Mas, daughter of Count
Gaston du Mas, and Owen Franklin
Adds, a wealthy and prominent lawyer
Of Chicago. .-t
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-10-24

confidently believed the rebel leader
expected Castro to Do this. Spies
are denouncing to the authorities cv-
crybody who participated in the rebel.
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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-10-24
QUEEN OF SPAIN Is YEARS OLD.

Sre. ;at The Tr;brre - 'a.
-, MADRID, Oct. 24.--Queen Victoria
Eugene, celebrated her twenty-iifth
birthday anniversary today, surround
ed, by the members Of her. family.
Many congratulatory messages reach.
ed her Majesty during, the day, and
many valua1fle presents were receiver,
from the sovereigns OF Europe and
other personal friends t
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icweled veil remained in ST. Sophia 20
become The spoil of the Moslems, for its
richest treasures had been looted by
Christian foes two hundred years be-
fore.
on that fatcful Friday, June l.,
1i53, when, washed of blood, cleared OF
icons and affairs, and with the Christian
symbols and images hidden from SIGHT
under a hasty Goa. Of whitewash, the first
service was held by Mahomet and his vic
tolious followers, ii was ST. Sophia no
longer. From that day and hour the an
c!ent Christian shrine has been the Mo-
hammedon mosque. 'Ayiah Sofia, mos
que second only in the eyes OF all Islam
in sacredness 10 that at Mecca.
After literally rising like phoenix
from the flames says +. Elliott of st.
Sophia, lit was the Christian nations of
civilized Europe who irrevocably despoil-
ed il of all that artistic wealth with
which a succession of powerful sovereigns
had for ages invested it, But ST. Sophia
has never been despoiled of all its artis-
tic wealth; nor can ii ever be as long as
one stone remains upon another. While
il is true that the grand old basilica has
been robbed Of its gaudy el'appinSs, its
gold thrones and jeweled Wells, still the
greater is its impressiveness. The real
grandeur OF the Metropolitan Church OF
ST Sophia, the fairest gem of byzantine
art still endures. its glories but hidden
in the mosques of Ayiah Sofia.
After almost five centuries OF use as
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formed the finest Christian temple ever
made by the hand OF man
Words are almost inadequate To portray
fully the grandeur and beauty Of the
ST. Sophia dedicated by Justinian upon
that Christmas eve in Jf3 A. D He had
stripped the pagan shrin9s of their far
est treasures and gathered the riches
not on.y of his empire, but the worlds
choicest marbles and gems to embeil.sh
his basil ca. Ii boasted golden thrones.
inset with jewels. for the patriarch AMI
his bishops; lG1 SUPP rorting columns. made
OF the rareSt marbles. richly carved !.
walls and domes blazing with gorgeous
mosaic showing the figures of Christ the
Virgin Mary. saints and prophets. all Of
colossal size and richest coloring, upon
deep blue background. or one Of gilt: :er. n Z
god. The sacred vessels used in the
sanctuary were solid gold incrusted with
gems. and the curtain dividing the sane
tuary from the nave was enriched with
gold and precious stones.
The religion of the Mohommedans not
permitting ANY image, % the likeness of
anything In heaven above, or on the
earth beneath" neceSsitated the covering
or removal of all the gorgeous icons
symbols. and paraphernala of the Greek
Church service before ST. Sophia could
be used as a mosque. Much of the basili-
cas- pristine glory had been ruthlesslv
deSpoled by the conflicts with barbarian
Europeans centuries before the Turks
took possession. No golden throne nor
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place Of Moslem wors hip it requires only
the removal Of few thin coatings OF
plaster here and there and the washing
away of the heavy coats of whitewash
from the ma gniticent mosaics on walls
and domeS to restore them to almost their
original grandeur and beauty. The Turks
have never really obliterated the endur-
ing creations of those long-departed
workmen vino painted their pictures, not
with perishable pigments. but with I'M
peris hab ass and stone.
Today the outline Of many of the fig
ureS under the WhiteWaSh are plainly
decipherable. In the middle of the last
century Germany requested and received
permission from the sultan permitting Il
commission formed of artists and arche-
ologists to examine and make drawings
of all the shadoWy outlines as far as pos
sible. Day by day the Vel covering them
mas become thinner and thinner, as if in
anticipation of that day in which they
may Yet emerge from the obscurity OF
centuries to delight anew the eyes OF the
world The magnificent main dome of St.
Sophia orisina ly displayed a huge figure
supposed to represent the Almighty. This
has been covered with a coating of plas-
ter by the Turks and over it placed a
green linen covering. Upon the linen has
been painted in beautiful Turkish char
acters an inscription from the Koran
covering a space nearly thirty feet long.
While all the bronze crosses upon the
doors and elsewhere have had their arms
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date the figures have completely disap-
peared. The name is that OF the We ener-
able doge who captured the city from
the Greeks.
1t was in the month of April, in the year
1902. that the crusaders having given
up their pious pilgrimage to the Holy
Land, sailed away from Venice to at
tack Constantnop'e. under the leadership
Of their doge Henricus Dandolo The
reason for espousng the cause of Alex
ius. son of the deposed and imprisoned
Greek Emperor Isaac, was that he nrom-
ised not only men and money for the en-
terprise, but also vowed TO renounce
forever the Greek heresy. and TO bring
the eastern church under the supremacy
of Rome.
But too late Dandolo discovered that
AleXius had promised much more than
he could fulfill The aged doee never
saw aeain his beloved Venice. Within a
year of his taking of Constantinople, at
which time St. Sophia was despoiled of.
it's richest treasures, the Venetian hosts
met with "a crushing defeat at Adrianople.
Dando'o died shortly after and was laid
to rest in ST. Sophia. June >, 12oJ.
In this same smaller portion of the
gallery, farther alons, is IA broken por
Dhyry bowl. IT is claimed to be the re-
ceptacle in which Mary washed Christ 5
swaddling clothes. Near by this highly
venerated relic is an admirable place to
view the face of Christ on the mosaic
ceiling Of the haif-dome. over the space
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"FRolT Av1AX ACROSS FIELDS AND VALLEY ),
ItIE.T f A

new victim wastes aWaS, and IS
borne, feet first, out Of the big front
door and across the fields 10 the little
churchyard up yonder on the hill,
Doubtless the people who used to can
the place home We're warned time ana
time again to cut new windows, To let
in air and sunshine to purify and dis
infect the ancient house. And doubtless
they all laughed at the warnings, called
them foolshness, and accepted as fore
ordained the sickeninss and the deaths
that took them. one by one from the
poisoned stone and plaster walls TO the
cool earth walls OF the little houses. hNe
feet deep that are ranged in rows
beneath the big, solemn pines up there on
the hill crest
And so you turn away from the place
YOU were admrng and romancing over
IL few minutes before, and YOU Shudder
just a bit. unconsciously, YOU pass
into the shadows of the encroachHS
woods and the chill of the autumn ar
strikes Il trifle more keenly-m1ybe 1t Is
just imagination but it seems cold
breath has reached YOU from the yaWning
holes in the old stone walls that once
We're windows and doors
SO YOU wander on, with a tinge of mel
ancholy in your mood now. And you come
out of the bit of woods and find yourself
out of sight of houses or roads, but in a
queer sort of field Walk across it, and
all at once YOU understand. The real es-
tate man has been here, too, but he came
too soon. These curving lines of stunted
naples We're meant to shade the avenues
of another subdivision; the lines of trees
are just wide enough apart to ma le fine
driveways. and when you KICK up the
dirt YOU see where the gravel of what
used to be sidewalks has been covered
by grass, leaves and the various accumu-
lations of several years.
Somebody, sometime, Planned to make
a beautiful suburban settlement mere; a
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autumn frnsts, and il becomes thing 10
eat and reyel in the eating.
often, ead.ng up to these deserted
farmhouScS, YOU Will lind long-nllc-ionS
avenues of tall jumpers, of bushy,
thoruy hol'y \ or lockwood of tree size Then
You know the pace is really o.d-that,
more than likely, it dates back To the time
when men Wore stocks and cravatS and
strapped their trousers beneath the arch
OF their boots, and when On rnolincs We're
important parts of Il lady'S costumes. In
that far-back day the females We're divid-
ed into lad es'' and women" the latter
usually being co.orcd servants and the
sort Of females one doe sn't refer to III
mixed companies and To call ii real
''ady' IL woman was a deadly Insult To-
day one Is considered affected il one
speaks Of female friend or acquaintance
as a 'lady'-thCN are all women just
as the race ot gentlemen seems To nave
died out. 10 be replaced by plain, mono
sNllabled men.
But to return to those long cedar,
juniper. holy or lockwood avenues Run
ming through Chevy Chase are the remains
of such an avenue, which one may trace
clear through the village. 1t used 10
extend Il great deal farther-indeed, it.
stretched from the present Chevy Chase
clubhouse across country to the upper
part of the Broad Branch road, south OF
Chevy Chase. Today the twin lines of
stately century-o jumpers stand in
rgidly straiph hi double rank, just as
they have stood for Years. but there
isn't any roadway between them now,
and there would be no place for the road
to 20 to or To come from if there We're.
The farmhouse and the distant entrance,
between which two 20 nts the double
rank OF trees used to extend, have both
given way before the encroachment of
"civiliZation' and the real estate
promoter.
Cross stretch Of what, years ago,
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whore the Greek altar stood. 1t is quite
plainly visible through the whitewash.
In the eft gallery wal is supposed 70 he
hidden the secret door which connects
with small chapel The story Is Vouch-
ed for. and imp icitly believed, that when
upon that dreadful day Mohammed rode
into the hasilica upon his war horse.
both man and beast wet with blood. a
deyout priest was absorbed in his saying
of the mass at distant altar.
Startled suddenly from his devotions
by the shrieks of the affrighted Chris
tians, who had taken refuge in st. Sophia,
fe seized the sacred elements and en-
deavored to escape with them, but was
closely pursued by a band of Moslems
With yells of frenzy and upraised weap-
ons they attacked him. But at the Very
moment when their scimitars fell the
man had completely disappeared. In vain
they sought for a door or ext of some
kind in THE stone wall through which
they be ieyed he had escaped but the
marble showed no signs of an opening
of any kind.
To this day the pious Greeks, who are
as childishly credulous as the Ottomahs
themselves, believe that the priest Is stlli
concealed in the little chapel They de-
clare he VIII emerge again with the N!ai-
icum when the mosque once more 'e-
comes a Christian church.
What is really the strangest part oi
the old story remains TO be told Duflhs
the reign of the Sultan Muiad Ill some
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restorations becoming necessary. a firm
Of italian architects was secured u
make the required repairs. In the course
of their work small chapel was ac
tually discovered. Naturally th was trf-
umphantly declared To be the identical
SPOT to which the priest fled and from
which he will finally emerge, after a Sc
clusion of more { an FIVE centuries.
Ferguson. the authority, says He
doubts II any Christian church in any
age excels the interior Of ST. SEP Ia
Remembering the magniicence OF its
lofty dome, lighted with forty-tour win
dowS; green columns which of Snaiiy
eraced the shrine Of Diana at Ephesus
pofphyry columns from the Temple OF th"
Sun at Baalbec, spacious galleries ana
inner and outer vestibules, marvellous
marbles delicately carved; byzantine
grandeur and all its other Slorles, one
marye $ not that Justinian in ecstasy
Of delight on viewing his complete mas
terpiece excla imed: God be thanked
Who hath esteemed me worthy 10 COM
pIete this work.
ONLY time can tell what the future has
in store for the still magnificent old
basilica and mosque. But the Christian
world and the world of art as well.
hopes that the wonderful old bGslica.
with all its marvellous intricate Byzan-
tine spiendor viii soon emerge from the
shroud of whitewash which has dimmed
its glories and shine again in the light
OF the twentieth century
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removed still in many instances the bib
lica Inscriptions have been left undis-
turbed When it is remembered that the
Mohammedans accept the Old Testament
and have many of the TEACHINGS or the
Jews, as well as the stories of the New
Testament interviewer through the ko-
ran this is not SO hard to understand,
particularly as among their 2i,O0O proph-
cts there are six who are held to be great
er prophets. These six are Adam, Moses,
Abraham, David, Jesus and Mahomet.
the last the greatest, as every son OF
Islam declares.
The spacious galleries, called "GynecS,
have always been reserved for women.
They are entered by circular stairways at
both ends of the narthex or ancient ves-
tibule. Being some ninety-seven feet
above the floor, they afford a splendid
view of the interior.
The ancient stone wall dividing the gal
leries into two unequal parts was origin
ally covered with cas-reliefs, but these
have been almost obliterated by time. In
the smaller portion of the gallery the
Greek patriarch held his synods in the
last Years of the empire. on a slab in
the floor close by the dividing wall can
doio," carved in stone. IL there was q
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-..,5e s.ia, 4.-,s . oi stIt s.zes, iloin
the foot high seeding 10 the handsome
young tree ten or fifteen feet III height.
II is the edge of Santa Claus land, this
little wtnd-sown plantation, where the
Christmas trees grow ready at hahd
And ey. ~ one of these young trees grew
from a seed blown 10y the wind, from the
one lone pine left standing at the edge
Of the clearing. That is what % forest
service has been preaching to lumberlnen
for years-to leave seed trees in all cut
tiugs, that they may scatter their seeds
through the agency of the wind, ana
produce new 2rowthS to replace those cut
off in the operations of the lumbermen.
Wander or, past the little new village
that straegles in picturesque irresularitS
along the car line and down the trim
roads that lead away in either direction
and cross the fine new macadam road
that is being built to replace the old,
rtltted rough clay lane that used To
meander up and down hill. This is an
at her feature of modern country develop
ment that is sure to strike the city man
On his trips aiield. Everywhere. in al
directions. you will see roads building,
with crushed stone, we'll rolled and sur
faced. and the roadway oiled, re pacing
the old stony. ruttS, rough clay lanes oi
{: few years ago. Good roads, II * now
known. attract more people to the coun-
try and as more people go to the coun-
try the demand for good roads increases.
To our friendly enemies, the automo-
bi,ists. we must give much of the credit
for this era of road bui' ding Many Of
them have their homes in these far outly
ing suburbs, trave Ing back and forth
bet cen their homes and the city in their
machines Good roads are necessary If
automobiles are to be anything but
sources of trouble and veXation of sou,
50 the auto owners have agitated and
agitated some more. until today good
roads are being built in every direction
or = the city.
And so on and on, across fields and
meadows, through woods where the un-
dererowth and briars clutch at YOU and
tangle your feet until YOU break out al
the other side with the sweat standing
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A NARROW GRASS GROWN LANE. UNUSED For IEARs

IN liti, nua4s go youl. forehead startled
for moment perhaps. when = coNeN
Of quail, - cartridges, starts ny l1rh
at your feet and whirrs away iato a.
ad 10 n ns; field 10 scatter and hide 3mon@
the shocks of corn in til" thickcts 81
blackberry vines aud weeds that eiSc tue
woodlands: smiling at the lit's" gray
-. l. taat you interrupt in their au-
tumn business Of gathering aud Stut ~
nuts against the coming u winter
weather
Across the afternoon skies sou may see
the flying wedge Of a flock Of wild geese
seeking Il bed for the night, or, 4 you
are close enough % the river marhe
youll see flock OF ducks flying, - low
ana close that YOU can hear the whistle
Of hurrying wings Down in the corn
fields the crows are getting ready 10 start
their long homcward flights to the rouSt-
,lla- NAV h. miles and miles AWAY across
country and every now ,tnd then one or
two of ihp black pirates rises n the air
and. with a 10 ,d. hoaIse cav. cav, cav.
cav" makes the start on the long trip.
Soon The whole flock will D. cawiis. ny
ing in @lar'., Rosy banchrs across thr
late afternoon sky.
Mos Of the blackbtfds have aItead>.
moved southwark. 5ut you still may hear
an American SclloWiihcA. o. beiat..3
robin. or even a mock.ng bird. -nglh-
from the top of 4 dead mule n stalk Or
the iow summit of Il bare linbed tree of
bush Across the valley that stretches
between YOU and the dis ant rim of tree
crowned hills cores the mellow. far-aWaN
tinkle of a cowbcll and everything Is
quiet. and peaceful, and rural; AMI then
YOU hear the shrill shrek OF the wh Stle
on the inbound trolley car and tn.
answering honk-honk of q hurryinP auto
mobile And you make hasty sprint
for the place where here is 4 sisu read
ing: Cars step here" and get back u
the asphalt streets and tile electric ] sht.
tired with 4 healthy fatigue. and hun
sry-well. say!
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wv SHINGTON'S Repu-
=" tation for Fine Autumn
Weather Causes Many City
Dwellers to Take Long
Rarnbles Into the Country
Bewildering Vistas of Tinted
Woodlands and Ridges of
Blue Hills-In Virginia and
Maryland-Where the Real
Estate Dealers Have Made
New S b diviSi on Sold
Homes and Their Surround
ings Are Interesting.
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lnloSt tive centuries.
At the time Of it's first dedication il was
simply 4 small wooden structure with a
wooden roof Constantine the Great did
not dedicate il to a saint. but to holy
wisdom. During the riots between the
warning factions OF Greeks the church
was completely consumed by fire. JUS
tinial, who favored the orthodox church.
having been successful in the conflict for
the position OF emperor, no sooner was
established upon his throne than he a.
once set about rebuilding the baslica.
But a new 81. Sophia arose from the
ashes of the old. \ church, which in
magniiicence- Of design, richness of ma
teriaf and sumptuousncss of decoration
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was Undoubtedly cultivated land, but
which NOW has grown up III broom Sed8e
or scrub pines or cedars. and enter the
narrow opening OF grass grown ZANE.
Along this LETT us explore for while, to
see where. i'll may lead. The wheel ruts
are almost obiitrratcd. and the track Is
rapidly growing over with rank grasses
and weeds; one migll well think IT had
not been used for years. Turn this bend
i'll the lane, and across a iansle of long,
drying grass, rose bushes and ShrubberN
tumble-down house comes into View
The house is evidently untenanted; the
windows have been broken in. the doors
hang by one hinge or are missing en-
tirely. and the whole place has that
pathetic homeless look borne by places
where men and women and little chill
dren once have lived.
y sriZzled old negro, walking. rather
huIr;edly. comes around a corner OF the
old house and heads for the lane. Ask
him about the place and he repl es:
No sab boss. ain nobuddy lived dar
Sence Mist Jim done died bout CT Yeah
en- Fl haff ago Mist Jim he wuz de
las "f de family: dey WIZ nine of EN-,
Ca'Ine. deys fadder en- mudder En-
dey all done died off now, en- ain
nobuddy wants to live in de ole house no
mo Iass;r dat WIZ it-cnsumption, dey
all died off wild c'nsumption, right dar
in de ole house
Then YOU look at the crumDling, tot
terins old place with a different feeling.
1t doesn't look like home now: rather
il takes on the aspect OF treacherous,
murderous monster. gathering into Its
destroying embrace father, mother sons
and daughters, planting in Their systems
the seeds of disease and gioating as each
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ASHINGToN II a 5

ASHiNGToN h a 5
long enjoyed the
reputation of be-
ing blessed with
the finest autumn
weather of any
city in the I nited
States. Old Wa sh-
ingtonians Will tell
tho newcomers to
the city that June
and october are
Washington : most
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place OF parhiillc drives. :sp. eatila N.rFS,
high. we'll drained land-a place whore one
freedom of tn" country. But then the
electric service. probably. was not
good enough. on people hadn't developed
the rural bug to a sufficient extent
something or some things made the plan
a failure. and the only Indication that rr-
mains Of what the place Was intended
for are the oversrown spaces Were the
streets We're to he. the Stunted, wind
warped maple saT lines that never grew
and at one corner" the cavins-in re-
mains Of foundation.
But from the hilltop you Will look away
half mile. perhaps-and see where a
later promoter made good with another
subdivision. Car service had doubtless
improved, more people wanted ''hQmes'
instead of piSeonnoles in Il long city +. IL
or caves in one Of onr ~Inodefn apart
ment houses; anyhow. the new subdivi-
sion, within sight of the old. made good
and houses all of them new and at
tractive, are dotted over. wide area
while all around them sweep the open
fields and the hills crowned with trees
wearing their autumn robes uf rusSet and
gold of brown and crimson
Over at the otherward edge of the clear
ing that was to have been village stands
another bit of Woodland. And here YOU
may see an illustration OF a thinS the
United States forest service has been
preaching for 10, these many. many
years.
once on time all the land right
here was cleared, right up to the bit OF
woodland Every tree was taken off. and
the ground was scraped and leveled, as
all right-minded real estate men know it
must be. But right at the ed7e of the
woodland sing tall, straight old pine
was allowed to stand. Today the sons
and daughters of this Old tree reach from
the feet of their parent for a stance
of two city blocks across the o.d clearing