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reached New York. In New York l. net
many friends. and $40 l remained there
half year. Finally / came to Washing
ton. l hope to be graduated from 'eh-
trail High School next June
The Franklin Night School operates
nearly all it's classes for the purpose of
teaching the English language in its
elements to those who come to America
unprepared to meet the requirements or
the business world because of their isllo-
rance Of our native tongue. The school
holds it's sessions Monday, "Wednesday
and Friday nights. The stories of the
struggles and achievements of many OF
the students are very interesting.
Walter Hopf, who entered the school
last fall is a shining specimen OF "ha'
the methods of instruction employed
there can do in short time. When Hopi
hesan the course at the Franklin he was
totally ignorant of even the rudlments
of English. During his days. and often
in ,be evenings, he was kept busy attend
ing to his duties as second chauHeur a,
the German embassay. but ne stuuie"
faithfully when he could fnd tne @ @tlls
an5 attended class often as his worR
ner1nitted Last spring, when the nish'
school session was drawing to a cIose. y
prize was offered for the pest EisHsi
composition handed to the schooi ai.
tborities by any Of the students. Hop'
set out to win this prize. He selected his
subject carefully and then got down I.
the work of celebrating u-on II. Whei
the work was finally completed 1t SHOVE.
conclusiyely that in the short space oi
civ months the teachers at the Franklin
had succeeded in giving him a working
knowledge of the English language ne
essay. which bore the significant title
My Adopted Country. won the prize.
attending the night school. Mittout i
something of a linguist and is. especial,
enthusiastic about Esperanto. He say:
that while he was in the French army
he became convinced of the world-"io'
need of an international language, ant
so he took up the study of Esperanto
When he finally left the army at the ex
piration of his term of enlistment ~
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that the Venus was acquired by force.
He tells-at second hand, of course: he
was not present, nor does he pretend I"
have been-the prodigious fact of
hold-up by French marines their com
mandant and an embassy secretary, in
face of the laws of nations. But never
does it come to his mind that Venus
could have lost her arms in course OF
the stand and deliver! l quote the
exact words of Jean Aicard of the French
Academy, recently published with Mat
tererS sketch
NO, Matterer. thinks. TRANQUILITY, that
they committed the crime of mutilatine
her at Paris. and designedly. He shares
in this the strange opinion of NJ. Lenor-
mant but each without the knowledge
of the other. And he is not a writer:
he is naval officer. but he might have
proudly taken for motto the words of
Dumont d'Urville: AT least ] can guar
antee the truth of my facts.
Curious. Yes. d'Urville also is curl
ously ambiguous. d'JrvilIe also. inslnu-
ates. He had friends in the Academy
of the Var at Toulon. Before II ne
read a report, dated November, 1s.p. de-
scrbing how he and Matterer discovered
the statue in Yorgos' possession-'a nude
woman. made from two blocks which
measured separately. Her left arm.
raised. held an apple. and the right sus-
simply as Matterer: "For the rest, both
arms are mutilated, and at the present
moment tactuellemenD detached from
the body"
A point period; and that is all.
But, no. another hint. Yet stranger. Re
member, he too, was a naval officer.
with tact to rise to be an admiral Du-
mont ID Urville tells the Toulon Academy
that he had desired TO give them. M
old friends, the very first description or
the find. On the very day he wrote theh
such letter.
Il addressed it, ne says. Ito your NJ
Pons. leaving to that learned Hellenisf
the care of explaining the mutilated in
scription which accompanied IT cine
statuep But, by singular fatality, OF
all the letters | wrote on that cruise, II
was the only one lost In the mail, SO that
you never received ii.
Much has been said Of the inscription
1t was the sublime sculptors signature.
who made the Venus of Milo every
tourist asks. A Greek of the grand
period, SURELY
Had she no inscription, We should say
so. And she has no inscription now.
The original one. to Whlch IRVINE
refers. read as follows:
"Andros. Menides son. from Antioch on
the Meander made this work
A fragment of base. so Inscribed. GER
tainly accompanied the Venus. though
students like Farnell of oxford and the
German Furtwangler found no evidence
that ii belonged to her. fThey said the
same of the fragment of hand holding an
apple) Hare says that the pedestal un-
derwent change in the workshops or
the Louvre and 1.-The inscription is no
longer there: but lit would be an in
suit to the Louvre authorities to suggest
that they could have destroyed ito re-
move evidence that their treasure be
longs to a later date than the best Greek
period.
And there we are.
She is infinitely greater. nobler and
more beautiful than the best work of the
great Greek period. Why give her tic-
titious proofs? So thinks the twen-
tieth century. The mystery still remains,
but light is beginning to dawn on IT,
STERLING HEII.IG.
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chored in. Melos harbor May %, 1sao.
Comma ndant Robert saw the Greek brig
Galaxidion, flying the Turkish flag,
anchored nearby, and, to the consterna-
ton of himself and Marcellus, the en-
bassy secretary. standing on board be-
side him, there appeared at the foot or
the hill Of Castro a crowd of Greek and
Turkish sailors painfully transporting the
upper half of the victorious the peerless
one toward that same Turkish brig.
No doubt was possible She was
cleaning. They had neither boxed her
nor wrapped her. Her lower half, with
the pedestal, was ready on the brig, and
now they carried the lovely torso on a
makeshift stretcher, equilibrium being
maintained by ropes tied TO her bust,
waist and neck-whch still bear traces
Of their wearing on the marble.
The Greeks and Turks advanced slowly,
changing shifts and reposng. Marcellus
and Robert looked in each others eyes.
There's just time said Robert. They
armed a longboat full of marines, Mar
cellus and Robert with them, command
ing and reached the shore just men
from Turkish longboat came running
to protect their brethren. From the hill
OF Castro NJ. Brest, the French vice con-
sui. was making good time TO the melee.
Cutlasses and clubs opened the dance.
The Turks dropped the marble idol.
Around Venus II was slash and parry,
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Building His House.

KTAYOR LUNN of Schenectady was
AvA condemning a certain corrupt law
yer
Il was showing a visitor the sights OF
New York one day.. he said, land, or
gaped at the Frick house. we nodded
with approval in front of the Carnegie
house and we guffawed before the house
of Senator Clark.
Then we came to this lawyers great.
pillared house of pale stone, and my
friend said:
but surely, surely. he never built q
place like that out of his practice?''
No. said l, not out of his practice
out of his practices.
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kick and bite. iab, gouge and roll A
cutlass takes off Turkish ear Enough
carnage, When you fly the Turkish flag
you don't soak the sands with your life
blood for a craven image made against
the law of the prophet. The Turks pull
for the brig. The French have copped
the peerless one: Venus Victrix. impas-
sable, stares past them at the whte-cap-
ped sea- where she was born; is there
faint smile of satisfaction on the lovely
lips?
The stretcher had been injured. All
We're excited. Hurry, the Turks may re-
turn in force, That stretcher is no good.
Put rollers under the fiat of the block.
Pull on the ropes. Attention. The bust
is dipping, Malheur, she's on her back!
Tant pis, Now. my children, yet another
effort! Good old longboat. Embark! 1t
was hot working, but she's ours. Best
say eas little as possible about it. Mon
sieur, the vice consul. you will please to
arrange the suite of this annoying epi-
sode automatically!
Negotiations lasted two days. Finally
the Turkish brig ceded to the French the
lower part of the statue, but when L.
Estafette sailed for PiraseuS Venus bore
irrepara BILE wounds.
SO they say. Such is said to be the
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come from all the remote corners OF the
globe. from all classes. high and low
Some are attending the night school at
the Franklin building for the sole pur-
pose of learning the English language,
and. for the most part, work during the
day. Others are preparing TO enter col
lege. and to that end are undertaking
the regularly prescribed high school
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THE Romance of a Statue

THE Romance of a Statue
1 "A Fight With the
Turks to Obtain Possession
of the Beautiful Piece OF
Marble How Did Venus
Lose Her Arms?-A Ques-
ton That Has Puzzled for
One Hundred Years-The
Statue as 1t Was Found by
a Peasant of the Isle OF
Melos, in March, 182o-How
France Obtained the Master
piece.
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iERE are a SUI
prising number OF
youths from other
lands attending the
Washington publlc
schools this year.
and many of them
have interesting
stories to tell OF
their experiences
in this country and
before reaching IT.
TIL G $ c foreigners
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EARLY 100 years
ago-in March. 1870
Yorgos Bottoms,
a peasant of the
Isle of Melos in the
VI e d il ezra n e a n.
with his son and
nephew. worked his
field on the flank
OF a mountain.
The field was in
two terraces, like
S [ e p s. sustained
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School with the class of 1916 He left his
native land early in 1872, travelling as
companion and interpreter with small
party of his countrymen, who were MAX
ing the trip to the states. His employers
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Come From

FOREIGNERS Come From
! All Parts of the Globe
Central and Western High
Schools Have Received Lions
Share of Foreign Element
This Year-A Chinese Re-
publican Who Came to This
Country for More Than an
Education-Many Foreigners
Enter Night Schools to Learn
English.
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Washington High School Cadets, Central,
is another student from the newborn re-
public in the far east Every Monday
and Thursday afternoon, as regularly
as the clock turns round, Clifton Chang
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rom crumbling down by ancient casing
walls On the edge of the upper field
Yorgos had noticed certain big blocks OF
trimmed stone fncrusted in the top OF the
casing, and he wanted TO use them. Ply
ing out one he saw a fissuret under ms
feet, into which crumbs of dirt rolled
and disappeared. Astonished, he en-
Iarged the hole and found that they were
above a kind of vault.
Every peasant hopes 10 find treasure
in the ground. They hustled. The vault
was. obviously. a niche. sealed up by the
sustaining wall overlooking the lower
field Peeping. on their knees. they saw
in the shadow of the crypt the specter
Of a woman, larger than nature
Prying, they pushed over a chunk OF
the casing into the lower field, jumped
down to look in and stood struck with
a sort OF religious awe. There stood
goddess, white and radiant. beautiful with
the beauty of the immortals or the old
songs of their fathers.
=
Who had hid her and sealed her up?
Mystery. With what vain pagan cere-
monies, perhaps had they placed beside
her two mysterious little guardian fig
marvellous form, born for the light and
the admiring glances Of men. had been a
captive of the dark, standing. motionless.
in an attitude of useless pride, she, the
victorious!
YorSos guessed her value. He knew
that marble statues, dug up. had, in
foreign eyes great price. especially when
entire. And his statue was entire.
Yes, entire Fifty years later Yorgos
son protested. II happened thus The
great Theirs began his start in journal
ism by a study of this Venus and the
riddle of her arms. So. when he became
president of the French republic he or
dered the ambassador 10 Greece. Jules
Ferry. to make a trip to Melos and pick
up local tradition. Ferry did better He
found the son and nephew still alive
Antonio and Yorgos. jr. They have
grown to be beautiful old men. white
bearded. ruddy, robust and bright-eyed,
reported Ferry. Examined separated,
before the French vice consul at Castro
they declared steadily. with minute de-
tails api explanatory gestures and poses
that Venus, when they found her, was
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course But no matter what the ultimate
ends of these school boys and girls OF
other lands may be. their teachers are
unanimous in declaring that their work
is characterized by a punctuality and
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PARIS, November IL, 1912.
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correspondence Of The Star
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HERE are a sur
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-12
MEETINGS FOR SUFFRAGE
 HELD IN ANNISTON

The following letter, received yesterday by this department of The Age-Herald from Anniston, is indicative of the sen timent of that progressive city and will be read with pleasant interest by those who are keeping abreast of the times in regard to this especial phase of feminine activity:
 Anniston October 10-There are little secret meetings going on in this town that husbands and fathers know nothing about. and it is in these meetings that sentiment favoring womans suffrage IS crystallizing, and will one of these days rise to the bursting point, according 10 present indications. Then mere man or Anniston will wake up. rub his eyes, and have something to think of
 Strangely enough the meetings are not of the roisterods variety held in some Of the large cities, but are composed of well informed women who are determined to study the question. They meet Tn small groups, where much time and at tention is given to the study of the prop lem of women casting votes at the polls. Literature from the pens of the lore most suffrage writers is furnished, read and discussed.
 Ar interesting feature in connection with the local situation is that the men are slumbering over what is going on' having failed to realize that the senti- ment Is rapidly taking root, and may at an early date reach the bubbling-over point And when 1t does should such be the case there will he a howl ana cry in Anniston, for 1t is generally con ceded that a vast majority of the male species stand opposed to women voting'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-12
LETTERS TO EDITOR
Criminals With Irish Names

To the Editor of The Age-Herald:
 In the report of the trial of Police Lieutenant Becker, published in your is sue this morning. a witness tetified that Jack Sullivan was one of the gang of murderers. This fellows name is Jacob Reich, not Jack Sullivan, and he has not drop of Irish blood in his body Neither has Paul Kelly another member of this gang, who also for some unaccount- able reason, has assumed an Irish name.
 The criminal records of New York and Chicago are thichly strewn with good Irish names, which have been. assumed by foreigners whose real names are un- pronounceable by the average American This fact is well known to the police and criminal court judges in these cities, but outside of them most people are disposed to infer nationality from the name as it appears.
 It is bad enough when a nation has to bear the odium brought upon it by the misdeeds of it's own people, but when the criminals of other races and countries assume names which give the impression that they also are of that nation it be- comes necessary to put the stigma where It belongs. F. l. MONKS.
 Birmingham, October Il, 1912
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-12

and then when I saw my father for the first time, I said:
 Well, I have succeeded was ad-
 mitted
 "Of course he thought I was talking about the University, and when I told
 him what I meant he wanted to turn me out of the house, run me away from home. It was a bitter disappointment
 to him, l can assure you, but after he heard me play, and some of his friends heard me, he became more reconciled, and finally quite satisfied that music was my
 profession.
 Did you only study with the one teach er-Dworraak? I asked.
 "The only one I've ever had" was the reply. "I didn't need any greater
 teacher. He was great enough After I had been at home while, went on Con- cert tours, through South America, Spain and France, playing with all the large or chestras. and then for season in Italy"
 Flow did you happen to add teaching to your profession of artist?" I inquired. T discovered shortly after I began my professional career,'' said Signor DAgos- tino, that I had the power of impart- ing my knowledge to other people, and I knew that was the first asset in the makeup of first class teacher The teacher is born, not madei Many an artist is a great artist, but he couldn' t
 teach anybody anything if his life de- pended uron it. I felt that I had that gift and I began to use it, and the re- suit has Teen that I have been teaching since 1902.'
 And how did you happen to stray way down Soutll?" I asked. , MT Memoli and I had known9 each other in Itaiy,' said he, land I came over to America several years ago before | l. would consider coming south. I taugAt ! and played in Concert in New York. Phil s,lelphiit and all the larger cities, and 1 last year, when Mir. Memoli and I met again in Naples he induced me to come | here.'
 Do you find things as you expected
 them here,' I asked, Cor are Americans given to too much light music and rag | timer I asked.
 'Ragtime is awful" said signor D'Ag- ostino, with a shrug of his shoulders | in hearty disapproval. Tt makes me ne--
 vous! Why on the other side, even the
 street musicians play the classics. Here I oh! questo terrible; hate it, It seems
 dreadful that music should be murdered
 that way, when we have such beautiful | things to play as Mendelssohn, Vieux-
 temps. Paganini and Berlioz, who are
 among my favorite composers.''-
 And who do you regard as the best
 living violinist?" l queried. | Ifs hard to picl out one, but Yasaye,
 Mischa Elman and Caesar Thompson
 said he, ''are probably the greatest, while 1 Kubelik surpasscs them all in technique" ,"
 What make of violin do you use?' asked
 | "1 have an Italian make, a genuine Gag | liano. and a French violin, a Willaume,' said he. "rhe Nilaume like for quan- tity, for the biz, round tones; but for quality and sweetness and delicateness prefer the GagIiano.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-12

To a number of Birmingham folk 1t will come as a pleasant bit of news that Miss French Patton, a pretty Richmond girl, recently made a promising debut as a dancer. Miss Patton will be recalled as the guest of Miss Mary Kirkpatrick several years ago-in 1909, to be exact. She was pretty, diminutive brunette, vivacious and very wnsome. During 8 visit with Miss Kirkpatriek-wh is en- thusiastc over all athletic sports-to the Birmingham Athletic club, Miss Patton, who had never danced, became most en- thusiastic over the classes pursuing the terpsichorean study She joined Mir. l. E. Miles classes and thus it was through him that this young star was introduced to the art which she later adopted pro- fessionally. Not long ago she entered the Louis Chalif school of dancing in New York city. where Mir. Miles becomes instructor during each summer and was a graduate of the institution several months ago. She has become quite well known professionally and her classic dances are pronounced extraordinary by those who understand her exquisite art. The photograph reproduced on this page is one of a score of recent poses in the possession of a Birmingham friend. Most of the others are in classic attire, along the Greek lines affected by some of the great dancers of the day but strikingly original in character
 That society girl should so suddenly adopt a profession and so quickly achieve prominence where the world is most eX- acting, is decidedly novel and pleasant. Miss Patton made her formal professional debut last Monday night In Henry KIT at Daly's theatre in New York.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-12
BRIDE-ELECT
 HONOREE AT BUFFET SUPPER

One of the prettiest Inequalities extend ed to Miss Ruth Phillips, whose mar riage to MT. Radford Batson will be an event of October 16, was a buffet bridge given by Mrs. F. E. Batson last even ing. During the card games a delicious fruit punch was served from a bower of yellow crysanthemums and palms by Mrs. N. w. Lott. The score cards, picture of Miss Phillips, framed in golden tinted flowers, made lovely souvenirs of the enjoyable occasion. At the conclusion of the games delicious salad course, in which the chosen color, yellow, was eff fectvely carried out Mrs. Batson received her guests in a smart silk. dinner gown. Miss Phillips wore a becoming costume of pale blue charmeuse. Miss Miriam Watterdorf, who is to be Miss Phillips made of honor, was attractive in new autumn frock. Mrs. Batson asked only few friends besides the wedding party, which includes Miss Ruth Phillips, Miss Florence Hunt, Miss Miriam Watterdorf, Mr. Radford Batson, MT. James Paige, Mir. Eugene Batson and MT. Harry Gull verhouse.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-12
sIGNoR ALFONSO D'AGosTINO

olis credit that he chose Signor D'Ago- stino from the many eligible violinists who presented themselves for the posi- and finished artists that has ever come south in the capacity of teacher.
 Knowing how much is dependent upon the teacher and that he can make or mar a great career for a pupil MT. Memoli considered every point in Sig nor D'Agostino's makeup. and when he says that he regards him as one of the most finished artists of his acquaint- ance. there is little more to be said of him.
 l My talent" Signor DAgostino told me in the course of conversation, ifs ! not heriditary. Of course the love of music is innate in every true Italians mother was musical l was born in the little town of San Potito, near Naples, and the way I mana ged to gain my musical education was really very
 unique. My father had known from the time l was youngster that I loved the violin, but he would never allow me to speak of making 1t a profession.
 Finally he sent me to Naples to enter lthe university and to commence my
 studies to be a civil engineer Instead of that. when l got to Naples I took the money he had given me to buy my books and enter school with and went
 to the Royal Conservatory where I
 matriculated to study the violin.'
 | Certainly a boy who would brave his fathers displeasure in a matter like that MUST, have cared very much for | music, I suggested.
 T loved it more than I can tell you,' i Signor D'Agostino replied. When I en- | tered the Conservatory you can imagine ' my delight when I was admitted to Dworraak's Class. He is the greatest
 teacher of the violin that I've ever
 known, and to be admitted to his classes meant everything. Besides that, he is
 a great composer and a great artist I
 stayed away from home for two years,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-10-12
GRowLER DANCE
 AT UNIVERSITY CLUB

The Groulers club entertained 35 of their girl friends last night at an ln- formal dance at the University club This club, which includes about 40 of the most popular young men in the city, both in social and business circles, always en- certain in the most delightful manner And the dance last evening added one more to their already full list of pleasant affairs. Mir. and Mrs. Robert McDavid, Mir. and Mrs. Arthur Adams and MT. and Mrs. Robley Munger were the ehaperones for the evening. Among the girls who were especially noted at the club were: Miss Carrie Yates, Miss Annie Blinn Miss Edith Thompson, Miss Aileen Kirkman, Miss Katherine Kirlsman, Miss Virginia McDavid, Miss Elizabeth Bowie. Miss Kate Perry, Miss Virginia Underwood, Miss Florence Coffin and Miss Mary Bradshaw.