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Evening star., 1912-09-29
WARRENT0N.
Special Correspondence Of The Star.

SpecldI correspondence VI 1He
WARRENTON. September %. 1912.
Mrs. William C. Hayes and Master Will
liam C. Hayes, jr., have returned after
spending some time with Mr.. and Mrs.
F. 1. Maule in Philadelphia. Mr.. and
Mrs. c. E. Tiffany have returned to War
renton after two weeks stay in New
York and Canada. Miss Eugenia Carr Of
Maryland is the guest of the Misses Cur
tis at their home on East Main street
Miss Ella Shumate of Bealeton, Va. Is
Stone. Mrs. Scott Nesbit gave a party
Friday afternoon last to her grandson,
Master Scott Nesbit of Pittsburgh, Pa.
who is with his grandparents at Alwing-
ton. Mrs. Hanger of Washington, who
has been guest at the home of Mrs. c.
s. Carter, has returned to the city. Mrs
w. II. Robertson visited Charlottesville
the past week. Mrs. w. D. Fielding spent
the past week end with friends In WASH
ington. Miss Alice Decker Of New York
son the coming week. Mrs: Howell
PEBBLES entertained the Reading CluI,
Wednesday, the 25th instant, at the home
Of Mrs. Jennie M. Payne. Mrs. Westley
time with Mr.. and Mrs. l.. E. Myers at
their home on High street. Miss Catha-
rine Hagan of Richmond, Va. is spend
ing some time with Miss Fanny Scott at
the home of Mrs. Taylor Scott. Miss
Josephine May of New Orleans Is a
guest at the home of Mrs. j. B. Britton.
In the bridge tournament which was
completed at the Warrenton Country
Club Tuesday evening Mrs E. Beverly
Slater Of Warrenton and Washington
made the highest total score, the figures
being 8.6O2. Mrs. c. Shirley Carter and
Mr.. T. ]. Semmes of New Orleans made
the highest team score. being 5.70S. Hand
some prizes were awarded the winners.
A supper was given at the final evening.
Three evenings were played in.
Evening star., 1912-09-29

union. Miss Fletcher Of Warrenton was
sponsor from the eighth congressional
district. and Miss White served as maid
of honor to her.
Miss Catherine Preston returned We'd
nesday from an extended visit to her
cousin, Mrs Fitzhugh of Westminster.
Md. Mr.. William NJ. Gray of near here
has gone to the University of Chicago,
| has entered Western High School. Wash
ington. D. c. Miss Virginia Johnson.
after visiting relatives here, has returned
| to her home in Washington. Miss Mil
dred Jones of Baltimore and Mrs. John
Whipple were weekend guests Of friends
| in Middleburg, Va. Mrs. Garland Ham
ner and child, after spending several
weeks with the Misses Harrison of this
| town, returned during the past week to
her home in Lynchburg, Va. Miss Eliza
| beth koones has returned to her home
| in Washington from a visit to her aunt.
Mrs. William Hawling of this town. Mrs.
John H. Alexander and Mrs William
Carlos Lewis are visiting Mr.. and Mrs
ington. The Misses Currell of Lexing-
ton, Va, are visiting at Dover, the home
of Miss Katharine Mccormick. Mrs
Harry Norris and two children of Wash
visit to Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas B. Nor
ris of this town. Miss Dulcie Edwards
is spending a fortnight with friends in
Norfolk. Va. Miss Jessie Hampton OF
w aSnlfSLOn IS VlSltlnS neT paTeHlS, NIL
and Mrs. J. H. Hampton. at Black Oak.
Miss Cora Garrett has returned to Wash
ington from a visit to Mrs. ]. F. Garrett
at Black Oak. Mr.. and Mrs. r. n. Le-
gard Of North Fork. this county. are
visiting friends in southwest Virginia.
| Mrs. Bennett of Washington is visiting
her daughter, Mrs. Claude Van Sickler of
North Fork. Miss Thelma Davis has re-
turned to washington from visit to her
grandparents. Mr.. and Mrs. c. G. Davis
of Lincoln. and her aunt. Mrs. Nathaniel
r. Heaton of Purcellville. Miss Mary
/ Lewis has returned to her home near
here from a visit of month to relatives
in Baltimore. Mrs. Samuel Rogers of
Hamilton. this county, is visiting rela-
tives in Washington, D. c. Miss Edna
Leoffler and Miss Virgie Mertzell OF
Washington. D. c. were guests of friends
in this town during the past week. Mr..
and Mrs. George Babson and two sons
have returned from a stay of several
weeks at Atlantic City. Mrs. Philip
Minis of New York has been visiting at
Widworthy Farm, the home Of Mr.. and
Mrs Arthur Mason Chichester. jr., near
here. Mrs. William Dixon Fisk has re-
turned from a visit OF several days to
relatives in Purcellville, Va.
Evening star., 1912-09-29
CLARENDON.
Special Correspondence Of The Star.
CI,ARENDON Va Sentember %.

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
CLARENDON, Va. September %, 1912.
Mrs. W. E. Calender entertained the
members Of st. Georges Guild Friday
evening. She was assisted by Mrs. r. l..
Bradfield and Mrs. Cation Misses A.
Rice and Lula Henry Of Washington re-
turned to their city homes Thursday,
after visit to Mrs. Jerry Desmond. Mrs.
Julian Menefee and sons, after stay
of several days as guests of her sister,
Mrs. r. l.. Bradfield, returned Monday to
her home in Columbia, s. c. Miss Norma
Rucke of Louisville, KY, is the guest OF
Mr.. n Rucke. Mrs. Hoyt Johnston and
little daughter Anna Lacey. returned
Saturday from Millerstown. Pa, where
they have been visiting Mrs. Johnston
parents. Mr. and Mrs. Wingerty, 1or
month Mrs. H. w. Dull and little son
are on a two-week visit 10 relatlves M
Harrisburg. Pa. Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Hollis
ter Tull Of Mena, Ark, are guests or Mr..
and Mrs. Charles E. Lewis of Fort Myer
Heights. Miss r. Lawrence OF Amlss-
VILE, Va, is visiting Mrs. John McQuinn.
Mr.. and Mrs: j. B. r. smith smith ana mo- nttle as
Hamilton. Nd. after visit to MRS.
Groome Eareckson. Miss E. /. Schutt
entertained the members or the lara
Club Friday evening at her home, Ellen
wood, at CherryOdle.
Mrs. Thomas Smith has returned to her
home in Warrenton, after a visit to her
sfster-in-law, Mrs. E. Marsteller. Mr..
and Mrs T. w. Williams. who have been
spending several months in New York.
returned home Sunday. Mr.. and Mrs.
William V. Shear Of Fort Myer Heights
entertained at dinner. Sunday. DR.. and
Mrs. c. L. Shear and Misses Beatrice
and Dorothy Shear Of Vienna, Mr.. and
Mrs. William Wallis and son Prescott OF
Arlington. Mr.. and Mrs. John B. Moore
and son Frederick, who were guests for
ten DAYS of Mrs. William V. Shear OF
Fort Myer Heights, returned Saturday to
their home at Salem, Ohio. Mrs. Leith
Thompson celebrated her birthday. ami
versary Tuesday evening, when she en-
tertained a number of friends from
Washington, Dominion Heights and
Clarendon. Miss Lucy Mackal OF
Livingston Heights is the guest of MSS
Frances de Lashmutt. Mr.. and Mrs.
Ralph Baldwin had as their guest Mr.
Ernest Baldwin of Newport News, who
returned home last Monday Miss Helen
Carter of Washington is the guest OF
Mrs. Harry Finney of Courtlands. Mrs
]. c. Anderson is spending several weeks
with relatives in Fauquier, Va. Mrs
Stirling Kerr, after a visit to Mr.. and
Mrs. Karl Kerr of Fort Myer Heights,
has returned to her home in Washington.
Mrs. Richard McCann has as her guests
her sisters from California.
Evening star., 1912-09-29
Big Gun Making in Japan.
From the Osaka Mainichi,

rom tne OSaRa M0lntch1.
The construction Of three big battle
ships. each Of $4,000 tons, which has
just been started in Japan--one at Yoko-
suka to be named the Hiyei, one at the
kawasaki yard to be named the Harima
and one at the Mitsu Bishi yard to be
named the Kirishima-has aroused q
great deal of attention among the naval
authorities of foreign powers The four
tesn-inch guns to be mounted on these
new battleships are also to be manufac-
tured in Japan. a fact which is said to
have awakened a still greater amount of
attention. The guns are to be made at
the Japan Steel Foundry's works al
Muroran. the breechblocks and other i'm
p0rtant parts being made at the Kure
naval arsenal. The Proportion of home
made and foreign material used in build
ing warships In Japan ID getting more
and more in favor Of homemade ma
terials. The principle of the navy de-
partment OF building ships at home has
now been placed ON a firm foundation
and onicial convictions in regard to this
principle have been strengthened by re-
cent n9ishments.
Evening star., 1912-09-29
ANAC0STIA.

Mrs, Nellie Tippett and children of VAL
ley Lee, Nd. are visitors with Mr.. and
Mrs. w. E. Jordon at their home on U
street. Miss Florence Pumphrey Of Mich
OILS avenue has reached her home after
visit to Richmond, Va. Mr.. and Mrs.
Warren Toson and family Of Piney
Point. Nd, are visiting Mr.. and Mrs.
Willis Harlan at their home on street.
They will probably remain several
months.
Mrs. John S. Reed has returned to her
home in Fredericksburg, Va, following
visit to her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Richard Carroll Of 2216 Shannon place.
Evening star., 1912-09-29
CULPEPER.
Special Correspondence Of The Star.


CULPEPER, Va, September %. 1919
MT and Mrs. Henry O'Bannon Cooper
OF Alexandria We're weekend guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Silas Cooper on Railroad street.
The Wednesday Bridge was entertained by
Mrs Max Samuelson. and the prize for max
Ing highest score was won by Mrs. Hudg-
ms. Mr.. and Mrs. Reynolds Of Wash
ington are guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Borst. near Brandy. Mrs. Addison Borst
has just returned from a two-week visit
to her cousin, Mrs. Goodrich, in Fredericks.
burg. Miss Violet Lawson has been the
guest of the Misses Nalle following a
stay at the Brunswick Inn, in Waynes-
boro. but will leave in a few days for her
home in Smithfield. Wednesday Misses
Fannie and Leslie Nalle attended the
marriage of former classmate, Miss
Elizabeth Mcdonald of Orange. and MIR.
Bernard Wilson. which took place in old
st. Thomas Church. in Orange. Miss
Mamie Jeffries and Miss Maud Fox, who
Evening star., 1912-09-29

another wedding ceremony at o'clock
Wednesday evening in the parsonage on
V street when Miss Katherine LovelesS
became the bride of Mr.. John l.. Stew
art, both residents OF the Giesboro dis
trict beyond Congress Heights. Miss
Mary Goodwin acted maid of honor,
while Patrick Shanahan was the best
! man. Mr.. and Mrs. Stewart are enjoying
a wedding journey through several north
ern cities. and upon their return will re-
side in this community.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilbur Dodge of w street
have returned from Charleston. y. H.,
where they went to attend the fiftieth
wedding anniversary of Mr.. and Mrs.
Hosea n. Dodge of that city. Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles A. Stevens entertained a
company of young people at their home
on Chester street Thursday evening IN
honor of the birthday anniversary or
their son, Jesse X. Stevens.
Evening star., 1912-09-29

Miss Marie Russell has returned to Bel
Alton, Md. following a visit to relatives
in Anacostia Miss Martha Hall is WIS.,
iting relatives in Philadelphia, and from
there will go to Atlantic City. Miss Julia
E. Hardy has gone to Dickersons. Nd,
where she will visit her sister and moth
er. Miss Lorena Cropp has returned fol-
, lowing a visit to her former home IT.
Burketown, Va. The marriage of Miss
Katherine Vallandingham of Anacostia
and Mr.. Frank L. Wood Of Calvert coun-
ty, Md. took place Wednesday evening
of the past week in the rectory Of St.
Teresa's Church on V street, the cere-
mony being performed by the Rev.
Charles NJ. Bart. PASTOR Immediately
following the ceremony Mr.. and Mrs.
Wood left for a northern trip, and they
expect upon their return to reside in Bal
timore.
Rev. Charles NJ Bart also performed
Evening star., 1912-09-29
GirliSh, Wrinkle-Free
Skin Easy TO Have
(From Pilgrim Magazine. }

Since Its remarkable astringent and
tonic properties became known, clever
women all over the world have been using
the saxolite face bath, to ''tone up their
faces, remove wrinkles and draw fabby
cheeks and neck back to normal. After
using the solution the face Immediately
feels much frmer. The skin tightens
evenly, gradually, all over the face. thus
reducing lines and sagginess. The for
mula is: Powdered saxolite. ounce, dis
solved In witch hazel, y pint.
Another wonderful facial beautifer and
rejuvenatOr that has become quite a
rage in the United States, as In Europe,
is mercolized wax. Druggists report
great demand. The wax literally absorbs
a sallow, blOtchy or withered complexion.
giving the fresh, vigorous. healthy -hued
young skin underneath a chance to
breathe" and to show itself. Applying
the wax at night, like cold cream. wash
ing II or mornings. will completely reno
vate Q poor complexion In a week OF ten
days. One ounce usually is suficient.
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-25
Result of Team Work

The "Live Wire" canvass for new members for the Chamber of Com merce this week was more successful than even the most optimistic can vassers had expected. There were nine teams, most of them made up of nine men, and these teams wing with each other made a whirlwind canvass that will be memorable in the history of Birmingham.
 The purpose of the canvass was to secure 1000 new members, but when Oscar c. Turner, chairman of the membership committee, and his teams assembled for lunch yesterday at i o'clock, it was found that instead of 1000 names to be added to the Cham Der of Commerce roll, over 1900 have been secured.
 A few years ago when the member ship of the Chamber of Commerce reached 600 that number was thought to be something to boast of. Today the membership exceeds 2000.
 The Chamber of Commerce has blocked out, it is said, a great deal of new and important work, and with the increased revenues this work should be carried on effectively.
 There is nothing like team work for brilliant achievement. This fact has been demonstrated here and else where. The membership canvass has done much to stimulate the get-to- gether spirit in Birmingham. And in the success of the canvass is found one of the many evidences of Birming- hams rapid growth. It takes big city to have civic organization with 2OO0 members. At the rate Birming- ham is now increasing in population a membership campaign year or two from now will mean another large ad- dition to the Chamber of Commerce enrolment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-25
Law Reform in Alabama

The dissatisfaction of the people with the courts is believed to be due in good part to their antique, dilatory and expensive methods, and 24 mem- bers of the commission of 30 ap- pointed by Governor O'Neal met on Thursday to see what they can recom- mend of remedial nature. Commit tees were appointed and other steps taken looking to reforms that will reach all civil and criminal cases. The sentiment expressed at the meeting seems to point to reforms whose scope vii! be wide and deep enough to com- mand the attention of the other states.
 Only one voice was raised against a reform that would weed out rever- sals in this state on technical error, and that voice came from lawyer in New Decatur. The remainder of the commission seems to be committed to the elimination of such reversals. The subject is not one that can readily be surmounted, but there is every as- surance that technical error will come out of the contest a good deal dis figured,
 The subcommittee are to report to the committee of the whole, and no judicial reform will be reported to the governor until it has received majority vote of those present at meeting of the committee of the whole,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-25
ROAR OF AFRICAN LIONS

In an article on lions in the June American Magazine, Stewart Edward White reports observations that he made in Africa on recent hunt, dur ing which he saw II lions and killed several. On the subject of the Hons roar, he says:
 Tn rough country, or one otherwise favorable to the method, a pack of lions will often deliberately drive game Into narrow ravines or cul-de-sacs where the killers are waiting.
 At such times the man favored by the chance of an encampment within five miles or so can hear a lions roar ''Otherwise l doubt if he is apt often to get the full Voiced. genuine article The peculiar questing cough of early evening is resonant and deep in vibra- ton, but it is call rather than roar No lion is fool enough to make noise when he Is stalking. Then afterward, when full fed, individuals may open up a flow times-but only d few times-in sheer satisfaction, apparently, at being well fed. The .menagerie row at feeding time, formidable as it sounds within the echoing walls, is only mild and gentle hint. But when seven or eight lions roar merely to see how much noise they can make-as when driving game, or trying to stampede your oxen on a wagon trip-the effect Is something tre- mendous. The very substance of the ground vibrates; the air shakes l can only compare 1t to the effect of very large deep organ in very small church. There is something genuinely awe inspiring about it; and when the repeated volleys rumble into silence, one can imagine the veldt crouched in a rigid terror that shall endure"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-25
Birmingham fin Ten Years

''No city in this country has made the substantial progress that Birmingham has made during the past 10 years" said J. J. Harris of New York.
 T was here for the first time just about 10 years ago. I have been here twice since. Birmingham is unquestionably buster today than it ever was before, and it looks to me as if it was enjoying a higher degree of prosperity than any city south of the Mason and Dixon line. while I have visited only few oi the southern cities recently, have kept in close touch with all of them A strik ing thing about Birmingham Is, so many large buildings are In course of construc- ton.
 Any city not of the million population class Is doing we'll when 1t builds one big hotel at time, but Birmingham is now building two hotels. each of the million dollar class. In the course of a day spent here I noticed big buildings going up in every direction. Birming- ham is certainly headed for a popula- ton of 100000 It will probably reach the 100000 mark by the time the 194c census Is taken"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-25
A DRAMATIC ESCAPE

From George Kennan's "The Escape or
 Prince Krapotkin," in the June Gen.
 tury.
 In originality of conception and ingenu- ity of execution, the escape of Prince Krapotkin from the prison of the Nillo- laievsk Military hospital in St. Petersburg
 in 1876 is probably unparalleled in prison annals. Twelve conspirators outside the prison took part in it, but not one of them was oyer arrested or suspected, although many of them were subsequently banlshed to Siberia for other political offenses.
 The escape was made in broad daylight, about 5 o'clock In the afternoon, in the presence of three armed soldiers, and with such novel accessories as cherries, opera hats, a lcrse, music. a black mare and a microscope. The chances were at least 10 to 1 that t would fail, notwithstanding the extraordinary ingenuity with which 1t was planned, but every device and strategem worked perfectly. and the lib- erated prisoner dined that night in Don- on's restaurant, the most fashionable in St. Petersburg, while the entire police of the capital was ransacking the city in search for him.
 Nobody even imagined that he would be shrewd and bold enough to take his dinner in so public a place, and not a single detective looked for him there, although search was made in scores of other places, and every exit from the city was so carefully. guarded that a mouse could hardly have crept through unobseryed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-25
WHEN IRVING PLAYED ROMEO

Wendell Phillips Dodge relates in the June Strand an incident growing out of tho first meeting of Robert Mantell with Sir Henry Irving back in 1882, when both were playing Romeo in London. There were reviewers who found Irving too old for the youthful Romeo. and one advised that he should make way for "the young fellow over at the Olympic" Irving pre- pared a special afternoon performance in the Lyceum, to which all the players in London were invited. After it was over, Mantell went back of the stage, and Irving asked him how he liked the performance. Tt has been like an afternoon at school with congenlal lessons" replied Mantell. How do you do it? How do you manage effects? How do you get such atmosphere, such realization of the glory of the tragedy, with such little effort? Is there no recipe?'
 There is; indeed there is" answered Irving. Simple, too; only three things to remember. The first is silence, and plenty of it behind the scenes, so that the actor may be at ease, with nothing to distract when striving for his shadings. The second is light, regulated as far as possible so that nature Is counterfeited-- and, that young man, is the recipe"
 But protested Mantell, you said there were three things to remember you have mentioned but two. Is there a third?'
 "Did say thlrd?" asked Irving. "Um. perhaps I did. perhaps I did but what could l have had in mind? Let me see. An, yes, silence, light and-um, shall I say-actors? Remember that. my boy, act OTIS. Silence, light and actors, that is the third"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-25
Tolls in the Panama Canal

Congress has no more important bill before it than the one to establish tolls in the Panama canal, and the House did it's duty nobly, disregard ing the interests, when it passed the bill by a vote of POS to 61, although it contained a clause prohibiting all railroad-owned vessels from using Anerican waters anywhere. The Great Lakes are included in this sweeping provision, and if it goes through the Senate unamended the transcontinental railroads will be
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-25
THE MISSES GUNGA DIN

From the Louisville Courier-Journal.
 A grim and pathetic story comes from war correspondent who claims to have witnessed the participation of the "Amari- yehs' Or "Menders' in the efforts of the Arabs in Tripoli to stem the Italian in vasion.
 The ''Menders" are girls who derive their name from their duties. They mend" the army by encouraging the waverng, lauding the brave, rebulSing the falling. And while they are doing this they serve as water carriers, like Gunga Din in the Kipling poem. Like Gunga Din. they face the firing line as fearlessly as the fighting men. Many of them are killed while advancing 10 the foremost ranks with water skins or retreating under fire bearing wounded Arabs or the bodies of the dead.
 The Italian war continues to drag along, apparently without much advance toward a conclusion. by land and sea. If the in vaders do succeed in queling the Arabs temporarily the frequent uprisings that will occur in country weakly held ana peopled by a hardy race fond of fighting and by no means fond of Italians will renew the sympathy of the world with the Arabs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-05-25
Federal Guns in Mexico

Orozco's soldiers are deserting in large numbers, and the army that once promised to seize the capital and the government is probably going to pieces.
 President Taft changed the entire situation when he gave the Madero government the right to import arms and ammunition and denied that right to the rebels. The federals brought in guns of long range and these guns are winning battles. Orozco's men cannot withstand the federal artillery fire.
 The battle of Rellano took place in Chihuahua, border state, and Orozco may be driven across the bor- der. If he is the civil war will be end ed, and President Madero will be the man behind the guns, and he will proceed to serve out his presidential term.