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ALEXANDRIA.

Mount Vernon Chapter. Daughters of
the American Revolution, at a meeting
held Wednesday afternoon last at the
residence OF Mrs. William B. Smoot. SO4
Prince Street. elected officers for the year.
Afterward the members were delightfully."-
entrtahned by Mrs. Smoot in her conser-
vatory.
These officers chosen by the organIza-
ton follow: Mrs J. Stewart Jameson,
regent; Mrs. John Leadbeater, vice re-
gent; Miss Helen Calvert, recording Sec
Rotary; Mrs. William wattles, CORE
spending secretary; Mrs. William B.
Smoot, treasurer; Mrs. ]. Hunter Fos-
ter. registrar; Mrs. R. c. Powell, his
torian.
Smoot. in addition to the members OF
the organization. were the following: Mrs.
Henry Fairfax Robertson, Washington;
Miss Elizabeth c. Potts.
Members OF the organization present
included the following: Mrs. Herbert Bos-
well, Mrs. David Rust. Mrs. T. w. Rob
inson, Mrs. w. J. Boothe, Mrs. NJ. F.
Danenhower, Miss Elizabeth Janney, Mrs.
S. L. Monroe, Mrs. George Uhler, Mrs.
Eleanor Washington Howard, Miss Nam
ME Norton, Mrs. John Hunter Foster,
Miss Phillipa wattles.
Miss Rose NJ. Macdonald entertained
W wednesday evening last AT her nome, by
Cameron Street, in honor OF Miss Rose
ElEey Mccormick, who is the guest of
Mrs Lorenzo Lewis, Braddock Heights,
Alexandria County.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis II. Machen are
visiting MT. Machen's father in Fairfax
County.
Mrs. Benjamin Fleet Board, after a
visit to friends here. has returned to
her home in Wake Forest. n. C.
Mrs. Alexis Smith. OF Seminary Hill,
during the past week had as her guest
Mrs. Waldo C. Hibbs, of Georgetown.
Miss Mary Janney Hon, OF Seminary
Hill, has returned after visit to Miss
Dorothy Gatewood. Washington.
The dancing club OF Alexandria Lodge
of Elks gave its last dance of the sea-
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were Mrs. H. J. Goodman. Mrs. !: B.
NordIinrer Mrs. Harry King. Mrs.
Charles Goldsmith. Mrs A. n. Baer and
Mrs. Harry Strauss. .
Mrs. Bubb and Miss Bubb. wife and
daughter Of Brig. Gen. J. w. Bubb, u
5. A., are spending some time in Wash
lngton, at 1O2S Sixteenth Street.
Mrs Edmund X. webster. widow Of
Mai. webster. U. S. A. and Miss Frances
Webster are spending few days In New
York.
Mrs Bremen has returned to Bald-
more after short stay with relatives in
the city
Mrs Irving Levy of Baltimore, was
the guest Of Mrs. E. West during the
week.
Mr.. L. Reizenstein, of New York.
spent a short time with his mother, Mrs.
ReIzenstein. Of this city, during the
week.
The Secretary of the Navy viii go to
Newport on June to open the annual
sessions Of the Naval War College.
Rear Admiral George W. Baird, q. s.
N, is improving in health since his
operation at the Naval Hospital on April
. He IS at his home. 1906 Rhode Island
Avenue.
Mrs. LemIy is the guest of her daugh-
ter. Mrs. Parker. at West Point, N. Y.
Miss Scidmore. who has been making
a brief visit at the Hot Springs Va,
has returned to Washington, and is at
the Grafton.
Miss Helen Moss, who has been spend
ing the winter in Oklahoma, returned to
her home in Annapolis and entertained a
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LAUREL.

Mrs. william Levin, OF Washington.
was the guest this week of her cousin.
Mrs. Lwellyn Crowther in Prince George
Place.
Mrs. W. R. Dorsey is visiting relatives
in Baltimore.
Miss Ella Stanley. Of Washington. is
the guest of her brother, Mr.. Charles
H Stanley, in Prince George Place.
DR.. W. L. Taylor visited on the Eastern
Shore during the week.
An entertainment for the benefit Of
the Presbyterian Church was held Thurs
day evening at the home Of Maj Little
in Main Street
Miss Butler has as her guest, at her
home IN Montgomery Street, Miss Mad
dox, OF Charles County.
Mrs. Greenville Lewis has returned
from a visit to Baltimore.
Mrs. Hoof. OF Alexandria, has been
visiting her son, Mr.. Charles Hooff, at
her home Oakland.
Miss Mary siIbert has returned to her
home. wheatlands, after a visit to Bal
timore.
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ferman. recording secretary; Mrs. z. N.
Wright. corresponding secretary; Mrs.
w. S. Corby, treasurer.
Miss Coombs, who has been the guest
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Howard G. Coombs. left
Wednesday for New York. sailing yester-
day, and will visit Scotland and England
before returning to her home in Africa
Mrs. Charles O'Neil will occupy the
residence of Mrs NJ. F. Williamson,
Connecticut Avenue and Morrison Street,
for the summer.
Mrs. Reeves, who last summer had the
home OF Ernest KnaebeL OF Morrison,
will this year occupy the z. d. Ryerson
home in Northampton Street.
The library was the scene Of a pretty
dance Wednesday evening, when Mrs.
Clarence E. Fisher, Mrs. Harry l.. Selby,
and Miss Helen Davis gave a dance IN
honor of Miss Dorothy Simms, of Chi
cago. The hall was attractive with flags
and dog-wood. About fifty enjoyed the
dancing, all Joining in the close with
the Virginia Reel.
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company Of friends from washington.
Baltimore, and Philadeiphia for the
weekend hop at ST. Johns College and
the Naval Academy
Miss Marguerite Nussbaum has as her
guest Miss Eta Simon. Of Monticello.
Fla.
! Miss Julia Solomon and Miss Ernestine
Rich, both of this city, are spending
some time in Atlantic City at the Royal
Palace.
Mr.. and Mrs. FeIlheimer. of Florence
Court. are visiting relatives IN New York.
The Misses Price, Of washington. are
spending some time in Atlantic City at
the Royal Palace.
Mrs. Edgar Behrends sailed for Europe
during the past week to visit her parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. Messenger.
Senior Don Ricardo Huerta, third secre-
tary of the Mexican Embassy. left
Washington yesterday for Mexico City,
for a visit
Lieut. Col NJ: W. Ireland Of the Army
Medical Corps left washington last week
for San Francisco. accompanied by Mrs.
Ireland.
Mrs. Hon, wife of Col. John Van R
Hont, U. S. A, retired. is recovering from
an operation recently performed and win
soon return to her home, 21H Massa-
chusetts Avenue.
Mrs. Pearl Tyler Ellis. daughter of
President Tyler. will arrive in Washing
ton to-day from her home in virginia
to attend the Dolly Madison Breakfast.
During her stay in Washington she will
be the guest OF Mrs. S. K. Radford at
l524 Thirty-first Street
Mrs. West, wife Of Col Frank west.
Second United States Cavalry, is the
guest of Mrs. Charles Porter at the
Portner.
Mr.. and Mrs. Perry S. Heath will leave
Washington the first week In June for
their summer place. Heatheote-by-the-
Sea. at Chester. Nova Scotia, to remain
until October.
Gen. and Mrs. GoodIoe. who have
spent the past three weeks in Lexington.
KY, returned this morning to their home,
s1Os Sixteenth Street Mrs. Goodloe will
attend the Dolly Madison breakfast at
Rauscher's.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. NJ. Baer are spending
. week with their daughter, Mrs. Henry
Btrauss, of Richmond. Va.
Miss Hortense Brylawski has returned
10 the city after a short stay with friends
IN Baltimore.
Mrs. G. GottschaIk is spending some
lime in Washington with relatives.
Miss Rosa Kaufman is visiting Mrs. H.
Franc from the South en- route to her
home in Toledo, Ohio.
Mrs. A. Koenigsberger, Of Belmont
Street, has returned to the city after a
Ihort stay with relatives in Baltimore
Miss Helen Strasburger Is spending
leyeral weeks in Philadelphia. where she
IS the guest Of Miss Cecile Hamp.
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CLEVELAND PARK.

Mrs. ]. l. Warren has been called to
Georgia owing TO the sudden death Of her
sister, Miss Katie WaddeIl
Mrs. James Sharp, who has been visit
ing her mother, Mrs. Huntington, In Chi
cago. has returned to her home.
Miss Florence Torbert left yesterday to
visit friends in HyattsYille, Md.
Mrs James NJ. Baker went yesterday to
visit in Princeton, N. J.
Mrs. YeakIe entertained the sewing
class Tuesday at her residence on High
land Place.
Mrs. John H. London and daughter
Miss Carrie, left yesterday for Princeton
TO attend the ball game.
Miss Margaret Evans and Miss Eliza
beth Chase gave a dance last evening to
the c. P. ID. Club at the residence OF
Miss Evans Among those who enjoyed
the hospitality of the young ladies were
Miss Mary KILLER, OF Pittsburg; Miss
Ruth Gray. Miss Josephine Wolhampter.
Miss Sarah Miller, Miss Constance Car
Ter. Miss Theadoria Hincksls, Miss Eliza
beth Corbett, Miss Lucy Henry, Miss
Dorothy Weeks, Miss Marjorie Warner.
Mss Jeanette Walker, Miss Margaret
Schofield, Miss Madeline Schneider, Miss
Brenta Wallace. Mr.. Herbert Schneider.
Mr. Herbert KimbaIl. Mr.. Ashmead
Fuller, Mr.. Maurice Robinson. Mr.. Will
lam Ellis, Mr.. Julian Dowell, Mr.. Frank
Loeffier, Mr.. George Smith, Mr.. Law
renee Pyle, Mr.. Frank Schofeld. Mr..
Theodore Howard, Mr.. William Upton.
Mr.. Alfred Foote, Mr.. Campbell Oliphant.
Mr.. Fred knight and Mr.. Keuffel. The
colors OF the club were carried out in the
decorations, white and green.
Miss Mary KILLER, of Pittsburg, is the
guest Of her aunt Mrs. T. H. Kearney.
Mrs. o. P. Austin was hostess at
bridge party last Tuesday afternoon in
honor of Mrs. Williams. OF Omaha, Nebr.
Assisting in serving tea were Mrs. P. V.
De Graw and Mrs. Albert Norton.
Mrs. John II. Bell entertained at
luncheon last Friday, her guests being
nine randchildren-Misses Dorothy
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Mrs. Edmund K. Webster. widow OF
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were Mrs. H. J. Goodman. Mrs !: B.
NordIinger. Mrs Harry King MIS-.
Charles Goldsmith. Mrs. A. NJ Baer ana
Mrs. Harry Strauss. .
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Mrs. G. GottschaIk Is spending some
lime in Washington with relatives.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-05-19

Miss Julia Solomon and Miss Ernestine
Rich. both Of this city, are spending
some time in Atlantic City at the Royal
Palace.
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Mrs. Bubb and Miss Bubb. wife and
daughter of Brig. Gen. ]. W. Bulb, U.
5. A., are spending some time in Wash
lngton, at los Sixteenth Street.
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Miss Hortense Brylawsk has returned
10 the city after short stay with friends
IN Baltimore.
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company Of friends from washington.
Baltimore. and PhiIadeiphia for the
weekend hop at st. Johns College and
the Naval Academy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-05-16

ond has been renewed interest in fan
cy dress balls. which held such an i'm
portant place in the court life of early
France
Ole of the most original of the re-
cent masked balls was the Hungarian
fete given by Madame de Yturbe in
her mansion in the Avenue du Bots de
Boulogne. All the guests appeared in
Hungarian national costume. The
hostess received her guests in a superb
Hungarian dress, with a mantle richly
embroidered with fur and a head-dress
sparkling with diamonds. Her daugh-
ter wore a picturesque Hungarian peas
ant costume The men wore mostly
Venetian clOaks over evening dress
with knee breeChes and silk stock
ings Among the guests who appeared
in sumptuous fancy dresses were the
Infanta Eulalia. Princess Stephenie of
Belgium, the Grand Duke Paul of
Russia, the Russian ambassador and
Madame Isvclgky the German ambas-
sador and the Baroness Won Schoen
and the Princess Murat. The music
was provided by real Hungarian
gypsy band in black uniforms. and a
feature Of the bail vas Hungarian
mazurka danced by 10 couples led by
Don Luis, the son Of the Infanta
Eulalia.
Among the most interesting books
/ forming the library Of the late Henri
Houssaye to he sold by auction soon
is a slender volume bound in faded
velvet which once belonged TO the IN
fortunate Marie Autoinctte. Il is called
The Garden Of French Lilies" and
contains a number of poems addressed
| by a certain Johann Raukenstrauch tC
| the young archduchess at the time OF
her marrige with the Dauphin o,
France. afterwards Louis XVI Tn,
poems. il is admitted, are but mediocre
productions. but as a souvenir the lit
| tie book is precious.
! Henri Houssaye was fond of telling
how he picked il up by chance at th'
Ham Fair among a lot of junk anC
paid few cents for il. Another lot
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-05-16
An Interesting Siuht.

While coming across the Rock Is.
land arsenal on d bridge line car the
other day, passengers heard a commo-
ton ahead and looking out saw a pc
culiar sight. a big motor truck car
rying load of ordnance supplies was
bouncing over the rough pavement at
full speed and bolted to each end Of d
cross beam and to the rear were
uailed caisson and cannon of approved
types.
No chuck hole. car track or bump
seemed TO be too severe to be taken AT
top speed, and on investigation people
found they were watching a govern.
ment test Of the stability Of gun car.
rlages, truck, etc.
One naturally concludes that the mo
tor truck is being brutallT tested at the
same time, as in fact il is. The truck
used for the purpose is a VeIie three
ten type, and ii is giving service be
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-05-16
REALTY CHANGES

Lawrence P. McKinnie to Mary Van
Outreve, part lot l, Suess' subdiv, Mo-
line. $3.50.
NJ. Alice Gallager to William
Hoffman to William Heitman, lot 10.
.Campbell's second addition, South
Rock Island. 81.
Robert NJ. Trenaman to Lester F.
Mutt, lot in block 81, Woods third
addition, Moline, $4,000.
Ed c. Mueller to Union Ice G. Coal
company, part sublot l in lot 2, Le-
Claire's reserve, 81.
Edward Singleton to E NJ. Storm,
lot 8, block ISL, lot %, block 1877,
East Moline, $1,000.
Francis A Bledsoe to Harvey
Mink, part lot 3. Campbell's addi-
ton. Rock Island. $4,000.
Edward Van Gids to Louis Some
Vile, lot AZ, second addition. Edge
wood park. Rock Island, $500.
William II. Lewis TO Moline Trust
& Savings bank. south 612 acres of
north half northwest quarter north
east quarter, section S-17-lWest. 81.
/ Lewis Taylor to Bengt c. Wassell,
east one-third lots 16, II, 24-19-IE.
s575.
! Henning KjeIlman TO Frank A John
son. lot 4. block T. Stewards addition,
Moline $1,S25.
/ August Hildebrandt to Howard
Dunn. lot %. block 2. University Place,
Rock Island $4,000
/ Frederick W. Voigt 10 Mary and
Clement Engel, lot 6, block as, Lower
addition, Rock Island. 5000.
Charles Dasso TO Frederick A. Dasso,
part lot 5, assessors plat 1870, south.
east one-quarter, section 1912 west.
81
! E D. Sweeney 10 William Johnson,
I lot 1, block 6, Black Hawk addition
Rock Island 5000.
Arthur NJ Cook to Adolph Open
heimer, lot I, block l, Reads subdivi
sion outlot "a" Stewards Second add
ton, South Moline 81.
Gust z. Anderson to Herman P Bak
er, part outlot 4, assesso plat, sec
ton 24-17-2 west 5000.
Sterling Bennett 10 Mary Bennett
tract in village of Barstow. 81 500.
L. c. Warner to Charles c. Miller
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-05-16
WOULD WIDEN SCOPE OF
INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION

The Illinois educational commission
has decided to ask the next general
assembly to support two bills for the
betteIment of school conditions in this
state. Oae will be the restoration of
the twO-mil tax and the other will
provide for the widening of the scope
OF industrial education in the common
schools.
The commission has been meeting
at frequent intervals during the last
winter and early spring and while the
details of the industrial education bin
have not been completed, it is prac-
tiCally certain that these two measures
will embody the recommendations of
the members
The restoration of the two-mill tax,
which has not been in force since 1873,
Will increase the revenue for school
purposes from $1,Oo0,OO0 to $4,000, 900.
A large part of the increase VIII be
expended in carrying out the pro
visions of the industrial education bill.
If the commissions plan meets with
success. The remainder will go to
swell the general school fund, which
is far short of the required amount,
the commissioners have found.
In its Investigations as to the need
of more extensive Industrial education
in the public schools, the commission
has consulted officers of farmers in
stitutes, various industrial organiza-
tons and others who could shed light
on the kind of instruction best suited
for the children of the state. Before
the legislature meets a complete in
dustrial system following the best fea-
tuIes of various state regulations on
the subject will be worked out and
! incorporated in the bill
The intention is to give the children
an insight into a large number of
trades and Callings best suited to their
! environment and abilities, so that
when they leave school they will be
capable of selecting their life work.
| State superintendent of Public In
stTuctiOn Francis G. Blair, who is chair
| man of the commission, is a strong
/ believer in the restoration of the two
I liI4ll tdA anu It Ids Detu UISllR mat
/ step ever since he was elected to
the office of state superintendent. He
and the commission supported a bill
on the subject before the last general
/ assembly, but the measure was defeat
ed and the usual appropriation Of
/ Sl,O0O,OOO was made Mi Blair points
out that while the expenditures for
school purposes in the state have
grown from $7.G55, PCS since the two.
mill tax system was abandoned in
1873, to $22,227 sos, the appropriation
of $1,0G0,000 a year has not been in
creased. He believes that the tax
should be based on the population.
/ The commission was. continued with.
out pay by the last assembly, but s..
600 was appropriated for the use OF
State Superintendent Blair in compIet.
ing its work and he asked Governor
Deneen TO reappoint the members. He
has turned the money over to them
and with it they have continued their
Investigations
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-05-16
Foreign News

Especial Correspondence Of The Argus )
PaTis-The memory Ok Laurent
Mourguct. who 100 years ago invented
the stage marioncttes which America
knows as the Punch and Judy show. %
has been honored by the people Of
Lyons. who inaugurated a monument
10 Mourguet in that city. The cele-
br.ti0u was an elaborate affair.
speeches being made by a deputy. the
mayor OF Lyons. who pointed out that
Ncurguet was bora ia Lyons in 1903.
and 10y physician of The district.
Tho feature OF the celebration. how.
ever. WAS a discourse I'm pantomime
ry Jean Guignol.' which proved 10
He "a small wooden figure deity man.
,puiat.d from behind the scenes. The
Punch AID Judy show is known in
France as the Guignol show and the
best French spectaCles of this kind
may be- seen throughout the summer
IN the gardens bordering the Avenue
Gcs Champs Elysees in Paris.
Two social fads have marked the
Partisan season which is brought "a
a close with the Grand Prix running
race at Longchamps in the early part
Of June The first has been the grow
ing custom of fashionable people &c
attend boxing exhibitions, and the sec
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-05-16

which is likely to yield a high price,
is a copy of the Dictionary of the
French Academy" of 1894 The work
is i'm two volumes bound in old morOc-
co leather bearing on the cover the
arms of Mademoiselle de Montpensier
stamped in gold
A French literary review addressed
to a number of well-known writers
the following questions: First,
What is your opinion on the prevalent
taste of modern society for the thea
ire? Does it indicate advance or de
cadence? Does the play develop the
same facilities as the book? Which,
in your opinion, is the more profta-
bic, listening to dramatic perform
ance, or reading book?'
number of interesting replies were
received. Only two writer's, Paul Sau-
day and Mazel saw in the passion for
the play a serious evidence of intellect
ual development The great majority
pronounce firmly against the drama
and the modern craze for theatregO-
Ing. The taste for drama" writes
.
ing something between a vaudeville
and a cinematOgraph. indicates a tend
oncy 10 take the line of least effort. -
Rene Bovlesve also considers it as a
proof of laziness; but he, in addition,
sees in it a manifestation of sociabil-
ity. People, he thinks, go to the thea
tire not so much to enjoy themselves
rs TO provide themselves with topics
of conversation. NJ. ColTat believes
the real drama 10 be extinct and that
nowadays the purely spectacular ele-
ment prevails on the stage. In this he
is at one with Sar Peladan. who holds
that there are only eight real drama
Itists: three Greek. one English, two
French and two German. Vincent din,
dy. the eminent composer, prefers
even for music, reading to representa-
ton
Edmond Pilon also declares for the
book, which, he declares paradoxically
alone can ensure immortality for the
true drama. The passion of Racine,
he says, the grace of Marivaux, the
irony of de Banville, the languor of dc
|, Musset are much more apparent and
! appreciate in the calm and thoughtful
atmosphere of the study than before
the glare of the chandelier and the
flashing of the spotlight"