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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1912-03-02
Miss Theresa E. Drexel
and DR.. T. B. McClintic
Married Today.

Miss Theresa e. Drexel, daughter of
Mrs. Charles T.. Drexel was married
TO DR.. Thomas Brown McClintic, u. S.
NJ. c., today at | o'clock, in st.
Stephens Episcopal Church, the rector,
the Rev. George Fiske Dudley of1ciat-
Ing, In the presence OF a small gathering
of relatives and intimate friends.
Charming Levre, the organist of the
church. played the wedding music, and
on account of the Lenten season there
were no floral decorations
The bride, who was escorted and given
in marriage by her grandfather, +. s.
DeLand, wore a becoming tailored suit
of golden brown English whipcord with
a brown straw hat trimmed with heavy
cream lace. She wore a corsage bou-
quot of gardenias and lilies OF the val
ley.
Lieut.. w. Stanley McClntic. L. s. N,
of Annapolis, was his brothers best
pian, and the ushers were cousin OF
the bridegroom, Carroll Barnett, OF
Richmond, Va, and DIR. Frost.
An Informal reception and breakfast
followed the ceremony at the church,
at the New willard. Mrs. DreXcl, who
assisted her son-in-law and daughter IN
receiving their guests, wore hand
some black crepe meteor satin gown
trimmed with black chantilly lace,
which has been in the family for many
years. She wore a large BLACK picture
hat and a corsagc bouquet of viOlets.
Later in the day DR.. and Mrs. Nc
ClintIc left Washington for Missouri
Mont, where the former has been or
dered for several months duty.
Invitations for the dinner which Mrs.
Mark Hanna was to have given last
evening in honor of the French Am
bassador and Mime. Jusscrand were re
called Mrs. Hanna is in New YORK
with her daughter, who is Ill.
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Miss Valerie Garrard, daughter OF
the Commandant of Fort Mycr and
Mrs. Garrard, was hostess at an infor-
NAL tea yesterday afternoon in compl'7
ment to the members Of the Army an am.
NAVY Girls club. who were her guests
at the cavalry drill earlier in the alter
noon. ,5
Mrs. Tate, wife of Colonel Tate, and
Miss Pruyn, of Albany, the latter q
house guest of Miss Garrard, PRESIDED
at the tea table.
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size. and have either white or colored
borders.
AS dainty as could be imagined is the
bridal lingerie that is being shown in
from the corner of Eleventh. Boudoir
suits, consisting of. kimono and under
skirt, look i'm their pink loneliness like
June roses. The petticoats are finished
with a knee ounce OF white silk lace,
finished with four-inCh fringe. The col
lar and cuffs of the kimono arc of lace
The price of the petticoat is $25 and the
kimono is $3.50.
The same store is Offering a silk I'M
derstirt that is unusual value for the
price. IL comes in various ColorS, either
solid or in floral designs, and the price
Is only $2.75.
4 square post brass bed, in dull fin
ish and of full size. from a reliable
furniture manufactures is being offered
I'm n Market Space furniture store this
week for $1S.
With the very sheer lingerie waists
and the marquisette waists that are be-
ing worn this spring, dainty corset
cover Is Indispensable. Some of these
embroidery with a lace edge at neck
and sleeves, are selling in G. street
department store for so cents each
They are finished with wash ribbon. In
this special sale there are likewise some
very good values in combinations,
nlghtgowns, and skirts for the same
price.
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house cat.' And then Mother Cricket
could dimly make out the figure Of a
big black cat that had come up on the
perch.
any harm here. Truly I'm not" said
poor Mother Cricket, thinking that the
house cat would chase her away.
I'm not going TO hart you. will
help you If you viii let me-" said the
help"
At first old Neither Cricket was afraid
II at the cat was just trying 10 get u
chance chance to gobblc her and ,he'' precious
babies up. but as nothing Happened for
some time she began to feel less afraid.
I'm cold" she told the house cat.
And my babies are cold and hungry.
And ] dent know what to do" And
Old Mother Cricket began to cry all
over again.
us that au?" asked tbs cat. "Why.
! can soon fix that ] avn going to cry
10 be let indoors soon. You can come in
with me-. And as for food, there is lots
of ii in the house"
Mother Cricket. That would never d..
The dog would be SIRE to cot my bales
up
don't eat you up. There rs a nice little
role in tie wall by the grdIs that You
can live in, too. Batter come glong."
That is what the cat told old Mother
Cricket. Then she lifted her head and
called "MCo-C-o-oT, :DcO-O
There was pause, and then the door
opened a little.
Come on in, Beauty" said a soft
voice and as the cat went in a girl
picked her up and started to pet her.
But the door was left open enough for
old Mother Cricket and her four babies
to get in. In minute the girl put the
cat down and then the cat came back
to the little family.
Come with me- she said, and led the
way TO the dining room, where there
was warm fire burning in the CRATE
She showed the Cricket the hole, and
after old Mother Cricket had installed
her little ones, the cat got them some
supper. Just about this time the house
dog came around and started to go up
to the hole. But the cat arched her
back and her fur stood up so straight
that the house dog turned around and
went away. And he never bothered old
Mother Cricket again.
But the best part of the story is vet
to come. Old Mother Cricket and her
little family had such a nice home tina
old Mother Cricket decided she must do
something in return. 50 all of q sudden
she decided TO sing each evening. And
she moi only sang herself. but taught
her babies to sing, and since then al
the crickets sing by the hearth.
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to find anything all day long" And
old Mother Cricket was so unhappy
that she cried.
Now, you must understand that at
the time all this happened crickcts were
not the cheerful little insects they are
nowadays. No, indeed; they were very
sad little things, and, what is more.
they never sang a song like all proper
CriCkctS do now
After old Mother Cricket had stopped
crying the little Crickets tried hard to
forget that they were cold and hungry
and TO go to sleep. But their mother
could feel them shivering and KIN, W
that they were hungry, and it made
her very miserable.
IF l could only do something for
them" she said to herself
Did you speak to me-" asked a
polite voice.
oh, goodness me-" exclaimed old
Mother Cricket, very much frightened,
for she could see nobody.
Don't be afr9id; It's only me, the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1912-03-02
FOR TIMES WOMEN WHO WANT TO KNOW
What Is Seen in The Shops
BY THE SHOPPER

The new whlpcords are noticeable
features of the spring styles. A suit
gl,eUton Eleventh street is carrying the
iqtesl line of this material, made up in
Jhc shape of a long coat. These coats
VIII be found just the thing for early
Itfig, either for auto riding or street
Nc being finished in a strictly tailored
jH.a ION, with self-toned buttons, notched
? sl975.
CNe up-to-date shoe stores are show
lne something quite new in the pump
inc. These come in plain-toed patent
leather, and tan or black suede and all
are finished with big buckles, some be-
ing brass and Others of the leather
from which the shoes are made. n
Market space department store is selling
this springlike footwear for 81 pair. !
At another department store on G
street, near Eleventh, there Is a little
shoe that is especially designed for the
summer outdoor girl. 1t shows the
heavy extension sole, substantial heel,
and block toes. There are two styles,
lace or button, the buttons coming up
the side from the heavy sole, something
In the same fashion that the old-fash-
Toned shoes used to lace. These shoes
are also priced 81.
This same department store also Of
fefs IN attractive bargain to the house
kseper in the shape of buck towels for
z ceuts each. They are of generous
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1912-03-02
Governor Goldsboroueh
and Wife, of Maryland,
Are Honor Guests.

The President and Mrs. Taft were
hosts 1T a handsomely appointed dim
ncr at the White House last night COM
nlimentary TO the Governor of Mary
land and Mrs Goldsborough, who are
spending a few days in Washington,
the guests Of Glst Blair
yellow ionlmils ana maideEhar ferns
formed the table decorations and the
entire suite Of state apartments was
tastcfully adorned with SAmcrican
beauty roses and orchids. The Marine
BAND played throughout the dinner,
and after the linrcr additional guests
came In for the musicale in the East
Room.
IL the company asked to dinner were
Congressman and Mrs. Thomas Parran,
Judge and Mrs. John G. Rose, Justice
and Mrs. Ashley Al. Could Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles J. Bonapart2. the Bishop
Of Maryland AMI Mrs. Murray Gen.
and Mrs. Felix Agnus, MIR. and Mrs.
William T.. stone, Mr.. and Mrs. John q.
Hanna, Mr.. and Mrs. William II. IIar-
Tis. .IudGG and Mrs. Oscar Loser. Mr.
and Mrs. ! Nemp, Bartlett. Mr.. and
Mrs. George II. Gather, Mr. and Mrs
Robert Garrett, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
J. Graham. Or and Mrs. Brlcc W.
GoldsGnro!Eh, DR.. and Mrs. Howard
y. lNCIly, MI. ana Mrs. Blanchard Ran
dali, Miss Anderson, Miss Taft, A. l.
EUrys, GiSt Blair. Theodore Marburg,
4. II. Warner. ir., George Harrison,
Robert a. Taft, and Major Archibald
w. Butt.
Members of the Congressional CIub
and their escorts were asked to the
musicale at 10 o'clock, Mrs. Taft reCeiv-
ing them In the green room.
Nine. Frances Aida, soprano, and An
drew de Segurola, baritone of the Met
ropoltan Opera Company, with A. Ran
degSer at the piano, were the artists OF
the evening.
Their program included: Note e
Giorno," Mozart: "La Jeunc PrinCcssc,
Grieg; "Fleurettc," MCGeOch; Mango
tom fifteenth century, Mr.. de Segu-
rola; 'Je Ne Suis Outline Bergcre,"
Philidor; Apaisement." Chausson:
"Bcrceusc," "Pctits Oiseaux," Grctch-
aninOw; Chant Nenitien," Bemberg,
Madame Aida; "Ofrande," Hahn; lie
The" KOechlin; "Sais-Tu?" Fonte-
nailles; "Noisinagc," Chaminado, Mr..
de Scgurola; jean" Spross; expect
anCy," La Forge; MY HoIrt,' Randcg
ger "The Birth Of Morn" Lconi.
"CuCkoo," Lehman. Madame Aida :;
"Plaisir GLAMOUR" duct, Martini, Mad
anne Aida and Mr.. de Seguroa.
Is
Mrs. Taft will entertain a small COM
pany of young people informally at din
ner tonight at the White House for
Miss Taft and Robert Taft, who is
spending the weekend with the family.
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Father of Seventeen
Answers Divorce Plea

Seventy-nine years old and the
father of seventeen children, Charles
ii. Topper, filed an answer yesterday in
the District Supreme Court to his
wife's petition for a limited divorce
and denied that he Clicked her from
his house." as she alleged.
Mrs. Emma Il. TuDper, the plaintiff
who is twontN-slN wears the Junior
of the aged defendant, Informed the
court that she was in fear of her
husband and that her life had been
threatened bv him.
In his answer the aged man alleges
that his wife had him taken to an
insane asylum on November 26, last,
on 'trunpod az charges" but that he
convinced u jury that he was of
sound mind.
Chief Justice Clabaugh ordered that
pending the outcome Of the suit that
Topper paw his wife s. "A week ali
mony.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1912-03-02
School Teachers Here
Are Second Best Paid

The maximum pay received by wome
school teachers in Washington is secor
only to that received by woman tcacl
Crs in New York city, according to sta
tSttcS gathered from various larc
cities of tho United States by the M
tonal Association Opposed to Woma
Suffrage.
The maximum pay received by wome
teachers in New York, according to
these figures, is $3.50 for every working
day. The same tables show that the
corresponding wage in Washington for
$50 days service is $50 Other cities
range as follows: St Louis. $3.50: IIo-
boken, $50: Cleveland, $50, and Salt
Lake City, $500.
The figures are cited by the associa-
ton to show that in Salt Lake City.
where women have had the ballot for
fifteen years. the avCraE maximum pay
Of tachers is not as high as it is in
cities where women do not exercise the
right of franchise.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1912-03-02
FORTY WASHINGTON
DEVOTEES OF FOX
HUNTING ON CHASE
Event Being Conducted Un-
der Auspices of Rock
Creek Club.

A drag hunt, participated in by about
forty devotees Of fox hunting, is being
held on the Cummings estate, Chevy
Chase, Md. this afternoon. 1t began
at go o'clock. ICY" Cummings pack
of twenty fOXhounds are in the chase.
Scent for the drag was secured from
the fox kennels at the Geological Gar
dens. 1t was packed in a sack The
dogs, about fifty in number were han
GiCapped with twenty minute
start to the drag, which began near
Brookville road and Bradley lane and
will last at least an hour.
The hunts will be held weekly, alter
mating between drag and fox hunts.
The event this afternoon is being held
under the auspices of the newly formed
Rock Creek Hunt Club, of which Major
Henry r. Allen, of the United States
Army, Is president. The club numbers
among it's members some of the most
prominent business and army men in
Washington.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1912-03-02
PARCELSPOST AIDED
BY REVELATIONS IN
EXPRESS BUSINESS
Advocates of Postal Plan
Think Source of OPPOSE
ton Is Nullihed.

Advocates OF m American parcels
post SYSTEM have been given new hope
ANA enthusiasm by the developments
OF the express hearings before the In
terstate Commerce Commission. They
claim that the facts developed rela tiYc
10 the express business Of the country
VIII nullnY any opposition coming from
express company sources,
Friends Of the measure in the Hous
arc prepared to push parcels post leg
lslat!oE before the ,losC of the present
session. They realize that without action
ny the present Congress the parcels
post will he u lead issue for several
years to cone.
Country merchants, who. with the ex-
press companies, have marshaled the
principal opposition 20 an American
parcels post maintain an unChanginS
attitude. however, ana are prepared to
make their fight when the crisis comes.
They believe that with a parcels post.
that would carr packages Cheaply and
eNDeditious!Y. their business would ,suf-
Ter through the efforts and competition
Of the big mall-ordcr houses that have
already, they say. made threads on the
rural trade.
There is but little doubt that the
Interstate Commerce Commission hear
ings. adjourned yesterday until March
%, will result in rcadjustmcnt not
only "r the methods and practices of
the companies. but Of their rates. Be
tween this and March ., several COM
mittceS named by Chairman Lane will
complete their investigation of express
business and he ready to report when
the next hearing is scheduled.
Walker D. Hines, chief counsel for
the five express companies, told the
Commission before adjournment yester-
day that the companies were now will
ing to furnish any information wanted
by the Commissions agents. He admit
ted that in the early days of the inves-
tigation the companies did not cooper
ate with the COMMISSIONS agents in a
manner that they should.
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Columbia Turner's
To Give Entertainment

A "IIumoristiCa Abend' will be held
tomorrow night by the Columbia Turn
vcrein in its turnhaus, 9LS NJ street
northwest. r. GoetZ, August Link,
Paul HALTER, Charles NJ. StrcitZ, and
James MCKeon will appear in rCCita-
tions and humorous turns. Miss Su-
Same IIImmclhllu will give a dance
sketch, Mrs. r. Flemming will sing
two soprano solos.
\ comedy instrumental musical turn
by Siegfrcd SCharbau and f.. Stephan
and banjo and guitar numbers by G.
NJ. Thorn and 4. BALKAN, of the United
States ship Maynower, will complete
the program. Refreshments and social
hour will follow the concert.
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Lenten Lectures
at Congressional Club.

The Congressional Club has arranged
course of five LCntcn lectures to be
given Tuesday morning, March 8, H. 49,,
and -, at II o'clock at the club house,
l4@2 Is street. At the first of the series,
March s. Mrs. William G. Stuart will
speak on The Need for a Consumers
League in the District of Columbia."
Equal Suffrage" will be the subject
March IL, the speakers to be announced
later.
Mrs MedilI Mccormick viii speak
March 10 on Civic Welfare"
March e. Miss Emily Bissell will talk
on General Anti-Suffrage Arguments"
and Miss Minnie Bronson will make a
short address on THE Working Wom-
ans Standpoint
Following the lectures, light
luncheon will be served at u o'clock.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas NJ. Chatard
will leave Washington this evening for
New Orleans, from which point they
will sail for Panama TO Spend several
weeks.
Murray are spending some time in Pan
ANA.
The Minister Of Norway and Anne.
B"Nn were hosts at dinner laSt evening.
Th"ir guests were Senator and Mis-.
GrOnna, Congressman and Mrs. StCcn-
crSon. Congressman and Mrs. John Mel
son, Congressman and Mrs. sydney An
dcrson, Dr. aud Mrs. StcjneGcr, and Mr..
,Iohan"esscn, and Mr. MorGcnsticrne, OF
the legation star.
rho G ,une"lor of the Germany EN-
haSsv ami Mrs. Hanicl wcrc hosts at
dinner last evening. Their rIcsts wcr
Nj. and Mrs. Frank b. CrowinshicIl,
Alr and MIR. Alexander Ieralc, Mrs
Preston GiEss"n, Miss Katherine Cam
C.On. Miss Alys Meyer. Mr.. de Bach, OF
the Russian embassy staf. Henry du
l'ont and Mr.. Curtis.
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Mrs. A. c. Mayer
Entertains Bridge Club.

Mrs. A. c. Mayer entertained the FRI
day Afternoon Bridge club yesterday
at her home in Sixteenth street.
Her guests were Mrs Edgar Kaufman,
Mrs, Morton Luchs, Mrs. Goldsmith SIG
mund, Mrs. Wallace Luchs, Mrs. Julian
BrylaWski, Mrs. Harry Loeb, Mrs.
Nathan Frank, and Mrs. Harold Levi.
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Mrs. \. BryIawski and daughter, Miss
Iiortcnse Brylawski, who have been been
and New York. have returned to their
home on calvert street.
+
Miss Selma Kahn has returned to
Washington after spending the past st
week in Baltimore as the guest or her
aunt, Mrs. A. Miller:
-.
Mrs. T. Heilbrun and daughters Miss
Helen Heilbrun and Miss Alice He'll
+. RciZenstein, of Fifth street, have
returned to their home in Mt. Vernon
\. Y.
Mrs Sol Minister and daughter Miss
Dorothy Minister, OF ontario road, left
Washington yesterday TO spend month
in Chicago with Mrs. Carl Auerbach.
Mrs. Joseph Goldenbcrg has returned
to Washington after spending the past
week In New York with relatives
Miss Florence GuSdorf, who spent a
few days in Baltimore with Miss Birdie
Einstcin, has returned to her home on
Eighteenth street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bcrtram Rice. of Balti-
more. spent few days in Washington
during the week.
Mrs. Max Cohen, Of Biltmore street.
has lett Washington to visit her daugh-
SipufIIpH FnntI nf Savanna,
Ga. and Mrs. Ferd Levi, of Sumter,
S. {.
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Rev. E. HeZ Sven to
Administer Baptism

The Rev. +. Hez Sven, pastor of the
Capital Baptist Church and acting pas
tor of the Columbia aptist Church. will
baptize number Of persons tomorrow
night at the First Baptist Church, Six
tccnth and o streets northwest. This
IS the first joint baptismal services
held in the District. and large atten-
dance is looked for.
Neither the Columbia Baptist Church,
Wisconsin avenue and . street north
wcSt, or the Capital Baptist Church
in the Typographical temple. have hap
ttsmal pools. The Rev. w. w. McMas-
tiers. pastor of the First Baptist Church.
consented to let the two churches hold
joint baptismaI service there. lie will
preach the sermon at the services.
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SCRUBBED FLOORS
70 GET MONEY TO
BURY DOOMED SON
Aged Mother Presented With
$500 to See Boy Before
He Is Hanged.

SYRACUSE, n. Y, March 2-Bent
WITH the weight of sixty-flve years of
poverty, one son an invalid requiring
constant care, a second in felon $
cell in Harrisburg, Pa, where next
Tuesday he will be taken to the gallows
and hanged, Mrs. Sarah Stott has been
working as a scrubwoman to complete
fund to give her boy decent burial
Her task was lightened today by the
raising of a fund of $500 so that she
was able to guarantee the expenses of
bringing the body here after the States
mandate had been fulfilled and the boy
put to death. But there is rent to pay
and medicine to buy for the invalid;
Still Has Hope.
But l am praying constantly that
something may happen that God will
have pity and Joe's life will be saved "
she declared today, and leading citizens
interested in the case began an eleventh
hour effort to see If her faith cannot
be rewarded.
Joseph Scott the son. killed Mrs.
Blanche Taylor in Harrisburg last June.
His father had been Union soldier
and the aged mother was receiving a
small pension. But she mOrtgaEed 1t
to raise money to help her boy and the
savings Oh the OtilCT son ana tIlt SlSlcl >
who works in store here, were taken
for the same purpose. The effort failed
and Joseph was convicted and sentenced
to be hanged.
knowledge that her boy was to be put
to death without her being able to sec
him to press her withercd checks against
his and to tell him once more Of the
wonderful depths of the mother love
which forGives everything, almost
craZed the aged woman. And then came
the complete breakdown of her other
son. who became a helpless. invalid.
But she had to keep working because
expenses We're increasing, and in orde"
TO raise funds to bring the body to the
family plot in the old cemetery here,
where 1t would rest beside that of the
soldier father. she obtained additiono!
floors to scrub.
Fund Grows Larger.
Late into the night she has been toll
ing on Ter hands and knees, while the
fund for the funeral expenses slowly
grew larger. Today, however, her anXl-
ETY. was relieved, and with the placing in
her hands of the money needed, she
was also told another effoct would be
made 20 save the boy.
Il am very thankful" said Mrs.
Stott To-Day, and what makes it all
easier to bear IS that | will at last BE-
able to see my boy alive. 1t IS almost
killed me to feel that | Could not sec
him alive. and tell him that | fOrgaVe
him And / can tell him that ! viii
bring his bod lack here ard lay it be-
side his dads. And | know that will
cheer him"
Ths sympathy here is entirely for the
aged mother and daugter, as 1t is adj
mitted there were known cXtcnuating
circumstances connected with the crime.
Mrs. Stott and her daughter will go to
Harrisburg Sunday night and Sheriff
Wells has wired that he will permit
them to see the murderer to say good
by on Monday.
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Missionary Service.

A missionary service. under the aus
pieces fthe Womnn's Auxiliary of the
Episcopal Church of Washington. will
nc held in the Church Of the Epiphany
Thursday night at o'clock. Bishop
Henry Douglas Robinson. OF Nevada,
and Bishop Alfred Harding, OF Wash
iugton, and the Rev. G. c. F. Bratenahl,
the recently elected secretary OF the
Third Missionary Department of the
Episcopal Church IN America, will be
the sneakers. The public is invited.
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Religious Work in West.

OAKLAND, Cal, March 1.-The final
arrangements have been completed for
the campaign of the Men and Religion
Forward Movement in Oakland. Berk-
eley and Alameda. The campaign prop
err will open in this city tomorrow after
noon, when Raymond Robins will ad-
dress mass meeting for men. Insti-
tuteS will be conducted throughout the
succeeding week by experts on boys
work, social service, Bible study, mis-
sionary and evangelism
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Uses Motion Pictures
In Lecture to Children

T.. i. Cowell. OF the Franklin Insti-
tute of Philadelphia. lCCturcd at the
Pastime Theateh this morning at II
o'clock to n largo audience of school
children. A number Of educational NOV
ing pictures were shown.
Pictures and lectures arc given every
Saturday morning at the Pastime The
alter, to which the school children of
Washington are admitted free.