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The Washington times., 1912-07-31
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SyAvpSAS Va NhoPSSAS SAAACouy EupnoAS
Blake. .Winthrope and Miss Leslie, sur
vivors of a wreck Off the east coast Of
Africa, find themselves on an inhospitabls
crude. rough type Of American. takes
command of the party by virtue Of his
natural ability. Winthrope being a super
cilious saristocrat. From the beginning
the hardships which the three undergo
and starvation before they fnd some CO.
coantIts, >. ~ prs Es sz,s, '.c e -. :,
They explore the country and discover a
fairly promising tract. Blake I'm, his
little magnifying glass, and is thus able
canyon near the head Of which is a gigan-
tic boabab tree, the hollow trunk OF which
proves to be the den Of q family of leop-
ards. A little brook flows near by.
Blake fires the underbrush, smothering
the leopards. They skin the dead animals
and clean out the, hollow baobab as a
They eat the leopard meat and the eggs
OF sea birds whose nests they find on the
cliff. Miss Leslie makes a skirt from the
leopard skin, and her white duck skirt
is put np on the headland for a signal.
bush across the cleft az q protection from
Wild beasts and has almost finished 1t
tropical fever.
A Few, days later Blake Is poisoned by
some nsh he had caught and in his agony
Leslie alone with the delirious winthrope
The girl watches nearly all night, but at
last, exhausted, falls asleep She In
awakened by the snarls and yells Of q
pack Of Jackals which Is attacking winth-
rope; Miss Leslie drags Winthrope into
bamboo across the entrance just as the
pack closes In
The Washington times., 1912-07-31
Chinese Scholars
Devise New Alphabet

Reform is in the air in China. The
yoeng Chinese. educated In tho univer-
stiles OF America or Europe. are no
longer content with the characters in
which their language kgs been written
for thousands of years, each character
representing an idea-tlot a word-and
there being about $1,000 of these.
They ara trying now to abolish these
letters that will represent sounds.
No other single language could cfrer
them a suitable alphabet, for there are
sounds In thar tong,ie which exist in
TO other.
Chow Hi Chu. secretary of the Chi
ncsc legation in Rome. has been de-
voting his time recently to making up
an alphabet suitable for Chinese He
Chou. sub b-secretaries. and by Signor
ltivetta di Solonghello. professor of
Japanese and Chinese at the Oriental
Institute OF Naples. one of the greatest
polygots In the world.
Thc latter gives this description Of the
alphabet tina. has resulted from their
labors:
TO represent exactly all the sounds
OF the Chinese language" said he, 1--WE
have had TO draw upon almost all ex-
composed consists of forty-two charac-
ters. OF which twenty-three are vowels
aud nineteen are consonants.
''Of the vowcls. four are taken from
the Greek. four from the Russian. five
from the Latin. one from the Chinese:
CT the nine others. two art what we
can Modified or, prolonged and seven
are reversed.
.Of the consonunts. fourteen are
taken from the Latin, three from the
Russian. and two from the Greek"
with these letters It is possible to
write exactly Ill the words OF the
spoken Chinese language that is under
stood from one end OF the new repub-
lie to the other,-New York World.
The Washington times., 1912-07-31
Miss Masdelen Eiaske to
Become the Bride Of
Clifton Aires.

A pretty, wedding will take place Sat
urday evening at o'clock at the res
Ioence OF Mr.. and Mrs. Frank j.
iiaske, l7a7 Corcoran street, when their
daughter. Miss Maglelen M. Haske.
VIII become the wife of Clifton Aires.
Inc Rev. e. l.. Buckley. of st. Mat
at the ceremony, which will be attended
only by a small gathering Of rela,-
ttyes ana friends, because OF mourn
ing In the family.
Miss Gertrude Haske will attend her
Baker will be best man for Mr.. Aires.
After the reception, which will fol-
low the ceremony, Mr.. Aires will take
MS bride for a Northern bridal trip.
They viii make their home in wash-
ington. a7.sE ~
The first secretary of the Netherlands
legation, f. NJ. Schmolck, who has been
spending the summer at Bar Harbor,
sailed from New York yesterday to
spend his leave of absence in Europe.
Miss Clara Herbert has gone to Lenox
Tor visit to Mrs. Birdsey z. Blake
man
d
The italian Charge d'Affaires Giuseppe
Catalini, entertained at luncheon yes
terday at Narrangansett Pier, In honor
OF ivan Dmitrow, second secretary of
the Russian embassy, who made tho
trip from Newport to the Pier for the
day. =
Mr.. and Mrs. Huntington Walcott
by Converse, daughter of the late Rear
Admiral George A. Converse, U. s. A..
are receiving congratulations on the
birth OF son yesterday.
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The Chocolate Plant.

The chocolate plant is native Of
America. When first introduced into
Europe chocolate was used only as a
luxury. but 1t speedily advanced in
countries far from It's otigipal home:
The chocolate plant, as we'll as tea and
coffee, has been cultivated from time
immemorial. Chocolate as beverage
rapidly made it's way In Europe, BEGIN
ming in Spain, whittier 1t was first
brought.
The seeds Of the chocolate plant are
in pods. In preparing the seeds for
market there has been but little change
since early times. First the seeds are
allowed to ferment and thus they lose
the slight bitterness which they lose
fully dried and in this condition they
stand transportation. In manufaetur-
ing. the seeds or beans are roasted, by
which process the shell of the seed be-
comes detachable from the kernel.
which is the part used. Next the
In early times the Mexicans used the
fiat stones on which their maize was
ground for the grinding OF the roasted
seeds of chocolate. Chocolate consists
OF the roasted, shelled, and gT'
seeds. Sweet chocolate is the same
with the addition of sugar and flavor
ing extracts. Cocoa consists OF the
roasted and ground seeds from which
the oil has been removed. Expert
ments have shown that II the seeds are
rightly treated from the first to the last
stage of manufacture no objection can
be urged against the beverages pro-
duced from them. II. Ii of great i'm
portance that these seeds should be
grown and selected with the greatest
care and should, after reaching the ~
tory, receive the most careful and skill
ful reatment-Harper's weekly
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FOR LITTLE FOLK JUST BEFORE BEDTIME
The Sandmans s Stories
TWO WAYS.

ready to play ball or join In any game
the other boys were playing long before
what makes you so long getting
through your work7'' asked Thomas one
Saturday. II work as fast as / can"
answered Henry, but II takes a long
y time to to clean clean al the rugs have to do
"It does not take me very long to
give them brush AMI take them into
the house again" said Thomas, Il
You don't need to bother so much, ali
] did was to brush the cellar floors, and
It looked So,; d good enough without fussins
"But do not call that cleaning WE'LL"
said Harry. IT wipe or the furnace
pipes and the windows, and IL there arc
any boxes or barrels I dust them also.
l do not think II is honest to take the
money from the people / am working
Tor IL do not do my work WELL"
oh! they don't expect you to bother
SO much; they know you are only a boy
and don't know how as well as a man."
said Thomas. Hustle through next
week and get out to play the same as I
But the next week Thomas did not
rave any work to do excepting for his
did not clean the rugs well, or do any
thing az he should, and they gave the
work to the regular man again.
on ", what is the use Of bothering
".
he found Henry was still employed.
wen get the money some how. Let
the work CO."
NO" replied Henry. II asked to do
the work until vacation time, and they
expect me to do 1t. II would not be fair
and, besides that, want to get money
for the cabin, and my father cannot
afford to give II to me-"
SO Henry worked faithfully, and
when his vacation time came ne had
more than his part for the lumber.
II have not got enough" said Thomas,
but I will tell father will take care
OF the lawn this summer. and he will
advance the money to me-"
The boys built the cabin and spent
many happy hours there with their
friends. but which boy do you think en-
Joyed II the most, Henry, who worked
and earned the money, or Thomas, who
got the money from his father, for be-
fore the summer was over q man had to
be hired to care for the lawn. Thomas
worked as he always had, and the lawn
showed neglect.
And which boy do you think will
make his way in the world and give
honest return to the man for whom he
works?
"As the twig is bent so is the tree in
clined," Is an old saying, but IL is "A
true one, and whether II Is q boy or a
twig IT is sure to show in the man or
tree.
Tomorrow's Story: MRS. Robin Red
breast"
The Washington times., 1912-07-31
Naval Lieutenant
Praised for Bravery

Lieut.. Chester w. Nemitz, command
ing the Atlantic submarine fiotilla, has
been highly commended by the Navy
Department for his bravery in rescuing
a fireman from drowning last March.
The young officer was on the quarter
deck of the United States steamship
Castine March 20 in Hampton Roads,
watching w. ]. Walsh on the United
States steamship Tonopah hook on
steam launch preparatory to hoisting II
the fireman fell overheard. The young
officer jumped and held the man above
water until l.. G. Kaufman, ma
chinist, came to his assistance, and to-
gether they got Walsh to safety.
The Washington times., 1912-07-31
Mrs. Taft Arrives From Beverly
For Few Days at the White House
Miss Taft and Brother
Going to Minneapolis

Miss Helen Taft and Robert Taft will
leave the summer white House at Par
ramatta Friday for Minneapolis. where
they will meet party OF young people
for a horseback trip through Montana,
making short stops at several ranches.
Mrs. George E. Vincent, wife of the
president of the University of Minneso-
ta, will chaperon the party.
Mrs. A. Brylawski and daughter, Miss
Hortense Brylawski, OF Calvert street,
few weeks In Atlantic City.
So
Mrs. Ella Ostheimer and daughter. Of
the Octavia, are spending the summer
at Mt. Holly, near. Baltimore.
Mrs. Morris Ganss and son. Harold
Ganss leave Washington this evening
for Newport News. to spend a few
weeks as the guests Of Mrs. william
Garner.
Mrs. Sigmund Kaufman and family
are spending the summer at Pen Mar,
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Kohner and family
will leave washington tomorrow 10
spend the remainder Of the summer at
Renshaws Cottage, near Rockville.
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Mrs. e. Sommers and daughters. Miss
Lorraine Sommers and Miss Julia Mae
Sommers. of Lamont street, will leave
Washintgon In a few days to spend the
remainder OF the summer at wildwood,
N. j.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Bensinger, Of
Richmond, are the guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Max Fischer. Of Lanier place.
Later In the week they will leave to
spend some time at Ocean City, Md.
4
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Bendheim and
daughter, Miss Esther Bendheim, will
leave In a few days to spend a fort
night at Ocean City, Nd.
Mrs. Joseph Dreyfus and baby, who
have been spending the past few weeks
at Pen-Mar, Nd, have returned to their
home In west Washington.
Miss Birdie Steiner left Washington
during the week to spend the next few
weeks in New York and Atlantic City
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The naval attache of the Russian EN-
bassy. Captain Vassilief, and Nine
Vassilief. are expected to join the en-
bassy stan at Newport tomorrow. They
closed their Washington residence on
Bancroft place yesterday.
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WARDEN TO MARRY
:: MATR0N IN PRISON
WHERE BOTH SERVE
Chaplain of Institution Will
~,l 'o5 Oficiate. at the Cere-
90. ~a" mony.

PHILADELPHIA. July 31.-Behind the
grim walls Of the Eastern penitentiary at
o'clock this evening Robt. j. McKenty,
warden of the prison, and Miss Ella +.
Dickson, the matron, will be married by
the Rev. Joseph Welch, the prison chap
lain. assisted by the Rev. T. w. Nc
kenty, a brother of the bridegroom
The ceremony will be attended only by
the immediate families Of the principals,
including the six children and two
grandchildren Of Warden Bob" and
one cousin Of Miss Dickson. Immedi-
ately after the ceremony the couple will
go to Atlantic City on their honeymoon,
taking with them all of "Bob's" de-
1t was the wish of both the bride
and bridegroom that the ceremony
should be performed in the prison,
where they first met and where their
whole courtship was conducted. The
prison has been their whole life for
several years. Together they have
gained the affection of the hosts of un-
fortunates who lodge in the cells. Since
three years ago the word has gone
forth through the underworld that II
is one of the best pens in the coun-
try. prisoners receiving the greatest
help and comfort from the man who
watches over them.
McKenty was made warden of the
prison in 1909. Prior to that he had
been a policeman. a detective, director
of public safety under Mayor Weaver.
and superintendent Of the county pris-
on. Since his appointment he has been
an earnest worker for the reformation
OF criminals. His theory is that men
who are down and out" should be
treated we'll and given a chance. When
ever a man Is discharged McKenty Is
anxious to secure him a job.
Miss Dickson came to this city ten
years ago from Mt. Holly, N. j. Six
years ago she was appointed a matron
at the prison, where she has remained
ever since. When McKenty was ap-
pointed warden her romance began.
Their courtship has lasted for three
years and win happily culminate in
their marriage today.
Warden McKenty has been a wild
over for twelve years. He is ffty-
for years old. and Miss Dickson Is
thirty-eight.
The Washington times., 1912-07-31
Half Century Troth
To End in Wedding

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, July 3l.-Miss
Harriet Evans, seventy-four years old,
an inmate Of the Harrison Home, of
this city, will leave here for England
In a few days to be married to James
Henry Montforce, son Of a Devonshire
squire, to whom she gave her heart
more than fifty years ago. The mar
family and Miss Evans came to Ameri-
ca.
The couple drifted apart and finally
lost track of each other Recently Mr..
Montforce learned his boyhood sweet
heart was in the home here, and wrote
for her to return to England and keen
the marriage promise she made wher,
she was a girl of eighteen and he twen-
ty-six years old.
threatened to disinherft him, was dead
and nothing stood in the way Of their
wedding.
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Will Be With President
AT Notification
Ceremonies.

Mrs. Taft arrived In Washington this
morning from Beverly, Mass, accom-
panied by her younger son, Charles
Taft. and Joined the President at the
White House for few days. She will
be with him at the formal notification
meeting tomorrow and will receive with
him at the reception which will follow.
Only men have been invited to the re-
ception and breakfast In celebration of
the event.
Mrs. Sankey Bacon, wife of DR.. Ba-
con, u. 8. NJ, Is .ne guest Of her par
ents. Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh T. Taggart, at
their residence on \ street.
Mrs. Charles H. Beach and her son.
Clarke, are at Atlantic City for ten
The Minister OF Salvador and Nine.
Mejia and their daughters. Senorita
Amalia Mejia and Senorita Paulita Me-
jia, are established at the Gladstone,
Narrasansett Pier, for the season.
Mrs. Herbert shipman, who is spend
ing a few days at Newport, entertained
at a small informal dance at Berger s
last night. A theater party at Free
DOoy hih was BtNCh pclOIt thS uohSc
by Mr.. and Mrs. Preston Gibson.
q
Miss Isabella May has returned to
Southampton, L. l., where Colonel and
Mrs. May and their family are spend
ing the summer, after a brief visit to
Mrs. Richard H. Williams, jr., at Crys-
tai Spring Farm. Narragansett.
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DR.. and Mrs. Alfred F. Hopkins were
the guests of honor at a luncheon given
yesterday at Narragansett Pier by
Charles Potter Killing, who came from
Newport for the day.
d
Mrs. J. Burnet Crane, Miss Crane,
and Miss Estelle Crane will close their
residence on Twentieth street tomor-
row for the remainder of the sum-
mer, and will go to the Blue Ridge
Summit. Miss Katherine Crane will
leave there in about a week for Lake
George, where she will be the guest
for the month of August of the fam
lily of her fiaBce, Harold Seymour
Brown. The engagement of Miss Crane
and Mr.. Brown was announced last
winter, though no date has been set
for the wedding,
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HoMAs was not fond OF work.
but he was fond OF money or
the things that money would

II SNhhfo Was uoL iouu OI Work,
but he was fond OF money or
i the things that money would
buy. so that when he did not
have all the spending money he want
ed he would ask his mother to let
him water the lawn or, clean the rugs
and other things that she hired a
man to do, SO that be could have the
money. .
But. as l have told you that Thomas
was not fond of work. and when he
worked for his mother he, would wait
until he was sure she was out of
sight and then slight his work. IT, he
was watering the lawn he would sit
down on the steps and throw the
spray as far as he could from there,
but unless she was watching he never
moved from that spot. e. -.
II he was cleaning the rugs he swept
them lightly with the broom and call
ed them clean.
One day his chum, whose name was
Henry, said he knew of q place they
could build a cabin during the sum
MGR vacation IL they could only get
the money to buy lumber. They
counted their money and found they
lacked several dollars of having
enough to get It,
The Washington times., 1912-07-31

A handy combination of letter paper
and envelopes may be- seen In the
show case windows of a stationery
store Mt Twelfth and f streets. The
horrors of keeping up correspond
ence in the summer when one IL on a
vacation, are known to all, but they
may be greatly lessened by the use OF
this. handy little tablet. Fifty sheets
of linen paper, made by standard
paper arm, and .twenty-feur envelopes
are to be had for prices varying from
IS cents to $,.5o, according to the grade
of the paper. The sheets are fastened
In q pad on one side, and the envelopes
are packed in q shallow tray on, the
opposite side. It folds up like book.
is very easy to carry. and is q much
case for stationery, Which is much
more expensive, and which one cares
about losing. - '"i- "a -! -'i
Framed prints. appropriate for, a
chHd's room, are for sale at this same
r street establishment. The subjects
are taken from the Arabian Nights
and, finished in colors. The narrow.
dark brown, wooden frames make the
size Of the finished picture about by
.hSSct e&hN ss4Ss 80 NAfs >SAN.
apiece. i@' g. 't. ...
Housekeepers of Washington are
greatly annoyed at this season ot the
year by the rains. II a cellar Is not
perfectly water tight, and few o. them
are, moisture 'creeps in, and when the
sun does come out, the musty smell is
noticeable, sometimes all over the
house. Ordinary slack lime sprinkled
over the damp spots WIN dry up a cell
lar in time, but 1t Is much harder to
rid the upper rooms of the smell of
must. A, pleasant odor, which will
permeate every nook and Granny Of a
ROOM, Is obtained by burning japanese
or Chinese incense. 1t is usually sold
in tie form Of punk. and comes in
varieties of odors. A Japanese i'm
porter, who has shop on + street not
far from Fourteenth. sells q great deal
Of incense and perfumery, in addition
to other imported wares. Water lily
incense, for 10 and rs cents box, is
delightful, and is sold with a little tin
holder, for the punk stick.
Fan and late summer millinery is to
be seen now, sprinkled in among the
midsummer models. The craze for silks.
which resulted in the making of 80
many dresses and dress coat suits of
that material. in all it's forms, has ex-
tended to hats, just as the lace gown
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N/ dragging himself to and from
w go. headland without a collapse.
and the following morning,
as soon as the dew was dry, Blake
called out all hands for the expedition
he had planned. He was In excellent
humor. and showed unexpected consid-
GRAFTON by presenting Winthrope with a
cane which he had cut and trimmed
during the night.
Having sent Miss Leslie to fill the
whisky flask with cool spring water. he
dropped three cocoanut shell bowls. a
piece Of meat and a lump of salt into
one OF the earthenware pots, and flung
all oyer his shoulder in the antelope
skin. With his bow hung on one shoul.
der, knife and arrows in his belt, and
mis- big club in hand, he looked ready
for any contingency
At the north end of the gorge Blake
dropped his club over the cliff and made
ready to follow 1t down the twisted
ladder of creepers. AS he paused to
shift his load Miss Leslie pushed before
him. pale but determined.
Whatre YOU about?" he demanded,
am going down first" she an
sWeredS and she bent over to grasp the
ereepers. She was afraid that he might
eNSSa oio olc COulQ not Dear to
meet the look. She did not see that il
was Winthrope who smiled. Blake was
Doth puzzled and concerned.
Hotd on minute" he said. 81 don't
know that you ought to go down first.
The lines might break"
II they held you last week, they Will
hold me now"
Well. ] suppose so. But be careful
must say, don't see why
Perhaps Miss Leslie thinks that the
sooner the descent is over the better y
suggested Winthrope. -. I'
The girl had backed half down over
the edge of the cliff and was. feeiine
anxiously for her next foothold; vet She
shot smiling glance at the two. and
answered almost gaily: "ReaIly, l never
could have found courage to attempt
this had l waited. AS 1t is, l shall be
at the bottom to catch you IL you fall.
Blake's eyes lighted with sudden in,
tense admiration. He knelt and graspeG
her wrist, holding 1t in a powerful griI
until she had descended as low as hi
could reach.
Now you've got to go It alone" HI
said, Take it cool and easy. Yor
can't fall"
She obeyed, clinging fast to the sway,
ing creepers and wisely refraining from
downward glances as she slowly work ed
her way from loop to loop. At last hel
her, surprise and relief, she found her
self at the foot of the cliff. .
Blake followed with the agility of q
sailor. At the bottom he paused, with
one foot on the ladder and held the
The Washington times., 1912-07-31
Butter Price Board
- Will Be Abolished

ELGIN. ILL.,. July a.-Announcement
was made last night that the Elgin
Board of Trade would abolish the quo
tation committee as a result of the
threatened Government suits against
the members of this committee for al
legged violation of the Sherman anti
trust law.
The suit now pending against the
Chicago butter and egg board and
threats that a similar suit would be
filed against the Elgin board also are
action.
The Washington times., 1912-07-31
Two Crew Members
Missing From Ship

BOSTON, July S1.-Two members of
the crew OF the City OF Rockland, which
crumpled her bow when she steamed
into the stern of the collier Chisholm
were still missing today. Local agents
of the line declared today the two men
are the only ones not accounted for out
of a total of 49,
Hope OF finding the bodies has been
practically abandoned.
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President Appoints
Thompson's Successor

President Taft has appointed Sim 7.
Wright. of Alabama, to be collector of
internal revenue for the district of Ala
bama, to succeed Joseph o. Thompson,
who recently was put out of office be-
cause he favored Colonel Roosevelt and
the Progressive party. Mr.. Wright is
a prominent attorney, and has the sup
port of both Senators from that State
The President also has sent to the
Senate the nomination of Lewis c. Lay
lin. of Ohio. to be assistant secretary of
the Interior.
The Washington times., 1912-07-31

TN ask my mother to let me do
the work she gives to the man." said
Thomas, why don't you ask your
mother to let you do the same. and
and by vacation time we will have all
the money we need"
Their mothers agreed to this plan
and the boys found three neighbors
apiece who were willing to give them
rugs to clean and many other odd jobs
that they usually gave to a man.
Henry works faithfully and did his
work WELL but Thomas did his work as
he had always done 1t, SO that he was
The Washington times., 1912-07-31
Mrs. Massey Improves.

Mrs. Florence Z. Massey, who fell
from the seventh story of her apartment
at the New Berne, a distance OF eighty
feet. was reported much improved this
morning. Her physicians say that she
is entirely out of danger.