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The Washington herald., 1912-11-17
Excitement of Ice Skating
Attracts Women of Society

Tuxedo win have an ice carnival this
winter. The trees about the lake win be
strung with Japanese lanterns and col
ored lights. Hundreds Of incandescent
electric lights win be arranged in decora-
tive designs, the bulbs stained with diff
ferent colors. Dancing on skates Is Ia
vorite feat at these ice carnivals and
music Is always one Of the features
: Between the musical selections most OF
the couples leave the ice and gather round
bonfres which are kept burning on the
shores of the lake. Refreshments are al
ways served. Those who cannot dance
on skates choose partners and glide about
the lake to the inspiration Of the music.
Between numbers the ice Is swept and
scraped clean of the powder which the
gates grind up.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-17

League will cooperate in this and will
send chaperons with the girls The
prominent women skaters will show the
girls how TO execute simple figures at
first and in IL, case of exceptionally apt
pupils they will attempt TO develop some
really expert skaters. The rudiments of
the sport will not be overlooked, either.
Big bonfres will be built on the shores
of the lakes and luncheon VIII be eaten
around these. At some of the outings
coffee will be cooked and a hot luncheon
served.
Now that New York society has set the
seal of approval on ice skating the wom-
ems colleges are taking it up with greater
The Washington herald., 1912-11-17

many of their friends who 1--we on Of
town, especially members Of the Tuxedo
Skating Club, of Tuxedo, N. 7. Last sea-
son Ice skating was even more popular
a sport at Tuxedo than was bob shedding
and toboganning, and those who followed
It most assiduously were Mrs. Charles
B. Alexander. Mrs. =. s. Carhart. Mrs.
Frederick Gallatin, Mrs. Louis J. Pooler
and Mrs. William T. Hoffman, and all
these women win cooperate in helping to
give the children chance to skate on
natural ice in healthy country air.
1t is the intention to organize the clubs
into groups of as many girls as rny be
easily handled and controlled and to take
them on Saturdays and holidays to the
lakes available. The officers of the girls
branch Of the Public Schools Athletic
The Washington herald., 1912-11-17

impossibilities, when working up stream
the boat depends for propulsion on track
ers and polling, unless the wind happens
to be almost directly astern, when mat
sails are hoisted on bamboos.
The journey up to Sam Ho, which is the
head of navigation, is about las miles. As
a loaded junk tracking cannot make more
than about fifteen miles a day against the
current, which runs normally upward of
three knots an hour, the journey up takes
about ten days. With favorable condi-
tions the round trip can be accomplished
in a fortnight, but the average is over
this. Such boats carry a crew of five.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-17

enthusiasm. At Wellesley skatiny K one
of the most popular sports and there are
instructors to teach the fancy figures.
Yassar also boasts Of so.le excellent per-
formers and II is hoped by those inter
ested in the I-vival that meet may be
arranged this winter between Vassar and
Wellesley, perhaps to be held in Me-
York. The contests would include fancy
skating and races.
At both these colleges and at Mount
Holyoke the young women have taken up
sail skating. which is very difficult pas
time Exceptionally long skates, turned
up in front and bringing the feet lower
down near the ice, are used for this. The
sail is so arranged on q system of light
rods that the skater may lean back on 1t
to certain extent and may manipulate It
The Washington herald., 1912-11-17

living, II properly worked, as anything
there is in the West or Canada.
Any man -Tho will devote the energy
he does to a job in the city TO one of them
will get better living and be indepen-
dent. He won't'get rich, perhaps, but he
will be healthy, his wife and children will
be healthy and happy and they will all
live longer.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-17

Sullivan and his wife are very popular
with the townsfoIk and they are seen at
most of the social functions. He has been
almost persuaded a dozen times to seek
political Office. A year ago he was on the
verge Of being a Congressional candidate,
but Mrs. Sullivan vetoed it and it was
dropped. On the farm, among his pets
and his crops, she knows that he will
The Washington herald., 1912-11-17

S9RS"SSgxoe HOUGH the leaves have
AS& scarce turned to brown
is II & and red the ice skating
IA ri season has opened in New
EA&GsS% York. 1t is no longer
necessary to wait for Jack
Frost to CONCEAL the ponds
and streams-not even for the school
children who formerly depended entirely
upon the park lakes of the city for their
ice skating. The sport has become fash
ionable, and as society wants its desires
grati6ed when they arise, and not when
nature sees fit, they have demanded ice
in November and the rinks have re-
sponded.
Last winter was a notable season for ice
skating because of the great revival of
the sport in fashionable circles, and, as
usual, others have benefited from socieT's
whims. The women who at first were in
terested in the sport only because of the
pleasure they derived from it are now
making it possible for school children to
use the rinks, and are even furnishing
them with skates and teaching them to
use them.
Last season Mrs. Barger Wallach was
foremost in conducting skating classes at
the rinks, but this year a number of
prominent women will take up the work,
among them Mrs. Irving Brokaw, Mrs.
Charles S. Brown, Mrs. Harry La Mon
The Washington herald., 1912-11-17

the nafFesung OF hne crop on
his seventy acre farm on the outskirts of
Abingdon. Mass. He is no longer the Sui
Ivan whom his friends knew during the
years that followed his defeat By Corbett.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-17

no skates women interested in the sport
will donate their used skates, TO be kept
by the secretary of the girls branch of
the Public Schools Athletic League and
loaned to the different girls who take up
the sport.
The Washington herald., 1912-11-17
Mrs. Irving Brokaw and Other
Prominent Women Will Teach the
Art to Girls in City Kinks and on
Woodland Lakes. .t

tagne, Mrs. F. Fahnestock, Mrs. Ernest
Iselin and the Misses de Coppet.
Until it is possible to skate out of doors
the children of some of the public schools
and the girls of many New York high
schools will be instructed in the rink,
and for the benefit OF many who have
The Washington herald., 1912-11-17

UDDY checked, clear eyed and
with step as springy as the days
when he was the champion prize
fighter Of the world, John L. Sui
liran this week has been directing
The Washington herald., 1912-11-17
RsAlng a seGanr.
New YORK, Saturday.

Copyright. 1912. by the New York Herald Co. AL
rights reserEedJ
La Junta tribune., 1912-02-17

evsa tAe sDinsesss-lA sDits a thsis
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on study.
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a cats and have vowed eternal vso-
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especially uooa such -. perched spou
the esacs Of Jour or your seixhbor's
back yard. nakins ininttab,e music.
you VII. Il y safe 70 assert. being
Introduced 70 this charming family
-"eirst eadure. then admire. then
embrace" and you may arrive at .
state o. no moro satisfaction until
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70 make NJ homo With you-to sun
its beautiful breast In your sunni.
ct Of windows.
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duce prophets great enough to save
them from themselves. when there
10 no vision the people perish" Let
" thank God today for our prophets-
Roosevelt. La Toilette. and . hundred
others. Right or wrong. these men
stand for progress In the direction
Of the welfare Of all the people.
They are willing TO throw their lives
against the 'old ORDER Let US
thank God today Tor the religious
prophcts-Billy Sunday. Geo. Stuart,
Gipsy Smith. Fred u. Smith and hun.
dreds In the pulpits Of the country.
men that can see the fault Of tho
drift. can warn the church. and ex.
pose her faults to herself ax well as
praise her achievements. l believe
history plainly points To the needs
OF greater exercise OF the prophetic
function Of the ministry today, to
recall the people to the truth they
already know The saving OF the
church today is In the cultivation
Of the prophetic spirit In the rank
and file. Conserve all that's good Of
the past. but do not worship H. II
has no virtue that is not condemned
by the better future that's possible.
II Is the very nature OF Christianity
To demand progress, Good enough"
Is sinful, when better Is In sight
II IL true In individual experience
as In church. or national life. The
one who becomes satisfied with him.
self and his nttnlnmcnts has begun
to fossiiIxc; death has set In. God
mako prophets Of US all. Insurgents
against an old order that IL a bad
order. and fighters for tho better. and
the best. as God gives Us TO see Il.
La Junta tribune., 1912-02-17

Brief OF a sermon preached by Rev.
Otis G. Dale. At the First Pres.
byterlan cAurch. Sunday evening.
February iltA. Furnished at the
request Of the editor.
II is cooDoaly saId that life is
determined largely by our education.
but there h something else lying
closer up 10 The inner life that goes
much further In deciding the mean
Ing our lives shall have both for
ourselves aud Tor the community In
which We live. Il is not Itself
produc, Of s1ucation. II Is rather IL
tempermcnt. II IL the attitude. nat.
ural. assumed. or cultivated. which
one takes toward life. especially to-
ward the matter Of progress and I'm.
provcmcnt for himself and his com.
munity and the nation. In this
matter thore are two general types
Of thought. aaA they are Illustrated
today In 4 crisis Of American poll
tics.
Insurgency end standpatism are
deeper matters tran political policies.
emcctIng urtaoe politics. They are
first personal taaperamcnts. then per
sonni prcfcesaess. then permanent
policies lnsssgsscy II Just = strong.
cr word for ra1lealism. and ntandpat-
Ism = more 1BrcsfM statement to
describe rnsre lste ermincd conscrva-
tism. Prcssot lay insurgency IL =
much broadss - deeper thing than
q break in ~ saaks Of . political
party. II is q hfoat away from the
old order In o91(e1oo. The standpatter
10 no mere Goq11gva3ivs. hoIding 70
the trsdi,ioao - ~ party. he Ii
rather one sa9 96o1 wtth present con.
ditioas beoaa r. Wat they mean
to hin per-oa M - fssssd fos
any other
Human thoqn11 ed activity tends
stronsiy TO bonoms esystaiissd into
fixed forms - eostons. TAis 10
vel when 'he - 49,; ~ shs y
rarely II cscs - b experience.
More often ft1 ~ eeadtioa meaas
satgsasion for \ la1lviduai, u aay
aggregation 81 1)ns vhoss iifs =
bounl tose,hel D61 e ~ vasiose
anr6na AZ soc11 nnann1fono. ~
bsiee q the No1lo1aane lD1nv
y slnDsy thisy d611.s psall,ss ~
- = . ;. : {. = -: :.
La Junta tribune., 1912-02-17
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howsvse. were quickly ost Of nin1
In spite q thsIr royalty. as1 vs had
more time and opportunity To Oh
ssrvs those rsnsiaing. We found
that yiuff and Bunch each posssssed
an odd eys which little physicsl de
crepancy Vas . marx q high birth
and aAds1 greatly 70 tAs baauty and
value Of each. We Observed. also.
that otAsss n ~ august company
were absolutely green syeA. whether
with savy vs nay not ~. Creole
Sue. 10 - her sane inDliss. richly
and darkly beautiful. More lovely
perhaps than even the Princess Pow.
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der Puff b vesy fair-ssow white II
fAct. and Betite 10 . Genuine ''h,us
stocking" artstocrst. for more than
her stockings are blue. She Wallis
II b,us'' - Byroo's lady wallis In
beauty." bsias . wonderful. evea
mole color froH the lip of her sensi.
tivs.. dainty ears to the End oe her
handsome tatl-no tinisst spot of
white Of brown o. black appsarins
anywhere. nut 20. Creole sss. ny
Crseis ous." how nay We ten Aes
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La Junta tribune., 1912-02-17

the same reason want no change At
all. and the two sentiment are di.
viding all political parties.
In the realm Of religion two other
words stand for the same ideas as
insurgent and stAndpatter and have
the same difference. They are pro-
phet and priest. The pricstiy TEN.
permanent stands for the old order.
the traditions of the past-things
as they are. The priest Is no agi-
tator. Is not disturbed by conditions.
The present is u product Of the
past. let II alone" Il do not speak
now OF priests individually but M
a general class. I know ecclesiastit al
priests who are true prophets. and
those In whom We would expect the
prophetic spirit who are int nsely
pricstly). The prophet is the seer
OF better things ahead. the herald
Of u new day. man Of vision. dis
content with the present II II Is not
AS good as II ought to be. an agi.
tator. Often he IL ahead OF his day
voice crying IN "a wilderness. after
awhile the people catch up The pro,
phct bears with the multitude. the
priest fawns upon H." One In for
progress. the other for power. The
priest seeks power for personal ends.
III. prophet seeks the peoples pro.
grcss.
Now the question is. which In the
better spirit' Look what the two
have done for human welfare. The
Hebrew people were saved from their
priests by their prophets. Early
Christianity WAS dominated by the
prophetic spirit Its progress and
achievements were marvellous. The
founder Of Christianity. Jesus Christ,
was above every thing . prophet. \
most decided insurgent against the
settled order of religion In his day.
. champion Of the people. Tho harsh.
est word that passed his lips was
the dcnuncistion Of the stAndpstters
of hIs day. When the church bcSan
70 conserve and build Tor itself rath.
er than the pocpIs the dark as~s
began whsa savanesola, Hvss.. crss
mus. LutAer. Calvin and Knox he.
came Insurgents and rcstofed simplic
ity Of faith and gave freedom to the
popular conscience. modern civilisa.
tion WAS born.
Look 1t the nations that have been
doniaated By pstcstefait --iadia. Tvr
ksy anl China. For Centuries they
have peo1ses1 10 Deophest stroas
eaeugh % IsaA . revolt aninst ~
oDDesssieas q he oA eeds. Thsy
have knewn eely seAgaatjos md
lesa0. Y = ~ = ~ )asOs -
tostcal vtsw tat W caa risAty
valse ~ tvs tytes e lAeeoAe ~
s1sts rsesasA ~ eslvallea & $500
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La Junta tribune., 1912-02-17
W. c. =. Y. MOTIFS.

Tho last meeting of the ". c. T.
U. was held at the homo Of Miss
Margaret Hill. on CimAroa avenue. Il
was rsaDsrancs Rally nay. and was
~ Interesting and iastruetivs meet
ins.
4 Dapsf vas rsaA On why Girls
% weeng = ocAsnei." Thb wss fol.
ievsd by . lisessstes b. the nem.
beea
~ eosgtisn n rssnF1 b he rest
roo0 ~ Il Jun4a vao rsessrsA to
. eooa1tsse esaDssed ef Mn. Rock.
ve1l. .cAaieDaa, aa1 Meo1anss Vaughn
aa1 Ceetsg.
Musls gn1hb1e - ~ eesseisa WAS
sata1sl. AsfFsshnaats an1 . social
hear p,oeo1 ~ nesting.
TAs negt Destjng wtll ~ held at
~ y. 4 sAsfeA Tsss1ay. vsbruary
3etA. q 3:Se o'e)eek. Il VIA b. .
vsaAeeo Wl11as1 nsooeial service.
nvssybeay y eee1ially iavitsl y ~
Desesae
La Junta tribune., 1912-02-17
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"a prou1 pooseooor ol . number
q gsaui.s beautiful Anso-
- ~ cats and . recent visit
- tAsle higAnssses. 1t home In
ven apeoiatsd cattesy. proved . most
iatsesstias szpestsaes 70 the writer.
II y . httis apart froa the q.
llnasy hADDsaiAs h eas spend IN II.
tssnooa WITH royalty in this demo
Exsstie es0try q ours Only at
bassee intervals u. Il possible. and
AAsa slaDlH he chosen few are
rivileesd. ME the cat. Ito look upon
As kiss." On the particular after.
ooa Of vhicA ws are about 70
vTits, hovsvsr. King Columbine and
ussa Baby vsse the royal host ard
potass aAA their Interested guest
~ - - presented 70 their numer.
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y petAesasss a the line Thus vas
y - nv rsvsrssA. an instead Of
a1lAo-~Nay aot . cat loot upoa .
~ 4 needs 1sst declare. "A
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e1 ~ 49, lAaily. Pros1 Prin.
II eAlsleia vas tAcrs. and Creole
(nA1 revdse Puff. ssd Yluff and
- - Dseits. LAAy Jsss Grey.
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sensational 81 nevelN eyelisls. WI
sivs tAsee evsaln0D g thsitIinG. spec.
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La Junta tribune., 1912-02-17
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cstel In pianos. I,is player. piano cat.
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La Junta tribune., 1912-02-17
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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-03

Here Is the Situation in Nutshell
PEACHTREE HEIGHTS PARK BEST
residence development Atlanta homes built right it, the thing
and will admit it They unexed IN LOCATION NATURAL BEAUTY
CITY FACILITIES
trolley that essential public otherwise the
making perfect
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-03
Here Are the Restrictions

PEACHTREE HEIGHTS PARK sold color
garage like building You build home there perfect
building this anywhere
No matter what lot buy protection will be absolute Peach
residential
The Nome daily nugget., 1912-11-14
THIS FROG AT LEAST
 KEPT POSE LONGER
 THAN MARK TWAiN'S

LOS ANGELES. Oct. 15.-"The jumping frog of Calaveras." made i'm mortal by the pen of Mark Twain. has been showed rudely from it's pedestal in the hall of fame by an unnamed member of the genus amphibia which workmen engaged fin clearing and blasting rock on the l.. D. Loomis property in Santa Monica canyon found imbedded in a quantity of lime. stone fully three feet beneath the sur face.
 The frog had been encased in rock for several hundred years.
 Apparently petrihed and incased m the crumbling though lumpy rock. the frog was taken by the astonished workmen and laid upon a rock. where in few seconds il suddenly showed signs of life.
 After several minutes 1t blinked con- fusedly. drew a long breath and rolled to the ground. where. in long leaps. 1t eluded the best efforts of the workmen to recapture it.
The Nome daily nugget., 1912-11-14
SMOKE SENDS HER TO JAIL.

DENVER, Nov. 1.-"Equal rights for women. That's my platform. and you can throw me in jail as often as you want. but you won't change it." de- fiantly shouted Mary McManus. fifty eight years old. when found by police men on Seventeenth street smoking a cigarette.
 Eve got as much license to smoke a cigarette as the rich bugs of New York; them as do it every day in the year and nothin' said about it." she said.
 But New York and Denver are dif- ferent places.' protested the police. You will have to throw away that cigarette or go to jail"
 Then to jail I'll go," was the re- tort.
 When she arrived at the matron's quarters she was still puffing on the cigarette and clutching in one hand "the makins."
The Nome daily nugget., 1912-11-14
WHAT A RAILROAD
 WOULD MEAN

Four hundred million dollars is the amount Uncle Sam would gain by building a trunk line railroad in Al aska, according to the calculations of the Seattle Times. The Times figures out this way:
 In the Susitna, Panama and Kusko- kwim valleys the government owns 40.000.000 acres of agricultural lands. The history of railway building in new countries has demonstrated that land is advanced in value at the rate of s10 an acre by the building of a railway through it. The conclusion is obvious. and the government is war ranted in making the investment as speedily as possible.
 The calculation does not take into account the increase in the value Jf mineral lands along the line of the railway. which without the railway would be entirely worthless. Nor does it take into account the one mil lion dollars which the governme 1t would save each year by being abie
The Nome daily nugget., 1912-11-14
SCANDAL OARkENS
 MAscAoNI HOME

ROME, Sept. 30.-There is absolute ly no truth in the report that Pietrc Mascagni. the composer. and his wife have become reconciled. The preScn, whereabouts of Mascagni are un known to either Mime. Masca.ri tr the composers friends in Rome. lie Is believed to be in Switzerland. &C., companied by the woman Win whom he eloped
 At the time of the sensational nreak k between husband and wife Mascagni was about to put the finishiag touches to an opera which promised tn be even more brilliant than "Rusti, Chi valry." In fit of rage he tore up the manuscript. and the precious scraps of paper were swept out of the villa and consequently lost. Mime. Mascagni has not yet recovered from the shock caused by the bitter experience which has darkened her life.