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Evening star., 1912-11-10
Warrenton.
Special Correspondence of The Star.

Special Correspondence of The Star.
WARRENTON, Va, November 8, 1912.
The young ladies of the Fauquier In
stitute entertained a number of young
ladies from Warrenton. November 2,
from $50 to 10. Halloween games and
dancing filled the evening. Among those
present were Misses Elizabeth Hutton.
Editha Thurber, Mary Post. Helen Wall
raven, Frances Sublett, Jessie Walraven
and Anna Curtis. The first meet of the
Warrenton drag hounds for November
was at the farm of Mrs. f. A. b. Port
man Friday afternoon, the 1st instant
The run of about three miles over a
sodded country with plenty of stiff plank
and rail fences, which is one of the most
popular in this part of the state, led
over the farms of Messrs Payne, Benner,
George Smith. Rectors and Bishops, with
liam H. Pool. An enthusiastic field of
seven riders were out, which included
Messrs. William F. Wilbur, NJ. F. H; S.
Chiffon Glasscock, whip; William S. Sow
jr..s Mrs. Portman and Miss Anne Cor
don Stone. Mrs r. Mason Ball. wife OF
Paymaster r. NJ Ball of Washington, is
spending some time at the home of Mrs
NJ. NJ. Green. The Casanova hunt ran
from Auburn Saturday, the I'd instant
Those riding We're Messrs. Harry Ed
monds, NJ. F. H.; ]. C. Williams. S. C.
Wortham, w. G. Coates, j. Harnsberger
A. +. humphreys, IRVING IaDOr and Miss
Marion Fell Practically the whole run
was over sod fields with about an equal
number of plank and rail fences. After
the drag the spectators at the finish and
those riding went in to tea with Mr. and
Mrs. Ray Daniel. Saturday night, No
vember ., Mr.. and Mrs. E. Nelson Fell
entertained the hunt at a dance given at
"Creedmore," their handsome estate near
Warrenton.
Miss Lille Pollock of Virginia Beach Is
the guest of Mrs. Walter H. Robertson al
her home on East Main street Mrs
Johnnie Tongue and Miss Rosa Nea
Tongue left the past week for Baltimore
where they will spend the winter with
Mrs. Tongues sister, Mrs. William d
Primrose, on Charles street. Mr.. W. B
Wilson of Orange. Va, spent the pas
Wednesday in Warrenton with his mother
Mrs. Helen V. Wilson. Mr.. and Mrs
r. w. Cook and children, who have beer
visiting in Warrenton at the home of Mr.
| T. n. Fletcher, returned Tuesday Il
Baltimore. Mr. and Mrs. Cook made tn.
| trip in their motor. Mr.. C. K. Tiffany
| accompanied the party as far as Lees
Evening star., 1912-11-10
Hyattsville.
Special Correspondence Of The Star.

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
HYATTSVILLE, Nd, November 8, 1912.
Miss Minnie Saeuberlich. daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Saeuberlich, of
Bladensburg, and Mr.. John Dayne of
Forestville, Prince Georges county, were
quietly married Wednesday evening at
the rectory here by Rev. Henry Thomas,
rector Of st. Matthew's parish. The
bride was given away by her brother-in-
law. Mr.. Norman F. Alison. Mr.. and
Mrs. Dayne will reside at Capitol Heights.
Prince Georges county. Mrs. William
b. King and children, Spencer street
are visiting the formers parents in
Albany. Ga. They will remain south
| until December l. Mrs. James c.
| Rogers, Johnson avenue, will entertain
the Afternoon Five Hundred Club next
Tuesday afternoon. Mr.. and Mrs John
c. Vinton of Newport News, Va, are
visiting friends and relatives near Up
per Marlboro, Prince Georges county
returned after a stay of several weeks
with friends near Brentwood, Prince
Georges county. Mr.. and Mrs. Bradley
J r. Snyder, Schley avenue, have disposed
[ of their property and have gone to
| Washington. Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas K.
. Little of Connecticut are visiting the
| formers relatives near Westwood,
| Prince Georges county. Miss Nellie
JENNINGS OF New orleans, Id, Is VISIT
ing friends near Chillum, in the upper
section of Prince Georges county. Mr..
and Mrs, Thomas j. King of West
minister. Md. are visiting friends near
i Brandywine, in the lower section OF
! Prince Georges county.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. T. Brooke of near Up
| per Marlboro have been visiting friends
! in Laurel during the current week Miss
| Robinson of Philadelphia is the guest of
| Mrs William B. Clagett in the lower
| section of the county. Mrs. Edith P.
Roberts has been visiting her brother,
, Mr.. Robert Bowie. in Roland Park near
Baltimore. Miss Almeda Gordon of To-
wanda. Pa, is visiting her cousin, Mrs.
Harry w. Gore. in Upper Marlboro. Mr..
and Mrs. Clarence V. Branderberg OF Bal
/ timore have returned after a pleasan
| stay with friends near Mount Rainier,
| Prince Georges county. Mr.. and Mrs
/ Nelson Perrie of "Kalmia" near West
wood, Prince Georges county. have been
| visiting friends near Mullikin station MI
| and Mrs. s. Marvin Peach, who have
! been visiting the formers parents, DR.
and Mrs. John Peach. near Mitchellsville
/ Prince Georges county. have returned tC
! their home in Shepherds subdivision here
| Mrs w. A. Shepherd and daughter, Wine
| avenue, have returned from a pleasant
visit to Mr.. and Mrs K. Quincy Smith in
New York. Mrs. Fred Sasscer enter.
| tanned few friends at cards Monday
| afternoon in honor of her guests, Mrs
/ Ralph Amber Mrs McNabb and Mis-.
! Maud Amber Mrs. Addie Wright Walt
| jen has gone to Orlando, Fla. where sh,
will spend the winter months. The Misse.
| Nellie and Florence Wright of Brooklyn
! n. Y, are visiting friends on Spence
street. The engagement is announced O
Evening star., 1912-11-10
Chevy Chase.

Mrs. Eugene E. Stevens entertained the
at her home. Is Lenox street, Saturday
afternoon. The feature of the occasion
was resume of the seventy-fifth ami
versary of the founding of Mount Holy
oke, which was celebrated this fall.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Hulse of Lenox
street have issued invitations to dance
the evening of the 2lst at their home.
Mrs George Gregory Of Philadelphia ar
rives Monday to be the weeks guest of
Mrs. Theodore Tiller. Mrs. Tiller will
entertain informally at five hundred Fri
day in her honor
Mrs John L. Weaver was hostess for
the Chevy Chase Chapter of the Y. W. c.
A. Tuesday afternoon. Miss Mariner. the
extension secretary Of the Y. w. c. A..
spoke on "The Progress Of the Work the
World Over
Miss Nickerson. who was guest Of Mrs.
Clarke of Newland street. has returned to
her home In Sunbury. Pa.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward C. Dutton were
dinner hosts at their residence on Nor
rison street Friday evening.
Miss Susan Sykes gave an interesting
lecture on Landscape Gardening at the
the Woman's Civic League of Chevy
Chase.
Mrs. John L. Weaver was hostess for
Chevy Chase Euchre Club ut her resi-
dence Saturday evening.
Evening star., 1912-11-10
"Faling Leaf and
Fading Tree"
Mime. Melba

When the sap fails, the leaf fades,
Then it falls.
When the pores clog. the hair fades.
Then it falls. se
1t is Natures law.
Be wise. -
Get a five-cent packet of AMBU--
ROL today from your druggist. Half
fill a basin with hot water. This is
no teaspoon and teacup" shampoo.
Dip the head in, wetting the hair
well. Now shake the AMBUROL
powder on the hair and shampoo
with one hand. 1t makes q big
foam. The hair comes back to its
youth, stops falling out. Dandruff
disappears. Dull, brittle hair grows
wayy and fluffy AMBUROL is
tonic and shampoo combined. Spend
a nickel to prove 1t.
DA useful book. Secrets of
Beauty" by Lady. Annabel. in all
scent packets of AMBUROL. At
all druggists.
Evening star., 1912-11-10

Miss Nickerson, who was guest Of Mrs
Clarke of Newland street. has returned to
her home in Sunbury, Pa.
Evening star., 1912-11-10

Mr. and Mrs. John Hulse of Lenoy
street have issued invitations to a dance
the evening of the 21st at their home.
Evening star., 1912-11-10
Woman Walked 1857 Miles.

From the Cardiff Western Mail.
An aged woman at Penrhyndeudraeth
has terminated her engagement with the
general post office after twenty-five
years service. 1t is estimated that in
the course of her duties letter carrier
she covered Il. .6s1 miles. or $50 miles for
every letter In the name of her home.
Evening star., 1912-11-10

burg. Va, where he. spent the day on
Tuesday. Mrs. De Lancey Evans, Miss
Cora Franklin, Miss Elizabeth Bashaw,
Mrs. Albert Fletcher, jr., and Mrs. MIG.
Douglas are among those who spent some
time in Washington the past week. Miss
Theodosia Price of Seattle, Wash, who
is spending the winter in Warrenton en-
tertained Friday night at small dance.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-09-20

litres of it. This showed us that we
had the right formulae, the scientific
execution of which was no longer
questionable. But with the making
OF isoprene our troubles were not
ended; on the contrary. they were but
beginning.
We were confronted with the pro-
blem of converting this liquid into
that tough, elastic, plastic colloid
which was to be a successful substi-
tute for rubber, IN truth its very
counterpart. Theoretically the task
was easy, because. as Beilstein says,
isoprene is converted into caoutchouc
by treating 1t with muriatic acid. OF
course, we tried that at once, but for
our pains we got nothing but oily
chlorides-not a trace of rubber. We
were apparently defied.
I'VE tried all sorts of likely and
imaginable physical and chemical
mediums in connection with isoprene,
but the wilful stun refused to thicken.
Finally / discovered the power to per-
form this miracle hidden away in
heat There was nothing new in
heating isoprene, but the result we
obtained thereby was new Other
authorities had tried heat. but all they
got was either an oily or at best a
resinous substance.
Polymerism in chemistry is that
property peculiar to some compounds
by which they differ In their MOLE
cular weights and also In their chemi-
cal properties even when formed from
the same elements and combined in
the same proportions. In other
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-09-20
RIGHT HOME
Doctor Recommends Postum from Per-
sonai Test.

No one is better able to realize the
injurious action of caffeine-the drug
in coffee-on the heart, than the doc
tor. Tea is just as harmful as coffee
because it. too, contains the drug caf-
feline.
When the doctor himself has been
relieved by simply leaving off coffee
and using Postum, he can refer with
full conviction to his own case.
A Mo. physician prescribes Postum
for many of his patients because he
was benefited by it. He says:
Il wish to add my testimony in re-
gard to that excellent preparation
Postum. I have had functional or
nervous heart trouble for over 10
years. and a part of the time was un-
able to attend to my business.
81 was moderate user of coffee and
did not think drinking 1t hurt me. But
on stopping it and using Postum in
stead. my heart has got all right. and
/ ascribe 1t to the change from coffee
to Postum.
II am prescribing it now IN cases of
sickness, especially when coffee does
not agree, or affects the heart, nerves
or stomach.
when made right 1t has much bet
ter flavor than coffee, and is a vital
sustainer OF the system. I shall con-
tinue to recommend It to our people,
and / have my own case to refer to-"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read the little book,
"The Road to Wellville," in pkgs.
There's q reason"
Ever read the above 1etterf A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine. true, and full of human
interest. Adv
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-09-20
HOW TO TREAT PIMPLES AND
BLACKHEADS

For pimples and blackheads the fol-
lowing is a most effective and eco
nomical treatment: Gently smear the
affected parts with Cuticura Oint-
ment, on the end of the finger. but
do not rub. Wash off the Cuticura
Ointment in five minutes with Cuti-
cura Soap and hot water and continue
bathing for some minutes. This treat
ment is best on rising and retiring.
At other times use Cuticura Soap
freely for the toilet and bath, to as
sist in preventing inflammation, irri-
tation and clogging of the pores, the
common cause of pimples, blackheads.
redness and roughness, yellow. oily,
mothy and other unwholesome condi-
tions OF the skin.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample of each
free. with 32-p. Skin Book. Add. post
card "Cuticura, Dept. L, Boston" Adv
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-09-20
old Roman wan unearthed.

A part of the wall which once en-
closed old st. Paul's, London. has been
discovered in excavations at the cor
ner of Paternoster Row and St. Paul's
alley in London. The wall. which is
about 60 feet long, is made of chalk
and rubble. and was built in the
twelfth century. On the same site
pieces of a Roman amphora. Roman
vases and some Samian ware have
also been found. Other finds" include
a camel's skull unearthed in High Hol-
born and large quantity of pipes of
the eighteenth century. Under some
old stables In Bartholomew Close
one of the Oldest parts of London
three Norman arches have been found.
They are close to one another. and
are believed to have formed part of
the cloisters of the priory which once
stood on this site.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-09-20
ObIiging.

A young man who had never testi-
fled before was called before the court
as witness in certain case. He
was somewhat fiustered over the at
tention that was being paid him, and
mumbled his words so that the young
woman stenographer could not hear
them distinctly. He was told to speak
plainly and to turn toward the stenog-
rapher.
Speak to the stenographer." said
the prosecutor.
\ At that the young man arose and
with a deep bow to the lady said.
How do you do?''-Satire.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-09-20

natures rubber and delivering 1t at
thu factories.
Fermentation is an action set up by
various kinds of germs. and Prof
Fernbach found the germ that would
ronvert certain plentiful starchy mate
Tials into fusel oil. and from this fusel
oil he obtained cheap isoprene. 1t
was this isoprene which DR. Matthews
learned by accident how to turn into
rubber by means of sodium. Sir
William Ramsay and his associates
believe that rubber can be made in
this way at a cost of about "a cents
a pound. From % to rs cents a
pound is what it costs now to collect
rubber in the far east and amid the
forests of the Amazon. The heaviest
after expense is involved in trans.
porting the raw material to manufac-
turing centers. and also in purifying
this rubber so that It shall be fit to
go into the finished products.
The rubber hunter mixes the Juice
or latex of many trees. and the raw
stun is seldom uniform and is fire.
quently filled with foreign substances.
and even pebbles, the latter hidden
away in the gum TO Increase the
weight /, The cost of getting rid Of
these things is heavy. and this fact
must be borne In mind in giving prop.
ar value TO any process for the syn
ihetic making of rubber II is natural
10 suppose that a chemical produc-
don would be subject to perfect con
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-09-20

involved In that single establishment.
Many factories in the fatherland had
Joined In this international effort to
find an artificial process by which
rubber could be built up syntheti-
cally from raw materials readily
available. but to the Elberfelder Far
benfabriken belongs the distinction of
priority in the solution of the problem.
DIR. Fritz Hoffman. director in charge
at Elberfeld. gives his own story OF
the pursuit of the elusive key.
By mere chance my attention was
called to this question of synthetic
rubber through a lecture delivered in
London about six years ago by Prof.
Dunstan. AS a pharmaceutic chemist
in a dye factory my work did not take
me in the direction of rubber. but the
problem fascinated me-
Il found on reading up the subject
that caoutchouc was based on iso-
prene. and tried to prove It. To do
that had TO have isoprene. and. what
was more. l had to have synthetic iso-
prene and not the kind obtained by a
dry distillation of rubber such as had
hitherto generally been used. / had
task before me
" To the organic chemist coal is an
ideal mother substance. and / chose
It as my basic material. In this we
were justified. and in March OF 1909
Carl Coutelle and succeeded in OBJ
tanning the first large quantity OF
pure synthetic isoprene-several
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-09-20
Summer School.

Particularly significant is the
growth of summer schools In the
Carolinas. where the movement start
ed comparatively late. At the Uni
versity OF North Carolina there was
an attendance of $50 this year. Just
double last years enrolment. At the
normal school at Greensboro. North
Carolina, session of eight weeks was
held, the first in the history of the
institution. and 200 enthusiastic teach
ers were In attendance. At the sum.
mer session of the Winthrop Normal
College, Rock Hill. South Carolina.
particular attention was paid to prob
lens Of Industrial education and rural
schools, and men of national promi-
nence participated in the work.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-09-20

troll and that the synthetic rubber fac
tory would be located where it could
reach easily its raw materials and its
market for the finished output
Climatic and geographical conditions
have prescribed the zones in which
the rubber plant can be successfully
subject to scientific methods and are
free from the haphazard ways of the
rubber hunter.
In England the present discoveries
are hailed by Sir William Ramsay
and his fellows not SO much as a prom
Use Of commercial advantage but as
professional achievement which
puts the British chemist ahead of his
rivals across the Channel. That the
Germans have good reason to be salts
fed with their own accomplishments
In this very field is undoubtedly true
The Germans claim that they have
now a method for making rubber
synthetically which will soon be ready
to compete with the output of the
tropical forests.
Back in the SOS Tilden, an English
man. gave long study to the problem
of making synthetic rubber, but aban-
doned his work finally because he did
not believe the attainment practicable.
The individual was powerless to cope
with SO gigantic problem and his
resources were unequal to the task.
Capital was necessary as well as the
united efforts of many men. In fact
in one factory alone in Germany there
were 300 college bred chemists concen-
trating upon the technical researches
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-09-20
EnaIIsh Honors Cost Money.

The letter patent granted for the
dignity of baron cost f150, and for
that of baronet G100. payable to the
board of inland revenue. Other ex-
penses to be incurred by the newly
honored include crests or new coats
of-arms, while some wish to have their
genealogical trees" properly made
out. Consequently the Heralds' col
lege is busy after the issue of a list
of honors, and the total expenses of
baron are not far short of e400,
and those OF a baronet exceed G200.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-09-20

words. the structural atoms are differ
emily arranged, and the body or sub
stance thus differs from another OF
the same chemical get up but with
its tiny units otherwise distributed.
We soon recognized that the poly
merizing power, of heat could be
furthered by numerous chemical ad,
mixtures. but we soon found that
there are many more substances that
work in opposition to this end. In
August of 1909 / obtained the first
rubber polymerized by heat in the
laboratory of the Elberfeld works. In
September of that year | submitted
sample of this material to DR..
Gerlach. He was the first to confirm
that our product actually contained
caoutchouc. A month later Harries
tested our synthetic material with
his ozone method. and by this means
was able to establish that our heat
polymerized isoprene was veritable
india rubber
DR.. Hofmann frankly admits that
should the extensive rubber planta-
tions cultivated under English direc-
tion In the Malay Archipelago meet
expectations synthetic rubber will not
be 80 necessary in supplying at
more reasonable rate the present
market. However. he says that the
synthesist has so adjusted conditions
that he can compete with his ware in
price and quality with the natural
product
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-09-20

Thousands upon thousands of ex-
periments have thus been brought to
a crystallized knowledge which makes
1t possible and practicable to embark
upon the manufacture of rubber syn
thetically from available cheap mate
rails. The plantations in the far
east have been developing over a
period Of fully thirty-five years, and
in sense they have the start of the
artificial product in a quantitative
estimate. but this advantage will not
continue II the chemist manufacturer
can make rubber synthetically as
cheaply as DR.. Hofmann predicts.
In 1910 and 1911 the world produc-
ton of india rubber reached total
of about 10000 tons and the world
consumption of caoutchouc was in the
neighborhood of $4,000 tons. Figur-
ing the cost of this rubber at an aver
age of 81 a pound the total value of
the production reaches s160.000.000.
Synthetic rubber. it Is believed.
would make 1t possible to widen the
field OF application of rubber. Make
shifts and substitutes of one sort or
another are now used in many direc-
tions, because natural rubber Is too
expensive. Therefore, the public is
interested in the artificial product
first because 1t will add stability to
the price of the rubber from trees. and
next 1t will make it possible to apply
it in many ways now prohibited by
price and the relatively limited out
put of plantations and the wild
growth.
Whether the basic isoprene be made
from a starchy substance after the
English process or from product OF
coal, as DIR. Hoffman, has chosen.
there will be immense quantities OF
by-products which will be part OF
the systems employed in making iso-
prer, and In converting it into coun-
terpart caoutchouc in either case. 1t
would be financially prohibitive to
neglect these by-products in concen-
trating upon the manufacture of arti-
fetal rubber.
DR.. Hoffman, says that If 25 per
cent of artificial rubber could be pro
duced from every pound of basic mate
rial, then a factory turning out haif
million pounds day would require
Z, 1000, 900 pounds of the mother sub
stance. three-Quarters of which would
accumulate every twenty-four hours In
the form OF by-products. This gives
an idea of what the chemist-manufac-
turer has before him. even though the
secret of synthetic rubber has been
solved. With characteristic thorough
ness. the Germans are working away
at this end OF the question.
So far as is known the German
synthetic rubber has met all the ex-
acting tests and analyses of other
German chemists. On the other hand
1t is said that the English artificial
rubber is not chemically identical In
its atomic makeup with natural caout-
chouc, and the critics declare that this
artificial substitute will not meet all
of the requirements. 1t seems that
the artificial rubber contains one
atom of carbon less than natures
caoutchouc. and whether or not this
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1912-09-20
The man behind the plow makes
more of a stir in the world than the
chap behind the hoe
Conversation,

A fairly prominent local pugilist was
injured several months ago in an au-
tomobile accident and had three ribs
broken. Fully recovered, he was dis
cussing the incident recently with
friends.
Il got 800 out of the auto owner"
he said. Had to give the lawyer half
and it cost s56 for doctors bills, but
made them pay 800 for the thing. any
how"