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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-11-16
OFFICIAL.

| All oIulHdHce 10 grant 10 lise w iS'i-
! ington-Nirginia Railway Company. it,
successors and assigns the right OF
franchise To lay and maintain a single
track inilway on Royal street ~ the
| the south side Of King street TO the
! south side OF Franklin street. with
| suitable curves. switches and conncc-
ltIons to connect with the track now laid
! AID operated by the WashinSton-Fir.
| ginia Railway Company on King street.
| and to erect. construct and maintain
;he necessary poles. fixtures ana wires
on. ever. under and along the saiG
street. and to run ana operate over anC
upon the track TO be so laid ears opc:-
ated and propelled by electricity OF
other motive power than steam.
Be il ordained by the City Council a.!
Alexandria Virginia:
Section l. That the WashinStol-Nir-
ginia Railway Company, ITS successors
ana assigns be ana is hereby granted
the right or franchise to lay and main
tain a single track railway on Royal
street from the sout!: side OF King
| street 10 the south side OF Franklin
| street. With suitable curves. switches
Ind connections 10 connect win Tia
.rack now laid ana operated by th'
Wa5iii.Iat Railway Com
pany. on King street. ana 20 erect. con-
struct. and maintain the necessary
poles fixtures and wires on. over. uad'':
ana along the said street and 20 ru;,
and operate over ana upon the trac!;
to bc so laid cars operated and p''o-
peeled by electricity OF ether mo;;",
power than steam.
Section . The right ana rr&nch!I.
hereby granted shall continue for tw"i
- years unless sooner forfeited -
hereinafter provided Tor and un'r =
said right or franchise is renewed il
the manner prescribed by thc C""-
Stitution and Laws Of the STATE .
Virginia the said WashirgtonEiF%i
mia Railway Company its succrsfo's
and assigns shall upon the cNnira;i":.
thereof. or upon the forfeiture ther".
Of, remove its tracks poles liHturrt
and wires from over. under anj a!oE.-
Tic portions OF the stree; a.nrcsair
described and conprehcrdcd III thn
right or franchise hereby granted, and
shall restore, replace or repair Il"
said portions Of said street 10 cos
respond with the paving or othc" stacr
Of Improvement then existing. the
work 70 be done as may be directed
~ the City Council OF Alexandria. It's
lily Engineer, or other officer having
supervision over its strvetS.avcnucs,&nd
highways.
Section !. Tha: the WashinGton-Ei"-
:;iTiL Railway Company, its alcccs:.-
Urs and assigns shall construct t!'
g. II rt;.'"ar t?a"!; on such grade am'
q" sr,.1 r..il md az her. ma i.Ti1l az SlI :,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-11-16

Don't waste Your money huyif:
MISUNDERSTANDING pla.t"rS. Cha'Hbcrain' $
T.iaimcui is cheaper and better. DAMP
IN a Pie," 81 f!anAet W!in II and binh Ii
Iinvc Che pain ana SORENESS. For Sl!e
By all dealers.
The Calumet news., 1912-06-24

things as they are in contrast IT,
things as they should be, if we would
have a fair tomorrow.
Under a blue Californian sky. i'm tho
garden of Peter Dale. a thoughtful
biologist. who breeds his plants scieii-,
tihcally to obtain ultimate perfec-
tion, the characters in this drama OF
life work out their destiny. Through
them the author points the truth OF
his own assertion that the social, po-
litical and religious aspects OF our
life are radically conditioned by the
theological, and that the concept and
opportunity Of children as the erea-
tive instruments of a happier tomor-
row must become a practical issue in
education.
"a happier tomorrow" This is the
optimistic keynote of the play. That ii
may he realized we learn through the
awakening of Mana Dale to her own
determining power. through her choice
I'm love for the betterment of the race.
Thus the scientific purpose of the PLAY
is borne home In love story of deep,
human interest
The Calumet news., 1912-06-24

to slender steel cords these Venus
like girls hang from the dome of the
tent. BY means of intricate machin-,
cry on the roof of the tent, they are
made to dart. fly and circle through
space with the grace and ease OF birds.
while electric spot lights flood them
with fantastic color designs They arc
clothed in flowing robes of gossamar-
like white silk and they wear long
pinions of spun glass. The ethereal
aspect OF the spectacle is entrancing
Even while spectators sit bewilder-
ed by the sublime splendor of the
sight above them. they do not for a
moment lose sight of the daring ana
the danger involved. It is thriller OF
the most pronounced type. IL does
not depend on maze of ponderous
machinery to give a death-trap sug-
gcstion There is real and not merely
the semblance of danger in the act.
This fact is quite evident at first
sight.
This is a high-priced act and an abb
solute departure from stercotyped aer-
ialistics. II must not be confounded
with common iron jaw performances
that masquerade, by means of long
skirts and ribbon showers, as novel
ties
Others among the aerialists who add
10 the strength an3 the novelty of the
show are the famout Klarkonans, the
Flying Wards. the Richard sisters the
grea. Ia Faycttc and the Jernsen
families.
The regular performances opens this
year with a newly added spectacle,
telling the story of Joan of Arc on "a
stage bigger tlnn a hundred ordinary
The Calumet news., 1912-06-24
TOMORROW" TO
BE GIVEN TONIGHT
MADAME LAeADIE WILL PRE-.
SENT PLAY ON EuGENics,
AT THEATER.

Tomorrow" a play by Percy Mac
Kaye. will be presented in the form
of a dramatic Interpretation by Nine.
Labadie. at the Calumet theater to-
night. under tho auspices Of the Asso-
clated Charities Probably no play
dealing with a more appropriate sub
ject could be selected for the occa-
sion.
Tomorrow" deals with an ethical
question which is forcing its import
ance upon the attention of every
thinking man and woman of the pres
ent day. a question which involves
the building of better race. The
theme is not new, having been used
In various ways by many of our mod
ern dramatists, but II is Percy Mae
Hayes happy treatment of the sub
Ject which lifts Tomorrow" out o.
the shadow of cold hard facts into
the sunshine of visionary future OF
great possibilities. The facts are un-
deniably plain. but their frankness is
scftened by fine touch of poetic i'm
agnation. which illuminates the line'
and throws into bold relief the motive
powerNof the drama.
The author spins the thread of his
story in such delightful fashion that
he captivates the most unreceptive
mind by the music of the words
which paint faithful picture Of
The Calumet news., 1912-06-24
FORTY BLUSHINC
GOODS TO MARRY
SAID THAT NUMBER AMONG THE
SENIOR YOUNG LADIES
WILL WE'D.

The first of the festivities of com
niencement week at the University Of
Michigan was the senior girls break
fast Friday noon in Barbour gym,
says IN Ann Arbor dispatch. There
are 2SO girls in the graduating class
at tho 4. Of NJ. this year. the largest
number ever TO receive degrees in one
year az Michigan
out of this number, 100 sat down TO
the senior breakfast. Now at Michi-
gan. they have song. Where, oh.
Where is the Grave Old Senior" which
the girls change to suit themselves
and the eats" are taken care OF. the
girls sing. Where oh, Where is the
Engaged Grl?" and one after another,
those upon whose fingers there spar
kle diamonds, stand up, blush and sit
down again. This year, III was a petty
Grand Rapids girl who first stood up.
Iiut she wasn't the only one; i'm fact,
she had lots of company, for one after
another they stood up, blushed and
sat down again. till exactly 20 girls
had "fessed up"
But the girls knew that some were
aiding away their secrets, and SO they
started in to guess at random, with
the understanding that If ones secret
were guessed. she had also to confess,
lnd this brought fifteen more adnis-
sions.
Who says higher education is a bar
TO matrlmony, when 40 out of 100 girls
gathered at farewell feast will adj
nit their engagements? Rather than
that. 1t looks as though the higher ed
Ication might serve as an attra tion.
A loving cup, passed to the brides
to-be" first and to the other sixty last
ended the festivities. What was In
the cup? They would not tell, but
each tempting mouth had rim Of
purple all along the cupids bow out
line and so 1t was probably we'll
known brand of grape juice.
The Calumet news., 1912-06-24
BISHOP BERRY
A PROGRESSIVE"
cHuRcHMAN WHO WILL PRE-.
SIDE AT MICHIGAN CONFER.
sNcE OPPOSES "FooV.
ISM"

In his first address TO the Method
ist ministers OF the Philadelphia con-
ference as the specially invited guest
of the Ministerial union. Bishop Ben
jamin r. Berry frankly warned that
he would stand for progress as against
the 'old fogy" notions of many of his
Methodist brethren. The announce
ment came as bomb TO the members
of the union. who have. since Bishop
Berry's assignment been waiting inn
patiently TO know his policy report
having been circulated TO the effect
that the new incumbent was "a man
who had radical ideas of his own.
That many of the ministers were
non -committal in their judgment OF
the new pastor was evident from the
fact that, as he entered the hall. lit
tie enthusiasm was accorded him.
The criticism that the recent general
convention at Minneapolis, which had
appointed him to Philadelphia. was
guided by factional politics. had made
many of the preachers regard him
with doubt, and IL was the supreme
duty of the new bishop to prove to
no party bias and had the most friend
ly disposition TO all the ministers and
elders of the conference.
With a presence which at once i'm
pressed his audience. Bishop Berry
without mincing words assured the
ministers that while he had no special
desire to be appointed to Philadelphia,
he would have chosen that district
in preference TO any other city to
which there was the least likelihood of
his being transferred. He said he was
exceedingly encouraged i'm his new
work by the character of the delegates
from Philadelphia and also by the
fact he was a close friend and SYM
pathizer of Bishop Wilson, who, had
been transferred to New York.
After giving a resume of the work
done at the conference at Minneapo-
lis. and the wonderful spirit II had
manifested to keep pace with the
times. he said. the Methodist church
If it were wise. must be supremelJ
progressive. as well as conservative.
II il wished to WELD any influence In
the great struggle or modern thought.
1--WE have had courage to change,
he said, "when 1t was wise to change.
People-the old fogy kind-have been
shocked when the old landmarks had
TO be removed. but the Methodist
church is stronger. purer and more
influential than ever before in its his
Tory. Yet. brethren. we must have
changes. / must be honest with YOU
and this is my policy. ] Will take the
best modern piece of machinery to do
Gods work no matter what the oppo-
sition is among the old fogies of tho
church. | will walk ahead. facing the
sunrise, respecting TO an extent MS
torical and traditional customs. but
cisregarding every time the old-fash-
toned machinery of the church to take
nm the new and up-to-date pieces.
am an old d-fashioned Methodist In a
r,ay-I am old in everything tha'
ought TO live. But | am new when
ever there is anything new to be done
in building up the Kingdom of Cod
Bishop Berry has been selected 10
nroside over the Michigan conference
in September.
The Calumet news., 1912-06-24
NONE TOO HONEST.

Former Senator Chauncey Depew
was discussing i'm Washington the
methods Of certain corporation.
such methods" said Senator De-
pew, may not be considered dishon-
est by some people. hut they remini
me of the reply of the debutante OF
1900.
docs your flance know your ageY
girl frier,l rather cruelty asked this
,iebutante as they sat on the beach
mending their bathing suits.
.Well-partly. was the reply"
The Calumet news., 1912-06-24
1t pays 70 advertise.
The Milwaukee County Hospital
SCHOOL OR NURSES.

SCHOOL OR NURSES.
offers TO limited number of young
women an excellent course in the
theory and practice of nursing.
Applicants should be between the
ages OF 21 and 35 years. have "A good
English education and be. of good
moral character. Monthly cash allow
ances after the probationary term.
Application papers and bulletin of in
formation sent on request. Address;
Milwaukee County Hospital
School for Nurses.
WAUWATOSA, WIS.
The Calumet news., 1912-06-24
Additional Laurium
LIKE BIRDS OF THE AIR.

Wonderful Human Butterflies TO Be
Seen With Ringing Brothers.
The Human Butterfly" act the bril-
liant and dangerous aerial spectacle
which amazed France last winter, is
this year a feature of Ringing Broth
ers' shows. IL will be seen i'm Calumet
Friday. July - exactly as it was pre-
sonted there II was engaged by
foreign agent of the show at sum
of money equal to twice that ever paid
Tor n circus attraction in the past.
The three famous Ty-Boll sisters
created the act Holding by the teeth
The Calumet news., 1912-06-24

theaters and with cast of l2OO per-
sons. Also 500 horses and a trainload
Cf special scenery is used. The spec
tacle IN itself cost 100000 and is at
enough To ill the main tent
if there were nothing else to he seen
there. The circus proper, however, has
been strengthened, the menagerie has
been enlarged. and the morning pa
iade is finer than ever
The Calumet news., 1912-06-24
REGINALD HANLEY FIRST.
Contest Shetland Pony and Outfit is
Getting Interesting.

-Announcement mas made this morn
ing of the standings in the Shetland
pony, cart and harness contest, which
is being conducted in connection with
Laurium's carnival week Master
Reginald Hanley heads the list, with
George Munroe a close second. The
following are the standings to date:
The Calumet news., 1912-06-24
Back at Him.

A certain young man who prided
himself on q brusqueness that he mis-
took for wit met an eminent nut
touchy sculptor at studio supper.
$50 you're the chap" he said on being
introduced. "that makes mud heads.
..Not all OF them,- the sculptor replied
ouietly.-Youth's Companion.
The Calumet news., 1912-06-24
Poor Kind Of Optimism. :

II is useless to hope for the best
n you are determined to keep think
ing that the worst always happens.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-19
FIRST THINGS

The first attempt of Venezuela to throw off the Spanish yoke was made 102 years ago today, when the citizens of Caracas, the capital, rose in rev. olt and deposed the Spanish governor. Don Vincente Emparan. The rebels maintained their supremacy for some time, and in 1911 a constitutional con- gress met and formally declared the independence of the country. In 1872, just a century ago, the revolutionists suffered reverses, and with the defeat of the army of Miranda by the Span ish troops the authority of Spain was re-established. Liberty still lived in the hearts of the people, however, and in 1913 Simon Bolivar the Great Lib orator of South America, began a war fare that was waged with varying success until 1919, when, in the battle of Boyaca, the royalist cause went down ito final defeat. The Spanish viceroy, Samano, fled to Spain, and the Columbian Federation, of which Venezuela was a part, was formed. In 1880 Venezuela withdrew from the federation and became an independent republic.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-19
SEAMAN
 DISCUSSES WRECK
Retired General Manager of Cunard Line Says Size
 Was Not Factor

New York, April 19-To Vernon H. Brown, the retired general manager Of the Cunard line, the oldest ship ping man in this port, the sinking of the Titanic came as great shock. MT. Brown has watched the develop ment of vessels from the day of the packet ship to the present type of transatlantic flyer.
 What happened? What gave way? These are questions which will not be answered until the formal investlga- tion is held,'' said MT. Brown sorrow fully yesterday as he came from the White Star line office.
 He was asked whether in his opinion there would be a reversion to the smaller vessel, instead of each com pany vieing to build the first thou sand-feet liner.
 'I see no reason why such an accl- dent should be considered as having had anything to do with the size of vessels or their length,' he said. What happened to the Titanic would have happened if the vessel, striking an ice berg, had been much smaller. It is impossible to tell the character of the blow. If she had struck head on believe her bulkheads would have held. One can only conjecture that she struck glancing blow and the berg ripped her side.
 ''In the absence of proof it is only fair to assume that her bulkhead doors were in proper working order. The fact that she kept af1oat such short time would indicate the filling of at least three or four of her watertight compartments. I know that there was no more competent commander afloat than Capt. Smith. He was noted for his good Judgment. He was man who had many friends on both sides of the Atlantic.
 We read of severe ice conditions along the North Atlantic track, but there are many alive who remember conditions in 1856. The ice came down even earlier than this year. The Ocean Queen sailed, London bound, on Feb. Il of that year. The packet Driver left here for Liverpool and the new ship Stephen Brown put out from this port for Havre, all on Feb. Il. They never reached port.
 ''The John Rutlidge sailed from Liv- erpool and was lost. One of her boats was picked up. Three of her passengers were found alive in it and two dead. Two of those rescued died soon after.
 Another vessel which paid toll to the ice was the Pacific, of the Collins Line, which sailed for Liverpool only to go down at sea. The Cunard liner Persia, which left Liverpool three days later, reached New York many days late with her bow crushed in by col- lision with field ice. These were only a few of the disasters of that year."
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-19
POINTS OF. INTEREST.
Save Money

Save Money
 by buying at the Mohican Company this week. See adv.
 Read Radford B. Smiths Saturday sale advertisement and note the articles at our price between the lines of other goods. Apparently these are cut prices but Mr. Smith at the named price every day. Go there and see these and thousands of others just as cheap.
 Spread the Joyful News
 that the Singing McEnellys have been induced to make another visit to the Colonial ball room in Fairfield avenue Monday evening, April 2. This visit is arranged at the request of a large number who attended upon their last enjoyed the playing and singing so much that they wished at least one more opp ortunity for this season. The orchestra cancelled another engage ment to accommodate MT. Guilty. The orchestra will play for a brief concert, and will play and sing for the dancing to follow, introducing all the latest hits in waltzes and two steps, both in instrumental and vocal numbers Those who have heard them play need no urging to attend, and others should not miss this, the IaSt opportunity, for the season. The same popular scale of prices prevails.
 What Use Is Being Made of Credit
 The days when a person must pay cash or go without are of the past, for cheerful credit makes it possible for everyone to wear seasonable, fash ionable clothing. The use of business methods when applied to an indivfd- uaPs finances was a long time coming, but now just the same as a success full business is built on credit, so is the succeful peron's finances built and maintained on credit. Cheerful credit, freely extended to all by the clothin: department store of Caesar Misch Inc, is really nothing more than { 'charge account, the purchase pric of whatever is bought being divided up into small weekly amounts Buy ing in this way, the best quality cloth ing for ladies, misses, men, boys and children can be obtained A very extensive assortment of the latest styles from the best manufacturers of wearing apparel in America is con stantly maintained for everyone's choice, so that buying on cheerful credit does not mean a restricted choice of styles, but rather a most extensive one.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-19

ity, real, if not theoretical. over Capt Smith.
 Capt. Smith was taking chance. The sea is wide, the largest boat IS small by comparison, and the per- centage of chance of collision is pro- portionately small. Much was at stake in prestige, and in future prof it's It is easy to believe that the danger from ice loomed relatively small compared with the advantages that would flow from fast, and per- haps a record breaking trip, made on it's first voyage by the greatest ship that ever had been created by the genius of shipbuilderss
 The punishment is terrible. It falls, as such punishments always do, upon the just and the unjust. Those who had the training and the special knowledge to know the recklessness of the thing they did, perished with those who were not in a position to understand that their; lives were being trifled with, that leviathan might enjoy a reputation superior to her giant sisters.
 The captains of ocean liners are taking just such chances all the time. This is shown by the number of ves- sels reported as threatened by the ice fields. It is human nature to take chances Discretion tends ever to be replaced by an unwise valor.
 It would seem, where the penalties of error are so vast as if the frailty of captains and boat owning corpora tions, should be more safeguarded oy law. Perhaps the southern route should be prescribed during the dan gerous season, and vessels given no choice regarding another.
 Certainly steps should be promptly taken to compel ample life saving equipment on each liner. Nothing less than enough to give a seat to every person on board should be con- sidered.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-19
THE HEROISM OF THE RACE

More dramatic than the fiction of
 sea writers is the story of the disas-
 ter to the Titanic. In the midst of sudden peril and under the lowering wings of the death angel the disci-
 pline of the ship was preserved. The
 tale will be an epic of the race, that 1ustrate the innate nobility of men and women. The best traditions of the sea were fully observed. The women and children went over the rail into the boats, excepting a few
 who could not be brought to the boat Beck in time. The husbands, fathers, Brothers, remained behind to perish
 under the starlight, in the ice pack ed waters of the Atlantic ocean. The
 ships string band played, Nearer.
 My God to Thee, as the doomed craft went down by the head. Cap- tain Smith stood on his bridge tp the last, retrieving by calm and in 4elligent heroism, so far as sailor might, the fatal blunder. to which he was perhaps compelled, by orders tol which he felt obliged to yield. The chips wireless operator remained at his key, commanding with potent fingers and courageous soul those swift currents to go forth, that called the Carpathia, saved more than sev- en hundred lives, and sent the news of catastrophe to bring anguish and awful suspense to the hearts of the civilized world
 Wonderful instants of individual heroism there were among the pas sensers. And between man and wife splendid examples of conjugal affec- tion that burned brilliantly in the presence of A7rael.' Women had to be torn from their husbands arms, l by the mercifu1 strength of sailors. to be placed in waiting life boats eager to be gone.
 In many a poem and prose romancel