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The Washington herald., 1913-11-30

Readers of this series OF articles will
recall my statement that there are many
figures in the Tango. Some experts
assert that seventy-five positions would
not cover the total number. and I am
inclined to share such belief.
The next figure consists of a disen-
gaging and re-engaging Of hands, termi-
mating with a half salute. This saluta-
ton. coming as a sort of climax to the
figure, gives it its name of the halt
salute.
Moderately good Tango dancers who
first attempt this bit Of terpsichorean art
will discover it to be less easy than II
seems, according to the photograph
herewith presented. Figure A, posed by
my partner and myself.
First, we must consider the particular
steps required by a change of position
that brings the man to the right of his
partner. AS he swings on ahead Of hel
the lady must check her steps. permit
ting the execution of a quarter circle by
the man.
In this crossover the man bends a
the knees during his describing OF &
circle, and with four long steps taker
with the feet fairly on the floor he arrives
at the right side OF his partner.
Instantly she gives her right hand t.
his, her arm extending over his lef
shoulder. while he drops his left arm
and catches his lady's left hand with his
both being held a few inches away from
the ladys waist line.
This disengaging and re-engaging o
hands must be accomplished Will
smoothness, quickly and with deftness
though with care lest there appear to b
q fumblIng. Just as the arrangement oi
arms and hands is concluded the mar
brings back his right foot, as shown ir
the photograph. with the weight Of hii
body on the left leg, while his partner
observes a similar position, with opposite
foot and leg.
The Washington herald., 1913-11-30
New Park System Plans
Being Rapidly Developed
Several Projects that Will Go Far Toward Beau
tiying Capital Have Been Taken Up by Fine
Arts mmission-ConSuHation Held
tpith Federal Officials.

Plans for the new park system in Wash
ington are developing, and the Commits
sion of Fine Arts, recently in session here
under the leadership of Col. w. w. Harts,
secretary and executive officer, has I'M
der consideration projects that will do
much toward beautifying the city.
The Fine Arts Commission has had the
assistance of officials both of the Federal
and municipal governments in the work
OF developing on lines Of beauty the
parks, both completed and projected.
Consultation between officials of the gov
ernment and the Fine Arts Commission
on work to be done TO beautify this city
has been frequent
During its meeting here, the commission
considered chiefly plans for the roadway
that is to connect Potomac and Rock
Creek parks. The bed OF Rock Creek
Is to be used as the boundary for the
park that eventually will encircle the
western end of the city. Secretary OF
the Treasury McAdoo offered to the COM
mission plans for this work. Mr.. Nc
Adoo, as president of the statutory COM
mission authorized to execute the law
providing for the Improvement of Rock
Creek Valley, has charge Of plans. Blue
prints and survey maps have been fur
nished the commission to assist them.
The commission, 1t is reported. has ap-
proved the suggestion that a proposed
roadway through Oak Hill Cemetery, 10
connect Rock Creek Valley and George
town. be abandoned. Consideration is to
be given to the roadway that will con
meet Potomac Park with the parkway
at q and Twenty-seventh streets north
west. This plan, IL carried out, will have
much to do with the Identification of the
mouth OF Rock Creek. At present, as 1t
runs into the Potomac, the creek Is not
A thing of beauty. 1t mixes with the
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal water, and
Is sandwiched between refuse deposit
taries and whsrves.
The commission also has under con-
sideration the development OF Meridian
Hill. recently acquired by the govern
ment for park purposes; site and design
for a memorial to Gen. George Meade,
commander of Union forces at the battle
Of Gettysburg; notifications In the line
OF the Potomac sea wall along Potomac
Park to conform with plans fer the site
OF the Lincoln memorial. and the location
and design of the memorial 10 those who
died on the Titanic. which II Is proposed
by women of the country TO erect in
Potomac Park.
Thirty Thousand dollars has been given
by the Pennsylvania legislature for q
memorial In this city to Gen. Meade. Con-
gress VIII be asked to donate site in
enc Of the public reservations here. Ac-
The Washington herald., 1913-11-30

ton has been deferred by the commits
sion, both as to site and design. 1t has
been suggested that the memorial be
built in the new part of the Capitol, in
line with Union Station.
The memorial to the Titanic victims
will be erected with money contributed to
the fund started by the Women's Ii
tanic Memorial Association. Mrs. John
Hays Hammond is president of the asso-
citation. which at present has pending in
Congress bill calling for the erection of
the memorial in Potomac Park. Forty
five thousand dollars has been raised for
the memorial. and more is expected.
Two plans for the erection Of a new
bridge across Rock Creek at Pennsyl-
vania avenue have been considered by
the commission, at the request of the
District Commissioners. bridge, to
cost not more than SlS0, OOo will be erect
ed In accordance with an appropriation
by Congress. 1t is provided in the bill
that the Capital Traction Company shall
pay one-third. of the cost of the new
bridge, and shall use It for cars instead
OF the present NJ street bridge
A plan to build an arch bridge, sup
ported by REINFORCED concrete ribs. was
approved by the commission. It Is
planned to permit to remain undisturbed
the 4S-inch water mains that are at
tached to the present bridge. These
may be needed in the future, 1t Is said.
Stone foundations will be built for the
new bridge. and Pennsylvania avenue,
between Twenty-eighth ad Twenty-sixth
streets northwest. will be widened. The
new bridge can be constructed, under the
approved plan, within the limit of cost
fixed by Congress. tAe commission be-
lieves. Consideration in approving the
plan was given to the park that is to be
made in Rock Creek Valley.
The Commissioners of the District also
have consulted the fine arts commission
regarding the height of buildings to be
permitted in Seventeenth street north
west. between F street and New YORK
avenue. The commission agreed with
the District Commissioners that no build
ing more than eighty feet in height
should be permitted to be built.
The Washington herald., 1913-11-30
MANY Prominent Men to De-
liver Addresses on Various
Topics at Sessions Which
Begin in the National Capt.
tai December 3.

So many and so important are the
problems relating to rivers ard haroors'
and so persistently is their Improvement
,eing urged by the commercial interests
# the country, that the convention Of the
National Rivers ind Harbors Congress
which meets in Washington next We'd
nesday, Thursday and Friday is exclt-
ing the liveliest interest.
Senator Joseph E. Ransdell of Louisi-
ana president Of the congress, said yes
terday that he believed 1900 delegates
would be in attendance, many OF whom
will take advantage Of the meeting OF
The organization to call upon the COM
,nittees of the Senate and House Of Rep
resentatives, dealing with the subject
pf river and harbor improvements, Tor
Lhe purpose of urging appropriations'f for
Individual projects.
"An the indications point TO one OF the
largest conventions we have ever held,
said S A Thompson, secretary of the
congress. which meets in its tenth an
nial session on Wednesday at the New
willard. Delegates have been appoint
ed by the governors of most of the
states, by the mayors Of scores OF cities,
and by commercial organizations in all
parts of the country.
The approaching completion Of the
tion of the New York State Waterways
Association have stirred up unusual in
terest and as a result We expect the
largest delegation that has ever attended
INV of our conventions from the Empire
State
"A special train is to be run from
Chicago. bringing delegates from that
city and points bordering on Lake Mich
ican.
OhiOHns to Participate.
Officers of the Ohio Valley Improve
nent Association decided early in the
fall to postpone this years convention in
order that the members Of that associa-
ton could come to Washington, partici-
rate in the deliberations Of the National
Rivers and Harbors Congress and at the
same time have conferences with tha
members of the Rivers and Harbors
Committee Of the House, which origi-
mates the river and harbor bill. In view
Of this situation We expect one or more
special trains carrying delegates from
Louisville, Cincinnati and other points
along the Ohio.
'The Mississippi River people, who are
thoroughly aroused to the necessity o.
doing something to check the ravages o
floods, will be here in strong force, my
correspondence showing that at least five
hundred and possibly a thousand dele
gates will be present to represent thu
interests of that great water highway.
Not to be outdone by other localities
the waterway enthusiasts of Texas claim
that the Palace Special which they vii
run from Houston by way of New Or
leans, Montgomery and Atlanta, leavinl
Houston at 9 o'clock Sunday morninl
and due in this city Tuesday morning
will be the finest and fastest train eve
run from South Texas.
The Washington herald., 1913-11-30

The figure, as may be imagined, is
with that nice adjustment of bodily bal
ance and smoothness OF step which are
essential to the Tango figures. Judicious
practice will bring aptitude in the half
salute in an amazingly short time.
Now let US take up the arm-length
whirI. 1t looks easy, but before it can
be suitably done Tango dancers will have
need for keeping their bodies under ab-
solute control while pivoting on one foot,
with the other utilized in short steps to
carry them around in a circle.
Getting around just anyhow will not
do. Those who try it before elaborate
practicing discover that the circles are
apt to become elliptIcaI and that their
partners DRIFT away somehow in the
most astonishing fashion. Therefore learn
to pivot nicely, with accuracy. before
inviting a lady TO try the arm-length
whirl or accepting a masculine ofrer to
enter the mazes OF this particular Tango
figure.
The best time to execute this figure is
just as the positions OF the dancers are
exchanged during the moment the reverse
takes place. Assuming that the man is
at the left OF his lady. he moves forward.
slightly ahead of her-as has been de-
scribed in previous articles-she dropping
back slightly to give him time to cover
the space necessary to move on and over
IN her riaht
The Washington herald., 1913-11-30

tained by the government surveyors who
have retraced his survey using high
power transits and all the refined and ac-
curate methods which modern instru-
ments allow. Nevertheless, the line was
run SO carefully in the first place that
but little variation has been found in it
Even without instruments II is possible
to distinguish the course Of the line with
surprising distinctness.
Line Can Be Followed.
From the top OF Middle Mountain, in
the Massanutten range, the Shenandoah
Rockingham, or Fairfax, line can be
readily followed by means Of the boun-
dairy fences dating from earliest days,
and by the blocks of timber, alternately
cleared away and left standing, which
come up from either county and stop
at the line. Then II one turns to the
southeast the same demarkations are
plain across the valley of the south fork
OF the Shenandoah, cutting straight
through the present Page County, which
is made Of land formerly in Shenandoah
County, belonging to the Fairfax grant,
and partly from land formerly in Rock
ingham. Thus, as far as the eye can
see in either direction, this old line
shows plainly.
The Washington compass, now to be
seen at the United States National Mu-
scum, in this city, is presumed to be the
same one used in running this line more
than I6o years ago.
The Fairfax Stone stands as a perma-
nent monument In addition, there are
throughout that section OF the country,
various other records Of these Washing
ton surveys. A large white oak which
stands at the corner of a farm about
one and one-half miles from Lost City,
Hardy County. W. Va, was, according
to persistent story of that section Of
the country, marked by Washington.
B1nzes Cut Into Trees.
Survey blazes cut into trees. and since
grown over, have been cut away, and
a count Of the annual layers OF growth
over the old wounds shows them to have
been made at the time washington was
surveying. One strange thing about these
blaZes is that they are several feet
higher than those put on trees by woods
men of today. This fact has given rise
to a sort Of superstition that Washing
ton, known to have been very tall, was
actually a giant. Other authorities have
said that Washington did much Of his
work on horseback, and made his blazes
with long-handled ak from the saddle.
The town Of Whitepost. Clarke County,
Nd.p tdhcS lTOTl d post pre-
sumed to have been set by Washington
as one OF his survey marks. The post.
formerly exposed. is now covered by a
protecting case which shelters 1t from the
weather.
The reason that this old Washington
survey line is being retraced is because
the Federal government is purchasing
lands in this neighborhood, in connection
with the new Appalachian forests which
are being acquired at the headwaters of
navigable streams. under the terms Of the
Weeks law. designed to protect these
watersheds FROM the evils OF deforesta-
ton. The government requires a clear
title before the land can be paid for. In
making sure OF the titles IL is necessary.
in many cases. to go back to original
royal grants, or to colonial records, and
to have recourse TO resurveys before the
facts Of ownership can be indisputabiy
established.
The Washington herald., 1913-11-30
Delegates to Rivers Congress
Will Number Almost 1000

man of the conservation department
General Federation CT Women's CluDs'
will speak on 'The Interest Of Club Wom-
en- in waterway Development. tne
ladies' night closing with an iiustraee1 5,
lecture, Some Wondrous WaterMays,
by Mrs. Agness Greene Foster or Chica-
20. one of the best-known literary wom-
en- Of the Middle West
GOV. GIynn to Speak.
Gov. Martin H. Glynn, of New York
who. has shown enthusiastic interest mol
only In the large canal now building IN
his State, but in port conditions az Ne"
York and Buffalo, will speak on wafer,
way DEVELOPMENT in the Empire State'
while r. A. c. Smith. commissioner o.
the docks and ferries, New YORK CITY
will speak on THE Port OF New YORK,
and another New Yorker, Dantortn Z
Ainsworth, of Albany, viii speak on fh'
New York Barge Canal -,
Municipality owned terminals VIII p'
discussed W. B. Thompson Commis
sioner of Public Utilities, New orleans
and Representative J. r. Knowland o.
California. and THE Waterways of th'
Pacific Northwest" will be described b.
senator Wesley ]. Jones, OF Washing
ton. ~,
Thursday afternoons session Will b'
devoted to addresses by James Z. smith
of st. Louis; Representative B. g
Humphreys of Mississippi, julius ID
Rarnes. of Duluth, chairman OF the com
rnittee on inland waterways, Chamber o
Commerce Of the United States, and E
M. Clendening, general secretary OF tn
Commercial Club OF Kansas City. tn
session closing with an Illustrated lee
ture by Samuel Hill, president OF TN
American Road Congress, Portland
Greg.
Al the evening session OF THURSDAY
John Barrett, director general OF tn
Pan-American Union, will give an Illus
trated lecture on "Waterways-tne Tie
that bind the American Republics.
Elliott Woods, superintendent Of the Ma
tional Capitol, will close the evening
session with the last word on the Panami
Canal, Illustrated with lantern slides an
moving pictures which were made unde
I the personal direction OF Col Goethal
nv an employe of Mr.. Woods ofiice.
The Washington herald., 1913-11-30
ANCIENT SURVEY
Line CHECKED UP
Government Employees Fol-
low in the Footsteps Of
Washington.
HIS WORK FOUND GOOD

Government surveyors who have just
been checking UP some OF the lines re-
puted to have been run by George Wash
ington in his days Of chain and compass
work have found them good.
About 1751, according to tradition.
George washington, then nineteen years
old, ran out for Lord Thomas Fairfax
the line between what was then to be
Augusta and Frederick Counties, Va,
this being a part of a great deal OF sur
veying he Is said to have been engaged
upon at that time. These two counties
were separated from what was tnen
Orange County, and the grant to LORD
Fairfax was supposed to extend west
ward to the Pacific Ocean. Subsequently
these large tracts were further suodl-
vided, so that the Fairfax line" as IT Is
generally known, runs now between
Rockingham and Shenandoah Countess
with the original Augusta and Frederick
Counties to the south and north, re-
spectively.
In the organic act for the formation
Of the two counties, or parishes" as
they were then called. 1t was required
that the line should be straight one
from the head spring Of Hedgman RIVER
one Of the sources of the Rappahannock'
to the head spring Of the Potomac.
Big Bonfircs Built.
Since 1t was required that the line
should be straight, It was first necessary
to get the approximate course by build
ing large bonfires on the intervening hign
points. Then, starting from the top OF
the Massanutten Mountains, the line was
run straight away over Intervening noun
tsins and rivers toward the northwest
Away OF across a part of what Is now
West Virginia, there is large rock
known today as the Fairfax stone. II
is the monument which marks the south
west corner OF Garret County. Md, the
southeast corner of Preston County. w
Va. and prominent points in the boun'
daries in two other West Virginia coun'
ties. A line from Orange Court House
coinciding with the Shenandoah ano
Rockingham County line, passes through
this Fairfax stone. which gives the name
to a nearby station. Fairfax. 1t has
been assumed that. in running this line
a high peak northwest OF Orange Cour,
House was the starting point, and that
from here Il was possible to see dis
tant peak In the North Mountain range
over the top OF the intervening Massanut
ten Mountain.
Washington, OF course. used a simple
compass, and his line could not be ex
pected to check absolutely with that OBJ
The Washington herald., 1913-11-30
Figure A-The Half Salute.
a Figure Involving Pretty
Movements of the Hands.
Figure B-The Arm Length
| Whirl, a Figure Used in
| Reversing.

As the man. with graceful steps. accom-
plishes the reverse and the exchange of
positions has been executed, he gradually
checks his swing. and most effective,
especially when assumed holding his
right arm at full length crosses that Of
his partner at the shoulder. she doing the
same.
Each dancer now extends the left arm.
as illustrated in Figure B, and as the
two stand facing and supporting the
weight OF their bodies on the right legs,
with left toetips ready, the pivot is begun.
Too much pains cannot be observed in
accommodating the steps OF the left foot
in the arm-Iength whirl. which now COM
mences. To hold the graceful attitude
imperative, to maintain the proper dis
The Washington herald., 1913-11-30
suit Ends when Hog Dies.

Jonesboro. Ark, Nov. 2s.-After jury
in the Circuit Court had driven twenty
five miles to determine the marks on
hogs ear and settle suit between Dan
Keller and Joe Simmons, they found the
animal dead. The court made the farm
ers shake hands and agree to be friends
They had quarrelled five years over the
ownership of the hog, which finally died
from old age.
The Washington herald., 1913-11-30
Contracts to stay single.

Los Angeles. Nov. 29.-signing an agree
ment not to marry. Miss Rose Magolis.
for the past five years cashier of the
Hotel Hayward, has signed a contract
calling for her services as cashier OF the
hotel the rest OF her life, During her
five years as cashier Miss Magolis has
made herself so valuable that the man
agement decided to make the unique offer,
and It was quickly accepted
The Washington herald., 1913-11-30
LOST HORSE TURNS WILD.
Animal Astray I'm the Woods for
Months Shy ms n Deer.

Ishpeming, Mich, Nov. s-clarenc'
Dawson and Bert Walker, Ishpeming men
have recovered a horse that had broker
away from them in the wilderness TWEEN
ty miles from the city early last spring
when they were on fishing trip.
A homesteader saw the horses a Few
DAYS ago and notified the owners. Th'
horse was as wild as a deer and wal
corralled with difficulty.
The men had never expected to see thC
animal again. They believed II had beer
devoured by wolves or had strayed many
miles from the district.
The Washington herald., 1913-11-30
Two More Of the Many Tango
Figures, Which Number
About Seventy-6ve.
To Progress Rapidly All the
New Steps Should Be Prac-
y
ticed Daily Before a Mirror.

CThis is one Of a series of articles
especially written for this newspaper by
Mile. Anna Pavlowa, the greatest living
premiere danseuse. who has posed with
her dancing partner. Lawrenti Novikoff.
for each figure. The dances to be ex-
planned and illustrated are those now in
vogue in society baIlrooms.)
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CINCTS WITHIN THE
CITY OF SEATTLE
Polling Places
SCHOOLS.

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