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The Washington times., 1913-11-17

IL seam to sew in the skirt of to-
day. There is to be no hem in
the future. the straight edge OF tho
goods Is to be used as a finish for the
bottom. II matters keep on at this
rate We will be wrapping up in rolls
of cloth as per many. many years ago.
and all of the sewing machine compa-
MES will go bankrupt.
The craze for the velvet bands with
jeweled slides that have had fair ladies
by the throat all season has now taken
them in hand. and wristbands of wide
black velvet with the gem-incrusted
slides are appearing on every wrist.
The neck and wrist bands come In sets
to match.
Button. button, who's got the button? ?
is the most foolish of questions these
days. when everybody is buttoned up in
front or back. There are buttons In
front OF you, buttons in back Of you,
buttons to left of you. buttons TO right
of YOU: nor can age wither nor custom
stale the infinite variety. They range
from the tiniest bail buttons OF metal
or cut crystal or jet to huge bone but
TONS the actual size of saucer or OF
an after dinner coffee cup. and are
everywhere seen on the brisht-hued
sport coats especially.
Buttons covered in silk or cloth to
match the material of your costume vie
in popularity with quaint little old
fashioned china buttons in blue or
white. painted in tiny pink or blue rose
buds. Many OF the newest coats and
Jackets are buttoned in straight line
up the front, and frocks buttoninS up
the back are again backing into favor.
Ii is for ornament rather than use,
however, that the myriads of buttons
are in most demand.
Most gorgeous evening wraps of solid
bead work are now being shown at all
the smart shops. Worked out In rain
bow -hued beads IN intricate and elabor-
ate floral patterns they are bizarre and
ornate enough to attract undivided at
tention to the wearer even In this age
of lavish and laborate color schemes
and circus effects.
As change from the Ubiquitous
white tulle and net frills and firhus. the
same effects, worked out in iulle Uf
black, are very chic. Another touch to
differentiate the lace or net frll out
lining your low neck. is Il heaCing OF
inch wide fur banding next the skin.
And speaking OF skin-rememhar you
must keep il that desirable sallow tone
For everything must have its yellow
CLINT
The Washington times., 1913-11-17
Progress To Be Made BY the
Americans in Island Is Ap-
pIauded.

? o more brilliant chapter will ever
nj be written IN the history of the
/ American people than that of
the wonderful progress made by
Americans in that Pearl of the ORR
ent," the Philippines. is the opinion of
Burton Holmes, travel-lecturer. who has
chosen these islands for his lecture topic
this season.
The energy, intelligence, and integrity
of Americans Is told in the single de-
cade Of work in leading the Filipinos
from the ignorance and superstition of
past centuries into the foreground of
Oriental civilization Of the present day.
Shortly after Dewey entered Manila
Bay, Mr.. Holmes was in Manila, and
the comparisons he has made since
spending the past summer there has
inspired in him a patriotic fervor that,
he says. has not been eauaIed In the
twenty-one years he has been securing
the highways and byways of the world
that he might acquaint his hearers with
the wonders Of nature and the accom-
plishments of mankind.
Among the other remarkable stories
that he has brought back from the
Philippines to illustrate the remarkable
advances along the line of regeneration
in these islands he cites the splendid
management Of the Bilibid prison at
Manila, which, he maintains, is the
model penal institution of the world
Instead OF breaking men. as In most
other prisons, the prisoners are treated
in a manner that sends them out into
the world self-respecting citizens.
Every Man Taught
Some Useful Trade.
Every man Is taught a useful trade,
and so we'll are they taught and so
The Washington times., 1913-11-17

quietly hidden for quite a time-and
when he came forth he twinkled to the
other stars something about like this:
oh, my friends. We will teach that
vain little Moon a lesson thus. You re-
member when night was made, there
was a lot of darkness left over. 1 have
found that 1t is all lying now down In
the bottom Of the Great Dipper. Can
we not arrange to paint over that
Moon with some OF it?''
Indeed, we can," twinkled the stars
in the Great Bear. And 1 will use
my tail for a brush
NO" twinkled the other stars. that
would be too severe a punishment to
turn all her vain little light into dark
ness. Let us agree upon some milder
plan
Very weli," twinkled big Jupiter. "I
will suggest this. We will have Great
Bear splash the darkness over her face
every month. 1t will take the poor
thing a month to wash 1t off, and then,
when she gets il off, Great Bear will
splash ii over with darkness again"
GOOD. good twinkled all the stars.
And that is why, ever ymonth, you
see the moon gradually growing darker:
it is the Great Bear splashing with his
tail over the face of the Moon the dark
ness that was left in the bottom of the
Great Dipper. And then, when you see
the Moon gradually growing brighter
again. it is the Moon herself slowly
washing the darkness of.
And have you ever noticed the scowl
on the face of the Man in the Moon?
That is because he hates to have the
ugly darkness splashed all over his
shining features.
| know the astronomers will tell you
that all this isn't so. and that the Moon
grows dark because she gets her light
from the sun, and at times her back is
turned toward that great light, but the
astronomers don't know: it's because
the Great Bear is splashing the dark
ness over her face with his tail. |
know,
The Washington times., 1913-11-17
Woman Pays Others Taxes.

BINGHAMTON. n. Y. Nov. 17.-Mrs.
Elbridge T. Gerry has gained the graft
tude of the taxpayers in Delaware
county by paying the town highway
taxes in Andes, Bovina. and Delhi
townships. Mrs. Gerry's automobile
trips in this section convinced her that
the residents of this part of the State
were not enjoying the highway facili-
ties to which they were entitled. Su-
perVisOrs suggested that the towns
could not afford the expense Mrs.
Gerry promptly sent a check for s., 900
for new roads.
The Washington times., 1913-11-17

MRS. HENRY WOOD.
Mrs. Henry Wood, under whose direc-
ton the tableaux. Angels in Art" will
be given at the Columbia Theater on the
afternoons of November 25 and 26 for
the benefit of the House Of Mercy, will
be the guest of Mrs. Henry B. Brown
during her stay in Washington.
The entertainment committee for the
tableaux will include Mrs. Randall r.
arine Mimmack
The ushers will be DR.. Julian Cabell,
DR.. Cary T. Grayson. Alphonso w. Pezet,
DR.. Ernest Baumann, Pendelton Turner,
George Oakley Totten, Marshall Lang
horne, and David Edward Finley.
The boIholders so far are Mrs. Wood
row Wilson, Mrs. Stephen B. Elkins,
Mrs. Robert NJ Thompson, Mrs. Deloss
Blodgett, Mrs /. T. Mann, Mrs. Rogers,
and Mrs. Julian James.
The patronesses are Countess Won
Bernstorff, Mime. Riano, Nine. de Pena,
Nine. Pezet, Mrs. Pitney, Mrs Burleson,
Mrs. Garrison, Mrs. Daniels, Mrs. Lane.
Mrs. E. F. Andrews, Mrs. Robert NJ.
Thompson. Mrs. John Hay. Mrs. Arthur
Lee, Mrs. Boardman, and Mrs. Hemmick.
=
DR. W1lfred T GrenfelI and Mrs.
Grenfell will arrive in Washington
week from today and Will be the guest
of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Henry But
ler until after the marriage OF Miss
Jessie Wilson and Francis Bowes
Sayre.
Uylsses Sharp has sent out cards an
nouncing the marriage of his sister,
Mrs. Elizabeth Petit. TO Prof. Stmson
Brown, L. s. N. on November Il. at
Washington, D. c.
At home cards for January and
16, at IT04 Q street were inclOsed.
Senator Nathan p. Bryan Of Florida
who has been spending some time at
his OLD home will return to Washington
today and Join Mrs. Bryan at the Con-
necticut.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Hutterly, whose
marriage took place in Washington on
November ), have returned to the city
from their wedding trip. Mrs. Hutter-
Iy was formerly Miss Marguerite Fitz-
simmons.
Mr.. and Mrs Edward T. Stotesbury.
Of I'hila delphia, Will spend the end Of
next week IN the Green Spring Valley
as guests OF Mrs. Stotesbury's son-in-
law and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
B. Brooks, jr.
Inn "A cd
guests at dinner last night in compli-
ment to her daughter, Lady Allan john
stone, John Bassett Moore counselor of
the State Department. and Mrs. Moore,
and Sir William Tyrrell, of the British
foreign office, were among the guests.
The Japanese foreign office has ap-
pointed Lieut.. Col Matsudo Itami, of the
Japanees army. military attache of the
embs ssy her to succeed Colonel Inouye,
who has been here for some time.
Congressman and Mrs. Oscar W. In
derwood, who are at their home in Ala
bama, will return TO Washington on
Thursday, and will be among the guests
at the wedding of Miss Wilson and Mr..
Sayre.
Miss Margaret Cameron, Of New York,
has arrived in Washington, and is at the
New Willard.
Among the guests whom the President
and Mrs. Wilson Will entertain at the
White House for the wedding OF their
daughter are Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph r.
President, who is in business in Balti-
more.
=
Mr. and Mrs. J. Swan Frick, OF Bal
timore, fare at the New Willard for n
few days.
The Washington times., 1913-11-17
Tires of Social Attentions.

NEW YORK. Nov. accomplishing
that he was tired of feeding. winning.
and dining social panhandlefs," Henry
Decker, prominent clubman. prevailed
on the court to cut his wife's alimony
in half.
The Washington times., 1913-11-17
LOCAL MENTION.
Mazda Electric Lamp At Special Price.
Electric Webster. III 9Th.

"The Third Degree" Sensational 2
Reels. showing secret methods OF French
police. Today. Va. Theater. Cos 9th
Adyt.
The Washington times., 1913-11-17
Every Man Taught
Some Useful Trade.

Every man Is taught useful trade,
and so we'll are they taught and so
The Washington times., 1913-11-17

Tomorrow. .'Ted's Thanksgiving Tur-
Key
The Washington times., 1913-11-17

timore, iare at the New Willard for a
few days.
The Washington times., 1913-11-17
Seen in the Shops

AZY women rejoice. dressmakers
be happy, for there is one less
4 seam to sew in the skirt of to-
The Washington times., 1913-11-17

The Misses Patten have returned to
Washington from a summer spent
abroad, and are al their home in Mas
sschusetts avenue.
The Washington times., 1913-11-17

"Wednesday evening at the home OF
her parents, DR.. and Mrs. Charles y.
Hays. Miss Ernea NJ. and Oscar q.
WhitIow were married. The Rev. Earl
Wiley. of Vermont Avenue Christian
Church. performed the ceremony in the
presence of only the immediate rela-
The Washington times., 1913-11-17

Mr.. and Mrs Edward 7. Stotesbury,
Of Philadelphia, Will spend the end Of
next week In the Green Spring Valley
as guests of Mrs. Stotesbury's son-in-
law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs Walter
B. Brooks, jr.
The Washington times., 1913-11-17

Among the guests whom the President
and Mrs. Wilson Will entertain at the
White House for the wedding OF their
daughter are Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph r.
Wilson, the former a brother Of the
President, who is in business in Balti-
more.
The Washington times., 1913-11-17

Mrs. james w. PinchOt entertained
guests at dinner last night in compli-
ment to her daughter, Lady Allan john
stone, John Bassett Moore counselor of
the State Department, and Mrs. Moore,
and Sir William Tyrrell, of the British
foreign office, were among the guests.
The Washington times., 1913-11-17

Mrs. Lee Stubblefeld, of Massachu-
setts avenue, entertained at large
chiIdren's party on Saturday afternoon
in honor of the eleventh birthday ami
Of her daughter, Lolita.
The Washington times., 1913-11-17

Mr.. and Mrs. William Hutterly, whose
marriage took place in Washington on
November ), have returned to the city
from their wedding trip. Mrs. Hutter-
Iy was formerly Miss Marguerite Fitz-
simmons.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-05-24
Toms From Missouri
SimOn-Puree Democrat
And Some Booster, Too
err state than Missouri. Some
where there is a niftier coun-

err state than Missouri. Some
where there is a niftier coun-
ty than Sheridan"
All the other Fleetwoods
thought Tom was crazy-though
he WASH 't-but he came west just
the same. And when he reached
Washington, and Mt. Tacoma
and Puget Sound, he said:
~ knew it."
BY and by he saw a comical
little burg spraddled on a hill.
what do you call this town."
said Tom.
Tacoma"
Tom hung up his hat, slung his
carpetbag under the bed, and
asked when supper would be
ready.
And he's been here ever since.
Ever since? We take that back.
Once Toms optimism led him
astray. To be precise, it led him
to Los Angeles. 1t goes to show
what harm optimism can do If
left unbridled. Tom stayed in
Los Angeles quite few days. II
he'd been less of an optimist he'd
have come back sooner. Tom new
err let that optimism get away
with him after that.
Harking back 81 years, Toms
first job was as expense clerk for
the N. P. nights. Then he ran a
cigar store for another man. Next
he bought a half interest in a
store-Sherry & Fleetwood, TIA
Pacific avenue-and in 1898 he
bought out Sherry.
In 1903 occurred the Los An
geles detection, which we mention
with regret. Returning, he
worked at Stone-Fisher' dabbled
in real estate, and cleaned up
what he calls modest fortune,
but which we characterize as a
devil of a lot of money.
Finally he bought into Menzies
& Stevens, of which he is now the
sole owner, though the old firm
name has been retained.
There's only one thing that
Toms pessimistic about. When
you mention Tacoma's street car
system he takes the gloomy view.
81 rode on six cars Sunday" he
says, land didn't get seat once"
He's ag'in municipal ownership,
but not so ALFRED ag'in 1t after
all.
He thinks the public ID prob
ably make a fizzle of operating a
traction system, but says they
couldn't make worse fizzle than
the T. II. & p. has done.
'If the company won't build a
line to the tideflats, we should"
he says.
Tom says Tacoma will continue
to grow-slowly. "And that" he
adds, 'fs the only good way for
a town to grow"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-05-24
1000 BOY COPS ON
DUTY IN PORTLAND

PORTLAND, Ore, May %
Portland today is probably policed
more efficiently than any other
city in the nation-perhaps in the
world. On the same theory that
1t takes one rogue to catch an
other rogue the city of Portland
conceived the idea that it takes a
small boy to keep another small
boy In order. Hence the Junior
Police Force of Portland, COM
prised Of 1000 proud young wear
ers of special stars and import
ant mien, who are today stalking
down school truants, window
breakers and cat chasers. The
boys Of the Junior force" today
received their assignments for
police" duty. The idea origin
ated at a conference between
Juvenile Judge Galens and Chief
OF Police Slower some weeks ago.
The boy policemen have a central
chief elected by themselves and
each precinct has it's captain, lieu
tenant and sergeants. The minia-
ture policemen are especially on
the lookout for street corner hab-
ftues who smoke cigarets. throw
stones and indulge in boyish
FRANKS which do not justify actual
arrest by the city police.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-05-24

Women are barred from
becoming policemen I'm San
Francisco by provision of
the charter which knocks out
the recent order for three
women cops made by the
council.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-05-24
BY FRED L. BOALT.

He is a confirmed Optimist
Also, he is dyed-in-the-woo
democrat. OF course. Synonym,
optimism and democracy. Hi
needed his optimism during these
long, lean, pieless years now hap
PLY past.
(Hark! Do you not hear sob,
and groans? Every time pie IL
mentioned these days the republi.
cans burst into tears.)
He Is, we repeat, a democrat, IL
Tom. There never was a Fleet.
wood, for that matter, who wasn't
q democrat. The Missouri Fleet
woods, we mean.
A Missouri Fleetwood, you UNI
derstand, may change his religion
every time he changes his shirt
If he feels like it, and all the 9TH
er Missouri Fleetwoods will say
it's his own business. If he wants
to flop from total submersion to
the transmigration of souls, that's
his affair. Happy-go-lucky
broad-gauge thinkers-those Mis-.
souri, Fleetwoods. But
No Missouri Fleetwood would
ever change his party. None ever
has, or will. If one did, the pus-
cillanimous turncoat would be a
curse and a reproach in the
mouths of Missouri Fleetwoods
yet unborn.
That, you see, is the way they
feel about it.
81 always vote the demo-
cratic ticl<et-straight," says
Tom. I'm a democratic be-
cause my father was and be-
cause the democrats are al
ways right"
There you have it. The demo
Gratis are always right and the re-
publicans always wrong. That's a
Missouri Fleetwood for you!
"And being right" adds
Tom, ''sooner or later they
had to win. knew they
would. Next to Bryan, Wood
row Wilson is the biggest,
straightest, finest and best
man i'm America.
~ voted three times for
Bryan for president, and 1
expect to do so again. And
he'll be elected. You wait
and see!"
We mentioned that Tom is an
optimist, didn't We?
Missouri is a fine state. And
Sheridan county, where Tom was
born, is one of the niftiest little
counties that it was ever a mans
privilege to be born in.
But such is the quality OF Tom s
optimism that, 81 years ago, he
remarked to the assembled Fleet,
woods of Missouri:
Somewhere there is a fin
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-05-24
YOU'LL FIND 1T HERE
Centralia high school graduates
IA boys and 10 girls this year.

Centralia high school graduates
IA boys and 10 girls this year.
Kittitas will put in a mu-
nicipal water system and
pipe water from Warm
Springs three miles away.
Artistic floral decorations al
Watson's. Advertisement"
Seattle censors forbid the
showing of films in a picture the
alter depicting war between the
United States and Japan.
Fourteen school districts
in Lewis county will con-
solidate into three.
Lawn mowers. Ewing Hard
ware Co., I'LL So. q st.
Advertisement"
The state gets s12,705 from
the estate of Samuel Doble of
Whitman county as no heirs could
be found.
Court at Seattle changed
the name of five-year-Old
Henry Barclay Perry back to
the name of his father Henry
Francis Shoemaker, SO he
will get $4,000 from a
dying grandfather.
Best selection of plants for
window, porch boxes and baskets.
All kinds of bedding plants. Him.,
Florist, So. 7th and X SITS.
Advertisement"
Attorney General Tanner rules
that liquor cannot be shipped
from wet" into dry" territory
In this state except delivered
by the carrier to a private person
for personal use.
Sunset Telephone company
in the North End is conEect-
ing up with the old Home
lines to effectually shut off
the possibility of ever get
ting this back into an indie
pendent competing company.
Oscar Lemons, plumber. M. $751;
ga Iuart ~ m ant -
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established the supply depots and
accompanied Scott to within $50
miles of the pole. Wright was a
member of the rescue party that
discovered the bodies of Captain
Scott, DR.. e. e. Wilson and Lieu
tenant II. r. Bowers
The men refused to discuss the
details of the disaster.
The last chapter will never be
written" said Wright. The death
of the captain and his men was
too terrible for description. The
story would serve no purpose save
to crafty morbid curiosity
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-05-24

Elmer Ageson, 20, whose offer
of marriage was refused by Mar
tina Jones, went to the SCHOOL
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-05-24

Citizens around Dupont
oppose the granting of a 80
year franchise to the Stone
Webster Interests for furn-
ishing light and power TO
Dupont and neighborhood
and demand il any franchise
is granted that the same
rates be made as are made
by the city of Tacoma.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-05-24
NEW AUTO
AGENCY HERE

The Ira D. Lundy company of
Seattle, distributors of RICH au-
tomobiles, will open a branch
agency in Tacoma with a full
equipment of parts. v. P. Hart.
representative. of the company.
who has been looking over the
situation In Tacoma for some
time. viii Immediately look up a
suitable location.
Mr.. Hart has made several
sales while in Tacoma, and be-
iieves his company could do
enough business to justify the es-
Enlistment Of an agency here.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-05-24

where she taught and standing
before her swallowed a dose of
poison at Joliet, Ill.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-05-24
EXPLOSION HURTS

Explosion of an unknown OBJ
ject thrown into a rubbish fire at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Antoine
Banaszak yesterday afternoon
caused serious injury to the leg
of 11-year-old Antoine, their son.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-05-24
HOW THEY GOT HIM.

Mine dog is lost, the Dutchman
cried.
mo place can he be found"
DOG catchers, maybe" said a
friend,
"They took him by the pound"
The owner said, 81 think not SO.
Ach, to lose him, 1t Is hard"
He was a dacnshund, and
guess
They took him by the yard"
Milwaukee sausage now in. Du-
enwald's, 3f3 So. 18th.
Advertisement"
st. Andrews mission was eie-
waited to be an Episcopal parish
at a meeting of the Pensioners
this week.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-05-24

Oscar Lemons, plumber. NJ. $751;
Advertisements -
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-05-24
MAN SOUGHT. I'LL

Searching for John GIlstren,
744S Wapato street, with a war;
rant for his arrest. Constable
Fred Shaw found his man in
critical condition as the result of
having been struck by an auto
mobile.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-05-24
PRES. FARRELL In TACOMA.

Following tour of inspec-
ton through Eastern Washington
President ]. D. Farrell of the o.
w. R. & N. railway passed
through Tacoma in his special
car today en- route for Portland.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-05-24
WISE GIRL.

I'm to be queen of the Mag, ma.
I'll take no chance, 1 guess.
Grass may be wet-cold l may
get.
With red nose and distress
Me for my flannel union suit
Under my regal Dress
Commissioners Woods awarded
the contracts for paving North L
and Steele and South YAKIMA
avenues to George p. Wright yes
terday.
81 to SO for ii and 1S-k. We'd
ding Rings to last for lifetime.
Pfaff, 1147 @ st. Advertisement"
It is said the Tacoma
Eastern will be pushed by the
Milwaukee into the Big Bot
tom country in Lewis county.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-05-24

Charles c. Wright, graduate of
Cambridge university. and Franz
Debenham of Sydney, Australia,
both members of late Captain
Robert F. Scott's South Pole ex-
petition, and Bullet" and Bel
chik," two of the Siberian dogs
that withstood the rigors of that
tragic trip to the bottom of the
earth
Wright and Debenham are the
first members of the Scott party
to touch American soil. Debenham
was a member OF the party that
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-05-24
Stanford university i'm the
future will limit the student
body to 1 800, of whom 500
will be girls.

District Attorney Flicker prom
Uses some great revelations of
system of police graft in San
Francisco when the indicted Off
GERS are placed on trial Monday.