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The Washington herald., 1913-11-26

cards stenciled with conventionalized
turkey or some harvest-home suggestion
are odd and pretty.
II one wants a different sort of card.
some of the Thanksgiving post cards to
be had in the shops are just the things.
They can be had in SO many designs and
the little verses on many OF them are
both clever and amusing.
Pictures Can BE Cut Out.
Still another idea is to buy these cards
and cut out the pictures of turkeys.
horns-of-pIenty. Puritan maidens, and
other typical Thanksgiving pictures and
use these as decorations for the place
cards.
II the table for the Thanksgiving dinner
is lighted with candles make plain white
paper shades and embellish them with
typical Thanksgiving scenes cut out from
post cards and a most pleasing effect re-
suits.
The shops are also offering bits of
daintiness In the way of individual bon
bon holders. and very pretty they are.
Golden yellows OF the harvest are the
favorite tintsy with bits Of red and brown
to bring out the color beauty.
Unlike Christmas. however, there Is no
stereotyped decoration scheme that must
be used for Thanksgiving Day.
The Washington herald., 1913-11-26
Tango Rose a New Color.

Tango rose is the new shirtwaist color.
This shade is an indescribably brilliant
one, between cerise and coral, which Is
seen sometimes in wonderful old en-
broidered crepe shawls. One woman who
owns such a shawl Is having II draped
into a stunning evening gown this season.
No cutting is necessary, for the chnsing
crepe may be manipulated into the most
graceful lines, one corner OF the snaWi
being caught against one shoulder. ana
the main portion of the shawl almost
covering a foundation skirt OF white
satin. A specially beautiful shawl OF tnis
sort over 100 years old. according to It's
possessor's statement, has been made into
an evening wrap, deep burnoose hood
at the back taking up the material so
that the fringed front edges fall grace
fully over shoulders and arms. Tango
rose may be had in crepe meteor. crepe
de chine, chiffon crepe. silk and wool
lansdowne, and other fabrics OF similar
quality, suitable for handsome blouses
and frocks.
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but twenty miles, Gen. Meade assumed
that it could be covered in thirty-four
hours.
The troops had scarcely taken the road
when a series of mishaps. trivial in them
selves, began to retard the march of one
of the corps, the Third, under Gen. Will
liam H. French.
The corps had four miles farther to
march than the others, and it was
three hours late in reaching the river.
Reports were then receivSd of the pres
ence of the enemy on the farther side.
Reconnaissance was considered neces-
, sary, and this took time. A battery was
posted and the troops deployed in bat
tie line. No enemy appearing beyond a
cavalry picket, the crossing was begun
on a pontoon bridge. The bank was steep
and there was but one road, down which
it was found impracticable to take the
artillery. The guns were therefore Or
dered to Germanna ford, three miles be-
low. The road was bad and the guns
were delayed until after nightfall.
AS Gen. Meade had planned to move
forward simultaneously with his various
corps, the delay of the Third delayed the
rest of the army. Nor was this the sole
cause of delay. At the lower fords the
engineers had underestimated the width
of the stream. and the pontoon bridges
were short. Piecing them out with tres
tie work caused delay.
The army, therefore, had lost half a
day when it moved away from the Rap
idan, near which, in piercing cold, it
bivouacked.
From the fords to the turnpike the dis
tance varied from six to nine miles. The
shortest route was that Of the Third
Corps, but unfortunately on the morning
of the 9th the corps lost its way. The
head Of the column coming up to fork
in the road, turned to the right, whereas
the road to the left was the one to be
taken.
The column had not gone far when it
encountered the enemy.
Lee had not been taken unawares. The
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Der and 3, after losing his defensive
works on the Rappahannock, together
with about ZOO men, captured by the
Federals, was such % invite attack.
Its right flank rested on Mine Run, a
small stream flowing into the Rapidan at
right angles with the river. Satisfied that
this stream would protect the flank, and
that operations for 1863 were at an end,
Gen. Lee had not attempted to cover the
fords of the Rapidan between his position
and the vicinity of Charlottesville.
Owing to difficulty in obtaining subsist-
ence for the animals of the army, the
camps of the Confederates were widely
scattered. EwelTs corps held the works
along the river, but Gen. A. P. Hilrs
railroads i'll the rear, as far as Char
lottesviIle, fully twenty-five miles away.
Longstreet's corps had been detached and
sent TO Chattanooga
Gen. Meade believed that if he could
move his army across the Rapidan's low
er fords and to Mine Run with sufficient
speed. he could interpose between the
two wings OF the Confederate army, and
destroy them in detail
Plan Depended on Precision.
Orders were issued on November 3 for
the advance from the vicinity OF Brandy
Station, where the Federal army had es-
tablished a depot of supplies and a win
ter base. A storm prevented the move
ment on that day and orders were finally
issued for the army to take the road at
daylight on November Is.
The army was to march in three col
urans, by different routes, to concentrate
at Robertson's Tavern, on the turnpike
road between Fredericksburg and Orange
Courthouse, beyond the end of the Con-
federate works along Mine Run.
The plan was based on a mathematical
calculation Of the elements of time and
space, and, says Swinton. i'll his Army
of the Potomac" it depended absolutely
for its Success on a rigorous execution of
all the foreordained movements in the
foreordained time and way
1t was necessary that the army should
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Healthy, Wrinkle Free
Skin Easy to Haze
(From The Woman Beautiful.

A dull, drab, muddy complexion, or an
over-red. blotchy. pimply, or freckled
skin, can by a quite simple, harmless, and
inexpensive method. be changed to one
of fower-like radiance and purity, One
ounce of common nercolized wax, sold
by druggists generally, will remove the
most unslghtly complexion in from one
to two weeks. By Its remarkable absorp-
tive power. the withered faded, or dis
colored layer of thin ilm-skin which
hides the healthier skin underneath, is
gradually heoked on in tiny, almost In
visible particles, This is done SO gently
is loft on -the skin except that of en-
haneed beauty. The wax Is smeared on
like cold cream before FetiFing, and Fe-
moYed in The rssrni5g With warn wateF:
bath pade BY dissoiviins o.. powdered
saxoiIte In q pit. wftch hazel win Be
fegsa aess s5soiiss as gsmhlIss essa
tishssss the fRfai sfia and sEass3 us is sup Sse
porting muscles;
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array and beat of the enemy. Then he
moved with circumspection.
After he had reached the proper road
ne was again attacked, and believing the
attack formidable, spent the rest OF the
afternoon in position to repel IL. the skir-
mishing at times being heavy.
Thus The second day of the movement
passed. The loss OF time by the Third
Corps was fatal to Gen. Meade's plans.
Gen. Lee already had called up Hills
Corps, which was coming rapidly from
the rear, and was concentrating his army
along Mine Run and across the two roads
by which Gen. Meade had hoped to inter-
pose between his two wings and reach
the rear of his position.
The further developments Of the cam
paign were to prove entirely TO the ad-
vantage OF Gen. Lee. Before Gen. Meade
could get into battle line the works along
Mine Run would be extended and made
too strong to be attacked without great
sacrifice of life.
These facts were quickly to be recog-
nized by Gen. Meade, who thus early
feared, and was soon to see. that his
operations were to result in failure.
Dee's methods of defending the line
OF Mine Run will be described Novem-
Der 30)
Tomorrow The Hanging of Sam
Davis, Confederate Spy.
tCopyright, leI3D
The Washington herald., 1913-11-26
An Alcohol shampoo.

II the hair Is dusty and unmanageabie
after n journey OF any sort. try uslng
alcohol to make Il fiufry. Tho alcohol
Will dry IN a few moments and the hair
will be ready then 60 arrange, Many
women who have taken railroad jour
ney of several hours duration to wed
ding or dance have found their hair,
owing to the heat and dust OF the jour
ney, quite heavy and dirty, and have
despaired of getting II In shape In time
for the festivities. A shampoo takes too
long to be indulged IN while one is dress
ing-and sometimes Il leaves the hair toe
fluffy for Immediate managing,
To get back to the alcohol treatment
Part the hair and rub a little alcohol
on a pieee OF gauze on the scalp until it
Is free fFem dust, Then rub the hair
about the. brow and sars and the napa
ef the neck with the alcohol. OF course,
IL should first have been brushed as free
as possible FROM dust; Then let the hair
hang loosely pRtil tbs aieohol has dried
cut. The hair win be light and FUZZY.
Riiisy eases shsyid be starched little;
they VIII Leak wall fuf<a A. loru
The Washington herald., 1913-11-26
THE WAR DAY BY DAY
Fifty Years Ago.
November 26 1S6s-Gen Made Army Crossed the Rapidan River with
Purpose Of Ouaanng the Position Of the Conedea Under Le
Along South Bapk0pening of the AbOve Mine Run Campaign
cwritten expressly for The Herald,

reach two roads which crossed Mine Run
beyond the Confederate works. namely.
the turnpike and the Orange plank road
from Fredericksburg. These were to
form the routes for the final advance.
The Fifth Corps, followed by the First
Corps. was to cross the Rapidan at Cul-
peper Mine Ford and proceed to Parkers
Store, on the plank road. The Second
Corps was to cross higher up at German
ma Ford and march to the turnpike and
thence to Robertsons Store. The Third
Corps and the Sixth Corps were to- cross
still higher, at Jacobs Mill Ford, and
march to the same place. by other routes.
AS the distance from the Federal
camps to the appointed rendezvous was
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possibly men and stranger-women: but
men and their wives-never. They can
go through all sorts of fiery tests. of one
sort and another. but when one thinks
of them trying to sit together on jury
or in other public or semi-public way
perish the thought!
As a matter of fact, very, very few
women will want to.
But, this notion Of the oneness OF
husbands and wives does lead to some
peculiar conditions sometimes.
1t does seem a bit puZZling 10 read that.
upon her marriage to Mr.. Boisevant. of
Holland. Miss Inez Milholland. of New
York, forthwith became a citizen of her
husbands country. quite lost to the land
OF her birth. so far as legal identity is
concerned. Isn't II a queer law of na-
tons? Because, whereas women, when
they marry, are generally very ready TO
repeat those beautiful words Of Ruth of
old, whittier thou goest, 1 will go; and
where thou lodgest I will lodge" II
strikes some of us that the law cues
pretty far when Il makes women citizens
of another land by virtue of their mar
rage with a foreigner.
So far as Mrs. Boisevant Is concerned,
she might not rebel so much at the
change IN citizenship except for the fact
The Washington herald., 1913-11-26
Tomorrow The Hanging of Sam
Davis, Confederate SPY.
tCoFyright, Iel3D
Steamed Dates.

Wash a pound of whole dates. cover
with cold water and let soak over night.
Next morning add a half cupful of sugar,
bring slowly to the steaming point, then
simmer FOR five minutes. Transfer the
dates to the serving dish and reduce the
sirup fully one-half. Let stand until
cool, add a teaspoonful of vanilla and Gf
liked two tablespoonfuls Of sherry and
pour over the fruit. Serve cold, with or
without cream
The Washington herald., 1913-11-26
WHEN MAN AND WIFE
SERVE ON A JURY
The Notion of the Oneness" Of Hus-
bands and Wives Leads to Some
Peculiar Conditions.
By FRANCES sHAFFER

We have always been told that strange
complications would be certain to attend
jury service on the part OF women. par
ticulariy when the respective heads Of
one family were asked to serve upon the
same occasion.
And now the expected has happened.
It was in Spokane, Wash, where a man
and his wife were called TO jury duty,
that a lawyer challenged the right Of the
wife to serve. He argued that in the eyes
Of the law they were not separate indi-
viduals and could not act with entire in
dependence; at least, one of them could
not, and Of course that one was the wife
Looking straight at the woman, who
had grown rather used to the notion that
her mind was her own, he told the as
semb!ed folk that she had promised to
love, honor, and obey her husband: and
how could she be quite independent and
free from his influence as a Juror? Why,
II he looked at her with the fine light OF
mercy In his eyes. what could she do
but lend her voice for acquittal7 And IL
he appeared stern and unbending how
could she do anything less than pro-
nounce the prisoner guilty? For she was
pledged to obedience, remember. and
what did this mean?
1eHCe lne Cndllenge, WhlCh, however,
was not sustained. as the Judge appar-
emily believed II quite legitimate to as
sumo that a woman might think for her
self. even though her husband was sitting
on the self-same jury.
But II would be rather interesting to
carry the case to finish. II II happens
as perhaps II may. that the husband
thinks one way, the wife quite another,
will they go home and Indulge in acri-
monious debate and maybe mud-sIing-
ing? And will they talk 1t over and talk
1t out so long and so bitterly that the
peace dove brooding there will grow dis
mayed and disheartened and fly away to
the East, where wives are more obedi-
ent; at least where they have not
reached the dangerous jury duty?
Because they say, you know, that men
and their wives never will be able to
stand the test OF mingling in close COM
munion in the broader ways. where they
must use their own Judgment. else be
worse than useless. If the influence of
one fails to prevail-and which one shall
that be?-that one will go home and pro-
ceed to make ready for the divorce court
Men and men can serve together, can ar
que and disagree. and stin shake hands
and be friendly and cordial as ever. And
The Washington herald., 1913-11-26

Fifty years ago today the Army OF the
Potomac, under Gen. George g. Meade,
crossed the Rapidan River, with tie pur-
pose Of outfianking the army OF Gen.
Robert E. Lee. then in winter quarters
on the south side of that stream.
This was the opening movement In the
so-caIled Mine Run campaign, in which
Gen. Meade's plans, that had been ex-
cellently conceived and laid down, were
to be frustrated, through the failure OF
his army TO move on the schedule pre-
pared for it, and the faculty of Lee in
facing about and forming a new line of
defense on his threatened flank.
Gen. Meade had learned that the posi-
ton to which Lee had retired on Ncvem-
The Washington herald., 1913-11-26
Mncaroni with Canned Tomatoes.

Without breaking the sticks, boil and
drain a package of macaroni as directed.
Butter a baking dish and cover bottom
with layer Of macaroni and then a layer
Of tomato meat from the can. Repeat
layer after layer until all material is
used. making last layer of tomatoes, and
II SO desired, sprinkle buttered cracker
crumbs over top. Then place dish in
oven and bake one,palf hour.
The Washington herald., 1913-11-26
Salad Accompaniment.

II small round crackers are brushed
over with butter and crisped in the oven
they will form the foundation for a de-
licious accompaniment to serve with sal
ad or with the cup of afternoon tea.
Take cream cheese and soften it with
cream or salad dressing. using a pastry
tube, make tiny border of the cheese
around the cracker. and fill the center of
the cheese wall with a dab of tart Jelly.
The Washington herald., 1913-11-26
Gold Lace Belts.

On some OF the new satin blouses there
are wide belts of gold lace. The blouses
are worn. naturally. under the skirt, and
the belts are SO attached to the blouses
that they fall over the skirt bands. The
lace Is mounted over gold net or chiffon.
The Washington herald., 1913-11-26
Tip-TOp Cake.

One and half cupfuls sugar. two eggs.
one tablespoonful butter, one cup milk,
two and one-half cupfuls of flour, two
tablespoonfuls baking powder, fiavoring
to suit. Beat for three minutes Bake
in moderate oven.
The Washington herald., 1913-11-26

that she wants to continue to practice
law in New York, and the United States
statute expressly states that a lawyer
must be an American citizen.
And there you are. At least. there yor
are. unless Mr.. Boisevant stays lons
enough in our midst to establish his citi.
zenshjp here, IL that is his plan. Then. OF
course. Mrs. Boisevant will be an Amer.
lean citizen againi For. whichever way
her husbands citizenship veeTs, hers
must go with it.
And, whether one chances to be a mar
or a woman. one must admit that it is
more than passing strange for an Amer.
ican-born woman of the highest standing
Intellectually and otherwise. to be obliged
to wait a matter Of years for her husband
to become naturalized, before her OWE
citizenship here can be established.
Verify, that is oneness" indeed.
1t is said that women are creatures
of mystery" and surely many of the
laws OF many of the lands have beer
framed upon that curious assumption.
But it would be well. more comfortable
all around. to take 1t for granted that
they are quite understandable, ordinary
folk, with all the dreams, ambitions
wants and needs. likes and dislikes, that
come to ordinary folk.
The Washington herald., 1913-11-26
Ratine suits for Boys.

Russian blouse suits for boys are often
made Of white ratine. The material is
warm and does not show wrinkles or
creases. 1t is often combined with vel
vet for coats, brown and black being
blended frequently.
The Washington herald., 1913-11-26

The plainest of wash frocks is given
an air of dressiness by frill around
the neck OF outlining the opening of the
blouse from throat to belt
The Washington herald., 1913-11-26

py Pisree's Common Sense Medical Adviser, In Plain
Engsh or Medcne simphed 1908 Pagea 500 iustra-
lions newly revised up-sodae Edition, cothbound for
81 ens-esnt staps Of wrapping and mailing
only. Address: Dr. r. v. Pisrce Hufaio NY.
The Washington herald., 1913-11-26
No Narcotics
One Of Many

Mrs.. @. b. Williams.
Of Lynnharen, Va.
wrote; IT 10 six years
since nay health gave
way. I had female
trouble and all tho
doctors II employed
threel said I would
die. Twas NOT able 10
do my work, had to
hire someone all the
time. Finally. ] read
In The papers about
DR.. Pierce's hvorite
Prescription. and de-
eided TO Try It. ! had
not tAksn but one bot
tie until I found Il had
done me- good Itook
The Washington herald., 1913-11-26

~ prssrs,c 20 90 ,n Al, !, n oa n,r
covery,' and now am able 70 do all my housework,
and have Rained fourteen poundsI advise all women
who suffer from female trouble 10 try your Favorfts
Prescription It's the only medicine on earth-"
The Washington herald., 1913-11-26

RiiiaY eases shsqid be starchsd little;
they VIII lsek well twiss ~ long.
The Washington herald., 1913-11-26
Doz.n, of Sort. of place Cards

Place cards of dozens Of sorts can De
had these days in the shops, and never
was the array greater nor more varied.
But the clever woman can make DAINTY
little cards following her own ideas that
are more charming than the bought kind
The fad for stenciled effects can be used
to good purpose. High-glazed plain wnite
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-18
The Spirit, Forces and Conditions
Behind Pensacola

A c. Laut in Saturday Evening Post.
Behind Pensacola is inland empire.
Lumber. coal, cotton, steel, loaded at Pensa-
cola only half an hour from the sea. Where
the rate on coal to Atlantic ports is from
$140 to $1.S0 ton the rail rate to Pensacola
is only S1.10 to s115; and when the canal is
opened between Pensacola and Mobile that
rate for coal will be between twenty five
and fifty cents That canal is of the
city's special preparations for Panama, and
the first Federal appropriation for it was as
signed this year 1t will practically give
Pensa cola's seafront water Connection by river
and canal with the mines of the interior.
Steel, that costs three dollars ton to
bring to Pensacola, can be brought by barge
for freight rate of seventy-five cents. Cot
ton, that now bears tariff of one dollar to
two dollars bale to the shore front, will
he laid the docks at fifty cents a bale If
these new rates do not bring to Pensacola
the same increase in commerce enjoyed by
Savannah and Galveston, then the capitalists
now investing in Pensacola are wrong in
their anticipations. Pensacola is 1914 miles
from Panama, compared to 1871 miles for
Mobile. 1880 miles for New Orleans, 1880 for
for Galveston. The population has increased
from six thousand to thirty thousand in the
past decade. Manufactures have gone up
fifty per cent in the last two years. and
Pensacola, by way of proving her confidence
in her future, has Just completed one
hundred and thirty miles of boulevard and
paving equal to anything in the United States
In one year. with a spirit that emuated
Los Angeles, Pensacola spent on civic i'm
provements hundred dollars for every
inhabitant. white and colored This did not
include half-million dollar hotel which the
citizens built by subscription in anticipation
of the opening of Panama, when every port
on the Gulf looks for quickening of the
pace. Pensacola begins her career with one
advantage Los Angeles--she has the
harbor ready made at her door; and the two
places much alike In dauntless conf
deKoe. united spirit and the good fortune
to have citizens rich enough to back hopes
with cash,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-18
Nearest, Too, to the Center Of Pop
ulation of the United States


DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE. AND LABOR
BUREAU OF NAVIGATION,
WASHINGTON
February, 27, 1912
Mr.. Leland J. Henderson,
Secretary Commercial Association,
Pensacola, Florida.
SIR
Replying to your letter of the 23rd instant
you advised that the center of population
of the United States is Bloomington City
Monroe county, Indana The distances
quested by you follows: Distances
land given in statute miles and dis
tances at sea in nautical miles. One statute
mile equals lis nautical miles.)
From Bloomington City to Galveston, 1143
miles; New Orleans, s7S miles; Tampa, 1853
miles; Pensacola, 754 miles and Mobile I'll
miles.
From Galveston to Colon, 1881 miles, New
Orleans to Colon, 1880 miles; Tampa to Colon
1912 miles; Pensacola to Colon, 1874 miles
and from Mobile to Colon 1871 miles
Respectfully,
(Signed) E. e. CHAMBERLAIN,
Commissioner