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A UNIQUE Elevator Test.

The most remarkably successful eleNa-
tor safety test on record was made re-
Gently in the new Woolworth building
the highest in the world. at Broadway
and Park place New York. A car loaded
with 800 pounds of cast iron. approx
mating the total weight of the passenger
capacity of the elevator car. was allowed
to drop from the forty-seventh floor 10
the bottom, distance of GOO feet The
car landed the ground floor with
scarcely a jar. The best previous rec
ord for a free drop in an elevator shaft
was :25 feet.
The car shot through space at the rate
of $50 feet per second, or two miles a
minute. The lightning descent caused a
lows of dirt and dust which were stirred
UP at each floor. until the top of the
safety air cushions was reached at the
eleventh story. The speed began to
slacken at once, diminishing thereafter
with each downward step, until il slid
ever so gently to the bottom floor The
same car. with the same weight, WAS
tried i'm another shaft from the fifteenth
story. Because of the shorter safety
cushion in the second shaft. the destruc-
ton of the car was expected, but the
success of the first experiment was re-
peated.
The ratio of the length of the safety
cushion or tube is governed by the height
of the elevator shaft, the accepted stand
ard being four and one-quarter times the
length of the elevator shaft. The safety
cause of the presence of doors at each
floor of the tube through which air es-
capes in slight quantity as the car hurtles
downward.
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Miscellaneous.

Clan MacLennan, No. 220 Order Of the
Scottish Clan, at its semi-monthly meet
ing in Painters Hall. elected Alexander
C. Robertson chief, to automatically be-
come past chief of the clan. Alexander
C.. MacLennan also is a past chief of Clan
MacLennan.
The officers elected were: Tanist. John
McGinty; secretary. John ID. Higgins;
financial secretary. James Crawford;
treasurer James Ramsay; physician, DR..
Herbert j. Bryson; chaplain, John Robert
son: seneschal William Hal: senior
henchman. Hugh Jack; junior henchman.
John Gum: sentinel. Alexander McCov-
bearer, James Allan: piper. Charles
Duchers. and trustees, Alexander {.
Robertson. for three years; John McGin-
ty two years, and Russell NJ. MacLen-
nan one year The installation OF OH
GERS will take place January i. and the
first anniversary of the clan. which &C.
ours January 10, will be celebrated I'm
connection with the installation. The
ceremonies will be public. Refreshments
will be served. followed by dancing.
All persons of Scottish descent i'm WASH
ington. it is announced. are eligible to
join the order.
Branch No. 419. Catholic knights of
America. has installed new officers as fol-
lows: Rev. ]. d. MARI, spiritual director;
p. \. Tobin, president; p. j. Collins. vice
president. Edward Becker, recording Sec
rotary; P. J. Byrne. NJ. D.. financial Sec
rotary: NJ. McInerney, treasurer: George
ID. DAILY, sergeant-at-arms; Thomas
Heaney, sentinel; John Shughrue. u. Car
riner and Daniel Miligan as trustees.
At the annual meeting of Washington
Council. No. a05, National Union. the
following officers were elected: Fred *.
SWEET, president: Norriss c. Reed. vice
president; ]. Percy Myers, speaker; DR.
A. d. Wilkinson. eN-presdent: Morris
Thorne secretary: Richord u. Rush,
financial secretary: r. L. Roadway, treas
urer: w. d. Slaughter. chaplain: Nelson
" Washington. usher; Paul n. Ross. ser
geant; George Kraft. doorkeeper: T. y.
Dawson, DR.. A. L. Pratt and A. ID. Viii
kinson. NJ. d., trustees; Wisdom ID.
Brown. T. III. Dawson and j. Percy Mey-
ers, delegates to cabinet and T. IL. Daw-
son, delegate to immediate relief associa
ton
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THE WEST IN 1856.
Illinois Learns Things From the
Journal of Mr.. Emerson.

From the chicago Post
Interesting glimpses of Illinois in the
later fifties are to be had in the new
ly published volume of THE Journals
of Ralph Waldo Emerson"
January of 1856 found the New Eng
land philosopher making one-night
stands in what. to his eastern sophisu-
cation, appeared to be a state of prim-
tive conditions and viewpoint. But he
was vastly interested in all he saw
and heard. and comments upon his ex-
periences in the mild and genial spirit
characteristic of his temperament. At
Beloit, with the mercury 80 degrees
below zero, his easy landlord" amused
him with the assurance that I'VE had
no cold weather i'm Illinois. only now and
then Indian summer and cool nights
The frost-incrusted window panes he ex-
planned by saying Ibis was a fashionable
first-class hotel, with window lights OF
ground glass.
This broadly obvious bumor of the newer
civilization confronted Emerson when ne
endeavored to entertain his audiences
with lectures originally prepared for New
England consumption. Thus he COM
ments:
AT the lyceum the stout nlinoisan,
after a short trial, walks out of the hall.
The committee tell you that the people
want hearty laugh. and Stark and SAKE
and Park Benjamin. who give them that.
are heard with joy Falling back ON his
philosophy in this disturbing situation,
he decides 1.-THE people are always right.
and that Shakespeare or Franklin or
Aesop. coming to Illinois, would say: !
must give my wisdom a comic form. =
We nave Travelled some distance since
those days. The hearty laugh is still ap
precated. but Bergson or Eucken would
scarcely feel called upon to crack a pre-
liminary joke or to conclude transcen-
dental paragraph with wheeZe. Even
the ChautauGIia audience can listen TO A
Bryan lecture and ask nothing more hui
morous than the personality OF the pro-
foundly serious orator.
Referring TO the hard times in Illinois
from 1897 10 1916. when pork was worth
L. shillings a hundred Mr.. Emerson re-
lates that certain Mr.. jenkins, "a state
agent and livery stable keeper" told him
that when "he left Chicago TO go east
ward he would not have given 81 for A
warranty deed Of the state of Illinois !"
From which we infer that times were not
only hard. but that Mr.. Jenkins, in his de-
pressed condition of mind, lacked the
foresight that might have made him or
his heirs magnates of great wealth in the
land.
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secretary; Miss Mary Steiner, assistant
secretary; Mrs. Florence, David. treas
urer: Mrs Lizzie BaSsett, assistant treas
urer; Mrs. Martha Jarboe, Mrs. Ida NJ.
Crown. Mrs: Minnie Wolfsheimer. Mrs.
Margaret Coffin, executive committee.
The reports showed that the closing year,
the first one of the organizations exist
ence. had been very successful and Mrs.
Estelle G. kahlert, the retiring president.
was highly complimented on the conduct
Of the affairs of the association during
her term of Office. After the close of the
business meeting the hostess served an
oyster supper. The table decorations
were Christmas greens and holly berries.
The place cards were also suggestive of
the holiday season. Those present were
Mrs. Kahlert, Mrs. Vandervort, Mrs.
Davis, Mrs. Crown, Mrs. Jarboe. Mrs.
Wolfsheimer. Mrs Williams. Mrs. Mitch
ell. Mrs. Prescott. Mrs Bassett. Mrs.
David, Mrs. Coffin. Mrs. Dunn. Mrs. By
mum and Miss Steiner.
Rathbone Temple, No. s, Pythian Sis
ters. entertained Grand Chancellor Mark
Stearman and his associate Grand Lodge
officers Friday night at the Pythian Tenn
pie. The lodgeroom was decorated in a
manner typical of the holiday season.
This is the home temple of the grand
chancellor. and large number or mem
bers and visitors were present to partici-
pate in the evenings entertainment
program of short talks by the Grand
Lodge officers, with music and recitations,
was given. Miss Josephine Jarboe. on
behalf of the temple, presented the grand
chancellor with a testimonial. The even
ing closed with banquet, which was
served in the armory. Mrs. Emma ID.
Bynum, chairman Of the general commit
tee. was assisted by subcommittee,
whose chairmen were as follows: Mrs.
Della Nichols. Mrs. Martha Jarboe. Mrs.
Mary Mitchell. Mrs. Bertha Williams and
Miss Mary Rose Steiner. The officers of
the temple acted as escorts to the
Grand Lodge officers.
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MASONIC.

Dee 221-Dawson. No. It,
Staushury, No. ~. T. G.,
Dee. 2:;-Federal. NJ. ]. called on.
Acacia No. II. NJ. NJ
Takonia. No. -. business
Dec. .I-Iiarmony. No. IL called on
school Of instruction. called on.
Dcc. 2.,-The New Jerusalem. No. y.
George G. whiting, No. %.
called of.
be-. 26-Si. Johns. No. IL.
Hope. M. 20. f. y -.
I,rc. 21-Grand Lodge. I pm. 81 1"nh
day Election and instailatioh'
ROYAL ARCH CHAPTERS.
1cday-La Iaycttc No. 3; pm. re, re,
lrious services, Church oil inc
Dee. 20 Mount vernon. No. 3, Z. NJ. and
Nj f. NJ
tuacostia No L.
Drc - Mount Horeh. No. :. marx
Potomac. No. :. ,,
Dee @l--SchooI Of instruction. probably
called or.
Dec. Washington, No. :.
Dec. 2t-Eureka No. 4.
Capitol No. II
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR CoMMANDER1ES.
Dec. 2;;-De Molay Mounted. No. 4.
Dee. 2I-Washington. No l..
Dec ..,-AlI Communicates. ChriStInas op-
servance-
ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED SCOTTISH
RITE.
Dee. 2.;-Eohert de Bruce Council, Knights
of kadoSh. business.
Albert Pike Consistory, election
Of officers.
EASTERN STAR CHAPTERS
Dee ..-Board of directors. Masonic ana
Eastern Star Home. monthly
meeting
Temple. No. Ii: Columbia. No.
II.
Dec. .s;-Elccta M. =: Bethlehem, No.
!; Friendship. No Ia.
Dee 2i-Nsomi Ma. =: Rrookland. Nc il.
Dee civilian r. Hunt, No. lt.
Dee eta koma. No II; Cathedral. No
II; ST. Johns Lodge. L. ID.
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Daughters of America.

State Councillor Mrs. Mabel Capps. with
her staff, visited Mayfiower Council, No.
IL, Thursday night, her last visit for
this year. Large delegations from va
rious councils were present. The hall
was handsomely decorated with bunting
and flags. and there was a large dis
play of ported plants and flowers The
books and finance records. examined by
the state council secretary and state
council treasurer. were found to be salts
factory. After the necessary business
was transacted the council operated a
question box" which has in the past
met with great success. The question
box" it is said, enables the members to
get better acquainted with laws and other
things about the order Presents We're
made to Mrs. Mabel Caps. state coun-
cllor; Thomas Sergeant, deputy state
councillor: Mrs. Halle Martin, past state
councillor, and others.
American Flag Council No. ). at its
meeting Monday night. listened to an adj
dress by Deputy State Councillor Charles
II. Miller. State Councillor Mrs. Mabel
Caps. Past State Councillor Mrs. Ella
Herbert and others also spoke.
Mrs. Laura z. Burdette, junior past
state councillor, of Mizpah Council, No 3.
who has been ill, is reported as again
performing her duties in the order.
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conductress, Mrs. Minnie e

Brown; conductress, Mrs. Minnie E.
Strickler: associate conductress, Mrs.
Mary b. c. Shuman: marshal. Mrs Viola
Bennett chaplain. Mrs. Alice B. Smith;
organist, Mrs. Lottie e. Chilly; Adah. Miss
Cornelia F. Meade; Ruth. Mrs. Mary NJ.
Schoneberger: Esther. Mrs. Hazel v.
Reeder; Martha, Miss Anna Lander:
Electa, Mrs. Nettie V. Thompson: ward
er. Mrs. Georgiana King, and sentinel.
William C. Carter. The installation mu-
sic was sung by Ruth Chapters choir,
under the direction Of Mrs. Sallie S. Will
son, accOmpaniSt.
At the conclusion of the ritualistic cere-
monies the retiring matron. Mrs. Rosie I.
Carter. was presented with a past ma
irons jewel. on behalf of the chapter, by
Mrs. Mary B. c. Shuman, and token OF
esteem from her officers, with remarks by
Mrs. Annie Michaelson. She was also the
recipient of flowers. The new worthy
matron. Mrs. Katie Rose. was presented
with several handsome bouquets by differ
ent members of the chapter with best
wishes for successful year. The retir-
ing patron, Judge Edward P. Seeds. also
received handsome gift from the chap
ter, the presentation being made by Mrs.
Minnie f. Stricken. The presentation
speeches addressed to the present and re-
firing officers brought forth feeling and
appropriate responses from them.
Past Grand Patron Wallace Streater
was present and made remarks suitable to
the occasion.
Among those present were Past Grand
Matron Mrs. Julia n. Streater. Grand
Lecturer Mrs Mary +. Teachum. Grand
Conductress Mrs Catherine Loffier, the
matron and patron of Ruth Chapter, Miss
Martha Shaw and II. julius Mattern: the
matron of Esther Chapter. Mrs. Grace
Lee Morgan: the matron of Mizpah Chap
ter Mrs. Annie s. Whitman. and the ma
tron-elect OF Naomi Chapter. Mrs. Mary
F. Omohundro. together with number
of past matrons and past patrons.
The musical program of the evening in
cluded solos by Mrs. Lillian Bennett. Mrs.
Martha 1. Kester and Mrs. Hazel Veg
ner-Reeder, and a duet by Mrs. Sallie 3.
Wilson and Mrs. Joyce.
At the conclusion of the meeting re-
freshments were served in the banquet
hall.
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Red Men.

A meeting of Seltese Tribe, No. 16. will
be held at 304 B street southeast Wed
nesday evening for the election of chiefs
full attendance has been requested.
Usage Tribe, No. 6, Monday evening re-
ceived. in it's beautifully decorated hall, its
visitation from the great chiefs. As 1t
Is the tribe of the great sachem. there
was .arge attendance OF members from
the various tribes. The visitors included
Past Great Sachem L. II. Hester and
Past Sachem G. M. Saltzgaber, commits
sioner of pensions: Past Sachem j. r.
Raider of Indiana, Great Senior Sycamore
George E. Gartrell. Great Guard of the
II. F. Sheedy Of White Eagle Tribe, No.
II; Great Junior Sycamore John 1. Bunch,
A. c. Nichols. j. S. Cranell. Past Sachem
Wash B. Evans Past Sachem Charles
Sioux Tribe. No. Is: Lewis NJ. Bern
stein, Past Great Sachem d. J. Mar
vim, Past Sachern Joseph Lewis and Hy-
man Garf1nkle of Seltese Tribe, No. 16;
Past Great sachem Charles Fuller. Past
Sachem Fred Burrows. NJ. r. kubatz, w.
". Burrows. j.: H. Hummer, W.
T. j. Wintermyer, E. p. Souder, S.
Milana. NJ. c. Wa.z. c. F. Schneider. IL.
S. Banner. H. W. Boteler. j. Raulin, c.
III. Scheible. Past Great Sachem W. II.
Wilson. Past Sachem James r. Mitchell,
Past Sachem G. w. Sedwick, Great Rep
resentative James Madison. jr., of Logan
Tribe, No. 8; Great Sannap T. NJ Stump.
Charles Benner. Harry Kessler, Sachem
j. r. Carroll. Past Sachem George kolb.
w. E. Osmond, George Custard of Os-
ceola Tribe. No. 10; Past Great Sachem
George E. Baxter, Past Sachem Henry
N. Swindells, E. S. White. r. G. Furnary.
M. A. Clarke. 8. Z. Womeldorph, A. V.
Myers. w. c. Rowan, j. M. Cayton of
Mineola Tribe, No. IA; w. A. Pike of
Moinlan Tribe, No. :. of Dover. n. H.;
Great Keeper of Wampum ]. b. Altman.
Great Misheawa w. 3. Smoot. w. H.
Wootton, F. n. Rensch, J. II. Haymaker,
Past Great Sachem w. NJ. King, Past
Sachem w. b. Webb of Seneca Tribe,
No. IL; Great Prophet r. w. Thompson,
Past Sachem A. E. Thompson of Idaho
Tribe. No. ID.
Addresses were made by L. ii. Hester
and G. NJ. Saltzgaber on Redmanship in
Ohio. J; b. Altman. George Gartrell,
John /. Bunch, r. w. Thompson. George
f. Baxter. Lewis NJ. Bernstein, Henry
W. Tippett. DIR. w. S. Whitman, Roy I.
Agate, Fred Burrows, Wash B. Evans.
w. Fl. Wilson. w. B. Garner and others
made remarks. Refreshments were served.
Music was furnished by B. j. Boal. ID. e.
Libbey,. o. d. Brown and ID. w. Delass.
White Eagle Tribe, No IL. met Wednes-
day and after the regular business the
committee representing the Tribes, Coun-
ellis and Past Sachem Association held
its meeting to perfect arrangements for
the coming ball.
The Red Men Of the District are going
to Baltimore by special cars on a visit
TO the Red Men of that city January II.
Arrangements have been perfected and
three cars will carry the party.
Idaho Tribe. No. 10, at its meeting
Tuesday evening received nominations for
chiefs.
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Eastern Lodge, No. Z. at its session
Wednesday evening decided to meet next
Wednesday evening at 1880 O'Clock sharp
transact only routine business and ad-
journ as soon as possible.
Harmony Lodge, No. 8, instead Of meet
ing Wednesday evening. as is the custom.
will meet tomorrow evening and the
evening of December % for the nomina-
ton and election Of officers. Columbia
Lodge, No. 10. will meet Friday evening
in the encampment room instead OF
Thursday evening.
The grand sire, G.. A. Keller, was in
the city Monday on his way to Atlantic
City, n. j. to make final arrangements
for the session of the Sovereign Grand
Lodge in that city in September next.
He was the guest of Grand Master y.
d. Thompson, who accompanied the
grand sire to Atlantic City. The Sow
ereign Grand Lodge committee on the
proposed new Odd Fellows Temple. to
be the home Of the Sovereign Grand
Lodge, held it's meeting there Wednes-
day.
The inspection of Canton Washington
No. /. p. NJ, last Saturday evening by
Inspector General s. III. Foxweil and
staff was reported satisfactory both
to the installing officers and the Off
GERS of the canton, as the ratings given
were excellent and in some instances
perfect. ThiYty-eight chevaliers were in
full uniform and every officer was
present.
Naomi Rebekah Lodge, No. l, last
Monday evening. among other important
matters elected the following officers
for the next term: Mrs. Edith r. Lusby,
noble grand; Mrs. Maud Able vice grand
Mrs Anna NJ Roberts. recording secre-
tary; Mrs. r. f. Nolland, financial sec
rotary, and ]. D. Yoakley, treasurer tre-
elected). These officers will be installed
Monday evening. January ), by a team
of installing officers selected from Dorcas
Lodge. No. 4. All Rebekah members
have been invited to be present
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which were secured by an impromptu
collection. have since been increased, and
the founding Of the room is now said to
be fully assured.
The grotto meeting was held for the
selection OF candidates for the election
OF officers, which will be held January
-. The following names were presented:
+. r. Pullman and Everett w. Hawkins.
for monarch; L. w. Libbey and Castle
man p. Boss, for chief justice; o. A. c.
Oehmier. for master of ceremonies: Jo-
seph H. Curran, for treasurer. III. L.
sitrang. jr., for secretary: DIR. w. II. Wun
der. Ed 5. Schmid and Peter hatterner,
for trustees.
The grottos theater party at Polls
Tuesday evening was pronounced great
success. more than 800 prophets and
their friends being in attendance. More
than nifty prizes We're given. a prize being
presented 10 every tenth person. A big
ovation was given Miss Marie Stone,
member OF the company, who sang be-
tween the acts.
Potentate James T. Gibbs received the
great honor of being named for renomi-
nation as illustrious potentate of Almas
Temple OF the Mystic Shrine at the meet
ing held Thursday evening. being the
nrst to receive such an honor since
Frank X. Raymond was renominated in
Louis III. Meyers and Robert +. Mcneil.
Cor chef rabban: George William Harris,
for assistant rabban. Claude L. Miller,
for high priest and prophet; John A.
Ellinger for oriental guide, an Office
which he is said to have held since
the time when the memory of man rum
meth not to the contrary: Francis A.
Sebring, for treasurer. and Harrison
Dingman. for recorder. both of whom are
now said to be on the permanent list"
with James It. Gibbs. Roe Fulkerson.
Thomas l.. Morgan and l. l.. Goldheim,
Tor representatives to the Imperial
Council. The temple will confirm the
selections in its own way the evening OF
December -.
The annual meeting of Washington
Council, No. /, was held Monday even.
ing. and the following officers were elect
ed: Horace p. Mcintosh, master; DR.
Mark +. Finley. deputy master; George
G. Seiboid. principal conductor OF work;
James Lansburgh, treasurer: John A.
ColDurn. recorder.
Washington Centennial Lodge No. IA.
| at a special communication Tuesday
night installed officers and presented the
entered apprentice degree. John j. Hin
was appointed tiler, John G. Bulger as
sistant tiler, and Percy ". Heating chair
man OF the committee to visit the sick
for the month of January.
! Past Master John J. Hin was presented
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LOYAL Order of Moose.

Columbia Lodge, No. 126. Loyal Order
of Moose, has been granted a dispense
ton to decrease it's initiation fee for
ninety days in order to build up the or
ganization to 1000 members. A class of
100 is now forming. Upward of 900 men,
bers Of the local lodge have accepted
membership on the campaign committee.
The committee on home has several
sites in view for the erection of a Moose
home. as the membership is DESTROYS of
building a home that will be suitable to
their needs, instead of renting.
Columbia Lodge has the honor of hav-
ing as one of it's active members Sneaker
Champ Clark of the House of Repre-
sentatives. He was initiated In the local
lodge about q year ago. Vice President
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The Cosmos. Paris. warns against
electric perils OF the bathroom. "A
person is in much greater danger from
electric shock when taking a bath than
under ordinary conditions, the sur
face of the body. when moist. offers
much less resistance to the current
than when dry. Persons have been
killed while bathing, by currents that
would scarcely have been affected from
outside the bath" Persons with weak
hearts. when bathing. should be careful
in pressing the button of an electric
bell.
At a special meeting of the RoSal
spanish Society OF National Science, he'd
in Madrid some days ago. DIR. w. j. Hol-
land. the director OF the Carnegie
Museum. in Pittsburgh. was elected 10
fill the vacancy I'm the list OF honorary
members created by the death OF Lord
Averbury.
Prof: J. II. comstock. for forty Years
instructor and professor OF entomolosy
at Cornell University. will retire froa
active duties OF his chair al the close -
the present academic year.
S. A. Rohwer of the United States Ma
tional .auseum has been elected cor
responding secretary-treasurer of the
chronological Society Of Washington. II
L. o. Howard. L. a. Schworz and August
Busck are additional members OF the
executive committee. They viii be -
stalled the first meeting in January. 1914
DR. Henri Deslandres OF Paris has been
elected an honorary member OF the ROYAL
Institution.
There will be four eclipses during the
incoming year. 19l4-two of the sun and
two of the moon; an annular eclipse
of the sun. February "a 1914. invisible
at Washington: partial eclipse OF the
moon. visible at Washington: total eclipse
of the sun August 1921, visible at Wash
ington just within the eclipse limit, and
a partial eclipse of the moon, invisible at
Washington. I'm August.
Prof Frank Hochwart an Austrian
scientist, who has been investigating
cases of nervous diseases for the Vienna
School of Hygiene. concludes that luve-
nile smoking involves the grayest peris
of future health. The most serious cases
of nicotine poisoning were almost invar'-
ably those I'm which the sufferers began
to smoke when very young.
The symptoms of poisoning never an
pear i'm youth, but usually develop IN
most instances between the ages 81
forty and fifty years.