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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-07-30
Engagement Announced.

Mr.. and Mrs. John Pynchon, of 17S1
Wesley Avenue, Evanston. ILL.,. annoulct
the engagement of their daughter, Miss
Grace Thorne Pynchon, to Mr.. Seth
Shepard. jr.. of Dallas, Tex.
Mr. Shepard is the eldest son Of Judge
Seth Shepard, Chief Justice OF the Cour,
Of Appeals of the District, and Is well
known in Washington. After graduating
from Georgetown University, he went to
Dallas, Tex, where he is now practicing
law.
Senator and Mrs. Thomas p. Gore will
leave Washington tomorrow for Lawton,
Okla. Their children will accompany
them, and after a short time at his home
in Lawton the Senator will return to the
National Capital until Congress ad-
jourre Mrs. Gore will remain in the
West until November. when she will Join
the Senator at their home in Mintwood
Place.
Mr.. Dixie Gore, brother Of the Senator.
and Mrs. Gore, who have just returned
from Europe. are spending few days
with the Senator and his family.
DIR. and Mrs. W. Holland Wilmer. who
have spent the past few days with Mr..
and Mrs. Thatcher NJ. Adams at their
home in Lenox, Mass. have left there en-
route for Washington.
Mrs John Frederick May, OF 2o22 G
Street, on Monday celebrated her eighty
fifth birthday at her Bar Harbor home,
on Strawberry Hill. Mrs. Mays real
birthday was on Sunday. but being a
woman of the old shcool. she Preferred
celebrating the event on Monday. and
there was a family party about her,
made up of her son, Fred May; her
daughter, Mrs Beaver Webb: the Misses
Webb, and others The May home il an
inseparable part Of Bar Harbor life, and
Monday Mrs. May received many re-
membranes Of the day in flowers, gifts,
and good wishes
Mrs. Arthur r. Bennett. OF ST. Louis.
and Mrs. Eugenia P. Bennett. Of the
Brighton. are visiting relatives in and
about Augusta, Ga.
Mrs. Herbert Shipman. daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Edison Bradley, entertained q
number Of guests at dinner at Newport
Monday night. and has issued Invitations
for a dance on September !.
Among the passengers sailing on the
Kronprinz Wilhelm yesterday
from New York for London, Paris. and
Bremen, were Count ]. H. Won Bern
storff, the German Ambassador. and M.
James David Thompson. Of this city.
Announcement Is made OF the engage
ment of Lieut.. Thomas Steere, u. 8.
A.. now stationed at Fort Warren. to
Miss Laura N. Woodhead. of Los Ange-
les, Cal
Mr.. Claude Bennett Is attending the
exercises Of the summer school, at Chat
tauQua, N. Y.
Representative A. p. Gardner. who left
Washington the last of the week 60
spend a short time with Mr.. and Mrs
William Corcoran Eustis at their estate
near Leesburg, Va, returned to WASH
ington yesterday.
Friends Of Miss Minnie Zinkand. Of
Nd, will be interested to
earn of her marriage on Monday
asst to Mr.. Miley Wentworth. also
CT Baltimore. The couple were accom-
panied by Mr.. and Mrs. Roland p. SkiI.-
ner of this city. After q short stay In
they will return to Balti-
more. where they will make their future
ZONE.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-07-30

sist her Miss Julia Olden. Miss Emma
Buck. and Miss Peggy McCauley.
Those in charge of the candy boths
will wear colonial costumes. Misc
BERTHE Zellers will be at the head OF
the booth, assisted by Miss Mildred
Thomas and Miss Marion Taylor. Fav-
ors for the dances will be in charge of
Miss Edith Maddux and Miss Hattie
Ensign. Miss Theodore Seibold and Miss
Genevieve Thomas will have charge of
the lemonade booth, while Miss Catherine
Coswell, as chairman. will have charge
Of the entire entertainment.
Mr.. Robert S. Stunz Is spending a
few weeks at Ocean City, Md.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-07-30
Male Styles, as. Well as
Milady'S, Given a Planning
Mr.. Average Young Man Discusses the Tight
Trousers. White Socks, Bulgarian Ties and
Pink Silk Shirts that Are Now So Popular.

The nationwide agitation that has
been stirred up by the supposed i'm
modesties" OF women's present garb is
just little unfair. Transparent skirts,
c shirtwaits and ripped skirts have
been vigorously denounced by press and
pulpit. Papers that go into the home
have printed three-column halftones of
the new styles, showing every astound-
ing detail. But never a word has been
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-07-30

said regarding the absurdities of the
male attire. We determined to see the
average young man about this.
Mr.. A. Y. NJ We began, there has
been a lot said and little done about
tive clothes our women friends are wear
ing. No one knew there was SO much
piety and purity about till the slashed
skirt was invented. Why not aim a
brick or two at the styles OF the less
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-07-30

Kahlert. who has conducted a grocery
business in Washington for the past
thirty-five years, and who died at his
home, 3Os Rhode Island Avenue North
west Monday night. will be held tomorrow
afternoon at his residence at o'clock
with Masonic ceremonies. Interment will
be in Rock Creek Cemetery.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-07-30
w.H.BaIdwIn Accepts Appointment

William n. Baldwin. Of 1l5 Twenty-hrst
Street Northwest. yesterday informed the
District Commissioners of his acceptance
Of his appointment as delegate to the
conference Of commissioners on uniform
State laws to be held at Montreal,
Canada, August = to 90 At present Mr..
Baldwin is at Clifton Springs, n. Y.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-07-30
Pre.ide.t Invited to Peoria.

President Wilson yesterday fas invited
to attend the Lakes to-the-Gulf Deep
waterways Convention. to be held In
Peoria. H., during the week Of October
The invitation was rendered through
senators Stone and Reed OF Missouri
and Lewis ana Sherman Of niinoiA The
President aid he doubted II he would
Dc able to be present but he would be
there II he could.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-07-30

son ST.. Berkeley. Cal, who esteems It
a benefit to mankind. and Ida c. Mich
sack, 40 N. Law St, Allentown, Pa.
who declares that her stomach and
bowels are now in perfect working or
der. DR.. Caldwelrs Syrup Pepsin Is the
right remedy to use 1t can be OBJ
tanned of any druggist at fifty cents or
one dollar q bottle. The latter size IL
bought steadily by those who already
know its value.
Families wishing to try q fres sam
pie bottle can obtain 1t, postpaid, by
addressing DR.. w. B. Caldwell as
Washington St.. Monticello, Ill
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-07-30

Virginia Mrs. Read is the daughter of
the late Senator Money. On their re-
turn to Washington she and her daugh-
ter will occupy their apartment at the
Cairo.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-07-30

Mrs. Arthur r. Bennett. OF st. Louis,
and Mrs. Eugenia P. Bennett. Of the
Brighton. are visiting relatives in and
about Augusta, Ga.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-07-30

Mr.. Claude Bennett Is attending the
exercises Of the summer school, at Chat
tauqua, N. Y.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-07-30

Announcement Is made Of the engage
ment Of Lieut.. Thomas Steere, U. 8.
A.. now stationed at Fort Warren. TO
Miss Laura N. Woodhead. of Los Ange-
les, Cal
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-07-30

Among the passengers sailing on the
steamship Kronprinz Wilhelm yesterday
from New York for London, Paris. and
Bremen, were Count ]. H. Won Bern
storff. the German Ambassador. and M.
James David Thompson. Of this city.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-07-30

Representative A. P. Gardner. who left
Washington the last of the week 60
spend a short time with Mr.. and Mrs
William Corcoran Eustis at their estate
near Leesburg. Va, returned to WASH
ington yesterday.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-07-30

Mrs. Herbert Shipman. daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Edison Bradley, entertained
number Of guests at dinner at Newport
Monday night. and has issued invitations
for a dance on September /.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-08
Two Neighbors.

Two neighbors kept hens and quar-
relied because they scratched each
others potato rows up one sold his
hens unknown to the other, who made
a large run and fastened his hens up,
saying
Now, the first hen see in my gar
den | shall shoot"
Next day he saw hen scratching,
as usual, SO he got the gun and shot
it, then threw it over his neighbor's
rails saying:
Take your hen!" The hen was
picked up, taken in by the neighbours
wife and nicely cooked for dinner
The following day the same thing
happened Still the neighbor took
them up and said nothing till the
seventh came over and hit him on
the head. Then he picked it up and
threw it back at his neighbor saying;
Eat your own hens. We are tired
of eating them, and prefer little
pheasant ! sold my hens over a
month siucc!"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-08
Daysey Mayme and Her Folks
Yy FRANCES L. GARSIDE.

pursuit. l rolled chair down steps
let the window fall, and made a lot
of noise on purpose to waken papa"
Another half mile and still not
pursuing shadow on the bright new
ribbon road.
II even" she began to whimper
"set the alarm clock for two minutes
after l fed, and put it at his door
with a note on 1t telling him of my
intentions to leave his home forever
with the man l love-"
Ten minutes later, footsore in both
feet and Illusions, she persuaded her
lover to turn back.
IAN angry father in wild pursuit is
half the JOY" she sobbed, land I've
been cheated"
When they reached the front door
about in the morning they found
hanging to the knob a big bundle
with this note attached:
You forgot your kitchen dresses,
and here they are"
Daysey Mayme opened the front
door, waved a backward good bye to
the young man without troubling to
look as she did it, and YEARLY
climbed the stairs to her bedroom
She had found it was another of
those things that can't be done with
out a duke and a drawbridge.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-08

sick. Every time he has a cold she
makes mustard plasters and soaks
his feet in hot water with a zeal that
proves she is remembering every
wrong he ever inflicted upon her.
What is meant by the common ex-
preston, "A clever woman?"
A clever woman, Child, in the pop
ular definition of the term, is one who
can put anything on a hat or in a
salad and get away with it.
Why DO so many apparently
healthy women, Mother Dear, go so
often to a doctor?
For sympathy. Inquisitive One. A
husband is SO busy scratching for q
living that he doesn't have time to
give his wife sympathy for the ails
she hds or thinks she has. Her chill
dren never give 1t, since ii is the
mission of childhood to demand
rather than to give. The neighbors
never give ii, for they see she has a
good husband and a fine home, and
don't realize that she wants it. She
goes to see a doctor. You poor
dear little thing he says. Does a
mean old pain make your poor little
head ache?" Then he pats her poor
hands and strokes the poor head, and
next day she calls for more sympa-
thy, all of which her husband pays
for, 1t would be cheaper, Child. If
husbands oCca sionally made time to
be little sympathetic.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-08

~ AYSEY MAYME APPLETON
didn't stop to catch her breath
in her latest chase for a man.
He had neither looks, nor money nor
brains to recommend him, but he had
something greater than all these. A
soulful appreciation of the heavy bur
dens borne by Woman. He had de-
cIared that No Wife of His Should
Ever Put Her Hands in Dishwater!
From that moment her heart was
his!
She decided that they would elope.
An angry father in mad pursuit is so
much more romantic than one who
grumbles over the trousseau bills and
falls all over the brides train While
escorting her to the altar.
She climbed out of the window late
one night though the front door was
unlocked, and lite ehrsaelfftinllo
unlocked and let herself fall into
the arms of her waiting lover The
moon shone bright and unashamed,
and the road stretched like bright
new ribbon, without a spot on it.,
miles before them.
1T is strange" she murmured half
an hour later, after many pauses and
backward looks, that no one is in
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-08
The Letter from Mary Series
By FRANCES L. GARSIDE.

been instrumental in reclaiming girls
who had set their feet in the wrong
direction.
1t seems to me. then, can give only
two indisputable reasons why you
should accept me as a son-in-law:
First, your daughter loves me; sec
ond l love her.
In doubling her selection, you doubt
her judgment, her good sense and her
power to discriminate. You compare
the selection of a husband to the
choice Of the doll she made as a child.
forgetting that she has become a wo-
man. Forgetting, also, that she never
chose a friend to her discredit; for
getting, also, that she never took to
your home any one of whom you
would be ashamed; forgetting, also.
that she has always unselfishly con-
sidered your happiness, and all she
asks now is that you consider hers.
What it Means
1t is a long why from Georgia to
California, and her marriage means
taking the light and joy from your
home. l appreciate your feelings To
call your attention to the home you
robbed in similar fashion some 80
years ago would be useless.
To prate pedantically about this
being the way of nature would not
relieve the gloom of your home when
| have taken my sweetheart from it
forever. You are not a man to find
comfort in platitudes, and I am not
man to give them.
l am sorry you object. Will you
no: reconsider, for I warn you, objec-
tions or approval, I intend to Have
your daughter. This you may call
high handed, but these are high
handed times.
love her; she loves me; but did
not KNOW I could make her happy,
even Love would not count.
Sincerely
JOHN 3. HALL
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-08
Up-to-Date
Jokes

Sea! Sea everywhere, as the great
liner MADE her powerful course over
the Atlantic.
"Oh, captain" came a diSconsolate
groan from a seasick passenger, half
reeling in a deck chair how far are
we off land?"
No answer came to this remark,
which had been reiterated several
times that day.
"Oh, captain, do answer mellow
far?"
Mile and a half" came the gruff
reply.
Thank heaven! In what direction,
captain?"
A twinkle came for a moment into
the eye of the brusque old seadog.
Straight down." he grunted
DR.. Gore, the Bishop of Birming
ham, was standing on the curb, wait
ing for cab, one day when two lit.
tie street arabs came up behind and
began to discuss his black clerical at
tire, one of them being especially
struck by his lordship's episcopal gai-
tiers.
"Wot's e, Bin?" asked this youth
Of his companion.
"Oh." was the reply, don't you
know what e is? Els a Scotchman in
mourning, of course"
Jack CATER several drinks)-Say
Mac, you've been used to wearing
kits, haven't you?
Mac-Hey, mon, rather!
Jack-Thought so, / haven't noticed
you put your hand in your pocket
lately.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-08
Do You Know
That

The largest stage in the world is
that Of the Grand opera House in
Paris, It is 100 feet wide. nearly 200
fectln depth and so feet high. Tae
height is measured from the level Of
the stage to the flies" The stage OF
the Metropolitan Opera House, New
York city, is l0l feet wide, SO feet
deep and n feet high, and is believed
to be the largest in the United States.
That a prepaid telegram can DO
sent TO Paris from London quicker
via New York than if sent direct was
the remarkable statement made by
Mr., Albert Picard at the Franco
British Travel Congress held in Lon
don recently
Ten pounds was the weight of
lobster which, landed recently At
Bancrana, near Londonderry. was
81 Inches long and II inches around.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-08
Laughed After All.

Young Carriers father allowed him
to take a trip to Europe last spring
Before starting the youth made up a
cable code of his own for possible
use while travelling. He gave a dupii
cate copy to his father, who locked
it up in his desk without looking at it.
A few weeks later the elder Garter
received a cable consisting of one
word: Laugh He laughed. It
seemed to be something quite pleas
ant His code was at the house. He
unlocked his desk in the best of hu
NOR. He took the code out and read
'Laugh-Send me $500"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-08
Snap Il
x Shots
BY LILLIAN LAUFERTY.

knowledge is proud that he has
learned so much;
Wisdom is humble that he knows no
more
If love We're what the rose Us.
And | were like lie leaf
our lives would grow together
In sad or singing weather,
Brown fields or powerful closes.
Green pleasure or gray grief;
II love were what the rose is.
And ! were like the leaf.
Swinburut.
I'VE sow ( thought and reap IN
act; We SOW an act and reap "a habit:
Ne SOW q habit and reap a character.
We SOW a character and we reap \
DESTINY"
Music, when soft voices die,
Nibgates In the memory
Odors, when sweet violcts SiCkeu.
Live within the sense they quicken.
Rose-leayes, when the rose is dead
Are heaps for the bcloVed's bed;
And SO thy thoughts--when thou art
gone
Love itself shuN SlImber on.
Percy Bysshe shelley.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-08
TABLOID TALES

wv HY is 1t, Mother Dear, that so
w much furniture is being taken
from the home of the Browns
next door? Are they moving away?
No, Child; their oldest daughter has
married; the piano always goes with
tho Oldest glrl and she is claiming
that almost everything else in the
house is hers. and Is taking it with
her. A mother and father always
have to start housekeeping over again
when the oldest girl marries.
What does that light late in the
night ut the jerks house mean? Is
some one sick, Mother Dear?
1t means that Mr.. jerks has in
somnia. and is waking up every one
in the house TO prove it, That is
characteristic of the men.
What makes all the neighbors so
indignant at the Smith family?
can see nothing they have done
wrong.
Nou are not observing, Little one
CT YOU would have noticed that their
automobile stands idle before their
door an hour at time
Does a woman, mother dear. ever
have chance during all her married
life To get even with her husband for
his meanness to her.
Never Child, except when he is
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-08

TERE is picture of two a
mother housekeep-
keep busy morning
that she has opportunity the
sunshine and the
them. Her hands gnarled, unshapely from
womanyoung pretty.
the pOvider she
responsibility All her thinking
perpexed by problem she has but father
The older
each troubles herself herself with
the older life
She It. s
had
hands of worker
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-08
Smart Reply.

The captain OF certain troopship
conveying a cavalry regiment to tina
cape was notsd for his wit. and at
every opportunity that offered ~,
loosed his shafts Of humor, to rbs
chagr.u and embarrassment OF Their
targets Sooner or later the stincar
gets stung, however, and this chronfc
pun artist was no exception to IN,
rule
ON one occasion, when about two
DAYS out from port. he approached a
group OF soldiers who We're swabhi,g
the forward deck. and. singing ont a
big, raw boned Irish recruit.,who was
eNperieuc!UE his hrst taste OF sailors
liie, ne grayely asked.
can you steer the mainmast down
the forecasts stairs'"
Quick as a dash came the ~epIv.
Yes. slrr ] can. IL you viii stand
below and coll it w"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-08
By PHILIP GIBBS.
esVM sorry. But you see how 1t 49,
don't you, Perriam?"

GAVIN sorry. But you see how II 49,
don't you, Perriam7"
The man who spoke was VS.
couat Burlington. known az the bad
boy" OF the House of Commons and
as young man who numbered
among other hobbies, such as golf
and yachting. the ownership OF
literary review with an honorable
record OF high criticism and hnan-
eial failure.
Yes said John Perriam, who IN
ia five minutes ago had been his
literary editor and chief critic. " IS,
! see perfectly how IL is. Because
You have private axes to grind. be
rause you find log rolling a useful
game in the social and political
world, you dismiss the man who tells
the honest truth without fear or
favor Oh. / see your point Of view"
you can put II that way II you
like Perriam, / don't want to argue
with you But there are other
people besides myself who complain
that your method Of telling the truth
Is rather too severe. You must con
feAs you've got yltriulic touch
II take serious View Of literature,
I don't pander 10 the mob"
Quite so. But as ! said. / shall be
glad If you transfer your truth TO
some other paper which can AFFORD
the luxury Of it. o.. Well good
night Youu excuse my dropping in
al your house like this? l wanted the
new man to begin work tomorrow"
Il suppose you know what this
means to me? ! suppose you know
that 10 getting rid OF me like this
YOU are breaking up this little home
II minea How am / to tell my wife?
How am I going 10 tell her that once
again she has got to face all the
saualor OF povertyY
Erringten shrugged his shou ders.
moment later the hall door
banged, and In the drawing room OF
little house at Hampstead schol-
ariy looking man. with gray streaked
Hair, stood, with clenched hands, and
dropping head alone with despair
lie spoke aloud in kind OF whisper
"How shall I tell herr"
He turned hastily, and pretended to
lie searching for q paper, when the
door opened and his wife came in.
She was In charming gown, and
Tonight after one glance at her. his
naart ached at the thought that she
would have TO go shabby again,
Lord Errington did not stay long.
business matter, l suppose
yes"
What's that you're reading, Alice@'
She answered lightly, but for some
reason her face flushed.
"Oh. a novel
What novel;