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The Washington herald., 1913-04-29

The President and Mrs Wilson, Miss
Jessie Wilson. Miss Eleanor Wilson. and
Miss Helen Woodrow Bones occupied a
box at the Columbia Theater last night
to witness the benefit performance for
the Starmont Aid for Consumptives.
Mrs Wilson received Mrs. Marshall and
the wives of the Cabinet officers at moor
yesterday at the White House, follow
ing her custom of enjoying a friendly
chat each Monday morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Mel. Harper and
their two children, who have been visit
ing the President and Mrs. Wilson, re-
turned to their home at Princeton, N.
j.. yesterday.
Mrs Garrison, wife of the Secretary
J of War, was the guest OF honor at a
luncheon yesterday given by Mrs. Gore,
wife Of Prof. Gore, the other guests be-
ing Nine. Bryn, wife of the Minister OF
Norway; Mrs. Gilbert M. Hitchcock, Mrs.
Atlee Pomerene. Mrs. Ira c. Copley. Mrs.
Charles Henry Butler, and her house
guest, Mrs. Scott, of New York; Mrs.
A. c. Downing, Mrs. Theodore w. Noyes.
Mrs. Beale r. Howard, and Mrs. Thomas
W. Lockwood.
The Secretary of State and Mrs.
Bryan have sent out invitations to a
reception in homer Of the members OF the
House of Representatives and the ladies
of their families on Thursday afternoon,
May s, from until o'clock, at Calu-
met Place.
The Secretary OF the Navy and Mrs.
Daniels were entertained at a studio"
breakfast yesterday by Prof. and Mrs.
z. r. Andrews, at their residence in
Sixteenth Street. The rooms were charm
ingly decorated with ferns and spring
portraits. the work of Prof. Andrews,
were to be seen, among them being a
portrait of Baron Won Steuben.
The guests invited to meet them in
cluded Mrs. Franklin K. Lane, Mrs.
Lamar, Rear Admiral and Mrs. Cone,
Brig. Gen and Mrs. Robert Kenyon
Evans, Brig. Gen. John M. wilson, o..
s. A.; Mr.. and Mrs. J. William Henry,
Mr.. and Mrs. Micou. Mr.. and Mrs. c.
Powell Minnegerode, Mrs. Taylor, Mrs.
Brinton Stone. Miss Molly Elliott Sea-
well, Miss Maury, Mrs. Randall Hoes,
MIR. Rozier Dulaney. Mr.. Harrison, Mr.
Duval, and DR.. Cuthbert.
Mrs. Edward T. Porcher, OF Florida,
and Mrs. Frederick Hodge, of Kalama-
zoo, Mich, are visiting Mrs Delos A
Blodgett at her residence in Sixteenth
Street.
The Speaker of the House of Repre-
sentatives and Mrs. Champ Clark went
to New York yesterday to attend the en-
tertainment given by Mr.. and Mrs. WILL
lam Randolph Hearst, who celebrated
the tenth anniversary Of their wedding.
Miss Mabel Hume, whose marriage to
Mr.. James Leland Howard will be the
social event of tomorrow, entertained at
delightful dinner last night at the
Chevy Chase Club. The party was
chaperoned by Capt. and Mrs. Henry
Jewett, brother-in-law and sister OF the
young hostess, and the guests included
Mr.. and Mrs. Valentine ChappeH.
OF New London. Conn; Mr.. and
Mrs. Kyle Sheffield. of New Lon
don Conn; Col. and Mrs Harry
Taylor, Miss Helen Downing, Miss Lily
Finley, Miss Alice Goodwin, Miss Juliet
Janin, Miss Doris Haywood, Commander
McCully, u. s. N: Mr.. James Leland
Howard, Dr. DE Laney. u. s. A.; Dr
Howard Hume, Paymaster Merritt, u
S. N, and DIR. Cary Grayson. U. s. N.
The Washington herald., 1913-04-29
COMMITTEE NEEDS FUNDS.
Safe and Sane Fourth Depends
Upon Liberality of Citixens.S

The appointment of Otto Luebkert to
the safe and sane Fourth of July COM
mittee of the District to fill the vacancy
caused by the death Of the late Thomas
c. Noyes was announced by Commits
sioner Rudolph yesterday. The commit
tee probably will meet this week to fur
Their consider plans for the proposed his
torical pageant celebration.
An early response from the citizens to
the request for funds is desired by the
committee this year. 1t largely depends
upon the Hberality of citizens. members
of the committee say, whether anything
in the way Of a celebration will be held
this year.
Mrs Glenna Smith-Tinnin. who VIII
have charge in case 1t Is decided to hold
the pageant, plans to make the celebra-
ton similar to the wonderful carnivals
held in Munich, Paris, and Rome each
year just before. Lent She desires q
pageant in which every one In the city
who wishes can have q part
The Washington herald., 1913-04-29

Through train service by direct routes
was resumed on all lines of the Balti-
more and Ohio system yesterday, with
the exception Of the bridge across the
Miami River at Lawrenceburg, Ind. on
the main line of the Baltimore and Ohio
Southwestern, twenty-five miles west of
Cincinnati, which was destroyed during
the March floods.
The Washington herald., 1913-04-29
THOMAS RIGGS GETS LICENSE.
Washingtonian to Wed lawyer
Daughter In New York.

New York. April 2S.-Thomas Riggs,
jr, Of Washington, and Miss Rene e.
Coudert. daughter Of Frederic r.. Cou-
dert, the New York lawyer. called at
the license bureau in City Hall today
and obtained q license for their mar
riage.
Mr.. Riggs said he was thirty-nine
years old and Miss Cordert said she
was twenty-one. No date for their
wedding was made known In their ap-
plicetiou for Q license.
The Washington herald., 1913-04-29
PRESIDENT TO HEAR SINGERS.
Paulist' Choiristers to Visit White
House This Afternoon.

The Paulist Choirsters, composed of
boys between the ages of 3 and IA.
will make their appearance in WASH
ington this afternoon at the Columbia
Theater at 1880 o'clock. They arrived
from Cleveland last night, and will sing
at the White House this afternoon
upon a special invitation Of President
Wilson.
The Paulist Choirsters, consisting of
seventy five boys, are under the direc-
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-08-19
MONEY SPENT FOR LIQUORS
People Of United States Paid $1,s4sr
100000 for Beer, Wine and
Whisky in One Year.

According to the report of the Com.
missioner of Internal Revenue for
1912, the money spent by the people
OF the country for beer and whisky
made in the United States was ST..
645, 100000. About $2O0.0OO,o0O more
was paid for imported beers and whis-
kies and for wine, homemade and i'm.
ported. This sum. S1,845, 100000
would carry to successful completion
four great enterprises like the Pana-
ma canal. 1t would buy one-fifth OF
the produce of all the farms of the
United States. the estimated value
of which, for 1912, is 5000 900. 900. 1t
would buy the entire 1912 corn crop
Of the country, the biggest in our his
tory ESTIMATED by Secretary Wilson
as $1,759, O0O,0 and leave 100000.
900 to the good.
These are facts the American citt.
zen would do we'll to ponder.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-08-19
PALMIsTRY IN THE FAR EAST
In Japan and China-Servant8
Use Finger Points.

The Chinese and Japanese call the
thumb the great finger" and connect
it with ones ancestors. Our index fin
ger is with them the head or man
pointing finger" and has to do with
the father
The middle or longest finger belongs
to the mother, while the next, or
nameless finger, is the property of
sweethearts and wives (the westerns
have chosen this finger, too, for the
wearing of the wedding ring). The
little finger concerns our descendants
and posterity.
The ball of the thumb, the celebrat-
ed mount of Venus according to
palmists the world over, retains it's
qualities appertaining to sensuous,
sensual, and mundane matters with
the Japanese hand readers, too.
Both Japanese and Chinese servants,
in signing and sealing agreements
with their masters, frequently moisten
their finger points with ink and press
it on the paper. AS a means of iden-
tity or personal sigh manual, these
finger prints appear to have been long
known in the east 1t is, therefore, no
surprise to find that Japanese palm
lists, in addition to examining the
Zines" of the open palm, extend their
inquiries to the pore patterns on the
tips of the fingers and thumbs.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-08-19
COMFORTABLE HENS
ARE THE LAYERS
Anything in Poultry Line Finds
Market, but Pigh Prices
Paid for Choice Goods.
(By M. X. BoYER.>

Each year the poulterer better I'M
derstands the care of poultry, knows
their wants and has discovered how to
keep them comfortable. The comfort
able hens are the ones that do the
laying.
About thirty years ago when poultry
farming was young, as a business, a
cry arose that it would not be long
before there would be such surplus
of stock that prices would go tumbling,
but Notwithstanding that there are
ten successful plants today to every
one thirty years ago and the demand
not half reached!
With the increase of supply came
the increase of demand and today we
are no nearer meeting the demand
than we ever were.
However, there is change in the
market which must not be lost sight
Of Almost anything in the poultry
line sells, but the choicest prices are
alone given to the fancy goods"
The word fancy" implies more
than appearance. It means also quail
ity. Poultry and egg buyers are be-
coming particular, but they are willing
to pay for their goods. If they want
the brown eggs they will not take
white, end If they prefer tie white
the brown ones offer no temptation.
The market today demands choice,
plump, fresh stock Have you got it :?
II so. the market is waiting for you.
We have today quite a number Of
breeds, and all, to certain extent, are
practical. But they will not, any one
of them, fill all the purposes. therefore,
it is necessary for man to select only
such breeds as will best serve his
customers.
OF the entire list of breeds none
will meet the demands of Americans
so satisfactorily as do the American
varieties and In this class the most
popular are the Wyandottes, the Ply
mouth Hooks, with the Rhode Island
Reds closely following. Also our
American strains of Light Brahnias
and Leghorns.
The Brahmas belong to the Asiatic
class as !, breed, but tho Light Brahma
as bred by our people is SO different
from that bred in England that one
would hardly suppose them to be Of
the same family This is also true of
the Leghorns. which belong to the
Mnditarianaan clnss
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-08-19
"His Voice VIII Be obex.n

1.-The Lord our God will we serve,
and his voice will we obey" Here
was definite decision. Our peril is
that we spend our life in wavering
and we never decide. We are like a
jury which is always hearing evil
dence and never, gives verdict We
do much thinking, but we never make
up our minds. Life has no crisis, no
elimination.
Now people who never decide spend
their days in hoping to do so. But
this kind of life becomes a vagrancy
and not noble and illumined crusade.
We drift through our days. we do
not stece, and we never arrive at
any rich and stately haven.
It is therefore vitality wise 30 wake
a vow unto the Lord" It Is good to
pull our loose thinking together and
to grid up the loins of the mind" Let
|. stand out in his experience as a
mountain peak from the plain. and
let the act abide in his retrospect as
the most momentous choice In his life
Rev. j. H. NJewett, ID.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-08-19

that the farmer who wants to raise
light harness horses will choose a
trotting bred sire, and dam in whose
veins flows a generous infusion OF
their trotting or thoroughbred (run-
ming blood). This line of breeding
should bring desired results in the
way OF colts which will later on de-
velop into road horses OF a high
type.
There are some families of trotters
remarkable for their beauty of ap-
pearance and symmetry of form indi-
viduals making stylish single driv-
ers, while many handsome carriage
teams are of the standard trotting
blood. Then again there are families
of thoroughbreds that combine beau.
ty with speed, and also show consid-
cradle speed at the trot.
The writer we'll remembers a race
horse, strictly thoroughbred, who in
doing his work, under the saddle
would trot mile in sos and he was
a good race horse at that. The late
Senator Leland Stanford Of California
raised many great trotters Gas all
horsemen know by breeding his
great stallion Electioneer to mares
that are practically thoroughbred. So
1t goes, running and trotting blood
makes trotter, and q trotter must
necessarily be a good roadster even
II he Is never put into regular train
ing.
We will suppose that farmer has
a pair Of light harness horses that he
has raised, breeding, style. conforma-
ton, education and speed are up to
the standard. This pair will perform
well in single and double harness
now If the breeder wants to sell
from 5000 to $500, may be a little
more, could be asked and re
ceived.
The writer feels assured that the
above figures are not extrayagant in
the least, as the demand for a high
type of light harness horse Is very
good, but horses of this class must
come up to the requirements of the
trade.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-08-19

scales. his scoop, and those two
weights, and without loss of time he
had to fill his ten two pound bags.
Could you tell him how to accomplish
the feat in the fewest possible num-
Der of operations?
The groceryman performed the feat
as follows in ten operations, which is
the shortest method possible: He
placed the nine-pound weight on one
side of the scales and the flve-pound
on the other. Then he was enabled TO
weigh the difference between them,
four pounds in sugar. which left 16
pounds In the large bag. Then he
placed the nine pounds and Ave pounds
together on one side of the scales and
the Is pounds of sugar on the other
side. Out Of the bag he was then able
to weigh two pounds, leaving two
pounds in the four pound bag. In eight
more operations he put the Is pounds
of sugar into two pound bags by using
two pounds of sugar as a two pound
weight.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-08-19
(By ]. NJ. BELLY

(By ]. M BELLY
In spite of the marked increase in
use OF automobiles all over the coun-
try, it is well-known fact among
horse dealers that the right kind Of
hairless hors is scarce and high. The
real lovers of horse flesh still evince
lively sentiment regarding their
equine friend, and this sentiment ex-
eloits itself in practical way by good
prices for the first class light har-
ness horse, or roadster.
Style, speed, conformation and dis
position are the firm cardinal requis-
ties OF high-class light, harness
horse, every quality above mentioned
is a necessary one and In order as
mentioned Without these four &C
complishments an animal of the road
sted class cannot command the top
notch price on the market, so 1t is
greatly to the advantage OF the farm
er. who at the same time Is breed
er, to remember these requisites. It
may be safely said that without style
the light harness horse does not elicit
admiration, that without speed he
cannot keep pace with the times"
that without beauty of appearance or
conformation he will not set OF hand
some trappings and equipage-and
lastly that lacking docile DISPOSE
ton he Is practically useless for the
purpose for which he is meant.
No animal used by man needs to
be so carefully handled and trained
as the roadster. for oftentimes he Is
driven by women and children there
fore upon his docility- depends the
safety of their lives.
In these days Of horse TERRIERS
such as motor-cars. bicycles, traction
engines and the like, a horse must be
thoroughly broken to be sold as safe.
or lady broke" He must be fearless
as far as all ordinary objects are con-
cerned. yet he must be imbued with
the proper amount of spirit when oc-
casion demands.
As 1t is a conceded fact among
horsemen that the American trotter
Is the fastest light harness horse in
the world, 1t is natural to suppose
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-08-19
FOR me n
IIIIus|EIn
ONES &
LOCKING UP LONDON TOWER
Ancient Custom Still Observed in Big
English Observation-Disclosures OF
Procession.

Strange to say, very few people are
aware of the ancient custom which is
still kept up at the Tower of London,
saws London Tit-Bits. Just before
midnight a beefeater and the chief
woman porter secure the keys from
the governors house to lock up
Having received the keys, they pro-
coed to the guardroom.
Escort for the keys, calls out the
porter and a sergeant and six privates
turn out.
The procession then marches off,
and the sentries they pass issue the
usual challenge of Who goes there?'
to which the answer is Keys"
Arriving at the entrance of the
Tower grounds, the Lions gate, the
porter locks the gates, and the party
returns to the guardroom, the sentry
challenging as before and receiving
the same answer. However, on ar
rival at the guardroom again the sentry
stationed there stamps his foot, at the
same time giving the usual challenge.
Keys" replies the porter.
Whose keys?" the sentry asks.
King Georges keys"
Advance King Georges keys. and
alTs we'll"
The porter then says, God bless
King George" and all present respond
with Amen" The keys are then
saluted and returned to the governors
house, where they remain until the
next nights ceremony.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-08-19
SELECTING AND
PREPARING SOILS
Good Supply of DecomposabIe
Organic Matter Helps Bacter-
iaI Action of Plant.

Many people make the fatal mis-
take of expecting alfalfa to do well
on soils that are not fit properly to
produce any kind Of crop, says Bull
letin Sc of the Purdue university (In.
diana) station. There Is just as much
need Of care in selecting and preparing
soils for alfalfa as for any other crop
and probably more, because of it's
deep roofing habits and large plant
food requirements.
Deep, loamy soils with open sub
soils are undoubtedly best for alfalfa,
but there is plenty of evidence to
show that it may be successfully pro-
duced on almost any type of soil,
from light sandy or gravelly loans
and peats or mucks to heavy clays,
provided that it is well drained,
sweet, and properly supplied with
organic matter and available plant
food. In 34S trials conducted by the
Purdue station in recent years in CO
operation with farmers throughout
Indiana, IS out of SO clays, 1877 out
of 1873 loans, and SO out of " sandy
soils gave satisfactory results.
Many soils that at present are not
fit for alfalfa culture may be made
so by providing drainage facilities,
correcting acidity, adding organic
matter, or supplying needed plant
food, according to the requirements.
Good drainage is essential in order
that the roots may go deep into the
SOIL Hardpan must be broken up or
avoided altogether. Soils that are
sour may be made sweet by thorough
drainage and the application of lime.
A good supply of decomposable or
ganic matter in the soil helps the
bacterial action in making plant
food available. facilitates the inocu-
lating process, and together with a
good drainage prevents heaving in
the spring. Fer soils that are out of
condition in this. respect, good way
to supply organic matter if sufficient
manure is not available Is to raise
and plow under crop OF cowpeas
or some green manuring crop before
attempting to grow alfalfa
Peat and muck soils may be used
for alfalfa If they are well drained
and properly supplied with mineral
plant food. Potash is nearly always
lacking in these soils and often phos-
phoric acid and lime must also be
supplied Soils that are subject to
Ho,ding are not good for alraIfa
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-08-19
NOVEL FEAT or GRocERYMAN
Develops Into Expert Calculator In Or
der to Dispose OF Goods in Short
Space OF Time.

The butcher, the baker. and the
candlestick maker have to become, ex-
pert caIculators in order to dispense
their goods to the waiting customers
in the minimum amount of time ane to
be sure they do not receive the worst
OF 1t In multiplying pounds by pennies.
Then, too. all sorts of perplexing lit
tie problems in weighing and packing
have to be disposed of. For example,
the case of. the grocer who had big
bag containing 20 pounds of granulated
sugar, which he wished to put up into
packages of two pounds each. The
perplexing feature of the incident was
that he had only two weights, five and
nine pounds. respectively There he
was with his 20 pounds of sugar, his
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-08-19
RIDDLES.


What is the right kind of timber
for castles in the air?
A sunbeam.
What is that which never asks any
questions and yet requires many an
swers?
The doorbell.
What is it which if you name it
even you break it?
Silence.
What sort of men are always above
board in their movements?
Chessmen.
What word of Is letters is there
from which you can subtract IL and
leave ten?
RIGHTEOUSNESS
How many weeks belong to the
year?
Forty-six;s the other six are only
lent Oent).
What is the difference between a
goose and an author?
A goose has many quilts. but an an
thor can make a goose OF himself
with one quill.
When may a man be said 20 -
hard up as man can be.
When he cannot get credit for good
intentions.
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-08-19
1HfaAllpZE!EZ|M!,l5ssG!lIs
AESs1ND1T1IS
-1EA p
(By The National Woman's Christians
Temperance Union.)
WAR ON LIQUOR WORLDWIDE
Secretary Of State Bryan Tells Union
League Club of Chicago Of
Temperance Work.

May we not appeal to the young
men OF this country to abstain from
the use of alcohol. that their brains
may be clear and their nerves steady
for the battles of peace and progress
that lie before us!"
These ringing words are part Of a
speech delivered by Secretary OF
State William ]. Bryan-not before a
temperance audience or young peo-
pies society, but before the Union
League club of Chicago, company Of
hard-headed business men.
in most of the countries OF Eu-
rope" Mr.. Bryan said, you will find
that the liquor question is the moral
question of paramount Importance. I
was in northern ireland some two
years and half ago and met the man
who recognized what is known as the
'Catch-Me-PaP Total Abstinence so
ciety. 1t began with a meeting on the
street between a minister and five
drunken men, and one Of them asked
the minister to get the other four to
sign the pledge. He invited them to
come to his house when they were
sober and to sign, and they came, and
when the FIVE had signed they went
out and got five more, each man bring
ing back his pal, and FIVE more sign
ed, and then the ten went out and got
ten more, and they organized this So
ciety, which, when / was there, had
reached membership OF 10000 and
had changed the lives and habits of
whole communities. And a Belfast
lady told me story that was the out
growth OF the work done by this so
ciety. She said that many drunkards
had been reformed and that a minis
ter, speaking to the wife Of one Of
these reformed men. said: Your home
life must be more pleasant now, since
your husband has quit drinking and
she said: oh, yes, yes, he Is more
like friend now than a husband
Haughter.) And such a change can
be accomplished and can take place
under favorable circumstances.
France. one Of the greatest wine
producing countries in the world, has
decided to teach In the schools the
effect of alcoholism on the system.
But the most startling piece Of news
comes from Germany. Some two
years ago the emperor, speaking to
the naval cadets at Vevey, dared to
attack what he described as the tradi-
tional beer-drinking habits of his peo-
pie. He told these young men that in
any contests that might arise the
country must depend upon them, and
that 1t could not do so unless their
brains were clear AID their nerves
steady, and then he warned them that
alcohol would rob their brains OF
clearness and their nerves of stea6i-
ness, and in the name of the Father
land he appealed to them to join total
abstinence societies, and he held up
for their own example the total abb
stinence societies of the British navy.
And when 1 read this appeal of Ger
many's emperor to the young men of
that country to be strong for war
asked myself: May we not appeal to
the young men of this country to abb
stain from the use of alcohol, that
their brains may be clear and their
nerves steady for the battles of peace
and progress that lie before us!'"
The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1913-08-19
Deaths by Drink.

The whole country was touched by
the loss of human life In the flooded
districts of Ohio, loss which proba.
bly, does not aggregate 1000 men, wo-
men and children, and yet, according
to Edward BunneH Phelps. editor Of
the American Underwater, every
year in the United States $4,000 per
sons die directly from intoxicating
liquors, Oper cent. or 1920 of them.
being women. while the direct money
loss to the country would make the
loss in the Ohio food look insiFuih-
can't