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The Washington herald., 1913-02-10
LEGENDARY HALO
NEEDFUL TODAY
DR.. Radcliffe breaches on Ed
ucation and Religious
Training.
MERE LEARNING USELESS
Ideals Of School System Should Be
Restored-President Attends
Service.
MERE LEARNING USELESS

President Taft attended services at the
New York Avenue Presbyterian Church
yesterday morning and sat in the Lin
coin pew. II was the annual Presby-
terrain day Of prayer for schools and col
leges. Rev. DR.. Wallace Radcliffe. in
his sermon. said in part:
The boy Jesus emerges at twelve
years into the full responsibilities of his
parents covenant to the church. He
claims the divine fatherhood God Is
not a god afar of and removed in stern
and silent majesty. The church brings
US close to God. In these ordinances We
feel the throbb!ag OF the Fathers heart
and read the assurances of His covenant,
nurture, and protection
Jesus here announces His earthly life
as the Fathers business Even the
boys life is a divine mission. The leg
endary halo around the head of Christ
should be realized in every young life,
not In visible glCry. but in the beauty
Of holiness and the light Of divine peace,
We should demand its presence in
our schools to-day. The goddess school
ordains an immoral citizenship. II is
not enough to make edged tools. the
hand should be trained to use them
Culture unsanctified prepares for guilt
and graft
Our common school education cannot
divru 10 ignore the functions of con-
science. As the conscience is, so is the
individual There is nothing beneficent
IN mere knowledge Chemistry cannot
reform a drunkard: botany cannot make
thief an honest man; law cannot re-
fine the citizen, nor its penalties regen-
crate the prisoner.
1T is a popular fallacy just now that
vice springs from ignorance and poverty.
and virtue grows with knowledge and
competence.
I'VE must restore the ideals OF our
school system. or prepare for the barri-
cade and the riot. With geography the
students should have a vision OF the land
afar of Astronomy should turn its tel
escope toward the Star of Bethlehem.
In the plants and flowers of his botany.
the student should study the Rose OF
Sharon. His philosophy should include
the wisdom that is from above, and one
of his problems in arithmetic should be
to add to faith virtue and TO virtue
knowledge. This will bring to each soul
that devine must which supplants
frivolity with earnestness, adds grace to
goodness. transforms business into rec
reation, and the life into a gospel"
The Washington herald., 1913-02-10

Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Letter has left
Washington for the Hot Springs, Ark.
where they will make an extended stay.
During their absence Col and Mrs. Will
Jams, the parents of Mrs. Letter. are
occupying the Letter country place, in
Virginia, where they entertained at an
informal luncheon yesterday.
The Washington herald., 1913-02-10
COCKTAILS FOR CABINET?
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HIS FRIENDS SAY MOI"
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WILL STAY In CANAL ZONE

In view OF the frequent mentioning Of
Col George w. GOethals as a pOssibil-
ity for Secretary of War in the Wilson
administration. considerable interest was
manifested yesterday in the fact that
Col Goethals has just been elected TO
active membership in the Metropolitan
Club in this city.
Inquisitive folks have been wondering
why the colonel has become an active
member of the club If he intends to
spend the next two years in Panama.
Col. Goethals' close friends in Washing
ton, however do not take much stock in
the talk about his being in the Wilson
Cabinet They are confident that the
colonel will remain on the job in the
Canal Zone until the great waterway Is
opened to the ships Of the world.
II was also learned that National
Chairman McCombs has been elected as
an an associate member OF the Metro
politan Club.
The Washington herald., 1913-02-10
I ||SOCiGtY

| the Venezuelan Legation, who was Miss
Belts, Of Philadelhia, wore white and
gold creation.
Mrs Chadwick, who was among this
seasons presentees at court, wore blue
| satin gown.
| Mrs Seth Barton French, of New York
and Paris. who was presented last year,
| wore white with a train OF old rose vel
vet.
Mrs. H. W. Bliss, wife of the secre-
| tary at the Paris Embassy, wore a
| changeable blue charmeuse.
Countess Won Moltke. who was Miss
Thayer, of Boston, was in white satin.
Mrs. A. T. Boyd was at home infor-
mally Saturday afternoon from until
| o'clock at the Sheridan. She was as
sisted In receiving by her sister, Mrs. r.
L. Allen, of Waynesville. n. c.: Mrs.
Jonas. Mrs. Randolph Hopkins, the
Misses Shackleford, Miss Fairfax. and
Miss Wilton.
The sixth tea of the College Women's
Club will be held at the clubrooms. 132S
F Street Northwest. Miss Alice Fletcher
will give a talk. The hostesses are Mrs.
C. E. Siebenthal, Mrs. Bedfish, and the
members of section s. At the annual
banquet, to be given at Rauscher's on
February Is. Miss Sophie Irene Loeb.
well known as a newspaper and maya
zine writer. will speak along the lines
of her sociological work. Mrs. Raymond
Brown, president OF, the New York Suf-
frage Study Club. will speak. During her
stay in the city she will be the guest
of Mrs. E. Dana Durand. All desiring
to attend the banquet may communicate
with Mrs. Thomas E. Robertson, Chevy
Chase Nd
The Washington herald., 1913-02-10
CERTIFICATE LOST; REMARRY.
Second Ceremony When Wife Loses
Paper After Years of Welded Life.

Los Angeles. Feb. 9.-Samuel Cohen
and Fannie NJ. Cohen. of Los Angeles
who have been husband and wife for
many years. with never a thought OF
divorce. have been remarked, accord
ing to a story they tell. to satisfy Mrs.
Cohen's regret for the loss of their first
marriage certificate in the San Francisco
fire
They went to Riverside for their SEQ
ond marriage license and although they
had some difficulty in explaining to the
marriage license clerk their reason for
being married twice they were finally
successful.
They explained that Mrs Cohen always
had mourned the loss of their first certif-
cate, and so they had finally decided to
obtain a new one.
The second has been framed already,
and hangs where the wife can watch It.
The Washington herald., 1913-02-10

Mrs. Taft spent a quiet Sunday, going
to St Johns Church for the morning
service, as is her custom, and motoring
about the District In the afternoon.
Miss Helen Taft was the guest Of honor
at dinner given by Miss Frances Lip
pitt last night.
The Secretary of the Navy and Mrs.
George Won L. Meyer announced the en-
| gagement OF their youngest daughter,
Miss Alys Meyer, to Lieut.. Raymond
Rodgers, U. s. N, at a luncheon yester-
day at their residence in Scott Circle.
1t was also Miss Meyers birthday an
niversary.
The Misses Meyer have raken a promi-
net part in official society since 1907,
when their father came to Washington to
accept the portfolio of Postmaster Cen
eraL He held that post until March 6,
1909, when he became Secretary of the
Navy.
Lieut.. Rodgers belongs to a family of
| fighting men, who have won distinction
| in the service of their country. He is
the son of Col Alexander Rodgers, u. s.
A, retired, who resides at 122i Connecti-
cut Avenue. The wedding probably will
take place before March 4.
| A number of luncheons were given at
the Chevy CHASE Club yesterday, and
among those who entertained friends at
the clubhouse were Maj. Gen. and Mrs.
| Wotherspoon. who had with them Capt.
and Mrs. Baldwin, Mr.. and Mrs. Leroy
| Tuttle. Miss Bruce, Miss Jessica Bruce,
Representative Charles Talcott, and Maj.
Lassiter.
Mai. and Mrs. Henry T. Allen also
entertained at the club for their house
guests, Mr.. and Mrs. Wiborg, Of New
York.
! Mrs. Robert NJ. Thompson also took a
party of friends there to a luncheon, as
did Mr.. and Mrs. A. Garrison McClin-
took. Others entertaining friends at
luncheon were Mr.. and Mrs. Willis
Moore and Miss Frances Lippitt, daugh-
ter. OF Senator Lippitt.
Mrs. Richard Harlow was hostess at a
luncheon yesterday.
Mrs Woodrow Wilson. wife of the
President-elect of the United States. is
exhibiting two landscapes in the 1OSth
annual exhibition of the Philadelphia
Academy of Fine Arts, which opens IN
that city to-day. One of the paintings
is an autumn scene and the other a bit
OF woodland. Academy officials say the
paintings were received and passed upon
in the same manner as all the other ex-
hioits and obtained a place on the walls
| strictly on their merits.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Letter has left
Washington for the Hot Springs, Ark,
W thav will ynaka
The Washington herald., 1913-02-10
Particular Importance Attached to the Suites.

Sheraton Dining Room Suite,
mahogany, lined inlay. The
suite consists of Buffet, China
Cabinet, Table, Sidetable, and
Chairs.
The Washington herald., 1913-02-10

The sixth tea at the College Women 5
Club will pc given this afternoon at its
clubrooms. 1879 F Street. and Miss Alice
Fletcher will deliver a short address.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1913-03-19
Two Tiny Books.

The smallest manuscript In tie,
Bodleian library-where II has lain for
more than two and a half centuries
measures three-quarters OF an inch in
length and three-quarters of an inch
in breadth. II Is bound In black leath-
er with silver corners, and 1t Is at
tached to II chain and kept In red
leather box. The pages are coveredi
with very minute shorthand. An en-
thusiastlc stenographic expert. accord
ing to Notes and Queries, has iden.
tilted 1t rs mon transcribed by a
famous evIDteenth century pract-
toner Of the art. jeremiah Rich. who
boosted that he could write so small
that his pen could scarcely be seen to-
move.
These feats were more common In
those days than In our own. II ap-'
pears that the same penman presented
Charles H. with another specimen OF
his skill-a copy Of the same sermon,
written on fine paper. bound In GRIM
son with silver clasps and corners"
the book and its covers being 'less.
than the nail OF his little finger" The.
location of this curiosity is unknown
London Globe.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1913-03-19
The Year Of tho Sudden Change.

One OF the most remarkable stories
of sudden cold weather is to be found
In a famous biography Of Abraham
Lincoln. The year 1886 was long
known as "the year Of the sudden
change" At noon on Dec. 20 Of that
year. after warm. rainy morning, the
temperature suddenly fell 40 degrees
A man riding into Springfield, ILL.,. for
a marriage license found the raindrops
dripping from his pride and beard,
Changed in second" Into Jingling ici-
cles. Geese and chickens were caught
by their feet and wings and frozen to
the wet ground. A drove OF 1000 hogs
being driven to st. Louis rushed to-
gether for warmth and formed huge
pile. Those inside smothered. while
those outside froze, and the CHASTITY
pyramid remained on the prairie for
months. Men caught on the prairie
killed their horses, disemboweled them
and crept into the cavity Of their bod
les to escape the murderous blizzard.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1913-03-19
Leaders Who Changed Their Names.

Jeremiah Jones CObratb was the
original name Of Henry Wilson. who
was elected vice president with Grant
in 1872 and who had served long IL
house and senate How would Gran.
and Colbrath have sounded as cam
paign cry9 Why Wilson made the
change is not explained by his biog-
rapher.
Grant had his name changed from
Hiram Ulysses. The representative
who appointed him to West Point got
the name Ulysses Simpson, the latter
being the maiden name of his mother
So Grant let II remain as the govern
ment had made him officially.
Grover Cleveland was Stephen Gro
yer, the late Whitelaw Reid was Jacob
Whitelaw Reid. and Speaker Clark was
christened James Beauchamp Clark.
Former Senator Dicks full name Is
Charles william Frederick. but he
dropped all but the Charles when he
got In high politics. Woodrow Wilson
was Thomas Woodrow Wilson.-Wash-
ington Post
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1913-03-19
Trick of n Flash of liqhtninQ.

Lightning plays some peculiar tricks
at times. but we have never heard any
thing to come up to the following.
which the Melbourne Age properly Ia
bells Extraordinary Incident"
"a young man. while riding through
the timber country at WILLING during
a recent storm. had a remarkable es-
cape from death in peculiar circnm-
stances. A large tree directly In front
of him was struck by lightning and
split 10 halves. The horse be was rid
ing. becoming terrified, started to
plunge and jumped through the gap
between the halves Of the tree AT
that moment the halves came together
with a snap like a rabbit trap and
crushed off a length of the horses tail.
which can still be seen protruding
from the tree. The young man receiv'
ed severe shaking. but otherwise
came through the ordeal safely"
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1913-03-19
Records That Endure.

A bungalow builder In California hit
upon new idea when. In 1887. he
caused little son to make Impressions
of his little hands I'm the wet cement OF
the walk before the door-stamped out
lines which are still perfectly clear and
which will always remain as dainty
souvenirs Of the boys play days.
at is just such touches OF sentiment
as this" says the Strand Magazine.
'that produce the difference between o
house and home"
True. very true. but nevertheless it,
seems to MS that such outside decora-
tive concrete work Is superfnous. for
never did we visit a dwelling where
children had been reared without find.
ing many sweet mementoes Of them on
the white enamel paint in the form OF
enduring finger prints, which neither
soap nor sand nor time can ever erase.
Boston Globe
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1913-03-19
His Special Treat.

The vicar of an east end parish is
telling a queer little story that Illus
trates the relations between husband
and wife in that quarter Of London.
He was returning home late one night
when he overlook II man who was VIC
lently abusing and III using woman
The poor woman was coming off very
badly and she had already got a dam
aged eye when the clergyman went up
and demonstrated with the man on his
behavior For moment the blows
and abuse were stayed, the man being
too surprised at the interruption to
continue. Then. to the astonishment
of the peacemaker the Ill used woman
signed to him to go away. Wiping her
eyes with her shawl. she Informed him
sOothingly:
ITS all right. sir. Let i'm he. I'm
is wife. and it's is birfdayp-London
Answers
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1913-03-19
A Lesson In Color Effects.

John Downman. the eighteenth cen
tury English artist. won considerable
fame as portrait painter His meth
cd Of draw wing on very thin paper In
black chalk with stumped shadows.
helghtening the drawing with stains OF
color mostly applied on the back OF
the drawing. was developed quite by
accident Soon after his return from
the sea he happened to leave one OF
bis black and white drawings wrong
side uppermost on table with bis
painting materials One of his chill
dren got hold Of a paint brush and
daubed color over the paper back or
where the face was drawn Down
man. finding his drawing spoiled, start
ed to throw it away, but was arrested
by the effect of the color showing
through the thin paper and afterward
adopted this treatment - New YORK
Times.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1913-03-19
Rats TO Fear.

Some of the East African rats are
monsters. The largest variety of rat
the giant rat-attains alarming proper
lions. These giant rats would give the
most earnest cat bad dreams, and a
rough time II she were to encounter
one Of them on her marauding expedL
TONS
A. ]. Klein, taYidermist, Nairobi. who
Is collecting local specimens for an
American museum. has some half a
dozen examples. The rat varies from
two feet to over thirty-two inches In
length. The body. which is half its to-
tai length, Is the color Of an ordinary
mouse. but is as large as that Of cat
The tail IL sometimes an inch and q
half and more in circumference at the
base and varies from sixteen inches to
a foot long. These rats frequent the
bush and are to be found 10 fair num-
bers in Nairobi, Limurn and other To-
calities. -Potchefstroom Budget
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1913-03-19
Weather Conditions.

An area of high occupies the North
western boundary States. A disturb
ance of considerable energy covers the
entire Rocky Mountain region. 1t is
attended by rain and snow in
the Northern Rockies and Northern
Plateau, and rain on the Pacific coast.
Temperatures below zero occurred in
the Canadian Northwest, while in the
United States the lowest was de-
grees below at Havre, Mont. The
weather in this vicinity for tonight
and Thursday will be unsettled; rain
and colder. j. DAILY JR.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1913-03-19
An Opening For an Angel.

One Of Oscar Hammersteins scene
painters came to him at the Hammer
stein London Opera House one day
when Hammerstein was In the midst
Of his difficulties and said
"Oh. Mr.. Hammerstein. | have just
painted beautiful scene. most ex-
Quisite scenew
What is III" demanded Hammer
stein.
ut is a sylvan della most charm
ing landscape"
"Bahr' shouted Hammerstein. what
do | want with a sylvan dellf Paint
me a banker. Paint me a bankerP'-
Philadelphia Saturday Evening Post
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1913-03-19
A Trick With Numbers.

Choose any four consecutive num-
bers, as 30, 81. SO and SO. Multiply
them together. and the product may be-
divided by "a. This will be found to
hold true for any four consecutive
numbers we may choose unless one OF
the numbers is "a or a multiple Of "a.
such as 4S, 70, 90. etc. In the same
way any Eve consecutive numbers null
tiplied together may be divided by 100
unless one Of the numbers is 120 or o
multiple Of l20.-Exchange.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1913-03-19
On a Needle Point.

Indirectly Pasteur solved the famous
medieval problem. How many angels
can stand on the point Of a needleF'
Sir W. Crookes said that altering the
word angels" to devils" he had
found that of one of the deadliest dis
eases that had ever scourged mankind
500 of the malefcent microbes-verita'
BILE devils-could. without overcrowd-
ing, find place on the point OF the nm
est needle.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1913-03-19
A. AND N. COLLEGE A
POWER FOR USEFULNESS
BY l.. NJ. HEWITT.

The people most intimately connect.
ed and in the closest touch with all
the affairs of the Agricultural and Me-
chanical College have been endeavor
ing in vain to understand the real in
wardness of the efforts of some people
to disrupt the usefulness of this great
educational institution and create
sentiment in favor of changing its pol
icy and management. There are GER
tain individuals at Austin who are
bending every effort in their power to
this end.
At time in the history of this
magnificent institution when it has
reached its greatest popularity among
all classes of people in the State, and
at a time when its usefulness and
great need has been unanimously
recognized and at a time when the
demands upon the college for men
skilled in the arts taught by it were
so great that it can hardly meet the
demands, it is passing strange that
any right thinking citizen of this great
State should give any serious thought
to any proposition which, upon its very
face, must be evident that it will re-
down to the permanent injury of the
great masses of young men through
out the State who desire to take ad.
vantage of this institution to fit them
selves for lives of constructive useful
ness and who from financial reasons
are obliged to economic to secure
such education through their own
efforts.
Few people who have not given this
matter careful consideration realize
the tremendous difficulties which have
confronted the college in its extensive
work in the past and the tremendous
force which has been necessary to
bring out to the farmers of Texas all
of the advantages and usefulness OF
this institution in the agricultural de-
velopment of this great State.
The time was when the old estab-
lished methods of agriculture had such
a tremendous hold upon the farmer
that his settled conviction was that
nothing was to be learned from scien-
tific methods as taught in our agricul-
tural schools, and it was no uncom-
mon thing to hear the farmer say,
what can those professors tell me
about farming when they have been
sitting there in the shade and simply
reading from books?' But actual dem'
onstration and practice has torn down
/ these old theories and today through
the bulletin course and through the
correspondence courses as carried on
by the Agricultural and Mechanical
| College, through the farm demonstra
ton trains, and through the extensive
short course for agriculturists, this
magnificent educational system is car
ried, not only to the young men anC
boys of Texas, as they are preparing
themselves for useful and constructive
work, but is also being carried into
the home of every farmer, and he is
taking advantage of its useful instruc
ton to his own profit, and to the in
dustrial development of our State. The
result is a tremendously increased
ratio of product, better method o
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1913-03-19
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

G. R. Wicker to John Edge, lot 10
block 8, Phillips addition; considera-
ton, $500.
S. W. Buchanan to V. B. Hudson
w. C. Davis, Ben Priddy, N. A. Stew
art, S. L. Boatwright, ]. T. Lawler
F. l.. Henderson, ]. T. Maloney, M. G
Nall and G. A. Adams, S41A acres in
s. F. Austin league No. 10; considera
ton, $3042.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1913-03-19
Good Reason.

by Jove, Dobbers!" said Chump-
leigh. "You don't mean to tell me that
a nice girl like that the only daughter
Of a charming widow worth S7.000,00O.
doesn't interest your
mot IN the least" said Dobbers.
"Pm interesting myself In her mother"
-Harper's.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1913-03-19
Mhita and Black Lies.

what" queried the young man, us
the difference between white lies and
black lies2"
white Hes" answered the home
grown philosopher. ARE the kind we
tell. Black lies are the kind we hear"
Chicago News
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1913-03-19
Not Worthless.

Patience Why. her husband Is ae'
solutely worthless. patrice-Oh, you
shouldn't say that! You know 1t has
been proved that q man weighing $50
pounds contains enough grease TO
make seventy-6ve candles and pound
of soap.-Yonkers Statesman.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1913-03-19

Traveler-Will there be time to get q
drink. guard2 Guard-Yes, sir; plenty
O. time, sir. Traveler-What guaran-
tee have | that the train won't go
without me2 Guard generously Well.
sir, I'll go an have one with YOU
Sydney Bulletin.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1913-03-19
Indead He Has.

'Tt Is rude for a man to fall asleep
while his wife Is talking"
"But, good heavens, man has to-
sleep some timer'-Blrmingham Age
Herald.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1913-03-19
c;rnlv Didn't Do II.

Mother-Now, Willie, tell me the
truth. You forgot to wash your face
this morning. didn't your Willie-No.
mother. honest, didn't forget-Judge
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1913-03-19
a Real Here.

From boyhood every man wears III
his heart the image of his ideal wo-
man. Then he marries the substitute
eats her burnt biscuits and says moth
ing.-Florida Times Union.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1913-03-19

The more violent the storm the soon--
or II Is over.-Seneca.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1913-03-19
THE WEATHER.

March 10, 1913.
Lowest temperature last night. .52
Barometer pressure at a. n....2 9.9
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1913-03-19
Forecast.

Unsettled; rain and colder tonight
or Thursday.