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The Washington times., 1913-05-10

Miss Marie McMillin Brown. daugh-
ter Of Mrs. Neill S. Brown. will be mar
ried to Charles Mason White, jr., this
evening at 8 o'clock in st. Johns Epis-
copal Church. the rector, the Rev. Ro-
land Cotton Smith, officiating.
The bride, who will be escorted and
given In marriage by Senator Stone OF
Missouri. will have as her matron OF
honor, Mrs. John William McKie, and
Miss Harriet Walton, of Nashville.
Tenn, will be her cousins maid Of honor.
The schoolgirl sister of the bridegroom
Miss Nan Randolph White, Of Warren
ton. Va, will be the bridesmaid. and
Master Loren Fletcher Cole. son Of Mrs
Harry G. Cole, will be the page.
Neill S. Brown, Sd, brother of the
bride, will be the best man, and the
ushers will be Capt Granville Sewer, U.
S. A.; Lieut.. Bradford. U. S. A.: Ham,
ilton Baxter. Of Nashville, Tenn. DIR.
Edgar Snowden, John Stone. Of War
renton, Va. Edward J. Seager, Of Bal
timore; Harrison Monroe Humason, OF
New Britain, Conn.,, and Floyd Cissell,
of Maryland.
A large reception at the home of the
brides mother in street will follow
the wedding ceremony. Later in the
evening Mr.. White and his bride will
leave Washington for a wedding trip,
and after June /, will be at home in
Detroit, Mich.
=
Among the guests entertaining dinner
parties tonight are the Russian Ambas-
I sador and Madame Bakhmeteff. the
Netherlands Minister and Madame LOU
don. and Col and Mrs. Robert NJ
Thompson.
Constantin Dunba, amba bassador from
Austria Hungary, returned to the Capt.
| tai this morning from a short visit In
Boston. Madame Dunba will arrive In
New York on May "A, and the ambassa.
dor viii go there to meet her and ac-
| company her at once to Washington.
-
Sir Cecil Spring-R also returned to
Washington today from New York,
| where he made a short visit. He ac-
companied the Austrian ambassador to
Boston and went from there to New
York.
-
Mrs. Marshall, wife of the Vice Presi-
dent, and Mrs. John X. Shields, wife
of the new Senator OF Tennessee. were
the honor guests Of Mrs. Walter A.
Wells. at luncheon today at the Chevy
Chase Club. Covers were laid for four
teen guests at a large round table ar
ranged on the porch. with decorations
of yellow and white daisies and pink
| snap-dragons.
Mrs. W. Z. Montgomery entertained
at luncheon today, having among her
guests Mrs. Houston, wife Of the Secre-
tary Of Agriculture
1 -
Mr. and Mrs. John r. Squire, OF
Youngstown. Ohio. have announced the
| engagement of their daughter, Miss
Nellie May Squire to Myron Seaton Cur
tis. Of Chevy Chase, Nd.
~
Mr.. and Mrs. James Marion Johnston
and Miss Sophy Johnston will leave
| Washington next week for their farm in
Vermont. where they expect to spend
| the SIMMER. Mrs Johnston Ii In
mourning for her brother, whose death
occurred N Philadelphia recently.
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Fate Or Luck Was
With Young Player.

With Young Player.
We'll. anyway. went to the manager
and told him how little / had earned.
and called his attention to the fact that
+ must have something beneath by belt,
II he intended to use me further. He
made me out a check for SIS, which
made so in all for my weeks expenses.
felt like Croesus again. had made up
my mind that I would not write home
for money. no matter what happened,
for intended to make my venture pay
for itself.
Fate seemed to be with me, or luck.
or whatever you please to call II. for
the next Monday the manager came to
me and told me that he had cast me for
a fine part in a war picture. In this
played a spy, and Miss Leonard was my
sister. both of US playing leads l was
tickled to death. of course. yet 1 won
dered why had been selected out Of all
the applicants for such position. and
had been chosen to play leads so soon
after my appointment, and with so little
experience. I discovered that the Lead
ing man had left Unexpectedly. and
that I had been chosen to replace him.
OF course Iwas pleased. and i pitched
into the work harder than ever. From
October until March 1 played leads with
the Rex company. and my salary was
raised several times. Then 1 joined the
Poll company. so you see fate had some
thing UP her sleeve for me when she
planned to bring me here.
Fascination For Actors
Found In Moving Pictures.
THE movies" continued Mr.. Velsey,
have a great fascination for me. as
they have for every actor. From the
standpoint of health, it offers every
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Fascination For Actors
Found In Moving Pictures.

The movies" continued Mr.. Velsey,
have a great fascination for me. as
they have for every actor. From the
standpoint of health, it offers every
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Among the guests entertaining dinner
parties tonight are the Russian Ambas-
sador and Madame Bakhmeteff, the
Netherlands Minister and Madame Lou
don, and Col. and Mrs Robert NJ.
THOMPSON
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Mrs. Hemmick. Mrs. wiley, DIR. Clara
King. Mrs. Tinnin. and Miss Edith
Goode win be among the speakers at a
suffrage meeting. which will be held
this evening in the Chamber OF Com
nerce building
The Washington times., 1913-05-10

Constantin Dunba, ambassador from
Austria Hungary, returned to the Capt.
tai this morning from short visit in
Boston. Madame Dunba will arrive in
New York on May "A, and the ambassa-
dor viii 60 there to meet her and ac-
company her at once to Washington.
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Mr.. and Mrs. James Marion Johnston
and Miss Sophy Johnston will leave
Washington next week for their farm in
Vermont, where they expect to spend
the Summer. Mrs. Johnston Ii in
mourning for her brother. whose death
occurred n Philadelphia recently.
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Sir Cecil Spring-Rice also returned to
Washington today from New York.
where he made a short visit. He ac-
companied the Austrian ambassador to
Boston and went from there to New
York.
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enemy's spoil The personal safety of
himself and family was assured only by
Gen. Washington'S successful march upon
Trenton, the capture of the Hessians
posted there and the enforced retreat OF
the foe.
George Walton of Georgia. during a
term in Congress, was also placed in mill
tary rank in ITS, being given command
of regiment of militia. AT the head OF
this regiment he opposed the British
when they attacked Savannah. It was
during this engagement that he was
struck in the thigh by bullet, fell from
his horse and was taken prisoner. He
was paroled until he recovered from his
wound. and then sent as a prisoner OF
war to Sunbury. Later he was exchanged.
but not without considerable difficulty.
Although his rank was but that of a
colonel, because of his position as men,
Der of Congress-, and also because he was
one Of the signers. the British govern
ment demanded the equivalent Of a brig
adler general in exchange. 1t so hap
pened, however, that his term of office in
Congress expired during the time he was
in prison, and his value, therefore. being
deprecated. they finally consented to ex-
change him for captain of their navy.
The men who. though themselves not
taken prisoners. yet were the brunt OF
British hatred. were numerous. Usu-
ally they suffered through loss of
property, as that seems to have been
a favorite way for the British to vent
their spleen upon those they failed to
capture. Lyman Hall, like George
Walton, was from Georgia, and al
though he never fell into the hands OF
the English he felt their displeasure
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any article on which they are placed
The chameleon has a tiny gold chain
about its neck. and at the other end OF
the chain is a pin, that 1t may be at
tached to ones waist.
Not long ago one Of Campbell's con-
stituents, cattle dealer, with scarcely
an interest in the world outside OF live
stock. came to Washington and called
at the Campbell home. Mrs Campbell
was out, and Campbell himself was in
the tub at the time SO the young daugh-
ter, with the chameleon pinned to her
waist, marched into the parlor to enter
tain the visitor.
Conversation went along fairly we'll for
a moment Then the cattle-dealing con-
stituent noticed the chameleon, and
watched it with fascinated eyes. For a
full minute he was silent. Then he point
ed fat forefinger and demanded:
Where on earth did you get that
thing?"
The young daughter smiled and stroked
the chameleon's back with q loving fin
ger
''Oh," she replied IT bought It"
The cattle dealer was silent for an
other minute. Then he spoke again.
Bought it." he repeated, wonderingly.
Then he leaned far over in his chair.
Say" said he earnestly. tell me- How
much is lizards q head, anyhow
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though this Is his first term.
Mr.. Hefin of Alabama, the wit ana
story teller of the House. had said some
unkind things about the suffragfsts. as
is his wont. He had suggested that all
males who believe In woman suffrage
ought to be alfred In skirts.
Now. Mr. Falconer. Progressive with
a large P, Is representative at large
from a state which contains many wom-
an voters.
1T want to observe" said he. severely.
in reply to Mr. Heflin, that the mental
operation of the average woman in the
state of Washington, as compared to
the ossifed brain operation Of the gen
ticman from Alabama. would make him
look like a NANCY kitten in a tiger
fight" which. for a new member. is
some flight of oratory. especially when
directed at the golden-tongued Helm.
Washington went on Mr.. Falconer.
knows more about social economies
and political economy In one minute
than the gentleman from Alabama has
House that he knows in Ave minutes"
And Mr.. Hefiin didn't have word to
From ali OF which one might gather
that Mr.. Falconer is inclined to be
peevish. Far be 1t from him to be any
thing OF the sort He has a sunny tenn
per. a sweet and gentle disposition. Until
some one tread3 on the tails OF his coat
is as inoffensive as a man can well be,
but when he gets into a scrap he Is
bearcat.
Although only forty-three years old.
Mr. Falconer has snow white hair. may
be due to early piety. for, though born
in Ontario, he was reared in the lumber
camps Of Michigan. which are noted for
their intense religious fervor.
Out In Washington Mr.. Falconer has
been going to the legislature for the past
nine years. For two years he was
speaker OF the house. No man was ever
more popular. That Is testified by the
fact that the regular republicans out
there insist that he Is more Of a real
regular republican than some who carry
the banner. while the progressives as
sert that he Is more progressive than
T. R. himself. A man who can get by
with that reputation is going some
Hence the name Of "Silver" Alec The
name goes two ways. as they say in the
west It refers to his hair and his tongue
as well. AS Indicated In the foregoing.
he can ora but the House has yet to
learn that his speechifying is not
marker to his singing. He has a rich
baritone voice and a Scotch ancestry
What he can do to "Annie Laurie and
the Harry Lauder songs would make
Harry Lauder subsidize him 10 Aosp OF
the stage.
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sideshow-and his friends couldn't even
get him to express an opinion OF the
bearded lady. And there's reason
Several years ago, Beall says. he was
campaigning out in his district when.
one Sunday morning. he stopped at the
house of a voter. who insisted on escort
ing him to church.
Beall went and the two took seat In
the rear, getting to church about ten
minutes before services began.
AS they sat there talking together In
low tones, two women entered. marched
down the aisle and took seats well to the
front
Good heavens"' gasped Beall. as the
first woman passed, that's the ugliest
woman / ever saw in my life! Who is
she?"
The man stiffened perceptibly.
That he replied succinctly, is my
sister,
Beall fdgeted and turned red. Then
he saw way out.
"Oh, / didn't mean that first one." he
interjected hurriedly. l mean that fright
with her. Who is she?'
The man turned and regarded Beall
with cold and fshy eye.
That" said he. slowly. lis my wife"
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ators who have come to be known as
constitutional sharks" leaped to their
feet. one after another. in high sounding
and resounding protest.
Shall We. unworthy as We are, dare
to violate either the letter or the spirit
OF our beloved Constitution" they de-
manded. ''Never-never-not one iota-
NEVER"
Martin listened calmly until all had
done. Then he rose slowly and draped
himself gracefully over one edge of his
desk.
'Mistah President" said he in his soft
drawl, Il yield to no man, sub, in my
respect foh the Constitution and it's franz
ers. They did well. They did nobly, sub
fob their time. But. Mistah President,
those gentlemen have been dead mo- than
100 years. sub. and times. sub, have
changed. We've got to remember that,
sub.
AN remembering that. Mistah Presi-
dent, what l started to say was this:
There are some mighty beautiful things
in our Constitution. It's a beautiful
work. sub. But. Mstah President of all
the beautiful things in all that beautiful
work. to my mind the mos beautiful Of
all are those glorious words, sub, giyin'
us the right to amend"
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Under One Flag Now.

Representative Benjamin G. Humphreys
OF Mississippi and Butler Ames who rep
resented the fifth Massachusetts district
in the House until March 4. had personal
histories that were curiously interviewer.
Mr.. Humphreys is the son Of Brig.
Gen. Benjamin G. Humphreys Of Con-
federate fame. and Mr.. Ames. the son
Of Maj. Gen. Adelbert Ames and the
grandson of Ben" Butler. Mr.. Hum
phreys father was made Governor OF
Mississippi in 1865, the year the present
congressman was born. but the family
had enjoyed the shelter OF the executive
roof only two or three years when Mr..
Ames' father came along and evicted
them.
Gen. Ames. aided by federal soldiers,
descended on the Humphreys establish
ment, forcibly elected the governor and
his family, and took possession Of the
mansion under the authority OF military
governor.
Neither of the sons Of the famous SOL
diers treasures any animosity over the
occurrence, however. Both are veterans
Of the Spanish war. where they served
under the same flag.
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has suggeste

has suggested more than once to his
uncle that Rags-that being the dogs
name-would be most acceptable as a
gift A few weeks ago. indeed, tired of
beating about the bush. he came right
out and asked for the dog. But he was
refused
You see," said Bell. II have to keep
Rags to guard the house when I'm not
here. If l give him to you I wouldn't
have anybody to keep bad men away"
The nephew pondered over this remark
long and earnestly. and finally went
home wrapped in thought.
The next day he was back again.
Uncle Torn," said he innocently, do
you believe In prayer?'
Representative Bell fervently declared
that he did.
"Well-well-if-if you pray hard
enough for anything do you think God
would give it to you?
YES" said Bell, II think he would"
Even a dogr inquired the nephew
still innocently.
Bell hesitated. but 1t was no time to
WEIGH and SO. firmly. he replied. Yes.
even a dog"
Then" said the nephew. triumphantly.
''then. you just give me your dog, and
you pray for another one.
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nection with these men who were
martyrs to the Declaration. Forta-
nately Read suffered no real privatlou
at the hands of the British. fact due.
however. solely TO his presence ~
mind. When President Mckinley. pre-
siding officer OF Delaware common
wealth. was made a prisoner. soon after
the battle OF Brandywine. IL was nee
he then being vice president OF thai
colony. He was in philadelphia at tao
time of the presidents capture and
to return home entailed considerable
danger.
The enemy occupied the west bank
of the Delaware river and Mr.. Read
had TO take the New Jersey shore run
the risk OF crossing the river and
elude, if possible. the vigilance OF the
enemys ships which were strung
along the whole distance The 18th
of October 1877. Mr.. Read reached
Salem. n. J.. where he obtained a boat
for the purpose OF conveying himself
and family across the river.
At the place where he undertook this
crossing the river was about fve miles
wide. Almost in view OF the British
ships he had about reached the Della
for his boat had grounded just too far
from shore TO make II practicable TO
land his family. Unable 10 go on or
leave the boat they were forced 10
wait while a ships boat came up 10
to them. Mr.. Reads wits had not been
idle. however and he devised 4 plan
which he and his wife immediately put
into practice. They destroyed all traces
of Identification OF their baggage 4
feat made possible by the time re-
auired for the other boats approach
When the boat came alongside he
politely informed them OF his plight
and added that he was a country sen-
tleman returning home from a pleas
ure excursion he had made with M,
family. The presence Of his mother
wife and children added weight to this
story The commander OF the English
boat was only a boatswain, his com
panions common sailors There was
nothing suspicious about the party.
So. taking pity upon a family thus
stranded but short distance from
their destination. the English boats
crew obligingly assisted them to land
helped to get the baggage on shore
and. after receiving thanks for their
kind assistance, returned to their shin.
Mr.. Read continued his journey, the
end Of which was the colonies gov
ernmental headquarters. where he as
sumed the role Of chief executive un-
til the release Of the president was Sc
cured.
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A Suuelcher.

S e n a tor Tom
Martin of Virginia
is radically differ
ent from most
Statesmen fro m
the sunny south.
He is not an ora
tor. On the con-
trary. he is usually
so silent that he
makes the Sphinx
seem like the star
book agent for an
installment pu b.
fishing house. AS
some OF his con-
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"S'Matter, Pop 2"

X e pr e sentative
I o m B ell of
Georgia, one of
the a 8 s / 8 t ant
whips" Of the
lower house. has
a favorite nephew,
aged ten. Also. he
has a Newfound-
land dog which he
C h e ri s hes more
than he does his
job.
The nephew also
thinks a lot OF the
dog. In fact. he
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Real J6t Water.
r e pr e sentative

II e p r e sentative
J a ok Benll OF
Texas makes 1t an
ironclad rule never
to s p e a X of a
woman's personal
appearance unless
he can. say some
thing nice. When
the circus came to
Washington a few
weeks ago Beall
went along with
several other Con-
gressmen, and aft
onward took in the
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As He Saw It.

r e pr e sentative
Phil" Campbell
Of Kansas is the
proud father Of q
y 0 u n g daughter
who likes unusual
p e t S. In h e r
young life she has
lavished affections
on all sorts of
queer pets. her
latest acquisition
being a chameleon
one Of those tiny
reptiles which as
sumo the color of
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A Regular "Bearcat."

Silver" Ale c
Falconer that's
what they call him
out In the state OF
w a 8 h ] n g t o n.
though his honest
to-goodness name.
as given in the
Congressional d.
rectory, is J. A.
Falconer - landed
into q debate In
the House the
O h er day all
spraddled out. mad
and fighting. even
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stItueHlS IIKe TO say: OH tdheS MS u
out in thinkin' an actin
But while Martin says little. he listens
much. And when he does finally break
into speech his words are to the point.
Some time ago there came up. in the
Senate. a bill on which there was q bitter
1Ght Straightway several OF those SEN
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COM hABT, AFUGITrVE
FnOr1 IAEBR1TISH

copied a seat on the bench of the crimi
nal and civil courts of South Carolina un
der the new government This office wa
not without its attendant danger. The
British lay in the vicinity of Charleston
and it was in that city that the sessions
were held. On one occasion Hayward
presided at the trial OF some persons
charged with treason. They were convict
ed of having held correspondence with
the enemy and executed in full view of
the British lines.
This act. especially. led to Heyward's
great disfavor in the eyes Of the British.
At the same time he was Judge he held
a military commission and was in active
service. Commanding battalion of ar
tiliery. Hayward and Rutledge were to-
gether during the defense of Charleston.
In one encounter Hayward received a
gunshot wound. the scar of which he car
rfed the remainder of his life.
Although In that engagement victory
was with the Americans. Charleston was
destined to fall. Then Hayward like his
two compatriots, was taken prisoner and
sent to St Augustine. where he remained
a year During his Imprisonment his plan
tation was raided and his slaves sent to
Jamaica. Some were afterward re-
claimed, but about 100 were never recov-
cred.
Although not intentional on the part of
the British. the trip from st. Augustine to
Philadelphia came near being the means
of Heywards death While on the boat
he In some way lost his balance and fell
overheard. Straightway vigorous efforts
were made for his recovery, but the time
consumed was SO great that ii was only
by clinging to the ships rudder that ne
was saved from drowning. Upon return
ing home he was still further afflicted
this time by the loss of his wife. So de-
pressed was he by all his misfortune that
1t was a considerable time before he re-
gained his normal condition and was able
to fully discharge his public duties.
Although never captured. John Hart of
New Jersey was nevertheless made to.
feel the hatred England bore toward all
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y the eyes of the
a m e r lean people
the Declaration of
Independence meant
freedom! To the
English ii meant
high treason,
When, the Fourth
of July, 1I16. the
Continental c on :
gress finally adopt
ed the draft of the
Declaration, I h ! 8
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to the fullest When the British took
possession of Georgia he. with his
family, were compelled to leave their
home unprotected, in order to retire
to safety. Going north, he returned
in 1882, to find that his entire prop
erty had been confiscated.
Another example of British vengeance
was the case of William Hooper OF
in Philadelphia an English sloop OF
war, then lying in Cape Fear river,
fired upon a dwelling house belonging
to him, which was near the river and
few miles from Wilmington. There
was no reason for this action beyond
the mere desire to devastate the prop
erty of any and all Of the signers.
Still others who suffered similar in
dignities were Lewis Morris of New
York and William Floyd Of the same
colony. Lewis Morris, when the war
was over. went back to a ruined house,
a wasted farm. His cattle had been
taken and. worst of all, a beautiful
forest of more than a thousand acres
His family also had been driven into
exile. Gen. Floyd's home was in Long
Island. and few or those men whose
ton suffered more acutely from loss
of property than he did.
His estate consisted of a fine planta-