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The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-11-28
ABOUT IMPERIAL poHPHYRY

Students OF sculpture and architec.
turs OF the imperial Roman age are
familiar with the magnificent purple
stone known as imperial porphyry. but
few know OF the immense difflculties
that were encountered la procuring
the stone.
Weigali. who personally visited the
region whence this stone emanated.
reached the conclusion tbaS the great
distances between the quarries and
tho places where the stone was used
must have given the price a 4boost. Z
20 that the porphyry was beyond all
except the rules of the earth
II appears that the quarries from
which this pofphyry was obtained are
situated In the eastern Egyptian des-
ert. that region known as Gehel Duk.
han. the Hills Of Smoke The desert
Ia about twenty-seven miles from the
Red sea, opposite the southern end OF
the peninsula Of Sinai. The quarries
extended here and there into the Hill
side without any resemblance OF regu-
lafity The blocks OF porphyry we're
pried from out OF the rock whereve-
the work could be most easily done.
They we're transported down the Nile,
and 81 fact to Rome. Ia the rough.
This purple porphyry was not known
% the ancient Egyptians. Some Ro-
man prospector must have secured the
desert 20 find It. The barren coast OF
that region was harborless. Each
block Of porphyry must, therefore.
have been carried across the desert to
kench, on The Nile, and thence shipped
by river barge to the sea. Then Il be-
came necessary 10 tranship It to the
great Mediterranean galleys. and thus
convey Il across the treacherous wa
tiers 10 the port OF Rome.
There Is no other place In the world
where this porphyry is TO be found.
and when the quArries ceased to be
worked. some time previous TO the
seventh century. the use of that stone
had 70 cease also. nor has II since been
procurable.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-11-28
CONCERNING THE TOP HAT

Although the beginning of the "cylin-
der OF civilization" as 1t has been
called, can be traced back to the Eliza
bethan era. II is only about seventy or
eighty years ago that the top hat of
the present day reached its final
shape. Since then 1t has changed
slightly in the dimensions of the crown
and the curl of the brim, but the hat
itself has remained essentially I'M
changed The top hat seems to have
had It's beginning In the habit of gal
lants In the Elizabethan period of
cooking up one side of their broad.
brimmed, high.crowned felt or beaver
hats and securing them with jewel.
The French court later developed this
into cooking up three sides of the hat
and fastening one with loop of rib
bon. From this fashion came the cock
AIDE. now used only by grooms and
footmen. The silk hat of today was
born In France. and supplanted the
now nearly extinct beaver hat of prac-
tically the same shape. though consid.
erably larger.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-11-28

There was one disappointment for
those who attended the wedding, for
the gifts were not put on display. 1t
Is known that these included many
beautiful and valuable articles sent
by relatives and personal friends of
the bride and groom and of their fam
lies and by admirers of President
Wilson. Handsome presents were
sent by both the senate and the house,
that of the latter being diamond la
valliere which Miss Genevieve Clark,
daughter of the speaker bought for
the representatives in New York.
Guests Limited to 400.
Those who were invited to witness
the wedding were mostly personal
friends and the number was kept down
close to four hundred. The list was
pared and revised several times, and
as has been said, the operation result
ed In many heartburnings. From the
house of representatives circle, for
instance, the only guests were Speaker
Champ Clark, Mrs. Clark and Miss
Genevieve Clark, Marjory Leader I'm
derwood and Mrs. Underwood, and
Minority Leader Mann and Mrs. Mann.
AS might be expected, the streets
outside the White House were as
crowded as the police would permit
with curious persons eager to watch
the arrival and departure of the guests
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-11-28
BIRDS LEASED BY THE ACRE

Birds are leased By the acre in
ISLANDS of the Cape OF Good Hope,
south Africa. or rather the grounds
apcn which they breed are rented out
By the agricultural department OF
Cape Province 70 private individuals
who make business OF collecting
and marketing the millions OF eggs
deposited BY the sea birds. The
islands containing these bird farms
are located In the bays Of Saint Hell.
ena and Saldanha. and are the chosen
nesting places for myriads Of pen.
guins. lapwings and other sea birds
Bird and Dyers are the moat impor-
sant ISLANDS IN the group. and CON.
tain the largest farms" In addition
To the egg crop. the government an.
nually gathers more than six thousand
tons on Gusna which ~ sold to the
farmers for fertilizer.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-11-28

mis- is the. diamond lavalliere which
was the wedding present OF the house of
son. Wiz
ana trying to obtain through the win
lows glimpse of the doings within
me police arrangements were admir-.
able and nothing happened, in the
White House or outside, to mar the
happy occasion.
Immense Wedding Cake.
Jessie Wilson's wedding cake was a
triumph OF the pastry cooks art II
was Two and half feet tall, counting
the white orchids that were placed on
Top Of it, and weighed 1876 pounds
me hrst layer was four inches thick
ana ~ inches across, The cake con.
famed 10 ingredients and its cost was
ABOUT $500 Over the body OF the
Vake was nodded a thick white icing
scroil work, on its top was a design
ior tne initials of the bride and groom
uohe IN silver, and around the sides
we're lilies Of the valley in white
sugar, This delicious confection was
uistrbuted in 1000 dainty white boxes
seu with satin ribbon and each of the
proper size to go under the pillow OF
Ho recipient TO bring dreams.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-11-28
FOOD TAKEN IN LIFETIME

n you live to be seventy-flve years
old. and are normal person possess
ing the average appetite. here's how
much food you will consume during
that period OF time:
In both solids and liquids you will
have consumed something like 1900
times your own weight In both solids
and liquids. or 81 tons OF solid food
and So tons OF liquid
Probably II your desires were nor
NAL you would haev eaten some 76
tons OF bread. which. II they were all
piled together. would equal in size a
small family hotel On that bread you
would have spread about a ton and
a quarter Of butter. II you had been
fond OF bacon and were TO stretch il
out In a long single slice II would
stretch about four miles You would
have managed 10 eat about Ave tons
OF fish and some $4,000 eggs, while IL
you we're at all a lover OF cheese you
could easily get outside OF 400 pounds
Of IL.
II is interesting to imagine how. II
you were TO see all the vegetables
you had consumed pass before you In
review, they would make train at
least three and half miles long
Also on that train you could add TO-.
900 pounds OF sugar and 1000 pounds
Of salt
II you were a Smoker you would
have used half ton OF tobacco in
pipes. quarter MILLION cigarettes. or
about 10000 cigars.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-11-28


Mrs. Sayre was born in Gainsviic,
Pa, twenty-five years ago. She at.
tended the Womens college at Balti.
more and was an honor member Of
the class of 1908, being also elected
member of Phi Beta Kappa. For two
years after her graduation she en-.
gagged in settlements work in Kensing
ton, Pa, and she is member of tho
executive board of the National Young
Woman's Christian association. She
has delivered several excellent ad-
dresses in public.
In appearance she does not resem.
Bile her father as much as do her sis
tiers, having rather the features of her
mothers family, the Axsons.
Something About the Groom.
Francis Bowes Sayre is twenty.
eight years old. and was born at
South Bethlehem, Pa, a son of the
late Robert Heysham Sayre, who built
the hehigh Valley railroad and at
one time was assistant to the presi.
dent of the Bethlehem iron works,
since known as the Bethlehem steel
works. He was also once president
of the board of trustees of the Lehigh
university.
Francis Bowes Sayre graduated from
Lawrenceville school, Lawrenceville,
n. j., In 1904, and from Williams COZ
lege In 1909. He entered Harvard law
school and graduated "cum laude'
He was member of the Sigma Phi
fraternity, Gargoyle society and the
Phi Beta Kappa at Williams. For the
past year he has been working in the
office of District Attorney Whitman Of
New York. During the summer he
was admitted to the bar of New York
state.
Mr.. Sayre's mother is Mrs. Martha
t1nlay Sayre, daughter of the late
William Nevin, who was president OF
Franklin and Marshal college az
Lancaster, Pa. She is a descendant Of
Hugh Williamson of North Carolina
one of the trainers of the Constitution
of the United States, and is sister
of the late Robert Nevin, head of the
American church at Rome, and cous-
in of Ethelbert Nevin, the composer.
Other White House Weddings.
The wedding of Jessie Wilson ana
Francis Sayre was the thirteenth to pc
solemnized in the White House. the
first was that of Anna Todd, niece o.
Dolly Madison's first husband, ana
John G. Jackson. Then Mrs. Maar
sons sister, Lucy. was married "
Judge Todd of Kentucky The thifu
wedding, that of Maria Monroe, daugh,
ter of President Monroe, to Samue,
Lawrence Gouvernenr in 1920 Marked
the first social use of the east room.
Eight years later John, the second SON
of President John Quincy Adams, mar
ried his cousin, Mary HELEN, IN tle
blue room. While General jackson
was president there were three Wsu
dings in the White House, those =
Della Lewis to Alphonse Joseph iFea
Pageot Of the French legation; MARI
Eaton to Lucien Il. Polk. and Emmy
Martin to Louis Randolph. MANY
years passed before there was amour
er marriage ceremony in the pres
dents mansion, the next being OF Me-,
lie, the only daughter of Genet~
Grant, and Algernon C. +. Sartofls
In. 1876 Emily Plat, niece OF Mls
Hayes. was married in the blue fuVA
to Gen Russell Hastings. The eie,
enth of this series OF weddings WV
that of President Cleveland TO Francs
Folsom, and the twelfth that OF fress
dent Roosevelts daughter Alice "
Nicholas. Longworth.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-11-28
DUMMY EDITOR OF JAPAN

There is peculiar person ON the
stan of some of the Japanese newspa.
pers, known as the dummy editor"
whose sole duty It is to go to Jail
In the interest of the journal. When
ever paper publishes something un-
friendly to the government 1t is sup
pressed and the dummy editor" sent
to prison, while the real editor sim.
ply changes the name of the paper
and continues to publish 1t as before.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-11-28

Washington, Nov. 25.-Jessie Wood
row Wilson, second of President Will
sons three daughters, was married to
Francis Bowes Sayre at 4:30 o'clock
this afternoon. The ceremony took
place in the east room of the White
House, and was performed by Rev.
Sylvester Beach of Princeton, N. j.,
the presidents former pastor and the
close friend of the Wilson family for
many years.
The entire affair was very simple,
as had been requested by the bride,
and the number of guests was rather
small distressingly so to many per-
sons in official and social circles of
Washington who had expected to re-
ceive invitations but were disappoint-
ed,
Miss Margaret Woodrow Wilson,
eldest of the three daughters, acted
as maid of honor to her sister, and
Miss Eleanor Randolph Wilson, the
youngest, was one of the bridesmaids.
The three other bridesmaids were
Miss Adeline Mitchell Scott of Prince
ton, daughter of Prof William b.
Scott; Miss Marjorie Brown of Allan
ia, Pa, daughter of Mrs. Wilson's cous-
| in, Col. e. T. Brown, and Miss Mary
G. White of Baltimore, college friend
of the bride.
DR.. Grenfell ls Best Man.
Mr.. Sayre was attended by his bes,
man, DR.. Wilfred T. Grenfell, the ia.
nous medical missionary to the fisher
men of the Labrador coast The two
men have long been fast friends and
Mr.. Sayre spent two SUMMERS help
ing DR.. Grenfell with his work.
The ushers were Charles E. Hughes,
Jr, son of Justice Hughes of the SUI
preme court and classmate of Mr.,
Sayre in the Harvard law school; DR.
Gilbert Horax of Montclair, N. j.. who
was classmate at Williams college
In 1909 and now at Johns Hopkins uni
versity; BENJAMIN Burton of New
York city. and DR.. Scovllle Clark of
Salem, Mass, who was Mr.. Sayre's
companion in Labrador and Newfound.
land
Wedding Gown of Ivory Satin.
The brides gown was of satin. of
soft ivory tint, trimmed with beau
tiful lace, both old and rare. 1t was
made in New York and the women
connoisseurs declared that it was a
masterpiece The lingerie in the
trousseau Is of the most dainty mate
rial and is all hand made. The maid
OF honor and bridesmaids were beauti.
fully gowned and all looked their best
Coming right in the midst of the
chrysanthemum season. this was
made a chrysanthemum wedding and
that flower was used most profuselv
in adjoining the White House. As the
brides favorite color is mauye thar
was made the prevailing color in tho
decorations. The east 70. m, and in.
deed all the rooms in the presidents
mansion, were be 3utiful indeed
Depart on tt. = Honeymoon.
After the ceremony wac completed
and the couple had received the con.
gratulations OF the gueats. refresh.
ments were served, and then Mr. ana
Mrs. Sayre departed for their honey.
moon. Their plans include a visit to
the home of Miss Nevin, Mr.. Sayre's
aunt, at Windsor FORCES, near Church.
town, Pa, where they first met. After
January / they will live in Williams.
town, Mass. for Mr. Sayre is to sever
his connection with the office OF Dis.
trlct Attorney Whitman in New York
and become assistant TO Harry A. Gar.
field, president OF Williams college
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-11-28

On the plains OF Moskva. by tho
side OF the Cheyardino Redoubt the
monument here pictured was dedicat
ed the other day TO the memory OF
those 10000 soldiers Of the Grand
Army Of Napoleon who were victori-
GUS over the Russians at the Battle
OF Borodino on September z, 1912.
The monument is OF granite and is
topped by an eagle,
The Washington times., 1913-11-30

nell, looked good against the Quakers
Bracklin, of Carlisle, was a tit com
panion for Guyon, though not quit,
equal to him. Hardwick. of Harvard
Spiegei Of w. and j.: Hoban. of Le
I nlsh; Ge MpcKteayey.- p,tny.- Of Navy; Hobey Bak.
:: Phska- of Notre Dame; Gray. of Chi.
cago: Hoge of Army. and BradIee, OF
Harvard. were all good haIfbacks.
Coming to quarterback again there
are seen many good players. Because
of his teams generally excellent record,
Welch, the Carlisle captain, is ranked
very high by the followers of football.
However. the writer is of the belief that
Colgate,s marvel Huntington. is the
gate failed to win from big eleven in
1912 Huntington's truly great PLAYING
was generally unnoticed. This wear.
however, he had the opportunity of
his life against Yale. What he did is
known to all now and attention has
been drawn to his entire record. Gem
eralship of a high order is possessed by
Huntington. He is one Of the best
broken-tield runners in the country.
Forward passing is simple for him.
Handling punts is his specially. AT no
department of play has Huntington
weakness. As quarterback and field
general of this All-American eleven he
would shine as never before.
Dora1S, NOtre Danes quarterback
electrified the East by his performances
at West Point, showing a proficiency in
forward passing that has yet to be
equaled. He hurled the leather con-
sistently for forty and fifty yards and
it always fell into Rockne's hands.
Nichols, the Navy's speedster, looked
good. but did not play the whole sea-
son. Deetjen. Wesleyan's leader, was
the star of his eleven. failing only in
that he did not meet the bigger teams,
thus Offering a comparison of his work
Pete Russell. Chicago's quarterback.
was one of the best dropkickers of the
West and a brilliant broken-field run
ner. Jack Diamond, of Lafayette;
Ghee and Llewellyn, of Dartmouth:
Marshall. of Penn: Miller. of Penn
State: Barrett, of Cornell; Costello. of
Georgetown, and Click. of Princeton,
eXcelled in one line or another.
Good ends were plentiful. the best
pair being Gilchrist, the Navy captain
and Red Loudon. of Dartmouth. Gil
The Washington times., 1913-11-30
WELCOME PL LANNED
FOR NAVY ELEVEN
Huge Celebration to Be Accor ded Defeated Mdshpmen
Their Return to Academy Army Victory Is Blow to
Officers at Annapolis.

ANNAPOLIS, Nd. Nov. 30.-Friends
of the Naval Academy team are recov-
ering from the stunning blow dealt by
the overwhelming defeat inflicted by
the Army lads sufficiently to plan a
big welcome for the team when il
reaches Annapolis this evening. Ii is
felt that the team, though beaten,
struggled gamely, and thu Midshlpmen
and other friends of the eleven feel
that they are just as worthy OF honor
as If they had won. For years the Gus
tom at the Academy has been to greet
Vanquished teams with just as much
warmth as ViCtOrS.
IT was a tired and SOTrOwful tot OF
midshipmen that detrained in Annap-
oils something after midnight last night.
having returned from the game Oh the
Polo Grounds. but today they are Drac-
ing up gamely, and are determined that
the players will not see how bitter was
the disappointment Of defeat.
Those who saw the game admit freely
that the Navy team was Out-generaled
and out-played by the Army eleven.
There is some grimness in the fact
that Charlie DAILY, who had so much
to do with the victories OF the Army
team in 1880 and 1851. should. as coach.
have been Instrumental in another de-
feat Of the Navy, and may have to be
considered for some years to come. He
II CISulltC WIN btlilB OIl' OI but SI'dl-
est football generals in the country. 1t
Is claimed that the Navy team used the
same tactics and played just as strong
ly yesterday as il did in the last three
winning contests, but Army had mas
tered the Navy style of play, and had
built up an offense that the Navy could
not stop.
One element of weakness in the Nays
play was its reliance upon Browns
place kicking for its scoring. The ac-
count of the game shows that the Navy
showed little initiative and daring in its
plays, and relied almost entirely upon
the kicking game TO get within striking
distance Of the Army goal. The fact
that its ends were badly out-played by
the West Pointers was a matter of cha
grin TO the Navy's friends. 1t is also "A
fact that the coaches were unable to
make most OF those near the team feel
that there was any chance of a Navy
defeat
Most of the officers here believed that
the Navy team was the strongest in the
country 1t must be admitted that in
Jnid-season- it was tremendously strong,
but apprehensions that IL was going
back proved TO have much truth in them.
The defeat was a particularly bitter
blow 10 head coach Howard, who will
leave the team this year, and the eight
members of the team who will never
face an Army eleven again because they
graduate in June. Howard has coached
two winning elevens. something no other
Navy coach has done. Members of the
class of 1914 have played on the team
since their beginning year, and have
never known defeat. Now they must
leave the Academy with the bitterness
OF the Army's final triumph in their
The Washington times., 1913-11-30
ALL American Eleven for 1918
FIRST TEAM.
POSITION.

speed and endurance rendered Dart
mouths famed defense use -ess. Guyor
was a fit successor Of the great TLyrpe
He could not punt like Thorpe, nor kick
placement field goals, but in every othe,
way he proved the seasons creates,
halfback. He would have been just
as good on any eIeven using any up-to-
date system of play. On this All-Amer-
lean team he would be a marvel in run
ming plays off tackle. circling the ends
and on backing UP his forwards.
Eddie Mahan, overshadowed some
what by Brickley. proved himself a
marvel in al broken field. He thought
nothing of galloping through an entire
eleven for thirty or forty yards, stiff
arming this one and lodging that one.
Percy Haughton attempted to teach
him a new style in punting. interfering
not a little with his natural style. In
the Yale game Mahan was told to punt
his own way and the Yale backs were
puzzled by his awkward style. On this
All-American eleven he would do the
punting, though he might alternate oc-
casionally with Brickley. And don't for
get that Mahan is also a dropkicker
of considerable merit. He will do bet
ter along this line when Brickley grad
yates because he will then have more
practice.
The great halfback of the West was
OllpHdHl, Ol " IO IOAicS
close to Mahan in skill. He is heavy,
a good man on defense and a positive
wonder on attack. In all of Purdue's
games during the season Oliphant was
the main strength of the eleven and he
is clearly entitled to a place only a
short distance behind Mahan.
Larry Whitney, Dartmouth's 1914 cap
tain, takes high rank for his work dur
ing the campaign. He is one of the
best Undertaking backs in the coun-
try his work against Princeton being
little short of marvellous.
Jimmy Craig, Michigan's star of the
Syracuse and Pennsylvania games. is
one of the fieetest running backs of the
year. He played in but few games and
thus is not considered so seriously as
those making the two chosen elevens.
II he had played all year, he might
easily have made the first team.
Castles. of Syracuse. is a great run
ming halfback. Law. of Princeton, per
formed nobly against Yale, but only in
kicking. Lou Young, Penn'ss captain.
was good when in shape. Fritz. of Cor
The Washington times., 1913-11-30
Weeks Boxing Card
MONDAY.

MONDAY.
Owen Moran vs.. Joe AzeVedo' ~
rounds, at Oakland. Cal.
Cal Delaney VS.. Matt Brock. 10
rounds, at Akron. Ohio.
Spike Kelly VS.. Billy Walters, 10
rounds. at st. Joe, Mo.
TUESDAY.
Tess Willard VS. Carl Morris. 10
rounds. at New York city.
Buck Grouse VS.. Billy Grupp.
rounds. at st. Louis. Mo.
Bill Curzon VS.. Nicol Simpson. 20
rounds, at Liverpool, England.
Gus Christie VS.. Knockout Bren-
nan, Il rounds, at Youngstown, Ohio.
WEDNESDAY.
George Carpenter VS. Bombardier
Wells, % rounds, at London. Eng
land.
Marty Cutler VS.. Fireman Harris.
10 rounds. at Denver. Colo.
THURSDAY.
Tommy Houck VS.. Walter Brooks,
10 rounds. at New York city.
Packy Mcfarland VS.. Harry Tren-
dali, rounds, at st. Louis, Mo.
FRIDAY.
Jack Redmond VS.. Young Schrank,
10 rounds, at Sheboygan, Wis.
Anton the Greek VS.. Bud Logan,
rounds, at Sheboygan. Wis.
Mike Gibbons vs.. Wildcat Kerns. 10
rounds at New Orleans. La.