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The Washington times., 1913-01-06
For The Times Children
Just Before It's Bedtime
THE SHEPHERD BOY AND THE KING.

L ME- upon time snepneru poy
stood on the hill watching his
~ flock playing about in the
meadows at his feet. He was
poor. but his coat was well mended and
he had a nice lunch in his basket.
In the distance he saw coming along
the road long procession with trum-
pets blowing and bright flags flying in
the wind. There were soldiers on horse
back and coaches with prancing steeds
and at the head rode the king In car
riage drawn by four coal-black steeds-
The shepherd boy. whose name was
Tony. looked at his lunch in the tin
pail. at the shabby coat and muddy
boots on his feet and sighed over his
fate.
How 1 wish L was rich and powerful
like the king" he said to himself. IT
would love to live in a palace and wear
crown
The king as he passed glanced at the
boy in the field. He was weary of his
grandeur and sighed for the simple life
of the peasant.
IF II could only get rid of this tire
some pomp and run about In the fleids
like that boy he said aloud
Just then the coach broke down and
the lad ran to the road to watch the
men fix 1t, while the King sat on the
roadside with his royal robes wrapped
about him. Tony looked at the fine
robes with longing eyes
How would you Ike to change
places. little man?' laughed the King.
Very much, indeed?" replied Tony.
RtKf tn IN
The King glanced at the sunny skies,
the green fields and the quiet focks-
II would be very glad to take your
place." he said, sadly. Now II hap
pened that wood-nymph lived in the
tree above their heads and heard all
they had said.
81 will grant your wish" she said.
land for year you shall exchange
places. The boy shall be King and the
King shall be a shepherd boy"
As she waved her wand the King
found himself changing into the boys
likeness and the shepherd saw he was
growing to look exactly like the King.
In a moment they stood completely
changed. So the delighted boy stepped
into the gilded coach and drove on to
the music Of the drums and bugles, and
the King. now a peasant. ran about the
fields gayIy among the flock.
The boy, who was now King, enjoyed
his first week at the palace hugely. He
lay in bed all day and ate candy and
cake and rode about on fine ponies. But
he soon felt that no one liked him and
that all had a contempt for his selfish
existence. Then there were enemies in
the court, and he began to fear for his
life. He could not sleep at night for
fear that some one would hurt him in
his sleep and he was afraid to eat, as
some one might have put poison in the
food.
So day by day he grew thinner and
more unhappy. He wasted away, and
In the midst of all his fine robes and
pages. he never knew a moments peace.
The golden crown seemed to weigh
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Dates For At Homes

Mrs. Tonner, wife OF Congressman
Towner of Iowa. will receive at the
Farragut. the second and fourth. Tues
days of the month.
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Ms. Ayers ahi Miss Ayers. wife and
daughter of Congressman Ayers, OF
New York. will not receive tomorrow,
but will be at home the last Tuesday OF
the month.
Mrs. James Orme will receive at her
residence, in Sixteenth street, Tuesdays.
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Mrs. OIdfeld, wife OF Congressman
Oldfield of Arkansas will not receive
tomorrow. but will be at home With
Mrs. Gore. wife of Senator Gore, the
last Thursday in the month.
F.
Mrs. Charles c. McChord and her
daughter will not be at home tomor-
low, but will be at home at their apart
ment. in tine New Willard on Tuesdays
thereafter.
Mrs. John A. Logan and Mrs. Tucker
will receive Tuesday afternoons in jan
uary and February. from . until s
O'Clock, at Eagle Lodge, 25Z5 Thirteenth
street.
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Mrs. Danforth, wife of Congressman
Danforth. will not receive tomorrow.
but " III be at home the following Tues
days of the month. at 1877 Eighteenth
street
Mrs. Kahn. wife of Congressman
Kahn. will receive the first Tuesday of
February at the Brunswick.
Miss Wood. sister OF Congressman
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. Wood, of New Jersey, will receive at
the Cochran tomorrow, assisted by the
ladies Of the New Jersey delegation in
the Senate and House.
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Mrs. Needham, wife OF Congressman
Needham. will receive the first and
fourth Tuesdays of the month.
II.
Mrs. Gudger, the wife of Congressman
Gudger. of South Carolina, and her
daughter. Mrs. John w. Langley. VIII
receive Tuesdays of the month at the
Burlington.
Mrs. Roberts. wife of Congressman
Roberts OF Massachusetts, VIII not. re-
ccive tomorrow. but Will be at home
Tuesday. January L. A.
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Personal Mention

4 Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Augustus New
ton have sent out cards announcing
the marriage OF their daughter, Miss
Eariene Andre Newton, to Maurice Joel
Page. The wedding took place Tues
day afternoon, December 81. at the
home of the brides brother. w. II. II.
Newton. at West Haven. Connecticut,
the Rev. +. 8. Kenyon, OF Christ
Church. officiating in the presence of
a small gathering of relatives and
friends. Owing to the Illness of the
brides mother the wedding was quiet
Miss Irene Page, sister OF the BRIDE
groom, was the brides only attendant
and J. G. Perry, of Washington, was
best man.
After an informal reception Mr. and
Mrs. Page left for their future home at
. Arnold Circle. Cambridge. Mass.
The bride, who has large circle of
friends in washington. lived here for
several years before her marriage.
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Seen in the Shops

Strange and "aG as IL may seem, the
futterinss of spring are in the air, and
the willy shop-keepers are concocting
fresh styles, new goods, and divers
means of extracting the hard-eaIned
dollar from the prospective purchaser.
IL seems almost ghoulish to think they
are planning on taking from us the
money which is even as yet not earned!
Women's hats are to be small, allurinS
and coyly suggestive of wells, which
will OF course. he found in great pro-
fusion and range of price. Hat brtms
are narrow and crowns are head sizes,
the tam-o shanter crown still promising
to enjoy a limited amount of popularity.
The department store at the corner oil
Eleventh and + streets and the womsn,s $
store at the corner OF Thirteenth and F,
have both received advance spsing FASH
ions for Southern wear
From the manufacturers comes the
word that. since ratine is to he strongly
favored. ratine buttons have been In
vented. This distinct novelty is made
of ratine arranged In sections and join
ed together by means of white cotton
cord. This effect is best in the ball
shapes. The button shop. which Is on
INC nOrtn Sluc CT u street, DetWeell
Ninth and Tenth, will make these but
tens from any material submitted.
A few of the late fall styles gave an
indication of the areoplane hat, a mar
velous creation for the ultra-stylish
woman. The length Of this creation Is
from front to back, and even an areo-
plane parasol. whose length runs in the
same direction, is to be carried. On
The Hrst floor at the back, the depart
Inent store at the corner Of Eleventh
and r. streets. has the parasol depart
lnent, whero4ali or the latest styles are
to be seen. 1t will probably be some
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Mrs. j. ID. Works, wife of Senator
Works. of California, and Mrs. William
ID. tSephens, wife of Congressman Ste
phens, of California. will entertain at
a large reception this afternoon from
until o'clock at the Congressional
Club. when Miss Barbara Stephens will
be introduced to Washington society.
Palms. ferns. and baskets of pink
rosebuds Will form the decorations of
the clubhouse and string orchestra
will play throughout the afternoon.
Mrs. Work will receive the guests in a
gown of gray charmeuse made with a
tunic of gray charmeuse, richly en-
broidered in. crystals. Mrs. Stephens
VIII wear turquoise blue satin and lace,
and her daughter will wear a French
gown of white lace draped in pale green
chiffon and finished with a sash of
American Beauty colored satin. She
will carry a shower bouquet of pink
rosebuds.
Assisting III receiving the guests and
dispensing the hospitalities of the after
noon will be a large number OF Cal
fornia women from Congressional serv-
ice and residential circles and frsmber
OF debutantes of this and last season.
Among those assisting will be Mrs.
George p. Mclean, Of Connecticut; Mrs.
William S. Kenyon. of Iowa; Mrs Miles
Poindexter, of Washington: Mrs.
George T. Oliver, of Pennsylvania:
Mrs. ]. c. Needham. Mrs. ]. r. Nolan.
Mrs. Kahn. Mrs. f. A. Hayes Mrs. VIII
liam Kent, and Mrs. J. E.. Raker. all
Of California; Mrs. Joseph McKenna.
Mrs, J. b. Henderson, Mrs Frank
Nm X. Lane. Mrs. A: F. FechteIcr.
Mrs. A. A. Fries, Mrs. L. r. GrumIey,
Mrs. ]. l.. Lenroot, Miss Lenroot, Mrs.
Henry p. Oxnsrd. Mrs. Samuel Adams,
Mrs. Leonard Wood, and Mrs. Lambert
Jordan.
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said. What the matter is with every
body, can't think. or is there some
thing the matter with me that they
rave and so on like that? 1t is, at any
rate, a good omen for my visit to
America. Oh, yes. love America ant
Americans; they are so genuine, so
thorough. SO demonstrative." and then
she laughed one Of those deep resonant
laughs OF hers, that seem to send
thrills up and down your spine, for the
The Washington times., 1913-01-06
Madame Clara Butt Uncrowned Queen of Singers
Is Best of Mothers and Friends, Says Julia Murdock
Contralto and Her Husband
Will Appear in Sunday
Concert Here.

If the foremost critics OF the word
supplemented by the demonstrations OF
appreciation by people Of all musical
communities where she has appeared,
are to be believed. washington Is short
ly to have the opportunity OF listen
ing to one of the greatest singers in
the world when Madame Clara Butt
and her husband. Kennerley Rumford
are presented at the New National
Theater. under the local direction Of
T. Arthur Smith, next Sunday even
ing.
Accompanied by their three beauti-
full children, the couple landed in New
York few days ago in response to
contracts that call for the first Amer
lean tour of these artists, who have
carried delight and broken all records
the world round
!. To find a parallel to the attractive
ness of Madame Butt, the idol of the
British public, one must go back TO
the days of Patti. Albani, and Sims
Reeves. Madams Butt Is nowadays
the 'uncrowned queen Of song; the only
singer who can draw an udience large
enough TO fill those ten or twelve thou
sand seats at the Albert Hall; almost
in that painfully vast area Madame
Butts voice Is not only big. but car
ries wonderfully, so that even her
piano notes can be heard all over the
house, II is a contralto Of the richest
and most powerful caliber, yet one
under such perfect control that the
most delicate numbers receive a new
beauty at her hands.
Splendid Reception
Given Her In England.
Prior to coming to this country. Mr..
and Mrs. Rumford enjoyed a short va
cation between the time OF the con-
certs of the trienniaI Handel festival. at
the Crystal Palace, and their participa-
ton in the Birmingham musical festi-
val. Then followed other engagements
in Liverpool, Bristol, Edinburgh,
Sheffield, Brighton, Bournemouth, etc.
and a continental tour that included
Berlin, Paris. Vienna. Budapest,
Prague. Leipsic, Hamburg, st. Peters
burg, Moscow, etc,
Following their final concert in AL
bert Hall. Just before Christmas. the
public demonstration reached a climax
never before aroused by any singer In
the memory of the Britons. Interviewed
that evening. Mmc. Butt. with shining
eyes and face radiant with happiness,
declared that during the whole course
of ner career she had never had so as
founding reception
1T took me entirely by surprise" she
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time before the extreme styles men,
toned reached the Capital City.
Another shop is having a book sale.
Thousands OF volumes of the latest
fiction went on sale at 50 cents each
at the department store at Eighth
street and Market space. This sale
began Saturday. They are made
by prominent publishing firm and
are brand new, the reason for their
remarkable price coming from the fact
that few of the pages are creased or
folded over. or perhaps just a little
short OF the proper width.
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New Montana Governor
Takes Oath of Office

HELENA. Mont, Jan. G.-The inaugu-
ration of Samuel V. Stewart as gov
ernor Of the State of Montana today
was attended by the customary cere-
monies. The Democratic party is in
control OF the legislature, and Dem
ocrat will be named to succeed Joseph
M. Dixon, the Roosevelt chairman, In
the United States Senate. T. J. Walsh.
a Helena attorney. is the man selected
for the Senat ship.
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Workers Stay in Bed
And Strike Is Broken

FITCHBURG, Mass. Jan. 6,-The
strike at the Arden mills. OF the Amer
lean Woollen Company, is broken. The
rs wesvers. who went out six weeks
ago because the company would not
grant them a general increase of 10
per cent and 10 per cent on poor cnts
OF cloth. voted to return to work on
Monday at their old wages.
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Architect Is Buried.

CINCINNATI. Ohio, Jan. 6.-H. E
Sitter. a former prominent Boston.
Mass, architect was buried privately
here yesterday. He had a national repu
tation as designed or school and
college uildings.
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Taft Is Undecided
In Typewriter Case

President Taft has not yet determined
whether he will appoint special com
mittee to inquire into the specifications
drawn for typewriters for Government
use. Bids are to be opened tomorrow.
The Presidents efficiency and econ
omy commissions Is not satisfied with
the specifications drawn and may sue
coed In getting the President to impose
a second commission on the general
supply committee.
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Husband Is Pleased
With Tributes To Wife.


that Kennerley Rumford is not jealous
Of his wifes phenomenal success. for it
is well known that plenty Of artists
husbands resent their wives receiving
too much adulation from worshiping
public. But Rumford Is emphatically
different from the husbands of many
artists-besides being himself singer
of considerable repute, he has brains,
and no man with brains is going to OBJ
ject to the worldly triumph of the
sharer of his joys and sorrows
Rumford Is enormously proud of his
marvellous wife. Thus nothing affords
him greater qualification than to hear
the plaudits of an enthusiastic audience
when his wife has just sung, and to talk
to him on such occasions is like talking
to a boy who has just been awarded
the big prize at school
Without disparagement of her vocal
powers II may be said that Madame
Butts charm Of personality goes a long
way toward securing her phenomenal
success, for her stateliness of presence
Is such as to confer distinction on any
concert platform; and 1t is given to few
to unite in themselves such graces of
person and art, as those which in
Madame Butt exert so potent a sway.
and enable her to play upon the emo
tions of an audience with such exquisite
artistry.
She is a fine figure of a woman. tall,
supple, perfectly proportioned, queenly
in her movements, and with a charm of
feature which fingers in ones memory
even when the last faint remembrance
of her beautiful voice has died away.
JULIA MURDOCH.
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thought had come to her suddenly that
the British nation had that afternoon
not been undemonstrative!
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Rumford as Pleased With
Her Successes as With
Plaudits for Self.

else, and, as a man who knows her
intimately remarked the other day, IF
il came to choosing between abandoning
e two thousand dollar engagement, and
breaking a promise to take her children
to the zoo, do believe she would scrap
the engagement then and there"
When they were small children she
used to take them on tour with her. 1t
was case Of travelling with two, and
sometimes three nurses, in addition to
her own maid and other attendants;
but she didn't care about that.
Impetuous, emotional. possibly more
erratic even than most artists, she
never stops to think when she wants to
do anyone good turn. and few indeed
even of her most intimate friends have
any idea of the way she has helped
along artists of merit at times when
luck seemed to be going dead against
them.
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Best of Mothers
And Generous Friend.

Clara Butt is one of the best OF
mothers and the kindest and most gen.
crous of friends. Her love for her three
children is so intense as to be almost
amusing. She considers them, their
happiness, and their interests before all
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LOCAL MENTION

"The Dead Are Silsnt." Great Drama
Today. Virginia
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-29
TO BUY BALTIMORE TUG.
Louise Will Replace General War
rem on Occouuan Run.

It mas been practically decided by the
District authorities I'm charge of the pur-
chasing Of new tugboat for service be-
tween this city and the District work
house at OccoGuan. Va. to buy the Bal
timore-owned tug Louise. and the vessel
is now at Baltimore shipyard having
changes made in her deckhouse to suit
the new work she is to take up.
The Louise was here on trial trip
about three weeks ago, and though she
is A considerably larger boat than the
old tug General Warren now in service,
she was able to go in and out of Deco
guam creek. in which the depth of water
is only about seven feet, and she made
the trip i'm quick time. The Louise is a
wooden hull vessel of forty-six net tons
register and was built at Madison. Md,
two years ago for service on sapeake
bay. 1t is understood that no date has
heen set for the coming of the tug to this
city, blu: - is thought she will he here
early In the coming month. The tug
General Warren. which the Louise Will
dispiace, is now constant source of eX-
penSe for repairs.
In addition TO the new tug the District
authorities are arranging to build four
new lighters for the service between here
and Occoquan. and bids for their con-
structon will he asked shortly
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NEW ENGINE FOR TARRAG0N.
Inspection Launch Will Be Out Of
Service Two Weeks.

The United States Department OF Conn
merce navigation launch Tarragon has
been taken out Of service 70 be fitted with
a new gasoline engine AT this city and
will do no more inspection work FOR the
time being She will be taken 10 Greg
orys boatyard. foot OF 9Th street south
west TO have the new machinery INSTALL
ed. When the Tarragon arrived here
about two weeks ago she was having
trouble with her old engine. but repairs
were made and she continued in service.
a new engine was ordered, but il Was
stated that II would be shipped to Balil-
more and the work of installing IL done
at that city. day or two ago II was
decided TO have the work done here.
The new engine il a sixty horsepower
Lamb. and il is expected that the Tar
raRon will be found 10 be faster and
better boat than she now Is. The work
VIII require about two weeks to COM
plete. and will. il is said. be done under
the supervision Of Capt. a. Lincoln DRY
den. who is in charge OF the launch and
conducts the inspection work.
When the Tarragon leaves this city
she will make. IL Is said. short cruise
on the bay and will then go to the Caro-
lima sounds TO look over the vessels on
those waterways.
Tarragon in inducing vessel masters 10
live up to the letter of the rules Of navi-
cation that il is more than probable tina;
a launch will be- secured by the Depart
ment OF Commerce to he used for inspec-
ton work in New England waters and
she may he in service before the sum
mer is over.
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Personal to River Mon

Capt. w F. Taylor of A. j. Taylor &
Bro. tugboat owners. left here yesterda )
aboard the tug Advance for a trip TO the
mouth of the river and return.
Capt. William Brown. master of the
schooner Annie Camp. has resigned from
the command of that vessel and has
gone to his home. at New Upton. Va.
for short vacation. Capt. John Martino
has taken charge of the Camp and will
take her to Seaford. Del. for extensive
repairs.
Earl Cooper. i'm charge of the telegraph
office at the 10th street wharf. is con-
fined to his home by illness. but is eN-
pected to he able to return to duty in q
day or two. Meanwhile. Operator Turner
is in charge of the office.
Capt William Gibson master of the
sloop Annie. has returned from A fishing
trip down river aboard his vessel
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BOATS ARE OVERHAULED.
Owners of Pleasure Craft Make
Ready for July 4.

At all the boat club anchorages and at
the local boatyards a number of vessels
are being made ready for cruises over
July !. and pleasure craft owners will
spend all their spare time the next few
days aboard their boats cleaning over
hauling and painting in preparation for
the outing.
The power launch Mildred. one of the
local fleet of pleasure craft is out on
the railway at Gregory's to he redeco-
rated and painted before going on A
cruise to the lower river. The work on
the vessel will be completed this week
and she will be put overheard
To have repairs made to her center
board and rudder. the auxiliary yawl-
yacht Serena was Friday taken from the
water at BENEFITS boatyard. The vessel
has a deep fin keel. and the work of
blocking her for the railway was no
easy task. as II had to be done by feel
ing AS the vessel was hauled out. She
will probably he put overheard tomor-
row and will return to service at once.
The work of rebuilding the hull of the
power launch Ella Poppin. which has
been i'm progress at BENEFITS for the
completed and the launch will be put
overheard in the next day or two. Much
of the hull of the vessel was renewed and
she is now in thorough order. Capt. Mar
shall Bryarly. her owner. with party
of friends will leave here in few days
for an extended cruise on the river.
At Regan's railway is the launch Belle
Rose belonging TO A. f. DanZenbaker
and others. Before she is put overheard
her hull will he cleaned and painted.
During the warm weather she will take
her owners on cruises TO the saltwater
portions of the Potomac. with Colonial
Beach as headquarters.
To be painted and to be made ready
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DAUGHTERS OF ISABELLA
MAY HAVE COURT HERE
Petition by Forty Washington
Women Sent to Convention of
Order at Utica.

petition for n local court Of the
national order Of the Daughters of
Isabella. signed by more than forty
Washington women. has been sent to
the convention of the order now in ses-
sion in JtEa. y. Y. If the petition is
granted the new court will he the first
10 be founded in the District of Column
bia. The petitioners have been organ
ICED under the leadership of Mrs.
George Howe. 10 18th street northeast.
and Miss Mary Quigley. 3o1 18th street
southeast. has been elected temporary
secretary
The national order of the Daughters of
Isabella is a society of Catholic women,
organized on fraternal lines for the aG-
vancement Of women in general and for
the social and intellectual improvement
of its members. In general trend and OBJ
ject ii parallels the Knights of Columbus.
and aims TO do for Catholic womanhood
what the Knights of Columbus has ac-
complished for Catholic manhood.
The order was founded at Utica. y. Y.
in Icsc;. and has increased in number of
branches from one 10 about 80. and from
forty members to about 25.fsn. II is
now organized in thirty-six states.