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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-26
FOR THE ENSUING TERM.
Officers Chosen by American News
paper Publishers Association.

NEW YORK. April 26.-The American
Newspaper Publishers Association, a,
the close of its annual convention yes
terday. reelected its president. Gilbert II
Baker of the Cleveland Plain Dealer; Fl
l.. Bridgman of the Brooklyn Standard
Union was chosen vice president: John
Stewart BRYANT of the Richmond Times
Dispatch. secretary. and w. j. Pattison
of the New York Evening Post. treas
urer.
Directors elected were: Two-year term
Hilton L. Brown of the Indianapolis
News. Jason Rodgers, publisher of the
New York Globe. and F. P. Glass of the
Birmingham News. One year-Harry
Chandler of the Los Angeles Times
Charles H. Taylor jr., of the Boston
Globe, j. F. Mackay of the Toronto
Globe and Hopewell l.. Rodgers of the
Chicago News.
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PAYS 5000, 600 FOR SITE.
T. G.. du Pont to Erect Office Build
ing on Equitable Plot.

NEW YORK. April 2S.-T. c. du Pont
Of Wilmington. Del, has purchased for
$1,000, 600 the site of the Equitable build
ing, destroyed fifteen months ago by fire,
and will erect thereon th.rty-siX-story
office building A mortgage of $50. 500, O00,
the largest within recollection OF Manhat-
against the property today. When COM
pleted the skyscraper will represent an
investment of approximately S3a.OOOCO9.
The new building will occupy the en-
tire block bounded by Broadway, Pine,
Nassau and Cedar streets.
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SIX HUNT CLUB TEAMS
TOENTERHORS SHOW
Riders From Virginia, Mary
land and Pennsylvania
to Compete.

Hunt club teams from Virginia Mary
land. Pennsy lvania and the District of
Columbia will be matched In what prom
Uses To be one of the most interesting and
exciting competitions of the National
Capital horse show. to be held May >. ,.
g and :. Six entries by as many clubs
have been made for this event. This Is
the largest number of hunt teams ever
entered at local horse show. Three
horses viii be shown in each team. The
riders will be either hunt club members
OF servants. and will appear In full liv-
cry.
Julian Morris of Keswick Va. breeder
of thoroughbred jumpers that have won
national and international fame. will be
a contender at the show. according to an
nouncement today oy Manager Hazen.
Mr.. Morris has entered David Gray.
champion of 1910. and winner at one of
the shows held in London. England, in
addition to a number of other horses
Will Bring Fine String.
John l.. Bushnell of Springfield Ohio, is
coming TO Washington with a carload of
thoroughbreds to compete in the harness
classes. He will bring Irvington. GYPSY
queen, gypsy Gill, the Governor, the
General and the Quaker Girl.
Another contender in the harness
classes will be Edward g. Mclean oil
Washington. who has entered Prid.
OPrides and Ringing Bells and Chatter
box. the latter two having been pur-
chased by him last year from forme,
Senator Watson of West Virginia at
COST of $1,000.
With the entries of Bushnell and Nc
Lean. in addition to those of Emil Sells
OF New York. competing in the harnes!
classes. the judges. il IS expected vii
have no easy task deciding upon the win
ners.
F. T. Stotesbury of Philadelphia has en-
tered Ruby. the champion harness hors.
of the world, and Norcata.
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THE MODERN WOMAN.
XXVII-WOMEN LIBRARIANS.
By Frederic ]. Haskin.

library. which she had not time to real
for herself.
The training for library work in the
different schools differs but little In is
scope. Most or
Most of Libraries the public
Train Their Glasses. l.r Sra a,, -
have training classes for apprentices
which prepare for subordinate lihrarv
Positions. To secure a position OF ans
Importance or responsible a diploma
from library school Is required The
entrance requirements OF these schools
are not Yet uniform. although they ars
tending toward uniformity Some or
them require college degree and others
are satisfied with the equivalent OF igh
school work The library school re-
CURES two years work, with the option OF
the third. About one-third Of tnis il
spent IN catalog uing and the balance in
the classification or the different methods
OF book distribution. and the other de-
partmenis Of library administration. The
nrst hhraTN school founded in 1857 by
.oiumbia University in New York was
later moved 10 Albany Complete libra
~ schools now are connected with a num-
Der or universities and colleges as we'll
as independent ones in several towns.
me pittsburgh Library School is devoted
Almost exclusively TO training for chll-
orens librarians
hummer OF women have important
parts I'm the organization OF these schools
MISS Piummer, the head of the New York
fuoiic Library School. has the most inn
porlant work connected With any school
~ - puolIc iiorary Miss Julia Hopkins
Is instructor in charge or the normal
course or the Pratt Institute Library
Schooi which Is one of the Oldest and
most important in the country Miss
Josephine Adams Rathbone Is vice di-
rector of the school OF l.,rary science of
Ihe same institution. Miss Della Foreacr.
Sneed Is the head OF the Atlanta Library
school which was founded by a woman
mere is no work in which the woman
librarian has rendered more efficient sary
Ice than in the manipulation Of the coun-
try library. Miss Mary l.. Titcomh ..
Hagerstown. Md, has been especially
fortunate in her work. II was Miss Tit
comm VINO flrst conceived the idea OF TAX
ing the books directly to the homes OF
The farmers families who could not come
after them. She laid out several rout.s
covering territory OF over $40 miles
and has a wagon, under the care Of =
competent, interested driver go over All
the routes each week. in this way dis
triputing thousands OF volumes to people
VINO could not be privileged to read them
otherwise.
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Marriage Licenses.

Marriage licenses have been issued to
the following:
Edward J. kerfoot of Ford. Va. and
Margaret J. Macatee of Milldale. Va.
Jeremiah Cutchman and Mary v Seals
Fred @. Tarbell of Miami, Fla, and
Helen q. DAILY OF this city.
Charles +. Schlosser and Burma K.
Chase, both of New York city
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was all so strange. He could hear the
horses and cows breathing. and once a
horse stamped and startled inc Billy so
that his teeth chartered. But inc Billy
Postum never wastes time with foolish
fears. That big barn was a very inter
esting place. In fact. it was so interest
ing that he almost forgot what had
brought him there. He poked around
here and he poked around there. BY and
by he came to box covered with wire
netting. Inc Billy peeped inside. for
you know he can see i'm the dark Then
he erinned. for there, curled up in some
hay, was the lost baby Chuck fast
asleep.
"Ah reckOned All would find him,
said INC Billy. And nov IN reckon
All win go look fo' some eggs
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-26
IN Pinch. use Aliens Foot-Ease

In a Pinch. use Allen 5 Foot-Ease
Ladies can wear shoes size smaller after
using Aliens Foot Ease the antisertic powder
for The feet. Ii makes tight shoes feel
easy gives instant relief To corns ana hunions.
It's the greatest comfort discovery of the age.
Relieves swollen feet. biisIer>. Gallons and sore
spots. IL il certain relief for sweating. tired
tender. aching feet. Always 10 Ia Break In
New shoes Sold everywhere 2.c. Don't accept
any substitute. For FREE tr!al package address
Si.en :. oln:strd. L. Roy. y. Y
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The annual inspection of the cadet bat
talon OF St Johns College. Annapolis
Md in accordance with federal regula
TONS was completed Friday. The inspect
ing officer was Capt. 8. J. B. Schindl oil
the United States army.
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81 900 toward liauidating his Indebtedness.
Carney. city detective, helped to save
Howard c. Warren from an impending
fatal fall following an electric shock,
Kalamazoo. Mich, April Is. 1872.
William W. Webster. deceased, silver
medal to widow and pension OF $40
month. with s. month additional for
each of two children. Webster, mer-
chant. died attempting to help save
fatal fall following an electric shock,
kalamazoo. Mich. April 16 1872
Herbert r. Cornell deceased. silver
medal to father. and $500 as needed Cor
nell aged twelve schoolboy. died at
tempting to save Carl c Henry. aged
twelve. from drowning. Athens. Ohio,
June IS. 1912.
John T. Brooke. deceased. silver medal
to father. and $1,000 as needed Brooke,
aged twenty-five. teacher. saved Earl l..
to save Clarence NJ. Dell. student. and
George w. Smith. teacher. from drown
ing. San Mateo Cal, August 10. 1907.
Mother Gets Reward.
George w Smith, deceased bronze
medal TO mother. and $1.n0o as needed.
Smith. aged twenty-six, teacher. died at
tempting to save Earl l.. r Askam and
Clarence NJ. Dell, San. Mateo, Cal,
August Is. 1907.
Peter w. H. Finney, deceased. silver
medal to sister and pension of SO a
month Finney. aged twenty-one farmer.
farmer and we'll digger. from suffocation,
Snake Creek. Va, May 26. 1911.
Charles Thomas. deceased, silver medal
TO widow. 500 to liquidate her indebted
month additional for each of four chill
dren Thomas. laborer. died attempting
to save Joseph f. Murphy. aged forty
nine. contractor from suffocation, Circle
vile. Ohio, September 10. 1912
Elias B. Adams. deceased. silver medal
to widow and pension of SO a month
Adams. aged siXty-eight, crossing watch
man. died attempting to save Olivia r.
Schmidt aged eighteen. from being run
over by train, Dayton, Ohio, November
/, 1912
Widow Gets Pension.
Alexander Johnston. deceased. silver
medal to widow and pension of s75 a
month. with S. a month additional for
her son. Johnston, assistant master
mechanic, died attempting to save Syl-
vester L. Hines. rigger. and Frederick
Meyer. aged twenty-six, rigger helper.
from suffocation, Etna. Pa, June II.
1912
Oswald G Beck. deceased. silver medal
10 WIDOW ana pension or So5 month,
with s. month additional for her
daughter until she reaches age of sixteen.
Beck. pipe filter died as the result
OF attempting to save Alexander john
stOn from suffOcation, Etna, Pa -, June
II. 1912.
Lawrence E. Riddle. silver medal. Rid
die saved Frederick Meyer, and attempt
ed to save Oswald G. Beck and Alexan-
der Johnston from suffocation, Etna, Pa.
June II, 1912.
Henry Wagner silver medal and 81. 900.
as needed. Wagner. a trestle foreman.
saved Lawrence E. Riddle from suffoca
ton, Etna, Pa, June IL. 1912.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-26
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT.
Arrivals.

Schooner May and Anna Beswick. lum-
Der from the York river. at 9th street
wharf for Johnson & Wimsatt schooner
Belmont cord wood from a Potomac
point at 18th street wharf for local
dealers; schooner Elizabeth Clarke. at
10th street wharf, with lumber from
Stratford Va, for E. NJ. Hall; flatties
Rev Brothers and Barnes. oysters and
clans from the eastern shore of Chesa-
peake bay. for the market here; schooner
Eleanor Russell. cord wood from Malta
woman creek, at 10th street wharf for
l.. A. Clarke & Son: schooner Levin
WoQSford. at Alexandria, with pulp wood
from down river for shipment to West
Virginia: schooner S. +. Colbourn. wood
from a Maryland point for local dealers:
schooner John Taylor. at 18th street wharf
with wood for J. II. Carter & Co.; schoon-
err Orbit. wood from Nomini for local deal
ers; schooner Earl Biscoe, lumber from
Coan. Va. at 10th street wharf for f.
NJ. Hall: schooners S. l.. Bowen and Eliza
beth Carter at 18th street wharf for J.
Fl. Carter & Co.: schooner Maud S.. cord
wood from NARROW bay, at 10th street
wharf for Clarke & Son.
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IL matters little what ii is that YOU
want-whether situation or a servant
want ad in The Star Will reach the
person who will I'LL your need
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par
Women, It Is Said, offic
Apt to Be Partisan. ~,

tOWH
was made because a woman librarian.
interested in woman suffrage. took ad-
vantage Of her position to circulate suf-
frage literature and to suggest the need
of votes for women to every adult who
approached her desk. IL this charge is
sustained ii will be unusual. as i'm the
OPINION of those who have studied the
subject the woman librarian is less apt
than man to allow outside interests
to affect her work. Her daily contact with
the public is apt to be utilized to some ef-
fort to become more helpful to those who
come to her for books than for any per-
sonal interest. The influence Of the woman
librarian can be intellectually good, and
numerous incidents testify that il is So
Miss Maud Campbell of the public IL
brary of Passaic. y. j.. who has had
much to do with helping the immigrants
to find books in their own language tells
of one Notwithstanding foreigner who
said TO her one evening: II always
thought until | came to your book house
that an American was too much hurry
up to make money to take trouble for
poor nobody like me-
There many strange ideas of the
purposes and objects of the public library.
and ii is the woman Librarian that comes
most frequently in contact with them.
An Italian woman in eastern town
sent her little girl TO spend the day at
the public library because she had the
measles and was not allowed to go to
school. The woman librarian who under
took to take the child home had diff
Guilty in convincing the mother that the
nursing of a sick child was not included
even in the duties of children's IL
brarian.
A woman librarian who had been in
the habit of furnishing for the daily
papers lists and brief reviews of the
xyAI ef,x-av
made public letter from a woman be-
longing to q literary club, asking that
she prepare for her tgratuitously. of
courseD an article upon THE Novels of
Maurice Hewlett" "a busy mother
with sickness in the family had no time
to write lengthy articles herself. and no
chance to have access to the novels"
Another woman wrote to the woman I'm
charge of the genealogical department of
library in a New England town and
asked her TO prepare her list OF her
colonial and revolutionary ancestors as
contained in the numerous books of that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-26

Dr, and Mrs. Barrett and Mr.. and Mrs
Fred A. bennett of Sheboygan who hara
peen the guests of Land Commissioner
ana Mrs Fred bennett OF this CITY. r.
turned to their Wisconsin home yester-
day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-26

MT. and Mrs. Samuel G.. Parker. who
have been occupying apartments in the
toronto. have returned to their Mary
land home. where they will pass the
summer Mr.. Parker is private secre-
tary TO the Secretary of War
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-26

The great library movement Is respohs'
BILE for opening up new profession ~
which educated women are caiieo IN
larger numbers than men. 1t Is oislihe
lively an educational work which In soue
respects may be compared with teachins.
although the differences between the can
inss are more pronounced than the SIM.
larities 10Th require certain amount u
education. and each playes a part IN tue
diss emination of knowledge me
enumeration Of each is small one nhah-
cially The teacher has the ADVANTAGE
OF a long vacation in the summer mohths
and of shorter hours at work Inc II
brarian has no work 10 take home. "hen
she closes her desk at the library she Is
free until she reopens IT, while the teae"-
er NAV have to spend long evening
correcting papers and preparing Tor me
next days lessons.
Until the time of the centennial expos
ton in philadelphia. i'm 1876, Inc no.alN
efforts of the country had been rathri
frasmentary and desultory. Afler nv. M
convention held in Philadelphia al that
time the organization OF the American
Library Association became more com
plete and the different states began 70
form branch organizations AdVahce1 q
systems of catalogufng We're ARRANGE
and schools were opened to teach library
methods From the beginning larger
percentage of women than men ATTENDED,
these schools.
The fact that the president OF the
American Library Association last year
| was a woman indicates the position OF
women in the estimation. OF the librarians
OF the country Before her marriage
Mrs Elmdorf was in charge OF the pup
| tic library of Milwaukee. position call
ing for no small amount of executive and
administrative ability Since her mar
| rage she has been unofiicially useful III
| the public library of Buffalo OF which her
husband is the chief. Another woman
| who long was prominent in the library
| organizations OF the country is Mrs. MI
| nerva A. Saunders, the librarian emeritus
| of the public library of Pawtucket X l.,
whose death recently was announced.
Mrs. Saunders was librarian OF most
progressive ideas, and was the first one
| i'm the country to publicly advocate the
open -shelf system. At the meeting OF
| the American Library Association in ST.
| Louis. when this subject was first dis
| cussed in 1889. she was the only librarian
who would rise to be counted in favor
| of it. Largely through her influence. this
system has become popular in most IL
| braries now and has materially added to
| their value TO the public as well as
lessened the work of the librarians.
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vering to do It now. For day she tried
for chance: for days Aunt Rebecca
snatched each one from her. At last she
resolved to do ii at night, after her guest
had retired.
Thank goodness. she goes to bed ear
ly." she said to herself.
And, indeed, dinner was scarcely over
when Aunt Rebecca slipped away with a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-26

The Russian embassy and the German
embassy are expe cted TO summer at New
port. Both will occupy the same places
they had last year
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-26

Inc Russian ambassador and Mime
bakhmeteff and the members of the em
oassy stan went TO Baltimore TODAY ii
TAKE part i'm the religious observance AT
the Greek Church. which celebrates Ea =.
ter tomorrow
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Did You Forget
That
Wedding Gift?

Those friends of yours are To
he married next week and you
forgot To send present:
II was not exactly a case Of
forgetting. perhaps-lt was rather
n matter of procraStination-p
ting off until tomorrow what was
too much trouble to do today. For
IL is a problem to pick out we'd
ding gift; it's difficult To make
selection.
Have YOU read the advertise
men.s in THE STAR? If YOU
have not. read them now and it's
10 to | you'll find an appropriate
suggestion for that preSent-some-
thing useful or something orna-
mental
THE STARS advertising col
Umns are fun Of reliable advice on
every purchasing problem.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-26

Kinney Lodge the big stone villa on
ocean road. Narragansett Pier r. T.
has been rented by Mr.. John X. Mclean
of Washington
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Departures.

sIoop Yacht. light. from 18th street
wharf for a lower river point to load lum-
Der back to this city: schooner Brooklyn,
light. from Alexandria. for Potomac
point to load for Baltimore: schooner Vir-
ginia Dare. light. for Stratford. Va. to
load ties or pulp wood: schooner Daniel.
light for lower river point to load lum-
Der or cord wood for the market here;
schooners Dorchester and Nicholas, light,
from 18th street wharf for river points
after shad and herring for the market
here: schooner Sallie White, light, for
Colonial Beach to load back to this city.
Memoranda.
Schooners Roxanna Francis and Lewis
Worrell have sailed from the Patuxent
river for Philadelphia with railroad ties:
schooner barge No. 49, fo- this city from
Boston to load coal, passed in the capes
of the Chesapeake yesterday afternoon:
barge Antietam is at Alexandria dis
charging fertilizer making material
schooner Edwin and Maude is at Bati-
more with lumber from a North Carolina
point: schooner Grace 6. Bennett has
sailed from Newborn. \. c.. for Elizabeth
City. n. c., en- route to this city with
lumber.
Tugs and Tows.
Tug Camilla has sailed. light for Bal
timore to take UP towing work there:
tug NJ. NJ. Davis sailed with Standard
Oil Company tank barge No. - IN tow
for Baltimore; tug Advance sailed from
Baltimore for the capes of the Chesa-
peahe with coal-laden vessel: tug Minerva
arrived at Georgetown with sand and
gravel laden lighters in tow: tug D. NJ.
Key sailed, towing lighter for Alexandria
oyster shell crushing plant.
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NATIONS HEROES
RECEIVE AWARDS
Carnegie Commission BestoWs
Medals and Money on
Life-Savers.
EDUCATION PROVIDED
FOR SEVERAL CHILDREN
Widows and Mothers of Those Los
ing Lives to Rescue Others
Are Remembered.

PlTTSBC RICH. April 26-The Carnegie
nero fund commission last night announc-
ed further list of awards for heroic
acts The list, with medal awarded etc.
is as follows:
William j. Reidy bronze medal. Reidy
carpenter saved Abraham Hildebrand
laborer. from suffocation, Gresham, Ore.
November s. 1904
Charles r. Lilly. bronze medal and $500
TO liquidate his indebte dness Lily, sta
ton master, saved NJ Frances Gooding.
aged four. from being run over by a
train. Grafton. W. Va. May 4, 1912
Edgar II. Sherman, bronze medal and
81 o0o toward liquidating his indebted
ness Sherman. grocer. rescued Mabel
McCalley from runaway, Marion,
Iowa, March 3. 1911.
jeremiah Frain. bronze medal and
$1,000 toward liauidating mortgage on his
property. Frain, boilermaker saved
Charles l.. Davis from suffocation, Ran
kin, Pa, June II, 1907.
School Teacher Heroine.
Lillamae Formby, bronze medal and
s1,c0o. as needed. Miss Formby. aged
twenty-five school teacher, saved Ethel
r. Y Blood, aged nineteen. from being
:. 1872
Ralph f. MaXey bronze medal and
s1.oCo as needed. Maxey. baggage mas
ter. saved Harriet f. Malcolm and Lot
tie Hollenberg from being run over by a
train. Monmouth. ILL.,. May l.. 1908.
Samuel Nasser, bronze medal and
Sl.0o,. as needed. Nasser, weaver. saved
Edward S. Whelan. aged four. from
burning. Elmira n. Y. April l.. 1912.
Thomas p. Cahill, bronze medal and
$1,000. as needed. Cahill. assistant SUI
perintendent OF life insurance COM
pany. saved Isabella Mandel, aged three,
from being run over by a street car.
Pittsburgh. Pa, April %. 1912 Cahill
sprang into the street and crouched be-
tween the rails to rescue the little girl
who had wandered upon the track. With
the fender of the car but four feet away.
he grabbed Isabella, jerked her backward
and threw himself off the track just as
he cd
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-26
IN THE WORLD OF SOCIETY

Continued From Seventh Pace
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Oualtrough. Mrs. James Morris MorCan n.
MIs. frazer. Mrs. Thomas W. Symons
and Miss Clementine Smith