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The Washington times., 1913-05-29
Dramatic and Singing Parts
Are Taken Perfectly With
Pictures in Motion.

any Inaccuracies. either in the matter
Of experimentation or variance Of tone.
The pictures differ from those per-
fected by other talking motion picture
inventions. In that instead Of having
utilized Photographic arrangement,
Mr.. Webb uses an electrical deyice
which transmits the sound vibrations
over a wire exactly in the same man.
ner as a telephone sends vibrations,
these vibrations being converted into
talk or music at eight different points
on the curtain. diffusing the music and
speeches coherently and plainly to the
ear. The attachment and film are oper-
ated simultaneously from the booth. the
same shaft that turns the disc turning
the fiim.. 50 that the synchronism can
not help but be absolutely perfect, II
by any chance the Aim should stop,
break. or become unattached. the rec
ord also stops. both being controlled by
one operator. The wonderful little ma
chine Is so simple In construction that
a child Of twelve could operate it. One
protector, one motor. and one push but
ton comprise the mechanism.
Mr.. Webb's invention already has
been tried out successfully on several
Of the United States battleships. which
have been equipped with these ma
chimes to supplant the mesaphones.
through which orders have been given
previously.
The Webb Talking Picture Company
already has on hand more than two
hundred and nifty subjects. including
opera. tragedy. comedy. and farce. In
20 l0r
pictures has been procured. The date
has not yet been determined for their
frst release to the public.
JULIA MURDOCH.
The Washington times., 1913-05-29
Julia Murdock Describes Tryout
OF New Talking Picture Machine

IN PaSliacci number. also on the
hlm called Christmas Eve IN the Bar
racks" the Charming Weather song
from The Arcadians," and other in
teresting subjects.
New Device Result
Of Eight Years of Work.
II seems az though this machine
which is 30 new that 1t has not yet
been named. Is the latest word In
moving pictures. synchronized for
either talking or singing. Last nights
exposition Of the new device was the
result Of eight years Of experimental
work and the expenditure Of a large
amount Of money on the part of George
r. Webb. the inventor. He began the
experiments which I'D to the perfection
of the apparatus shown last evening
while at the head Of the Maryland.
Wilmington. and Pittsburgh telephone
companies, at which time he perfected
telephone transmitter and receiver
for the Transforming Of Mechanical
sound into electrical sound Of great
volume and wonderfully pure tone. At
that time he utilized his invention by
giving music and the news Of the day
to subscribers at their own homes, AZ
certain hours each day.
q. Mr.. Webb was quick to recognize the
adaptability Of his invention to motion
pictures, and the demonstration given
last night seemed to more than justify
his efforts In this direction. The perfect
synchronism Of Mr.. Webb's talking pic
lures appeals strongly to the eye and
ear. At no time during the two hours
and a half during the time the pic
lures were shown was there the slight
est variance between the action Of the
performer In the film and the sound Of
the human voice, either in speaking or
singing. The same can be said Of the
instrumental music, which was as d.
versified as it was possible to make it.
A banjo solo was followed last night
by xyiophcne number. and this by |
several orchestral numbers. and in |
none Of these was II possible to discover |
The Washington times., 1913-05-29

dress and told her she must not play
| where she would soil It.
Cant she play at all today?" asked
| the mermaid.
NO: she is dressed for dinner now"
said the Gull. .'and she must sit quietly
on the steps until her father comes
home.''
''Oh! do not want to stay here any
I longer" said the mermaid. "show me
another place"
This is Just before bedtime" said
the gull. Look in here
The light was burning brightly and
the little mermaid saw a number Of
time, but she did not seem pleased.
Don't you like that picture?" asked
the gull Those children are playing
and having a good time"
Are they?" asked the mermaid. The
children I have seen were playing on
the shore of the ocean and had pals
and shovels and were running in and
out Of the water. They were having a
good warm room. Show me another
picture of the land children"
You have seen all the pictures / can
show you," said the gull. You wanted
to be a little land girl this morning.
Do you think you would care to give
up your ocean and live as they do on
land?'
Il thought they lived by the ocean
and played all the time" said the mer-
maid. II should not like to go to
school and be dressed up so could not
play and have to stay in a warm room.
do not think I care to go to the
Fairy Queen. will go back to my
ocean home"
These children are very happy" said
the Gull. You must not think they
are not, but they would not be happy
II they had to live in your coral house
at the bottom Of the ocean,
They wouldn't be happy in my beau
tiful big ocean," asked the little mer-
maid. and why not should like to
know"
Because they are not made so they
could live in the ocean any more than
you are made TO live In land. Every
body Is put In the place best suited to
their wants and needs. and when We
are unhappy and find fault with our
surroundings We are sometimes changed
by the fairies into something else. so II
you still wish to be little land girl We
will go to the Queen"
NO, no. said the mermaid, II will
go back to my ocean home. l will never
wish to be anything but a mermaid. |
But ! should think those little land chill |
dren would wish to be a mermaid some !
times
81 expect they do. and many other |
things. but they would quickly wish to |
be changed to themselves again, Just as |
you have" said the Gull.
Here we are right on the very rock !
where I found you this morning" The |
Gull again touched her with his beak. |
and there she was mermaid again. |
lust as he had found her.
"Good-by. dear GULL said the little |
mermaid. II will watch for You every |
day. but you will never hear me wish |
again to be anything but a mermaid and |
| will never be unhappy again"
Away flew the Gull. and although the |
little mermaid sits on the rock and oftcn
looks at the sulls AS they fy over her.
not one Of them has ever stopped ard
as all gnlls look alike TO her she in,
not know whether her Gull has ever
pa ssed or not.
The Washington times., 1913-05-29

will be for the benefit OF the hospital.
which is a nonsectarian charitable in
stitution recently organized.
A great deal of work has recently
been done at the hospital and a large
number of patients have been treated.
Later In the season there will be a
lawn fete and various other entertain
ments for which the plans have not
yet been perfected.
The people OF Washington are TAX
ing a deep interest in this hospital, and
its success seems to be assured.
F.
Mr.. and Mrs. Perry Belmont have
closed their Washington house for the
season. and have gone to Long Island
for visit. They will be present at the
opening Of the Belmont Park races and
Will sail for Europe on May 81. to spend
the summer abroad.
r
Col. and Mrs. George r. Downey will
close their home here In August. and go
to Winter Harbor, Me-. for the rest Of
the season.
r
Mr.. and Mrs. Hayden Charming. who
have been the guests OF Congressman
ana Mrs Lathrop Brown, have left the
capital and are now the guests of Mr..
and Mrs. ]. Frederick Schenck. at Val
ley Head. ". Y. where they will re-
main until after the marriage Of Miss
Rosamond Dixey and GOrham Brooks,
on June Z.
+
Mrs. Wilson attended the meeting of
the Southern Industrial Education So
ciety this morning at II o'clock at It's
headquarters in the Southern building
and this afternoon she will be present
al meeting to be held at the House of
Mercy. Later she will go to the meet
ing OF the general committee on hous-
Ing and alleys, which will be held at
the home OF Mrs A. j. Parsons.
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DR.. ana Mrs. G. Ingersoll Dakin. of
Detroit. Mich. are spending a week in
washington en- route to their home from
a trip to Boston and Atlantic City.
The Washington times., 1913-05-29
For The Times Children
Just Before It's Bedtime
THE DISCONTINUED MERMAID.
NE day a little mermaid who
lived at the bottom Of the ocean
in q beautiful coral homo. sat
on q rock looking very un-

lived at the bottom OF the ocean
Y IN q beautiful coral homo, sat
on q rock looking very nm.
happy.
What 10 the matter that you look %
sadr' asked q Sea Gull that was pass,
ing.
''oh! am So unhappy" replied the
Mermaid; IT am tired Of 80 much water.
want to play on the land like the
children have seen on the shore. ]
want pretty dresses and q ribbon to
tie up my hair and not have 1t hanging
down my back all the time. wish 1
could be a little land sir1. I know
they have much more to make them
happy than 1 do
Now It happened that the Sea Gull
had been given magic power by the
fairy Queen because she could not send
her fairies out on the ocean, and when
the Gull heard the wish which the lit
tie Mermaid made he told bsr to dry
her eyes and he would take her with
him. So
You shall see how the land children
live" he said. "and fiat the end Of the
day you still wish to leave your ocean
home I will take you to the fairy Queen
and she will change you into little
land girl.
So the Gull came down beside the
mermaid and touched her with his beak
on her cheek.
The little mermaid did not know Il.
but she took on the shape Of a gull.
and when the hig Gull said. Come. we
must be off," away she few with him,
OF course. she was very much sur
prised to find she could fly. but. as she
could not see herself. she thought the
Gull held her under his wing. he kept
SO close to her and held his wing over
her in such a protecting manner.
We will stop here first" said the
Gull. this is a school where all the
land children have to spend part Of
their time"
The mermaid peeped in and saw all
the children bending over their books.
"I don't like to look in there" she said,
II much rather be out where can see
the sky" The next place they stopped
was at the home OF a little girl who
was being dressed, she was crying be-
cause her hair was being combed.
Il don't want to be dressed up," she
was saying. You are pulling my hair
and 1t hurts" But her mother tied II
with a ribbon and then put on q clean
The Washington times., 1913-05-29

Rear Admiral and Mrs. ]. d. Adams
entertained guests At the Chevy Chase
Club last night. having In their party
Mrs. York Noel. house guest; Lieuten.
ant Commander Overstreet, Miss Adams
and others. Admiral and Mrs. Adams
will go to Lake Champlain about the
middle Of June. ard after a short visit
there will go to Osterville for the rest
Of the season.
Lieutenant Colonel and Mrs. Langfitt
entertained guests at the Chevy Chase
Club last night. and others entertaining
there and remaining for the dance were
Mr.. and Mrs. Granville Fortescue, Mrs.
Louis Bennett and her daughter. Miss
Agra Bennett. Senator and Miss Lippitt.
Mrs. George Summerlin. Mr.. and Mrs.
Victor Kaufman. Mr.. and Mrs. Hyde.
and General and MIS-. Gordon.
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Senator and Mrs Gilbert NJ. Hitchcock
and Miss Ruth Hitchcock entertained a
number of guests at dinner last night
at the Chevy Chase Club.
r.
The Secretary OF War and Mrs. Gar
rison were entertained at dinner at the
Chevy Chase Club last night by Col
and Mrs. A. c. Downing. who had
twenty-four guests TO meet them.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Lee had guests
70 dine Hith them at the Chevy Chase
Club last night. asking them in honor
of Mrs. McCallum and her daughter,
who are their house guests
r
Col. and Mrs. Thomas W. Symons
entertained the Assistant Secretary Of
State and Mrs. Osborne at dinner at the
Chevy Chase Club last night. Miss sy-
mons and her brother. Thomas symons,
Jr-. will go to the Pacific coast for a
visit in August
-
The Russian Ambassador and Nine
Bakhmeten dined at the Chevy Chase
Club last night.
Lieut. Col. Moreton r. Gage, British
military attache. and Mrs. Gage and
their children will spend the greater
part OF the summer 1t Seabright, y. J.,
and will close their house here early In
June
Mr.. Pimentel, second Brazilian secre-
tary. has returned 10 Washington from
New York. where he went TO meet the
Brazilian ambassador TO Cuba. who is
on his way to his new post.
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Miss Agnes Hart Wilson, daughter of
the Secretary of Labor. will be the
guest of honor at the biennial conven-
ton of the Women's Trade Union
League, in ST. Louis. next week. and
is expected to deliver several ad
dresses. Miss Wilson will 90 TO In
diana to visit her brother before re-
turning to Washington. about June 10.
Mrs. J. Low, Of Savannah, Ga. the
sister Of Mrs. Richard Wayne Parker.
and Miss Z. Johnson have arrived In
Washington and are stopping at the
Ehoreham Hotel.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hyde .enter-
To ined q few guests at dinner last night
At the Chevy Chase Club.
Mrs William Cumming Story, presi-
dent general. ID. A. R., was the chief
guest at a luncheon at Briar Clin
Lodge by sleery Hollow Chapter. at
Briar Clin Manor. n. v, yesterday.
She made q short address to the stu
dents Of the Brtar Cliff High School.
and later presented q Dag to the Briar
Clif Community Club Tor the Sleepy
Hollow ChApf0e.
The Washington times., 1913-05-29

Tomorrow's story: The Two Giants /.
The Washington times., 1913-05-29

At a special meeting Of the ways and
means committee of the Washington
Eye. Ear, and Throat Hospital. at I
Iowa circle. last, night. It was decided
to have . theater party at Polls on
The svsuinS Of June y 1hs proceeds
The Washington times., 1913-05-29

Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Lee had guests
70 dine Hith them at the Chevy Chase
Club last night. asking them in honor
of Mrs. McCallum and her daughter.
who are their house guests.
The Washington times., 1913-05-29

Lieut.. Col. Moreton F. Gage, British
military attache. and Mrs. Gage and
their children will spend the greater
part OF the summer 1t Seabright, n. j..
and will close their house here early In
June
The Washington times., 1913-05-29

The Russian Ambassador and Nine.
Bakhmeten dined at the Chevy Chase
Club last night.
The Washington times., 1913-05-29

Mrs. Louise Bennett and her daughter,
some weeks at the New Willard, will
return to their home in West Virginia
on June l. Miss Bennett entertained a
dozen guests at the Chevy Chase Club
last night.
The Washington times., 1913-05-29

Senator and Mrs. Gilbert N. Hitch
Geek are giving up the residence in II
rtreet which they have occupied for a
season. and will 60 to the Powhatsn to
remain until the close of Congress.
They probably will decide upon another
residence before next fall.
The Washington times., 1913-05-29

Col and Mrs. Thomas w. Symoni
entertained the Assistant Secretary o.
State and Mrs. Osborne at dinner at n,
Chevy Chase Club last night Miss sy
mons and her brother. Thomas Symons
jr-. will go to the Pacific coast for q
visit in August
The Washington times., 1913-05-29

Madame Christian Hauge has closed
her Washington house and gone to New
York. On Saturday she will sail on the
Lapland. and after visit Of some
length in Paris. will travel generally for
for a few months.
The Washington times., 1913-05-29

Sir Cecil Spring-Rice. ambassador
from Great Britain. has returned to the
Capital from a short trip to Canada.
He will leave here within a few days
for Boston.
The Washington times., 1913-05-29

The Secretary Of War and Mrs Gar
rison were entertained at dinner at the
Chevy Chase Club last night by Col
and Mrs. A. c. Downing. who had
guests TO meet them.
Evening times-Republican., 1913-09-12
SECOND ANNUAL OUTING OF Liz.
ERTY TowNsHlP FARMERs'
CLUB wEoNEsDAY.
CASH PRIZES OFFERED
FOR sEsT CORN SAMPLES
Com petition in Colt Show opsn to
Colts Under I Year Old, ~ any Draft
erssd Or Road csass-E. q. Dunn
and Professor ksnnedy 70 epsak-
Baseball Game and other Sports.

Farmers and their families of Lib
erty township will gather at Bevin's
grove next Wednesday. Sept. 20. for
the second annual picnic Of me Liber-
ty Township Farmers Club. As part
Of the outing the club will hold a corn
and colt show, and those who attend
are planning to spend all day at the
grove.
Included in the program. and in ad-
dition to the shows, there will be
speaking, ball game. and a series Of
athletic events.
Cash For Prizea
The corn and colt show will be held
in the forenoon. Cash prizes have been
offered for the best corn and the best
colts. Classes have been established for
ten and fifty-ear samples OF white yell
low. and calico corn. The prizes for the
colts will go to the best animals under
/ year of age of any draft breed or
road class.
After dinner is over. E. G. Dunn, OF
Mason City. and Prof. w. J. Kenne,iy,
Of Iowa State College, will speak The
Clemens and Albion baseball teuHls
will play in the afternoon and the se-
ries Of races and other track and field
events will be run off.
Evening times-Republican., 1913-09-12
NEW PARCEL POST RULES.

Confusion in Services Calls Up New
Instructions.
Confusion over the new G. o. D. reg
ulations of the parcel post services
has led to the issuance of additional
Instructions by postal authorities at
Washington. The new rules regulate
the duties Of postmasters and make
more plain the procedure that must
be followed by persons using the col
lect feature of the package delivery
system.
The name Of the addressee Of a c.
O, ID. parcel must appear as the re-
mitter Of the money order issued IN
sending the amount due on such a
package. The name Of the postmaster
or the person to whom the package is
delivered, If other than the addressed,
will not suffice.
The money order shall not be sent
to the postmaster drawn on, but shall
be addressed to the sender OF the par
eel, whose name must be given as that
of the payee in the coupon OF the
money order.
The full address Of senders OF pack
ages, street and numbers as well as
city and state. must be placed on G. O.
D. parcels and tags. and upon the pen
atty envelopes which are used to.trans-
nit the money orders to the senders.
stamps both for the postage and
C., O. D. fee must be affixed to the par
eel when it is accepted for mailing.
but the sender may include the amount
of postage and fee in the sum re-
corded as due MIN for collection from
addressee.
The review, and. II necessary. the
correction, of the amount stated by
the sender to cover the money order
fee becomes the duty Of the postmaster
whenever practical. The postmaster
at the Office Of addressee shall. in
cases Of error in the statement of the
money order fee. collect the proper
Evening times-Republican., 1913-09-12
fee, make correction On the tag and
report the error to the third assistant
general. division Of money

fee, make correction on the tag and
report the error to the third assistant
postmaster general. division Of money
orders. &
Upon tho return Of an undelivered
C. o. ID. parcel. the article itself. the
attached tag and tho duplicate tag re-
quired to be made out at the returning
office shall be 30 endorsed and marked.
with reason for non delivery. When
restored to the sender at the office Of
mailing his signature should be taken
upon the tag In the space usually re-
served for that of tho addressed and
the recipted tag properly filed.
Immediately above tho printed word
Coupon" on the coupon portion Of the
money order the letters &C. o. D."
must be stamped.
A money order issued at the office
Of delivery of G. O. ID. parcel may be
made payable to the sender Of the
money order at an Office other than
that where the parcel Is mailed. pro-
vided the C. o. d. tag Is endorsed on
the back. "Order to be drawn OH. ......
(the name of tho oflce)" and the parcel
itself shall be similarly endorsed.
Postmasters at the office OF mailing
who know that the sender named on
the parcel and tag IL other than the
person or firm actually sending the
article shall place the name Of the
latter on the mailing Office coupon OF
the tag in addition to the data already
thereon.
The receipt part Of the money order
shall not be sent to the payee. but
may be delivered to the clerk or car
rier making the collection as re-
ceipt for the money involved or filed
with the tag which forms the appli-
cation for a money order.
Senders of packages may, after OBJ
tanning the permission of the third
assistant postmaster general. division
of registered mails. print their own
c. o. d. tags, provided they are in all
respects substantially like the one fur
nished by the department.
Evening times-Republican., 1913-09-12
Misplaced orAtorieai Flights.

Father Vaughan. speaking In Inve>
ness lately on the labor tr:ubles said:
1.-The optimtst is teaching false phil.
osophy, and the result must be dis.
astez to the nation. On the other
hand, see the pessimist mounting
his tower and Hnfurling his flag. and
shutting his eyes and looking down
over the vast multitude" This Is
almost as good as the statement Q;
q Conservative orator on one occa.
sion who declared that The British
Lion. whether climbing the pine for.
ests Of Canada or securing the Pa.
cific main, would not draw In its horns
or retire into its she'll
Evening times-Republican., 1913-09-12
LOCAL MARkEra
Prices Paid g Farmers BY Masehall.
Tho following prices are quoted by

Prices Paid g Farmers BY Marshal''
Tho following prices are quoted by
town Meschants.
Marshalltown dealers for the differ-
ent varieties OF farmers provisions
grain, produce, and hides. tallow. wool
pelts and skins.
Brandon & Coleman quote the fol-
lowing prices for country produce:
Butter--28.
Eggs-20.
Benedict Flour and Feed Company
will pay the following prtcss at thciz
place Of business In this city. subject
however, to market changes.
Corn-6S.
Oats-37.
HIDES, FUR AND WOOL.
II. Willard. Son & Co.. quote the
following prices:
Green hides-10 cents.
Horse hides, larEe-$S.0o
No. 1 tallow-5 cents.
Medium wool-170lS.
Coarse wool-16@16.
Fine wool-13@14.
Beeswax-S0 cents.
Evening times-Republican., 1913-09-12
NEW YORK LANDS.

Barsain-s14ooo buys 42s acres. ONE
fourth mile from: village, fhtrty-eiKht
from Buffalo: one-haH level. black
loan soil. 100 acres timber. living wat
er. Good ten room house. new barn
s.x12o, gambrel roof. patent stanch-
ions. hay fork. litter carrier. hennery.
piggery, granary, 100 apple trees. In
Guiding all crops. forty eight head cat
tic. four horses. fifteen hogs. forty
hens. all tools: $500 cash. $500 yearly.
per cent. Free list G. J. Ellis. Farm :
ers' Bank, Springville, N. 7.
Evening times-Republican., 1913-09-12
mJecELLANEoUA

Southwest Iowa 10 . fertile fisld foa
the man with anything to seil that
has merit. Il IL thickly populated ana
prosperous. Seventy-nve thousAnd pee
ple In southwest iowa read the 6a1ly
Nonpareil. II IL the great want -
medium Of this section. II n known
far and wide as . prvducor Of rooultos
II you have land or anything else 70
sen or trade. get In touch with south.
west Iowa thru the Nsnra-eil. Weife
for our special OTTER. Nonpareil. CouA.
Gil BluMA lows. =
Evening times-Republican., 1913-09-12

what makes its water asw - out q
the top3 ~
:. Dsscrtbe the constTustisn aad
working OF q forcs pump.
,. How far will 4 suction ptasD raise
Water2
10, Dsscribe tho construction OF .
good farm pasture pond.
Evening times-Republican., 1913-09-12

clothing merchant for nearly thirty
years. Ambassador Schmedcman has
appointed Richard Reinholdt, editor OF
the University OF Wisconsin Daily
News, 20 serve an his secretary. They
leave for Norway about Sept. IL.
Evening times-Republican., 1913-09-12
Not ANY use There,

NOT Any U60 Ther0.
there are some things" said the
man With the high brow, that money
won't buy" II s'pose there are" 70
piled the other with the overlapping
chin. ''but there's no use tryin' to use
EN- to get an extension Of your cred
itO
Evening times-Republican., 1913-09-12
MINNESOTA LANDS.

For SaIs--12o acres in Freeborn coun-
~. Minnesota: ten miles from Albert
Lea, six miles from Oakland. twelve
miles from Iowa line. W. A. Norton.
Marshailtown, Iowa.
Evening times-Republican., 1913-09-12

CUT RATE CHIPPING.

Cut rate on household eUooo -
Pacific coast and other points. Su.
perior service at reduced rates, Tho
Boyd Transses Company. Mlnnsepol1a
MINI.