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EXERCISES AT THE REMUNERATION ACADEMY CLOSING EXERCISES WILL BE HELD THERE THURSDAY.
 JUNE is. Attendance the Past Year Was 230- -. Much Good Work Accom-.
 plished.

The thirty-second annual com mencement exercises of Annunciation Academy will take place Thursday. June 12. The present week and the past one have been taken up with ex- aminations, preparing for the art and industrial display of the school and
The Washington herald., 1913-10-16
0rvilIe Wnghfs Hydro-Aeroplane.

The feat of the French aviator of
flying across the Mediterranean has
shown that it is only matter of time,
invention, and daring until possibly
the Atlantic may be crossed by an
aeroplanc. Young as it is, the science
of aviation has made remarkable prog
reSs. 1t is only about four years ago
that Louis Bleriot astonished the world
by crossing the English Channel. He
flew from Calais TO Dover, a distance
of more than twenty miles. His per-
formance won for him a cash prize,
congratulations from the British gov
ernment, and the cross of the Legion
of Honor from France. Bleriot's feat
opened up vast possibilities. One of
these has just been achieved by Garros,
who few from ST. Raphael near Nice,
to Bizerta, in Tunis, nearly Goo miles,
having neither conveys nor buoys to
mark his course
Who will be the first to attempt a
transatlantic fight? Orville Wright
has now completed new hydro-aero-
plane, which rises from the water in
ten seconds. He has tested it in all
kinds of weather and has found it safe.
He carries four passengers with him.
Garros, who holds the worlds altitude
record of Io.o32 feet, crossed the Medi-
terranean in an ordinary monoplane.
Had anything happened to him in
midsea it would have been fatal With
a hydro-aeroplane it would have been
less dangerous. To fly 1000 miles
across the Atlantic would be an ac-
complishment rivaling the fiction of
Jules Verne, .....
The Washington herald., 1913-10-16
Royalty. Dinner Service.

From London Tit Bits.
A million and a half pounds for the
contents of two pantries. each no larger
than an ordinary suburban drawing roomi
Such is the amazing value placed on King
Georges gold plate treasury at Windsor
Castle. For the purpose of a state BAN
quet at buckingham Palace four tons of
this gold plate are transported to London
in vans bearing the royal arms, and tons
more are left behind. In these treasure
vans are epergnes of gold which weigh
several hundred weight. There are
dishes two or three of which are as much
as any man would care to carry, and half
a dozen of the dinner plates even are a
sufficient load for one man. As for the
candelabra, you will see three strong
armed porters straining their muscles to
deposit one of them in the van.
There Is one dinner service alone, de-
signed by such artists as Flaxman and
Stothard and fashioned for the fourth
George by Rundell and Bridges. for the
mere making of which over 100000 was
paid some ninety years ago. The gold of
which it was fashioned-generations of
derelict court plate melted down-was
valued at s500.O0o. There is a complete
service for 140 diners-center plaques to
represent water. epergnes, candelabra.
tureens, entree dishes, plates by the hun
dred. all of pure gold. with thirty dozen
other gold plates to fan back on in case
of need.
The Washington herald., 1913-10-16

my father was a very warm-hearted
man and he was especially tenacious and
loyal in his friendships. There was one
Instructor at West Point, l have often
heard him say, for whom he had, while
a cadet, a genuine affection. as well as
admiration and respect And this in
structor was Charles +. Smith. He took
special interest. for some reason. in
father, and used occasionally to have
plea SAINT chats with him.
'I have often heard my father say that
Gen. Smith was an ideal soldier and that
he had everg publication necessary to
make a man pre-eminent as a general
Now, while still entertaining these
feelings Of respect; admiration, and very
high personal regard for Gen. Smith, my
father SUDDENLY found that he had been
made Gen. Smiths superior in rank-that
is, / mean that my father received his
appointment as brigadier general shortly
before Gen. Smith received his.
"You remember. of course. that one Of
the first things father did after he be-
came a general was to seize PadVcah,
KY. He did so because he looked upon
Paducah as a strategic point Of the high
est Importance.
Now, 1t so happened that Gen. Smith,
was stationed at Paducah. Gen Smith
was. | think, about fifteen years older
than father, and yet. through fathers
earlier appointment as brigadier general
the relations between the two men as
soldiers were reversed.
II know that father, II he had not felt
/, to be his duty to take Paducah and to
recognize Gen. Smith as a subordinate,
would have sought some other service
The Washington herald., 1913-10-16
An Impressive Object Lesson.

Congress has been teaching, by
means of an object lesson, of which
its members are only dinly conscious,
great lesson to the American peo-
pie For whatever form the banking
and currency measure may take when
it is placed on the statute books, and
with what celerity or, on the other
hand, procrastination the industries of
the country may be adjusted to the
recently enacted tariff law, there still
remains one achievement which from
one point of view is of higher conse-
quence to the American people than
any legislation.
The present Congress has, with
great personal sacrifice to some of the
members, with heroic endurance of
|, most distressing heat of the summer,
gone on in patience and with indus
try with the work which was commit
ted to it when it assembled m ex-
traordinary session in the early spring
of this year.
Many of the members had only a
brief vacation-the few days which
elapsed between the expiration Of
Congress last March and the opening
of the new Congress. These members
will continue in their seats, it may be,
until the summer of next year. The
long session begins on the first Mon
day of December. There-may be an
interval of a few days or perhaps two
or three weeks between the close of
the extraordinary session and the mo-
ment when the opening of the new
session is announced by the stroke of
the Vice Presidents gavel and that Of
the Speaker of the House.
No one has heard from any member
of Congress words of complaint, nor
has there appeared any hint of impa-
tience. An American parliamentary
body which has as a precedent posi-
bly, only the Long Parliament of Great
Britain, so far as continuous service
is concerned, has demonstrated a fine
sense of duty, a profound realization
of responsibility, and truly noble ap-
probation of the Importance of service
which is performed for the entire peo-
pie
Legislation may be perfect or i'm
perfect. The tariff may create fric-
tion and the banks of the United
States may lag in their readjustment
TO any new system, but the one con-
spicuous and impressive fact demon
strated by the members of Congress as
a whole, not distinguished by any par
tisan zeal, but solely by their con-
scientious devotion to public service, is
fact that establishes the truth that
the American system is sound to the
core and that the republic stands upon
an enduring basis.
The Washington herald., 1913-10-16
Steel Cars.
Fron the Boston Herald.

from the Boston Henh-
George Westinghouse, highly qualified
as a witness Is not sure OF the steel
car. Its greater weight accentuates all
the various track problems, increasing
the liability of disasters from defective
rails and bridges and other roadbed
weaknesses Likewise, the greater
weight. he points out, would add to the
momentum. and so to the impact in case
OF collision.
But whether Mr.. Westinghouse is right
or not. II is usually true that device
may save one kind Of an accident while
inviting another. One mans meat is an
other mans poison The public prop
erly protests against the deadly grade
crossing" and yet to its abolition In
Bridgeport may be attributed the greater
part Of the deaths in the wreck OF the
Federal express on July IL OF two years
ago. It was the falling Of the cars from
what Is in effect an elevated structure
that intensified the horrors OF that dis
aster The old grade crossing would
not in centuries have demanded such
toll in human life. This is not an argu-
ment against their abolition. but merely
illustrative OF the diverse interests that
figure in the equation. Many wooden
train goes with safety over concealed
weaknesses that would doubtless mean
the wreckage OF an ah-steel equipment
The Washington herald., 1913-10-16
THE WASHINGTON HERALD THURSDAY. OCTOBER

de back OF his coat How often do you
s'pose de rich man has q biied dinnerf
Not once var. He dassent have, 1t
hatn't catosh IN his circle.
did you ever sec rich man sittin'
on de top ran OF fence eatin raw
sit down on a stuffed char at home and
eat oranges.
HAS a rich man got a hog pen In his
back yard where he KIN 80 out and
scratch de back OF q hog wild stick
and hear de critter chuckIe wild pieasurey
kin de rich man sot around de grocery
in de evenin' In his shirt sleeves or dare
drink his lasses out of a jug? Do you
ebber hear OF his goin' fishin' or skatin'
or on arter huckleberries? Not on your
life! TREMENDOUS applause).
All de rich man kin do am to be rich
and have heaps OF trubble. He's got to
eat what he don't like. dress as he don't
want to, and hang around de Waldorf
Astoria when he'd heap rather be out
on de commons playin' ball wild de boys.
His wife Is arter him all de time for mo
diamonds. his boys am runnin' around
and marryin' chorus gals, ana his darters
am cryin' to go to Europe and buy out
Switzerland. (Groans Of sympathy.
II has knowed as many as seben rich
men in my time and has had private
e<hAAo VIII utul al. WITCH NCy doe
was Brother Gardner dey Just talked to
me in confidence. Ebery one Of dose
seben men told me dat he'd glib his old
butes to be a pore and happy man agin.
Dey couldn't eben glib DER money away
and be pore like de rest Of US. DER
wives wouldn't let 'em do IL. Dey had TO
keep right on bein' rich and havin
trubble day in and day out, and II will
not s'prise you to hear dat dey all died
befo' DER time. (Sensation).
MY dear frens. don't sigh to be rich.
Don't plan and scheme for wealth. Don't
envy de millyonaire. Dar's hosses and
carriages in bein' rich, but what's de use
Of hosses and carriages when you kin
ride on a street kyar?
Il hab summed 1t up and figured II out.
and I'm tellin' you dct de man who am
libbin' in a cottage and wearin' one
shirt all de week through am happier
dan any millyonaire dat kin be named.
did not intend to make any distended
remarks, but simply to sow few seeds
by de wayside. Remain pore and happy.
Remain pore and respectable.
when you take from a man de priv
ilege of sittin' on his doah steps In his
shirt sleeves, wild an old hen cacklin' on
enc side of him and a pig gruntin' on de
odder, de dawg lyin' in de sun and de
chil'en rollin' on de grass, you have
tooken away a happiness dat money can't
replace" CTerrific applause, which con-
tinued until the lights were turned out
and the doors locked)
The Washington herald., 1913-10-16
BROTHER GARDNER.
One Of His Fatheriy Talks to the Lime
Kiln Club.
ccoDyrislt. is,. y ne Mcclure NorSsDeI

syEdioate-l
After the committee TO investigate the
Panama Canal had reported that they
had made thorough investigation into
alleged graft and found no evidence that
a single Individual had got away with
more than 10 cents. and asked how un-
der such circumstances the canal could
be expected to be a success. Brother
Gardner arose and said:
when I look up and down de aisles
dis eavenin' I catch de SPARKLE OF dia-
monds. behold patent leather shoes.
sec embroidered socks sich as de King
of England years. / see suits Of cloths
dat cost SIS. see members OF de club
who am gwine home to walk on Persian
rugs and drink port wine befo' dey
tumbles into a bed wild a so spread
kivered ober de top to woo da angels
My frens, you has bin gwine de pace.
You has got dar. You am at de top.
What am gwine to foller? Am you gwine
to be de happier fur It? You will
answer dat you am, but it's all a blum.
Oar amt a man OF You but what's in
debt. Oar hain't a man Of you dat could
raise $50 In cash on a pinch. You am
libin' from hand to mouth and don't
know what de inside OF a savin' bank
looks like. Let carbuncle on de neck
lay any of you up fur a week and you'd
be around borrowin' money to keep de
wolf from de doah.
Your wives ride in cowpays while you
owe de butcher and am gwine a block
outer your way to dodge him. You am
eatin' ice cream while you owe de grocer
fur Goldfish. You am stuffin' down sweet
cake while your betters am satisfied wild
CO. meal You am wearin' patent leather
shoes while you am standin' de coal
The Washington herald., 1913-10-16
Quick wits In Army.
From the New York Times.

hr0m the New York Times.
1t Is serious offense for a German
soldier to appear in public except in uni
form. Even when he is on furlough he
must always wear IL.
A certain Lieut. Schmidt. who was en-
gagged in some adventure or other dressed
up as civilian, was having a fine time
OF it when, on turning a corner, he un-
expecterdly met his colonel.
Lieut. Schmidt, however. did not lose
his presence of mind. but in a changed
voice asked:
Can you tell me, sir, where Lieut..
Schmidt lives? I am his brother from
the country, and am paying him a visit
The colonel gave the desired informa-
ton and Lieut.. Schmidt hurried home
and got into uniform as soon as possible.
He thought he had deceived his superior
officer. but the next day when he met
his colonel. the latter said:
Lieut. Schmidt, IL your brother from
the country pays you another visit I'll
have him placed in close confinement
for thirty days"
The Washington herald., 1913-10-16

argued with himself as he lay waiting
for the girl to call him.
Have you been patientT' was her
greeting at quarter past
Quite the reverse" Davis answered
promptly.
The girl laughed softly. Il am sorry,"
she told him. And how is the knee
today?'
The dent is becoming less noticeable"
Davis replied IT think your voice has a
wonderfully healing effect"
On your knee?" 4 merry laugh came
over the wire
Yes. Butt feel that It is going TO
have the opposite effect ON another part
of my anatomy" He paused for a reply,
but a sharply drawn breath seemed to
vibrate near the telephone
Yes" he continued, my heart Is 60
ing to get a smash. can feel 1t COM
ing" he told her as II IN difance OF
swift love making. II do not think I
love you already. but something tells me
am going to-"
How long does 1t generally take your
Knocked the voice from afar.
I'm this case it would depend entirely
upon how often you let me hear your
voice"
II am not a bit pretty" Davis thought
the voice trembled slightly.
Men are not all oeauIy lovers FER
sonally I adore freckles, and II they
trail across the bridge Of a tip-tilted
noise / could worship the owner.
A peculiar little laugh found its way
to Davis. He thought there was salts
faction and triumph in It
But my hair resembles q windtossed
haystack," she faltered.
II have loved haystacks since ! was
small boy and had the farmers after
me for sliding down them" Davis put
In quickly.
You are quite hopeless" laughed the
girl.
"HopelessIy in love-I am beginning
to tell myself"
This time Davis knew the girl drew
a swift breath. A tremulous voice fol-
lowed with rapid words.
II will call you up every day until
you are able to walk. After that" she
paused a moment and Davis held his
breath lest she had rung OF, you may
come up and see my brother, Tom
Granger"
TON Granger, Great Scott 1t was
Toms golf ball that hit my knee" He.
too. paused. 1t was the girl who waited.
why he demanded. has Tom
withheld you from me so long time
II will have to ask Tom about that.
responded the girl Perhaps when ]
call you mp tomorrow I will have 70 con-
fess that he has ordered me to come
up to see you in the evening with him.
'Dear." Davis whispered into the tele-
phone.
The Washington herald., 1913-10-16
Ladies and Cricket.
From the London Chronicle.

fIt1h the London ChrunlcN.
Ladies' cricket matches were not un-
common in the eighteenth century and
were apparently highly popular. In I7<7
a game between the Maids Of Charlton
and the Maids of Singleton In the Artii-
lery Ground. London. attracted "the
greatest number of spectators ever seen
at any publick diversion In fact, the
finish Of the game had to be postponed,
owing to the breaking-in OF the COM
pany," whereby some OF the players
were very much frightened" In 17ss too.
at Upham. in Willis, eleven married
played eleven single women for a plum
cake and a barrel of ale. The cake and
ale went to those who lacked husbands.
The Washington herald., 1913-10-16

He shrunk like a modest boy from his
meeting with Gen. Smith. But when thar
meeting was over fathers admiration
and esteem for Gen. Smith were in
creased, for there were not the slightest
trace Of jealousy or disappointment n,
Gen Smiths manner, and am sure there
were some private and personal confer
ences between my father and his friend
which tended to increase their friendly
relations
Fathers confidence in Gen. Smith a.
a soldier was so strong that he had NOT
the slightest doubt about the success OF
the charge Gen. Smith, by his command
was to make at Fort Donaldson 1t was
the decisive charge at that battle
During the war father was saddened
often over the death of many who had
been associates either at West Point or
in the army, but 1 think his greatest
grief. and perhaps his greatest disap-
pointment, were occa stoned by the acci-
dental death Of Gen Smith. who was
poisoned by stepping upon a rusty nail
shortly after the battle OF Fort Donald
son: for, besides the loss of a friend
whom he esteemed, my father was cer-
tain that the death of Gen. Smith was
a very great loss to the country and to
the army"
resGTedJ
Tomorrow Mr. Edwards will tell ot
''Thoreau as a Pioneer Lead Pencil
Maker"
The Washington herald., 1913-10-16

Speaker Champ Clark is not going to
quit politics just yet. He ruled The other
day that an amendment to buy him a
s., 200 automobile was out of order
The Washington herald., 1913-10-16
a Recovery.
Frun Iudur.

There was ''doe" in our town.
Both wise and dignifed;
He cut mans appendix out.
But sewed his tools inside
And when he saw his tools were gone.
With all his might and main,
He quickly ripped the basting threads
And got his tools again.
Walter G. Doty.
The Washington herald., 1913-10-16
Cause and Effect.

Frum Judge
1T is very curious to me, said Slith-
ers. what a musical voice Mr.. Bright
ewes has, and yet whenever she speaks in
French il is hard and rasping-almost
metallic"
i-Oh, that's only .natural," said Bingo
aYou see. Mrs. Brighteyes learned French
by phonograph. and she has mistaken
the lmpertections of the record. tsr &C.
cent"
The Washington herald., 1913-10-16

A man may be able to make money
with a common-school education, but his
son must have a college education to
know how TO spend it.
The Washington herald., 1913-10-16
An Anecdote Of Gen. Grant Related by His Son,


F..
military in hen ourn possessions
The Washington herald., 1913-10-16

who has the courage to admit that he
doesn't care for Shakespeare's works.
The Washington herald., 1913-10-16

1t is impossible to convince some people
that music and playing On a piano are
two different things.
The Washington herald., 1913-10-16

A nephew of Harry Thaw has become
an aviator. but we doubt If he win ever
fly as high as his uncle did.
The Washington herald., 1913-10-16

Some family skeletons have been get
ting lot of exposure since the diapha-
nous gown came into vogue.
The Washington herald., 1913-10-16

Doesn't Mr.. Wilson think it also worth
while to ask Mr. Hobson to retire from
the race for the Senate in Alabama?
The Washington herald., 1913-10-16

Young Pitcher Bush is out of tha,
league for good.
The Washington herald., 1913-10-16

1t is said that women will wear vests
this winter. An right. just SO they don't
carry cigars in the upper pockets
The Washington herald., 1913-10-16
Our Arnrtmrnt Hon.e.

Our new fiat is gem, indeed.
And well worth paying for.
For when a fourth at bridge We need
We get the janitor.
The Washington herald., 1913-10-16
Quite So.

Repair work has cost me more than
the original machine" stormed the ply
sician."
Repair work does pay better" said the
automobile man. You find II SO in your
business; don't you. door"
And the doctor finally admitted that he
did
The Washington herald., 1913-10-16
HONG Amn.ements.

What are you doing at your home
now to I'LL UP the long evenings?"
I'VE gather in a family circle and
guess what it is the baby wants when
he's crying. It's really more exciting
than bridge"
The Washington herald., 1913-10-16
No AUTOMOBILES.

Tm disappointed in those new neigh
bors OF ours. They borrowed a gallon
of gasoline yesterday"
Then they have a carr
"No; 1t seems they wanted It to clean
gloves"
The Washington herald., 1913-10-16
Where They Trim You.

These pictures about people walking
back to New York amt true to life"
Think not?'
walking back from New York would
be more like it,
The Washington herald., 1913-10-16

currency bill, viii inevitably concen-
trate large financial resources and some
control of credit in New York City.
The Washington herald., 1913-10-16
Very Important.

Some men constitute a whole receiving
line In themselves.
The Washington herald., 1913-10-16
A LITTLE NONSENSE.
ENOUGH FiGHTING.

For twenty years or more we thought
The Balkans wouldn't fight
For years they talked. but never fought
Which was annoying quite.
But when the guns at last did pop
They set an awful pace.
We wish the Balkans now would stop
For they have proved their case.
The Washington herald., 1913-10-16
They often DO.

"why the divorce? Couldn't he support
her in the style to which she was ac-
customed?'
Yes; but she wanted something bet
ter than that"
The Washington herald., 1913-10-16

Tomorrow Mr.. Edwards will tell of
'Thoreau as a Pioneer Lead Pencil
Maker"
The Washington herald., 1913-10-16

Ccopsrisht, lslS. bJ z. J. EdvardA An nzhs.
reS1Ted)
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-02-06

lightly from octave to octave and pro
duce tintinnabulating tOots with great
accuracy and agility. If he is a poor
performer his cornet breaks on the E
note like a sixteen year old boys voice
during a high school recitation and people
who hear him grind their teeth and step
on the cats tail to produce a counter
irTitant.
The eornet has a high, clear and ring
ing voice and when played II vaudeville
by a soloist can fill the theater so full
Of sound that the victims viii not be
able to hear an automobile horn fG
hours after they escape. It takes four
years to produce a good cornet player,
which accounts for the high rate Of sui
eide in civilized countries. However,
cornet players never commit suicide.
They may burst during a long staccato
but they are optimistic by nature ana
never give up. Comets have added
greatly to the pleasures of mankind but
cornet Conservatives have not. In Kan
sas law was once passed compelling an
cornet students to practice in a boiler
factory, but it could not be enforced.
The boiler makers struck.
Copyrighted bv Geo. Matthew Adams.)