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The Washington herald., 1913-04-21
SuGragists Award Prizes.

The District of Columbia, Suffrage
League has announced its award of
prizes for the best essays on the need
Of suffrage in the District. Prizes were
carried off by the following essayists:
First prize. 1. w. Mendelsohn. 91S First
Street Northeast, $40; second prize,
Miss Jeanette Gershanick, EOS G Street
Northwest. SIS, and third prize. Elmer
L. Keyser, 1929 o Street Northwest, 81.
Prof. W. ]. Humphreys. Of Washington. says the
assertion Of aviators that there holes or
soft spots in tho air is pure nonsense.
The Washington herald., 1913-04-21

Cards are out announcing the mar
riage of Miss Gladys Mae Haislip.
daughter Of Mrs. Mae B. Haislip. to
Mr.. Robert Earle Rawlings, of Wash
ington, on March s, 1913, at Baltimore,
Md. They will be at home after May
/, at 20 T Street Northeast.
The Washington herald., 1913-04-21

Mrs. William Cumming Story was the
guest in whose honor Mrs. ]. Eakir
Gadsby entertained at a large dinner
last night. A number of State regents
who attended the ID. A. r. Congress last
week, and Miss Finch, OF New York,
were among the guests.
The Washington herald., 1913-04-21

Cleveland Baptists are c,lsadns against Sunday
saloonism.
The Washington herald., 1913-04-21

The Spanish Minister. Senior Riano, is
spending a few days In New York.
The Washington herald., 1913-04-21

The Postmaster General and Mrs
Burleson were the guests of honor at Q
luncheon given by Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Stead, at the Chevy Chase Club. yester.
day.
The Washington herald., 1913-04-21

Mrs. James A. O'Gorman and Miss
Anne O'Gorman arrived in Washing
ton yesterday from New York and
joined Senator O'Gorman at the New
willard. Mrs. Dudley Field Malone,
whose husband was recently appointed
one of the Assistant Secretaries Of
State, accompanied them, and will
spend the spring in the Capital
The Washington herald., 1913-04-21

Mrs. James Barbour and Miss Mar
guerite Barbour have gone to Atlantic
City for a short visit.
The Washington herald., 1913-04-21

Mr.. Post Wheeler, secretary of the
American Embassy at Rome, and Mrs
Wheeler have been entertaining Prince
and Princess Paul Troubetskoy, who
may be said to be relations, as Mrs.
The Washington herald., 1913-04-21

The Second Turkish Secretary and
Nine Ibrahim Zia have returned to
Washington from a visit in New York.
Nine. Zia is a New York woman by
birth.
The Washington herald., 1913-04-21

The Brazilian Ambassador and Nine
da Cana were hosts at dinner last
night at the embassy in Sixteenth Street
Their guests included the Italian Ambas
sador, the Minister Of Peru and Nine
Pezet. Mime. de Riano, the Counselor Of
the German Embassy and Nine. Hanie
Won Haimhausen, Mrs. John Rodgers
and Mr.. ]. T. de Barros Pimentel, sec
ond secretary of the Brazilian Embassy
The Washington herald., 1913-04-21

Mr.. A Lyssakovsky, gentleman in
waiting to his majesty, the Emepror
of Russia. and recently appointed first
secretary of the embassy here. will ar
rive in Washington at the end of this
week.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-11-02
The Boy Named PerciDal

members of the eleven. introducing
himself confidently and innocently as
"Percival Warburton." Many. a jest
was made over Percival's name and
the new player found himself the
center of interest.
Well" thought Tom. "Percival
cooked his own goose. aiad | can't
help it If he made a mess of 1t the
first day OUT
Tom put his new player at right
halfback in signal practice. Perciyal
seemed to understand the signals
readily and apparently knew how to
play his position. but Tom was GER
tain the Chap could not stand the
hard knocks of real football.
So things went for two weeks until
tho day of the last game of the sea-
son. This game was with Morning.
side school. Fourth Avenues bitter
est rival. Nearly all the pup Is and
teachers of both schools would at
tend in a body to witness the fierce
struggle--and fierce it was always.
Percival had never played in q
game. for Tom was afraid to trust
him in a real encounter. The new
player had been faithful In coming
out to practice and had entered signal
drill with evident pleasure. never
complaining about not getting q
chance 60 show what he could do in
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down upon DOLLY Lamb. No, IL
couldn't be the Leopard. for not even
he would have even dreamed OF at
lacking Wcolly Lamb in my presence.
Nor the Tiger. either for the same
reason. But--but--it must be one of
them for they were the only animals
with yellow stripes on a black body.
md yet
Just then there came another
srowl out of the thicket-such n
weak one, too. thin and wavering and
not one bit like that of the Leopard
n even the Tiger. My curiosity was
reused and | started toward the ami
nal in hiding.
But at precisely that moment
was amazed to hear Woolly Lamb
let oht shrih laugh behind me.
looked back and there he was rolling
over and over on the ground and
angling and laughing until | feared
ne wouldn't be able to breathe.
",Oh-oh--oh, Mr.. Old Man. he
managed to. utter between laughs and
gasps for breath. Just look - Just
look at that thing! And--and to think
was afraid of it, Why-just look
at those earsi Just look at them
hal hal
Il looked and. sure enough. stand
ing up through the thicket were two
long ears They were black and not
at all like the ears of either Leopard
Or Tiger despite the stripes that ap-
peared on the body below them. l
was puzzled. But not Woolly Lamb,
who was really a very smart fellow.
DO you see them? Do you see
HEMP he cried. And to think l
bought it was Tiger, or maybe Loop
I'd. hiding there to pounce down
pom me! Why--why-it's just that
nischievous Monkey or--or-soms
'ther Administering to- play a Joke
N me!' Apd then. advancing toward
he thicket he called out. Hey, you!
6me on out of there-and let's see
hat you look like! I'm not one bit
fraid of your
There was a slight pause. a rust
ling in the thicket and then out
STUN bled-Zebra!
And such funny looking Zebra he
was. too, Donald, And so crestfallen!
Besides, he was weeping real zebra
tears which. Donald. though you may
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game. He had once remarked to
Tom that he liked football just for
/ the pleasure of playing 1t and did
not care much for the glory of the
game.
The day of the Morningside game
arrived with the mem bers of both
teams feeling nervous. This nervous
ness was dispelled with the kickoff.
however. and both teams settled
down to business. But Morningside
settled first. and before Fourth Ave-
nue. had hardly got a start, its OPP
ponents had rung up two touch
downs for a score of IA to 0. When
the first half closed with this score,
the Fourth Avenue supporters were
feeling mighty blue.
The third period had scarcely be-
gun when the right half sprained an
ankle and had to leave the game. A
groan escaped from the Fourth Ave-
nue. rooters. Their chances seemed
absolutely TO have vanished. Tom
was in dispair. He was thinking of
putting the substitute end in the va
cant position when Percival Warbur-
ton approached him.
II say, Captain Hudson" he asked,
shall | enter the game and take up
the duties of the injured player?"
Tom wanted to laugh at this
speech. but this was no time for
laughing.
Go in" he snapped. land play
your head off. And don't be afraid"
AS the Fourth Avenue rooters saw
who was put in at right half, they
gave another groan.
"Percival Warburtoni" one specta-
tor said. We're handing the game
to Morningside on silver platter"
The Fourth Avenue quarter feared
to work his new man and Percival
did not get a chance for several min
utes. But as he saw his other backs
growing tired. the quarterback de-
termined to give the new player a
chance; so he called for a short end
run and flung the ball at Perclval's
breast with prayer that he might
at least reach the line of scrimmage.
With a bullet-like rush, Percival
eluded the opposing end, stiff armed
a back and ran fully twenty yards
before he was tackled. What a cheer
arose from the rooters, A twenty
yard gainl Every member of the
Fourth Avenue team and every spec
tator was surprised. To show that il
was no accident. Percival on his next
chance logged the ball twelve yards
through tackle. The fullback failed
to gain and the quarterback again
gave the ball to Percival This time
he made a long end-run of thirty
yards and was tackled on Morning
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40. know 1t. are very large and very
wet tears. considering the size of the
animal. His cunning little black
body was all decorated with broad
yellow stripes. as yellow as the skin
of an orange. And he stood there.
wagging his little tail and looking as
sheeplsh and ashamed as-well-as a
zebra could possibly look.
Bit by bit his story came out 1t
seems that after his talk with me
and my refusal to listen to his silly
pleadings. he met up with Monkey.
who was always playing practical
jokes on someone. and told him his
trouble. Monkey pretended to sym
pathize with him and finally informed
him that he had a fine scheme to
n AXE him as feared and respected
among the animals as even Tiger or
Leopard. Poor Zebra was delighted
and told him to go ahead.
$50 that mischievous Monkey gath
cred an armful of oranges, cut off
their skins and put them into big
kettle and boiled them down until
he had a soft. sticky mess which he
called 'Orange-skin Paint And with
lIllS, anu the emu VI his oWh ef1iA 90 -
brush he had painted those ridicu-
lous looking stripes around poor.
foolish Zebra.
Then he told him to hide in the
jungle along the path, and scare the
first animal that came along. Oh.
that misunderstanding Monkey So
poor Zebra did. just as nowadays bad
boys sometimes try to. bully and
brighten smaller boys. From that day
to this, Donald. all zebras have had
those yellow stripes, as reminder OF
the foolishness of the first Zebra
and goodness. there's Nurse calling
you'll must skedaddle or she'll
And with that the Old Man of the
Woods vanished.
donald. Donald. wake up!" 1t
was Nurses voice and she was pull
ing him to his feet. Actually you've
slumped right down on the ground
and gone to sleep! What! Mercy
me. No, of course they don't paint
zebras with orange-skin paint!
They're born that way. Sakes alive.
You must have been having another
Of those foolish dreams of yours.
Wake up. Donald. Wake upl'
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-11-02

Der of rich native merchants or In
dian princes can AFFORD to buy. a
piano. And the climate of India
when 1t changes from the dry to the
wet seasons very hard ON the deli
icate Instruments. But the strangest
thing about pianos In that country
Is that they are so small you might
almost consider them just make be.
lieve ones.
Most of them are not over four feet
high. Ask your Mamma to show you.
on the wall. how high four feet comes
to and you can see for yourself. In
deed. one of the most popular makes
OF pianos there measures only fortv-
four inches In width, twenty-six
inches In heighth and fourteen Inches
In depth. Moreover. its key board.
which measures five octaves. folds up.
making 1t look even smaller than
1t is.
The East Indians taste for music,
anyway, Is peculiar. He Is very fond
OF an instrument called the "zitar-
which Is something on the order OF
the mandolin. but fashioned In all
sorts of queer shapes and often fam
tasticaliy decorated. This, with his
native drums. Is generally the only
music provided for weddings, for ma
tive theatres and for the dances of
the mautch girls.
In the Hindo temples harmonious
are the popular musical Instruments.
East Indian music Is both somber
and screechy. and there Is constant
repetition of the same notes. There
Is one Indian potentate, however. who
has so far forgotten his native music
as to install In his palace an Amer,-
can organ that cost $4,000. He Is the
maharaja of Mysore.
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With his own tail as brush. he
with which he did so many wonder
full things.
'Oh, I'm so glad to see you. Mr.
Old Mani" cried Donald. II was so
afraid you wouldn't show yourself this
afternoon-and l do so want you to
tel me a story about the zebra. I've
been watching him for a long. long
time. He's so funny looking"
''Ha. Hal" laughed the Old Man.
"He was even funnier looking once,
Donaldl But of course you--well, I'll
tell you about it. He was such a
foolish animal, too, oh. so foolish!
once upon a time. Donald. in the
long. long ago when all the animals
lived together in the Big Jungle and
ruled over them, the Zebra was
all black-he hadn't yellow stripe
on him! And he was a most un-
happy animal though goodness
knows l couldn't see why he should
b. since all the other animals liked
him and were kind to him because
he was so small and cute. But no
was unhappy-dreadfully unhappy
it seems. He came to me one after
noon and poured out his sorrow
"'Oh. Mr.. Old Man of the Forest
he walled. 1 am so miserable. No.
body respects me: nobody is afraid
OF me. All the animals think I'm only
a little. fellow and--and-tell me I'm
cute. oh. if | could only be brave
like the Lion or big-big and awful
Ike the Elephant-or - or - please,
Mr.. Old Man. won't you do something
to make the animals stop treating me
like a child and pettinC me and call
ing me cute! Why. they seem to
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sides six-yard line. On the next play
he went over for a touchdown. Goal
was kicked and the score was to
IA. The Fourth Avenue supporters
We're wild with joy and when the
quarter ended every member of the
team slapped Percival jubilantly on
the back, while the rooters sent up
cheer after cheer for him.
Without going INTO details, may 1t
be remarked, Percival almost alone
made two more touchdowns before
the final whistle sounded. He made
end-runs. stiff-armed the enemy and
tore through the Morningside's eleven
for substantial gains.
While the rooters were celebrating
their II to Ia victory over Morning
side. Percival was hoisted on the
shoulders of his teammates. After
it was all over, Tom asked, shaking
Perciyal's hand furiousiy:
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-11-02

- HE members of the Fourth
Avenue ward school eleven we're
prachcing strenuously for
- hard game on the following
day. This. game was against the
Whittier school football team and was
generally considered to be one of the
hardest Of the season. Capt. Tom
Hudson had just permitted his play
ers to quit work for the day when
up walked a frail. daintily dressed
youth. Tom was inclined to laugh
outright at the immaculate appear
ance of the youngster, but merely
smiled as he gazed at what he at
terward described as the boys SISSY
scenery From his pearl button
shoes to his shiny leather cap, the
newcomer indeed presented a sissy"
appearance, and Tom was tempted to
suspect that '"it'' was girl dressed
up in boys clothing.
At beg pardon" asked the boy. "but
is this Captain Hudson?'
1T sure is" Tom replied.
81 am new pupil of the Fourth
Avenue school and | feel that | would
enjoy participating somewhat in ath-
letics. | prefer football, SO l am
taking the liberty of asking If may
join you in your SPORT
Tom could not restrain himself at
this scholarly speech, and despite all
he could do to prevent, hearty
saug oescaped him. But he regained
his composure and remarked incredu-
lousy:
You play football?"
Surely"
'What position?"
''Most anything. though I prefer
halfbaek. played that position on
the school ] came FROM"
Tom reflected that the school must
have been kindergarten.
What is your manner" he asked,
"Percival Warburton."
Then 1t broke forth-the laughter
Tom had been trying to keep back.
1t came with a hearty burst that
could not be mistaken, but the new
conner never gave a sign that he no.
ticed 1t. A bit ashamed of his I'M
politeness, Tom said:
well. Percival. report to me Mon
day evening, though 1 don't think you
can make the team. And say, what
ever you do, don't tell any of the
players your first name"
When Percival reported on the
field in his football suit Monday af-
ternoon. Tom was pleased to note
that his volunteer halfbaek did not
look nearly so sissy as upon his first
appearance. There was no dainty
linen to get soiled, nor pearl button
shoes, no shiny. leather cap and the
huge spectacles were absent He felt
sure the other players would not no.
tice Percival's sissiness until, OF
course. they saw him in his Sunday
ciothes-and heard his name. Tom
wished that Percival might have the
good sense to adopt a nickname or
an alias--at least during the football
season. But no! Horror Of horrors
the boy was mingling with the
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1913-11-02

~ HE members of the Fourth
n Avenue ward school eleven weres
practicing strenuously for
- hard game on the following
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painted those ridiculous stripes.
even the. Horse has his enemies. and
about the only difference between you
and him is your size and your dispo-
sition. l tell you. Zebra. it's mighty
fine thing to have everybody like you!
And why in the world do you want
the rest of the animals to be afraid
of you? l can't understand it. But
l can tell you that I'll do nothing for
you, you silly thing. Run on back
and roll in the grassl'
He begged and begged me to wave
my Magic Wand over him so that he
would grow strong. horrible teeth. or
sharp. cruel horns or even a roar
like the Lions. But l would not.
Finally / had to threaten him with
sound beating before he would trot
away and leave me in peace.
Imagine my surprise then. Dom
a'd a few days later. when walking
through the Jungle with Woolly Lamb.
TO see him suddenly stop. turn whittier
than he was and shiver and shake
all over. He was scared-so scared
that he couldn't even move.
Hey. what's the matter with you.
Woolly Lamb / shouted. looking all
around to discover what had fright
ened him so. But poor Woolly Lamb
could do nothing but stand there and
.tremble.
presently I heard growl--a very
weak one not unlike the growl of any
of the animals that could growl--to
my left. l turned quickly and there.
in the dense foliage. made out a
low, crouchirig form that was bril-
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MERE THE ZEBRA cor HIS ST.

~ uEER looking animal. isn't
q ~ The question came SO sud-
- denly. and seemingly from no.
where, that liutle Donaid-whp was
the Zoo gazing in at this brilliant.
orange-and-biack striped animal
was startled, to say the least. No.
it couldn't have been Nurse who had
spoken, for there she was sitting com i.
fortably on the bench at the edge OF
the walk reading a book.
"Ho! Ho! Can't you see me, Don
aid? Look! Look this way here /
aIa!''
Then Donald knew It was his
strange little friend. the Old Man
of the Woods. for there was no mis-
taking that piping. jolly voice sec
ond time. But, though he looked all
around, he could not locate him.
Just then the zebra trotted up closer
to the side of the enclosure-direetly
in front of Donald--and the voice be-
came louder and more distinct.
We'll. we'll" 1t was saying. inter-
spersed with many chuckles. so you
can't see me yet, eh, Donald! Good
ness me. the Sand Man must have
forgotten to sweep all the sand out
of your eyes before you woke up this
morningi Here-here am-right on
top of him!"
And. sure enough. there was the
queer little Old Man, no bigger than
a minute, perched high on the back
of the zebra. with just his funny. bald
little head. with Its two horns. peer
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why didn't you tell me you could
play football. Perc.gal. old chap"
Il did. / told you when | first
came out" Percival replied with
good natured grin. You see. appear
ances are often deceitful."
And then every member of the
team gave him a mighty cheer.
That's how Percivai became captain
of the Fourth Avenue eleven. And
in the vicinity of Fourth Avenue :
at least. the name "PercIval" stand :
for pluck. fight and football abi''.~. I
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'R OIJRpUZZLE|
+ COQrIEn

NUMERICAL PUZZLE.
am composed of eight letters.
L. My I, z. Is fireman.
z. My Q. 4, 8, 8 is a condensed va
poE.
.. My 1. Q, 8, 8. 4, 6 is a natiss
of European country.
4. My 3, g. Is fixed point Of
time.
s. My s. 4, , is small horse.
My whole is the name Of a flower.
BASEBALL CITIES.
The letters of seven major league
baseball cities have been used to form
other words. For example. No. / IL
Cleveland
!. Delve clan. s
2. Sob not.
3. l help q hip led.
4. Sit soul.
8. Nothing was.
6. Tried to.
Z. Key worn.
ANSWERS.
NUMERICAL PUZZLE: Gercutan
]. Gun. 2. Rain. 8. German. 1. Era,
s. Nag.
Baseball Cities: l. Cleveland. 2.
Roston> 8. Philadelphia. 4. st. Loxie. !
s. Washington. 8. Detroit. Z. New
York.
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ing out through his name.
Suddenly the Old Man gave a
mighty sprng and came flying through
the air. landing squarely on Donald s
shoulder. His tiny trousers were
fashioned of the fur of the brown
and the Polar bear: and his cloak
was made of humming- birds wings.
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CROckSR

tnlnk l'm as nelpless and cunning
and--and = cute as the Woolly
lamb"
You silly. foolish little thng,' l
replied. You should be glad you are
cunning and--yes-cute' Think OF all
the terrible fights and beatings you
are saved because of YOUR ze Why.
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they? But. If you went to India,
you would be somewhat surprised at
the pianos there.
To begin with. not many people
have them. Only a very small num-
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Music in India

G3 GU are quite accustomed, aren't.
" you, to seeing piano In your
~ own home and in the homes of
your little playmates. So many peo-,
pie have pianos nowadays, don't
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1913-04-17

Morgan, father of the late financier
was born one hundred years ago to-
day in West Springfield, Mass He
was the real founder of the great
financial house of Morgan. When he
was young man his father set him
up in business in Hartford at an ex-
pense of $4,000. The mercantile ven
ture was such success that in a few
years he was able to dispose of his
interest for 100000 With that sum
he removed to Boston and embarked
in a fresh enterprise of a similar char
acter. When he was ready to make an
other turn he sold out his interest
for 100000 and went to London, be-
coming a partner of George Peabody,
the famous American banker and phil
anthropist.
In 1870 Junius S, Morgan launched
into the great new kind of enterprise
which has ever since distinguished the
Morgan firm In October of that year
the city of London was stirred by the
news that J. S. Morgan and Company
had taken a French loan of 250,000,000
francs $3.50, 000,000). 1t was the first
syndicate" operation in the world of
finance, and one OF the largest and
holdest ever known. Within the two
preceding months the Germans had
crushed the French army at Sedan be-
siesed Paris and taken the emperor
prisoner. The French We're clearly
doomed to defeat. The only authority
for the loan was q provisional govern
mcut at Tours. Taking 25Qooo 600
francs worth of bonds under such
circumstances involved great risks.
In three months the war was over, in
"a year the securities had advanced If
teen points above what they cost Nor
gan And the syndicate was believed
( to have cleared $5,O0OO0O by the trans
action. The former Boston dry goods
merchant took a place in the world
second only to the Rothschilds in the
greatest financial operations Of that
time-the financing of great govern
ment loans-and held it throughout
the '70s. Junius s. Morgan died al
Monaco, April S, 1890, leaving to his
son, J. Pierpont Morgan a fortune in
excess of 100000 600